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TURN BACK ON PEKLN
Legatloners Reported to Be on Their Way to
Friends at Tien Tsln.
TRUE TO THE ROYAL HOUSE
Vleeroy I.I llunn ( linim Drclnre Hint
.thf llnser Arc .Nut
Itrlirla.
FIFTTnlHMlllJTlhbunnn foreign
received no fresh CblhKVtBt doubted
tt'h.t(har Ihn nrlvflnr nf MmtWpd forcOS
REPORT IS CREDITED TO LI HUNG CHANG from TIen Tsin had begun.
The Lokal Anzelger publishes an Inter
view uhlrli Mr Znkor lt stieclnl corros-
Chinese Diplomat Declares That Ministers pondent, had with 1,1 Hung chnng t Can-
T.f ni-,1 T,t V,n ton on July Karl Ll told the correspond-
Left Capital Last I nday. ' u.prp . . ....
wore true to tho royal house. Their move-
ESCORT UNDER COMMAND OF YUNG LU "cnl- ho explnlnc.1. was directed chiefly
against nnuvo inrisiiiius uu uuu uceu
using International protection to oppress
Boxers.
With reference to the missionaries he
said.
"It Is my Arm convlrtlon that tho mis
sionaries nro always In danger, for tho re-
NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF DEPARTURE latlons between the Chinese population and
foreigners have been the cause of nearly nil
the troubles and will always continue to be "
Karl M went on to say that Chinese
hatred of foreigners hail been increased of
late through tho action of tbo powers, par
ticularly In the seizure of Klao Chou, which
he described as an "exorbitant penalty for
a couple of missionaries
Referring to tlm murder of llaron von
LONDON. Aug. 7. 1 a. m. A Shanghai Kotteler hn cave a oosltlve aHStirnnce that
special, dated August 6, says: neither Prince Tuan nor anv other members
i.i nung ruling nas omciauy iniormeu of thc g0v,!rnmcnt knew of the intended
Consuls at Shanghai Are Not Disposed to
Credit Statomont.
London Credit Cnlilen of Ail nil nil
Hrmry nnil I'liinninniler TntiilK
CeucrrnliiK Attnok on Alllril
l'urern nt Pell .Vnnc.
tha consuls that tho ministers left Pekln
for Tien Tsln last Friday, August 3, with
General Yung Lu In command of the es
cort. The consuls nro by no means disposed
to credit Karl Li's statement."
All other reports that have reached Lon
don up to this hour Indicate that tho minis
ters baro not left Pekln,
Tho advance of thc allied forces began
August 4, according to a cable of thc Drlt-
Ish consul ut Tien Tsln
This Is the first official Information re
ceived hero that tbo attempt to relievo
Pekln has begun. It Is accepted as cor
rect
The Drltlsh consul does not mention any
fighting, but tho Shanghai correspondent
of tho Dally Mnll, telegraphing on Sunday,
Bays:
"Tho Pekln relief column Is reported to
have? sufcred a check. Tho Chinese nrc
said to havo adopted Tugeln tactics and
fter scvernl hours of lighting to havo re
Ircnted."
Itriinrt of Homey nnil TiiuhbIk."-
This Is the only message received In Lon
killing and ho declared that Ilaron von
Kettelcr was not killed because ho was a
Herman, but sttuply because he was a for
elgner. In a word ho was a victim of tho
Chinese hatred of foreigners.
"Tho Chinese government Is not strong
enough to put down tho Boxers," said Karl
I.I, "but thc thought of accepting nsslst
nnce from thc powers to put them down
Is extremely repugnant to the government."
In reply to a question ns to who was the
bend of the central government he said It
was administered by Prince Tuan in tho
name of tho emperor.
EARL LI'S MESSAGE IN LONDON
Pn.fntmtt SciiHiitlnn Can oil liy tin
Word .Sent Out from Slmnuliiil
on Nil ml liy.
(Copyright, lOOn, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Aug. 6.-(New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) LI Hung
Chang's dispatch Is the chief feature of tho
evening papers. It excited great Interest In
don this morning bearing out the reports tho Hoiibc of Commons, although owing to
of Admlrnl Hemey and Commander Taussig, tho bank holiday the attendance was very
regarding nn engagement nt Pelt Hang. The scarce. A World correspondent showed a
fact that tho advance did not begin until copy of the dispatch to Under Secretnry for
(Saturday Is taken to strengthen tho nccounts Foreign Affairs Brodcrlck, who said: "Tho
of a battle on Sunday. only satisfactory evldeneo of thc truth of
In thc snmo cablegram, which was read the Imperial edict would be tho delivery of
In the Hotiso of Commons, tho consul nt tho ministers at Tien Tsln to the care of
Tien Tsln says- "News from tho Japanese the allied forces. I cannot Bpeak on
legation hns been received up to August merely hypothetical question."
i." morororo tno edicts announcing the Prltchard Morgan said: "Ll Hung Chang's
lately or mo ministers on mat date aro con- announcement la thc most Imnortnnt mndo
Iirracn. Slnco the ministers ivrro hrxlpi?ni1. Kmrv
Tho Chlneso Minister Sir Chlh Chen Lo thine Ll has said ha liron nrnvnd nrmmtn
Feng Luh communlcntcd to Lord Salisbury by events, but thero is Inveterate distrust
n messago from tho tsung 11 ynmcn. dated nf him and all Chinese In political nnd
luijr on, ii'h'-wuik mo Biiut-muin. milt mm: ouiclnl circles here. I believe, as stated to
minioicra were suio on mai unto and re- fho World last wri-V thnt m lrrm,!inhi
counting the friendly relntlons existing be- urror wlI uo commtted If, despite the readl
iwocn mem ann mo ynmon. as won as re- neHg of tho Chinese envernmnnt tn hand
over tho ministers, tho advance on Pekln I
persisted lr.. Tho Chlneso government has
nn extremely difficult card to play and such
nn advance may well lead to new and moro
serious Boxer revolt.
