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' TH e morning news. •vt.hlisheri 1850. .- - Incorporated 1883 E * ° J H. ESTILL. President. assured minister conger is alive Cipher Dispatch Was Receive!! From Him Through the Chinese Minister. officials satisfied the message is genuine. He Was at British Legation, Which Was Then: Being Bombarded. jrprrd That nelnlorcements Be Sent nt Once to Relieve the Foreign Minister*— Minister Wo Gives Assurance That the Dispatch Is Gen uiiii —London I* Inclined to Doubt—Message Was Wired to All the Foreign Governments—lt Is Said China Will Try to Af ford SuOlcjent Protection—Troops W ill Go Fomnrd .lust the Same— Berlin Also Doubts the Conger Dispatch. Washington, July 20.—Minister Conger is aliv< Through the medium of the Chi nese minister he has been able to reply , to the cipher dispatch sent him ten days by Secretary Hay. The reply was delivered to Secretary Hay this morning by the Chinese minister ar.d its authenticity is accepted by Secre ts, v Hay and all the officers of the gov ernment. As an evidence of Secretary Hay's faith In the reply of Minister Conger, all the foreinn governments and the foreign rep resentatives of the United Slates have been officially notified that our minister to China was alive on the 18th, safely boused, with his family and immediate friends, in the British legation at Pekin. Secretary Long, who has from the be ginning. refused to believe in the reported massacre of the foreign ministers, official ly notified the naval commanders on the foreign stations of the receipt of Minister Conger's dispatch. In certain quarters an effort was made to throw a doubt over the dispatch be muse it contained no date. It was sug gested that it might be an old dispatch warmed over for the purpose of subduing the rapidly growing feeling of resentment against China in the United Stat*. It was further suggested that the Chi nese authorities, in disposing of Minister Corger ar.d destroying the American lega tion, might have secured the American code by which they were enabled to reply to the cipher dispatch transmitted by Secretary Hay through the agency of the Chinese minister. . When these various suggestions were made to the Secretary this evening, he emphatically rejected them as improv able under the circumstances. He added that lie was too old not to know that he might he fooled. Under the circumstan ce?, however, he felt assured that the re. plv he nad received to-day from Minister Conger was genuine. He added that It was perfectly reasonable to suppose tu.it Minister Conger, when obliged to seek refuge in the British legation, naturally took with him his cypher code, which is probably the most precious official prop erly he possesses. Diapntcli Was in Cipher. The original dispatch prepared by Sec teiary Hay was written in cipher, and it was so worded that only Minister Congee could hove sent the reply which glad dened the hearts of the American people to-day. Secretary Hay says he can hardly credit the suggestion that even if the Chinese authorities are in possession of the cipher code of the United S‘tate3, they could have framed a dispatch sim ilar to that forwarded by Minister Con ger. It is quite likely that the Chinese au thorities may have restricted Minister Conger to a prescribed limit, for he would have doubtless been only too glad to transmit a more detailed statement of his surroundings. Of course, his dispatch was probably censured to the extent that the thinese authorities were enabled to know <he Import of the dispatch without pos sessing the exact language. in addition to the dispatch bearing all fi e legitimate evidence of reliability. Its authenticity Is vouched for by high offi cial representatives of the Chinese gov ernment who profess to still entertain friendly relations with the United States. Will Be No Relaxation. " hile Secretary Hay admits that the cp fial knowledge that Minister Conger and hie fellows are being protected as far a * possible from the mob in and around Pf-kln (here will he no relaxation on the Wri of the United States and the allied ,0r r, s | n p regf | n g on to peinn nn d rescu ln * I,lf foreign representatives now sup ■">fl i | 0 | n n ,. c( j Q f immediate relief. this end numerous conferences wore 1,1 H between the Secretaries of State, War B| d N’avv relative to withdrawing troops f m fi" Philippines and forwarding them M “fit’s to China. 