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1 OCK . ISLAND ARGU VOL. XL. VIII NO. 201. BOCK ISLAND. ILL... WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1900. PRICE THREE CENTS. R AMERICANS WERE FIRST: LEAD IN IMPERIAL CITY. Penetrated to the Gates Death ANOTHER FIGHT OCCURS NEAR TIEN TSIN. Chaffee's Loses in Two Days' Fighting ty Wounded. Washington, Aug. 22. Tbe navj I kh:.u, ami .in pane-? wounded. Ger- man killed. Advise Woodward. Chl departruent received the following ' ca?o; Conger. Des Moines; Sims. Coun fri.rr. famc. i,T.l-ii A rr 'fl ' Dickens1 command is landing today. Pekin advice the 16th say: All ex cept ths imperial city is cleared of Chinese troops. The Americans were lirat to enter the imperial citv and have penetrated to the gates of the palace. Capt. Beilly, .1th artillery. was killed Aug. 15. Tue morning of the l'Jth the 6th cavalry and 4U0 Knglish and Japanese disposed of 1,000 Boxers outside of Tien Tsin. About 100 Chinese were killed. Five Americans were wounded. Chaffee's losses were six killed and 30 wounded in two days' fighting." London, Aug. 22 Admiral Bruce cabled the admiralty from Taku the 20th that the allies were lighting the Chinese outside Tien-Tsin the 19th. Washington. Aug 22. As a result of the conference letween the presi dent. Secretary liont anil Acting Sec retary Ad:e, the reply to Li Hung Chang as agreed upon has been drafted. It will be delivered to Min ister Wu today. It is expected the text will be made public later. Home, Aug. 22. Field Marshal Ciunt Von Waldersee left Home this afternoon for Nnples, where he will c -ii bark for China. II VII. IZ ATIIIN'S rl.ACiS. Nuw Floating Over the Imperial Pali.ce la the 1'eklu rotlUIU-u City." I.niul'in, Aiii. 22. In the news that leaches I .oi i ! . 1 1 tills morning direct from China there I- : t--t 1 1 i n t confirm the report that the nij.r ss dowager lias been run t earth. The foreign en voys, .n v oi'dinu to the Shanghai corre spondent of The lM.lv l".pres. :i re procee.lint: lo '1" itii T-in. The same correspondent avers that the sacred city was entered Aug. l. two days oarl.er than Kear Admiral I'.ruee re ported. "The its of The allies." sjys tht Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Mail, wiring yesterday, are now Moating over the imperial palaee. Street lighting, however, eoiit inncs. Considerable assistance in the capture of 1'ekili was rendered ty l.'liii arined native 'hri-t la ns. 'I'he legations were enabled to hold out by pin cha-ing iim immitioti from the t 'hinese. I'nltftt Mnlrt' Alio .A irTeil. American action In reliiMiig to deal with I.i Hung Chang in tlie peace pro posal meets with unanimous approval at the hands f the morning papers. Tiiv Standard says. "We imagine that other powers will take t he -a uie ours.-, at any rate until Karl I.i produces sat isfactory 'idei:ce of Ms authority io negotiate." The Daily Chronicle says: "Mr. Conger lias at !a.-t opened th" ves f the .-tale '; .a i X men t Jo the real character of r ciit.iU." t nrle Sam ltJrt t the 4'ft.al. Washington. Aiii. "J I he cabinet session estcrday practically ..pci.ed t: consideration .r me in. 'iii' ;it. .us -lions growing out f tl.e capture que ft P. kins; ami toe war in i lima. Se -oral iuestiiiis were a w a it iiii attention. First of these was the application .: I.i Hung Chang for the app.'i-.itmeiit of Minister Conger or some other toiu ltiissi, nier to negotiat- tor the cessa tion of hosUlilus. The decision ar rived at was to reject the appc:M. and a renly of this character w iil le sent to Minister Wu to be forward tl to I.i Huns Chang- The moving cause for this ::cli'"n is that t!iii government "is at present very much in the dark as to whether there is any c-xisitfi -tv-trnmvnt in China. Minlurr Cont" MwMjt. The cabinet had before it a tr.es F:ie from Miiiister Conner received Monday nicht. After the ineetinz the Mate department made public portions cf the dispatclx. It is dated Chefoo, A'J. -0. but ha no IVkinz tlate. It ays: "Saved. Relief arrived today. Kntered city with little trouble. Io liot know whu imperial family is. I'xcept death