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I, lad.. Aug. 16.—The first
of the liberty Congress
Clonal AqtMraperlaltstlc
league were somewhat disappointing
so tar as the htWdaaee of delegates
was concerned—About 500 accredited
delegates vece present. In spits ot the
WMU attendance^, speeches of Ed-
'Wlii ; Burrlti jBmHJt, the temporary
S. Bout well, ! the
- brought "forth
much enthustcsm. The public meeting
4a the evening was much better st-
tended, and the reading of Bourke
Oockran's letter was the signal for
tremendous enthusiasm. ,
But the greatest demonstration of
came in the afternoon.
_ arable Oeorgo 8. Bout-
well, Ja governor uf Massachusetts and
JjjjS^MNT «f tip treasury fo the csbl
net of President Grant, concluded his
address as penpiment - chairman with
the declaration that he had turned his
hash-aa the Republican party and
would support Bryan for president
5iMjb:dfclegitei rose in their seats and
Save the ex-fcovernor an ovation that [shouting of the men. the ahrleklng of
thawtMaen. thl lamentations of the
children, - the shooting of revolvers,
clashing of windows, all made a per-
fect pandemonium.
The police early Wednesday morning
New York, Aw. 11—A mob of sev-
eral hundred persons formed at ll
o'clock to-night In front of the house
of Polienman Eobert Thorpe, Thirty-
seventh street and Ninth -avenue, to
wreak vengeance upon the negroes of
that neighborhood because some of
tbety had caused the policeman's
death. Thorpe was stabbed last Sun-
day night b>..heveral negroes while he
was attempting^ to arrest a colored
woman. The. mahswho la said to have
inflicted most of the Injuries Is Ar-
thur Harris, a negro, who came here
several weeks ago frona^ Washington
In a few moments the mbb swelled
to 1600 people or more, and as they be-
came violent, the negroes fled In terror
Into any hiding place they could find.
The police reserves1 from four sta-
tions, numbering 400 In all, were call-
a*| out- • ^
-The m^b of white men, which grew
With grant rapidity, raged through the
" district/and negroes, regardless of ag-
or sex, were Indiscriminately attack-
ed. Scores were Injured. It took the
combined efforts of the reserves, with
as many more policemen on regular
duty in the four precincts, to restore
order. Clubs were used until tho
policemen were almoft exhausted. Re-
volvers were emptied Into the air. and
in one or two Instances fired at the
upper stories of the negro tenements,
from which the negroes defensively
threw brcks, paving stones and other
missiles. ~
For an hour the atreets were filled
with a rioting, surging mob. New
York has seldom had Ita equal. The
huntington dead.
;--~f ::r—-
The Noted Miltl-Mllllmalr« Masses
~ v Quietly art Qiiclly
AT MS CAMP IN NEW YORK
State* Where lie Had Bees fir Several Days
•Ml Whes He Seeaed ts Is fsjay-
1*9 Cx«eHeaf Health.
m^r I- si, ft I
aa elaborately dec-
oratfl? fllh'Adtisrleeo flags and with
portralts pf Washington, Lincoln, Jef-
ferson. TheiM| A, l&adrleh* and Oli-
ver P. Morion. There'w*W .tw® huge battered down the door of a house In
laniaek* cofilAinfug excerpts from the jWest Fortieth street and arrested a
containing parts of the "RehoM s Re-fn«gro who gars his name aa James ■.
speech of -Abraham Lincoln and three Harris, and. a woman who claimed to
pybllc" peroration oi Mr. Bryan's In- ** wtfe
dianapoiis - speeeh of - seceptance.
Swung directly over the apeaker'a plat-
form waa aa Immense banner with the
following inscriptions:
— **1 spsak not of forcible annexation,
for Jesuit be thought of. That,
is, woul
bf
morals.
Inaj aggreesloo.
"Behold a ret
AUIm AsrtveS.
' lxmdon, Aug. II.—"The allies are
reported to have reached Pekin Mon-
day," says the Shanghai correspond-
ent of the Danly Expreea. wiring
.Wedneaday. He adds: "Chlasse offl-
Id be «rim- ria| new, confirms this statement, but
vltbout detalla."
A Paris messege repeats this,
the statement, especially as It
but
a-
• •
ro®ly fesrnd.—Wll-
**I cherge that the policy upon whit h
this administration has entered will
Meaa the abandonment of the princi-
ples upon which ouf government w*s
-William McKigley."
republic atandlng erect
With the empiree all around ber, bowed
beneath the weight Of their own arms- from Rhanghal. must be sccept-
Sag Is loved >vU with considerable reserve.
