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-l'UiJ. MOWING . 1STUJUAN TIll'KSUAl, AlOt'Sl' 3, JUOll. BTOna CLOSES AT T P. n -1 .Blue and White. FOUR GETS Headquertere for Dry Ooode cr.rmii ptoject clubbed. Dar-jrer of International Complications I'ecause of New York Anti-Negro Riots. NEW TORK. Aug. E.-The Herald ays: Intprnmlnnal comollcatlons may fol low the nero riots. Alfred Aikens, a British subject, who was one of the vic tims of the mob. and later of the police outrages, has appealed to the British consul for redress. Aikens is a parlor car porter, and while he was on nls way to his home from the Grand Central station. Igno rant of the race war then irolnar on. he was beaten and almost killed by whites. He was rescued by a police' man, but barely escaped even rougher treatment at the hands of the police, AiKens is aoout years old ana a native of Kingston. Jamaica. He Is employed by the New York, New Ha ven & Hartford road. He described his experience yesterday: " arrived at the Grand Central sta tion about S o'clook Wednesday evening, August 15, fr-m the White mountains. T had not heard of the riots then going on and I started for my home. I got to Forty-first street, when a mob of white men seised me. crying out. There's an' other of the black devils.' They knock' ed me down. I got up and ran north to Forty-third street the mob following me all the way. They caught me and dragged me back to Forty-first street. "Somebody told a policeman that I was innocent and he took me away from them and Ints a store. They called an ambulance, and my wounds were dress ed. My face was badly cut and my right ere was swollen shut Then they started to take me to the police station and on the wav the ambulance was stopped for half an hour near Ninth av enue. A mob - ' ' and men set cn me, the police offering no ob jection. "I was kept at the pillce station until two o'clock In thf- morning. whn .!. said there was no charge against me and told me to go. with half a ioten other negroes. There was a mob still outside the station and I begged to be allowed to remain. They let me stay unll: 4 o'clock, when Captain Cooney came and ordered me and several others out. I was the last to leave the station, and he said to me: 'I hone the police will catch you before you get home and beat you to death.' It was raining then and the mob had scatter ed. I was not molested on the way home." . Aikens has been under treatment since then In the New York hospital. He called on the British consul who said he would Investigate his ease. C. Clive Bayley. who is British act ing consul-general during the absence In Europe of Percy Sanderson, said that All;ens had called on him. said that he was a British subject and that he had been clubbed without cause during the riots. He was told to have his com plaint put In legal form. Clive Bayley told Alliens to come back after he was better and he would consider his case. BIG STRIKE THREATENED. All Union Men Connected With tha Building Trades at Chicago Expect . to Go Out. CHICAGO. Aug. 22. Unless th plans of the leaders mlacarry. every union man connected with the Bunding Trades council will be called out on strike before Labor day. The plumbers have already ben ordered out, and the Intention Is that all other unions 'a hose men are working shall fViow suit. Ow ing to Increased activity in the build ing trades within the last few days, many union men have been put to work In some places with he con sent of the business agents, and It is the purnowe of the unions to stop the work wherever the bosses believed they had won 'a victory and Bhow them that the labcr organizations are still in the fight. The business aent of one of the largest unions said: "Contractors have come to believe that It in comparatively easy sailing for them now and accordingly havt been undertaking some large Jobs with the Idea that there would be no fur ther trouble from th-j unions. They will find to their disgust that many of tha men whom they supposed to be non-union men have be.-ome members of the unions and will pimply be un able to do any work. It Is the only thing that is left the unions unless they propose to give up the fight. The ldeaof. htlning the contractors along In their Jobs has been a miFtake which ia gitfiwally recognize! now, and they will find there; Is n lit .if fight left among the mea yet." DISTINGUISHED CAPTAIN DEAD, Navigator of Dr. Kane's Expedition Into the Far North. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Captaln John M. EXCEPT SATURDAY. MM PER YARD on the Lower Columbia. Wall Wilson, who was one rf the two survivors of the second Orlnnel Arctic expedition. Is dead at St. John's hos pital. Urooklyn, from the effect of an operation for appendicitis performed elKbt months aeo. The operation was believed to have been successful and Captain Wilson appeared to be re covering until three days a km whn a relapse came, resulting In his death. Captain Wilson was 69 years of age. He won fame as the navigator of Dr. Kane's expedition Into the far north. The object of the expedition way the relief of Sir John Franklin. The par ty left the Brooklyn navy yard in 1ST.3. After three years' suffering at Etah and other points In northern Greenland, thev were themselves res- rued. Captain Wilson took tart In no other northern expeditions, but his Interest In the exploration of the north, has, since the days of his suffering, been keen. He was one of the oldest mem bers of the Arctic Club. For gallantry during the early part of the Civil war. Captain Wilson was given the commission which he held until 1S, when he resigned from the navy. He was a graduate of the naval academy at Annapolis and was with Admiral Farragut on his attack upon New Orleans. Upon bis resignation from the navy. Captain Wilson became Interested in commercial enterprises, which occupied his attention until his death. SHIPPING DECISION. Refrigerator Plant Not a Part of a Ship's Equipment NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Judge Somer ville. in an opinion handed down for the board of classification of the United States general appraisers, says that It Is more than doubtful whether a re frigerating plant could be considered a tart o f a ship's equipment, especially as It was not a part of the rroperty of the owners of the vessel nor was It leased by the owners. The Swift Beef Company, limited, en tered Into a contract with the Atlantic Transport line for the right to occupy I certain space on the steamer Marquette. While the vessel was at London, the Swift Company started to Install a re frigerating plant, but the vesel had to sail bef'jre the work was completed. The first of the materials for the plant was sent over on the Campania arriving at this port before the Mar quette. The collector tissessd the reg ular duties on the materials Imported on the Campania, and the importing company filed a protest, claiming that the merchandise should come In free as part of the vessel's equipment. The protest was overruled. REDUCTION IN COFFEE. War of Rival Companies Works to the Advantage of Consumers. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Considerable surprise was shown In lower Wall street as a result of the announcement of the Arbuckles that they would pay their customers cent per pound additional rebate on all roasted coffees purchased from them that shall be 10 per cent or more In excess In pounds of amount purchased In the year ended July 1. This Is supposed to Indicate that trou ble over coffee is likely to be renewed at any time. The American Sugar Refining Com pany recently began allowing an extra one per cent discount to their custom ers who have Increased their pur chases. This is said to be done to off set the extra one per cent allowed by the Arbuckles to wholesalers on sugar. and In retaliation, the Arbuckles have made the announcement regarding purchases of coffee. Arbuckle Bros, and the Woolson Spice Company have both reduced their quo tations on package coffee half a cent per pound. DAUGHTERS OF ST. GEORGE. Sixteenth Annual Convention In SecMon at Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 22. -Daughters of St. George opened their sixteenth an nual convention with an informal re ception at the Saratoga hotel. Forty five members of the order, representing lodges In many states, were present, and more are expected. This evening there will be a public reception to the grand lodge officers. The organization has 123 lodges and mare than 6000 mem bers. UPRISING IN COREA, Rebels Burn the Government Buildings at Song Sing, -YOKOHAMA. Aug, 22.-An official dispatch from Corea says that the reb els have attacked Song Sing, burning the government buildings located there. ALLIED FORCES TO REMAIN IN PEKIN (Continued from r Af on.) conslderkbly and enable this govern ment to map out. In a large degree, Its future tine of action In China. This was not the case, however. General Chaffee's telegram Indicated that thotv may be yet considerable heavy fighting around IVkln, and between that city and the coast. It was lmislble to make any prediction as to the da; of the paiiflcatton on the Information thus furnished, and the administration Is not able to fix an approximate date for the withdrawal of our troop from Chinese territory. While the White Jlous confervne was In progress the Chinese minister arrived at the state department. Mr. Adee was absent and the miniate waited patiently for two hours, the ex poctatlon being that the reply of th United States