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Established ISSO. - Incorporated 18SS
J. H. ESTIEt president.
WILL SEND NO MORE
Tlioors NOW IN CHINA nEUEVED
TO BE ENOUGH.
TO THE PHILIPPINES INSTEAD.
I'OMMANDS WILL HE DIVERTED TO
THE ISLANDS.
All Now nt Son and Under Orders for
the Far East Will lie floated via
Niignuakl-If Need for Them in Chi
na Springs 1 |>. Orders Directing
Them Thither Will Be Sent—o,ol K>
or 7,000 Troops Atfeeted hy the
Order.
Washington, Aug. 23.—The important dc
v lopment in the Chinese situation to-day
was the decision of the governjnent not to
f.-nd any more troops to China. All the
troops now at sea, amounting to about
4. .:!<>, together with those under orders for
c rvirr in the Far Fast, which have not
siilr-i. amounting to about 3,000 more, will
hr. sent to Manila.
These troops will sail on the same route.
,<i. i upon touching at Nagasaki, will go
on to Manila, unless there are develon
i: • > in China, not now expected, which
vo I make their presence in that ooun-
necessary. Secretary Root said to
01y that no more troops were being sent
to China because they were not needed.
\\ i the arrival at Taku of the Hancock
fl i ! the troops she carried, Gen. Chaffee
w i have 5.000 available men, which is
t lit to he sufficient for all present
P'iri >osos. The decision of the department’
vt not based upon any recommendation
mole hy Gen. Chaffee, hut upon reports
re-, ived from him, which made it appar
. that no more troops were needed.
Department*© Announcement.
The announcement of the diversion of
t: < troops was made in the following ofli
, il bulletin, which was posted at the war
and pirtment this evening:
• The government has decided that, un
-1 required by future developments, no
i ore troops are to be sent to China. Or
i have accordingly been cabled to
Nagasaki for the Meade, whkh is due
t:e to-day with four troops Third Cav
ti'ry, four companies Fifteenth Infantry,
and Company E, Battalion of Engineers,
to proceed directly to Manila. Similar or
(>rs will be given lo the other tfoops,
v.!;ich are under orders for China, via
Nagasaki."
was stated at the department that the
encouraging condition in China was the
mam reason why the orders of to-day re
siding tlie troops were Issued. Besides
i i t'f.\ .< on the Meade, there are now
at t ?■.• Warren, with two squadrons of
1 X:- •.i Cavalry and recruits: the Sher
rn.u ith one battalion each of the Sco
ot V Fifth and Eighth Infantry. The Lo
p:tn b to sali on Sept. 1 with two battal
ions o- the and one battalion of the
.'■’econd Infantry. It was said at the de
t r'ment that six or seven thousand
t’V"p> would be affected by the order,
t hnflfee on Transportation.
A dispatch was received from Gen. Chaf
f • to-day, dated Pekin. Aug. 18. which
%v.is not in response to the request sent
I ; ■ i a few days'ago to report the condi
' ns and requirements. Gen. Chaffee did
n. ■ report further fighting in Pekin, and
f- that reason the Washington officials
f< * 1 assured that hostile demonstrations
hi ihe Chinese capital have ceased.
The dispatch related largely to trans
portation conditions, and stated that the
1 aim id between Taku and Pekin could
r be used at the present time, as por
’of i: had been destroyed by the
Chinese. Gen. Chaffee will co-operate
' ith the other commanders in China in
r* onstrueting the road for the use of
° allied forces. Gen. Chaffee also re
ported that the telegraph line, which was
* nsfructed by the signal corps from Tien
In to Pekin, is frequently interrupted,
•ng cut, probably, by hostile Chinese.
Inatrnetlnns for Itookliill.
At a conference at Ihe White House to-
H yv. in which the President. Secretary
Hoot and Acting Secretary A dee partici
pated, careful instructions were prepared
it Mr. Roekhill, the Fnited States sne
fial commissioner to China, to be for
warded at once to him for his guidanc \
The State Department received a dis
patch from Mr. Roekhill to-day, dated at
Vokohama. briefly announcing his arrival
’hen-. This brought al>out the White
House conference and the preparation of
instructions. Before Mr. Roekhill left he
was advised very fully on the purpose of
this government, hut since his departure
the situation has so changed at Pekin as
’ ' make it desirable to supplement the
instructions he had received. Mr. Adee
si >(©d that as the instructions related to
i tiding affairs, it would be inexpedient to
' k<- public anything in reference to
them.
In Line W itli ( nited Stntcs.
