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SCRANTON, PA., .MONDAY MOKNING.
TWO CENTS.
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CHINESE SEND A
The United States Asked
to Intervene and
Aid China.
HESITATION OF POWERS
The Governments of Europe Insist
That the rotelgners in Pekin
Have Been Murdered, and Hold
That There Is No Need of Hnste.
Proof of the Official Mistake
Made at Taku The Administra
tion at Washington Will With
draw Troops ns Soon as the
Americans at Pekin Have Been
Relieved Fivo Hundied Marines
Stait for China.
WnMiliiKton. July 22. President Mc
Klnli' has leeched what puipoits to
bo a tlliett appeal fiom the Chinese
Impel ial government Id ue his kooiI
olllres to cxtibate that goveintntrt
from the dllllcult and clangi'ious. posi
tion In which It has been placed ns a
ic-sult of the Hoer uptlslnsr and tin
ensuing hostile attitude "f the gloat
pnwtis. Although the caot tet of the
appeal made bv the pinpetoi of China
to Prance, as outlined In the cable dis
patches of xostotelay, has not he n
made known heie, It Is believed that
the addiess to the piosldent is similar
in teims to that communication. In
our cT-e the communkatlon was ma'i'
thioUKh Minister W'u to the state cle
Iiattinint. Thus far a llnal answer has
not been returned. The Piench bv
onmpiit answciecl at once, but that
answer will not seie us. The United
States government is consc It ntiou-i
Pint-ccdlug upon an etitltely dllfrient
line ot polity In the tte.itinent ol the
case. T'nl ultimate Iv the state tlepait
ment Duels itself alone in this, but
novel thele,-s it Is i olivine ed that Its
pl in Is the best, and it has behind it
the consoling assurance that at pic
em all of the Ihnopcan gnvcinmcnis
have t.ultlv admitted that an etror
was made In the beginning of not fol
low Inq the common sense advice of the
United Htates commander at Taku. The
pointed ellffeience between the state
department and the Dumpum govern
ment is that the latter, pioceedlnt?
upon the belief that all ot the foic-lcn
niinlstei.s and missionaries and guards
at Pekin lmv been killed, and insist
upon dealing with the Chinese govern
ment on th.it basis, thereby assuming
a hostile attitude that tends to elestioy
the last chain e aallable of vvhatevei
fi lentil sentiment may jet exist
among the powerful Chinese viceiojs
but Impel ial government itself. Thus
the Fiench irply, ns indicated in the
four conditions laid down b that deli
cate affair, sets an Impossible task for
the Imperial government in Its piesent
stiain and tends to tlilvo it at once to
make terms with the Doxeis ami
Pilnce Tumi's paity.
The Policy of the United States.
On the other hand our gov eminent,
while not guaranteeing the nuth of
the advices fiom the Chinese gov em
inent ns to the safety of foreign min
isters, is willing to accept the .state
ments tempoiaiily In the meantime io
laxlng none ot Its effoits to get act ess
to Mr Conger tluough the use of mili
tary foice, if need be. Ily following
out this policy the state department
argues that It letalns two chances in
stead of one. It may reach Mr. Conger
with troops and It may also secuie
his deliverance tluough the friendly
ofllces of some of the powerful Chinese
oflltlals which the powers ate not like
ly to obtain for their ow n people by
following out their present policy, ft
nay bo stated also that the United
States government has not anil doen
not Intend to lellnqulsli any part of
Us claim for compensation and repa
ration In the ultimate settlement. Its
position in that respect It holds will
not be affected unfavorably by piose
cutlug Its efforts to make use of the
friendly sentiments of the Chinese of
ficials. A paitlcul.uly deploiablo ef
fact of the reasoning of the i:uiopean
governments on this point in tin
estimation of this government is th
abandonment of the idea that there
Is particular neeu or hasto and for
taking even dcspeiato chances in the
effort to ge the International lellef
column tluough to Pekin. It Is tine
that the latest advices fiom Taku In
dicate that whereas It was oilglnally
estimated by the foreign commanders
that the expedition could not be sta
ed before August 13, it Is now- icgarded
by them as possible to make n begin
ning about the first of August. Itut the
military experts here who have been
closely scanning nil the reports fiom
Tien Tsln that nppear to be worthy
of credit, feel that even now the way
Is open to Pekin nnd that the march
should begin with the force at piesent
on the Pel Ho, leaving the powers to
bring up reinforcements to reopen the
base, should the first expedition be
cut off. According to the latest offi
cial reports the country round about
Tien Tsln Is clear of hostile Chinese.
