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TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PA., TCESDAY MORNING, J FLY 21, 1900.
TWO CENTS.
i0Kf!ZLuJ Ur fe
Hn
THE PRESIDENT
Agrees to Assist China
Upon Certain Con
ditions. TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED
The United States Will Mediate Be
tween the Imperial Government at
Pekin and the Powers The Con
ditions Will Probably Include tho
Immediate Relief of All Toielgn
eis, Missionaries and Traders in
China and the Restoration of Order.
Imperial Government Ahendy Has
Taken Steps to Do What the United
States Requlies.
"Washington, .Tub' 23. The piesldent
has listened to the appeal of the Chi
nese government, as ti.uiMnltted
thr nigh Minister AVu, and has signi
fied his willingness to mediate between
the Imperial government and tho pow
ers, but only upon conditions whin
first must be met by the Chinese gov
ernment. Tin iaet u.ituio of the terms pio
posed b the Htate depaitment cannot
be stated until tomoiiow, when It Is
cpe( ted that publication will bo made
of the text of the Chinese appeal anu
the mesldent's answer. It Is known,
howcvci, that the answer Is entiiely
consistent with the statement of prin
ciples laid down by Secietary Haj In
his Identical note to the powots and,
moreover, It accepts as tiuthful the
Chinese statements relative to the
safotv of tho foielgn nilnisteis at Pe
kln. It would not, of com so, be possible
to take even tho Initial steps toward
mcd.utlon woie cither pirty to tho ne
gotiation? to entottnin openly dlstiusi
of the accuracy of the statements of
tho other. Theio must be confidence
between them. The United States'
answer does not bo to the length of
the runch nnswei to a similar appeal
In lining down conditions which the
Chinese go eminent could not meet,
cen if so disposed, It it actually is
stiuggllng for Its own existence. It
does however, look to the Immediate
tellef of the foielgn mlnlstets In Pekln
nnd mat envoi, to the piotection of nil
foi eigne is, missionailcs and tiaelers In
China, and to the icstoration of oidei.
"With th.it much accomplished, the
state depaitment feels that It can piop
crl nppioich the povvois with the Chi
nese piopositlons for n settlement for
what has oec lined. The Chinese ap
peal came to Secietaiy Ha xcstoi
da, tlnougli Ml. W'u. The secietaiy
piomptlv Ulogtaphed It to the pies.
dent at Canton and, after taking a full
daj for Its consideration, the piesi
dent's .inswei came this afternoon to
the state depaitment. It was put In
the piopei diplomatic foini and a copy
dellvued to Mlnl-tei "Wu. who Is to
foiwmd it to his own government. Ap
peal and answer will be made public
heie tomonow.
The Impei ial Edict.
The impel Ial edict made public today
at the .state depaitment shows that
the liv I.il gov eminent already hai
tf' f (list .steps tow aid doing what
nlted States government icqulics
as the principal condition foi tho ex
ercise of Its good offices, in enjoining
the leeios, maglstiates and leading
men to stop dlsoideis and piotect
foi e lgiu i s Our gov ei nment w ill aw alt
the usult of this befmc piocccdliig
fuithci It is e.pc ted that adveise
iititclsin upon the action of the state
cbpaitnunt In this matter will he
hentd fiom Ihuope, whoie the govern
ments ,ne acting upon the belief that
nil if the loielgn nilnisteis in Pekln
hive Ditlshed, but aur gov ei nment,
novel theless, icgaids its coin so as the
coneet one. All ot the Ihiropean gov
ernments have tak-n the stand above
Indicated The last of the nnsvveis to
Secretniy Hay's note i inciting the Con
gei message have come and all nt
them In tonus of pollto and diplomatic
language expiess utter huiedulltj In
the authenticity of the Congei mes
sage Consul (3enci.nl Oondnovv him
self, a man of good Judgment, also ca
bled n warning to Secietaiy Hay
against the acceptance of the message
without confirmation.
Hut tho state depaitment has fully
consldeied the message In all of Its
aspects, has catefully weighed the nu
merous objections nnd suspicions put
foi th here and In Hut ope and without
guainnteeing the authenticity of tho
message, feels It to be n matter of
prime duty to act upon the theory that
It Is genuine.
Admiral Utmey's notification to tho
navy deputment tint he had gone In
person up tho Pel Ho Ho from Taku
to Tien Tsln is attributed to the iccelpt
by him of Secretary Long's urgent mes
sage to hnsten thr efforts to get to
I'ekln, and Impottant news from him Is
expected soon,
Tho war department, It appears, un
derestimated tho tlmo that would bo
jeciulicd for tho transport Grant to
arrive at Nngaskl. She sailed on tho
first Inst., bo that sho Is not yet eiultej
duo nt that point with General Chaf
fee. Tho Goodnovv cablegram reciting tho
message from Prince Tuan, vouching
for tho safety of tho foregn ministers
on July 18, caused a ripple of excite
ment for a tlmo at tho state depart
WILL MEDIATE
ment, but the officials roon concluded
fiom tho context and other circum
stances suuounding the message that
Yuan was meant Instead of Tuan, so
that the message did not have the
aluo It would have had. If It had
come from tho redoubtable Boxer
leader.
