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THE MORNING NEWS. Eetxbllahed 1850. - Incorporated 1888 J. H. ESTILL President. FIGHT WITH CHINESE REPORT OF BATTLE NEAR TIEN TSIN IS CREDITED. ALLIES’ CASUALTIES HEAVY. ————— 4 MINISTERS still detained in PEKIN AS HOSTAGES. n Hans Thong*. Statement That They Hare Lelt for Tieu Tsin In der Guard I. Not < reditnl— oillciHl Report Say. Advance of the Allle* Began on Saturday—Chineae Will offer Strennou. Re.i.tnnce All the Way. London, Aug. 7, 3:40 a. m.—" The ad vance ot the allied forces commenced to day,” cables the British consul at Tien Tsdn, under date of Aug. 4. This is the first official information received here that the attempt to relieve Pekin has begun. It is accepted as correct. The British consul does not mention any fighting: but the Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Mail, telegraphing Sunday, says: "The Pekin relief column Is reported t*> have suffered a check. The Chinese are said to have adopted Tugela tactics, and, after several hours of fighting, to have retreated.” This is the only message received In London this morning bearing out the re ports of Admiral Remey and. Commander Taussig regarding an engagement at Pet Tsang. The fact that the, advance did not begyi until Saturday is taken to strengthen the accounts ot a battle Sun cay. In the same cablegram, which was read In the House of Commons, the consul at Tien Tsin says: "News from the Japanese legation has been received up to Av.g 1.” Therefore the edicts announcing the safety of the ministers on that date are (onfirmcd. Still Held ns Hostages. Yesterday the Chinese Minister commu nicated' to Lord Salisbury, a message from the Tsung-li-Yamen, dated July 30, reiterating the statement that the minis ters were safe on that day, and recount ing the friendly relations existing be. tween ( them and the yamen, as well as reporting the sending of supplies to the legations by the yamen. The message contains this important statement: "A successful termination of the con ference with the ministers for their con veyance under escort to Tien Tsin is ex pected. but on account of the recom mencement of hostilities at Tien Tsin, cipher telegrams for transmission to the representatives are considered undesira ble ” y This appears to confirm the statement that the Chinese government will endea vor to stop the march to Pekin by using the ministers as hostages. The Lokal Anzeigtr of Berlin, publish ing an interview with Li Hung Chang quotes him as declaring emphatically that China must not in any circumstances cede any more territory to any power. In reply to a question why the rebellion was not put down, Earl Li ft represented as having said: *T blame Priiice Tuan, the Empress Dowager and the whole Pekin govern ment. But for their lack of energy lha situation would never have become so serious.” To Prevent Partition. The Si. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Active negotiations are proceeding be tween Russia and the United Slates, the probable outcome of which will be a reso lution to uphold the integrity of China un conditionally.” A Shanghai correspondent of the same paper says that the Americans there are urging the appointment of Gen. Mac Ar. thur as commander-in-chief of the allied forces. The Standard's Shanghai representative, wiring Sunday, says: “It is clear that the march to the relief cf Pekin will be anything but a walkover. Japanese sebuts have discovered a large force of Chinese southwest of Tien Tsin and another large force in the vicinity of Lu Tal, to the westward. "It Is learned now that the member* of the Tsun-li-Yamen who were put to j death for their alleged pro-foreign pro,- cllvitles were not beheaded, but were c nt in twain, this being the severest p< tg alty under the Manchu code. Sheng de clares that the grand council at Pekin wa a Ignorant of the orders for the executlorv.” Enrl I,< I* Discredited. 4 a. m.— A Shanghai dtspated, dated 6, says: "14 Hung Chang has officially inform! the consuls that the ministers left Pei .in for Tien Tsin last Friday, Aug. 8, v dth Hen. Lu in command of the escort. 'j'he consuls are by no means disposed to .Tt dll Earl Li’s statement.” All other reports that have reached I .on don up to this hour indicate that the ministers have not left Pekin. WASHINGTON~CREDITS FT. ••nt Thinks the Chinese Mnsr ( |fnve Lost Severely In the Enco# inter With the Allies. TVashlngton, Aug. 6.