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THE MORlNG 0BISG02sfIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 25, 1900. ATTITUDE THE SAME Policy of Government Toward China Is Unchanged. OPPOSED TO DISMEMBERMENT Preparation Belnr Made for a Lone Stay of United State Forces la Northern China. WASHINGTON". Aug. 24.-The Chinese situation developed little of lmportancs today. It Is stated frankly by the offi cials in the State, War and Navy De partments that n,o dispatches have been rec?lved bearing on the problem which has yet to be solved, namely the dispo sition of China's affairs at the hands of the powers. It was .stated at the War Department, however, that no advices have been received indicating that Gen eral Chaffee had left Pekln. A Cabinet officer is authority for the statement that there is no information in possession of ibis Government that Russia has declared "war or that she is pursuing a course in any way different from -that of other gov ernments represented in China. Regarding the attitude of this Govern ment in case dlflercncss among the pow ers should arise as to their future course in China, it was stated on authority to day that this Government remains op posed to any territorial division of China, as was plainly stated in S"creary Hayj note of July 3. Every resource of di plomacy will be exhausted to prevent the partition of the empire. The question of the withdrawal of the United States forces from Pekln to Tien Tsln or Taku has been seriously consid ered by the President and his advisers. A great deal of pressure has been brought to bear upon the Administration to take this step, but after mature deliberation It has been determined that the negotia tions for the settlement of the questions growing out of the disturbances in China must take place in the Chinese capital, nnd that while these negotiations are pending, and until they are completed, it -will be necessary for the United States forces to remain in the capital While it Is recognized that a w ithdraw al of forces from Pekln might be hailed with satisfac tion, it is said that the moral effect in China and on the Chinese would be bad If Interpreted by the Chinese as a re treat. Plans arc being made to furnish the United States troops in Pekin with sup plies. The department has ascertained that the Taku port will be open until No vember IS, and before that time it is ex pected that most of the supplies can be shipped to Taku. The railroad between Taku and Tien Tsln Is In good condition, but some estimate that it will take near ly three months to repair the railroad be tween Tien Tsln and Pekln. Meanwhile the Pel Ho and the canal can be utilized for transportation until the river freezes. The commissary and medical stores which were shipped on the transport Meade and destined to China have been ordered to be unloaded at Nagasaki and Bent to Taku on the transport Indiana. Dispatches w ere received from Oeneral Chaffee today, but -only those giving cas ualties were made public Uprising in Amor. The State Department received the fol lowing cablegram from Consul Johnson: "Amoy, Aug. 24 Mob burned Japanese temple this morning. Marines were landed to protect Japanese officials, and are re storing order. JOHNSON." The report that marines, presumably Japanese, had landed there, may cause a diversion to that section similar to the recent -affair at Shanghai. The Japanese Legation has not yet been advised of the actual landing of marines there, but it is said that the Japanese Consul at Amoy a short time ago applied to the Govern ment for -warships to guard against any emergency which might arl3e. In re sponse to the request two Japanese ships were dispatched to Amoy and It Is the understanding here that they are now at that point. They have on board a consid erable number of marines, suitable for a landing party. A Japanese landing at Amoy has more than usual significance from the fact that Amoy is within what is known as the Japanese "sphere of In fluence." This "sphere" Js said by offi cials to be .similar to that under which Great Britain exercises an Influence In the Tangtse Vailey. It embraces the Province of Fu Kien, the principal centers being Amoy and Tn Chow. As a "sphere" it is chiefly important to Japan as it lies op posite the Isand of Formosa, which Japan took from China as the result of their late war. Acting Secretary Adee made public to night the following dispatch from Consul Fowler at Che Foo, giving additional in formation bearing on the events in Pe kin: "Che Fo (undated), received August 23, midnight-Secretary of State. Washlng WashlngtCJ. 23: Japanese report Emperor and Empwss left Pekin. 