Nebraska Newspapers

    VOL. XVII. LOU I’ CITY. SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1901). NUMBER 48.
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Have a Battle with Chinese Outside of
Tien Tsin.
ROW THE CONELICT CAME ABOUT
Kruftoii to licllnd, It It tlmt I !»•
Mitnrse \Ver« I.i Hunt; t tiiiiiu'tf Men
mikI Not lltiim — Foreign Iroopt nt
ftllMliIf llfli Till'Dill runl.
LONDON, Oct. 8.—The Standard hus
Hie following from Tien Tsin, dated
October 6: ‘ A German force came
into collision with 8,000 Chinese do
st rlbcd us liners, a few miles south of
Tien Tsln this morning. The Germane
were cheeked and compelled to retire
t*ii Tien Tsln.
'There is reason to believe that the
Chinese in tills case were not Boxers,
hut were l.i Hung ('hang’s veterans,
who had been ordered to wait near
here in view of the possibility that the
foreigners would bur his progress to
r the capital."
Arc HI ‘ng to the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Times, wiring Oct. 5,
P Is announced that Huai Tai, nephew
of the dowager, who was dismissed by
K.rnpcfror Hwang Su in 18h8, has suc
ceeded Prince Tuan in the tsung 11 yu
inen and has also been appointed gen
eralissimo of the Chinese forces, re
placng General Yung i.u.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post, in a dispatch dated yes
terday, says: ‘‘All the foreign troops
here are held In readiness against a
possible attack by 8,000 Chinese troops
now advancing along the grand canal.”
According to native reports both sol
diers and people have lied from Pao
Ting Fu. The expedition to that point
J.as been delayed owing to fhe lack of
transports for the Germans.
The Morning Post has the following
dispatch, dated October 5, from Ma
Tow, on the Pel Ito: ‘‘Sir Alfred Gase
lee (the British commander) has re
turned to Pekin after issuing orders
that all the British troops except the
VVei Hal Wei regiments shall prepare
for the winter.
’Tile American marines from Pekin
have arrived here. Some of the French
_ jroops are leaving.”
MONO KONG, Oct, 8.—Yesterday 1,
000 rebels attacked the marked town of
Sal-Wan, eight miles northeast of San
Chun, but were defeated. The people
of San Chun closed their shops, ex
pecting to lie attacked also.
The troops here are being held in
readiness for any emergency and the
police forces along the Kowloon fron
tier have been Increased.
f The expedition to Pao Ting Fu is
now scheduled to start tomorrow, Sun
day. It is reported that the Boxers
have placed improved gunboats on the
grand canal to defend the town, al
though already practically deserted in
anticipation of the projected attack.
Tlie Russians have furnished the es
cort for f,i Hung Chung to Pekin.
Went I'oint Wnltoin Htrikf,
WEST POINT. N. Y.f Oct. 8,—Twen
fy-two waiters In the cadet mess slop
ped work just before flip dinner hour
last night, and refused to handle a sin
gle ration unless a raise of $5 a month
in their salary was guaranteed. Maior
iiall. treasurer of the commissary de
partment, was summoned, and acceded
to the demand. A strike is also pend
ing in two of tlie other departments.
The grievances are based up^n the re
cent increase in the number of cadets,
which naturally makes additional work
for the civilian employes. The old
scale for the mesa hall waiters was
$20 per month with rations.
Soldier liru Loiif Hon fence.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—Private
Frank Miller, Company I, Tw**nty
third United States infantry, was con
victed bv court-martial at Cebu, Phil
ippine Islands, of the charge of crim
inal assault and seiitemed to lie shot
to death with musketry. The oase
having been submitted to the president
for his action tie commuted the sen
tence to "dishonorable dlsihaige, for
feiture of pay ami allowance and con
finement at hard lalior in a peniten
tiary for a period of twenty year..”
