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W t r ;TRT-;fc - "" v.4fl' r"-' m -. &&- .' . J ;. c VOLUME XXXI. NUMBER 19. NUMBER 1,579. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. TTEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15, 1900. --;. .- (tr-w-p' -"yaw " ' -- ' '-. -i .- -. loKtiuiL ?! v j - m (frohmbm . . BUT ONE THING TO DO Cmgcr Cablet That AJnm Mart . Eaj On to Pekin. TK MMISTflS Kfl'SE TO LEAVE f Satires fwiwi lT Taaa LI Iiti Steaa. Certala Death Beeeiat f X.teat Wiw.i Dtcrmian Guran ateat ta Bufa Belief, as tae Carnal. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 1L la the light of the latest dispatches from Minister Conner, received by the State department through Minister Wu today, the attitude of the admin . istratiaii is that there is but one thing tz be done in the present cir cumstaaees. namely, to press on to the .relief of: the besieged' garrison at Pe kia. This vraa made known after ex traded -wiwtinii between Wash lagton and tae president at Canton. The Conger message was accepted as showing conclusive justification for th imperative demand cf the United States sent to the Chinese govern ment on "Wednesday night, insisting that the imperial troops co-operate with the international .forces in the rescue of the ministers, and until this condition, as well as the cessation of the bombardment, is fully conceded by China, there is no other course open but to press steadily onward in the mission or relief. The Conger dispatch was received "before daylight at the Chinese lega tion, and as soon as the official day opened Minister Wa presented it to Acting Secretary Adee at the State de partment. It was in the American ci pher and was found to be an identical note with that of the other minis crs at Pekin (that of the French minister M. PincSon. already having appeared ) , Kith the additional fact that seven members of the American guard had been killed and fifteen wounded. The text of the message, as given out by the State department, is as follows : "Secretary of Srate, Washington: The tsung 11 yamen states to the dip lomatic body that the various foreign governments have repeatedly asked through the respective Chinese miais ter3 That we immediately depart from Pekin under suitable escort. The ya men asks us to fix-a date for our de parture and to make the necessary arrangements to do so. Our reply is that we seek instructions from our governments and that in the absence of such instructions we cannot quit our post. I must inform you that in order to insure our safe departure foreign troops only can safely escort us and they must be in sufficient force to safely guard 800 foreigners, includ ing 200 women and children, as well as 3.000 native Christians, who cannot be abandoned to certain massacre. We cannot accept a Chinese escort under any circumstances. All my colleagues are dispatching the foregoing to their .respective governments. Of the Amer ican marines seven have been killed and sixteen wounded, among the lat ter Captain Myers and Dr. Lippitt. who are getting along welL "CONGER." The discussion with the president led to the determination of the secre tary to reply tc the Conger message at once and accordingly Secretary Root and Acting Secretary Adee con ferred on the terms of this reply. The text was ready by 3 o'clock and it was forwarded lata in the day It was announced officially and positively that this message would not be made public, either in whole or in substance. Jt was made plain, however, that the message was sufficiently guarded as not to further increase the jeopardy cf our minister in case the Chinese have access to our cipher As to the terms of the message they are believed to make plain that this government will not advise, much less direct, that Mr. Conger leave Pekin under Chinese escort, when the minister has advised Washington that this would mean cer tain death. COAL f ttN S AL4SIA. Pla.ii I J of EtteaslTe Beds Wear "White I Hon. VANCOUVER, B. C Aug. 1L The steamer Catch from Skagway brought ' seventy passengers and also news of j discoveries of extensive coal beds I near the Daitcn trail and not far from White Horse. The discovery was made by Gustav Gervais. who has been interested in coal mining at Leth- bridge. News of his find ad been, re- ' ceived just as the Cutch was sailing, "but to substantiate his statements Gervais had "brousrht in "with him a small sack of his samples. Traldersee' Chief of Staff. BSHUN. Aug. 11 The evening papers here announce that Major Gen eral von Schwartzkop. commander of the First East Asiatic brigade, has been appointed Field Marshal von Waldersee's chief of staff. The Official Reichsanzeiger this evenrag publishes a proclamation for bidcing the export of arms or war material to China or ports adjeent to Chinese" territory. Srid Infantry far China. CINCINNATI Aus: 1L The Second infantry received orders today to leave Fort Thomas. Ky next Wednesday for San Francisco fcr services in China. Colonel Corliss in command and among his captains is Francis G. Fre mont, son of General John C Fre mont, the "Patnflnder. To Laad Tiuubk at "Jhinlnl WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. The navy department received