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VOL. XXIII.—NO. 177. iiin SAYS HE HAS BE,t,N MISREPRE SENTED, IN THAT HE HAS MADE NO STATEMENTS TOO UM TO BE DEFMITE ACTION OF STATE CONVENTIONS WILL HAVE BEARING IPON THE PLATFORM PLANKS SECOND PLACE IS DISCUSSED Mr. Bryan Baya "Whoever Is Nomi nated Will Be in Accord With the Platform Adopted at Kansas City. LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 2, r ,.—W. J. Bryan jtturned at noon today from his "Wiscon sin fishing trip, and late visit at Chicago, di will remain in Lincoln until after the democratic national convention. He xiiil he had been placed in a wrong po lition by some one who had presumed ;o outline his plan of campaign, and dic tated tin following: "Any statements made by anybody in regard to campaign plans are without foundation or authority. No plans have been made by me, or any one for me, and no plans will be made until after the con vention has been held." Mr. Bryan was asked whether he could say anything in regard to the platform to be adopted at Kansas City. He replied: "No one, of course, can say what lan guage will be used in setting forth the party principles. But some idea can be obtained as to the general tenor of the platform from the platforms adopted in the state conventions. As a large majori ty of the delegates have been elected by conventions which reaffirm the Chicago platform it is safe to assume that the Kansas City platform will reaffirm the Chicago platform and will contain nothing which can be construed as a surrender or modification of the platform on the old Issues. "It is equally certain that there will be t strong plank against the trusts. There Is als 0 no doubt that the plank agninst imperialism will be clear and explicit. Militarism will be denounced, and Bym i for the Boers. This much Is evident from what has already taken place." VICE PRESIDENCY. "You have refused to discuss the vice presidency heretofore, Mr. Bryan. Is any truth in the rumors that a vice president will be chosen whose views on the money question will be attractive to those who opposed the ticket in 189©?" "It is true that I have refused to dis cuss the vice presid< ncy," replied Mr. Bryan, "and I don't care to do so now, further than to say that I assume that the candidate nominated for vice president will be in harmony with the platform. The vice president not only presides over the senate while the president is alive, but assumes the office of president in ca s e of the president's death, and it is hardly probable that delegtes to a national con vention would write a platform and then select for either place on the ticket a man who would repudiate the platform. No man worthy to be considered for such an office would accept a nomination upon a platform repugnant to his views on any important issue. In every campaign men support a ticket without approving all the platform, but no one can defend a plat form unless he believes in It. Many tariff reform and gold Democrats supported the Republican ticket four years ago, al though they dissented from the protection plank. But the Republican convention would not have nominated a tariff re former upon a protection platform. There is sometimes a joint debate between can didates or. opposing tickets, but not be tween candidates on the same ticket." OX A PROHIBITION PLATFOItM. Party Rearing That \nnie Will Make FlSTbt This Year. CHICAGO, June 25.—Sentiment among the delegates to the Prohibition national convention who are here today, apparent ly favored the nomination for president of John G. Wooley, of Chicago. The fight this year, it was stated, vrould be made on a straight Prohibition platform, even perhaps to the exclusion of all other na tional questions. Mr. Wooley is the chief advocate of this plan of campaign, and would not care to be nominated on a broader platform, taking in the tariff, ex pansion, money and other planks. For this reason, according to Chairman Stuart, of the national convention, and other Prohibition leaders, he is considered the most logical candidate for. the presi dency. Hale Johnson, of Newton, 111., and Dr. S. W. Swallow, of Pennsylvania, have many friends, however, and a brisk con test is expected before a nomination Is made. The nomination for the vice "presidency probably will be governed to a great ex tent by the balloting for president. Should a Western candidate for the presidency be selected, the vice presidential nomina tion, it is stated, will probably go to an Eastern man, with W. Smith, of Pough- COL. BRYfffS SPONSOR fl RODICHL LINCOLN, Neb.. June 23.—WiUia D. /^^T^-"^-^^ Oldham, deputy attorney general of Ne f~ v!