4T7S $i ft - , sr rr -"rf .- 2 iV ormttoit tl nlttff TWO CUNTS. SCRANTON, PA., W.KDN.BSDA MORNING, JULY 23, 11)00. TWO CENTS. l -"-w5.,tv r tSjk L- zr PRESIDENT REPLIES TO THE EMPEROR'S APPEAL Text of the Message as Received at Wash- ington. THE TERMS PROPOSED Conditions on Which the Good Of fices of the United States Were Promised First, Diplomats Must Be Put Immediately in Pree Com munication with Their Govern ments Second, All Danger to Their Lives nnd Liberties Must Bo Ilemoved Third, Chinese Gov ernment Must Co-operate with the Allies to Restore Order The American Government Is Playing a Waiting Game Casualties at Tien Tsin. Washington, July 21. The following corrceriiinilenco between the president or tlii- United States nnd the emperor of China was made public by the state department today: Translation of a cable mcasc received bv Minister Wu on July -JO, Htm, from the taotal of bli.ingli.ii, elited ,lulj 19, 1000: Have reccivcel a tcli-uram from Governor Yium (of xhintuiii;), dale el 'Ji.l thy of this moon (July 1')), who, lining received from the privy coun cil (.it Pelting) ,i despatch embodying an lin-In-rlil hitir to the pielelent of the I'nite 1 Mates, ti.is IiMructeel me to transmit o onr vxcelleni). 'II. e iinpirl.il message Is respectfully transmittal as follows: "The I'mpcror of China to HI Excellency the President of Die I'nitoil States. Greeting: "( luii-i 1m long nuliitalmil friendly relations with the I'niteil Mates ami is elocplv con Scions that the object of the I'liilid Mates is intern.iiion.il eommeice. N'elther country entertain- the In it suspicion of distrust toward the oih. i Hi tent outbreaks of inutiiil antipilhy hetiwen the people nnd Christian missions caused the foicign piwers to iw with kus pluou the position of the Imperial government js favorable- to the people and prejudicial to (he illusions, with the lesult that the Taloi forts were attacked and captured. Consequently there has bien clashing of the forces, wltn calamitous consequences. The situation has be come more and more serious and critical. "We lue just rcnied a telegraphic mem orial fiom our envoy, u Tins rang, and it Is htghl gratifying to us to l,.irn that the United States government, having in view tlie friendly relations between the two countries, has taken a deep Interest in the presint situation. Xow, ( hln.i, driven by the Irresistible course of events, has unfortunately incurred vxcllilgli uni versal indignation. Tor settling the present dif flcultv China places special reliance in the Uni ted Stales. We address this message to sour excellency In all sincerity and candor, with the hope that jour fiiellrmy will devise measures and take the initiative In bringing about a concert of the powers for the restoration of order and peace. The favor of a kind reply is ear nestly requested and awaited with the createst anxiety. "Kw ing Hsu, CO year, nth moon, 'ild (Julj !. MOO)." It is, therefore, my duly to transmit Hie above, with the request tint your excellence-, In respectful obedience of imperial wishes, will deliver the same to Its high destination and favor me with a replv. u Men Yuen (Taotal at Shanghai.) Kwang H.u, 2ttlt year, tltli moon, 2Jd day (July 10, law.) The President's Reply. This cablegram was at once com municated to the president at Canton and the following is his reply: The President of the I'niteel States to the Urn- peior of China. (Ircoting: I hive received jour majesty's message of Julv 1 1, and am glad to know tint your mijesty recognizes the fact that the government nnd people of the United Mates desire of China nothing but what is just and equitable. The purpose for which we landed troops In China was the rescue of our legation from grave dan ger and the protection of livoi and property of Ameruans, who were sojourning in China In the rii-i-jimnt of rights guaranteed them by treaty and be internatlntul law. The mine purpose's aie public Ij ileclareil by all the powers which have landed military forces in jour majesty's empire. I om to infer from your majestv's letter that the malefactors who hive disturbed the peace. 