THE FIRST JHOVE
TOWARD PEKIN
Report of Commander of American
Coniingent Made Public
CO-OPERATION WAS PERFECT.
Tho Railroad AVas So Badly .Torn Up
and <?inn>sit iim ot* Boxers and
loipcrial TroopsSo Ficrccas
10 Xcccsbit^tte Kctrcai.
(By Associated Tress.)
WASHINGTON. Augus; 23.?The Navy
Department has made public the report of
Cajrtam P. H. McCalla. who was in com
n.and of the American cor.thJgcnt of the
ini.trnational column under Admiral Sey
aiour, that on June 10th ma'.Ie the urst
movt- ir. the relief of Pekin. but which was
cut off by the Chinese troops on the road,
aud forecd to tura back from Yar.g Tsun,
?being In dat ger cf complete annihilation
before comir.g into touch with the rcin
iorcements seat out to mt-ct them from
Tien Tsin.
The force of which Captain McCalla's
commanu %vas a part was made up of
cighi natlonalities. British, Russian, Ger?
man. Austrian, Italian. Japanese, French,
and American maxincs and blue-jackets.
Its aggregate strength was E.tfiS men and
officers, of which 11- were ;he NewarKS
men. The sea forces were all act'.ng witn
nominal independence, bu: were under tne
jBommand of Adnfirai Seymour and operated
as one body.
CO-OPERATION PERFECT.
Tho co-operation of the e-ntire force
seems :o have been perfeet, and Captain
McCaJla has nothing but the warmest
praise boUi for Admiral Seymour and ali
of the other officers who participated :n
ih? expedition.
Tho start of tho international column lor
Pekin was inauguraled ofter the receipt of
.urgent messages from both the Bntish
and American Legations in Pekin. The
allied force, was furnished with railroad
traasportation by the Chinese aathortie
in Tien Tsin, altbough it was thought at
ttat they might have to seize the ncces
earv trains. The start was made on the
10th of June. and from that time on the
advance was made under constantlj m
ereasing difficuities. Whole sections of
?ack were torn up. bridges and culyets
were found wr*cked. stations burned and
pumping appliances at the water tanks
wera destroyed.
IMPERIAL TROOPS.
The first attaek on the column was by
parties of Boxers. but these soon were
iomed bv regular Chinese troops. rnid the
* fiiuje column had to light its way forward,
repairing the track almost rail by rad.
with llanking parties out to protect the
construction train, while other detach
tnents foraged the surrounding country for
^upplies.
The advance continued up to the i.un.
end was met by two messengers at dif?
ferent times, bearing urgent requests from
the besieged legationers for relief.
Captain McCuila and his marmes were
finally put in charge of the construction
?train'bv Admiral Seymour"s directions, and
Ihe work pushed as far as the important
city of Yang Tsun. From this point the
railroad was so badly crippled that ev:
dently it was impracticable tft advance
f urther by train, and the international col
-umns scoured the country for horses and
carts, hoping to make i? forced march to
Pekin by road. The resistance encounter
?d at Lang Fang amounted to a pitched
battle and resulted in the killing oi .-even
and the wounding of forty of the allied
forces. Four hundred Chinese were killed
in this engagement.
RETREAT DECIDED OX.
The news from the cirection of T:on
Tsin showed that the railroad had been
destroyed in their rear, and after a meet
of the commanders it was declded that a
retreat must be nii-.de by way of the
triver.
At this point a German force from the
column captured four large junks. while
Ensign Wurtzbaugli and Cadet Courtney.
with parties of the Xewark's men. gather
ed in four large sam-puns. This little
fiotiila was distributed among the allied
forces. and the whole column embarked
on the 19th f"r the retum to Tien Tsin.
The sailors from the modren warshlps at
first made slow work of navigallhg these
unwjeldly Oriental craft, but they made
fair progress. The strongest opposition
was met ai Pi.-t Sang. where a sharp fight
occurred. The casualties of the Newark's
oflicers and men in this fight were one
killed and nine wounded, while the allies
-only lost the services .?f Captain Jelllco,
Admiral Seymour's chief of staff. who
was severely wounded. The resistance to
the party increased steadily on the trip
down the river until they came in ihe
vicinlty of Ihe Chinese arsenal. where the
little ?column cleared out the Chinese oc
cupying the walh-d enelosure and took
?shelter in the position that the Chinese
Siafl evacuated.
ALL DAY FIGHT.
JJere the American gun was mounted
on a parapet commanding the road leading
Into the arsenal and an all day fight oe"
curred. Three of the Newark's men were
killed and tliirteen wounded. while the
percentago <>f loss among the British and
Oermans was about the same. lt was here
fchat ihe commander of tho Kaiserin
^augusta was killed. while directing the
iefense from the western ramparts.
An attempt was made at midnight of
?he 23<1 lo send a party of one hundred
83rhish marines through to Tien Tsin to
fjummon relief. They met heavy oppbsi
tlon in the dsrkness. and were so sur
rounded that there was noihTng to do but
make a firm stand in the arsenal crounds.
Communication was "pened with Tirn
Tsin. five miles distant. bv means of sisjnal
TOckcts. and on the p.Mh the relief force
consistlnc: of a mtyed column under Lieu
<enant-Co!r>nrl ^rhrimsky. one of the
One Hundred and Twenly-eiehth East Si
j>erlan Reriment. came in sight and was
grect??d with cheers as It scattered the
tnawes of Chinese. vsho were continuing
the attaefcs on ihe arsenal PacloV'jre.
