Show 1ISSrON ARIES MURDERED Twentyfour at Tien Tsin Massacred by Boxers New York June 22flev Dr Leonard Leon-ard secretary of the Methodist Foreign For-eign Missionary society in this city received 4he following cablegram today to-day dayChe Che Foo June J5Jen mimi bombarded bom-barded Peking very serious Hop I kins Brown and King saved Gunboat BROWN The three men mentioned are missionaries mis-sionaries Dr Leonard Infers that the remaining twentyfour sat s-at len Tsln have been murdered by the Boxers Among them are many women Including five in the Womans Foreign Missionary society and mom borg of the ITanlnor Pike and Hopkins Hop-kins and Brown families Mr Brown is the Rev F Brown or Tien Tsln The others referred lo are N S Hopkins f D and the Rev H E King Dr Hopkins Is stationed at Tsun Hun and Mr King at Peking Last week word was received that thc Methodist missionaries at Tsun Hun had gone to Tien Tsln for safety At the MlsslonaryXsociety It is estimated that including their wives and families fami-lies there are now thirtyseven Americans Ameri-cans under the protection of the p otcctou or gunboat gun-boat referred to The missionary societies represented in Tien Tsin according to n Boston dispatch include the American board Time concession 01 plucc ofresidence of foreigners is some two miles from the city At present the only missionary mission-ary of the board at Tien rain Is Rev J H Robortn who Is assisted by Mrs F D Wilder Rev Mr Roberts Is a native of Hartford Conn He was graduated from Yale and began missionary mis-sionary work in 1S77 His family Is In I this country Other missionary societies represented In Tien Tsin are The London society and the China Inland mission the I American Bible society New York is represented by Mr and Mrs Charles J F Gammon |