THE DOOM OF GOLD.
That Is What the Election of Bry
an Would Mean.
Secretary <.n«e Sajn the Election of n
Deinocra lic President Woulil
Vt rerk the Nation'* Credit
—Klnanelal Facta.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage, in
-discussing the financial situation,
•fcliows conclusively that if William
Jennings Bryan is elected to the pres
idency he would have it in his power
to break down the gold standard, put
the government on a silver basis, and
•pay its coin obligations in silver
money. He was asked if Mr. Bryan
•could order his secretary of the treas- |
ury to pay interest on coin bonds,
and the bonds themselves, in silver,
and, if so, whether the credit of the
.government would be affected injuri
ously. The secretary said:
"There is no doubt Mr. Bryan could order
his secretary of the treasury to make pav
ement in silver of all the public debt pay
able in coin, and for all current disburse
ments of the government as well, which
amount to $1,500.01)0 or $1,750,000 a day.
That he would give such an order, too, is
certain, if he is in the same mind that he
was in 1896. for he was then quoted as say
ing: "if there is anyone who believes that
the gold standard is a good thing or that
it must be maintained, 1 want him not to
cast his vote for me. because 1 promise
him it will not be maintained In the coun
try longer than I am able to get rid of it."
Silver to Replace All Gold.
When asked if lie thought it
would he practicable to control a suf
ficient volume of silver to make the
payments referred to, Mr. Gage re
plied:
"He would have great difficulty in doing
that at once. The treasury of the govern
ment at the present time is firmly estab
lished upon a gold standard. Including the
reserve of $150,000,000, held against the legal
tendernotes, the government owns and con
trols over $220,000,000 in gold coin and bul
lion, while it owns and controls only about
$16,000,000 in silver, the rest of the silver be
ing out in circulation among the people,
either in the torm of silver certificates or
silver coin.
"But the announcement by the treasury
department of its purpose to pay silver ir,
settlement of all interest on the public debt
not specifically payable in gold, and to make
Its daily disbursements to its creditors in
silver, would stop the inflow of gold, or at
least largely diminish payments in gold
anil correspondingly increase payments
into the treasury of silver and silver cer
tificates. It, therefore, might be antici
pated that with a good dc-al of perverse
ingenuity the time woulei come at no dis
tant day when all the revenues of the gov
ernment would be paid to it in sliver dollars
or silver certificates and all disbursements
made by it would be made in silver dollars
or silver certificates. There would thus
be established a circuit of silver out of the
treasury into the hands of the people, from
the people into the banks, from the banks
ir.to the custom house, and into the hands
of the collectors of internal revenue.
"Then the government properly speak
ing would be on a silver basis."
To Wreck .Nation"* Credit.
Mr. Cage, when asked how this
would affect the credit of the govern
ment. replied:
"Most disastrously, I have no doubt. The
movement inaugurated as proposed would
give a sense of insecurity, the outstanding
greenbacks that are by the law redeemable
in gold would be presenteel at the treasury
for redemption, and the treasury notes of
IS9O likewise. Of these two there are $4',!0,-
000,000 outstanding. Against these the gov
ernment holds, under the law, $150,000,000
in gold. It does not require much sagacity
to see that If the gold reserve were not en
tirely exhausted it would be soon reduced
below the $1110,000,000 mark, which the law
has established as a minimum, it being the
duty of the secretary of the treasury, when
that point is reached, to restore the re
serve to $150,000,000.
"Under the adverse Influence upon gen
eral business affairs business would be de
pressed, industry checked, and the gov
ernment's revenues would be much dimin
ished. Instead of a surplus we probably
would witness a deficiency.
lloehln Would I'Mnd .\o flayer*.
"In restoring the gold reserve to which I
have just referred, the law directs the sec
retary of the treasury, if necessary, to sell
bonds, payable in gold, redeemable in one
year, payable In 20 years, at a rate of in
terest not to exceed three per cent, per an
num. With the impairment to the public
credit, and with the loss of revenues, as just
indicated, it is doubtful whether bonds
within the limitation of interest permitted
in the law could be sold, if they coulel not
the power to redeem the demand obliga
tions of the government either in gold or
in silver would fail."
