Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-16

Five Thousand ItussiaNs Ready o.
Land ~ tTaku-Nunning Right he,
tween british Marincs aud Hos,
ers- Mere Troubie Feared tor L..
ternstionai Coiumns-GOid Coast
Coiony IN Dangcr-toreiga Notes.
London, June lj,-The correspondents
az Tirn Tsin, Shanghai aud othrr treaty
ports throw side lights un the rhinrre
situation, According Ia one dlspat, I,
iI"n Ticn Tsih II In understood th,ru
mat the foreign minister viii Insist, as
soon as irrEh bayonris arrive ~ pckin,
upon the removal al the anii-for.ign
advisors of the empress Gowagcr uni NJ,
on the substitution Tor them uf coun-
ncllorS friendly tn wcstcrn civilization,
The English ~ shanghai are anaid
that Great Britain has been deceived
| ana that the whole business viii hav. Ia
bc gone through asaln, i,usSias aims.
| they argue, urc not understood, and
Russia ana France air apparently not
working In III" same spirit as the other
powers, Five thousand Russians are
ready 10 land ~ Taku,
| n correspondent accompanying the In
| tcrnatiunai column marching to Pekin,
IN a dispatch dated Ticn Tin. June u.
sayr;
| While the working parties, accom-
panied by a patrol III ~ british marines.
| commanded by Major Johnson. were re-
| pairing the line Monday afternoon. eight
miles beyond l.ofn. they encountered
small parties of Boxers who were de-
stroying the line, The Boxers moved
away from the advancing marines AMI
apparently disporsed into the country,
leaving the rails and the slccpcis burn
Ing.
The marines. when two miles In ad-
vance OF the first train, near Lang
Fang, suddenly perceived Bakers stream-
Ing from u villag. on their left. II was
estimated that they numbered 1000.
some Of them being mounted. and they
were trying to get between the marines
and the train. Most Of them wcrc armed
with spears and swords, \ few hgl fire.
arms, which they handled awi,wardly.
The marines rctrcated. keeping up
running fight FOR over mile and killing
between 20 and 30.
The Boxers pursued the British for
some distance Then, seeing more ma
rines from the train coming to their as
sistance. Major Johnson's 10 halted and
poured a heavy. continuous fire into the
crowd. driving them across the front of
the reinforcing blue Jackets. who pun
lshed the Boxers severely with MaXims.
The Boxers fled; and the Europs ans,
following up their success, cleared out
two villages. The total loss OF the Box
ers Is estimated at ~ killed and wounded,
Seven Of their wounded were attended
by British surgeons. The British loss
was nothing.
Unless their loss causes the Boxers to
lose heart, the Internal ional column win
have much trouble before 1t reaches
Psip Pesip. The he. railway is 80 much damaged
The Times. In an extra edition. pup
fishes the following dispatch from f'K'h'
dated June II. Up. M:
The chancellor Of the japanese Itga-
ton, Sugiyama Akira. while prcceeaihs
alone and unprotected on official du'y.
was brutally murdered by soldiers ot
Tung Fu Slang, the favoiite Loiysusld
of the empress at Manigate lail! oad
station yesterday. The foreign lem
forcements are daily expected. The
present isolated position OF Pekin. the
destruction Of foreign property In the
country, and the insecurity of life are
directly attributable to the tleachery or
the Chinese government.
Accra, June 13-Details have been re-
ceived here of another serious reverse
to the relief column under Colonel Garter
and Major Wilkinson. There were heavy
casualties. The latest rumOrs report a
further disaster TO the detachment ON
the north bank of the Prah river, where
the Ashantis were found strongly en-
trcnched. The continued absence OF
news from Kumassi tends to confirm
the pessimistic views as to the safety
of the governor and his staff. The coast
towns are apprehe rsive of their own
safety The British gunboat Magpie.
stationed at Accra, is the sole protection
for the coast.
Boston. June 13.-An inventory Of the
mission property in north China belong
ing TO the American Board of Foreign
Missions shows the Sc figures: At Tien
Tsin. $19513; at Pekin, $3i,43742; at
Tung-C Chow and North China college,
s56. .27O. 40: at Kalgan. $13,92l.10: at Pao-
ting-Fu, $l3,61S.50; at Pong Chuans. $l6,-
$50. at Lin Ching, $12.O21; in the western
hills sanitarium, $4425; at Rocky Point,
$500: a total valuation of $171 .2Sl5l.
Santiago, Chilli, June 13-President
ErrazuriZ has had third and dangerous
attack of paralysis. Death is simply
ouest ON of time. The executive func-
tlons have been transferred to Prime
Minister Albano.
Washington, June 13.-The secretary
of state has issued a warrant for the sur
render to the British authorities or
lanes Dawson, under arrest in New
York on a charge of robbing his EN-
ployer, a merchant in Durham, Natal.
Politics VIII Dominate Action.
Albany, Jne l3.-GOvernor Roosevelt
had a long conference yesterday with
Attorney General Davies and Judge
Cohne regarding the ice trust matter.
He would make no statement OF his IN
tention. so far as the removal OF Mayor
Van Wyck is concerned. The governor
stated that he did not expect report
from the attorney general until after the
penublican national convention.