The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-07-19

'ne dispatches. as having been WON, l.
CO.. Is capt. Edwin V. Bockmiller n.
J" " west Pointer, entering thc acad
o"'F from Ohio in 1885. His f-s,
commission was that Of second lien.
tenant in the ed infantry IN 1850 1Io
Ooo"ihc attached TO the 10th infantrv
as captain in 1899, and Joined the nj,
i"Iah'ry by transfer i'm the same
'aPt. Charles X. Moves. of tbo ou,
.n'""' ry' IS adjutant of the regimen,
t'' also was a West Pointer. hav;rc
o'en appointed from Massachusetts j.,
IN''' lie got his first commission os
second lieutenant in the 9th ipf,n.
Try IN 1879, and has been with tb,,
'F"nI|''Ion ever since. BECOMING
IrS' heu'e'ant in 1857 and .apslir IN
| 1s!r. ~ III
LONDON, July 17.-'Revenge to-day.
mourning tomorrow" is practically
'he universal cry of Europe. but il Is
soFrowfu''y admitted that there can
De no revenge to-day, nor. perhaps
IoT many to-mOrrOwS, for the jncrnd-
me barbaritiCs that are rcportcd to
nave marked the last scenes within
me legations at Pcking. Nothing is
ci'arer than the anti-forcign con-
migration is rapidly per1ncating even
h'herto qricscent provinces: and.
'hough II IS recognized that every dov
which leaves Peking in the power Of
the mob increases the pcrils and diff
hcui'les OF the situation, nothing
comes from the diplomats of Europe /
10 show that the powers have over /
come the JcalOusies. resulting i'm gcn-
cral impotence, to which is commonly
ascrlbed the sacrifice of the handful
OF women, children and men com
prIsing the international COLONY in
Peking.
Nothing was received Monday that
added to the information previously
regarding the massacre. The
only ray Of light cXtricable from the /!
I'klng messages appears to he the
that Chcng and his follow
crs did their utmost i'm defense Of thc
legations. The rebels, however. are
grcatly in the ma aioriiv. and
tae few loyalists are helpless before
the hordeS who have joined and are
Ially joining the bloodstained Cam {
'rIlia, who have usurped authority at
Pcldng.
The fate Of the capital appears TO }
hreatcn other towns like Ticn-Tsn. I
he-too and even Shanghai. The de- )
eat of The allied forces at Ticn-Tsin Il
Gems TO place that town in desperate /
traightS, and if retreat to Taku is '
lcceSsitated, observers consider that Il
will be likely to decide the policy
# waycring viceroys. q
The departure of Adm. SEYMOUR o
rom Iicn-Tsin and the movement of 2
.arShips toward Shan Hal Kuan. on
he gulf of LiaOtung. are taken to in II
icate that this route may be adopted Il
)r an advance on Pekng, which is II
lS'ant 40 miles from Shan Hal Kuan. W
The members of the Chinese Iega- ID
on Monday morning still assert that ''
IeN have no information concerning ~
lc fate of the foreigners in Peking. VI
The war Office Monday issues dis ei
itch from Gen. Dorward. dated Tien- ~ ~
sin, July II, which adds little to u,
'cviouS information. The Chinese, u
'cording TO this dispatch. attacked ~
e station the morning of July II,
nj were repulsed after four hours ."
rd fighting, in which 500 of the en- ~
ny were killed. We
On July 8, Gen. Dorward, command ~
z force Of 100 Americans, $50 Brit 10
4 and 400 Russians. and Gen. Fu- ''
Shima. commanding 1000 japanese. an
tackled the Chinese and captured .o'
cir positions southwest of the city, =. a.
ling $50 and capturing four guns 10
nerican and Japanese troops sub ''''
IucntlN rushed and took the west
I arsenal Gen. DOrward adds that '",
? days hOnOrs rested with the 'oi
lcricanS and Japanese. There were a"
casualties among the Americans ~,
the Russians.