The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-06
MANY KILLED
Battle Between Boxers and the
Chinese Soldiers.
Fought Almost Under Walls of
the Capital.
JAPAN CALLS A HALT.
FOrbids Russia to Land Troops
at Taku.
Orders Hurried Mobilization of
Her Fleet.
HELENA ORDERED UP.
Admiral Kemptf to Be Rein
forced at Once.
Battleships Indiana and Massa-
chusetts Made Ready.

CHuS6GGS mduo hOduJs
Shanghai, June 6.-The soldiers dis
patched to attack the Boxers have
fought an engagement quite close to
Pekin. Many were killed on both sides.
In consequence of the representations
of Japan, the landing of a large Russian
force at Taku is alleged to have been
stopped.
1t is believed here that should Rus
s1a persist in sending a preponderating
military force to the front a collision
with Japan will inevitably result
Alarming reports are current here of
the hurried completion of the mobiliza-
tion of the japanese fleet.
BOXERS CLOSE TO TIEN TSIN.
London. June 6-The Pekin CORE
spondent of the Times, telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
Mr. Norman, a missionary of the
Society for the Propagation of the
! Gospel, was cruelty murdered at Yung
Ching on June ?: The viceroy of Pc
| Chilli has officially notified the fact
to the British minister.
The murder was undoubtedly due to
/ the completely of the Chinese govern
/ ment in the disturbances caused by the
( boxers. A secret edict, issued two days
/ ago. forbade the soldiers to fire upon
/ the boxers The soldiers who We're
/ killed at Huang Tsun offered no re-
sistance and were simply guarding the
railway.
1t is indisputable that the chief sup
porters of the boxers include Prince
Tuan. the father, and Hsu Tung, the
guardian of the heir apparent, as we'll
as Tung Fuh Slang, the general COM
manding the hOrdes of KAN Su soldiers
who have long menaced the safety of
| foreigners in Pf-Chi-La 1t is imper-
| atively necessary that the Tien Tsin
| railway should be Immediately pa
| trolled, and patrolled by British guards.
! Tien Tsin itself is apparently quiet but
there is much suppressed excitement.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says:
In official circles here it is believed
that the situation in China has grown
worse. The powers are now exchang-
ing dispatches regarding the appoint
ment of a single commander of the
united European and united American
squadron"
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Tien Tsin, dated June 4, says:
THE situation is very serious. The
boxers are approaching Tien Tsin on
all sides"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing yesterday,
says:
THE boxers are within three miles
of Tien Tsin. In addition to the ma
rines the defensive force includes vol
unteers under the command of Major
Higgs, late of the Sixteenth lancers
The town is practically under arms"
The Daily Express has a dispatch
from Shanghai, dated Tuesday, which
says:
Russian troops have been ordered
from Fort Arthur to the neighborhood
of Pekin to punish the boxers for kill
ing two Cossacks and wounding two
BLACK AND ALARMING.
Berlin, June 6.-The latest news re-
garding the boxers has reached here
both by private and official telegra ms
= all Of which think the situation BLACK
, and alarming. The German foreign
| office considers a recOntre between the
boxers and Russians an event probably
fr'aught with the greatest danger.
News has also reached here that sew
eral German and Catholic missionarie.
in the province of Shan Tung have beer
} incited by the boxers agitation.
! BURNING BRIDGES.
+ Tien Tsin, June g. via Sharghai.-Las
( night passed quietly but Tien Tsin l.
in a very excited state this morning
, About 200 more foreign troops are ex
NSNA-A-CN
through to Pekin on account of th'
= ! burning bridges.
News has just been received from TIL
vicerny through the men sent to Yuns
y Ching that Mr.. Norman, of the Nortl
;. China mission, was murdered Friday o
: Saturday 1t is thought that the vice
roy knew of Mr. Normans murder a
a the time of Mr.. Robinson's.
TWO BATTLESHIPS READY
= Philadelphia. June 6.-Under order
t from the navy department the battle
ships Massa chusetts and Indiana at tn
r League Island navy yard are being pre-
1 pared for sea. The orders give no cley
e as to what service the vessels may b
called into. the notice to Commandan
n Casey being simply to get the ship
II ready and dispatch them as soon a
t. possible to Hampton Roads, where the
o are to await further orders. The wa
l. ships were this morning pilOted out c
e the reserve basin around to the Della
ware river front where preparations fo
departure were finished.
Both vessels were practically read
10 to go to sea when orders came, havin
D been thoroughly overhauled at tn
le Brooklyn navy yard before their al
D rival here. The two vessels are loade
a with enough coal to make a trip acros
* the Atlantic. and they. contain lare
"a supplies of ammunition. There are 1.
at men in the reserve crew of each shi
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