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They Will Not Believe That Min
isters Escaped Massacre.
THE PRESIDENT'S CONDITIONS.'
Ilvforo lit- Will \tt empt Mediation
Foreign ltef»reM4»itt:it I VON In China'*
< ii|»itnl V«iNt He rrodiictMl In
H«'n»nrl«u hie Ikravt'ry of n .InpuneNO
Soldier nt Tien T«iii.
London, July 25. —The message of Sir j
riaude MacDnnald, British minister at ]
Pekin, dated July 4 and received yes- j
terdav, appealing for relief. is regarded
in London as only a prelude to the ab
solute confirmation of the massacre.
This is tlip opinion also of the Japan
ese minister here. The newspapers
suggest that the British minister's dis
patch was held back and released about
the same time as .Mr. Conger's undated j
message.
Although the American and British j
forces are working harmoniously, the j
question of means of communication
between Takti and Pekin gives evi
dence of jealousies between the powers,
and other dispatches from Tien Tsin j
show that the language difficulty has j
hampering the military opera
tions.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the j
Daily Mai! says that the admirals have
decided that it would he useless to
move toward Pekin without at least
60,000 men.
In an editorial referring to this state
ment the I'ailv Mail comments upon
the American proposal to advance'with
•7,000 men. It says:
"We have learned in Africa how dan-
gerous it is to despise our enemies, j
and in the interest of civilization we j
do not wish to see such a lesson road '
to the United Stutcs by tho 'heathen
Chinee.'"
\ whole batch of Tien Tsin dis
patches are published. All praise the
gallantry of the Americans and Japan
ese Ihe Standard's correspondent says
that the Americans at first made a mis
take in underestimating the fighting
capacity of the Chinese, whose fire was
really terrific. He expressed some
doubt about the ability of the allies to
hold the positions captured unless they
are reinforced. It appears that large
hauls of silver were made by the allies,
the metal being carried away in buck
ets, and the Chinese calmly assisting.
Requests for mediation addressed to
foreign powers are interpreted here to
be a preparation for the acceptance of
foreign aid to suppress Jhe rebellion,
and Li Hung Chang's statement that
he could restore order with 20,000
white troops is looked upon as a sub
tip argument in favor of appointing
him to the command of the allied
forces, to the exclusion of a Japanese.
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times, telegraphing Monday, says:
"In an interview today Li Hung
Chang reiterated his statement that if
the Manchu party had been guilty of
the horrible treachery involved in a
massacre of the members of the lega
tions, he would absolutely refuse to at
tempt to negotiate. He said the pres
ent intention of the tsung-li-yamen
was to memoralize the empress dow
ager to revictual the legations and
then to arrange to send fhem to Tien
Tsin under the escort of Gen. Sun Wad
Lin. He declared that the fighting had
ceased and that foreign troops were
holding a position south of the Yu Ho
bridge, while Gen. Tung Fuh Siang's
forces were on the north.
"Karl LI expressed the intention to
wait for news of the movement of the
foreign legations before proceeding
northward. On receiving this he will
be escorted by 10,000 troops, who are
now mustering In this province.
"Obviously Li Hung Chang has not
changed his views or his methods,
while the puerility of his arguments in
increasing with age. The impression
is gaining ground here that the Man
chus are temporizing, while preparing
to retreat to Hsian Fu. A confidential
member of his staff says that Karl Li
will not go north until he is i-oryfinced
that the empress dowager has s< ?Ti tin
folly of her present policy."
The Shanghai correspondent of Tho
Daily Mail records the gallant action
.of a Japanese soldier during the at
tack on the gates of the city of Tien
Tsin. A dynamite train failed to ex
plode. Seeing the soldier ran for
ward with a"<«nh, causing an explo
; sion, by which the brave fellow was
blown to atoms.
The Standard's correspondent at
Tien Tsin sends a curious statement to
ti:' ettett that the Russians claim that
their forces occupied l'ekin two days
ago and that ail the foreigners were
safe.
M. Delcasse. French minister of for
eign affairs, has received a telegram
from the French consul at Shanghai,
dated July 23, which says: "Li Hung
Chang has just assured me that M
Pichon (French minister to China) is
living, and he has agreed to transmit
to him a message from me requesting
a reply within live days."
A Chefoo dispatch says: Gen. Li,
commanding the Pei Tang forts, near
Taku, reports to the British officer
commanding at Tong Ku that a run
ner who left Pekin on July li reports
that Pekin was in a state of abso
lute anarchy, that the regular troops
were fighting the Boxers, and that the
latter were getting the better of the
struggle; that the Maxim ammunition
of the legation guards was exhausted,
and that they were using their rifles
sparingly; that the guards recently
rushed the walls and silenced the Chi
nese guns, and that a few Chinese
princes were desirous of protecting the
foreigners, but were in a minority.
