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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
FEKIN ENTERED.

On August IA the capital was reached.
After a brief conflict beneath the walls
the relief column entered and the Iega-
tons were saved. The United States
soldiers. sailors and marines, officers and
men alike, those distant climeS and
unusual surroundings showed the same
gave proof Of the same high degree OF
intelligence and efficiency which have
distinguished them in every emergency
The imperial FAMILY and the govern
ment had fed a few days before. The
city was without visible control. The re-
naming imperial sOldiery had made on
the night of the 18th last attempt to
eXterminate the seiged, which was gal
forces to restore order and organize a
provisional administration.
Happily the acute disturbances were
confined to the Northern provilc3s IS. 1t
is a relief to recall and pleasure to
record the loyal conduct of the Viceroys
and local authorities of the Southern and
Eastern provinces. Their efforts were
continuously directed to the pacific con-
troll of the vast populat ons uAd r their
rule and TO the scrupul0u5 obserX ance Of
foreign treaty rights. At cr-tiCal mo-
ments they did not hesitate to memorial
iZe the throne, urging the protection Of
the legations, the restoration OF COM
munfcatiOn and the assertion of the I'M
periaI authority against the Su5VersiVe
elements. They maintained exec lent re-
lationS with the official representa- tiVes
position is largely due the success of the
cOnSulS' removing many of the mis- .iOn-
aries from the interior to llaces Of
safety. In this relation the action OF
In Shangtung and Eastern Chill the task
was difficult, but thanks to their en-
ergy and the cooperation OF American
and foreign naval commanders hundreds
of foreigners, including those OF other
nationalities than ours, were rescued
from imminent peril.
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RELIEF COLUMN.

This news stimulated the preparations
Tor a Joint relief expedition in numbers
sufficient to overcome the resistance
which, for a month, had been organizing
between Taku and the capital Rein
1orcements. sent by all the cooperating
governments We're constantly arriving.
The United States contingent hastily as
sembled from the Philippines or dis
patched from this country, amounted TO
some 1900 men, under the able command
ilrst of the lamented Col. Liscum and af-
terWards Gen. Chaffee
Toward the end of July the movement
began; A severe conflict followed at
lien Tsin, in which Col Liscum was
killed. The city was stormed and nearly
destroyed: Its capture afforded the base
OF operations from which to make the
final advance, which BEGAN in the first
days of August, the expedition being
made UP of japanese. Russian, Br. fish
and American troops at the outset
Another battle was fought and won at
Yangtsun. Thereafter the disheartened
Chinese troops offered little show of re-
sistance. A few days latter the impor-
tant position of Ho-si-woo was taken. A
rapid march ] he united forces to
the populous city Of Tung-chow, which
capltulated without q contest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
SHOT AND FIRE.

From June 20 until July H." writes
Minister Conger, there was scarcely an
hour during which there was not firing,
upon some part of our lines and into
some of the legations, varying from q
single shot to a general and continuous
attack along the whole line Artillery
was placed around the legations and On
the overlooking palace, and thousands
of three-inch shells were fired, destroying
some buildings and damaging all. 50
thickly did the balls rain. that when the
ammunition OF the besieged ran low live
quarts of Chinese bullets were gathered
in an hour in one compound and recast
Attempts were made to burn the lega-
tionS by setting neighboring houses on
fire, but the flames were successfully
fought off, although TIE Austrian, Belgian
Italian and Dutch legations We're tnen
and subsequently burned. With the aid
of the native converts, directed by the
missionaries, to whose helpful cO-opera-
tion Mr.. Conger awards unstlnted praise
the British legation was made veritable
fortress. The British minister, Sir
Claude Mcdonald, was chosen general
commander of the defense, with the sec
retary of the American legation, E. G.
SquireS, as chief of staff
To save life and ammunition the be-
sieged sparingly returned the incesSant
fire of the Chinese soldiery, fighting only
to repel attack or make an occasional sue
cessful sortie for strategic advantage, such
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
MESSAGE 10 CONGRESS- Of THE
PRESIDENT OF T[IE UNITED STATES
The Chinese Embroglio Occupies the Place of Honor in
McKinley's Annual Communication -Neces-
sary Legislation for the Government of
the Philippines Is Next

