The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-07
CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.
MORE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES COM.
MITrED BY THE "BOXERs."
Places of Business Filled with
Valuable Merchandise Looted and
Burned Anne rican, British, Japan.
csc, German, Italian, Russian and


Pekin. May 29.-From all parts Of the
surrounding country news is constantly
arriving Of fresh atrocities committed
by the Boxers" Three Christian
families were massacred at Shan Lai
Ying, sixty miles from Pekin, Friday.
May 25th. Only two escaped.
A representative of the Associated
Press visited Fang Tai this morning
and found the place occupied by
battalion Of troops. The whole railroad
station, workshops and locomotive
sheds We're Quilted and much rolling
stock was destroyed. including the I'M
perial palace car Large warehouses
full of valuable merchandise, were
burned after having been looted by the
rioters. The damage done is estimated
at half a million taels.
The neighboring villagers seem to
have Joined in the attack. showing
that the movement Is not confined to
the Boxers" Eight rioters who were
captured will be deca pitatcd.
Riding through the south gate of
pekin the correspondent found the road
inside the walls lined with troops, who
greeted the Traveller and his party with
a fuSilade Of stCnes. The whole cOun-
try is much excited.
Shanghai. May 30-TEe British war
ships Orlando and Algerine are land
Jag 100 men at Taltu. where the French,
kuSSian and japanese guards have al
ready diSembarked.
The Boxers" are apparently without
rms, except those they have obtained
rom the soldiery. many of whom are
,penly joining the rebels.
Tien Tsin, May 30.-American, Brit
:sh. japanese, German, Italian, Russian
nd French troops to the number OF
10 each have been ordered to guard
tGeir respective legations at Pekin, but
,le NicerCy here will not allow them
i proceed hence to Pekin on the rail-
lad without the authority Of the
| sung Ii Yamen. One hundred and
light Americans, with a machine gun
lad a field gun landed here last night
midst great enthusiasm on tho part Of
| re residents. Five Russian and one
.,ritish warshils have arrived a Taku
nd the British are now land
Other WarShpS are hourly expected.
Three thousand Chinese troops from
| u Tai are expected here to-day en-
| cute to Fang Tai.
There is a disposition here to be-
eve that the Boxers" will disperse
efore the foreign troops are ready to
ct.
Tien Tsin is in no danger
The Chinese refuse to allow Russian
.rOOpS to pass the Taku forts.
| The rescue party of Frenchmen and
| ",ermans returned from Chang Hsin
len this afternoon. They confirm the
port that besieged Belgians are now
! Safe at Pekin. They found several
-Chiao and Changh Sin Tien
| stations. The bridges have been dam
| s;ed and the rolling stock destroyed.
| = both places the damage done is con-
| siIerably greater than at Fang Tai.
The members Of the rescue party saw
| several bodies of Chinese tearing up
| the sleepers, and in one case a Man
| Garin was looking on. They further
report that the missionaries and others
escaped from Pao Ting Flu in boats.
The Imperial Railway Directory is
endeavoring to fasten the blame for the
damage at Fang Tai on the foreign
employees, principally the British,
whom, they say, should not have left
their posts. The foreigners, however,
Gid not leave until they saw LuKow-
Ci!iao station, five miles away, in
| flames, and an attack had actually been
:. AIDE on an engine from Fang Tai.
hich was running on the Lu-Han line,
- an attempt to rescue the Belgians.
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