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5 L a V The Norfolk Weekly News NGTO China Said to Be Preparing for War With Allied Powers DUPLICITY EXPOSED IN MANDATE Utile lisneil In All Viceroy Ordering Thrui to Slake lrepnratloiii For Con lllct With Foreigner Army of 300000 to Protect IoUltiE London July 20 Mr Congers let ter tho substance of whioh has been transmitted to tho United States secre tary of the navy through Captain Thomas of tho United States cruiser Brooklyn has increased tho beliaf in London that there is no hopo for tho foreign legations in Poking and that tho claboruto fabrioof tho diapatohea by which tho Chinese aro trying to per miado tho civilized world that tho min isters uro still alivo is only intended to enable them to gain timo to oomplcte preparations for warfare The Shanghai correspondent of tho Daily Mail asserts that a Chinaman who is employed at tho BritUh legation ma a writer utid interpreter has escaped UEUTENANT COLONEL C A C00L1DQE INintli infanttjJ from Peking to New Chwang and that ho declares that at the tiu he left Pa king most of the members of tho lega tions were dead and tho conditions of the others were hopeless Ho says that Sir Robert Hart director of Chinese imponal maritime customs died on July 2 t Tholwr6IiihijiofcG rtWapipers at Shanghai published yesterday a dis patch declaring that it was all over with tho members of tho legations Tho president of a minjng board in Peking wrote to a relative in Shanghai under date of July 9 saying Tho foreign legations aro still uncaptured but owing to tho daily fighting it is re ported that only about 300 persons aro loft alive in the legations and if there is any delay in tho arrival of tho relief forco I fear nono will be left to receive it Whilo these brief sidelights as to the fate of tho legations leave little ground for hopo Shanghai sends a batch of re ports indicative of preparations for hos tilities on tho Chinese It is alleged that tho Yang tso viceroys have sent deputies to Shanghai to inquire as to the prospect of raising a foreign loan ostensibly to pursuo military operations against tho Boxers whoso movement is extending rapidly southward with con stantly growiug strength and had reached a point where tho provinces of Shan Tung Ho Nan and Shan Si meet leaving behind it u trail of burned mis sions and murdered Christians Simultaneously there is a movement northward of southern Chinese troops to join tho main army gathered to op pose the foreign advance to Poking Tho strength of this principal foroo is now estimated at 800000 mon It is believed that another two or three weeks must olapso before the Chinese preparations are completed It is reported that 3000 Ohineso troops and guns aro being sent to reinforce tho garrison of tho Kiau Ying forts commanding the entrance to the 00 miles east of Nankin Viceroy Tdksu has issued a mandate to all viceroys ordering thorn to make swift preparations for conflict with foreigners Chang Chi Tung viceroy of Wu Chang on tho tele graphs that ho is apprehensive that he will not bo able to restrain his troops for more than another ton days Ho says ho has thrown tho breooh blocks of tho gnus comiiianUiug Hankow into the river Those signs of unrest in tho southern provinces are coincident with Li Hung Chungs presence in Shanghai Jlioy uro guppo0d to bo tho beginning of a genorul declaration against foreigners With tins accumulation of evidence of an impending big struggle conies also tho news of disagreements between the powers and the foreign command em which threatens to hamper uuifed action and encourage Chinese resist unco A conference of tho admirals at Tuku called to settle tho question re garding tho management ot tho re ftoied railway decided in favor of Rus sian control only tho British and American admirals dissenting Tho Daily Express has tho following from St Petersburg Admiral Skry delotr commanding the Russian squad ron in Chiuoo waters has received precise instructions to bombard the Chinese coast towns immediately on re ceipt of continuation of tho report of the iuafefacre at Pekiug Colonel CoollUge ItvuorU WAJblUNQTON July 80 A nahU re port received at tho war department from Lieutenant Colonel Coolldgo in comumnd of tho Ninth infantry since tho death of Coloucl Liseiun indicates that tho temporary government formed for Tien Tsin has not been put in foriw RIOT IN NEW ORLEANS Tmi Negrom Killed hy Molt anil Seternl IVron Woiinilml Nkw Oiukans July 21 Several sus pects arrested proved to bo not Robert Charles and tho police have been un ub tc nnd any traco of tho nrjjro who killed Captain Day ami Police Onieer Lamb A tip got out for a mars meet ing at Leo Circle last night and whilo thero were no lcadors or public citizens in tho crowd it swelled to several thousand people who began n march to tho bcenc of tho