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nicate this telegram at once to the Secretary
Of State.
AMERICA'S ANSWER TO LI
The following memorandum in reply was
handed to Mr. PFu this afternoon:
MEMORANDUM.
Foreseeing that there would be Insufficient
time after receiving a reply to our memorandum
of August 12 to get instructions to the relief
column before it reached Peking, we sent on
the Bame day to the General commanding th*
American forces in Chin.* the following dis
patch:
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington. August 12. 1900.
Fowler, Che--Foo. for Chaffee.
Aug. 12. — Secretary of War directs me to In
form you that LI Hung Chang appointed by
Chinese Government to negotiate with Powers,
requests cessation of hostilities. We have re
plied that we are ready to enter into agreement
between Powers and Chinese Government for
cessation of hostilities on condition that suffi
cient body of the forces composing the relief
expedition shili be permitted to enter Peking
unmolested and to escort foreign Ministers and
residents back to Tien-Tata, the movement be
ing provided for and secured by such arrange
menta and dispositions of troops as shall be
considered satisfactory by generals command
ing the Force* composing the relief expedition.
We have communicated this to all the Powers.
Japanese Government takes same position. We
had not heard from other Powers. CORBIN.
And two days ago. in view of the rapid prog
ress of the relief expedition, we sent the fol
lowing:
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington. August 14. 1000.
Fowler. Che-Foo, for Chaffee.
August 14— In anticipation of acceptance by
Chinese Government of condition in our reply
to them cabled you August 12, if Chinese au
thorities communicate willingness to deliver
Ministers and persons under their protection to
relief column at Peking under arrangements
■which you consider safe, you are authorized to
make and carry out arrangement In concert
■with other commanders without referring it
here. From informal communication with rep
resentatives of other Governments here, we be
lieve all to take substantially same position.
Question whether you should insist upon enter-
Ing Peking and going to Legation, or whether
will receive delivery at gate of inner Tartar
City or at outer wall, taking risk of Ministers
passing through city with only Chinese escort,
you and other generals must determine.
By order Secretary of War. CORBIN.
We arr ndvixrd I>> Mlnlnter Conffor thnt
the nttn.-L.« l»> Imperial troops upon the
legation* In I'eUiiiK Und not c«n«ed. While
these nttnfkn continue v. <• cannot atop the
advance of our tort-en toivnnl Peking;. If
•U'-li n<t««-U« cense the nhove quoted in
struction* Will he allowed to ntand. and they
■would neeni to provide for all the action re
quired under the circumstances utnted 1»>
■■«■ IA in his dispatch.
AI.VEV A. ADF.i:. Actlnpr Secretary.
Department of State, Washington, August 10,
1900.
DECISION FORCED UPON CHINA.
The memorandum handed to Minister Wu for
Li Hung Chang leaves to china her choice of
either one of two alternatives. The Imperial
authorities must at once open communication
and co-operate with the commanders of the
International forces for the liberation by the
former and safe delivery to the latter of the
Ministers and persons under their protection,
or else resist the efforts of the latter to ac
complish the same results by force of arms.
As indicated in these dispatches last Sunday
night, and as Is now officially known. Japan,
without previous consultation with th» Wash
ington authorities, fully sustains the latter, and
60 advised them last Saturday. Moreover, the
diplomatic representatives in Washington of
the European Powers have taken the same
position. It will, indeed, be China against the
■world if she longer persists in a policy which
consists in pending fruits and provisions to the
besieged Ministers by day and allowing, if not
ordering, her soldiery to attack them by night.
Great has been the anxiety of the President
and the members of his Cabinet to-day to re
ceive authentic news from the theatre of mili
tary operations in North China. The press dis
patches, while indefinite and contradictory in
many respects, agreed pretty generally that the
International forces had occupied Tung-Chow
without a battle, and were pressing on toward
Peking, which they were to attack yesterday or
to-day. The nearest to an official confirmation
of these statements that was received and made
public in the course of to-day was the following
dispatch from Admiral Remey.
TaUn. August 15. IBM.
Bureau of Navigation, \\ n»hiii»u>n :
Front unheard from since llth. lieuten
ant LatiuuT In on <hsiffee'it staff expressly to
furnish me untlientic Information. Latent
reported thron^li Japanese sources uifie*
occapled Tune-l lion 12th; would v I lack l*c
ktas to-dn>. BEXtSV.
The date of this dispatch and its receipt early
this morning are the foundation of a hope that
communication between Che-Foo and Taku has
bo*n at last established, which will shorten by
nearly twenty-four hours the time hitherto re
quired for General Chaffee and Admiral Remey
to communicate with Washington, or the au
thorities here to communicate with them. At
the present inter"stint and critical Juncture this
la all Important.
FEARS FOR THE TELEGRAPH LINE.
It was believed that Admiral Remey would
not have mentioned the Japanese reports unless
he had been convinced that they were trust
worthy, and yet the silence of General Chaffee,
vho is so prompt in reporting military move
ments, created some doubt in the minds of of
ficials, who know that the field telegraph be
tween Tien-TEin and the expeditionary column
■was laid and is managed by a detachment of
the United States Signal Corps. The failure to
receive any official dispatches at Taku from the
front for the space of four days also caused
some uneasinese in the minds of officials, who
realized that a cable, unguarded and running
for seventy mil:-a through a hostile region thick
ly populated, might easily be cut and made tem
porarily useless as a means of communication.
