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RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 14. 1900
THE WORST BELIEVED
Ai! Foreigners at Pekin
Doubtless Massacred "
FINAL ATTACK JULY 7TH
Opinion I Ilaldthatlhe Act f Stanch
irr (ulmliattd Lt Saturday Dis
MuliiJ DUpaicU from Oar oniu1
at bosal-CrTe Fears Entertain
,.i for tba Safely or tha Force
lTlrnTla.
W -h: -.ctn. July 13. The State De-
The telegraph wires between Shanghai
and Chvfoo were not working and the
lata! lines had evidently teen cnt. The
foreign office, Mr. Brod prick said, re
ceived a cablegram yesterday purporting
to cime from the enipcror of China.
The imprcKsiou here is that the massacre
occurred before July I. and that the
laxt story, like many other ntniors. has
lfu set in circulation byMhe Chinese.
t continue the uncertainty ami coufuse
the situation.
According to information mid to have
emanated from the Japanese embassy.
Japan had informed the powers that all
the couiici)ation she would demand for
her present services in China would be
the continuation of her sphere of influ
ence opoite Formosa mid the open door
for all nations. There would also 1k
cxiected a niouey indemnity from China.
The United States, as the most dis
interested iower in China, will I chosen
as umpire if an arbitration of claims
ngaiust China is required.
The lack of dispatches from or con
cerning the situation of the foreigners
at Tien-Tsin is causing the greatest un
easiness. It is feared here that unless
HOLTON'S BIG BLUFF
Registrar Thompson Bound
Over to Federal Court,
FEELING AT WHITE HEAI
aid has !ecu or is to In Mished through
... ...i..- - th f..ll.iwinir inkii very soon. lii-n iM-i v.ui
, , ,. ... ;i,r,,Te a ecinc! Pekiu. with the destruc
.i-ui ""n .,.....-. '.non or an foreign rei
Democrats Will Ilotd a RoimIii; In
dignation .Meeting Next Tuesday at
IVulcu Senator Itnntotu Will Speak
Jnde Shepherd's !olciu: Warning
to tlie CoimnI:onrr Unheeded A
ISepubllcau Hiiindcr.
INTEH. STATE CONTESTS
Last Day of Firemen's Tonrnamentln
Vilmlntou.
ESSAGE TO CONGER
Wilmington, N C., Julv 13. Special ' , ... .
niSV'nmn ?"y f th Fire1?t'a"s THnr-1. M mister Wu Will Try to Get
nament opened in the most discouraging J 1
It Through
way. I'or a .While the -ruin fell lie.-ivilv
ami steadily. About 9 o'clock, however,
it dwindled down to a light drizzle, not
serious enough to interfere with the
laces. rh,. crowds were not so large
i's usual, many visitors having left the
city.
' The first contest was that between the
hook-aud-laddor teams. It was a splon
diu siK'ctacle. The contesting companies
were the Phoenix Ilook-and-huldti-Company
of Columbia, the lieseue Hook-and-ladder
Company of Asheville and ilook-and-ladder
Companv.No. 1 of Winston.
Winston won. its time ling r0i-."i sec
onds. Asheville was second, with a
record of r.l 'jr seconds. ColumlHa's
time was ."it; 4-5. The lirst prize for the
race is SI."); thi second .SfiO.
in me nauu-reel contest the records
BUT MAKES NO PROMISES
;were as follows: Independent Xo. 1 of
Winston-Salem. X." C, July 13 Spe- ; Cclumnia. 27 li-o seconds; lalnietto No. H
cial The expeitetl has happened,
lie Has No Assurance tnat Our Minis
ter Is Alive, bat Leans to the Opinion
that ISe Has Been Murdered The
Chinese Minister Criticises the Inac
tion of the Allied Forces at Taku and
, Makes Grave Insinuatious.
asked to take steps to find out wiiy word
had not come through from ?.Iuiisier
Conger if he was safe. I .took step
to find this, out that same day. It Will .
take some time, if it can be accomplished
at all. I am doing my best.
"I have strained every resource witliva
my power to get word out of IV kin
on the true condition of yor ministei-.
All we want is word that he is safe.
A line from your, minister, or one wuid,
would do. We are trying. 31. v coileaiige
and I will get that word if it is pos.sibiu
to get it. Why are. the allied .pawevs
not doing as much as to march to thj
rescue?
"They may be safe today, -yetTtomor-row
they may have given up. It i
horrible to think of horrible that tha
rescuers, if they are to go, do not start."
