The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCOISCO OCALL, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1900. ; 8 AMERICAN TROOPS SAIL FROM MANILA TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL ARMY IN CHINA — Reguvl_ars of the United States “Army Will Assist in Protecting the Lives and Property of For- eigners From Boxer Attacks. —— Washington Is Yet Without News From Besieged Cities and the Continued Silence Increases Anx- iety for the Saiety of Whites. Special Dispatch to The Call c}.lf, HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASE )N. June 17.—American troops are now on or not th r will property throu 1 in Peking and the T pressed with the abso~ sire in the matter of pre- When nor- stion of on of tt political fu- ncerning him- self sole sures nd provide as o’ | o Taku with a message s. Therei O reason aracter of the in- The Yorktown ons given proceed to the near- , from which poin for use if needed, desire to be pre- par 3 developed or should develop. If there be no need for troops when the transport Il be an easy nmatter for men will have the benefit ich the sea voyage gives. It is altogether likely, however, Attention was c ay to the fact that the provision train which started to the relief of Vice Admiral Seymour’s n to T sin. The international force is therefore isolated, th h it is thought it is still strug- gling o way to Peking. The cutting off of communications with Vice Admiral Seym may seriously delay the work of re- lieving the foreign lega in Peking. The latest information from his column was to the effect that it was suffering from want of water and other supplies and Wwas making slow progress. Its commander may deem it neces- sary to restore communication before going fa}ther. In any event the inability of the international force to maintain ope\:u communication shows that it is not strong enough to cope with the situation MURDER AND INCENDIARISM RUNNING RIOT News Filtering Through From Chinese Cities Adds to the General Anxiety. column was compelled to re nd that additional troops are necessary. press Dowager's agent, the telegrams from of the telegraph admin- ed that the line connect- with Peking had been down nd that the wires to Tien- on June 15 Nevertheless in n passing from Shanghal he the privilege of us known that last Fridas d a message from either The dispatch said Fuh Siang’s troops an organized attack , and that in the LR i sgm'o of 'me legation == i reduced to ruins and one r 133 A M. Txr:grfh;t r was sliced to pieces. e pe. apparently, | W cables it should have been transpiring in Pe- | added that the murdered Minister was Tientsin for three B."Ar::‘;;ifln l\;lte.‘r i; not elxplained." g s ording to another telegram fro; -1m“a l‘(::z;fiiu‘fl‘" ghal, dated June 17 at 1% p. m Vi Ln< inade has d, fearing that the foreign al column 1s o e about to arrest him be- - ihose cities. The Ger- | cause stoppage of telegrams. B learning “’:‘;"(’:: Danger of a Massacre. g . "PLZ’L Sent | A third cablegram asserts that the ra- F Tt e iurg, | Ports of the murder of the German Min- BL, l‘- ister emanated from London and that . because of I3 tyey are quite unconfirmed and discredit- supposedly 1n 2 | ed at Shanghai. 1 the other Govern-| “The German Minister has been cap- ments’ to obtair In reply | tured.” is the announcement to the Morn- that nothing whatever was known on the | Thic'is {€ latest press message known to subject, as communication with Peking | have left Peking. It continues as follows: was interrupted. | A crowd of Boxers occupled Lega- The report, spread world wide from | tion street, cutting off communication be- wesh e t . | tween the buildings. A few Boxers are Shanghal, that the legations had been at-| ., ging in the city. “Thelr superstition tacked and that one Minister, probably | iy regard to foreign arms is pitiable. The the German, had been murdefed, has been | Boxers hold the officials of Tung Chau traced to Tao Tal Sheng, who for & few | for redemption. reigns at t king for five days the Russian wires to Manchur g over the northern and western ng has refused both | | | | | { eDeDedeD e b eD e | behind th | of bad charact: | coming every day more insolent and men- | o § fantry has been serving in the Philippines. [~ : 3 ¢ : : : s : ; ; : % § z § ¢ ; 3 : ; : : : % MANILA, June 18, 10 a. m.—The Ninth Regiment has been ordered‘ to Manila, whence it will proceed to China. For more than a year the Ninth In- s It was stationed at Madison Barracks, New York, and in March, 1899, received orders to proceed to Manila. It was with Major General MacArthur in operations against the insurgents last winter and is now distributed among nine towns, including Tarlac, 0’Donnel, o Capas, Bamban, Victoria, Murcia, Gerona and Concepcion. who distinguished himself $ 2+ Q+04+ 04040404+ . the command of his regiment. The regiment is under the command of Colonel Emerson H. Liscum, who served with distinction during the Civil War. During the Spanish war Col- onel Liscum was tendered the rank of brigadier general of volunteers, which he accepted. He was mustered out on December 31, 1898, and returned to His second in command is Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Coolidge, who also performed gallant service during the Civil War and in Indian campaigns, receiving the brevet of major for his conduct in action against the Indians. The majors now with the regi- ment are Jesse M. Lee, who was counse! for Major General Miles during the beef investigation, and James Reagan. e SR S P AP WD DU DD DD S DI DDA ISR SIS SRE S S 88 AR e A A e n e e el S e e S R S e e e 7 PEKING—VIEW OF PART OF THE WALL SURROUNDING THE CHINESE CITY. From a photograph loaned by Supervisor McCarthy, which was OSSP S WD I WA DD I SO S S A MDD S8 S S S8 S S8 S 44 £ 8 S ARt A e as o s S o o o o e e e e e S e e g : MASSACRE OF HUNDREDS Xg&fi.