The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1900, Page 2

o HAY LOSES FAITH The Secretary of State Now Believes Conger’s First Message Was Jug- gled With and Fears the Worst Has Happened to Peking Foreigners. GERMAN CRITICISM AMERICA'S COURSE M L] ts. More- mat- & P MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS EN ROUTE TO CHINA EIGHTY RUSSIANS KILLED BY CHINESE AMA YOKOH grams Tuesday. J 24.—Tele- Savs, toko ng, twenty river to J accou Y 1 another t 1 been defeated by en route ng. Rus- for Pyong. ongy oul re advocating an srmitting Korea from CLAIMS THE MINISTERS ARE LEAVING PEKING Sew York Heraid HONGKONG, July he position of air n but the popu- ace is unea The Governor of on T 4 a dispatch frow Peking. dated J which says the Ministers are safe ] ving ur eseort of imperial troops for Tientsin. Most per- sons here cor r this a “blufr.” -t HEROES OF SAN JUAN EN ROUTE TO CHINA It has been troops are ic Gefinitely settled avhat #0 to China on the transport Hancock, which Jeaves this port Saturday, 2. Lieutenant Colonel John H. Calef. Eatteries A, D, I and O of the Third K ry will go to China on the Han- cock. The battalion of marines under Major Randolph Dickens is also booked for this vessel. Her list also shows the ollowing: Major Hugh J. Gallagher and eight officers of the United rine Corps, seventeen privates ital Corps, T. S. A.: nine Sig- 1.Corps privs 'n< ten recruits for Light Artillery, and seven cas- e of 1o Ninth Infantry. Special Dispatch to The Call. officers number .of tr: them is an S A board | Alexander recommendations lookin d Hugo A. Wahl are reiieved from the g ral hospital, Presidio, and or dut ge of the i for service abroad. Surgeon W. M. Hen- 1 of Fort T, wil W MeDowell, who will g Assistant Surgeon W. A. Mc for duiy on the port H Acting Assistant Sur- MeV gned to duty at the neral hospital, Presidio changing their prison | and mingling with the y I, Third Artillery. who were being ansfer from the | island to the Presidio. KEMPFF EXPLAINS WHY HE WOULD NOT ATTACK AT TAKU Rear Admiral the ot ku forts at also in- of ral Kempff of Comms SHIP NEWARK, TAKU, China, July pre o o ior n ficer f Taku forts. * s Admiral Bru t of the mat with but nt f vernm laration Preparations for Attack. T FLAGSHIP NEW the honor then assigned reach of the 2 de. Jatt ing under Tongku and took COMMUNICATION 15 RESTORED BY LORD ROBERTS General Advance MadejFrom the Position East of Pretoria. B LONDON. July %.—Phe War Office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts. VANDEKMER WEST STATION, July We ma general advance vester- position we have been hold- ing. Pretoria, since June 12. lan Hamilton, from the north, reached Rust- f seven miles north of Bronkhurst n This so completely a enemy’s line of retreat t they abandoned the strong position ving in front of Paole- nson’s brigade advanced unopposed to Elands r right was protected by the surth Brigades of cavalry un- nch. and Hutton’s Mounted In- The former crossed east of ‘Wil- July Fre ntry ce River. Telegraph and railway communication was restored last night. In the supply train captured at Roode- val were 200 Welsh Fusileers, most of whom had been prisoners. Dewet's force i= continuing to move northeasteriy. It was at Roodepoort, July 22, with Broad- wood not far behind and Little’s cavalry brigade following Broadwood Baden-Powell reports as follows: “MAGATA FARM, July _22.—Colonels Arcy and Lushington with 45 men drove 1000 Boers from a very strong position and scattered them withe considerable loss. Our casualties were six killed and nineteen wounded.” It is not clear whether the supply. train and 200 Fusileers mentioned in this above dispatch are identical with the train and 1% Cameron Highlanders. the capture of which was reported by Lord Roberts in his communication of July 22, The following dispatch from Lord Rob- erts has been received at the War Office: BRONKHURST SPRUIT, July 24.—We marched here to-day. This is the place where the Ninety-fourth was attacked | December 20, 1550." The graves of the offi- River | Describes the Bombardment and Capture of the Chinese Forts by the Warships of the Allies. 5.