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the morning news. rtibll*(ied 1850. - Incorporated ISSS J. H. ESTILI President. CONGER WIRES OF PEKIN’S DANGERS Dispatch From American Minister Says China Is Insisting on Their Leaving There at Once. LI HUNG CHANC SAYS ALLIES MOST FIGHT THEIR WAY. Intimates Their March Upon Chinese Cap ital Will Be Through Blood. c ""'" s.r. .< .i. Ml-....,. „„ Wlshe., It Will Mean Certain Death-All Were Well When Dlsp.teh Wa Sent, Which Was Between July 30 and Aag. 2—Govern meut Troops Firing on the Legations Daily-Dispatch Was in the OlHeinl Cipher—Americans Took Part in Sun day-. Battle la Which the Chinese Were Rout ed-! 100 and Make the Advance Most Uiffl. cult—Fear That Communication With Tien Tsln Has Been Interrupted. Gen. Chaffee Wires of Sig nificant Disposition of tile Troops. Washington, Aug. 7.—The following ca blegram from Minister Conger was re ceived to-day by the state department: "Tsi Nan Yamen, Aug. 7.—To the Secre tary of State.—Still besieged. Situation more precarious. Chinese government in sisting upon our leaving Pekin, which would be certain death. Rifle firing upon us daily by imperial troops. Have abund ant courage, but little ammunition or pro visions. Two progressive yamen ministers beheaded. All connected with legation of the United States well at the present mo ment. Conger.” THE CHINESE~MUST FIGHT. LI Hnng Chang Practically gays the Allies Must Wade Through Blood to Reach Pekin. London. Aug. 8. 3:45 a. m.—"ln case the troops advance the Chinese must fight. The suggestion that the allies should be allowed to enter Pekin in order to escort the ministers to Tien Tsin Is absolutely impossible.” This is the dictum of Li Hung Chang. It was transmitted last evening to Mr. William Pritehar Morgan, member of Par liament for Merthyr Tydvil, by his agent at Shanghai. The agent had carried to Earl Li a message from Mr. Morgan urg ing that the allied troops be allowed to enter the capital and stating that a settle ment could be made at Tien Tsln. whereby a war of the world against China would be averted: but even the optimistic Li failed to hold out the slightest hope of its feasibility, although he reiterated to Mr. Morgan's agent his declaration that the ministers had left Pekin, fixing the date of their departure as Aug. 2. The agent makes this comment: “The consuls are without confirmation." These messages have been sent to Lord Salisbury accompanied by a statement by Mr. Morgan, urging that the allies should take no step to endanger the lives of the ministers. A message from the Belgian minister, darted Pekin, Aug. 2, seems effectually to dispose of the rumors that the ministers have either left or are intending to leave Pekin, The Chinese minister In London says he has received a telegram from China an nouncing that a lcng imperial edict was issued on Aug. 2. authorizing the imme diate and safe conveyance of all Euro peans in Pekin to Tien Tsin. Accounts of Sunday's Battle. Several dispatches are printed giving hearsay accounts of Sunday's battle. The Daily Mali's correspondent at Che Foo, telegraphing Monday, says: "The fighting lasted seven hours, and the allies, when my nport left, were pur suing the Chinese; but. owing to the floods, progress was difficult. "Thus the Chinese will have time to re form and to recover from the effects of battle. Only a small garrison, with four teen guns, remains at Tien Tsin. where some anxiety Is felt because of a report that 15.000 Chinese arc said to be moving two days’ march to the southeast.” All the correspondents agree In praising the bravery and organization of the Jap anese; but none of them brings the story much beyond Gen. Chaffee’s report. Li Ping Hung, according to the Shang hai correspondent of the Standard, has been appointed generalissimo of the Chi nese forces and has left Pekin to com mand the troops outside the city. A Shanghai special says that official advices from Toklo announce that armed eollHons have occurred between parties of Russians and Japanese outside Taku. This, however, as it comes by way of Shanghai, must await confirmation be fore being credited. Massacre of Missionaries. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daly Mall ccnflimlng the massacre cf mis lcn ariea at Chu Chow Fu, tays that two American women were among the vic tims. The Sebastopol correspondent of the Daily Graphic asserts that the Russian government will send 126.C00 additional Sulnmnal) JBotfniita troops from Odessa to the Far East be fore the end of the year. Berlin dispatches say it is rumored there that an agreement has been reached be tween Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William whereby the German troops will be permitted to proceed to China by way of Siberia. The royal arsenal at Woolwich has been ordered to serd thirty million pounds of small arm ammunition to China. CONGER’S MESSAGE IN CIPHER. Shows That a Very Serlons State of Affairs fo‘r the Ministers Still Exists in Pekin. M ashington, Aug. 7.