The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
REBELS KILL TWO
GENERALS BECAUSE
THEY QUARRELED
Behead Offenders as a
Warming to
Others
TWO CITIES LOST
TWO CITIES LOST
BY the Inperialists Today
When Canton and Tien
Tsin Go Over

london. England. 1.-The city OF
Canton. China, today proclaimed its
independence from the Chinese cm-
pirc,
Ticu Tsin also went over TO the
rebels today,
Shanghai. China. General l.i.
with his rebel army, is marching on
/ rckin today. having broken off me-
sotations for peace with Yuan Shi
ISai
jealousy between Generals CHA
and Tseng OF the rebc! army threat
tened TO iniurc the cause. so the rcb-
els named two committees to dis
pose Of their quarrel. These COM
'.nillccs descended simultaneously
on tho tents of the two generals.
SHOT them to death and beheadcd
them, as n warming TO other mbi-
tious generals.
Tie rebels arc expected to seize
j'isu Tain, the seaport OF Pckin. to-
day, MANY Manchus are there and
4 massacer is expected. Hard fight
ing is still going on at NanllinS and
several hundreds are reported as
KILLED
1t is estimated $5o,ooo.oOo worth
of property was destroyed in the
/ burning of Hankow and that a half
imilion people are homeless ana
/ loodlcss. The fate Of the Wesley
an Mission is still in doubt
/ Nankow Two Thirds Burned.
!Iankow, China. (Noy. ), via Wu-
/ lIu> Tho city of lianlSow has bcen
| destroyed by iirc, over iwo-thlrds oil
its extent Tho lowest estimate of
THE loss is 500, ,000,000. l'ully ioo,-
ooe persons arc destitute. hundreds
of half burned bodies lie among the
ruins, Most of them are tic bodies
of women and children.
| Tho customs house. the postoIlice
and the American missions have been
spared, The city has been looted
the imperialists taking Il hand in the
+ pilIage. lmperialist officers tried to
check this work and executed Il num-
bcr of soldiers. Refugees were de-
| privcd OF their loot on entering the
/ British concessions, cart loads Of val
uablc furs, silks and icwclry being
srzcd. II is suggested that the Red
Cross receive the proceeds.
! On Friday afternoon the consuls
appealed to the impcrialists to cease
burning the town. n proclamation
which was issued Immediately de-
cinrcd that the rebels We're RESPONSE
/ bic for the fires an1 ordered that
these be checked. The following day
4 new fires started i'm various quarters.
The David Hill memorial school
for the blind connected with the Wcs-
)eyan Mission has been looted while
4 in contrast all the mission property
in Wu-Chang which is held by the
reNolutonarics has been protected
Nanking but PARTIAL. Taken.
4 Shanghai The latest adviccs
received here say that the attempt
of the insurgents to seize Nankin2
was only partly successful. They
Il were rcpulsod ut some points but
captured the armorv forts behind the
city. They lost moro than 100 men
killed
AT the south gate 1000 imperial
lists joined the revolutionarics on re-
ccipt of 100000 tacls tS2OO.oO0).
The Manchu general Chang Chur
is still holding out. Tho foreign
residents have either left the city OF
taken refuge in the consulate.
In Shanghai the revolutionaries
arc trying to force the Taoti to give
up the seals OF his Office and the gov
crllment securities. This, however
he refused to do, it is understood or
the advice Of the counsus. The
rcvolutionaries are short OF none.
and are lcvying contributions on TIL,
wealthy citizens. Sixty thousant
t;lcls were abstracted by force from
the Golfers OF one unwilling mer
chant.