The occasion of Minister Conger's visit to th*Consulate at Canton, when the accompanyinggroup was photographed, was in the latter part oflast year, when the State Department directedhim to make a tour of investigation of all the •Consulates and other places of important com-mercial interest under his jurisdiction, in orderto report the condition of the American servicein China, An extensive tour of this characterhad not before been undertaken in China, butIt proved to be a valuable and successful ex-periment.

Princeton. She Is now the station =hlp at Che-Foo. Alter his tour of Chinese ports with theAmerican Minister, Commander Knox rescuedthe shipwrecked crew of the cruiser Charlestonand took them to Manila i.i the Princeton.

Lieutenant Lyman < >. Stickney, chi>'t" engineerof the 1lrincet< m since 1597.

Edwin fi Conger, Envoy Extraordinary andMinister Plenipotentiary of the Unitedto China.

Hubbard Taylor Smith, acting Tni'-l StatesConsul at Canton In 1809. Formi i

at Shanphai from 1880 to I>^». Besides know-ins the language, hi* familiarity with the Gov-ernment customs and officials has brought himto be regarded as invaluable to the Legation.

Lieutenant Richard H. Leigh (officer in whitecommanding the guard). He Joined the Prince-ton when the Maine was blown up, and was thenavigator of th.> Oregon when she struck therocks in the Mlau-Tan Channel,

Ensign Andrew T. Graham (officer in whiteat end of line). Joined the I'rin"ft.->n lastar Mania immediately after being graduated asNaval cadet.

Washington, July 4 (Special). —The picture ofMr C ns< r. the United States Minister, and his

marine and naval guard before the Ami

Consulate at Canton r, 1889, printedis probably the last photograph of Mr.

r and several the group. The

Tribune's Washington Bun a.v La indebted forthis excellent picture to the courtesy of HubbardTaylor Smith, who for the la.^t year has been incharge of the American Coi Canton, andto whom the Department of State gives the

credit for having been mainly Instrumental in

indurlng- LIHunß Chant? to pain the ro-opera-

tion of the other southern Viceroys In opposing

the anti-foreign usurpation of Prince Tuan andthe Boxers at Peking. The most conspicuousand Interesting figures in the Kt'"'ip. beginning

at the left, are as follows:Passed Assistant Paymaster George P. Dyer,

attached to th^ gunboat Princeton, making Mslirnt cruise. He was born in Uruguay and ap-

pointed to the Navy from New-York at the time

of the Spanish war.r..mmander Harry Knox, commanding the

Consul -General at i'arls, Constantinople, Aska!\ndHiogo, and placed by tht- State Departmentin charge of other Important Consulates. 1!" lathe author <>f several comic operas and popularsongs.

Prank R. Mowrer, United States Marshal atCanton, formerly Marshal at Yokohama.

Fleming D. Cheshire, United States intorprp-ter at Peking since 1884. He entered the Con-sular service from New-York as Vice-Consul at

;how In ls?s. and was In rhart^ of theCanton <'..nsui.it.- in 1880, and also interpreter

BLACK NEWS FROM CHINA.A WAR OF BARBARISM RAGIXG AROUND TIEN-TSIN AND

THE ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE PEKING ABANDONED.

ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM SIR ROBERT HART.

A dispatch from Shanghai reports, it is Thought, the capture of the Chinesecity of Tien-Tan by the allies. Other dispatches say the continuous fightingaround Tien-Tsin is drifting into barbarism and savagery. Revolting stories aretold of barbarities practised upon Japanese and European prisoners. The Chi-nese losses at Tien-Tsin are estimated between 7.000 and 8,000.

A second nK\--:iL,rv from Sir Robert Hart at Peking, dated Monday, June 'I~\reiterated thai the situation was desperate, and the Chinese troops were shellingthe British Legation, where all the members of the diplomatic body were congrep;ate<L Another report saysonegate of the ~irv was held by the Europ<with puns they had captured from the Chin-

The Russian and British Admirals at Taku on June SO decided that it was

impossible to attempt the relief of Peking without greatly increased forces.