It tn believed hero the ministers will not
leuvo Pekln except with the allied forces,
as It is folt their security Is guaranteed ns
long as they remain nt tho capital, while
If they leave the Imperial authorities will
ccaso to bo able to nfford them effectlvo
protection.
OSSIHLE EFFECT OF BATTLE
Washington Officials Divided as to Neit
Move bj China.
I PING HENG NOW IN PEKIN POLITICS
tipncrnl Miictrtlnir Annoimoo Ship
ment of Train of llcnvy Artillery
to Tnku for I'm' In Clilnu
t'ninpiilKU.
HARD PRESSED FOR MEAT
porting tha sending of supplies to the lega
tlons by tho ynmcn.
The message contains this Important
statement: "A successful termination of tho
conference with tho ministers for their con
veyanco under escort to Tien Tsln Is cx
peeled, but, on account of tho recommence
ment of hostilities Ht Tien Tsln, code tele-
crams for transmission to tho represents
tlTes aro considered undesirable."
This appearrt to conllrm tho statement
that tho Chlneso government will endeavor
to stop the march to Pekln by using tho
ministers as hostages.
1,1 IllnniPN Clilurnc Government.
Tho Loknlnnzolgor of Berlin, publishing fiprmnny Compelled to Full Ilnek on
nn Interview with Ll Hung Chang, quotes Tnhoocd Ann-Hcnn l.'nmln for
Tilm as declaring emphatically that China is.- in Clilnu
must not In any circutnstnnco secede any
more territory to any powers. In reply to WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The provisioning
n question why tho rebellion was not put of Germany naval forces for tho China
down, Eurl Ll Is represented ns having campaign has been greatly Interfered with
paid; "I blnmo Prince Tunn, the em- by tho scarcity of meats In the empire, ac
press dowager and tho wholo Pekln gov cording to a report to the Stato department
ernment. Hut for their lack of energy from our United States consul, Hugh Pit
tho situation would novcr havo become so cairn, at Hamburg
serious." The naval authorities at Kiel, ho says, are
Tho St. Petersburg corresnondent of the compelled to buy canned meats nt n high
Dally Mall says: Price In foreign countries, because of tho
"Actlvo negotiations nro proceeding be- Inability of Germany to supply home do
tween Ilussln nnd tho United States, tho mand3. Consul Pltcnlrn transmits an ar
probable outcomo of which will be a resn. tcle published In a Denmark newspaper,
lutlon to uphold the Integrity of China, un- filing of nn order for 10,000 pounds of sau
condltionally. A Shanghai correspondent "aB Placed by tho German government nt
of tho same tinner says tho Amerlenns "k-'ibo or use on mo uuincso squadron.
there aro urcinc tho nnnolntment of Gun. An article published in a Hamburg news
cral MucArthur as commander-in-chief of ',nnef Klvc further evidence of tho straits
iu niiin.i fnn-na. 10 wnicn uormnny lias been brought In sun
. . , , . plying her ship's crows bound for Chinese
,r..-.r.-. K...... ... " wtttcrs with meat. American canned meats
The Standard's Shanghai's correspondent, the article says, have been largely used in
wiring sumiay. says: supplying the German navy. Tho army, It
--11 is ciear mai mo mnrcn 10 mo renei stntes. Is sunn led bv two Inrco meat tire
of Pekln will bo anything but n walkover, scrvlug plants at Spandau and Mnlnze nnd
Japaneso scouts havo discovered a largo there Is an urgent necessity for ereatlug
frco of Chinese aouthwost of Tlon Tsln now plants and extending thc old ones to
nnd another largo force In the vicinity of such a degreo that tho provisioning of both
I,u Tal, to tho eastward." the army and tho navy can bo accomplished
11 is icarneu now inai me memocrs ot uy tno nomo industry alone,
tho tsung 11 ynmon who wero put to death
for their nlleged pro-forolgn proclivities
wero not beheaded, but were cut in twain,
this being tho severest pennlty under tho
Manchu code. Shcng declares that the
grand council at Pekln was Ignorant of the
orders for tho execution.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. The announce
ment received from Admlrnl Itcmey and
Commander Taussig of reported heavy firing
on thc road between Tien Tsln was thc news
of Interest In tho Chinese situation today.
Little doubt was exnroseed at tho Navy de
partment that tbo news was substantially
correct. It Is probablo that u later report
may reduce the list of casualties among tho
International forces, but it Is evident the
movement on Pekln Is nt last fairly under
way and that strong opposition has been
encountered. Tho Wnr department oiuciais,
who have been exceedingly reticent for sev
eral days as to news from the seat of war,
Admitted today when the naval dispatches
. .. . . . . , t..i ,
wero received inai mc nnnouin.eu iwiuc . oUlnlionin
was not unexpected.
Opinion among the various officials now
In Washington Is somewhat divided as to
Just whut Is presaged by the day's events.
The moro optimistic nro Inclined to think
that such n severo blow ns tho Chinese
must hnve received at Pelt Sang will result
In the speedy disintegration of tho forces
now opposing tho march of the Internal col
umn. In line with this prediction It was
prophesied that tbo Chinese government
would find means to send tbo ministers
from Pekln under escort and thus stave off
tho advance on tho capital. On tho other
hand there were n number of officers In a
position to Judge equally well who held that
tho light at Pelt Sang was only tho begin
ning of u strenuous resistance to be con
tinued to tho gates of Pekln or beyond. It
was urged In support of this view that thc
Chlneso hail 100 men tn lose ngalnst one of
the nlllcs; that they wero all armed with
modem arms and bad apparently un abund
ance of ammunition.