—Another cablegram came to the state department late this afternoon from Minister Conger at Pekin— the second that has been received direct from him since June 13. It is the .first which hasi come direct from the Minister since the above date, ihe other having been received through the intermediary of the Chinese minister here, Mr. Wu. To-day's telegram shows that the situa tion in the Chinese capital is still of a very serious character, that the ministers are still in danger from the Chines? troops and .that their supplies of ammunition and provisions have been reduced to a very considerable extent. So important were the statements con fined in the dispatch that a conference was held by wire between several of the officials here and the President at Canton, lasting for several hours. At its conclu sion the cablegram from Mr. Conger was made public. The Official Cipher. The cablegram came In the official cipher of the department. It is undated like Mr. Conger s previous cable, but from the In ternal evidence furnished by his reference to the beheading of two members of the Tsung-li-Yamen and to the insistence of the Chinese government on the removal of the ministers from Pekin, State Depart-' ment officials say. It may be assigned a date not earlier than July n, and perhaps not later than Aug. 2. It is checked by the telegraph company as having been put on the wires as Tsi Nan. a large city, about eighty miles southeast of Pekin, on Aug. 7. The dispatch reached the department at 4:20 p. tn., but was not made public until late in the evening. Those who were at the White House in conference with the President Included Acting Secretary Adee of the State Department, Secretary Root and Adit. Gen. Corbin. Capt. Michael, the chief clerk of the State Department, through whose hands the cablegrams pass, was also present part of the time. What the result of <lie conference was the officials declined lo say. That It will stimulate Ihe energies to the utmost to endeavor to press forward the advance movement towards Pekin is certain, for Mr. Conger's message makes it clear that for the ministers to leave Pekin would result In their death. Tlielr Condition Not Improved. Secretary Root did not care to make any statement when asked about the situation to-night. The officials had been led to believe from the more recent dispatches which had purported to emanate from Chinese sources as well as from imperial edicts that the condition of the legation ers was much improved, but to-day's ad vices show a very different aspect of affairs. Secretary Root stated late to-night that so far os he was aware there would be no change in the President'* intention lo return to Washington on the isth inst.; making this reply to a question as lo whether the latest developments in Pekin would necessitate his return to the capi tal earlelr. The word "yamen,” following the name of the city Tsi Nan, at which the cable gram from Mr. Conger was put on the wires, as understood here, probably re fers to the official building or residence from which it was transmitted, or at which It waa received by courier from Pekin. SAVANNAH, GA„ WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, lflOO. AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGED. Anttlyaii of Chaffee's Dispatch .Shows Some Significant Incident* a* to the Allie*. Washington, Aug. 7.—The information Which came to-day that American, troope were engaged in the battle at Pei Tsang established positively, for the first time, notwithstanding the difficulties which Gen. Chaffee had encountered in disembarking troops and supplies at least a pert, and a considerable part, of our force was in the vanguard of the fonvard movement. Gen. Chaffee’s dispatch to the war de partment conveyed the most satisfactory evidences that the commanders had thor oughly agreed in advance upon a plan of action and that there is every indication that this plan had been followed, as Gen. Chaffee on Friday sent the ca ble saying that the attack up on the Chinese at Pei Tsang would be made on Sunday, the day when Admiral Remey end the press- correspon dents say the fighting occurred. Gen. Chaffee’s announcement that the present objective of the international col umn is Yang Tsun, is interpreted by the officials at the war department to mean that this point where river, railroad