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The evening world., 1911-05-27
Ithacans Slight Favorites, but
Crimson Eight Has Trained
Hard for This Contest.

ithaca, ". Y. MAY n.
THE pistol that sends the Cornell
and Harvard Fights OF on their
annual two-mils race here this
afternoon will start what ought TO prove
tho classic event OF the season to date
In rowing circles. Both crews are In
perfect condition. and although to-dsy's
clash Is only supposed to be al incident
In the training season OF each. 1t Is
plainly evident that both tho Crimson
and tho Red and White expect tho hard
est race Of their respective seasons
Heretofore, II 10 said In Boston. Har~
yard has trained strictly for the race
with Yale held late In June. and q
Jim wray has allowed but slight devils
ton from tho regular routine OF work In
preparation for tho meeting with Cor
neli. ~, his year. either because the
CrimsA uSes not fear much from the
New Havenites or because they are de-
termined TO humble tho disciples OF
Courtney. they have laid Unusual stress
on the meeting with Cornell.
Tho entire Cambridge squad arrived
at sheldraks springs. twenty-s'x miles
up Cayusa Lake from Ithaca. last
Wednesday morning. Training quarters
had been improvised for them there and
they have put IN their time since
Wednesday putting on tho finishing
touches In preparation for tho race ana
getting used to tho water. OF course
tho ~Poughkeepsie regatta Is supposed to
be no climax OF tho rowing season for
Cornell, but It Is generally believed h a
tho Ithacans think Harvard is about as
strong a crew as they Will face this
year and they have been far from lido
In getting to form.
How Crews Have Trained.
The same day the Harvard crew ar
rived here the Red and White varsity
squad emigrated from their local boat
house TO Glenwood. two miles up the
lake, where 1t was thought they could
enjoy better training conditions and the
heat would be less Intense. From these
camps both crews have been training
since Wednesday.
Harvard has managed to get on the
water twice a dag for short spins In the
morning and a longer row at night. The
Red and White eight have contented
themselves with one practice "A day. as
they have been attending classes right
along. Rowing conditions have been eN-
cellent In the afternoons when the wlhd
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r. Keene to Send MANY
OF His Best Colts to ENGLAND

Tho American cup defenders and Forhal T..
keenes Fesbootws will play . game Of polo
TO-DAY. while tho British cavalry officers and =
pioh~i team will play their final practice game
TO morrow at tho tocssway Hunt Club. Field.
Neither the American nor tho English teams took
part In q practice game yestsnday.
The Atlantic Yacht Club will hold IA first
s~tes Of races Tor the season to-day with . re-
gatts. which will he an open race for all clauss
q sloops. -chooners AMI yawls, The committe.
has decided TO start the shooners. slooIs sni
yawls Of class y AMI atn'e at | T.. VI. over az
outside oour-. while the smaller cla1e- will
race over the usual Gra,cscnd Ray courses and
viii eeet away at 3 4. ".
By defeating Charles Weston ~ Chleaso ta
the ihiri time IN succession In their match Tor
the nnol championship title at Iboyle's Academy.
Alfred DE ORC atm retains his uile. scoring COZ
balls to NELSON'S 31T. lie oo sent M, record
run a bit higher, making the high un Of 90.
jerome u. Travers. reprc ~ruting the uppcr
Moutclalr Country club. and Oswald kirkby OF
the Enslcwooi County Cub viii battle for tho
Metropolitan title In the thirty -,yhole final at
Garden CITY today. hiDby survived tho third
and sml final rouads a. the expense of MAJ
rcshoN. the VI. g., \. title holder. Tnror lie
iea'ei NJ. ~. BucsnSr and Jane. u. Hyde In
successive mAtcheA
II. X. Devereux. secretary To tho American
Association u Trotting iior~e Breedcrs, hs, jus,
announced the places a. winch The great stake.
Tor htreyear.olds ~ hi. year viii he decided.
The Matrpn stake will he raced At Tho Michigan
worth between 50 800 and = 5000 Tie "G'6s@'
uiOa.hip Stallion stake las been awarded 20 the
kentncky Trottus tlorse Brrrdeis' Association
Tor the annual meeting At Lexington. Ky. The
trotiing division u the Champion stallion stake
/, .~ehsiuied Tor Monday, oct ., and the pacin.
division iag Neduc.d4H bet IL. at Lexington.
Cornell va, Dictated Ia A dual tennis match Al
Hanover, y. II, b. Dartmouth. the score being
3 ~ ! Tic green pla} crs took two mstche, On
the singles, and won the only doubles event PLAY O.
after a stiff contest.
Gtstsye y. Touchari won the final n IA,
Bronx championship single, ON the courts NJ a.,
Bedford Park Club. he defeated >. illuau
Voshcll ~ Br1pklyn after four hAri sets, "a
. Is, B-J. 50 T1urharl. a former holder 0
the title, wall meet Carleton II, Gardner. IA,
californian. for the Guy snd championship 10
NOTION,
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Phillies Hang to Second Posi-
ton by Feeble Lead Of
-Four Points.
BY BULGER.

