r , m w - oyR9 SittV ffsTTStl M lJU orositrm 3S& TWO CENTS. SCBANTON, PA., MONDA1' MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1900. 4 TWO CENTS. VI Srimroe, ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM CONGER No Fighting: Since 16th. Hopes for Speedy Relief. ORDERED FROM PEKIN An Imperial Edict States That Min isters Shall Bo Provided with an Escort to Tlen-Tsin, Whenever They Choose to Fix a Date for De parture Ministers Can Receive Messages Not in Cipher The Fe kln Advance Is Fairly on. Washington, Aug. r. A belated mes sage from Minister Conger was re ceived today at the state department. It came through Consul General Good noiv, at Shanghai, who transmitted messages received by Mr. ltagsdal", Vnlted States consul at Tlen-Tsln, from Mr. Conger and Mr. Squlers, sec retary of the I'nlted States legation at Pekln. In effect the advices are the fi'imo as those received a day or two ago by the. stale department from Consul Fowler, at Chefoo. Mr. Good win's message was transmitted 'q President McKlnley at Canton, and Mr. Adeo, acting secretary of state, later In the day Issued the following stntement concerning It: "Consul General GoodnoW, In a cablegram dated Shanghai, August 3, which was received at the department of slate at 4 o'clock this (Sunday) morning, reports the receipt by Consul Kagsdale, at Tlen-Tsln, of messages from Minister Conger and the secre tary of the legation, Mr. Squlers, dated July 21, to the following effect: "All well. No fighting since the sixteenth by agreement. Enough provisions. Hope for speedy relief." "Mr. Gooduow adds that the director of posts, Sheng, had on the rth com municated to him an Imperial edict, dated July 30, ordering Jung Lu to pro vide an escort for the ministers to Tlen-Tsln, when the ministers llx the dute. The edict says the ministers can receive messages not In cipher; but notwithstanding this plan, messages were returned to some consuls on Au.h ust 4." Whllo the messages from Minister Conger and Secretary Squlers bear date of July 21. the belief, founded not .only upon them but also upon collat eral and later information, Is that the pgatloners are yet safe from at least Immediate harm. At present there Is no moans of knowing whether the ministers will accept the offer of the Chinese im perial government to provide an es cort for them to Tlen-Tsln, hut It Is surmised they will prefer to remain within the British legation at Pekln until the arrival of the allied forces. Should they leave for Tlen-Tsln, In all probability it would be because thy regarded it the safer course to pur sue. It is thought to bo not unlikely that the Chlneso government may b' very Insistent upon the departure of the ministers in the hope, If they can he gotten to Tlen-Tsln In safety, that the storming of Pekln may be averted. The Cipher Dispatches. The inhibition of cipher dispatch to the ministers, while a serious breach of diplomatic usage, is not regarded here with apprehension. The Chinese government, it Is pointed out, is suspi cious of tho actions and intent of the powers and probably has adopted this precaution to prevent communication to the ministers of details of the mili tary movements. It Is evident from the adoption of this measure that the imperial gov ernment regards Itself as antagonistic to, if not actually at war, with tho powers. Thus far no inhibition has been placed upon cipher dispatches passing between the various govern ments and their consular representa tives in China, outside of Pekln. The state department has taken tho ground that the dispatch from the tsung-li-yamen delivered at e de partment yesterday to Minister Wu is not an answer to tho dispatch of Sec retary Hay, sent on Aug. 1. in that dispatch Secretary Hay finally and decisively Insisted that free communi cation with the ministers must be es tablished before any steps would bo taken by this government toward a peaceful solution of the present trouble. That dispatch was sent to Consul General Goodnow. to bo by him transmitted to I.I Hung Chang. The message delivered by Minister Wu to the state .department yesterday, rela tive to tho inhibition of cipher dis patches was sent by the tsung-U-yamen on July so. As of that, It al ready had been communicated to the department by Consul Fowler. Ob vlously, therefore. It could not be a reply to tho dispatch sent to Mr. Good now by Secretary Hay on Aug. 1. a definite reply to the secretary's dis patch of tho 1st Inst, is awaited with somo concern, not to say anxiety. It Is final word of tho United States gov ernment In the pending negotiations. The demand must bo acceded to. If trouble of serious character is to bo averted. Wu Not In City. Minister AVu Is not in the city to day, having gono to Capo May to pass Sunday with his family. It is said