THE HARD PRESSED LEGATIONS RE-

PULSE A CHINESE ASSAULT

ON JUNE 27.

ICoryrieht: 1900: '•\u25a0\u25a0 Th- New-York Tribune.1[FIT CABLE TO Tin: IRIKVNK 1

London, July 5, c, a, m.—Very little fresh light

is thrown on the situation in China this morn-

ing. "The Tim message from Shanghai

states that the Boxers and Chinese regular

troops attacked the legations on June 27, but

were repulsed with loss. The Imperial Princes

have erected an altar within the palace, where{heBoxer rites are performed.

The allied forces attacked the native city of

Tien-Tsln last Saturday, and captured it after

a fixhours' engagement. The main object was

to destroy the city fort, from which the for-

eign settlement was being shelled.From Berlin comes a disquieting statement

that Russia refuses to accept the proposal to

make Japan the mandatory of the Powers in

restoring order In China.

"The Times's" Shanghai telegram says the

total -number of Japanese troops embarked to

date Is 15,000, and a further force of 30,000 is

mobilized and ready for immediate embarki-

tion. I-N. F.

STILL FIGHTING AT PEKTXG

THE DOOlfcD LEGATIONS,

Perhaps the most radical opponent of an ex-plicit 1G to 1declaration was Maryland, repre-sented c>y Colonel L. Victor Bnughman. Theother States actively supporting- Maryland wereMichigan. Ohio. Illinois. Georgia. Florida. Loui-siana, Texas, Virginia. West Virginia and Wis-consin. On the same side, but more lukewarm,

were Tennessee. Maine. Connecticut. Pennsyl-vania and Mississippi. Kansas, lowa. Arkan-sas and Missouri, which two days ago were in-clined to contest Colonel Bryan's programme,had come into line with his wishes. SenatorsTillman. of South Carolina, and Jones, of Ar-kansas: W. J. Stone, of Missouri: George FredWilliams) of Massachusetts, and R. L. Metcalf.of Nebraska, led the radical forces, while Sen-ators Daniel, of Virginia, and Money, of Mis-sissippi, and General J. W. St. Clair. of WestVirginia, assisted Colonel Baughman.

The fight in committee was a hotly contestedone. but the weight of membership and bettergeneralship on the Bryan side finally told in the?struggle. It was noticeable that perhaps thebitterest opposition to another radical silverdeclaration came from Texas, the banner Demo-cratic State of the Union. The small Stateswest of the Missouri, aided by Massachusettsand two other hopelessly Republican Common-wealths. Minnesota and lowa, were chiefly re-sponsible for the surrender to Conoid Bryan'sdemand. The long delay in arranging a plat-form made a report to the Convention at to-night's session impracticable, and shortly be-fore 11 o'clock the delegates dispersed withouthaving carried into effect the Convention's orig-

inal programme giving Colonel Bryan a renom-ination on Independence Day.

David B. Hillexpressed the opinion to-night

that Adlai E. Stevenson would be the Demo-

cratic candidate for Viee-President. Mr. Stev-enson seems willingto accept the nomination,judging from the following dispatch receivedfrom him to-day by Mayor Harrison of Chi-cago:

The action of the Illinois delegation highlyappreciated. Ileave to the delegation the pro-priety of presenting or withholding my name.Let all be in the interest of harmony.

