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£ ^ iifi THE AGE*HERALD. Ir| j ■ ■ a uso.ul sp. akluy-tubs—It rcaehesall j • •^m—” H w j Ajjp THURSDAY; LIGHT SOUTHERLY ) j the people t vei j day In the year. j j WINDS. j VOL. XXVII._BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900_NUMBER 58 WASHINGTON ANXIOUSLY AWAITS WORD FROM GENERAL CHAFFEE He Must be Somewhere Near Pekin. MESSAGE FROM CONGER Department Refuses to Make Public the Contents. OFFICIALS MUCH MORE HOPEFUL Advanoe Upon Pekin Leaves Much Still To Be Accomplished-The Great Walls Will Cause Allies Much Trouble Washington, Aug. 14.—At the close of the official day at the state department, the following was bulletined: “The department of state announced that a message from Minister Conger has been received, but of uncertain date, but not in reply to the telegram sent him on August 8. It will not be made public.” This came at the conclusion of a period of intense expectancy, and yet one devoid of any actual developments save In the forego ing meagre announcement. Minister Con ger’s message was received in Washington shortly before noon, coming first to the Chi nese legation by the usual route through Chinese officials. It was In the American cipher without date, and signed with the minister’s name, it was at once transmitted to the state deparment and conferences be gan between Acting Secretary Adee and Secretary Root. inrougnout tne afternoon, nowever, tne state department maintained an unaccount able reticence concerning the subject, de clining to admit that the message was in hand. The suspense was cleared up at 4 o’clock by the above announcement. It was stated authoratively that while the message was of a confidential character, and for that reason could not and would not be given, but yet as a means of allaying pos sible misinterpretation, it could be said that the dispatch showed neither a better nor a worse condition on the part of the lega tioners at Pekin. It did not indicate wheth er Minister Conger has or has not received any messages from this government. Noth ing was contained in the message which will cause any change in the instructions to General Chaffee. In fact, it was stated that the only additional instructions sent to General Chaffee since he left Washing ton were those of a more explicit nature Which the department in China and the information received by the w’ar depart ment necessitated. Word Anxiously Awaited All day word was anxioOusly awaited from General Chaffee as to the development of the military situation near Pekin, but not a word came, nor did Admiral Remey send anything on the situation. The last from General Chaffee came Irom Ho Si \Vu, and, according to calculations, he must now be very near Pekin. The offi cials are taking into account that an ad vance to Pekin leaves much still to be accomplished. It was stated today by an oiiicial who has lived at Pekin that noth ing short of the heaviest artillery could make any impression upon the walls of the Imperial City. The walls are 50 feet high and wide enough on top for two coaches to pass abreast. From an offensive standpoint the walls afford opportunity for planting guns, which from a defensive standpoint they could not be reached ex cept by the use of very heavy projectiles. Although the situation admits of the pros pect of an assault upon Pekin, yet govern ment officials were decidedly more hopeful teday that a solution of the Chinese prob lem would be found without recourse to such heroic measures. The improved feel ing Is based largely on the belief that China, realizing that the sacred capital is to be besieged by the armies of the world, will yield everything and that the lega tloners will be delivered on the terms of the allies. Handling of British Troops The attitude of the United States con cerning the landing of British troops at Shanghai has been made known to the foreign governments through their repre sentatives here. This has had the effect Of practically eliminating the United States from the question. Neither the French government is disposed to accept Calmly the landing of British troops and it Is understood that strong representa tions from France and Germany are now being made at London. As summed up by a well Informed diplomat, these are that for every British Marine landed at Shang hai France and Germany also would land a marine. It Is felt, moreover, that the Issue involved relates not only to Shang hai, but virtually to the condition of the entire Yang Tse Ylang valley, known as the paradise of China. Foreign governments have manifested a desire also to learn the views of the United States concerning the Instructions of Rus sia to her Minister at Pekin, M. DeGlers. In response to inquiries here it has been made known that this government looks upon the course of Russia as substantial ly the same as that of the United States, and that the powers are therefore acting In substantial unanimity. HORRIBLE CRIME Man Kills His Wife, Son-in-Law and Himself Xenia, Ohio, Aug. 14.