Gen. Li is anxious to avoid fighting
the allies.
Till-; i'IIESIDEVrS MEDIATION.
Minister* Mnut Firnt lie l'riidiireil In
Safety I>> «°lti>• «-m«- Government.
Washington, July 25.—The state de
partment is again in a waiting attitude
regarding China. It has frankly,
promptly and fully answered the Chi
nese emperor's appeal for mediation,
and the next move is for the Chinese
government. It is expected to accept
or reject our terms at once, and in
either case the answer must convey
tidings of the state of affairs at Pekin
and the welfare of the legationers.
Furthermore, the Chinese government
must produce the ministers in safety
before the president will act, and the
president expressly declares that his
mediation must be subject to the ap
proval of the powers.
The belief is not concealed here that
j the chances for successful mediation
i is slight. Mediation cannot be forced
1 upon a party to a cause; it must be ac-
I ceptable to all the parties. If the
' United States is to mediate in China's
! interest she must first secure the as-
I sent of all the powers who have suf
fered in-life or property at Pekin. The
i difficulties in the way of such'an un
| dertaking are likely to be many and j
serious in view of the exhibition of
I feeling in Europe. But it is said here
that the United States will cheerfully
i undertake the task, provided its condi
! tions are met. If it does not succeed
| in inducing the European powers to
be lenient in their treatment of the
imperial government of China the
! United States government will not be
drawn into further hostilities after we
! have taken care of our own affairs, but
| we will withdraw, taking care, how- j
i ever, to let it be understood that this
i government will not allow its proper
| interests in China to be injured by the
action of any of the powers that may
choose to remain obdurate.
At least one of the greatest of the
• powers is under strong suspicion here
of acting cold bloodedly and without
regard to sentiment or anything more
than the most material of considera
j tions. It is believed here that this
I power is quietly taking measures to
j drop out of the league at Tien Tsin
\ and conduct a campaign on its own
account against Pekin, and it is even
suspected that this power is already
moving troops toward the Chinese
! capital.
i One fact regarded as now beyond
1 of further demonstration, in view
of the Chinese appeal, is that the Chi
\ nese officials at the coast ports are
actually in communication with what
ever remains of the imperial govern
ment at Pekin, and the of Kwang
Su's appeal appears to establish the
fact that the Chinese government it
self is sanctioning the resistance to the
international advance upon Pekin.
Tho state department and the Chi
nese legation substantially agree in
! the estimate of six to eight days as the
j time necessary to get a reply to the
! president's answer to the appeal of the
1 F *IJ :«. •-e government. According to
the Lest information here urgent mes
sages are being transmitted between
Pekin and Shanghai by the "flying
express." This, according to the Chi
nese, is a relay of mounted messengers
similar to the old pony express across
the plains, and is used when the wire
communication is interrupted.
Assuming from Sheng's dispatch that
i a movement was on foot on the 18th
j to get the foreign ministers started
j from Pekin to Tien Tsin under escort
! of imperial troops, the state depart
ment. would not be surprised to get
definite news of them from headquar
ters of the allied forces in a short
time. The distance from Tien Tsin
to Pekin is 75 miles, and at this season
the trip should be made in four days,
supposing the escort of imperial troops
met with no resistance from the in
surgents.
Secretary Root said yesterday that
he supposed the Fourteenth infantry
had arrived at Taku, and by the end
of this month thi United States would
have 5,000 troops in China.
fir. HoekliiU'N Trip (o China.
Washington, July 25. —W. W. Itock
hill, who has been selected as special
commissioner by the president togo
to China, returned to Washington yes
terday from Block Island, and began
immediately preparing for his long
journey. He has decided to take Mrs.
Rockhill with him. and will sail from
San Francisco on the American Maru,
of ihe Japanese line. He will leave
Mrs. Rockhill at Yokohama or Naga
saki, while he goes onto Shanghai.
At that point he will determine in
which direction to proceed.
fllnlHirrii Suit A urn ili %t n City,
Pittston, I'a., July 25. —Rev. Vincent
Dillionis, of Pittsburg, has brought
suit against the city of Pittston,
Thomas F. Corcoran, mayor of the
city, and Joseph Loftus, chief of po
lio, for $40,000 damages. Dillionis is
a Lithuanian, and came to Pittston to
address his countrymen on religious
and other matters. The pastor of.the
Lithuanian church in the town told
Mayor Corcoran that if the man at
tempted to speak a riot would likely
follow. The mayor then forbid the
clergyman to speak. He insisted, was
arrested and later was released.
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The President Will Mediate Be
tween China find the Powers.
CHINESE STATEMENTS CREDITED.