already reported, all Americans alive and well. Desptrate efforts made last uijrht to exterminate lis. 2Iitchell. Axericaa soldier, and a of the Pa'ace Confirmed. -Capt. Reilly's Six Killed and Thir- ted UlUlTs: ( Oliver. Pasadena : Porter Paris." STOIir OF I'EKIXO S CAPTlRIi Our Flat One of the FIrit Planted on the Wall Brief Tight Story. Peking. Aug. 14. via Chefoo, Aug. 21. Copyright, 1Mm), by the Associa ted I'ress.J The American and IIus siari tias were planted on the east wall of Peking at 11 o'clock this morn ing. The Indian troops entered the JJritish legation fit 1, and the Ameri cans at '.j. There was a joyful recep tion from the wall. The emaciated tenants could have lasted but little longer. They had only three days' rations. The Chinese had been attack ing furiously for two days. Four thou r;aiid shells fell in the legation during the siej;e. Sixty-live persons were killed and ICO Wounded. The .la;).'inese bewail the battle be fore dali-ht ;Mid they are still tiiht iiii about the north wa'l, wliere a part of the Chinese are defending the iui iieriul eity. The .la pa in.se casmiltles have not yet been ascertained. The Russians had live killed and twelve wounded. The American and I'riTish had a few wounded. The plan was to iniike a uene ral attack tomorrow, and the troops were arrivinir at camp. lie miles eat. all niitht. They were com pletely exhausted and slept in the coi n tields in the rain. The irenerals. however, alarmr-d at the sounds of a heavy attack on the legations, pushed forward independ ently, the I'.ritlsh. American and French on the left of the river, and the KussTans aiid Japanese on the right, lt'-iliniiiiir at 2 o'clock thismoru imr the .Japanese iliverted the hrunt of the resistance to the northern eity, their artillery entrairimr the Chinese heavily then-. The Americans and I'.ritish met with but little resistance until they entered the city, wliere there was street liilitimr. Keilly's battery attompttd to I. reach the inner wall. The troops finally entered the foreign settlement through the canal. Company K, Fourteenth I'uited States infantry, planted Its t!ac on the outer wall. Musician Titus scaling the wall with a rope. Iv noaus of which the other climlnd to the top. The Chinese had continually violated the armistice. The food supplies sent to the legations by the empress dowager were sufficient for one day. STATKMKXT THAI tONiiK.It JIAKFt hn. the AVhnlo Mtiifnifiit I. n (iiitrrn mfiilal Oii, Net ttettellhin. Washington. Aug. 22. - What tlie giiveriiineiit ut out of I'oiiger's dis- patih is prohahly given in a s; ial to the New York Herald from Peking, dated Aug. 17. which notes Couger as saying: "If the relieving column had not arrived w hen it did we should proliahly have succihuImmI. The Amer icans lost seven marines killed an 1 tif- ln wounded, and one child died. The whole movement is purely a govern mental one. The Boxers are only a pretense, having no guns. The confi dential advisor of the empress was tlie leader of the iu'Uer;'. fo..;.., litre lu GREETINGS TO HOBO MEETING SENT BY ROCK ISLAND MEMBERS. The tramp convention, which is in session todav at Britt. Iowa, is not without local interest from the fact 'that five iiiemler3 of the National I Tourist union, which is tie name of j the organisation, are residents of lin k Iilaud. I he union, which is composed of men from various call ings in life, has taken this uni.jue way of holding its conventions.' and in so tloinjr has attracted a large num- ber of the NYearv Willie gentrv. who ! journey each year to the town where j order for members only. The side the convention is held. At the close ; degree of the ' Sons of the Blue Khi of the convention these knights of the ni seras" will be given to member of brake Watu are given a royal feed, i the union. You see the fun whether and hundreds cf people who are net ; you are a member or not. Grand fare members of the union goto tbe con-j well banquet for hoboes only. See vention to see the fun. Lverv person ; who joins the union is given a new christian came, by which he is there after known in the order. The Rock