The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1900, Page 1

Tall, @l T '?Q‘ B} A% PRICE FIVE CENTS. AUGHTER OF THE RUSSIAN LEGATION OFFICIALS REPORTED Besieging Mongols Sweeping the Streets of the Foreign Settlement With an In-‘ cessant Fire. | In a Recent Six Hours’ Fight Cossacks Cap- ture Six Krupp Guns, and the Celestials Lose 3000 Men—No Tidings From Peking and the Most Gloomy Views Prevail. are sweeping the stree lering position after attle cuts of s and killed num- led, including CHANG REMAINS AT CANTON. s add noth- on. Itis g will remain hes received yester. on of the Chinese that Li Hung Ct defeated Prince Tuan’s forces, erful aid in arranging ince Ching, Yung Lu and he present Li Hung Chang and direct the Viceroys from the turbulent province of tu ave keep in check have evacuated of nd m 1 Wen- i Ningpo. Boxers 1 and threatened to exterminate the for- Th also distributed banners, badges appeals. DEFEAT OF THE REBELS NEAR PEKING. BRUS S. July 13.—M. de Fabreau, Minister of For- telegram from M. de Carther Meis- gian legation at Peking, dated Shang- 1rity of a Chinese source, that troops had defeated the rebels near Peking, wuthority of Prince Ching and General es Large bodies : 2o = Bl 6, received a written imperial edict dated REPORT OF MESSAGE | & seoctvad o orxitinn fnipd 7, and sent overland, in which TE\_U\‘G OF MASSACRE the Governors were urged to dispatch troops with the utmost speed to help aj A news agency re- | Tuar nst the rebels, among whom Prince Acting on h 1s said to be undoubted- Hung Chang is send of troops to Peking and rnors are probably doing wiedge of it. ROOPS T ITALY’S QUOTA OF TROOPS. ROME, July 13—A contingent of troops URGED TO SEN.D T - f for CI will leave Naples July 18. Ac- T0 AID FOREIGNERS o the Tribuna, a second rflnlir:- A B 3 = which, like the first, will be com- 0 & se of two battalions, will be sent. The ry corps will thus be raised to R e R S S S R Y W > R S B e B e e I S SN | SHANGHAI, Thursday, July 12.—The | declines to show it, alleging that he fears | punishment from the Chinese officials. ports have been received. | WENCHAU EVACUATED N B . < . . 4 ¢ . . € @ . + > < . ¢ ] ¢ . + ® © * . < . é Y ¢ + ! AT MINISTER AT WASHINGTON, AND | i :RAL OF CHINESE RAILROADS <: I H WHOM HE EXPECTS TO HAVE SEC- . { AGE CONVEYED TO MINISTER CON- “ - —+-0 ‘Fr’om St. Peter of the Terrible Torture and Death of Baron de Giers and His Wife, and. the Bmmve ‘Highters Who Defended Them. ! © 9 @98 0960000000009 6090006000 060600s y HICAGO, July 14.—A special to the Record from St. Petersburg, July 11, via Paris, July 13. says: The Czar has received with great emotion the dreadful details of the catastro- phe at Peking in a cablegram from Admiral Alexyeff at Port Arthur, confirming the horrible ol details of the assassination of M. de Giers, the Russian envoy. He was dragged through the streeis by Boxers, insulted, beaten, tortured, thrown into a kettle and boiled to death. The remains were thrown to the dogs. #Mme. de Giers suffered a fate worse than death. She was beaten and tortured with sharp sticks until life was extinct. The legation officials were tortured fiendishly until death ended their sufferings. M. de Giers and the legation officials resisted desperately and killed many of the attacking mob. In the midst of the tortures the envoy is said to have heroically proclaimed his faith in Christianity. He was encouraged by his wife, who so soon shared his martyrdom. The announcement of this intelligence to the relatives of the Russian martyrs in China was accompanied by heartrending scenes. Count Lamsdorf received the friends of the mur- dered ones at the Foreign Office and unfolded the tragic story. The scenes of frenzied terror and grief that followed were unspeakable. The building of the Foreign Office was besieged by an excited throng and the whole of St. Petershurg was full of lamentation. Immediately upon the receipt of Admiral Alexyeff’s dispatch the Czar ordered the Cabinet and Council of State to go into session. -0 6-0-0 oo e o000 145 49+0 0 S @ 60 00606 609006 ¢ > Oea e B e S e S S+-—0-0-o ! Boxers Burning a French Mission Near Peking and Murdering the Converts. . From Le Petit Journal. B e e L S S e e : sburg Comes a Story% W Ao o e o e o e e o e e e e e e o e e e S S