On the Mth ihe march back to TIen Tsin
tvgan. Ihe sliies having first fired the
Chinese arsenal.
The casualties of the all^d forees
ftinountod to *wo office'-s and fifty-five
jnen killed. and iwer.iv-thrce officers and
two hundred nnu *<*n men wounded.
?? In concluslon Captain McCalla pays _
tilsfh tribute to Admiral Seymour nnd asks
that medals be civen a number of foreign
Officers ln reeognition of their services.
WILL SPEAK IN NEW YORK.
^|^ J. llryan W'ill *.>npnr There on
OrtotKT lOtfi.
(Tty ABsoeiBtwl Press.)
??n>W YORK, August 2."5 -Chairman
Frank Casnplx-H. of the Democratic State
Ooramittee. announced to-night that W.
t Bryan would speak ln this city on Oc
: tober 16th. at Albanv October 17th p?d
? R^cjiester Ocstober ISth. Ex-Senator Hill
will preslde at tho Albany meeting and
' mtkx an address of welcome.
-?^-_._,?.-m
? "Tvlha* *rrtrt of a tablo do they ?et at
your liouse?" asked the prospective
V;' .JTab'*? of waits and measures." said
IMburv Peppers In reply "The first
fer-g ttad ihe iaitcr sborV'-London Tid
&*S> j?^?k.j.?*.-.?ti '...Li'mi ? -.*~:
lift *
Headache
BUiousness, sour stomach, constipa
tion and all liver 111s are cared by
Hood's PiSis
The i-on-irritatlng cathartic Price
25 cents of all druggists or by mall ol
C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
BASEJ3ALL
Scores Yesterday:
Cinclnnati, 3; Pittsburg, 2.
Boston, t>: Brooklyn, 3.
Xew York, ">; Philadxflphia. 4.
iChicago, 4; St. Louis, 2 (game called
after four innings.)
Stnndins of tho Clubs.
Clubs: V\*on. Lost. P.C.
Brooklyn .5S 3G -C1T
Pittsburg .54 45 .545
Philadelphia .4S 4S .500
Chicago .48 4S -5*)
Boston .4S 49 .4'.*.",
Cincinnatl .40 52 -4G0
St. Louis.43 51 .A
NewXork .39 55 .415
YVhcre They I .lay To-l)ay.
Philadelphia at New Tork.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
?" (By Assoelatod Press.)
Cincinnati, 3; P'ttsbnr_?, _2
PITTSBURG, August 23.?"Williams' wild
throw. lelting in two runs ln the ninth,
was /respunstble for Pittsburg's de"reat.
Lc-evcr made the season's record. making
ten men fan the air. Attendance. 2,500.
R. H. E.
Pittsburg .000000020?2 S 2
Cincinnati .10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2?3 10 0
Battcries?Beever and Zimmer: Scott,
Kahoe and Peitz. Time, 2 hours. Umpire,
Snyder.
Xew Y'ork, .">: Philadelphia, 4.
XEW YORK. August 23.?The Philadel
phias were again outclassed by the Xew
Yorks to-day. Tiie batting of the locals
was iimely and their fieldlng was fast
and clean. Score:
R. H. E.
Philadelphia .......00 0001 021?l 13 2
New York.0 10 0 2 110 x?5 14 4
Battcries?Bernhardt and McFarland;
_dercer and Bowerman. Time, 2:05. At?
tendance, 1.200. Umpire, O'Day.
Boston, O; Brooklyn, 3.
BOSTOX. August 23.?Collins' excellcnt
fielding saved to-day's game for Boston.
Attendance, 2,300. Score:
R. H. E.
Boston .2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x?0 10 2
Brooklyn .0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0-3 10 3
Battcries?Xicliols and Clark: Kitson and
FarrelL Time, 2:15. Umpire, Hurst.
1 he Game Called.
ST. LOUIS, MO.. August 23.?To-day's
pme between Chicago and St. Louis was
called after four innings had beer. played,
on account of a wind storm. Tho score
was then: Chicago. 4; St. Louis, 2.
Sar.-itona Kaccs.
Oiy Associated Press.)
SARATOGA. X. Y., August 23.?Racing
results:
First race?live furlongs?Tammany
Chief (11 to f>) first, Colchester (S to 2) sec?
ond, Glade Run (6 to 1) third. Time, 1:02.
Second race?one mile?Mill Stream '<; to
5) first, Althea (2 to 1 and 5 to 1) second,
Exit (12 to I) third. Time, 1:41 1-4.
Third race?The Citizens' and Merehants'
Handicap. ""5.O00 sruarante^d, one mile and
a Sixteenth?Charentus (4 to 1) first. Ad?
vance Guard (C to 1 and 2 to 1) second,
Kinley Mack (.11 to 5) third. Time, 1:45
1-2.
Fourth race?gentlemen riders. ono mile?
Favonius (even) first. George Keen (2 to
1 and out) second, Draughtsman (3 to 1)
third. Time. 1:45 1-4.
Fifth race?one mile and a furlong?
Hood's Brijiade (3 to 1) first, Excelsis (S
to 5) second, Rochester (12 to 1) third.
