The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-07
Influential protection to suppress the

influential protection to suppress the
Boxers.
With reference to the missionaries.
he said: "It is my firm conviction that
themissionaries are always in danger,
for the relation between Chinse popula-
ton and the foreigners have been the
cause of nearly all the troubles. and
will always continue to be-"
Earl Ii went on to say Chinese
hatred of foreigners had teen increas-
ed of late through the action of the
powers. particularly in the seizure of
Kaoi Chaoi, which he described as an
exhorbitant penalty for a couple of
LONDON, AUGUST Ga Shanghai
special dated August 6, says:
Ii Hung Chang has officially inform
ed the consuls that the ministers had
left Pekin for Tien Tsin last Friday,
August 3, with General Lung Lu IN
command of the escort. The consul
are by no means disposed to credit LIZ,
statements. :.
All other reports that have reached
London up to this hour indicate THAI
the ministers have not left Pekin
morning. Blood stains on the fingers of
Mrs. Brunton's nephew, Jesse Durham,
caused his arrest, and he later confessed
the murder and was hurried to Louis
ville as a lynching seemed certain. Dur
ham killed Mrs. Brunton with a hick-
ory club while they were returning from
a church wedding. He is q years of age
and recently left an insane asylum. He
said: " did not mean to kill her, only
to knock her down. She had been talk
ing about me and got me into trouble
several times"
LONDON, AUGUST e.-The st.
Petersburg correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says:
Active negotiations are proceeding
between Russi and the United States
the probableoutcome Of which will be
a resolution to uphold the integrity or
read dispatches addressed to him by
presidents of foreign chambers. dfte.
which he announced that several depu-
ties had made a number Of PROPOSE
tions with the object Of rendering
special honor to the late king Among
these hesaid was proposals that the
chamber should remain draped in black
for six months: that the bureau Of the
presidency should present an address
TO King victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena and that the memory Of the
present monarchy should be concesen-
trated in an appropriate manner.
Signor Trotah ocialist. in thename
of his party, protested against the as
/ sassination.
/ The statement caused SOME sensa-
tion, and when Sgnor Pantani, in the
nameof the republicans made similar
statement, adding that his group as
sociated itself with the sorrow of the
country, he declaration was greeted
4 with cries of "crocodiles."
I Signor Pantani; We do not speculate
like you on a crime committed"
4 Shanghai correspondent of the
same paper says that the Americans
there are urging disappointment OF
. General Macarthur as commander-in-
chief of the allied forces.
The Standards Shanghai reporter,
wiring Sunday, says:
IT Is clear that the march 10 the re-
lief of Pekin will be anything but a
walk-away. Japanese scouts have dis.
covered a large force Of Chinese south
Of Tien Tsin and another large forc-
in the vicinity
The uproad then became deafing and
It was impossible 10 hear the further
words Of the deputies.
When peace had been restored, Sig
nor Sarracco spoke in favor of the
. various propositions.
Signor villa invited the deputies "a
take part In the funeral and then an
nounced that the new king would take
the oath next Saturday, in the senate
before the two chambers.
The house then rose among the cries
Of Long Live the King. The senate ap-
proved propositions identical 10 those
voted in the chamber OF deputies.