. 'V -KSjciSSW ortmtet VwWRt, EC TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY IS, 1900. TWO CENTS MINISTER WU RECEIVES A CABLEGRAM first Authentic News of Pekin from Chinese Source, MINISTERS SAFE JULY 9 Tho Official Dispatch Declares That at That Date the Chinese Govern ment Was Protecting the Foreign ers in the City of Pekin A Protest Against the Destruction of the Walled City of Tien Tsin Minister Wu Has Confidence in the Official News Li Hung's New Appoint ment. Washington, July 17. The Chinese minister received a dispatch from the minister at London, authenticated by Sheug, the Imperial inspector o posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and by two Iceroys, declaring that the for eigners In Pekin ucrc safe on July 9, and vvcie receiving the protection of the government. This is two days aft er the reported massacre. Minister Wu laid the message before Secretary Ilaj Tile text Is as follows: Tin utmost enorts hive been made to pro tect foinn ministers who wcie well on tlio L.tli tClunco Cil ml.ir cornspondinj to cur tub '"h). If Tun-Tim uty should be do Itro.vcd It would lie tliiKciilt to restore the name In ore hundred je.irs. llequixt tlie powers to preserve it. as the consequences would allcct Chinee and foreign ccmnierep. Kirl Li Hung (liana; is tr-nsfirrcd to nnith Chlni as vlceioy to Clu-I.l. Please transmit this dispatch to the ministers at other capitals. This dispatch, which is dated July JO", was signed by Viceroy Lu Kun Yl and C'hnnjr Chlh Tung, of Nanking, and Wu Chang respectively, and also by Sheng, the director of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai. It was addressed to the Chi nese minister in London, and by him transmitted to Minister Wu under to day's date. In accordance with the re quest contained in the cablegram Min ister Wu asked Seeietary Hay to agree with the other powers to preserve Tlen Tsln from destruction. The seeretaiy's answer was not made public, but Minister Wu fears that the destruction already has occurred. He regards the cablegram as perfectly authentic. The reported massacre of the foreign ers In Pekin occurreil on July 7. Minister Wu received the dispatch about 11 o'clock this morning, nnd was greatly pleased at this satisfactory turn of events. He started at once for the state department, where he re mained -with Secretary Hay for some time. Besides presenting to Mr. Hay the contents of his dispatch, Minister Wu also officially executed the direc tion for an nppeal to the powers not t destroy the walled city of Tlen-Tsln. So far as the United States Is con cerned, there has been no purpose wan tonly to destroy this walled city, al though the latest news from the scene I of action Indicates that the walls them selves have been battered down and a considerable portion of the city de stroyed. Mr. Wu said afterward that he feared the destruction of the city was little short of complete. Wu Becomes Sarcastic. The minister expressed the most com plete confidence in the accuracy of the message showing that the foreign min isters -were well on the ninth instant. 1 When a bystander expressed some doubt on this subject, Mr. Wu inquired with some -warmth: "Why Is it that you believe the exaggerated reports 1 coming from unknown sources, and yet you choose to doubt those reports signed by our highest officials and con taining inherent evidence of accur acy?" The minister went on to show that this dispatch contained three distinct statements. One of them, the appoint ment of LI Hung Chang as viceroy of Chi LI had been confirmed already by the state department. Moreover, he said all, three statements bore evi dence of having originated at Pekin, including that as to LI Hung Chang, whose appointment must necessarily originate with the government at Pe kin. The appointment of Earl LI as vice roy of Chi LI is considered by Minister Wu as one of the most Important de velopments of the entire situation. Clu LI is the great province in which Pe kin Is locateu and is the very huarr of tho Boxer movement, so that the great viceroy now assumes supremo power nt the point of greatest danger. Minister Wu is satisfied that if LI Hung Chang haa toeen at Pekin there would have been no such outbreak as ss occurred, as tho viceroy Is a stern . Itary man who believes In nipping such movements in the bud. The state department olllclals are anxious to accept Wu's message as accurate, but there are some clouds of doubt about It. Tho question naturally arises, as it has many times in tho past two weeks, if the Chinese gov ernment can communicate In this way with Its representatives abroad, why cannot permit the foreign ministers represented to be under Its protection also to communicate with their gov ernments? In answer to the other question, as to what purpose would be served by a representation of facts in this fash ion, it Is pointed out that one result would be the preservation of Tien Tsin