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the morning news. F ,..blished 1850. .- - Incorporated ISSS E J. H. ESTTEL, President. ROUTED THE CHINESE allied troops took the wall. ED CITY OF TIEN TSW. LOSS OF ALLIES ABOUT 800. RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE SUFFER ED MOST SEVERELY. Story of the Attnck That Followed rhe Diorons One of July IS—Al |iel tarried All Before Them hy Their Ru*he —Part* Played !• the srvprnl Nationalities —American* lost Many in an Attack on the Arsenal. London, July 17.—The Daily Mall to ll*. gives the Associated Press the fol lowing dispatch from its Shanghai corre spondent, under date of July 17: 'The allied troops resumed the attack upon the Chinese walled city of Tien Tsin cn the morning of July 14. and succeeded in breaching the walls and capturing all the forts. "The Chinese were completely routed. *nd the allies took possession of the na tive city and its defenses. The total losses of the allies in the engagements of Thursday, Friday and Saturday were about 800 killed or wound ed. The casualties were greatest among the Russians and Japanese. The guns of the allies did immense damage to the native city, causing many large conflagrations, and finally silenced the majority of the enemy's guns simul taneously. Then 1,500 Russians, assisted by small parties of Germans and French, assaulted and captured eight guns that were in position on the railway embank ment of the fort, the magazine of which the French subsequently blew up. "A body of American, British, Japanese end Austrian troops then made a sortie end attacked the west arsenal, which the Chinese had reoccupied. After three hours of the hardest fighting yet experienced, the Chinese fled. “When the arsenal had been evacuated by the Chinese, the Americans, French, Japanese and Welsh Fusiliers advanced toward the native city and joined with the other attacking forces. The Japanese Infantry and a mounted battery advanced to the foot of the walls, supported by the Americans and French. Despite valiant attacks, the allies were only able to hold the position gained outside the walls, pre paratory to renewing the assault in the morning. "The casualties sustained by the allies were exceedingly heavy, especially those to the Americans, French and Japanese. "Several explosions in the native city were caused by the bombardment. | "The Chinese appear to have exhausted their supply of smokeless powder, as they ere now using black powder.” AS VIEWED IN LONDON. Rcnn From the Orient Cabled to the Rewspapers. London, July 13, 4 a. m.—The news of the Manchuria disturbances is not regard ed as justifying the serious view attri buted by the Daily Mail’s advices. Amur is boundary territory between Eastern {Siberia and Manchuria. The district has been the scene of local disturbances for a long time, owing to the provocative conduct of the Cossacks toward the 25,- (00 Chinese employed in the construction cf the. Russo-Manchurian railway. Several serious collisions have occurred between the Cos c acks and the Chinese troops. One happened several weeks ago when two Russia?) ofllcers and sixteen men were killed. The extension of the Boxer movement to Manchuria has re sulted in a great destruction of the rail way. compelling the Russians to with draw' their officials. The Chinese tried to stop the Russian stenmer Michael, carrying ammuniiion, end the steamer Selenga, with the Rus sian frontier commission on board, from rising up the Amur at Aigun. They fired on the steamers, wounding an ofli and a few men, but the steamers reached Rlagoveschensk. The local Chi riese commander at Aigun seems to have sent the Russians a sort of ultimatum to quit Manchuria. The Chinese, according to the Daily Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent, have thrown up fortifications and placed forty guns at a point twelve miles from Aigun, to dispute the progress of the Russians. The official Russian advices leave the in ference that Blagoveschensk is still in Husrstan hands, the Russian losses during bombardment being only three killed end five wounded. . The Amur military district was mobil ized a fortnight ago on a war footing, find i i S believed that the Russian forces there are 50.000 men and 112 guns. The Governor General has now ordered the troops on the frontier to form cordon. The Russian papers demand severe re tribution for Chinese audacity in Man churia, but they hold to the view that Russia must persevere in her resolution ’o avoid war. The Chinese Minister in Cetersburg has disavowed the events 11 Manchuria on hehnlf of his government, m and has promised to make serious repre sentations to Pekin regarding the conse quences that will follow if the hostilities there do not cease. There is little further news from China (his morning. The attock upon the na -IVf ity of Tien Tsln was followed up so swiftly that the Chinese never had time to reorganize, and once their lines were broken, their retreat rapidly became a rout. R* Hung Chang has already left Canton. *hU causes the utmost anxiety for the tnfoty 0 f Europeans there, as there Hr ‘ only two gunboats, one British and r ' ll( ‘ American, at Canton pending the at * V *l a French gunboat. at WAR WITH RtSSIA. Correspondent Annertff China Iln Declart'd It. London, July 18,-The Dally Mai! pub- Ishp s a sersational dispatch from 8* dated Monday, which asserts 1h *t there Is no doubt that China has declared war against Russia. The Russian press." says the corre t'Ponler.t, "is restricted to ihe publication 2" bineial details, and the publication of "“"V dlsratches from the front his been yohlblted. I hear, however, from a re ''ibis source that the Chin s troops and , * Roxers seized a Russian transport *T n with munltl ns near A'gun. on the n' U rlv ' r . about eighteen miles from * Russian frontier, killing almost the u p. Russian escort. . yty next suddenly attacked and bom- B -raed the town of Blagovechensk, capt- jiatoanitalj Morning tal of the Amur government, on the Amur river. The garrison held out bravely, but was finally overwhelmed. 