—A terrible crime was committed at Jamestown about 6 ■’clock this morning, when T. G. Blngamon killed his wife and son-in-law, James Brad ley, and then committed suicide. The trag edy was tfie result of famiiy troubles. There are no living witnesses, but It is thought Bradley Interfered during trouble betweeq Blngamon and his wife. Blngamon shot both of them and then shot himself through the heart. The parties are all prominent _,_i GENERAL ADNA R. CHAFFEE. Commander of the American Forces in China. Washington, August 14.—While the War Department has no specilic information as to the future movements of General Chaf fee, it is thought that he may have cov ered the twenty miles between Ho Si Wu and Tung Chow. The Pei-ho river makes a great bend between Ho Si Wu and Ma tow, the next town of importance on the road. It is a low, marshy country, where the river doubles back on itself in its ef fort to get forward. The road here cuts across the country, reducing about twenty five miles of boat travel to eleven miles of deep and almost impassable road jour ney through swam> and quagmires. Thi. country presents no defensive features, but about eight miles beyond Matow comes the important city of Ching Chal Wan. This is a strong defensive.point, where the Cninese will make a stand, if they make 1*. at all this side of Pekin. From Ching Chai Wan it is practically all a continuous city for the next three miles until the walled town of Tung Chow Is reached. Here are stored the immense supplies of grain on which Pekin would depend in ease of siege. The city would be about as hard to carry as was Tien Tsin, probably more so, owing to the num ber of streets and houses outside of the walls, where, in case of determined re sistance, mines and ambuscades of all sorts would naturally’ be encountered at every street corner. In case a determined stand is made by the Chinese at this point, there is no question that the international column will for all the reserve force it can com mand. But the officials here are very much in hope that China will come to rea sonable terms before , our forces are com mitted to the extremity of forcing this key to the gates of Pekin. VARIOUS REPORTS London Has Several Accounts of the Allies’ Advance London, August 15.—(4 a. m.)—The only news which takes the advance upon Pekin further than Ho Si Wu comes from Paris. The London morning papers contain noth ing to confirm the French report that the allies are within sixteen miles of Pekin, although a Che Foo dispatch is printed saying that they were within twenty-sev en miles of the goal on Sunday. Confirming the report of the arrival of the international forces at Ho Si Wu the Daily Mail correspondent says: “The Chinese offer little real opposition. The arrival of the allies frustrated a de termined attempt to advert the course of the river. The heat is intense, but the health of the troops is good." A St. Petersburg special says: “The latest news from General Linevitch, commanding the Russian troops in the province of Pe Chi Li, is that the allies, after the capture of Yang Tsun took one day’s rest, and then, on August 7, a van guard was formed, consisting of one Sibe rian Regiment, one Regiment of Bothnia Cossacks three Battalions of Japanese In fantry, one Japanese sapper company and an American mounted battery. “In spite of the condition of the road, this column proceeded by forced march about eleven and one-half miles toward Pekin, en countering at Nan Tsai Tung, about 48 miles from the capital, a Chinese detach ment, which fought for an hour and a half. Finally the Chinese threw down their arms and fled in a panic. “When the news was sent back, all the allies started forward in three columns, with Cossacks in front and on the flanks.” A Port Arthur special announces that women and children have been officially notified to leave that place. The Chinese Minister in London, Sir Chic Chen Lofeng Luh, is quoted as saying that he hoped and believed that peace would be established between China and the powers within th next kIx weeks. Yesterday he transmitted to the British Foreign Office another message from the British Minister at Pekin, Sir Claude Mac Donald, the contents of which the officials have thus far refused to make public. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says the German Government has ordered two cruisers to Shanghai, and that another is on the way, while a fourth is already there. “The German Government,” he remarks, “is evidently determined that England shall not have a free hand in that region.” The Standard, after expressing the opin ion that there is increasing ground to hope that the Ministers will be rescued by the arrival of the allies at Pekin tomorrow (Thursday), if the initial rate of progress is maintained, goes on *o deal with what will follow' the rescue, and says it may be taken for granted that the policy attrib uted to the Washington Cabinet represents the absolute minimum of the demands of the combined powers. PRAISE FOR THE JAPANESE They Bore the Brunt of the Fighting at Piets ang (Copyrighted, 1900, by the Associated Press.) Shanghai, Monday, August 13.—The fol lowing dispatch has been received from the Asociated Press correspondent with the al- j lied forces, dated Pcitsang, August 5, and ; forwarded by mail to Che Foo and Shang hai: The glory of the day’s fighting belongs to the Japanese. They did all the hardest fighting. The Americans were in res. ve and had no casualties. The Japanese ad vancing across the plain had no shelter, and flanked the Chinese from their strong mud walls and trenches, extending five miles. The feature of the battle was the 1 magnificent cavalry charge, w'hich resulted in the capture of 10 field guns. The Chi- I nese retreat was orderly and they left but ' few dead on the field. The correspondent of the Associated Press counted 200 dead or wounded Japanese. The British loss was two men killed and few wounded. The British naval brigade guns and two i big Russian guns silenced the Chinese guns, j The Russians found the plains east of the 1 river flooded and joined the main army west of It. Every vehicle in Tien Tsin is pressed Into the transport service of the allies, including all wagons and rickshaws drawn by coolies. Numerous Reports from Pekin London, Aug. 14.—A special dispatch from* J Shanghai, dated August 13, says numerous reports from Pekin, dated August 8, have arrived there, describing the situation at the Chinese capitol. It appears that Chinese are again desperately attacking the lega tions, which had very few’ defenders left. It is also alleged that Prince Tuan and a I hundred high officials have left Pekin, and that the news of the capture of Yang Tsun caused a heavy exodus of the residents. Finally, It is said that the execution of Cheng Yin Huan, the Cantonese, who was special ambassador of China to Queen Vic toria’s jubilee, has created widespread ter ror, and it is believed that Yu Lu, the for mer viceroy of Chi Li, w’as killed in bat tle at Yang Tsun. EX-SENATOR INGALL ILL His Condition is Said to be Very Critical East Las Vegas, N. M., August 14.—Ei Senator Ingalls, who has been here several months for a throat trouble, Is in a very serious condition. As soon as his sons ar rive here he will return to Atchison. H® says he feels able to travel, although he is very thin and w’eak. National Party Convention Holds First Session. OPPOSE BOTH OLD PARTIES Nash Says McKinley Went Back on His Promises, and He Don’t Like Bryan tor the Com pany He Keeps. Indianapolis, Ind., August 14.—'The first day’s session of the National or third party convention was devoted entirely to ad dresses, no formal action being taken be yond the appointment of a committee of three to confer with the anti-imperialists, whose convention opens tomorrow morn ing. The sentiment among the “idepend ents” was strong against the candidacies of both McKinley and Bryan, and seemed to indicate that a third ticket would be the Outcome of their convention, although there is also a desire to combine with the anti-imperialists if possible and there is scarcely a possibility of the anti-imper ialist* nominating a ticket. The convention of the “independents” was called to order in the Commercial Club rooms by Thomas M. Orborne of Au burn, N. Y. The number of delegates was net large, but enthusiasm was plentiful. Mr. Osborne said the committee calling the convention was appointed in New York in July. “We have chosen,” he said, “to be kno^n, temporarily at least, by the name of ifie National party. Both the old parties have grown corrupt and sellish. We are asked to compromise not only in mat ters of judgment but in matters Of con science. In place of Lincoln and Sumner and Chase we have McKinley and Platt and Hanna; in place of Tilden and Cleve land and Russell we have Bryan and Alt geld and Tillman. We favor a platform containing anti-imperialism, sound money and civil service reform. With much of the movement of the anti-imperialists or I “liberty congress” which meets here to morrow we are in sympathy, but at the same tlr-c we want It understood that we are entirely distinct and separate from them.” K*«r eh