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LI SHOWS HIS TEETH
Chinese Viceroy Makes Diplomatic, but
Threatening Answer to Hay.
REPLY IS REGARDED AS NOT FINAL
Dispatch from Goodnow Indicates Imperial
Sanction of Outrages,
ENVOYS TO BE SENT SAFELY TO TIEN TSIN
Eesistcnco Encountered by Foreign Scouts
Presages Strong Opposition,
ARMY AND NAVY ARE TO CO-OPERATE
Mlitlatrrx of Chlnn nt Forelmi Court
Continent Thnt Their Country Cnn
Nu lonuor Afford to l)nll
at 1 1 It Situation.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. Tho State de
partment mnkes public tho followliiK tele
grams rccrlvrd today, August 3, from the
conHUl general at Bhnnghal and tfco consul
at Clio Koo:
"SHANGHAI, Aug. 3. Secretary of State,
Washington: Americans left Chun King
yesterday. LI told French consul today no
nicssages will bo delivered ministers bo
cause foreigners advancing on I'okln. Two
pro-forolgn members of tho tsung lr yamen
beheaded 27th for urging preservation min
isters by LI Ping Han, now commanding
troops Pckln. He ordered l'no Ting mas
sacre GOODNOW."
"OIII3 FOO, Afternoon, Aug. 2. Secretary
of State, Washington: Just received tele
gram from governor of Shan Tung, request
ing mo to transmit to you tho following:
'Havo Just received telegrnm, dated July 30,
tsung 11 yamen, stating various ministers,
tho German legation, and others (foreign
ers) all well; not In distress. Provisions
wcro repeatedly sent. Relations most
friendly. Now conferring ns to proper
measures to protect various ministers to
Tien Tsln for temporary shelter, which con
ferenco will soon bo ended.
" 'YUAN, Governor.
"FOWLEK."
LI Hung Chang's nnswer to Sec
notary Hay's peremptory demand of
August 1, to bo put In communl
cation with tho foreign ministers at
I'okln, Is evasive and not final and leaves
tho matter open to diplomacy. But Li's
actions, as reported by Consul General
Goodnow, aro undoubtedly sinlter and will
amount to a rejection of the proposition,
Mr. Goodnow's dispatch contnlns some fur
ther Information bearing on tho question of
responsibility for Pekln conditions, In tho
otatoment that tho commander of the Chi
neso troops, by Inference answerable to the
Chinese government, ordered the Pao Ting
massacre. It Is learned here that LI Ping
Hong, tho commander referred to, Is a civil
official and well known to all the Chinese
officials abroad ns one of tho most rabid
anti-foreign Icadoru in China. Ho is a
closo friend of Prince Tuan, and the associa
tion of three two in Pekln hffuirs, with
power enough behind thorn to cause tho
Ignominious death of two high officials, Is
regarded hero as a bnd sign.
Simultaneously with Mr. Goodnow's dls
patch came a characteristically diplomatic
mrasage from Yuan Shlh Kal, the governor
of Shan Tung, repenting the story of two
days ago that tho Chlneuo government was
arranging to dellvor tho ministers In safety
at Tien Tsln. No effort 1 made to recou
cllo that statomont with Earl Li's refusal
to allow communication with tho ministers.
Gouerul Chaffee's message as to tho un
expected resistance of Chinese rcconnuls-
rnnce Is regarded by military men hero ns
forecast'ng n greater degree of resistance
to military movements thun had been ox
jiected and they aro now satisfied that Chl-
iiosh troopn will furnish material for at
least one severo battlo beforo the way Is
tlear to Pekln.
Army nnd Xvy to Co-Opcrnte
Tho Navy department today Issued an
order for the- co-oporatlon of Its ofllcers
abroad with tho ofllcers of tho army In laud
lng and transporting troops destlncdNir
Chlnrso service This revives tho situation
that existed In Cuba when Shatter's army
was landed lurgcly through tho efforts of
tho navy.
It Is thought In tho department that the
navy can lend considerable assistance to
General Chaffeo's efforts, not only In land
ing tho army, but possibly In furnishing
them transportation It a move Is mudo along
tho Pel Ho.
It nppcars that somo misunderstanding
oxlBts ns to n St. Petersburg dispatch
rrlnted horo this morning, saying that the
Chinese minister there and his colleagues
in Europe had cabled tho governor of
tihnng Tang demanding that freo commu
nication bo opened bctwoen tho Pekln min
isters and their rospentlvo govornmenta.
This communication was, In fact, a Joint
memorial to tho throno concurred In by
tho Chltieso ministers nbroud, Including
Minister Wu In Washington. It was for
warded by Minister Yang Lu at St. Peters
burg becnunn tho latter is tho dean of tho
Chinese diplomatic servico. It was trans
mitted through tho governor of Shang
.Tung to bo forwarded to Pekln. ThlB ac
tion is considered very Important, as In
dicating that tho Chinese ministers abroad
Jiavo at last reached a unanimous opinion
that tho situation Is no longer to hn trifled
with. Tholr action may bo regarded ns a
final effort on their part to lnlluenco tho
liomo government and Its outcomo Is
awaited with great Interest.
Determined to Iteneh CniiKer.
Mennwhllo tho government of the United
States, like tho government of Europe,
lias not abandoned Its efforts to establish
romniunlcntlon with Its ministers at Pekln
by independent means, and tho Stato du
partment has Instructed Consul General
Goodnow at Shanghai, Consul Fowler at
Cho Foo and Consul nngsdnlo at Tlon
Tsln to sparo no effort or expenso to open
up direct communication with Mr. Conger
In addition to his short mossago rela
tive to tho Chlncso check, transmitted
through Admiral Homey and recelvetl this
morning. General Chaffeo made another
nnd direct eablo report this afternoon. Tha
message was withheld from publication
by Secretary Hoot, who declined to make
Its purport public. It was presumably do
voted to General Chaffee's needs In n
military wuy. Relative to the London
statemont that nn advuncu on Pekln
bad actually begun, thoro Is also a pos
nihility that General Chaffeo's message had
n bcnrlng on that subject. It Is evident
from hl message this morning the nd
vn nee has begun, though It could not havo
progressed far beyond Tien Tsln, ns tho
outpost affair described by htm took placo
thirty miles out ot town
Second Assistant Adeu Is to act as secro-
r-
(Cuntliued on Second Pace.)