14th; rested at Wau Shot Shan; supposed destination Tal Yuan FuShen Se; Prince Chlng believed in Pekin; Li Ping Heng died; half popu lation let. FOWLER." Tal Tuln Fu, the supposed destination of the lsperlal family, is the capital of Shen SeProvince and is a large city of -Brobablyfceveral hundred thousand inhabi tants Sattered throughout various parts of Chin?are temporary palaces which the yal frailly occasionally occupy, and it Is suppsed one of these is located at ,Tal Tun Fu. Prince Chlng, whom the dlspatcj reports as still in Pekin, is a vrell-knwn pro-foreigner. Up to a very recent Jme he commanded a large garri son in te capital city but a few weeks ago reportscame that he had been shorn of his po-er. His presence in the city, how ever, lrregarded as favorable, as he may . be of reat assistance to both the allies and th Chinese in bringing about an un derstating between the contending ele roentsJLi Ping Heng$s-hose death Consul' Fowles dispatch records, is the General reporn to have arrived In Pekin from ie Bouth with 10.000 troops during the lsjer part of July to assist the Im perlaljrmles in the capital. He was de-cidedljantl-forelgn in his sentiments and It wa he who was supposed to be re sponse for the decapitation of two well know, mombers of the Tsung 11 Tamun, whlcl according to reports, occurred a shortfcme ago. The statement that half the jpulatlon of Pekln had fled Is taken is syndication of the utter demoraliza tion listing in the Chinese capital Tb. following cablegram was received et ti Navy Department from Admiral Renh Stu, Aug. 22. Bureau of Navigrj tionpTashlngton: jCahle open Taku. Alt trod from Hancock landed. Marines gon Tion Tsln. Private Arthur A. Wos. Marine Corps. accidentally droted Tong Ku night 21st. REMET." A Cabinet Meet'ii-;. T Cabinet was In scs.on today until ne' 2 o'clock. At Itv clo;e the mem bet were more reticent than usual as to 'hat transpired. The published re po that Russia has declared war un dotealy is disturbing to the Admin Isttten, Inasmuch as such action would grtly complicate the situation and prMy paralyze the President's efforts j torlng about an adjustment. This ap pij?is4n is somewhat Intensified by tiff ear "t Germany may also con-t-rUte ""'ration of war. No in ffnto hit effect has reached the Gfrojr it it is regarded as not afc-otlw .usplble, in view of the nprr f Gorman Minister and the l reported utterances of the Ger- Bmporor What action this Gov- sent would take under these drcura- Ices is not known, but It baa been sted that the President may at once ask for a conference of the powers with a view to arriving at some basli for a settlement of the questions Involved without resorting to war. It Is pointed ont that the President has at his com mand a far larger appropriation- than could possibly be utilized before the next meeting of Congress in December, even under the most extraordinary circum stances. The diversion of the troops now on the Pacific from China to Manila is said bj a Cabinet officer to be sufficient proof that there will be no war wth China, so far as this country is concerned, until diplomacy has failed lf secure such rep aration and indemnity as this- Govern ment may demand on account of the imprisonment of Minister Conger and our Legntloners and citizens, and the prop erty losses they have sustained during the present uprising. The conclusion is. therefore, that an extra session Is a re mote possibility, except in the event of a radical change in the situation. ltne of communication. Insufficient Force at Present Holding It. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. A. dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The Standard correspondent at Tien Tsln says the line of communication with Pekln is In an unsatisfactory state, and the force available for holding it is in sufficient. It is reported in Shanghai, in Chinese circles, that the Empress Dowager and Prince Tuan have c-een captured. The Emperor is said to ha In Pekin with the allied forces. The reply cf the British Foreign Office in t.i TTnne Hhanrr. conveved through the j Chinese Minister here, has not yet been delivered. Tbe delay is sumcienuj ex plained by the distance of Lord Salisbury from London, and the .., oil ffi!ni rammunica- tions have to be transmitted to a re mote village on the Franko-uerman iron .i u .v. cv.oif.n Swrptarv is now ' Lit!.. IV11CIC vuc i'..t,.. . - ! resting. The reply, however, is settled in principle. Its general tenor win dc ovu lar to that of the German Government, which has just been handed to the Chi nese legation at Berlin. Great Britain will declare that it cannot enter into ne gotiations owing to the lack of a prop erly accredited representative on -the Chi nese side. Sir Chlh Chen Lo Feng Luh, Chinese Minister here, presents the as sertion that LI Hung Chang has received full authority to negotiate from the Em press. He also maintains that he is still In communication directly with the Em peror, by means of a Viceroy of the emitViom Tirnvlnres. No official news from I China has, however, been received at the legation for the past three days. Minister Conger's statements as to the hostile attitude of the Chinese court and Its direct complicity in the Boxer attacks have made a considerable impression here, but it 1b also thought that Mr, Con ger's health and nervous system are ex ceedingly likely to have suffered from the