Iilsnd members are J. T. Shields, F. I. Kinnev. J. J. LtVeile, (J. V. l'.easacts "and V. II. Dart. The following from the official pro gram will rhow what cotstitutes the closing session: 7:30 p. rr. Giaod pirjde. bind, touiista, Cerro 'or-o Itd;ns. chicken pickers, 'Turks, Digos. soc e:y tramps, state unions, national officers, felici tous floats. Some surprises. Rrute Fair grounds east t Main street, thence north lo Milwaukee water tank eleven aavs over I'.Ooo snens ten among u." Both CoDgpr and Sir Claude Mac- donald have now placed the responi bilitj- for the Chinese hostilities on the Imperial government. The British am bassador asserts that the Chinese broke every engagement with the for eign ministers. They did not supply the legations with food. These declara tions disprove the continued assevera tions of Li Hung Chang that the Box ers were unmanageable nd the im perial troops amiable. It is about cer taiu that the empress dowager fled the eity U-fore the entry of the allies I- urther proof of Chinese duplicity Is pi veil In a press dispatch from I long Kong, which says: "A promt lieiit reformer ha obtained from the yamen runners a fetter from General Hnng-I.u. commander-in-chief of tho northern army, to General Tung-Fu- Sian, commanding the Kan-Su troops saying: -it is not convenient to ac complish my secret order The foreign devils, counting their su perior s-treiigth lu warships and guns, have dared to exert all their power to rob ."ml insult us. but their popula tions ai small and entirely dependent on the (. hinese productions. China now possess.- cannon and rifles and plenty of well-trained troops. "I don't fear the foreigners. In the case of San Muu I refused Italy with the result that nothing was taken. it is evident the foreign devils are cowards.. I iuhI Prince Tuau recently obtained the help of millions of Box ers, possessing magic lioldncss. I swear to murder all the foreigners wlfli the assistance of the Boxers, who are sup plied with arms." General Tung-Fu-Sian. In his reply, which was also ob tained, says he 1 of the SMine opinion and places the Kan-Su troops at Gen eral llung-Lu's disposal. Wno ISSl II THIS OKUKK? Chinainrn Were Not To He Taken Atite, Say. a (iemian Otttter. Berlin. Aug. 22. General atten tion has been attracted by an interview published in the Frankfurter Xeiluug between that pa per's correspondent at Tokio and I.ieii t '.'limit von Krohn. who was wounded In Admiral Seymour's expedition. Liei'feii.iiit von Kiolm says: "At the beginning wounded Boxers were sent to the hospital at Tieii-Tsin: but it was seen later that this waa mistake. Hence an order was given to kill all Chinamen able to stand, not even to spare the wounded, but particularly to make abolutelv no prisoners what ever." Mart-liantl C,oe. to Chlnn. Paris, Aug. 22. Colonel Marchaud. of Fashoda fame, has b ei. appointed to the general staff of the China expe ditionary corps. SEVEN DEAD IN THE" WRECK. All of The. n Train 3Irn Kniployprt Itun iiiiiK New York Central Fright.. New York, Aug. 22. In a freight train collision at Kensico, X. Y., last nigh'' seven persons were killed and others are missing. Kensico is on the Harlem division of the New York Cen tral railroad, about sixteen miles from New York. At .:.' SO last night, while a freight train wa standing at the sta tion, a second freight dashed into the rear end of it. Reports from Hie scene of the acci dent say that the engineer and fireman of the second train, and the Conductor and two biakemen of the forward train are ile.nl under the wreck, that two others of the train crew are also buried In the debris, and others are unaccounted for. The engineer was William Saugerbach. of New Yolk, and hi liremau was .Johnny Cassidy, of New York. 8onie I yiii kert Uh. (Jut .lu.tice. Nearly. Palestine. Tex., Aug. 22. Former Justice of the Peace Joseph Wilker siiti. the alleged leader of the m.jb that lynched the three Humphries in Hen derson county in May. ls!i. and J. A. Johns. Sam Hall and John F. Mad die, the remaining defendants, yester day pleaded guilty to murder in the tirst degree and each received a life sentence in the penitentiary. The ac tion disposes of all the Humphries lynching cases, eight in number. Kach defendant received a lif senten.H-. Mullirr lakriii ifulie l.rlt. Bice Lake. Wis.. Aug. 22. Mrs. Gorge Piesnor was killed iu.