A- n"
' -T
t -
li 1
S
If
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, OCTOBER 1', 1900.
e
foV.T7TV sj-i" m jfVfVmtt,
V
s
8e'crA.ifott $r0unt
tUIMied llally, Jlwpl 'Bund-ty. '; T"'.t TrJ!"
ting niblialiliiR Company, iKII ty Cctilij.Monnu
tlVV S. HICIIAItll, KJKoi.
p. F. nV.MIMH, nmlntn Manager.
f -- -- i
ifcw York Olllce! ISO Nawm St.
,V H. S. VKKKtiAND,
) Solp Alienator lrclgn Admllijnfr
Entered at tlir- Povtnffleo nt Scranton, l'a., a
Hcconil-Clau Mill Mutter.
When Kli.iro will permit, The Trllmno In alwa
clad to print Miort lettr-ra from 1U trlciuN lir-ar-Won
current topic, lut Hi rule Is that thew
mint lie nlBileil, tor pnlillrntlon, by the writer
rel name: unl the comlltlon precedent to ae
tcjilantc In Unit nil contribution! shUl.bo iu
Jrct to cilllorlol revMon, . ,,..
TEN PAGES.
SOU ANTON, OCTOOEU 1, 1000.
'REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
' National.
PrrnI.lent-WIM.IAM MrKISI.lX m
VUc-l'rml.lcnt-TlinoUOIIi: HOOSUVIXT.
L State.
Co&rewnldrt-ill-Lnrire OAI.USIIA A. ClltOW,
'JtOlinrtT II. KOKItDKlIKIt.
Aildltor Gcncral-U. II. IIABUUSUEnOII.
County.
wrmRiesn-Wll.MAM CONNIX',.
.Indue-finoiidi: Jl. WATSON.
hheilll-JOHM II. KKI.I.OWH.
Ticimirer J. A. KCIIANTO.V.
District ..Vtoriicy-WII.MAM 11. LEWIS.
l'lullionotnij-JOIIN I'OI'IXANI).
Clerk of'Cotirts-TIIO.UAS P. DANlUt.S.
Ilocunlcr of Ilenh-Kllll. HOSJf.
Hcitlstrr of Wllls-W. K. IIIICK.
Jmy Commissioner -KDWAHI) II. SIUIIOKS.
Legislature.
First Dlslrlct THOMAS .1. IWY.VOMM.
Scf-nncl Illstrlct JOHN SCIIKIIKIt. .lit.
Thliil Dlnlrlrt-KDWAim JAJO, Jit.
Fourth Dlntrlrt-P. A. PIIIMIIN.
"If there is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing,
or, that it1 must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I amgftla to get rid of
it.'' Wlllnm Jenmlngs Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxvllle, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1806.
The Local Campaign.
T "IT -J-ITH ONIvY five wcpkM
remaining until election
l ana with hopeful pios
PDcts that the strike In
our mines, which has practically mon
opolized public attention, may speedily
yield to adjustment, It behooves the
Republicans of our county to summon
their energies for a political rush to
victory.
There Is abundant cause for aggres
siveness on the Republican side. The
national ticket is one that appeals to
the cordial approval of every Republi
can voter. The local ticket offers a
harmonious grouping of former fac
tional interests, Is distributed with geo
graphical fairness, recognizes equitably
the claims of various racial elements,
Is the direct choice of the majority as
expressed at open primaries and there
fore has an exceptional claim upon
party support.
To achieve victory work must be
done. The county committee will do
Its share, but there is also need of vol
unteers. In the momentous crisis of a
presidential contest fraught with Im
measurable possibilities of weal or woo
for a country now In the sunlight of
unexampled prosperity, every Republi
can should be willing, out of patriotism
and party loyalty, to do what he can
to advance the prospects of the entire
ticket.
If Jlaik llanna Is helping to get the
people of Northeastern Pennsylvania
out of their trouble he Is doing a good
1 service and meriting gratitude.
The Educational Contest.
AT THE conclusion of The
Tribune's successful Edu
cational Contest, wc desire
both to congratulate tha
successful contestants and, In their
behalf, as well as In our own, to re
turn thanks to a host of friends
throughout Northeastern Pennsylva
nia for friendly Intex'e&t displayed.
This contest, from beginning to end,
has been absolutely fair, straightfor
ward and without a hitch. Its valu
able rewards have been won honestly
by dint of personal ability and hard
work. The winner of the first choice
jof rewards, Mr. Rodriguez, took hold
at the beginning of the contest and
worked without let-up, in day time and
at night. His success establishes a
valuable object lesson. Others In the
list worked with corresponding per
sistence, but some started late, others
did not take hold in enrnest until the
contest had been some time in pro
giess, and yet othsrs were unfortunate
in having a limited field of labor or In
being handicapped by Illness.
To the patrons secured In this novel
manner, we hope to serve a paper
vvhjch will grow steadily in their favor
until It Hh.all become n dally necessity.
IJpito his neck in trust Investments.