Our ISovernnieiil \ MMII men Tlint tho
Foreign >lliil*tor* nt l'ekin Are
Ksife, Wliilo Ktir«»|»«*:tii <■«» % ern ineiit*
lleliove They lln\e lU w j
Washington, Juy 24. —The president
has .listened to the appeal of the Chi
nese government as transmitted
through Minister Wu, and has signified
his willingness to mediate between
the imperial government and the pow
ers, but only upon conditions which
first must be met by the Chinese gov
ernment. The exact nature of the
terms proposed by the state depart
ment cannot be stated until this even
ing, when it is expected that publica
tion will be made of the text of the
Chinese appeal and of the president's
answer. It is known, however, that
the answer is entirely consistent with
the statement of principles laid down
by Secretary Hay in his identical note
to the powers, and moreover it accepts
as truthful the Chinese statements rel
ative to the safety of the foreign min
isters at Pekin.
The United States' answer does not
goto the length of the French answer
to a similar appeal in laying down con
ditions which the Chinese government
could not meet, even if so disposed, if
it actually is struggling for its own
existence. It does, however, look to
the immediate relief of the foreign
ministers in Pekin, and moreover to
the protection of all foreigners, mis
sionaries and traders in China, and to
the restoration of order. With that
much accomplished, the state depart
| ment feels that it can properly ap
proach the powers with the Chinese
propositions for a settlement for what
has occurred. The Chinese appeal came
to Secretary Hay Sunday through Mr.
Wu. The secretary promptly tele
graphed it to the president at Canton,
and after taking a full day for its con
sideration the president's answer came
yesterday afternoon.
The imperial edict made public yes
terday at the state department shows
that the imperial government already
has taken the first steps toward doing
what the United States government
requires as the principal condition for
the exercise of its good offices, in en
joining the viceroys, magistrates and
leading men to stop the disorders and
protect foreigners. Our government
will await the result of this before pro
ceeding further. It is expected that
adverse criticism upon the action of
j the state department in this matter
will be heard from Europe, where the
governments are acting upon the belief
that all of . the foreign ministers in
Pekin have perished, but our govern
ment nevertheless regards its course as
the correct* one.
All of the European governments
have answered Secretary Hay's note
reciting the Conger message, and all of
them, in terms polite and diplomatic,
express utter incredulity in the au
thenticity of the Conger message. Con
sul General Goodnow, himself a man
of good judgment, also cabled a warn
ing to Secretary Hay against the ac
ceptance of the message without con
firmation. But the state department
has fully considered the message in all
of its aspects, has carefully weighed
the numerous objections and suspicions
put forth here and in Europe, and with
out guaranteeing the authenticity of
the message feels it to be a matter of
prime duty to act upon the theory that
it is genuine.
The dispatch from Mr. Goodnow, con
sul general at Shanghai, dated, yester
day, says that Prince Tuan wires
that an officer of the tsung-li-yamen
saw all the ministers on the lKth; that
none was injured and that no attack
was at that time being made. He does
not say to whom the dispatch of Prince
Tuan was addressed, and it is to a cer
tain extent at variance with the dis
patch of Mr. Conner of that date, de
scribing the legation as being under
fire at that time.
After mature consideration the of
ficials of the state department have
come to the conclusion that by a tele
graphic error the name of the inform
ant of Consul General Goodnow has
been turned into "Tuan" from "Yuan."
The latter is the famous Yuan Shih
Kai, the governor of th<> province of.
Shan Tung. il<- had always maintain
ed an attitude of neutrality, and even
has leaned toward positive friendship
for tlie foreigners.
TWO lU:rowrs VIA LOMIOW
One Tell* nt Minister** Safety nud
the outer «r MaNmierc.
London, July 24.—The Chinese min
ister, Sir Chili Chen Lo Feng Luh, has
communicated to the press the follow
ing dispatch from Sheng, director
general of Chinese railways and tele
graphs and taotai of Shanghai, dated
Shanghai. July 23:
"Information from Pekin dated July
18 says that the tsung-li-yamen de
puted Won Jui, an under secretary of
the department, to see the foreign
ministers, and he found every one well,
without any missing, the German min
ister excepted. Gen. Yung Lu is going
to memoralize the throne to send them
all under escort to Tientsin, in the
hope that the military operations will
then be stopped."
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Daily Mail, telegraphing July 23, says:
A letter from a Chinese official in
Shan Turg has been received by a
tive functionary here, containing tliu
following passage:
"At the beginning of the month tho
foreign missionaries (?) made several
attempts to send messages out of
j Pekin, but thanks to the strict watch
kept in the city, the bearers were all
caught anil executed. On the 4th inst.
only 400 foreigners, much exhausted,
were alive in Pekin, and one night,
when the big guns were incessantly
fired, it was known that all the le
gations and the foreigners were finish
ed, although pretended telegrams con
tradict these facts."