1,1 IMiik II.-iik In Politics.
It Is stated that considerable apprehen
sion existed nmong thoso conversant with
Oriental affulrs at thc reappearance In
Pekln politics of that rabtd antl-forcign
fanatic. Ll Ping Hong. It Is understood
that his appearance In Pekln affairs may
havo had something to do with thc Shanghai
rumors ot Ll Hung Chnng's suicide. It is
certain that with Ll Ping Heng nnd Prince
Tuan In control of tho do facto government
In China a religious wnr of dcrvlsh-llke
fanntlclsm will probably bo waged against
all foreigners nnd friends of tho moro liberal
Chinese statesmen nro exceedingly anxious
as to their fato under the Tuan-Ll Ping
regime.
Tho War department Is In receipt of a
dispatch from General MacArthur announc
ing that ho has shipped nddltlonnl artillery
supplies to Taku for uso In tho Chlneso
campaign. These supplies Include several
Catling guns nnd tho remainder of tho rilled
and howitzer Flege train now In Manila,
which up to date has rentnlned useless In
that country Non ncojimt of tho bad roads,
Genernl Chaffee Is hardly expected to han
dle these monster guns through thc nlmost
Impassablo swamps, but his recent dispatch
contained an urgent appeal for moro ar
tillery and he Is getting It. The ordnance
experts at tho War department sny that If
FIVE KILLED IN COLLISION
Cotton licit PinnfiiKi'r Trnln, tiolnii
nt Full Speed, Crmlirs Into
I'retuht on sldliiK,
IMNB IILCIT. Ark.. 'Aug. 6. A disas
trous collision occurred on tbo St. Louts
division of the St. Louis Southwestern
(Cotton Belt) railway at Aurlch, forty miles
north of here today. In which five men were
killed nnd two seriously Injured. Thc dead:
C. A. OAINKY, brakemnn. Jonesboro.
Ark.
FRANK SAMPLE, conductor, Pino Bluff.
LUTHER, brakemnn, Thayer, Mo.
Brakeman, name unknown, Thayer, Mo.
Telegraph operator, unknown.
Injured:
James T. Frnzer, ongincer, fractured arm
nnd badly bruised.
S. Hills, flremnn, seriously Injured.
Fast freight No. IS took tho siding to
nllow southbound passenger train No. 3 to
pass. Tho switch fnlled to work and the
passenger train crashed Into tho caboose
of the freight train at full speed, killing or
injuring tho occupants. The passenger trnln
and baggage cur were turncl over and arc
complete wrecks. Four freight ears wero
demolished.
THEIR TEARS ARE GENUINE
Italian Republicans Protest Sincerity of
Qrief at Humbert's Death.
SCOTT HELD IN HEAVY BOND
f'littlrnmn Chnrsril Mltli
ItiKUlliiK' Hli Mni'tuiiKcii Ar
rnluiicil In Knnmin City.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. tl. J. S. Scott, the
Oklahoma cattleman who Is charged by the
Bankers' and Cnttlemen's Protective asso
ciation with complicity with K. U Swazey In
negotiating fraudulent cnttlo mortgages,
was arraigned before Jtitlce Jenny here to
day nnd bound over to await the action of
the grand Jury. Ills bind war fixed nt
$10,000.
Scott was arrested on a warrant chnrglng
him with negotiating n mortgage for S,000
and a suhtcquent one for J20.000 on a herd
of cattle said f number 1,200 houd, hut
which It 1h nllcgol contained only head.
Scott bas been lu the cattle business for
twenty years and has nlwnya borne a good
reputation. He declares ho will be able to
establish his Innocence. Hp says Swazcy
nnd not he counted the cattle, and that he
accepted Swazcy's representation regarding
the number In the herd. He gave the sec
ond mortgage for 120,000, he says, nn tho
reprc?ertitlon of Swazcy that the $S.ono
mortgage was to be taken up and other
dehtH which ho fScott) owed wore to be
paid with the proceeds. Some of Scott's
debts wore paid, but the $8,000 mortgage
was not canceled, he asserts.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for NebruK.i--
Fair. Surtlierly Winds
Tpinpcrntttrr nt Omnliii rtcrilnyi
SHAREHOLDERS ARE ANXIOUS
DeHlro to Know nf Kxtoiit of Miortnue
in AfTalrn of llnllillnc it ml l.onn
AMNIX-lllt Ioiim.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 6. Hundreds of nhare
holders surrounded tho offices of thc Cash.
Globe Mutual and Industrial Building and
Ixian associations today, anxious to learn
the extent of tho shortage discovered on
Saturday. Tho doons wero locked, however,
and after waiting around for several hours,
tho crowd quietly dispersed.
Tho three concerns have, suspended busi
ness pending the rctiult of tho Investigation
now being made by Bank Examiner Coch
ran. Tha total wet,-nr''H3!;000 and it
tho tihortugo docs not pxcited $60,000, as
claimed, tho bhnreholders will lnso about
30 per cent. Application will bo made for
the appointment of tbo Equitable Tnmt
company, Mcrcantllo Trust company nnd
Charles Root as receivers. The charges of
BITTERNESS AROUSED IN THE CHAMBER
lletltrry of n Mnnorlnt tiring Out
1'rntPfttntloim from !iiolillt nnil
Itepnlillennn unit Derision front
the llonllst .Members.
ROME, Aug. 6. Thc Chamber of Deputies
today reopened with an Immense throng
present. The tribunes wore draped with
black. The prcfcldent of tho chamber, Slg
nor Villa, delivered a memorial address
eulogizing thc late King Humbert. He was
frequently applauded.
