The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 27, 1900, Image 6
Bad Mess in China.
rta Being Made to Reioue
Troops at TUn Tom
All tH? rowtfi Rushing Warnhtpa
ui Troops to Ohlna-Feare t bat
rota Will Arrive
Too Lote.
Loadoa, June 26, I i. ? ?The
of too iotoroftttooot forcee in
aooliao of aortbero Chios a here
10,000 mea oro striving to ktep a
foot tag and to aucoor tha legation io
Tokio appears to increase with peril
to tvery freak diapatoh. Pekio baa
mat OOOO Beard from direct for 14
days Too last diepttcb wot le*
pJinog aid Admiral Seymoor'o
OOtooiB of 2,000 wu laet heard from
12 days ego. At that time it waa
eerrooadad midwey bat wee o Pekio
OOOTlaaTeic I\>eeibly bow it baa
iweobed Ptkia Tbo 8,000 ioieroa
ad Tloa Tain ware bard preee
fighting for tboir liwea ob
ood a relieving force of
? tbao 1.000 bad beeo beatea back
Tako Friday Oboarvere oo tha
thiak ibat 100.000 met would
oot bo too many to graap China
Too admiralty baa received the fol
etwiog from too Brltiab roar ado iral
ot Taio :
MOoadbo. Jaoa 28 Oely one iao
oo? baa oot taroogh from Tiea Teio
far Iva daye. No ioformeiioo ocold
betbtataed tioapt that the foreign
ood beeo almeet entirely
ood toot oor people were
Bestieg bard.
??News to received aa tbia telegram
to Biooalebed toot as attempt to re
ttoro Tleo Taia oo ?looo 22 waa re?
fill I i. witb aame loaa ??
Too Ulegram bmo said : "Vko
olHad admiraia are workiag fa perleot
witb too Rofoioo ?too adm ral
If
A praaa meeaege from Sheogtei,
tmeed yesterday up. o, embodies
OOflbO later information It eaya :
- "Oflcial Japaoeae talegrama con
trn too reports of a defeat of i be
at Tleo Tain. Tbo br
tboro art bow plaoad it i
dttperete altootioo Tbo Rue
admiral, Billobraodt, yttterdsy
o mixed force of 4.000 from
lo attempt tbo relief of Tito
Hearty half of tbo feroe et?o
of Japaoeae. Tbo resaaiacer
Bodo op of oootlofoott repte
tbo other aatiooa.
"Tba goao of too Cbioeee aroood
Ttoo Tain ore eaperior to eeytblog
too dofaodiag Moropaao fovoe boa or
to Hbety to have for aome time
' Tbo BoaibordmeBt of Ttoo Teio
oootlooed Friday. Bomb abtltera
arete boatily erected by tba foreign
troepe largely oonetrooted of wetted
oieoe goods. Tba food sappliee are
?OtOatoioal and the coutiooed ehell
iog is reported to be tel'ing ten i
abaee killed of the relief
oo Fvtdey was the commander of
M. 6 Betfleur Tba foreign
?tea ?rata 800
Japoa ie msking every effort
er Ireopo ere oow erriviag at Taku
to large aombere The Chinese
io tba province of Obi Li in
?U.000 aoxiliariee who have
drilled by Roaaiaa and Germeo
Oapt Boatty aod Lieat Wright,
aVwJsb, bava beeo eeverely wooaded
at Tleo Taia, aooordiag to a Beaeg
bei diepetoh to tbo Daily ?ipraaa.
eased geterdej Information w
broBgbt abate wy tba Britiah oruieer
OrloooMo^dJoaoso. Tba loaaee of
tba Boatiosi beeo been baavy
It waa reported from Shanghai last
Otwelag that the allied foroee bad
brown ap Iba Tako forte aod that
of try available ma i bad been sent to
tot relief of Tiea Teio It ia alleged
teat 2.300 Obineee bodiee have been
oremeted at Teku aod more than
4,000 Cbineee are laid to have been
billed at Tiea Tein
Cbioeee ronnere who have arrived
ot Tako report that a foreign force
wee engeged eeveral dayi ago witb
oo overwhelming bode of Cbioeee
40 mi lea eeet of Tiea Tein At
Shanghai it ia aoeomed that thie force
wee Admiral deyoioar'e
The Shanghai oorreepondent of the
Daily Kspreee eaye: "1 learn from a
mandarin who etealtbily left Pekio
oo Jona 16 and who eooceeded at
great hazard in gettiog clear, that
tbo Bcxtre are maeeed arouod Pekio
ood that more than half of the north
oro ead weelera portione of the city
loolodiag the foreigo eettlement,
were efleme when the mandarin left
He toald ttll me nothing ae to the
fata of tbt foreigner*:, nor moob aa
to the general aitoation ; bot be bad
board that tbe empreee dowager waa
Kparing to go to tbe province of
mil"
A Obefoo diepetoh to The Daily
Mail ytotorday eaya: "Tbt attaek
oo tbe Tito Tein relief force waa
by 20.000 Cbineee, ueing
liae goat and modern field
Tbe alliet wart wise ia
fOtrtotiag. For wording detachmeote
Io tola meaner ie enioidsl, aod tbe
dtfeste of tbt Ureignere, if though
to email force, greatly aide tbe move
tatet of tbe Boitrt, wbieb ia gaining
?eormoasly through tbe io ability of
tbt foreigoero to make headway
egeieet It.