at tho Chlneso legation that he prob ably will return to Washington tomor row. No dispatches of consequence were received at tho legation today und it Is said by tha legation at taches no messagss will bo mado pub lic from tho legation In the absence of the minister, unless messages should come which by reason of their Importance should require Immediate rnsmiMlon to the state department. Neither the war nor tho navy de partments made public any dispatches during tho day, olficlals of both de partments announcing that no dis patches of public Interest had been received. That General Chaffee Is en countering difficulties that arc prov ing serious there is little attempt to conceal. The debarkation of troops and cavalry horses Is being accom plished with the utmost dllllculty. It is raid that the big transports can approach tho landing nt Taku no nearer than twelve or fourteen miles. Vessels drawing more than fifteen feet of water nre forced to lie far out in the gulf. This necessitates tho use of lighters for the transportation to the shore of both men nnd horses, mak ing the debarkation of a considerable force a task surrounded with innu merable obstacles. Added to the ac tual difficulties are tho discomfort and Inconvenience placed upon the troops. Mains nre almost Incessant, heavy fogs are prevalent and the water of the gulf is exceedingly rough. The Pekln Advance. That tho advance upon Pekln ac tually began no later than Friday is well nssured now. Officials of tho wnr department still decline to dis cuss the latest message of General Chaffee, dated Friday, In which he an nounced that the American, British and Japanese forces wnro making the start without the remainder of tho allies. While no reasons for the reti cence of the department aro given, It Is well understood that General Chaf fee's dispatch at this time cannot be given to the public, as It contains In formation Int idod only for the guid ance of the of lals here In the forma tion of a polk of campaign In China. Suicide o. ,ry Disbelieved. The report of the suicide of LI Hung Chang Is wholly discredited In official circles here, and no Information hail been received tonight either by our government or at the Chinese lega tion. At the latter there seems to bo no reason known to the officials why tho great Chinese diplomatist should take his own life, which. In their minds, would bo a most deplorable event. His death they would regard as a severe loss to China In the pres ent perturbed condition of affairs ex isting there. One of the officials sug gested tho possibility that he has suf fered an attack of apoplexy or other sudden Illness Incident to old uge, but confidence was expressed that tho re port of his suicide was untrue. Wu Has No Information. Capo May, N. J., Aug. 5. Minister Wu Ting Fang said that the dispatch to the Paris Temps stating an imperial edict decree was Issued under date of Aug. 2 allowing the ministers in Pekln free communication with their homo countries was probably true and the result of the memorial of the Chinese ministers In all countries asking, through 1.1 Hung Chang and other viceroys, for this privilege. He, how ever, had no official news confirming the Issuance of the edict. Ministers May Communicate. Paris, Aug. r. 7 p. m. Sheng, direc tor general of railways and tele graphs, has just communlcnted to tho consuls at Shanghai, according to a special dispatch to the Temps, dated August 5, an Imperial decree dated August 2, authorizing the foreign min isters In Pekln to communicate with out restriction, with their govern ments, nnd ordering their departure for Tien Tsln under a good escort. Paris, Aug. 5. The Shanghai corres pondent of tho Temps, telegraphing today says: "The number of allies leaving Tien Tsin is no better known here than are the facts as to the macrh itself, hut it is rumored that the advance guard had been repulsed. "LI Ping Hang, former governor of Shantung, who Is intensely hostile to Europeans, has been named comman der of the Chlneso forces. Paris, Aug. !. The French foreign office has received the following dis patch from the French consul at Che Foo, dated August 2: "The governor of Mouken, In a pro clamation, has urged the people of Manchuria to massacre Christians. Nearly all tho mlssoins have been de stroyed. The missionaries have or ganized for defense and aro nssisted by other Christians." IN GOOD HEALTH. Report of the Vice Consul at Tien Tsin. nrussels, Aug. 5. The Belgian vice consul nt Tien Tsln, M. H. Ketels, in a dispatch via Clio Foo, August 4, via Shanghai August 5, says that the Chinese In Pekln nre fortifying their position outside the British legation. He ndds that all tho members of tho Ih'lglan legation nre In good health. Paris, Aug. C, 1 a. m. The French consul at Shanghai, telegraphing