Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
United States Government
Receives Cipher Gable
From Conger.
IS DUPLICATE DISPATCH
Contains Nearly the Same Information
as That in Gable of French Envoy
China Said to Want Peace-Qther
i Eastern News.

minister this morning received
lengthy cipher cable dispatch of over
one hundred words from Conger at
Picking addressed to the state depart
ment. 1t is in the American code
turnout. WI Immediately left for the
state department to deliver the mes
sage. The cablegram was deciphered
at the state department after consid-
cradle time, owing to the length. The
text has not yet been given out but
! has been forwarded to the President
at Canton. 1t was substantially dbl
plication of the message from Pichon
the French envoy in Picking publish
ed this morning, and indicates that
the eight foreign ministers at the
Chinese capital have agreed to send
duplicate of the message to their
several governments.
The only new feature in Conger's
message from that of Pichon is in the
list of American casualties. He re-
ports seven killed and saxteen
wounded. Captain Myers and Surgeon
Lippit, who are among the wounded,
, are doing well. No action will be TAX
en- on the Conger message until Nc
Kinley is heard from. 1t is said at
the state department that under pres
,ent conditions, Conger and other
! Americans In Picking are not advised
J to leave Peking with Chinese es-
c9rt as all the ministers agree such q
departure will be very dangerous.
China Wants Peace.
London, Aug. 10.-An edict emanat-
Ing from Picking authorizing Ii Hung
Chang to negotiate with the powers
{ for peace has, it is reported from
Z Shanghai under yesterdays date, been
received there. Correspondents at
: Yokohama again send the statement
I that a Russo-Japanese force is moving
on Picking from the north. The move
ment of this force, it is further as
serted, is kept secret in order to pre-
vent the facts from reaching Picking
The French consul at Shanghai says
5000 Annamie troops will arrive there
next week for the protection of the
French settlement. Chinese mer,
chants at Shanghai have petitioned
the foreign consuls there to prevent
the landing of troops, declaring that It
will create panic among the Chinese.
Ii Peng Seng, former governor OF
Shan Tung, personally commanding
$4,000 Chinese at Yang Tsun. A Chi
nese official at Shanghai says II pi-
rates were beheaded at Canton Aug.
s. Dispatches received here from
Berlin say that Emperor Francis 10.
seph, King Emanuel III, has tele-
graphed Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersee, congratulating him on his
appointment as Chief in command of
the allied troops in China. Waldersee
it is announced here, will sail August
.21st or 22nd from an Italian port and
go to Shanghai first.
New chwang Captured.
ST. Petersburg, Aug .10-The Russian
admiralty has received the following
from Admiral Alexieff: New Chwang
The Chinese town of New Chwang
on the Gulf or Liao-Tung, was cap
tured Aug. 4, two warships taking part
in the bombardment. The inhabitants
were disarmed.
The Russian war office has receiv
ed the following from General erode
koff: "Khabarevsk, Aug. 9.-GeneTa
Rennenkampf on the 7th overlook ant
defeated the enemy beyond the Anul
river, and captured two guns. Tho
battle continued as far as Jgset. Dur
ing the evening of the 7th the Chinese
assumed the offensive on both on,
TANKS. They were driven back will
great loss"