Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 1, 1900, Page 2

» Hungary. The Hievald--Review, E. C. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. MINNESOTA. ND RAPIDS, - G Austrian government has in- in all workshops conducted by the state. The troduced the eight-hour day There are between 250,000 and 300,000 pounds of garlic annually consumed by Italian, French and other foreign residents of the United Statese, In India the theaters are all free. The curtain rises at 9 in the evening and the plays uswally last till 5 a. m. The people like dramas _ presenting the exploits of some mythological character, Frank Burke, aged thirteen years, who died recently in Ansonia, Conn., had been delicate from birth. Shortly before his death the discovery was made that his heart was on his wrong side. Snakes of all sizes abound in the Sumatra jungles. Monster lizards are there, measuring six and seven feet. The house lizard is about twelve inches long and makes a noise like the bark of a toy terrier. The detonations of heavy artillery are extremely injurious to the ear. Am expert physisian examined the ears of ninety-six soldiers before and after a battle in South Africa, and found marked changes in forty-four, or near- ly fifty per cent. In seven cases he found small hemorrhages in the ears, and the firing caused the edge of the ear drum to become red in thirty-seven cases. z The night toilette of a French wo- man is as carefully made as if she were going to a reception, instead of to bed. Whether she be old or young, a well-bred daughter of France brush- es and arranges her hair, cleans her teeth, rinses her mouth with some pleasant antiseptic wasa, dons a dain- ty night dress, and prepares herself for sleep with the care and deliberation of a girl attiring herself for her first ball. A love romance with a decidedly novel turn comes from Debreczin, A young man was rejected by his sweetheart because he was bow- legged. informed that to straighten his legs the operating surgeon would just have to break and then reset them, and that the chances of success were slim. The young man insisted on the opera- tion; it proved a success, and in two months he returned to his sweetheart, and now they are married, Carlyle speaks of the folly of the man who complains because he might begin his work in a small field. The recent patriotic celebration at Three Oaks, Michigan, is a fresh and strik- ing reminder of the importance of the ebscure village. In the modern rush to the great cities, we too often forget that hamlets and villages are still the reservoirs of a nation’s best life. In honoring Three Oaks a few weeks ago, the people of the United States grate- fully honor every other place, how- ever humble, where, with loyalty and public spirit, men are living honest and patriotic lives. of a railroad is usually reckoned by the mile, but London has just completed an underground road, six miles long, which cost forty dollars an inch. It is worth noting that the locomotives and passenger coaches are all of the American type and the loco- motives are of American construction. The rolling stock is fitted with Ameri- can air-brakes, and is driven by an American electric plant, the power for which ts furnished by a steam-engine designed by one Ainerican firm and constructed by another. It is none the jess worth noting that these con- tracts were awarded to Americans largely because British mechanics were then on a strike, and therefore the British manufacturer could not undertake to deliver the goods on time. i The cost Stil the earth continues to shrink dn the theoretic if not in actual di- mensions. The new steamship Deutschland has reduced the record for a maiden trip across the Atlantic to five days, fifteen hours, and forty- six minutes. The first steamship which crossed the ocean without the aid of sails and wind was the Royal William, which occupied twenty-two days in making the short voyage from Nova Scotia to London.) It took Ma- gellan three years to circumnavigate the globe, and Drake about the same time. The story of-Jules Verne’s hero, who made the journey in eighty days, was pronounced impossible, yet his record has almost been surpassed by actual travelers; and when the great Siberian railroad is complete, the time wil be reduced to thirty-three days. Not such a very large world, after afl! An appalling surprise came to Mr. and Mrs. John E. Thibry of Lambert- ville, N. J. They were about to retire, and on turning down the bedclothes Mrs. Thibry was horrified on behold- ing im the bed a two-foot pilot snake. The reptile was killed with a garden rake, and then the lady suffered a com- plete collapse. The men and women of iceland are in every respect political equals. The nation, which numbers about 70,000 people, is governed by representatives elected by men and women together. He went to a hospital and was. UNVARNISHED TRUTHS WORK OF THE STATE RAIL- ROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION. The Grain Inspection—The New Freight Schedules—The Republican Bureau of Pre- varication— Odds and Ends of Interest to the Reform Forces. Reform Press Bureau, St. Paul, Aug. 27, 1900. - The Republican bureau which has been established for the purpose of manufacturing alleged facts for use in the campaign in this state has succeed- ed in persuading a considerable num- ber of the country papers that some good