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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established ISSO. - Incorporated ISSS
J. H. ESTJEr President.
WILD MOB AT AKRON
|Ft AGED OVER ITS FAILI'RE TO FIND
A NEGRO RAVISHER.
KILLED TWO, WOUNDED MANY.
rOLSGEMEN AND THE MOB EX
CHANGE DEADLY SHOTS.
I.ouis Feel*. n N'ear I'nder Arrest.
<onf eased Haring Attempted to
Assault a Six-Year-Old Girl—Story
of the Confession Spread Like
Wildfire—Jails Were Stormed and
Searched, hut the Prisoner Had
Been Spirited Array.
Akron, 0., Aug. 22.—Between 1 and 2
o cloc this morning, Officer John Duffy
arrested a colored man who, during the
day, confessed to Prison Keeper Washer
of having attempted to assault Christina,
the 6-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
fheo Maas, Industiious atid respectable
people who live on Perkins' Hill. The
prisoner has given his name as Louis
I’( k. He Is ab;ut 40 years old, married
end recently moved here.
The atory of his confession spread like
wildfire through the city, and officers
learned that an attempt would be made
to night to lynch him. In police court to
day Peck pleaded guilty and was bound
over to the Common Pleas Court. His
lull was placed at Ja.OCiO.
Searched llic .Inil.
Several thousand people are ready to*
rtisrht to lynch Peck. A large crowd gath
ered about the city prison at 7:30 o’clock,
a:.d forced in the doors. The prison was
®oon packed with the mob, and the offi
i ere offered no resistance, as Peck earlier
in the evening had been quietly taken
away to Cleveland.
To satisfy the mob, the officers suggest
ed that a committee of six be appointed
to search all the cells, and go through
very part of the building. This was done,
end as the negro was not found, a yell
was made: “Now for the county jail.
Give us the nigger and tve will deal with
fcim.’*
A mad rush followed for the jail, and
froon it was in the hands of the mob. Af
ter going through the private apartments
of the jail, the crowd started to batter
down the big iron doors. Deputy Sheriff
Stone s’ood In front of the prison doors
and made a speech.
lb* informed the crowd that Peck could
not be found in there, and he told the
people in the mob to select a committee
and he w r ould allow' the committee to
starch the jail from top to bottom.
Another Search Made.
A committee was quickly selected, and
the jail was searched, every cell being
examined. Satisfied that the negro was
not there, the mob then rushed across
the street and forced open the doors of
the county Court House. The old Court
House was soon packed, and all rooms
searched, except the rooms in the treas
ury department.
The cky prison was again surrounded,
find hundreds of people forced their way
Into the prison for the second time, in
sisting that the negro was there. Mayor
W. E. Young at this time appeared at
cne of the window’s in the upper part of
the building. He addressed the mob as
l*es4 he could, saying that the prisoner
liad been taken out of the prison at 4:00
o'clock by Sheriff Kelly and driven out
of the city in a closed carriage.
Then Cnine tlic lighting.
The people in the mob would not be
lieve the mayor and continued to yell
find demand that Peck be surrendered.
At 10 o’clock the mob began for the third
time to attack the city prison. Someone
in the crowd began shooting at the build
ing. This was followed by several more
shots. The officers In the building ap
peared at the windows and began to
shoot over the heads of the people. A man
W'ith a shotgun then fired at the officers.
It is said several officers w’ere wounded.
The crowd then began to smash in the
windows of the city building, and the fir
ing became general. Hundreds of shots
were exchanged and one boy, name un
known, was carried dead from the street.
It is certain that dozens of men were
wounded. •
Mayor Young is yet in the building, and
Is directing a call for the militia. /All the
ambulances of the city have been called
nut and the excitement has become in
tense. The front of the city building is a
total wreck, and the fire bells are ring
ing.
At 10:45 p. m. Prison Keeper John E.
tVosher came from the city building and
wa knocked down by a brick. He. was
ba-lly injured about the head and had to
receive medical attention.
H was known that two persons were in
*t mtiy killed and another person Is dy
ing at the City Hospital. The dead are*:
Glen Wade, aged 10, shot through the
heart.
John M Davidson’* 4-year-old child,
•hot dead in a baby carriage.
Fred V. Orwick, n*e 25, is badly wound- j
*d with buck*hot. He lives at No. 45 j
North street, and is now dying at the j
bOipital. ■*" '
A man named Mull was shot in the head
and also in one of the legs.
Another man whose named could not be
learned, but who is a driver for the Amer
ican Express Company, was shot in the
leg.
At II o'clock the crowd is beginning
to leave for home, and the indications are
that no more trouble will take place.
Burglor, and Incendiaries.
Shortly after midnight the mob broke
into a hardware store and stole all the
firearms and ammunition they could find,
including guns, rllies and revolvers, pro
ceeded to the ciiy building, opened fire
on the defenders and finally set fire to
the Columbia Hall, which adjoins the
city building.
