The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-03

the butts Of their guns and pound their
heads until they were dead The Cos
sacks would pick children, barely old
enough to walk, hold them by the feet
and beat out their brains on the pave
ments. Russian officers looked on with
out protesting.
While Gen. Chaffee was watering
his horse at a stream under the wall of
Tung Chow, the Russians found a feeble
old man hidden in the mud, dragged him
out by the queue and impaled him on
their bayonets. Gen Chaffee remarked: {:
That is not war. 1t is brutal murder
American officers at Taku, days after
the fighting was finished, saw Russians
bayonet children and throw old men
into the river, clubbing them to death
when they tried to swim The Russians
killed women who knelt before them
and begged for, mercy. A correspondent
OF the Associated Press found many new
ly killed bodies outside the Russian sec
ton of the walls. Many of them were
bodies of women and none seemed to be
the bodies Of combatants. Carriers were
Killed while trotting along the roads
with their loads and farmers when try
ing to gather in their grain.
NO NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. $50 far as it
could be ascertained there were no i'm
portant developments in the Chinese stu
ton here tonight. The officials maintain
unusual reticence. They say they have
no information to make public regarding
the Russo-American propositions regard
ing the withdrawal of the military forces
Of the powers from Pekin Mr.. Adee
acting secretary of state, has decided for
the present not to make any statement
as to the names of the powers who have
answered or to indicate whether the re-
plies are of an affirmative or of mega
tive character, as publication might in
terfere with the negotiations at this
period.
No cables from China were given 10
the press by any of the departments to-
day. Acting Secretary Adee was at the
state department during the day, but
said tonight that no telegram of impor-
tance had been received Some days have
now elapsed since any word was received
from Minister Conger
Minister WI, of China, still remains at
Cape May, but at the legation 1t was
said that there had been no dispatch re-
ceived during the day.
An interesting bit of informa ton re-
garding the dowager empress came 10
the government in a roundabout way to-
day. 1t was to the effect that the British
government had received word that the
empress was going from Tyan-Fu in the
province of ShansI to which place she
had fed after her escape from Pekin, to
Hsinan-Fu. Tyan-Fu is farther west
than Hsinan-Fu, indicating that she is
moving still further away from the Chi
nese capital. The report says nothing of
the emperor's movements. 1t IS sug-
gested as probability that he may have
left her encourage and that he may have
decided either to remain where he is or To
return to Pekin. His return to the caui
tai city would probably entirely change
the situation. He belonged to the pro-
gressive party before he was compelled
to sign the imperial rescript of 1898 and
if restored to power peace negotiations
would undoubtedly be facilitated. The
powers would have more confidence in
him than in the reactionary party De-
spite the empress coup of two years ago
diplomats here familiar with Chinese af-
fairs say the people regard him as their
rightful ruler.