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n T#ln. Chltra, July 14.—Last night
mm lay outside the walls of th© na
dty, l*©aen; this morning we sou
ths frail# in holiday procession with
tiring t then. In other word#, the
* • se did not realise that our position
woim than theirs. The price that we
for victory was the ©xitenditure of
s .at deal of artillery ammunition: the
rtflee that we made was death and
>• for the infantry in h* at and shine
T loss of our own Ninth Infantry was
heaviest of all for numbers engaged,
vou know. We Americans in Tien
T . were as joyous when the big men in
\ and khaki came swinging into the
t ;t, ms wo are heartsick now that the
ilti* are counted. We had watched
- *he arrival of the Ninth very impu
, iy. t!p to that time two thin corn
's of marines under Maj. Waller were
meager force that we had to repre
i the power and Importance of the
and State* Only the Austrians had
I
t Hui and Proposition for the Japs.
for# they had had time to rest from
t* r hard Journey up the river on llght
before they could settle down, or
* * colonel become at all acquainted
9 the nature of the country or the
isdi ,r the ttnaty, Uwy were -• nt
. action. The object of the general t
-t * was the native city, and the time
erday morning Under cover of the
i wall ahi h surrounds both th© n-
tty and the Kuropean concession. the
j ns were to make a turning move
<n th** east, capturing the Tree
j . which had caused us so much
If. While the composite force of 3.00
~*e. mi* British fmalines and Welsh
Mrs). !*to American# imnrln©# and
j • fragmentary battalions of the Ninth).
‘ . i'r nch. and* some of the Rritlsh Chl-
Wei-Hal-Wei were to
, . a awtnlng movement on the west
Russians were not exp*cted to get In
•he Walled City and the composite
was. The Japanese general prom
\ the Russian general tq have his flag
•* ln th* native city by 11 a. m Ruller
* not more in error when lie said that
would eat his Christmas dinner in Pre
* • What the Tugela was to Ruller a
mucky little canal was to Fuku
i What Ihe kopje* were to Ruller a
. r. ••>© wall, thirty feet In hlght. with •
. ;th of two and a half feet of masonry
facing of thirty feet of earth, was
* F ikushima Th. r* Mi MO bfMel) In
th * wall, and no hope of making one with
'irti ry fire. Fukushlma*# plan of glv
•he Infantry Ingres* was Japanese; It
v dramatic. His Ji|*in©#** engineers
* • to rush nenass the little bridge over
!> anal and blow up the South Gate
* gun-cot ton. Rut he neglected to find
ge was htl!l intact It h *p
-- * that It w'as not. If It had been.
* v .!• panes© engineers could not have
withering tire which
* ! have be*n poured upon them
starting the Trouble.
P ©monium began at daybreak. Kv
*•/■. nw had was turtiol cat the native
The naval guns were the has*
and the field guns the high note*
teep-4hroated 4*tnch ivkht©* spoke
n. ir th© itself; the field
i • shorter rouge further up th© mud
* c ert, cmcketl and banged wWh the
r: - • ve tnmil4©n©*> of flrecraok* r*
■-•hts—and I think :he thought of
; * . ©ry oneSK 1 Walked alpng the
* lw i toward the West Arseral. from
v i. h the infantry charge was to In* mu*l*\
e i .r so much writh the dewtructlon
w-. we might or might not be doing
i .n:r shells, as with the infantry.
Wh. f \.u *©*• soldier* In o|*en or*ler in %
I .hi king, running forward, ducking—
r • mt er if there are only n haif-i*m
i.’.v . r them—you forget the guns though
* nre ten btt**ri*v firing.
T \\e*<t Arsenal w* took, as I have
' \ tokl you. five dava ago hv sw.ng
•roond on the flat iaod to the south
* mud wnN: awl then we evacuated
V sterday we made the same swing
movement, and found no en*eny on the
j * A road biding through the plain
through a gate In the mtel will
the South Gate of the. stone w ill
•' • surrounds the native city. You
t com. by this road; for W'henev-r
T Cbtncs.- builds a wall he also builds
; moat on the otHshb 4 of it
W'ien l came up to the gate in th#* mud
w my attention was first attracte.l by
tl " % e guns <f th* Aftv-rl an Marines.
