Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23
WISCONSIN VICTIMS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1t is now assured that several Wis
consin people have been the victims OF
the boxers in the massacre of the
foreignresidents at Pekin-if such mas
sacre has actually occurred. One, Miss
Cecile Payen, is a Milwaukee woman,
her mother living at 224 Farwell
avenue Two other victims, Mrs. M. S..
Woodland of Chicago and her daughter,
Miss lone, have been frequent guests
of Appleton relatives, and were well
known in the state. In Pekin they
were guests of Minister. Conger's
family.
acre is more uncertainty about the
fate of several Wisconsin missionaries,
some of whom have been reported as
rescued, but others of whom cannot be
located In this latter list are the
names of DR.. and Mrs. Chauncey D.
Goodrich former Milwaukeeans.
Miss Payen went to Pekin early this
year, sailing from San Francisco Feb.
%. She was planning to make short
visit but her linguistic abilities were
found valuable by Minister Conger,
and she was prevailed on to stay in the
city The last letter she wrote was
dated May 26, the date when Minister
! Conger sent his last letter, and said
that while one foreign resident had
been killed in the northern part of the
city, there was no fear at that time
for those in the legations.
The news has completely Frustrated
Miss Payens mother, and her condi-
ton is so low that she has not been
allowed to see newspaper for two
weeks. All she knows is what the
members of her family think advisable
to tell her, and even that has proved
too much for her strength.
Miss Cecile Payen was born in Du-
buque, and later her parents moved to
Chicago. Five years ago she went to
Paris where she studied miniature
painting, and she was the first woman
| to receive formal recognition for this
| class of work in OnIcago. She was an
| ACCOMPLISHED linguist as well as an
artist, and her visit to China was made
partly for the painting OF several
prominent diplomats. Her mother,
two sisters and a brother now live in
| Milwaukee, though Miss Payen herself
has never resided in that city.
Second Secretary w. E. Bainbridge
and his wife of the American legation.
are both Wisconsin born. Mr.. Balm
bridge was graduate of the
University of Wisconsin and his wife
was a student at that institution.
In the list of those Wisconsin people
whose whereabouts are unknown, the
names of DR.. and Mrs. c. D. Goodrich
stand preeminent. DR.. Goodrich was
dean of the college at Tung Che, but
went to Pekin with his wife, who is
sister of Mrs. Oswald Rogers of Mil
waukee For time it was thought
1 that the two arrived at the coast III
safety, in a party of 148 missionaries,
! but later dispatches have denied this
report. The last definite information
of them was statement that they had
gone to Pekin.
Miss Nellie NJ Russell, included in
the published list Of those at Pekin,
has a sister, Miss J. P. Russell, at
Merrill, and a Brother at Bessemer
She had been in China for ten years.
Rev. and Mrs. w. K. Tewksbury.
relatives of Mrs. E. H. Bottum Of Mil
waukee, are included in the published
list of death, though it had been sup
posed that they had reached the coast
in safety with the party of DR.. Porter
of Beloit Rev John Wherry, who
filled the pulpit of Calvary Presby-
terrain church, Milwaukee, for a short
time before going to China year ago,
is another of the number.
Most of the Wisconsin missionaries
who have been at Pekin are believed
to have reached safety, previous dis
patches having announced their ar
rival at Che-foo, though some con-
! jeetural lists of those dead give their
names also Among these are Rev.
and Mrs. H. e. King of Ripon, of the
Methodist mission. The Rev. George
w. Verify of Appleton and his wife
have reached the protection of the
allied troops is assured, and there is
no doubt that DR.. Porter of Beloit
and his sister. Miss Mary Porter, are
also among .the saved.