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TOPEKA STATE JOtTRN"ATj, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST .11, 1900.
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LIVING JfT CHINA.
Emma SIlTer, Tope t a Mission
ary, Writes From Shanghai.
Tells of Great Excitement
Among the People.
HATED FOREIGNERS.
Why Chinese Would Driye Out
the Whites.
Boxers Mislead Their Followers
With Kidiculous Stories.
Mrs. J. R. Silver, of 1531 College ave
nue, has received a letter from her
daughter dated Shanghai, China, July
8. Mrs. Silver has two daughters who
are missionaries in China and who have
passed through- some exciting times
Miss Emma Silver has gone to Japan
while her sister, Josie, remains at
Shanghai. Extracts from her letter fol
low: "Of course you want to hear of the
state of affairs here. I expect the
American papers have even better ac
counts than we 'here. We heard of a
secret telegram going out that the pa
pers here were suppressed to avoid a
panic. It must have stirred up a com
motion, for cablegrams tiave been, com
ing from relatives inquiring about those
here. The board has sent urgent orders
for all missionaries to come to the
ports. It has been a great upturning
of plans, for of late years few have gone
to Japan, preferring the mountain re
sorts just opened in China, However,
some have already gone to Japan and
others are planning to.
"If we stay out here and only read the
papers and do not hear the talk of peo
ple one may live quite care free. But
the return of some one from town with
rumors is enough to stir us up and Uiey
usually come towards night. In the
evening we discuss the possibilities of
attack but by morning can almost laugh
at ourselves.
"We have three rifles and cartridges
in our rooms and four rockets to fire
as a signal to town and the United
States gunboat. Everyone looks for an
attack to be made first at our place, but
everyone also hope that the Chinese
have too much money in Shanghai to
care for war and that the two viceroys
are sincere and will be firm in their as
surances of doing their best to prevent
war.
"One of the native school boys said
that the general opinion among the
Chinamen is that China would be better
off without the foreigaers than with
them. They say the foreigners came
here and got rich off of the Chinamen
and that in every business the foreign
er gets the highest salary, that the for
eigner had forced opium on China and
that the Chinese had been compelled to
give up piece after piece of their coun
try just for burning a few buildings or
killing a few foreigner This gixtes
you an idea of the inborn dislike the
Chinamen have of the foreigner, that
even the converts are not rid of.
"The boxers, it is believed by the na
tives, fight by magical power. For ex
ample: "1. They twirl their fistd around and
the foreigners' beads drop off in a
trice.
"2. Three foreign soldiers beat a box
er to no effect when the boxer turned
and slapped the three soldiers and all
their teeth, fell from their jaws.
"3. When the soldiers were assault
ing a city gate an old man urged the
people not to fear; he would protect
them. The next day an old man sat
above the gate and waved his bandana
to the soldiers whose bullets fell harm
less. "4. Two children carrying lighted
straws entered a church when in a trice
it lay in a blackened heap.
"5. Another church was pulled down
more marvelously than Samson des
troyed the building of the Philistines. A
cash stuck in the wall at one side and
another on the other side and a pull on
a piece of yarn and the building fell in.
A cash is a Chinese coin.
"And these things are believed, by the
natives.
"We had a thunder and lightning
storm when lamps had to be kept light
ed until ten o'clock in the morning. The
natives said it was because a daughter-in-law
in a fit of anger attempted to
kill her mother-in-law. Now they say
it portended the destruction of the for
eigners and that a star fell.
"The Weihein Mission buildings have
been burned. Mr. Chalfant and the oth
er missionaries who were at the mission
were about to leave when on Monday
afternoon a crowd of boxers gathered
outside the gates. Mr. Chalfant went
out to talk to them. Their violence in
creased so he went back and got his
revolver and kept them back with that
for a time. At last he saw they were
closing in around him and he made
his escape inside the gate. As night
came on they finally forced an en
trance at an unused gate, and the party
took refuge in one of the houses and
barricaded the door. When they saw
the chapel on fire it seemed that they
must flee for their lives. While the
boxers were plundering the boxes they
had all packed and ready for the start
the next day, they made their escape
over the wall by a ladder in front.
