The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19

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Picking says that Count Won Walders
see escaped from the burning palace
of the empress, which was destroyed
sby, fire during the day, through g win;
dow with great difficulty. Major Cen
5eral Schwartzkopf, Count Won Valdez
sees chief; Of staff, appears to- have
lost his life by returning to the burn
Ing building after having escaped
;from it, Incendiarism IS, suspected. !
ACCUSED OF DOUBLE: DEAllNe..
missionary Makes Serious CHARGES
M Against II Hung Chang: :, Z. Y T.; i:
sss1 Peking,; April 10. "A missionary
named Killie has returned from San
sHo, where Christians were burned to
death inkDecember: Mr.. Killie re.
ports to General Chaffee that some
thine ago some of his converts were,
KILLED. He had the guilty parties tried
Hi the Chinese courts, where they Were:
sconvicted and sentenced to death sub.
Eject to-. II Hung Changes signature.
Mr.. Killie came to Picking and saw Ii,
who said the men should be executed
Upon going to San Ho
three weeks later the missionary
found the men all alive: He spoke to
sa judge3sof the Chinese courts upon,
the matter. who thereupon showed
him letter from Ii Hung Chang.
giving explicit Instructions that the
men must not be executed, as they
had only been convicted on the, testi-y
smony Of Christians. consequently the
sevidence was untrustworthy. Mr.
SKillie has copy of this letter. In the
meantime the French had proved the
same men guilty of incendiarism and
other outrages and demanded their:
lux scc1ution; whereby pom the Judge again
showed Els orders from Ii Hung
Chang The French authorities re-
Piled that IL the men we're not exc
Scuted within eight days they would
take the law into their own hands
and punish the Chinese officials like
wise: *s 49,. + "a 'g..ts5ySs
The ministers Of the foreign pow
erssj view with alarm, the expedition
against, General Liu Kwan Ting, AS
they think he will retreat. probably
laying waste the villages he traverses
and killing native Christians, and that
snch actions will be used as an ex-
cuse by the military for further az.
gression, and probably the taking Of
TAI Yum Flu, the capital OF Shen 81
province. y y 49, s 4 IT,: 4 "a. 4
Captain Reeves, attached to the
American legation here, accompanies
the expedition to observe happenings
al behalf Of the United States. 49, 2 III
VAT the meeting OF the foreign minis.
tors the question Of indemnities was
discussed. NJ Il is now estimated that
E70, 00o,0 900 will cover all claims. =.s s.
LOOK ron. MORE TROUBLE. ~
Chinese Troops Massins Near the
Frontier Of Chi u. IA; II 81 a
Ss Peking, April 18.-Trustworthy Chi
nese report that troops in large mum.
bers are massing in the province OF
Shan 81 near the frontier Of the PROV
stnce .of Chi Il. Well informed ma
tives prophesy further trosble. II ItF II
Impossible to ascertain whether the
court Is playing q double game or It's
authority II insuffi Client to prevent
Tie Chinese generals acting ii man
! psr likely TO provoke tilities. The
flck that tor many months there has
sIbsen nothing n the shape Of 1 de
ifacto government favorsE TIE latter;
hypothesis. Probably q great deal
viii depend upon the Franco German
expedition inflicting q severe defeat
upon the Chinese who have trans.
gressed the agreement BY entering In
to the sphere Of the allies. II these
Offenders are thoroughly punished II
iss likely TO produce a. good erect.
CONVICTED Or Conspiracy.
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