01 I tuna, who have munhwel the minister ot German) ami a member of the Japanese ,.gi tion, and who now hold besieged In Pekln the foreign diplomatists, who still survive, hive not onlv not received any favor or encourage ment fiom jour mijestj, but are actual)! in rebellion against the imperial authority. If this be the ease, I most solonmly urge vour majostv's government to give public assurance whether the foreign minister me alive, and. If to. in what condition. 2 To put the diplomatic representatives of the powers In immediate nnd free communica tion with their respective gov e mini nU am to re move all dinger to their lives nnd liberty? 3. To plaie the Imperial authorities of China in communication with the relief expedition, bo that co-opeiaton may be secure,! between thun for the liberation of the legations; the pro tection of foreigners and the restoration of order. If those objicts are acceomplUhed, It Is the belief of this government that no obitanclcs will be found to exlat on the part of the powers to an amicable settlement of all the questions arising out of the recent troubles, and the friendly gooel e.fllees of this govern ment will, with the assent of the other powers, bo cheerfully placeel at your majesty's depo sition for that purpose. William JlcKlnley. Py the president: John Hay, Secretary of Rtate. July S3, 1000. IN WAITING ATTITUDE. State Department's Course in the Chinese Affair. Washington, July 21. The state de partment is ogaln in a waiting atti tude regarding China. It has frankly, promptly and fully answered the Chinese emperor's nppeul for media tion and the correspondence given pub. llcity today makes It appear that the next move is for the Chinese govern ment. It Is to accept or reject our terms at once and in either case the answor must convey tidings of the state of affairs at Pekln and tho welfare of the legatlonors. The belief la not concealed hero that the chances for successful mediation nre slight. Mediation cannot be forced upon n party to a cause that must bo acceptable to all the parties. If tho United States Is to mediate in China's interest, she must llrst secure the as sent of all the powets who have suf fered In life or property nt Pekln. The dltllcultles In the way of such an un dertaking are likely to bo many and serious, in view of the exhibition of feeling In Europe, llut It Is said here that the United States will cheerfully undertake tho task, provided its con ditions nre met. If It does not suc ceed In Inducing tho Kuropean powers to be lenient In their treatment of tho Imperial government of China, the Unltid States government will not be drawn Into further hostilities after we have taken care of our affairs, but we will withdraw, taking care, however, to let it be understood that this gov ernment will not allow Its proper In terests In china to bo Injured by the action of nny of tho powers that may choose to remain obdurate. At least one of the greatest of the powers Is under strong suspicion here of acting cold-blooded and without re gard to sentiment or any more than tho most material considerations. It Is believed here that this .power is quietly taking measuies to drop out of the league at Tien Tsin and con duct a campaign on Its own account ngalnst Pekln and It Is even suspected that thl3 power is already moving troops towarel the Chinese capital. Resistance Advised, One fact regarded as now beyond need of further demonstration, In view of the Chinese appeal, is that the Chi nese olllclals at tho coast ports are actually In communication with what ever remains of the Imperial govern ment at Pekln, and the text of Kwang Su's appeal appears to establish the fact that tho Chinese government Is counselling the resistance to the inter national advance upon Pekln. Tho state department and the Chi nese legation substantially agree In tli" estimate of six to eight days as the time necessary to get a reply to the ptesldent's answer to tho appeal of tite Chinese government. According to the best information here, urgent mes sages are being transmitted between Pekln and Shanghai by the Flying ex press, mentioned in Consul Fowler's cablegram a few days ago. This, ac cording to tho Chinese, is a relay sys tem of mounted messengers, similar to the old pony express across the plains, and Is used when the wire communi cation Is