The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-07-05
SEYMOUR RELIEVED.
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/ Chinese Forces Driven OFF After o
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Lcndon, June 30.-The casualties OF
the international force attacking Tien-t
i tsin were Americans killed, 3; woun-
ded, 2; British, killed, p; wounded, l;
Germans, killed 10; wounded, 27; Rus.
slams, killed, 10; wounded, 81, The
gun fire Of the Americans and Britlsh'
is described as beautiful. After the
relieving force pushed on to relleVet
Admiral Seymour Chinese regulars un-
der Gen. Nieh, says dispatch from
Shanghai. again attacked Tien-tslI.
fiercely and bombarded the foreign set
| tlemeHt with
Terrible Fire.
Col. Dorward, British, commanded
| the column that relieved Admiral Sey-
mour. American marines participated
| in the achievement. The admiral was
/ found intrenched and surrounded by
| immense masses Of Chinese, who were.
| driven off by the relieving column af-
| ter d fierce fight. His men made q
| brilliant resistance, never failing IN
courage for fifteen days OF continuous
fighting. During ten days the men
We're on quarter rations They started
! with provis. .ons for ten days. and they
could have held out day or two long
er. The column was q few miles be-
| yond Lo-fa.
DecmtiG 1t Hopeless
to attempt to break through the hordes
Admiral Seymour essayed a night re-
| treat toward Tien-tsin, but he came
| in collision with strong force or
Chinese arriving from the northwest,
and could neither advance nor retreat.
| There was nothing to do but to In
trench and stand siege. He vainly at
tempted photographic communication.
Seymour's men caught several Chinese
who said the legations had been
burned and the ministers killed. 9th,
ers said that the ministers had been
imprisoned. The Chinese displayed
FanaticaI Courage
| in the attack. Four thousand Rus
| STAINS left Tien-tsin four days after Ad-#
| miral Seymour, but they never got II
touch with him. Railway conmunica
| ton from Taku to Tien-tsin has been
restored, and the force is advancing to-
ward Peking. Fighting was in prog
ress Wednesday in the vicinity Of Use
Chulin Large preparations ore being
! made to support and reinforce The Pc
| king relieving column Twenty thou
sand troops of all arms, largely Jap
anese have now been landed. The
! fate of the members Of tlle lega ions is
still mystery. If they are alive and
| unharmed at Peking the Chinese gov
ernment
| Deserves Some Credit. M
| Shanghai correspondents think, after
resisting the fanatical mob, The
| Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, wiring at 900 p. III. yes:cr-
day, says 'sIt is reported on GOOD
4 Chinese authority that the govern
ment, alarmed at foreign military pre-
parations, has issued an edict ordering
the peremptory suppression Of the
Boxers, and announcing a decision to
protect the legations at all hazards. =
However this may be, the British
| consulate at Shanghai received infor-
nation yesterday, the Daily Express
correspondent says, that while sol
emnly promising complete abstention
from warlike preparations the Chinese
| are mounting several new siX-inch
guns at the Woo Sung forts.
Washington Officials Worried.
/ Washington, June go. Administra-
! tion officials are quite concerned over
| Chinese advices to the effect that the
! members of the foreign legations in
Picking are not at Tien-tsin with Ad-
! miral Seymour's column. The dis
patches Of the last two days indicating
that they We're with the admiral a few
/ miles from Tien-tsin had allayed in a
measure the tension existing here as
to their safety, but as no word had
1 come from Minister Conger the conf
dence temporarily felt
Is Giving Way
again to fear that all may not be we'll
with them. 1t is believed here that
I Mr. Conger would have taken the very
first opportunity to communicate with
his government, and the fact that he
! had not done so the officials say is very
strong ground for believing that he
may not be in Tien-tsin. although dis
patches report the relief column there.
This fact is considered contirnatory
Of the latest intimations that the lega-
i tion representatives are still in peking
and some fears are entertained for
them if still in the Chinese capital.
DAWSON GOLD.