The suburban citizen., 1900-08-04
CONGER HEARD FROM
MESSAGE RECEIVED AT TIE%TsHN
FROM AMERTCAN LEGATION.
ANXlOUsLY AWAIT RELIEF.
Food Is Not Scarce, But Ammunition Is
Running short-RePort That AN Armis.
tlce was Agreed Upon on the 10Th Inst
Confirmed Gloomy Message from Lieu.
tenant-Colonel Shiba.

Washington peciaD.-EdCin Fl
Conger, United States Minister at Pc.
kin, has at last been heard from IN o
manner which seems to admit Of nc
doubt as to the messages authenticity
Col. Aaron S. Daggett, one Of the
American officers at Tientsin, cables
under date Of July 27 that a message
just received there from Mr.. Congel
says that since July 16 there has beer
no firing at Pokin He says the for.
eigncrs are all safe and well and hcv;
provisions for several weeks, but Nc
ammunition.
The War Department received seY.
eral cablegrams from China. The first
was from Col. Aaron S. Daggett anc
was dated at Tientsin, July o. vie
Chefu. 1t reads as follows:
Message just received from COngel
says since 10th, by agreement, No
firing. Have provisions several weeks
little ammunition; all safe, well. | re.
port allied forces viii soon advance
Practically no looting by Americans,
no unnecessary killing. Indiana ar
rived 26th.
The second cablogram, also from
Colonel DaSgetG was dated Tientsin
july 30 via Chefu. and was as follows
"i'lintshre arrived 9th Two hun
drcd and ffty-Seyen Of the Ninth In.
fantry sick; 10 doctors, 100 hospita
cerps men. 20 signal men needed. Tn
ayOidable delay unloading transports
Foreign troops arriving.
Adiutant-Goncral Corbiu also re
ceiyed a dispatch from Lieutenant
Colonel Coolidge, commanding tbr
Ninth Infantry at Tientsin. 1t wal
dated July u, came by way Of Chefu
like the others, and read in this way:
Following letter of Lieutenant
Colonel Shiba. military attache of thl
legation at Pellin, arrived at TientsiI
on 25th at . o'clock in the evening:
'Pekin.-We are all awaiting i'm
patiently the arrival Of the reinforc
ing army. When are you coming? Al
the legations have been blCckadef
since June IS. Since the goth Of las
month we have been attacked con
tinually night and day by the Chimes
soldiers from more than ten encsmp
lnents BY a supreme effort we ar
still defending We are daily await
ing with the greatest anxiety the ar
rival Of the reinforcing army and +
you can't reach here in less than {
week It Is probable that we will be un
able to hold out any longer, The En-
peror and Empress Dowager appear e
be still at Pekin. Were our relnforc
ments to arrive it Is very probable tha
they OCmpoTor and Empress) wOulC
flee to Wan Shoshan Japanese killet
and wounded up to date number eigh
killed, one a captain Of infantry, ant
an ambassadors attache; seven seri
ously wounded, the first secretary o
the legation being one Of twent.
slightly wounded. The number o
Europeans killed is go in ALL"
This dispatch from Admiral Remey
dated at Chefu, was received by th'
Navy Department
japanese military attache, Pedn
letter July p, reports legations be
sieged since June 49, Continually at
tackled from June 20 until July II. At
tack then ceased and Chinese soldier
apparently diminishing. Sixty Euro
peans killed Telegram from Governo'
Of Shantung. addressed to consula
body, Chefu says: Imperial edic
states that various Ministers, eXcep
German, are well and provisions hayi
been supplied"