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the morning news. ir.-ahlished ISSO. - Incorporated ISSS ESI j H. ESTILL, President. STORMED TIEN TSIN. rOOH <> F THE ALLIES ATTACKED ao.noo CHINESE SOLDIERS. T HE result hangs in doubt. twenty-five per cent, of AMt2 UCA\S engaged were hit. Col. Liscum of the Ninth Infantry and < npt. A. R. Davin of the >la riß(. Killed Other Casuultie*. , b | nf >.e Were Assailed on Their Wall*. Whence They Poured a Dentil' Fire Upon the Storming Forces— Hotter Than Snntiiigo. (Copyright, 1000, the Associated Press.) Ti'r. Tsin. July 13. via Che Foo, July 35 and Shanghai, July 16.—At 2 o’clock t.vs a;u: noon 7.0C0 of the allied troops wer e attempting to storm the wall of rhe city Tie- attack began at daylight. Its cuecess is doubtful. The Chinese on the walls are estimated conservatively at 20,000. They are pouring a terrific hail of artillery, rifle and ma chine gun fire upon the attackers. The Amfrictns. Japanese, British and French troops are attacking from the west and the Russians from the east. The Americans suffered terribly. As the A--odate 1 Press representative left the ii. Id, the chief surgeon of the Ninth In fantry said a conservative estimate was that 25 per cent, of the Americans were h t Col. Emerson H. Liscum is reported O have been mortally wounded as he was walking in front of the troops. Maj. Re pan ar.d Capts. Buckmi.ler, Wilcox and Moves are among the wounded. The Marines' losses included Capt. Paris. killed, and Butler, Leonard and several others wounded. Off rs declared that it was hotter than Santiago. When the correspondent left the Ameri cans were lying in the plain, between the wh and the river, under an enfilading and a direct fire. It was difficult for them to advance or retire. The orrespondents counted 300 wounded men of all nationalities. RENEY CONFIRMED IT. Admiral Sent a Report of the Rattle at Tien Tsin. Washington, July 16.—The navy depart ment this morning received official confir mation from Admiral Remey of the re verse of the allied forces at Tien Tsin on the morning of the thirteenth. The dispatch is dated Che Foo, July 16, and says: “Reported that allied forces attacked native city morning thirteench; Russians right, with Ninth Infantry and marines on the left. Losses allied forces large; Russians, 100, including artillery colonel; Americans over thirty; British over for ty. Japan, 58, including colonel; French twenty.five. Col. Liscum, Ninth Infantry, killed, also Capt. Davis, Marine Corps. Capt Lemly, Lieuts. Butler and Leonard wounded At seven evening allied attack on native city was repulsed with great loss. Returns not yet in; details not yet confirmed. Remey.” THE NEWS IN LONDON. Xsriou* Report* From China That | Ila\o Been Received. London, July'l7, 3:53 a. m.-Up to this hour no further news has been received regard:;.g the reported massacre at Pekin from ar.\ source. In the House of Com • last evening, beyond an admission that there was no ground for hoping that the isport was not true. Mr. Brodick, parliamentary secretary to the foreign of fice, had nothing to communicate. An un h-iu hush fell upon the chamber when the subject came up. A few members doffed their hats, but otherwise there was uo demonstration. question was put to Lord Salisbury in flip House of Lords, probably by a pre eomvru-d arrangement, it being consider ed that .t the present stage of affairs it "ouM be only embarrassing to force th* premier to make a statement. It w.is whispered on the ministerial side the Commons that the next vote on "unt of military undertakings in South Afr:oa and China will be startling in amount. T f *!' grams from Shanghai and Che Foo r ! a, e an increasingly serious state of affairv It is alleged that the foreign rollsu * s at Shanghai have cabled their Rcxernmenls that there is urgent need °i rn .:. warships to protect that port, fo the menacing attitude of the tiii;f S f and the temptatipn to loot the agt ‘ores of merchandise recently ac there. It seems that the Chi have already threatened to lire the tanks on the Pao Tung side of <n* city. th Pr ° m Foo cornea the rei>ort that ‘ f ntlre adult male population of the R ‘ ‘ Provinces of Chi Li. Shan Si and , n ® n Tung nre massing to defend Pekin, va, onvietion that the Powers mean ~l r 1 !f “ rf Wttle <k>ubt that a further r j i of the allies at Tien Tsin would , the s| Rna | for H Renera i Hntl-forelgn -J* throughout China. „ *’ Japanese effleers are still confident ' tr ability to reach Pekin before the •> -i omo Impassable, hut the Euro i, . or nmanders believe an advance will Fibefore September, fhs . ls fa * < * *° e imminent at New Int fi?*' " ,ie ‘re the Boxers are threaten* t, av , hf - fo, eln settlement. The Russians Wa . rrl caded the streets and loop ha,,, ’I 1 " houses of the foreigners. The officials have removed their val- Prh ° P rt A, ,hur ' h.ru- rS tfl ° mo,, t serious among the hint',>r Pr>or a from Shanghai is the ru ftv. r J al 6 lnce the massacre at Pekin, *1 .r. l r ®Slments have been order p, r '''• wl, h Instructions to make Chlng th ' at the htad of the grand canal t. r ,. '-t pi 'tlve point for the southward ex- Th n _ of 'l l ® Boxer movement. In h says It Is taken for granted r,„. I,|o matlc eircles that when the Chl crlel * is settled Great Britain will retain the right to nominate the inspec tor of Chinese cus oms. FRENCH DEPORTED KILLED. A Correspondent Names Him ns NVell as Col. Liscnm. London. July 16.