might be done at this time by the publication of certain falsehoods con- cerning the present administration of the state grain inspection department. In effect, the statement which has been sent outis this: When Mr. Clausen was chief grain inspector the inspection fee was only 15 cents per car load. Un- der the present administration the fee was raised to 20 cents, then to 25 cents, and now it may be raised to 30 cents. From these alleged facts the farmers are asked todraw the inference that the department is managed less eco- nomically then it was under the old regime. The Republican campaign managers know the charges to be false in every essential feature; but some who are publishing them may regard them as true. It may, therefore, not be amiss to give the exact facts in the case and put the falsifiersdown. The figures are taken from the official records of the railroad and warehouse commission and their correctness may be verified by anyone interested in learning the truth. During the greater part of the time when Mr. Clausen was chief grain in- spector the fee was 25 cents. This was the case in 1895 and 1896. On Jan. 1, 1897, the fee was reduced to 15 cents. This reduction could be made because there wasalarge amount of money | standing to the credit of the depart- ment. On Nov. 80, 1896, this amount was $128,268.54. The fee of 15 cents was entirely inadequate todefray the expenses. Asaresult the cash in the grain inspection fund was reduced in two and a@ half years from $123,268.54 to $21,286.10. The last session of the legislature having created a board of appeals and thereby increased the ex- penses of the department by about $20,- 000 a year, it was necessary to increase the inspection fee. It was raised to 20 cents and then, after most of the crop of 1899 had been marketed, to 25 cents. This action had to be taken in order that a deficit might be avoided. The salient point is that there was a loss of $40,000 a year when the fee was 15 cents, The department could stand this for two years by using up more than “$100,000 of the cash standing to its credit in the treasury. But the drain could not go on any longer with- out plunging the department into debt. The actual cost of the inspection and weighing service was, according to the official accounts, lower in 1899 than in any previous year except 1892. In 1896 it was $174,808.24 for 179,307,770 bush- els; in 1897 it was $176,220.97 for 156,168,200 bushels; in 1898 it was $191,681.12 for 158,092,600 bushels, and in 1899 it was $213,764.54 for 213,133,100 bushels. It will be necessary for the Republi- can bureau to invent anew story for the onc about the alleged extravagance in the grain inspection department is too plainly at variance with the demon- strable facts. Sept. 4 is the date fixed by the rail- road and warehouse commission for the final hearing in the matter of rates on merchandise to be charged by the rail- roads of this state. A proposition has been made by the commission which was submitted to the railroads some days ago. Without going into details the result of the commissioners’ sched- ules, if adopted by the railroads, will be: First, to place all distributing or com- petitive merchandise and manufactur- ing industries on the same footing— thus permitting industries in the smaller towns to compete on a fair basis with like concerns in the larger centers; sec- ond, to establish a uniform gradation of rates substantially on a mileage basis, while permitting the long lines to com- pete with the shorter ones; third, a moderate and conservative reduction of rates on all merchandise, both from ter- minals and between local stations. It has been the aim of the commis- sion to abolish the shortsighted policy, so often adopted by railroad manage- ments when left to their own devices, of loading down the smaller towns with unjust and prohibitive discriminations, These discriminations, while they dwarf the energies of the smaller places, are algo a positive damage to the centers which it is attempted to favor, because it dwarfs the development of the country upon which they depend for support. It isavery reasonable view, too, that if you build up the country the cities will benefit by the country’s prosperity; while if you at- tempt to build up the city at the ex- pense of the country you injure and dwarf both of them. « In going about this matter the com- mission has hadin yiew the failures of states that have attempted to accom- plish too much at once, and have sub- mitted a proposition so eminently fair and safe that no fears are entertained as to its ultimate success. “It is generally admitted that much good work has been done by the de- partment of public instruction in Min- nesota since Superintendent Lewis was placed in charge by Governor Lind. What has been accomplished will be far reaching in its effects in the raising of standards and the betterment of educational conditions. ‘Keep us posted on your new ideas. We feel that Minnesota is taking many steps in advance of us in educational matters,” so writes the Ohio commissioner of education to Superintendent Lewis. One important action taken by Super- intendent Lewis has been the revision of the normal school system of the state. The Minnesota normal schools had long been below the standard of other normal schools in the country and below the standard contemplated when they were