Other I^ondon morning papers,
baaing their remaks upon Washington
di«patches, which, with the exception
of the foregoing from Shanghai, from
the lateet newa regarding the ad*
_ rmre. ere divided in opinion. ««n^
tbal )t wfll change 4h * re- l^llevlng that the elltee must have al-
publlc Into an empire. The first of th^ rtady rearhed Pekin and others pre-
means before us for the preservation ferrlng to believe that the relief will
oftkt Union. If our allegation Is true, not be accomplished until tho eod of
Ml t| Overthinw of this administration, the week
!«• l
not disponed to make Issuee -viih
men. but my former friend aad fel-
low Htlsen. Mr. Ixmg. the secretary of
the navy, baa made a remark, which.
In Itself, msy not appeer very slgnlfl-
rhooee to
It. Vr.
**4ti&9L3EK'l
upon
Telegraphing from Yanglsun Aug.
K a Dally News correspondent says:
• Sir Alfred Oaaelee hopee to keep
the enemy running aad to follow him
right Into Pekin."
"It la believed." the meeaage adds,
"thst (lens. Tung Fab Slang. Ma and
CLOUg are Intrenehlag iOOA ltrong at
lung Cbau. The allien may avoid
Tung Chan, pursuing the route north ^
Wfst from Chan Kal Waa."
Tang Cbau appears to be about
twelve miles from Pekin. A dlapatch
-fo the aame paper from Shanghai
rjiyj dated Tuesday says that the ottdals
a cry whs beard In the to w wt|]|eg to hsnd over the
foreign ministers, their famlll^e and
mg says «bat are call Imperialism ts
only a erf the anO>imperial-
lata are few In number sad of no cou-
alderable Importance He ssr* their
egpr That may be true;
be4n taken. andVe do
boast
fll 4 i fcnltilia a4o a erf
wllderresa of Jadea— heard only by s
few—but now the echoes of Ills voice .
Are heard the world over. And now I
E* fiHUrMT4r an'open path of Jus-
tice for all people, repentaace for the
wrung that haa been dooe In the past
Aid reformation In the future.
*W« hav^accomplished eomethinx
taSntle laagueva hi.#
servanU. but will not permit the de-
patpre of native Christians
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Wsshington. Ang !•.—The bureau
of nsvtgstion has msde public the fol-
lowing dispatch:
TnhS. Aug. U.—Jprt ret'Hvsd an un-
Mil ,C"'" "****•
yesterday; apportion of no eonas-
qnence, yet terrible heat; ma ay men
prostrated. Please Inform secretary of
REMKT.
eleven or twelve
4 If.
pe rial ism known and apoksn :n
every palace, every log cabla and everjr
prairie camp on this continent"
Cockrsn sent _A latter, of ^ .
.f. -{ Matow l« about
! louid1 beymd Ho SI Wt. The nfifif W
W election of Itself would j g| W(j iod M#tow m indicated on
pwt- B Quietus on the Impeiisltstlc nd-
[|«| peltry siweffirstly era-
0«f be^ple nns ever been
adopted Into our system, snd Imperial-
ism wauM prove bo exception to the
e v
r
%
4Aug H —OOv fleck-
Isined a prnelanwtlon coneeA-
fng the general assembly In extra ses-
sion Tstfdgf The only ohjeet to he
considered U the modification or
ortia noehel election law
aw«*' * 1 *{wimi ■ ■
W« o«ss s Neasa**
Waahlaffttm, Aug. U -Tle Chlneee-
minister bete, who alah la the aeersdl-
ted minister to Spnln. received with
r message, n cable dlapatch
the Spanish minister at Pi ktn to
the government at Madrid. It waa in*
the Spenleh code and had been for*
warded lo Madrid. As the British gov-
enunent also received another neasnge
Id, it la takfta
have again
tddveteed an Identlenl note to their
m
'I
riamrni w>«
aeaarasf
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New York, Aug. if.—An ImporUnt
conference oh the Ilnnnctal condition
the national compalgn fond waa
At Repotillcan headquarter* the
were Sena-
aijiii;
o. . Watt of
m
war department map as the worst sec-
tion of the road between Tien Tain aad
PeklA. ' 1_
rnw o«U .
Washington, Ang. II.—A dlapatch
haa been received at the etate depart-
ment from Conanl Oeneral Ooodnow at
Shanghai. Ita contents wilt not be
mnde public, as R relates largely to
questions of policy and InternatloMl
affairs, and It la stated that nothing
retarding such questions win be glres
out At preetnt
ASsitl lee Treat.
Little Rock. Aft.. Aug. 1I.-AW
Bey Oeneral Jeff Davie Wednesday Sled
suit In the county circuit court agalaat
the Independent lee company, the
Little Rock Brewing and Ice company,
the Little Rock Ice company and the
North Little Rock lee company, pray-
ing judgment for $8000 damages for be-
ing alleged members of aa Ice trust tot
violation 6f the laws of the state at (
Arksnsss All the defendants are local
mnnnfocturera of Ice?
St; ajb at reBdn. • -
New York, Aug. ll.-Ths Herald's
Washington special aays:
U Hang's proposition to eaoart the
ministers from Pekin by an Imperial
guard haa baaa raf#ited.,.//
mw mi fc siii «i ja —• ^ —- * - -B* bsem
. Newchwsag was oeeuptea ny vne
Ruaalans on Ang. I. t
mm troops are believed to be at Pb-
Utlca. AN. Y.. Aug. 15—Collla P.
