THE MOttNEN'C OKEGCmAXr WEDNESDAY,- AUGUST 1, 1900.
ALL RIGHTS SAVED
Nothing Lost by Marking the
Alaska Boundary.
ARRANGEMENT IS ONLY TEMPORARY
However, State Department Is In
clined to Defend the Xevr Line
as a Victory for V.
WASHINGTON. July 3L None of the
protests said to have been made in Alaska
against the definition- of the provisional
boundary line have reached Washington
yet, and the impression prevails In the
State Department that agitation on that
subject is based on a lack of knowledge
of the exact nature of jthe agreement
effected between the United States and
Great Britain, by which a most danger
ous subject was removed from the- cur
rent negotiations between the two coun
tries. It is pointed out by State Depart
ment officials that this provisional bound
ary line, the running of which is said to
have excited the American miners in the
Porcupine region. Is not In any sense
binding upon either party to the modus
Vivendi, except as a purely temporary
scheme designed to prevent hostile con
filets between the miners and police
forces, through lack of knowledge as to
their rights. The purpose of the arrange
ment as to that is fullS' disclosed by the
Inclusion in the modus vlvendl'or'a pro
vision in these terms:
"It is -understood, as formally set out
In communications to the State Depart
ment of the CJnlted States, that the citi
zens or subjects of either power Subject
to this arrangement In the temporary
Jurisdiction of the tnher shall suffer nb
diminution of the rights and privileges
which they now enjoy." v
Every American miner whee claim lies
n the wrong side of the boundary line
now helng drawn Is, according to the of
ficial -view here, holding his claim by quite
as sound a tenure as he enjoyed "before
the provisional treaty was xnade. .He has
neither lobt nor gained!nstrength of title
by this arrangement, so he certainly has
no cause for complaint, as he would havo
wore the boundary line now bsing drrtwn
a permanent one. The officials here, how
ever, are fully prepared to defend the
temporary boundary, and point out that,
so far irom having ceded to Great Brit
ain an Increase of territory. Great Brit
ain temporarily yielded to the United
States nlneteen-twentieths of the terri
tory In dispute, and suffered her shipping
to be kept 10 miles f i om . the boundary
line at the nearest point, notwithstanding
the Canadian ambition to get a port on
Lynn Canal.
"VVOXDEUFUt. ailMAG COUXTRT.
That's What CoiikuI McCoolc Says of
AlnsWn Klondike Clnimn.
WASHINGTON. July 3L "Alaska is
destined to be a wonderful mining coun
try," says United States Consul McCook.
at Dawson, In a letter to the State De
partment. The Tanana district, lie ays,
is creating a stir and is dividing honors
with the Koyokuk country. In the Tan
ana region the miners claim they can get
10 to 30 cents worth of pay dirt to the
pan, and this In Summer digging, with
only two or three feet to bedrock, is
equivalent to $1 a pan where one has to
go So feet to bedrock.
"The great necessity now In Alaska,"
says Consul ilcCook, "Is good roads, good
camps and the prospecting of compara
tively -unknown sections."
Great dissatisfaction was expressed at
Dawson City this Spring after the wash
up, he says, by miners whd worked for
men who had leased mining claims from
the owners. The lay men sign contracts
to work so many feet of the claim during
the season, to receive 50 per cent of the
gold coming out of the claims, and ,the
lessee agreeing that all men working the
property will be employed under a written
contract by which they promise not to
hold the claim in any way liable for their
wages. It has turned out In hundreds of
cases that the cost of working the claims
has taken more than 50 per cent of the
output, the lessees" sham Thus the men
employed on the claims have been de
prived of their wages. Lay men on rich
claims, says Consul IcCook. can do very
well, but ihe majority of claims cannot
be worked on this basis at the current
rate of wages.
WILL B1UKG REFORM.
Good News for KlondiUers Royalty
Payments to Go.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 3L E. C. Senkel,
Gold Commissioner of Yukon Territory,
has information that Canada is to intro
duce radical reforms In tho Klondike.
The royalty system Is to be done away
with altogether and a government assay
office is to be established at Dawson and
a compulsory fee of 3 per cent charged
for assaying gold 'and exchanging for
drafts. The 3 per cent must be paid on
all jold from the country, whether the
government assay office bo patronized or
sot.
Murdered on the Yulm.
"VICTORIA. B. C, July SI. Herbert
Davenport, who caxno from the western
part of New York and who was a man
about 40 years of age. was the victim of
a murderer on the Yukon, near Da,wson,
July 1C. He was the master of a scow,
and because, it ran th bars, the man in
charge of the cargo, Alexander King, said
to be from. Sacramento, Cal., quarreled
"with him. On tho morning of the IGth
the scow -went on a bar. King picked up
his rifle and fired. The bullet penetrated
Davenport's heart, killing him Instantly.
