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FOUR POWERS
WILL WITHDRAW
United States, France, Russia
and Japan to Leave Pckin.
THEY WILL REMAIN IN CHINA
No Ni Iron pckli for If Diyi-KilMr
Ordered Hit Admlril I. Bombard!
Cblacie City lor Every
Oermai Murdered.
LONDON, B.-pt. 2.-Th continued ab
nro df n'W from IVkln. the !ut't
;llpatthe from theChln'n capital be
I ii it ikh' ten Iny. old, l amusing "in
anxiety, but a th country lietween
Ivkln and the coast la known to be
atmltK with armed bawl of Boxer
It la nut surprising thru courier are
not obi- to reach Tli-n Twin.
hthanghal r-"rta oil' to th cfTi-ct
that h'-nvy French reinforcement are
landing at Taku.
.Until th power receive direct asuir
.in. fr'tii th ."tiln.- government,
England In m-t preparM to withdraw
lit r tlOOp.
LONDON. Sept. l.-A soon aa IJrlt
lh ptililli' opinion U al I to hak off
th l!'islnn nlghtmar which Invaria
bly oltrurf um th nation when
ever anv fur eastern question occu
py international attention, It will In
all probability, according to the view
of the biKt-lnfortnvrt. heartily acknowl
edge th wsdm of America' Initia
tive toward th solution -f the aituatlun
whlrh .thfati-na to r-m h ImpAaae. At
prrnpnt th country flnda a touch of
humor in the Idea of an entente be
twfrn the treat republic of the new
world and th powerful autocracy of
the old. and the Saturday ftevlew aneer
Innly wondera which will ulilniatWy
"lv way" to the other.
WARHINOTON, Sit. J.-The entire
oiHirce oT negotiation on the Chlneae
quentln U now dependent on the r
pon..' of h power to the I5uno
American propositi. It wn atattd ail
thorlutlvely at the clo of ofllclal
houra today that ni anwer hnd been
received from any wnirce, other than
tho.i of the preliminary and Inconclu
sive chiiracter heretefme announced.
Moreover. It atated by responnlblo
ailmlnlNtr.ttlon oflclaU that not until
an annwer la received will the negotia
tion numime any d"flu!t form, a the
taut answer may prove to be a dltneat
front the International nceril toward
which all effort are now being; made.
My far the mot Important nucetlon
the nunlan proposal tnnkes is in dis
closing that Russia has not ordered
her minister and troop to withdraw
"from China," os was fluted In the
American paraphrase of the proposal,
but that she Intend to recall Pe Oiera
nnd his staff "to Ti.n Tsln whither they
will be accompanied i,y RuaMan
troop " In short, Russia ha not an
nounced her purpose to withdraw from
China, but only V withdraw from Te
kln. As negotiation rrouress, the view I
strengthened anions; the otllclals that
the TSusso-Anirrlcan plan of withdraw
Inir from IVkin ultlnvttely will 1 con
curred In by all the powers.
In diplomatic quarters, thl outeome Is
looked upon, as practically assured. It
la pointed out that If the Russian.
American and Japanese troops are
withdrawn front PeKIn other powers
would not have 5.000 men remaining
there. A a matter of necessity there
fore, it I held that the withdrawal of
tho lame force will compel the smaller
force of Great Hrltaln and Germany
to leave at the same time.
PATHS. Sept. l.-The Chinese situa
tion n viewed In Paris ha assumed a
brltfMer aspect. The practical unani
mity of the United States, Russia, Jap
an and France In their desire to main
tain the Integrity of the empire la re
garded as disposing of any question o(
pnitltlon.
England' position la undoubtedly aa
stronRly favorable to the foregoing pol
icy aa that of any power mentioned
hut It Is more pleasing; to France that
the bonds of accord should be shown
belwen the United States, France and I
JUST RECEIVED
Our own Importation direct from Hong Kong
50 Rolls New
Stronger than
Coll nnd
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
HuxXa and that thc nation should
appear to be the controlling Influence
tuwa'd phc. Franc I re idy to treat
with any plenipotentiary ahlo to fur
nish proper crilentlala.