UNDER BRITISH FLAG
'lhei0' V.Juinlua, 24 '2-7 seconds; Southside
,e. -f of frreeosliiifo 07 :t-- l.od.K
.lciTiting the critical em-
; atfjirs iu Pekin:
Shanghai. July 13
-r II-iv, Wahuuton:
allied tnn.w which hav
ctMistantly sin"e
city. The statement
at Taku hare deci
advance for the relit'
Minister
I.
1'
-v-r: r of Shantung wire me the allied forces at ' that iint have
. it ,..r jiiuI t'Sine trooo ,,,'n increased to NI.IMl men leaves
' ,lv,r ",,J i hitf tool,:,-.,uiparatively little he- of suco.r for
.nMr!ni the legatiou for a, Tien-Tsin. It is Ielieved by many here
: i k July 7th. Am very anxim that everybody in that city will In slain
v of the minivers and Chinese ' 'ffre reinforcements nnli reach the
1 .-jr af the worst are only eu- Ti,,injrs from Tien-Tsin are await-
. L t;OOIM). Uil with the keenest anxiety,
c ..: p.-simi'tie view; prevail
circle over the situation . Preparlns Camp for Fir Tuctuand
s Whije officials are convinced! San Francisco. July 1". Orders have
. .-edvnev sh.mid be placed in f"r J " j;'1'! to
. . . put in order for ..) men. I hi will
h- .l;patehei from China ami r,j,ure t,.,t a hnort ti,1)C aH aj :M, fix.
i :f ill to the reliability of oth-!tures of last jara camps have remain d
v hue no lei that the foreign- ("landing. Already repairs have pro-
, . i gresse.1 so rapidly that a.lXNl can W
IV.. t h ive escaped massacre and arvomrmdated.
tate to say so. The news Jn addition to the headquarters band
, ;lie Chinese g.vernor of Shan-faod the First bnttnlion of the Fifteenth
. Sh.iahai and telegraphetl i infantry, to sail on the Sumner. 1T.O re
. 'He -State Department by Con- emits have lnHn nssiguetl to the tmns
r. Choff that the final at-!lrt- These will go to join regulars
Jnlv Tth. tn Manila.
interest at the State A pack train of 100 mules was shipped
i- i the officials h ive no faith !ffn Seattle today for transportation to
. r- n Chine- s vire s. C hina. Quartermaster's Department is
-.t of this grernnient is toa' I'J"nig a large number of cavalry
cation t telegrams alsut tbej"0cs,
; IVkiu until news of a
ible character has lcen re- British Cabinet Acts
Tendon. July 1.1. There was a Ions
nth the destrue. . . . in.n.c.liatel v noon on( In-' iVuVl-nu o l'-n r'1! i i
idents and the! . . . , . I , Dtirham ruled ut;
.. r..t.l.t nliiKNt Hon of Judge Jtyuuni s argument fr t!ie,( harlotte .No. 1. rs seeonds: :ilds-
their arrival in that j prosecution, bound "Registrar Thompson ; 'jn -N. l, '211 2-7t seconds; Speneor.rjkatched at 10 o'clock this morning fron
cut that the ndmirals ver lo lh,. ilcral Court in a bond of !::,'' ..,; 7- V.'.V st,, "i; Pioneer. Xo. 1 of 'ie Chinese legation in this city. Thi
Washington, July 13. A message from
the Secretary of State in the cipher
Vif the State Department,' addressed to
Conger, at Pekin, was dis-
froin
This
few
boiul out of his pocket which seemed to ! prize was Spencer. hours by a correspondent at Shanghai
be evidence to bvstanders that the de- 1 In Uu 'r;iu reel Contest records were -of. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
i m.'iiii ! i i I. . r.,.1 .i . . .. -i ' .
cisi,.n was prearranged. i ".a mn ,.i" ...AV ,V V 1 .V C"- i "i to -the- United States, and will then :be
, - - . iiii. x tli:ilVLlO U. tit 1
1 ne overwhelming testimony showcu 1 1 oluniLia. . Ut) . .seconds; Southsid;
that the regi.-trar had denied none the : -- ; i iireeusboro. 24 l-o seconds-
right of registration, but only
instances demanded proof of
me iiim- nose-wagon contest at o
p. in., lust prize. .sl(H. was won bv
alsut which there was serious doubt in
his mini!. He so explained fully to the
court
none the 'i orpeusboro. '2 l-o seconds;
in -i f.w iinrl,tl' N'o- 1, 1! 4-5 seconds (winning
jjh-vt prize); Durham Xo. '2, '21 seconds;
matters pioneer .c j L1 se.u,(!s
delivered to the Taotai of Shanghai, wno
is urgently requested to forward it by
the quickest practical means to the
treasurer of the province of Chi Li at
Savage Island Claimed in the Names
Queen Victoria.
