Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-13

London, June IA dispatch from
Tien-tsin says that it is reported that
the dOwager empress has fed to the Hus-
sian legation at Peking.
( A dispatch from peking, under date OF
June ., says:
"Irhe situation is growing steadily more
alarming. The missionary compounds
were all abandoned last evening. Forty
American and English missionaries are
gathered at the American Methodist mis-
sion, surrounded by 800 native pupils,
whom it was impossible to send to their
homes. They are waiting, with few
revolvers and guarded by ten American
marines, for re-enforcements to take
them to the coast. A missionary who has
returned from the country to the east
says that the populace are asserting that
they must have u new emperor
X There is no favorable news from China,
with the exception that there is evidence
OF a continued perfect understanding be-
I .gs1xesu the various powers and the an
nouncelnent that the international guards
will probably arrive at Peking at once.
Should these prove insufficient to restore
order Russia is apparently preparing
to deal with the crisis, Judging from n
dispatch from st. Petersburg, which
says:
"As a result of an understanding be-
tween the Russian government and the
other prowcrs, n dispatch has been sent
to Port Arthur ordering that 5000 men
# the Russian garrison there shall be
held in immediate readiness to leave for
Ticn-tsin whenever the Russian minister
at Peking asks for their assistance or
circumstances require their intervention.
Russians Already Landed.
According to dispatch from Shanghai,
1000 Russians, with 20 guns have al
ready been landed at Tien-tsin and are
marching in the direction Of Peking.
The London Missionary society receiv-
ed a telegram from Tientsin saying that
all the society's missionaries west of
China are safe. but those stationed west
Of the city of Peking have been obliged
to seek refuge at the British legation.
A dispatch from Peking, dated Satur-
day evening, June Q. says:
"a body of 40 Boxers armed with
knives have looted and burned the Pc
king club, race track and grand stand
buildings. Another edict issued this
morning orders the military governor to
police the streets with cavalry and in
fantry. Nevertheless in the neighbor-
hood of the legation the street continues
thronged with the toughest kind of a
mob, ready to break out at the slightest
provocation.
"United States Minister Conger has
sent 20 marines, and the British minister,
Sir Claude M. Macdonald, ~ marines.
to guard the Methodist Mission com.
pound, where members of all denomina.
tions Of Protestants have gathered. The
Roman Catholics, assembled in the North
cathedral, West Peking, have small
guard of French marines, but the con.
verts have been well armed by Bishop
Favier and will desperately resist attack,
Business at a Standstill.
Business is practically at a standstill
Constantly increasing streams Of Boxers
parade the streets at their pleasure, much
to the alarm Of the merchants, although
thus far there has been no looting Of ma.
tive shops"
A dispatch from Tien-tsin, dated JUNE
10, says:
photographic communication between
here and Peking was interrupted this
morning. A special train left at O'Clock
this evening with 30 British troops t.
guard Tong-Shan. 1t is considered that
the number will be inadequate. If trou
BILE arises in Tong Shan, all the northern
China railways will be at a standstill
"Owing to difficulty in securing the
viceroys permission for third special
train to start for Peking the foreign
troops occupied the cars, whereupon the
Chinese engine driver ran away with the
locomotive. The crowd tried to pull ur
the track, but the troops cleared the rab
BILE away at the point of the bayonet and
seized the engine. On learning Of this
the viceroy granted permission, and the
train left at 5:15 p. IN. with about SOC
men. The force was made up of 35G
Germans, so British and the rest French
troops"
According to a Berlin dispatch, the
German foreign Office has received dis
patch from Peking, dated Sunday after.
noon, saying the American mission house
at Tung- Chow, the river port of Peking,
has been burned by natives. The officials
Of the foreign Office suppose this happen.
ed on Saturday or Sunday morning. The
dispatch further says the International
club, outside Of gate of Peking, has
been burned and that the Belgian secre.
tary of legation was attacked by Chinese
soldiers. The foreign Office interprets
the latter news as confirming the serious
view 1t has taken of the situation and