The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-29

arrangements were made by the officials
to have relays through.th the night in Or
der that this list might be handled with
the greatest dispatch and be given
the public at the first opportunity.
NAVAL FFTCERS OFFERING
THEIR SERVICES.
The navy department today received
la telegram from a number OF the Of
fcers assigned 10 the Wisconsin now
under construction at San Francisco.
asking to be assigned 10 active ser
vice in chine waters. The officers
signing the dispatches were Captain
IReiter, Lieutenant Commanders Milton
and Mayo, Lieutenants McElroy. Ac-
herman and Vogelgesang and Ensign
lCronan.
The department today accepted the
services of an officer on the retired
Hist, under authority conferred by a
recent act of congress. The officer is
;. G.. Townley, retired. who is ordered
to sail on the steamer leaving San
francisco July 10th. 1t is expected
that many other retired officers will be
lcalled back to active service il the
Emergency becomes pressing.
IAN IMMENSE ARMY DEMANDED
Che Foo, Tuesday. June 26.-The for
leigners everywhere are urging the i'm
mediate concentration of an army OF
lUU, ODO men or at ledSl ov,VVU IlcH "
an advance on Pekin.
Many persons familiar with the Chi
tnese character think h foreign min
listers and Vice Admiral Seymour are
held as hostages for good terms of
settlement. They also believe the
whole Chinese army is joining in the
movement under the leadership OF
Tung Flu Hsiang, who crushed the
Mohammedan rebellion. Recently he
was nominally degraded for the pur-
pose, of organizing an a~nti-foreign up
rising quiely.
1t is estimated that so, Oo0 soldiers,
we'll armed. but poorly disciplined, are
south of Pekin and tien Tsin. The
Chinese officers boast that they have
400, 900 soldiers.
Admiral Seymour's force carried a
weeks, rations and the men had an
leverage of $50 rounds OF ammunition.
The Russians conduct at Taku, &C
cording to the other officers, infiamed
the natives. The Russians are re-
ported to have been shooting the Chi
nese Unfortunately and driving away
the peaceful Chinese who would have
procured transportation and provis-
ions, and of looting the town.
A great naval demonstration at the
treaty ports is also said to be desira-
BILE in order to influence the wavering
Chinese merchants who are friendly
to foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited at
the reports of. their countrymen's sue
cesses against h powers. Merchant
men arriving here report that the
Boxers are drilling in the streets of
NewChwang and that when the Off
Gals inspected the soldiers with the
view Of suppressing the Boxers they
found the soldiers had sold their rifles
and equipments to the Boxers.
The military school at Moukden is
reported to have been destroyed.
UNEASINESS AT CHE FOO.
The British consul at Foo Chow is
asking for warships. me arrival of
the British first class cruiser Terrible
and two Japanese cruisers at Che Foo
to-day relieved the strained situation.
Two Chinese forts. equipped with
Krupp guns, command the foreign
city. The only protection was the
United States gunboat Yorktown with
$50 sailors. AS an outbreak was re-
ported last night the sailors slept on
their arms and the foreigners pre-
pared to take refuge on the ships.
Commander E. D.. Taussig, of the
Yorktown, ordered the commander of
the forts to cease his disquieting ma
neuvres with cannon and notified him
that if Chinese troops were sent to
the city ostensibly to repress the Box
ers Americans would be landed.
There are about $50 American and
British missionaries at Che Foo. They
are all short of money and clothes,
having left their stations hastily.
United States Consul John Fowler's
ship is expected to bring fifty mission
aries and French priests from the
mouth If the Yellow river whittier
they are fiocking from the interior.
The commander of the Chinese
l%cruiser Hei Hal at Chen Chow offered
Mr.. Fowler to go to the relief of the
missionaries at Yang Che Kiang. if as
Sured of protection.
1t is reported that the Russians are
moving thirty thousand men towards
New Chwang.