If there were such temporary Interruption of
the line it would be' impracticable for Consul
Fowler to forward promptly from Che-Foo the
Important dispatches sent to Major-General
Chartee by Adjutant-General Corbin on August
12 and August 14. and this contingency was
properly regarded by the officials as an ex
tremely serious one, despite the fact that Gen
eral Chaffee had already been armed with all
the instructions that the most careful and pru
dent foresight could provide, and had also been
clothed with wide discretionary powers, which
it was known he would wisely exercise.
CONFIDENCE AMONG OFFICIALS.
Anxiety, however, was overshadowed to-day
by a feeling of confidence that the mission of
the expeditionary force to rescue and protect
the Ministers and those who have been so faith
fully sheltered and cared for by them would
be speedily accomplished. Even then something
more would be necessary fully to comply with
the third condition of President McKlnley's
note of July 23. which required the Imperial
authorities to place themselves "in communica
tion with the relief expedition, so that co-opera
tion may be secured between them for the
liberation of the legations, the protection of
foreigners and the restoration of order." The
last clause of this condition is an important one.
although in the general and keen anxiety to
safeguard the lives of the Ministers and those
dependent upon them for safety It has perhaps
Apollinaris
("THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS")
BEWARE . OF SUBSTITUTIONS.
attracted less attention and interest than it
would otherwise have excited.
The officials are at present fn engrossed with
the existing situation in China that they are
apparently not giving serious consideration to
problems which the future may have In store,
and speculation as to what the United States
may or will do or refrain from doing when such
problems arise are premature to say the least.
THE CABINET MEETING.
FIVE OFFICIALS PRESENT AN IXfPOR
TAXT DAY IN WASHINGTON.
(By Th« A«»o«-iatr<l Frew.)
Washington. Aug. 16.- The appeal of China
j and the prompt response of the American Gov
! ernment were the subject of supreme interest
j throughout the day. Coming at a moment when
the allied armies were in the shadow of the
great wall of Peking, the circumstances in which
the correspondence occurred were of a peculiarly
momentous character. The President had Just
! returned from a brief respite at Canton, and, go
i Ing to the White House, found his advisers ready
j to present to him the issue now advanced by
China. The appeal from Li Hung Chang came
first to the Chinese Minister, who. early in the
day. conveyed it to the Department of State.
Although it was not the regular day for a meet
ing of the Cabinet, word was conveyed to those
Cabinet officers In the city that a special Cabi
net session would be held at 11 o'clock. Secre
tary Root, who has been a guiding factor in the
Chinese negotiations, was with the President be
fore the meeting opened, presenting the Chinese
I communications and the dispatches of instruc
1 tions already sent to General ChalToe. With the
President at the Cabinet table were Secretaries
Root. Gage. Wilson and Postmaster-General
i Smith.
' After the Cabinet meeting 'ho American reply
was sent to the Chinese Minister, who, later in
the day. cabled it to Li Hung Chang.
Thus there can be no misunderstanding of
the issue as made up. LI Hung /Chang's appeal
for an armistice at Tung-Chow la rejected, and
i the continually reiterated demand of the United
States that the Ministers be dellevered to the
allied troops at Peking Is reinforced.
Beyond the Important diplomatic exchanges of
the day and the receipt of the Conger message,
the chief Interest centred In the location of the
allied armies. From Japanese sources came the
most advanced information, first. In the Tokio
advices that Tung-Chow had been occupied, and,
later in the day, in an official dispatch from the
Japanese Foreign Office to Minister Takahira,
confirming this report. The Minister promptly
communicated his information to the Depart
ment of State, and it was accepted by the of
ficials, Including the Secretary of War. as the
latest and most authentic news of the relief
■ column.
Some days Sad elapsed however, since this
occupation of Tung-Chow, and there had been
ample time to cover the twelve miles between
that place and Peking. Whether the allied
forces actually were there was the all absorb
ing question on which every one in official and
in unofficial life awaited word with keen anx
iety. Secretary Root was satisfied that Tung-
Chow had been left behind, and this was one
of the reasons why It was regarded as futile to
consider LI Hung Chang's proposition for an
armistice at Tung-Chow.
A dispatch wan sent to General Chaffee. hut its
contents were not made public Although the
officials regarded it as unimportant, It doubtless
made the American commander aware of the
fact that there was no deviation In the American
attitude. a dispatch also was sent to Minister
Conger, advisory in character, giving him the
benefit of the latest developments.
THE ADVANCING COLUMN.
JAPANESE. RUSSIANS. BRITISH AND AMERI
CANS COMPOSE THE FORCE.
Washington. Aug. 16.— telegram has been
received at the Japanese Legation from the
Foreign Office at Toklo stating that at a con
ference held on August 7, at Yang-Tsun. the
commanders of the several forces decided to
push on at once to Peking. ' The forces were
headed by the Japanese and followed In order
by the Russians. British and Americans. They
expected to reach Tung-Chow on August 12.
The French troops were compelled by the In
adequacy of their commissariat to remain at
Yang-Tsun, while the small bodies of Austrians,
Italians and Germans turned back to Tien-Tsin.
Immediately upon the fall of Tien-Tsln the Rus
sians set about work on the Tlen-Tain-Peklng
Railway, which will be repaired as far as Yang
Tsun. about August 20.
The Chinese from Shan-Hal report that
the Russians are repairing the. Tong-Tu-Lutal
Railway toward Shaa-Hai-K wan. Russian en
gineering officers with about eight hundred men
of the railway corps at l*?surl are expected at
Tien-Tsin.
The British Consul at Tien-Tsln says he has
been informed by Chinese from Peking that LI
Ping Hens arrived at the capital with 10,000
men. and after an audience with the Empress
Dowager. left with them for an unknown des
tination The Empress Dowager will. It Is be
lieved, take refuge in Ta-Fuen-Fu, In Shen-Se
Frovince.
