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The Omaha Sunday Bee. I PAGES I TO 10. I PART I. ESTABLISHED JITXE 1 J), J 871. OMAHA, srNDAY ,MOHXI2ST(i, .HTLV L'J), 1 5)00 - TWISXTY PACJ 15S. SIXCLH COPY PIVI3 C 13 NTS. p TO GATES OF PEKI3J Missionary Wilder Succeeds in Reaching the Chinese Capital. REPORTS FIGHTING AS HAVING CEASED Attompt to Deliver Mesrago to Ministers in City Fails. NO ONE ALLOWED ACCESS TO FOREIGNERS Decree Issued Ordering All Subjects to Protect Ambassadors. IMPERIAL TROOPS SURROUND THE CITY No Troon Seen for Mlrty Mllrn .lotitli of CnnllHl, llllt More Tlimi UO.WHI Itcunrtfil AMftcmliloit at Villi 'Inn ii mill I'i'll Sunn. WANTS A BRITON AS LEADER I.nril NnlMmry lii"ll Thnt the .llnri'li on I'pUIii Hi- tinier KiikIIsIi (illllllllll'f. KAISER OUT OF TCXE German Press Condemns Emperor's Ferocious Speech to His Soldiers. (Copyright. 1900. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 28. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) There are serious dissensions among tho power con cerning who shall be the commnndcr-ln-chief of the allied land forces In the march mi t,.j I n rirnt tlrllol,, la llrcrltlir rlntnr mincdly that as Russia hns obtained control aremernaven utterance uompareu to une JUST ONE LAME ATTEMPT AT APOLOGY FURTHER WORDFROM CONGuR IQR AT mj SIDE Chinese Minister DnlnK III llrt to Kutiilillftli Comniiiiileiitlnii with Amerlcit ii. WASHINGTON. July 28. Minister Wu Is trying to gel n further communication through from Minister Conger, and It may be that success In this undertaking may BELIEF THAT ENVOYS MAY STILL LIVE Officials at Washington Oheercd by Latest News from China. Mado at Jerusalem. GERMANY INDIGNANT AT UNITED STATES of tho railway and Germany of the water way, England's paramount commercial In terest entitles her to Insist that the expedi tion shall be under a British commander. Important communications) are passing be tween Lord Salisbury and United States Am- 1 I... r.1 . .1.1.. ..l.l 1 t Onl. Isbury Is strongly pressing the government Disappointment Over Administration s i ail at Washington to support him. but he Is not ure to p0H0W Leading Strings, nil WfSV ...I' 1 0(VUl.t.. .V ... Qcrmany working with Hussla and Japan playing a waiting game, the result Is that AGRARIAN JOURNALS ATTACK GUENTHER no agreement hub ueun iirriveu ui irKuiuiu the chief and no advance Is possible while the present condition of things lasts. Tho Washington dispatch repeating that the State department Is convinced that the first Conger message was fraudulent has occasioned a very discouraged feeling here about the safety of the legations. UnlcsB positive proof that the envoys art safe Is lienor! of Amrrlenii Comnl (Irnrrnl ill Frankfort on Mont llucitlnn I" ol Itpllnlii'il In Ordiln llnni'liTN of 1 0 in pi re. LONDON, July 28. Tho latest story, or Iglnatlng In other than Chinese source, Is a special dispatch from Che Foo. dated July 7, according to which Missionary Wilder, who stnrtcd for Pekln a fortnight ago, ban jW returned and reported that ho founJ the Imperial 'Chlneso forces completely sur rounding the Tartar city. He was unable to deliver a messngo to the legation and In reply to his entreaties the Chlneso said they could not allow anyone a pass to the forclcners. According to reports the attack on the produced with tho next two days all hope (Copyright. 1W0. by the Aniurlaird Press.) prove tains safotfS Ml pre.ijHCi andJV-fy "3m nlete vindication. He raaln- rful show of confldeneo In the legations nnd manages to lm- some degree upon tho otllelala with whom ho comes In con- Reassuring Advices Aro Received fromThreo Separate Sources, Chinese Minister at Washington No Longer Fears for Legations atPekiu. MESSAGES OF FOWLER AND M'WADE Snci'lnl Comnilnslonrr Itnrklilll ("nil", on Srori'tiiry liny lor lntrni' IIihi nml Then SfnrM on .tourney to Orlrnt. will vanish. PLAYWRIGHT SHAW'S SHRIEK Utterly l)r it Hie Siiukch- llon of NMiur Heteiiuc on llic lleiitlicit Slil (Copyright. 1!)00, by Ptvss Publishing Co.) LONDON. July 28. - (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) George tier nard Shaw, the playwright, fiercely de- HERLIN. July 28. Kmperor William' addrosj to the soldiers comprising the China expedition forms the subject of general ills cttpslon today. The omporor'p Instructions to sparo no Chinese and make no prison ers aro condemned by nearly everybody. The I.okalanzlegcr pretends that the emperor did not mean what hU words Implied, but that ho merely wlHhed to caution the mem bers of the expedition that they would meet on the Chinese for the I'ekln occurrences. onor. Ho asks: Hut nearly all tho other papers legations ceased on the afternoon of July nnunres the proposals for siymgo revenge n foo who docs not spare and makes no prls- J4. Kvcrythlng was unlet during tho re mainder of Missionary Wilder' stay. When lio left on July IS. a decree had been Is- piled, commanding all persons to protect the foreigners In China. Iteturnlng he saw no troop for sixty miles south of I'ekln. but f on (i ""- -" I .... ..... .,,.,- .i mnrniii rmnT General Chaffee, wjth his troops ftln. WU Una altltaa UN imrLniM. tuin rnnt; will nrrlvo at Tnku this nlthough It may be several days s report of the fact can reach the nt. The Irregular and unsatlsfnc- rncter of tho present system of com- tlon between Tnku ami the cable end at Shanghai has been taken Into account by tlio War department and It Is