Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-07
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An official communication received
here through diplomatic channels
makes the rather surprising state
ment that Ii Hung Chang is at pres
ent using all his efforts to have one
or more of the powers dissent from
Russia's proposition. believing that
rupture of the allies will be of great
CT advantage to China than any agree
ment, even OH the favorable basis put
forward by Russia.
Protest from Shanghai.
Shanghai, Sept. 5.-Dispatches an
nouncing that the American govern
ment refuses to agree 10 the with
drawal of the troops from Picking be-
fore satisfaction for the outragcs
upon and the losses of its subjects is
given have been received and are APP
plauded by the entire foreign colony
in Shanghai. Any other policy, ac-
cording to the business men and mis-
sionaries with whom the press repre-
sentative has talked, would be vital
blow to the prestige of the foreigners
and would weaken their status in
China. The local European papers
fiercely denounce the proposal to
evacuate Picking, and say that the
Chinese would interpret evacuation as
defeat. The masses of Cinnamon now
believe that Chinese arms are victori
Gus.
The American association, whose
membership includes all the foremost
business men at Shanghai, met Tues
day and adopted protest against the
evacuation of Picking until "a final set
Element has been reached. The meet
ing. also resolved to urge President
Mckinley to insist upon the appoint
ment of satisfactory commissioners
and the recognition of the emperor as
sovereign.
Demand Destruction of Pekins.
The European community continues
to demand the destruction of Picking
and the exemplary punishment of the
officials, deeming indemnity and pa
per promises of new treaties made
quate. Undoubtedly the information
in detail of massacres of foreigners
daily received inflames this sentiment.
The dowager empress is living in
the yamen at Tai-Yuan-Fu, in Shan
ST province. Fifty missionaries have
been slaughtered in that yamen UNI
der orders, practically in the pres
ence of the viceroy. Three were be-
| headed in the inner court and the
others were killed barbarously in the
outer courtyard. Their bodies were
| thrown to the dogs.
Awful Treatment of missionaries.
The press representative learns from
official saNrces~tfe facts of the kill
| inr Of Several American women mis-
sionaries.
| At the request of the mission board
the details were withheld out of re-
gard for the feelings of the relatives
prominent Americans, who have long
antagonized the policy of sending
women to isolated inland posts, think
| it important that the facts should
| be known. The names of the victims
are withheld by request. Two of
these women were captured while at
tempting to leave the stations where
they were located, were led about the
country naked, repeatedly outraged
| and finally killed by method too re-
voting to be described.
| Two other American women were
coming to the coast with a party,
which number of Cinnamon fo1=
| lowed and stoned. The women fell
exhausted and were taken by the
! Cinnamon into the presence of the
local officials. They were Frustrated
upon the execution block and feint
was made of beheading them. One of
them became hysterical and laughed
| and, thinking her insane, the Chinese
escorted her to the coast because of
their superstition regarding the in
| sane. On the journey, however, the
woman was repeatedly criminally
assaulted by her escort. The other
woman, after being exhibited naked
for some days and suffering assault
by several men, was tortured to death
by the same shameful methods as
were practiced in the other cases
Two Swedish missionary women ar
rived at Shanghai after similar en-
periences except that their lives were
spared. The foregoing are matters
| of official record.
| The IA English missionaries, includ
ing six women and four children, who
were murdered at Chu-Chau, in thu
province of Che-Kiang, according t'
the story of Spanish priest wh'
escaped, were killed with hay fork
and ancient spears by the magis
trate's bodyguard and their nake'
) bodies were hanged from trees.
Oppose Lenient Policy.
The incidents make lenient polio
, unpopular in Shanghai, where all tn
victims had friends.
Attack Beers in Mountains.
II Crocodile River Valley, Transvaa
. Sunday, Sept. 2.-Gen. Butler to-da
, reconnoitered the Boer position j
. the mountains overlooking Lyder
burg. Gen. Botha and 1000 burgt
$ ers had previously joined the force
y holding the pass. The Beers opene
y with three Long Toms and fired col
: tinuously all day long. The BIRTHS
d had few casualties.
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