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THE MOENING OHEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1900. SEYMOUR FORCE LOCATED KEMPFF REPORTS IT ISTEN SOLES FROMTIEX TSIN. The Coluaia Xi SBrroanded ly Cai- bccc, and Another Force Has Gone to Its Assistance. WASHINGTON, June 5. The Navy De Jartment today Tecelved the following cablegram from Admiral Kempff: "Taku, June 25. The relief force reached Tien Tsln the 23d Inst.; loss very small. The Pekin relief rorce, which left Tlea Tsln June 10, Is reported 10 miles from Tien Tsln, surrounded. A force left Tien Tsln on the 2ith to render assist ance." The Secretary of State has received a dispatch from United States Consul John Fowler at Che Foo Baying: "Combined forces entered Tien Tsln 23d." The "War Department has received the following cablegram: "Manila, June 26. Adjutant-General, "Washington: Ninth Infantry sails out 27tb, thoroughly equipped and well sup plied with everything. "ilacARTHUR." The Navy Department announces that the armored cruiser Brooklyn with Ad miral Remey aboard will take 300 marines from Manila to Taku, stopping at Naga saki en route. The gunboat Princeton has been ordered to Swato, Amoy and Gee Chow, thence to Shanghai, to install an electric plant, keeping ever ready tot Immediate active service. General MacArthur was cabled today an order directing the commanding officer of the Ninth Infantry and such other forces as may be operating In China at the time of the Grant's arrival, to re port to General Chaffee on his arrival. General MacArthur was also directed to Bond Captain Russell, of the Signal Corps, with a detachment to Che Foo. Captain Russell, during the Spanish war, worked In conjunction with naval officers, and he has been selected to have charge of the signal operations because of his familiar ity with that work in both the army and navy. Admiral Kempff's report turned atten tion In a new direction by the statement that the principal relief force Is reported "10 miles from Tien Tsln surrounded." ""This is the first word of any kind that has located the party of 2500 under Vice Admiral Seymour, and including Captain McCalla, with about 100 United States marines. The last heard of them was Juno 12, when they were stalled at Lang Fang, about two-thirds of the way from Tien Tsin to Pekin, short of supplies and water, the railroad torn up and with a menacing army of Chinese about them. If Admiral Kempff's Information is cor rect, it Indicates that Admiral Seymour's force has not been able to get through their stations hastily United States Con sul John Fowler's ship is expected to bring 50 missionaries end French priests from the "month of the Yellow River, whither they are flocking from the Inte rior. The commander of the Chinese cruiser Hal Chi, at Teng Chow, offered Mr. Fowler to go to tho'rellef of the missions at Yang Chle Klang If assured of protec tion. It is reported that the Russians are moving 30.000 men toward New Chwang. BOERS IN SMALL BANDS HARASSING THE X.AXGB COLUMNS OF BRITISH. RELIEF OF TIE TSIX. IefipKs Dispatch tie First Sewi London Received. LONDON, June 26. The exclusive dis patch of the Associated Press from Ch Foo giving Admiral Kempff's authorita tive announcement of the relief of Tien Tsin June 23 remained for hours the sole news of this occurrence of world-wide im portance. At 1 o'clock the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank's London branch re ceived confirmation of the news, and at about the same time Mr. Dawson, a delegate from Singapore to the Congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United "Kingdom, now in session here, informed his fellow delegates, amid loud cheering, that he had Just received a dispatch from his son announcing the relief of Tien Tsln. The news reached Berlin later from the German Consul at Che Foo, who an nounced that be relief column reached Tien Tsln June 23 and started again June 24 to the relief of Vlco-Admiral Sey mour, who, with the foreign Ministers, was said to be occupying a position 12V6 miles from Tien Tsln, where he was sur rounded and hard pressed by a great force of Boxers and Chinese regulars. Possibly the Japanese report that .Sey mour Is a prisoner and that the Minis ters had left Pekin, guarded by Chinese soldiers, is merely a distorted version of the Berlin story. But, in any event, def inite news may be expected speedily, and It Is confidently believed here that Sey mour and his companions will be safely delivered from their plight. According to the report of a Chinaman refugee, who has arrived at Shanghai, the condition of Tien Tsln Is horribte. Everywhere in the streets are tho bodies of massacred men and women, Ameri cans as well as other nationalities. The Hong Kong and German banks, he adds, were both destroyed early during tho also reports that the American-Russian relief force was so badly ambuscaded that the forces were obliged to abandon several field guns and much ammunition. About ISO Russians and 11 Americans were killed or woundetL Tho German gunboat litis and a Rus sian torpedo-boat destroyer are patrolling the Pel Ho river and raking with gum the native villages on the banks, which were filled with concealed "snipers." Although it is officially said at Can ton that LI Hung Chang will not go to Pekin, he continues his preparations foi departure. A telegram from the Governor of Liao Chow, dated June 23. which CeraBaBd&Bt Dewet Leading tie Guerrilla. Operations Roberts Contracting; the Circle. LONDON, June 27, 3:20 A. Mi Tho Boer commandoes