Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-07-27
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Volcano In Japan engulfed several villages
---Legations alive but In imminent peril
---General Gordons exception to shaw's
speech in Atlanta.
A report has reached London that
the Chinese have captured Blagovet-
scenk.
Sheng, the Chinese Minister of Tel
egraph, declares that all foreigners at
Pekin were safe up to Friday.
Three trainmen were killed and five
injured by head-on collision on the
Rock Island road in the Indian Terri
tory.
Four men were killed in battle
between deputy sheriffs and railroad
hands In Scott county. Tenn, Satur-
day.
AT Mobile Saturday Wheeler Nc
Curdy, hotel clerk, ran amuck with a
shotgun and wounded three men, one
fatally.
Michael Collins, banker of Illinois,
has announced his intention of voting
for Bryan as a protest against imper-
ialism.
Hundreds of Cinnamon are being
landed in Mexico and are trying to
sneak cross the border into the
United States.
Mount Azums, In Japan, broke in
to eruption July II and the lava en-
quilted several villages killing or In.
turing 200 persons.
Secretary Hay still believes that the
cablegram from Minister Conger is
genuine, being unmoved by the doubts
of the rest of the world.
1t is said the Chinese Emperor has
made the same request of the United
States to penmediate in the rest
trouble as was made TO Frsnce.
The Boxers are finding "Roland
for an Oliver" in the Russians, who
killed all the wounded at Tien Tsin.
and compelled the Chinese to murder
their women
There is an intimation from Tleu
Tsin that Gen. Chaffee and the Amer.
cans may break away from the allies
and attempt to force their way to Pc
kin alone.
The Chinese control a considerable
stretch of the Amur river, which will
prevent the Russians using that stream
for transportation purposes. The
Chinese have 10000 troops on the
border, the Russians 7s, 900.
The city of Tien Tsin was looted
Saturday by the soldiers and allies, the
Americans and Japanese alone at
tempting to prevent the thefls. Pub
lie funds mounting to $4,000, 900
were stolen.
A London dispatch points out that
there Is one dominant mind controll-
ing the Chinese movements and that
the Conger message was sent out to
lure the allies to Pekin prematurely
Ii Hung Chang is consideed the heavy
villain of the horrid tragedy.
The heavy loss of life at Tien Tsin
YVES due to blunder, which the Eng
lish charge against Col. LIscum. The
evidence, however, shows that the
biunder was due to the "slap-bsng'
tactics of the English and Japanese,
the tactics that Butler pursued around
Ladysmith.
In the Blue and Gray reunion at
Atlanta, Gen. Gordon took exception
to part of Gen. Shaw's speech, and
replied that the people of the south
would not teach their children that
their fathers fought for an unjust
cause. The incident ended happily,
both speakers showed much feeling.
Secretary Hay has received through
Minister WI and other Chinese Off
I cials cipher dispatch from Minister
Conger, announcing the legationer,
were alive Wednesday, but in immi
nent peril Many we'll informed peo
pie believe the dispatch was write,
early in June and suppressed, ant
not forwarded to deceive the civilIz
ed world.