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■BUMBLE TROTH IS KNOWN
Foreigners In Pekin Met Death
At Hands of Fanatics.
OFFICIAL CM MESSAGE
Details of Butchery are Meagre and
Full Story of Its Horrors May
Never Be Known.
Ad official telegram was received at
Shanghai Sunday night from the gov
ernor of Shan Tung stating that a
breach was made in the wall of the
British legation at Pekin after a gallant
defense and when all the ammunition
bad given out. All foreigners were
killed.
BUTCHERY WAS COMPLETE.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Daily Express, on the alleged
authority of couriers who brought tho
■dory, gives a very seusatioual ac
count. He says:
“Maddened with hunger, after hav
ing been without food for many days,
the members of the legations and the
guards made a sortie on the night of
June 30th and killed 200 Chinese iff
an unexpected attack. General Tung
Fuh Siang, enraged over the loss of
so many men, brought up heavy guns
sml Prince Tuan gave the order that
every foreigner must be destroyed.
His words wero:
“Destroy every foreign vestige anil
make China a sealed book to all west
ern powers.”
The following is a list of tho foreign
ministers aud attaches of the legations
at Pekin:
United States—F.dwin H. Conger,
Minister; H. O. Hq.iiers, Secretary of
Legation; W. E. Baiubridge, Second
Secretary; F. D. Cheshire, Interpreter;
Mrs. M. S. Woodward and Alias lone
Woodward, of Chicago, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Conger.
Great Britain—Sir Claude M. Mac
donald, Minister; H. G. O. Bax Iron
side, First Secretary of Legation; H.
<l. N. Dering, Second Secretary; H.
Coekburn, Chinese Secretary; Clive
lligham, Honorary Attache; G. F.
Brown, Military Attache; Lieutenant
Colonel Dr. Bushel.
Germany—Barou Von Kotteler.Min-
inter; Dr. You Prittwitz and Dr. Yon
Gaffrou, Secretaries of Legation; Baron
Von Der Goltz, Secretary and Inter
preter; Hj Cordes, Second Interpreter;
O. Felsenau, Chancellor.
Russia—M. I)o Uiers, minister; B.
Kroupeoaki, First Secrotary of Lega
tion, It. Evreincw, Second Secretary;
X*. Ponov •J'Vroi Interpreter; N. Koles
sow, Second Interpreter.
France- -9. Piohon, Miuister; M.
D’Autboard, First Secretary; H. Le
duc, First Interpreter; M. Vidal, Mili
tary Attache.
•Japan—Bnron Nislii, Minister; Ishii
Kikoujiro, First Secretary.
Spain—B. J. De Cologan, Minister.
Italy'—Marquis Hulvago, Minister.
Austro-Hungary— Baron Czikann
Von VVal.lhorn, Minister; Dr. A. Von
Hosthorj, Secretary of Legation.
Belgium—Baron De Vinok, Minis
ter.
Portugal—F. A. Galhardo, Miuister.
The European governments have
received from their respective repre
sentative at Shanghai a dispatch from
tne governor of Shau Tung, dated
July 7th, reporting that the European
troops made a sortie from Pekin and
killed ‘2OO of Geueral Tung Fuh
Slang's forces and that the boxers
were mounting guus to make a breach
in the defenses.
Under date of July 12th the gov
ernor of Bhang Tung wired as follows:
"Native soldiers and boxers have
been attacking the legations for some
hours, but have not yet effected an en
trance. They are now all bombarding
with cannon to make a breach for a
heavy onslaught. I fear that all the
ministers, and the government as
well, are in great danger. The gov
ernment is intensely anxious.”
Finally came tb6 news from Shang
hai that a breach bad been made and
TWO STRIKERS SHOT.
They Interfered With a Street Car
Motorman In St. Louis.
Herman Baude, au employee of the
Union Ice Company, was shot and
mortally wonnded by William E. Her
man, a motorman for the SL Louis
Transit Company, iu a drug store in
that city Saturday.
Charles Young, a striking street
railway man. was also shot by Her
man, lint not seriously wonuded.
Herman had entered the drug store to
make some purchases. William Gray,
a striker, stepped into the place and
told the druggist not to sell Herman
anything, as he was a "scab.”
CHAROEO WITH SHORTAGE.
Secretary of a Savannah Lodge of Odd
Fellows Ooes Wrong.
A Savannah dispatch says: John B.
Bnlekeu, secretary of Concord Lodge
of Odd Fellows, has been arrested for
stealing the funds of the lodge. He is
short in bis accounts about S3OO, and
claims to have lost the money dealing
in cotton futures. He is a clerk in the
Savannah Cotton Exchange and of a
good family.
