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O'LC BLE INDIAN JOBENAI AFOLIS WEEKLY KSTAHLISHED 1S2X ) ITVl DAILY ESTABLISHED IW. ) J Li. NOT ALL LIGHT MESSAGE ntOH CONGER DOCS NOT ILLUMINE FAR L' äderen r rent of Dnoltt as to the Ceu nlnenes nf the Date, If Not cif the Ditpatrh Itself. HAY'S MESSAGE NOT ANSWERED TEXT OF LA TT KR SAID TO HAVE BEEN IS ALL WELLT Cablegram Reeelvetl Yesterday Docs Kot Contain n Reply or Embody the Word ThfmielTfi, MAKING A SHOW OF OPTIMISM OFFICIALS AFFECT TO RELIEVE THE SEWS IS VERY GOOD. Position of Minister, However, Tbroira n Damper on Any Elabo rate Display of Enthuslusra. A PAY OF GREAT ACTIVITY INFORMATION OF GREAT INTEREST CAME FROM MAM' POINTS. Ztemey freed to Expedite Slattern ns Mach as rosnlble Military Sit uation Outlined by Root Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. July 20. Minister Con ger's dispatch, transmitted through Minis ter Wu this morning, shed a ray of hope on a dark situation. It was but momentary, however, for an analysis of the dispatch showed that, admitting Its authenticity and that It Is authentic there seems to be no reason to doubt It is far from encourag ing. If "quick relief" on July 18 was nec essary to prevent a "general massacre' of the legationers it is little likely they can be saved. It will bo days, perhaps weeks, bei'ore the. allied forces will be prepared for a forward movement, and other days and even weeks before the expedition, if successful, can reach the Chinese capital end either relieve or aveng the legation- ers. There are certain features surround-, Ing the Conger dispatch that give It a dubi ous look. Secretary Hay's dispatch to Minister Conger, transmitted through Min ister Wu, was sent July II. Apparently It required seven days for that dispatch to reach Peking, while what purports to be an answer to It has made the return trip in two days or less. This may be account ed for by the disturbed condition between Peking and the coast, but .the long time required to reach Teking and the short time consumed In returning to the coast gives the transaction a queer look. The suspicion that Minister Conger's copy of the code used by the diplomatic corps of the United States has fallen Into the bands of the Chinese, who forged the dis ratch, may be dismissed. The key word which vitalizes the code I? never Intrusted to written record, but Is retained In the memory of those having a right to use the code. If there Is anything wrong about the dispatch it 'occurred In another way. It Is possible that the dispatch' was writ ten a month ago, that Minister Conger is dead, and that this dispatch, being found ready for transmittal, was sent by the Chi nese at a venture. The one thing which appears to lend It self to this theory Is that the Conger dis patch ts not In words a direct answer to Mr. Hay's Inquiry. Secretary Hay cabled this question: "Is all well?" An examina tion of the language of the Conger dis patch will show that it may or may not have been written In reply to the secre tary's dispatch of Inquiry, while It Is sin gular that the language of the Inquiry was r.ot repeated In the reply, nor was the date embodied In the text of the reply In such a fashion as, to leave no doubt as to the date of the dispatch. These reflections, unpleasant as they are In throwing doubt, not upon th.-j Conger dispatch Itself, but upon the date It was written, and therefore upon Its value as shedding light on the situation, are forced upon one who considers the dispatch care fully. In all its passive phases. It is more certain than ever that the exact truth as to the situation ut Peking, and as to what occurred there since communication with the outside world was cut off last month, will not be known until the allied forces occupy the Chinese capital. This was a day of many messages and bulletins at the State Department. Th3 second, but of greatest importance, was that purporting to be from Mr. Conger, at Pe king, which was delivered to Secretary Hay by Mr. "Wu in person at 9:13 o'clock. The messages was as follows: "In British legation. Under continued hot nd shell from Chinese troops. Quick relief only can prevent general massacre." The message is not dated, but It Is under stood was sent from Peking on the ISth. This had been preceded by but a few min utes by a cablegram from Consul General Good now. at Shanghai, saying: 'The Governor of Shanghai Informs me that he has received to-day a cipher mess agt from Conger, of the ISth." A few minutes later Mr. Wu appeared at tl State Department with a telegram from lsotai Sheng. dated July 20. which had Wen received by Minister Wu at S:30 o'clock this morning, reading as follows: "Tour telegram was forwarded, and as requested I send reply from the Tsung LI Tarnen, as follows: ' 'Tour telegram of the ISth of this moon (11th July) received. The State Department telegram has been handed to Minister Con ger. Herewith la Minister Conger's reply lo the State Department.' " Th Conger