T io United States has taken the lead
it. n plying to China that there will lie
Hinporizing negotiations, mid there ;s
*Vfiy reason to believe the Powers will
P' united in this policy. The answer of
the United Slates was quickly followed to
ds \ by similar action on the part of Ger
many. the Berlin foreign office delivering
t" the Chinese minister an answer refus
ing to enter into negotiations on the
* • ind that there was no evidence that El
'Mg Chang’s credentials gave him sulli
< ' t power to act. and that nothing short
* omptete authority from the responsi
hh‘ rulers of China, the Emperor and
Empress Dowager, could be regarded as
sethfiont.
i after this action at Berlin, the
, : min charge d'affaires. Baron She *k
Sternberg, was advised by cable, and
died at file state department to in.
* i iiie authorities of Germany’s course.
1 • wan an exchange of felicitations,
n was looked upon as another evidence
' ’he uniformity of action between the
1 ;, and States and Germany. The Japa
offlciuls expressed their full con-
N ; n that Japan would take similar -ic
1' if, indeed, such action already had
’ ! "f*n taken.
German reply In one respect is re-
In haying Significance beyond tha*
‘ * United States, in that it is based
theory that there can be no sov
-1 ’ ■ authority in China other than that
" h ' 'inf from the Emj>eror and Empresa
j w.iger. Among diplomatic officiaia this
1 s *ld to be equivalent to an assertion
#l,f the existing regime is to i>e recog
and that there la no purpose to
set up ny new administrative authority
over China.
Jlutormalj Moinim
LI IS STILL AFTER PEACE.
Text of McN.aife* From Him Given
Out—Adee Wonts Order Re
stored First.
Washington. Aug. 2J.—The state de
partment to-day made public the follow
ing correspondence:
Cablegram, dat<d Aug 19. from Viceroy
I.i Hung Chang was transmitted by the
Chinese? minister in London and received
by M.nister Wu on the night of the same
day:
“It was the declarati n cf the ministers
for foreign affairs of the great Powers
ihat the expedition of the allied troops
w'as solely for the rescue of the minis
t“is in Pekin. Now* that the allied troops
fcave entered 1 eein and found all the
m niters saf* it seems proper that hos
tilities should at erne cease and that ne
gotiations shcii'd commence. J, therefore,
tequ st the United Mates government lo
appoint an envoy with full p>wers or ap
point the minister how in Pek n for the
purpose, as he is re es-erdy acquainted
with the affairs be ween ti e Chi esc. and
foreigners, and to inform me if the con
terr nee will take place in Pekin.
“After rec ipt of a delini e reply, I wi’l
at once rroceed ;o the north. Please re
quest the Secretary of State to lay the
matter b fore His Excellency, the Presi
d rt. I await reply.”
Call.gram fiom Viceroy Li Hung
Chang, daffd Aug. 21. and received by
Minister Wu on the same d^y:
“The Boxer rebels in Pekin have shown
such di-rositicn hat th©*© will positive
ly be ro more lighting. Further military
operations cn the part of the Powers are
greatly to b deplrrd. Besides urging
cessa iors of hostilities please cinfer with
Secretary of State- upon the s-jhjeet of
withdrawal of troops and appointment of
plenipotentiary to negotiate settlement of
all o.htr qu stions so as ;o preserve am
icab e relations. I await early reply.”
Memorandum in response to the Chinese
minister’s communication of cablegrams
from Viceroy Earl Li Hung Chang, dated
Aug. 19 and 21, proposing the immediate
cessation of hostilities and the appoint-
ment of an nvoy to conduct negotiations
receive] with the department of state
Aug. 20 and 21. 1900:
“While the condition set forth in the
memorandum delivered to the Chinese
minister Aug. 12 has not been fulfilled,
and the powers have been compelled to
rescue their ministers by force of arms,
unaided by the Chinese government, stili
this government is ready to welcome any
overtures for a truce and invites the Pow
ers to join when security is established in
the Chinese capital and the Chinese gov
ernment shows its ability and willingness
to make, on its part, an effective sus
pension of hostilities there and elsewhere
in China. When this is done promptly,
the United States will be prepared to ap
point a representative to join with the
representatives of the other similarly in
terested powers and of the authoritative
and responsible government of the Chi
nese Empire to attain the ends declared
in our circular to the Powers of July 3,
1900.
“(Signed) Alvey A. Adee,
“Acting Secretary Department of State,
Washington, Aug. 22, 1900.*’
WORK OF THE J IPAXFAE.
Fighting of the Troop* Described in
nn Official Report.
