The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-08-17

correspondent of The Daily Express,
wiring yesterday, says: "The allies, at
noon Saturday, were within twenty
miles of Peking."
Brussels, Aug. 1.-THE foreign Of
flee las received the following mes
sage, signed "De Cartier (E. DeCartier
de AIarchienne, first secretary of the
Belgian legation at Peking):
Shanghai Aug. 1O.-An imperial
decree names Ii Hun Chang as min
lister plenipotentiary to negotiate
peace"
Washington, Aug. 10.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received at the
war department from General Chat
fee, sent via Chefeo:
"Yang-Tsun, Aug. 6.-Yang-Tsun oc-
cupied today. Wounded-Second Lieu
tenant Frank r. Long, Ninth infan-
try, moderate. Casualties, about sixty
men, Ninth United States infantry;
Fourteenth United States infantry and
battery f, Fifth United States artil-
lery. Nearly all from Fourteenth in
fantry- Names later. Many men pros
trated heat and fatigue"
Washington, Aug. 9.-Minister WI
| has received an edict under date Of
| Aug 5, in which the Chinese govern
! ment permits the powers to hold open
and free communication with their
| ministers. This includes the sending
! Of cipher messages.
| London. Aug. 1.-THE British cen
! sui ct Canton, says The Daily Tele-
! graphs correspondent there, has re-
ceived the following message, dated
Aug. 6, from Sir Claude Macdonald,
/ British minister in Picking:
"'Our situation here is desperate. In
ten days our food supply will be at an
/ end Unless we are relieved a general
massacre is probable. The Chinese of
fer ito escort us to Tien-Tsin; but, re-
Numbering Cawnpore, we refuse the
offer There are over 200 European
! women and children in this legation -
/ Chafee Sends Us Good News.
Washington, Aug. 14.-The Anleri-
\ can Ill CIllst. la Il ulS Jd CCu
of Just three words received at the war
department late yesterday afternoon,
sent a thrill of eXultation and eX-
pectancy throughout official quarters
4 by announcing his arrival at Ho-Si-
1 WI, only thirty-three miles from Pc
king, last Thursday. The last heard
/ from him before this was at Yang
/ 'Tsun, which had been captured after
I hor oh nd ,sa Of 1aie
ments since then had been eagerly
1 awaited. Thursday he was eighteen
miles beyond YangTsun. Lang Fang.
the place where the Inflated Seymour
expedition met it's fate and turned
| back, had been left behind The battle
of YangTsun was fought On the 9Th,
and the advance to HO-Si-Wu WAS ;ac-
/ tcomplshed on the 9th-a march of
eighteen miles in three days.
This was four days ago, and at the
j same rate of progress Chaffee is even
/ 2now fairly within striking distance of
the walls of Peking 1t was q con
\ summation which the war department
! had awaited calmly, and stirring as
4 the news was that the American force
was now nearing the gates of the i'm
4 perial city Secretary Root and Adju-
tant General Corbin evinced no sur
4 prise, as it accorded with calculations,
! although the advance has been more
rapid than was expected.
Dispatch Was Brief, but nportane.
The dispatch from Chaffee, convey
ing so much in so few words, lis as
! follows:
"Chefoo-Adjutant General, Wash
fngton. -1Oth.-Arrived Hospiuw [Ho-
Si-WnI Yesterday OH AFEEEv
Brief as the dispatch is it conveys
| much information beyond that specific
| ally contained in it's few words Al
! though it is not stated what force has
| arrived the war department accepts it
to mean that this is the international
| force which first took Peitsang and
then Yang-Tsun. 1t has gone steadily
| forward along the left bank of the PEI;
river, keeping on the main road, which
| skirts the river bank. At Yang-Tsun
the railway crosses the river, and
branches off to the west Now the
| forces have left the railway far in the
rear, and are depending upon the high
way and the river
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