Tho address wns received urn Id signs of
deep mourning, although Its more effective
passages wero frequently Interrupted with
cries of "Long live tho king!" Slgnor
Sarrneo, tho premier, associated himself
with the words of Slgnor Villa, who then
proceeded to rend dispatches addressed to
him by presidents of foreign chambers
after ulllch he announced that several
deputies had made a number of proposl
tlons with tho object of rendering special
honor to tho memory of tho late king
Among these, ho said, wero proposals that
tho chamber should remain draped In
blnck for six months, that tho bureau of
tho presidency should present an nddrcss
to King Victor Emanuel nnd Queen Hel
ena nnd that tho memory of thc dead
monarch should be consecrated In an Im
perishable monument.
Slgnor Turatl, socialist, In thc nnme of
bis party, protested against the assassina
tion, declaring that everybody had a right
tn live nnd thnt political assassinations
wero useless.
This stntcmcnt caused some sensation
nnd when Slgnor Pantnnl, In the namo of
tho republicans, made u similar statement,
adding that his group associated Itself
with tho sorrow of the country, tho
declaration was greeted with cries of
Crocodiles!" Slgnor Pantanl retorted:
We do not speculate like you on a crlmo
committed."
The uproar then became deafening and It
was Impossible to hear further words of
tho deputies.
Calm having been restored, Slgnor Snr-
raeo spoke In favor of tho various prop
ositions, all of which were adopted unani
mously, with the exception of tho soclnllst
vote. Senor Villa Invited tho deputlcw to
tnkc pnrt In the funeral and then announced
that tho new king would tako tho oath
next Saturday In the senate bctoro tho
two chambers.
Tho house then arose, amid cries of
Long live the king!"
Tho Scnnto approved propositions Identi
cal to thoso voted In tho Chamber of Depu
ties.
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BIG BATTLE SUNDAY
Report Loss of Allies in Killed and Wounded
is Twelve Hundred.
PRINCIPALLY JAPANESE AND RUSSIANS
IRON PRICES TO BE FORCED
All lint i w rnrnnor I'roclminu
l!oMiu"r Iron Aro to Up Mint
llnnil lnil-llillt'l .
Figb Starts Early in the Morning and
Continues All Foronoon.
CHINESE ARMY IS FORCED TO RETREAT
CI.nVKLAND. O . Aug C At n meeting
of the Bessemer nrnoi latlon here today nn
Important step was decided on with the
object of preventing further decline In
tho price of pig iron. It was ngreed that
all tho furnaces producing Bessemer pig
iron should go out of blast In September,
with the exception of tho fumare of tho
Bryor Hill Coal nnd Iron Co. nnd tho V.
M. Lewis Co. at Youngatown. . One of
thoso will run on contrncts and tho other
will produce foundry Iron.
Members of tho association say this ?tep
Is necessary. Not a ton ot this Iron hns
been contracted for In several weeks and
notwithstanding n reduction of $5 n ton
In the price, It ennnot bo sold It Is hoped
that tho shut down which Is to be for an department
indefinite period, win resun in me restor
ation of prices by working off the surplus
stni Ks.
Combined Force of the Allies Said to
Number Slxteon Thousand,
NAVY DEPARTMENT GETS FIRST WORD
t'imnnr mrtit TnUrs Plnee nt I Irst
Hullronil Stntlon Out nf Tiro
in I it on the llnnil to
IVLln Xo Drtnlls.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The following
cablegrams havo boon Received at thc Navy
tic
PURSUIT OF TRAIN ROBBERS
embezzlement and falKldcatlon of accounts
It comes to a bombardment of Pekln these entered against Secretary Robinson wero
five-Inch rifles nnd sovcn-inch howitzers
with their enormous bursting capacity of
high explosives will bo the most effective
battering weapons In tbo International col
umn. Minister Wu left Washington on Satur
day for Cape May and remained nwny from
Washington today, nlthough he had bcon
expected to return on Sunday night. Tho
Chlneso legation woro nn air of desolation
throughout tho day and Interrogations of
tho Chinese In charge were met with the
response thnt there was no news nor ex
pectation of any.
Ll NOT ANXIOUS TO START
Old Viceroy Make Kaninen nnil
lii MnUliiK the Trip to'
IVkln.
Ilr-
withdrawn nftcr his confrnslon of Judgment
for $6S.O00.
ARE NOT YELLOW FEVER
Tim SiiMioetnl CiiNrn nt Tninpn Are
Declared to He .SometliliiK
nine.
MARCHING UNDER ONE FLAG
Knlarr Wlllictin Tn1l of Unity of
Fiitliorlnnil nt I-'iivoIIIiik of
Mtntiie of tircnt Klcctur.
BIELFKLD. Prussia, Aug. 6. At tho un-
FEARS FOR CONSUL'S LIFE velllnR of tno Btntuo ot tIi, l-ox- u oreat
,tn.iui, iviiii, iui('t-iur ttiuutiu uenvereu
C'onnt Hiirmrnilnwiikl Hroelve"
ThrentrnliiK Let tern from
Chli'iiK" Aiinrcltlxtn.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Countess L'nrlcu
Rozowndowskl, wlfo of tho Italian consul
In Chicago, today asked that special police
protection bo given her husband, express
ing fear that tbo anarchists might Injure
the count owing to his connection with
a notablo speech, dwelling upon the dark
days of the "thirty years of war" and tho
imperishable uervlce" rendered by Fred
erick William In building up tho country in
tho hope of establishing n great northern
empire, which ono day should draw to
gether the German Fatherland. Tho em
peror said:
This wonderful result bis tlnnllv horn fni.