—The Evening News prints a dispatch, dated Shanghai to day, giving a detailed account of the at tack of the allied forces on the native city of Tien Tsin. as reported in the dis patch to the Associated Press, dated Tien Tsin, July 13. According to the Evening News dis patch, the allies were repulsed and com pelled to retreat with a loss of more than 100 killed, the British losing forty and the Japanese sixty. The Americans and Rus sians, it is added, ulso suffered heavily. Among the Americans killed were Col. French of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and Cos!. Liscum of the Ninth Infantry. A Russian colonel of artillery was also killed. The dispatch adds that the Chinamen fought with great desperation and that their marksmanship was accurate and deadly. WAS NOT COL. FRENCH. Officials at a I.oss to Explain the Heport. Washington, July 16.—The report that Col. French. Twenty-fifth Infantry, was killed at Tien Tsin, is not understood at the war department here. Officials state positively that Col. French is not in China. There is but one Col. French in the service and he commands the Twen ty-second Infantry, two battalions of which are in the Philippines and the third in this country. On June 30 Col. French was in New York on sick leave. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Brief Sketches of Officers Who Fell at Tien Tsin. Washington, July 16.—Emerson H. Lis cum of the Ninth Infantry, who was killed at Tien Tsin, was one of the most gallant of the old Civil War veterans still in the service. At the outbreak of that war he volunteered as corporal in Company H, of the First Vermont Infan try, having been born in Vermont. He was mustered out of the volunteers in August, 3861, and immediately entered the regular army as a private in the Twelfth Infantry. Promotion was rapid in his case, and he received his first commission in the regular army es a second lieutenant in February, 1863. He became colonel of the Ninth Infantry on April 25. 1899. He was ‘brevetted a captain in 1864 for gal lant service in the battle of Bethesda Church, and in the campaign before Rich mond, Va. Col. Liscum was in the Santiago cam paign with the Ninth Infantry, and was badly w'ounded at the battle of San Juan Hill. The war department has taken note of his splendid services there, and his name was to have been presented at the next session of Congress for promotion to the rank of brigadier general. Capt. Austin R. Davis, U. S. M. C., also killed, was a native of Georgia. He En tered the marine corps as a second lieu tenant on July 1, 1894. He went out to the Philippines in April, 1899, in charge of the marines who took over the Cavite naval station from the military branch. His commission as captain in the marine corps is datec\ March 3, 1899. Copt. William B. Lemly of the marine corps, * who is reported as wounded, is a native of North Carolina and a nephew of Judge Advocate General Lemly of the navy. He entered the Corns on its in crease in March, 1899. being attached to the staff as an assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Lieut. S. D. Butler of the marine corps also w’ounded. was appointed from Penn sylvania in April. 1899. Lieut. Henry Leonard of the marine corps was appointed to that eervice from the District of Columbia in April, 1899. Maj. James Reagan of the Ninth Infan try entered the military service from New York before the Civil War. The Capt. Buokmiller referred to in the dispatches as having been wounded is Capt. Edwin V. Bookmiller. He is a West Pointer, entering the academy from Ohio in 1885. Capt. Charles R. Noyes of the Ninth In fantry is adjutant of the regiment. He also was a West Pointer, having been ap pointed from Massachusetts in 1875. TROOPS FROM THIS COUNTRY. Though Mile* Recommended They Be Sent From the Phlllppinea. Washington. July 16,-Gen. Miles had an extended conference this afternoon with the secretary of war concerning the dis patch of reinforcements to China. No statement could be secured as to the resuh of the conference, but it is understood that Gen. M.les very strongly urged that troops he immediately with drawn from the Philippines, so that a large army could be thrown into China within comparatively a few days, insread of awaiting the sow process of assem bling an army in this country and Cuba and then getting it to China. The troops in the Philippines could make the trip acres* to China in about a week, while Ihe dispatch of troops from this country will take considerably mere than a month, and the men hardly can be on the -field until September. Notwithstanding Gen. Miles’ recommen dation. the apparent policy is to forward the troops to China from this country and Cuba as fast as they can be assembled. With the. sending of 8.000 or 10,000 men. provision, doubtless, will he made for an officer of high rank to take command of this force. Gen. Miles has recommended that Maj. Gon. Bates, who commanded j brigade with credit In Cuba, be placed In command. He is now in the Philippines, and could readily reach the field of ac tion. The disposition, however, is to ward sending nn officer from this coun try, and as the conditions are so rapidly expanding. Gen. Miles is frequently re ferred to as likely to assume command of the American forces in the Orient. VIEWS OF THE POWERS. Expression* From Their Repre*cii tnflvo* nt BeAlln. Berlin. July 16.