and wagon road meet, is to be made the ad vance base for the operations on Pekin. America nn In the Fight. The most positive addition to the news of the day was the brief line from the correspondent of the Associated Press at Tien Tsin stating that the Ninth and Fourteenth Infantry, Reilly’s Battery and the marines were in the battle of Pei Tsang. It was this force which, with the Brit ish and Japanese, bore the brunt of the attack on the left flank, which wae to turn the enemy’s position. This plan had already been made clear by Gen. Chaffee’s dispatch, although he did not mention what American troops would be engaged. In view of the participation of the American troops, the War and Navy De partments are anxiously expectant of re ports of the part taken by our troops and of any losses which the Americans may have sustained. No light has yet been thrown upon the subject of whether the commanders of the international forces have agreed upon a commander. The Chaffee dispatch would seem to indicate that none had been agreed upon. The movement was planned evidently by the commanders *in confer ence, and the part which each command was to play agreed upon in advance. How Allies Were Located. It is perhaps noteworthy and significant that in this plan of attack upon the ene my at Pei Tsang, the American. British and Japanese forces were joined in the movement to turn the enemj r ’s right flank while the Russians and French operated together on the opposite side of the river against the enemy's 1 oft. This may indi cate the line of cleavage among the allies, whose general dissensions were reported at Tkn Tsin. It also is exceedingly significant that Gen. Chaffee does not mention the Ger man force at all. The war department of ficials do not believe that this could have been due to an oversight on his part if it was arranged that they were to partici pate in the movement. It therefore seems likely that the Germans were not en gaged at Pel Tsang. It is thought possi ble that they may be acting independ ently. FEAR FOR COMMUNICATION. Delay in Di.pntrhe. Lend* to Relief It May Have Been Intermitted With Tien Tain. Washington, Aug. 7.—lt is feared here that communication from Tien Tsin has been Interrupted. A dispatch was received at the war de partment from Gen. Chaffee which was sent from Tien Tsin on the third instant. It took four days for that dispatch to reach Che Foo. Government officials have passed a day of anxious waiting for some late intelli gence from China. When the executive departments closed this evening, nothing but the belated Chaffee dispatch had reached either the war. navy or state de partments. Ac-tirg Secretary of State Adee remark ed despondently that not one. word had teen heard from any of our consuls in China during the day and nothing had been forwarded to them in the way of cdditlonal Instructions. In the absence of any late intelligence, the Chaffee dispatch was carefully anal yzed. One of the most assuring features of the dispatch Is to the effect that abso lute harmony exists between the inter nal->nal forces. It successfully disposes of the repeated story of dissensions and con tentions among the allied forces. It shows that the combined Powers Joined zealous ly in a movement against Pekin for the rescue of the beleaguered legailons. A Significant Feature. Another significant feature of Chaffee's message shows that the internationals are advancing on Pekin in two columns, one on each side of the Pei Ho river. The Japanese. English and American forces are on the west of the river and the Rus sian and French on Ihe opposite side. Ac cording lo the War Department map Just Issued. Pei Tsang covers both sides of the river, but the main portion of It is on the left side where the English. American and Japanese forces attacked the enemy's flank. It Is understood further from Chaffee'* dispatch that the objective point of the international column Is Yang Tsun, a town about fifteen miles beyond Pel Tsang. where the raliioad crosses the Pel Ho riv er on Ito way tc Pekin. Once in'posses sion o. it the International forces would have both the railroad and the river In the rear for keeping open communication with Tien Tsln. Tite strategic advantage of gaining this point is apparent. Discredit* Report*. Acting Secretary Adee discredit* the re port credited to L# Hun* Chang to the ef fect that the foie'gn ministers have left 'Continued on Bixth Page.) BRYAN WAS CHEERED WARMLY GREETED ALONG ROI'TB TO INDIANAPOLIS. ARRIVED THERE LAST NIGHT. HR YAN AND STEVENSON WILL BE NOTIFIED TO-DAY. They Were Acrompnniod by n Party of Prominent Deinocra In—Enthnn inMtie Reception Given Rrynn at Chicago— He and Stevennon Made Brief Speeches at Knnkakee-Weli* liter Davln Accept* the Whole Plat form and Will Speak on Imperial iant. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 7.—Willikm J. Bryan of Nebraska and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois reached this city at 7 o'clock this evening. They came on a special train of twelve coaches, all filled with en thusiastic Democrats. Stops of some length were made at Kan kakee, 111., and Lafayette, Ind. Large crowds gathered at every station and cheered lustily whether the train stopped or not. Ten cars of the train were occupied by members of the Oook County Democracy. The eleventh was for the use of press rep resentatives. In the last coach were Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson, their fam ilies and friends. Chairman Jones of the National Committee and wife, Gov. and Mrs. Thomas of Colorado, Secretary Walsh and Sergeant-at-Arms Martin of tho National Committee, and many of the leading members of that organization. Hon. Sahiuel Alschuler, Democratic candi date for Governor of Illinois, Mayor Har rison of Chicago and Webster Davis, for mer assistant secretary of the interior, were alto among the guests. Conference* between the leader* of the Parts' who were brought together for the first time since the Kansas City conven tion filled the afternoon. The tone of Ihe conference was generally very hopeful. Senator Jone* expressed himself as especially pleased with the outlook In New York. Webster Davis participated freely in the conversations and announced his intention to speak during the cam paign in several states, including New York state. He said he accepted the Democratic platform in toto, but that he would devote himself especially in his speeches to the exploitation of the subject of imperialism. Rode on the Engine. Mr. Bryan and Mayor Harrison rode on the engine at the invitation of the rail road authorities between Lafayette and Lebanon, Ind. Brief stops were made at several places on the way and there were crowds of people at many points a* which stops were not made. The faces of the waiting people showed disappointment as the train whizzed by them, but they cheered loudly. The principal stops were made at Kan kakee, 111., and Lafayette, Ind. At each of these places the candidates were given receptions which were re minders pf the campaign of 1896. At Kan akee the first speaking of the tour was in dulged in. The streets around the sta tion were jammed. Mayor Harrison introduced Mr. Bryan, saying he believed firmly that the patriot ism and good sense of the American peo ple was too great to place In the office of President a man who did not represent the plain people of Jackson and Lincoln had represented them. Mr. Bryan was such a man, and he took great pleasure in introducing him. Mr. Bryan Make* a Speech. Mr. Bryan said: “I am a very cautious man, and while I have seen it stated in the papers that I was nominated for the Presidency, I know that you cannot always trust to what you sec in the papers. (Laughter.) And I am not going to take it for grunted that I have been nominated until I am officially of it down at Indianap olis. I do not want to make a speech as the presidential candidate until I am sure I am nominated. (Laughter and ap plause.) Mr. Stevenson, the nominee for the vice presidency, is along, and Gov. Thomas of Colorado, who is to notify him of his nomination, is on the train, and I believe has privately Informed him that he has been nominated, and therefore he has more reason for making a speech than I have, and I take pleasure in presenting to you your candidate for Vice President, who is, I hope and believe, to be the next Vice President of the United States, Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson.” (Applause.) Mr. Stevenson also excused him* If and introduced Mr. Alschuler, about whose candidacy he said there could be no doubt. Mr. Alschukr made a brief address ex pressing hi* belief in the success of the national ticket and calling upon his hear ers to do their duty at the polls. At Lafayette Mr. Bryan did not apeak except to introduce Gov. Thomas. The Governor assured h s hearers that Mr. Bryan ard Mr. Stevenson will carry every state in the Rocky mountain region by majorities equal to thos*' of 1896. Nothing on *arth remained to do, he said, but frr Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin to do their duty as they had done before. If they did so the party would give them a President of th United States who "wore no man’s collar and who belonged to the common people.” (iArp!au*e) Hon. Webster Davis also made a few remarks exhorting the Democrats of