Wit<fc Temporary Chairman Louis R. Ehrich, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was presented as temporary chair man of the convention. E. V. Abbott, of New York, after being elected secretary, read the official call of the convention. A resolution was then adopted reciting that “among the anti-im periulists who meet here tomorrow there will be found many who seek not only to counteract the evils of the present admin istration, but also the evils produced in our public life by the press and candidates 1 of the Democratic party; therefore It is resolved that a committee of three be ap pointed to communicate with the Liberty Congress a statement of the purpose of this convention.” Prof. Francis Philip Nash, of Geneva, N. Y., brought forth the greatest enthusi asm of the session by a short address. “Four years ago,” he said, “the plat form of Bryan was more dangerous and the record of McKinley less objectionable. This year the candidates of both parties are morally ineligible. It is charged that Mr. Bryan procured the ratillcation of the treaty of Porto Rico with Spain simply for the purpose of embarrassing the adminis tration. If he did that, the only name that can properly be applied to him is the name of traitor. But we have too much belief in his high character and integrity to think that those were his motives. It may be that we object to Mr. Bryan chiefly on ac count of the company he keeps Crime of i.dtlnlry “Mr. McKinley, after telling the world what would be criminal aggression, pro ceeded himself to consunuite that crime. The President of the United States has robbed this people of their good name and their honorable standing among the na tions, yet we are told to re-elect him be cause we are told he will be more conserva tive his second term. We are told he keeps his ear to th ground and in that way learns the rightful policy. An ear turned to the ground Is deaf to the voice of the con science and the voice of God. • “As to the Vice Presidential candidates I have little to say. Of one of them I shall say nothing. As to the other, melodramatic hero, with the adhesive hat, many now refuse to thing of him or speak of him. A few years ago he promised much, but we who were his admirers are now disappoint ed and grieved at his actions. We owe these candidates to machine politics, and the voice of the bosses, and we will not have better things until the bosses and machine politics are terminated.” John Jay Chapman of New York, being called on for a speech, said that McKin ley would be re-elected because Bryan Is SENATOR PULLEY SAVES A NEGRO FROM BEING LYNCHED Chattanooga, Tenn., August 14. — A clal from Huntsville, Ala., to the Tiaos says: The negro carried from this place last, night to Lincoln, Tenn., by a determined mob of Lincoln County citizens was today carried before Mrs. Gillham and positively identified as her assailant. The negro per sisted in his former statements that ho was at work for State Senator Ed L. Pul ley, at his summer home on Monte Sano, on the day the crime is alleged to have been committed. The mob is composed of the best citizens of Lincoln County, and not wishing to punish any but the guilty party, they consented to await the arrival of Senator Pulley, by whom the negro pro posed to prove an alibi. ; Upon h!s arrival Mr. Pulley identified the negro as one who had worked for him on the day of the crime, and addressed a communication to Mrs. Gillham tending to show that the negro was at Monte Sano on that day. Mrs. Gillham then addressed a letter to the mob, in which she ex pressed some doubt as to Bibbs being the right man. This letter was read to them by her father. The husband of Mrs. Gill ham also counseled the mob to be careful and prudent. A committee was appointed to investigate the alibi proven, and the negro was placed in the Lincoln County Jail under promise of his captors that he Would be turned over to the people to be hanged if proven guilty. A delegation left I Fayetteville tonight for Huntsville to lu | vcstlgate the matter. C. P. HUNTINGTON DIES VERY SUDDENLY Great Railroad Magnate Breathes His His Last at - His Camp in Blue Mountain Region. yet tied up to things which the conscience of the country cannot support. At the conclusion of Mr. Chapman’s speech the convention adjourned subject to the call of the chairman, ft is not probable that they will be called together again un til the anti-imperialists have held their first session tomorrow. KRUGER STORY DENIED Consul Hollis Never Applied for Sanc tuary in Consulate "Washington, Aug. 14.