The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07

Tendon, June 3O.-The casualties Of
the international force attacking Tien-
tsin were Americans killed, 8; woun-
ded, 2; British, killed, 2; wounded, 1;
Germans, killed, Is; wounded, q; Rus
SLAMS, killed, 10; wounded, 81. The
gun fire Of the Americans and British
is described as beautiful" After the
relieving force pushed on to relieve
Admiral Seymour Chinese regulars I'M
der Gen. Mich, says a dispatch from
Shanghai, again attacked Tien-tsin
fiercely and bombarded the foreign set
Element with
A Terrible Fire.
Col. DOrward, British, commanded
the column that relieved Admiral Sey-
mour. American marines participated
in the achievement. The admiral was
found intrenched and surrounded by
immense masses of Chinese, who were
driven off by the relieving column at
ter O fierce fight. His men made a
brilliant resistance, failing IN
courage for fifteen days Of continuous
fighting. During ten days the men
were on quarter rations. They started
with provisions for ten days, and they
could have held out a day OF two long
er. The column was a few miles be-
yond Lola.
DeeminE 1t Hopeless
to attempt to break through the hordes
Admiral Seymour essayed a night re-
treat toward Tien-tsin, but he came
in collision with a strong force OF
Chinese arriving from the northwest.
and could neither advance nor retreat.
There was nothing to do but to In
trench and stand siege. He vainly at
tempted photographic communication.
Seymour's men caught several Chinese
who said the legations had been
burned and the ministers killed. 9th
ers said that the ministers had been
imprisoned. The Chinese displayed
Fanatical Courage
in the attack. -Four thousand Rus
slams left Tien-tsin four days after Ad.
miral Seymour, but they never got In
touch with him. Railway communica-
ton from Taku to Tien-tsin has been
restored, and the force is advancing to-
ward Picking. Fighting was in prog
ress Wednesday in the vicinity of list
Chulin. Large preparations ore being
made to support and reinforce the Pc
king relieving column. Twenty thou
sand troops of all arms, largely Jap
anese, have now been landed. The
fate Of the members Of the legations is
still a mystery. If they are alive and
unframed at Picking the Chinese gov
eminent
l. Deserves Some Credit,
Shanghai correspondents think, after
resisting the fanatical mob. The
Shanghai correspondent Of the Daily
Telegraph, wiring at 900 p. IN. yestcr-
day, says: "It is reported on good
Chinese authority that the govern
ment, alarmed at foreign military pre-
parations, has issued an edict ordering
the .%peremptory suppression of the
Boxers, and announcing a decision to
protect the legations at all hazards"
However this may be, the British
consulate at Shanghai received infor-
nation yesterday, the Daily Express
correspondent says, that while SOL
EMMY promising complete abstention
from warlike preparations the Chinese
are mounting several new six-fnch
guns at the Voc Sung forts.
Warrington Omcials Worried.
Washington, June 80. - Administra-
ton officials are quite concerned Owe
Chinese advices to the effect that the
members of the foreign legations in
Picking are not at Tien-tsin with Ad-
miral Seymour's column. The dis
patches Of the last two days indicating
that they were with the admiral a few
miles from Tien-tsin had allayed in a
measure the tension existing here as
to their safety. but as no word had
come from Minister Conger the conf.
dence temporarily felt
10 Giving Way
again to fear that all may not be we'll
with them. 1t is believed here that
MI. Conger would have taken the very
first opportunity to communicate with
his government, and the fact that he
had not done so the officials say. is very
strong ground for believing that he
may not be in Tien-tsin, although dis
patches report the relief column there.
This fact is considered confirmatory
Of the latest lntimations that the lega-
ton representatives are still in Picking
and some fears are entertained for
them If still in the Chinese capital.