i'l'. ."'J ".'V,'.1 -H-m-mmmmmmrwviiiqfiigijmiim m MPPPPL II 1 1 II III Jlj i Tirtn. , iw N V 000"' '& V 44 Wvo .onwii! i tf TWO CENTS. SC11ANTON, PA., TUESDAY aiOKNIXG, AUGUST 7, 1900. TWO CENTS. twmmmi'rw T . .-j T MMGSnrt-Mft&MMIllll 1'lPPWmP 4 fliHIBIBn!HMIIHM!MmPVFHIIiWflVnir ' ' "V W ,$, THE MOVE ON PEKIN IS FAIRLY UNDERWAY Heavy Engagement on the Road Beyond Tien Tsin. OPINIONS ON THE FIGHT ffanv Army Officers Believe That the Chinese Will Stubbornly Resist Every Advance That Is Made and Contest the Ground Inch by Inch. XI Ping Hung Re-appears at re kin General Chaffee Asks for Heavy Artillery to Be Used in Battering the Walled City. Washington. Aug. 6. The announce ment received through Admiral Remey and Commnnder Taussig, of reported heavy lighting on the road beyond Tlen-Tsln, una the news of Interest In the Chinese situation today. I,lttle doubt was expressed at the navy de partment that the news was substan tially correct. It Is probable that a later report may reduce the list ot casualties among the International forces, but It Is evident that the move on Pekln Is at last fairly under way and that strong opposition has been encountered. The war department of ficials who have been exceedingly re ticent for several clays as to news from the seat of war admitted today, when the naval dispatches were received, that the announcement of the battle was not unexpected. Opinion among the various oillclals now In Washington is somewhat di vided as to Just what Is presaged by today's events. The more optimistic are Inclined to think that such a se vere blow ns the Chinese must have received at Peltsang will result in the speedy disintegration of the forces now opposing the march of the Inter national column. In line with this prediction, it was prophesied that the Chinese government will And means to send the ministers from Pekln under escort and thus stave off the advance upon the capital. On the other hand, there was u number of officers, in a position to judge equally well, who held that a light at Pell sang was only the beginning of a strenuous resistance that would be continued to the gates of Pekln or be yond. It was urged In support of this view that the Chinese had a hundred men to lose agnlnst one of the allies; that they were well armed with mod ern guns and had apparently an abundance of ammunition. El Ping Reappears. It Is stated that considerable appre hension exists among those conversant with oriental alfalrs at the reappear ance In Pekln policies of that rabid nnti-foicign fanatic, LI Ping Hung. It is understood that his appearance in Pekln affairs niny have had some thing to do with the Shanghai ru mors of Li Hung Chang's suicide. It is certain that with Li Ping Hung and Prince Tuan in control of the defacto government in China, a religious war of dervish-like fanaellclsm probably will be waged against all foreigners and friends of the liberal Chinese statesmen nre anxious as to their fate under the Tuan-LI regime. The war department is in receipt of a dispatch from General MacArthur announcing that ho lias supplied ad ditional artillery supplier to Taku for use in the Chinese campaign. These supplies include several galling guns and the remainder of the rllle and howitzer siege train now in Manila, which up to date has remained use less in that country on account of the bad roads. How much better General Chaffee may be able to handle these monster guns through the almost im passible rice swamps of China, no one nt the war department was willing to guess, but his lecent dispatch con tained an urgent appeal for more ar tillery, and he is getting it. The ordnance experts at the war de partment say that If It comes to a bombardment ot I'ekln these live-Inch rifles and seven-Inch howitzers with their enormous bursting charges will be the most effective battering weapon in the international column. Minister Wu left Washington Sat urday far Cape May and remained away from Washington today, al though he had been expected to re turn on Sunday night. The Chinese legation wore an nlr of desolation and desertion throughout the day and nil interrogations of the Chinese charge were met with the response that there was no news or expectation of any. Refugees at Khabarosk. St. Petersburg, Aug. C A telegram from Khabarosk says: "About six thousand persons, railway oillclals and their families, arrived here from Chraba and other points, having re ceived orders from the government of ficials to embark on steamers. Among them are forty-four wounded and thirty-three on the invalid list. "Tno Chinese railway company has