CONSUL LEAVES CHIN-KIANG.
Dunkirk. S. V., Aug. lfl— A dispatch received
from Consul William Martin, dated at Chln-
Kiang, stated that he had been ordered to leave
Ms post .>f duty, as it was considered unsafe
for him to remain longer. The message further
stated that he had compiled with the orders and
instructions issued by the Government. Consul
Martin and Vice-Consul I,ewla loft Chin-Klang
the same day the orders were given and are
now on their way to Shanghai. Consul Martin
said nothing regarding any troble near his fita
tion.
THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Washington. Aug. I«.— Occupied as th» President
has been with affairs In China, h* has been able
to give little thought to his letter of acceptance.
Up to this lime he has hardly made a beginning,
but from now on he hopes to have more, time to
himself, which he will devote to the letter. It Is
not expected, however, that it will be completed
until some time after his return to Canton from
his Chicago trip. In all probability th* letter will
be mad« public from Canton.
TO WELCOME ARC HBl till OP CORRTGJ.N.
Catholic* In this city are planning- a big wel
come demonstration for Archbishop Corrigan when
he returns from his Kuropean trip on Saturday A
steamer has been chartered which will leave Pier
A. North River, at <5:30 o'clock on Saturday morn-
Ing and go down the bay to meet the ship on which
the Archbishop is coming The party on board
the steamer will consist of upward of one thou
sand persons. Invitations to take part have been
sent out to all the Catholic clergy of the NVw
lork Diocese and a number of prominent laymen.
CHATiOE IS PORTAL DEPARTMENT.
Washington, Aug 16— It is understood that the
appointment of a First Assistant Postmaster-Gen
eral will be made in a day or two. It is known
that the offlca has been tendered to a man who
is expected here to-morrow to confer with the
President and Postmaster-General Smith. His
identity, however, will not be made puhllc until
It is known that he will accept the appointment
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. AUOTJST 17, 1900.
NEGOTIATIONS REPORTED.
<on«inne«l from flr»t pa«e.
the evening Journals caustically remarks. "Che-
Foo and Shanghai correspondents would figure
out that the allied army might, could, would
or should have reached Peking by Monday. In
this way the yellow man and the yellow press
man at Shanghai calculated that the Poking
Europeans were massacred on July 8."
The proposed landing of Indian troops at
Shanghai has turned out, as was anticipated for
some days past, a sad bungle. In the first in
stance Liv Kun Yi. who Is the most moderate
and progressive of the Viceroys, made no ob
jection to a proposal that a few thousand British
.Indian troops should be disembarked for the de
fence of the settlement, and the transports were
accordingly ordered up from Hong-Kong. Be
fore they could be relieved of their passengers
the French and Russian consuls intimated that
If British troops landed they would be followed
by other foreign contingents. Thereupon Liv
took alarm, and last Friday telegraphed asking
that the Indians should be sent away. The
British Consul remonstrated, and subsequently
Liv said he would admit the British, but would
not consent to an International occupation. Ad
miral Seymour was ordered to keep the men on
the transports ponding further developments,
and there they have remained, sweltering in
the steaming river, while the diplomatists; en
deavor to settle their differences. If. after all,
the ships should be ordered north without dis
charging the troops, the blow to British prestige
would be as bad as when Russia was permitted
to occupy Port Arthur.
But. as it happens, the whole foreign commu
nity is really alarmed by the effect this with
drawal might have on the Chinese mind, and all
the foreign consuls at Shanghai have agreed to
a joint resolution to their respective Govern
ments representing the dangerous consequences
of now removing the Indiana from Woo-Sung.
They suggest that they should now land, under
international guarantee, an.l should be followed
by other allied contingents. This solution Is
very unpalatable to the British Government,
which claims a paramount interest In the Yang
tse region. But it will probably have to be
accepted to avoid the alternatives of an humil
iating retreat or serious friction with France
nnd Russia. The Chinese Minister In London
says that the landing of a large foreign force
might precipitate a rising in Southern china,
but no harm will result if only small detach
ments are employed to secure the safety of the
Shanghai settlements. Japan Is understood to
be supporting Great Britain in this matter, ow
ing to the extreme Indignation felt in the island
empire at the conduct of Russia In taking ad
vantage of the general confusion to appropriate
New-Chwang. The Japanese, who have done
the hardest and most brilliant work in the Pe
king relief operations, are naturally Incensed
at finding Russia already beginning the annexa
tion of Chinese territory- One consequence Is
likely to be the dispatch of a powerful Japanese
army to Coren at an early date-.
The muddle over the Shanghai question would
perhaps have been avoided if Lord Salisbury nnd
his Influential colleagues were now in consulta
tion, but the Prime Minister is burled with his
doctors at a remote watering place in the
Vosges. and the other Ministers are scattered
about on the moors or in various English and
Scotch country houses. The business of th*»
nation has to be conducted from day to day by
the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs and a few
chief clerks In Downing Street. I. N. F.
ACTION OF CONSULS AT SHANGHAI.
TROOPS WANTED THERE. BUT SHOULD BE
ij SENT. BY SEVERAL POWERS.
Shanghai. Aug. 10.— The consuls will meet to
day. The landing of the British troops Is not
objected to by the representatives of other
nation*; but the latter have declared they will
adopt th* same course. To this the British have
objected, and have threatened to withdraw the
troops which are now ready to land.
The British transports had sailed, but they
went recalled by a torpedo boat destroyer and
have now returned to Woo-Sung.