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
The Daily Mail asserts that there are
differences of opinion in the Russian
council of war. The minister of war,
Gen. Kouropatkin, wishes to send 100,-1
000 men to clear the rebels out of Man- ;
churia. On the other hand, accord- j
ing to this correspondent, Emperor j
Nicholas wishes the operations limit- ,
eil to the defense and pacification of
the frontier districts. Let two strong
armies, one of the allies in the south
and the other of the Russians in the
north, confront the Chinese, and the I
rising—so the czar is said to argue—
would be bound to collapse. "We i
want no conquests," he is reported to
have declared at t lie conclusion of a
sitting of the council. "What we de
sire is to protect our frontiers and to
rfteer into smooth waters the Chinese
ship of state, now buffeted by the!
waves of civil war."
Till lll)\i;t!S' "M(?iKD EDICT."
Thr Iiiltii HIIIIII l«>r> l*«»Ntc*rN I srd to
\l'<»ll>t« (lie ( IlitlCNC.
New York, July 24. —Rev. Dr. John
Fox, of tiic American Bible Society,
yesterday received a translation of one
«112 the inflammatory posters used by
the Boxers. This was forwarded by
ll<±v. Dr. John K. Hykes, of Shanghai,
who received it from Rev. Charles F.
Gammon, of Tien Tsin. It is a sample
of many varieties, of which 200,000
copies were distributed in Tien Tsin
city on July 4. Only the prompt- ar
rival of foreign troops prevented a
second Tien Tsin massacre. It is as
follows:
"Sacred edict. Issued by the Lord
of Wealth and Happiness.
"The Catholic and Protestant re
ligions being insolent to the gods and
extinguishing sanctity, rendering no
obedience to Buddhism and enraging
both heaven and earth, the rain clouds
now no longer visit us, but 8,000.000
spirits soldiers "will descend from
heaven and sweep the empire clean of
all foreigners. Then will the gentle
showers once more water our lands,
and when the tread of soldiers and tlie
clash of steel are heard, heralding
woes to all our people, then the Budd
hists' Patriotic League of Boxers will
b'o able to protect the empire and
bring peace to all its people.
"Hasten, then, to spread this doc
trine far and wide, for if you gain one
adherent of the faith, your own person
will be absolved from all future mis
fortunes. If you gain five adherents to
the faith, your whole family will be ab
solved from all evils, and if you gain
ten adherents to the faith your whole
village will be absolved from* all
calamities. Those who gain no ad
herents to the cause shall be decapi
tated. for until all foreigners have been
exterminated the rain can never visit
| us. Those who have been so unfor
j tunate as to have drunk water from
wells poisoned by foreigners should at
! once make use of the following divine
I prescription, the ingredients of which
| are to be decocted and swallowed,
when the poisoned patients will re
cover: Dried black plums, half an
j once; solatium delcamara, half an
ounce; encommia ulmnides, half
! ounce."
C':i!>tiiii! fill I)« on Chlm-xc Situation.
St. Louis. July 24.—Capt. Robley D.
Evans. V. S. X., who has been at Hot
Springs, Ark., for two months, passed
j through this city yesterday en route to
j Washington. Regarding the Chinese
i situation he said: "In my estimation
the great powers of the earth are fae
: ing the most critical situation that has
j arisen in modern history. The parti
( tion of the Chinese empire can only be
prevented by the United States."
Vi'trrn n'x I'fuiil ~ M ( Ileum Mil.
Elmiia, N. V.. July 24. —The board of
managers of the Elmira Reformatory
I have preferred charges against Hugh
Brockway. transfer office of the insti
tution and a brother of Superintendent
, Z. It. BrQfkway. Hugh Brockway re
-1 fused to resign when requested to do
so. urging that he was a veteran sol
dier and could not lie summarily re
moved. The charges allege incompe
tency and unfitness to perform the du
ties of his position because of age and
Infirmities. Superintendent Brockway,
it is now Generally understood, will,
on the day of his brother's hearing,
tender his resignation.
A Ileum nil I roni .lupsiil.
I Denver, Colo.. July 24. —Governor
Thomas yesterday received a brief
j communication from Secretary of
j State John Hay inclosing an extended
| letter from N. Nabeshima, the Jap
i anese charge d'affaires at Washington.
The letter is in the nature of a de
mand upon the part of the imperial
! government of Japan that the Colorado
state lioard of health raise the quar
antine on Japanese subjects on ac
| count of the bubonic plague. The Jap
i anese, according to the statement,
j should not be included with the Chi-
S nese in anything. They are not given
| to plague, and never have been. Japan
! will insist that the race shall not be
| discriminated against.
llniiiiiicl lilts A iiieriex II AHi lotos.
Paris, July 24. —Kerd. W. Peck, Uni
ted States commissioner general to the
I Paris exposition, entertained at din-
I ner last evening the American ath
j letes who contested in the world's
j amateur championship contests in
j connection with the exposition. The
table, which was in the form of a
I horseshoe and tastefully decorated,
| monopolized the entire first floor of the
United States national pavilion. Mr.