given five thousand roubles for ambu lance purposes and for the construc tion of quarters for other refugees." QUEEN VICTORIA'S REPLY. Unites with Parliament in Indigna tion at Humbert's Assassination. London, Aug. 6. The reply of Queen Victoria to tho address of parliament to the throne, moved July 31, with reference to the assassination of King Humbert of Italy, thanks parliament for the address und snys; "I unite with you In the expression of Indignation and deep concern nt the tidings of the assassination ot my Jllytrlous ally, the klne of Italy, I have not failed to convey to his suc cessor your sentiments of abhorrence of such a crime and your sympathy with the royal family, government and people of that country." TO RECEIVE THE TEACHERS. President McKlnley Will Give the Cubans a Day. Washington, Aug. 6. The delegation of Cuban school teachers now receiv ing a course of instruction in English branches at Harvard University, Cam bridge, Mnss., will visit this city on the ISth Instant for the purpose of paying their personal respects to the president of the United States nnd to inspect public institutions nnd at tractions of the national capital. The teachers, numbering about 1,400 will arrive here in the morning nnd leave In the evening for New York, where they will board transportation in waiting to take them back to their homes In Cuba. The matter of receiving them at the white house having been presented to the president, he has promised to ar range his movements ro as to be In Wahington on the day fixed for tho visit of the teachers. REFUGEES ARRIVE AT SAN FRANCISCO The Transport Logan Crowded with Men, Women and Children Street from Tien-Tsln Sick Soldiers Are Among the Passengers. San Francisco, Aug. 6. Blue jackets, marines, ex-soldlers ot the Ninth in fantry and refugees crowded the decks of the transport Logan from Taku, via Japan, which reached her dock here today. There were men, wo men and children on the vessel, direct from Tlen-Tsln, who had escaped from tho mobs of Boxers and the imperial Chinese troops. Nearly all of the pas sengers In tho cabin had felt the de pressing effects jof a siege and worn glad to get back to civilization. Among them were Ur. Dlffendorfer and Mr. O. Mcintosh, who were in the mill at Tlen-Tsln, where the Chinese were held at bay before the relief came throueh. Master Earl Ragsdalo and Miss Ef fle Ragsdale, children of the United States consul at Tien Tsin were also on board. A large number of the re fugees left the transport at Yokohama to return to various parts of Europe and America by regular steamers. Among the passengers who arrived here were the following: J. M. Mu sen, Shanghai; Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Ten ny and four children; Mrs. Pike and four children; Mrs. Jowry nnd three children, and Mr. and Mrs. Hayner and thre children; Miss Jones, Mr. Pike, Mr. Dlfferdorfer, Mr. Mcintosh, Tnku; Ilev. II. W. Houldlng, wife and son; Mrs. Frank F. Davis, Mrs. Mon telle, Miss Tlllle Fahr, Tien Tsin; Dr. X. S. Hopkins, wife and three chil dren; Mrs. H. M. King and three chil dren; Mr. nnd Mrs. II. S Smith, Choe Foo; the Misses Drew, Mr. L. Drew, O. C. Ford, wife and child; Edward Wilson, Yokohama, and about one hundred Invalided soldiers. There were deaths on tho Logan during the voyage, two occurring be fore Taku was reached. Private James II. McNerny, of Com pany D, Ninth infantry, died June 30, nnd James D. St. Croix on July 5. Pri vate David Nutes, of Company G, one of the men who started homeward owing to Illness, died at sea July 22. To tho Logan attaches the distinction of being the llrst vessel to land Ameri can troops in China. She conveyed the gallant Ninth Infantry from Ma nila to Taku, together with a detach ment of the signal and hospital corps. Among the passengers brought here by the Logan are sixty-one sick men of the Ninth. At Taku 170 Christian refugees from Tien Tsin were taken aboard. All except forty-eight of these left the Logan at Nagasaki. PREPARE FOR HOT DAYS. The Weather Bureau Hints nt Swel tering Conditions. Washington, Aug. C Tho weather bureau today issued tho following bul letin: "Present conditions Indicate several days of high temperature from the lake regions and Ohio valley over the middle Atlantic and Now England states. (Slsned) "II. E. Williams, "acting chief." The Wheat Crop. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 0. Tho government crop bulletin, issued thin afternoon, plate the total wheat leld In Manitoba at 11,000,000 bush els, 313,819 acres ot wheat having been com pletely destroyed by wind, draught, etc. The ) if li ot wheat is estimated at Hi bushels per acre. Blackney for Congress. rSaltlmorc, Aug. 6. A. A. Illickney. of Itiitl. moic county, was today nominated for longress by the Itrpublieans ol th Second congreslonal CUIilct. Former Congressman J, Picl Talbct i Mr. Ulackncy'i antagonist on tho Democratic tn let. m Postmaster nt Town Hill. Wsshlngton, Aug. 6, A. I. Huff was today appointed postmaster at Town lllll, l.u.:rue ccunty, I't, DIVISION REVIEWED BY GENERAL MILES HE ALSO MADE AN INSPECTION OP THE CAMP. In the Review the Thirteenth Was the Second Regiment in Line, the Third Being tho Ranking Brigade and the Local Regiment Having the Second Postion in tho Brigade. Governor W. A. Stone and General Miller and Staff Were with Gen eral Miles During Review. Special from a Staff Correspondent. Cnmp Hawkins. Mt. Gretna. Aug. 0. The Thirteenth boys are pretty thoroughly fagged out tonight after the division review this afternoon by Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, commander of the United States army, which was a most magnificent spec tacle, witnessed by upwards of five thousand persons. The weather was frightfully hot, the thermometer registering 97 In the shade and upwards of 110 In the sun, making marching n most fatiguing and ardu ous task. The heat prostrations were numerous, men dropping on all sides. Six of the Thirteenth's men were pros trated and were taken to the hospital In the regimental ambulance, which also took In charge four others from other regiments. None of the men were seriously prostrated, however, and all are back with their companies tonight. The Thirteenth was the second regi ment on the field, following the Ninth, which Is the ranking regiment. They were closely followed by tho Twelfth, Eighth nnd Fourth regiments, com prising tho Third brigade. The First and Second brigades closely followed, and all drew up In column, tho Third In the first line, with the Second and First behind them. REVIEWED BV MILES. General Miles, In fatigue uniform, accompanied by his aide-do-camp, and Governor W. A. Stone nnd Major Gen eral Miller and staff rode past each brigade, and then took up a stand in front of the division headquarters, from where he reviewed the regiments as they formed In company front and passed by him. The Third brigade was headed by a band of 110 pieces, comprising detachments from each of tho regimental bands. There were fourteen men from Bauer's band in line. Tho Thirteenth regiment was the second In line, following the Ninth, and it made a splendid appearance. Each company presented a perfect front, and the men inarched with all tho precision and grace or regulars. The horse of a member of General Miller's staff ran away during the re view and came dangerously near run ning Into tho crowd. It was stopped by Private Harry Cade, of Company K, who was afterwards escorted to General Miles and personally compli mented by that officer for his bravery. General Miles rode through the regi mental street this morning nnd pre sented his compliments to Adjutant Atherton In the temporary absence of Colonel Watres. The Thirteenth's hos pital corps will be Inspected this morn ing in front of brigade headquarters by Surgeon General Shoemaker and Colonel McCandless, division suigeon. COMPLIMENT FOR THIRTEENTH. General Shoemaker told Major Mil lar today that, after an Inspection of the cnmp of every regiment, he had arrived at the conclusion that the Thirteenth has the cleanest and most sanitary one in the encampment. This Is a compliment to the efficient ser vice of the medical staff who have this In charge. A special committee, consisting of Adjutant Atherton Adjutant Da vis, Adjutant Gunster, Captain Vundllng, Lieutenant Isaac Brown, Lieutenant Clement and Lieutenant Newberry, is arranging for a vaude ville performance to be given on Thursday night in the Chautauo.ua Auditorium, under the au'tpes of the Thirteenth regiment. They nre book ing talent fiom the regiment, and an excellent programme Is being ar ranged. The division nnd brigade offi cers will all be invited. The Thirteenth regiment will have the guard today around division headquarteis. It will consist of forty-one men. The Thirteenth regiment, now en camped at Camp Hawkins, has the finest location of any regiment In the Third brigade and some say in the whole division. The nllotmcnt of the regiment to such a location Is but a just recognition of the command which has now regained Its old position as "the best regiment In the best brigade In the state." Division headquarters Is located in side the fence dividing