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The Semi-Weekly Tribune. IltA V. 1IAUK, Proprietor. TEftUBi tl.2B IN ADVANOB. H0RT1I PLATTE NKBBASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. 1 There havo been good ralno In In diana of late. It Is nnnouhcod that the shah of Persia has abandoned lila proposed visit to Berlin. Seventy-eight couples wcro married Sunday at St. Joseph, Mich. Many vero from Chicago. Beattlo Is to havo n world's fair In 1004 to commemtnorato the settlement of tho Pacific Northwest. At Corinth, Miss, Jack Bctts, a ne gro, woo lynched. Ho Is sulci to havo assaulted a ten-year-old wlilto girl. Marshal II. Harris, one of the most widely known men in central Missouri, nnd ono of tho first settles of Sturgeon, Is dead, Ex-Senator Ingalls's remains will bo hurled nt Atchison, Kan., his lato homo. Ho died In Las Vegas, Now Mexico. The Shanghai Oazetto openly im peaches the United States consul, John Goodnow, of open complicity with tho Chinese. Tho pressed glnBawaro factories throughout the country havo resumed work, giving employment to over 12, 000 men. Tho English farm workqrs are mani festing violent opposition to tno 'In troduction of American agricultural machinery. Severe floods havo occurred In Japan and It Is reported that two hundred persons wore drowned. Railway traffic is interrupted. v At Jamcstosvn, O., A. O. Dlngamon killed his son-in-law, James Bradley, then committed suicide on account of family troubles. Governor Beckhnm has Issued n pro clamation convening tho Kontucky general assembly In extra session Tuesday, August 28. Lightning struck tho hnrn of L. Do Bolco west of Clinton, ill., killing a ntnlllon Just purchased by n stock com pany nt a cost of $2,500. George Matlock, a prominent stock dealer at Schcll City, Mo., was In stantly killed by lightning whllo load ing tlirco cars of stock. Tho official report of tho govornmont commander In tho recent battlo nt Pa nama says tho rebel casualties wero COO, those of tho govornmont, 100. Tho steamer City of Seattle has ar rived at Seattle, Wash., from Skngway, with 200 paescngers, 125 of whom nro from Dawson, also nbout $200,000 of gold dust. Major Frederick E. Prime, nn engin eer officer In tho Union army during tho civil war, and chief engineer in Gon. Grant's Mississippi campaign, is dead at Litchfield, Conn. Tho directors of the Iowa Ccntrnl railroad have passed tho half year's dividend on tho proforrcd stock. In ','1809 3 por cent annually was paid and in March of thlu year por cent was declared. Poison In dondly quantities hns been found In tho stomach of Edward P. Horrlck of Chicago, tho nged commlB olon morchnnt, whoso Hiuldon death last week sorved to call soveral mys terlous denths In his household, among mo victims boing his wife Western horseB havo found n market in great numbers this year. Thous ands of rnngo-bred anlmalB havo been shipped to tho cast and bouUi, finding buyers nt fair prices. Flvo yoars ago anoy woum not navo Drought cnougn to pay tho freight. Edwin A. Burch of DotrcX who was elected president of ti.o national wholesale llqiior denlors association, announces that ho will bo unablo to aovoro, nnd W. E. Broodorick of Daltl moro, who had boon elected first vlco president, wno elected in his stoad. Tho official statistics of tho wheat crop of tho world for 1899-1000 havo Just been compiled by tho dopnrtment of agriculture Thoy show that In tho countries of tho Southern hemlunhoro. whoso wheat crops nro commonly In cluded In statomcts of the- world's AVhont crops, tho production will hard lH fall Ices than 100,543,000 bushels. General MacArthur cables tho war cpartmont a brlof statement concern ing tho health of tho troops In tho Philippines. Tho number of sick In hospitals Id set down nt G.0C8, and In qunrtcrs nt 1.2C1: mnklmr tho tntni fi.129 sick soldiers, or 8.47 per cent of me cnuro army m tho archipelago, At Nowlon, Knn Frank Prouty wbb tohot and dangerously wounded by highwaymen whllo returning homo xrom tne country. IlOV. JOSCPh J. Harris. Of Mnrlnn. 