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THE SIEGE OF PEKING
Thrilling Experiences During
the Reign of Terror.
THREE TERRIBLE NIGHTS
Lady Relates Occurrences' Preceding
the Relief Browne Tells an Inter
eating Story of Uprising Fenn Talks
Of Timely Arrival of Troops.
SaxFkaxcisco, Oct 2 --Rev. Frede
rick Browne, presiding elder of the 3Ieth
odist mission in Tien Tsin, who guided
the allied forces into the Chinese camp,
arrived here on the Coptic, He was out
of the last persons to leave Peking b
fore comuitmioation with the outsida
(.world had been cut off. He left Pekina
June 4, and with great difficulty reached
Tien Tsin. He immediately organized
an expedition for the relief of Pei Tal
Ho, where a party of 75 foreigner!,
mostly wpinen and children, were be
sieged by the Chinese. About 30 Amer
icans were in the party, Dr. Browne'
family among them. He sent his fam
ily to Japan for safety, and himself suc
ceeded in getting, through to Tien Tsin
on an American tugboat. Mr. Browne
was familiar with the city of Pekiug.
His advice was asked regarding the best
means of entering the city and it was on
his suggestion that the sewer under tha
city's wall was cnosen by the American!
and the British. The result of this was
the'ir arrival several (hours before tho
Russians and Japanese Dr. Erown
said: I '
."The capture of Tien Tsin on July If!
by the allied forces was po unexpected
that the various treasuries, yamen.s and
mints did not have time to hide their
treasures or destroy their documents. 1
was requested by: the allies to search the
dockets and files of the various Chiaesa
departments, "ami in doing so came
across many accounts which clearly iu
crimiiia'teCthe highest officials. A com
plete register of all the, Boxcrs.in th.i
villages around Tien Tsia wem ai o
found, giving namvs and du.-xripti. n- so
perfectly that when the sappmssiou of
this : pestilential" society is undertaken
the list will 1h) of groat assistance. "
Rev. Prank Gamewell, one of the
Methodist missionaries at Peking, de
signed the barricades, behind which tin
besieged legatiouers so ably defended
themselves during the long siege. For
this he has been, thanked in a letter by
Sir Claude MacDouald.
THREE TERRIBLE NIGHTS.
Mrs. I'ayiie Tells of Her Kxperleucej
In Peking.
Sax Fn axcisco, Oct. 2. Cecile R
Payne, who went to Peking last spring
as the gut-st of Minister and Mrs. Con
ger, was a passenger on (the steamer
Coptic. Sue told a graphic story of the
siege on her arrival here.
"Of the whole eight weeks of terrible
anxiety and dread sh.; said three nights
stand out with ' special prominence.
They ace spoken of by he besieged a9
'the three terrible nig!:ts.J The first
was just before the siege 'about June'
17 or 14. That was whiie we were iii
the American legation. We went into
the British legation compound on Jane
'20. The night I spuak of was one the
foreigners will never forget. All night
long went up terrible cries howls and
shouts of thousands upon thousands of
Chinese crying for the blood of the for
eigners. -
"The second terrible night was about
the middle of the siege Wiynr after three
or four days of muggy and sultry
weather, oue of the iuo.it violent thun
derstorms I ever experienced broke over
the city. Everybody had predicted that
with the coming of rain tho Chinese
woril.l cease firing, but the effect was
jut' tho opposite. It -was a night of
bellowing thunder, roaring artillery, in
cessant lightning and pouring rain.
'"Th : finrd and last night of horrors
was that of Aug. 13, the riav before the
relief r
an io. On that night the Chinese
were iairlv fr.mtic
to break in and kill
us.
' "The firing that had before- seemed
furious was tame compared with .the
hail of-shot and shell that poured-iu
Upon n.s that nighr. It ' came lroii all
quarters and seemed to be from every
imaginable kind of . firearms. We had
received reports of the approach of the
relief column and knew that it must be
near from ihe furious attempts ot the
Chinese to slay us. We expected that
any m ment might be our last, as many
breaehesAvero made by shells'aud a de
termined assault at any one place would
have opened the way for the hordes out
side." F&NN TELLS
OF THE SIEGE.
Fir& New
From t lie 'Outside Keiief
of the Foreigners.
San FiiAXCisco, Oct. 2. Rev. C. H.
Fenn, A returned missionary from Pe
king, tells of the first receipt during the
siege of direct news by Minister Conger
from Secretary of State Haj , -
"On Julv 1-j we received a message
that said, 'Communicate tidings bearer.'
