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FOUR ADDITIONAL VICTIMS
Fall Before Deadly Winchester
Of /Negro Desperado.
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{Officers Discover Robert Charles' Hiding
I Place and Oust Him With Fire, But
Not Before Terrible Execution
Was Done.
A New Orleans special says: With
the advent of the citizens’ police force
Thursday night the threatened race
war came to an end, the turbulent ele
ment yielded and peace and order were
restored. Friday morning the better
class of the negroes resumed their
avocations free from molestation, and
the restoration of order promised to
be permanent. The early hours of
the afternoon, however, wrought a wo
ful change in the situation. The des
perate negro, Robert Charles, whose
crimes caused the terrible events of
the past two days, was located in a ne
gro’s dwelling on Saratoga street and
in effecting his capture the lives of
four more white men—-two police offi
cers and two citizens —were sacrificed.
Charles’ resistance cost him his life
and with him was killed a negro com
panion who had aided him in his war
on the Whites and his defiance of the
authorities. The fresh violence re
vived the turbulence of the unruly ele
ment and added strength to their
forces. The citizens’ police force has
been increased to over 1,000. All
companies of the state militia are un
der arms and are guarding the prison
and other important points. The gen
eral belief is that the force in hand
will be ample to suppress the lawless
element.
BATTLE LASTED SEVERAL HOURS.
It was after a most desperate battle,
lasting for several hours, and in which
Charles succeeded in killing Sergeant
Gabriel, Porteous, Andy Van Kurem,
keeper of the police jail, and Alfred J.
Bloomfield, a young boy: fatally
wounding Corporal John F. Lally,
John Banville, ex-Policeman Frank H.
Evans, A. S. LeClerc, one of the lead
ing confectioners of the city, and more
or less seriously wounding several
citizens, that the desperado who killed
Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb
and badly wounded Officer Mora, was
smoked out of his hiding place in the
heart of the residence section of the
city and literally shot to pieces.
The tragedy was one of the most
remarkable in the history of the city,
and 20,000 people, soldiers, police
men and citizens were gathered
around the square in which Charles
was finally put to death. Tremendous
excitement reigned in New Orleans as
the battle wfcnt on between the police
and citizens and the negro with his
winchester. After the tragedy was
over and Charles was dragged from
the mud and slush in which he had
fallen, with the mob howling for the
burning of his body, statements were
made that the man killed was not
really the desperado who had killed
Day and Lamb, but papers found on
his person and the fact that he fought
so desperately for his life and shot so
accurately seem to leave little doubt
that the right man was put to death.
Sergeant Gabe Porteous, one of the i
best known officers on the force, and ;
Sergeant John F. Lally, who has a
fine record for bravery, were informed
during the day by a negro that Charles j
was in hiding in a house on Clio, near
Saratoga street. Determining to take
him alive if possible, the officers sum
moned a number of patrolmen to their
assistance and went to the house
where Charles was supposed to be in
concealment. The negro informant of
the policemen accompanied the officers, j
They entered the side alley of the
house and were surprised in practi
cally the same way as were Day and
Lamb. Before the officers were aware
of their danger, Charles, who was
hidden behind a screen on the second
floor of the building, raised his win
chester and began a furious but accu
rate fire.
Lally fell with a bullet in the right i
side of the abdomen. Porteous was
shot through the head and dropped
dead across Lally. The other officers J
and the negro fled the scene. The re
ports of Charles’ winchester and the
fact that two officers lay bleeding in
the yard, raised tremendous excite
ment. Hurry calls were sent to the
mayor, the chief of police and Colonel
Wood, in command of the specie l ) po
lice, and as fast as possible armed help
was rushed to the scene. In a little
while there was an immense armed
crowd encircling the square in which
Charles was located. In the mean
time a priest was summoned to admin
ister extreme unction to the police
officers, who were lying in the alley.
The priest responded promptly and
he was auointingthe body of Proteous
with Alfred J. Bloomfield, a young
boy,standing by his side, when Charles
BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE.
Atlanta Now Has a Merchants and
Manufacturers' Association.
Atlanta has anew business men’s
organization. It was organized Friday
at noon in the rooms of the. Atlanta
Business Men’s Leagjje. 'The new Or
ganization has 'on its membership list
the names oflnen'ty a! the prominent
business bouses m \he city. It will
be known as the Atlanta Merchants
and ManufrWtarers’ Association.
again appeared at the window. The
lad saw him at once and begged the
desperado not to shoot him. Charles
immediately lire l his winchester again
and Bloomfield fell dead.