—The announcement received through Admiral Remry and Commander Taussig of reported heavy fighting on the road beyond T Teh Tsin, Wfis the news of interest in thti Chinese situation to-day. Lltile doubt was expressed at Lhe navy department that the news was substan tlally correct. It is probable Ohot a later report may reduce the list of casualties among the International force: /, but it Is evident that the move on Peki p is ot last fairly under way, and that f/rong oppo sition has been ehcountered.. The war department ofT.f Jals who have keen exceedingly reticent f or several days •e to the news from tt*> rent of war. ad tnltted to-day, when Hie naval diapatches Sittanndl) mooting were received, that tj y?. announcement of the battle was not u nexpectod. Opinion among the various officials now in Washington is s <j mew hat divided as to Just what is press/;cd by to-day’s events. The more* optimise ic are inclined to think that such a severe blow a the Chinese must have receiv ed at Pet Tsang will re sult in the 6po<*dy disintegration of the forces now opposing the march of the in ternational column. In line with this pre diction, it we •* prophesied that the Chi nese governm *<nt would And means to send the ministers from Pekin under escort and thus / tare off the advance upon the capital. A 'Strennou* Resistance. On the other hand there were * nu| nber of officers In a position, to Judge equally well who held the flg/nt at Pel Tsang, was only the beginning of a strenuous resistance that would be continued to the gates of Pe kin or beyond. It wtas urged in sup port of this view that: the Chinese had a hr and red men to lose against one of the aUfea; that they were well armed with nr.odern guns and bad apparently! an a/nundance of ammunition. It is stated that considerable apprehen sion exists among tbse conversant with Oriental affairs at (the reappearance m Pekin polities of thfit rabid anti-foreign fanatic, Li Ping Hung. It is understood that his appearance in Pekin affairs may have had something to do with the Shang hai rumor of Li Hung Chang’s suicide. It is certain that with Li Ping Hung and Prince Tuan in coixtool of the defacto gov ernment in China, a religious war of Dervish-dike fanatMem probably will be waged against ad foreigners, and friends °- the more liberal; Chinese statesmen are exceedingly anxlou s as to their fate un der the Tuan-Li regime. Our Position ( nrhanged. The position of the United States, diplo matically, remains unchanged. This gov ernment will not consent to the removal of the ministers, .and foreigners from Pe kin until there free communication by the Powers u rjth their ministers. Nor will this gove; mment consent to commu nication in plf f’n language alone, but in sists that cipher messages must pass freely between Minister Conger and our department c state. It is emphatically stated that ufiles* such messages are ex changed, the United States cannot know beyond quesd on that the messages were not garbled and both the Unitea States government and the ministers misled. There seems to be no doubt about the safety of *ke ministers at Pekin for the present, and that they will remain where they will t*- able to protect themselves, and will mot be induced to accept any offers of flte Chinese government to escort them to ’ firn Tsin until they have had oommunk ntion with their governments. Confident p is expressed, however, that the Chinese t government will soon see the ne cessity of accepting the terms laid down In Secreta ry Hay's note to Consul General Goodnow* Cf ood Use for Artillery. The 1 t’ar Department is in receipt of a dispatc fc from Gen. MacArthur announc ing thtft he has shipped additional artil lery si (oplies to Taku for use in the Chi nese nampatgn. These supplies Include several Gattling guns, and the remainder of the rifle and howitzer siege train now in Mas ila, which up to date has remained uselest. in that country on account of the bad ro ads. How much better Getl. Chaffee may I >e abie to handle these monster guns through the almost Impassable rice swan ips of China no one at the War De parti nent was willing to guess, but his reoen.t dispatch contained an urgent ap peal for more artillery, and he Is getting it. The ordnance experts at the War Defi irtment say that if it comes 10 a hom ban iment of Pekin theie five-inch rifles and seven-inch howlfMrs, with their en rmous bursting charges of high explo siv es will be the most effective battering wt >apons in the international column. Minister Wu left Washington on Sat urday for Cape May. and remained away from Washington to-day, although he had been expected to return on Sunday ’ eight. Tha Chinese legation wore an air •jf desolation and oesertion throughout < he day, and all Interrogations of the Chi nese charge were met with the response lihat there was no news, nor expectation of any. THEY MAY MAKE WAR OX CHINA. Amhnssndnr White Thinks Rnsaia and Germany Mny Cnlte. New' York. Aug. 6.