|v braska, who has been chosen to present f if& William J. Bryan's name at the Demo i cratic national convention, is busily en- gaged in preparing his speech. His friends i <*«^ (^^^^^\ vSk-\ Bay il win be the best effort of nis life- if^^^Jffin) Mr' Oldham ls a native of West Vir- M l%^'; ginla> b°rn fortT-°ne >*ears a s°- Hls Pa [ *NM W^j4^/ rentS moved t0 Missouri when he was ~^\'.' vv^wßf young, and because of his residence there \ more than twenty years, he counts him- He received his education at the State yA "2??£i? ';s? bLI Normal school at Kirksville, Mo., studied Jt. SW\ '^sz&r Jh^V. law ' was de PutJ' superintendent of pub- S y(?\W \ 0^ jMll^feH^ llc instruction soon after reaching his ma i^*l ■ '' * itLlMLs'N&i!^ Jl'l^WM' Jorlty, dabbled in politics long before he y\\\\ llll/iffSi KS^^^mSSW\\\ could vote> anfl used t0 accompany Rich- H\y\VlfS^Sßt^MwMJ^\W^ ard p- Bland on speechmaking tours. \W\\\w|P*^^^^SKmß^«E From Me time of hls cfttry into Nebras \\\\\\/,Vr MmmSil^*W ka> ten >ears aso, Mr. Oldham hay been \v\/i\\l /tV&mSßf' a leadln S "Sure in the councils of the V• "lv A yfflßMtMkwM lh r" )cratic Party- He sained a reputation /fflMmffmniiw as "n oralor ln a speech advocating- silver v\\^ iS/^P^^Bfiulll" at a Pemocratic conference held in Omaha _.....„ _ __„,„ - • seven >'ears a S°- and since then has aI iWJ-L^ib v. OLDHAM, ■ 1 ways been in demand as a campaigner. itye M. faui $ lobe keepsie, N. V., being the most prominent ly mentioned. If an Eastern man is nomi nated Rev. E. L. Eaton, of Dcs Moines, or Prof. T. McWhirter, of Minneapolis, who Is also spoken of for permanent Chairman of the convention, may be nom inated for vice president. Neither the temporary nor the perma nent chairman of the convention has yet been decided upon. The national commit tee will meet tomorrow night to hear the report of the national treasurer and the national chairman, Oliver Stuart, concern ing the work of the past six months, and at that time the temporary chairman will be named. The most prominent candi dates are Maj. Elliott, of Stockton, Cal., and A. G. Wolfenbarger, of Lincoln, Neb. The report of the treasurer will, it is stated, show a larger balance in the treas ury than at any previous meeting of the national committee, and the party will en ter the campaign better equipped finan cially to make a fight for their principles than ever before. For permanent chairman, Prof. Mc- Whirter and Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, seem to be most favored, but this ques tion will not be decided upon until after the convention has been called to order. National Chairman Stuart said today that the platform this year will have little to say on any question other than that of he liquor traffic. "The platform," said Mr. Stuart, is not going to make any declaration on the tariff, on money or on expansion, except perhaps to point out that the prohibition question is greater than all of these. There may, however, be a suffrage plank. An Initiative and referendum plank may s.iso be proposed, but it is doubtful if it will be inserted." MOMENTOUS QUESTION. W. Bourlte Cnckran Addresses a Yale Law School. NEW HAVEN 1, Conn., June 25.— W. Bourke Cockran addressed the graduate class at the Yale law school this after noon. He said the young men were en tering their profession on the eve of the most momentous decision ever Riven by a courc, referring to the pending question before the supreme court of the United States on the constitutional aspect of ac quired territories. •'Should the supreme court decide that the constitution applies to newly acquired islands, and that their products and their people have free access to our shores, to our ports and to our marts of trade, both political parties will be as earnest in their desire to be rid of one of them as one party already seems to be," said Mr. Cockran. "The United States' right to take terri tory is not disputed. The annexation of Canada is a wish of many Americans. The annexation of Mexico is not an im probability, nor the taking in of South America an impossibility. Nor Is the annexation of part of China today quite so fanciful as it was three years ago. The annexation of the Philippines would not have been considered. It is not im possible that twelve months hence the annexation of a part of the wall of China may be a burning political question. If, on the other hand, the supreme court should hold that the constitution of the United States does not hold, then, too, the consequences axe momentous. A gov ernment's policy can be changed, but the decree of a court stands irrevocable. "What might be the status of the presi dent in any country in which congress may set up the government? The pres ident might, it is quite conceivable, be come ;i republican magistrate only in the original republic and his status range from that, in the dependencies, to a des potic military rulur. In fact, the presi dent might remove the capital from within and set it up without the bounda ries of the constitution which created it. It could levy taxes not for the benefit of the governed, but for the benefit of the governors. These are consequences which might flow from a decision of the court. You can now measure for yourselves the magnitude of the question which the court can decide by its declaration." MAY FAVOR HILL. Arkansas Democrats to Urge His Name for Second Place. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 25.-An ef fort will be made in th.c Democratic state convention tomorrow to instruct for D. B. Hill, of New York, for vice president. Chairman Jones, of the na tional committee, is a delegate to the convention, and he probably will favor an uninstructed delegation on the vice presidential question. Attorney General Jeff Davis will be nominated for gov ernor by acclamation, and will also be sent to the Kansas City convention as a delegate at large. The most interesting contest expected to come before the Democratic stqte con vention was settled this afternoon, when Congressman Mcßea announced that he would not be a candidate to succeed him self as national committeeman, thus giv ing a clear field to ex-Gov. James P. Clarke. This is consideied a defeat for Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee, who fa vored Mcßae. Clarke is generally un derstood to be a candidate for United States senator two years hence against Senator Jones. Delegate Charles J. Parker, of Ouaehlta county, who is promoting the movement to instruct for David B. Hill for vice president, is confident the convention will adopt a Hill resolution. The convention will instruct for Bryan for president, and the indications tonight fire that the Parker resolution will be adopted despite the strong opposition of several party leaders. DANGERS OF THE REPUBLIC. St. Clair McKelwn.y Points Them Out in Detail. ALBANY, N. V., June 25.-Speaking to night at the thirty-eighth university con vocation of the state of- New York, Re tent St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, said: "Sometimes the republic seems to be Continued on Third Page. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1900. ft IMB BUT HE ADMITS HAVING MLTILATED REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, EXON ERATING MR. QLIGG CBAIGED WORD SICAIAGUAN MADE IT READ ISTHMIAN CANAL, AND DOES NOT REGRET HAV ING DONE SO MR. -QTTIGG IS ARRAIGNED Gem. Grosvenor Stirs lp the Repub lican Family Quarrel, and Says Platform Will Not Be Relied I'pon, CHICAGO, June 25.-M. B. Madden, of Chicago, who was a member of the com mittee on resolutions at the Philadelphia convention, said today that is was ho, and not Lemuel Quigg, who substituted the word "isthmian" for the word "Nic araguan" in the national platform. Mr. Madden frankly admits that he alone is responsible for the change in the canal plank, and does so in justice to Mr. Quigg, another .member of the commit tee, who has been charged with elimin ating the specific term "Nicaraguan." ARRAIGNS MR. QUIGG. WASHINGTON, June 25.—The Post will tomorrow print an authorized statement from Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, in reply to the statement by Mr. Quigg. the Now York member of the resolutions Teddy—Want me to help yon through, Mac? W ell, hang on! committee of the Republican national convention, denying certain allegations of Mr. Grosvenor of mutilating the Republican platform by Mr. Quigg. T#3 Cirosvenor statement is as follows: "I have read Mr. Quigg's statement. I have in my hand the original document which was handed over to him with cer tain interlineations of no very import ance, but which require the redrafting of one entire page and part of another. Otherwise it was the platform agreed upon by the committee and the subcom mittee, and no man connected with the transaction will put his name to any statement contradicting mine. It is in my possession, having been handed to me by Senator Foraker after he recover ed it from Mr. Quigg the day following the action of the convention on the plat form. It contains interlineations in the handwriting of Senator Foraker and oth ers. Jt contains the extract from the message of the president of the United States proclaiming the policy of the Re publican party in the matter of the gov ernment of the islands. It contains a plank distinctly proclaiming the policy of the Republican party in the matter of legislation in reference to our island possessions in the words