and another would be tho abatement of the popular sentiment ngalnst tho Chinese, temporarily, at least. Hopeful Sign. Ll Hung Chang will replace as vice roy of the great province of Chi LI a man who has been notoriously antl forelgn In his sentiments and actions. The summons to Ll Is regarded as a hopeful sign. It could have been in spired by two motives. First, the great viceroy may have been called to Pekin by the imperial government In order that It might avail itBelf of his wisdom and experience with foreigners to extricate it from the present posi tion. The second motive, and one not so promising for a speedy settlement of the trouble Is that old Ll has been "ailed upon to establish communication with the foreign commanders and di plomatic representative") with the de liberate purpose of sowing dissension among them nnd paralyzing all efforts at Joint action. The officials hero are perfectly satisfied that any such move fs this would come to naught, being thoroughly sure now that no matter what doubt may have been entertained nt one stage, each and every one of the great powers represented In the field in China Is locally living up to Its plodgs to attain tho objects set out In Secretary Hay's Identical note to the powers. This statement Is true as to Russia, as well as to the other pow ers, nccording to the best authority. Condi matlon of the transfer of Ll Hung Chang to the north came to tho state department yesterday, not only from Minister Wu, but In a cablegram fiom Consul General Ooodnow at Shanghai. It Is stated that Ll Hung Chang has started from Canton on his way to Pokln. It Is expected that he will land at Taku or Shang Hal Kwnn, a poit on the Oulf of Pechlll, connected by a good road with Pekin. If the viceroy can get Into Pekin he also can carry messages to the foreign mtnl&tfia if they are still alive, and without doubt the state department as well as the European prime ministers will scire the opportunity to make one more test of the truth of the latest re ports respecting tho safety of the lo gatloncrs. EARL LI'S MISSION. He Tells of the Efforts That Will Be Made to Save the Foreigners Who May Be Alive at Pekin. London, July IS. The Dally Tele graph has tho following from Canton, dated July 10: "In an interview with the foreign consuls today, Ll Hung Chang said that his mission to Pekin was twofold to save the lives of the foreign ministers and to arrange the best possible terms of peace with the allied powers. The American and French consuls, while congratulating him upon these commendable purposes, reminded him of his pledges to pro tect foreigners and to preserve peace In southern and central China. "Earl Ll replied that he must obey the summons to Pekin, but that he had taken all necessary precautions. He added that he had received Import ant cables from Lord Salisbury, de manding protection for the foreign ministers In Pekin, nnd threatening to take life for life for the high officials responsible it tho missionaries were murdered. He told the consuls he was the only man In China who dared to transmit such messages to tho empress, but that he had sent them verbatim, and he did not doubt that they had ex erted a powerful Influence In saving the ministers' lives. "To the American who Inquired about the actual safety of the foreign ministers at Pekin, LI answered that ho has received no message from Pe kin within the last week, but that If they were alive he was almost cer tain matters could be satisfactory ar ranged with the allied powers. "If they are dead," here he shrugged his shoulders significantly and added with lowered voice, "it Is hard to tell what may happen." COLOMBIA'S REVOLUTION. Rebels Expected to Begin Operations in Vicinity of Panama. Kingston, Jamaica, July 7. Further news from Colombia, Is to the effect that up to July 13 Panama was still held by the government. The rebels In tho vicinity were expected soon to begin operations. The government troops have been strongly reinforced by drafts from Colon, but it Is the gon ral opinion that the rebels can take Panama any time they like. It Is reported that the rebels are led by an American military expert. The government Is In dreadful strnlts for food with which to feed the troops nnd ure seizing cattle from the residents. Steamship Arrivals. New York, July 17 Arrived: Steamers Rpaamdam, Rotterdam; Cole, Liverpool; South ward Antwerp; Frcidrleh Her iros3e, Ilremon; Hottirdam, llotlerdam. Cleared: KilesUml, Antwerp; Pcutscldand, Ilamburjr, Pljmouth and Cherbourg; C'jirrli, Mm.ool; St. Paul, South, ampton. Sailed: Steamers flelKT.iv la, Ham Iiuib; Kalserln Maria ThereU, Ilrcmcn; I.i Cimpalnr, Antwoip. Moville Arrived: An riioria, New ork for (ilascjow. Ilremen Ar rlcd: Trave. Silled: Cromer Kiirfucrst, South, ampton and' New York. flmilocno Arrived: Potsdam, New- Yoik. Queeiistown Sailed: Oce anic, New York for Liverpool. Sciliy Passed: Phoenicia, New- York for