The secretary said. regarding
how this state of things in the
government finances would affect gen
eral business conditions throughout
the country:
"The effect would be deplorable. No
body would be able to measure accurately
the Influence upon his own affairs of such
government action. Everyone would be
in a state of fear, and when people are
afraid they will, as some one has said,
either run or hide. Commercial dullness
would succeed the present commercial
■activity and we would again witness that
industrial paralysis which characterized
the years and 1596. when the question
of what was to be the standard agitated
•the public mind."
CTn 1804 the democrats called
Abraham Lincoln an "imperialist," for
no discoverable reason except that
•they were "put to it"to find an argu
ment against his reelection. In 1872
they called Ulysses S. Grant an "im
perialist, for no iliscov Table reason
except that tiny were "put to it"to
find an argument against his reelec
tion. Now they are calling William
McKinley an "imperialist" solely be
cause they are "put to it"to find an
argument against his reelection. It
will be perceived that McKinley is an
"imperialist" for exactly the same rea
son and to exactly the same extent
that Lincoln ;rtnl Grant were "imper
ialists." Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
ICTThe Brooklyn Eagle, one of the
strongest democratic papers in t.he
country, says that whether the para
mount issue in 1900 be free silver or
imperialism, before 1904 the para
mount issue should be how to bring
the organization which calls itself
democratic back to democratic princi
ples. The democratic party is now
democratic in name only.—lowa State
Register.
The constant labor of four persons,
for an entire year, is required to pro
duce a cashmere shawl of the best
quality. _ •
FIVE BOLD BANDITS.
They Hold I'p a Train, Demoll»b th«
( ar and Kol> the N«l'c.
Cheyenne, W'yo.. Aujr. 31.—Posses
have l»een sent ciut from Rawlins,
Rock Spring, (liTcn River ami other
places in search of tlte bandits who
held up Union Pacific passenger train
No. :: near Tipton station Wednesday
night. They have been trt>ceil in a
southerly direction toward the Color
ado line. There are some steep moun
tains north of Rock Springs where it
would be hard to locate them it they
once reached the range, but they are
now thought to be south of the ra.'l
road.
Paul Bailey, of the United States
marshal's force, has telegraphed to
the Washington authorities asking
that a federal reward be placed upon
the bandits. No action has vet been
taken by the state looking- to the cap
ture of the robbers. No accurate in
formation is obtainable at this time
of the amount of money tin- robbers
secured from the express safe. Offi
cials say that it was not large.
Conductor Ed .1. Kerrigan, who was
in charge of the train when it was
held up. came into Cheyenne yester
day. lie gave the following account
of the hold tip:
"We had just passed Tipton when 112
felt the train stopping. 1 knew some
thing was wrong and went up ahead
to see what it was. There was a
small fire by the track and I saw
some men going down toward the
baggage car. As soon as I reached
the engine :i man covered me with a
Winchester and made me hold up my
hands. When he saw I was 1 lie con
ductor he took me back to the pas
senger cars and told me to uncouple
the mail, express and baggage ears
so they could run them down the
track. I started to do this, but the
train w?s on a steep grade and the
passenger ears started to move down
by themselves. They let me set the
brakes on the coaches to hold them
and then ran the front part of tlvj
train down the track about half a
mile. After they stopped they order
ed Woodcock, the expressman, to un
lock his ears and come out. This he
refused to do for a minute; then
when 1 saw they were going to blow
\ip the car I told him to come out,
and he dill so.
"They took the engineer, Henry
Hawley, Fireman Woodcock and my
self down the track a little distance
and left us. guarded by one man,
while they blew up the cars an*
safes. They blew the roof, sides and
end out of the express car and de
molished the next ear to it. They
put three charges on the safe before
they could break it open. After they
got what they wanted they went to
their horses, which were tied nearby,
and fed.