I tho foreigners killed. All the dates
probably refer to a much earlier period,
but the presumption is that the suo
i eessive dispatches give an outline of
what has happened. The Europeans
! having reached the end of their re
sources, made a desperate sortie aud
then bravely met their fate. The de
tails of the horrible story will proba
bly never be known.
OOOD WORK AT TTEN TSIN.
Admiral Belymonr's diapatcha give
the latest news regarding the situation
at Tien Tsin. Telegrams to the Asso
ciated Press show that the operations
! on July 11th were a brilliant success.
I The Japanese cavalry and a mobile
monnted battery did splendid work.
Tt was unfortunate that the allies did
not have more cavalry to purse the
flying enemy. Four hundred Chinese
were killed and six guns captured. At
noon the settlements wero again vici
ously shelled from the native city and
the hospitals and other buildings were
repeatedly hit. The moral effect of
the successes of the allied forces upon
the Chinese is believed to be very
great.
RUSSIAN ENVOY BOILED TO DEATH.
A dispatch to The Chicago Record
from St. Petersburg, July 11, via
Paris, July 14, says: The czar has
received with great emotion the dread
ful details of the catastrophe at Pekin.
Tears coursed down his majesty’s
cheeks as he read the oablegram from
Admiral Aiexieff, at Port Arthur, con
firming the horrible details of the
assassination of M. DeGiers, which
rnerely confirms rumors that had al
ready reached Ilnssia.
The admiral declares that the Rns
sian envoy was dragged through the
streets by the Boxers, insulted, beaten
and tortured, aud even thrown into a
great kettle aud boiled to death. Then
the remains were thrown to the dogs.
While M. DeGiers was being disposed
of, tbo fanatical mob danced around
tho caldron.
Mme. DeGiers, Admiral AlexieiPs
advices declare, suffered a fate worse
than death and was beaten aud tor
tured with sharp sticks until life was
extinct.
The legation officials are said to
linve been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. M. De
Giers and his legation officials resisted
desperately and his bravo body guard
killed many of the attacking mob. In
the midst of his tortures the envoy is
said to have heroically proolaimed his
faith in Christianity, encournged by
the wife who so soon ehured his mar
tyrdom.
The announcement of this intelli
gence to the relatives of the Russian
martyrs iu Chinn was accompanied by
heartrending scenes.
REPLY RECEIVED
By ninister Wu In Washington
Very Indefinite and Evasive
In Dictation.
Such news as reached Washington
Sunday from China was distinctly
bad. It consisted of a cablegram to
Miuister W r u, from Sheng, the impe
rial director of posts and telegraphs at
Shnnghai, and, according to the min
ister, was in reply to the urgent mes
sage he himself had sent Saturday to
that official asking him to try to secure
some news from the capital.
This cablegram Mix Wu regarded as
of sufficient importance to carry in
person to Secretary Hay, who was
waiting at his homo for news. The
message as resolved from the cipher
was ns follows:
"Pekiu news of July 7th says that
General Tuan Fuh Siaug, in disobedi
ence of imperial orders, was about to
use guns. Legations and the govern
ment will be in peril.”
There still remains a suspicion that,
while Mr. Wu is undonbtedly acting
with sincerity, Sheng, who ia repre
sented to be a clever and adroit man,
may know more of ftie actual happen
ings at Pekiu that lie is willing to re
veal at once.
NEGOTIATING WITH SPAIN.
Government Gay Purchase Big Float
ing Dry Dock Now at Havana,
Negotiations are now going on be
tween the United Statea and Spain for
the purchase of the fine sloel dry dock
at Havana, now the property of Spain.
'I he price to be paid is $259,000, and
after its purchase it will be towed and
stationed at Pensacola navy yard.
San Juan and Key West were con
sidered besides Pensacola, but after
the successful teat of the coaling facul
ties by the north Atlantic squadron a
few months back, the department de
cided to to have the new dock station
ed at Pensacola.
FAVORABLE TO BOXERS.
Governor of a Chinese Province Issues
Order Encouraging to Mob.
Secretary Hay has received an un
dated dispatch from Consul General
Goodenow at Shanghai, stating that
■ the governor of Honau Fshanti has is
sued a proclamation favorable in its
' terms to the Boxers.
Honan Fshanti is the province lying
! immediately northwest of Shanghai
and between that city aud Pekin.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Believes Bryan Will
Be Next President.
HIGHLY EULOGIZES NEBRASKAN
ChlnflM Troiiblftf Touched Upon and
ChuracterUtlc* of “Fig Tails’*
la UlicuHihl.