llamhurx; I.ahn, New York for Ilremen. l'ljmouth Sailed; Patricia, New York. Senator Plott Accepts. New York, July 17. Senator I'latt has accept ed a place on the advisory board of the lie publican nallcial committee and ex-Mayor Strong may also become a member. Mr. Odeil said the state committee hate turned fioernnr Roosevelt over to the national committee, and It is the understanding that he will first maKe a t-ur of the west and tlun come to New York state for the last thice weeks of tho campaign. Anti-Quay Ticket in York. York, July 17. The anti-Quay faction of the Republican party ruled the, convention held hero today with the reiult that an anti-Quay ticket was nominated. Resolutions were adopt. ed denouncing the cutting down of the school appropriation by Governor Stone, and leaving open tho nomination of the office of presiding judge of the court of York county. Wilson Called to Washington. Burlington, Icwa, July 17. Secretary of Agrl cultuie Wilson, who ramo here to attend the funeral of tho late Senator Rear, received an urgent telegram from President McKlnley ask ing him to come at once to Washington, bee retary Wilson left at 3.40 o'lloik this after noon orer the Burlington for the capital. ROOSEVELT OPENS THE CAMPAIGN Speech Before National League of Repub lican Clubs. DISCUSSION OF ISSUES Democratic Campaign Talk Is An swered in Rhetoric Which Teems with Eloquence and Logic The Hypocrisy of Democracy of Today Is Pointed Out Other Work of the League at St. Paul. St. Paul, July 17. When Colonel George J. Stone, of California, presi dent of the National league of Repub lican clubs, called to older the twelfth annual convention of the league In the Auditorium, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, not moie than 300 dele gates were present. In a short time the empty chairs were filled. Rev. Dr. S. G. Smith, of St. Paul, offered prayer. Secretary Stino then read the call for the t,welfth annual convention. On the roll-call of states about half the num ber responded. Welcoming uddresses were made by city officials. F. R. Wright, past president of the National league, was among those who spoke. At this point Governor Roosevelt, es corted by former President Woodman see, appeared on the platform, and the delegates were on their feet for the first time, thoroughly waked up. Governor Roosevelt was then Intro duced by President Stone. Tho gover nor was received with prolonged cheers. He spoke briefly, saying: "I thank you very much for your greet ing. I shall not try to speak to you, because I am to have that pleasure and honor this evening. All I shall do now is to say to you how glad I nm to see you here, to thank you for having come here, and to wish you nil success In your efforts In tho campaign that Is now opening, because when I wish success to you, I wish success to every principle that makes American citizen ship worth having." United States Senator Nelson of Mlnnerota then addressed the conven tion on the Issues of tho coming cam paign. After appearing before the league convention and speaking briefly Gov ernor Roosevelt was driven to the Commercial club, where ho was ten dered an Informal reception and lunch eon. This afternoon a rubllc reception was held at the hotel. Governor Roosevelt addiessed a most enthusiastic crowd In the Auditorium In this city tonight. Every Inch of space In the hall was filled, nnd thou sands of persons surged about the streets, unable to gain entrance. When the governor arrived before tho build ing, just before S.30 o'clock. Governor Roosevelt's Speech. When Roosevelt finally was able to mako himself heard, he returned thanks for the reception that had been tendered him here today. Continuing, he said: Mr. President and Gentlemen: Wo have come here to licgin the work of a campaign moie vital to American Interests than any that has taken place since tho close of the civil war. We ap peal not only to Republicans, but to nil good citizen who are American in fact at well as In name, to help us in re-elcctine: 'resident Mc Kinlcy. It was indeed of infinite importance to elect him four years ago. Yet the need Is even greater now. Every reason then obtained in his favor obtains now, and many more- have been added. Pour jea" ago the success of the Populistlc Democracy would have meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at homo; it would Inve meant the shame that is won even than misery and disaster. Today It would mean all tills, and in addition tho Immeasurable dixgracc of aban doning the proud position we have taken, of flinching from the great work we have begun. Preiident McKlnley has mere than made good all that he promised, or that was promised on his behalf, and as the smoke cleats avvaj we see how utterly tiivlal are the matters because of which his administration has been iilllcl7cd, when compared with the linni'iisc substjntiil gains for American howr and Interest which un ili'i