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copyrighted, 1900 by Frank q. Carpenter.
Shanghai, August g. 1900.
M MEXICAN ladies stripped naked
and dubbed 70 death by Chi
At nese mobsi
II Ia Our missionaries massacred
In cold blood in the very courts
OF the Chinese governors who
are supposed TO protect them.
White men. women and children thrown
into the flames OF their burning honest
The hearts and heads OF American girls
torn from their bodies by Chinese ruffians
and sent az trophies OF patriotism to their
rulers!
The highest officials OF the Celestial en-
pire. including its cruel and tyrannicai
head. the old dowager. secretly melting
the people TO riot. arson and murder.
These are some OF the Incidents which
have been happening and which are stiil
happening In China. insignificant incl
dents which the powers are proposing TO
wink at for bit or so OF territory or .
money indemnity
There Is no doubt that the officials have
been behind the Boxers from the begin.
ming OF their organization. There Is evil
dence that the society is backed by a
grand council composed of government
officials and Buddhist priests. who hold
their meetings In the monasteries
throughout the empire ana In the very
back rooms OF the government ofYces
themselves. These men have their print
ing establishments and are sending out
placards. cartoons and insurrectionary
songs throughout the provinces They
have, | am told, organized the country
Just as our politicians organize for
presidential campaign. and have their
runners working IN clubs In the various
districts. They have the support OF men
Of influence In every province. and num-
Der Of the governors are said 10 have
taken tho oath OF the order
Tho positions OF Prince Tuan, Governor
Yu OF Ehanfung ana General Tung Fu-
shianE are well known: they are with the
Boxers. Just where ii Hung Chang.
Chang Chi Tuns. sheng and others stand
Is uncertain. but they. like the most OF
tho officials. are merely the tools of the
old empress dowager and dance as she
pulls tho string.
A Story Of tie Empress Dowsse,.
The empress dowager VIII probably now
deny all connection with the Boxers. but
there II no doubt that she Is at the bot
tom OF the great growth OF the society.
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heard last night OF an interview which
she had with a censor named Wang short
ly before the outbreak OF the war. Cen
sors are appointed by the Chinese govern
ment to move around secretly through the
different provinces and report on all that
is going on. They are imperial spies
whose business II is to keep track of the
wrongdoings OF officials and to gather In
formation as to the feelings OF the people
concerning them and the government.
This man Wang had been spying about
through Chill and the empress dowager
sent for him. When he appeared she said:
What do you think Of the Boxers In
Chill? Are they well organized. and can
they be depended upon to join the troops
In fighting the foreign devils when the
time comes?"
To this Wang replied:
II am certain OF It. your majesty. The
members OF the society are taught to pro-
tect to the death your heavenly dynasty
and to wipe the devils from the face OF
the earth. As for myself and all OF my
family. we have Joined the society. and
had ! the power l would gladly lead the
van OF the avenging army
As the empress dowager heard this she
nodded her head In approval Then. after
thinking a moment. she remarked.
All, IT is a grand society. but I am
afraid that with no experienced men at
It's head the Boxers may act rashiy and
gets us into trouble with the yang-kuei-
TIE foreign devils) before everything Is
ready. You must have some responsible
leaders in Chill and Shantung to control
them
With this the audience terminated. but
the next day. by imperial orders. Wang
was given high position in Peking. He
was elevated from a sixth-grade Official
to a fourth-grade metropolitan post OF
great Importance.
Although since the Tientsin massacre
Chinese officials have been forbidden to
refer TO foreigners as devils. in the above
interview the empress herself is said to
have done so. speaking contemptuously OF
them as "yang-kuei-txe."
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fix the meaning OF new words In the
minds of her pupils A few weeks before
the war broke out the word traitor came
up. She described what traitor meant,
Illustrating II by Benedict Arnold A day
or so after this she asked her scholars IL
they could define the word traitor and
give an example of the same. One bright
boy. the son of mandarin. at once
raised his hand. He was told TO speak.
and he said:
"A traitor is a man who sells his own
honor and that Of his own country for
gold. and the greatest example of a
traitor that we know of here is Ii Hung
Chang"
yes" broke in another boy. excitedly.
he has sold out our country to the Rus
slams"
And third said:
II wish l were near him that I might
kill him.