riilltpputf K*v«*nn«*.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 8.—The
War deimrtmeut today made public u
statement showing the revenues lu the
Philippine Islands for the first seven
months of 1900 to have been $4,782 OHO
an increase over the coi responding pe
riod of 1899 of $2,095,325. The cus
toms receipts for the pel tod named iu
1900 were $3,182,245, and internal rev
enue reraj ’s $236,101. 'the postal re
ceipts beginning July 1 w**re deposited
in the treasury and for that month
.mounted to {110.845
Hatter la «•*»*•» •Aoo
ST. JOfKI’H. Mo oi. X The Bur
lington railway tonight wot to Kx
pr«aa Meaeeuger Itaxter «f Kansas
City a warm letter of i mmendatlon
for hie runrageou* aet ta froatratlna
'he holdup ner- Connell IIIoff« hv
hooting and killing no. of the rah
tier* The letter aUo contained a draft
for I’ithi aa further avktenre «»f auMre
•■latino
then Matieei X lit M«M.
I .ON DON Ort » It la aotimatml
according to th« KMototrlUHitri eo
respondent of the Unity Mail, that
i'*404 town to $ ooo Itoera hate retreat
• <l from Pilgrim a Meat u*srthea»t of
l.tdeolnirg with forir l.m* Tom* and
• aenlt two other gon* The tor re*
apoadeni under* land* that their Iona
t'*m ammunition ta aim**' - than*tad
GROWING COMMERCE OF CUBA.
Nearly Entire l.ut of Tobacco llaa t ome
to 1,'nltcd Mate*.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.—The divi
sion of customs and insular affairs of
the war department lias made public
a summary of its regular monthly bul
letin, giving the commerce of the isl
and of (Juba for the seven months end
ing January 31, 1900.
The summary shown that the total
value of merchandise imported into the
island durng the penal named amount
ed to $43,169,035, of wlieh amount $1,
8(31,443 was admtted free of duty. Of
the total imports into the island $34,
264,109 worth was entered at the port
of Havana. The imports from North
Ameren amounted to $22.^21.551.
Thu total value of nterenundse ex
ported during the period named was
$1,905,492, classified as follows: Pro
ducts of agriculture, $10 371,509; munu
' factured articles, $8,019,280; products of
the forest, $176,872: products of the
mines. $440,052, and articles not classi
fied to the value of $944,479.
, Tobacco being the leading article of
; export it is interesting to note that
1( af tobacco to the value of $5,553,057
was exported from the island during
the period firmed. Of this amount $5,
064,557 was taken by the t'nlted States.
! The exportation of cigars during the
! period named amounted in value to $7.
I 993,963. Of the amount $3,058,5*6 was
i taken by the I’nilid States. The ex
1 portatlou of cigarettes during the pe
riod named amounted in value to $192,
, 505. Of tills amount $21,039 wbs tftKen
j by the Pnited States. The export of
i all other tobacco during the period
; named amounted in value to $56,450. of
I which amount $50,773 was taken by the
t tilted States,
EX-AUDITOR BISSFLi IS DEAD.
Former Miaiourl I’Mrllh Offirlul Ki|ilr«i
in Mm n Frit in* Into.
; SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8—W. R.
! Missel!, a railroad men well known
throughout the I'nited States, died to
I night of cancer at the Southern Pa
I rifle hospital in this city aged 56
i years. He was auditor of the Missouri
j Pacific for five years, resigning the po
sition to accept a similar one with the
j Fairliaven fc Southern Pat ifir. At the
j time of his death he occupied a prom
! Inent position in the freight depart
j ment of the Southern 1 aclflc. He
j was a brother of Frederick M. Missell.
| auditor of the Pennsylvania railroad,
| and a brother-in-law of Thomas R.
Roberts, one of the leading merchants
1 of the Quaker City.
II LIAVES FOR PEKIN.
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| ( Intention Not to no— llrlclKix
Four Trrachorf,
TIEN THIN, Saturday, Oct. 8.—Li
Hung Chang, whoso visit (o Pekin had
apparently been postponed Imleflnite
j ly. left this morning for the Chinese
| capital.
1'he five Belgian engineers and fif
teen missionaries who had been kept
prisoners for many weeks at Pao Ting
Fu, but were recently released under
orders from Li Hung Cluing, who dl
| ret ted that they have srfe escort, to
j Pekin, refuse to start, fearing treaeh
| ery ou the part of the Chinese escort.
LI In OFT for I'^kin.
TIEN TSIN. Oct. t>.— (Via Shanghai.