BRYAN HIS PARTY'S MASTER.The undisputed mastery which on.- man may

acquire and exercise in a party professedly sen-sitive to control and discipline was evident in

frtV Tr.t.E«:RAPfI T«> THE TRIP.rXE.I-Kansas City, Mo.. July 4.—Amid scenes or

tumultuous enthusiasm the Democratic NationalConvention began its- sessions to-day, but. aftersitting until a late hour to-night, the expectedclimax of the day— the nomination of WilliamJ. Bryan as the Democratic candidate for Presi-dent—has failed of realization, and all the largerbusiness 6t the Convention awaits the comple-tion of the platform. A? a spectacular affair,however, the Convention has fulfilled thehopes of the most fervid party man. for thevast assemblage of delegates and spectatorswas twice ?went with whirlwind demonstra-tions, first for the leader, who is about to beplaced in nomination, and then for David B.Hill.But in actual accomplishment to-day's workwas confined »o organization, with the speechesof the temporary chairman. Governor Thomas,of Colorado, and the permanent chairman.Jarr.es D. Richardson, the appointment of thevarious committees and the detailed prepara-tions for the more serious work yet in store.

There can he no doubt that a clear majorityof the delegates elected to th»» Convention wouldprefer to give som* twist to th*» platform 'vhichwould suggest thnt ?he silver coinage issue isno longer a paramount one in Democratic poli-

tics: vet through Colonel Bryan's personal in-sistence the Convention has been practicallydriven to renew its loyalty to the cause of silverin n.-> uncertain terms.

DODGERS ON SILVER BEATEN.Mr. Hill's decisive defeat yesterday in h's

effort to lead as New-York's representative Inthe fight to minimize the silver issue seems toleave little hope this morning thai a coalitioncould be effected to antagonize Mr. Bryan"3platform policy. When the Committee on Reso-lutions was named it was seen that, although,

the representatives of the States favoring anevasive silver utterance were fairly numerous,they lacked cohesion and leadership, and afterthe committee had assembled, the triumph ofMr. Bryan's adherents on it was accepted asinevitable.

RADICAL AND MODERATE SILVER FAC-TIONS IN A RITTER FIGHT-CON-

VENTION BEGINS WORK.

WAITING FOR THE PLATFORMAT KANSAS CITY.

BRYAN NOT NOMINATED.

SCARCELY A RAY OP HOPE FOR THE

FOREIGNERS IN PEKING.

[Copyright: y-<">- By The New-York Tribunal[BT CABLE tO TIIE TRIBUNE. 1

London. July 5, 1a. m.— situation inChinaremains a horror of great darkness. There is no

trustworthy Information from Peking Btnce the

end of June, and there may never be. Shanghai

reports state that there is not a foreigner alive

in the capital. Ifthis be true the story of the

massacre and barbarous butchery will never be

told in detail. There Is a budget of rumors and

Eurmiscs. which is a poor substitute for authen-tic news. All the legation houses except threeare said to have been destroyed by June -•"•, and

the condition of the British Embassy, where allrefugees of all nationalities were huddled to-gether under fire, is described as desperate andutterly deplorable. Most of the details men-

tioned in the Chinese dispatches are artificialand are evidently based upon conjecture. One

letail Is suspiciously misleading-. Itis the state-ment that infuriated German troops set fire to

the houre of the Tsung-li-Yamen after the

murder of the Minister, and that many Chinesemembers perished In the flames. This Is evi-dently a. clumsy Chinese invention, designed tocover sad condone unspeakable horrors of amassacre of the foreign embassies.

SUSPENSE WORSE THAN ALL.

IOne of the worst features of the catastrophe

which every one in official and diplomatic circles\u25a0cm is now compelled to believe has taken place

'\u25a0» the suspense which must follow these ominousRuaora Days and possibly weeks may elapset*-f<-f»- a connected story of this crime againsthumanity and civilization can be told. Relief

tfrom Tien-Tsin is clearly beyond the range of

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Continued on pace five.

That ex-Governor Hill «ai highly gratified by

this reception, and that he took it to be not so• much in the nature ofa persona tribute to him-| self as a stamp of approval set on his course• with reference to the platform, goes without

saying.