The lower end of the Chinese section
has been defeated at Tien Tsln and
the army experts calculate that its
power Is so broken that that par
ticular amy can never be reoiganlzed
Jn season to offer formidable resist
ance. So they argue that the time la
ripe for a stroke of bold generalship:
such, for Instance, as French's ride to
Klmberley.
Proof of the Mistake.
Further proof of an ofllclal character
of the mistake made by foreign com
manders In the attack upon the Taku
forts la contained in a communication
Jut received by the state department
DIRECT APPEAL
from United Ptntcs Consul Fowler at
Che Foo lie has transmitted nn Im
perial edict which was supplied to
him by telegiaph by the Chinese gov
ernor of Shan Tung, Yuan Shi Kala at
Tsl Nan the capital of flip province.
It was Issued on July 17 and relatei
to the present hostilities between
China and the foreign powers. Tho
dispatch containing the edict came to
the state department in such confused
phuistology that It is Impossible to
do more than approximately state Its
sense.
The edict nppenrs to state In tho
beginning that owing to the trouble
existing between the Christians and
the populace and to the subsequent
seizin e of the Taku forts, which
aroused the mllltaiy to arms, the Im
perial court was laying gieat weight
upon its I.itei national lelatlons.
The Mnnchu generals, therefore,
v Icerovs and governors, ai o ordered to
nseettaln whether the merchants nnd
mlssloiuiles of the vailous nations
lesldlng 'n the open ports are being
ptotected and the nsscrtlon Is made
that prefects and magistrates have
been sent repeatedly Imperial edicts
to piotect the legations. Orders also
have ben sent to the provincial au
thorities to protect the nilsslonatles.
While hostilities have not ceased, the
Chinese offlclnls are dltected to give
protection to the merchants and others
of the various nations in accordance
with treaties and must not fall to
obey. The edict iefers to the killing
last month of the Japanese chancelllor,
Hugnyama, which It characterizes as
staitllng. It sas that a short time
then-after the Oct man minister was
niuidcietl v bile residing In the capital,
conducting International afCalis. Tho
edict exju esses the deepest sympathy
on account of his death and asserts
that stilngent instructions would bo
Issued to secuie the murderers, who
must be cauriit and sevciely punished
after the teimlnntlon of hostilities, to
gether with those win have murdeied
foreigners and misslonailes or taken
their pioperty without cause. The
language of the edict ns given by Mr.
Fowler, on this subject Is very much
Involved, but it appeals to exempt
fiom punishment those who have kill
ed foielgneis "connected with war."
Instructions to Investigate.
The govemoi of Pekin and the vice-
loj of Chl-l.I ate chaiged to issue in
structions to Investigate and then to
deal Intelligently with eat h cae of
vviongdoing. The edict states that ic
cently evil doers created riots, delib
erately lebolled and murdeied good
subjects, ceitalnly. It says, a deplor
able state of aff.ilis. All viceioys, gnv
einois nnd high mllltaiy authorities
aio ordeicd to obtain accuiate details,
piesumably of the outrages committed
by Chinese, and to make such seizures
and take such action as the cases war
rant In older to stop the disturbances.
Heslde the icfeience to the seizure of
tho Taku foits ns one of the causes of
the upswing, the significant feature of
the edict Is the undeilvlng expression
of the deslie of the Impeilal govern
ment of China not only to protect the
foreigneis, but to make reparation for
the Injuries they have sustained. That
would seem to be the moaning of the
Instiuctlons to the Chinese viceroys
nnd maglstiates to take steps to ascer
tain the extent of these injuries. Other
wise the edict Is mainly argumentative
and appears to bo an effoit to extenu
ate tho course of the Impeilal govern
ment. As such It may be piopeily laid
nslde for the piesent to be taken up
for consideiatlon In the llnal reckon
ing, nnd such will be the course of the
state depai tment.
The ndininWtiatlon is determined to
keep aloof fiom any movement that
would uniieccss.il ily entangle the gov
ernment of the United States in Chi
nese affairs It of course, must join
he.utily with tho other powers in the
effort to get to Pekin, but it does not
follow fiom that co-operation that It
will be led Into taking part in any of
the bickerings or dissensions that en
sue over the future of China after our
people have been taken caio of. It Is
the Intention of the administration to
withdraw our foices, military and nav
al, after the Amei leans in Pekin have
been icllevetl, and wash its hands of
Chinese affairs, looking only to the
preservation of such privileges ns It
has a light to retain for Amei leans. A
bilef tablegiam was rerelved by Sec
letay Long today fiom Rear Admlal
Kempff. We nnnounced that tho New
nik was going over to Nagasaki to be
docked and cleaned Although he did
not say so It is assumed that he Is
going with her, ns she is his llagshlp.