GRAVEST NEWS YET HEARD
Mellaril Moi-kiiii (let l)UitilptliiK
Information from Oni of III
t hluene Auentn.
ross Publishing Co )
w York World
C a b I eg r amHMK; rn m . ) P r 1 1 c h a r d
Morgan. M. IvTfiinSMBe that ho received
tcday a '-able from Kdlrard Hush, his agent
at Chung King, saying. "The consul and
Europeans left Chung King In obedience
to Instructions from the foreign office In
consequence of the advance on Pekln."
Morgan said this Indicates that England
anticipates general war. for Chung King
Is In the province of Hzcchuan, a provlnco
hitherto perfectly quiet. This Is the grav
est news yet heard.
ANARCHY REIGNS IN PEKIN
llepnrtn Ma ilo I J' I)lftntlni1 Chinese
MIhmv Terrible Stntr of
A milm.
(Copyright. 1900, by the Associated Press.)
CHE FOO, July 2C (Via Shanghai, Aug.
2.) Tho latest reports from Pekln were
brought by disaffected ofllcers of tho
Chinese nrniy. They arc considered relia
ble. Tho ofllcers left Pekln July IS. They
Miy anarchy had reigned In Pekln for months
and that the streets ran blood, the China
men lighting among themselves. Jung Lit,
had been silenced for some days before July
15 and they were using their rifles only when
commander-in-chief of tho Chinese forces,
and Prince Chlng espoused the cause of the
foreigners and endeavored, with the part of
tho army loyal, to expel tho lloxers. Later,
with the majority of the Impfrlnl troops,
under untl-forcign lenders, Prlnco Tuan and
General Tung Fuh Sinn were victorious and
Jung Lit and Prlnco Chlng with their fol
lowers wcro prisoners In their yatnens when
tho bearers of theso reports left Pekln.
Prlnco Tuan nnd General Tung Fuh Sinn
nppenr to control tho government, nccordlng
to the officers, and Issued edicts, printed In
tho Gazette, exhorting tho Chinese to kill
all foreigners and native Christians. One ,
i) Ulcer says that there aro 10.000 troops In
Pekln, Including Tung's army, nnd 8,000
more nt Yung Tsun. Tho soldiery hold all
tho streets within a mile of the legations.
Tho foreign troops, when tho officers left
Pckln, bud burned and abandoned tho
Chenmcn gnte. Their ammunition appeared
to bo falling and their quick-firing guns
hard prcssud. The ofllcers said that every
foreign bullet kills a Chlnnman. The reports
stato that the American and English troops
defeated General Ma In a night battle on
July 10.
Tho reports from Chinese sources aro to
tho effect that all ot the legations' forces
wero killed. Chinamen caught a messenger
who was trying to lenvo the legations on
July 10 with tho following message:
"To Any Foreign Commander: Make nil
hasto If you Intend to save us. Wo can hold
out but a few days."
Governor Yuan Shi Kal stateB that he
hus received a note from the tsung 11 yamen,
dated July 30, reporting that the ministers
nt tho German legation nnd others wero
well and that their relations with the gov
ernment wcro friendly. They wcro con
ferring, tho note said, with a view of arrang
ing measures to protect the ministers to
Tien Tsln.
LJu Kun Yl, viceroy of Nankin, and Sheng,
administrator of telegraphs nnd railways
and taolal of Shanghai, have both declared
officially that the foreign minister are held
by tha Chlpi-wa jovernruent. as hostages and
that If tho allies march to Pckln they win
bo killed.
It Is stated that only tho Russians and
Japanese, 3,000 strong, are starting for
Poklu.
Another Chinese exodus from Shanghai
has commenced. It wns caused by disquiet
ing rumors published In the native and some
foreign newspapers.
SEE DESTRUCTION OF FORTS
AincrleniiH VlnltiiiK In Chlnn AVItnen"
llniiilinrdment of 'I'm k ii from
.St t'li nier.
CHATFIELD, Minu., Aug. 3. Mrs. Georgo
S. Hnyes has received a lettor, dated Juno
29, from her father, Dr. Hunter Corbett, a
missionary at Cho Foo, In which ho says
"At 6 o'clock n noto came from Rev. Dr.
Coltman, tho father of Dr. Coltman, at
Pekln, saying that bo and his wife and
dnughtcr, Mrs. Clifford of Tien Tsln, wero
lu the hnrbor, returning to tho United
Stntcs. I stnrted at onco to see them. On
Saturday tho Coltmans camo on a military
train to Taku, whoro they went on board
a steamer. There thoy witnessed tho do
structlon of tho Taku forts. Tho terrlflo
bombardment continued for llvo hours. Tho
Japaneso led tho attack and distinguished
thomselvcs by bravery nnd Bklll,
'A foreigner who visited one of the forts
after It had been captured said tho sight
was appalling. Tho vast number of Chinese
slain was a sight Indescribable Tho Hus
BlanB fired Into a vast ciowd of Doxers on
tho shore. No one can tell how many wcro
killed.
"At present thero Is no Immediate danger
to our lives at Cho Foo. Our missionaries
at Island cities nre In the greatest peril.'