They will no doubt set fire to the city
building before morning, as the flames
are spreading rapidly.
UNVEILED VANCE'S STATUE.
Attended With I ntercst iii K Ceremo
nies in llnleigji—>lnny Visitors
Were in tlie City.
Raleigh, X. C., Aug. 22.—The monu
ment to Zebu lon B. Vance stands uncov
ered in the Capitol Square, the admira
tion and inspiration of generations yet
I unborn. ,•.*!'
I The procession formed shortly after noon
in front of Metropolitan Hall, nnd march
ed two squares to the Capitol grounds.
The procession would have reached three
limes this distance.
The order of march was os follows: A
platoon of the Raleigh police; L. O’B.
Branch Camp of Confederate Veterans;
Wright’s Band, followed by eleven com
fanies of militia. Various camps of Con
federate Veterans followed.
The Webb Camp of Durham made a
fine appearance, with over a hundred.
The number of men in line can scarcely
be estimated, as the line of march was
not even. Some of the companies march
ed to the scene and returned for others
left behind. The number of visitors to
the city was estimated l at 5,000.
The ceremony was opened by Rev. Dr.
Eugene Daniel of the Presbyterian Church
here, in an impressive invocation. Col.
Thomas Kenan of Raleigh, chief marshal,
then introduced Hon. Richard Battle of
Raleigh, the orator of the day. Mr. Bat
tle spoke clearly and forcibly, and his
address was a masterful summary of
Vance’s life.
l*pon conclusion of Mr. Battle’s oration,
Miss Espy Vance, granddaughter of the
lamented senator, puiled the cord, and the
statue of the patriot was beheld by the
vast crowd. A cheer rent the air. This
was at 2:30 o’clock.
The movement to erect a monument to
the late senator took shape after his
d*ath. and was begun as a popular one.
In this way about $2,500 was raised. The
Legislature of 1899. came to the aid of the
movement by appropriating $5,000.
The statue is BV2 feet high, and stands
upon a base of granite from Mount Airy,
this state, the base being of equal
bight- The statue was cast by the Gor
ham Company at Providence, R. I. On
the base is the word “Vance” in bold
letters.
COLORED WOMEN’S SOLUTION.
Host They Want the Negro Problem
Adjusted—They Ask $41),(KIO for
linker’s Wife.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 22 —The State Fed
eration of Colored Women this afternoon
adoptel a memorial to President McKin
ley, petitioning him io ask Congress to
pay to the widow of the late Postmaster
Faker of Lake City, S. C., $40,003 in lieu
of the life of her husband, which was lost
during a race riot in that county.
The memorial also states: "We would
like to ask for a law’ to be enacted to
this effect, that should any state be
found guilty of mob ’aws and lynching,
it be expelled from the Union. The blacks
then could evacuate, and a!l the negro
haiers could have a state of their own,
wherein they need nor see a black face.
Thus we solve the negro problem.”
B t
UNTIL THE NEXT TEH>I.
Cases in the Gnehel Mnrdcr Cnm
pliclty Have Been Continued.
Georgetown, Ky„ Aug. 22. Judge Can
trill to-day, being satisfied that Henry
Youtsey is not in proper physical condi
tion to stand trial for alleged complicity in
the Goebel murder, continued the case un
til next term of court.
Owing to illness in the family of one of
the attorneys for Combs. Whittaker and
Davis, those cases also were postponed to
the October term. The accused will be ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $3,000 each.
CASE AGAINST WEAVER.
Ntimber of Affidavit* Against Pow
ers* Jurors Were El led.
Georgetown. Ky., Aug. 22.—The case of
George F. Weaver, accused of perjury,
was called to-day before County Judge
Yates. Several witnesses testified that
they saw Weaver at Grayson’s Springs
the day on which Senator Goebel was shot.
The commonwealth concluded Its side of
the case to-day.
Quite a number of affidavits were filed,
charging that Jurors Munson, Mulberry,
Murphy. Craig. Croeswnlt and Musselman
had .formed 'and expressed opinions that
Powers was guilty and ought to hang.
The affidavit against Chaig, who is a
prominent shoe merchant, charges that
he said, after being summoned and se
lected, that he would not be controlled
by evidence, but only by instruction* from
the court.
OCT or THE SNARE.
Ilonrd Notified of the Escape of the
Mi**ionn ricM.
Boston, Aug. 22.—The Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions has re
ceived to-day a cablegram from Che Foo,
as follows:
"Psalm 1:24: Pekin and Tung Chow
missionaries, also Chapins, Smiths, Wick
off saved.”
The passage of scripture alluded to is:
"Our soul is escaped as n bird of the
snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken
and we ore escaped.”