strain through which he has passed. It is known that Sir Claude MacDonald is ilL The absence of direct news from Pekln for the past few days continues to cause some anxiety in military circles. The un doubted fact remains of an outbreak at Hankow, and, though this was promptly suppressed by the Viceroy of Hoo Pe, it is feared that the unrest is spreading through the central provinces and may be Increased when the flight of the Em peror is known. The theory of some con servative journals that England Is at war with China is not yet officially accepted by the British Government, which has not broken off relations with the Chinese le gation pending the receipt of further in formation from its diplomatic and mili tary advisers in Pekln. FIGHTING NEAR TIEN TSIN. Chinese Tried to Cat the Railroad Riots in the South. LONDON. Aug. 24. While the command ers of the allied forces are waiting for instructions from their governments as to what to do next, which, In the pres ent condition of the telegraphic service, will probably take 10 days, work of repair ing the railroad beyond Tang Tsun Is pro gressing slowly, and the transportation of supplies by boats on the Pel Ho River Is Improving. A dispatch from Che Foo, dated yester day, says there has been further fight ing near Tien Tsln. The Chinese sought to cut the line of communication bui were driven back with small loss on tht part of the allied forces. Official advices from Pekln, received at Tokio, say the allies burned Prince Tuan's residence. According to a dispatch from Hong Kong, dated today, turbulent mobs are devastating portions of the provinces of Fu Kien and Klang Fu. It is added that a Mandarin with 305 Chinese soldiers left Amoy August 23 to restore order. Jap anese bluecoats were landed at Amoy, August 23. Marines from the French cruiser Comet have cleared the streets of Swa Tow and freed the besieged priests. A dispatch to a news agency from Shanghai, dated August 23, says eight sur vivors of the 14 English missionaries who started together from Shan 81 have reached Hankow after suffering fright ful barbarities. RelUy Buried in Pekln. PEKIN, Thursday, Aug. 16, via Shang hai, Thursday, Aug. 23. The allied troops have surrounded the Imperial City and stationed sentries at the gates. They re frain from entering pending instructions from their governments. General Chaffee says the fighting Is ended. The Japa nese troops have relieved the Pel Sang Cathedral, where 15 French nuns and 40 French and Italian soldiers have been iso lated and besieged two months. They found that Ave had been killed. Cap- ,tain Rellly. Battery F, Fifth United States Artillery, who was killed at the Imperial Palace, was buried in the lega tion grounds. General Chaffee, the Brit ish and Japanese Gerterals and many civilians were present at the interment. The Japanese troops1 are encamped In the grounds of the "Temple cf Heaven." The Emperor and Empress Dowager axe sup posed to have fled northward. Manchuria at Russia's Mercy. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. A London dis patch to the Tribune this morning says: Russian now has Manchuria at her mercy. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Mail stages that after Slzlkar and Moukden have been stormed the subjuga tion of the province will be complete. German Military- Movements. I BERLIN. Aug. 24. An official dispatch from Tien Tsln, dated August 21. says the German naval detachment arrived at Pekln. August IS, and that the marine battalion reached Ho SI Wu August 2. Canadian Stovemalcerx to Combine. NEW TORK. Aug. 24. A movement is on foot to consolidate the leading ?tove-manufacturtng concerns of Cana da. The plan as originally taken up more than a year ago was confined to manufacturers in Hamilton, Ont. but t present it is proposed to cover a -Rider iield. Among the concerns which it is in tended to absorb are Copp Bros., Ham ilton; the Declary Manufacturing Com pany, London; the Moffatt Stove Com pany, Weston: Burrow, Stewart & Milne, Hamilton: Tllden & Ware. Ham. ilton, and J. Hardy, of Toronto. It is not intended to have tho consolidation go into effect until January L 1901. $23,000 for Flying- Machines. The American Government is to devote 5.0(0 to the purpose of experimenting wlth flying machines to ascertain their firactlcablllty for use in the Army. This s a large turn to use for an, experiment, and yet it cannot compare with that spent uselessly by those who experiment with various so-called dyspepsia cures. Take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and avoid expense and uncertainty. If la -I made expressly to cure constipation, dys pepsia-ana cu axomK.cn aisoraers. KILLED AND' WOUNDED GENERAL CHAFFEE REPORTS A LONG CASUALTY LIST. Deaths in the Hospital at Tin Tula Felcln'n Communications Threatened. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The War De partment has received the following list of deaths from General Chaffee, via Taku: "Tien Tsln, Aug. 23. Deaths at Tien Tsln hospital: August 4, Company M, Fourteenth Infantry, Charlie L. Organ, dysentery; Company M. Ninth Infantry, Joseph L. Frltsch, gunshot wound. Au gust 7, Company M, Fourteenth Infantry, Paschal T. Smith, gunshot; Company K. Fourteenth Infantry. James Rice. August 8. Company H. Fourteenth Infantry. John H. Hurst; Company G, Fourteenth In fantry, Archie G. Ranney. August 9, oo0aoftca SAN FRANCISCO New Torfc Financial Chronicle. Through the courtesy of the Collector of Customs at San Francisco, we have received the details of imports and exports of gold and silver through that port for the month of July, and they are given below In conjunction with the figures for preceding months, thus completing the results for the seven months of the calendar year 1900. The imports of gold were the .largest for many months, reaching $3;500,693, of which $3,462,225 was in coin. Of -silver there came in 5219,058, of which $141,901 was bullion. During the seven months there has been received a total of $8,973,779 gold and $1,448,349 sliver, which compares with $10,495,316 gold and $1,289,973 silver in 1899. The shipments of gold during July were only $6775, all coin, and the exports of silver have been $965,463. of which 5486,231 was coin. For the seven months the exports of gold have reached $341,619, against $1,540,400 in 1899, and $4,636, 680 silver has been sent out, against $2,808,219 in 1899. The exhibit for July and the seven months is as follows: Imports of gold and sliver at San Francisco , Gold. Silver, s .-....- . . MONTHS. o c o o c o 3" 5 S" 5 p Cor : or : 3 ; ; s : -i : : 1900. - I j January 3,312 $22,316 $ 25,682 $ 55,571)? 230.233 $ 2J5.S04 February 70.(08 8,152 78.160 2,5f2 50,977 53,539 March 6,356 41,294 47,650 18192 237,311 255 508 April 2,274,300 14 2S4i 2,288.584 7,178 220,775 227,953 May 2,477,261 22 644 2.499,905 52,384 127,920 180,304 June 502,780 30,379 533,159 9 668 216,515 226.U3 July 3,462.225 38,463 3,EOJ,693 77.154 141,904 219,058 ' Total, seven months.. I $8,796,242$177,537 $8,973,779 $ 222,114! $1.225.635 $1,448,349 Exports of gold and Gold. Silver. MONTHS. o c o s o c o 3 5 3 : o r : o r : 3 ; 3 ; 1900 January 104 490$ 920 $ 105,410 $ 133,190 $ 284,407 $ 417,597 February 190,043 50 190,098 255,556 426,045 6S1.601 March K860 14.860 377 366 239,315 616.6S1 ArTrli . 3,910 3,910 195.255 252,593 447,848 Mav " ' 7.81S 1,6001 9.4181 295 9:81 508,200 804.138 June 11153 11.153 250,702 572,650 823,352 juiv 6,775 6,776 4S6,2j1 419,232 905,463 r! , 1 1 ! Total seven months.. $ 339,0491$ 2.570J $ 341,619 i $1,994,2381 $2,702.442 $4,696.680 nitti nttitrf tt"""'"'"""""'"" Company K, Fourteenth Infantry, Lafer J. Alley. August 10, Company M, Four teenth Infantry, Joseph Oullette. August 13, Company E, Fourteenth Infantry, Rob ert Horan. August 16, Company M, Ninth Infantry, Charles Freldereck, Insolation. August 20, Company M, Ninth Infantry, Dennis Hea, dysentery. August 21, Com pany B, Ninth Infantry, Ezeklel E. Hale, dysentery. CHAFFEE." The following list of casualties came from Pekin August 18, via Taku: "Tan Tsung, Aug. 6. Wounded, Four teenth Infantry, Company E, Alfred Evans, head, serious; Company K, Charles A. Rodgers, shoulder, serious. Ma Tou, August 16, killed by sharp shooters, while foraging. Company G, Fourteenth Infantry, Claude Smith. "Pekln, Aug. IS. Died from wounds re ceived In action, Company E, Fourteenth Infantry, George C. Kauffman. "Tien Tsln, Aug. 21 Deaths August 19, Private William Brayton, Company O, Ninth Infantry, dysentery; August 20. Clinton W. Graham, Company I, Four teenth Infantry, shrapnel wounds. "CHAFFEE." Orders Countermanded. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. Owing to the recent change in the aspect of the Chi nese situation Sfege Battery O of the Seventh Artillery, now at the Presidio, will not sail for China on the Belgian King, as originally Intended. It will prob ably be assigned to Honolulu or Fort Ma son. The remainder of- Light Battery C, Sev enth Artillery, commanded by Captain W. P. Stone and Lieutenants Berry and New bold, has arrived, at Fort Adams and en camped at the Presidio. Twenty-two patients were sent yester day from the General Military Hospital to Eastern points for further treatment. The consumptives go to Fort Bayard, N. M., and rheumatics to Hot Springs, Ark., where every effort is made to restore the sufferers to .perfect health. To Carry Supplies to China. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The Abarenda Is being fitted out at the League Island Navy-Tard &nd will shortly sail for the Asiatic station with a full cargo of sup plies for the squadron on duty there. Scharn'Will Be Held for Murder. ' NEW TORK, Aug. 24. Frederick Scharn, the 18-year-old boy whp has been held by the police pending the investiga tion into the murder of his sister Kate, last Saturday, was released on a writ of habeas corpus today, but was Immediate ly rearrested on a charge of burglary. When Scharn was arraigned on the charge pf burglary he pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Tombs. Assistant District Attorney O'Reilly said tho boy would be Indicted for murder"In tho first degree by next Tuesday, by which time, ho said, the police will have finished an investigation now going on. The case has attracted much attention here owing to the fact that the police. In searching for the girl's murderer, found that she had been leading a double life. Miners' Strike at Cardiff. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: Because the general manager of the Tair vale Railway refuses to meet a rep resentative of a labor union, not a pound of coal Is moving at Cardiff, and 30,000 colliers arc idle. The strike on this rail way, if nat speedily terminated, must havo a disastrous effect on shipping, and seri ously embarrass the Admiralty at a time when steam coal is a very precious article. No better time could have been chosen by the labor union leaders to stop this great coal carrier. Welsh steam coal has already touched record prices, and the Admiralty, only a few days ago, 'was forced to pay exorbitant prices for 250,000 tons. ' Exports and Imports. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Tables of the Imports and exports for the month of July show total imports of $63,656,451, as compared with $50,101744 in July, 1S99. The total exports were $100,447,470, as compared with $34,960,170 in July, 1S33. Torpedo-Boat Strlnshaaa. WASmNGTON, Aug. 24. The Navy De partment has been notified by the Harlaa & Holllngsworth Company, Wilmington. IJpl., builders of the 30-knot torpedo-boa Stringbajn, that the vessel made a v,ery satisfactory trial trlp. Her engines and boilers worked perfectly, but she failed to develop her fulL contract speed of 3Q knots, They have requested permission of tho department to fit her with higher speed propellers. i - LONDON'S TWO-PENNY TUBE British Metropolis Goes Wild. Over Its Underground Electric Line. London Mall. In 10 years London underground will be a vastanetwork of electric railways, on which "ho citizen may spend a life time of traveling.' This metamorphosis of the metropolis" Is what the hustling business man has long awaited. For years the city man has been jolted and jerked by omnibus from his home at Shepherd's Rush to his office in the city, and every day he has wasted at least an hour by this ante diluvian mode of locomotion. As the years roll by he has seen himself losIngSa portion of his life to no pur- SPECIE MOVEMENT silver from San Francisco pose. One day a month or 12 days a year he has been compelled to squander in his daily pilgrimage to the office. Multiply that city man by thousands and some conception Is obtained of the colossal waste of time that has been going en from day to day and year to year. The coming of the two-penny tube ha3 worked a vast economic revolution, and has saved the dwellers in the northwest of the great city from daily seeing a por tion of their lives slipping away from them In sheer waste. London, all agape, crowds the two-penny tube. Thursday's traffic returns completely eclipse the pre vious days,i$as the following list shows: Monday 83,030 passengers Tuesday 91,600 passengers Wednesday 86,000 passengers Thursday 93,000 passengers Testerday the crowd swayed ana surged to get on the trains. It was a cosmopolitan throng. Nearly every civil ized nation under the sun was repre sented among the humanity that was struggling to experience London's latest sensation. Nearly 3,500,QOO was spent in Its con struction, the expenditures working out at the huge average of 550,000 per mile. The luxurious vestibule cars, of which the company has 190, cost 1000 each, and the 2S torpedo-shaped engines were built in America for 3000 apiece. The working expenses of the line are calculated at 150,000 per annum, and It is estimated that If a fair dividend 1b to be earned 40,000,000 passengers must travel on the railway in the year. That represents a dally average of 110,000 an average which has not yet been achieved, but which will be easily reached within the near future. For the first time the company ex pected to sustain a slight loss, but the line has caught on like a bright comic opera, and the figures of the dally traffic are gradually moving up toward tha nec essary total. t San Jose Scale in Brooklyn. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. The Ban Jose scale has made its apperance in the Borough of Brooklyn. The scale haa been discovered in 35 different places In the borough. It is feared that it may extend to Prospect Park and down to the Long Island farms. The scale is distributed by nursery stock and also by .birds, which carry it from tree to tree. , i THE RimAl WORCESTERSHIRE BEWARE OF IMITATIONS Gtres a nut delicious flvror to Hot & CQld Meats, Gravies, Salads, Soups, Game, Fish Welsh Rarebits, etc BRYAN SPOKE IN KANSAS CAMPAIGN TALKS MADE IN SEV ERAL TOWNS. Wound Up the Day in Beatrice, Neb. He Will Speak in. Omaha. Tonlrjht. MANHATTAN. Kan.. Aug. 24. Mr. Bryan began the day with a speech here at 10:30 o'clock before a large audience. The speaker received careful attention and