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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS
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8, E. ELLIOTT. Editor ani Business Mawr.
THE WORST IS NOW KNOWN
Murder of Foreigners In Pekin Is
Officially Announced.
MESSAGE FROM SHAN TUNG
A List of Foreign Ministers and
Attaches of Legations In Pekin
Who Were Victims of the
Fanatical Boxers.
An 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
had 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 the
story, gives a very sensational 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 in
' an unexpected attack. General Tung
Fuh Siang, enraged over the loss of
so many men, brought up heavy guns
and Prince Tuan gave the order that
every foreigner must be destroyed.
His words were:
“Destroy every foreign vestige and
make China a sealed book to all west
ern powers.”
The following is a list of the foreign
ministers and attaches of the legations
at Pekin:
United States—Edwin II. Conger,
Minister; H. G. Squiers, Secretary of
Legation; W. E. Bainbridge, Secoud
Secretary; F. D. Cheshire, Interpreter;
Mrs. M. S. Woodward and Miss 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.
G. N. Dering, Second Secretary; H.
Cockburn, Chinese Secretary; Clive
Bigham, Honorary Attache; G. F.
Brown, Military Attache; Lieutenant
Colonel Dr. Bushel.
Germany—Baron Von Ketteler,Min
ister; Dr. Von Prittwitz and Dr. Von
Gaffron, Secretaries of Legation; Baron
Von Der Goltz, Secretary and Inter
preter; H. Cordes, Second Interpreter;
O. Felsenau, Chancellor.
Russia— M. De Giers, minister; B.
Kroupeoski, First Secretary of Lega
tion, B. Evreinow, Second Secretary;
P. Ponow, First Interpr^te - ; N. Koles
sow, Second Interpreter. Pickon^
France—S. Minister; M.
D’Authoavd, First Secretary; H. Le
duc, First Interpreter; M. Vidal, Mili
tary Attache.
Japan—Baron Njski, Minister; Ishii
Kikoujiro, First Secretary. Minister.
Spain—B. J. De Cologau,
Italy—Marquis Salvago, Minister.
Austro-Hungary— Baron Czikann
Von Waklborn, Minister; Dr. A. Von
Rostkorn, Secretary of Legation.
Belgium—Baron De Viuck, Minis
ter.
Portugal^-F. A. Galhardo, Miiu/ster.
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The European governments have
received from their respective repre
sentative at Shanghai a dispatch front
the governor of Shan Tung, dated
July 7th, reporting that the European and
troops made a sortie from Pekin
killed 200 of General Tung Fuh
Siang’s forces and that the breach boxers
were mounting guns to make a
in the defenses.
Under date of July 12th the gov
ernor of Shang Tuug 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
^ell, are in great danger. The gov
ernment is intensely anxious.”
Finally came tho news from Shang
hai that a breach had been made and
ELLA VILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1900.
the foreigners killed. All the dates
probably refer to a much earlier period,
but the presumption is that the suc
cessive dispatches give an outline of
what has happeued. The Europeans
having reached the end of their re
sources, made a desperate sortie and
then bravely met their fate. The de
tails of the horrible story will proba
bly never be known.
GOOD WOBK AT TIEN TSIN.
Admiral Selymour’s dispatchs 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.
The Japanese cavalry and a mobile
mounted battery did splendid work.
It 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
uocn the settlements were 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 cablegram from
Admiral Alexieff, at Port Arthur, con
firming the horrible details of the
assassination of M. DeGiers, which
merely confirms rumors that had al
ready reached Rtissia.
The admiral declares that the Rus
sian envoy was dragged through the
streets by the Boxers, insulted, beaten
and tortured, and even thrown into a
great kettle and boiled to death. Then
the remains were thrown to the dogs.
While M. DeGiers was being disposed
of, the fanatical mob danced around
the caldron.
Mme. DeGiers, Admiral Alexietfs
advices declare, suffered a fate worse
than death and was beaten and tor
tured with sharp sticks until life was
extinet.