•*v were in the mire a the sidt* of the
n ' * beyond the nst. They w*re out
* iinimunltlon. ami both the artillery and
rifb'm.-n on th** s on*- walls of th* 1 nn
city had found them out
b V fh* shells burst lr> the soft mud
1 •••yond and Just at one side of the
- r.u gune* crews. wh*>. at the pull
< o.|m* or with their shoulders at the
>w**at and swore until they flnat
-1 ■■ tln-m to the road, and then took
e* over the moat with a great Anil
Into safety behind the wall,
the Plrt ttiiah of the titles.
• * of a Midden the field behind them
m* I to blossom with men In open or-
Th* Ninth, the Mrlt'sh mwrirv s. the
1 m* se thne or four thousand In all—
h’! beep under rover of the long grass.
1 now they rushed forward toward the
f ‘ *t in open order, each line as It cam*
< m thh m**at making a left fa*e and
r " * the mad 4 and thetv over the
I*" as quickly a** men could go and
'l‘ their orler. They were** great blue
' *rk fur the rtfl mn *>n the walls of the
t.4tiv* city. They could not fire hack
* rough the wail *nrer which the .Knnn*
■r bulUts were dropping Jn ten mln
u * forty men were hit without the *at
• ln of an answering shot at the
* h* my.
The result of this ns they came rushing
ms* the bridge was. and win hound to
omo on fusion Fukushima, the Jap-
• -k*. or Dogwood, the Rrltlsh general,
not at the gate of th© mud wall. A
'-befuddled Rritlsh staff officer. when
** 'ould be found, alone could teply to
questions of commaiultng offlcers.Thls
* 1 *f < asiialltlcs urine* essarlly quick
’ 1 the desire of everybody to “get ln*“
Ith the mud wall between us and the
* my w<> could have wattel as long as
pleased bf for* striking Got. Ldscum.
' * came across the bridge with his head
.tn-i giving orders coolly, did not know
'* • f e his position was to be. or. at least
• h* was to approach It. I heard him
1 by fn*- Rritlsh officer to go to the
* - ht of the road and by another to “get
anywhere. While his command was
•'log he rested for a minute on a little
r ltd by the gate, and Copt Noyes, his
M'Panf. -at down heald* him. Noyes
i been hit In the arm.
*°n’t you think that you would better
* • behind?" the t'ok nel asked him
*h no. I'm all right." was the reply
*n the ’olonet. looking at th’ moat,
1 of those standing about: “la that
* abler*
1 was not.
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Th* quest ion had little general Interest
then in the chaoaof guns, horses, ammuni
tion and aoUiUui* of all nations eddying
about th* g te. with the Hlkh Rettery
banging away from the err at f the mud
wall over our head* and everybody nhM -
Ing orders; but now It has a great deal
For the Ninth advanced, with the colonel
leading, until It found )hm su-h a canal
bet we* n its lire nd th** enemy. and the
colonel was scanning the bitrrier for sonw
ford when he was killed Two or three
minutes afterwards lie disappeared with
the line of the Ninth, rushing through
th* gat** in a column of twos, while a
ompmy of who had also mis
understood orders, were rushing in the
other dirteiion
For half an hour I pid no more atten
tion to the Ninth. I only knew that they
had 'gone |n.“ *>o far as I understood
the tacti*al (nrmaiion for the tight, the
Ninth was no to play very adit© part
and ware rut her to a<-t ih support for the
Japan*—this out of reowtnithm of the
condition of the men, owing to their late
arrival My Imnadiale ofjert wae t*
the South Gate blown up and the infan
try rush Into the gap. This was to le
the grind spectacular function of the
day’s programme, as provided for us by
th** poetl<* and fearless Fukushima.
From the gare of the mud wall the
South Gate of the native city is not vis
ible Bo 1 hurried west* <r i along tha
cover of the mud wall, who** sky-line
was Iwing ip*f urhed by an *> sh-il
and th k***l by a g**>d many huliets. 1 got
out to a position when I could sec Ih*
South Gate Just a* the American murine#
and the Welsh Fusiliers, who were acting
si a single command under Col. M*a<le
and Maj. Waller, sprang over th* wail
to th** charge with th* agility of so many
jut k-rabbits. This was *U*at 7:3ti) a. tn..
according to my watch. At 6 4’ the Ninth
and the Rritlsh marines were crossing the
bridge over the moat next to th** mud
wall. By 7 the Ninth w.m passing through
the gate down the road under tire. So
the breaking out of our line of Infantry
attack was not integral but fragmentary.