messsge, was promptly bulle tined, a copy was sent to the President, who received It as he stepped off his tram at Canton, and the text was transmitted U all our , ambassadors ana minister L--NO. 202. v.. -""lib abroad with instru. lions to urg? - respective governments to which they are accredited to co-operate In the Immediate relief of Peking. A little later in the morning the State Department posted the following bulletin: "The secretary of ttate received this morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler, at Che-Foo. dated midnight, the 13th, saying a. Shanghai paper of th$ 15th said all for eigners wer-i murdered. Fowler wired the Governor demanding tho truth. The Gov ernor replied that his courier left Peking on the 11th and all then were safe, but Pe king. East City, had been carried by rebels, with Intent to kill." This afternoon, as if to offset the bad nows outlined in his previous message. Consul Fowler cabled, under date of July 2 afternoon, saying that he had received the following telegram from the Governor of Shan-Tung, dated 10 o'clock: "Received flying express from the Tsung LI Yamen forwarding cipher telegram, dated July IS, from American minister at Peking, which I have transmitted, and by which you will see that the newspaper ac counts are entirely rumors." The State Department also has received a dispatch from Consul Fowler, dated July 20, in which he communicates the following message telegraphed to him that day by the Governor of Shan-Tung: "I have Just received definite Informa tion that the various ministers in Peking are well and proper Chinese authorities are devising measures for their rescue and protection." This message Is signed by Yuan, the Gov ernor of Shan-Tung. Secretary Iong this afternoon sent the following telegram to Admiral Remey: "Conger telegraphs that he is under Are In British legation, Teking. Use and urge every means possible for Immedate re lief. LONG." He Unpen It In Trne. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 20.-The Rev. E. L. Conger, of Pasadena, a brother of Minister Conger, was to-day shown a copy of the dispatch received by the State De partment. "It Is directly In line with what I have felt and thought all along." he paid. "I never have given up the hope that the le gationers and foreigners in Peking were still alive. Help mutt come to them soon or they will perish miserably. The United States Is proceeding along the safest and best lines, no doubt, and I can only trust that there will be not a moment's delay as long as there is hope of reaching Pe king before a massacre takes place." . TAKE A ROSEATE VIEW. Washington Official Optimistic Over the Conger Dispatch. Associated Press Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D C. July 20.-LIke a flash of sunlight out of the dark sky came the Intelligence at an early hour to-day that United States Minister Conger had sent a cipher cablegram from Peking to the State Department at Washington, mak ing known that two days ago he was alive, and that the foreigners were fighting for their safety. The Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, received the message. Within an hour the welcome intelligence that Mr. Conger had been heard from, after weeks of silence and evil report, was flashed throughout the - c antry and. Indeed, throughout the world, dispelling, in some measure, the gloom which had prevailed everywhere and bringing to officials, and to the public generally, a sense of profound relief". The dispatch was In reply to Sec retary 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 as above the suspicion of having been tampered with In the course of transmission through Chinese channels. Mr. Wu promptly com municated the dispatch to the State De partment, where the translation was made from the cipher figures. and toon all Washington was astir with the intelligence. It was telegraphed by Secre tary Hay to the President, who responded with a Wholesome expression of gratifica tion, and word of it was sent to the various Cabinet officers. They gathered in Secre tary Hay's office, and an impromptu Cabi net conference was held In the diplomatic chamber, mainly for the purpose of ex changing congratulations, and of taking 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 administration official, the most welcome feature of the message was the assurance that the American minister was alive two days ago. But with this cheering news came the ominous statement of Minister Conger that the besieged foreigners were In the British legation, under continued shot and shell Are from Chinese troops, and that only quick relief could avert a gen eral massacre. After the first flush of thankfulness, this graver feature of the message began to impress itself upon Cabi net officials most deeply. The consultation brought about no pro nounced change of policy, for it was felt that already every energy had been bent toward meeting the situation, and that there was