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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

of the stores and placed on the wall to
guard the city.
But, after all. among all the various
patterns. as an oddly there was nothing
that could beat the gingals, fitted with
Mauser breech mechanism, and fred like
those of the older type from the shoulder
of coolie for a rest. They are SO heavy
that it is a wonder that two coolies are
able TO handle them. coolie is not much
Of a marksman anyhow. He has to be
knocked down a few times 20 make him
do anything. and four or FIVE will groan
under a load that one American would
think nothing of picking up and walking off
with. But coolies are inclined to keep out
of sight these days, as they are liable to
be captured Communicated by patrols
and sent back to the different camps to
work. All the heavy labor is done by them.
They carry off all the refuse of the camps
TO dumps. as there is an order they caLnCt
understand prohibiting them throwing il
into the river.
I'VE have TO rely on the Pei-hc for
all our water except that used for drink
ing purposes. This is distilled and
brought round to us in carts, but all the
rest. after being filtered settled, and
strained, is pumped over the city by the
waterworks. 1t looks then quite differ
ent, much clearer thru the yellow Pei-ho.
modern conveniences or rather almost
all, for, of course, there is no system
OF drainage. except surface drains. But
one soon gets used to all the different
Chinese odors and even to the verm.n,
too, for that matter. After a week. a
stranger becomes immune. My week,
am thankful TO say, viii be up in three
days. As IL is. ! am now able TO sleep
comfortably which is mere than some
can say. The comforts and luxuries that
fall to our lot almost make US forget that
we are not heroes. and have no blood
thirsty tales to tell, like those returning
from Pekin bring. One account was es-
psciall.' horrible. II was of two Chi
nese women. who in shame ran out of
their house. and with head bent rushed
into nigh wall and kept battering with
their heads until they fell unconscious
The Russians seem to have been the
first in Peltin. The foreigners were liv-
ing we'll their milk having but just given
out, and the butter about gone. They |
complained TO The yamen over the lack |
of fresh meat. Really. they seem TO
have suffered less than their families at |
home. Their deliverance surely re- ,
markable / have heard il was due to /
the fear of cold steel. The Cinnamon |
would not go within bayonet reach, so
the advocates OF abolition of the bay net /
as antiquated will have to wait until the
fate of China is settled
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
OLD SOLDIERS TO MEET
Annual Encampment of the Union
Veterans Union.
Eight Thousand Men Who Fought i'm
the War of the Rebellion Expected
to Atfend-The Opening Session to
De Held mt the National Rifles
Armory on Tuesday Morning.

The fifteenth annual encampment of the
Union Veterans Union will be held in this
city at the National Rifles Armory, on G
Street. between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
beginning Tuesday morning October 2, and
continuing until October 5. The Woman S
Veteran Relief Union, which is an adjunct
OF the former union, will hold their an
nual encampment at the same time and
place The chief feature OF the encamp-
ment will be the election of officers for
the ensuing year and the holding of camp
State and Territory in the United States
will attend. 1t is estimated that between
5000 and 5000 veterans OF both unions will
attend. A much larger attendance would
be here, 1t was stated last night. but for
the refusal of the railroads to give any
thing like liberal rates.
The last encampment was held in Des
Moines, Iowa in August, 1899. This will
be the first encampmert of the Union Vet
Grams Union ever held Ee.e Commander
in Chief Dyrenforth says he encampment
will be a success and that the delegates
will receive warm welcome.
The headquarters of the Union Veterans
Union Will be in parlors q and 80, Riggs
House, where the delegates can obtain all
information desired General Dyrenforth
and staff will be at the headquarters all
day tomorrow and meet the delegates
they arrive. On Tuesday morning the
commander in chief will be escorted from
the Riggs House to the National Rifles
Armory. where the delegates will be for
maIly received by the District Commits
sioners. The speech of welcome will
probably be delivered by Commissioner
Macfarland and will be responded to on
behalf of the veterans by Commander in
Chief Dyrenforth.
The Womans Veteran Relief Union will
nave it's headquarters at the National Ho-
tel
The present officers of the Union Vet
Grams Union are: Gen. Robert st. George
Dyrenforth Commander Chief, Wash
ington, D. c.; Brig. Gen. John McElroy,
Chief of Staff. Washington. d. c.; Brig.
Gen. S. F. Hamilton. Adjutant General,
Washington, ID. c.; Brig. Gen. f. F. Bogia,
Quart ermaster General Washington, ID.
C.; Mai. Gen. G. A. Ludlow. Deputy Com
mander- in Chief. Sioux Falls. S. D.; Mai.
Gen. Walter l.. French, Second Deputy
Commander in Chief Brockton. Mass;
Brig. Gen. r. V. Ankeny. Commissary Gen
eral. Des Moines. Iowa; Brig. L. NJ. Will
cox, Inspector General, Rock Island, ILL.,
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Grams had not bean completed last night.
The finance committee. it is said. has ex-
perienced some little difficulty in collect
ing funds to meet the expenses Of the en-
campment.
The Division of Potomac Union Veter-
ans Union, last night issued the following
general order:
''AIl members of this division of the
Union Veterans Union will please assem-
BILE at headquarters, No. 500 Street
northwest, on Tuesday morning. October 2,
1900, at 9 O'Clock, for the purpose of es-
corting the commander-in-chieft to the If
teenth annual encampmen: of the organi-
zation. All visiting delegates and MEM
bers are cordially invited to join''
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
TN AND ABOUT TIENTSIN
The Troops of All Nations and
Their Qualities.
A Visit TO the Inner City-Appareni
FrIendliness of the Chinese-Af the
From Pekin-The FOrfdne Teller
-DistiIIing the Pei-bo water.

