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These May be Established by the West
' era Lines. : --
Chicago, October 10. At to-day's
meeting of the. advisory committee of
the emigrant clearing-house of the West
era Passenger Association a formal pro
test was sent to the Trunk Line Associ
ation declaring that the distribution of
emigrant business was made a matter of
agreement between the two associations,
and the action of the trunk lines in can
celing the agreement, without confer
ence and apparently without cause, haB
caused much surprise to Western lines.
It is asked that all action be suspended
immediately and until a conference of
the associations can be held in .New
York. The Western lines say, if such
conference is to be held, they prefer it
' should be held either the 15th or 17th.
The protest ends with the declaration
that it is the belief of the Western lines
that the trunk lines will not push the
matter so far that the.. Western lines
, will be forced to take independent ac
tion, which means that if the trunk lines
persist in their present course the West
ern lines will find it necessary to estab
lish ticket offices of their own through
' the East to look after their interests.
The trunk lines have made a demand
upon the Western lines that they with
draw all their orders from the trunk line
territory. They declare that the invasion
of the Eastern territory Jby the.Western
' lines is without reason or excuse, and is
; resulting in much loss of revenue to the
trunk lines. There is doubt as to whether
the association will pay any attention to
: the demand for the reason that the mat
ter is scarcely in the jurisdiction of the
association, and the lines are free to act
as they see fit in the matter. They first
put all their orders in the territory of
the Eastern lines because they thought
they were not being treated with justice
in the matter of returning through busi
ness, and bo took this remedy into their
own hands. The association as an as
sociation will probably take no action of
' any kind in the matter. All in all there
seems to bean excellent chance for warm
words between the Western association
and the trunk lines before the thing is
adjusted.
NO LAST WORD SPOKEN.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' End Came
Unheralded and Sudden.
Boston, October 10. Death- came to
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in a cham
ber overlooking the Charles river, im
mortalized in the famous poem, " My
Aviary." The members of the family
thought that the end might come in a
few months; that the aged autocrat
would not survive the . chilling winds of
another New England winter; and they
were unprepared for his death Sunday.
Seated in his chair, unconsciousness
came to him, and in a short half hour
his spirit had flown. There was no time
to put him into bed, and before the phy
sician, who had been summoned, could
Arrive Dr. Holmes was dead. There
were no last passing words spoken, for
the end came unheralded and sudden.
Dr. Holmes and his distinguished son,
Judge Holmes, were in the midst of a
conversation in the poet's chamber Sun
day afternoon just preceding the former's
death, and to neither, certainly not to
the Judge, was there any evidence that
the end was so near. The conversation
was such as was often held between the
two men. The dying poet, for he was
even then, it seems, passing away, was
sitting in a chair with his head bowed
upon the arm of another chair, and it
was thought he would be more comfort
able if he could be moved into his favor
ite arm chair. Accordingly his son sup
ported him to the big chair, and as the
poet sank into it, he leaned his head on
one or the side rests and said :
"That is better; thank you."
This simple domestic phrase was the
final utterance of Dr. Holmes. His son
and Mrs. Dixwell, who were in the room,
soon noticed that the doctor's breathing
became irregular, and it. almost ceased
altogether.'.
The residence was closed to all visit
ors. - Messages of sympathy from all
over the country have been received, and
many callers have left their cards at the
house. The funeral will be to-day
t King's chapel, and the services will
l)e conducted by Dr. Edward Everett
Hale, a life-long companion 1 he in
terment will be in the Jackson lot at
Mount Auburn. The pall-bearers will
te members of the family.
Place for a Virginian.
Washington, October 11. Secretary
Carlisle to-day appointed George Fort of
-Virginia chief of division of national
banks in the office of the treasury of the
United States, vice Baksr resigned.
Barber
Shop
THE WEALTHY MEN
Twentieth Annual Convention
of American Bankers.
IN SESSION AT BALTIMORE
Association Will Petition the United
States Congress for a Change in the
Banking- Act in Order to Secure a
Safe Currency.
