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6 FAILS TO CARRY CONVICTION. Continued from First Page. pers nre calling for the postponement of the service until all doubts are set at rest. The Dally Telegraph, in an editorial congratulating the Washington govern ment upon its energy, says: “Unless the Powers are capable of re sponding immediately to Mr. Hay's appeal by ordering their united forces to face an 1 risk all for an immediate advance, the days, not only of old chivalry, but of mod ern humanity are dead together.” Sir Halliday McCartney. < ounselor and English secretary to the Chinese legation in London, who was interviewed yester day, admitted that the legation was in re ceipt of news which t was not yet abie to disclose. He added: “You may take u that on July 18, the date of the Conger message, all the lega tions and Europeans in Pekin were safe. I cannot say why the other ministers are not able to communicate with their gov ernments, but there is no reason why they should not use the same channel as Mr. tSbnger employed. “Perhaps a supreme effort was made for Mr. Conger's message and possibly the Chinese do not realize the anxiety exist ing in Europe.” Dispatches from Yokohama announce that another division of Japanese troops is embarking for China, accompanied by a siege train for the reduction of Pekin. The Attitude of Japan. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail asserts that Emperor Kwang Su telegraphed to the Mikado an expression of regret for the murder of the Japanese chancellor of legation, Suglyama Akira, and pointed out that the community of interests between China and Japan in the East against the ambitions of the West ern Powers should lead the Japanese Em peror to make common cause with China and to assist in the restoration of peace. The Mikado, a cording to this correspon dent, replied that the action of the insurg enls was in complete violation of international law' and that the murder of Baron von Ketteler was a grievous offense. The Mikado ad ded that the Chinese government should suppress the disorders and rescue the ministers, thus disarming the hostility of Europe. His Majesty’s dispatch concluded thus: “Japan is cordially friendly and Is only sending troops to rescue the foreigners in Pekin and to restore order. She has no ulterior objects hostile to China, and if proper measures are taken she is prepar ed to use her influence to conserve the in terests of the Celestial empire.” LI Hung Chang's Mlnnloh. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says he learns on good authority that Li Hung Chang has undertaken to proceed north in order to negotiate upon three conditions: First. That a conciliatory attitude be adopted forthwith. Second. That the Boxers be energetical ly suppressed. Third. That he himself is not to be held responsible, even if he fails to ob tain satisfactory terms. The cor e-pondent acids: “I have been informed by a native of ficial that the Viceroy of Nankin’s yamen believes that a majority of the foreigners in Ptkin escaped destruction on July 9. and that although a portion of (Ten. Nleh's troops joined the Boxers at Tien Tsin, a large number followed Gen. Nieh to Pekin where they have be* n success ful in assisting Prince Ching and Yung Lu to protect the legations. This official regards the appointment of Li Hung Chang as an indication that the Empress Dowager realizes the futility of Prince Tuan’s promise to drive the for eigners into the sea and that she was at tempting to take and hold the members of the legations as hostages. “I believe this view to fte bona fide. Anway, it is quite certain that, since tlie capture of Tien Tsin, the Manchus are beginning to doubt the wisdom of the anti foreign policy. The governors of Hu Nan, Hu Pei. and Kiang Su, who were proceeding north with bodies of rowdies, on the plea of saving the dynasty, now appear disposed to move slowly.” Operations of the It Iranian*. St. Petersburg dispatches show that the situation in Machuria is improving. Gen. Grlbski, after relieving Blagovestschensk, capital of the Amur government, received further reinforcements and bombarded the Chinese village of Sakhalin, which w as set oti fire. The Chinese, however, continued to receive reinforcements and maintained such an obstinate resistance as to con vince Gen. Gribskl of the necessity of oc cupying Aigun, where 7,000 Chinese with artillery were in position. The Russian troops advanced from the direction of the town of Nismennuja. The Chinese massed their troojw in large bod ies at various points and made a stout re sistance, but they were finally overcome. The town of Aigun was partly destroyed and the Russians occupied all the im portant defensive positions on the right bank of the river, driving the Chinese out of them. The Russian ojx*rat ions were carried out with great brilliancy and slight loss. The Russians captured seventeen guns and killed 2,000 Chinese. GERMANY ALSO A DOUBTER. BELIEVES C HINA IS TIIVIMi TO DE LAY THE POWERS. Berlin. July 20.