Vancouver, B. C, July 13. The Roya?'
Mail Steamship Porpoise has returned
to Sydney, Australia, after a iost event-
fu trip -among the South Sea Islands.
According to mail advices .brought by
the steamship Miowera from-1-Australia
today, the Porpoise, had added more tei
ritory toGreat Britain by. planting the
British flag on Xiue, or Sacage Island,
30t) miles northeast of the Torga grou-p.
The island was discovered by Captain
Cook, but, owing to. .his crew ibeing fu
riously attacked when they attempted
to land, the island was callevSavago
Island. Other , vessels touched ''there at
later periods, but all experienced the
same difficulty, being unable to make a
landing until the London 'Missionary
Society succeeded in reaching the island.
Its missionaries learned the language of
i 1 1..).,..,. ' .
i.i - . ... --" " i oiiiiiicr. nine. t
x-.acn one or mese negr.-es MH-onds. Second nrize. hi- Inde-
asketl to furnish proof of his residence, j pendent Company of Columbia; time,
etc.. made no complaint, but stated he : mh-oihIs. " Third prb:e, $-10, by
expected to furnish the proof and t aeh i r1;;; 1 tS; '""r11"0' 'iS
. j - t mi onus, me records ot other corn-
one of them va:d he was called into, the panics were as follows: Palmetto, Coluni
ro ini of the chairman of the Ilepublican t ba. ."IS ;-." seconds; Cireensboro Ko. 1.
Executive Committee and the pixeeci- Zlundtl1011 No-,V'.f: 1"5
.... - seoini, Eclipse Company, Go doboro,
ion started from that source. ruled out.
Paoting-Fu, who is in turn urgently ie-jtne natives. 'ine latter exajned to
them that t.hev knew nnthina' of 1isnn
uuested to torwaru tne uispaicn io , - , t - ... ,. "
iiui.tu . . L' nnd coelrtiosa . until ivhito mnn Mm art1
that their .priests had told them to keep
"IJIt; I.Ji:.Vs 35AI K1SEAK
a;
:i
itiwhiie the authorities here
M
over ueiay m '"m .u cabinet meeting this afternoon, at which
i i-.." 1:1 nwrm: on the capital, j m Salisbury preside.!. It is said
i;i .li not l.ik forjin; r.wio,tha, important decisions in regard to
. f .r-i.-ner. To the official min i jthe Chinese situation were reached.
Con-er. his co.Ieacues or the There are rumors that at least fifty
i fi. .-r,s. his family, friends and. thousand men will In dispatched to
. -i -t.iff. and all other foreigners Taku. Instructions have U-en M-nt to
- . . , -- -... ...... . . i . .
n.-e nt icsm uru uic jimia to prepare nuottier division, con-
. --ui. are dea l. .iristing of four British and four Indian
: Srite Iep.irtment tiay receive-l ( rerimeuts. with their complements of ar-
- -. Ii from t onnl Jirna-io ai an-itujPryt rur service in China.
. , v !:i thit urr iT I.i Hung i nang
- -ic-i-el qtiart.T n;-n the Chinee
: i-r Auping. but that the date of his
inre for th north is as yet unde-
I. This n"s is regime! wiin-rnmi t olonel I.ls-uni. commanding tin
Ilrport Wanted from ZUrnm
nhington. July IS. Not hearing
tion
An amusing scene was when hundreds
of s.dondid Democrats and men of proj
crty begged the commissioner to ier:nit
them to sign Thompson's Im)ih1. The
ib'fen.l.iiit' imns4'I called the attention !
in . , , . , roossesse:
. . i l i- ,innin ii.i I ,,., i ' i -1. . 1 , . i . . . , - . " .... . . . . . ...w va.
or tne prosecutors to tne outrageous oonu . - "i ' .. x numas u nue, hl!ster tel;is his lriends, on wnom ne renes d . a British protectorate. It appears
prescribed and the counsel for pros.-cii- ! . ,, s " flt, L..L f'0; j for the transanssion ot tne uispartn, : that Thompson's mission has not been
Triple Fraotnr of a Mioulder at an In
itiation Cercinony
"Pekin, there to i.e delivered to the Em
peror or Empress.