Interrupted. The relay riders make about 200 miles a day. It Is four hundred miles from Shanghai to Pekln, and this seems to agree very well with the speed made in forwarding nnd re turning the Conger message. Assum ing from Sheng's dispatch that a move ment was on foot on the ISth to get the foreign ministers started from Pe kln to Tlen-Tsln under escort of im perial troops, tho state department would not be surprised to get definite news of them from the headquarters of the allies in a short time. Tho dis tance from Tlen-Tsln to Pekln is seventy-live miles, ami at this season tho trip Is usually made by road from Pe kln to Tong-Choo, a point on the Pel Ho, twelve miles below the capital, and the reumlndT of the way by boat. This t:lp now would take four days, sup posing the escort of Imperial troops mot with no resistance from the In surgents, if the move from Pekln was made within two daj's after Sheng's Information was received. It would be possible that tho legatloners and their escort are now In touch with the head quarters of the allies, always suppos ing that nothing serious happened to the party on the road. AMERICAN LOSSES. The Casualties at Tien Tsin Very Heavy. (CopjTlght, 1000, by the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin, SaturdayJuly 14, via Che foo, July 10, and Shanghai, July 21. The Ninth regiment, United States in fantry, entered the fight nt Tien Tsin with 430 men. An incomplete list ot casualties shows 18 killed. "3 wounded and two missing. The marines had four killed nnd IS wounded. Major James Hegan, Ninth infantry, was wounded In the leg: Captain Kwin V. Uookmlller, Ninth Infantry, in the leg and groin; First Lieutenant Smed ley D. Uutler, United States marine corps, In the leg; Captain William U. Lemley, United States marlno corps, in tho arm; Second Lieutenant Frank 11. Lang, Ninth infantry, In tho foot. First Lieutenant Henry Leonard, of the marine corps, carried Lieutenant Uutler from the field under a fierce fire. He was shot In the upper left arm while returning, but ran and swam a mile under fire, getting to the rear. His arm was amputated today. Captain Charles B. Noyes, who had been slightly wounded in the arm and leg, swam a mllo with only his nose above water with a request for roln forcements. First Lieutenant Louis P. Lawton, of the Ninth Infantry, made a dash for reinforcements under fire, and received threo slight wounds. Liscum's Death. Colonol LIscum was shot in tho ab domen and died half an hour later. His last words were: "Keep up firing," Tho Ninth was ordered to support the Japanese, who were receiving an enfilading fire. After ciosslng a mud wall, half a mllo from tho city wall, the Ninth shifted, advancing against the flanking fire, and reached a marsh beside the river at tho southwest cor ner of the city. A body of Chinese In a burned village under the wall, Just across the river, where they were strongly ban leaded, poured in a fire, and whenevur an American raised n hand ho was shot. A Nordenfeldt gun and two small cannon were also trained upon them. They lay in the mud all I Continued on Page 9. J AWFUL CONDITION AT CAPE NOME THE GOLD BELT A BREEDING: PLACE FOR PESTILENCE. Surgeon General Sternberg Receives Report from Surgeon R. G. Ebert of the Army, Giving Details of the Distressing State of AiTaits in the Gold Fields A Population of 20, 000 Living in Tents nnd Without Sanitary Regulations. Washington, July 24. Surgeon Gen eral Sternberg received a report today from Surgeon It. G. F.beit of the arm', dated Nome Harbor, Alaska, June 29, which gives the details of the condi tions existing at that place. He says that within two or threo weeks t'e population has inn eased from 2,700 to 20,000, with tents and buildings it regit larly located along the beach. The sanitary conditions were very crude In the Hi st place, and with the Inllux of the new population have become mi.en worse. He describes a horrible condi tion existing, as there Is no method of cleaning up the town and no pitni lons for tho desti notion of accumula tions of garbage and filth. Upon the recommendation of the surgeon, Gn eial Mandril has Issued a circular oider directing the construction of drains, tho destruction of garbage, and