Time, 1:50.
Tlie Grnnd Cirenit.
(By Associatrd Press.)
BOSTOX, August 23.?Three good races
made up to-day's caid at Readylllo Track
in the Grand Clrcuit meeting-. and
they were races worth seeing. full of ex
citing brusbes and several whipping iin
ishes. Summary:
2:06 Class, pacing; purse, $1.500?Royal R.
Sheldon wo:i two straisht heats and the
race: Ace, second; Eyelet, third. Time,
2:07. 2:05 3-4.
2:11 <'"iass, pacing: purse. """,0fl0?John T.
won fourth, lif'.h and seventh heats and the
race; Winola. second: Idney Pointer, third.
The Admiral won the second heat. Time.
2:10. 2:07 1-2, 2:10, 2:0'.< 3-4, 2:03 1-4, 2:1G 1-4,
2:11 3-1.
2:14 Class, trot: purse, ""1.000?Georgena
won three straight heats and tiie race;
Bav Star. second; Xigger Jack, third.
Time, 2:113-4. 2:09 1-4, 2:10.
PRINCESS NOT INSANE.
Amelie Kives "Workinff on a Xew
Book, Her Husband Says.
(Bj Associated Press.)
BOSTOX, Auyust 22.?Amelie Rives. tlie
noveiist, came north late iast week with
her husband, Prince Troubetskoy, from
her VirgTnia homu. The Prince states in
the most positive manner that his wife
has not be;en out of her mind, aithough
publication of such stories and the mail
ing of them to her by maliciously-inelined
persons has been of serious injury to her
in her admittediy-poor, nervous condition.
It is for this reason and to keep such
stories from r^Uching her in the future,
as well as to prevent her from being
annoyed by publishers and reporters, that
the Prince declines to tell where his -wife
is staying at present. It seems quite
certain, however, that she is with a pri
vato family not far from Boston. The
Prince, who is an artist of note, is paint
ing the portraits of some well-known peo?
ple who have their summer homes at
Cobasset- He ls the gnest of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Richardson at Holly Hill.
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Crowinshield
are also guests at Hoily Hill.
The Prince was bitter to-day about the
treatment that tho yellow journals had
accorded him and his wife. and was out
spoken in characterizing their conduct as
an outragc.
"T know that my wifo is a public pcr
-sonage so far as her works go," said he.
"and that her doings are of legitimate
interest to the public, but her private
affairs are. only her own business. We
left Ivr home, which is at Castle Hill,
Va.. last Friday. and arrived in Boston
Saturday. She is under medical treat?
ment. of course. but she is not in a sanl
tarium or instltution. She is not with
me here under an assumed name, nor is
she, in fact, in Cohasset at all.
"She was not well last winter and this
summer. The trouble during the winter
was nervous prostration, brought on by
overwork, and she ha* been quite ill.
Owing to the heat ?f the south she has
been weaker recently, and for this reason
I concluded to bring her north. She posi
tively has not "been 'out of her head' or
insan<V and stories to the contrary are
simply He.s. She was contined to her room
up to the time that we left Virginia, where
she had been off and on for a period of
four j'ears. or prnciically ever sinctS our
return frcm Euicpe.
"You may say?and this certain'y does
net look as if her mind was in bad con?
dition?that she will in six or eight
months bring out anotner book. She has
for some time been working upon this
book. which will con-tst of short poems,
and has btten working on lt lately. The
poems have been written for some time,
only some editing and working over being
nec-'ssrtrv r-cw."
The Prince said that he""would illustrat'.
the "rork.
| for acceptable Ideas.
State, if patented.
THE PATENT RECORD,
CASH
UNPARALLELED
LAWLESSNESS
Scene of CesoIa'JDn Revealed by Da)
light in Akron.
TROOPS ARRIVE ON SCENE
Their Cominj: Had a Salutary Effect
and the Place IsNow Quiet?Sa
Iobns CJoscd?Troops Grccted
With Hisses and Moans.
(By Associated Press.)
AKRON, OHIO, August 23.?When day
dawned on Akron Thursday morning,
it revealed a scene of desolation and
evidences of violence and lawlc-ssness un
paralleled in the history of this c;ty.
The rioters had done their work and
had dlspersed. One ctiild was lying cold
in death. and nearly a score of people
were suffering from the wounds of pistol
balls, buckshot and missiles.
The city building was a heap of smoul
dreing ruins and beside it steamed the
water-soaked ashes of Columbia Hall.
At 6 o'clock the crowds began to in?
crease as the curlous spectatros httrried
to the scene of the trouble. A poiiceman
appeared and then another, timid at first,
but with increasing assurance as no vio?
lence was offered. Then Company C, of
Canton, a detachment of the gallanl Eighth
Ohio Regiment, marched down the street
from the train and lialting before the
ruins of the building, was at once set to
palrolling the fire lines. There was 110
evidence of ill-will or disquiet on the part
of the crowds at the lines. There was no
talk of violence. The tutbulent element
had slunk away with the coming ot day
liglit and order was once more fully re
stored after an awful night of terror and
anarchy.
TROOPS ARRIVE.
At. 6:30 o'clock this morning, Company C,
Eighth Regiment, of Canton, under com
mand of Captain A. Fisher, arrived in
Akron, under riot orders. The soidiers
were met at the Yalley Depot by Mayor
Young and a party of city oflicials. They
?were marched immediately to the scene
of last night's rioting. As the troops
marched up the main thoroughfare hisses
and groans were heard.