Five hundred United States marines
started fom this city today direct for
China. They weie placed on a special
train bound for San Francisco, where
they will cross the Pacific on an army
transport. This Is the latgost body
of mailncs that has yet been dis
patched to the east and tho departuro
wns made conspicuous by the presence
of Oeneial Hey wood, the commandant
of mailnes and the full mailno band.
Major Dickens commands the detach
ment. LI AT SHANGHAI.
The Viceroy Is Coldly Received by
the Consuls.
Sliangli-il, .Inly 22 II llunir Clung, who ar
rived hire toilay on the steamer Anplntr from
Horn; Knnir, m coldly retched The native)
dllirlnls sent an tscort of 300 armed troop lint,
as the French official objected to their paalnir
through the Pre mil settlement, they were
withdrawn, anil Farl M landed under an extort
of twelve French police.
Once out of the Frtnch Jurisdiction he was
handed over to the Cosmopolitan settlement's
police, who CMortecl him to his place ot resl.
dtneo on IluliblliKt Well load The Anpimr,
tuning munitions of war on board, violated the
harlior regal itions by entering and was com
pelled to leave the limits.
The consuls have decided not to call upon
I.I Hung Chans officially.
ii
Betrothed to a King.
rtclBrade, Jul) 22 King Alexander, of Sor
via, has proclaimed his betrothal to Mine.
Praga Max bin, a widow, who was formerly
lady in waiting ts queen Nathalie, thg king',
mother.
CHAUNCEY BLACK ON
BALLOT REFORM
HE THINKS THE OUTLOOK THE
BEST IN TEN YEARS.
Tho Corporations and Political Ma
chines, He Says, Object to Secret
Ballot and Aro Responsible for the
Baker Law, Which Was Pushed
Forward in Place of the Austra
lian System, Which Was Demand
ed by tho Election of Governor
Pattlson Advocates Non-Partisan
Constitutional Convention.
Harrlsburg, July 22. The Pattiot
will tomonow publish an exhaustive
Interview with cx-Meutcnnnt C.oveinoi
Chauncey F. Hlack on the subject ot
ballot reform. The Patriot lepiesentu
tlve saw Governor Ulack at his home
In Yolk, Pa., yesteidny and asked him
about the outlook for ballot leform In
the state. Mr. Ulack said the outlook
W better than at any time dining the
last ten yeais, but, he udtled, that Is
not saying much. Since 1S91, he said
theie hns been no slncie or Intelligent
effoit for ballot leform. At that time,
he said, tlu.ro was nn almost unlveisal
demand for tho Australian system, and
Pattlson was elected governor princi
pally on the Issue favoring the calling
of a constitutional convention for bal
lot leform.
Notwithstanding this, the Influence
of ei eat cot (Mirations opposed to se
ct et ballot and tho political machines
who did not want reform In the bal
lot succeeded In having enacted by
the legislature the H iker ballot law,
which was pushed forward (by those
who wanted to defeat ballot refoim by
defeating tho proposed constitutional
convention.
"This law," continued Mr. Ulack,
"now commonly known as the iJakr
fraud,' was carefully devised to serva
not only ns a refotm good enough to
stave off the leal article, but actually
encourage, facilitate and protect all
the election ci lines which genuine bal
lot reform Is intended to prevent. Tho
law received the signature of Governor
Pattlson."
In his further remaiks tho ex-llou-tenant
governor said he thinks the
situation has Improve 1. "The people,"
ho said, "have endued the 'JJ.ikcr
fraud' nine eais. Th-y have seen all
the election abuses previously com
plained of greatly liici eased and piae
ticed with almost entito impunity.
They have seen our gieat cities ut
terly debauched and their govern
ments placed in the hands of criminal
conspirators. They have seen It con
fessed on all sides that majoiltles, In
largo part corrupt, an J In larger pait,
pmely fraudulent. sway our municipal
ities an 1 possibly the commonweolth
itself. They see under the law now
best known as the 'Haker fraud' a
guard coop erected for the conven
ience of the bribe-giver and tho bull
dozer. Into which the coriupt or the
timid, or the dcpende-it voter Is pur
sued nnd the delivery of his vote
superv Ised. Unless some method ot
securing the light of free election Is
speedily established the end of popu
lar government Is In full sympathy.
Nowhere on earth Is this hopeless
condition so palpable as In this state
of Pennsylvania.
Democrats Discouraged.