(CopyrlKhted, iVA, AaaoclaUd I'res.)
WCULIN', tfept. J. The (Jernian prM
is full of article commenting; on the
lutwft Urn of the Chln! iltuatlon.
and It I generally ocntrued a mark
ing; the beiclnrtlna; of rou lack of
harmony between th powora, whose
Chines Interest are colliding; at too
many point to enablo them to maintain
a united front lengthily.
Rusnla' sudden chunae of attitude
enmc here a a complete surpri-?.
Von Waldcre ha ben mt aj the
emperor' personal man to China, rath
er against tho wlah.- of Count Von
fiu'dow, minister of foreign affair, who
disapprove of th "politico diploma
generalissimo" whose hand In China
nwy upet all Count Von Ruelow ha
b-en nblu to lo.
LF.IPFIO, Kept. 1 The Neuute Nach
rl hten snv that after the arrival of
the first report fron Chlnav Empemr
William wrote the following note lo
a cerlnln document:
"Tel.'graiih ni-iidrmanr. (Rear-Ad-mlral
Iler.dermann, commanding the
(i.-nnon navy In the far Knst) he must
bombard a Chinese city for every G. r
man murdered."
The pajwr adds that th? fordgn of
(We prevented the cabling of the mes
aR" XHW YORK Kept l.-A illspatch to
th Tribune from Indn says:
The Immediate" result of tho latest
Amirlcan note nan to caue a sort of
ministerial conference to assemble yes
terday. H. veral members of the Rrltli-h
cablnt cam up to London In haste and
h Id a consultation on the Chinese ques
tion. The minister Included William
St. John Rrol.-rlck. the under secretary
for foreign affair; the Duke of Devon
shire: Iird Landsdowne. the secretary
for w.ir. and George Goschen. the first
lord of the admiralty. Mr. Rroderkk
and Mr. Goschen were together at the
admiralty for some time and subse
quently an active Interchange of tele
gram took place between Downing;
street and Lord Salisbury.
Whatever may be the official view of
the matter, It must be said that the
Riso-Anierlcan proposal ha been very
coldly not t. say unfavorably received
by the newspaper, which In thl case
It I believed reflect the tone of the
comparatively few people who- under
stand the subject. The position of
the United States government Is under
stood and all possible allowance are
made for the difficulties of President
McKlnley's advisor, w ho are anxious to
give no countenance whatever to the
suggestion that they are engaged on
an aggressively Imperialistic policy.
Moreover. It Is freely admitted that
the Washington cabinet is acting con
sistently with Ita declared Intentions
from the outs?t. which were avowedly
to limit Intervjntlon within the narrow
est lines necessary to affect the deliver
ance of tho Pekln legation.
Pecple here will recognize that the
"nlted State, w hlch has no political In
terests In Chlni beyond that of secur
ing freed m of trade and Intercourse,
will be anxl u to withdraw from the
Asiatic continent aa r.pecdily aa possi
ble. England, however, aa the holder
of Hong Kong and Wei Hal Wei. can
not retire so easily and Is a little disap
pointed at finding the United State ap
parently o ready to lend a willing ear
to a Russian suggestion which the Brit
ish critics regard with distrust. Wheth
er It. Is due to the habitual and per
haps exaggerated suspicion entertained
of Muscovite dlplitmacy In this country
It Is Impossible to say. but It la certain
that the Russian peace-making sug
gestions are not liked.
As for the Idea of recognizing LI
Hung Chang, It Is pointed out that the
viceroy has for jvars been anti-English
and on the othr hand has cultl
voted rather close relations with Rus
sia, especially since the good offices of
that power enabled China to deprive
Japan of most of the solid results to
which her military successes entitled
her. It Is urged tht Russian confi
dence In tho possibility of negotiating
with the Chinese Imperial authorities Is
In Itself slffnh'cant and seems to Imply
a curious knowledge of the sentiments
entertained by the fugitive government.
No doubt It would suit Russia well that
the allied troofs should be gent back to
their respective countries and a lasting
peace patched up with the now weak
ened and discredited dynasty, which
would have to rely absolutely for sup
port on Its powerful northern neighbors.
