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. THE MORNING NEWS, established 1850. .- . Incorporated 1888 J H. ESTILL. President. SITUATION IN TAMPA THERE WERE' THREE CASES, OXE OF WHICH WAS FATAL, QUARANTINE was declared. the two REMAINING CASES I!M DIFFERENT SECTIONS. rhyiiolans Will Not Discuss tlie Means by Which Infection Wot* Introduced Sonncnbcrg's Case (inppnsed to Have Come From n siailor* Clothe*—State Health Olti ccr Uorter Will Reach Tampa To il ny Many People Have Left Tump a. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 3.—To-day Dr. L. W. We3on, agent of the State Board of Health, officially announced that three , aes of yellow fever had occurred in this city, one of which had proven fatal. The death was that of George Sonnen berg. a tailor, who died yesterday morn ing supposedly of excessive cigarette smoking. An autopsy was held, the case being pronounced yellow fever. The two existing cases are those of C. F Baker, bookkeeper of the Tampa Naval Stores Company, and J. S. Parker, a laundryman. Baker is convalescent and Parker is on the road to recovery. No connexion between the cases, which are Jn different sections of the city, can be traced. The State Board of Health declared quarantine applying to all points in Flor ida at noon, and railroad agents have been instructed to sell no tickets to points in this state. The doctors refuse to discuss the pos sible means by which the infec'tion was introduced, but the generally accepted theory in regard to Sonnenberg’s case Is that he contracted the disease from a eult of clothing which he repaired for a sailor. Dr. J. Y. Porter, state health officer, will arrive in the morning from Key West and assume control of the situa tion. Sonnenberg, who succumbed yesterday, was a tailor and had r.ot been outside the city for years. Strenuous efforts are being made to lo cate the source of infection. Hundreds of people left the city on to night's trains, most of them going to At lanta and other points in Georgia, The railroads had no extra equipment and the exodus was somewhat restricted. Ti.mpa is in a healthy condition and lit tle trars are entertained of a spread of the diec-nse. All who desire to leave can do so by going to places outside the state, where they will be received. SI RGEON GENERAL NOTIFIED. Mnrine Hospital Authorities Refuse to Discuss Fever. Washington, Aug. 3.—Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service H- received a telegram from Surgeon J. H White, dated at Key West Fla., yester day. confirming the press reports of yel low fever in Hillsbore county, Fla. He announces in his dispatch that the sanitary agent of the state board ot Tam pa had reported to the state health officer that there were two cases of yellow fever in Hillsbore county. Accompanied by the state health officer Surgeon White left immediately for the scene of Ihe outbreak of the fever to investigate the cases. His report has not yet been received. Marine Hospital Service authorities re f :. c e to discuss the probable significance or the fever ot this time pending some definite official notification. It had been hoped that with its failure appear up to this time the situation might pass without fever developments on the Florida coast. ACCOMPANIED BY DR. WHITE. He nnl Dr. Porter Will Make n Thorough Inspection. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 3.—Dr. J. Y. Porter, State health officer. Is on his way here from Key West. He is accompanied by Dr. J. H. White of the Marine Hospital Service, end will arrive In Tampa to-mur fow morning. Immediately on his arrival Dr. Porter will make n thorough inspection of the situation and will prepare for the publica tion of his bulletin. Dr. Weedon, state physician in charge tiere until the arrival of Dr. Porter, gave out a statement this afternoon that there bad been one death and two additional three ii all, from yellow fever. The aou-ce of the and sease is not known. PENSACOLA IS ON GUARD. Stirred Up ly New* That Alabama tffnn Quarnntined. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 3. A report reached here this morning that Alabama had quarantined against Tampa on infor ma ion that there were two cases of yel low fever there, and that ihe Alabama K'au- health officer had put an inspector Horn a ton to meet all trains. Immediately on receipt of this Informa- Hon CUy Health Officer Hays instructed th* city health inspectors to meet every train here. K. Hyer, local agent of the Florida Ur. Hoard of Health, soys that he has thus fr received no notice from S4ate D* ilth Officer Joseph Y. Porter of sus picious cases at Tampa. Loulslanii Quarantines. NVw Orleans. Aug. 3.—The Dousiana St.ite Board of Health has established fiuarantlne against Tampa. Fla., on ac count of yellow fever at that place. Augusta Has Quarantined. A ’gusta Aug. 3.