-tantly by lightning tit her home near this city. At the time she had a babe in her arm and a child by her side, 1. either of whom were injured. and return bv same course. Turn to the right and don't crowd. Speaking by members of the order, business of the convention, election of officers, committee selected to pick route und select place for next annual conven tion, report of committee on signs and signals, report of anti canine com mittee, music by harp crcheslra. Ma son City band and drum corps, initia tion of new members ami exemplifi cation of the secret work of this noble tiem feed The Rock Island delegation today sent the following message to Britt conveying its greeting: Chief Route Picker. National Tour-i-ds" ucian, care Water Tank. Brit' , Io'xa: Notify Grand Head Pipe our delegation sided in west bound empty stocks here. Bam snds aod no gul lion. Pipe greetings to gang in the oriental sign of the sons of the Blue Rb:oo?eras. Airbrake Shielis. Kokomo KlN'XEY. W alkoff LaVellk. Sunshine Pleasants. Morning Glort Daft. wm SPOILED This Time Because the Cirl's Father "Cot There" in v Time for Action. , ;- OPENING OF THE POLITICAL FIGHT Republicans and Democrat Both at It in the Springtleld Section Two Marriage Kecorils. Decat.tr. 111.. Auj -. A wedding which was to have lieen the culmina tion of an elopement from Bluffs, Ills, to Decatur has been indefinitely post poned, the bride-elect ha been taken home by her angry father and her lover and his best man ar in the hand of the police on ihe charge of abduction, Anton A. Lastman, of Wellsville. X. Y., and Miss Macd Bock wood, of P.luffs. Ills., eloped from Bluff. Sunday night, reachiug here at H a. m. Monday. With them was Karle L. Foster, also of Wellsville. The three went tt i hotel, where Miss Boekwood was registered as from New York. She took a room while the two young men went out in front of the hotel and sat down to await th1 opening of thecouu- ty clerk s office. 'Question of Age Is FtuUrtl. While the men were still keeping their Vigil a dispatch to the Decatur police came from B. Boekwood, the girl's father, requesting that the party be arrested. A policeman found the two men and the girl after a brief search and look them into custody. Monday noon Boekwood arrived here. He said his daughter was under Is years ot age, ami he promptly swore our warrants charging the two men with abduction. Kaufman and Foster say the girl is of age. Hock wood's son "was deputized as an officer and was about to start back to Bluffs with the men when a writ of habeas corpus was secured by a lawyer they had ha'tilv summoned. So Ue Took Hi. Daughter But k. Boekwood tool; his daughter back Bluffs. He said Kastmau had been studying for the ministry and had boarded at his house for six weeks while trying to secure a position as a school teacher, l.astni.ui tailed to ge.t a school, but he won the affections of the daughter of his host and the elopement followed. I'OLITICAL. H;II1' IS OI'KM.NG, Ilolli (ireut 1'arlle. lire in Work in tli Snringlieltl, 111., Di.tricr. Springfield. Ills.. Aug. 22. The Democrats and Republicans opened their campaign in this part of the state yesterday. It was Hepublicau day at the Mechanicsbiirg Cliautau.nia. and Democratic day at the Old Salem Chautauqua. Judge Yates was the at traction at Mechanicsbiirg. He arrived unaccompanied by any delegation and was immediately introduced. He con- lined himself to imperialism ami the record of the Republican party. At liooil he drove to .Mount Pulaski, i;i Logun county, where he addressed the Old Settlers' reunion, making a non partisan address.' Samuel Alscbuler and Judge Sher man were the other speakers. Last night Judge Yates drove to Klkhart to ake an Alton train for Chicago. Rep eseiitative I'anuoii was the other speaker at Mechanicsbiirg. At Old Salem. Joseph Bailev. of Texas, was the speaker. He arrived