Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1900, Page 1

WEDNESDAY PAGES, REACHES ITALY | conpimion of THE WEATHER Leaves for Monza, Where His Father's Body 8till Lies, | OMAHA, SINGLE ENGLISH ARE READY T0 YOVE CoryY F1v j":g)r,; 'SUBORDINATE DOES NOT OPPOSE CHAFFEE Y([\( KINC Allied For CONGER IS ALL RIGHT His Own Wal Vot W ing TI oy Wind ature nt Om Washington Feels that Legationers at Pekin | Oommander Reports Intention of Advancing | Bes. | Reassuring Messago is Received from Amer- NEW YORK, July 31.—~The report from Immediately on Pekin, BERLIN, July 31— Ho rding . Have Escaped Massacre, ENVOYS UNLIKELY TO BE MOLESTED NOW Oonnsel of Bouthern and Oentral Viceroys | Thought to Have Had Effect, GREAT DESIRE FELT FOR EARLY ADVANCE Not Much Oredence Attached to Reported | Move of Allied Forces, GENERAL CHAFFEE IN SUPREME CHARGE Only Part of Force Intended for Use in China Can He Employed if m ix Made at Once in Direction of Pekin, WASHINGTON, July 31.—Doubt has given way to a feeling akin to certainty that the legationers at Pekin and the foreigners who managed to reach the Chinese capital just in the nick of time were not only alive on July 26, but in all probability are still alive and likely to remain so until they | are released from their stace of slege The officials here feel certain that the | attack by the Chinese on the legations will | not be renewed. They are convinced that| the counsels of the viceroys In the great | southern and ceptral provinces and the advice of i Hung Chang have bad effect and that whoever ix still in power in Pekin, whether emperor, empress, Ching, Tuan or | Tung, now have been made (0 see the neces- sity for the prescrvation of the legations, The officlals here, while anxious that the movement on Pekin begin at once, do not attach credence o the rumor men tioned by General Chaffee that the forward march was to begin today. There are two reasons for their incredulity. In the first place Chaffee’s forces, his eplendid cav- alry and his battallon of artillery, are ex- ctly what are needed to strengthen a weak spot in the International column. In the second nlace some of the foreign command- ers are still of the opinion that they can- not begin the campaign before the lust week In August at the earliest. The United States government has not acceded to this view and is relaxing no effort to bring about & change of plans on thie point. But our representatives have been met by the almost unanswerable argument that the de- cislon of this important question properly ehould be left to the military commanders on the spot, who must bear the responsi bility for the outcome of the expedition. Test for Chinese. A rather movel proposition was advanced today, which, it adopted, might put at once to the test the Chinese profession that the Boxers and not the Chinese government are responsible for what has happened in Pekin. Thie was to the effect thal the Chi- aes0 guverameul shuild be Informed ihai the International force was prepared 1o take that government at it word and to Join forces with it in crushing out the In- surrection. The kernel of just such a prop osition Is to be found in the last condition lald down by the president in his reply to the appeal of the emperor, Kwang Su, and there may be a development in that direc- tion speedily Secretary Root says that nothing more has been received from China, elther of- ficlally or unofficially, nor has there been | any change in the instructions given to Major General Chaffee. If there Is an ad- vance on Pekin, it is presumed that such | of the United States forces s are now ready will participate in the movement. It dispatohes are received at Tien Tsin from Minister Conger or others in the legations 1o Pekin which change the conditions, Major General Chaftee will act in accordance with such information. The secretary says General Chaffee has full power and has been entrusted with the command of the ! United States forces because of the confi- dence the government bas in his ability to meet any situation that may arise It 1s ovident from the dispatches re- ceived from General Chaffee that only a portlon of his force can be utilized if an immediate advance is made. It is not be- Yleved that all of the equipments of the 1ast expedition sent from Manila have been Janded and it is of course apparant that the horses and most of the equipment of the Seventh cavalry are still at sea. The Ninth infantry and the two battalions of the Fourteenth infantry, tagether with the | marines, are the only troops of the United States actually available on Chinese serv- fce at this time. TO ADVANCE WITHIN TWO DAYS American and British Troops Wil Move from Tien Tain in Di- rection of Pekin, LONDON, July 81.—4:68 a. m.