The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-15

Times publishes the following dispatch
from Tien Tsin, via Shanghai, June a:
"A serious engagement has taken
place between the International column
and the Mohammedan troops of Cen
eral Tung Fuh Slang, near Pekin."
Byron Bresnan, British consul at
Shanghai, who is now in London. says
the Mohammedan troops are armed
with machine guns and repeating
rifles.
Russians Land More Guns.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin says the
Russians have landed four eighteen
timetre guns. These. with the LOO
men, viii start on the march for Pe1in
tomorrow.
A train filled with searchlights pa
trolls the line between Tien Tsin and
Taku.
The opinion is growing that the i'm
peTial troops will attack the interna-
tioual column near the capital, prob
ably at Feng Tai.
General Tung Flu Slang is in front
and General Mich in the rear of the
guards
Ten thousand foreign drilled troops
are still at Shanghai
Boxers Driven Back.
The international expedition has
passed Lang Fang half way to Pekin.
The troops found the station destroyed
and 200 yards of the track torn up
Upon approaching the station they
found the Boxers still carrying on
the work Of destruction, but the latter
bolted into the village upon the APP
prOach of the advance party. A shell
from a siX-pOundeT was dropped into
the village and the Boxers fed up
the line. Above the station small
party was discovered engaged in tear
ing up the track, but a few long range
shots drove them off The patrol re-
turned this morning and reports that
a mile and a quarter of the track has
been destroyed. The expedition viii
remain for the present at Lang Fang
Gates Guarded By 10000 Troops.
A courier who arrived this morning
from Pekin and Lang Fang brought
a letter from the American legation
stating that General Tung Fun Slang
intends to oppose the entrance Of the
foreign troops into Pekin. Ten thou
sand troops are guarding the south
gate The courier reports that II Is
said that upwards Of Z,00e fboNers
are in the immediate neighborhoOd OF
Lang Fang.
Railroad communication between
this place and Admiral Seymour 5 IN
ternational forces has been cut three
miles beyond Yang Tsun Two bridges
have been destroyed. It is rumored
here that the Boxers are determined
to burn Tien Tsin station tonight.
Owing to the extensive damage done
to the railroad line, it IS now reared
the international troops cannot reach
Pekin before Sunday
The japanese cruiser Suma has ar
rived at Taku.
, More Trouble Ahead.
: London. June Is, 4:25 a. m.-Observers
at Shanghai and Tien Tsin think there
[ is a great deal more trouble ahead Tor
? the concert of powers than merely
2 reaching Pekin with 1000 men. Serious
1 disturbances have taken place at uhs-
Nan-Fu and Meng-Tse, as well as oth-
: er points at a considerable distance
from the capital.
The whole Chinese empire seems %
be in a feTmeut.
The intentions Of the empress dow
, ager are still equivocal with bal
2 ance of testimony on the side OF a de-
: termination to eXpel the appropriations
of q Part of her country or TO lose
her dynasty in the ATTEMPT
It is related of her that on Monda'
following the murder of the chancellor
of the japanese legation she was reused
e to q. sense of danger and went personal
" TO the Yung-Ting gate of Pekin
= where she advised the rioters TO DIS
4 perse. But she took no steps t. apply
J, force. and the appearance of things IS
4 more threatening than before
I, Diplomats Are Divided.
A special dispatch from shanghai
p dated today says:
4 "A report has reached here tEat tnl
: British. American and japanese minis
tiers in Pekin favor the restoration 81
- Emperor Kwang Su, but that nc
o French and Austrian ministers -ns.si
; ! upon the powers taking charge OF chi
. ma. II is further reported that the re-
spectfve divisions of the country kavI
already been assigned The beheI
that the withdrawal Of the BRITISH
ships from the Yang-Tse- KiaDg is al
indication of Great Britain's disclaimer
e of the sphere" theory
Japanese Legation Burned
Later reports from Tien Tsin confirm
: the news of the burning of the Jap
, anese legation. but the rumor that
d minister has been murdered IS not con
) irmed. Fifteen hundred Russians VIII
: four guns, have arrived outside OF re
= kin. This makes 1900 Russians Wh'
n I nave lcAlAACAs
:, s.It is regarded as certain that tn
a Japanese government viii take activ
! stesD concerning the murder OF IN
r ! chancellor of the japanese LEGATION
In consequence of a disturbance
Che Foo. the German flagship and b
= NJ. s. Phoenix have returned there Z
Russian warship with $50 troops na
gone TO Han KOw.
Chinese desperadOes at Cuin-San
forty miles from Shanghai, have seize
three steam launches and treated n
passengers practically.
The japanese have sent two NOR
cruisers and have landed 800 additiona
troops.
French Accused of Intrigue.
A telegram received from YUM
Flu. SAYS that the English and Fee,
missions there have been burned
that the foreign residents have -.
refuge in the viceTOy's residence. n
trouble. this dispatch says. IS rs@sot *
to be due to French iDtrigues.
The buildings of the China lnlan
were partially destroyed. and those o
the Roman Catholic Aid Bible chris
tan nissionswe re utterly demollsheo
All missionaries are safe.
A Russian troop snip passed up u
Yang Use Wednesday, June Is. II wa
reported that her troops were SO p
landed at Hankow. hut the Russian of
fcials at Shanghai explain that tn
! transport has merely gone to Hanko'
TO load for Odessa. and the troops o.
board are time expired men on tnel
Z way home.
While Admiral Seymour, with the IL