—The German govern inem feels confident that the present at tempts by Chinese officials to deny the Pekin massacre are insincere and dictated solely by a desire to hamper and retard the powerful joint action of the Powers. At the Chinese legati n here, where also denials of the massacre have arrived from tlie viceroys, the statement was made to-day 10 the correspond tit cf the Associated Press that the Chinese minis ter himself, Lu Hal Houan, placid small reliance upon them. 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The news re ceived here on this score is very meagre, but il all points to treachery and. to a cunning policy of procrastination by the viceroys until the moment shall have ar rived when they can afford to discard dissimulations. Yuan Shai Ki, Governor of Shan Tung, is regarded here as worse than unreliable. The foreign office feels glad that all these Chinese ruses have not succeeded in blind ing the Powers or in retarding their se rious military preparations. Official circles deny a number of sensa tional stories printed by the English press —stories which the foreign office charac terizes as made of the same cloth as many that were set afloat during the Spanish- American War and the earlier stages of the hostilities in South Africa. A to a Commandfr. The only story having any foundation, according to the foreign office, is that the question of who is to be the commander in-chief in China is now engaging the at tention of the Powers. Regarding this a foreign office official said to-day: “The suggestion to make Ird Wolseley or some other English officer the com mander-in-chief does not meet with ap proval anyw'here. This is hardly strange, because the British land force in China is rather insignificant, as %vell authenti cated information shows. The proposal to make the German officer the chi* f commander would not lx? accepted by Germany unless a unanimous wish to that effect W'ere expressed) by the Powers in terested.” The semi-official MJlltalr Wochenblatt asserts from alleged authentic figurei-; that the number of allied troops now in Cnina is 43,000. Of theee, however, 20,000 Rus sians are located in Liao Tung peninsula and Kwan Tung province, and 1,600 Ger mans with sixteen field guns, twelve heavy guns and six machine guns at Kiao Chou. Now on the way from Ger many, France and England there are i about lf),000 men. and the first part of the ! Japanese division is also en route. < Arrangements have been made for the departure of 57,000, with 141 guns, and al together there will be, from present ar rangements in China by September, 16,- I 000, Germans, 12.000 English. 65,000 French, 1 50,000 Russians, 21,000 Japanese, 7.000 | Americans 2,000 Italians and 170 Austrians, together with 311 guns and 36 machine guns. MINISTER \VI SI'crKPJIUD. How Hr Secnred a Message From Minfttrr Coilßrr. Washington, July 20.—The following statement was given out to-day at the state department: "On the 11th of this month the state de partment communicated a brief message asking tidings of Minister Conger in the state department code. Minister Wu un dertook to get this into Minster Conger's hands, if he were alive. He has succeeded in doing this. This morning the state de partment received a telegram from Con sul General Goodnow at Shanghai saying: "The governor of Shan Tung informs me that he has received to-day a cipher message from Conger of the eighteenth.” A few minutes later Minister Wu ap peared at the state department with a telegram from Tao Tai of Shanghai, dated July 20, which had been received by Min ister Wu at 8:30 o'clock this morning, read ing as follows: “Your telegram was forwarded, and as requested. I send reply from the Tsung -11-Yamen as follows: “ ‘Your telegram of the fifteenth day of this moon (eleventh July) received. The state department telegram has been hand ed to Minister Conger. Herewith is Min ister Conger's reply to the state depart ment.’ " This reply was in the state department cipher and it is regarded as genuine, inas much as forgery seems, under the circum stances, impossible. FROM MIMSTER CONGER. Message Snys Only Quick Relief Can Stop Massacre. Washington, July 20.—The state depart ment this morning received the following' cablegram from Minister Conger at Pe kin: "In British legation, tinder continued shot and shell from Chinese troops. Quick relief only can prevent general massacre." The message is not dated, but it is un derstood was sent from Pekin on the 18th. MINISTER WI 'S GREAT COl'P. Rejoicing In the Era! He Was Able to Accomplish. Washington, July 20.—The Chinese min ister, Wu Ting Fang, is to-day a center of official and personal congratulation over the great service he has performed for the American government and the American people in opening up communication be tween United States Minister Conger and Washington, and in sweeping aside a mass of horrible reports as to wholesale massa cre of our officials and others. The Chinese legation was in a state of jubilation to-day, Minister Wu break fasts early in the day, after the Chinese custom, and this morning he breakfasted even earlier than usual. Just before he gat down a telegraph messenger boy bi THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY', JULY 21. 