The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
TO MARCH ON PEK.N0.
>Foreixn Powers to send 4 Big EoFoo
to the Chinese Capital to Back
Up Ministe rs' Demands.

& London, June 1.-THE admirals at
Taku, acting in concert, are forcibly
.reopening the railway from Tien-Tsin
to Picking. Gangs of laborers are re-
pairing the damaged line, which is
guarded by 1900 men, composed of de-
tachments from the foreign fleet. One
hundred Americans, under Capt. Nc
Gala, are among them. They have
guns and armored trains for use when
the line is repaired, which can hardly
be effected before tonight.
Ten thousand troops of all national
tiles, according to dispatch to the
Daily Express from Shanghai, will be
sent to Peking to back up the demands
of the ministers upon the government,
or, if necessary, to suppress the Boxers
themselves. :@E. '@
Tien-Tsin, June 11.-There are 81 for
eign war vessels at Taku. 4 message
from Picking to the admirals asserts
that the situation is hourly gro wing
more dangerous for foreigners. All
those at Picking have taken refuge in
Legation street. The civilian males are
under arms to fight with the re guitars
it necessary. The approaches to Le-
cation street are surrounded by howl.
ing mobs of undisciplined soldiery,
with cannon and bayonets. The inter-
national guard were holding off the
mob, which screamed insults and
threats. This was the situation Sat
urday when the couriers got through
with the latest dispatches. The en-
press dowager was amusing herself at
the palace with tbeatricals. 1t is re-
ported that government arms are being
dealt out to the Boxers. The troops
of Tung Pub Seang are said to be as
sisting to kill native Christians after
malignant tori ures.
The special train that went to ex-
anime the line and reconnoiter re-
turned Saturday night. The railway
was found clear two miles beyond
Yang Tsuh. The engineers, with the
guards. walked ~ miles further.
They found the ties and two bridges
burned and the railway torn up. They
saw few hundred persons. apparent
ly villagers. gathered ahead of them.
The first repair train. with Admiral
Seymour and his staff, $50 British,
Capt. McCalla's 100 Americans, 40
Italians and rs Austrians, left Sunday
morning: A Hotchkiss and other guns
were mounted in the center of the
train. A second train left at IL with
600 British. japanese. Russian and
French troops. Repairing material
and new rails were taken along.
London, June 11.-Details have been
received from Shanghai regarding the
recent murders of railway engineers
by Boxers. 1t seems that party of
30, including six ladies and one child,
left Pao Ting Flu in IL boats under
military escort After traversing 50
miles in safety they missed their way:
The boats grounded, and the Boxers
opened fire upon the unfortunate oc-
cupants, using both rifles and wooden
cannon. The engineers returned the
fire effectively, and the party landed.
One lady and three men got separated
from the main body. They were bru-
tally killed. The survivors formed a
square, with those able to bear arms
outside, and the women inside, ard
made, off toward. Tien-Tsin. They
travelled three and half days, 'fiRlht-
ing all the way. More than 2,coo
cartridges were expended, and ammu-
milton was running short They es-
timatel that they killed at least q
hundred rebels. The men behaved like
heroes, carrying the women and chill
dren. One lady of the party was
close to maternity. Twelve miles
from Ten sin three men disappeared
and were murdered. The survivors
eventually met the rescue party, and.
much exhausted, they were escorted
to Tien-Tsin.
London, June 1.-THE Peking CORE
spondent of the Times, telegraphing
Sunday, says: The American mission
buildings a. Tung- Chau, ~ miles from
Peking. which were abandoned by the
missionaries. have been looted and
burned by the Chinese soldiery who
were sent to protect them. Within
three days Is native Christians, we'll
known men. who had been trained for
years by American missionaries. have
been massacred near Tung-Chau
Many of them were burne>. alive.