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THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Trench Improvement on tho Marconi Sys
tem of Wireless Telegraphy.
INVENTORS WRESTLING WITH THE PROBLEM
ComiircxiM'il Air ti 1'nlliiri' for Street
Cur Trnctlnn ! Application
of I-; I I r I tlcnt IIoIiikn
In Oilier llriinclicH,
Two advances u:on Mnrronl's system of
wireless telegraphy have been reporteJ
from France within tlio Inst few weeks. An
experimenter named Tlasol, while using the
earno kind of transmitting apparatus as tho
oung Italian, modules tho "coherer" at tho
receiving station Id one or two respects. In
tho Ilrunly coherer, which Mnrconl adapted
to his own use, an exceedingly narrow gap
between two silver terminals Is stunned
t)y a few Iron filings, which, under the In
fluence of tho incoming electro-magnetic
waves, li-ap up and form a bridge- What
Tlssot docs Is to employ magnetic Iron fil
ings and then put u magnet outside tho little
glass tube containing their. 'n this man
ner ho has been able to Increaso tho scnsl
tlvencFB of tho Instrument so that It will
respond to much weaker vibrations than
otherwise. As tho electrician would express
It, the "rcslstani'o of the coherer circuit Is
reduced and tho local battery can the moro
readily actuate the founder.
From tho accounts given, sas tho New
York Trlbuno, It would seem that Tlssot's
flcvlco ought to respond to Hertz waves at a
greater distance than tho ono employed by
Marconi. As yet It does not appear that
this has actually been done. Tlssot carried
on communication between u lighthouse at
l'ortsele, near llrcst, and a war ship thlrty
thrco miles away. Marconi has doubled that
record. Ilowovor, it Is possible that Tlssot
did not uso so powerful a transmitter In
his experiments as Marconi. It Is probable
that when an equality Is maintained the TIs
rot coherer will give much better results
than JJranly's.
Tho other Innovation was announced tho
other dny to tho French Academy of Sci
ences by M. Illondcl. In substituting a tclo
phono for tho Morso sounder at the re
ceiving station ho showed little originality.
Fcsscndcn, an American, and others havo
thought of such a procedure, for tho tele
phone Is known to be the most sensitive de
tector of electric vibrations In existence.
Hut It Is posslblo that ono featuro of tho
Itlnndel system Is unique, so far as Its lm
modlato application goes, nlthough I'rof.
I'upln employed It extensively six or eight
y,cars ago In his "rcsonanco" experiments.
M II n t lli AeiMinili-,
it has boon found that a circuit of wire
into which n telephone hns been Intro
duced for testing purposes may bo "tuned"
so that the Instrument will answer only
to waves or a certain degrco of frequency
Anything faster or slower than tho pro
scribed rate will not affect tho tolenhone
but whon waves of Just tho right number
to tho second nre transmitted over tho
circuit tho Instrument will Hpeak. M.
Jllondol calls such a device a "selectlvo
tolephone," because It will pick out from
n number of different frequencies that
may happen to bo developed at a given
moment tho ono doslred for n special pur
pose. Thus, If a dozen Hertz wavo trans
mlttors bo stationed on ns many different
ships In a fleet, each omitting waves at
a different rato from tho others, and If
ns ranny suitably tuned telephones bo pro
vided on tho flagship, It would bo possl
bio for several of tho vessels to report "to
the commanding ofllcor simultaneously
No receiver VfOuld, pick up moro .than ona,
message? 'li' bu18"not' bo p'ossfbtoVTris "It
was In somo of Marconi's naval tests, for
two messages lo actuate tho samo re
ceiver, one Interfering with and obscuring
tho other.
There has been a good deal of talk dur
ing the last two years about tuning co
herer circuits so that no two would re
sponil to tho samo transmitter, It was
hoped that such a method would not only
provent confusion when moro than ono
transmitter was In operation within rango
of tho receiving station, but nlso that
secrecy of communication might thus bo
Insured. As yot, however, nothing prao
Ileal has resulted from that proposition.