—Sir Claude MacDonsld's welcome dispatch, dated Pekin, July 21, and received in cipher, was ac cepted on all sides as dispelling any doubt that might still have existed regarding the genuineness of the dispatch. Owing to an error in transmission the message falls to show the number of wounded David Oii- phant and Warren were two student in- terpreters The message falls to mention the other fegations and other matters of pressing im portance to know, but it should be borne in mind that the British minister may not be aware that all his previous dispatches have been suppressed. He may be under the im presion that the government is fully posted regarding all recent occurrences. Apart from this dispatch there Is practi- cally no iresh news. A dispatch from Tien Taln asserts that the British and American dcrcen are getting ready to advance withiu gorty-eight hours, Li Hung Chang remains at Shanghai says that the great heat preve tinuing the journey to Pekin Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the exthequer, explained to Parllament yes He ts him con- terday that the British government had in- | curred no financial lability military assistance in China. The proposed guaraniee depended upon Japan's sending & larger nutaber of troops than she eent at an earlier date and the offer was not cepted by the Japanese government LOOKING FOR SPEEDY RELIEF Legntion Jupanes. 1 to Japan for at Pekin Reported by Attache un Unable ¢ Out Much nger. ROME, July 31.-The commander of the Ttallan cruser Elba at Tien Tsin received the following telegram today from the Ja- panese military attache at Pekin, dated July “The legations are eagerly awaiting re- def. Cannot hold out long. Sixty |Eu- {~¥opeans killed," | own he British and American Tsin are preparing for an advance within forty-eight hours aroused | much interest here, says the Washington | correspondent of the Times The announcement seems made Just before the arrival Chaffee at Taku and gives Interesting theories concerning of that commander's presence 1t Is generally believed that if the London report s correct the arrival of General Chaffee at Tien Tein will mean the fnstant cutting loose of the British and American forces from the other troops and their ad- vance urder General Chaffee’s command General Chafiee has not gone to China to act as a subordinte commander in an allied army, unless that should commend itself to him as the best way of carrying out. his | purposcs. He is expected to carry | the policy of the United States, without | regard its acceptability the other powers. The United States has already in- dicated its impatience of delay and Its de- sire for an immediate forward movement. | It has represented to the other powers that such an advance fs the American policy and | that the Americans only await General Chaffee’s arrival to begin to carry it ov | The extraordinary rapidity of Chaffe movements shows that he realizes how much | depends on his prompt arrival | The American general, then, arrives In | China with two well defined intentions first, to begin a forward movement, In ac- cordance with the instructions of his gov- | ernment, at second, to act as if he | were the only military commander in China, | unless the other commanders fall in with his views hould they do so, of course General Chaffee will be only too glad of their help, but he goes to Tien Tsin as an independent commander, bent on follow ing out his own policy and not as one officer of the discordant “allied army." | The report from London indlcates to peo- | ple who are aware of this state of affairs that the British are ready to fall in with General Chaffee’s plan, even if the other Europeans and the Japanese are not. It 18 surmised that the British, aware of Chaf- fee's Intentions, are now preparing to joln the Americans in an advance as soon as Chaffee arrives and orders it and that this is the meaning of the report. It is quite certain, however, that Chaffee will begln | a forward movement at the earliest possi- ble moment, whether the British join him or not. It is suggested that the British have been anxious for a forward movement, but have been handicapped by the small- ness of their numbers and that they hail the news of Chaffee’s arrival as a means of carrying out their desires. It is concluded from all this that Gen- eral Chaffee will be the commander of the American and British forces when he marches out of Tien Tsin Perhaps by the time he arrives there some of the other forces may be willing to join him, but in any event the American gencral will carry out his own policy, glad of support if he can get It, but determined on fulfilling his in- structions, even if he does it single-handed. London troops that at Tien to b of ve been General | to some the effect once 1 ¢ MUST HAVE HELP AT ONCE Military Attache Pekin Decl that Legationers Can Hold Out but Little Longer. res WASHINGTON, July 31.—Adjutant Gen- eral Corbin today received a dispatch from Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge, commanding the Ninth infantry at Tien Tsin. It came by way of Che Foo and Is as follows “TIEN TSIN, July Following letter of Lieutenant Colonel Shiba, military at- tache at the legation of Pekin, dated July arrived at Tien Tsin July at 9 o'clock the evening PEKIN, July 22 (evening).