New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Private James McNerney of Company D. 9th
Infantry. died June 80, and James D. St
Croix on July :. Private David Nutes, Of Com
pany G. one of the men who started homeward
owing to illness died at sea July -. To the Lo-
gan attaches the distinction of being the first
vessel to land American troops in China. She
conveyed the gallant 9th Infantry from Manila
to Taku, together with detachments OF the
Signal and Hospital corps.
Among the passengers brought here by the
Logan were sixty-one sick men of the 9th At
Taku 10 Christians refugees from Ten-Tsn
were taken aboard. All except forty-eight OF
these left the Logan Nagasak. DR.. r. F.
Diffendorfer. of Philadelphia, the builder ana
manager of the first woollen mill established in
the Chinese Empire and personal friend OF
Poo Tong, a brother TO the former Chinese En-
peror tells the following story of the attack on
Ten-Tsn;
On the morning of July Il the first clash be-
tween the foreigners and the Empires soldiers
occurred On the afternoon of the same day
the bOmbardment of the Taku forts began
Captain Bailey, of the British ship Orlando, was
commander of the allied force at Tien-Tsin on
July II, as Captain McCaa absent with
Admiral Seymour at the time. About II o'clock
in the forenoon he saw smoke rising from the
the city, and suspecting that the Boxers had
fired another bridge. Captain Bailey ordered
thirty of his bluejackets, commanded by a mid
shipman, to investigate. We had a 3-inch gun,
and the men were fully armed.
When our hatcar had travelled about three
miles found d bridge where the timbers had
been burned away from the iron girders, and
considering il unsafe to cross commander
ordered his men to return to the city We had
gone about three hundred yards the back
trip when saw a lot Of Chinese soldiers
about one hundred and ffty-crossing the track
al point mile ahead of US
They walking very rapidly, and as we
approached them all doubts to their being
Imperial troops disappeared. They did not wear
the red turban and sash that distinguished the
Boxers, and soon got within about eight
hundred yards of them they scattered and got
behind grave mounds. with which the surface Of
the country thcily studded Regarding this
action as suspicious our midshipman gave the
order to fire a Voey, and they quickly and Wig
orously returned the salute. our field piece
was minus a sight. and most Of its shots passed
over the enemy that after about ten minutes
of hot fighting we resumed retreat. the Chi
nese firing at us as long within
range. There were no casualties on our side.
If il had not been for the action of our party
that morning the bombardment of Tien-Tsin
might not have begun that afternoon: in other
words, I am inclined to believe that attack
on the Chinese troops precptated this bonn
bardment of the city. And for that reason the
skirmsh may attain some Importance when
final settlements are being made
DR.. Diffendorfer believes tina: the trouble in
China will last a couple of years 1T will be
a repetition of the Taeping rebellion" he said.
when the allies have captured Peking the
Boxers will be broken into bands of marauders.'
EXPERIENCES OF \ PROFESSORS WIFE.
HOW SHE ESCAPED FROM CHINA-MIssGON-
ARIES NOT TO BLAME FOR TROUBLE,
San Francisco, Aug 6 (speciaD-Mrs. clifford
wife of Professor Clifford teacher of physics and
mechanical engineering in the Imperial Univer-
slty OF Ticn-Tsin. sister OF DR. Coltman, the
railroad surgeon and legation physician, and Il
daughter of the Rev, Or Cotman of Boulder,
Col, arrived to-day the transport Logan, and
tells an interesting story Of the exciting times
before she and her baby fled from Tien-Tsin.
Mrs. Clifford born in the East. and edu-
Gated at Western schools and colleges She first
vent China four years ago Professor Cliff
ford's old home is in Wadsworth. Ohio. She
says:
There was only one real attack made by Box
upon the foreign settlement in Ticn-Tsln.
That was about 80 o'clock in the morning OF
June lG At they were within quarter Of
mile Of our house We could hear them calling
10 each other, but We did not leave our com
pound even then. Americans put them to night,
ana the russians Killed "A great many OF them
The worst danger was from Russian and Jap
anese troops, who rushed in and looted the
houses. Some Russians We're right at the back
OF our compound, quarreltng and trying 10 get
in. but hey We're too drunk TO make any prog
ress. 4 little later they kicked in the door the
neighboring compound and looted the house
within the nClosure bUt long the Russians
helped to save the lives OF people We could stand
a little lo0ting
The forenoon after that attack by the Boxers
| took my little hve months old baby girl and
was leaving ll"n-ISin saW Russians taking
away bodies OF many %; the Boxers that they
had killed during the night The first night
was at Tallu the allied fleets began the bom-
harding OF the forts, 50 | escaped from Tieu-
TSin. only to get into equally dangerous
place. one woman, Mrs. G.. T. Wilder. formerly
Of Oberlin. started from Tien-Tsin with her baby
only twelve days old. She packed it up in
basket, hid all night in a hut and next day
started for Shanghai. Not child Of those taken
to Taku frightened There sixteen
little children under five years of age one
steamer ABOUT to leave Taku when did, the
uay of the bombardment. Ny baby vas the
only child on the steamer on which went to
Shanghai fTom Taku
We are not missionaries connected with
them, but in simple justice want to say that
missionaries are not responsible for the trouble
IN China. The feeling against all foreign
ers, particularly against mining men, who had
concessions in the country. The Boxers hate
all foreigners. They nave declared that they
would Kill, first, all foreigners; second all Can
toneso, and, third, all native Christians.
They despise the Cantonese more than the
native Christians 1t was wonderful the
way the Eativc Christians stood by
their faith. know Of one native, seventy
years old. who told by the Boxers that they
would spare him and lis house ii he would pub
!cly renounce his faith He said, You can burn
my house: there is better one waiting for me
in Heaver'; and that is but one example of
fortitude of many.
. THE MPHERSON STRANDED.
TRANSPORT UNI.OADs AT FORTUNE ISLAND
AGAIN AFLOAT AND TAKING on
CARGO AND TROOPS.
Colonel A. S Iimball, of the Quartermaster's De
partment. yesterday received this cable dispatch:
Nassau. August G
ed cargo and troops; now ahoat; unintured; re-
loading; sail tonight HUTCHINS