I gave in my letter to the New York Journal. It con tains a direct approval of the policy of legislation for the merchant marine of the country, all of which Is omitted from Mr. Quiggs' platform. "I had this document when I made the statement to the New York Journal, and I had the positive evidence of the truth of every statement 1 made, and any one so desiring can come to me and examine the documentary evidence to which I have referred, which will convince any man of the truth of my statement. "I have read the statement of Senator Fairbanks, which does not say anything. It is not a question of whether he ap proved of the change of the platform or not; it is a question of "whether or not the revision which Mr. Quigg calls the rewriting of the platform by him chang ed the whole character of the document. I refer to one single statement of Mr. Quigg, and that was that the platform was considered to be too long. The plat form as handed over to Mr. Quigg con tained 2,000 words, the platform adopted as ■written by Mr. Quigg contains 2,343 words. "I shall have nothing more to say about this matter. The document is in my possession at this date, and will be re tained by me until I can return it, ac cording to my promise, to Senator For aker. The Republican party wiH not be seriously affected by the matter, for the reason that we have the two great speeches delivered in the convention, and will have the letter of the president ac cepting the nomination. "Mr. Quigg's statements in regard to myself are matters of the slightest im portance to me, and the controversy ends right here and now." AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN*. Got. Roosevelt Will Journey to Oklahoma City. CHICAGO, June 25.—Gov. Theodore Roosevelt will leave New York city next Friday for Chicago, arriving in this city Saturday, and leaving the same night for Oklahoma City, where he will attend the the reunion of his old regiment—the rough riders. He will not come West as the Re publican vice presidential candidate, but as a private citizen, glad to meet his sol dier comrades again and be welcomed by ! them. On arriving in Chicago he will be come the guest of Paul Morton, second vice president of the Santa Fe road, In whose private car he will make the jour ney to Oklahoma. A year ago t when Gov. Roosevelt at- tended the rough riders' reunion at Las Vegas, Mr. Morton placed his private car at his service, and the same was accepted. On the homeward journey from Las Vegas Mr. Morton proffered the car for use again this year, and the governor accepted the tender. His presence in Chicago is therefore in keeping with his promise given in June, 1899. Mr. Morton said yes terday: "I have a telegram from Gov. Roose velt, in which he says thai he is certainly going to Oklahoma City, but desires it thoroughly understood that he is not making a political trip, and that any speechmaking demanded of him will be responded to only In the character of a private citizen. I presume he does not propose to talk polities Until after he has been officially notified of his nomination for the vice presidency. We shall leave here on Saturday for Oklahoma, where the rough riders will be the entertain ers." The stay of Gov. Roosevelt in Chicago will be very brief. ANOTHER ADMISSION. Mr. GalUnger Talks of the Platform Tinkering. CONCORD, N. H., June 25.—Senator Gallinger, a member of the subcommit tee on platform of the Philadelphia convention, said Postmaster General Smith's "draft of a platform" was sub mitted to the convention by Senator For aker. "When the draft was read to the com mittee objection was made by several members that it was in the nature of a political essay rather than an incisive declaration of principles, and after some discussion, a subcommittee was appoint ed, of which I was a member. As to the canal proposition, I cannot now re call the words used in the original draft made by Postmaster General Smith and submitted to us by Senator Foraker. There was a very little discussion over the plank. I recall very distinctly that several members of te committee sug gested that the phrase 'isthmian* was preferable to 'Nicaragua' *nd to this proposition there was no opposition." THEY'RE OFF! CHINA'S REQUEST FOR jj ARMISTICE REFUSED. WASHINGTON, June 25.