Baltimore, October 12. The twen
tieth annual convention of the American
Association' of Bankers' convened in
Ford's opera house at 10 :30. Every sec
tion of the Union is represented. Secre
tary Giese says the crowds' check for
$150,000,000 would be cashed. " Addresses
of welcome were made by John P. Poe and
Enrich Pratt, Chairman of the Balti
more clearing house. Mayor Latrobe's
address of welcome was responded to by
President White, who in turn was fol
lowed by Myron T. Herrick of Cleve
land. "His subject was the newspaper
press and its influence on finance in
1893. The association will petition Con
gress to adopt the following amendment
to the national banking act for the pur
pose of establishing a safe- and elastic
currency:
Section 1. The provision of the na
tional banking act requiring the deposit
of bonds to secure circulating notes here
after issued shall be repealed.
Sec. 2. " All of the banks to issue cir
culating notes to the amount of 60 per
cent of their paid-up, unimpaired capi
tal, subject to a tax of one-half of 1
per cent upon the average amount of
circulation outstanding for the year; and
an additional circulation of 25 per cent
of their paid-up, unimpaired capital sub
ject both to the tax of one-half of 1
per cent and to an . additional tax per
annum upon the average amount of such
circulation outstanding for the year; said
additional 25 per cent to be known as
V emergency circulation.. . ...
Sec. 3. The taxtf one-half of 1 per
cent upon the average amount of cir
culation outstanding shall be paid to the
Treasurer of the United States as a
means of revenue, out of which the ex
pense of the office of Comptroller of the
Currency, the printing of circulating
notes, etc., shall be defrayed. , The .ex
cess over one-half of 1 "per cent im
posed on the ' 4 emergence circulation"
shall be paid inttf the ''guarantee fund"
referred to in section 6. - - -
Sec. 4. The banks issuing circulation
shall deposit and maintain with the
Treasurer of the United States " a re
demption fund " equal to 5 per cent of
their average outstanding circulation, as
provided for under the existing law.
Sec. 5. The redemption of the notes
of all banks, solvent or insolvent, to be
made as provided for by the existing
law.
Sec. 6. Create a " guarantee fund "
through the deposit ' by each bank of 2
per cent upon the amount of circulation
received the' first year. Afterward im
pose a tax of one-naif of 1 per cent upon
the average amount of outstanding cir
culation, the same to be paid into this
fund until it shall equal 5 per cent of the
entire circulation outstanding, when the
collection of such tax shall be suspend
ed, to be resumed whenever the Comp
troller of the Currency shall deem it
necessary. The notes of insolvent banks
shall be redeemed by the Treasurer of
the United States out of the guarantee
fund, if it shall be sufficient, and if not
sufficient, then out of any money in the
treasury, the same to be reimbursed to
the treasury of the guarantee fund when
replenished either from the assets of the
failed banks or from the tax aforesaid.
Additional banking associations organ
ized after this plan shall have gone into
operation may receive circulation from
the comptroller of tne currency upon
paying into tne guarantee fund a sum
bearing the ratio to the circulation ap
plied for and allowed that the guarantee
fund bears to the total circulation out
standing, and to be subject to the tax of
one-halt of 1 per cent per annum, as
called for by the Treasurer of the United
States, for the creation and maintenance
of this fund. No association or individ
ual shall have anv claim noon anv Dart
of the money in said guarantee fund ex
cept for the redemption of the circula
tion notes of insolvent, national banking
associations. Any surplus or residue of
said guarantee fund which may be here
after ascertained or determined by law
shall inure to tne benefit of the United
States. '
Sec. 7. The government shall have a
prior lien upon the assets of each failed
bank and upon the liabilities of the
shareholders for the purpose of restoring
the amount withdrawn from the guar
antee fund for the redemption of its cir
culation, not to xceed, however, the
amount of the failed bank's outstanding
circulation after deducting the sum to
its credit in the redemption fund.