— The Board of Health * publish to-morrow a notice of quar antine against Tampa. EiiKluurt** War Loan. 1 m.don, Aug. 3.—The war loan has been in the form of £10.000.000 3 per cent. bonds at 98, repayable at par in morning CANNON KILLED BY PRINCE. - ■■ ■■ State Oyster Inspector at Norfolk Shot Down by That City** Assis tant Chief of Police. Norfolk, Va.. Aug. 3.-Charles J. Can non, state oyster inspector for this dis trict, was shot and killed on the street by First Assistant Chief of Police M. H. Prince shortly before noon to-day*. No cause for the deed is assigned by Capt. Prince or his friends and the kill ing is a mystery. The two men were thought to be the closest of friends, both socially and politically, Mr. Cannon hav ing been one of Prince’s chief workers in the latter’s recent canvass for the posi tion of chief of police. Capt. Prince and Cannon met on Main street, between the Custom House and the Citizens’ Bank building, about 11:30 o clock this morning. The former placed his arm about Mr. Cannon’s shoulders and the two walked to the side of the Postoffice, some thirty feet from the street, where they talked together for several minutes. Without any apparent cause, 60 wit nesses say*, Capt. Prince suddenly drew* a revolver and fired upon Mr. Cannon five times, thrice after he fell. After firing the fourth shot Capt. Prince walk ed several feet from Mr. Cannon’s pros trate body, and then turning quickly, went back and placed the last bullet in his revolver in Mr. Cannon’s head. He surrendered himself to a police officer and walked to police headquarters. Mr. Can non died almost instantly. Cannon leaves a wife and five children. The coroner’s inquest returned a ver dict that death was caused by pistol shots fired by Prince. At a special meeting of the Police Board this afternoon Prince was suspend ed from the force. As the shooting w*as on Federal property, the government is moving to secure jurisdiction in the case. Bocal Federal officials have served a warrant on* Prince, and it is understood he Is a United States prisoner. KING ISSUES PROCLAMATION. Wants to Follow in Footsteps of Father and Grandfather. Monza, Aug. 3.—King Victor Emmanuel 111, has addressed a proclamation to the Italian people, which says: “The seco and King of I aly is dead. Es caping, thank- to his valor, as a scldifr, the danger of batQe, and departing un harmed, thanks to Providence, from the r sks he confronted so courageously to <nd public calamities, this good and vir tu us king fell a victim to atrocious crime, while, with easy conscience and without far of danger he was participat ing in the joy's of his people in their fote3. ‘ There remain to us the Institutions, which he loyally preserved and which he attempted to render permanent during the twenty-two years of his reign. It was the glory* of my grandfather to have given Italy its unity and independence. It was the glory of my father to have jealously guarded this unity and this independence to the end. “My reign shall be outlined by these imperishable remembrances. May God aid me and may the love of my people fortify me, so that I may consecrate all my cares as a king to the guardianship of liberty and the defense of the monarchy united by indissoluble bonds for the su preme interest of the country.’’ REMAINS OF KING HUMBERT. Placed in n Casket of Walnut With the Face Exposed. Monza, Aug. 3.—The remains of King Humbert were to-day placed in a casket of walnut covered with lead and glass, in such a manner as to leave the face ex posed. The ceremony which took place in the presence of the royal family, was very touching. Queen Margherita placed the Italian flag with the arms of the House of Savoy over the corpse. BRITISH IsOSSES WERE SMALL. Repulse of the Boers on July 31 by Gen. Smitli-Dorrien. London, Aug. 3.—An official dispatch fr m Lord Roberts, dated Pretoria, Aug ! 2, gives date of Gen. Smith-Dorrien’s re pulse of the Boers as July 31. The d!s --• patch says: “In the morning a flag of truce came to | Smiih-Dorrien’s camp demanding his sur render. Before be could reply the Boers opened a heavy fire. The British losses were slight. “Inn Hamilton met with slight opposi tion at Vltboalsnek. His casualties were light” A BOER COMMANDO HKPILSED. Another Lot of Boers Has Surrender ed to Gen. Hunter. Cape Town. Aug. 3.—Liebberg’s com mando attacked Gen. Smith-Dorrien near Potchefstroom. but was easily repulsed. Gen. lan Hamilton has gone to Rusten burg to bring away Baden-Powell’s gar rison. Seven hundred and fifty additional Boers have surrendered to Gen. Hunter. Will Pay Damage to Farms. Pretoria, Aug. 3.