PEKING ATTACKED ON MONDAYCAPTURE OE THE CAPITAL CITY AGAIN REPORTED, BUT

STILL WITHOUT OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.

CHINESE DEFEATED WITH LOSS AT CHING-CHIA-WAN.

This read well to the Woodruff boomer?, andthey not only tilled up with "hot air" them-

\u25a0 they injected a lot more of that un-

THE ORGANIZATION PT'TS HIM FOR-

WARD TO TEST PUBIJO FEELTNG.

Lleutenant-Governor Woodruff was put for-ward yesterday by Senator Platt. State Chair-man Odell an.l the Brooklyn admirers of theLieutenant-Governor, In order to learn moreabout the sentiment toward Mr. 'Woodruffthroughout the State. Mistaking Senator Platfstentative encouragement of the Woodruff boomfor an ultimate selection of th~ Brooklynito asthe most available organization candidate,the Brooklyn organization leaders went into

ies over :;. said a lot of foolish thinps

that i Int and Instead of helping Mr.hey have apparently damaged him.

Senat \u25a0 Platt ts report* !by a Brooklyn paper

to have said to Mr. Woodruff yesterday:"Odfll ix\A Ihave been Inquiring around the

i just who would be the strongest

man for the nomination, and you are the only

man against whom not a single man will speak.

The nomination !s yours without a dissenting

voice."

WOODRUFF LOOMING UP.

Minister Conger sent a dispatch undated, but believed to have been sent be-tween August 5 and August 11. stating t hat the legations were stillbesieged. Thedispatch also gave the names of the marines who died at Peking.

An answer to a message from Earl Liappealing to the Powers to arrest theirmarch on Peking was made by the United States. It stated that this countryadhered to its original demands.

A dispatch received in Berlin from Tien-Tsin, dated August 14. said thatthe allies had captured Ching-Chia-Wan, about five miles from Peking, with slightloss, the Chinese leaving five hundred dead on the neld.

A Russian regiment is reported to have landed at Taku to protect the rearof the allied force?, which is said to be seriously threatened by the Chinese.

The Japanese Admiral at Taku was expecting news of an attack on Pekingon August 15.

NEGOTIATIONS REPORTED.

TIMOTHY J- WOOJMWJFF.(Copyright, 1898, by Rockwood, N. V.)

iCopyristot; 1900: By Th» New-York Tribune.l[BT CABLE TO THE ISIBCIIK.]

London, Aug. 17. »'« a. m.—

The rumor that theallies have reached Peking seems to be con-firmed from several sources. A telegram from

the Italian commander at Taku states definitely

that the attack on the capital began on Mon-day, and adds that the Ministers are in com-

munication with the relief force. No official

news has, however, yet been received directfrom Peking.

The difficulties encountered by the allies are

strikingly illustrated in a message from an"Express" correspondent with the relief force.

At the battle of Ho-SI-Wu the cavalry had tocharge through an undergrowth bo dense thatIt was impossible to see the enemy and almostimpossible to pit on horseback. The Chinese had

carried out a number of big excavations with

the object of running off all the water from the

Pei-Ho River, and works which it must have

taken nearly a month to construct were almost

finished when the allied forces arrived on the

scene.

The Yokohama correspondent of "The Mail"says the Japanese Government proposed to the

Powers that before making a final attack onPeking the Chinese authorities should be Invitedto escort the foreign Ministers to the allies'lines outride the city. Russia is reported tohave assented, but the other Powers have notreplied to the suggestion. On the other hand, an"Express" message from Tokio announced thatthe Japanese proposal of armistice has been ac-cepted by the Powers. 1 N. F.

A PROPOSAL OF JAPAN SAID TO HAVE

BEEN AGREED TO BY THE POWERS.

THE SHANGHAI MIDDLE.

