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BE WORST IS NOW KNOWN
urder of Foreigners In Pekin Is
Officially Announced.
IESSAGE FROM SHAN TING
List of Foreign Ministers and
Attaches of Legations In Pekin
Who Were Victims of tha
Fanatical Boxers.
An official telegram was received at
Shanghai Sunday night from the gov
iraor of Shan Tung stating that a
Leach was made in the wall of the
British legation at Pekin after a gallant
Defense and when all the ammunition
Lad given out. All foreigners were
rilled.
BUTCHERY WAS COMPLETE.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Daily Express, on tho alleged
rathority of couriers who brought the
itory, gives a very sensational ac¬
count. He says:
“Maddened with hunger, after hav¬
ing been without food for many days,
[feu LumN* members made of sortie the legations the night and the of
a on
IjiiBD^th and killed 200 Chinese in
■wniiiexpected attack. General Tung
IfiihSiang, [so enraged over the loss of
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 hook to all west¬
ern powers.”
The following is a list of the foreign
ministers and attaches of the legations
at Pekin:
United States—Edwin H. Conger,
Minister; H. G. Squiers, Secretary of
Legation; W. E, Bainbridge, Second
Secretary; F. D. Cheshire, Interpreter;
Mrs. M. S. Woodward aud Miss lone
Woodward, of Chicago, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Conger.
Great Britaiu—Sir Claude M. Mac¬
donald, Minister; H. G. O. Bax Iron¬
side, First Secretary of Legation; II.
G. N. Dering, Second Secretary; H.
Coekburn, Chinese Secretary; Clive
Bigliam, Honorary Attache; G. F.
Brown, Military Attache; Lieutenant
Colonel Dr. Bushel.
ister; Germany-—Baron Von Von Ketteler,Min¬
Dr. Prittwitz and Dr. Von
Gaffrou, Secretaries of Legation; Baron
Von Der Goltz, Secretary and Inter¬
preter; H. Cordes, Second Interpreter;
0. Feleenau, Chancellor.
Bussia—M. De Giors, minister; B.
Broupeoski, tion, First Secretai'y of Lega¬
B. Evreinow, Second Secretary;
L Ponow, First Interpreter; N. Koles
®ow, Second Interpreter.
h'Anthoard, France—S. Pichon, Minister; M.
First Secretary; H. Le
diup, First Interpreter; M. Vidal, Mili¬
tary Attache,
Kikoujiro, Japan—Baron Nishi, Minister; Ishii
First Secretary.
Spain—B. J. De Cologan, Minister.
Italy—Marquis Austro-Hungary— Salvago, Minister. Czikann
Von Baron
Bosthorn, Wahlborn, Minister; Dr. A. Von
Belgium—Baron Secretary of Legation.
De Vinek, Minis
ter.
Portugal—F. A. Galhardo, Minister.
The European governments have
received from their ^respective repre
rentative at Shanghai a dispatch from
governor of Shan Tung, dated
Jul y "th, reporting that the European
hoops Wled made a sortie from Pekin and
200 of General Tung Fuh
oi&ng’s forces and that the boxers
w ere mounting guns to make a breach
1° the defenses.
Under date of July 12th the gov¬
ernor of Shang Tung wired as follows:
, “Native soldiers and boxers Have
? een “Backing the legations for some
°nrg, but have not yet effected an en
hance. They are now all bombarding
•fin eannon to make a breach for a
£ eavy onslaught. I fear that all the
*ell, ministers, and the government as
are in great danger. anxious.” The gov
ef nment is iatensely
, finally came tlxe news from Shang
breach had been made and
The Eockdale Banner.
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 happened. 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 WO ILK 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
noon the settlements were again vici¬
ously shelled from the native city anfi
the hospitals aud other buildings were
repeatedly hit. The moral effect of
the successes of the allied fqrces upon
the Chinese is believed to bo 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 Russia,
The admiral declares that the Rus¬
sian envoy was dragged through the
streets by the Boxers, insulted, beaten
and tortured, aud 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 Alexieff’s
advices declare, suffered a fate worse
than death and was beaten and tor¬
tured with sharp sticks until life was
extinct.