When the scow reached Dawson, King
was arrested.
General Greely on Way to Alaska.
WASHINGTON. July SL General Gree
ly left here for Alaska to superintend
arrangements for cable and telegraphic
communication with that territory. Itis
quite Mkely that he will make arrange
ments with the Canadian company for
the transmission of messages until a di
rect line with Alaska shall be established.
The lajjt session of Congress appropriated
51S2.O00 fr telegraphic lines in, Alaska.
ONE MILLION PENSIONERS.
Increase of 21.010 in the Year Just
Ended.
WASHINGTON, July 31. The forthcom
ing annual report of Commissioner of
Pensions Evans will show a grand total
of 993.52S pensioners on Hie rolls on July
1 last. During the year 40.G45 original pen
sions were grantod and 49 names were
restored to the rolls. To offset these 43,334
r mes wore dropped from the rolls dur
ing the year. Including 35.S09 by reason of
dc'h. S99 by remarriages of pensioners
a' d few for other causes. This is an In
crease oC ",1.H0 pensioners for the year.
The number of claims of all kinds pend
ing July 1, 19W, was 487,104, against 477.239
on July 1. 1S.
The retMKt shows a total of 260,797
names dropped during the six years end
ed June 50, of which 183,614 were because
of deaths. The number dropped by rea
son of death during the fiscal year just
closed is about 14.S03 less than was esti
mated. Not Identified in Switzerland.
GENEVA. July SL In spite of all, the
poj.ce Iwve not succeeded in identifying
the assassin of King Humbert as the man
Bressi who was watched here In 1S9S.
Th authorities are only able to affirm one
t) tng naswiy. that the Geneva anarch
1 t:( -wb are mestiy Italians, are in reg
ular cocraepoufleoce with their country-
men In Paterson, N. J., -from which spe
cial orders come.
In view of the attitude of Lucchent,
who was questioned, about Bressi and the
Paterson group, the police are assured
that the crimes of Tecent years have been
the successive phases of a plot. It is said
In official circles that-at the opening of
the Federal Parliament a hill will be
brought for the expulsion of refugees in
Switzerland.
OREGON'S OFFICERS.
Captain Wilde Cables That They Are
Efficient.
" WASHINGTON. July, 3L The Navy De
partment today received the following
cablegram from Captain Wilde, of the
Oregon, which Is in dry dock at Kure un
dergoing temporary repairs:
"Kure, July 3L Secretary Navy, Wash
ingtonPlease correct press statements
of inefficient officers on Oregon. No ship
has more efficient officers.
"WILDE."
The dispatch came as a surprise to the
Department, as there has been, no dispo
sition here to criticise either him or his
officers for the mishap to the great battle
ship. The chief of the Bureau of Naviga
tion states that Captain Wilde has
aboard the Oregon an unusually compe
tent and efficient complement of officers
and pleasure was taken in giving Captain
Wilde's statement to the public.
To Report on Oregon's Damage.
WASHINGTON. July 31. The Navy De
partment has sent instructions to Con
structor Ruben, who sailed from San
Prancisco on the Nippon Mara about two
weeks ago, to inspect the battle-ship Ore
gon, now In drydock at Kure, Japan, and
make a report of the damage she has sus
tained. He superintended a portion of the
construction of the Oregon, and on that
account is particularly fitted to make a
report on the damage. Mr. Ruben goes
to Manila to relieve Constructor Hobson,
whose Illness necessitated treatment at
the hospital In Nagasaki.
Troops LenTC for China Today.
SAN PRANCISCO, July 3L The trans
port Tileade "will sail tomorrow. Four
companies of the Fifteenth Infantry, tour
troops of the Third Cavalry, and one
company of Engineers will depart for
China. 'The following Assistant Surgeons
"have "been detailed to accompany the
troops- Harry C. Many, William W. Reno,
Ix M. Under and Ralph W. Newton.
Two more troops of cavalry came In
today and went Into camp at the Presidio
to await transportation to China. They
were Troops B and G, of the Third Cav
alry, from Fort Meyer. Two troops of
the Ninth arrived last night.
Xaval Vesncls to Be Itcpnired.
VALL.EJO, Cal., July 3L The cruiser
Boston will be placed in the Mare Island
dock Thursday for the completion of re
pairs on her hull below the water line.
The vessel will be a month in the dock.
Structurally, she Is In good condition. Re
pairs on the Ranger and Marblehead are
steadilv being advanced toward comple
tion. These three vessels are peculiarly
fitted In rlze and draught for service In
tho Philippines or Chinese waters.
Captain Whitman Discharged.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 31. By di
rection of President McKlnley, Captain,
Frank S Whitman, of the Twenty-ninth
Infantry, tvho arrived here from tho
Philippines last week, was today dis
charged for the "good of the service."