Avoiding the villages and keeping to the
fields as much as possible they made
their way twenty miles to the camp of
some German miners, with whom they
were afterward escorted to the coast.
"One can seldom look out of the win
dow without seeing loads of household
furniture, trunks, etc., of the Chinese
who are fleeing from the danger they
fear in Shanghai. Of course all these
alarms have largely affected business
and there will be many without their
daily food. Nothing else is talked of
and with the prospect of civil war which
the order of Prince Tuan to the gover
nor of Shantieng to proceed against
Nankin with 18,000 troops seemed to
predict there would indeed be sad times
for our Chinese of the Taugataze Valley.
The viceroy of Nankin is friendly to
wards foreigners and has given assur
ance of his intention to protect them.
People have a great deal of confidence
in this Nankin viceroy, Liw Kun Yi,
and they think they may believe what
he says.
"The Fourth we spent in a quiet way.
At five o'clock we went out to the
recreation grounds to watch the volun
teers drill. Crowds of people went out
as everybody is interested in the volun
teers these days."
Injunction Asked.
Wichita, Aug. 11. The Otter Creek
Mining company, attempting to oper
ate in the Kiowa-Comanche reserva
tion has asked the courts to enjoin Col
onel Randlett, Indian agent, from in
terfering with their alleged rights as
miners. .
Hugh Alexander for Judge.
The Populists and Democrats of the
judicial district composed of Republic,
Washington and Cloud counties in a
convention held at Concordia yesterday
nominated Hugh Alexander of Concor
dia for. district judge.
JEFFRIES AND SHARKEY
Visit Fitzsimmons The Sailor De
clares It Best Fight He Ever Saw.
New Tork, Aug. 11. Jim Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey visited Fitzsimmons and
tendered their congratulations. Jeffries
promised Fitzsimmons a fight and sug
gested that it would be an easy matter
to arrange the details. To Sharkey Fitz
simmons said:
"What do you think of the fight, Tom?
It was great, wasn't it?"
"It was a hummer," answered Shar
key, "the best I ever saw."
"Did you see how I let him hit me on
the jaw a half dozen times?" said Fitz
simmons. "Well, I did not feel his swings. I was
just looking for openings and I think I
found several."
Fitzsimmons" face showed the effects
of some of Ruhlin's punches in the ear
lier rounds. He complained of a diffi
culty in swallowing caused by the con
tact of his throat and Ruhlin's elbow.
Fitzsimmons was tired and warm, but
hardly more so than his attendants.
In a signed statement Ruhlin said:
"Staleness that comes from a year's
training did as much to make me lose
the fight last night as any blow Fitz
simmons struck me. I don't want to de
tract from Fitzsimmons' fight ability,
for I do not believe the man lives who
can hit harder or more accurately. But
I had trained too long. I knew it at
the end of the first round and even be
fore I was hit hard I could feel the re
sult of too much work. A good rest will
fix me up and I will be the champion of
the world yet."
NO TOUR F0RBRYAN.
He Will Make Speeches Only on
Special Occasions. .
Chicago, Aug. 11. William J. Bryan
will make no such extended speech
making tour of the country this cam
paign as he did four years ago. He
will make a number of speeches, but
they will be in connection with special
occasions, and not part of a general
swinging around the circle. That much
was determined during the talks which
Mr. Bryan had with the members of the
executive committee of the Democratic
national committee and that was all
that was determined.
Speaking of his own plan3 for the
campaign, as far as they were deter
mined on, Mr. Bryan said:
"No regular programme of speeches
by me will be mapped out, and no espe
cial itinerary arragned. I shall make
a few speeches during the campaign.
The times and dates will be announced
from time to time as they are deter
mined upon. Just now there is no an
nouncement of any kind to make, be
cause no date has yet been fixed or
arrangement made. When it is settled
that I am to appear at any place in
particular, the announcement will be
made. Then there will be nothing fur
ther to give out until the time and place
is determined upon. Every speech will
be independent of all others."