Peck presided, and speeches were
made by Ambassador Porter. Senator
Depew, A. G. Spalding, M. Bruwaert,
French consul general at New York,
and others.
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«!itl!iisi AIM
3ur Minister to Pekin Was Safe on
Wednesday Last.
)UR OFFICIALS ARE CONFIDENT
' In Lon«1on. However, It IM Elellveil
Tlifit Our (•ovcriiiiiciil Muy Hp I'iir- !
hy the Clilnewe.
Our >1 in iMer II epo rn \ «• l)« i»h«t
Washington, July 21. —Like a flash |
j sf sunlight out of the dark sky came |
j :lie Intelligence yesterday that United I
States Minister Conger had sent a j
cipher code dispatch from Pekin to I
the state department at Washington, !
making known that two days ago he j
h-us alive and that the foreigners were
lighting for their lives. The message
was received by the Chinese minister,
Mr. Wu Ting Fang, and was as fol- :
lows:
"In British legation, under contin- j
ucd shot and shell from Cliinse troops.
£}uiek relief only can prevent general
massacre."
Within an hour the welcome intelli
gence that Conger had been heard
from, after weeks of silence and evil
report, was flashed through the coun
try, and indeed throughout the world,
iispelling the gloom which had prevail
ed everywhere and bringing to officials
and to the public generally a sense of
profound yelief. The dispatch was In
reply to Secretary Hay's cable inquiry
to Minister Conger on July 11, and as
both messages were in the American
cipher code they were regarded by the
officials above suspicion of having
been tampered with in the course of
transmission through Chinese chan
nels.
The message was telegraphed bj£
Secretary Hay to the president, who
responded with a wholesome expres
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sion of gratification, and word of it
was sent to the various cabinet officers.
They gathered in Secretary Hay's of
fice and an impromptu cabinet confer
ence was held in the diplomatic cham
ber. mainly for the purpose of ex
changing congratulations and of tak
ing a survey of the situation to see
if it had been materially changed by
this important development. First of
all, from the standpoint of the admin
istration officials, the most welcome
feature of the message was its assur
ance that the American minister him
self was alive two days ago. But with i
this cheering news came the ominous
statement of Minister Conger that the
besieged foreigners were in the Brit
ish legation under continued shot and
shell from Chinese troops, and that
only quick relief eould avert a general
massacre. After the first flush of
thankfulnc c - t! is j: raver feature of the
message b< g.m to impress itself upon
cabinet officials most deeply.
The government accepted the mes
sage as authentic, and Secretary Hay
transmitted it to all our ambassadors
and -ministers abroad, with instruc
tions to lay it before the respective
governments to which they are ac
credited, and to urge upon them the
necessity ol" co-operation for the im
mediate i -lief of the foreigners at
Pekin. A message also was sent by
Secretary Long to Admiral Hemey
conveying the intelligence of the des
perate situation in Pekin, and instruct
ing him tri "use and urge every pos
sible endeavor for relief" Secretary
Root sent a similar notification to Col.
Coolidge, the senior American officer
ashore at Tien Tsin, but without in
junction. This action was the result
of the conference of Secretaries Hay,
Long and Root. It was realized that
the land and naval forces of the Uni
> ted States now in China could not
single handed push onto Pekin and the
i other powers accordingly were ap
pealed to, c.n the basis of Minister
Conger's m-v.sage, to co-operate for
instant relief.
Secretary Hay explained his reasons
■ for placing reliance in the authenticity
• of Minister Conger's dispatch, saying
that it was a complete reply in code to
the code message sent to him, and that
its authenticity was vouched tor by the
tsung-li-yamen. "Of course," said
[ Secretary Hay, smiling, "I am not om
niscent, and may be fooled, but I can
not see how the authenticity of Min
ister Conger's cable can lie question
ed." Secretary Hay said he attached
no significance to the use of the words
"Chinese troops" in the message. They
did not, in his opinion, mean that the
Chinese government troops were be
" sieging the foreigners, lie seemed to
entertain little doubt that the Chinese
government itself was doing all in its
power to suppress the Boxers' insur
rection.
A Brussels dispatch says: The Bel
gian consul at Shanghai sends the fol
lowing dispatch under date of July 19:
•'Sheng (the administrator of tele
graphs) announces that the foreign
ers at Pekic were safe and sound
July 19."
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London, July 21.—The Conger dls
' patch fails to carry conviction to either
I the British press <r public. Its gen
i uineness is not disputed, for, as is
I pointed out here, the Chinese must pos-
I HOSS quite a sheaf of messages, which
the ministers fruitlessly endeavored to
get transmitted, from which they could
I easily select a non-committal dispatch
to serve the required purpose.