Tho theory Is all right, but somehow
It has not been feaslblo to carry It Into
execution. Of course, If Hortz wavo tolo
graphy over should becomo at all com
mon tho danger of Interference betweon
adjacent transmitters would bo great. In
fact. It may bo confidently asserted that
until n satisfactory way to preclude such
Interference Is found wireless telegraphy
will novor becomo popular. It Is too soon,
though, to say whether M. THoiidol'B way
of meeting tho difficulty Is altogether tho
best. A great many acuto Inventors nro
at work on the problem and ought to be
heard from beforo a final vordlct Is ren
dored.
Compressed Air n Vulture
Compressed air for street railway traction
has had Us latest representative In tho city
of New York, whero for a year or more, on
two car lines, n series of very practical
Illustrations havo been given of the fact
that the compressed ntr motor is not un
Ideal tramcar motor, or rather that It Is n
iost unsatisfactory tramcar motor, and tho
lutcomo of tho experiment promises to bo
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tho early withdrawal from service of the
ompressed air cars and, curiously enough,
the experimental rclntroductlon on another
line of electric storage battery cars. .The
latter, undoubtedly, owe this prospective
new trial to the comparatively recent per
formnncc of electric automobiles in which
storage batteries havo given good evidence
of ability to work satisfactorily under much
moro dlfllcult conditions of service than
those of tho tramcar under which they have
failed repeatedly within tho last ten years.
During these ten years, says Casslcr's Mag
azine, the storage battery has been Im
proved and It Is today In all respects a much
moro efficient piece of apparatus than the
battery of the earlier trlaU. For opcclal
street railway service, therefore, whore
neither tho overhead electric trolley nor the
underground electric conduit Is admissible,
cither because of local ordinances, In the
ono case, fohlddlng tho stringing of over
hend wires, or, In the other, becauso of ex
cessive cost cf construction, the storage
battery car may now prove a commercial
possibility. Complication of mechanism and
a consequent heavy repair account appear
to be now, as they always have been, thr
drawbacks to tho compressed air car, and
the fnlluro of the system at New York was
to bo foreseen from experience with It else
where. In France, where conmprcssed air
hns beeen applied to street railway service
more extensively than anywhere else, twenty
years' Growth of the system Is represented
by only about forty miles of line, and since
the advent of tho electric trolley there has
been no compressed air lino extension what
ever. In Its proper field compressed nlr as
n power medium has many attractlco possi
bilities, but clearly that field Is not to be
found In street railway service.
Mivol Tout of Klcelrlc lloiil.
The warming of tho wnter of I.ako Su
perior on an electric stove beforo admitting
It through the Intako plpa to tho Marquette
(Mich.) waterworks system is a notablo de
parture In electric heating. Tho carrying
out of the plan has cost tho city about J23,
and It has averted tho necessity for changing
tho locution of tho pumping station and
Intako pipe at a cost of from J50.000 to $100,
000. For many winters a great ileal of
traublo has been caused tho city by Ice from
tho lake, which, choking up the Intake pipe,
has shut oft the water supply and caused
tlu closing down of the pumping station.
When tho Inko simply froze ovor tho water
supply was not nffected, the surfaco ce
Itself being rnthcr a protection to tho Intake.
Tho trouble was with "needlo Ice." When
tho lco fields are carried out of tho bay by
winds, and tho samo wind prevents now
lco forming on the surface, small particles
of "needlo lco" mess together In millions
and nro carried Into the Intnko pipe. Al
though the vertical Boctlon of tho pipe is
two feet In diameter, this ico will entirely
block It up. After a recent drouth of un
usual soverlty from an ico blockade of this
sort, tho cllty water board appalled to Its
engineer for a remedy of the trouble. This
has been found by a local electrician, whoso
plan provides for an electric heater of cyl
inder rorm, hung within tho Intnko nlDe.
This heater consists of an Inner and outer
drum of galvanized Iron, both five feet In
length, and respectively nineteen and twen-
ty-ono Inches In diameter. Theso tubes by
a BtiitaDlo adjustment of asbestoa and Iron
wlro nro made to develop a hlch degree of
heat on tho passage of tho current. The
current Is supplied from tho electric light
wires at tho plant of tho local waterworks
It Is carried through regulation submarine
conductors and whero tho wires enter the
wnter they pass through a conduit of Iron
piping to protect them from shore Ico. The
stovo will generate enough heat. It Is be
lieved, to melt all tho ncodlo Ico beforo
it passes through the cylinder.
lli-volulloiilr.liitr Iiiiliintrlcn.