—The news regarding the massacre et Pekin, has been received by the German press with unanimous expression* of deepest sorrow and indig nation. The whole nation seerr.s imbued with similar sentiments. Emperor William was Immediately notified. The number of German* massacred at Pe kin is said to be 93. Dr. Mumm von Bchwarzenstein will *tart for China. Saturday. __ (.Continued on Fifth Page.* SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY. JULY 17, 1900. NO WAR WITH CHINA, TECHNICALLY. THIS COI NTBY IS AT PEACE WITH HER. WILL FIGHT HER ALL THE SAME A. UNITED STATES HAVE AN ADA ANT AGE IN THE SITUATION. Cannon Declares the President May Have All the Money Needed to Push Operations Troops Will Probably Be Rushed to ( liinn—Es timates of Those Now There anti on the Way—Others That Might Be Sent. Washington. July 16.—The decision of the administration at the end of a most eventful day Is that the United States government is still not at war with the government of China. The happ nings at Tien Tsin, coming on lop of th# stories of the last struggles at Pekin, have not affected the attitude of the ad ministration on this point; ihe United States and China are, technically, at peace. But this statement should not ac cepted as indicating a purpose on the par<: cf the United States government to hold its hand in (he administration of swift and adequate punishment upon the Chi nese, wiihout regard to station, who may* be responsible for the outrages of the past few weeks. It means simply that the government of the United States feels It can best achieve that purpose by re garding the status officially as one of peace. To ho and otherwise would serious ly cripple the government in efforts to obtain satisfaction for (ho outrages the Americans in China have suffered. We should find the ports of China, now open to us closed, and all sorts of im pediments wou’d be encountered which now r are missing. Therefore, according to the administration view’, a declaration of war would afford not even a techni cal ga n. while it would be actually a heavy drawback. Chairman Cannon' of the House Appro priations Committee is authority for the statement that money in plenty is at the disposal of the President to meet the pres ent emergency, and that there is no ne cessity for a called session of Congress on that score. Exciting In Washington. The day was the most exciting Wash ington has known since the battle of San tiago. At the very beginning came Ad miral Remey’s cablegram announcing the defeat of the allied forces at Tien Tsin, and then came the vivid Associated Press account of the fight. A special cabinet meeting was held on receipt of this news, with such members present as are in town. Great reluctance was manifested on the part of the participants to answer ques tions as to the nature of the deliberations. The best indication of its nature was the departure for the White House of Sec retary Hay immediately after the meet ing. He sat down and had a long talk with President McKinley over the long distance telephone, and it soon became known that the President had decided that it would be best for him to come back from Canton to the national capital. Tnlko.l of Reinforcement!!.. The cabinet officers talked over the pos sibilities of reinforcing the (roops in China. There was no disposition shown to withhold these troops; the only question was as to the amount of additional force available. That was a technical question, so It was left to the war department offi cials to decide. The only point laid down was that the government would send for ward all the troops that could be spared at this time. One proposition discussed by the cabi net appeared to have a very practical aspect about it. Technical men had made objection to the further conduct of the Chinese campaign with an international forte without some working understand ing as to the duties of each of the Pow ers represented. It was suggested that an international conference be called has tily at one of the capitals—London, Berlin, Paris or Washington—to define the part to be taken by each Power and the quota of troops to be furnished by it. and to arrange for the selection of a comman der-in-chief of the allied forces. This suggestion did not meet with o favorable reception. It was felt by the cabinet that the United Slates should send what force it could dispose of to China, as far as seemed necessary, and should not make any agreement with other Powers os to the number. This decision involves the increase of the force of troops destined for China. Troops That Might Go. The responsible officials evaded any spe cific statement as to the extent of this increase. It was. however, gathered that the reinforcements would be limited only to the ability of the government to spare troops from the commands now in the United States and Cabo. The estimates varied as to how many could be spafhd, hut the