Officials More Hopeful.
Admlnistiatlon ofilclals are more
hopeful over the situation In China, as
a result of the dispatches which have
come In the Inst few elavs, and moic
paitlculaily tho Ihitope advices of to
night, asserting that the ministers are
safe If an answer Is received to the
second telcgiam, which has been sent
tluough the Chinese minister here to
Mr. Conger, and that answer should
be .u Internal evidence of genuineness,
the sltiutlon will be mateilally Im
pioved and the government, with te
additional Information which Mr. Con
ger may transmit, will be able to move
Intelligently towards the rescue of the
beleagueied foreigners. It seems prob
able fiom the Brussels dispatch tint
the note of Mr. Hay to tho United
States lepiesentatlves abroad, direct
ing them to urge upon the government
to which they nie accredited the open
ing of communication with I'ekln, Is
healing fmlt and the officials hope that
united action by the powers geneially
on this matter maj be taken.
Mr. Hill, first assistant secietarv of
state, Is acting secretary duilng the
nbsence of Mr. Hav, and he said to
night there were no fresh develop
ments In the situation, nor had nnj
additional Information other than that
made public today been received heie.
He epiessed his satisfaction over the
lelteiated statements coming from
abioad that the legatloners in Pekln
were still alive.
Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, Is
busily engaged In preparing for tians-J
mission to his government the reply
of the reciirtnry of state to China's
leanest that the piesldent of the T7nl
teel States mediate In the pending
tioubles between tho Chinese empire
anl tho poweis He declined to sty
tonight whethtr the uply was satls
f.utoiy to him or would be to his gov
ernment not vvouldu ho Indicate In
any way what Its natuio was There
Is conslcleinble work to be done on
the reply before It can be sent to
China as It has to be ledueced to ci
pher. In addition to this, the minis
ter will piepire a communication to
accompany what the jiosldent has to
say. He expects, however, to have
the document ready for tiansmlsslon
caily tomoirovv.
The minister espresso 1 his satisfac
tion over the foreign news tonight as
set ting that the ministers In I'ekln
were safe and In connection with the
dispatches fiom London localled that
accoidlng to one of the lmpeil.U de
crees the Chinese government had de
cided as a ineasme of precaution to
lequest them to retire temporarily to
Tien Tsin After tho murder of Paion
Von Ketteler, however, this project
was abandoned
Chaffee's Aids.
Although the otdeis li.no not yet
been Issued, It Is pretty generally un
derstood In military elides that Briga
dier Geneial T. D Grant. TJ. S. V.,
and Bilgadlcr Geneial Thomas B. Bar
ry have been seltcted for assignment
for duty with the military division
in China.
TAMMANY HALL'S
DECLARATION
A Seiies of Resolutions Adopted Last
Evening Believes in Expansion of
tho Right Kind.
New orl, July 21 U a meeting tonight nt
tin- Tamtninv Hull unnM eemniittee ft fcerics
of resolution's upon motion ot Mellaril Crol.fr
wcie adopted The s.i) :
'Tammany Hall biliivcs in tho suprimacv ot
llii' Vmericm 11th wherever it flTits hut that it
should float mm lien is the sjinhol if 111 i rtj
ami civil ferWtuile, fr tint is a comblnitio"
vi hieh em wink onlv ilMiuwr to the flair unil
dinger to Vine lie an institutions
"It believes ill tint character of territorial ex
pinslon which wis favored hv the fathcis of
diuioiriiv, net expansion h. the sheddlnc of
Vniorle in Hon I on m 11 where th" ci nstitution
em never allow the flu,', but in tint which his
.nihil to the jlorj anil prosptrllv of our I nion,
nit in tint wlilt.li is to the I nlon a source ot
ilUirnie mil disjstn
"Hie llipiiblli.ni p it while profe-lng a lie
flu to larn freedom 1" distant Mnnnrpt of
stiaiiec lialilts ami of uuicitiln citillratlon is
mIMImI to leave Amine in ilt'icns em Vimrlean
soirin liomlaev to the trut anil inonopolhs i"
cotton of He publican lesl-litlon, for tint U noih
inv less than a condition ot sluerv which futirt
Iniutliluil eterg), arel irlea to the favored few
the f i ult r iitultlmr from the 1 ibor of the miny
"It I' connileil that the nation hat Its mliuii
to eiirv , but its niixilon at borne remains Incom
plete whlli it is posslhle uniler nitional legis.
