The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1900, Page 1

FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, "OWERS STILL DIFFER AS TO WITHDRAWA AND CHINESE STATESMEN PRO | - mans, Austrians and Italians; ntend to Remain in Peking|| fter the Russians Have Re- sia’s Decision to Ewvacuate o Be Due to a Desire to] rate the Schemes of the| THE pumsmaes, > » frustrate the schemes of by the Kaise ative in the > to the con Blowitz, “to s 00OPps UN( mucin prope sal wi for beginning negotiations before Count von , and if you add to this the prompt adherence iressed to the United States, yvou have the com- the R so-American mystery. MPTS TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALLIES. here, are seeking to negotiate with t f the Cl erial maritime c t T sinking of ANY NOT READY TO GIVE UP PEKING it did PRI S ¢ meet wit . |WANTS,A REWARD FOR 21.—Yu Hsien, Governor to the for h ng | or his pro- | z Kkilled | German ning Ge who s r murdering fifty- h to the Asso- o d Press f n Chef st sald ate from their | CE1°0 0 ThS e nder his the answer of | . bout cepted t ssia ie concerned, substantial agree- cred. Prob- Y "-! is iden- g cestea » Yu Hsien who is referred f the troops Were | {0 in tch from Peking as Gov- Dowager ana | ernor of Shanghai P eking, the For- i T SRR »n replied that CARING FOR THE SICK. worth stating on WASHINGTON, Se —The War De- partment received the wing from Ma- gor Perley of the hospital c manding the hospital ehip Relie “TAKU (no_date)—Surgeon General, | Washington: Banister reports 120 sick af | front and 200 at Tientsin, Many slightly | 1. All wpunded brcught from front. Re- lief will thke all severe cases. Launchos and boats have returncd. Plenty s All doing well._ ~ PERLEY. . TO AID BRITISH AND FRENCH. pt. 3.—The War De- e eocived a cablegram | SHANGHAI Sunday, Sept. 2—The Ger- of which the foliow- | man transport Batavia will debark Ger- man troops at Woosung to assist the Bnt-. and Fresch detachments, ¥ pers here are of doubtfu! i1 n concord. One rmy corps has RICE FIVE CENTS. UNCLE SAM SENDS MORE MEN AND SUPPLIES TO HIS ARMY AT PEKING I Other Powers Busy on Water Front Preparing to Do Likewise. Avo THE (4areq SAILS FOR CHINA. trouble attending than there would be after them took ind men were ~tions of La was never before nd the men who poral’s guard was in full case of some ¢ in control at the and In consequence vertbeless in the n teok their nt away on the Rosecran of Light Batterie! 146 men of Battery ital corps and three from JaPan, but some of those in y she will go to Tak elated to military details. army circles s CARGO OF HORSES. etting a a as in China, and he w artillerymen Horses are good in their wa rition wagon cquence the ¥ over deric When the were abos hors ica is to go to Manila via Honoiulu, but, iike the Rosecrans, she may be sidetracked to Taku. * 3attery C an from ) he Federi fitted shape for the transportation of hor Her lower and amids fixed up in such a manner as t& the waste and dangers that alwa up when a typhoon is encountered. animals are kept in 1 a space | hossible “and the nts are givi fvery chance to care for them proper { On the Federica another occ | Siam disaster would be impc lerica is so fitted | horses from falling | selves in a he | There no_difficulty In getting the animals abc port yester | The gangw | of the stai |in San rancis | consequence the h L aboard and down {to their stalls as though th o RoERING Foreighers| INO - Marked - Advancement Negotiations Among Pow-| ers Relating to Withdrawal of Troops From Peking. ‘ ASHINGTON, Sept the State De the first word d artmant to-d from him since his dispatch of the 27th referring to the le of troops through the imperial. palace in Peking. atch, this is datele 's stated that it contained nothing materially chang- of date led to a determination to take energetic after coming to the State Department from which all dispatches her ve the date clearly Two other dispatches received tc troops, which generally i ed that there has pecn any marked advancement of the the powers touching the withdrawal of international forces The plain Indication is that the powers are acting upon the in- d in the last note of the State Department and are bringing to bear upon Russia to induce her to change her mind as to For soma reason ihe authorities here appear to feel idence that this cftort will be successful. It ip noted as a fact of o that the propaosition is teirg adv the acting head of the Chinese Government. The sugges- he prosress of this wave of reo:ganization while the inter- promising as it does speedily to provide an hinese Government with which the naticns may treat without rength, may solve the present problem and put the in a fair way to final and satisfactory settlement. Much may attitude of Russia in this matter and the manner in which she seal from the Chinese notables may prove to be a test of the xpressad desire to deal with the Chinese Government as soon nt Secretary of State, returned to Washington to-day of acting head of the State Department, relleving Mr. these duties during _the lexing dipiomatic ex- Bt oo e e et e L e triasat, status of the f r wi e len ng over e pr & s of the s, Mrfilrl 'E?rfnnh‘ with Mr. Adee. From_this China will ha health of the It cannot be learn negotiations from Peking. formation conveye all their influence 5 her troops. yreat significanc return to 1 made that t nal troops are still in Peking, 2] de facto C further dov Chinese question d upon the t as to its st sincerity of her as possible. ** Pr. Hill, first assista and assumed the duties Adee, who was performin changes of rece Einens hekotiations “hinese negotial 3 time on, until Mr. Hay returns Dr. JXanariment, ch from Minister Conger was received ¢. It was chiefly interesting in being s as to Peking. The contents were from China referred to the state of ced to have Prince Ching be the active head of the State REACHES PORT. 3 horse transport Federica was NOTHER log raft reac last night. Uncle cants horses in the Philippines plics to the nts fodder and It contains over he world over , but mules