Huntington, president of the Southern
Pacific railretftt, died at Pine Knot
Lodge, his camp In the Blue moun-
tain region, early Tuesday morning.
Mr. Huntington went into the woods
last Tuesday afternoon and was In
apparently excellent health. Friday
iwd Saturday be wan'about his camp^IM>oa'
noting the progress of the Improve-
ments whi<Hi be has been carrying out
this year. Buh^ay he remained at his
lodge very quietly, receiving the calls
of several friends Tram the neigh ber-
ing camps. Monday^ continued In
good health and made mvcomplalnt of
Illness. Hs retired thst night at 11 v
o'clock apparently ln« the\beat of
health, and so far as can be ascertain-
ed, slept soundly, as no disturbance
was heard from his room until a shorv
time before his death. Moans pro-
ceeding from Mr. Huntington's iroora
srouaed the household snd they Im-
mediately went to his ssststsnce. In
about ten mlnutee he waa dead.
New York, Aug. 15.—Mr. Hunting-
ton's private secretary, J. E. Gates,
received a message at his residence,
the Hotel Majeatlc, this city, Tuesday
morning, announcing the sudden
death Monday night of the noted mil-
lionaire At RAckuette Lake, X. Y. Mr.
Gates left for Camp "Pine Knot" on
the first train early Tuesday morning.
Friends of the Huntington family' In
this city at once sent a message to
the London address of the Princess
Hatxfeld. the daughter of Mr. Hunt-
ington, announcing the denth of her
father.
A dispatch received from London
Tueaday by the Associated Press said
the Princess Hatxfeld was booked to
aall for the United States on board tho
Majeetlc Aug. IS.
Mr. Huntington's death had tittle
effect on the general stock market.
Even his own storks, chief among
which was Southern Pacific, were
hardly disturbed. Some large lots
of Southern Pacific came out In the
initial tranaactions, but they were
promptly taken by banking Internets
known to represent the late million-
aire. and as a result the price of
Scuthern Pacific soon rallied from its
one point decline.
A meeting of the Southern Pacific
Interests and certain banking Inter-
ests was held Tueeday. The fcouthern
Pacific road snd other corporations sll
carry large deposits In this city and
are frequently In the money market
It seemed to be the opinion of the
bonkers st Tuesdsy morning's con-
ference thst no spprehanslon need be
felt because of Mr. Huntington's
death.
Wall street est I ma tee the fortune of
Mr. Huntington at from $40,00,000 to
f&o.oao.ooo.
Mr. Huntlnirton at the ttme of his
deeth was president and director of
the Southern Paelflc company; presi-
dent snd director of the Pacific Msll
Steamship company; president snd
director of the Southern Psclflc Rail
way company of California; director
of the Calfomie Pacific Railway com-
pany; president of the Galveston, Hsr-
risburg aad San Antonio railway com-
pany; president snd director of the
Onatemsla Central Railway company.
Md director sl«o In the following
On If. Western Tesaa and Pacific rail-
way company; Louisiana Weetern
Railway company; Mexican Interna-
tional Railway r^tnpany^ Morgan «
Louisiana snd Texas Rsllwsy and
Steamship company: Newport News
T.iCh*i aad ***** company: New.York.
Texas snd Mexlcsn railway; Old Do-
minion 8teemship company; Old Do-
minion Land company. Oregon aad
California Railway company, Western
Union Telegraph company; Foente
Cool company and Metropolitan Trust
compeny of this city. •
Heart disease was the direct cme
of his death.
V *m Oeage^.. _
Washington, Aug. IS.—At tha close
l f tha official day at the state depart-
ment Tuesday, the following ofltdnJ
Announcement was bulletined!
"Tha department of state a^nouhOBB
that a message from Minister Congtr
has been received, but of uncertain
date and not in reply to the telagraafta
sent to him on Aug. 8. It will mat
be made publlfe."
This came at the conclusion of a
period of intense expectancy and yet
one devoid of any actual developments
save In the foregoing meager An-
nouncement. Minister Conger's mes-
sage wss received in Washington short-
ly before noon, coming first to the Chi-
neese legation by the usual route
through Chinese-officials. It was In
the American cipher without date, and
signed with the. minister's name. It
was at anc4 transmitted to the state
department and conferences began be-
tween Acting Secretary Adee and Sec-
retary Root. Throughout the After-
however, the state dspATtmeot
maintained an unaccountable reticence
concerning the subject, declining to ad-
mit that the message was lit hsnd. The
suspense was cleared up at 4 o'clock
by.the above announcement It was
stated authoritatively that whlls the
message waa of a confidential charac-
ter, and for that reaaqn could not and
would not be given out, yet as a means
of allaying possible misinterpretation
It could be said that the dispatch show-
ed nlether A better nor worse condi-
tion on the part of the legatloners at
WKln. It did not indicate whether
Minister Conger has or has not re-
ceived iuy messages from this govern-
ment. Nothing wss contained la the
meeaage whhsb wl" cause any change
In the Instructions to Gen. Chaffee. In
fact. It was stateit that the only ad-
ditional instruptioba sent to Gen.
