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BRITISH AND BOXERS*
IN AN ENGAGEMENT.
The Chinese Were Armed
With Spears and Swords.
London, June 13, 4 42 a. m -Six?
teen British marines reconnoitering
ic advance of the international col?
umn marching to Pekin fought and
chased 2,000 Boxers Monday, killing
20 or 30 A correspondent accom?
panying the column, in a dispatch
dated Tien Tsin, June 12, via
Shanghai, June 13, 6 15 a rn, ssys :
"While the working parties, Dccom
panied by a patrol of 16 British
marines,, commanded by Maj John?
son, were repairing the line Monday
afternoon, eight miles beyond Lofa,
they encountered 6mal? parties of
Boxers who were destroying the line
The Boxers moved away from the
advanced marines aod apparently
dispersed into the country, leaving
the rails moved aud the sleepers
burning
"The marines, when two miles in
advance of the first train, near Lang
Fang, suddenly perceived Boxers
streaming from a village on their left.
lt was estimated that they numbered
2,000, some of them being mounted,
and they were trying to get between
the marines and the train. Most of
them were armed with spears and ?
swords A few had firearms, which
they handled awkwardly.
"The marines retreated, keeping
up a running fight for over a mile,
and killing between 20 and 30 Box?
ers
"The Boxers pursued the British
for some distance Then, seeing
more marines from the traiu coming
to their assistance, Maj Johnson's 16
men halted and poured a heavy con?
tinuous fire into the crowd, driving
them across the front of the reen?
forcing blue jackets, who punished
the Boxers severely with Maxims.
"The Boxers fled, and the Euro
peans. following up their success,
cleared out two villages. The total
loss of the Boxers is estimated at 40
killed and wounded Seven of their
wounded were attended by British
surgeons. The British loss was
nothing
"Unless their loss eauses the Box
ers to lose heart, the international
column will have much trouble be?
fore it reaches Pekin The railway
is so much damaged tbat the column
covered only 34 miles Sunday and
Monday, and there is reson to fear
that the road beyond is more badly
damaged.
"Evidences of Gen XielTs opera?
tions were found in headless bodies.
The whole country presents a deso
late aspect, entire villages having
been deserted The expedition nam
bers 2,044, as foliows : British, 915;
German, 250 ; Russian, 300 ; FreDch.
128 : Americans, 104 ; Japanese,
52 ; Italian, 40, and Austrians, 25."
Philippine Generals Captur?
ed.
Wasbiogton, June 12 -Geo Mac?
Arthur ac Manila cabled the war
department today as follow? :
Report capture Gens Hibon Dear
Mexico and Caveelany at Alcala, both
important, latter very important leader
cf guerrillas io Pangasinan province,
Luzon. MacArthur
Gen Corbin attaohes considerable
importance to these cases. In his opin?
ion they iodicate tbat the principal
leaders of the insurrection are aban?
doning that cause.
Manila, June 12 -Gen Grant, who
led reinforcements with artillery
against the insurgents in the mountains
east of Samiguet, reports the capture
of the rebel stronghold, after four
hours of fighting.
The rebels were captured and the
Americans are pursuing them.
Geo Grant's column had no casual?
ties.
The CbiLese Boxers must be a great
lot of soldiers, wheo sixteen British
marines can chase two thousand of
them. That incident is significant cf j
the helpless plight of the Celestial
empire when tbe European Dations
determioe to smash China and divide
the pieces
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CHINESE ENTRENCH
OUTSIDE CAPITAL.
Will Oppos9 Advance of In?
ternational Column.
SITUATION IS MORS ACUTE.
London. June 14, 4 20 a. m -The
Chinese are entrenching outside of
Pekin to oppose the advance of the
international column A dispatch
from Tien Tsin dated Tuesday. June
12, says : '*! learn that the Chinese
have guos trained on the American
mission and the British iegation
"Two thousand Russian cavalry
and infantry, with artillery, have
landed at Taku "
The Shanghai correspondents re?
port that United States Minister Con?
ger, by courier, asked for 2,000 Uni?
ted States troops.
The qaeBtion of provisioning the
relief force is already difficult, and it
is predicted at Shanghai that it will
become acute
Toe leading members of the reform
party, representing 15 out of 18
provinces, are at Shanghai A dis?
patch to the Daily Mail dated yester
day says they are sending a petition
to the United States, Great Britain
and Japan, praying those powers to
take joint action against any attempt
on the part of the other powers to
partition the empire, and they im?
plore the powers thus addressed to
rescue the emperor
A dispatch from St Petersburg
says that the ships of the Russian
Pacific squadron on the active list,
as well as those at Vladivostock, have
been ordered to proceed with ali
haste fo Chinese waters.