111., has been nominated for lieutenant Kovornor on tho republican ticket, ow ing to mo wunurawni of Rev. John A. Jienuorson. Colonol O. P, Clarke, custodlnn of tho General Grant cottngo at Mt. Mc- urogor. nas received a telegram' from Mrs, U. S. Grant nt Richmond Snrlnirs. tntlng that sho will bo unablo to ut- icnu tno national encampment of tho urana Army or tho Itopublic at Chi ago. r Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee, tTommandor-ln-chlef of tho allied forces in China, satis from Naples, for ma far caBt, August 22. Governor Stanley honored a requlst tlou from tho governor of Iowa for Harry Stevens, a convict confined In tho Kansas penitentiary whoso term lor forgery will soon expire The Now York detcctlvo bureau Is looking for Antonio Pescl, a banker with offices In that city, Ho has mys torlously disappeared, Scores or ex cited Italian depositors havo throngod Pescl' offices and It Is reported to tho Xollco that tho banker haB gono to Italy, taking with him 110,000. Miss Bencdotte Brady, of St Louis, was ronuea or i&,uuu worth or dja monds on a train n route to San Ah Vnlo, Tex., before reaching Paris, Tex. The German inarlno oftlco has warded the prize offered for a khaki color for Chinese uniforms that will not wash out to a chemist named Ml toll and a Swede named Gacowea. NO TR0C8 WITH CHINA Cabinet Considers Adverssly tho Appeal of Li Hung Chang. UNCLE SAM ACTING CAUTIOUSLY Clianllo Stnte of Attaint nt l'ekln TorbliU Negotiation Uccngnlted Uulen Fleo Allied Armlof Will for Home Tluio Itemaln nt tliti Capital. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Tho cabi net session today practically opened tho consideration of tho momentous questions growing out of tho capture of Pckln and tho war In China. Until today'B session tho absorbing qucs ton nan been tho safety or Minister Congor nnd the legatloncrs nt Pekln. Now, however, that has given place to problems of a moro Intrlcnto nnd, fnr- roachlmr charactor. touching tho very existence of the Chinese empire and tho part which tho Amerlcnn govern ment Is to tuke In tho reconstruction of that country. Tho meeting today was devoted en tirely to tho Chinese situation. Secre taries Hay nnd Hoot, who havo been most active in directing affairs, wero absent from tho city, so that tho at tendance comparatively was small, tho president having with him Secretaries Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson and Post master Charles Emory Smith. Soveral questions wero nwaltlng at tention. First of theso was tho ap plication of LI Hung Chang for tho appointment of Minister Conger or some commissioner to negotiato for tho cessation of hostilities. Tho de cision arrived at was to reject tho appeal and a reply of this character will be sent to Mlnnstcr Wu to bo for warded to LI Hung Chang. The mov ing cnuso for this action is that this government Is at present very much In tho dark as to whether there Is any existing government In Chlnn. With the capital In tho hands of the allies, tho emperor nnd empress dowager fugitives In hiding nnd tho entire gov ernment fabric paralyzed, mere 1b no evidence of an authority ndequato to conduct negotiations nnd secure re sults final and binding. It was stated by members of the cabinot that the Chinese establish ment, Instend of being a government, appears to bo nu enormous, heartless nffnlr without knowing what 1b for its best good and without powers to cn- forco Its wIshcB. With tho recognized ruler In llgnt no ono seems to know who. If nnybody, Is directing Its nffalrs. As Cnlnn Is nn absolute monarchy without any leglslntlvo branch the ompcror and empress dowager nrc all powerful nnd practically tney aro tho omplro of Chlnn. Under tho present romnrkablo conditions the United States will net with cxtremo caution In whntever steps It may take toward n solution of tho ponding problems. In the meantime thcro Is reason to bellevo that tho United States and nil tho other powers Interested will keep their armed forces on tho ground, so that order may bo malntancd and In order that at least a semblance of gov ernment may bo brought out of the oxstlng cliucm. Tho