Show BLUE JACKEtS SLAiN Four of Uncle Sams Marines are Killed by Chinese in Ambuscade l aJ T ten m sin r Seven Others are VoundedForce of Two Th naMen Have I Gone to Relief of Wailers ForceAdmiral Remey With the Brooklyn and All the Troops SheCanC rrYJ Ordered to TaKu at Once Oregon Also Sails 1 i L I i Washing onJUne 24The Ssavy de parlment this afternoon gave out this dated telegram from Admiral Kempff Chee Foo June 24th j In ambuscade near Tien Tsin four I of Wallers command killed anJ seen i wounded Names will be furnished as soon as received Force of 2000 going LOI relieve TlcnTsin today KEMPFF The Secretary of the Navy las ordered or-dered Admiral Remey with the Brooklyn I Brook-lyn to go to Taku and assist the army with what troops the Brooklyn can carry i LAID BEFORE PRESIDENT Admiral KcmpfCs dispatch giving the first definite news of the shedding of American blood on Chinese soil came early this morning and was turned over to Secretary Long as soon as he arrived at the department With Admiral Crownlnshleld the Secretary carried the dispatch to the White House whereon where-on tho Presidents return from church It was laid before him BROOKLYN SENT TO TAKU It was thereupon decided to order or-der Admiral Remey In command of the Asiatic squadron from Manila to Taku on board of the armored ar-mored cruiser Brooklyn The Secretary Sec-retary and Admiral Cl oninshlel returned re-turned to the Navy department wh re the necessary orders were dispatched 10 Admiral Remey The effect of this transfer Is to make Talcum tho headquarters head-quarters of the Asiatic squadron SAILS AT ONCE The Brooklyn Is expected to sail at once today It possible as the orders sent contemplate gelling the Admiral on the Bcone at the earliest moment The advantage of ibis Jt was official ly l elated Is not so much In addinG time strength of the Brooklyn to the Jleet already there as the fleet Is considered by Secretary Long to be quite adequate as It Is in allowing the authorities hereto here-to deal directly with the situation In China Instead through the circuitous communications by way of Manila TROOPS ON THE FLAGSHIP 0N If the Brooklyn starts today as expected I ex-pected It will lake her fully a week to reach Taku as the trip Is 2000 miles raging The determination and typhoons arc rSlnS I nation to carry tome of Gen MacAr thurs troops on a flagship was the emergency of the situation The troops are believed to be ready to mbvo but some delay may be caused in gelling on board sufficient supplies for a large body of men for a week CAUSES GREAT CONCERN Admiral KoinpfTs report that four Americans were killed and seven wounded In the ambuscade of Wallers force caused the gravest concern among officials but the chief fear was I as to the outcome of the second attack which the Admiral reported would begin be-gin today Its results may be decisive not only to the Immediate force employed I em-ployed but in determining the ate of legallons and foreign settlements nt t Tien Tsin and also whether the Issue Is or Is not lo be war with China j I OREGON SAILS FOR TAKU I Word reached the Navy department that the battleship Oregon got away from Hongkong lust night bound for Tale This is two days ahead of her expected start She took on 164 sallora and marines brought to Honckong by the ZaQro WILL HAKE FAST RUN The big ship may now have a chance to rcpdat her celebrated performance I around the Horn as she Is being crowded for n fast run to the scene of action The distance Is about 1 O miles iind It she makes her record time she will beat Taku In sis days about the sam time hat the Brooklyn arrived from Manila These ships and the Monadnock are the only ones going to China NO MORE SHIPS WILL GO Admiral Jrownlnshield pronounces as untrue the report that the gunboats Martelw Princeton and several other ships at Manila hav bccn ordered J L i Jf r sri to Taku ThereIs felt tobe no need for them and moreover with the ships now under orders to sail Admiral Re mey will have a force which Is i considered consid-ered able to meet any possible requirement require-ment 1 The Monadnock has a large complement men who carvbe used asa as-a landing party and it Is this rather than her armament which makes her so available at this time WAR BUREAU PREPARING The war branch of the Government is preparing for any eventuality that may arise out of the iChlnese situation It was stated by one of the highest of time I officials that the scale of prcparallon is of 3 magnitude which would both Interest In-terest and surprise the public But he added the information would be of even greater Interest and service to any foreign foe which