—The chief development today In i the Chinese situation was the effort of the Chinese minister, Wu ! Ting Fang, to secure an armistice in the operation of American !' troops until Li Hung Chang could reach Tekfn and bring about !' a cessation of the disorder. The proposition im rather a novel j one, and is based upon the representations of the viceroys of \> the important provinces of the Yang-Tse-Klang valley that they j can maintain order without the aid of foreign troops, and that the presence of the foreigners would act merely as an incentive to disorder. Minister Wu brought these representations to the ]! attention of Secretary Hay, who consulted the president. The j! tatter's decision, as subsequently conveyed to the minister, was *'< that while th 3 assurances of the viceroys for continued quiet were '! fully appreciated, the United States could not bind Itself not to '! ) send its forces to points where disorder actually existed, and '', ) where the safety of our officials and citizens was endangered. } Technically speaking, in the absence of a state of war, there was ? not a proposition of armistice, but high government officials said || . it amounted practically to an offer of armistice, and a refusal on the part of the United States to make the arrangement. Secretary Long said at 4 p. m., when he left the navy de partment for the day, that nothing had come from Admiral Kempff on the casualties of the first engagement of the Amer ican marines with the Chinese, or on the outcome of the second engagement, which was to have occurred yesterday or Saturday. The only dispatch received by the secretary was a belated one from Admiral. Kempff, asking for instructions as to whether he should co-operate with the other naval forces in taking the Taku !' forts. This must have been sent some days ago as the Taku ]' < forts were taken the middle of last week. Under the clrcum- ]• I stances there was no occasion for answering the admiral's re- ! < quest, as he had already been advised of the general purpose of < this government to act concurrently with the other powers in I the protection of American interests. GERMAN BONDS OFFERED IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 25.—Efforts to sell In this city government ancl municipal bondj of Germany attracted attention in finan cial circles today. The' offers included $250,000 3 per cent Imperial German loai; of Kfi6, at BS*4 and interesc; a like amount of Graiid Duchy ci! JJesse Germany, 3^ per cent loan of 1899, due 190&, at t»4 and interest, $125,000, City of Mnnneheini, Ger many, 4 per cent loan of IK'S, due law, at BITLLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. Paul: Showers. I—lnterview Wltli Bryan. Republican Platform Tangle. Madden Edited Document. Chinese Kill Many Russians. S—Police Commission Meets. State and Local Politic*. Marriage on the Midway. 3—Minneapolis Matters. Northwest Newu. Double Drownlnv at St. Cloud. South African Situation. 4—Editorial Page. Gen. Grosvenor** Sensation. S—Sporting Newt*. Results of Base Ball (.Mines. Southern Railway Wreck. Big Spanish Swindle. o—News of the Railroads. < In the Local Courts. Thompson In Acquitted. Popular Wants. '7—Markets of the World. Chicago July Wheat, S6c. Bar Silver, OO 3-40. Stocks Active; Professional. United State* Imports. B—ln the Field of Labor. Northern Pacific Crop Report. Cattle Men Banquet. ICE COMPANY WINS. Conspiracy lu.ien Aguinst Its Officer* Are Dismissed. NEW YORK, June 25.—The grand Jury handed in a report to Judge McMahon, in part 1 of the general sessions, this after noon, in which they dismissed the cases of conspiracy against the officers of the American Ice company. WVi find Intel est; $12C.000. City of Zurtcfc Switzerland, loan of 1900, 4 pc-r cent due 19D5 at &3'i and interest. Bankers engaged in floatinff"the~lo7rT declared they had picked the bontis up at advantageous terms through foreign correspondents, and knew them to be good investments. It was denied that the bonds were sent to this country on ac count of not being marketable abroad. PRICE TWO CENTS-J S^fflfcg. MM II IS 111 IB Russians Alone Have Lost One Hundred and Fifty in Killed, and Fully Three Hundred Wounded. Eight Thousand Allied Troops Have Landed at Taku, and Chinese Are Massing Near Teng Ku. TSING TAU, June 24. 8 p. m.-Elght thousand allied troops have landed at Taku, including 1,200 Germans. A French officer, who has succeeded in getting through from Tien Tsin to Taku. says that the Russians alone have lost 150 killed and 300 wounded. The German gunboat litis, up the Pol Ho, or Tien Tsln river, reports that mass es of Chinese are Hearing Ton- Ku.' and that an immediate attack Is expected. ALLIES ENTER TIEN TSIN. CHE FOO, June 28,-Rear Admiral Kempff reports by a Japanese torpedo boat that the combined forces entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, Jun* 23, sustain ing email loss. They started on Sunday to relieve the force which left Tien Tsln on June 10, and which is believed to be surrounded near Pekin. According to Japanese reports Admiral Seymour has been captured, and the ministers have left Pekin guarded by Chinese soldiers. Their whereabouts Is unknown. LONDON, June 26, 3:30 a. m.