Sir William Preece. In treating nt ih..r..
latlon between electricity and engineering
says that the decomposing bath and the nre
lurnaco nro revolutionizing many Industries.
The world's mnnufacturo of calcium carbide
tor tno production of acctvlenn pan u i.in.
Izlng n power equal to 180.000 horsn.nftivni"
that of the nlkallcs and the comblnatlona nf
cnionne ror bleaching, 56,000 horse-power;
of aluminum, 27,000 horse-power: of coDncr.
n.uuu uorse-power; or carborundum, 2,600
iiurBc-power, and or gold, 455 horse-power.
Klectroplntlng Is one of the ttnnlo mnnii
lacuircs or tho English towns of Shpflirlrl
and nirmlngham. It Is mado n business of
uy nearly 200 firms at the former nlace. and
over 100 nt tho latter. Phosphorus Is now
oeing produced In England In lame nunntt.
ties from corundum, and tho pxtrneilnn nf
aluminum from beauxlto Is cheapening nnd
rupiaiy extending the uso of thnt mrini
Tho Hrltlsh postoluco is using nluraluum for
iciepuone circuits, nnd its uso hns been rec
ommended In tho Interior of Africa, where
irnnsport is costly. It elves the unmn mn.
ductlvlty as copper with half tho weight nnd
in a less prico. With t a no ran ho nm
telegraphically ten times better than ono of
Iron nnd much cheaper. Amonc now imin.
trlnl implications of electricity mentioned by
Sir William is a Jacquard loom for weaving
in which COO hooks nro controlled electri
cally. The twill, as well as tho pattern, Is
under complete management. The pattern
Is woven directly from a photo print of tho
artist's design mounted on n metallic ..hoot
Tho threads of tho wnrp are picked up by
iMi'ciiu-inuKiiciic ncuon as tho flcuro of th
pattern Is cut away and tho circuit Is thus
allowed to bo eomploted by tho metallic
sneet.
ICIrotro-Kiinrnvliiu in Cicrmiuiy.
lonsui Warner at Letpzlc writes thn
Stato department as follows in regard to
mo iierninn electro-engraving nrocess
Tho electro-engravtiro Is nn olccro-chem
leal etching, such ns is used In making
uie illustrations ror books, periodicals
etc , which, however, produces pictures
In relief, which formerly could only bo
mado by engraving. In 1897 JoBef Itleder
of .Munich succeeded In producing an etch
lng on a steel plate by ulng a porous
gypsum model dipped In a special solu
tlon capable of conducting nn electric
current. Two full years of hard work
wero necessary, however, to make the
Invention of practical worth, as It was
found that tho electric current became
Ineffective almost Instantly (In flftoon sec
nnds) on account of tho etching lngro
(Hunts, tho carbon refuse from the eaton
steel practically preventing tho transmit
slop of the electric current, thus necos
Jltntlng the cleaning of the mode). Th
denning could not bo don by hand ond
so a machine was invented which mad
It posslblo to romovo the model from th
plate and replnce It In exactly tho samo
position. Tho model Is brought 'In eon
tact with the plato and allowed to re
main thero about fifteen seconds; then It
Is raised nnd carefully cleaned at
sponge brush and again applied to th
plutc. This new machine works to per
fectlon and Is so slmplo thnt It Is thought
that beforo long It will romo Into genera
uso and enablo lithographic and card
board factories, manufacturers of Jewelry
stamped leather goods, wall paper, etc
to raako their own dies easily and quickly
A company has been recently organized
for constructing these machines and bo
fore long will bo ablo to put them on th
msrl'ct.
CltUcnx Fight Willi Hnlilirrft.
KANSAS CITY, July 27. A Star tpeclal
from Itlchmnud. Kan., says:
CltlzoiH nt midnight last night engaged in
a street fight with a gang of robbert who
had attempted to rob the bank of Ulrhmond.
Several phots wero exchanged nnd It Is
thought one robber was wounded. Blood
hounds lmvo been put on their trail. Thu
rohtnrs had hbwn the safe door Into the
street and thn noiso of the explosion brought
a crowd to the scene. No monoy was se
cure 1.