The foreign office confirms the re?
port of an engagement between
troops of the international column
and the Boxers on Monday It
says that "about 35 Chinese were
killed."
JAPAN IS ALL RIGHT.
London, June 13.-In regard to
the reports that Japan is about to
declare war on China, it was learned
by a representative of the Associated
Press at the Japanese embassy today
I that the attitude of Japan in the
Chinese crisis is to cooperate loyally
with the European powers in the
existing situation. Japan would not
be willing to see any single power
take the lead
The murder of the chancellor of
the Japanese legation at Pekin is
regarded as likely to lead to serious
complications but no decision has
been reached by Japan as to what
political measures would be necssary
to meet the situation.
; WHAT OUR MINISTER THINKS. I
j Washington, June 13-A cable-I
! gram has been received at the 6tate
department from Minister Conger at
Pekin, stating that Tuan, the father
of the heir apparent, bas been ap
pointed president of the Tsong Li
Yamen ; also that three of the new
ministers have been appointed, all
affiliated with the party opposed to
foreigners. On the whole, Mr Con
j ger reports the .situation as not ma
j teriaiiy improved. Guards are repair
; ing the railway and as soon as they
j have arrived at Pekin it is Mr
j Conger's belief that the safety of j
j the foreigners at that capital will be j
i assured
YORKTOWN TO CHEFOO.
Washington, June 13 -The navy
I department has been iuformed that
! the Yorktown sailed yesterday from
i Shanghai for Chefoo The United
i States consul at Chefoo informed the
? state department yesterday of Boxer
j disturbances at that place, but no
j particulars were furnished. Chefoo
j is on the northern coast of the Shan
I Tung peninsular.
It appears that the movement of
j the "Yorktown from Shanghai to
! Chefoo was not directed from Wash
iugton and it is aseumed that the
order was issued by Admiral Kempff,
the senior officer of the United
j States squadron in Chinese waters
At Chefoo the Yorktown would be
within a day's sail of the admiral's
flagship at Taku She should arrive
at Chefoo Friday or Saturday of this
week.
ROUGH ON FOREIGNERS
Washingtou, June 13 - Official
dispatches received in diplomatic
quarters in Washington show that
the rioting at Pekin has reached an
acute Rtage, wi;h the rioters direct i
ing a number of aesaults against
members of the foreign legations
there One of these dispatches state ;
that the secretary of the Belgian
legation was attacked two successive
times cn Monday and escaped after I
being maltreated by the mob On
the ?ame day two officials of the
British legation, serving as student
interpreters, were attacked by a large
crowd of roughs. The young Eng?
lishmen held the attacking party
back for some time, but when the
mob threatened to close in on them,
they drew revolvers and by a show
of force, made their retreat without
bodily injury.
About the same time the British
summer quarters 14 miles from Pekin
were burned down These quarters
were quite extensive and had just
been completed They belonged to
the British government and not to
Sir Claude Macdonald, the British
minister at Pekin, which gives added
significance to the depredation.
The kiliing of the chancellor of
the Japanese legation at Pekin, Sug
lyama Akira, is not referred to in
the official dispatches received here;
but full credit is given to this re
port by the Japanese officials, who
are personally acquainted with Mr
Akra and with many of the circum
stances detailed
The killing cf a member of the
diplomatic body and the foregoing
assaults upon the officials of foreign
countries, are regarded as presenting
the most serious phase of the situa?
tion that has thus far occurred
WOMAN MISSIONARY KILLED
New York, June lo-News bas
benn received in this city of the
murder of Dr Edna G Terry, in
charge of the station of the Metho
dist Episcopal Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society at Tsung Hua,
China.
LIFE AND PROPERTY
BOTH IN PERIL
Reported Outrages by the
. Chinese in Different
Quarters.
London, June 15, 4 30 a. m.-Ob
servers at ShaBghai and Tien Tsin
think there is a great deal more
trouble ahead for the concert of
powers than merely reaching Pekin
with 2,044 men Serious disturb
anees are taking place at Yunnan
Fu and Meng Tse. as well as at
other points at a considerable dis
lance from the capital
The whole Chinese empire seems
to be in a ferment.