Uoss Urnker warns young men to be
wail' of ti lists. Ho Is undoubtedly a
fine nSvful example,
AiVppfnlon Carrying Weight.
-inv r- O .MAN stands higher In
W thu esteem of those who
Jl. know him or Is better re
""' puted for clarity of Judg.
ment anil absolute candor than for
mer president of Cornell university,
Hon,.. Andrew P. White, our present
accomplished ambassador to Germany,
Hear his views upon the. approaching
cledlldn'; t '
"t''t)o?fitiRhly uellovo that In Presi
dent' Mc'Ktnlcy's re-election Is Uio only
chance for tho continuance and In
crease, of prosperity In our country;
nnrt that- his defeat, and tho election
of JUv Hrvun, would not only bring
contusion and distress upon tho busi
ness tntcrems of the country, especially
incJuiiVng the ntersts of labor, but
thal It would disgrace us the eyes
'''of .pvery lover of liberty In the Old
World, and rejoice tho hearts of re
actionaries of every sort, who see In
the. tucess of republican Institutions a
menace to their cherished Ideas,"
To Amerleuns of German birth'' or
descent, who are now being loudly
claimed ns recruits for Braynlsm, Mr,
Whlto writes:
Vvt (uany ,,vcat lust, during tho most scvero
ud cljnifiroui trirca through which' our rtpublh
hai panned, our fellow cltbcnn nf (lermnu t
ncent li.no been, by overwhelming tniorltlo,
stcmlily on tho il.lo of rational ilhcrt), irood
Koicrnmcnt, onml currcniy, nnd, nt nil llnui
and plain, for tho tnalntcninrc of tho natlnnai
honor. During the storm period before the i'lll
'Mir they were, In nurnlichnlnir iiumbcrn, on the
nlde of freedom m.ilnnt tacry ilurliu? tho Civil
unr they stood manfully by Abraham Lincoln on
tho battlefield nnd nt the n,lln nnd In the con
lent after the war for a sound and honcnt currency,
first airalnnl Orccnbickors and next nnaln.nl silver
nnnlic, their stralfihtforward common serine and
prlrlottm nirnln rnine out nobly for the restue
of the country.
tlcmemberlnir all l"!il, I rannot believe that
the hoastn of the organisation now representing
lho.e same falne and rulnoun Mean that they
have won our (treat number of American cltliens
of Herman hlrth can he true. I believe It a
calumny to stale that clllrenn of Herman origin
who remember hldly Ihc great military cntab
llslniicnln nt the Old World: vant standing armies
of liunrtrclm of thousands of soldlern rale.l by the
conscription of all nhle-bodled yoniiR men, can
be scared from Ihelr nllcRlaneo In Hepubllcan
prlnclplrs by the fact that the United Slalen
flndn It necessary, for a brief space of time, to
add to Its ftallant regular nnny a body of forty
or fifty thuunjiitl volunteers. And t also believe
It a calumny In assert that Herman llepuhllcans
are likely to turn their backs upon the old parly,
which they have so lone and viiroinusty support
ed, simply became Ihc United States Is protect
Inc. a meat population nf men, women nnd chil
dren whom the fortune of war has placed under
our prolectlon from murder nnd plllngc by on In
famous hnmtttll.
The American people have jet to decide what
their relations shall be to the territories obtained
in the recent war. I believe that they will decide
carefully and utly, In view nf the true Interests
of all concerned; and, In the meantime, l feel
that the whole question Is Infinitely safer In the
bands of William McKluley and his ndvlsers,
with the groat Hepubllcan party nt his back,
than In the band of the opposing candidate, obe
dient to the dictates of the mlxcil array of Sll
verllis. PopulMs and harum-scarum camp fol
lower of every description, who form the main
body of his stipporleis. I am convinced that the
Kieat mass of our fellow cltlrens of Herman hlrth
and descent, re cognizing in this content really tho
same vital Insucs an in that of four jears iiro,
wilt continue their noble traditions; will not
votu to brine In lonfiinlnn and dlstuss, but will
stand firm nn they have done berctofoie with that
party niganization which, fiem its beginning-,
lias rcpreented constitutional freedom against,
slavery, prospeilly against adversity, and honor
agninvl dishonor.
Unquestionably, Mr. While's faith
Is to be justified by the November
vote.
In announcing his Intention to vote
for McKluley nnd expansion, the Rev.
Dr. J. A. Mllburn, pastor "of tho Sec
ond Presbyterian church of Indiana
polls, nnd a Democrat, thus politely
and gently states an Incontrovertible
truth: "Mr. Bryan, T think. Is a good
man, but he Is the Incarnation of
economic heresies, nnd, what is more,
he falls to understand the tempera
ment nnd the genius of a growing
world."
Plan of Strike Settlement.
WHETHER the United Mine
Workers of America
shall be recognized offic
ially and directly In the
adjustment of the miners' grievances
or rest content with viewing In an ad
visory capacity the removal of hard
ships among tho workers In our mines
is a point- so largely technical as to be
of minor Importance to the onlooklng
public.