In diana to earnest effort in behalf of Bryan and Stevenson. Crowd* nt Ind In nn poll*. The fact that the train was an hour be hind schedule time in reaching Indianaio lis did not seem to dampen the enthusi asm of the crowds that waited. At one moment Senator Jones, chairman of the National Committee, got lost in the surg ing mass and had to be sought out, like a wandering pleiad. When Mr Bryan’s well-known figure was recognized in the marching column a great shout was sent up and cheers fol lowed him constantly until he arrived at the Grand Hotel. The streets were lined so thickly with people that progress was difficult. Finally, at 8 o’clock, the wearied travelers sat down to dinner. After dinner Messr*. Bryan and Steven son were given e general reception at tha Grand Hotel. They shook .hands with a large number of people and chatted for a few minutes with many of them. Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Stevenson were enter tained by a committee of ladles* BRYAN S TRIP TO CHICAGO. An EntlinsiANtlc Reception There and nt All Point* in Illinois Where Stop* Were Made. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Hon. William J. Bry an, Democratic candidate for the presi dency, arrived in Chicago on the Burling ton Railroad at 9:30 a. m. to-day. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, their son. Gov. and Mrs. Thomas of Colorado, and Col. John I. Martin, sergeant-at-arms of the Kansas City Convention. The party was met at the union depot by a local committee, several clubs and a large number of citizens, who gave them an enthusiastic greeting. The party was driven immediately to the Sherman House. The first public appearance of the day was mode by Mr. Bryan at Aurora. 111., at s:2O a. m. He had Just finished break fast when he was called to the rear plat form by the cries of a large crowd. Hon. Samuel Alschuler, Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois, greeted tyr. Bryan and was invited into his car. Ther* were demands for a speech, but none was made. Instead, Mr. Bryan took his po sition on the step* of the rear platform and shook hands with the people as they crowded about. He told them that he desired to save his voice for the Wednes day ordeal, and must therefore decline to talk. ”1 have pissed through Aurora many times,” he said as he pulled Mr. Alschulc r up the steps, and I have often wondered why you did not have a governor of your own living here, and I am glad to see that you are about to r< medy the defect.” "And we.” responded Mr. Alschuler, ‘have been wonderng for several year* why we did not occasionally have a Pres ident from Nebraska passing through our town.” 1 Warmly Greeted Everywhere. Mr. Alschuler then introduc and a number of f.i nd and the train moved cut. As it started there was a cheer fur “the next President” from the crowd. Mr. Bryan re tired at II o’clock last night, just after passing Creston, la. At that place the train was met by a demonstrative crowd as it was alto at Red Oak, but at such places the nominee declin'd to speak. When Mr. Bryan emerged from the train in Chicago he looked cool and fresh, c.ean and bright, appearing well prepar ed for an arduous day. Wearing light summer clothes, he was evidently pre pared to go through the day with aa much comfort as possible for presidential can didate enuring upon the first work of the campaign. A committee of citizens which met the incoming party was headed by Mayor Carter Harrison. National Committeeman Gahan, Robert E. Burke a .and Frank Win ter, the latter appearing as representa tive of the German-American clubs of the city. These with o her leaders were ad mitted inside the s’ation gates. Their fol lower* sent up a lusty cheer as the na tional leader came into sight, but not withstanding the presence of probably a thousand people at the station there was scant ceremony at that point. After a few hearty handshake*. Mr. Bryan and his party were escorted to waiting carriages and diiven to the Sherman House. The party made its way through the throng at the depot with some difficulty, and Mr. Bryan was frequently compelled, during the short walk, to stop and shake hgnds with an especially insistent ad mirer. Among the clubs at the depot one or two German-Amer can organizations, the Thurman Club and the Nebraska Bry an Club of Chicago. Reception anil Depnrtnre. At the Sherman House Mr. Bryan was immediately ushered Into a parlor on the ground floor, whrre he was soon Joined by Hen. 'A. E. Ftevenson. 