There was no date and no signature.
This Conger sent to the tsung It yamen
with the request that it be explained. He
received in reply a copy of Minister
Wu's dispatch which stated that the
United States government demanded
word from Minister Conger in cipher.
The message made our hearts jump with
iov Conger sent his reply at once.
"The niht before relief arrived we
heard the .rattle from Chinese guns m
the distance and it was sweet music.
Everybody -ot up; it was about 1 o clock ,
the women made coffee, and there was
no more sleeping that night. The next
u rl, Americans came in I went
, ' a oi,v Viands with each man
as he came through the water gate. .
Kxnedition Postponed.
Taku, Oct. 2. The expedition to Pai
. von -nostnonfcd and, the
ling X U Il "-v-" t :
nor. be made until Oct 6. Oei
eral Gaselee and tne .L- "
naye occu , Wales oontin
f thi troops will winter in
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OFFICER WAS OVERPOWERED
Xegro I'risoner Wus Taken From tllin
by Korce.
Tifiox, Ga., Oct. 2. A negro entered
the residence of Dr. J. A. McCrca. H
was first discovered by Mrs. McCrea,
and was then in her room, where a dim
light was burning. She called to know
who it was, and receiving no answer
jumped out of bed and turned up the
light. Seeing it was a negro she screamed
and ran toward the doctor's room, across
the halL The negro ran out at the door,
which he had previously unfastened, be
fore Dr. McCrea conld get his pistol.
The description of the negro as given
by Mrs. McCrea and the young ladies
resulted in the arrest of Charles Wash
ington. When carried before thcladies
t-hev positively identified him as the
man.
Washington was placed in Tifton jail,
but rumors of a lynching becoming cur
rent, Constable Oliver took the negro in
his buggy and started to Nashville with
him. About 1 mile out of town Oliver
was met by a crowd of men, whether
white or black he could not tell. One
seized his horse and others seized him.
. The negro was taken from the buggy
and Oliver told that he had just two
minutes to get away, and one of them
was already gone. He returned home
and no trace of the negro has been dis
covered since. It is hardly probable
that he was killed even if the party was
white, and if negroes it was plainly a
rescue.-
MRS. PETTYJOHN
SUICIDES.
An Augusta Lady Takes
Her. Own
Life at llillinan.
Washington, Ga., Oct. 2. A myste
rious suicide occurred at Hillmau which
ended the life of Mrs. William P. Petty
john of Augusta.
Mrs. Pettyjohn, not going down to
breakfast, Mrs. Dozier, the proprietor of
the hotel, knocked at her door, and re
ceiving no response, forced an entrance,
and on entering found the occupant'un
conscious. Two hours later Mrs. Petty
john was dead. A half emptied vial on
the table told a part of the story.
There is evidently some mystery be
hind the scenes which has not yet been
permitted to creep our. When prepara
tions were made tor shrouding the body
the only trunk in the room was found
to contain gentlemen's clothing.
A brother-in-law of the deceased,
wheu he arrived, asked to see the trunk
and tried to gain entrance iuto the room
where the inquest was being held. He
said the verdict should have been that
the deceased came to her death by rea
son of lieart failure and not by opiates
from heS: own hands.
LADY KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
"Mrs. Jewett Thrown From a Buggy
With Fatal Results.
Macon, Sept. 29. While out driving
Airs. John Jewett, wife of H. J. Jewett,
was thrown from the buggy and in
stantly killed. Her two sous, who were
with her at the time the accident oc
occurred, were also injured.
The accident occurred near Summer
field, 7 miles from Macon and about Q
miles, from their suburban home. It
seems that the horse became frightened
at something along the roadside and be
gan to run. The Central of Georgia
railroad intersects the road at a point
near where the animal became fright
ened. On reaching the track the horse
turned down it and threw the occupants
from the buggy
HIS WOUND PROVES FATAL.
Hon. Charles A. Collier the Victim of
an Accident.
Atlanta, Sept. Charles A. Col
lier, president of the Atlanta Business
Men's league, ex-mayor of Atlanta and
,one of the Georgia commissioners to the
Paris exposition, who shot himself acci
dentally Thursday morning at his resi
dence in this city, died of bis wound
about 4 o'clock this morning.
About 3 o'clock' Mr. Collier thought
he heard burglars in his house and, se
curing his pistol, started down the steps
from his bedroom on the second floor.
In descending jhe stumbled and dis
charged the pistoL
The bullet entered his left side, near
the heart, struck a rib and glanced off-
Atlauta's Municipal Campaign.