tho ie moval of filth, but us theie Is no reve nue, except voluntary contributions. It Is hard to get anything done. Com mon laborers lecelve a dollar an hour, mechanics $1.50 an hour and teams $10 nn hour. Owing to these high prices It Is almost Impossible to cany out the orders of General Handall. All of tho commissioners, except one, have re signed or ceased to act. The thirst for gold existing among the people who have gone to Nome City outweighs everything else, and no attention Is paid to sanitary conditions. Water Is very bad, and costs from seven to tn cents per gallon. "Theru is no truth-telling in this country," says Dr. Ebert, nnd he has been unable to get any definite Infor mation. Iteports of tho cases of en teric fever vary from 175 to 700. There have been thirteen cases of smallpox and one death. Measles have also broken out. A pest house du a tent has been established by Captain Jar vis, of the revenue cutter Service. Smallpox, according to tho report, was intioduccd by the steamers Oiegon nnd Ohio. DISPUTE TERMINATED. Exhibition f Military, Civil and Re ligious Pomp. Managua, Nicaragua, July 24. Amid great stillltary, civil nnd religious pomp, the Nicaraguan nnd Costa Hl can government engineers and General E. P. Alexander, of South Carolina, arbitrator of the boundary dispute be tween Nicaragua and Costa Hlco, ap pointed by President Cleveland, signed today In congress hall In the presence of a large and distinguished companj, the mnps delimiting the boundnry re cently agreed upon. , This ceremony terminated n. dispute which has often threatened war be tween the two governments during the last forty years. This evening, Presi dent J5ej-ala gave a banquet nt the Hotel Itala to the arbitrator nnd the engineers. GOMPERS AT ST. LOUIS. Claims to Have Learned Who Was nt Fault for Renewal of Car Strike. St. Loul3, July 24. Samuel Gompers, president, nnd James O'Connell, vice president, of the American Federation of Labor, held a conference with local labor leaders today In nn effort to fix the responsibility for the breaking of the ageement of July 2, which led to the second street railway strike declaration. Mr. Gompers said today that having learned who Is nt fault, he will exhaust every resource to bilng about a settlement. If ho finds adjustment is not possi ble, he dtclpres he will take steps to make the fight on the companj- more effective. REGIMENTS FROM CUBA. Will Recruit for Service in the Far Enst. New York, July 24. The United Stales transport Sedgwick arrived to day from Matanzas and Clenfuegos, Cuba, with twenty-two officers and &50 men of the Second United States in fantry on the way to Fort Thomas, Kj, where the regiment will recruit for tho service in the far East. New York, July 21. A train carrying six companies of tho Eighth infantry Just from Cuba, left on the Now York Centiul railroad today for Ft. Snelllng, Minn., where they will recruit for for eign service. TRAGEDY OF A BARN FIRE. Boy Burned to Death and Mother and Brother Fatally Injured, Barnesvllle, O., July 21. The 7-year- old son of Willlm Smith, a farmer, was found burned to death and Mrs. Smith nnd n 5-year-old son fntally burned, In n barn fire today, Tho boys were playing with matches In tho hay loft when the hay Ignited. Ilrs, Smith was burned In trying to rescue tho boys. The father Is crazsd with grief. Jonea En Route for Washington. Chicago, July 21. Chairman Joium, of the Democratic national committee, left for Wash ington this afternoon. He will stop In Wash ington for a day or two then proceeel to New York, where he will remain a short time. The chairman will return to Chicago about August 1, when lie will Immediately announces the sub. committees and put the political machinery of the Democratic pjrty In full working order. Ambassador Draper Resigns. Worcester, Mass., July 21. The (iaielte Ins a special from Its MIHonl correspondent announcing that General W. 1 Draper, of Jlllferd, has sent to Washington Ms letter of resignation as am bamdor ot the 1'nlted Btatea to Italy. The an nouncement Is declared authoritative and (Jen era! Draper's decision is said to b Anal, The reason given la necessity of attention to his pri. vste business. REV. NGOL Gl I ANG, Hat-Tang