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DEFINITE INFORMATION THAT ATTACK
ON THE LEGATIONS CEASED JULY 14
Whether Ministers Were Then AH Slain or Rescued and Removed
by Imperial Troops Is Not Vet Known.
GERMAN PRESS CONDEMNS
Bitter Feeling A!al lb. lolled Sulci la Germany- LI Hudj Chin No Longer Trusted
-Adviaci ei Pekln Will Be Made This Week-Undo. Dcupondcnl, Wnbla(to
Mopelul-Cblit Aikt lor FWc Dsyi la Whlcb I. Product the Mlalittri
A tblocM Army li How on the Rotd I. Shnnxbii.
LONDON. July 2. Hop, of Europe
for the safety of at bast wie of the
minister uf tho legations at Pekln,
which earlier In the w-k had com
ntf no-l t revive, ore now flickering
and at the point of extinguishment.
It laa ben pointed out that there ho
been ample time to get authentic mm-
alirnrtt and dated by the min
ister. This li th consummation of Chinese
assurance that will be acceptuble. Un
til such adi-c havr be-n received,
or until the minister hav been hand
ed over In '.ho ll-h. tho general pub
lic and government Interested will not
atu h anv credence to further Chinese
statement, or ("im-nt t ty prepnra
tl ni for tin- advance of a relief force
toward Pekln.
The latent story originating In other
than Chin,- source. I a special dis
patch from Oh Foo. dated July 27,
according to which Missionary Wilder,
who stsrtl for Pekln a fortnight
rki. has Just returned and report that
he found the Imperial Chinese force
completely surrounding the Tartar city,
llr i unable to deliver a message
to the leaa'.lon and In reply to hla
entreaties the Chinese sold they could
not allow any one to wu to the for
elttrierfi. According to report, the at
tack on tbe leitatlons ceaaed on the af
ternoon of July 14. Everything m
uulet during the remainder of Mlenlon
ary Wllder'a atay. When he left on
July 1 a decree had bevn laaued com
manding all perwma to protect foreign
era In China.
WASHINGTON. July 21 Today
brought forth the usual crop of edlc,ta
and report from varloua quartera. and
the UHiial vlxlt from Mlnlater Wu to the
Mate d purtinent. bearing directly upon
the uelfaie of the mlnlntre in IVkln.
Thla constantly growing maaa of aa
nertlon la beginning to have a cumu
lative eflect upon the ekcpUc. and
there la a noticeably more h i i f u 1 view
taken of the slate of affairs today.
Ileyond the fact that It la acarcely
conceivable that Chinese authorities
should peralit In repeating and
strengthening these tor.s up to the
rapidly approaching moment when the
whole truth must be disclosed by oth
er agendo. It appeared upon careful
consideration of the reports that there
was a little more ground for hope as
to the safety of Mr. Cong-T and hla col
league at IVkln todiy than there wus
yesterday.
The depressing fact Is alw ays In mind
thnt th Chinese authorities by their
statements are able to communicate
with legatloners. but for some myster
ious reason do not permit thos? un
fortunates to communicate with their
twn governments.
Minister Wu'i siatennnt thnt Chinese
niethmU nre different from our own 1
scarcely sudiolent for the otlleluls heri?.
The mliiHter. however. Is honestly try
ing to get further communication
through from Mr. Conger, and It may
b that success In .this undertaking
will afford him brilliant vindication.
Wh!!! the positive statement Is made
thut It Is not the present Intention to
hend any more troops from Manila to
China, at the same time It la known
that nil contingencies have been can
vassed and that. If an emergency
should arise In China which
made It imperative to have additional
troops, they will be drawn from the
Philippines for temporary duty at least.
General MacArthur has been advised
by Secretary Uoot to maintain uffl-
clent transports to .:arry supplies Be
tween Manila and Taku.
flEKLIN. July IS.-Emoeror William's
ariJress to tho soldiers comprising the j
Sea Side teiaitfes
VERANDA FURNITURE
CHAIRS AND SETTEES
A now line of these just received.