Whitman tendered his resignation imme
diately upon arrival In San Francisco, but
the case was not finally disposed of un
til this forenoon.
Princeton Sails for Slinncrhoi.
WASHINGTON, July SI, The gunboat
Princeton has sailed from Amoy for
Shanghai. This move may have been
adopted owing to the disturbed condition
of affairs near Shanghai. The Princeton
was not ordered to Shanghai by tho De
partment, and probablygoes In obedience
to the orders of Admiral Remey, who is'
In command of the Asiatic station.
Will Do Garrison Dnty.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. The home
battalion of the Twenty-third Infantry,
which returned from the Philippines on
the Warren, has received orders to garri
son army posts in Utah and Wyoming.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard I. Eskrldgc
will go to Fort Douglass, Utah, with
Companies I and L. Companies K and M
will go to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.
Wj-orains Launched in September.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 3L The battle
ship Wyoming will be launched at the
Union Iron Works on September S. An
Invitation has been forwarded to Gover
nor Richards, of Wyoming, requesting
him to be present with other state offi
cials. The 'Iron works will issue other
special Invitations to 'the number of 1000.
Snrntojra Leaves Southampton.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 31. The United
States schoolshlp Saratoga, which arrived
here July 1G, after taking on coal and
making some necessary repairs, sailed
this forenoon for Havre, where she will
arrive tomorrow and remain until August
10. She will then sail for Gibraltar.
Captain Scott Relieved.
FORT PORTER, N. Y., July 31. Captain
Albert B. Scott, Thteenth Infantry, was
today relieved from duty at this post.
Ho will proceed thence to Fort McPher
son, Georgia, and report to the command
ing officer for such light duty as he may
be able to perform.
SENATOR HOAR CONDEMNED
Anti-Inrperluliat League Sours on the
Massachusetts Senator.
WASHINGTON. July 3h An open, letter
has been addressed by the Washington
Anti-Imperlallstic League to Hon. George
F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, expressing
"amazement, not unmixed with horror,"
at his announced determination to sup
port President McKinley for re-election.
After quoting from Senator Hoar's
speeches and writings In criticism of the
policy pursued by President McKlnley,
the letter reads:
"As a public man, we have the right to
criticise you public actions, so, as we
once applauded you, we now condemn
you. You once shewed us the right way
so clearly that we cannot now wander
from It to follow Into your lately chosen
path of certain Ignominy. The Antl-Im-periallsts
have not left you; you have
left them."
Death of Lieutenant Spurgin.
WASHINGTON, July 3L The War De
partment received the following cable
gram from General MacArthur today:
"Manila, July 31. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Died, 6:30, evening of July
's, David G. Spurgin, First Lieutenant
Twenty-first Infantry, result of shock in
surgical operation. MacARTHUR."
(Lieutenant Spurgin was born In Ohio
February 16, 1SG7. He was the son of
Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Spurgin, Six
teenth Infantry, who was on duty as
Collector of Customs at Manila.)
' Treasury Balances.
"WASHINGTON, July 3L Today's
statement of the Treasury shows:
Available cash balances $150.F07,905
Gold 73.4S9.72S
Cincinnati's Population 325,002.
WASHINGTON, July SL The Census
Office today announced the population
of tho City of Cincinnati, O., to be
225,902. an increase over the last census
of 2S.834, or 9.777 per cent.
Dr. Snnford's Liver Invlg-orator.
T5x best Liver ilediclne. A "Vegetable Cur to?
Liver Hid, Biliousness. Indigestion, Constipation.
AMERICA WILL. ADVANCE
OS ro'vPEKTS: WITH- GEJSERAIi
CHAFFEE IN COMMAND.
British. Government la Aware of
Washington' Plans, and Ap
proves Them.
NEW YORK, July 31. The report from
London that the British and American
troops at Tien Tsln are preparing an ad
vance within 4S hours aroused much in
terest here, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Times. The announce
ment seems to "have been made just be?
fore the- arrival of General Chaffee at
Taku,. an.d gives rise to some Interesting
theories concerning the effect of that com
mander's presence.
It is generally believed that If the Lon
don report is correct, the arrival of
JOHN CLARK
NEW YORK, July 31. John Clark Ridpath, the historian, died In the Presby
terian Hospital at 5:30 o'clock this evening from a complication of diseases. He
had been a patient in the hospital since April 26. At the time of "the historian's
death his wife and son. S. E. Ridpath, were at his bedside. The body was later
removed from the hospital. " l
John Clark Ridpath had just passed lls GOth year. . He was a man of double
fame, on one side as an educator and on the other as tho author of 'the Ridpath
histories, and especially the Encyclopedia of Universal History, which has pene
trated even to farmhouses and country villages in the most distant parts of the
United States. He was born in Indiana, 'where most of his educational work has
been done. After scattered studies at frontier schools, he entered Asbury (now
Depauw) University when he was 19 years old. When he graduated he received
the highest honors of his class, and the path 4o fame opened before him. First as
principal of an academy at Thornton, Ind.0thenas professor of modern languages
at Baker University. Baldwin City, Kan.jthen again In-hlsalma mater, this time a
4d ilUlCA3Ui ilC U1U LUUiUUI UUU mA, ?. ...