It is supposed that Mr. Conger omlt
, ted to destroy the cipher code, and that
> this is now hi the possession of tht»
Chinese, fronAwhich event the selec
tion or concoction of the dispatch
would not be difficult. It Is argued
- that the dispatch, if it were n genuine
reply to the inquiry of the American
( government, would go more into de
tails. A slight lav of hope is admitted
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In the fact that both Mr. and Mrs. i
Conger arc- known to have been on
very friendly terms with the empress
dowager, but the universal opinion
here is that, if the dispatch is genuine,
the date is falsified. The Spectator
says:
"It matters nothing whether the em
press dowager or Prince Tuan is the
reigning monarch. Both are devoted
to the extirpation of foreigners.and not
one of the viceroys will care oppose
the anti-foreign policy.
. "The plot has covered the whole
empire. Men who have dared to order
a Russian city, upon Russian ground,
to be stormed will dare anything. With
inin a month the viceroys of the coast
towns will have thrown off the mask,
and the only safe place for Europeans
will be on shipboard.
"Europe has a terrible task, in which
hurry is out of place. Who would have
dreamed six months ago that for ten
thousand regulars to take Tien Tsin
would be a difficult and serious task?"
The bare possibility that the news
of the massacre was premature, how
ever, had its effect, and the govern
ment has issued a semi-official dis
claimer of responsibility for the pro
posed memorial service in St. Paul's
cathedral, while the newspapers are
calling for the postponement of the
service until all doubts are set at rest.
St. Petersburg dispatches show that,
the situation in Manchuria is improv
ing. Gen. Gribski, after relieving
Blagovestschensk, capital of the Amur
government, received further rein
forcements and bombarded the Chinese
village of Sakhalin, which was set on
fire. Then the Russians advanced on
the town of Aigun, which was partly
destroyed. The Russian operations
were carried out with great brilliancy
and slight loss. The Russians cap
tured 17 guns and killed 2,000 Chinese.
Sir Halliday, counsellor and English
secretary to the Chinese legation in
London, who was interviewed yester
day, admitted that the legation was in
receipt of news which it was not yet
able to disclose. He added: "You
may take it that on July 18, the date
of the Conger message, all the lega- j
tions and Europeans were safe in j
Pekin. I cannot say why the other j
ministers are not able to communicate j
with their governments. Perhaps a i
supreme effort was made for Mr. Con- I
ger's message, and possibly thd Chi- |
nese do not realize the anxiety exist
ing in Europe."
A MHiHTY A It MY OK ALLIES.
Thero Will He 173.U00 In China by
September.
Berlin, July 21. —The German gov
ernment feels confident that the pres
ent attempts by Chinese officials to
deny the Pekin massacre are insincere
and dictated solely by a desire to
hamper and retard the powerful Joint '
action of the powers. At the Chinese
legation here, where also denials of
the massacre have arrived from the
viceroys, the statement was made yes
terday that the Chinese minister him
self. Lu Hai Houan, placed small re
liance upon them. The foreign office
considers that the gravest point in the j
situation just now is the doubtful at
titude of the southern and central vice
roys.
The semi-official Militair Wochen
blatt asserts, from alleged authentic ;
figures, that the number of allied j
troops now In China is 43,000. Of !
these, however, 20,000 Russians are lo
cated in Liao Tung peninsula and
Kwan Tung province, and 1,600 Ger
mans, with field guns. 12 heavy guns
and six machine guns, at Kalo Chou.
Now on the way from Germany,
France and England there are about
15,000 men. and the first part of a
Japanese division is also en route.
Arrangements have been made for the j
departure of 57.000 with 144 guns, and j
altogether there will be. from pres
ent arrangements, in China by Septem
ber 16,000 Germans, 12,000 English,
French, 50,000 Russians, 21,000
JPP*nese. 7,000 Americans. 2,000 Ital
ians and 170 Austrians, together with
311 guns and 3t> machine guns.
Gen. Von Boguslawsky, a high mili
tary authority, whom a press corre
spondent questioned regarding the
"foregoing estimate, said it wi*s quite
possible that this force would prove
insufficient to bring China down, but
that in such an event every power
would increase its contingent. "If the
whole of China should rise," he eon->
tlnued, "it migui prove to be a ques
tion of unparalleled military magni
tude. but even then the powers, by
skilfully using their fleets and troops
in the harbors and harbor cities, could
dictate peace on their own terms."
VYII.I.ItM J. 1114 VAN OX CHINA.
It Should He Ma ill- Kimivii That Onr
laiirrnmrnt Will Not Trow pus*.
Lir.colif, Neb., July 21. —W. J Bryan
gave out yesterday the following in
terview in regard to the situation in
. China:
"Every one deplores the destruction
of life in China and is horrified at the
barbarities perpetrated. Every one
beliejes that it is the duty of our
government to protect the lives and
property of American citizens resid
ing in China, and I have no doubt
that the administration will do so.