said that one of General Chaffee's Brst acts on tnklng command of tho United Slates forces ashore nt Toku nnd Tlcn Tsln will be to establish, perhjps In connection with the other mll Itury commanders, a lino of rapid dispatch running from Tien Tsln to Shanghai or Nagasaki. While the positive stntemcrt Is made that It Is not the ptesent Intention to send any WASHINGTON. July 2S. Coming from more troops from Manila to China, at the three scpnrate quartern this morning tho as samo time It Is known that nil contingencies snrance that the foreign ministers nt I'ekln have been canvassed and that If an em- were nllvo and well on July 21 nnd n ten crgency should arise In China which made dency to dissipate the pessimistic view It Imperative to have additional troops they which the State department has taken for would bo drawn from tho Philippines for the last few days as to the situation in temporary duly at ImsI. Some time ago I'ekln. It Is truo that a comparison of tho General MneArthur was advised by Score- various edicts nnd statements bearing on tnry Hoot to maintain suuicleut trnnsports this subject appear to demonstrate tne taci to carry sunnlles between Manlln and Tnku that they all come from one fountain neau, and these trnnsnorts would be nvnDabln cither Yuan Shlh Kl or LI Hung ( hang. for emergency troops. The Pennsylvania, Gio persistence with wnicn inese Indiana and Sumner, when the latter arrives stories ol the wifety of the ministers aro nt Manila, nrobnblv will be held for Rorv- circulated uniioumcoiy is sunning uie oe snnminn I m t nil V it nmnnrnp'u U linnnh "ny noi mnocmaie mini wmi r.mui-i ,,.., ..- i, Tneehlatt. In una nyurupuonm, pew uji K"nn mucn ... croion on in mem ami men nrrnn uic mum. ... ,., ,,, .,,111,,,, i,i .nirtlorM in enrrv iuuk im-m wmi ii-vuit' u.ui. iiin u. M Mvlllmflnn H'tn Chlnii anil n the same ha learned that 20.000 men were In the them to pieces with motor cars or otherwise ..lh .nlnl,,. ,,,m , ,ip., fpr jielghborhnod of Yan Tsun and Pelt Sung. provo to tho Chlneso how far our civilization cltms verity t)Crc ,) not tally. Ilcsldes. the paper argues, tho emperor nun no right to According to this morning's llerlln tils- excels theirs In the Intensity of Its torments tiatch tho conservative government organs nnd the modernity of Itn methods, "If the Hngllsh nntion In going to treat tho Chlneso nation as a drunken lOngllsh navy would treat a drunken Chinese, one who had Injured lilm, then In tho name of common sense glvo the navy Salisbury's portfolio nml leave Salisbury free to study in his laboratory. Hut don't call that tory Bgree tntit mo emperor a wants hi nruniri- Jiaven havo been misinterpreted abroad Tho Kreuzo Zeltung says thut It wna never Intended to convoy the Idea that the troops could not make prisoners, but that tho Oer man' emperor merely alluded to the Chinese, "who neither pardoned nor mado prison crs." A telegram from Homo reports thnt tho organ of the vatlcnn, commenting on the ppcecli of Kmperor William, says that It Is first to desplso It." Ibn nnrnnst wish of Ibo none nnd Cardinal Jlampolla that tho powers should not resort ATTITUDE OF ROME ON CHINA to a policy of retaliation nnd vengennco, nnd that no power should bo permitted to do I Vnllcnn Hcfiixcn to Hun port (lit- On this. Tho pope has Issued a letter directing nlnuulit of 1'iiivpm on prayers' In nil tho churches for tho safety the ( i-Ii-nMiiI. of inn Christians, ..ml inBlcau ot mutives so lintruct the expedition, becauso the expe dition will form part of a whole and be un der tho command of a chief of some other nationality, whoso Instructions solely they must obey. The paper further maintains that "the emperor's behavior Is likely to tpllt up the harmony of the powers, as doubtlcos some of the powers will not agree Ism or conservatism. It Is nothing but the to tho emperor's Instructions." most horrible, most cowardly mobocracy to Several papers draw n parallel between bo Imagined. A mob itself would bo tho this latest speech by Emperor William and the oi'o hp delivered In 1898 dedicating to tho Redeemer the church nt Jerusalem, on which occasion the emperor preached the gospel of Christian long suffering toward all natloiiM. Tho Cologne Volks 7-cltung publlshan statements to the effect thnt a Catholic mis slonary, who has' lust returned from China, of roveneo tho letter expresses the hope (Copyright, l(m, by Press Publlahlrt Co.) stntes thnt the empress Is the prime Instl that tho Almighty will Inspire thoughts of LONDON. July 28. (New York World Ca- gator of the present war In China, citing a concord nnd peaco which will prevent nlegram hperlal ielcgram.) 