Chsffee since be left Washington were
those of a more explicit
the developments
ment neceseltated
meat neceseltated. I
All day word waa anxiously awaited
from Qen. Chaffee as to the develop-^
ment of the military altuatlon near Pe-
kin, but not a word came, nor did Ad-
miral Remey aead anything of the sit-
uation.
ArrROACiiiNC city
Chaffee €attet tftat the
* lied forces
At-
DRAW NEAR CMWtSE CAPITAL
Tke Use of CoBuasBkatlea Be twees Tresps
asd Che f- iMsterruptcd sol fv-
eryihisg Stesi favsrsMs.
left Washington were
explicit Wure which
In China abd the in-
1 by theBTAQINNU
" Wwm.ro m
London. Aug. IS.—A speclel dispatch j
from Shanghai, dated Aug. IS. says
numerous reports from Pekin, dated
Aug I. have arrived there, describing
the situation at the CHlaeee capital
desperately attacking the legations,
which had very few defenders left It
is also slleged that Prince Tusn snd s
hundred high officials have left Pekin
and that the news of the capture of
Yang Tsun caused a heavy exodus of
the residents.
Finally, It Is said thst the execution ,
of Cheng Yin Husn, the Canton see, '
who wss special embassador of China ?
to Queen Victoria's Jubilee, baa created
widespread terror, snd It Is believed
that Yu Lu the former viceroy of Che
LI. wes killed st Ysug Teen.
M*« fw BlfAlal.v-
Llncoln. Neb.. Aug. 15.—The Inde-
pendent. telegrahped Chairman Butler
for a denial of the report that he would
take the stump for McKlnley. The
following telegram was In reply:
Report unqualledly false, 1 00B fpr.
Brysn snd the People party nominee
for vi"e president. 1 am In fsvor of
the committee nominstlng candidate
Ang J7 I am not A Democrat; J am
aot a Republican I am a Popultat. I
wss not for Stevenson In lttt aad Am
not for him now.
MARION BtTTI4CR. chaif
covered
glory at the battle of Pletaaag.
Gen. Dorak ts In command
forces to defend Tie* Tela.
of the
It
Oeeeffbasprtae.
Wsshington. Aug IS.—The an*
aounceateat of the death of Ootlls P.
Hontingtoa was a groat surprise to
Washington circles. Mr. Huntington's
personam was not so well known here,
but for more then a generation his en-
terprises have bad more or lets con-
nection with the federal goveraaieat.
and he sIBrayu manifested a greet In-
tercut la legislation affecting the devel.
opment of the great western section
In which the governments latertut aad
his own fplned. ,
tea Rifled, „*
Colorado Springs, Cale., Aug. 11—A
heed-end cotltston between a Missouri
Facile train sad the Rio Grande "coast
limited'' on the Rio Grande railway at
>*d la the death of
Not Aeee«.e4.
Washington. Aug. IS—It IB said At
ths state department that no formal
spplirstlon has ever come from Consul
Ilollis for a saactuary la the American
ronanlste for Preeldeut Kroger, and
thst the Instructions sent to the consul
to confine hie eeergtea to his wuwular
rtntles was not a result of any dtoene-
a ton of aa aaylum for the Boer presi-
dent. as the deportment was not a were
that Mr. Holds bsd visited the pfreet-
deads staTfa Tn thia connection.
Washington, Aug. 14—The Ameri-
can commander In China, In a dispatch
of Just three wordu, received at the
war department late Monday after-
noon, sent a thrill of expectancy
throughout official clrclea by announc-
ing his arrival at Ho SI Wu, only thir-
ty-three miles from Pekin, last Thurs-
day. The last heard from him before
this was at Yang Tsun. which had,bona
captured after a hard fight, and word
of his movements since then had been
eagerly awaited. Thursday he was
eighteen miles beyond Yang Tsuu.
Lang Fang, the place where the Ill-
fated 8eypiour expedition met its fate
and turned back, had been left behind.
The battle a( Yang Tsun was fought
on the Ith, and the advance to Ho SI
Wu waa accomplished on the ninth
day, a march of eighteen miles. This
was five dsys ago. and at the same
progress Chaffee Is even now within
striking distance of the walls of Pekin.
The dlapatch from Chaffee convey-
ing so much In so few words was as
follows:
"Che Foo.—"Adjutant General,Wash-
ington: Tenth, arrived at Hoepiwu
(Ho SI Wu) yesterday.
"CHAFFER."
