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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09

For years the family had lived on the
sleuderest allowan and had been guilty
of little makeshifts which We're to cause
unspeakable modification in the years
to come. OF gowns the three pretty
girls had none worth mentioning; and
of jewels there was not even i brooch
except the few antiques which the
mother had guarded religiously for them
from their illustrious ancestors Telling
Of it afterwards Queen Louise said that
never IN the twenty years of their mar
ried life had they received over 5000
per year upon which to live and raise a
family.
A GREAT CHANGE.
But now all was different. The father
and mother with their six children moved
into the handsome old castle at COpen-
hagen and a reign of triumph began.
Always clever, Queen Louise now ex-
erted herself to her greatest efforts and
Christian seconded her in his handling
] of matters of ate.
That same year the Queen married her
! eldest daughter. the handsome AIexan-
dra, to the Prince of Wales; and a little
later she married the second daughter,
Dagmar, to the Gar of Russia Then
/ she capped the feminine climax by giving
/ Thyra, the youngest of them all. to the
I rich Duke Of Cumberland a man who
was king until the forming of the Ger
| man Empire and who retained his kingly
| fortune, surprising many a crowned
! head in worldly possession.
IN 1868 George. a younger son. was
4 elected king of Greece and WiIdemar
was appointed Prince of Bulgaria. an
honor which he temporarily declined
but may vet accept Besides these there
/ IS Frederick, the Prince Royal, who will
succeed the father, Christian
wonderful f. mily. trulv One that
| reflects much praise upon the parents
/ though It gained for them the uueuviable
/ scubriquet Of matchmaker. beau-catcter
| and plotter. -MOther-In-Iaw'' of all Eu-
! rope the comic papers dubbed Queen
/ Louise, and so she was called from the
Arctic s1e Mediterranean
| Durhss the nearly forty wears that
have elapsed since he rode that morning
into Denmark, behind the royal horses
the possessions Of Denmark have been
increasing When her children married
| and went away, the Queen appointed q
day in September as the annual home
coming 1t WAS her birth month: and In
September the Princess Of Wales with
/ the Prince: the Gar of RUSSIA with the
Czarina; the King of Greece with his
| Queen. and all the other royalties of the
family gathered there. A wing was built
to the palace; private suites were con
| structed. telegraph wires were pylt in
| typewFitars were engaged and the mon.
arehs enjoyed the fun of reigning at Iona
/ distance 1t was their gala month One
by one the children began to come with
them, and the present Gar tells taler o.
walking his first infant steps through tn,
park at Copenhagen, guided by papa
the White Gear
Numerous gifts came to Copennaeer
at this time. wonderful cream coloree
horses. carriages OF newest pattern
jewels of all kinds and dress stuffs.
single yard of which would have dazzIes
the Queen in the old days when sht
made her gowns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09

fuence him into making a sale which
does not seem to him the best for Den
mark and its people
When be was young man, Christian
Duke of Schleswig-H MISREPRESENTATION
Glucksburg, had no idea that he would
ever buy 4 nation or sell one He rose
IN the morning, looked after his farm,
led his wife out into the sewing arbor
under the stately eIms which stood
grandly over the old home of the
Schleswigs. near Copenha gen; and then
retired to his study to read and write. 2
The wife, Louise of Hesse-Cassel,
sewed in the arbor and made dresses Of
bright stuH for her three pretty daugh-
tiers and dreamed her own dreams
At last It camel That which they had
long expected was realized. Frederick
VII. King of Denmark. died; and q
courier came riding swiftly TO the villa
to tell the news TO the Duke and to cry
The King IS deal; long live the King"
Frederick had died without heirs and the
succession came to the Duke of Sehles-
wig-Holsteln.
There Is a Danish law that the king
must always be known as either Fred
eriek or Christian: the two names to be
used alternately. Thus Frederick being
dead, the next king mad to be 4 man
named Christian. and the Duke of
Schleswig straightway became Christian
I IN of Denmark.
What a packing up now took place IN
the small country house and how urgent
were the many errands to Copenhagen!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
H0W|T WAS DONE.
ASSAULT OF THE BOXERS ON LE-
CATIONS IN PEKIN.
SOME FOREIGNERS ESCAPED,
Were Probably A~ssass>lated Later
London Gives Up All Hope-Chi-
nese Reports Discredited.