—Andrew D. White, United Stares ambassador to Germany, was a passenger on board the Deutsch land, which reached her dock to-day from Hamburg. When asked what ha thought of the cabled report that Russia and Ger many would .declare for war conjointly against China, the ambassador said: "X think it is very likely. Both coun tries have the same cause fof war, and both would have a common cause for acting together." He did not think partition will be made of China, and said on this subject: "I don’t think that the Powers will di vide China. The condition that meets them now Is the pacltication of the coun try. There Is no talk of partition In Ger many. and I do not believe there will be any on the part of the other Powers." REFUGEES COME FROM C HINA. Missionaries, Women nml Children Arrived on the Logan. San Francisco, Aug. S. —Bluejackets, ma rines, ex-soldiers of the Ninth Infantry and refugees crowded the decks of the transport Logan from Taku via Japan, which reached her docks here to-day. There were men. women and children on the vessel direct from Tien Tsin, who had escaped from the mobs of Boxers and the imperial Chinese troops. Nearly all of the passengers In the cabin felt the depressing effects of a siege and were more than glad to get back to civilisation Among them were Dr. Dtf fendorfer and Mr. Mclntosh, who were in the mill t Tien Tsin. where the Chinese were held at bay before the first relief came through. Master Earl Ragsdale and Miss Effle ” (Continued on Fifth Page.) SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1000. FEVER SCARE ABATED DR. PORTER IBSCEB MOST ENCOUR AGING BULLETIN. NO PROOF OF YELLOW FEVER IS NOW TO BE FOUND Ilf THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLA. Balter's Case Shows no Symptoms of Yellow Fever, and Parker's Case Is Believed to Be Typhoid—Never theless All Necessary Precautions Are Being Doly Observed—A House to Honse Inspection—General Reel ing One of Security. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 6.—State Health Offi cer Porter's official statement of the health situation here, Issued to-night at 10 o'clock, is as follows: “The Eanitary situation, relating to the existence of yellow fever In Tampa, re mains unchanged since the statement of Saturday night. No new cases have been reported or discovered. The State Health Officer, assisted by United Stales health authority, Surgeon, J. H. White, Marine Hospital Service, has kept under obser vation the two cases reported to them as cases of yellow fever at the dale of thetr arrival In Tampa, last Saturday, carefully watching all symptoms and with the fol lowing conclusions: “Mr. Baker, who Is sick at Mrs. Han ford's residence, was too far advanced In convalescence when seen to warrant a positive diagnosis of the nature of his sickness when first taken 111, but we can not now find anything in his oase denoting ye'.low fever. "Mr. Parker, now quite sick In Central avenue, Hyde Park division of the city, has, In our opinion, typhoid fever. Will Keep Up quarantine. "While this is our professional opinion, we recognize at the same time the pro fessional right of honest difference. The determination of the character of these cases does not materially affect the sit uation here, in so far as relates to quar antine restrictions, for as public health officials, it is demanded that a strict quarantine supervision shall be continued on account of the reported death of Mr. Sonnenburg from yellow fever, whose case we did not see, but which must be accepted as reported and suffi cient time allowed for any possible infec tion 4o arise therefrom. "The logical sequence of events, there fore, will prove the correstness of the diagnosis made, which we do not wish to pass upon or discus®. Through thq, medium of a house-to-house inspection of Tampa, which was begun to-day, and will be pushed rapidly to completion, all cases of febrile disorders will be brought <o the knowledge of the proper authori ties, and will he Investigated. Any fur ther developments will be published.” This bulletin was signed both toy State Health Officer Porter and by Surgeon White of the Marine Hospital Service. House to House Inspection. All day Tampa waited for come expres sion from these authorities, as today has been generally regarded as Ihe Critical period of the situation. The city sahitary superintendent, under direction of Dr. Porter, began at 1 o’clock to-day, a sys tematic inspection of every house In the city. Four inspectors have been appoint ed for each ward, and these will submit thetr reports dally to the sanitary super intendent. who will transmit them to the state health officer. The general feeilng of the people is now one of security, and the lest trace of any panicky symptoms has disappeared. Travel out of the city has practically ceased. It Is generally believed that Tam pa has