11 >’ understood that arrangements are fig forward by which it is proposed to nl fiom three to fl\o thousand troops m ,l 1 Phlllrplnra In addlt'on to thoss 0 ly “fdered to China to augment the fi column now pressing on to Pekin. I'hsT.ndlng the dissenting opinion of " McArthur to such a course, it Is e fited advisable to adopt this course lo Jlatoannalj iilofmmj ffrto#. view of (o-day’s developments. It is pro posed to replace the troops thus with draw frem the Philippines by additional regimi nts in ihe United States under or d rs to proceed diiect to China. After due del.beration it was concluded that it would be safe to take this step. RECEIPT OF THE MESSAGE. WASHINGTON REJOICED OVER THE GOOD NEWS FROM CONGER. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 29.—Like a flash of sunlight out of the dark sky came the intelligence at an early hour to-day that Unit,d states Minister Conger had sent a cipher cable dispatch frem Pekin to the state department at Washington mak ing known that two days ago he was alive and that the foreigners were fight ing fer their lives. The message was received by the Chi nese minister, Wu Ting Fang, at 8:20 a. m. Within an hour the welcome intelligence that Conger had been heard from, after weeks of silence and evil report, was flashed throughout the country and in deed throughout the world, dispelling the gloom which had prevailed everywhere and bringing to officials and to the pub lic generally a sense of profound relief. The dispatch was in reply to Secretary Hay's cable inquiry to Minister Conger oft July 11, and as both messages were in the American cipher code, they were regarded by the officials as above the sus picion of having been tampered with in the course of transmission through Chi n se channels. Mr. Wn promptly communicated the dis patch to the state department, where the translation was made from the cipher fig ures and soon all Washington was astir with tne intteligence. It was telegraphed by Secretary Hay to the President, who responded with a wholesome expression of gratification and word of it was sent to the various cabinet ofiicers. They gathered in Secretary Hay’s office and an impromptu cabinet conference was held in the diplomatic chamber, mainly for the purpose of ex changing congratulations and of taking a survey of the situation to see if it had been materially changed by this import ant development. Tire Most Welcome Feature. First of- all, from the standpoint of the administration officials, the most wel come feature of the message was its as surance that the American minister him self was alive two days ago. But with this cheering news came the ominous statement of Minister Conger that the be sieged foreigners were in the British le gation under continued shot and shell from Chinese troops, and that only quick relief could avert a general massacre. After the first flush of thankfulness this grave feature of the message began to im press itself upon cabinet officials most deeply. As one of them remarked: "There are the poor creatures, penned up under fire of shot and shell and ap pealing lo us for help.” The consultation brought about no pro nounced change of policy, for it was felt that already every energy had been spent toward meeting the situation and that there was absolutely nothing more that sould be done. After all, the cabinet offi cials felt, and so stated, that the message was an evidence of friendliness and good faith of the pro-foreign clement of the Chinese and that wisdom dictated a course which would continue to utilize this friend ship. Accepted n* Authentic. The government accepted themessage as authentic, and Secretary Hay transmitted It to all our ambassadors and ministers abroad with Instructions to lay It before the respective governments to which they are accredited, and to urge upon them the necessity of co-operation for the Imme diate relief of the foreigners at Pekin. A message was sent by Secretary Long to Admiral Remey conveying the intelli gence of the desperate situation In Tekln and instructing him to "use and urge ev ery possible endeavor for relief.'* This mesaage, Secretary Long explain ed, meant for Admiral Remey himself to "use” and to ‘'urge" upon the command ing officers of the other Powers the use of every endeavor for the relief of Pekin. SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, JULY 21. 