IAS BAD CASE OF CROSS-EYE
Senator Jones Says Absence of Gold Demo
cratic Ticket Will Help Bryan,
ENTHUSIASM FOR ANTI-IMPERIALISTS
Dcmorrntlc ('niiipnlmi MiinriKrr Ann In
I'skM Mecimlou to ApoloKlr.r fur
Almoner from I'liitform of In
come in i I'lnnU.
NKW YORK. July 27. Senator James K.
Jones, chairman of the national democratic
committee, reached the city today from
Washington and went direct to the Hoffman
house. He said that no national head
quarters would be established In this city
at present; the democratic Htate committee
would manago the campaign In New York
until such time as It might be deemed ncc-
tnttry to establish national hendquarters.
He will remain hero five days.
Asked what ho thought of tho significance
f the failure of tho gold democrats to nom
inate a third ticket. Senator Jones replied:
"Why. I think thrtt that me.ins that a
number of gold democrats will voto for
Bryan. I don't see what other construction
can be placed "ti It."
Asked about the antl-lmperlallnts' meet
ing on August 11 ho answered:
That also will help Ilryan Immensely nnd
will help the democratic party In various
ways."
Speaking of the absence of any Income
tax plank In the democratic platform, Sen
ator Jones said:
"As chairman of the national democratic
committee- nnd nlso chairman of tho plat
form commltteo I can say at this time that
It was n matter of unintentional overnight
thnt It was left out. It was In the plat
form, but tho stenographer In revising his
notes left It out nnd It was not noticed. I
had an addition to he submitted nnd It was
merely a matter of oversight. It practically
makes no difference, anyhow, as the plut
form re-endorses the platform of 1S96, and
that ncctBsarlly endorses the Income tax
lank in that platform. Wo have, then, In
nn Indirect way, It Is true, an Income tax
planW."
Chairman Jones said he did not know when
tho national democratic commltteo would
appoint the executive committee, but It
would bo done In duo time.
Senator Jones was naked If Mr. Bryan
would be In tho city nnd speak and he said:
Ho will undoubtedly como here, but
when It is hard to say. Ho will probably
como In October."
0NSIDER RATES TOO HIGH
DiMiiucrntn Mil)- Conclude- to Hold
.Vol merit Inn Mxcrclscs In An
other Town.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 27. Parks
M. Martin, chalrmnn of the stato democratic
committee, said today that the situation
with reference to railroad rates for tho
Bryan-Stovenson notification exerclcca Au
gust 8 was unchanged.
"If wo do not get tho rates for which wo
are asking I shall send tho notification ex
ercises to somo other city," said he. Tho
chairman and his associates arc contending
for a ono-faro rate for tho entire state, tho
sale of tickets to begin August 7 nnd to be
good returning ono day nftcr tho exorcises.
Thomas Tnggart, tho Indiana member of
thu natlonnl committee, said today that no
further steps had been taken. The persons
In charge of tho arrangements, ho said,
wero waiting for a llnnl word from tho rail
roads. CHICAGO, July 27. Tho Central Passen
ger association has granted, n rate of one
furo for tbo round trip from all points In
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois to the
Bryan notification meeting In Indianapolis,
Tickets will bo sold on all trains on August
7, limited for return to August 9. Tho Con
tral Passenger association has given the
Western Passenger association theso rates
as a basis for making their rates for the
samo meeting.
READY TO FIRE FIRST GUN
Si-nutor IIiiiiiiii unit I.cihIIiik Itciinli-
lleaii Aliout Itenily to Open
CnniiiiilKn.
NEW YORK, July 27. Senator Marcus
A. Hannn, chairman of tho republican
natlonnl commltteo, reached tho national
headquarters shortly after 10 o'clock- today.
Ho was accompanied by Cornelius N. Bliss,
treasurer of the committee. Mr. Hanna
said ho wan much pleased with tho sltua
tlon, but nt present had little to say for
publication. After ho Is settled ho might
bo ablo to make some statement.