— The Brit ish warship Terrible has arrived at Che Foo from Taku with the latest news, which is as follows: 'Right hundred Bikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiieers have effected a junction with the American, German and Russian fort c, which has been cut off by the Chinese about nine miles from Tien Tsin. It was proposed to deliver an assault upon th^ Chinese forces at Tien Tsln last night (Sunday night)." It Is not clear what forces united. Tt would seem that one relieving force, cut off, had been relieved by anotht r. At any rate it is apparently certain that tho al lies arrived in sufficient force at Tien Tsln, Sunday, to attack tho besi ginc Chilli El . "Foreign efficial opinions here,"' gays a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Ex press, dated yesterday, "incline v Here that the worst has happened I legations at Pekin, and to Admiral Sey mour, as well. Even if the legations were on June l'J, there is no guarantee that tiny are salt now. The situation, in fact, grows more and more gloomy. The entire absence of reliable news from tho capital seems to Justify the v.oist (in structions which tan be rut upon It. 'Bad news coiucs from Nan Ting-, where the unrest is said to be growing hourly. Viceroy Liv Kin Vih had told the liritish authorities thafhe has ordered the live Chinese cruisers which have been lying off the harbor to return to Nankin.' ' Gvn. Mau's arroy," pays a correspon dent at Shan Hai Kwan, ''consisting of 4,'KK) .nen, left a weik ago for Pekin, and Gen. Sung Ching's forces, numbering 2,500, left for the ;-a.ne place on Jane i:,. A careful estimate of the number and armament of the Chinese troops around Pekin puts the total at 36.000, and It Is calculated that these troops possetM 2T7 Creusot gins; 178 Krupps and !50 Max ims. Their supply of ammunition is prac tically Inexhaustible. It has been mainly supplied by a German firm at Carolowius. Fully three-fourths of the Chlne.se forces are bauly urilled, wholly undisciplined, and quite unfamiliar with modern weapons." TO INCITE REBELLION. Another Shanghai dispatch says: "LI Ping Heng, former governor of Shan Tung, who is intensely anti-foreign, has gone to the Kiang Yin forts on the Yang Tse. He has declared his Intention of raising forces in that region." According to a Hong Kong dispatch, dated yesterday, strong reinforcements of Indian police, with Maxims, have, been sent to Koom Loom, on the main land. A Che Foo message of Monday's date i "Four cannon have been added to the west force, where there are now 1,200 sol diers permanently encamped. A fresh force has arrived from Ning Hal Chau. There is an uneasy feeling prevailing here, and an attack is generally antici pated. Chinese merchants are closing their offices and preparing to leave the country. All business Is at a standstill. Extensive preparations by the allies are going forward. The First regiment Of British India, 1,000 men. embarked at Cal cutta yesterday, and 883 more marines re ceived orders to proceed from English ports." The British war office, In anticipation of a prolonged campaign, is contracting for winter clothing anu fur caps. The Amur corps, iitted out by RusPla, numbers 52,500 men, with 84 guns. Japan purposes to land LV.kkj men on f'!,; * territory within a fortnight. Among the minor military preparations the Portu guese governor of Macao, at the southeast entrance of Canton river, b sending arms to the Portuguese In Canton. The Ger mans in Hong Kong have cabled Emperor William, asking if they may serve in a volunteer force for the defense of Hong Kong. A million rounds of cartridges left Hong Kong for Tailong. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times sends the fol lowing und«r yesterday's date: "A military correspondent at Taku says that the forces of the allies are suffering from the want of a recognized head and lack of transports." Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer, has ar rived at Che Foo. FIGHTING FOR LIFE. Thn admiralty hds received tho follow ing dispatch from Rear Admiral Bruce, dated Taku, via Che Foo, June 24: "The total force which left Tien Tsln with the commander-in-chief for Pekin was about 2,000, composed of detachinerus from the allied ship.-. No action possibly be taken to relieve the com m?.nder-ir.-chief because It was only known that he was cut off by Tien T.-ir. being invest* >!. "Tien Tsin has bten fighting for Its life and existence. It was on receipt of ihi' information that the < htnese army hai ordered tra;r.c for attacking Tien that they were ravaging Tong Ku u::<l reinforcing Taku, as well as mining the mouth of the Pel Ho, that it was prompt ly determined to seize Taku. bince then, every rffcrt has bom made to n rlen Tsln. I have c< mm .