The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-11
pENN DURING THE SIEGE.
40, d. ruE HAnDsHIPs ny REv.
4. o.. FEM.

.fuhHrFu h'tt"
the snnerinEs of the Chill
.,.--Ihc Rcscue.
nr elections from the letter
.kin by Rev. c II. Fem, OF
or IA. 20 friends at home.
....I from the New York Sun.
n who Is a nephew Of Hon.
Wilson. Judge in Philadelphia
r..s Court No. 4, passed
.se .iege with his family. and
..t valuable service IN the de-
writes under Pekin date OF
and sives an interesting account
f..rDes. Afior detailing the sud
Ia of the Boxer movement ard
e che foreigners to places OF
suer brings the story down to
I then continues as follows.
..44s the 18th, came the news
.-rc.gn ships having attacked
ministers ana their families
20 20 leave Pek.n In twenty
. IL We wished 20 live We must
3D.. this meant. first. leaving all
90 certain massacre. and Sec
lly being ourselves massacrel
$50 had left the gates OF Pckin
..I the open country. ~ we stay
ia les than 500 marines. the
rr OF civilians. about So Pro-
ttr.s and ] 500 or more Roman
against imperial armies. Next
a. wc were told that the min
4 .. dem ,uded several hundred carts
urucy we could simply gather
.. ana pray that the Lord would
ONO means by which We could
lac Chinese. ana also escape the
Ne answered most wonderfully.
mort lime the German Interpreter
rht TO our compound seriously
Wlih the German minister he
ss ut for the Tsung -li-Yamen state
uanD invited Ike the other minis
INSULT over their departure from
Both we're shot by Chinese sol
the street. tho minister killed
nadv carried on. while the wound
interpreter escaped TO our Alace. This
the ministers ard marine not
journey 20 Tien Tsin would
most certain sdeaih, but that
would soon be an attack by the
ldiors on Our quarters in Pekin.
.l.f an move az once 10 the Brit
cation and make our defense there.
The Horrors Begun.
that night the horrors OF war he
w.I not attemp: 60 follow 81 day
Il Ar Rs fair means or foui they. the
-sse were hound a. get IN 10 murder
Not content with rifle and cannon,
have tried over and over again 20
sra 20 our buildings from the outside
m overall exciting experiences OF this
b. tghting fro behind which were
\ sdrads 81 soldiers ana Boxers ready 20
o lry man who showed his head 10
BOW water. We put a stop TO u by burn
J., and tearing down all buildings Tor
7 as on our north and west sides. We
J. thought ourselves safe on the north
.5m are as We adjourned there the Han
b. Yuan where reposed the Empire
r.i .aIuable books. including the ECO
81 lue Encyclopaedia. all In writing, not
rrrt ~ which there are not more than
itfss or four copies in the world. thou
faals o. blocks for printing the winning
of ngcs or examinations for high
.rta- etc. one morning the ficnds set
j. 1 buildings IN that compound. and
ster.i thereby everything IN the ie-
cation We fought tho fre and the nends.
q irc1 destroyed a number Of the build
rss Tlree lourths OF the blocks and
Books suppose. are destroyed by fire or
zl.dr and the pride Of China's scholars
5 aaQv wounded
tfirr me destruction by the Chineee OF
's Austrian. Italian. Belgian and Dutch
sstcr. the customs. postofice ard
.tlr o. tces there sull remained within
BORDERS several grain shops and three
.sn stores These have thus far fur
.,l asundaut food for our almost 500
1. The rice supply was not as abund-
.u As Inc wheat. one shop having Just
sited thousands Of bushels OF new
smear from Houan. Had u been two or
.c weeks earlier We should have had
.g ll thls shop there were eleven
rrl.e mills Tor grinding wheat After
fu.tg away some OF che wheat 20 the
ll0n. les, we lose Il all. we set the
; IS soIug. and day after day. worked by
they ground out for us far more
uc could use az the time OF graham
aud cracked wheat. Later on. rs
i.e quarters seemed dangerous, We
.I away seven Of the mills and SCI
isfu up IN safe places. From the te-
gr.ng as a member OF the Food sup
mmittec I have had chief charge
g ID work. We should have been in
l.I of bread by now had Il not been for
rt mills
Protection By snndbaEs.
A.a.her OF the mos, remarkable prov
in connection with this siege Is
t..ar ending supply % material TOT
These bags have saved many
o ol the tops OF baTricades. There
tl ..ut little 20 make them OF az first.
wi, we had was used. We looted
r az a Chinese tailor and got two
tafI u wer sewing machines. ana Miss
H .ld one with a treadie. The for
' a-cs furnished considerable cloth.
aae number Of small native shops.
temple. etc. within our hor-
e s prl .dcd dozens of rolls Of cloth,
adc emoroldcries worth several
yard some OF them; the loga-
sf,d curtains table linen. etc. -
after day ladies have been
NJ .srn out hundreds and Thousands
3 stru .ags which, filled with dirt. have
tle best possible barbados
louaries have been leaders IN
every department.. ycs have not
~ mau This matter OF Losses IS
hing The Chinese have made
attacks. sometimes Of hours in
with some firing all day and
ai have fired about n million
tullly. az well as almost 1900
rarue and five to seven pound
B. yct Dat a comparatively few
been disabled. and though the
ana shell have broken through
l roofs. they have caused but