Accompanying the code message is a
message from Minister Wu in Avhich he
says that prompt delivery of the dis
patch to Mr. Conger and the prompt
transmission of a reply is of great im
portance to China. It will, the minister
savs. alfay to a great extent the growing
hostile 'attitude of thi: people of the
United .States toward the people of
t'hins. land will set at rest the grave
white men away from the island,- else.
they would air die ot disease. So. -until
now, since Cook's time they have been
quarantining the island against foreign
ers, using clubs, arrows j and stones.
The Porpoise touched at Hope Island
and found that a hurricane had recently
swept over it, completely wiping out
the village. A number of natives were
killed and crops of all kinds were de-
stroped. Hundreds of natives came to
the shore on their hand's and knees, too
weak to walk, and they were dying of
fears for the safety of Minister Uonger, hunger. The Porpoise 'reported that
his family and official housenold, whicni; R:,rm Thomnson. renresentins Great Bri-
'pos.ses.ses nearly all Americans, lhe xmii-1 tain has declared the Tonga Islands na
tion, seemed to weaken and show their V" ,V. ' k a..A UT ,nacnir- ithat it jwill relieve the tension wnicii .is alto ther successul
willingness to reduce it; bat the deicnd- ,t " " " - '
ant said he did not caro, for any reduc- V, " "i"" t ' i1"u."?. m
. i iiiie, nuu several oilier men, com
pose tne degree staff of the order.
beginni
and the
-e it displeasure by the civernment ofT".- Ninth infantry, which went from Ma
. i'.s. win have depended nt.-n Li Ilungjiiila to China aud is now snppel to
I'hanr a a faithful al'.r and have U-en !. nt Taku. the Secretary of War has
.waiting his arrival at I'ekin for a long jcat-leii to Mm askinir that he reiort as
us Missive wnaiever mroruiation
he may have secured as to the situation
iu China.
The officials are very anxious to know
what Colonel Lisctim thinks of the con
ditions around Tien Tsin and the neces
sity for reinforcement to hold that place
It is the opinion of the Secretary of
War that Colonel I.iscuui. n landing
at Taku. did not wait to file any re
rt of his arrival, but pushe) imuie-
uiate-y on to 'i len Tsin, and is in n
position to inform his goremnieut as to
the reiuircments of the situation. He
ha liecn asked particularly to give his
opinion as to the usefulness of artillery,
what kind is needed and how much. Th
in fi tiii a tion is needed at once to enable
the War Department to make arrange
ment for sending additional artillery
from the Ihilippines if needed in China.
t "!!.
It is rUimisl at the State Department
I.i Hung Cbaiisr has for a month
. 'i h.nting of what he would do
v . n went to Pekin to restore npler.
- .! has aked that n troos Ie sent
--r until after his arrival. After four
i-i. .f this delay it I held by the te-
't-. -'it eSTieials to !n evident that th
. - i :. erov i nn rely plavinc Tor time.
t. S -r.r am! the other leaders. I ne
. - n ! n!y expressed that Li Ilunc
; nil! nt 0 to Pekin. but will
tvtil his presence will lc but a
' r rbe foreiniern.
nn nre fnkins place ltween
! the l'nife.1 St.!ts for nn ar
by whieh Initel States
. !.! in China may Im
Nasaaki. which the eovern-
to ne as tnc. General
s. ir d'-s not want his Iig ships
T u n in the shallow watr le
N".ijaki and Taku. and it is his
! ! tr-'ps at Nagasaki and hav
r. -mKirk on thr lisht-draft
S :.t.- transMjrt shijs to le taken
r -,
i
t .
' ..r
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A ..-
If
t i
' .ning in time will be effected
rr.mjrnieiit. as the trothin.
.'ft:rc !.e s ldiers at Nacasaki. will
i t. pr.M-ef d to Manila for more
r ipptieH without any delay.
' I..;ii tovace to Taku will le
' "I he enly imssibility of a hitch
; t - i f. ti..n of the arr.i n cement aj-
- i th. fact that Japan is not
r n-i'h hina. Permission for
. S.iriH tn' to use Nagasaki
.,f eprations ncaint China
f ! riii!erid a hostile act bv
'inl.it Princeton arrived at
I -ir this morning and will re
.it. f,,r nn,. nirK)v which the
I r. rt:.. i;t has in view.-although
--I w.i supNse! to have gone
Ai.iy aud Nwatow.
lOItn.T10 tTlLL LACKING
llrlii.tt ortlrlal Advleea Lmr All la a
Mal r l acartalaty
, 'v-. July l.l.Heliable information
i h :aa i j.till lacking. Kveryboly
- !i"'or. is satitie! that when
' "h lnx-s known it will reveal
T "'"r-icts .r tb worst sssible char
l f ti.. e-.-ti immittetl on foreigners.