Th* heavy hr© on the Ninth doubtle #
diverted a good deal of Ore from our ma
rine# and the Fusiliers. They bad v*n
and |Miri tally dry ground for their ul
-v;n ♦* and they went tvv rd the city wall
in soldierly style, with the, bullet- spit
ting about their fret. When they came to
th© moat la-fore the wall they had to atop.
Just as they would have If there hot been
no mat. Even Iwfore this the fire ha 1
been heavy enough to make them veer
to the right an*l to tk** cover wherever
they could, without regard formation.
Finally. I saw ih© marines iii blue clus
ters hugging the protection of Chines*
grave* and keeping up an irregular fir*-
The Fusiliers were In*ld© them, but they
w*er© tn khaki and I could not distinguish
them from tlie ground on which they were
lying.
t n%te* of J| Im \\ nltlng.
Il* side tin* road whi h run* from th#
gate of th# mud wall to the South Gate
of th< native city then* D a canal whl< h
has ten or twelve feet of water, and two
or three feet of coir under that Bom©
rf the Japs were on one ebb* of th.** and
some on the other. Tho# on the left were
hlil'Vn In the gras or tn open order The
others were huddlcd-their white caps and
Mik coat# very distinct to the naked ©>*
-as chickens under their mother's wings,
behind the hoU#*s along the right of the
road No **n went on the road Itself. It
whs as bare of llf* as on** leading to a
#panl h !iacl<vida <• a mldsumtmr*# nnn
•lay If now and then an ammunition
mule stampeded he and the man with It
likely went down together For mi* hour
I watched In vain for any movement of
the Jap# and their gun ration toward the
brldg* Th* r*- behind the houses the J tj©*.
and there behind th graves th* Ameri
can and British marlins and th Welsh
Fusiliers, still held on to their cover for
dear life. They no more thought of get
ting away from it than of foiling of a
busz-ssw. .
■ I stuck my head up co asionally.
Maj W.il'er. "Just to have a tak around
1 did not keep It up long If I had. the
bullets will* h went #pat. sp** * n
ground behind m* might have hit their
mark."
Now. so far as bttlW-ffr. © * onrerned
the Chines- riflemen were as “iVmfy as
If they had been at the Hague Fa e Con
ference Th v e'o and on the ©srth wall
w th the p *i a pet of son© facing between
them and u. Through th. deep loophole#
all along came flashes of fire and bursts
,>f stnok* as the lights of a h rtor twin
kle They did not c*>me in volleys or In
i air# U*,k whenever you would, you saw
first on* and then another breaking
forth Nor did they entirely negle t the
mud wall, with the wounded and * few
r* serves behind It Apparently, they were
on th© watch for human target# If you
showed yourself above the mud wall, the
singing me*** ng* r w hich fl!> ke-1 up ihv
dust not far sway made you take n little
more cover and th nk that “another in
tend© I for you" had missed Its mark
Frequently something too small for a 1-
p under and too large for a bullet wnt
o\ r with a sigh and a *wbb which #ug
ge-ted that Its flight was a. robatF; and
dropping t sharp a.tglc. met the wa
ter of the m at with a great splash This
a ©olid lead hulitt almost n Inch in
calibre, manufacture*! In Chinese .rse
n| It Is fired from an nxagu* rated rin*
Tn the hands Of two men. Glng.ll is the
tight name for th© weapon which wue
q,s! brought to notice by Admiral
m air's *•*, * diHen In the da^s
that they us* and gunpowder the 4 h,
had aingal'.s i*nd evidently hav not loH
will - tf " * , rf ot
| br *lll **"H ••*-.
No , |„„* .ftrr w-* bn.l Ihr.mn our lin*.
JeClhn mtKl w*H " otfvrn. **
brtkin* intently m '"T the
• mlntltr .he vr..r.| hn.l
awn .r,-<nml They -f —•* “• com ;
inn <n on our Hnk Along thn ro..d
from th- W.- Onr In wi 1-
, r |v dlrort.n from thr nellve >lty.
