Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-29
published in the North China Daily News,
the following extracts are taken:

published in the North China Daily News,
the following extracts are taken:
By the 4th of June the Boxer outlaws
had begun to tear up and destroy the rail-
way betw cen Pekin and Tien Tsin. and
from that day also began to enter the city
walls of Pekin, crowding in at the rate OF
over LOCO a day. At this time also these
outlaws began the wholesale slaughter OF
Christians and burning of churches outside
Pekin. until none of the latter have been
left standing. As many as could escape
among the Christians then poured into the
capital. taking refuge in the legations This
state of affairs, may say. existed in the
capital during the first days of June.
Thirteenth of June, 1900, seventh day OF
the fifth moon, twenty-sixth year OF kwang
SUI About dusk. while In the University OF
Pekin. / saw four places on fire, where
upon l Immediately returned to my house,
subsequently, learning that all the churches
and mission property inside the eastern
city, had been set on fire and entirely de-
stroyed.
Firing on Austrian Legation.
Tonight there was huge commotion and
fioting, mostly in the eastern and western
great thoroughfares, after which a great
fusillade of rifle firing succeeded. This was
due to those places being near the Austrian
legation, the inmates of which, hearing a
great commotion amongst the Boxers in
the great thoroughfares and seeing them
approach close to the legation, began to
shoot them. The Boxers returned the fire,
the mutual fighting lasting till 11:3O pm,
when both sides ceased.
Sixteenth of June-Today the fire and
smoke rising from buildings set on FIRE In
the great street leading from the south
gate of the palace was awful. So dense
was the smoke that throughout the day
there a pail over the capital, making
the sun pale yellow. 1t seems that .,le
Boxers had set fire to the old-esta bllshed
T IN drYle yfanT n NJ
the same time a strong southwest wind
blowing the conflagration destroyed several
hundred shops.
The killing of the German Minister.
Ninteenth of June.-At noon today. as
the German minister and his Interpreter
were riding in sedan chairs to get to the
tsung II yamen and had got Just north OF
the single imperial arch, suddenly there
was heard shot in the sedan chair OF the
minister, due to the revolver which he car
ried as personal protection going off acct
dentally. The soldiers guard at the
Belgian legation, suspecting that the shot
had been fired by our government troops.
the foreign soldiers Immediately opened
their gates and began firing on passers-by.
The Belgian legation is just next the Teh
Sing Tang house. Thereupon our govern
ment troops returned the fire. During the
mutual fusillades those in the sedan chair
were hit, the German minister fatally.
ties. The government feeling that. under
the circumstances, the matter had got be-
yond recall, accordingly decided for the
first time to order out the kansu Corps to
attack the various legations.
Twentieth of June at pm.-Today Kan
su troops began firing on the Austrian le-
cation from the princes palace, Great
street. The firing lasted all night.
Twenty first of June at about 80 pm
The Austrian legation was captured by the
Kansu troops, and at about pm they be-
gan setting fire to the buildings nearby.
AS night fell the buildings just east Of the
Austrian legation. namely, the Imperial
Chinese Bank and the Dollar Mint, got on
fire.
Fire Was Spreading.
Twenty-second of June - AS morning
broke We could see that the confiagration
was spreading and burning more fiercely
than ever, and it seemed that the large
railway school between the Austrian lega-
ton and the Imperial Chinese Bank had
also been destroyed
Then troops belonging to Jung LUIS own
personal command came on the scene to re-
store order and preserve the peace. But
instead of doing this they actually Joined
1t was found that Jung LUIS own army
were the greatest sinners In this respect
Twenty fourth Of June. - Commencing
from today the sound of rifle firing has
never ceased. springing up on all sides,
that in the direction of bridge over the
imperial canal being the most severe.
Twenty seventh of June: Today the
British legation was taken and the foreign
troops took refuge in lane The houses
in CHA Ming street had by this time all
been burned down to the ground, scarcely
any being left standing.