I Oct. 4.i—Li Hung Chang and M. de
| (Hers, the Russian minister to China,
I had a lengthy conference today, after
| whicli it was announced that Li Hung
| Chang would depart for Pekin to
I morrow. Peaceful conditions prevail.
The failure of the Russian to re
| build the railway to Pekin is causing
talk among the commanders for the
restoration of the line to English own
ers for reconstruction and operation.
Kill* lit* fend I ns Umiik
WHEELING, W. V.i . Oct. 8. -M. F.
, Dr.veden, u prominent attorney, was
| shot and killed today by Thomas
i Workman, his father-in-law. While
I Dryeden's father-in-law was visiting
him. Drycden became enraged at his
j wife and began beating her. Her
j father undertook to protect tier, and
finally to save himself, he drew a re
I volver and shot Dr.veden. Mrs. Drye
I den is completely prostrated.
Sue/ i tknnl In Not ItltH-kot.
| PORT SAID, Oct. s.—The Sue*
! canal is not blocked, as reported iu
j the l ulled Stales, l>> the recent sink
I ing of tlie American steam collier
Kiuhtr. bound for Manila with coal for
the fleet. There is no delay ill the
case of tease's under forty-lite fet ill
the beam. The Emir's position ts uu
1 rhanaed
PaMtnn PI yi
MKlti.lN. Drt. k It i an not, need
that there were iiO.iatO apwtalofti at
the fiiriy-elaht prod in t Ion* of he I'aa
| »lon fl tv ut Obeiamioei'Kau. The ad
ntliudott receipt* totalled IfOO.Ooo
| mark*, .uni It I* Hllmlt* that the
j villager* ret etved from the vltdtor*
j about t imni tMHj niaik*
*ai. «» I.eltMtHM
! UAI.VKHTON. Te* lit # The
| t emit* of the \ tral ward taken uttdet
t the illrerllou of the relief rommiltre.
I allow* the population lit Ite 2 .'.Yi The
raitevl Hiate* rrttirn* (Hililitknl today
I'" tor* the atutto aate the population
ot that ward at It km other w.mla
I will foil * akurtit
wrtear lot the I lileu.
all \ Stilt kl Haim day th-l 4 -The
t acUotahinenl of the t* I ilk ■- «t * •
■ |*< lit Imld) Ilf m r*id|iH mA*
I « U! II*‘HU* « i i-»«l If* i Ml !?|f HvfMtl |o
| IHp ♦•#** Hi* f». *i4« |>r«'Mitirf H*<i
| |t* «MtUU l llw t!r|i»44'hHi of fu.kiti
* )i«*m *«f iti«* > utm
The Next Step Will Gome from the Got*
<rnmoct's Repress utatives.
fNGIAND ACTS Wiril UNClt SAM
(Iov0miiii*iiI of (irntl flrttalu follow* tit
the CootutegMi of America in 'Inking 1
Its Negotiation* %% ill* the Clitiiene
hot erntnei; t.
WASHINGTON. o«f. <>. The Brit
ish gaveniment itas followed in the
footsteps of tho I nited States in tho
Chin-use negotiations. It lias author
ized Sir Claude MsuoDnald, the Brit
ish minister at l’ekin, to enter into
relations with the Chines* officials,
just as our government did in tire
case of Minister Conger. Although
the formal response to the last (ier
mun proposition has not been, re
turned by Lord Salisbury, the I'nlted
States government! has been Inform
ed that, though Hiii h rm answer may
not be made ui all. being unnecessary
In the light of recent developments,
yet Sir Claud" Ma -Donald will he in
strueted to make the nine Inquiries
relative to the punishment of the Chi
nese ringleaders that have been com
rnitted to Mr. Conger.
The first practical oittnxne of Spe
cia! Commissioner llo klilH's Investi
gation has been an instrut tlon to him
by tho State department to co-operate
with Minister Conger In the Inquiries
with which that official if. now charg
ed, relative to the eharncwr of tho
Chinese envoy-- and punishments.
The next step toward the final set
tlement of the Chinete troubles must,
-one front Mr. Conger and his brother
ministers. They an charged now
with Inquiries into Hie matter of pun
ishments, which certainly will occupy
much headway will tic made in other
some time an I it is not expected that
directions until ibis phase of the case
inns been passed.