crime attacking all the negroes to bo found Chief Uastcr and every available policeman us well as a company of militia hastened to tho vicinity and succeeded in pi eventing a general riot though thry could not sup press lawlessness At 1030 tho crowd began a march on tho parish prison with tho avowed intention of lynching tho nogro Pierco who was with Charles ou Monday night whou Otllcer Mora was shot Tho mob reached the parish prison and found tho police ready It satis fied itself by shooting into street cars wounding a number of people white as well as colored Two negroes aro known to have been killed during tho mobs march Ono was murdered in the tenderloin district after pulling a pistol to detend himself So far four negroes badly beaten up have armed at tho hospital Tho wounded are as fol lows Charles Moyle white a la borer above tho kneoj John Deeds white aged 211 years both hands Isaac McMahono white 15 years in tho thij h The negroes shot during tho night were Alex Uuuln Georgo Mor ris T B Sanders and Daniel White They were pulled out of street cars or pursued ou the stieets CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS Director General Rut lilxino ltiinlly lie- iiiiHlblu With Niely Washington July 20 The postmas ter general has made public the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Btistow who investigated tho Cuban postal frauds Mr Bristow finds that Neclys embezzlements aggregated at least 131713 and suys he was justified iu recommending the removal of Direc tor General Rathbono Whether or not tho latter was guilty with Neely in tho embezzlements ho says thero can be no doubt flint in tho matter of un authorized pei diem allowances per sonal expenses and warrants cashed and unaccounted for ho unlawful appro priated to his own use money of tho Cuban revenues For thib Mr Bris tow says ho believes Mr Rathbono bhould be required to answer THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION Coiubiiatluu or Clieiiilcil Rtultn Iu Niim linr of nniiitltleH Chicago July 21 Shortly before noon an explosion occurred in tho chem ical department of tho Windsor Cellu loid Collar company on tho fourth floor of 125 Dearborn street setting flro to the building and resulting in the death of three women tho fatal injury of an other and minor injuries to ttvo other persons Tho property loss is estimated at 3000 partly insured Tho dead Mns Eiien McLaughlin Two Unknown Gihis Gruco Peterson fatally injured Auk to Helocate County Seat Nioeraka Neb July 20 Petitions for relocation of tho county seat of Knox county were filed yesterday thero boing 2200 names Six days were al lowed tho Niobrara committee to inves tigate tho legality of tho petition TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD New York Prohibitionists nominated W T Wardwell for governor John Ross ot Lafayette was renom inated by the Democrats of the Tenth Indiana district for congress Tho Seventeenth Illinois district Democrats Wednesday renominated Bon E Cablo for congress by acclama tion Tho French consul at Shanghai re ports that fivo French missionaries have been killed by Boxers in tho Manchur iau district Messrs Fischer Wolmoransaud Wos sels tho Boer delegates were received Wednesday by President Loubot in tho pulaco of tho Elyseo Adjutant General Corbiu received a cable dispatch Wednesday from Gen eral Chatfeo uiiiionnciiig his arrival on tho transport Grant at Nagasaki The postoflico departmont will issue an order in a day or two extending the privilege ot domestic rates of postage to all United States soldiers berving m China Tho lockout of longshoremen at Ham burg now comprises oiie Iourth of the total number of men bOou ami tlie imperial navy yards at Kiel aro assist nig tho employers Rt Rev Robert Barnwell formei rector of St Pauls at Solum was con secrated Wednesday in that edition as bishop ut Aiibuna to succeed thu luto Ricliuid il llmcr of Mobile The official notification of Henry B Metcalfe of Pawtucket R I ot his nomination for vice president ou tho Piohibition ticket took place in Carne gie hall New York Wednesday night Tho German press complains of what ono paper calls tho growing boutuliza Hon ot the South African war A number of papers assert that Euglund is warring now even against tho wives of tho Boers A broken flango on the engine wrecked u Toledo Peoria and Western passeuger train near Eureka Ills seri ously injuring Engineer Ofaterliuut and Fireman Louis Brink None of thu passengers were hurt NOUFOLK NEBRASKA TIUUSDAY JULY 2J HKX WORD FR0MC0NGER His Message Dated Before Al leged Massacre NO DOUBT Of IT8 AUTHENTICITY On July 4 Vtern IlmlrBctl Iu llrltlnli Ie gntlnn anil llelng Stiellail by Chlnme Holiller llellereil That Cipher Cabin gram Wni Written About Sump Time Washington July 21 The receipt at Tien Tsin of an undoubtedly genuine and