Ill led and chiefly because, every Hoheiuoi-
lern prniL'e una noon mummed ny tliu con-
the Italian government. It Is said that sclousni'ss thnt ho was only an earthly gov
Count Rozowndowskl has received several '"'or and hud to render an nccount to u
threatening letters recently. The Italian ',, ft -""nnrfoT" the 'OT iftclo
consul ib Baiu to no counecteu wnn tno dream, wiiut no count only point to we
royal family of Italy nnd for thnt reason i""u "W ublo to take up on n larger scale
,s believed to be a special object of hatred ZrcZ.K'nn'Vn'' ny'Xlilg
of tho anarchists. Chief of Police Klpley of tho son of every hamlet In Germany
elated that tho count would receive ample ", support tno tiinck, white nun red l ag.
reaches to the remotest parts of tho world.
Without the "Great Elector" this would
havo been Impossible.
If everyone takes the samo view of the
tusk nf the elector then I am convinced
that great tlmeit are still In store for our
great German Fatherland.
protection.
SEEK SAFETY
IN FLIGHT
fliio unn iul of Ituxulnn Itefiiueen from
Clinrlilii Are (intliereil nt
KlinliiirovHk,
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6. A telegrnm
from Khabarovsk says:
"About fi.OOO persons, railway officials
nnd their families, have arrived here from
Charbln (alto wrltton Harbin) and other
points, having received orders from gov-
eminent orhclals to embark on steamers.
Among them nro forty-fuur wounded and more icrlous on tho upper Yang Tso Klang
thlrty-threo on tho Invalid list. The English consul, he sayH, has left with
"The Chinese railway company has given tho custom house staff and tho French
C.000 roubles for ambulance purposes and consul Intends to leave with his Japaneso
for tho coustrurlloa of Quarters for other colleague. Tb mall eervlco has been
refusccs." I itopped,
TROUBLE IN CHINA SPREADS
Situation In I pprr Yiiiik i'e Vnlley
I lleooinliiK MoNt
Serlonn,
PARIS, Aug. 6. Tho French conwul at
Chung King telegraphs under date of
August 3 that the situation Is becoming
LONDON, Aug. 6. Tho antl-forcign party
again hns tho upper hand at Pekin. Ac
cording to reports emerging from Ll Hung
Chnng's lodgings at Shanghai, his baggage
Is packed preparatory to bis departuro for
Pekln, but, It Is added, ho hns applied to
tho throno for twenty days' Blck lcavo.
Ll Hung Chang nsserts thot his rcprcsentn
tlons to the Vang Tso viceroys nnd Tnotal
Shcng will bo denounced by Ll Ping Hong
because they uro friendly to tho foreign
ers. A news agency dispatch from Shanghai.
dated today (August C), says It Is rumored
that the powerful viceroy, Yuan Shi Kal,
governor of Shan Tung, who disapproved
of Prlnco Tuan, has been killed.
Correspondents nt Tien Tain nro unnblo
to get anything fresh, though a dispatch
from Shanghai, dated Augujt o, avers that
tho allies nro making slow progress to
ward Pekln on account of differences of
opinion among tho generals. The Ameri
can, British and Japanese commanders
favor ono plan, this dispatch atllrms, and
tho Russlnns, French nnd Germans favor
another plan. Prince Tuan, It Is added,
seeks to Inspire his array by proclamations,
ordering every foot of tho road from Tien
Tsln to Pekln to bo disputed. All the
Chinese troops havo evidently been nnld
lu full, and troops, money and supplies nro
going to Pekln from the southern provinces.
It Is deemed quite probablo by military
men In London that tho Chlneso will make
n fierce light nt Pekln, on a much greater
scnlo than during tho defense of Tien Tsln.
A dispatch received at tho Wnr ofllco
In St. Petersburg from Gonoral Orodekoff.
dated Khabarovsk, August 4, says two
Bnuadrons reconnoltorlng near Techo cn
gaged 1,000 Chlneso with two guns and 220
cavalry. After a stubborn fight the Rub
slnns wero reinforced by another squadron
with two guns and defeated Ilia Chlneso.
killing 200. The Russian loss was eight
men killed nnd oight wounded.
This dispatch adds that the battle around
Algun was continued August 3. tho Cos
sacks losing six men killed and twenty
flvc wounded nnd driving hack tho Chinese,
killing 200 nnd capturing two guns nnd two
tings. An Inscription on ono of tho Ilag3
read :
"Tho people of tho largo fist."
Algun. when tho dispatch was sent, wns
burning. Other dispatches "report Russian
successes near Port Arthur.
The parliamentary secretary of tho for
eign office, Mr. llroderlck. unld In thc
House of Commons that thc government
had no Information regarding the reported
advance of the British and other relief
forco toward Pekln, nor as tn the present
position ot the foreign minlnters there, add
ing that communications both from the le
gations and the relief force had to bo borne
by runners and dispatch bouts
TAMPA, Fin., Aug. 6. An official state
mcnt signed by Stnto Hcnlth Ofllccr J. Y.
Porter nnd J. II. White, marlno hospital
service, Issued tonight, declares two bus
pectod cases to not bo yellow fever. Ono Is
reported as typhoid. Tho officials say that
not having seen thc man supposed to have
died of yellow fever, they cannot discuss
tho case. This is tho ilfth day since thc
death of tho man In question. Persons who
wero with him during his Illness aro nil
well. No now or suspicious cases are re
ported. Tho house-to-houso Inspection Is
being continued. Regarding a rumor that
eight cases had dovoloped near here, Dr.
Porter said tonight he bad received no re
port ot tho prevalence of yellow fever any
where else In tho state nnil mado an abso
lute donlal ot tho existence ot any.
