Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-26
SUMMARY or EVENTS.
Historical Happenings that Led to the
Massacre at Pekin.

Historical Happenings that Led to the
Massacre at Pekin.
The story of the Pekin horror as suE-
married. is as follows:
June 4-United States Minister at Pekin
cables danger to Washington.
June 5-ChineSe Government forbidS land.
ing Of more foreign troops.
June 6-German, French, English and
American ministers warn their governments
Of impending disaster.
June 7--Nlne hundred British marines
landed to protect railroad from Tien Tsin to
Pekin.
June s-Situation at Tien Tsin grows seri-
Gus.
June 9-Lung Chow, near Pekin, burned
and twenty-five native Christians killed.
June 11-Heads of Christians carried on
poles. Native converts burned alive in in
terror.
Navigate Railroad station by the Empress
body guard.
June Mathematician column lands at
Taku en- route for Pekin.
June LAXATIVE troops oppose advance OF
coluAn.
June 15-Foreign legations virtual prison
ers in imperial city. Empress posts 100000
troops outside walls to prevent entrance OF
allies.
June 16-German Baron Won Ketteler re-
ported slain. American churches In lien
TSin RACED.
June 17-Boxers cut railroad behind relief
force. All unprotected foreign buildings in
Pekin destroyed.
June 18-Chinese in Taku forts fire on
allied fleets Allies reply and capture forts
June 19-Relief force under British Adj
miral Seymour reported outside Pekin.
June 20-Pekin reported taken by Ad,
miral Seymour's relief force. Emperor said
to have fed to Manchuria.
June 21-Tien Tsin bombarded by Chinese.
American consulate destroyed.
June 22-Foreign ministers reported SAFE
Pekin in state of anarchy.
June 2S-SeymOur said to De surrounded
between Tien Tsin and capital. United
States Admiral Kempf cables for re-en-
forcements at Tien Tsin.
June "a Six thousand five hundred United
States regulars, with larger fleet than
Dewey had at Manila, sent to Tien Tsin;
June 25-Eight thousand allies landed at
Taku. Allies enter Tien Tsin after hard
fight.
June 2e-Seymour photographs: "Lega-
lions safe. Hard pressed.
June 27-Riots at Wo CHOW. hill Ior-
eign deviIs,'' was cry of Boxers.
June 28-Seymour reported to haye held
out fifteen days against hordes OF Chlnese.
June 29-United States battle-ship Ore
gon, fastening to seat of war, grounds on
a rock thirty-five miles from Che Foo. Rus
SLAMS hinder progress from selfish motives.
June 30-Word received at Washington
that legations at Pekin were safe on June
leave. but refused. United States assigns
Admiral Remey to Chinese naval command.
July 1-Taku dispatch says: All lega-
lions burned except those of France, Ger
many and England. Won Ketteler's death
confirmed. Hacked to pieces while on way
to Chinese Foreign Office"
July 2-Failure Of relief column to reach
beleagured city reported In London: The
Kaiser sends 10000 men to avenge his min
listers death.
July 3-scores of heads on poles paraded
through towns.
July 4-One thousand foreigners reported
killed in Pekin.
July 5-Chinese Emperor reported sui
eide. Empress said to have been poisoned.
Iuly 6-Allies in critical condition at lien
Tsin Loss to date 600.
July 7-Confiicting reports of ministers
safety. 49,
July allegations announced safe on the
4th Tien Tsin still hard pressed One nun
dred thousand Chinese surround city.
July 9-Oregon clears rocks and starts TOT
July 1O-Bombardment of Tien Tsin con-
tinues Circular note to powers from
China tries to absolve nation from blame.
July 11-All foreigners reported to have
left Tien Tsin for Taku on the 4th. Grave
fears for Conger and missionaries. Chan-
cellor of Pekin University reported Killed
with his family. ~
July 12-Peril Of legations confirmed. The
worst feared.
July 13-AIl hope abandoned Reports of
slaughter of Conger, his family and French
and English Ministers confirmed.