Word of the advance soon spread
throughout official quartera. In the en-
thuslaam of the moment a report got
about that this waa the day'for the
actual arrival at Pekin. Hut the war
department had not a word of the ad-
vance beyond Ho 81 Wu. It wss deem-
ed hardly likely that the march to Pe-
kin cOpld have been made since last
Thursdaty, .At the rate of progress,
six miles n^day, made from Yang Tsun
to Ho SI Wu.^bout twenty-four miles
would bsve been covered In the last
four daye. and up to Monday this
would still leave the International
forcee nine miles from Pekin. Viewed
from sny standpoint, the advance to
Ho SI Wu was of the utrroat Impor-
tance. not only strstefftcslly. but also
In showing that communication Was
Open back to Che Foo. thst the eipect-
ed opposition from Chinese hordes bad
not been euffitient to prevent the
steedy forward movement, and In the i
.Influence it would have upon the Chi-
nese government.
Pticf ss the dispatch is. It Conveys
much Informstlon beyond <hst apecll-
cally rontslned In Ita few words. Al-
though it la not stated what force has
arrived, the wsr department accept* It
to mean thst this Is the Internationsi
force whlrh took Pleteang and
tbep, Yang Tsnn. It haa gone steadily
forward along the left bank of the P i
Ho river, keeping on the main road,
which nfclrt* the river bank. At Ysung
Tsun the railway croswea the river and
brsn< he* off tn the west, k'ov the
forcee have left the railway fsr In lh'
rear and are depending upon the high-
way and the river. Ho SI Wu is a
place of qgnslderahle slse and the
largen town between Tien Tain snd
Chang t'hls Wsn. The latter place snd
Tun* Chow are the two cftlee of con
aldcmhle ill# la the lln* of advance
after leaving tlo SI Wu. It Is sur-
rounded by orchards snd gardens, and
is not a place likely to have offered op-
portunity for strong defense It Is tr\e
hlgheet point on the Pel Ho river
the w«ter la depended on. ss
the native wells are the source of sup-
ply on the balance of the route to Pe-
ktn Tt has taken five dove for Gee.
Chaff e to report the advance to Ho SI
Wu It la evident that wire communi-
cation la not open to the front This
was hardly to be expected! and the safe
nrrtvsl of the message at least shows
Fsess Manila. '
Washington, Aug. 14.—Coples ef tta.
nils papers received At U|e War depart-
ment contain a letter purporting to be
from a. JMrapaaf friend of Agulnaldo,
which,.states that the Flllpipg chief
does not take advantage of the amiesty
proclamation, because some tlpie ago
he, gave orders to his followers to
break up Into guerilla bands. The an-
neety order excepts those who violated
the lawg of war, and It states that
AgulnaHTo tears that be would be In
the excepted class should he undertake
to surrender„upder the amnesty proc-
lamation. ^Tfie letter Is dated at J*lao
Nofeata, whtch is said to be the pres-
ent provisional headquartersof Agul-
naldo. It states, however, that Agul-
naldo never stays more than one night
In a place and only a few hours In any
one location. He allows no one to
come near him except his most lntl-
mste personal friends.
A dispatch In one of the papers dated
at San Pedro, MgcaU, states that Gen.
PiO del Pilar, who recently surrender-
ed* says he wisfcea to boepme a good
American cltlsen and intends to ac-
cept the American terms offered to his
people. He sa'd that he would like
nothing bette rtban to raise a regi-
ment of native Filipinos to Berve iu
China.
peace overtures.
Alt lnwtal Nict Has leea Re-
ceived lr State Secretaay
ASKING STOPPAGE Of tlOSTILf
Appeistel as lib Oeverss^st's Spe*
rial lavey hi Matter.
Both Denied.
New York, Aug. 14.—Touching a dls- j
patch from Pretoria printed In Lon- j
don under date of Aug. 10, In which it
was stated thst President Kruger is i
contributing between $2,500,000 sad |
$3,000,000 to the election of W. J. (
Bryan, and aiao that Webster Davis j
had received $125,000 from the same
source, as a contribution for the Dem-
ocratic campaign fund, Charlea D.
Pierce, consul general and treasurer of
the Boer relief fund, snd P. . Lauter
Wells, special commissioner of the
Washington, Aug. 33.—Offlelsl evi-
dence of yie desire of China for a
peaceful settlement of her present dif-
i Acuities eras presented to the depart-
| ment of state Sunday In the.form of an
i edict promulgated by the emperor,
Kwang Hsu, appointing Earl Li Hung
Cha«|g gg jntoy pleaipotentiary to ne-
gotiate with the powers for an *imme
diate cessation of hostilities" pending
a solution dt the problems which have
grown out of the anti-foreign uprising
In the empire.
Minister Wu Sunday morning gave
to Acting Secretary of State Adee, at
the head of the state depsrtment, a
copy *of the imperial edict, which he
had received Saturday night
Mr. Wu expreased the belief that the
edict presented a means of peaceful
adjuatment of the trouble. Mr. Adee
made public the text of the edict In
the following statement:
"The department of state makes
public the following imperial edict ap-
pointing Viceroy Li Hung Chang as en-
voy plenipotentiary to propoae a ces-
sation of hostile demonstrations and
negotiate with the powers, a copy of
Fouth African Republic, of this city,
gave out s denial of both statements, whJch waa de||everd by Mr. Wu to the
adding to the denial the following.