district. BRYAN TO VISIT CHICAGO. Will Be in Attendance at National Encnmpment of G. A. R. Chicago, July 21. William J. Ilryan has accepted an invitation to attend tho national encampment of the Grand Army in this city next month. Gen eral John C. Illack, chairman of the committee on invitation, received Mr. Pryan's formal acceptance toda set tling a question over which there lvis been considerable controversy. Colonel Ilryan, in his letter to General Illack, says: "When I wrote you on June 28 the convention had not been held, and I did not think It wle to make any promises until the convention was over and 1 had a chanco to consult the com mittee In regard to the date of notifi cation. I am now In a position to ac cept the Invitation nnd take pleasure in doing so, although it Is still lmpo. slide for ma to fix the i-vact date on account of tho uncertainty of my whereabouts Just before and nfter tho encampment. If It Is necessary to know the dny at once, I would suggest August 30. That would come nearer harmonizing with a subsequent date which I have in contemplation." MURDER AND SUICIDE. Solution of tho Denth of Mrs. Mar chnnd and Her Daughter. Philadelphia, July 24. An Investiga tion by the police ot the death last night of Mrs. Charles Marchand and her C-j-ear-old daughter proved con clusively that the woman gave the child carbolic acid anil then committed sulcld". The husband, who was taken was released today. Marchand came here from Cleveland, where at one time he was quite weal thy. He foinieiiy owned the Euclid Avenue Opera Home In that city and Is said to have been a boyhood com panion nnd friend of Senator Ilanna nnd Frank ltoekefellr. Marchand's fortune has entirely disappeared. He has been twice mnrrled and has a daughter In llrooklyn. The woman who committed the double crime last night was before her manlago MKs Marj- Hogers, of Minneapolis, and her family Is said to be wealthj'. DUNGWORTH'S SUICIDE. Fired Three Bullets Before Becoming Unconscious. Chester, Pa.. July 24. Frank Dung worth, a machinist, shot and killed himself today while standing In tho presence of a dozen people, firing threo shots one of which ontivd his bodj', another the right cheek nnd the third pierced the forehead and entered the brain. He fell from tho effect of the first wound nnd while lying prostrate sent the two bullets Into his head. Dung worth was In front of Crozer's mill wheie his eldest daughter was em ployed, nnd shot himself while she was looking out of tho window nt him. She fell back In n swoon. TROOPS MOVING. The Fourteenth United States In fontry Arrives at Taku. Washington, July 21. Secietary Root said today that ho supposed the Four teenth Infantry had arrived at Taku. Hy tho end of this month tho United States would have n.000 troops In China. He said tho reports of yellow fever among tho soldiers of the Fiist in fantrj' would not pi event tho depart ure of that regiment from Cuba. Peace in Venezuela. Caracas, July 31. President Castro lias offi cially piodalmeJ the re-establlshiiunt of peace throughout tho republic of Venezuela. All po litical prisoner lute been net free. The outcome lus been itcelved with gicat enthusiasm In Car acas. DEATHS OF A DAY. New York, July 21, James It. English, for many jeaw the Iteiuiblleaii leader in t'nloii county, V. J., and it leader of the bar of the state, died tonight at his homo In Kllsabcth, of paraljsls. New York, July 21. llrlgadler General Patrick Henry Jones el led at his home at Port Itlehmond, htatcn Island, last night, uged 70 jears. lie was born In Ireland and caino to Amerlia In 110. At the outbreak of the Civil war lie entereel the Thlrtj'-scventh New York volunteers as ccoml lieutenant and subsequently became adjutant and major of the came regiment and later colonel of the Ono Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York volunteers. On Deccmlier 4, 1804, he was com niinsloneel brigadier g moral of volunteers and re mained in the service until the ilose of the war. EPISCOPAL MISSIONARIES IN ItfV U C WILCOX, American Vtcar of lluth Districts. FAVOR ALLIANCE WITH ENGLAND A NEW SOCIETY FORMED IN PHILADELPHIA. It Is Composed of Men Powerful in the Financial and Political World. Object of the