The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-07-19
Great Slaughter of Foreigners at
Tien Tsin.
ALLIED FORCES HOPELESS
The Inhuman Boxers Continue Their Butch
cry Everywhere.

hS ttiiiCO iOi lOlCtS III AulUd
have been in deadly conflict with the
atrocious Boxers around Tien Tsin,
China, the past few days, and the re.
suit has been most appalling to the
civilized world The slaughter OF
foreigners has been something most
terrible, and there will be an immediate
and combined effort of the powers to
aveDge the fiendish work of the
blood thirsty Boxers.
The report comes to the effect that
the legations in Pekin have been de-
stroyed and that all the foreigners
there, including the consuls, have
been slaughtered Those at Shanghai
have suffered like fate.
A dispatch from the Che Foo re-
garding the situation at Tien Tsin,
dated July 10th, is as follows
at is reported that the allied forces
attacked the native city on the morning
of the 18th; the Russians on the right
with the Ninth infantry and the marines
on the left.
1.-The losses of the allied forces is large
Russians, 100, including an artillery
colonel; Americans. over 80 British, over
40; japanese, So; including colonel;
French, 25
Colonel Liscum, Ninth infantry, kill
ed; also Captain Davis, marine corps.
Captain Lemley, Lieutenants Butler
and Leonard wounded
''At o'clock this evening the allied at
tack on the native city was replused with
great loss. Returns yet incomplete; de-
tails not confirmed"
Admiral Seymour, who was at the
head of the Pekin relief expedition,
was obliged to shoot his wounded
men in order to save them from a
horrid death at the hands of the on
coming Boxers. The dispatch from
Tien Tsin speaking of Seymour's ac-
ton is as follows:
Intellectual attempts have been made
to conceal the horrible fact that Admiral
Seymour was compelled to shoot his own
wounded during the recent disastrous re-
treat of the Pekin relief expedition. All
the wounded and prisoners who fell into
the hands of the Chinese were frightfully
tortured.
1.-The bodies of two marines, who were
captured by the Chinese, were
recovered. The bodies had been cut to
pieces First, the eyes had been hacked
out, then the cheeks, arms and legs cut
off until death ended the sufferings of the
poor fellows
when Admiral Seymour in his re-
treat found himself so hard pressed
that he was unable longer to carry his
wounded with him, he asked them
Which do you prefer to be left to the
mercy Of the Chinese or be shot by your
own comrades?
"As Admiral Seymour put the ques-
ton the tears were running down his
cheeks
I'VE prefer death to the torture. Shoot
us now that we may die like men, was
the piteous response of the helpless men
"A firing squad was told off and while
the allied force stopped and beat off with
gunfire the Chinese horde that surround
ed it, inside its lines an act of mercy was
performed as the firing squad carried out
its orders.
"a few merciful volleys from the ri
fes in the hands of friends and the haras-
sed expedition was relieved of it's burd-
EN- of wounded, the fanatical Chinese
horde was cheated of victims for its tor
ture and the sutferings and fears of the
unfortunates were brought to an end in
an honorable death under their own flag "
Macarthur has dispatched troops
from Manila to China Other powers
are sending troops and China will
have to suffer. That country is all
aflame and it is difficult to presume
what will be the outcome. 1t may
prove to be one of the greatest interna-
tional conflicts known to the world
However, the officials at Washington
have decided that this country is not
at war with the Chinese government,
as it does not sanction the uprising
of the Boxers, and is trying to pro-
tect the foreigners there.
LATER:-A report to the effect
that Tien Tsin had fallen has been re-
ceived The allied forces made an
attack and take the city, the inter-
national forces killed and wounded
numbering IT'S, of this number 215
being Americans. A move on Pekin
is to begin at once. 1t was the in
tention of congress to hold session
Immediately, but the fall of Tien
Tsin changed the plan.