Sec. 8. Circulation can be retired by
the bank at any time by depositing with
the Treasurer of the United states law
ful money to the amount of the sum de
sired to be withdrawn, and immediately
upon such deposit the tax indicated in
sections 2, 3 and 6 shall cease upon the
circulation so retired.
Sec. 9. In the event of the winding
up of the business of a bank by reason
of insolvency or otherwise the Treasurer
of the United States, with the concur
rence of the Comptroller of the Curren
cy, may upon application of the direct
ors ' or the liquidator, receiver, assignee
or other proper officials, upon being sat
isfied " that proper arrangements have
been made for the payment of the notes
of the bank and any tax due thereon,
pay over to such directors, liquidator,
receiver, assignee or other proper official
the amount to the credit of the bank in
the redemption fund indicated in sec
tion 4.
ANOTHER WAR PROBABLE.
Should It Come. It Will Seriously Hurt
the National Game.
New York, October 12. The Sun this
morning says : " The National League
magnates have put their heads together.
The many Btories regarding -the forma
tion of the new national association are
beginning to worry them, and the in
ability of certain clubs to sign their play
ers has caused the big moguls to take
some decisive action. Accordingly notice
has been quietly sent to the various clubs
that a secret meeting of league men will
be held in this city to-day. Several of
them were in town last night and talked
things over in private. From a reliable
source a reporter learned that the league
as a body intended to issue a proclama'
tion in a few days to the effect that all
players signing in the new association
would, be expelled. It is also known
that the league has bad agents on the
road investigating the truth of the va
rious association stories and endeavor
ing to sign players, and that information
gatnerea uy tnese men warrants a con
. Tt r v - . i - i
ference at once. The calling of a special
conference early in the fall is almost un
precedented in the history of the league.
and shows that the magnates are not
treating their new rival too lightly. In
fact, they have been scheming ever since
the fact became known that the associ
ation was a probability." -
: ALL SHOULD BE EXPELLED.
New York, October 12. It leaked out
yesterday that certain New York and
Baltimore players agreed to equally di
vide their shares of the receipts from the
Temple Club games. .From good author
ity it was learned that Doyle and JJavis
agreed to "whack up " with Keeler and
McGraw, while Kelly, routhers and
Gleason consented to a division with
three other New York players. When
Harry. Vonderhorst of the Baltimore
club learned this, he said : " That con
vinces me that this whole "Temple cup
business has been a farce, and I shall
offer a resolution at the coming league
meeting that the trophy be returned to
Mr. Temple with thanks. Instead of
such a series I think it would have been
better for the league to put up a purse of
$10,000, of which $5,000 should go to the
winners of the pennant, $3,000 to the
second team and $2,000 to the third."
THE POPE'S LETTER.
It Was Aimed at the Opposition to the
' -Apostolic Delegation.
Bomb, October 12. It is stated upon
high authority that the Pope said to
Monsignore- Gravel : yesterday that his
encyclical letter dealing with the' affairs
of the church in the United States was
aimed at ending the opposition in Amer
ica to the apostolic delegation. During
his conversation with Monsignore Gravel
his Holiness exclaimed repeatedly : ; -
"It must be ended I"
The Pope's audience with Senor Cas
telar lasted one hour and a half. His
Holiness was very cordial. Senor Cas
telar thanked the Pope for his demo
cratic and social leanings, and the Pope
congratulated the Spanish statesman
upon his provisional adhesion to the
Spanish monarchy as an act of political
prudence.
Supposed to Have Been Informers. '
Atlanta, '. Ga., October 12. Elijah
Thurston, 70 years old, with his wife and
sixteen-year-old daughter, came to the
city yesterday to escape the hands of
people in their Gilmer county home who
would have killed them. Several nights
ago Miss Vida Thurston was awakened
by finding herself being borne out of the
house by four masked men. They had
already carried her father out, while the
mother was being held back in thetiouse.
There were about thirty men, all masked,
who with stout leather thongs began
beating the girl and father, both of
whom were in night dresses. The
mother broke from the house to defend
her daughter, when she was lashed in
their presence. Notice was then served
upon-them that the next visit would
mean death. They were suspected of
having reported an illicit still in the
neighborhood. . -...