Society Is to Be the Bringing Into Close Relations the People of the United States and Gieat Britain. Philadelphia, July 21. In the belief that an alliance with Great Hiltalti would be an excellent thing for the United States, a socletj- has been formed In Philadelphia composed of many men powerful In the financial and political world, who pledge them selves to work for such an alliance. Tho fit st meeting of this organiza tion, which Is known as tho Trans-Atlantic Society of America, was held about one week ago. Tho proceedings were kept seciet, but today the plans of the organization became known through an application In common pleas court for a charter. In the application the officers of the new Anglo-American society are given ns follows: C. Stuart Patterson, presi dent; Theodore C. Search and John It. Converse, vice-presidents; Alfred P.. Wlggnn, treasuier; Theodore C.Knauff, secretary. The board of governors con sists of William 13. Wlnsor, William P. Hennseir. Chatles C. Harrison, tho Hev. Hen ace F. Fuller, Edward II. Coates, the Itev. J. I.. Levy, Alexander Van llen.sseaeler, John Thomson, Alba 11. Johnson, Fred Tuinbull, C.reville E. Froyer, Joseph G. Itoengarten, Henry It. Edmunds and William II. I.ucas. Mr. Patterson Is one of tho most pieiinliie-nt financiers, in this cltj Mr. Search, one of thu vlce-ptesldents. Is the president of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, and Mr. Con verse, tho other vice-president, Is ono of tho firm operating the Baldwin Locomotive woiks. In the application to the court the object of the society Is stated to be the "bringing into closer relations the peo ple of the United States and Great Hrltaln hy a general strengthening of the political, social and commercial bonds which unite the two countries." This Is to be done "by tendering hos pitality and manifesting filendshlp to ward Ilrltish subjects who may be temporality sojourning in Philadelphia, and by collecting, preserving and dis seminating Information tending to edu cate public opinion In this direction." The society Is similar to ono formed in England, known as the Atlantic union. Any native-born or naturalized Ameri can man or woman over twenty-one years of age is eligible for membership In tho society formed today. The an nual dues are flvo dollars. THREE CHILDREN KILLED. Several Adults Injured by Explosion of n Steam Boiler. Syracuse, X. Y July 21. Through tho explosion here today of a steam tube connecting with the boiler in tho steam yacht Trilby, owned and com manded by Fred T. Spink, of Scrlba, Oswego countj', threo young children lost their lives, one moro was fright fully scalded and tlueo older people weio more or less burned. Tho dead are: Eva Spink 9 years old: Gladys Spink, 7 years old; Fern Spink, 2 years old. The wounded: Captain Fred Spink nnd wife and Mrs. Jay l'elsej-. Herald Spink, aged 4, was frightfully burned all over tho body and will dl". The Trilby was about to pass through a lock near the city limits when tho nccldent happened. Without tho slightest warning a Hue In the upper row of boiler tubes loosened and the scalding steam forced open the door of the fire box and carrying hot coal nshos and nclds with It, flew all over tho passengers. . Ryan and Root Fnke. Chicago, July 21 Tommy Hjan, of Sjraeuse, and Jaqk Itrot, of Chicago, fought a draw at latterfcall tonight Neither had any aelvantagc duiing tho six rounds, although 11 an cnt ltoot to tho floor In the flist round with a right hook to the jaw. After that the contest appealed more like a sparring exhibition than a fight and the six thousand spectators gave vent to their dis approval In cries of "fake" and "take tln-m off," During the fifth round several bundled left the lull in disgust. CHINA. RfV. IIUING PAN SFNG, llok-Chung District. THE NEWS THIS M011MXG Weather Indications Today, LOCAL RAINS. 1 General China's Appeal and 1'nclo Sam's He- My- I'.ngland'ii Skepticism T'nvhaken. Society Formed Favoring Alliance with Kng- land. Pestilence at Capo Nome. 2 General 1 lie Tiibuiie's IMucallon Contest. Noitheasttrn I'mivjlvanli. Financial ami Commercial. 3 Local Klectric I.li.cman Fall? from a Pole and l Killed. Court Proceedings. 4 IMItori.il. News and Comment. 