autographic mos age from Minister Conger has done nothing to dissipate tho doubt us to tho situation at Peking Tho message which was forwarded by tho nuvul officers at Tion Thin Tuku and Oho Foo has indeed served only to deepen tho duikest and saddest mystery of tho century It is dated July i nnd says Been besieged two weeks Brit ish legation Gruvo danger general massacre by Ohineso soldiors who aro shelling legation daily Relief soon if at all Oity without government ex cept by Chinese army Determined massacre all foreigners Poking Entry roliof forces into city probably hotly contested Tho official conclusion remains un changed of course but it is admitted that a careful scrutiny of tho autograph message iu comparison with tho famous cipher message from Minister Conger admits of the belief that tho two mes sages were written by Mr Conger at tho Biimo time Tho situation at tho British legation is represented to bo the same in each case and as Mr Con ger declares that roliof must como quickly if at all thero is ground for tho supposition that conditions could not long have remained unchanged in bucIi a crisis Tho assumption that this reasoning is correct involves tho fur ther conclusion that Mr Congers ci pher message if genuine was rcdated as of the Ibth of July two weeks later than thu lute of actual writing and of course if redated at all that was dono by Chinese officials On tho other hand and in support of tho stnte do purtment position camo a messago from another of the great Chinese vice roys Tak at Canton This also af firmed solemnly tho safety of tho lega tioners and coming from so many dif ferent sources and from such important Ohineso officials these dispatches do claim attention A pessimistic view of thoin however attributes to thoin all a common origin namuly some high Chinese pvrsonago at Poking It is noted that Tuks assurance brings tho ministers ono day further toward ultimate rescue than has any preceding message Tlie fact that it allows only three days to cover tho transmission over the great distance between Peking and Canton has attracted attention here and appears to demand explanation if tho messago is to bo accepted as of gen uine origin EXTOLS AMERICAN VALOR Trlbuto From Grimml Uorwiircl llrltlnli Coniiniimler at Tlfin Tln Cun Foo July 20 General Dor ward tho British commander at Tion Tin has 6eut to tho American com manders a letter in which he says I desiro to express tho high appreciation of tho British troops of tho honor done them in serving alongsido of their com rades of tho American army and of the high honor accorded mo in having them under my command I blame myself for the mistake made in taking their position by the Ninth regiment not remembering that troops fresh to tho scene of action and hurried forward in tho excitement of attack were likoly to lose thoir way Still the position thoy took and gal lantly stuck to all day undoubtedly prevented a large body of tho enemy from turning the right of tho attacking forco and inflicting serious loss on the trench and Japanese General Dorward also expressed his sympathy with tho Americans iu the loss of Colonel Liscum commander of the regimont and Captain Davis of the marine corps Ho commended Licutenunt S medley D Bntlor and Lieutenant Henry Leonard of tho ma riue corps and Lieutenant Louis Law ton of the regiment and praised Colonel Coolidge for his skillful nianagament of tho regiment General ItUlnir Kijiected London July 2i Tho Shunghai cor respondent of tho Daily Express says A general rising throughout Chiiiu is now regarded as so absolutely certain that all tho missionaries throughout the empire have been ordered to take refugo without delay either at Shanghai or Hong Koig Refugees aro b giniiiiig to arrive liom all points in tho most pitiable condition Tho Tieu Tmii correspondent of thu Daily Mail insists upon tho necessity of a single leader and of a geneinl head qtiirteis with an intelligence otlico Surretiirj llii VlnH Ci IV11AM July 20 Secretary of Flute John Hay will leave Cleveland today lor tnntoit to confer with Presi dent McKiuloy on tho Chinese Muni tion In an intciviow ho said It must not bethought that tho only out como of tho present situation is a war even if tho worst that has been pub lished is true Thero is ulwuys u possi bility of avoiding war If the worst feared proves to bo true thero muy still be repuratiou without war Jtuwlan Detach want in Ierll St Petkrsbuho July 20 In the opinion of the Russian general staff the protective lorco on the railway Iwtwecn Qhrbiu and Tiultn must bo lu u critical position since no dellnito news ot thu situation there has been received Th detachment which numbers 200 wmh at the end of Juuo threatened by 15000 ChltiOM As Into as July 17 it had not Ivon heard of and il is feared that thu force has been annihilated NO AMERICANFLAGS