Sat urday, says: "LI Hung Chang Informs me that LI Ping Heng was appointed general of the troops In the north of the empire on his arrival at Pekln. DEATHS OF A DAY. I'ltUlHirg. Au;r. B. Sire. Mansard Brown Oil. vcr, mother of (leorue T. Olhcr, proprietor of Hie Pittsburg Commercial (laictte, anil of Henry w. Oliver, the well krown steel manufacturer, died today, aged 11 years. Portland, He., Aug-. S. Itlnht Kev. Auitustlni Ilealy, Catholic LUl.op of Maine, died suddenly tlila attention. Lancaster, Aw.. .V-Itev. Frank Seubert, rector of St. Peter's Catholic cliureh of r.lltabcthtown, died today, after a lonjf lllnexs from ilrnpy, ascd II J can. lie had been In the priesthood seventeen years nnd also held t barges ut lock llaion and llarrlshur;. New Orleans, Ail. 5. General Zehulon York, or.o of the dasnir.e futures of the C'onfcdciacy, lied at lilt home In Natchez, Mlw., this after noon. He was colonel of tho Fourteenth Louisi ana, reelmcnt during the dill war. whlrh he led in the Uattles of Mehulcsille, Gaines Milt, Cold Harbor and Malvern Hill, and was wounded scleral lline. lie participated in the Initio of tho Wlldcmiw and uaj iiuJo a bllg dlcr neutral. DEBS ACCEPTS NOMINATION APPEALS TO THE WORKING CLASSES FOR SUPPORT. Sensible to the Responsibilities Which Rest Upon Him Has Con secrated Himself to tho Cause of Socialism. Springfield, Mass., Aug. B. Eugene V. Debs, the presidential nominee of tho Socialist Democratic party, has sent his letter of acceptance to Wil liam Hubscher, natlonnl secretary of the party, in this city. Mr. Dehj writes his letter from Terro Haute, Intl.. under date of July 31. Ho says: Sly Dear Comrade: Your communication of the 15th Instant ha hicn recoiled, and I note that by the election of the unity committer, elected at the Hi, Chester and Ilidlatiapnlh ion cntlon, approicd by referendum vote, my nom ination has been ratified as candidate of Hi? Social Democratic party for the ofllcc of pit si tltnt of the United States. Permit me to ntuiu my thanks to the oommltteo nnd the com rades they represent lor the ratification of my nomination, which I cticiu a signal honor. Having responded to the c all of my Em mies in accepting the nomination their con fidence nnd paity bestowed upon me, 1 am deep ly sensible of t tit icspoiiibllitlcs which rest upon mo as n Socialist candidate for the of f.tc of president of the I'nlted States. lVlly Imbued with the philosophy u! sooiilism, I MCk no personal preferment, und 1 claim mnii!T.i- tion only as a roprcunlatlie of the principles of inttinatlonal. clasa-consrious socialism. In that capacity anil that alone, I appeal to the worn- li.g clasT ami my countmi.tn for their support. The confidence implied by the unanimous action of my comrades mole mo to n-Krcl my limita tion and to wish myself a uoithler ripitsen latlvo of the principles so sacred to them, be cause fraught with such grave import to the countless victims struggling in tho jriasp of etonomio bondage. But all the sticnuth nnd nbltity I lnv. is at their finite. I.tng since I cimsecraUd niy.elf to the cause and my all I hsio laid with joy on the nitar of socuili-m. As e look abio.ul we behold the steady and stafly march of transformation. Capitalism, which has wiilten its lecord in the tesrs and blood of the human race, is sUnfcrlnc to its doom, while tmi LilUin, herald of light and ficedom, quickened by the spirit of the new resolution, is sucepinn oier all the world. litre in tho I'nlted States of America we arc oa tho cie of our first great battle. Let in urrt on our armor and press forward to meet the enemies of freedom, the oppies-.or.s of the people, the explolttrj of the woiklnir class and the foes of all humanity. Let us dismiss ail minor con siderations and unite in evirv state and icnitory, from end to end of the land, in one mighty ef fort to hasten the cicl of capitalism and tho coming of the co-operatlie commonwealth. Thanking joii again, and through joii the mem bers of your ctmmittee nnd ill your comrades for the honor conferred upon me, t iriualn, Yours fraternally. Ktigrne V. Debs. DE WET AT DAY. His Troops Completely Surrounded hy the British. London, Aug. 5. A special dispatch from Pretoria dated Sxturday says: "General Christian De Wet Is com pletely surrounded n?nr P.dtsborg and It is impossible for h!s forces to es cape througli tho strung British cor don. "The Poors say they will make a stand at Maehadodorp. They are short of ammunition and food. Gen eral Hamilton, by the rapidity of his movements, prevent? reinforcements reaching Commandant General Botha. "It appears that, nfti-r the train carrying United States Consul Stowe and 'dying the stara and stilpes was derailed at Honigspiult, south of Kroonstad, concealed Doers fired, kill ing four." "Many residents