&'\\x‘;fix&\x\x\m\@ o % | % y sent to him b: . A. F. Chamot. QP 004020202300 0P40 02409008 vVP PP EE 2080 30009 +040+040+04040404040+0 that he +»| COMMUNICATION WITH TIENTSIN RESTORED OF NATIVES IN PEKING : 2 EW YORK, June 17.—The World has this from Hongkong. dated June 18: All unpro- £ P - tected foreign buildings in Peking have been destroyed. Hundreds of natives have been '. - o e . murdered. The Boxers have cut the railway behind the column of British, American T e 2 t be ¢ and other foreign marines sent by British Admiral Seymour to the relief of Peking. This & red. % has shut off the column’s supplies. The column is reported to have had an engagement :, American Marines Sent From + with the Chinese, with what result is not stated. . e with : + All wires to Tientsin are cut. The' United States battleship Oregon is taking on * ': coal and provisions here preparatory to leaving. Great activity is displayed by the British = naval authorities in Hongkong. The cruiser Terrible and a transport with 700 troops have ¢ % sailed for North China. The armored cruiser Undaunted left suddenly for the north on Sat- + urday under seaied orders. The cruiser Bonaventure is expected from Manila to-day to = ¥ coal and rush north. The sloop Rosario and two torpedo-boat destroyers will leave soon. :. » The southern provinces of China are still quiet. 3 @oeNonohioNoNoetoeNeNoeNsNeNeReNoNeRNeN RN 4R eRNININ NN+ N +%+ @ “Inform: hither by .the city is in a state of panic. Incendiary fires are of nightly occurrence, and scores of out- ment, 1s full itude is be acing. The latest news to hand is that 7000 Russians, with twelve machine guns and twelve field g are marching from Tientsin to Peking. Last week the for- eign Ministers warned the Tsung Li Yemen that, in the event of an attack upon the legations or of injury to any of the Ministers or members of the staffs of the legations, the powers in common would declare war u China. To this ultimatum the Tsu Yamen. as usual, returned no direct rep! The answer to the Empress Dowager is, no doubt, the ack upon the legations by the Boxers and the troops under General Tung Fah Siang. “It has transpired that a few davs ago ¥ of the southern provinces re- with G Peking against a threatened invasion by the ‘foreign devils.' They were instruct- ed to send to Peking, W t ad a their re: ctive jurisdictions, ‘the time having now come to rid our empire forever of the evil elements which have so Jong threatened it." ™" -graph, in a dispatch dated Juge 16, ““News from Peking, dated June 13, says the Boxers were then killing hundreds of native Christiane and the servants of foreigners.” Taku Forts Seized. The same correspondent, in a dispatch dated yesterd: says: “Chinese that Admiral Seymour is fighting with the Chinese reg- ulars, and the foreign forces have seized the Taku for! Another special dispatch says: “From the character of the Chinese movements to hand it is certain that the Chinese have foreign advisers.” The foreign consuls at Shanghai. the members of the Municipal Council and the officers of the volunteer forces met yesterday (Sunday) and adopted a_plan in event of its being necessary to defend themselves against the native Chinese. The German gunboat Jaguar left Shang- | hai suddenly on Saturday without com- municating with the shore. It is there that she is chasing vessels belong- ing to the China Merchants' Association that are carrying munitions of war. A dispatch from Hongkong, dated Sat- urday, savs: “The air is full of sinister rumors with Peking, brought | {on the people to ‘Kill a | | | 1 1 ved to be desperate. Th s here are understood to hav information that one of the foreign progress of affairs in the 1y difficult to ob- the s an tories n envoys | thori- received Min- isters and a legation secretary have been murdered. “In _the midst of these rumors an ex- | | traordinary am; been caused by was te Shang' “The parallel an, P ) but plac Kin Kiang, Uga: ount the su led orders of H. M. S. U of excitement dden_di aunted the Indian mutiny. A of stores. The has patch under with- t the there has been no out- rds = Skin of rioters, 5000 strong, are at Kwei Hsien, in the prefecture of Canton, and troops have gone to suppress them. The powers, unpi , but barri ing repared, are helpless to prevent dis- ing local friction are working amicably.” Hundreds of Christians Slain. The Peking correspondent of the Times, in a dis; June 1 says: tch dated June 14, via Tientsin, serious anti-foreign outbreak took place last night; when the finest buildings | in the eastern part of the city were burned and hundreds of native Chris ervants employed by foreigners massacred within two miles of the Impe- | tians and were rial Palace. It was an anxious night for all forefgners, who were collected under | yarq of Detroit, father of the wife of the the protection of the foreign guards. The | German Emb Boxers burned the Roman Catholic East | to have been a xildings of the Lon- | 0ne of the most anxious of these inquirers, bu Cathedral, the large bulldings of the Lon: | UG Oy Secretary Alger was another, each don Mission and the Missions, and al so the buildings in the | intimating a willingness to meet any ex- ised that the hould be pun- closed.” edge. His Maje: | judicial_omcials ished. The inc! | THIRD DAY WITHOUT 1 OFFICIAL ADVICES | WASHINGTON, June passed here without a y s The third day ngle line of ne respecting the All day the critical situation in Ch! | telegraph offices at the White House and th ate, War and Navy departments nned, but no word came. In- HE occasion for wearing a sack suit or quiries of the cable companies showed | = 2 it e < that not only were the communications by cutaway is principally in the morning, or u, Tientsin and al < . 