The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-13


partment has been informed that the
Yorktown sailed yesterday from Shang-
hal for Che Foo. The United States
consul at Che Foo informed the state
department yesterday of boxer dis
turbances at that place, but no partic-
ulars were furnished. Che Foo is on the
northern coast Of the Shan Tung PENN
Hula
BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.
Hong Kong. June 13-The Nation has
been chartered to convey 800 troops 10
Tien Tsin She is being fitted by the
aruhcers of the Terrible The troops
today drew their field equipment
The date of their departure has not
been made known
JAPAN TO SEND MORE SHIPS
London, June ia telegram from
Yokohama, dated Tuesday eNenlng,Sdys >
that the japanese government has or
dered four more Warships to proceed to
Taku and 1900 men of all arms are un-
der orders to be in immediate readiness
for embarkation. The dlspatch says
the Chinese government trusts the
powers will not misconstrue this ac-
IiOn."
The japanese press is urging vigorous
methods.
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Times. telegraphing Tuesday, says;
The Japanese minister is pressing
for recognition of a japanese sphere OF
influence.
Cho Kiang, Fo Kien and Kiang Si
The only bit of information which the
British war office has made pubhc re-
garding the situation since 1t became
important was the admission yesterday
that the summer residence Of the BRIT
fsh minister in Pekin, Sir Claude Mac
Donald, has been burned
Considerable contracts for the Chinese
have been placed with the Birmingham
arms factories, though whether for the
Chinese government or for the boxers
is not disclosed
Insurance rates for Tien Tsin have
been raised to five shilling per 1OO
pounds
The Times, in an extra edition, pub
fishes the following dispatch from Pekln
dated June u, p. M:
THE chancellor Of the japanese lega-
ton Sugiyama Akrira, while proceed
ing alone and unprotected on olhcIai
duty. was brutally murdered by sol
diers Of Tung Fuh Slang, the IaNollte
body guard Of the empress, at Manlgate
railway station yesterday"
Sixteen British marines, recOnnoiter-
ing in advance of the international
column marching to Pekin, fought ana
. chased 1000 boxers Monday, killing
y twenty or thirty, A correspondent ac-
companying the column, in dlspatcn
dated Tien Tsin, June y, via Shanghai
June 13, Sis a. m, says;
while the working parties, accom-
panied by a patrol of sixteen British
marines commanded by Major Johnson,
were repairing the line MOnudg dAleA
noon, eight miles beyond LOfa, they en-
countered small parties of boxers who
were destroying the line. The boxers
moved away from the advancing
marines and apparently dispersed into
the country leaving the rails moved
and the sleepers burning.
The marines when two miles in ad-
vance of the first train near Lang rang
suddenly perceived boxers streaming
from village on the left It was esti-
mated that they numbered 1000, so1ne
of them being mounted, and they We're
trying to get between the mariners ano
the train. Most of them were armed
with spears, and swords. A few had
firearms which they handled awkward
ly. The mariners retreated keeping uI
a running fight for over a mile and kill
ing between 20 and 30 boxers.
THE boxers pursued the British fol
some distance. Then. seeing more ma
4 l.ines from the train coming to their as
sistance Major Johnson's 5 16 halted anC
poured a heavy continuous fire into th'
crowd, driving them across the front o
the reinforcing blue jackets, who pun
1shed boxers severely with Maxims
The boxers fed and the European
following up their success, cleared Ou
two villages The total loss of the box
ers is estimated at 40 killed and wound
ed. Seven OF their wounded were at
tended by British surgeons. The Brit
ish loss was nothing.
Unless their loss causes the boxer
to lose heart the international column
viii have much trouble before it reache
Pekin The railway is so much damaged
that the column covered only "a mile
Sunday and Monday and there is reasOl
to fear that the road beyond is NOR
badly damaged.
evidences Of Gen Neih's operation
We're found in headless bodies. TIL
whole country presents a desolate as
pect, entire villages having been desert
ed
The expedition numbers 2O44 as fol
lows;
British 915: German $50: Russian 800
French 12S; Americans 104; Japanese 80
Italians 49, and Austrians 25"
RIOTING IN PEKIN.
Washington June 13.-Ohicia1 dis
patches received in diplomatic quarter
in Washington show that the riOting i
PelOin hos reached an acute stage wit
the rioters directing their assault
against members of the different lega
tions. One of the dispatches state
that the secretary of the Relgian lega
tion was attacked two successive time
on Monday and escaped after bein
nlaltreated by the mob. On the sam
day two members of the British lega
JiOn serving as students interpreter
were attacked by large crowd (
tOughs. The young Englishmen hel
the attacking party for a time, bJ
when the mob threatened to close
on them they drew revOlvers and by
. show Of force made their retreat witt
out bodily injury. About the san
time the British summer quarters, fol
miles from Pekin. were burned dow
These quarters were quite extensiN
and had just been completed. They b.
longed to the British government, an
not to Sir Claude Mcdonald, the Britis
minister at Pexin, which gives adde
Significance to the depreciation.
y The killing of the chancellor of Il
Japanese legation at Pel1in, Sugiyam
Akira is not referred to in official di
patches received here, but full cred
is given to this report by the Japane
officials. who are personally acquaintt