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-President Nc
Kinley's annual message to the congress
of the United States, delivered today by
Secretary Pruden after the assembling
of the two bodies, is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives-At the outgoing of the old and
the incoming of the new century you be-
gin the last session of the fifty sixth
congress with evidences on every hand
of individual and national prosperity ana
with proof of the growing strength and
increasing power for good of Republican
institutions. Your countrymen will join
with you in felicitati that American
liberty is more firmly established tnan
ever before, and that love for it and the
determination to preserve it are more
universal than at any former peBod OF
our history
The republic was never so strong, be-
cause never so strongly intrenched in the
hearts of the people as now. The con
Stitution with few amendments, exists
as it left the hands of its authors. The
additions Whicn have been made to it
proclaim larger freedom and more eX
tended citizenship. Popular government
has demonstrated in its III years of trial
here it's stability and security, and its
efficiency as the best instrument OF ma
to human rights.
When the Sixth congress assembled in
November, $780, the population OF the
United States was 8, ,30S 4S3. 1t is 76,304, ,1!9.
Then we had sixteen states. Now we
nave forty-ive. Then our territory con-
sisted of 909,050 square miles. 1t is now
3,S4G. .5g5 square miles. Education, religion
and morality have kept pace with our
advancement in other directions, and
While extending its power the govern
ment has adhered to It's foundation prin-
ciples and abated none of them in dealing
with our new peoples and possessions.
A nation so preserved and blessed gives
reverent thanks to God and invOkes his
guidance and the continuance OF his care
and favor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
F1END1Sn MURDER I'M a
DALLAS TEX.5 SALOON

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. Screams of
agony brought policemen to saloon in
East Dallas early this morning. Seated
in a chair, unable to move, was a man
whose garments were a mass of flames
The officers say Eugene Faulkner and J.
W. Chapman We're standing behind the
bar, smoking cigars and watching the
unfortunate man, who was being roasted
to death. Bring some water here,
quickr' shouted AN officer. s'Get it your
SELF" the policeman declared one of the
men rertoted. Let him die; what's the
use of worrying over him?" One of the
officers took off his coat and with it beat
out the fire. The man was sent to the
city hospital, where he died within a
few hours. Soon after his arrival at
the hospital the two men who were in
the barroom were brought before him for
identification. Then it was that the
discovery was made that his eyes had
been burned out. He was Pate Balm,
for many years constable at Garland,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
SUPPORTED BY OFFICIALS.

The sect commonly styled the Boxers
developed greatly in the provinces north
of the Yangste, and with the collusion of
many notable officials, including some in
the immediate councils OF the throne it.
foreigners life, outside OF the protected
ueaty ports, was safe. No foreign interest
was secure from spoliation.
The diplomatic representatives of the
powers in Peiin strove in vain to che k
this movement Protest was followed bv
demand, and demand by renewed protest,
10 be met with perfunctory edicts from
the palace and eVasive and futile assur-
ances from the tsung Ii yamen. The cir
Gle OF the Boxer influence narrowed about
Telzin, and while nominally stigmatized
as seditious, it was felt that its spirit per-
vaded the capital itself, that the imp 9riaI
forces were imbued with its doctrines and
that the immediate counselors of the en-
press dowager were in full sympathy with
the anti-foreign movement.
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in this country It is claimed by the
oflcers that Balm was drugged. and as
he reclined in a chair. unconscious, a
quantity of turpentine was poured over
him and match applied. The man was
literally roasted. When the heat and
pain partially revived him, he called pite-
ousiy for help, and when no one came,
he screamed and attracted the Off
GERS. When news of the outrage became
widespread, the greatest indignation was
expressed. The two suspects We're put
IN the city jail and guarded by deputies
Tonight mob Of dfesen or twenty men
called at the Jail and demanded the pris-
oners of the jailer. The jailor swore
that they Were not in his possession.
They had been taken to Fort Worth early
in the evening, he declared. We'll, said
the leader of the mob. ''if we catch them
we'll burn tl1em.'' Faulkner and Chap
man refuse to talk. and no motive is
known for the crime.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
NOTE TO THE POWERS.

