Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-08-02
NEWS FROM PEKIN.
Gives the Substance OF o Letter from
the German Legation I'm Pekin
Dated July 2Ist and Received at
Tien Tsin-The Legations Were
Still Being Defended - General
Chame Arrives at Taku.

Washington, July 3o.-The Secretary
Of State received at midnight last night
q dispatch from Mr.. Fowler, American
Consul at Che Foo. dated noon, July
29th. Mr.. Fowler says: =
"a letter from the German legation.
dated 21st instant, received at Tien
Tsin. German loss is ten dead and
twelve wounded. Chinese ceased their
attack on the 18th. Baron Won Ket-
teler's body said to be safe. The Aus
TRAN, italian, Dutch and Spanish lega-
tioAs destroyed and the French par
TALLY. A letter from the japanese le-
cation, dated 22d, arrived at Tien Tsin
on 18th. Ten battalions of Chinese
shelled the legations consecutively from
the goth of June and stopped on the
18th Of July. but may renew. The enc
my are decreasing. The German, Rus
sian, American, British and half the
Japanese and French legations still de-
Tended. Japanese say they have food
for six days, but little ammunition.
The Emperor and Empress are reported
at Pekin.'
Berlin. July 3e-The German consul
at Tten Tsin has telesraphed under
date OF Saturday, July 18th, to the For
efgn Office, as follows:
THE German secretary Of legation at
Pekin. Herr Below, writes July 21st:
Thanks for your news. July 18th condi-
ton Of Cordes satisfactory. The re-
naming members of the legation are
all right. The detachment of the Guards
lost ten killed and fourteen wounded.
The houses Of the legation, much dam
hx1
guard. The attack OF the Chinese troops
on US ceased July 18th. Speediest pos
sible advance of relief troops urgently
necessary. According to trustworthy re-
port, the body of Baron Won Ketteler
has been buried by the Chinese Gov
eminent"
The Cordes mentioned In the above
dispatch Is the second Interpreter Of
the German legation. He was with Bar
on Won Ketteler when the latter was
murdered and himself was wounded.
He escaped to the legation.
London, July 31.-1:05 a. m.-The Ad-
miralty has made public the following
dispatch from Rear-Admiral Bruce at
Tien Tsin:
Following message frsm Pekin:
British legation, Pekin, June goth to
July 18th, repeatedly attacked by Chi
nose troops on all sides. Both rifle and
artillery fire. Since July 18th an armis-
tice, but a Gordon is strictly drawn on
= both sides Of, the position Chinese bar
ricadss close to"Qurs:
"An women and children in the Brit
ish legation. Casualties to-date sixty
two killed, including Captain Strouts.
A number of wounded in hospital, in
Guiding Captain Halliday. Rest of le-
CATION all well except David Oliphant
and Warren. killed July 2!st.
(Signed) ''MAGbONALD."
London, July 31.-4:5S a. m.-Sir Claude
MacDonald's welcome dispatch, dated Pc
kin, July q, and received in cipher is &C
cepted on all sides dispelling any
doubts that might still have existed re-
garding the genuineness of the dispatches.
Apart from this dispatch there is praoti-
cally no fresh news, although a special
from Tien Tsin asserts that the British
and American forces are getting ready tc
advance within cforty-eight hours. l.
Hung Chang remains at Shanghai. He
says that the great heat prevents him
continuing the journey to Pekin
copyrighted 1900, by the Associated
Press.j
T4en Tsin, July %, via Shanghai, July
30.-The latest adVices from Pekin, un-
der date of July 18th, say that the le-
cations are holding out. The Chinese
attacked the legations on the night of
July 10th, but were led into trap by
the Americans and British and one
thousand Of them We're killed: After
wards they continued bOmba riding the
legations more freely.
Among the Chinese killed was Gener-
al Ma.
The legations were subsequently at
tackled with constantly increasing fury
These adVices were brought frem
Pekin by courier.
London, July 30.-The British Con-
sui at Tien Tsin telegTaphs to the For
eign Office to-day that a letter from a
Japanese colonel in Pekin states that
the legations were safe July 22d. There
had beensno firing on. the lega lions
since July 18th. The consul adds "A
reliable messengerrWho failed to enter
Pekin, but reached there, returns
stating that there was no firing on the
legations between July 18th and July
10TH" "
Washington. July 30.-General Greedy
chief signal officer, has received q cable
message from Lieutenant Stamford the
volunteer signal officer serving at
Taku, with the Ninth Infantry. 1t is
dated Che Foo.:July 9th, and is as fol-
lows:
Conditions, sprospects, health COM
mand, good. sQffieers kflled-Ninth- In
fantry, Colonel Liseum. Wounded,
Major Regain, Captains Noyes and
Bookmillar; Lieutenant Lawton all
ed, Captain A. r. Davis. Wounded,
Lieutenant Leonard serious, arm am
putated; Captains Long and Lemly
Lieutenant Butler; last three doing
well. Coolidge. comma nding Ninth Regi-
ment of Infantry, informed all neces-
Fary material been, requested Colonel
Meade. marines, senior, opinion battery
field artillery and some Maxims suffi-
cient. Late experience would indicate
need Of heavier guns. Further advance
may not be made before September
Command should have plenty OF good
food and heavy clothing. Fairly relia-
bic reports state our Minister and peo-.
pie in Pekin all well on the Goth. Can
you place funds with cable company
30 I. can keep you advised?"
Steps have been taken at the War
Department to keep Lieutenant SIAM
ford supplied with money and he has
been instructed to forward news Of i'm
oortance when the commanding officer
Of the Ninth Infantry cannot b. reach
ed.
Washington, July 30.-The War De-
partment has received following cable
gram from Ma jor- General Chaffee:
Chez Foo, July 90.
Adjutant-General,W Washington:
Left Nagasaki daybreak on July 26th.
Arrived Taku at 10 night of July 2Sth.
Signed) CHAFFEE,
Major General
London, July 30.---The Chinese Minis
ter in London has been notified by
telegraph that Ii Hung. Chang, con-
Jointly with other viceroys and Cover
aors, has memorialized the throne Il
arge the Immediate sending of the for
.ign representatives under escort to