Amongst other notable incidents reported from Tientsin is the arrest of Chang Yin-mao, Director of Mines for N China, one of the wealthiest men Pientsin, and most influential with Viceroy. On the day before the Taka forts were bombarded, the Chinese Mining and Engineering Co,'s.str. Peiping was lying "off the wharves at Taku. Chang sent down for her to come to Tientsin with the idea of escaping wih us family and colleagues.
The steamer came up on the day the forts were taken, and Chang's party went aboard next day, the 18th of June. Captain Boyce-Kup, in charge of the Volunteers, was doing guard duty on the Bund at the time. He was approached by Mr. Agassiz, jone of the volunteers, who saw the Peiping casting off and suspected treachery fon the part of those on board. Mr. Agassiz asked his captain to command the vessel to come alongside again. This was done, but the officer in charge of the steamer, a friend of Mr. Agassiz for over seemed unwilling to comply. Captain Boyce-Kup and Mr. Agassiz threatened to fire on him with their n thence came alongside. Chang Yi his family and friends went to the former's house in the British Settlement, and next day the place was searched, large q tities of rifles and ammunition of all kinds being found there. The search party took Chang before Mr. Carles, the British Consul, on a charge of treason, and he was kept at the Consulate for several days. Finally he was let off asa prisoner-under-surveil-Jance and is now, with about 200 other influential Chinese, in the cellar of his own house under a guard.
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