'Nearly all per ished and the tow’n was burned.” WITH FOHTY GINS. The Allien Bombarded the- Chinese Position* nt Tien Tsin. (Copyright. 19C0, the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin, Friday, July 13.—*Tn to-day’s combined attack upon the native city, over forty guns bombarded the Chinese positions. The fighting was most deter mined, and the allies’ losses were heavy. Kight Chinese guns were captured and the Chinese wra driven out cf the west arsenal after a fierce cannonade. A strong mixed force is now close to thr* walls, and it is expected that an as sault will be made to-morrow. STANDING OX JULY J>. British M. P. Received the Informa tion About the Legation. London, July 17.—William Pritchard Morgan, member of Parliament, to-day re ceived by cable positive assurances from a source upon which he relies that the British legation at Pekin was still stand ing July 9 and also that IA Hung Chang left Canton this morning to take supreme command at Pekin. MAY MEAN JILY K. Foreign Office Doei* \ot Accept Jnly J) \\ itliout Reservation. London, July 17.—The foreign office in forms the Associated Press that a tele gram identical with the one handed to Sec retary Hay at Washington by Minister Wu has been delivered to it by the Chi nese minister here, which was sent by Sheng, the administrator of telegraphs at Shanghai. The foreign office points out, however, that the date (July 9) men tioned in the telegram probably applies to the Chinese calendar and is equivalent to July 5 according to the Gregorian reckon ing. TRIED TO DISSUADE HIM. Hnt Li Hung Chang Dec’dod He Would Go North. Hong Kong, July 17.—A1l the foreign consuls in Canton had an interview with Li Hung Chang, July 15, but failed to dissuade him from going north Li Hung Chang is said to have accepted full responsibility for any disturbance in Canton during his absence. He takes the vice regal seal along with him. thus pre venting the issue of proclamations while he is away. Li Hung Chang is expected to reach Hong Kong to-day and will see the governor to-morrow’. Afterwards he will proceed northward. The Black Flag Chief Lin Tee. Is mov ing his forces preparatory to marching overland to Pekin. The Chinese are glad of this, as they think Canton will be safer without Lin Yee while Li Hung Chang is ajvay. A TALK WITH EARL LI. He Goes to Save Foreigner* mid Mnke Peace With tlie Powers. London. July 18.—The Dally Telegraph has the following from Canton dated July 16: "In an interview with the foreign con suls to-day, Li Hung Chang said that his mission to Pekin was two fold—to save the lives of foreign ministers and to ar range the best possible terms of peace with the allied Powers. The American and French consuls, while congratulating him upon these commendable purposes, re minded him of his pledges to protect for eigners and to preserve peace In Southern and Central China. “Earl Li replied that he must obey the summons to Pekin, but that he had taken all necessary precautions. He added that he had received important cables from Lord Salisbury and M. Delcasse, demand ing the protection of the foreign ministers in Pekin and threatening to take life for life of the high officials responsible if the ministers were murdered. He told the consuls that he was the only man in China who dared transmit such messages to the Empress, but that he had sent them ver batim and that he did not doubt they had exerted a powerful influence In. saving the ministers' lives. “He went on to say that, as the doyen of the viceroys, he had induced all the other viceroys, except two, to join in a lengthy memorial to the thione, asking security for the foreigners, suppression of the Boxers, and full reparation for the damage done and the lives lost. "To the American, who inquired about the actual safety of the foreign ministers at Pekin, Li answered that he had receiv ed no news from Pekin within the last week, but that if they were alive, he was almost certain matters could be satisfac torily arranged with the allied Powers. '• If they are dead'—here he shrugged his shoulders significantly and added, with lowered voice—'ll is hard to tell what may happen. I am going to Pekin prac tically unarmed, except for my bodyguard of 200 men, and that ought to be evidence to the whole work! that I do not favor any lighting and of my pacific intentions. I am old and in very poor health, and it is a great personal sacrifice to undertake such a journey in this horrid weather.' "After a moment's thought, he said: " 'lf your ministers ere killed, do you think my life may be taken in retalia tion while en route?’ "This question received a general strong negative reply. He then asked the con suls lo wire to their respective admirals to respect his own flag, and to allow him a safe conduct to Peklrt. He was evident ly extraordinarily anxious about the min isters, for, returning to the subject, he said: 'My heart Is sore about them. I know them all personally, and I am on the best of good terms with , them.' “He added that he realized his govem mtnl had done wrong, and that it was to show his grave displeasure that he sent the cablegrams from Lord Salisbury and M. Delcasse to the Empress, word for word as he received them. He concluded by asking the co-operation of the allied Powers in furthering the success of his mission, and said emphatically that he depended upon them.'' PLUNDERED W AREHOUSES. Grant Property Interests Destroyed in North Clilnn. London, July 18.—The Moscow corres pondent of the Daily Mall says: "Leading firms here have learned that thetr tea and silk warehouses at Kalgan, in the province of Chill, near the great wall, have been plundered and burned by Chinese rioters and troops, goods worth TO.OOO.uuO taels having been destroyed." Massacre n Tai Ynen Fn. London. July 18 —According to a dis patch from Shanghai to the Dally Mall, dated yesterday a massacre o-curred on July 9 at Tal Yuen Fu. capital of the province of Shan SI, forty foreigners and one hundred native convert* ktlug lulled. SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, IS, 1000. SHOWS MORE HOPE. CHINESE SITUATION REGARDED AS LESS DISCOURAGING. WU’S DISPATCH AND VICTORY. CHEEHF.D THE ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCLES IN WASHINGTON. \ Cabinet Considered the News From the Far 1-^aNt—Xo Eitra Session to He Called Vet—Should Necessity Demand, the President A\ ill Issue the ('nil—Message Received hy Wn Indieates the Foreigners Were Alive In Pekin on July f. Washington, July 17.—A decidedly more hopeful feeling with regard to the Chi nese situation was apparent in all admin istration circles this evening. The tide of sentiment, which has been markedly pessimistic, turned with the announcement of the victory of the allies at Tien Tsin, and the capture of the forts and native city, and gathered further strength from Minister Wu’s cablegram, declaring that the foreign ministers at Pekin were safe July 9. Aside from these dispatches, the arrival of the President, and the special cabinet meeting called to consider the situation, were the feature® of the day. The cab inet met at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, less than an hour after the President reached the White House. Over a hun dred newspaper men thronged the corri dors while the cabinet was sitting behind closed doors. The scene resembled the hottest days of the Spanish War. There were present Secretary Hay, Secretary Root, Secretary Long, Secretary Gage and Postmaster General Smith. The Conclusion Reached. At the conclusion of the session, which lasted two and one-half hours, Secretary Root gave out the following formal state ment of the action of the cabinet: “The President has determined that the facts now know r n to us do not require or justify calling an extra session of Con gress. Should future developments indi cate that he is unable to do what is re quired with the means now' at his com mand and the action of Congress i9 neces sary to furnish either men. money or au thority. he will not hesitate to call it to gether.” While only this meager formal statement was given out it was ascertained that the whole Chinese situation was thoroughly discussed by the cabinet. The decision that an extra session was not demanded by existing conditions was the outcome of the showing which both Secretary Rbot and Secretary Long were able to make cs to the force that can be thrown into China without the authorization of additional troops by Congress and also the decidedly more hopeful feeling entertained by the President and the members of his cabinet as to the safety of Minister Conger and the other foreigners* in Pekin, due to the cable of Minister Wu reporting the safety of the ministers July 9, two days after their reported massacre. While this cable is not regarded as con clusive, it is accepted in good faith for the present. But the administration, U can be definitely stated, has set in motion some machinery by which it is confidently predicted absolutely authentic news os to the fate of our minister and the other foreigners at Pekin will be ascertained. Through what channel the administration expects to receive this all important news is not known, but that a definite state ment of the situation in Pekin is daily, if not hourly, expected, can be stated with the utmost positiveness. The advices received from Pekin prob ably will be the determining factor in blazing the future course of this govern ment. If Minister Conger has been mur dered. an extra session of Congress seems inevitable. Admiral Remey’s message of the suc cess following the earlier hard fighting at Tien Tsin helped to relieve the anxiety of the President and his advisers, but Min ister Wu’s message was responsible for the really hopeful feeling that prevailed. The Troop* Available. Secretary Root furnished to the cabinet a summary of the troops available, not only In this country, but in Cuba, and gave it as his opinion that 10,000 or 12,<XXH troops in ail