Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-14

DURING PEKIk sEAeE.

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ClaysvilQs, Pa..-Two years ago DR.
John InglAs of this town took his
yeung bride Ito China, having beer
called by the Presbyterian board Of
foreign missions to take charge of the
An. Tin hospital in Pekin. They start
cd for China the day after hiswedding
MITE. Inglis ts "a daughter OF ex-senator
II. L. Marshall of Usage City, Kas. DR.
and Mrs. Inglis ars homecoming home
by the way of India and the Suei
canal.
The doctor took an active part In
the defense of the band OF Foreigners
and native Christians dn the British le'
CATION and was witness to the hOr'
rors of the sejgs. He kept n diary
which covers the flight Ct tho mission.
aries to the legation, the terrible siege
the relief by the allies ~nd their
vengeance upon the Imperial city. The
Itsut of his diary, almost entire, rs
herewith presented:
June 9.-Just at dusk yesterday we
gathered together n few OF our good,
and provisions, put them into cart
and, leaving everything behind, fled
TOR our lives. We had received word
just before dark that all Americans
except those ALREADY alt the legation
would take refuge i'm the Methodist
compound. whittier a guard of &c
United Stables maxines would be sent
from the legation Tor protection
Theodore and the baby getting inside
the cart, l STARTED outside with my re-
volyer i'm hand. 1t was almost 10
O'Clock p. m. when we arrived. so we
found almost every other refugee al.
ready here. Reports from native
sources are alarming. The raliu'ond has
been torn up between here and lien.
Itsin, and whole villages or native
Christians destroyed.
Jnue 1O.-Naltive Christians are pour
ing in from the country with terrible
stories OF disaster. Sons who have
Eeen their parents kiiled before them
eyes, old men and women, boys and
girls, husbands without wives, pss.ntss
without children, are coming fusm out
side districts, aHl telling The same sad
STORY: "The Boxers are burning our
homes and kilIing US because we srl
Christians"
June 11.-Our place is being forti.
fed day and night. Twenty of us have
been armed with rifles, and are DRILL
ing with the United STATES marines
Inns makes forty armed men all told
We are cut off from the outside world
today.
June l2.-The church is being forti-
fed for place to make "a final stand
In case vi ATTACK. Mr.. GameweH, Il
tteaIcher in the college, is the foatifier
Moore refugees hourly. We now have
between 800 and 400 All men with
firearms have Ito do sentry duty five to
twelve hours "a day. The ladies make
coffee at midnight and then again al
a m.
June 13.-This has been an awful
day. Chinese soldiers and Boxers
pouring into the city. No foreigners
can 60 beyond the range of our Gdfles
with sa6ety. Chinese soldiers have
taken possession OF THE big city gate
near us.
June 14.-GOd only knows whaH
went on in Pekin last night. I war
stationed on guard upon the roof ol
the church. just at dusk an immense
mob gathered. 1t fired the streea
Chapel alt the end Of 1.-THE lane and ther
STARTED up the lane to attack us. The
marines made bayonet charge an6
the mob concluded to fire us some
other night. Last night the rioters
burned every foreign house, churcl
hospital i'm the east city except thu
ones we were holding ait the American
Methodist compound.
Straggling Chinese Christians are
coming in today telling the most aw
full bloodshed thali occurred last night
Ny first assistant at She hospital 1.
here, and has lost his wife. She was
separated from him in the mob. HI
lives next door 10 tlrs hospital, anc
says that laNt night The mob ATTACKED
tt. footing what il wanted and burn
ing it to the ground. My second as
as'bant rs reported killed; third anC
fourth not heard from; the fifth bare
ly escaped with bis life. A young
teacher fed hither ALTER seeing hel
mother lying dead Oh abe sureet-hel
skull split open by Boxers sword
The stories of raplne and murder ar
too terrible to pen.
June 15.-LaSt night an immense
mob of Boxers gathered in the south
1rn city. Their one cry was xii, dl
the foreign devil, kill, XII, kill, kill!
lit seemed AS il ala demons in hell hat
been let loose for the dreadful perse
cutiIon of Christians. German soldier,
killed seven Boxers last night. Fire
continue over the City. No word from
Tien-tsin and no word of the troops
] went with four civilians and si'
marines to atlta'ck "a temple near US
where the Boxers had rendezvous
When we got up to it our birds hat
flown. After this we cleared the Stree
between us and the iegaIIion. Th'
work of fortifying goes on rapidly.
June 16.-Soldders raided "a temple
killed 30 Boxers. Last night DR.. j. FL
Ingrane, Messrs. Tuckesbury, Ewing
and / went over TO the big city gate
one and one-fourth miles away, and al
the points of our rifles locked and a