reply of this government to tho viceroys of Nnn King nnd Hunnn that no Indignities be offered tho emperor and empress dowager Is a formal ac knowledgement with nsHiirances that no Indignities will bo offered tho per sons of their majesties. This reply is couched In tho pollto lnnguugo of di plomacy, hut It Is understood that It docn not In any way commit tho gov ornmont to refrain from imposing on tho emperor and empress dowager any penalty that subsequently might be decided upon In caso It Is proved that thoy wcro directly responsible for tho recent ntrocltlcs. TIiIb question of fixing tho rcsponBbllty where It he longs nnd Imposing any punishment that may bo deemed fitting haB not been reached yet. REJECT APPEAL TOR TRUCE. Cnlilnet Decide to Ilifuio tlio I.titeit Apptnl of t.t Hung Cluing. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Tho cabi net today decided to reject tno latest appeal from LI Hung Chnng for a cessation of hostilities. The reply to tho Chinese government contained a statement nceoutulng for tho action of this govornmont. Tho rejection Is based on tho non-complJnncc of tho Chincso govornmont with tho specific provisions of tho declaration of tho United States under dnto of August 12. Hipip for Ship Owner. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. There hns been fcomo public discussion on the subject of n leave of ubsonco for Mr. Congor, so that ho may havo an op portunity to rosuporato from tho try ing oxporlonccn of tho last two months. It is said, howovor, that no suggestion of n leave of absence for tho minis tor has vot beon made to tho State de partment, although tho officials ox press tho opinion that ho Is entitled to ono, Itiutliiu Take Tun 6liU'a. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 21. Gen eral Orloff, chief of staff to tho Rus?lnn rorces in Chlnn, reports to tho Rus sian war ofllco tho dofeat of 7,000 Chi ncso after a hard fight, tho canture of Yuk Shi pass and tho occupation of Mouuchul. An' Imperial uknso has been Issued prohibiting tho exportation of arms or ammunition to Chlnn. Hancock l'rohuhly ut Tallin. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Tho transport HancocK left Nagasaki on tho 17th of this month nnd It la bo lluvcd that sho has nrrlvod nt Taku. Sho had on board four batteries of ryUory. Theso batteries did not havo artillery with them, but nro ex pected to do service ns Infantry until their guns can bo sent them to Taku, It it is decided to send them, Tho Hancock also took C00 marines, which aro expected to do scrvlco In China, Tho transport Stcphous has left Ma uila for Taku. CONGER IMPORTS RESCUE. Chlnciio Drlren to Desperation a the Allien Approach l'ekln. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The State Ing extracts from cablegram received laBt night from Minister Conger: "UNITED STATES LEGATION, Pc kln (undated), via Che Foo, Aug. 20. Secretary of State, Washington: Saved. Itcllef nrrlvod today. Entered city with little trouble. Do not yet know where imperlnl family is. Ex cept deaths already reported, all Americans alive and well. Despernto efforts made Inst night to exterminate us. Mitchell, American soldier, and a Russian and Japanese wounded, German killed. Advise Woodwnrd, Chicago; Conger, Des Moines; Sims, Council Bluffs; Conger, Pasadcua; Porter, Paris. CONGER, "By FOWLEIt, Che Foo." LONDON, Aug. 22. Tho following dispatch lias been received from Hear Admiral Bruce: "TAKU, Aug. 19. (Sunday) Tho alllos aro reported to havo entered tho sacred city of Pekln August 17." . Divers paragraphs as to tho move ments of tho Chinese Imperial family continue to bo received nt the treaty ports and aro thence faithfully trans mitted to tho European capitals. Those representing the court as having left Pekln arc of cxcluslvo Chlntso origin. According to them their majesties are well on their wny to Slan Fu, about COO miles Inland. Fighting was going on nt Pekln Saturday, according to ono report, but according to a dis patch received by tho admiralty from Rear Admiral Bruce tho allies entered the Bacrcd city of Pckln Friday. If