Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08


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June 22,--The Boxers and soldiers
hi.L me blFGAgh Wtst OF rs ,0lly Ia
Ci0er 70 burn H. out. Tine wind drove
the firt coward us, but II suddenly
changed ana carved The. lire IN an.
I,her Mr,cIiGn. \ German soldier
Mas kLNd, ] ne ladies made bagB
il'0m dawn lill dark. Bullets fell nike
han.
June 23.-rhe Chinese set the great
llnDmn Mbldry on lire dn order 10
burn cur buildings on the north, We
WOrktd tor hours TO qurnch chO
flames. The fire was kept under con-
troll.
June ga fire, stnred by the
Chinese, spread far enough 10 catch
1he BrlIlsn lygatlOn sbaples at the
tOUth corner. lhls WIS the most
dangerous fire we have had.
June 23,--No sign OF relief. At4p.
IN, thintae raised Il Ngn dhat they
would noi fire on us, and asking our
soldiers not 10 tre. The fatter held
,heir fire, Many fear this Is Chinese
treachery. They attacked Us during
The night, but were REFUSED. We
have only one cannon-u one FOUNDER
and very llple ammun.alln for 1T.
An ltallan gunntr WAS killed today,
Firing and smelling all duy lJAg
June @6,--lusi night was u sample
OF Chinese honor, AG;Cr declaring a
truce they made the most furious rus,
llIade at midnight thad we have had
yaL The Iapdnese are protecting the
nutiNe converts.
June 2i~-Constlnt firing at night.
Heavy fusIlNde from Chinese soldiers
at p, m, They shc'lod rs all day.
ACtacK ON Japanese legTtiJn bravely
rcpulsed by a band Of Japanese sol
G,ers, At MIS- II, IN. adj volunteers
wiki rifles called out, Heavy attack
but the Chinese did not rush the wall
~ expected.
June 2S,--Conjinued firing during
the nighG, Three messages (Chlncse)
c.me in today saying The foreign
troops lert 'llen.en on Saturday.
General lcJer that the relief column
on the way found its If too smaM. We
are now ealing horse and rice, There
are abou: 50 70 30 ponies In rhe diff.
ferent legations, We have a fair
amount Of food, calculated TO last six
weeks.
Chinese got range Of one III our
buildings today and r&dtled IT, They
sIdon gr, correct range: many shells
pass over rs. There is a constant
whiH OF bullets in the air, Mai Conger
says he never heard such Il tcrSfy.
ing, dcwonIcGl sound during his three
years In the civil war avs the last two
hours firing kept up by the Ghinsee
luc, night. Fortunately our high
walls protecl Us, and mos, of the bull
ie,s pass overhead, but Something's I'M
comfortably close,
June aO-A cannon BAH came
through into our house this afternoon.
The mm'neS think that Chimes cannon
burst, 1t stopped suddenly after
dnding three shells inio one house.
Inrec soldiers lo>r today. Six wounded
up to date. lwentN.siX have died from
wounds or were killed instantly
July 1.-The women have made
nbow; 5000 sand bags, They are made
of all kinds of goods-ponierS from
the Legations, silks taken from o
Chinese sdlI, shop, anything that can
be spared is being made into sand
bags. We are now living under con-
slant fire.
july THE JaEanr,a are doing
brave fighting, Seven Thousand
troops &ga rcpCr~d - have ayft Ten.
t,U IN Pekm, could eat horse
meal " itwere nal Cor the ,iaEes some
people make at tie horses expense,
One thousand tuels offered to any
thinaman who would take II message
TO rien.lsIn, Very little firing today.
American marines find holding the
wall with such a small force almost
impossible They gave up their posi-
ton today, but later rerook it. We
cannot hold out IL they give up the
wall. DR., Iippet, American surgeon,
badly wounded in thigh, DR.. George
d. Lowry, American missionary, takeh
his place. \ small company of sol
dtsrs tried To make II aJrtic to capture
II Chinese gun which had been pe.ting
at us all day. Three men killed and
q number wounded wlthoui getting
the gun.
Flashlights were seen hast night TO,
ward lIen-tsn, Many think they
came from the foreign troops.
July 3,-Cnited States marines on
The city wall made brave attack on
the Chinese barGcade at 2:3O a. M,
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