The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-11-09
0RRIBlE SCENES
IN HANkOW BLAZE,
MANY LOSE LIVES
-.ethodist Mission, With Blind
Inmates, Consumed in the
Awful FIRE.

Pekina, Nov. 6.-Gen. Il Yuen
Heng, Commander Of the revolu-
sionary forces, today replied to the
request Of the national assembly
eae negotiations, saying the ~.
sembiy would better leave the final
arrangement between the dynasty
and tho rebels in the hands of
those who are doing the fighting.
At tho same tirne . message to the
government came from Yuan Shi
Kai, in which he again asked per-
mission to suspend hostititie pend
ing q reply from Ii Yuen Hang TO
his compromise suggestions.
Hankow, Nov. 6. (Via Wuhu.)-Al-
lost the whole OF the native city OF
Iankow Is aire this morning and It Is
cared that the Wesleyan mission, mem
he Han river. in which are 50 blind
v and $50 wounded persons, who.
nth the staff of the mission. make up
total of 800 persons, was destroyed.
DIR, Booth, the hea OF the mission,
sked the imperialists to grant an ar
listice OF two hours to permit OF re-
noval from the mission, but the firing
tearner which attempted to rescue the
inmates Of the mission, was driven
Jack by the fire from the rebel fort One
::s::| TIC Steamer 9 Ou5o
When the vessel was compelled to
urn back, the mission was still stand
6. but its position was hopeless. the
lanes being within 200 yards of It.
Loya!is.s Start Fire.
The fires in the town were started
" the imperialists. who threw in
lammable shells into the place. a
trong wind carried the flames across
he river to Hanyang and a strip of
hat city on the water front a mile long
vas destroyed and the fire Is still
burning there.
the imperialists are appearing to ad-
sance, occupy the unburned parts of
aankow.
When the steamer left, an artillery
1uel was taking place between the bat
teries Of the i~mperialists, which were
planted back Of the British concession,
n the WI Chang and Hanyang forts.
Several rebel shells landed in the for
eign concessions, piercing the walls OF
houses.
The imperials occupy the district
westward of the railway station, almost
to the Han river. The chamber OF
mer asked the foreign consuls to
protest against the burning Of the city,
but the consuls declined to do so.
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ARMiNe MORE REBELS
TO FIGHT THE THRONE
Shanghai, Nov. 6.--The new revofu-
tionary government which is irnperson-
al nevertheless effectively controlled
the situation in Shanghai and on the
Yangtse delta today.
Since morning the rebel cause has
been strengthened by the arming Of all
those who applied for rifles and am
munition. the rebels obtained not only
the arsenal but the powder factory
gun boats and an enormous supply Of
new n first class mauser rifles. Fully
10000 rifles We're given indiscriminate-
ly to applicants this evening.
The forts at Wusung went over to
the rebels without resistance and the
other upriver forts hoisted the white
flag as IL through a previous under
standing with the rebel commander
The revolutionists can hardly be said
to have seized" Shanghai, WI Sung
and the other up river forts. It was
simply a change of control In which
practically every one acquiesced. About
10 persons were killed and 20 other In.
jured, but most of the casualties were
accidental, due to the explosion o,
dynamite used to open the gates of the
cities which had been practically
closed.
Up to 6 o'clock tonight there had no,
been a single case of disturbance with
in the foreign settlement. Many fore
igners visited the arsenal, everywhere
they were treated with the utmos,
courtesy.