THE FRICTION NOT TO THE LIKINGOP

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.[rr-pyrj^ht; :•\u25a0\u25a0-' By Th*Jftw-Tork Tribune.]

fBT CABLE to th^ TRIBUNE.1

London. Aug. 17, 1 a. m.—The news of therapid progress made by the Peking relief forcereceived on Wednesday evening increased thetension with which Intelligence from China wasawaited yesterday. There was a general ex-pectation that decisive information might bereceived in the course of the day, and at anearly hour many press men and others called atth«» War Office and the Chinese Embassy tomake inquiries, only to learn that no news hadbeen received up to evening. The Foreign Officealgo was visited in vain, nothing having beenheard there since the last cipher dispatch fromSir Claude Macdonald was handed In, two daysago. The Chinese Minister received cable dis-patches from China in the course of the after-noon, and promptly drove down to the ForeignOffice, but it was understood that he had nodefinite announcement to make with referenceto the absorbing topic of the moment. Littlevalue was attached to statements in a sensa-tional New-York paper and an equally sensa-tional London Journal that the allies hadreached Peking on Monday. This is quite likelyto be true, as Itis known from Admiral Remey'hat the allies were at Tung-Chow on the 13thand the officer commanding the British linesPC communication telegraphed oi: Monday thatGeneral Gaselee was probably in Peking thatday, but the newspaper reports Just referred to

do not make much Impression."By calculating the probabilities," as one of

Cobtinaed on second nawe.

ANSWER TO .APPEAL FROM EARI* IJ—

MR.CONGERS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

[BT TET.EC.RAFH TO THE TRIBCN'B.IWashington. Aug. 16.—The Ministers and

other foreigners who have been besieged in Pe-king since June 23. win be Übera-tad and safely

delivered to- the commanders of the inter-national forces. When, in what manner, andat what place the delivery shall be made will

depend upon the decision of those commanders 1.Major-General Chaffee has plenary power to

act. so far as Minister Conger and the people

under his protection are concerned. No

armistice willbe agreed to or negotiations en-

tered into with China by the United States untilthe former has fully complied with the condi-tions laid down in President McKlnley's note

of July 2.".. supplemented by Secretary Hay's

note of August 2, and Acting: Secretary Adee's

memorandum of August 12. That is the situa-tion as it exists in Washington to-night. It Issubstantially the same as the situation de-scribed in these dispatches last Sunday night.

and the Administration is as confident to-night

as it was on Sunday night that the result willbe the liberation and safe delivery of the Min-

isters and persons under their protection by theImperial authorities ox China acting in co-operation with th* commanders of the Inter-

national forces now operating near Peking.

The developments of to-day were exceedingly

important, as will be seen by the last pathetic

appeal of LiHung Chang in behalf of his Gov-

ernment and Acting Secretary Aden's memo-randum in reply thereto, both of which, to-gether wi»h extracts from Minister Conger**

last dispatch, were made public this evening, Inaccordance with the decision of the Presidentand his Cabinet in to-day's meeting. Aa theConger dispatch furnishes the basis of the lastparagraph of the memorandum, it Is presented

first. It was» received this morning and washanded to Mr Adee by Mr. Wu. who explainedthat he had received it at midnight from theTaotai of Shanghai, by whom it had been re-ceived by way of Tsi-Xan. August 15. ItIsundated, but would seem to have left Peking

some time between August 5 and August 11.The portion given to The publicreads as follows:Secretary of Slate. Washington.

Our cipher Is safe. May It not ne sufficientauthenticity We hate heen Imprisoned andcompletely besleced since June 23. Con-tinued artillery and rltte tiring; until July17: only rifle since, but dally. With It fre-quently desperate attacks, one last nfcht.Have already reported our losses. French.Italian, Helj;lan. Austrian. Dutch legationsand all other foreign property Pelting: de-stroyed. Dr. IngUVs child dead. Marine*running. Fischer. Turner. Klnc. Tnteher.Kennely and Thomas killed. All otherAmericans alive. Inform Alta and SecretaryRyan. \<-arlnK allied forces ictve* as hope.

CONGER.

