'A telegram received yesterday from the Pangchuang station of the American Board Mission indicated that they were gathering in force, threatening the lives of the native Christians as well as yee They had already looted some 20 Christian families, Protestant, and cover 100 families R. O. 'The card sent out to collect their forces is translated' as follows: "The Imperial Righteous Harmony Boxers; You are summoned to meet on the 7th of the 9th moon. Exalt the Dynasty. Kill the Foreigners. Whoever declines to obey this summons is in danger of his head."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.