general opinion was that some where between 4,000 and 8,000 men could be shipped to the East from Cuba and the United States, in addition to the troops already under orders. A statement prepared by Adjt. Gen. Corbin, shows that there is now a grand total of 10,665 officers and men in China, en route to China, en route to Nagasaki or under orders for Nagasaki. This ta ble of course includes the 111-fated Ninth Infantry, which may not be in condition for further service. Gen. Wood's last reports indicate that, owing to the tranquility prevailing in Cuba, it will he entirely safe to deorense the miltary force there quite largely. But even with these Cuban troops, it will be necessary, if the cabinet plans are car ried out, to divest the home posts of gar risons. save in the case of the heavy ar tillery organizations at seacoast points. About ail of the troops within the borders of ihe United Slates that would he avail able for Chinese service, under a call, are these regiments: The Scdond, Fifth. Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments, Intact, one squadron each of the First and tho Sixth Cavalry, the First. Tenth and Eleventh Regiments of Infantry com plete. one battalion each of tho Second, Fifth. Seventh. Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Ttveniy-third and Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiments, and three companies of the Twenty-fourth Infantry. This available force of cavalry and Infantry aggregates about 9,000 men. grme artillery undoubtedly would be sent, and there are Light Batteries K of the First Artillery, A and F of the Sec ond, C and F of the Third, B of the Fourth, D of the Fifth and C and M of the Seventh available. Theie ate, be- sides Companies C and D of the Engin eers, and four companies of the signal corps. Root \\ * Reluctant. Secretary Root was reluctant to admit that there was any necessity for more American troops in China. and at (he close of ih- day he said that thus far be had issued no orders for reinforcements. Continung, he ‘aid ihat the reg.ments already slated for Chinese service, those now’ in Ch na, and ihose afloat amount (o 10,665 men of all arms. Secretary Root said that in view of the small standing army of the United States, of our insig nificant force of field artillery, as com iared with that cf the great European Powers, and of our lack of territorial in terest, in China, this 10,000 men repre sented mere thin the United States’ pro rata share of the in ernaticnal force which is to operate against Pekin. The war depariment. he said, so far has responded in full to every demand made upon i< by the joint conference of foreign commanders in China. The situation has changed so rapidly from day to day as to alter the estimate of the foreign com manders several times. It is possible that the estimate of troops needed for Chinese service will be again increased. If so the United States will respond. By scouring this country and denuding jt of all regular troops, except a. very fow r of the heavy artillery in charge of valuable seacoast guns, and by making still further de mands upon forces in Cuba and Porto Rico, we might possibly gather between 3,000 and 4,000 additional troops. This, however, would he the limit, unless the war department disregarded a recommen dation of Gen. MacArthur and drew still further on the available troops in the Philippines. This, however, was a future contingency which would not have to be met till it arose. Secretary Root expressed the hope that the first reports of the disastrous hattle of the 13th ai Tien Tsin might prove to b* exaggerated, but the war department, i. was stated, had no official information beyond that transmitted in Admiral Rem ey’s cablegram of this morning. Gen. Miles was called upon by Secre tary Root during the afternoon to coun sel wMth him as to the projected troop movements. He favors the prompt dis patch of a large force to China. United State* Misunderstood. A good deal of annoyance has been caused here by the complete misunder standing that has been conveyed to the European nations as to the attitude of the United States government regarding rhe settlement of the Chinese troubles. This government, it# can be stated author itatively, never has thought ot compro mising for money or any other form of in demnity. Indeed, tne subject of money indemnity, or on apology never has been thought of or mentioned by the govern ment of the United States. The govern ment will insist on justice and retribution, according to the highest authorities. The war department officials w r ere un able to say who commands the Ninth In fantry since the death of Col. Llecum. The impression prevails that the lieutenant col onel of the regiment is ill at Manila and that the regiment, or what is left of it, will find its senior and, consequently, commanding officer in one of ihe captains. Incidentally, it may bo mentioned that through Col. Lhsciim’s death Capt. McCalla of the Newark, if ashore, is the ranking American officer. TliE FIGHTING ON JULY’ 3. Relnfcil Account Received by tlic Jnpnnexo Legation. Washington, July 16.