1900. Secretary Root sent a similar notifica tion to Col. Coolidge, the senior American officer ashore at Tien Tsin, but without injunction. This action was the result of the confer ence of Secretaries Hay, Long and Root. It was realized that the land and naval forces of the United States now In China could not single-handed push on to Pekin and the other Powers, accordingly, were appealed to, on the basis of Minister Con ger's message, to co-operate for inetant relief. Secretary Hay explained his reasons for placing reliance in the authenticity of Minister Conger's dispatch, saying that it was a complete reply in code to the code message sent to him and that Us authen ticity was vouched for by the Tsung-li- Yemen. “Of course," said Secretary Hay, smit ing, "I am not omniscient and may be fooled, but I cannot see how the authen ticity of Minister Conger's cable can be questioned.” Secretary Hay said he attached no sig nificance to the use of the words, "Chl /nese troops” in the message. They did not. in his opinion, mean that the Chi nese government troops were besieging the foreigners. He seemed to entertain little doubt that the Chinese government itself was doing all in its power to sup press the Boxer insurrection. More Welcome Intelligence. In this connection the message from Counsel Fowler that Gen. Yuan Shih Kai, governor of Shan Tung province, report, ing that the Chinese authorities were do. ing all in their power to put down the in surrection. is exceedingly xveicome intel ligence. it not only confirms the theory of the state department that the position of the Chinese government is correct, but it is assumed to indicate that Yuan Shih Kai has thrown the weight of his influence on the side of the gov ernment. Yuan is considered one of the ablest, if not the ablest, general in China. He has, according to a statement made by Lord Charles Beresford to a prominent state department official when Lord Beres ford was here last fail, the best drilled and best equipped army in China under his command. Some doubt was entertained as to which side, he would ally himself with In the present insurrection and the fact that he appears to have cbme out on the side of the government is accepted as evidence that his best judgment is that Prince Tuan's rebellion is destined to fall. The Absorbing Topic. Throughout the day the Conger message remained the absorbing topic of discus sion. Secretary Hay was congratulated on the success of the step3 he had adopted to epen up cemmunication between Pekin and Washington, for while the chanceller ies of the whole world stood hesitating and inactive, he had adoptei a course • which had brought a message from our minister. The Chinese minister. Mr. Wu, shartd also in the universal approbation of what 1 ad leen clone. He seconded Mr. Hay’s effort f.om the outset and it is due to the official machinery set in motion by him that the communications were gotten through. It is appreciated by the officials, both American and Chinese, that there wil be suspicion in some quarters. Against this it Is dec ared that a message au.hent cit ed by the American e pher code, and backed by the integrity of the officials through whom it has passed, must be ae c pted as authentic until something tet ter than mere suspicion is brought forth. Later in the day several messages were received from United States Consul Fow ler at Che Foo, ail strongly confirmatory of the news that the foreigners were alive. Credence Not Shaken. The fact that the cablegram from Min ister Conger, was given scant credence in London official circles had no dampening effect on the optimism of the administra tion officials. Ii was pointed out by one of the officials most interested that the weight of internal evidence in the dis patch was in favor of .its genuineness. Besides, there were several strongly cor roborative dispatches from Consul Gen eral Goodnow and Consul Fowler. The fact that Minister Conger mentioned the bombardment of the British legation was considered good evidence that the dispatch was written subsequent to the 6th, as the best information here is that the bombardment of the legations did not begin prior to that date, it was said at the state department that it was not thought expedient to give out either the text or a paraphrase of the message'sent by the state department on July 11th, to Minister Conger. FAILS TO CARRY CONVICTION. ENGLAND THINKS CHINA FORGED CONGER DISPATCH. London. July 21, 4 a. m.—The Conger dis patch falls to carry conviction lo either the British press or public. Its genuineness is not disputed, for, as Is pointed out here, the Chinese must pos sess quite a sheaf of such messages, which the ministers fruitlessly endeavoreij to get transmitted, from which they could easily select a non-committal dispatch to serve the required purposes. It Is supposed that Mr. Conger omitted to destroy the cipher code and that this is now in the possession of the Chinese, In which event the selection or concoction of Ihe dispatch would not be difficult. It Is argued that (he dispatch, If It were, a genuine reply to the Inquiries of the American government, would go more in to details. A slight ray of hope is admit ted In the fact that both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are known lo have been on very friendly terms with the Empress Dowager, but Ihe universal opinion here Is that If the dispatch is genuine the date Is falsi fied. The bare possibility that the newe of the massacre was premature, however, haa had Us effect and the government has Is sued a aemi-official disclaimer of respon sibility for the proposed memorial service In Bt. Paul's Cathedral, while the newspa (Continued on Sixth Page.