London, July 13.-The Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says tina fol-
lowing story regarding the position in
emanated from Chinese official
sources:
1.-THE two remaining Legations, the
British and the Russian, were attacked
lin force on the evening of July 6, Prince
Tuan being in command. The attack
ers We're divided. Prince Tuan COM
manded the center, the right wing was
ded by Prince Tsai Lin and the left by
Prince Yin Lin. The reserves were un-
der Prince Tsin Yu.
THE attack commenced with artillery
fighting. which was severe and lasted
until I O'Clock in the morning, by which
time 9th legations We're destroyed and
all the foreigners We're dead, w lie the
streets around the legations were full of
the dead bodies of both foreigners and
Chinese.
Upon hearing of the attack, Prince
Ching and General Wang Wen Sha
went with troops to the assistance of
the foreigners, but they were outnum
beIed and defeated. Both Prince Ching
and General Wang Wen Sha were kill
ed.
Several foreigners are said to have
escaped through the gaets. one with a
heavy sword wound in his head.
Prince Tuan, in celebration of the
victory, distributed 100,0 900 taels and
huge quantities of rice to the Boxers
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
FROM JAPANESE SOURCES.
Give Details Regarding Assassination
Of German Minister.

Washington, July 1.-THE japanese Legal
TONERS received a dispatch from Toxic Civ
ing briefly the details of the assassination
of Baron Won ketreler at Pekin and the
fighting around Tien Tsin. The dispatch
was sent from Toxic, July 4, but was in
some way subject to great delay around
the Siberian route. 1t states that the Ger
mar minister was killed by a shot and that
it is not known whether the mob element
or the soldiery is responsible for it. The
Japanes report of the fighting around Tien
Tsin is similar to that already conveyed
in the press dispatches.
Concerning today's reports from Yoko-
hanna that the government is being urged
to send $1,000 troops to China, Mr.. Nabe-
little more than conjecture and that there
IS no present evidence that the government
has the slightest purpose of sending more
than one army corps, or $1,000 men, to
China. While the popular sentiment in
Japan might favor the dispatch of a large
army to China. he feels that the govern
ularly in view of the uncertainty as to the
terms upon which Japan is to undertake
this mission.
1t is .44e understanding of the japanese
officials here that the Fifth army corps is
now being put aboard transports at one
of the great naval ssetions near Hiro-
shima. 1t is expected that the transports
will go forward in groups as fast as loaded,
each group being accompanied by a convoy
Of warships to afford protection. But as
Japan and China have not declared war
against each other. it is not expected that
a large convoy f warships will be re-
quired. The Japanese troops will go
straight to Taku, the trip taking about
three and a half days. wy
1t is inferred at the wal department that
Colonel Liscum and the two battalions Of
the Ninth infantry, which arrived at Taku
on Friday, have reached Tien Tsin. Colo
mel Liscum was given a free hand in the
matter of an advance, and it is thought
that by prompt movements he already fas
! reached the beleaguered city of Tien Tsin.
where, according to adviees today to the
British admiralty, achievements were
urgently needed.
The bureau of military information has
| received an interesting communication
from Major Zalinsky, United States army
| (retired), giving some details of climate
and topography of the country between
Taku and Pekin. He went over this load
in 1886 and 1856 and says the trip from "aku
to Pekin occupied two days forced mach
ing. He vas travelling on a native 'ony,
with light equipment, but the road prac~
tically killed the horses. The country be-
tween Taku and Pekin is hilly, and the
climate will probably be more favorable for
white troops than the Philippines u
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
ENGLISH OUTNUMBER RED.
That Is an Excuse Given for the Dis
aster.