CHE FOp,R,,Aug. 6. Butcau ot NavUa
., CuhlnKtou: British ship Fame re
ports, unnfllclal, engagement at Pelt Kant.
Sunday morning, .1 to 10:80. Allied loss
Chief ( a n ml n of Oinnlin Cipertoil to uilleil and wounded, 1.200, ehlelly Russians
Join In Hie tiiimi' l.une . i.,..r.,v ri,lnr, retreating.
"TAUSSIG."
DENVER. Aug. f. A dozen Plnkerton do- "CUE FOO. Aug. 6. Bureau of Navlra-
tectlves and a porn-e under command of ....u,,. nmMnt rennrt. h.dlevo
Sherllf John W. Freeman nru scouring thc
tlon. Washington:
country in the neighborhood of Hugo, Colo., reliable, about 16.000 utiles heavily engaged
In pcarch of the two men who robbed n (jjjineso at ict Sang, daylight of the nth.
number of paM-engers on tho Union Pacific- "RI'MPY "
Kansas City exprms enrly Sunday morning " ' '
and killed William J. Fay of Anaheim, Cal.. pct Sang Is tho first railroad Htitinn,
who resisted them. Tho robbers escape . , 1w llorthwclll ot Tk.n Tsln, on-
on two horses, which tney nan nucneii
near Bagdad. Tho olTlrers lost tho trail route lo Pekln.
last night, but hope to recover It today. A Tnusalg, who signed the llrnt dispatch, Is
rewnrd of $1,000 each for tho capture ot the )n oomianil of tho Yorkiown, which Is nt
men. dead or ullve. hns been offered. ,.,(. Foo
W. T. Canada of Omaha, chief dork ot tho i, iK M,,td nt tho War department that
Union Pacific detootlvc. and Frank Wheel- thcro ,, reason to doubt that an engagc-
Ing of tho Wyoming nnd F. R. Fisher of mrnl hi,H tatcn pni.0. while no ofllclal In-
tho Kansat, department of tho railway forml,tlon has been tecclvcd, It Is said that
special Fcrvlco nrc expected to Join In tho such pnKnKCIm.it was not unexpected.
Interi-Ml (iriilllllU Tonne.
Interest In tho Chinese situation was In-
.Surround the Trnln nnil Wnit for Dnj
IlKht Xo ltcllance In
OITereil.
ftltl 1TTM1 (lln
J X "r nhV nr C. Tien Tsln and Pekln. Tho dispatches Ind.
i i, .i, ,. nf ih.. eiroiiM cnto unmistakably that thc relief column
crowd which has been terrorizing tho mnnll has started lu earnest and that It Is meet-
towns In northern Minnesota. The mllltln- '"B wnn ..eiermin... i.u... u
men arrived thero during tho night and neither of tho naval dispatches mention ho
ithnn Inn nlrrlln I m in nnitiui in niiiotii'l proBonco of American Hoops In the reported
surrounded it and waited for daylight. The engagement, It Is generally assumed at the
clrcu people knew nothing of tl-clr pr's- War department that at least a purl of Gen-
,.., ,,tll in.bv Tienlvn nt th e mm men oral i;nmu'on aniau ami nun wu uo. ......
wanted for aramilt by tho sheriffs of Cam took an actlvo and aggressive part In tho
and Hubbard counties wero arrested and affair.
tnWon m r.iBs Lako. where tbev will bo According to tho information in posses
sed. Tbev mndo no resl.'tance. although slou of tho War department ' tbo town of
moat of them wero armed. Pelt Sang Is nt tho head of tidewater on the
Doc Baker of Texas, who Is believed to be Pel Ho, between cloven nnd twelve nines ny
tho leader ot the gang, was not found ho road beyond Tien Tsln. It is n vtllngo of
far ns known hero. Tho militiamen re- mud huts of considerable size, but not
IN MEMORY OF HUMBERT
.Serviced Atlrnilcil liy I'rmlilent nnil
Otllelnls Mny lie Held In Wnli
liiRton l.nler On.
WASHINGTON, Aug. C The Stato de
partment has received a cable dispatch from
the United States charge d'affalre at Rome
saying that bo has been informed by tho
foreign ofilcn that thc funeral of tho late
King Humbert will tako place In Romo on
Thursday.
It Is Bald nt tbo State department thnt
tho occasion calls for no action by the
United States government nt this time. In
nccordanco with tho usual custom In auch
cases It la very probable, however, thnt
memorial servlco In honor of King Humbert
will bo held In this city In the course of a
few weeks nnd that tho president nnd the
members of his cabinet will attend the erv
Ices. In the event that the United Statc
steamship Scandln, which Is now In Itnllan
waters en route to China, should bo In nn
Italian port on the day of tho funeral at
Romo sho would undoubtedly participate In
tho ceremonies nt that port to the extent of
dressing ship in funeral fashion and firing
an approprlato saluto. Such action Is pre
scribed by tho naval regulations and would
bo followed naturally by tho Scandln with,
out specific Instructions from Washington
READ BETWEEN THE LINES
MEAT FOR SOLDIERS IN CHINA
Anierlciiii Government In tho .Market
for y,llll(),l)(l( 1'ou inla of
McntM.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Chicago packers today
were asked by tho government to furnish
2,000,000 pounds of meats within thirty days
for tho American soldiers In tho Orient.
This is said to bo tho largest requisition
over issued by the government of tho
United States.
llnlfmir HoiiNtN lliirilett-CoiittN,
LONDON, Aug. 6. One of tho stormiest
scenes of tho present session qt the bouse
of commons occurred this evening when
William Ashmcad Rartlctt Burden Coutts,
ctnservatlvo member of Westminster, de
manded greater powers for tho hospital com
mission to Investigate tho management ot
the military hospitals In South Africa.