INSIST ON MINISTERS' DELIVERANCE.This dispatch, together with the dispatch of

LIHung Chang and the draft of a memorandumin reply thereto, was the subject of carefulconsideration at the Cabinet meeting, where thewhole subject was thoroughly discussed in allits bearings by the President and his advisers.

It was unanimously agreed that there shouldbe no change whatever in the attitude or policy

of the United States toward China pending hercompliance with the conditions laid clown in the

President's note of July 23 and subsequent of-ficial communications. The appeal of LiHunsChang, which was handed to Acting Secretary

Adee by Minister Wu this morning at 0 o'clock,

was dated August l."». and reached th* Ministerat 7p. m. on the same day. Itreads aa follows:

The allied forces are approaching Tung-Chow.Ihave memorialized the Imperial Governmentto depute envoys to negotiate an armistice withthe several commanders on the spot Iwillalsoshortly proceed to Peking. The Powers, beingfully aware of the embarrassing position in

which Their Majesties the Empress Dowagerand the Emperor are placed, are earnestly re-quested to telegraph instructions to their re-spective commanders after their arriving atTung-Chow with their forces to stop their fur-ther advance to the capital, so as not to causealarm and fear to Their Majesties and calami-ties to the people. For such an advance wouldshake the foundations of the Tv Ching Empireand wousd the feelings of all her people highand low. For a compliance of this appeal themillions of people of the empire will be pro-foundly grateful to the Powers.- Please comrau-

PTPPATCH FROM REMET.

AMERICA INSISTS OX THE EN

VOTS DELIVERANCE.

\0 CHANGE IXDEMANDS

Detroit. Aug. IS.—A woman, sixty-five years old.who registered as Jennie Jaynes, Manchester. N.H.. at the Grand Central Hotel, was found dyingInher room to-day. After being removed to ahospital she died without being able to give mvaccount of herself. It is thouxht that morphinepoisoning was the cause of death. An examinationof the woman's luggage revealed 5;'5 in money, athrough ticket from Manchester to Chicago, enda grocery bill of C. H. Turner. Candia. N. H.

Chicago. Aug. 16.— Three lives were lost earlyto-day by tire, as the result of an explosion ofnatural gas in a two-story frame building, inThirty-fourth-st.. near State-st. Three other per-sons are missing, and are supposed to be in theruins of the dwelling. The dead are Mildred Lev!,an artist; an unknown woman from Boston whowas visiting the- Levi family, and Sarah, a col-ored cook. The missing are the three Lev! chil-dren.

Dubois. Perm.. Aug. 16.— The entire works of theP.erwlnd Colllerv above ground, which belongedto the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, weredestroyed by tire late last night. The flames werediscovered in the boiler house, and In a short timehad enveloped the head house, tipple and compres-sor. Sixty men who were in the mine at the timewere saved by the prompt and heroic action of th©nre boss. John Harrison, and a number of vol-unteers who entered the workings by the air shaftat th.- risk of their lives and warned the minersof their danger. Good work by the Fire Depart-ment saved many surrounding buildings from de-struction. The loss will approach 000,060. It wasat this mine five years ago that thirteen men losttheir lives by an explosion of gas.

ALONG THE BUT JI'NIATALies the route of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Re-freshing scenery; invitingprospects.— Advt.

""-Ctontreal. Aug. 16.—William Wood, raptain of anAnStcican coal barge, the Mosso, was run overto-da:; by a Grand Trunk train and killed.

Woodstock. Ont.. Aug. ML—TJIrIeB Ruppecht. \u25a0German resident of Norwich, was found dead yes-terday on the grave of his wife, having shot him-self through the temple. The woman died frompoisoning three weeks ago. and murder was sus-pected, owing to the fact that the couple had notbeen living happily together. The stomach wasgent to an analyst, and his report showed tracesof poisoning.

Fresno. Cal.. Aug. K-A deadlock between thewine makers and th« wine growers has ended Inthe breaking up of the growers' combine. Grapesare now selling for $1?. and $14 a ton, instead of $13and J_i>. the prices fixed by the association.

