Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-02
THROUGH SEWER
MINISTER WHO LED TROOPS INTO
PEKIN.
RUSSIANS WERE TOO CLEVER,
Made Night March to Capture City
Alone-Japs and Americans
Beat Them in.

San Francisco, Oct. 2.@Some interest
ing details of the relief of the foreigners
in Pekin are told by Rev. Frederick
Brown, presiding elder of the Methodist
mission in Tien Tsin, who guided the al
lied forces into the Chinese capital. Mr..
Brown who arrived here on the Copt.c,
was in Pekin a the time If the Boxer
outbreak and was one Of the last persons
to leave that city before communication
with the outside world had beer cur on.
He lett pekin June 4th ana with great
difficulty reached Tien Ts!n. He im!nedl-
ately organized an expedition for the re-
lief of Pei Tai Ho, where a party OF sew
enty five foreigners, mostly women and
children, We're besieged by the Chinese.
AlSout thirty Americans were ir ne par
ty, DIR. Browns family among them. He
{ sent his family to Japan for safety, put
considered that his duty lay In China and
made an effort to return to Fien Tsin.
hut as n was refused passage by the mil
itary authorities, he succeeded in getting
throueh on an American gunboat. AS ne
was familiar with the city OF Pekln, MS
advice was asked regarding the best
means of entry, and it was on his sug-
gestion that the sewer under the clty's
wall was chosen by the Americans and
British. The result CT this was their ar
rival several hours before the Russians
and japanese.
In relating his experiences, DR.. Brown
said:
The capture Of Tien Tsin on July -
(bv the allied forces was so unexpected
that the various treasures, yamens and
minis did not have time TO hide their
treasures or destroy their l
was requested by the allies to search the
dockets and files of the various Chinese
Departments and in doing SO came across
many entries and accounts which clear
ly incrinltnate the highest officials. In
the day book of the viceroy an entry oc-
49, -. T,-J,, 4 . ~ = w Io
fled. 10, goo taels had been given to Chief
Joker Chang Ching. for food for his men.
Another entry shows that LABS taels had
been given Yang Shou Chen for white
flour for two days rations for his meri.
Another entry is for forty taels given to
a wounded Boxer. In all these entries
there is no mention made of there being
a DEBT. but all are cash entries. showing
that the money was duly paid out of the
viceroy's treasure.
.4One entry shows where 80 taels each
had been given to the bearer for two
hands cut from the dead bodies OF Tor
eigners. Many headleSS bodies OF ma
rines We're found on tn field after the
battle Of June Is, and this article shows
at once the reason for the mu.ilatlon. a
complete register of all the Boxers in all
the villages was also found, giving names
and description so perfect that the list
will be of great assistance. There was an
incident of the march OF the relief col
lr,nn on Fekin which I think the world
should know as showing disposition OF
the Russians to play tricks on the allies.
When we were within Is miles or Pekln
the Russian commander gave notice to
the other commanders that his men were
TOO tired and footsore to proceed much
further, and said that he would not at
temp to reach Pekin next day but would
march only about eight miles. In the dis
position of the forces. the japanese We're
in advance. and during the night the
Russians quietly started on a march in
tending to slip away from the rest OF the
forces and get into PelSin first in order to
secure whatever advantage might accrue
therefrom. The Jaranesa were on the
alert. however, and forestalled their
ora fty effort"