WU CALLS TO SECURE NEWS
Chinese Minister linn No Information
from the Sronc of the
Trouble.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. The absenco of
tho Chinese minister from tho State de
partment yesterday, despite the fact that
It was diplomatic day, taken lu conjunction
with tho exceedingly shnrp noto of Secre
tary Hay, which the State department hnd
nindo public, was the subject of speculation
Minister Wu explained his absenco on tho
ground that he had no news to communicate
and hU appeal ance at the department thlb
morning was awaited with considerable in
terest. The minister camo in tho course of
tho morning. Imperturbable ts usual. Hi
announced that ho had abso utely no news
from China and had come to the depart
ment to see If Secretary Hny was any better
off. His Interview with the sccrotray was
exceedingly brief, the shorten!, in fact, In
tho wholo course of tho present excitement.
R0CKHILL AND WILSON SAIL
United Stale Sprclnl C'nmmllnner
nnd Army Olllcer Kiirnute tit
China.
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 3. Tho steamer
America Maru sailed this afternoon for
the Orient via Honolulu. Thoro wero a
number of prominent passengers on bonrd,
including Ilrlgadler General James II. Wil
son, who arrived from Cuba last week, and
W. W. Rockhlll, commissioner from the
United States to China. Genoral Wilson
Is under orders to report to Major General
Chaffee, and Is accompanied by his aides,
Lieutenants James II. Reeves and G. II.
Turner.
Kill MlNNlomirlc In Minn SI,
PARIS, Aug. 3, The French cotiiul gen
eral nt Shanghai, M. do Ilezaure, In a dis
patch dated Thursday, August 2, states that
many missionaries of different nationalities
havo been massacred. In tho provluco of
Shan St.
ltaBKiBkLVi
ARE HALF WAY TO PEKIN
Allies Said to Havo Advanced Thirty-Pivo
Miles from Tien Tsin.
REPORT IS LACKING OF CONFIRMATION
.More Tlinn 10,000 Nntlve Convert
Snhl to lime llcen Mnaanered tiy
Imperial Troop Outside
U'nlli of Capital.
LONDON, Aug. 43:53 a. m. According
to n special dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 3, tho advancing column of the nl
lies was reported there yesterday to have
reached a point thlrty-flvo miles beyond
Tien Tsln. Nothing from any other point
corroborates this statement. In fact, the
Standard goes so far as to say that It fears
tho real advance, apart from prcllmlnnry
measures, has not yet begun.
Tien Tsln dispatched, dated July 30, tell
of an action which Is termed a "rocconnals
nnce, between the Japanese and Chinese,"
two miles beyond tho Hslkl nrsenal, In
which the Japanese withdrew after suffering
thirty casualties.
Tho Tien Tsln correspondent of the
Standard, under dato of July 27, declares
that the Americans and Germans have been
ordered to mo forward without waiting
for the Drltish.
Tho Shanghai correspondent of the Dally
News says tho consuls there regret tho In
dependent action taken by the American as
sociation nnd the China association, on the
ground tbnt It is injudicious. He says:
"The settlement being International, petty
Jealousies must disappear. Tho China as
sociation Is of little local Influence."
Presumably hn refers to the Amorlcan
Asiatic association.
Tho Hong Kong correspondent of the
Dally Express announces the arrival there
from San Francisco of Homes i.ea, lor sonic
time resident ngent In the united btatcs ot
tho Society for tho Reformation of the Chl
neso Empire, with JJCO.000, which "will pre
sumnbly be utilized In connection with tho
revolutionary movement ngalnst tho empress
dowager, a movement quiescent since 1898
until within the last few weeks."
Nearly nil the correspondents confirm the
reports of a wholesale massacre of Chris
tians outside Pekln, a correspondent of tho
Dally News giving thi number of killed ns
between 10,000 and 15,000, all defenceless
converts. Imperial troops so it is stated
did the ghastly work.
According to tho Shanghnl correspondent
of tho Times one of tho members of tho
tsunfj 11 yamen mentioned by United States
Consul Coodnow ns having been beheaded
for pro-foreign tendencies, woh Yhu Chlng
Cheng, former minister to Russia. Tho
correspondent says tho empress dowager
ordered his execution on tho advice of LI
ling Heng.
LI Hung Chang has been Informed from
Pekln that Prlnco Chlng's only prominent
supporters aro his pcaco police and General
Ling Yu and General Yang Weng 'Chnu,
president of the bonrd, whoso Influence Is
small.
ADVANCE BEGAN ON SUNDAY
Army Folio its the Pel Ho Hirer, 0
cupylnir lloth 1!iiiiU.i of tho
Strenm.
LC-NDON, Aug. 3. The. forward movement
for the relief of tho foreign legations In
Pekln began Sunday, July 29. A mefeage
from Tien Teln on that date says that tho
advance guard ot tho Russians occupied
the Chinese camp and the Japaneso pushed
up tho right bank of the Pel Ho river with
out opposition. It was tho expectation that
the whole of tho allied expeditionary force,
about 20,000 men, would bo on the march
by Tuesday, July 31. Sixteen hundred
Americans and 2,300 Drltish aro co-operat-lug.
It Is purposed to follow tho river, using
boats to carry food, ammunition nnd ar
tillery. Tho telegraph olllco ut Che Foo
appears to bo blocked and newspaper and
official telegrams arc subject to Indefinite
delays.
Shanghai correspondents learn that tho
Russians were defeated north of New
Chwang and that a body 5,000 strong Is
endeavoring to relieve the force besieged
nt Toshl Chow by 10,000 Chinese and numer
ous guns. Four Russian steamers on tho
Amur river nro said to havo been tunk or
damaged by tho Chlncso lire.
Tho Chlnci.0 military commanders at
Shanghai havo formally notified tho foreign
consuls there that tho enlistments now
proceeding aro to provldo largo forces for
tho protection of foreigners and havo ex
pressed tho hopo that they will not enter
tain groundless fears or suspicions, adding
that tho Increase of tho army ts entlroiy
to securo their safety. As target practlco
at tho Chinese foils alarms foreigners at
Shanghai, the commanders announce It will
be abandoned.