Pretoria, July R.-Colenel Mahon, rein
forced by General French's brigade, yester-
day took al the positions ED by the Beers
Der Of Boer dead being found. The British
casualties were trifing.
disaster to the Lincolnshire regimen on
Wednesday. 1t appears that five compa-
MES We're ordered to proceed and hold the
b parsoo 6dro ~ pa Masalesf fort; II nhe ne a nsighi
at the pass in the afternoon where three
companies with three guns took up a pO-
sition and camped for the night, leaving
two companies on a plain south of the
pass. The eastern hill was rugged, rocky
and inaccessible, but further east appa-
At daybreak yesterday all the Beers ap-
peared on the eastern kopje and opened a
heavy fire. Confusion ensued. The colonel
a kopje west Of the gap. From this point
a hot fire ensued during the entire day.
Two guns under the escort of the Scots
body, were captured after a stout resist
ance. Nearly every man was killed or
wounded. A Maxim gun was brought into
hot and the men were finally forced to re-
teers. saved the gun. There was a contin-
shire regiment replying.
Beers appeared e the left Of she position
men attempted to charge them. Fourteen
men were killed or wounded as the result
of the charge. The three companies were
steady fire until toward nightfall, waver-
ing when their ammunition had been ex-
pended
1t is understood upon good authority
that the Beers have employed armed ma
tives. Two Of the natives leaped from
cover when a small party from the Lin
colnshire regiment stepped up and demand
ed their surrender. A soldier stepped for
ward and shot both the natives dead. One
officer who succeeded in making his escape
had an encounter with an armed native. It
Is feared that the losses of the British were
numerous. About 30 of the British soldiers
struggled back to camp today. According
to all accounts, a great force is being as
sembled to prevent further progress of the
Beers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
CHINESE ROMANCES.
Berlin Attaches No Importance to
Stories Sent Out.

Berlin, July 12.-Oficial circles here at
tach little importance to the
cation of the Chinese minister at Wash
ington, dated u I'M 20. At best 1t is in
terpreted as an attempt to gloss over the
recent outrageous deeds.
A number of statements made in It are
declared to be VIGOROUSLY false, such
as, for instance. the representations re-
gardig Baron Won Ketteler's death and
the Taku seizure. The main objection
urged here is that nobody knows who is
the government which the statement
represents, whether the government of
the dowager empress n Kwang Hsu
or that OF rim Tuan. The document
bears date of June 80, and nobody
rows what government, if any, has since
succeeded.
A majority of the papers regard the
communication as a part of a Chinese
network of lies with which both Europe
and America ave lately been overrun.
The foreign Office thinks tina if the state
ment is authentic and authorized by the
existing Chinese government, 1T would
mean that the Pekin government fore
sees the proxinlate end of the rebellion
and would like to effect a reconciliation.
The publication tonight in the North
German Gazette of the text Of a circular
bearing Count Won Buelow's signature
and giving a summary Of the Chinese
troubles and it's origin, copies of which
nave been sent to the government of ev-
cry German state. is meant also to re-
assure all other powers regarding Ger
many's intentions. The closing para
graph especially sums up the aims of the
government as being wholly in accord
with those of the other powers, n en-
phatioally that Germany does
net seek special advantages in China.
The whole document conforms with the
news heretofore published.
The German press today prints laud-
atory articles regarding DR.. Won Mum
Schwarzenstein, the newly appointed
minister to China, approving his ap-
pointment to the post. Nearly h en-
tire German press expresses utter disbe-
lief in the most recent dispatches from
Chiese sources. declaring that the situa-
ton today is really worse than it has
been recently, inasmuch as there is no
authentic news from Pekin and that
from Tien Tsin is worse.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
GOVERNMENT IS FIRM.
son to Pekin" Is the Cry at Wash
ington.

Washington, July 12.-"On to Pekin" Is
the policy adopted by our government. W. 1t
Is said that regardless of the issues raised
as to the authenticity of the last Chinese
note. or the accuracy of It's statement of
fact, or the question raised as to the re-
sponsibility for the present situation, our
government at least is determined not to
relax its efforts to resch Pekin to get in
touch with Minister Conger. II he is alive
to take the necessary steps for the protec-
ton of American interests, and In fact to
do all those things set out in Secretary
Hays note to the powers, including a reck-
oning with the person or persons response
BILE for the outrageous events OF the past
six weeks. M
The mean temperature of Pekin is about
the same as San Francisco, but Is much
hotter in summer and is bitterly cold in
winter. In connection with the severe win
ter, Major Zalinski says that the Pei Ho
river and a large part of the Gulf of Pc
chill are closed to navigation by ice early
in December, and stores for a winter cam
paign should be gotten into the country by
October at least. Fuel is scarce. there be-
ing no wood to speak Of. while a small
amount of coal is reported in the north,
which is ground and mixed with clay to
make it burn slowly. All timber for tent
flooring and other construction will have
to be imported. He favors oil and wheeled
cooking outfits as the most practicable and
The quartermaster's department has
chartered the steamer Aztec at San Fran
cisco, and 1t is directed that she be fitted
for use in the transportation of horses and
mules by the Philippines or China, as the
case may be.
In view of the prospective military OPP
e~rations in China, the quartermaster is
favorably considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
establishing a regular srevfce between
Taku and Nagasaki and using the trans
port Logan and the freight ships Flintshire
and Wyefile for that purpose. The Logan
carried the Ninth infantry from Manila to
Taku and is now at the latter port. The
Flintshire and Wyefle are scheduled to
leave Manila tomorrow with two battalions
Of the Fourteenth infantry and a battalion
Of the Fifth artillery for Taku. The selec-
tion OF Nagasaki as one of the terminals
Is due to the fact that all transports now
leaving San Francisco for Manila will
touch at that port, and in case it is desired
to send the troops carried by them to
China the service could be done by the line
from Taku without the necessity of divert
ing the regular Pacific transports from
their proper destination at Manila. This
would result in a saving Of
time. as the transfer of troops could be
effected more quickly than the outgoing
transports could be coaled and provisioned
for the extra trip to China. The state de-
partment Is now in negotiation with the
Japanese government for permission to
land these forces at Nagasaki. 1t is ex-
pected that this permission will be speedily
granted. - "
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
ARE AFTER PRETORIA.
Immense Army Under Lord Roberts
Makes Little Progress d.

