New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
FROM a CHINESE DIARY.
ConttaueS from nrwt pare.


notes the person addressed IS FIRST class
On June l2 those OF the Chinese party belong.
Ing 10 the Tsung-li-Yamen and Grand Councli
went TO the Empress Dowager and urged hard
that she ought to show some sign OF disapprovai
of the murder of Sugtyanla- even TO the extent
10 law. me Empress DowaSer. bac.-ed by the
Nanchu party, was obdurate at mrs. ana her
Chinese advisers were unsuccessful, but after a
while she issued decree saying that she was
Erieve6 ct hearing OF the murder and thought
the deed 10 have been the work Of local outlaws
the contrary. All Peking now felt that some
sort OF calamity was approaching the city, and
many families moved out and sought for refuge
south, west north and northwest everywhere
IN fact but in the doomed city,
II was on the 18th when the Boxers first
attacked the legations The foreign troops re-
plied with several voleys, stretching many
others whereupon the rest OF the Boxers rapidly
retresfsd from the legations Then they came
on a mission compound. east of the legations,
which had been vacated by the foreign mission
aries by that time, hut was stin occupied by
some two hundred converts and their women
and children The Boxers surrounded and SET
fire to the compound. So that between sword
end flames the whole lot OF these unfortunate
converts were either ruthlessly slain or burnea
70 cinders. That night the Boxers also attacked
q foreign house in the 'Lamplight Market or
night bazaar" where also stood the mousse OF
Sir Robert Hart These were also destroyed.
while the condsgration spread TO the other
houses, lasting far into the next day.
June 1.-THE Boxers had by this time IN
creased TO such extent that the whole OF the
Eastern city was filed with these humans
eigners:" that one In the city could sleep
wink that night. The streets were filled with
armed Boxers, who patrolled all the streets with
long swords in their hands, and who ruth!sssS ~
cut down any who was unlucky enough 20
give them the slightest offence, no matter who
the might be, insomuch tnat no oecene
person dared to leave his house and Walk or rloe
through the streets
On June 10 at $50 p m. the Boxers divided
themselves in two bands Of couple or thoussho
each and again attacked the legations The TOT,
eign troops met the Boxers on the street ana
ers were retreating helter SHELTER, the foreign
troops chasing them short distance Ihen
came cry frightening everybody, that forelgn
troops were fighting their way out Of the city
But this due to the foreigners chasing the
Boxers short distance past the legations, and
as they did not go any further, the run1or SUD
sided soon afterward. In this second night the
Boxers, who had no firearms but were armed
only with swords, three pronged forks ana
spears and who apparently trusted in their in
vunerabity against sword and bullet to get
into the legations lost large number in killed
and wounded. I myself saw the wounded BOX
ers as they were being carried off the field by
their comrades, complain 10 the latter:
You told me we all were invulnerable, and
could not get hurt by either bullet or sword.
How is it, then. that am wounded now like
any one else?"
on the day word was received of the fighting
at Tien-Tsin there was a huge commotion and
rioting mostly in the eastern and western great
thoroughfares. TO which great fusillade of rifle
firing succeeded. This was due to those places
being near the Austrian Legation, the inmates
OF which, hearing great commotion among the
them approach close TO the Legation, began to
shoot them. The Boxers returned the fire, the
mutual firing lasting till the third watch Ql:3O
p NJ. when both sides ceased. l may say tnat
my house is only sixty yards from the Austrian
Legation. Next morning there were several
dead bodies living near the Austrian Legation,
the result of the last evenings rife fusillade.
To-day the fire and smoke rising from build
ings set fire in the great street leading along
the Wu Men Csouth gate of the palace) was
awful So dense was the smoke that throughout
the day there was pail over the capital max
ing the pale yellow. It seems that the
Boxers had set fire to the old established
Lilo Tenang drug ship, and. there being at the
time strong southeast wine blowing. the con-
hagratiOn had reached eastward, and as Tar as
Chen Men (gate) westward. 1t consumed the
whole Of the coal market and southwark to
the banks of the canal, leaped over the canal
down the great gate dividing the two Ho-Pao
streets. as far the drum tower outside the
Chen Men. No less than several hundred large
stores were destroyed in this conf1agration
Since the burning Of 93ewellers-st (Chu Pao
shih) and the silver meters establishment
business has fallen considerable causing even
the Szee-Heng Bank to shut its doors. This
bank is the principal establishment OF its kind
In Peking.
Since the fighting of the night Of the 14th
inst, when the Boxers got three of their number
killed by the inmates of the Austrian Legation,
the Boxers have kept at a respectable distance
from the vicinity Of the legations, and during
tht past two nights there has been no commo-
ton near any house. The Boxers say that the
reason that a number got killed was due to their
not succeeding in learning the whole Of Boxer
enchantments, and that those in Peking will
when another attack Will be made against the
legations But We have daily conhagratfons
just now in which either church or house
of a convert has been made the victim.
June 19.-At noon to-day as the German Minis
ter and his interpreter were riding in sedan
chairs to get to the Tsung-li- Yamen and had got
just north Of the Tai-Pai-Lou (Sngle Memorial
Arch, suddenly there heard a shot in the
sedan chair Of the Minister due to the revolver
he carried as personal protection going off &C
cidentaly. The soldiers on guard on the Bel
gian Legation suspected that the shot had been
fired by our Government troops and the foreign
soldiers Immediately left their gates and be-
gan firing on 2assers by. The Belgian Legation
is just next the Te-Hsing-Tang House. There
upon Government troops returned the fire. Dur
ing the mutual fuslades those in the sedan
chairs were hit. the German Minister fatally.
This was the beginning Of a cruel hostility
The Government, feeling that. under the circun-
stances, the matter had got beyond recall ac-
eordingly decided for the first time to order out
the Kansu Corps TO attack the various lega-
tons
June 20, 4 p m.-To-day the Kansu troops
began firing on the Austrian Legation from the
Changan MemoTia! Arch. The noise of the NUT
uei firing from rifles and guns was deafenins
while the bullets constantly fell all around ike
rain drops. The firing lasted all night
June 2l-This morning the firing began again
with terrific herceness. 1 perceived several
Kansu soldiers on top Of the top of our western
neighhoTs' houses firing into the Austrian Ie-
cation AS 1 feared that the troops might d.
rect their fire on this house also and make il
dangerous for us. I al once took nv family
ter, and fed with them into Chiao Ming-st Ge-
gation-st.) for safety At about 1:30 .. m the
Austrian Legation was captured by the Kansu
troops, and about p. m they began setting on
IRE the building near by. The fire was just
south from my house. distance about one hun