'The candidates greeted each other cordially and. standing ■dfie by side they' shook hands with a great number of people. All the visitor* were more or less enthusiastic and most of them vouchsaffd immense majorities as 'he result of the coming election. One old gentleman threw hi* arms around Mr. Bryan’s neck an l promised a thousand votes as the result of h s own Individual efforts. Shortly before 1 o’clock the parade wag formed to escort the Bryan and Steven soi) party to the special train which was to convey them to Indianapolis. A few minutes later the party left the Sherman House and entering the carriages In wait ing tdok their places in the lino of march at ihe Illinois Central Station, where the spcinl Big Four train awaited the parly. Preceding Messrs. Bryan nnd Stevenson and party was the Cook County Democ racy hand, and following the carriages of the distinguished Democratic leaders were the members of the Cook County Democ racy to the number of 350, and about 100 other local Democratic politicians who were to accompany the party to Indian apolis. A cheering crowd lined the streets. The party at once boarded the train and at 1:30 p. m. the start for In dianapolis wns made amid prolonged cheering from a crowd of several thou sand. which tyid gatherer] to witness the departure. MANY PROMINENT DEMOCRATS. Gathered for (lie Ilryan-StevenMon Notification Meeting. Indianapolis, Aug. 7.—Many prominent men from distant stales arrived to-day to participate In the Bryan-Stevenson noti fication meeting in Military Park to-mor row . Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to day talked with Mayor Taggart over the telephone and consented to preside at the notification exercises. The arrangement 1* for Mayor Taggart to call the meeting to order, lo make a short speech as May or, welcoming the visitors to the city, and then turn the meeting over to Chairman Jones. Congressman Richardson of Tennessee will make the speech notifying Mr. Bryan, who will at once reply. Gov. Thomas of Colorado will make the speech notifying Mr. Stevenson, to be followed by the speech of the candidate for Vice Presi dent. Arrangements have been completed for Ihe parade to Military Park to-morrow afternoon. I*ooai and Indiana Democratic' club* will head the column, which will form at 1:15 p. m. at Pennsylvania and Georgia streets and will move In two di visions. The candidates and their party will leave the Grand Hotel t at 1:30 o'clock and will join the parade there. Mayor Harrison of Chicago will, accord ing to the announcement by Mayor Tag gart to-day. preside at the mass meeting, to l*e held at Tomlinson Hell to-morrow evening. Overflow gatherings will occur In Monument Place nearby. Yellow Fever In Yacotan. Washington, Aug. 7.—United States Con sul Thompson at Progresso, M>x., Informs the state department that yellow fever seem* to be on the Increase and la viru lent a.t Merida, capital of Yucatan. THE SITUATION IN TAMPA. There Are no Nmv Fanes nn.l n House to Hour? Fnnxnf.* 11... l>*elo*ed Nothin* Su*ilelnu*. Tampa, Fla., Aiik. 7.—State Health Offi cer Porter and Surfreon White state to night that there are no developments to day requiring an official announcement from them. No suspicious cases of any character are now in existence ti the city. The house-to-house inspection directed by Dr. Porter has proceeded rapidly. To night he has reports from the inspectors covering about five thousand people of all nationalities and not one case has been disclosed of a suspicious or question able character from these reports. Dr. Porter says the health conditions of the city are by no means alarming. The city sanitary superintendent submits the repofirts of the canvassers ,to Dr. Porter every dny and Surgeon White personally visits every o ,se of Illness reported. The quarantine regulations continue in force and will be maintained for at least one week. Raleigh, N. C. wires to-night that pas sengers from Tampa will be allowed to stop there. The government quarantine boat Brat ton Is pairolling the harbor, assisting In maintaining the cordon which shuts In the city. X<* hiexr Suspect* nt Tampa. Washington. Atig. 7.—The Marine Hos pital Service 10-day received advices re porting that there are no new cases of yellow fever nor new suspects at Tampa. ATTACK AT FI.AMD'S RIVER. Believed the British Garrison Hns Been Relieved. London. Aug. 7.—t,ord Roberts reports to the war office under date of Pretoria, Aug. 6, as follows: "HnrrlsmWh surrendered on Aug. 4. The neighboring country seems to be quiet. Kitchener is with the force south of the Vaal river. He was Joined yesterday by a strong detachment of Brabanc's horse and the Canadian regiment. "The Boers attacked the garrison at Eland's, river on the morning of Aug 4. Information was sent to Carrington, who was on the way to Eland's river. lan Hamilton, who reached Rustenburg yester day, reported hearing heavy firing In the direction of Eland's river. To-day the fir ing seems more distant, which looks as if the Eland’s river garrison had been re lieved and was retiring towards Zeerust." LOST IX REAR GUARD ACTION. Commandant Theron Wlio Attacked Consul Stowe's Train. Kroonsrtad, Aug. 7.