1900. cycled up to the legation office and passed in a dispatch. This is not unusual, so the message was taken in hand by a secretary while the minister proceeded with his breakfast. The message proved to be quite long and a considerable part of it was in an unintelligible cipher code. But it was not until the eye fell upon the name “Con ger,” written in English, that the full purport of the me- age became evident. Then there was a stir throughout the es tablishment. The minister was entirely in the dark as to the meaning of the strange group of Arabic figures, but it was evident to him that thie a reply | dir* t from Minister Conger to Secretary j Hay's cipher telegram of July 11. Mr. Wu went upstairs to his private office, where he was joined by his secre tary, Mr. Chung. Word was sent for the minister's automobile to take him to the state department. A few minutes later he appealed with Mr. Chung on the stone balcony of the legation. In his hand he carried a document, Carefully wrapped up . in a piece of white linen. His face was wreathed in smiles. He stepped into the vehicle and his American attendant, Charles Lee, who accompanies him on j these trips, turned the lever and they sped j down Connecticut avenue toward the state department. Handed It to Secretary liny. It was 9:45 o’clock wh- n Mr Wu hand©l (he do. ument to S-ere:ary Hay and then, after- brief congratulations over what the m ssage was believed to contain h“ re t red in order ihat translation of the cipher might bgn. Minister Wu’s personal feeling over the receipt of the message are those of in t n e relief, following a long period cf <x reme depression. He had little to say over the message as it speaks for itself and his views could add nothing to it. Above all he is rejoicing that the reports as (o the massacre of Minister Conger and all oth*r foreigners is dissipated, and tbs he regards as the supreme not withstanding ihe grave statement in the message that bombardment is going on and massacre is imminent. The frank ness with which this statement was made is taken as conclusive evidence of the genuineness of the dispatch. Moreover, Mr. Wu Is personally acquainted with the tao tai of Shanghai, who forwarded the message for him and got hack the an swer, and the minister regards him as one of the most irreproachable and high minded men in all China. Aside from having been able to get through the message itself, Minister Wu is chiefly gratified at the opportunity he has had to serve the American govern ment, and in this way to establish the good faith w'hich the Chinese authorities as represented by him are seeking to deal with the situation. Throughout the le gation staff, among the secretaries, at taches. interpreters and American attend ants, the great load which has hung over them of late has now been largely dissi pated, and on all hands to-day' there are signs of joy and relief. *lt is appre ciated that the crisis is still acute, but at least the mystery as to Minister Con ger has been pctieirated. The various othr foreign embassies and legations learned of the Conger dispatch early in the day and took prompt steps to notify' the foreign officers. Some of the officials called at the state depart ment and got the exact terms of the mes sages. learning also from Mr. Hay the fa th he placed in the reply. LON DO X Ut ITE SKEPTICAL. Has Doubts About Dispatch From Minister Conger. Ix>ndon, July 20.—Minister Conger’s mes sage to the state department at Wash ington is not regarded here as justifying overmuch optimism, but on the contrary is generally accepted as a further Chi nese attempt at mystification. Some think the fact that the message is undated, and the similarity of its con tents to Sir Robert Hart’s message of June 24, suggest that it W’as sent off about the same time, but intercepted by' the Chinese. The skeptical are confirmed in their suspicions by the fact that a message was received by' M. Delcasse, the French min ister of affairs to-day through the Chinese minister at Paris purporting to come from (he Emperor asking France’s mediation with the Powers and which, it is alleged, was dated July 19. and makes no mention of the foreign legation at Pekin. The Chinese legation at London has been notified by -Sheng. Chinese adminis trator of telegraphs at Shanghai, that the governor of Shan Tung has reecived a message from Minister Conger for tran*. mission to Washington. REROUTED WELL ON JULY 20. .Means Being; Devised for Protection of Foreigner*. 