The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-16
SAVED THE CHINESE
UNITED STATES REPRESENTA-
TIVES AT PEKIN
GERMAN SENTRY WAS SHOT
Report of squabbIe at Pekin Be
tween Soldiers of the Kaiser
and the Forces of
Uncle Sam.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-It is now
apparent from mail reports which have
just reached the state department from
China that it was solely through the
moderation and humanity exercised by
the United States representatives at
! Pelxin by the presidents direction in
the early negotiations for settlement
of the Boxer trouble that number of
! innocent lives were not sacrificed. These
! reports show that a more sober and
painstaking inquiry has developed the
| fact that some of the Chinese officials
supposed to have been connected with
| the Boxer outrages, whose capital pun
/ ishment was demanded by the foreign
ministers, have been proved to be en-
! tirely innocent of the charges made
! against them. In many other cases proof
| has been adduced that the offenses with
which the Chinese officials were charged
| were not nearly so grave as was sup
! posed at first by the foreign representa-
tives in Pekin. Therefore, it is regarded
| here by officials as a. matter for con-
graduation that Messrs. Conger and
! Rockhill moved with deliberation and
! acted as a restraining influence in the
! matter of punishment, for not only were
| these lives saved, but under their in
fluence, the whole list of capital sen
fences was reduced from ten to four, and
! ed.
HIT THE WRONG MAN.
The last mail from the East has
brought a detailed newspaper account
! of the shooting affray at FeKin, which
has resulted in German claim against
the United States. The account, which
appears in a Japanese newspaper, states
! that an American sentry had been posted
at the western extremity of LIE EItion
A.
! legation is building. That portion of Lee
| cation street was being newly macada-
mixed and rolled. A barltcade had been
put up and Maj. Robertson had placed
81 sentry on the spot to order persons
not to ride over the newly made road,
pedestrians only being allowed to ira
| verse it. A German officer came riding
along, knocked down both sentry and
the barricade and galloped across the for
hidden route. The sentry scrambled to
his feet and sent bullet after the officer,
! but missed, and the bullet lodged in the
leg of a German sentry standing on
duty half way down the street The
newspaper says that the American was
! sentenced to one months Imprisonment
and fined months pay, presumably
for hitting the wrong man"
THE KOREAN RIOTS.
Full mail reports that reached WASH
the Korean island of Zuelpart, say that
| 1t Is not improbable that the appear
ance on the scene of trouble of two
French gunboats and one Japanese war
ship may lead to foreign intervention.
| If the islanders persist in their rebel
hous attitude it will be difficult, if not
impossible for the Korean government
to put 1t down without foreign assist
| ance. The French minister at Seoul re-
ports that the employment of native
Catholics to collect exorbitant taxes
caused the natives to prosecute their
! brethren.
TRADE WITH BELGIUM.
The bureau of foreign commerce of the
state department made public today a
chapter of the volume entitled CONNER
cial Relations for 1907 which is now in
press, this extract dealing with United
| States trade with Belgium.
According to Consul Winslow at Liege,
! Belgium, is manufacturing country,
having exported last year some $3.50, 600
| 900 worth and imported over $40O. coo 900
worth. OF the imports the United States
contributed over 500 900, coo worth and re-
ceived some 100000 worth of the ex-
| ports.
Report of Consul Lincoln at Antwerp
says that the trade between the two
| countries last year was marked by a
large gain in imports of corn from the
/ United states, an increase In the impOr-
tation of firearms into the United States
and decrease in the Importation into
! Belgium of American refined petroleum,
| bicycles, hemp, wheat and salted or
| smoked meats.
Our iron working machinery, according
TO Consul WlnsloW, is sought by Belgium
manufacturers in preference to adj other
Kinds, even at an advance in price over
! the machinery of other countries ana
their own. The German imitation is adj
American original
American machinery, 1t is stated. has
wonderfully changed the matter of maxi
/ ing firearms in Belgium, and many of
! the cheaper weapons are now made by
automatic machinery at a great reduc-
! ton in price
During the first three quarters of 1900
! at least $1,000 of what are known as
| the machine made guns were shipped to
/ the United States. Large numbers of the
famous damask gun barrels, made nos
where in the world except at Liege, also
! find ready sale in America. The secret
! of manufacturing these guns Is handed
down from father to son, and is jealousy
| guarded.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
Today's statement of the treasury bal
ances IN the general fund.- exclusive of
| the $780, coo gold reserve in the division
OF redemption, shows: Available cash
pe pa an e. gold $99 o4SSO4 silver
! $20, ,7Gl; United States notes. S14 pol 0AI;
treasury notes of $780, SIG, 63S; national
bank notes, $9,046,12S; total receipts this
81, 7S9, O94; total expenditures this day. ST.
! $685. 600; total expenditures this month
$S0,0S0,O0O; deposits in national banks,
| $Ivo, S59, 259.
National bank notes received today for
redemption. $7S3, 649 Government receipts
from internal revenue, SLIP 94.; customs
! $1O,907; miscellaneous, $123 299
The annual report of the auditor for the
treasury department shows that during
the year 5000 accounts We're examined
| involving $500, 7S1 OLA, as follows: Gus
toms, 1854, 279 ,005 internal revenue, 1858,
SS2O54; public debts division, 500 9S3 654;
| miscellaneous, $S645, 53O1H; customs,
| warehouse and bond accounts, $193, 625. 49,:
| internal revenue stamp accounts, SOS. 800
| S26; as compared with the previous year
| the work of the offices show an increase
| of 2,912 in the number of accounts settled
and a decrease of 1921, 6S4,74 in the
| amount involved.