—President Kruger and Commandant General Botha have issued a proclamation promising to pay all dam age done to the farms by the British pro vided the burghers remain with the com mandoes. TO DISCUSS YELLOW FEVER. Mississippi Will Not Quarantine Un less She Has to. Jackson. Miss.. Aug. 3.-The Executive Committee of the Mii*l**ippi State Board of Health, will meet in Meridian to-mor rotv, for the purpose of dl*cu**ing the yellow fever Infection at Tampa. It Is not likely that a stale quarantine will be established unless the action Is I forced by other states quarantining ! against Mississippi. Secretary Hunter received a telegram from Dr. Souchon of the Louisiana board ! this afternoon, stating that ha had quar nntlned against Tampa, and asking that Mississippi protect Louisiana against pas sengers coming through Alsbsms. The Mississippi board has only 34.009, j per year for expenses, and quarantines will necessarily be very limits*. SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1000. EARL LI IS EVASIVE MAY REJECT OCR PROPOSITION IF ADVANCE IS MADE. ADVANCE PROBABLY BEGUN. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ALLIES HAVE STARTED. Chaffee’s Message About Japanese Encounter With Chinese Shorn That Resistance May lie Expected. Navy Officers Directed to Co-oper ate With the Army Shanghai Reports the Forward Movement Well Advanced Further Efforts Made to Hear From Conger. Washington, Aug. 3.—Another move was made to-day in the diplomatic situation by the return of an evasive answer by Li Hung Chang "to Secretary Hay s per emptory demand of Aug. 1 to be put in communication with the foreign ministers at Pekin. Li’s answer is not final and leaves the matter open diplomatically. But Li’s ac tions, as reported by Consul General Goodnow\ are unquestionably sinister, and will amount to a final rejection of the American proposition if persisted in. Mr. Goodnow’s dispatch contains some further information bearing on the ques tion of responsibility for Pekin conditions in the statement that the commander of the Chinese troops, by inference answer able to the Chinese government, ordered the Pao Ting massacre. It is learned here that LI Ping Hong, the commander referred to, is a civil offi cial, and well known to all the. Chinese officials abroad as one of the most rabid anti-foreign leaders in China. He is a close friend of Prince Tuan, and the as sociation of these two in Pekin affairs, with power enough behind them to cause the ignominious death of the tw-o high officials, is regarded here as a bad sign. Simultaneously with Mr. Goodnow’s dis patch came a characteristically diplo matic message from Yuan Shih Kai, Gov ernor of Shan Tung, repeating the story of two days ago that the Chinese govern ment was arranging to deliver the minis ters in safety at Tien Tsin. No effort is made to reconcile that statement with Earl Li’s refusal to allow communication with the ministers. May He Great Resistance. Gen. Chaffee’s message as to the unex pected resistance offered to the Japanese reconnoissance is regarded by military men here as forecasting a greater degree of resistance to the international advance than had been anticipated, and they are now satisfied that the Chinese troops will furnish material for at least one severe battle, before the way is clear to Pekin. The navy department to-day Issued an order for the eo-operation of its officers abroad with the officers of the army in landing and transporting troops destined for Chinese service. This revives the sit uation that existed in China w'hen Shif ter's army corps w r as landed largely through the efforts of the navy, and the use of the latter’s boats and steam launches. It is thought in the depart ment that the navy can lend considerable assistance to Gen. Chaffee’s troops, not only in aiding their debarkation, but pos sibly in furnishing them boat transporta tion if a move is made along the Pei Ho. Memorial From Ministers. It appears that some misunderstanding exists as to a St. Petersburg dispatch printed here this morning saying that the Chinese minister there and his colleagues in Europe, had cabled the governor of Shan Tung demanding that free communi cation be opened between the Pekin min isters and their respective governments. This communication was irt fact a joint memorial to the throne, concurred in by all Chinese ministers abroad, including Minister Wu in Washington. It was for warded by Minister Yung Lu at St. Peters burg, because the latter is the dean of the Chinese diplomatic service. It was trans mitted though the governor of Shan Tung to he forwarded to Pekin. This action is considered very important as indicating that the Chinese ministers abroad have at last reached a unanimous conclusion that the situation is no longer to be trifled with. Their action may be regarded as a final effort on their part to influence the home