The legation officials are said to
have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. M. De
Giers and his legation cjjjfli^ls resisted
desperately and hi
killed mauy of * mob ' In
the said midst have of her™ hi^| un!s proclaimed the envoy his is
to y
faith in Christianity, encouraged by
the wife who so soon shared his mar
tyrdom.
The announcement of this intelli
gence to the relatives of the Pvussian
martyrs in China was accompanied by
heartrending scenes.
WU SETS ANSWER.
Cablegram From Shengat Shang
hai Is Brief and Is Couched In
Seemingly asive Terms.
Such news as ached Washington
Sunday from China was distinctly
bad. It consisted of a cablegram to
Minister Wu, from oheng, the unpe- .
rial director of posts and telegraphs at
Shanghai, and, according B to the min
ister, was in reply to the urgent mes
sage he himself had sent Saturday to
that officiol asking him to try to secure
some news from the Chinese capital.
This cablegram Mr. Wu regarded as
of sufficient importance to carry in
person to Secretary Hay, who was
waiting at his home for news. The
message as resolved from the cipher
was as follows:
“Pekin news of July 7th says that
General Tuan Fuh Siang, 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. Wn is undoubtedly acting
with sincerity, Sheng, who is repre
sented to be a clever and adroit man,
may know more of the actual happen
ings at Pekin that he is willing to re
veal at once.
SENATOR GEAR DEAD.
Succumbs Suddenly to Heart Dis
ease at His Home In Wash
ington, D. C.
United States Senator John Henry
Gear, of Burlington, Iowa, died at
4:30 a. m. Saturday, of heart failure,
in his apartments at the Portland in
Washington. While Senator Gear had
been in bad health for a year or more,
death came unexepected. Ho was in
excellent spirits Friday evening, when,
accompanied by Mrs. Gear, he went
out driving with Secretary Wilson, of
the agricultural department. They
returned about 10 o’clock and the sena
tor retired an hour later in his usual
health.
Shortly before 2 o’clock Saturday
morning the senator summoned his
confidential secretary and informed him
he was troubled with congestion in
his chest. Mrs. Gear was called and
she concocted some simple remedies
which seemed to give the senator some
relief. At 2:30 the senator complained
of serious difficulty in breathing. His
condition became critical and his fam
ily physician, Dr. Davis, was sum
moned. An examination convinced
Dr. Davis that his patient was suffer
ing from heart trouble and announced
that Senator Gear could scarcely last
an hour.
About 4 o’clock the senator seemed
to be easier, and when asked by Mrs.
Gear as to his condition replied faint
ly:
“I feel a trifle better.”
These were his last words. Fifteen
minutes later he was dead.
Sergeant-at-Arms Randells, of the
senate, was notified of Senator Gear’s
death and began to make arrangements
for it. The remains were taken di
rectly to Burlington, Iowa, which, for
many years, has been the home of the
senator. A special car was attached
to the 3:30 p. m. train Sunday for ac
commodation of the funeral party.
ACCIDENT OK SUICIDE?
Daughter of Theodore Havemeyer Dies
Under Suspicious Circumstance*.
A New York dispatch says: Mrs.
Natille Mayer, wife of John Mayer,
and eldest daughter of the late Theo
dore Havemeyer, died in the Mayer
madsion, near Mahwah, N. J., late
Saturday afternoon.
Little definite was known concern
ing the cause of death until Saturday,
when Commander Winslow, United
States navy, who is married to a sister
of Mrs. Mayer, gave out the following
statement
“Mrs. Mayer died from the effect of
a pistol shot accidentally fired. The
wound was not at first believed to be
q iTZ
four hours before .he time of Mrs.
Mayer’s death, that the pistol shot was
fired. Commander Winslow’s state
ment does not cyan tell «ho held the
weapon On: this point however, Dr.
Albert Seabnskie, the first physician
to be called after Mrs. Mayer was hurt,
Ba ^r “I understand , . i x, that . Commander r ■.
Winslow said to one of the members
of the family that he M ould have some
body before the coroner who would
testify that Mrs. Mayer said she acci
dently shot herself.”
CHARGES AGAINST IUY.
Major Will 15© Arraign e<l Before a Court
martial in Alaska.