The policy of the United States through
all the trying period was diary an
nounced and scrupulously carried out
A circular note to the powers dated
July 3, proclaimed cur attitU5e. Tre 3ting
the condition in the North as one of
virtual anarchy. in which the great
provinces of the South and Southe lst
had no share, we regarded the local au-
thorities in the latter Quartess as rep
resenting the Chinese people with whCVk
we sought to remain in peace and friend
ship. Our declared aims involved no
war against the Chinese nation. We ad-
hered to the legitimate Office of res cuing
the imperiled legation, obtaining redress
for wrongs already suffered, securing
wherever possible the safety of Amer
lean life and property in China, and pre-
venting a spread of the disorders CT their
recurrence
government of the United States is TO
seek a solution which may bring ab ut
harmony and peace i'll China. preserve
Chinese territorial and administra tive
entity, protect all rights guaranteed TO
friendly powers by treaty and interna-
tional law. and safeguard for the world
the principle of equal and impartial trade
with all parts OF the Chinese empire.
Faithful to those professions, which, as
it proved, reflected the visws and pnr-
poses of the other cooperating govern
Co-@s.ra5 On CIxfT, Pare
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as that of fifty-f1ve American, British
Myers, of the United States marine corps.
Whlch resulted in the capture of a for
11nldable barricade on the wall that grave
~ nendced the American position 1t
was held to the last and proved an in
valuable acquisition. because Commanding
the water gate through which the relief
During the siege the defenders lost IS
hllled, IS5 wounded and by disease the
last all children
ON Iulv ID the hAsiegad had their first
communication with the tsung-H-yamen,
from whom a message came inviting to a.
conference, which was declined. Cores
pondence, however, ensued, and a sort Of
aarmist1ce was agreed upon, which stopped
hre for a time. Even then no protection
Whatever was afforded, nor any aid given.
save TO send to the legations a small
sCppIy OF fruit and three sacks of -four
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
GERMAN EXCEPTION
RETURNS TO pEKlN-

BERLIN. Oct IA dispatch from
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee,
commander-in-chief of the international
forces in China, sent from Pekin under
date of Saturday, Dec. /, says that after
hoisting the German flag at the Ming
tombs, and Furnishing several neighboring
villages for the murder of Christians,
the late Col Yoerck's detachment com
manded by Gen. Gayl, returned to Pekin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair; Westerly Winds.

Weather Forecast for ST. Paul:
Fair; Westerly Winds.
IPresident's Message to Congress-
2-Affer an Investment Company.
ST. Paufs Corner in Eggs.
Injuries Were Fatal.
Minneapolis Matters.
3-NOrthwest News.
North DakOta'sl Murder Trial.
Dom Paul Turned Down,
In the Heart of Africa.
Sudden Death for Five.
Slain by the Chinese.
4-EditoriaI Page.
0SpOrting News.
McGOvern to Meet Cans.
State Political Gossip.
6-President's Message Continued
s-News of the Railroads.
Popular Wants.
9-Markets of the World.
Chicago Jan. Wheat, 20 3-sc.
Bar Silver, 81 3-Sc.
Stocks Irregular.
IO-In Local Labor Field.
News of the Courts.
Under Grade Is Wanted.
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in four columns by way of Yang Fang,
chen Pien Tcheng, Tbang Shang and Niu
Ian Shan, each about days march
northward of Pekin. The Kalgan eexpedi-
uon' the dispatch also says, was very
successful. Several thousand Chinese
regiments under the command of two
generals were driven in wild fight from
the province of Chi Ii to Shan ST. The
remains of Col. Yoerck have arrived
at Pekin.
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measures insuring the benefits of equal
1Jy of treatment of all foreign trade
throughout China
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Continued on Sixth Page.
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Continued on Eighth Page.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
NOTHING BUT MINING COAL.
An"s what the PennsyIvanin OPP
orators are Doing. and the Dam
ger Of . Strike IL Lesaeninx.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 12.-The ex-
citement over the threatened strike
OF miners in the Wyomin val
ley has entirely died out.
The only murmur of discomfort comes
from Plymouth, where the United
Mine Workers organiza ton is very
strong. The miners there saw that
the executive board at Indianapolis
played in to the hands of the opera-
tors, unwittingly, but nevertheless
very effectively. If the strike had
been declared Saturday night, as ex-
pected, IS per cent. of the men en-
ployed in the mines in Plymouth and
vicinity would have laid down their
tools at once. At Plains, Parsons. SUI
gar Notch and other towns in the
valley the miners appear to be per-
fectly satisfied with the turn in A.
fairs, and it would be somewhat
difficult matter to arouse their en-
thasiasm to the striking point again.
In the meantime the operators are
doing nothing but mining coal. Eyerv
coiiiery is being worked to its fui-
lest capacity, and more coal is being
mined than at any time in the history
of the valley.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
SPECIAL STORM BULLETIN.
TIE Weather bureau Issues Warn.
ing With Regard to the
storms Progress.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Wes,
Indies storm, which has passed from
Texas TO Iowa since Sunday, has in.
creased greatly in intensity during
the last "a hours. From Iowa it will
move northeastward and cause severe
gales over Lake Michigan Tuesday
night, and over Lakes Huron and
eastern Lake Superior late Tuesday
night and Wednesday. The storm is
also likely to cause severe thunder
storms and squalls from eastern Iowa
and eastern Missouri. over Illinois, In
diana, southern Wisconsin, lower
Michigan, northern Ohio and Lakes
Ontario and Erie.
WELLS L. MOORE,
Chief United States Weather Bu-
reau.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

