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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24
ACTIVE FIELD OF
DANGER SHIFTS


of about 1900 troops. The Sherman also
r. due at Manila from San Francisco
about July J. This vessel could undoubt-
cdiy be employed in taking troops to
China within the next few weeks In
case such a step is found necessary. In
addition 20 these two large transports
there are several smaller ones used In
the interisland service. including the
Pennsylvania and Indiana, which could
be utilized in the movement of troops
TO China In case OF necessity.
The war department officials are seri-
ousy considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
changing the destination OF the trans
port Grant from Manila to Taku. She
will carry two squadrons OF the Sixth
cavalry. numbering about 500 men. and
a battalion OF marines, numbering go
men. These troops are now being as
semblcd at San Francisco, and are sched-
uied to start for the East on the first
proximo. The Grant is a fast ship and
can make the trip to China in twenty
eight or thirty days. The horses of the
cavalry troops are to be taken over on
transports from Portland, Or.
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THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS,
London Becoming Apprehenstvc Over
the Lack of News From the
Chinese BATTLE-GROUND.

NEW YORK. June 23.--Every day counts
and the situation In China is worse for
that reason, says the London correspond
ent of the Tribune. II is ten days since
there was authentic Information from the
legations at Picking, and that fact alone
lustiies serious apprehension. 1t is hard
ly probable that the legations with all
their resources should not have been able
to send n courier with dispatches to the
seaboard. Twelve days have passed since
the British admiral with the mixed forces
of 900 marines. left Tientsin for Picking,
and ther Ia no authentic news of his arri-
val. y Brussels commission house Is re-
ported to have received a message an
nouncing the passage o. the column into
the capital, and there are other reports
of a similar nature from Chinese sources.
What is anxiously waited here is an Off
cial bulletin of some kind In the place
OF the vague contectures which have been
substituted for news In one capital after
another.
Mr.. Broderick made some official ex-
plantations In the house of commons, but
1t was with the air OF a man who did not
tell all he knew nor half what he feared
The truth is that there is deep anxiety in
official circles over the situation in China.
and This feeling Is shared In the diplomatic
circles. Nothing is known respecting the
legations. and anything may have hap
force OF marines was not supplied for a
march Of twelve days, and 1t has been cut
OF from communication with Tientsin
There will be an intense feeling of relief
when authentic information comes from
the column.
Meanwhile a thick fog has settled over
China, The most experienced men In pub
lie tfo do not pretend to understand
what Is going on. The best informed d.
plomatists frankly admit that they do not
know what Lord Salisbury is trying TO
accomplish, or what he has In mind.
There is a general feeling In government
circles that IL large military force is need
ed FOR service In China, and that the
question Is under discussion whether 20
GOO men cannot be shifted without delay
from South Africa. The situation at
Tientsin, which rs a city with population
of l.0Oo.00Q. seems 10 require the presence
OF IA much larger force than Is now avail
able, and that Is only one of the great
centers where foreign interests are men,
aced
The latest authentic news from Tien.
tsin was sent by runner on Wednesday,
when the hghung was still In progress,
and the allied forces there which had
been defending tho foreign settlement
and attacking the Chinese naval college,
needed achievements. Additional details
OF marines have been landed, and ITEM
tsin naval forces Will probably be relieved
today Saturday.
The foreign warships seem incapable Of
meeting adequately the present emereen-
cy. An army Of not less than 5000 men
Is needed,
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MR.. HANNA WELL PLEASED.
SanEuine of Republican Success In
New York and the NatiOn-Roose-
Welt a, StuD,p

