The sun., 1900-07-25
PERIL or MISSIONARIES.
Mrs. Frances u. wilder Writes OF the Con-
dition at Tien-Tsin and Pekin.

| BOSTON Mass. July pa letter from Mrs.
| Frances d. Wilder. treasurer Of the North
, China missions, written on the steamer Lien
! Shing at Chefoo, June ~. reached the American
| board to-day She describes the scenes In
| Tien-Tsin prior to June ~. which city she left
on June Is. In part the letter says
Thursday might We were mp all night. Boxers
and mobs were lighting fires all around TEN
Tsin and the houses Of the natives, hoping IN"
fire would spread to the foreign city, Ihat
morning all the chnpes in the nativ- city were
burned, Friday NIGHT they attempted 10 fire
tho railway station but were driven on by
Russian troops. At4 O'Clock Saturday morn
Ing Mr.. Cannon came from the watchtower
| on the london Mission ground and said n mob
of thousands with torches for setting fires.
were " ithin "A quarter of a mile of us. burning
~ they came, We wrapped the children in
their night clothes and fed toward the centre
Of the settlement. stopping at n friends. who
took ia in Hut the mob was soon dispersed
by the soldiers, and We returned TO breakfast
The lien Shiag was living Al the wharf. two
or three miles MP the river from seven Chinese
forts, commanding the entrance. II seems
that the Powers had given the commanders OF
the forts until A. VI SUNDAY TO surrender.
would open fire at tha hour. The reply was
n shot from the forts about half past /. Then
The bombardment began from two Russian one
yananese, one German, one French and one
British gunboai. The Americans protested
against the proceeding and did not enter the
and the forts were soon under foreign far-.
What the fate of those in Pekin is we cannot
tell. but hope the court will be wise enough to
prevent their massacre. From Pao-iing-fu
nothing heard since | last wrote when all were
in the city under official protection: We heard
that all the foreigners were In the British lega-
tion. all mission places in Pekin destroyed
DO not know. We hear that the forces Of
100 and ?,Soo that left 'rien-Tsi the 10th and
later. have reached there; also that Pane-
Chuans and Human friends Canadian Pres
byterian Mission are coming this way. and a
boat l"ft Chefoo to-day. 10 wait for them up
THURSDAY, June 81. We are now far on the
way 70 Shanghai. hoping to reach there
In a previous letter. dated Tien-Tsn July
II, Mrs, Wilder says:
Il assume that messages reach Boston, and
you know of the burning of TungChow College
and escape of the missionaries, ] will write
the meagre details that have reached here
Last Thursday United States guard from
Tewksbury. Dr. Ingram and Mr.. Gait to Pekin.
large number of helpers and church members
following them. Saturday the three gentle
The college GHs 70 b was Ty d S Pecss
was set on fire, the residences all looted, and
the new church building probably destroyed.
Several church members cnme down the river
se of'" of aS vG Whtn feS e All misson mis one
aries in Pskin, British and American, have
gone TO the Methodist compound An the
civil service people are ~ the British lega-
ton. so only two places have 10 be defended.
saturday night the Ministers sent frantic
appeals for relief. Sunday morning two trains
with 100 foreign soldiers seven machine guns
and two cannon left here; The railway had 10
s,us BE- repaired by the soldiers "a a Chiness are
seem provided for any emergency. They take
the lead every time. II is said that 1000 Rus
sian and 500 British are on the way to Pekin via
Under date Of June 10, she wrote: Il do
not know how much the Secretary Of the mis-
sion ia able to write, you from Pekin. but |
Ter TO the Methodist friends yesterday The
large chapel is converted into a fort by wall
ing up all but one entrance, and most Of the
Here all will take refuge II attacked The
gates are Also brioked up and spikes and barbed
wire on top Of the walls with network Of barbed
They have twenty-five marines there. and
forty firearms besides for the missionaries
pound md besides are hssss s peThsps iH y
The Minister is doing all he can to protect
mounted on the wall covering the legations
forced.
Letter. from Tuns,chow friends giving
tiane In Nu-pao-tun and Yung-o-tien are
most distressing, The, helper N the former
snd Te Ras OF T msRy woads Ras
escaping with his flock when they came upon
a party Of Boxers. who surrounded them.
One escaped and from hiding place saw the
killing OF II and his two boys. and several
others. The women were driven back TO the
village. Ii died on his knees In prayer. Ref
tant places; whole families slaughtered. one
or two OF village escaping. DR., Mobiles old
hospital steward Is one OF them his family
all killed.
The burning Of the college and loo,ing OF
houses in Tung-Ch was not by Boxers. but
by soldiers and the crowd. The army almost
10 man Is against foreigners.
The DAYS are very hot and the air oppres-
slve. No rain of any use has fallen for year
My sons children are plning, and think they
must leave as soon as possible. This places
me In dilemma, to go with them or stay here
Either my son must 60 or must. For him to
go and leave his mother here would make IL
impossible even to work for this people again
NAV God give us wisdom to decide where duty
calls