Seamen's Wages.
San Francisco, October 12. The local
association composed of sailor boarding
house keepers circulated a notice around
the water front to-day announcing that
hereafter seamen's wages on deep water
ships shall be $20 per - month, and ordi
nary seamen's $15. , This is an advance of
$5 in each case over the rate heretofore
paid to seamen shipping for a voyage to
Liverpool or other distant ports. In con
sequence the Bhip captains do not take
to it favorably. On the other hand the
boarding-house masters assert they will
not ship a man unless the rate of $20
and $15 is agreed to. ,
. Whisky Trust to be Reorganized. .
Peoria, October 12. It is reported in
mercantile circles here, New York and
Chicago that the Whisky Trust is being
qnietly reorganized. Information to this
effect has leaked out and it seems to
have a flavoring of substantial truth.
President Greenhut and other officials
are reticent. Mr. Greenhut declined to
confirm the rumor, but on the other
hand will not deny it.- His attitude is
interpreted here as confirmatory of the
reorganization.
- Willamette Valley Case.
San Francisco, October 12. Charles
Clarke, receiver of the Oregon Pacific,
has appealed to the United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals from Judge Mor
row's decision, wherein he ordered the
sale of the steamer Willamette Valley
for the claim of R. D. Chandler for $7,
000. The grounds of the appeal is that
the receiver had possession of the steam
er, and that the court had no further
jurisdiction.
THE RUSSIAN CZAR
Prof. Leyden Describes His Pre
carious Condition.
HE NEEDS REST AND RELIEF
Under the Most Favorable Circum
stances, However, His Recovery Will
. Take Tears and Is Uncertain Gran
ulated Contraction of the Kidneys.
. Berlin, October 11. Prof Leyden,
the - specialist, recently in attendance
upon the Czar, says :
" The Czar has a powerful constitu
tion, and still weighs 200 pounds, though
he has lost much flesh since January 1,
and he should be able to make a good
fight against the disease with' favorable
climatic influences, as at Corfu on the
Island of Madeira, and without unfore
seen complications he may recover. The
illness of the Czar is peculiar. His prin
cipal trouble is granulated contraction
of the kidneys, in which the kidneys be
come hard and change tissue, besides
being subiect to atrophy. This is accom
panied by hypertrophy of the heart, re
sulting from the enlargement of its mus
cular tissue. This latter leads to the
breathing difficulty, and is often very
painful, the spasms being complicated by
fits of unconsciousness. This is the case
with the Czar. There is no dropsy, how
ever. Diabetes in the preliminary stage
has declared itself, but it is merely sym
pathetic and the accompaniment of the
main trouble. When further advanced,
this frequently results in partial or en
tire paralysis. Thus far, however, there
does not appear to be any immediate
danger with the Czar. The most im
portant requirement is total abstinence
from mental worry, and on this point
the Czar has been found exceedingly dif
ficult to convince. The patient should
also have plenty of sleep and food diges-
.tion be regular. This with open-air ex
ercise and good climatic conditions is all
that is necessary to effect a cure. Under
the most favorable circumstances, how
ever, the disease is of lengthy duration,
possibly years, and the results are most
uncertain."
Referring to the prospects of a regency
in Russia, Prof. Levden remarked :
. '"The question of the appointment of
a regent was discussed at Spala in my
nMunn(o Hilt. Yin Aaniainn vena v-AAfYiAH "
rroi. eyaen conciuaea: .
"A regency will become necessary.
however, if a cure is to be effected."
DR. ZACHARlN'B BLUNT OPINION.
London. October 11. The Standard's
correspondent in St. Petersburg sends
the following story, the facts of which,
he says, he learned through an ear
witness : ' When Dr. Zacharin told the
Czar that his malady was incurable;
that care and attention might prolong
his life a few months, but that it was
useless to conceal the fact that no reme
dies would avail beyond a certain period,
the Czar was terribly affected. He en
tered another room and exclaimed to the
occupants:
" Dr. Zacharin has just told me there
is no hope."
