The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-22
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Troops are leaving. Nothing has been
heard st Che Foo about the pekin
forces for six days.
TRANSPORT THOMAS NOT AT
TAKU.
Washington. June so-The dispatch
from Shanghai last night to the effect
that the United States transpo
Thomas. with troops for Manila. was
diverted at Nagasaki and had arrived
at Taku with I zoo men. is said by war
department officials TO be without
foundation. The records Of the de-
partment show that the Thomas sailed
from San Francisco June 18th. II is.
OF course. impossible that she should
have arrived at Nagasaki.
THE OUTBREAK AT TIEN TsIN.
London. June ao.-In the house Of
commons to-day the parliamentary
secretary OF the foreign office, Mr..
Broderick, replying TO a question. said
the British consul at Tien TsIn tele-
graphed, presumably June 18th. con-
firming the reports OF the Boxer aut-
breaks at Tien Tsin and the bur iag
of churches and a great number OF
Chinese houses. He added that The
Chinese troops made no visible I fort
to restrain the Boxers on their att ack-
ing the settlement but that the foreign
guard killed about hundred of them.
REPORT TO BRITISH ADMIRALTY
The British admiralty has received
a telegram from Rear Admiral Bruce,
dated Taku, June Is, via Che Foo June
20th. After a mere mention OF the cap
ture Of the forts at Taku Admiral
Bruce adds: The Chinese admiral was
present with the allied fleet. his flag
flying from a cruiser. At a meeting
June 18th he agreed TO anchor with
the fleet. putting out his fires: No
news from the commander in chief
and the advance guard. A heavy fire
was heard at Tien Tsin the night OF
June 18th. Three thousand Russian
troops commanded by a major general
are here. My communications with
the allied authorities are most harmo-
NOUS"
CASUALTIES OF THE ALLIED
FLEET.
ST. Petersburg, June 20-Vice Admi-
raj Alexjeff, from Port Arthur. report
ing the capture of the Taku forts, says
the bombarding fleet was commanded
by the Russian Captain Dobrowolski.
as senior officer present The Russian
losses Were two lieutenants killed. one
severely and one slightly wounded,
and sixteen men killed and sixty seven
wounded.
The gunboat Gilga was seriously
damaged by a shell below the water
line and must be docked for repairs.
The gunboat Kerejez was leaking in
six places and had her cabin destroyed.
The gunboat Bobr was undamaged.
Admiral Alexjeff says the French
warship Lion. the British warship Al
gerne and the German gunboat IItis
participated in the engagement
FRENCH MISSION ATTACKED.
Paris, June 20-The French consul
at Mong Use cables that he has re-
ceived from Nj. Francois. the French
consul at Yum Nan Flu, the following
telegram, dated June 18th:
Were attacked June 10th on leaving
Yum Nan Flu and were forced 10 return
to town. All our baggage was rified,
and the missions and railroad buildings
were burned, except my residence
where L had gathered our countrymen
and which we defended with our refies.
After twentyfour hours, the mandar-
ines having at last taken measures /
called upon them to conduct US to the
frontier, and / expect them to answer
Tor the safety of the raods 1t is urgent
that the government should demand
peremptoriIy that we be permitted To
leaVe, as we are like prisoners; but the
french troops in 1ndo-C China must It
cross the frontier. All the F'renchmen
are safe at the present moment"
The consul at Mong Use adds that
| the situation there is still critical
Alarms are frequent, but thus far
! there have been no serious Incidents
| RELIEF OF LEGATIONS AT PEKIN
NoI toNflRMED.
London, June Il, $3.50 a. m.-The re-
| ports of Admiral Seymours arrival at
| Pekin and of the safety of the foreign
| legations, originating from Chinese
| sources and cabled to this city from
| Shanghai are still unverified. Howev-
| er, the Italian consul at Shanghai has
| wired to the Italian foreign minister,
| Marques ViscoIti-Venosta, that the
| legations are safe.
The rebellion is spreading far ard
| wide. There is an impression in diplo-
| matte circles here and on the continent
that the allies have not yet grappled
| with the situation effectively, and that
| even $4,000 troops would be powerless
/ TO control 100000 square miles.
| MURDER d EMPEROR AsD
SUICIDE OF DOwAGER
EMPRESS.
The latest Dry sent out by the
| Shanghai gOss IS is that Prince Tuan.
president OF t. Tsung Ii Yamen. has
| burned the imperial palace at Pekin
| and murdered the emperor nd thai
| tn, dowager empress has co-nmitte1
| suiC ie.
RIVERS OF BLOOD.
The effect OF the bombardment Of
the Taku forts, as described by the
| Shanghai correspondents VS. CORY in
| the extreme, nothing less than rivers
| of blood" and mutilated corpses piled
4 up inside the forts.
The Russians guarding Tien Tsfn.
| according TO another report. fired ar
tillery and rifles. June 18th az range
| of so yards into dense crowds Of at
| tacking Boxers and killed 800.
| Japan, according TO dispatch to
The Daily Mail from Yokohama, in
tends TO land an expedition at Foo
Chow.
Shanghai, June AL-Teiegrams from
| Tien Tsin dated June ID and forward
| ed by post, say that the foreign mis-
sionaries at Pao Ting Fu are safe.
being guarded by the troops OF General
| Mich Twenty-Five Americans, with
Gatling gun, have arrived. In the for
| eign settlement, the chapels have been
burned and the mission stations Of the
| American board OF foreign missions OF
the Methodist Episcopal church and OF
| the London Missionary Society are
practically in the hands Of the Boxers.
The United States gunboat Aonocacy.
the Russian battleship Navarin. ana
| the French cruiser Pascal have arriv-