London, Aug. 10. — The situation at Shanghai
absorbs British attention. "The Times" to-day,
In Its second edition, publishes a dispatch from
Shanghai dated Wednesday, August 15. which
rays:
Admiral Seymour, through the Consul-Oen
eral. hr.s instructions that the troops which it
was intended to land here nhall proceed north.
This will be done <m August W> unless tha
is countermanded in the interval bj the Foi
eign c>fTloe. The final decision of the latter la
awaited. The principal British banks aivl ship
ping flrnip have telegraphed to I*ord Salisbury
that the Governments decision (to send the
troops north) will have a disastrous efff-ci. an 1
urging th*> Government to reconsider the mat
ter. Th<» foreign consuls are equally altve to
the results of such action on the Chines.
are addressing an Identical note to their gov< m
ments with the nhtpnt of inducing the British to
Kind troops.
France has 1,100 troops on board the transport
Cochar, which arrived at Hong- yesterday,
August 15, convoyed by the French cruiser
Friant. These troops, the French Consul at
Shanghai Informed the other consuls there,
would be landed at Shanghai if the British per
sisted In landing troops at that place.
A news agency dispatch from Shanghai, dated
Tuesday. August 14. represents the United
States Consul-General, John Goodnow, as Join
ing with the French and German consuls In op
posing the British plans.
The British Foreign Office officials decline to
enter Into the reasons for not landing troops at
Shanghai, but the Foreign Office is credited with
being unwilling to persist In any course not ap
proved by the other Powers. The Foreign Of
fice is expected to make some explanation later.
Berlin, Aug. 10.— A semi-official dispatch from
Shanghai, dated Wednesday, August 15. says:
The foreign consuls, acting on a Joint resolu
tion, have sent to their respective governments
the following telegram:
"If the Indian troops (British) are withdrawn
from Woo-Sung It will constitute a menace to
the safety of Shanghai. These troops ought to
be landed on the. basis of an International under
standing. To insure the adequate safety of
Shanghai more troops ought to be landed im
mediately."
Washington. Aug. I<s— Consul-General Goodnow
has not sent a copy of the resolution said to have
been agreed upon hy the consuls at Shanghai Hlh
reports are. somewhat analogous, however, !n ad
vising that nny action should be of an International
.■haracter Woo-Sung. referred to In the liorlin
dispatch, is near the city of Shnnßh.it, and occu
pies about the s.irm- relation to tt as Coney Island
does to New- York City. In connection with the
foreign difference? arising at Shanghai, it may be
significant that the cruiser New-Orleans sailed yes
terday from Cavite for Woo-Sung.
YON WALDERSEE TO SAIL AUGUST 22.
GERMAN PAPERS TELL HIM HE IS TALK
ING TOO MUCH.
Berlin. Aug. 10- Field Marshal Count yon
Walderaee, c-ommander-in-chief of the allied
forces in China, will sail from Naples for the
Far Eaßt on Auirust 2li.
This morning Count yon Waldersee, accom
panied by the Countess and by Vice-Admiral
yon Waldersee. his brother, visited the United
States Embassy and asked John B. Jackson.
Secretary of the Embassy, to present his best
compliments to President MeKlnley. He spoke
In the highest terms of the American troops,
saying: "I know what they can do. and will
consider It a great honor to have such gallant
soldiers under my command."
Before leaving Hanover yesterday he made a
speech to the woiklngmen's Liedertafel, saying
that he hoped to finish his task soon and to re
turn soon to Hanover. In his response to the
address of the municipal deputation, he said:
With trust in God and in the firm and cheerful
courage of my troops. I hope to carry out the
plans and to overcome all difficulties.
The press points out that Count yon Walder
■e la talking too much, and advises him to talk
less. The "Kslniscbe Volk.-zeitung" bids him
"follow Moltke's example, and talk with the
sword." Several Journals have dubbed him
"Felt Marshal." In the course of a conversation
at the offices of the General Staff to-day he said:
The general situation for the allies is unfa
vorable, even if Peking Is taken, or is about to
be taken, since the allies are everywhere on the
defensive, except in this advance upon Peking.
It la necessary to adopt the strategical of
fensive throughout China.
His Idea seems to be to have the allies act in
conjunction with the Russian forces in the
Province of ?henK-Klne. by way of Moukden.
Count yon Waldersee will leave Berlin at noon
to-morrow for Cassel, where farewell festivities
will be held on Saturday. These will consist
of a military parade and a banquet, to be at
tended by a number of generals. The banquet
will also take the form of a celebration of the
seventieth birthday of the Emperor Francis
Joseph.
Paris, Aug. 16. — France has given notice to
Germany that when Field Marshal Count yon
Waldersee arrives in China, to assume com
mand of the allied forces, General Voyron, the
French military commander In China, will act
in perfect accord with him.
WOLSELEY'S SCATHING CONDEMNATION.
DECLARES THE THIRTY THOUSAND MEN AT
ALDERSIIOT UNFIT TO GO ABROAD.
London. Aug. Viscount Wolseley. Field
Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the British
army, delivered, according to "The Dally Mail."
the most scathing condemnations ever heard
at Aldershot after witnessing yesterday's
manoeuvres. He ' declared that the .10,000 men
who participated were utterly unfit to send
abroad, badly led and badly taught.
Many distinguished officers listened to these
remarks, among them General Montgomery
Moore, formerly In command in Canada, but
now commanding at Aldershot.
FIGHTING ON THE AMOOR.
CHINESE MEET A RUSSIAN ATTACK WITH
STUBBORN VALOR.