These boys probably represented the
feelings of their fathers.
Why Officials Oppose Missionaries.
The high officials OF China realize that
the missionaries are their enemies. They
know their corrupt methods cannot en-
dure with the Western civilization. and
they fear 10 lose their jobs. They have
been at the bottom of nearly every riot
of the past. They pretend to be the
friends of the foreigners. but the blue
books of the empire sold in the govern
ment shops are fun of all sorts OF lies
written to stir up the common people
against the missionaries. In some such
books are descriptions of how the for
eigners scoop out the eyes OF Chinese for
medicine and Photographic materials.
The Chinese think that their eyes have
different qualities from ours, and that the
missionaries are here as eye collectors.
In one OF the anti missionary cartoons
distributed some time ago two blood
thirsty villains in foreign clothes are pic
tured in the act OF cutting out the eyes
of dead Chinaman. while another mis-
sionary stands by and gloats over
saucerful OF eyes he has Just captured.
/ have before me this print.
have also gotten a translation OF
tract which was circulated all over China.
entitled ''The Death Blow to Corrupt Doc
trines." The latter shows how and why
the eyes are stolen, stating that the for
eigners are enabled to extract silver from
lead by means Of them. and also that
when spread over glass they viii record
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The bulk OF the missionaries come from
Great Britain and the United States. and
the massacres are another evidence that
the higher officials rather despise US
Anglo-Saxons and are looking for the
Russians to help them out OF their trou-
bles They evidently did not think Rus
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

MIS- II. B. Carroll. Mrs Fisher and Ms.
Thompson Mrs. Thompson. of Seiby - =
nGe, Will entertain at the next meeting
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mics in the high school. gave profitable
@ task on Economical and NourishinS
Foods ard specific directions for pas
teErlziag milk fer infants. M IS Howell.
of Maca'e -ter. gave an interesting talk;
Miss Gee sang, and Miss Shirley Morgan
played the piano. Mrs. Fuller was as
managers. and there were number Of
visitors Next Friday evening rally will
be held ut the Bethel. with prominent
speakers and line music.
The feult tn annual meeting CT the Low
er Town Mothers club was cid Wednes-
day afternoon in the Hawthorne school.
TIE officers elected are: Pres dent, Mrs.
j. ". Slack; vice president, Mrs William
RiCheSOlt; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
A. o. Powell; executive committee, Miss
Jennie =. Girn, Mrs. Thomas Yapp, Mrs
ard Mrs 3. w Kirby. Mrs c. E. Fiitner
read paper on School and Home In
flueucCs.' The cub will hold it's annual
spring reception in two weeks.
Mrs c. Holland was pleasantly sur
pr SGD at her home on Farquier street,
the reason being her birthday Those
present Were: Mr.. and Mrs. john Fischer.
Nj. and Mrs Schnaith MIR. and Mrs.
Johnston, Mir. and Mrs. Murphy, Mr. and
Mrs Bull. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fischer Mr..
and Mrs. Busch, Mr.. and Mrs Gross The
winning We're Mrs. john Fischer, NJ 3.
Buu, Mrs, Johnston. Mr. Gross, Mr.
Schnaith and Mr. Bull.
The V. B. V. club was enter aimed at
I. : htuiC VI ~ L. I4SSttt. @AICdu6 SlIeSl,
last Thur sday evening. The evening was
pleasantly passed with music, etc Re
treShmentS were served at IL o'clock. The
club is organized for musica! purposv s
ard meets once a week ct which a short
programme is rendered The next meet
Ing viii be held at the home of Miss Olive
A.li> on, of Bates avenue.
Mrs. Z. IVcrson, of Ohio street gave a
ciHCh party Wednesday even ng. Among
those present We're: Mr. and Mrs NJ n.
G0ss. Mr.; and Mrs. G. Harder, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Bruggeman, Mr.. ard Mrs. F. l..