CLEVELAND. June Ex-senator Hanna
arrived home at noon today from Phila-
delphia. He was driven directly from the
station to his Office in the Perry Payne
building, where he spent half an hour
looking over his mail and attending to
business affairs. Mr.. Hanna said he was
well pleased with the ticket nominated
at Philadelphia and predicted the cleo
ton OF Mckinley and that by an over
whelming majority. He denied emphati-
cally that he had been compelled to make
terms with Messrs. Plat and Quay, and
added that IL there had been any fight
won IL resulted in his favor.
He felt sanguine, he said, that New
York would be carried by the Repub-
licans in the coming presidential election.
Mr.. Hanna said that President Mckinley
would make no speeches during the cam
paign, except, perhaps, few brief talks
to visiting delegations at his home in
Canton, where the chief executive will
spend his vacation.
Gov. Roosevelt, the senator said, would
probably take the stump during the cam
paign and deliver n number OF speeches.
Mr.. Hanna stated that he expects TO re-
main in Cleveland for about month. He
said he had not decided as yet whether
the meeting OF the national executive COM
mittee would be held in Cleveland or
New York.
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CROKER REACHES NEW YORK.
Comes, Back to Take Active Part in
the CampalGn.

NEW YORK. June 23-Richard Croker
arrived from England today on board
the Cunard line steamer Lucania. He
says that he II ready to take n very ac-
tive part in the coming national cam
paign. Mr.. Croker acknowledged having
owned American ice stock. but said il
was bought before the company became
a stockhoder As to the request made
to Gov. Roosevelt to remove Mayor Van
Wyok. for his ownership of ice stock,
Mr.. Croker said:
1.-THE governor has the power to do so
II the mayor Is guilty. but all men must
be considered innocent until they are
convicted OF wrong doing"
What would you consider as guilt7"
he was asked
well IN case the mayor used his office
10 get possession of the shares OF stock
or to Increase the price OF ice. that
would be, II proven. cause for his re-
Mr.. Croker said that with Roosevelt
as Mckinley's running mate We should
have san Juan hill all over again" He
said that he WAS going TO Kansas city
and that he had TO thank the New York
newspapers for making him "A delegate
II looked he said as IL Bryan would he
the Democratic nominee for the pTesi-
dency.
Mr.. Croker was asked whether he
thought Chief Comptroller Coler would
make a good vice presidential candidate
or a stronger candidate for governor, but
he said he could not answer that.
Mr.. Croker said that In their trust
plank the Republicans we're simply strad-
ding the matter
They cannot take that plank away
from the Democrats he said.
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AMBusHED nv rILrprNos.
American Detachment Forced 10
withdraw.

WARRINGTON. June 2s.-The war de-
partment has received this cablegram
from Gen. Macarthur:
Manila, June %.
"Adjutant General washington: De-
tnchment OF four officars, 100 men, Forth
eth volunteer Infantry, Capt. Milar
commanding. left Tagayan June II on
reconnaissance up the Taeayan river:
nmbushed by insurgents In strong post
ton. Fifty men sent 10 reinforce from
Taeayan, Could not take position and
troops withdrew 10 coast port"
our loss IN killed: Company H--Rob-
ert II. Coles, John H. Haywood, Fred
Holloway. John r. Pelham, Frank Sails
bury. Company NJ Corporal Jesse O.
Moody. Michael y McQuirk wounded-
Company !. Walter =. Elliott. Company
II, Capt. Thomas ~. Millar In thigh,
slight Jefr Efilg. moderate: James w.
Jeffries, slight: Roy Wheaton. moderate
George Hollarif. slight; Muriey n. I'M
lips. severe John W. Smith. severe. Com
pany NJ. Edwin n. Williams severe
Company @, George Wells severe; Lex
L. kAmlera moderate, Missing--Com-
psnY n, Sergeant William Northcross.
Full detail report not received.
MACARTHUR"
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MAY BE DEAD AT TIENTsIN.
Chicago Missionaries who May Have
Perished.