Washington, Aug. 23. —The Japanese le
gation to-day received the following ad
vices from the foreign office at Toklo,
dated Aug. 23:
The commander of the Japanese fleet at
Taku transmitted by telegraph, on the
21st, the following report from Pekin:
“The Japanese Regiment, which had
been detailed early on the 15th for the
purpose of taking the imperial palace, had
hard fighting all day, but they could not
bring it to a decisive issue, as they re
frainedi from firing on the palace. On
the following day, however, they took its
principal gate, and now the city is al
most entirely cleared of the enemy.
“The imperial family and the minister
of state left for Siam five or six days
ago, escorted by 3.0C0 troops, under Tung
Full Shiang.
“With the object of restoring order the
city has been divided into districts, Ja
pan being assigned the northern half,
and Japan, the United States. Great Brit
ain, Russia and France have each an
officer to carry on the administration.
“Prince Tuan’s residence has been
burned down by the Japanese. The Japa
nese naval attachment, wdiieh guarded
the Japanese legation, lost during the
siege, five killed and eight wounded. The
Japanese forces which now occupy the
imperial palace, have rescued foreign
and native Christians from their confine
ment.”
WIMi NOT 111 IED LINE*.
Changed Conditions in Chinn Hnvc
Made It Unnecessary.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Some time ago it
was announced that this government
would co-operate In the construction of a
cable line from Che Foo to Taku. and also
of a cable from Shanghai to Che Foo.
The sum of $150,000 was set apart for that
purpose. The changed conditions in China
and the fact that the land line from Che
Foo to Shanghai is in operation, ns well
as a cable from Che Foo to Taku, have
made this expenditure unnecessary.
Major Sciven was to-day cabled authority
for keeing up the line from Tien Tsin to
Pekin, and funds were placed at his dis
posal for that purpose.
TEXT OF CORRESPONDENCE.
Seized nt Pretoria Mode Public by
flic Colonial Office.
London, Aug. 23.—The Colonial office to
day made public the text of the corre
spondence seized at Pretoria. Besides
Henry Lubouchere, John Edward Ellis,
Liberal, number of Parliament for the
Rtishdiffe division of Nottinghamshire,
wrote to Mrs. Soily for facts favorable
to the Transvaal, and Dr. Gavin Brown
Cl.uk. Radi Nil, member for Caithness and
firmer consul general of the South African
republic in London, wrote to President
Kruger under date of Aug. 29. 1399. of
the unsatisfactory results of a conversa
tion he had with Joseph Chamberlain, the
Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dr.
Clark said he though war was inevitable
and and l sen sued the effect of President Kru
ger seizing the passes.
CALLED ON t IIAIRMAN JONES.
John P. Hopkins Agreed to Help In
tlic lleinocrntlc t nmpulgn.
Chicago. Aug. 23.-John P. Hopkins,
who was chairman of the Gold Democratic
National Committee four years ago, was
called to Democratic national headquar
ters to-doy by special invitation, and
Chairman Jones gave up to him over an
hour of his time Among other thing!, ex-
Ms yor Hopkins WS* ask'd if he would
help the National f'ommlttee with his ad
v|re and Mseietanee this year, spending
some of his nine at headquarters, aisl he
paid ha would.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1900.
GREAT FIRE IN PEKIN
FLAMES, FIGHTING \ND DISSENSION*
IN WAKE OF RELIEF.
GEN. CHAFFEE WAS CONTENT.
Ul T RUSSIAN COMMANDER WANTED
TO PUSH THE WAR.
l linffee Thought Chinese Hail Been
Punished Sufficiently Hmmlhu
General Snhl 111* Country Hud De
clared War and HoNtilltieci Should
Be PnNlied—Middle Course Was Ap
parently Adopted—llnMln’s Man
churian ( Hnipnign Successful.
London. Aug. 24, 3:50 a. m.~Fire**, fight
ing and dissension ere apparently follow
ing in the wake of the relief of Pekin.
The Daily Mail publishes dispatches from
the Chinese capital, dated os late as Aug.
17. declaring that a great fire was then
raging in the Imperial City. The Rus
sian commander had declined to accept
the decision of the other generals not
to violate the imperial precincts, and
street fighting was going on.
Gen. Chaffee, so it is asserted, main
tained that the Chinese IVad been ade
quately punished already and that H
would be unwise to take, the Imperial pal
ace. This explains the withdrawal of the
Americans .after breaching three gates,
as cabled by the special correspondent of
the Associated Frees. The Russian gen
eral. however, maintained that his gov
ernment had declared w*r against China,
and that, therefor©, there was no reason
to prevent him carrying hostilities into
the sacred precincts.