5 Local Jllne Workers Favor a Strike. It.iilrei.ul Companies Hounding I'p Hrasi Thieves. C Local West Scranton and Subuiban. 7 Hound About tho Countj'. S Local Live News of the Industrial World. DEVELOPMENTS IN 1HE POWERS CASE Editor McDonald, of Frankfort, Gives Testimony Bearing Upon the Plot to Kill Goebel Records nnd Tele grams to Be Produced. Georgetown, July 24. In the Powers case today the prosecuting attornej was granted a writ against managers of both telegraph offices at Frankfort, teiiulrlng them to bring Into court all cipher telegrams sent through their offices between December 22, 1899, and February 5, 1900. Writs were also granted against both tho secretary of state and the adjutant general, requir ing them to bring the executive- Jour nal and cither records, Editor McDonald, of Frankfort, tes tified that on January SO, a few min utes prior to the shooting, he saw W. II. Culton and another, whom he thought was State Inspector Lester, standing at the point where Goebel fell bhortly afterwards. On Saturday ptlor to the assassination witness saw a man tun down the steps from tho executive hall and call to a crowd of mountnin men: "Go get your gun, it's time for the shooting to begin." Ilepresenta tlvo Horry (Hop.) had just been un seated. Witness did not know tho man. E. P. Thompson, Jr., was standing on the street, nearly opposite the execu tive building, when the shot was thed and saw Goebel fall. The shots sound ed as if they were fired from tho ex ecutive building, or between the execu tive and legislative buildings. Frank Iioenoy, a Frankfort mer chant, whose store Is on Hroadway, op posite the state house, said he heard the shots, and ran to his front door nnd saw Goehel's body on the pavement. No one was near. He did not seo either Jack Chlnn or Eph I.lllnrd. It. H. Herryman, of Frankfort, was tho last witness at tho morning ses sion. His direct testimony did not elicit anything new. RACES AT ERIE. Frio, July 21. First day of the F.rlo meet of the Like Frle Trotting association: Trae'k slow, wc.uhir rainy and attendamc small. Hnnntaiioc: 2.31 pace, pun-o 10D Marlon IMdy. won; Value 11, second; I'uro tiJld, third. 'lime, iPUi 2.1U1J: 2.10. 2 19 trot, purse $lO0-SUlliril Saunders, won; fireen Wilson, second; Hilly O, third. Time s.uo'i; 2.i'j'.;; i.n. 2.17 pace, purso WO-Cartlngc rilrl, won; Sweet Fern, second; Hang II, third. Time 2.10?i; 2.I7W; 2.SJU. .. S I.I II Some Reforms for Cuba. New- York, July 21 fiovcrnor (ienoral Wood, of Cuba, who has Just relumed from Havana, has been to Canton, to eon-ult with Picsidcnt JlcKlnley In connection with important matter of interest to residents of the island. Ho will return to Havana in a few dij's ami inaugurate a few reforms that are much nceeled there, but declines to stale Jmt whit changes are to bo made. Grain Elevator Destroyed. PulTalo July 21 Fire tonight destroyed the I.ailern elevator which is hlttutnl cm the lslai.il opioslto the foot of Washington street. The elevator and its eeuitciits uc.ii valued at j;oO,WJ anil are a total loss. The caue of the fire was not learneel. Tho elevator was owned ly tne American Llnsi-oel Oil company who came Into poMeeslon of tho building only a few weeks ago, Orangemen Meot. New York, July 21. A public meeting of tho Orangemen of Greater New Yoik on tlio occas ion of tli visit of tho Imperial grand council of the world and the supreme grand lodge ot tha United States In this city, was held tonight in Lyric hall. LONDON STILL IS SKEPTICAL Will Wot Entertain Hope That White Men in Pekin Are Alive DEMANDS FOR PRO OP Salisbury Must Have Direct Com munication with tho British Minis ter Beforo Ho Will Relievo That tho Foreigners Are Safe All Mili tary Operations in tho Elowory Kingdom Will Close -with tho De livery of the Pekln Prisoners. T.ondon, July 21. Tho Chinese min ister, Chlh Yen Lo Tcng Luh, hnrl n long Interview with Lord Salisbury, this afternoon. The general situation was discussed and the Chinese minis ter reiterated his belief that the Hrlt Ish minister to China, Sir Claude Mac Donald, and the other foreigners at I'ekln were safe. Lord Salisbury re iterated bis demand for direct commu nication with the minister at Pekln. To this request, tho minister