Away back in the 40s when James
K. Polk was nominated at Baltimore
for president the mail came to our lit
tle town three times a week by stage.
It brought the news in an Augusta
paper. My father was postmaster,
and when he tore off the wrapper to
read the news to the waiting people
and gave the name of Polk as the
nominee my good old Norwegian
friend, Nic Omberg, threw his hat
up and shouted: “He is de man—de
best man. He will beat Mr. Clay out
of his poots. Meester Smit, vot did
yon sav bees name vos?’
That is faith—Democratic faith. I
am just that way about Bryan, only I
Know his name. “Clarnm et venera
bile nomem.” Was there ever a grand
er, purer statesman on the American
continent? Was there ever a partisan
aspirant for the presidency who stood
so far above all rivals that no one pre
sumed to question his right to the
nomination and this notwithstanding
his defeat in the last raoe?
What manner of man is he that
without effort or political intrigue he
has for four years stood pre-emiuent
the choice of the Democraoy of every
state? Without fear and witbont re
proach his will has been and still is
the will of the party. Sincerity, earn
estness and pnrity of character in pri
vate and in public life have enthroned
him in the hearts of the people, and
my faith is like Omberg’s. “He vill
beat McKinley ont of his poots.” As
to his running mate, Senator Tillman
is right. It doesn’t make any differ
ence, so he is a Democrat and a gentle
man. Bryan doesn't need a helper.
In horse talk, a running mate is a
toaser, an exciter, a stimulator put on
the track to make the racer go faster if
possible. Bryan will get as many
votes in New York without Hill as
with him. Hill and Croker quarreled
and each told the truth on the other.
They are exquisite politicians. Bryam
is a statesman.
There are thousands of us who be
lieve that all these wars have been
precipitated for party purposes,, and
the blood of car boys is crying from
the ground. Our southern people
have lost faith in the ability of the nd-
ministration to extrioate the country i
from this mountain of trouble. We i
mast have a change and that soon, or ;
the mountain will get bigger. This ad- !
ministration began with war on its* <
heart, for heretofore wars have been :
popular with the people and kept the
war party in power and gave the man
ufacturers mp north plenty to- <lo
What a muss have they got in Cube,
and Porto Rico and the Philippines,
annexing a few more million negroes
to give us trouble and killing them, by
the thousands without a cause, and
raising a big rumpus if we lynch one
down here. And now we are abomt to
be involved in this war with China—
a war that was no doubt precipitated
because of our aggressions in the
Philippines and the English on the
Boera. China sees that the motto
of the Christian nations is: “Let
those take who have the power, and let
those keep who oan.”
For fifty years England has forced
Chiua to buy her opium, grown and
mada in India for English merchants,
until the product now amounts to $30,-
000,000 a year. And now China is tak
ing her revenge. For many years past
Russia has been discussing the parti
tion of China juet as the partition of
Polaud was made and discussed, for
“Freedom shrieked
When Kosciusko fell, and Poland was
divided out among the powers.”
China has brooded over all this and
the time oame for a terrible revenge.
But what about out missionaries? My
wife, who is my running mate, is much
exercised about that, for she is a great
missionary woman and attends every
meeting and takes her money along.
I told her not long ago that I dident
have much faith iu the conversion of
the Chinese, for there are thousands
over here, right under the sound of
the Sabbath bells, and not one ever
attends church or has expressed any
concern about his soul.
Lady CUirohill reported to her so
ciety that it had spent £300,000 in
twelve montha in an effort to convert
the Jews in Poland, and she was .sat
isfied they had converted one—pen
haps two—and she advised an aban
donment of the work. The religion
ot the Chinese is as old as that of the
Jews and stick* them as close, but
till the missionaries do report a
healthy progress and an refining and
reforming the ohildren and doing
much charitable a ork among the poor.
That’s all right, or it seemed to be
o. but now his all wrong. It makes'
Dy paQijih *jealous for foreigners to
route in with nsw methods and begin
to diotste as to their needs and man
ners and religion. We wouldn’t stand
:t a week. We can hardly stand the
Morotonp, who pretend to be Chris
’iaas.
But we are going to elect Bryan,
ilver or no silver, for he is an honest
•nan and his wife is his running mate,
a beautiful and impressive woman if
the picture of her face is a true oue.
We will all rejoice when they are dom
iciled iu the white honse. The silver
question can’t cut any figure for the
next six years, eo let it go along. Mr.
Bryan’s devotion to it is because he is
of Irish descent and dislikes England’s
domination, but he knows that we
can t change it for many years to
come.
Then here’s a 4th of July to Mr.