Judging from various, and in many
cases, contradictory di-palches that have
reached Europe this morning from Pekin,
the commanders eventual y adopted a
midd'e course, for a Reuter telegram as
sorts that sentries wer£ placed to prevent
looting. Hence it is presumed that the
imperial buildings, &l hough cipiured,
will not be destroyed.
The fires appear to be incendiary and
to be caused by the Chinese themselves.
All the dispatches i>olnt to the fact that,
when the latent message received here
left Pekin, the commanders were some
what at sea regarding their future action,
all awaiting instructions from their gov
ernments. The foreign residents appear
to have been sent to Tien Tsin. although
the St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Mail nays the ministers will not
leave Pekin until negotiations for indemni
ty are under way.
Neither the commanders nor the diplo
mats were in communication with the Chi
nese government on Aug. 17. They were
then searching for Prince Tuan.
St. Petersburg dispatches announce good
progress in the Manchurian campaign.
The town of Mergen was captured Aug.
18, with trifling Russian loss, while the
Chinese suffered severely, leaving ten
guns, 700 rifles, and large quantities of
cimmunition in the bands of the Russians.
The reports of risings in Northern Curea
are confirmed. It is believed that these
are not due to ill-will toward foreigners,
but to local dissatisfaction. The Corean
government is sending troops to the dis
affected districts.
Describing the engagement w’est of Tien
Tsin, Aug. 0, a special dispatch says:
“The Sixth United Btates Cav
alry worked with drill-like pre
cision in the hand-to-hand fighting and
the Chinese only escape 1 through the
bungling of Gen. Derward.”
Berlin learns that there has been fur
ther fighting west of Tien Tsin, T/hich
creates the impression that the province
of Fe h! Li must be effectively occupied
b fore p<ace mgoiiatlons will become
feasible.
REPORT OF THE FIGHTING.
Gen. finxelee \\ irert the llritlnh War
Office—Hott He I.eil IIIn Troop,
in the Attaek oil Pekin.
Aug. 23.—Gen. Gnselee, the
commander of the British forces at Pekin,
has telegraphed to the war office as fol
lows:
“Pekin, Aug. 15. (Wednesday), via Che
Foo, Aug. 21, (Tuesday).—At a confer
ence Aug. 12, it was agreed that the al
lies should concentrate within five miles
of Pekin, Aug. 14. and the assault should
begin Aug. 15. The attack, however,
commenced early in the morning of Aug.
14, and our troops had to make a forced
march of fifteen miles from Tung Chow
in great heat.
"We were on the extreme left and at
tacked the southeast gate of the Chinese
city. There tvas practically no opposi
tion, ns we were not expected at that
point. The Indian troops broke down and
rushed the gate, and I entered with caval
ry and guns. I then sent other cavalry
and the Punjab Infantry to the Temple of
Heaven to secure our left flank and camp
ing ground, and with the other corps
pushed on towards the legations.
At 3 o'clock we got on the canal, oppo
site the water gate, and were signalled
from the wall heid by the legatloners. I,
with a portion of the staff and seventy
Indians, rushed across the almost dry
moat and entered through the water gale
without loss. We found all we)) jn the
legations. MacDonald immediately show,
ed me around the position with the view
of further actions.
"In the meantime our field artillery had
been biought up to bamlatd the central
gate of Tartar Cl y; hut a •■ortle by the
Americans and Rushan* of the garrison
along the wall anticipated the bombard
ment. aid the gaie fed Into our hand*.
"Two field guns were tlxn brought Into
the legation and the rest were sent back
to the Temple of Heaven.
"At about 5 In th ■ afternoon the Amer
icans. ur,dr Gen Chaffee, altered th*
legation, and then we moved on toward*
the c<ntral gate of the dar ar City for
the night.
"By ngh fall we had 4 0 men In the
legation (fere, a patently, aoms word*
ore missing > ' During tl • evtnlr g, at the
'tempi* of Heaven, we were engaged,
md af *r Inflle.t ng hm y lotaec w oe
etipled the much gat* of tha Chtnea*
HAVE CHINESE CUT IT OFF?
beared Uonunnniantion With Fokin
Ha* Bean DiiMnrlied—ShntiKhni
11 si l no \ru.
London, Aug:. 23.—Tho foreign consul? at
Shanghai, not having received anything
from Pekin later than Aug. 17.' fear the
Chinese troops are operating along the
rear of the allies, cutting off their com
munication.
The blockade of press messages at th©
Che Foo telegraph offioe continued. But
they in no way interfere with official dis
patches. which are put ahead.
A belated dispatch from Pekin, dated
Aug. 14. says Sir Claude MacDonald, the
British minister, is ill.