NEW YORK, Sept. pa correspondent
from Tientsin under date Of August %,
says:
"A regiment OF the Germans marched
down the Victoria road today on their way
to Pekin. l, unfortunately, only saw the
last Of the troops march by. but enough
to make me enthusiastic over their fine
appearance on the march. Marching and
fighting. however, are different For
marching and endurance the palm is given
almost unanimously to the japanese. They
are also the most highly organized. Take.
for instance, the matter Of officers bag
gage.
with US every officer takes along in
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Ocean Steamship Movements.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Arriyed: TransA
port Rawlins, San Juan; st. Louis, South
ampton; L'Aquitaine. Havre; Lackawanna
Liverpool Arrived out: Lucania, from
New York, at Liverpool; Kensington. from
New York, at Antwerp. Sailed from for
eign ports: La Touraine, from Havre for
New York; Westernland from Antwerp
for New York; Etruria, fro.u Liverpool for
New York
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we have never spared any pains or efforts IN
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these beers are worthy OF the high honor from
the French Government.
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
HORRORS OF SIEGE.
Hair Of Several Ladies at Tien Tsin
Turned White.

London, July 14.-Hope still struggles
against the conclusion that the silence
at Pekin is the silence of the grave, the
official admissions in both the United
States and Europe that the diplomatists
have adopted the pessimistic views held
by the consuls at Shanghai have almost
silenced those attempting to reason
against the circumstantial evidence
which is becoming SO cOgent. The Chi
nese assurances and edicts appear to
observers here. to be merely part of a
plan to cautiously break the news of the
tragedy and delude the foreigners with
a tale of imperial guiftlessness. Nut II
the bombardment mentioned In D~ad
States Consul Goodnow's last message
occurred, it must have been carried out
by the Chinese regulars, so the plea of
imperial defense of the legations seems
ITO fall to the ground.
The. situation at Tien Tsin appears to
be slowly but surely growing worse. The
allied forces are experiencing the great
est difficulty in sending forth reinforce
ments as the Chinese have rendered the
navigation of the river most difficult by
diverting it's waters.
Happily, st. Petersburg today an
nounces officially that the telegraph be-
tween Taku and Tien Tsin has already
been restored and that railroad commu-
nication will shortly be re-established.
To the other trials of the besieged per-
sons at Tien Tsin has been added an out
break of scarlet fever.
Dispatches from Ten Tsin report that
a number of ladies these have become
white haired through the horrors of the
siege.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
M'KlNLEY PR0CLAIMS
GERMAN RECIPROCITY

