The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13

dds, Mission was set fire 10 by The Boxers.
who now openly appeared in all sections OF
the civ The usual crowd collected,
whereupon Captain Hall promptly dispers-
ed them. using only the hay09et. The
chapel was totally destroyed At 6 p m
the streets in the legation quarter were
cleared and rough barbados Uuilt- That
night all the outlying missions and
churches we're burned except the Pei-tang
Cathedral where the French Gnd Italians
had sent guards to protect The Roman
Catholic priests nuns. and native converts
there assembled
e-on June Il, in the early morning, large
numbers of Chinese Christians, most of
them horribly burned or badly wounded.
appeared at cur barricade. They had come
from the districts surrounding the Nan
tung Cathedral which was then burning,
bringing the most f-ightful tales of out
RACES committed by the Boxers These
people were allowed 70 enter, and after the
most serious cases among the wounded had
been treated by the American and Russian
surgeons they were sent o the French Le-
CATION. The officer commanding the Rus
sian guards decided, IN the name CT hu-
manity, TO send out a party for the rescue
OF those Christians stu in hiding among
the burning buildings At his request 1
detailed ten men to go with them This
party was led by an American-Mr. PethiclH
! "a veteran of our civil war whose knowl-
| edge of China and of the Chinese language
and whose personal bravery while under
! fire rendered his services of greatest value
| to the besieged The mission of the res
euers was entirely successful; they re-
! turned escorting about $50 Christians, hay-
! ing shot number of Boxers and Iooters.
! That night the excitement in the Chinese
! city was intense and the shouting and cries
morning
On June Is l sent ten men to accompany
the English On an expedition TO the north
eastern part Of the city for the purpose of
rescuing soma native Christians supposed
to be in hiding there DR.. Lippitt volun-
teered and was given permission to go with
/ them They failed to find the Christians.
but on the way discovered temple where
p! a Boxer meeting was evidently in progress.
! Our forces, which had been augmented by
the arrival OF some japanese and Aus
! trians. surrounded the place. and after a
short fight killed forty-fve Of the Boxers
"0n June is the Boxers set fire to Wat
/ sons drug store, in the Southern City
! not far from the Chin-mun entrance The
/ explosion of the chemicals causel the
! fire to spread rapidly, destroying tie
| richest portion of the city, and finally
! igniting the outer of the two gates. which
! was totally destroyed The Imperial
troops upon the wall waved their banners
! energetically, but failed to fire upon the
| incerdiaries. On June II, about o'clock
! in the evening fire was started in L.
/ cation Street, half mile to the vest
ward of our barricade. The Russi ars
/ promptly started down the street, and
! succeeded in shooting the man ,Bh0 ap-
piled the torch Then after two hou, g
hard work, aided by the municipal FIRE
department got the fire under control. !
followed with as many men as could b
spared from the legation, and patroled
the streets between the burning bIld!Ig
and our lines, causing the Chinase a
tear down all the imf1ammable material
In This work the English assisted.
On June IS. the Tsung-H- Yamen, the
members of which had been full of as
suTances of friendship and protection
suddenly changed their tone and in &
message to the ministers announced that
the Taku forts had been taken by the
powers and state of war exis. and
that the ministers would be given TWEEN.
ty-fOur hours to leave the city. accom-
panied by their suites protection being
guaranteed as far as Tientsin.
''On June 20. the ministers held meet.
ing in the morning, shortly afier which
the German Minister. unattended save b.
his interpreter set out 10 visit the off
GERS of the Tsung-I Yamen, which wer,
sitting on the Hata-muR Street SOM
distance outside our lines Shortly afts
the interpreter sought refuge at tn
American mission in badly wounds
condition. He stated that Baron Vo1
! Ketteler had been shot in the back an
killed by ar Imperial soldier. scores 0
whom lined the road in the vicinity o
. the Yamen- The firing had become gsn
eral, but he managed to make his escape
On receipt of this news the Germans a
i once sent out detachment to obtain. j
2 possible, the body OF their minister. bu
D they were fred upon, and were compelIe
e to return unsuccessful. Realizing that IN
I crisis had come, all the women and chill
4 dren were sent to the English Legation
= each foreign guard sending ten men 70
e the greater protection of that legation.
, Methodist Mission Burned.
''AII food supplied we're sent to the sam
, place and we had within our lines the onl
o foreign stores in Pekin and several Chi
5 nese stores containing rice and wheat, h
d contents of which we're appropriated for OF
g use In the afternoon the English an
; Russians having each lent ten men, starr
!, ed with them and fifteen of cur own 10 e;
. eort Captain Hall and his charges With
our lines which was safely accomplishe
At p. m. the Chinese soldiers began
= FIRE upon US, the attack, however, did III
= seem to be an organized one. ANY hoI
: that the Imperial Government would pi
down the trouble, had long been dispelIe
:. as cur spies brought US word that the Boz
= ers were entering the city through 81 Z
s gates, guarded as they were by the soldier
Z and in all parts of the city mingling free
. with the troops, with whom they appears
L | to be on the best of terms
On June Y, the Methodist Mission al
II stores carrying goods were burned. de
g ultory firing by the enemy was KEEP up {
day About this time Sir Claude MacDo
aid was chosen by the ministers. and tn
= chCice agreed to by the foreign officers,
= act as commander-in-ehief CAPITA
Strouts. r J. NJ L, was appointed chief
e staff, and upon his death on July Is II.
3 SqUires. First Secretary Of the Unit
: States Legation. took his place. This ge
= tieman having served ten years in o.
Army, filed the post with credit In a
dition to these duties he throughout L
siege acted as commissary of the Americ;