1 ho attitude number of proof thereof, line or tne em- further mlu and mnssacres. inn Vatican organ, voce uoiia voriia, press' chief advisers, Admiral run me iin, on tnu unincse question excites violent in- published nt uer Dencst, tno poircy 10 do pursued until China should be ready for war with H,iropi. inylug. be'moro monstrous thnn her Impiety and rc- "Kuropcnn Jealousy and disharmony are belllon against God, and It Is Just thnt the advantage heaven sends China to prepare everything should be monstrous In regard herself. When everything l ready for war FFFflRT Tfl F9RAPF Fflll FFI UK'"tlon here. It buys: "Kuropo Is being J-LCJyit1 . ,U ,C5Jl'ftrt: ryiht-VXi,M In the roln she ,!eve,. folblng.n lliixrrn V'orer Aliierlenn MlHftlnnnrlrn at I'rUIn to Itrlnrn lo I' ro ( lion of 1,1'Kiillnn, CHICAGO, July 28. A letter telling of u flespernto but Ineffectual attempt mado by mlHslouarlcH to encapo from Pokln was re ceived hero today by Morgan S. Woodward, un Kvanston man, whoso wife nnd daugh tor, lone, were visiting Minister Conger nnd family In the Chlneso capital. Tho letter was written Juno 11, sent by cnuiiar to Tien Tsln nnd mulled nt Hint tilaco Juno 14. Tho missionaries, Mrs Woodward says, fled to tho American lega tlon. On Juno 10. nho declares, acting under the ndvleo of Minister Conger, she ond her dnughter. accompanied h Secre lary Halnbrldge nnd a guard of four sol dlcrs, left tho legation and started for the rallwny depot. With much dlfllculty they rcacfiod the stntlon, only to find that tho Iloxers had torn up tho rails for several miles, burned tho bridges between Peklu nnd Tien Tsln nnd rut tho telegraph wires. Nothing remained but to return to tho le gation, They were continually attacked by roving banda of riotous nntlven, but after ,1 desperate running fight they mnnnged to regnln tho protection of the legation. In tho legation, Mrs. Wondwnrd says. It vins reported that a smnll nrmy of tho allies had Htarted to relieve tho prisoners Provisions, sho declares, were plentiful In concluding her letter Mrs. Woodwnrd eayn: "Wo feel confident that we will bo rescued. In' 'net. wn nro assured that everything posalblo will bo done by our povornment nnd tho other Chrlstlnn nn tlons to relievo us Immediately. ' to her. The powers are already humiliated. Let them consider whlln there Is time. If they can, lest they be wholly undone." The Times' Home correspondent bitterly nllackn the Pope's quiet acceptance of tho martyrdom of Catholic missionaries. Tho Vatican refuses to see anything righteous In the policy of the partition of China for tho benefit of foreign conccsBlonnlrcs. MOURAVIEFF KILLED HIMSELF Com 111 lit eil .Siilrlilc llei'iiiiNp of n Illn- linlc tilth the Cr.nr ('oiii'ithIiik tiilni'Ni' I'olli'y, (Cop. right, 110. by Press Publishing Co.) ST. PKTKHSI1UKO. July 2S. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho Czns of Cracow publishes a sensational story that Mouravleff committed suicide In the presence of Klnnnco Minister Dewitto In consequence of a violent dispute with tho czar about China. Ilefore dying Mouravleff wrotn to tho czar advising him to follow his Chlneso policy, which Is antl-llrltlsh. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska .. . M t. Warmer: Vnr able Winds Page. I Worn llroiiitlil (mm renin iiniro. Gerntiitiy Doein'l PoIIimv Knlser. Wnlllimlon Ik Still Wnltlnu. l.llii'rnN Are llmlly lilt lila-il. AnotluT Story of Hie llnisiii'ri'. I'lMter.H Will (Jo on Hie Mnml. .1 (iiiiiriUnii'ii Unit Try Aunln. Iloimlnn DrnioerntN ltiinr'c -I C 111 11 Ii 11 Winn from lien tlolnrx. iMt I'iii'Iiik Iti'i'oril In Set I'll. ." Nimv t nlon I '11 el lie l.oeoinott 1 1'. lhltiii for full CnrnUiil. Coiini'll II11I1U I i I'ntliiK Wiirrntit II I.iikI Work In (Inmliii Soi'li'ly. 7 (iiliui I.eniU Ml llnullnli in Hi. Itnllilioni' I niter rreil nt llntinin, AlTnlrn nt M111II1 (liimlin. 8 Coiini'll IIIiiIVm l.ocnl MiiKcrs. I. oiler Itccrlvril from iien Tuln. 0 llmip nt ii in ine r' SportK. 1(1 I'irly Cluiri'li Worlt In II11111I111. Sonir Itrlli'K of TriiiiMtny llltnlry. Some I'nlnlei' for Wlieelini'ii. 1- Womnni Her Wnyn mill Wlilni". Ill A in un i' 111 1 11 In nml Mtinli'iil .NoIik, I I I'Mltorlnl mill Comnii'iil, t." (iilnemr In l'lillliilnr InIiiiiiIk. IIi'iiiiiikI for HooUn I1011I ( lllnn. Oinnlin lloyi SertliiK In Sim I'nliln. III "Tlie I nnpi'iiknlile TiirK." 17 Commi'ri'lnl nml I'liinni'lnl . Ill Noon Iti-Rl for Tlreil Women. ill City May tne Slri'i'l Kwopiiit. Triiilirriiliiri' ill Oinnlin lpnlrrilnyi Disintegration of Great Body Into Factions Now Well Under Way. EELING AMONG THEM GROWS BITTER n n. 111 711 (I 11. 111 711 11. Ill 71 S n. m 7'-' II n. in 7 1 10 n. m . . 7." 11 11. in 77 12 m 78 it p. m I p. 11 .-. p. in II p. m . i. 111 .... , 7r. 7(1 7r. 7:1 7 a lco betweon Tnku nnd Mnnlla and will be available for nny contingency which may occur, but which the department does not expect to nrlse. A stubborn resistance to tho ndvnnro of tho International armies might make additional troops necessary. In thnt ovent n speedy relief column, no doubt, would bo sent from Manila, lief of those who heretofore have been sat Islled that nil ot the ministers In Pckln nre dead Today's assurances came from Mr. Fow CONGRESS OPENED AT LIMA rreililent Itoiuuiiii I'm"" .Simiicii- tlon of Mi'Klnlr.v for Inlernnllonnl Aini'rU'iin Coiift'i'i'tii'i', LIMA. Peru. July 28. -(Via Galveston.) President Ilomana opened congress today RUSSIANS AREHARD PRESSED lliillttny fiiuiriln lloMInu Out Auiilnxl OvertvlirlmliiK Niimlirr Of CIlllll'NI'. the doscow gay: News reaching B,)0n(,nB ,0 Juy 24), states that fortunntcly shows that General Gem- inllgtcrBt oxccpl I)arou Von Kettoler. CHICAGO, July 28. A dispatch to Itecord from Moscow gay: Vlndtvostock grostV Alaucnunan railway guardH are in dally Increasing danger. At bay In their position between Kolin and Harbin, the lit tle band Ir utlll awaiting General Tschlt- schagorl's relief forco. Chinese are over flowing from Mongolia into northern Man churia, In the neighborhood of Margin and Durdo Tsun. In Mongolia a force ot 15,000 natives surrounded the Ilukslan railway corpn, but a Cossack column attacked the tribesmen, nnd ufter a fterco battle routed them, killing