SEEN Fnrln Itlraim Kihlnlt ThoutnmU nf Span Uh Flnf In Honor of M Jhb 1J San Jiian Porto Rico July SO Tho streets of San Juan wore a labyrinth of glittering Spanish lags yesterday In honor of St Jago tho patron unlnt of Spnin Theio was no attempt wlatcvr to dUplay tho Anieiican color The celehiiition of tho Fouith of Inly wuh totally eclipsed Then the citizens wore tumble to taise a dollar for tho purpose of domonstiutioiiH Yesterday theio was no difficulty in cnirying through a progtani which must have cost J5000 Possibly li native houses displayed tho stars and stripes On tho other hand It is estimated that no fewer than 2500 Spanish Hags wore flung to tho breeze Bauds of hoodlums paraded tho strcetH anil cheered lor Spain Tho fnet that the day was tho second anniversary of the binding of tho United States troops under General Miles seemed to bo for gotten heto A piomiiiont Potto Ricau discus mug tho celebration fiom that point of view Raid Our people should not Iw Illumed by the Americans for ex pressing their feelings in this way Tho United States constitution has not been extended to tho island The privileges of citizenship have been denied them In biich cnenim tnneos Porto Rieans cannot oppic elate American institutions and naturally would not observo Amen cau holidays POCAHONTAS 3ETS A ROAD Ouly Cotintt Scut In low uWlt limit a Kit II Hiiv ill lin1 llciirn it WlilKtlc Four Doom July 20 Pocahontas thu only county seat in Iowa without a railroad was linked with bands of steel with tho outer world at 0 oclock last evening Pocahontas has occupied a unique po sition among Iowu towns unci as n countyseit without a lailroad bus been heralded far and witlo A town of con siderable importance and located in a paitot tho stato covered with a net woik of railways its failure to secure the long coveted desiro has been as peculiar as it is unusual Tho new road which has finally broken the spell under which the town seemed to bo placed is the Hook Island which runs north from Gowrio Tho first train which ran in last night was a common work train but the lirt loco motive whistle heard iu Pocahontas was a sound fraught with tho greatest impel tuuco to its people Tho event is being celebrated with banquets and oratory Tho advent of tho road is a notable state event ilfloimll ranted n Inrilon Dis Moivis July 20 John McDon ald a former resident of Creston whilo in Montana fivo years ago became in volved iu a quarrel and killed a man Ho claimed he acted in self dolonso Ho was convicted of murder and sent to tho penitentiary for life McDonalds daughter now 12 years old lives at Creston Knowing that ex Senator Clark would be at tho Democratic na tional convention tho girl raised money enough to buy a ticket and went to Kansas City Sho called on Senator Clark and told him her story Ho made her lus guest and promised to help her Later after investigating he instructed his attorneys in Montaua to present tho case to tho board of pardons Word reached hero yesterday that a pardon had been grunted McDonald Itaclni at Dea Molnei Des Moines July 20 The opening day of he Great Wostcrn Circuit races on tho Des Moines kite shupod traok was characterized by pleasant weather good attendance and uniformly fast timo although none of tho perform ances were remarkable Country Girl won tho 21 pacing and Garnctta the 2J5 pace Mabel Onward won the 240 trot tnniilinniiK For Lot Thninai Sioux City July 20 Tho Eleventh district Republican coegressional con vention nt Storm Lake yesterday unan imously renominated Lot Thomas Res olutions wero adopted indorsing ex Congressnian Georgo D Perkins for thtt seat iu the United States senate made vacant by Senator Gears death TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tho Lithographic Artists nnd Engrav ers association has culled off their boy cott nganist tho St Louis Truiisit com pany The stato department has ieceived a dispatch ironi Consul judges at Pan uiu1 Miyiug the i evolution there had taken a serious turn Tho resignation of Ambis ndor Draper ha reached tho state deput ineiit and been torwardud to President McKiuley at Canton The tenth biennial meeting of tho su pifiiie lodge of tho Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa con vened at Nashville Wednesday The froo tor all laco for tho Hotel Victory cup at tho niiorluko regatta at Put Wednesday was won by the small yacht Eva ot Sandusky Tho Great Eastern olovutpr which was burned at lluilalo Tuesday was valued at 275000 It contained TOO 000 bushels oi grain valued at 1221000 Supeuor Judge Hughes of San Dfego Cab who has been ill ot cerebral men ingitis at the Garfield hospital Wash ington for about a week died Wednes day Before a very large crowd at the Na tional Cycling associations meeting ut Buffalo Wednesday Ray Daer and Fred Sinclair broke the worlds profob wioual