CHICAGO. June 23.-The Chronicle says.
II the news which comes from Tientsin
is true, thirteen Chicagoans have perish
ed under the Boxer sword. If Tientsin
is destroyed. the mission workers of
China have lost their central station, In
GLIDING the two largest and Oldest hospi-
tails In the north.
OF the Chicagoans who have gone to
North China missionaries. the best
known are Dr. Henry Porter and Rev.
Arthur Smith. These men, with their
families. are supposed TO have gone to
Tientsin from their station at Pang-
chuanG five weeks ago for safety. With
them was Mr.. Porter's sister, Miss Mary
II. Porter. foremost among the represen-
tatives of the woman's board OF the in
terror In China.
Misses Grace and Gertrude WickoT
left Pangchuang last spring to make their
permanent station at Tientsin until the
trouble farther south should cease. Miss
Nellie Russell, who, while not Chicago
girl, studied here and went from this dis
trict, notified friends at Bessemer Mich,
recently that she had left her station
some miles south of Tientsin to take
quarters in the city Last OF the list of
those whose fate is uncertain. is Miss
Frances b. Patterson, whose permanent
station is in Tientsin.
Rev Mr.. Smith. who IS perhaps the best
known of the American mission force in
China, because OF the books he has writ
ten concerning the country and its people
has had charge OF the Congregational
agency at Pangchuang.
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FOUND A CANAL ROUTE.
The Nicaragua Problem Il Not SO
Dimcu1t of solution ms II Was
First supposed.

NEW YORK. June Elm letter 10 a
personal friend at Bellefonte. Pa. pr. y.
J.. wickes. formerly physician at Belle
vue hospital, New York. and At present
surgeon OF the Nicaragua canal commits
nion. conveys an idea OF the results which
may be expected Of the work OF tho
commission. DIR. Wiekes gives the inter-
esting and startling information that the
commission has discovered udewater
level route for a canal across the isth-
mus The letter also shows some Of the
bnrdshtps and dangers. the commission
encountered. II was written from Las
ardi. Caledonia bay, md in part says;
Here we have found what VIC all have
vainly sought for weeks and weeks,
practical route for tide level canal We
have found low enough gaps In the d.
vfdng ridge from time to time. with
steep approach on the Atlantic slope,
making cut practical possibility. out
disappointment has always awaited us on
the other side But. in the last week, we
have found a gap go feet high, little
too high, perhaps. but not beyond the
! tell you this every fact against the
route has been enumerated. From the
summit Of this gap in the divide both
the Atlantic and Pacific slopes down
has heretofore been our stumbling block.
a great wide valley stretches out straight
seen In the distance. The Atlantic Is near
and In plain sight Here tidewater
canal. the dream OF NIL 'canalists.' can
be built with a perfect barbor on each
side. At Lasardi the many islands would
protect its mouth. and on the other side
San Miguel bay IL a perfect site. Tho
officers OF the Scorpion say that the La
rardl hsrbor alone markes this route
worth so 600, 900 more than any other. The
damnIng Of rfvors. which would other
wise food the canal. II problem Of every
route. The only thing to be said against
this route. is the high cut OF 500 feet
''Of course congress may not accept
the report OF tina commission, but II re-
mains an indisputabls fact that this IN
transcontinentnl canal route. II really
seems possible TINT we have rebound Self
ridges Caiedonian route. discovered dur
ing HIS three years work here in the
early 1cs."
The route suggested from Caledonia
bay to the Gulf OF San Miguel lies about
$50 miles east OF the old Panama Colon
route, The proposed line would connect
the Gulf OF Darien and the hay Of pana-
ma. At that place the fsthmus OF Oar
len II about thirty-hve miles wide.
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MISSIONARIES HEMMED IN.
No Doubt Taken Refuge Ia the Brit
fAh ConsuInte.

NEW YORK. Jun. 23-Sheridan p.
Read. formerly United States consul at
T1eutsin. discussing tho dispatches re-
Earilug the fighting In that city, said
last night
1T Is probable that an the representa-
lives u she foreign countries have with
drawn within thu british concession.
whore they viii defend the position untu
fhc last There are no doubt az least I GO
regular soldiers there besides a volun-
teVr corps
'it ts not a surprise 20 me 20 learn that
the American consulate has been RACED.
for 10 is really on CAiucsc territory. The
ether consulatea are within the conccs-
stoEa of the various powers. Most OF
Thorn ara ia me British concession our
consulate being Isolated. could be easily
attacked
IL was planned at the tins OF the Chi
nese-JapAue-c Nay that. IN case % riot
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CALLING FOR HELP.
Appeal of n Methodist Minister for
Assistance.