in the eastern part of the Orange River Colony appear to havo been broken up by their leaders Into small parties, that harass large columns of the British incessantly, cutting oft scouts, sniping pickets, making a show of force here and there. Commandant Christian Dewet, President Steyn's prin cipal leadei, is the genius of these guer rilla operations. He is the hero of tho Boer aide in these last days of hostili ties. Lord Roberts" columns are steadily con tracting the circle of their advance. Transvaal officials who were Inter viewed yesterday at Machadodorp by a correspondent of tho Dally Express as serted an intention to hold out to the last. President Kruger will probably rehire to "Watervalonder or Nelspruit. .His physi cian thinks his condition of health will not allow him to go to the high veldt. The British prisoners at Noolt Gddacht are now more comfortable. Large quan tities of food and blankets have been for warded to' them, and their enclosure Is lighted by electricity. Pretoria telegrams say that supplies of warm clothing are reaching Lord Roberts' infantry, who had been ragged and had suffered from the cold. Commandant-General Botha la uncom monly active east of Pretoria. The Canadians are doing splendid out post work. A FAREWELL ADDRESS. the American, troops for service. 1b China seems. If true, to show that the Field Marshal considers much work remains to bo done. Large quantities of bar gold, received by merchants in the western part of the Transvaal, from President "KrUger. osten sibly In payment of requisitioned goods, have been seized by the British. If the genuineness of the accounts can be proved, the gold will probably be repaid. The Boers sharply attacked General Bundle's transport near Senekal, June 23, but were' repulsed. The official report of the capture of a convoy of CO wagons, escorted by High landers, between Rhenoster and Hellbron June 4, was only received $oday. Lord Roberts reports that the convoy was sur rounded, and sent messengers to the "near est posts asking for assistance, but re inforcements were unable to reach, the convoy, and 150 Highlanders, In reply to a flag of truce from General Christian Dewet, surrendered during the morning of June 4. SOUTH SEA' REBELLION NATIVE UPRJSI5G IX .THE .ISLASD OF BARALOXGA. The Trestle Was Cansed br a, Mis- take la. the Calendar -Olker Foreign Nervs. r V"'"" ,42 r-,1 reached Berlln- announces that according of the distance previously covered, and is tn rorta frn ' ,, M. it,.aa "now back within 10 miles of Tien Tsln. The .whole distance from Tien Tsin to Pe kin is about 80 miles, and the Seymour expedition, when at Lang Fang, had cov ered about 55 miles of this distance. It is to succor this Seymour party that the latest expedition left Tien Tsin on the 24th Inst., according to the closing words of Admiral KempfCs report. There have been so many expeditions that officials themselves are somewhat confused as, to the movements, and It Is woll to locate the different expeditions as they stand by the latest dispatches. The first body of foreign troops, about 450 in number, and Including 56 American marines, which went to Pekin to guard the legations. Is thought to have got through. The second force of 2500, under Seymour, after making two-thirds of tho distance, is now back 30 miles from Tien Tsin, according to Admiral Kempff. The first forces which went against Tien Tsin, including Major "Waller's marines and 4'JO Russians, was repulsed .with loss. This was reinforced to 2CO0 men, and the rein forced body entered Tien Tsln on the 23d. On the 24th a relief column started to the assistance of the force 10 miles from Tien Tsi. Ihcse several bodies are widely separated, and show the extent of tho presont field of action. The news that the Ninth Infantry will sail from Manila to Taku was received with pleasure at the "War Department. General Corbin said that the regiment will compare favorably with any similar organization sent by any of the other foreign governments to China. The Ninth has been recruited to its full limit of 1407 men, and Is provided with an ample supply of guns, tent and complete field equipment. It goes to China prepared for active field service, and is thoroughly equipped in the matter of transportation and subsistence supplies for a long cam paign. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Liscum, one of the bravest and most disoreet officers In the Army. The trip from Manila to Taku will be made on the transports Logan and Port Albert, tho latter carrying the transpor tation outfit. They will proceed at their highest rate of speed, and they are ex pected to reach the Chinese port by next Monday or Tuesday. to reports from Chinese sources. Vice-Ad miral Seymour's force has reached Pekin. This Is probably merely a reiteration of the previous reports on the same sub ject. Replying to a question In the House of Commons today, as to whether the British Government will arrange with Japan as the only power able to act without delay, or send an adequate land force to China. A. J. Balfour, the government leader, said It was undesirable to outline the na ture of the negotiations in this connec tion. "But." he added, "Her Majesty's Government will welcome the dispatch of troops by any power which, owing to the proximity of their troops, may be able to act at once for the suppression of the dis turbances in China." The First Lord of the Admiralty, George J. Goschen. admitted that, owing to the absence of the senior British Admiral, the Russlal Admiral was the head of the international forces on water. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, St. John Broderick, in re plying to a question, said: "We have no direct information from the Legations or Admiral Seymour's force, or from Tien Tsin. Our last Information from the Commander-in-Chief at "Wei Hal "Wei is that 30 of tho force for the relief of Tien Tsln "u as encamped within nine miles of Tien Tsin the evening of June 23. From private sources we are informed that the relief force subsequently entered Tien Tsln and marched north, and that the legations were not harmed up to June 23. We earnestly hope this Is true." JOIXED IX THE MOVEMENT. Whole Chinese Army Under a. Shrewd Lender. CHE FOO. Tuesday. June 20. The for eigners everywhere are urging the con centration of an army of 100,0-M men, or at least about 50,000, for -an advance on .Pekin. Many persons, familiar with the Chinese character, think the foreign Min isters and Vice-Admlral Seymour are held as hostages for good terms of betile ment. They al-o believe the whole Chlnso Ar my is Joining In the movement, under the leadership of Tung Fu lisiang, who crushed the Mohammedan rebellion. Re cently he was nomlnaly degraded for tho purpose of organizing an anti-foreign up rising quietly. It is estimated that 60, 000' soldiers, well-armed but poorly discl 'pllned. are about Pekin and Tien Tsln. Tho Chinese officers boast that they have 400.000 soldiers. Admiral Seymour's forco carried a 'weeks' rations, and the men had an av erage of 150 rounds of ammunition. The Russians" conduct at Taku, accord ing to other officials, inilamed the natives. The Russians are reported to have been shooting the Chinese indiscriminately and driving away the Chinese who wouta have procured transportation and pro visions, and of looting the town. i A great naval demonstration at all the treaty ports Is also said to be desirable In order to influence the wavering Chi nese merchants who are favorable to foreigners. The masses are becoming excited at the reports of their country men's successes against the pow ers. Mer 'chantmen arriving here report that th5 Boxers are drilling in the streets of New Chwang, and that when the p.fflcials In spected the soldiers with the view of 'suppressing the Boxers they found sol diers had sold their rifles and equipment to the Boxers. The military school at Moukden Is re ported to have been destroyed. The British Consul at Aoo Chow is asking for warships. The arrival of tho British first-class cruiser Terrible and two Japanese cruis ers at Che Foo today relieved the strained situation. Two Chinese forts, equipped with Krupp guns, command the foreign city. The only protection was the United States "gunboat Yorktown, with 150 sail ors. As reported last night the sailors slept on their arms and the foreigners prepared to take refuge on the ships. Commander Taussig, of tho Yorktown, requested the commander of the forts to discontinue his maneuvers with cannon, and notified him that if Chinese troops were sent to the city ostensibly to re press 'the Boxers. Americans would be landed. There aro about 150 American and British-missionaries at Chee Foo. They are short of money and clothes, having left Ammunition for Americans. CHICAGO. June 20. Two carloads of Remington rifles and fle'd ammunition lor the use of the marine now In China went through Chicago on their way to tho Pacific Coast. It was a rush order from the War Department, and probably will be on its way across the ocean by Saturday for the use of the marines in the campaign around Tien Tsln and Pe kin. The consignment left New York over the Erie, and was sent through on a fast freight, arriving at Chicago late in the afternoon. Cars from the Santa Fe road were hacked Into the s'tation. ready to receive the munitions of war, and as soon as the Erie train stopped the trans fer was begun. Of late months the Government has been sending its soldiers supplies from San Francisco to Manila by transport on the 1st and 13th days of each month. But in case of a rush order like that of arms and ammunition for a great emergency such as the one in China, the transports will probably not be detained until the usual sailing time. The express company officials expect to deliver the cargo in San Francisco Into the hands of the ord nance agent for storage aboard a trans port about next Saturday. The Boer Envoys to People. NEW YORK, June 26. The Boer en voys, who have been In the country for the past two months, today Issued an ad dress to the people of the United States. After expressing regret at their inability to accept many of the Invitations ex tended to them, they expressed their thanks to the American public for tho deep sympathy they have shown for tho cause of tho two struggling republics. Continuing, the address says: "We now feel convinced that the boast ful allegation of the Colonial Secretary and the British statesmen that the people of this country sympathized with the British Empire In Its attempt to crusn the liberty and Independence of our two small republics is absolutely devoid ot truth." The address then goes at great length into the history of the relations, between Great Brita'n and the Boers which Is characterized as one of "violated faith and broken pledges, cloaked under the display of magnanimous and Irre proachable principles." Coming down to the discovers of gold in Johannesburg In 1SS6, the address eaysi "All the forces of land greed and gold hunger, stimulated by the desire to avenge what is known as the battle o Majuba Hill, were