absolutely nothing more that could be done. After nil, the Cabinet of ficials felt, and so stated, that the message was an evidence of the friendliness and good faith of the pro-foreign element of the Chinese, and that wisdom dictated a course which would continue to utilize this friendship. The government accepted the message as authentic, and Secretary Hay trans mitted it to all our ambassadors and min isters abroad, with instructions to lay It before the respective governments to which they are accredited, and to urge upon them the necessity of co-operation for the Im mediate relief of the foreigners at Feking. A message also was sent by Secretary Long to Admiral Remey. conveying the In telligence of the desperate situation In Pek ing and instructing him to "use and urge every possible endeavor for relief." This message. Secretary Long explained, meant for Admiral Remey to himself "use." and to "urge" upon the command ing officers of the other powers the use of every endeavor for relief of Peking. Sec retary Root sent a similar notification to Colonel CooUt'ge, the senior American of ficer ashore at Tien-Tsln. 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 United States now In China could not, single handed, push on to Peking, and the other powers, accordingly, were appealed to. on the basis of Minister Conger's message, to co-operate for relief. Secretary Hay explained his reasons for placing reliance in the authenticity of Min ister Conger's dispatch, saying that It was a complete reply in code to the code mes sage sent to him, and that Its authenticity as vouched for by the Tsung Li Yamen. "Of course," said Secretary Ha, smiling. "I am not omniscient and may be fooled, (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.) INDIANAPOLIS, MYERS TRIAL FIRST REALLY STARTLING EVI DENCE IN THE FAJIOIS CASE. L. & X. Railway Coinlnctor Given the Defense n Rud Quarter of nu Hour by III Testimony FINLEY NOT RADICAL ENOUGH CALEB AND JOHN POWERS THE MAINSPRINGS OF ACTION. Said to Have Planned and Tnken Step Whlrh the Ex-Serretary of State Did ot Approve. HELD FOR TRIAL FOR MURDER JESSIE MORRISON MIST ANSWER FOR KILLING 31 IIS. CASTLE. Progress of the Gnynor Hearing: at Xctv York Jester -Trial Con tin ues to Excite Interest. GEORGETOWN, Ky., July 29. The most sensational testimony yet given in the trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was given by Robert Noaks. an L. & N. Rail road conductor, of Corbln, Whitley county. The manner of the witness and the ease and accuracy with which he detailed events was such as to mako a deep Impression on the spectators, who were more numerous to-day than at any time since the first and second days of the trial. During the tes timony against him, the first which has so far been brought out directly connecting Powers with the assassination, the defend ant did not change color. At no time since the trial, whether the evidence was favorable or otherwise, has Towers changed expression, more than to smile occasionally when things were going his way, or to flush, barely perceptibly, on other occasions. To-day, as usual, he sat with his counsel and prompted them as to the questioning on cross-examination. Miss Anna Weist, of Louisville, who was stenographer to Auditor Sweenle, and was in the executive building when the Goebel assassination occurred, was the first wit ness called to-day. She heard only three shots, and the sound came from the direc tion of the office of the secretary of state. She was in the auditor's office at the time. She said: "Immediately after the shooting several persons came into the room, but I did not know any of them. I never heard anybody ask who was shot, and It was about five minutes before I heard what had occurred." Asked as to the conversations she had heard prior to the shooting witness said Henry Youtsey came into her office the day of the Van Meter-Berry contest, and told her she had better leave the State house, as trouble was likely to occur. Youtsey had a rifle In his hand at the time. Miss Weist said that a few minutes after the shooting Assistant Secretary of State Matthews stationed two men, with guns, at the door of the building, with orders to allow no one to cither enter or leave the building. Miss Snuffer, of Williamsburg, testified that Powers told her In January that be fore he would be robbed he would kill the last one of thejn, at the same time exhibit ing a pistol. She also read from a letter from Powers, saying the mountaineers pro duced a good effect. In another letter Tow ers said he did not want to see Charles Finley. There was no need of an under standing for them to tell the truth. Fin ley was as innocent as he (Powers) was. This was written four days before Powers's arrest. Robert Noaks was called as a witness. Noaks said John and Caleb Powers and Charles Finley conferred with him In No vember, after the election, relative to bringing armed men to Frankfort 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 