The priest, unhurt, left the scene.
At this time the ambulance arrived
and two citizens volunteered to go in
to the alleyway and briug out the body
of Lally. They entered, and while
they were attempting to take the
body of the dead officer from that of
his colleague, Charles fired again.
The citizens, nevertheless, got Lally’s
body out of the alley and afterward
succeeded in taking Porteous’ body
out also.
In the meantime an immense throng
had gathered in the vicinity, and
schemes were set on foot to get Charles
out of the building. Charles, how
ever, did not propose to be captured
without selling his life dearly. Time
after time he came to the window and
as citizens, one by one, entered the
alley, he blazed away at them. In this
manner a number of people were
wounded.
At this time the extra police began
to lire indiscriminately at the negro,
and Andy Van Kurem, keeper of the
police jail, got a bullet in the body and
fell dead, immediately afterward H.
H. Bratt, an old man, was hit and
mortally wounded.
Ultimately it was concluded by
those who were handling the situation
that the only way to get Charles at all
was to burn the building in which he
was entrenched. It was determined
that the lire department should be
called out, in order to protect sur
rounding property, in case it should
be resolved to burn the building. At
the moment of apparent indecision
some one went to a neighboring gro
cery, purchased a can of oil and,
pouring it over the rear steps of the
building, applied a match aud soon
had the building in flames.
So fiercely did the fire burn that it
became evident that no human being
could live in the building and picked
men from the police, special squads,
members of the soldiery stationed
themselves about the building to pick
off the desperado, as he attempted to
leave the house. A young soldier
named Adolph Anderson, a member of
the state militia, was one 6t the first
to see Charles as he ran down the steps
leading to the second story. Charles
ran across the yard aud entered the
second room. He fired several times
at Anderson and the latter who was
armed with winchester rift*, shot the
negro in the breast and he fell and
died soon after.
As soon as the negro fell,numbers of
people armed with winchesters aud re
volvers rushed in and fired into the
body.
Shortly after the body of Charles
had been taken from the scene a re
port spread that there w r ere still some
negroes in the burning building. The
square was again quickly surrounded
and a special squad made its way into
the buildißg. In a room which the
fire had not yet reached three negroes
were found dressed in female attire.
They were hustled out and immediate
ly sent to prison in a patrol wagon.
Subsequently a fourth negro w'as dis
covered in the building. He made a
desperate resistance and while in the
hands of the police was killed by a
shot fired from a pistol in the hands of
one of the disorderly mob that had
congregated in the vicinity.
A list of casualties up to Friday
night was as follows:
August Thomas, negro laborer.
Baptiste Filean, negro, aged 75
years.
Lewis Taylor, negro laborer.
Gabriel Porteous, white, sergeant
of police.
John F. Fally, white, corporal of
police.
A. Van Kurem, white, workhouse
keeper.
Alfred J. Bloomfield, white.
John T. Day, police captain.
Peter J. Lamb, policeman.
Robert Charles, author of the trouble.
Anna Mabry, negro woman.
Unknown negro, companion of
Charles.
The list of wounded, so far as
known, is twenty-eight, the majority
being negroes.
GEORGIA’S PRO RATA
Of Appropriation to National Guard
Will be $22,000.
Governor Candler has been notified
by the war department that Georgia’s
pro rata share of the increased appro
priation to the national guard will be
$22,000. This amount is fully $7,000
below what was expected under the
act of congress which gives almost
twice as much to state troops as dur
ing any former year. The governor
has been informed that the reason the
entire appropriation has not been
divided out is because the war depart
ment thought best to reserve $200,000
to be used at another time.
MOUNT STUDYING TRIAL.
Outcome of Powers C• May Effect
, Taylor Requisition.
Governor Mount of Indiana says he
is studying the Powers trial at George
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DIXON’S WIFE
HAS CONFESSED
Says Sha and Jerry Weldon Put Her
Husband Out of the Way.
YOUNG MAN ADMITS GUILT
Both Tell the Horrible Story of
Midnight Murder.