"Pfoetioally tbe whole of northern
Obiaa it ablate. Uoetilititt ttt new
conducted oo oo extended ootle, due
to direct ordort from Pekin.
"Geo. Yodd 8hi Kai, governor of
Shto Toog, oommends 11,000 foreign
drilled troops, organized to a high
pitoh of excellence and equipped
with Me users ll woo in too ploot
tbot those troops shoo Id go to Taku,
oot tho seiiure of tho forts was effect?
ed before tbey coo Id get there "
Some of the speoial dispatches
from Shaogbai describe the great
southern province! of Chios eg still
qoiot, bot otbere eeeert tbet tbe oewe
from tbe north is exciting tbe south
eroere to e dangerous height of feel ?
iog aod tbet millions may rise any
day.
Wasbiogtoo, Jone 24 ?Tbe oavy
depertmeoi el 1 o'eloek this afternoon
issoed tbs following belletio :
A oablsgram from Admiral Kempt?
dated Chefoo, Jone 24, says :
"Io ambeseado oesr Tisn Tsio oo
tbe 21st foer of Waller's oommsod
ware killed aad aeveo wounded.
Nasses will be foroiabed as soon ss
received. Foros of 2.000 goiog to re?
lieve Tien Taio today. (Signed)
Kempff "
Tbe eeerotsr? of tbe oavy has ordsr
ed Admiral Remsy to go with the
Brookivo to Tako sod to tender to
Oso. MaoArthor eoovsyaoee of aoy
army troops whtoh the Brooklyo oso
oarry.
ACTING ON THE NEWS.
Washing'on, Jooe 24.?Admiral
Keenpft"? dispatoh, giving tbe first de?
leite eews of tbe shedding of Ameri?
can blood oo Obioese coil, eame esrly
this moroiog sed was turned over to
Secretary Loog as sooo as be arrived
et tbe departmset. With Admiral
Crowoiasbield, tbe seeretary, oarried
tbe dispatoh to tbs White Hoose,
where, oe tbe president's rctoro froi
obereb. it was laid before him. Tbs
determination tbcrcopoo was rcsched
to order Admirsl Remey. io command
of tbe Astasie sqosdroo, from M soil a,
to Take, oe board of the armored oroi
?or Brooklya Tbs seeretary aod Ad
miral Crowoio shield re to rood to tho
eevy department where tbs necessary
orders ware die pat Shed to admiral
Remey. Tbe sfest of this traosfsr Is
to msks Take tbe bsadqoartsrs of tbe
Asiatie Squad roa.
FOREIGNERS REPULSED
London, Jooe 24, 8 20 e m ?The
only dispetebes from Cbioe reoeived
loot eight ere tboee which give
further deteils of tbe repulse of
Thertday's attempt to relieve Tieo
Tele Aooordiog to e diepetoh from
Obefoo hordes of Chinese with well
pooled ertillery block tbe wey of the
American eod Rossisn foroee The
goos of tbe allies coold make no im?
preeeioo eod it wee found impossible
to shift the enemy's position. Noth?
ing coold be done exoept to fall
book aod tbie wee eooomplisbod io
good order. It was ascertsined that
tbe foreigners io Tien Teio were
making a gallant defense The
Froooh concession buildings had
been vigorously attacked with fire
mod in all probability have been
reduced to ashes After the foroe
retired ao armored train attempted to
reconooiter, but was derailed More
troops ere arriving at Taku aod
aootber attempt et relief with a
force of much greater strength waa
to have been made last (Saturday)
oight
Tbe Cbineee legation et Berlin
reoeived another telegram lest (Sat
orday) night, eteting that all the
legations in Pekin were eefe end that
the foreign ministers et that place
were ell well
NUMBER OF AMERICANS AT
PEKIN.
