The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-28
Has Ordered, or Requested, Foreign Represen-
tatives to Leave Pelzin Within
Twenty Four Hours
Details of Fighting at Tien Tsn, and Another
Rumor That Admiral Seymour Has
Been Rescued

are no cable stations north of Shanghai
| on the China coast.
AS Minister Wus dispatch was dated
at Pskin, on the 18th inst, the SUPPOSE
| ton is that it had to be taken at least
a part of the distance from Pekin by
| courier, indicating that the telegraph
lines are not in operation along the
route between these two places.
Gen. Chaffee has been in conference
with Maj. Simpson as to the topography
Of the country in which, according to
present expectations, the foreign troops
will operate. All the information in
possession of the bureau has been placed
| at his disposal.
SEYMOUR'S CALL FOR RELIEF.
BERLIN, June 27.-The German consul
at Che Foo confirms the contents of the
message from Vice Admiral Seymour
| which reached Tien Tsin Monday, saying
| he was eight miles westward Of that city,
| terribly harassed, could only hold out an
other two days, and had sixty-three men
killed and over 200 wounded, and adds
that the admiral asked for the dispatch
Of relief column Of 1000 men. This col
umn left Tien Tsin during the morning
| of June 25, under Russian command.
GEN. CHAFFEE's PROGRAMME.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-Gen. Chaffee.
! who has been ordered to command the
American troops in China, left Washing
! ton at 1O:40 this morning for San Fran
| CISCO accompanied by Lieut. Harper, his
| aid. He is due at San francisco at &
| o'clock Sunday morning, and sails for
| Nagasaki on the transport Grant on the
I same day.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY.
| LONDON, June PA sDecial disna+ch
| from Che Foo says:
"The fight of the allied forces against
the combined Boxers and Chinese soidterv
barring the road to Tfen Tsin opened at
| oaybreak One hundred and fifty Amer
! leans were among the 1000 international
! troops. The Chinese soon broke. under
heavy shelling, and then the arsenal was
| attacked and the guns We're gradually si-
| fenced. The fight was practically over
| at noon. The keen. friendly rivalry FOR
the honor of first entering the city result
| ed in the Americans and British going in
neck and neck, with the others close
up
HORRIBLE ATROCITIES.
VICTORIA, B. c., June 27.-The shang-
! nal Mercury says that a member Of the
| Boxers society, who saw the murder of
Rev. Mr.. BElls, OF the London mission
! and of Chinese missionary at Kung
! Tsun, gave the following account of the
| tragedy:
ION the 18th day Of the fourth moon
the Boxers, numbering f1fty-seven, cross
ed the River Tze-Tsung and met the two
missionaries in boat They knew the
! Chinese was Christian and at once at
! tackled him, wounding him with their
swords. Then they dragged him out of
the boat and tied him to a tree at the
river side. Then Mr.. Mills was tied
with him, and Mr. Chao, another Chi
nese missionary, was found. His toes
and thumbs were bound together and he
was carried to a street near where the
| others were hung up. The arms of the
| missionaries We're cut off, their heads
heWn off and after the bodies had been
disemboweled they were cast into the
river. The chapel of the mission was
demolished and the crowd went on their
way
This was but one of many such out
RACES.
ORDERED TO LEAVE PEKING.
LONDON, June 27-The foreign office
has issued the following telegram re-
ceived from Mr.. w. E. Charles, the
British consul at Tien Tsin. undated but
probably sent June "a, and forwarded
from Che Foo June 27:
"a note has been received by the COM
missioner of customs here from Inspec-
tor General Hart (Sir Robert HarD at
Peking, dated June 19, stating that the
foreign legations have been desired to
leave Peking within twenty-four hours"
GERMANY's GRAVE PROBLEM.
BERLIN, June 27.-A prominent MEM
Der Of Emperor Williams encourage. who
has just returned to Berlin from Kiel,
where the emperor is, says that his mai
esty and Count Won Buelow, the foreign
minister are considerably perplexed as
to how Germany is to meet the present
situation in China, inasmuch as they are
inclined to think that much larger
force of troops will become necessary to
carry the campaign there to q successful
ISSUE Both are also convinced that
Germany should bear her full share of
the responsibility.
Meanwhile disquieting rumors continue
to arrive from Jiao Chau, where Gov.
Jaeschke fears that an outbreak NAV
occur at any moment, precipitating a
general revolt and the irruption into the
German sphere of large bands of Boxers
known to be In the surrounding district
in the province of Shan Tung.
ORDERED TO CHINESE WATERS.
ROME, June 27.-The Italian armored
cruiser Vettor Pisani and the protected
cruisers Stromboh and Vesuvius, have
been ordered to Chinese waters.
THEY ARE SAFE.
BELOIT, Wis, lime 27.-Relatives Of
Dr. Henry r. Porter and sister, Mary
Porter, and Charles f. Bannon, Of this
city, missionaries in China, for whose
safety great anxiety has been felt, to-
day received word of their safety.
SENT TO PLACE OF SAFETY,
PARIS, June G-French Minister OF
Marine NJ de Lanesah has received a
cablegram from Capt Dordeje, director
of the French arsenal at Foo Chow, say
ing that he has sent to Hong Kong all
the women and children connected with
| the French mission at the arsenal.
GOVERNMENT BREATHEs FREER.
Developments of Day in China Trou-
bic Important.
WASHINGTON. June 27.-The develop
ments of the day respecting China were
important and interesting. The Chinese
minister's report of the departure of the
foreign ministers and their guards from