of Pretoria have been sent Into exile for having be haved cruelly or shamefully to British subjects before or during the war. The terms of exile vary, In one Instance reaching twenty-five years." London, Aug. 6. The Lourenzo Mar ques correspondent of the Dally Kx press, wiring Saturday, says: "Transvaal advices declare that Gen eral Baden Powell was wounded dur ing a recent engagement at Husten burg, when the Boers, according to their account, took somo prisoners and captured 321 wagons." IN MEMORY OF HUMBERT. Queen Marghetta Has Composed a Prayer. Borne, Aug. 5. The city council of Monza has ceded the plot of ground Including the spot where King Hum bert was assassinated to tho royal family, who will erect a chapel there. Queen Marghetta has composed a tender prayer in memory of her hus band and has obtained permission from the archbishop of Cremona to circulate It among the faithful. King Victor Kmanucl and Queen Helena will arrive In Rome Wednes day. The remains of King Humbert will leave Monza the same day, reach ing the city at 9 a. m. Xlmenos, the celebrated sculptor, proposes to erect a monument In honor of Queen Marghetta In the gardens of the Pinclo. STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Two Hundred and Fifty Machinists ' Accept tho Old Scale. Oil City, Aug. 5. Tho union ma chinists of this city, who has been on strike for eleven weeks, decided today to return to work at the old scale of wages and without any concessions from the employers. About 230 men were involved. Lucy Parsons Arrested. Chicago, Aug. S.-l.uey Parsons and five other ansrchlits were arrested here today while at tempting to hold a meeting. The polico had been Informed of the gathering in advance and arrested the principals as soon as they appeared on the platform. A consldeinblc amount of in cendiary llttruturc was confiscated. Mr. Orlscom Presents the Bill, Constantinople, Aug. 5. Sir. Lloyd firlscom, United States charge d'afTalrrs, today renewed his demands upon the Ottoman government for compensation for the losses of Americans dur ing the m.tiJini. Ho insisted upon 'i prompt decision. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Aug, 5.--Arrived! Alter, Genoa, Naples and Gilualtar; pcutschland, llamhuvg, Southampton and Cherlioiirjr. Ulc of Ight -Passed I Noortllantl, Antwerp lm New York, (jueeiiktoiiii -Sailed I lUrurU (fium Liverpool), tor Ken York. MYSTERY OF OREEN TREE. Robert W. Sinclair and Wlfo Found with Bullets In Their Heads. Philadelphia, Aug. S. Robert W. Sinclair, aged 61 years, a fruit com mission merchant In thla city, and his wife, Annie K., uged 32 years, were both found dead last night with n bulelt holo In each of their heads In tho garden In front of their summer homo at Green Tree station on tho Pennsylvania railroad, near this city. Whether It waB a case of mutual buI cldc will probably never be known. Tho couple had frequently quar reled, and some time ago separated. Last week tho wife returned to her husband's house. Sinclair and his wife each catrlcd a pistol. For what reason no one could over find out. Lust night as the husband reached home nnd was entering tho gate neighbors heard him exclaim "Don't shoot," nnd a few seconds later two shots in quick succession wore heard. Several of the neighbors rushed Into the garden nnd In the darkness found Mrs. Sinclair lying dead. Close by hor hend was her husband's revolver. The husband was lying a few feet away and died In a few minutes without re gaining consciousness. Tho wife's pistol, a small weapon, was found about three feet way from his body. The polico authorities of Chester county made every effort today to un ravel the mystery. There are three theories ns to how the tragedy oc eiiTod: one that they agreed on mu tual sulcitlo: second, that both fired nt tho other as If in a duel, nnd third, that the wlfo killed tho husband with her pistol, threw It near his body, nnd then took her own life with hla revolver. Tho police are inclined to the belief that the last theory Is the correct one. TRAIN HELD UP. Pullman Passengers Robbed of Their Valuables. Safina, Kan., Aug. 5. Union Pacific east-bound passenger train No. 4. which left Denver last night, was held up by two men several miles west of Hugo, Colo., ninety miles this side of Denver. The passengers In the Pull man sleepers were robbed of their money and valuables. An old man named Fay, a resident of California, who had been visiting In Denver and was on his way to St. Louis, refused to surrender his valu ables and fired a shot at one of tho robbers, but missed. Thereupon the robbers fired, one shot entering Fay's mouth and coming out at the back of his head killing him almost Instantly. The robbers stopped tho train, jumped off and escaped. The robbers obtained $10C in cash nnd a