At 9:20 o'clock, nine compt.nies of the
Fourth Regiment arrived in the city and
marched to th- scene of last night's riot?
ing. Shortly before 10 o"cfoel-- 'xTayor
Yeung issued a procl.amuion. eio-ing every
saloon iu Akron until furthor orders.
One killed, one fatally injured, and
twenty persons more or less injured, is the
result of the rnoYs work.
Glen Wade was shot and almost In
stantly kiiled. He was :n the mob and a
buliet from the revolver of a police man in
the City Hall struck him. The lad was
only elovon years of age.
Another innocent. who will die is Rhoda
Davidson, the seven-year-okl daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson. Sitthlg iu
a carriage with her mother and father on
tho butskirts of the mob. a stray buliet
struck her in the head. Xo hope is held
out for her recovery.
GREATER FREN'/V.
Tho re^istance shown by the police ofli?
cers and city offioiais in tho City Hall only
sr-rved to lash the mob into greater frenzy.
Failing in its efforts to force an entrance
into the City Hall. a portion of the mob
ran to the store of the Standard Har.lware
Company. on Main Street. about one and
a half lilocks from the scene of the riot?
ing. Revolvers, rifles. shotguns, razors
and thousands of ronnds of ammunUion
were taken. and with theso weapons the
mob returned to the City Hall, where the
city oflicials were haranguing the mob.
Adjoining tho City Hall. which was con
structed almost entirely of brick, was an
immense building, which for many years
past was the principal public hall of Ak?
ron. This was set afire.
The various fire companies responded to
tha alarm, but the mob refused to permit
them to work. Columbia Hall was soon
a ruin. but the City Hall was yet standing:
Flaming embers were thrown into the dif?
ferent rooms, and the building was soon
[burning. Some of the more thoughtful
ones in the mob liberatcd the prisoners
from the cells below the hall.
DYNAMITE THROWN.
A stick of dynamite was thrown into
the front of the burning building. A ter
rific crash followed, and portions of the
wall crumbled away like dust beforo a
breeze.
Another charge was exploded and the
work of devastation was complete.
At 4 o'clock this morning the rioting had
practically ceased.
During the day wiid rumors were cur
rent that mebs were being formed in
Cleveland to lynch Peck, but there was no
good ground for them. The arrival of the
troops distracted the attention of those
lawlessly inclined, and had a salutary
effect.
The rumor that Chief-of-Folice Harri
son had become insane and had fled
causc-d a great deal of comment. He is in
Cleveland.
The suloons have been closed since noon.
At a conference in the afternoon at the
Buchtel Hotel between Mayor Young and
the militia oflicers, dead lines were estab
iished and soldiers were placed in differ?
ent parts of the down-town section of the
city.
When tho Ball I
When the ball is poising highly on the
tee,
And ye golfer aimctli at it carefully;
Wheh a muffled thud resounds
As the yielding earth he ppunds,
Then the air becometh azure instantly.
When the ball within a lofty bunker lies,
And ye golfer to dislodge it vainly tries;
When he picks it up, all gashed,
And his record hopes are smashed,
Words can never frame the thoughts that
then arise.
When the ball, perchance, rests fairly on
the grass,
And ye golfer at it makes a vicious pass;
"When he misses it entire?
Good St. Peter must require
A shorthand man to catch it all, alasi
When the ball rests quite serenely in a
shrub
And ye golfer seeks to smite it with his
club;
When he's broken three or more?
Psalnis and hymns he forth doth pour
As the moisture from his temples ?ie doth
rub.
When the ball is floating calmly in a pool,
And ye golfer seeks it with his lofting
iool;
When he finds it not; instead
Sends a shower about his head,
Listen! Who would think he taught in
Sunday school?
When tho ball reposes close beside the
hole,
And: ye golfer aims to send lt in its goal;
When too hard he hits it, and
It rolls far?you'll understand
Why there's very little ehance to save his
soul!
?Colorado Pnrings Gazette.
SPIXlAl, kxcuksioxs to niag
AKA KALLS VIA K., F. & l\ li. U.
In connection with tho Pfnnsylvania Rail?
road tour from Washington at S:<W A. M.,
Thursdav, August 23d and September
6th and* 20th, October 4th and ISth, the
?Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomao
Railroad will sell tickets to Niagara Falls
at round trip of $14.00 from Richmond. Tick?
ets good going enly on special excursion
trains, and returnhig or- regular trains.
Limit 13 dayr. Stop-over ailowfd at Buf
falo, Rochester. Canand-agua and Watkins
on return trip.
For tickets and information apply at
Byrd-Stree; Station and Richmond Trans
fer Co, >V- P- TAYLOR,
Traffic ajanager.
MOVEMENT OF
TROOPS STOPPED
(Continued from First Page.)
miral at Taku, under date of August 20th,
wires:
"Captain Hetch reacherl Matu this morn?
ing and procec-ded. The advance was
difficult, owing to th> force of the current
and the shallow water. ?
'?The Madai battalion, after a veiy try?
ing march, arrived at Yang Tsun, August
ISth."
It is inferred from the forogomg that the
teiegraph wires bctw-en Taku and Matu
are working.