London, July 13.-Lord Roberts dispatch
still another unfortunate occur
renee, throws a serious light upon the
state of affairs in South Africa. There has
been some commen recently regarding the
virtual absence of progress by the i'm
menSe army under of Lord Rob-
erts, but few could have been found to be-
lieye that the scattered Beers were able
to inflict such a defeat so near Pretoria.
Instead of the surrender of all of the re-
naming Beers being imminent, as recent
kilograms had limited. it seems they nave
been making a concerted attempt to re-
capture Pretoria, with so much success
that in the region which was imposed to
be pacified, and in which no attack was
expected, they succeeded in inflicting a
serious defeat and capturing twp guns and
some 200 men. 1t is evident that General
Botha has considerable force, seeing that
he is able to press Lord Roberts lines at
half a dozen points around Pretoria, from
the springs to the southeast of the city,
northWard to Middleburg and D%urdpoOrt,
and thence southwark to Nitrals nekand
krugersdorp.
Lord Roberts omits to give the name Of
the commander concerned, giving rise to
the belief that worse remains to be told.
Even If the mishap be not more grave than
his at present implies, 1t provs
that the situation is still serious, and that
there is no possibility of any troops beng
spared from South Africa for China; but,
on the contrary. it will still take a long
time to clear the country of the Beers.
News has reached London that Lord
Roberts has been suffering from a serious
bowel complaint, and that Lady Roberts
was hurriedly summoned to Blpemfontein.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
A b0ER VICTORY
DEFEATED THE BRITISH AMI
CAPTURED NITRoLS NECK.
THE FIGHTING WAS TER RlFlc.
Roberts Says the English Troops We're
Outnumbered-The Beers Are
-. After Pretoria. L.T --

London. July 12.-Lord Roberts reports to
the war office, under date 0: Pretoria. July
II, as follows:
THE enemy having failed In their attack
upon our right rear. as mentioned In my
telegram of July 8, made a determined at
tack upon our right flank yesterday. and.
l regret to say. succeeded IN capturing
Nitral's mex, which was garrisoned by Q
guns of a battery Of the Royal artillery
and five companies OF the Lincolns shire regt-
ment.
bers at dawn, and, seizing the hills COM
manding the mex. brought a heavy gun fire
to bear upon the small garrison.
'Nitral's mex Is about 10 miles from here.
near where the road crosses the Crocodile
river. 1t was held by us in order to MAIN
tain road and Geographic communication
The fghting lasted, more or less,
throughout the day, and Immediately on
receiving information this morning Of the
enemy's strength l dispatched reinforce
ments from here under Colonel Godfrey of
the Kings Own Scotch Borderers. Before,
however. they reached the spot the garri-
son had been overpowered, the guns and
Grays had been captured, owing to the
horses being shot; also about 10 men of the
Lincoln regiment.
"A list of the casualties has not been re-
ceived, but l think they are heavy.
simultaneously an attack was made on
our outposts near Durdepoort. north of the
town. in which the Seventh dragons were
engaged. The regiment was handled with
considerable skill by Lieutenant Colonel
Low, and kept the enemy in check until
they retired on their supports, and would
probably have suffered but slight loss had
not our troops mistaken some Beers in the
bushes for our own men.
"Smith-Dorrien had a small engagement
with the enemy yesterday near Krugers
dOrp and inflicted heavy loss on them.
Butler reports that the Beers who were
destroying his line of railway near Paar-
dekraal were driven off yesterday after q
short action. -
Hart reports from Heidelberg that the
surrendering of ODER guns and mmun
ton continues in that district
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
LONDON GIVES UP.
No Longer Ground for Hoping Minis
.". tiers Are Safe.