record ou a tandem for five miles the time beiug 708 1 6 BATTLE WPROGRBSS Rebels and Government Forces Fightinp Near Panama LATTFR H0LD1N0 THEIlt QLOOND IllMirfjenla Aro Nut MiiWInu Meiulttny llellla eulo Aree 1pnn Aliiilntlre lu Which to Alleml In the Wiitioileil anU to limy the Deail Colon ilombla July 2ft A tor rillo engagement still continues between the government troops mid tho Insur gents around Panama but tho former aie still holding their round Many have been killed and wounded and a four hours armistice was agreed upon to attend the wounded and bury the dead Tho steamnr Bernard Hall arrivod at Colon from SavanilU at l oclock this afternoon with leinfoieoinetitH for the government numbering 1000 They were brought by General Campos Ser rano governor of the department The cable between Colon anil Jamaica wus repaired today ROBERTS SENDS REPORT MoTen iatvaril Itoiu liltlmi Ocriiileil Uj llhn Since In ni I London duly 21 The war office has received tho following dispatch from Loid Roberts VAMinuMiitwn Stvtion July 21 We made a general aiHanee yesterday from tho positions wo have been hold ing east of Ptototia since luno 12 lun Hamilton from the north reached Rustfontein seven miles ninth ol Bioukhoist spun on July 22 This so completely surrounded the enemys line of retreat that they abandoned the strong position they hud been occupy ing in fiont of Pole Carew Stephen son V brigade advanced yesterday iiii opposed to Hlauds river station Out right was protected by tho First and Fourth brigades of cavalry under Ficnch and 1 lotions mounted infuihy Tho former crossed east of Wilge river Railway anil telegraph coiuuiuuicatinu wero lestored last night 3iiihaliiipperii lnnnre Corn Omaha July 21 Deputy United States Marshal lames Walling who has loluiued iiom a visit to Dawson county reports thit grasshoppers an devastating parts ot that county Thu tenants on his farm says thai tho pests have come in such numbers as to strip tho growiug corn of all blades leaving tho stalks standing as though swept by fire They have commenced upon tho wheat in tho shocks and aro destroying hundreds of bushels a day Tho local price of corn in that county has ad vanced in two weeks fiom M cents to 15 cents u bushel KmLiitton Tor Knune Dubuque July 21 Archbishop Keauo the now metropolitan of Du buque is expected to arrive iu the city within the next mouth and already ac tive preparations aro being mode for his reception which will bo in keeping with the distinguished churchmans dignity and high station in the church At a nieelitig of tho foremost Out holla laymen of the eity it was decided to have the aiiliblnhopal residence thor oughly innovated Wreiheil li Hireailliit ftalln IIknton Ills July 21 One luun was killed and II pasxmiKorM Injnied iu a wreck of the Southern Illinois express ou the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rnilioad near hero yesterday The dead Otto Medial Chicago tiavellug sales man Spicadlug rails threw the en tire lain ou ilHsltlo Meimil had his head out of the window and was killed instantly Most of the injnied sus tained seveie cuts ami biuises but all will leeover lutcloiloiin Kml ol llrlllluiil Oiireor Wichita July 20 M Stinip sou a lawyer and prominent criminolo gist of this city committed suicide yes terday lie shot himself in the head Ite had just been arrested charged with embelemeiil of f125 given him by a client to quiet a title to real estate Ho had been deeoiatod by King Humbert of Italy lor scientific wotlcs He won the ci oss of thu Legion of Honor by blowing up the gates of Dahomey Ntilll llooin lor llolllvnr Four Doimik la July 21 Tho can didacy of Congressman J P Dolliver for the United States senate to succeed the late Senator Gear was formally launched hero yesterday by resolutions adopted in the Webster county conven tion called lor the purpose of electing delegates to the state convention ut Dos Moines The members of the conven tion pledged themselves to the support of Mr Dollivet s candidacy Hlioilnuc In 1ont miiliin Accounts Ckdak ItArnw July 21 About three days ago a post inspector visited Mar ion and iu checking over thu accounts of Postmaster Willaid discovered a shoitage of about 700 10 I Alderman ono of the bondsmen was appointed deputy postmaster and placed in charge of the accounts of the otlico It is iiimoied that a new postmaster will be appointed in a few days Dentil of 11 11 Iiiivult Lkavinwokih July 211 M M low ed one of the eat best sottlois ill Kan sas tiled heie last night from an acci dent winch icsultcd in concussion of tho brain Jowett came to Leaven wot 111 in 18rr and was a prominent figuie in the bolder iiilllaii war as tin anti sluveiy leader lie was 72 years of ago CniU llfu With Slijiloilmi WihNElt Neb July 20 Eiiimu tho wilo ol U C Doesclur 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