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1 n ron FKK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18SO. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's land Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 4, 1900. New Series-Vol. XIX. Xo.49 Cjtf SSa?cinmn w? Sou?ljroii Published S?ory Wednesday, -Br 3M. Gr. Osteenj SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annual-io adranoe. ?DTSRTISKUSKT: Oao Square first insertion.$1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All commonicatiocs which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. WAR IN CHINA. Alarming Reports from Can? ton and Vicinity. Reports of Friction Between Kussian and English Forces. London, Jone 27, 3:45 a. m -A fresh phase of the ebulitioo in China is the probability of immediate outbreaks io tbe great sontbern provincial ceofres. The populace there is daily assuming a more hostile attitude towards foreign? ers, and the latter peroeive symptoms of a general rising, and especially at Nan King, where, according to a dis? patch to the Daily Express, dated yes terday, Kang Wa, one of the most true- j clent enemies of foreigners, has arriv- J ed by way of the Grand caral, arnuad j with fall powers from the empress to deal with the southern provinces. The friendly attitude of Viceroy Li Kun Yin towards foreigners has brought bim into disgrace with Prince Tuan, president of the tsi sung y amen. The unrest at Canton is described by a dispatch from that city to The Daily Telegraph, dated Monday, via Hong Kong yesterday: "It is feared that we are oo the eve of a sceoe of bloodshed ?od anarchy in the two Qaangs only paralleled daring the Tai Ping rebel? lion. The sigo? of a murderous ap rising are so manifest that wealthy Chi? nese are harrying from Canton and vicinity, taking their wives, families and valuables. "Lt Hang Chang has a^ain been j peremptorily ordered to Pekin. His enemies declare that- they will murder aim before he can reach there, f?i? ? presence alone restrains the revolution j ary elements here His departure will j let loose the "black flags' and 'red j girdles.' Knowing this. Li's trusted j officers are sending their families to j Hooz Kong. "The viceroy himself trusts the Americans in this crisis. He says that they alone want no territory, and he places himself largely-almost unre? servedly-io their hands At an important conference today he reiterated this statement. "All the missionaries have been notified of tbe imminent peril through confidential raooers. They are leaving Canton hurriedly, and only a few are now here "Commander McLean of the United States steamship Doo Juan de Austria | is the fir6t there to protect foreign interests. He is capable and energetic j and is reenforced by BL M. S. Redpole. 1 Two hundred foreign residents ct Snameen are armed. "Tbe Canton popularon reaches 2.000.00 ia addition to 250,000 living on junks and fia; bottomed river boats Mos* r f tees:- people arc disaffected an-: incendiary proclamations arc increasing in number of the virulent.''* Shanpbsi cables that the Presch con pul tbTc 03? received a telegram from ?han Tung asserting tua: H.OOO Obi oe&~ troops are making a forced march from Shan Tung to Pekin Two Jesuit fathers and one hundred native Christ ians have been murdered in the southern part of the province of Chi Li The Chinese military autbori ties have been discovered recruiting bi Shanghai inside the foreign settlement, and some agents have been arrested io the act of cnostruc*:og entrenchments around the European concessions. A Chinaman connected with war pur chases of the Chinese government in Europe who has been interviewed by the Daily Express says that China has immense quantities of arms and amma nition and will "bagger hnmanity'7 if driven to defend hcr?:-!f. Cbefoo, Jeno 26 -Tho Americans and British entered Ti?n Ts ir?, firs silencing thc gats of ts-'; ~:??:>z\ cnJ breaking toronga 'be Chinese tine?. The foreigners wer-e o'''?"j b&hycd. Thc Russians lest four killed and 30 wounded. The lorens of the other Dationa?:;''? were .-uja!! Admirui Seymours ( free is about lu miics from T;en Tsin. I I? surround ed by Chinese troops and B?ser-? ;:r.d hampered by the presence of sick and wounded. It in reported that all foreigners were s-:nt from Pekin with a weak Chinese guard aod it is assumed that they are with Admiral Seymour. One thousand Japaoese are landing at Taku and 2,000 more are expected tomorrow when a battalion of French is also due. The foreign admirals have appointed Capt Wise, commander of the Monocr? acy, to be commandant at Tong Ka. Cbefoo. June 26 -The officers of the British first-siass croiser Terrible assert that discord exists between the Russians and Aogio-Amerioaos, and they say they believe the Russians are planning to break the concert and take possession of Pekin independently. They assert that Vice Admiral Sey? mour's oommaod laoked unison, the foreigners sulking because they were under British leadership. They bitter? ly denounce the Russian general's ooo duct as* uncivilized and barbarous, and charge that the slaughter of peaceful Chinamen at Taku bas aroused the otherwise passive natives against the foreigners Washington, June 26.