That Mr. Crol f»lt somewhat surprised at

the warmth of the greeting bestowed on his

rival, whom twenty-four hours before he hadgone out of his way to humiliate, may also be

\ taken for granted. Indeed, though affecting

| Indifference at the beginning of the demonstra-

tion and as the cheers and the enthusiasm in-

creased in volume setting an example to his

followers by smiling contemptuously, there can: be little doubt that the Tammany boss felt in-

wardly that he had underrated the strength of

the Hillsentiment in the Convention.

CROKER TRIES TO DISCOUNT TRIBUTE."Do you notice that the cheering is in the gal-

leries and not among the delegates?" he re-marked to some one when the din and confu-

sion were at their height. This was not true.

of course, for at that very moment the delega-

tions from Alabama. Maryland, West Virginia

and other States were crowding about the seat ofthe ex-Governor and beseeching him to take theplatform.

The scene, as it presented itself to an un-prejudiced observer, certainly, suggested the ideathat Croker'a remarks were nothing more than

a whistle in a graveyard.

There were two distinct demonstrations infavor of Hill,but it was the second which made

Croker wince. Convention and audience seemed

to have been waiting all along for an oppor-

tunity to break loose. The pent up feeling could

be repressed no longer.After a young woman had followed a host of

tiresome speakers with the singing of "The

star Spangled Banner" ina voice which, in thatbig hall, sounded as ifit were filtered through agraphophone, the last notes of the chorusthat had Joined in the singing of the last versehad scarcely died away when some one called

out Hill's name.Instantly the single cry became a scattered

chorus. Here and there in all parts of the haladmirers of the "Sage of Wolfert's Roost" calledhis name. Hill waved his Japanese fan lan-

guidly before his Impassive face. Edward Mur-phy sat bolt upright and looked disapprovingly.

Van Wyck seemed not to hear, and Croker's

face wore a mildly contemptuous grin. They

had called for Hill a little while before, he re-membered, but it didn't amount to anything;

and this would amount in nothing.

OFFICIAL EFFORTS PROVE VAIN.

Sergeant-at-Arms Martin rapped with hisgavel. Chairman Thomas with nisi but their ef-forts soon became a mere pantomime. A fullminute passed, and the scattered cries that had

become a chorus now grew into a steady shout.Throughout it appeared as if the Conventionmanagers were trying their best to discouragethe demonstration. Sergeant-at-Arms Martin,always officious, but never more so than at thismoment, waved his arms frantically toward allthe points of the compass, while ChairmanThomas, looking in his tightly buttoned frockcoat the picture of mental and pays! Ml \u25a0!:.--

tress, was pounding the table in front of himwith the regularity of an automaton.

"Hill!Hill!" came the shouts from all parts

of the hall. Thousands of spectators had nowjoined in the tumult. Just a trifle of color crept

into Hill's pale face. Croker began to look an-noyed. Van Wyek. more than ever the picture

of an undertaker, and not a very clean one atthat, stroked his face in philosophic reverie, and

the faithful men of Tammany behind the triolooked absentminded and bored. Everywhere

CHOKER DISTURBED BY THE POPULARITY

OF Man HE TURNED DOWN—TREMEN-

DOUS APPLAUSE FOR THE EX-

GOVERNOR OF NEW-YORK.

\nY ...... THR TniBINE.IKansas City. July 4.

—The reception given to

ex-Senator David '\u25a0'\u25a0 Hill, •:" New-York, in theConvention to-day was not only an Interestingbut probably also the mo^t significant episode

Of the day, inasmuch as it served to demon-strate the strength of that faction in the partywhich seeks to d,,<tor the Chicago platform bythe insertion of quibbles, and because it wasmade to accentuate the character of the quarrel

which Mr. Croker seems to have deliberately in-vited for" the purpose of securing !*UfiBBpUtWcontrol of the Democratic organization in New-York State.

CONVENTION'S OPEN REBUKE TO TAM-

M.WY METHODS.

BIG HILL DEMONSTRATION.