"They did not rob the passengers,
but 1 had a hard time to keep the
passengers in the cars out of sight
before we cut off the front ears. They
shot at one passenger to scare him
ami one got to walking around and
a robber knocked him down with the
butt of his Winchester and told him
to lie there or he would get killed.
An old man who was deaf put his
head out of the car window and I
just got him in time to save his life.
He did not hear there libers' orders.
"There may have been five of them.
Two were at the baggage cars using
dynamite, one was at Ihe engine, one
guarding us and 1 think the\ left an
other with the horses. They we.
all bad looking men and were well
armed."
ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT.
tfiftHlonarleii Tell of a J'erllou* Jour
ney 111 (lie Heart of 4'hina.
New York, Aug. 31.- Information
regarding the escape of missionaries
from Kalgon was received Thursday
by Rev. C. Creep-in, general agent
of the American board (Congrega
tionalist). Kalgon is about t">o inile:-
north and a little west of Pi kin. This
information came in letters front
liev. Mark Williams, of the Kalgon
mission. One was dated .lune 21,
written from a poii.t 00 miles north
west of Kalgon. His party included
Rev. James H. Roberts and liev. \\. P.
Rprague and wife. They had join, d
a caravan which Mrs. Larsen, of the
mission alliance, hail provi led for an
other purpose. With some Swedish
missionaries the partv then included
13 adults and six children.
The second letler is dated I'rga, in
Mongolia, July 31. They had been
traveling 33 days at fli-it time. They
learned from the servant of a Russiun
merchant, who lind fled, that their
houses hail been looted and burned
by the Chinese soldiers. Mr. Wil
liams lost his diaries which he had
kept for."o years. Even the houses
of Chinese merchants who hail dealt
with foreigners had been pillaged.
Mr. Williams says: "We go lit) miles
a day by camel, cart and horse as he
fore. We hope to <ro home by rail
road, via St. Petersburg. While the
crossing of the desert of (iobi was
hard from the great heal and tli«
loner stages we were obliged to make
to reach wells, vet all kepi well.
Sometimes we traveled all night."
A Cyclone at 7lafeklii£.
Mafeking. Aug. 31—A cyclone that
visited Mafeking Wednesday evening
did more damage than the seven
months' bombardment. Tt blew down
or unroofed numerous buildings and
levelled the military camp hospital,
causing much suffering among the
sick and wounded. One person wp.s
killed and two were injured.
American* and faniirkii ai liar.
Winnipeg, Aug. M. \ half-breed
named Coullid yesterday brought
news of trouble in the 'Jreat Slave
district between American and Cana
dian traders. Viity Americans, it is
said, smuggled large quantities of
supplies in and were thus enabled to
undersell the Canadians. They also
furnished whiskv to the Indians. I-M
--mi'iiton trailers, angry at losing their
trade, sent a committee to notify the
Americans to rvtire. The latter de
| clined and shooting followed. An
! gust ISriese, ol Seattle, was fats 11 v
. wounded.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1900.
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS.
Annual Kni ani|iiiieiil of Ihe I iiiform
Hank In Held at Detroit.
Detroit, Aug. 3>S. —Maj. Gen. Carna
hnn assumed formal command of the
biennial session of the Uniformed
Rank, Knights of Pythias, Monday
afternoon in the presence of several
divisions of his command and a
throng of onlookers. The various
brigades and separate regiments in
camp wire drawn up for the cere
mony, in dress parade formation on
the boulevard facing the major gen
eral's headquarters.
The ceremonies began with an ad
dress of welcome by Mayor M-iybnry.
The mayor assured the knights that
if any of them should be in need of
an hostage lie himself would cheer
fully act as such. Said he: "We sur
render to you here and now and turn
ovyr to you not only this camp, but
the whole town."
Grand Chancellor I.usk, in the ab
sence of Gov. Pingree, presented n
welcome in behalf of the state, and
Dr. !!. L. Cunningham, chairman "112
the local Pythian committee, did like
w i se.