5 spended, but the no- all day when at business. The occasion for e op e ordering the suit is at present, during our sale The War De ly h 4 it ¢ S 3.;‘(?.“".’.’,‘:“"',;2;-‘.‘ o ey of made-to-order suits for $13.50 from these e ity = S fashionable, drassy cloths : jor £ e Great | s et bt asbeastitan and Tschita. which cuts all commun O s Chiaw e Swms= IS that | black cheviot new light blue serge | The line referred to is a land wire run-! biue cheviot and clay worsted ning out of Peking to Tschita to the north and connecting with the Russian Siberian system. Thence land wires run through Korea and_ by a short cable across to Nagasaki, Japan. 7 i In looking for values when you order, e State Department to-day receive 2 don’t overlook the fact that these are $20.00 -;n;me;ir us!f l:legrflms frnm\ rfl;‘nh'es riends of Americans in Northern Chin: & < materials. The mills expected when they made the cloth that it would sell in suits at and in Peking praying for news_touchin, the welfare of their friends. Mr. Led- $20.00; and so it would were we not closing out a big purchase of cloth at a special price. ador at Peking, reported lled by the Boxers, was eastern part of the city occupied by the | Pense that might be involved in an order foreign employes of the maritime customs. “If the troops to reinforce the Foreign Guards fail to arrive to-day further riots are expected. It is beli ropeans have bee: “Telegraphic_c injured.” munication with that no Eu- the north,” says the Shanghai correspondent of the Times, “‘ceased early unds this er Sunday’'s marning. The ing had begun, but gave no details. sages for the north are now forwarded by steamer from Cheefoo. movement Is _gaining ““The Boxer date, | b last | message from Tientsin reported that fight- | Mes- strength after the immunity with whicn the recent outrages have been committed, and it is likely to spread rapidly. vesterday by the | gfams received el te { Consuls the fleet at Taku desci B el horraspanfient of . the | ooneile Sroet A0S describe here Tele- the position of the forces under Admiral to Peking, as serious, since it Is confronted by General Tung Fuh Sieng's troops, wit of Boxers in the rear. Water is scarce and the commissariat defective.” ‘Women Share the Peril. The morning papers generally consider the situation in China more serious than have so thoroughly ex- hausted the superiatives that there is not much left to be sald. They advise some of the rumors be received with cau- tion. The Times says: “The anxiety with which further news is awaited is heightened by the painful fact that the perils of the situation in Pe- king are shared by a number of European ladies and children, including Lady Mac- donald and her little daughters. days will probably elapse before definite news reaches us as to events in Peking or as to the progress of the relief expedition Struggling toward the city.” The Yokohama correspondent of the Seymour, close ever, but they Times says: “Japan 1s sending 2000 troo with large bunches that Some to China. At an audience granted to the Japanese representatives at Seoul the Korean Em- peror expre: regret for the torture and execution of the two ref ‘which, he , oce theut knowl- - from the department to some responsible | 4 official near the scene of the trouble to send information by any means in their | el To prove this, compare our samples with |NO NEWS OF MURDER i any other samples that you see for $20.00. OF GERMAN MINISTERi PARIS, June 17.—A telegram received { to-day from the French Consul at Hong- kong does not mention the reported mur- der of the German Minister at Peking or the reported destruction of the legations there. The French Consul at Tien graphs that the European detachm sent to Peking are advancing very slowl In the recent rioting in Peking the Co: sul reports the Boxers burned the Protes | tant Episcopal establishments in the Chi- | nese town. All is quiet in the French | concession. | |~ French troops with artillery are beimg | sent from Tonquin to Tientsin, whera they | will arrive on June 25. Others dispatched from France will arrive on July 3. The | Minister of Marine has ordered a divis- | ion of cruisers got ready for sea to re- | inforce the French squadron in Chinesa { waters. A transport is also being pre- | pared to take military reinforcements. ENGLAND WILL SEND SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, June 17.—The World has | this from London: The extreme gravity of the Chinese crisis in the eyes of the Pritish Government is ’ho“d tha de- cision to detach a division (10, infantry, three batteries of artillery and a siege train from Natal, Sir Redyers gge{s forces, for immediate dispatcn to na. hen asked how many troops he could spare from South Africa, Lord Roberts We pay careful and strict attention to out-of-town orders; we treat customers by mail as though they were tele- | present, buying in person. Write for sampies and self- measuring blank.