founded. They were doing high school and grade work. Superin- tendent Lewis insisted that in giving their time to work which was better done in the state high schools, the nor- mal schools were not fulfilling their proper functions. He therefore, with the cordial support of the governor, drafted a scheme to raise the standard of the normal schools by making the conditions for admission more stringent, stiffening the course of study, doing en- tirely away with the elementary courses, and extending the work re- quired for graduation from the advanced course. At first there were some objections against the proposed change but it was put into effect, and today the Minne. sota normal schools rank as high as any in the whole country. Furthermore, the department under Superintendent Lewis prepared and secured the passage by the legislature of a law for the uni- form examination of state- teachers. The superintendent was instrumental, also, in securing the passage of the Ar- getsinger bill, which more than doubled the state aid tothe high schools and the common schools in the rural dis- tricts. These are only a few instances of many, indicating how the service has been improved during the present state administration. Areport tothe railroad and ware- hceuse commission shows that the Du- luth weights on grain have during the present year fallen short in Buffalo by only 8 pounds per 1,000 bushels. Con- sidering the fact that the grain is han- dled twice, in and out, this is a remark- ably good showing. In the preceding six years the weights fell short, per 1,009 buskels: Thirty-five pounds in 1894, 36 pounds in 1895, 30 pounds in 1896, 17 pounds in 1897, 20 pounds in 1898, 17 pounds in 1899. The Republicans are making much ado about the return of Senator Stewart of Nevada tothe Republican fold. There is nothing surprising about his action. In order to secure a re-election he was compelled to make terms with the late Collis P. Huntington and his railroad interests, and since that time he has voted with the Republicans on all ques- tions. . In a letter to General John M. Pal- mer, Theodore Roosevelt has explained that in speaking of the Democrats as standing for dishonor and dishonesty at home and cowardly shrinking from duty abroad, he did not mean all Dem- ocrats, but only those who endorse the Democratic platform and vote the Dem- ocratic ticket. This is a distinction without a difference and puts Roose- velt in even a worse light than before he offered his explanation. The gist of the Republican charges against Governor Lind is that he hasa habit of displaying pernicious activity in doing his official duty. He refuses to follow the Republican example of, drawing his salary and letting the business of the state run itself. One of the latest instances of his pernicious. activity is a letter to Professor Otto Lugger asking that the farmers of the state be warned against the danger from locusts or grasshoppers, and ad- vised how they may protect them- selves against future damage by the simple method of plowing all their stubble fields during the fall. In his speech at Topeka Aug. 24, in reply to the committee which gave him the official notification of his nomina- tion by the Populists as their candidate for the presidency, Mr. Bryan effectu- ally gave the lie to the assertion made by Republicans that he is trying to dodge the silver issue. He spoke with all possible clearness and emphasis, showing that while imperialism now has become the most threatening dan- ger, the money question has by no means been definitely settled. In 1896 this question was, he declared, of par- amount importance and the allies in that campaign united in the demand for the immediate restoration of silver by the independent action of this country. They were defeated, but that did not end the matter. The Dem- ocrats were defeated in 1888, but that did not end the agitation for tariff reform. Defeat atthe polls does not necessarily decide a great problem. “If an increase in the volume of the currency since 1896, although unprom- ised by the Republicans, and unex- pected, has brought improvement in industrial conditions, this improve- ment, instead of apvswering the argu- ments put forth in favor of bimétalism, only confirms the contention of those who insisted that more money would make better times. “The Republican party, however, while claiming credit for the increase in circulation, makes no permanent provision for an adequate supply of standard money. It denies the neces- sity for more real money, while it per- mits national banks to expand the vol- ume of paper promises to pay money.” The silver question is not dead, but is merely allowed to rest while matters more pressing at this time are being discussed. No question is finally set- tled until it is settled right. Ra GREAT G.A.R. PARADE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE i LIKE IT. Greatest Parade Since the Great Re- view in Washington at the Close of the War — Grizzicd Veterans With Sprightly Step and Per- fectly Aligned Ranks Pass in Re- Miles, Gen. Shaw and Other Distinguished Personages — Take Four Hours view Before Gen. and a Half to Pass Reviewing Stand. Chicago, Aug. 29. — Fer four hours and a half yesterday the thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Re- public passed in review before their leaders and before probably a million spectators packed in