@NcE moro the Giants have
climbed to ehs top Of the trem-
bling ladder. and they had better
shake their of foot or down Il will
come with a thump. Verify. tho Ma
tional League ace this season 10 q
game Of climbing the srsas pole. and
tho bag OF gold awaits him who can
get TO the top and stick. II 10 possible
for the Cubs and Philhes 70 give tho
old ladder an extra hard kick this
afternoon and tumble the Giants into
third place. but " prefer to hope for
tho best.
Take q look at the figures and trsm-
bic. The Giants are In the lead by q
margin OF seven points and the Philliea
are hanging 70 the second rung by the
feeble lead OF four points. The Pirates
were q daily menace until yesterday,
when the Reds made them haul down
their black nag and get out Of on,
Nlect party Of three. Mcoraw wirst
Clarke Grimth his congratulations and
thanks last night.
The slightest move can change eht
whole map Of h league these days
and that 10 one D why Ao0rav
suddenly yanked Bugs Raymond from
the brink Of ruin yesterday and ZEN
Mathewson. the wsll-known Thespian
and his Biz Six pistol 70 the fore. Al
500 a. Matty had effected the rssou>
no was swathed in horse blankets and
rushed to the rubbing table to set rsady
for another tussie to-day.
These Phillies " US much and Nc
Graw 10 determined to collect the full
debt before they escap from the Hill
top. He will work Matty against them
this afternoon. and MarQuard Is sch I'd
uleI to TAX up the white mana burden
on Monday. Raymond had pitched q
beautiful game up TO the eighth inning,
when he suddenly let out some sla Oh
and q base on balls was followed BY A
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Manager Mack of Athletics
Agrees to Part With His
Star First BaSeman.

T YARRY DAVIS. first baseman OF the
Athletics. will be the anage OF
the Cleveland American League
team next year. When the Philadelphia
team recently stopped In Napville there
were numerous conferences between
Manager Mack. Davis and the Cleveland
management. Mack was reluctant at
first at the proposition OF parting with
his star and Davis didn't seem partIcu-
larry anxious. either. 10 take such a
position. but the bait was so tempting
that he finally decided to accept.
man OF tho Maps, II AZ present the
leader Of the club, He assumed the joo
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GIANTS HOLD FIRST PLACE AGAIN.;
NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE CLOSE
Deserves
Credit for Victory

While Matty helped to pull tho
Giants out of the dangerous mire.
the main credit OF the victory
should 90 to little Josh Devors.
He took Doolan's liner and shot II
back I o the plate with such speed
and precision that Luderus was
out by ten feet. In tho first inning
Josh made another great throw
which pegged Paskert at second.
An outfelder Il wearing some
throwing arm when he can figure
In two double plays In a single
game. Josh also led on with tho
hit that brought about the two
winning runs In the eighth. Terre
iIaute Is Justly proud OF this abb
breviated son. though Josh says
tho citizens out there. when they
look at his size. refuse to believe
that he 10 tho real Josh Devors
OF the New York Giants.
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Two Games At Olympic Field.

At the olympic Field Tomorrow .
double-hcadcr will be played. In which
the Anooin Giants. tho colorsd team.
will tackle two fast eomd-professional
teams. In the first sams the Linodn
Giants will meet the Wilmington
Giants. while in tho second tussls the
Paterson club will Co against the Ln-
coin Giants.
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Temporarily Put Out
of Running Through De-
feat by Reds.