The essential thing Is that improved
conditions of mine labor may be se
cured and the Industrial peace and
prosperity of the whole community be
re-established In the quickest and fair
est manner possible. An Immediate In
crease of pay, with arbitration of other
points at issue, presents a short-cut
settlement', and Its prompt acceptance
will facilitate the resumption of mine
activity and the early recovery of lost
ground. This would benefit miners and
public alike and it is absolutely fair.
The strike has bepn a costly experi
ence, but If settled quickly, with res
toration of good feeling, Its 111 effects
will soon disappear and out of thorn
will rapidly develop far-reaching bene
fits for nil concerned.
John G. Carlisle has just been elected
president of an anti-Bryan lawyers'
club. Olney's somersault has not
caused a stampede.
m
Brynnism's Credentials.
(William M. Ivins, in the Sun.)
WHEN A MAN asks for
place, particularly for
great place, wo are
justllled in asking for
hli credentials. Mr. Bryan had none
when he first ran fo the presidency,
and he lias ever fewer now. They are
the credentials of the agitator, of the
man without practical experience,
either In business or In government;
tho credent In Is of fanaticism, of dls
repard for all of our great national
tradition?, nnd of the great determin
ing factors of our national history; of
exceptional unfnmlllurlty with the real
conditions of International trade, of
ilif real conditions of national pros
perity; tho credentials supplied by a
frantic and fanatical desire to secure
possession of office, In order that he
may carry Into practice ideas, one-half
leactlonary, and the otuc-r half revo
lutionary, and all dangerous In tho
last degree.
His letter of acceptance Is not the
letter of the statesman, but tho let
ter of the agitator. In every lino It Is
apparent that tho man Is misled by
lack of experience, of training, of ac
curate Information, of well-founded
convictions; but eng'.-r and willing to
play on any string which shall inllamo
tho minds of his followers, nnd excito
tho envy, hatred nnd malice of tho
discontented, Ills followers say he Is
a m.m of chariuitor. His letter does
not betray It. That hu Is, above all
things, honest, Again, his letter docs
not betray It, Thu man who wrote
that letter Is politically insincere, and
Intellectually dishonest, although his
life may bo clean and all his bills
paid.
And this strikes the keynote of the
whole campaign. It is not expansion,
for tho expanding has been dona. It
is honesty. Honesty In treating tho
question of currency, honesty In tho
treatment of aggregates of capital as
Instruments of our economical prog
ress; honesty In carrying; out national
policies which are Imposed upon us by
tho necessary laws of economic evo
lution; honesty In tho treatment of
International questions, honesty In the
application of the principles of liberty.
Everywhere, universally, Hryuntsm
stands for dishonesty nnd this It Is
that confirms us In the cheerful con
fidence of tho Inevitability of Mr,
Bryan's defeat,
9
Colonel Roosevelt Is consoled by tho
reflection that the brickbat typo of
campaign rebuttal never yet made
votes except for Its victim. J
THRILLING ACCOUNT
OFPEKIN SIEGE
Concluded from Plgo 2.)
rntrry unit bad to have a unlet place. Out ilocrt
Is really the pleKaiitent, when a good cover It
obtainable, livery available foot of space li
irowdcd, as vva have nearly 000 pcoplu (servants
Included) living where about 150 have lived.
TUB llOllltOltS OK WAIt.
Well, that night tho horrors of war began, I
will not attempt to follow It day by day. tly
fair means or foul tin', the Chinese, wer
bound to get In fo murder us. Not content
with title nnd cannon, they have tried over and
over again to set tire to our buildings from
tho outside. After several exciting experiences
of this kind, fighting u Arc behind which were
hundreds of soldiers nnd tloxi-ra ready to shoot
any man who (.howed his head to throw water,
wo put n atop to It by burning nnd tearing down
nil buildings bordering on our north and west
sides. We had thought ourselves safe on the
n-irlh from tire, as we adjourned there the IUn
Mn Viun, wheic reposed the empire's most valu
able bonks, In.ludlnj the 2.1,000 volume eneyclo.
pcill.i, all In writing, not print, of which there
arc not more than three or four copies In the
world, thousands of blocks for printing, the win
nlng essays ol nges of examinations for high
degrees, etc. One morning the fiends set fire to
buildings In that compound, and threatened
thereby everything In the legation. We fought
tho lire nnd tho fiends, nnd then destrojed a
number of the buildings. Three-fourths of the
blocks nnd books, I suppose, arc destroyed by
(lie or water, ami the pride of China's scholars
is Badly wounded. Wc now bold a large piece of
that compound nnd have fortified It. The people
of the legations have every reason to be thank
ful to us for saving the hundreds of converts,
for we never-could have created alt our fortifi
cations wllhuut the help ol their labor. We
have spent our dajs In superintending them In
nil sorts of vvotk, and they have faced the shot
and shell with iiiueb courage, not a few of them
having lost tl.eir lives for the general safety.