liberal applause. Mr. Bryan said he believed most Republicans would leave their party .when convinced that they could serve their country better by leav ing It than they could in it. In. the first place, he said, the Republican party had been a sliver party, now It had become a gold-standard party. It had supported the greenbacks, now it proposed to sub stitute a bank currency for the green backs. It had heretofore denounced trusts; now its leaders were found gener ally defending the trusts. He asked -what the individual Republicans, especially the Republican farmers, were getting out of the trusts. "We do not object to tho honest accu mulation of wealth," he raid. "What I object to is a Government that protects a few men in their robbery of the masses and then denounces everybody as an an archist that does not like to be robbed." Mr. Bryan declared that a policy of Im perialism was Impossible without a large army. "If we are to resort to Imperialism in the Philippines In order to get the trade of those islands,'.' he said, "is it not rea sonable to suppose that the same policy should be brought Into requisition to get the trade of other countries. I believe In the expansion of trade. I want this country to expand her trade, but I would not present one American citizen on the .auction block and sell him for all ther trade of the Orient if I had to buy it by his blood." (Great applause.) Mr. Bryan asserted that the Republi cans were evading the question of ex pansion and said that after having as serted ovef and over again that the sil ver question was dead, they had resur rected It far beyond the prediction of Democrats. Important as was that issue, it could not be used to prevent adequate discussion of more pressing questions. In closing, Mr. Bryan said: "The splendors of an empire hfivo lured governments on to destruction In the past. We do not want the splendors of an empire. We want a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. That Is glory enough for us (applause)-, and jwhen Republicans vtell you what we are going to do and how we are going to reach.- out and get lands for their exploitation, you remember that passage of the Scripture, and you can paraphrase it by an answer they cannot meet 'What shall it profit us if we gain the whole world and lose the spirit which prizes liberty as an heritage to all men in all lands everywhere?' " At Mnrysville. MARTSVIDLE, Kan., Aug. 24. Mr. Bryan arrived here on a special train from Manhattan at 2:15 this afternoon, and afterward delivered a speech to the people of this vicinity. He was greeted by considerable gatherings at points en route. At Randolph he compared the Repub lican party to an association of athletes trained to turn somersaults In concord whenever the leaders say "Flop with the party," and he predicted that many of them would this year turn from tho party rather than turn with it. At Blue Rapids he quoted the Scriptu ral passage, "Whom the Lord loveth he chastlseth," as God's authority for thrashing the Republican party at the November election. At Marysville Mr. Bryan spoke to an exceptionally large audience', and he was most ' enthusiastically received. His speech covered the general range of pub lic questions, but devoted most atten tion to imperialism, covering the polnt3 made familiar by his recent addresses. Back in Nebraska. BEATRICE. Neb., Aug. 24. Mr. Bryan returned to his state- today, reaching the state line late In the afternoon and ar riving at Beatrice a few minutes past 8 o'clock. He had been delayed for two hours en route, and he drove direct from the train to the meeting that he was to address. He had been met at Marys ville by a committee of representative citizens, including Hon. R. S. Bibb, who was the Gold Democratic candidate for Governor In 1896. He Is now supporting Mr. Bryan for the Presidency because of the latter's position on the subject of expansion, and he presided over the meeting tonight. There was a large crowd at the station when Mr. Bryan arrived. The speaking took place from a highly decorated stand on a vacant lot In the center of tho city. The attendance was large, and Mr. Bryan was received with a fine burst of applause when ho mount ed the stand. There were also frequent Interruptions on the part of Mr. Bryan's admirers during th delivery of the speech. Mr. Bryan ha d already made two speeches of rather more than the ordinary length for him during the day, but he did not appear fatigued and spoke with his wonted yigor. The address was a review of the general issues of the campaign. More than usual attention was given to the legislation concerning Porto Rico. He used this as an Illustra tion of what the Republican party would do In other countries if the opportunity should offer. This legislation he regarded as a specimen of Imperialism and a good Illustration of what could be expected of a Republican Congress. ( Speaking of the Filipinos along the usual line, Mr. Bryan asked the follow ing question: ."Republicans, are you not ashamed to say that