The latest French note Is a distinct
movement toward the Initiation of
negotiations for a settlement, while
this question of punishments is still
pending. It is probabli that ex
changes will take place with the
French note as the basis, while the
ministers at Pekin tire at work under
their instructions upon the subject of
punishments, hut even though some
advance is made with the French note
It is not lik-ly. in the Judgment of
offl.-ials here, that all of 'lie complex
questions Involved therein can lie
agreed upon by the powers ••"for" Mr.
Conger and Hie other ministers are
ready to report upon their branch of
the case.
Touching the French proposals the
officials here have already re dyed in
timation that the Chinese government
is preparing to offer str -nuous objec
tion to some of them, notably to the
propositions looking lo ihe razing of
the Taku forts and tin interdiction
of the importation of lireanns. It Is
believed Here, however, that the im
perial government wi|! make an earn
est effort to meet the demand of tho
powers respecting the punishments.
The news that Yung 1 -it is not to be
forced upon the Chinese ik-hcp com
mission it: well received here ar an
indication of the readiness of the Chi
nese government to accede to a rea
sonable remonstrance from the powers.
LINOS AN OLD BOUNDARY MARK.
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i Tlirou* Nimic l.igtit on l>i*!Miled Ouf***
lion* III .%lllHkll.
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., Oct. 6.
It Is reported that a new boundary
marking lias just been discovered in
thei disputed portion of the Mount
Baker district by members of a rail
road surveying party. They found
the monument in the vicinity of Chil
liwack lake in the middle of a wide
swath which was years ago cut
through the timber, if the boundary
, follows the line of this swaili. Red
mountain and all the disputed strip is
tin tli" American side. It is expected
tlie report of the Dominion surveyors
will be made in a few days. If the
Canadians claim the line is south of
the present location, the Washington
authorities will be asked to nuine a
sum y. A question lias also arisen as
to whether tin- forty-ninth parallel
was correctly fixed by the boundary
commission, and the settlement of the
matter may heroine an in ernutional
affair. Many mines are located in the
disputed territory.
Tough I 111 Tup nf Irani
ST liOl'IK, Oct, 6 - On lop of a
Chicago £ Alton [mnsuiiKi'f train, mov
ing at the rat* of forty inllr* tin hour,
William Murk* of ihln rltv ami an
unknown mm fought a iiattl* to the
death tonight The i am m«*n were
beating thcii wa> to <*bti-ngo. After
the train left l-lael At lamia the atran
i ger ilrow *i revolver ami demanded
! Iturke'* moil*' Iturke retimed to
' longlr wllh th* rf«|i»e»i amt grappled
1 wrllh hia ant igotilai During the dr*
1 perat* *lroggte whirl) followed the tin
I known shot Iturke nt th* ole, nut the
latter ft nulls man >h«**1 k. push him
j from the tup of the iot a,
• ♦£«•*!* I I I tlwl
l*IT 1 Alt! H't Ik i I An oiranlia
lion to He known ae the tila«s t'him
M) a**«H tat 0**» haa li'i'ii t riunl try
the largest prtelot era and t •tteral of
fli ii. mulrliiitr f ..i*t** 11 i* i \ inn *e<t
to lndu« e ail lk» cItlma*t makers l«»
| be* rime pi* lu'i* r» to aril only at mm
| id »tma p»l.»* «t<l thu* atop tit* cot
; ling rales whirls it *aid to hats been
| %trlt* hsa - i m I IImmIioOs te> satljf
PRi PARI FOR A 10\G STRIKE.
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C ommit t«*> .4 mtu^lng to I’rovldn for
I-unit llrn of Inlou MIiiitn.
8HKNANDOAH. I*a., Oct. 6.—Con
cessions announced yesterday by the
Philadelphia * Heading Coal and Iror
company weie not sufficient to induce
ihe striking mine workers of the
Schuylkill region to return to the col
leries today. Mr. l’ottar, organizer
and leader of the foreign mine work
ers. says lie made a careful canvass
of this town last night and found the
strikers determined to remain out un
til ordered to work by the Mine
Workers' convention or by President
Mitchell
in anticipation of a long strike the
local foreign unions today appointed
a committee to investigate the cases
of need among strikers' families. Or
ganizer Pottier says the treasuries of
the Sh nandoali foreign brunches of
the Undod Mine Workers contain
ubout *1,100, and while this lasts suf
fering among the strikers will be re
lieved. No eases of distress buve as
yet been reported, he says.