Frank fort they should act in such a manner as to give the Governor an excuse to call out the militia. The object was explained to witness as an effort to intimidate the elec tion" commissioners. Witness had another talk with John Towers, who said: "This is a life and death struggle with us, but we intend to hold our own, even if we have to kill some one. I formed a company and Governor Bradley sent a man who mustered the company In." On Jan. 12 witness received a message from Caleb Powers, who asked him to take his company to Frankfort. Powers said It had been arranged to capture train No. to. of the Cumberland division, and train No. 2S. of the Knoxvllle branch, to take the men to Frankfort. It was Intended to send 1.500 in all. "On the nights of Jan. 22 and 23 Charles Finley wakened me up," said Noaks. "Finley was not satisfied with the arrangement for going to Frankfort and opposed capturing trains. He warned me to take no part It In and said he would go to Barboursvllle and try to get Powers to abandon such plans." Witness said Finley went to Louisville, saying rather than capture trains he would pay tor them himself. That day a telegram from Louisville asked If Flnley's check was good for $1,000. Caleb Powers then said: "Finley was getting too d d shaky." "Did Powers ever say anything to you about Goebel?" "Yes. he was on my train one day and said. 'The contests won't amount to a d n and when Goebel Is dead and In hell there is not another man In the State who can hold his party together "Finley sent us the train from I.ouls ville which carried the men Jan. 23. At Richmond Culton got on the train and told us when we arrlvad at Frankfort we should say we were going to petition the Legislature. I told the boys to earn their guns as naturally as if hunting and not in military position. After we got there John Powers told me to stand closer to the executive building, as I might get hurt. He said: 'Some of our men are upstairs and when Goebel and those other fellows come In they are going to do the act for them. "I told him this must cot be dona. Ht SATURDAY 'MORNING, told me to keep cool. I went back into the secretary of state's office. Caleb Powers sail: 'Bob, 1 understand you have two men in your company who would kill a man if you wanted them to do it I told him I did not believe I bad such a man and he mentioned Chad ell and Jones. I told him I did not believe they were men of that kind. That afternoon, when the men were being sent home, Caleb Towers again told me to keep ten or twelve of our best men. and to keej Chadwell and Jones. My military company was taken with me. They wore citizens clothes with the uniforms under them. "We were told by Powers to do this, so we would be ready for mili tary service. W. H. Culton told me I must keep six of my men under arms all the time. I went to Assistant Adjutant General Dixon and told him I wanted to turn over my company, as I had become satisfied they were going to seat Goebel as Gov ernor and I did not want to serve under him. Dixon told me not to be discouraged, as Goebel would not be Governor. I was tired and asked Powers how long this was going on. He said not much longer as Goebel would be killed and that would fettle it. That morning I checked two large pistols and a rifle for Berry Howard. Yes, I saw Governor Taylor that morn ing. I went Into his office and took my pistols off and put them into a bookcase. I passed some words with him at that time." At 9 o'clock to-morrow Noaks will be cross-examined. -4 HELD WITHOUT RAIL. 311km Jennie 3Iorrlnon Mnnt Answer to the Charge of t3Inrdcr. ELDORADO. Kan., July 20. Miss Jessie Morrison, whose preliminary trial for the murder of Mrs. Olln Castle has been in progress for sevcal days, was this even ing held without bail to answer the charge of murder in the first degree before the next term of the District Court. Miss Mor rison will be confined In the county jail at Wichita, as the jail here is not pro vided with apartments for women. Just before the young prisoner was taken back to Jail she embraced her father and both wept bitterly. The scene was most pathetic and there were few dry eyes In the court room. Several times during the day Miss Morri son broke down. When County Attorney Brumback, in his closing argument, re lated the story of the tragedy and de clared that in the. heart of Olln Castle, hus band of the slain women, there was an Utter absence of love for Miss Morrison, the prisoner leaned her head on her broth er's arm and wept. Again, when Attorney Cramer, speaking for the defense, referred to the deep sympathy for the two afflicted families, Miss Morrison covered her face and cried. ' CAPT. CARTER'S FRIEXDS. The Gaynorn Are Reins: Poshed Hard In the Investigation. NEW YORK, July 20. The hearing in the case of the Gaynors and Benjamin T. Green, looking toward their removal to Georgia for trial for alleged conspiracy with former Captain Carter in connection with Savannah harbor frauds, was