government to M Hung Chang's peace application would be handed to him. At 13 o'clock minis ter Wu had heard nothing as to th return of the acting secretary of state and he returned to the Chinese leg.t tlon, expecting to call tomorrow, un leas advised before then that his pres ence was desired. Bloody work has been going on In Pekln. according to a dtspatch recelv ed today by the navy department from Admiral Remey, dated Taku, the SOth, and Pekln. the 16th. The message shows that the AmerU-an forces ver then fighting, along with the allies, and that progress had been made which could only have been accomplished af t?r military efforts of a severe ihar acter. Oiflelals of the war department who are familiar with the physical con ditions of the defeases of Pekln. say that the fact that all but the Imper ial citv had been cleared of Chinese troops is evidence enough of the severe fighting which must have occurred. In order for the American troops to pene trate the gates of the pulace they must have stormed a wall about 30 feet high which no doubt was stubbornly de- feuded. It Is a source of satisfaction to the military officials here that the allied commanders succeeded In clearing the region outside of the Imperial city of Chinese troops, as thereby the dan ger of attacks In the flank and In the rear, while the invaders were storming the Imperial city, would be obviated Admiral Remey's dispatch. In stating that all but the Imperial city had been cleared cf the Chinese soldiery, left the Impression that a force of defend ers was still Intrenched In that sec tion of Pekln, and would have to be routed out General Chaffee's brief report stated that he entered the legation grounds at 5 o'clock on the evening of the 14th and that eighty men were wounded In the day's fighting. Admiral Remey's dispatch shows that within the next two days General Chaffee lost six men killed, including Captain Rellly. of the Fifth artillery, and 30 men wounded, To all appearances, therefore, the fighting In Pekln was more severe af ter the entry Into th? city than dur ing the movements which brought the Americans to the lr-gatlon gates. This may be explained by the evident fact that the rescuing parties were engaged In clearing the outer city of Chinese soldiery. Such a task would not have been a light one, owing to the presence of large bodies of Chinese troops In the city and the means at hand of for tirying tr.emseives in the narrow streets of the main city and behind the walls of the Imperial city. Admiral Remey's dispatch also shows that there Is further fighting outside of Pekln. and that the Boxers have not been dispersed, but are still Inclined to hang on the outskirts of the invaders and harrass them as much as possible. It would also sem to presage fighting for the allies If they should attempt to return from Pekln, and for the reinforcements which will be sent forward to Tien Tsln and Pekln. Evidently, according to the military authorities, the coun try about Tien Tsln and between that city and Pekln still harbors hostile forces which will have to be overcome by the allies before the road can be opened from Pekln to the sea. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-A special to the World from Washington says: The war department sent General Chaffee a cablegram of four words late this afternoon which practically takes things out of Minister Conger's hands and puts General Chaffee In a position of the utmost responsibility. The message said: "Report opera tions, situation, requirements." There Is no Intention of depreciating Minister Conger;the government has the liveliest sense of gratitude for him; but It Is not deemed expedient to act on his dispatches because, after his ter rible experience, he Is naturally embit tered and possibly unconsciously bi ased, and because he needs and de serves, a rest. It Is proposed to have Mr. Conger come home at the first op portunity and enjoy a long period of rest and recuperation. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Some more particulars are published of the attack on Pekln by the allies. The Shanghai correspondent of the Mall says that the walls were blown up with dynamite. Fears are entertained lest the com munications of the allies In Pekln with Tien Tsln ' should have been cut. as Chinese forces are reported In the neighborhood of Pel Tsang. Statements are made in Paris to the effect that French troops now on their way to the far East will not go to Ta ku, but will be disembarked In Ton- quln. The reply of the United State gov ernment to the offer of 1.1 Hung Chan to negotiate, undoubtedly, says the Times, represents the position which It the powers concerned have uxrd to take up. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: There again a tvvtval of something like Pessimism In otHcln) and political circles here, or In the mttnty remnants left of them in London by the ravage of the helKluv season. After til ex. hlluriulon caused by the first news of the entry of the alltes Into Pekln, there has come a rebound. The cessation of dltvot eomtmml.'Atlon with the allied commanders nt the front is net liked at all. nor does Admiral Bruoe's telegram, stating tht the For bidden City was entered on the 17th. do much to console the doubters. In the flint Place It Is pointed out that the admiral dor not profess to have heard his news officially from General Guse lee. but only given It on the authority of th-' report current at Taku. and we know by this time what report in Chi nese towns are worth: secondly, even if the authentic news Is four day old and much may have happened since thin the silence of the general lends color to a Shanghai statement that the wires to Tien Tsln are cut, and may also help to explain the hurried march of tle German and Italian reinforce ments to Pekln. Assuming that even the mored city and the lutl-u-e are captured, the Jiffl cultli s of the nlll-s are bv no means at an ei'd. Their force Is, of course, more than sufficient to repel any attftvk made on them, whether bv Box rs or bv Imperial troops, but when It Is re membered that thev have to nolliv the grat tr!lng citv of Pekln. with Its million Inhabitants, and to keen open the line of communication to the coast, their strength Is bv no mean exces sive, even If It Is sufficient for the work In hand. Besides, the allied general, like Lord Roberts In South Africa, mav have ad vanced too fast effectively to occupy the country behind '.hem. The spjed of their march wan rend -red necessary by the position of the legations, for if the relief column had taken three or four davs longer on the Journey. It might have come too late. Ptlll.lf the Chinese troops which were defeated nt Pel Tsang and Yang Tsun should form up again betweeen the capital and Tien Tsln. the allies will either have to march back to disperse them, or to wait till that task Is performed by reinforce ments from the coast, and meanwhile may find themselves virtually besieged at Pekln. The pessimists too. are additionally depressed by Minister Conger's testi mony as to the conduct of the Chinese government and his opinion that the tvhole movement was got uo by the Im perial authorities and that the Boxer were a mere pretence. On the other hand. It Is admlttel that If the empress and the Manchu princes, particularly Tuan, have been captured, the outlook Is mu?h more hopeful, since It will be possible to find responsible Chinese au thorities on whom new arrangements can be lmposd. The action of the south-rh viceroys, too. shows that the campaign In the north has had an ex-, cellent effect In checking the further unread of antl-forelgn agitation. The Chinese minister hero has hand ed to the foreign office for transmission to Lord Salisbury. LI Hung Chang's note suggesting that a Plenipotentiary should be appointed to negotiate with him. His communication Is couched In a tone of cool assumption, which ex cites a certain amount of Indignation. The Times and other papers had arti cles angrily denouncing LI and sugg'-st Ing that no notice should be taken of him. The aged viceroy Is profoundly trusted by what may be called the An glo-Chinese colony here, which Is not without Influence upon the foreign of fice. It Is urged that there Is plenty of proof that LI Is not playing for his own hand, rather than genuinely endeavor ing to extricate China from Iut difficul ties. His Influence has for some time past been overshadowed by the violent reactionary Manchu party, and he may now be trying to get even with his en emies, or. again. If he Is volunteering his services, the powers may negotiate with him and as soon as peace Is patch ed up and the allied contingents with drawn, LI will be repudiated, as has happened before, on the ground that he has exceeded his authority. It Is also said that LI dislikes England more thar. any other European nation, and has more than a preference for Russia. It Is. therefore, thought that. If possi ble, negotiations should take place In Pekln. and Li's Intervention can be dis pensed with. All this, of course, again depends on the possibility of finding anybody in Pekln to negotiate with. HUNTINGTON'S WILL. It Is Expected That It Will Be Made Public TIiIh Morning. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Charles W. Tweed, general consul and second vice- president of the Southern Pacific Rail road, discussing the will of C. P. Hun tington, said: "We expect now that the will will be made public by Wednesday, afternoon. or !f not then on Thursday morning. There were a number of matters of Im portance which we have been steadily working at for several days and these will not be In shape until Wednesday or Thursday. These Is nothing to say yt about the vaoancy caused by the death of Mr. Huntington except that we all put our shoulder to the wheel, as we sometimes say. and keep things go ing as they were before we lost Mr, Huntington." . . RhVKUIT FOR THIS NAVY. Tug Fortune I Vtatttltiir Smll Town and Cities Ue'rultlng Farm-is, NEW YORK, Aug. !2.-The navy d partment' new method 0f obtaining men for the naval service, ortitltiAU) by Captain Henry l Taylor, mvmi to be very efficient The tug Fortune returned yesterday mniiilng from AI'mny, where for two week she ha been recruiting Imulnnifii for the navy. Many vet-rull were- re polled ulhiard the Fortune. Th ini-n have been placed on the receiving ship Vermont. On Thursday morning th Fortun will proceed to New Haven, New London and Nrwlk where adver tisement have uvn Inserted In tho newspapers nminiiiielng that r.'erults if desired. In this manner ihlebodled farmers and other lamWmen are recruited for the navy, who would not be secured otherwise. It I thought that n number of aMcbodkd seatiwn may b riilltd near New Haven. Lieutenant 8. W. Montgomery I In charge of the For tune. ' MUCH SMALLPOX x NOMH. Many discs on Ships, and Indian Are In Danger of Extermination. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Cptaln Shoemaker, chief (f the revtnu cut ter service, has received a report from Captain Cushnun, commanding the Rush, dated Dutch Harbor, Aluska, July It. He state that a mhi.oner from Nome to Seattle ha Juat put Into that port with a case of small pox on boiirJ. Fifty-four passengers and the crew of seven were prompt ly vaccinal 'd, nnd the patient was Isolated on lies Nlund, Captain' Har bor, with n nur siii! surgeon. About the same tlm-', ilayhead. a whaling tmk. cam- In with half her crew III. the second mai dead and two others dying. M Il, .i attention wiu alvvn to the men by tin- ltusb's surecmi. Captain Cushman say that as the usn advances ther nre sure to be many infected vessels stn plug at Dutch Harbor, nnd It will require con stant vlKllnnce to Veep th smallpox from getting among th.. natives and wiping th-m out uf exist -nee. ITALIAN HKTKt'TIVES COMLVO. With Headquarter n SVw York Will Watch Italians Iti-sldlng In Ami rlca. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-A dispatch to (he Journal and Advertiser from Rom says: A stiff of Italian detective will be sent to this country. With the assent of the American authorities, a special body of thirty e ret special agents, alt picked men, will be d-patched to op erate In the centres here, where Ital ians abound. They will lie undr the command of an Inspector who will have hi headquarters In New York. The for-lgn budget appropriate $50,000 for this secret service. KAISER ASSUMES CONTROL. "Me und Oott" Are the Only Ones Capable of Handling German Foreign Affair. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Ber lin savs: Count Von Hulmv's position as min ister of foreign affairs for the -mplre has been so nervously shaken by his differences with the kaiser over IhO China matters that It has led the em peror to take the direction of the Chin ese matters out of the count's hand and assume personal control thereof himself, nnd the downfall of tho states man Is regarded here as Imminent. LIGHTEST RUN KNOWN, Catch of Sockeyes nn thp Fraser Rlv- r Is One-Seventh of tho Usual Amount. VANCOUVER, It. C.. Aug. 22.-The sock-ye salmon run of Frnsr river thin season, which Is new practically over. Is tho lightest on record. The tntnl catch for forty-seven canneries engaged In the busln-ss will be 123,000 enscs at th outsid. In a good year th total pa"k should be seven times as great. HAVANA SWINDLERS ACQUITTED All Charged With Complicity In Cus toms House Frauds Were Released. HAVANA, Aug. 22. All persons ac cused of complicity In the Havana cus toms house frauds were acquitted to day. The president of the court hns In serted In the decision a clause to the effect that he thinks four of the ac cused are guilty, and these may be taken beforo the suprme court. GOVERNOR NOMINATED, Wisconsin Democrats Name L. G. Bomrich as Their Gubernatorial Candidate. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Aug. 22.-Louls G. Bomrich, of Kenosha, wa today nominated for governor by tho Demo crats. CANNERY BOSS KILLED. Shot by a United States Marshal While Resisting Arrest. , VICTORIA, B. C Aug. 22.-The steamship Tees brings news from Ketchikan that United States Marshal Hascy shot and killed Dan Robinson, a cannery boss, there, on August 19, While the latter was resisting meat. 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