- "The Boers have other And, better
use for their funds. Knglsnd is In des-
perate straits for the 'sinews of war'
when she will reaort to such despic-
able mesns to Influence the American
people agalnat the Boer cause, when
fully 95 per cent of her cltlsena are In
our fsvor."
acting secretary of state Sundny morn-
fog: ■- ^
I.I!IUa CUyion Called.
New York, Aug. 14 — Perhaps the
most Interesting visitor at the national
Republican headquarters Monday waa
Lillian Clayton, the so cslled "Joan of
Arc" of the Anil-Lynching league of
Boston. Miss Jewett waited for some
time whlls Gov. Rooeevelt wss talking
with Senstor Hanna. She then bad an
sudience with the chairman herself.
When Senator Hanna was asked about
the wiatter, he replied:
"PoOt. girl! She wanted the Repub-
lican national committee to Indorse
the Antl-Lynching league. Of eouree
we ronld not do It. We nil deprecate
lynching. I told ^b*r thst all moral
pe/eons and law-ahldlng ones are
against lynching. This Is not a party
matter." \
"An Imperial edict forwarded by the
conaul the 4th day of the aeventh moon
to Gov. Yuan at Tst Nan, Sbang Tung.
who transmitted it on the 17th day of
the aame moon (Aug. 11) to the Ton tin
ut Shanghai, by whom It waa trans-
mitted to Minister Wu. who received
It on the night of the same day (Aug.
11).
"The Imperial edict, as transmitted
by the privy council, Is ss follows:
" 'In the present conflict between
a>liM ud forrftiM. th*r* bu bM-n j mUuraDt „ ,h. oU W
some itflsundemtsndlng on the pert of
NEGRO FISNO
.m
Makes en VmseesessfW Attempt Se
: a Yeaag While OlrL
Longview. Tea., Aug. 1«.—TMdday
morning at S o'clock a negro entered
the home of Mrs. J. W. JFopiln, a
widow living near ihs limits of the
Wty. The family conaiated of Mrs. s
Joplln, her sister, Miss Nsncy Sutton,
snd Sallie Joplln, the l&-yepr-eld
daughter ot Mrs. Joplln. On aecoant ;
of the heat the entire family hid iSF
tired on pallets made on the floor with
the girl in the middle., ; ^
The negro crept up to where Miss
Joplln slept and clutched her around
the throat wuu one hand and tried
to hold her to the floor with the other.
Miss Joplln wriggled from the negro's
graap for an Instant, when he caught ~
her again. Again she loosed his grip
sufficiently to eeream, and then the
negro fled. . Her aunt. Miss' Sutton,
awoke and saw the negro leap through
the door and run around the house.
Mrs. Joplln get her pistol from under
her pillow-and fired three shots tn the
direction' he went, but foiled to hit
him,
The entrance was made through a
broken pane of glass and the door
unlocked nod opened by the intruder.
The ladies gave a close description
of the. negro and peculiar tracks were
found leading in the direction the ne-
gro went The peculiar tracks led to
the home of a negro, who was arrest-
ed. The negro had been working the
street under Commissioner Kelly iu
front of the Joplln residence. The
negro was placed uwler a strong
guard at the Jail. The community is
excited. ,
i
iJitti
GAlventon, Tex., Aug. 16.—Rudolph
Kruger, the oideet end one of the best
known restauranters la Galveeton, died
at 12:18 o'clock Tueaday morning from
the effects of seif-infiicted wounds. The
Instrument used: was a small pocket
knife, with which he stabbed himeeif
twice tn the throat The tragedy took
place In n room of Mr. Kruger*s resi-
dence, which Is over the restaurant on
Market street, between Tremont aad
Twenty-fourth streets.
The net was committed at 4: IS
o'clock Monday evening, but Mr. Kru-
ger survived It for eight hours and
some hope was entertained that he
would recover. Mr. Kruger was SS
years of age. and had resided In Ual-
veston for forty years. Hs began tha
Wfceeler M*v*a Itryaa'a Sffv
Chicago, 111., Aug. 14.—Gen. ^OU.
Wheeler, contender of the department
of the lakes, saved the life of William
Jennings Bryan. Jr., the 11-year-old
son of the Democratic candidate for
tha preaidency. The lnd visltHl Gen.
Wheeler, end the letter, after his first
greeting, turned to work snd allowed
the youngster to amuse himeeif as beet
he could. Gen. Wheler happened to
glance up s few moments later and
wu horrified to see the lad banging
with his whole body over the sidewalk
snd only the toes of his sboee visible,
clutching the angle of the window.