—The Japanese le gation to-day received a cablegram from the minster for foreign affairs, dated Tokio, July 10, giving some belated details of the lighting at Tien Tsin July 3, when the town was still in possession of the al lies. According to this cable, there arc 4,000 Japanese troops at Tien Tsin. More than half the allied troops in the attack on Tien Tsin on the 13th, therefore, were probably Japanese. The cable is as fol lows: “On the third instant a large body of Chinese soldiers appeared before Tien Tsin end attacked the northern part of tlie settlement, which was guarded by the Russian troops. The Japanese sent to their aid, at the Russian generals re quest, one battery of artillery and two companies of infantry. After a heavy cannonade, they silenced the Chinese guns and finally repulsed the enemy. The Japanese losses in this engagement were two captains killed and about thirty non commissioned officers and men killed or wounded. Maj. Gen. Fukuhime has now under him at Tien Tsin about 4,000 Japan ese troops. TUAN KILLED .‘S.OOO. Resented Their Petition for the Live* of the Foreigner*. Washington, July 16.—A report has reached official Chinese quarters here of a shocking tragedy In Pekin, not hereto fore shown id any of the reports from China. This appear* In a paper printed in- the Chinese text, and although it is in no tvay official, and may be a part of the exaggerated gossip of the situation, It. has none the less attracted the atten tion of the Chinese Minister here. According to this Chinese report three thousand Chinese officials of Pekin. en gaged in the government eervice, united in a petition to Prime Tuan to spare the foreigners, and afford them every pro tection. In response to this, according to the Chinese re|>ort. Prince Tuan order ed that those who had united in the peti tion be killed, and the order was carrieJ out. INDIANA FDR CHINA. Iler Sailing U Ith Troop* Aan on need by Mac Arthur. Washington, July 16.—The following ca blegram w r as received at the war depart ment to-day from Gen. MacArthur: “Manila, July 16.—Adjutant General, Washington: Transport Indiana sailed yesterday for China with twenty officers, Including two medical, 817 men. Four teenth Regiment, United States Infantry; one officer, thirty-one men Ninth Regi ment, United States Infantry; Crozier, ordnance officer, one sergeant, one chap lain, sixteen hospital corps men; Flint shire with seven officers, 271 men. Reil ly’s Battery, two medical officers, five hospital men, fully equipped. “MacArthur.” Another cablegram from Gen. Mac- Arthur announces the sailing from Ma nila for tho United States of the big transport Sherman, with a capacity for 2,000 troops. COL. GUILD DECLINED The First A**l*tnnt Po*tma*ter Gen eral’* Tonltlon. Washington, July 16.—Curtis Guild, of Boston, who was tendered the appoint ment of first as.-istant postmaster general to succeed Perry 8. Heath, has declined to accept the office. The reason he gives for his action is the pressure of private business Interests. Several other names are now under consideration. AN EXTRA SESSION, IMPRESSION PREVAILS THAT ONE MIST BE CALLED. THE PRESIDENT RETURNING. THE CABINET DISCUSSED THE CHINESE SITUATION. Qumtion of Revenue Agitating the Chlnrie—CongrcnM* Aid I* Needed to Deal With the Ditllnil t le*—More Money Will Re Required for the C’htiieMe C ainiinlgn—Suppreunion of Unconfirmed Report* Prom Chinn W Considered. Washington. D. C.. July 16.—A1l hope of rescuing Minister Conger and Americans in Pekin, appears to have been abandoned, and the question now agitating the ad ministration is how to be revenged upon the Chinese for the dastardly manner in which they have murdered our represen tatives within the empire. There seems to be no longer any doubt that all of the Americans in Pekin have been massacred. Confirmatory reports to that effect have been received from so many sources that even Secretary Long, the most peaceful member of the cabinet, now admits that he sees nothing to hope for in the returns from China yet to come. So alarming were Ihe returns received from China to-day that two separate cabinet meetings were held at the statr* deportment at the instance of Secretary Hay. The result is that President Me* Kinley will abandon his intention to re main at Canton until late in August, and return nt once to Washington, with th* probable intention of calling an extra session of Congress. Latest developments in China aifd uni versal indignation and resentment on the part of the American people rendered it necessary for the United States to send a large additional force to China, not only to aveirfco the probable massacre of Minister Conger and his companions in Pekin, but to wipe out as far as possi ble the slaughter of the gallant Ninth Regiment and the death of Col. Liscum. commanding the land forces of the United States. To accomplish this end, it will be necessary to divert a large force of troop® from the Philippines, and it wiil also necessitate the expenditure of large sums of money to defray the expenses of a campaign in China. Gen. MacArthur says he cannot reduce his force in the Philippines without endangering Ameri can interests, consequently it will he necessary for Congress to assemble ii. extra session to furnish the ways and means to carry out the administration's policy in the Chinese Empire. This subject was discussed at the sec ond