Mt. Gretna park from the camp ground and next to division headquarters after a short space lies the Ninth regiment, of Wilkes-Barre. They are In the lowest part of this end of the camp grounds in the exact location occupied with such never to be forgotten results two years ago by the Fourth regiment, and woe betide them if a heavy rain sets in. LOCATION OF REGIMENT. Next to the Ninth and on a knoll sulllelently high to allow an excellent drainage from three sides the Thir teenth Is encamped. The grounds have a gentle slope to the west though only to bo barely noticeable, yet enough to nllow water to drain off. Behind the regiment is a splendid, almost entirely level drill ground, largo enough to ac commodate the entire command In regimental drill. At the easterly end of tho drill ground are the headquarters of Briga dier General John P. S. Gobln. com mander of tho Third brigade. Next the Thirteenth Is the Twelfth regiment, and beyond this command llo tho Eighth and Fourth respectively, fill ing out the brigade. Instead of forming the whole divi sion compnetly at tho end of tho camp now occupied by tho Third brigade,,as has been the. custom heretofore 'dur ing division encampments, the various regiments nre scattered jover a terrl- ' , . Continued on Pise 8. l A . r' . r . . M-.7T - ,L tmir-. .MWn .!wS. Victor BRYAN EN ROUTE. He Starts for Indianapolis to Receive Official Notification. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. G. W. J. Bryan started tonight for the Indiana capi tal, where, on Wednesday, he and Adlal Stevenson will be duly notified of their nomination at Kansas City. Mr. Bryan had his wishes fulfilled in an entire absence of demonstration on the part of the Lincoln people when he started for Indianapolis. Many friends were at the depot, but there was no demonstration. The party occupied the rear Pullman sleeper on the Chicago-Denver Limited, which left here on the Burlington road a few moments after G o'clock and will reach Chicago between 8 and 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. POSTAL FREE DELIVERY Report of tho Commission Which In vestigated the System Its Recom mendations. Washington, Aug. G. The report of the commission which Investigated the free delivery conditions and needs at the postolilces of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore was made public today. As to New York, the report recom mends the allowance of $18,000 for the employment of additional carriers for the current fiscal year. Tho New Yoik free delivery service Is of a higher grade than in any other city, which the committee says Is .Instilled by the vast population, Immense postal reve nues and concentration of population and business in a comparatively small area. The cross receipts of the New York postofllce are shown to have In creased over 33 per cent, since 1SDC, while tho free delivery expenditures huve Increased but 17 per cent, and the force of carriers i) per cent. The gross receipts of New York for the fiscal year ending July 1, last, were J9.GS1.290. Concerning Chicago, the commission recommends an allowance of $19,050 for additional carriers this year and nn emergency allowance to enable the postmaster to give etllclent service to the different national committees lo cated at Chicago during the political campaign. Chicago's gross receipts for 1900 were $6,009,132. against 19 per cent, in free delivery expense and a 1G per cent. In crease In the carrier force. For Philadelphia, besides recom mending nn allowance for additional carriers this yenr, the commission makes recommendation looking to a i eduction of time of carriers at their desks and a special separation of the mall of firms and corporations receiv ing large quantities. The cost of tho free delivery service last year was $SS9.000, or 20 per cent of the gross re ceipts, which were $3,39G,000. This Is a comparatively high cost, due to the high grade of service maintained. The commission disposes ot the charges that the postmaster Imposes harsh regulations by finding that Postmaster Hicks, doubtless to maintain high effi ciency, has, In one or two instances, at least, exercised discretionary powers ns nn executive officer to a degree not contemplated by the postal laws and regulations, nor practiced by any oth er posmaster of his class. The com mission, therefore, recommends that certain orders issued by the postmas ter be rescinded or greatly modified. The report says the service of Balti more is in excellent condition. It rec ommends allowance of live additional carriers there. m Mysterious Suicide. Atlantic City, Aug. 0. An unknown man com mitted suicide here tod.iy by thootlng himself In the head after he had leaped from a pleasure j adit Into. the ocean. The suicide boarded tho jacht Kdith at tho ii.ict and as the boat was on Its return trip lie Jumped from tho bow. While efforts were bcins nude to reciie him ho flourished a rcvobcr and after khnuting a fare well to those on tho yacht placed the pistol to Ms head and blew out his brains. Ill boJy has not been rccouied. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Aug. 0. Airbed i Tatirlc, I.hcr pool. Cleared! Kaiser Wllhclm Per (iroi.se, ilrtmen, U Cherbourg ami Southampton, lire men Arrived i l'rkdrkli Per ilrosse. New York tU Cherliourir. 1'ranlc Point I'aueili Hotter dam, New York for lioulngnc and llnttcrdam, Southampton Called: Koenlgcn I.uis (Irom lire men), New York. Chester Independents Will Fuse. West Chester, !'., Ausr. (1. JlcprescntatUea of the Independent Republican! of. Chester county met here toddy and rcolrd.to fuse witli the Democrat! on the county ticket. involving legis lature and stats senate. .- -r - K -ys.I?."'!!i3?-?--i2r'E3-ssii-raIrT: ITALY'S NEW MONARCHS. Emanuel III and His Queen, Hclene of Montenegro. FIFTH WEEK OF THE POWERS TRIAL NEW TESTIMONY IS INTRO DUCED IN THE CASE. Evidence Bearing on tho Organiza tion of the Mountain Army E. R. Bullock, of Lexington, Tells of a Mysterious Man Behind the Foun tain on. the State House Grounds. Governor Taylor Feared Mob Vio lence. Georgetown, Ky Ausr. C Tho fifth week of tho former Secretary of State Caleb Powers trial for alleged com plicity in the Goebel murder conspir acy began this morning. Ex-Governor Brown, chief counsel for the defense, announced thnt the defense will con clude its testimony probably on Fri day, but possibly not until Saturday. After that tho prosecution will con- sumo three or four days In rebuttal. Captain D. B. Walcutt, who had charge of the soldiers that were quar tered In the arsenal at Frankfort prior to the assassination nnd who wero called out immediately after the trag edy, was the first wlne.ss called today. The troops, he said, were placed in the arsenal January 4, the day the legislature met. Captain Walcutt stated that It was about fifteen min utes after the assassination when tha company was called out. On cross examination he said he had never bo fore seen the ptate arsenal under guard for the same length of time. He got his orders, ho said from Ad jutant General Collier and did not know for what purpose the guard was placed there. He said It was merely Incidental that the soldiers were equipped with side arms and equip ments and ready for active service when Goebel was shot, although it was not customary for the men to be equipped Inside the arsenal. He denied that the men were already in line, but said he formed them after they heard the first of the shooting. The Mountain Army. At the close of the examination of Captain Walcutt the defense withdrew the witness with leave to recall hhn with the view of contradicting W. H. Culton. Culton will also be called again as a witness. This afternoon John L. Dozler, of Knox county, was called. He assisted Powers In organ izing the mountain army. On direct examination he said he got only good citizens, as Powers directed. On cross examination he admitted tha,t several who were selected and sent to Frank fort were bad characters. Alex Trost. a Knox county coal miner, said that the men sent to Frankfort were to so there to contend for their rights and prevent the vote of that county from being thrown out. R, C. Blandford, of Marlon county, was present at the conference at Frankfort at which W. H. Culton pre sided. According to the witness, Sher iff Burton, of Breckinridge county, made a wild speech, saying: "The only way to stop the contest was to explode cartridges In the neighborhood of the Capital Hotel." He was re buked by Powers. E. B, Bullock, ot Lexington, gave some entirely new testimony. Witness said he was in the ndjutant genernl's office when the shooting occurred, He came out and saw Jack Chlnn walking rapidly into the stnte house. A man was standing behind the fountain in a stooping position. Witness could not tell whether he was white or black and did not know what became of him. Stuart Stone testified that he was ( In the governor's room when the shooting occurred, wnen Taylor heard what had happened he expressed fear, that all of the occupants of the execu tive building would be mobbed. They broke into the office of tho secretary of state to get some guns deposited there with which to protect themselves. Witness