Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-06

IuHu"Ht oil the DAILY Chronicle says:
In official circles here il is believed
that the situation in China has grown
worse. The powers are now exchanging
dispatches regarding the appointment
Of single commander fur the united
European ana American squadron"
London. June G-Thc Pekin CORES
pendent Of the Times tclcgraphing
Tuesday. says: Mr. Norman, mis-
sionary Of the Society for the Propa ga
ton Of the Gospel. was cruelty muir
dcred ut Yung Ching. June ,. The vice
roy Of n chi Ii has officially notified
the fact to the British minister
The murder was undoubtedly due
to tine completely If the Chinese gov
eminent in the disturbances caused by
the Boxers A secret cdict. issued two
days ago. forbade the soldiers To fire
upon the Boxers The soldiers who
were killed at IIuang -Tsun offered no
resistance and were simply guarding
the railway
1T is indisputablc that the chief sup
pOrtcrs NJ tn Boxers include Prince
Tuan the father, ana Hau TunG, the
guardian ~ the heir apparent a. Well
as Tung Fuh- Slang, the general com
mandng the hordes Of Khan Su SOL
di"rs who have long menaced tho safe
t. Of foreigners in Pc Chi Ii.
1T is imperatively necessary that the
Tien Tain railroad had been immedi-
ately patrolled and protected by Brit
ish guards. Pekin itself is apparently
quiet, but there is much suppressed
excitement.
The French minister dcspairs Of the
safety Of Ossent, the engineer. his sis
ter ana the two Italians who were
missing from the party that escaped
from Pao Ting Flu to Tien Tsin.
Ticn Tsin. June via Shanghai
Last night passed quietly. but Tien
Tsin was in n very excited state. this
morning. About 200 more foreign
troops are expected here. today.
Trains cannot get through to Pekin
on account Of the burning bridges
Berlin. June 5.-The latest news re-
garding the boxers" has reached here
by both private ana official kilograms.
all of which say the situation is black
and alarming. The German foreign Of
flee considers a r"ncontre between the
BOXERS" and Russians an event prob
ably fraught with the greatest dan
gers. News has also reached here that
several German ana Catholic missions in
the province Of chan Tung have been
pillagcd by mobs supposed to have
been melted by the Boxer agitation.
Washington. June 5.-The secretary
b.... Col inc
from Admiral Kcmpff. COM
handing the United States ship
Newark. lying at the Taku forts at the
mouth Of the Pei Ho river, dated.
June !:
Engagement has commenced. Have
landed force of - seamen more
battalion Of marines.
1Signed) KEMPFF."
The cipher message is not entirely
legible and it is supposed at the navy
department that the admiral means
that he has landed 80 seamcn to rein
force the battalion Of marines already
ashore.
Shanghai. Monday, June 1.-The
China Gazette says it has the highest
authority for stating that the DoWager
Empress has ordered the Tsung Ii
Yamen to facial Europe. rather than
to Interfere With the Poker move
ment.
Elsewhere it is asserted that the vice
roy has ordered the troops to oppose
the further landing of parties from
foreign warships ana that the troops
now engaged III operations are design
"a 70 prevent further foreign reinforce
monts reaching Pekin.
ten Tsin. June "a representative
Of tn" Associated Press visited Huang
Tsnn on the PckinTien Tsin Railway.
today. and found that the station had
hcen burned and two bridges damaged
The officer commanding the Chinese
troops on duty there said that 200 of
his mon had bolted and that only so
These fought well. killing number
Of the Boxers" The boiling troops
We're badly cut up in the adjacent
broken country. 1t is stated that 60
We're killed or wounded. Some of the
bodies were recovered frightfully mutt
lated
Bands of Boxers" are patrolling the
neighborhoOd, but have not interfered
with the party of The Associa ted
Press representative.
All the Chinese railway employees are
deserving their posts. and the troops |
sent to guard the stations appear to |
be worse than useless. guard Of $50 |
sent to Feng Tai bolted at Lu Kou |
ChiaO, yesterday morning, when they |
heard of the trouble at Huang Tsun.
London, June 6.-The Daily Express |
has a dispatch from Shanghai, dated |
Tuesday. which says: 'Russia's troops |
have been ordered from Port Arthur to |
the neighborhood Of Pekin. to punish |
the Boxers for killing two Cossacks \
ana wounding two"
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from I
Tien Tsin. dated June 4. says: 1.-THE
situation is very serious. The Boxers
are approaching Tien Tsin on all
sides 3
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail teleGraphing. yesterday,
says: THE Boxers are within three
miles Of Tien Tsin. In addition to the
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