Continuing, Mr.Black said tho Demo
crats became discouraged "by the In
explicable desertion of their public
officials and party organization In 1S91
and 1S93 and have weakly submitted,
nllowlng corruption and fraud freti
course and, In gieat centcis of popu
lation like Philadelphia and Allegheny,
have actually endured political fellow
ship with so-called 'Democratic' ma
chines, which regularly aided In and
profited by these election crimes. Thoro
has been no time In all these yeais
when, If the Democrats had chosen to
present this Issue stiuaiely, they might
not have gone to the people with a vast
majoiity predisposed In their favor. It
is impossible to suppose tint they could
again be misled and betiayed.
"It seems to be agreed on all sides
by Democrats, Independents and regu
lar Republicans that the supreme Wsuo
before tho people in the legislative elec
tions of this year Is this vital ques
tion of ballot reform."
Mr. Ulack refers to tho furious con
tention between tho factions of tho
Itepubllcan party for the control of tho
paity organization, and of talk In
certain Democratic quarters about
"fusion," and says: "As between
Messrs. Tllnn, Magee nnd Mnitln on
one side and Messrs. Quay, Klkln and
Heed on the other, the tax-paying pub
lie Is not In the lenst concerned, unless
one of the other of them shall proposo
some actual relief fiom the intolerable
abuses in state ami municipal govern
ments which have their oilgln In cor
iupt and fiaudulent elections.
The Scene of Fusion.
Tho principal scone of the fusion
movement, he says, Is In tho city of
Philadelphia, "where those acting In
the name of the Demociatlt paity are
the same who have guided the Uepubll
can machine time out of mind, and been
liberally paid for their serv Ices. Re
publicans Infotm us that they havo
now formed a holy compact for ballot
refoim. When asked wnat kind of bal
lot leform and by what means It Is to
be accomplished, they answer only that
they are going to elect a legislature
which will enact tho reform. This Is
the same old story of the 'Haker fraud'
another pretending tnat the legisla
ture can do, under the constitution,
what It manifestly cannot do.
"But there are honest Democrats and
honest Itepubllcans In Pennsylvania
who constitute nn enormous majority
and who are eager and anxious foi
honest elections and honest govern
ment. They are unanimous for ballot
refoim and they will tolerate no more
trickery, shams and frauds; they will
gladly come together nt the polls and
by their repiesentatlves In the legis
lature decide upon any definite plan of
action which promises tho accomplish
ment of this all-Important object."
Mr. Ulack pnys high compliment to
the publlo utterances of both Mr.Wana
tnaker nnd Mr. Quay In favor of a con
stitutional convention for ballot ie.
i form.
ATTACKL
Onlv l stimuli; together have the foreign
ever small parties stray away from the camps in
He quotes fiom Mt.Wiiiuimakor's nd
diess In November, 1S99, In which tint
gentleman called upon all qualified
electois, without distinction of party,
"to unite In the nomination and elec
tion of candidates for the legislature
pledged to vote for a fair, non-partisan
act calling a constitution il convention
for Immediate ballot refoim, the sub
stance nnd essential provisions ot
which be embodied In the fundamental
law bejond the ieaeh of corporate or
machine power." Mr. Quay is quoted
by Hlack as saying
"If this change In the election laws
of the state be really desired by the
people, the sooner It is effected the
better. It can be accomplished quick
ly, surely and ladlcally by a constitu
tional convention, anil by tho consti
tutional convention only which shall
be called and the members chosen for
tho express purpose. We can ascertain
the w ill of the people only bv submit
ting the question to them at the polls.
If the legislatuie to be elected In No
vember will frame a fair, non-paitlsan
constitutional convention bill, like that
of 1S72, eaily in the session, and then
submit the question of convention or
no convention under tho net to be
voted for at the spring elections, the
whole matter would be put In couise
of immediate and proper determina
tion according to tho public will."
Keptiblican Pnrty Has Power.
Mr. Ulack says tho tegular Hepub
lltan paitj has the power to pioduce
the lefoini for which Mr. Wanamnker
and Mr. Quay stand, Inasmut h as the
2,"iO,000 Democrats in the state me
deeply Intel ested In It and I see no tea
son why we should not make It unani
mous, and havo, at once, this fair non
pal tlsan constitutional convention
which .ill sensible people agieo Is the
only way out."
In conclusion he says: "Tho ballot
refoim association complains bitterly
that the bill originally prepaied by It
and Intioduced by Mr. linker was so
mutilated and conupted In the com
mittees of the two houses nnd In con
ference committees In 1S91 nnd 133
that It was unteeogntzablc when it
leappeaicd. It was thus that we got
the perfected 'Haker fiaud, and It Is
thus that ie.il ballot lefoim would
most likely bo pet petually defeated If
lelt to legislative discretion, even
though tho constitution weie nmended
so as to permit compulsory registra
tion nnd a secret ballot or the voting
machine. Tho amendments as they
stand aio compaiatlvvly worthless and
futile. They only cost time and money
and furnish a cover to ceitaln oppo
nents of ballot leform and honest
leglstrttion.