General Gobin today stated that his
Information from the Panther Creek
valley is to the effect that all the col
lieries there are working as usual and
no trouble is anticipated.
WORK Of AMI Hit', AIM COMMISSION
Money Kipernlfil to Sliow Amerlruu Uor
eminent’. Int.mlun,
MANILA, Oct. 5.—The new Philip
pines' commission today appropriated
*2H7,tJ0ii (Mexican) for the payment of
sundry expenses incurred by the mili
tary for the benefit of the insular gov
ernment during September, and also
donated *1,500 (Mexican) to the
widow of the loyal and efficient Fili
pino president of the town of Santa
Cruz, who was revengefully murdered
by the insurgent*. The purpose is to
show the Crited States government’s
intention to protect itH friends and
faithful servants, the Hollos, i’anay
island and its civil government.
Monday night, October 1, the rebels
killed Lieutenant Max Wager of the
Thirty-sixth regiment volunteer in
fantr). near Pavla, island of Panay.
A detachment of the Forty-fourth
regiment at Bohol island, one of the
Vlsayju group, has encountered a
force nf the enemy, killing thirty of
them. One American was killed.
ISoer Force*.
LONDON, Oct. f>.—Lord Robert*
has wired as follows to the war of
fice:
Hart returned to Krngersdorp Oc
tober 1. He lias been thirty-three
days from his base, marched 310
eiib1., whs In contact with the enemy
twenty-nine uays killed an unknown
number ami captured ninety-six. The
British lost three killed, tnree prison
ers and twenty-four wounded. Hurt
brought back 2,720 head of cattle and
3,28i sheep.
Holler has returned to Lydenburg
from Spltzkop with 1,000 sheep. There
are skirmishes with the Boers dally,
but tht'.v are small affairs.
The Dublin Fusileers made a night
its; atilt with the bayonet on a Boer
laager between Pretoria and .Jo
hannesburg and captured nine men
mostly important Boers, who have
troubled the district. •
A party of lloers lias penetrated
(lie southern part of Orange river col
ony, entered Dewetsdorp aud Wep
ener. Detachments are after them.
Ta<|ul Uon On.
HLRMOSILLO, Mox.. Oct. 5.—N>
initiations between the five Yaqui Ju
lian emissaries and President Diaz
for tlie settlement of hostilities now
existing between the Yaquis and
Mexican government have failed to
accomplish anything, and the peace
envoys have arrived here on their
way home from the City of Mexico.
They report that President Diaz re
fused to consider their proposal for
peace, as lie looked u(>on it as grant
ing too many concessions to the In
dians.
Fighting still continues and the
gov* rnment troops seem to be making
slow, but steady advances into the In
dia n country.
Berlin llrnlei a Itepurt.
BI-SRI.IN, Oct. 5. It la denied here
that Oermany has made any declara
tions about the immediate initiation
of peace ru Koiiutlons. Oermany has
never abandoned the stated point of
the first note of fount von Huelow.
As to the second note. It is believed
here that the fhlnese government had
burned front Rood friends of the flrst
note and planned to forestall by the
punishment of the guilty parties. The
ttrst note was successful It Is still
Muted that no French note has ar
rived here. Officials declare that it Is
strange that It shtuld have been an
nounced as It was If It was still to
i time.
SeiJtiHlu < aiupOell llraU.
SANTA BARBARA. f»l . Oct V—
Benjamin H fantphrll. a well It noun
stunner of Pittsburg, |*a Is dead in
i Ma illy, aged S3 years Air fstnp
l»H sunk I he first oil well ever put
d * u In the I nitid States A daugh
ter Mrs AlargarM inland the author
I t it aotVlVea hint
Wees Ttisa tti» thuowHtl live*!-.