—It is said at the state department that no formal applica tion ever has come from Consul Hollis for a sanctuary in the American consulate for President Kruger, and that the instruc tions sent to the consul to confine his en ergies to his consular duties was not a re sult of any discussion of an asylum for the Boer President, as the department was not aware that Mr. Hollis had visited the President. It is stated also in this connection that the right of asylum or sanctuary does not exist as to consulates, but Is purely a diplomatic immunity at a legation or other quarters occupied by a minister. It appears that some intimation on the subject reached the officials here, but it is said to huve been not such a formal application as would be requisite. Had formal application been made, it is stated, it w’ould have been passed on by the President. Decree in the Stevens Case New York, August 14.—Tn the ease of Mary P. Stevens and Frederick p. Stev ens, as executors of Robert S. Stevens, de ceased, and Henry D. Milick against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Com pany, Kansas City and Pacific Railroad Company,Southwestern Coal and Improve ment Company, and Henry W. Poor, a temporary injunction was granted In the United States circuit court today restrain- j lng the defendants from taking any fur- ' ther steps towards the scheme of consoli dation and also from calling in or exchang- : lng any stock of the Kansas City and Pa cific Railroad Company for common stock of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail road Company, or from removing from the jurisdiction of the court 25,000 shares of the j common stock of the Missouri, Kansas and I Texas Railroad Company. Strike spreading Marseilles, Aug. 14.—The strike of the | firemen of the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, which began here Sunday morn ing, is spreading, the number of strikers being already 500. Some 3,000 civilian trav elers are awaiting the departure of various vessels, as well a« G00 officers and troops of the Chinese expeditionary force. In spite of the strike, however, the French trans port Alexandre left at 3 o’clock this after noon for Algeria, where she will embark troops ordered to Taku. American JockeysV etorlous London, Aug. 14.—A the Red Car second summer meeting here today, the Red Car handicap plate was won by Sea Fog, rid den by “Skeets” Martin. The Warrenby plate was won by Clun, also ridden by Martin. The Felftham stakes at Kempton Park was won by the Sands colt, with J. Reiff in the saddle. Actress is Insane New’ York, August 14.—Mabel Burton, an actress who was taken to Bellevue Hos pital Sunday last fram the Presbyterian Hospital, after attempting to commit sui cide, was today adjudged insane, and will be sent to the asylum on Ward's Island. LOST WJEWELRY Miss Brady Put $5,000 Worth in Her Stocking—Found Stocking Empty. Paris, Texas, Aug. 14.—Miss Benedette Brady of San Antonio was robbed of jewel ry valued at $5,000 some time during last Saturday night or Sunday morning on Fris co passenger train No. 1, southbound on the way home from St. Louis. She left St. Louis Saturday evening, taking a sleeper. When she retired she tied all of her jewelry up In a handkerchief, dropped the jewelry In a stocking and says her Intention was to place it undeT the pillow, but that she may have put it in the upper berth with some other things. She got off at Rogers, Ark., for breakfast and discovered her loss after leaving Rogers. A search of the Pullman was made, and the empty stocking was found rammed down between the heating pipes and wall of the coach. Miss Brady got off the train at Fort Smith and returned to Rogers to see if she could obtain any trace of her missing jewelry, but failed. She arrived in Paris this morning and re ported her loss to the chief of police. She will remain here a day or two while the officers along the line are engaged in try ing to trace the jewelry. Among the stolen articles was a set of earrings valued at $2,500. Col. Hrmre’i Column Safe London, Aug. 15.—The Pretoria correspon dent of the Dally News, wiring yesterday, announces the safety of Colonel Hoare’s column, and the convoy reported to have been captured by the Boers at Elands river. Dealing with the British South African chartered company’s offer of farms In Rho I desla to colonial volunteers, the Morning Post maintains that although it is well meant, it Is a breach of courtesy to per | suade Canadians and Australians to desert their own countries In favor of South Af rica. i “In the Immediate past,” says the Morn ing Post, “we have so often slighted these great but sensitive English speaking na I tions that It will be well to avoid even the I appearance of such discourtesy." FROM HEART TROUBLE ^ Great Shock to the Financial World. APPARENTLY IN GOOD HEALTH Mr. Huntington Had Complained of No Illness, and His Death Was a Great Surprise-He Was Worth $50,000,000 Utica, N. Y., Aug. 14.