—We are all | awaiting impatiently the arrival of reinforc- | b ing army. When are you coming? All|r legations have been blockaded since 13th of | last month and since the 20th we have been | attacked continually night and day by the | Chinese soldiers from more than ten en- campments. By supreme effort we are | still defending. We are daily awalting with | ¥ the greatest anxiety the arrival of reinforce ing army and if you can't reach here in less | than a week's time it is probable that we | will be unable to hold out any longer. Em- peror and empress dowager appear to be | stll at Pekin. Were our reinforcements | to arrive it Is very probable that they would | flee to Wan Sho Shan. Killed and wounded up (o date, eight killed, one a captain of in- | fantry and an ambassador's attache; seven | fously wounded, the first secretary of legation being one of the twenty slightly | wounded. The number of Europeans killed is sixty in all.’ COOLIDGE." REMEY CONFIRMS THE STORY the Dispatch Sent by Japa- ese Lezsntion fr Pekin of July t « c t f in t a i 22. ASHINGTON, July 31.—The following dispatch from Admiral Remey was receiyed by the Navy department this morning “CHE FOO, July 31.—Taku, July Japanese military attache, Pekin July 12, reports legations besieged since June | 13. Continually attacked from June 20 until | July 17. Attack then and Chinese soldiers apparently diminishing. Sixty Europeans killed. Telegram from goy- ernor of Shan Tung addressed to coneular |’ body, Che Foo, says: ‘Imperial edict states that various ministers except German are well and provisions have heen supplied.’ “REMEY, Taku." CHINESE ATTACK RUSSIANS | Making 28 letter | | HAL Monday, July nese have news that tacking New opposing them | terday The Japanese minister has forwarded a letter to Tien Twin etating that the casual- |« ties at the Japanese legation in Pekin were | Captain Ando, Attache Kojima and five marines killed and Secretary Narahara | ¢ wounded REPRESSING THE PIRATES Viceroy Ji.—~The Japa 10,000 Chinege are at- | f Chwang, with 4,000 Ruseians The news was received yes- | ( at Denire Canton Shows to Check th Lawles Signs of HONG KONG, Monday, July 30.—The act ing viceroy of Canton, it is reported, is b coming more active and adopting a more vigorous policy. It Is announced that he |¢ | has ordered the execution of forty pirates | He will visit the forelgn war ships and con- suls tomorrow. He says LI Hung Chang is not returning to Canton, where quiet vails. The British military and naval offclals have taken careful obeervations of the ton and the Bogue defenses. The Bogue forts are crowded with troops and the pars pets are lined upon the approach of steam- ers, pre- | Commons today the parliamentary secre | dispatch from General Sir Alfred Gas commanding advance gard to the changes in the Chinese situa- from Choate that of delaying had no attention In any way, shape or form until the min Ister efforts to come to some agreement with the powers previcus to handing over the min- isters, a and the ministers have re | erty, will matter nes. attacks on the legations except in so far as all governments are responsible for the the ministers In Pekin. partment has received the following cable- gram from General Chaffee: Washington miral. for unloading not adequate, therefore dis- lighters. will fmprove. week before Will see Daggett tomorrow. Taku bay Intention to make forward move ment tomorrow toward Pekin known here. morrow to cable from there. Tlen Tsin must leave Tong-Ku 6 morning to Foo at ¢ afternoon. get definite information as regards cendi were safe up to July 22 report report were true the advance began teday walting for Chaffee's force, small though | from China Wu, who called at the State department in search from Mr. MacDonald and from the and Japanese legations to the all of on July all of the news comiug from the Chinese officials and from the Chinese government papers Europe did statement a evidence that a man nocent | usual guilty till People seem willilng to believe everything that papers who are the leaders of public opinion sible for forming public epinion be very They should not jump at conclusions with- the Pekin and that 1 personally was responsible had acted on absurd rumors and jumped at done us this injustice should do what they t not on unsupported statements all coming from | one thes all borne out by the gations at Pekin have been destroyed and | the wrecked ceased some duys ago. ewpress are liviag in Pekia, HOPES FOR CO-OPERATION OF ALlI[S‘ General Chaffee Reporis Fa Discharging Ship Inn At on Tien Tain, iitie auate o - LONDON, July 31.—In the House of tary for the forelgn office, Willlam Broderick, announced the Tohn receipt of a| o the British in China stating that he contemplated an immediate Pekin and that he hoped to have the co-operation of the allled forces. | forces No Intent) The United 8 H. Choate, noon and n 1o Delay Advance, tates saw Lord ascertained ambassador, Joseph Salisbury this after- his views with re- fon brought about Pekin. Lord by the direct dispatches Salisbury assured Mr. G Britain had no Intention the advance on Pekin, uor, so far as he knew, had any other power Lord Salisbury entirely acquiesced in Sec- rot Hay's desire that the be undertaken as peedily as He f bargaining with China | ad | were safe under their own military escort, The Assoclated Press correspondent here | understands that China is making strenuous | | but moment. this will not Once Pekin be considered for | been reached ained their lib- the powers have d, aggression cease and reparation will become a of negotiation. Lord Salisbury be- leves it may still be proved that the Chi- government is not responsible for the agre maintenance of order. It is expected that within a few days free communication will be established with Chaffee Ready to Start. WASHINGTON, July 31.