government, and its outcome is awaited with great interest. Trying to Hear From Conger. Meanwhile the government of the Uni ted States, like the governments of Eu rope, has not abandoned Its efforts to es tablish communication with its minister at Pekin by independent means, and the state department has instructed Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai, Consul Fowler at Che Foo, and Consul Ragsdale at Tien Tsin, to spare no effort or ex pense to open up direct communication with Mr. Conger. In addition to his short message rela tive to Ithe Japanese check, transmitted through Admiral Ramey and received this morning, Gen. Chaffee made another and direct cable report thte afternoon. The message was withheld from publication by Secretary Root, who declined to make it* purport public. Preaumably it was devoted to a recital of Gen. Chaffee’s needs in a military way. Fn view of the London statement that the advance on Pekin, actually began with the present week, there 1c also a •,‘ossiblllty that Gen. Chaffee’s message has some bearing on this subject, though it is evident from his report of thiu morn ing, that the advance. If started, could not have progreesed far beyond Tien Tsln, as the outpost affair described by him took place only ten xnilea out of town. Second Assistant Secretary Adee Is to act as secretary of state for a few weeks dur'ng Secretsry Hay’s absence, who left Washington this afternoon to visit his family at their summer horns at tfunapee £*ske, N. H. DELAY IN THE ADVANCE. Fear In England That It Haa Not Be gan—Massacre of Over 10,000 Natives Near Pekin. London, Aug. 4, 3:55 a. m.—According to a special dispatch from Shanghai, dated *Aug. 3, the advancing column of Ihe allies was reported there yesterday to huve reached a point thirty-five miles be yond Tien Tain. Nothing from any other point corroborated this statement. In fact, the Standard goes so far a9 to say that It fears the real advance, apart from preliminary measures, has not yet begun. Tien Tsin dispatches, dated July 30, tell of an action which is termed a “recon noissance between the Japanese and Chi nese,’’ two miles beyond the Hsi Ku arse nal, in which the Japanese withdrew after suffering thirty casualties. The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Standard, under date of July 27, declares that the Americans and Germans have been ordered to move forward without waiting for the British. A Che Foo specie!, dated Aug. 1, an nounces the safety of all the Americans in Pekin, and the reception of a letter trom Dr. Cheltman, dated Pekin, July 20, saying that on the previous day Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Minister, had agreed to a truce provided the Chi nese came no closer, and adding: “We hope this means relief; but, hav ing defeated the Chinese, we are fearful now of their treachery. All are exhaust ed with constant watching, fighting and digging trenches. “The greatest credit is due to Mr. Squires, secretary of the United States legation, whose military experience and energy, are invaluable.” •\o Petty Jealousies Wanted. The Shanghai correspondent ot the Daily News says the consuls there re gret the independent action taken, by the American association and the China as sociation, on the ground that it Is inju dicious. He says: “The settlements being International, petty jealousies must disappear. The China association is ot little local in fluence.” Presumably he refers to the American Asiatic Association. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Express announces the arrival there from San Francisco of Homer Lea, for some time secret agent in the United States of the society for the reformation of the Chinese empire, with £60,0X) ster ling, which “will presumably be utilized in connection with the revolutionary movement against the Empress Dowager, a movement quiescent since 1898 until within the last few weeks.'* Rig Massacre C onfirmed. Nearly' all the correspondents confirm the reports of a wholesale massacre of Christians outside Pekin, a correspondent of the Daily News giving the num ber of killed as being between 10,000 and 15,000, all defenseless converts. Imperial troops, so it is stated, did the ghastly work. According to Shanghai correspondent of the Times, one of the members of the Tsung-li-Yamen, mentioned by United States Consul Goodnow as having been beheaded for pro-foreign tendencies, was HsuChing Cheng, former minister to Rus sia. The correspondent says the Empress Dotvager ordered his execution on the advice of Li Ping Hong. Li Hung Chang has been Informed from Pekin that Prince Citing's only promi nent supporters in his peace policy are Gen. Yung Lu and Wang Wen Shao, president of the Board of Revenue, whose influence is small. ADVANCE BEGAY OIV JULY *. Russians and Japanese Started Then for Pekiu. London, Aug. 3.