let loose." Then follows a history of the" political agitation, which culminated In the Jame son raid. . "Mr. Chamberlain, Sir Alfred Mllner and Mr. Cecil Rhodes." continues the ad dress, "are the terrible, diabolical trinit which had brooded over the shape and destiny of South Africa during the ca lamitous period. These gentlemen com bined forces so as to achievo by subtlety and craft and misrepresentation what Dr. Jameson and the raiders failed to obtain by open violence." The address declares that the capital ists control the press of South Africa, and that the editors of these subsidized Journals were appointed special correa pondents of tho principal London dallies. The broad charge Is made that Mr. Cham berlain's revival of the suzerainty claim in 1S7, his public utterances, Sir Alfred Mllner's speeches and Inflammatory dis patches and the efforts of the South Af rican League under the Presidency ot Cecil Rhodes were all directed toward the ultimate destruction of the two Dutch republics. The address then takes up the various internal questions which contributed to wards the war and discusses them in great detail, making wholesale denials of the English representation. The ad dress declares that at the Bloemfontein conference both President Sieyn and President Kruger endeavored to avert tho catastrophe by conceding even more than the original demands on the franchise question, but their efforts were fruitless. It Is asserted that the war was forced upon the Boers and the claim is ad vanced that they took up arms only "1n self-defense. The address contends that the policy of Great Britain was designed ly shaped so as to compel the Boers to send on the 9th of October what Is com monly known as their ultimatum to Great Britain. Taking up tho campaign to date, the address says: "The Boers may be in the end defeated by overwhelming numbers, and may ulti mately be forced to surrender, owing to difficulty of securing ammunition and provisions, but the conduct of the pres ent war, as well as the history of- th& past 100 years. Justifies us In saying that they will never be conquered." Tho address concluded by saying that the envoys do not ask the direct or favor able interventipn of the United States, but a continuance of public sentiment and support. The address Is signed by Abraham Fischer, C. H. Wcssels and 'M. D. Wolmarens. BOERS CAPTURED A CONVOY. Roberts Suppressed the Netvs as Long as Possible. NEW YORK, Juno 26. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Lord Roberts has profited by the diver sion of public Interest from South Africa to China. Unpleasant incidents escape no tice and the delay in winding up the cam paign is screened from criticism. Accord ing to the accounts given In the press dispatches of yesterday, the ambuscade of the Yeomanry near Lindley was not creditable to the1 British arms, and details of the capture of a largo convoy with an escort of Highlanders near Hellbron show that a depressing story was sup pressed as long as possible. There has clearly been a good deal of blundering on the British side in the Orange River Colony, and there aro sev eral mysteries about Hellbron and Lind ley and GencrallRundle'8 campaign which require explanation. Further particulars of the fighting at Pinnoarspoort to the northeast of Pre toria are forwarded by a Leader corre spondent. The object of the British oper ations was to drive General Botha from tho position he had taken up. The fight ing was continuous for two days and It was hoped that Generals French and Hamilton would bo able to entrap the burghers on the following day. It was discovered, however, that Botha had in the night effected another masterly re treat, t . The Times' correspondent at Kroonstad says that General Dewet is' showing capable generalship, but Is unable to pre vent his men from deserting dally. Arrivr.ls at Che Foo. NEW YORK. June 2C A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Che Foo says: Tho arrivals today include 148 persons in afl," including servants and attaches of the mission. Tho list ot missionaries is as follows: From Pekin Rcid, Davis, Hobart, Walkers, Veritz, Gamewell, Lowry. Ani ent, Ewlng. Weveli, Gilman, Gloss, Mar tins. These are of the American Board of the Presbyterian Ladies Mission. From Tien Tsin Fyke. Hayner, Patter son, Lowry. Roberts, Wilson, Bend, Ste venson, Glover, Croucher, Shockley, Gal ley. One hundred and forty-eight arrived In good condition. For Pao Ting Fu there is very little hope. Southern Provinces Quiet. PARIS. June 26. M. Del Casse. tho Min ister of Foreign Affairs, informed a Cab inet council today that the French Con sul at Shanghai telegraphed under date ot June 24 that all was quiet in the South ern provinces, in tho Yangtse Kiang Valley and in Szechuea Province. The Minister added that no news had been received from Pekin, and that 11 Chinese warships were lying off Shanghai. The government will ask the Chamber for a credit of 3,530.000 francs to cover the expenses of the troops In China. The French cruiser Admiral Charnler left Brest today for China, and the Fri ant witt, sail tonight. Rnnsla Schentlnnr. CHE FOO, Juno 2C The officers of tne British first-class cruiser Terrible assert that discord exists between the Russians and Anglo-Americans, and say they be lieve the Russians are planning to break the concert and take possession of Pekin independently. They assert that Vlce Admlral Seymour's command lacked uni son, the foreigners sulking because they were under British leadership. They bit terly denounce