Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.
[Telegram—Paraphrase.]
Pekin, October 7,
1900.
(Mr. Conger reports that an edict of 28th September orders Prince Tuan banished, Princes Chuang I and Duke Lan imprisoned for life, and Ying Men Kang I and Chao Shu-Chiao forthwith decapitated. Adds that Earl Li is expected in Pekin on the 9th.)