The Worthington advance., 1900-06-22
STARTLING STORIES.
Reports of Further 0utrages in the
Chinese Empire.
German Minister II r Said to Have Been
Murde ered-Com munica tion with Pc
king. Cut On-Ame rican Tr0ops
Sent from, Manila. .:#*>.


London, June 1S.-There is not .
cabinet in Europe apparently tha,
knows what has been. transpiring ii
Peking for five days or in Tien-Tsi1
for three days. Nor is there any tha,
knows with what difficulties the smaal
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. interna
tional column is contending between
those cities. The German foreign of
flee, upon learning the report of tn,
murder of Baron Won Ketteler, tn,
German minister at Peking, sent
telegraphic inquiry to st. Petersburg
the Russian government, because O.
its wires to Manchuria being SUD
posedly in better position than th,
other governments to obtain direc
news. In, reply, the German foreign
office was informed that not thing what
ever was known on the subject, as com
munication with Peking was inter
rupted. The report spread world-wid.
from Shanghai that the legations hae
been attacked and that one minister
probably the. German. had been mur
dered, has been traced to the Tao Ia
Sheng, who for few days. as the EN-
press dowager's agent, has been cen
soring kilograms from Shanghai.
Not Confirmed.
A cablegram from Shanghai asserts
that the reports of the murder of thu
German minister emanated from Lon
don, are quite unconfirmed, and are
discredited at Shanghai. 1.-THE Ger
man minister has been captured" i,
the announcement to the Morning
Post from Peking. in dispatch dateG
June 13, five p. m., via Tien-Tsin, June
Is.
All the London papers print a SEN
sational dispatch about Peking lega-
tions being burned by the Boxers and
the German minister being murdered,
but all but two, the Post and Express,
are inclined to discredit the report.
The only fresh message approach
ing an authentic contirma tion comes
from the Posts Peking correspond
ent. who, wiring Wednesday, says that
the German minister was captured.
Says He Was Slain.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Express sends much more sensa-
tional message, brt it is palpably of
the mind reading sort, to the effect
that Taotai Sheng, the head of the
Chinese telegraph system there, on
Friday received a telegram either from
Peking or Tien-Tsin, saying that Gen.
Tung Fuh Siang's troops aided the
Boxers in an organized attack on the
legations at Peking, which resulted
in the reduction of some of the lega-
tion buildings and the slicing to pieces
of the German minister.
The correspondent admits the slic-
ing story may he an exaggeration and
says, while the nationality of the mur-
dered minister is unknown. he is be-
lieved to be Baron Won kettler the
German minister.
Situation Very Critical.
The following summary of the stu
alton was telegraphed to the Daily
News from Shanghai Sunday evening":
1.-THE situation is critical and without
parallel since the Indian mutiny. At the
Yang Use ports there Is a grave feeling
of unrest among the natives. AS yet
there has been no outbreak, but placards
have been posted in Kin Kiang, Ugas Skin
and WI Hu. calling on the people to
kill and burn A body of rioters 5000
strong are at Kwei Hsein, in the pre-
lecture of Canton, and troops have gone
to suppress them. The powers, unpre-
pared, are helpless to prevent disaster;
but. barring trifling local friction, they
are working amicably."
photographic communication with
the north," says the Shanghai CORE
spondent Of the Times. under Sundays
date, ceased early this morning. The
last message from Tien-Tsin reported
that fighting had begun. but gave no
Details"
Hundreds Ma.sacred.
The Peking correspondent of the
Times, in dispatch dated June Il, via
Tien-Tsin. June Is, says:
"A serious anti-foreign outbreak took
place last night. when some of the finest
buildings in the eastern part of the city
were burned and hundreds of native Chris
tians and servants employed by foreign
ers were massacred within two miles of
the imperial palace. It was an anxious
ed under the protection of the foreign
guards. The Boxers burned the Roman
Catholic East cathedral, the large build
ings of the London mission and the Amer
lean board of missions, and also the
buildings in the eastern part of the city
occupied by the foreign employees of the
maritime customs"
viii Go to China.
Manila, June 1S.--The Ninth regi-
ment has been ordered to Manila,
whence it will proceed to China.
M News Received.
Washington, June 1S.-The third day
passed here without a single line of
news from any official source respect
ing the critical situation in China. All
day the telegraph Offices at the white
house and in the state, war and navy
departments were manned, but no
word came. Inquiries of the cable COM
panies showed that not only were the
communications by wire with Pekir.
Taku, Tien-Tsin and all northern
China suspended. but the notices con-
veyed little encouragement for the
hope that they would be soon reopened.
Under Sealed Orders.
Manila, June 1s.-The gunboat Con-
cord, with marines aboard, has sailed
under sealed orders, supposedly for
China. The British cruiser Buena
Ventura has sailed for Hong-Kong
with troops and stores for Hong Kong
and Tien-Tsin.
TO Reduce Working Day.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 1S.-The
Gillette-Herzog company, recently alb
sorbed by the American Bridge COM
pany, has been instructed to reduce