SRS 2 2 STUAPIPUPAR SR S S NP ARAS SOU SU DUAY PIEEGOIITIILIPII eI+ o9 0 O O O 0 6 2 O 9 © 0 © - LARGE SUMS OFFERED been evacuated, the Boxers having ap-) Chinese and that all Russians must per- { peared and are threatening to massacre | manently leave Manchurfa. The engineers FOR A PEKING LETTER| foreign servants and native Christians. [ protested and requests that the Governor | The motto on the Boxers' flags is: “‘Assist | ask for assistance of the Russians at Port to overthrow the dynasty and expel for- | Arthur to annihilate the Boxers did not | eigners.” There was no gunboat at Wen- | avall and the Chinese troops continued to | | foreign Co s are offering large sums | chau. All the foreigners from there ar- | mass until the rising culminated in the | for the production of the letter which a | rived at Ningpo this morning. Trouble | murders and attacks on the railroad and Chinese merchant is said to have received from Peking dated June 3, saying the legations were demolished and that the foreigners had been killed. The merchant is imminent at Ningpo. towns already reported. RUSSIANS ORDERED FROM MANCHURIA ST. PETERSBURG, July 13.—The latest advices received here regarding the spread of the revolutionary movement in Manchuria added but little material in- formation. On June 24 an edict of the Emperor of China was intercepted, order- ing the Chinese troops to unite with the Boxers. Subsequently the Governor of Moukden informed the chief engineers that the rail- road line must be handed over to —_—— —— l DEMANDS COMMUNICATION. | PARIS, July 13—The Chinese Minister | here has communicated to M. Delcasse,‘ Minister of Foreign Affairs, an imperial edict dated June 28. To this M. Delcasse has replied that since the Chinese Govern- ment has the means to communicate with its representatives aboard, it ought to guarantee communications between the | foreign powers and their npresentatlvesl at Peking, and he has therefore charged the Chinese Minister to transmit a tele- gram to M. Pinchon, the French Minister to China. Rioting is reported to have occurred at Ningpo, but no confirmation of the re- BY THE FOREIGNERS Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Pub- hishing Company. SHANGHAL July 13.—Wenchau has Chinese Diplomats Entering Upon the Last Stages of Preparing the World for the Worst. Consul General Goodnow Cables the State Department the Depressing Information That the “Final Attack” on the Legations at Peking Had Been Arranged for July 7. P ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTE WASHINGTON, July 13.—While Wu Fang, Chinese Minister, is making a determined effort to for to Minister Conger the cipher dispatch handed to him by Sec- retary Hay, news was received here to-day which indicates that the Chinese are entering upon the final stages of prepar world for the worst. Goodnow State Department to-day the depressing information t “final attack” on the legations had been arranged for ] This statement was made public at the State Department rel: tive to the contents of Mr. Goodnow’ Ting the Consul General cabled to s s message. Minister Wu is extremely anxious for the allied troops to start for Peking. ' For several weeks past he has been 1 upon this Government and representatives of other powers have the allies commence their march on the capital. Had prompt action been taken he is satisfied that the Ministers | now would be safe. The Minister docs not like to openly cr cize the foreign governments, but ke think qnickly as possibly to the assistarce of the imperial government in Peking 1t would be much more sensible than to prolong the discussion which has been in progress. The Nlir~i~.ro. be- lieves that the troops now at Taku and Tientsin are sufficient to force their way to the capital and occupy it. While he is serving a hopeful demeanor, he is as much in the dark regard- ing the true situation of affairs in Peking as are the off He apparently cannot fully rely upon the information contained in the dispatches he receives, though he persists in placing reliance upon the imperial ‘edict which he presented to the State Depart- ment on Wednesday. It was during a conference the Minister had with Secretary Hayv on Wednesday that the suggestion was made that it would be advisable for the department