I also take it for granted that all
American citizens will withdraw from
China temporarily, or take refuge in
Bume seaport where they can be pro
tected by American ships until the ex
citement is over. If the Chinese gov
ernment has tried, in good faith, to
protect ouv citizens, suitable punish
ment for the guilty a nd reparation and
Indemnity for those who have suffered
can doubtless be secured. If upon in
vestigation it is found that the Chinese
government has not acted in good
faith, congress has power to deal with
the matter.
"For several years European na
tions have been threatening to dis
member China, and it is not strange
that their ambitious designs should
arouse a feeling of hostility towards
foreigners. That feeling, however,
ought not to be directed against Amer
ican citizens, and will not if our na
tion makes it known that it has no de
sire to grab land or to trespass upon
the rights of China. It will be better
for our meivhants to have it known
that they seek trade only when trade
is mutually advantageous. It will be
better for our missionaries to have it
known that they are preaching the
gospel of love, and are not the fore
runners of fleets and armies."
THE TRIAL OH POWERS.
Ilailronil t'oinluetor Given DaimiKlnK
lOi iilrnci' AuuiiiNt the Aft'uneil.
Georgetown, Ky., July 21. —In the
Powers trial yesterday Robert Noaks.
a railroad conductor, created a sen*
sation. Asked if Powers ever spoke
to him about Goebel, he said yes.
Powers, he sard, declared the con
tests would amount to nothing, and
that when Goebel was dead and in
no man in the state could hold the
party together.
Noaks said John and Caleb Powers
and Charles Finley conferred with him
in November after the election, rela
tive to bringing armed men to Frank
fort at the time of the meeting of the
state election commission board. They
told him they wanted him to bring as
many men as he could, and that when
they reached Frankfort they should
act in such a manner as to give u;u
governor a chance to call o ( ;t trie j.
militia. The object was explained to . I
the witness aa an effort to intimidate J
the election commissioners.
Noaks told of being asked by Caleb
Powers to get a company of militia
composed of men who would fight He
also asked Noaks to get smokeless
powder cartridges. He secured a com
pany and it was mustered in. Then
Powers directed him to capture two
trains and bring his company to
Frankfort. Charles Finley objected
and warned Noaks not to do that, and
proposed to hire the trains.
Keimltlioiii .V<lviKor> Committee.
Chicago, July 21.—Senator Hanna,
chairman of the Republican national
committee, will appoint an advisory
committee as an auxiliary to the na
tional committee within a few weeks,
or as soon as he gets the New York .
headquarters opened. This commit- J
tee will represent the independent,
non-partisan supporters of President
McKinley, as distinguished from the
"dyed in the wool" Republicans. There
will be on this committee, it is prom- ; t
ised, a fair sprinkling of men who I (
were classed as Democrats previous to j i
189(5.
Mis* Morrison Meld For Murder.
Eldorado, Kan., July 21. —Miss Jessie
Morrison, whose preliminary trial for !
the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, wife 11
of her former* sweetheart, has been In ! i
progress for several days, was last j |
evening held without bail to answer !
for the charge of murder in the first |
degree. She will be confined in the I ,
jail at Wichita. Just before the young j
prisoner was taken back -to the jail :
she embraced her father, and both i
wept. Several times during the day 1
Miss Morrison broke down under the
strain.
Jolin 1.. WiintM II is Diamond licit.
New York. July 21.—John L. Sulli
van, the ex-pugilist, was in the Jef
ferson Market court yesterday, accom
panied by his lawyer, and asked that
the champion gold and diamond belt
which Sullivan claims was presented
to him by the people of the United
States, hie returned to him by order of
j the court. The belt is now in posses-
I sion of the company which recently
employed Sullivan, and with whom he
1 had trouble a few weeks ago. Hear
ing of the case was postponed until
July 30
Candidate Woolley Notified.
Chicago, July 21. —John G. Woolley,
Prohibition candidate for the presi
[ dency of the, United States, was for-
I mally notified of his nomination at a
I meeting held last night in Central
I Music Hall. The hall was crowded by
| members of the party, and the speech
! es of Samuel Dickie, of Albion, Mich.,
who acted as chairman of the national
convention which placed Mr. Woolley
in nomination, and of Mr. Woolley
were received with great enthusiasm
MftNNneliusett.« Towns* Tliratened. j
Sandwich," Mass., July 21.—A forest
! fire which now extends over a terri
tory of at least 25 square miles, and
i which threatens with destruction near
| ly a score of towns about this portion
! of the cape district, is the result of a
I blaze started Thursday in the vicinity
j of Patchville by berry pickers. Hun
! dreds of men are working night and
day to check the progress of the
flames, but tjiey are almost helpless.
India I'laiiiie .Measurex a Failure.