Charges have been fiied at Nome,
Alaska, against Major Patrick Henry
xiay, ^ho previous to the arrival of
Brigadier General Randall commanded
the troops in Alaska, by Captain W.
K. Wright, of company L, Seventh
United States infantry, who in turn
has been the subject of a counter com
plaint by Major Ray.
The charges against the major con
tain over twenty specifications—allega
tinns involving his inteoritv WnghVia and enn
duct as an officer. charged
with disobedience of orders. General
Randall is expected to hold a court of
innuirv is^now at Fort Esrbert. where Maior
Ray stationed
—
COSSACKS FIGHT BOXERS.
Czar'4 Troops Wipe Out Three Thousand
Fanatics and Capture Six Krupp Guns.
The London Daily Mail’s St. Peters
burg correspondent says that in a six .
°5j S1<i0t lie “ TsI “ °. u
July 9th, tto*€/OSsacks u captured six
Krupp guns and killed numbers of
boxers. due Chinese lost
3,000, meludmg General Jek.
MINISTER WU
GIVEN TEST
Secretary Hay Sends a Cipher
Message to China.
WE MUST KNOW THE TRUTH
China’s Representative at Wash
ington Is Delegated the Task
of Getting News of Conger.
A Washington special says: The
Pekin mystery has not yet been
cleared up. No word of an authentic
character has come from the Chinese
capital in weeks. The fate of the
Americans there is unknown. The
reports and rumors from China are
untrustworthy and conflicting. It is
idle to speculate on the course of
events in the Chinese city until some
thing definite is heard from the for
eigners direct. Observation has shown
that Chinese news is wholly unrelia
ble and exaggerated. This state of
affairs is a source of annoyance to the
American people and the officials of
the United States and the time is rap
idly approaching when tho uncertain
conditions will become intolerable.
Nothing from the great empire is cer
tain except the uncertainty of news.
Shanghai is the breeding spot of the
countless rumors and tales from China.
It is from that place that come the
reports of the massacre cf foreigners
in Pekin and of the great Boxer out
rages. The reports are conflicting to
the point of absurdity. The alleged
massacre is Said to have occurred on
June 30tb. Then came reports that
Hie l e 8 ft ti° n8 were safe as late as July
4th. AH foreigners have been reported
® eat * ana then came the report that the
German m,n * 8 ^ er wa9 only victim,
The Chinese government has permitted
no uews of Hie ministers to escape the
censor. In view of this state of affairs
H w ell for the public to wait for
more tore a '^jilflHKAdvices l||^BBhemselves from to be Pekin alarmed be
e of murder and jlffMDf
A ‘l , ma Y b® * rue hut the chanfKSp
»
«>«* are not.
a test op minister wu.
After waiting an in^ifeftablv lone
ascertain officially -■* » wlrctlY—Xer f to
Conger and other Americans at the le
gation in Pekin are still alive.
The Chinese minuter. Mr. Wn, baa
undertaken to get through a cipher
message from Secretary Hay to United
States Minister Conger, at Pekin, and
‘Oliver hack the reply of Minister
Conger, if he be alive. Mr. Wu has
forward*! the cipher dispatch, to
gether with an extended explanatory
message of his own, and the results.
are now being . . eagerly , awaited, . , , both
by Secretary Hay and the Chinese
minister, although it is appre^gted
that some days must elapse Ibefore
runI1 ® rs CP ' n carryout this plan of
opening up communication between
‘ne American government at W ashing
*°. u aut * *“6 American minister at Pe
®in.
It was soon after Minister . Wu pre- ;
rented the text of the edict issued1 by
the Chinese imperial government that
requested him to get through
a message to Minister Conger. Since
Chinese government bad succeed-
6(1 in getting through its own comma
nioation from Bekin, Mr. Hay felt that
^ was Quite reasonable that like com
munition be opened between our
minister and the government here,
Mr - Wu readily assented to the
sition - Mr - Hay thereupon wrote the
mes8a f?« ^ ^ it translated into the
official cipher of the state department,
The contents were not made^ya^n
to^Minister gible cipher Wu, form but in its entrt^^S
it was to
him to be placed in the hands of Min
ister Conger at the earliest possible
momeQ t. Mr. Wu determined to act
through the medium of an influential
imperil official at S hanghai, who by
reason of his e^^^Khina is better able
than any issionW^^^ one to execute
a m 1 !
