The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-08-07
The Transport Logan Lands
Americans at Frisco.
FLED FROM TIENTSlN AND CHEF00
Or. Gifendorfer. Of Philadelphia, Tells oi
the Beginning OF Ho-IiiiIies on June IL,
WbeB ImPerial Troops Made Known
Their sympathy with the Boxer Hove
ment-FraB-port Brings sick OF the Ninth
Which Regiment IL Landed aI Takn-

marines, eN-S0lQlerS OF the NlHtE lAidHt-
ry, and refugees crowded the decks OF the
transport Logan from Taku, via Japan
which reached her docks here TO-DAY
There were men. women, and children on
the vessel direct from TienJsin, who had
escaped from the mobs OF Boxers and me
imperial Chinese troops. Nearly all OF tne
passengers in the cabin had fe,t the de-
pressing effects OF siege, and were more
n an glad 10 get back TO civilization
Among them were DR.. DidendoTfer and
Mr. o. Mcintosh who were in the mill at
Tientsin. where the Chinese were held at
bay before the first relief came through
Master Earl Ragsdale and Miss Efiie
Ragsdale, children Of the United States
consul at Tientsin, also were on board. A
large number OF the refugees left the
transport at Yokohama to return to vart-
Gus pats Of Europe and America by regu-
lar steamers.
Among the passengers who arrived here
were the following: J. VI. Mussen. Shang-
hal: Mrs. Drew. Mrs. Tenny, and four
children; Mrs. Pike and four children;
Mrs. Lowry and three children; Mr. and
Mrs. HaynOr and three children; Miss
Jones. Mr.. Pike, Mr.. Diffendorfer. Mr.
Mcintosh. TAXI; Rev. H. W. HOulding,
wife and son; Mrs. Frank F. Davis; Mrs.
Montelle, Miss Tillie FaheT, Tientsin; Dr.
y. 5. Hopkins, wife. and three children;
Mrs. II. +. King and three children; MI
and Mrs. :. Smith, ChefOO; the Misses
Drew, Mr.. l.. Drew, 0. {. Clifford. wife,
and child; Edward Wilson, Yokohama
and about 100 invalided soldiers.
Three Deaths on the VOYAGE,
There We're three deaths on the Logan
during the voyage, two occurring before
Taku was reached Private James II
McInerney. of Company d. Ninth Infan-
try. died June 30. and James D. ST. Croix
on July ). Private David Nutss. of Com
pany g. onc Of the men who started
homeward owing TO illness, died at sea
July %
To the Logan attaches the distinction OF
being the first vessel to land American
troops in China. She conveyed the gal
liant Ninth Infantry from Manila TO Taku.
together with a detachment of the Signal
and Hospital Corps. Among the passeD-
gers brought here by the Logan were 81
sick men Of the Ninth. At Taku 40
Christian refugees from Tientsin were
taken aboard. All except 4S of these !err
the Logan at Nagasaki.
Dr. X. h. DiffendOrfer, of PhiIadeIphia.
the builder and manager Of the first wool
en- mill established in the Chinese Emnire
and personal friend of Poo Tong 2
brother to the former Chinese Emperor
tells the following story of the attack m
Tientsin. 0''
Oh the morning Of July II the first
clash between the foreigners and the en-
pres soldiers occurred. On the afternoon
OF the same day the bombardment of the
Taku forts began.
capt. Bailey, of the British shin Or
lando, was commander of the allied forces
at I1entsin on July II. as Capt. McCaIla
was absent with Seymour at the time
About II o'clock in the forenoon he saw
smoke rising from the railroad track
about four miles distant from the citr.
ana suspecting that the Boxers had fired
another bridge Capt Bailey ordered thir-
~ OF his blue Jackets, commanded by a
hldshlpman, 10 investigate.
>kirmish with Chinese Troops.
I'VE had a three-incn gun and the men
were fully armed. When our fatcar had
travelled about three miles we found a
bridge in which the timbers had been
burned away from the iron girders, and
considering ii unsafe to cross. our COM
mander ordered his men to return to the
city. We had gone about three hundred
yards on the back trip when We saw a
lot Of Chinese trOOps-abOUt 150-crossing
the track about a mile ahead of Us
They were walking very rapidly. and
as We approached them all doubts as to
the;I being imperial troops disappeared.
They did not wear the red turban and
sash that distinguished the Boxers, and
as soon as We got within about 800 yards
of them they scattered and got behind
grave mounds, with which the surface Of
the country was thickly studied Re
garding this action as suspicious. Our
m:dshipmen gave the order 10 fire a vol
ley, and they quickly and vigorously re-
turned the salute. Our fie.d-piece vas
minus a sight, and most If its shots
PASSED over the enemy, SO that after ten
minutes Of hot firing We resumed oUr
retreat, the Chinese firing al Us as long
as We were within range
There were no casualties On our side
If it had not been for the action Of our
party that morning the bOmJardm-rt Of
Tientsin might not have commenced that
afternoon; in other words, ! am inclined
10 believe that our attack on the Chimes
troops precipitated this bOmbaTdmeuf OF
the city And for that reason the sLir-
mlsh may attain some importance when
final settlements are being made. "
Dr- DiuenQorfer believes that the trOu-
bic IN China will last a couple of yegrs
IT will BE- repetition OF the Tepinz rev
OlutiOn,' he said. When the lilies have
captured Pekin the Boxers VIII BE- broken