heard the last of the scare. MISSISSIPPI'S QUARANTINE. Shuts Out Passengers and Freight Coming I'ront Tampa. Meridian, Mies., Aug. B, At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Board of Health, held here to-night, the following order was issued: "Whereas, three cases of yellow fever have been recently reported at Tampa, it Is hereby ordered by the Executive Com mittee of Ihe Mississippi State Board of Health, that quarantine is hereby declared against the city of Tampa, and that no passengers, baggage, freight or express from the above named place, will be per mitted to stop in the state of Mississippi, except such freight and express as la per missible under the Atlanta regulation*. “J. F. Hunter, Secretary.” CHARLESTON'S QUARANTINE. That City Is Determined to Keep on the Safe Side. Charleston, 8. C., Aug. 6.—The quaran tine rules declared against Tampa by the Charleston Board of Health yesterday, were put into effect 10-day. Ail the rail roads entering the city are refusing to bring Tampa passengers or baggage into the city. No fear of the fever reaching herq Is entertained by the authorities, but they are determined to keep on the safe side. WOMAN’S BODY MUTILATED. Mrs, Annie Rrunton Morderrd by Her Insane Nephew. Brandenburg, Ky., Aug. 6.—The horri bly mutilated body of Mrs. Annie Brun ton, a widow, 35 years old. was found on the Cedar Grove road to-day. Blood stain* on the fingers of Mrs. Brunton'a nephew, Jesse Durham, caused his ar-. rest, and he later confessed the murder and waa hurried to Louisville by Sheriff Hagan, as a lynching seemed certain. Durham killed Mrs. Brunton with a hickory club while they were returning from a church wedding. He is 27 years old and recently left an Insane asylum. He declares Mrs. Brunton had been talk ing about him and got him into trouble. Famous Operator Dead. Memphis. Tenn . Aug Davis Flan nery, who was chief telegraph opera tot in the service of the Confederate army between New Orleans and Memphis dur ing the Civil War, died to-day. BOXERS TRUE TO THRONE. LI Hung Chang Say* Hatred of For elgoers la Responsible for the Trouble la China. Berlin, Aug. 6.—The German foreign of fice announces this evening that It had received no fresh China news and that it doubted whether the advance of the al lied forces from Tien Tsin had begun. The Lokol Anzelgar publishes an Inter view which Dr. Zaker, its special China correspondent, had with Li Hung Chang at Canton, July 25. Earl LI told the Correspondent that the Boxers were not rebels, but were true to the royal house. Their movement, he ex plained, was directed chiefly against na tive Christians, who had been using in ternational protection to oppress the Box ers. With reference to the missionaries, he said: "It is my firm conviction that the mis sionaries are always In danger, for the relations between the Chinese population and foreigners have been the cause of nearly all the troubles and will always continue to be.” Earl Li went on to say that Chinese hatred of foreigners had been increased of late through the action of the Powers, particularly in the seizure of Klao Chou, which he described as “an exorbitant pen alty for a coupie of missionaries.” Referring to the murder of Baron von Ketleler, German minister at Pekin, he gave a positive assurance that neither Prince Tuan nor any other member of the government knew of the intended killing: and he also declared 'that Baron von Ketteler was not killed because he was a German, but simply because he was a foreigner. In a word, he was a vic tim of the Chinese hatred of foreigners. "Tfie Chinese government is no* strong enough to put down the Boxers.” said Earl Li, "but the thought of accepting assistance from the Powers to put them down is extremely repugnant to the gov ernment.” In reply to a question as to who was the head of the central government, he said it was administered by Prince Tuan, in the name of the Emperor, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE. Allies Soil! to Have Lost 1,200 4o Killed and Wounded. Washington, Aug. 6.—The following eablegrams were to-day received at the Navy Department: "Che Foo, Aug. 6—Bureau Navigation, Washington: The British report unoffi tally engagement at Pel Tsang Sunday ornlng, 3 to 10:30. Allied loss killed and wounded 1,200. Chiefly Russians and Japanese. Chinese retreating. "Taussig." “Che Foo, Aug. 6.—Bureau of Naviga tion, Washington: Unofficial report be lieved reliable; about 10,000 allien heavily engaged Chinese at Pei Tsang daylight of the sth. t "Remey.” NOT A STR ATEGIC POINT. It la No# Clear Why Chineae Defend ed Town of Pei Tsang. Washington. Aug. 6.