a cablegram from Shanghai which, it is understood. gives notice of the intention of Admir al Seymour to land trocpss there for the defense of the city. The Shanghai newspapers, according to the cable. while acquiescing in the landing ct British troops, deprecate the feiea that England's example fhcuTd be followed by the powers. The United States aow ac rwo war shipss at Shanghai to safeguard American interests. LONDON. Aug. 11. Baron RassseH cf KHIowen, lord chief justice of Eng land, is dead. Baron. Russell had been HI for some time. Yesterday an speraticn was per formed, which the p" is reported to have passed taroagh in good coadi tiOB. This rpnriua, however, re sulted in. his asata. Various repot Lh have been, circasafeed as to tie m from which the mrd chief, jastfce- saf fered. Accocac ts some ft malady gastritis. aSsorfer, while other re- . turner in the imwaumwfmziLsm. laQaatrtorskiB. WASHINGTON, Aag. 10. Following is the demand by the United States oa the imperial government of China transmitted to -Minister Wu: "We are availing: ourselves of the opportunity- offered by the imperial edict cf the 5th of Aagast allowing to the foreign mini'trer! free mrtuBimiiiflrm with their respective governments in cipher and have sent a communication to Minister Conger, to which we await an answer. "We ire already adviaed by him. in a brief dispatch received August 7 that imperial troops are firing dally upon the ministers in Pekin. We demand the immediate cessation of hostile at tacks by imperial troops upon the lega tions and urge the exercise of every power and energy of the imperial gov ernment for the protection of the le gations and all foreigners therein. "We are also advised by the' same dispatch from-Minitter Conger that, in his opinion, for the foreign ministers to reave Teiin-as- propoBedmthe edTct of August Z would be certain death, in new of the fact that the imperial troops are now firing Tjpon the lega tions, and in view of the doaht ex pressed by the imperial government in Its edict of August 2, as to Its power to restore order and secure absolute safety in Pekin. it is evideat that this apprehension is well founded, for if your government cannot protect our minister in Pekin. it will presumptive ly be unable to protect upon a journey from Pekin to the coast. We therefore urge upon the imperial government that it shall adopt the course suggested in the third clause of the letter of the president to his maj esty, the emperor of China, of July 23, 1900, and enter into communication with the relief expedition so That co operation may be secured between them for the liberation of the legations, the protection of foreigners and the re storation of order. Such action on the part of the imperial government would be a satisfactory demonstration of its friendliness and desire to attain these ends, ALVEY. A. ADEE, "Acting Secretary, Department State. "Washington, August 9, 1999." TKY Alt All HOT. iu Deaaaada Uaoa Caiaa Aasrated by JfJaiater Wt, WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, said tonight that he had received information from Chi na that eight foreign legations in Pekin had sent cipher messages to their re spective governments. This was per mitted in accordance with the imperial edict of the imperial government, al lowing all the foreign ministers free communication with their respective governments in cipher. A cipher telegram intended for the Spanish government was inadvertently sent to Minister Wu here, who. discov ering the mistake, immediately had it transmitted to Madrid. The fact that the legations are being allowed to send cipher dispatches to their home offices shows, in Mr. Wu's opinion, that, his government is 1'ving up to the imperial edict permitting the ministers to have free communication with their govern ments. Mr, Wu says tae consuls' ci pher dispatches, which aso were re ported as having been held up, have been forwarded. Mr. Wu tonight sent to his govern ment the memoranduat addressed to bin by Acting Secretary -Adee aad de manding the immediate cessation of hostile attacks by imperial troops upon the legations and urging the imperial government to enter Into communica tion with the relief exposition for the liberation of the legation. The minis ter accompanied it with an explanatory statement, in which he gave the rea sons why, in his opinion, a compliance with the representations of the United States would be for the best interests of alL He expects it will take several days for the memorandum to reach the Imperial authorities. The latest message sent to Mr. Con ger in response to that received from him on Tuesday afternoon was filed for transmission last night. State de partment officials estimate that, allow ing for the interruption of telegraphic communication, the time required in deciphering the message and in form ing a reply, at least five days will elapse before an answer is received. Geramaas Eag-rr to Flht. BERLIN, Aug. 10. The number of volunteers from the army reserves who have signified their willingness to go to Caiaa. is said to be 120.000. From this number it is understood that a corps cf. not exceeding 20.000 will be formed- A portion of the corps win leave- within a