Ho declared that tho truth would not
bo learned under the present plan of Inves
tigation, ns the soldiers would be afraid to
testify. Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, government
leader, In the course of a bitter reply, uc
eused Mr. Burdott-Coutts of "mullgnlng
tho character of tbo British army" nnd
sneered at what ho called "tho honorable
member's evident nervousness as to tho ro
suit of the Inquiry."
Ha poured out a perfect lava tide of scorn,
somo ot his uttcrancesbelng almost inaudi
ble nmld the din of the liberal benches.
Police Think I.niiRiinKe of Letter
Found In Liuier' Trunk Mny
Have Double 3lemilliK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Captain Mc
Cluskcy of tho detective bureau told today
ot his examination of tho contents of tho
trunk left here on May 17 by Antonio
Lnner, now under urrcst In Italy for com
plicity In tho killing of King Humbert
Nothing Incrlmlnntlng had been found.
It wns learned from another source that
tho pollco nro working upon a clue con
tnlned In ono of tho letters. It Is from
Vnlenttno Aprnto, tinted April 23, at Ivren
which Is near Turin, Italy. Tho writer
tolls Lnner, whom ho addresses as Brother
Trenta: "You Bay you will bo hero In
May. We will not bo nt liberty then
Como in July. It will bo all right then
and maybe wo will go to tho Paris cxpoBl
tlon."
The letter closes with a request that
Laner bring some ot thnt "tobacco In yol
low papers." The police, It Is said, think
It possible that this langungo veiled ccr
tain communications referring to anarch
Istlc movements.
SiirKccni Stroiiuhtoii Drinvneil.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 6. Passed Assistant
Surgeon Stoughton of tho United States
gunbont Castlno was drowned hero yesterday.
BRESCI IS LOSING HIS NERVE
Mu)cr of KIiik Humbert Xot Mile l
SiiHtulu III" AxNiimiitloii of
Iiiillffereiii'c.
MILAN, Aug. C Brescl, tho assassin of
King Humbert, has abandoned the attitude,
of calm which ho bnd assumed Blnco tho
murder was committed and has been giving
way to fltB of passion. This hns necessitated
placing him in n straltjacket for ten
hours.
chase today.
militia'
GETS CIRCUS MEN
tenslfled this morning by tho receipt ot
tbeso two dispatches from naval oIIIccih at
Cho Foo, repeating unnlllclal, but appar
ently icllnblo reliable reports ot active and
extonslvo hostilities between the allien
. I l fl.li.noi. fl,n linn liAln'prn
Aug. n. Ono hundred i"i"' " " '. ' " '" , : .,
turned to Duluth today.
MARRIAGE LAW IN CUBA
Ki'f IomIiimIIciiI or Civil Core limit) Mny
Hereafter lie lueil an
l'l-cf erred.
walled. Tho river at this point Is not nnvl
gablo by anything larger than a good sized
stenm launch, and It Is thought that tho
troops probably reached thero In small boats
towed by the naval launches. Tho country
nil nlong tho river between Pekln nnd Tien
Tsln Is u low, alluvial plnln almost Im
passible, for wheeled vehicles In tho wet
wAv.ivA a,, r. Ti,n nmv oenicln t lc.it season and under qulto n high fltato of cul-
marrlago law- revoking the decree Issued In tlvatlon. It presents no natural dcfcnslvo
May of last year, by General Brooke, will '"inures "' ' ' '
.... . ulrnlnfli. rnnttnn wliv tho lUllnntn Rhnilld
go into cnect next .Monuay. ino iitooko " - - ---
edict prohibited ecclesiastical marriages, havo mndo a stand thero rather than nt uny
recognizing only tho civil ceremony. After "zc vuinges east, oi mo
much consideration and taking Into nc- wnucn town oi lung i;now, wncro is sioreu
count the best opinion of ecclesiastical and nn lmmnnso amount of provisions upon
polltlcnl functionaries here. Governor Gen- wnicn ino cuy oi renin woum nave xo ue-
erul Wood directs that tho ecclesiastical pend In tnse of slcgo.
ceremony be recognl.'.ed ns on a basis of .SpeouliitliiK on tho II en u It a.
legality like that upon which it rests in . , , , ., oncaiJmn, ,,,
tho United States. From Monday next,
therefore, persons wishing to marry mny go
through tho ecclesiastical or civil ceremony
or both, nt their own option.
This decision restores to tho church tho
privileges It enjoyed prior to tho American
occupation.
POUNDED TO DEATH WITH CLUB
Xenlieiv of Kentucky Wliloiv Ciui-
feNNi'N to MurilciiiiK III"
Itelatll c.
MiiicmciilN of (Icciiii Nteaiiier Auk. II.
Southampton Sailed Koenlgen Lulse,
"rn Bremen, for New York.
Fnyul Arrived Peninsular, from New
Lurk, from Lisbon.
New York Arrived Marquette. from
London; Tnurlc, from Liverpool. Sailed
Steiinicr MotitHerrat, for Cadiz, Barcelona
and Gei .in.
Yokohama Arrived Nippon Mar.i, from
Snn Francisco, via Honolulu for Hong
lions.
Bremen Arrived Frledrleh Dor Grosse,
from New York, via Cherbourg.
Antwerp Arrived Southwnrk, from New
York
Naples Sailed Knlser Wilhelm II, from
Oenoa. for New York.
Liverpool Sailed Sorviu. for Now York.
Auckland Sailed Mutiposa, lor Sun
Frn nclsco.
Prawl Point Passed Minnehaha, from
New York, for London
Kottenl.un Sailed New York for IJou
lugne and Rotterdam.
lluiiiliert'H Deatli SiiIIm l.ncliennl.