the United State may be called upon to face within the next few weeks months and for that I reason there Is no purpose to make public pub-lic the full preparations making to meet whatever Issue arises All that the officials offi-cials will say is that both the army and the navy If occasion arises will give a good account of themselves CORBIN DENIES A STORY AdjtGen Corbin was at his desk during the morning and after going over the dispatches went to the White House The President was about to start for church so that there was time for only a brief consultation Gen Corbin said uolhlng had been received up to that hour from MacArthur us to the Chinese situation The preparations I prepara-tions for China Gen Corbin refused to say anything about except that the report re-port of 3 brigade being ordered there was purely speculative NO WORD FROM CONGER While the Berlin reports as to the safety of Baron Ketteler and the lega lions at Peking appear to dispose of one of the most alarming stories of the crisis Minister Conger at Peking Is still cut off from communication here and there Is no direct and official assurance of the safety of the Ministers and lega Lions nor is there a word of the relief 1ele force Including the Americans who sought to break through to Peking Scretary Long returned from an out lag at Hlngha last night and today resumed re-sumed charge of affairs relieving Assistant As-sistant Secretary Hackett The Secretary Secre-tary looked greatly refreshed About the Inn news that reached him on his arrival was the lighting and bloodshed of the American marine forces near 11 nL TIn T iln MONADNOCK WILL NOT GO Later In the day the order conlem plating the sending of the monitor Monndnock to Taku was countermanded counter-manded Admiral Rome reported lhat the vessel had been strIpped of her officers presumably for duties on the other vessels and for this and other reasons it was not deemed advisable to send her Chief among thE e reasons rea-sons Is the fact that the typhoons now raging In the East would make a voyage voy-age of such a ship as the Monadnock with her low froeboaid very uncertain She would have to be towed the greater great-er pan of the distance and this would delay the arrival In Chinnyc waters o < any other mdiii > which would be sent Avllh line Sncretary Long saId he expected ex-pected that Admiral Remey with the flagship h Brooklyn would gel away from Manila promptly for China probably prob-ably tonight No further news came from Admiral Kempff during the durhlJ evening even-ing IDgCHr CHINESE EMBASSY WORRIED The Chinese officials according to advices received here are apprehensive apprehen-sive of the possible effect of time landing land-Ing of foreign troops on their territory Minister Wus advice show this to be < the case and they art using every effort to avoid such action because of tho effect It may have on the people Today To-day tho Minister received u dispatch from the Viceroys of Hunan and Huhe central provinces In China on this subject WHAT VICEROYS REQUESTED The Viceroys laud been In consultation with other high officiate of the empire as a resuli of Uhlth thisy communicated with tho Chinese representatives In this and European countries directing them to request tho Governments Interested not to send further troops Tin Tsin hit the Government Is making every effort to suppress the operations of the Boxers because of the suspicions and excitement which such steps would cause among the natives The cablegrams said th6 authorities fear the consequences of the introduction I introduc-tion of these large bodiesof foreign soldiers and hope that it may be stopped Minister Wu laid the matter before the Secretary of State and it will receive the attention of this Government Gov-ernment SAYS STORY IS RIDICULOUS Minister Wu characterized as ridiculous ridicu-lous the report that the Empress Dowager Dow-ager had decreed the extermination of all the foreigners In China I Is not true he said I will bet my life on It She is too sensible a woman to do such u mad and foolish thing as that Just now there appears to be a lack rff information among the foreign embassies em-bassies and legations In Washington as to affairs In China Their home I Governments like our own are wlthqut news of a definite character from Pelting Pe-lting and the officials hero are almost entirely dependent on the newspapers for what they nuly learn respecting oC fairs In the East The Sixth cavalry which will sail from San Francisco short will not go dlreclly to Manila but will be taken to Nagasaki where orders will be sent based on the developments In the Chinese situation |