The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-06-08
FIGHTING AT TIEN TSIN
MORE SAILORS ARE LANDED FROM THE
CRUISER NEWARK
BOXERS GIVEN FULL LICENSE

The Empress Orders the Foreign ONCE
Ito Face All Europe Rather than
Interfere with the Boxer>''-t hinese
Troops and Railway Employees De-
>ertinx Missionary Norman Muir
dcred -Rfating Continued Russian
Troops To Avengc the Death ortwo
Cossacks.
Washington. June 5.-The secretary
OF the navy has received the following
cabiegram from Admiral KempfY. COM
manding the United States cruiser
Newark. lying at the Taku forts at the
mouth OF the Pei Ho river. dated
Taku. June 5th.
Engagement has commenced. Have
landed force Of fifty seamen more
battalion OF marines"
The cipher message Is not entirely
legible and Ii Is supposed at the navy
department the admiral means that
he has landed nifty seamen To reinforce
the battalion OF marines already
ashore
Shanghai. Monday. June +--The
China Gazette says 1t has the highest
authority for stating that the dowager
empress has ordered the Tsung Ii
Yamen 10 face all Europe rather than
10 interfere with the Boxer movement.
Elsewhere il is asserted that the vice
sovereignty has ordered the troops 10
oppose the further landing of parties
from foreign warships and that the
troops now engaged in operations are
designed TO prevent further foreign
reinforcements reaching Pekin.
Tien Tsin. June 5.-A representative
of the Associated Press visited Huang
Tsun, on the Pekin-Tien Tsin railroad
today and found that the station had
been burned and two bridges damaged.
The officer commanding the Chinese
troops on duty there said that 200 OF
his men had bolted and only fifty re-
manned. These fought we'll killing a
number of the Boxers. The bolting
troops We're badly cut up in the ada
cent broken country. 1t is stated that
sixty were killed or wounded. Some
of their bodies were recovered. fright
fully mutilated.
Bands of Boxers are patrolling the
neighborhood, but have not interferred
with the party of the Associated Press
representatives.
are deserting their posts and the
troops sent to guard the stations ap-
pear TO be worse than useless. A
guard of 250 sent to Feng Tai bolted
at Lu Kou Chao yesterday morning
when they heard of the trouble at
Huang Tsun.
Vienna, June 5.-The Neue Freie
Presse today says the representatives
Of the foreign powers at Pekin have
requested their governments TO assent
to the squadron OF warships blockad-
ing Pei Ho river leading TO Pekin. as
we'll as blockading Tien Tsin.
Washington, June 5.-The state de-
partment has received a cablegram
from Minister Conger. at Pekin. sat
ing that matters have taken a much
more serious turn there. No details
are given, but il is indicated that the
Boxers activity is extending very
closely to the Chinese capital.
The state department still finds
itself unable to do more than IL has
already ordered respecting the protec-
ton of American interests in China.
Troops are not available and even IL
they We're the government here is dis
inclined to participate in any joint
demonstration that would menace the
integrity of the Chinese empire.
London, June 6.-The Daily Express
has a dispatch from Shanghai dated
Tuesday, which says: Russian troops
have been ordered from Port Arthur
to the neighborhood of Pekin to pun
ish the Boxers for killing two Cossacks
| and wounding two"
MIR. NORMAN MURDERED.
Tien Tsin, June 5.-News has just
been received from the viceroy. through
the men he sent to Yung Ching, that
| Mr.. Norman, of the North China mis-
sion, was murdered Friday or Satur-
day. It Is thought that the viceroy
knew Of Mr.. Norman's murder at the
| time of Mr.. Robinson's.