Asa startling sequel to the mid
night murder of George Dickson, the
Crawford county, Ga., farmer, Jerry
Walden, the young white man com
mitted to jail in Wrightsville under
suspicion, made a confession Wednes
day. So did the wife of the murdered
man.
When it became known that such
was the case it was evident that both
would be lynched, so John Anthony,
clerk of the superior court of Johnson
county, owing to the illness of Sheriff
Rowland, removed the prisoners to
Tennille and took a train for Macon.
The guilty parties are now in Bibb
county jail.
Mrs. Dickson confessed first. She
sent for Anthony, who with two re
sponsible gentlemen of Wrightsville,
wrote out her' confession. It showed
her to be a woman of an abandoned
heart. While returning from the home
of a sick friend late Sunday night the
plot was made, she says, to kill the
husband. Walden had been intimate
with her. The husband had quarreled
about it. Walden worked on the farm
for Dickson and all lived in one
house, which consisted of a large
room in which all slept.
The children slept in a bed next to
the one occupied by the father. He
was asleep when Walden stood over
and dealt him a blow on the side of the
head with an ax. The groans of Dick
son aroused temporarily one of the
children, who soon fell asleep again.
The woman says she kept watch while
Walden struck her husbaud two other
blows—one on the forehead, which
paralyzed his brain; another one on
the back of his head. While she went
to her brother’s, who resides half a
mile away, Walden washed the blood
from his hands, and going across the
road which leads from the bouse,
threw the bloody hatchet into the
woods, where it was found by her
brother, who at once accused the pair
of the murder. Walden, however,
says she dealt the second blow; that
she suggested the murder, got the ax
and told him where to hit her hns
band.
The woman is rough looking and
dissipated, to ail appearance, and told
the story of the murder of the father
of her children in a most indifferent
manner. Walden is but a boy about
twenty-two years of age, a farm band
without education or intelligence. His
father and two brothers went to Macon
with him.
ADMIRAL KEGPFF EXPLAINS
Reports to Departmsnt Why American
Guns Were Silent at Taku.
The navy department Wednesday
made public the mail report of Rear
Admiral Kempff explainining his rea
sons for refusing to join with the ships
of the other powers in the attack on
the Taku forts. Rear Admiral Kempff’s
explanation for refusing to participate
in the attack on the fortifications of a
power with which we were at peace is
w armly commended by Secretary Long.
Admiral Kempffi’s first report says:
“On Thursday, June 14th, Rear Ad
miral Bruce called and nsked what I
thought of the matter, nud I informed
him that I was not authorized to ini
tiate any act of war with a oountry
with whom my country was at peace;
that my limit waß to protect American
interests, both by regulations and un
der recent instructions from both the
navy department and from the com
mander-in-chief of the United States
naval force on the Asiatic station.
“On the 15th, at a consultation of
the other foreign naval officers, it was
agreed that the railroad station at
Tong Ku should be taken (the railway
is under government control) and in
case any Chinese government force
acted against the force of any foreign
nation all should be involved aud net
unitedly. Under ray instructions 1
could not join in taking possession of
of Chinese government property and
did not care to become a party to such
an agreement without special authori
ty.”
FEVER IN BARRACKS.
Our Troops In Cuba Are Seriously
rienaced By Yellow Jack.
A special from Havana says: Yellow
fever has broken out in the barracks of
the Seventh United States cavalry and
the First United State*? infantry in
Pinar del Rio. There have been nine
deaths during the present month.
Eleven cases are now under treatment
in the hospitals. Wednesday General
Lee ordered the camp moved three
miles into the country and quarantine
will be rigidly enforced.
The chief surgeon has received or
ders to institute a thorough investiga
tion into the cause of the outbreak.
W. J. BRYAN ACCEPTS.
Nebraskan WiH Attend Grand Army
Encampment at Chicago.
William J. Bryan has accepted an
invitation to attend the national en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, in Chicago. General John
C. Black, chairmau of the committee
on invitation, received his formal ac
ceptance, Wedaesday, settling a ques-
there has been eonsiu
er^^^^^Auursy.
LEAGUERS GATHER
IN THE GATE CITY
First Southern Epworth Convenf'on
Opens For Five Da> s’ Session.
THE ATTEI&ANCE LARGE.
Piedmont Pork
Taxed to Capacity.
The first annual southern conference
of the Epworth League opened its five
days’ session in the auditorium at Ex
position park, Atlanta, Ga., at 8
o’clock Thursday night.