"Whoever, man or newspaper, talks
about ballot lefoun tluough tho adop
tion of these amendments or by sim
ple legislative enactment without ade
quate amendment may be safely sot
down 'is against the refoim and In
favtu of another 'Haker fraud." Gen
uine ballot lefoimeis will be with Mr.
Wanamaker and Mr. Quay for a non
partisan constitutional convention."
CONTESTS AT PAItlS.
Nearly All Athletes Declined
Athletes
to
Stmt.
Puis, Julv C2 The vvmM's nnnlenr thane
pltm-hlp mnttsts In conneition Willi tho Pins
tpo-.ition t unt t" i tontluion todij. t'om
piratlvrl) ft Vines bans attendee!, imiwi to
the fact that onh. Unit or femr ot tin ir come
ttjnun wire rainoiiiititl to tomptte in tlic
cvtntis, width wile uaiulltjp and In which the
Amtrftins itctivtd too fiwre hinditups ti
timpt to chaut tliem-chcs In running losing
i.it ps tjib all dtihned to stirt
Tewlsburj, of the I'nheraitj of l'ciuisjbanli,
and Hnlliid, of Unlicrsltv of fieoiRetown,
however, stirttd In the InOineties flit r.ico in
vthlth thin1 viro no !uinlii,i and Twl.burv
vviin the rati linn '11 15 ncomK Piit.luil,
of l'tiland, wa tciond.
ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE.
No Change from Ruling Dullness of
Midsummer.
riilliifclphla. Jub Ii The bidder In Us
cnl article tomorrow will av :
The anthracite coal trade s'iovm no change
from the rullrp; dullness of ndiNuiimir The
runipinlm aro icMrutins; output, but at the
nine time aro niinuii; more thit the market
Is IjUiu, and are, cmxqueilh, flocKIrs up
for the autumn at their v irious ktorinc (laic.
Pealtrs are onlv ordirhiR fiom ii.nl to mouth
as is imiiI at this sivon. The anihttcho nun
fleers are ilmrllul, biini; well romimej II at
In the autumn there will lie a dtineil 'or all
their coal and then they cvp" t to get tho
new circular pnets for their product.
Mullen to Go to the Chair.
New- York, July 22. Joseph Mullen, who
Mllul Johanna O'llrlen in New York, Is to ito
to the eltctilc chair In Mns Sinn prUon to
morrow momlns. He Knows touurrow Is the
fatal tlaj, but Ids Keepers raj bo has expressed
no anxitty or concern about it, and maintains
an air of the iwv.t ntprenie Indllttrtnet He
lias not b'l'ii willing to receive an) relit;lois
consolation.
Hay Goes to Ohio.
Washington, July 22 Secretin' Hay will
leaic Washington for Cleveland, Ohio, tomor
row, to attend tho funeral of his mother in
law, Mrs. Amasa Stone,
m i.
Ex-Rcglstei Chittenden Dead,
riurllrston, Vt., Julv 22,-Hon. L. K. Chit
It I den, rmlslir of the treasury during the
Lincoln aduilnlstiatlon, tiled hero today. He
Jnai 77 jeirt old-
troops in the more fanatical cities of the ochre empire a chuice for their lives,
the town streets thev arc attackttl by mobs.
LONDON SKEPTICS
ARE UNCHANGED
THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE THE
CHINESE DISPATCHES.
Minister Chi Chen Loh Fen Has Dif
ficulty in Attempting to Persuade
the English That Minister Con
ger's Communication Is Genuine.
Allies at Tien Tsin Issue a Pro
clamation. London, July 23, 4 a. m. Sir Chi
Chen Loh Peng, the Chinese minister
In London, took the usual step yestei
elay of paying a Sunday call at the
foielgn otllce. As Lord Sallsbuiy was
absent tho visit was without special
lesult, but Its Importance may be
gatheted fiom an interview with the
secietary of the Chinese legation, Sir
Halllday MacAUhney, In which the le
gation ollkinls seem to have assumed
at last something like personal respon
sibility. Sir Halllday admitted that commun
ication had been piactlcally reopened
with Pekin and that messages from Sir
Claude MacDonald, the Hiltlsh mini
tor, and the other foielgn envoys,
might bo expected almost Immediately.