the Russian General's con duct as uncivilised and barbarous, and charge that the slaughter of the peaceful Chinamen at Taku-has aroused the other wise passive natives against the foreigners. A Farewell Reception. NEW YORK. June 26. Under the aus pices of the New York committee to aid the united Republics of South Africa, a farewell mass meeting" was tendered In Cooper Union tonight to the Boer representatives. The envoys will sail Thursday and take with them the funds raised In tho United States by sympa thizers In their behalf. The hall was dec orated with American and South African colors. Every seat was taken, and tho greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Ex-Judge George M. Van Hoesen, who presided, predicted the surrender of the British in South Africa ultimately. Abram Fischer said: "We came to Americajo tell the truth about a campaign of lies and misrepre sentation that has been carried on against us. We were told that the Amer ican people sympathize with our oppres sors. We expected sympathy, and wo have found It. We no longer need 'to seek sympathy for that wo have. You have gone through the same struggle In the past that we are now undergoing." Envoy Wessels also spoke, as did Con gressman Sulzer. Envoy Wolmarens was absent because of ill-health. "WOIUC OF PACIFICATION. De VlUlere" Command Surrenders to Warren. LONDON. June 25. 11:25. The War Of fice has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Pretoria Presidency, June 26. Sir Charles Warren reports that the rebellion In Cape Colony north of the Orange River Is now over. The last formidable body, under Commandant Do Yllllers, surren dered June 20, consisting of about -220 men. 28) horses. IS wagons, 200 rifles and 100,030 rounds of ammunition. General Baden-Powell reports that pacification is going on satisfactorily in the- Rustenberg district." As Lord Roberts, apparently, is carry ing out combined operations, the slack ness of news from South Africa will prob ably continue until they are completed. The fact that the foreign military at taches are homeward bound Indicates that In their opinion the war Is over, but the reported refusal of .Roberts to spare MALL ADVICES FROM ORlfcNX Japan(Warkcd Up Over the Chinese Situation. YOKOHAMA, June 15; via Victoria. B. C, Juno 26. The great fleet of foreign warships recently at anchor here has van ished, speeding to the new seat of war. whither all eyes In the East are now turned. That the crisis in China has at, lasF come and that the empire Is on tho cvo of the long-predicted dlsmembermput Is very manifest, and all here are now waiting the development or events with the most Intense Interest. It has become evident not only that the Chinese Gov ernment Is powerless to preserve order, but also that the main cause of Its power-, lessness' is Its sympathy with .the anti foreign prejudices of the Insurgents, and tha therefore there Is mothlng- left for the powers but to lake - and keep '.the supreme control. ' Of the details of the events which have led, to this now manifest result It is Im possible to give any connected account. Telegraphic communication with Pcklrf has been cut off since the 10th inst, and little more than rumors of the diplomatic strife between the legations and the gov ernment have reached here, nor Is there -any thing much more reliable in, tho -reports of the doings of the Insurgents or of the magnitude of their forces. That tbey.have been able to block the passage jot! reinforcements to the little body ot "foreign marines now guarding the lega tions Is, however, sufficiently evident.. It Is also increasingly main that the Im perial troops have, to a large extent. Joined them, and that the Combined for eign force on Its approach" to the capital will have to light a formidable enemy, so far as numbers are concerned. The har bor at Taku Is full of the foreign fleets, their number constantly increasing. At last accounts there were 13 Russians, five British, two French, three German, four Japanese and two Italians. On the 13th Inst, tho forces landed aggregated 2Sfc and yesterday tho Russians, It was re ported, landed 2000 more at Tong Ku. at the mouth of the Pel Ho. Another rumor reports the arrival of 1000 troops from Hong Kong, but the China" papers make no mention of any such force having left that port. Tho preponderance of Russia In the fray Is exciting marked-comment. She is showing what an immense advantage Pjort Arthur is to her. and at the same time Is revealing the military resources which for years she has been quietly bringing to the East. Her holding of Llo Tung also puts Pekin at her mercy. Her preponderance In .military strength will, however, soon be surpassed by Japan, should there be a final break-up of China, or. Its control by the powers be assumed. Japan has an army of EU1.000 soldiers practically upon the .spot. As It would be well-nigh impossible for any European power or any combination of European powers to transport to the scene an army equal to hers. It is plain to see that her wishes will be eagerly deferred to. during the negotiations as to the .final disposi tion of the great empire. In the meantime, however, the chief concern is the restoration of order and provision for the safety of foreigners throughout the whole of China, they be ing undoubtedly In great peril. The latest elgn troops and the Insurgents at a sta tion on tho Tien Tsin-Pekin Railway, In which some 50 Boxers were slain with out any casualties on the other side. Of course, the Japanese are Intensely Interested In