The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
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absence Oh any n''''y "e'mp .m,,,
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inshe very ei,,y ~ ,ha Anns,ioans
Macponalu appheo NV -,
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aino'N 'hV'n "e -. ,a,ni,n,
ah"o :" NV N" 1910 u no.
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Wv N.a .a. 90. ,ho, i, /, w,s de.
.,... -.,,,. oor,o,o,, mar could he
nuu, no,hin Ave rninute. who had a-
,oodr had oonsiderable e,perience in their
,esnec,iv. duties with MARKED success. The
ras,,,, xa. tho appoin,mept within An hour OF
ohou, a do,en comn;ttees on the lines suR.
oestod the prevlous chairmen being retained.
re.nforcad nv able and willing coadjutors.
fohr1ricAI'o"s BULL ID =
A large part Of the history OF the siege In
Fehin, u the WI VI 'HV "pih '" 10 W."
mittees. several OF which will receive more de-
tailed description hereafter.
The General Committee. OF miscellaneous
and comprehensive functions was ehgineered
hy the interchangeable and versatile talents OF
Mr. Tewksbury' whose tireiess energy never
appeared TO nag even after the Siege was raised
The other members OF the BODY were hehry
'ockpurh, 'hihese secretary VI Inv "Inr"
INktllpt, WI. TOIbu VI Nv huN-ihh ~
Mr Morlsse OF the french ieea''oh' VI, nreo"n
OF IN" 'ts'oms' MT hooar'' VIII" " "e"o
as secretary
Inc WORK on ioruIcauoh' WHICH was III.
dependent OF every o'h"' 'on"oi 'hnn 'h"' W
H' 'Ia"oe MacDonaiu' was e".iu''eu =" '"'
rev r u pame"ei'' VINO hau ei!oseo ,ne
aoVahtaRe on TWO years OF Vrchhta' 'ns'iueuo"
both III 'he hehSselaer fo's'e'hi'' ihso'u'"
ana cornell 'nlver-Itv' win consioerap'e pra'-
tce in Held work. his studies having been m
terrupted by physical disability when turned
his attention IN other subjects HIS long ana
varied experience with numerous forms OF
Chinese construction. with the management
and adjustment OF Chinese labor. and with
'ha strength and possibilities Of all forms OF
Chinese materials. made his services invaluable.
md Il is no exaggeration TO estimate them a.
literally indispen sable 70 the success OF the
siege 1e1pntP FROM 1lt DPRlililTlK 10 llc NtIN
last hour he was by means OF a greatly over
worked bicvcle endowed with a limited omni-
nrcsence 60 ,or ne relate TO the British leea-
zion early and late. nv day and by night. in
rho boat and in tronical rains. giving undi yided
o,,an,ior Ia ,ho si,,,o rrobIe,, a, how ~ render
,h,, lo,a,io, az nearly ,mpreyp,ble ms tho
..,io,s n.,,,oI d;.oh;li1.s Of IN. situation
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'ary oS ooNeH VI ear" ""u eanu "Ss'H oesu"
WIN erea' 'is"r' FROM Tue |es ~ " W
some eA'en' ,''oushou' Nv en'"' Nese' '"e'o
d. n na'N'u ""' an o
tween 'he cohuuc' %, 'ne REPRESENTATIVES, OF
wv 'nS'"-'"A'hH' wv h'a"S W Wv ''"'in"n-
s,,Iv yor,,d,s cb,t,i,v snoLiry c,,aret,.s
and SHINING wine. apparent,y trusting for their
salvation to fa,e. while their more energetic
comrades threw on their coats. plunginp into
the vhirl Of work and ,hc tug Of toll with the
ioy Of battle Inherited from ancestors who
lived , millennium and n half ago.
The demand for sand bags begins. and work
is started nv all the women. greatly aided nv n
few rescued sewing machines. with an energy
which sp.edily turns ont vast numbers Of
then, LADY Macdonald pulled down and
sert over almost nil the leoation cu-,a aims
md o,her articles which could no utilized for |
this nu-no.e On N. supposltion ,ha, sand
hays would ma Iess conspic,ops 70 she rn-sboo,-
ers ~ n, a dark color desperate and ,oiI,ul
e~or,s ve-o made m dve each ono in coal dus,
dissolved in wo,,- un,l o,,or n dav or two tho |
hona,ossnoss ~ tho undertaking WAS nanife., |
and /, was abandoned
Tho italian ,og,,io, uss given i'm md hprnsd
,o.dav Tho dutch Isc,tion 10 on Arc 40 rsII
os nil tho houses ON sacb s,de NJ legation stree,
,or,n,Iy oui,. down n ,ha CHEN Mon hal,
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