Kdinistoii to Preside.
t pe'- a Kan . Aug 21—Chairman But
ler of the I opu Is; Nat oral Committee
will ro attend the Hr} an notification
m eting hete 10-rrorrow. \l:r ' hatrman
Kdmiston. it is announced, will u reside
An hi* st^ad
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1000.
FLAG WAVES THERE
IMPERIAL PALACE COI’RTS CAP
TIRED BY AMERICANS.
CHARGED BY 1,500 TROOPS.
IMPERIAL BANK DESPOILED OF ITS
TRH4SI HE.
I.nadnn Got the News of the Ameri
©•n*’ Attack—Stnrn and Stripe*
Float l pou the Imperial Granary.
Event* Previous to the Relief of
Pekin Denerllieri— China Devoted to
the Kin prena—37s,ooo Riiaslana |)es
tined for Cliluu Service.
London. Aug. 23. 4 a. m.—“ To-day 1,500
Americans attacked the imperial palace,"
says a dispatch to the Morning Post from
Pekin, dated Aug. 15, “and captured four
of the courts. The American flag is flying
over the imperial granary, and the impe
rial bank has been looted.”
Describing events prior to the relief, the
Morning Post correspondent cables:
“On Aug. 12 the Tsimg-li-Yamen request
ed a conference with a view to peace. No
armistice was granted, however, and that
night we endured the longest fusilade of
the whole siege. It lasted twelve hours.
“On Aug. 13. the Tsung-li-Yamen beg
ged to be excused from any conference,
saying that the members were too busy.
Later they wrote that they had forbid
den firing on us, and would court-mar
tial any who disooeyed. During the even
ing many shells fell in the legation com
pound.’’
The Daily Chronicle publishes an inter
view with the Japanese Minister in Lon
don, which represents him as having said;
“The Empress is the heart and soul f
China. So long as she lives, so long at
ehe remains in China, whether the su
preme power is taken from her or not,
she w'ill always be the greatest force, the
one above all others to be reckoned with.
The difficulty will be to get any one who
can speak for her. I fear that the influ
ence of Li Hung Chang is now of ex
tremely little -weight.
“The Powers must come to a final un
derstanding quickly. Riots, anarchy,
bioodehed and mieery throughout China
will be the inevitable result of a policy
that does not immediately disclose itself.
The government must be re-eetablished.’’
The Japanese envoy expressed his ap
proval cf the reported American sugges
tion regarding a conf- rence of the Pow
ers and said he believed tha- sa isfactory
pecuniary- compensation could be secured
if the resources of China were properly
developed, and spite the fact that her pres
ent revenues are pledged.
Field Marshal Count von Waldersee,
according to the Daily Mail’s correspond
ent. expresses the opinion that his labors
in China will be of long duration, “as
pacification will be a difficult undertak
ing.” ;.j< f,|'
Three hundred and seventy-five thou
sand Russian troops are already in the
Far Eist, on the way there by land and
sea, or under orders to embatk. This
statement is mane by the Moscow corres
pendent of the Doily Graphic, who says
that mobilisation is in progress all over
Russia and that there are now fourteen
steamers at Odessa, chartered to take
trooops*.
According to a St. Petersburg special, a
telegram has been received at the Rus
sian capital from Shanghai, announcing
the departure of Li Hung Chang for Pe
kin.
THEY WERE INOI'POSBD.
Allied Force* Reconnoltered Wlth
ont Meeting Resistance.
Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.
In Camp Outside Pekin, Aug. 14, (pre
sumably), via Che Foo, Aug. 21.—Morning
of the 14th. regiments of Japanese, Amer
leans, British and Russians reconnoitering
along the four roads toward Pekin yes
terday were unopposed. They establish
ed lines five miles from Pekin, before the
east wail, whoeo towers are visible.
The remainder of the army is arriving.
There are no signs of the Chinese in front
of Pekin 1 , but there was heavy firing
there all night. Probably the Chinese
are attacking the legations in a desperate
effort to crush them before the city walls.
The heat is intense, and marching sol
diers suffer greatly.
The foregoing dispatch from the corre
spondent of the Associated Press at Pe
kin, was evidently written and sent off
several hours earlier than his dispatch,
dated Aug. 14. and received in New York
Tuesday night, giving the story of the
rescue and the joyful reception of the
relief column.
BRI CE WIRED THE NEWS.
Bridget of Information Sent Front
Chinn to London.
London. Aug. 22.—" The allies are fight
ing the Chinese outside Tien Tsin, Aug.
19," so Admiral Bruce, wires to the Brit
ish admiralty from Taku, under date of
Aug. 20, adding the engagement was
reportei to have occurred six miles south
of Tien T*ln.
Admiral Bruce also sent a dispatch,
dated Pekin, Aug. 17, from the general
officer commanding there, in which noth
ing is said os to the situation at Pekin.
