The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN RETURNS
AFTER SOME EXCITING ExPE-
RIENCEs IN CHINA
CHIIESE ATTACKED 4 HOHg
MEN WE'RE ABSENT, BUT MRS.
CRANE, A MINNEAPOLIS GIRL,
WAGED BATTLE
EXCITING INCIDENT AT sINU
Resistance of the Women Dismayed
the Chinese, Who Hastily with
drew, and Did Not Resume
HOstiHties.

Few more exciting incidents Of the
recent uprising in China have been re-
ported than that which befel Mrs. e. II.
Crane before marriage Miss Rena King,
Of Minneapolis, who as the guest of a
British family at Sinu was compelled to
seek refuge with them in the British
consulate.
Mrs. Crane is now visiting Mrs. ].
E. Rogers, of 800 Nicollet avenue, Mime
apolis.
Sinu is so miles south of Wei-hai-wei, In
the province of shan-tung, and A. T.
Rolfe is consular agent of the British
government there
Mrs. Crane was on a visit to a British
family in Sinu, with whom she had be-
come acquainted in Shanghai, where her
husband was employed In the coal bust
ness. On the night of June rs, in COM
pany with two lady friends, she called at
the house of the British agent, and left
for home with her friends about o'clock.
AS they stepped into the street Russian
detective darted out of the shadow and
stopped them. Get out of here quick
ly,'' he whispered, 1.-The Boxers are an
cry at you
Mrs. Cranes friend was too much
frightened to answer, as they knew more
! about the terrible nature of these Chi
nese murderers than their guest, but did
not wish to alarm her Mrs Crane ask
ed the Russian where the Boxers were
and he told them that they were every
where, and If she valued her life she
would leave the city at once. He gave
no warning to Mrs. Cranes friends, and
Mrs. Crane now believes that he was in
collusion with the Boxers to do them in
jury. Why she was singled out for
safety she cannot understand, except that
she had been there but a few days and
could not be supposed to have made any
enemies. Her only fau-t was that she
was foreigner saS
CHINESE OFFER ATTACK
"The party arrived home without any
resistance, and had about concluded that
the Russian was some crank when they
We're startled by a low knock on the front
door. Mrs Elliston went to the door
and asked what was wanted. AS she
peered through the window she saw
dozen Cinnamon of the worst type hud-
died on the porch to- the right of the
door, The men asked in broken English
for Mr.. Elliston, and receiving no re-
Spouse, they threw their combined weight
against the door. The door was heavily
built, however, and did not yield to their
strength. Finally one of them ran to
window and thrust his head into the
apartment. Mrs. Cranes who had been
watching the proceedings In the dim
light in the hall, took the situation in at
a glance. She felt that their time had
come if something was net done quickly,
so she rushed to the next room and pro-
cured a revolver Running back, she saw
the Boxer who had made his entrance
pulling another one into the room by the
scruff of the neck. Without waiting to
ask questions, she Immediately fired upon
the fellow b the room, who dropped to
the floor without a sound. The man he
had hold of was precipitated far enough
above the sill by the fall of his partner
to make a good mark so Mrs. Crane
stepped up to him and shot him squarely
in the breast. He fell back into the
crowd, and she could hear the yellow
devils planning some means of revenge
SHE CARRIED A PISTOL.
at felt as if we were all going TO be
murdered" said Mrs. Crane in narrating
her terrible experience this afternoon at
the home CT her sister, Mrs. J. f. rogers,
hut l learned 10 shoot in Minnesota, ana
1 did not propose to die without strug-
gle My husband had given me revolver
when 1 left Shanghai, and requested me
to keep it always near me- That L had
presence of mind enough 10 get 1t and
Use it seems more wonderful to me now
that it is all past than It can TO anyone
else / don't know how / ever nerved
myself up to GO such a thing.
when the Boxers heard the trst shuts
they withdrew a short distance, and at
length we noticed them moving toward
the rear Of the house The rear Of Mrs.
El!iston's dwelling was entirely unpro-
tected, and 1 knew if they ever got back
there they would certainly Kill us all; So
I began firing into the crowd. After the
fourth shot, my last one, one OF tnern
cropped, and his companions walked
away and left him. They paid not tn"
slightest attention to either him or the
fellows who had made the first attempt
to enter the house. The man WHO got
into the window was unconscious, ana
Mrs. Elliston, a servant and myself.
dragged him out Of the house after the
others had gone away. we hoped nc
wasn't dead, and somehow managed 10
drag him great distance down the
street. At least, 1t seemed ike great
ways, although, as I remember 1T now.
it was perhaps not more than l50 fee.
1--WE returned to the house to find two
marines, who had been attracted to tho
spot by the shooting. They were consld-
eratIy under the influence of liquor, but
they had sense enough left to under
stand what had happened, and the KnoWl-
edge of it sobered them up almost imIne-
diately. They asked If they could do any
thing for US, and we told them what the
Russian spy or detective had told US.
He said we had be tier profit by the ir-
formation, as they had received the same
warning from the same source earlier in
the evening"
LEFT SINU NEXT DAY.
The next morning about 5 o'clock we
al struck out for Wei-hai-wei I was
so excited that 1 could scarcely contain
myself after 1t was all over, but I was
not bit frightened at the time.
MY friends were both Frustrated with
fright and could scarcely stand. 1t was a
terrible experience. During the shooting
the Cinnamon made no attempt to protect
themselves. am att a loss to understand
their actions, unless they We're struck
dumb with astonishment. You see, they
had learned that Mr.. Elliston and Mr..
Houcke, young divinity student. who