St. Petersburg. Aug. Vl— General Rennen
kampf, according to advices to the Russian
War Office, while pursuing the Chinese from
Aigun. found four thousand Infantry, five thou
sand cavalry and twelve gu.is in a strong posi
tion at Sanjshan. Although the Russians were
Inferior In numbers, and had only two guns,
they made combined frontal and flank attacks
upon the Chinese on August 10. The Chinese
succeeded in breaking up the flank movement,
and thov fought with great stubbornness, but
eventually they were compelled by a fierce Cos
pack attack on their centre to evacuate the
position and withdraw the guns.
PROTESTANT MISSIONS DESTROYED.
Berlin. Aug. 16.— The Protestant Mission House
here has received a Canton message saying that
the missions at Tchl-Chln, Namon and Luk-
Hang have been destroyed. The first was In the
northern pan of the Province of Quang-Tung
and the third In th» southern part.
DISEASED CATTLE FOR THE ARMY.
Shanghai. Aug. 15.— Rinderpest is prevalent
amonc the cattle shipped from Shanghai for
Che-Foo for the British troops, and the ship
ments have been stopped.
THE PRESIDENTS RETURN.
Washington, Aug. 16.— The I'rfsldent and Mrs.
McKinley, with Secretary Cortelyou and Dr.
Rlxey, arrived at th" White House at 8:45
this morning. The trip from Canton was with
■ ■:' gpecinl Incident.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN JAPAN.
Washington, Aug. l ( ". Th- Department of
Fmte lias been Informed by Minister R-uck, at
Tokl i, that the Japanese Government has given
permission to the United states Government to
establish a United States Hospital on Japanese
•■. wherever the United States Govern
■
MORE VICTIMS OF THE BOXERS.
WOMEN MISSIONARIES AND CHILDREN DIE
FROM WOUNDB.
Toronto, Ont, Auk lfl A »ble dirp.ntch re
celved this morning nt the «'hiiiK Inland Mis
sion from Shanghai reads:
H. J. Rice, from Lu-Cheng, murdered;
M E Huston, from Lu-Cheng; Mr?. K. J.
Cooper, from Lv Cheng, and the three Saundera
children are all dead, having received injuries
■ ravelling.
Miss Ki.-e was from Haydenville, Mass., and
went to ''hina In l*W. while Miss Huaton came
from Mobile, Ala., and weni to China in 1896,
Mrs. E. J. Cooper wen! out from Scotland to
<'hma In 1887 All these missionaries are mem
bers of the China Inland Mission.
Th" Kin« missl inariea have fled from tae prov
ince of Bhan-Se; X .1 Cooper from his station
of Lu-Cheng, iiv Rev A K. Glover and Mrs.
Glover from the station of Luan, the Rev A. R.
Saunders and Mrs Saunders from Ping-Tao, and
:--ix children, evidently the children of E. J.
(-ooper and Mr. and Mrs. Glover.
REPORTED MASSACRE DISCREDITED.
The dispatch received at the office of the Ameri
can Board from Consul Fowler ai Che-Foo, an
nouncing the massacre of Presbyterian mission
aries ;it Pao-Ting-Fu June SO, and the <"ongrega
ttonal and «"hina Inland missionaries July l. which
waa published yesterday, is discredited by the of
flcera of the Presbyterian Hoard, although the
officers of the American Hoard think the ground
for believing it Is good, it i* the most definite dto
patch thai has been received concerning the re
ported massacre. The r. v n r . wiuis C. Noble, of
the American Board, stationed at Pao-Ting-Fu.
bui now in t hi* city, *.iys he does not believe the
dispatch to be accurate Robert K. Speer, one of
the secretaries of the Presbyterian Hoard, .-,aid
j . sterday:
Until we hear something further we do not see
tin} reason fur believing that the missionaries at
Pao-Tlng-Fu have been massacred. There have
been conflicting rumors about them from time to
time \ Walter Lowrte, one of <>ur missionaries
..t the Pao-Ting-Fu station, now ,n Tlen-Tsin who
v, as born in * bina, sai.l on July 16 thai he hnd
beard nothing of them.
A dispatch was received yesterday by the Rev
Ji-hn Fox, one ol the secretaries of the American
Wble Society, 'mm the Hey. r>r. John H Hyke.s
Shanghai, saying: "Workers a;l safe " This" dis
patcn Dr. I"dx takes to mean that not onis the
nine superintendents of the society's work in china
but the Blnety-aeven native colporteurs, are safe
al3o Dr. Kox baHe« this assumption on a recent
letter from Dr Hykes, In which he said that prep
arations hail been mud* for the safety of ttie na
tiv, workers. A 1 the first outbreak of trouhii- they
were to «•■ to the ports. Dr. Fox saM it is not
known what damage has been done to the society's
bookstores In China.
CHINAMEN START FOR HOME.
Chicago, Aug. lrt. Twenty of Cblaatown'a leading
citizen^ started lust ni^ht for San Francisco, where
they will take the nr?t boat for their native land.
The men are, according to .statements made by
some of them, renpondlncr to the Emperor's call
for volunteers from America Every member of
the party Is said to have military training In come
capacity.
COLORKTJ CAVALRY SAIL FOR CHINA.
San Frnnciseo. Aug. 16 -The transport Warren
sailed to-day with the 9th Cavalry (colored), for
Taku, by way „f M «c*«aa:t Several officers t.esM"s
those Of the regiment, together with three hos
pital Stewards and one hundred men of the hos
pital corps, also were aboard.
The Slam, with more than flv«> thousand tons
Of freight for Honolulu. Ouan and Manila, and
the Altec, with hors»s for <'aln«. also sailed to
day.