proclaation by the president on the Ger
public:
Reciprocity with Germany.-By the
President Of the United States Of America.
government has entered into a CONNER
cial agreement with the United States, in
conformity with. the provisions of the
States, approved July a. 1897. by which, in
the Judgment of the president, reciprocal
and equivalent concessions are secured in
FAVOR OF the products OF the United States,
Therefore, be it known, that I, William
Mckinley, president of the United States
Said aet a do d
during the continuance in force of said
agreement, the imposition and collection
said act upon the articles hereinafter speci-
ned, being the products Of the soil and
place, thereof the rates of duty provided in
the third section of said act to be in force
and effect from and after the date of this
preos oa aS ara w Upon
per centum ad va1orem; upon brandies or
other spirits manufactured or distilled
proof gallon upon still wines and YER
muth, in casks, 35 cents per gallon; in bot
ties or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles.
or jugs containing each not more than one
quart and less than one pint, or "a bottles
or jugs, containing each not more than one
these IA any suck peyona
jugs shall be subject to duty of 4 cents
per pint or fractional part thereof, but no
separate or additional duty shall be- as
.sessed upon the bottles or jugs. Upon
paintings in oils water colors, pastels.
pen and ink drawings and statuary. Is per
centum ad valorem. Of which the officers
and citizens Of the United States viii take
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States TO be affixed. -
Done at the City Of Washington, his 18th
hundred and of the independence of the
United States of Ameica the one hunded
and tWenty-fifth.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
BY the President: :,
JOHN HAY, secetary of State.
q The proclamation does not recite the
terms of the agreement. It is said that
each government will proclaim only such
features OF the arrangement as are neces-
sary for the guidance of it's own officials
administering it. The arrangement itself
will not be made public at present The
bill is deferred for an indefinite period.
The official explanation is that the pur-
pose Of it's suspension Is simply to allow
of the execution of existing contracts held
by American meat packers. 1t is not dis
coVerable just now whether not this
ciprocty agreement, and it may be, and
has been arragned for separately
The state department is perfectly satis-
fled with what has been secured under the
agreement for American exporters. and
though the. proclamation enumerates no
special privileges conferred upon these ex-
porters the department officials feel that
they will be satisfied with the results at
tanned when they are fully disclosed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14

China had been received at the foreign
office, and this was regarded as an in
direct confirmation of the correctness of
the version previously published of the
edict holding the European powers part
~ responsible for the anarchy at ePkin,
since they had ordered the bombardment
of the Taku forts. There Is no ground
for criticising the action of the powers
in this respect, but we'll informed men
here do not hesitate to say that Vice
Admiral SeymOur's course in marching
from Tien Tsin to Pekin with an made
quate force and insufficient supplies was
q fatal mistake which excited the Chi
nese mobs and brought on the catastro-
phe.
The news at midnight was meager and
the situation was virtually unchanged.
Another day had passed without a mes
sage from the legations, and the. good
faith Of the Chinese government, or
whatever has taken its place, was gem
orally diStrusted by members of paclla-
ment. Nearly every one feared that The
worst had happened and that the for
eigners had been massacred. The only
hopeful man with whom your corre-
spondent talked was an Indian veteran,
who considered it impossible that Sir
Robert Hart had lost his life when he
was a mandarin and could wear the
peacock's feather and the red button.
This officer passed the belief that Sir
Claud Mcdonald Mr.. Conger and the
other ministers were in hiding either in
the palace or elsewhere, and said the
Chinese Office could not give to the for
eign governments assurance OF their
minister's safety without exposing them
selves to a fresh attack from the mobs
This veteran asserted that an official
with Sir Robert Harris experience and
influence would have succeeded without
doubt in rescuing most of the prominent
members of the embassies. He is also
disposed to credit the report that there
was a secret passage between the Brit
ish Legations and the imperial palace.
All other public men were hopeless.
There were frequent references to
China in the IL hours prayer meeting in
Wesley chapel, City Road, with which
the Christian Endeavor worlds conven-
tion was opened.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Our Government Has Received Little
Additional News Today.