More Particulars Of the DevastatioA
at Galveston.

Houston, Tex, Sept. additional
details by tug from Galveston show
that West of Thirty-third street the
storm swept the ground perfectly
clear of the residences that once
stood upon II and piled them up in "a
conglamerated mass five blocks back
on the beach, strcwing the piling with
the debris and bodies of victims.
The storms Fearful work.
The fearful work of the storm was
not confined to the district along the
beach. but took in all the city dis
trict and the Denver re-survey, but it
was in the vicinity of the beach that
the most destruction to human life
occurred. The waves washed away
the home for the homeless. and it is
thought that the inmates, 13 orphans
and shree lady matrons, were
drowned. The government works
were greatly damaged.
Every Building Damaged.
In the north part of the west end
the damage was great also, almost
every building damaged to some ex-
tent. and many were completely
wrecked. The cotton and lumber
yards, which are I'M that section of
the city. were completely destroyed,
and : much valuable machinery is
ruined. However, the loss of life was
not so heavy in that district.
Five Houston People Victims.
At local undertaking establish
ment in Houston are resting the re-
mains of five Houston people who
persisted at Seabrooke in Saturdays
hurricane.
All of the bodies are so badly man.
gled as to make it difficult to identify
chem. They were washed ashore near
Seabrooke
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
TIE SOUTH AFRICAN war
uuts
a Marked Revival of Interes, NJ.
ifested in England Over
the Outcome.
CORD ROBERTS PRESENT ACTIVITY
Movements Under Way TIA,
IDENTIFY Designed to Bring ~.
Campaign to an End I'm INC
ern MISUNDERSTANDING Tov.
koomatepoort.

