Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-30
letailed Description Of the Horrors
That Awaited Eyes Of al.
lied TROOPS.
adescribable Filth, Ruin, Death,
Turmoil and rlllage "A
Huge Cesspool.
9ead Cinnamon strewn Thickly on
Ten Miles of Wall-Loot.
ing Of City.

Z
y the allied troops a square mile of
ieh filth, ruin, death. such turmoil and
5,tase as history could hardly dupi-
ats. Under normal conditions the
lace was no better than a huge cess
ssi. fostering With accumulated rub
and slops from a population of
i'ly d million. packed into a labyrinth
ioNels around the palaces of SiceroSs
tst petty taotais Who absorbed their
alth and gave them not even sewers
q feturn, Nov it is the incarnation of
ne suffering, horrors and waste OF
The European soldiers when they
right their Way UP 10 the walls, saw
ting in canals and ditehea outside
ns' of Chinese slain by their own
bseauss they refused 10 fight.
i.si. pndies We're hsadless, their hands
,es behind tlleil. backs. The heads
asie discovered afterwards. Rows, Of
ia II Decorated the outer walls, hung
oy tllsir laistails,. The sights inside
eonlpellesi respect for the fighting quail
5!ties OF tho Chinese. Their dead every
kNhefe We're dressed in coarse blue coolie
Blouse auG TROUSERS decorated With
l1aaiaqters guaranteed. 10 render them
iitHulheiAbip 10 foreign bullets. They
yets u e38.n allaiang tte top OF he Wall
A5seNeSel trey had fallen. Walking a
sauartsi 81 4 mile along III. enlbank,nent
i;ile bodies averaged 5ae 70 every ten
Ihsnaat Inc city Demolished houses
ssflld hundreds Of killed gave evidences
sot s9ss aastly mora effective had BEN
lie fore!gi saell fire WitAln the walls Of
sise eify thantiie Chinese commandment
5@f HE foIs ign settlement, Which. lasting
fai month, had Killed only dozen
faafe i'he living papulace Mere utter
5iy .lgifferentto their dead. They did
ne. FAKE the treubl& 10 DRAW them ont
e ne street, 81 tsNfsil cover them with
mating, as the foreign soldiers did al
t;slrHel.els. but srampled them under foot
without bothsains 70 turn aside.
Before the sheotiag in The s,treets was
3finisasl thousand, of Chinese had
emerged from. their burrows. carrying
zMhite aass ar tlass of foreign nations.
principally Japanese
most remarkable of all sights
Wac he 4sooiing of5the city. The middle|
OF the place Mas like an ant hill kicked
open. The Chinese s,warlnea every
whsre, thousands OF them. Most OF
them We're halt-naketi grilny With
Smoke sometimes dripping With blood.
They l9feysd upon one another A Chi
sha!Eai4 al9earins NTH q prize must
gf5ghF MS A;in Other Chinese si,gang
upon him ailG elutehed his plumber.
iIllssy ,oliee among the oafpass. pulling
ard tearing t,hfidren Mere trarEpieiia
dassr and cried fer help. but The mob
poured right along over them. Palaces.
flsa mint lla@nSaops. stores OF silks.
i {1l and jsSelry, We're tbs hrs Objects
nj attack. Near the nifidle Of the city
Nd ,faS,At llGsDefflus lpaAynsililt AIT.
t3lstif4yi9a thai had probably sXistsd.
f@i cssistlliees When the doors, Mere
battered down the mob loMaa in X a
E5dal Waye. There We're Isiltisl officers
ilaNal and military, soldiers, ana SAT-
8of,s's witl good spriEsIng Of Sik,ls but
e MOD Wa ilt,siicapailN Chinese. Two
@fees soslGad in the gateway, a fttsa
tine 81 tshiaeSe Smuggling To enter. AN.
other lire lighting IL gel out NTH great
Sli-ills'. u Of hot, while occasional solaiers
tsii thf.. tae CROWD like one OF the
st5lsRaf Nay - iiaG
ftei Isin experienced a sweeping re-
aiSiibation Of wealth, blit on the old
sNtlelne Of the prizes 70 the strongest.
The loating iieliris,iesd three days. On
the first day IT Was entirely unre4
STRAINED. Many White people accumu-
.ated stacks 81 goods By SIMPLY stand
IN = al the city gates and holding UP the
osst-laasn chinese from The endless
progression that tloWsd out, ON the SEC
ord day q conference of tbs commands
ing attitefs, a,lided 70 adopt repre- ssiSre
tl}ea sttfe.' The commanders, excepting
the French. eiapa1Yaref thu BRITISH, who
1878 gong IroNpst duty, to SEIZE all
Iogf. This prdet the isli,isa attempted
:ise1iFe hg holding UP The hooters as
entered his f0Geign toAns. They
tsloli q bunales, 9le reported the names
t Claimants for tatais inquiry. Natilt
8lES his step pGovpkeG grumbing, par
ti{'tflal9s among tbs. soldiers % other
sti0naIt tiss.. An aftieia statement Was
;s3sl: ont that all said loot would be
s'3t,j #f1H IN & proceeds BE- divided among
tl9 Elierssas prizf, money, but tbs sol
sdi@fs Syiss tlirl f4tmef ainpaisns, com
men; :'ksa tica}ls,
The iapanfs,5.8i as far as casual obser-
&l5i 5ff So sila tflt ifdS iO0tfns+ pc
cause af hs admirable discipline under
sfiish5 their soldiers are. held. The
Asnetieans had an g themselves one
iafge Arsenal, which they occupied on
litstilIg the city. 1t contained no: one
cat5nan, but a fine aiirc#of small arms
High officers mad lived there ant. in
taeii, Night left stacks of clothing and
ashe. articles Of great value All this
sltiftf Will Pc sold OF shipped 10 Wash
lllgEoi az spells cf War on the third
dagGf the occupation a more effective
method vas followed by compelling the
I8sters ta give up their loads at the city
gate. Even this did not prevent the 1os<,
sof much gold and silver. The Americans
sized nearly q milton taeis worth Of
precious metals. which was piled up in
the marine barracks Today the walled
city looks as tho a tornado had stricken
IL Enough valuable property has been
DESTROYED to stock big city. enough
seized TO give5every soldier considerable
sums II the distribution We're honestly.
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