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city and unless the GRIM ~ murder " not wen
proved they avoid punishment further 'h'n
working In chain Kann. 81 aife Y CleAners

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PERSONS who confessed ~ VA. murder ~ y
family ~ twent, zone person. m ihi- lI''"
three weeks after rekin had been captured
The villagers pointed out these criminals 10
the British party and made tho allegations ana
furnished the proofs which secured thrir '"li-
yiction The trial was held N Pekih ana ~"
Cilprts were then taken to the village where
they committed their crimes and the inhabi-
tants we're rounded up aud made to witness
the execution Ten sold crr of tie seventh
Raiput Regiment fired rife vohe's which
despatched each wretch In turn
,nothcr Boxer who will y Su1blN be- "N"-
cutod within the week Nas captu hN tho
British a few day. ago tie was hvinH e
house within the walls Of Pekin and had with
linn his Boxer uniform aud Mannlioher rife
French patrol was fired upon from build
ings in the western part Of The city The build
ingS we're Immediately destroy ed ard some
?o Chinese rounded up or these. eight were
retained as probably guilty As no guns were
found they will probably escape death
The Boxers who have come before the japan
csc tribunals have Jared badly. for in these
courts Chinese Gust, NJ, have been adopted
70 some extent and these provide for the tlug-
ging OF a prisoner after his crime has been
fastened upon him to make him confess No
confession. no further punishment. although
p prisoner generally prefers instant death
to \ lingering execution hN beating
Thus the provost courts ARE the busiest de-
par;ments Of the new regime of rekln. and n
the meantime the population Is slowly, very
slowly. beginning to increase Iinid souls
who had fed are beginning to creep back
and hunt up their ruined homes or eddie pro-
duce on the streets
The americans. the most ~ul-rcful anons the
I fra,,a a., ab... ,...a..f,r ,l. ,ttX rat= n ~
putting IN the day for the punishment of Boxers
I they have caught and condemned and it j. sale
to WAGER that these will all have their freedom
eventually. However. some have made Ill
timed efforts 10 escape, according 10 official
reports, and il has been the duty Of the -entrIes
to shoot them down.
PEKIN. Sept. q. There l. every indication
that the Germans are IN earnest REGARDING
! their proposed expedition toward Pao-ting-fl.
the capital city 81 Chilli Province. and the
missionaries are accordingly exuhcraui
The Germans have the rish' idel, said one
missionary. punish the Chinese first aud treat
with them afterward.'
such a remark from a missionary might -een
a bit surprising to persons away from Pekin,
but IL expresses the common sentiment here
This Cancellation lie all ho-h, people say.
"Relent now and this bloody AFFAIR will have
10 be gone through with again
And 80 the news passes around that Herinanv
will RAE pao-ting-fu, that city of iniqui'y, as
soon as her army transport is ready. Tho
French will follow IL they have the men. Great
Britain has half All inclination to so. but the
mon from tho United States will not take rart
in it. In the meantime the army is accusing
the civilians Of being hloodthir-ty and the
civilians. all NJ whom went through tho siege.
| are criticising tho army for doing nothing
What shall We do' Go ont and Kill innocent
people in order that YOU may have vonr 70
~vcnge?" inquiries tho army
NO, bu, go out and CAPTURE N" leader,
! Burn down the towns where they have boon
harbored. il the reply.
1T is easier said rhan done, answers tho
army. Boxers are hard to catch"
And So the controversy goes. Nearly all
| the military authorities save tho Germans have
expressed the oI irion that the object ~ tho
China expedition has been ACCOMPLISHED The
next thing 10 do is to set mp n government.
The Germans speak plainly The mailed fst
must be displayed first then will he the time to
open negotiations with the Chinese.
In the meantime nothing has been heard
from the Emperor or tho Empress DowaRer.
although Prince Ching has meuoralined them
asking them to return, doing this n the Informal
instig1tion Of tho several Ministers
Il ia said that Count Waldsr-ee. upon
his arrival. will seek 10 make h> head
quarters IN the Fmperor's palac" out
side tho Purple Gty and camp yart
81 his troops in IA" Imperial pleasure
grounds To this tho Russians object They
have control Of this particular palace AZ present.
and they say II j. their desire To- h Id IL for tho
occupation Of the Chinese Emperor. who il
soon 10 return. 1t therefore seems Ia have
- t-l ...alf .,,a q, .ana l., ua..,, ..,,, NH,I
dersee and the Imperial party From this
same palace. So II is reported, the Russians
have extracted treasure 10 the amount Of ono
hundred million taels and toted i along with
them 10 Tientsin This tale seems prepnS-
ferrous. but some probability is given 10 it 10y
tho fact that the Russians have stripped tho
Summer Palace Of its rich furnishing and taken
them away. ~ well as many Of the valuahles
Of the palace In Fekin.
The city Of Pekin itself is in n queer state
With a half dozen or more governments Al tn"
helm the unfortunate inhahitant knows not
which way to turn. Ne is robbed NJ one corner
and reimbursed at the next The queer sight
WAS recently witnessed Of a Russian soldier
helping himself to the wares Of n fruit stand
and having his bill paid by the japanese Officer
10 whom complaint was made. On Legation
street itself a servant Of Secretary 50 IicrS
Of the American legation was robbed Il his
weeks wages by n Russian soldier on guard
at tho time. The French have held up Chinese
and relieved them Of what property they car
ried The fruit ped,er approaches a group
of American soldiers, Each man helps him
self Give me money" saws the Chlnaman.
"Aw. 60 chase yerself, shout the soldiers.
hrs, assuring themselves that there is no officer
around They we'll know n Chinaman will
not make q complaint. II would go hard with
them II one did. for most stringent rules have
been made by the provost authorities against
evtortion from podlors
Winter Ia drawing near and the Chinaman
IL beginning to seek his winter clothing. For
q he obtains n handsome garment flootl from
a soldier at one corner and surrenders IL at the
next to a soldier who Jumps out, grabs him and
accuses him of stealing the garment himself.
such eX, criences occur by tie score in Pekin
every day. rnscruI ulous soldiers in n .ew
moments undo all the good their commanding
officers have accom- lished in days.
Earnest Ell orts are being made in all districts.
save IerhaIsthe German, to reassure the le
W get them to oren their trades, 10 clean the
streets and to run down the criminals The
population il slowly increasing. but ut present
. 1, IL not Ia1F x1ha, ~ ana in da,a y,pa ~, Il,