- The presi? dent has assigned Gen A. R. Chaffes to the oommaod of the military forces io China. Geo. Chaffee was at the war department to day receiving instruc? tions and will leave for San Francisco in time to sai! OD che first of Joly with the Sixth cavalry. This detachment sails on toe Grant which bas been or dered to touch at Nagasaki for further orders. It is possible that the ship will then sail directly for Cbefoo ^ith Gen. ChatTee and the Sixth cavalry. Gen. MacArthur was cabled to day an order direotiog the commanding cffiaer of the Ninth infantry and such other fjrces as may be operating in China by the time of the Grant's arrival to report to Gen. Cbaree on bis arrival there. Unless preseat pians chance, headquarters will De cs-ablishc? a". Cbefoo. Gen. ?>?ac Arihor was also directed to send Capt. Russell of the signal corps with a i detachment to Cbefoo Capt. Russell ! during tbs Spanish war, worked in conjunction with the navai officers and he has been selected to have charge of the ?'.gnal operations because of his j familiarity with that work in both the \ army and the navy. - ? THE RELIEF COLUMN IN SIGHT OP SEYMOUR'S FORCE ' j -~ London, June 28, 3 30 a m-The composite brigade of 2,300 men who | raised the investment of Tien Tsi:i j and pushed on to help Admiral ; Seymour has probably saved him, but the news has not yet reached Cbefoo, the nearest wiro point The latest : steamer arriving at Chefoo from Taku ; brought this message, dat? ! Tier, j Tsin. Monday, June 25 : "The Russian general in command of the relief force had decided, in view of Saturday's heavy fighting j and marching, that one day's rest for I the troops was essential and that the advance should not be resumed until today "Meanwhile came Admiral Sey? mour's heliograph that bis position was desperate and that he could only I bold out two days. The relief started at dawn today (Monday) " Saturday's fighting began at day- j break The allied forces opened i ? with severai of the Terrible's 4 7 i i naval guns, six field guns and numer- ! j nus machine guns, the firing being at ; ! long range. They continued to I advance steadily, the Chinese artil- ! I lery replying The guns of the allies I were more skilfully bandied and put the guns of the Chinese cut of action I one by one, the Chinese retreating about noon. NECK AND NECK. There was keen rivalry among the representatives of the various nations i 03 to which would enter Tien Tsin firs*, and the Americans and British went in neck and neck. Tho Kus- : Rians stormed the arsenal, the:oby sustaining the iargest losses Several thousand Japanese have i left Taku for Tien Tsin. and al. together 13.000 Japanese have land ed The international troops now a?gregate nearly 20,000 and Japan is preparing to send 20,000 more. With British American, and other troops ordered to go. probably 6*0, 000 '?-ii! be available in a month. CHINESE FORCE?. The Tong Shan refugees and the foreign engineers at Chefoo estimate the Chinese troops now io the field S? 25,000 troops at LuTai, 25,000 at Shang liai Wa:?, 15.000 at Pekin Thc dispatch received by the foreign ofiice stating that the foreign legations were requested to leave Pekin with in a epecified time is interpreted in some unofficial quarters as tanta? mount to gibing the minisiers their passports ana to a declaration of war, but as China does nothing like oth>r countries, the ( iiici ni opinion ta that there is nothing t<> do but to await the course of events and to see what ?.p ministers themselves say when they are rescued Al! the students at the foreign j hospitals in Canton are leaving j vVomen missionaries are returning j from the Weet river ports There was slight disturbance at Wo Chou Tues? day while the women were embark ng The crowd shouted "Kill the ioreign devils.'" AN APPARENT ULTIMATUM. According to advices from Shang? hai the Chinese officials, by direction of the southern viceroys, are asking the consuls to agree to conditions "insuring," as the Chinese say, "the neutrality of Shanghai and other coast cities " They are also asking that foreign warships shall not sail or anchor near the forts nor go to ports where lhere are no warships now; that their crews shall not go ashore, and that the protection of for? eigners be left to the Chinese author ties These conditions are consider ed at Shanghai to be virtually an nltimatum from Viceroys Lin Kun Yih and Sbang Chih Tang The consols desire a sufficient naval and military force to back up their refosal to comply with these demands. The total naval force there now consists of 969 men, with 32 gnus in tbe forts, and 10,000 men outside Sbang hai with modern rifles and machine guns. JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS. The magnitude of the arrange? ments Japan is making suggests pro? vision against present contingencies other than the suppression of the present disturbances in China. She has chartered 19 additional transports and now has 35 in all Losses the of International Forces Stated in Detail London, Jane 29. 4 a. m.