Manager Doom caused q big laugh
among his friends when no too Pitcher
Burns out OF the box. II so happened
that Doom. himself. had just made a
Wild throw. which allowed two runners
to advance. II was then hat Rurns
was yanked. To the stands Il looked
as II Burns had been taken out because
Doom made a bad throw. As a matter
81 fact. Burns " a weakening and boo
In did the right thing, but he picked a
funny time to do 1t.
McGra,c has dIipdus mdin tnirsd
that tho spifboli puts moro catch
ers out 81 business than any other
one thing IN tho Odme. As a mat
ter Of fact, Raymond 10 the only
fUirler that hs dlio'os TO use tho
damp f,n1. A proof Of McGrdto's
contention that u Is a dangerous
styie Of curpe nds shown phen
Chtef Meyers lost a finger ndll by
trying TO grab n ,ctld splitter, Tho
chief t0tH probably bs out Of tho
game for several days.
The hitting honors OF the day 20 &c
Snodgrass. He was up o times anc
laced out four clean wallops. lie drov'
In every run that was scored by thu
Giants. except the one that he scoret
himself after he had stolen third.
There was much speculation last nigh
as 10 who would get credit for the vic
tory. Matty or RAYMOND. The scor,
was tied when Matty went to the res
cue. but there Is no nxed rule abouI
giving tho credit of the game. As Ray,
mond had pitched a hard Game W &
that time and Matty only worked one
inning and q half. It Is likely that Ray.
mond will get tho honor. That is a
matter entirely up to Secretary Heydler
Umpire Rigler was evidently In a
trance when he called Dooinn safe IN
the fourth. Merkle had the ball and
was standing on the bag before Doolan
got within ten feet OF II. Fans and
players alike were dumfounded when
Rigler spread out his hands. palms
down. indicating that the man was no,
mt
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Thum's White Elephant
BowltnS aud btlltsrd Academy,
31st -. and urOndway. 22tT Mso.
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Cornell was defeated Ia 4, dual tennis match At
Hanover, y. n, Is Dartmouth. the score heing
3 70 / Tie green pla} crs took two matches In
The singles. and won the only doubles event played
after a stiff contest.
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OHIO IS AFTER
 PRESIDENT TAFT
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 WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-President Taft has been notified by the party leaders from Ohio that he is their choice for the nomination to succeed himself. The president has instruct. ed the republicans to urge the move ment of having the question of choice settled by direct primaries
 The insurgents and progressives have been stating all along that Taft would stand no show In securing the nomination from the party if the ques |. ton of choice wss left to the people in direct primaries. The president is anxious to have the people express themselves and will urge that the preference for candidate for the nom nation be settled in Ohio by direct primaries
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DEFENSE TRYING TO
 BR|BE MEMBERS JURY

and full details The court ordered Franklin. the detective in the employ of the defense. placed under arres, also Lockwood and man by the name of C. F. White. Although tales. man Lockwood has turned over the money and confessed there is still . doubt in the mind of the court as to his accepting the bribe. then getting scared when it was intimated the prosecution had gotten wind of the affair.
 Bert Franklin. who Is accused of bribing. was former United States marshal. and has been employed by the defense to investigate anticedants of the jurors as soon as a venire was issued and to find out all about them. so the defense would bs fully familiar with all persons and their history when coming before them for examin- ation.
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BOARD TO REPORT NEXT WEEK.
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HAVANA. Nov 2s.--Ths board of experts appointed by the United States government to make an sx. animation of the wreck of the battis- ship Maine. now exposed in the har- Dor. with a ooffsrdam surrounding the vssssl to keep the water out. are about ready to report.
 IL is intirnated that the board will complete their work and submit their report to the secretary Of the navy next week, Also that the majority Of the board still hold to their former belief that the vessel was blown up from external and not internal ex- plosions
 It Is believed that the government will wreck the vessel and have the mass of twisted iron and stssl taken out to seq and dumped overheard for the old battisship is in such.a oondi. ton 1t Is out of the question to raise the vessel and bring it back home ss was srst reported
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That the defense would resort to trying to bribe the jury was expected by the prosecution for the evidence they have against the accused is so convincing there Is not the least shadow Of s doubt in their minds as to the guilt or innocence of the men indicted: but they did not believe they would be caught at 1t 90 early in the game.
 The defence has lots of money to spend in the case. and the state is supplying the prosecution with ample funds to eheekmate tho moves Of the attorneys for the defense and there are many detectives employed by both the attorney for the state as we'll as for the defendant.
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RYAN CONTROLLER
 BAY EPISODE HOAX
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Special Nugget Service.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov 2s-- Louis Brsndies. the great Boston at Q torney. a southerner by berth and a leading democrat. employed by ths Graham committee. during the extra session of congress 10 investigate the Ryan Controller bay episode. has made his final report to said committee.
 According 10 the eminent Boston attorney there is nothing to the charge of the famous Dick 10 Dick letter. and the democrats can very we'll sfford 10 drop it. as & practical joke played upon them by the Hon James wickersham. the present dele gate to congress from the territory of Alaska
 Investigation of the land securei by the Ryan company at Controller bay, proves they worked hard and long for a white elephant. that the people back of the scheme. were poorly advised for it Is utterly lmpractlcable for tide water connections. and the govern ment has retained thousands of acres of just as good water front along the
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HOSPITAL NOTES.