The Knights of Khorassan held a
meeting, exemplified a new ritual and
elected the following officers: Impe
rial prince. .John A. llinsey, Chicago;
baslia. Frank 11. Clarke, Detroit;
kadi, W. 1). Hadfield, Peoria. 111.; sec
retary. 11. W. Hclding. St. Louis;
treasurer, C. 1!. Fraze, Garden Grove,
la.
Detroit, Aug. 29.- The military di
vision of the Knights of Pythias did
itself proud in its biennial parade yes
terday and the vast crowds that saw
Ihe pageant gave enthusiastic approv
al all along the line of march. Nine
thousand uniformed knights and mu
sicians marched over the route of five
•niles and were officially reviewed,
first by Supreme Chancellor Sample
and before dismissal by Maj. Gen.
Carnahan.
But one session of the supreme
lodge was held. Little business was
transacted beyond reading the official
reports. The report of supreme
keeper of records anrl seals showed:
Total number of subordinate lodges
December 31, 18*»0. 0.740; total mem
bership 492,,100; net gain during 1898
and 1899, ">8 lodges and 21,237 mem
bers; practically 90 per cent, of th.-
gain was in 1-899. Illinois led in the
gain with Indiana and Ohio close sec
onds. Louisiana suffered a net loss
of 752.
Detroit, Aug. 31.—Ogdcn 11. Fethers,
of Janesville, Wis., was yesterday
elected supreme chancellor of th»*
Knights of Pythias. Mr. Fethers had
previously served as supreme vice
chancellor and his promotion to be
the head of the order was in accord
ance with previous custom as regards
the highest office in Pythianism.
The contest for the office of su
preme* vice chancellor was warm. The
candidates were Tracy B. Langs, of
Grand Forks, X. I)., anil Charles K
Shiveley, of Richmond, I nil. Mr. Bangs
won by a majority of one, the ballot
resulting 74 to 7j.
A FURIOUS BATTLE.
Two Men Killed During a Might At
tack on a Private lloopltal.
Oilman, 111., Vug. 28.—Two men
killed, three people wounded, two of
them probably fatally, and a burned
dwelling house are the results of Sun
day night's work of a mob bent on
lynching Mrs. Dr. C. W. Wright, a wo
man who is accused of the murder of
Bessie Salter, a 10-year-old girl,
through a criminal operation at Mrs.
Wright's private hospital.
Miss Salter was secreti.v buried on
Saturday. The girl's body was ex
humed :ind a coroner's jury declared
she had been murdered. A warrant
was sworn out for the woman's arrest
and Constable .John Milstead, with a
posse of citizens, went to her hospi
tal to arrest her.
The inmates of the hospital refused
to open the doors and after breaking
them down the posse entered the
house and were met by a fusillade
that killed one man ami wounded
two. The posse retired and two
hours later they set the house on fire
and the people inside took shelter in
a clump of bushes nearby, where they
fired again. The fire was returned
and John Myers, who wis employed
by Mrs. Wright, was killed. Mrs.
Wright was finally arrested.
AS HAD BEEN EXPECTED.
I'opullHt .-National Committee Sulmtl
tntcn Stevennon lor Tow nc a* Vice
l»re*idciitia I Candidate.
Chicago, Aug. 28.—At a meeting e>f
the people's party national commit
tee yesterday the declination of
Charles A. Towne as the vic-e presi
dential nominee of the party was ac
cepted, and the name of Aillai E. Ste
venson was putin liis place, litis l in
sult was obtained after a long de
bate. In the beginning there were
three courses advocated by different
members of the committee, viz:
To nominate a populist, to leave the
place blank, or, lastly, to endorse Mr.
Stevenson. Senator Marion Butler,
chairman of the committee, in a warm
speech, advocated leaving the place
blank, contending that Bryan and
Stevenson would receive more popu
list votes than if a candidate for vice
president were named. But one test
vote was taken. A motion was made
to endorse Mr. Stevenson. For this
motion Mr. Washburn, of Massachu
setts. moved, as a substitute, thai a
populist be placed upon the ticket.
