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Oeo Square firel in?ertion.91 CO Brer/ aubeeqnent insertion. 60 Contract! for three mootbe, or longer wil ee mad- at reduced ratet. All coraejQoieatlooo which tubeerve private latercete will be charged fores advertiemente. Obituariae and tribatee of reepecte will be charged for. No Authentic News Comes From Pekin. Bach tbe Conclusion oo Dis? patcher Received id London London, July 11, I 15 a m ? "No authentic newa from Pekin" ie etill tbe burden of tbe diepatcbee from tbe far eeet ; end, although the die* , itioo ie to believe the optimietic reporte from Chioeee eourcee, do reel confidence ie possible uutil the lege* tiooe. if they ere etill in existence, ere permitted to comrounioete with their governments If, ee alleged, tbe Boxer saovemeul ie loeiog ground in Pekin, it might have been luppoe ed that tbe Boxers would have to eend op reioforceraente from Tieo Teio ; bot, instead of that, tbey ere etill io greet tcroe io tbe neighbor bood of tbe letter piece eod ere ie etetod by tbe imperiel Cbloeee troope, with ample, efficient artillery. Ac cordiog to e epeciel Cbe Foo die* patch, tbe fighting orouud Tieo Tein oo tbe 3rd eod 4tb wee tbe 8EVEREST YET EXPERIENCED. Tbe Britieb loeeee alone trere 30 killed or wounded Tbe Ubioeee hed 75,000 men et Pekio eimolteneouely from tbe weet, north eod eeet, and made excellent practice with over 100 gone The defenders numbered 14,000, with eceot eoppliee, and it wee ooly tbe preeence of the newly arrived Japeoeee and Ruesien guoe tbet preveoted e dieeeter One Kue aieo company of infantry, numbering 120 men, had 115 killed or woonded. Tbe German contingent also ?uttered heavily By tbe evening of tbe 4th tbe eitoetioo wee very critical Tbe alliee narrowly escaped total defeat Providentially, wbeo tbioge were et tbeir worat, a torrential rainfall com S palled tbe Cbmeee to retire. Oo Jaly dtb, tba raia haviog abated, tbe Cbieete seaac* Ej jcjU mn? All ALK, opening fire on Tien Tain with two batteries of four inch guns ; but the allies, aided by two of the 11 MS. Terrible 4 7 guns, succeeded in silencing the Chinese artillery after eight hours of fighting INTENSE ANXIETY. At Shanghai it seems now to be the general belief that the date of the dispatch of July 3, asserting that two legations were still standing, was an error, either accidental or intentional The couriers roust have left Pekin at least fire days earlier, making the r~al date of the message June 28, while the alleged massacres art said to have occurred on June 30. Until this point csn be cleared up the greatest anxiety will be felt as to the fate of the Europeans. THE EMPEROR PROTESTS London, July 11?The Shanghai correspondent of tho dsily Mail, tele graphing yesterday (Tuesday) says: A messsge has arrived here from Emperor Kwang Su, dated July 2, by oouriere from Pekin, forwarded it here It is addressed to the Russian, English snd Japanese governments. It deplores the recent occurrences and solemnly affirms that the foreign governments are mistaken in euppos iug that tho Chinese government is protecting the Boxers against the Christians The emperor further im plores their aid in suppressing the rebellion and upholding the existing government In a separate dispatch to the Jap? anese government Kwang Su ex? presses deep regret lor the murder of Legation Chancellor Sugiyama. The dispstches are taken to indi? cate that the emperor is in seclusioo snd is ignorant of the seriousness of recent events SHELLED THE FOREIGN SET? TLEMENT Tian Tein, Wednesday, July 4 ? The Chiness ?helleJ the foreign settle? ments all day long July 31. Upwards of 150 fell ioto the eoneeetion and many houses were partially wreoked. The eaeaalties, however, were few, the eiviltaoe and women and children being ordered to seek shelter in the eollare of the town ball and the Astor hotel Three companies of Japanese infan try, a mountain battery and a body of Russians eLgsged tbo Chinese artillery