, Af fer that he filled.executive offices
time to writing. The number of literary,
have come from his pen cannot easily be
General Chaffee at Tien Tsin will mean
the Instant cutting loose of the British
and American forces from the other
troops and their advance under General
Chaffee's command. General Chaffee has
not gone to China to act as a subordi
nate commander in an allied army, unless
that should commend Itself to him as the
best way of carrying out his own pur
poses. He is expected to carry out the
policy of the United States -without re
gard to its acceptability to the other,
powers.
Tho United States has already Indicated
its impatience of delay and its desire for
an immediate forward movement. It has
represented to the other powers that such
an advance should be made, and has di
rected Admiral Remey to urge this policy
on the other commanders. It is certain
that an immediate advance Is the Ameri
can policy and that the Americans only
await General Chaffee's arrival to begin
carrying it out. The extraordinary rapld-
Llty of General Chaffee's movements show
that he realizes how much depends on his
prompt arrival.
The American General, then, arrives In
China with two well-defined Intentions
first, to begin a forward movement in ac
cordance wlth'the Instructions of his Gov
ernment at once; second, to act as If he
were the only military commander In
China, unless the other commanders fall
In with his views. Should they do so,
of course General Chaffee will be only too
glad of their help; but he goes to Tien
Tsln as an independent commander, bent
on foljowlng out his own policy and not
as one of the discordant "allied army."
The report from London indicates to
tho people who are aware of this state
of affairs that the British are ready to
fall in with General Chaffee's plans, even
If the other Europeans and the Japanese
are not. It Is surmised that the British
are aware of Chaffee's Intentions and are
now preparing to join the Americans in
an advance as soon as Chaffee arrives
and orders It, and that this Is the mean
ing of the report. It" is quite certain,
however, that Chaffee will begin a for
ward movement at the earliest possible
moment, whether the British join him or
not.
It is suggested that the British have
been anxious for a forward movement,
but have been handicapped by the small
ness of their numbers, and that they hall
the news of Chaffee's arrival as a means
of carrying out their desires. They will
then be no longer compelled to defer to
the. conflicting wishes of the other com
manders. It Is concluded from all this that Chaf
fee will be the commander of the Ameri
can and British forces when he marches
out of Tien Tsln. Perhaps by the 'time
he arrives there some of the other forces
may be willing to join him, hut la any,
event the American General will carry out
his own policy, glad of support if he can
get it, but determined on fulfilling his in
structions, even if he does it single
handed. NEWS FR03I RE3IEY.
Confirms the Report of the Safety of
the Legations.
WASHINGTON, July SL Cables from
Admiral Remey and General Chaffee both
at Taku. bearing upon the conditions In
Pekln and at Tien Tsln, came to band
over night. Admiral Remey confirmed the
information that the Legations were safe
up to the 22d Inst.
General Chaffee said that according to
a report at Taku, the allied forces were
to begin tho campaign "toward Pekln
tomorrow."
Allowing for the time occupied In the
transmission of. the .dispatch by boat from
Taku to Che Foo, it Is believed that If
the- report -was true, the -advance' began
today, and the1 armtesare already on
the way to Pekln. That they should start
' without waiting for Chaff ee's, force, small
though it is, is surprising. The -State
Department has had nothing from China
"since yesterday, and Minister Wu, who
called at the State Department in search
of Information, also was without cable
advices
In discussing the situation today, the
Minister said:
"I am glad that direct news has come
from Mr. MacDonald and German and
-Japanese Legations, to the effect that all
of the Ministers were alive and well on
the 22d of this month. This conclusively
corroborates all of the news coming here
tofore from the Chinese officials and from
the 'Chinese Government. Before this
news came many of the papers here, and
especially-the.press of Europe, did not be
lieve the Chinese officials' telegram, but
adhered to the opinion, that a massacre of
all the Ministers had occurred Jn Pekln.