The intentions of the Empress
Dowager are still equivocal with a
balaoce of testirasny on the side of a
determination to expel the appropria
tors of a part of her country or to
lose her dynasty in the attempt .
is related of her that on Monday fol
lowing the murder of the chancellor
of the Japanese legation, she was
roused to a sense of danger and went
personally to the Yung Ting gate of
Pekin, where she advised the rioters
to disperse But she took no steps
*.o apply force, and the appearance of
things is more threatening than be
'ore
While Admiral Seymour, with the
international relief column is forcing
his way to Pekin, several of the pow?
ers are arranging largely to reenforce
their details at Tien Tsin. Germany
purposes sending 1.200 men Great
Britain sent 600 from Hong Kong
yesterday and 400 will go Sunday
Italy has ordered 1,000 to bold them
selves in readiness
Russia, f.ccording to a St Peters i
burg dispatch of Wednesday, has
decided to bring her force at Tien
Tsin up to 6,000. Thus the combin
ed forces at Tien Tsin will probably
soon be about 10,000 men
An explicit statement made yester
day afternoon in the house of com?
mons by the parliamentary secretary
of the foreign office with reference
to the identity of opinion among tbe
powers upon the question of the ap?
plication of force and the method of
applying: it. is accepted by all the
morning papers as quite sufficient
for the present, and the hope is ex
pressed that nothing will happen to j
diminish the harmony
An incident, however, bas already
occurred involving the Bjitish and
French at Tien Tsin which nearly
ended in violence A dispatch from
Tien Tsin dated yesterday, says :
' For some days the French and.Rus
gian authorities here have been jeal?
ous because of the supposed facilities
given to the British authorities by
the British employes of the China
railways Yesterday (Wednesday)
some French marines attempted to
take charge of an engine required at
the front. Locomotive Inspector
Weir refused to give up the engine
and a Frenchman attempted to bay?
onet bim Weir caught the muzzle
of the rifle and the bayonet passed
over his bhouldet For a moment
serious trouble between the British
and French was imminent, but the
prompt action of the British consu- j
lar -ind naval officers, backed by the
American consul and the railway
officials, preventing a collision Con?
ciliatory expressions were exchang?
ed The French consul withdrew
his opposition and the British re?
mained in charge cf the engine as
before.
INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION.
Tien Tain, June 13, Wednesday -
The international expedition is now
at Lang Fang, half way to Pekin.
The troops found the station destroy?
ed 200 yards of the track torn np.
Upon approaching the station they
found the Boxers still carrying on
the work of destruction, but the lat?
ter bolted into the village upon the
approach of the advance party. A
shell from a six pounder was dropped
into the village and the Boxers fled
up the line. Above the station a
small party was discovered engaged
in tearing up the track, but a few
long range shots drove them ofl
Tue patrol returned this morning and
reports that a mile and a quarter of
the track has been destroyed The
expedition will remain for the pres?
ent at Lang Fang.
A courier who arrived this morn?
ing from Pekin and Lang Fang
brought a letter from the American
legation stating that Gen Tung Fuh
Siang intends to oppose the entrance
of the foreign troops into Pekin.
Ten thousand troops sre guarding
the south gate The courier reports
that it is said that upards of 2,000
Boxers are in the immediate neigh?
borhood of Lang Fang
It is expected that Admiral Sey?
mour bas made Lang Fan?; a second
ary base and that he will advance
the remaining 40 miles as rapidly as
possible.
It is reported thal Prince Tuan,
the new head of the Chinese foreigu
office, and Gen Tung Fuh has re?
signed.
Three more Russian warships have
arrived at Taku.
THITY MILES FROM PEKIN.
Berlin, June 14 -The Berlin pa?
pers print a dispatch from Tien Tsin
saying that the international relief
celomn has arrived within 30 miles
of Pekin, but that the distance re?
maining must be traveled on foot as
the railway is completely destroyed.
This, the dispatch says, will require
two or three days.
Thus far the German squadron has
landed at Taku 22 officers and 550
t?ien. The German troops at Kiao
Chou will ba increased on June 19
by the arrival of a transport with 19
soldiers. The transport originally
had orders to relieve the troops now
serving there and to bring them
back to Germany, but Emperor Wil?
liam has just issued an order direct?
ing that the steamer be detained at
Kiao Chou
Pekin Besieged and Foreign
Legations Kept Prisoners.
London. June 16 -Thia ?9 the situa?
tion in Cbina as it appears to the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Ezprees, cabling last evening :
"It is really a state of veiled war.
The members of tbe foreign legations
in Pekin are virtually prisoners ;
aod the Chinese troops are only
restrained from attacking them by fear
of tbe legation guards.