almost solid masses along the four miles of the line of parade. It marked the climax of the thirty-fourth annual encamp- ment of the association of the veterans who filled the pages of history with deeds of hereism during the weary years of the Civil war and was, ac- cording to the commander-in-chief, the greatest parade since thet day in Washington when the hundreds of thousands of veterans, the Most Powerful Army of the earth, marched in review to its final disbandment. Probably 30,000 members of the army of veterans took part in the parade. For exactly four hours and twenty minutes, most of the time with ranks almost perfectly aligned, but occasionally faltering un- der the burden of years, they filed past the reviewing stand on Michigan ave- nue, saluting, as they marched by, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Commander-in- Chief Shaw, Gen. Daniel Sickles and the Spanish minister, Duke @’Arcos. Weather conditions were almost ideal for the parade, wearisome enough at best for the Silver-Haired Veterans. The rays of the sun were veiled by light, fleecy clouds nearly all day, and even when unobscured their effect was greatly tempered by a cool tLreeze which blew steadily off Lake Michigan. The line of march, too, was much shorter than ever before mapped out for the annual parade, its entire length not being over four miles, but notwith- standing this, here and there a veteran, dazed and exhausted, dropped out of the ranks. Especially was this true after the reviewing stand was passed, and many pathetic scenes were wit- nessed down the long stretch of Mich- igan avenue as the veterans fell by the wayside. One Sad Incident. One especially sad incident occurred to mar in a degree the glory of the parade. Charles Beckwith of Algonsea, Mich., dropped dead as the line was filing past the corner of Michigan ave- nue and Madison street. The parade was halted for a moment, the body of the veteran who had responded to his last call was tenderly removed and his comrades passed on. It was short- Yy before 10:30 a. m. when the head of the column started from the corner of Michigan avenue and Randolph street, and an hour later it was filing past the reviewing stand. For hours before that time the sidewalks along the line of march were Packed From Curb to Wall, the windows of the immense office buildings, gay with fluttering flags and bunting, were filled with sight-seers, while along Michigan avenue, where were the beautiful arches forming the court of honor, the crowd was So great that the hundreds of police had great difficulty in keeping clear the line of march. And all during the hours that the veterans tramped by this sea of humanity it roared its welcome. In the grand stand erected down the slope of the lake front park near the Logan monument were gathered scores of of- ficers who won their fame in the Civil war, Statesmen and Diplomats. In the center box of the reviewing stand were Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, representing President McKin- ley; Commander-in-Chief Shaw, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Mayor Harrison of Chicago and W. H. Harper. To their left were Acting Gov. Warder, Speaker David Hender- son of the house of representatives, Bishop Fallows and Senator Shelby M. Cullom, and to their right the Spanish minister, Duke d’Arcos, with a party of friends, stood an interested specta- tor. Shortly after passing the review- ing stand the line of march disbanded and most of the veterans, tired with the hours of march, sought their hotels and lodging places. Never Another Like It. Commander-in-Chief Shaw remained standing until the last veteran had filed by. ‘We will never have another parade like it,” he said, turning to Bishop Fallows. “The comrades are getting old. The years are pressing them closely. But this one will live in our memory.” The evening was given up entirely to affairs of a social character, the chief event being an informal welcome to Commanéer-in-Chief Shaw, depart- ment commanders and distinguished guests at Memorial hall. It was large- ly attended, thousands of old soldiers coming to greet the high officials of their organization. Overhaul the Montgomery. Washington, Aug. 29. — The cruiser Montgomery, of Admiral Schley’s squadron, which arrived at New York Monday, will go out of commission for extensive repairs. A board of survey will be appointed within the next few days to determine the extent to which she will be overhauled. Murderer Identified. Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 29.—Among thirty-five tramps arrested and now in the county jail, one named Gray was positively ideritified yesterday as the man who killed Joseph Williams, a colored drayman, while the latter was defending two young girls from the as- saults of a gang of tramps Monday evening. Frisco’s Populati ‘Washington, Aug. 29. — The census ion of San Francisco is 342,782, an increase of 43,000, or 14 per cent. GREAT IS THE ALABAMA. ‘Wins the Title of Queen of the American Navy. Boston, Aug. 29. — There is a new queen of the American navy, the Unit- ed States battleship Alabama yester- day won the title in one of the most magnificent speed trials ever held in thé history of the navy. Her average speed for four hours’ continuous steaming was 17 knots, a figure not quite as high as the Iowa, but notable from the fact that it gave an idea of the