(Continued on fourth page.)
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HAY IS POPULAR
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Renders Valuable Assistance to
Britons and Boers Alike.
MRS. MAVERICK'S CASE AGAIN
Aootber Attempt Belnj Made to Sanre Her
Relent-Sooia'i Bud His Juit
Completed Succenful Cos
tloeotil Totir.
Copyrighted, 1900, by Aaaoclated Pre)
LONDON. Sept. l.-Pendlng the dla
covery of the diplomatist aa to how to
best wash their hand of the Chinese
emlxirnuHment, public Interest U mo
mentarily diverted to the nation's pri
vate affairs: and the wearisome war In
South Africa, the outbreak of the bi
b-mlc plague In Glasgow, the wide
spread disturbances and disaffection In
railway circles and the dissolution of
parliament are all receiving much at
tention. It la considered evident from the
speech of the Right Hon. William St.
John Rroderkk, under secretary of
state for foreign affair, made on Wed
nesday, that the government considers
the end of the war close enough to the
horizon to Justify looking beyond It
and preparing for a general election.
Therefore an authoritative pronounce
ment on the subject of the dissolution
of parliament la expected at an early
date.
Whether Mr. Broderick' anticipation
that Lord Roberts' present movement
will have a decisive bearing upon the
length of the war is Justified or not
remains for the present a matter of
conjecture; but there Is no mistaking
the Intention of the government to utll-
lie any appreciable military success and
ride Into office again on the back of
"Bobs." who. It is expected If all goes
well, will be able to return In October
and take up the duties of commander-in-chief
and, incidentally, to aid in the
election.
Lord Roberts, emphatic commenda
tion of General Buller's strategy at Ma
chadodorp looks suspiciously like a de
sire to restore public confidence pre
paratory to the devolution of the future
conduct of the campaign upon the
shoulders upon which It originally
rested.
In connection with the ultimate set
tlement of Transvaal natters, recent ar
rivals from South Africa think It pos
sible that the services of United States
Consul Adolbert Hay might b advan
tageously utilized.
"Young Hay has managed to please
both the Boers and the Englisii," said
Louis De Vllllers. a kinsman of the
Cupe colony chief Justice, who has
lately arrived, to a representative of the
Associated Press.
"When Hay arrived at Pretoria pub
lic opinion had been made difficult for
him by stories of his English sympa
thies. The Boer feeling was so Intense
that statements that he was no bettter
than an English spy were readily be
lieved, but he behaved with such quiet
and good sense that he speedily got the
respect of the Boer official class, while
he did not part with his original opin
ion that the Britons In the main were
right In the war. An American lady of
keenest Boer sympathies added to Mr.
Hay's first perplexities by making a
regular campaign to win him to the
Boer side. Failing In this, she gossiped
freely of his pro-British purposes; but
he outlived all this, was helpful to the
British prisoners and lately under Brit
ish supremacy has interposed more
than once in the Interest of the Boers."
A tangible result of the recent visit
to Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, at Ayles
bury prison, of Dr. Clark Bell, of New
York, the prisoner's counsel and a rep
resentative of the Associated Press, was
a discovery of a hitherto uuknown let
ter from the late Baron Russell of KI1
lowen, lord chief Justice of England, to
Mrs. Maybrlck, reaffirming his belief In
his client's Innocence and vigorously de
claring his conviction that she had been
unfairly condemned.
This letter haa since been made the
basis for a new memorial praying for
Mrs. Maybrlck'a release, and so strong
is Mr. Bell's belief In the force of this
document that a copy of It has been
sent personally to Sir Matthew White
Ridley, the secretary of state for the
home department, at his summer home
In Northumberland, accompanied by the
request that he give It his earliest con
sideration. Dr. Bell started for the continent to
day more than satisfied with the effects
of his visit to England. Ho has not
only succeeded In seeing his client for
the first time since her Incarceration
but has since secured for Mrs. Maybrlck
an Interview with her mother, Baroness
De Roques. The discovery of the Rus
sell letter Is regarded aa Important not
because many people have doubted his
sincerity, tut be'.-ause It is couched in
such terms as to preclude any question
of his belief that she was unfairly tried.