The legation officials are said to
have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. M. De
Giers aud his legation officials resisted
desperately and his brave body guard
killed many of the attacking mob. In
the midst of his tortures the envoy is
said to have heroically proclaimed his
faith iu Christianity, encouraged by
the wife who so soon shared his mar¬
tyrdom. intelli¬
The announcement of this
gence to the relatives of the Russian
martyrs iu China was accompanied by
heartrending scenes.
WU GETS ANSWER.
Cablegram From Shengat Shang¬
hai Is Brief and Is Couched In
Seemingly Evasive Terfns.
Such news as reached Washington
Sunday from China was distinctly
bad. It consisted of a cablegram to
Minister Wu, from Sheng, the impe¬
rial director of posts and telegraphs at
Shanghai, 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 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
b Legations and the govern
’
ment will be in . peril. „
There still remains a suspicion that,
while Mr. Wu is undoubtedly acting
with sincerity, Slieng, who is repre
sented to be a clever and adroit man,
may know more of the actual happen
ings at Pekin that I 19 is willing to rc
veal at once.
CONYERS. GA„ WEDNESDAY. .IDLY 18, 1900.
xNEBRASKA FUSIOM.Vi’.S MEET.
Three Separate State Conventions Hold
Forth In City of Lincoln.
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 and elec¬
toral ticket.
William J. Bryan and Charles A.
Towne made brief addresses at the
Populist convention, the latter remain¬
ing over night in Lincoln in order to
do so.
The Populist convention was called
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. in,, pending the report of the
committees.
Chairman Hall, of the state central
committee, called the Democratic state
convention to order and introduced as
temporary chairman T. J. Doyle, of
Lincoln, who made an address of some
length. His reference to W. J. Bryau
brought out hearty applause.
The first note of discord among the
Silver Republicans in their convention
came when Delegate Ransom offered a
set of resolutions approving the re¬
ported withdrawal of Charles A.Towno
as a candidate for vice jiresident in
favor of Adlai E. Stevenson. Protests
came from all over the hull and the
resolutions were withdrawn.
Mr. Towne, who was present, in a
short speech, practically announced
his intention to withdraw, but added
that be 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 William J. Bryan and Adlai
E, Stevenson for president anfi vice
president,
ROBBEltS MAKE BIG HAUL.
Illinois Central Fast Train Iltlil Up and
® 10,000 Taken From Express Cur.
The Illinois Central fast train from
New Orleans to Chicago was held up
and robbed Wednesday morning at
1:20 o’clock, two miles south of Wick
liffe, Ky. The train was flagged and
when it stopped the bandits entered
the cab. The fireman, -J. J. Frysch,
was knocked in the head with the butt
of a revolver and badly hart.
Tho robbers, six in number, cut off'
the engine and express car and rau a
mile to Fort Jefferson, near ihe Ohio
river and within sight of the Missouri
shore. Here they blew the express
safe and secured over $10,000.
Tho robbers overpowered the ex¬
press men aud made them get off the
train, but did not attempt to molest
others on the train, which carried a
large load of passengers.
EMPEROR BILL IS DETERMINED.
Says lie Will Xqt Rest Until CUlnq Is
Brought Upon Her Knees.
Addressing the First Naval division,
prior to its departure from Kiel foi
China, Emperor William said:
“Yours is tho first division of
armored ships which I seud abroad.
Remember, you will have to light 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
lhat you maintain good comradeship
with them.”
PARDON IS WORTHLESS.
Judge Cantrill Turn* Down Document
Given By Taylor to Powers.
At Georgetown, Kv., Wednesday,
Judge Gantrill 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: in this state
“The highest courts
and in the United States have decided
that Taylor was not governor on March
10th, when the pardon was issued. It
is therefore void."
ALLIES ARE ROUTED
Forces of tho Powers Defeated at
Tien Tsin By General Ma,
LOSSES REPORTED AS HEAVY
All Kind* of Exciting Report* Are Sent
Out From Shanghai, Rut There I.
No Way to Verify Them.
According to advices received in
London, July 10th, the Chinese situa¬
tion presents an aspect more ominous
than ever. A dispatch from Tien Tain
announces that after a heavy engage¬
ment the allied forces have been de¬
feated *nd driven out of the eastern
arsenal by General Mo. This dispatch,
dated Friday and via Che Foo, is as
follows:
“General Ma has defeated the allied
troops and re-occupied the Chinese
eastern ursenal, after inflicting great
loss upon its defenders. The engage¬
ment lasted six hours and was fought
with great determination by both
sides.