could be spared for service in China. These reinforcements are to be rushed through at the earliest possible moment. Most, if not all of them, it Is believed, can be landed by the end of Au gust or early in September. One cabinet officer said that beyond those soldiers already destined for China from the Philippines, no further troops from the islands would be withdrawn Un less the situation became much more om inous. In figuring upon the number of ad ditional marines available, Secretary Long summoned to the cabinet meeting Gen. Haywood, who commands the marine corps and who is familiar with every de tail of that branch of the service. He ex plained that under existing law the full strength of the marine corps is 6,000. But the enlistments at the present time aggre gate only about 5,000. This makes an ad ditional 1,000 marines who can be brought into the service without congressional action. No new order for recruiting these men is necessary, as the recruiting sta tions are now in operation, but in the presence of the cabinet Secretary Long directed Uen. Heywood to use his utmost endeavors to complete the recruiting of the additional I.OCO marines. It was de cided also that the battalion of marines, 500 In number, that was to have left for the Far East at the end of the month, should go forward on next Sunday in command of Maj. Randolph Dickens A cablegram to Admiral Remcy, calling for some additional Information upon which to act, was formulated at the cab inet meeting and dispatched at once. Another meeting of the cabinet may be held to-morrow. 'lt is the present pur pose of the President to return to Canton rn Thursday evening, unless his presence here is deemed necessary at that time. Wt believes them alive. Chinese Official* \*uro Him of Safe ty of Foreigners in Pekin. Washington. July 17.—The Chinese, min ister has received a dispatch from the minister at London, authenticated by Sheng. the Imperial inspector of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai and by two vice roys, declaring that the foreigners In Pe kin were safe on July 9 and were receiv ing the protection of the government. This Is two days after the reported mas sacre Minister Wu laid the message be fore Secretary Hay. The text of the dis patch is as follows: “The utmost effort* have been made lo ou ftUth Page.) i NAVAL STATION BOARD. Visited Port Royal and Charleston and Returned. Washington. July 17 —The board headed by Adm.ral Rodgers, charged with de ciding between Port Royal and (Tiarles ton. S. C., as a site for the new naval station to be established, has returned to this city. The board left Washington on the 9th instant and has been proceeding with its obseivations up to the present time. The be aid sr ent two days at Port Royal, in specting the existing naval plant at that place, and thence proceeded to Charles ton. At the latter port the members visit ed the various sites proposed for the new station, in the event it is decided to abandon Port Royal. Considerable infor mation was also collected as to the state of the channel across iho bar and the prospects of the harbor improvement pro ject. The members cf the board have return ed to their respective hemes and will re assemble in Washington upon call of President Rodgers. So far they have not even exchanged views on the proposed change in the naval station, but upon meeting again, consultations will be held with a view* to, framing a report. PLANS FOR FIVE SHIPS. How New One* for the Navy Will Re llu lit. •* Washington, July 17.—The navy depart ment to-day issued circulars defining the characteristics of five battleships author ized by the last two naval appropriation bills. Bids are asked for three sheathed and coppered battleships and two without sheatitig and coppering. The five ships will be identical with the exception of the batteries. Three will he built with superimposed turrets, carrying 12-inch guns in the lower and 8-inch guns in the upper turret*. The remaining two ships will have 12-inch guns in two ordi nary turrets and the 8-inch guns in four turrets arranged quadrilaterally. The general plans wiil be ready for ex amination Sept. 15, next. Bids will be opened Nov. 15. Bidders are especially in vited to submit their own plans under class two, Including their own arrange ment of ordnance. The department Pe serves the right to change within six months after contract the arrangement of battery, turrets and armor. The vessels are to be of 14,600 tons for the unsheathed and 15,000 tons for the sheathed vessels; the speed being nine teen knots and the coal capacity 1,900 tons. The time allowed for the completion of (he ships is thirty-six months, under heavy penalties, ranging from 8300 to S6OO per day, for delay. The ships will have a belt of water line armor eight feet wide, and from eight to eleven inches thick running clear from bow- to stern. The turrets will have a maximum thickness of eleven inches. The ships will have the usual protective deck and cellulose belt, and no woodwork is to be admitted except where indispensa ble. The engine horsepower Is placed at 19,000, with. trlpSee-expanwlorr four-cylin dered, twin screw engines, supplied by twenty-four water tube boilers. Electric ity will furnish the motive pow’er for the turrets and auxiliaries. FOVR KILLED BY HEAT. One Mnn, After Heiug Overcome, Committed Snielde. New York, July 17.