Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-07-27
SUMMARY OF exEhra.

Historical Happenings that Led to tho.
Massacre at Pelkin.
The story of the Pekin horror as sum
married. is as follows:
June 4-United States Minister at Pekir.-
cables danger to Washington.
June SChinese Government forblds land
Ing OF more foreign troops.
Jun 6-German, French, English and
American ministers warn their governments
Of impending disaster.
June Mime hundred British mariner
landed to protect railroad from Tien Tsin to
Pekin.
Jun sSituation at Tica Tsin grows serl.
Gus.
and twenty-five native Christians killed.
June 11-Heads OF Christians carried on
poles. Native converts burned alive in In.
June 12-Japancse chancellor slain a.
Navigate Railroad station by the Empress
body guard.
June l3-International column lands at
THku en- route for pekin.
June LAXATIVE troops oppose advance OIL
column.
June 15-Fnrcign legations virtual prison.
ers III Imperial city. Empress posts 700, coo
troops outside walls to prevent entrance OF
allies.
June 10-German Baron. Won Ketteler re.
ported slain. American churches In Tier
Tsin razsd.
June 1I-Boxers cut railroad behind relief
force. All unprotected foreign buildings in
Pekln destroyed.
juno 1s-Ghlnese in Taku forts fire on
allied fleets; Allies reply and capture forts.
June 19-Isclief force under British Ad.
miral Seymour reported outside rekin.
June 2O-Pekin reported taken by Adj.
miral Seymour's relief force. Emperor said
to have fled to Manchuria.
June 21-Tlcn Ts:n bomhArled by Chinese.
American consulate destroyed.
June 22-FOrcign ministers reported safe.
Pekin in state of anarchy.
June 23.Seynlour said to he surrounded
between Tien Tsln and capital. United
forcements at Tien Tsin.
June Disk thousand five hnnhre! United
States regulars: with larger fleet than
June 2j-liight thousand allies landed ut
Taku. Allies enter Tien Tsin after hard
fight.
jane 2e-scymour photographs: "Lega.
tions safe. Hard pressed"
June 2i-Riots at WO Chow. "K!ll for.
cisn devils" was cry of Boxers.
June 2s-Seymour repeated to have held
ont fifteen days against hortles of Chinese.
Had not reached Pekin. Forced to return
to coast.
June 20-United States battle-ship Ore.
a rock thirty-iive miles from Che Foo, Rus
Sims hinder progress from selfish motives.
june 3o-Word received at Washington
IS. Ministers given twcnfy-four hours to
leave. but refused. United States assigns
Admiral Remey to Chinese naval
July 1-laRu ulSlatch says: All leSA-
tiOns burned except those of France, DER
many and England. Won ketteler's death
confirmed. Hacked to pieces willie OH way
to Chinese Foreign Office"
July 2-Failure CT relief column to reach
heleagured city reported in London. Thd
Kaiser sends 10000 men to aNelSe his min
listers death.
July 3-scores of heads on poles paraded
through towns.
July Zone thousand foreigners reported
killed in l'ekin.
July a-Chinese Emperor reported a sui.
eide. Empress said to have been poisoned.
July G--All:es in critical condition ut Tien
T>in. Loss to date. COO.
July 1-Contlicting reports of ministers
safety.
July %s-Lcgations announced safe on the
4th. Tien Tsin still hard pressed. Ore hun
dred thousand Chinese Surround city.
July 9-Orugon clears rocks and starts for
Nagas0Ei.
tinues. Circular note to powers from
China tries to absOlve nation from blame.
July 11-All foreigners reported to nave
left Zen TSin for Taku ON the 4th. Grave
fears for Conger and missionaries. Chan.
ccllor of rekin University reported killed
with his family.
July 12-Peril of legations confirmed. The
worst feared. =.
July 13-All nope abandoned. Reports of
slaughter of COnger. his family and French
and English Ministers confirmed.