While I have built barricades, made loop-holes,
il.ig ditches, nnd dodged bullets, my chief work
has been in connection with ono of the things
in which Hod's loving kindness baa been most
clearly manlfeit I have been the "mlttor."
IIKSTIHICTIO.V OK LEGATIONS.
After (he ilcstiuctlon by the Chinese of the
Auntrljn, Italian, llelglan nnd Dutch legation.,
the customs, postoffice nnd other places, there
still irmaincd within our borders several grain
shops, nnd three foreign stores. These havo, thus
far, furnished abundant food for our almost 3,000
people. The rice supply was not as abundant ns
the wheat, one shop having just received thous
ands of bushels of new wheat from Houan. Had
It been two or three weeks earlier vva should
have had none. In this shop there vvero eleven
Chincte mills for grinding wheat. After carrying
away some of the wheat to the legation, lest
we lose It nil, wc set the mills going, and day
after day, worked by mules, they ground out for
us far more than wo could nsc at the time of
giaham flour 'and cracked wheat. Later on as
those quaitcis seemed dangerous we moved away
seven of the milts and set them up In safe places.
Prom the beginning, ns a member of the food
supply committee, 1 have bad chief charge of
this work. We should have been in need of
hiead by now had it not been for those mills.
The oilginal shop and mill were at the corner
of a bridge, which I will show you In tho plan
1 ,mc.in to draw for you. Bullets whistled by all
day long, and wo bad to "dodge" them always
in going and returning, fiilbert Held was wound
ed in the leg there, and I saw two Chinese Ito
man Catholic children shot through, one killed,
the other (.hot through the two shoulders, In
front of the door. Shell and shrapnel exploded
over us nnd fell about us. I had a fine view from
the mill of the portion of tho city wall held
from the beginning by our American marines,
with some help from otheis. It has been the
most osposed position of all, and seven of the
original fifty-three have been killed, nine others
seriously wounded. It was on that wall that I
received my own wound, happily, a very Blight
one, on my heavy pith lut. I bad already spent
one night directing ten men and helping them
to face the sand bag barricade with huge bricks
from the wall itself, while the rifle balls screamed
within a foot or two of our heads, and an occa
sion il brilliant rocket from the Imperial City
exposed us to the direct fire of tho enemy from
the east. Several days later 1 took ten men up to
work for two hours on the western barricade,
which bad been hut recently taken from the
enemy by a brave charge in the night, when
two Americans wore killed and Captain Mers
wounded, while they killed thirty or forty Chi
nese and took their barricade. Peering
through the rillc loop-holes I could see dead
Chinese hohliers lying in and out of their desert
ed tents, and the odors from their bodies were
r.lmply awful. There had been no cannonading
for some das time on the wall, anil only an oc
casional rifle ball whistled past. When we were
almost done with our work suddenly I was
knocked flat, my pith hat (lew off, and I knew
tli.it I liail been struck in the head. I put up
my handkcichicf and found the blood flowing,
though not excessively. A shell had been fired
finm the went, struck our barricade, burst, and
knocked down the top of the wall on my head,
as I happened to be just behind the spot. I
think two bricks must have struck me, one
mashing a paron of my thrcc-quarter-lnch pith
hat to the thinness of a postal card, the other
cutting my head slightly. The Chinese laborers
made tracks for the foot of the wall, but I
sta.ved while two shells passed over me and one
more stiiiek, and our men on the wall and the
ltussians from below so volleyed tht gunners
that they filed no more. Then I went down and
had the cut washed and was none the worse
for it except that I had to wear my hat on one
side for u few dajs. Mr. Held and I, nnd n Mr,
Xorns (Kngllsh) aie tho only missionaries who
have been lout nt alt, and none of our wounds
win' serious, though Iteld's laid him up for two
weeks. Klfty-six marines of all nations have
been killed, and 120 wounded (No, (he flft.v-t.lx
includes four or five civilians). In referring to
the wall, I started to tell you of one blue day,
when I saw- the American barricade attacked
with shell, one after another bursting either in
or against It, The men could not stay, as their
barricade was much weaker then than now, and
they caino running down the vamp of the wall,
the captain last. My heart went down, down.
As I expected, the word was soon passed along
by the g i.ii ill that it would be musafe for me to
stay at the mill, so, unhitching the animals, we
took all the wheat we had ground nnd carried
It as quickly as possible to the legation. I hod
not finished this work, however, before I saw
our marines stealing back to the barricade, which
flic Chinese bad not daied to occupy, They were
ic-inlorceil by some Itusslans nnd Ilrltlsb, and
have not only held the place ever since, but
have enlaiged their holding five-fold. Both my
experiences; on the wall were after this.
Till! RVND I1A11S.
Another of the most remarkable Providences
In connect ion with this siege Is t lies never-ending
supply of uuteiial (or sand-hags, These bags
have saved many a life on the tops of banicades.
