The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900. JNTERNATIONAL CONGRESS TO DETERMINE CHINAS FUTURE | Will Meet at Some European Cap- ital and Agree Upon a Concerted Ling of Action to Be Followed| py the Nations. HEADQUARTERS, WELLIN( HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Ju missio betw ermine the ut re under way the nost t consideration. | hay be | r held in the - ss that may LONDON APPROVES THE ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES with lons —_—— COMMANDER ‘ ANXIOUS FOR DUTY | | OREGON’S ® 7 CHAFFEE IS PROMOTED BY THE PRESIDENT RUSSIAN COMMANDER BESIEGED IN HARBIN L R o R O R R R B e S O O R R S SO . & | . | ¢ | 44 HON. W. W. ROCKHILL. L R S I SCSD SRV ST SRS SN S SPECIAL 'WILL GO TO CHINA AS COMMISSIONER W. W. Rockhill Appointed to Investi-| gate and Report on the Situation in the Far East. ASHINGTON, July 19.—The app the Bureau of American Repu co » go to China d inv the officla ted for e reaso Rockhili had been sel he w will anese He then probably line steamer for Yokohama, pro; arrives at Shanghal will Mr. )n is a peculiar one; he will ope of his functions will be Mr. ner to Hawali, Blount. final conference with the President a ointment of W. W. Rockhill, director of Ulics, as speclal commissioner from this stigate and report on the situation, has 1s did not care to have it known that Mr. this res; ible duty. Within a week 1 Secretary Hay and then will go to Vancouver and there take the that point to Shanghai. hill undertake to outline his further ceeding from Roc! be actually an Embassador in powers, akin to President Cleveland's paramount THE PERI MRS. RAGSDALE WRITES OF LS AT TIENTSIN Vife of the American inter T ROSA 19.—An & letter was recelved here yester- day from Mrs. J. W. Ragsdale, wife ; nited States Consul at Tien- a splendid ide: lette | cha ter takes nd bustle at the consulate 15t preceding the great out- wre grap! cribed. The fear was general that the uprising might come y moment. t and d to be but the presaging of the \ of China, long anticipated by the foreign residents. The letter was written | to Mrs. S. A. Proctor of this city and » bears tk K of June 13 - aturday, J - ably think oy t we are in danger S5 far I hav t SOLDIERS BEHEADED FOR ATTACKING AN AMERICAN & Sun has this 1 aph’s lated vice- to ault- ery- number d six of them headed. DOUBTFUL REPORT OF SAFETY OF LEGATIONERS “RAZE PEKING.” SAYS CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW 19.—An official dated Wedn telegram July 18, 1 to the Governor of SR - foreign Ministers and thelr - R, ingar e and sound, I Ko cach- danger is still very great. Chauncey De- according to this dispatch, ar corps that he had inf : es such_atrocity as | teie . & urging the protec- 4 mass Embassadors | V' .L tions, safe because an CLOTHING TOR = = s country’s honor | country. The | JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., July 19—The ~ rhr‘1é!~xu Govern: it degot in Jeffersonville has ve and mutila- | received orders from W n have cha king 160,000 flannel P-ill wers ¢ which rep- | mi : ratior 51 her raanI | the soldlers in th und. No stone | changing season shington to begin s and 300,000 tictpation of T and to clothe Philippines for the i7" | CHINESE REFORMERS OFFER e oo | TO0 FIGH[ I_"OR AMERICA The Chinese Reform Assoclation of America, which & arters n | this eity, held a m st night. DECLARES LEGATIONS AT PEKING ARE SAFE| s The assembly-room of the fon crowded to the doo: 1 each individual New York Her- | member seemed anxious to Suggest some by the Herald Pub- | plan for the protection of foreigners in f | China and the annihilation of the *Bo RIS I ha st received a | ers.” he deepest sympathy wa n of a dispatch dated | pressed for the fo K ty China and all were vigorous in their d o e nunelation of the weakkneed government : e represented by the Empress Dowage 3 der 3 f Prince Prince Tuan. Nor did the reformers - ror reported ilied. merely resolutions of sympathy to offe | they declared in the most emphatic terms hat they were ready to devote their ser- vices as soldiers for the protection of foreigners and the ultimate civilizing of § RETURNS TO CANTON. others have, and guard from_the 