~ „„hl *r-‘ hnnn-rr. irooiw .n.l oltWr,
f >n movln*. A few ~mrrlon
Morin—t*—ll the* **•*
-M-" nf Ih- mt well o r
,,lv th-m If ih-y ot.erh-d Kiml.t. thin
ror.o. „.tn. to etnn-letlll on our flonk
A „ rt.i kmu w- w.Hi’h-il tt. en.l won.b r
.<l win It huno Iw-k. el how In th
n.m- of n-v> w .Ibl ix't nun It hml
only to nltack, to pmir rin- fir- Into
th- b.-wk of our men huaulne th- earth
iwfore the .tom •" •"* “**“• *" rr *
ir-n under the heavy lire of the loo.w
A t 9. or hor*ly nft-r, 1 wa* lei-k at
Ibe e! * f ,bu toud WU. I tvantod to
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1000.
b*.ir about the Ninth, which I could not
m* *it all in the hold, owing to th© houe*s
alot.g th© rtn*l between vhe two gates.
An old MWgint came etaggerlng under
the ar> hwdy of the git© to the miel will,
with hie arm lo a bloody sling He fell
Inhlnd the cover of the wall in th** mare
n©r of ii man wlw* has reschnl the goal
in the ra* e for life.
• “I'v© l*r*n with td* Nlnvh for seventeen
years mat |t‘s the worst I've ever seen."
he stld “Saw Juan was hot enough for
t few minute# This i# Just m hot. and
:It lasts."
At this moment 'Capt Fuller was form-
Inc hU * rmipany of American Met vine# m
the gateway. They were going out to
the Ninth in response to Pol. Liscum's
• all for reinforcements. Iwecall a glimp-e
of a row of fa<*es #* certainly American
in their expr set on of intelligence and
individuality, their sober and d* termwi***!
'lines telling plainly eiuMijrh thut they re
alt#***| the t.iek before them and wore
not gnlnt; to shirk it. They were walnttg
'for th© il** tor One. two. three minutes
pat sei. iirsl then the CafUain #airt quietly:
“V. o u ill huve to gn without him." and
, tire j.n* went tlirough the gate at the
i double.
“There ain’t no use.” sold the old ser
geant. "It’ only sending more men out
to iir killed. You can't swim a canal to
i take a stone wail thirtv fe* t high. We've
| got t** lay there till dark and then get
| back the be#t we can."
There #as nothing for us behind the
big wall except to wait. We could see
little, and the men actually In the firing
line could see le-s. One after another
Gw* American wound* and came In. There
I w s not a tree within a thousand yards,
|uu l we billed ourselves in trying to
niak* for th© wounded. A wound
i* *l Jap. Hit hough in Intense pain, moved
| * little to share a patch of shadow* a foot
i square with a wounded American Be-
them, flat on his back, was the
I Jaunty little Japanese staff officer whom
* I knew, with his face a mass of blood
from a gunshot wound A mud hut. ten
by iw©;ve. was set aside by the Jauunese
Medical Carps for wounded officers, but
j it was soon full to overflowing
The Itaftle From tin- Hear.
j If thf battle Is going against you r©-
pnrts nt th© rear always mike It wore#
1 than It Is. We h*'ard (icrsistently
h * ir.s i for* he f* 11, (hat Cal. Liwum und
J thr*-* offl *rs who w*r*- never woun*i*d at
, all. had been hit. Shortly before noon
i Gap#. Hookmuller of th© Ninth, on a lit
t* r Uirne by four privates, was brought
through the gate. Il* met the major sur
geon and hie friends cheerily. When he
' was hit In the |©r an d fell h© had trad
i to roll over to cover and was hit again
1 through the oth* r leg We got him into
a rl<k*haw. tie must have auffeied a
torment of i*ln as w* hitch'd the rick
shaw along the rough humm*> ky path
behind the wall hack to town. Yet he
smiled all the way.
“I am all right, upstairs." he said, "but
downstairs I am not much good. All 1
.•sk is that you don’t g©t m- under fire
again. When a man has been hit twice he
. is out of action and that Is enough."
If there was any trace of bitterness in
: his remarks It was that natural to the
' West Point man. H© had been hit after
' h.* was down. No West Point man can
quit# reconcile himself to that.