fortnight. or as soon as the cabinet meeting called for tomorrow shall have given consent to the project. teaiaa CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 10. Ad vices received from Bitlis, Asiatic Tur key, say that 200 men. women and children have been massacred in the Armenian village of Spaghank. in the district, or Sassun by troops and Kurds under AIL Pasha., the command ant of Bitlis. He is also said to have ordered the village to be burned. Prof ar fer lai LA FORTE. Tad.. Aug. 10. rof. Joan E. rKuisrnga, cf Hollaad. vJi a. gxadaate of Hope College has ac cepted the chair of Engiisn at the Wastern Classical Academy at Orange City. Iowa. Prof. Kuisenga is widely known in tne educational circles of the Dutch Reformed church. TasBae Father KIUs His CHURUBU5CO, Ind . Aug. 10. Dur ing a fit of temporary insanity Sol Bear, who was lying at the point of death from Hfaffyn. sprang from his bed today, seized a shotgun and killed his sen Isaac. The son was attending his father. YVUmr Frr Cared by gena. VERA CRUZ, Mpt. Aug. 10. The most severe cases of yellow fever here being treated with Dr. Bellinzaghi's serum, seem to improve wonderfully and patients are quickly relieved of black: vomit. It Xskn Fraaee TTi NEW YORK. Aug. T.Q.A. dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Paris saysr Count Lamsdarffs ap pointment by the ear as minister of foreign affairs has created something akfn to a panic here in political arf TtaifiaT cireles. The coast has always leaned "more strongly ra. favor of an. understand ing with Germany and Austria n with Fraaee; azd is knows, here as a BTsauuaced adversary of Tie Franco- aHfaaffr. KMHiMLOW Ocsssr fcrcxgrj latsisd Chrrf nmncms t i mmwliit hit WUL3T Sixty tin WHI ta a Few Bar Mmw SSvSSC a Tfcatr Way ta Capital. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The cap ture of Tang Tsun, the first objective point of the international forces, was the supreme news of importance rec ceived today on the Chinese situation. The first word of this capture, effected last Monday, came in a brief dispatch to the sigaal officer at the War de- partmeat from Colonel Scriven, the sigaal aaUei at Che Foo saying: "(TrTrl.FQO. Aug 9 Signal", Wash- rogtonr August 6,""Tang Tsun cap tured today. Wire up. Need own transportation. All wett. "SCRTvEN." Half an hour after the receipt of this message came a cablegram from General Chaffee giving additional de tails and showing that it had been at the cost of about sixty casualties among the American troops. General Chaffee's dispatch is as follows: "YANG TSUN, Aug. 6. Tang Tsun occupied today. Wounded: Second Lieutenant Frank. R. Long. Ninth in fantry, moderate. Casualties about sixty men. Ninth United States infaa try. Fourteenth United States infantry and Battery F. Fifth United States ar tillery. Nearly all from Fourteenth Infantry. Names later. Many men prostrated from heat and fatigue. "CHAFFEE." Hardly less important was a dis patch from General Terauchi. "second in command of the Japanese staff, sent to the War office of Japan and trans mitted to the legation here, staring that the international army would ag gregate 50.000 men on August 15. at which time the real advance on Pe kin would begin. General Terauchl's dispatch stated that on August 4. when it was forwarded, the advance frM not yet begun. This was at first incom prehensible, in view of the fact that fighting had actually occurred. But later the statement that the interna tional force would aggregate 50,000 men on August 15 appears to make clear General Terauchi's meaning and to reconcile it with General Chaffee's dispatches. The present movement of some 16.000 men doubtless is viewed in the lignt of a reconnaissance in the main movement of 50,000 to follow an August 15. This makes clear the meaning of General Chaffee's dispatch that Yang Tsun was the objective point. The War department here has been considerably puzzled over this statement of an objective point far short of Pekin. It would appear, however, from Gen eral Terauchi's dispatch that the first force of 16.000 men. having opened up communication to Yang Tsun, brought forward susplies-and established there a base, the way "would then be clear for the advance of the larger force on August 15. The capture of Yang T3un is, therefore, an important strate gic point of the fast maturing mili tary plans. The place is about eigh teen miles beyond Tien Tsin and little less than a quarter of the way to Pe kin. NO EXTRA SESSION NEf KB. So Says Aaaiataat Scrtary-of-War Xei kJejnan. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn. when asked whether he thought an extra session of congress probable in the light of events in China, said- "I see no reason why an extra ses sion should be called. The president has ample authority to send troops to China for the purpose of suppressing rebellion and insurrection. War has not been declared. Diplomatic rela tions have not been broken off between China and the United States and until there is an open rupture we hae no other alternative than to proceed as we have been doing to bring about the relief of our beleaguered minister and his official household through diplo matic channels, but always pushing toward Pekin. Sbould war be de clared by China, then the president will act. and act quickly too." Killed tor Hi Wire. MASON CITY. Ia.. Aug. 10 Harry Wheelock. a notorious character of this city, was shot and killed by Mrs. Wallace Burgess. He was shot in the heart and fell at the threshold of her home. Mrs. Burgess was at one time Wheelockfs wife. He was convicted of assault with intent to kill and was sent to the penitentiary for three years. During his incarceration she married Burgess and as soon as he was liber ated he returned home and was so in censed at the marriage that he at tempted to kill her and her new- hus band. Burgess. The sympathy is with the woman. The body is being held awaiting developments. AdaUral Deevj oa ths SI:-B:i-n. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Admiral Dewey in an interview regarding the foreign complications in which the United States is engaged, said: "I regard the news from the Philip pines as particularly encouraging: Ag uinaldo's lieutenants are surrendering one after another. I regard the situa tion in China as exceedingly grave. The difficulties that our soldiers will have to contend against are many and various." ," rrat-t oc Credited. WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 10. The State department has no information from Consul General Goodnow- relative to the alleged protest lodged by him. against the landing of British troops at Shanghai. Department nffit-rntg ex. press the opinion that Mr. Goodnow weuld net take such a step without consulting the authorities here. JSmtr Barie at wjaoeiter. MANCHESTER, England. Aaz. 10. Chairman Bythell cf ths Manchester Ship Canal company, at a meeting in farmed the shareholders that Man chester, after the year 1900 would cease to be a free pcrt of tae Crapa. TOPEKA. Kas. Aug. 10. The coa dition cf the ITaasag crop is given of ficially as 54 percent. This estimate is based on returns from every schooL district in Kansas, dated August 4. since then the corn has suffered some from the continued dry and hot weath er so that "half a crop"' is the best that can be reasonably expected. By the some official report, issued by the stats hoard of. agriculture to night, the total wheat yield is repuii ed cimaally as 7a.OEL0ee scsaels. This i& the largest enm ol wheat ever grown in any year "by any Americaa.tate- TIEUTES.I. LCUML OMAHA, Aug. 1L S H H. darav for many years president of the UnisftV Pacific and vice president of the Mis souri Pacific who died the last of May, had some time before distributed the bulk: of his estate, and that no win has yet been filed excites no surprise asong his intimate friends. The family residence at Tairty fifth and Pine streets.. St. Louis, a ( large old style house with spacioas grounds, a valuable property, went ta the wife. Omaha reaL estate, iacludiag the old Canfield hotel property, oppo site the Union Pacific general offices, and valuable blocks of residence lots about Thirtieth and Pacific streets. Thirtieth and Leavenworth, aad also a tract at West Side, were-deeded the son. Hoxie Clark. Other real estate includes towmsioe shares in various cities ia the west chiefly along the line of the Missouri Pacific He had at one time owned much in. Leadville, but Is presamed to have disposed of it. Mr. Clark: was a coaaiderable in vestor in railway securities, including those of the Missouri Pacific Rock Is land and Santa Fe. and he dabbled a little in industrial stocks, notably su gar. In Omaha he held a large amount of Nebraska Telephone company stock. and at one time possessed a third of all issued. His holding of the Omaha Street Railway stock had been reduced to a nominal amount. He had 140 3hares in the United States National bank and 100 shares jin the Omaha National. For a number of years Mr. Clark's salary was equal to that of the presi dent of the United States, the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific each paying him $25,000 per annum. State's Cl4Ua ef 3a, OMAHA, Aug. 1L At Union Pacific headquarters soon, probasly at the master-in-chancery'3 office, taking of testimony in the maximum freight rate case brought by the state of Nebraska against the Union Pacific to recover judgment for $535,000 will begin. In about twenty-five specific counts al leging violations of the maximum freight law, daring.. from February 6. 1599, down to March 5. 190), are found the causes for forfeiture aggregating the sum mentioned. The shippers overcharged, some of them several times, are E. Guffy, Shelton: Joseph" Frank. Shelton; Elmer Abbott. Lex ington; John Wiggins. Columbus; Leach Ward. Humphrey; E. H Leach, Humphrey; L. Armstrong. Elm Creek; Rudge & Morris company, Lin coln. KeaaJon Abandoned. HOOPER. Neb.. Aug. 1L There will be no reunion of the Dodge County Veterans' association tftfa year. The matter was considered at a meeting of the executive committee, composed of Colonel T. W. Lyman and John Heine -of Hooper, J. R. Cantlin of Webster. J. A. Van Anda of Fremont. Van Bangrast of Ridgeley and E. W. Hook er of Maple Creek, held here yester day. Owing to the numerous other attractions and gatherings, to. be .held this year it was deemed advisable-' tc defer the reunion until next year and the committee will meet next June to make the necessary arrange ments. Tnrn Beet Plant Black. HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 1L Ed Ewell of Grand Island and Mark Levy of this city visited the sugar beet fields of this vicinity and discovered that a green caterpillar was destroy ing the- leaves of the plant, and also that a microbe was working on the roots of the beet. The germ so af fects the plant, that it turns black: and finally dies. Those who are interested in the beet industry are endeavoring to discover same means to exterminate the pest. 3fo Iaterett oa Diaaalfa. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Aug. 1L The farmers of Cass county have been depositing so much money in the banks in this city that the officers of the banks have been compelled to have notices posted up in their re spective places of business to the ef fect that in. the future only 2 per cent interest per n-r-rrt-n -grin be paid for deposits and that money must remain one year in order to entitle the de positor to even that amount. Saieide of Nebraska Waaiea. HICKMAN, Neb., Aug. 1L Dora Hartje. 2S years of age. committed sui cide by hanging, about seven miles northwest of here. Her act seems to have been the outcome of a quarrel with her sweetheart. HEBRON, Neb.. Aug. 1L Mrs. George Williamson was found hajigjr to a shade tree near her residence. Insanity, caused by sickness, was the finding of the jury. Killed ar a Croatia' FREMONT, Neb.. Aug. XL A terri ble accident occurred at the Union Pa cific crossing on J street. James Wil son, a young 'armer; Max Kavich. six years old, and Lena Kavich, eight years old. were struck by the east bound overland limited train while crossing the track in a wagon, and the man and girl instantly killed a Series of 1 FREMONT, Neb.. Aug. XL The Fre mont Driving association will hold a series of races September 12, 13 anS 14. About 3,000 will be offered in prizes. For the har"s races the purse will be X400. and for the run ning races $100. These races will oc cur at the same time as the street fair. LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. XL The Ne braska Epworth league assembled in session, here elected officers for the ensuing years as follows: President. L. 0. Jones of Lincoln; vice president. C E. Sandeson of Lincoln; correspond ing secretary,. Elmer Leah at York; re cording secretary, Mrs Md? Evans cf Wymore; treasurer, Ira. M. Howard of Edgar; missionary secretary, ?ra Beatry of University Placer secretary of Christian citizenship, R. A. Barnes of Red Cloud; junior league superin tendent, Mrs. Anna Hobbs Woadeock of Wymore. Neh Angv XL -A. ana- ber of the farmers ia this rnai have lost cattle by getting into the: sorgham ar cane field f, No heavy losses have bees reported, not more thari sse or two animals in. a place, with- the ex ception, of one instance, which oc curred last evening at the ranch, of Tames "Barnes, one Tnf east of. tswa. The cattle broke through, the feace while a boy was herding- rha He .iro-ve them out as quickly as he esald several TTmaTg -were taken -vioIeBily sick: and eight of them, died -is a fevr mtnuTes aftr eating the ? BLUM TO (M ItKffeSOlT-Ballyxac an tia Part ef the XTnitsd Satrs. DOMNK BtSTATCaO Ti nUI C ltfcia Sec Forth Mat Da Germane Tlnd of rmJa- Blaat Saw Shaw Mar WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. The Chin- sttuatioa is coasidered very grave hy the authorities in Washington. The receipt of x assssage from Minister Conger last, sight, which indicated a coatiaaation ot the flgntTng upon the ltsjarlusi aad the Chinese govern ment's insistence that the ministers rtn" leave Pekin, which Mr. Conger "coasidered would mean certain dear a. brought matters to an acute stage. AIL day the cabinet officers wbo are in town have been consulting wttn each other and the president has been communicated with by telegraph and over the long distance telephone. Sec retary Root held two conferences with Attorney General Griggs and several with Acting Secretary of State Adee aad their views were communicated to the president.. s a result of this com munication, it was announced officially at the close of-the day that a message to the imperial government at Pekin had been delivered to Minister Wu for transmission to his government. The text of the message was pre pared by Acting Secretary of State Adee and Secretary Root and in it3 fi nal form was made known to the pres ident in a talk: conducted by Mr. Root over the White House long distance telephone. It was then stated definite ly that the authorities of this gavera ment would not make public the text of th' latest communication to China until Minister Wu had had an oppor tunity to torward it to his government. The chief officials of the government were unwilling to outline in any defi nite manner the contents of the mes sage, although it was generally accept ed that the language of the communi cation was emphatic and to the point. The state department sent a cipher cable message to Minister Conger, res ponsive to his message made public last night, and intended to test the as sertions of the Chinese edict that free communication would be allowed. The message sent to the