Tho smuggling of arms continues. A junk
was seized at Canton Wednesday, August 1,
with seventy rllles and 10,000 cartridges on
board.
Foreigners at Macao fear an attack.
An imperial lrado authorizes tho papsage
of the Rosphorus by Ru&slan transports with
war material bound for China.
News agency dispatches dated at Shanghai
Thursday, August 2, say tho ferocious LI
ling Hong, formerly governor of Shan
Tung, has arrived ut Pekln with a large
following of troops. On the way north he
killed two French priests and many hundred
converts. LI Hung Chang Is alleged to
havo sent a message to Pekln to keep LI
Ting quiet.
CONGER MESSAGE WAS DATED
.Inly 17 H'n the 'lime of SciiiIIiik tln
Flmt Mt'moiKe from United
States .Mlulwtrr.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Tho Stato tie
pattment has received a cablegram from
Consul Fowler at Cho Foo, which says that
lw has obtained tho copy ot tho cipher
dlspntch from Minister Conger which was
sent through Minister Wu to tho depart
ment hero. Tho dispatch Is dated July 17
and Blgned by Conger. Consul Fowler has
no doubt as to Its genulnoness.
fob I not IMxi-iiMifK Sttiintlmi,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-A cnblnot moet
lng was hold today, which lasted about an
hour. Tho Rcmcy dispatch telling of tho
check to tho Japanese scouting column
was rend, but wns not considered us ot
serious lmportanco as affecting tho general
advance. It was stated that tho govern
ment has no official assuranco that a gen
eral odvanco against Pekln has been begun
by the American or nny other contingent
of tho International force.
Tho Fowler dispatch nlao was discussed
ulid one of tho members said It was ac
eepted as putting un ond to any possible
controversy as to tho authenticity of tho
original conger cipher dispatch.
The president's plans havo not been
changed by any developments since his
return to Washington and he will start
back to Cantca tonight, a previously r'
ranged.
LORDS HAVE BREEZY TIME
Itnxeher.v, l.iiiindotwie unit .n Unitary
C'liinh tMer .fTiilri of Depart
ment for Wnr.
LONDON. Aug. 3. Another brer.e blew
up lu the House of LordB today as the out
come of the debate on Friday last regard
ing the allegation that England wna not In
vulnerable against nn attempted Invasion.
Lord Hosebcty today somewhat testily re
sented the action of the secretary of state
for wnr, the Marquis of Iinsdowne, In tak
ing him to task for suggesting that the
commander of tho forces, Lord Wolesley.
ought to como to the houao and give his
authority to tho government's military
plans. Lord Hosebery said he did net pro
posh' to bo snubbed In the discharge of what
ho conldered a public duty. Thi Mnrqtlls
of Lansdowne. ho said, must be disabused
of tho idea that there existed In the coun
try a blind, venerating confidence In the
War ome.
Th mnrqulH of Lansilowno, replvlng, said
tho wnr secretary was responsible to par
liament and the commander-in-chief was re
sponsible to the war secretary, Other peers
having spoken the premier. Lord Hnllsliury.
said he understood Lord Ilosehcrj's conten
tion was that tho nation would be much
more satisfied If 1jrd Wohwloy would come
to the house nnd express Ills approval of
the marquis of Lansdowne's plans. It was
obvious that if Lord Wolesley could be called
upon to do that he was alto entitled to ex
pre?s disapproval. Lord Salisbury said ho
could not see how thut wns poaalble. There
wns much force In what Lord Hosebery had
said, but It was of an abstract kind.
The subject was then dropped.
BELGIUM TRIES TO EXPLAIN
Kiicnpe of Mpldn, Who Attempted
AVnlco' Mfc, I ot t.'lint-ui-iilili-to
Government.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 3. In "ply to the noto
of the Drltish government expressing t egret
that tho proceedings ngalnst Slpldo, the us
sallant of the prlnco of Wales, should havo
such an utterly Inndcquate ending, the Ilol
glnn government says that, aw n strict ob
server of the laws, It was unable to violate
them, however strong Its deslro to pioceed
rigorously ngnlnst tho culprit.
Accord. ng to Delglnn law, the reply points
out, Slpldo, llko any other young man
placed at the disposal of tho government
nnd having a legal domicile in Rclglum. had
three days to nppeal to the court of cassa
tion. Living with his parents, he had legal
domicile, and, therefore, he could not be
arrested for three days. He profited by tho
delay to tako flight.
Tho Belgian government says It regrets
tho Incident, but cannot bo held responsi
ble for It.
TOO SHARP FOR GERMANY
Merlin Xeimpnper l!rn'i Government
to 1' ii 11 1 nil Term of Trcuty
tilth United State.
BERLIN. Aug. 3. Tho Deutsch Tagcs
Zeltung urges tho government to publish
tho terms of tho recent tariff ugreoment
between tho. United States nnd Germany,
claiming thai Germany wan severely beaten
by the United States and that the German
foreign office ls afraid to lot tho German
public l;i:o' ttafaete of ;Wf!t:tu:lou.
BOERS LEFT PRIVATE LETTERS
Correspondence Ilctwoen Member of
HoiiNe of Common nnd Kriinor
In Clinmlierlnln'n llntiiln.
