Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-23
4 YELLOW CRIME
THE SIEGE IN PEKIN.

stood the siege best are the mission
aries. They have been more crowded
than any others all the Americans be
Ing compelled to occupy the British le
cation chapel. where they are. indeed
closely packed. while the English mis-
s1cnaries occupy part of the first sec.
retary's house. The Americans HAY.
formed into two messes the PreSbyte.
rians and Methodists eating at or,
time. the CoAgregationaiists who ar,
IN the majority, at another. They
brought in With them considerable,
provisions in the way of timed stores
but have been compelled to draw from
the commissariat their supply of rice
ana cracked wheat each day. The for
elgn ministers guaranteed the thre,
shopkeepers of Picking. Messrs. Nrue.
ger of kierullf 4 Co, linbeck anG
Chamot, the amount of their stock
II they would turn it into a commits
sary's hands for distribution to the
entlre community as needed. This WAS
Mt once done and Il commissary de
partment appointed to take charge
Many of the besieged owned ponies D,
mules, which Mere also placed undo,
COMMITTEES. consisting of MeSsrs. AL
'e'itsN w ana I'TaZleF. tne or TWO OF
these animals have been killed each
day and each person (foreigner) has
been allowed to draw nalf a pound OF
meat. Many at first could not be per-
suaded to even taste horse meat ol
mule meat but after several weeks OF
siege life there we,'e Very few who did
not daily go to the butchery for their
supply. The meat has been inspected
daily by physician and a certificate
of healthy flesh given to the butcher
before the meat was allowed to be dis
pensed. One of the British marines,
William Belts of the royal marine light
infantry, had been Il butcher previous
TO enlistment. and his services have
been Invaluable to the entire coinmu
nifty. The Chinese coolies are fed With
soup made from the bones, from the
head and cleaned entries. Not an
ounce of the flesh has been wasted.
Many of the ponies that took par,
in the Picking spring meeting as racers
last May have since served us with
juicy steaks or toothsome sausage.
The mule meat is considered to be
better on the whole than horse meat
ind in this opinion | fully concur AS
we have only one donkey in the COM
pound none of us has as yet tried don
key flesh. but the Chinese assured us
1t is even better than the larger ami
mails. Several days since one of the
two COWS in the compound having
dry, was killed for food and notice
placed on the bulletin board at the bell
tower that applications for portions of
the meat would be received from all
ladies and children. but that only such
men as were wounded or i'll could, up,
on physicians certificate receive a
portion.
Every one wanted some, expecting to
change from horse J,ba r.s,,, =
most disapioointing The cn.y W.. ia
and tough and her flesh infinitelv In
lerior to the regular ration of hors. or
mule The Chinese t,bristjnns s,,,.
ported by us In the S,1 Wan.- ii, b,t-
ing been for weeks l,pon nothi,q I'm.
cracked wheat or "bo, HANG. s9r,,:s,N
We're longing for some animal food mn,
legged they might he p;ye,, so,,,a ~
he dogs that continued to come fro.,,
III over the CITY 10 fae,, a,,.h ,,ia,,t -
n the refuse In the noat b.atwsa, No
.su Wang Flu and tha Er1tieh ,eya,i',,,
A few foreigners win sbotg,,,,s 49,,
fore sailed font h vest.srl,,s 49,, III
eight good sized sne, i,,,a,'s - ~"
nine race that wera fn,.th,,.i,i,
yer to the hungry cony,.,,s f.lr'it,s.!,.
ons,,nnti,n stte -
,s.a,. ~,
IN aye ~, W. W, ~ iislilies selalefs with
10 80 1.,' sasl.4es7, plousill lew eggs
49,, natiieaae ie. sale
md ,,,,oes -. s.tie4 ~ MAS esla pilsAeu
a,,d AZ u ~. ness'is. y. ~. ffen1
10 oI,,,,, IN. ssoe. "nere eggs eould
,ron,a. Iva w pi,,,., .a.a lor numbers OF
a " anu 1hii.le'l IN househoid,
rnasa -, w" LII, .ne supply on hald.
d.. e, 90 VIZ soNi az cents each.
a,.n ~ o.een eile suppiS oiils admitted OF
$3.50, uet.'5 sola 70 heusehold OF
80. e.a, VI M, otheI tiines an
rs ea .,l couiu pc opIalneq dally. But
a.as. Llie Shiles5e solalers soon found
. ~ Via. eiieli ssieiers We're doing and
l,,,e.. 's.opl,ea ~ SO that after Au-
gust y tHe market Was Obliged to close