The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-06
TERRIBLE NEWS FROM PEKIN
No Hope of Saving the Lives o,
Foreigners.

orelRn0rS.
LONDON, July 4.-"Not single for
eigner is now alive in Peking," is the
latest Chinese report which has reaehesa,
Shanghai. Earlier reports from the
same sources describe the condition of
the British legation as something
awful. It said that the rooms of the
Legation were filed with sick and
wounded, the killed lying unburied in
heaps, 1t is believed that many mem
bers and officers of the Tsung-li-Ya-
men persisted when the German guard,
maddened by the murder of Baron Won
Ketteler, the German Minister, set fire
to the building.
That the foreigners at the Chinese
capital have been abandoned to their
horrible fate seems no longer open to
doubt in the light of the message re-
ceived by the Associated Press from
Taku this morning, announcing the
decision of the admirals regarding the
hopelessness of the further attempts to
relieve Picking under the circum-
stances. The same message fore
shadows the evacuation of Tien-Tsin
by the international forces, pending
the arrival of fully equipped army.
CHINA DECLARES WAR.
New YORK, July A dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai, July 3,
says:
The following imperial decree has
been telegraphed broadcast:
1--WE are now warning with the for
eigners. Boxers, patriots and people,
combined with government troops,
have been repeatedly victorious in
battles with our foreign enemies. We
have already sent imperial commits
sioners to transmit the imperial praise
and exhortations to repeat these sue
cesses.
"There must be men of similar pa
triotism and bravery in all the province
OF the Empire. We therefore COM
mand all Viceroys and Governors to
enlist such and organize the necessary
troops.
LET this decree be sent to the high
officials in the Empire at the rate of
200 miles per day"
VIM. McFall will build new resi-
dence at Hobart.
Mrs. Merrill will build a new hotel at
Woodfords.
Mrs. Fulton and sister of District
Attorney Turner are up from Reno on
visit.
Word comes from Markleeville that
the celebration there on the Fourth
was a social and financial success.
The telephone line is out of repair
and we are unable to get any news
from the Democratic national conven-
ton.
Trib is a clean, convenient, econom-
zeal, mild yet powerful and most effec-
tiAe liniment for sprains and bruises,
burns and bites. Six ounces, fifty cents.
G. C. Henningsen, Chris Larson, w.
Lampe and M. Jacobsen have been ap-
pointed by the farmers to superintend
the distribution of the water OH East
Fork.
At the examination of Hans Nelson
in Carson yesterday, on charge of cut
ting timber on government land, he
was held to appear before the U. S.
Grand Jury, which meets next Novem-
Der.
Every one who visits Valleys
Springs speaks highly of the place.
New bath rooms have been fitted up
and all the buildings are in first-class
order. The rates are low and the ac-
commodations excellent.
Eddie Fettie, son of County Com
missioner Fettic, aged about IA years,
was thrown from horse at the Taylor
ranch last Tuesday and very seriously
injured about the head. He was un-
conscious for long time and it was
thought for awhile that his injuries
would prove fatal, but he was reported
as improving yesterday.
Attorney Packard has filed claim
against Douglas county for Miss Tessie
Larson, daughter of Wood Larson,
for So, 900 damages. 1t is claimed that
Miss Larson was thrown from vehicle
last November and sustained fracture
of the arm, the cause of the accident
being a large rock on the county road
east of the Mountain House. The
claim was laid over until next meeting
by the Commissioners last Monday.
Willie Taylor, the twelve-year-old
son of Rev. Theo. Taylor, had very
narrow escape from drowning in Susan
river last week. He was in bathing
with his father and cousin and acct
dentally stepped off a submerged