■ ■ ■ -rr-ail coasting steamer tor taking troopa and sick and wounded across ■. ■ . wej Hal Wei, wnere I Intend making a tern iy base hospital and asylum for refugees." CHINESE OFFICIALS DECEIVE. Berlin, Juno 25.—The Kreuz Zeltung warns the public against crediting <ii« ---• a from Chln< se offl >ai!y those from Sheng, director genera] of rail ways and telegraphs. The recent opti mistic utterances of the French foreign, minister, M. Delcasse, was founded upon one of Bheng's cablegrams thai lias Blnce been proved false. The paper further complains that all re cent Russian communications place tii« facts in a false light and h statement by the Official Mess, iger ol fat. Petersburg, which representa the Boxers as the only disturbers and tho Chinese, government aa Innocent Such opinions do not prevail in German official circles. The Chinese minister, In the course of an Interview here today, ■ "The empress cannot b<> deposed Chl« nese custom would not permit dethrone ment. Hut perhaps it would be possible through fri.-n.lly means, to intimate to the old empress that she should abdlcati having ruled so long. An experiment could be made with the emperor, rounding him with competent ■ of whom there is no lack in ability among the Chines*." HERB IS A MTSTI WASHINGTON. June 25.-Th. reported action of the gunboal Monocacy, h ing to respond aftei upon from the Taku forts, Is undi with sun ■ presidi nt, who requested an '- x of the matter, which has no) furnished. This was made k:■• in the official quarters to is that the ... I not have fail< :;h<. iiad been ordered to hold her lire. RBASSI i;i.\.; ADV] is. NEW YORK, June 25 El A., hi !■'. I. anghai, . whi'h reads: "War is noi likely to afl Lyon on way to Japan, n uu il." There are four other repr< of the coinniitt hina They are WlHai ' X Calley, Tien Tsin, F. S Brockman. Nankin, and Walter J. Boutham, i i<"ix- Mr Galley is a a 'awn Grove, Pa., and he was center rush < t tho Princeton football team In WOT. A'l iiv\ except Mr. Boutham. a.r<-- Amerl and all hut him are marrrled Mr. Lyon'a home is at Wooster, O. Mr Brocfcman'* homo is at Atlanta. Mr. Lewti cornea from tho University of Vim.out, hid home being at Berkshire, Vt. ni:iMXSK OF RELIEF < OLUMH. Xeivs of It Finally ('oiillrmcil by IlritlNh Admiralty. new YORK, June 25.—A dtepatdi from London says: "The British admiralty, being en:: ed with red tape, does not give out dis patches as promptly a.s the navy de« partment at Washington, but it baa firmed the previous accounts of ti pulse Of the relief column Which at tempted to enter Tien Tsin <>n Friday. The bulletin is short and ■■ foreign settlement at Tien Tsin was al most entirely destroyed and the Bui ana were fighting hard. There is noth ing about a rell«-f column of Rua and Americana b> '.i.k cut to pieces, but tin repulse I- describ nded with some loss, only one runner had entered Taku from Tien Tsin In Jive days not a word had been r< i ■ relief column, which started for I two i.or from the legations ih< mselves. "The foreign relief forc<- may b< Bcribed as a chain consisting mainly of missing links. There is a mixed I of tx I and 3,008 men at Taku, including a portion of tl. • n gl ment from "Wei Hal Wei. This column, with the Russian and American contin gent of over 500 men, mi: through a superior Cblni which is said to have ■ Tsin are clearly in a <:■ with thi? garrison buttoub ('M nese horde and with ammunition and supplies running short. Bomewb< r< yond Tien T In, either on th< Pekin, or at tl. a mixed | of 2,300 men, v.ith made., . • snununitioi are probably from I ..iid Amerii added to the working official I and the military and nasal gu bering about 4'J) men . thii chain of relief I there la no accurat any station except Taku. "Men who have lived in Chi that the number of fore.. Tsin is large, since U. . f population merce of over 146,000,000. Tien 'J' in Is the chief distributing center f northern China, and * thr; natural outlet for a hall the most populous pi tour foreign banks, ■ larg< lish, German, Russian, Jap;? American merchants, and several groups of missionary Btattoi "The situation of the for< Tien Tsin is regarded by former Urit!.-!. dais In CbJ ■ting the •'"!• of the reli'-f force which in a\ Taku, unli led last night in <••■ communlcatioas from the I St. Petersburg, for the !.-. territory by a really form! army. The European and Aa may be working harmoniously, under tho : ship of Uu • dmlral at Taku, but the Buppri larger army than any Brrut DOT a can put into thy field wiinuui de lay."