that administration have been brought about. We appealed for President McKlnley before, as serting what ho would do if president, from our knowledge of what he bad dene in lesser posi tions. Now wo appeal for him asking that he promise of a Kcuml term be Jiide,cil bv tho per form ince of his first, and pledging that the won. ilerful work so triumphantly begun in Ma first term shall in his second be carried to an even more triumphant conclusion. We ask Mipport for President McKlnlej bo caucc of what he has actually dene, cf what he row stands for and tj pities and liccauso of the marvellous work that has been accomplished under bis administration. We a.k the sup port of all upright citirns hcoiu-o against him are a i raved the forces of chaotic evil, because ef the breathing menace to our moral and Indus trial welfare which is implied In tlio piesent attitude and purpose of the Populistlc Democra cy We know definitely what we believe and we say it outright. Our opponents who represent all the forces of discontent, malice, and envy, formed and formless, vague ami concrete, can hardly be said to know what tliev really do be lieve, lccaue tho principles the profess, if put forth nakedly, are so revolting, even to their own followers, that they like at leant to try-to wrap the mantle of hjpocrisy around them, liicy rant about trusts, but they have nothing piac tlcahle to advance in the way of lemeely; nor Is tills to be wondereil at, when one of the makers of their platform, the representative from New York, and tho leader of their organization In New York, are both themselves among the most prominent stockholders In the worst trust to be found today in the United Males, the ice trust, which has Justly exposed Itself to the criticism which our opponents often unjustly ap ply to every form of Industrial effort. They hare invented the Imaginary danger of Imperial, ism, and alout that they also rave. Yet so conscious are they of the hollow net of their attack, so well aware that to follow out their professions would mean to trail the American flag in tlio dust that they arc obliged to pretend that really after all they are for expansion. After Infinite labor they Anally did decldo that they still believed in free silver This decision was reached In their committee by a vote of 2e1 to 21; to that it appears that they only have Hi per cent, of faith In their 18-cent dollar after all. Even this amount of faith they were able to 1 retch purely by tha aid of Hawaii, and yet four years ago they objected as much to our expansion over Hawaii as they r.ow object to our expan sion over the Philippines! There is an element of grim comedy in these ImlMers having now perforce to take the once rejected stone to make out of it the foundation of their new platform. One Unequivocal Position. Their only unequivocal pos.tlon is that In fa vor of free silver at a ratio of K to 1, for lliey have sought at least to make the pretense of qualifying, or at least of clouding what they mean when they ask for the relaxation of the bonds of Justice and order nnd tip abandonment of our position as n grot nation manfiillv do ng Its rart In the world work that inut be done by all great nitlons. True to their nature, they have sought to subordlnite the one lsue on which they take n decisive stand, and tliry de clare that they have subordinated the questlin of free silver to other questions Now as a mil tr of fact they cannot dec hie which one ol their various heresies the people t-lil.11 regard as most Important. The decision lests with the people themselves; and those who are primarily inter ested In our financial honest) nnd industrial well being cannot and will not admit lint am pos slble difference is caused by putting the tree silver phnk In one rather than amther pnrilim of the platform. If a mm announce that lie believes in the eloctrine of covvanll snr ruder and nlo in the doctrine of th if ml li.it ion f debts, it mikes not the slightest illtTerinee ns to the order In which he puts his two tolicle.. Neither eh.es it nuke anv dlff-rtnee whether lh Populistlc Dfmocracv, to vvhlih w- are now opposed, hjs iuot stress upon Its elMerm'intion to debase the currency or upon its determlm tlon to degrade the line. We are opposed to both propositions, and no slf nsneetlng clliren In miking up Ins decision can afford to neglect cither. There Is little need to argue aialnst free sil ver now. hat necel we say ngninst a doctrine which would work a sweeping nnd destructive revolution In our financial s.vstem, and vet which Is advanced by a pirty only after a violent eon tct in which nearly half of that pirtv has op posed itf At Kansis City it took the Democrats) two ilays to eletcrmlne upon the free silver plank In their platform. The rest of the planks did not need an hour's work. And jet they solemn. ly ask that the two das' plank shall be lele gated to a secondary position Indeed, If their