Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-08-04
Food In PekIn Growing Scarce
Can Hold Out for Five
or Six Days.
BATTLE EXPECTED SUNDAY
Americans, English, Japanese
Lead the Line. Others Guard
Communications.
RUSSIANS TAKE sAKHALIN

New York, Aug. "A message from
Minister Conger, dated July 25th. ar
rived at Chefoo. says a dispatch to
the Herald" Conger says they have
provisions and can hold out for six
days. Food in Pekin is growing
scarce. 1t is reported the cessation of
attacks on foreigners was by order of
the imperial decree. All Pekin and
Sung Chow Americans, also Walkers,
Chapins, Smiths, Wyckoffs, Hobart
Terry and Mackay, are safe in Pekin.
All mission property has been destroy
ed.
Washington, Aug. Minister Wu
called at the state department this
morning, and presented Acting Secre-
tary Adee a copy of the cablegram
received from his government relative
to the transmission of messages be-
tween the foreign ministers at Pelin
and their respective governments. 1t
is understood this was simply copy
of notification already served upon
the French consul at Shanghai, that
the Tsung Ii Yamen ordered no
cipher messages to be exchanged. Wu
has gone to Cape May.
st. Petersburg, Aug. General
Grodekoff sent the following dispatch
to the war office: Khabarovsk, Aug. 3
Two columns from Blagovestcheisk,
crossed over the Amur river at 8 a.
M, under Colonels Schwerin and
Scherikinoff, who attacked the Chin
ese troops and took the town of
Sakhalin.
from the allies operating beyond Tien |
Tsin is to hand but the news agency
dispatch from Shanghai today says
battle is expected Sunday with Gen
eral Mas 10000 Chinese at Yang Tsu |
Russian and French contingents, ac- |
cording to this dispatch, are guarding
the communications of the Americans,
British and Japanese, who form the
advancing column. A courier from
the Japan legation brings dispatch
dated July 23d, saying but five days
provisions were left and twenty-five
rounds for each man.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 4-The steamer
"Silenga" suffered severely from rife
fire. The Transseisk detachment un-
der Col. Pfotenhauer bombarded Aig-
I'm with twelve mortars and the Chin
ese replied. One officer, five men kill
ed, fifteen men wounded. Four armor
ed steamers are patrolling Amur. A
telegram received today from Engin-
eer Gutenberg, dated Kawg-Kumsig,
Gasimur, Trans-Baikal province, Aug,
LIST, says: In retreat to the frontier,
agents, workmen and guards were sur
prised and bombarded by Chinese in
Chingan passes. Three guards and
one workman were killed, twenty
workmen fed to the mountains, none
of whom returned
Washington, Aug. Minister WI
this morning handed Acting Secretary
of State. the following telegram from
Taotai of Shanghai. dated, Aug, the
3D. received by WI on the evening OF
the 3D.: Foreign ministers at Pekin
all safe and well. Recently vege-
tables, fruit and provisions have been
repeatedly supplied them. Relations
are most friendly. At present consul
tations are going on for the protection
of various ministers going to Tien
Tsin for temporary shelter which will
soon be concluded satisfactorily. But
as fighting is going on in Tien Tsin
1t is expedient that cipher kilograms
should be sent. Different oonsuls have
been notified SO they may inform their
respective governments. Please in
form the foreign office. Besides wir-
ing to other ministers, l transmit the
above to you. YU LIEN YUEN."
st. Petersburg, Aug "A dispatch
from Shanghai dated August I'd, re-
ceived here today says after Ii Hung
Chang left Canton the imperial troops
joined the boxers. The dispatch adds
the provisional troops along the
Yang Use river remain quiet owing to
a promise of the viceroy at Nankin
to the foreign consuls. The boxers it
is further stated in this dispatch, are
numbering missionaries in South
China but not disturbing the treaty
ports. Troops have been secretly
brought to treaty ports. Batteries Of
the Yang Use river. the dispatch says
are being repaired and new ones erect
ed at WI Sang despite the declaration
of the yiceroy that work would be
stopped where five guns had been
mounted. The dispatch accuses the
British Of a secret understanding
with the viceroy in accounting for the
Indifference of the British fleet to the
Strengthening Of the Chinese fortif
cations at WI Sung
Washington. Aug. a-The war de
paytmenf desires It known the mail In
tended for United States soldiers In
China should be addressed with tbs