Cailan NJ. and Mrs. Cameron, Mr.. and
Mrs. p Well<er, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Ber-
lardi. Mr.. and Mrs. Con Lesch
A surpfi. party was given for Miss
Pauline Hoffman at bcr home on Holly
avenue Tuesday evening, the occasion be-
Ing her twelfth birthday. Favors were
won 1T a cake walk By Marion Bartlett
ard Chester Taylor and Louise Warren
and George Sewe1 Mrs. Hoffman was
assisted by Miss Nellie Gibson.
Mrs. William Dunphy, of Fifth street
entertained the S. A s. Euchre club
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: In ST. Paul Social 6tr6I0S :
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Friday afternoon. Favors were won by
Mrs. G. c. Collins, Mrs. Hall. Mrs. James
Morrow and Mrs Neidle. Mrs. SeixaS
will entertain the club Easter Monday at
the home of Mrs. j. n. Mounts. Syndicate
and Lincoln avenues.
Mrs Wall. of st. Adams street. enter
taiued the Lincoln Euchre club Tuesday
afternoon. Those winning prizes We're:
Mrs. Fontaine. Mrs. Fisher. Mrs. Collins
and Mrs. Atkins. Mrs Spell. OF Conway
street, will be the next hostess.
A short musical programme was given
freshments were served to about one hun
dred. The afternoon closed with fortune
telling by gypSies unprecedented by Miss
Hillmer and Miss Kelley.
Mrs. Frederick w. Wilsey gave an in
formal shirt waist" card party Wednes-
avenue. The hostess was assisted by
Mrs. J. S. Bryant and Mrs. j. T. Clark
Mrs. Louis Johannes. of Edmund street.
entertained last Wednesday afternoon the
Ladies' Embroidery and Musical club.
Mrs. c. B. Elliott. of SSS Mound street.
Will entertain the club April u.s.
Miss Ethel Summerfleld entertained the
her home on Portland avenue. Miss Grace
BerrsfoId will entertain the club next
A reception was given Thursday after
noon by the juniors of the teachers train
ing school In honor of the graduating
class.
Mrs. William H Higgins. of Dayton
avenue, gave a poverty party Monday
evening for Miss Higgins. of Albert Lea.
Miss Barnett, Miss Hendry. Miss
Holmes and Miss Chapman received the
guests.
Mrs. s c. Horton. of Laurel avenue,
entertained the Souvenir Euchre club
Tuesday afternoon. Favors were won by
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FUTURE PLE&SS RES.

The three lectures to be given by Prof
Jenldn Lloyd Jones, one Of the univer-
Slty extension faculty of the University
or Chicago, al Sc mi3ary hall on the 18th
and 18th Of April Will be of special inter-
est to those lntereS ed in literature and
art. The first of the course upon Robert
browning will BE- delivered Wednesday
afternoon, April IS, the lecture beginning
at o clock to accommodate the members
or the New Century club as Well as teach
erS and, it Is hoped, business men Prof
Jones has led classes in the study Of
BroE ntnS for tie past twelve years so
the lecture cannot fail to be an interest
. rs one. The second lecture on Victor
hugo Will be de iVered on the evening of
the same day at O'Clock. On TIE folL1W-
HE will be given under the title of "A
Day In GlaS onbury." The ruins OF the
abbey and ether historic features will be
frustrated by the stereopticon. During
! IS stay In The city Prof. Jones will be
the guest of Mrs. William Ely Bramhau
OF lglehart street.
The first annual exhibit of American
paintings IS now being held in Minne-
ape:is.. at the public library build ne of
that city, under the auspices of the Min
neapois Society Of Fine Arts, The ex-
nlDt remains open until April 10 Over lac
paintings are on exhibition from the best
studios OF New York Phladalphia and
Roston. besides a. number of pictures
loaned by the Carnegie gallery Of Pitts
oufg, and the Chicago Art inst tute The
ex DIT Is open day and evening and Sun
Gay afternoon.
Invitations. have been issued fo- the
| fourth ~dncing party of the Carratior
Dancing club to be given at Litt's hall
| Thursday evening, Aprh ~ Music by
st. Anthony Hill orchestra
The Central W. C. T. T. Will meet to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 at the St. Pau
!
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street. entertained at dinner last evening
in honor of Mr. Whitney.
Miss Caroline Hazzard,of Wellesley col
iege, addressed the Hamline students at
chapel on Wednesday
Miss Nina Spear entertained a few.
friends at her home informally on Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Ethel Harris entertained at din
for nine.