attitude on this question were not full of such terrible possibilities of tragedy to the natlou, It would amount to a farce My fellow towns man, Mr. Itlchard Crokcr, the arbiter of the des tinies of the New York Democracy, has recently evolved a theory which is entirely worthy ol serious consideration by inen who are willing to take the Kansas City convention itvlf (.eriously. Mr. Crokcr has announced that he thinks con gress should change the ratio every four jears, so tint the only thing certain about our dollar would be that no one ever could prophecy more than that length of time In advance what it would amount to. Mr. Croker's rarty asso ciates appear inclined, it is true, lo treat his views on finance with levltv. But In reality he Is just as much entitled .to sciious treatment from them as the) arc entitled to Kcrlous treat ment from us. It is harelly nccevary to say that not merely free silver, but the very threat of free silver would paral)e our whole Indus trial life. The election of Mr Bryan would cause such economic nnd flnnneiil chaos as to reduce this whole country to a condition of fearful nnd ncute distress that cannot bo imag ined even bv those who keep fresh In mind the dirk ilijs of "Ji, only seven jears ago. Any representatives of tho Populistlc Democracy, as at present composed, whom Mr. Brj an could ap point as secretaries cf state and of the treas ury, would inevitably bring the country to the brink of ruin; they would do far more to bairn It now than they could hive elone four jears ago. As to Expansion. Vow, as to expansion. It hardlj- seems worth while to waste any time upon what the Kansas City people call "imperialism" and "militarism." The domlmnt note of the Kamas City con vention was insincerity. The convention which nominated Mr. Ilrvan in 1000 was in character inllltcly below tint which nominated him in ISM. In lb'HI, for all their wild nnd dangerous folly, his advocates had at least the merit of sincerity In their bitter fanaticism. However wrong headed, they knew- whit they believed, and they stated it without fear. In VOO their actions were determineil purely 1 y policj-, and their pandering to the worst and most degraded pas slons In our national life, bad enough in all conscience sake in Itself, was rendered infinitely worse- because robbed of every vestige of lion-cstj- and slncciity. It took them two days to find out whit they believed alwut free silver, and this was the only plank concerning which they took the trouble to find out their beliefs at all. They rv-aserled the doctrines of anar chy which they had preached in '90, not be cause they lnrger believed in them, but because they hoped by announcing them to attract to themselves all men of unsound nnd violent mind. When It came to eleallng with our for eign policy they deliberately strive to foeter re sistance to the national Hag, where such re siManee already exlits, and to call it into being where it does not exist, with tho hope of gain ing some petty party advantage at no matter what cost of ruin to the nation. The) mouth about "impel iallsm" and "mllltarlkin" knowing that there Is not one shred of truth in what they say, knowing. If they know nnj thing, tint their words are putting a premium upon trouble In every island from which the Spaniards have been driven; and caring nothing, becau-o they wish to puiehase party success even at the cost of dishonesty to the flag, of death and fcuffeilns to tlio men who fight under the flag. Hitter, indeed, is the cup they bold out to the nation to drink, and thrice bitter It will be for the nation if it does not spurn It. What the) say about Cuba and Porto lileo need not detain us for a moment. In Porto Itl?o we now have Governor Allen in charge. We have established n s.vstem under which the Islind Is advancing by leaps and bnumls to prosperity. In Cuba wo have put Oenetal Leonaid Wood in charge, and ill the preliminary steps have been taken to give to the people of the island their own government; our pledge to Cuba shall, of course, be kept; General Wood's administration Is a s.v non.vm for honesty and cleanliness, and the minute that fiaud was discovered in tho pos. tal department, the wiong-doers were hunted down in unsparing pursuit; anil the liest possible proof was thereby given that we meanfwhat wo sild, and that governmental cleanliness would bo obtained in the only possible wiy by the un sparing rutting out of corruption wherever it was found. The Philippines. V now come to tho Philippines, and to the general question of expansion. Many of tho positions taken bv the Populistlc Democracy at the moment aie so palpably dishonest and main, talned In such palpable bid faith that to state tin in Is sultlclent. It Is hardly necessary to dls. cuss what they say about "The constitution fob lowing the dag." Tho Democratic party never championed the doctrine thus set forth save In the dark days when It had become