-The casualties of the international force attacking Tien Tsin were : "Ameri? cans, killed 3, wounded 2 ; British, kiiied 2, wounded 1 ; Germane, killed 15, wounded 2T ; Russians, killed 10. wounded 37. The gun fire of the Americans and British is described as "beautiful " After the relieving force pushed on to relieve admiral Seymour, Chinese regulars under Gen Nieh, says a dis? patch from Shanghai, again attacked Tien Tsin fiercely and bombarded the foreign settlement with a terrible fire. Col Dorward, British, commanded the column that relieved Admiral Seymour. American marines parti? cipated in the achievement Th admiral was found entrenched and surrounded by immense masses of Chinese, who were driven off by the relieving force after a biisk fight His men had made a brilliant resis tance, never failing in course for lo days of continued fighting During ten days the men were on quarter rations. They started with provis ions for ten days and they could have held out a day or two longer. STANDING SIEGE The column was a few miles beyond Lofa Deeming it hopeless to attempt to break through the hordes, A dmiral Seymour essayed a night retreat toward Tien Tsin, but he came into collision with a strong force of Chinese arriving from the northwest and could neither advance nor retreat There was nothing to do but to entrench and to stand siege lie vainly attempted heliographic communication Seymour's men caught several Chi? nese who said the legislations had been burned and the ministers had been imprisoned The Ch?cese displayed fanatical courage in the attack. Four thousand Russions left Tien Tsin four days aft^r Admiral Sey? mour, but they never got in touch with (hem. Railway communication between T3?:u and Tien Tsin has b^en restor? ed and the force is advancing toward Pekin. Fighting1 was in progress Wednesday in the vicinity of Tsechu lin. Large preparations are being made to support and reenforce the Pekin relieving column Twenty thousand troops of ali arms, largely Japanese, have now betn landed THEIR FATE YET A MYSTERY The fats of the members of the legations is sti?i a mystery if thev aro alive and unharmed at Pekin, the Chinese government doserves some credit, tho Shanghai correspondent thinks, for restraining the fanatical mob The Shanghai correspondent of t ii o Daily Telegraph, wiring at 9 05 p ni yesterday, says it is reported on ?ood Chinese authority that the gov? ernment alarmed by the foreign mil? itary preparations, has issued an edict ordering the peremptory suppression <>f ?!:'. i><>V'jr?j and an non nein a deci? sion {M protect the legations nt all h;.-:r<!;5 However, th:.-; may be, the British consulate at Shanghai rec iv od definite information yesterd ry-, the Daily Express correspondent says, that while solemnly promising com-j plete abstention from warlike prepa? rations, the Chinese are mounting j several new six inch guns at tho Woo Sung forts MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Three British warships have sailed j from Hongkong to reenforce the allied squadrons at Shanghai. The southern provinces are send? ing troops toward Pekin, and the ex? odus] of Chinese of all classes from Shanghai continues at the rate of from 10,000 to 15,000 a day. The Russian prestige has been in? jured during the recent fighting, and an anti-Russian rising io the Liau Toog peninsula, Russian Macburi, is predicted According to the Shanghai corre? spondent of The Times, advices from Shan TuDg say that Gov Yuan Shik Kai maintains relations with foreign ers and has sent numerous couriers to Pekin, but none of them bas re? turned. A telegram from Jardine, Mathe? son & Co., dated Shanghai this after? noon, suggests that the ministers are still at Pekin, but admits that there is no news from the capital. The telegram adds : "Seymour ar? rived at TieD Tsin with 312 of his force wounded, besides 62 killed. The damage done to Tien Tsin is much exaggerated. Shanghai is still quiet. Another dispatch from Shanghai reiterates the announcements of the massacres of native Christians in the inland districts which rival the Ar* menian horrors. The Ministers' Fate is Yet Unsettled. No Satisfactory Information Received at Washington. Washington, June 28.-The day'? developments in Chinese affairs were meagre ard the general opinion here is that the two messages received-one from Kempff and the other from Li HuDg Chang-could not be accepted as settling the important question as to the fate of the foreign ministers at Pe? kin and their families and attaches. The secretary of the navy, by special instruction of the president, bad been particular to cable Admiral Kempt! several days ago to keep the navy de? partment informed of everything that happened within the zone of disturb? ance in China, and it is believed that his omission to make any reference in bis cablegram of this morning to the whereabouts of the ministers was based on tao absence of any information on that subject as Taku, where the admi? ral is with bis flagship Newark, and if no information could be had at Taku, j only 30 miles down tho river from Tien j Tain, of the presence of the ministers in Admiral Seymour's column, but eight miles distant, then officials here caboot understand how any govern j ment could bave superior facilities, aGd so they felt justified in waiting for fur? ther advioes before accepting the Chinese statements on that point as accurate. Minister Wu. who brought Li's mes? sage to the state department, could not explain away the poicts of variance be? tween the viceroy's statements, and the cable messages received from other sources. However, be pinned his faith to the acooracy of the message and pointed out that it agreed closely with Admiral Kempff's message of yesterday, statiog that the minister's were reperted to be with Seymour. MESSAGES FROM KEMPFF. The navy department has had fur I rher communication with Admiral j Kemoff, in the shape of two mer-sages, j coe touching thc strength of thc foreign j forces ashore ic China and another j I wbicb the ofici?is stated h^cl 03 bear- j I jog upon thc military situation, bat in ! rcifher was there any mention of th? ! ministers. 