In all twenty-seven warshit s have as
sembled at Shanghai and Woo Sung, their
crews numbering about 7.0J0 men.
Tie Orman governments reply to LI
Hi.ng Chaifi's ptaie negotiations propo
sition is that “Owing to the lack of any
pro.nrly accredited authority on the Chi
nese side, the government cannot enter
into negotiations.”
STARTED AN \ PRISING.
But the Viceroy nt Hankow Soon
(pirlliMl It.
Paris, Aug. 23.—The. French consul at
Hankow wires that an attempt at an up
rising occurred during the night of Aug.
21. A band of -Chinese tried to set fire to
n house adjoining the Customs Bank.
whL-h is adjacent to the British conces
sion, with the object, of pillaging the bank
and burning the European quarter. The
viceroy, however, took immediate steps
and arrested the ring leaders, seizing at
the same time arms nnd documents dem
onstrating the existence of a secret so
ciety and an organized plot.
Two of the leading culprits were decapi
tated. their heads being subsequently ex
hibited in the center of the Thinese town.
Twenty others were imprisoned. More
troublt is feared when the flight of the
Emperor to the West, if true, becomes
known.
BI SSSIANS TOOK HONORS.
Their General Reported Upon the
Tnkiutc of Pekin.
St. Petersburg, Aug.23.—Gen. Linevitch,
commander of the Russian troops in the
province of Chi Li, telegraphs to the min
ister of war as follows:
“At 2 o'clock on the morning of Aug.
14. our troops stormed the eastern gate
of Pekin and were the first to enter the
city. The Russian flag was the first hoist
ed on the wall. The bombardment of the
gat© lasted fourteen hours. The Russians
then scaled and occupied the wall. The
Chinese, however, still held th© observa
tory and o*her towers, whence they sub
jected our troops to a heavy enfilading
fire until our infantry forced them to
leave their positions.
“Our losses were: Killed, Col. Antlnkoff
and 20 mm; wounded Gen. Wasllowskl,
Col. Moel, five other officers and lOi
men.
“In the meanwhile th© ailed troops
stormed and captured another gat© and
enured the city.
“We found the imperial government had
fled and that the legation*rs were in
great straits.*’
The dispatch concludes with describing
the re ent attacks on the legations. Dur
ing til© siege the inmates of th • Russian
legation had five men kilkd and twenty
wounded.
BREACHED THREE GATES.
Ocenpied Approaches to the Last
\Vnll of tlie Imperial Enlace.
Copyright, 1900, Th© Associated Press.
Pekin, Aug. 15, via Che Foo, Aug. 22.
Th© Americans breached three gates be
fore the imperial palace and occupied the
approaches to the last wall.
Capt. Henry J. Reilly, Battery F.Fifth
l\ S. Artillery, and five, privates were
killed and sixteen were w r ounded.
During 4he afternoon the Americans re
turned to camp, pending a conference
among the generals. Thereupon, the Rus
sians occupied the approaches to th© pal
ace.
Capt. Reilly was standing on the wall
and directing his battery, w’hon a bullet
struck him in the mouth, killing him in
stantly. The battery hammered nt the
gates until they fell. In the meantime
the infantry cleared 4he street and walls
where the Chinese soldiers, with a fine
cover, stubbornly resisted. The fighting
was close and sharp.
A French battery, while shelling the
approaches to the palace, narrowly missed
the Americans.
Gen. Chaffee and Mr. Conger ar© con
ferring regarding the diplomatic features
of fb© sUuation.
The privates killed in the fighting were
buried in the grounds of the American
legation in the evening.
REACHED M A TV.
Germnny Advised of III© Movements
of ller Forces.
Berlin. Aug. 23.—The German admiral
at Taku, under date of Aug. 20, wires:
“Capt. Hecht reached Ma Tu this morn
ing and proceeded. The advance was dif
ficult, owing to the force of the current
and th© shallow water. The Madai Bat
talion, after a very trying march, ar
rived at Yang Tsun. Aug. 18.”
It is inferred from the foregoing that
the telegraph wires between Taku and Ma
Tu are working.
Ma Tu referred to in the dispatch from
Berlin, is probably the small town known
os Ma Thu, situated about eleven miles
from Tung Chow.
GARRISONED BY JACKIES.
Cnthcdrnl North of Pekin Hm Been
Relieved.
Pekin, Aug. 16.—Th© Pel Tang Cathe
dral, north of the city, which was garri
soned by thirty French and tfn Italian
bluejackets, and which had no communi
cation wiih tit© oiher foreigners during
th© progress of th© sieg©, has been re
lieved by the Japanese and British The
defense of this church was most heroic.