Wesbiogton, Juoe 28.?Io enawer
to e reqoeet from the nevy depart?
ment as to how maoy Americans
were io Pekin, Reer Admiral Kempff
replied, under date of Jane 23, vie
Chefoo, that 30 Auetrians, 75 French,
50 Germans, 79 British, 40 Italians.
23 Japanese, 75 Russians and 58
Amerioeos are io Pekin
He fortbsr ssys : "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 Tieo Tsin or Pekio since last
report.'1
This dispatoh arrived at the oavy
departmeot prior to the dispatoh ao
oooooiog tbet fighting was in prog?
ress between Chinese imperial troops
and the international column outside
of Tien Tsin
London, Jooe 26, 3 35 a m ?Tbe
British oroiser Terrible baa arrived
at Chefoo from Taku with tbe latest
osws, wbioh is ae follows :
"Eight hoodred Sikhs aod 200
Welsh Fusiliers hsve effected a jooo
tioo with the American, Germsu and
Russian forces which bad beeo out
off by the Chinese about aioe miles
from Tieo Tsio. It was proposed to
deliver eo assault upoo the Chioece
forces et Tieo Tsin last night (Soodey
night) "
It is not olear what foroee united
It would eeem that ooo relieving
force, out off, bed been relieved by
eootber. At eny rote, it ia apparent
ly oertain that the allies arrived in
sufflcisnt force et Tieo Tsio Sunday
to etteok the besieging Chinese
"Foreign official opinions here,"
ssys a dispatoh from Shanghai, to the
Daily Exprsse, doted yesterdsy, "in
olines to believe thst tbe worst bee
happened to tbe legatioot?at Pekio
aod to Admiral Seymour aa well.
Even if Ibe legations were safe oo
Jooe 19, tbere is oo guarantee tbot
tbey ere aafe now. Tbe aituation, io
foot, grows more eod more gloomy.
Tbe entire absence of reliable news
from tbe cepital seems to justify tbe
worst construction wbicb ceo be put
upon it
"Bad news oomes from Nan King,
wbere tbe unrest is ssid to be grow?
ing hourly. Viceroy Liu Rio Yib
bae telegrephed the British authori?
ties tbet he has ordered tbe five
Obineee cruisers which hove been ly
ing off the herbor bere to proceed to
Neo King."
London, June 26, 3.35 e. m ?
"Gen Mas' army," ssys a correspond?
ent et Shan Hai Kwsn, "consisting
of 4,000 men, left e week ego for
Pekin end Gen Suog Ching's forces,
numbering 2,500, left for tbe same
place oo Jooe 15.
"A careful estimate of the number
end armament of the Chinese troops
eroond Pekin puts tbe total at 360,
000 aod it is calculated that these
troope possess 227 ceotimetres Crou
sot guns, 18 Kropp guns end 150
Mexims
Their supply of ammunition is
practically inexhaustible It hss
beeo maioly supplied by a German
firm at Carlowitz Folly throe
fourths of the Chioese forces sro
bsdly drilled, wholly undisciplined
eod quite unfamiliar with modern
weapons."
Another Sbaogbal diapatch ssys:
"Li Ping Hoog, former governor of
Shan Tung, who is intensely anti
foreign, baa gooo to tbe Ktang Yin
forte on tbe Yeog Tie He bss de
olered bis intention of resisting tbe
landing of British forces in thet re?
gion "
Aooordiog to e Hoogkoog dis
peteh dated yesterday, strong re
enforcements of Iodien polioo with
three Maxims, hove beeo sent to
Kow Loon, on tbe msinland. A
Chefoo mesisge of Mondsy's dete,
soys : "Four oannon have beeo edded
to tbe west fort bere, wbere tbere
ere now 1,000 soldiers permanently
enoemped, e further foroe having
arrived from Niog Hai Cboo. There
is an uneesy feeling preveiliog bere,
end eo etteok is generelly optici
pated. Chinese merchants are clos?
ing their offices and preparing to
leave the port All business is et a
standstill"
Extensive preperetione by the
allies ere going forward. Tbe First
regiment of British Indie, 1,000
mso, emberked et Cslcults yester?
day, eod 833 more merinos reoeived
ordere to go out from English ports.
Tbe British wer office, in entioipe*
tion of e prolonged oempaigo, is con?
tracting for winter clothing end for
ceps
The Amur army corps, ordered
oot by Rossis, numbers 52,100 men
with 84 guns. Jspan purposes to
lend 15,000 men on Chinese territory
within a fortnight
Amoog the minor military pre?
parations tbe Portuguese governor of
Macao, Island of Macso, at the
southwest entrance of Canton river,
is sending arms to tbe Portugese in
Csntoo The Germans in Hong
koog have cabled Emperor William
to ask if they msy serve in the locsl
forces in defense of Hongkong. A
million rounds left Hongkong yester
dsy for Taku by the British steamer
Hailoong
The Shanghai correspondent of
Tbe Times sends the following under
yesterday's date :
'A military correspondent at Taku
ssys that tbe opsretioos of tbe allies
ere suffering from the want of a re
cognized heed, defective organiza?
tion, aod the lack of transport."
Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer,
has arrived at Chefoo.
FOREIGNERS ENTER TIEN TSIN
Bulletin?Cheefoo, Tuesday, June
26 ?Rear Admirsl Kempff reports,
by a Japaoese torpedo boat, thst the
combined forces entered Tien Tsin
on Saturday, June 23, sustaining
small loss
They started oo Sunday to tbe re
lief of tbe force which left Tien Tsin
on June lo, snd wbiob is believed to
be surrounded near Pekin
According io Japanese reports,
Admirsl Seymoor has been?captured
and the ministers hsve left Pekin,
left guarded by Chinese soldiers
Their whereabouts is unknown
NOVEL PROPOSITION OF CHI
NESE MINISTER
Washington, June 25 ?The chief
development to day in the Chinese
situation wss the effort of the Chinese
minister, Wo Ting Fang, to secure
an armistice in the operation of
American troops until Li Hung
Chang could reach Pekin and bring
about a cessation of the disorder.
Tbe proposition is rather a novel
one, and is based upon the repre?
sentations of the viceroys of the
importsnt provinces of the Ysog Tse
Kiang vslley that tbey can maintain
order without the aid of foreign
troops and that the presence of tbe
foreigoers would act merely as an
incentive to disorder. Minister Wo
brought representatioos to tbe atten?
tion of Secretary Hay who consulted
the piesideot. The letter's decision
as subsequsotly conveyed to the
minister, waa that while the assur*
anoe of the viceroys for continued
quiet was fully apprecistsd, the
not to send its forces to points whsre
disorder sctuslly existed snd where
States oould not bind itself
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tbe safety of oar officials sod citizens
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this was not a propositioo of armis?
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said it amounted practically to ao
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Philadelphia, Jooe 25.?Brokeo io
bsslth sod spirit, ex-Gov. Wm 8.
Taylor, of Keotnoky, started for Nieg
sra Falls tonight He was accompan?
ied by Mrs. Taylor, and four detectives
followed olose at their heels. Two ot
the officers represent tbe Stste of Ken?
tucky aod bear wsrraots for tbe arrest
of Mr. Taylor upon oharges growing
oat of the assassination of Gov Goebel.
The other two aro employed by Mr.
Taylor to guard bis porssn
Tho strain is telling on both Mr aod
Mrs Taylor. All tbe time they were
io the city their rooms were cloeely
goarded aod Mrs. Taylor personilly
answered every rsp upon the door. Sbo
denied herself to all callers and was oo
tbe verge of collapse several times.
It is understood that Mr. Taylor will
oot be surrendered to the Keotnoky
authorities by Govcroor Roosevelt, and
that ho will be immune from arrest
until be shall return to Iodiaoa, where
be is oow makiog his home, or ootil
some time ss be shall return to Keo
tooky of his own volition.
Rathbone's Removal.
Washiogtoo, Jooe 25?Tbe post
master gcoeral baa issued an order
rcmoviog from office Eltes G. R*tb?
booe, who had beeo suspended by a
former order from tbe position ot
director general of posts of Cabs, sod
detailing Martin C Fosocs, ao in?
spector in tbe postal service, to per?
form the duties of director general of
posts until further orders. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
has been relieved from further work in
Cabs and has sailed for home
Today's aotioo iu removing Rath
booe, Postmaster General Emory
Smith said tonight, was not taken be?
cause of any fresh developments in tbe
Cuban postal frauds affaoting tbe de?
posed director When Mr. Bristow,
who has been conducting the investiga?
tion, left tbe island he designated Mr
FeoOfl ss aoting director sod to sim?
plify the matter aod avoid a makeshift
arrangement, Mr Smith decided to
appoint Mr. Fosnes as director, his
tenurs to be "until otherwise ordered "
Charleston, June 25 ?Tbe oom
meocemcot exeroises of the South Car?
olina Military Aoademy were held t)dey
at tbo Hibernian ball io tbe presenoe ot
a large aodienoe. Tho exeroises were
of an interesting chartcter and tbe
programme was observed to tbe pleas?
ure of alt present.
The diplomas were presented by Col.
Gadsdeo to the following graduates :
Cadetc Bradham, Liolsy, Moore, L?w,
Smoak, Calbouo, DulUot, Hydriok,
Westemoreland, Rogers, Clayton,
Courtney, Sligh, Queries, Bruce,
Coobraoc, Hayoswortb, Soelgrove aod
Evans.
Io sooordaoee with the bill passed
at the last sessioo of tbe legislature giv
iog the degree of haohelor of science
to the graduates makiog a esrtaio
average, the degree wss conferred by
Col. Gsdsdco upon Cadets Bradham,
Linlcy, Moors, Law sod Smoak.
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Number 32785
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