Steamer Chairs, Folding Carcp Chairs, Canvas and
Wire Ccts always cn Hand.
CHARLES HEILBORN & SON
THE EMPEROR'S BEHAVIOR
China expedition forms the subject of
general discussion today.
The emperor's Instructions to spare
no Chinese and make no prisoner are
condemned by nearly '.-verybody one
meet, and also by the prs. The
papnrs maintain that the "Emperors
behavior Is likely to split uo the har
mony of the powers, as doubtless some
of the powers will not agree to the
cnipfrcr' Instructions."
Thl feeling agalnit tho United States
In espedullv bitter. Emperor William
having expected that the United States
would steadfastly side with him in de
rnundlrg adetiuat? redress.
IMP. 13. July 28. Yu Ku:ig. Chinese
minister here, says he Is convinced that
the legations In Pekln ar? safe and
sound, although soma bulldin? have
been destroyed.
While this conviction la not shared
by the oft'clal and political world here,
advices from the Far East during :he
past w-ek have raised renewed hope
that some If not all of the members of
the legations are still alive.
Minister Yu Kong asks that China
be given another five days' credit to
produce authentic and satisfactory
new of the legations.
Foreign govemmiijta Intend to disre
gard LI Hung Chang's recommenda
tions which they believe are made
In bad faith not to march on Pekln.
On the contrary the international ex
pedition will start about tbe middle
of the , week, following ai clonely as
possible the railroad.
Although the Japanese minister here
scouts the Idea of any alliance be
tween China and Japan, the possibility
of such a development Is taken Into
consideration by the foreign represen
tatives. NEW YORK, July 2S. The Tribune
publishes the following dispatch from
LI Hung Chang, dated Shanghai, July
27. aj.d received at 1:15 this morning:
TckUi reports ministers alive. Safe
ty assured. Allied forces entrance Pe
kln unnecessary."
This dispatch was In answer to a
message sent three days ago to the
viceroy asklnir for a statement aa to
the safety of foreigners In Pekln.
NEW YORK, July 28.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai says:
Twenty-five thousand armed Chinese
are concentrated some distance from
here. A competent military authority
declare that precautions taken for de
fending Shanghai are Insufficient.
While the existing operations show
the emptiness of the Russian bubble,
they fully confirm 'ill that has been j
foreseen of Japanese power. It Is of
ftially stated that Russia can provide
only 8,rtio men altogether, unless rein
forced from Europe. Officials of Cen
tral China, while strenuous In their
ellorts to preserve peace, are at the
sa-nie time preparing for possible 'war
by collecting arms and munitions and
strengthening the forts at Woo Sung,
Kiang Glm and other points on the
Yangtse. Admiral Seymour cannot In
terfere while w ar has not been declared.
New of the murder of missionaries
Is continuously arriving.
NEW YORK. July 23. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The necessity for a censorship of
press dispatches from Shanghai haa
ben proven dy the untrustworthlness of
all accounts of the massacre alleged to
have occurred on July 6th. The for
eign offices of Europe must now ad
mit that they have been themselves
deceived by sensational Journalism,
credulous as the state department
n.ay have been In accepting Mr. Cong
er's messag for a dat which Sheng
chose to aaslgn to It,
. Sir Claud" MacDonald, who was a sol
dier before he waa a diplomat, ex
plains what veteran In the China s r
vleo hav been unable to undcrsiand,
ni-mcly, til method of wceaaful de
f'.fwe f ( r a t-'Tlod of at least nineteen
days. From the opening of the elg.
tbe eiebaflny guaris occupied and held
a portion of the city wail, and from
tnls bus: Ion commanded the open spares
around the British and RuBslan in
closures, and also prevented artillery
and rifle fire from the high portion
close at hand. The Chinese had been
t'sing a three-Inch gun, but had not
succeeded in organizing an effective
attack. Veterans of the service who
knew every foot of apace In the Brit
ish Inclosure were amazed oy the evi
dence Oat tl.c assault upon the three
legation en.r ious had been fecbl, an!
were dlHpod to believe that the dan
ger might have been exaggerated on
July 6, Just aa It had been on June 24,
w hen Sir Robert Hart sent bis
despairing appeal for rescue.