London, July IS, $40 a. ma terrible
veil OF silence enshrouds Pekin and
there is nobody but wat believes the
worst has happened. 1t is taken for
granted that all the powers have ex-
hausteu every means to get direct news
from their legations and the fact that
their efforts have been in vain leaves
but enc Interpretation.
The Chinese representatives i'm Berlin
denies the statement that Lii Hung
Chang had sent to him a hopeful tele-
g ann. He says that, on the contrary,
no direct telegram has been received
by n from Ii Hung Chang for some
time.
The days news is again restricted to
the usual crop of untrustworthy ru-
mors the most serious of which, reported
by the correspondent Of the Express, is
ITO tlle effect that European are direct
ingt the Chinese military operations. The
correspondent asserts that Captain
Bailey of H. NJ. S. Aurora distinctly saw
a man in European garb directing the
Chinese artillery operations outside Of
Tien Tsin. ""..
Foreign refugees II om Tten Tsin open
~ accuse an European official, whose
name the Express correspondent sup
presses, and Colonel Won Hanneken, who
was formerly employed to drill the Chi
nese troops, Of being parties to a. plot to
procure the escape OF General Chang
and themselves from Tien Tsin from the
tombardment. leaving the other foreign
ers to their fate.
Statements are in circulation in
Shanghai, accusing the Russians of i'm
discriminate slaughter of friendly Chi
nese non-combatants, without regard to
age or sex. The manager of a Chinese
steamship company, who has arrived in
Shanghai, asserts hat he only escaped
from Tien Tsin by cutting off his queue
and dcnning European clothes 1t is
stated that the Tao Tai Office of Shang-
hal protested to the powers against these
Russian slaughters.
1t is asserted that the Buddhist priests
throughout the empire are "propagating
Prince Tuan's anti-foreign sentiment.
News is. circulating throughout he
Yang Use valley that General Ma has
inflicted a crushing defeat upon the al
lies at Tien Tsin and that the foreign
army has been cut to pieces east of Pc
kin. The actual impotence of the allied
forces gives color to these stories, with
the worst results.
The Shanghai correspondent of thu
Express gives Tien Tsin advices to July
s, when the superior range of the Jap.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-13
THE IMPERIAL EDICT.
Now Said to Have Emanated From
Prince Tuan.

Washington. July 12.-The good i'm
preston made by the edict of the Chi
nese government given out by Minister
WI yesterday threatens to be offset to
some extent today by the reports from
Londo stating that Prince Tuan was
the real author Of this edict and that
of it's most forcible anti-foreign
language was omitted from the version
given out here. But at the Chinese le-
Cation these animation from London
are dismissed as ~greundless. The dis
patch was received here in Chinese-that
is, in the numerals by which the Chinese
government transmits it's official code
messages. This, in itself, it is said, in
dicates that it came with the sanction
of those in imperial authority, rs the
official code is not known outside of this
limited circle.
Two translations We're required, first
from the numerals to the Chinese, and
second, from the Chinese to the English.
These TRANSACTIONS were made by the
members of the legation staff here, so
that the ultimate text as made public
contained the phraseology adopted by
the officials in this city. In making their
Transactions they say they adhered liter
ally to the Geographic edict, so that the
published text contained everything in
the original.
When the emperor, Kwang Hsu. issues
an edict he does net sign his name, but
his acts are authenticated by seal,
which, in this case, could not be cabled,
so that the was uthenticated
as coming from the privy council, the
highest body of dignitaries in China and
the one most closely associated with the
imperial household. Following an invar-
liable custom in times of disorder the
war Office at Pekin was Entrusted with
furnishing the runners to carry the mes
sage to the imperial treasurer of Chi Lii
who, in turn, got ut to Shanghai. From