con tinued before United States Commissioner Shields to-day. ' . James L. Gallagher, former paymaster and bookkeeper of the Atlantic Construc tion Company, was the first witness. The United States district attorney of Georgia, acting for the government In the hearing, said before the witness was called that he would attempt to show by him that claims were made on the government for over $600.000 In certain cases where the ac tual cost was only about $75.000. The witness testified to bills for vari ous expenditures that were passed through his hands. He said that when he first went to work for the Atlantic Construction Com pany, In 1S02, John IT. Gaynor was In charge of the work being done, and John F. Gaynor was In charge of the feffiee. The account of the Atlantic Construction Company, the witness said, was kept most of the time in the Southern Bank of Georgia. Mr. Erwin then asked the wit ness what was the total amount expended on a certain Savannah harbor contract. Mr. Kellogg objected and It was decided that the books showing the figures must be brought into court. Francis Kalni chief clerk of the check pay division of the subtreasury of New York, the next witness, showed a list of checks drawn on the subtreasury by form er Captain Oberlln M. Carter to the At lantic Construction Company. These were put in evidence and also a list of the original special checks, drawn by Capt. Carter in favor of the Atlantic Contract ing Company, extending from 1S92 to 1897. All these were taken from vaults of the subtreasury. Mr. Kain testified that there were also In the subtreasury other dis bursing checks drawn by Captain Carter for salaries. These were not brought to the hearing and are in Kain's personal charge, as are those placed in evidence. C. II. Vandeventer, a member of the New York Stock Exchange and a broker, tes tified that he knew Captain Carter and had stock transactions with him, A large sheet, a copy of the transactions of Capt. Carter, and the original books were In court and shown. Mr. Vandeventer said Captain Carter paid all transactions by check. The list included air purchases of books for Captain Carter and what was done with them, also Including the prices for buying ani selling. The list was nearly all bonds, generally In lots of about $3.000. The list consisted of nearly one hundred transactions, the first transaction was on Jan. 2, 1891, and they foreclosed on an average of three times a month for several years. It was brought out by checks shown that much of the speculating was carried on in Mr. Westcott's name. Mr. Erwin said he In tended to show that a check for $11.0"0, signed by R. F. Westcott, was one-third of an amount taken Illegally from the United States government and represented Captain Carter's share in the transaction. The other two-thirds, he said, were di vided between the defendants. Hearing adjourned until Monday. JESTER IX INDIANA. Frosecntlon Han Traced Him to Lo nnntvllle, Wayne County. NEW" LONDON. Mo.. July 20. George W. Rodebush, one of the special examiners of the Pension Bureau, was placed on the stand in the Jester trial to-day. He identi fied the certificates and application for pen sion made by Alexander Jester, alias W. A. Hill. B. F. Wllklns. of Norman. O. T.. clerk of the Second District Court, testified that he knew the prisoner was W. A. Hill, and had assisted him in getting a pension also a divorce. When Jester first was arrested, at Shaw nee. O. T.. he denied his identity. He claimed he was not Alexander Jester, the man who traveled throurh Kansas and (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE. JULY 21, 1900. STILL GROWING REPORTS OF ALLIES' LOSSES IX THE FIGHTS AT TIEX-TSIX. Now Placed nt Over n Thonnand Dör ing the Three Days of Constant Battle Before the Walla COMPANY OF FRENCH COWARDS CHINESE KILLED THEIR OWN W03I EX TO PREVENT CAPTURE. Fen ml They Would Fall Into the Handn of Russians, Who Are Ac- ensed of Killing; Wounded. BOXER SCARE NEAR SHANGHAI CITY SAID TO BE THREATENED BY THE GATHERING HORDES. Chinene Fortn Commanding CItr Are Strengthened Tunn'n Instruc tion a to Loot and Captives. LONDON, July 21. The Daily Express has received the following from Tien-Tsin. dated July 18: "The casualties of the allies In the thrco days fighting before the native city of Tien-Tsin exceeded one thousand. It is now certain that there were several Rus sians and Frenchmen fighting on the Chi nese side. The Chinese killed their own women wholesale to prevent them falling into the hands of the Russians. "Yesterday the whole native city was In flames and the stench of the burning thou sands of corpses was unspeakably horrible. "Among the Incidents of the fighting on July 13 was the precipitate flight of five hundred French troops from Annam. They had been ordered to hold an Important front, but on being charged by the Chi nese with bayonets, the entire detachment bolted panic-stricken. "The Russians killed all the Chinese wounded In revenge for