* POWERS FORETOLD IT NOAKS CLAIMS HE SAID GOEBEL WOULD BE KILLED. PREPARATIONS MADE FOR IT. STRONG TESTIMONY IMPLICATING THE DEFENDANT. When Noak* Asked Abont the con tests, Powers Said They Would Amount to Nothing When Goebel Wn* Dead and in H —He lind Rained a Company Bat Objected to Serving When lie Henrd Goebel Would Be Seated. Georgetown, July 39.—Annie Wetst of Louisville. Auditor of State Sweeny’s stenographer, was the first witness called in the trial to-day of Caleb Powers, charg ed with complicity in the Goebel shooting. She heard only three shots and the sound came from the direction of the office of the Secretary of State. Witness said Henry Youtsey came into her office the day of the Van Meter-Berry contest and told her she had better leave the state house as trouble was likely to occur. Youtsey had a rifle in his hand at the time. Shortly after the shooting Assistant Sec retary of State Matthews stationed two men with guns at the door of the building with orders to allow no one to enter or leave the building. Robert Noaks, a railroad conductor, was called. Noaks said John and Ca leb Powers and Charles Finley conferred with him in November after the election relative to bringing armed men to Frankfort at the time of (he meeting of the state election commis sion board. They told him they wanted him to bring as many men as he could, and that when they reached Frankfort they should act in such a manner as to give the Governor a chance to call out the militia. The object was explained <o the witness as an effort to intimidate the elec tion commissioners. Noaks told of being asked by Caleb Powers to get accompany of militia com posed of men who would fight. He also asked Noaks to get smokeless powder cartridges. He secured a company and it was mustered in. Then Powers directed him to capture tw’o trains and bring his company to Frankfort. Charles Finley ob jected and warned Noaks not to do that and proposed to hire the trains. Created n Sensation. Noaks next statement created a sensa tion. He was asked: "Did Powers ever say anything to you about Gcebel?” “Yes, he was on my train one day and said: “ 'The contests wont amount to any thing, and when Goebel is dead and in h there is not another man in the state who can hold his party together.’ "Finley sent us a train from Louisville, which carried the men on Jan. 23. At Richmond Culton got cn the train and told us when we arrived at Ftankfort we should say we were going to petition Ihe Legislature. I told the boys to carry their guns as naturally as if hunting and not in a military position. After we got to the state house John Powers told me to stand closer to the executive building, as I might get hurt. He said: " ‘Some of our men are up stairs and when Goebel and those other fellows come in they are going to do the waive for them.’ "4 told him this must not be done. He told, me to keep cool. I went back into the Secretary of State's office. Caleb Powers said: “ Bob. I understand you have two m<n in your company tvho would kill flr man If you wanted them to do it.' Said He Had No Such Men. “I told him I did not believe I had such a man and he mentioned Chadwell and Jones. I told him I did not believe they were men of that kind. That afternoon when the men were being sent home. Pow ers again told me to keep ten or twelve of our best men and to keep Chadwell and Jones. My military company was* taken with me. They wore citizens’ clothes with their uniforms under them. We were told by Pow'ers to do this so we would he ready for military service. W. H, Cullon told me I must keep six of my men under arms all the time. I went to Assistant Adjutant General Dixon and told him I wanted to turn over my company as I had become satisfied they were going to seat Goebel as Governor and I did not want to serve under him. Said Goebel W ould Be Killed. "Dixon told me not to be discouraged as Goebel would not be Governor. I was tired and asked Powers how long this was going on. He said not much longer as Goebel would be killed and that would set tle It. That morning I checked two large pistols and a rifle for Berry Howard. I saw Gov. Taylor that morning. I went Into his office and look my pistols off and put them into a bookcase. I passed some words with him at that time.” Noaks will be crose-examlned to-mor row. , J 1 1 - !i’. NOT A DECLARATION OF WAR. Ambassador Tower Talk* of Rus sia’* Attitude Toward Chinn. Washington, July 39.