The general hcspital at the Presidio is to he en
larged to accommodate the atck and wounded from
the Philippines and Ckiina.
DROWXED AT CAPE XOME.
THREE VESSELS WRECKED ON BEACH AND
FIFTEEN LIVES LOST-MUCH DIS
ORDER IN THE TOWN.
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 16.— The steamship Centen
nial has arrived from Nome with advices of the
wreck of the steamers Merwln. Resolute and Dol
lar on the beach in the fierce storms of August 2
and 3. The Merwln is a total loss. One boat con
taining five persons was overturned and all were
drowned. Fifteen persona were drowned in all. the
Identified being the following:
FITZHCGH. Geevge.
FRENCH. Lizzie.
.11: > nskn. ot Tacoma.
VERNE, Phiiipr«. of Seattle.
VINCENT, George, of New-York.
Ten are unknown.
General Randall has received instructions to
afford transportation to over five thousand desti
tute and indigent sick persons at Nome. Terrible
sufferings are said to be prevailing among them.
A chaotic state of turmoil and lawlessness is ex
pected before all get away. The Centennial
brought back six hundred disgusted passengers
with hard luck stories. Nome officials are cen
sured. The present privations and sufferings, it is
claimed, resulted from the ejection of prospectors
from the beach strip, on which many had depended
for the necessaries of life. Money Is scarce in
camp, and there Is little gold from the creeks,
owing to the continued dry weather. Sickness is
still prevalent
For a week or more prior to the departure of the
Centennial from Nome thugs, thieves and firebugs
had kept the city in a state of suppressed excite
ment, and talk of lynching was to be beard on
every street corner. The crimes were apparently
the work of an organised gang.
The greatest Indignation was aroused by the dis
covery and frustration of at least three attempts
to burn the city, and a rumor was in circulation
on the streets that a gang of firebugs had planned
to start fires in various parts of the city simul
taneously and loot the banks, shops and stores in
the progress of a peneral conflagration. The local
columns of the newspapers were full of accounts
of the doings of highway robbers, burglars, pick
pockets and incendiaries.
COUBIXB HROWXEIt IX HT'nsOX.
ONE R<">V WAS SWIMMING AT PEEKSKII.I..
THE OTHER AT YONKERS.
Two cousins w<tc drowned in the Hudson River
last evening at about the same time, but many
miles apart. Each boy was about seven years nld
and each was named after the father of the other.
Stephen Peacock was drowned at Toahers kil
t'i^nrge Peacock was drowned at Peek-kill. Both
wrnt down In the Hudson River about 7:M o'clock.
Stephen Peacock waa the son of George Peacock.
a w. 11 known resident of Yonkers. George was a
?on of Stephen Peacock, of Peek?kill. Each went
swimming with companions after supper. Stephen
went in off the public pier at Maln-st.. Yonkcrs.
While swimming around in what was supposed to
be shallow water, he became tired, and tried to
eel a footing, but he had swum out to where a
dredger had excavated for the foundation
navilion H" called f.>r aid. but before it could be
given to him he had drown*- 1. His body waa not
recovered.
George swam out too far from the landing at
Peekskill, and was swept out of reach of those
near him. H- fore a boat could reach him he waa
drowned.
SBLF-GOYERSMENT SLOW IX GMOWISB,
CONGRESSMAN MOODY SPEAKS ON THE DEVELOP
MENT OF THE PHIUPPINB SITUATION.
Salem. Mass.. Aug. -At the OMh anniversary
of the founding of the town of Topsfield. which
was commemorated In that town to-day. Congress
man William H. Moody, of the Vlth Massachu
setts District, delivered the rration. After speak
ing of the slow growth of self-government from
the foundation of the town, from which grew the
State and then the Nation as a completed whole.
Mr. Moody said in part:
If there be those who think that in the new
!anda across the seas now under our flag and
jurisdiction, where power has always been exer
cised from above and never from below, the com
pleted fabric •■: our Institutions may be imposed
in a day. I commend to them th» study of the de
velopment of these institutions. Let them see that
the lesson that was learned in the township taught
us to construct a State, and in turn a Nation. Let
them under 1 that the habit of self-govern
ment is of slow growth, that it beelns low down
at the very foundations. For one, If 1 could con
struct the New-England township In Porto Rico.
Cuba and the Philippines, ! would expect under its
beneficent Influence to see in God's good time com
pleted commonwealths as free is our own and as
Independent as their people should deliberately will.
But self-government demands Intelligence, not
the great learning of the few. but the common and
ordinary education which may be shared by all.
From slight beginnings, »ucb as may be traced in
thp early annals of nil our States, has grown the
wonderful system of public education which has
fitted our people for the great task to which they
have been appointed We do not forget the lesion
in these days. Cherishing this Institution as we do
no other we are attempting to bestow it on th*
millions of people who for the time at least are
under our Jurisdiction and control. Th* school
houses we are building in Porto Rico and the Cuban
teachers we »re entertaining at Cambridge at the
college founded by the early care of the fathers at
test our ger desire to share with others one of
th« secrets of our own strength.
ACTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
TO SHUT On EMPLOYERS IF THEY DESIRE TO
jom
Milwaukee. Aug M The Internationa] Typo
graphical Union • ted to ■
Birmingham. Ala. An amendmeni to the constitu
tion waa 1 lopted providing for n censorship by the
Executive Council of all communications of union
men to be printed in newspapers.
pamphlets reflecting on the standing or chai
private or public ■ t any member or membi
the international Typographical Union Its
is to control in a measure much of the matter
printed In labor papers.
