Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

DURING PEKIN sEAGB.


.An.Isln hospital in pekln. They StarL'
cd for China rhe day after hlsweddiIg.
Mrs. lnglis Nv daughter CT ex-senator
4. l.. Marshall OF Usage City, Kas, DIR.
and Mrs. lngds are homecoming home
by the way Of India and me huez
canal,
The doctor took an active part In
abe defense OF the band OF foreigners
and native Christians In the British le-
galdon and WAS witness 10 the hor-
rois Of the seige. lie kept n diary
which covers the flight of The m's'ion.
aries to the legation, the terrible siege,
the reIdcf by the allies and their
Vengeance upon the imperial city The
feNt Of his diary, almost entire, 70
herewith presented;
June O,--Jlsd vt dusk yesterday we
gathered together few Of our goods
and provisions, pwt them lnt1 earl,
and, leaving everything behind, fled
for our lives. We had received word
just before dark thait adj Americans
except thoSe already at the legallon
would take refuge in the Methodist
compound, whittier guard OF 20
United States marines would be- sent
from the legation fr projection.
Theodore and the baby gttng inside
the cart, ! started outside with my re-
Nover i'm hand, II was almost 10
O'Clock p, N, when we errlyed 80 we
found almost every other refugee al.
reauy mere. hvpolts llull lG'tNe
.Soulcts are alarming. The rNVrA,d has
been ,Orl up ud,w,,n mere and lien
Isin, and wh,4e yi,IJgts or native
Chrq'aanS destroyed,
Jnue lO--NoNys Christians are pour
ing IN from the country wan lerlable
storss OF G.sAGer SYns who have
seen their pJrtnus H1ed before their
eyes, old men and women, boys and
girls, hu-banoS wi,nol wives, parems
wMnowl chi,drtn, are ming from out.
side districts, al ;raing the same sad
SlOry! "lhe Boxes are burning our
homes and k.!.ng us because we aGo
Christians"
June ,l.--Our pace is being fortl-
hSd Gay and night Twenty of us have
been ARMED with rides, and ARE drlM-
AiB N"l 'HV "NV" 't'"'H "''h 'hNs'
Ihis makes fomy drned men al told.
We are cue OIL iiom the oW,slde world
tUday,
June l2.--'rhe church Is being forti-
hed for place 10 makes llnnI stand
Ia ease "a lI.tnrk. Mr.. tiNmewel, u
l,lrher In the college, Is the fortlher
M,re refugees hourly, We now have
between $40 and 4OO' AA men with
firearms have 10 do sentry du;S 1--WE TO
twelve hours a day The ladies make
coffee at midnight ana then again M
a H.
June l3-IlllS has been an nwIu'
day. Chinese soldiers and boxers
pouring INTO the ~ W foreigners
can SO beyond The range or our rifles
with FdltEN Chimes soldiers have
taken possession Of the b'g city gate
near Us.
June li,-God cr'S knows what
went On IN Prkin la't night was
a,&idvned on guard upon the rocf Of
ahe church Ju"i Al, nu'E san immense
mob gathered, 10 Cred The Street
chapu 90, ms end OF The lame ana chen
STARTED up the Iane - attack W.. The
mWriats made a l"NCnIt charge and
The mob concluded 40 lire rs some
other night Last night the rioters
burned every foreign house. church
hospII1l dn the easn cEy except the
ones we were holding at the American
Methodist c9mp llnd.
Stragg'ng chinese Christians are
coming in today telling the m,st aw.
tul bl0odSheu THAN occurred I@gt night.
My hrSl @seltilamt ut the hospital is
here, and has lost his wife. She was
separated From him IN The mob. lie
lives next door TO the hospital, and
says lhat YaNt night the mob attacked
DIT, looting what IL wanted and burn
Ing 1t to the ground. MY second a3I
SiJtant rs reported Killed; third and
fourth not heard from; the fifth bare.
~ escaped with his life. A young
teacher He'd hhher NI,er seeing. her
mother lying dead On the, streetSsssIef
skull spit 0pcn Us u lioNtrs sllstlN.
dhe stories OF Eap(lie gudliu lrdfr. are
too 'teNibie TO pen. "a . 5'' F. 80
June l5-luSt night an immense
mob OF Boxers gathered In the south.
ern chty Their one cry wals "Klll, kiil
the foreign devil, Kill, kill, kill, Kill!"
1T seemed as II alll demons in he'll had
been let loose for the dreadful pcrse.
cut'ion of Christians. German soldiers
III I'D a.