—Commandant The ron, who commanded the Boer flying pa trol that derailed and burned last week neat* Honfgspruit the train carrying United Slates Consul Stowe and flying the Stars and Stripes, has suffered a loss of three killed nnd ten severely wounded In a rear guard action near Kroonstad with tho Maltii Mounted Infantry. The British sustained no lpsses. STOWE WAS IN GREAT DANGER. Theron Expressed Regret for the Attack on the Train. Pretoria, Aug. 7.—Additional details re garding the attack on the train bearing Mr. Stowe show that twenty-seven bullets traversed his compartment. Louis Sharp, an American accompanying Mr. Stowe, was shot through the foot. Theron, whom Mr. Stowe hastily sought, ex preseed sorrow for Ihe act, maintaining that it was due to a mlalake. The Boers put Mr. Stowe's carriage hack on the iln<^ IN ACCORD WITH GOVERNMENT. fnnndn nnd Australia Agree a* to South African Settlement. London, Aug. 7.—The secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, In re ply to a question in the House of Com mons to-day, said he had already made himself acquainted with the views of Canada and Australia In regard to the main points of the South African settle ment. He ad(led that they were com pletely In accord with her majesty's gov ernment as lo the necessity for the an nexation of the Orange Free Stute and the Transvaal lo the British empire anti Ihe establishment of a government, sup ported by a military force, with the ulti ma,te extension of representative •elf government. KRUGER WILL SURRENDER. Bat Wants Satisfactory Promise os to Ills Destination. Pretoria, Monday, Aug. 6.—it Is stated positively that President Kruger is will ing and anxious to surrender provided a satisfactory promise is given as to his ultimate destination. ftteyn Seriously 111. Kroonstad, Aug. 7.—President Steyn is seriously 111. SEVENTEEN WERE DROWNED. Ttrrlble Destruction of Property From Elands. New Orleans, Aug. 7.—Seventeen per sons, two of whom were Americans, were drowned In tha department of Olancho during the recent floods in Honduras. The destruction of property Is said to have been terrible. None of Ihe names of the flood's vic tims had been obtained at Puerto Cortez when Ihe fruit steamer 8. Oterl, which sailed from there, brought this report to the city. A cablegram from Blueflelda, Nicara gua, says there was an extensive lire there Sunday night, destroying the Sam Well and J. D. Belanger stores, Dr. Lane's drug store, the Met ropolitan Hotel and the office of the Blue fields Steamship Company and the Unite.] Fruit Company. GAYNOII HEARING RESUMED. Scheduled for Yesterday and Will ne Continued To-day. New York. Aug. 7.—Th* hearing In the matter of th* removal of Ihe Oaynors to the Jurisdiction of the Georgia federal courts, scheduled for to-day before Com missioner Shields, will be continued to morrow. DAILY, JS A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR TOWNE WITHDRAWS POP! LIST NOMDEF. GIVES WAY TO STEVENSON. ONLY CONSISTENT COURSE. HIS LETTER TO THE COMMITTER DECLINING TO RON. Snkl H* \Vi* Defeated In a Fair Con teat nt Knitnan City Necessary That n Man Long Identified With tlie Democracy Should lie (’ajiili date for Vico President—Could Not Hun In Opposition to Ticket He !■ Supporting. Duluth. Mlpn.. Aug. 7.—Former Con gressman Char es A. Towne. who waa nominated for the vice presidency by tha Populist National Convention h?ld at Sioux Falla in May has sent the following Utter to the committee of notification* Hon. P. M. Klngdal. chairman: "Gentlemen: When on the fifth of July at Kansas City 1 had the honor to re ceive from you the official notification off th** action of your national convention in nomi atirg me for the office of Vice Pres ident of th* United States, I requested, in view of anomalous and delicate circum ttances In the presidential situation that you peimlt me to take the subject under careful advisement before announcing a decision cither accepting or declining that norr.irat on. THs request you were pleas ed to grant, nnd now. after mature con sideration of all the factors Involved that concern the welfare of the cause of po litical reform In this country and my own duty thereto I am ornstra'md to inform you in all relpect that l must decline th* nomination terriered rr.e by the Slouoc Fall* Convention. In announcing this