said Governor Tnylor told Captain Shnrpe, of Lexington, to arm everybody In the building and tako charge of tho men, Coiporntions Chartered, HarrUhuYir, iitr. 6. These ilurtirs were erantcd todayt Monoca Land company, Pitts burs, capital $1,000; Washington llilik com pany, Washington, l'a.. capital SM.ftXIj Kdgc north Kxtenslon Water company, Allegheny, cap itol, $1,000; Continuous Metal Helming com pany, Philadelphia, capital ?100,0M; Northeast ern I'cnnsybanla Tel phone company, Susque hanna county, capital $10,000; tho Cement Pelt street railway ol . Northampton county, capital 172,000. , S&BSiS TIIK KKWS THIS JIOKNLYG Weather Indications Today, GENERALLY FAIR. 1 Oeneral Heavy Kncagcmcnt of the Allies and the Chinee. Ilehct Column in China Suffers a Check. Oeneral Miles Itcku the (Juard at Mt. Oretna. Testimony at the (ioeiicl Murder Trial. 2 (ieneral Northeastern l'ennsyhanla News, financial and Commercial. The Tribune's Educational Contest. 3 Local Taylor's Chief of Police Arrrested for Shooting a Woman. Wilkes-Parrre Councilmcn's Bribery Charge Doing Aired. 4 IMitori.il. News and Comment. 5 Local Victims of Lploion on Itoad to re- cotery. Auditing Committee Holds Up Kiro In-suranco nuii. 0 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 Round About the County. 8 Oeneral General Miles Iteiiews the Ouard at Mt, Oietna (concluded.) Industrial Xotes. JERSEY CENTRAL'S 15-YEAR RULE Both the Men and Officials Are Anx ious That the Agreement Should Be Changed. New York, Aug. 6. Fifteen years ago the Jersey Central Railroad com pany and Its employes entered Into a contract for the mutual benefit of both. Since that time occasional dif ferences have arisen which have tend ed to vitiate some parts of the agree ments and this condition tesulted in confetences which were held yester day at Jeisey City between a com mittee of officers of the Jersey Cen tral and a committee of Its conductors In which the framing of a new agree ment governing the relations between the company nnd employes In train service was disposed of. Conferences of a similar character have been heli between the company and various classes of Its trainmen, and previously conferences weie held with the tele graph operators. It Is expected that later In the week a committee of brakeinen will discuss the subject with the oillcers and these conferences may probably be frequent until the terms of the ugreement are definitely nccepted by the various brotherhoods and the railroad com pany. These discussions of new agreements have been made the basis of reports of dissatisfaction on the part of tho trainmen and rumor of possible strike. The officers of the road have taken no active steps to have the agreement of fifteen years revised, preferring that the men should realize that by reason of the changes In the railroad train ser vice and the conditions governing op erating methods that revisions or new agreements were a necessity. The men have realized this and a short time since took the Initiative to have the rules changed and submitted a number of them to tho olilcers. The general officers then appointed a com mittee of division superintendents, who discussed the subject with the various committees of the different brotherhoods. The framing of the new ngreement Is still under discussion and Is being conducted amicably on both sides, with the expectation that a satisfac tory conclusion will be reached. Tho office, s representing the company do not purpose suggesting any of the rules that would be to the disadvant age of the men. Out of the conferences begun yes terday grew the report of a posslblo strike, which so far ae has been lenrned, has no foundation. Eulogizing King Humbert. Home. Aug. 0. -The chamber ot deputies today reopened with an jrniiuiinc thiong present. The tribunal were draped with black. The presi dent of the chamlicr, Slguor Villa, read a me morial address culoUrlng the lato King Hum bert. He was frequently applauded. Population of Buffalo, Washington, Aug. fi. The count of tho pop ulation of HiilTulo, N. V., Jmt completed at tlio census office. Is itfj.ilti. The percentsge ot in crease Is 37.77 per cent. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, Aug. 0. Increased pensions to $3 a month hare been granted to Peter Itln helmer, Dorrance, Luzerne county, and William Carl, 1'reecland, Luzerne count). FIGHllNG AT PIETSANG Relief Column Reported to Have Suffered a Check. CHINESE WAR TACTICS They Have Adopted, tho Wigritof Methods of Fighting, Retreating When Hard Pressed Salisbury Recelvos a Message Which Indi cates That the Pekln Government Will Use the Ministers as Host ages Li'3 Statement Doubted, London, Aug. 7, 3.10 u. m. "The aS vnnce of the allied forces commenced today," tables the British consul at Tlen-Tsln, under date of August 4. This Is the first olllclnl information received hero that tho attempt to re lievo Pekln had begun. It Is accept ed as correct. The British consul does not mention any fighting, but the Shanghai corre spondent of tho Dally Stall, telegraph ing Sunday, says: "The Pekln relief column Is repotted to nave suffered a check. The Chinese nre. said to have adopted Tagalog tactics and after sev eral hours of fighting, to have re treated." This Is the only message received in London this morning bearing on tho reports of Admiral Remcy and Com mander Taussig regarding nn engage ment nt Pcltsang. The fact that tho advance did not begin until Saturday is taken to strengthen the accounts of a battle Sunday. In the same cablegram, which was read In the house of commons, tho consul nt Tlen-Tsln says: "News from the Japanese legation has been re ceived up to August 1." There the edicts announcing tho safety of tho ministers on that dato are confirmed. Yesterday tho Chinese minister. Sir Chlh Len Lo, communicated to Lord Salisbury a message from tho tsung-11-yamen, dated July 30, reiterating the statement that the ministers wero safe on that day,' and recounting tho friendly relations existing between them and the yamen, as well as re porting the sending of supplies to th legations by tho yamen. The messagr contains this Important statement: "A successful termination of the conference with the minis ters for their conveyance undor escort to Tien Tsin is expected; but, on account of tho recom mencement of hostilities nt Tien Tsin, code telegrams for trans mission to the representatives are considered undesirable." This appears to conlirm tho state ment that the Chinese covernment will endeavor to stop the march to Pekln by using the ministers as hostages. Will Cede No More Territory. The Lokal Anzelger, of Berlin, pub' llshlng an interview with LI Hung Chang, quotes him ns declaring em phatically that China must not In anj circumstances, cede any mori terri tory to any power. In reply to a question why the rebellion was not put down, Earl Li is represented ns having said: "I blame Prince Tuan, tho empress dowager and the whole Pekln govern ment. But for their Inch of energy tho situation would never have be come so serious." The St. Petersburg correspondent ot tho Dally Hall says: "Active nego tiations ure proceeding between Rus sia nnd the United States, the probable outcome of which will be a resolution to uphold the integrity of China un conditionally," A Shanghai correspondent of tho same paper says: "The Americans are urging the appointment of General MacArthur as commander In chief of the allied forces." The Standard's Shanghai representa tive, wiring Sunday, says: "It Is clear that the march to the relief of Pekln will bo anything but a walk-over. Japanese scouts have dis covered a large force of Chinese south west of Tien Tsin nnd another large force In the vicinity of Lu Tal, to the eastward. "It Is learned now that the members of tho tsung-ll-yamen who were put to death for their alleged pro-foreign proclivities were not beheaded, but cut In twain, this being tho severest pen alty under the Mnnchu code. Sheng declares that tho grand council at Pe kln wns Ignorant of the orders for tho execution." Li's Official Statement Doubted. A Shanghai spfclal, dated Aug, 5, says: "LI Hung Chang has officially in formed the consuls that the ministers left Pekln for Tien Tsin last Friday, Aug. 3, with General Yung Lu in com mand of the escort. The consuls aro by no means disposed to credit Earl Li's statement." All other reports that have reached, London up to this hour Indicate that tho ministers have not left Pekin. Reading Dividend. Philadelphia. ug. 0. The directors - th Jtrading ltailj company at a special . ctliij" this afternoon declared a dlildcnd of Hi per cent, on tho first preferred stock of tho com. pany, pajalile September 10, tho issuo aggre gating fiS.OOO.Ofli). Last March a dividend of Hi per cent, wa pild and today's actiouuthere foro means a per cent, for the year, the lint ilnca 187 4- -r tt f 4- t WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Aug. t Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday! Kastern Penn sylvania, generally fair with continued warm weather Tuesday and Wednesday; light to fresh koutlmcgterly winds. -T- "t- 1 t 1 & t -. . t. n
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