rontituie to Ik' a conveyer of
''roisi various Oriental new' cen-
' the tidings brotieht inspire
' " N :e in Kngland or iu European
'-rr of the massacre in Pekin is
r., to,nr. the Central News having
' rh.it an official telegram ha been
"-d in Iueioti announcing that all
- r. ruT.ers in the Chinese capital
murdered on July U. The tele
- it j state!, reached one of the
- here and emanate.! from a Chi-
! ..'"V"1 """IT- i)n ther hand.
name Telesraph CompanV ha
tremirie at the Japanese legation
' uig the report f te massacre of
' ins July 0. and hue.- the story
- forwarded. The ttr
f ie rumor had Im-cii beard by an
' ' -. No telegrams had been received
fue legations. Inquiries were also
!- at the P.ritish foreign otace. but
-rr..mration ,t the repjrt had been
'-i there. At the Chine embassy
," ate that no Dews of any fciud
! n reeeired today.
1 rwe Hoeo nt I Vm n..n ..l . T
' t :n SVcrtary Bnxlerick said the re-
r the runnier of all the foreigner
i.ia Jw! G hid uot bvea confirmed.
Cerernora Asked Tor Troop
Berlin. July 1.1. A semi-offlcial dis
patch fioni Canton of yetenlay's date
sat that Lt Hung Chang, on Julv fi.
rtvivrs a written imjierial cnlict. dat.sl
June 17. and sent by lam! in which
all the governors verv requested to di
iatcu triH.p with the utmost pel to
help agajnst the rebels, among whom
Prince Tuan was clearly reckoned. Act
ing on the tnlict. which is undouhtcdlv
genuine. Li Hung Chang is sending some
thousand of troops to Pekin. Thrf
other governors Mill probably dd likewise.
General Men Opposing Prince Tnan
London. July U. The Times' Shan
ghai correspondent says rhat one state
ment that is reiterated with circumstan
tial ilctail ly tin native press deserves
notice, though it i not ontirnnil from
any official source. It i alleged that in
formation has lieen revived fiom courier
from Pekin to C hinan-Fu. where he nr
rivd July 7. that Ceneral Nieh, wlio at
the beginning of the outbreak was re
proved by the throne for firine on the
Boxers, ha reached Pekin wkh 9.0(0
troop after making a long detour to the
northeast and defeating a force of Itince
Tuan's follower east of Tung Chau.
It i state! that he' in now supporting
Prince Citing and (Jeneral Yung Ii.
Cleneral Tung Fuh-Sianc' troon are
cTueny engager m tne oierations around
lien Jsin.
AIleg4l Edlrt bjr the Empress
Shanghai. July 1.1. The Taotai Colav
offlcially communicated to the consuls
an edict purporting to have been isnund
by th Empress. It commenced by hrihl-
ly deprecating h outrage committed
by the Boxers, record the cause and
jrogres or the antl-foreifn movement
and announces the gracious permission
of throne for the foreign ministers to
bring an additional guards.
Spain Is II an da OCT
MadYid, July 13. Senor SUttIs, the
Spanish premier, says that no Spanish
war vessel will o to China. pain hav
ing no interests to defend in the ex
treme Orient. '
Filipinos Sentenced to Deatn
Vancouver, B. 0 Jnly 13. Word has
leen received here that live Filipinos
have been sentenced to. death for mu
tiny and murder of the omeers r a
brigantine in Thelin Ktraits. One of the
convicted men was formerly a lieuten
ant oX Aguia&ldo
tion and won
missioner pri
ons.
The case against Registrar Wall was
continued until next Tms,,a.v
The Democrats are jubilant. A grand
rally of White Man's Club was held
tonight.
Late this afternoon, upon the affidavits
of Registrars Thompson and Wall, the
four negroes who swore out warrants
against them were arrested and are now
in the custodv of the sheriff of the coun
ty. Justified bond has been fixed at ; jer.
$."i0 each.
Chairman Simmons, who is still here,
savs the arrest or these officers by the
Federal Court was clearly without au
thority of law, and is a palpable usurpa
tion of Authority, and that every man
who swears out such a warrant will be
arrested.