“Take him on the other side of th#
wall." calkd an officer who pu**d us.
j “We shall b© potted at by the snipers.”
was my reply.
“Oh no," he replied. "There Is a little
scattering fire, but th# better road Is
worth tb© risk."
“Is It?" I replied. “Th©n why don't you
ride over there yourself?"
It saas its hot as I had ever known It to
Is* In th*- Philippines: I had had no sleep
for two nights; the perspiration was
1 trickling off my face as 1 struggled with
uncertain footing to keep the rickshaw
from slipping into the moat. Such are my
excuses for had temj*er when stranger
made a kindly sugg< s'ion.
A minute later a British midshipman
• ante dashing by on a horse, his fine
young face ruddy with excitement.
“We are In the city!" he cried. “The
General has sent me to tell the* twelve
l#*undtTe to stop firing."
The Japanese General had sent n written
statement to th© effect that some of his
troop# were s-*fdully within th© gate when
they were not within Sat yards of there
and had not ©hanged ihe.r position under
cover for four liours. Kukushima ha** a
large staff with writing-pads and flefd
gtasaes. but neither were nf much use
when all were under shelter and buildings
obstructed their view of the gate. The
Japanese fought the Chinese In a©,
cording to a kind of programme which
they mere always able to carry out. Ry
the programme the Japanese ought to
have *e©n In 'he city. Ry simply step
ping up on th© wall, where I had a clear
view of th© South Gat© and the mall of
the native ©by. I m A able to answer not
only th© question raised In my mind by
the middy, but also that raised by the of
ficer Puffs of smok© were - urnlug from
th# Iqbpholes In *h© stone wall the same
as usual; six bullets from houses not over ,
!*in yards wy whlsaed by me or struck
at my feet. The gun crews of the twelve,
pounders and th© four-inch lyddite* had
nn equally g#d view When Ui© middy
brought the order seaman auk! to him
self ri-< he took :i seat In the shade and
filled his stump of s plT**
"Young *un. 'ooever told you that yarn
was a bloomin' fool."
Th* proof of th© pudding was that the
guns were booming again before we had
reached the h* *i*Hal with Cpt Book
mnller
4 llllies© “hnlplMg" #1 the W oiin.tr.l
In town, which was as hushed arid as
expectant as th© n©*r*#t relative# await
ing the verdict of a ©*isu4tatlon of fur- j
geons. w* got som© word from the Itus
alnn*. who had driven the Chinese back
with heavy Wees on Mh sMem, but ;
bod not been as successful as they had
hoped-they h%d no? yet taken the Tree
Forts, which were th© key to the enemy’s
position* on th© north.
Ah. sir." m# the quaint explanation of
a Russian colonel, “those forts are too—
ton much! lou Just poke y<*r head
over the wnl! and they will fir© shrapnel
a: you."
When I returned to the field th* situa
tion Was th© am© a# *bek How <vmi)d
It he different when our m©n omitd not
retreat by daylight? flicking h*ir ihirst
with lhe sa t water of th© marsh## in
which they were lying, they waited fo©
. •
taken to them tinder heavy fire Ry J
o'clock Maj. Lee hod wiealy #©at b'**
word that the officer of toe
Ninth had conclude*! to rid the nva# of
no more men by sending the wouiwted In
under th* rain ot bull*to direct*! toward j
any figure or grou.t of figures which
appeared in th© open The Chines# rifle
men war© scanning the field for figures
b rls# o*'t of the rnH. A British doctor
who went in with four Utter beared* w is
hi; ib th* arm. but nevertheless gut his
man H© tvus a plctirr© of fatigue as w**ll
a of pr*f*#at*.aial • ftthustustn when ho
asked |tie General tn nllow htm to re
turn; and I** It sold to the General's
relit, h© had# the young man to do wh.it
*>o*a| hit v>ukl uwkr ©over and Icav© th*'
l* *• to ot he#*
Roth b> tank and by the numlcr of the
troops ht* bad engag-d. Fugushima mas
ih* general of th© day on our side of
the railway ton Hie other all is Russian )
Tho British brigadl* r-gen©ml, Dorwhod,
who sk.ire.l his plans, acting for Ih©
Hritlah. Amerb un and French troo|d
<nearly .quailing in itwntmr th* Japanose)
mas to co-oiarat* m|th him No one .( the
allies takes order* from any of the oth
ers—lf wc except Uol Urctim who *m
-• and quit© as t * ady to oh* y uru4U'Mtlguagly
th English smsnl's *>al©rs as h* would
those x ,f Maj Gen MarAnhur
a for Itorwood:
“ll* Is very pleasant at a tea iarty,"
sai l an English officer. “Il© Is fond of
planting twos. Th* war office sent him
t* Wal-Hai-Wel, wh©r© trees ur* much
n. *‘l#d ll© mas th© nearrst general to the
eno of rt'Xfoti Yoti understand?"