Washington, July 14-Consul General
Goodnows short dispatch represents all
that the state or navy departments know
of the developments in China within the
last twenty-four hours. His news only
goes to confirm the general belief that
the situation in China is steadily grow
ing worse instead of better. The Honan
Shansi, referred to by Mr.. Goodnow' as
the place where the yiceroy appears to
favor the Boxers, is said, at the state
department, to be actually two separate
provinces of vast extent lying in the
western and northern portion of China.
The two might present an almost inn
passable barrier If, as Mr.. Goodno,w' 8
dispatch indicates, they are disaffeeted
and undertae to oppose the nOr1thward
march of the armies of Ii Hung Chang
and the other great southern viceroys
upon Pekin The consul generals mes
sage was undated and as this lack Of
knowledge as to the exact time of hap
penfnPs recorded in the cablegrams Of
the naval and state department officials
is embarrassing and even serious in re-
suits. the government here today cabled
instructions to Its representatives in
China to include the date in the body OF
every dispatch sent by them.
No confirmation has reached the state
department of the report from St.
Petersburg Of stGle torture nd death of
the Russian minister at Pekin. Mr.. Won
Hofleben, the German ambassador,
called upon Secretary Hay this morning.
but stated that he had no information
.regarding the Chinese situation.
A rara71or WAS afioat this morning to
the effect that certain interviews at
tributed to the Chinese minister here.
Mr. WI, had attracted official attention
and might be made the subject OF repre-
sentations TO him by the state depart
ment It is understood that nothing
has yet been done i'm that direction how
ever nd it is possible that the particular
interviews may be ignored officially in
view of the realization on the part OF
the officials that the minister is under
high nervous tension.
Ase.>o% %ra, S,-ov., 81 Petersburg nf the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
tGOEBEL MURDER CASE.
The State Is Introducing Evidence
Against Ex-secretary Powers.

Georgetown, KY, July 14.-The attend
ance at the trial of ex-Secretary of State
to the murder Of William Goebel, was
smaller today that at any time since Mon
day, when the. case was first called. 1t was
believed that @only the civil engineer who
measured the state house grounds at
Frankfort, where the crime occurred, and
the doctors who performed the autopsy on
the body of the victim, would be put on the
stand by the commonwealth. The prosecu-
tion hoped to show by these witnesses and
by. measurements and drawings that the
fatal bullet was fired from one of two
front windows of a room in the executive
building occupied during his term of office
by the prisoner, Powers A trunk contain
ing the garments worn by the victim on
the morning of the killing was brought into
court to be exhibited and filed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
NJ De GERS DRAGGED THROUGH STREETS OF PEKN BOILED TO
DEATH AND HIS REMAINS THROWN TO DOGS
THE CAR OVERCOME WITH GRIEF
UNSPEAKABLE SORROW THR0U GH0UT ST.
ATOMS At TiEN TSiN WILL BE LIMITED TO FORTiFYING
THE TOWN-LI HUNG CHANG WILL GO TO PEKIN

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1secoiu iIoh 81. petersburg, july IL, VIA
Paris, July IA, saws:
The czar has received with great emo
ton the dreadful details Of the cata stro-
pho a. poL,p Toors o,,,,saa ,,,,, 49,.
MS
iifdJestys cheek as ne read the cable
gram from Admiral Alexieff at Port Ar
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the assassination nf M do fziers which
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80 1o' 1o4s Aau al
Ieaenleu HussN. Inc admllal declares
that the Russian envoy was dragged
through the streets by the Boxers, in
suited. beaten and tortured and avan
throu,,, ~, ! .r,,o.o,+ ,~ott1a IL lo;,as -
Iaath r,,o a. =. .a, au ..a.. 49, ~ ~
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THE GREAT AMERICAN SNOB.
Lord Hardwick Gives Astor Terrific
Dressing Down.

London, July 14.-The Saturday Review,
of which Lord Hardwick Is editor, and
with which several other prominent people
are connected, scathingly denounces Mr..
Astor's treatment of Captain Milne and
refers to it as a ''gross violation of ETH
ouette.. adding: milne is a naval officer
Of high rank and distinguished service,
the latchet of whose shoe Astor, with all
his millions, is not worthy to unite. We
only regret that the gallant servant Of
her majesty so far forgot his dignity as
to accept a secondhand invitation to the
house Of the purse-proud American, whose
dollars could not save him from the con-
ten1pt of his countrymen. Mr. Astor wishes
his Entertainments to be exclusive. His
yorld his expectations.