Judge Shepherd's argument today
sh.iued mix lusively the lack of authority
iu the commissioner to issue these war
rants. Following is a brief summary of
the position taken by him: It is well to
consider. Mr. Commissioner, what you
hive done before going any further. All
this week you have been encaged in
trving a State election' officer, as if you
were a judicial officer of the State. This
election concerns State officers ouly and
it d.us not eem to be pretended on the
other side that because inemlers of Con
gress are to lie elected in November,
there is only l'tslcral element in this
case. On that account you have assumed
the richt to arrest and try a State officer
who is engaged in a purely State duty.
"You have actually ordered the books
of the registrar to be produced in court.
Now you have gone further and ordered
the registration books of the municipality
of Winston to be produced in court. It
is n strange thing to be done in a sov
ereign State, and is so grave a thing that
it i well that you pause before you go
anv further. For ir there is no law
authorizing such an extraordinary pro
ceeding every officer who has acted un
der your orders is liable to arrest and
punishment. You ought to require the
prosecution to clearly show such a law.
There should be v doubt about it be
fore you invade the jurisdiction of a
State and interfere with the functions
of its officers. Has any such law been
shown? They assert that they are pro
ceeding under section ."10 of the Re
vised Statutes. This has been on the
statute book for thirty years, and I
challenge the prosecution to show any
case iu any court where any proceed
ings have been instituted under it. They
are silent. They can show none. On
the contrary, the only authority they
have introduced is the decision of a
Kentucky district judge, ami this for a
conspiracy under section fT03. In this
very decision the court holds that the
onlv sections left in reference to suf
frage are J004, 4-107. fCiOS and 5o00.
All others, including fTlO, are. says the
jndge, 'left out and have no application
to suffrage, having not only failed to
show authority in favor of a jurisdic
tion, but having shown authority against
it. I warn j-ou to proceed no further
iu this extraordinary assumption of
power." ;
Jndge Shepherd read several authori
ties from the Supreme Court of the
United States showing that Congress
had not right to interfere in a purely
State election.
"Thi is too grave n matter for you
to doubt," he said. "If. in the face of
nil this, you have doubt, you should
consult some disinterested cool-headed
lawyer, and I am satisfied he will tell
you to proceed no further in this gross
invasion of the sacred rights of a sov
ereign State." i
Judge Shepherd. Colonel Argo and
Clement Manly made powerful argu
ments. Republicans are greatly . disconcerted
and many of them freely admit that IIol
ton has made the mistake of his life.
There will be a great mass-meeting of
the white ieople of the county here
Tuesday to express indignation at the
outrage perpetrated by the arrest of the
registrars. Ex-Senator M. W. Ransom
has wired his acceptance to speak on this
occasion. Cireat excitement prevails and
people are determined that their honest
rotes shall not be killed by roving and
uisQuaxmcu negroes.
To
properly impress new candidates with
tlu-ir work, the members of the decree
staff assume different characters. Last
night White was the "Big Injun'.' and
was made up accordingly. During the
administration of the first two degrees
everything progressed smoothly. mit
while i;; third degree, which calls for
vicorr.Si work, was in progress. White
slipped to the floor and broke his shoui-
Thc lrirncr. .5n f.net.
ig to be manifested between him ; refased to treat with . Thompson," de
e officials of the State Depait-; m.nJin,. n interview with Oneen Vie--
nieut. The dispatch from the Secretary j toria herself, and demanded that a war
of State to Minister Conger . is very ; ship te provided to take him to Eng-ln-iof
It ifinsisted of three figures , TKn rrt r:rr
j which, lt is stateu, neu uauswitu, object was only to protect Englishmen
DOKTIIY WAS WILLING
A Girl "Who Came from Germany to
Marry n man She Never Saw
Philadelphia, July 13. On the steamer
Rclgenland, which has just arrived in
this port, was a young (ierman girl,
I Dorothy Johusou, who has come to
America to marry P. W. Hansen, of
Crnndville, Iowa, a man whom she has
never seen. Hansen is a farmer who re
cently decided fhat he should like to be
married. His father wrote to an old
friend in the fatherland ito select a bride
f ir his .von, and Miss Dorothy, who is
only IS years old. was chosen. After
a correspondence of some months she ex
pressed her willingness to liecome 31 is.
Hansen. Mts Johnson is accompanied
by her younger lister. The immigration
official were on the lookout for them and
when they reached this city they were
taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion and placed on a westbound train.
reads
"is all well?"
If the message . travels at the same
rate- of
handed
speed as did . the recent edict
hv Minister Wu. to Secretary
Hav, twenty days will have elapsed be
fore an ansjver will be received at
Washington. The transmission ot tne
?cdict from Pekin to -Shanghai required
ten da vs. The distance bet wren these
cities oyer the usual lines of travel, it
is stated, is about W0 miles. The mes
sages, itj is expected, will be transmitted
the major part of the wsjr between
Shanghai and Poating-Fu by telegraph,
and between Poating-Fu .and Pekin. by
residing at Tonga against the native
courts by having a court of their own.