Asked if this was meant to include
the outing of the Irish societies here on
next Wednesday and that of the Trades
Unions on Labor day, Mr, Bryan said:
"Yes, it is not yet decided whether I
shall appear at either or both of those
occasions."
In response to a question as to his
formal letter of acceptance of the nom
ination, Mr. Bryan said:
"I cannot say now when that letter
will be read. It certainly ia not written
yet."
Mr. Bryan expects to remain here
until Monday at least, and perhaps
longer. Then he "will go to Lincoln.
HOBS ON RESTLESS.
Seeks to Secure Active Service in
China Admiral Remey Says No.
New York, Aug. 11. Constructor Hob
son has asked for the command of a
marine detachment in China, and is
ready he says, to assume the duty at
once, according to a dispatch to the Her
ald from Washington. Rear Admiral
Remey has cabled that he is opposed to
the detailing of Hobson for any such
luty. He adds that if the constructor
is able to undertake active work in the
field he is in a position to return to Ma
nila or Hong Kong, where the services
of a constructor are required in making
repair work. Hobson is still at the naval
hospital in Yokohama under treatment
for his eyes, and will probably return to
this country.
GRAT FOR SENATOR.
Fusionists Nominate Osborne County
Farmer.
The Populists and Democrats of the
senatorial district composed of Lincoln,
Russell, Osborne and Ellsworth counties
have nominated Harry Gray of Osborne
for senator. J. J. Lambert of Ellsworth
county, ex-member of the legislature
was a candidate but was defeated in the
convention.
By a vote of 16 to 21 a resolution ask
ing J. B. Dykes and Tully Scott to with
draw as candidates for congress was
defeated.
The convention declared for the elec
tion of officers now appointive by the
administration; denounce the appoint
ment of legislators to office during their
term of office and condemned Attorney
General Godard for failing to make an
effort to enforce the new etoclc yards
law.
Cable to Germany.
New York, Aug. 11. The laying of the
first telegraph cable to connect the
United States directly with Germany,
starts today from Commercial Cable
company's station on Coney Island.
This is the cable for which sanctions
were granted by the president of the
United States and the German emperor
early last year. It is expected that the
cable will be ready for the transmis
sion of messages soon after September
1. The cost of the cable will be 935,000
pounds sterling.
PASTY FOOD
Too Commonly Used.
The use of pasty cereals is not advis
able. A physician says: "Pasty cereals
are very indigestible and a bad thing
for the stomach, causing a depressed
feeling and quite a train of disorders,
particularly of the intestines and nerves.
"Cereals, such as wheat and oats, can
be cooked long enough and well enough
to fit them for human use but the ordin
ary way of cooking leaves them in a
pasty condition.
A gentleman from Evansville, Ind.,
whose name can be secured upon appli
cation to the Postum Cereal Co.; Ltd.,
Battle Creek, Mich., says: "My physi
cian prohibited the use of oats and
wheat for I was in a bad condition
physically, with pronounced dyspepsia
He said the heavy paste was indigesti
ble but that Grape-Nuts, being a thor
oughly cooked food and cooked in such a
manner as to change the starch into
grape sugar, could be easily digested. I
have become very fond indeed of Grape
Nuts and all the uncomfortable feelings
have disappeared. I have gained nearly
twelve pounds in weight and have none
of the distressed full feeling after my
meals that I had formerly. Grape-Nuts
Food has done the work."
It costs no more to chew the best
plug tobacco than it does inferior kinds.
Wetmore's Best is just as cheap
as any good plug tobacco, and is better
than all of them. That is why it is
called Wetmore's Best.
Wetmore's Best means the world's
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Every good dealer sells it.
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RATES CUT IN HALF
On Dawson Travel by the White Pass
and Yukon R. R.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 11. H. L. Gilchln
in charge of the supplies of the public
works department in the Yukon, in an
interview said that the telegraph system
between Atlin and the outside world
would be completed and in operation
by October 1 and that by the same time
the line which the dominion government
is to extend from Dawson to Ft. Cudahy
on the International bourfHary between
Yukon territory and Alaska on the Yu
kon would be ready for use. The latter
was about fifty miles long. The system
to be constructed in the Yukon basin
will connect with the British system
through the Yukon basin and serve the
chief points of the far north.