latlon fur ten per cent, of the people to hohl
the other W l r cent of the people in ab-o
lute subjection tbrouli the opiratloiib of trusts
mil moroptiUes
"let us mt wait too lonis In the vain expecta
tion that this will cure itself. The time his
eoini' for the nitlon to act Tjmmany Hall re
pi itinj; the proinUe eontalnesl in the nitional
platform of Its part pledget Itself to an uneeis
in,' warfare against private monopolle In ewrj
form
' Tainmanj Jlill condemns the waglnjf of war
fn conquest as iin-Vmeiican In principle unil
fabe to the pledge of the nation a i.lven by
the prexlih lit of the I lilted Slates. It condemns
the unconstitutional action of the problem in
earning on a war for coi.iitnt without the au
tboritj of eongiena "
Boers Inflict Heavy Losses,
Iondon, Jul 21 The Dill r'prci Ins the
following from Miihadoilorp datid Vlondi, .July
2t: "There Ins been nevcre llghtlinr during the
ht three das and the llcers have inflicted heavj
lewis upon the Ilrltish at Derdepoort Mx bun
dled women and children from Pretoria, inelul
ing Mesdaiius Kilmer, Ilotha and Meer have
arrived at llarberton,"
Forty Turlous Foreigners.
Altoona, l'a , July 23 S. C. Williams, master
mechanic at the Mitchell mines at N'ant) do,
Cambria county, where tho miner aro striking
for tho checlewilghman, and the only employ
working, was attacked by a mob of fort) furious,
foreigners Saturday. They demanded that he
quit work He knocked one of them down and
there would have been serious trouble had not
Americans interfered
IfO FAITH IN THE
IMPERIAL EDICT
ENGLAND DESIRES PROOF OF
LETTERS FROM MINISTERS.
Consul Warren Wants to Know Why
No Message Was Received from
the British Minister nt Pekln at
tho Time Mr. Congei 's Communi
cation Was Sent Buoyed by the
Confucian Philosophy.
London, July 23. In the house ot
commons today the parllamentaiy sec
retary of the foielKii olllce communi
cated certain statements ot the Chi
nese authorities with resaid to the
safety of tho legations at Pekln, ana
said the Chinese mlnlstet tltclttcd them
to he unharmed. Mr Hiodeilck lead tho
text of the lmneiidl edict of July IS,
commenting on Minister Cotifjct's dis
patch to the dejiilttntnt of state of the
United States. Mr. ltiodeilck said that
though the dispatch was of the s-amo
date as the edict's assuiance of safety
the lntter was not hot no out b Mr
Conger. Consul AVaiien had tele
giaphed to the goveinoi of Shan-Tunr
to Know how a message fiom IVkln
leached him In two dais, and why
theie' was no message' fiom the Hiltlsh
minister, Sir Claude MacDntiald The
governor had replied that the United
States minister's message was t-ent by
the tsung 11 janien (Chinese foiclgn
ofllce), by a messengei traveling C)0
leagues (roughlv J00 miles) a da "I
assure you," the goveinor of Shang
Tung had added, "theie Is no tule
Ei.iphlc communication. 1 tannot ex
plain why MacDonald has not tele
graphed, but I beg you not to be anx
ious about the ministers, for they and
the others are all living and unharmed.
Of this I've aliendj had seveial reli
able messages." Mr. Brodetkk con
tinued: "Seeing that over a month has
elansed since any communication
reached the government fiom tin'
Hiltlsh legation, and that the tsung 11
amen Is communicating by mehsengei
with various Chinese authorities, hei
majesty's government feel they cannot
give credence to any statement or de
crees attributed to the emperor ot
China or tho Chinese govei nment un
less they aie foi tilled by letteis signed
and dated by Sir Claude MacDonald, or
other British official, or b some tele
giam in our cipher."
The Confucian Philosophy.
According to the translation lead bv
Mr. Broderlck, the Impeilal edict opens
as follows1
"In the Confucian philosophy, 'spring
and autumn,' it Is written, envoys
hhould not be killed. How, then, can
It be supposed the throne's policy Is to
connive at nllowlng troops and people
to vent their wrath on foregn minis
ters?" The edict then gives the assurance,
aheady made known to tho public.
In the house of commons today tho
secretary of stnte for India, Lord
(Jeoige Hamilton, announced that the
maharajah of Gwallor had offeied the
government a fully equipped hospital
ship upon which It Is pioposed to
spend twenty lakhs of lupees, for ser
lce In China, as a mark of deep loy
alty to tho queen. The offer was ac
cepted. Lord George Hamilton also
testified to tho government's gieat np
pieclatlon of the geneioslty of those
who nie sending the Maine to China.