Atlanta, Sept. 20- The city cam
paign is oue of the liveliest ever known.
There are Sour candidates for mayor,
Major Livingston Minis, Hon. I. S.
Mitchell, Hon. F. P. Rice and Mr. Nyin
McCullongh, all strong men, who are
working hard for success, ine primary
. Tl 1 T i- . . .. . 1, 1.1
occurs next r riaay. meuijugs aic new
nightly and the mends or each candi
date are laying wagers on the result.
At present Mims seems to be the f?or.
ite in the betting, but it is stated that
McCnllough i is ' developing great
strength, especially among the laboring
men. . i I
Hurrying Cotton to Kurope.
Savasxah, Oct. 2. 2fot in years has
cotton been rushed to the European
markets so early in the seas3n as during
the past few weeks. The ships have
cleared from Savannah in fleets aud
there are now many vessels bound to
the other side loaded with cargoes that
are very valuable because of the present
high price of cotton. The manner in
which staple is being hurried from this
port has caused considerable comment
among those who watch for the depart
ure of ships of all classes.
Rich Gold Find In Tennessee.
Knoxville, Oct. 2. Gold has been
discovered in Monroe county near here'
wbinh vields 83 to the ton. The strata
i - w y
i iiid to be very extensive. A local
company will be organized to develop
the property.
Died From Excitement.
Columbus, ' Ga. , Sept. " W. W.
Dalton, a young white mau, died at the
police station from heart failure, result
ing from fits, brought on from extreme
religious demonstrations.
Courthouse liobbed.
Elba, Ala., Sept 29. The office of
fdnrlc of the circuit court was
vntr into and the safe robbed of about
$80"), more than half of which belonged
, to the state
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WHAT BRYAN SAID.
"If I Can Prevent the Maintenance
o the GolU Standard, iYoa Can Ilely
Upon My Dolnic It,"
They say I am begging for votes.
Not at all. I never asked a man to
vote for me. In fact. I have told some
people to vote against me.' That Is
more tbau most candidates do. I have
said that if there was anybody who
believed in the maintenance of the
gold standard until foreign nations
came to us and graciously permitted
us to abandon it, I said that If anybody
should believe that the gold standard
was absolutely essential to the welfare
of , this country, he ought not to vote
for me at all.
J I do not want any man to vote for
me and then object to my doing what
I expect to do if you elect me, and if
I can prevent the maintenance of the
gold standard, you can rely upon my
doiug it the very first possible oppor
tunity given me. William Jennings
Bryan, Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1896.
Kepnbllcnn Expansion.'
The Republican policy of expansion
is to secure footholds by which our
commerce will "be protected and ex
tended. The Democratic policy was to
acquire slave territory and additional
power in congress through an Increas
ed number of slave states.
L-'x t romel y Donbtful.
The Democrats now regard Ohio as
a Moubtful state." They might go
even farther and regard It as very
doubt I nl as far as they are concerned.
It Is n mlsinke to UHsmnrlial Mr.
Bryar lias not mi in oil nn thing by
his i:!:cranct' on 'lniierlalim." Ilia
reiiii 1 I i n fur trick politics has
bec-u :n'Mi-d to materially.
31r. Eryun Mill hardly
less oh to paramount
be so reek
one of hla
Domination s.
UNCLE SAM
Tt IIHIT
ASTHOLOGtrX
POLITIC Al.
H0ROSC0PCV
WHILE. 10U WAIT
J awsaSSlsa--aSBBBBBSBsaasBaB"BB :
Astrologer You will be defeated once more.
Bryan And after then?
Astrologer Then you will get used to It
HOW MANY?
Few Questions For Intelligent
Consideration of Voters.
now many persons in the United
States really and .truly believe that
their liberties will be In danger if the
Philippines remain in the possession of
the United States?
How many persons in the United
States really-and truly believe that its
form of government is so weak that It
would fall or be radically changed In
consequence of undertaking to govern
the Philippines?
How many persons In the united
States really and truly believe that the
Philippines would be better off left to
their own devices and the tender mer
cies of little dictators like Agulnaldo
than kept under th sovereignty of the
United States?
How many persons In the United
States really and truly believe that an
army of 100,000 for a nation of 75,000,-
000 is militarism? .
How many persons in the United
States really-and truly believe that It
Is patriotic or right to sympathize with
the armed enemies of the United States
and to give them aid and comfort?
New York Sun.