There was very little to make them of at first,
but what wc had was used. We "looted" tho
abop of a Chinese tailor and got two hand-power
sewing machines, ami Miss Porno had one with
n treadle. The foreign stores furnished consider
able doth. A laigo number of native shops,
dwellings, a temple, etc., within our borders,
pi mided dozens of rolls of cloth, silk, brocade
cmbrolderich (north several dollars a yard some
ot them); the legations nfTucd curtain), table
linen, etc, so that day after day our ladles have
been able to turn out hundreds and thousands
of sand-hags, which, filled with dirt, have made
Iho best possible barricades, Wo have been spe
cially favored also In flic presence of Mr, Oame
well, of tho Methodist Episcopal mission, who
was on tho point of going home, If has slaved
on the woik of fortification, and has been one
nf the chief human Instimnents in our defense,
Messrs. Ilobirt, Killie, Stelle, fialt, Venty and
Tcwkshury lave also done nobis work. Tho nils
olonarii's have been leadeis In almost every do
paitment, yet havo not lost a man, This matter
of losses Is a marvelous thing. Tho Chinese have
made tcnifle nttaiW, nometimes of hours In
duration, with some firing all day and night, and
havo tired nbout a million tounds, actually, as
well as almost 3,0)(1 shells, shrapnel and five to
seven pound solid shot: yet, Lut a comparatively
few men havo been disabled, and, though the
heavy shot nnd thell havo broken thinugh walls
ami roofi, they have caused but two deaths and
two or tlircn wounds. It lias been a happy thing
for us that the Chinese do not know how to use
their weapons effectively. We had nothing larger
than the Italian onc-pouuder until one day In
overhauling a Chinese Junk shop some ol tho na
tive found an old rusty cannon, dated 1801, ot
British origin. Wc mounted It and tried It. It
sent a three-pound shell through three brick
walls, so wo turned It on the Chinese and scared
them by the unexpectedness of It, as well sj by
IU effect Irene. It has been dubbed "llctsy."
The ltuislans had shells, but no gun, to "Betsy"
hat fired the (hells. In lieu ot anything better
she wilt take nails or acnp Iron and carry terror
amonf tho Chinese. Threo men also found miny
pewter vessels, out of which we have made can
non balls and shot for the bne-pounder and for
rifle. Ol bricks and timbers wo bad no lack,
tearing up brick walls and demolishing Chinese
buildings. The formerly prosperous business sec
tion about ui la a waste of ruins, the Chinese
having deatruyrd million) of dollars' worth of
property In their effort to reach and exterminate
us.
I.00KIN0 FOJt JI'OAUA.
When wc lelt the Mclliodlst Episcopal com
pound, we were still expecting the two or tbrco
thousand troops under Captain McCalln, who had
started out to repair the railroad and come to our
relief. Had wo thought of being hero for six
weeks, we should have given up In despair, t
think; but God has wonderfully cared for us. It
Is but a few days ago we learned what we
had guessed, that Captain McCalla had tctumed
to Tien Tsln, either because opposed by too great
a force of Chinese, or because needed for fighting
In Tien Tsln. The one messenger who haa suc
ceeded In making his way to Tien Tsln and back
brings us wonl that 3.1,000 troopt arc now cer
tainly on the way to our relief, and the rumors
of their victorious progress nrc now coming to us
from the outside Chinese, who are on most pecu
liar terms with us. Ten days ago there came
back to us a messenger who had tried to go to
Tien Tsln, had been captured by the Chinese,
beaten almost to death, taken to the "state de
department," given a message and sent back to
us. The state department said It wan glad the
foreign ministers were well and aorry the Boxers
had treated them ao badly I! They were nnxlous
to protect us, and requested that wc stop firing!!!
They also suggested that all tho ministers and
their families go, in small companies, unescorted,
to tho state department tor protection! 1 1! The
reply was made that we were willing to ceaso
firing when the Chinese ceased, but could not
accept the invitation of the yamen (slate de
partment). The next day came another gracious
message, accompanied by a cipher telegram from
the state department nt Wanhlngton, "Communi
cate Tidings Bearer." On questioning ns to the
source of this telegram (it had no signature or
date), n copy of the telegram from Wu Ting
fang, the Chinese minister In Washington, was
sent, and the transmission of Minister Conger's
reply waa promised. The next day firing practi
cally ceased, and there has been but little of it
since. There also came, In the name of tho
emperor, a large number of watermelons,
aquashes, egg plants and cucumbers! I am very
sorry that the ministers accepted the present,
for it will make the final punishment ot the Chi
nese less dignified. To have men try to kill you,
and then, while still keeping you besieged, to
send in watermelons and squashes, is about to
ludicrous a performance as I have heard of.
Surely it will stand unique In tho world's his
tory. The purpose is manifest. Taku and Tien
Tain have been taken, and the foreign troops arc
on their way to Pckin. Tho Btate department
first tried to coax the ministers to a place where
they could be held as hostages. Now It Is try
ing to placate' them with presents, so as to Keep
the foreign troops from entering Tekin. More
recently they have been again urging tho minis
ters to go to Tien Tsln, nnd agnln today (the
27th) they have sent In melons and eggs and
tlour and rice. "For ways that arc dark and
tracks that are vain," there is no doubt about
the pre-eminence of tho Chinese.