number of gold watches nnd pieces of jewelry. The robbery took plac a few min utes before 1 o'clock this morning. The body of Fayv-who wast killed, was taken off at Hugo and -hipped to Den ver. Ho .was CS years old and a prom inent Odd Follow of California. The conductor, who was compelled, at the point of a revolver, to hold a bag while the robbers relieved the passen gers, lost his watch nnd asked that It bo returned to him in order that he might run his train on tune. The rob bers gave it back. Afetr ransacking tho two coaches, the men made tho conductor pull the hell cord to slow up the train. Killed by Robbers. Denver, Aug. C W. J. Fay, who was killed on a Pnion Pacific train near Hugo, Colorado, last night, while re sisting train robbers, was formerly a prominent resident of thin city. Ho established tho first gas and water plnnts here and was suptrintondent of the old Denver Gas company for a number of years. Ho watt a prominent member of tho Odd Fc-llown and had organized a number of lodges In Colo rado. Ho moved to Anhelm, Califor nia, seven years ago, and had since re sided in that state. Ho had been vis iting In Denver for several weeks with his wife and left last night for St. Louis, leaving Mts. Fay with friends in this city. WEAKNESS IN IRON. Silesian Establishments Suffer from American Competition. Berlin, Aug. .".A depressing factor on the Bourse last week was the re newed evidence of weakness In the Iron situation. On the Iron bourse at Dusseldorf bar Iron was quoted at ten marks lower, and there were reduc tions for other brands. The price of two thousand tons of Alabama iron sold at the Silesian works at 52 marks, to be delivered In Hamburg In Novem ber. The sale was much commented upon, causing lower prices. Silesian estab lishments report poor business In pip ing sheets as tho result of American competition. The wire mills there have restricted their output and pig Iron stocks show an additional Increase. FATAL BAR-ROOM BRAWL. William Ryan Starts a Row and Is Killed. Catsklll, N. Y., Aug. C In a bar room adjoining a dancing pavilion here last night, William Hoallord, of New City, shot and killed William ltyan, 20 years old. Sherifi Hotgrldge has under arrest, aside lrom the mur derer two others, William Prindle, tho proprietor of the dancing pavilion, and Milton Brown, tho loader of the or. chestra. It Is claimed that ftyan was shot In a row which he had Rtarled himself. Prindle. It is said, before tho shoot ing, lilt Ryan on the head with n club, and Brown, It Is claimed, loaned to Hoallord the revolver with which the shooting was done. Frontier Day Celebration. rheyenne, Wyo., .Ug. G. The executive com mltteo of the I'rontlrr Day celebration has sent Imitations to Colonel William .T. flryan and l-'oloncl Theodore lloosovelt to attend the cele bration on Sept. 12-1't, and participate In the re union of Torny'a Hough lliders, which will probably be held at the umi time. Arresting Anarchists. Paris, Aug, B. The Trench police have urcst nl at Ablwiillc, Augusta Valette, a dangerous ararchltt, who Is supposed to hsve been the Inttlgator of Salson's attempt upon tho shah of Persia. Valette left Paris Immediately after the crlmt. lie and Sanson will be confronted. THIRTEENTH AT CAMP HAWKINS IS NOW COMFORTABLY SETTLED IN THE WHITE CITY. Thousands of Visitors Crowded the Camp Yesterday and the Thir teenth Had Its Share of Them. Regiment Attended Religious Ser vices at the Chautauqua Summer School, Which Were Conducted by tho Regimental Chaplain Dress Parade in the Evening tho Only Military Function of the Day. Special from a Start Correspondent. Camp Hawkins, Mt. Gretna, Aug. 5. The Thirteenth is today comfortably settled In Its quarters, which are per haps the best on the camp grounds, the Third brigade, of which the regi ment Is part, having the choice loca tion of Camp Hawkins, as this year's camp Is called, In honor of the lament ed colonel of tho "Fighting Tenth," who died while on his way home from the Philippines, where his regiment dltl such gallant work. The Thirteenth arrived In camp at 6 o'clock yesterday morning nnd at once formed and marched to the camp ground, where the tired soldiers found things In a very satisfactory condition, the advance guard having dono its work well. Sunday was passed very quietly by the Thirteenth regiment today, as all Sundays are passed In camp. There were no drills, tho only thing ap proaching one being the regimental dress parade, shortly after C o'clock. That General Gobln, commander of the Third brigade, thoroughly appreci ates the excellent shape In which th Thirteenth regiment Is at present and the splendid showing they made on Saturday In the brigade review, was evidenced today In an Interview ac coided The Tribune correspondent. GOBIN'S COMPLIMENT. When asked what he thought of the Thirteenth, the general said: "I am delighted with the showing made by the Thirteenth. 