The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO. 8 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900. : PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIED FORCES INACTIVE AT PEKING AND THE SCENE OF OUTRAGE SHIFTS TO AMOY L e T e T e e i S o o e o o g e s o R e ] special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1900,‘ by the Herald Publishing Company. A e e e e e ] EKING, Aug. 19 (via Chefu, Aug. 23, and Shanghai, Aug. 24).—The situation here is unchanged. The allied commanders have still had no communication with the Chinese Government. the home government. great treasure is supposed to exist. BERLIN, Aug. 24.—It is announced in a dispatch from Amoy, dated August 24, that many more American and British missions in the neighborhood of Amoy have recently been looted and burned by mobs and that last night a Japanese temple was burned. L T e S T S e o e e e e S SR SR S S . v JOHN Future movements of the American forces depend upon instructions which are awaited from The allied commanders have not yet come to any agreement about the final occupation of the Imperial Palace, where F. BASS. srer e et ¥ . BERLIN, Aug. 24—The & Five Hundred Ametican Troops Par- ; o suiger in o speein $ ; Outbreak at Amoy Iay Lead to a 48 3 4 ° De 4 o nt ¢ finding of the body of Baron . ¥ ~ g R Ol x p t]C] ;Da [e ln lth@ RCCfint D&ffia[ * von Ketteler, the murdered & * ® Spread Of Ithe b ey Ol t Th rou Q h' W72 g \ . ¢ German Minister, in a Chinese ¢ - c £ ~1.a e of Boxers at a Village Near|: civourinreing & s 4 +| out Southern China—Warship 3 R b emn serviee will be held to- ¢ <: | Tientsin. 3 morow ¢ 3| Ordered There. g Dr. Bachman of Shanghai ¢ $1 : P asserts in the Gegenwart that ¢ . ONDON, .\.UQ. 25, 3:45a. m.—Five hundred American ° Emperor Kwang Su suffers b ;¥ ALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL. WASH- ticipated in the signal defeat of Boxers outside | from cancer of ths throat snd i’ b INGTON. MR sth i R0 % ticipated i Spaal oAt ol o ol + that he is unable to reign. The | & INGTON, Aug. 24.—Notwithstanding the measures ientsin on August 19. The fact is briefly reported from | ¢ same view is taken by Dr. [ + adopted by the Viceroys of Southern China to prevent . . E o Rprtar o i 2 . 2 e Is of the eng:tgg;m(‘n( come fnnmI t]u‘ rl}«m:. 36 fi;hlf;brn Sl;’re?;l;‘igfizs;::: e: 'f an anti-foreign demonstration, there was an outbreak to-day at 1a dispa ch qtm_! \llg]l;*? - f1> !: ;‘ ‘11 ]“’“‘ ? |4 both of whom have examined o i Amoy, greatly endangering American interests. Consul John- e force u“,} ted of 375 British and 200 Jaj an}\ 54 .t'he. El‘np“fr'» RSN - 3| son, it is believed, has impressed the authorities with the seri- >1er: o o « < - ® - ® % > { § - . Ge u]ml D'".‘l?f‘i' The : tzl t '“1 . i ¢ | ousness of the outbreak at Amoy, and the probability that it may e B -\\C‘"I ot _1(““‘ m f\ € : . g + | lead to a spread of the revolt throughout Southern China. In es considerable number of I.n\;\(?rk. whom tyl(‘_\ L id view of the gravity of the situation, instructions were sent late three mndred a aking sixty-four ® | e . 3 - three hundre 1] m}nl S - el ;1 this afternoon to Rear Admiral Remey, at Taku, embodying the " sre sent to e spitals allies. . - # PR ” . who \‘,:_.'k \‘\ t to the ;1” ‘])11 1S ot rn(" ; lkl & + | information from Mr. Johnson and directing him to order a man- ;.w .\:w‘.c'}}.’n‘.xl.l I five \;’““‘“Av‘i the ¢ ‘: | of-war to proceed at once to Amoy. Should the commander of 1e. AEre o SOOI St o . the warship to be sent find that American lives and property are ; T ¢ | in danger he will land marines, otherwise not. The Navy De- comes a report, qualific 1 by the assertion | J partment has impressed upon Admiral Remey the policy adopt- Chinese sources, that the Empress Dow- b¢ ed by the President of landing men only for the specific .rn‘:. I d?m;‘ bec um1 3§ purpose of protecting American life and property. American Fuh Siang’s troops anc 7 marines have not been landed at Shanghai, though British : troops and French bluejackets are on shore at that point, nor : Tsinannu says that Prince Tuan | ¢ will they be landed unless a native uprising should occur and detachment of the allies. Other Chinese | ation of a provisional government in | R L T | usia American interests be threatened. > 12 - e T ut this ay pearstobe a ljur(\]-\' nn!xmr}' meas- b Consul Johnson at Amoy, China, cables | gun, the largest ever buflt.in