Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-13
BOXERS CAN RACE
SIXTEEN BRITISH MARINES
CHASE TWO THOUSAND.
JAPANESE DIPLOMAT SLAIN.
Six Thousand Boxers are Attacking
The Catholic Converts at Pao
Tung Flu.

London, June 1s.-:40 a. m.-Sixteen
british marines accommodating In au-
vance of the international column
marching to Pekin, fought and chased
1000 Boxers on Monday, killing ~ or oo'
A correspondent company tne COL
n,,n in a dispatc dated Tien Tsin,
June Il, via Shanghai, jun Is, o:lo a.
M, says:
..While the working parties, accom-
uanied by a patrol of 16 British marines.
commanded by Major Johnson. We're re-
pairing the line Mondoy afternoon, eight
miles beyond Lola, they
small parties of Boxers who were de-
stroying the line. The Boxers moved
away from the advancing marines and
apparently dispersed into the country,
leaving the rails moved and the sleepers
burning.
..The marines, when two miles in ad-
vance of the first train, near Lang rang
suddenly perceived Boxers streaming
from a village on the left. 1t was estl-
mated that they numbered 1000, some
of them being mounted, and they were
irving to get between the marines ana
the train. Most of them were armed
with spears and swords. A few had Tre-
arms, which they handled awkwafoly.
The marines retreated, keeping up a run
ming fight for over a mile, killing De-
tween 20 and 80 Boxers.
1.-THE Boxers pursued the British Tor
some distance. Then, seing more ma
rines from the train coming to their as
~sistance, Major Johnson's Is halted and
poured a heavy continuous fire into the
crowd, driving them across the front OF
the reinforcing bluejackets, who pun
ished III Boxers severely with Maxims.
The Boxers fled, and the Europeans, fol-
lowing UP their success, clearing out two
villages. The total loss of the Boxers is
estimated at 40 killed and wounded.
A-~s~ ~.,-l -npn nffnrHnG
by British surgeons. The latters loss
was nothing.
"Unless their loss causes the Boxers to
lose heart, the international column VIII
have much trouble before it reaches
Pekin. The railway is so much damage
tina the column covered only "a miles
Sunday and Monday, and there is reason
to fear that the road beyond is badly
damaged.
'Eyidences of Gen. Nieh's operations
were found in headless odies. The whole
country presents a desolate aspect, en-
tirely 200 houses having been deserted
The expedition numbers 2,044. as follows:
British, 915: German. $50: Russian. 300;
French, 12S: American, 104; Japanese, 80;
Italians, 40, and Austrians, 25.'
Tien Tsin, June Zone hundred and
sixty-three British landed last evening
An additional 20 British have been sent
to FO1S Snan. lnlS morning d .SpeCldl
train left Tien Tsin for Yang Tsun tc
bring General Mich to consult with the
viceroy. The Geographic communication
is still interrupted.
TIL Russian warships, Petropaulosk
and Komitoff, are at Taku bar, and tn
Russian torpedoes, "13' and '1O7," ar
in the river Taku. Want of transporta
ton prevents the Russians from landing
troops! The Russians are very active
here today.
1t is rerorted that Genera Fung Faf
Slang. with many thousand troops, is a
Feng Isl. The latest news from Pa
Tung Flu is that the Boxers, 5000 strong
are attacking the Catholic convent there
The situation is critical and the official
are evidently inactive.
The United States w~arships Nashvill
and Monacacy are reported at Taku.
London, June 13.-5:20 q. NTH
Times. in an extra edition, publishes tn
following dispatch from Pekin, date
June Il, . p. M:
1.-THE chancellor of the Japanese lega
ton. Su Gyina Akira, while proceedin
alone and unprotected on official dut,
was brutaNy murdered by soldiers {
Tung Flu Slang, the favorite b%odyguar
of the empress, at Navigate roalroa
station yesterday. The foreign reinforce
ments are daily expected. The prese1
isolated position at Pekin. the -destrut
ton of foreign property in the countr
and the insecurity of life are directly.a
tfibutable to the treachery of the Chine.
government"
TERRY is cHAMPI0N-