New York, Sept. PA disn.
The Tribune from London saw. IN 20
$ a marked revival of public intars 'e
n the war in South Africa. o..;a
partly to the vigor with which rs
Roberts is conducting Operations ~.
mainly to the political effects n ous
Hection with the approaching s,sa-
tons. e'cc'
Lord Roberts Objective po,..
Lord Roberts new objective no;n.
clearly Komatipoort, and Csn
French's cavalry division. with Co.
Pole-Carew's infantry, has been So, =
motion toward it, with Barberto.
md Nelspruit as halfway stat;on.
from Belfast. French has s,artas
from carolina, so as to reach Bar.
berton by Ermels road, while Gersr-
ais Hutton and Henry are work;n.
eastward over the hills near Tho ra;,
way. along which Pole-Carew IL "a
vancing.
Fighting All Along the Linz.
There was fighting all along n.
line on Sunday, and the Beers were
steadily driven back. Simultaneouslv
Sir Redvers Butler, leaving Hamilton
behind him at Lydenburg, had been
attacking Commandant Roth.,.
force on the summit of a moupta;n
where turning movement was i'm.
practicable.
The road from Lydenburg makes .
loop northward to Krugerspost. and
thence runs easterlyto Pilgrims Rest
whence there is bride path aroma
Spitzkop toward the railway at Nels.
pruit.
Made . Gallant Frontal Attach
Gen. Butler did not follow mi.
road, but made frontal assault M.
on position of great natural
strength, three battaiions CARRYING Il
with gallantry- 1t seems probable
that he has turned the Boer positions
at Pilgrims Rest and Kruperspost
but il is not clear whether he has ont
on the retreat of the enemy to Nels-
pruit.
Gen. F'rench's Task.
IT IS evident that, while Sir Redvers
is hammering away at Botha's strong
hold around Lydenburg, French is ex.
pected to drive the remaining Boer
forces out of Barberton and to clear
the railway TO the Portuguese 'front.'
Ter.
Lord Roberts Changes Tactics.
Other districts have been emptied
of British forces in order that these
mai movements in the eastern Trans.
vaal may be conducted.
Lord Roberts has adapted his tao
ties to the requirements of guerrilla
warfare, and at the same time has
scattered Commandant Botha's forces
and IS pushing on with all dispatch to
komatipoort, where the open door in
TO neutral territory may be closed.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
CHINESE ARE CAUTIOUS.
Decline to Make Public the Text Of
the Imperial Decree.

London, Sept. 1.-THE officials of
the Chinese legation decline to make
public the text of the imperial de-
cree commanding the opening of
peace negotiations, but say the docu-
ment appoints Prince Ching, head of
the tsung Ii yamen, plenipotentiary.
as well as Ii Hung Chang. 1t was
added that it had been suggested that
Liu Kun vi. the viceroy of Nankin.
and Chang Chin Tung, the viceroy of
Hankow, would also be appointed.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
MAKING A GOOD SHOWING.
ippines IL showing Com
Portable Surplus.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The post
master general has received a COM
munication from F. w. Vaille, direc
tor of posts in the Philippines, show
ing that there will be a surplus of re.
ceipts over expenditures up to June
30 of $19.449 This does not include
fees for money orders of $4,000, and
there is one department., that of Ba-
colod, yet TO hear from.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
She wants to settle with China and
Get Out.

Lonion, Sept IA special dis
patch from Rome saysthe Italian ca BIZ
net has decided to initiate immediate
ly negotiations with China. 1t will
FORMULATE demands for an indemnity.
and If they are accepted Italian inter
vention will be considered terminat-
en-, and no proposals tending to
further warfare in China will be con.
sidered.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
In Arkan.a. Pearls.

Black Rock, Ark, Sept. IL. -Repre-
sentatives of New York jewelry
houses who have been here recently,
have left for home, with $4,000
worth of pearls, the result of the sea-
sons search in the Black, st. Francis,
Spring and Current rivers in northern
Arkansas.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
missionaries Murdered

Washington, Sept. 1a.-United
States Consul General Goodnow. at
Shanghai, cables that the number of
British and American missionaries
probably murdered during the upris-
ing in China has been %, while 10
others, stationed in Chilli and Shan
81 provinces, are unaccounted for.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Poughkeepsie, n. Y.,Sept. 12.-Peter
Austin, the farmer of Stormville, who
has been in the Poughkeepsie jail on
suspicion of having killed Charles
Brewer, hir farm hand, II years ago,
has confessed that he killed Brewer,
but says that he did it in self-de-
tense.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
BATTERY o Is SAFE.
The Company Apparently Escaped,
hut Records All Lost.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Adjt.-Gen.
Corbin has received a dispatch from
Capt. Rafferty,. commanding Battery
o, First artillery, stationed at Gal
weston, Tex, dated Sunday, Septem.
Der o. 1t reports no loss of life in
his command, but says that the rec
ords OF the post have been destroyed,
and asks for duplicate records from
the war department.