I 11AI ,\ I'll TON fvt fa t 1 The
tinting Ml corpses irr 111 - ill' ter end
• tig twenty hie a day being rev in •
• red fsriaiah now the dead In Ik*
■ It. Will e»< e«.| r, mat t>. . III.I the t It)
Until* I ftw an>l >m tae wain land
»if than 1 -mu
Belief that Reapproachment Among Pow
ers is About to be Formed.
Ttft DimCLLTItS WITH CHINA
H«Ulen»«nt «>f tlte Smnti Heeum to Ha on
Ilia \ erg** of t outturn in* tlou Harmony
Between tiurmiiiiy nnd ttin iutted
fetal**.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—A feeling
of buoyant optimism prevails in this
city today relative to the Chinese
troubles that warrants the belief in
the existence of a sound foundation
based on very recent developments in
pending negotiations. Ii Is evidently
the conviction among officials that a
reapproachment among the powers is
near at hand.
The encouraging outlook has been
brought auout very largely by the
harmonious sentiments which have
developed between this government
and Germany concerning the course
of future events in Chinn. Hinee tho
return of Secretary Hay he has hud
several conferences with Huron Speck
von Sternberg, the; German charge d’
affaires, watch have been of such a
character as to show that the two
governments are proceeding toward a
common end for the solution of the
entire difficulty. The Berlin govern
ment received several days ago the
Sheng dispatch giving the Chinese
edict, punishment of Prince Tuan and
his associates. This was accepted in
the highest German quarters as a sin
cere evidence that China was disposed
now to deal with the responsible par
ties as their offenses deserved, making
a peaceful solution of the problem
possible. Altogether the outlook then
Is more satisfactory than at any time
heretofore, not only for concurrent
action by the powers, but also for a
comprehensive settlement of the en
tire Chinese question.
Jt is expected, however, that the at
tention of this government will lie
turned to some entirely new phases
brought up by the French note to the
powers. There is no doubt as to the
accuracy of the foreign dispatches
slating that M. Delcaase, the French
minister of foreign affairs, has ad
dressed a note to the powers propos
ing a general plan of dealing with the
subject. This note, undoubtedly will
h< in the hands of this government by
the time the president returns, and
already there is considerable anxiety
in foreign quarters as to the answer
the United States will make.
There is reason to believe that some
of the continental powers do not view
all of the French proposals with favor
and that there may be a renewal in
this note of the differences of views
recently developed over the German
note. So far as this gvoernment is
concerned, however, there Is no rea
son to believe the French propositions
will meet with disfavor.
Meantime plans are under consider
ation by which the powers will see
that China carries out her purposes of
punishing the guilty parties. It is felt
to he proper that the punishment shall
be carried out in such public manner,
either with the knowledge of the for
eign ministers or in their presence,
that there can he no question as to
ttie completeness of China's repara
tion.
The state department lias been mak
ing some inquiries as to the extent
to which Jung hit, one of the peace
negotiators appointed by the emperor,
participated in the Uoxer troubles. It
is alleged that these inquiries have at
least developed something unfavora
ble to the acceptance of Jung Lti.
whose tendencies have been anti-for
eign, as a satisfactory person with
whom to conduct negotiations. A
rathvr guarded statement if. made that
this government lias "not formally
objected" to Jung hu's appointment
leaving the inference to be drawn tliut
its preference is against him being sc
honored.
Ofllrrn «f Inloii Veleranii l. III oil.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 The Union
Veterans' union, In session here to
day, elected the following officers:
Commander In chief. General D. K.
Iderenforth, Idstrict of ('olumlda. re
elected: L. M. latugataff. division of
Iowa, first deputy commander: K. H.
Hutchison, division of New York and
New Jersey, second deputy command
er. The annual report of General
Iderenforth showed a substantial ad
vance In the union Itoth in member
ship and in financial condition Al
the afternoon sessiou Mrs. Ada John
son. president of the Womens Hellef
rorps. submitted her aunual report.
% HlaloHtM !• all lltfttH
WAHHINCJTON, <h l 4 Th#* navy
depsrtiiient has just reietved the fol
i Ioanna cablegram from Admiral
! KeuipR
| CAVITK, 1’. I . Oct * .Secretary
1 nary. Washington No troth In any
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THREE NIGHTS OF 1 ERROR.