Everybody was thrown into consterna
tion by the Czar's change of face and
mien, and greatly blamed. Dr. Zacharin
for speaking bo bluntly. The corre
spondent vouches for the correctness of
the story, and he adds :
" The Czarowitz will very shortly re
turn liere accompanied by the Grand
Duke Michael. The two will preside
over the Council of State and act jointly.
They will be Regents in everything ex
cept the name. Army reports have al
ready been submitted to the Czarowitz,
who will probably assume the chief com
mand almost immediately. His mar
riage appears to be somewhat removed,
partly owing to the tradition . that no
Czar may marry within a year of his
coronation. . It is reported that Profes
sor Leyden is less hopeless concerning
the Czar than is Dr. Zacharin. He con
siders that the disease must have existed
two years, and he is astonished that it
was not detected at an earlier stage,
when treatment is more likely to have
been efficient." .
.'.' REGENCY IN DISFAVOR. . ,
St.... Petersburg. October 11. It is
understood if the Czar decides, as is
fully expected, to form a regency during
his absence from Russia, the Czarowitz
will not be appointed Regent, but will
be entrusted bv special declaration of
the Czar with the direction of State af
fairs. The title of Regent will be care
fully avoided. .
AND THE BAND PLATED.
The Novel Revenge of a Rejected Chi-
cago Suitor.
Chicago, October ll. J. P. Jacobson's
suit for her heart and hand was rejected
by Mrs. Johanna Baseman, a widow,
Friday night. Saturday morning a band
marched up in front of Mrs. Baseman's
home,' 268 Rumsey street. Then the
notes of " Sweet Marie" began floating
through the neighborhood. "Whose
Girl Are You?" followed with " Kiss and
Let's Make Up Again," and enough more
to keep the band busy for twelve hours.
Mrs. Baseman begged the leader to leave,
but he said no; that Mr. Jacobson had
paid handsomely for the music, and the
contract must be carried out. The whole
neighborhood gathered about the band.
The children danced and the parents gig
gled. Mrs. Baseman was wild. At 9
p. m. the band quit. Yesterday morn
ing the band again marched up to the
widow's home and began the reper
toire all over again. Mrs. Baseman hur
riedly consulted a lawyer, with the re
sult that a warrant was sworn out for
Jacobson, and an injunction was secured
against the band.
DRUMMERS' HOME.
The Commercial Travelers' Association
Lays the Corner-Stone.
Binghampton, N. Y., October 11.
Fully 60,000 visitors are in the city to
day, the occasion being the corner-stone
laying of the Commercial Travelers' As
sociation of America. ' Flags and bunt
ing greet the eye on every hand, while
the principal streets are so crowded with
visitors that they are almost impassable.
The commercial men from all over the
United States have gathered to partici
pate in the ceremonies. There are fully
8,000 pf them in Binghampton to-day.
The celebration included a parade
through the principal streets of the city,
winding ud at the home site, which is
situated on- top of South Mountain, just
within the southern limits of the city.
The parade was one of the largest seen
in Southern New York. It consisted of
many delegations of commercial men.
thirty-five Odd Fellow Lodges, the Ma-
sonic Fraternity of the Nineteenth and
Twentieth New York districts, the Thir
teenth Kegiment of Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard, the local fire department
and many civic and fraternal organiza
tions. Arriving at the Home, John
Hodge, Most Worthy Grand Master of
the Free and Accepted Masons of the
State of New York, laid the corner-stone
according to the Masonic ritual. Colonel
Archie Baxter of Elmira delivered the
oration of the day, after which Governor
i lower and Governor ; rattison made
speeches, in which each eulogized the
commercial travelers and said many
pleasant things for the Home. The cele
bration was a success in every sense of
me wora. -
PENSION FRAUDS.
Incriminating Documents Filed With a
Federal Court.
