The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-01

husbands, h |ands without wives. Sometimes
they found lost ones already come; but
many, unab4 1to bear the suspense went out
again into city to brave the dangers and
look about cid quarters for their families.
whether dead alive. My young teacher, Tsni
lie, found mother (whom he had taken to
. distant rehrivcs while lie came 60 500
1t we still 1vived and had refugee on the
street with head split open by a sword, cold
md dead. bd he dared not move her body. The
relative had pt her on cart and sent her oIt
alone, pool aralytic! Mr Wang came in with
his eldest sol two younger children. he thought
safe in anotl place. his lovely wife, beautiful
eldest daugh and his daughtern.law all lost. q.
dead or not have never learned Family at
ter family, Fengs. the Mas, the Kus, the
lus and OF rs. We have heard word Of;
and as the boxers were most persistent In
searching OF, MI Christians, and had the help
ot soldiers, ice, and covetous, hateful ncigh-
borsy 1t is be feared that very few besides
those now Il us are still living, especially
as the sams u work has been carried on sys-
lematically oughout the country districts.
Every day S. new fres as these wretcfes sought
out every even remotely connected with
foreigners 'iday evening, think it was.
They started fire in the southern city which
got beyond r control, burned out hundreds
Of great sto and dwellings and consumed tile
great tower the Chen Men 0ront gate) the
distinctly in Fial gate of the city. That SAME
night thousi of Boxers and their sympathize,s
gathered }outh of us in the southern city
and yclet br llours "Slm! Sha' (Klil! KillD
but they ire afraid to try 1t. Next day, pro-
visions b. scarce, four of us civilians with
rifles wer but on the great street. whose usual
busy h'n bad dwindled almost to nothing in
This reig terror; and enabled our servants
to buy bles. Then, for moral impression.
We ''hcld ED the street, StOODinC carts ard
searchingi EN- for foreign goods and looking
Tor Boxer Mr.. Tcwksbury and held up three
horsemen o looked suspicious and they turnei
and fed fcipitately. The terror OF the "for.
Pien sold HA so spread abroad that when. four
ot our 7er Il was not one, am sorry to
say) wen the city gate at 6 D. IN. and de-
nnndcd be locked, and the keY delivered
over, it done, and they brought home the
great key put two feet long, in triumph! !
The next they not only did the same. but
put pal on the gate! -! 1t was well
We had Il sport of this kind, to relieve the
,wfulness az the suspense of our position. The
government ltinued to Issue cdicts for our pro-
lection, the sincerity OF which was manifested
m the face them, to say nothing of the fact
That imrer soldiers were "hand in glove"
with the ID RS in all their depredations. On
That night ires, several hundred Roman Cath
nlic refugee were burned to death in their
Eastern CHI, When an attack was made on
the Solither latholic church, about twenty-five
marines, at great risk, went over there
(about milo wcsD. killed some ten Boxers
rescued 200 Fthoics and returned without a
scratch Wq thought ourselves well fixed at
HE II. f. COZ pound unless the Chinese soldiers,
in body q by command, should attack us.
IN which cas-, cannon on the wall would wreck
rnr church render us defencelcss But wu
Hoped the css dowagcr would not dare or.
Ter such an ick.
WS FROM TAKU.-
On Tuest the 10th. came the news
That the eign ships having attacked
raku, the 4 sters and their families were or.
lered to lc Pekin in twcnty.iour hours. II
we wished We, We must go. But this meant
irst lcavini orr Chinese to certain massacre;
and, sccon' Probably being ourselves massacred
AZ soon as had left the gates OF Pekin and
rcached Il ppen country II we stayed, it
meant less n 800 Marines the same number
rf civilians bout 500 Protestant converts, and
l. 500 or md Roman Catholics against Imperial
armies Ne morning as we were told that thu
ministers hs demanded several hundred carts for
the journe! dvc could simply gather together
and pray al the Lord would provide some
means by N we could protect our Chinese,
and also e. the danger He answered most
In short time the German inter.
prefer was ought to compound seriously
n the German minister, he had set
nut for thu sung Ii Ys,nen (state departmenD,
invited lik he ether ministers to consult over
heir depa h, from the city. Both were shot
by Chinese ldiers on the street, the minister
killed and body carried off, while the
wounded prefer escaped TO our place. This
convinced ministers and Marines not only
That jo, to Tien Tsin would mean almost
certain dq hut that there would soon be an
attack by be Chinese soldiers our quarters
in Pekin. was therefore decided very hastily
That we IS |ud all move at once to the British
legation Ind make our defense there. While
almost foreigners in the city Were to live
here, 1t was hoped TO be able to hold con-
siderab territory on all sides, including most
ot the her legations. To our delight, we were
able to nke the Chinese converts with us, put
Ting th In with the Roman Catholic refugees
In the Wang Tu, the residence OF one Of the
princes Whom we compelled to relinIuish part
Of the place to us. He finally Withdrew alto
yether, and his large palace has been the scene Of
some OF the hardest fighting of the siege. Most
,f its massive buildings now lie in ashes, burned
BY ourI enemies to yet at our converts The
Roman tholics still occupy the palace, which is
guarded by japanese and Italians, with some
ielp fri the British. That day Of moving was
wild ". We men and the marines marched
,nned IN the NJ. i. mission, as We thought
We mig be attacked any minute. Alice had to
larry ha, the woman led Henry and carried
'ome gs, and two servants carried bedding
,nd le baggage All we could bring away
vas " we could carry in our hands. The
ma rina were 80 alarmed that it locked rs
hougl Ee could save nothing more. As we
we're Rcting speedy relief from Tien Tsin, We
hougl we might manage to live on what We
,ad tn, afternoon, however, after we had
ettled the British legation, Mr. Ament went
,ack b one Chinaman, ITO see how the land
Gy," d saved his bicycle. On hearing this.
lar number of us, with rifles and spears.
ed SO 60 Chir,se back to the compound, max
ng raj trips, and bringing away most of
he I isions and at least hall Of the trunks
Shicl 'e had lett in the morning, also
aved mattress. The Chinese did not attempt
% in ore with MS in any way. though, before
se ff d., they had attat ked the Austrian lesa-
cn, mile away. The American mis-
ona seventy men, women and children.
nave been quartcred in the little chapel %
he ish legation Many of MS men have
lpt doors, or up in the garret OF III.
'hai very close, hot place. I have tried
10Th. also Lady MacDonalds "smoking room''
or days when Martha was sick with dys