Mrs, Maybrlck's friends say Dr. Clark
Bell feels the mysterious Influence of
opposition omwhere which hinder a
uccesjfful n-ault. The late Mr. Bayard
evidently felt this when he declared
the case had reached the end of diplo
macy and subsequent ambassador aUo
met It. But many recent evidences of
leniency toward the priaoner Incline her
friend to believe that her Incarceration
will not be prolonged.
-
The outflow of home bound American
thl week Is limited by the capacity of
the Bt. Loul and Etrurla. The former
takes an Interesting list of paasngera
Including Mr. and Mr. Edwin Gould,
Mr. and Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, Justice
Gray. Dr. Echrady, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Elkln. of Philadelphia, and Sousa'a
band, which ha Just completed a con
tinental tour. Sousa ha been In Lon
don this week, but resisted the tempta
tion to play In England as he expects
U return here next season, when he
will probably appear at the Glasgow
International Exposition.
"The band." said Soun, "eemed quite
as popular at Frankfort, Cologne and
Berlin as at Paris. American music Is
always most welcome. Though my In
terpretation of Wagner were enthusi
astically received In Germany, a bras
imnd that can accompany a violin solo
la an unknown thing In Europe, where
attempts to use military bands to play
concert music do not always please. Such
an Instrument as the saxaphone Is un
known In Germany, and the vast num
ber of reeds which secure the violin
effect of the band are an innovation
which surprised many."
Nearly every continental city has pre
sented Sousa with a civic flag and
Frankfort sent a delegation to London
Thursday to personally present him
with a magnificent banner from that
municipality.
.
The autumn theatrical season has al
ready opened under more hopeful aus
pices. The revival of Nell Gwynnes Is
attracting big houses, and the critics
are already wondering how soon Nell
will appear In the vaudevilles and
music balls..
"The Casino Girl" continues to go
merrily enough at the Shaftesbury, In
spite of Mabel Gilman's hasty with
drawal from her part, which is cleverly
filled by Marie George. But having dis
posed of the orchestral leader and star
during Mr. Lederer's absence, the future
actions of Mr. Lowenfeld are waited
with gome Interest by the members of
the company.
The rehearsals of J. M. Barrie's new
play. "The Wedding Guest," which
Arthur Bourchler will soon produce at
the Garrick, are already under way.
As this Is the first serious drama Mr.
Barrle has attempted, the production Is
awaited with Interest.
Edna May, having decided against go
ing to Berlin, leaves today for Paris,
where she Is engaged to appear at the
Folies Bergere next week.
Martin Harvey, who Is searching for
a Juliet, says he has decided on Mrs.
Brown-Potter for his re-opening In the
autumn.
TOWNE IN IDAHO.
Confined His Remarks Almost Entirely
to the Financial Question.
POCATELLO. Ida.. Sept. 1. Hon.
Chas. A. Towne opened the Democratic
campaign In Idaho tonight. He spoke
for two hours to 430 men and women.
It was at the Invitation of ex-Senator
Dubois that Towne came to Idaho.
Towne confined himself carefully to
the discussion of the financial question
and not until toward the close? of his
address did he take up the Issue of
imperialism. In his discussion of mon
ey he charged the Republican party
with being false to Its claim to pro
tect all American industries. In fact
that It had withdrawn protection from
the sliver mining industry, which he
characterized as one of the greatest
American Industries.
Towne will make twelve speeches In
Idaho and from here goes to Salmon
City, where he speaks Monday. Ex-
Senator Dubois will stump with him as
will also Frank W. Hunt, the Demo
cratic nominee for governor.
WOULD REPEAL GOEBEL LAW.
Bill Introduced In the Kentucky House
of Representatives.
FRANKFORT. Ky., Sept. 1. Repre
sentative Holland today Introduced a
bill In the house to repeal the Goebel
election law, and to enact a new one.