VOL. x: NO. 29.
SEYMOUR CABLES LONDON.
-
British Admiral Notifies His Gov
ernment Hard Fighting U
Under Way at Tien Tsin.
The British admiralty in London re
vived the following from Vice Admiral
Seymour on Thursday:
“Turn Tsin, Saturday, July 7.—The
Chinese continue fighting, often shell
ing the settlement. They are extend
ing their lines along the Lu Tai An
• anal to the northeest and are appear
ing in greater force west of the city.
“Yesterday we bombarded the city
and immediate suburbs whioh stopped
the Chinese gnn fire for some time.
The French settlement and station
are most subject to attack. Today
there wns another bombardment.
“Am steadily getting up more guus.
Ten thousand troops are now here.
Mora are required, but both the Rus
sian and Japanese are expected.”
EDUCATORS ELECT OFFICERS.
Meeting of National Educational Society
In Charleston Brought to a Close.
The National Educational Society
in session at Charleston chose their
officers for the coming year as follows:
President—J. M. Green, Trenton,
New Jersey.
First Vice President—C. T. Corson,
of Ohio.
Second Vice President—J. A. Fo
shay, of California.
Third Vice President—H. P. Archer,
of South Carolina,
Fourth Vice President—H.B. Brown
of Indiana.
Fifth Vice President—Francis W.
Parker, of Illinois.
Sixth Vice President—L. W. Buc
holtz, of Florida.
Seventh Vice President—W. H.
Bartholomew, President—O.ff-'Cooper, of Kentucky.
Eigth Vice
of Texas. Vice'President—William
Ninth M.
Davidson, of Kansas.
Tenth Vice President— B. B. Ful
ton, of Mississippi. Prominent—Gertrude
Elevqptb Vice
Edmonds, of Massachusetts.
Twelth Vice President—H.E.Kratz,
of Iowa.
Treasurer—L. C. Greenle, of Col
orado.
Mr. Irving Shepard, the secretary,
holds over.
The selection of the convention city
for 1901 was left to the executive corn*
mlttee.
NEBRASKA FUSION TICKET.
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Popull.t* Secure tliu Gubernatorial Cau
* t : i 11 speeia • , 8a v ;V _ e . ras , a
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Governor—William A ’ Pointer
Boone LieutenantGovernor^. countv Ponulist
A. Gilbert,
York couuty, Silver Republican.
Howard Hecretarv of Stato—H PoDulili V q n nhnd«
county
Attorney General—VBllis DmScrat D. Old
ham Buffalo countv oKoountr
*Xt S 7 *
p 0
- Land - Commissioner—P. J. Carey,
Saunders couuty, Populist,
The three state central committees
f 0 w hicli had been delegated electiMforted. th*#elec
tiou of presidential
the following and their action was
adopted:
Frank Ranson, J. T. Feller, W. A.
Garrett, W. G. Swan, Peter Ebberson,
Robert Oberselder, L. M. Weute and
y H U gii C . 3j
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UpJJANYflS SKEPTICAL.
.
§lo Imporfsmec i» Attached to Decree
; JEinanatlnsr From tho Chinese.
Official circles in Berlin, Germany,
attach little importance to tb« commn
nication of the Chinese minister at
Washington, dated June 29th. At
best it is interpreted as an attempt to
over the recent outrageous deeds,
A number of statements made in it are
declared to he notoriously false, such
as for instance, the representations
regarding Baron Von Ketteler’s death J
and the Taku seizure,
The main objection urged in Berlin
is that nobody knows whose govern
ment it is which the^atement repre
seats—whether the gvoernment of the
dowager empress and Kwang Hsu or
that of Prince Tuan. The document
bears date of June 29th, and nobody
knows ‘what government, if any, has
since succeeded,