—The forward move ment for the relief of the foreign legations in Pekin began Sunday, July 39. A mes sage from Tien Tsin on that date says the advance guard of the Russians occu pying the Chinese camp, and the Japan ese, pushed up the right bank of the Pei Ho without opposition. It was tbe expectation that the whole of the allied expeditionary force, about 29,000 men, would be on the march by Tuesday, July 31. Sixteen hundred Amer icans and 2.300 British are co-operating. It Is proposed to follow the river, using boats to carry food, ammunition and ar tillery. THE DELAY CRITICISED. Those at Tim Tain Think Allies Should Move Qnlck. (Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin. Wednesday, July 25, via Shanghai, Thursday, Aug. 2.—A majority of the commanding officers here say the relief expedition will start for Pekin about Aug. 1. Pending the order to advance the events at Pekin are seemingly but slightly re>- garjed. High officers are entertaining nightly at elaborate dinners, with military bands playing operatic airs. Foreign res idents and friends of the besieged in Pe kin, who came to Tien Tsin to await news or to accompany the expedition, are In tensely dissatisfied with the progress of preparations. They accuse the army of Indifference and of magnifying the diffi culties to be encountered In reaching Pe kin. That the position of the legations de manded (hat the army take extraordin ary risks by scouring the surrounding country and comundeertng animals and wagons, and that boats sufficient for pur poses of transportation might be Impro vised Is the prevailing opinion of civil ians, and many officers, notably Japanese and Americans, confirm the view. The comment Is made that European officers are too attached to book theories to utilize the resource* of the country, and that they would rather stay In Tien Tsin, according to rules, than start for Pekin without a perfect equipment. Gen. Dorward of the Brltlah forces and other high officers take an optimistic view of the conditions at Pekin, aaytng they think Ihe legations will manage to hold out. On the surface the best of feeling pre vails among officers and soldiers of the 'Continued on Fifth Page j MAJORITY GROWING NORTH CAROLINA GIVES DEMO CHATS YEARLY 60,000. WILL BE SEVERAL CONTESTS. ELECTION OFFICERS ASSAULTED IN CHATHAM COUNTY. ■ 'unionists Found They Were Out voted and Smashed the Ballot Box. Democrats Secured Larue Majori ties In Both the Senate and House. Mecklenburg, Kdaecontlt nntl Rob eson the Rnnner Counties—North Carolina's Vote AA’III Re Cast for Bryan. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 3—A special to the Observer from Ralegh, says: The Democrats rejoiced quietly ail ovar North Carolina to-day. The returns to night show that Democratic majorities aggregate 64,678 and fusion majorities 5,- 125, making the not Democratic majority 59,533. There will be contesis In several coun ties, there being gross irregularities in Randolph and Harnett and smaller ones In Wilkes and Chatham. In the latter ecunty, at Congressman Atwater's pre cinct, the fußion stronghold, the fusion ists, finding they were being out-voted, assaulted the election officers, smashed the ballot boxes and burned the ballots. This is the only outrage which occurred in the state yesterday, so far as known. The returns show that to the Senate there ate elected thirty-eight Democrats and nine fusionists, with threj seats doubtful; and to the House 93 Democrats and 13 fusionists, while twelve stats are in doubt. There was some talk to-day about na tional politics. This grew out of a rumor that Senator Butler had declared North Carolina's electoral vote would be cast for McKinley. Chairman Simmons said at Democratic headquarters to-night that the state’s vote would b.> oast for Bryan beyond peradventure. Mecklenburg, Edgecomb and Robeson are the banner counties so far as the vo e on the constitution il amendment is con cerned. Each gave It 3,COD majority. New Hanover ranking second wi h 3.018. There will be only two Populists in the Legis lature, both from Senator Butler’s coun y. CONGRATULATIONS EXCHANGED. Messages Between President McKin ley and King of Portugal. New York, Aug. 3.—Congratulatory mes sages from President McKinley and the King of Portugal were flashed direct to c.ty, between the United States and Por tugal, over the new line of the Commer cial Cable Company, which has Just been put in operation between the Azores and (his country. The new cable connects at the Island of Fayal, with the Azores line, from the Azores to Portugal, and is the first to connect the Azores with the United States. It also opens direct communica tion for the first time between this coun try and Portugal. PLAGUE FOUND IN LONDON. There Have Been Four Cases and Two Deaths From It. Washington, Aug. 3.