—According to the Information In possession of the War De partment, the town of Pel Tsang Is at the head of tide water on the Pel Ho, be tween eleven and twelve mile® by road beyond Tien Tsin. It is a village of mud houses, of considerable size, but not walled. The river at this point is not navigable by anything larger than a good-triaed steam launch, and It is though* that the troops probably reached there In small boats, towed by the naval launches. The country all along the river, between Pe kin and Tien Tsin, is a low, alluvial plain. Almost Impassable for wheeled ve hicle* in the wet season, and under quite a high state of cultivation. It presents no natural defensive features and the War Department knows no stra tegic reason why tbe Chinese should have made a stand there, rather than at any other of the dozen villages east of the waited town of Tung Chow, where is stor ed an immense amount of provisions upon which the city of Pekin would have to de pend In case of siege. From the fact thgt the engagement last ed seven and a half hours It Is argued in the department that either the Chinese mux* have been heavily Intrenched or that there was an Immense horde of them to so stubbornly contest the advance of the 16,000 international troops. It is figured by military experts that a lets of 1,200 killed and wounded, on the IKtrt of the aNles. probably mean* a loss of from three to six times a* many by the Chinese. It is possible that a blow of this magnitude may break the resist ance of the Chinese to the advance of the foreign column, but on the other hand it is possible that this may be one of the large number of places on the road that have heen Intrenched with a view to falling back and contesting the foreign advance so as to delay aa long as possi ble the arrival of the foreigners at Pe kin. Unless the opposition suddenly breaks down the military expert* look for a des perate engagement when the troops reach ed the walled city of Tung Chow, which Is said to be even more favorably located for purpose* of defense than was Tien Tsin. ENGLAND HAt NO NEWS OF IT. Nothing Heard Itrgsrdigg tbe Ad vance Upon Pekin. London. Aug. The parliamentary sec retary of the foreign office, Mr. Brod riek, said In the House of Cctnmons to day that the government had no Infor mation regarding the reported aflMct of the British or other relief force* towards Pekin, nor ns to the present position of the foreign ministers there, adding that communications, loth from the legations and the relief force had to be borne by runners and dispatch boats. The first lord ot the admiralty, Mr. Go ne he .1, said the colonial contingents In China would consist of 20) officers and men from Victoria. 36b officers and men from New South Wales and a gunboat end U 2 officers and men from South Australis The cdst, h* added, would be partly borna by the oolonles. Elected a Republican. Newport, Ky.. Aug. B.—At the alection In this, Campbell county, held to-day for state senator, the county, which la a sen atorial district, elected W. H. Dyer, Re publican, over E. H. Hawkins, Democrat, by a majority ot 110 votes. VICTORY IN ALABAMA LARGE MAJORITY HETIRNED FOB DEMOCRATIC TICKET. SAMFORD ELECTED GOVERNOR. DEMOCRATS SOLID FOR CONSTITU TIONAL CONVENTION. Change la the Constitution Will Eliminate the Negra From Poli tics—Populists and llepahllcsns Together Will Have About Twelve of the 183 Members of the Legisla ture, a Loss of 50 Per Cent—The State Ticket. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 6.—A general state election for state and county officers and for members of the general assembly sms held in Alabama to-day and a large majority was returned for the Democratic ticket, headed by William J. Samford of Lee county, who will be inaugurated as Governor on Dec. 1. The Republicans, Populists and Prohibi tionists had ticket In the field, but re turns so far indicate victory for the Dem ocrats by an overwhelming majority. The Populists and Republicans will to gether possibly have twelve of the 133 members of the Legislature, a loss of about 50 per cent. The Democrats have elected county offi cers In several counties which have here tofore been strongly Populistic. General apathy marked the election and a light vote was cast. Reports are slow in coming In. and Cap*. Smith of the State Democratic Campaign Committee gives out no figures, but It Is estimated that the majority will be more than 60,000. Favored tbe Convention. The only issue was a test on the ques tion of holding a constitutional conven tion, which will eliminate the negro from politics. It was carried by a large vote, the Democrats being almost solidly In favor of the convention. The Legislature, which meets In Decem ber. will elect Senator Morgan to succeed himself. In this, the Ninth district, Congress man Underwood was nominated jo suc ceed himself without opposition. In the Eighth district Judge William Richard son of Madison county was elected to succeed Gen. Joe Wheeler. Following are the newly elected state of ficers: Governor—William J .Sanford of Lee. Attorney General —Charles G. Brown of Jefferson. Secretary of State—R. P. McDavtd of Montgomery. Treasured—J. Craig Smith of Dallas. Auditor—Thomaa L. Sowell of Walker. Commdeeiouer of Agriculture—Robert T. Poole of Marengo. Superintendent of Education—J. Aber crombie of Calhoun. KISSING BUG CAUSED DEATH. Proved Fatal lo the Wife of a Jack sonville Jeweler. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 6.—Mrs. M. Burt, wife of a prominent Jeweler, and a most estimable woman, died to day from the effects of a "kissing bug's” sting. Last Monday afternoon, while sitting on the porch, she felt the Insect's bite on her lip, but thought little of It. Wednesday it began paining her, and while out riding she fainted away. Doctors were called In, hut they could do nothing, and she died to-day. Rfter suffering Intense agony all the week. Her husband la in Detroit on business, and he was telegraphed for to-night. Phy sicians say the bug's bite caused blood poisoning. McKinley in hr library. It Waa Too Hot to Do toy Unneces sary Moving: Abont. cknton. 0., Aug. 6..—President McKin ley kept close to the library all day. part ly because there wa* a large amount of work to dispose of and partly because It was too hot to do any unnescessary moving about. He went for a short drive during the evening and later resumed his work. There were no political visitors during the day. Minister to Austria Harris Is expected here to confer with tha President within a day or so. ma RlO %V %it IP FOR BANDITS. A Black Mackintosh Is the Only Clue to Fay's .Slayers. Hugo. Col., Aug. 6.—A black mackintosh left by one of the bandits is said to be tha only tangible ctue In the hands of the officers, who are endeavoring to run down the men who killed W. J. Fay of Anhetm, Cal., and robbed the passengers of a sleeper on the Union Pacific express near here lost night. The country is being scoured In every direction, but with small hope of success, In spite of rewards of SI,OOO eaeh for the bandits. REMAIN* OF KING HUMBERT. Will Leave Monza To-morrow and Arrive in Rome Thursday. Monza, Aug. 6.—The train, carrying the remains of the late King, Which will be accompanied by the Duke of Aosta, and the Count of Turin, will leave Monza Wednesday afternoon at 4:17. It will atop two minutes at iMlhtn, five at Genoa and ten at Pisa, and wlil arrive in Home Thursday morning at twenty minutes pas! seven. St BOSIC PUtilK AT II \ Mill RO. All PfW*nHim Harr Been Taken* to Prevent It* Spread. Hamburg. Aug. •—A case of bubonic plague has been discovered on a vessel in the harbor. All possible precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the dlseaee. (nrcfnn (tonghton Drowned. Shanghai. Aug. A— Passed Assistant Surgeon Stoughton, of the United Btates gunboat Cai4nc, was drowned here yea |tday. CHINESE WILL FIGHT HARO. ! ArtiePorfian Element la In Power and Will Dispute Every Foot of (around to Pekin. London, Ann A—The anti-foreign party again has the upper hand at Pekin. According to report* emerging from Li Hung Chang’s lodgings at. Shanghai his baggage is packed preparatory to his de parture for Pekin, hut. it is added, he has applied to the throne for twenty days' aick leave. Li Hung Chang c'.oims that his representations to the Yang-tse vice roys and tao tal Sheng will be denounced by Li Ptng Hung because they are friend ly to the foreigners. A news agency dispatch from Shanghai, dated to-day (Aug. 6) says it is rumored that the powerful viceroy. Yuan Shih Kal, governor of Shan Tung, who disap proved of Prince Tuan, has been killed. Correspondents ot Tien Tain are unable to get anything fresh, though a dispatch from Shanghai, dated Aug. 6, avers that the allies are making slow progress to wards Pekin, on account of differences of opinion among the generals. The Ameri can, British and Japanese commanders favor one plan, this dispatch affirms, and the Russians, French and Germans favor another plan. Prince Tuan, it is added, seeks to in spire his army by proclamations, order ing every foot of the road from Tien Tsin to be disputed. AH the Chinese troops have recently been paid In full and troops, money and supplies are gonig to Pekin from the southern province*. It is deemed quite probable by military men in London that the. Chinese will make a fierce fight at Pekin, on a much greater scale than during the defense of Tien Tsin. A dispatch received at the war office in St. Petersburg from Gerv. Grodekoff, dat ed Khabarovsk. Aug. 4, says two squad rons reconnoitering near Teche encounter ed 1,000 Chinese, with two guns