The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-13
JAPANESE OFFICIAL MURDERED
HE WAS PROCEEDING ALONE AND
UNPROTECTED ON OFFICIAL
BUSINESS
BOXERS ARE ARRANT CoWARDs
Two Thousand of the PfIIaeera
Chased by Sixteen British Mn
Ttnes-FOrty of Their
Number Killed.

LONDON, June 1S. $40 a. m.-The
Times in an extra edition publishes the
following dispatch from Pekin, dated
June u, p. m;
THE chancellor of the Japanese lega-
ton, sugiyama Akira. while proceedine
alone and unprotected. on official duty.
was brutally murdered by soldiers OF
Tung FGh Slang, the favorite body guard
Of the empress, at Manigate railroad sta
tion yesterday"
FIGHTING WITH BOXERS.
LONDON, June 10, 4:42 a m.-sixteen
British marines, accommodating in ad-
vance Of the international column.
marching to Pekin, fought and chased
z'oOO Boxers Monday, killing twenty or
thirty. "A correspondent accompanying
the column in dispatch dated Tien Tsin.
June Z, via Shanghai, June 1S, $50 a m,
says:
While the working parties, accom-
panied by patrol OF sixteen British
marines, commanded Dy Mai. johnson.
were repairing the line Monday after
noon, eight miles beyond Lofa, they en-
countered small parties of Boxers who
were destroying the line. The Boxers
moved away from the advancing marines.
and apparently dispersed into the coun-
try, leaving the rails moved. and the
sleepers burning. The marines. when
two miles I'm advance Of the first train.
near Lang Fang. suddenly perceived
Boxers streaming from village on their
left. eIt was estimated that they num-
bered 1000, some OF them being mounted.
and they We're trying to separate the
marines and the train. Most of them
wore spears and swords A few Of them
had firearms, which they handled awIl-
Wardly. The marines retroated, keeping
up running Aght for over a mile, and
killing between twenty and thirty Boxers.
BOXERS PUNISHED.
I 'The Boxers pursued the British for
some distance. Then, seeing more mar
ines from the train coming to their as
sistance, Maj. JohnsOn's sixteen halted
and poured heavy continuous fire into
the crowd, driving them across the front
OF the reinforcing blue jackets. who
punished the Boxers severely with Max
inns
''The Boxers fed, and the Europeans
following up their success cleared out two
villages. The total loss Of the Boxers
Is estimated at forty killed and wound
ed. Seven of their wounded were at
tended by British surgeons. The Brit
ish loss was nothing
"Unless their loss causes the Boxers
to loss heart the international column
will have much trouble before it reaches
Pekin The railway is so much damaged
that the column covered only thirty-four
miles Sunday and Monday, and there is
reason to fear that the road beyond is
more badly damaged
COUNTRY DESOLATED.
Evidences Of Gen. Nieh's operations
were found in headless bodies. The
whole country presents a desolate as
pect, entire villages having been de-
serted.
THE expedition numbers 2O44, as fol-
lows: British, 9l5; German, 80; Russian,
300; French, 12s; Americans, 1Oi; Japan
ese, 81; Italian, 40 and Austrian, q"
A telegram from Yokohama, dated
Tuesday evening, says that the japanese
ships to proceed to Taku and 400 men
readiness for embarkation. The dispatch
says that the japanese government
trusts the powers will not misconstrue
this STEP
CABINET DISCUSS CHINA
WASHINGTON. June 12.-The cabinet
meeting today was attended by Secre-
taries Hay, Hitchcock, Long and Gage
and Postmaster General Smith. 1t was
devoted largely to a discussion Of the