conclusion I cannot forbear to express to you and through you to the great convention whose mission you hold, a a well as to that patriotic body of advanced political thought that your con vention represented, my deep sense of tho honor conferred upon me. To be tho unanimous choice of such convention for the second highest office in the service of the republic would be a distinction to any citizen. An Encouraging ftlgn. Two circumstances, however, add em phasis to this consideration in the present instance: U Irst, that the nomination was unsolic* Ited by me. and secondly, that the con vention as in the case also of its nomi nee for the presidency, went out of its political organization to select a candidate. To my mind this action of the gfioux Falla convention in nominating for President a representative of the Democratic party and for Vice President a representative of the Silver Republican party l t one of the most encouraging and inspiring spectacles im recent politic*. Its unselfishness and magna nimity, it* testimony to the precedence o| the cause of the people over any merely l*rtl*un advantage, rained the procedure of that convention into the aerene upper air of true civic heroism. For such a spirit as thin, what service, what sacrifice cannot be asked in the name of the re public? It was, of course, the expectation of your convention that its nomination for the vice presidency would prove acceptable to the conventions of the Democratic and Silver Republican parties called to meet In Kansas City on the Fourth of July. The SltvtT Republicans. 1,833 delegates, repre senting twenty-eight (dates and territories, were indeed eager to name the ticket chosen at Sioux Falls; but to the great Democratic Convention another counts commended Itself. The name of your nom inee was pretjfnted to that convention and was received with remarkable demonstra tions Of approval by the enormoue number of citizen spcetalors and with id* utmost respect by the delegates. 'lnst He a Democrat. Hut geographical considers tljns, and tha fact that In certuln parts of the country It was deemed wise to defer to a senti ment demanding that the Candida e should be a man absolutely identified with tha Democratic organization, not only by holding Its principles and advocating Its cause, but also by name and profession, determined the selection of the Hon. Adlat K. Stevenson of Il.lnols, a man of unim peachable character and of ripe political experience, who. as it member of Congress more than twenty years ago was a close associate Bnd so-laborer of CJen. J. B Weaver and olher great leaders In the re form polltiral movements of that day, and who, as Vice President from 1893 to 1897 distinguished himself by rebelling against the betrayal of Democratic principles by President Cleveland. ' When Mr. Stevenson had been nomt natinl, what waa it my duty to do? My name hnd gone before the convention along with his and I had been beaten. The nomination had been made decisive ly and with absolute fairness. The can didate chosen was personally unexcep tionable; his loyalty to our principles wag beyond question nnd his career had been a long exemplification of them. Mani festly It was my duty to support that nomination. Acting upon this conviction, I wen* before the Silver Republican con vention and succeeded In persuading It to not. nominate me. and the vice presi dential question was finally referred to the silver Republican national rommltte* with full powers. I.ater In the night this committee placed the name of Mr. Steven son on Its ticket as candidate for vice president. Stevenson or Roosevelt. This recital clearly develops the situ*, tlon as It now Is. Kverybody knows that either Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Roosevelt Is to he the next Vice President of the United States. I am expected to take a laborious part In the campaign. I shall rf course advocate the election of Mr. Rryan and Mr Stevenson. The Democratic Convention, before which 1 was a candi date. nominated Uryan and Stev. tison. The Stiver Republican party, of which organization .1 was the official head for nearly four years, has nominated Rrvan and Stevenson. In what light should I appear before the American people If. while advocating the election of one tick et, I should be going through the form of running on another? Nobody In the United States would think I had the slhh rst chance of being elected and no body would t* lev* that I considered my self seriously as a candidate unless at the same t me he bsll v and me to be sb o lutely lacking In common aenae. Whom cou'd such a phantom candidate deceive? What reep ct should I de (Conttnued on Fifth Page.)