ll* sat behind th* mud wall. He did
n t know where the Japan©*© general mas
and th* Japan## general and! I not knw
when* h# was They sent vnevsag**# to
©a©h other, which came back unanswered
Meanwhile, they wer* about three hundred
yards apart
"Of course. If th<* Russians have not
suc.s •> ded, we shall have to withdraw,
anyway," sal*| Gen Dor wood. In th©
course of a discursive conversation “It's
a very pretty movement-—this withdrawal
under cover of darkness--when It Is |m>t©
erly done. Perhaps you might fit *1 out
where G* n Fukushinm ts If you were to
ak sum© of the Japanese doctor* No.
they will not speak Kng'ftsh. I think that
I will write a no?* 1 to the American com
manding officer for Information *
Th© \\ if h*trn ill f th© Mnth.
Darkness brought some relief. *nm© ces
sation in th© firing; and it brought Noyes
Th** adjutant of th© Ninth, after receiv
ing Jtif* aeoond (anti serious) wound, had
crawW**l in from the front hy vn* *f tire
canals, hugging Its bank for cover. The
flr>t-ald dr* ."sing around his leg was mh
■tark a© his torn trou©r* with uu*l and
slim** In the clear and definite laiiguax*'
of tense nerves, as h© sat *n tin* l ink
with a map between him and th* British
general imho warn no hi* knees), h© out
lined clearly th© American position mix!
also ad*i©l to that very In omplet© map
some feature# whb h tikki unfortunately
it did not possess
Before 1 hurried off with a cablegram
to catch a launch to Tongku 1 heard the
general speak of the withdrawal of the
Ninth, and, I thought, of hi." whole for*
A member of his staff said, however, that
the others were to remain. The Japanese
general had another gigantic dramatic
conception With field piece# during the
night h© mas going to breach th© mall
which lyddite shell# could not breach.
After my cablegram was written I s|ent
a f©w minutes in tne building known to
us aa Ih© American hospital Poor Ig*n
ard of th© marines was quite out of his
h*ad as the result of the reaction, and
Noyes was nt far from It. Leonard, a
big. line Am<riM*iii boy. m per hup* the
most popular officer in th© Concession. I
hud ne t him coming In In the afternoon.
The bone of his arm had been fhati*ri*d
by • glint .til bullet. He mas then refill*
ing to bun on any on** an h© w dk©d
along th© path outside th© mud wall .ind
trying to be very high-spirit* *1 Dr. Nor
ton of th© marina# in undershirt ind
trousers, mas alone among a hundred
wnun*i©d While a “finish* 4 ’ lattleiu was
lelng taken off th*' operating talb niid
an un tt**n*lL*<l being put on b* busltHl
himeelf by going from ©ot to cot examin
ing this an*l that bandage of a t*a*i wound.
At tu o'cloc k I storied lui**k to th© li*ii.
Food und ammunition and empty *uir:s
an.l litter* for the wounded were going
In on© direction ami the wounded In the
other. It wag apparent that ih© Ninth
was returning. Bg men in blue un*l kbo
ki who went out fresh in th© morning.
• am© dragging their steps with a tire*
aid bandage showing white pome where on
their bodies. What remain©*! of tin* fam
ous 42’ who wer© not wounded *r carrying
wound'd cam© in command of Maj I© ©
in single Ml© lie wu not too tired to
IMS'* i word
“The position was untenable." bo said.
"I brought thtsn off with the loss of one
man kill'd."
The Bead and the aleeptnas.
At owe point, ar I had frequently don©.