lfi". Dally sklrmlhhcs nre reported between tho rcstlesi tribesmen In Mnnchurla and tho Ituss'lan railway guards. M, Dewitte. Ilmsian' minister ot finance, ler. the American consul at Che Foo. from with 11 message, which says that the rela- Mr. McWade. the American consul at Can- tlons existing between Peru nnd outer ton. and from Minister Wu. tho Chinese countries nro unaltered, it is iicrcssan to minister here. The latter came to the State solve thn problems arising nut of the Tacnn department enrly expressly to deliver nu Arlca territorial disputes, because (he acts edict received by him to Secretary Hay. which the Chileans have lately practised It Is similar In form to the edict published thero have rendered absolutely necessary a yesterday In London. The minister sayR compliance of tho treaty of Ancon. I-or (hat tho only differences are thoso Involved this reason Peru asks for 11 ratification of In separate translations. tho Ililllnghurat protocol. The president Mr. Wu's translation of Shcng'a dispntcli hoped that the good sense of public men ot In ns follown: Chllo would allow nn early satisfactory solu- "Kdlct of 2Sth of the sixth moon (corre- tlon. The president nccepted the recommendn tlon of President MeKlnley and favored par tlclpatlon In an International American con ference. Ho discussed legal decisions, which he snld were of the greatest Importance, Including nmnesty provisions for .political offenses. Ho also called attention to the period of greatly Increased Industrial activity nnd mentioned the Increased confidence In Peru's aro nllvo nnd unharmed. They are now be ing supplied with vegetables, fruit nnd pro visions by tho government, to show Its sympnthy for them." Mlnlnlrr Wu In t'nn vlnrnl. If Mr. Wu hnd any doubt ns to tho safety of the ministers It seems to havo been dis sipated by this edict. Ho labored earnestly with Secretary Hay to convince him that K0Vernmcnt, pigci. ns It Is. to tho main- he was hound to accent thin official declarn tlnn of the Chinese government. Ho pointed out that this last declaration differed ma terially from most of tho other Htatements that havo emanated from Chinese sources In tho Important fact that It did not rcpre tennnce of pence and order, concluding his message with a reference to the notnble Increase of public wealth In Peru. BLACK TERROR IN BERMUDA NO HOPE FOR MISSIONARIES deport ,,f t,,. .lliiMNiicre nt I'no TIiik l'n linn lli'i'ii Conllriuril liy SliiuiKlinl MrNNiici'. NHW YOItK. July 2S. Cable messages were received today by both tho Prcebyte- rlan Hoard of Foreign Missions nnd the American lllblo society, corroboratlvo of the report that the missionaries at Pao Ting Fu had been massacred. The message rccolved by tho Presbyterian board camo from Shanghai nnd was supposed to havo been wnt by the Hov. George F. Fitch. It read as follows: Slmcoxes, Hodges, Taylor, Mackoy, other mission seven, mnssncred Pao Tung Fu 28. The secretary juiv s. Nenklnc. Hunan, missionaries all dispatch from Mr. shanghai. Japnn." Tho American lllblo society today received a cablfgram from Shanghai, ns follown: 'All massacred Pao Ting Fu. Foreigners Wlro J3.000." CHINESE BECOMING ANXIOUS Making firou I KITort to Con luce I lit' I'iMtrrn All ! W"ll "llli MIlllM.TH. WASHINGTON. July M stale has received a Fowler, the American consul at Che Foo, dated at midnight on the 26th: "Thin morning, by request of the allied ndmlrals. I wired tho governor (supposed to interior ordered Shanghai iho the governor of Shan Tung) their wisn Tni, wng sent by tho Hev. Dr. John N to get news from ministers themselves. Tho Nokes, to whom tho $3,000 was nt onco governor now replies: cabled. " 'Have received today edict from em- wo Bhull revengo all past Injuries at one blow." IiiiIIkiiiiIIoii nt United Slnten, Tho Idea of tho United Statea acting as mediator between Kuropc and China, has met with most decided rejection here, the corrrsnondent of tho Associated Press learns, dcnplto the honeyed words nccom pauylng tho reftmal. Germany. InslstH upon adequate- redress for Haron von Kettelcr's assassination anil a guarantee for tho per manent re-establlshnient of orderly condl tlono In China. Not before this U done will Germany bo ready to listen to diplomatic propositions about tho statitH quo. The Awsoclated Press correspondent lenrus that tho sentiment In the highest German circles is Indignation, that Instead of prac tical solidarity by all tho powcre, the tend ency In more and moro plain that each Is again seeking selfish advantages. Irrespec tive of outraged International rights. The feeling ngalnst the United States In es pecially bitter, Emperor William having ex. pected that the United States would wtead fastly sldo with him In demanding ndequato mlrcMs. Objection to Gui'iitlier'n Iti'pnrlH. Consul General Guenthsr of Frankfort on the Main Is being savagely attacked In the agrarian press here for tho character of his reports relatlvo to the meat question, dis proving tho hygienic pretense of a new meat law. . Tho Deutfcho Tngefl Zeltung nuggests that the Gerinun government withdraw Its exequnteur from Mr. Ouenther, adding "that proofs of Mr. Ouenther s nefarlou work are to bo found In tho United States pretn." Krnest nemlnghoven of Chicago again writes to the agrarian press demanding that Mr. Ouenther be disciplined because of Htatemcnts In his renortn. Thunderstorms ami beat this week did great damage In the eastern provinces, es