Other matters acted upon to-day were the in
dorsement of th>- Women's Label League and the
adoption of legislation prohibiting spi ed contests
either by ] r machine. Delegate Wire re
ported .1 "deplorable condition existing in Pltts
and the matter will be considered In ex< n
tive session.
The union in executive session has considered two
propositions In the form of resolutions which were
offered by Frederick Oils. -oil. commissioner of the
American N>wpap« r Publishers 1 Association, in
conformity with views expressed in his address to
tha convention. One proposition calls for tl
matlon of a )olnt committee of the two bod
arbitration and the other provides for the presenta
tion 'if any grievancea '...fore any actual demand
la made. The propositions were referie.i to the
> Committee on Laws.
Among the propositions from the ban Committee
adopted were All machine tenders shall be mem
bers of the International Typographical
Local unions are empowered t.» prohibit employers
fro-m Joining the union if they so desire.
LEPERS IN CRETE.
From The British Medical Jaurnal
Dr. O. Cahnhcim. of Dresden, and Dr. Ehlers. of
Copenhagen, have completed the Investigations on
leprosy in the Island of Crete which they under
took at the instance of Prince George Of Greece.
the High Commissioner of the Island. In the pro
visional report which they have presented to the
Prince they state that they found 38u lepers, of
whom they personally examined 291. Of these. 153
(92 men. 61 women) were of the tubercular, and
170 (79 men. 91 women) of the anaesthetic form. As
in cold countries the proportion of tubercular to
anaesthetic cases Is as 1 to -. and In hotter climates
as 1 to 3. the figures quoted appear to warrant
the assumption that the total number of lepers
In Crete is from Mi to SOO. The Investigators have
no doubt that Zamhaco Pacha's estimate of -1.000
l-« immensely exaggerated Dr* Cahnneim and
Ehlers were able to satisfy themselves that the
disease was on th« Increase In Crete, The type of
the disease met with in Crete is >Ma severe than
In colder regions, and the tendency to cure, is on
the- whole greater. Prince George of Greece Is
anxious that the Isolation of lepers, which is still
carried out on the lines laid down by the Turks
and Is therefore very defective, should be made
more stringent throughout the Island. It id pro
posed to establish an asylum for lepers, and for
that purpose the peninsula of Spina Longa is con
sidered suitable. The Prince has also asked Dr.
Cahnhelm and Dr. Ehlers to draft a law for the
repression of leprosy In accordance with the condi
tions of the island of Crete.
ICELAND'S ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
From The London Chronicle.
Iceland is celebrating this month the ninth
century of the introduction of Christianity by
Olaf. King of Norway, and many will doubtless
be curious about this remote Danish possession
on the edge of the Polar circle, which has no
cable communication with the rest of the world,
although it Is now being made. Iceland has
supplied ten thousand colonists to Manitoba, and
these are so valued by the Government that
every year an agent is dispatched to bring over
a*= many more as he can. Nor are these colonists
mere untutored boors. Half a century ago Lord
DufTerin. In his "Letters from High Latitudes."
described the Icelanders as a highly cultured
people. They speak the oldest living language
in Europe, the Norse, while there Is scarcely an
Icelander, however humble his station, who does
not know something of at least one language
besides his own. while many of the guides who
pilot visitors about the country have a moderate
familiarity with two or three.
CRISrrS PLEA FOR A LARGE .Y.ITT.
SAYB ITALY MUST SEARCH FOR XBW FIELD*
IN THE EAST
Rome. Aug. 16.— "La Ravista Marittima' pub
lishes an article by Bignor «"rlsp!. in which the ex-
Premier urges an increase of the navy. He sayt
that during the existence, for eighteen year*, of
the Triple Alliance. Italy has not had an organized
defence. From 18<J0. he further says, to the pres
ent time 2,»iV>.nno.<ViO lire had been spent on the navy,
which, however, has descended from third place, la
1890. until it is now seventh among the naval
Powers. Sicily, continues the irttele. cannot be
defended without a strong fleet, nor can many
Italian colonies be safeguarded against foreigners.
Signer Crispi asserts that the economical future of
Italy demands that she search for new fields in
the extreme Orient, and he concludes by warmly
recommending the Government to provide for the
necessities of the situation, '"for to relinquish *
fleet proportionate to the needs of the country
w.itild be to abandon the sole hope of safety to
which Italy could trust her fortune in the day of
trial. 1
FISHERMEN CLAIM DAMAGE*.
St. Johns. N. F.. Aug. l«.~The owners of the
fishing nets seized recently by British warship*
on the French Treaty Coast are about to institute.
proceedings in the Colonial Supreme. Court to
recover damages for losses sustained.
Some years ago a firm of lobster packers, whose
cannery was closed, recovered £>,'>» from tha
British Government for the illegal action of Brit
ish warships; and the present claimants hope to
secure a similar result
$CH!ERE\ BELTiyr, GETS GOLD MEDAL.
Parts. Aug. IB.— Charles A. Schieren & Company,
New York, have been awaviesl the Gold Medal for
superiority of their oak tanned leather belrlru at
the Parts Exposition. Medal was awarded this
American concern In competition with the leather
belting manufacturers of all of Europe.
CHAMPION BINDERS AND MOWERS TRI
UMPH.
Paris. Aug. M.— The Champion Binders, Mowers
an^l Reapers asMMlai bgp w.irder, Bushneii &
Gleam laf Co., Springfield. 0 . and Chicago. 111 . have
b«en awarded the gold medal.
TXDIA FAMINE CONTRIBUTIONS.