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For sale bv all leading: dry goods stores. the foil wlr.g telegram from the Governor of Shan Tung dated 10 o’clock: ‘ Received flying express from the Tsung li-Yamen forwarding cipher telegram date 1 July 18. from American minister Pekin which I have transmitted, and by w'hich you will see that the newspaper accounts are entirely rumors.” The safe department also has received a dispatch from Consul Fowler dated nighi, July 20, in which he communicates the following message, telegraphed to h.m that day by the governor of Shan Tung: “I have just received definite infoixna tion that the various ministers in Pekin are well and the proper Chinese authori ties are devising measures for their res cue and protection.” This message is signed by Yuan, the governor of Shan Tung. MINISTERS ARE UNDER FIRE. Every Mean* Must Be Used to Send Immediate Relief. Wahington, July 10. —Secretary Long has sent the following cablegram to Admiral Re-mey: "Conger telegraphs that he is under fire in British legation, Pekin. Use and urge every means possible for immediate re lief. “Long.” SAID ALL WERE MURDERED, Report Published in a Shanghai Paper an July 111. Washington, July 20.—The state depart ment has just issued the following bulle tin: "The Secretary of State received this morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler at Che Fee, dated midnight July 19, say ing a Shanghai paper of the 16th said all foreigners were murdered. Fowler wired the Governor demanding the truth. The Governor replied that his courier left Pe kin on the 11th and all then were safe, but Pekin east city had been carried by rebels with intent to kill.” NO MORE TROOPS AT PRESENT. We Will Try to Aid the Friendly Chinese Official*. Washington. July 20.-Secretary Root this evening mode the positive statement that no more troops had been ordered for Chinese service: He added: “The chief effort of our government just now must be directed to aiding the friend ly Chinese officials. It is evident from the dispatch that the imperial Chinese government has been acting in good faith and on the 18th was still ueing its best efforts to protect the legations. We must do everything w'e can to protect the leg t tions. “It is hard to say just now whether In creased military activity on the part of the Powers would have good or evil ef fect. That must be judged by the offi cers on the other side. We have not th© information here that would enable us to fairly judge.” Secretary Root said that the military movement already outlined, that is to say, the dispatch of the expeditionary force under Gen. Chaffee, was being pushed with the inmost expedition. ALLIES* HEAVY CASUALTIES. Fig tiling at Tleu Tstu Marked by Many Atrocities, London. July 21.—The Dally Express has received the following from Tien Tsin, dated July 18: "The casualties of the allies in The three days’ fighting before the native city of Tien Tsin exceeded 1,000. It is now certain that there were several Russians and Frenchmen lighting on the Chinese side. The Chinese killed their own women wholesale to prevent them from falling into The hands of the Russians. “Yesterday the whole native city was in flames and the stench of the burning' thousands of corpses was unspeakably horrible. "Among the incidents of the fighting on July 13 was the precipitate flight of 500 French troops from Annam. They had been ordered To hold an important front, lint on being charged by the Chinese with bayonets, the entire detachment bolted panic stricken. "The Russians killed all the Chinese wounded In revenge for the Pekin mas sacre.” WERE ALIVE ON ,M I.Y Iff. Slieng Snj * Foreigners Were Ml lllght on Thnt ilnte. Brussels, July SO.— I The Belgian consul at Shanghai sends the following dispatch un der date of July 19: "Sheng, the administrator of telegraphs, announces lhat the foreigners at Pekin were safe and sound July 19. "An Imperial decree, dated July 16, or ders the Viceroy of Tien Tsin to appraise the damage caused by the troubles and or ders the local militia to repress the rehel lion." PARIS HAS H At> NEWS TOO. Authentic Report Thnt Foreigners Are Still tllve. Paris, July 20,-The foreign office has received Information from a Chinese I source in which, however, certain reliance ; may l* placed, that the foreign ministers [ at Pekin has not been massacred. According to this information on July 7 the ministers were attacked and the lega tions burned, but the foreigners succeeded in crossing the city to Prince Ching’s pal a>e. w'hich was then barricaded and the Europeans were holding their own up to the time the news left, July 9. Since then nothing has been heard from Pekin. ANOTHER AWFUL MASSACRE. Sixty MlHHionarlon and TOO Convert* Reported Killed. London, July 20.—A dispatch from Shanghai received here this morning re ports that sixty missionary sand one hun dred native converts have been massa cred by Boxers at Tai Yuan. Tai Yuan is a fortified and populous city In the province of Shan See, on the Finn Ho, an affluent of the Hoang Ho, 250 miles southwest of Pekin. CHINA SEEKS MEDIATION. Reply Will lie Addre**ed to French Mtnintcr at Pekin. Paris, July 20.