Hutchinson gazette., 1900-06-21

THEY INVITE Wax WITH The gOaLt
Fleet RcsrOn0cL by Niryiug roTis nna
fOrpcU" Aou's ssul'a 'aAoi aust tINly-
Three .ncn-,urAnhur WI, Nund
'h" hinIh IuluMlry sunday.

Washington, June 10, The Navy de
pdrinrn, uas Ueen lAl0rHcd ~ Admil
a. Kemp" tl0, the iaIU lurtS ycster
dHS !rgd on foreign ships uud aittr
Drr' engagement burTvhducd,
The lnku forts nrr a, lnr moutl
Of the PIe no river uuO guard The up
proUch 90 Ten lsln, seventy mites ~
The stream, Ihey were cup,urcd dire,
times between 1858 and lAGG by th,
Dr,tish AND French heeIs,
me international Zee. at he mout'
OF the rir 10 numbers nhoul thirt,
ships, The Emitted STAGES Is repre-
seuled by Admiral NeMpii on IN,
Newark aud proDaDly Dy the gun
boats Nashville, Yorktown, and Mon
teruy.
The Nashville sailed from ManiI,
June 8, and the Yorktown and CuSln,
from Shanghai Wednesday and 20,
Muitcruy from Shanghai q dHy %,
tGo before the others, Al should n,
with Admiral kempf by this time,
The Newark Admrul Remph'H dag
ship, is pro.ec.,d cruiser OF 4OaN
tons burden aud ~ knots speed. She
is armed with Twelve G.nch rapid drl
guns, with II powerful secondary bat
terry, The Nashville Is Cunboat OF
1871 tons and h armed with eight /.
inch guns. The CNstine and York
town are about 100 ,ous more diSplace.
ment than the Nashville. The Castine
carries eight 4-inch guns and the
Yorktown six 6-inch rapid guns The
Monococy is an old paddle wheel iron
gunbo0t, carrying sis guns,
The var department. confirms the
report that the Ninth infantry has
been ordered from Manila to China.
Colonc' Liscum commands the regi-
ment which has had It's headquarters
Mt Tnrlnc, about two hours from Man.
ia.
General Macarthur cablcd ycstcr.
day; "Ninth infantry Colonel Liscum
commautmw, ordered to 'rai,u, on Lo.
an; probably start the 9Th; typhoon
delays movement"
London, June 1S.--A dispatch from
Che Foo. under to.dny's dHtc, says:
"Thc forces of the combined fleets
occupied thc Tuku forts yeslerday,
after exploding magazine. The BRIT.
ISL gunbout Algcrine was damaged
and two Of her officers and four men
wounded.
japan and Russia are reported to
be landing Il large force Of troops, All
is quici here"
According to another Che Foo spec.
iaL seventeen forts opened fire upon
the war ships, wlDrcupon the fee, re.
piled in Kind and silcuccd the Chinese
guns and The international forces sub,
scqucntIH landed aud slczcd the rorjs,
The news Of this engagement is
stated 10 have been brought to Che
Foo. lr q japanese war ship, but the
date Of the occurrence is nolgiycn. Ac-
rording to n dispatch the Chinese
hombnrdmcnt followed m ultimutum
sent by the commanders Of the fleet.
An Official dispatch from The Germa
An official dispatch from the Ger.
man consul at Che Foo, received at
Berlin, confirms the arrival of n Jap
lncsc torpedo boat with The follow.
ng message:
"The JcpOncso torpedo boat reports
hat the legations at Pekin have been
AIKEN"
he Chincc troops or the mob is appnr.
'Htly not stated
Berlin has no official notification
rom Shanghai as owing to the in
eruption Of the telegraph lines no
trustworthy news whatever Is obtain.
'be of the events transpiring in rc-
iin.
The Admiralty Office has received
he following dispatch from Che Foo,
lnder to.dHy's datc:
"I'hc japanese man-of-war TcyaShi |
las just arrived from Tulil She roe
,orts ,hat the commundcr-m.chief and
roops are back at rcin TBin."
New York, June 1S--Thp Central
able office from the Western Union
telegraph Company this morning is.
'les The following notice:
photographic communication with
'aku and rien Tsin has been re-estab-
shcd via the Siberian route"
The Commercial cable Company al
o makes a similar statement.