It Is probable that In the message
fiom the governor of Sli.m Tung to
Consul Wan en the wcid "Leagues"
shouJl read "lis." A 11 Is a Chinese
mile, equal to about one-thltd of an
Ihigllsh mile.
Two Urgent Dispatches.
There Is nothing fin ther this morn
ing that throws any light upon the
mjsterlous situation. Two uigent dis
patches were addressed today by tho
Chinese minister to th Pekln govern
ment and to the telegraph the minister
stionglv advocating the necessity ot
restoring telegraphic communication
with a view of enabling the powers to
obtain proof of tho safety of tho for
eign ministers. Until such proofs nro
secured no one here Is Inclined to
altar the opinion that tho Chinese aie
ineiely Juggling to gain time.
Humois fly about LI Hung Chang,
lie Is ci edited with a mission to cedo
to the allied powers two piovlnces as
Indemnity for the Pekln outtagos and
also to offer to icstoie older and to
give facilities for tiade with the out
side world on condition of the sun en
do. of Kino Chou, AVel Hal Wei and
Manchuria by the powers and the
withdiawal of all mlsslonailes. Lit
tle attention, however, need be paid to
any of these minors.
Sir Halllday MncAttney, counsellor
and Kngllsh seeretaiy to the Chinese)
legation In London, asserted this
evening that tho Pekln legations wen
safe and about to proceed to Tien
Tsln.
YELLOW STORY EXPLODED.
Admiral Seymour Did Not Kill the
Wounded at TienTsin.
Sin Tranelsco, July C-' Tluro is nothing in
the report of Admiral Se)mour which wan re
celved here today b) the American Rteamer Mmr
to prove the nnsatlonil i-tor tint was ilnu
latt-d in the nil part of this month, to Ilia
etlect that Admiral Sevmour. who eoniiinndiil
the I'ekln relief expedition, killed his wounded
at Tien Tkln to save them from the Chinese.
Commander S V Ver, 1'nlted state navy,
who returned from the Orient n tin steamer and
others who were at Ibng Kong when Admiral
Ri'ymour returned from lien 1ln did not heir
the Mory and the admiral's report which Is in
elaboration of the cablegram publlfled on the
SOth of June, makes not the blightest mention
of the aflalr, but on the coitrar, goca Into por
tlculars of the braver; cf the alius In guild
lug the wounded who were placed ii. Hat boat
and towned down the river b.v del ills of sol
diers and marines while the main body of tha
troops fought the Chinese off with rifle and
Mailms.
Governor's Appointments.
llarrishurjr, Jul 21 Oovernor Stone toda re
appointed Albert (' 'Hols, ot Haverford, trustee
ot the home for the training In speech of deaf
children,
Miles Will Visit.
Harrlshurir, Julv 2J Mcufcnant Oeneral Jlllej
has written to Oovernor Stone flvlng August 0 us
the elate of his proposed visit to the encamp
ment of the hatlonul (Juard of l'ennslvaiiU at
Mount Gretna,
THE
EXPECTS A SEVERE CONTEST.
But Mr. Quay Does Not Think Mc
Kinley's Re-election Impeiiled.
spicul to the Senntoii Tribune
Plttsbuig, July 23 The Commer
cial Gazette print an Intel view had
by a staff repiesentitlve with Colonl
M. S. Quay at the lattei's Montvlllo
farm. Tho former senator Is thus
quoted:
"The pitsent outlook Is that the Re
publican nrg.iuUitloii will reitalnly
elm t n United States senator by a
mnjoiltv of each blanch of tho legis
lature for that olllce, unless a huge
numbei ot the Republican candidates
ate defeated at the election by the
pioposed fusion,"
The ex-senator said that primaries
had been held In nil of the laige coun
ties except Bucks, Uusiiuehanna, Ri ad
ford and Philadelphia. He said, speak
ing of the nitional campaign:
"I believe we nto going to have a
severe contest, but I cannot anticipate
any conditions that would Impel 11 tho
re-elee Hon of President McKlnley. Not
only am I etiemely desltous of tho
li'-electlon of the pie-slelont, because
the piospeilty of the countt y demands
It but ulso for personal leasons. Piesl
elent McKlnley has always tteated me
with etieme Kindness, personally and
politically."
While fieoly dlscussling tho senator
ial deadlock of tho lost leglslatuie,
and the conditions le-sultlng theio
fiom, the senator adheied to his habit
of extreme conservatism, so far as
speaking lor publication was concern
ed. He had he.tid of the latest alleged
.slate of the Insui gents, whom he char
net ilzed as "l!oeis," but declined to
comment upon It,
The latest tip going the rounds at
least, the most lectnt which thai
floated Into Mountv Ule Is that P. A.
