Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-22
CHINA FIGHTS THE WORLD.
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fopdon. June Ia Shanghai Is to the
front again with the statement That the
Takn fort. have been occupied by the IN
,csnatiuni tsosps. According TO Che
rto special, IL forts opened ire uI-'n the
yarships, wbereupon the fleet replied in
kind and siienced me Chinese guns and
.esxri The forts. The news Of this en-
engagement; j. states! to hay. hesn brought
To Che Fec by japanese ~arshiP, bat
the date Of the occurrences Is not gwen
According Ia n dispatch tho bcn,i~rdment
iollc.e.i an uiiimatum ssns BY the e"'li.
n,anders Of the fleet.
CssAsm-s ~ Admisa1 ksapa.
Warrington. June l9.--The navy de-
psrtment has been informed by Admiral
X smpH that the Iaku forts have hIs-i On
the foreign warships. and after br'et ei,-
gagen,ent surrendered.
Hvisish Guahoas Was Damaged.
London, june ia dispatch from The
Zoo says; The forces Of the combined
tieets occupied the 1aku north forts after
exploding u magazine. The British gun
boat ..igerine was damaged and two oil
her officers and four men were wounded.
Japan AMI Russia are reported 10 lie Land
ing large force Of troops.'
i;~ri,n, june !a.-ihe t.erman coHs,ii At
Che Fu leiegraphs that japanese tor
pedo boat from laku has brought the
following:
The Chinese laid .erpedos in the Iaku
river and collected troops from Shan iie'
kwan The iesr,gn commanders Assem-
blsxi ON the Russian flagship and address
ed an ultimatum 10 the commanders OF
the laku forts, sumInoning them to with
draw their troops before : o'clock jane II
Forts Op-n~a Fir-.
AT ! q. m, June IL. guns Of the forts
.i-s;.s.; fire., to .h,.h the Russian. brit
isa, .srneh and Japanese warships re-
pi,ed. lne bombardmen, lasted seven
hours. Tho British ships in the river DO
tween the forts are reported to have beer
sunk. The telegraph line and railroad
between Iientsin AM. raku were destroy
al. Communication by water " ala
threatened
THE japanese torpedo boat report
that the legations at Picking have beei
taken.
Whether taken by the Boxers. or tn
Chinese troops. or the mob IL APPARENT.
not stated.
A later dispatch from tho same eonsu
to Berlin states that an engagement
proceeding in Taku between the Chimes
ioree- and the foreign warships ierii
also has Official information irom shanp
hal referring 10 the interruption Of tel,
graph lincs. No trustworthy ncws wha
ever Ii obtainablc VI the events transpll
Ing IN rek,ng.
Washington. June l9.-Tho war dcpsr
mcnt confirms tho report that the Mn,
infantry has been ordered from Manila
China. Colonel lascorn commands n
regiment. which has It's headquarters |
Tarlac, about two hours distant by "a
from Manila. War department oii,cia
nay that the regiment probably u alicad
aboard the transport and ready 10 ~
for China.
London, June ia dispateh fro
Shanghai, says Russia has demanded q
u0.uD taeis indemnity Tor the dalnaI
done tn the Chinese railroads ia Win
ku-~iars are Interested.
eiims In consequence 81 the gravi
gal infantry has been ordered to Procc
to Hong kong. Tho cables are reolcn'
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