peclally In Stettin, Danzig, Klblngcn nnd Scheldemuehl, whence a number of deaths nro reported. Lightning killed fifteen per- sonn nnd fired and consumed twenty-three largo estate. A largo number of Boldlers were sunstruck and killed in Drunswlck, Posen nnd Dreslnu. Crown Prince Frederick will go tomorrow of tho Kusso-Clilmme ban'!, .who le .sup posed to havit lout his lifu ..1 tb ."kln massacre, a message dated Pekln, Juno 15. "Tho riots," iinH M. Pokulllloff, "began Juno 13, when tho mob first burned the American church nnd then the Kusslan mis sionary station. Our sltuntlon Is perilous and a disastrous crltls Is near at hand. Wo aro besieged and cut off from news from homo. "M. Do Glere has been requested by tho Chlneso nuthorltles to countermand his ap peal for Russian guards In Pekln. United Staten Minister Conger has also cabled for additional guards. Mr. Conger Is nctlvo Xoirro Soldier nl lliimlllnn C'nniliiiit TlirniKi'lra'N In llullliiiily .VI n 11 11 r r. LIBERALS BREAK UP Nominal Party Loader in Fact Heads Only a Small Junto. HAMILTON, Ilcrmuda. July 28 Much un easiness Is prevailing throughout the Ilcr muda Islands owing to the hostility toward the Inhabitants displayed by tho black sol diers of the First Wnst India regiment. During the Inst week three unprovoked as saults on peaceful citizens havo been made. On Wednesday evening Lawyer Jackson nnd YERKES' CHANCES ARE SMALL ,11(11 ProNpi'i'l of tlie Clili'iiuo Huron (ellliiHT 11 I'liiniiilni' In l.llllllllll, Iicror snylng that the ministers nro well They nro sending provisions to the legations, tAm conlldent ministers arc out ot dlstrorti nnd request you iFowier) transmit this pre llmlnary announcement (0 admirals. " 'YUAN, Oovornor.' 1 A luter dispatch tram Fowler, dated 1 a 1,1 lllllllt CIiiiiik TriiilMlilt Mi'NNilKf from r.niperor to HiinrIiiIi (ilM ITIIIIII'llt. ST. PKTKRSI1UKG, July 28. A dispatch I n OnMu tn rppolvn rnncffitlilntlnfm from th AUAIN bAYb cNVUlbAnt WLLLI inhabitants of the duchy becauso of attain ing his majority. He will remain there until August 22. Soiinii Cnneerln at Kroll'n, John P. Souea has urrlved here for an other nine-day concert al Kroll'n Royal opera house. Since his first concerts here the military throughout Oermany has adopted a number of Sousa's marches Into their regular programs. m General William Ludlow, with his uldo- de-camp, Lleutennnt HnlsteadfaDorey, has arrived hero for sovoral weeks' study of tho great staff, with a view ol a similar creation In tho United States! General Ludlow says n bill will bo prepared for Introduction Into congress or elA- such an r-i,m .'mm thin vifurov Tnk natures 'M ACQ APR P NFflRHANR RHnW organization as the general stnff will be .---""- ----- . I iiinuununi. ........ -ui,i a.. 27tb, to tho Mate- Ueiiartment, Is aa has been received here from LI Hung Chang, follows: dated July 20, which says that tho Chinese "Another telegram from governor- 'Have government telegraphs him undor date of ust received Imperial edict, 2tth, saying July 23 that the ministers are nil well. various mlulstom. excepting German, are 1,1 Hung Chung also complains that none iv oil; and some days ngn had supplied pro- of tho powers havo consented to place a visions to legations. Am satisfied ministers war ship at his disposal for the Journey aro out of distress. north, and he added thnt be would bo com " 'YUAN. Governor." " polled to encounter many obstacles by a Secretary Hay also has received a cable- land Journey, pram from United States Consul McWade. at lilm that tho remitters were all nllvo and well on July 21. LONDON GROWS MORE GLOOMY llt'llef llei'iimm St ro 11 kit Hint No He- llnni'p la lo He I'liiei'il Cltllirac Nlnrlt'M. LONDON. July 28. The statement cabled from Washington that otllelala thero aro wavering with regard to the reliability ot the alleged messages from Minister Con ger and Wu Ting Fang's assurances has had a markedly depressing effect on this side quiet. of (be ocean, where many have been buoyed tip by tho sanguine views of tho State do purttuunt at Waihlngton regarding the various Shanghai dispatches, and pessimism is again gaining the ascendancy. "No Improvement In the general sltua- Mcmlicra of Clilnu Inlnnil Mlmilon Are Iteported iin SI11I11 liy Chinese .Moll. SHANGHAI. July 28, It Is reported here that nlno members of tho China Inland nils. slop havo been massacred near Hang Chow. Three additional war ships arrived today. Thero are now 2,600 troops at Woosuug forts, seventeen miles from Shanghai ou tho Yang Tsj, Threo thousand troops nre now nt tho arsenal. Small detachments are arriving hourly. Canton Is reported ItimitlniiH Hum VIIIiik'. ST. PKTKRSIiURO. July 28. An official dispatch from Prjtensk, dated Friday, July 27, says Scherwin's detachment, en route to reinforce Illaxovestcheiisk, raptured nnd burne.1 the village of Moche, or the Russian organized by tho president. The foreign office says all tho details In connection with the advance on Pekln have been left to the ndmlrals. Move nu I'ekln Till Week. The foreign offico understands tho expe dition agnlntlt I'ekln will move tho middle of next week. Tho foreign office Rays the meaning of tho emperor's words, "no quar ter" was calling nttentlon to tho fact that the Chinese began tho war and were carry ing It on with unparelleled cruelty. So tho emperor, ni. supromo military com mander, was explaining to his soldiers what thoy had to expect from the Chinese Asked whothor the powers had reached 1 dotlnltu theory regarding the present statu of the Chinese government, a representa tlve ot the foreign office said "Wo do not know with whom we have to deal, but we know with whom we have to ban. received from M.