the Chinese government Is nt Sinn Fu thcro Is no means of getting at them, according to tho military men, except with n prolonged cam paign nnd with nn army ns largo as Lord Roberts' to sccuro the bases of communications. Advices from tho provincial capitals show that the attitude of tho south ern madarlns has been harsh since- tho cntranco of tho allies. Some of tho magistrates havo Issued orders com manding tho Chinese to attend to busi ness, to avoid sedition and acknowl edging that tho InvnBon of tho for eigners Is Justified. ANXIOUS ABOUT ROYALTY. Vlceroj Make Apprnl to I'uirrn to Fro tect Imperial I'll full jr. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Tho Stnto department today received an appeal fropi tho viceroys of Nnimln and Hunan nsklng that no personal Indig nities bo shown tho emporor and em press dowager and renowmg assur ances of frlend8hin nnd of maintain ing quiet In tho south of China if this wn8 ohsorved. Tho communication from tho viceroys enmo through Min ister wu nnd was delivered by him to Mr. Adeo this morning. It Is un derstood that the powers have already considered this question to give the omporor anil empress dowager affront. Earl LI Hung Chanc hns signified his Intontlon of leaving Shanghai for Pekln as soon ns ho recolves tho re ply of tho powers to his request of yesterday for peaco. RUSSIA SEEKS BIG LOAN. Insurance Company of tlio United Stutc to Ho Aked for HI30, OOO.OOO. LONDON. Auir. 22. It Is ronorted In Odessa, according to a dispatch to tho Daily Express, that owing to the strain on Russian financial resources owing to tho Chincso camiialjrn. n sne- dally accredited representative of tho Russian minister of ilnnnco, M. Do Wltto, hnB concluded, or Is nbout to conciimo "an nrrnngomont with a syii dlcato of nil tho great Insurance com' Piiiuoa in mo united states' for n loan of 300,000,000 roubles. Civil Service for Manila. MANILA, Aug. 22. Tho Philippine commissioners, when Installed on Sep tember l, win consider a bill for ma nlclpnl organizations. General Otis' municipal scheme, nB modified, ln- ciuucs provisions regarding lnnd tax ntlon nnd n civil scrvlco bill empow ering tho commission to mnko an polntmentB by a system or civil serv ice advancement, by which it will bo posslblo for tho Incumbents of tho lowest olllces. through cfllclont scrvlco nnd competitive examinations, to at tain positions nt tho heads of depart ment ami unuorsecrotnryBhlps. Tho commission's executive sessions will bo open to tho public. Tim CIiIiiiho I'rolilem. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Now that tho primary object for which tho nl lied armies mnrched upon Pekln. viz: Tho rcscuo of tho boslegcd legatloncrs. hns been nchloved, tho drift of dlBcus- slon In official nnd diplomatic circles reverts to tho next sien to bo taken Necessarily many of tho predictions ns to what this will ho are purely con Jocturnl, as It Ib realized that complete and definite Information regarding the condition of nffnlrB In Pekln must be awaited before any positive action can bo takon by tho governments whoso Interests hnve suffered as a result of tho Chincso troubles. Work of Flrehug. OXFORD, Nob.. Aug. 22. At Mas cot, flvo miles northeast of here, flro destroyed tho general storo of Alfred Troutman, a blacksmith shop and somo largo cribs. Nothing was saved, not ovon tho mall and tho records of the postofflco, which was conducted In the storo room. Loss, $-5,000, covered by Insurance on tho storo nnd contents. Tho flro was of lncondlnry origin. The l'ounlatlon of Omaha. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. It Is now j bollovcd since St. Paul and Minneap olis havo exceeded from 6 to 8 per cent tho figures on population that .Omaha, Instead of showing 15 por cent gain, ns predicted, will como nearer reporting 17 per cent, which will give It n gain In population over 1800 of 23,870, or a total population of 1G4.328. This information, whllo scml-ofllclnl, Is based upon totals us given by tho hand-counting machines and which must bo verified by tho adjusting division befor being given publicity. sation of Hostilities. AN APPEAL MADE TO THE POWERS It U Forecasted Hint United Stnte Will Giro Negative llcply Condition Named Not .Met No Aumrunco tlint Chliieno Would Iti'Mitct Agreement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Tho reply of tho United Stntcs to China's latest appeal for a cessation of hostilities, received today from Ll Hung cnang, has not yet been mnde public, ami alt 19 likely tho matter will bo considered at the cabinot meeting tomorrow. But thcr Is reason to believe that tho overtures will In effect bo rojectcd, on tho ground that the conditions laid down in the American note of August 12 have not been compiled with, und until compiled with the prearranged course of tho United States must pro ceed. Tho dispatch of August 12 said Bpeclflcally that tho United States was ready to enter Into nn agreement be tween tho powers nnd the Chinese gov ernment for cessation of hostilities, on tho condition that the relief force sould bo permitted to "enter Pckln un- moleted" and escort the legatloner8 thereform under such circumstances ns tho commanding general might lay down, but up to tho present time there Is no evidence that the allied forces are unmolested at Pekln, or have received tho sanction of tho Pekln government to convey tho legatloncrs to Tien Tsln. On tho contrary, nil of tho dispatches lndlcnto that tho allies arc meeting with stubborn resistance nnd there is an entire lack of compliance with tho conditions of tho dispatch of August 12. As stntrd, however, the government hns given no authoritative statement of Its purpose In reply to China's ap plication of todny and there Is still n chunco that complete compliance with tho demands of August 12 may bo an nounced in the Pckln dispatches be fore tho final determination on the reply Is made. But tho disposition tonight Is clearly in the line indi cated. China's Inst oppllcation for peaco negotiations was received early today at the Chinese legation and wns trans mitted by Mr. Wu to tho State depart ment. Secretaries Hay nnd Root were out of tho city, but Acting Secretary of State Adeo went over tho subject with the president. Earl Li's request Is that the United Stres shall name ,Mr. Conger or somo other man to net ns mediator. Ho expressed willing ness to go to such point as tho min isters desire, nnd under tho Intima tion mado It is believed Pekln or Tien Tsln, conquered ter ritory, would bo selected for tho negotiations. Tho Chinese en voy proposed no terms as to tho with drawal of troops nnd mado no other suggestion ns to what was to como be fore tho commission, his sole anxiety being to sccuro the cessation of hos tilities. The application is understood also to havo beon made to the powers In tho hopo that If all would name a com mo8sloner there would bo n general council of peace between Ll Hung Chnng on tho ono hnnd and tho sev oral representatives of tpo nations on tho other. Asldo from tho fact that tho conditions of August 12 havo not yet been compiled with by China It is probable that UiIb government would desire to take sufficient timo to learn whnt tho other powers intend doing on tno snmo line, ns all nro acting in concert. Moreover, thero nro some unexplained features of Ll Hung Changs application, ono of thorn be'n.j that whllo ho asks to ccaso hostilities ho gives no assurance thnt ho has tho power to mako tho Chincso nrmy and tho rebellious Boxers cease their hos tilities. Tho situation nt Pekln wns mado moro clear today from many sources. Tho latest advice appears to bo that from Consul Fowler, nt Che Foo. re peating a dispatch received from Con sul Ragsdalo at Tien Tsln. Tho Intter reports: "Chinese troops surrounded in palaco grounds." Tho Jnpuneso legation received n dispatch of tho snmo general tenure, but moro In detail, stat ing that tho Chincso troops re treated on tho loth within tho imperial palnco and thnt they wero surrounded mero with tho Jap ancso military headquarters located In tho Jnpaneso lcgntlon. Admlrnl Romey also transmitted nn nuthentlc report from Pekln on tho loth, say lng: "Troops moving on tho Imperial city. NutTcuor to Terry Heath, WASHINGTON. D. C. Autr. 21. William M. Johnson of Hnckensnck. N. j., mo president or tno Now Jersey stato sonate, has been tendered and haB accopted tho ofllco of first assist ant postmaster genornl, made vacant uy tno resignation of Porry Heath. no win take cliargo In a few dnya. 