Mr.. and Mrs Rice. of Rush city. are
spending the week with H. j. Heal and
family.
for the summer.
Mrs. II; Johnston entertained at lunch
con on Friday,
Miss Alice Humphrey spent Sunday at
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DINNERS ARD LUNCHEoNs.

Miss Mary Stees entertained her b-ida
attendants at q dinner last evening al
her home on VIRGINIA. avenue Covers
We're laid for Mrs. w Clifton Gayar. OF
Phlladelphia; NJ IS Helen Cratsenberg
nj s. Lucia Fughson. Miss Edith Brill
Miss Alice Robinson Harrie Hause Foliee
Alfred H. stees, Charles Stees. w Liam
Lanpmah OF Omaha, and Paul Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. j. Smallwood enter
laiEed at dinner Wednesday evening at
. their home on St Adams street for Mrs.
lertY. of La Crosse.
Mrs. w. w. Pease, of Falrmount ave-
niue, entertained al dinner wednesday,
evening for Mr. and Mrs C. B. Bowlby
and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Greisheimer.
=. Miss Bertha Sleeper gave a luncheon
TUESDAY at her home on Holly avenue in
honor of Miss Neeley, Of Cedar Falls, who
is her guest. " 81
Gov. and Mrs. John Lind entertained at
g qli Iuesday evening at their home on
Fairmount avenue.
Miss Doran gave a small luncheon
Thursday at her home on Summit avenue,
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MATRIMONIAL.

Miss Althea Smith. of st. Paul. and
Elmer Jennewein. of Newport. Mimi.
We're married Tuesday afternoon al ST.
Kite, assistant rector The bridA was
attended by Miss Atwater, and r Vim
cent Bailey was best man The bride
wore her travelling dress of gray cloth
Mr.. ard Mrs. Jennegein went to Granite
Falls. Mimi, for wedding trip They
will be at home after April Is, at Red
Rock Park.
Miss Alice May Cook. daughter of Mr..
ana Mrs. j. ii. Cook, and Louis Franklin
Brown, will be married at high noon
Wednesday. April rs. al the brides home.
All Rondo street. DR.. Mellrum. Of the
Central Presbyterian church, viii per-
form the ceremony
The marriage of Miss Grace Constance
Millard. daughter of Mrs. e Willard. !. of
Fuller street, and Orville Oren Edwards,
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Larson have returned to their home on
Minnehaha street. after spending the win
ter at the Colonnade.
Miss Edith Montgomery, of Owatouna,
is spending the week with her parents,
! Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Montgomery, OF
Capitol avenue.
MIR. Shore and family. formerly of Ham
line, have moved into the house Just va
Gated by Mrs. and Mrs. H. e. ConkIfn.
Mr.. Arthur Martin of Austin, is home
/. spending the week with Its parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Martin, of Hewitt avenue.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. met at the home Of Mrs. George s.
Innis on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Clara Sperry has returned from
Owetonna.
Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Feltham, Of Blair
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senior class OF Hamline university and a
few friends Thursday evening. The dec
orations werei carnations, smilax, palms.
and potted azalias. Besides the senior
class there were present: DR.. and Mrs.
r. II. Benham. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert WAL
lace, DR. and Mrs G.. p. Montgomery
and Misses Cora and Edith Montgomery.
William Promo and family. of West
Minnehaha street, have moved into the
house on Hewitt avenue lately vacated
by MIR. j. North and family.
Mr. and Mrs. c.. N. Akers entertained
all the young men Of Harnline who were
in the Philippines duping the war at their
home ON Saturday evening
Miss Jennie Maxwell has returned to
Benson.
Mrs. F. NJ Grant and Mrs. Norman
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
DOWN IN THE MEADOW.

Oh. down in the meadow the air was
sweet
With a breath OF blooming clover.
The blue eyed grasses were kissing her
feet
And an azure sky bent over;
But Mary's heart had a burden of woe,
A burden she sought to cover
With a smile and song, lest the world
should know
She had loved and lost-her lover.