—Mr. Charlemagne Tower, United States ambassador to Rus j sla, arrived at Washington this morning and went directly Lo the state department j to pay his respects to Secretary Hay. Mr. J Tower Is on a three-monlha’ leave of ab sence from his post. This leave was ap plied for four months ago, so that his re turn at this time cannot be connected with the Chinese situation. - “As far as the report of war between Russia and China is concerned." said Mr. i Tower, In reply to a question, "I think i It Is totally unwarranted. What I have underetood Is that the Ruaelan govern ment has declared a state of siege, which is equivalent under its procedure merely <o amilltary government for the, purpose of restoring order. It Is not a declaration . ot war in any sense." GOV. BECKHAM NOMINATED. RESOLITIONS CALL FOR AMEND MEXT OF GOEDEL LAW. Lexington. Ky., July 20.—Gov. Beckham was nominated by the Democratic State Convention of Kentucky by acclamation nt 3:05 o'clock this morning and the conven tion adjourned at 3:40 o'clock. After the names of Judge Black of Bar boursville and Judge Tarvin of Newport were placed in nomination a roll call of the convention was begun*. When McLean county was reached Beckhan had the 547 votes necessary to nominate. Then Black and Tarvin’a names were withdrawn and the latter moved that the nomination of Beokhatn he made unanimous. The motion carried and Beckham was escorted to the plat form. where he made a speech of accep tance. It was 2 a m. when Senator Blackburn presented a report from the Committee on Resolution's. The report was adopted and is in part as follows: e heartily indorse the magnificent platform adopted by the National Demo* cratic Convention at Kansas City July 5. 1900, and also the splendid ticket named by said convention, and pledge the Democ racy oi' Kentucky to an earnest, corvli.il and active .support of said ticket. To Amend tin- (iiuhtl Lau. “The Demrcratic pafty recommends that the election law of 1808, known as the Goebel law, which was enacted to pre vent the repeiltion of well known Re publican frauds in certain districts of this state, and which was a marked improve ment upon the then existing law, but which has not proved sufficient for that purpose, bo amended io secure this end so thoroughly that the most hyp rcridc.il can l nd no excuse for charging fraud or un fairness to our party in the conduct of the e’ectien. “Until such amendments can he enact ed by the general assembly, we declare that the Republican party shall have io - resentatlon on both the state and all coun ty hoards of election commissioners. “The mob and the assassin shall not be the arbitrators of the cltiz ns of Ken tucky, nor shall ihe penalty of an appeal to the law and the regular au thorities be death at the hands of assas sins. AftNn*M6iintinn of Goebel. “Law and order must and shall prevail in Kentucky. We present to* the people of K*n.ucky the picture of an army of intimidation, unlawfully quartered in the public buildings of the state; a state sen ator in the discharge of his duty to the state, stricken down by an assass'n's bulle , fired frem ambush in the executive building, then occi pied by hb political ad versary, who hoped to profit by his death; that same pcliti al advfr.ary and Re publican pretender, by force, dis solving the legislature in viola tion of the comtiiuticn, attempting by military power to force the Legislature to meet in a veritable slaughter pen for the Democratic members, driving its members through the streets of Frankfort ot the point of the bayonet, forcibly pre venting the legislature from meeting in its lawful and proper place; keepihg armed rioters and disorderly men und-r the very window of the room where lay dying the assassin’s victim; driving the Court of Appeals from the capitol; aid ing with the soldiery and spurious par dons those lawfully accused of capital crimes to flee from justice and by mil itary force defying the writ of habeas corpus; the same Republican pretender fleeing from Ihe. state after indictment and remaining a fugitive from justice, protected by an open violation of tiie con stitution of the United States after hav ing declared to the people of the state ‘1 am a citizen of this state and amenab’r to the laws, I am not a criminal, neither shall I ever be a fugitive from justice. Whenever indicted I shall appear for trial.’ *' Bradley** Action Denounced. Gov. Bradley’s alleged use of the militia to control the election of November, 1890, is denounced. Sinceresl grief is expressed over tho death of Gov. William Goebel. Every sincere lover of civil and personal liberty is invited to Join in a campaign against ihe forces under the banner of a “government by assassination.’’ In conclusion the administration of Gov. J. C. YV. Beckham was s-trongly indorsed. CAFE FARM A MEM' OFEXED. Imprisonment Proposed n* PuuUh ment for Kclicl*. Colony, July 20.—The Cape Colony Parliament opened to-day with an Impres sive scene. The speech of Sir Alfred Mil ner, governor of the colony, prophesied an early close of the war and subsequent ly a united and prosperous South Africa. He proposed disfranchisement and impris on mem for rebels. Amid profound silence Mr. Merriman, a member of the opposition, gave notice that he would move that the actions of the military in districts where opposition had terminated was contrary to the inher ent rights of British subjects and that martial law should be repealed. METHI EX TOOK HEC K POOR !*. Operation* of Other Force* to the En*t of Pretoria* London. July 20.—The following dis patch from Lord Roberts has been receiv ed at the war office: “Pretoria, July 19.—Methuen occupied Hcckpoort to-day without opposition to rpeak of. lan Hamilton and Mahon con tinued their march along the country north of the Delagoa Bay Railroad. Hun ter is roeonnlering the position occupied by the Free Staters between the Bethle hem and Fieksburg.” TWO HUNDRED WERE KILLED. Mount Aininn In .Japan Wn* In Eruption l.nst Tuesday. Yokohama. July 19.—Mount Azuma, near Bandaisan, which was the scene of a vol canic disaster ir 1888. broke Into eruption Tuesday, July 17. Two hundred persons were killed or injured. Several vllluges were engulfed by the streams of lava from Azuma and great damage, was done in adjacent districts. MINISTER SHOWS GOOD FAITH. Auk* Russia to Examine Kls Dis pntches From Chinn. London, July 20.—With a view to show ing his good faith, the Chinese minister at St. Petersburg has begged the Russian foreign secretary to examine all dispatches arriving for the legation before their de livery. Indian troops are daily arriving at Hong JCong cn route to Taku. COL. SRYAN'S CHINESE VIEWS. IT IS (U K DUTY TO PROTECT AMER ICAN CITIZENS. Lincoln, Neb., July 20.—William J. Bryan gave out 10-day the following in terview In regard to the situation in China: "Everyone ilerlorcs the destruction of life in China and is horrified at the bar barities practiced. Everyone believes that it Is the duty of our government to pro tect the lives and property of American citizens residing in China, and I have no doubt that the administration will do so. I also take it for granted that all American citizens will withdraw from China tem porarily or take refuge in some feaport where they can be protected by American ships until the excitement is over. "If the Chinese government has tried in good faith to ported our citizens, suitable punishment for the guilty and reparation and Indemnity (or those who have suffer ed can doubtless be secured. If upon in vestigation it Is found that the Chinese government has not acted In good faith. Congress has power to deal w ith the mat ter. For several years European nations have been threatening to dismember China, and It Is not strange that their ambitious designs should nrottse a feel ing of hostility towards foreigners. That feeling, however, ought not to be direct ed against American citizens, and will not if our nation makes it known that it has no desire lo grab land or to tres pass upon the right? of China. A firm ad heronce to the American policy of justice and fair dealing will not only set an ex ample to other nations, but will give to our citizens residing In China the best promise of security, it wil! be better for our merchants to have It known that they seek trade only when trade is mutually advantageous, it wifi he better for our missionaries to hove It known that they ore preaching the gospel of love and are not forerunners of fleets and armies.” COMING ELEI TION IN Cl BA. President nnd Gov. Gen. Wood Have (greed on Sc|t. 1.1. Washington, July 29.