—There was no relief for suffering New Yorkers to-day. In fact, it was hotter this afternoon than yesterday, and there was scarcely any breeze. Many business houses were com pelled to close early, and it was almost impossible for laboring men to work In the streets after 2 p. m. In Greater New York there were about thirty-live cases of heat prostrations. Four persons died from the effects of the heat, and one person who had been overcome and taken to a hospital committed Bulcide. The dead are: David Stein, 35 years old, cigar manu facturer, by shooting. Henry Odersensky, 48 years of age. Mary Pehe, 25 years old. Amiel Marquardt, 33 years of age. Mrs. Mary McKenzie, 56 years of age. Officially the mercury ranged from 90 to 100 degreis between the hours of 10 a. m and 3 p. m., but many thermometers at different points throughout the city regis tered as high as 106. WAXTS CHARTERS REVOKED. Attorney General A*k It for St. Lout* Compnnie*. St. Loul*, July 17.—Attorney General Crow to-day filed In the Slate Supreme Court quo warranto proceedings against the St. Louis Transit Company, asking that their charter be revoked. The petition recites that the United Railway Company was chartered by the state of Missouri to build and operate street railways, and It has not conformed with Its charter, that it Is a party to a scheme to create a street railway monop oly in St. Louis, the alleged evidence of this being its lease of its properties to the St. Louis Transit Company, a corpo ration apparently formed to assist in the formation of this alleged monopoly. The petition alleges further that the companies have violated the state law In capitalizing -for mote than is allowed un der It. and for more than the actual value of their tangible and intangible proper ties. TO AVENGE COMRADES. Mnrlnre Are Anxlon* to Go fo the W'nr In Chinn. New York. July 17-—One hundred ma rines were called upon for active service in China at the Brooklyn navy yard to day. To a man they expressed a willing ness to go and a desire to avenge their comrades. marines, with de'acbments from Boston, Washington and Norfolk, will leave here for San Francisco on July 26. The Brooklyn men will he In charge of Lieut. H. T. Matthews and T. E. Berg strom- Many of them have seen service In Cuba. They probably will be accom panied by the distilling ship Rainbow. ATTACKED CHINESE. An Enraged Mob Demolished ■ Laundry nt Vlrden, ill. Carllnvllle, 111., July 17 —Enraged at the reports frem Chine, a mob to-dey attack ed a Chinese laundry at Vlrden, 111,, ten milrs from here. The entire frm' of the building wae and -moliehed. Six shots were fired ai the two Chinese laundrymen, but without effect. The Chinamen have ap pealed to the authorltlea for protection NOMINATED YERKES. KBXTITKY HEPIBLICWS ASSEM BLED IX CONVENTION. TRIBUTE TO PAST DEMOCRACY AJLL DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO THE GOEBEL LAW ARE WELCOME. Mr*. W. 8. Taylor and Dnnßhtcm Were In thr Convention Audience. Three Plank* in the Platform Adopted—Him the State Iftsnea Are Dealt With—Repeal of the Goebel Election Law Souglit-Vrrkea' Ac ceptance of the Nomination. I-oirisville. July 17.—John W. Yerkos of Danville, tv as nominated for Governor to day by the Republican Convention, held in this city. A platform was adopted declaring the Issue of the election to be the Goebel election law. The convention adjourned within three hour? There were some anti-Goebel Democrat* in the convention, but as lo how many, figures differ. In the Shelby county dele gation there were, according to a state ment made from the platform, nineteen Democrats. A feature of the speeches made was that they all paid tributes to what the Demo cratic party has done, in the past, though the speakers unsparingly denounced the present Democratic state administration and the Democratic Legislature, thus In dicating a purpose to welcome into the Republican party all Democrats, who me opposed to the Goebel election law. There was no nomination to be made by this convention, except for Governor, as this year’s election in Kentucky is an extraordinary one to fill the vacancy in the governorship made by the death of William Goebel. The convention to-day was held in the Auditorium. Many ladies occupied boxc:-*, among them being Mrs. W. S. Taylor and four daughters. The convention gave her three cheers when she entered the box. Chairman Barnett of the State Central Committee, called the convention to order, and presented ex-'Lieut. Gov. John Mar shall of Louisville, for temporary chair man. Chairman Marsholl addressed the convention at length, dwelling chiefly on Kentucky’s political affairs. Judge T. Z. Morrow was made perma nent chairman. Judge Morrow aroused the convention to a high pitch of enthu siasm in a short but vigorous speech. A platform was unanimously adopted, containing three planks.' The second and third, respectively, indorsed the Philadel phia convention and its nominees, and urged the government to protect Americans in China. The first plank deals with the state is sues. It follows: “The Republican party of Kentucky Is confronted with a special and extraordi nary duty In the election of a governor. The events of the past twelve months draw together all the friends of social or der and civil liberty. Republican officials elected by the people at