****** *
Matu, referrcd to in the dispatch from
Berlin, is probably the small town known
as Ma Thn. s'tuated about eleyen miles
from Tung Chow.
CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE.
Li Hiiuk's Messa^e and Dcpartment's
Reply Are Made Public.
(T.v Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.?The State De?
partment this morning made public the
following correspondence:
Chinese Correspondence. August 20-2.,
19C0. (Handed to Mr. Adee by Mr. Wu,
August 20, 19C0 10:15 A. M.?Cablegram
dated August 19th, from Viceroy Li Hung
Chang, was. transmitted by the Chinese
Minister in London, and received by Min?
ister Wu on the night of the same day.
LI HTJNG'8 MESSAGE.
It was the declaration of all the Min?
isters for Foreign Affairs, of the great
Powers, that the expe'dition of the allied
troops was solely for , the reseue of the
ministers in Pekin. Xow. the allied
troops have entered Pekin and found all
the ministers sufe, it seems proper that
hostiiities shouid at once cease and that
negotiations shouid commence. I there
fore request the United States Govern?
ment to appoint an envoy, with full pow?
ers or appoint a minister now in Pekin,
for the purpose, as he is neeessarily ac
quainted with the uffairs between Chinese
and foreigners, and to inform me if the
conference will take place in Pekin. Af?
ter receipt of a definite reply. 1 will at
once proceed to the north. Please request
the Secretary of State to lay the matter
before His Exccllency, the President. I
await reply.
XO MORE FIGHTINC-.
(Received nt the Department of State,
August 21. 1900, 3:17 P. M.)^Cablegram
from Viceroy Li Hung Chang, dated Au?
gust 21 1000, and received by Minister Wu
on the same day.
The Boxer rcbels in Pekin having been
dispersed, there will be positiveiy no more
fighting. Further military operations
on the part of the Powers are greatly
to be deplorcd. Besides urging cessation
of hostiiities, pleuse confer with Secretary
of State unon subject of withdrawal of
troops and appointment of pletiipotentiary
to negotiate scttlement of ail other
questions fo as to preserve amicable rela
tions. I await an early reply.
(Sent to Chinese Minister, August 22.
1900, 1:30 P. M.)?Memorandum in response
to the Chinese Minister's communication
of cablegrams from Viceroy Earl Li Hung
Chang. dated August 19th and 21st. propos
ing the immediate cessation of hostiiities
and the appointment of an envoy to con
duct negotiations received at the Depart?
ment of State. August 20 and 21, 1900.
ANSWER TO CHINA.
While the condition set forth in thc
memorandum delivered to Chinese Minis?
ter, August 12th, has not been fultilled
and the Powers have been compelled to
reseue their Ministers by force of arms
unaided by the Chinese Government, still
this Government is ready to weleome any
overtures for a truce, and invite the
Powers to join, when security is estab
lished in the Chinese capital and the Chi?
nese Government shows its abllity and
willingness to make on Its part an effec
tive suspension of hostiiities there and
elsewhcre in China. When this is done
und we hope it will be done promptly? the
United States will be prepared to appoint
representatives to join with the represen
tatives of the other simllnrly-interested
Powers aral of the authorative responsible
government of the Chinese Empire to at
tain the ends dec'tired in our circular to
the Powers of July 3. 1900.
ALVA A. ADEE.
Acting Secretary.
Department of State, Aug. 22, 1900.
BRITISH REPORT.
General G.'iselco Seiuls Account of tiie
Entry of Pek in.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, August 23.?General Gaseleo,
the commander of the British forces at
Pekin, has telegraphed to the War Ofiice
;is follows:
"Pekin, August 15 (Wednesday) via Che
Foo, August 23. (Tuesday).?At a confer?
ence August 12th, it was agreed that the
allies shouid concentrate within five miles
of Pekin, August 14th, and the assault
begin August 15th. The attaek, however.
eommenced early in the morning of August
14th, and our troops had to make a forced
march of fifteen miles from Tung Chow. in
great heat. We were on the extreme left
and attacked the southeast gate of the
Chinese city. There was practically no
onposition, as we were not expected at
that point. The Indian troops broke down
ind rushed the gate and T entered with
cavalry and guns. I then sent other
eavalry and the Punjab Tnfantry to the
Temple of Heaven to seenre our left flank.
and campins ground, and with the other
corps pushed on towards tha legations.
"At 3 o'clock got on the canal opposite
tho water gate and were sicnalled from
the wall held by the legationers. I. with
a portion of the staff and seventy Indians.
rushed across the almost dry moat and
entered through the w^ter gate without
loss. We found all well in the legations.
MacDonald immodiatoly showed me around
the positions with tho view of further
aetion.
"In the meantime our field artillery had
been brought up to bombard the central
gate of the Tartar City. but a sortie by
the An ericans and Russians of the gar
rison along the wall anticipated the bom
bardment and the gate fel! into our hands.
"Two field guns were then bromrht into
tho legation and the rest sent back to the
Temnle of Heaven.
"At about five in the afternoon th?
Americans under Oeneral Chaffee entered
the logation and then we moved on to?
wards the central gate of the Tartar Citv
for the night.
"By nishtfall we bad four hundred
men in the legat'on. (Here. apparentlv.
some words are missing).
"During the ovoninjrat the Temple of
Heaven we were engaged and after in
flietinghcaw losses wo oecupied the south
gato of the Chinese city."