13. AVidenei has been selected by Sena
tor 1'llnn and Colonel Guffey as Qua's
successor In the senate", and that two
ean hence State Senator C. I., Magee
Is to be made the successor of United
States Senator Roles-Pentose. 'Wldo
nei, so the stoiy goes, has become the
"angel" of the insurgents, meeting the
financial demands cued for by Mr.
Vanamalcer befoio ho Inst hope In tho
suci ssful issue of the fusion scheme.
Sen. tor Quay said he had hentd the
storj, but absolutely declined to dis
cuss its alue.
OVATIONS TO ROOSEVELT.
The Goveinor Warmly Received nt
Atlantic City.
Vtlanllc Cit, .1 , Julv 2. Gov rnor Ibuse
vrlt arrived hen at 115 p m anl r.ielvul i
gnat ov ition it the hi itlon tumultous
crowd as-4iiblc'I to gieit him ml tie
pi In e had to li i to i pi-sagi tlir ugh tin miss
f people fit the uoviruoi and his 'rluuN. I, v
irnr Kocwvilt tdiook luod, with ill who ;i t
lie ir enough to him lb was e-eorml to n c ir
luge in vvhleh bo was iliinn to the eottaao of
Mr anl Mrs lurls, of I'hllaihlphli, where he
wis inteitalned at luncheon lias iftirnocn
the governor delivered a beture on " Vmericm-i-m"
for the benefit of the levvNh ("liiutaucuia,
wlili h is holding Its ll-uil summer M'm.ioii
n audience ot about 2 7)0 eople gieetcd
folonel ItooHUlt anl eshiblled tnas.li eiilhu!-e-m
The gatheriiu' wis In the Uru'i Vudllorlum
on tho kteel pier and the lecturer who upoke for
about an hour hid some illtfieultv In miking
lilmself heard Whin the rclonel bid concluded
an enthU'latic joiith called foi "time cluers
for ledil lioo-evclt," and the weie given with
a will Vllirwarels lolenel ltooevelt shiol.
hands with nuny of thosi who had listened to
his leiture. lie returned to New otk tonight
Mrs. Lindsay's Long Ride,
New- York, lull 2.! Mrs Jane Llnd-..!), who
began a l.HiO mile bletlo ilde last Mondiy
over the Mcrrlek road. Long Island, finished her
tatk at 2 35 this morning, nfttr having ln.itui
all lonj distance reeords for woinen She nndo
the 1,'iUO niihs In jot hours and JO minutes
Mie did not cqinl the linn's record for l.'ioO
inihs, Will II Drown covering tho distance' in
Hi hours and 21 minutes.
Corporations Chattered.
Ifarrlsburg, .lulv 21 (lurtirs were iseued b
the state department todj to the follow Inu
torpor it Inns Iimarori Lumber o, Mlltliri
town, capital $5,nm), Vlleghen 1'Iaio filass Co.
I'itt.burg, capital l.tXl, Journil Printing and
Publishing Co, Uukhingteii, capital ?7,000; 'iho
James Colliery Co, l'iltkbiirg, capital ip3,(ti,
'Ihe II 0 Phillips tchool Supply house, Wll
llamport, capital iflO.OOO
Hanna Will Leave for Elberon.
rieveland, Jul 21 AskUtant Adjutant Gen
eral Schwann, who reecnll returned fiom tho
Philippines, callcM nt Senator Minna's rfhee to
day and held a brief conference with the na
tional chairman Mr. llanua, accompanied by
his family, will leave here for lllhcrnn, X, ,1.,
Wednesday afternoon, where ho will occupy the
Murphy cott ige until Sept. 1. Ho will, how
ever make dally trips to the national head mar
ten in New York.
STORMING OF TIEN
DEWEY PUNCTURES
PETTIGREW'S YARN
SHOWS THE ABSURD FEATURES
OF ALEJANDRINO LETTER.
Tho Admiinl Never Saw the Filipino
Geneial, and Promised Nothing1 to
the Followeis of Agulnaldo With
a Few Thousand Troops nt the
Stait the Insunection Might Have
Been Postponed Indefinitely at
Manila.