and 150 cavalry'. After a stubborn fight the Rus sian* were reinforced by another equadron wlfth two guns and defeated the Chinese, killing 200. The Russian loss was eight men killed and eight wounded. This dispatch odds that the battle around Aigun was ront4nued Aug. 3, the Cossack* losing six men killed and twen ty-five wounded, and driving back the Chinese, killing 200 and capturing two guns and two flags. The inscription on one of 4he flags read: ‘‘The people of the large fist.” Aigun, when the dispatch was aent, was burning. Other dispatches report Russian Suc cesses near Tort Arthur. HE IILEW OIT Hl* BRAINS. Disgrace More Than Deutachla nd'i OJtloer Could Stand. New York. Aug. 6. E. Thiele, fourth of ficer of tho Hamburg-American liner Deutschland, blew out his brains during the voyage of the big ocean greyhound that, waa finished when the steamer reach ed her pier In Hoboken today. The sec ond day out It was Thiele’s turn to watch on the bridge. The air made him drowsy and he fell asleep at hl post. Capt. Albers came up on hlfn, ordered him to take off his coat, (he ship's badge of office, and sent him to his caWn. The young sailor went down in disgrace. Five minutes after ihe door was closed behind him a shot was heard, and when It was forced open Thiele lay on the floor whh a bullet In his head. Thiele was formerly u resident of Montgomery, Ala. GUARDIAN FOR C. 11. HOYT. Prnhnte Court Has Appointed Hon. ,1m mom O. Lyfnrd. Concord. N. H., Aug. 6.—The apfloliit ment of Hon. James O. Lyford of Con cord, as guardian of Charles H. Hoyt, the playwright, was made to-day by Judge Tenney In the Sullivan county Probate Court. The appointment was made at the*request of Mr. Hoyt, and was acqul twM In by Frank McKee, who Is the bus in era partner of Mr. Hoyt. Mr. Ly ford will assume management of all Mr. Hoyt’s business affairs, and will endeavor to preserve ns much as possible of Mr. Hoyt’s personal estate, the monetary value of which is a matter of conjecture. FIVE KILLED l\ COLLISION. Serious Accident on the AI. Louis Sou t It wester ii. Pine Bluff. Ark., Aug. o.—ln n collision to-day between a passenger and a freight train on the Bt. Louis. Southwestern (Cot ton Belt) Railroad at Aurlch, forty miles north of bore, five men wore killed and two seriously Injured. The dead are: C. A. Gainey, brakeman, Jonesboro, Ark.; Frank Sample, oonductor. Pine Bluff; Luther, brakeman, Thayer, Mo.; brakeman, name unknown, Thayer, Mo.; unknown telegraph operator. None of the passengers was Injured. RAIDED BY CONGO TROOPS. Women nnd Cottle Token Ar%my From nrltlnli Territory. London, Aug. 6.—Replying in the House of Commons to-day, to a question put by Sir Charles Dllke, radical, the parlia mentary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Brodrlck. said the authorities of the Congo Free State admitted that Brit ish territory above Albert Nyanza had been raided by Congo troops, and that women and cattle had been carrled off. Mr. Brodrlck added that the Congo Free State authorities had apologized for the raid, and fought to punish the Invaders. HAS THE BOER* SI IIHOI Ml FI). De Wet and Ateyn Driven From One of Their Flank Positions. London, Aug. 6.—-A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Aug. 5, says Gen. Lord Kitchener has narrowed the circle around Gen. DcWet and Bteyn hy driving out the enemy from one of the flank positions which he held. FATAL EFFECTS OF HEAT. Eleven Persons Dead and a Score Prostrated In Chicago. Chicago. Aug. 6. Eleven persons dead and a score of prostrations Is the result of the heat hr* to-day. The maximum temperature was 93 degrees. DAILY. ** A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.H A YEAR IN FAVOR OF POWERS NEW TESTIMONY BROUGHT OUT Iff EX-SECIIETARY’S TRIAL. SHOTS FIRED FROM OUTSIDE. BULLOCK NAYS THF.V CAME FROM NEAR TUB FOUNTAIN. Comb.' Alleged Cnnfpnlon Impli cate. n Mnn Who tin. Not Been CauKbt—Clnlinr.l Republican Offi cial. Armed Them.clvca Becau.e They Feared Threat, of the Peo ple—Yont.ey Seen With a HtQe and Gov. Tnylor Armed Him.elf. Georgetown. Ky.. Aug:. 6—A piece of new testimony was brought out to-day at the beginning: of Ihe fifth week In the trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Pow ers, charged with complicity in the Goebel shooting. E. R. Bullock of Lexington swore that he wns In the adjutant's general office when Ihe fatal shots were fired. He stepped out and saw a man In n stoop ing position behind the public fountain, near hy. Bullock could not tell whether the man wuts white or black and did not know what became of him. Bullock declared thnt he saw Col. Jack Chinn walk rapidly Into the State House us he stepped from the adjutant general's house. Apparently Bullock's statements did no* excite much Interest. * Cap*. U. B. Walcott, who had charge of the Frankfort militia, wns sworn to day. He said the company was on duty at the state capitol the day the Legisla ture met and throughout the session, but denied that the soldiers were lined up ready for marching orders when the as sassinatlon occurred. He said they were equipped with guns and sldearms, but this merely happened so. Uoml.