1 a bit easter. Fifty 1 we hav Ragsdale h Things ar the alr is about sixty a well and 4 a very exciting week. e ne too good Quick Trip to Peking. When the guard went up to Peking on Thurs- | ng they left here at 4 p. m. and se legation about 8 and at 9:30 bag- na all was safe Inside—a very quick trip, i, the men carrying 60 pounds of bag- o each and marching five miles from the with dust a foot deep and % g etation to Pek 5 the shade e helieh, French, Russian, Japaness and | 1talian guards went on'the same train, but a ot | of them stopped at the station all night and day. The English Minister, hear- g e I Atmericans had arrived, sent to' the le- o find out what had become of his Chird, They got in (at least a part of them) he hour and a half afterward. This guard bad been .sent after three days' delay, the | combined foreign Ministers trying to get per- on all this time from the Chinese'to le belng a great festival day of the the danger to the forelgners would be much greater. _As the Chinese have 10,000 sol- aters around Peking, there was little use in cending a few hundred foreign soldlers against tain of the had their headquarters in our d it has been a constant c of receiving and sending orders. had_dispatches for breakfast, lunch and | ave quite enjoyed it seeing so many ans. | (After they are long in China they are not of the same genuine e very happy and Mr. the o best of everything | press will be dethr: | foretgners out: | to anything long these days. Consul Describes Events| Preceding the Chinese Attack on the Foreign Settlements. Special Dispatch to The Call. them. So ¢ had to stop till the Chinese | consented to let them come in. All this has made very anxious times, as the Chinese sol- dier is a very unreliable chap, not inclined to protect foreigners, and the great fear was that they might murder all the forelgner The soldiers are most to be dreaded—very poo: ly vaid and fed, so plunder is their chief de- light. ~ With our Peking friends safe we | breathe more easlly. The rumors are thick about the burning and looting of Tlentsin. | They have In the past month managed In some | This week one | way to of the o six very large fires, ks was set on fire twice—the last time burning a large bullding within eight feet of It. Al this indicates a lawless mob who desire to plunder and not a mob opposed to foreigners. Anger of the Rain God. We have not had any ratn since last Sep- tember. The country is dry as a bone. For been little rain and short ourse. In lots of places none at all. opie are desperate and seek any excuse 1. and a lot of the ignorant think the three years there h crops, The to stea rain god is angry becauee they don’t drive the forelgrers out of China. If we could have about three days' good hard rain it would do more to put a stop to all the trouble than all the guards, Tuesday—I_will try to finish this as it is all day. Yesterday was a very anxious day. Last night several Americans on the outside edge of town spent the night at the consulate, | All feit every apprehension. Mr. Ragsdale did not undress and lots of people in Tientsin dM not go to bed. We were rather short of | troops, as g0 many had been sent on to Peking, thinking there was no danger in Tientsin. The great fear has been from fire. If the Chinese succeed In starting two or three fires, with the winds prévalling at thls season, it autions was taken and all feel the sis 15 past. day ‘will see 2000 troops landed here, Fif | more Americans are on the road up. Twenty | gunbonts are outside the bar. The low water in the ales it out of the question for | them to T the bar. They are at least thirteen_milen ‘out. You will get all the war news In the a) | and before this reaches you probably the Ben: ed ‘and the Bmperor put Thid state of things can't go on the perch. DI6 not get a chance to on the date and it is now June 10. still in a stat write any We are of terror, not for Tlentsin, but de in the interfor. T think all feel that this is the beginning of the breaking up of China. All have expected it, but alsy every one wished to avold action as long as possible. I won't write any more about tha situation if T can help it. It {s hard to