LONDON, Aug. 3. In rcsponso to ques
tions tho secretary for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, said today in the House ot
Commons thnt the Boer governments, in
fleeing from Bloemfonteln nnd Pretoria, left
masses of private correspondence among
tho archives, which tho authorities on tho
spot wero examining. Ho hnd received In
stallments of this correspondence by tho
last two mnlls and ho had been Informed
that more was to come. Thi. portions ho
had seen wcro written previous to tho war
and were chlelly letters of British subjects
of tho Capo and of the two republics. There
were, however, copies of two letters that
purported to huve been written by un
English member of tho House of Commons
and alto letters and nn extract from a letter
written by two other membets of tho House
of Commons two days before tho outbreak
of the war, couched In tho form of open
criticism, asking for Information regarding
martial law and suggesting thnt President
Kruger mako temporary concessions and
await a reaction In England.
In his opinion tho letters were not trea
sonable, though ccrtulnly Improper while
her majesty was engaged In difficult nego
tiations. Ho proposed to send the ottnrs
to tho writers and ask If thoy desired to
explain, and ho would await a reply beforo
deciding whether to publish them or not.
Tho under Bccrotary for tho colonies, tho
earl of Solbornc, was questioned lu the
House of Lords today concerning alleged
troiisonnblo correspondence and In reply
rend tho explnnatlon which Mr. Chamber
lain had mndo In tho Hnuso of Commons.
ItepnUe liner Attnok.
CAPETOWN, Aug. 3. Llcbberg'a com
mando nttneked General Smlth-Dorrlon,
near Potchefstroom, but was easily re
pulsed. General Ian Hamilton has gono
to Rustonburg to bring nway Baden-Pow
ell's garrison.
Seven hundred and fifty additional Boors
havo surrendered to General Huntor.
KniKer'n Appenl to Unrulier",
PRETORIA. Aug. 3. President Kruger
ond Commandant General Botha havo iP.sued
a proclamation promising to pay all damage
done to the farms by the British provided
tho burghers remain with tho commnndoes.
Ilrltlh Wnr Loan.
LONDON. Aug. S. The war loan has been
Issued In the iorm of 10.000,000 3 per cent
exchequer bonds at 9S. repayable at par In
1903.
LARGE APPLE CROP ASSURED
Indlentlonn Are Thut More Tlinn (10,
00(1,0(10 lliirrel Will He
tint tiered.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 3. The sixth nn
nual meeting of the Nntlonal Apple Ship
pers' association rnmo to an end this even
ing nnd most of tho 160 delegates hnvo
departed for their homes. The next meet
ing will be held In Toronto, Ont., tho first
Wcdnosdny of August, 1001.
Tho following officers were chosen:
President, George T. Richardson, Leaven
worth, Kits.; vlco president, C. P, Rothwell,
East Palestine O.; secretary, A. Warren
Patch, Boston; treasurer, W. L. Wagner,
Chicago; executive committee. Waltor
Snyder, Baltimore, Md., chairman; L. K.
Sutton. Columbus, O.; C. O. Wlloy. Dotrolt,
Mich.; E. M. Loomls. New York, and B.
Newhnll, Chicago. During tho three days
tho convention was In session luuern nnd
telegrams wero received from ovory, fruit
growing section of tho country, nnd from
theso It Is estimated that tho npple crop
will bo the largest In the history of tho
country, exceeding that of 1S96, when 60,
000,000 barrels were gathered.
INPATIENT AT THE DELAYS
European Officors Slow to Avail Themselves
of Means at Hand,
FAIL TO GRASP URGENCY OF SITUATION
InpnncNp nnd .nierlenn Only On-
Who Illiplny i:ncro Iiipnnrm
PiimIiI.iI Mlth lltery
tlilnu .Vurdfnl.
(Copyright, 1900, by tho Associated Pres.)
TIEN TSIN, Wednesday, July 25. (Via
Shanghai, Thursday, Aug. 2.) A majority
of the commanding officers hero say the ro
ll', f expedition will start for Pckln about
August 15. Foreign resldeuta and friends
of the besieged In Pekln who cntno to Tien
Tsln to await news or to accompany the
expedition are Intensely dlsatlslled with
the progress of preparations. Thoy accuse
the army of Indifference nnd of magnifying
tho difficulties to be encounteivd In reach
ing Pekln.
President Tenney of the Tlcn Tsln univer
sity, who has volunteored to guide the urmy
to Pckln, said today:
"This business Is not progressing In ac
cordance with Anglo-Snxon traditions.
Twenty thousand soldiers are stnylug hero
while women nnd children of their own
race nro starving nnd awaiting massacre
eighty miles nway. Military nnd nnvnl
ofllcers meanwhile wasting tlmo In bicker
ing over petty politics, Is n sorry spectacle.
It will be a dark blot on the reputation of
every commanding officer here If tho white
peoplo In Pekln nre allowed to perish with
out n desperate effort to save them."
President Tenney nnd many others who
nre acquainted with the conditions think
thrro were sufficient troops here to push
forward nnd pursuo tho Chinese after the
fnll of tho native city of Tien Tsln. That
tho position of the legations demanded thnt
tho army take cxtrnordlnnry risks by scour
lug the surrounding country and com
mnndeerlng animals and wagons-nnd that
boats sufficient for purposes of transportn
tlon might bo Improvised, is the prevailing
opinion of civilians, nnd many officers, nota
bly Japanese and Americans, confirm this
view. Tho comment Is made that European
officers are too much attached to book
theories to utlllzo the resources of tho
country nnd that thoy would rnthcr stny In
Tien Tsln according to rules than to start
for Pckln without a perfect equipment,
nillci-rw Are Optlnilitle.
General Dorwnrd of tho British forces
nnd other high officers tako nn optimistic
view of conditions nt Pekln. saying thoy
think thut tho legations will manngo to
hold out.
On tho surface tho best of feeling pro
valls among ofllcers and .soldiers of the
several nations represented here. All -iro
fraternizing, but the lack of organization
and a supremo commander handicap prog
ress. Whllo peoplo ot Tlon TBln nro en
tirely Ignorant of diplomatic negotiations
abroad concerning Chinese affairs, the lack
of harmony hero among th. xcprescntatlve3
of tho powers hinders vigorous action.