Pueblo. Col.. Aug. M.—

A fire, which started hereyesterday, was got under control at a late hour.The blaze was started three times by incendiariesbefore the last outbreak. The two previous at-tempts were made in a day. it is believed to havebeen done by thieves for the purpose of plundering.The total loss is about $100,000.

Vancouver, B. C. Aug.I*.—A dispatch from GrandForks stales that the neighboring town of Co-lumbia, B. C has been practically wiped out bytire, which started In the Escalet Hotel. Th- ;.owhhas a population of five hundred, but had no watersupply. Dynamite was used in blowing up build-ings in the nope of stopping the flames, but itwas unavailing- The loss is estimated at over$100,000.

TFI.t:GRAI'III' NOTES

C.4.V.V0.V SHOOTING FOVRTEEy WILES.

Berlin. Aug. 18.- H<^rr Krupp will begin prac-tice on August 2-*> with cannon shooting four-teen miles.

In this generation, when the evils of the oldtimes are added unto the evils of the new times,when the minions of mercenary commercialismthreaten to grasp the substance of power, when aonce great party In the hands of faithless leadersattempts to assign the people's rights to an oli-garchy of wealth, when a horde of vampire com-bination.-* feed and fatten upon the necessities ofthe people, when blasphemous leaders masqueradeunder the mantle of the Man of Galilee, concealingbeneath the robe of righteousness the sword ofslaughter; when a new school of politicians at-tempts to annul the Declaration and make the Con-stitution a charter of trade; when the ensign thathas stood for freedom from the days of George 111down to the days of McKinley— this ensign

is made, the symbol of subjection, the pennant ofpolygamy and the flog of force, the times demanda man. and again Democracy that furnished aJefferson, that provided a Jackson, that produceda Lincoln. comes forward with a man. Out of theWest he comes— a leader as firm as old William theSilent, as pure as the white plume of Henry ofNavarre, as just as th« elder Brutus and a? virt-uous as the, younger, and his name is Bryan, ofNebraska.

TJF\S CHAXTEr* TO THE PEERLESS BRTAX. OF

NEBRASKA.

Cedar Rapids. lowa. Aug. 15.—The DemocraticState Convention met here to-day and named thefollowing ticket: Secretary of State, B. O. Crane:Auditor. I. M. Gibson; Treasurer. H. L. Williams;Attorney-General, C. Harper; Justice of Supreme

Court. J. W. Freeland; Railroad Commissioner, J.

E. Anderson; electors-at-large. Joseph Elbock andC. H. Mackey.

All the nominations were by acclamation except

for electors-at-large. the only trouble experienced

being in finding men who would accept the nom-inations.

The convention was called to order by State-Chairman Huffman. The temporary chairman. JohnJ. Denison. said in part:

that Senator Platt had assured him that Wood-ruff had been chosen as the candidate for Gov-ernor. He also said that Senator Platt had madeno such assurance to anybody, as far as heknew.

"The Lieutenant-Governor will he the candi-date all right, though," said Mr. Dady with aring of confidence that left little room for doubtas to his personal opinion. Pressed as to hisreasons for confidence. Mr. Dady added:

"Well, Mr. Woodruff has the word of the lead-ers all over the State that they are for "him.Senator Platt '.? ireasonable man, who yields

to sentiment, and when he sees how the landlies he will be for Woodruff, all right."

IOWA DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

"Ihave not sought the nomination personally,

nor asked any man to help roe to it.but no mancould help saying, under the circumstances, that

he was gratified over what seems to be taking

place, and no man could help being a candidate

under the present conditions."A State leader who saw both. Senator Platt

and Chairman Odell yesterday said last night:

Woodruff Is likely to have the laugh on the peo-ple who thought the talk about waistcoats hadkilled him politically. Th« thing we sometimes callluck seems to be with him. Odell will not takethe nomination unless the hardest kind of pressureis brought to bear on him by the State Convention.H» might as well be counted out of it. Sereno E.Pavne and James W. Wadsworth are distastefulto "the farmers or at least certain influential agri-

cultural papers in the State assert that they are.and they have been eliminated from consideration.Assemblyman Nixon is hot well enough known.