the situation, that Interest having been greatly stimulated yester day by the news ot the murder ot one of the interpreters of that legation. He was assassinated by the soldiers of the Im perial guard under General Tung Just out side "one of the gates of Pekin as ho was going out to meet Japanese marines sent up from the cruiser Suma. Extraordinary activity has followed in the mobilization of the navy and In prep arations for sending large bodies of troops. Four more ships. Including two of Hgnt draught for service on the rivers, have Just been dispatched from Sasebo, on the Inland Sea, which will be used as a base In all the operations. Ot the cause ot the disturbance, apart from the general prejudice against for eigners, it Is plain that such prejudices have been greatly fomented and Increased by a special anti-missionary feeling. . At first it seemed to be. directed mainly against the Catholics, but It would ap pear that now the whole body of propa gandists will be Involved In the trouble without discrimination. The latest decree of the Empress Dowager not only shows this, but It also shows that she Intends to use the anti-missionary sentiment for oolltical nurooses. While pretending to extol the good which the missionaries have done, she Insinuates that bad char acters have crept In among them, and that It Is, therefore, the duty of her subjects to hunt out these latter and purge the community of their presence Her orders to. her Generals are also of like tenor. They aro not to fight, but to investigate the Boxers. Under such conditions, it may readly be seen that there Is on the part of the Chinese Gov ernment neither the disposition nor the ability to cope with the situation. MINNEAPOLIS, Juno 26. A Times spe cial from Seattle Wash., says: One ot tho strangest rebellions which, has taken place In the last 100 years is in full swing In Baralonga, a Pacific isl and, under British rule. In the South Seas. Advices from the Orient give full par ticulars., of the progress ot the uprising, which lias apeead over tho whole island. Tho natives are "advancing on tho Euro pean settlement along the coast, and are threatening tho capital. If it were not for tho war in South Africa and the Chlneso disturbances the rebellion would creato world-wide comment. Tho Inhabitants of tho island were orig inally brought In touch with civilization through tho efforts of missionaries sent out by tho London Missionary Society. Through tho disturbing effects of the ISOth degree of longitude the first arrivals to advance the cause of Christianity set the usual day, Sunday, for service. As Is well known, at tho degree of longitude men tioned, the days Jump back 24 hours. Since discovering their mistake, tho Christian leaders of the island attempted to rectify it. Tho move made tho natives superstitious to a degree, and upon urg ing the change the Christians aroused a sullen resentment. Now this has changed to active hostilities, and, thinking that the white people were deceiving them all along, the natives are butchering .and murdering on all sides. Tho greatest carnage and murder is be ing witnessed. Over 50 Europeans have already been killed. At the last reports they were fortifying various places ana were preparing for a desperate resistance. All the business houses and the Govern ment headquarters in the island have adopted the new Sunday and are siding with the whites. An appeal will be made for assistance from Great Britain, ac cording to today's advices. ENGLISH TRADE CONGRESS. Association of Chambers of Com merce ln Session. LONDON, June 26. The fourth Con gress ot the Association of Chambers of Commerce of tho United.KIngdom opened here this, morning. Between 200 and 400 delegates, representing 'the colonies as well as Great Britain, were present. Lord Selborne, .Honorary president ot the association, welcomed the delegates. He announced that real progress had - been made towards laying a Pacific cable and that tenders would be invited almost Immediately for the beginning ot the work. Discussing imperial defenses. Lord Sel borno remarked that the whirligig of time had strangely Inverted the feeling in relation thereto. A century and a quarter ago this question of imperial de fense was the result ot a quarrel with the American colonies, which finally lost them to Great Britain. Today the same question, he said. Is operating more than any other in drawing the different parts of-jlio empire together. The colonies, he added, now voluntarily adopted what America had disputed, namely, that colo nies ought to contribute to their own de fense. A resolution proposed by the Toronto Board of Trade advocating the adoption of a, commercial policy bised on tho principle of mutual benefit by which each part ofv the empire may receive substan tial advantage In trade as the result, of Its national relationship, led to a pro longed and heated discussion. Although the terms "free trade" and "protection" were studiously avoided, the resolution directly.. opened up the question, Tho matter was. temporarily shewed, however. by tne appointment ot a commuiee 10 formulate and define a propqsal to pre sent -to the congress. This .was done in spjte ot the strenuous opposition pf the Canadians, who opposed the appointment ot tho committee unless, the congress first declared in favor of reciprocity. The Manchester delegates promised to oppose, any compromise and to introduce a resolution In favor of unmitigated free trade. nel some four and a -half miles'! long on the Russian side of HarbinT tho head quarters of the railroad:' Tho oenenta which American manufacturers will de rive in the shape 'ot contracts will be most Important. "Mr.'