—The Chinese minister at Paris has transmitted to M. Delca?se, the minister of foreign affairs, for communi cation to President Loubet, a telegram from the Emperor of China which was dispatched by the governor of Shan Tung Thursday, July 19, asking the mediation of France with the foreign Pow'ers. The telegram makes no allusion to the foreign ministers at Pekin. M. Delcasse informed the mini=ter that President Loubet’s reply will be addiessed to the French legation at Pekin, where the imperial government can obtain it. But first, the government of the republic w'ill wait until It is certain (hat the French minister at Pekin is safe and sound. WILL NOT AFFECT HIS MISSION. Hockliill Will Sail From .San Fran cisco on Aug. 23. Washington, July 20.—Mr. Rockhill, who has just been appointed a special commis sioner to China, has gone out of town, but will return to Washington Monday. The developments of to-day in the Chi nese situation will not affect his mission; in fact they have rather increased its im portance, for they are taken to presage an earlier settlement in China than had bbf ri expected. Mr. Rockhill accordingly will sail from Fan Francisco on the steamer Maru on Aug. 23, taking this route instead of going by Vancouver, as he can thereby save nearly two weeks time. JAPAN GIVES HER CONSENT. She I* Glad to Have Oar Troop* Landed at NugaMakf. Washington, July 20.—The Japanese government has given its cheerful assent to the application of the United States government for permission to land armed troops and military supplies at Nagasaki, in transit to Taku, China. The Japanese authorities not only have agreed to the proposed use of Nagasaki, hut they also have assured the United States government that they will facili tate the movement of American troops and supplies as much as possible. PRESIDENT GOT THE NEWS. Gratified Over Report of Mini*ter Conger** Safety. Canton, 0., July 20.—The President re turned from Washington at 10 o’clock this morning. The President’s first news of Minister Conger’s dispatch was handed him the in stant he left the train by the Associated Press correspondent. Scanning the bulle tin he gave evidences of pleasure at the news. Later when the state department’s statement first reached him by the Asso ciated Press, adding strength to the gen uineness of the news, he was more visibly gratified. Those near the President have known for days past that he has never given up hope that Minister Conger w’as alive. The President lost no time in resuming the quiet and restful habits he was enjoy ing here when the affairs of state called him hack to the capital a few days ago. Much business, forwarded frn Wash ington, came in the mails and by wire to occupy the time, of the President but aft er ii was disposed of there was ample time to rest in a fashion impossible In the White House. During the afternoon the President and Mrs. McKinley took a long drive in the country’. BRACK FLAGS OF CHINA. They time Coneentroled In Tnrtnr General* Conipuand, Hong Kong, July 20.—A message from Car.ton, received here to-day, reparis that all the Tartar troops have moved into the Rogue and other outer forts, and that tome of the Black Flags have moved Into the Tartar general’s compound. Three thousand other Black Flags with th“lr chiefs are In ari entrenched camp, with artillery, while 10,000 others have moved elsewhere. Canton Itself Is quiet. WO I l.n FI It MS H IRMV CORPS. Spnnlslt-American War Veteran* Of fer Thole Service*. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 20.—The adju tant general of the Spanish-Ameriean War Veterans’ Association has written to the Secretary of War offering. In the event of war with Chinn, a regiment of ex- ! Spanish war men from each department of the organisation. If the plan were ear- j tied out It would fuulsh an entire army corps. WAS TELKPIIONEII TO HANNA. Heard From the President of Mini*. I fer Conger'* Safety. Cleveland. 0., July 20-Senator Hanna was Informed to-day cf the news co ce n- Ir.g Minister Conger’s safety by long ands more telephone from the President’s resi dence at Canton by Secretary Cortelyou The latter aimed that the iTeeident was 1 overjoyed as a result of the long delay ed tidings from Min ster Conger. Senator lianna has arranged to go to Canton co-morrow for a conference with the President. He will be accompanied by- Mrs. Hanna. FRANCE IS VLlt\ Si SPIC IOUS. Paper* Commend Answer Minister Helen*< Mud<’ to China. Paris, July 21.—The telegram from the Emperor of China requesting the media tion of France forms the subject of more or less elaborate comment in the Paris morning papers, which, generally speak ing, congratulate Si. Dalcasse upon his reply* and recognize the necessity of adopting an attitude of suspicion toward the dealings of the Chinese government, ow ing to its proverbial duplicity. The Figaro says: “It is through the accredited represen tative of the French government in Pekin that the negotiations must be made if be is safe and sound.” The Figaro expresses astonishment that no mention is made of the fate of the foreign ministers and it marvels at the ambiguity of the telegram, saying: “Who is the Emperor referred to. the former one who was reported i&isoned, or Prince Tuan?” Le> Journal says: “One begins to regard with suspicion Li Hung Chang and the other viceroys of the maritime provinces, wiio for weeks past have tried to throw dust in our eyes. If Li Hung Chong possesses the power ir. China with which ho is credited, perhaps it would be wise to keep him in Shanghai or elsewhere.” The Gaulois expresses fear that the liU of M. Pichon, the French minister, has been taken on the ground that otherwise Emperor Kwang would have act yd through him. MARINES WILL LEAVE SUNDAY. Battalion Under Mnj. Dfckin* to Start for China. Washington, July 20.