Mr. Hannn wont Into conference Imme
dlutoly with Cornelius N. Bliss, Senntor
N. B. Scott, Joseph Mnnloy and Frederick
S. Glbbs.
After tho conference at national head
quarters Senntor Hunna said-
"Wo are very busy mapping out work to
bo done In different sections of tho coun
try. Thero is nothing suggestive in the'
meeting today, other thun It Is the first
meeting. I expect to be hero every working
dny until I leave Elberon, nlthough I may
make a trip to Chicago now and then."
Richard C. Kerens of St. Louis, a member
of tho natlonnl republican ccmmlttec, was
also present ut headquarters, but did not
attend tho conference.
T0WNE SURE TO WITHDRAW
I'onIIIm- .Stiitcnient i'lint l'opullnt
Cnnillilntc Will Hellrc In Mcv
eiinon'N ravur,
MINNEAPOLIS, July 27. Tho Journal to
dny says:
Charles A. Towne will be withdrawn from
the populist ticket nbout August 15. At that
llmu thu populist national commltteo will
accept his resignation and replace him with
AiIIhI 1-3. Stevenson as the nominee of the
populist party for vice president. .Tho
source from which the announcement is le
celveil Is such ns to make It Impossible to
question its accuracy. Certain considera
tions of policy which cannot now bo made
public are responsible lor tho retention nf
llr Towne on the ticket until the dale
named. The decision that he should with
draw was arrived at Home weeks uco.
During tlie campaign Mr. Towne Is to bo
utilized oh u campaign orator, and tc mm
will be unsigned the most desirable tours,
lie will speak only In large cities ami In
close districts, ills rourse since hieven
son's nomination has won hlm the resncc
and admiration of democracy In .i degree
which bo did not possess before. A cabinet
position Is niMired to hlm Id the event of
Bryan a election.
BRYAN OUTLINES HIS SPEECH
I3xilnliin Wluit Kind of n TnlU Hp
Will Put l'l nt In
illiuiaiioliM. LINCOLN, July 27. W. J. Bryan said to
day that In his notification speech at In
dlanapolls he would follow the plan which
ho pursued at the notification meeting In
1896.
"Thn platform Cf that year," ho said
"declared tho monoy question to be a par
amount Issue and In my notification speech
1 devoted almost all the tlmo to the dls
cusslon of that question. This year tho
platform declares tho question of Imperial
Ism to bo the paramount quostton and It
will bo the only ono dealt with at any
length In my notification speech. Tho ro
malnlng questions covered by the plutform
will be taken up In my letter of acceptance
nnd subsequent speeches."
SoclnllRt Orntnri Arrested.
PITTSBCTIO, July 27. Val ncmmell
socialist labor candidate for the vlccprcat
ency, rnul Dinger or lioveland, rongrcs-
lonnl candidate of tho same party In the
wcnty-flrst Ohio district, nnd William O.
Cowan, candidate for tho Pennsylvania
legislature In the Fifth district, spent n
brief time In the South Thirteenth street
police stntlon last night for disregarding the
police regulations. It Is required that prior
notice of street meetings shall be given to
he police and a permit secured for the
same. The socialists nave frequently refused
to obey the order nnd last night inspector
Hradley with a dotal! of police swooped
own on a meeting, nrrested the orators and
dispersed the crowd. Hemmell, Dinger nnd
Cowan wero locked up on charges of violat-
ng a city ordinance nnd Inter were released
on forfeits of JIB for a hearing today.
Dny Mlth tlir lrrlilcitt,
CANTON, O.. July 27. President nnd
Mrs, McKlnley wero guests today at lunch
at tho country homo of F. K. Cnsc. They
rovo out about noon, to remain until
vcnlng. Deforo leaving tho president dis
posed of some official business forwarded
from Washington nnd several callers.
Judgo N. H. Wright of Illinois brought to
tho president nn urgent Invitation to at-
end tho Woodstock, 111 , fair during the
Islt to the Grand Army of tho Hcpubllu
encampment at Chicago. Tho Judgo wns
referred to tbe Chicago committee, which
will largely control the president's move
ments while he Is the city's guest.
liirtiiip Clnrk SpoUr.