'iho appointment of Mr. Johnson wns a complete Burprlso to most of tno people who havo been figurine on tho means of likely men for tho of llco. (IbTinany Kxprli Anitrchlita. BERLIN, Aug. 21. Tho German no- llco havo agreed to Btop all anarchist mootings in uormnny nnd four have been suppressed In Berlin. It is said 18G foreign anarchists, of whom 103 aro Italians, havo been expelled from uormnny sinco tho nssasslnntlon of King Humbert. Attempt to Divert Allien. NEW YORK, Aug.' 21. A dispatch to tho Journal and Advortlser from Shnnghal says: Kang Yl, former as sistant secretary genornl to tho em poror, and General Fu Chlng nro head ing nn nrmy that Is advancing to Pekln from tho south with the object of di verting tho nlllca from pursuit of tho emperor nnd tho dowager empress. On Saturday, August 11, tho Imperial household loft Pekln. Prlnco Tuan 1h1 the march with his troops, taking the emperor, tho downger empress and all the Alancnu nobles, DENIES RUSSIAN ATROCITIES. Mr. Drew Correct Ilcport Sntd to Hnve llreii Started lijr Her. WASHi-NOTON. Aug. 21. Tho dip lomats connected with the Russian em bassy havo been nnnoyed by constant reports attributing ntroclty to tne hub slan troops In China. Ono of tho most notable lnstnncos was an alleged In terview with Mrs. Anna Drew, wife of Mr, E. B. Drew, tho chief secretary of Sir Robert Hart. As a refutation of tho sentiments put in her mouth, Mrs. Drew addressed the following lotter from Chicago, under dnto of August 14, to tho Russian ambassador. After tho usual opening phrases sho snyj: "wo havo been living at Tien Tsln tho pnBt yenr, and I returned from thero only last week. Our steamer was tiealogctl with newspaper roportcrs upon our arrival at San Francisco, and although I was extremely careful In what I said to them, n great many str- g,o things havo been put Into my moutn oy Bomo uisagrceaoie peopie. Tho worst of all wns an article which attributed to mo tho most horrible story of tho atrocities committed by tho Russian soldiers. I wish to deny theso statements In full and ns tho account has been copied Into many eastern pnpers It has, perhaps, como to your notice. I feel that I nt least must tell you how falso It all Is. In fact. I can, from my own experience during those terrible days of the slego of Tien Tsln, spoak only In tho highest terms of pralso of the Russian soldiers, who undoubtedly saved our Uve3 on moro than ono occasion." In giving this letter out for publica tion the Russian embassy wishes It understood that little lmportanre Is nttrlbuted to the effect of tho stories reflecting upon tho Russian troops. Were It not that tho woman concerned Is desirous of correcting tho falso re ports, no notlco would ho taken of them, ns tho facts themselves are tho best refutation of the sensational can ards published, with the obvious pur pose of prejudicing tho Amorlcan press and peoplo ngalnst tho Russians. CONFIRMS MASSACRE STORY. Fowler Cubic Itcport of Murder of l'rc- bytcrl.m Mltnlonnrle. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Tho ctato department this morning received n dispatch from Consul Fowler, dated Cho Foo, AugUEt 15. It relates to the massacre of missionaries and others nt Pao Ting Fu, which has boon referred to a number of times In tho press dis patches and has generally been con cealed to havo occurred on Juno :I0. Tho lust part of the dispatch Is so badly mangled In transmission that It Is Im possible to mako much out of It. Tho text Is a3 follows: "CHE FOO Received Aug. 15. Sec retary of State, Washington Evening 13th. Reported all Presbyterian mis sionaries Pno Ting Fu killed June 30; promises burned. Same (night?) Cnth olle mission. - Rain stopped work. July 1 nttacked American (board?). (Pitkin?) shot dead trying to keep gang out. Misses Morroll, Gouldn, taken Boxer headquarters, killed. (Bagnall?) killed near (Tem ple?). Cooper nnd Belgians fate un certain. Olllclals had sent nil home from yamcn. All natives connected for eigners suffered like fate. Authority: Special messenger sent by Tien Tsln missionaries. FOWLER." Hold Holdup lit Tie Hiding. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 21. Late Saturday night four masked men en tered n saloon nt TIo Siding on tho lino of tho Sherman Hill cut-off Just ns tho proprietors wore closing tho place, and pointing guns at their heads com pelled them to hand out tho contents of tho safe, over $300. Tho men back ed out of the saloon and havo not been seen since. Detectives wero nt once placed on tho caso and tho nffalr kept very quiet, In tho hope of running the robbcra to earth, but thuB fnr not a single cluo has been obtained. AIiiRkn Schedules All Itlght. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. A report received nt tho census buroau from Special Agent Dunhnm, in charge of tho work In Alnska, shows that Charles M. Robinson nnd William G. Pinecoflln, special agents for tho Nor thern district of Alaska, wero not drowned, ns waa feared, and that tho schedules supposed to havo beon lost with them nro Bafo In tho hands of Mr. Dunham. Rolatlves of tho men havo been apprehensive thnt thoy had been. drowned In a big Btorm on tho Yukon. Cyclone Stir Thing Up. SHEBOYGAN. Wis.. Aug. 21. A te rifle wind Btorm struck this city this nftornoon. Tho storm enme up very suddenly. Tho roof of n chnlr fact tory was blown off nnd several houses In tho city woro blown down. Tho storm wrecked seven large buildings besides tho chair factory, as well in about 200 houses. Tho pecuniary dam ngo is estimated nt $300,000. No loss of 11 To Is reported, but many persons aro believed to havo been Injured moro or lesB seriously. Opening Tomb of Emperor. BERLIN, Aug. 21. Tho work of oponlng tho tombs of tho nnclent Gor man emperors buried in tho Cathedral of Spires Is progressing. Tho first discovery mnde was of tho sarcophagus of Emperor Conrnd II, surnnmed the Saliquo of tho House or Franconla, who died In 1039. The remains wore entirely undisturbed. Report Kay the Kmpre Fled. LONDON, Aug. 21. Tho Chinese minister has received a dispatch from Pokin saying that tho empress dow- ngor and tho emperor left Pekln a few days before tho allies arrived there. Turkey Rend a New MlnUter. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 21. Schoklb Boy, head of tho cipher bureau of tho foreign ofllco, hns been appoint ed Turkish minister to tho United States in placo of All Forrouh Bey, re called. Important Medical DlicoTery. LONDON. Aug. 21. Tho Pall Mall Gazctto publishes a dispatch from Romo which declares that an Imnor tant medical discovery concerning the cause or urignt's Utseaso has been mndft by Dr. Ovid Brown, formerly of now xsm ra mt or uome. INNER CITY ATTACKED Eoport Prom Admiral Ecmey BayB Allied Forces Still Press Forward, THE EMPRESS DETAINED IN PEKIN Hold Within Wall of Forbidden City by l'rlnco Yungodo Word From General Chaffee New at Once Transmitted to the 1'reildcnt. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. From Gonernl Chaffco tho War department received official confirmation of tho fall of Pckln and. tho rcscuo of tho besieged legatloners. Tho dispatch of tho American com mander was not long and contained but few details, but tho unconcealed tatlsfactlon with which It was receiv ed by olllclals of tho administration ludlcntcd clearly the anxiety mat nau been engendered by his prolonged b1 lenco. Ills last communication to the government, prior to the receipt of to day'B advices, was dated August 11, at Matow, almost thirty miles from Pekln. Tho explanation of his sllenco Is suggested In advices received from Admiral Romey, who, telegrnphlng from Taku on tho 18th, says tho tele graph lino between that point and Pokin is interrupted. The cnbiegram irom Admiral ltc- mey contains some Important Informa tion not mentioned by General Chaf fee. Ho mak03 tho startling state ment, on