The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-27
Bad Ness in China.
30ortD Being Made 20 Rescue
Troops at Tisu Tsin.
Al the Powers Rushing Warships
so1 Troops - ohtns-.1sars that
1sanlorssnsuts Wnl Arrive
Too Late.

Losdos, June Is, 3 Q. % The
position Of The iatsssssiosal foscss ID
eAe eeeeioa OF nosthsro Chine where
Ie.o0o nsa ere striving to keep Z
Seoetsg end 10 suocor the Legation ia
1eeis appesss 10 inosssss With peril
b every ftssA dlspslch. Pskiu hss
ooe been heard iron direct for IA
days. The lsss diepstoh wee ;a,.
! poessng cid Admiral Seymour's
eeouoe of 1000 vac lest heard from
~ devs ego. AZ that time IL wss
compounded nidwsy between Pskin
~ Tiea Tsie Possibly now il hss
ys6sesd Pskin The 5000 iossrua.
oIeoa)s % Tisa Tsin wsre hard press
q and 6ghsisg for their lives on
Joosoday. end . relieving force OF
)ese then l 900 had been besten tack
- Tsku Fsidsy Observers on the
spos thisk that 100. 900 nen would
ses b TOO msSy 10 gsssp China
Asnly.
= Tks sdnisslty bee received the fol-.
sevisg ltoo the British resr sdu iral
6 Take
''Ohslbe. Jsns % -Ooly one ,uu-
- has 81 ,eAsoogh ftoa Tieu Tsiu
- I've deys. No Information oeuld
- eoeaissd except tSst the foreign
eoeoIe0eot bed bssn slmoet entirely
esseseysd ssd thss our people we're
,0gAeisg hard.
''Nsws b received - this Telegram
= 1iseaeeAed thss 90 attempt to 70.
nove 1iea Tsis oe Jups 29 wss 70.
polsoo. With seae loss" "
31e telegSso cleo soid "T.he
-e1bed sdoirsls ere working io perfect
oooosd 9th the Rassisa Woe admiral
60 ooaios o0oer." !"
q pssss ossssgs from 0hsngt si.
eeeed yssserdsy q p. N. snbodiss
eo0e letter isl0snstion. Il ssys (:
"O9eisl japanese tslsgiams Con.
osn she tsposts Of . delsss OF the
sIlted forces q Tisn Tsiu. The for.
e(0oege there ere pow plsesd IL Q
- deepeseee situalion The Rlis.
ooeG admiral. Hillsbssadt, yssessdsy
esee mixed force Of 1000 from
III g attempt The relief Of Tisn
-. Nessly half sf shs tssos oon.
euoeo - Jspessss. Tie remainder
- oede up of eo6aisgssts rsprs.
oonelog ths osAss nssions.
'TAe gsas ef The Chinese ssouud
tSee Istn ere superior 10 anything
- ds1sOdisg Dssepssa jotes bee OF
= hkely 60 havs ios cone tine
"4bs bembsrdnsns Of Tiea Tsio
eseelsusd Friday. Bomb shelters
wsse Asssily erected By the iereigo
osoeps largely constructed Of wstsed
P'ses goods. The food supplies ars
iessoeisat sod :he coutiuoed shell-
i:g 70 reported to be telling terri.
AaonG those killed of the relief
tescs Friday wss tho oommsnder of
~ N. b. Basasur. The foreign
Sessslsiss we're 800
.Jspss 10 making every effort
Her trsops ere now srrivipg st Tsku
y large eunbers The Chinese
sseops 10 The province Of Obi Ii in.
ejude $4,000 suxilisries Who have
oess drilled ~ Russisa and German
o0oess."
0eps Beatty ssd Lieut. Wright.
Ds!else. hsvs bssa severely wousded
g JieU Tsis. sooordipR 10 Q Shasr-
81 6'spsseh % the Daily Express.
Sseed Se4ssdsy Information was
esesGes 49, - ths British cruiser
OsleeoN11o0>01sGso. The losses Of
Ne Rsssisss bsvs bssn heavy
10 wss reported from Shaughsi lss.
evsuisg shss the sllied fofoes hsd
b|own ep the Taku forte and that
ssery svsilsbls mao bad been sent to
shs relief Of Tieu Tsio Il 10 alleged
sAst $500 Chinese bodies have been
esemsted st Tsku and more than
1000 Chinese ere ssid to have been
killed ss Tien Tsin
Ch'Dess runners who hsve arrived
q Tsku report that Q foreign force
wss e"gsged several days ego with
"a overwhelming body Of Chinese
90 .@ilss esst Of Tien Tsin At
Shanghai is 10 assumed that this force
wes Admiral Seymour's
The Sbsoghsi correspondent Of tho
Daily Express ssys: 81 learn from Q
mandarin who stsslshily left Pekin
% June 10 and who succeeded ct
great hsssrd in getting clear. that
sAe Bcxsss are messed around Pekin
ssd shst more than hslf Of the north.
esn snd' western portions of the city
iso'sding The foreign settlement.