Th© combined forces ar© now posting
sentries In th© palace buildings to prevent
looting and destruction. The whereabouts
of th© RmpFM Dowager is not known to
the allies.
lIY SALT AMI OGLERI.
Feared Aon Chow Will Be Attacked
by n Band of Them.
London. Aug. 23—A news agency dis
patch from Shanghai, dated Wednesday,
Aug 22. aays a consular report recalved
from Hoo Chow, saya the governor fears
the city will be attacked by a force nt
*alt smugglers.
MOB WAS LAWLESS
AKRON VIEWED THE WORK OF ITS
Tl RBI LENT ELEMENT.
TROOPS WERE ON THE SCENE.
ONE CHILD COLD IN DEATH AND
MANN PEItsONs INJIHED.
UaililiugH Were Smoulilerliifx Ruins,
for the Mult, lint iiut Sought to Mur
der, Dll Not Stop nt lueendlnrlnm.
Sail Killing mill \\ oiinditiK ol In
nocents—l neidents of the Rioting
Unpurttlleled in \kron's History.
Akron. 0., Aug. 23.—When day dawn- .i
in Akron this morning it revealed a scene
of desolation and the evidences of vio
lence nnd lawlessness unparalleled in the
history of this city. The rioter.- had done
their work amt had dispersed. One child
was lying cold in death, and nearly a
score of people were suffering from the
woundfe of pistol halls, buckshot and mis
siles. The city building was a heap of
smouldering ruins, and beside it steamed
the water-soaked ashes of Columbia Hall.
At 6 o’clock the crowds- began to in
crease as th© curious spectators hurried
lo the scene of the trouble. A policeman
appeared: and then another, timid at first,
but with increasing assurance as no vio
lence was offered. Th< n Company C of
Canton of the gallant Eighth Ohio Regi
ment, marched down the street from the
train, and halting Ik* fore the ruins of the
building, was at once set to patrolling the
tire lines.
There was no evidence of ill-will or
diequiet on the part of the crowd.** at
the lines. There was no talk of violence.
The turbulent, element had slunk away
with the coming of daylight, and order
was once more fully restor’d after an
awful night of terror ami anarchy.
Tli© Troops Arrived.
At 6:30 this mornipg Company C, Eighth
Regiment, of Canton, 0., under command
of Capt. A. Fischer, artived In Akron,
under riot orders. The soldiers were met
in the valley depot by Mayor Young and
a party of city officia s. They wereimarcn
ed immediately to th© sec n of last night’s
liotirg As th© troops matched up th©
main thoroughfai e hisses and groans
were heard. At 9:30 nine c< m anies of
the Fourth Regiment arrive 1 in the city
and marched to the scene of last night's
rioting*
Shortly before 10 o’clock Mayor W. E.
Young issued a proclamation closing every
saloon in Akron until further orders.
On© killed, one fatally injured and twen
ty persons more or less injured is th© re
sult of the mob© work. Glen Wade was
shot and almost Instantly killed. He was
in th© mob, and a bullet from the revol
ver of a policeman in the city hall struck
him. The lad was only 11 years of age.
Another innocent who will die is Rhoda
I>nvidson. Sitting in a carriage with her
mother and father on the outskirts of the
mob, a stray bullet struck her in the
head. No hope is held out for her recov
ery.
Fired the City Hull.
The resistance shown by the police of
fers and city officials in th© City Hall
only served to lash the mob into greater
frenzy. Failing in its effort to force an
entrance into the City Hull, a portion of
the mob ran to the s-tore of the Standare
Hardware Company on Main street, about
one and a half blocks from the scone of
the rioting. Revolvers, shot guns, razors
and thousands of rounds of ammunition
were taken, and with these weapons tlie
mob returned to the City Hall, where the
city officials were haranging the crowd.
Adjoining the City Hall, which wa:
constructed almost entirely of brick, was
an immense building, which for many
years past was the principal public hail
of Akron. This building was set oflre.
The various fire companies responded to
the alarm, but the tnob refused to per
mit them to work. Columbia Mall was
soon a ruin, but th© City Hall was yet
standing. Flaming embers were thrown
Into the different rooms, and the building
was soon burning. Some of the more
thoughtful ones in the mob liberated th.?
prisoners from the ceils below the hall.
A stick of dynamite was thrown into
the front of the burning building. A
terrific crash followed, and portions of
the wall crumbled away like dust before
a breeze. Another charge was exploded
and the work of devastation was com
pleted. At 4 o’clock this morning the
rioting had practically ceased.
