Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-13

| LONDON, July 13.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily News says
the following story regarding the posi-
| ton in Pekin emanates from Chinese
official sources:
''The two remaining legations, the
British and Russian, were attacked in
force on the evening of July 6, Prince
Tuan being in command. The attack
ers were divided. Prince Tuan COM
manded the center, the right wing was
led by Prince Tsai Yin and the left by
Prince Yin Liu. The reserves were I'M
| der Prince Tsin Yu.
THE attack commenced with artil-
lery fighting which was severe and
| lasted until o'clock in the morning
| by which time both legations were de-
stroyed and all the foreigners were
| dead, while the streets around the le-
cations were full of the dead bodies of
both the foreigners and Chinese.
! Upon hearing of the attack Prince
Ching and Gen. Wang Wen Shae went
with troops to the assistance of the
foreigners, but they were outnumbered
| and defeated. Both Prince Ching and
| Gen. Wang Wen Shae were killed.
1.-TWO foreigners are said to have es-
capped through the gates, one with a
heavy sword wound in his head.
Prince Tuan, in celebration of the
victory, distributed 100000 taels and
huge quantities of rice to the Boxers. =
A terrible veil of silence enshrouds
| Pekin and there is nobody but believes
, the worst has happened. 1t is taken
for granted that all the powers have
exhausted every means to get direct
news from their legations, and the fact
that their efforts have been in vain
leaves but one Interpretation.
The Chinese representatives in Ber-
lin denies the statement that Lii Hung
Chang has sent to him hopeful tele-
gram. He says that, on the contrary,
no direct telegram has been received
by him from Lii Hung Chang for some
time past.
The days news is again restricted to
the usual crop of untrustworthy Shang-
hal rumors, the most serious Of which.
reported by the correspondent of the
Express, is to the effect that Europeans
are directing the Chinese military oper-
ations. The correspondent esserts that
Captain Bailey, of H. NJ S. Aurora,
distinctly saw a man in European garb
directing the Chinese artillery opera
tons outside of Tien Tsin.
Foreign refugees from Tien Tsin
openly accuse European Official, whose
name the Express correspondent sup
presses, and Col Won Henneken, who
was formerly employed to drill the
Chinese troops, of being parties to a
plot to procure the escape of General
Chang and themselves from Tien Tsin
befor the bombardment, leaving the
other foreigners to their fate.
Statements are in circulation in
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discriminate slaughter of friendly Chi
nese non-cambatants, without regard
to age or sex. The manager of Chi
nese steamship company who has ar
rived in Shanghai. asserts that he only
escaped from Tien Tsin by cutting off
his pueue and donning European
clothes. 1t is stated that the Taotai
of Shanghai protested to the powers
against these Russian slaghters.
1t is stated that the Buddhist priests
throughout the empire are propagating
Prince Tuan's anti-foreign gospel.
News is circulating throughout the
Yang Use valley that Gen. Ma has in
fiicted crushing defeat upon the allies
at Tien Tsin and that the foreign army
has been cut to pieces east of Pekin.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Express gives Tien Tsin advices to July
8, when the superior range of the Jap
anese artillery enabled them to relieve
the Russians, who were hard pressed
at Try station.
Fatal, COLLISION.