The substitute was lost by a vote of
24 ayes to 71 nays. 'I lie original m>-
lion was then adopted oy a \iva voce
vote.
(;ermuii« < omplalii of llrutallty.
Berlin, \ug. 2S.— A deputation of
German subjects residing in the
Transvaal has arrived here to lodge a
complaint with *»ie tlerinnn foreign
office regarding alleged cruel treat,
ment at Jolianneduirg. They assert,
that 101) German subjects of both
.-exes were arre,-.!*.l there anil scat to
a seaport, from which point they
were shipped to Flushing, where the
British landed them penniless. They
were arrested in shops anil taverns
and even in their beds and were liur
ri:nl away barefooted and only half
clad, losing everything they had.
OLD BOYS IN BLUE.
Tho G. A. R. Encampment Begins
in Chicago.
Thirty Thousand ITleii In the f.riilid
I'arade, Together with Score* of
'faltered I'lan* that Saw Ser
vice on Jtlaliy Italtlelleld*
Commander < ho»en.
Chicago, Aug. 28.—The thirty
fourth annual encampment of the
Grnnd Army of the Republic, which
was formally opened Sunday night by
the monster meeting in the Coliseum,
was in full swing Monday and in all
respects it promises to be the great
est and most successful encampment
the army has ever held. All of yes
terday train after train loaded down
with veterans and their friends rolled
inlo the various depots and by even
ing it was estimated l;,v railroad offi
cials that fully -i 1,000 old soldiers had
arrived and that 300,000 other excur
sionists had come with them.
The first day of the encampment
was one of ideal beauty. The sun
shone down clearly but not too warm
to make marching a burden for the
old veterans who claimed the day as
their own. The riglii of tin- line on
the opening day was given to the
men who sailed the seas during the
civil war. The heroes of river and
sea of the civil war are a small band
now. Of the 132,000 men enlisted in
the navy in the early days of the war
less than 1.000 marched yesterday.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—For four hours
and a half yesterday the thinning
ranks of the Grand Arnty of the Re
public passed in review before their
leaders anil before probably a mil
lion spectators, packed in almost solid
masses along the four miles of the
line of parade.
Probably 30,090 veterans took part
in the parade. For four hours and 20
minutes, most of the time* with ranks
almost perfectly aligned, they filed
past the reviewing stand on Michigan
avenue.
It was shortly before 10:30 a. m.
when the head of the column started
front the corner of Michigan avenue
and Randolph street anil an hour
later it was filing past the reviewing
stanel. For hours before that firm. 1
the sidewalks along the line of march
were packed from curb to wall, tins
windows of the immense ofliee build
ings. gay with fluttering fags and
bunting, were filled with sightseers,
while along Michigan nvenne. wherd
were erected the beautiful columns
and arches forming the court of
honor, the crowd was so great thai
the hundreds of police had great ilif
Acuity in keeping clear the line ol
march.
In the reviewing stand were Lieut
Gen. .Nelson A. Miles, Commander-in-
Chief Shaw. Gen. Wheeler, Gen. Sick
les, Mayor Harrison and W. 11. liar
per. To their left were Speaker Pen.
ilerSon, Bishop Fallows and Senatoi
Culloni and to their right the Spanish
minister, Duke D'Areos, with a party
of friends, stood an interested spec
tator.
The first cheers from the reviewing
stand were given for the famous old
war eagle of the Wisconsin troops,
"Old Abe." the stuffed figure of which,
borne aloft by a buckskin-dressed vet
eran, was heartily greeted by the
crowds and saluted by Gen. Miles and
the others in the boxes.
A few moments later George G.
Meade Post So. I.of Pennsylvania,
filed by. Borne aloft by 24 veterans
were as many battle flags, tattered
and torn by bullets, and close behind
them ten equally ragged corps flags.
They were the first of the many bat
tle Hags carried in the parade that
were seen by the thousands along the
line of march and everywhere the
ragged banners were greeted with
cheers.