It provides for a state board of three,
two to be appointed by the controlling
authority of the two leading political
parties, the third to be appointed by
the secretary of state until after 1902,
and then to be elected by the legisla
ture; the third member to have no vote
except In the case of a tie.
BRYAN IN INDIANA.
Spoke to a Large Audience In South
Bend Last Night.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Sept. l.-Willlam
J. Bryan today made his second brief
visit of this campaign to Indiana. He
arrived this afternoon, speaking brief
ly at La Porte en route and here more
at length tonight
He was enthusiastically received at
both places and his audiences were
large in size and complimentary In at
tention as in their manner of receiving
his speeches.
HEAVY FAILURES
OF WOOL FIRMS
Thirteen French Houses Go Down
With Enormous Losses.
RESULT OF GAMBLING FEVER
0oc House Loit Eight Mlllloi Francs-Total
Deficit of Eighty Millions Cut to
Unexpected Decreaio is
Price ol Wool.
(Copyrighted. 1900, Associated Prea.)
PARI3. Sept. 1. Two great French
centers of manufacturing of woolen
goods. Roubalx and Tourcolng, are In
the throes of financial disaster, due to
reckless speculation.
The wool gambling fever took hold
of bulnes3 houses last summer when
wool rose to six francs "0 centimes per
kilogram. A collapse occurred and wool
now stands at two frencs per kilogram
below the August price. The amount
of wool bought reached the fabulous
total of 40,000,000 kilograms, which
mean a d.-flcit of SO.000,000 francs.
Thirteen firms are already In the
hands of receivers, one house alone
losing eight million francs and several
others are tottering.
DUMP WHEAT ON THE GROUND.
AH Elevators and Freight Cars In Kan
sas Are Full.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. l.-The exten
sive yards of the Santa Fe railroad In
Argentine are almost exclusively oc
cupied with cars of wheat which, it is
impossible to move. It was estimated
that there were twenty miles of wheat
cars there this morning.
The difficulty is not so much from
car famine as It is due to lack of mo
tive power to keep the' lines cleared.
AH the other roads in Kansas are
unable to handle the wheat offered. All
elevators are full and the farmers are
dumping wheat in big piles on the
ground near the railroad station.
STEUNENBURO COMMENDED.
Idaho Democratic County Convention
Nominated a Full Ticket.
WALLACE, Ida., Sept. 1. The Dem
ocratic county convention today nomi
nated a full county and legislative tick
et. The platform commends Gov
ernor Steunenburg's administration as
being "fearless, honest, economical, con
servative and patriotic," and declares
for law and order.
TRANSPORT LOGAN SAILED.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. t The
transport Logan sailed this afternoon
for Manila, via Nagasaki, with 1633 en
listed men and "4 cabin passengers.
BANKS CONSOLIDATE.
NEW YORK. Sept. l.-It Is probable
that the National Citizens' Bank. Peo
ple's Bank. Pacific Bank, Mechanics'
and Traders' Bank and East River Na
tional Bank will all consolidate with
the Ninth National Bank.
SHIP-BUILDING RETURNS.
Record for Past Year Exceeded Only
Twice Since 1853.
WASHINGTON. Sept. l.-Complete
official returns for the fiscal year end
ed June 30. 1900, show that 1,446 ves
sels of 393.158 gross tons were built and
documented In the United States. Since
1S53, this record has been exceeded on
ly twice In 1S64 and 1874.
LUMBER YARDS BURNED.
Loss of a Quarter of a Million in West
Virginia,
CUMBERLAND, Md.. Sept. 1. The
plant and yards of the Otter Creek
Lumber Company, at Hambleton, West
Virginia, burned today with 12,000,000
feet of lumber. Loss, J230.0O0.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, Sept. l.-Wrheat. Walla
Walla, 5Cc3c; Valley. 57c58c; blue
stem, 59c Q 60c.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l.-Wheat.
nothing doing. Exchange will be clos
ed Monday.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1. Wheat. Septem
ber, opening, 7414, 74; closing, 74 H.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. l.-Wheat, Sep
tember, 6s. Hd.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. Sept. l.-Lead. brok
ers, 4, j