-Wltte, tho Minister of Finance, has assured mo tnat ne win place no obstacle In tho way of contracts being sent to the Ualted 'States, which In diplomatic language I taice to mean that he might object to the filling ot or ders in other foreign countries. I am. therefore safe in stating that possibly everything required outslda ot Russia will bo purchased In this country." Lady Somerset Re-Elected. EDINBURGH. June V The World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union Congress re-elected today. the president. Lady Henry Somerset, and the other offi cials. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevenson, pf Maine, was elected additional vice-president. early this morning with much of their contents. The Ions Is estimated at $100, 000. The buildings destroyed Included a throe-story Icehouse almost filled with ice. In addition to the office buildings, coal shed3 and trestles and hundreds of tons of coal, the fire ate up a large ware house full of grain. IHDIAK FAMINE; -Relief Plague Add to the Distress Work:. NEW YORK, June28. J. W. Johnson and family, and Mrs." "Mary Moyeer, mis sionaries of the' Christian Alliance In JIndia, have Just arrlvea In New York. Their 6tations are In the famlne-affllcted district of Bo'rar, Central India. Mr. Johnson Is located at Kbamagon, a place of about 40,000 Inhabitants. Mrs. Moyser is at Akola. Mr. Johnson has been In Khamagon several years. Speaking ot the conditions In India, ho said: "When we left India on May 15, 6,000,000 people were on the government renct list. On Juno 1 we heard that cholera had .broken out. In Ahmedabad. a place of 00,000 people, over 600 died in the course of tho week before we started. When wo left, the government was transferring 7000 or 8000 people from place to place because of lack of drinking water. In. my station, where there,ara 40.000 people, there were only two wells left with water In them. Tho people were hauling ue water from wells sunk In the beds of streams never before known to go dry. "Since tho last famine, three years agp, the.goyernment engineers have discovered that the level of the water In tho ground has sunk 15 feet, which Is tho cause ot all the difficulty. The railroad engine at our place is obliged to go 15 miles lor water. Tho-raHroad companies are build ing tanks and hauling water from place to place. "Cholera, smallpox and- diarrhea aro now following the famine. We heard at Genoa that there had been floods at Bom bay. Rains now "would be worse than tho famine, for they would cause the grass and weeds to spring up. The na tives would seize upon this growth as soon as it appeared above the ground and boll and eat the"mess. Being in such a fam ished state, this would have a very dis astrous effect upon them. There is plenty of grain in the country, if the govern ment would only put a little pressure up on the greedy merchants. ' Worfc of Relief. CHICAGO, June 26. Lady Curzon, Vice rein of India, writing to S. D. Eldredgo, of the Chicago India Famine Relief Com mittee, says: "Tho famine Is greater in Its intensity over the areas afflicted than at any pre viously recorded visitation. Fewer per. sons will die, yet incomparably mora per sons are suffering. The absolute failure of the two last Autumn and Spring har vests, and the unprecedented' loss of Cat tle In Western and Central India make the task of recuperation more arduous than, on any previous occasion. Tho gov ernment has reduced the rate of mortal ity, and even in the worst districts the figures show only a slight excess over the normal rate. "The government has spent $28,000,000 upon, direct, relief, 510,000,000 upon suspen sions and remissions of land revenue, $6,000,000 upon advances for the purchase Of seed and cattle and $3,0GQ.OCO upon loans to-the distressed .states The relief com mittee has distributed $2,C0O.OpO thrpugh various channels." m - , i ' THE DEATH HOEL. A DIPLOMATIC SILENCE. Chinese Minister May Be Ready Represent "Wlnnlnfir Party. WASHINGTON, June 22. One of the interesting features ot the Chinese situa tion is" that nobody has been able to ob tain any information or expression of opinion or any indication that the Chi nese legation here has received news concerning existing conditions at Pekin and other parts of China. This is under stood only by those who know the pecu liar conditions In which the Chinese lega tion finds itself. A possible revolution would- leave the entire legation, consist ing of the Minister and numerous secre taries and attaches, stranded in this country and representing nothing. The legation officers therefore think it neces sary to be diplomatic and reticent regard ing everything that is going on. Possibly it might be found profitable to take ad vantage ot any shifting of the Chinese power, or a chango of the dynasty, which may bo the result of the present unset tled conditions. The sllenco ot the Chi nese legation at the present time recalls the fact that whenever there is a revo lution in any of the South American coun tries, the representatives of those coun tries are as dumb as the Chinese officials at the present time. They do not give any indication of what is going forward in their own countries, and generally aro ready to take advantage ot the success of the revolution and continue to repre sent their countries, as, no. doubt, tho present Chinese-officials would do, should there be a change in