The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-15

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| Kansas Cit-, No.. July 1.-The fo!i"win;
! letter written in P.kir. China. Iune ), b!
Miss Nellie Russell, = Congregational mis-
| sioIary. To her sister. Mrs. q. u. Brana
, man Of Kansas city. is The latest that Ia.
! reached The United States from the ChiEes'
! capital:
! Pekin. China. June my Dear Ones: u!
actual count it is only week since l las
wrote you. but it seems in saue ways al
most year. ! know these have beer
| been WITH -.
y; IuJks - trough . rebellion was Amos
upon US. Monday ami Tuesday Of this w.ei
we felt We were only liy.Gs ga hour at =
tire. TIA city WAS full Of The widest o
rumors about attacks that were 10 be rlad'
upon al foreigners. III" railroad 40 'ho
west for 100 odd miles has ali been io-l
w, the stations att wrecked. nIac1in"-
houses all bu;urd ard Il -nera! attack was
rather expected in Pei-Ia Oh TIesday. a;
the jGnction about iifteen miles from
PeI;in. so-1e thirty foreigners Crnen. womei.
and children were Iiyirs. They were AT
tackled By i.sec body @: Boxers, but
managed TO keep them of I'LL some people
got down FROM KIN. VINO helped them out
injured It Frenchmau). They weTe har'i.l
out of sight Of tna!T homes when tine Lat
ter were all in flames.
The foreign Ministers at the legations
have all winter been warned BY the mis-
siondries Of the extent Of the NOV, In.ni.
but thought it WIS al chiid's play anu
exaggerated. When AZ last they were
awakened they were frightened. The other
foreigners In Tckin have been more fright
en-d Jhsn IN. mission aries.
MA for Ccnger Is working row and doing
every thing h., can. The Minister fought
nearly all ona night with the officials to get
then, to consent 10 allow foreign soldiers to
come into the city. They only granted q;
after great pressure.
we have absolutely no confidence in the
native soldiers. and very many feet tina:
mad not the foreign soldiers come wher
they did there would have been tefriblel
massacre. II was great relief 20 US when
We heard on Thursday night that 600 or 40
had arrived. Things quieted down In the
city AZ once.
Change for the Worse.
Sunday. 10 a ln.-Sincc / wrote that last
sentence news has come IN III the most ter
rlble attacks on our Christians n several
places; news also Of the murder OF Il num-
Der OF missionaries. This latter has not
been verified, but l fear il Is all too tue.
Women have been taken to ihe camps of
besides death. am - sick over it al
can hardly hold my pen. / woua never
have believed the Chinese could be such
savages.
The whole thing is he direct result Of
the anti-foreign policy of the Dowager En-
press. Refugees coming n all the time l
don't know what We can do or what II Is
going TO mean for us. We cannot fors2ke
our poor people. Only God knows what is
before US. No one has any hopo lett 1oi
this country as a country.
Monday Word came yesterday Of the
murder of n young EHglishman In the coun-
try. also OF an attack on the French engi-
nesrs who were working on the railroad.
Three are thought to be killed. The Box
ers are gathering In large numbers IN Che
Chon. In fact, that city IS now in their
hands. The official has lost all power and
the gates close and open at their will. Sew
enteen Chinese soldiers sent TO see tho con-
dition of things and report were murdered
In the streets. More foreign troops came
In yesterday-Russian and Austrian The
American Admiral comes to-day to talk
over the situation.
The ngtive soldiers are az untrue as
possible. and nothing can be expected or
on from them We have messen-
gers out all around. and. speaking the Ian
guage. We get much news that the other
foreigners do not.
mo rain TO speak of has come and fam
Inc Is before ne next winter. IL good rain
would como 1t would send many to their
fields that are now In arms. Mr.. Tewks-
bury was up yesterday An attack on the
college in Tung-Chon is expected tonight.
He wanted 10 get American soldiers. but
Major Conger would not let them go. ]
don't know what they will do; the men Will
have 20 stay by the property.
We'll, l must close. j will write again in
a day or two. 1t is gil 50 sad. so sad
With mich love.
NELLIE RUSSELL"