this country, 3 2 Fs 2 L the State Department under date of to- | was tested to-day at the Bethlehem Steel n of the scheme for dividing the city . day that a mob burned the Japanese tem- | Works to determine the velocity of the ’ Sblite b @ ple at that place to-day. Marines were | shot and the strength of the gup, and for pol o . F { ‘!anded to protect Japanese officials and | proved successful. Solid shots weighing _i Hung Chang has received word that the allies entered | | are restoring order. The marines alluded |a .on were fired = : { < P to must belong to some other nation, as After two preliminary shots the third because the troops of General Tung Fuh Siang |?! the United States has no warship at | Wwas fired with a charge of 300 pounds of t . According to the Shanghai cor- | powder, and showed a pressure of 10,M5 press Earl Li, recognizing the futility irive the loreigners from China, now professes IN THE TROUBLED YANGTSE VALLEY CONGER CABLES THAT CHRISTIANS NEED AID| Amoy. [ ' B R pounds and 1556 feet velocity fourth shell with the same ct ed a press of 19,350 pounc locity of 1901 feet . form ]1\';1‘(‘iPYC< . T;’I‘l’m gun is intended for coast defense. to orm inciples. 5 s Bt e inventor clalms that it will throw e % : THE AMERICAN CONSULATE AT HANKOW, THE GREAT TRADE CENTER OF THE YANGTSE VALLEY, CEW 24, rte- | shell fiftee: une v = S g ces announce the receipt there of a Chinese |e WHERE AN UPRISING IS IMMINENT. H:“E‘goa:?rr‘f'fifi_:;n'fi,,:‘l‘:nf::::,’“;v the c;,.";;l m%! e ba- l‘:‘i i: o that ];mpemr I\\\'.’mg Su has been e The above m(-v:-xre is from a photograph belonging to Mr. E. T. Sheppard of this clty, late Consul at Tientsin, and the following cablegram from Minister | long and weighs fifty-nine tons o was taken when Colonel R. M. Johrson was Consul at Hankow. Colonel Johuson and his family are on the steps of the | Conger today | - apanese. > W s o | “PEKI ng. 20.—North China Chris- | 1 Tientsin report serious mortality among the |@-+6+6+0+04040-406+0+0-+69060+0-0-0+-0-+0+0+0 000090 prisne yusiniie-gisvghtoy Sentituts, Rygne: WENRATEN. WeY Loan 7 < 4@ |less. Send immediate help, thank offering. | ONE CONGRESSMAN ses, owing to the heat. | Peking rescued. Wherry, Hobart, Smith. | sl s to Reuter dated Peking, August 14, reit- regarding the treachery of the Chinese They had informed the mem- 1 ore the relief. America Will Use Every Resource vent Partition of the Chinese Empire, “CONGER.” | This is interpreted as meaning that the | | native Christians of North China who | | have survived the slaughter are now des- titute and homeless. For their relfef im- mediate help in the way of money i!l asked as a thank offering for the rescuei to Pre- Census Returns Show a Great De- crease in the Population of the State. Spectal Dispatch to The Call gz 1at orders had been issued to cease firing. ! 5 5 .i'h | ‘_3?":;{':»\5?\!: 3‘: The impression pre- - 1 ~] stia alls at Nebras s population h: 3 A £ £l 3 = 14 . l ) | of the Christians in Peking. o _popul . ) € v a desperate attack, and it was only the wel- | (‘Ell ld! HS }] I 1 a @Sfltfl@ n 10 Demam@] C0m= The petition is sent confointly by Mis- | ‘;'m‘;; T o k. {has. the, Wnbe t annon of the relieving force in the morning | | stonaries Wherry of the Presbyterian mis- | co b= dePEived of one of its six ¢ S b 4 Sl sion, Hobart of the Methodist mission and el B 1“""’ apportionment t ene the age of the foreigners. The correspondent 11 I ( [( Smith of the Congregational mission to | ° o+ Bt i = H | gt <Ll > the home boards of all the missions. WX Cotwreian: v ut 5 e € t having lost 3000 in the various at- | i hensihaie oy fr;‘-'mhl:e returns, official = P vhich have thus far bee ceived fro tacks the le Our rations dwindled to one pound J e A s e VICEROYS ARE FRIENDLY. | various points in the State. e cn e : 3 % | SHINGTON, Aug. 24.—The Chinese situation devel- | was practical evidence to the other powers of th a faith 2 A - | ulatiom of Nebraska will be about 100, \ sting rseflesh and rice. When the American de- oped little of tmportance to-day. It is stated frankly | Gt the United States In this matter.” Our work 1n Criaa pon| W ST IO OR A M i o | lesw ‘Sceseding r(""““::?