Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-28

saki en- route. The gunboat Princeton
has been ordered to Swatow, Annoy and
Fuchau, thence to Shanghai to install an
electric plant. keeping ever ready for inn
mediate active service.
The secretary of state has received Il
dispatch from United States Consul John
Fowler at Chefu, saying:
Combined forces entered Tien-tsin
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The president has assigned General A.
Il. Chaifcc to the command of the mill
tary forces operating in China. General
| Chaffee was at the war department today
receiving instructions and will leave for
| san Francisco in time to sail on the 1st
of July with the Sixth cavalry This de-
tachment sails on the Grant, which has
been ordered to touch at Nagasaki for
further orders. 1t is probable that the
Iship will then sail direct for Chefu with
IGeneral Chaiiee and the Sixth cavalry.
lti,neral Macarthur was cabled today an
lorder directing the commanding officer of
the Ninth infantry and such other forces
las may be operating in China by the time
Iof the Grants arrival to report to Gener-
Ial 'hai'ec ON his arrival Unless present
lplanS change headquarters will be estab-
Iished ut Chefu. General Macarthur
was also directed to send Captain Russell
lof the signal corps with Il detachment to
It'hcfu. Captain Russell during the
Spanish war worked in conjunction with
Jhr naval officers, and he has been select
ed 10 have charge of the signal operations
| hccausc of his familiarity with that work
| i'll both the army and navy.
GIIE RELIEF OF TIEN-TSIN.
After q day of uncertainty and sus-
ponsc official information came with a
rush early today concerning the forces
operating ut Ticn-tsin and those seeking
10 break through to Peking. Admiral
keinpf's dispatch and that from Consul
Fowler. at Chefu, both confirmed the
reports that the combined forces which
have been operating near Tien-tsin en-
tered the city on the Odd The admiral
added the welcome intelligence, Loss
very small" This is the relief column,
including Major Littleton Waller and
l30 United States marines, which suf-
fcred Il repulse ON their first movement.
Beyond the brief statement of four kill
cd and seven wounded nothing has come
as to the casualties of the first attack,
but the result of the second movement,
which has been awaited with deepest
concern, is now cleared up by the ad-
miral's report that the force has got
through with very small loss. 1t re-
mains yet to be reported how the relief
column found affairs at Tien-tsin, where,
according to the unofficial reports of last
week anarchy prevailed and the foreign
quarters were destroyed.
But the adnIirals report turned atten-
tion in Il new direction by the statement
that the peking relief force is reported
ten miles from Tien-tsin. surrounded"
This is the first word of any kind that
has located the party of 2,5O0 under Vice
Admiral Seymour and including Captain
McCalla, with about 100 United States
marines. The last heard of them was on
June 12-just two weeks ago-when they
were stalled at Langfang. about two
thirds of the way from Tien-tsin to Pc
king, short of supplies and water, the
railroad torn up and with a menacing
army of Chinese about them. In Admi-
raj kempff's information it discloses that
Admiral Seymour's force has not been
able to get through to Peking, but has
retraced good part of the distance pre-
viously covered and is now back within
ten miles from Tien-tsin. The whole dis
tance from Tien-tsin to Peking is about
so miles, and the Seymour expedition
when at Langfang had covered about 55
miles of this distance. 1t is to succor
this Seymour party that the latest expe-.