—Gen. Heywood, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Maj. Denny', quartermaster, w r ere in con sultation with Secretary Long at the navy department this morning with re spect to the immediate transportation of the marine battalion about to be mobiliz ed in this city for service in China. An arrangement was made whereby these marines, numbering fifteen officers and 501 men, will leave this city next Sunday af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock for San Francisco over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. They will be in command of Maj. Dickins. Cannot Keep Arm* From China. London, July' 20.—1n the House of Com mons to-day, replying to a question rela tive to the exportation of arms to China, Mr. Balfour said it was impossible, in the present state of the law', to prohibit such exportations, but as the matter was extremely pressing, a bill would to-day bo introluced to give the government the necesasry power. Such a bill was subse quently introduced in the House of Lords. Humphrey on Chaffee** Staff. Washington. July’ 20.—Orders w’ere is sued this afternoon assigning Brig. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, now chief quar termaster of Havana, as chief quarter master on the staff of Gen. Chaffee in ( barge of the Chinese expedition. Gen. Humphrey distinguished himself as chief quartermaster of Gen. Shatter during the Santiago campaign. Alarming New* From Tnrkestnn. St. Petersburg. July 20.—The Novoe I Vremya asserts that alarming news has been reecived from Kuilja, in Turke stan, where Boxer emissaries are reported to be trying 10 foment a rising among the inhabitants. French Soldier* In Chinn. London, July 20.—A special dispatch from Hong-Kong says French gunboats have landed 300 Annamese soldiers to pro tect Shamien, a suburb of Canton. Troop* May Go From Africa. Cape Town, July' 20.—1 tis reported that a colonial force of 10,000 w'ill be raised lo cally to enable the dispatch of troops to China. A ROARING PHONOGRAPH. It Mteriy Words of Warning Which Con lie llrn rd Ten Mile* Away. From the L*orulon Mail. A phonograph lhat .shouts so loudly that every word can be heard at a distance of ten miles has been tested at Brighton. You can whimper a sentence into the machine’s small funnel-shaped mouth piece and it wiil repeat it in tones that are more deafening than the shrieks of a liner’s steam siren. Yet every word is perfectly articulated, and a shorthand writer ten miles away can take down the message as easily as if you were dictat ing to him in a small room. The machine is the invention of Mr. Horace L. Short of Brighton. In appear, ance it is merely an ordinary phonograph, with a large trumpet measuring four feet in length. Inside this trumpet there is a small and delicate pieve of mechanism that looks something like a whistle. This Is the tongue of the machine. Instead of the “records” being taken on wax in the usual manner, a sapphire needle is made to cut the dots represent ing the sound vibrations on a silver cylin der. and when the needle travels over the metal a second time the vibrations causa the whistle to produce a series of air waves, and the machine thus becomes a talking siren which transforms the human voice into a deafening roar. The experiments were made near the Devil’s Dyke. Brighton, where the inven tor had his workshops. The instrument was placed on the roof of the laboratory, and was made to repeat a number of sen tences. At a distance of ten miles the sounds were plainly henr.d by a large number of people, every word being per fectly distinct, and at a second trial with a favorable wind it was found that an un known message could be taken in short hand at a distance of twelve miles. Over the water the sounds will carry still fur ther, and under favorable circumstan ces they might easily be heard by persons on a vessel fifteen miles out at sea. Plac ed on a lighthouse or lightship the pho nograph would give a verbal warning that would be infinitely more effective than the fog horns and detonators nt present in use. The possibilities of the machine are practically endless. It will render loud se lections in the open air that can be lis tened to by thousands of people, or it will shout news messages that could be heard high übove the roar of the traffle and the thousand noises of a big city. A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use of Tutt’s Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their wonderful effects and virtue. A Known Fact. An absolute cure for sick head ache, dyspepsia, malaria, sour stomach, dizziness, constipation bilious fever, piles, torpid liver and all kindred diseases. 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