He said he hoped the tumble would
soon be over, since the Chinese govern
ment was doing Its utmost to overcome
the dllllcultleH and to control the law
less element. In Ills opinion the Amet
Icans had taken the most common
tense v lew of the situation and ho in
sisted that China ought not to bo mis
judged. Against the suspicion that
LI Hung Chang has any but a sincere
pacific object in view ho protested
warmly, declailng that all stories
about the peilldy and trcacheiy of the
Haii Li weie "absolutely baseless."
With regaid to tho piospects in tho
sonthein piovinces the secretary ad
mitted that there might be small out
breaks, but he said there would bo
nothing serious and that luropeans
would bo quite safe in treaty ports.
The long silence Is explained as "duo
probably to the lebels, who have cut
the vvlies and blocked tho loads,"
No One Believes Dispatches.
Thus, accoidlng to tho secretary of
the Chinese legation, a few days more
should bilng a solution of the great
mystery. Nevertheless, no one In
Hngland believes that the alleged dis
patches and edicts are anything but
subterfuges to hide th real situation
as long as possible and to avert rettl
butlon by sowing discord among tho
peiweis.
Fiom Shanghai conies a report that
tho cmpicss dowager and the court
are moving to Hslan Fu, in the piov-
Ince of Shan SI, to which huge stores
of ike nie being sent and that, when
these nirangements are completed the
lemainlng viceroys will declaie against
foielgneis.
According to tho Che Foo correspon
dent of tho Dallv Mall tho fall of
Tien Tsln has so elisheartened the
Chinese that they ar- seeking tetms
of peace. He says that several at
tempts have been made to send mes
sages to Pekin but so far without any
known lesults and adds that iiimora
aie again rut lent that the Itusslans
aie i caching Pekin fiom the notth It
Is impossible to conflun or deny these
statements, but either one might ex
plain China's efforts to gain tlmc LI
Hung Chang's visit to Shanghai seems
to bo a complete failure. Dxcept the
Chinese customs ollkinls no one bus
visited him. Shen, the taotal, chief
magistinto. gave tho consuls a cordial
Invitation to meet him at luncheon,
but all declined.
The Shanghai conespondent of th
Dally Hxpress pretends to have author
ity for the assertion that Gieat Hiitaln
will repudiate any ciedentlals LI Hung
Chang may bilng fiom lie empress
Uowagei, and adds:
"Russia, however. Is willing to make
terms with LI Hung Cnang, whose ieal
mission Is to sow dissension among
the powers. Tho Hrltlsh, Geiman and
Amei lean representatives weie resolute
against receiving him."
Officials Frightened.
Tho Shanghai conespondent of tho
Dally Mall declaies that tho Chinese
officials are thoroughly frightened by
the fall of Tlen-Tsln and desire to open
negotiations. "Theiefore," ho con
tinues, "although all aie aware of tho
hoirlblo Pekin massacres, every otllclat
down to the humblest letalner has bce
swain to secrecy upon the penalty of
wholesale executions should the details
leak out. They hope, If the povveia
onco begin negotiations, to btop tho
military opeiations und that matters
might cool down."
Thero Is tho usual crop of Shanghai
rumors at hand this morning, One Is
that Prlnco Tuan has been abducted
and that tho empress dowager Is again
supreme. Another Is that tho notorious
Kang Yl, president of tho board of war,
has been appointed viceroy of Canton,
The Tlen-Tsln correspondent of the
Dally News says the allies have issued
MOBS.
When-
THE NEWS THIS MOISMXH
Weather In titrations today,
PARTLY CLOUDY.
Onenl C'hlne-e Ak for Intervention
Vmnesty lAtetideel to Vk'iilmiM"
London Will Nut llellpve Chinese Dcspatel cs.
ballot lttform 1 rued 1 Chaumt.v lllaik.
The Tribune's IMiintlnnil Contest.
Northeas e n Pennvlvanh Vews.
1 inancial and Commtulal
I ocil Sermon by ltev. II. (J. Mtlltrinott In
l.lm Park Chutrli.
Mtntlou of Men ' iho Hour.
IMItorlal.
News anel Comme.it.
Local Shootlns AeTriy In North biraiilon
VI iv Lnl l'atally.
Corner fctone I.iltl at Ilivvlcy.
local Hist Scianton and suburhan.
Itounel About the L'ounlj.
local Live Industrial New.
l'lttidnirg Judn'o Who ThlnU I II.o Our
Jlav or.
a proclamation announcing that they
are not lighting China, but only the
lebels, who have been guilty of attacks
upon the foielgneis.