Chicago, \ug. 30.—Wednesday was
strictly a day e>f business for the <i.
A. R. The convention openeil at 10:30
o'clock and from the start business
was pushed with energy. The open
ing session was entirely of a social
character and was open to the public.
The afternoon meeting was of an ex
ecutive character.
Chicago, Aug. 31. —Commander-in-
Chief Leo Rassieur, St. Louis.
Senior Vice Commander—L. D. Miil
kin, Portland. Me.
Junior Vice Commander—Frank
Seamon, Knoxville, Tenn.
Surgeon General —John A. Wilkins,
Delta, O.
Chaplnin'fn-Chief —Rev. A. Drahrns,
Snn Quentin, Cal.
With the selection of the above offi
cers and the choice of Denver for the
national encampment of 1901 the
thirty-fourth national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic prac
tically came to a close yesterday.
A IS'ew Patriotic Society.
Chatla noogit. Tenn., Vug. 28. —The
United States Volunteer association,
membership of which is expected to
exceed 200.000, was formed here Mon
day with Col. Richard Henry Savage,
of New York, who commanded tlv
battalion of engineers in the Cuban
campaign, as president. The objects
of this association are identical with
those of Spanish war orders, except
ing that all individuals who served in
the reguls»" or volunteer army. na»y
or mar orps during the war can
become libers without first join
ing lo i camps,
CAME HOME "BROKE."
CbrlMlan Kndravorrrn Wliu Wnil (•
Ktirope Were Vlttlniizi'd by a Tour
lot Agency.
New York, Aug. M. —Many of tho
420 Christian Endcavorers who reach
etl this port from Europe Wednesday
on th«- steamer Alter are unable to
proceed to their homes by-reason of
lack of funds. Neither had any of
the 430 any baggage when they ar
rived, lacking even a change of linen.
They tell harrowing stories of their
experiences abroad. They report the
continent of Europe to be dotted
with ill-used Christian Endeavorer
tourists. Two thousand I'ndeavorers
sailed from this port on July t ov tile
stealer Trave. The contingent just,
arrived on the Aller is the advance
guard of the army of hard hick that,
is returning from the continent as
fast as "money from home" will bring
them from interior points to Cher*
bourg or Southampton, where they
get the steamers. Their passage
home had been paid.
The pilgrims 011 the Aller were
from Philadelphia, Maryland, St.
Louis, MempFiis and other points in
the south and west. The majority of
them are stranded in New York,
awaiting remittances to take 11.em
home. They are well-to-do persons
al that, l.ast .Tine they paid from
S3OO to SSOO to a tourist agency to
take them to London for the internal
tional convention of Endeavorers and
from there across the continent on
various personally conducted tours.
Mrs. 8. .T. Edwards, of St. Louis,
one of the party, says that the first
trouble came from the fact that the
agency assigned one guide and two
baggagemen to a party of TBO tour
ists. The baggagemen insisted on
trying to drink up all the liquor they
saw between London and Italy and
as a result (he baggage was hopeless
ly mixed. The hotels the tourists
were assigned 1o were for the most
part of such a nature and so limited
in accommodations that the sight
seers suffered all sorts of inconveni
ences.
Parts of their tours which were to
be made in carriages had to be taken
on foot, and finally at Maringen the
guide informed them that the mana
gers would have to abandon the tour
through lack of funds, and the excur
sionists would have to pay their own
fare to Cherbourg.
Then those not well supplied with
money had to borrow from those bet
ter fixed and the French seaport was
reached. Here they were informed
that their trunks had been shipped on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and
so the return trip across Mie ocean
was made with simply the clothe?
they had on their backs when thej>
landed at Cherbourg.
DEATH IN A STORM. (
Dozen* of tlm Droivnrd oil llie Ala*-
kau loam .Near Cape Nome.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31. —The steam
ship Senator arrived here Thursday
from Nome, bringing advices up to
August 21. There were 250 returning
passengers.