It give* a partial list of (he British cas
ualties during the siege of the legations,
the death of Capt. Bernard St routs, and
regrets that "owing to the heavy road
and forced march the naval brigade was*
unable to participate in the entry," add
ing that the "way they brought their
gun* by boat and road from Tien Tsin
L* an achievement of which they may be
proud."
An official dispatch from Tien Tsin,
dated Aug. 20, and received at Toklo. re
peat* that the Japanese occupied the Im
perial palace at Pekin Aug. 18 and *ay*
that about Aug. 12 the Dowager Empress
and the Emperor and ministers left Pe
kin with 3.000 troop?, their destination, it
is supposed, being Sian Fu. Pekin being
in great confusion, was divided into sev
eral districts,
Half the Tartar city was placed under
control of the Japanese, American, Brit
ish. Russian and French officers were ap
pointed to maintain order. A detachment
Japanese troops rescued the foreign
; missionaries and Chinese Christian con
verts, who had been imprisoned in the
i palace. Two hundred Japanese were killed
or wounded.
DEFENDS THEIR POLICY.
( ntted State* Win the Support of the
Berliner Pont.
Berlin. Aug. 22.—The semi-official Ber
liner Tost, in a long leading article, de
fends the policy of the United States in
China against suspicions cast upon it by
certain German papers that go upon the
theory that Washington is pursuing sep
arate aims After reciting the history of
Secretary Hay’s success in getting decla
rations from the Powers in favor of the
“open door,” the Post says that this is
calculated to remove all false interpreta
tions of American policy. It then goes
on to say:
“Those Americans are to blame for this
mistrust of the policy of ihe United
States, who demand that President Mc-
Kinley shall come forward as the pro
tector of the Chinese Empire ami declare,
urbi et orbi, that the United States will
regard os an unfriendly act any further
seizures of Chinese territory, thus estab
lishing an American protectorate over Chi
na.”
The papers demand more earnestly than
ever the immediate calling of the Reichs
tag in special session.
BREAKFASTED WITH THE KING.
Von Wnldersee nnd Hi* Stnflf Hon
ored by Royalty.
Rome, Aug. 22.—Field Marshal Count
von Waldersee, the German officer who
is going to the Far East in order to take
command of the allied forces In China,
with the three officers accompanying him,
breakfasted with King Victor Emmanuel
this morning, after which the Field Mar
shal went to the Pantheon and deposited
a wreath on the tomb of King Humbert.
The Field Marshal left Rome at 2:30 p.
m. for Naples, where he will embark for
China.
ADVICES FROM MISSIONARIES.
They Report Tlielr Safety to Friend*
In the United State*.
New York, Aug. 22.—The first cable
grams which have come to the Mission
Boards in this city from Pekin since com
munication was- cut off over two months
ago arrived today. One of them was re
ceived by the Presbyterian Board of For
eign Missions. It came from Rev. Dr.
Wherry of Pekin and was dated from
Che Foo, where it is supposed to have
been sent via Tien Tsin. It was as fol
lows :
“Mackey some converts marvelously
saved. Property mission private, totally
destroyed. Wire friends.”
Robert E. Speer, one of the secretaries
of the Board, commented on this as fol
lows:
“There is much doubt, as to the meaning
of the message. The most hopeful inter
pretation is that it refers to Paoting Fu.
and that ‘some converts’ may be a mis
take for ‘Simcoxes.’ ”
Dr. A. B. Leonard of the Methodist Mis
sionary Society also received a cable
gram from Pekin. It was ns follows:
“Pekin relieved. AH members mission
safe, well.”
There were eighteen members of the
Methodist Mission in Pekin during the
siege.
WANTED TO TAKE HI >1 HACK.
Neely** Conn*el Made Qneer Charge
in Hi* Affidavit.
New York, Aug. 22.—Now that the at
torneys for Charles F. W. Neely, former
ly Cuban agent for the postofflelp depart
ment, have filed an appeal to the United
States Supreme Court, and as their client
cannot be taken to Cuba pending the ap
ical, It is learned from Neely’s petition
for a writ of habeas corpus that his coun
sel has sworn that he believed the United
States government made arrangements for
the placing of the petitioner on an army
transport for immediate transportation to
Cuba as soon as the necessary order for
extradition had been signed and the ac
cused man secured and placed aboard the
ship.
This plan, counsel asserted, was to pre
vent the petitioners from applying for a
writ of habeas corpus.
SITUATION CRITICAIJ
Estimated That 15,000 Troop* Are
Needed for Shanghai.
New York. Aug. 22.—The Executive
Committee of the American Asiatic As
sociation have received the following ca
blegram from the American Association of
China at Shanghai, and have forwarded
it to the secretary of state:
"Situation Yang Tse valley increasingly
critical, military estimate 15,000 troop?
needed effectively to protect Shanghai;
urge government immediately to send
quota.”
TWBNTY-FOI HTH INFANTRY.
The Itt'Kiinent I* Under Order* to
Sail for the Orient.