NITBAL'S DISASTER.
British Troops Fought Valiantly, but
Were Overcome.
Pretoria. July 13. The details of the
defeat of the British troops near Nitral's
Nek have been received.
, Five companies . of the Lincolnshires
were ordered to hold the' pass through.
PUHCIIASE FOR -JAPAN
An Agent ofthe ITItkado Spends Lots of
Jloney In This Country
St. L.ouis. July 13. II. K. Xishimura,
of Tokio, Japan, an attache of the
Japanese War Department, is in St.
Louis. completing a flying trip throuuh
the United States, made to purchase
supplies and equipment for the Mikauo's
troops. Ho has visited oan Francises),
Chicago, Cincinnati and this city. He
will embark on the steamer Coptic at
San I rancisea, July !:(, for Japan.
In each of the cities visited Mr. Xishi
mura has made heavy purchas-e, largely
in leather and raw materials used for
the manufacture of field equipments, uni
form cloth and machinery for factories.
l i i. lit t
iu inis ciry ne nougnc sauies nun ac
couutrements for cavalry and artillery,
as well as machinery for mills and fac
tories in Japan.
Magalliesberg mountains. They arrived
at the point indicated Tuesday after
nnnrt nn1 throe oi thir icomnanies wath' -
Clceordin- to one of the accounts as two guns capmed in the pass. The others .
t,wv.lHie ember message to Mr. Con- camped somewhat- to the southward. A
-er cam - to be sent, it is narrated that ; hill to the eastward seemed to bem-wl-p-i
Minit"r Wu presented to Secre- accessible, but at daybreak Wednesday
I,,! , TT-iv the latest Chinese imperial i the Boers appeared on this hill and
edict under date of June L'Jth, Mr. Hay j opened a heavy fire. Confusion ensued.
tilt I 111IULI UIU1- ' ... 1 n 1 n.lnA Ua -man .-- uU
C'OlOliei Xi.UUeiLO uiucicu vc juw
cupy a kopje to the :" west ward. From
this point a hot fire ensued during tha
An ; mute far enough to be. altogether j entire day. Two guns under .the escort
iy. . -Z i. .. t .rtf,i ennsidered a i of the Scots Greys placed m advance of
f rndlvTact on the part of the govern- j the main body were captured after a
nieut
uaiii ofi-er havins read it
" "This lis agreeable to the American
government, s, far as it goes, but it dees
not
iJ1 Chini if the authorities at stout resistance, pearly every an was
message
Mr. W
jvossible
Contract for a Confederate ITIonn men t
St. LouisT" Mo., July 13. Chevelier
Tremtanove, .a sculptor of Washington,
has been awarded the contract for erect
ing the monument to the Confederate
dead that will be placed in Springfield,
Mo., by the Unked Confederate Veter
ans aud Daughters of the Confederacy.
The monument is (to be ready for un
veiling by June of next year. It will
cost $12,000, and will be the only
memorial to Confederate soldiers in
Missouri.
Dangerona Situation at Cape Nome
Washington, July 13. Assistant Secre
tary Taylor has received a letter from
a man who has just returned from tne
mining camps at ape 2somo and who
pictures the situation there as a danger
ous one. The writer As G. Rudolph, of
Brooklyn. He gives the outlook in the
typical language of a miner, and ap
parently presents .facts not heretofore
made public.
, Cx-CougreMman Owen Ilnrt
Georgetown, Ky., July 13. Ex-Congressman
W. E. Owens, of counsel for
the defense in the Powers case, was
severely injured by falling over an em
bankment in trying to avoid an ap
proaching street car last night. lie will
be laid up for some time.
Christian Endeavor Convention
London, July 13.--The international
Christian Endeavor convention began
this morning with preliminary prayer
meetings at Wesley's Chapel, City road.
I'ekin wWd forward to Washington a
from .Minister monger..
u replied that even if it were
f,-e thp imnerial authorities to
communicate with Mr. Conger, who was
reported to be in the British legation,
which was said to be hemmed in by
sm-ing mobs of Boxers, he (Mr. Conger)
conTd have no assurance that the request
if; communicate with Washington
,.o rh'entic: Mr. Wu asked that bee
TTri v nrer.are a brief essage'in
cinher so " that when delivered to Ir.
cfc that entlemanwould know that
it must ihave come irwn nui"B
ti, c'hintxe minister said:
"i will do all that lies within my power
to forward the message to x em,
if it " delivery to Mr. Conger be possible,
to have a message' from him brought to
some point on the coast of China, whence
it mav be transmitted to the United
The "cipher message was preparedat
the State JJepartmeni yesn-iuuj,
to Minister Wu yesterday afternoon, and
as clearlV stated, was forwarded by Mm
inter Wii this morning. . .
