Salt Lake Herald | 1900-12-27 | Page 1 | Many Catholics Burned to Death

MANY CATHOLICS 0 LI CS 5 BURNED TO DEATH DEATHS t S Victims Cre Ore Cremated Cremated OreS S S mated by Boxers S a TROOPS ARE AHE SENT AGAINST AGAli OFFENDERS 4 f S Americans Praised for Their TheirS S Conduct at P kin kinS S S PekIn Dee Dec 26 Rev Mr 1 r Kelly the Presbyterian missionary missionary who as dma a bled to 10 the Associated Press yesterday has reported to Minister Conger Cougar the burning by b Boxers of nineteen Catholic Christians C now reports having haY Bg re received further confirmation of the burning of native Christians He now says say S the th number burned is and antI he h adds that thousands tho sands of armed Chinese have lve been seen In the country Mr Gouger Conger has lIas sent ent a copy of the communication to Field Marshal lal hal halCount Count von n Waldersee and Japanese e and German troops have flave been sent to Investigate the reports Time The troops troop of the various nations celebrated Christmas in thel thet own fashion each force foice being interested inter tel in the doings of the others The Ger Ocr Germans Germans mans today were reviewed on the oc cc occasion casion ion of the presentation n of flags to two regiments The event was made practically international All the gen generals generals and staffs stIs of o their troops troop were present with the result that a 8 great military spectacle was witnessed No N answer lisa has yet been received to the joint notes of the powers In the time dispatCh from Pekin to the Associated AB Press under dote date pf of Dec 26 25 the an announcement announcement announcement was wu made that Rev ReP Kelly admitted that his information had been derived entirely from Chinese sources and it was added that the Japanese who have bave jurisdiction juri over the terri tern tory thirty miles mile north In which it is alleged the outrage occurred would investigate the report