The Senator brought about Sn2O,OOC
in treasure, $300,000 of it consigned t
various companies and banks in this
cif v.
The recent storms at Nome caused
lartre loss of life. Thirty-eight bodies
have so far been recovered on Uu
>each and buried by the officials.
('apt. Richardson. of the Sequoia,
which is engaged in the fishing trade,
says that 17 dead bodies have been
found and buried between lopkiik
and Golovin buy, and 20 others be
tween Topkulc and Port Safety. The
majority of the drowned men are
supposed to be victims of the late
storm.
I?. .1. Nelson found two bodies at
Chinik. So far as known not one of
the bodies was identified before burial
Capt. Ifamwcll, agent of the steam
er Elmore, states that the passengers
sirriving from down the coast say
that fully 2."> dead bodies, washed
ashore bv the waves, have been buried
between Topkitk and Golovin bay.
NEGROES IN COUNCIL.
Puaaril a Net of Kexollltions antl Aluo
Klertrd Officer*.
Indianapolis, Aug. 31. —The nation
al Afro-American council elected the
following officers yesterday: Presi
dent, Hishop Alexander Walters, of
New Jersey; nine vice presidents, in
cluding T. Thomas Fortune, of New
York; Ernest Lyons, of Maryland;
Harry C. Smith, of Ohio; liishop Clin
ton, of North Carolina; secretary,
Cyrus Field Adams, of Illinois; treas
urer, .1. W. Thompson, of Nt \\ York;
national organizer, Mrs. Ida Wells
Harriett, of Illinois.
Resolutions were adopted asking
President McKinley to use his hest
efforts to secure the passage of a law
affording to citizens of the I'nit.ed
States tiie same protection against
lynching that he has suggested for
Italians.
I'lie most heated incident was over
the adoption of an additional reso
lution presented by Jordan Chavis, of
Illinois, expressing appreciation of
President McKinley's expressions on
southern lyneliings in his annual mes
sage.
When it was read delegates jumped
to their feet in all parts of the house
and the objections were loud. Three
different attempts were made to table
the resolution, but all were lost.
When the previous question was
moved it was carried and the resolu
tion was adopted.
Stone Han Hope*.
New York, Aug. 31. —Ex-Gov. Stone,
of Missouri, vice chairman of the
democratic national committee,
reached the city last evening. He
sa.id: "I have come here to confer
with the members of the sub-com
mittee of the national committee an 1
will 0,.. ii headquarters as soon as we
pan get suitable rooms." "Do you
pxpect to be able to carry New
York?" lit was asked. "We hope we
will," he replied. "We shr'll use our
efforts to carry this stale for Hryan.
We will not worry about local affairs,
We will not interfere."
CHINESE CKISIS.I
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Uncle Sam Wanta the Power 3 to
Show Their Hands.
Tlif L«iii;rii( ( nltlnct ."Heeling KvcrJ
Held IMirlii!; Tliia .tiliiilntiitratloa ;
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Vrry Important I»o< ti
me lit to Kur»|tcau
(•avrniiiK'Ulx.
London, Aug. ''7. —The latest liewsl
from Pekin indicates tliat the situa-j
tion there is unchanged. The i rape J
rial city is still invested, but lias not;
yet been occupied. The allies, when)
the last message left, were refraining
from aggressite action, pending in-i
strrictions from their governments.
An attack from 30.000 Boxers was'
anticipated, and to meet this, ths
whole American force and the British
artillery were moved to the outer city
wall. The Boxers were reported as
coming from the south.
Gen. (forward, in his report of th<?
engagement outside Tien Tsin, Au
gust li), when the Americans, British
and Japanese defeated a large force
of' Boxers, killing over 300, says, in a
dispatch dated August 25:
"The lines of communication near'
Tien Tsin are now free from danger.
"The villagers are now flocking tci
Tien Tsin at the rate of about 1.000 a
day. As there is not more than a
month's food supply, there is every
prospect of a famine shortly."