It Is the general rule of evidence that a
man Is supposed to be innocent until ho
has been proved guilty but in-this case
the world, has reversed the usual rule and
insisted on holding China .guilty until her
innocence had been prcved. People are
still willing to believe everything that 13
black against the Chinese. The papers
RIDPATH DEAD,
TV ...
in the university, but gave most of his
historical and biographical works which
reckoned.
who are the leaders of public opinion in
this country, and who are mainly respon
sible for forming public opinion, ought
to be very careful and cautious in doing
so. They phould not jump at conclusions
without positive evidence. Even those
who have been to China have expressed
similar opinion, some of them in tho pub
lic press. I was astonished the other day
to see a letter by a clergyman who had
been for 50 years a resident of China,
and who said that I -was keeping back
the, truth, as to what had happened in
Pekln, and that 1 personally was respon
sible Jfor what had occurred.
"A, gross injustice has been inflicted on
China as a nation, and serious conse
quences might have followed if the great
rowers had acted on ftbsurd rumors and
jumped at conclusions as to what had
happened. . I think the people and the
papers who have done us this Injury
should, da what they can, in justice, to
acknowledge their mistake. I hope in the
future they will not jump at such unwar
ranted conclusions on unsupported state
ments, all coming from one source. They
shquld remember that the Chinese can
and do tell the truth as much as other
nations. I am very glad that these tele
grams have come to support -what we have
all along contended is the truth.
"I must not omit to say that a portion
of tho press, especlal.y in America, had
the forethought and the honesty of pur
pore to credit our statements whltsh, as
you see, are all .borne out by the facts
in the case."
M Report From Admiral Remey.
WASHINGTON, July 31. The following
dispatch from Admiral Remey was re
ceived by the Navy Department this,
morning:
f "Che Foo, July 31. Bureau of Navlga
' tlon, Washington. Taku, July 2S. Japan
f ese military attache at Pekm, In a let
I ter, July 22, reports legations besieged
1 since June 13. Continually attacked from
I Juno 20 to July 17. Attack then ceased
and Chinese soldiers were apparently dl-
minlshing Sixty Europeans killed.
'leiegram from Governor of Shantung,
addressed to Consular body, Che Foo,
says:
" 'Imperial edict states that various
Ministers except German are well and
provisions have been supplied.'
"REMEY, Taku."
FAILURE CAUSED PERIL.
Situation in Pekln Since the Uprising
Began,
LONDON, July 31. A special dispatch
from Tien Tsln says:
"A Pekln message dated July 21 reports
that the first outside news reached there
July IS. The failure of the relief expedi
tion made the siege far more perilous.
On June 19 the Tsung 11 Yamun broke off
relations. June 20 China declared war.
Baron von Ketteler and Francis James,
.an English professor, 'were murdered.
Over 400 noncombatants occupied the Brit
ish legation.
"I understand converts are holding the
North Cathedral. A thousand refugees
occupied the palace of Prince Lu. A
truce began July 17 after 26 days of fierce
assault. One night the shelling was un
interrupted for six hours."
BEWARE OF HOODWINKING.
Foreign Governments "Warned to Be
on Their Gunrd.
LONDON, July 31. Latest advices from
Pekln. received by way of Tien Tsln, say:
"In attacks by the Chinese during the
siege, four attempts were made to fire
tho British legation. Two attacks result
ed in the ruin of the Han Lin College
(the Chlnese'Natlonal College). The cow
.ardice of the Chinese prevented- a suc
cessful rushing.
-VTh ft -total Wilprl.nT- Atmrl ? darn-tana
ilO; Japanese, 10; French, 11;- British, 5;
Russians, 4; Americans, 7; Italians, 7. con-v
verts, 9; total with, wounded. 9S.
The correspondents Morrison,. Reid and
Tementy are ill.
"At least 2000 Chinese havo been killed.
"The Americans occupy a strong po
sition on the city wall. Provisions are
still sufficient. The hospital arrangements
are excellent. Everybody is much ex
hausted by continuous work.
"Imperial edicts "have commanded the
Boxers and ordered missionaries-to leave,
the Interior and commanded all Viceroys
to help Pekin. but an edict dated July
OS enjoins protection and promises com
pensation. The report that a large relief
force was coming produced this changn.
"Foreign governments should beware of
being hoodwinked.."
GENERAIr "WILSON- ENROUTE.
He Says Japan Could Settle China in
Short Order.
CHICAGO, July 31. Brigadier-General
Wilson, until recently military Governor
of the province of Matanzas and Santa
Clara, Cuba, was in Chicago for two
hours last evening en route to China,
where he will be second to General Chaf
fee In command of. tho United States
forces. He was met at the station by
General Wheeler. After dinner General
WHspn left .for San Francisco. General
Wilson is accompanied by Lieutenants J.
H. Reeves and Turner, his aldd, and an
orderly. As a private citizen, General
Wilson made a studj of China in 1SS5 and
the results, of his observations were pub
lished at that time.
General Wilson said:
"I sail Immediately from San Pranclsco.
After my arrival at Che Foo my moVe-"
ments will be governed by. circumstances.
