Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-16

arrived from the vicinity of Tien Tsin
with a large force of Kan Su braves.
BY this time the walls of the legation
had been battered down and most of
the buildings were in ruins. Many of
the allies had fallen at their posts and
the small band that was left tool refuge
in the wrecked buildings which they en-
deavored hastily to fortify.
Upon them the fire of the Chinese ar
tillery was now directed. Toward sun
rise it was evident that the ammunition
of the allies was running out and at Z
o'clock as the advances of the Chinese
in force failed to draw a response a rush
was determined on.
Thus standing together after the sun
rose, the little remaining band, all Eu-
ropeans, met death stubbornly.
There was a desperate hand-to-hand
The Chinese lost heavily, but
as one man fell others advanced and. fl
nally. overcome by overwhelming odds.
every n of the Europeans remaining
was put to the sword in the most afro
cious
The Shanghai correspondent of he x-
press, OF the alleged authority of our
iers who brought the story. gives a very
sensational account. He says:
"Maddened with hunger. after having
been without food for many days, the
members of the legation M the guards
mad a sortie on the night of June 80.
and killed 200 Chinese in an unexpected
attack. General Tung Fuh Slang, en-
ragged over the loss of so man. men.
brought up heavy guns and Prince Tuan
gave the order that every foreigner must
be destroyed. His words We're: Destroy
every foreign yestige and make China
: a sealed book to all western POWERS.
Prince Tuan nae previously discover
ed that Prince Ching was supplying the
foreigners with ammunition. He there
fore ordered General Tung Fuh Slang
to bear on Prince Ching's troops, and it
is reported that Ching was killed or Sc
verely wounded.
In the final attempt to cut their way
through. the le~gationers formed a quare
the women and children in the center.
When the Boxers realized that they were
being attacked they became like wild
beasts and shot each other with revolt
vers. Heavy guns bombarded all night
until the buildings We're demolished and
in flames.
MANY foreigners were roasted in the
flames. The Boxers rushed upon them
n hacked and stabbed both dead and
wounded. cutting off their heads and
carrying these through the streets on
their rifles. They then attacked the ma
tive Christian quarters and massacred
all who refused to join them, outraged
the women and Drained the children
Hundreds of mission buildings were
burned" The correspondent adds:
"A1l China is now aname with revenge
against foreigners. The extreme west is
only quiet. Even Shanghai is menaced
In the provinces of Hupe and HI Mar
thousands Of native Christians have beer
mutilated and tortured, the women first
being outra ged and then massacred."
The morning papers are unanimous In
believing that the foreigners have beer
annihilated and in calling for retribution
The Times publishes a letter from its
Pekin correspondent, dated June 10
which contains an assertion, made or
seemingly good authority. that the en-
press dowager has decided that every
foreigner was to be massacred that night
1t also publishes the last message from
it's correspondent, dated une IA. wher
the Boxers made two attempts to rush
the foreign quarters.
Canton dispatches say that Ii Huns
Chang had planned to start for the north
on July IS. but he is much debilitated. HI
ordered the leader of the "Black Flags
to march with 10000 men overland t,
/ Pekin against the Boxers.
It is reported from SHANGHAI that th'
allied fleets are concentrating off Sha1
Hal Kwan and have been ordered tt
she'll and capture the forts. The Toxic
telegram that 1000 Japanese
troops are now embarking.