Minister Wu expressed himself today
in" a manner different from that Tie has
assumed since the Chinese troubles be
gan. He; said: ,
''To an evil mind the failure of the
allied, forces to go to the relief of the
foreign legations in Pekm would look
as if the nations represented do not wish
to rescue! their reporters. The death of
the foreigners. in PekinouId f?x
very grave crisis for China. An evil
mind would think that the powers of the
world want this crisis, even at such a
cost It is horrible to think of, and, of
course, lido not believe thfet this can
be o. Understand me, that an 'evil
mind' might think so. ,
Tn regard to this news today that
the legations fell and their defenders
were massacred July 6, it is possible.
They cannot hold out forever. Why
have the i allied forces not marched on
to relieve them? I see that there is
talk that it cannot be done before Sep
tember. Ah. ah! Nonsense!
"I am not a military man,, but 1 would
undertake to go to Pekin with 20,000
men and fight my way through. There
are no leaders. The soldiers are no good,
or else the powers are to blame. It is
the jealousy. Is it possible that certain
of the powers wanted to force upon
China, at any cost, such a, crisis as must
follow the horrible condition which the
news today brings? Here it is the, 13th.
The edict I received - Wednesday was
dated June 29. ' Who can tell what has
happened j since then? '
" disnateh was shown me this mora
ine that the imperial troops and Boxers
were bombarding the legations the 6th,
and now you say word has come that
the foreigners were murdered that day.
It looks as ir it imgnc. De so. i nave
nrt news of it officially. I feel sure that
the foreigners were safe June 29,.- but
fear for the Avorst since that time. The
dav the edict was received by me and
taken to the State department I was
killed or wounded.
A Maxim gun was brought into action
early in the day. The fire was too hot
and the men were, finally forced to re
tire. A sergeant, aided by seven volun
teers, saved the gun. There was a con
tinuous "fire all along the line, the Lin
colnshire regiment men, replying vigor
ously. ' V
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the..
Boers appeared to the westward of this
position. An officer and 15 men valiantly
atte.pmted to charge the? 'burghers. .Four
teen -of them were killed or wounded.
The Lincolnshires were now- practi
cally surrounded. They fired steadily,
bue economically, until night fall, wheta
their ammunition became exhausted.
About thirty of the men .who vwere in .
the engagement struggled into camp to- t
day. Someof them say the Boers em
ployed armed natives. Two of the na
tives leaped" from cover when fa small
party from the Lincolnshire regiment
stepped up and demanded their; surren
der. A soldier stepped. forward end shot
both of the natives dead. One officer,
who succeeded in making his escape, had
an encounter with an armed native. .
Striker Collecting Funcfa
St. Louis, J"ly 13. The stree car
strikers began today to collect I popular
contributions for the maintenance of
their omnibus lines. Two . thousand
solicitors engaged by the trades labor
unions were eent out to canvass Jthe city.
In addition to collecting funds for this
project the solicitors are expected to
ascertain what proportion of the popu
lation favors trades and labor unions.
AUQalet In Samoa
Victoria, B. C. July 13.-SeamshJp
advices from Samoa indicate that every
thing is quiet. , ! - , ; ; .
The form of government adopted by
Governor ; Tilley, of the Unitea State
group, has given the highest satisfaction
to the natives.. Tilley has made a tour,
of the ;, island and in all places' he was
received by the Samons with great en
thusiasm. ,
A Kentucky Monopoly Snatalned
Louisville, July 13. Judge S. B.
ThnnoT. in the law and equity court.
has sustained the claim of the Louisville
Gas Company to exclusive privileges to
sell illuminating gas in Louisville. The
suit was to enjoin tne ft.entucKy neating
Company from furnishdng gas for othe
than heating purposes.
Cattle Oylng In Arizona
Los - Aneeles. July 13. Reports from
the drouth-stricken sections of Arizont
are to the effect that very water hoi
and most of the wells have gone dry. In
consequence cattle ar dysng by thon
inds. The loss to owners of -herds can
not be computed, as in taeir present
gaunt condition no market caa .bo found.
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