tho hand maiden of slavery and rebellion, and danced to any tune which the apostles of slavery chose to pipe. When under Jeifersun the great West be yend tho Mississippi was acquired, whin, largely through the Instrumentality of Jackson, Florida was added to tho Union, the new provinces with their Indian populations, weio governed precise ly and exactly on the theory under which the Philippines are now governed. President Jeffer son securcil the Louisiana purchase just as Prest dent McKlnley secured the Philippines, and An. drew Jackson warred against the fcminolc when ho hid acquired Florida from Spain precisely as General MacArthur is now warring against the bandits among tho Tagals, In Luion. Unless wo are willing to deprive Jefferson and Jackson of tho meed of honor which has been held to be peculiarly theirs, we cannot deny the same high praise to President McKlnlej-. At Kanas City the men engaged In preaching the gosjiel of dishonor and repudiation solemnly asserted that "Imperialism abroad will lead quickly and In evitably to despotism at home." You men of Minnesota and the Dakotas who are here this ev ening can appreciate the fatunusnss of that statement, by the slniplo process of thinking whether jour liberties havo been abridged by the return of the Minnesota and Dakota troops who won such honor for themselves In the Phil, ipplncs. There are geometrical propositions so Continued en Facet i.) KAISER'S FAVORITE CRUISER "PRINCE HENRY." Soon to Go to China to Avenge the Assassination of Uaron Von Kettcler. NO EXTRA SESSION WILL BE CALLED DECIDEDLY HOPEFUL FEELING AT WASHINGTON. The Tldo of Sentiment Turned at the Announcement of the Success of the Allies nt Tien Tsin At Cabinet meeting It Is Decided That the Troops on Hand Will Be Sufficient for Present Needs. Washington, July 17. A decidedly more hopeful feeling with regard to tho Chinese situation was apparent in nil administration circles this evening. The tide of sentiment, v.vhlch had been remarkably pessimistic, turned with the announcement of the victory of tho allies at Tien Tsin and the cap ture of the forts and native city and gathered further strength from Minis ter Wu's cablegram declaring that the foreign ministers at Pekin were sate July !. Aside from these dispatches the arrival of the president and tho special cabinet meeting called to con sider the situation were the features of the day. The cabinet met at 2.30 thl3 afternoon, less than an hour after the president reached tho White House. Over a hundred newspaper men thronged the corridors while the cabinet was sitting behind closed doors. The scene resembled the hot test days of the Spanish war. There were present Secretary Hay, Secretary Hoot, Secretary Long, Sec retary Gage and Postmaster General Smith. At the conclusion of tlio session, which lasted two and a half hours, Secretary Hoot gave out the following formal statement of the action of the cabinet: "The president has determined that tho facts now known to us do not re ciuire or Justify calling an extra ses sion of congress. Should future de velopments indicate that he is unable to do what is required with the means now at Ills command and the action of congress is necessary to furnish either men or money or authority, he will not hesitate to call It together." While only this meagre formal state ment was given out, It was ascertained that the whole Chinese situation was thoroughly discussed by the cabinet. The decision that an extra session of congress was not demanded by exist ing conditions was the outcome of tho showing which both Secretary Hoot nnd Secretary Long were able to make as to the force that can be thrown Into China without the authorization of ad ditional troops by congress, and also tho decidedly more hopeful feeling en tertained by tho president and the memBers of his cabinet as to the safety of Minister Conger and the other for eigners In Pekin, due to the cable to Minister Wu, reporting tho safety of the ministers July 9, two days after their reported massacre. While this cable Is not regarded as conclusive, It Is accepted In good faith for the pres ent, nut the administration, It can bo definitely stated, has set In motion some machlneiy by which It Is confi dently predicted absolutely authentic news as to the fate of our minister and the other foreigners nt Pekin will be ascertained. Through what channel tho administration expects to receive thU nil-Important news Is not known, but that a definite statement of the situa tion In Pekin is dally, If not hourly, expected, can be stated with tho utmost posltlveness. Will Depend Upon Affairs in Pekin. The advices received from Pekin probably will be tho determining factor In blazing tho future course of this government. If Minister Conger has been murdered, an extra session of congress seems Inevitable. Admiral Hemey's message of the success fol lowing the earlier hard fighting at Tlen-Tsln helped to