0:ie consideration which i ?Kike* against the unreserved aecept i ance by th? rftieials of the assurance of j minor Chinese officiais, including Li ; Mung Chan<r and Minister Wu, that a ! state of ?rar does not exist ts the fact j that Mr. Conger is not permitted to communicate with his own government by the same means employed by the T?ung Li Yarran io getting news to toe outside world, ieading to a suspi? cion that he is not at that perfect liber? ty which marks thc existence of a state of war lt is pcssiple that the Chinese government ma}' bo abie to offer a satis , factory explanation on this point, but ;it present the officials say that our future relations with China depend al? to-jet her upon <*.hat Minister Concor h;1.-, to say when h;; is finally brought ! again in touch '.>;'ih. the state depart- | i ment 1 NO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER ; Washington, Juno -Nono of! the members <;? the cabinet who; were present nt today's meeting j COttld s?:;; the least ch'?:!:;?' for ti:.; j bolter in tho Chinese situation Secretary Hay was coi present, nor ! was Secretary Gage, but the other members said that nothing had been heard from the ministers stationed :.t Pekin, and this fact was causing the , iii!* greatest alarm for their safety It was staled that every possible effort was being made lo secure in? telligence of their whereabouts, but up to this time without results. No additional troops, it was said, bad ordered to China, but matters were being put in shape to meet any emergency that might arise When tbe cabinet meeting broke up-a little before 1 o'clock-there could be no doubt that the members shared the general depression at ihe lack of news from Minister Conger Intervention Fully Justified the Conclusion of the De? partments in Washing? ton. Washington, June 27.-The devel? opments of the day respecting China were important and interesting. The Chinese minister's report of the depart? ure of the foreign ministers and their guards from Pekin greatly relieved the officials here, who took it as the first tangible evidence that the imperial Chinesego veroment had a full realiza? tion of the enormity of permitting the ministers to oome to personal harm and were thus undertaking as far as lay in their power to observe the amenities of international exchange. The keenest interest is ebown by the officials to learn the conditions under which the ministers left Pekin. The Chinese minister's dispatch wai omi? nously silent on that point although the minister himself maintains almost obsti? nately his confidence in the non-exist? ence of a state of war, it was generally admitted that it would be difficult to accept his conclusion if it shall transpire that the Pekin government bas itself sent the ministers away with their passports or what may come to the same thing with a guard as a saf conduct At the state department it is said that if it shall be explained that the imperial government did this, not with a purpose of rupturing diplo? matic relations but simply to iosure the safety of the ministers which they were unable to guarantee as long as they remained m Pekin, then there is still ground for an understanding. Ic is, however, pointed out that in such case the self-confessed inability of the imperial government to maintain peaoe and order at the capital would amount to an admission of its utter failure as a government and wou.'d leave China in a worse state than that of actual war. In either event it now appears to the satisfaction of the officials that there was absolute justification for such inter? vention as we have offered ia China. Notice has come to the government that the cable companies have again reopened communioation telegraphic? ally with Taku and Chefoo. This arrangements bas been made by means of the Russian telegraphic system con? necting with the Siberian railroad system. A European agent has man? aged to reopen the lines through the means cf communication between Chefoo and Taku and Tien Tsin are tortuous and precarious. The war department officials still in? sist that no orders have gone forward to send more troops to Chica than the Nioth regiment, oow oo ?ts way from Manila' and the Sixth cavalry, whiob will sail from San Francisco next Sun? day for Nagasaki and perhaps Taku. It is said that with these two organiza? tions and the marines now on Chinese soil Gen. Chaffee will have the full brigade to which his rank entitles him. Rumors of withdrawals of troops from Cuba are said to bo the probable basis for the persistent statements that more soldiers have beea ordered to China. It is admired that two regi? ments will soon be ordered to the doited States frnm Cuba, thc parti? cular organization being designated by Gen. Wood ; but they simply will take the place ia nome garrisons cf regi merN of soldiers which will go eut ro Manila tc relieve volunteer organizi tions th'.'re COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA. Washington, June 27.