—The Marine Hos pital Service has received the following telegram from Past Assistant Surgeon Thomas, dated London, Aug. 3: “There have been four cases of plague and two deaths from plague in London. Diagnosis confirmed by bacteriological examination. Do not think there will be further spread.” ♦ i.— , HAS RETURNED TO CANTON. President Was Guarded by Police at the Station. Washington, Aug. 3.—President McKin ley left the city this evening on his re turn to Canton, 0., to resume his vaca tion. Accompanying him were Charles G. Dawes, the controller of the currency, and Secretary Cortelyou. Secretaries Root and Wilson, Postmaster General Smith and Gen. Corbin were at the sta tion to hid him good-bye. A guard of police officers and detectives were on. hand to see that nothing befell the President. B RENO'S BROTHER RETIRES. His Course Led to n Duel Retween Two Army Officers. Milan, Aug 4.—Lieut. Brescl, brother of King Humbert's assassin, has informed the colonel of hi* regiment of his I t n tlon to leave the army and change ||i name. He will be provided with a i ap pointment in the civil administration. A duel with rabres has been fought be tween Capt. Tanl and Capt. Bare la I on the subject of Lliu . Brevet's cruise. Capi. Tanl had expressed sympathy with the lieutenant, whereupon Capi. Barclali de clared that he could no longer offer his hand to Lieut. Brescl. Bacclali -va* wounded in the h<ad dur.ng the sixth onslaught. INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS. If Plots AVere Formed In New Jer sey Action Will nr Taken. New York, Aug. 3.—Gov. Voorhees ad mltted to-day at his home In Elizabeth. N. J , that ste|>s had been taken to in vestigate the allegations that the plot lo kill King Humbert and other monarchs had been hatched In New Jersey. If the evidence can be procured, and there are still some of those concerned living In the state, they will be prosecuted. The In vestigation Is not complete and probably will not he until information from Italy cnabiea It to be conducted minutely. Hanged for Doable Murder. Richmond, Vs., Aug. 3.—Grand Reed, colored, was hanged at Madison Court house <o-day. His crime was a double one—the murder of his wife and her father. About 3 o'clock this morning Reed attempted aulcide by taking nitric acid which had been conveyed to him In some way. His throat was horribly burned and only by hard work did phy alcians arouse him so (hat he could walk \ to the eraffold. The execution passed off j arWhout Incident CONGER MESSAGE GENUINE. It Has Been So Proven by nn Inves tigation Mode hy American Con sul Fowler at Che Foo. Washington, Aug. 3.—The state depart ment to-day issued the following: The state department has received n dispatch from Mr. Fowler, Consul at Che Foo. dated at night on the 2nd of August, stating that when he learned from the Shanghai papers that doubts were enter tained of the genuineness of the Conger cipher telegram, he wired on the 7th to the Governor of Shan Tung, to rend hint the original hy courier. The Governor at once complied with his request, send ing a special postman, who, by traveling night and day for five days, made the Journey which, in ordinary times, would have required twelve days. He delivered to Mr. Fowler the original of the Conger cipher dispatch. It is signed by Mr. Conger and dated the 17th of July. It is precisely the same as the message received at the state department, with several words prefixed, which came In art unintelligible form to ihe Chinese legation here. The dispatch In Its com plete form, says that th£ members of the American legation had been besieged for a month in the British legation. Mr. Fowler has no doubt of the genuineness o? the dlsputch. Seme interesting facts connected with the original cipher me-sage have been brought to light by Mr. Fowler's repo. t. It appeals that when Mlnlst r Wu re ceived the cipher rmssnge ahout Ihe 21ft instant, lie found that It connected 11 [di* r with a cipher. The governor of Shan Tung, Yuan, transmitted with the mess age, a message from the Tsung LI Ya nun, which in turn iranemittcd Mr. Con ger’s message. Tne latter was In the slate department cipher; the former In the Chi nese official cipher. When Mr. Wu, In de ciphering the message, reached the end of the Tsung LI Yamen'a message cf transmittal, he was unaware of Ihe fact and thought that the several groups of figures following were a portion of the Tsung Li Yamen message. Asa matter of fact, th<y were the Initial words of Mr. Conger’s message, and they we e un decipherable by Mr. Wu because they were in the state department cipher. In stead of beginning: “In British legation, etc." Mr. Conger's message began: “We have been for a month In the British le gation. etc.” Another fact developed Is that the mess age is signed “E. H. Conger, July 17th.'' Many iiersons had supposed that while the message was genuine, if was one writ ten by Mr. Conger long before and might have b en fraduletvly dated Ay Ihe Chi nese officials. Now it appears that the Tsung Li Yamen. or Yuan, dated It the 18lh. It Is thought that this date was ac curate. and that whl e Mr. Conger actual ly wrote his dispatch on the 17th. and put it in clrther for transmission at the first opportunity, the message did not leave Pekin until the fo'lowlng day. WILL DELIVER NO MESSAGES. I .ei r I LI Refuse* Be-cnuse Allies .Are Advancing on Pekin. Washington, Aug. 3.—The state depart ment makes public the following tele grams received to-day from the Consul General at Shanghai and the Consul at Che Foo: • “Shanghai, Aug.* 3.—To Secretary of State, Washington: Americans left Chun king yesterday. Li told French Consul to-day no massages will be delivered min isters because foreigners advancing on Pekin. Two pro-foreign members of the Tsung-il-Yemen beheaded 27th, for urg ing preservation ministers, by Li Ping Hong, now commanding troops Pekin. He ordered Pao Ting massacre. “Goodnow.” “Che Foo, afternoon, Aug. 2.—Secretary of State, Washington: Just received tele gram from Governor of Shan Tung, re questing me to transmit to you the fol lowing: " ‘Have just received telegram, dated July 30, Tsung-li-Yamen, stating various ministers, the German legation, and oth ers (foreigners) all well, not In distress. Provisions were repeatedly sent. Rela tions most friendly. Now conferring a* to proper measures to protect various ministers to Tien Tsin for temporary shelter, which conference will soon be ended. (Signed.) 'Yuan, Governor' "Fotvler." ANARCHY AND BLOODSHED. Pekin Said lo Be In Control of Antl- Forelgn Officers. (Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.) Che Foo, July 26, via Shanghai, Aug. 2.—The latest reports from Pekin were brought by disaffected officers of the Chi nese army. They ore considered reliable. The officers left Pekin on July 15. They say anarchy had reigned in Pekin for months, and the streets ran blood, the Chinamen fighting among themselves. Yung Lu, commander-in-chief of the Chi nese forces, and Prince Chlng, espoused the cause of the foreigners, and endeav ored with part of the army, loyal to them, to expel the Boxers. Later, with the majority of the Imperial troops, under anti-foreign leaders. Prince Tuan and Gen. Tung Fuh B:nn were vic torious, and YUng Lu and Prince Chlng, with their followers, were prisoners In their yamen* when the bearers of thewe reports left Pekin. Prince Tuan HDd Gen. Tung Fuh Sian appear to control the government, ac cording to the officers, and Issued edicts printed in the Gazette, exhorilng the Chi nese to kill all foreigners and native Christians. One officer says that there are sixteen good troops In Pekin, includ ing Tung's army, and 8,000 more at Yung Tsun. The soldiery hold all the streets within a mile of the legaiions. The foreign troops, when the officers left Pekin, had burned and abandoned (he Chenmen gale. Their ammunition ap peared to be falling and their quick fir ing guns had been silenced for some dhys before July 15, and they were using their rifles only when hard pressed. ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER. Troop* Hate llal ftevernl Encount er* With C hinese. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3.—Gen. Grodekoff telegraphs from Khabrovsk, Aug. 1, that fourteen Hotchkiss and ten other guns were captured at Hung Hun by the Rus sians, who, Btormmg the fortress Monday, July 30, drove four thousand Chinese be fore them. An official dispatch says Blngovestchensk was again bombarded Wednesday. Aug. 1. It is added that the Russian steamer Selenga, while assisting in the defense of Algun, waa seriously damaged by Chi nese sheila. DAILY. 38 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.3I A YEAR DEFENSE OF POWERS PROSECUTIOVS WITNESSES WERE ATTACKED BY OTHERS. COLLIER AND HIS CIPHER. EtXPItAINED THE CALLING OUT OP TROOPS IX FRAXKFORT. “Tillow Hick’* Combs Made n Con fession \\ It9eh Implicates Yontsry More Clearly Rut Throws \o Might on the Present fuse—lt lleurs Oat the Idea of a Conspiracy—Weaver Declares He Is Innocent of Per- Jory. Georgetown. Ky„ Aug. 3.