A wholesale reduction both ways on
the Yukon between Dawson and White
Horse and affecting intermediate as well
as through travel' is announced by the
White Pass and Yukon route, effective
immediately on all its steamers. The
new rates are exactly half what the
rates that prevailed up to this time
have been.
Late Dawson papers report that elab
orate preparations are being made for
the reception of Lord and Lady Minto
at Dawson. i
PLOT AGAINST BOBS.
It is the Talk of London Town to Ex
elusion of Chinese Matters.
New York, Aug. 11. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
For the moment the Chinese question
is eclipsed in public interest by the re
port of the Pretoria conspiracy to mur
der the British officers, and to kidnap
Lord Roberts. This is the talk of the
clubs, where the correctness of the re
port is not doubted, though some cau
tious persons believe that the plot may
turn out to be a much smaller affair
than it seems at first sight.
The revelations will, at any rate.
strengthen the hands of those who have
been loudly explaining for weeks past
that Lord Roberts has been absurdly
moderate in his methods, and that there
must be an end of misplaced leniency
which has only encouraged the Boers
to prolong their resistance after all
chance of successfully opposing the
British advance in the field is at an
end. They are in favor of treating the
Boers now in arms as mere banditti,
instead of soldiers, and they argue that
the pacification of the country will be
indefinitely postponed unless drastic
examples are promptly made. They say
that snipers, train wreckers and burghers
found in arms after taking the oath of
allegiance should be promptly shot and
their property confiscated.
The fact is, Englishmen are beginning
to lose their temper over the irritating
delay of the Boer war.and Lord Roberts,
if his own prudence and sense of jus
tice would permit, might adopt a rigor
ous policy of repression without being
condemned by public opinion at home.
CARNEGIE'S VIEWS
On the Relations of the United States
and China.
London, Aug. 10. Andrew Carnegie
sends to the Associated Press the follow
ing statement regarding the situation in
the far east and the relation of the Unit
ed States to the future development there:
"The refusal of the United States to
participate in the attack on the Taku
forts makes the Washington government
the natural mediator between China and
the European powers, but America's po
sition may be easily forfeited by agreeing
to join the action. The release of Min
ister Conger and demand for compensa
tion for injuries Incurred are duties in
cumbent upon the government, but the
United States, in my opinion, should take
no steps in conjunction with European
powers. I take this view because each
of those powers has separate interests
at heart.
"Great Britain is going to land troops
to protect Shanghai because she looks
upon the Yang Tse valley as her special
property. Russia keeps her chief forces
in Manchuria. France in another region,
and Germany in a fourth. The first aim
of these powers is to safeguard their re
spects domains, and if the United States
should be drawn into joint action with
them the Washington government may
even find itself pledged to go forward into
a . campaign against China, which would
be hopeless, or may ultimately see the
powers at war with each other. To enter
upon a contest with 400,000,0u0 Chinamen
might prove as disastrous to the United
States as a war against a combination of
European powers.
"Our policy is clear. European nations
attack China and quarrel about the divi
sion of Chinese tervitory. We remain
friendly and await events. We have quite
enough foreign territory already."
RAILROADS FOR HONDURAS
Governor Wilson Goes to England to
. Secure Financial Aid.
Jlew York, Aug. 11. Sir David Wilson,
governor of British Honduras, is in the
city on his way to London. He will sail
today for Liverpool. He has lived in the
tropics nearly 30 years. In speaking of
the purpose of his visit to England he
said:
"What Honduras demands most im
peratively is railroads. For this reason
I am going to London, to endeavor to
obtain financial backing for a railroad
running from Belize, the capital, and
chief seaport of our crown province, into
the neighboring state of Guatemala The
proposed road will be about 100 miles
long, and will connect with the chief
railroad lines of Guatemala."
Marshall's Band.
Marshall's band will render an in
teresting programme, at. their concert
tomorrow afternoon.
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