I stepped to o?t© #i l*‘ to allow a litter
born* by four men to pass. Jly th© faint
moonlight I r©©*acn!x©*l the feat urea of
the Colonel Ills face was peaceful al
ptoftt smiling Maj: Waller s men. who
had also come in. were lying In line n© ir
th© gate. Such was their fatigue that
they were as motionless und quiet
line of dead of various nationality** near
by. The Major had been sent to guard
th© r©ar ll© pointed to sorn* lights mov
ing aUMit ut n •lietiince .n*l suggea©*j
that If that m©tnt an attwk his night #
work wa well ©ut out for him Th© light*
only repr©e©nt©d the Boxers or som© th©r
fcrc* *f the enemy protect log th© enemy’s
own retr©t after all.
Maj Waller might fight If he chose.
For my part, I went to my hour© tn town
to snatch a little sleep This l did so
•ttceeeefully that I slept all of fmr hours.
When I aw*ske 1 was told that our troof**
iiad w iik- *1 Into th© native city, the
Chinese having ©vacua'.ed it early in the
right
Th* European Conceesbm felt as if it
had been horn again. “They won't Are
toy more shell# into our b*sk door," 1
thought, for my part, “and I will ride
out and hove m l*ok at Chines# Tien
T*in."
THE WEATHER.
Knr-rt for Htur<tay niM gundny:
<Joor*U—R.iln Bnturday. Hunday. fair;
frrah. ;h'i— tt>ly hrtak ra.lcrly wind., bo.
oomliu aouth-rly.
Kaai. rn norhla—Partly cloudy Saturday
with lK)**-r In catrnn. norlh-rti p<r
m.n. I*ubdny. portly cloudy; fr-.ti rou n
rrly wind*
Yc.l-rday'a wcathrr at Savannah—
Maximum irmp'-raiurr ll:4B a
m ** drgrra,
Minimum temperature 2am 74 drxrrr*
M an trmprraturr Midr^rr.,
Normal trmprrature ... 77 decr-r*
Kn'fM of if mpcraturi 3 dturen
Arcumulatf and tutu alncr
H-pi. I 3 decree*
Acf imulabd delict-ncy rlnc-
Jan. 1 *• drxrrr,
luinfall Tract*
Normal 31 Inch
Excraa alnc •• Htfi 1 3ti Inch
la holrticy alticc .lan. 1 S.da Inch, a
River Hoporl- The hlxht of th.- Havan
nali river at Auauala. at X a. m (75!h
mrr.diati tim- 1 yeet.rday, wa, 5.1 feet, a
f ill of 0.l loot durlnx Ihc preceding twan
ty-four hnura.
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Augusta | 9 f 92 | 7* } .2H
*h*rl*Mon j 6 j m 74 | .12
Galvor ton |lo j trj j?o j .nu
lJttle Hock | 11 tD | €9 | T
M©mphl* | 15 { | 7* | .4j2
Mo dl© j 7 j *4 j 70 .12
Montgomery j 4i |*2 J 7) <L*
New Orleans j 14 j 90 j 70 { us
Savannah ! 11 ) 72 41
Y bksiairg J 11 | M II 3i*
\N ilmlnc'on | 12 I M I 72 | .4*
R*<n irk# - A tnarki-d 4ferllne in day t©m
!>©ratur©ai 1.4 not*<t over th© ('©ntral ll>*-
irl©t#; thle cooling is dun t the ©ioudy
imiii •on itnofi in©il©nt to the st*Mrn cen
ter now over and Alabama
Hnowirs luv© o urresl over ull district’,
©xcept Texas; th© rainfall lias !*** n rather
• **ld* u. over th© < ©ntrai <B#trl ts.
Cotton r©glon bulletin. Bavannah. Os.,
for ih*- (tw©nty-four hours ©nding at fi a.
m.. 7.'Hi meiidlsn time, H**fit. 11, is*uu.
gfa?lon.-* of Mu M Hue
Savannah illstrlct. lT©m.jTem.‘ fall
Albany. Oa., cloudy j fft | 75 | .15^
Am©ricua. cloudy | xk , TJ .31
Hainbr tdge. cloudy ’ | 74
Eastman, cloudy ~J !*> 7t) ,1 2S
Fori Gain*# rain | A* | 73 j .21
Gaines villa, Fla., cloud ..j !M 72 j .13
Millen. 4a.. cloinly , j yj 71 | .70
GulirTMn. lou ly ...J M 71 j .UO
Havannah, <louiy j 91 j *'.♦ J .tf
Thomasvlllt . clou*ly J K3 74 j .ff)
W aye rose, rlufkly .*• j II 71 .36
Heevj u*t Tlioai• vtlk . Al • . 1.10
M* tidlan. Mi##., Fnl*>4i Point, Ga..