—The 1 no in the acticn. Many forelgners were and protection during the night. port of the comms 3 is herewith inc part were chiefly 4.7 s a number of board a landing party ately put them ashore. c sugh Taku to new g two tubes and nvoyed by th to the rem: some 630 rder regating men, ne time for the assault with more or less spirit ame ve wd v rapid a rous to the maga- ausing her even men an awning Cnp\ure of the Fcrts the gunboats having s t. a landing force c west T ured it thbly the captain of the rty and one' English sailor I wounded. The Chinese then t. which is jolned to P 1 passage. After t uth Forts were xplosion of the ants fled, but we several na- on the k mud d by a host ot Fun: is as a rule three of the mod- ‘vlw for The oisted their flag: forts being of th but 1 although they were not counted, but it is w 1 the forts. The loss on the side | b s was as nearly as possible | badly injured, eight men is—Captain badly injured, three men killed, six or eight wounded Two officers badly wounded, eight | twelve wounded. Guilak—One officer ht men killed. ten we by explosion of One man kil or vessels engaged, rtance Fhe above is an account gleaned o ¢ officers engaged, but tain min nacies During the engagement guns were turned on e Monacacy, which was out of the line of was struck (no casualties) and was Withdraw up the river LOUIS KE Rear Admiral, Commander Wise's Report. Following is tk report of the action made by Commander Wise of the Mono- cacy to Rear Admiral Kempff: UNITED \T ATES SHIP MONOCACY, TONGKU, June 17, 19%0.—Sir: T have upon the occurrences since one injuries of minor FRANCISCO CALL, to | of those deserving of clem-! with the Third Ar- | Hancock | ped from Alcatraz on | While hoisting the flag, casual- | pa- | THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1900. IN CHINESE . R e e S s = - & - » . MAJOR JESSE M. LE senjor major of the Ninth United States Infantry, was wounded at the ¢ storming and capture of Tien- |4 tsin. | .> D e B e S 1 0‘ + . & P * * kS y b . 5 © | e | i * % . . EY P . b & COLONEL AARON S. DAGGETT ¢ | yesterday noon. 1 attended a meeting of { ¢ Of the Fourteenth United States @ s at b p. m. on by the Borbora. I was|( Infantry, now arriving at Taku, e prote ultima ‘,‘.’m‘»‘,‘.? T will be the ranking United States 4 officer on the scene until the ar- o pended 1 1 @ rival of Major General Chaffee. J | would have to jeave ut of the | o ? e and places for the vessels of the at-| I MAJOR WILLIAM CROZIER went from Manila to Tientsin to take charge of all supplies, arms, ammunition, ete., for the United States forces. i first gun was fired at | with the simultaneou: | two of the shots pa although she was ou of the line of fire tween the forts and vessels at ¢ 3. The Mitis did not leave h: . | was a short distance from mine, 1z P*oed e e eieseie@ | and the Japanese did not leave her's during the bombardment | 4. The fire was well sustained on both sides, | gh shells continued at rvals 1o | sass mear me or short or b attributed | it to a wide firing by the fo About 2:30 1 was standing on top of the pilot-he by CZAR TO SEND {he Gatling T had mounted there, n 1 | card a shell approaching s ‘I‘ i 3 a crash. The Secon & | r davits a few feet below and behind me, | A VAS ARMY { had been struck by a shell. It had entered her stern, tore out the bottom and ranging | a Iy ss the sh ssing the fall | | of ‘the xteam laun e fore | | ladder and pas ui e ship's side, m, | ten 1 There were many men on the fc ward main deck and it r ave gone as | some of them as to me. u\ fortw ould have | It was faring ely missed the launch's davit, caused it to explode. ifficult to make out how the allies evidently closing, a discharges from guns like or Maxims were heard. At 4 oclock there wag a tremendous explosion, which I at- | tributed to a magazine in one of the forts. as that | | {0 Retrle\'e Manchu- rian Disasters. | | Hings | Steamed Out of Range. — | { 6 Toward 4 o'clock the bursting of shells In SR o | m§ near vicinity increased to such an extent ONDON, July 26.