The Japanese minister gave expres
sion yesterda? to apprehension that
the worst had happened in Pekin. but
he did not refer to any special sources
of information In hi possession. Dis
patches until a late hour threw little
light upon the situation.
The . representatives of the foreign
olllre In Parliament were silent, but I
learned from the best sources gf In
formation that the feeling there was
one of hopeli suness and bewilderment,
and that the massacre of the legation
was regarded as highly probable, and
Imprisonment cf the remnant of the
foreign garrison a barely possible.
The sky Is so heavily clouded with
the mystery of China, the Interminable
guerrilla warfare in South Africa and
the famine In India, that It is hardly
necessary for Earl Wemyss to borrow
trouble over the chances of an Invas
ion of England next November and the
Insufficiency of the home defenses.
Lord Salisbury has attempted to break
the force of these outcries of alarm by
a Jest about danger from shooting stars
In that month, but Lord Itosebery has
rebuked him for ltl-timed optimism.
The curious debate In the house of
lords yesterday has reflected the omin
ous talk of a sudden attack from
France, when the home defences are
the weakest Probab!ythese alarms
merely Indicate the excessive strain
to which Englishmen have be?n sub
jected during the last ten months.
Enormous purchases of Welsh coal by
the Paris government, and well-authenticated
reports that , Dover and other
channel fortifications have been secret
ly surveyed and charted by French
r.val experts, and reports made upon
tl defenses of Liverpool and other
ports, are facts upon which the alarm
ists lay stress, but the stock markets
are not Influenced by these sinister
speculations.
QUIET AT NEW ORLEANS.
Militia and Special Officers Will Be Re
tained for the Present.
NEW ORLEANS, July 25. Mob vio
lence seems to have spent Itself and
the city tonight Is quiet. Mayor Cap
devllle said today that he had no in
tention of disbanding the special po
lice or discharging the "militia until
the last vestige of mob violence bad dis
appeared. Mayor Capdevllle issued two procla
mations., one ordering alf bar-rooms
closed at 2 o'clock and remaining clos
ed until after 5 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The other proclamation requested all
merchants to close their respective
places of business at 6 p. m. and keep
them clo.sed until 6 a. m. Monday.
FILIPINOS UIVE A BANQUET.
Failure Because No Political Speeches
Were Permitted.
MANILA, July 23. The banquet In
commemoration of the amnesty proved
a failure owing to a misunderstanding
between the Filipinos tendering It and
the American civil and military au
thorities regarding the speeches.
After two hours' delay the banquet
was finally finished. Commissioners
Taft and Wright and General MacAr
thur were In attendance.
No political speeches were made.
NATIONAL CIVIL FEDERATION.
Leading Questions of the Day Will Be
.Thoroughly Discussed.
CHICAGO, July 23. The committee
on organization of the National Civic
Federation announces the executive
council or governing body for that
organization. The council will act un
til the first annual' meeting, and Is
as follows:
A, C. Bartlett, P. I. Bonebrake, Jas.
H. Bowman. D. Russell Brown. J. W.
Cutrer, Edward F. Dunne. James P.
Eagle, James H. Eckels, William D.
Foulke, Harry A. Garfield, Samuel
Compere, Frank W. Gunsaulus, Wil
liam R. Harper, Abram S. Hewitt,
Frederick W. IIolls, William Wlrthowe,
Clark Howell. Samuel Insull, Theodore
C, Search, Willis J. Abbott. William
F. King, Edward Rosewater, John Ire
land, Jeremiah W. Jenks, Aaron Jones.
Edward A. Kelly, Cyrus G. Luce, Frank
MacVeagh, W. A. McCorkle, E. 15. Mar
tlndale, E. P. Ripley, Frank P. Bar
gettnt, Charles A. Schlertn, Cato Sells,
Albert Shaw. John M, Stahl, Jay L.