I ho. Montgm©ry. Ala.. 1.94.
Observation* tnk©n at th© sani© moment
of tlm* at all stations. Sept. 14. H#U, U p.
m . 76th meridian lime.
Nam* T • v Rain
| lUiston. clear .. ." | 70 fL |-W
! NN w York city, cloudy *.j 72 | 14 j *■
Philadelphia, cloudy | 72 ! 10 ( .)
j Washington ©lty. cloudy | 70 | L j IM
Norfolk, cloudy | 7o | 6 | T
f Matt* raw. raining 71 j SI j .02
Wilmington, partly cldy j 74 1 L j .40
| charlotte, raining j 7b : I 1
Raleigh, cloudy | 76 | L { T
j <'hnrl©ton. cloudy M 2 ’ M J .0*
; Atlanta, raining j 7* 1M fl ?#i
Augusta, raining ( 7*i ] !* j .10
Savannah, dourly | 71 j L | T
Jacksonville, raining j 7M j L | .46
Jupiter, partly cloudy ...j ) | L ! -M
Key West, pirlly cloudy AO | L oo
Tampa, partly cloudy ....j M 2 j 10 | .36
Mobile, dear j i L i .00
Montgomery. Hourly .....J 74 ‘ 14 ;2.06
Vickfd)tirg. dear M 2 | I* J w
N©w Orleans, partly cldy} Ml < 6 j 00
Galveston, clear j W j 10 j .00
f*orpti Christl. clear ... M 4 II j .If)
Palestine, clear } 94 I* no !
Memphis. •b ar ...{ >n } 6 m
Cincinnati, char 5 79 f L .Of)
Pittsburg, dear ...| 70 j L j oo
Buffalo, clear ! 60 m I m
IVirolt. clear i 64 | 6 } r*
Chicago, partly cloudy ...{ 70 | 22 } 44
Marquette, dourly ' W | M jJO l
Ke Paul, cloudy ' 72 j 10 j on
Ikivenport. partly cloudy I 76 j 6 j 00
fft !*otils. clear M j M j ro
Kansas City, cloudy Pi } 10 } .12 j
Oklahoma, clear 44 j M j .00 |
Dodge City, dear j W> | 10 ! .09
'North Platte mi##lng
• H R Royer.
lx*©*) Forecast Official.
HEM I,TM 4)% THE VHIHUM).
€lnrlnnatt Shnt Out Hrooklyas hy
r• <m*(l I irldlna.
Brooklyn. Slept 14 —Cincinnati shut out |
the Brooklyn* to-day by su|t©rb fielding ’
and bunching a brace of hits 4ff Kennedy '
in the second and fourth innings Boor©: j
R U E. :
Cincinnati ...... o 10 1 o 0 0 6—2 9 1 i
Brooklyn ...0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0-0 6 1
Batter!#*—Phillips and P©tfg; Kennedy
ami M Gulre. Attendance MOO. Gam© call
©d on account of darknea*
N**w Dirk Heat € hlrs#n.
New York. Kept 14 —The New Yorks ,
won the Ann! gam© with Chicago to-day
through superior batting Score:
H H E
Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 o 0 0 6—l 6 ft !
New York 0 0 0 3 10 10 x—6 11 2
Rstt©rl4ta—Garvin and Kling; llnsrley and 1
Grady. Attendance 700.
Other IftncMea.
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At Milwaukee -Milwaukee, 8; Indianap
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At Mlnn©afx4l#--Clev©land. A; Minneap
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8* <*td Gam©—Minneapolis, 10; Cleve
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At Toronto—Hartford, 7; Tor*#nto, S
A! Montreal—Montreal. 4; Springtield. 7.
At Ho©tester—Rochester. 12; Worcester,
4.
At lYovidgnce—Providtsice. 4 Bvrgcuav.
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