Owing to the dense fog that hangs about
tho whole situation, I can only guess at
conditions. " It is a dynastic 'war and a
rebellion at the same time. If we would
give Japan full sway, she would settle
the whole thing in a week. The serious
trouble seems "to be that jealousies which
exist between the European powers pre
vent the prompt settlement of the trou
bles. Russia undoubtedly will object to
Japan doing anything to give her the
advantage. There would be no necessity
for our having any more troops in China
but for these jealousies, and I do not
believe we will need any more.
"Judging by the way the Japanese
swept everything Chinese before them. It
will require only a small force for the
allies to whip China If contentions between-
the powers are not allowed to
enter into .the matter."'
GENERAL CHAFFEE REPORTS.
He Believes the March on Pelcln Is
Ah'out to Commence.
WASHINGTON," July 31. The War De
partment has received the following ca
blegram from General Chaffee:
"Che Foo, July 30. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Have had Interview with
Admiral. Gp ashore this afternoqn. Fa
cilities .for unloading not adequate, there
fore discharging slowly. Informed by
Byron has ordered tug for towing two 70
ton lighters. If 'tug is obtained, discharg
ing will Improve. Indiana will finish dis
charging today and proceed to Nagasaki;
take two days to unload horses Riley 3at
tery; week before Grant discharged of
cargo. Will see Daggett today.
"It Is reported in Taku Bay that It Is
the intention to make forward movement
tomorrow towards Pekln; details not
known here. Arrive Tien Tsln too late
tomorrow to cable from there. Message
from Tien Tsin must leave Tongu Ku 6
morning to catch dispatch-boat at anchor
age for Che Foo at 4 afternoon. Soon as
possible will get definite Information as
regards conditions and purposes at Tien
Tsin. Will cable my views. f
"CHAFFEE."
Chinese Reformers Go to the Orient.
CHICAGO, July 31. A special' to the
Record from Vancouver, B C, says:
There sailed today from Vancouver on
tho steamer Empress of India 50 promi
nent Chinese reformers from New York
arid Boston, 720from Seattle,- and -ZO from
Vancouver,' all bound for Macao, and all
wearing conspicuously displayed a button
photograph of their Emperor, Kwang
Hsu. The Chinese Empire Reform Asso
ciation of the World has received a cablo
message In cipher from Its leader, Kane
Yu Wei, instructing the association to
send leading members to Macao at once,
whore a council of war will be held to
consider ways of raising an army among
members of the association to support the
allied powers.
Rebels Thiclc at Pao Tins Fu.
WASHINGTON, July 31. The following
telegram was received at. the State De
partment' this afternoon from consul Fow
ler, at Che Foo:
"Che Foo, July 31. Secretary of State,
Washington: Twenty-first wired Governor
for information Pao Ting Fu. Nine days
unanswered. Wired yesterday. He now
replies Pao Ting Fu City and neighborhood
thick with rebels. Impossible to obtain
slightest news or send messenger. My
latest Information shows the following
were at Pao Ting Fu: Simcox, wife and
three children; Hodge and wife, Taylor,
Wilkire, Miles, Morell, Americans, and
Begnall's wife, "daughter, and probably
Cooper. FOWLER."
Forty Pirates to Be Executed.
HONG KONG, Monday, July 30. The
Acting Viceroy of Canton, it is reported,
is becoming more active and adopting a
more vigorous policy. It is announced
that he has ordered the execution of 40
pirates. He will visit the foreign war
ships and Consuls tomorrow. He says LI
Hung Charig is not returning to Canton,
where quiet prevails. The British naval
and military officials have taken careful
observations of "the Canton and the
Bogue. The Bogue forts are crowded with
troops and the parapets are lined upon
tho approach of steamers.
Co-operation of Allies Desied.
LONDON. July 31, In the House of
Commons today the Parliamentary Sec
retary for the Foreign Office, William St.
John Broderick, announced the receipt
of a dispatch from General Sir Alfred Ga
zollee, commanding the British forces in
China, stating that he contemplated an
immediate advance on Pekln, anfl that he
hoped to have the co-operation 0? the al
lied forces.
Cable Communication Restored.
NEW YORK, July SI. The Commercial
Cable Company sends out the following
notice: The, Great Northern Telegraph
Company announces that their lines to
the far East are now In order. Traffic
can be accepted without restriction.
French Artillerists for China.
BREST, July 31. A detachment of ma
rine artillerists left this place today for
Toulon, where they will embark for
China,
Ambassador White Sails for Home.
LONDON, July 31. The United States
Ambassador to Germany, Andrew D.
White, and John D. Rockefeller, of New
York, are passengers on the steamer
Deutschland. which sailed from Cher
bourg last night for New York.
Representative William D. Daly.
