The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
HELD AT HOSTAGES.
{ at 10 Statement About Min.
ters Made In Imperial
Edict.

London July 30.-The Shanghai
correspondent Of the Daily Express,
tslegrsphipg. says: "A new im.
pssisl sdiot promulgated this evening
ssgsntly orders oil vioeroys and pro.
vipoisl governors to endeavor to nego.
tiass pssoe with the powers. whose
minister are held % hostages pend.
isg the result of tho overtures for
ths abandonment Of hostilities
sGsipse Chius.'
"The vioeroys are also commanded
20 gnsrd their territories vigilsutly
sgsisss attack snd to prevent, BY oil
o<eps iu their power, the advance Of
tAs eoseigu troops especially along
ths Ysog Tee Kisng.
The decree says that the officials
vil ssswer With their lives for sny
ihilue % execute these orders
"Commsnds are slso given that not
. sisgls foreigner shall be allowed to
soesps from the interior, where their
go ssill folly 1000 Europeans. con.
ssossd With missionary work, in leo.
lsssd silussiops.
"Whse The governor Of Shan Tong
eo0nuaicstsd to the consuls the i'm.
pssisl degree Of July -. hs omitted
important passsges addressed to Ii
Hseg Chang:
THE ORDERS TO Ii HUNG
CHANG.
"'lt 10 admittedly insdvissble to
Hill oil the miuisters, bot il 10 equally
sawiss to send them to Tisn Tsin.
IL will be much wiser to keep the
Survivors % Pekin st hostages.
"'You are commanded to hasten
70 Pskin. You are incurring i'm.
psrisl displessurs BY delay. You
have been appointed viceroy Of
Chill because with your militsry OK.
experience, you will successfully lead
Tho imperial armies against the for.
eigsers in Chill, which Yu Lu. the
present vioeroy, 10 unable to do, ow.
ing TO his ignorance Of military
sGairs.'
"Li Hung Chang replied to this
sdicst skiDg to be allowed to retire
on account Of bic sge
MURDERS IN PAO TING FU..
"Sheng now admits that he has
had telegrsms since July 10 annouuc.
ing that every foreigner in Pso Ting
20 we murdered. including 4 Brit.
ish. French and American mission.
ssies. and announcing also that two
French Jesuits and Q thousand con
yerts have been massacred at Kwaug
Pin Fu. on ,he borders of Shang
TuDg and Chi Ii. A majority of The
eonsuls favor strong measures against
ShsDg's duplioity.
Local ofioisls assert that the
Italian priee;s murdered 10 Hu Nan
we're wrapped in cotton which had
been soaked with kerosene, and we're
s'owly roasted to death. II is believ-
cd that oil foreigners in Chilli have
BY this time been massscred. And
the wave OF massacre is spreading
toward Ming Po and Hong Chow,
from which point 30 English and
American missionaries are endesvor
ing TO escape in boats down the river
Kisug Su. Officials hero anticipate
. general rising along the Yang Tse
Kisbg about August l.
ANOTHER MARES NEST.
"An astounding American intrigue
hes been revealed TO the oonsuls here
10 the shape OF . skillful attempt to
get the maritime customs placed in
the hsods Of On American missionary
named Ferguson. who, although he
wss % sctive ally of Sheng in the
lstter's esdesvors to hood wink the
world with regard to events iu Pekin.
wss supported by the American
omcisls 10 bic claim to the appoint
nsnt Of inspector general. p"
MORE MISSIONARIES MASSA.
CRED.
London. July 3O.-A special die.
patch from Shanghai. dated yes,er.
dsy, ssys the English mission station
north Of Ming Pc. bss been destroyed
ssd IL missionaries have been mas