the polls have been denied their offices, and the people of Kentucky deprived of the right of choosing their state officials. Republican members of the Legislature were unlawfully unseat ed. the city of Louisville was deprived of tho right to any part in the conduct of the government, the counties of Johnson. Ma goffin and Martin have been denied all voice in the choice of our officers. “The courts declared that the only rem edy for such invasions of personal liberty rests with the people at the polls. We de clare that the only tolerable government is self-government. We declare that in this state all men must be free and equal and that the will of the people must be the supreme law of state. AVe demand for each child a free school, but we deny that education or accumulated property alone confers the right of suffrage. "The first duty of Kentucky citizenship is to repeal the Goebel election law. which is the source and continuing strength of the wrongs done In this slate. A vote of confidence next November in men who are all usurpers of office and who have for a year past been acting together to thwart the declared will of the people will be ac cepted as a vote of confidence in the elec? tion law that is a blot on our statute book. The Goebel law must be abolish ed or republican institutions must be sur rendered. The convention invlles all friends of civil liberty and social order to unite with the Republicans of Kentucky in securing Ihe repeal of the Goebel elec tion law and the preservation of the lib erties of the people. We congratulate the Republican party on the efforts made by Gov. Tayior and his co-officials In secur ing this tight to the people, and thereby preventing the state from having as offi cers men oelealed at the polls. After the adoption of the platform, ex- Gov. Bradley nominated for Governor, John W. Yerkes. Gov. Bradley plunged Into Kentucky political affairs. "The United Slates government could." he said, “levy a tax and call on the people of Kentucky to defend the nation and could send Its army and navy to distant lands to give liberty to other people, yet it could not give freedom to the people of Kentucky put in office the men whom the people of Kentucky elected." When he said he was for revolution, if revolution were necessary to preserve lib erty In Kentucky, the delegates stood on their feel and yelled. The nomination of Mr. Yerkes was made by acclamation. The convention stood on its feet for several minutes and shouted when it caught sight of the nominee. Mr. Yerkes thanked the delegates for the honor of the nomination, and “accept ed with the full realization of the reepon slbillty Incurred.” "We have in Kentucky, under our elec tion law,” he said, “the only Imperialism of this era—an imperialism that, with oriental denial of right, justice and law. robs more than one-half the electors of this state of the constitutional privilege of having a voice In the selection of those who bear rule over them." At the conclusion of Mr. Yerkes' ad dress, the convention adjourned. Kilmas*! Relieved. Fumsu, July 17.—Kumassi has been re lieve! by the column under command of Col. Wlllcocks. Report Confirmed. London. July 17 The colonial office an nounces the receipt of a telegram from Col Stunrt of Capt Coast, Africa, say ing that an arparently authentic messen ger confirms the reported relief of Ku n-astl on July 15. Well W'ltli the Oregon. Washington, July 17.—The following dis patch was received at the navy depart ment this morning: "NoJI, July 17, 1900—Oregon passing through Stmonoaeki straits In way to Kura. All well. T S7ilde." . “ T POWERS WOULD KILL lIIM. Amlernon So Stated He Had Heard (lie Defendant Say. Georgetown. Ky.. July 17.—1n the trial to-day of Caleb Powers, charge] with complicity in the Goebel shooting, Finley Anderson testified that on Jan. 24 Caleb Powers told him the crowd of moun taineers which was being organized was going to Frankfort to intimidate the Leg islature nnd. if necessary, to kill enough Democrats to give the Republicans a ma jority. He said: •'Powers told me Goebel would never live to be Governor, and said he (Powers) would kill him if nobody else would.” Witness said he heard Powers and oth ers talking about Goebel wearing a coat of mail, blit some of them said that he could be killed anyway. Powers was in conference with ex-Seoretary of State Char lea Finlcv, Wharton Golden, Robert Noakes and others. On cross-examination, the witness be came considerably confused, admitting that he had called on Col. T. C. Campbell of counsel for the prosecution in Cincin nati. Witness admitted securing a posi tion in Cincinnati, hut denied that it was due to his willingness to testify in this case. Lucy Brook of Ixmdon testified that she knew the defendant well, ami had cor responded with him for over two years past. Powers called on her In January. He told witness he was getting up a crowd of 1,000 mountain men to go to Frankfort, “so that in case the Democrats robbed them of the state offices, they could take * are of themselves.” Witness said Powers told her the plan lo take the 1,000 mountain men to Frank fort was Gov. Taylor’s creation. Senator Newton Franzier of Shelby county, who was standing between, Cn© legislative and executive buildings when the assassination occurred, declared the shots were undoubtedly fired from the executive building. Capt. Hawn of the Barboursville mili tary company, testified as to the conversa tions between himself and the Powers brothers, touching the movements of the company. John Powers asked him if he would not turn over the company lo one of the lieutenants, and he agreed to do so. Caleb Powers told him lie wanted th© company nnd other mountaineer® to go to Frankfort for the effect 1t would have on the Legislature. Capt. Watts, of the Will iamsburg company, also told of a conver sation with John Powers, relative to tak ing his company to Frankfort. He de clined lo do eo except under orders. THE GREENE-GAY NOR CASE. ('apt. Gillette nnd Mr. Cooper Were tlie W Itnewne*. New York. July 17.