Each daisy was nOdding her snowy head,
And zephyr stirred the grasses,
Sir BObolink, sauciy laughing. said,
" IT'S ever the way with lassies,
They think that quarrel when once be-
gun
Can be as easily ended;
But laddieS are lost. as laddjeS are won,
Sometimes when It's least intended"
But down through the meadow young
Arthur came,
And the laughing skies bent over.
The ZephYrs whispered mafdenS name
And a tremOr stirred the clover;
Though he spoke no word yet he kissed
her brow
In spite of the Gliding grasses,
And BobOlink whistled, Just see her
now,
IT'S ever the way with lassies."
-Lalia Mitchell.
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HAMLINE.

The Audubon society met Friday after
noon. Those taking part were: Eva Hfurd,
Beth Magraw, Edna Campbell, Gertrude
Cleveland, Warner Wright Hazel Acker-
man, John Hasslan, Hilda Carlson, Jesse
Thompson. Albert Anderson, Alice Moline
and Clara Bryan.
DR.. and Mrs. Bridgman entertained the
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of Minneapolis, will take place April 81
at the brides home.
The marriage is announced of Mi s
Alice Item. of Toledo, o.. and Henry D.
F. Quincy Of this city. Mr. and Mrs.
Quincy are at home for the present at
251 Ramsey street
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the home of her aunt Mrs. c. 1. Hum
phrey.
The Ladies' Aid society viii hoId ar
all-day meeting at the church on Thurs
Mrs Fred Delger, of North Dakota 8.
the guest OF Mrs. C. N KELSEY fhis
week 'ihs
Miss Cora Wieles. the guest Of Mrs T
Paul u o.
Miss Monnie Gordon Is spending. few
weeks in Saltwater with relatives.
Miss Edith Gold Is entertaining AFru
William Wallace, of Bel1eview. -
Tue sday for short visit . 'oh on
Nrs r. N. Wolover has gone to Indian
aEol.s for months visit. Ai'Oieli-
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PLEASURES PAST.

A large number Of women were enter
tained al tea Friday at the Bethel Mrs
luncheon of ice cream and cake was serv-
ed. Miss CorcOran, teacher of econo-
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tains in that section, like the noun
tans here, were infested with bandits
who lived upon plundering stragglers,
no matter of what politics. And it was
gang of these reckless ruffians into
which they ran. They were il, spring
wagon driven by negro, who had all
along shown himself to be an arrant
coward The first notification of dam
ser was the sudden appearance from
the bushes of half dozen armed men,
who demanded that the party alight
that the vehicle might be searched.
Evidently Capt. Lancaster, who hap
pencd to be holding the child in his
arms, thought that immediate obedi-
cnce was best, so he got out, telling the
men that he had in his pockets all the
money and valuables the wagon con-
tanned. lie was still holding the child
on one arm and opening his pockets
with another when the negro, seeing
that the robbers were not noticing the
wagon, whipped up the horses and
drove away at full speed Mrs. Lancas-
ter tried 10 stop him, but he WAS wild
with terror, and as the robbers were
now firing after them, he Guclled his
head and applied the lash. The wom-
an was helpless; he negro was strong
and half insane. She argued with him
and pleaded With him to stop and let
her out, but he drove on like a mailman.
1t was not till they had reached farm
house nine miles from the scene of the
robbery that she induced the negro to
stop. Here they were received by a fam
to do service in the war. lie said he
was willing to do what he could for her,
but that the 'bushwhackers,' who were
Il power in the land, would hang him if
he molested their plans. lie went out
to see if he could get together any OF
his neighbors who would help her, but
when he returned at dusk he brought
the intelligence that he could find no.
body who would dare take hand in
such an enterprise. She spent that
night in the farmhouse and the next
day she drove back absolutely alone il
search of her husband and child. Near
the spot where she had been separated
from them she found her husbands hat
the little cap worn by the baby, stained
with blood, and a pool of blood by the
roadside. She spent all that day alone
on that road and returned at night t.
the farmhouse. Here she stayed {
month making inquiries and searches
in all directions for more conclusive
proof of the death of her child ant
husband. Finally the old farmer came
to her one day with the report that ont
of the robbers had just died and tina
he had made deathbed confession tina
he had shot and killed Capt. Lancaster
The baby. he said, was not killed at tn