—With the accum- | that it occurred to me that the forts might be ulation of evidence of an impend- | directing some of the fire on the raflroad sta- ing big struggle comes also the B S gam e Sunto It was Ayt news of disagreements between the powers and the foreign ders, which threaten to hamper united ac troops were encamped around it. In such case comman- | the Monocacy would be in considerable danger from fire which T had hitherto considered bad | tion ‘and to encourage Chinese resistance. | castoff evervihing. 1 steamed sway trom the | A conference of the admirals at Taku, bank and went two miles up the river, an- |called to settle the question regarding the _wv‘vwrmx‘: in v‘llw first hend. This move was | management of the restored railway, de- an ananese flag. foating over one o ing | cided in favor of R control, only rts. 1 retorned to my berth | the British and American admirals dis I was able to render the following assist- | senting. { First, a party of thirty-seven ladies and | The Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Mail in leader and of a general headqua an intelligence office. He sa dren, refugees from the mission at <k } had fled hurriedly ists upon the necessity of a single | abardment clock and are still with me. on_the notification the | rters, with | They came aboard last night at Also_came two officers of H. M feur, Who had cof F | down trom Tientsin a6 had- cyme Much valued time is wasted by the | English ship. As T 'was comin present system. Little scouting is done m. T mot an Engiiah torm nd very few guides are cmploved. The | Chinese hoat prize. I had no small b at allies have no intelligence regarding the | position or numbers of the enemy. The | to make a landing, o I sent the jaunch to run re. | her Tine as for which thanks have been ve taken on board and had | supplies of food and medical stores, as | at ey [Or the following: A | well as the number of surgeons, is insuffi- | se = with a gunshot wound, a i . hinese coolle found close to the ship with | Cient. | arm torn off by fragment of shell, a Russian There appears to be a difficulty, owing | soldier with wound in the hand to the Russian censorship, to get an ac- | S Taku forts deserted by every one. No curate idea of the situation in Manchuria. The Government dispatches block the available wires and little private news comes through. Nevertheless, there are rumors that the situation is more serious than it is officially represented to be, and | that the Russians Have been driven back while trying to save the southern por- tion of the Eastern Railway. The Chi- nese have burned Lavoang to prevent trains; no anywhere; Pettingill, disturbance. telegraphic communication from but 1 had a telephone from Mr. which reports all quiet sipce first that the a natural regret, l<h.md oubt, by the officers, that duty and orders pr'unvml the old Monocacy from giving her anclent smooth-bores a last chance. Very respectfully, F. M. WIS Commander cers and men Rre in fair preservation and t will now be put in good order. The march was unopposed, but French’s cavalry a Hutton’s mounted infantry, making wide detour on our right, met bodies of | he enemy. These were driven back, leaving several dead and wounded. good many were also captured. Our cas- ualties were, killed, one, Broadwood reports that he captured five of Dewet's wagons to-day. He was alting at Vredefort until Little joined m. - LIBERALS BITTERLY ATTACK CHAMBERLAIN | LONDON, 1 25— Discussion of the Colonial Office vote led to a spirited de- bate in the House of Commons to-day, in the course of which the Liberals again aired most of the old charges against the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain, and indulged in criticisms of the South African war. Finally Sir Wilfrid Lawson moved a reduction of Mr. Cham- berlain’s salary as a mark of censure of his policy. Mr. Chamberlain, replying, welcomed the issue raised by the motion, which, he declared, meant that the war was wrong, and that, consequently, annexation of the South African republics was wrong and their independence should be restored to them. In his opinfon, however, the war was just and righteous, and should not be judged by the consequences in loss of life. John Bright had defended the Civil War in America as just and righteous, although the loss of life was as thousands to units as compared with South Africa. Mr. Chamberlain charged the Radicals with condoning rebellion. The policy of the Government, he deciared, hewever, was not vindictive, and instead of sub- jecting the rebels to the death penalty or | imprisonment. it only proposed to disarm them politicaily for ten vears. The opposition did not spare Mr. Cham- herlain. Liberal members sharply inter- rupted him and charged him with mis- quoting other speakers and reminded him that ithe whole history of South Africa in the past seven years had furnished sub- stantial ground for him to be suspected in_all his actions. Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury and Government leader in the House, moved the closure, which was carried—169 ayes to 100 noes. The motion on reduction of Mr. Chamberlain’s salary was then lost—208 noes to 52 ayes—and the Colonial Office vote was agreed to. Convention in Cuba. HAVANA, July 2.—The decree calling for a constitutional convention and pro- ylding for the election of delegates will be promulgated to-mormow, ‘The election wil held on the third Saturday in September and the convention will meet in Havana on the first Monday in No- vember. k| IFGROES KILLED BY RIOTERS AT NEW ORLEANS Outgrowth of the Shooting of Captain Day and Officer Lamb. Russian concentration there and are now trying to smash communication between Port Arthur and Niuchang. The critical | situation has forced the Russians to with- | draw 2 number of troops from Tientsin, | while 3000 troops have been sent from Port | Arthur. It is reported that an entire army | corps is being mobilized at Odessa for transport to Taku by the volunteer fleet. It is reported from Niuchang that the Russians are concentrating forces at a point fifteen miles east of that fort and iting reinforcements before ad- \“;irfnv;a un‘ Mukden, Manchuria. The Boxers have wrecked the bridges of the Shanghal, Kwan and Kinchau section of the railway. Admiral Seyntour and General Sir Al-| fred Gaselee -are consulting at Wei-Hai- We! ————— BLAGOVESTCHENSK ATTACKED BY CHINESE SRR D+4444444444444444444444@ ST. PETERSBURG, July 25.—Russian + 4 | troops from Nikolsk and Sungary River + NEW ORLEANS, July 26, 1| are hastening to the relief of Charbin and + 6 a. m—Word has just been | |other places in a similar plight. General Grodekoff reports tha e Chi- |3 ;;:;:":‘fitr A red ot :m::' 3 | nese teebiy cannonaded Blagovestchensk | |+ s e Sunday, July 2. Little damage was done. + French market about 2 o’clock + | Cossacks are crossing the Amur River, + this morning. 3 | dispersing the Chinese. i . | “The steamer Vojevoda, which has ar-| % 4 | rived at Tolbuzin from Charbin, reports | @H44444444440444440440440 NEW ORLEANS, July %.—At least two negroes were killed, several others maim- ed, and still more serious trouble was threatened in this city Jast night as a re- sult of the shooting of Police Captain Day and Policeman Lamb on Monday. The | nolice had found absolutely go trace of the negro Charles, the murderer of these | officers. Last night a tip was circulated for a mass-meeting at Lee Circle, and by | 9 o'clock a crowd of several thousand per- sons had gathered there. The crowd be- gan to march to the scene of the crim: attacking and maltreating all negroes en- countered of the way. Many shots were fired and several negroes were hit, Chief Gaster and every avaflable police- man, together with a company of militia. hastened to the scene in time to turn the mob. but they could not suppress the law- lessness. At 10 o’clock the rioters turned their course toward thepa.rlah rison with the ayowed intention of lynching the ne- gro Pierce, who was with Charles when | the policemen were shot. The mob surrounded the prison, but the police were there in force sufficient to prevent an attack, and the rioters satis- fied themselves by shooting into passing street cars, wounding several persons, white 2s well as black. At midnight the rioters began to disperse, going up town in crowds. The mob was composed large- 1y of ho‘ya. aged from 15 to 18 years. n: the two negroes killed was mur- in the tenderloin section, being shot uter pulling a pht? to defend himself. Chi- | Chi- | that she was fired upon at Sausin by nese from the river banks and jun The Japanese Government is ready to mobilize three additional divisions for ser- vice in China, if required WILL PREVENT SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO THE ORIENT PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, July 25.