NEW YORK, July 31. William D. Daly,
member of the House of Representatives
from the Seventh New Jersey District,
died at Far Rockaway, L. I., today, of
apoplexy. He had been in his usual
health up to last night.
Union Pacific Declares a Dividend.
NEW Y'ORK, July 31. The directors of
the Union Pacific Railroad today declared
a semi-annual dividend on the common
stock of 2 per cent. The last dividend
was a semi-annual one of V& per cent-
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Parker's Hair Balram aids the hair growth.
WAS NOT IN FRANKFORT
CALEB POWERS "WAS OUT OF TOWX
WHEN GOEBEL WAS SHOT.
Denies That He Permitted Any One
to "Use His Office From Which to
Fire on the Governor.
GEORGETOWN. Ky., July 31. In the
trial of Caleb Powers on the charge of
complicity In tho Goebel assassination.
Powers resumed the witness-stand in his
own behalf today. He said that on the
morning of the assassination he was pre
paring to go to Louisville to make ar
rangements for bringing more people to
Frankfort. He locked his. office door, as
described by the witness. Golden. He had
no recollection of anything being said
concerning suspicious actions which
Golden had referred to. At Lagrange the
party heard that Goebel had been assas
sinated, and that the shot had been fired
from the second or third story of the ex
ecutive building. The witness continued:
'T. said it was a shame and an outrage,
and that it would blight the chances of all
of us whose offices were In contest. I ex
pressed similar sentiments to other people
that day."
Witness said that the statement of
Golden that ho spoka derisively when told
of 'the shooting was absolutely false. "I
thought It my duty," he continued, "to
return 'to Frankfort as soon as possible,
and did so that afternoon. I .went to the
executive building, and with my key the
only ono I ever had to the office un
locked the door. I found tho lock had
been battered, and had difficulty In with
drawing the key. I did not take the lock:
off and supplant it with a new me. as
has been stated. J. B. Matthews put on
the new lock."
The witness said he never heard any
sort of violence, talked in the many con
ferences in which he had participated,
except In one hel,d in, the Commissioner
of Agriculture's, office In. which Sheriff
Burton, of Breckinridge County, talked
In an Incendiary manner, and was re
proved by "witness." . The day aiter the
assa'sslnatlon witness. said he began an
Investigation to "learn where the sh6t was
fired, from. He continued:
"I made no statement to Golden that 1
was satisfied trie shots came from my of
fice, and did not tell Tiim I -was thinking
of going- to the commonwealth's attorney
to tell him all I knew. I did haVe a talk
with ex-Governor rBadley about going to
see Franklin, but he advised against it.
and I did not go."
Powers said his attorney. Judge Yost,
advised him to go to the mountains and
remain there until public excitement died
out, before giving himself up for trial.
He added:
"The Legislature had appropriated $100,
000 for the prosecution of persdns charged
with the crime, and I did not believe It
was possible for me to get a fair trial In
Franklin County. Moreover,' I did: not be
lieve the civil authorities there would pro
tect me. I did not know that I could get
change of venue, and these were the rea
sons which suggested flight from Frank
fort." The witness denied that he had ever had
any one of a half dozen or more conver
sations with Wharton Golden about what
the latter had told on the stand last week,
and denied that he had ever talked with
him or anybody else about the killing" of
Goebel, or any other member of the Leg
islature. In regard to the testimony of Robert
Noaks, witness said he never had a con
versation with Noaks in regard to the
smokeless powder cartridges, and never
saw Noaks at Frankfort January 25, when
Noaks alleged that'the witness made so
jnany damaging statements to him. The
witness was kept busy denying state
ments " made' by 'the witnesses Noaks,
Golden, Culton and Anderson.
After thV noon recess Powers again re
sumed he stand in regard to the"gTlns In,
his office, which McKenzle Todd?- Gov
ernor Taylor" private secretary, referred
to in his testimony. The witness did not
know .how they came there, but under
stood that one or two of them were left
there at the end of Governor Bradley'3
administration. Tho others were put in
there later, he supposed, by mountaineers.
The witness admitted part of a conver
sation between him and Representative
Hampton, of Knox County, but said
Hampton had misconstrued the main
point. What he said was that If Goebel
should become Governor, and witness
held on to the office qf Secretary of
State, somebody might assassinate
him, but he did not mean to insinuate
that Goebel would have that done. He
also admitted that while In jal at Frank
fort he urged Culton not to testify In the
application for ball, but said that he
made that recommendation for Culton's
own good, and not because he (Culton)
knew anything that would injure witness.
Powers denied that, he had made cer
tain statements to Miss Susie Snuffer, of
Williamsburg, or that he offered her 'any
inducement to leave the state and not
tefatify against him. "I did say to
her," the witness said, "that I was sur
prised to see her here, as she had not
been summoned. She said they told her
she had to come, and that she did not
havo money enough to leave tho state.