—Of the eight witnesses introduced by the defense in the Powers case to-day, all but one were call ed for the purpose of attacking thq cred ibility of witnesses placed on the stand by the prosecution. One of theee, ex-State Auditor Stone, stated that Witness W. H. Culton, an al leged co-conspirator of Powers, was re moved from a placb of trust in his office because he defaulted in the sum of SI,OOO. Other witnesses, residents of Grayson Springs, this state, testified that Instead of being in Frankfort on Jan. 30, the day of the shooting of Senator Goebel, as he claimed under oath to have been, George Weaver, a prosecution witness, was in their town organizing a lodge of “Wood men of the World,” and others from East ern Kentucky testified that the witness, Wharton Golden, of the prosecution, dis played a large roll of money and inti mated that it came from the state re ward fund. Attorneys for the prosecution rigidly croee-exomined the witnesses and made one of them, James Harkleroade of Bar hoursvllle, admit that he has been in dicted not less than a dozen times for violation of lows. Tm > lor’*Adjutant General. The most important witness of the day was Daniel R. Collier of Lancaster, adju tant general of Kentucky, under the Tay lor administration. He offered as testi mony the written word of Gov. Taylor, directing him to bring the regiments of •he state guard to Frankfort, after the shooting of Senator Goebel, and ordering him to confer with the civil authorities of Franklin county ub to how beat to pre serve peace there. This tvas the first appearance of the document, which was never made a part if the stnlJi records, and Judge Cantrlll ruled it out as incompetent on the objec tion of the prosecution that it was not in accordance with the statutes of the state. The Judge also ruled out a letter ad dressed by Gen. Collier to the civil au thorities of Frankfort, about co-opera ting with them. lien. Collier’* (Iphur. Collier said that the cipher signal “All right." used In telegrams sent by him to Stale Guard officers on Ihe day of the Hhooting was arranged by him before Taylor became Governor. The telegrams were sent out not sooner than fifteen min utes after the shooting. The local com pany of state guards cm duty ftt the arse* nal was not on the scene, he ald, until thirty minutes after Goebel was carried off the grounds. Gen. Collier said he gave no orders ear lier that day to Ihe local company at tho arsenal about preparing for aetion. Tbe case of George W. Weaver, the prosecution witness, charged with per jury, was colled In he County Court here to-day and set for hearing on the 22nd. Weaver Insists that he Is innocent of the charge. Dlek Combs* Confession. An alleged confession of “Tallow Dick” Combs, one of 4he men under indictment In connection with the Goebel shooting, which was exhibited here to-dny, was at first denied by him. but later he admitted to one of tbe interested attorneys that it is partiaJly correct. The confession, if true, throws no further light on the case than to connect Henry Youtsey more closely with he murder and to bear out the Idea of a conspiracy. WAS ANARCHIST SALSON. Identity of I lie Man Who Attcmiitrd till* Life of llie Shall Dl*eoverel by Par I* Police. Paris, Auk- 3—At the meeting of the cabinet this mornlnK It was announced that the would-be assassin of Muzaffer i d-Din, Shall of Persia, had Klven his name a* Saloon. A man of this name who had been re garded and watchrd as an anarchist, dlß atfieartd from Paris In 1815, and had not aim e teen located. The discovery of Sal son's identity was made by mean* of tha Brnlllcn syst'm, hi* measurements agrec- Ing with a card at police headquarters. When shown the card ar.d photographs the criminal said: “ Yen, that Is me.” His full name l< Francois Salson. He Is a Frenchman and was horn In 1873. Ho was regarded as a dangerous anarchist, and in October, P9B. was condemned to three months Imprisonment for preach nsf anarchy. Tn June. 1899, be was condemn ed to eight months Impr.sonment for a like offense. Salson was more communicative to-day, and whin an effort was made to interro gate him he spoke freely of yesterday’s attempt and ventilated his anarchistic Ideas, but wtien asked If he acted as the Instrument <f others he declined to an swer, saying, hewever. that had he killed the Shah und e i q. and he tuu.d have kill ed the Czar. Further inquiries at the workingmen's hotel where Salson lived brought to light the fact that he had been working at day labor until recenily, when his work was finished. He was then unable to find new employment and became more uncom municative even than formerly, though still beeping regular hours. The last few day* the qucrtlon of existence was a diffi cult one ter him. Asa resu.t of the attempt on the Bhah's life the curious crowd which surrounded the palace of soverslgn* to stay was pre vented ftom approachlnj the palace when the Shsh started for V.nctnnea, where • military review wu hei I in hie honor. An escort of Dragons surrounded tbe royal carriage. The Shah seem* the lead concerned of ell over Ihe effort to take hie life and ho has not cuitalied the pr< gramme he had I*