The-Hon. .Charles A. Towne in to
attempt to answer toveraor noose-
relt's speeches. It will he recalled
that Sir. Tfowiie. is the gentlcmsn
who was pnnMe to snocessf nlty an
swer the nr'unients of the men who
wanted him off a certain presiden
tial ticket.
Catarrh carr be cured only by a
constitutional Jtreatment. Grant's
Catarrh Cure has proved a great suc
cess and we can furnish testiomonials
of highest .value, from well known
citizens in this community. A single
bottle will demonstrate its value.
One'month's treatment $15, Grant's f
Pharmacy.
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Kl?0WIMER'
POPULISTS' LAST RESORT.
Tfcey Maat Vote the Barker Ticket
or Cease, to Exist.
. It Is evident that utfless the Wharton
Barker and Ignatius Dennelly- ticket
receives a large number of votes this
fall the -Populist party will be prac
tically eliminated f roin national poli
tics. The turning down of Towne at
the Kansas City convention and the
fact that Bryan has forced the Popu
lists to accept Stevenson as a vice
presidential candidate will practically
eliminate that party in all of the states
in the coming campaign. Of course
In some states like Nebraska and Kan
sas, In case the fusion forces are suc
cessful, state offices will be filled
largely by Topulists.
Bryan, who appears as boss not only
of the Democrats, but of the Populists
as well, has forced the Democrats of
these states to give up the state of
fices to the ropulists for the purpose
of securing fusion, and In return he
has forced the Populists to accept
Stevenson.
The biggest boss the Democratic par
ty ever had Is Billy Bryan. Cleveland
had many of the elements of a. boss,
but he never saw the time that he so
dominated the one party as Bryan
does the Democracy and the Populist
party of today. It, would not be sur
prising If Chairman Butler of the Top
ullst party, who was wiped out of ex
istence In North Carolina by the Dem
ocrats, would be pleased to see the
Barker ticket make considerable head
way. It is the only resort left for the
Populists.
The charge of militarism made by
the Democratic candidate for the
presidency Is an inaalt to every
Americnn soldier serving; tinder the
flaK. AIl soldiers, whether regu
lars, volunteers or lm the militia,
are volunteers! They have entered
the service of their own free will
and accord. None was drafted.
Brooklyn Eagle.
BRYANISM'S
WORST FOE.
What the Calamity Candidate Has
to Fear In His Own State.
General Prosperity is in command of
the Republican forces In Nebraska,
and he Is already getting the Bryanite9
on .the run.
There are long, blank faces In the
Democratic state headquarters over
the uueomfortableTact. that Nebraska
farmers are, receiving , 4
pound for their hogs, where two years
ago they could get only 2Vi cents; that
these farmers are buying pianos, top
buggies, dress goods for their wives
and daughters; that they are painting
their houses, lifting their mortgages
and putting good- money Into the sav
ings banks. The merchants of Omaha,
Lincoln and Sioux City report an in
crease of from 40 to 100 per cent in the
volume of their business.
The Union
Pacific railway has sold more land In
the last two years than In the 15 years
before. In 1896 the Union Pacify? had
lzo idle locomotives in its rounanouses.
Now It can hardly , handle the traffic
which pours In upon it from every
quarter of Nebraska.
The Populist secretary' of the state
banking board, who Is, a statistician
first and a calamity howler afterward,
reports an increase of $3,000,000 In de
posits in the state and private banks of
Nebraska, and a decrease of $2,000,000
In loans and discounts. Individual de
posits in the Nebraska national banks
have Increased $1,000,000 since April.
Omaha's bank clearings In July were
$20,330,000, a gain of almost $1,000,000
over July. 1899.
If Mr. Bryan loses his own state, as
now seems probable. It Is General, Pros
perity who will do the work General
Prosperity ' and the determination of
the plain people of Nebraska that nei
ther In China nor the Philippines shall
the stars and stripes go down at the
demand of anarchy. Boston Journal.
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COAL MINERS FIRM
IN THEIR DEMANDS
Refuse to Return to Work at
the Increase.
LEADERS ' MORE HOPEFUL
President Mitchell Is Pleased With the
Situation Fewer Men at Work Than
on Saturday Will Remain Out Until
Their Demands Are Granted,
i ,
Hazelton, Pa,, Oct. 1. President
Mitchell at noon today said:
"The strike is practically complete,
and there will be no resumption of work
without there first being a convention
representing every colliery in the an
thracite fields. l, The prediction made
that no attention would be paid to tho
notices posted by tha Reading company
conceding a 10 per cent advance has
proved true.
