Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-31
CHANG TO BE HELD.
Admirals Decide to Keep Him on
Warship as Hostage.
EXTENT OF HIS His; POWERsls DOUBTED.
Gen.ssCha6ee Fails TO Get Dispatchea
ss and His-Come Misunderstanding I
N Ruins-Enperor and
Empress Located.

Paris, Aug. 29.-Admdral Courre-
iolles, the French commander in Chi
nsese waters. has cabled to the navy
department here that q council OF the
admirals has notified the foreign lega-
.tions at Picking that it has been de-
eided to hold u Hung Chang on
hoard ship until the opening Of snego-
tiations between the powers and China.
5a LIS Credentials.
Washington, Aug. 29..--The sufh-
cheney Of Ii Hung Changes credentials
as q plenipotentiary to conclude q
settlement with the powers on be-
half of China Is now q subject for
active telegraphicSnegotiation among
the powers. il was stated positively
Tuesday that so far the issue was
still open.
Some of the powers have taken the
ground that Ii no longer represents
anything tangible; that the fleeing
Chinese emperor and empress dow
ager are powerless to carry out any
pledge; but none Of them has, so far.
as can be learned upon inquiry here,
finally decided this important ques-
ton beyond recall.
chance Fails I o Get Dispatches.
Washington, Aug. 29.-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin has received q dispatch from
Gen. $Chaffee saying that he (Chaffee)
had received nc dispatches from Gen.
Corbin since August IA. This wal
the date on which the allied army
attacked and entered Picking. Many!
dispatches have been sent by Gen.
Corbin since that date, and the delay
in their delivery is astonishing, even
with the strange conditions which.
have existed in China. Like the Con-
ger dispatches, the one from Gen.
Chaffee is undated.f The only explain
alton that can be made as to this
lack Of dates is that the dispatches
have been butchered en- route, prob
ably on their way through China.
Will Send Warship to Chefoo.
The cabinet came to the conclu-'
sion that if any Chinese persons have
interfered with the dispatches the
interference must have occurred on
the wires between Chefoo and Shang.
hal, and it was determined to reopen
direct communication by means of a
war vessel Either the New Orleans
or the Princeton, now at Shanghai,
will be sent at once to Chefoo, where
the military cable system begins free
from Chinese interference.
Troops Inverted from China.
Washington, Aug. 29.--The First
United States cavalry, which arrived
at Kobe, Japan, Tuesday, en- route to
China, has been diverted to Manila.
Casualty List.
Washington, Aug. 29.--The war de-
partment Tuesday received from
Lieut.. Col. Whit, commanding the
Sixth cavalry, the casualty list of the
fight outside Tientsin, August 10. 1t
as as follows:
"EngagementFnear Tientsin, China, Aus
gust 10. Sixth cavalry: Wounded-Troop
A. Trumpeter Fred Corrigan, heel, severe:
Privates Hale and Mccormick, arm and
chest, severe: Samuel p. Hartsfield, hand.
slight; John H. Van Sickle, lance, knee and
back, severe: troop G, Trumpeter Edward
r.. Lyon. arm, slight; troop D. Loft !. Nc
Callister. thigh severe: all but Corrigan
on hospital ship Relief"
Hong-Kong, Aug. 29--Gen. Goto,
from the Island Of Formosa (Japanese
territory, commands the Japanese
forces occupying Annoy. Large bodies
of troops have been landed and Nor
denfeldt guns have been mounted,
commanding the city. Many Chinese
are leaving. 4
FEl4A ----a---t.
Vienna, Aug 29.-The commander
of tile austrian armored cruiser Kais-
erin Maria Theresa, in a dispatch
from Chrefoo, which, not dated, re-
ports that Russian and Japanese
troops ri advancing ;%northwards
from Picking.
Empress Located.
London, Aug. 2s.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai says the Chinese Off,
Gals there have informed the foreign
consuls that the emperor, dowagel
empress and Prince Tuan have ar
rived in the neighborhood Of Tai
Yuan-Fu. g
Tai-Yuan-Fu is the capital Of the
province of Shan-Si, adjoining the
province Of Chilli, and is 240 miles
southwest Of Picking.
/ TO Look After The Baroness.
Washington. Aug. 29.-The war de.
partment Monday received the follow.
Ing:
China (no date).-Adjutant Gen.
81 eral, Washington: Have offered assistance
to Baroness Won Ketteler; will furnish
transportation and escort Tientsin few
" days; have offered transportation accom-.
m0dations to Nagasaki also.
(Signed) 'CHAFFEE."8
Baroness Won Ketteler, the widow
Of the murdered German minister tx
Ckina, is an American, being thu
daughter Of President Ledyard, Of til.
I Michigan Central railroad, who's.
home is at Detroit, Mich.
Preparing for the Winter.
Tientsin, Aug. "A, via Taku, Aug. g
Officers who have arrived here from
Picking report that Gen. Chaffee, com
manding the American forces ii
China, is making All the necessar,
preparations to maintain 5000 mel
through the winter.
Americans 1t Tientsin.s
III Tientsin, Aug. rs, via Taku, Aug. 80
mprica 81 E4&inc1udiuu 4hz