“The Chinese were eventually able
to use the effective guns of the fort
abutting on the city walls near the
Taotai’s yamen, the allied troops suf¬
fering severely from lack of heavy
guns “The and Japanese cavalry. commander sent
an
urgent appeal to hurry re-enforce¬
ments, as the allies were in imminent
danger of a general defeat,"
Eighteen days ago Sir Robert Hart
dispatched his last message, declaring
that the situation was desperate, and
since then no word has come from the
Europeans in Pekin.
According to The London Daily
Mail's Shanghai correspondent, Li
Hung Chang has received an emperial
decree ordering his immediate depart¬
ure for Pekin, presumably to break
the news of the Pekin tragedy to fffe
European powers and in his usual role
of negotiator with Europe iu difficult
matters to endeavor to act as mediator
and avert the vengeance of the pow¬
ers. To add to the grimness of this
suggestion, all Tien Tsin advices tend
to confirm the perilous condition of the
allied forces aud belie tho optimistic
Chinese rumors. Unless re-enforce¬
ments speedily reach Tien Tsin anoth¬
er disaster may be expected.
All kiudsof stories come from Shang¬
hai, which it is impossible to verify.
It is stated that the boxers have mur¬
dered tho chancellor of tho Pekin uni¬
versity and sixty of the members of
nis family and retainers. A confiden¬
tial office^ of General Yung Lu, dis¬
guised as a boxer, is reported to have
crept into Prince Tuan’s tent while
the prince was sleeping, with the in¬
tention of stabbing him. He was
caught by the sentries, so the story
goes, and decapitated on the spot, His
beqd was sent with Prince Tuan’s
compliments to Yung Ln as a warning
to him to beware,
SAALE IVAS DEATH TRAP.
Sixty Ilodlca In All Were Recovered From
That Vessel Alone.
Twenty-four bodies were recovered
from the hold of the burned steamship j
Saale at Hoboken, ’ N. J., ’ Wednesday J
.
afternoon, which makes the total num
her dead taken from this ship alone,
sixty. Most of the bodies were so
badly burned or mutilated that recog
nition was impossible, but several
were identified by initials or names on
artioles taken from parts of clothing j
that sometimes remained.
All of them appeared to be UfOrkmen
in the hplffs of the steamer, Great
pumps were worked in the Saale Wed¬
nesday and by 2 20 p. m. the vessel was
floated. The ship was nine or tenfeetiu j
mud, and when she finally freed her
self from this mud she seemed to jump
fully two feet out of the water.
The supply of coffins gave out after
eleven had been filled. Five more
bodies were laid upon the deck of au
after-cabin and covered with blankets,
This makes 168 bodies recovered from
the ship, river and the bay.
Removal Hearings Resumed.
Hearing in the proceedings for the
removal of B. D. Green and J. F., E.
T. and W. F. Gaynor to the jurisdic
tion of the Georgia federal courts, was
resumed in New York before Commis
sioner Shields Wednesday. i
and“ Organ of Backus Con;
t1. I‘V‘Lfféfifmmwhs
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British Admiral Notifies His Gov¬
ernment Hard Fighting Is
Under Way at Tien Tsin.
Tho British admiralty in London re¬
ceived the following from Vice Admiral
Seymour on Thursday:
“Tien Tsin, Saturday, July 7. —The
Chinese continue fighting, often shell¬
ing the settlement. They are extend¬
ing their lines along the Lu Tai An
canal to the northeest and are appear¬
ing in greater force west of the city.
“Yesterday we bombarded the city
and immediate suburbs which stopped
tho Chinese gun fire for some time.
The French settlement and station
are most subject to attack. Today
there was another bombardment.
“Am steadily getting up more guns.
Ten thousand troops are now hero.
More are required, but both the Rus¬
sian and are expected."
EDUCATORS ELECT OFFICERS.
Meeting of National Educational Society
In Charleston brought to a Close.
The National Eduoational 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. CorsoD,
of Ohio.
Second Vice President—J. A. Fo
shay, of California.
Third Vice President—H. P. Archer,
of South Carolina.
Fourth Vice President—H.15.Brown
of Indiana.