Chinese government through Mr. Wu. accord ing to the best information obtainable, informs that government that the re moval of restrictions upon communica tions with our minister, evidenced both by the receipt of Mr. Conger's message and the transmissian of the edict, is very gratifying, but is not In entire accordance with the original de mands of the president in his reply to the appeal for mediation. The presi dent in his original cemmunication to the emperor of China laid down three conditions -precedent to any actios looking to negotiations for the settle ment of the difficulties between China and the powers. These conditions, in the president's own words, were as fol lows: "I most solemnly urge upon your majesty's government to give public assurance whether the foreign min isters are alive, and if so, in what con dition. "To pat the representatives of the powers in immediate and free com munication with their respective gov ernments and to remove all danger to their lives and property. "To place the imperial authorities of China with the relief ex-edition so that cooperation may be secured be tween them for the liberation cf the legations and tae protection of foreign ers by the restoration of order." These three demands were practical ly reiterated in the dispatch which Secretary Hay sent to Consul General Goodnew at Shanghai on August 1 for submission to Earl Li Hung Chang. The authorities consider that the open ing of communication with Minister Conger, therefore, only partially com plies with the president's demands. With the legations still under fire, the Chinese government cannot be 3aid to have removed "all dangers to their lives and liberty," and. rvireover, so far as known here, tue imperial au thorities of China have made no ef forts to communicate and cooperate with the relief expedition. IL4CK f Afi STARTS N0RTI. Besom from Caotoa Indicate Departare of Chinese Troop. HONG KONG, Aug. 9. Two detach ments of Indian troops here have been notified to prepare to proceed to shang haL About 2.000 Black Flags left Canton today, ostensibly bound for Pekin. It is reported at Canton that the French Intend to clear the Chinese craft from the creek surrounding the artificial is land of Sha Mien and Canton. The Chinese protest against such action as calculated to cause disturbances. Bead t Fekia 5ir Opes. CHE FOO. Aug. 3. During the en gagement, oa Friday, which preceded the occupation of Peitsang by the al lies, the Russians lost 500" killed and the British fifty. The Germans and Japanese also lost heavily. The road to Pekin is supposed to be open. WiitTi tHfr Strike of Ore. LEAD. 5. D., Aug. . There is a general excitement here over a re markable strike of free milling ore that has been made in the past few hours by the Hcmestake company in the excavation being made for the new LOOO-tcn cyadine plant. A vertical thirty feet wide has been fcund cut ting across the foundation of the new plant an the south, end. The average value of the ere is about the same as the Homestake ore. The management cf the company win. undoubtdly alter the plans" of the cyadins plant. Tagfaad IjONDON, Aug. 9. The aHormeat sf 5,000.000 of the X0,0oO.000 war lean to the United States is received in the higher-financial -world as a good thing for London in the present position ot the Tgijg" banks. The brokers and small Investors severely, almost pas sionately, criticise the chancellor of. the exchequers Sir Mrrhaef Hlcks Beach, for privately arranging for haif of the so-called public loan and allow mg the investment "plum"" to go oar of the country. The Bank cf T?wgTad advised Sir MlraaeT to accept the AarFrfTi oaV MBBBSBm wssfts urn n ittTMt Tell! 13 FaACIlCO. Aug- . Anw tie reflates frisa Caiaa who returned on the Lagaa wars tie wife of Prof. C D. Teaawy cf the Im?sris aatvtrsity at Tiea Tata aad her children They were tmnag those who task: refuge af Gardes, kail daring the baabirrtnent and i ii ijsJ asinjufed. She aad her husband had sses together In China for eighteen years. Prof. TeiMsy ia now accompanying the allied forces aa the march to Pekin as an interpreter. Prof. 0. D. Clifford andtais wife also came home. They bring with them a baby girl who was barn in Tien Tsim on May 13. Mrs. Clifford is the daugh ter of Dr. Robert Coltmaa. who came home on the Coptic last week, PrtLA Clifford was connected with the Im perial university. Miss Llllle M. Tahr ot"LincoIn City. IntL. who speat two years in. Tien Tsin, had three narrow escapes from the sav age Boxers. She feuad safety with away ethers in Gar i kail Daring. i the siege and when, out one day she was struck, by a fragment of a three inch. shelL On. two other occasions she was shot at by riflemen, but was not hit. The two children of United States Consul Ragsdale, who have returned to r their home in this state, teH stories of Gimilar experiences of others who lived through ths perilous times in Tien Tsin. The tales sf Russian brutality are confirmed by Rev. Frank Hayes, a Methodist missionary. He thinks the present troubles will be ended within a year. Many of the refugees from Tien T3in escaped with only tne clothing an their backs. Among those who had lost ev erything are Henry Smith and wife. an "English couple. Smith was a broker at Tien Tsin and had a fiae house in the British concession. Prof. O. D. Clifford of the Imperial university of. Tien Tsin. who was one of the last to leave the besieged city, saysr "Leoting by the allied forces began as soon as they got the upper band The Russians led in this and went to extremes. They are naturally cruel and. expecting no mercy, they 3howed none. I was an eyewitness to eight cold-blooded murdera by them. The victims were old and infirm Chi nese. The- kuasians stole everything in sight, looting the houses in the set tlement as the Chinese would have done." Revi Horace W. Eouiding. a mis sionary whose labors were in South Chi Li province, between Ho Nan and Shan Tung, escaped with seventy-five others from Pei Tai Ho. the seaside re port north af Taku, on the British war ship Humber. Mrav. H H.. Montelle. whose husband is a turfman at Tien T3in. with Mrs. Frank F. Davis f Philadelphia passed through a trying experience during the bombardment and fighting at Tien Tsin and took: advantage of the first opportunity to leave the place. Head XawTfar the CUaaae. NEW YORK, Aug. S. A dispatch to the Journal aad Advertiser from aysr Colonel Meade- of the marine corps has received by native courier a message wrapped in pigskin, signed by Minister Conger, as follows- "Heip at once if at alL Besieged in British legation. No government Pe kin except military chief3, who are de termined on destruction of foregners." The Shanghai correspondent also says that in the papers of the vice roy at Tien Tsin was found a receipt for 100 taels paid to the Boxers for the supposed head sf Major Waller of the United States marines, who was thought to have been killed at the first battle af Tien Tsin." They Worked Jtaar lawaaa. CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. Aug. 8. At the instance of the local police, W. O. Cochrane aad Mrs. M. Keller, claim ing to hail from Chicago, were ar rested today at Davenport en the charge of swindling nearly fifty Ce dar Rapids people in the amount of J3. The couple ciaimed to- be repre senting a Chicago book concern, an advertising agency. They gave their victims contracts to distribute adver tising at SLaO per day, but demanded 33 cash deposit. The suckers were plenty. The officers are confident the pair-w41I-go- to-the- penitentary . - Xaaitaba Wheat. ST. PAUL. Aug. 7. A Winnipeg. Maa special' to the Dispatch says. The government crop bulletin issued this afternoon places the total wheat yield in Manitoba ar XLOOO.QOO bushels. Winds and drought destroyed 345.S19 acres of wheat. The yield of wheat is estimated at seven and one-half bush els per acre. Seie Battery for Chiaa. FORT RILEY. Kan., Aug. 8. Bat tery O, with its seven-inch siege guns, the largest in the army, and 175 men. were started Tor San Francisco during the night on hurry orders from Wash ington to proceed to China. The guns, with the new carriages just received, alone filled four cars. Two trains were necessary to carry the entire bat tery. Tbeaskc to Be Train Boh ber. DENVER. Aug. 7. A special to the News from Hugo, Colo., saysr "Frede rick Merrick was arrested in Elbert county today and brougnt to Hugo at i o'clock on suspicion cf being one of the Union Pacific train robbers. A passe is after aatither man thought to be Merrick's partner and is expected to return some time tonishr. Fall Half a Mile to Death. OTTAWA BEACH. Mich Aug. S. Johnnie Dew, an aeronaut of Grand Rapids, met a terrible fate while giving an exhibition here. His hal looa had reached a height of nearly half, a mile when, the performer be gan his descent. His parachute did not open for a few seconds and when it did spread he had gained such mo mentum, that the sudden, resistance gave him a violent jerk. He slipped from the trapeze and. having no life line, was dashed to death in the lake below. Every bene in. his body was broken, in the falL Cwtfaaoa to Ova tae Saltaa. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. lz is said at tike State department that the re ports from. Constantinople that ' Mr. Griscom, the American charge, is renewing the request far the settlement, of the American rlaims, are due to the original instruc tions from. Washington, and zot ta any recent word to him. These ra stractions were to the effect That the matter be hrcfrf continually, about every fortnight,, in. order that there might be no lapse af the negotiations. Mr. Griscom is keeping un the semf '""nilr rwiaitrr with gnat ragxlar iry. CONG! IF I PUN Tat Mkister CuUm tat It WsmLi lapaat Des& ta Lews, WU IS T it aaalaff Saarc WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Another cablegram came to the state depart ment this afteraoon treat Minister Conger at Pekin. which la the secoad received direst from him since June XS, It is the first which aaav come di rect frsm the stiaisttr siaee the tore foing date, the ether havlag Been throegh the tatermedlsry of. tae Cai- Ja.t Today's cablegram shows that the situatioa ia the Chinese capital is still nf -x i7-re sCT-taiM character, that the ministers are still ia danjr from the Chinese troops and that their supplies of ammunition and provisions have been reduced to a very considerable