Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-07
BL0oDSHED
Five thousand Native Converts
Butchered There.
TORTURES OF FOREIGNERS.
Chinese Imperial Treasurer StrOve
For Moderation, but Edicts Were
Issued Ordering the Extcrmi-
nation of All Aliens.
TORTURES OF FOREIGNERS.

London, July There is a mass of
80 contradictory on most points, 1t con-
tinues unanimous as to the contamination
of the tragedy at Picking. TO consistent
reports of the massacre of the whites are
now added the additional horrors that
savage soldicrly butchered at the capital
5000 natives, Roman Catholic converts.
This comes in II Shanghai dispatch Of
July s, which only adds to the reports
given by respectable Chinese who have
arrived from Chian-Fu and who describe
Picking as nm inferno, the streets liter
ally running with blood.
They confirm numerous stories Of exc
cutions and untold tortures inflicted on
isolated foreigners and European soldiers
captured by the mob.
The authority of Yung-I4u, the Chinese
imperial treasurer, who advocated mod
GRAFTON, was completely effaced by Princes
Tuap-Kang-Yi and Tung-Fuh-Sian, who
issued fresh edicts ordering the merciless
determination of all foreigners in the en-
pire.
The News From Tien-tsin.
A dispatch from Tien-tsin, dated June
%, via Chefu, July l, and Shanghai, July
5, says
"Those best informed in Tien-tsin be-
lieve the position of the foreigners in Pc
king is almost hopeless. 1t is vain to
attempt to force the way to the capital
with the foreign troops available. Com
manders are willing to resort to desper-
ate means, but to attempt a forced march
from Tien-tsin with the forces at hand
seems certain destruction to the army as
well as the slaughter Of the civilians left
Mt Tien-tsin. 1t is necessary to have
enough soldiers to defeat the Chinese
army, maintain communication with the
base of supplies and guard the hospitals
en- route. The water supply is an impor-
tant problem in a country furnishing
none except river wells, which are being
poisoned.
"The Chinese are committing terrible
atrocities upon the wounded. They are
mutilating all the dead which fall into
their hands.
'Ten regiments of General Nieh's COM
mand north Of Tien-tsin are reported to
have deserted and gone to pillaging the
country. Residents declare that the Chi
nese commune was %inaugurated by peace
able Chinese who have been the greatest
sufferers from the foreign soldiers, who
are burning the outskirts of Tien-tsin to
deprive the enemy of shelter. The Box
ers are destroying outlying villages for
loot. The smoke of a hundred fires can
be seen in every direction.
Cessation Of Bombardmcnt.
"Tien-tsin was not bombarded today
for the first time in a fortnight. Fam
lilies are returning to their homes within
the concessions. Women and children
will be sent to Taku as soon as travel
is safe. No u%nfriendly Cinnamon are
visible in the streets. A few of the rich
est with their families are huddled in
the outhouses for protection, badly
frightened. Others concealed in various
houses shoot at the Europeans on the
street.
"The Chinese dead about Tien-tsin
number thousands. Most of those who
have been killed lie unburied in the
fields. The river of Taku is full of float
ing bodies, and many have been washed
up by the tide. Dogs are feeding on the
bodies along the banks.
"The small American contingents ev-
erywhere lave distinguished themselves.
Captain McCalla and Major Waller arc
most popular at Tien-tsin. Their men
are placed in the lead of every move
ment. BY COMMON consent the British
are close beside them.
"The foreigners in Tien-tsin declare,
however, that they owe their lives to the
Russians, without whom the other small
detachments must have been overwhelm-
ed on that darkest Wednesday when the
Chinese were pressing on every side and
the bravest men were abandoning hope.
The Russian commander, Colonel Wo-
Jack, arranged the main body with the
civilians to make a sortie in the direction
of Taku. He left 400 Russians to de-
fend the city and engage the attention
of the Chinese, the intention being for
them ultimately to sacrifice themselves.
The arrival of the Americans saved the
day.. Their coming proved a complete
surprise"