cabinet meeting to-day, and although no definite conclusion was reached, a majority of (ho members of the cabinet are of the opinion that an extra session of Congress is inevitable in view’ of the appalling situation in China. The sub j* <*t of suppr ssing alarming reports from China, urhsi thoroughly authenticated, was also the subject of serious consider ation. It was urged that, in view of the administration’s announced policy to re frain from making a, formal declaration of war with China and to confine the United S.ates to a policy of simply assist ing the allicl forces in rescuing distress ed Americans in China, It is unwise to unduly exci e our people by reports which may eventually prove incorrect. There was some difference of opinion among members of the cabinet as to the wisdom of giving out the dispatch re ceived this morning from Admiral Re mey reciting some of th details of the battle between ihe allied forces and the Chinese at Tien Tsin. Adjutant General Corbin called particular attention to the fact that Admiral Remey used *he word “reported” in opening his dispatch and closes by stating “details not vet con firmed. ” Gen. Corbin claims that it is possible that the Admiral's dispatch may be based on rumors brought to Che Foo by unreliable persons, and. therefore, it is unwise to inflame ihe public mind by such h(artren Ung informal on unless it can be fully verified. This plea had but little effect outside of the war department. Secretary Long promptly resented the intimation that Ad miral Remey would, tinder existing cir cumstances, indulge in sensationalism at such a crisis. He add'd that his high reputation for courage, discretion and ability Justifies the belief that the Ad miral had ample ground for the dispatch received at the navy department to-day. It is understood that Secretary Hay re ceived some important in Admiral Remey’s dispatch. The second cabinet conference was undoubtedly to consider this information, and at the de partment it was stated that it might be given out later; also, that so critical is the situation, an extra session con hardly be avoided. This impression is strengthened by the fact that Representative Cannon, chairman of the Committee on Appropria tions, was at the state department during the cabinet meeting, and participated in the eon side ration of the subject. After the adjournment of ihe conference Postmaster Geenral Smith admitted that the situation in China is so alarming that it was deemed advisable to call the cabinet together for an interchange of views as to who! should b* done in addi tion to the precaution* already taken to relieve American citizens in China. Our naval and military resources in the Phil ippines were considered, and the question flrosp whether, in view of Gen. MacAr thiir’s statement that the military force under his command is now inadequate, we ran afford to wifhdraw any more troops from the Philippines and send them to China. In view, of the heavy expenditures being dally incurred in connection with China, which have not been provided for. it was urged that some provision of Congress will be necessary to meet the demands to be made Uf#>n the treasury. These question* were seriously considered, an I I the result was that a telegram was sent ! to the President outlining the individual | view of the cabinet to the effect that the stage has now been reached in Chira | where serious deliberation, followed by | decisive action, is imperative. this ! evening a telegram was received at the I White House that the President will re i turn to Washington to-morrow. \\. 11. Wa!a lngton Dead. Phoenix, Ariz., July 16. Judge W. H. Waehlngton of Philadelphia, a direct de : scendant of Augustine Washington, father 1 of George Washington, is dead at Castl* j Creek, Hot Springs, of consumption. He was 45 years of age, and a lawyer of ’.recognized Ability. THE TRIAL OF POWERS. Evidence That \\ n Hrouglit Out In tin* Session YeMcrdny. Georgetown, Ky., July 16— In the trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Power, charged with being accessory to the Goe bel murder, which was resumed to-day. a letter alleged to be signed by t’hleb Powers, In which this expression appear ed: "1 have had n hard time getting Taylor and others to start, but they are all light now. and this thing will soon end,” was filed and made a part of the record. Telegrams sent from Barboursville, Powers’ home, having a bearing on the case, were put in evidence ami identified by the manager of the Barboursville tel egraph office. The first telegrams read were from Fowets to the various captains alleged to have been charged with getting up the excursion of mountain men to Frankfort. Most of them read: “How many can yon insure from your county? Wire immediately. “(Signed.) C. Powers.” The defense filed a formal obeetion to th ir competency ns evidence. The wit ness, Mrs. Anderson, declartd someone had tampered with many of the mes sages on file in her office for January and February. hr. John South, of Frankfort, one of ill*-* physicians who atlended Goebel, tes tified as to the wounds. He was follow ed by Col. Jack Chinn, who was with Goebel when the shooting occurred. Chinn said tt.e e had been crowds in tha state house yard every day during Jan uary, and members of the Legislature had to elbow their way through daily to get to the state hou.