1 Inspected the regi ment's camp-ground when the ad vance detail had finished Its work and before the regiment arrived. 1 found that everything was in perfect shape, and that I could not make a sugges tion. This was both gratifying nnd surprising. Inasmuch as Captlan Vand llng has had no previous experience in laying out a camp. Any tyro can erect a tent, but It generally takes an offi cer of experience to properly lay out a camp. The rldge poles are straight, and all the tents are perfectly In line. I rode through every street In the regiment's cump this morning, accom panied by Colonel Watres, and found everything In splendid shape. Tho showing mnde by tho regiment Is most commendable, and the olllcers and men deserve especial praise. Look at that brigade review on Saturday, which was gone through without a single practical error, and then remember that the Third brigade Is almost en tirely new, 73 per cent, of tho rank and file never having been In camp before. Tho general result of that re view was most satisfactory. The men inarched steadily and well, ami, as I said before, made no error of any con sequence. You can say for me that I am proud of the Third brigade and of the Thirteenth regiment." The services this morning at the Chautauqua summer school were In charge of the Thirteenth regiment and were conducted by Chaplain Swift. The regiment formed at 10.03 o'clock and proceeded to the grounds, headed by Colonel Watres and staff. Prior to their departure a quartette from Bauer's band, composed of It. J. Bauer, Thomas Miles, Charles Moore and Aug ust Wahler, rendered a programme of sacred mush: before Colonel Watres' headquarters. RKLIGIOUS SKRVICF.. At the service. Chaplain Swift took his text from Kingsll: 2, "I go the way of nil the earth, be thou strong there fore, and show yourself a man," and preached a simple, earnest sermon on tho necessity of Divine aid to a proper development of true manhood. In the afternoon at I o'clock a special memorial musical service In honor of officers and men of the brigade who have died since the last encampment was conducted in front of General Gobln's headquarters, by tho Third brigade band, under tho leadership of Lieutenant Frederick Gerhard. All of tho regiments In the brigade marched to the parade grounds to the rear of the Thirteenth's camp, and In front of brigade headquarters, and remained until the musical programme had been finished. In tho evening at C o'clock, tho usual dress parade was conducted. Commencing at 8 o'clock, Bauer's Thirteenth Regiment band gave a most delightful sacred concert In front of headquarters. The big event of tomorrow, and In fact of tho entire camp, will be tho division review by Lieutenant General Miles, commander of tho United States army. Tho Genernl will arrlvo In camp tomorrow morning at 7.15 o'clock accompanied onlj' by Captain Mllcher, his private secretarj', and will review tho entire division at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Tho Third brigade will be assigned to tho place of honor at the head of tho column, so that the Thir teenth regiment will bo the second In line, coming next to the Ninth, which Is the senior regiment. A most mag nificent spectacle Is promised, and a big crowd Is expected to be on hand to witness tho review. GREAT CROWD. Never before In tho history of en campments at Mt. Gretna was there Btich a crowding, pushing, Jostling throng of visitors ns there was today In camp. A conservative estimate would be twenty thousand, coming from all parts of tho state. Tho Thir teenth's camp was the center of at traction for visitors to the Third bri gade and many Scrnntonians were noted. Among these were tho follow ing: Oram Cox, of Green Rldge; Fred Ruddy and wife, of Adams avenue, Mrs. nalph Ward, of East Market street; Christopher and George Wlrth, Continued on l'age 3. J THE NEWS THIS MOUNINU Weather Indication Today, rAIRt WARMER. 1 Oenersl Minister Conger rends Another Mcs. sige. Americans In China Hampered by Difficulties of Ptwtnbnrkatlon. Sunday at Mt. Gretna, 2 Oneral Northeastern Pcnnsjlvanla News. Financial and Commercial. The Tribune's Kilucatlonal Contest. t Local Seimons by Itev. .tames Stunt Dick son and Itev. James Hughes. 4 IMltcrlal. News and Comment. 5 Local Two IlnlldlnK Wrecked and Twertjr- neven Persons Injured by Kxplodlne; Cas. Mention of Some Men of the Hour. (1 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 Ilound About the County. 