Helena, Mont., Aug 22—The command
ant at Fort Harris >n to-day received no
tice from the war department that the
Twenty-fourth Infantry would sail for
the Orient. Oct. 1. Part of the regiment i*
still in Luzon. It i* under-tood that the
regiment may be sent to China.
A company of the Eighth Infantry.now
at Fort Sneding, will relieve Company
Dof the 24*h at Fort Harrison.
ALL WERE ACQI ITTED.
Fotir of Those Accused May Appear
In Court Again.
Havana, Aug. 22.—A1l the persons ac
cused of complicity in the Havana Cus
toms House frauds were acquitted to-day.
The president of the court, consisting of
three judges, has inserted In (he decl*|on
a clause to the effect that he thinks four
of the accused are guilty, and these may
be taken before the Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA*!! POP! LATION.
CciiHnn Iliirrnti Given the City 1,293,-
697, a tin In of 2:i.r7 Per Cent.
Washington. Aug. 22.—The population
of the city cf Philadelphia, according to
the c fficia 1 ocur.t of the returns of the
I twelf h < ensua announced to-day, is l 293,-
6 7 in 190>, against 1,016,161 in 1890. The**
flgur * show, for the city a* a whole, an
incieate in potulaiion of 216,733 or 23.57
ler cei.t from 1890 to Ifoo
William In an %iitoniohile.
Berlin. Aug 22.—Emperor Williarn to
day began riding in uu automobile i
ANSWER FOR CHINA
UNITED STATES < WNOT NEGOTI
ATE AT PRESENT.
NONE WITH WHOM TO TREAT.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEEMS
PRACTICALLY NON-EXISTANT.
Another Message Received From
Minister Conger nt IVkln-idmlrnl
Reuiey Also Sent tlie New*— (apt.
Reilly Killed nt tlie Head of Hi*
llnttery—Me**nge From General
Chntfee Showed Condition* to lie
Chnotle.
Washington, Aug. 22.—After a long con
ference at th© White House to-day, the
reply of the United States to the applica
tion of Li Hung Chang for the appoint
ment of peace commissioners was com
pleted and a copy of the reply sent to
the Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, to be for
warded to Earl Li. The state department
made definite announcement that the re
ply had been conveyed to Mr. Wu, but
added to Its official utterance that the
correspondence would not be made public
until to-morrow morning. A copy of the
reply was sent to other governments rep
resented in China.
The American reply ?s chiefly character
ized by its firm tone and its brevity. Its
keynote is the President’s attitude as 10l l
down in the American not of July 3, and
there is the strictest adherence to the
points enunciated at the time. While the
document is open to the construction of
being a rejection of Li Hung Chang’s
proposition for immediate negotiation, yet
it is stated by those who have read the
answer w ith care, and have hud a part in
Its preparation, that rejection is probably
too strong a term to apply to it.
The United States places itself in the
position of being ready at the proper time
to take up peace negotiations, but in the
present unsettled condition oUnffaiis in
the empire, the lack of knowledge as to
who are the responsible rulers, and what
constitutes the actual Chinese govern
ment, it Is made clear that the time has
not arrived for/pursuing the negotiations
proposed. The formal courtesy of diplo
matic procedure is preserved, but at the
fame time the entire tenor of the docu
ment is one of force and firmness.
The government of the United States
takes the position that negotiations are
impossible with u government which can
not prevent host lities agdn-t the forces
of the. Powers, which were sent to the
Chinese capital to eave their envoys. As
long as attacks are rr a e on th * troops
of this and oth*r governments, guch as
have followed the cccupadon of Pekin
and the attacks in the vicinity of Tien
Tsin, it is deemed that the Chinese gov
ernment is either unwilling or unable to
prevent thtse hosti itles, and for this
reason negotiations must be deferred. It
it( 'i. how vr, that the r j>i v l <
step in the direction of opening negotia
tions.
I.*’* Authority Not Questioned.
No question is raised as to the author
ity of Li llung Chang to represent his
government, but it is said that his cre
dential. like thos-e of all other* who
come together for the pu'pire of nego*
tiating tfrms of react, will be examined
by the respective reprs ntatives. The
United States, however, in communicat
ing with Mr. Wu, recognizes him as the
official representative of th< Chinese gov
ernment.
Minister Wu received the reply early
this afternoon, ami work was Immediate
ly begun on its translation, first from the
Amerhan text to the Chinese, and then
from C h nere into the cipher. Thi* took
some time, and it was not until late in
tne day that the reply wag actually dis
patched.
I (inner Wire* Again.
The most important development of the
day as to the actual conditions in Pekin,
came late in the afternoon, when the state
department made public a dispatch from
Minister Conger, dated Pekin, oniy three
days ago. It was given out as follow.*:
“Pekin, Aug. 19.—T0 the Secretary of
State, Washington: The entire city, with
the exception of the Imperial Palace, is
occupied by Japanese, Russian, British,
American and French troops. It is being
apportioned into districts for police su
pervision. The Chinese army fled. The
imperial family and the court have gone
westward, probably ito Sian Fu, in the
province of Shen Si. No representatives
of the Chinese government are in sight
in Pekin and the conditions are chaotic.