Jnpaneso authority, that tho Inner city of Pokin was boing uom- barded by tho nlliod forces. Admiral Romey saya, also, that the dowager empress is detained In tho Inner city by Prince- Yungedo. Advice wero received last nignt. from thcCcrelgn oillce at Toklo, Japan, by tho Japanese, legation In this city and amply couflrnl -previous accounts of the capture of PeKiu uy me nnicu. troops. Following is tho text of tho dis patch from General Chaffee, as mado public by tho War department: "CHE FOO, Aug. l'J. to Adjutant. General, Washington: Pokin, August 15 Wo entered legation grounds nt & o'clock last nlnht with Fourteenth nnd Light battevy. Eight wounded during day s fighting; otherwise all well. UriAr 1" fcJIS. Tho dlsnatchr which was received during tho morning, was transmitted Immediately to tho nresidont at tno White House. Ho expressed his grati fication nt the nows contained, partic ularly at the small I033 sustained by the American troops. A copy of tho dlsnatch. likewise, was sent to Adju tant General Corbln", who was In New York. It will bo noted that tho dispatch Indicates that the American troops en tered the legation grounds at 5 o'clock on the evening of tho 14th Instant. By tho WnshJigton officials nnd by several legation officials to whom It was shown tho date of General Chaf- feo's communication Is regarded as an error of transmission. It is thought tho word "fifteenth" should bo "sixtoenth." All previous advices, official and unofficial, havo In dicated that tho legations woro reliev ed on tho evening of tho evening of tho 15th, Wednesday, after a day of sharp fighting. Minister Wu, the Chi ncso representative, and Minister Tak ahlrn of Japan were quite positive on this point, all their ofilclnl ndvlces be ing that tho entrance to tho city or Pekln was effected early In the even ing of Wednesday, tho 15th instant. Tho fact that only tho Fourteenth infantry nnd Rlloy's battery entered tho city, ns shown by General Chaf feo's dispatch, Indicates that tho Ninth Infantry nnd tho. mnrlnes, who wero so conspicuously gallant throughout the ndvanco upon tho capital, did not participate In tho engagement which led directly to tho rescue of tho le gatloners. Report Kinprem Detained. ROME, Aug. 20. A dispatch from Taku via Cho Foo, August 18, nays: "Fighting continues In tho streets of Pckln and tho nllles havo bombarded tho point that la still resisting. Prince Yung provonted tho departure of tho empress dowager." BRESCl'S LETTERS GIVE CLUE. Correapouduiice of Aimrchlta Lead to tlio Arret of Two Men. LONDON, Aug. 20. Tho Romo cor respondent of tho Daily Mall saya: "Tho arrest of Maresca and Gulda in Now York aroso out of some letters received at Brescl's lodgings subse quent to the nssasslnntlon of King Humbert. Ono of them, dntod Now York, July 25, and signed 'Mabor,' urging thnt Maresca and Guldn would do their duty toward President Mc Klnley. Maresca Is known to the Ital lnn pollco ns a most fanatical anar chist" Injured hy n Wave. PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 20. White in bathing nt Old Orchard Saturday John B. Clough, clerk of courts nt Memphis, Tonn., was seriously Injured by a wave. Today he had not Im proved nnd tho physlclnns say It is a very peculiar case. Hank of Spain Iteport. MADRID, Aug. 20. The report of the Bank of Spain for tho week ending yesterday shows tho following: Gold In hand, no change; silver In hnnd, Increaso, 1,888,000 pezos; notes In cir culation, decrease, 8,203,000 pezotas, Gold was quoted yesterday at 28.85. Order Were MIundertoiid. PARIS', Aug. 20. The .board of ia qulry which Investigated the cause of tho loss o tho torpedo boat destroyer Framee, which was sunk In a collision with tho battleship Brennus on tho night of August 11, during the raaneu vers of tho French squndron com manded by Vice Admiral Foumier off Capo St. Vincent, offlclaly reports that tho disaster was due to a misunder standing of an order on tho pnrt of tho Frameo's holmsraan, who turned the destroyer in a direction opposite to the instructions of her commander i captain wanuuit Du Pletolf.