—The War de- “CHE F00, July 30.—Adjutant General, Have had interview with ad- Go ashore this afternoon; facilities charging slowly tug for Informed Byron has or- towing two seventy-ton If tug is obtained discharging Indiana will finish discharg- ng today and proceed to Nagasak!; take Wo days to unload horses Rellly's battery; Grant discharged of cargo. Reported in lered Astails not | Arrive Tien Tein too late to- | Message from catch dispatch boat at ancnorage for Che Soon as possible will fons and purposes at Tien Tsin. Wil ble my views. CHAFFER. Cables from Admiral Remey and General | Chaffee, both at Taku, bearing upon the | onditions in Pekin and at Tien Tsin came | o hand over night. Admiral Remey con- irmed the information that the legations General Chaffee said that according to a at Taku the allied forces werd to begin the campalgn “toward Pekin tomor- ow Allowing for the time occupied in the runsmission of the dispatch by boat from Taku to Che Foo it Is probable that if the and the armies are already on the way to Pekin. That they should start without t 1s, 18 surprising. Wu The State department since in Joyful, has had nothing yesterday and Miniscer of information, advices the am also was without In discussing the situation minister said glad that direct able oday “l nows has come rman | t that | the ministers were alive and well | This. conclusively corroborates | fle Before this news came here and especielly the press of | not believe the Chinese oMcial but adhered to the opinion that of all the ministers had oc- Pekin. It is the general rule of is supposed to be In- till he has been proven guilty, but the world has reversed the | and insisted on holding China | her Innocence had been preved. many of the | massacre urred in this rule n case s black against the Chinese. The n this country and who are mainly respon- ought to Aoing so. careful and cautions in | security | ana Japan oppose |in a wholesale raid on alleged bucket shops the | of the foreigner | €h in Berlir bt in Pek &0 office W runs fore from with no longe th orts quarters that the mir the Baron von Ketteler take the same should be lelay The forelgn off the failu igree chi the allied satd today The civilized world will look on with | astonishment if the r ue of the members of the legations is delayed, or perhaps frus. trated by such a trifling matter Germany ready to march her under any smmander The Munich emine Zeitung prints a Washiugton special claiming that the United States government Is endeavoring (o enforce the appointment of Major General Chaffee commander-in-chief, but that Germany The Associated Press Is authorized to say that so far as Germ; is concerned this statement is utedy untrue. The forelgn office confirms the re- port that the advance to Pekin has been | postponed by the admirals for military and | climatic reasons. The Chinese minister, Lu Hal Huan, re celved today a dispatch purporting to come from the Pekin government, saying that the foreign legationers would be sent to Tien Tsin whenever provisions for their safo escort were finished. Meanwhile permission would be given them to communicate freely with their gov ment This dispatch was immediately mitted to the German foreign office. The paper on Pekin tified a pon a commander-in A high official are alive view and urge in the I8 ne 1dvance of forces 18 troops trans- Messnge fro WASHINGTON, Japanese Minister, July 31-The Japanese consul at Tien Tsin telegruphed on the 27th fnstant a dispatch, dated the 19th, from the ‘Japanese minis Pekin to the for- elgn office at Tokio, which had reached Tien Tsin by special courfer on the th. The minister says “The Japanese marines and others con- tinue, under command of the military at- tache, Lieutenant Colonel Shiba, to resist | the repeated attacks of Tung Fuh Siang's | troops. 1 think we can hold out, although the task is by no means an easy one, until we are relieved by the Japanese which I hear, by a special messenger, will arrive at Tien Tsin by the end of this| month, The Chinese have stopped firing | since the 11th and the Chinese authorities | are apparently disposed to opem negotia- troops, he Jimokina, Captiain Nakamura of the Imperial army and five marines have been killed, while Narabara, second secre- tary of the legation, & student and six ma- rines have been wounded, though not mor- | tally. Others have been slightly wounded," LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND Second Report of Lord Roberts' Vie- tory Shows Considera LONDON, July 1. Viateh recelved at the War office today from Lord Roberts materially modifies yesterday's statement of the surrender of 5,000 rebels under Gen- eral Prinsloo. It now appears that Gen- erals Priusloo, Villiers and Crowther sur- rendered with 988 men, 1,432 horses, rifles and a Krupp nine-pounder. Some of the leaders im more parts of the hills hesitate to come in on the plea that they are independent of General Prinsloo. Lord