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Bad Mess in China. ESorts Being Made to Rescue Troops at Tien Tsm. All the Powers Rushing Warships and Troops to China-Fears tbat Reinforcements Will Arrive Too Late. London, June 25, 3 a. m -The position of the international forces in tbe section of northern China where 10,000 men are striving to keep a fooling and to succor the legation in Pekin appears to increase with peril io every fresh dispatch. Pekin has not been heard from direct for 14 days. The last dispatch was im? ploring aid Admiral Seymour's column of 2,000 was last heard from 12 days ago. At that time it was surrounded midway between Pekin and Tien Tsin Possibly now it has reached Pekin The 3,000 interna tiooals at Tien Tsin were hard press ed and fighting for their lives on Thursday, and a relieving force of less than 1,000 bad been beaten back to Taku Friday. Observers on the spot think that 100,000 men would not be too many to grasp China firmly. The admiralty has received the fol? lowing from the British rear admiral at Taka : "Chefoo, Jone 23 -O?ly one run? ner has got through from Tien Tsin for five days. No information could be obtained except that the foreign settlement b&d been almost entirely destroyed and that our people were fighting hard. "News is received as this telegram is dispatched that an attempt to re? lieve Tien Tsin on June 22 was re? pulsed, with some loss " The telegram also said : "The -allied admirals are working in perfect accord with the Russian vice admiral as senior officer." A press message from Shanghai, dated yesterday at p. m , embodies some later information. It says : "Official Japanese telegrams con? firm the reports of a defeat of the allied forces at Tien Tsin. The for eigners there are now placed in a most desperate situation The Rus? sian admiral, Hillebrandt, yesterday sent a mixed force of 4,000 from Taka to attempt the relief of Tien Tsin. Nearly half of the force con? sisted of Japanese. The remainder waa made np of contingents re pre senting the other nations. "The guns of the Chinese around Tien Tsin are superior to anything the defending European force has or is likely to have for some time ' The bombardment cf Tien Tsin continued Friday. Bomb shelters were hastily erected by the foreign troops largely constructed of wetted piece goods. The food supplies are insufficient and the continued shell? ing is reported to be telling terri bly. Among those kiiled of the relief force Friday was tbe commander of ?? M. s" Batfieur. Tbe foreign casualties were 300 "Japan is making every effort Her troops are now arriving at Taku in large numbers The Chinese troops in the province of Chi Li iu elude 60,000 auxiliaries who have been drilled by Russian and German officers.r Capt Beatty and Lieut Wright, British, have been severely wounded at Tien Tsio, according to a Shang? hai dispatch to the Daily Express, dated Saturday Information was brought there by the British cruiser Orlando fro? Chefoo. The losses of the Russians have been heavy It was reported from Shanghai last evening that the allied forces had blown up the Taku forts and that every available mai had been sent to the reiief of Tien Tsio It is alieged that 2,300 Chinese bodies have been cremated at Taku and more than 4,000 Chinese are said to have been killed at Tien Tsin Chinese ruuners who have arrived at Taku report that a foreign force was engaged several days ago with an overwhelming body of Chinese 40 miles east cf Tien Tsin At Shanghai it is assumed that this force was Admiral Seymour's The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express says: "I learn from a mandarin who stealthily left Pekin on June lo and who succeeded at great hazard in getting clear, that the Boxers are massed around Pekin and that more than half of the north? ern and western portions of tue city including the foreign settlement, were sfiime when the mandarin left He could tell me nothing as to the fate of the foreigners, nor much as to the general situation : but he had heard that the empress dowager was preparing to go to the province of Shan Si" A Chefoo dispatch to The Daily Mail yesterday says : "The attack on the Tien Tsin relief force was made by 20,000 Chinese, using machine guns and modern field pieces The allies were wise in retreating. Forwarding detachments io this manner is suicidal, and the defeats of the foreigners, if though in small force, greatly aids the move? ment of the Boxers, which is gaining enormously through the inability of the foreigners to make headway against it. "Practically tbe whole of northern China is ablaze. Hostiiities are now i conducted on an extended scale, due I to direct orders from Pekin. ' Gen. Yann Shi Kai, governor of Shan Tong, commands 11,000 foreign drilled troops, organized to a high pitch of excellence and equipped with Mausers. It was in the plans that these troops should go to Taku, but the seizure of the forts was effect? ed before they could get there v Some of the special dispatches from Shanghai describe the great southern provinces of China as etil! quiet, but others assert that the news from the north is exciting the south? erners to a dangerous height of feel? ing and that millions may rise any day. Washington, June 24 -The oavy deparrmeot at 1 o'clook this afternoon issued the following bulletin : A cablegram from Admiral Kempt? dated Chefoo, June 24, says : "In ambuscade near Tien Tsin on the 21st four of Waller's command were killed and seven wounded. Names will be furnished as soon as received. Foroe of 2,000 going to re? lieve Tien T6in today. (Signed) Kempff" Tho secretary of the navy has order ed Admiral Remey to go wi?h the Brooklyn to Taku and to tender to Gen. MacArthur conveyance of any army troops whtch the Brooklyn oan carry. ACTING ON THE NEWS. Washington, June 24.