Approacries ro Palace Oomipiert.
(Copyright. 1900, bv the Associated Press.)
PEKIN, August 15.?(Via Che Foo, "Au?
gust 22.)?The Americans breached three
gates before the Imperial palace and occu
p:ed the approaches to the last wall.
Captain Hc-nry J. Reilly, Battery F. Fifth
United States Artillery," and iivo privates
wero killed, and sixtecn were wounded.
During ths afternoon the Americans re?
turned to camp, pending a conference be?
tween the generals. Thereupon the Rus
sians oecupied the approaches to the
palace.
Captain Reilly was stahdin? on th? wal1
and directing his batterv when aibullet
struck him in the mouth. kUUng him in
stantlv.
The batter:' hamnvred at the rates
until they fel!. in the meantime the in
fantry eleared the street and walls where
the Chinese soldiers with a fine cover,
stubbornly resisted. ' The iigbting was
close and sharp.
A French battery, "wWlP shPHiWfiF the.
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approaches to the Palace, narrowly
missed the Americans.
General Chaffee and Minister Conger
are conferring regarding the diplomatic
ieatures of the situation.
The privates killed in the fighting were
buricd in the grounds of the American
Legation in the evening.
STORMED EASTERN GATE.
Itussiaus Claini to Have Been First to
Enter Pekin.
(By Associated rress.)
ST. PETERSBURG, August "".-General
Linevich (commander of tho Russian troops
in the province of Pe Chi Li) telegraphs to
the Minister of War as follows:
"At 2 o'clock in the morning of August
14th our troops stormed tho eastern gate of
Pekin, and were the tirst to enter the city.
Tho Russian flag was the tirst hoisted on
the wail. Tho bombanln-ier.t of tha gate
lasted 14 hours. The Russians then scaled
and occupied the wali. The Chinese, how?
ever, stili held tho observatlon and other
towers, when they subjected our troops
to a heavy enfilading flre until our infantry
forced them to leavo their positions.
'?Our losses were: Killed, Colonel -Antln
koff and twenty men: wounded. General
Was.owski, Colonel Modi, and live other
officers and 102 men.
"In the meanwhile the allied troops
stormed and captured another gate ar.d
entered the city.
"We found the Imperlal Government had
fled, and tha: the legationers were in
irreat straits."
?. Tha dispatch concludes with descrlbmg
the recent attacks on tho iegations. During
tlie siege the inmates of the Russians iega
tion had five men killed and twenty wound?
ed.
PEITANG CATHEDRAL.
Its Heroic Defciulers Relievcd bytlic
IJritisii and Japanese.
(By Associated Press..
PEKIN, August 10.?The Pei Tang
cathedral, north of the city, which was
garrisonedby thirty French and ten Itahan
blue-jacket3 and which had no com?
munication with the other foreigners dur?
ing tho progress of the siege, has been re?
lievcd by the Japancse and British.
The defense of this church was most
heroic. The combind force.s are now post
ing ser.tiies in tho palace buildings to pre
vent looting and destruction.
The whereabouts of the Dmpress
Dowager is not known to the allies.
SOIWE UNEASINESS.
Fear Allies' Comniui?"cnt'oi:s Have
Been Cnt By Chinese.
(By Associated Press.)
LOXDOX. August 23.?The Foreign Ccn
suls at Shanghai, not tia\ing received any
thing from Pekin later than August lTth,
fear the Chinese troops are operating aion
the rear of the allies, cutting off their
communication.
The blockacte of press me.-sages at the
Che Foo telegraph office continues, but
these in no way interfere with official
dispatches which are put ahead.
A belated dispatch from Pekin, dated
August 14ih, says Sir Claude MacDonald,
the British ilinister, is ill.
The atte'mpted uprisirig at Hankow is
causing uneasiness. In all, tweniy-seven
warships have 'assembled at Shanghai
and Woo Sung,' their crews numbering
about seven thousand men.
The German Government's reply to LI
Hung Chang's peace negotiition proposi
tion; is that, "owing to the lack of ahy
properly accredited authority on the Chi?
nese side," the German Government can
not enter into negotiations.
Uprising. AUempted at Hankow.
(By Associated Press.)
PARTS, August 23.?The French Consul
at Hankow wires that an attempt at an
u;,rising occurred during the nig.^t of Au?
gust 21st. A band of Chinese tried to set
nre to a house adjeining the customs
bank, which is adjacent to the British con
cession, with the object of piliaging the
bank and burning the Eurcpean quarters.
The Viceroy. however, took immediate
st-:ps and arrested the ring-leaders, seiz
ing at the same time arms and documents
demonstrating the existence of a secret
society and an organized plot. Two of the
leading culprits were decapitated, their
heads being subsequently exhibited in the
centre of the Cainese town. Twenty others
were imprisoned.
More trouble is feared when the flight
of the Emperor to the west, if true, be
comes known.
Hankow is situated on the River Han,
at the point where it enters the Yangtse.
[PEKIN CLEARED OF ENEMY.
-
The City Has Heen Oiviileil Into Dis- !
triets tor Prescrvatioiiof.Orcler.
(By Associated rress.)