the Peking mas sacre." The Dally Mail correspondent at Shang hai telegraphs, under date of July 19: "The Boxer menace is hourly approaching nearer Shanghai. The foreign settlements are full of suspicious characters and In the native quarters a continually Increas ing number of armed Chinese is arriving from the north. "The troops in , thev Woo-Sung forts are being reinforced daily and a number of new guns have been placed In position. "The foreign consuls to-day presented a united protest against these offensive preparations. Viceroy LI Kun Ylh replied that he had ordered the work of strength ening the forts to cease immediately, but the local commander still persisted in tho operations and refused to heed the vice roy's remonstrances. "These forts completely command Shang hai, and the guns already mounted are capable of blowing the foreign settlements to piecej In twelve hours." - A dispatch from Chee-Foo says: "It Is reported . that after the allied armies re captured the native city of Tien-Tsln, last Saturday, their shells set fire to the town. The Chinese, before they fled, killed all their own women, It is reported, to pre vent their falling into the foreigners' hands. "Native Chinese here report that there are In and around Peking at least 200,000 Chinese troops, and that the Boxers are armed with the best and most mod ern weapons. From all sources come the same tidings that the Boxers have enormous supplies of modern arms and am munition. "Boxer leaders had organized plans for massacring foreigners in all the treaty ports, as well as in the interior, and a heavy reward was promised for each white head brought In. Rich loot was promised to all. "Especial stress is laid by Tuan's gen erals on the opportunity the troops will have of seizing white women. "The story receives the full credence of the Europeans here." ' Black Flags Aronnd Canton. HONG-KONG. July 20. A message from Canton, received here to-day, reports that all the Tartar troops have moved into the Bogue and other outer forts, and that some of the Black Flags have moved into the Tartar general's compound. Three thousand other black flags, with their chiefs, are in an Intrenched camp, with artillery, while ten thousand others have moved elsewhere. Canton itself is quiet. On the Border of Turkestan. ST. PETERSBURG, July 20. The Novoe Vremya asserts that alarming news has been received from Kulja, in Turkestan, where Boxer emissaries are reported to be trying to foment a rising among the In habitants. RISS I AN CAMPAIGN'. Over 2,000 Chinese Killed In Amnr Russian Losses Small. LONDON, July 21. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express, com menting on the mystery of Count Mura vieff's death, suggests that the late Rus sian foreign mtnister was poisoned by the secretary of the Chinese legation. Other St. Petersburg dispatches show that the situation In Manchuria is improv ing. General Gribskl, after relieving Blag oventchensk. capital of the Amur govern ment, received further reinforcements and bombarded the Chinese village of Sakhalin, which was set on fire. The Chinese, how ever, continued to receive reinforcements and maintained such an obstinate resist ance as to convince General Gribskl of the necessity of occupying Algun, where 7.000 Chinese, with artillery, were in position. The Russian troops advanced from the direction of the town of Nismennaja. The Chinese massed their troops In large todies, at various points, and made a stout resistance, but they were Anally overcome. The town of Aigun was partly destroyed, and the Russians occupied all the Impor tant defensive positions on the right bank of the river, driving the Chinese out of them. The Russian operations were carried out with great brilliance and slifbt los. The TnTmi i -ln-vrriir X IXllX'i ö VrjlllC. 1 TRAINS AND SUNDAYS, t CENTS Russians captured seventeen guns and killed two thousand Chinese. The Russian troops who were dispatched to the relief of the railway officials, are now advancing successfully In all direc tions. Tho fine weather and a considerable rise of the rivers Amur And Shilka favor the operations. Colonel Denisoff. with a large force. Is marching on Harbin. The Russians checked an attempt of the Chinese to cross the river in the Zaneiska district. FORMAL CALL TO LEAVE. Trcsbyterlan BoartI Cables to Its 311s slonnrles In Chlnn. NEW YORK. July 20. The Presbyterian board of foreign missions to-day cabled to five stations In China formal permission to missionaries to leave the country at once if they deem it wise. This action follows a resolution adopted at a special meeting of the board yesterday. The stations cover the entire empire as far as it is open to communication at present. The missionaries . addressed are: Rev. George Cornwall, Che-Foo; Rev. Paul Ber gen. Tsln-Tau; Rev. George F. Fitch. Shanghai; Rev. Dr. II. V. Noyes, Canton; Rev. W..N. Campbell. Kiung-Chou. island of Jalnan. Rev. Dr. A. B. Leonard, secre tary of the Methodist Missionary