8 Lire News of the Industrial IfnrH, SITUATION AT MANILA. Work of the Commission May Soon Suggest tho Appointment of a Civil Governor. Manila. Aug. 5, On Sept. 1 the com mission headed by Judge Taft will be come the legislative body of tho Phil ippines, with power to take and appro priate Insular moneys, to establish Ju dicial and educational systems nnd to make and pass all laws. No money will be permitted to be drawn from the Insular funds except by authoriz ation of the commission. Judge Taft and his colleagues will also exercise certain executive functions. For In stance, they will appoint judges, offi cials In the educational department and ofllcors of municipalities, which the commission will establish pending elections. Genernl MacArthur will be the ex ecutive head to enforce the laws of the commission, nnd he will conduct tho government in accordance with tho same until the commission recom mends to President McKlnley the ap pointment of a civil governor. The only three banks In Manila have formed a ring to reduce, arbitrarily and without Justification, the rate of exchange for American gold. This has caused widespread Indignation and many dllllculttes for commerce and minor business. The banks, however, aro obdurate, i There has been an Increase of In surgent activity during tho last three weeks, especially In the way of am bushes and attacks upon small par ties. First Liteutenant Alstaetter. of the engineer corps, with an escort of fifteen men, was taken in ambush in the province of Neuva 'Jclja, Luzon, by a large force. Tho Americans fouglit until their ammunition was gone, and, ns they were surrounded, there was nothing to d: but surrender. One man was killed and three were wounded. General Lacuna, who was In command of the Insurgents, return ed the wounded with a letter promis ing to treat the prisoners well. Lieutenant Bocton Hulesberg was ambushetl nnd killed near Santa Cruz, province of Laguna. Five met. of the Twenty-fourth Infantry were captured In Nueva Ecljn, but Sergeant Schmidt, of the Twelfth Infantry, and seven men trailed the captors nnd killed five. FARMERS' CONGRESS. Governor Stone Appoints Delegates to Colorado Springs. Harrlsburg, Aug. 3. Governor Stono has appointed the following delegates to the Farmers' National congress, to bo held at Colorado Springs, August 21-23: Levi Morrison, Greenville; M. K. Lnlrd. Llvermore; Will B. Powell, Shadeland; S. P. Hellman, Hollman dale: A. L. Martin. Enon Valley; S. F. Barber, Harrlsburg; G. W. Oster, Os terburg; A. F. Kimmel, Orwlgsburg; Stephen D. Yost, Conyngham; William Knederer, Allegheny; Samuel Mc Creary, Neshannock Falls; W. It. Stout, Pine Grove; W. C. Patterson. State College; W. A. Gaidner, An drews Settlement; It. J. Weld, Sugar Grove; M. II. Clark, Claiidge; Hiram Poples, New Providence; T. 13. Orr, Pittsburg; It. II. Thomas. Mechanics burg; John P. Taylor, Reedsvllle; J, S. Burns, Clinton; II. H. Russell. Belle Valley; Levi Wells, Spring Bill; John Hamilton, State College: M. E. Con ard.West Grove; Gabriel HIester, Har rlsburg; W. F. Hill, Westford; O. G. Hutchinson, Warrior's Mark; L. W. Llghty, East Berlin; William Penn Lloyd, Mechanlsburg: Edwin Lones dale, Wyndmore; T. O. Milllken, Com propsts Mills; Thomas J. Phillips, At glen: O. W. Stoughton, Prospect; Julius Lamoyne, Washington; S. Har vey Rutherford, Harrlsburg: W. F. Rutherford, Hanisburg; William H. Dodson, York; D. AV. Cooper, Sunbury, and D. W. Brown, Orwlgsburg. ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE. According to Philadelphia Ledger, It Is Featureless. Philadelphia, Aug. 5. The Ledger In Its coal article tomorrow will say: The anthracite coal trade Is feature lei's. The market continues as here tofore with slack demand, accumulat ing stocks and strenuous effort on tho part of the coal managers to keep down the output. There has been a good deal of talk of labor troubles and one or two Incipient strikes that have not amounted to very much, but other wise nothing of Importance is devel oped to chronicle. The Increasing coal exports have been attracting atten tion, there having been 7,lb8,C21 tons sent out in tho last llscal year, com pared with B.031.933 tons in 189S-P. Most of this coal goes to Canada, which took 5.113,153 tons during tho year and 3.C31.-I59 tons In 1S9S-9. Mexico took 465,201 tons, anil tho West Indies 513,200 tons. Europe took most of tho remainder nnd Increased Its taking ubout 200.000 tons over 1S9S-9. Chicago Will Receive Bryan. Chicago, Aiif. 5. Plans for the reception of W. J. Hryan when he arrives here next Tuesday morning en route to Indianapolis, have been completed. He will to met by tho committee and escorted to the Sherman house, where he I1I hold a rceptlon until noon, Mr. Stevenson will be met by a committee and escorted to the Sherman house, where he will take part the Diy an reception. At 1.30 o'cloek Tuesday ajternoon the party will stsr. on a special train for In-dianapolhj. ADVANCE OF ALLIED FORCES The Main Body Marched for Pekln July 