Fifth Vico President—Francis W.
Parker, of Illinois.
Sixth Vice President—L. W. Buo
bollz, of Florida.
Seventh Vice President—W. H.
Bartholomew, of Kentucky.
Eigth Vice President—O.H. Cooper,
of Texas.
Ninth Vice President—William M.
Davidson, of Kansas.
Tenth Vice President—R. B. Pul¬
ton, of Mississippi.
Eleventh Vice Presinent—Gertrude
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 com¬
mittee.
NEBRASKA FUSION TICKET.
I’opullftta S«ci\re tho Gubcritatarlal Can*
ciidate and Land Commissioner.
A Lincoln speoial says: Nebraska
ftisionists in state conventions, begin¬
ning at 3 o’claok Wednesday afternoon,
completed their work at 5:30 p. m.
Thursday after an almost continuous
session. The ticket follows:
Governor—William A. Pointer,
Boone county, Populist.
Lieutenant Governor—E. A. Gilbert,
York county, Silver Republican.
Secretary of State—C. V. Sooboda,
Howard county. Populist.
Attorney General—Willis D. Old
barn, Buffalo county, Democrat.
Auditor—H. S. Greiss, Clay county,
Populist.
Land Commissioner—P. J. Carey,
Saunders county, Populist.
The three state central committees
to which had been delegated the selec
tion of presidential electors reported
the following and their action was
adopted:
Frank Ranson, J. T. Feller, W. A.
Garrett,W. G. Swan, Peter Ebberson,
Robert oberaelder, L. M. Wente and
j. ij U g bes _
GERMANY IS SKEPTICAL.
So Importance I* Attached to Decree
ISmanatinc: From the €hiuo«e.
Official circles in Berlin, Germany,
attach little importance to the comma
nieation of the Chinese minister at
Washington, dated June 29th. At
best it is.interpreted as au attempt to
gloss over the recent outrageous deeds.
A number of statements made in it are
declared to be notoriously false, such
as for instance, the representations
regarding Baron Von Ketteler’s death
and the Taku seizure,
The main objection urged in Berlin
is that nobody knows whose govern¬
ment it is which the statement repre
sents—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.
NO. 27
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 speoial 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 tho
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 direot. 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 the 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 tho massacre of 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 30th. Theu came reports that
tho legations were safe ss late as July
4th. All foreigners have been reported
dead and then came tho report that the
German minister-was the only viotim.
The Chinese government has permitted
no news of the ministers to escape the
censor. In view of this state of affairs
it is well for the public to wait for
more definite advices from Pskin be¬
fore allowing themselves to be alarmed
at the roports of murder and horror.
All may be true, but the chances are
that they are not.
A TEST OF MINISTER WU.
After waiting an inexcusably long
time, the Washington officials have de¬
termined to make a desperate effort to
ascertain officially whether Minister
Conger and other Americans at the le¬
gation in Pekin are still alive.
Tho Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, has
undertaken to get through a cipher
message from Secretary Hay to United
States Minister Conger, at Pekin, and
to deliver back the reply of Minister
Conger, if he be alive. Mr. Wn has
forwarded the cipher dispatch, to¬
gether with an extended explanatory
mossage of his own, and the results
are now being eagerly awaited, both
by Secretary Hay aud the Chinese
minister, although it is appreciated
that some days must elapse before
runners can caary out this plan of
opening up communication between
the American go'vernment at Washing¬
ton and the American minister at Pe¬
kin.
It was soon after Minister Wu pre¬
sented the text of the edict issued by
the Chinese imperial government that
Mr. Hay requested him to get through
a message to Minister Conger. Since
the Chinese government had succeed¬
ed in getting through its own commu¬
nication from Pekin, Mr. Hay felt that
it was quite reasonable that like com¬
munication be opened between our
minister and the government here.
Mr. Wu readily assented to the propo¬
sition. Mr. Hay thereupon wrote the
message and had it translated into the
official cipher of the state department.
The contents were not made known
to Minister Wu, but in its unintelli¬
gible cipher form it was entrusted to
him to be placed in the hands of Min¬
ister Congefl- at the earliest possible
moment. Mr. Wu determined to act
through the medium of an influential
imperial official at Shanghai, who by
reason of his position is better able
than aDy one else in China to execute
such a mission.