"The palace is expected to be taken im
mediately. Many missionari* s have start
ed for home, while remain in
charge of the Christian refugees, number
ing about 1,000.
(Signed) “Conger.”
Mr. Conger make* no mention of his
desire to come home, and it is stated offi
cially that tills government has made no
suggestion that he return to this country.
Report From Admiral Hemp).
The military situation was of quite as
much interest in to-day’s developments
as was the diplomatic. Admiral Homey
reported early in the morning, bringing
the story of the Pekin operations up to
the 16th in Pekin, and reporting the death
of the gallant Capt. Reilly in the final
assault on the outer wails of Pekin. Ad
miral Kemey's dispatch Is ns follows:
”Che Foo, Aug. 21, Taku, Aug. 20.
Dickinson command Ist landing to-day.
Pekin 16th. all except Imperial City char
ed of Chinese troops., American troop*
first to enter Imperial City, have pene
trated toJhe gat< of the palace Cnpt.
Reilly, with artillery, killed on 15th.
Morning 19th. Sixth Cavalry and about
400 English and Japanese dispersed 1,000
Boxers eight miles outside of Tien Tsin.
About 100 Chinese killed, five American*
wounded. Chaffee's losses, six killed,
thirty wounded, two days’ fighting.
(Signed.) "Remey.”
The navy department understands from
the reference to the pi lace that the Amer
ican troops after penetrating the Imperial
City, when the dispatch was sent, attack
ed the Forbidden City. This is the inner
enclosure of the Imperial City.
The signal office contributed its quota i
to the news in the following dispatch from
Maj. Screven, chief signal officer of the
expedition, dated Pekin, Aug. 17:
"City occupied. Ail well.”
*'Bcreven.**
The Signal C orps* Work.
The signal office says, that while thit*
dispatch was several days In coming
through to Wnshlng:on, there is reason t*
believe that the military telegraph line*
Is now working Into the Chine** capital.
Some delays are expected at first, as t •* 1
line Is simply an Insulated wire laid on
the ground, there being not enough tim-
Jft r In that region to erect It on poles,
! until lumber or iron poles are shipped in.
Notice also was received at ihe depart
ment to-day, that the Taku-Ohe Foo ca
ble is in working order. It Is thought
there will soon be n direct and reliable
line of wire communication from the war
department direct 10 Gen. Chaffee’s head
quarters at Pekin.
rendition* Chnotle.
The most important dispatch was not
made public* by the war department, but
was the subject of an extended conference
nt the White House this morning, between
the President, Secretary Root and Act
ing Secretary of Slate Adee. It was from
Gen. Choffee, and arrived about the same
time as the casualty list of the Pekin
tight. It was dated the 18th nnd, there
fore. was not a reply to the message of
inquiry sent to Gen Chaffee by the war
dejMirt inent on Monday night. Still, it an
swered a number of the inquiries con
tained in that message. It dealt entirely
with military operacions and conditions.
While it cannot l>e said to have contain
ed and bad news, and recorded the brill
ion success of the American troops, who
have borne themselves so gallantly in the
assault on Pekin, it contained enough as
to the unsettled conditions in China and
the prospect of long and arduous work
in restoring feasts to form the subject for
a consultation of some hours between the
President and his advisers.
It was hoped in official circles that
when Gen. Chaffee should be heard from
h- would report tbit the work of the
American exptdltlonary force had been
accomplished by the re-cue of the min
isters and the blow struck at the Boxer
insurgents by the foreign column had
dissipated tin sc revolutionists and left
China w ith hands fr< e to make her pence
w th the civil.zed world. Instead of this,
however, Gen Chaffee had to report ail
utterly chaotic condition of affairs, and
the cap*uie of a capital, whence all the
heads of government had fled. There was
nothing for the victors to do but to pre
vent anarchy by administering on h’s
< oielh t <f ttnpiie. which had fallen into
tin ir hands.
Therefoic, the prosnect opened up by
Gkn. Chaff o’s diipat h Is that the Amer
ican contingent, cf nee sst>, will be de
tained in China for some time to come,
probably for the whole winter. This will
necessitate the hurried completion of pre
parations that nlteady have been begun
to comfortably subsist our army through
the severe winter weather which will
8-x.n close In cn northern China.
ORDERED THEM KILLED.
Empress I)nwn**r Relieved China
men ol' Tlielr Head*.