BOULDER, Colo.. July 27. This was
Democratic day at tho Texas-Colorado
Chautauqua. Excursion trains were run
from Denver and other cities nnd towns In
Northern Colorado, bringing several hun
dred visitors. Hon. Champ Clark of Mis
souri was tho orator of the day and ho was
greeted by the largest nudienco that hns
nttended nny of tho Chautauqua meeting!
this season.
All Unlet nt Itock irltiKK.
CHHYHN'NE, Wyn.. July 2. -(Special. )-
u
an interview Adjtitnnt General Stl'xot
tinted th.it everything Is quiet at Itock
Sprlrgs. but that wntchmcn nre on guard
ay and night to prevent any disturbance.
While bo docs not anticipate nny trouble,
ho has trken all necess.vv rrccautlons t0
quell nny outbreak that mlpht occur.
Mtcnl Wmkoii In Slulil of Owner.
A11EKDEKN, S. I) July 27. -(Special.)
horse thief Ptole a buggy from John H.
Irey Mondcy night. A horse and hnrness
was taken from the barn of F. A. lirown
clofu by. The robber drove off at brcak-
cck speed while Mr. Flrey was looking at
him. Flrey was not awaro until tho next
morning that tho thief wns riding in a
buggy taken from him.
READY TO DROP CHINA
(Continued from First Page.)
Tsln of a sufficient number of troops. Thero.
fore, anxious au It Is that tho campaign
hnll be started at once, our government Is
watching the arrivals of the foreign legions
nd U pressing Admiral Homey for reports
as to the military conditions. Not nil of liU
responses aro given publicity, for reasons of
sound policy.
.curly flO.ono Kolillcrx nt 'lien Tnln.
It is reported that 28,000 soldiers aro al
ready at Tien Tsln not half of the force
regarded as necessary to begin tho move
ment. Tho State department ndvices this
afternoon, however, wV.ro to tho effoct that
11 of tho Japanese troops have been landed,
n which case the International force should
bo considerably augmented. Tho War de
partment, lacking exnet Information, owing
o tho (jlow moans of telegraphic communi
cation, believes that It 'has now nbout 3,500
trained nnd seasoned! American troops in tno
vicinity of Tien Tsln iunder the lmmedlato
command oT General CJia,tIco, assuming that
tho Grant has landed. Its passengers, which
It should have done if it sailed from Nnga
oakl on the 2Sth according to the original
ntentlon. Tho Grant carried, in addition to
General Chaffee, two squadrons of the Sixth
cavalry, 800 men In all, who aro expected to
prove peculiarly serviceable In the flat Chi
nese country. Thero also were on the vessel
3C0 unattached recruits: some members of
tho hospital corps and a battalion of 2E0
marines, making altogether 1,110 soldier"
on board.
Tho department believes that tho last re
inforcements ordered from tho Philippines
two battalions of tho 'Fourteenth Infantry
and a battery of tho Sixth artlllory, about
900 men In nil havo arrived at Tien Teln.
If tho splendid mnrlno force under Major
Waller Is placed under Chnffoo's command
that officer will havo altogether 4,200 troops,
In addition to this force nbout 3,000 regulnrs
are under orders, somo of whom are on tho
way to China, so that altogether the United
States should hnvo a respectable contingent
In tho international column whon It starts
for Pekln.
POLICY IS NOW CONSISTENT
IteiiiNnl nf I hi cue Oner In I-ollowliiK
I 1 tin- ton rue I'nrniicd
nt WnMliliiKton,
WASHINGTON, July 27 Secretary Hay
signaled his return to Washington from
Canton this morning by tho unnounco
racnt thnt under no circumstances
would the United States government accept
the Chinese offer to turn over the foreign
ministers to the Internationals at Tien Tnln
In consideration of a suspension of tho cam
paign ngainst Pekln. A long cablegram
was dispatched today to Hear Admiral
Hemey nt Taku, nnd It Is believed that this
Instruction wixa laid upon him.
