The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1900, Page 1

LS be taken from 1 L r apor ibrarv.++++ | VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1900. x PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOREIGN FORCES REPORTED TO HAVE CAPTURED THE SACRED CITY OF PEKING LO \DON, Aug. 21.—The following dispatch has been received from Rear Admiral Bruce: “TAKU, Aug. 19 (Sunday).—The allies are reported to have entered the Sacred City of Peking August 17.” WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The Government has received positive confirmation from official Chinese sources of the departure of the Em= peror and Empress Dowager from Peking. They went westward, but the point at which they are now located was not given. e A e o e o O R S S S S R o SR S SR WHPEP SPU SN S S S S0 S S S TSP S . - - - 3 4 o * -6 L 4 . Q@e oot et eieioiaie et Flags of the Allies Reported Floating Over R the Imperial Palace, but Street Fight- ing Continues----Foreign Envoys Said to Be on the Way to Tientsin. arse, at any rate until tisfactory evidence of 14 produces authority Datly 3 g s nothing the Empress Dow: . at last opened the eyes t'to the real char- r of the Orie aily Expry s this morning ng letter said to have been written 1 e Admiral Sevmour, in ‘which he stou’ his action ported t the legationers when he aid, say “The flags of t Shanghai correspondent of the Two or three times our prospects were “are now fl Street fig dark and disaster seemed probable. er regretted that I had started. 14 not have respected myself if 1 “Considerable assistance In the ad not done 80, or P was rendered t Referring to the difficulties of controli- nat xed troops and to their character- able sing ammuni- - we admired most, but surpassed or per- The French hement with Germans and The Stand- | other R1 powers will | but t ing papers other BE NO FURTHER DISORDERS WELLINGTO | powers to instruct their respective com- manders to cease hostilities. It is pro- posed by the President to answer the note and other | recelved to-day and that presented yester- throughout | day a sar | commissioner to negotiate peace communication which will be transmitted to Minister Wu probably to-morrow. This communication will show that the United States desires peace to be brought again to China as promptly as possible, but at the same time it will |question the existence of a government capable of up- proving the acts of its envoys and having them accepted by the whole people. The character of the reply which this Govern- ment should make was the subject of di: cussion at the Cabinet meeting to-day, and the foregoing is the substance of that upon which an agreement was reached. It will close by denymng the request for United States d he ively” that there will be no surances were Ministe Hung Chang's LS s that he under- he impertal capital iew of the dispersal of h Li Hung Chang as- the action of the and the guarantee ders will occur, the voy deplores the contini- perations by the allles and urges the | ing the appointment of a high | in a| R e e S SCRS SRC SC CALL'S NEWS STOLEN. N EW YORK, Aug. 21.—The Herald says editorially: “Our Peking news, obtained tirough the efforts of special correspondents and transmit- ted at much expense, is our property, and should be re- spected as such. Moreover, the dispatch from Peking in the Herald of yesterday was under the protection of special copy- right. In spite of these facts certain contemporaries coolly appropriated the news, which appeared exclusively in our columns, and printed it not only without permission, but without the courtesy of stat- ing the source whence it had been taken.” CHe44 444444444444 44490 RSP PUTIS TP P USSP + | in advancing to tho | | | HE horses for the Ninth Cavalry { will not get away for China until noon to-day. It was thought that all | the animals and the provisions would be aboard the transport Strathgyle late | vesterday afternoon, but the shipping of | the horses took longer than was expected, i and In consequence the supplies could not | be got aboard. The members of the Ninth Cavalry all | salled for China on the 16th inst., but as | the troops will tranship at Nagasaki the | chances are that the horses will get there | as quickly as the riders. The Strathgyle Is a model horse trans- | port. The animals are stabled on four | decks and the provisions for their com- | fort embrace everything that ingenulty | can devise. The horses were not put aboard with a sling. They walked up a | prepared gangway and then down pre- | pared stairways from deck to deck until | the lower hold was reached. Every stall | is padded. About fifty windsails are lo- cated at different points in the upper deck, Special condensing engines will provide water for the animals. and a gang of ninety-three troopers will see to it that | every horse is properly