The scene presented in the vast
building, with its innumerable electric
lights gleaming upon the attractive
and morations of white and yellow' on
pillar, rafter and wall, and illumining
the expectant faces of the great assem
blage, was beautiful aud inspiring.
Half of the audience wore the ribbon
aud monogram badge of the southern
leaguers, and the majority of those iu
attendance were young people.
The addresses which followed the de
votional service were notable, aud two
of the speakers were among the most
distinguished men of the south—
Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Geor
gia and Governor-elect W. J. Samford,
of Alabama. Both of the gentlemen
spoke in their happiest vein, and they
made a fine impression on their audi
tors. A good many Atlantiaus went
expressly to hear the next governor
of Alabama, attracted by his reputa
tion as a leader and orator.
Bishop Candler extended the wel
come of the Empire State of the South
to the leaguers, and Governor-elect
Samford responded on behalf of the
visiting delegates to all of -V*e ad
dresses of welcome. James May
son of the Atlanta city eoutycit spoke
for the municipality, web’Nming the
conference to the Gate CiJy in an ap
propriate and pleasing manner. Rev.
J. E. Dickey, pastor of Grace church,
voiced the welcome of Atlanta Meth
odism and the local Epworth Leaguers.
After the speech-making, a half hour
was spent in making the delegates ac
quainted with each other and social
intercourse.
POWELL VS. PER HAH
President and Secretary of the
Order of Telegraphers In
Hot Controversy.
A serious dissension has arisen iu
the ranks of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers growing out of the late
strike on the Southern railway. H.
B. Perham, secretary and treasurer of
the grand division, with headquarters
at St. Louis, is engaged in a contro
versy with President W. V. Powell.
The two grand officers are having a de
cidedly personal correspondence, cop
ies of which have been sent to all the
members of the brotherhood in the
United States.
A special session of the grand divis
ion of the order will be held iu St. Louis
October Ist for tlie purpose of settling
these differences, and to enact such
legislation as may be required by the
growth aud changes in the order since
its last convention.
Secretary Perham charges that the
Southern railway strike was badly
mismanaged and the order suffered
greatly in prestige because of the re
sult. He says tt at the president caused
to be withdrawn from the treasury
practically all the funds which it had,
and he says that the withdrawal was
contrary to the constitution of the or
der.
The secretary charges specifically
that $35,868 was illegally disbursed by
the president’s orders and that the
protective fund, instead of having $50,-
000 on hand, has practically no funds
at all available. On June 26tb, when
Secretary Perham issued his first call
for the special session of the grand
division, he stated that the order had
only $365 in bank. He claimed that it
should have had $50,000 at least.
Mr. Perham states that the relations
between himself and the president are
very much strained and the president
corroborates this statement. The sec
retary accounts for it by the fact that
he declined to loan the president sl,-
100 of the order’s money iu 1808, de
claring that things have been made
unpleasant for him ever since.
FILIPINOS SLAUGHTERED.
riembsrsof Fortieth Regiment Avenge
Death ef Comrade.
A Manila dispatch says: At Oro
quieta, in northern Mindanao, two
soldiers entered a native store for the
purpose of buying food. While there
one was killed by a bolo and bis head
severed from bis body. The other es
caped and gave the alarm.
A company of the Fortieth infantry,
stationed at Cagayan, repaired to Qro
quieta and killed ninety eight natives,
thirty of them being in a single house.
Subsequently the gunboat Callao shell
ed Orcquifcta, burning the warehouses.
One of the crew was killed.
POSTAL SERVICE FOR CHINA
To Be Established With Harry M.
Robinson In Charge.
A Washington dispatch says: Harry
M. Robinson, chief clerk in tbe fourth
division railway mail service, with
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., haa been
appointed to establish a regular postal
service in China, that the American
soldiers in the farcfeitmay he provid
ed with the facilities as
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QUIET REIGNS
In City of New Orleans—Alayor
lakes Pull Charge of Affairs
and Enforces Order.
Pence and order reigns iu New Or
leans, only one disturbance being re
ported throughout Saturday. This
was an old negro woman being pelted
by a gang of boys for making iueen
diary speeches. The courage anil con
fidence of the negroes has been re
stored. The result was brought about
by two. causes-—the vigorous and ener
getic action of Mayor Capdeville and
the killing of the uegro desperado,
Robert Charles, who caused all the
trouble.