—The hearing in the Gayror conspiracy case was continued to day. The Gaynors. John F , W. T. and E. H. and Benjamin D. Greene, as the Atlantic Contracting Company, are ac cused of conspiring with Oberlin M. Car ter. formerly the engineer officer in charge, to defraud the government in the matter of the Savannah harbor improve ment. works Capt. C. E. Gillette. the present officer in charge of ihe Savannah harbor im provements. was recalled and continued his testimony as to The faulty work done by the Atlantic Contracting Company, the large discretion given to them hy Capt Car er and the lack of inspection to hold them strictly accountable to the sre iflcatlcn of their contracts. According to the witness, the mat tresses constructed by the Atlantic Con tracting Company and parsed by Capl Carter contained less than one-third of the material called for by the specifica tions and paid for hy the government. A. S. Cooper, a civil engineer employed as nss'stant engineer on the Savannah work since 1884. testified that on a half dozen contracts awarded between 1886 and I*9o, one or the other of the Gaynors sup rimended the work, although none of them, nor their company appeared on the contracts as the contractors Mr. Cooper was still on the stand when adjournment was taken until to-morrow. PROSPECT IS BRIGHTER. Ilnlns Have Relieved the Condition* In Indln. New York, July 17.—The following ca blegram was received to-day by the India Famine Relief Work Conimlttee: Baroda, India, July 17.—Special and offi cial telegrams received here from the famine districts Indicate a more cheerful outlook, Scant rains have fallen in Mad ras and Gujoret, in which latter province the famine has been most severe, and the mortality greatest. Elßewhere the rainfall has been fair, making the gen eral prospects brighter. There has been a gratifying rainfall in Rajaputana and Central India, which is always a center of suffering during famine, also reports a moderate rainfall." IT IS NOT KNOWN Whnt Will Re Done Ahont With drawing Deposit*. Washington, July 17.—Regarding the re port that the secretary of the treasury has decided not to withdraw further de rosits from national banks. It was stated at the treasury department to-day that no positive decision had been reached In the matter. The Ineome from regular sources Is so large that In all probability there will be no further need for withdrawals. However, It was said this could not be definitely stated at the present time. ASK FOR A CONFERENCE. Miner* of Coni District* Want to Confer With Operator*. Knoxville, Tenn., July 17.—At a meeting of representatives of the coal mining companies of East Tennessee to-day, It was deeded that the representatives will recommend to a ma*s meeting of coal operators that they do not attend the wage conference to be held by the miners July 26 and do not grant demands for in creased wages on account of the present state of the coal market. AT MADISON SHI are GARDEN. The Fltsalmmona-Ruhlln Fight Will Be Pulled Off. New York, July 17.—The bid of the Twentieth Century Athletic Club of Mad ison Square Garden (fifty per cent, of Ihe gros* receipts) for the Bob Fitzsimmons- Gus Ruhlin fight. Aug. 10, was accepted to day. TWO STEAMERS SEIZED. The Colombian Revolutionary Flret W Captured. Caracas, Venezuela, July 17.—Via Hay tlen cable.—Two steamers, composing the so-called Colombian revolutionary fleet, which arrived at Laguayra, were eeized by the government authorities, and their commander, Francleco Ruiz Sandoval, was Immediately lodged In Jail- DAILY. $8 A YEAR. 6 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.II A YEAR BAER IS IN LONDON. THE SECRETARY ADDRESSED THE 11111 IST 1A N E N DEAVORER S. GREAT ENTHUSIASM AGAIN. YOUNG LADIES FAINTED FROM HEAT IN TIIE MEETINGS. The Secretary Spoke of the Growth of the Christian l&nclensor Move ment—He Strongly Advocated %r --hltrntion for I>i*pnt*n Between the United States and Great Britain. Franel* E. Clark Delivered the Presidential Address. London. July 17 —Although now awtl then young ladies were carried out of the crowded meetings, fainting and overcome by heat, .the enthusiasm marking the world's convention of the Young People a Society of Christian Endeavor at the Alex andria grounds was to-day as strong a* ever. Secretary John William Baer, speaking of the growth of the movement, said that the Christian Endeavor badge was worn hy more than one brawny Briton from Her Majesty’s chip Powerful in tha famous siege of Ladysmith. Mr. Baer • strongly demanded that arbitration be tween Great Britain and America be mad a compulsory. “Cod may come and seals may go," he said, “and boundary