TBO0PS ON THE WAY.
July 2Sth And now our hearts go down again,
as n joungntcr who went out as a beggar boy
bearing a message to Tien Tsin comes back with
a single letter of about half n dozen sentences
from the British consul, the quintessence of am
biguous uncertainty, dated July 22, and leading
un to think (while not saying so) that no troops
have yet left Tien Tsin for our relief I He writes
"There are plenty of troops on the way if you'
can keep yourselves in food," but the rest of the
letter indicates that "on the way" may mean
anywhere on the face ot the earth. Well, in our
patience we, still have to possess our souls. We
may have food enough to last another month; and
If the Chinese will leave us alone, our ammuni
tion will hold out; but this letter is a grievous
disappointment. We have had much singing of
late in the evenings, the national songs of all
nations and others. Some of the Russian songs
have been paiticularly applauded. Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward, of Chicago, guests of the Congers,
arc leading spirits in the singing. I have writ
ten a parody on "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the
Boys Arc Marching," which is quite popular.
You shall see it some, day if we get out of this.
Another most remarkable thing about our ex
perience has been the weather. In June we had
none of the very hot weather of last year, and in
July we havo had, as yet, no heavy rains. It
seems hardly possible, save as a miracle, that
the3o rains can hold off much longer for our
troops to travel, jet tho roads will bo almost
impassable If the heavy rains come.
August 2nd. Still the rains hold off, but our
relief does not come. For the past week wc have
lived on news purchased daily from a Chinese
soldier and other outsiders, which, though ac
cepted with much suspicion, came to be some
what believed. These scvcial men were evidently
in collusion. They told us step by step of the
victorious progress of our troops until they had
brought them so near that we should begin to
hear the cannon, when they repoitcd a retreat.
This aroused more suspicion, which was confirmed
last evening by a letter of July 20tb from Tien
Tsin, stating that the troops vvero to start in two
or three days. We begin to think that if we see
them by Sept. 1 we shall do well. They have
found it difficult to secure transport. The Tsln
Tsin consuls sends us no word of news from the
outside world.
MESSENGER ARRIVES.
Just after writing on August 2 In came
a third messenger from Tien Tsln, bearing
six letters, including one from Mr. Edward Lowry
to his wife. All were on tiny bits of paper and
most were in cipher. They were stitched in
between two banda of straw in Ids old hat. He
had interesting experiences on the way, sleeping
once with the Chinese soldiers. From his letters
we learned that an advance guard has already
left Tien Tsln for Pekin, that the relief column
was to number 10,000, while 10,000 more were to
follow speedily. The notes were written July 30,
and arc hoping daily for indications of their ar
rival, but have no often been disappointed that
wc arc allowing them until the 15th to get here.
The time ot quiet is over and wc arc fired at
more or less during the day and heavily at night.
Yet the "state department" still sends peaceful
messages! The milk is gone, save a little for the
babies; the butter and sugar are already gone;
the white rice (a small remainder) ia kept for
Invalids and wounded, and our usual bill ot fare
is horse meat, old musty rice, coarse brown bread
without butter, Wc still have tea and coffee;
and for breakfast buve cither corn meal or cracked
wheat, Uy still further cutting we can keep on
until Sept, 1, I think, but some of us will bo
hungry. It is very hard not to find an) thing for the
babies, as we cannot get eggs or any broth ex
cept tho rather strong horse-meat broth, For
tunately, wo had many hoi sea and mules here;
but they are fast going. Of course, we nrc all
losing in weight, some as much as thirty pounds.
The other day we took possession of the buildings
next us on the southwest, finding much good fur
niture, clothing, food nnd four dead bodies, dead
for live or six weeks, with a tin of opium lying
by three of them, Indicating self-poisoning at tbe
time of the tearful first attacks on us. They were
a fearful sight. Another foreign baby lias died,
two more seem unlikely to live, while in tho
last two weeks at least twenty-five Protectant
Chinese (almost all of them children) and many
more Roman Catholics, have been laid away,
Tho sanitary conditions nro awful, especially, of
course among the Chinese.
THE, LOSSES.
Speaking of losses, wo try not to think
of all we have lost, except to make
a list for the Indemnity demands. W
have a fair supply of summer clothing, Inner and
outer, our solid silver, two watches, my account
book and tbe last live years ot my diary, Every
thing else, the work and treasures ot our lives,
all our books, save ane Bible, all photographs,
souvenirs, writings fexcept six sermons), Alice's
letters to nic and mine to her, jour letters to me,
copies of many of mine to you, graphophouc,
typewriter, etc., are all gone, those ot Intrinsic
value Into the hands of the Chinese, the rest
Into smoke. Some oilicrs are worse oft than we,
but wo are all practically where wc were aa chil
dren, as far as worldly possessions go, I have no
doubt that we shall secure a good indemnity
for the replaceable things, in the course of two or
three yean o diplomatic haggling; but the un
replaceable are really the most valuable. I have
uo doubt that, our board will make some arrange
ment for the loan of money for partial restora
tion ot outfits in anticipation of the Indemnity.