Washington, July 23 Tho letter re
ceived by Senatot Pettlgrevv from one
of Agulmldo's generals, J, Alejandilno,
containing an alleged account of an in
terview between himself and Admlial
Dewev on boaid the Olvmpla In tho
bay of Hong Kong In Apt II, 1S9S. In
which It Is stated Admiral Dewey
piomised independence to the UlllpIno-,
was shown to the admlial today by an
Associated Pi ess repoittr. The admiral
chaiacttiled It a "tissue of false
hoods." Ho doclaied it absuiel on Its
face. "I not onlv had no povvei to
ptomlso Independence to the rillplnos,"
sold lie, "but the whole tenor of the
words put In my mouth stamps them
as talse. I am made to say things
which I never thought of and which I
could never have utteied You will
notice that I am addressed In the al
leged Intel view a.s 'admit al, when at
the time I was a 'commodoie.' "
The admiral said he had never heaid
of Alejandrlno, Several rillplnos, after
much Importuning, did come aboard
the Olympia at Hong Kong. They were
anxious to be taken to Manila "I con
sldeied their lepresentatlons of little
Impoitance." said the admlial, "and I
did not taken them to Manll i. I.a'er
I gave poi mission to Agulnaldo and
about a dozen otheis to come to
Manila. All that they weto anxious
about at that time was art end of the
tviannv of Spain, against which they
had bei'n lighting.
No Thought of Independence.
"After the desti notion of Montelo's
licet the city virtually suirendeied, and
I am satisfied that If wo had had li 000
tioops there at that tlmo we could
have gone ashore and been received by
the Filipinos as dellveicis. They had
absolutely no thought then of Inde
pendence. That was an after thought
of their leadeis, during the Interim be
tween the smashing of the Spanish
licet and the anhal of the Unl'ecl
Statts tioops,"
Speaking of the leport that Cuba was
to be evacuated bv the Ameilt.ui
tioops after the holding of the con
stitutional convention, Admiral Dewey
said ho did not see how the United
States could turn over tho Island to
the Cubans until a stable government
had been established. "We nro respon
sible to the wot Id for tho orderly con
duct of nffalts In Cuba," said he. "and
until such a gov ei nine nt Is established
I cannot soo how wo can wlthdtaw.
We aio confronted with a similar situ
ation In the Philippines. Tho woild
looks to us, and no matter which
political party wins In November, tho
United States cannot relinquish tho
Islands until a tesponslble and stable
gov eminent Is set up there."
Poisoned Making Clgaxs,
Mtooni, Pi , July 21 Vs the result of pois
oning while making cigars, bonis slnr.kv, a
leading clgir maiiufittuur, died tndav, aged ".!
vears He leaves i wife and fclx chlldien Vt
tho death bid his dtughtcr, 'irjb nnd Mever
Silverman were united In marriage Miarskv was
prominent in IcvvMi church circles and presi
dent of the Talmud Toiah tongregatlon
Highest Holdings of Gold.
Wellington, lul 2.1 'Ihe government's hold
ings of gold tnda reached tht hlghe.t point In
its blstor and amounted to $IJ7,I4S,J4, in
cluding the lawful leserve of KpiiiiMiVsM. The
next liL'hekt amount was Jl27,iH,ul, vvhlt.i
was in the government vaults on May J, lOOcj.
Valley Transfer House Burned.
Iluffalo, Jul 2.1 Iho Lehigh Vallc railroad
tiansfer house on Illngens stieet, Past Ilutfilo,
was bullied tod iv It was filled Willi general
mcrchamllif. Including tvi loaded freight cars
Ihe agMcgate loss will be betwiui $.i0,00i) and
7J,000. Two firemen were overcome by heal.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, July 2-J Adolplms l'eranto, of
Wilkes Darrc, has been granted a pension of
$0 a month.
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T1IE NEWS THIS M0UNLYU
Weather Indications ToJay,
LOCAL RAINS.
Gcnenl-Preeidcnt McKinhv Willing to Medi
ate llotwicn ('hint md the I'cvuis
London Is Mill M.ti ticil
Vdmlril Piwo mil senator l'ettlgrew
Csir Will Not Wage War for Cmquest.
The Tribune's 1 due ltlonal Contest.
Northeastern I'tnnvlv.nil l
1 imnclal and Commeiclil
1 T
il Thomas
11, Jcncs'
Supplies.
ltcsldcucc llurirlar-
l7ld
bids fir Sihool
4 1 ditorlal.
News and Comment.
5 local Turnpike Cotrpanv Wins Hist Elool.
( It 'leathers for Comln; "ear.
shooter Moffat Is in Jail.
0 Iocd Wet 'iianton anl euhurban.
7 Ttound Vbout the' Count.
S Loial Live News of the Industrial World
testimonyIn
powers trial
Youtsey Said to Have Given Many
Hints as to the Best Way to Assas
sinate Goebel.