Rushing to the window, he pulled the
lnd in by hie legs snd landed him safe-
ly on the floor.
the foreign nstions and si so a want of
a proper management on the part of
some of the local autlioritlee. A clash
of arms Is followed by calamitous re-
sults and caused a rupture of friendly
relstlons, which will ultimately do no
good to the world. We hereby appoint
IL Hung Chang as our envoy plenlpo-
tentlary. with Instructions to propose
st once by telegraph to the goveru-
men ta of the several powers concerned
for the Immediate ceaaatlon of boat lie
demonstrations, pending whlrh Re Is
hereby authorised to cooduct for our
pert, for the settlement of wbetever
questions msy bsve to be deelt with.
The (meet I on ■ sre to be severally con-
sidered In s satisfactory manner and
the result of the negotiations reported
to us for our ssnction Respect thlr.'
"The shove Is respectfully copied for
transmission to your excellency, to be
communicated to the secretary of state
for his excellency's benefit."
ket. snd prospered, building up a con-
siderable business end amsastag a com-
petence. He had been tn 111 health for
some time past His wife, three sons
snd two daughters survive him.
Vert Slh
El Paso. Tex., Aug. IS.—County
Judge Harper received not lee from
Washington that the barracks st old
Fort Bliss, which have been oaed by
the government for several years, bsd
been sold to Jsmss McLsan of Wash-
ington. The buildings hsvs been need
by the county as s hospital for several
years. Wbst will be done wtth ths
buildings Is not known, but It S
hoped thst they will not be destroyed,
v they stand u a relic of the old dayp
whea the soldiers camped there were
the only protection K1 Paso's ettlasns
had from lbs ravages of ths. western
Isdlsns.
Chsriee H. Fergueon confeeeee to the
killing of Messenger lane od robbing
of the exprees sefe on the PennSyivanls
train s fsw nights ago
Wanting'*" WelaglseS.
London. Ang 15 - Ixmg obituary sr-
tleles. giving verted accounts of the ca-
reer of ColHs P. Huntington, sppesred
is the morning papers. When the news
of his deeth wss received the smsltsr
bulls on American railway shares hast-
ened to unload, fearing the effect of his
demtee In New Yoch. but when the New j
with Yor* °Pwllllf ***• ,how-
Inf that there were no serious'reduc- j
tlons, they msde equal haste to buy.
AefeaaS tot mg*.
New York. Aug. 14 —Judge T<ecombe
of the t'nlted Rtntee circuit court re-
fused to sfgtt the writ of extradition
for Cher lea F. W. Ne*<ly on account of
the action of Judge Wsllace In grant-
ing an appeal to the eupreme court tn
the habeas corpus proceedings, but In-
.— - ^ ^ J'
tbet a eerten measure o# commhnlca- T understood the reel situation
tlon Is open. One of the chief sources I _<•
of knowledge am-mg officials Is thst
WetateS
Wsshington. Aug 11- The following
belsted meeesge from Minister Conger
wss transmitted to the wsr depertment
hy Gen Chsffee it espremied simply
his sblllty to "hold out" until Gen
Chsffee ehouMj^nsee to hie rettef' ~=r~
Adjutsnt nenersl, Wsshington -
Toltsun. S—Meesge received to-day:
"PeklnrjAna 4 —We will bold on tfutll
your arrival. Hope it will be soon.
Dallas. Tex.. Aug. IS —A long horned
steer waa on the rampage on South
Harwood street Moaday afternoon. He
gored a horse owned by John Grseo-
wsy to deeth. snd slmost demolished
the buggy to which tha horse waa
hitched. A colored meq named John
Turner was holding ths boras, sod wss
knocked down snd bsd s leg broksn In
two plaree. Th-ce Is talk ef prosscut-
Ing the animal's driver.
The Chti
toward Pekin.
are reported retreating
the funded hordee of Chlea have not
mstertsllsed, or st least hsve not pre-
vented the Interastionwl column from
drawing close to the gates of Pekin.
Shortly after this dtspstrh srrived sn-
other message from Gen. Chaffee, for
asore lengthy, imve the msUncboly re-
sult of the fighting st Yang Tana. The
casualty list was given In detail, with
sddltioaal Information that the dead
bed bean buried st Ysng Tsun. snd
thafi the wounded had been seat buck
to t)M hospital at Tien Tain.
« y.
Washington. Ang. IS.-—A high gov-
ernment offlelsl said today thst Indem-
Aug. 14.—The Boers have
left Mschsdodorp. sccordlng to the Ix>-
. . . . ^ . ... , reaso Msmuss correspondent of the
M, w .rh a« < IM -o W 4.- n>„r M>|| ni w.t.rT.Ion-
\ ^rt|j| JlT: I wOU W
vea«i«*d
snd tm#
mand for every Americnn cltlsen hill-
ed or maimed by the Chlneee during)
the present trouble would be sufficient
Uncomfortably support their families
for the resnslnder of their Uvea
This government does aat want a
province,« town, a village, or a single
eqnsre foot of Chinese territory as In-
demnity," Mid the ottrlnl. -
der tn force.