Dubuque, la., October 11. Special
Examiner Waite of the pension, bureau
in obedience to an order of Judge Shiras
in the Federal Court has filed the docu
ments captured in the famous tin box in
Pension Agent George M. Yan Leven's
private office at Lime Springs. . The doc
uments are mostly in the form of corre
spondence incriminating upon its face
Van Leven and certain of the Board of
Medical Examiners with whom he had
relations. Nearly all of the numerous
indictments found against the pension
attorney are to be based on these letters.
About 700 papers are filed. Some of
these letters are to pension claimants
whom Yan Leven advised to "grease"
the members of the board , in order to
have their examinations go through
smoothly. Others are letters between
agents and surgeons, in which terms are
arranged for raising pensions. It appears
Van even gave the claimants to under
stand this payment of money to med
ical examiners was the usual thing es
tablished by long practice, and it did not
appear there was corrupt intention on
the part of the claimants.
HE WANTS INDEMNITY.
Another American Escapes
From the
. - Russian Prisons.
Washington, October 11. Nicholason
Frederickson, claiming to be an Amer
ican citizen who was seized and impris
oned in Russia and afterward made his
escape, called at the State Department
to-day in furtherance of a claim for in
demnity for illegal arrest. Frederickson
asserts he was born on shipboard in Per
sian waters of a Swedish father and a
half-breed Esquimau mother. He re
sided in Alaska when the Territory was
acquired by the United States, and so
became an American citizen. He was at
school in Chicago during his boyhood,
and returned there during the World's
Fair to work as a machinist. At the
time he took out natralization papers to
meet a request by the authorities of
Alaska to recognize his citizenship. In
Russia last winter he was arrested and
imprisoned as a deserter. Later he was
set free and kept under surveillance.
Again he was imprisoned, and managed
to escape and made his way to New York,
The impression conveyed by the man's
story is that he is suffering from a case
of mistaken identity. He told his story
to the estate Department officials ; but.
as a mere statement does not meet the
requirements, he will have to prefer a
formal complaint before the department
can act in the matter of securing indem
nity for him.
' WOOL AND WOOLENS.
Carlisle and the Attorney-General Have
Made More Deolsions.
" Washington, October 11. Secretary
Carlisle to-day received from Acting Attorney-General
Maxwell an opinion in
which he holds the word "wool" as used
in the woolen schedule of the new tariff
act refers to one hair of the sheep only,
and that new and lower duties on goods
made of the nir of other animals went
into effect on the signing of the act. The
opinion further states that tne phrase
" manufacturers of wool" in that para
graph is not applicable to articles of
wool as so denned, aitnougn a component
material is not the material of chief
value.
On receipt of this opinion Carlisle sent
a telegram to all Collectors of Customs
as follows : The Attorney-General has
rendered an opinion that the word
"wool " as used in paragraph 207 of the
new tariff act refers to hair of sheep
only, and that the new duties under
schedule K upon articles made of the
hair of other animals went immediately
into effect on the act taking effect. Cus
toms officers will be governed according
ly. Instructions of August 27 remain
unchanged. Collectors will reliquidate
all entries covering goods classified con
trary to the above instructions.
Anarchy in Italy. :.'"";
. Rome, October 10. The police are said
to have discovered an anarchistic plot
extending over the whole of Italy organ
ised by Albany, a notorious anarchist.
WAR INTHE ORIENT
Crisis is Anticipated in
Very Near Future.
the
JAPANESE CROSS THE YALU
Japanese Troops Said to be Wholly Un
" prepared for the Rigorous Climate of
Peking Wealthier Chinese Leaving
the Capital. -;'" s ;' . j,'...i. ,
.. Washington, October 10 The crisis of
the Chinese-Japanese war is looked for '
within the next few days or two weeks
by those most interested and best in- -
lrmed in the contest. The legations of
the two countries are expecting daily to
hear that a decisive battle has been
fought. This is based on the fact that
the Japanese have been gradually closing '
in around Peking, and that the invading
army is compelled by force of circum
stances to strike their blow at once or
not at all. The intense cold, which
comes about the middle of October,
makes this imperative. The Japanese'
troops are wholly unprepared for the
rigorous climate about Peking, which is
due in about two weeks, the climate of
Japan being very mild even in winter, .