Congressman James S. Sherman would probablye'et the prize if it were not for Attorney-General

Davieo who has earned a renomlnation. Daviesv., »W anti-trust record, and an honest one. too.and "would be risky to withdraw him for the sakeof elvlne Mr Sherman, who lives in the samebounty the Governorship nomination. It wouldlook like favoring the corporations too much. Allthese con'fderations have had their weight, andWoodruff is about the only eligible candidate left.««thJ. leaders are determined that only a thorough-going organization man .hall be nominated this fall.flowever It won't hurt anything to see how thepeople take Woodruff. That's what he's put for-ward for.

Michael J. Dady. chairman of the Kings

County Campaign Committee and one of Lieu-

tenant-Governor Woodruffs closest political as-

sociates, denied last night to a Tribune reporter

While Senator Platt's emphatic dim lalmer has

anchored the Woodruff boom to Kings County

soli one- more, there is every prospect of Mr.

W Iruffbeing a leading figure in the race f-.the Governorship nomination. His friends inBrooklyn have received substantial encourage-

ment from Senator Platt and Chairman Odell.They may hay» magnified it,but It was learnedlast night to ;•. certainty that they are not acting

without good reason. Mr. Woodruff is now acandidate out In the open. Before starting yes-

terday for Connecticut on a business en^ns.'-

ment he said:

"] never made any such statement," paid he.with emphasis. "The whole- thing ia a lie, and

if Mr. Woodruff has said that Ihave said any

such thing, h^ hr.s sail so t.< his own detriment.l don't belli ye he ever said it- T do not care tor< ad or din suss the report."

substantial article Into the Woodruff boom,

which came to earth again last night when

Senator That's attention was called to it. The

Senator was with Mrs Platt and State Chair-

man Odell on the veranda of the Oriental

. at Manhattan Beach, when a Tribune re-saw him, quoted to him the statement in

Brooklyn paper already referred to. and

asked him if he had been correctly quoted. Mr.

Plitt seldom shows any irritation over a polit-

ical story, but he <li.l not conceal his displeasure

last night.

IN ONE ROUND OF THE SUNThe Pennsylvania Limited makes the run from NewYork to Chicago over a faultless route.-AdvU

BONDHOLDERS ABI.YDO.V ROAD.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 16.— The bondholders of

th- Jamaica Railway, constructed by Americanengineers, have voluntarily abandoned control of

the' line, and the Government took possession to-

day. .

London. Aug. 17.—A youth about twenty

years old was arrested at Leipsie yesterday, ac-

cording to a dispatch from Berlin, who admits

having conspired to kill KingAlbert of Saxony.

He says he was appointed by lot to perform the

deed but that his courage failed him.His identity has not yet been established, but

a dagger and a loaded revolver were found onhim.

T OF 4 rOUTH IN LEIPSIC WBOBB rovn-

\t~,V. FAILED HIM.

CHOBEX BY LOT TO KILL KIXG ALBERT.

FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.Edwin Booth, Grand Treasurer of the Order of

Bona of St George, for the State of New-York,

paid over to C. CUve Bayley, Consul-Oeneralfor Great Britain, on August 15, 14,64139, aa a con-tribution from lodges In New York State, to theWidowa and Orphans' "Mansion House" I-und. to

be forwarded bj him to th- Lord Mayor or T,ondoa

t ot sufferers by the Boer war.

