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Show HAY YET BE SAFE! A Rayot Hope h Seen in China. receiver! the following cab'.eeram from C'ae Foo: "Sitijelion not cba-ogeJ. Shan Tung areraor, Che Foo. Taiotai,! publishes edict urging protection of f or signers. Christians. People Pekin alive. Trying through governor get wcrd Pao Ting Fa, where foreigners in Yarneu eappoad safe. Towler quiet." EV T)r. A rthn i- T Pr , London July 24, 4 a. m. The Chinese minister, Sir Cain Chen Lo Feng Luh, has communicated to the press tbe foKowintr. dispatch from Sheng, director of tbe Chi--rese railways and telegraphs, and; Tao Tai of c5hanphai, dated: Shetighai, Ju'y 2 :. "Information from Pekin, dated July 18, says that the Tsung Li Yamen deputed Won Jei, an un-j dercecrtary of the department, o see the ioreign mroiateia, and be; 'ound every one well, without any ! Hissing, the Geroan excepted. I ''General Yung Li "a going .to xsf the secretaries, -said: ' We do (aot know any missionary namd Towler.- Probably tbe signature -ehoa!a be Fowler- All oar missionaries mis-sionaries left Che Foo for Corea -orJapanfeom-e days ago. Before leaving they may have aeked Consul Con-sul General John Fowler to keep our board mform-ed." Tbe Methodist foreign missionary mission-ary society of New Jork today received re-ceived the foUowi-Bfe cable: 'iFoo Choo, July .21. Dange. 'increasing. Missionaries leaving I LACY." ; I 3c response to the cable, the teecretsry at once forwarded $300 3 to help tbe rtfageee to get away. joemonze th throne to send them; all under- escort to Tioo Tern, in the hope 'ib at the military opera--: tions wail-then be stopped:" il l ' Sir Be'liday McCartney, secretary secre-tary of the Chinese legation at LondGn,ays tl.at communication bas been practically reopened toj Pekin and that messages from the! ininisternay be pected almost .immediately. He insists that the Chineee government is 'doing its .utmost te control tfee lawless ele-iment. ele-iment. Li Huns Chang was given a frigid reception by the consuls at iSbanguai, his sittcerity being suspeeted. Various correspondents say that the fall of Tien Tsin has so disheartened dis-heartened the Chinee tb&t they gre ready for peace. Computed casualty iiaii ecu tain no mention of Surgeon Major Jjank A. Mescham of the Ninth inf anfry, formerly of Salt Lake. It -Kay, therefore, be taken for ror1 that be is safe, deepHe the iCkeyenne, Wya., .July 22. The State authorities have ordered sfrvwral companies of militia to be in xecdiness to proceed to Bock Springs coal camp, where upward of 530 Chinese are in danger. Bations and all necessary equipments equip-ments have been issued and the railroads have oeeo -asked to be ready to transport tiie troops at a moment's notice. There are a large number of foreigners in Hock Springs, and several Chinamen have been T30ghly handled during tbe past few days. Pirie, July! 23. M. Del.. Casse, saiuisler of foreign affiairs, bus received re-ceived a telegram from the Krench consul st Che Foo, dated July 21, savin?;: -"f ae 4Vc5iior iutftas; me ftat, according to reliable rwws from Pekin, all tke foreign ministers are safe, and tbe government i taking all necessary steps to deliver and protect them." dispatch yesterday seymg that "the. doctors were hit." A message was received in Washington purporting to he an appeal from tbe Chinese impmal covernaient to President McKm-iey McKm-iey to help adjust the difficulties Aa imperial akase issued at bt. j Petersburg yesterday ordered thai state of siege be proclaimed in, ibe military districts of Siberia, 'Turkestan and Seffientrichenk, and that ell reservists in those districts be called to the colors. , The Korean government continues con-tinues to send troope to the frontier, fron-tier, a collision with the intruding Chineee having already occurred. ' New York, J22 -The Pres. byterian board of missions today |