yet undeveloped power in this latest product of American shipbuild- ers. The Alabama was built by the Cramps at Philadelphia, and while of the first-class she is unlike any of the earlier creations both architecturally and as a fighting machine. Built under a contract that required at least an average speed of 16 knots per hour, she has been turned out to do 17 knots or better under conditions that will not be termed extra. The Iowa when she left her builders’ hands in 1897 was of- ficially recorded at 17.04. Her speed trial was made under the very best possible condition. After a lapse of more than two years, the Kentucky on Sept. 24 and the Kearsarge two months later, came to the New England coast, and, under favorable, but not extra- ordinary conditions, made 16.81 and 16.80 knots respectively. Those figures have now been beaten by a narrow margin, to be sure, but the Alabama apparently was not to do but a little bbeyond her mean speed. The day for the trial was an excellent one. The trial was under the direction of the board of inspection and survey headed by Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers. PREVENT ALL WARS. United States Names Two Members of Its Arbitration Board. Washington, Aug. 29. — The United States is one of the first of the great powers to demonstrate its good faith in carrying out the provisioris of the treaty of The Hague, looking to the universal arbitration of international differences. Each nation was author- ized to appoint four members of an international board of arbitration. Un- der this authority President McKinley has requested Former President Har- rison and Former President Cleveland to accept appointments on this board. Responses are expected very soon, when the remaining members may be selected. MINE TOTALLY DUSTROYED. Engineer Sticks to His Post and Is Fatally Burned. * Leadville, Colo., Aug. 29.—The Wel- don mine, located just west of the city limits, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The fire started in the engine room but the engineer remained at his post until nearly all the men were hoisted from below. He was probably fatally burned. The rest made their way out through other mines in the vicinity. A large quanti- ty of giant powder was removed safe- ly from the building by the miners. Experts Sue for Fees. New York, Aug. 29.—The handwriting experts who testified in the Molineux case, have entered suit against the city to collect théir fees for services in this case. According to agreement made with Assistant District Attorney Osborne, they were to receive $50 per day each, their railroad fare and hotel bills. The parties to the suit and the amount of their claims are as follows: Edward B. Hay, Washington, $650; J. F. Turrell, Milwaukee, $1,600; R. De- witt Mann, Syracuse, $1,100; William Hagen, Troy, $1,289.15; Albert S. Os- borne, Rochester, $268.87; Thomas W. Cantwell, Albany, $450; Henry L. Tol- men, Chicago, $1,150; D. T. Ames, Mountain View, Cal., $1,700. Train Robber Located. St. Louis, Aug. 29.— Charlies H. Barnes, alias John H. Nelson, the al- leged Kentucky train robber who es- caped *from Tennessee detectives in this city recently, is reported through police channels to have been located at Deer Trail, British Columbia. The clew as to'the fugitive’s place of refuge is said to have been furnished to Chief Desmond by Barnes’ wife. On this in- formation officers were sent out. Chan- ning B. Barnes, the brother, also cap- tured in St. Louis, was convicted of complicity in the Wickliffe, Ky., rob- bery, a week ago and held in the St. Louis penitentiary. Pythians’ Great Parade. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 29.—The military division of the order of the Knights of Pythias did itself proud in its bien- nial parade yesterday afternoon, and the vast crowds who witnessed the in- spiring pageant gave enthusiastic ap- proval all along the line of march. Nine thousand uniformed and_hel- meted knights marched in rapid and orderly manner over the route of five miles and were officially reviewed by Superior Chancellor Sample. Avenged His Daughter. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 29. — News from Cameron, Tex., says that Charles Lane, a farmer, shot William Mason to death and then surrendered to the of- ficers. Lane accused Mason of an at- tempt at criminal assault on his twelve-year-old daughter. Mason was a white farm hand. He recently came to Texas from Alabama, where he left a wife and children. Roberts Succeeds Wolseley. London, Ang. 29. — The Daily Mail claims to have the highest authority for the assertion that Lord Roberts has already succeeded Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chief of the British army. Baltimore's Census. ‘Washington, Aug. 29.—The census of Baltimore as bulletined by the census bureau is 508,954, against 434,439 in 1890. This is an increase of 74,518, or 17.15 per cent. Fight Declared Off. New York, Aug. 29. — The heavy- -Weight fight between Peter Maher and | Joe Choynski, which was to have taken place at the Broadway Athletic club last night had to be declared oft on account of Choynski’s sickness. Boy of Twelve a Suicide. ‘Winstead, Conn., Aug. 29.