Torrey, Charles F. Warwick. Hooker T.
Washington, rnjamln lie Wheel r,
Dudley d. Wooten.
A national conference will be held on
September 24, ' 2j, 2 and 27, In Cen
tral Music Hall, Chicago, at which will
discusse;d Imperialism, money and
trusts. Arrangements are being made
to secure the participation of the ablest
exponents of the different views of the
subjects announced. No resolutions or
action savoring of a political character
will be permitted. The program will
be in charge of bi-partisan commit
tees. It second conference program, details
of which will be announced later, will
be held In January, and will Include
the subjects of taxation. Industrial ar
bitration and municipal ownership.
OAKLAND RACES.
Six Stake Will Be Contested for at the
Fail Meet
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. The Cal
ifornia Jockey Club has announced a
list of six stakes to be contested for at
Oakland during the fall meeting of ISOo,
which opens November J. Entries will
close at midnight. September 17.
Opening handicap, three-year-olds
and upward, one mile, purse $1,300.
Produce Exchange stake, two-year-olds,
that have not won a stake, six
furlongs, purse $1,000.
Golden Gate selling stake, three-year-olds
and upwards, seven furlongs, purse
11,000.
Emeryville handicap stake, two-year-olds
and upwards, one mile, purse $1,000.
Burllngame selling stake, three-year-olds
and upwards, one mile and a
sixteenth, purse $1,000.
New Year handicap, two-year-olds
and upwards, one mile and rn eighth,
purse $2,000.
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. '
Leaves a Train of Destruction 37 Mile
Long and Four Miles Wide.
HILLSEORO. X. Da., July 2S.-A tor
nado passed through Traill county yes
terday afternoon .and across the river
Into Minnesota where It split Into two
parts. The path of the storm In Traill
county was 37 miles long and four miles
wide. Three miles north of Caledonia,
the house of Thomas Everson was de
molished and his 17-year-old son killed.
At Caledonia the city hall and Presby
terian church were wrecked and near
ly every building In town Injured.
SALMON STRIKE OFF.
Settled at Westminster but Continues
at Steveston.
VANCOUVER, B. C. July 2S.-The
fishermen's union of New Wastmins
ter. after a prolonged session this af
ternoon, declared off the Fraser river
salmon strike,, but the membership of
that union is not nearly bo large as
that of the union at Steveston. The
strike situation at Steveston remains
the same.
REGISTRATION UNNECESSARY.
Supreme Court of California Declares
the Law Unconstitutional When
Applied to Primary Elec
tions. SAN FRANCISCO. July 2S. The su
preme court of California has declar
ed that the Stratton law. which pro
vides for registration for primary elec
tions, is unconstitutional, on the ground
that the legislature cannot Interfere
with .the internal regulations of. poli
tical parties.
FROSECUTION RESTS CASE.
Powers Will Present His Defense in the
Goebel Murder Case Tomorrow.
GEORGETOWN. Ky.. July 2S.-The
prosecution In the trial of ex-Secretary
of State Powers, charged with be
ing accessory to the murder of William
Goebel, concluded its evidence in chief
this afternoon. The defendant will
take the stand Monday and testify In
his own behalf.
DEMOCRATS GOT A BIG CHECK.
Senator Clark of Montana Says He
May Have Given Them
$100,000.
NEW YORK. July 2&.-W. A. Clark,
of Montana, left today on the Lucanla
for a vacution in Europe. Before sail
ing Clark said to an Evening World
reporter:
"Yes, I may have given a check for
$100,000 to the Democratic campaign
fund. Perhaps It was for more than
that amount. I Bent a contribution."
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, July 23,-Wheat, Walla
Walla, 55c 56c; Valley, 55c; blue
stem, 5Dc.
PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, July 28.-Sllver, 80.