—Collis P. Hunting ton, president of the Southern Pacific Rail road, died at Pine Knot Lodge, his camp in the Blue Mountain region, early this morning. Mr. Huntington went into the woods last Thursday afternoon and was in apparently excellent health. Friday and Saturday he was about his camp noting the progres of the improve ments which he has been carrying on this year. Sunday he remained at his lodge very luietly, receiving the calls of several of Ills friends from the neighboring camps. Yesterday he continued in good health and made no complaint of illness. He re tired last night at 11 o'clock apparently in the best of health and so far as can be as certained slept soundly, as no disturbance was heard from his room until a short tim& before his death.- Moans proceeding from Mr. Huntington's room aroused members of the household and they immediately went to his assistance. In about ten minutes he was dead. it is supposed Air. numingion s ueam was caused by heart trouble. A dispatch from London says the Prin cess Hatzfeldt, daughter of C. P. Hunt ington, was booked to sail for the United States on bourd the steamer Majestic on August lGth. Story of His Career For forty years C. P. Huntington—he is generally known by his initials, for he had a strange aversion to wrting his full name —has been extending his railroads, begin ning at the Central Pacitic In its infant stage and ending only at the complete sys tem which carries you across the Northern Rockies as easily as though you weie trav eling in a trolley in Hyde Park, and back through the tallest of the range in the same way. It is doubtful if, when In 1849, young Huntington started for the California gold country, he had any idea he would suc ceed. Only 28 years old, with a slender purse, ho started out to muke his fortune us his ancestor, Simon Huntington, had done 200 years before. Simon Huntington’s father died on the sea, but the lad came on here with his mother in 1641 to make a way in the new world. He married and had children, and these children distinguished themselves in 1776, one of them, the Hon. Samuel Hunting ton, being a member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. His grandson, William, born in 1784, was the father of C. P. Huntington; and so the young man who shouldered hla pick In 1849 and started out had 'a proud family history with which to sustain him* self In the trials and adversities to come. Ills First Start The lad, Huntington, was very engaging, and he formed the acquaintance of one Le land Stanford, a young fellow about his ' age. Leland Stanford knew a young man named Mark Hapkins, and Mark Hopklny was acquainted with an energetic fortune seeker named Crocker. The four, C. P. Huntington, Leland Stan ford, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker, trudged across country to California, and there talked of their hard Journey. They conceived the Idea of the Central Pacific, and they set to work to dig gold out of the ground with which to build a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific—a scheme which, In those days, was considered the wildest dream a vagrant fancy could con ceive. But the Central Pacific was conceived and built, and it made millions. Then the four partners, now rich beyond the dreams of Avarice, parted, Stanford to go to Washington, Huntington to Identify him self with St. Louis and New York, Hop kins to retire to his magnificent country home in the Berkshires and Charles Crock er to remain in California to Instruct his sons In the art of keeping a fortune to gether. Strange to say, none of the other of these men reared sons in finance. Mark Hopkins left only an adopted son, and Leland Stan ford, losing his lamented boy at the inter esting age of 16 years, left his money to the university named after him. Excess of money brings excess of trouble, and Mr. Huntington found that an active business life meant litigations, for his es tates had become so spread, and his In terest so great that disputes were Inev itable. In I860, In his 60th year, he removed to New York, and soon after built the mag nificent house on the corner of Fifth Av enue and Fifty-seventh Street, which, for strange reasons, he has occupied scarcely at all since It was built. -o LIFE OF HUNTINGTON His Boyhood Days Spent in Harwinton Peddled Tinware Harwinton, Conn., Aug. H.—The boyhood of Collls P. Huntington was spent In Har winton, Litchfield County, where he war born October 22, 1821, In an old-fashioned, dilapidated house In the Poverty Hill dis trict. The old house has been unoccupied for many years, and Is now In the las] stages of decay. His mother was a hari (Continued on Second PagaJ