NEW YORK. Juno 23--The Journal
and Advertiser today prints n copyrighted
dispatch from Rev. Frederick Brown, pre-
siding elder of the T1entsin district OF
the NJ. t. church. The dispatch Is dated
at Chefoo, June p. and is as follows:
II have just got away from Ttentsin
on the German gunboat. The city has
been bombarded for several DAYS by the
Chinese. All the foreign part of Tienstin
has been destroyed.
Lieut.. Wright. OF our navy, and $50
others OF the white residents, marines
and sailors sent up to our assistance,
are killed or wounded
THE American consulate building has
been destroyed. Ammunition is almost
gone. The garrison is suffering terribly
and needs instant help"
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CALL FOR SOLDIERS
BY ADMIRAL KEMPFF,
Commander of the United states
Asiatic Squadron Asks for Men
and Machine Guns.

SHANGHAI. June q The American
consul here, John G0odnow. has received
FROM the consul at Chetoo under date Of
June y, Bulletin from Commander
Wise, OF the United States warship Mo-
noeaoy, as follows.
June ~ On the arrival OF marines
this morning started ures IN the loco
motives and Got cars and two field pieces
Just now trains with 400 Russians and
one neli piece. and I3O marines. are leav-
ins, A French officer has Just arrived.
having left Tieutsin yesterday at TN
when troops were attacking the for
c,suers ana the American consulate had
been destroyed lie does not know what
has become " our men. The Chinese
have modern guns and are battertne the
foreigners ia their strongholds. no SAYS
tho line can be Travelled from here 70
Cbtngchangcheu, half way 10 Tlnntsln
A few Russians are there He SAYS I
may he attacked here tonight. bot have
sent all the marines. as I can look out
for nayself This place viii Re deserted
again tonight II is very important 10
preserve the rolling stock Of the railway
when train has got as far ahead as
n can 40 troops viii press ahead afoot
ana the train Will bo seEt back for re
Inducements seized here at daylight a
Dispatch boat l could start more loco
motives II l hal competent drcmen"
Admtrat hempr Calls for Men
Admiral Kempr. through the British con
za.Ate at TtcntsiH. srnds by speclaI cou-
r!er. "ReinforccmeatS are urkeut'y need
ed The casualties are heavy The am
muniuon IS Insufficient. ard machine
guns are required The Russians AZ the
railway station are hasa pressed The
chinese troops key, up an ,ncessan; ara
from large guHs on The European con-
oessions nearly ali oG wAics have been
burned"
Chinese Government Wrecked.
Foreigners and commercial men a. AL
o. the treaty ports arc az ths opinion
that The Chinese government has been
wrecked beyond repair and that ~. only
solution tor thu existing anarchy will be
the establishment OF new government
controlled By the civiAzed nations. Al
tempts to rcstoss the empress On tho
basis az her fore-ordainea premise OF
sd behavior Nou3 make the position u
the foreigners worse than ever \ popu.
lar Plaza - the restoration OF the en-
peTor II found alive. VITA liberal al
yisers no could be hold subject TO s,rlet
supervision by some council represent
Ing the foreign powers. The personal
punishment ot tina highest officials cen
ccrned IN the antl-foreign movement is
considered essential. Interest Is focused
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RESULT OF FILIPINO MEETING.
Macarthur May Not Yet Make Rec
omme ndatiou.

WASHINGTON. June 2s-rerhap. be-
cause no was not himself prepared to
make any recommendations upon them,
Gen, MacArthur did not transmit 20 the
war department. the results OF the meet
ing " the tiltpinos at Manila yesterday
NJ which they drew up the terms OF set
tlamont % the differences between the
leaders or the inaurrection and the Unit
Ell States government. Tho general Inn
preston IL that Gen. Macarthur will leave
the Philippine commission to deal with
such matters, Some at least OF the con-
ditiona desired corrected arc incorporataa
in the Instructions given TO the commits
sion.
For instance. Judge TAFT. the president
81 the commission has been specially
charged hy his colleagues with the con.
alteration ~ the question a. to how the
universal desire Of the Filirlnoa for tho
etectment of the frlsrs from the archi-
relnse Is 20 he rec0ncicd with tho or
fsnie principles % our laws relative to
Individual liberty
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PRINCE TUAN IN COMMAND.
with the Chinese Forces He Attacks
Tientsin.