Simla, July 21. —Cholera is declin
ing among the troops. The govern
ment has issued a proclamation ad
mitting that the plague measures are
a failure and ordering the enforce
ment of only those that do not hurt
j native susceptibility. Compulsory
corpse examination, the employment
of spies, and other objectionable meas
ures are forbidden.
Senator Dubois* Victory.
Poeatello, Idaho, July 21.—Yester
day the Democratic convention partly
reversed its action of Thursday night,
when, by a narrow margin, it adopted
a resolution declaring that it would
nominate a candidate for senator; The
result was accept; d as a complete vic
tory for Senate;- Dubois, it being con
ceded that he would secure the office.
Tlilevi ii n Hanker'* Sentence.
Caledonia, Minn., July 21. —Banker
J. R. Clements, of lacrosse. Wis., ac
cused of wrecking the Fillmore County
bank, of Preston, Minn., was yesterday
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
He was already under a five years' sen
tence.
He Wn» Living; an a Reputable Citi
zen of Itutlierford, X. J.
Hoboken, July 21. —Chief Hazen, of
the secret service, with a number of
Hoboken poli<femen, went to Ruther
ford, N. J., yesterday and made an im
portant seizure of counterfeits and
counterfeiting apparatus. The seizure
followed the arrest of Richard P. Gen
zer in Hoboken on Thursday night. He
had been frequenting a resort in this
city, and getting the barmaids to ob
tain change for $lO and $2 bills for
him. When searched at the station
house three tens and one twenty were
found on him. All were bogus, and
all so well executed that only experts
could tell they were not genuine.
Genzer refused to tell where he liv
ed. Bank books on a bank in Pas
saic, which is close to Rutherford,
were found in his possession, as well
as tax receipts and a record of a
mortgage on property in Rutherford.
Chief Hazen, with assistants, went
to Rutherford. They located the house
Which the tax receipts and the mort
gage record referred to. It was at
once surrounded. In the house was a
young girl and a man. They objected
to the entrance of the officers, but did
not resist when the officers showed
their authority.
The house was searched from top to
bottom. It was handsomely furnished,
and the prisoner had evidently been
living in luxury. Chief Hazen found
two large presses of fine make. There
were four lithographing stones in the
place. They bore the impress and
lines for the printing of S2O gold cer
tificates, $lO gold certificates and? 2
silver certificates. There was a lib
eral supply of inks of the colors need
ed for the bills, and also a very fine
imitation of the government paper
used in genuine bills. The officers
found counterfeits aggregating $7,000.
The man in the place said his name
was Paul Jasen, 39 years old. and re
fused to talk. The girl is Clara Gen
zer, daughter of the man arrested in
Hoboken. She gave her age as 15, hut
looks older.
The room in which the outfit was
located was most carefully laid out,
and when the presses were at work
there was no chance that any noise
could be hoard outside.
( luillciitfi' to Kriu* iiiul \li'(.o\rrn.
New York, July 24.—Joe (Jans, the
Baltimore lightweight, yesterday de
posited with James J. Corbett SI,OOO to
bind a match with Frank Erne, of
Buffalo, for the lightweight champion
ship, Gans not being satisfied with the
last meeting, which he lost in the 12th
round. "If Erne will not accept this
challenge," said Gans' manager, "I will
let this thousand go as a forfeit for a
match with Terry McGovern." Gans
agrees to stop either opponent in ten
rounds or lose the decision.
Another Alabama Ljurlilns.
Huntsville, Ala., July 24. —Elijah
Clark, the negro who on Saturday as
suited Susan Priest, a 13-year-old girl,
was taken from the jail in this city
last evening and lynched near the spot
where his crime was committed. His
body was riddled with bullets. Sher
iff Fulgham defended his prisoner to
the last, but was overpowered.
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London, July 24.—Miss Caroline E.
Keyes, who pleaded guilty a week ago
in the Marylebone police court, Lon
don. to the charge of stealing a gold
watch, a bracelet, hair brushes and
articles of clothing of the aggregate
value of £22 from rooms in the Nor
folk Mansion hotel, where she had
been staying, and who in the course
of the hearing said she was an Amer
ican and had come to London to at
tend the world's Christian Endeavor
convention as a delegate from a church
in Minnesota, has been sentenced to
three months' imprisonment. The
evidence showed, however, that she
had no connection whatever with the
Christian Endeavorers.
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Philadelphia, July 24. —Mrs. Mary
Marchand, "ag«d 30 years, and her li
year-old dum'iter, Hazel, dipd last
night inn L.*; pita! from the effects of
carbolic u!. M..-\ Marchand is said
to have h "■ dri: king. She sent her
daught< r to ptu i -w the poison, and
M'tir f< rein <h '! : girl to swallow
i q:: :r. ':> t 112 i' eld she also took a
line i : . i.o.'i 1:1 tin rand daugh
ter lin. - I'm in :i • my f■ >r ,i veral hours.