GENEVA. Switzerland. Aug. 6 When tho
news of tho asasslnatlnn ot King Humbert
of Italy was announced to Luchcnnl, tho
Italian nnarchlt, who stabbed and killed
tho cmpretH of Austria hero September 10,
1S!S, he manifested great Joy, saying tbero
wns no doubt that before long all tho sov
ereigns would undergo tho hamo fate, com
mencing with the new king of Italy. Lu
chennl, who Is undergoing a aentenco of
Imprisonment for life, refused to answer
any questions on tho subject of tho assas
sination of the king of Italy.
seven nnd n half hours It is argued In tho
department that cither the Chlneso must
have been heavily entrenched or that thoro
waB nn lmmenso horde of them to so stub-
bornly ".rontint tho advanco of tho 10,000
International troops. It Is figured by mili
tary experlH that n loss of 1,200 killed and
wounded on tbo part of tho allies proba
bly means a loss of from three to six times
an many by tho Chlniwo. It Is popalbln
thnt a bl.nv ot this magnitude may break
tho rcHlstanco nt tho Chlnmo to tho nd-v,:ifc-of
tho foreign column, hut on tho
other hand It Ih possible that this may ho
BRANDENBURG, Ky., Aug. fi. The hor- ono of a nrso number of places on the
rlbly mutlluted body of Mrs, Annlo Ilrun- roaa that havo been entrenched with n
ton, a widow 33 years old, was found on Vew to falling back and contesting tho
tho Cedar Grow road this morning. Blood- foreign advanco so na to delay as long as
stnlnB on tho lingers of Mrs. Brunton's p0Hslblo tho arrival of tho foreigners at
ncphow, Jesso Durham, caused his arrest pckln. Unless tho opposition suddenly
and ho later confessed tho murder nnd was breaks down tho military exports look for
hurried to Loulsvillo by Sheriff Hngnu, bb a a desperato engagement when tho troopn
lynching seemed cortnln. reach the walled city of Tung Chow, which
Durham killed Mrs. Brunton with a hick- is said to be oven moro favorably located
ory club while they were returning from n for purposes of dofenBO than was Tien Tain.
church wedding. Ho Is 27 yenrs old nnd Tho position ot tho United Stntes dlplo-
recently left an Insnno asylum. Ho nld matlcally rcmalim unchanged. This govern
or tho crime: "I did not mean to kill her; ment will not consent to tho removal ot tho
only to knock her down. Sho bnd been ministers nnd foreigners from Pokln until
talking nbout mo nnd got mo Into trouble thero Ih free communication by tho powers
several times." with their ministers. Nor will this gov
ernment consent to communicate In plain
languugo alone, but liiHists that cipher mm
sagen must pass freely between Minister
Conger and our State department. It Is
emphatically stated that unless such mes
sages are exchanged tho United States can
not know beyond question that the mes
sages wero not garbled and both tho United
Slates government nnd the ministers misled.
Thcro Beems to be no doubt about the
safety ot tho ministers nt Pokln for tho
prcwent and thnt they will remain where
they will be able to protect thomslv( and
SHERMAN NOW AT 'FRISCO
lllu i'raimimrt im In Uuiiraiitlnc
Aflor .1 ni. I at: the I.oiik Trip
from Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. C Tho trnns-
port Shormnn arrived from Manila nt 11
o'clock tonight. Sho hns not yot passed
quarantine.
Tho Sherman has nn board flfty-threo
cabin nassencers. dlscharEed soldier. 13S
convalescents, twelve military prisoners nnd will not bo Induced to accept any offers
twolvo civilians. Three deaths occurred on "f tho Chlneso government to escort them
tho voynge. Sho wns thirty-three days from to Tien Tsln until thoy have had communi
FuroNt Fire In Yollim xtoiio I'nrk.
HELENA. Mont.. Aug. fi. A deitructlvo
forest lire Is- sweeping tho timbered area
between tbo upper Goyner Lusin and the
lake In tho Yellowstone national park. It
started oti Friday and was soon beyond con
trol of tho soldiers and road crews who
wero hurled to tho scene. The line of tiro
is ten miles long and spreading rapidly.
Manila and sixteen days from Nugasal;!.
HAY IS NOT SERIOUSLY ILL
Siiir'iiiiK from n Miulit ( old n nil (lie
Mill I a of Oiici'oiih O ll) -I'lul
Dutlen.
SUNAPEE LAKE, N. H.. Aug. O.-Secro-
tary Hay, who reached here for his vaca
tion last Saturday, was resting comforta
bly today. Tho cold which he contracted
on tho way from Washington has cuusud
a slight fovcr, and the secretary was very
much exhausted by the strain of his dutlua
In connection with tho Chinese situation,
but nelthor his physician nor the members
of tho family consider that the secretary
Is suffering from anything more than a
slight indlsposi Ion and thai a few days'
real will thoroughly reiupcrato him.
cation with their governments. Conlldcnro
is oxprosRed, howovcr, that tho Chlneso
government will kooh see tho neccwdty of
accepting tho terms Intel down in Secre
tary Hay's noto to Consul General Good
now. It Is stated that If all tho International
forces In tho vicinity of Taku can bo landed
ami tho supplies brought up thero Is suf
ficient forco to overcomo any army which
tho Chlneso may bring forward to prevent
tho march on Pekln. It Is nlro believed ut
tbo War department that tho Information
received through the Nuvy department ot
a battle is correct.
American SIIiIon Dim n the n.
VIENNA, Aug. . linns Kramer, dr
scribod ns an American tourist, slipped
from the Rax mountain and was not dli
ovrcd unMI thirty hours nfterward, wbe
bo was (outid with both U-ga broken.