—1 tis understood that the President and Gen. Wood have agreed upon Sept. 15 ns the time for hold ing the election in Cuba for delegates to the Constitutional Convention th at Is to be called for the purpose of formulating a constitution for an independent govern ment for Cuba. . On the return of Oen. Wood to Cuba he will confer with the loaders or the Cuban people as lo the details of the elec tion, and as to what restrictions, if any, should be placed upon universal suffrage in the Island. It is now hoped that the constitutional convention will be held be fore the end of the year, and If possible as early as Oct. 15. There Is no doubt that any‘constitution which may be formulated will be scrutin ized with greitest care by the President (Hid possibly by Congress, before It Is al lowed to go into operation, for It Is the settled conviction of the officials that Cuba should not Ire permitted to make treaties with foreign nations except through the United Slates, nor should the people be allowed to involve the Island in debt unless authorized to do so by this government. MAY ll\\ E BEEN ANIMIE. Wreckage anil Bodies of Men Found on Hudson Buy Const. Fort Williams, Ont., July 20.—Indians, hunting on the east coast ot Hudson bay, have brought word to the Hudson Bay Company's |>osL that they found last spring a vast quantity of wreckage, the bodies of two men and a man in the last stage of death struggle. The Indians re ported that they could not understand the language he spoke, but that it was not English. It is believed by the officials of the company that the Indians witnessed Ihe ending of Andre's attempt to reach the north pole by balloon. OREGON IS BEING REPAIRED. Sentiment Against the .luiiniiese Do ing Too Much, Yokohama, Thursday, July 19.—The United States battleship Oregon arrive! at Kure, where she will undergo tempo rary repairs. The leading papers still urge (he dis patch of more troops to China, but there Is a growing sentiment against the Ja panese engaging in extended operations. The decision of the government In the matter is not known, but a division from Sendai In on Its way to emoaik at UJina. Many refugees from China are arriv ing In Japan. •MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE. Cablegram Received by Bn 1111*1 For eign Mission Hoard. Richmond, Va„ July 20.—The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, with headquarter* In this city, this morning received n cablegram from Che Foo, China, as follows: , “Rev. R. J. Willingham, D. D.t Lives saved. Plngtu looted. Christians fearful ly persecuted. Hartwell." This means that all the Baptist mission- ; arles of the Southern Convention now In Northern China are safe. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Lowe, who were In Plngtu, an!l for whose safety grave fear* were fell, escaped. CAVALRY GOING TO THU EAST. MnJ. Allen Smith Ordered to Gel Ready for Service. Chicago, July 20.—MaJ. Allen Smith, of tho First Regiment of Cavalry, who has iern In charge since July 1, of one of the United Sluts army recruiting salient located here, received orders from Wash ington to-day to Join his regirnc.it Imme diately and be pr< pared for act.ve service in the field. The companies of the First Cavalty have I een setvlng In Ar zona, Nor.h and South Dakota and other Western spates and hive he n ordered to mobilize at Seattle, to be transported to the Orient. Marines to Go to Chins, Norfo k, Va.. Jtn’.y 29—Lieut. R. Y. Rhea, o', the United Sta es marine corps, arrived from Washington on the stramer Norfolk this morning with forty recruit*, principal y Chicago men. who will be d-ill. dat the mar.ne barracks In the navy yard for service in China. DAILY, 88 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.BI A YEAR GORDON OBJECTED WAS RIFFLED BY A SKYTIMKVr SPOKEN BY GES. SHAW AT BLUE AND GRAY MEETING. SAID SHOULD STOP TEACHING SOUTH WAS RIGHT. Gen. Gordon Said He Fought fop AVhnt He Relieved Was Right, and Wonld So Teach His Children— Gen. Mtatv It es|ioiiile<l Grneefnlly and the Incident Wns Closed—Speech of the Grand Army Commander. Atlanta, July 20—A genuine Georgia barbecue this afternoon closed tho reun ion 111 this city of the Blue and Gray. Although It was given out at Its incep tion that the reunion was for the benefit only of those who participated In the bat tles around Atlanta, and tho city's invit ed guests, veterans from all parts of tho South were present, swelling the crowd* to large proportions. Gen. John B. Gordon, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veteran*, disobeying his physician's orders, was present with the other distinguished guests, and sat side by side with Gen. Albert D. Show, commander In chief of (he G. A. R. All the invited guests made speeches, but tho second on the programme, that of Gen. Shaw*, did 1 not please Gen. Gor don, and for a time reconlclllatlon was forgotten. Gen. Shaw’s speech