Roberts adds that he has directed General Hunter to resume hostiil- ties forthwith and to listen to no excuses. The Lourenzo Marquez correspondent of the Daily Express says “The Boers are preparing to retreat from Watervalboven “Frank Pettigrew, son of United States Senator Pettigrew, has arrived here and ha: joined Commandant General Botha's staff. distant Want to Help Hoers. KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 31 —Advices have been received here teday from Mar- tinique to the effect that a large number of young men there have memoralized the president of the French republic, M. Loubet, asking him to furnish arms and passage to enable them to proceed to South Africa to help the Boers. The anti-British feeling is strong in the French Antilles, A dispatch from France states that Fort de France has been selected us one of the chiet military and naval depots and 000,000 francs have been voled for the enses of the island. The relations be- | tween capital and labor in Martinique are severely strained. Trouble is feared, as the people are very excitable. that | DESCEND ON BUCKET SHOPS Pol e n War of | Agninst Dealers ce Comm ntio of CHICAGO, July 31 many of whom had n police station before, w Nearly 400 persons, been inside of a captured today located in the downtown district and carted off to the police stations. A dozen firms, one of them John Dickinson & Co., promi- nently connected with the Board of Trade, were visited by the police during the rald, which was so perfectly planned that hardly a person in all the rooms raided succeeded in escaping. The raid, conducted at the out positive evidence. “Even those who have been to Chi expressed similar opinions, some of them public press. I was astonished the to see a letter by a clergyman who been for fifty years a resident of | “hina and who said that 1 was keeping back truth to what had happened fn | have | or what occurred. “A gross injustice has been inflicted on *hina as & nation and serious consequences might have followed 1f the great powers conclusions as think the p to what had happened. 1 ople and the papers who have an ake. In fairness to acknowledge their mis- Aud 1 hope in the future people will jump at such unwarranted conclusions should do source. They the Chinese can and much as other natioas. remember that tell the truth 1 am very glad that telegrams have come (o support what ha all along contended is the truth. “I must not omit to say that a portion of the press, especially in America, had the forethought and the honesty of purpose to redit our statements, which, as you see acts in the are case.” dings Wrecke According to dispatches foreign office today th Italian and Holland le July 31 At the Austrian, Spanish French legation has been partially The attacks on the legations The emperor awd | selt with a towel & Co. busiest hour of the day on 'change, cre ated considerable excitement and resulted In the floor of the Board of Trade being practically abandoned for the time being while the traders hed with interest the police as they gathered in their % from the ut oner, whose nume was learned, captured in the rooms occupied by A Wirsching & Co., attempted 10 end his life rather than face the humiliation of arrest. Making his way 10 a ry, he tried to strangle him but waus caught before he had seriously Injured himself and bundled into the patrol wagon. A panic ensued in Wirsching's rooms when the police ap peared and several persons were trampled on in the mad rush Chief of Police Kipley sald today that today's action by the police was the beginning of a serips of raids which, he said, would continue until every alleged bucket shop in Chicago was driven out of existence. The places closed by the police included the followlng: John Dickinson & Co., E. A Wirsching & Co.. Chicago Commission com- pany, N. M. Nusly. Hotchkins & Co., Brown | Wallace & Co. and F. C. Nohe & Co. In nearly every ins the telephone and ticker wires were nd the service rendered useless. The books and parapher nalia were also taken possession of by the police son adia buiiding One pris av 1o escape. e Statue LONDON, July 31 wrenched the head statue in Elsewick park, Newcastle. police think it was the work of a crank | whose mind has been unseitled by the as- sassination of King Humbert. of Queen. unknown vandal has from the queen's | | name a m | vene | Perfect tranquillity | bishop of Milan has ord | and had MINISTRY ~ HAS ISSUED MANIFESTO Police Are Pushing Inv Dircction=Crime Have Been Long Preme ftnted=Negligence Charged. very LONDON July 31.~A special from Rome King Victor Emmanuel 111 arrived at Brindisi today unexpectedly. The dispatch adds that the young queen fainted when she was fnformed of the assassination of King Humbert, The king and queen started for Monza immediately after reaching Brindisi ROME new king July 31.