keep s, and going. People Nving outside come n. 15 stop at night. ave to put up extra beds. We are certain to have a very busy summer. So far it has been very cool, but the extreme heat cannot be far away. And, oh, it is 5o hot! I never felt anything lke 1 anywhere. I must close. Could just keep on from day to day writing, but if I don't finish it won't do you much good. Mrs. Drummond was in last even- ing. Lucy Is well and keeps herself as bright as over. EFFIE L. RAGSDALE. and Stripes throughout the campaign. Following is the resolution in full, tran lated from the original Chinese text: We, the members of the Chinese Empire Re- form’ Association, feel most keenly the dis- grace which has fallen upon our native land Fromuse of the awful deeds cammitted by a et fand. religlous fanatica, known to im- mediate history as .Boxers. We wish to ex- press our heartfelt sympathy for the innocent Porelgners who have been o cruelly murdered by these savage bigots of Northern China, and That it will require more than the rance of the civilized races to for- astardly deeds of these moral idlots, tortured and killed without reason vithout and it Is our earnest prayer A e ay recelve such condign punishment o Ythe followers of civilized codes as they Hebly deserve. We further pray that the Great Creator—the God of all, Christlan and pagan like—may punish them for ten generations to come In order that their polluted progeny may not deflle the dust of the earth where good men must live. we realiz noble for give the who have clave we promise to teach He in solemn c our \dren to pray ten times each year for the iness of the souls of those Innocent foreigners, whose blood has been let by crea- fures too low In our soctal scale to even enrich the sofl under which they will soon rest for all eternt May their resting place be forgot- fen till the plowman turns their bleaching contact. We know that the white man does not cross the waters to murder us or steal our children, and all of us who have lived in free America have learned to respect its laws, its institutions and the humane principles of the people, all of which make this dlsgrace humiliating to bear. ey Oceans separate us from the land wh. wicked deeds are belng perpatrated, but Amer ica has ships and we have strength, which we cifer without reserve if we may be allowed to | follow your emblem of liberty wherever your leaders ‘may direct, and we promi i1} cither the Boxers or the Heformers aroons more. Resolutions are easily drawn by the h y 0] of seals and echolars of wit, but war m..‘}?.i courage and devotion to a just cause. We offer both to the nation under whose protection we have lived without fear for nearly half & cen. tury. Let America call, we are ready to serve her to the glorlous end. (Signed) Chinese Empire Reform Association, C. KAIN, President. The California Northwestern Railway will run an excursion to Ukiah Sunday. July 22. Each ticket sold guarantees a seat. There will be no more tickets than there are seats provided. Fare $2 for round bones to the surface as playthings for the wolves of Northern China We are, all of us, natives of the Southland the J 19.—After a stay | the Chinese nation. They asked to be ai- , during which he | lowed to follow the fortunes of the Stars and know all that 18 good of the foreigner; we are a commercial race and we bave learned by trip. Leave Tiburon ferry 8:30 a. m, Leave Ukiah 5 p. m. Tickets on sale 650 Market street (Chronicle building) ‘Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- loston occurred at 10:30 o'clock this even- | Indians on the east coast of ng at the George E. Turner Powder ord to the » temporary | house, where had been stored a large gl T 1 th quantity of dynamite. The - ooy P it explosic was felt for mile they found dop throughout the city win of wreckage, smashed, ile In several private s of two men, 1 a man in the AUnes § wroB AR} Of pate KISYE w last stages of the death struggle. The I molishe In instances Lo« g plate-glass doors were broken. orted that f‘:\\w”‘?