Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-06-01
CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.
MORE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES com.
MITTkD BIZ THE COOKERS"
Places of Business filled with
Valuable Merchandise Looted and
Burned American, British, Japan.
csc, German, Italian, Russian and

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 were gutted and much rolling
stock was destroyed, including the I'M
perial palace car. Large warehouses
full of valua BILE merchandise, were
burned after having been looted by the
rioters. The damage done is estimS ted
at half million taels.
The neighboring villagers seem to
have Joined IN the attack, showing
the Boxers" Eight rioters who were
captured will be decapitated.
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 stones. The whole coun-
try is much excited.
Shanghai, May 3O.-The British war
ships Orlando and Algerine are land
ing 100 men a Taku, where the French,
Russian and japanese guards have al
ready disembarked
The Boxers are apparently without
arms, except those they have obtained
from the soldiery, many Of whom are
openly joining the rebels.
Tien TSin, May 30.-American Brit
ish, japanese, German, Italian, Russian
and French troops to the number Of
100 each have been ordered to guard
their respective legations at Pekin, but
the Viceroy here will not allow them
to proceed hence to Pekin on the rail-
road without the authority Of the
Tsung Ii Yamen. One hundred and
eight Americans, with a machine gun
and field gun, landed here last night
amidst great enthusiasm on the part Of
the residents. Five Russian and one
British Warships have arrived at Taku
and the British are now landing.
Other Warships are hourly expected.
Three thousand Chinese troops from
Lu Tai are expected here to-day en-
route to Fang Tai.
There is a disposition here to be-
lieve that the Boxers" will disperse
before the foreign troops are ready to
act.
Tien Tsin is in no danger.
The Chinese refuse to allow Russian
troops to pass the Taku forts.
The rescue party of Frenchmen and
Germans returned from Chang Hsin
Tien this afternoon. They confirm the
report that besieged Belgians are now
safe at Pekin. They found several
thousand Boxers about the ruins of
-KoW-Chiao and Changh Sin Tien
stations. The bridges have been dam
aged and the rolling stock destroyed.
At both places the damage done is con-
siderably 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
DARN 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.
did not leave until they saw Lu-KOw-
Chiao station, five miles away, in
flames, and an attack had actually been
made on an engine from Fang Tai,
which was running on the Lu-Han line.
in an attempt to rescue the Belgians.
The foreign men-Ofwar have arrived
here to-day. Five Russian warships
and two Russian gunboats. one French
warship, two British Warships and one
Italian warship. They are all landing
men.
London, May 30.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated to-day, says:
Yesterday the Chinese Government
issued an edict prohibiting the Boxers
organization, under penalty of death.
The edct, which was signed by the
Emperor, was coucned in eQuivocal
terms and promulgated really more as
an excuse than in condemnation Of the
movement"
London, May 30.-The Daily Mail has
received the following from Tien Tsin,
dated May Goth: Heavy fighting has
taken place between the Imperial
troops and the Boxers at Lai, Shin-Hi-
Sen, but the result is not known here.
Railway traffic at Pekin has been re-
sumed. The foreign settlement here is
sufficiently protected by the American
and japanese troops which have been
landed. Consequently the excitement
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