relieve the anxi ety of the president nnd his advisers, but Minister Wu's was responsible for tho really hopeful feeling that pre vailed. Secretary Hoot furnished to tlie cabinet a summary of the troops avnllable, not in this country but In Cuba, and gave It as the opinion that between 10,000 and 12,000 troops in all could be spared for service in China. These re-enforcements are to he rushed through at the earliest oppor tunity. Most, If not nil, of them, It is believed, can be landed by the end of August or early In September. Ouo cabinet officer said that, beyond thoso soldiers already destined for China from the Philippines, no further troops from the Islands would be withdrawn uness the situation became much more dangerous. In figuring upon the num ber of additional marines available, Secretary Long summoned to the cabl- THE NEWS THIS MOKNLVU Weatlier Indications Today, GENERALLY FAIR. 1 Oct eral Allied I'oices Capture Tien-Tsln. Minister Wu Sajs Legations at Pekin Are btar.dlnp. , Governor ltoosevelt Opens dnpalun In Min nesota. No Extra Session of Corgress. 2 Tho Tribune's lMucal'onal Contest. Northeastern Pennsjlvanla. l'iiui clal and Commercial. a Local Inquest Into the Old Forge Trolley fatalities. Supimic- Court Opinions 4 IMitorial. News and Comment. C Local Mayor Molr and the Curfew, Thirteenth's Men In the Chinese Army. 0 local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 Hound About the County. 8 Local Live Industrial News. Lake Superior Ore richls. net meeting General Haywood, who commands the marine corps and who Is familiar with every detail of that branch of the service. He explained that, under existing law, the full sticngth of thu mailne corps Is six thousand. Hut the enlistments at the present time aggiegate only about fi, 000. This makes an additional 1,000 marines who can be brought into the service without congressional action. Recruiting Men. No new order for recruiting these men Is necessary, as tho recrultlncf stations are now In operation, but In tho presence of the cabinet Secretary Long directed General Haywood to use his utmost endeavor to complete the recruiting of the additional 1,000 ma rines. It was decided also that the battalion of marines, BOO In number, who were to have left for the far east at tho end of the month, should go for ward on next Sunday In command of Major Hanelolph Dickens. A cablegi nm to Admiral Homey, call ing for some additional Information upon which to act, was formulated at the cabinet meeting and dispatched at once. ENDEAV0RERS IN LONDON. Rev. Francis Clark Elected World's President, and John Willis Baer, Secretary Temperance Demonstra tion. London, July 17. Tlio Rev. Francis i:. Claik und Mr. John Willis Haer were today elected, respectlvely.world's president and becretarv of the Young People's Society of Chilstlan Endeavor. They and other prominent members of the society will go to Paris lo attend tiles Christian Endeavor convention there, July 22. Mr. Clnik will be occu pied in attending various European conventions of christian Endeavorers until September. Secretary John Willis H.ier, speak ing of tho growth of the movement, said that the Christian Endeavor badge was worn bv more than one brawny nrlton from her majesty's ship Power ful In the famous siege of Lndyamlth. Mr. Haer strongly demanded that an arbitration treaty between Great Hrlt aln and America be made compulsory. "Cod may come nnd seals may go," said he, "and boundary lines be liclel In dispute, but palsied be the hand and mute tho tongue that should again suggest stilfe and bloodshed between America and Great Hrltaln." Tho Hev. Francis E. Clink, president of tho Society of Christian Endeavor, delivered the principal address. He spoke of Christian Endeavor in tho far east, "in progressive Japan, In dis tracted China, and with hopeful begin nings In Corea." Ills tour of tho world, Mr. Clark said, had convinced him that "the Christian Endeavor tree would hear fruit In any soil." Describing ths greetings he had iccelved everywhere, Mr. Claik said In China It was "peace, pence, pence." The leading evening event of tho dnv was the temperance demonstintlon. at which tho principal speakers were Canon WilUnin Harker. of St. Paul's cathedral, and Hev. Paul Strayer, of Ilaltlmore, who deprecated tho Indif ference of governments to tho needi of temperance legislation. The evening meeting, nt which the subject of discussion was "Pentecostal Power," was addressed by Hev. Hand ley Moule, of England: Rev. W. Floyd Thompkins and Hev. W. Patterson, of Philadelphia. Blue Ribbon Meeting Postponed. Detroit, July 17. Todaj's programme of the bluo ribbon meeting of tho grand circuit in cluding merchants' and manufacturers' stake trot, postponed until tomorrrow, on account oi rain. CHINESE ROUTED Tien Tsin Captured by the Allied Forces WALLED CITY IS TAKEN Tlio Allied Troops Resume tho At tnck on tho Walled City of Tlenl Tsin and