Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-07
REFUGEES FROM CHINA.
Transport Logan Brings Large Party-Ro
Good Words for the Chinese.

san FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. o-blue-
Jackets. marines. soldiers of the 9th
Infantry and reguees crowded the
transport Logan from Taku via Japan
which reached here, today. There
We're men. women and children on the
vessel direct from Tien Tsin who had
escaped from the mobs of Chinese.
Two children of United States Consul
Ragsdale at Tien Tsin were on board
as were: J. NJ. Mussen, Shanghai:
Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Tenny and four chill
dren; Mrs. Pike and four children:
Mrs. Lowry and three children Mr.
and Mrs. Gaynor ana three children;
Miss Jones. Mr.. Pike. Mr. Diffendorfer,
Mr.. Mcintosh. Taku; Rev. II. w.
Moulding. wife and son; Mrs. Frank
F. Davis: Mrs. Montelle. Miss Tillir
Fahe, Tien Tsin: DR.. n. S. Hopkins.
wife and three children; Mrs. n. E
King and three children: Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Smith. Che Foo: the Misses Drew.
Mr. L. Drew, O. c. Clifford. wife and
child: Edward Wilson. Yokohama and
about 100 invaded soldiers
The Logan conveyed the 9Th Infan-
try from Manila to Taku. together with
a detachment of the Signal Corps. At
Taku ITO Christian refugees from Tien
Tsin were taken aboard. All except
Tsin were taken aboard. all except IS
of whom left the Logan at Nagasaki.
DR.. r. f. Diffendorfer of Philadelphia,
builder and manager of the first wool
en- mill in the Chinese empire. and
friend of Poo Tong, a brother to the
former Chinese Emperor. said: 'On
the morning of July II the first clash
between the foreigners and the en-
pires soldiers occurred on the after
noon of the same day the lombard
ment of the Taku forts began.
Captain Bailey of the British shin
Orlando was commander of the allied
force at Tien Tsin. July Il. as Captain
McCalla was absent with Seymour a.
the time. About II o'clock. he saw
smoke rising from the railroad track
about miles distant from the city and
suspecting that some Of the Boxers
had fired another bridge. he ordered
man to investigate.
I'VE had a 3-inch gun. When We
had travelled about miles We found a
bridge partially burned and consider
ing it unsafe to cross our commander
ordered his men to return. We had
gone back about 800 yards when we
saw lot of Chinese soldiers crossing
the track ahead of us.
AS we approached them all doubt of
their being imperial troops disappear
ed. They did not wear the red tur-
ban and sash that distinguished the
Boxers, and as soon as we got near
them they scattered and got behind
grave mounds, with which the country
was studded. Being suspicion, our
midshpmen gave the order for a vol
ley and they quickly returned the sa-
Lutte. Our field piece was minus a
sight and most of its shots passed over
the enemy. so that after 10 minutes of
fighting we resumed our retreat, the
Chinese firing at us as long as we were
within range. There We're no casual
ties on our side.
Il am inclined to believe that our
attack on the Chinese troops precipi-
tated the bombardmert of the city
The skirmish may attain some impor-
lance when the final settlements are
being made
DIR. Diffendorfer believes that the
trouble in China will last couple of
years.
1T will be repetition of the Tapping
rebellion he said. when the allies
have captured Pekin, the Boxers will
be broken into bands of marauders."
Charles Mcintosh. Toronto man.
spent Is days in the wooden mill at Tien
Tsin where the Chinese were held at bay
before the first relief came through He
tried to run tnree engines out of Tien
Tsin.