30tli. AMERICANS ARE HAMPBRED General Chaffee's Men. Aro Delayed hy Difficulties of Disembarkation. The Russians and Japanese in tho Load LI Hung Chang Is Very! Dospondent Ho Is Reported to Have Been Impeached. London, Aug. C, 4 a. m. The Amerl can and British forces began tho ad vance on Pekln last Thursday, accord lng to a dispatch dated Aug. 2, from Tien Tsln, to the Dally Press. "Tho main body of tho allies," continues tho correspondent, "marched July 30. Gen eral Chaffee was delayed by tho diffi culties of disembarkation. General IJorward, the British commander, had no such obstacles and his delay Is In explicable. "The other foreign troops are now half way to Lofa. Tho force includes 20,000 Japanese, under General Yama chuchl, and 10,000 Russians. The Brit ish force totals 9,000 and tho other for eign troops are seven thousand. Wo are weak In artillery. "On Aug. 1 a strong force of Chlneso from the native city attacked Tien Tsln. By a series of brilliant charges our droops drove the enemy from their positions. Tho native city is still de fiant, and the allies nre unwilling to march troops throough its streets, aa this would mean an immense slaugh ter. When the Chlneso saw so large a body of troops marching westward they apparently believed that they would have an easy victory over those who were left." A message to tho same paper from a correspondent in Pekln, dated July 22, says: "The women have home all tho hor rors with marvelous fortitude, and even with cheerfulness. The Clilneso wanted peace when the arsenals at Tlen-Tsln were capturd, and tho ne gotiations bade fair to be successful. Unfortunately Li Ping Heng and Kang Yu (?) arrived here at the critical mo ment and overthrew the peace party. "Food has been short, but not ter ribly so, though we have had to be very careful." Tho Shanghai correspondent of th'j Dally Mall announces the reception of an imperial edict, dated August 2, or dering General Yung Lu to select high military and civil dignitaries, together with a sulliclent number of picked troops, to escort the foreign ministers to Tlen-Tsln as soon ns they decide to leave Pekln. By the terms of tho edict, General Yung Lu will bo held person ally responsible for their safety, and he Is given full authority to deal sum marily with those opposing the peace ful passage of tho escort. "By such aots," concludes the edict, "do we show our good Intentions to people from afar and open our bosoma to them." LI Hung Impeached. Yokohama f dvlces say that General Terauchl has reported to the Japanese government that It Is not advlsablo to send more troops to China, declar ing that tho united forco Is now am ple to relieve the forelgncrn In Pekln. Chinese messnges assort that in ad-" dltion to causing the execution of high functionaries of pro-foreign tendency, LI Ping Hong has impeached LI Hung Chang, Liu Kun Yl, viceroy of Nnn kln, and others on a charge of main tainlng relations with foreigners. A Tien Tsln dispatch, dated August 1, to Berlin, gives a report of an Im perial edict Issued July 27, ordering tha recapture of Taku and Tien Tsln by troops from Shan Tung and the south. The Tien Tsin correspondent of tho Times, wiring July 3t, says: "The previous decision to move to- moirow has been reversed. It is re ported that the American Is now un willing to advance until he Is rein forced. The Japanese reconnolssanca yesterday apparently inclined them to favor waiting for further reinforce ments. The Russians and French ac quiesced.'' LI Is Despondent. Shanghai, Aug. 5. Tho report that Li Hung Chang has commited sulcldo Is without foundation. He Is only In a very despondent state. The Japa nese consul hern has received a mes sage from Pekln which says that Gen eral Tung Fuh Slang has stopped all provisions going to the legations. Admiral Seymour arrived In Shang hai today. Will Search for a Woman. New York, Amr. 5. The Italian consul at New York has sent a telcirram to Captain Usher, tf the Wet llobcikiii polite asking htm to search for a woiiuii ho is suspected of beln; con cirncd in some nay with tho plot to asiisninita King Humbi'it. Chief McCluikcy will begin to. morrow a sjttunatie search for the woman nmnnir the Italian colony. The chief decllnti to giie the iMine of the woman at prsnt. Several Moonshiners Killed. Pauls Vullty. I. T., Aug. 8. Deputy mirahals; had a pitched battle with moonshiners, two milel north of here today. It U reported several wr killed. A forco of deputies was rent thU after noon to the asalktame of the marshals. ' -- - - -- -' f WEATHER FORECAST. -f Washington, Ave. 5. Forecast for Men. - -f day and Tuenday. Eastern renna.tlvsnla -f Fair and wanner Monday. Tueeday. -4- fair; light to froth southwesterly -f -f wlnili. - t k '
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