Mr. Lalime, a master mechanic, and J. P.Hamilton, peneral superintendent, were calledupon to rid the track from the burning tank andextinguish the Muz". An effort was made to tip

,r ever. The heat was so intense that thismanner of disposing of the tire was given up.

Whil" some of the men were grouped near the

tank at't.-r 7 o'clock an explosion occurred,

caused by the fire Igniting with the gas thathad formed from the burning oiL It came with

a flash of fire and a deafening report. Somepeople who were standing n^ar were not affectedby it at all. These saw the bodies of men flying

in the air.Tho tank went in two directions. Those who

were killed were struck by the flying end of thetank, which went in a southerly direction.It was tw.> hundred yards distant fromthe victims, and came to the ground near theshops alongside of Engine No. 61. The piece

Continued on eighth page.

EXPLOSION OF GAS KILLS SIX ANP IX

.iri:i:s fifty

Parkersburg, W. Va . July 4. Th- most horri-ble calamity that this city ever witnessed oc-curred tins morning at 7 iiio'clock, In whichif-1

' men were blown to atoms, one other sobadly injured thai h<- soon died, two more prob-ably fatally injured, and more than fifty per-sona more or less seriously hurt. The yards ofthe Ohio River Railroad are spotted with piecesof torn flesh and sprayed with hi i Amongthe dead are J. P, Hamilton, general superin-tendent of the Ohio River Railroad; E. Lalime, amaster mechanic, and Charles Slohler, yardmaster. T. .1 Stafford, night yard master; J.Bayland, day yard conductor, and George Cole-man, roundhouse foreman, ar.' among those i.ijured. About forty spectators and children wereslightly Injured, some burned, some hurt by th*explosion, sum.- bruised in the panic.

A.tank <ar containing six thousand gallons of"ii wa.s on the yard track f.>r shipment. Engine

No. 26, with William Carr aa engineer andGeorge Hupp as fireman, waa pullinga train offast freight, No. .\u25a0'•">, southbound. Engineer Carrsaw that the main track waa open and cameslowly toward the yards. Thr- switch was opeaand the train ran int.. the side trade, striking

the lank car. The collision caused a hole tobe bored Into th.- top part of the tank, ami theoil ignited This happened a few minutes after3 o'clock thU morning.

[ OSS OP 1 IFE \T PARKERSBURG.

Taeoma; Wash.. July 4 Thirty five men.women and children were killed and eighteen

were Injured—nine fatally—ln the wrecking ofa trolley ear on the outskirts of Taeoma to-day

One hundred and four people hoarded a trolleyct\r at Edison, a suburb, at 8:30 o'clock. Theywere <>r\ the way to this city to view the civicparade. The car bowled along at a Rood speed.Where the tracks turned from Delin-st. the carsuddenly lurched and left the rails The motor-man was powerless to cheek Its speed. A gulch.120 feet deep, yawned below.

>'n!y a slight rail of wood ran along the edgeof the precipice, and this was .... like areed.

Half way down the side of the gulch projectingrocks stopped the ear for a moment. Such wasthe force of the Impact that its timbers werewrenched apart, and those inside were rushedinto a mass «.f tlcsh and blood. When the carstruck the bottom of the gulch only those inthe centre of th.-- car were alive.

Police and firemen removed the wreckageas rapidly as possible and tarried the injured totemporary hospitals In houses near by. Thed- ad were placed on the bluff until the bodieswere removed by friends.

The bodies of the dead were shockingly man-gled.

THIRTY-FIVE LOSE THEIR LIVES IN A

TROLLEY CAR CATASTROPHE

AT TACOMA.Serious accidents occurred in many cities of

''\u25a0\u25a0 United States yesterday. At Tacoma,Wash., thirty five people were killed andeighteen Injured, nine fatally; at Parkerslmrjr,\V. Va.. seven lost their lives and fifty wereInjure,!; at Henryville. Pent', three djed andorif» was hurt, and \u25a0<• Philadelphia four childrenwer-« killed and tn-onty-rhree injured. In tinscity n man was shot while leaning out Of hiswindow and may die. and two children were

..i11.'.!

