The evening times., 1900-07-25
SOME MISSIONARIES SAFE.
Letters From China Tell of the EI-
forts 10 Escape the Boxer.

hOFtN 10 EScaDe the boxers
NEW YORK. July 25.-OnIy oae cable
message was received from China by the
missionary organizations yesterday. This
was from Bishop F. P Graves. who has
charge Of the Episcopal missionary work
in the Yangtse-Kiang Valley II was re-
ceived at the Office OF the Domestic and
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church. II read:
Men al posts. All safe"
it was sent from Shanghai. Taken in
connection with 4 despatch received from
Bishop Graves few days ago. saying that
the women OF the mission stations had
gone to Japan. il means that ali the Epis-
eoDai missionaries stationed along fhe
1angtse- -Kiang Valley are in places Of
safety. The Episcopal society had forty
missionaries in Central China.
Several letters were received from differ
ent missionaries in China. An interesting
one was that received at the Office of the
Presbyterian Board. sent by J. Walter
LCwrie from Tientsin on June l.. Mr..
LOwrie was stationed al Paoting-Fu- but
came out 10 Shanghai with his mother,
Mrs. a T. LOwrie. who was about 20 start
for the United States. before the Boxers
cut of the escape OF those al Paoting-
Flu Mr. LOwrie was able 70 return only
as far as Tientsin. He describes the es-
cape Of the Belgian party from Poeting-
Flu. which lost TWO. and says:
"Pekin foreigners were in great terror
yesterday All gathered in the British
Legation. and The crowd outside was ugly
and threatening Fifteen hundred AmeTi-
can and British undertook 10 break
through 20 Pekin 10 their relief. repairing
the railroad as they went Russians and
French said. Il Is ''impo5seeble,"
'Tung-Cho College was burned down aft
er The forty foreigners al the mission had
left It under escort This news when il
reaches Pcating-Fu viii increase the--
alarm They are protected only by the To-
cal sOldIery. The Boxers are towards. and
probably fear that our friends are armed
The Catholics al Tupgsin. thirty II south
west OF POating-Fu. repulsed large
band a few days ago. killing three, and the
rest threw their guns away in their flight
SIR. Lowrie's letter says that Miss Anna
Gould. who was supposed 20 be in Pekln.
Is in PoaIing-Fu- He also mentions the
death OF Jwo missionaries of the Society
for the PrOpagaticn OF the Gospel Aess-s-
Norman and Robinson at Iuls-Ch 'nE.
about forty miles frcm Pekiu.
DR. ". r. Ferries. Ct the Presbyterian
mission az ~ el-Hicn- destroyed Dg l1- la>
Jiyes. writing from Shanghai June &c. 20
the Presbyterian Beard. says
Troops are pouring into Tientsin, and
Pekin cannot be entered il q hurry The
Russians saved TieutsIn. japanese come
up and take their stsud Dy the English and
Americans in rhe front line as certain 9th
OF European troops TC-iTe- AugiG-SaXGu
soldiers have been brave 20 foJIhariiues-.
bot have had few casualties Captain sc
Gala says Come on. boys and the boys
sing There VIII De a Hot Time in Pekin
Tonight But they can't get there
Dr. y. &. Carroll Of the Methodist Mis-
siouary Society. received a letter from the
Rev Frederick Brown dated ChefcC June
- Nr Brown was q passenger on the
last train that left Pekln. Many OF the
other foreigners were preparing 20 start by
the railroad the nex- day. bat there Eas Eo
train