"Meanwhile the ministers are alto?
gether unable to communicate with the
officers commanding the relief column,
Ihich is making an enforced and iso
ated halt bec ween Tien Twin and Pe
kic. The walls of thc capital are
guarded by 100,000 imperial troops
The gates are heavily defended with
modern guns Gen Tunga, acting
under orders from the empress dowager,
says that no more foreign troops shall
enter the sacred city.
"On Monday the ministers sent a
demand to the Tsuog Li Yamen that
the gates be opened, dedaring that
otherwise the foreign troops would
enter forcibly. To this no reply was
given A second message went unan?
swered, or had not been answered wheo
the latest news left Pekin.
"Sir Claude Macdonald's latest raes
sage says that the legations are capable
of sustaining an effective defense,
unless attacked in force.n
Kassia, tbis correspondent asserts,
notwithstanding assurances to the con?
trary, sides with Cbina. Some foreign
troops are already reported to be in the
environs of Pekin ; and the attitude
of the Chinese troops is increasingly
menacing.
"The streets of Pekin," continues
tbe correspondent of the Daily Express,
"are reported to be seething with anti
foreign mobs, clamoring for the
destruction of the legations and the
death of the foreign ministers. Even
wore the Teuog Li Yamen disposed to
restrain the violence of the reaction?
aries, it is considered highly improba?
ble that they will be able to hold them
io check For the foreign ministers
the crisis will arise when tbe relief
column comes in 6igbt of Pekin.
"It is still feit herc that the foreign
force is wholly inadequate to battle
with hordes of Chinese troops massed
outside the gates, which now include
the imperial troops from Shan Hai
Kwan."
A disquiet ic g element in tho situa?
tion is the fact that, although the Rus?
so Chineee telegraph line from Pekin
via Kiakbta (eastern Siberia) is work?
ing again, the transmission of Eoglish
messages is rigidly refused. From
Tieo Tsin it is reported that the for?
eign forcee in the harbor will attack
tbe Taku forts, and if necessary bom?
bard them
The international column appears to
be still at Lang Fang, engaged in
?lowly repairing the railway, whiob,
aooording to a dispatch from Tien Tain
to tbe Daily Mail, dated June 14, can
Dot be effected for weeks The force is
short of provisions and as it is without
field transport, it must stick to the
railway.
The report that the mixed forcej
will seize the Taku forts is taken to
mean that the foreign co m m and? rs
expect no aid from the Chinese govern?
ment ia repressing the disorders and
are determined to make Taku eecure as
a base from which to operate.
Chancellor Murdered.
London, June 13, 5 30 a. m -The
Times in an extra edition publishes
the following dispatch from Pekin,
dated June 12, 2 p m.:
"The chancellor of the Japanese
legation, Sogiyama Akira while pro?
ceeding alone and unprotected on
official duty, was brutally murdered
by soldiers of Tung Fuh Siang, the
favorite bodyguard of the empress,
at Manigate (?) railroad station yes?
terday.
"The foreign reenforcements are
daily expected The present isolated
position of Pekin, the destruction of
foreign property in the country and
the insecurity of life are directly
attributable to the treachery of the
Chinese government.7'
May Send Troops From the
Philippines.
Washington, June 15 -It seems
probable that, after all, the United
States troops in tbe Philippines will be
called upon to furnish a contingent to
assist io the rescue of the foreign
missionaries io China, and io tbs
protection cf the foreign embassies and
legations. A great change has come
over the administration io this regard,
for as late as yesterday there was a firm
determination not to go beyond tbe
employment of marines and sailors.
There was still a disposition to limit the
Uoited States forces employed to the
navy, if gofficient force cao be secured
from that branch of the service So
inquiries ara being made of the naviga?
tion bureau and in tum of Admiral
Remey to see to what extent the Uni?
ted States forces in Chioa cao be
augmented. It is realized that tbe
small force DOW engaged is entirely
disproportionate wheo compared with
the foreign contingents, to the interests
and duty of the United States.
WHITMAN BARRED.
The Columbia Record of June 15
says :
Mr Walt Whitman was ruled out
of the gubernatorial race yesterday.
He could not raise the $50 assess?
ment This was the case last cam?
paign--when Mr Whitman made bis
celebrated tour of the State on a
bicycle. In a letter read yesterday
he said :
Dear Sir : It is utterly impossible
for me to pay Lbe $50 assessment at
this time, and am simply not abie
Would do so if I could. It may be
that I will be able to pay before the
time to cast the votes and will do so
if possible.