<\ At the time of the assassination there was not a human being in the yard except possibly one or two about the gates. The first shot seemed to come, he said, from a window in the Secretary of State’s office. The other shots were muffled, and tho witness could not tell where they came from. Witness said he fbw a win dow in Powers’ office slightly raised. Col. Chinn was asked if he could identi fy the clothing worn by Senator Goebel when he was shot. The bloodstained gar ments were removed from the trunk and he identified them. Continuing, Col. Chinn said that eight or ten minutes after the assassination the troops took charge of the state house. Cross-examination did not re veal anything new'. W. B. Anderson, who kept a hotel at Barboursville, and Finley Anderson, his son, were also on the stand. GILLETTE AND HTERLEY. Were the Witnesses in the Greene- Gnynor Henring;. New York, July 16,—The proceedings brought to remove to the jurisdiction of the Georgia federal courts John F., W. T. and E. H. Gaynor and B enjamin D. Greene, accused of consp ring with Capt O. M. Carter'to defraud the government in the matter of the Savannah harbor improvemcn s. were continued to-day be fore Commissioner Shi* ids. J. W. O. Sterley, who was chief clerk in the engineer’s office under Capt. Gar ter. and who holds a similar posiiion un der Capt. C. E. Gillette, continued his Identification of certain records from the engineer's office. Capt. Gillette followed and tes'ifled that con ractors were unable to bid intelli gently on the designs for fascine mat tresses furnished by Capt. Carter. He sad that there was no apparent reason why tho stylo of mattress used In the construction work at Cumberland Sound and Savannah harbor should have in creased in price from $1.40 a linear foot under Carter’s predecessor, Gen. Gilmore, to $3.80 a linear foot in the bid made Car tor by the Atlantic Contracting com pany. When the exhibits were all in. Capt Gillebe sal 1 he to k < harge in Savannah on Ju y 20. 1897. Rome t<n days laior he started to inspect the work in Cumberland Sound. He found ihe contractors, the At lon tic Con i acting Company, he said, were not living up to ihe specifications. He de scribed in detail, at Mr. Erwin’s request, the method of brush mattress construc tion carried on 4>y the contractors; told how ihe mattresses should have been made to conform with the war department, de sign and submitted photographs of the defective 'work. The balance of the session was taken by the introduction by Mr. Erwin and the description by Capt. Gillette of mattresses and buttresses and other methods of con struction. The obJ<\*r of the testimony was to show that Atlantic Contracting Company whs specially favored and that when no exact form of mattress was specified, they were permitted to do the work in the man ner moat vconomirnl and least trouble some to themselves. The hearing will be continued to-mor row. CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. Fifteen Live* Are knoun to Have Been Lo*r. Coleman, Tex., July 16.—Fifteen lives arc known to have been lost in a cloud burs' here to-day. Ten bodies have been recovered, but only two were identified. They ere: Joseph Bpath. hading merchant of the village. Joseph Fullistine. It is feared that many more lives were Unt in the val ey bV.ow Coleman. The cloudburst, which followed three day* of unprecedented rain fa 1, caused Ford’s crook to burst Us bank and rush through Coleman, a village of less than 1,000 in habitants. rewd .erel citizens, roused fr m their slumbers, rushed into the streets and were swept away. Many were saved by catching hold of pieces of timber and navigating them into eddies formed by 1! e swi t current, where they were drawn ashore. Rjath and Fullistine managed to mount their horses. They dashed into the water and swam their horses to a house where four little girls were screaming for help. Each rescued two of the children, whom they took upon their horses. The ani-, mils were swept away, however, in a noble efTort to stem the swift current, and all were drowned. Water has flooded the track of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad for miles around, and all traffic is stopped. TIMED TO INCITE A RIOT. And Vngrnut Foreigner* In Pretoria Were Arrc*tel. Pretoria, July 16.—Three hundred and eight vagrant foreigners have been ar rested at Johannesburg In consequence of the discovery of a plot to create a riot and to Join the Boer commando with which they have been in communication. The foreign conouls have been notified that the suspects will be liberated if they will answer for their future be havior. DAILY, ** A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.n A YEAR HEARST ADDRESSES DEMOCRATIC C U RS, l RGING THEM TO ORGANIZE. HE ARRAIGNS REPUBLICANS. DEAREST PRINCIPLES OF THE RE PI BLIC IMPERILLED. Tlilh I* no Ordinary Year In Politic*. Republican* Trying to Force* I ro ller in 1 I*m hiiil MllitnrdNin I pon the People—Declaration of Independ ence Trampled l nder Foot—Tra*la Floiiri*li I nder Hie Sanction of 'he Party in Power. New York, July 16.