Show i i i MORE HOPEfUL FEELING 11 Confirmatory Dispatch from Consul Fowler I at Che Foo Touching Safety of the I Legations at Peking b I I I r I f Courier from the Chinese Capital Reports to the Military Governor I of Shan Tung that the Legations were Still Holding Out on i July 9th Disposition to Attach Credence to Story as There is J I I no Inducement to Falsify Facts I I I Ia 1I I Washington July lSThe Slate department de-partment has received a dispatch from t jConsulGeneral l Fowler at Che Foo say ng that the Governor of Shan Tung I 1wlres that his courier left Peking on 1 ITuly 9th The legalions were still hold ftng out 4 1 United Stales Minister Allen at Seoul a Korea telegraphs the State department Ii depart-ment that Boxers and Chinese are in force within a few miles of the Korean iI frontier Tho nativesof Ping Yan the ost northern province of Korea are uch alarmed and are fleeing The for telgners remain in safety The Govern ment is very anxious MORE HOPEFUL FEELING 22f The buoyant and hopeful feeling of j yesterday as to the Chinese situation l iwas strengthened today by the addition of a confirmatory dispatch from Consul p Powler at Che Foo touching the safe i ig1y of the legationers at Peking on July I ic 1Iufth Of course It is understood that rr Mr Fowlers information came from 1 EC the same fountain head a did Mr Wua I pf yesterday namely the famous Yuan 3ii 3hih Kal the military Governor of I i fShan Tung province 1 NO INDUCEMENT TO FALSIFY Because of the very Intimate relations i rela-tions that have existed up to a very recent date between this official and 3INE the imperial court at Peking he having Jeen commander of the imperial bodyguard body-guard there is a disposition here to attach at-tach more credence to his dispatches than would be accorded to those of L other Chinese officials This is based < on the presumption that he has no Inducement i In-ducement to falsify the facts WU VISITS SECRETARY HAY I 1 Secretary Hay had number of ill I iplomatlc callers today prominent fl a among them being Minister Wu Mr clf2 i Volant the Russian Charge and Mr Mhlebault the French Charge Minister n Min-ister Wu said he had received no add 1 v Jtional Information but thought the lir situation looked much brighter as a r result of dispatches received yesterday NO DOUBT AS TO DATE j I4 The Secretary gave to Mr Wii the I dispatch from Consul Fowler at CheW I Che-W rT fFoo quoting the Governor df Shan Tung as stating that the legationers at Peking Ca Pe-king were safe on the 9th inst and iiI his was accepted by him a conlirma jj tory of his dispatch yesterday Mln i aster Wu said there was not the slight t est doubt about the date being rthe 9th i e i although London cables suggested that diri the 9th referred to the Chinese calendar f calen-dar and meant the 5th by the English calendar On the contrary the dispatch 1 fg received by him mentioned the 13th as j the date which by the Chinese calendar calen-dar corresponds with the 9th of our calendar Cli it i NEWS FROM JAPANESE SOURCE RTc The Japanese legation has received Y i the following dispatch from the Minister Min-ister of Foreign Affairs at Toklo Io Baron Nishi Japanese Minister at l I Peking Letter of June 29th was received t re-ceived at Tien Tsln July 12th The letter let-ter was brought by l a messenger It i says the legations are dally bombard I oed Ammunition Is running short t Danger of massacre Is imminent SgsflaE Prompt relief is earnestly desired The the foreign Ministers messenger says lnIslels r considered It impossible to procure provisions m pro-visions after July 1st SJ 1 ASKS FOR ARSHIP a ItC1 ConsulGeneral Goodnow at Shanghai e Shang-hai has cabled ro a warship His fug 1 scstlon W1 merely precautionary and t after considering it the Navy department depan ment has withheld action in view of f the fact that the Castlne already Is nt that port and foreign ships are on the way jim CASUALTIES AT lEN TSIN The Val department today bulletined 1I i tined its first olllclal report of the re gri pults of the battle at Tien Tsln as follows fol-lows lowsChe AdjutantGeneral Washington 0 Wash-ington Casualties in attack on Tien gi Tain July 13th Killed CotE H List I LIs-t 1t cum and seventeen enlisted men Wounded Capt C R Noyes not serl Wf ous MaJ J Regan serious but not 71 5 dangerous Capt E V Bookmlller seri OUH not dangerous Lieut L B Lawton Law-ton notjtterlous LieuU F R Lang I Ioui atM seventytwo enlisted men Missing two enlisted men BU1 r1 t bl8Ing enlsted COOLIDGE n ie Coolidge who signed the dispatch Is J LieutenantColonel of the Ninth Infan I try GONE FOR INFORMATION o The following dispatch has been received pTiC re-ceived at the Navy department Che Foo Bureau of Navigation S A Washington Latest reports do not indicate gl t in-dicate that army ofllccr Maj Lee Capt Bresvster Lieuts Naylor Ham c Capl Blewster y mind and Waldron are wounded Capt 11 Valclon INC < Charles G Long marine corps wounded wound-ed Second Lieu F fl Long army wounded An aide has gone to lien 111 L THin to get accurate information REMEY flit R Ai DEAD AND WOUNDED OFFICERS A Second Lieut Frank R Lang served r during the Spaniuh war as Sergeant l tr t Major and Second Lieutenant in the iriE JFJret Maine volunteer infantry and was appointed Second Lieutenant the regular army April 10 1809 c lcglnr aJm Apri Capt Charles G Long oi the marine eapt 01 S July 1 qi corps cnieied the marine corps j k 1801 having been appointed from Massachusetts S f Mas-sachusetts He had been on duty at Ei1 cO 1 achuscts nvlte 1Ilnce April 8 1S90 until ordered to China |