“l::fi}:r - «"}hl;\flé et : i< =i by the officlals in the State, War and Navy depart- | been accomplished in large part by the relief of the legations, | SUrances reached here to-day that the accordi 3 o pRChent the 1ole Chinese force concentrated ments that no dispatches have been recelved bear- | and our further obligation, that of aiding to restore and matn. | POWerful Chinese Viceroys were disposed | i, dcCording Ly g3 against t s the Sha-11o gate unwatched, whereupon ing on the problem which has yet to be solved, | tain peace, can be accomplished through the troops already on | {0 aceept the new conditions of affalrs | coriain to raise the mumber of oros S s-o S 5 i i namely, the disposition of China’s affairs at the hands of the:| Chinese soll. in China and would assist in the main-| . ooieq gor representation jn p'l the British entere vithout the loss of a man. ve In the absence of other food for speculation the re- It is pointed ou ce e = tenance of peace. The information came | . 00 R n ¥ d out, however, that in view of the attitude 4 2% gres: The number of people neces- = : L " | cefpt of two casualty lists from General Chaffee, dated Tlen- | already assumed by the United States and the large part we |0 @ dispatch through diplomatic chan-| o % o Feo o0 (000 00 v = g tsin, were made the s for a report that he and the Ameri- | had in opening the way to Peking, this Government is in a | P€!S. and stated that one of the forel#n | ;.o\ Congress will proba SUPPOSED DESTINATION | Jax selzed 500,000 taels of sil-| can force had e ed Peking. It was stated at the War | position to demand commerclal freedom in China as a mini- | Oficers had received a telegram from | ., hor to 20000, Nebraska w. 3 ess Dowager, the Em- that no advices have been recefved in- gl e P the supposed desti r, Prince Tuan and all the high offi- ped to Taiyuen-Fu, in the pro- , from which point they There is no Gov- OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY : WASHINGTON, Aug lon o el Department, however, dicating that General Chaffee had left Peking, and it was said at he would have advised the War Department and given s ons for doing so had he contemplated such an impor- mum condition in the final settlement in the event of territorial division of the Chinese empire, should that be accomplished. The United States, of course, wants no territory, and it is felt that her rights as to commercial freedom are too clear to be dismissed by the other nations interested. After the Cabinet meeting to-day there was an extended two of the most powerful central Vicg- | roys stating that they intended to give their best efforts to maintaining quiet throughout the central portions of China. As this assurance came subsequent to | the capture of Peking it is regarded as a | one Congressman on this account and the State Legislature at its next session will probably anticipate the action of Con- gress by redistricting the State. —— family, is the capital of Shens! ¥ g aifferences among the powers brought on by the reported ac- | conference at the White House, in which Secretary Root and | {avorable sign of disposition of the Vice- POWERS INDIGNANT. end 1s & large city ‘of probably CHAFFEE SENDS NEW tion of Russia have not disturbed this Government in the least | Acting Secretary Adee participated. The conference related | TO¥S, Whose authority In the Interlor Is| p o)l 0 o "o o a e s ety sitants and that there is no information in possession of this Govern- | to Chinese affairs, and it was sald to be confined largely to | VeTy great. Their course has been . acing Hand- e T T e LIST OF CASUALTIES | ment that Russia has declared war or that she is pursulng | considering messages recelved from other powers on the wub. | Watched with much concern by officials, cufts on His Wrists. throughout various parts & a course in any way different from that of other governments | ject and in drafting answers to them. The suggestion that | for since Peking is in a chaotic condl-| LOUISVILLE, Aug. %.—“I want you to temporary palaces which the ro 24.—The War D represented in China. It was also sald that the statements | the powers be asked to participate in a conference or to give | tion the most influential authority in the say that you found me handcuffed itke occasiora oceupy, and Aug. 24.