—In the absence of the the ministry has fssued in his nifesto to the nation as follows “King Victor Emmanuel 111, in ascending the throne, has to perform the painful duty of announcing to the country the awtul calamity which has violently cut short the valuable life of King Humbert The natioa, wounded In its sincere affec- tion for the august dead and in a sincere teeling of devotion and adhesion to the dynasty, while execrating the cruel crime will be plunged into profound grief for the uted memory of a good, brave and magnanimous king, the pride of his people and the worthy perpetuator of the traditions of the house of Savoy, by rallylng with unshakable loyalty around his august suc Italfans will prove by their deeds that their nstitutions do not dfe.” The King Is expected to arrive at Reggt DI abria tomorrow. He received the first news of the assassination of his father by semaphore. The police are pushing inquiries in all directions, but the information with regard to the assassin, Bressi, is not yet very definfte. It appears that when he was searching for lodgings on Friday at Monza he was accompanied by a young man, whom the police are now secking. The pistol the assassin used was a new and . superlor weapon marked “Massachusetts The police of Milan searched of a man named Ranella and it is reported found important papers showing that Bressi had relations with persons in the United States and that communications had paseed between him and them in connection with the crime. Bressi and another Tuscan frequented the cafes in Milan, where they were overheard discussing a big scheme that would astonish the world. Everything K0es to show that the crime was long pre- meditated and the police are now being charged with want of foresight. It appears that the cordons formed upon the arrival of the king at the fete ground were with- drawn prior to his departure. As the king cessor the house | was leaving a sort of scufffe occurred, proba- to_distract the attention The king was so pleased with his welcome at Monza and felt so safe that he turned to his aide and said: “I'd like to return afoot,” but he was dis- suaded. TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE n Troops Swear Fealty to New King Amid Applause of Gath- ered Thro bly prearranged of the carbineers. tal ROME, July 81.—All the Itallan troops took the oath of allegiance to the new king today amid the applause of the people reigns throughout the entire country. A deputation of senators and deputies had arranged to meet King Victor Emmanuel, but as in conformity with court etiquette the journey of his majesty to Monza was strictly private the idea was abandoned. For a similar reason the min- isters decided not to go to Naples. QUEEN STAYS BY THE BIER Signs of Mourning Seen Everywhere for the Murdered Ruler of Italy. MONZA, July 31.—The body Humbert, dressed in black, lies the bed ordinarily used by him. the massive candelbra tapers at the foot and head of the bed are flowers placed by Queen Margherita, who passed the long hours of the night in prayer by the bed on which the body lies. Father Blgnami, the court chaplain, is in immediate charge of the bier. he cardinal arch- red a requiem mass in all the churches in his diocese. Enormous numbers of telegrame of regret and condolence continue to arrive, including messages from the most illustrious families of Rome. Bressi cynicism. be declared himself to be a revolutionary anarchist and said he was ready to resume oper; i he were released of King today on Around holding burning maintaing an air of the utmost The assassin has been removed from the | local police station to the jail Sig. Sarraco, the premier, on his arrival at the royal villa to tender his condolence to Queen Marguerita, had an impressive wudience lasting half an hour. Al the royal princes, the queen of Portugal and the duke of Oporto have arrived here, SALISBURY PAYS TRIBUTE Dead King and tety's Peril Eulogizes Gives W Taly LONDON, July 31.—Moving in the queen with reference to the tion of King Humbert of 1 Lord Salisbury, said in the that anarchists are any one political opinion said the lasi balf century had seen the assassination of three presidents of republics and two mon 1ddress to a slua . the premier use of Lords confined H not He | archs It was & fear’ul thing" Lord Salisbury said, “to contemplate this depth of human villainy beneath the smiling surface of so- ciety, threatening the destinles of society in the early future." The premier pald a glowing tribute to the character of King Humbert, who he said had unflaggingly worked for the benefit of his country and people. The assassination of such a man could not be considered pri revenge; it was nothing but that mor. bid thirst for notoriety which is the plague of modern civilization, which time and again led men to the com mission of the foulest crimes and which threatened the very existence of society itself 1f it could not be arreated. He did not propose to speak of remedies for such state of things, but he had never hesi tated to express his own views in that re Modern scciety had erred on th side of leniency The of Kimberley, liberal the motion for the adoption of th which was adopted both in the Lords and in the Commons. In the lower house A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury and government ieader spoke in @ similar strain to the speech by vate spect earl seconded addrens, House of (Contiyued on Second Page.) mation in | 12 In the course of his examination | o 0w mom Dt oo |MUST BE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE | Taotal Sheng ) Cipher Dispat ter amti onger, BRUSSELS reign affair celved the De Cartier | the Ralgi Shanghal “on August 1 M following do Mar an legation dated July July 22 the consul United States telegraphed to the States minister in Pekin through | termediary of the local authorities. Sheng the taotal, has Informed him that the tsung 1l yamen refuses to transmit mes sages In cipher to the minister and re quires that all dispatches be in ordinary language.” READY TO DEFEND BOUNDARY State Department Ofcinls Claim Owners in Alaska Not Suffered by Agreem The m Faverau Hspateh hienne, s of | re- | M of in has from retary now general of the United the in- Declare Have WASHINGTON, July 81.