come in for a great amount of praise, particularly when it comes to run- a ugh took nearly as many of the cariety as thoge of longer port left the whar{ 168 mules | id thirty-five enlisted men. The Feder- | and and Frane want our wk an canned me at the door of Californi and fodder. would mean at British ship and the German tons net burden. hav Both are unc man_Gover: <es for use tons net burden one of these charter to th these rafts is a nlisted men on the | will dock at Lombs d will at on enth Artillery. | up in_splendid | out to carry T merchandise to F on which the Samoa will nberg will dock. hout 700 horges and mules and over 4000 tons of fodder. o when the ste: she was quarantined on arrival nd Nurrberg wi the work of for a_trip to ( nee of the sible, as the | to prevent the nd injuring them- one of the busies s on the front for some time to come. I spectacle—Uncle Sam rushiag matters : m street, Germany hurrying 4 took refuge under the so rode out the storm. docino it w The raft will be A, general merchandise at Stev of|Colone Troops With {. Hooper of this city has received a letter from Lieutenant Colonel C. Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge led the N Is of Tientsin. and _continues: inese Wouses, nth Infantry in its at- tack on the inner v The letter gives an account of the fighting at Tientsin, “The Japanese looted the ( the robbery business and robbed and murdered right and left. British were granted one day to loot, but this was seen stopped, except by the French, who still continued quarter has been very quiet and we guard it as best we can with our small garrison. The Chinese dead are all buried and the town Is cleared up and peace- the French were/entirely in e work in by shot and shell or incendiaries. city it would be a good thing if one-half of it were destroyed.” WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—While Americans have not participated in the loot- ing of Tientsin and Peking, well-informed dinlomats here think the people of China will hold them partly responsible for injuries suffered and losses sus- ) “The Americans,” said one diplomat to-day, stinence, but they form part of an allled army which is causing the Chinese so much suffering. The Chinese do not know that they are being plundered by the Russians particularly or by the French or English. They see the American flag in the army and they naturally credit those under that flag with as great a share in the looting as they do the trocps of other nations.” Russians do not believe the Czar's troops have been guilty of the excesses reported in the dispatch from Taku published to-day, and say that if any crimes have been committed an investigation will undoubtedly be made and those respon- sible will be punished. Attention was called to-day to the sensational stories of Russian atrocities credited to the wife of E. B. Drew, chief secretary of Sir afterward declared by Mrs. Drew to be false. days of the slege of Tientsin Robert Hart at Tientsin, and perience during those terrible in the highest terms of the Russian soldlers, who undoubt- re than one occasion.” fesses to have no confirmation of the re, tated that even if it had any informa can from my own exj she said, “‘speak only saved our lives on mo e War Department pr: ing by the allies, but it is s be suppressed. POSE PEACE > i | 24 1 the | TRANSPORT ROSECRANS FEDERICA CARRIES BIG|GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS|ANOTHER BIG LOG liAFT‘:,T"A“ LOADING THE SAMOA. the NCLE SAM is not the only one who ed port yes- and of water. 000,000 feet of lum- ber and its advent makes the lumber anathema and maranatha. The raft was towed from West Seattle Tatoosh and Rescue and its least forty ters the employment of of ; are more than at the success of the raft-tow- n- of nd those that go so take the last raf. came of a light or the sem- place on which to hang one. 1l pointed out that both tugs were liable to seizure for his infraction of the v ft came to an an- it tripod new lantern that had never seen p down the coast of the Tatoosh their tow was Off the coast of Mendocino orm was run into and both tugs raft were hov un and to for twenty-four hou y. but the tuge and From Cape Men- a_strong broken up in Mid- 1Coolidge Charges French | ‘W holesale Murder and Robbery During Fighting at Tientsin. the ““There were 20,000 dead Chinese and probably” one-third of- the city is burned On account of the crowded condition of the “should feel proud of their ab- Tts of loot- on it would SHOOTING - (FDEAD VICTIMG More GrewsomeGrow . the Mysteries al . Folsom. . 'Slaying of the Farmers IS Accompanied by Savagery. (THE SHERIFF FINDS NO (LEWS | Strange Coincidences and Weird Fea~ tures of the Crime That Puzzle | the Officers and Alarm the { Ranchers. | | | | single clew to | Johnson at 9 ing from Folsom Sheriff Hi James Donn « some liam 'F: had a deputies : ground and perp Call. mor had robbery the house neit evid: fired int enough could no the with the key taken the kev t the 3 that the st the same hould have fou ¥ and unprepared for re sam ion of bhot m t The cers referred to by with the case encountered in experience. Folsom Farmers lated a are struck by case and the dre is abroad and bent fearful erimes in a fantastie fashi Theories in the Tragedies. In Sacramento the murder sorting topie. Tt to-day by D | open "is 3 murderer tr: aled But this circum: brought to t far at bo is back of it X th m possessed ARBUCKLE HUSBAND ‘ AVENGES HIS HONOR Jesse Sutton Slays Constable Johm Clasby in the Town Postofiice for Alienating His Wife's Affections. Special Dispatch to The Call COLUSA. S« 3 dead man!” Or | and Constable John the feet of Jesse € through the c This is the e curred at th of Arbuckle, ub in ¢ | urday afternoon last | Jesse Sutton is in the Colu Jail, held to appear without a magistrate on Saturday next. He Is mute concerning the dreadful deed, will not dise that led up to it. But the caus 1 to the shooting are well known in huckle, where they have bee bout by ossips. B onatable John Clasb; Continued on Second Page. » shot has resided in