We have come to settle h< re. South Africa underEnglish rule Is no place for an Irishman My com-

and myself left Pretoria the day that thn«city surrendered However, they are still makingthi'nga warm down there. The war there is prettymuch guerilla fighting, and the end Is not yet.Generals Botha .\u25a0:') De Wei can hoM out with ten

\u25a0,1 men as long as they want to The menare going to flghl to the last. To some of the gen-

erals large bribes have been offered, but the Eng-lish money haa been refused with acorn, l' la truethat the Chicago hospital corps took up guns aasoon ac they got In Boer territory. They tore upth'-ir Red Cross badges, and they made good ncin-

i'ou did not bear 'hat th.< first batch oi Irish

iptured by the Boera asked to be allowedfighting force? lr is so. though.

Their requesi however, could r> >' be granted! . w President Krtiger lust before he went away,

and lit- was looking in good health. When I aawhim he was at his headquarters, which wenrailroad carriage. Every precaution haa Wen

taken to nrevent a surprise by the enemy or an at-tempt to capture him. !!\u25a0• la going to lightto thelast, and has no Idea of surrendering.

EX-BOER ARMY OFFICERS HERE.

TWO MEN WHO SERVED IN THE IRISH

BRIGADE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRYrrMatthew Kane, a Boer, and Peter r. Oate . an

Irishman, who have been fightingin the Boer armyas officers ... the Irish Brigade, arrived yesterdayon the steamship La Bretagne. Oates has lived frryears in Africa, and left •' family in Johannesburg.In an Interview he said:

KRUEGER SAID TO WANT PEACE.London, Aug IT A British correspondent,

tly released from captivity a! NooltGedacht, asserts positively that Mr. Xiwishes peace, bul that the fighting command-ants Insist upon continuing the war. and would

nt his Right by force if necessary. Theburghc \u25a0 -. aci \u25a0 rding to the same authority, Bharethis view-. The Transvaalera have ninety gunsat Machadodorp, with abundant provisl p

London, Aug. 17.—Ex-President Stern, ac-cording to a dispatch to

• Th« DallyMail" fromLiourenc.o Marques, date:! yesterday. Is reportedto have died, as the result of a severe wound,while endeavoring to reach Mr. Krilger

Martinus Theu Steyn was born at Winburg-.not far from Bloemfonteln. on October 2. ISjV. Illsfathpr. a farmer, was of some politics] conse-quence-, and his mother belonged to the Influentialpioneer family of Wessels, After rece.vlng hiseducation at the Grey College. Bloemfoatein, haworked on his father's farm until he was nineteen,

when he left his home to study In Knglar.d and onthe Continent. In ISB2 ho returned to Africa, hav-ing been called to the English bar, and practisedlaw In Bloemfonteln for six years. He vas madeSecond Puisne Judge and State Attorney In ISS?,First Puisne Judge In ISS3 and President of theOrange Kree State- Sn ISM.

For a number of years before his election to thePresidency Steyn had been In communication withPresident Krii^'er, and their close relations finallyresulted In the federal union of the Orange Fr**eState and the Transvaal. It Is supposed that thepurpose of the two Presidents, in the event of thesuccessful termination of th.- war was to extendthis federation to Include Cape Colony, thus iso-lating Natal and rendering; Rhodesia h^iplc.«s.

Many observers hav<» charged Mr. Steyn withbeing the evil genius of Smith Afrifn and withhaving drawn President Krtlger Into war throughthe young* r man's ambition to succeed tUf< <»'.d» rJnhis position of power ammiß tho Boers, j.nl ejten-to become ih*President of th" Dutch Confederacy

iSteyn was in tho field with the Free Slate troopsIduring a lnrse port of th<- war. and Incurred con-l siderable criticism for m.iklnc his escape with th»lighting burghers when Bloemfonteln and its nor.-

combatants fell into the hands of the British.

DE WET SLIPS THROUGH THE CORDON.KrUgersdorp. Aup. IS.-rGeneraJ I><* "Wet has

crossed the Kriigrrsdorp-Putohefstroom Rail-way, and Is making to the north In order toJoin Commandant P/elarey. who la holding Rus-t< nburg.