— Collector of Customs Huestis received in- structions to-day from Secretary Gage to use every prgcaution to prevent the ship- ment of arms and ammunition to Asiatic ports from Puget Sound, which may be | used in China to harm Americans residing there, and he is further instructed to de- tain all vessels about to clear for Oriental | Fortu with arms until the department can nvestigate. Collector Huestis has notifled all owners and agents of vessels engaged in the Oriental trade of this order, and | will also place a force of inspectors to watch the loading of vessels for the Orient. e Troops Arrive at Taku. SHANGHAI (Tuesday), July 24—Two thousand American troops have arrived at Taku, as well as eight transports filled with British troops. Both detachments are deficlent in artillery. A cable steam- er has started to lay a cable from Wel Hal Wei to Chefu and Taku. | L e R e e e e e e S S e i S S e i e o | AMERICAN OFFICERS ON DUTY IN CHINA. ‘gnmg as a reason that the Boxers de- | | appears city, and many native servants are coming to the settlements. a majority of | them returning to the service of their | previous employers. ASSURANCES | BYBOXERS Probable Fate of Nine Americans at a Mis- sion in China. —— Special Dispatch to The Call EW YORK, July 2.—The Journal has this from Hongkong: Consul General Wildman has been in- formed that the Chinese Governor of the island of Hainan has s;lr\'-\l " Consuls that he is unable to Pestect forelgners any langer. The Amer- fcan missionaries have appealed to Consul Wildman to send a warship to Hol-How o n way foreigners. 3 I:yrzithrlm\ ed that three men, three women and three children belonging to the American Presbyterian Board’s mission at Nodoa. Hainan, have been murdered by Chinese imperial troops. The last news from there was on July 12, at which time they repelled an attack of Boxers. | Hongkong is full of refugees. Am out- break is expected west of the river. COMMANDER F. M. WISE of the United States war steamer Mo- L e e I = @0?050@0@0#09»5’ nocacy has been placed In com- mand at Taku. - R e ] 'CHINESE SOLDIERS TURN UPON BOXERS Vent Their Wrath Upon the Fa- natics Who Drew Them Into a Hopeless Struggle. j native clerks formerly employed by for- :n-llgn Chinese firms. e ) N eak acl Chi t is stated that the Chinese losses since break the backbone of the Chinese | ., 1 ples broke out are 11000, most of war party. At daylight this morn- | wjom have been killed by Boxers and sol- ing the combined forces turned |gjers. This is probably much exaggerated their attack upon the Chinese left, which | Val ey | or. was penetrated. As the Russians falled | T"“’“:? R to make a suitable bridge across the | OGeneral Dorward, -the British com- canal, the Chinese made a smart counter- | TANGer: has sent to the Ameriean attack on our right and left outposts, T Galie 30 enpeeis the Bt apsintion of TSIN. July via Shanghat, : 2 July %.—To-day's performance will | This was repulsed by a handful or two |\ J5ire to express the high apprecialion of of men. who fought with great bravery. | serving alcngside their comrades in the Ameri- but with heavy casualties. No Amer- | can army and of the high honor accorded me in | feani injured having them under my command. p 4 o he mistake made in ; I blame myself At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the allies | vouire their bae bombarded the native city and after an |rot remembering that troops fresh to the scene hour' of ‘magnificent work By two four- | of actien and hurried fovward in‘the etcite o F e twelve- s the | Ment of attack were likely to lose thelr way inch guns and three tweive pounders the | St b, Doeltion they took and gailantly stuck fort and adjoining military pagodas were | ., a1 day v btedly prevented a large body the Niath Regiment, lin fames Their destruction was com- | of the enemy