extant. So important were the state ments contained in the dispatch that a conference was held by wire between several of the cfflcals here and the president at Canton, lastng for sev eral hours. At ita conclusion the ca blegram from Mr. Conger was made public, as follows; "TSI NAN YAMEN. AnS- 7. To Secretary cf State: Still besieged. Situation more precarJous. Chinese government insisting upon our leav ing Pekin. which would be cettam death. Rifie firing upon us dily i7 imperial troops. Have abundant courage, but little ammunition or pro- visions. Two progressive yamen min isters beheaded. All connected with legation of the United States well at the present moment. (Signed) "CONGER." The cablegram came ia ths official cipher of the department. It is check ed by the telegraph company as hav ing been put on the wires at Tsi Nan, a large city about eighty miles rcuth east of Pekin. on August 7. The dis patch reached the department at 4:2U p. m., but was not made public until late in the evening. Those who were at the White House in conference wj. the president in cluded Acting Secretary Adee of the state department. Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin. Captain Michael, the chief clerk ot the state dpartmenr, through whose hands tae cablegrams pass, was also present part of the time. What the result of tae conference was the officials declined to say. That it will stimulate the energies of ths government to its utmost endeavor to press forward the advance movement toward Pekin is certain, for Mr. Con ger's message makes it clear that for the TP'nteTgr to Leave .e'ekin woina re sult in their deaths Secretary Root did not care to make any statement when asked about the conference to night. IN TK fOfttfTtONT. Aat erica on Bear tae Brant of the Battla at Pletamagr on janday. WASHINGTON, Aug. S. The infor mation which came today that Amer ican troops wet engaged in the bet tie of rietsang established positively for the first time that notwithstand ing the difiiculties which General Chaf fee had encountered in debarking troops and supplies, at least a part and a considerable part of our force was in the vanguard of the forward movement. General Chaffee's dis patch to the War department convey ed the mast satisfactory evidence that the commanders had thoroughly agreed in advance upon a plan of ac tion ii that there is every indication that this plan has been followed, as General Chaffee oa Friday sent the cable saying that the attack upon the Chinese at Pietsang would be made on Sunday, zhe day when Ad miral Remey and the press corre spondents say the fighting occurred. Th mast positive addition to the news of the day was the brief line from the Associated Press correspond ent at Tien T3in, saymg that the Ninth and Fourteenth infantry, Reilly's battery and zhe marines were in the battle of Pietsang. It was this force which, with the British, and Japanese, bore the brunt of the at tack on the left flank, which was to turn the enemy's position. The plan had already been made clear by General Chaffee's dispatch, although he did not mention what American troops would be engaged. See 2To Troabia Ahead. WASHINGTON. Au. 5. The Jap anese minister, Mr Taiohlre. sal In the course of an informal talk that he set no store in the cabled reports from foreign capitals that Japanese had taken umbrage at Vice Admiral Sey mour's trip up the Yang Tse Kiaag and his visits to the Viceroy of aa- Troon Leave Porta Bleo. SAN JUAN, Aug. S. The Umcefi States transport Sedgwick, with four troops of cavalry aad four companies of infantry, sailed fcr Ne-w York city today. The steamer San Juan sailed last evening with 300 mules and the Catania will carry a troop of horses. Krnser Keady to Qoir. PRETORIA, Monday Anz. 3. It is J stated positively that President Jvruger is willing and anxious to surrender, provided a satisfactory promise is riven as to his ultimate destination. Detaia Brtsei's BeiaMae. RQWP!, Aug. 8. The brother and brother-in-law of Bresci. the assassin of King Humbert of Italy, have been detained by the police on the charge that they fr"f foreknowledge of the murderer's intention. The former says Bresci frequently practiced with, a re volver. Fir ia XeUowsteae Park. HELENA Mont Aug. 31 The big fire that is raging ta- YeGa wstone Na tional park is being foaght hy every soldier in the park: and all the men. engaged in road construction work. Deputy United States Marshal Jackson, who has returned from there and who reported the fircsaid that when he left it was reported that the fire had ex- tended for a distance of ten miles and was 3till spreading. Men who have been in. the park for years said it was the worst they had ever seen. Deer axd elk have been, driven our of tile fire by the flames. Xraapaa Caiawaa Aruy Flra Bally Caaa ilij.it I ijilliairi Yaretcaar Soil WnkosStABak FaPlM ah akpfe asmlm Mttfc BUTSG00D 50TES Tie Goiumtws Journal. to the TH Cwtj if PUtti, Til SWi if Mrasta, Th Uiit States. RE8T OF MANKIND. JSWTTOW WITH US $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advance. Uatiiox is aot cr- aed ay aoCars centa. HENRY QASS. Frwi columns Joarnai PRINTING OFFICE. 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