Tho State department clulino tn be pur
suing nn entirely coualstent course In this
decision. Tho ulllclals point out that allo
tho bitter criticism in the Europeon papers
dlroc'ed against the United States policy Is
based upon a total misunderstanding of the
fundamental principles which havo governed
tho actions of the State department. At
no time, It Is said, has the department nl
lowed the belief that the ministers at Pekln
wero alive to Interfero In the slightest de
gree with tho pnsecutlon of Its military
plans for reaching Pekln. On thn con
irary, tno news mat tno ministers were
alive was accepted by the State department
not as' conveying absolute verity, but nn nn
additional reason for hastening the rejle
column forward to Pekln. It was tho do
partment's Intention that, even though a de
gieo ut Improbability surrou.v'ed I he fill
mse news as lo the state of affnlrn In Pekln
yot every consideration of humanity and
policy demanded that It should be given
careful consideration, and that it should
bo acted upon as If true, provided that ac
tlon went toward the relief of the foreign
ministers, and did not operate to proven
the consummation of any of the objects laid
down in Secretary Hay's identic note. Th
department is absolutely satisfied that Its
attltudo whs perfectly correct, and that eve
European critics will In time admit that fact
Secretary Hay's decision to decllno th
iitnv i iiineso propsuion was based upon
nis determination to adhoro strictly to th
conditions laid down In tho renlv to tho
Chinese emperor's appeal. The State de
partment required thnt the ministers at
Pekln be put In communh at ion with their
governments, nnd, tho most significant con
dition of all, that tho Chlncso authorities
ro-opcratu with thn relief expedition for
tbo liberation of tho legations. Until these
two things are done the Stato department
absolutely refuses to bo led Into any ar
rangement looking to the mitigation of tho
punishment of tho Chinese government,
such ns tho abandonment of tho expedition
to Pekln,
It Is not known at present Just how thlJ
last proposition roachod the stato depart
ment. It Is Inferred that It tamo from sov
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oral sources, but all are believed to bo
raceablo to 1-1 Hung Chang. Mr (lood
now, our consul genernl at Shanghai. Is tho
nearest t'lilted States official to LI and hns
acquitted himself so well up to this point
thnt the Stato department does not hesl
tato to mako free uso of him ns a diplo
matic agent. Therefore, It may bo Inter
esting for tho foreign contingent at Shang
hai, who have complained ngainst Minister
Ooodnow's Intercourse with 11 Hung
Chang, to know that the consul general Is
acting In strict accordance with the In
structions of the Stnto department. Sec
retary Hay hns cabled him to put himself
n communication with Karl 1.1 and to avail
as far as possible of that Chinese official's
nfliionco in securing tho objects plainly
stated In thu Identic note. It dues not fol-
ow thnt 'he Cnlted Stntes Is bound to nc-
rcpt without question any statement made
by LI. Mr. Ooodnow Is a shrewd man and
thn Department of Stato deems ltelf able,
using hlm ns nn Intermediary, to glvo
proper weight to anything coming from
tho great viceroy. In ho doing thn depnrt
mcnt is carrying out Its policy of making
11 proper use of any Instrumentalities
within Its reach to achieve Its well-dollncd
objects and It Is not to bo deterred from
so doing by nny criticisms thnt It is
thereby disturbing thn solidarity of tho
powers In their dealings with tbo Chlneso
government.
Special CnliliuM Session.
A special cabinet meeting was held in
Secretary Hay's olllco at ll ociock uus
morning, tho usual hour. Tho secretary oi
state, fresh from his perscnnl Intercourse
with tho president, was In position to ad
vise his colleagues of the administration's
purposo nnd tho wholo Chinese situation
was discussed. Hostile? Secretary Hay, there
woro present Secretary Cage. Postmaster
General Smith and Secretary ltoot.
When tho cabinet conference adjourned It
wns staled mai no iiirmer uuiinuu iniuis
concerning the action of this government t
had been prepared. Tho meeting wns a gen
ernl Interchange of opinions nnd views.
Socretnry Hay laid beforo tho members the
latest Information ho has received, Includ
ing a dlsnnteh from Consul (lenernl flood-
now at Shanghai. The government hns re
ceived Information, presumably from Ad
miral Remcv, thnt tho number of allied
troops in Tien Tsln is 28,000. Tho move
ment of tho troops from Tien Tsln to Pekln,
Secretary Root said, would depend upon tho
arrival and mobilization of troops of other
natipns now on the way to Taku. Ho said
It would be Impossible for tho United States
force, as smnll as It Is, to go alone. It Is
further stated that all tho United States
troops that could possibly bo spared had
been ordered to China.