fed. First Lieutenant Charles E. Stodter is in command of the detachment and Sec- D R R R R e R s e S e 3 ® ® i - 1 » ? * ® , 4 * - & 0 d + . % e * * ® & * 1 1% 7 _ $ mver o RS vIs * @ + ® THE BIG TRANSPORT ¢+ STRATHGYLE, LOADED WITH & HORSES AND WAR MATERIAL, Ps WHICH WILL SAIL TO-DAY FOR CHINA. ond Lieutenant H. J. Brees is second in command. There was no trouble in getting the horses aboard the Strathgyle. Each trooper came along in turn with five mounts, and they went up the gangway and down into the hold like soldiers on pa- rade. The Ninth Cavalry has been to Cuba and back again and across the con- | tinent, go the horsrs have learned what is wanted of them and act like veterans. The freight transport Egbert is being loaded in a hurry with quartermaster's supplies, and will go to Taku direct. The Belgian King will dock at Fojsom-street wharf on Thursday and will load the siege battery now on the wharf. The Rosecrans | will take the men of the siege battery, and both vessels will sail for Taku on the 26th inst. The Federica will take the horses of two light batteries and the Logan will take the men to handle them. Both ves- sels will go to China direct and will sail September 1. The Norwegian steamer Eidsvold ar- rived from Kobe via Yokohama and Hono- lulu Monday night. £he is reported as being under charter to the Russian Gov- ernment and will carry provisions from here to Port Arthur. The transpor: Sherman got away for ing Men, Horses and Munitions of War From This Port for Service in the Chinese Campaign. O R gt S S S ] . ® * - * L 4 > K * > * * * . ® * * 4 * > . 5 . > * e * PN 4 pogse RgFLLs 7F Go 4 : . pm— & &2 ; 3 . o = e - * . * > . *» > . . > * 1 - > * & . -1<s~0— L e e > + 0 4 PRESIDENT ENLIGHTENED. 3+ pd o, 3 + ALL BUREAU, WEL- § )4 P LINGTON HOTEL, + . 3 + WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.— 3 o b 4 President McKinley and other 4 & . 4+ officials of the administration + ¢ Y, ® 3 received their first detailed in- 3 prisks s 3 + formation of the taking of 4 4 St * 4+ Peking and of the conditions + + ® t that existed during the seige : . ® ¢ |4 of the legation through the 3 « - ’\‘,"6 Call-Herald’s dispatch from 4 o iy ¢ Peking. The suspicion which pabe ’ . | ¥ the authorities here have that P SLs ' g L 4 ?z thé Gévernmpnt of 'Chiina was : .0/‘/& S0+ 0@*‘@-’*94‘@”&9—000%”@—0—”. & | 4 either at the bottom of the so- 4 | . S x Y 4|+ called Boxer movement or was. + 33 S e 3 Cabinet Decides to Reject Earl Li's Appeal 4,/ + has been strengthened into a | ' Tprgr 4| positive conviction by the in- § c #3 postive conviction by e in- 3 for Cessation of Hostilities, and Con 4 | Q+> 406040404040 +Q | @tttttttttttttttsesio Big Army Transports Rapidly Convey- siders Questions Relating to Treat- ment of Fugitive Rulers. ASHINGTON, 1 Cabinet session i cally cpened the consideration o | the momentous questions grow- | ing out of the capture of Peking | 21.—The practi- Aug. to-day whatever steps it may take in the solu- tion of the pending problems. In the | meantime there is reason to believe that the.United States and all the other pow- ers interested will keep their armed forces on the ground, so that order may be maintained and at least a semblance of stable government brought out of the existing chaos. Does Not Commit America. The reply of this Government to this appeal of the Viceroys of Nanking and Hunan that no indignities be offered the Emperor and Empress Dowager is a for- mal acknowledgment of the receipt of the communication with a satisfactory assur- ance that no indignities would be offered the persons of their Majesties. This re- ply is couched in the poilte language of diplomacy, but it is understood that it does not in any way commit the Govern- ment to refrain from imposing on the Emperor and Empress Dowager any pen- alty that subsequently might be decided upon In case it is proved that they were indireetly responsible for the recent atro- cities. This question of fixing responsi- bility where it belongs and imposing any punishment that may be deemed ftting has not recelved formal consideration as yet. The answer with which the two Viccroys’ appeal is met, accordingly, Is a diplomatic assurance that the rights ot the Emperor and Empress Dowager wil be protected, but does not impose any barrier to a proper punishment, such as may be sanctioned by civilized usage for any offense that hereafter may be held to and the war fn China. Until to-day’s ses- slon the absorbing question has been lhe‘ safety of Minister Conger and the lega-| foners in Peking. Now, however, that| has given place to problems of a more in- | tricute and far-reaching character, touch- | ing the existence of the Chinese empire | and the part which the American Gov-| ernment is to take in the reconstruction of that country. | The meeting to-day was devoted entire- | ly to the Chinese