To restore all the burned mission property, houses,
schools, chapels, hospitals, will bo the work of
years. It la possible that something may be done
toward co-operation, or division ol the field, so
that expensive establishments may not be need
lessly duplicated. What la of more immediate
concern to me is that the countries participating
in the chastisement of China shall malto a satis
factory settlement ol affairs of the empire. It la
to be feared that another Chlucio government
will never make possible the full and free devel
opment ol Christ' kingdom here. Joint control
by the power, t fear, will nam succeed) while
the partitioning of China it likely to throw us
under the dominion of Russia, which would ren
der the revival of our work almost, If not quite,
Impossible. On the whole, white I believe parti
tion Is probably the best settlement, I am very
glad the disposal of the whole matter In In the
Lord's hands, not mine, I wai not cut out for a
diplomat or a Judge.
August 15th Wc arc saved! Yesterday morn
ing at 2 o'clock wc began to hear the sound of
cannon and machine guns, and our soldiers got In
In the afternoon. Will write all about It, but
must tend this at once. God has been good, In
deed, Courtcnay II. Kcnn,
THE ANTICS OF OBOXEB.
From the New York Sun.
One of the great camel of Mr. Crokcr's strength
as it Ms developed has been bis reticence of
pccch and the ssgaclly of the few- words he ut
tered, lie ha) been hitherto a worker rather than
a talker; but in this campaign he vies with
Bryan himself In the turbulence nnd volume of
language. He Is bragging like a ward politician
and dissembling like the cheapest demagogue
catering for the lowest of voters. This man of
repose and reserve has become transformed for
tho moment Into a blatant agitator. 'Ills letter
to the young men reads like the composition of
some callow Tammany novice, la not this a har
rowing part for ltlohard Croker to play? Does
not his playing It Indicate that the Bryan cam
paign is In desperate straits f
You know, Mr. Croker, you cannot elect Bryan
even by pretending to bo a fool; nnd the game
U not worth the candle. Why, then, are you
sacrificing your reputation as a man of common
sense, which really you are, first of all?
ABOUT PERSONS.
Mme. lllchtcr, the daughter of Meyerbeer, the
composer, has Just presented her father's piano
to the Royal Museum ol Berlin.
Both tho Prince of Wales and the King of Italy
have ,i nervous affection of the muscles of the
faco which makes the left eye constantly blink.
Chaitos Warren, the story-writer Is a Harvard
man and was, before taking up literature, private
secretary to the lato Governor Russell, of Massa
chusetts. Kx-Govcrnor Altgcld, ot Illinois, Is threatened
with tho same misfortune as Governor Roosevelt,
whom lie severely censured some time ago. Tho
physicians say he cannot make many more
speeches without temporarily losing Ids voice.
Mrs. Richard Harding Davis has brought from
abroad the toughest-looking English brindlc bull
dog that has ever stepped upon American soil,
His forelegs almost form a complete circle, nnd
bis face, it is said, would give a stone image a
nightmare.
Alfred Belt is said to have made millions more
rapidly than any other man. He is supposed to
be tho richest man in the world, owns several
South African diamond mines and is only 40 years
old. His whole fortune of 200,000,000 wa made
In twenty-five a-ears nnd his income Is enough
to make ten new millionaires every year.
The Trench arc trying to surpass the Germans
as lexicographers. They arc doing painstaking
work along that line. Mr. Adolpli Hatzfcld has
Just completed bis big dictionary of the Frcncli
language, after nearly thirty years' labor. When
be began it, in 1871, lie calculated that it would
be finished in four years. f
John Morley reads nearly all the time. He has
a book before him when he dines alone and when
ho drives, nnd very often is seen reading while
he walks about some of the most crowded portions
of London. Tills reading as you walked along
the crowded street was an "accomplishment"
which Macaulay was in the habit of practicing. ,
Charles B. Stuever, a millionaire banker and
brewer of St. Louis, does not propose to have iaw
jcrs fighting overfills estate after he dies. Mr.
Stuever has Just distributed Ills fortune among
Ids six children, reserving $80,000, which be in
tends to give away by will. Ho came to this
country in 1810, being then twenty years old,
and began life as a farmer.
Young Queen Wiiliclmina's joy knew no bounds,
not long ago, when the Kaiser appointed her
colonel of the Fifteenth Prussian Hussars, though
it is not her first command. To be honorary
colonel of a regiment of soldiers is one of the
great ambitions of royal princesses. The lady
colonels number about sixteen, and these appoint
ments arc confined to Germany and Russia.
Max O'Rell, the famous French humorist, who
had been seriously Jll at Rhurso, is gaining
strength, nnd will soon be able to return to
France. It is greatly feared, though, that lie
will never be quite himself again, One peculiari
ty about this writer is that he composes with
unexampled speed and correctness. When he
makes bis last letter his copy is icady for the
compositor.