—None of the pro tests reported to have been made in Alaska against the designation of the principal boundary line has reached Washington yet and the impression prevalls in the department that the agitation of that ject is based upon a lack of kuowledge of | the text of the agreement effected between the United States and Britain by which a most difficult and dangerous subject was removed from the current negotiations between the two countries. It is pointed t by the State departm officials that this provisional line, the running of which 18 said to have excited the American mine: in the Porcupine region, is not in any sense binding upon any party the modus vivendi exc as a purcly temporary scheme designed to prevent hostile conflicts between the miners and the police officials through lack of knowledge as to their rights. The purpose of the arrangement as to that is fully disclosed by the inclusion in the modus vivendi of a provieion in these terms It ls understocd, as formally set forth in ommunications to the Department of State of the United States, that “the citizens or subjects of either power found by this ar rangement in the temporary jurlsdiction of the other, should euffer no dimunition of the rights and privileges which they now enjoy.”’ Bvery American miner whose claim lies on the wrong side of the boundary line now being drawn is, according to the official view here, holding his claim by quite as sound a tenure as he enjoyed before the provisional treaty was made. He bas neither lost nor ealned in strength of title by this arrangement, so he certainly has no cause for complaint, as he would have were the boundary line now being drawn a per mauent one. The officials here, however are fully prepared to defend the temporas boundary, pointing out that far from having ceded to Great Britain any teriitory Great Britain temporarily yiclded to the United States nineteen-twentieths of the territory In dispute and suffered her ship ping to be kept ten miles from the bound ary line at the nearest point, notwithatand Ing the Canadian ambition to get a port on the Lynn canal, PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CAPITAL Visit Not Pri sub [ pt 80 nged Progri CANTON, 0., July 31.—The president's determination to go to Washington tomorraw is not a sudden one, nor is it prompted by any special business of state withheld from the public. It was the expectation when he entered upon his vacation to make occasipnal trips to the capital to confer with cabinet members and to attend to matters of business which could not be conveniently forwarded to him here and the present trip has been contemplated for several days. He expects to return to Canton by the latter part of the week. United States Minister to Russia Tower arrived and remained with the president until 4 o'clock In the after- noon. After a short talk in the library the president and Minister Tower were joined by Senator Falrbanks and the three went for a drive about the city The soci call of Ohio state officials, re- publican candidates and committeemen, will be made tomorrow, as previously an- nounced. They will arrive from Columbus about 11 o'clock and will be received by the president before lunch. The affair is to be quite informal. TRIAL DRAWS TO A CLOSE| One More Day for Argument in Jeste Murder Case Before Going te Jury. ST. LOUIS, July Post-Dispateh from New London P. H. Cullen of Mexico, Mo Alexander Jester, being tried der of Gilbert Gates. made argument for the defense today viewed the evidence in detail. and plaining why did not tuke in his own defense, referred to of Christ when arraigned before | W. 0. Forrest, for the prosecution | close the argument tomorrow will then be given to the jury Is awaited with intense is much speculation as to whiat Some are confident that the Jury will disa gree, others that it will acquit, while still others think Jester will be convicted | FOUR YOUNG WOMEN DROWN Undertow Draws Falr Bather yond Thelr Depth at Ocenn City, New Jersey. A special to says el for mur closing He re- in ex the stand the silence Pllate. | will and the case The verdict and ther it win the cou for th the interest Be- NEW YORK, July Ocean City, N. J drowned in the surf A dispatch from four persons were there today They Virginia and Elsie Lowe of German- town, Pa.. and Jennie and Bertie Lonsdale of Windmere, Pa. None of the girls were re than 20 years old. They were in bath ing in the breakers, when they were car rled out by a heavy undertow. Their screams for help attracted the attention of a life guard, who succeeded in bringing the young women ashore The Lowe sisters we dead. The Lonsdale girls showed signs of life doctors were summoned they thelr to no purpose both dicd to restore wer nd | and dia an but | the doctors were speedily | could to save They trying lives while | them | advance. French Artillery for China, BREST, July 31.