China, CLOUDBURST IN .ALABAMA. Dovranoar la Mobile A-aennte&j ta 12.7 Inches in Seven. Hours. MOBILE, Ala., June 26. A, cloudburst occurred In Mobile early today, followed by a tremendous downpour ot rain. Every street was submerged; business is practically suspended. The damage will probably be confined to goods on first floors and basements, but it Is impossible Bt present to estimate the losses. Tho rainfall from a A. IT. to noon was 12.7 Inches; and the downpour continued In the afternoon. The rain seems to be confined to the Gulf coast. It is reported that three negro children Were drowned in a ditch. The police havo been kept busy in removing people from their flooded homes. Street-car service was suspended for several hours. Quarantine Row la Cf&xrado. DENVER, June 26 A clash between Governor Thomas and Dr. George E. Tyler, secretary of the State Board ot Health, is imminent, as a nosult of the correspondence concerning the state quarantine, against Japanese,, and Chinese, which has been taken up by the Japanese diplomatic legation at Washington. Gov ernor Thomas, is inclined, tD think there is. no necessity for quarantining, and Dr. Tyler, who is acting on hl authority In the matter, insists that he. -will not raise the quarantine. Governor Thomas, who has been called upon by .Secretary Hay to,, explain, has Insisted xcpan the State Board of Health making avdetalled report to him. Cnnndlnn Copyright. NEW YORK, June 26. A dispatch to the Tribune from' London says: There will be an important colonial con ference today among members of the va rious chambers for the discussion of a series of Imperial questions. Apart from this meeting, one vexatious question is already in a fair way to be settled. -Thfs Is the Canadian copyright bill, which passed Its second reading in the Domin ion Parliament, i3 accepted by publish ers, authors and the colonial office, and will receive, without doubt, tho sanction of the Imperial government.- George N. Morang. of Toronto, has ox plained it to the satisfaction of tho Lords' committee on copyright, and Professor Mayo conferred yesterday with tho col onial office respecting iV. John Murray and the English authors who formerly op posed the Canadian copyright act with the manufacturing clause, now favor It in an amended form. The settlement will not violate the es sentlal principles of the Berne agree, ment, nor raise any question respecting the validity of copyright In the empire. It will enable a British author to make his own contract with a Canadian pub lisher by which copyright can be secured for Canada on condition that the book is printed there. The American manu facturing clause is converted into a printing clause, so that plates can bo purcnasea enner in .Liunuuu ur iu new York and typesetting avoided in Canada. It is a compromise which does not vio late the Berne principle ot an author's control over his property nor does it ln validate the Imperial copyright. The Canadian representatives have pre sented their case -with lucidity and in telligence and the imperial ' authorities will bo greatly relieved by the settlement ONE FARTHING DAMAGE. Suit of a Dissolute Prince Against a London Paper. LONDON, June 26. An Interesting libel suit, which has been on trial In the court of Lord Russell, of Klllpwen. the Lord Chief Justice, resulted today in Prince Charles de Loose of Corswaren, the heir presumptive of one of the leading fam ilies of the Continent, and a direct de scendant of the Spanish lung Charles-1 v. getting a farthing damages against a newspaper which had Included him among a list of alleged convicts wearing coroneta. The paper referred to, one of Sir George Newnes publications, said that among 20,000 aristocrats occupying European prison cells was De Loose. The latter sued for 5000 damages. Sir George Newnes paid 40 shillings into court as sufficient to compensate the Prince for any damage done to his character, claim ing that If the Prince was not in prison he had. at least, been convicted of swindling lodging-house keepers in Paris on the fals'e pretenso that he was about to marry the wealthy Princess Demldoff. Police officers f rom, Spotland Yard testi fied that De Loose had a bad reputation as a uonuneniai swinuier, a.wu iuul o was guilty of abominable practices. Patricio, neddy, a Well-Knawn San Ffanclsco Lawyer. SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. Attorney Patrick Reddy, of the law Arm of Reddy CampbelL& Metson, died today, alter a severe illness of several weeks. Mr. Reddy suffered from a complication of diseases. He was well known throughout tho country. Mr. Reddy was a native of Woonsocket, R. L. where ho was born. In 1S39. He came to Calitornia In 1S6L In 1SS1 Mr. Reddy settled in this city, and since tnat time had been engaged in the practice of his profession. In politics he was a Dem ocrat. He represented Inyo and Mono Counties in the Constitutional convention, which met in 1S7S. He served In the "State Senate from 18S2 to 18S6, and In the lat ter vear was a Dromlnent candidate for the gubernatorial nomination on the Dem ocratic ticket. When the mining unions ot the Coeur d'Aleno country, Idaho, be came involved with the State and Federal authorities, during their great strike, Reddy was the. man chosen to defend thei interests in the courts, and ho distin guished himself against the best legal talent of the Northwest In the numerous cases which grew out of those labor troubles. Mrs. Ruby K. Scobell. CHICAGO, June 26. Mrs. Ruby K. 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