-Admiral KempfPs dispatch, giving the first de finite news of the shedding of Ameri? can blood on Chinese soi!, came early thia morning and was turned over to Seoretary Long as sooo as he arrived at the department. With Admiral Crowniosbield, the seoretary, carried the dispatch to tbs White House, where, on the president's return from church, it was laid before bim. The determination thereupon was reaohed to order Admiral Remey. in oommand of the Asiatic eqoadron, from Manila, to Taku, on board of the armored omi ?er Brooklyn. The secretary and Ad? miral Crowniosbield returned to tho navy department where the necessary orders were dispatebed to admiral Rsmey. The effect of this transfer is to make Take the headquarters of the Asisti? Squadron. FOREIGNERS REPULSED London, June 24, 3 20 a m-The only dispatches from China received last night are those which give further details of the repulse of Thursday's attempt to relieve Tien Tain According to a dispatch from Chefoo hordes of Chinese with well posted artillery block the way of the American and Russian forces The guns of the allies could make no im? pression and it was found impossible to shift the enemy's position. Noth? ing could be done except to fail back and this was accomplished io good order. It was ascertained that the foreigners in Tien Tsin were making a gallant defense The French concession buildings had j been vigorously attacked with fire j and in all probability have been ? reduced to ashes After the force retired an armored train attempted to reconnoiter, but was derailed More troops are arriving at Taku and another attempt at relief with a force of much greater strength was to have been made last (Saturday) night The Chinese legation at Berlin received another telegram last (Sat? urday) night, stating that all the legations in Pekin were safe and that the foreign ministers at that place were ali well NUMBER OF AMERICANS AT PEKIN. Washington, June 23--In answer to a request from the navy depart? ment as to how many Americans were in Pekin, Rear Admiral Kempff replied, under date of June 2o, via Chefoo, that 30 Austrians, T5 French, 50 Germans, 79 British. 40 Italians. 23 Japanese, 75 Russians and 58 Americans are in Pekin He further says : "No news of whereabouts of Pekin's relief expe? dition Reported by cablegram June 12 Japanese expect several thou? sand troops now due No news from Tien Tsin or Pekin since last report." This dispatch arrived at the navy department prior to the dispatch, an? nouncing that fighting was in prog? ress between Chinese imperial troops and the international column outside of Tien Tsin Loudou, June 26, 3 35 a m -The British cruiser Terrible has arrived al Chefoo from Taku with the latest news, which is as follows : "Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiliers have effected a june j tion with the American, Germ?n and Russian forces which had been cut off by the Chinese about nine miles from Tien Tsin. it was proposed to deliver an assault upon the Chinese forces at Tien Tsin last night (Sunday night) " It is not clear what forcea united It would seem that one relieving force, cut off, had been relieved by another. At any rate, it ia apparent ly certain that the allies arrived in sufficient force at Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the besieging Chinese "Foreign official opinions here," says a dispatch from Shanghai, to the Daily Express, dated yesterday, "in? clines to believe that the worst bas happened to the legations?*at Pekin and to Admiral Seymour as well. Even if the legations were safe OD June 19, there is no guarantee that they are safe now. The situation, in fact, grows more and more gloomy. The entire absence of reliable newe from the capital seems to justify the worst construction which can be put upon it "Bad newe comes from Nan King, where the unrest is said to be grow? ing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yin has telegraphed the British authori? ties that he has ordered the five ! Chinese cruisers which have been ly ing off the harbor here to proceed to Nan King." London, June 26, 3.35 a. m - "Gen Mas' army/' says a correspond? ent at Shan Hai Kwan, "consisting of 4,000 men, left a week ago for Pekin and Gen Sung Ching's forces, numbering 2,500, left for the same place on June 15. "A careful estimate of the number and armament of the Chinese troops around Pekin puts the total at 360, 000 and it is calculated that these troops possess 227 centimetres Creu sot guns, 18 Krupp guns and 150 Maxims Their supply of ammunition is practically inexhaustible It has been mainly supplied by a German firm at Carlowitz Fully three fourths of the Chinese forces are badly drilled, wholly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar with modern weapons.r' Another Shanghai dispatch says: "Li Ping Heng, former governor of Shan Tung, who ie intensely anti foreign, has gone to the Klang Yin forts on the Yang Tee He bas de? clared his intention of resisting the landing of British forces in that re? gion " According to a Hongkong dis patch dated yesterday, strong re enforcements of Indian police with three Maxims, have been sent to Kow Loon, on the mainland. A Chefoo message of Monday's date, says : "Four cannon have been added to the weat fort here, where