lines he held in dis pute. but palsied be the hand and mute the tongue that should again suggest strife and bloodshed between America and Great Britain.” Mr. Baer said, in part: "No one thing that I know of prove* more certainly that God Is in the Chris tian Endeavor movement than its re markable numerical growth. In 1881 one society with fifty membets; In 1900 neary 60,000 societies, with over 3,500,000 of mem bers. Nineteen years ago, one country, America, giving birth to the society; to day every nation and land flies the Chris tian Endeavor banner. Quietly and steadily, and at the same time with won derful rapidity and vitality, has this new force come Into the church life of the world, and we. are only beginning to ap preciate how strongly the ties of inter national fellowship and brotherhood art being cemented by Christian Endeavor. “We And in the land of its the United States of America, the largest number of Christian Endeavor societies. The enrollment is 43,262 societies. Great Britain (and these figures include England, Ireland, Scotland nnd Wales), comes next with about 7,ot)u societies. Let me turn aside here to invite the jingo politicians In Great Britain and those in the United States, who rejected the arbi tration treaty between England and the United States, to consider the Christian Anglo-Saxon alliance already formed be tween young America and young Britain by the members of these more than 50,000 societies of Christian Endeavor. Cod may come and seals may go. and boundary lines be held In dispute, but palsied be the hand and mute the tongue that ‘Should again suggest strife and bloodshed be twet n America, and Great Britain. And then we are pleased, while our hearts are beating with true patriotism, to think of our brothers and sisters in Australia and Canada loyal lo Victoria, their queen, beloved by us all. Someone has arid that “Captain Cook’s good ship Endeavor, wreckfd on the shores of A’st all, was afterward! floated, and w.nt to pieces In some other country. But the new sh p Endeavor, so royally we’cormd by the island continent, has come, to stay.” This is easy to believe, for there are now over 4,10) societies in Australia. The Dominion of Canlda, proud to march under the Union Jack, separate! from the United States by on ly an imaginary line geographically, but one with those of us who owe allegiance to “Old Glory,” marshals nearly, if not Quite, 4,000 societies. We are brethren, wi h a common nime, for a common Christ, against a common enemy. Let this convi n bn in the me;ropo!is of the world bo the time and place forisigning and sealing a treaty of united Christian service and united love. "Germany has 16S societies, and. under the sympathetic championship of Count BernstorfT, Count Puckler, Pastor Paul. Frederick BlecHer, and other, teh socie ty is steadily conquering prejudice. AfrP ca's 139 societies, with many of their mem iters It) arms, are passing through trying times. As it was In 1898 during the Amer- Ican-Spantst) War, so If Is to-day during the Britlsh-Bocr hostilities—the Christian Endeavor pin adorns the uniform of op posing forces. May God hasten the day of honorable peace, and bring the horri ble war to an end. France responds to-day with f>9 societies; Jamaica, with 120; Mexi co. 110; Madagascar. 93. Japan’s 73 splendid and vigorous societies are worthily repre sented at this convention by Rev. Tasuke liarada. the president of the United So ciety of Christian Endeavor of Japan. Turkey ha* 0 societies, Spain. 30. Rut time would fall me to go through the long list, comprising European countries. South American republics, missionary lands, and the islands of the sen. The total enrol ment. outside of the United States mvl Canada, is 12..740 societies, and this fig ure. augmented by the greater number tn the United States and Canada, makes nn interdenominational, international, and in ter-racial brotherhood "for Christ and lha church" of .79,712 local societies, with a to tal membership of 3.800,000. The earnestness with which 17,000 Chris tian Endeavorers, believing in returning to God not less than one-tenth of their Income, Joined the ranks of the Tenth Region, and the deepening of the spirit ual life of the 21.000 of our members who become Comrades of the Quiet Hour and “practise the presence of God," very nat urally led to a forward movement for mis sions during last year. The forward mis sionary movement Is known as the Mace donian Phalanx. Any Individual who sup ports a missionary at home or abroad, a native worker, or a student preparing for Gospel work, Is eligible to membership 111 the Macedonian Phalanx; and any Christian Endeavor society which sup ports its own missionary or Christian worker at home or abroad, or gives at least twenty dollars through its own church, or In connection with a group of societies of the same denomination, to Its own denominational board, is also eligible for membership in the Macedonian Phalanx. The money should always go through the church of which the society is a subordinate part. This newest fruit of Christian Endeavor "promotes individ ual Interest In the individual missionary work, furnishes the bond of sympathy between workers far apart, stands for the. ‘living link’ between the money earner and the mission worker, and pro motes the universal Christian Endeavor on Fifth Page.)