The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-05
AMERICAN WOMEN
TORTURED TO DEATH.
Horrible Atrocities Perpetrascd by
Chinese, which Are Matters OF
OmciaI Record.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, sept. 4-Dispatches an
nouncfng that the American government
refuses To agree 10 the withdrawal OF the
troops from Peking before satisfaction
Tor the outrages upon and the losses OF
Its subject is given. have been received
here and appiauded by the entire foreign
colony In Shanghai Any other policy.
according 10 the business men and mis-
representative has talked. would be a
vital blow to the prestige Of the foreign
ers, and would weaken their status in
China. The local English papers ficrcely
denouncc the proposals to evacuate Pc
king, and say that the Chinese would
Interpret evacuation defeat The
masses OF Cinnamon now believe that
the Chinese arms are victorious
The Chinese papers printed in Shanghai
contain long clrcumssantial accounts OF
alleged Chinese victories at Picking, ITEM
the native quarter display for sale iurid
pictures Of the Celestial army driving
the European soldiers into the sea al
Iaku, aud cutting them TO pieces at ITEM
tsin. They also show pictures OF the for
eign admirala being tortured In the
presence OF the vteeroys- Vice Admiral
seymour 4 represented with his arms
pinioned, kowtowing before the throne.
The people accept these reports and
pictures as correctly representing ina
situation. and consider the reports Of the
hnshsh press as merely Foreign Hes
Want PckIag Destroyed.
the t~ufAfAh community continues to
demand the destruction of Picking and
the exemplary punishment % the offieiaiS
denmsng Indemnity and paper promises M
new treaties inadequate Undoubtedly
the Information IN detail Of nassacreS
81 toreiEnnrs daily received influence this
sentiment
tho dowaEer empress Is living ia the
yamen az Taiypanfu, 80 ShanSl province.
Fifty missionaries have beon alanch;ere5
in that yamen under orders. practicallv
in the presence OF the VIcVroy. Three
were hcAeadad IA the inner court AMI
the others We're killed h1raaropsly in the
thrown TO the dogs
The empress has ordered commissioner
90 Investigate the conduct 81 the south
err vfcefoyE who made a forpnaef vr5fb
he fSrsisn census. ana thsir 49,, VIII
dation Is expected No Investigation ~
the OFFICIALS, opposed 20 foreigners has
heen ordered,
learns from official sources the faefs ~
the ksil,ng ~ several American wofnpn
missionaries, AZ the request ~ the mis-.
sion hoAf.i the details were withheld Que
0t regard for the feelings ~ 'he re!as
lives ~ the murdered Wuulrn igyt ofhcr
prominent Americans who have isrsr am
tagoaized tec policy ~ sending women 20
ialana posts, ihink u important THAR tho
facts should IS known Thr nayrea M
The victims are withheld Do foqurst Tao
az these women wcre gvpturp4 While az
tempting 70 leave The siatlpns where
gh0y peru located were tcd abruf fbe
country naksA, wsre repeatedly outrag.'A
anl finally KILLED rs n nlefkes4 10, -
veitsng TO he described
Two other American woman were -yso,
ins 20 the coRsf with PARTY whIrh n
number ~ CniuAuten followed ara afNne5
The women te3 exhausted ard vs~n
taken ~ the Chs0awtn iuto ire rrrs-
ercc 81 the lccal officials In~t were
pfosgrated uran ;he txecutisn h3,sck Rr1
a fctnt wss mate ~ aehcaalnr fhSr,,
one ~ them t~came kystevieai ana