_}l‘;r ;:LY o - The explosion was caused by the spread age he spoke, but that | of a forest fire. lish. died whi n the destruction of the settiement. | INDIANS MAY SPREADS TO A | HAVE FOUND THE ~ POWDER HOUSE BODY OF ANDREE | Wreckage Believed to Have Been That of a Balloon Discovered. e Strange Story Tkat May Prove True | Brought by Hunters to the Hudson Bay Company's Post. R gisuid S5 ‘BECKHAM WILL BE NOMINATED ~ FOR GOVERNOR | Kentucky Democrats Decide Upon Him to Head the Ticket. FOREST FIRE Terrific Explosion Wrecks the Turner Plant at Nevada City. B S Strenuous Work by a Citizens’ Bri- gade Prevents the Flames Com- municating to the Legg- Shaw Co.’s Works. et L Spectal Dispatch to The Call. % ey Not Until a Late Hour Does the Committee on Resolutions Present Its Re- —A special from Fort to the Times-H NEVADA CITY, July 19.—A terrific ex- says y returned to the trad- e evidence of Throughout the evening nearly all the | lable men in the city were employed | ! ackburn ghting the flames. For a time it was feared that the powder magazine of Legg, | _ . . Shaw & Co. aiso would be exploded, son Bay pany that (i the flames spread In that direction. Most | nessed the ending of Andi i heroically did the men work, however, | h the norih pole h.\‘ balloon Y- T taking desberate chances, and the pro- er seen a balloon. but from th to be satistac of the fire was stopped within 100 ption e other wreckage the offi- | shall bhave s of the place. s are firmly convinced that it was the | State_and e Fortunately no one injured, though | remnants of A airship. A party | The : several persons were knockéd down from | uided by the same Indlans Ik been | and the admix the. foree of the comeussion when the | Sent out to bring evidence to establish the | ham is indor: Turner magazine exploded. The damage | dentity of the party. “ The districts were then ca mated at $10,00. Forty-four vears| Early last fall people near Moose Fac- | inations for ( evada Clty was totally destroyed by | tory asserted th saw a large balloon | Wheeler prese | passing over to the northward, and this | Beckhzm in a tends to cenfirm the stery of the Indian | sentation of the hunters. | dates followed, aithough there wa omination of ¢ Bicyelist Injured. of t! doubt whateve ernor Beckham. w LOS ANG , July 19.—Mrs. Mary O iz 0il Deal. 3 yrm, Cartwright woman in an overalls | " ,B‘g s | ready to make his ance. factory ‘ing at the California Hospi-| 1'OS ANGELES. July 19—The biggest 2 tal in_a dying_condition. She w run | 0il, deal butbern Cal .nrnl;‘t _has yet Embargo on Sausages. - down by John Hellman, a mounted guard kncwn, Iving 6000 acres of oil land in | BERLI July 19.—The Munich, AT of the chain gang, this morning. One of | Ventura County, of which United States BREIN, J e St Al the ort °TS fiud attempted to escape and | Senator Bard is a part-owner, was con- | meine Z says that an imperial de- Hellman was in pursuit. Mrs. Cartwright | summated here to-day. Local bankers and | cree will be issued In a few days pro was riding a_bicycle and was unable to | oil men interesied, and will put in | ing the impartation of sau: get out of the way of the horse. Her | $350,000. hator Bard retains a one-fifth | canned meat, but that mo d ekull is fractured, and it Is expected that | Interest. The company will be a close | been reached as to when the ar sec- she will die. The accident occurred on | corporation, controlled wholly by Sout tions of the meat.inspection law will.take Main street. | ern California men. effect, emodeling Sa Since the values given at this sale are genu- ine, we consider it suf- ficient to simply state the former and present prices--we omit all de= tails or lengthy descrip- tions-=you can judge the values by the reductions in the prices--every re= duction is positive. # < { Made-to-order suits which two weeks ago were $13.50 and $15.00 are now being made for $10.00 -2 -2 - - Ready-made suits, blue serges which sold for $12.50 and $15.00, are now $6.85. Chevi- ots reduced from $15.00 to $7.00, and from $10.00 to $5.25 - Boys’ school suits which had sold for $2.65 and $2.85 are now selling for $1.70 . Madras and Percale Golf and dress shirts, once $1.00 and 75c, now 5oc each o2 2 a2 Golf caps, excellent quality, worth soc, sell for 15¢c each or two for 25¢C 2 2 2 2 SNWooD 5 (0 7I8 Market Street.