The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-07-17
REPORTED DEATH OF CHINESE
RULER AND DOWAGER'S ESCAPE
Admiral Seymour Wounded TIE Oregon Foateo
And Will Be Taken
To Port.

: burning the villages adjacent to Tier
Tsin.
CHEFOo, July (omciaD.-A force q
5000 Chinese troops is reported 10
, advancing on Tien-Ts.n, and It is sal
that u part of them has occupied Yang
+ tsung, which is eighteen miles from tina
q city.
another report says that a detachmen
OF Chinese troops from Lu-tai has de
strcyed the bridges between Tien-Tsi'
ana Tonku, thus once more complet Il,
obstructing the railway traffic.
Although the means of communication
: between T!en-Tsin (and TakW by the riv
er Peiho still remains open. the naviga
ton is said to be difficult at places fol
ships of three or four feet draught, ow.
ing to the fact that the natives have open
ed the dam, and thus lowered the water
lev ell of the river.
SHANGHAI, July 2 Gill SpeciaD.-Th,
foreign warships in port here and The
principal business houses half-masted
their flags today in token of respect for
many in Picking.
i CHEFOO, July (OficiaD.-A large
| force of Chinese troops is said to be now
in the city of Picking, and the chiefs of
the Boxers are stationed in the Tsung-l
Yamen.
OF the Legations which had escaped de
structon (as mentioned in the preceding
| telegram) the word Italian" was mis-
take for French"
SHANGHAI, July 3rd, Asahi special:
According to information obtained
from a reliable quarter, the French
Consul in Tien-tsin has been murdered
by the Boxers.
| SHANGHAI, July Srd, Jill special
| Five hundred French troops landed at
Taku yesterday. Twelve thousand for
eign troops are now in Tien-tsin, and a
force of 10000 Chinese is stationed to
| the west of Picking.
CHEFOO, July 3, 8 a. m, Jill special
The general assault on the native
town (the walled quarter) of Tien-tsin
which forms the base of operations for
the Chinese forces in the vicinity of
that city, was commenced on June 30th.
LONDON, July 3rd.-The German
Admiral reports the receipt of des-
patches from the Europeans in Picking,
to the effect that great distress pre-
walls there. The German Minister was
murdered by Chinese regulars.
LONDON, July 3rd, $40 p. m.-The
Kaiser, addressing the reinforcements
departing from Wilhelmshaven, de-
scribed the murder of the German Min
lister as crime of unspeakable in
science and horrifying barbarity. The
German flag had been insulted, and the
Empire treated with contempt. This
demands exemplary punishment and
vengeance.-Japan Herald.
SHANGHAI, July 3rd.-There is no |
news from London, owing to the line |
being congested. A Chefoo telegram |
to-day says that the German soldiers |
at Picking have rescued the German |
Minister'S dead body, and burnt the |
SHANGHAI. July 4, Jill special:-
The American expedition from Manila
is crippled. there being only one trans
port available, but 1t Is now believed
that General Macarthur will COM
five Of the China Merchants
Steam Navigation Company's ships
which fly the American flag.
Admiral seymour's Report.
The Jill publishes in this mornings is-
sue the text of the report forwarded from
iieh-Isin by Admiral Seymour to the
Naval Department, under date of June
18th. 1t is as follows:
SHANGHAIy-Ju Al have returned To
lleh-Isln with my men, having failed 10
each feklns by railway. The allied
H.
acked by the Boxers on the way to Pc
ing, but we repulsed the enemy on both
occasions, inflicting considerable loss up-
n them, while on our side we sustained
one Whatever. When we reached Lang
ang we again encountered a large force
I the enemy. who offered an obstinate re- {
istance, but were repulsed by our men !
ne losses sustained by the enemy on
nat occasion numbered about 200 in all. =
'hile five Italians were killed on our side. r
IN the afternoon of the same day the
'rltish force at Langfang railway station
'as attacked by the insurgents, who We're !
epulsed soon afterwards by reinforce
tents dispatched to that place. The losses
II the enemy's side reached l0O while a
n our side only two bluejackets were =
'ounded Later on the allied forces pro-
eeded to Ren-ting, and had another en-
ounter with the enemy, when the latter s
lstained loss of $50 men. We could h
OF go by railway any further. owing to +
he destruction of the railway track Mt
'Veral different places. and therefore re-
'eated to Yong-song In order to go up
he stream to Peking from that place. Z
rior 10 our departure from Lang-fang / t
'dered two trains to stop there In order C
enable part of our men 10 proceed lat =
: but these trains were attacked after
y departure, by the Boxers and the Chi
use troops who had come from Picking, n
nd lighting ensued. In the course OF
hich 400 to 500 We're killed on the enc O.
US side and six of our men killed aud a,
rty-eight wounded. At Yong-song y
as Joined by the men who came down ~
ere In three trains. All the trains were Il
destroyed, and not a single Al
e could be used for further work. More il
'er. the want OF provisions. together Of
th the presence of numerous. wounded
ldiers. compelled us to retreat to Tien- a.
I'm. Communication with ,fien-Tsin ire &c
aimed entirely suspended for six days, III