The sun., 1901-10-08
THE COURT RETURNING
Report That It Has Started For Pc
king. a.ss,
NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
Vet 1t In Believed to he True-Actn
of Foreign Soldiers Cause
Turmoil In the Chinese
Capital.


Picking, Oct. 1.-THE officials here
have not been informed as to whether
the court has started for Kaifengfu,
as announced. in a dispatch from
Shanghai. Previous advices lead to
the belief that the court did start. The
temporary palaces at Kaifengfu and
Paotingfu are being prepared like
permanent dwellings,, although they
will be occupied only for few days.
The acquisitions for the travelling ex-
penses already amount to 13,000,000
taels, in spite of the edict enjoining
economy in this respect. The scale of
preparations may be judged from
single item-30.000 taels will be ex-
pended on tableware. Several local
officials along the route have resigned
because they are unable to meet the
expenses of entertaining the court. The
latter's journey now is particularly I'M
fortunate, because the regions tray-
erscd have been impoverished by the
/ summer famine.
OutraEcs by Soldiers.
The Chinese officials are considering
| the desirability of protesting to the
foreign ministers against the conduct
of the legation guards. The soldiers
/ continue 10 treat the Chinese like n
! conquered people. Groups Of soldiers
F.! roam about the city wearing their side
. tn, tn1 1frnn tir,u
/ the natives and committing petty rob
4 berries. A party of Americans recently
| looted n slversmith's store, securing
several hundred tacls' worth Of prop
erty. The whole garrison was confined
| 10 barracks until the guilty men were
| detected.
The governor Of Peking has protest
ed because foreign storckeepers contin-
ne to occupy buildings which they sciz-
ed in 1900 regardless of their owners
wishes. The ministers will evict the
storekeepcrs from these places.
Correspondence has been exchanged
| between the Chinese officials and the
ministers regarding the complaints
made by Cinnamon that they have
been compelled against their will to
take part in the work of building the
new legations.
Need of Modus vivcndi.
Ii is becoming evident that some mo-
tl,is vivcndi must be established or the
conditions here will become intolera-
BILE. Notwithstanding the ministers
policy of moderation in erecting de-
frnseS the legation quarter presented
the appearance of II fortified city. The
British dcf"nScS. opposite the Imperial
! City, are particularly formidable, the
| Italian dcfcnScs, adjoining the British
! have embrasures for cannon, deep
moat protects the German section, and
across the city wall the Germans have
erected II stone fort for artillery.
Prince Su, the collector of taxes, has
adopted the policy of taxing goods
brought into Peking for foreign mer.
chants. Heretofore such goods have
not been taxed, and the merchants
have protested to the ministers, who
held that the goods should remain un
taxed on the ground that they are in
tended for the use of the legations
Fog Cnuscs ..oI.cy Accidents.
lica. =, y, E.t. . There was Il
dense fog in This city early in the
morning, and before it lifted there
were three trolley ear accidents on
the Lincoln avenue line two ears came
together with terrific force. nearly dc.
moliShing both. -Four men were III.
jured one motorman. two Italian
workmrn and Il clothing cutter The
injuries are severe cuts and bruises
ana the men are IN Il hospital. About
the same time two Phillip street ears
came together in Columbia street and
were wrecked. Several passengers
were injured, but the scvcrcst case Il
that Of Daniel Palmer. who has IL fl.ac.
turc Of the left thigh and ankle. The
third collision was a half hour later
but IN this case there were no severe
injuries, though the ears were put on,
of service. All three accidents hap.
pcncd in tho same section Of the city.
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