I am also sorry to have to say that
I cannot join the campaign party for
at least a month I cannot leave my
business sooner. 1 bave given my
best efforts and all my money for 16
years to effect an achievement in the
interests of the people with no per
8onal ambition and no selfish motives,
and shall continue to do so. If you
conclude to rule me out of the cam
paign after the above statement,
please have this letter read at Or
angeburg and given to the press
And you will greatly oblige
- Yours, G. Walt Whitman
Mrs Mattie Hughes is Gone.
Greenville, June 14 -Mrs Mattie
Hughes, who is charged with killing
ber busbaod ani bas had three
mistrials, bas skipped. Her restaurant
wag closed this afternoon when the
sheriff went there to foreclose a $500
mortgage, and it is believed she bas
left towu for good. She is on bond for
$1,000 in tbe murder case and there
are also several dispensary cases pend?
ing against her Her father left town
last week to avoid trial for selling
whiskey.
Makes the food more del
ROYAL BAKtWQ PQWC
The State Campaign
Campaign of 1900 Opened
at Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, Jane 14.-The first
meeting at Oraogebnrg yesterday open?
ed rather tamely, bot began to get
spicy, and it appears that there wili be
quite a deal of old time "mud siioging"
in this campaign. Mr Patterson, of
Barnwell, made vicious attacks on Mr
McSweeney ; Mr Capers and Mr
McM aban began to warm ap ; Mr
Brooker and Mr Parham showed signs
cf word scrapping, and Maj Barnard
Bee Evans jumped on bis distant rela?
tive. Mr W. D. Eyan&.
The candidates for State cfibes who
are psrmitted to enter the primary are :
For Governor-M B McSweeney, J
A Hoyt. F B Gary, A H Patterson.
For Lieutenant Governor-John T
Sloan, C L Winkler, C L Biease, J H
Tillman.
For Attorney General-G D Bellin?
ger, James H Moore.
For Secretary of State-M R Coop?
er.
For State Treasurer-W H Timmer
man, R H Jennings.
For? Comptroller General-J P Der
ham, N W Brooker.
For Superintendent of Education-J
J McMaban, Ellison Capers, Jr.
For Aidutant and inspector General
-J W Floyd, George Douglas Rouse.
For Railroad Commissionr-W I>
Evans, J G Etheridge. J II Wharton,
Thomas N Berry, W D Mayfield, B B
Evans, J G Pettigrew
For United States Senator-B R
Tillman, A C Jones.
Considerable surprise was shown
when it was announced that A C Jones,
of Newberry, late chairman of the
prohibition party, would oppose Till?
man.
Dr Stokes bas no opposition for con?
gress down here.
FLOOD OF ORATORY AT
ST. GEORGE
St. George, June 15.-The heat has
not been excessive and the crowd,
whian assembled at the sohool house,
remained seven hours, during the six
of which they were the objects of vol?
leys; of forensic oratory.
There were about three hundred ia
tbe crowd, and a number of ladies.
The crowd was compoged of intelligent
farmers and thinking business men.
Each speaker bas been given an un?
interrupted bearing, acd tbere have
been no boisterous or boorish interrup?
tions as at Oraogeburg, where two or
three yokels destroyed the seriousness
and force of all arguments.
Col. Hoyt made a new speech and
the crowd listened thoughtfully.
There was no demonstration of any
consequence, except wheo Tillman was
called upon.
The candidates for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor got a little ginger into themselves
ioday, but all io good nature. The
fight for railraad commissioner was
spioy between Messrs W. D E?ans
and B B. Evans. Mr. Ballinger and
Mr. Brooker tangled up a little bit over
the charges that tho Stete cfSYials were
in collusion in the sinking fund com?
mission.
. Mr. Patterson made some gratuitous
flings at ?the State and at The News
and Courier, but he did not have the
crowd with him today, as he did yes?
terday
Gov McSweeney exhibited a great
deal of spirit io his reply to the charges
preferred by Patterson and redeemed
himself Scans opportunity for reply
wa:j afforded bim at Oraogeburg
HAS HE FOUND A FLAW ?
Indianapolis. Ind., JSUGS 14-Attor?
ney General W L. Taylor of Indiana
today announced that be had discovered
a flat? in the indictment agaios'. W. S.
Taylor of Kentucky The attorney
general says the indictment name.) the
Republican claimant of Kentuoky as
accessory aod not principal io tbe assas?
sination of Goebel This be bolds to
be an important error of which the
Kentucky court of appeals must take
cognizance.
A New Bank.
Tbe secretary rf state bas ??sasd a
commission to the Loan aod Exchange
Bank of Manning. Tbs corporators
are W E Brown, Louis Appeit, J
Elbert Davis and John S Wilson. The
organization proposes to do a general
backing business and run a savings
department -The State, June 15.
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