While Hans Von Bulovv was leading flic orches
tra at Hanover a peculiar noise pervaded the
theater. At first he thought it resembled tho
flutter of wings, but soon lie discovered an ele
gant lady fanning herself in one of the boxes
close by. Bulow fixed his eyes on the offender
in a manner which meant reproof. The lady, not
heeding this, was suddenly surprised by the lead
er dropping his stick and turning toward her.
"Madam," ho cried, "if fan you must, please,
at least keep time with your infernal nuisance."
"I would rather have my
advertisement in one' paper
reaching the home, than in
forty sold on the street."
Marshall Field.
Over 85 per cent, of the
circulation of the SCRAN
TON TRIBUNE Is delivered
directly into the homes.
tfeH!STlTiM 'r ' """25111 WSJ
M iW 31 w 1 mm
w m wrfF9SEaMam v m mm ?
iiZt asaJtMrtrwB , ESfei i !A mM .111
RXBOKSkMWMk LACHAWANE AVENUE
The advertisement canvasser for a St. Louis daily paper says ot
1 Ripans Tabules : " Ever since I can remember I have been troubled
with constipation in its severest form. So acute, in fact, at times, as
to produce dreadful headaches that, notwithstanding all the outdoor
work afforded me by my vocation, and the latitude-it allowed me to
test ray pedestrian abilities which is supposed to be a successful
manner of displacing constipation I was very often compelled to
forego my pursuit of business.' Constipation with me seemed to
be hereditary rather than due to accidental causes, therefore much
harder to relieve. In my extremity I often resorted to most drastic
measures, but found no cure to be permanent In 1892, while con
nected with thcTimts of El Paso, Tex., Ripans Tabules were brought
to ray notice, and I used them with marked success. Nowadays I
never suffer from such severe cases of constipation, and the violent
heiidaches I formerly experienced never worry me in the least. Some
1 times, though, when I allow myself to lapse for a period into irreg
ular habits, I become slightly constipated, but by taking the Tabules
according to directions, my bowels again perform their functions in a
highly pleasing manner."
$"2"t'3'4"2$4'i'4'g
V e
4L 1
Meaos
Many people ask, What's in a name ? Shakespeare says that a
rose would smell as sweet by any other name. But in trade a
name means very muchi We claim and there are thousands who
will say the same thing, that our name stamped on a shoe means
that the shoe is the best of its kind. The best at the price.
Why ? Because our name represents a life work in the shoe busi
ness. Our constant study, Our constant labor. And to it we
have given our best thought and our best efforts, and you have
helped us. New Fall Styles for Men and Women.
4
4
Our Mellba
Shoes
For Ladies.
In twenty-five
different styles
to. suit every
body and fit ail
feet.
perpa
ALWAYB BUSY.
ta $e' efs' e$ i sf $ e $ "f ef e$e'
Hercereatui
& Cooed!
Temporarily at
139 PENN AVE,
CONTHNUEO
MKESA
h
nRj
Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc
Hot Muaagel
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
IS TOUR
HOUSE VACANT!
IPSO,
TRY A "FOR RENT" AD.
IN THE TRIBUNE.
ONE CENT A WORD.
AaSlHaWnfC. IamL aaaLLr I
Iff EmEmtzJBte s
& REIILY, 114416 Wyo
4i4 4"J4'44"4,4'
ON A
It's 0 K.
For Gentle
men. Twenty
five different
styles. 8 kinds
of Leather.
M
ESTABLISHED 1888
's$i e$ $ $ -ft $a $ $ sjs'
TT
MLEY:
Pet
4
Your special attention is)
directed to our elegant and'
exclusive line of Petticoats
which have just been opened!
The cut and ht of this sea
son's goods 'conform to the
modern ideas of dress; anc
are different in many ways
from other seasons styles.!
We make particular mention
of three numbers in an en
tirely new French Pattern
Skirt, Sin Black only, at
$12, $14 and $20,
the entire body of which is
made of a Pure Jersey SHk,
pliable as a Silk Glove, with
one plain and one accordeon
plaited, graduated flounce of
fine Taffeta. "They are ex
ceedingly handsome and ex
clusive." Other styles and numbers,
in both black and colors, from ,
XI
Two specials in black iner
cerized, of an elegant quality.
and handsomely made at
$1.98 aid $2.50,
on which we challenge coml
petition.
We make a specialty ofl
Moreen and Mercerized Shortl
Length Petticoats to be worn
with Rainy Day bkir
510-112
"Oomi't
Swear"
If you haven't the proper ofllce siip-i
piles. C omo In and give ua a trial.
Wo ha e the lamest and most com
plete llJie or offlco supplies In North
eastern
Pennsylvania
If it'll a good thing, we have It. We
make
specialty of visiting cards and
motioei
am stationery,
RejymoldsBros
Stationers, and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building,
SHOE
"ItX V !taW
Ming Ave 3
4a
Mack aia Colored
SOflTl
ll
Ml
!
-