WASHINGTON, August 23.?The Jap?
anese legation to-day received the follow
in* aavices from the Foreign Office ut
Tokio, dated August 23d:
"The Commander of the Japanese fieet
at Taku transmitted by telegraph on the
21st the following report from Pekin:
" 'Japanese regiment, which hadjaeen
detailed early on the 15th for the purpose
of protectlng tha :Imperi2l Palaca, had
>.nrd p?ht!n<: a'.l day, but they could not
bring lt to a <.__s"ve issne. a3 they re
fral.ied from fir.ng on tha Palace. On the
following day, however, they took its
principui gate, and now the city is almost
entirely cleared of the enemy.
" 'The Imperlal family and the Ministers
Qf Stftte left lor 5ian fty-. or si* 4ays *"g->?.
escorted by 3,000 troops under Tung Fun
Shiang. ..
" 'With the object of restoring order. mt
city has been divided into districts. Japan
being assigned the northern half; and
Japan. the United States. Great Bntatn.
Russia and France have each deputed a
ofiicer to carry on the administration.
" 'Prince Tuan's residence has been
burned down by the Japanese. The
Japanese naval detachment. which guard
ed the .Japanese legation, lost during the
siege tive killed and eight wounded.
"The Japanse forces, which now oc
cupv the Imperial Palace, have rescued
foreign and r.utlve Christians from their
continement.'*
The Che Foo Cahle.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHIXGTOX. August 23.?Some time
ago it was announced that this Govern?
ment would co-operate with other Govem?
ments ln the construction of a cable line
from Che Foo to Taku. and also of a
cable from Shanghai to Che Foo. The
sum of $150,000 was set apart for that pur
post. The changed conditions in Chin i
and the fact that the land line from Che
Foo to Shanghai is in operation. as well
as a cable from Che Foo to Taku, has
made this expediture unnecessary.
Major Schriven was to-day cabled author
ity for maintaining the line from Che
Foo to Taku, and a sum of money has
been cabled him for this purpose.
BEFORE HISSPEECH.
Preparing for Iinpromtu After Din
ne-i- Kcriiarks Wtisa XiyingOriloHl.
(He takes his piace at the table ar.d
steals a glaneo at tiie toast list.)
-?Third from the last speLike-r, and a
12-course dinner to be lived through tirst.
Great Caesari AVell?muybe I"il die before
we get to it. Hope so, I'm sure. ?
??Eiegant oysters, but no taste to 'em.
Perhaps it's my tongue; it feeis sort ot
biurred.
??Soup iooks all right, but I don"t seem
to notice it as it goes down.
" 'Ladies and Gentlemen'?r.o, no? l mean
?'Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen.' Won?
der if 1 louk pale. Feei pale. I'm sure.
Giad I got a lishbone ia my throat just
then. lt changed the curreat of my
thoughts for a time and eased up some of
the pressure on my brain. TU-sides, it
headed off the man on my left from ask
ing mo questions which I haven't mind
enough to spare to answer. There" s a lit?
tle story which comes to my mind as I
rise to address yuu.' By the Lord Harry,
how did that story brgin? Suppose it
. shouldn't come to my mind?
I "ls this game? Shouldn't know it from
i cheken feed. Am I eating like a ctvtitzed
being or am I ramming il down the way 1
used to do when 1 knew a thrashing was
? faiting tor me after dinner? Wlsh tnat
t idiot across the tabie wouldn't look at the
parting of my hair'so often. Wonuer u I
< -ot it cruoked af'.er all?
i "Used the wrong fork for my oysters,
it b-eomes evident. Got to use oyster
fork new for the roast. Glrd my wite
isn"t h re; g!ad I've got one thing left to
! be glad for. 'There can oe no question
that the issues which are involved in thrs
matter of-' That's not right. 'There can
"oe no issue invoived'in this qu=stion wh:ch
is not?' By jove, but this room is in
l'e'-nally hot! 'There can be no question
involved in this issue? "O. which way does
this cbnfounded thing ga?
??While 1 eat this salad I'm going to
think this thing out calmly. I c- rtainly
know this speeeh by heart; I've gone t>
bed and got up with it too long to forget
it now. Mhere's no use in my getting
rattled. 'There can be no qu stion that
this n ttter involves issues?" Confound
it why can't that mart let mc alone? He
may have nothing to do but eat his dinner
and ask fool questions of mtn who have
son-.c-thing orr their minas.
"By jcve. we'te getting pretty well
through! My mouth is as dry as saw
dust,= nothing seems to moisten =t u?.
Never kr.ev; I had palnitation of th--'
heart?but I got it now. sure. I'll see the
do^ror in the morning if I'm alive?which
I doubt.
"Guess I wont's smoke; don't think l
could hold my hand steady to light up.
I'll have to take out more insurance if
I've got heart disease?if I can get any
company to take that risk.
"Greiu heavens! we've got to the
toasts. First man looks as calm as mud.
Wish I could just look that way, whether
I said much of anything or not. But I
don't. I look all colors?blue. just now,
I think.
"Second man up! Three more before me.
Wish I could go home. Afraid I forgot
to appiaud Xo. 1. Must remember this
time.
"Two more! If my knees shuke like
this I can't stand on my legs. that's all.
I see my finish; I shall fall over and be
carried out, and that'll be the best thing
that could happen?so long as nobody gets
jan to it. One more! George Thompson.
when that man sits down yau've got to get
up. O, why can't I go home? I've had
enough of this. I believe I'll?I'll run
away?XOW.