Georgetown, kv , Jul 2! t.ieutenint Tolm
Itltketts, .in olllccr in the Jhrbourvilte Villi
III compmv. of which John Powers wis e.ip
tiiu, wis the fiMt witness todiv, wlun the
trill was lesumed of I ilib Powers, thargid
with tomplltltv In the (.otlil shooting lllek
etts went to rraukfort .1 in 2), with the. train
h id ot moiintaluiers Hifon the triiu rnihri
1 riukfoit, wittiis Mid tin mtn wtie told to
npoit to W II C ulton for ritlons The
Inn weie armed with guns ind il-tob
Wltni-s slid ttth morning i crowd of fiom
IHO to ki mounted nun ottuplul the v ml In
front of the legislative hulldnu He "iw lout
kv fiequinth and tilked with him Ihe eliv
bifoic the assassination outvi sail floe be 1 bid
to bo put out of the w i no 1 he (Voutsivl hi 1
$HW which he would give fn tint purpose, mil
knew ten ei twelve others who would aNo ion
tiibiitt. outi-e iNo Mid (loebel could be
kilbd fiom the) cMtutive bull ling, tint the
nsj-dii could tscape through tin In-, mint and
mvtr lo ditteted He sild his b ilep luhd
en (loibel being ktllul Ilftui minutes be
file tlie assis-tlnitioii wltniss mw outsit iml
the latter told him he w inted 2"i er to nun
t accuinpinv him to tin txicutive building,
(ontlnuiug the witness slid:
'outriv put us in-lde the executive build
ing near Ihe stills lie told us something was
going to hippin and vve mii-t nmiin thin
When he Hiltnl tluoimh the ball I left iml
went into i private risiihuu onoss the tieit
from the building I had been there for i fiw
minutes wlun I heaid tin shots I did not
know the men whom I lift it the fool of the
flairs in the executive building "
Hit men whom ioutse.v plated weie Just nut
kldi the i tin e of i sctretarv of state. Wit
ness said lie lift bei nisi lit did not want to
l pitsent hi cje of "i killing"
( ross examined, tin witiuss fcaid that wlun
Votitst pi iced the nun in the hall he told them
that as soon as simithliu' hipptuid" u mm
would tomt' down the sttps and go avva with
tin in Witiuss ihilil when ioutsev left the men
ho wt nt in the dilution of the governors olllte.
Wido If Walts, tohirul, one of the jiiiltnrs
In the adjutant general's otliie, testified lint
on the ill of the assissiintlon he was In the
luibir shop ill tho bw lilt lit of the executive
I nil Hug linmediatelv after the (hooting he
slid Hum Vnitsi rui Into the bvement um
In? from the sttps leading up lo tin sundry
of state's otliie outsi wis running und as
ho pi-scil cNchlmid "(Ireat (icnl, what Is
that shooting about!"
outn did not stop but nn on out cf the
room lie hrhl bis coat as If In hid some Mnl
of an objut touiciled unhr It The shots
sounded to the witness is if they weie fired
fiom tho sitietar of state's ofllce.
Steamship Arrivals.
Vcvv York, lulv 21 Urlved. Itotterdam. Hot.
telehm, (ieoiglc, Ilvirpool C hired' (Vvlc,
Ilvcrpoed llrtuit'ii Vrilvul Kaiser Wllhelm
III, from Niw 'V.oik Viiiwup Vrrlved' Noonb
land. Sew "rk I.l.ird l'assul' Stateiidam,
tvv oik for KotteriUm lie rgen Vrrlved:
Vugusto Victoria, New iork via Hamburg, etc.
(and a North tape cruise).
Alton Sclsco Released.
Ilonesdale, Jul, il lton Silsco, erci!
A
iais, who has bun In Jail since July U,
i liaised with sliootlue his fitlier, wis rcleied
toda In $0 ball On July in, Oscar Sclsio
was shot and lnstantl) killed by tho lad. In
defense ff bis mother, whom tho man was
beitiiu at the time
Electiiclan Drowned,
( hestrr, l'a., lulj it Thomas Jlradshury, the
electrician nt the Tidewater Steel compan'
works, was drowned today while blthlns at the)
compiti.v's pier In the- Delaware river. Ills
homo is In IvInkMon, l'a. Ho was 20 jears of
ago and married, Tho body was recovered.
Oleomargarine Trust.
Merlin, July 23. n oleomargarine trust has
been formed In Germany to co into effect the
J beginning of next nar.
RUSSIA WANTS
NO CONQUESTS
Declaration Said to Have
Been Made by
the Czar.
PROTECTION FOR FRONTIBRS
This Is All That Russia Professes
to Deshe Differences of Opinion
in tho Russian Council of War Li
Hung Chang's Avowed Object.
Indian Troops Arriving in Hontj
Kong Canton City Outwardly
Quiet.
London, Juh 21, -1 a. m. Tho Chlneso
minister, Sir Chin Chen Lo Uong Luh,
h is communicated to the pi ess the fol
lowing dlspitch fiom Sheng, director
genual ot Chinese lallvvavs and tele
graphs and taotal of Shanghai, elated
Shanghai, July 23: "Infoimatlon from
Pi kin, dated Julv 1C, says that tho
tsung H laiiien deputed Won Jul, an
under secietaiy of the deu.it tment, to
sif the foreign nilnisteis and he found
t'vt'iv one well, without any mlsslncj,
the Geiman minister excepted.