there are now 1,000 soldiers permanently encamped, a further force having arrived from Ning Hai Chou. There is an uneasy feelir g prevailing here, and an attack is generally antici psted. Chinese merchants are clos? ing their offices and preparing to leave the port All business is at a standstill " Extensive preparations by the allies are going farward. The First regiment of British India, 1,000 men, embarked at Calcutta yester? day, and 833 more marines received orders to go out from English ports. The British war office, in anticipa? tion of a prolonged campaign, is con? tracting for winter clothing and fur caps The Amur army corps, ordered ont by Russia, numbers 52,100 men with 84 guns. Japan purposes to land 15,000 men on Chinese territory within a fortnight AmoDg the minor military pre? parations the Portuguese governor of Macao. Island of Macao, at the southwest entrance of Canton river, is sending arms to the Portugese in Canton The Germans in Hong koDg have cabled Emperor Wiliiam to aek if they may serve in the local forces in defense of Hongkong. A million rounds left Hongkong yester day for Taku by the British steamer Hailoong The Shanghai correspondent of The Times pends the following under yesterday's date : 'A military correspondent at Taku says that the operations of the allies are suffering from the want of a re cognized head, defective organiza? tion, and the lack of transport.'' Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer, has arrived at Chefoo. FOREIGNERS ENTER TIEN TSIN Bulletin-Cheefoo, Tuesday, June 26.-Rear Admiral Kempff reports, by a Japanese torpedo boat, that the combined forces entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, June 23, sustaining small los3 They started on Sunday to tbe re lief of the force which left Tien Tsin on June lu, and which is believed to be surrounded near Pekin. According io Japanese reports. Admiral Seymour has been?captured and the ministers have left Pekin, left guarded by Chinese soldiers Their whereabouts is unkuown NOVEL PROPOSITION OF CHI NESE MINISTER Washington, June 25-The chief development to day in the Chinese situation was the effort of the Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, to secure au armistice in the operation of American troops until Li Hung Chang could reach Pekin and bring about a cessation of the disorder. The proposition is rather a novel one, and is based upon the repre? sentations of the viceroys of the important provinces of the Yang Tse Kiang valley that they can maintain order without the aid of foreign troops and that the presence of the foreigners would act merely as au incentive to disorder. Minister Wu brought representations to the atten? tion of Secretary Hay who consulted the ptesident. The latter's decision as subsequently conveyed to the minister, was that while the assur? ance of the viceroys for continued quiet was fully appreciated, the United States could not bind itself not to send its forces to points where disorder actually existed and where the safety of our ofici?is aDd citizens was endangered. Technically speak? ing, in the absence of a state of war, this was not a proposition of armis? tice but high government officials, said it amounted practically to an ? offer of armistice and the refusai on the part of the United States to make the arrangement. QUESTION ANSWERED. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale J of any medicine in the civilized world. Tour mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for indigestion or billicus ness. 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The other two arc employed by Mr. Taylor to guard bis person Thc strain ?3 telling on both Mr and Mrs Taylor. All the time they were j ia the city their rooms were closely guarded and Mrs. Taylor personally i answered every rap upon the door. Sba ? denied herself to ail callers and was oo i the verge of collapse several times. It is understood that Mr. Taylor will j not be surrendered to the Kentucky j authorities by Governor Roosevelt, and that ho wili be immune from arrest j until be shall return to Indiana, where j be is now makiog bis home, or until j some time as be sba'! return to Ken- ? tucky of bis own volition. Ratttbone's Removal. Washingtoo, Jone 25 -The post master general bas issued an order removing from effice Estes G. Rath? bone, who had been suspended by a former order from the position of director general of posts of Cuba, and detailing Martin C Foso es, an in? spector ia the postal service, to per? form the duties of director general cf posts until further orders. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has been reiieved from further work in Coba and bas sailed for home Today's action in removiog Rath booe. Postmaster General Emory Smith said tonight, was not taken be? cause of any fresh developments in the Cuban postal frauds angering (be de? posed directer. When Mr. Bristow, who has beea conducting the investiga? tion, left the islacd he designated Mr Fosoes as acting director and to sim? plify the matter and avoid a makeshift arrangement, Mr Smith deoided to appoint Mr. Fosnes as director, his tenure to be "uotii otberwiso ordered " Charleston, Juoe 25 -The com meocemcot exercises of the South Car? olina Military Aoademy were held today at the Hibernian ball io tbe presence or a large audience. The exercises were of an interesting character and the programme was observed to the pleas? ure of all present. The diplomas were presented by Col. 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