from turning the right of the plete. The fort replied feebly with a few | attacking force and ting serious loss om rounds, when one gun got the exact | the French and Japanese. range and fired several lyddite General Dorward also expressed his sympathy with the Americans in the loss is the fort that has been shelling shells. | of Colonel L um, commander of the ntsin since June regiment, and Captain Davis of the Ma The allied forces have spared the por- | rine Corps. He commended Lieutenant tions of the native city from which oper- tler and Lieutenant Leonard of the rine Corps, and Lieutenant Lawton of the regiment, and praised Lieutenant Col- onel Coolidge for his skillful management of the regiment. ations have not been directed. Chinese Soldiers Slay Boxers. Chinese coming in from the country re- port that the Chinese soldiers are killing | Chinamen from the walled city describa oera whamven (e Tati seem, | a Teign of terror inaugurated by the the Boxers whetever the Istier are Seow, | gt o' fonve She City it The Honans Killed all Chinese who had been in employ of Eunope: , holding a daily he a hopeless ceived them into embarking on | st ug%l ent_Chinese auisition. They ¢ ol even those regar gn of widespreas pected of friendship foreigners or ‘sension. It was only a matter of a short | of adopting foreign cu The mere time, he deciared, before the same state wearing of .narrow sleeves was deemed would exist in Peking, when, in all prob- | an offense just & 1he death of (he o ability, & Lu. commander in chief of | fender and the confiscation of his prop- the Chinese fo and Prince Ching | erty would be able to regain sufficient influ- ence to make peace, especially if the for- eigners in the to represent. as far opinion_here ascertain it. Colonel Boer of the French Colonel Wo onel Aoki VENGEANCE OF regiment, > 'k of the Russians and Col- ] i of the Japanese will form th joint provisional government for the clty ] { of Tientsin which it was recently de- cided to establish. They will be entrust- with the task of br ke order the existing Since the e of the proclamation out of in- viting well-disposed Chinese to return to their ho number have come bhack s a Tsuno-li-Yamen Build- ings Burned After Yon Ketteler's Murder, —_— The native city presents an appalling spectacle 0° ruin and desolation. The | suburbs wer> completely destroyed by fire, mostly caused by the shells of the allies on the side facing the settlemen It is believed that not a dozen houses intact. and the wall was damaged by tremendous fire of the allies’ artillery, which, however, was apparently not heavy enough to produce much effect. A curfous spectacle is presented by a num- ber of mud hovels immediatel under- | neath the wall where the latter was mos Special damaged, hardly nnoh f them showing ispatch to The Call signs of having been hi ¥ S— =W YORK, July - Littered With Chinese Dead. | Fh AETHE Sy The World the damage was terrific. as this from Tokio: An official Tnside the city The buildings nearest the wall were telegram to the Japanese Depart- ruined by fire and many were totally ent of State d ribes the ass blown to pieces by the shells of the allies. | NS a0 . of the Among the smoldering ruins are max rman sination at Peking Ju charred corpse: g Minister, and The allies a removing the bodies. | =, . but, in_consequence of the great number The Japanese marines occupied the of dead, many have not vet been huried. | residence of Prince Kiang. on the left he stroets throughout the city are straw. ’ = [ with all kinds of articles, aud dogens D27k Of the Imperial canal, opposite the of Chinese are digging in the ruins .or | British legation, and undertook to give s and other valuables. | shelter to about 300 native Christians. of the houses which are intact or damaged displ the flags of one he Jap. predominating. | There have been many attempts to imi- tato the flags. which. under other circum- stances, would be Imlnh..hlo The houses which do not dis, flags show bits of cotton or paper lwannz the names of the | allied nations and complimentary sen- e e oy lch, appeEently, ave the | “dpe: suetrian. 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