The mayor increased the number of
his special police to 1,500. This was
composed almost entirely of the very
best elements in the city—merchants,
bankers, business men of all kinds.
The special police, with the militia,
furnished a force of 3,000 men, all
armed with rifles and so distributed iu
squads and companies throughout the
city as to prevent auy forming of mobs
or rioting.
Tiie barrooms were required to close
at 2 p. m. Saturday and remain closed
irutil Monday. No liquor was sold
Sunday for the first time in mauy days.
The killing of Charles had a marked
effect in restoring quiet. Had he es
caped the riots and attacks on the
negroes could have been prevented
only with difficulty, even by a large
force of military.
With a record of having killed eight
white men in four days, a hater of the
white race and preaching the doctrine
of resistance to the alleged oppression
by the whites, Charles would have
been indeed dangerous to the peace
and order of the community and would
have instigated and stirred up race
troubles. He was of a roving disposi
tion, had been a railroad hand, waiter,
newspaper carrier, immigration agent,
etc., and always a hater of the whites.
The police find that he had three or
more rooms in the city; that he was an
active proselyter among the negroes,
endeavoring to persuade them to go to
Liberia to escape white oppression.
In all of his rooms were found incen
diary literature, books and pamphlets
on the negro question, all taking a
radical pro-African view of the ques
tion. In the Saratoga street house he
bad a large quantity of lead for the
manufacture of bullets.
The police have entered charges
against all the negroes in the Jackson
house as accessories to the murder of
Officers Porteous and Lally. These
include Silas Jackson, who rented the
house aud subleased rooms to the
other negroes; Martha Jackson, his
wife, who hid Charles in the closet of
the house; George Ford, who was found
wounded under a bed; John Willis,
who was found masquerading in wo
man’s clothing, and John Madison,
who was found between two mattresses.
The police believe that some of the
other negroes took part in the defense
of the house against the attacking par
ty aud say that one man could not
have fired all the shots. This story,
however, received little credence, for
all the dead and wounded show that
they were shot by Charles’s winches
ter. He fired about fifty shots, kill
ing four, fatally wounding two, seri
ously wounding seven and slight’y
wounding about twelve—more than
half bis shots taking effect, while oth
ers whizzed by the heads of the attack
ing party—-wonderful marksmanship
for a man with two severe wounds.
The grand jury will thoroughly in
vestigate the riots.
The negroes take the burning of
the Thorny Lafon school very hard. It
was set fire to by the mob on the
ground that the negroes had guns and
ammunition stored in it. There was
no insurance on it, but the school will
probably be rebuilt.
The city will have to make good the
loss. It will also have to nay for stores
broken into and robbed by the mob,
and for the buildings destroyed or in
jured in burning Charles out of his
citadel. On the other hand, the sup
pression of the riots and the restora
tion of order will cost it nothing, as
the special police are giving their ser
vices free and the arms and ammuni
tion are furnished free by the dealers.
Geronimo Not Insane.
A special has been received at Fort
Worth, Texas, denying that Geronimo,
the noted Apache prisoner, has gone
stark mad. He is not imprisoned, but
is living with his squaw on the Fort
reservation.
RATHBONE UNDER ARREST.
Held In Bond of $25,000 and Subse
quently Jailed In Havana.
J. E. Ralhbone, until recently di
rector genera! of posts iu Cuba, was
arrested in Havana Batnrday on four
charges.
These allege the unlawful drawing
of two orders for SSOO each, paying
his private coachman anil gardener
from the postal funds aud drawing per
diem allowance when not entitled to
do so. He was held in bonds of $25,-
000.
Francisco Gamba, one of the richest
Spanish merchants in Havana, ottered
to go on Ilathbone’s bond, but the
judge ruled adversely.
DONS MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
To Cede to United States Islands of
Cibitu and Cagayen.
The Spanish cabinet is considering
the proposition of the United States
government for the cession of the is
lands of Cibitu and Cagayeu in
consideration of an indemnity of 3100,-
000. The ministry regards the propo
sition favorably, and the negotiations
for a treaty of accord between the two
i governments are proceeding rapidly.
SAFE CONI I W*
NOW PROMISED’
Safety of Legations Dependent Upon
Cessation of Hosti ities.