was for the most part conciliatory in tone, and wns well received, and Jbet his reference to the manner In which all memories of the great struggle should be blotted out in the families of the South was not re ceived with the favor hoped for. In his speech lie uttered these words, and they went deeply Into Gen. Gordon’s heart: "What I am anxious to see is the dis appearance of all unworthy reminders of the terrible conflict, and all the culture of present unity and righteousness over all the Union. There can now be but one Ideal American citizenship, one Stars and Stripes, one bulwark ot future national glory and one line of patriotic teachings for all and by all. in this view the keepw Ing alive of sectional teaohlnss as to the Justice and rights of the cause of the South In Ihe hearts of the children of the South is all out of order, unwise, unjust, and utterly opposed to the bond by which the great chieftain Lee solemnly bound the cause of the South In hie final sur render. I deeply deplore all agencies of this sort, because In honor and in chival ric American manhood and womanhood nothing Of Hit* nature should be taught or tolerated for an Instant." Gen. Gordon Took Exception. At tho close of Gen. Shaw's speech, Gen. Gordon came forward. He had spoken briefly before and his appearance again caused considerable of a surprise. The enthusiasm quieted Instantly. Gen. Gordon said he could not teach hi* children that tie fought for what waa wrong. He entered battle for what he believed was right, and "only the Judg ment day and God Himself will ever de cide who was right.” "Let us cherish the memories," contin ued Gen. Gordon, “and history will rec ord and hetvf n Judge, that both sides were right in fighting for what they be lieved was right. Let us settle once and for all this question on a basis commen surate with the manhood of the sides en gaged in the great struggle; let us settle It on a basis of that immaculate truth that both sides were fighting for the con stitution of their forefathers." Gen. Shaw responded gracefully to the General's exceptions. He stated that he had prepared his speech with care and much of the mater ial therein was gained from speeches made by Gen. Gordon in the North. "Our children should be taught,” said Gen. Shaw, "the true glory and sublimity of our one country; their fathers will teach them this. Let them be so alike, the children of the North and of the South, that no difference will be percepti ble.” The Incident closed with three cheer* for the Blue and the Gray. Speech of Gen. Bhnn. The speakers of the day were Gen. Al bert D. Shaw, Gen. John B. Gordon, Gov. James A. Mount of Indiana, Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge, Gen. J. C. Breckin ridge, Inspector general U. S. A.; Gen. A. P. Stewart of Chattanooga and Gen. O. O. Howard. Gen. Gordon spoke briefly In Introducing Gen. Shaw, who spoke in part as follows: "I am proud to be present on ths hat tp-fleld of Ihe great war, and to meet and greet comrades and veterans of the North, and of the South, on this anniver sary of the Peach Tree Creek Battle of the 60's. I am net here to speak of Its details, for others will recount the rem iniscent fealuns of this famous fight,who were iartlc pants on either side; but I am present as a Union veteran, to show my fu 1 sympathy with ro-unions/>f this sort, where brave former fees once engaged In (he hot rush of contending armies, now meet as fil nds and fellow citizens, with common a ms and in common loyalty to the greatest republic of the world. I am to speak to-day not officially as the eom mander-in-chlef of the Grand Army of the Reoubl c, hut a* a veteran and a private soldier of Company A, Thirty-fifth New York Volunteers, in which I carried & gun for two years—what wells up In my heart on this great occasion I believe the time has come when plain words should be spoken of a past that will for ever witch the world by Its great deeds and great men, covering the p riod of American history between 1861 and 1866. The Cavalier and the Puritan, "The md came at Appomattox, and ths Cavalier Lee and the Puritan Grant fac ed each other on the closing scene* of the most pathetic and bloody drawn of ail ths rges. 'lhe hslf drawn sword was motion ed back, and the vlctorl us leaders' words sounded forth the death knell of past na tional division—mid grezted the glorious dswn of anew destiny, when he said: "How many tatlcns do your hungry sol di is need?” And then followed the bless ed assurance that horses and side arms could be retained, the fermer as helps In the new life of peace, and the latter a* (Continued on Fifth Fags.)