B. Moses is slightly better today. Hs has passed the best day since being taken to the hospital. although far from being out Of danger. His physI- clan reports & slight improvement for the better.
 Mir. Watson. who was taken to the hospital Monday suffering from pneu monis, Is doing quite well. and pr. Sloan has every hope of pulling him through in . few days unless eompli- cations set in
 Mrs- Oscar F. Nilsson and little girl over on the sandspit are reported as doing nicely under the care ot pr. Hill.
 Dr Mustard reports his patients all doing nicely. F. Wallace Smith get ting along well. Martin Danielson rest. ing easy. and Mir Toss, the sx- water man. gaining rapidly,
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REBELS MAKING GREAT CAMS
 IMPERIAL POWER WANINe

zens troops.
 Just who committed the massacre Is noa stated. but it Is believed to have been committed by the Manchus who are now trying to draw the foreign powers Into their losing game.
 China lesss I've Mo~s Towns.
 PKIN.E Nov. 2s.--word that Nan. king has fallen has reached the city. but details are lacking Word has also been received that the rebels have captured Han Yang and wu Chang
 The cabinet believes it Is all about over and the march upon Pekin Is ex- pected to commence most any moment nowthat the large field army has been completely defeated at Sanking
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FATHER AND 4 CHILDREN BURNED
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NEW WESTMINSTER. E. C. Nov. 2s-Thomas Moore and his four chil- dren were burned to death last night by their residence catching fire while they were asleep
 The particulars of the fire and it's origin are not known. The blaze must nave started after the father and children retired for when the burning structure was discovered the whole in . side was a mass or flames. The de- partment got the better of the Are after the hone had been destroyed. and the chsrred remains of the father ard four children near that part of the house where their respective sleeping rooms were located told the sad story of their being burned 10 death while asleep
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zAPAT|STAS BAND
 KILLED IN MEXICO

month ago carrying on the depreda tions in that state and entering ozuma where they collected GOO pesos by means Of forced loans
 They also blew up one of the rail road bridges to cut off the army from persuing them while on their raids Colonel Riverou has heen after tho Zapatstas for sometime ana was only able to come up with the band yes terday. and completed eXterminsted them
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Special Nugget Service.

op>Sssi Nsaeet oerNsce.
 RANKING. Nov 2s-Thls morning at six o'clock being the hour set for General Chang. the Tartar commander of the ImperialIsts forces within the walled city. 10 surrender or agree to cspitulate. and no answer being re- ceived by the general In command of the citizens army. simultaneous at Q tack was made upon the four gates of the walled city.
 The rebels were making preparation during the night to strike the decisive blow today If the Tartar general re- fused to surrender the city.
 After four hours of fighting In which large siege guns were employed to blow up the gates the revolutionists gained an entrance to the inner wall ed city of Ranking and a terrible slaughter took place in the hand to hand fight of the citizens army and the Manchus
 Details of the actual fighting the number killed and captured are not 10 hand. the fighting is still going on with endorsements entering the city from the four gates now in complete control of the revolutionists.
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ICE FloE COMING IN.

This morning the large ice feids that have been lowering off the town of late came In from the eastward at the rate Of about i've miles per hour. and grounded on the beach shortly before noon.
 It looks like heavy ice that has come 10 stay and there is lots of Il now along the beach.
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Special Nugget Service.