-The Chi? nese minister caliea this morning on the secretary of state communicated to him theccoiuo ts of a dispatch which he had received from the tsung Ii yamen,roared 19;!i io3t. Tbe dispatch state* hat the foreign ministers had before thia dato asked permission for tho legation guards to enter thc city, which permission bai been granted ; that they subsequently asked that these guards fcc reinforced, which the Chinese government was not disposed to perrott. The dispatch theo goes on to state tn at tho consul general at nen ism, sap posed to be the French consul general, uzd telegraphed thc viceroy of Chi Li that rho foreign admiral had demanded the surrender of t'oe Taku forts and tba: th-? foreign minister* were shortly r-; leave Pekin for Tien Ts i a with th;-ir Hard Fighting of the Allied Forces. The Official Report Forward? ed by Admiral Seymour. London, June 30, 3 a. m.-The adventures of the hard fighting allies under Admiral Seymour, their reach? ing Anting, 12 miles from Pekin, the decision to retreat, the capture of rice and immense stores of modern arms and ammunition, affording material for a st reu ou s defense until relieved-all this is told in a dispatch from Admiral Seymour -received by the admiralty at midnight, which runs as follows : "Tien Tsin, June 27, via Cbefoo, June 29, 10 05 p m -Have returned to Tien Tsin with the forces, having been unable to reach Pekin by rail. On June 13 two attacks on the advance guard were made by Boxers who were repulsed with considerable loss to them and none on our side. On June 14 the Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yang in large numbers and with great determination. We repulsed them with a loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was five Ital? ians "The same afternoon the Boxers attacked the British guard left to protect Lofa station. Reenforcements were sent back and the enemy were driven off with 100 killed Two of our seameu were wounded. "We pushed forward to Anting and engaged the enemy on June 13 and June 14 inflicting a loss of 175. There were no casualties on our side. "Extensive destruction of the rail? road in our front having made further advance by rail impossible, I decided on June 16 to return to YaDg Tsun, where it was proposed to organize an advance by the river to Pekin. After my departure from Lang YaDg two trains left to follow on were attacked on June 18 by Boxers and imperial troops from Pekin, who lost from 400 to 500 killed Our casualties six killed and 48 wounded These trains joined me at Yang Tsuo the same evening. "The railway at Yang Tsun was founded entirely demolished and the trrins could not be moved. The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled j us to withdraw on Tien Tsin with which we had not been in communi? cation for six days and cur supplies bad been cut efl" "On June 19 the wounded, with necesssrics, started by boat, the forces marching along the river. Opposition was experienced during the whoie course of the river from nearly every village, the Boxers, when defeated in one village retiring to the next and skilfully retarding our advance by occupying well selected positions from which they bad to be forced, often at the point of the bayont and in face of a gelling fire difficult to locate "On June 23 we made a night march, arriving at daybreak opposite the imperial armory, above Tien Tsin, where, after friendly advances, a treacherous heavy fire was opened, while our men were exposed on the [ opposite river bank The enemy I were kept in check by rifle fire in j front, while their position was turned by a p*rty of marines and seamen under Maj Johnson, who rushed sud occupied one of the salient points, seizing the guns The Germans, luw'er down, silenced two guns and ! then crossed the river and captured I thy-r The armory was next occu j pied by the combined forces. Deter ! mined attempts to retake the armory I were made on the following ?dy but j unsuccessfully j "Found immense stores of guns, > arms and ammunition of the latest I pattern Several guns were mounted ! in our defense and sheiied the Chi I nese forts lower down "Having found ammunition and rice we could have held out for some 'days; but, be^ng hampered with j large numbers of 1 wounded, sent to j Tien Tsin for the relieving force . which arrived on the morning: o? ! June 25. The armory was evacuated 1 and the forces arrived at Tien Tsin I on June 26. We burned the armory, i "Casualties to date British, kill? ! e i 27. wounded 75 ; American, killed 4, wounded 25 ; French, kill? ed t, wounded, 10 ; Germans, killed 12 wounded, 62 ? Italian, killed 5, wounded. 3 : Japanese, killed 2, wounded, : Austrian, killed 1, I wounded 1 ; and Russian, killed 10, j wounded 27 " md f0WDEfl j -*&JRE jj Iic?ous and wholesome \ PER CO., NEW YORK. I IMM^-- WE - Bl I WiaWMW"