Air. Morgan, of the China inland
mission, who hns arrived here from
Si-Xgan-Fu, reports that ?7 foreign
missionaries and 30 converts havo
been massacred at Tai-Yucn-Fu.
Washington, \ng. 30. —A speei.it
meeting of the cabinet lasting all of
Wednesday and broken only by a
short recess for luncheon marked tha
intense interest the administration
feels in the Chinese problem. It was
the longest cabinet session of the
present administration. The diplo
matic and not the military phase of
the situation in China was under con
sideration.
The cabinet meeting eventuated in
the formulation of a document for
transmission abroad. That tins docu
ment is of supreme importance in de
fining the position of the I iited
States is assumed from the < refill
attention with which it was prepared,
but no glimmer of light is « v ed upon
its exact chara:-ter. All elfo.Vs to as
certain whether it was in the natur-»
of a reply to Germany or Russia or a
collective note to the powers outlin
ing the policy of the United States
under the new conditions which hav<;
developed since the rescue of the le
gations were futile.
The St. Petersburg dispatch to
London cont dng the assertion that
Kussia will \ itifv the powers that
she considers the relief of the Pekin
legations as the final accomplishment
of the military task of the allied
forces, is the phase of the Chinese
situation which is attracting the
most attention from this government
at this time. That assertion inferen
ially carries with it the impression
that the Russian government is of the
opinion that it should withdraw its
military forces from Pekin and thinks
the other allies should do likewise.
No official information along these
lines, however, can be obtained here.
Che Foo, Aug. 30.—Yu, governor of
the province of Shensi, is reported to
have invited the foreigners in the
province to come under his protec
tion. About August 21 fifty accepted
the invitation, and all were massa
cred.
Berlin. Aug. 30.—The Frankfurter
zeitung has received a dispatch from
Shanghai saying a plot has been dis
covered there to burn the whole city.
Tt is added that the Europeans con
sider the streets unsafe after night
fall and tln> general situation is de
scribed as critical.
Hong Kong, Aug. 30.—Two hundred
bandits raided the Tartar city ot
Canton Monday night. Several
houses were looted. It is believed
that the motive of the raid was the
Cantonese hatred of the northerners.
It is rumored at Amoy that. 1'J,009
Japanese troops are coming thero
from Formosa.
London, Aug. 31.—The liusso-Amer
iean "surprise," as it is called, is tha
chief feature of the morning papers.
While Russia's part in the proposal
is regarded with considerable suspi
cion, it is generally recognized that
the flight of the empress dowager and
the emperor renders the situation ex
tremely difficult and, therefore, that
It might be wise to adopt the llusso-
American program as the best solu
tion of the problem. At the same
time a very strong feeling is display
ed in favor of a more vigorous line of
policy.
Washington. Aug. 31. —'I lie I'nited
States government having accepted
the Russian proposition as to the
withdrawal of troops from I'ekin, is
now waiting for responses to the
notes which have been scat to our va
rious representatives abroad for pre
sentation to the powers. Judging by
the rate of progress made in the pre
ceding negotiations, several days and
perhaps a week may pass before all
of these replies are received. Ac
cording to their formal expressions,
nil of the powers are agreed upon
this one point: they do not desire to
enter upon a formal war upon China.
The United States government is try
ing to bring abeitf this result.
I'ekin, Aug. 14, via Tien Tsin.—A
medal will be struck commemorating
the siege of I'ckin. It will bear the
legend "Men, not walls, make a city."
<;ui€ia 'lust «.o Hack.
New Yorfs, Aug. 29. —The Italian,
Ciiiida. who arrived in this country
two weeks ago in company with the
alleged anarchist Mart sea, another
Italian, was yesterday ordered ex
cluded on instructions from the treas
ury department, lie will be deported
to Kurope. Maresca's case has not
been decided. (iuida and Alaresca
were suspected of being anarchists
when they arrived in this country and
there were reports that Marcsea had
come to kill President McKinley, in
r.ccordarice with a plot hatched in
Italy.
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