Society, cabled as follows to Rev. Frederick R. Brown. Che-Foo: "Give location of mis sionaries. Anxiety Intense." Gold Draft for Mission Relief. NEW YORK, July 20. The Presbyterian Mission Board to-day sent the following message to Rev. Hunter Corbet at Che- Foo: "Use &00 gold relieving native ref ugees." This money was recently donated by some cne in the Cororoa. The word "gold" was used because the Mexican silver dollars which circulated in the country were worth only about 50 cents. Logan Rrlngs Refugees. SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. A telegram received by the quartermaster's depart ment here brings the Information that the transport Logan en route to this port from Manila left Nagasaki on July 17 with seventy-one refugees from China added to her passenger list. The transport comes by way of Kobe and Yokohama, BACK TO RESTFUL WAYS THE PRESIDENT ONCE 3IORE AT HIS HOME IN CANTON lie Receives the Good News from China as He Steps Off the Train In Close Touch with Washington. CANTON, O.. July 20. President McKin ley lost no time in resuming the quiet and restful habits he was enjoying here when affairs of state called him back to the capital a few days ago. Although he did not reach the city till 10 o'clock he had his tisual outings with Mrs. McKinley. Much business, forwarded from Washington, came in the malls and by wire, to occupy his time, but after It was disposed of there was still ample time to rest In a fashion impossible in the White House. News from Washington bearing on China was promptly forwarded, and, like the news that awaited his coming, it was good news, considered In connection with the advices coming about the time the Presi dent started for Washington. There were many callers during the day and evening, many of them personal friends and many other people who merely wanted to pay their respects. The President's first news of Minister Conger's dispatch was handed him the in stant he left the train, by the Associated Press correspondent. Scanning the bulletin he gave evidences of pleasure at the news. I.ater, when the State Department's state ments first reached him by the Associated Press, adding strength to the genuineness of the news, he was more visibly gratified. Those near the President have known for days past that he has never given up hope that Minister Conger was alive. .After the President had read all the news which followed the first bulletin, he started for a drive with Mrs. McKinley, over the country roads. Hanns Hears the Xctts. CLEVELAND. July 20.-ßenator Hanna was informed to-day of the news concern ing Minister Conger's safety by long-distance telephone from the President's resi dence at Canton by Secretary Cortelyou. The latter stated that the President was overjoj'ed as a result of the long-delayed tidings from the minister. Senator Hanna will go to Canton to-morrow to confer with the President. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Mr. Hanna Will Form It from Inde pendent Auxiliaries. CHICAGO. July 20. The Times-Herald tc-morrow will say: "Senator Hanna, chair man of the Republican notional committee, will appoint an advisory committee as an auxiliary to the national committee with in a few weeks, or as soon as he gets the New York headquarters opened. This com mittee will represent the independent, non partisan supporters of President McKinley as distinguished from the "dyed-ln-the-wool" Republicans. "There will be on this committee. It Is promised, a fair sprinkling of men who were classed as Democrats previous to 1S96, men whe supported Cleveland In 1S92. who changed to McKinley In 1S96 on the money question and who believe that the money question is still a live issue, and will be as long as Democratic pUtforms continue to declare for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of IS to 1." Roosevelt May Speak In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE. July 20. In reply to an in vitation from Chairman C. M. Barnett of the Republican state central committee to speak in Kentucky, this fall, Governor Theodore Roosevelt writes that speaking In Kentucky would give him great pleasure, but that the national committee will direct his movements. . Chairman Barntt takes this to mean that Governor Roosevelt will be heard on the stump in this State during the campaign. Deaths at the .Mouth of the Yukon. TACOMA. Wash.. July 20. News of up ward of twenty deaths lately near the delta of the Yukon river was brought down by the steamship Sequoia and the transport Athenian. Among those who are known to have perished during the fierce gales which have swept the mouth of the river recently ara a party of four Boston men. whose names were recorded at the Russian mis sion as Mike O'Brien. M. G. Button. A. R. Brown. M. C. Cronin. also a party of eight people who had come down the river from Rampart and who were wrecked on June 13. Only two names were secured Georg Wll cox and R. N. Cleveland. cat n atltvay rws stands. n