AC( 'IDENTS REI '< >R TED FROMMANY CITIES.

KILLEDON THE FOURTH.

(uniluued on flfili itmjr.

ALL KILLED IN PEKING?THIS IS THE REPORT BROUGHT BY FUGI-

TIVES FROM THE CAPITAL.

Shanghai, July Three Chinese servants offoreigners have, it is rumored from a good

source, escaped from Peking. They report thatall the foreigners, one thousand in number. in-cluding four hundred soldiers, one hundredmembers of the Chinese customs staff, and anumber of women and children, held out tilltheir ammunition was exhausted, in the BritishLegation. The Legation was finally burned andall the foreigners were killed.

It la reported that Kwang-Su and the Em-press Dowager have been poisoned.

HALF KATES VIA NEW YORK CENTRALTo Cincinnati account of Baptist Young People'sUnion of America, willbe sola July LOth to 13th, in-clusive. Call un any New-York Central Agent.—Advt.

the vessels of the Chinese fleet and to attackthe warships at Shanghai.

JAPAN LANDING AN ARMY.Japan is reported to be landing an army at

Pcetaughs, to the northward of Taku. TheJapanese generals are believe! to be iabout tOmove toward Peking, following the plan pre-viously formulated. Europeans an IAmericansresident In Shanghai are quite in a pan!.- overwhat is viewed as the inadequate military prep-arations of the Powers.

A dispatch to "The Express" from Shanghai.«ays that, according to the best military esti-mates, 500.000 men will bo necessary to subju-gate Northern China, and even th.-n it willtaketwo or three years. The forces ..f the ChineseEmpire have gathered such motion that evenJapan's full strength, launched now. would i'»unequal to the t-^k of restorine order.

Taotal Sheng. of Shanghai. issued a proclama-tion on Wednesday which practically forbidsforeign warships approaching the Kang-tse-KJang, saying tl.at if they «lo «=.» the Chineseauthorities willnot ho!.Ithemselves responsiblefor the consequence* ItIs considered thac'th*''Chinese officials are preparing a way t.> evaderesponsibility if an outbreak occurs. Even 1.1Huiib Chang is suspected. Th* foreigners ar.>simply aghast at the extent of the Chinese ir-ir.ampntf, which have been systematically „,..cumulated.

The decision of the Admirals :>.<>t x>> attemptthe relief of the besieged legation forcea Insfilled the entice European community, "TheDaily Mall's" Shanghai correspondent aays,with bitterness and despair. Few, however, af-firm that any other course is p'oidi'ble'. Tnoweakness of the allied forces left no other courseopen. It i.s pointed out that the Chinese oppos-Ing Admiral Seymour wtre only a fraction ofthe huge force now cutting <.ff the capita] fromTien-Tsin, and which numbers 200,(K>i>, nearlyall well armed. The allies have no real meansof transport, and there Is no foo.l in the coun-try,' as it is being laid waste. The question ofammunition is also a serious one. Only Japanand to a lesser extent Russia are able tbfpushup war material In the vast quantities madenecessary by the continuous lighting. Thoughtransports will soon arrive at Taku. the pres-ent pressure is not relieved.

A GREAT ARMY NECESSARY.The consensus of opinion among military and

naval authorities Is that it will require at leastfifty thousand men to rescue the Europeans InPeking] The lies will have to hold Taku Instrength, and th occupation of strategic pointson the railway to Tien-Tsln will be most diffi-cult. Tien:Tsin Itself Is none too strongly held.

Among the edicts received at Shanghai onJune \u25a0.'.". were orders for the Foreign Ministersto leave Peking within twenty-four hours. Thelegations were t<> be sealed up and the flags taffscut down.