ItiininrN of Lynolilnit Feck.
During the day wild rumors were cur
rent that mobs w’ere being formed to go to
Cleveland and lynch Peck, but there was
tjo god ground for them. The arrival of
troops distracted the attention of those
lawlessly inclined and had a salu
tary effect. The rumor that Chief of Po
lice Harrison had become insane and had
fled caused a great deal of comment. He
is in Cleveland.
The saloons have been closed since noon.
At a conference in the afternoon at the
Buehtel Hotel between Mayor Young and
the militia officers, dead lines were estab
lished and soldira weer placed in different
part# of the downtown section of the city.
READY IN A WEEK.
t apt. Wilde Report* Favorably ( on*
©ernliiK tl*© Oregon.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Capt. Georg© F.
Wilde, commanding the battleship Ore
gon, to-day notified the navy department
from Kure, Japan, that the vessel, which
ha#* leen in the dock there undergoing
temporary repairs, had been undocked
and would be ready for sea in a week.
DESTROYED 4.04)0 BALES.
| Cotton Was Burned in n Warehouse
at *nutnnder, Spain.
Santander, Spain, Atf. 23—Four thou
sand five hundred and eighty bales of cot
ton brought from litvorpol by the Span
ish etesmer Isla d© Luzon were destroyed
4xi a warehouse her# to-day by fir*
MUST RENDER UNTO HANNA.
Government Employes lulled on to
Swell the ('n in pa I|X n Eiiiil—\ -
Mefuunent \bn Men Continue.
Washington. Aug. 23.—Every govern
ment official wlio expe t© (o retain the
favor of tl:<* present administration has
I e n Indbect'y i otitied by S na or Han
na’s campaign col eaters that th-y are
expe- tel to contribute “their ndte for th©
good of the cause.” Collecting campaign
funds from govunme t offlc'als s'ill ex
ists net wi; hft (tiding tie efforts of sin
cere civil service reformers to protect
<mpo>e? of Urd© Sam Horn what is
nothing more or 1 *ss than yolitlcal binok
maii.
A tnt mb©, of the Civil Service Cos mints
sio i was asked to-day if there had been
any recent anes s for \ tol lt on of the
civil srvic * law lelallve to levying as
ee<m nts cn public cftie'als. H . replied
that there had been several within th©
last few \v* ©ks but he was unable, off
hand to gire the name* and dates of the
nrr s s It is evi 1 nt, hcw?vr, that th©
Ci\il service law in this resp et D easily
evaded by the cnmpiign colhctors, and
the usual asse srmms wi.l he mad*, Just
th© same.
There, are many government officials
who regard it as a duty they owe to the
party in power to contr bute something
cut of thrir e.unings for th© legitimate
expenses of the campaign. Wtm-n em
ployes are tin* most const i ntious in that
I articular line. Many of them ar© in
every sense of the word non-pvrtisaii.
They ar.* dcpmdtnt upon th© salary they
draw from h - government f r the sup
pi rt of tbemse ves and their families, and
they feel that they are s curing their re
tent cn in the seivice by contrlbJting o
the campaign fund. There are many
ways by w hich this object can b* accom
plidied without viola ing the rath r clas
tic law on the subject, a though the abuse
D not as flagrant nor ctriied on with the
asm© offici 1 sanction as in the days of
"Jay Hubl ellism.’’
When Mr. Hubbell was n member of the
administration he sent out his assessments
under an official stamp, and his agents
were located in every executive deport
ment, where they were expected to give
closer attention to the political loyalty of
rite employes than they were to their
legitimate duties to th© government. 11l
other words, a spirit prevailed through
out the. departments that the average em
ploye's first duty' wa© to the party in
power, and the government was but n
secondary consideration.
The collection of political assessments is
not confined to the Republican party, for
during the two administrations of Mr.
Cleveland, Democratic employes were
quietly notified that a certain percentage
of their annual salary from the govern
ment would be very helpful to the man
agers of the Democratic campaign. Nstur
a.ly, there are a few employes who ignore
these requests from the political manag
ers, but as general rule the employes
how to the inevitable and give tip a rea
sonable campaign contribution every four
years and frequently during tli© congres
sional campaigns.
EVENTS IN SOUTfTaFRICA.
(Pit. llii 11©r Reports Upon Opera
tions— Minor En k a gem ©nts—D©
Wet’* Force Fulling Away.
London, Aug. 23.—Lord Roberis reports
to the war office, under date of Pretoria,
Aug. 22, os follows:
“Buller’a division marched to Van
Wycksvlei, fifteen miles south of Belfast,
yesterday.