SHANGHAI, June 2s-Prince Tuan has
taken charge as general In chief after
emperor the former commander-in-chief.
Prince Tuan gave notice that he would
march 10 Tientsin and sweep out the
handful of foreigners there. At daylight
on the morning of June q he attacked
the settlements at Tientsin with artillery
and the best foreign-drilled troops. The
Chinese army had about forty-f1ve
Krupps. They managed to burn the
United States consulate. The ware
house and the Standard OIL Companys
premises are believed to have escaped.
Though the situation is grave, the Chi
nese have not occupied Tientsin.
The latest news from Picking emanating
from authentic sources Is 10 the effect
that there is no change in the situation.
This is understood to mean that the lega-
lions still hold out. Tho Chinese have
surrounded them, but do not dare TO
make another attack. Apparently they
hope to starve out those who have taken
refuge there.
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Urged to Hurry Troops.

The commercial organizations OF both
nationalities are urging their respective
governments to hurry more troops. The
presence of enough soldiers to enforce
the demands upon China, besides being
in a position to check the ambitions OF
rival powers. IL deemed advisable. There
are not sufficient English troops present
to protect interests at treaty ports. The
English and Americans confidently expect
that several regiments will be sent from
the Philippines without delay. No con-
fidence is expressed In Ii Hung Chang.
who is expected to follow any policy that
is likely TO result in personal aggrandize-
ment. Many missionaries in the Yangtse-
kiang valley are coming to Shanghai for
safety. Three Chinese gunboats recently
built by the Armstrong; have arrived at
Shanghai from Taku, fleeing from the for
eign fleets. leaving a captain behind In
their haste. Two Chinese cruisers at
Hanging fort, fifty miles up the river,
are kept under steam. The forts are
provided with modern artillery, and are
instructed to watch for the approach OF
foreigners. Six American Presbyterian
missionaries from Hanging have arriv-
ed at Shanghai. A wealthy Chinaman,
who fled from Picking on the nth, says
that all the legations except the British.
Austrian and Belgian have been burned,
the foreigners taking refuge within these
three.
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Special Dispatch TO thu Post .Ihtelligarcer.
VANCOUVER. II. c., June 2.-The Chit
nese Empire Reform Association OF Can
ada has been holding a convention here
during the past three days. with delegates
present from branches in the principal
Pacific coast cities. The association has
ISSUED an appeal 20 the governments ~
the United States. Great Britain and
Japan. begging their active aid IN induc-
ing the powers 20 declare Joint protec-
toraic IN China. and undertake the gov
eramfnf ~ that country through the re.
instailmsut on the throne OF Emperor
kwauE fsu. The protectoratc "a 10 ap-
point new ministers and the new govern
ment thus 20 he formed 10 TO control the
departments 81 customs. ports and tsls-
graphs. establish uniform currency. read
tuse the system OF taxation. and Insure
absolute freedom OF religious worship.
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Muilen and Fi,rhnrri. reported.

NEW YORK, June l.-Ioseph MuIleit
and James F1tsharris. the Irishmen who
served sentences in an English prison
Gers. who arrived At this porf on May
q last. we're de2orted hy TIRE Cunari
steamship gervta. which sailed today
MuIlett and FItzhaTTts we're locked up
IA the steerags hospital ~ she sarvla
according 70 custom. but they broke dbwn
the doors. and Fitzharris sticking out
his head. IN a frizhtful rage. yeNeG,
stop. you BrftishsTs. you are worse than
the Americans We are not prisoners
Friends interposed. ard the men yess
given the liberty OF the deck until the
vessel got away.
DE CAPRIO's hand. Leseh PARK, this
afternoon ana evening.