The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-09

lit derlFnates by name those who should
10 punished. II w accepted, however, ~
an evidence Of the position OF tho most
Influential rulers In China In favor - the
punishment 81 those concerned IN the
present trouble.
MRS. coNGER's EXPERIENCES.
| CHICAGO. Sept. "a letter from Mrs
Congcr, wife OF tho United States Minis
iet IN poklng, was received yesterday by
Mrs. J. g. Mcconnell. n sister OF Mrs.
CoIgor, who lives In this city. N was the
fist mail communication 10 come from
Pcking since the siege. aud recoun,s
briefly the horrors endured by those who
were Imprisoned. The letter ramc
through the State Department. Mrs
Conger refers TO Mrs. Woodward for a
detailed account of the siege, and speaks
OF her as about to leave for home. Mrs
Woodward Is expected to arrive In San
Francisco on the steamer Coptlc on Sat
urday. Mr. Woodward Is In San Fran
CISCO awaiting her coming. Mrs. Wood
ward IL accompanied by her daughter.
lone, and Miss Cecile Pnyen OF Mllwau-
kee. Mrs. Conger's letter Is as follows:
! Picking, Aug. 1G. 1900
I'VE are alive and safe. Our troops ar
rived on the 18th. Oh, what rejoicing!
What day 1t wnsl If you could only
have seen us you could realize a little the
true feeling of the heart. Heart spoke 10
henri.
1--WE had been besieged in the British
Legation ever since June 20, under fire
day and night. At times the battle would
he terrific. 1t would seem that they were
right upon us. But they were not. They
tried to shoot us and kill us with their
bullets and shells. then to burn us up,
then TO blow us up with their mines. and
Mt last to starve us out No. this is not
all, they kept laying traps to get us to
come out of our fortified city with prom
ises TO escort us to Tien-Tsin or to 20 TO
the Tsung-li-Yamen to be under their pro-
lection. We did not listen to them. We
ate horse and mule meat, and II was good:
we ate rice. rice and rice, and 1t was good.
i VIII tell you we are grateful: we know
how to be. For two days we killed dogs
for the Chinese. The night of the 18th
was the most terrific OF all. We were
Ender fierce and angry firing the night
through. They again opened their cam
non on us. 1t seemed as though they
would break through and come down on
lis. The bell In the tower of the Legation
tolled and tolled for every man to come
to his post. general attack was upon
us.
IT cannot tell you how dreadful all of
this has been. But the Almighty hand of
God alone has saved us. No human pow
er could. OF course, / depend upon Mrs.
Woodward to tell you. Mr.. Conger has
much to do here, and so have most of the
will. Our barbados. bitches. etc, are
wonderful The troops came into the
city with little firing at last.
Your affectionate sister.
MRS. E. II. CONGER."
GERMANS EXPECTING WAR.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-That the officers
and men In the German army are firm In
the belief that war Is imminent between
Germany and China Is reflected In the un-
usual number of applications which have
been made to a life insurance company in
this city for policies. Hundreds of appli- |
cations have been received through the
Berlin agency. The process of issuing
these policies or risks which have proved
acceptable was begun several days ago
by one company, and a large corps of
clerks has since been employed night and |
day preparing policies to be sent abroad
The information which came from Berlin |
was OF such n character that declara-
ton OF war was believed to be close at |
hand.
With each application there was re-
quest that II should be Issued at once and |
the risk be made binding. The request |
was also made to have the policies sent |
to Germany as speedily ms possible. In |
order to do this extra clerks were set to
work. y
RUSSIANS KILLING CHINESE.
LONDON, Sept. T.-The Times prints |
from New Chwang declar-
ing that the Russians have killed indis- |
crimnately between 1.500 and 1000 Box
ers and Chinese civilians, men, women
and children, both inside and outside of
the walls.
The correspondent adds that from all
sides come reports of violence to women
and that the Russians are carrying out
policy of the destruction OF property and
the determination OF the people in Kali
Chau.
Nearly all the villages have been burned
and the inhabitants killed For some
days, the correspondent declares. the SOL
diery and Cossacks have been allowed to
do what they like. and he thinks the an
neXation of Manchuria is intended.