- Pnl-MUIoff, ,d!roc,t,oc B(tt mftreiy the belief of a minor offlclnl or a viceroy: II was the solemn declaration o tlu', Chlneso governnitnt. In making the statement touching the ministers tho Chi nese government therefore a3sumed a seri ous responsibility to thn world at large. Ho declared that it could not be conceived that Ruch responsibility would bo lightly as sumed) and thereforo he, Mr. Wu, did not hesitate to nssert hlR posltlvo personal con vidian that the ministers were nllvo on July 24. Whnn hla nttpntlnn ur.iR rnlted in the nil parent failure of Yuan Shlh Kal to accede his wife wero quietly traveling nlong tho m rtnnnul Fowlcr'n renurt that tho allied roail from I'rospect Cnmn to town, when nrtmlrnls be nut Into communication with they were nttacked by two t-nldlers. who and brave, doing his utmost In protection of tn0 mintstcra Mr. Wu shrugged his shoulders struck and stunned Jnrksnn'H wife. Their forolgners. LI Chan nnd Su Yuan of tho a rtBnrecalorv manner and merely re- cries attracted tno attention or 1110 11111- tsung-ll-yamon have called at the American puP(i that the Chinese wero so different, from Hnry police and the soldiers ran nwny. Half legation nnd begged Mr. Conger to prevent othep r0De that tho usual tests could not an hour later, nt almost the same spot, nn- Internatlonal detachment from entering n aPnlcd to them; It would not be possl- other rouplo were attacked nnd riscued by 'ekln, but the minister refused to lend his Dle t0 preuict what thoy would do under the policemen, who. were returning nftnr lufluenco to such a move, nnd tho other conditions that would be easily met by having nccompnuled Mtb. Jackson to her Kuroneans or Americans. It was possible, home. hn added, that Yuan was really undertaking The third case was that of a woman who to do what the admirals wished, only It was assaulted by four soldiers. The bo would first bo necessary for him to consult havlor of the regiment hns been discredit the Pekln authorities, nnd that would take nblo ever slnco Its arrival here. Tho men time. Ho could not say when an answer havo entered shops and ordered and obtained might bo expected to his last message to goods and have refused to pay for them Minister Ccnger. have wnlked Into private residences 11 nil Itorkhlll Cnlls for Instrnctlniis. Intruded on social gatherings, using abusive Special Commissioner Rockhlll called nt language when remonstrated with. tho Stato department this morning and had n flnfil nnfronrrt with Secretary linv r. NO RESPECT FUK HtU UKUbb spoctlng his mltslon to China. It was not deemed proper to mako public tne exact in structlons given to Mr. Rockhlll, but. It Is stated generally, that ho Is being sent out to ascertain tho conditions In China for Iho guidance of the Stato department, and to (Copyright, 1W0. by Press Publishing Co.) WASHINGTON, July 28. Oue of tho hervo as Its direct representative In that LONDON, July 28. (New York World phases of tho trouble in China, which here- country, In case It should bo necessary here- Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Charles toforo has been overlooked, but which may after to conduct negotiations there Instead Ycrkos has not yet secured 11 charter for a prove to bo of great Importance. Is the fact 0f n Washington. There also le tho pos- now underground traction road In London, that China Is not a party to tho Geneva ulbillty that a commlt-sloncr will be re- Mr. blunts Forbes, chulrmnn of tho Met Red Grots convention, by which tho slg- quired on the spot. In caso anything In the rnpolltnn railway, whoso company holds a nntory powera bound themselves In time 01 Bhapo of an International commission is charter for tho construction of nn under- war to respect the Red ross nnd to treat created to deal with tho Chinese question, ground electric road between llrnmpton and surgeons and nurses belonging to the armies Mr. Rockhlll left Wnshlngton at 3:30 Plcadllly, tapping tho best district of tho of the enemy as noncombatanta. China o'clock this afternoon for the Pacific slope, west end, snld to a correspondent lodny: lid not sign the original treaty mado shortly nnd will stop at Chicago for a day enroutc. "I huvo nover met Mr. Yorkes. No pro after tho Crimean war, as a direct out- The dispatches from Consul lowler con- posal has been mado to mo on his bchnlf, growth ot tho efforts of Florence Nlghtln- veylug a&surances from Yuan Shlh Kal, tho Wo hold parliamentary sanction for a now gale, nor did It Join In the supplementary governor of Shan Tung, thnt tho foreign underground system. None other can bo treaty in isss. unina is. in inci, 1110 oni ministers wero wen on juiy ami unn Den grantod by Pnr ament until wo full to one ot tho great powera of the world which provisioned, In connection with constantly fulfill our conditions, which wo have uo baB not Joined In this concntlnn, wnicn reiterated nssiwanccs from other Chlneso Intention of doing. If tho new rnntr.il i.nn nssurrfl tho safety of those engaged on er- sources of tho safety of tho ministers, have don electric underground rond Is successful rands of mercy on the paiueiioia. raised anew tno meory nt tno sinte ucpari- capital for our undertaking will bo easily . . , 1 . . 