El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-18
But the Warships Made Short
Work of it and Forced
Surrender.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Will Almost Certainly Be
Sent From the Philip
pines to Cooperate With
the Marines

WASHING TON, DO. June 1s.-A dis
patch has been received at the navy
department from Rear Admiral Kempf
at Taku, which cor firms the report from
Shanghai that a fort at Taku opened
fire upon the foreign warships, and
afterwards surrendered.
LEGATIONS REPORTED CAPTURED.
SHANGHAI, June 1S.-A japanese
torpedo boat at Chi-Fu reports that the
Pekin Legations "have been taken"
COMMUNICATION RESTORED.
NEW YORK, June IS.-The following
bulletin is issued by the Anglo Ameri-
can Telegraph company: I'VE are
again advised by the Great Northern
to accept messages for the Far East
without restriction"
The Anglo-American company said
that the bulletin meant that messages
might be accepted for any point in the
far east, including China, and that 1t
means that communications with PekiR
and Tien Tsin have been restored.
MORE BRI rISH wARsEIPS.
HONG KONG, June 1S.-The British
cruiser Terrible has sailed with troops
for Tien Tsin. The British wsrship
Barbour also sailed for Tier Tsip, on
receipt of the grave news concerning
Pekin, and the British cruiser I'm
dsunted will follow Immediately.
APPARENT CONFIRMATION.
LONDON, June 1S.-Reiiable news
concerning the extraordinary state OF
affairs reported a. Pekin is still want
ing, and the continued silence in
creases the apprehension. A Shanghai
dispatch today says: 1t is reported
thai tho legstion5 at Pekin "have
been TAKEN This may be another
version of their destruc tion.
Shanghai backs up Hong Kong
regarding the reported destruction of
the Legations, a dispatch from Shaghai
asserting that the Tao Tai Shen tele
grsphed the censor there, and receiv
ed word that the foreign legations In
Pekin had been reduced to ruins and
that one minister had been murdered.
FAIR WARNING.
PARIS, June 1S.-M. Delcasse, min
lister for foreign affairs, today received
q dispatch saying that M. Francois,
French CONSUL a. Yunnan Flu, who was
conducting a party of refugees out OF
Freuch territory. had been captured by
Chinese rebels.
Delcasse Immediately sent for the
Chinese minister to France, Yu Kong,
and told him to consider himself
shotagefor N. Francois.
II the latter was killed, most seri-
GUS consequences would snsue for Yu
Kong, who was told to Inform his coun.
trymen tc this effect.
RELIEF FORCE RETURN.
LONDON, June 1S-The admiralty
announces that the Japanese war ship
Tyohoshi at Tsku reports that tbs re-
lief force of $500 foreign marines
who started for Pekip week ago has
returned to Tiea Tsfn
TROOPS GOING FROM MANILA.
WASHINGTON, June 1S-Is ia practi-
cally certain that troops have been
that instructions have been given to
rush them with all has5s.
While war department officials will
not confirm the report that comes
from Manila that troops are being
hurriedly prepared for embarkation,
they will not deny the truth of it.
The navy department is already Grip
pied in the Philippines on account of
thedrafts that have been made on it for
ships and marines. 1t is not thought
that any more can ba spared without
abandoning several important naval
stations, which course will certainly
not be pursued.
1t is thought to be wiser policy to
draw upon the land forces, even II sev-,
eral small gsrrisons have to be tenn
porarily given up.
TAKg STORY CONFIRMED
SHANGHAI June 1S.-It is reported
here that the international naval