The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-06-15
SHE FLEES TO THE RUSSIANS
Empress Dowager Has Sought
Protection.
THE POWERS Lam DING TROOPS
One Hundred Anne Under Command
of Capt McCalla In the Expedition
Russian Cossacks Are Attacked by

A special dispatch from Tien-Tsin
says it is reported that the dowager
empress has fled to the Russian lega-
ton at Peking.
The following undated dispatch has
been received at the navy department.:
Secretary of the Navy: Forces
landed by different nations, opening
communications to Pekin. Americans
joined. Kempff."
Admiral Kempff also reports the ar
rival of the Monocacy at Taku.
London, June 12.-The following re-
ports from Shanghai have been re-
ceived: 1t has been decided when the
railroad is repaired between Tien-Tsin
and Pekin that 10000 troops of all ma
tionalities will be sent to occupy the
Chinese capital. The empress party
intends to fight. All the male foreign
ers in the volunteer corps in Pekin
are under arms. Guns are mounted
and every precaution made for defense.
The approaches to the legation street
are filled with bowling Chinese mobs
and undisciplined soldierH. The en-
press meanwhile is reviving theatricals
at the palace. A party of cossacks,
while accommodating around Tien-Tsin
Friday, were attacked by some thou
sands of Chinese armed with rifles,
spears and swords. The cossacks fired
on the mob, killing several of them.
A Russian lieutenant was wounded. It
is reported that the government Is dis
tributing arms to the boxers. The
American mission at Neu-Pei-Tang
was burned Saturday.
The admirals at Taku, acting in con-
cert, are forcibly reopening the rail-
way from Tien-Tsin to Pe!lin. Gangs
Of laborers are repairing the damaged
line, which is guarded by $500 men,
composed of detachmepts from the for
eign fleet. One hundred Americans,
under Capt. McCalla, are among them.
They have guns and arnored trains
for use when the line is repaired,
which can hardly be Effected before
Monday night. "a,
The Pekin correspondS,l of the
Times confirms the report # the safe
ty OF the Americans who were at Tung
Chau and the destruction CT the mis-
sion there, which, it appears, was
burned by Chinese soldiers sent to pro-
tect the Americans. The da1patch adds
that within three days sevefty-fve ma
tive Christians, well-knownl men who
had been trained for years by the
American missionaries, have been
massacred near Tung Chau. Many of
them were burned alive.
The Daily Mail has the following
from Tien-Tsin, dated Friday, June s.:
THE widest rumors are current
here to the effect that Pekin is burn
ing, but they lack confirmation.
Trouble has broken out at New
Chwang. The state of anarchy around
Pekin is likely to be initiated in many
quarters.
Asiatic artillery has been ordered
from Hong-Kong to Tien-Tsin.
There is a serious rising at Nan
King. The mob is said to have at
tackled the palace of the viceroy.
Details have been received from
Shanghai regarding the recent MUIR
ders of railway engineers by Boxers.
1t seems that a party Of thirty, includ-
ing six women and one child, left Pao-
Ting-Fu in twelve boats under mill
tary escort. After traversing fifty
miles in safety they missed their way.
The boats grounded and the Boxers
opened fire upon the unfortunate occu-
pants, using both rifles and wooden
cannon. The engineers returned the
fire effectively, and the party landed
One woman and three men got sepa-
rated from the main body. They were
brutally killed. The survivors formed
a square, with those able to bear arms
outside and the women inside, and
made off toward Tien-Tsin. They
travelled three and a half days, fight
ing all the way. More than 1000 cart
ridges were expended, and ammuni-
tion was running short. They esti-
mated that they killed at least a hun
dred rebels. The men behaved like
heroes, carrying the women and chill
dren. Twelve miles from Tien-Tsin
three men disappeared, and were MUIR
dered. The survivors eventually met
the rescue party, and, much exhausted
they were escorted to Tien-Tsin.