PLENTY OF 'EM LONDON THINKS CHINA II AS A STORE OF SICH .MESSAGES. Alleged Conger Dispatch In Not Ac cepted ji Throning Any Needed Light on the Situation OFFICIAL OPINION IN GERMANY NO BELIEF IN CHINESE DENIAL OF MASSACRE STORIES. ' It Is Said the Chinese Minister Hin) elf Puts Small Credence In Re ports from Chinese Sources - ATTITUDE OF THE VICEROYS SOLTIIERX AND CENTRAL PROV INCES CAUSE GRAVE INREST. It Is Within the Tovrer of These Great Rnlers to .Make the Efforts of Europe Almost Hopeless ANOTHER STORY OF MASSACRE SIXTY MISSIONARIES AND IOO CON VERTS SAID TO BE VICTIMS. This Occurred In Shan-Se POTince Southnest of . Peking 31 arks a Nctv Point of Irruption. LONDON, July 2L 4 a. m. Th Conger dispatch falls to carry conviction to either the British press or public Its genuineness is not disputed, for, as Is pointed out here, the Chinese must possess quite a sheaf of ruch messages, which the ministers fruit lessly endeavored to get transmitted, from which they could easily select a non-committal dispatch to serve the required pur pose. It Is supposed that Mr. Conger omitted to destroy the cipher code and that this is now in the possession of the Chiikese. In which event the selection or concoction of the dispatch would not be difficult. It is argued that the dispatch. If it were a genuine reply to the Inquiries of the Ameri can government would go more Into de tails. A slight ray of hope is admitted in the fact that both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are known to have been on very friendly terms with the Empress dowager, but the universal opinion here is that if the dis patch is genuine, the date is falsified. Some think the fact that the message is undated and the simlliarlty of its contents to Sir Robert Hart's message of June 24 suggest that It was sent off about the same time, but Intercepted by the Chinese. The skeptical are confirmed in their suspicion by the fact that a message was received by M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, to-day, through the Chinese minis ter at Paris, purporting to come from the Emperor, asking France's mediation with the powers, and which, it is alleged, was dated July li, makes no 'mention of the foreign legations at Peking. The Chinese legation at Ixndon has been notified by Sheng. Chinese administrator of telegraphs at Shanghai, that the Gover nor of Shan-Tung has received a message from Minister Conger, for transmission to Washington. The bare possibility that the news of the massacre was premature, however, has Its effect, and the government issued a semi official disclamor of responsibility for the proposed memorial service In St. Paul's Cathedral, while the newspapers ar call ing for the postponement of the servica until doubts are set at rest. The Spectator says: "It matters nothing whetherthe Empress dowager or Ptinc Tuan is the reigning monarch. Both are devoted to the extirpation of foreigners, and not one of the Viceroys will dare o pose 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. Within a month the Viceroys of the cOKPt towns will have thrown off the mask, and the only place for Europeans will be on shipboard. Europe has a terrible task in which hurry la out of place. Who would have dreamed six months ago that for ten thousand men to take Tien-Tsln would be a difficult and glorious task?" The Daily Telegraph in an editorial con gratulating the Washington government upon Its energy, says: "Unless the powers are capable of responding immediately to Mr. Hay's appeal by ordering their united forces to face and risk all for an Immedi ate advance, the days, not only of old chiv alry, but of modern humanity, are dead together." Sir Halllday MacArtney. counselor and English secretary to the Chinese legation in London, who was Interviewed yoter day, admitted that the legation was in re ceipt of news which it was not able to disclose. He added: "You may take it thnt. on July 15, the date of the Conger mes sage, all the legations and Europeans in Peking were safe. I cannot hay why the other ministers are not able to communi cate with their governments, but there is no reason why ' they should not te the same channel as Mr. Conger employed. Perhaps a supreme effort was made for Mr. Conger's message, and. po?Mhly. the Chinese do not reallie the anxiety existing In Europe." neqnrit for French MedJutlon. PARIS, July 20.-The Chinese minister at Paris has transmitted to M. De.lcasee. min ister of foreign affairs, for communication to President Loubet. a telegram from the Emperor of China, which was forwarded by the Governor of Shan-Tung. Thursday, July 1?. asking the mediation of Franc with the foreign powers. The telegram makes no allusion to the foreign minister at Peking. M. Delcasse Informed the minister that President Loubet'a reply would be ad dressed to the French legation at rekln, wnere the Imperial government can obtain it; but. first, the government of the re public will wait until it Is certain that tha