"Our reports from the Panther Creek
valley indicate that this heretofore im
pregnable portion of the anthracite- coal
region has declared its intention of sus
pending operations at once.
"Aocornpanied by the national board
members, I shall go to Wilkesbarre to
morrow, to attend a great labor demon
stration which will be participated in by
fully 25,000 men."
. President Mitchell Teiterated this af
ternoon that notwithstanding reports to
the contrary he is not preparing to issue
a call for a convention nor does he con
template such a step at present. He
said there is nothing at present to indi
cate the necessity of such a meeting.
Hazeltox, Pa., Oct. 1. Another
march from here with the Calvin Par
dee collieries at Latimer mills as the ob
jective point took place early today.
About 800 striking mine, workers from
Freeland started for Latimer a 1 o'clock
this morning, aud a little later 100
strikers set out from Hazelton for the
same place. The tw-o bodies effected a
junction east of Latimer and marched
into the town at 4 o'clock. Each striker
carried a small American nag. 1 x-u n Trnno
Their arrival at Latimer caused aTl,I-lt! .
great commotion. Nearly every man,
woman and child in the place was roused
out of bed. The marchers adopted the
same tactics as were employed at Hazle
brook last week, going to the homes of
all non strikers and persuade them to re
train from continuing at work. They
also covered all the roads leading from
surrounding towns to Latimer. The
strikers claim they succeeded in getting
nearly 400 men to quit, but the company
official say they did not lose anywhere
near that number.
After starting time the strikers again
formed in line and marched through the
town, after which they dispersed.
All was reported quiet in the Panther
Creek valley this morning. About 50 of
the strfkerB wno went to that place yes
terday from McAdoo and Jeans ville re
mained there over night for the nurnose
of trying to get the 220 men working at
the collieries in that valley out. Thev
had not met with very much success, as
reports from that locality say that all the
collieries are working with nearly the
same force of men as on Saturday.
Situatilu Uncharged.
Reports from the various collieries
throughout the Hazelton district today
show that practically the same number
of men were working as on Saturday,
excepting at Latimer. The colliery at
which" the noticeable change occurred
Was at that of A. Pardee & Co., at Cran
berry, where some of the "lokie" en-
Sneers and some driver boys struck,
us further crippling the working.
When Jonn Markle of the firm of G.
B. Markle & Co. was asked how many
men returned to work in his collieries
today, the only reply he would make
was-
"All the mines are working. "
When the strike leaders were asked
about the Markle mines they said there
were very few men in the works. The
inn owns five mines and usually em
ploys 2,500 men.
The Markies Lbervale colliery, which
has not been in operation since the
strike began, remains closed. The Free-
land men, who marched to Larimer
thisi mornin,, intended to ston at the
Markle No: 0,1 Jeddo mine, on their way
home, John Marklje met the Freeland
men at the outskirts of Jeddo. Upon
joining th men Mr. Markle marched
with them to a schoolhouse near the No.
6 colliery, where he persuaded the strik
ers to go home.
President Mitchell was very much
nleased at hearinar tha news from r.h
Schuylkill region that fewer men went
to work today in the Reading collieries
than ever.
Notices Ignored by the 3Iiner9.
Shen-andoah, Pa., Oct. .The notice
posted yesterday by the Philadelphia
I and Reading Coal and Iron company
announcing an increase in wages of 10
per cent to all of its employes was ig
nored by the striking mine workers and
none of them went to the workings this
morning. It Was the impression here
last night that &er"attempt would be
made today to operate the idle collieries.
and this feeling was strengthened by the
laot that the soldiers were not ordered
to patrol the roads at an early hour this
morning. General Gobin is prepared
lor trouble in the Panther Creek valley,
which has not yet been effected by the
strike.
Not a Single Defection
Scranton, Pa., Oct. L-I-There was
not a single defection reported from the
ranks of the striking mine workers in
the Lackawanna region today, despite
the report of a 10 per cent wage increase
on the Dart of the mining: comnanies
iHiorts to get another Lackawanna com-
rianv waaherv into oneration this morn
ing were a failure, as the firemen and
engineers who were asked to work there
absolutely refused to do so.
Only Seven Collieries Working,
Philadelphia, Oct. J. According to
the official report of Superintendent R.
C. Luther of the Reading Coal and Iron
company ;s mines to President Harris
this morning, but seven of the 39 col
, lierie8 operated by die company started
up this morning. Imis niaicates that in
spite of the oner of an advance in wage:
of 10 per cent the company is working
nve less mines today than on .Saturday.
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