Tho decision to keep the Indian divis
ion at Hong Kong is supposed to be
clue to tho disquieting pioceedlngs of
the "Hlack Flags" at Canton. It is
lepoitod thnt the Hoguo forts aie be
ing le-armeel by the Clilnc-e with
quick-filing Kuipps and Luge stores ot
ammunition, and that the Chinese are
mounting guns and laying toipedoes at
various advantageous points between
Woo-Sung and Wu-Ciinng. The for
eigners nnd Japanese tiadeis have
evacuated Nlu-Chwang, whero the
loads aio now guarded by Japaneso
mailnes.
All foielgn women and chlldien have
been advised to leave the fotts on the
Yangtse-Kiang.
Sllirht skirmishes aro repotted fiom
Manchuria between tho Russians and
Chinese.
WU IS OPTIMISTIC.
The Chinese Minister Is Certain That
the Foreigneis at Pekin Aie Safe.
Declines to Discuss Intervention.
Washington, July 22 With the ex
ception of the brief dispatch from jd
mlial Kempff announcing that the
Newark was going to Nagasaki, theie
has been nothing iccelveel In Washing
ton today by the state or navy depait
ments regarding China This was also
tiue of the Chinese legation, .Minister
Wu saying after dinner tonight that
he had not a word fiom his countiy to
day. Tho latter continues extiemely
optimistic of the safety eof the legx
tlons In IVkln and hopes that the
dispatch from Minister Conger ic
celved heie Filday Is but the piecur
sor of more detailed infoimation of
a still blighter chai actor for the Chi
nese capital.
Many of tho callers today inquired
of him about the icpoit that China
had asked the United States govern
ment to exeieise Its good olllces for
his countiy In tho lire .sent crWW, but
he declined positively to make any
statement on the subjt-et. At the
Japanese legation, which has been a
sou i ce of much of the news which has
lecently cmiie fiom china, the offi
cials were also without advices today,
Nothing has been heniel at the lega
tion of the report published In tho
Amei lean newspapers that the Japan
ese gov eminent Is about to despatch
a second division of tioops tiom Yoko
hama for Chinese territory.
When Seciettuy Hay received tho
Conger dispatch, on Frhlay, ho prompt
ly telegraphed the fact to ourambassn
dois and mlnlsteis nbioad, coupling
It with Instiuctlons to lay It befoie tho
lespeetlve geiveinments to which they
are credited and to uifcv upon them th
necessity for co-operation for th
of the foreigneis in Pekin. r
plies have been iceelveel a' ,k.
department In response to iIk- s t no
tary's dispatch, but they aie withheld
from publlealton for the piesent. Tho
olllclals here will abate none of tho
effoits now making to obtain more defi
nite news and to push foiward the ie
lief column on Its way to tho Chlneo
capital,
Up to a lato hour tonight nothing
had been heard fiom Major General
Chaffee, vvho Is to command tho
American forces In China anil whoso
ni rival at Nagaskl Is liouily expected.
Thieo Women Drowned.
".shvllle, lenn, Julv 1-i. N'.wi rcaehed hcio
from llainbuiir, llirdln ttntntv, rf the drowning
isi.li tin ic o( three juiuu women, Mii t'ni
.ml Hub) 1ownentl ami Pea 1 1 ii'!c. Ihty
vviie wallne; m Owl crick, when one of tl en
supped in o deep witer. i"l o others responds!
to her tries mil a none roulj mvin 'ic tn-re
perished tojetb-r.
Hostler Commits Murder.
Cincinnati, July 22 At Newton, an eastern
suburb, David Drown, a hoatler, today killed
Mark llobinson and fatally wounded Prank Jlur
pli). Tho thootln: was the outcome of an obi
family quarrel. All are tald to have keen
drinking.
AMNESTY IS
'EXTENDED TO
AGUJNAIDO
Proclamation and Reso
lutions Are Sent to
the Rebel Chief.
NEWS OF THE BATTLES
Two Hundred Insurgents Killed and
130 Wounded Twelve Americana
Killed Detachment of tho Signal
Corps Twice Ambushed While Re
pairing Wiics The Filipinos at
Manila Will Give a Banquet in
Honor of President McKlnley'a
Older of Amnesty.
Manila, July 22. It Is officially an
nounced that last week 200 insuigents
weie killed anil 130 silt tendered or wero
captuted. One hundied rllles woro
taken. Twelve Ameilcans weto killed
and eleven wounded. This Includes the
casualties of Colonel William K. lleik
hlmer's engagement with a force of the
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantiy, who
attacked 200 Insurgent lilies entrenched
two miles east of Tan I, killing thirty
eight. A detachment of the Signal corps,
while repairing wlies, was twice am
bushed. Captain Chailes D. Roberts, of tho
Thlity-sl-uh A'oluntcor Infantiy, who
was captured by the Filipinos last
May, has ai lived hero on paiole. Ifo
will not letuin to captivity.