This government presumably Is still ac
cepting In good faith tho representations
mado by Minister Wu. Our officials flguro
that two drys must yot elapse beforo an
nnswer can bo received from Minister Con
ger (presuming ho Is still alive) to the last
codo message sent him. In tho mcantlmo
they aro directing every enorgy to getting
all tho men they can Into China nnd to co
operating with tho nlllcd forces In tho for
ward movement.
Thero wero no official advices from any
Chlneso source ovor night, except a short
message from Lieutenant Stanford, slgnnl
officer with General Chaffee's contingent nt
Nagasaki, announcing thai nil was well with
tho troops.
Consul General Goodnow's dlBpatch was
not mado public. It was nald that the
conaul submitted somo mnttcra for tho In
formation of tho cabinet, ns ho hna been
In tho habit of doing, almost dally since the
troublo began, that they had no bearing on
any of tho vital points now uudcr consider
ation, ThlB government has not been no
titled of tho selection of a commnnder for
the allied forces In China, nnd it is thought
tho selection has not yet been made. Gen
eral Chaffee has orders to do everything in
hie power to facilitate tho cholco of a hend
of tho expedition. It may bo Btated that
whatever the preferonccH of this government
In tho matter might be, we will cheerfully
acquiesce In tho selection of nny ono of the
foreign commanders on tho ground. The
chief anxiety of this country Is to have a
start mado for Pekln ns soon as practicable.
In case the commanderu on the ground can
not agreo among themselves the question
will havo to bo referred back to their re
spective governments.
Thin would be regarded hero as a do
plorabln delay. If tho question Is thrown
back on tho various governments, the
United States Is In tho frame of mind to
lntorjcct somo very plain and forceful lan
guage Into thu contruveifiy, which would
probably more than ever convlnro the for
eign chancellorltH of the buslneiH-IIke timl
unconventional brand of American diplo
macy. Admiral Uomey's Information nn to the
strength of the allied fore between Tuka
and Tlcn Tsln, namely, 28,000 men, made It
plainer than ever to tho cabinet that It la
almost hopolths to look for an advance hy
July 30 The administration, it Is nald. hu
received nn word from tho American olllrori,
ashoro indicating U.at tho allied i-oiii-miindcrs
have reduce,! their mtlmnto of
80,000 men as tho minimum strength of tho
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It 1h true that the country has been prne-ttr-ally
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regarded nn Indenting that nny less reilst
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havo to forco the defonrrd of Pekln.
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Ooodnow has Just received a letter from his
brother, Consul General Ooodnow, now at
Shanghai, In which tho latter Intimates that
tho conditions nro even worso than hns been
Indicated In his olllclnl cablegrams. He
writes:
'Chlneso nro leaving this city nt the rato
of 2,000 or 3,000 a dny. Tho purposo of their
going or tholr destination is not known."
While bo does not say so, Mr. Ooodnow
evidently believes that they nro being mobil
ized somewhere. Many of those leaving, he
says, bad close relations with tho Kuroponns
nnd If thflr departure had been on nccount
of fear of var by tho allies, some of them,
ho thinks, would certainly havo mado their
fears known to their white friends. Tho
Kuropcnns therefore havo organized a body
of volunteers nnd havo refused to ndtnlt
any natives to It, nlthough several offered
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cion with which nil natives nre regarded.
A number of Sikh pulicmcn from the Eng
lish concession nre included in the ranks.
Mr. Ooodnow has given up his plans for a
trip homo nnd will remalu at his post.
Mlxloniirli'x ltiiiii'(eil Murdered.
TORONTO. Out., July 27. Thn China
Inland mission received the following ca
blegram from Shanghai this morning.
"All Missionaries murdered In Pao Tina
I'll."
The China Inland mission has two mis
sionaries stationed at Pao Ting in tho prov
ince of Chi LI, which Is Just nbout the samo
distance from Pekln as Tien Tsln, but fur
ther Inland. These missionaries, Mr. and Mrs,
Ilngnall, nnd their three children, have un
doubtedly perished.
The North American Presbyterian board
and the American Ilonrd of Missions, trio
latter being mostly ("ongregatlonnllsts, havo
nlso had workers at Pao Ting.
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