' fleneral Yung Lu is going to me
mo) I.illze the thtone to send thtin all
under escoit to Tlen-Tsln, In the hopo
that the military operations will then
be stopped."
The Shanghai correspondent of tho
Daily Mail, ti legraphlng July 23, says:
"A letter from a Chinese ofllclal In
Shang-Tung has been lecelved by n.
native functionary heie, containing tho
following passage:
" 'At the beginning of the month tho
foreign mlsslonailes (?) made several
attempts to send messeXges out of Pe
kln, but thanks to the stilct watch
kept in the city the beaieis were all
caught and executed. On tho fourth
Inst, onlv 400 forelgneis, much ex
hausted, weie left alive In Pekln and
one night, when the big guns were
Incessantly Hied, It was known that all
the legations and the foreigners woro
flnishtd, although pii'tendcd telegrams
contradict these facts." "
The St. Petersburg coricspondent oC
tho Dally Mail asseits that there aro
dltforouces of opinion in tho Russian
councils of war. The minister of war,
General Kotiropatkln, wishes to send
100,000 men to clear tho lebels out or
Manchuila. On tho other hand, ac
cording to this correspondent, Umpcror
Nicholas wishes the operations limited
totho'defcnsc and pacification of tho
frontier dlstilcts. Let two stiong ar
mies, one of the allies In the south
and tho other of the Kusslans in tho
noi th, contiont the Chinese, and tho
ilslng, so the czar Is said to aiguo,
would be bound to collapse. "Wo want
no conquests," ho Is repot ted to havo
declared at the conclusion of a sitting
of the council. "What we eleslif Is to
piotect our fiontleis nnd steer into
smooth waters tho Chinese ship of
state, now buffeted by thu waves ot a
civil wai."
Li Hung's Avowed Object.
In a pilvato message fiom Shanghai
It Is ni-scrtcd that M Hung Chang
avows that the object of his journey
is to pluc" the tegular Chinese army
In line with the allied tioops for tha
.suppiesslon of the Iloxris.
The Times editorially suggests that
LI Kun Chang Is plajlng the old
game of the .sublime porto by putting
foi waul pioposals will li will eppeat in
dlllerent elegiees and wajs to diffeient
pivvets. It says
"Pie.sldent McKlnley has bejrn asked
to mediate, and the teeniest Is facili
tated by the caie which has been talcn
In Washington not to commit tha
Pnlteel States to any veiy thoiough
going polio."
Indian tioops aic dally nirlvlnr at
Hong Kong. Thioe ttansports leached
there jesteidav, and two otheis havo
left Hong Kong lor Taku.
Itepnits fiom Canton sa the clt Is
outwaidly eiulet. but that thetu Is a,
stiong iindeicuui nt of tiniest amon,?
tho Chinese. Onlv a few lhuope in
ladles have left, many f'lll remaining.
St. Pettisbtug dispatches tepiesent
the situation In Manchuila as far minis
seilous than has bten supposed. It Is
asseited that the Chlne.se have occu
pied Hailai, whuro the Russian i.ill
way staff Is sui rounded and In des
peiate stialts.
Accoidlng to the St.xPetoishuig ctir
respondent of tljo Times, Otneial Kou
ropatkln, the Itus&lan minister of war,
w 111 probably becomo commander In
chief of the Itusslan forcts In China
and will piesumably take lommand of
all tho allied tioops,
Joe Grins Makes Deposit.
Xrw ork, Jul J I. In flms. the rialtlmora
llitlitvvilKht tisliv deposited with Junes I Cor
bet! 1 ixxi to hind a untih Willi 1'rauk Lrue, ot
llutfaln, for the lishtwililit ehiniplomblp. Ham
not belni; Mtlsliid witli the last imctliif which
he tet In the tvvilfth nund
Eleven Men Di owned.
Tiwiloosi, Ala , Julv 21 Lltven ncprro men
were drowned lu the Wairlor river near Akron,
Ma , this aftunoen bv the capslilns ot a
skit The au lilt nt nceiiried at the government
lock now under construction,
Drowned in a Reservoir,
Wilkes Pane, July 23 Lulvvlg I.aikowslcy,
a ceil 12, whih bithlne in an old reservoir at
Glen Lon last night, k' t levonl his depth
and was cliowned
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, July 23 l'oreeast for Tues.
day and Wediievsdivt I astern Penng!
vanla, local rains, followed bv fair Tiles
da : Weelnesda), fairs molerate temneia-
turcj llaht to fresh south to west xsinds,
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