Another edict, Issued on June --', announcesthat Prince Tuari and Kang-YJ are the supremechiefs of the Ihochund, the Chinese name forthe Boxers.

A dispatch from Shanghai to "The Daily Tele-graph," dated July 4, says the Taotal has re-ceived news from Peking to Wednesday last.Peking was then entirely in the hands of theBoxers, and the situation of the foreigners wag

hopeless. The Manchu Princes, Ministers andsoldiers, the dispatch says, all belong Lo theBoxers.

Dispatches received at Brussels report that thesecretary of the Belgian Legation at Peking

had I\u25a0 en killed by the Boxers.Eugene Slosse, an enginner on the Peking-

Hankow Railway, telegraphs that he arrived atShanghai after sixteen days' perilous travelthrough the disturbed areu.

The correspondent of "Th« Daily News" atShimonoseki, telegraphing under date of July3, says that Count It", in th course of an in-terview, said the emergency had for a momentobscured the gigantic question in the back-ground. It was- desirable, he declared, thatthere should be a permanent settlement now.Some of the Powers wished to postpone a settle-ment because they were not ready for it, but itwas evident thtit England was not willingtopostpone a decision.

RAPINE, FIRE VND BLOOD IN THE TRAIL

OF THE CHINESE ARMIES.

London, July s.—The fimmaml' ra of the alliesin Tif-n-Tsln inform the correspond)

would be Buiclde to attempt to reach Peking

with the troops now available, in the I

lossal force of Imperial troops and Ioccupying the country )\u25a0•\u25a0•• een Tien-TPeking. So far from taking the ofl

twelve thousand International troops at Tien-

Tsin and the Hpht thousand oth< ra at Taku and

Intermediate points can barely keep up commu-nications, fiphtiner incessantly with overwl

ins numbers, using far more numerous artillerypieces than the allies. Thia telegram has been

received :Shanghai, July 4, 11:10 a, m, \*ia Che-Foo

Tien-Tsin city fell between 7 and 8 o'clock onthe morning of June .';<».

It is understood that Shanghai undoubtedly

referred to the native city of Tien-Tsin, fromwhich the Chinese have been bombarding theforeign quarter, and the dispatch la taken tomean that the allies are more than holding their0Wn.

HEAVY CHINESE LOSSES.Other advices received by way of Shanghai

av-r that the Chinese losses around Tien Tsin

an- between 7.000 ami 8.000, according to ofll<lalestimates.

The correspondent oi "The Express" at Che-Foo. telegraphing Wednesday, say? AdmiralSeymour was wounded while sitting En a houseat Tien-Tsin by Chinas

-Bharpshooti i

Official news received at Che-Foo shows thatthe Ohin'-«(- have been guilty of horrible cruelty

toward the wounded and captured, subjectingthem to what is known as "ling-Che," or theslicing process. Under this hideous rite thebodies of the fallen have been mutilated. The

Russians are retaliating by the wholesale shoot-ing of natives.

The situation, according to "The Express's"correspondent, shows Fiuns of drifting Intobarbarism and savagery. Revolting stories aretold of barbarities practised upon Japanese andEuropean prisoners captured on the way toPeking-, though It was not known before that

Admiral Feymour lost any prisoners. TheChinese troops marching toward Tit-n-T.-in, !h-

Chinese say. left behind them trails <<f rapine,

fire and blood. Native women were ravishedand children were cut in two

Direct tidings from Peking end with the dis-

patch sent by Sir Robert Hart on June 25.According to roundabout reports it is as-

serted by the Chinese that Prince Tiian la per-sonally Ureeting the assault upon :he legations.

He conferred honors and gave lart;.- sums ofmoney and other presents to the leaders <>f the

Boxen and the commanderi of the troops who

drove l>a«k Admiral Seymour, and also gave

money to every soldier taking part in the > p. ra

An edict of Prince Tuan's has reached Shang-

hai, ordering the Southern Viceroys to assemble

A WAR OF SAVAGERY.

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