lets but with little effeot The 12 poooder of the British first elass cruiser Terrible then oame into aetioo but the enemy plaeed two shells fairly under the goo, damaging tbs oarriage and woondieg the erew Tbs gnn wss withdrawn sod replsesd by s Freneh goo whieh had a similar eiperisnee, a shell burstisg io tbs midst of lbs trow. Tbe Japanese casualties doriog the day's fighting were an officer and two men killed and 20 men wounded. The casualties of tbe other foroes aro not known. ; The ChineRe in tbe vicinity of Tien T. n hive been reinforced daring tha ! last 48 hours by several thousand of , Qco Mas and Gen Song's troops from | Pekio. Tbe Cbioose Lave also mount ed a number of heavy guns command iog the settlement. A foree of Boxers numbering about 3,000 men was seen entering the oativo city yesterday. Vioe Admiral Alexieff has arrived here aod ie expeeted to assume supreme command. The allied foroes oow number aboot 10,000 meo, including 800 Japanese who arrived yesterday. Arrangements are being made to seod all tbe women aod children to Japao by way of Taku aod Gbefoo. JAPAN'3 FORMIDABLE PREPA? RATION. London, July 11,?The Cbefoo cor rospoodeot of empress telegraphing Tuesday says : "Tho Japanese force is equipped with 30 heavy mortars aod 120 field i guns and has pootcoo acd balloon sections. It is expeotod that either Marshal Nodzu or Marshall Oyama will take oommand Tho plan of campaign contemplates operations extending over two or three years "A further force of 13,000 men will be landed at Taku a week heooo, and 10,000 additional soon afterward. Before the raioy season is well advaooed Japao hopes to have 63,000 troops io Cbioa. "These formidable preparations are viewed with great distrust by Russia, Germany aod France." FORTY THOUSAND MEN ARE WANTED. London, July 12, 3 30 a m ?The Chinese eituation again bears a most omitioue aepect Eighteen daya ago Sir Robert Hait dispatched hie last message declaring that tho eituation was desperate and eince tbeu no word hae come from tbe Europeans io Pekio. According to the Daily Mail's Shanghai correspondent Li Hung Chang has received an imperial I degree ordering his immediate I departure for Pekin. presumably to break the news of tbe Pekin trage j dy to the European powere, and, io hie usual role of negotiator with Europe in difficult matters, to endea? vor to act aa mediator and to avert tbe vengeance of the powere To add to tbe grimoeaa of this auggeatioD, all advices from Tien Tain tend to confirm tbe reports of tbe perilous conditions of the allied forces and belie tho optimistic Chi? nese rumors. Unless reinforcements speedily reach Tien Tsin another die aster may be expected The Daily Mail Tien Tain cor respondent, telegraphing on July 5, says : "The situation is about as bad as it can well be. I only trust that we shall not soon want relieving our? selves A forward movement is im possible. From 30,000 to 40,000 troops are wanted, and there are only 10,000 here. The foreign troops are working well together, but it is inconvenient that there is no supreme commander In some quarters the feeling is, 'Let us rescue Pekin arid then clear oat in favor of Russia.' " Other Tien Tsin correspondents ssy that no advice is possible until September 1 and explanations are being asked by the papers here of the tardy action of Japan in sending troops, since it is known that she was ready snd willing to send them and that Russia raised no objection to her doing so It is hinted that a difficulty arose as to the manner in i which Japan was to be recouped for her heavy outlay Rumors are cur? rent that Japan demanded the ces? sion of a Chinese port. The Russian papers report that the Boxers are ravaging Manchuria, and have damaged 60 miles of the rail? way, threatening Telin and Kierin, while Port Arthur and Neu Chwang are said to be eudangered. Russia, therefore, has notified the powers of her intention to dispatch a large military force to Manchuria ALLIED TROOPS