* So-CnUe,! Conte..lnn. R. C. O. Ilenjemln, a negro n Homey, representing 'Tallow Dick” Combs, and whose client, it has heen reppatedly as serted, recently had made an alleged confession, asked Judge Cantrlll this afternoon, to be allowed to make a mo tion at Ihe regular hour to-morrow, to have an Investigation of his conduct In the matter of the confession of Combs, in which he had been charged with be traying secrets of the prosecution Judge Cantrlll Informed him that an Investiga tion would not be necessary. Benjamin then gave out an Interview in which he say® that Combs' reported confession, was made In the presence of him self, Commonwealth. Attorney Frank lin end Victor H, Rradley, of the prosecution. end that Cotnba made all the statements attributed to him except es to the amount alleged to have heen offered Hockersmlth to kill Goebel. Comb's nephew stated that he had made a vain search for Hockersmlth and he thlnka Hockersmlth Is In either New Or leans or San Francisco. Benjamin said he had concluded It wns due to hie client to tell all he knew as long, as he ehnnot find Hookersmith. who told Combs all that the latter knows about the assassination. Capt. B. B. Golden and other represen tatives of the prosecution, conferred with Qreen Golden, one of the alleged acces sories. In the Ffankfort jail yesterday and there is n possibility that Golden may bo Introduced In rebuttal to the evidence of the defendant. Why Arm. Were Provided. Ai Ihe afternoon session ex-Gov. Brown, for the defense, mode a long argument In support of hla position ihat the defense waa entitled to show In evidence that the occupants of the executive building after the assassination heard threats on the imrt of the populace, and that they acted upon thlc In arming themselves and ex cluding the public and civil officers from the building. The prosecution argued that the commonwealth should not be en tailed with the burden of Introducing threats that might or might not have been made by trres|>onsihle parties, and that this charncier of proof could not be offered In Justification of the course of those who hod possession of the building. The court ruled that the witness might te.'ate any specific threat which he him self h<rd, but that he could not tejl of common rumor or threats which had come to him second hand. The defense re/erved an exception to this ruling. Stuart Bloat, Gov. Taylor's stenograph er. told rf Youtsry coming Into the exe cutive office carrying a rifle a few min utes after the shooting. Gov. Taylor was not armed when he first came Into the office, but w<nt back and got a pistol. Golden Denies n Statement. Wharton Golden was recalled for the third time and was a-ked If he had told J. M. Owens, Iri the presence of J. C. Owens that 'Tower, was Inr.octnt, hut that they could take SIOO,OOO and hang the Saviour and all of the Apostles." Golden said he never said it to Owens cr anyone else. J. M. Owens was then called, but the court excluded the greater part of his testimony on the ground that the defense had examined Oohlen on tilts matter. J. Clay Elkin, posimastcr at Lexington, tes tified ah to a conference between Powers, (he witness and other Republican leaders after Representative Berry wns unseated. He said It was at one time decided that Berry should attempt to hold his seat, on the ground that the vote ousting him was Illegal, but this was abandoned. He denied that ft was decided at any time to pre< Ipltßte a conflict in the House over the matter. STORMY SCENE IN COMMONS. Ilalfnur Made a StinKlng Reply tn ■l.rdrt t-Cout ta. London. Aug. B.—One of the etormleae scenes of the present session of the Com mons occurred this evening, when Mr. Burdett-Coutts demanded greater powers for the Hospital Commission to Investi gate the management of the military hos pitals In South Africa. He declared that the truth would not be learned under the present plan of Investigation, aa tns soldiers would be afraid to testify. Mr. Balfour, government leader, in the course of a bitter reply, aceueed Mr. Bur dett-Coutts of "maligning the character of the British army." and sneered at what he called "the honorable member's evi dent nervousness as to the result of the Inquiry. He poured out a verltsb'.e Isv atide of scorn and attack, some of hla utterances being almost Inaudible amid Abe din arising from the Liberal benohes.