BREAK-UP OF
THE LIBERALS
London in the Throes ol a Po
litical Revolution. '
THIRD PARTY TO BE FORMED
Will Lady Churchill Spurs the Plebeian Name
f Mm. Weit? Wtltb Coal Sup
ply DlmloIsMni -Prominent
Americas 1 London.
LONDON. July 28. Almost as re
markable as the break down of lor,
established social customs before the
tropical wave Is the break up of the
liberal party. Were a general election
far distant, the condition of the liberal
party would be serious, but In view
of the fact that the country Is face
to face with dissolution, the situation
of the opposition seems hopeless. The
formation of a third party Is generally
considered almost Inevitable as the re
sult of the Internal dissensions now
ra?1ng In the liberal ranks.
The imperialists have thrown oft the
mask and demanded control of the par
ty, maintaining that both by numbers
and Influence they are entitled to dic
tate Its policy. In this they are op.
posed by the ''forwards" or "anti-Imperialist
liberals," with a vigor and bit
terness that can only be compared to
the acerbity with which the Gladston
ians assailed the liberal unionists w hen
home rule brought the parting of the
ways.
The climax of the strife that has been
simmering since the commencement of
the Boer war came Wednesday when
one-third of the liberal party voted to
condemn the colonial secretary, Jos
eph Chamberlain, and all his works.
One-third voted with the government
to sustain him, while the smallest sec
tion of all. Including the nominal lead
er, 'abstained "from voting at all.
It Is scarcely surprising, that Sir Hen
ry Carnpbell-Bannerman should be anx
ious to throw up his thankless task,'
but that only represents a minor feature'
of this grave situation. One of the.
liberal whips, William Alexander Mc
Arthur,' member for Leicester, has'
openly threwn oft allegiance by voting,
with the government, an almoet un-
! precedented action on the part of one
holding such a position. ' Herbert
Gladstone, the chief whip, is on the
point of resigning to show disgust with
what he believes to be the disloyalty
of Sir Edward Grey and others who
follow him.
Meanwhile the imperialist section ha
demanded that Sir Edward Grey as
sume the leadership, which would be
another way of bringing Lord Rosebery
back Into active political life. Such
a development would never be swal
lowed by John Morely, Secretary Wil
fred Lawscn, Henry Labouchere, Leon
ard Courtney and their followers.
Campbell-Bannerman's consent, un
der pressure, to temporarily retain the
leadership Is but a slim guarantee of
peace within the liberal ranks, for up
on any repetition of Wednesday's scene,
he will promptly resign. It Is Impos
sible to se,e how such a repetition can
b avoided and so another secession
from the liberal ranks, equal In gravity
to the split of 1S.S6, may be confidently
expected.
The government Is considering the ap
pointment of a royal commission on the
question of the future of the naval coal
supply. This action is greatly due to
the Increasing production and cheapness
of American coal and the diminishing
supply of Welsh steam coal, with
which warships are furnished.
Four members of the ways and means
committee nf the XTnlted States house
of representatives were In Lon
don this week, namely: Chair
man Sereno Payne and Congressman
Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio; G. W.
Steele, of Indiana, and John Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania. All of these gentlemen
came In search of recreation. General
Grosvenor will return to the United
Statee August 12, In time to be present
at the firing of the opening gun In the
presidential campaign at Lewiston,
Maine. Messrs. Payne, Steele and Dal
sell have gone on a trip through the
country. They are ' now at Oxford.
They will make the tour of Ireland
before returning to the United States
August 25.
Of the host of other American nota
bles recently arrived may be mention
ed George J. Gould, of New York:
Charles T. Yerkes, of Chicago; and
Archbishop Corrlgan, of New York.
The latter, with Cardinal Vaughn, was
welcomed by the Duke of Norfolk back
to England.
Anticipations of the Wet-Churchlll
wedding have formed one of the chief
topics In society this week. Quite a
burning question Is whether Lidy
Randolph Churchill will retain that
name or be known as Mrs. West. It
appears that everywhere except at th
court she may retain her present name,
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