here early In the morning and accompanied by large delegation of Sangamon Demo ats wont to Old Salem. Tonight Bailey will speak here, and Thursday at .Mechanicsbiirg. where the Detno- rats will be in charge. Hi. Team Came. Home Without lllui. Stotiingloii. Ills.. Aug. 22. William Ryan, a prominent aud well-to-do farmer living four and one-half miles east of here, was mstantlv killledMon- dav supposedly bv falling from his wagon. He had come t Stonington for a load of coal and lumber and left here at noon for his home. Shortly after 1 p. m. the team of horses driv en by Ryan arrived at his farm house without their driver. A search was in stituted ami at .". o'clock his lifeless lexly was found at the roadside one and one-half miles east of town. Marriage. That Were Not Failure.. Xahville. Ills.. Aug. 22. Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll celebrated the 7.1th anniversary of their marriage at their country home south of this eity Mon day. Seven children. twenty-six grandchildren mid thirty-eight great grandchildren were present. Carroll is and his wife 92 years. Blooiningtoii. Ills.. Aug. 2-. Mr. and Mrs. William II. Storey, of this city, celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary .f their marriage Monday. I'ollre Want Tlirm for r orrery. Chicago. Aug. 22. -M. I". Ryan and his alleged sister, Mrs. II. Ross, if they .re caught by th police will be charged with forgery, swindling and Icrjury. They obtanied .1.S) from Walter M. Ilowlan.l in the Portland block by mortgaging to him property at 4H2 St. Lawrence avenue which did not belong to them. Hot Time in That C!'1 Town. Pana. Ills.. Aug. 22. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, the ther mometer standing 104 in the shade at 1 p. m. Business aud farming was pi aeti 'ally suspended. Wl.lttlro Waive. Examination. Pana. Ills.. Aug. 22. S:d Wbittico. who attempted to kill Ids wife and mortally wounded his sister-in-law, lias waived examination and bf en held to th circuit court -without bonds. THRILLING EXPERIENCE T". Of the Crew of a Yacht That Got Caught In a Lake Storin. Milwaukee. Aug. 22. Th" steam yacht Sapho. of Chicago, met with a terrible experience on Lake Michigan after leaving Sheboygan Monday. Ttve yacht was caught In the toruadi) as it spent itself in the lake, and for thirty minutes was buffeted about, those on board expecting every minute to be their last. The yacht reached Mil waukee yesterday. Commodore Stef feus, owner of the yacht, speaking of the happening, said it was the worst he had exiwrlenced in twenty-one years of lake travel and how the yacht ever lived the storm out was more than he could tell. Said the commodore: "The- weather was perfectly calm up to the time we reaebx-d the storm. The air "was clear clear so that we could see for twen ty miles around. Suddenly we saw, toward the shore, a greenish black cloud. It came toward n with a mighty roar. It seemed to be a turn ing mass, and whirled and whirled about, first in this and then in that direction. It came on us like a Hash, and so soon that we did not have time to prepare for it. The yacht seemtnl to be literally swamped many times and it -was due to only the courage of the crew that the boat weathered tht storm." FIVE SMOTHERED TO DEATH. Bn.h Fire Set Aflame a Mine 4ir Shaft In in Wahlnton. Isaquah, Wash.. Aug. 22. Five min ers were smothered to death in the Isa quah Coal company's mines yesterday. A brush tire spread to the mouth of an air shaft, ignited the timbers aud was sucked down by the ventilator into the workings where eighty men weie employed. All the miners who were near the exit escaped. Dominick Cassassos, Carlos Cassas sos. C. M. Yowell. Ben Lawe and John Lir.g were in a remote chamber, and were overcome by smoke and black ('.amp. The bodies were recovered. ftteauier Seized by a Marshal. Tort Huron, Mich., Aug. 22. The steamer Inter Ocean, bound down. was seized by United States Marshal Lomasney yesterday on u writ issued by th.' St. Clair Steamship company, owner of the schooner Foiitana. It is asserted the Inter Ocean passed the schooner Santiago in the