to prepare a cip 1 intrust it to the Minister for transmission, if pos to Peking When asked to-night if he had received any reply, Wu said he had not, nor does he expect an answer for some days. It is apparent to the State Department that Li Hur g Chang does not propose to proceed to Peking, though he been strongly urged by the powers to do so. department offered to convey him by the cruiser Broo Taku. Li Hung Chang could not go north at that ti orders to Admiral Remey to proceed to Takn were imy and the Princeton was then sent to Canton to receive h Li was still unwilling or unable to leave, and the Prine ing needed in the north, had to leave yesterday and arrived to- day at Hongkong. A dispatch was received to-day from McWade at Canton stating that “Li Hung Chang engaged quar- ters upon the Chinese steamer Ah Ping. but the date of his de- parture for the north is as yet undecided.” they would go as so pre- 1 Sogne days a im. But ton. be- Consul has Li Hung Chang probably appreciates the fruitlessness of his going to Peking and the inadvisability of placing himself in the power of his enemies who are in control. WU TRYING TO GET MESSAGE TO CONGER Chinese Minister at Washington Aiding the Secretary of State in an Effort to Establish Communication With Peking. ASHINGTON, July 13.—The | translated into the official cipher of the Chinese Minister, Mr. Wu, has | State Department. The contents were undertaken to get through a | made known to Mr. Wu, cipher cable message from | teiligible clpher form it was ent Secretary Hay to United | him to be placed in the hands of States Minister Conger at Peking and to | Conger at the earliest possible mom. deliver back the reply of Minister Con- ger, if he be alive. Wu forwarded the cipher dispatch, together with an extend- ed explanatory message of his own, on Wednesday and the results are now being eagerly awaited both by Secretary Hay and the Chinese Minister, although it is appreciated that some days must elapse before runners can carry out this plan of opening. up communication between the American Government at Washington and the American Minister at Peking. It was soon after Minister Wu present- ed the Chines= nister ent. Wu determined to act through the medium of an influential imperial officer at Shanghal, who, by reason of his position, is better able than any one eles in China to execute such a mission. Be- sides forwarding the message to Minister | Conger. Wu sent to the Chinese official |a detailed and urgent explanatory m |'sage in which was set forth the t ative importance of performing thi ice for the American Governme: official was urged to spare no e {expense in forwarding the messs text of the edict issued by the | camciers, n B s itmperial Government that Mr. by rs, runners or any other means, in- to the hands of Mr. Conger. and to use Hay requested him to get through a mes- | jjke means in getting back the answer to sage to Mr. Conger. Since the Chinese |the American Government. Government succeeded in getting through | have now elapsed sine its own communication from Peking, Mr. | Conger went forward, and it is confident. Hay felt that it was quite reasonable to | Iy belleved that it is now on its way from ask that like communication be opened | Shanghai to Peking, surrpunded by such between our Minister and the Govern- |safeguards and such efforts for speed that ment here. | a reasonably early answer may be expect- Wu readily assented to this proposition {ed. At the same time it is remembered and evinced an earnest desire to use all | that it took ten days for China's official his personal influence in getting thro degree to get from Peking to Washing- He suggested, however. | ton. Minister Wu is bending every energy - Hay himself should write the | to accomplish this task at the earliest message in cipher, as this would be proof | possible moment, for he looks upon it positive to Mr. Conger of its genuineness, | not only as a duty, but as a means by whereas any open message to the Minis- [ which Chinese otlcials can show their ter might be open to suspicion of having | sincere desire to render every assistance emanated from the Boxers. Mr. Hay |to the American Government in the prese aefeupon wrote the message and had it |ent emergency. Two days the message to