Situation. Secretarles | Hay and Root, who have been most active in directing affairs, were absent from the city, so that the attendance was compara- tively small, the President having with him Secretaries Gage, Hitchcock and Wil- son and Postmaster General Smith. Sev- eral questions were awaiting attention. | First of these was the application of Li Hung Chang for the appointment of Min- ister Conger or some other commissioner to negotiate for the cessation of hostlh-‘} China yesterday with 1174 soldiers aboard. | The troops that delayed her arrived dur-| ing the night and she got away promptly at noon. By the delay the Sherman sailed on the first anniversary of the day on which she came into S8an Francisco with the California troops aboard. The crew marked the coincidence and wondered whether or not a year from now they would be bringing troops back from China. H Among those who were put aboard the Sherman at the last moment were fifteen shipwrights, three joiners and three calk- ers. These men have all been hired at $5 a day, commencing yesterday, and will re- celve wages at that rate until they get | back to San Francisco. They are engaged | to build eight river barges for the Govern- | ment at Taku. They expect to be gome | six months, and will be required to work night and day until the barges are com- | pleted. i Among the passengers who salled for the | Orjent on the steamer Gaelic yesterday | | were twelve army doctors. They are os-| \yith the capital in the hands of the al- | call for an acu:m':nng. tensibly bound for Hongkong, but one and | jjes the Emperor and Empress Dowager | Conger’s Latest Message. all expect orders at Nagasaki to switch off | ygitives in hiding and the entire gov-| The Cabinet had before it a message and go to Taku and join the United States | ornmental fabric paralyzed. there is no from Minister Conger received last night. army In China. evidence of an authority adequate to c After the meeting the State Department duct negotiations and secure results which | made public portions of the dispatch, as ties. Decisfon to Reject Appeal. The decision arrived at was to reject the appeal, and a reply of this character will be sent to Minister Wu to be for- warded to Li Hung Chang. The moving cause for this action is that this Govern- ment is at present very much in the dark as to whether there Is any existing Gov- | ernment in China. the appointment of peace representatives at this time. The United States Is in communication with other powers respect- ing the replies which they will make, and it is likely that they will all be of prac- tically the same tenor. SWEARS TO MURDER ALL THE FOREIGNERS HONGKONG, Aug. 21.—A prominent re- former has obtained from the Yamen run- ners a letter from General Yung Lu, com- mander-in-chief of the northern army, to General Tung Fu Sian, commanding the Kansu troops, saying: “It is not conveni- | ent to accomplish my secret orders,” and proceeding: “The foreign devils, counting on their | superfor strength in warships and guns, have dared to exert all their power to rob and Insult us, but their populations are small and entirely dependent on the Chi- nese productions. China now possesses cannon and rifles and plenty of well-train- will be final and binding. | follows: = S ed troops. It was stated by members of the Cabi.| “United Sla({gsr“h::-""- x. i*;rlg”'un: “T don't tear thé forelgners. Tn the case| Det that the Chinese establishment, in-|dated). via Chefu. Aug. W.—Secretary ot Sammun I refused Italy. with the re. | Stead of being a government. appears to | Of State. § gt Sornak. - Natet s sult that nothing was taken. It is evi.| D¢ an enormous headless affair, without | Fived to-fav. EWErel ST, S CTOS dent the foreign devils are cowards. I and :;'gw":g::u:! ':,h:_t ,:,Bef,flrr“' .:’"' s0d ‘f::::]);h r}i;‘:pfizl deaths ,xh:m-lv r»:»flr}- Prince Tung, recently obtalned the help | iy "the recognized ruler n m!gh‘:!!g;:{ ed, all Americans alive and well. Desper- of millions of Boxers po: magnifi- ate efforts made last night to exterminate no one seems to know if anybody Is ai- cent boldness. I swear to murder all the foreigners with the assistance of the Boxers, who are supplied with arms.” General Tung Fu Sian, In his reply, which was also obtained, says he is of the same opinlon and places the Kansu troops at General Yung Lu's disposal. Mitchell, an American soldier, and a ded; German us. recting its affairs. As China is an abso- Russian and Japanese, wou lute monarchy, withous | bl::nch, the Ez'nperar ul‘d !l-:l:z{pr:::c]‘:l)::: killed, Advise Woodward, Chicago: Con- ager are all rowerful, and practically | 8¢r. Des Moines; Sims, Council they are the empire of China. Under the | Conger, Pasadena; Porter, Paris. | nt remarkable conditions the United CONGER. tates will act with extreme caution in l “By Fowler, Chefu.”