Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-14
RUSSIAN MINISTER TORTURED.
Horrible Details of Massacre at Pekin
Received by the Gar.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE Herald TODAY
prints the following. under date of St
Petersburg, July IL ,via Paris July 1aI:
The car has received with great emotion
the dreadful particulars Of the tragic
catastrophe at Pekin. Tears coursed down
his majestys checks as he read the cable
gram from Admiral AIiexon. at Port
Arthur, confirming the horrible details of
the assassination of NJ. de Gfers. which.
merely in the form of rumor, had already
reached Russia.
The admiral declares that the Russian en-
voy Was dragged through the street by the
Boxers. iuSUlted. beaten and tortured and
then thrown into great kettle and boiled
TO death, Then the remains were thrown To
The dogs. While NJ. de G!ers was disposed
Of the fanatic mob danced around the cal
dron.
Nine. de Giers. Admiral AIiexof's adj
Vices declare. suffered a fate worse than
death and was beaten and tortured with
sharp sticks until life was extinct The Ie-
CATION officials are said to have been tor
tured fendishly until death ended their suf-
ferings- VI. de Gicrs and his legation Off
Gals resisted desperately and his brave
mob
In the midst Of his tortures the envoy Is
sald nerolcally to have proclaimed his
faith in Christianity. encouraged by MS
wife. who so soon shared his martyrdorn.
The announcement Of this Intelligence to
LI4t iF4it4EtS OF the Russian martyrs in
China was accompanied by heartrendina
scenes Count LamsdOrT received the
friends Of the murdered ones at the for
eign office and unf0lded to them the tragic
story The scenes Of frenzicd terror and
grief that followed We're unspeakable The
hulidlng of the foreign Office besieged
by an excited throng, and the whole of St
Petersburg is fun Of Lamentations
Immediately upon the receipt Of Admiral
Alexpff's report the czar ordered the cabi-
At' anu c"uhci! uf state 10 90 into session
a. once.
DiDl"mati>ts Horrifcd at News.
The report from St. Petersburg of the
horrible slaughter of the Russian minister
and his wife at Pekin sent a thrill of hor-
ror through the foreign establishments
here, none Of whom. however We're able to
shed the slightest light on the subject AT
the Russian embassy the officials We're
neither able to confirm nor denv the report
stating that the government was not in
the habit Of forwarding news deyclopments
To It's diplomatic representatives. II I-as
said that Russia thus far has been under
the same disadvantage as the United States
in securing reliable Information from Pekin
anu some doubt was expressed as TO how
This particular information could have been
secured from Pekin
In the absence Of reliable in Information, +ba
oi1cials would express no opinion as TO the
effect of the atrOcity. except to saw that il
u vas confirmed il would doubtless have a
The entire Chinese situation. AT the Ger
nan French, japanese, Chinese and all
"'her foreign establishments horror was
expressed at the reported occurrence al
though in none Of these quarters was there
any knowledge Of the facts
"" conformation at State Department.
No Confirmation has reached the State De-
Pdrtment OF the horrible report from St.
Petersburg OF the torture and death Of the
Russian minister at Pekin
The Russian embassy here has received
no Information Of the killing of the minis
ter at Pekin. The officials do not discreiit
II, but say that the Russians are under the
same disadvantage as the other powers in
getting relegra phic informa tion from Pekin
Ihey think that If this proves true it will
entirely and very seriously alter the whole
situation.
DR. Won Holleben. the German ambassa-
GOT called upon secretary Hay this morn
Ing. but stated that he had no informatjon
touching the Chinese situation to convey