Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-08-21 | Page 2 | Protect the Empress

THE EMPRESS Two Chinese Generals Advance to toI Meet Allies I New York Aug dispatch to the Jo Journal and Advertiser from Shanghai says Rang Kang Yi 19 former assistant grand grond see sec secretary rotary of the empire and General Tung Fuh Slang Siang ate are heading beading an army that Is advancing from Pekin to the southeast with the object or of diverting from pursuit of the emperor empero and eI pr S dowager I Saturday August U the Imperial household left Prince Tuna Tuan led the march with his troops taking the emperor and dowager and aU all aUthe the Manchu nobles Their is believed to be in province With them left all the elements hos hostile hostile tile to foreigners Prince Ching was left In command at PekIn and he wel welcomed corned the ames allies In a friendly manner manner These reports are from ChInese sources Tile The empress dowager beheaded twelve or of the ImperIal clansmen who refused to leave the capital and were suspected of favorIng the foreigners The property which the empress dowager sent away tined filled carts The ChineSe report heavy losses in inthe inthe the fighting between Tien rien Tsin and Pekin General Ll Li Hung Hang was wounded at and died the next day General Ml was dangerously wounded at Tung ChoW where Gen Generals Generals and Chang Cheng Fu Wung Lus rd were killed The t cs are also circulating a astory storY that the l gaU ri n ds o owing I Ito to cartridges gIving out fired silver 1 bullets the last days d