John Crosby Brown. No. 39 Wall-st.. treasurer of
the Committee of One Hundred on India Famine
Relief, reports the following contributions received
yesterday:
Citizens of the Vlth Civil District of OHM
County. Term 1» SO
Plymouth Cringresfatlonal Church and Christian
Endeavor Society. Jackson, Mich 10 <V»
Union Church. OglMby. 11l 13 02
H. A. M iy lrtOO
Christian Bn.Teavor Society an.l Sunday school
class N-v :>. First Baptist Church. Factory
vi'.l*. Perm . . 12 -to
Mrs. Ella J. Buabnell. Morrlstotrn. S. I . :•.,.»
Through First National Bank. McDonald. Pens. 11 7*
Mrs. Kachel P. Bell Arlington. N. .1 53 Co
Children's fair. Locust. X J 33 M
Through St. Louis County Bank. Clayton. Mo.. 33 25
Inman Milling Company. Inman. Kan 12 is>
Through Adams Express Company I rt©
Through Southern £xpri>ss Company 13 S3
Through Wells. Fargo & Co.'a Express l Oft
Thiough National Express Company ... 13 >5
Through Catted States Express Company ... 5 73
Through American Express Company 3 75
Through the Rev. George Hirst, Jefferson. W|». 10 ♦>
Indiana Committee of One Hundred . . . 3«v» oo
.■:••;.■ contributions of less than $10 each, aggre
gating . 141 1*
Previously acknowledged . .. . $209.4(17 10
Total to date .$210,147 «
MORE RAINS, BUT NEED YET URGENT.
The Committee of One Hundred on India Famine
Relief received the following cable dispatch yester
day from William T. Fee. United States Consul at
Bombay and chairman of OH Amerieo-Indlaa
Famine Relief Committee:
Heavy rains have again fallen in the western and
central portions of the famine district. The wasted
farmers are trying to cultivate their fields. Crops
put in at the time of the earlier rains are doinz
fairly we!:. Cholera is still working havoc. 11 ap
pears that the famine distress will inevitably con
tinue until after the autumn harvests. We ire
providing many blankets, and the need of food and
clothing and shelter la very urgent.
FEE. Chairman.
THE PUPPIES' QUEER FOSTER MOTHER.
From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
On the farm of Thomas Callahan. a tew miles
east of East Alton. 11l . among other live stock
is a large sow of the Berkshire variety. whicn
has by hot- actions aroused considerable curi
osity, created a great deal of talk and put her
self without the pale of the other more exclusive
pig society.
She recently brought Into this world a Utter
of ten pigs, and about the same time a shepherd
dog on the farm gave birth to several puppiea.
The mother of the puppies was not a devoted
mother— she was a gadabout and didn't tike
domestic duties, or the Job of nursing the little
ones— and they were often hungry and neglected
in consequence.
Just how they introduced themselves to the
Berkshire sow or what tempted her to adopt
the strange looking piggies will never be known,
but she did adopt them, had them following
her around with her own brood, and she nursed
them often when the pigs were not present.
Moreover, she appeared to be proud of them, and
would fight for them, as was evidenced each
time a puppy was caught to be taken to a new
home.
The mother of the pups was agreeable to tne
chance, but showed as plainly as mute looks
and actions can that she could not understand
the mixup any more than any one else, but as
the puppies preferred their foster mother, ana
as the" latter was a vicious customer when
aroused, the real mother let the matter go D|
default.
A PAINFUL REBUFF.
From The Chicago Chronicle.
She was a bright, vivacious suburban girl about
eighteen years old. She was almost viciously op
posed to "young men who try to begin notations
with young women. In short, she was from Ken
wood." He lived on the South Side, and tour.d hi*
way home evenings, as also did the young woman.
bv'the way of the Illinois Central. He was only
twenty and not an habitual flirt, but he was taklnj
his first Idling steps Into the dangerous and un
known. .
Th- youth had seen the young woman -i-v?r»l
times on the train, and once he cleared h!s throat
and raised his hat as she -massed him on her way
out of the train at her station. He womierea
whether It was the slackening sreed of the ears or
a desire to get a better view of bis face which mat.*
her half pause almost in front of him. After that
day he longed for another opportunity to make
further explorations and advance his picket lines.
At last the blessed opportunity arrived. One even
ing he found the young woman sitting by herself oa
the train, which was lust about to pull out of >■ *
Bandolph-st. station. He mane for the vacant place
beside her with the speed of a trolley car as ' n *
train started southward. -
•I beg pardon, is this seat taken? he «.*K«x
tremblingly as the blood rushed to his face. _
"It Is not." courteously responded the your.?
woman, as she moved slightly toward the window
to make room for him.
"Heavens how delightfully easy/!" be thought to
himself. Ills head fairly spun at this encourage
ment. He must go, In now to win He must *" I **
while the iron was hot. But in his delirium or i°T
he could think of nothing to say. but he must say
something or the young woman would thin* mm
had wasted her encouragement on unpro(iuc.r\9
soil. She would be disgusted with her lack of jm<«
ment in giving such a weakling a chance, per
spiration was standing out on the young n»" n '
brow when, grasping at a straw like a drownm
man. he turned to the young woman and excla'.mea
In halting tones.
"It's a pleasant evening."
The young woman turned upon him with * Pj*
cullnr kind of smile that nearly froi? him to "*
seat and «aid: "Does 00 Ilk- to wide on the <•»■£;
choo cars? Isn't 00 afwald to wide ill by <*»■«*
The next second the seat at the side of the yol"-»y ol "-»
woman was vacant and th» younsc man was m.-^»l^
pearlng through the rear door of the car.
Begins m ths
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