God would make This algcatnre on Filipinos and leave them thousands of years until Hanna found them?" Mr. Bryan taunted the Republicans with failure to formulate any plm for tho control of the Philippines and on this point said: "Republicans, have you any plan for the control of the Philip pines? Has any Republican outlined a plan? Tour candidates have not. your committeemen have not, your editors have not; all they ask of you is that you shall have confidence in them and lot them run It to suit themselves." Mr. Bryan will leave tomorrow;' for Lincoln, and in the afternoon will go to Omaha, where he will speak at night. A JOKE ON MR. VANDERLIP Mistook the White-Hatred Clock Winder for British, Ambassador. Eoston Transcript. Down In the bowels of the Treasury building Is the shop pf the clock-winder of the department. The person who has filled this office for a number of years is venerable and distinguished looking, of portly build and with white side whiskers. As there are several hundred clocks In the building, his task is no sinecure. The dig nity of his deportment Is the subject of remark with all who see him. It is related of. ex-Assistant Secre tary Hamlin that soon after he came to Washington, and before he had become personally acquainted with many of its dignitaries, someone told him one day that the British Ambassador was making a personal inquiry ln.to the methods of our customs service for a report to his government and would call presently at the department. Soon after this a man of the proper years and elevation of as pect, and wearing the white galways which stage traditions have made insep arable from the Englishman of rank, en tered the office, and Mr. Hamlin made the most hospitable overtures of welcome. These advances were cordially met, but the Assistant Secretary was somewhat startled when the visitor. Instead of ac cepting the chair offered him, moved to ward the mantel and proceeded to wind up the clock. Mr. Vanderllp has escaped somewhat more easily, but not entirely unscathed It was during his first week In office, when hundreds of persons, with as many different errands In hand, poured in upon him. The clock-winder, who had called at the beginning of the week, came aga n at Its end, and Mr. Vanderllp was sorely puzzled. His visitor's face and general appearance had made a distinct Impres sion, upon him, but at their second m-e-ing he could not recall the circumstances of the first one. The clock-winder looked so much like a prosperous business man that Mr. Vanderllp concluded that he must be either a Senator or one of tha financiers who had dropped In a few days before to talk bonds; so he grasped his hand and warmed him with a smile which would answer for either alternative. "I'm glad to have met you," said the visitor, returning both handshake and smile, "and now with your permission I will proceed to business." "Of course of course," responded the Assistant Secretary, genially; "pray be seated." But the old gentleman, shaking his head as his host made a gesture toward the sofa, said, quietly: "My business is with your timepiece," and out came, his key. The fact that the clock-winder is stone deaf increases the opportunity for misun derstanding. Spring Lamb From Nevr Zealand. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. To demonstrate that frozen Australian mutton can be shipped In good condition to this country, a Spring lamb, killed and dressed In New Zealand, has been sent to an Importing firm in this city. It reached here on the steamer Majestic, after transportation or 17,000 miles. It Is good and solid, despite ks long journey of 70 days. In view of he fine quality and the cheapness and abundance of lambs in Australia, the ex periment Is regarded with much Interest by local butchers. i A Ucat Victim. ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 24. Private ad vices today, from New Tork, state that Luther E. Newport, a prominent St. Paul society and business man, well known In business all over the country, who became temporarily Insane in New Tork, because of the heat on Monday, is in. a very critical condition, but it Is hoped that with great care he may re cover. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balances $137,156,419 Gold 67,782,196 Balaton's Mansion Sold. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. The famous mansion which the late W. C. Ralston built near Belmont at a cost of $1,500,000. and which for many years was one of the finest country homes In America, has been sold and Is to be converted Into a hospital for the Insane. An Overcrowded University. BERKELET, Cal., Aug. 24. There are more than 2300 students at the University of California this year, and the problem of providing room for them has become so serious that an appeal for aid will be made to the Legislature. Reservation for Cheyennes. FORT TATES, N. D., Aug. 24. Colonel McLaughlin has purchased a splendid tract of grazing land on Tongue River, in Montana, as a reservation for the Cheyennes, of Montana, who at present are wandering. every bottle THE RINGLEADER SHOT ROBERTS CONFIRMED DEATH SEN TENCE OF CONSPIRATOR. British Government Prints Corre ipondence of English. Politicians to Boer Leaders. LONDON. Aug. 21. A special dispatch, from Pretoria, dated today. say3 General Lord Roberts has confirmed the sentenca of death imposed upon Lieutenant Cordua, formerly of the Staats Artillery, who was convicted of being a ringleader In tha plot to abduct General Roberta and kilt British officers. LONDON. Aug. 25. A special dispatch from Pretoria says that Lieutenant Cor dua was shot yesterday (Friday) after noon. British Prisoners Rescued LONDON. Aug. 24. Tho following dis patch has been received at the War Of fice from Lord Roberts! "Pretoria, Thursday, Aug. 33. Baden Powell rescued 100 British prisoners, at Warm Baths. August 22; and- captured a Boers and a German artillery officer. "Buller3 casualties, August 21, wera seven men killed and Captain Ellershaw and 21 men wounded, and five men miss ing. "Kitchener, August 2t had eight casu alties. While reconnoltering In the Ko matl Valley, Rundle found 140,000 rounda of ammunition buried. "The columns pursuing Dewet mada wonderful marches. Colonel MacKlnnoa covered 224 miles In 14 days." Dewet Headed Off. LONDON, Aug. 23. General Badon Powell, according to a dispatch to tho Standard from Pretoria, dated Ausust 23, headed off General Dewet, preventing hla junction with the main body of the enemy. Dewet abandoned his transport and took to the hills, h's commando dispersing, some trekking south. Lord Kitchener has returned to Pretoria. Protest Asulnnt Proclamations. LONDON. Aug. 24. Dr. Leyds and tha Boer envoys have "ent from St. Peters burg to Lord Salisbury a strong protest against the latest, proclamations of Lord Roberts, maintaining that they violate every sense of right and all the principles of international law. TRANSVAAL CORRESPONDENCE. Confidential Letters Published by British Got eminent. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. A dispatch to the Tribuno from London says: Tho Government has published a number of confidential letter from prominent poli ticians In England and at the Cape to President Steyn and other members of. the Transvaal and Free State Govern ments. Tho correspondence Includes letters 'from Dr. Clark. M, P.. and John Ellis, M. P., In addition to those of Henry La bouchere, which latter have already beea printed In Truth. But the most interest ing document in the collection are letters from Sir Henry Devllllers. Chief Justico of the Cape Colony, and Mr. Merriman. who was lately In the Cape Cabinet and Is now leader of his party in the Colony, which sympathizes with the Republics strongly. As both writers supported the Afrikan der cause they were most emphatic in urging President Kruger during tho monthsJrecedHg the outbreak- of hostil ities to grant reasonable concessions to tha Uitlanders. Devllllers, who was one at the commissioners to sign the convention of 3SS1. goes so far ai to declare that ho would never have advised the British Gov ernment to grant the Independence of tho Transvaal if he could have foreseen Mr. Kruger's narrow, oligarchical policy. Mr. Merriman writes In the same strain. He directly warns the President that con tinued denial of political rights to tha Uitlanders must provoke an explosion, and draws a vivid picture of tho evils which the reactionary attitude of tHe dom inant party in the Transvaal was bring ing upon the country. The whole correspondence will doubtless supply material In the coming general election to Ministerial speakers who will maintain that, by the admission of Trans vaal advocates themselves, war was In evitable unless Mr. Kruger altered hla system. Royal Family Council. NEW TORK, Aug. 24. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Copen hagen says: The members of the great royal fam ily of Denmark are arriving steadily for a family council. The King of Greeco and the Princess of Wales arrived by special train and immediately continued their journey to Fredcnsberg, where they were welcomed by the royal family. Prince Carl left his ship in order to meet the Princess of Wales. It is asserted that Emperor William will take part In the royal gathering, arriving at about noon, the middle of September. King Oscar, of Sweden, ha& announced his intention to pay a visit to Fredensberg and the Czar will ar rive at the beginning of September. Electric Cnr Jumped the Track". BEAVER FALLS. Pa.. Aug. 24. An elec tric car on the Rlvervlew line jumped the track on a steep grade last night, overturned and plunged Into two treea. where It hung suspended 1C0 feet abovo the Fort Wayne railroad tracks. The car contained about 50 passengers, many of whom were injured. Vincent Burry, aged 21, of Beaver Falls, may die. Jennie Lee, aged 20. of Beaver Falls, was also seri ously injured. The others will recover. Cooks, Chefs & Housekeep ers everywhere pronounce it an indispensable requisite to the culinary stores. J0277 DUXCA2PS SOXS, Agents, How JTog3a