Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-22
THE M0NACACY
UNITED STATES GUNBoAT SHOT
THROUGH THE BOW.
ENGAGEMENT AT TAkU FORTS.
British Admiralty Does Not Credit
Report of Seymour's Death Rus
sian Purposes in China.

London, June %, $3.50 a. m.-The United
States gunboat Monacacy was two miles
up the Pei Ho river when the interna-
tional fleet began the bombardmnt OF the
Taku forts. According to the Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Express she
was shot through the bows. The cores
pendent says that Chinese riflemen on
both banks of the river attacked her, but
unsuccessfully.
The s%cantiness of authentic news
with reference to the situation contin-
ues. Admiral Kempff's dispatch to the
United States navy department an
%nouncing that Tien Tsin is being bonn
barded was prominently used by the
London papers and commented upon as
indicating a change for the worst.
The British admiralty does not be-
lieve the report of the death of Ad-
miral Seymour. commander of the in
ternational relief column. and semi
official assurances are given that there
seems to be not the slightest evidence
to back up such a report. 1t is pointed
out that Admiral Seymour had sufficient
supplies to enable him to get to Pekin or
to get back.
w are hopeful" says the semi
official announcement, that since he has
not o the latter he has done the for
mer."
A dispatch to the associated press
from Shanghai dated yesterday says:
llV olISJl IIIV lo-diS ~ 1lSAS
the situation which. in the absence Of
news from Pekin, is looked upon as
particularly threatening. Grave fears
still exist as to the safety of the Euro
means in Pel1in. Tt was agreed to with
the senior consul at Che Foo to COM
Taku asking for immediate assistance in
communicating direct with Pekin.
which they believe. can be brought
about through Sheng, director of tele-
graphs. They advise that Sheng be
asked to explain the interruption Of
communications"
The stoppage Of trade has thrown
10000 coolies out of work at Shanghai.
All the English women at Tien Tsin
left there Saturday by a train for Taku,
Shanghai wires that they had some ex-
citing experiences and would not have
gotten through except for the assist
anee of the Chinese troops. The Boxers
made several d~esperates attempts to at
tack the train.
Taking advantage of the political dis
orders, bands of robbers are pillaging
in the vicinity of Shan Chun. The
Chinese authorities are powerlesss.
Precautions have been aiken to st.
vent disturbances in British territory.
The explanation given at Hong Kong
of the failure of Lii Hung Chang to &C to
Pekin is that there is a rising on the
border of the Kow Loon hinterland.
The Singapore correspondent of the
Daily Express, t~elegraphing yesterday,
says Nang Yung Wei the reformer, as
serts that Russian agents precipitated
if they did not entirely organize the pres
ent disturbances, for purely Russian pur-
poses.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Shanghai says that the missionar-
les from Tsang Chou have safely arrived
at Wei Hal Wei.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times says:
"Great destruction was caused by the
BOXERS in the native quarter of Tier
Tsin on Jrne Is. but the presence of
the forei"n troons in the FOREIGN settle
ment nrntected that. The native press
asserts that there are bitter d~issensions
in the Manchuria party"