The sun., 1900-06-02

Inns as reported by the cable companies,
the state department also assumes that
the status is unchanged at Peking or
certainly has not changed for the worse.
1t is limited in diplomatic circles here
that this sudden increase of activity on
the part of the Boxers" is nothing more
than part of well conceived plan by
one of the great European powers to Sc
cure a permanent lodgment in Peking
and to seize position, giving it full con-
troll of the great Pei Ho river, the ap
proach to the Chinese capital.
1t is further intimated that the plan
has proved abortive owing to the alert
ness of the other European powers rep.
resented in Chinese waters but particu-
| larly to the readiness of the United
| States minister, Mr.. COnger, and the
! American rear admiral on board the
| Newark, which at once gave the move
ment an undcsired international aspect
| and so tended to prevent the particular
nation concerned from aggrandlzing II
self Mt the expense Of the interests OF TN
other nations. Therefore il is assumed
that The excitement will rapidly abat
aud the "Boxers' will dispcrse, Temporal
rily at least.
BIuejacISets at PekinE.
The following dispatch has been re
ecivcd from Shanghai;
.''rhc detachment of 300 intcrnationa
hluGtarkQts has arrived al Feking.
) "IramSport for the marines WAS relu'
+ family provided by the tsang-ll-yamc
ttHinese war Office.
"lnf0lnlation received from Ticntsi
4 states thar the Chartered Bank buidin
{ nnl thc offices Of the Cadhcck-AlAl
) t;rcgor company, wine merchants, an
!, tle Eguitahlc Assurance society hay
= bpcn Set on fro. it is supposed, by inccl
diaries. The bank building was save
hut tho other buildings were gutted."
An Ellsworth, Me-. dispatch says thi
i DR.. Mary L. Burnham, daughter of Or
v II. Burnham, who has charge of the ho
J. pital connected with the Presbyterit
r. mission ut Ghinanfu, China, in a rece
. letter tells Of the work of the boxers
r. in that vicinity. The letter was writ,
few days before the massacre of Sc
i. eral native Christians i'll towns ne
% Chinanfu and the killing from ambush
"a % soldiers in regiment sent from u
), nanfu TO the scene of the massacre. Mi
n Burnham says:
re- '.Thc now governor at Chinanfu Ii
Of succeedrd in quelling all outward signs
i the Ia I.ai Hui CBig Knife sect, or BE
n ersJ in this city. We cannot go frC
i. the city. however, without guard a
~ much of the mission work is at a star
L still The English consul, Mr.. Campbt
rs is still here. He has had two men put
death for the murder of Mr.. Brooke.
was a cold blooded affair and was oil
q possible because of antiforeign feeling
on Picking. fear we have not heard
~ end of the Big Knives yet
= The new governor is doing his du
ne hut is crippled by his subordinate office
u The head of the board of punishmer
jndgcl has given Mr.. Campbell. the p
ct, lish consul. much trouble. Both the Il
y lish and the Americans have asked I'll
me representatives TO insist on his remov;
II! I'VE are quite safe here now. but
at has come to our ears that we had n
row escape during the old govern'
T. term Of Office. The Big Knives. embt
M cnpd bv official favor, had decided to
n, our hospitals here. This came to his 9;
M, and he brhcad,,i two Or three men WI
et- he had IN custody.
NJ, From papers it would appear
ons Inc movement was going north and 81
~ hut decidedly gaining ground. |
rtb that there can only he peace in Chin
n it Is paltitionrA, and if purtitioncd Il
X will be Il long period Of unrest and
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