could only renew his protestations that it would , be speedily' nccompllshcd, If feasible. He ndduced no new facts to prove ills assertions. Tho Interview closed without result. Despite tho Chinese minister's statements and des pite Sir JIacDonald'a letter of July 4, n strong impression continues to pre vail at tho foreign olllco that tho min isters at Pekln were massacred July C. The Associated Press correspondent 19 Informed that not one scintilla of evi dence Is 'ot In the possession of tha foreign oHlce loading them to disbe lieve the reports of the murders. Kir Claude MacDonald's letter with Its account of severe fighting In progress merely confirms the government's forebodings. William Prltchard Mor gan, member of parliament for Mcr thyr Tydvll, whose knowlcdgo of In terests In China are extensive, in formed tho Associated Press corres pondent today that he was positive from cables from his agents, that tho members of tho legations were allvo July f. When the foreign oHlce was told this, the rejoinder was made: "Mr. Morgan has submitted no rea sons to convince us of tho truth of his statement, however anxious wo may be to believe It." Consultations are In progress be tween the cabinet ministers nnd olll clals as to the course to bo pursued should the ministers prove to be nllve. The contingency of China hold ing them as hostages is uppormost In the minds of all ulthough the Asso ciated Press correspondent Is olllclally Informed that the Chinese diplomats have not jet hinted nt such action. Negotiations between tho powers have brought out mutual assurances that the military eximdltions to China nre for tho sole purpose ot relieving the legations, nnd that there Is no in tention to partition China. Hence, should China ngroo to deliver tho ministers alive, no power will have a reason for continuing aggressive mili tary operations except Germany, whose minister Is undoubtedly dead, and even Germany, to quote a llritlsh nfllclal, "will have to forego the em peror's assertion that lie would not stop till tho German Hag floated over Pekln." Other Powers Agree. As for the other powers, lUIs em phatically stated that they have unan imously agreed that with tho safe de livery of the ministers tho agresslvo campaign will end. All rumors of an International ngreemont regarding tho future of China subsoeuent to the re turn of the ministers are false. Tho agreement is purely negative and based upon the lines stated by Sec retary Hay, ot which the Independ ence and Integrity of tho Chinese em pire are essentlnl features. If the im perial edict proves true, tho powers, while holding their forces In readlnesa to enforce demands, will accept pecu niary indemnity. No territorial propo sitions will be considered. In com mon with the other powers, Gcmany must through arbitration or other wise, guago the damages by tho loss of life of her minister by n pecuniary standard. Tho samo rulo will apply as to the loss of other lives and des truction ot property. At the Chinese legation Jtho Asso ciated Pi ess correspondent was in formed that no further news from China had been received today and that It was expected that the minis ters would soon bo sent to Tien Tsin. Secretary Low expressed unstinted praise of the attitude of tho United States Secretary of State, Colonel Hay, and declared his Implicit belief that the ministers were sate. He said tho negotiations with tho powers on be half of China had nil been entrusted to the Chinese minister ut Washing ton. Wu Ting Pang. Secretary Low professed Ignoranco of their progress. French Minister Safe. Paris, July 2o. 12.30 a, in. M. Del case. minister of foreign nffalrs, haa received a telegram from tho French consul at Shanghl, dated July 23, which bays: "Li Hung Chang has Just assured mo that M. Plchon (French minister to China) Is living, and ho has agreed to transmit to him a inchf-ago from mo requesting n reply within 11 vo days. - i -f t t f WEATHER FOItEOAST. -f Washington, July 21, Koreeast for -f Wednesday and 'Jliiirsday: Kactein I'cnn- 4- svlvaula, partly dmidy and thriatcniw; 4- Wednesdays Thursilay, showers and lower 4- 4- temperature; fre.h southerly winds. 4 4- t -t:i
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