DEFEATED. London, July 12 ?The Express this morning publishes a dispatch from Tieu Tsin, dated Friday last, via Che Foo, saying : "Gen Ma has defeated the allied troops and reoccupied the Chinese eastern amenal, after inflicting great loss upon its defenders. The engage* ment lasted 6 hours,, and was fought with great determination by both sides. The Chinese were eventually able to use the effective guns of the fort abutting on the city walls near the Tuotai's yamen, the allied troops suffering severely from lack of guns and cavalry. "The Japaneso commander sent an urgent appeal to hurry reinforce ment?, as the allies were in imminent danger of a general defeat " Destroying its victim, in a typo of constipa? tion. The power of this mur<lerous malady is felt on organs and nerves and muscles and brain. There's no health till it'a overcome. But Dr King's New Lifo Pills are a safe end eertain cure, liest in the world for stomach, li?er, kiduMi and bowels. 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Foreign refogce from Tieo Tsio open? ly accuse a European official, whose uamc the Express correspondent sup presses, and Col von Hanneken, woo was formerly employed to drill ike Chinese troops, of beiog parties to a plot to prooure the escape of Gen Chang and themselves from Tien Tain before tbe bombardment, leaving tbe other foreigners to tbeir fate. Statements are io circulation io Shaogbai accusing tbe Russians of in dieorimioste slaughter of friendly Cbi? oeae non-combatants without regard to age or sex The manager of a Chinese steamship company who has arrived io Shanghai, asrerts tbat he ooly escaped from Teio Taio by outtiog off his qaeoe and doooing European clothes. It is said that the Taotai of Shaogbai pro? tested to tbe powers against these Rus? sian slaughters. It is asserted tbat tbo Badbist priests throughout tbe empire are propagating Priooe Tuao's anti.foreign ;gospel. A CHINESE STORY. Loodoo, July 13 ?The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Mail says tbe following story regsrdiog tbe situa? tion in Pekin emanates from Chinese official sources : "The two remaining legations, tbe British and Russian, were attaoked io force on tbe evening of Jaly 6th. Prioce Tuao beiog io oommaod. Tbe at taokiog foroes were divided. Prioce Taao commanded tbe centre, tbe right wiog was led by Priooe Tsai Yio aod tbe left by Priooe Yio Lio. The reserves were ander Priooe Tsio Ya. Tbe attack eommsoesd with Artillery fight mg which was severe and lasted until 7 o'clock io the morning by which time the legations were destroyed and all the foreigners were dead, wbilo tbe streets around tbe legations wero full of the dead bodies of both foreigners and Cbioese "Upon bearing of the attack, Prinoe Cbiog and Gen. Wang Wen Shao went with troops to tbe assistance of the foreigners, but they were outnumbered and defeated Both Prince Chiog and Gen. Wang Wen Sbao were killed. "Two foreigners aro said to have escaped through the gates, one with a heavy sword wouod io his bead. "Prince Tuao, in celebration of tbe victory, distributed 100,000 taels aod huge quantities of rioe to the Boxers." ARTILLERY DUEL Che Foo, Sunday, July 8 ?An artillery duel is proceeding at Tien Tsin. Tbo Chinese goos are to mask? ed that the allies find difficulty in locating them. OPERATIONS BADLY HANDI? CAPPED. Tien Tsin, July 4, (via Che Foo, July 8'.b, aod Shaoghai, July 12 b.) ? A bomogeneeus army or baif tbe strength of tbe allied forces could do better work than la beiog dene by them. Tbe operations are daogorcusly handi? capped aod tbe safety of tbe oity is imperiled by laok of organisation, aod tbe want of one commander to control all tbe forces. The representative* of tbe several nations manago tbeir eivil and military affairs largely without co? operation The ranking efficer of each nationality has absolute jurisdic? tion over tbe operations of bis govern? ment's troops. 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