Tho Japanese uro glvlug n splendid ex
hibition of organization. Their whole ma
chine moves llko clockwork. Thoro havo
been forwarded from Japan, small boats, or
lllihturs, for moving troops nnd stores, nnd
every regiment Is landed quickly and with
o'Jt confusion and started for Tien Tsln
Vjthln.,-a fnw hours uf'ur tho transport
nan anchored lu thu harbor. Tho manage
ment of tho Japaneso army nnd tho brav
ery, spirit and Intelligence of tho Japaneso
trcops nro a revelation thut commands tho
respect nnd admiration of nil foreign ofll
cers. Tho heat Is Intense. Tho tempera
ture averaged 100 degrees during tho week
nnd yeBtcrday It was 104 degrees.
Tho disregard of all sanitary regulations
by certain troops Is n sorlous menace.
The streets are full of refuse and Insuf
ferable stench pervades tho town. Tho
police nnd snnltnry work compares un
favorably with tho American roglmo In
tho Philippines.
BUGS ARE NOT HEALTHY
elther Miuilironiim Nor TondntnolN,
lint Inflects ltrnpoiiflllile for llcntli
of .orriN I'nnilly.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. It was developed at
tho Inquest tipon the members of tho Nor
rls family, thrco of whom died yesterday
at Hnrvey, III., supposedly from eating
toadstools, that they wero In fact poisoned
by mushrooms nnd not by toadstools. It
was shown that tho family ate mushrooms
of tho finest quality and not toadstools at
all.
Robert Mnrtln, a mushroom expert, tes
tified that In his opinion tho poisoning was
caused by a small black bug which ho said
ho hnd found recently mnklng Its home lu
tho top of mushrooms.
"I do not know, of course," he said, "that
the Norrls family was poisoned In this way.
but they certainly ato mushrooms and not
toadstoolH. Awhile ago I found some of
theso bugs In mushrooms nnd noticed that
they exuded n vlsclous fluid, which sur
rounded them ns they lay in tho mushroom.
I placed tho bugs and tho portion of the
mushroom Immediately surrounding them In
a saucer of milk, fed tho milk to a cat and
In two hours tho cat wan dead."
Mr. Martin showed novcral of tho bugs
which he had taken from mushrooms. Sev
eral professional -men, well versed In ento
mology, said they had heard of such a bug
In South America, which makes Its homo In
certain plants nnd causes tho death of any
animal which cats tho foliage. None of
them had heard of the Insect In this coun
try. Thp physician In chargo of the case testi
fied that tho family wns poisoned "by eat
ing inushrooms ' and tho verdict of the cor
oner's Jury was that "poison taken In with
mushrooms caused death."
TO RESUME HIS VACATION
I'roNhlcnt McKlnley Tteturnn to 1 1 1 h
Home nt Clinton, Aeeompiinled
hy Mr, llinii-H.
WASHINGTON. AtigT 3. President Mc
Klnloy left tho city this evening on his re
turn to Canton, 0 to resume his vacation.
Accompanying him wero Hon. Charles G.
Dawes, tho comptroller of tho currency,
and Secretary Cortelyou. Tho party occu
pied tho prlvato car, Orassmere, which woh
nttnehed to tho regular ovenlng express on
the Pennsylvania railroad, leaving hero at
7:46 o'clock. Secretaries Root and Wil
son. Pustniaster General Smith nnd Gen
eral Corbln wero at tho station to say
goodbye. They went aboard tho train with
tho'prcsldont and remained until tho trnln
stnrted, ench Jumping off whllo tho train
was moving.
CiiIiiiiin I-'ciir Gerry miinder.
HAVANA, Aug. 3. A Joint committee of
the republican nationalist and union demo
cratlc partlis wa In consultation with Gov
ernor Genoral Wood today regarding ml
norlty representation at tho forthcoming
constitutional convention, Tho Idea wits to
tako steps to avoid gerrymandering, and
General Wood approved tho principle of
minority representation
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska:
Fair; Southerly Winds
Teinpernture nt tlimilm rHTilni
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7 tl, in 7- 11 p. in Ml
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III II. II Sit tl l. II
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TO BEGIN WORK ON CANAL
10) K'-Crimln nillcnlo Hit lilll.lMIO,
tlllll 'i''Kiir.v, to Din Idthmlitn
Illl-I'IMI) ,
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. John I). Crlmmlns
of the syndicate formed to construct nn
Intcroccnnlc enttnl through Nlrnragu.t
under tho concession given by tho govern
ment of Nlcnragua to Edward Eyre ami
Edward F. Cragln, tho existence of which
wu proclaimed yesterday by President
Zelnyn, said today that the company to
construct tho ennnl, organized under tho
laws of New Jersey, would proceed to carry
out tho terms of Ub contract without delay.
Tho capital needed has been socured nnd
un estimate of tho cost made. This cstl
mato is about $130,000,000.
Mr. Crlmmlns said that tho company
would prefer to hnvo tho government
leave tho matter In tho company's hands
so as to permit prlvato construction and
operation of the canal for the benefit of tho
wholo world. However, ho added, tho yn
dlcato had no deslro to embarraBB tho gov
ernment and would dofer to Its conception
of policy. Tho routo has not been selected
and tho company has liberty to chooso any
within tho domain of Nicaragua. That
preferred by this government would cer
tainly havo preference. Tho probability Is
that tho routo would bo that hitherto culled
tho Nicaragua. Mr. Crlmmlns said: "Our
concession Is perpetual. It gives us the
right to pollco tho country for ten miles
on either side of tho canal, whereas tho
Maritime company's concession policing
was to bo done by tho Nlcaraguau gov
ernment."