—The War De- | ;o0 qing Russia had not received consideration at the meet- | some indication of future purposes in China was believed to a beast of the field,” said ex-Secretary of s receiv ing list osed one of these is iocated at Talyuea- has received the following list ing of the Cabinet to-day. empire is that of the Viceroys. et . - - be under conslderation, and it was Intimated that notes to the State Caleb Powers, convicted on the ’ f from General CP&Ree»vlz}rxTfl‘k“« Regarding the attitude of this Government in case differ- | different powers have been prepared. Secretary Root said at | MARINES SENT TO TIENTSIN. | charge of being an accessory to the mui- i dahtngton: Tientsif. | ences among the powers should arise as to thelr future course | the close of the conference that it related to matters which | . & ¢ Aug. 2.—The follow- | 36T 0f Willlam Goebel, when he taiked to k Hespital, August 4, Company M, | ! China, it was stated on outhority to-day that this Govern- | needed the consideration of the Presldent and covered the wide |, WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—The folloW- | reporters at the County Jall to-day ment remained opposed to any territorial division of China, as | ing cablegram was received this morning S i £dfeog field of Chinese affairs. He explained that nothing had devel- . | “This, too,” he continued, “after I told ded a large garri e v i e ornn. Jysel” | was plainly stated in Secretary Hay's note of July 3. Every | oped of a sensational nature in late reports from Chine . it | at the Navy Department from Admiral| ;v guards that I would give them my but a few weeks ago reports August 7, Company | Tesource of diplomacy will be exhausted to prevent partition | was stated that the United States Government !s In frequent Rf.m“-‘, ks 22 Bureau of Naviga-| WOrd that I would make no attempt to 4 g Paschal Y. Smith, | Of the empire, and it was stated that the diversion of Americar | communication with the other powers regarding the Chinese TAKU, Aug. ! STy Naviga- | escape. Such an attempt would have been i Fonrasehth s troops to Manila, already announced by the War Department, | situation. | tton, Washington: _Cable open NOW 10| ;o4 only useless, but foolish. If I had e oz, Sows ‘August 5, LN e S U i 5 3 3 { Taku. Al troops from Hancock landed. | made an attempt to escape it would have wtp S e ' ot T;": ”’"":'m J | TROOPS ARE squares near Tungchau, and a squadron : ;\."\:‘/i:)d: marine _corps, accidentally | ll’ulued — Ph?"l"“ e an}?ther‘trial. - the Chinese in bringirg about an under- | ¢ BRITISH of Sikhs and American cavairy have peon | RUSSIANS MURDERED | rowned Tongku night 2ist. REMEY.” | were turned loose on the streets this SYSTEWMATIC LOOTING |” agreeme Le incffective unless it is occupied. The g between the contending . Company Horan; August . Charles Fred- “ompany M, Ninth st , is the general who | arrived In Pekin : with 10,000 troops duri VERY SHORT OF FOOD LONDON, | Aug. 24.—General Gaselee, the commander of the British forces at sent in pursuit of them. It is believed that the Empress Dow- ager has established her court at Stanfu, the ancient capital. gt e e PECK WAS GLAD TO REACH THE PENITENTIARY ALL CHINESE ENCOUNTERED | BERLIN, Aug. 24—A number of papers publish letters from German soldiers now | | minute I would not make the least a:- tempt to run away.” Powers was indignant because nippers had been placed on his wrists. He was brought from Frankfort, where he spent last night, and placed in the Louisville Compi F | Pe ., tel hi 1 that v in China. One of these epistles, 1 - w e B0 mpat the I ety B erin | habies ik e Cheti nbits o era| FOWLER REPORTS DEATH in ‘an Flberfeld Journal, savs that the | Greatly Feared Violence and Begged | 121! to-day for safe-keeping. - it it The following list of casualtles came '\ tails of how he is disposing of his troops OF LI PING HENG German troops, during the fights at Tien- Officers to Shoot Him if a Mob JAPANESE MURDERED. Taku Washington: Peking, Au- lowing casualties have oe- responsible for the | from Peking via -known members according | was he who | { i . Company G, PROGRESSES AT PEKING I Gt Tientsin, Aug. 2L.—Death occurred on August 19 of Private Willam Brayton, Company C, ath Infantry, dysentery; August 20, Clinton Grakam, Company I, Fourteenth Infantry, CHAFFEE. LONDON, Aug f the The Peking corre- Times, wiring last Satur- 2 w shrapnel wounds. TO REPATR A RATLWAY. entirely under foreign | | LONDON, Aug. %.—The Shanghai cor- here it is believed the | respondent of the Times says that Mr. > is buried. The Forbid- | Kinder, chief engineer . of the is respected by international | China Raflways, estimates that it will . though any punishment will | require £700,00 to repair the line from Peking to Tientsin. | there. He says the British losses were | extremely small; announces that he 1is | very short of food; that he was arranging | tremely arduous march, owing to the heat ; FOR PRINCE TUAN | L | PEKING, Aug. 17, via Chetu, Aug. 23.