CHINA’S PRESENT ATTITUDE^!
Either Shanghai or Hong Kong
Suggested as City of Re.uge.
Advices from Shanghai state that a
general rising throughout Cnina is
now regarded as so absolutely certain
that all the missionaries throughout
the empire have been ordered to take
refuge without delay either at Shaugliai
or Hong Kong. Refugees are begin
ning to arrive from all points in the
most pitinble condition.
“As the result of a correspondence
with the governor of Shang Tung, Li
Hung Cliaug announced Wednesday
that the imperial government was pre
pared at auy moment to give a safe
convoy to the members of the foreign
legations from Pekin to Tien Tsin,
providing a guarantee was given that
im) advance would bo made upon the
capital, and that matters in dispute
between China aud the powers would
be made the subject of friendly nego
tiations.
In the same communication to the
consuls, Earl Li stated that the impe
rial government had submitted to the
powers a statement of its position, de-*
daring that it had suffered greatly by
recent events, but desired not only to
suppress rebellion, but also to remove
the causes of the hostility of foreign
powers. Therefore he hoped that the
effort to escort the foreigners to Tien
Tain would be regarded as uu earnest
desire of the Chinese government for
the renewal of friendly relations.
The consuls roplied that no basis for
friendly negotiations was possible un
til proof was at baud that the minis
ters were still liviug. Consul Warren
‘declined to discuss the mutter at all,
but in his reply to the French consul
Li Hung Chang umlertook to obtain a
satisfactory message from the French
minister (M. Pinchon) within five
duys.
The Canton correspondent of tbe
London Daily Telegraph, wiring Tues
day, sends the following important
news:
“Viceroy Tak Sll today published
the following mandate:
‘'“Ac important imperial decree was
issued on the. 23d day 'of the sixth
moon. It says:
“ ’We have lost Tien Ttfin and great
precautions are taken in Pekin. No
peace ran be obtained without going
through a war. Iu the time of Cluing
an agreement was made tlLat no mur
der can bo inflicted minister*
from abroad. It is a mont|h since the
minister of Germany was iiissassinatcd
by boxers and strict orderqi have been
given for the arrest of the (murderers.
We are trying our utmost (to preserve
the lives of the other miutisters, and
they are still in Pekin.
“ ‘We fear that the vilceroys and
governors may misunderstalnd the in
tention of the decree, relyi/ng ou the
safety of these ministers, ad a ground
for making peace, aud takirlig no heed
whatever to prepare for attuiek and de
fense. The neglect to fortif y the dis
tricts under their jurisdic lions will
bring endless calamity. Vi ceroys and
governors are to pay all attention to
an urge on preparations for coast at
tack and defense, and they 1 ire to take
the consequences in case of any terri
tory being lost entirely thro ugh their
delay and m smanagement. ’
“Europeans here understand tiitnr
oughly the last part of the edict, which
means that the viceroys and governor*!
are commanded by tbe empress dow
ager to prepare for a Chinese war
ugainst the allied powers. Viceroy
Tak Sll is bitterly anti-foreign, nnd ho
is increasing liis army and armaments,
military aud marine. He has lodged
an objection through the prefect of
Kwang Chou to four small gunboats,
two French, one Amerieau undone
British, that are here to safeguard the
lives of foreigners, and be asks that
they he moved beyond the Bogus
forts.”
It is believed that another two or
three weeks must elapse before the
Chinese preparations are completed.
CHINESE ARE BLUFFING.
England Believes Action of “Pigtails’'
Is Only to Gain Time.
A London special says: Mr.Conger*
letter, the substance ol which has been
transmitted to the United States secre
tary of the navy, has increased the be
lief in London that there is no hope
for the foreign legations iu Pekin and
that the elsborate fabric of dispatches
w hich the Chinese are building to per
suade the civilized world that, the
a.blisters are still alive is only intend
ed to enable them to gain time to
complete preparations for warfare.
HOW A MAJOR GENERAL.
New Commission For Ch ffec Who la
En Route to China
A Washington special says: The
commission of Brigadier General Chaf
fee as major general in command of
the Chinese expeditionary forces was
made out at the war department
Thursday morning and sent to the
white house for tbe president’s signa
ture. Cable notice of the appoint
ment was sent to Nagasaki,
where it will meet Geneial CbaffeflH
kit arrival there. x