MONEY IN NEBRASKA BANKS
InereiiNe of Over n Million In Imll
vlilunl DepoNltn In the Smaller
title of the State.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. (Spcclnl Tele
gram.) The report of tho condition of nn-
tlonnl banks of Nebraska, exclusive of
Omaha and Lincoln, nt tho close of business
Juno 29, wiib today mndo public. The most
noteworthy feature of tho report Is tho gain
of moro than $1,000,000 in individual deposits,
compared with tho previous statement In
April, increasing from $18,298,102 to $19,318,
3G1. Tho volumo of loans and discounts hns
increased from $16,303,093 to $10,679,3."..'.
Present holdings of gold coin nggrcgato
$728,085, a gain of about $100,000 since April.
Tho uvcrngo reserve held has Increased
about 6 per cent, now being 12.22 per cent.
Tho report of tho condition of Wyoming
uatlonnl bnr.s was also mndo public. In
dividual deposits have Increased from $3,
Cvt.SS-l to $3,864,041. nnd loans and discounts
from $2,907,290 to 63,156,320. Avornge ro
seryo held is 27.85 yter cent, ngnlnst 30.04
par cent in April. J,
Vohn F. McKeo, a .teacher at PJno Ridge
Indian school, nas Dc.yi iranitoi ro. as prtn
id nn 1 teacher to the'Llmht (Iilnhnl Krhonl.
Tho Iowa Nntlonal 'bank of Des Molnos
wns todny npproved ns reserve ngent for
Bedford (In.) National bank.
TRYING TO SAVE THE BOY
.Minn .lohiiNon of Ilex MoIiicm I'.iiIInIm
Mali People In Behalf of
A lie Mnjorx.
SALT LAKE, Aug. 3. (Spcrla! Telegrai.)
Miss Lulu Johnson of Des Moines, la.
a paralytic Invalid, has come here nil tho
way from her home In tho hopo of saving
tho llfo of Abo Majors, a boy of 18, son
tenced to be shot two weeln from today
Miss Johnson's motive Is purely humanl
tarlun. Sho believes tho boy is Innocent
and many others share her belief. Majors
Is accused of shooting Captain William A
Brown, n pollco officer, near Drlghnm City
Utah, about a year ago. He was with his
biother, who wan killed ot the snmo time
nnd tho claim Is thnt the brother llrcd tho
fntal Bhot. .Majors was convicted when
feeling was running high. Since thon tho
stnte supremo court has upheld tho verdict
and tho Board of Pardons has refused to In
tervenc. Now Mies Johnson has come here
to try to carry tho esse to tho United
Stntcs supremo court. Sho Issupd nn np
peal to tho peoplo of Utah for fundH todny
hoadlng the subscription list hertolf.
prominent locnl nttorncy has becomo Inter
ested nnd will conduct tho case without
chnrge.
SHE TWEAKED BEAVER'S NOSE
.Mix -i 101 Id Piatt AVnntH llenv; nam
iikck from Mujor VrmeH for .VI-
lexed llreiieh of Promlne.
t
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Miss Ella M.
Piatt of this city today Instituted milt a
law in tho district supremo court for $,10,
000 damages for breach of promise ugalns
Major Georgo A. Amies, a retired 1'nltod
States army ofllcer. Tho defendunt hns
gained national notoriety In many ways,
onco by tweaking tho noso of Genoral
Heaver, then governor of Pennsylvania,
and anothor tlmo by a controversy with
Wnr department nfllclnls.
The suit alleges breach of promise to
marry, practice of deception and tho com
mission of porson.il nssault upon tho
plaintiff. Among other things she nllrges
ho deceived her In making her believe that
tho signing of nn agreement reciting that
"they hereby becomo man and wife" con
stituted n valid marrliigo. She livers that
nfter she discovered the ulloged deception
ho refused to m.trry her.
EVANS' HEIRS FIVE UP FIGHT
City of Philadelphia Will (iet iflt.tHIO,-
oilll lor r.talilll it or
Medical t nlirue.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3. Announcement
wns mndo todny that an agreement hud been
reached between the city of Philadelphia
and tho heirs of tho lolo Dr. ThomaB E.
Evnns, tho Aliurlcuu dentist, who died in
Paris, Franco, several years ngo, by which
tho controversy over tho doctor's estate will
bo abandoned. Dr. Evans loft a fortune of
nearly $1,000,000. Ho beiiuonthed $3,000,000
to tho city of Philadelphia for tho establish
ment of a dental college and museum, and
tho residue of tho estate wns loft to vnrlous
relniSvcs. The heirs contested the will. Uy
tho agreemont Just remhed tho heirs will
got a llttlo less than $1,000,000, and tho re
mainder of tho estute, about $3,000,000, will
rnvert to tho executors, to whom have been
entrusted tho duties ot currylnb' out tho
wlbbeH of Dr. Evans.
I'd WIPE OUT PEKIN
oroigncra in China Demand tho Total
Destruction of Oapitnl,
UNFORGETTABLF LZS30N IS NECESSARY
Ohiticso Must Bo Mndo to Pay Dearly for
Their Heathen Savagery.
NO REPETITION OF EXPERIENCE OF I860
Timo Han Ooiuo for Abandonment of Fiction
as to Tributary Powora.
RAZING OF ROYAL TOMBS SUGGESTED
IliiropeiuiM In lite l-'oo llmr o l-'nltli
In LI 1 1 ii it kt Clinim nnd lleunrd
lllm ii h the Mont Corrupt
.ntl-l'i.r.ln tllllelnl,
(Copy tight, mi, by tho Associated Press.)
CHE FOO, July 29. (Via Shanghai, Aug.
I'-Publlc opinion and the foreign press
nt the treaty portu aro alarmed at the possi
bility thnt tho Chinese would prcvnll upon
tho powers to consent to the establishment
ot pcaco without Indicting punishment be
fitting tho Chinese government's crime.