I did offer to loan her some money, and
she might have used this as she saw fit.
I do not recall having had such a con
versation with her as she claimed, but I
did not want her to testify against me,
and I would rather now that she had not
done so."
The witn&ss told of a letter which ho
said he had received from Robert Noakes
in March. In the letter, he says, Noakes
offered his services as a witness, saying
that he would disprove the charges made
against witness by Wharton Golden,
whose confession was being given great
attention by the newspapers at that time.
The direct examination was conclud
ed at 2:50 o'clock, and the cros
examination was commenced. Colo
nel 'Campbell conducting' It. -Colonel
Campbell said to the wltne1?: "You havo
stated that ' the men you -Drought to
Frankfort January 25 were sober, good
citizens, and did not contain any moun
tain feudists. Do you know Joseph Ad
klns, who is reputed to have killed half
a dozen men?"
The witness said he had no recollection
1 of seeing Adkins In Frankfort until after
the assassination.
A dozen others of questionable charac
ter were also mentioned as being on the
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.train, but witness only Identified a law
of them. This Hne of- interrogation was
still under way when the court adjourned.
Arguments in the Jester Case.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. July 31. A special to
the Post Dispatch from New London,
ilo., says: P. H. Cullen. of llexlco. Ho.,
chief counsel for Alexander Jester, being
tried for the murder of Gilbert Gates,
made the closing argument for the de
fense, today. W. O. Forrest, for tho
prosecution, will close the arguments to
morrow and the case- will then be given
to the Jury. The verdict is awaited with,
intense interest."
Xecro Charges' Seventh Victim.
NEW ORLEANS, July 31.-.H. H. Batte,
aged 65, an insurance solicitor, who was
shot by the negro, Charles, on Friday,
died today. This makes seven mc
Charles has killed, all white.
Deaths In the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. July 31. General Mac
Arthur reports tho following deaths slnco
his last report:
Dysentery July 23, Company M. Sixth
Volunteer Infantry, Harry Caldwell. Com.
pany IC. Twenty-first; Infantry. Corporal
William L. Pierce: July 14. Company D.
Twe.nty-slxth Volunteer Infantry, John
Baker; Company L, Eighteenth Infantry,
Dennis Condon: July 25. Company C,
Twelfth Infantry, Jerry Claypool; Com
pany IT, Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry.
Wallace ildntosh; July 30, Company B,
Nineteenth Infantry. Sonsuel P. Dillon;
July 6. Company F. Fortieth Volunteer
Infantry, Corporal Fred C. Gleason; July
2J, Conjpany A. Twentieth Infantry, Har
ry Jacobs; July 24. Company L. Thirtieth
Volunteer Infantry, Joseph W. Martin;
July 13. Company IC. Eighteenth Infantry,
William Pickens; July 10, Company K,
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, John
Qulnn; July 6. Company C, Fortieth Vol
unteer Infantry. Clarence E. Ward,
Diarrhea July 15, Forty-fifth Voluntees
Infantry, Guy W. Henderson.
Variola July IS. Conipony KT. Twenty
fourth Infantry, Levi Williams; July 22,
Company F, Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry,
Elsa Kline; July 27, Company D, Twenty
first Infantry, Albert C. Mercer".
Malarial fever-July 25, Company H,
Thirty-llfth Volunteer Infantry. First
Sergeant Ernest Edelven; Company D,
Twelfth Infantry, Musician, M. M. Roeder,
Abscess of liver July 24, Company M.
Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry. Charles
H. Murray; Company D, Thirty-ninth
Infantry, Fred Stevens.
Gastra-enterltls Jupo 5, Company I,
Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, Quarter
master Sergeant Morton H. Cook.
Peritonitis July 23, Company E. Twenty-first
Infantry, Corporal E. Bolk-
Colitis July 16, Company A, Twenty
sixth Volunteer Infantry, Claude Tabor.
Drowned July 20, Company A, Seven
teenth Infantry, Earl E Guyton.
Murdered by comrade July 23, Company
I, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Shannon Prof
fett. Sprue July 21, Company B, Thirtieth
Volunteer Infantry, James O. Driver
Pneumonia July 24, Company H. Thirty-fifth
Volunteer Infantry, William H.
McNamara.
A., T. Jb S. F. Earntnprs.
CHICAGO, July 31. Tho following Is a
statement of gross earnings, operating
expenses and net earnings of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway system.
Including leased lines for tho fiscal year
ending June 30, 1900:
Gross earnings, 16'.232,07S; increase,
$5,713,579 ; operating expenses, $27,721,409:
decrease, $35,181: net earnings, $18,710,";73,
Increase. $5,803,761.
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