Kitchener and the other generals are pursuinghim and pressing him hard. His force is re-ported to be beyond V< nt( rsdorp,

London, Aug. I".—According to a dispatch to'"The Daily Express" from Lourenco Marques,

dated yesterday. It la reported there that <ien-eiai I"- Wet has succeeded in Joining handswith Commandant Delarey.

EX-PRESIDENT OF THE FREE STATESAID TO HAVE SUCCUMBED

T<» A WOUND.

STEYN REPORTED DEAD.

Shanghai dispatches declare that the Chinesehad Intended to make a final attack upon thelegations last Sunday, but whether the plan

was carried out Is not known there.Describing1 the capture of Ho-Si-Wu, a special

dispatch Bays that the headgear of the Ameri-cans was quite Insufficient for the awful heat,

and that the consequences were direful.Hong-Kong. Aug. lt>.—lt Is reported that the

Canton Customs Department has received atelegram saying that Sir Robert Hart, Director-General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs,accompanied by his staff, has left Peking under

Chinese escort, and that a cruiser will be sent

to meet him on his reaching the coast.

Chinese officials In Shanghai are reported is

admitting that the allies Inflicted a heavy defeat on the Chinese Imperial troops aroundTung-Chow Sunday, and then manned directon Peking. This, if true, carries th-1 Japaneseofficial advices announcing the capture of Tung-

Chow one step further.

.\ cable dispatch to Vienna from Hong-Kongannounces the capture of Peking, but the Aus-trian Government, like other European Powers,is sti'l without confirmation of this report. AnofflcfaJ telegram, dated Taku, August 14, hasbeen received at Rome, which asserts that the.attack on Peking began Monday; that SirClaude Macdonald. the British Minister, hasopened communication with the relieving force,and that the allies have established their head-quarters at Tung-Chow.

Genera] Gaselee sends two earlier dispatchesrepeating advices already received by the Brit-ish Government.

The Japanese troops occupied Fung-Chow to-day. We are now ten miles from Peking. TheChinese Beem to have retreated toward Peking.l^ast nitrhf a quantity of arm? and m granary,with great stores of rice, were captured

London, Aug 16 General Sir Alfred Gase

lee. commanding the continent of troops fromIndia in China, has telegraphed to th*» Gov-ernment from Ma-Tow. under date "f August11, via Che-Foo, August 15, as follows:

Arrived here this morning after a most tryingmarch. Thf troops of all nationalities are suf-f^rinjr severely from the heal T< n of our horseadied yesterday from sunstroke. The enemy iabelieved to be intrenched north of Chang-Chin-Wan. Th'-re ie no further news from the ]pga-tiona

Tokio. Auk. 14.- A semi-official dispatch fromFung-Chow (Tung-Chow?), dated August IL'.says:

A Russian regiment has disembarked to pro-tect the rear of the allied forces, which iously threat<

The Japan-;-.- Admiral announces that the al-ccupied Tung-Chow last Sunday, and

he i? awaiting news of an attack on Peking to-day.

RUSSIAN BEGIMENT DISEMBARKS TO

PROTECT COMMUNICATIONS.Berlin, Aug. in.—A dispatch received here

from Tien-Tsin, dated August 14. announrcsthat the allies have captured Chingr-Cbia-Wanwith Flight losA The Chinese left five hundre ldead on the fleld. Th« remainder fled. Som.» toTunK-rhow and some to Pekinc.

An undated dispatch from Tien-Tain saya thorailroad between Tlrn-Tsin and Pei-Tsanp ha*been restored, and that the Russians .-.pairing the line in th<> directs n of ivklng.

Th» German Foreign Office thinks that the al-lies willnot attempt to ho].] Peking, but willretire Immediately with the members of tlvlegations to Tien-Tsln.

Rome, Aim. 16. Th«- following dispatch haabeen received here from Taku, via Che-Foo, Au-gust 15:

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THE HOME RUN OF TUT- RELIEF MARCH.Map of th» JVi-Ho Valley from Ma-Tow to Peking, showing tho route traversed by the allied armies since Sunday last