— | The Japanese command the gates of the | Forbidden City and are awaiting in- structions as to whether to hold them or destroy them. | Prince Tuan, the leader of the Insur- North | rection, is reported to have been seen lhcre and a diligent search is being made for him. Chinese cavalry are operating iIn WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Acting Secre- tary Adee made public to-night the fol- 22, midnight—Secretary of State, Wash- nation Talyuenfu, Shensi. Prince Ching believed in Peking. Li Ping Heng died. Half population left. FOWLER."” ey BURIED AT LEGATION GROUNDS. PEKING, Thursday, Aug. 16 (via Shanghai, Thursday, Aug. 23).—Captain Reilly, Battery F, Fifth United States Ar- tillery, who was killed before the imperial palace, was buried at the legation grounds. General Chaffee, the Brilish and Japanese generals and many civil- ians were present at the interment. tsin, killed all the Chinese prisoners, but Threatened. that the Russians murdered everybody, COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 24.—Peck, the Beaten to Duthiiy Hawaiians Be- the women and children being baycneted. The Crefeldt Zeitung has a letter say- wounded and captured allied troops. spheres” in China, the abolition of Chin- ese international dutles, the strengthen- ing of the central Government under the Joint supervision of the powers and a sound organization of Chinese finances, insisting that China shall open every port in the whole interior. An official telegram announces the ar- gival of the Cerman detachment at Peking, Augus MOB BURNS A TEMPLE. WASHINGTON, Aus 24.—United States negro assailant, arrived at the peniten- cause He Had No Cigarettes. nort th ce 1amt rep ; in the custody of the Sheriff of Sum- AT i : 1 short time ago. N 1’;" convoys, and that he hoped to Assault | |4wing dispatch from Consul Fowler at |Ing that the Russians and Japanese | LaiGomitc sUSi toonight. He felt great. | (JIONOLULU. Aug. Ti—The isiand of ‘ q eyt - gl e e B AT e | e e e a1 hier ome MCT | Chefu, glving additional information bear- | assassinate all Chinese whom they en- | o ronoved when the neavy Iron" gate| 1o Meuiat- sitiedor lnet. Senday after: sralization existing | serious 5 A Rodgers, | good spirits and endurance of the troops | I8 on the events in P";'"g' g bl e agree that the Chinese hor. | $105¢ behind him and he realized that he | noon, Half a dozen mative Hawail- Chinbe ¢ August 16—K | were beyond praise and refers to the ex- | CHEFU (undated)—Recelved August M ried And muttiste 61T e | was safe from mob violence. lans from the isiand steamer Nit- At Akron Peck pleaded gulity of the|pay went ashore and got drunk, and v Smith. vy ington: Twenty-third Japanese report charge against him and was sentenced to | v and heavy roads. g - W on their return to the vessel, meeting a Peking, Aug. 18—Djed from wounds received | SR ! | Eimperce, ang SR left Peking lth, !e*r*‘:"uf;’;:l‘d‘e':"‘n‘{;fiq;‘&r‘::ffi.“x‘:\n: e e e the :aybefrog‘: Japanese, they set upon him and beat him action, ‘ompany Fourt antry, ushan, su - » v 0 To! e €1 - ” Kauffmann. - i SEARCH IS MADE eated at, J¥auaRo SUDDOSEL, (88 | 0 Chi i tod the' olng T AWAY WIth “Interesy ) CiCYCIAN 8T £8€d | 15 death on the roadway. The only prov- piteously to be shot if a mob threatened. | geation appears to have been that he had His guard did not consent. [ oo ciahrotton to dive thens when -they AKRON, Ohio, Aug. .—Little Rhoda ! agked him for some. The victim was Davidson died at the City Hospital at 2| peaten with fists and sticks and at the o'clock ! this afternoon. She was shot in| end ome of the natives seized a fence the head while in her mother’s arms dur- | pjank and struck the Japanese a blow ing the riots Wednesday night. that laid his stomach open. The victim was found dead on the road by a coun- LARGE GUN TESTED. tryman, the natives having run away and i im when he lay helpless. Successfully Fires Solid Shot Weigh- | 5 2™ ing Over a Ton. Two natives who are supposed to have been leaders in the cowardly attack have SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 24— | The new eighteen-inch Gathmann torpedo been arrested and are charged with mur- der