Officials, persons engaged In commercial pur
suits nnd missionaries of all nationalities
are rcmnrknbly united. Thoy believe Pckln
should bo destroyed ns an object lesson
and that If tho dynasty Is continued It
should ho forced to establish the capital at
somo accessible city, tho Americans sug
gesting Nnnkln. This Is considered Im
portant, ns tho Chlncso always bellovcd
that China defeated the powers In 1SC0, be
cause the capital remained Intnct. It Is nlso
thought that guaranties to prevent exccsslvo
armament shuilld bo demanded nnd thnt
China should ho compolhrl, publicly nnd
dotlnltoly, to renounco tho fiction that tho
foreign mlnlstcro nro representatives o
tributary powers. Thero Is a Btrong de
mand for iuiU8ii.nl punishment, like tho de
struction of tho kings' tombs.
A VI i at the C'lilncNe Are Up To.
Tho American nnd English mlsslonnrlr'
advocate a program similar to tho fore
going. Ml foreigners bellovo that the Chinese
government engineered tho outbreaks and
Is trying to call off Its troops atcr the
downfall of Tien Tsln and tho receipt of
reports thnt tho powers nro Bcnfling armies
to cnina. a Gorman legntVon telegram
saying that tho bombardmcr.t of tho lega
tions ceased July 17 supprrts this theory.
Tho foreigners think that ;u0 ministers who
suffered should, If rcstued, conduct the
settlement of tho governincnts for tho effect
It would havo upon tlyS populace.
An iniensely bltel- feeling prevails
ngalnBt LI Hung cyullR, Tho papers de
nounced the honor .aid him at Hong Kong
and Shanghai nnd An him the most corrupt
nntl-rorclgn ofllcljAi In China add oxprewt
tho belief that lfi0 proposes to snvo Chlua
from the peualtf of Its acts by embrolIInK
tho powers.
Tho destrue
.in of foreign property con'-
Unties. Unite
Sttttcs Consul Fowler "statcn
that tho los
amount to
through the
mous.
ot tho American missions
10,000. Tr, trndo lojsca
tension of trade arc ennr-
Chinese brln
many stories of horrible
outrages upon i:
tlvo Christians, who havo
been murdered
renounco their
tortured or cnmpollc.1 to
cllglon. Several hundred
hnvo been sklnncil alive. Two French nuns
nt New ChwangV weiv deliberately burned
ullve. Dr. Ting, h graduato of the Ameri
can college. I'cfusejl to renounco Christianity
nfter receiving li.flllO lashts.
A cable Is helmtj laid from Che Foo and
Taku. Tho laud y line between Cho Foo
and Shanghai is m.anaged nnd operated by
Chinamen nnd Is Wflkient. Tho lino is
overcrowded with w'nrk nnd buslniss Is In
hopeless confusion. Messages over tha lino
nre public property. There should bo a
cubic between Cho Foo and Shnnghnl man
aged by foreigners bo hs to give satisfactory
service.
NEW CABLE LINE OPENED
1'reNlilent Me K I n ley 'and KiiiK of
I'ortiiKnl Keliiume I'ellel-
IlltlOlltt.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Tho flowing con
gratulatory mcsKHges, from President Me
Klnlcy and tho king of Portugal, wero
Hashed direct today, between tho Unite;!
States and Portugal, over tho new lino of
the Commercial Cablo rompnny, which hns
Just been put In operation bctivcen tho
Azores and this country: '
Executive Mansion, Washington- Ills Mil
Jcsty, the King of Portugal. Llsho i I
take pleasure lu congratulating your ma
jesty on tho I'limplotlnn of telegraphic
communication between tho United Htnles
unit Portugal, and tender my best wishes
for tho perpetuation mid tnercMsri of tho
friendly relations between tho two coun
tries. WILLIAM M'KINLKY
Ills Kxcelli-ncy, tho President of tho
United States of America, Washington: At
this moment when a new element of pro
gress and of economic dovolopmnnt unites
tho Portuguese nation with tho United
StateH of America. 1 hnsten to thank you
for tho kind congratulations which your
excellency mis Kiuiiiy riiMiicsscu in inc. ami
desire to exmess my Hlurcrest wishes lor
the nrosnerlty of the United States (.f
Amerlin. KINO OF POHTCOM.
Felicitations were exchanged between I ho
president nnd American residents1 In tho
Azores us well n nirasagni from the Amer
ican officials of the company nnd tho local
authorities nt tho Azores. The new cabin
connects at tho Island of Fnynl, with tho
Europe and Azores loinpany's lino from Iho
Azores to Portugal, and It la tho (list to
connect tho Azores with the United Stntcs.
It nlso opeUB direct connection for the first
tlmo between thin country and Portugal.
Tho Europe and Azores company's cabin
makes connection at Lisbon with tho Portu
guese land lines, tho Eastern Telegraph
company's cablca to Spain, the Mediter
ranean ports, all Africa, India, China, Japan,
Australia and tho Philippines, and with the
Western Unl' u company's cables to Drazll,
Argonttna unci other parts of South Africa.
OFFICER SHOOTS INSANE MAN
Crazy SI. I.oulx lluteher MuUes fiavauo
Ammii nit on Deputy Mnrxlialit nnd
Hpc ctntnr In Court.
ST. LOUIS, Aug 3. (Ins Eddlngor, a
butcher, suddenly bncamo Insane at tho
Four CourtB today nnd mudo an assault with
a tohlo leg on tho deputy marshals who hud
him In custody. After knocking down sev
eral persons Eddlngor broke away, followed
by u crowd. He refused to halt and defied
tho ofllcers, whun Deputy Chnrloa Day fa
tally shot him In tho buuk. Ever since ho
achieved notoriety thrco yenrs ngo by par
tlclpatlng In a bloody prize light with Gus
Fredericks IMdlnnor'u wind uav been at-fctoil.