Washington, Aug. 22.—The Japanese
1 gation lias leeeivtd a telegram, dated
Aug. 21. from the foreign office, at Toklo,
giving the following dispatch received
yesbrday from the Japanese acting con
aul general at Shanghai:
'"A dispatch r.oei\ed here from a
Chinese official at Paoting Fu says that
the Empress Dowager’s order*, Haul
Yung Yl, Li Shan, and Lien Yuen, were
xccutcd on the. 11th. and Yung Lu. who
was to have shar■. and the same fate, is now
in a jail of the Judi.lal D partment, and
| that the Kmp ror and Empress Dowager
left Pekin on the 13th, escorted by Tung
Fu Shlang’s troops for Wu, Talshan. via
Chu ('how and Tre Ching Kwan. Kwan
Yi. it is further stated, has been appoint
ed commander-ln-chl f of the Wu Wei
army, while Princ's Tuan and Chwang
and Tsorig Chi, Yang Yi and Hsuit Yung
have been ordered to remain at Pekin.
"Another telegram, dated the 16th, has
been received here from Paoting Fu, to
the eftect that though the Empress Dow
ag* r left Pekin, the Him per or has decid
ed to remain behind.”
CONOR ATI LATER CHAFFEE,
Secretary of War Hoot Sent the Gen
eral a Telegram.
Washington, Aug. 22.—The War Dopart
mnt has made public the following.
"War Department, Aug. 22.—Maj. Gen.
Chaffee, Pekin, via Taku: The president
joins me in congratulations to you and
the officers and men of your command on
the brilliant achievement, in which the
courage, fortitude and skill of the Ameri
can forces in China have played fo hon
orable a part. With mourning for yojr
fallen comrades, the whole country is
proud and grateful for your great success.
"Elihu Root. Secretary of War.”
AMERICAN TROOPS* CONDITION.
Report Received From China by the
War Department.
Washington, Aug. 22.—The War Depart
ment has received the following cable
gram :
"Tien Tsin, Aug. 19.—Adjutant General,
Washington: With reference to your tel
egram of the 16th, horses, materials and
troops promptly lightered at Taku and
forwarded to front. Sixth Cavalry mount
ed. Grant (transport) duo in Manila now.
Hospitals excellent, ample for present
army, well supplied nnd In fine condition.
Everything satisfactory. Go to Pekin to
morrow. Sick and wounded doing well.
(Signed.) "Barry.”
CHAFFEE SENT CASUALTIES.
Cnpt. Reilly** Name Head* the Lint
of the Killed.
Washington. Aug. War Depart
ment to-day received from Gen. Chaffee
the list of American casualties In the
fighting at Pekin. The fol owing officers
and men were killed:
Battery F, Fifth Artillery—Cnpt. Henry
J. Reilly, morning of the 17th; Company
O, Ninth Infantry, Robert K. Walsh;
Company fcX Ninth Infantry, James O.
Hail; Company K, Ninth infantry, Daniel
W. Simpkins; Company K, Fourteenth In
fantry, Russell T. .Elliott; Company M,
Fourteenth Infantry, Jamrs C. Wlber;
Edward B. Mbchell, Company L, Four
teenth Infantry, died 16th of wounds re
ceived in action. Cnpt. Smediey N. Butler
of the marine corps is among the slightly
wounded.
ACQUAINTED THE DAUGHTER.
Gen. Wheeler Notified Her of the
Death of C apt. Reilly.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—The sad task of offi
cially confirming Capt. Reilly'* death to
the deceased officer’s daughter, Hester,
who is at Highland Park, a suburb of
Chicago, devolved upon Gen. Wheeler to
day. Gen. Wheeler received the news In
a message from Gen. Corbin, and re
peated it over the telephone to Capt.
Reilly’* daughter, adding words of sym
pathy for the family and a tribute to the
dead soldier.
Arrived nt Woo sung.
Washing on, Aug. 22 The cru ser New
Orient* wa* reported at the navy depart
ment as h iving arrived at Woo Bung, the
port of Shanghai, to-day.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-VVEEK.iI A YEAR
WOODWARD’SWRATH
AROUSED 111 BELIEF THAT WATER
WORKS WOULD BE SOLD.
VIOLENT BEFORE COUNCIL
ATLANTA’S MAYOR DIDN’T WANT
TUB WORKS SOLD.
No One, Save the Mayor, Dreamed
There Want nn Attempt Afoot to
Dispose of tlie Plant—Hl* Interrup
tion of < oiineil Proceedings Re-*
eelved With Surprise—Woodward
Wn* Finally lluled Out of Order by
tlie (liniriiin 11.
Atlanta. Aug. 22.—Mayor James G.
Woodward created a sensation in an ad
journed meeting of the City Council to
day by vehemently declaring to the mem
bers in session that the city waterworks
were about to be sold and that ho would
not allow the sale.
A resolution from the Board of Water
Commissioners was before Council. A
committee of three from the board had
been given the privilege of the floor to
speak on the resolution, which requested
authority for tlie board to advertise for
bids on anew 15,000,000 gallon pumping
engine.