—A detachment of marine | | artillerists left this place today for | | where they will embark for Chin Toulon, ican Minister, ALL WELL AT PEKIN SINCE JULY 16 Provisions on Hand Sufficient to Last_for Beveral Weoks, | FOREIGNERS ~ SHORT OF AMMUNITIbN Attack on Legation Ceased Two Weeks Ago by Agroement, FUNTSHIRE ~ ARRIVES AT CHE FOO More Than 250 Membe, f Ninth In- fantry Siek—Appenl is Made for ll Hospital Corps Men and Signal Men. tors, WASHINGTON, 31.~The War de partment this evening recefved two cable- July grams from China. CCHE Washington They are as follows FOO (undated) neral Corbin, Tien Tsin Message just received from Conger says 16th Have provisions several weeks AL safe, (Daggett) ince by agreement no firing little am- munition, well.! report allied forces soon Practically no looting by Amer- feans; no unnecessary Kkilling. India ar rived 26th. Order MacCann, Sladen, both Allens, Mitchell, Bryce join regiment here. “DAGGETT." The second read “CHE FOO.—Corbin, Tth.—Flintshire hundred Tien Two Washington Tsin arrived 27th. and fifty-seven Ninth infantry sick; two doctors, 100 hogpital corps men, twenty signal men needed. Uuavoidable delay fn loading transports. Foreign DAGGETT." News Not Unexpected. troops arriving. The official confirmation of the news that Minister Conger is safe and well, coupled with the statement that he has provisions that the firing on was welcome in- for several weeks and the legation has ceased, telligence, though not unexpected, in view of recent news. The Information from Col- ony Daggett was promptly telegraphed to President MeKinley at Cauton, who has been advised of the receipt of messages alwiys as soon as they reach here. The lust message which came from Min- ister Conger was that which was obtained through the intermediary of Mr. Wu and was supposed to be dated the 18th, since which time nothing had come since June almost two months It s expected now that all the energies of the government, as well as those of other will be concentrated for an vance Pekin, Several of the reports which have come from China seem to indi- cate that thie will occur very soon. of the dispatches place the date as early ae The officlale here, however, do not look for so early an advance if the allicd commanders adhere to their orlginal estl mate of 50,000 men as neceseary for the campaign, latest reports here do not show half that number on the ground. Still other reporta indicating the possibility of the advance being made by the British and Am armies bave come and (h American officers commanding in China have a free hand in any military move- ments. The proportion of men of the Ninth in fantry reported by Coloncl Daggett as slck is considered an alarming and unfortunate feature of the situation. Of course they are unable to account for it, but agree that it may delay any immediate movement for ward. The delays in unloading the trana- ports also are discouraging and vexatious Surgeon General Sternberg al had given notice that 100 contract eurgeons are wanted for service in but it will be some time befor on the ground ready for active nations, ad- on Some yesterday. as the erican dy the cast, they can be work SIR ROBERT HART IS SAFE in Londo to Come from oner of Castom Aug. 1.—Important additional confirmation of the safety of the legations was received in London last evening by Mr. Duncan Campbell, representative in Europe of the Chinese customs service, from the commissioner of customs at Che Foo the shape of a Pekin dispatch, not dated, | but believed to have been written July 31, signed by general of deputy effect Staff and family still safe.” This dispatch has been confirmed by the commissioner of customs in Shanghal, who telegraphed last evening ‘Authentic. Inspector general safe CHARGES — AGAINST—POLTCE Muant both 15toms Sir Robert and Mr general Hart, (nspector Robert Bredon inspector to the following Answer for Co Trouble with ¢ Churiel rdice e Negro, n the NEW ORLEANS, July 31.—The special committee of the Police board appointed ta Investigate the conduct of the who were detalled s 5t in the arreot of Charles, the and who, if they had arr probubly have prevented the riots in N Orleans, has recommended that charges owardice be brought nst Sergeant Au coln, Corporal Tr and OMcers Can trell, Pincan and | and of demerting his post againet Detective Woodworth in the affair of Friday, when Sergeant Porteus and OMcer Lally were killed police officers Captain Day negro murderer ted him, would 1o W rofer apiracy, Thomus Boulton Sis committed for trial street court today on five charges of cou to defraud friends. He is w partner of Julian B. Arnold, who is now contesting extradition at San Franciseo e Istrate bail at $10,- 000, which probibitive. Charged wi LONDON, July #1 may solicitor the Marlborough mi placed Sismay's is considered