Woman Wlin Went Through the Siege of
I'ekln Recite* Experience*.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3. -Mice Os*
Jil Payen, the young minia .ure painter,
who went to Pekin last spring aa the
guest of Minister and Mrs. Conger, told
a graphic story of the siege on her ar
rival here.
"Of the whole eight weeks of ter
rible anxiety and dread," she said,
"three nights stand out with especial
prominence. They are spoken of by
the besieged as 'the three terrible
nights.' The first was Just before the
siege—ahout June 17 or 18. That was
while we were in the American lega
tion. We went into the British lega
tion compound on June 20. The night
I speak of was one tire foreigners will
never forget. All night long went up
terrible cries—howls and shouts of
thousands upon thousands of Chinese,
crying for the blood of the foreign
ers."
"The second terrible night wa3 about
the middle of the siege, when, after
three or four days of muggy and sultry
weather, one of the most violent thund
er storms 1 ever experienced broke
over the city. Everybody 1 ad predict
ed that with tlie coming of rain the
Chinese would cease firing, but the ef
fect wu» just the oposlte. It was »
night of bellowing thunder, roaring
artillery, incessant lightning and pour
ing rain.
“The third and last night of horrors
was that of August 13, the day be
fore relief came. On that night the
Chinese were fairly frantic and moved
heaven and earth to break In and kill
us. Firing that had seemed furious
was tame compared with the hail of
shot and shell that [mured in upon us
that night. Tt. came from all quarters
tnd seemed to be from ev«ry imagina
ble kind of firearm. We had received
reports of the approach of the relief
’oluinn and knew that it most he near,
from the frantic attempts of the Cbl
tmse to slay us. We expected that any
moment might be our last, us many
breaches were made by r.hells and a
determined nssr.ult at any one place
would have opened the way for the
hordes outside.”
COMPUTE LIST OE BOXERS.
Document* Prove Complicity of Chine**
Off!Hul« In Outrun;**.
RAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Rev.
Frederick Brown, presiding elder of
the Methodist mission in Tien Tsin
who guided the allied forces into the
Chinese capital, arrived here on the
Coptic. He was one of the last persona
to leave Pekin before communication
with the outside world had been cut
')tt. He left Pekin June 4 and with
?reat difficulty reached Tltn Tsin. He
immediately organized an expedition
tor the relief of Pei Tal Ho, where a
oarty of beventy-flvp foreigners', most
y women and children, were besieged
•>y the Chinese. About Hiirty Amer
icans were in the party. Hr. Brown's
family was among them. He sent his
family to Japan for safety and him
self succeeded in getting through to
Flen Tsin on an American tugboat.
As Dr. Brown was familiar with the
•ity of Pekin, his advice was asked
regarding the best, means of entry and
it was on his suggestion that the sewer
under the city’s wall was chosen bv
the Americans and British. The re
sult of tills waa their arrival several
hours before the Russians and Japa
nese.
Dr. Brown Raid: ‘‘The capture of
Tien Tsin on July 15 by the allied
forces was so unexpected that the
• arious treasuries, yamens and mints
iiii not have time to hide their tre.as
ires or destroy their documents, i
was requested l>y the allies to search
the dockets and files of the various
Chinese departments, and doing so.
came across many accounts which
dearly incriminate the highest offi
tdals, A complete register of all the
Boxers in the villageb around Tien
Tsin was also found, giving names and
iescrlptions so perfectly that when the
suppression of their pes ilentiai so
ciety is undertaken the llrt will be of
great assistance.’*
Hop** for lt*tter Tim**.
INDIANAPOLIS. Inti., Oct. 3.—
President Mitchell of the mine work
U's has written national headquarters
iere that he Is confident of serlurlug
greater concessions than those ofTereci
>y the anthracite coal companies and
the railroad companies for the strik
ing miners in Pennsylvania. Mr.
Mitchell says the railroads hold the
Key to the situation and that It la
useless to deal with individual oper
ators.
To Memo** !>•**•*? Are.lt.
NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—In the muni
ipal council today a resolution for
the removal of the Dewey arch was
Introduced and adopted.
C uiwfHton of Hi* Treasury.
WASHINGTON. Oct 3 Todayii
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