The Chinese look upon this as one of -their
resources, and the Japanese appre
ciate that it is necessary to concentrate
their campaign for this year upon the
next few weeks or perhaps days. For , .
that reason they are prepared to make .
heroic efforts to decide the contest at
once. They are without the heavy cloth
ing, camp equipage, etc., for a campaign
in the bitter cold. ?
; " - TAOTAI 8HKNO IN DISSS ACBv " -
" London, October 10. A Chinese dis
patch says a rebellion has broken out
in Jehol. " ,
Tien Tsin dispatches report that Sheng,
the Taotai of that city, is in disgrace for
charging the government over four times
as much as he paid for some discarded
rifles bought in Germany. - He also -bought
a quantity of useless cartridges.
Li Hung Chang discovered the fraud,
and in an interview with Sheng is said -to
have slapped Sheng's face. - Sheng
has been granted a leave of absence. -
A Che Foo dispatch says seven Japan
ese Warships were sighted off Wei Hai
Wei, steaming westward.
- A Tien Tsin dispatch says the steamer
Wen Chow, just arrived, reports sighting ,
a Japanese squadron ten miles south of -.
Che Foo. She was hailed and ques
tioned concerning the whereabouts of '
the Chinese southern squadron.
A BATTLE IMMINENT.;
; Yokohama, October 10. The advance
guard of the Japanese army has crossed
the xalu river and formed a new camp.
A battle is believed imminent.
.'. PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK.
New York. October 10. A Shanghai
dispatch via London says United States .
Minister Den by has warned American
residents that Peking city is certain to
be attacked by the Japanese and advised
that the women and children be sent to
places of safety. Already many of th
wealthier natives are departing, and -
others are making preparations to follow.
THEY HAVE LEFT.
London. October 10. A dispatch from
Che Foo to the Pall Mall Gazette this
afternoon says that the British and Rus
sian Ministers started for Peking yes
terday. The obiect of the meeting is
not known. All the women and children
belonging to foreigners have left Peking
for places of safety. . v
1 GUARDED BT MONGOLIANS.
London. October 10. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily News telegraphs:
The palace in Peking is guarded by Mon-
f;olians, because the Chinese are no
onger trusted. There are daily fights
between the Chinese and the Mongoli
ans. The latter are greatly hated'.
t ' THE BUSSIAN CONTINGENT.
Berlin. October 10. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Kolniche
Zeitung says that Russia has sent a
strong force to her Asiatic frontier to
prevent further inroads of the Chinese
marauders. The force consists of five
battalions of riflemen, two squadrons of
Cossacks and three batteries of artillery -under
the command of General Scheri.
WHY THE FRENCH WERE SENT.
Paris. October 10. It is semi-officially .
stated that the dispatch of French war
ships to China is by virtue of the inter
national agreement between Russia,
Great Britain, Germany and France al
ready announced.
. TWO MORE MEN-OF-WAR. " ,
Cronstadt. October ,10. The Russian .
cruisers Djigit and Vladimir Monomach
have been ordered to proceed to the far
East.
; Battery for 'Point Diablo.
Washington, October 11. The War
Department is arranging to begin at once
the' construction of a battery of dyna
mite guns in San Francisco harbor simi
lar to that in place at Sandy Hook, with
the exception that it will consist of two
fifteen-inch and one eight-inch guns. The
guns will be placed temporarily at Fort
Winfield, where the masonry platform
has already been prepared, but it is the
intention of the department to remove
the battery at a future day to Point Di
ablo. '
South Carolina's Dispensary Law.
Columbia, S. C, October 10. The de
cision of the Supreme Court in the dis
pensary cases was filed to-night. Jus
tices Pope and Gray declare the law
constitutional, from which Justic Mo
Ivt distant).
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