Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-05
Won Il A
Reported Butchery of the German
Minister Confirmed.


Minister Confirmed.
London, July 3.-Official dispatches
received by the consular body at
Shanghai says an Express cable, datco
Shanghai, July i, confirm In the fullest
manner the report of the butchery of
Baron Won Ketteler, the German am
bassador, on June Is. The baron was
riding in Legation street when he was
attacked by Chinese soldiers and Box
ers and dragged from his horse. His
body was hacked TO pieces with
swords. The German legation bull
diEgs were burned and a number of
servants Of the legation were killed
and their bodies thrown into the
flames. Official confirmation Of this
CHASTITY business has caused the utmost
CONSERVATION among the consul gen-
erals of the powers, who expressed the
fear that
War a In O~ufrance
will be declared against the Picking
government. The consuls entertain lit
tie hope hat any foreigners are left
alive in the capital. There were 100
foreigners connected with the lega-
tons, so in the custom house, English
and American tourists and others TO
the number of $50 and nearly 800 le-
CATION guards. The British foreign of
flee, the Daily Mail learns, has re-
ceived news from the British consul at
Chefu that Baron von Ketteler has
been killed. but no further informa-
ton. A dispatch to the Express from
Nankin, June 80, says: French
priests here have received a report
from Picking that public executions or
foreigners have been In effect since
June 20. The news comes from run
ners from French priests in Pekiug,
who state that they administered
The Last Rites
to the condemned men, Nankin ca
bles dated Sunday say that yiceroy
Liu Hun Yih received a telegram from
Gen. Yulu on Friday stating that the
German minister had been murdered
at Picking. Yulu, who escaped from
Tien-tsin to Pao La Fuh, wires also:
position desperate. Implore your
help. Foreign troops Of eight national.
tiles entering Picking TO the number or
81 ,o00 or 10000. l cannot hold out for
four DAYS" Liu Hun Yih has re-
ceived this from viceroy of Yunshakai:
Foreign troops victorious at Tien-tsln.
They Will enter Picking Immediately"
Outbreaks of the Boxers appear to be
imminent at Canton. The feeling or
unrest steadily increases. Boxers from
Ping tn were marching on Sunday to
Chefu. The governor
Feared for the Town
and sent to the warships for forces. A
small riot occurred at Chefu on Sun
day. Fifty-two refugees who have ar
rived at New Chwang aver that the
Boxers have destroyed the railway
north Of Port Arthur, and that all the
American and English residents are
leaving. Nothing has been learned OF
the column which relieved Admiral
Seymour four days ago and then pro-
ceeded toward Picking, but as it takes
at least two days for dispatches to
reach Chefu there Is nothing extraord-
mary in this. Troops are arriving at
Taku daily, though some reports from
Taku say it will be three weeks be-
fore a large force can be sent TO Pc
king. The morning papers generally
accept as conclusive the reports that
Baron Won Ketteler has been killed.
and express grave uncertainty as to
whether any Of the members of the le-
cations at Picking are saved.
Small Grain OF Comfort
Washington. July 3. - Yesterdays
advices to the state department. made
up Of two kilograms from Consul Gen.
eral Goodnow, at Shanghai, brought
the foreign ministers at Picking along
one day further in safety, showing
that they were all alive with the posi-
BILE exception of the German minister,
who, 1t seems likely, has been MUIR
dered. Some encouragement is drawn
by the officials from the fact that the
other ministers were alive on the later
date, for the officials believe that the
diplomatic corps at Picking could not
Have Been Preserved
through the fury Of the first stages OF
the outbreak only to fall victims TO
sober second thought. There is at least
the Indication that the Chinese govern
ment itself was protecting them. On
the other hand the statement that b
VIGOROUSLY anti-foreign Prince Tuan
was I'm complete control at Peking was
regarded as an exceedingly grave de-
velopment and as tending to fix clearly
responsibility for the happenings OF
the past three weeks directly upon a
Picking government. An a~meliorating
condition is the refusal of the great
Yiceroys themselves of almost absolute
power In their provinces to be con-
trolled from Picking IN their attitude
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