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan and Miss Ruth,
their pretty school girl, and the little
boy and the baby. I want to see
some children playing in the white
house yard. When that good time
comes I am going to see the family if
I’m alive and I’ll walk in without
knocking. I’m not afraid to venture
in any house where I see pretty chil
dren in the front yard.— Bill Arp, in
Atlanta Constitution.
I USIONIhTS IN NEBRASKA.
Three Parties Hold State Conventions
In Lincoln to Select a Ticket.
The fusion forces of Nebraska, in
cluding the Democratic, Populist and
silver Republican parties began their
state conventions in Lincoln Wednes
day to nominate a full state aud elec
toral ticket.
William J. Bryan and Charles A.
Towne iuu.l% brief addresses at the
Populist convention,the latter remain
i-i ar over night in Lincoln in order to
do so.
Ike Populist convention was ca lied
to order by State Chairman Edmiston
with over 1,200 delegates present.
In his address Chairman Edmiston
urged that the delegates work in unity
in the interests of the reform, forces.
The convention then recessed until
8 p. no., pending the report of the
committees.
Chairman Hall, of the state central
committee, called the Democratic state
couventfe) to order and introduced as
temporay- chairman T. J. Doyle, of
Lincoln, who made an address of some
length. His referenee to W. J. Bryan
bronght out hearty applause.
The fife, note of discord among the
Silver Rfevtblieaus in their convention,
came whoa Delegate Ransom offered a
set of resolutions approving, the re
ported withdrawal of Charles A.Towne
as a candidate for vice president in
favor of Adlai E. Stevenson. Protests
came from alt over the hall aadi the
resolutions were withdrawn.
Mr. Towne, who was present,, in a
short speech, practically announced
his intention to withdraw, but added
that he would take as active a- part in
the campaign and work as hard: for
the success of the ticket as if he was.
a candidate.
The resolutions as finally adopted in
dorse the Kansas City Silver Republi
can platform, and recite that in accord
ance with the action taken there the
Silver Republicans of Nebraska pledge
support to WiWiaza J. Bryan and Adlai
E. Stevenson, for president and vice
president.
ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN.
Fast Flyer on Illinois Central Held DJp
And SIO,OOO Secured.
The Illinois Central fast train frsea
New Orleans to Chicago was held ap
and robbed Wednesday morning at
1:20 o’clock, two miles south of Wiek
iiffe, Ky. The train was tlagged and
when it stopped the bandits entered
the cab. The fireman, J. J. Frysch,
was knocked, in the head with the butt
of a revolhrer and badly hurt.
The robbers, six in number, eut off
the engine and express car and ran a
mile to Fort Jefferson, near the- Ohio
river and within sight of the Missouri
shore. Here they blew the express
safe and secured over $10,000..
The robbers overpowered the ex
press men and made them get off the
train, but did not attempt to molest
others ou the train, which carried a
large load of passengers.
UERGAN EMPEROR FIRM.
William Is Determined to Avenge the
Death of Baron Von Ketteler.
Addressing the First Naval division,
prior to its departure from Kiel lor
China, Emperor William said:
“Yours is the first division of
armored ships which I send abroad.
Remember, you will have to fight a
cunning foe, provided with modern
weapons, to avenge the German blood
which has flowed. But spare the wo
men and children.
“I shall not rest until I have forced
China upon her knees and all the
bloody deeds are avenged.
“You will fight together with the
troops of various nationalities. See
that you maintain good comradeship
with them.”
TAYLOR’S PARDON N. Q.
Plea of Caleb Powers’ Attorney Is
Promptly Turned Down.
At Georgetown, Ky. t Wednesday,
Judge Cantrill overruled the motion
for the continuance in the case of
former Secretary of State Caleb Pow
ers.
Before the matter of selecting a
jury was taken up, Powers' attorney
filed, the pardon issued to him by ex-
Governor Taylor, and offered it as a
plea to bar. The plea was overruled,
the judge saying:
“The highest courts in this state
and in the United States have decided
that Taylor was not governor on March
10th, when the pardon was issued. It
is therefore void.”
FRANCE SELECTS NEGRO
To Command Her Forces In China.
WHI Outrank All Other Officers?
News comes from Paris that France
has selected General Alfred Dodds,
colored, senior in command of her
troops in China. Dodds is said to be
a man of great fighting ability, and as
he is a general of many years standing
he will probably rank the commanders
of all others of the allies. It will be
interesting to learn how Americans
aud Englishmen will like being led by
a negro.
IYHSS AIR LIE RAILROAD
Time Table.
Taking affect 12:01 a. m. Wednesday November Ist, 1899. Superseding Tim*
Table Dated Sept. 24th, 1899. Central Time Standard.
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