Judge George Hlllyer had the floor,
when Mayor Woodward, who sat outside
the Council railing in the space reserved
for the public. Interrupted hltn to ask if
he (Judge Hillyer) did not advocate the
sale of the waterworks plant in 1887. Judge
Hillyer did not reply to the interruption,
and the Mayor took his seat.
When Judge Hillyer had finished his ar
gument on the resolution, Mayor Wood
ward entered the Council railing and
stood for a moment facing Judge Hillyer.
“Didn’t you advocate the sale of the wa
terworks in 1887, Judge Hillyer? l ” then
asked the Mayor.
“I decline to answer, ns the question is
not germain to the subject,” replied Judge
Hillyer.
“They tried to sell the waterworks then
and they are trying to sell them again,”
shouted the Mayor, with uplifted bonds,
as he strode forward toward the Council
members. “And they shall not do It; they
shall not do it.”
Every member of Council and a dozen
spectators in the chamber were dumb
founded at the Mayor’s utterances. No
one dreamed that an attempt was on foot
to dispose of the city’s waterworks’
plant. The, Mayor walked to the desk
of several members, and asked them
polntblnnk If they were in favor of sell
ing the waterworks.
Alderman Johnson took the floor at thia
Juncture, and made the point that the
Mayor’s remarks were out of order. a
they were not germain to the subject.
The chair sustained the point and the
Mayor resumed his seat. Council then
proceeded with the regular order of busi
ness. Mayor Woodward was induced by
Secretary Walter Taylor to leave tho
Council chamber.
THE FAVEIt WE A Til Elt WILL.
The Case Ha* lleeii Reopened by an
Order of .Indue Laeomhe.
New York, Aug. 22.—After eight years of
litigation, when the Fayorweather will
case was thought to be practically closed.
Judge Laoombo to-day rendered an opin
ion and signed orders which, in effect,
opens the case again and allow the ques
tion of vallty of the re-lesae* executed by
the widow and next of kin to be gone into.
By a previous dcision of Judge
14 out of 17 of the defendants, chiefly al
lege* and hospitals, were sustained, and
Amherst and Williams College* and the
Union Theological Seminary were overrul
ed, Litter a plea was allowed, which was
made by counsel for the widow and next
of kin. This resulted in the action to-day.
Daniel B. Fayerwtather was a leather
merchant who died in 1890, leaving a
fortune of $6,000,000. The estate wa* di
vided into about $3,000,000 in specific be
quests, including a house worth $100,000;
SIO,OOO in cash nnd an annuity of $15,000 to
the widow, who died in 1892; about SIOO,OOO
in small bequest*, and about $2,300,000 to
twenty colleges and five hospitals.
ASSEMBLED AT MACTIADODORP.
liner Lender* nnd S,(MM> Troop* Are
Reported a* Being There.
Twyfelsar, Monday, Aug. 20.—Through a
secret intelligence agency, the British au
thorities learn that Gen. Botha, the
commander-in-chief of the Boer force*,
Gen. Lucas Meyer, the commander-in
chief of the Orange Free Skate forces,
and Gen. Skdia Ik burger, vice president of
the Transvaal Republic, with 8.000 burgh
ers, have assembled at Machadodorp,
(generally understood to be the headquar
ters of President Kruger, on the Preto
ria-Delagoa Bav Railroad) with the whole
Boer artillery, including the heavy pieces
formerly nt Pretoria.
REPORT FROM ROBERTO.
Many Mission: After an Engagement
With the Doers.
Ixmdon, Aug. 22.—The war office ha* re
ceived the following dispatch from Jjord
Roberts, dated Aug. 21:
"Lieut. Co’.. Hit well, reconnoitering near
Ventersburg, engaged the Boer*. Two
British were w’ounded. Lieut*. Speddlng,
Davenport, Surtese and Watson and a
medical officer and twenty-four men are
missing.
“HamlPon has crossed the Crocodile
river.
“Paget and Baden-Powell engaged com
mandos protecting De Wet Aug. 20. Lieut.
Flowers and one man killed. Lieut. Klrbv
and six men were wounded.”
COUNTER TO ROBERTO.
President Kruger Ha* Issued a Proc
lamation to Boer*.
London, Aug. 23.—President Kruger, ac
cording to a dispatch fiom Lourenzo
Mutqiiez to the Daily Exp-e*, has issued
a proclamation counter to the latest pro
clomaikn issued by Lord Robert*. The
Transvaal President say*:
*Mt w’.ll hep you nothlrg to lay down
your am* or to leave commando*. Every
fteo homeward means a *tep nearer Bt,
He b n*.
Attacked Song thing.
Yokohama. Aug. 22.—An official dis
pat. 'h from Corea say* a thousand rebels
, have attacked Hong Ching, burning th
1 4FOvernmeul building* locntod tb*rv