1 . 1L1. . . 1. r. , . . !t- , I , ......, n , .I ..nxn I . ' It IS possiute mat mis iu-i may uncr im. 1 meni wuicu is uuuik bih'chiiiii-u uiuu. War department from permitting nny of These assurances have been given In nn the women nurses who arc being sent to the swer to the repented and urgent demand of fnr east from landing In China for duty thn various Kuropean governments that there. This, however, will depend largely they be placed In communication with their on tho view taken by our commander In ministers nnd tho Inst assurance of Yuan' China. There nro nineteen female nurses Was in answer to tho specific demnnd of on tho transport Grant with General the foreign admirals for direct comtnunlca Chafteo. They were destined for tho Phil- tlon. Yuan'B announcement thnt tho lm lupines, but might bo landed In China, If perlal government at I'ekln not only as General Chaffeo consideis that the condl- sorts tho safety of the ministers, but Hons nro such that they could ho useful declares that they havo been provisioned and not nit Into unnecessary peril. There if accepted as truo, Indicates that tho mln m . . . An . V, L' 11 h (-1,ll, I K.,n I, nor, AnmniiinlnnlAil ., I , It TIia ure U1BU IMU uuia.l u 11 ii.u ttitiimu, , iw , laivm tun u ii.,i ..w, ,,.,.. ... ....... .... sailed fronl San Francisco on juiy k. rnese inquiry men naiurauy arises: also can b. diverted for bervlco In China If KvIiIi-iiim' l llonlvo.nl If the ministers have been provisioned why does not tho Chinese government. ministers Joined him In this refunal. The nntl-Chrlstlnn societies arc com mitting nwon, robbery and murder, and all manner of atrocities. Incendiaries among them havo destroyed 3,000 European houses 11 tho Chlneso quarter, besides twenty (lnnn- lal houses and numorous shops nnd ware houses. Tho houses of friendly Chlneso wero pillaged and burned, and many Chl neso servuntfi of European and nntlvo Christians wero killed." Cliliu'K)- (invrrnnii'iil .Not It mi nil liy (ii'iirvii Convention lo IteeoK nUr the AHNOi'lnllnii. CONDITION OF PARTY LOOKS HOPELESS Apparently No Ohanco of Getting Together for tho Coming Elections. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ENTERING WEDGE (Inr of Die l.enillliu Whlna Openly Vole n llli the Opposition Her bert lilnilnlnnr HlnuuNtnl ullli tlie SlliiHllnn. (Copyright. 1900, bv Associated Pre ) LONDON. July 2S. Almost as remark able as the breakdown of lnng-estahllshed social customs before the troplrnl wnve Is the break-up of the liberal party. With a general election far distant, the condition of iho liberal par'y would be serious, but In view of the fact (hat the country Is face lo face Willi dissolution tho sltuntlon of (he opposition seems hopeless. The formation of a third parly Is generally considered al most Inevitable ns the result of the Internal dissensions now raging In the liberal ranks. The Imperialists hao thrown off the mask nnd demanded control of the patty, main taining that both' by numbers and Inllucnce thoy are entitled to dletute lis policy. In this they are opposed by the "forwards, or nntl-lmpcrlallM liberals, with n vigor and bitterness that can only be compnred to tho nscerblly with which tho Glndstonlans as sailed the liberal unionists when home rule brought the parting of the ways. Tho climax of tlie strife thai has been simmering since the commencement of (he Poor war came Wedm-sdny. when one-third of tho liberal parly voted to condemn the colonial secretary, Joseph Chumberlaln, and all his work. One-third voted with the gov ernment to sustain him, while the smallest section of all, It. eluding the nominal leader, abstained from voting nl all. It la scarcely surprising thnt Sir Henry Catnpbcll-llnnnerman should be nnxlous to throw up his thankless task, but that only represents a minor feature of this grave situation. Ono of the liberal whips, Wil liam Alexander McArthur. member for Leicester, has openly thrown oft allegiance by voting with the government, an nlmoht unprecedented netlnn on the part of ono holding such n position. Herbert Gladstone, the chief whip. Is on the point of resigning lo show disgust with what ho believes to he the disloyally of Sir Hdward Grey and others who follow blm. Meanwhile tho Imperialist section has de manded thai Sir Edward Grey assume the leadership, which would bo another wny of bringing I-ord Itobeliery .back Into active political life. Such a development would never bo sunllowi'd by John Moiicy, Wil frid Luwson, Henry labouchnre, Leonard Courtney and their followers. Campbell- llanncrmau's consent, under pressure. Id temporarily retain Iho leadership Is but n slim guarantee of pence within the 1 1 lie ml ranks, for upon any repetition of Wednes- lay's scene he will promptly resign. It Is Impossible In sec how such a repetition can bo avoided nml so another secession from ho liberal rinks, equaling In gravity the spill of ISSfi, mny confidently be expected. Worried I1011I l out. Tho government Is considering the np- polntment of it royal commissioner on thn urstion of tho future of Iho naval coal upply. This nctlon Is largely due lo tho Increasing production nnd cheapness of American co.il nnd tho diminishing supply of Welsh sleam coal, with which war nhlps are furnished. Four members of tho wnys nnd means committee of tho United States house of representatives were In Loudon this week, namely: Chairman Sereno E. Payne, Con gressmen Chnrles H. Grosvenor of Ohio, O. W. Steele of Indiana nnd John Dnlzcll of ennsylvanln. All of these gentlemen camn 11 search of recreation. Of the host of other Amcrlcnn notables recently arrived may bo mentioned Gcorgo Gould of New York. Charles T. Yorkes of Chicago nnd Archbishop Corrlgan of New York. TI10 latter, with cardinal Vaughn, was welrnnuil by the dtiko of Norfolk back to England. James Taylor, the open golf champion of England, will sail for America August I. Ho expects to remain In tho United States about throe months, playing matches with Harry Vnrdon nnd leading American golfers. With thn closing of the Llccum, Hay- market, Garrlck, Comedy and Gaiety thn- ntcrs the season, which had been dragging out nn exlfltenre during the tropical weather, Is practically ended. procurable without any outsldo help STRAUSS PREPARING A MARCH Will Ime AiiiitIi'iiii Mi'IoiIIcr iim the Motif o lie I'i rforiiiiil I'lrxl III .Nimv York. General Cbiiffeo dcwlrcs. Lieutenant Anita Nocomb Magee, who Is (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA, July 28. (New York World Ca blegrntn Speclnl Telegram.) Edouard Strauss Is arranging a march 011 American melodies, which will bo performed for tho first time at his Initial concert In tho Mot lopolltnn Oporu house, New York, October 31. Tho now Strauss operetta. "WHneihlut,' will be produced In New York In November ged by Ru , . , ,, , ,, .-,. iiuvn nu.. .., .....vnv ................ , c pruiiiiceu in rvvf inrs. in In charge of the corps of army nurses says knownK llg lt lloca thnt ,he wholo world Is nCxt. Amy Stot.o has been engage, hat there are now 14- army 1 ursis Qt.man,nB n lUrect meSPg0 ,rom the be- (,0,pi, Aronii0n for 10 lculK rnIe. Ucally all of whom cither aro n the Phil- , , lcKationors. nllow them to communl- AMERICANS AFTER THE DERBY lppines. stationed ni in nospuam 01 me . te wUh th(.,p g0Vernments? Why not fur various garrisons inrauBno.u me arcnipeiKo n,gh ,rrct ,, ,lrK,(1UVOcal evidence of tho or on tneir wny more. safety of the ministers Instead ol this repe- -w..n..n OII...OH.I tltlon of nn assurance which the world hesl StTIYIUUK UUINb IU OHttNUnttl I tales to accent? Tho failure to pursue the direct method French Meitlriiii'iit In lie Put In Mntt whlch must bo nvnllablo tends almost Ir- of Hi-feline, lluleli Coiuiniiinler reflstably to the suspicion that something 1'iikliiK Clinrm-. has bappeneil In Pekln which the Chinese government desires to conceal from tho Third -I'onr liuiki'i' llomi'N Hiilerei for tlie limit i:nullh CIiinnIii '1'mii li-iirx lli'iii'f. (Copyright, U'lO, by Press Publishing Co LONDON, July 28. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegruni.) America SHANGHAI. July 2S.-U is reported that ;owcrB; that It Is afraid to allow the true bvo onloretl thlrty-faur hortieB for nlmirnl Seymour Is coming here, but the B,ory to bo revealed until some sort of terms 1110 'rhr ,f m3 -J ''"l' jvhtch closo.1 ate of his arrival U uncertain. It has haVc been mado with the powers which are ylerday. show h Ldward Corrlgan of Lhl- boen decided as 11 mattor of precaution to wntlng at the gates of the empire. Just CI,R" lias live entries nil bled In tho Unite put the French settlement In a state- of what that something Is furnishes n fruitful defense and at the request of tho French theme for speculation, but nn satisfactory authorities the commander of tho Dutch conclusion can he reached until the forces cruiser Holland will take charge of tho enter Pekln or the Icgatloncra arrive at work. I Tien Tsln. States; Richard Crokcr has live, Marcus Daly, nnoi Foxhall Keene, five; Jutnca It Keonc, four; Pierre Lorillard, four; Tod Sloan, one; W. K. Vanderblll. ono, bred I France, and V. C, Whitney eight. MRS. PALMER WANTS A CROSS Di-leniiliiril tn lip Ailinlttrrt tn Legion of Honor Ileforn Shy 1,1'IIVI'H I'm rl thr (Copyright, 19"", by Press Publishing Co ) PARIS, July 28 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telrgram.) Mrs. Potter Palmer no longer conceals from Intlmatn friends that bn Intends to secure tho dec oration of the Legion of Honor boforo re turning tn America. Her elnlm Is based upon work accomplished In woman's Intorrst at tho exposition. Tho otstncles against gratifying this am bition nre formidable. Tho French gov eminent seldom admits women Into tho legion, Florence Nlghtlngaln and Rosa Ilonhcur being two notublo exceptions. Moreover, Mrs. Palmer will not only lack tho support of tho American commission, but that of most of tho members and their wives, who will certainly leave no stone un turned to prevent her succeeding In her endeavor. DROWNS LIFE WITH ABSINTHE I'ri'ni'liiiinii '11 111 111 1 1 h Suli'lilp Willie Tun Mt'illciil Friend Ciilmly iiiKc Niili'N, (Copyright. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, July 1'8 (Now York World Ca blegrnm Special Telegram.) Pierre Roblct died yesterday In a fit of delirium tramons. having deliberately committed sulcldo by abatnthn bovnuso ho had lot his fortutif It took him two months of most wonderful hard drinking to necompliub his object. During that time two friends, medical students, who knew Ruhlet's purpose, watched tho progresnlve effects of the deadly green drug, never once ntlenipllng tn roetrnln lilm. They say thoy will Jointly wrlto a book upon thu experiment. The suicide wan 27 years old. (Continued on Second Page.) port ot Ignaschtna, fight."