A considerable portion of Command-
ant General ftetha's camp and atores
at Dnlmaftthna was destroyed by fire
on Hundsy.
According to soother dispatch, Bar-
fxrtoe has been proclaimed the new
seat of the Transvaal goveramea t
of the case, snd he believed If It went i
to the supreme court In Its present'
shspe the spplicstlou for s writ of ha- j
beaa corpus would be denied.
Ki-SlalMer i*ea4.
' New York. Aug. 14.—PhlBp H. Mor-1
gaa. former tTnited States minister to !
Mexicss died Is this city ss a result of
cancer, aged 75 years. Mr. Morgan
was bora In Baton Rouge. La., and wee
prominent soctslly snd polltieully !n
txiulslana for msny years. During
recent years be baa been engnged in
the practice of law In New Ybrh city.
We* a aassn.
Gslveston. Tex.. Auff- IS.—The news
of the deeth of C. P. Huntington wss
a conalderable shock to the people of
Oelveeton. Although almost aa acta*
genarian. he wss ao bsle and hcsrtr
and so sctive when here but a few
months sgo thst msny persons believed
" -•ii riiaii n "'"' I ko was good for maay fears more of
Wsshington. Aqg 11-Mr Wu. the "**•- The newe of his dsefth wua dle-
Chineee minister, is vsry much elated trsdlted, bees use It was remeabersd
bver the sppolntment of 1J ' Hun* that whea he went to Racquet Lake
Cheng as s plealpotentlsry to arrange ! two yeers sgo a slmllsr
ths peece srlth the powers. He sfn- staffed.
Conger"
CHAFFKK
■
AJasti
Wi ge' gh
Pittsburg. Pa.. Ang.
sas.
14.—After
wtth the Bnltlmore
the ardor
Indisnapolte, lnd . A^. IS.—The Oral \ New
of I he NatMttal or Third
fpNjP
party coavcntlon was deswted entirely
to sddreeeea, no forms I sctlon bolng
taken beyond the appoint*** of a
to conier wtth tiis
nse la a'keeeesee.
York. Aug. 14 —The
Ster Hue Cymric, which has
White
■at ar-
rived. had a terrible sx^srtenee while
cmeslag the Atlantic. At uoon oa
, Aug. S. fire was discovered
the largo m the forward hold
It raged fouhlrty-Mtbourt?**l
ill Is believed ta
eral confereecee
snd Ohio rallrhad officials,
of Railway Telegraphera haa secured
recognition of the order aad a read-
justment of wagee aad eoadltloae.
which will ssean aa advance la wagee
and a reduction of hours to the ssafor-
Ity of the torn or afore operators em-
ployed aa tha BsKlmore aad Ohio sys-
tem. la sosse Instances the advaace
will he between SS aad $11 per month.
a af^esss Sai Seatlfcseifc.
TennfUe. Oa. Aag. 14.—A Southern
railway trala from Augusta
wracked here, snd thhrtafia
cerely hopes thst It Wttl_ba sccepted by
them, ss the results sttalned, la hh
orthian. woald be seOsfaclofy lo an
concerned.
"I think Karl U's designs*Ion a cap-
j Ital one. ASlle from the emperor And
•morass, ha Is tha hlghgft official."
Awfafey Meeeea.
Birmingham. A In., Aug. * IS.—Two
negroes were probebly fatally burned
and tlnte others seriously Injured by
an explosion at the Sloan furnaeee in,
■this city Sunday, esuaed by the coi-
ls pee of the lining. A terrible ex-
plosion followed, sending Isrge sheets
of flame out of the holes at the bot-
tom of the fittrnacA, completely en-
veloping the men who were at work
iround the stock. AntHHh Young and
John Armstrong were baraed from
heed to foot.
Oae hundred Canadlana are aa rente
home front Sooth ATrtrs. r—
IMHfe
j4Miai I
Thomas Aletaader,
at Tdncoln. Neb
laudannsa.
of Dallsa. died
of
j
tesMi Mall.
1 Paris. Aag. IS.—1Darlhfi the manenv
rrr oAhe French fleet off Cape Vln-
_nini-mi.fi aa ootlls o a aslwii kA4M*a« a a. _
rvUl I f^OsfIJIiwfl OfCwTTI^ WTW^fll 1-il^
%M_ gP * ... — A. mf -. —— Se%—— *
The Fraasee aank
due to the
Whea. Tex.^Aag. lS -Two small ne-
gro hoys have beaa Inched u* to an-
mm a charge ef
Wtthta the Inat tea days asvatal barns
aad other s nth nns ss, aaoatly of
value, have heea burned aadei
stoacas that led the aatharttles ha he*
Ifeve that the burned balMRags ween
set oa fire by Idle boys, heat apoa
mischief, and desirous ef seeing tha
fireaiea tarn out A small
offered and the errant of the
4#Mp
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