Senor Hunncla last Thursday sent to
Agulnaldo, by means of couriers, ths
amnesty proclamation nnd resolution's
adopted by the meeting of representa
tive Filipinos on July 21, together with
Cicnetnl MacArthui's answer to them
and other documents bearing upon tho
icstoratlon of peace. It Is understood
that Agulnaldo will summon his ad
visers, and that a leply may be ex
pected within a month.
Filipinos here w 111 give a banquet
next Satuulay in celobiatlon of Presi
dent McKlnlej 's order of amnesty.
TO REMOVE AMERICAN BONES.
A New Railroad Will Run Through
a Cemeteiy.
Houston, Tex., July 22. Colonel J. W, .Scul
ly, ot the Miirttrmistcis' elepiitnnnt, United
states arm), his koiio to Mexico to ellslntcr
anil lirlns bicK for burial in the San Antonio
irovernnitnt cemetery the bones of Ameilcau
sohhen. who fell in the Initio of llucni Vl-ta,
fought near Vntlllo, Mexico, in 1M0, Ktwem
the Ameritans under (itnti.il Xachaty la.vlor and
tht VUxitans under vAi Am.
The lenulns nf .ibmit TOO Amu loins lie!
where the were bulled on the hatllchchl, but
& new ratlroiel will ii faiumlv atiuss this iipeifc
and tills has eau-td the Amuicau Ktivcrmntiit to
ait.
DROWNED IN SUSQUEHANNA.
The Authorities Will Regulate Bath
ing at Wilkes-Baire Heieafter.
Wilkes Ilirre, lulv 22 Tie hot spell Ins been
the mt ins of tillinc 'he 'Mistmciiai ni with all
Klnels of bathers I lieu hive Icon a nuiiibej- of
ilniwiiins the pest two wet l.t and many tloo
evils hive lie en rtporteei.
Ml ih nn WiImhi, Hired S je ir, while bathing
tills afternoon, got levonel his elrpth and was
drowned 'lhe authorities will now tike kouio
aeliein Ilithim; will onlv be allowcel at certain
hums and suirds ui'l be M.itlnmil at comni
lent points tu ruiiKr as-iitanco when called
upon.
m
TROOPS LEAVE FORT RILEY.
The Seventh Battery Will Report for
Orders at Nagasaki.
Port Illlt'j, Kansas, Jul) 22 Hush orders
have tome fur I In Ntiiiti I nitnl butt batlcrv
of luavv uitiller) at I oil Itlb.v to prucetd
with all liakie to the Orient, tallln,- fur orders
at Nagasaki. Central .Mi mam piumuliMtril the
outer in Di over. Iho lulls ty was eir.-anlml
elunns th" spani.h war and snue that lime hu
bten Idle.
The teiulpmiut rinbracni the heaviest callbri
emu In the teervle'e with u full toinpletnent of
murtars, attends.! by 2W men and ten oflkcM.
Removal of Glass Plants.
PltUlmrsr. Jul SJ. lltnrv ('. Prick, president
of the Nulionil (llass tumpiny, announces that
i .in' of the ri suits follow Ini; tho annual con
v in is ii of tho oiliclals and aihsmcn of that
nip ill)" at Chautauqua will bo the rimoval ot
live ot tho ceimpaii)'s phuta turn b.ellaua to the
Plttiburs dUtilet The nmoval will bo if
festid as Benin as ptoptr tiles tan b sceurcel
Xe'Cotlatlons row peinllinr Indira to that the)
will bo located In tho Ohio valley near thl
i m
Cigarmaker Killed.
Sfrnritilmc, Mlili. July 22 -losrph Mitchell,
a )ounj clirarniaker from lvlwiston, Ont nil
riiot and liutaull) killtd b I'olU-cm.m Chris,
topher I'.tk. Mitthtll was Intnxio.tUel and re
sisted ancst. INK ihlmi that In dUclioi-ginu
bis revolver to tall assistance, Mitchell not
within rango and was actulcntally killed,
Steamship Anivals.
New Yoik, July 2.', UrlTed: I'urnessh,
01aerow nnd Movillc; Caledonian, Llveriiool,
Skiled: Tans, Naples anel Genoa, Liverpool
Arrived: ( ampanla, New York via Queers
town. QeiceiHlown SMilcil: Uuibila (from I.I
cipool), New crk.
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Washington, July 22. Korecat for -f
-f Monti ly and Tuesda)t Pastern Pcnnsyl. -f
-f vanla Partly cloudy Muiday and fun- -f
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