—Because his stepmother made him mind the babies from early morning until late at night Harry Burgess, twelve years ADMIRALS DECIDE TO DETAIN HIM ON BOARD SHIP. Pending the Opening of Negotiations Between the Powers and China— Evidence of Interference With Messages Decides the United States Government to Establish Channels of Its Own—Propricty of Accepting Li Hung Chang’s Cre- dentials as a Peace Plenipoten- ‘ tlary Is Being Discussed. Paris, Aug. 29.—Admiral Correjolles, the French commander in Chinese waters, has cabled to the navy depart- ment here that a council of the ad- mirals has notified the foreign lega- tions at Peking that it has been de- cided to hold Li Hung Chang on board ship until the opening of negotiations between the powers and China. Interference With Messages. Washington, Aug. 29.—Several com- munications came to Washington from the United States officials in China yes- terday, but being dateless in most cases, the government by means satisfied with the state of com- munication, and the cabinet meeting gave the larger part of its attention to the problem of rectifying this state of affairs. Evidences of interference with the messages have accumulated to a point where the government has determined to take steps to establish channels of its own, even if it is nece: sary to employ the rather Expensive Device - of a man-of-war plying between Shanghai and Chefu for this purpose. Meanwhile word comes that rapid progress is making with the shore cable which is to connect these points, and it is believed that within a week this means of communication will be open. ‘Three messages from Gen. Chat~ fee were received yesterday, and while they cast no different light on the mil- itary situation they were inferentially important. The general's statement that he needs no siege battery, taken in connection with the diversion of the First cavalry, which was bound for Taku, to Manila, seems to make clear that there is no intention to enter into a prolonged campaign in China such as would involve the Use of Heavy Artillery or of reinforcements in the shape of men and horses. At the same time it cannot be said that the government has shown any signs of a purpose to abandon any just claim it may have secured upon China through the bril- liant operations of the little American force in the “Flowery Kingdom.” But it begins to appear that the battle of to-day is one of diplomacy rather than one of arms, and notwithstanding the various rumors that have filtered out from Chinese sources of heavy en- gagements between the international forces and the Boxers, the officials here are satisfied that no formidable Organized Resistance will be offered by the Chinese if the demands of the powers are limited to the principles laid down by the United States. Therefore more interest at- tached to a series of diplomatic calls upon Acting Secretary Adee yesterday afternoon than any report of purely military cperations in China. First came the Japanese minister, Mr. Taka- was no hira, next the Russian charge, Mr. Wollant, and, finally, Mr. Thiebaut, the French charge. These trained diplomats naturafly are averse to let- ting the public know the developments of incomplete negotiations. Neverthe- less it was gathered that one of the principal topics of discussion was the propriety of Accepting Li Hang Chang as a proper person with whom the powers might negotiate for a settle- ment in China. It is quite evident from the conferences held yesterday afternoon that the statement made early in the day to the effect that this matter is still an open issue was cor- rect. The statement is made that the Russian government, for one, is willing to deal with Li, of course upon prop- erly framed conditions, and this ap- pears to be borne out by the earnest- ness with which Mr. Wollant, the Rus- sian charge, is seeking to impress upon the state department the entire agree- ment between Russia and the United States as to China. At least he insists that Russia wishes to prevent the dis- memberment of China, and also that her animating purpose now is the res- toration of order and the safeguarding of the future. DELAY CONTINUES. Inexplicable Delay in Forwarding Messages From Péking. London, Aug. 29.—That the inexplica- ble delay in forwarding telegrams from the Chinese capital still continues is fully illustrated by the latest dispatch from Peking, that of a correspondent of the Associated Press describing the search for Boxers in the imperial park, which is dated Aug. 21. There is no confirmation from any sourc> of the report of an advance northward from Peking. On the contrary a move- ment southward to clear the country and to establish free communication with Taku is apparently in progress. The powers, as late as Aug. 21, were still unable to agree as to how to deal with Peking, the Japanese and Rus- sians being at variance as to whether the imperial palaces should be de- stroyed. Nor is there any further news of the alleged detention of Li Hung Chang by the admirals. The probabili- ties increase that all the members of the imperial ‘household have gotten safely to the interior. REPEAL GOEBEL LAW. Recommendation of Beckham at Ex~ tra Session of Kentucky Legisia— ture. ' Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 29—An extra session of the legislature, called by Gov. Beckham, convened at noon yes- terday. The governor’s message was brief and in general terms recom- mended the passage of an election law which will be satisfactory to the people of the state, a large portion of whom he conceded to be displeased with the present law. 3 i