rapids above Port Huron, causing that vessel to shear into the Foiitana and sinking her. The Inter ' Ocean will be .ap praised, bonded and released pending a suit to locate the blame for the loss of the Foiitana. rnllc.l lllm a Nljraer.' New Orleans, Aug. 22. A shooting r.flrny that occurred yesterday on a truck farm owned by Rudolph Fsch man, in the French portion of the city, had its Origin in Fsehinan calling a neighbor. Louis Delatour. a- negro. The latter wont home, secured a revolver, and upon returning shot both Kseh- nian and bis step-brother. Frank Tinothv. A ireneral titrht occurred and all the men are In the hospital. Ksch- inan cannot recover irom ins injuries. Prince Accept a I'rolcMor-thlp. Berlin. Aug. 22. Prince Maximilian of Saxony litis accepted the professor ship of canonical law at the I'niver sitv of Frcyburg. Switzerland. Her Majc.ty KngaKfrt Again. Berlin, Aug. 22. The Lokal Auzeiger Announces tne engagement oi tjueeu Wilhelmiiia to Prince Frederick Adolf of Mecklenburg-Sen werln. I You Know Us. Underselling I Everybody I On E very thing. I Big Store. J I Blue Front. I THE LONDON jj BOERS ARE NOW MASSING FORCE OF EIGHT THOUSAND Roberts Learns They are Getting Together at Macha dodorp With Heavy Artillery. INCLUDING WHAT THEY HAD AT PRETORIA. Various Movements of the Their Armies Twyfelaar.Aug. 20. Through secret intelligence agents of the British it is learned that 8.000 Boers have assem bled at Machadodorp with the whole Boer artillery, including heavy pieces formerly used at Pretoria. - Movement of the Armies. London, Au. 22. The war office received the following from lloberts, dated the 21st: "Lieut.-Col. Sitwcll, reconnoitering near Ventersbnr, en-o-aeed the Boers. Two British were wounded and live officers and 24 men are miasm";. Hamilton crosseu tne Crocodile river. Paet and Baden lo well engaged commandoes protect ing Dewet the 20th. Lieut. Flowers and one man were killed and Lieut. Kirby and six men were wounded." KENTUCKY CASES GO OVER. Illne I'revent. Furth.r Hearing .luat Now. Georgetown, Aug. 22. Judge Can trill today, being satisfied that Henry Youtsey was not in proper physical condition to stand trial, continued his case till the next term of court. The cases of Comb, Wbittaker and Davis go over to the October term on account of illness in the family of one of the attorneys. A Few More Oaakert Than In DO. Washington, Aug. 22. The popu lation of Philadelphia, according to the count just completed at the cen sus office, is 1, 203,697. The popula tion in '10 was 1,045. '.Mil. Cholera In lloinbay. Washington, Aug. 22. Consul Fee, at Bombay, reports to the state Leading English Generals and in South Africa. department that cholera is raging there. THE FARMERS' CONGRESS. Addrrs.es Itefore the Second Day'. Ses sion. Colorado Springs, Aog. 22. At to day's session of the Farmers' National congress addresses were made on "Natural Resources of the South," by J. B. Killebrew, of Tennessee, and "Dairying," by . M. Whittaker, dairy commissioner of Massachu setts. Wl.consln Democrats. Milwaukee. Aug. 22. The demo cratic state convention was called to order at noon. Clark L. Hood, of La Crosse, was made temporary chair man, and after the appointment of tho usual committees a recess was taken until 2:o0. mount in Hemnnd tor Speeches. Indianapolis. Aug. 22. President McKinley, Indirectly, has said it would be pleasing to him if Governor Mount would spend all the tJmo he could in the campaign in stumping the state of Ohio. (Governor Mount now has about ueveiity-tive applications for speecho at different points in Indiana and out- s'.de. Much Honor for the Bnan. TT"'" Paris. Adg. 22. It Is reported that the Dutch colony in St. Fetursburjr gave a great reception to Dr. Ieyd.i and the Poor delegates. Wolmorans, Wesscls and Fischer. Dr. Ixyd) wasi carried on the shoulders of the crowd from thf railway station to the hot.!, A fghnn Fakir. Ilnlnlr-g ( ..in. Paris, Aug. 22. Fanatic fakir priests at Kabul, Afghanistan, are said to Ik- fomenting a hory crusade, against Great Britain. Kabul is crowded with romantic tribes, all armed to the teeth.