Bntter Down the Fort ifications of the Chinese Troops and Drive Them from Their Positions Largo Casualty List Tho Russians and Jnpancse Suffer tho Most Tha Manchuria Disturbances Anxiety nt Cnuton. London, June 17. The Dally Mall to- day gives the Associated Press the fo! lowing dispatch from Its Shanghai correspondent under date of July 17: Tho allied troops resumed the aU tack upon the Chinese walled city o Tien T'jin on tho morning of July 14 and succeeded In breaching tho walla and capturing all the forts. The Chl- nese were completely louted and the allied forces took possession of tho native city nnd Its defenses. The to tal losses to the allies In tho engage ments of Thursday, Friday and Sat-e urday were about 800 killed or wound ed. The casualties were greatest among the Russians nnd Jnpancse. i Tlio guns of tho allies did lmmenso damage to the native city, causing many large conflagrations and finally, silenced the majority of the enemy'3 guns simultaneously. Then 1,500 Rus sians, assisted by small parties of Gor mans und French, assaulted and cap tured eight guns that were In position on the railway embankment and tho fort, the magazine of nhlch the French! subsequently blew up. A body o American, Rrlllsh, Japanese and Aus trian troops then made a sortie and attacked the west arsenal, which tho Chinese had reoccipled. After threes hours of the hardest fighting yet ex perienced the Chinese fled. When tho arsenal had been evacuated by the Chi nese, the Americans, French, Japaneso and Welsh Fusiliers ndvanced toward the native town and joined with tho other attacking forces. The Japaneso infantry and a mounted battery ad vanced to the foot of tho walls, sup ported by the Americans and French. Despite valiant attacks the allies wero only able to hold tho positions gained outside the walls preparatory to re newing tho assault In the morning. Tho casualties sustained by the al lies wore exceedingly heavy, especially those to the Americans, French and Jnpnnese. Several explosions In tho native city were caused by the hom bordment. The Chinese appear to have exhausted their supply of smokeless powder, ns they aro now uslns blacli powder. Manchuria Disturbances. London, July 18, 4 0. m. The news of tho Manchuria disturbances Is not regarded us justifying the serious view; attributed by the Dally Mall's advices. Amur Is a boundary territory between Eastern Siberia nnd Manchuria. Tlw district has been the scene of local dis till bances for u long time, owlnj- to the provocative conduct of the Cos sacks toward tho twenty-five thousand Chinese employed in the construction of the Russo-Manchurla railway. Several serious collisions have oc curred between the Cossacks and thd Chinese troops. One happened several weeks ago, -when two Russian ofllcora and sixteen men were killed. Tho ex-s tension of tho lloxer movement td Manchuria has resulted In a great de struction of tho railway, compelling the Russians to withdraw their offic ials. The Chinese tiled to stop tho Russian steamer Michael, carrying urns munition, and the steamer Selega, with tho Russian frontier commission on board, from passing up tho Amur at Algun. They fired on tho steamers wounding an olllcer and a few men, but the steamers reached Wagovschen safely. Tho local Chinese commander at Algun seems to have sent the Rus sians a sort of ultimatum to quit Mans churla. The Chinese minister at St. Peters burg has disavowed the events la Manchuria on behalf of his govern ment and has promised to make seri ous representations to Pekin regarding tho consequences that will follow If tho hostilities there do not cease. There is little further news from China this morning. Tho attack upon tho natlvo city of Tien Tsin was fol lowed up so swiftly that tho Chlneso never had time to reorganize and onco their lines were broken their retreat rapidly became a rout. LI Hung Chang has already left Canton. This causes the utmost nnxl ety for the safety of tho Europeans there, as there aro only two gunboats, one Hrltlsh and one American at Can ton, pending the arrival of a French1 gunboat. m Health Officer Removed. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Plttston, July 17. At a special mertlnfj eA the boaril of health held last nleht, Health ON fleer J fill S. Thompson was removed from of tie e ami llinmas limes was appulnitil in ills place. Tho baud was divided on tlie question. I)r. Mulholland and Metsrs. Drown and ltcddloj voted to rcmovo Thompson, and Pr. Hill anj Mr. Campbell votine; to retain him. No charge acalnst Mr. Thompson were made. Ho was elected last April after having served tor ono year, f -t- -t--t- 1- -VV -T- WEATHER FORECAST. 4- Washington, July 17. Kcrecait for -f 4- Wednesday and Thursdays Kastern Pcnn- -f 4- sjlvanla Generally fair Wednesday and -f- 4- Ihursday; frceh to brisk wutherly 4- -f winds, -f- H- 1 i- ", 1 Ik. W. a 4MtL
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