The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
|PEIlN Is 70 Be OCCUPIED.
Powers Will Sand 10000 Troops
to lake Capital.
1 500 MEN NOW ON The WAY.
One Hundred Americans Under Command
cf Capt, McCalla In the Expedition
Russian Cossacks Are Attacked by
S several Thousand Boxers Near Tien- Tsin.

London, June 12.-The following re-
ports from Shanghai have been re-
sceived: 1t has been decided when the
railroad is repaired between Tien-Tsin
and Pekin that 10000 troops Of all ma
tionalities will be sent to occupy the
Chinese capital. The empress party
intends to fight. All the male foreign
ers in the volunteer corps in Pekin
are under arms. Guns are mounted
and every precaution made for defense.
The approaches to the legation street
are filed with bowling Chinese mobs
and undisciplined soldiery. The en-
press meanwhile Is reviving theatricals
at the palace. A party of cossacks,
while accommodating around TENTS
Friday, were attacked by some thou
sands Of Chinese armed with rifles,
spears and swords. The cossacks fired
on the mob, killing several of them.
"a Russian lieutenant was wounded. 1t
is reported that the government is dis
tribnting arms to the boxers. The
American mission at Neu-Pei-T Tang
was burned Saturday.
The admirals at Taku, acting In con-
cert, are forcibly reopening the rail-
way from Tien-Tsin to Pekin. Gangs
of laborers are repairing the damaged
line. which is guarded by 1900 men.
composed Of detachments from the for
eign feet. One hundred Americans,
under Capt. McCalla, are among them.
They have guns and armored trains
i for use when the line is repaired,
which can hardly be effected before
Monday night.
The Pekin correspondent of the
Times confirms the report of the safe
ty OF the Americans who were at Tung
Chau and the destruction of the mis-
sion there, which, it appears, was
burned by Chinese soldiers sent to pro-
stect the Americans. The dispatch adds
that within three days seventy live ma
tive Christians, well-known men who
had been trained for years by the
American missionaries, have been
nlassacred near Tung Chau. Many Of
them were burned alive.
The Daily Mail has the following
from Tien-T sin. dated Friday, June 8:
The widest rumors are current
here to the effect that Pekin is burn
Ing. but they lack confirmation.
Trouble has broken out at New
Chwang. The state of anarchy around
Pekin is likely to be initiated in. many
I quarters
Asiatic artillery has been ordered
from Hong Kong to Tien-Tsin.
There is q seriorz rising at Nan
sing The mob i d to have at
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shan shai ragsIdins hit muir
fders Of railway engineers by4 Boxers,
~ seems that party of thirty sinclud-
Ing SIX women and one child. lit Pao-
Nng-Fu in twelve boats undly mill
tary escort. After traversingS fifty
miles In safety they missed theirSWay.
The boats grounded and the Boxers
opened fire upon the unfortunate occu-
pants, using both rifles and wooden
cannon. The engineers returned the
fire effectively, and the party landed.
One woman and three men got sepa-
rated from the main body. They were
sbrutaliy killed. The survivors formed
assQuare, with those able to bear arms
outside and the women inside, and
made off toward Tien-Tsin. They
travelled three and half days, fight
ing all the way. More than 1000 cart
ridges were expended, and ammuni-
ton was running short. They esti-
mated that they killed at least hun
dred rebels. The men behaved like
heroes, carrying the women and chill
.dren. Twelve miles from Tien- Tsin
three men disappeared, and were muir
sdered. The survivors eventually met
the rescue party, and, much exhausted,
they were escorted to Tien-Tsin.
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