"Ht's getting through! The questions
Involved in this issue?' 'The issues in?
volved in this question?Ladies, and?Mr.
Toastmaster and Gentlemen. As I rise
to adress you?as I rise to address you.
a little story comes to my mind'?My
mind! It's a porfact black?absalute. IIe'<s
sitting cViwn! O I v hh I were being
bansred?I do. I do' '.Mr Toasmaster and
Ladies'?or being shot for a deserte". or
being wrecked on a barren Island. Xow,
it's COME! He's calllng on ME! They're
looking at me! I know my necktie's un?
der one ear? I know it?but I can't help
ifc now; Jt'a too late?everytalns's too late. ,
Here I gt?, SPEAK, George Thompsott!
SP-3AJC, you fooll"
(Aloud): "Mr Toastmaster?L?I?and
Gentiemen?."?Grace 8. Richmond, ia
Truth.
CLOSE DEADLOCK
AT NEWPORT NEWS
(Continued from First Page.)
in no names for commltteemen. At 1:1.1
the convention adjourned to 3 P. M.
The mention of the n imes or' Bryan
and Stevenson provoked immense ap
plause.
The Committee on Pennanent Organ za
tion named Dr. G. W. But:. of N tn
mond. for chairman and C. U. Ruth, ot
Newport News, for secretary.
The Vieimese Dojj Tax.
The munlcipality of VIenna has some
3'>,000 of numbered medallions in store.
and the total income accrulns from the
same amounts to ?6">,"HM". As each mark
costs ?".', :;_.(."<> dogs pay this tax in the
year. The Governm :nt takes Us clip
pings and the- residue e;o.'- u> the uoor.
But law and fashion in Vienna .. ? ??.- the
citizen to choose his number, if thal :-.? ?? -
ber i.s free, and of course some ctphei ?
are the favorites?13 is avotded an I No. 1
is in fierce demand. It Es ceneratly be
spoken years before tiie death of ihe
happy hound?or his master,
Other numbcrs eoincide with ho
dates, regiments, the age '?:?:. tailoi
bill, etc, and would fetch a prici
from wealthy purchasers :; th< - -r...
so allowed, and it i. .-...-: : thal
pobr-box should be enri ?? . i tn -
change. One pooular Ffofrath has :?..?
nu'mbers, one lor his own ?:?:..- and one
for his wil'e's. The tirst numb< . h- h ? ??
un lease; it remains tlxed at ? ???. th< otli i
ls considerably ln advance, and chang'
with the year. The rir.-t he gives as : -
own ase and the second as his ...
and, to the indignation of the lady,
latter is true-.
PRESIDENTSAND CONGRESS.
Only Once Has tbe President Faile
ti> Have a .Mjij.u-ity of di>- Honsc.
<>;???? -i.-11 DtspaEct) !.. The XIme?.)
WASHINGTON, Angust 23".?It Is inter
esting t-> observe that only once since the
war has the succcssful candkl ite for Presi?
dent failed to carry with him a majoritj
ot the House. pledged to support his poli
Cies. This exception oc nrred in the <*?;??
tlon ot IS76, when the Republicans elected
E"resident Hayes, but the Democrats car?
ried the House.
Beginning with General Granfs election
in i-?? . the Forty-tlrst Congress stood
seventy-three Democrats and one hundred
md seventy Republicans, ansl the Republi?
cans had a proportfonate majority in the
Senate, or sIxtj*-on
witn twi
vacancies. Grant's re-election In 1ST2
Four years afl r. Harrison was Inaugn
rated ar.d the country gave him a Rennh
liean House and >:::???. Tn the 'uri-r
braneh of the Fifty-ffrst '"-onsros.? the Re?
publicans had one hundred and seventy
three seats and the *?Jmocr.irs nnc hun?
dred and ilftv-siv. with one fndependent.
The Senate stood forty-seven Republicans
to thirty-seven Democrats:
Cleveland carried the; election in 1W2
and with it the Jloose and Senate. th*
former standins two hnndre<I and tweniv
Democrats. one hundred ?ml tT^nty-et-rhr
Republicans and eitthf Pp^-tTifitja. Tho
Senate iw m'-fl" ""? of '"rty-four Demo?
crats. tbirty-elsrht Re"uVp<\nK. on-1 Tnde
nen<Vnt. one F*?rmer5" A'lianco and on^
PonuHst. wirh three \">r->ncf<*?.
?McKinley and ?hc Fiftv-f-'tb Constress
were elected slmultaneously. the-Democrat
having lost both br.-inche* pf Congress. as
well as the exeeutlve. The Senato stood
thirty-four Democrats. forty-four Renub'd
ems. five Fooulfsts. six Silver Rpoublicans
and nno Indeiv?ridenr" nnd ths> House two
hundred and thr<v-> Kepublfcans. on? hun
cl-js;- nnA fct-fenr-r-oh^ T5srnde,-?t-?. twent-*
-._?. r">-\'i?"?'? ?"?r?? Sl've- and fo_r Inde
p?ndents. with five vacancies.
Fair Painter?T hone you don't mind my
sketchlng in your f.eld?
Farmer?Lord, no. cis&ie! Tou keeo the
birds off the peaa bett^r_a?' or4i-jan_
gcare-cro-^?TiUBltj. " -\--_<