Lo sANGELEs. Nov 2s.-ouite a sensation was sprung yesterday af- ternoon when Bert Franklin. in the employ of the attorneys for the de- fense of James McNamara. the first of the alleged dynamiters Of the Los Angeles Times building. was arrest ed for trying to bribe members of the jury
 It Is popular belief that Franklin Is guilty for he went SO far with two members of the Jury that they have the goods to prove the attempt at bribfng in the form of five hundred dollars and the promise of four thou sand more should they succeed in securing an acquittal
 The juror who gave notice that the defense was trying to bribe him is one George x. Lockwood. and he has turned over five hundred to the court
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PACIFIC FLEET
 AT HONOLULU
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HONOLULU. Nov. -.--1he Paclnc fleet of cruisers en route 10 China ar rived here this morning. and will spend a couple of days cosllng and making ready 10 continue the trip to the Orient. unless rush orders are re eeived from the navy department. then they can be ready to put 10 ses this evening
 The officers Tn charge of the desI report s smooth passage 10 the islands and made good time all the way keep ing together and picking up eonsid, ershle war news from passing steam CTS
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NEGRO ESCAPES
 A SECOND TIME
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Special Nugget Service.
 WASHINGTON. Ga. Nov 2s.-s. T B. Walker. a negro who was being brought 10 this place to be hanged from Augusta. escaped from the officers and they cannot find the least trace of him
 This Is the second time that Walker has escaped from the officers since being sentenced 10 be hanged The negro leaped from the train while t was going at a rapid rate and being dark the officers do not know lust where he landed. No traces of him have been found. nor where he hit after Jumping from the express
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VOL CAST -WEl-ls
FioHT IS OFF
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speo'ai Nugget Service.
 LOS ANGELES. Nov. 2s.-The great international championship light be. tween Ad wolssst. the American champion. and English Wells. which was scheduled 10 take place tomorrow Thanksgiving. has been declared ofr.
 Ad wolgastC the American cham. plon. has appendicitis and the doctors state he will have to be operated upon al once If he does not care to take chances
 woigast suffered from a severe at. tack of appendicitis yesterday after. noon and the doctors pronounce 1t a case whore operation will have 10 be resorted to al once
 Money for the fight has been refund. cd. the demands for tickets being very great to see the miil
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Special Nugget Service

MEXICO CITY. Nov ey-Colonel Riverou. in command of the Thirty second infantry has killed off the band of Zapatistas. who have been commit ting many depredations for the past month in and about the state of Maxico.
 The number reported in the band killed yesterday being placed at fifty and are the same raiders who entered the stateof Mexico from Morelos about
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shore oi Controller bay SO ths, even a hint of monopoly cannot be lodged against the government In It's grant 10 the Ryan syndicate for ccr- tain water front privileges.
 According 10 the published infor- nation given to the press by the Boston attorney. Louis Brsndies. the democrats In the extra session of congress had a hoax played upon them by two persons one a woman correspondent by the name Of Abbot. who appears 10 have been "wised up" by the delegate from Alaska, James wickersham. and made the wonderful. discovery or the famous Dick to Dick letter. with the po.tscrip in the presidents hand writing. that failed to msterialize. and the other person being the very same deleCate from Alaska. who was apparently courting the limelisht
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HAWKING |S CAPTURED
NUGGET WILL OBSERVE THANKSGIVING.

The Nugget will not publish \ @ tomorrow. being Thanksgiving ' ' day. for the proclamation os both [ Y President Tasr and Governor ' ' Clark dispatched to this paper : Y asking all good citizens in Alas E > ka to suspend their usual occu- < 4 patton and labors upon that day <
 & should be needed. ' Y Wishing all our patrons a most \
 < happy time tomorrow. we will <
 < present to them on Friday all ' N the latest as we'll as the most re- < Y liable news they now depend up- E ' on this paper to furnish them 4
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.hAve YOUR TICKET
 READY. PLEASE.

II you want to be sure of getting in A. B. Hall on Thanksgiving evening. get your ticket today from the ticket selling committee. Mrs Sauvain echairman). Mrs. Schofield. Mrs. AL Ian. Mrs. De La Croix. also Toby.
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WE DO THE WORK

PssP.ss Laundry gre masins . sps- slaity ef rough dry isundr, oivs us . trial.
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A. 8 DANCE FRIDAY EVENING.
 The A. s.'s will give one of their weekly dances Friday evening, Dc. eember 8. tor 4. 6s and their friends
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REMEMBER ThE NAME

For prompt and satlsfsetnTy Isuadr, work ssli up the Peoples Ilundry. Phone Main tst.
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SHANGHAI. Nov. 2s.-Word has reached the city that three French Catholic missionaries and a number of converted Chinese have been mass- acred al Yum Nan. during light be- tween the imperlalists and the citl-