—W. R. llearst, prov ident of the National Association of Dem ocratic Clubs, has issued an address to the clubs in which he calls on them to “publicly ratify the nomination of Will iam Jennings Bryan for President and Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice President and prepare to defend the republic against the corrupt and corrupting spirit of im perialism.” The address arraigns tho Republican party bitterly for its attitude toward “im perialism” and trusts and urges all pa triotic citizens to organize to preserve the institutions of the republic. Tho address continues: “This is no or dinary year in American politics. Col onies have been established under the American flag without the consent of the American people, and in defiance of the constitution. Tho unlawful and brutal policy of President McKinley and his advisers, involving the ahandonement of the principle of political equality on Amer ican soil, has been confirmed by the Re publican party in its Nn ionai Conven t lon. “The Republican party, under Its pres ent leadership, is attempting to commit a hitherto peaceful and Just nation to a career of imperial adventure and con quest. Its conservatism is disappearing and Its main i>olicy is dominated by a vulgar spirit of greed unknown on this continent until now. The Repuhlicon party has become n patty of revolution. It is attacking the irreproachable ann time-approved i>olitiea', industrial and social .systems under which this republic has steadily grown in strength and glory, and ha* dishonored our flag and our na tion:! 1 obligations before the civilized world. “It has trampled the Declaration of In dependence under foot, ihe Republican I arty Is ihe promoters and agent of tha new and terrible Trust system which s eka to destroy Indus.rial competition In America—another revel.tlonttry move ment he mile to free ins: L.utlons. “The solrit of militarism maiks act of the national government These radical and experimental changes in tha order of our nolle rial progress threaten the existence of Republi an governmnt on the /American continent. Subjects and cl tiers cannot h ng endure the same flag. Monopoly takes away opportunity and hope from the masses of the people; it robs the young men off the nation of all chancia to a hie\e the r Independence and fastens upon them a perpetual wagi servitude; it converts small proprietor* In o hirelings and it j uts into the hands nf a few men the absolute con rol of pro duction and prices. “Against these new and dangerous pol icies—condemned alike by experience and by Justice—the Democratic party is ex erting its whole strength. Its candi dates and Its platform represent the con servative spirit of the American people and their faith in American institutions. They represent opportunity at home as against adventure in Asia; peace rather than war. irn-plred by the lust of money; citizenship, not subjecthood; a homoge nous republic, not H heterogenous em pire. a nation of prosperous, equal, lib erty-loving citizens, unburdened by war taxes or a great standing army, leading ultimately to military conscription. “The re-election of President McKinley will be taken by the Republican loaders as n proof that the American people ap prove an imperial, military and trust breeding policy. “In the presence of these Impending national perils, the National AssociaGon of Democratic Flubs calls upon all Demo cratic clubs, societies and association* in the United States to organize their forces for tho defense of republican insti tutions. Patriotic citizens, regardless of past political ties or prejudices, are ear nestly invited to assist in this work of preservation. This year the nation must choose between the European and th# American theory of government.” THK T\\ O \V I R E K ILLED. Train Dnnlicd Into n Buggy With Fatal Result*. Springfield. 111., July 16.—1n crossing the railroad track while driving to Clinton in a buggy in a heavy rain this morning, Miss Eva Finfrock and brother, residing Waynesville, 111., were struck by an Illinois train, and both were killed. They had the buggy curtain drawn and a para sol held Ln front of them, and did not sc* the train. WILL COME TO AMERICA. Roer* Will Leave Africa When tlic War I* Over. Cape Town, July 6.—^When the war In South Africa Is over 10,000 Boers, chiefly naturalized citizens of the Transvaal, will emigrate to tho United Stages. Irlsh- Amerloans are arranging the preliminaries for this movement. The latest Machadodorp advices say that President Kruger will refuse to sur render until his supplies are exhausted. \ BECKHAM ON THE FIRST. II Now Serin* He Will Get the Noml nntion. Frankfort, Ky., July 16.—The returns received here to-night from the Demo, cratic County Conventions, held through, out the mate this afternoon, for the pur. poses of selecting delegates to tho Demo cratic State Convention, to be held at Iyexlnglon Thursday, indicate that Gov. J. C. W. Beckham' will receive the nom ination on the first baliol. WANTS NO ARBITRATION. The St. Lonli Company Will Not Agree to That Plnn. St. Louie. July 16.—1 t was announced to day by attorney* for the St. Louis Trans it Company, that tho company will not submit to arbitration the difference* be tween it and Its employe* as requested V the CUlacn’s Arbitration Committee.