“Paget reportH from Tamman’s Kraal
that Baden-Poweil engaged Orober’s rear
guard all day yesterday. Grobler was
driven back east of Pinaars river. Baden-
Powell occupied the railway station of
ihat name. During the fight Baden-Pow
ell’s advance and that of the enemy gal
loped Into each oiher, the Rhodesians los
ing Col. Spreekley and four men killed
and seven wounded Many of the Bo* r**
wer© killed or wounded. They were ut
Cyferkuil this morning. Piumer and
Hickman were closely pursuing them.
“It seems certain that De Wet. finding
it lO' ©less to make his way eastward,
has recrosßed the Magallesl.org. with a
f? w wounded, with the intention of re
turning to the Orange rlv*r colony. He
is in a very different condition from that
when he left Bethlehem with nix or eight
guns and 2 COO men. His guns have niost
ly > been burl and, and hs personal follow
ing ©annot b© more than 330.
“It is slated that Steyn, with a small
body guard, lias crossed Peiu&ars river
on his way to Join Krug r at Machado
doi p.
“Th© Boers yesterday b'ew up t por
tion of (he railway at Koetxes Drift, five
miles north of New i astle, and damaged
th© iails at a iKjint thirty mile; south of
New Castle.”
OMAHA SHOWS*A DECREASE
On mi* Gives It Smaller Population
Than In | HPO— Popn In t lon of
Sum© of fli© t itles (ilven.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Omaha, Neb., is
the first city thus far counted in th©
twdf.h census to show a dec ej:- in
population during the past decade. The
count of th© populati n of Omaha Just
conuM <1 e!lw8 102,555. r l lie population
In 1890 was 140,452. This indicates a de
crease in ten y ar.< of 37,897. or 26.98 per
cent.
When Director Merrlam of the ©nsus
was aske I as to the reason for the de
nt as©, 1© refts and to say any;hing, but
in oth<r official circles the ©haige was
mad* tint th© rolls ten yiars ago were
padded. It is claimed that o and hotel regis
ters and o her devices w< re utilized in
swelling the population of th eity at that
time.
Th© population of other cities was an
nounced as follows:
Cleveland, 381.768, against 261.363 in 1890,
an Increase of 120.415. or 46.07 per cent.
Toledo, 131.822. against 81,434 in 1890, an
increase of 50,388, or 61.88 per cent.
Columbus, 125,560, against 88.150 In 18S0.
an increase of 37.410, or 42.44 |H*r cent.
Jersey City, 206.433. against 163,<J03 an in
crease of 43.430, or 26.64 per cent.
Hoboken, 59.364, against 43,648 in 1890, an
increase of 15.716, or 36.01 per cent.
( %ItNEG IE DENIED IT.
No Truth in the Report That H©
Would Mtuin| for llrynn.
New York, Aug. 23.—1n reference to a
report which has been current for sever
al days, the World to-morrow will print
the following copyrighted cable:
“London, Aug. 23—The World corres
pondent telegraphed Andrew Carnegie,
who Is nt Sktbo Castle, his Scotch resi
dence, asking whether the report whs
true that he Intended to stump the United
States for Bryan, because of his opposi
tion to Imperialism. Mr. Carnegie replied:
‘There la no truth in the report.’ '•
DAILY, 18 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR
NOTICE OF HIS CHOICE
Ull* \> INFORMED OF Ills NOMINA
TION in imhm lists.
ALSO BY MONETARY LEAGUE.
BOTH W ANT HIM TO BE THE NEXT
PR ESI DENT.
Crowd Sweltercil in the Sun nt To
peku to Hear tlie Speakern—llrynn
Received III* Second Official Noti
fication—Jerry Simpson Compared
llrynn to Lincoln—Tcvt of the
Speech Delivered by tlc Nominee
in %cccptiiift the Nomination.
Toneka, Kas., Aug. 23. Wm. J. Bryan
to-day received the second official notifi
cation of his nomination for the presi
dency. This notification came from the
Populist party and Thomas M. Patterson
of Colorado acted aa the mouthpiece of the
party in making it. Mr. Brynn was at the
s.im© time informed of the indorsement
of his candidacy by the United States
Monetary League, this notification being
given by A. W. Rucker. The ceremonies
occurred In th© spacious and beautiful
grounds of the state capltol and were wit
nessed by a large number of |>eople.
In many respects the meeting paralleled
the Indianapolis notification. This was
true in the fact that both vvre held In
parks; in that the weather was intensely
hot and that the impatience of the crowd
compelled the speakers preceding Mr.
Rryan to curtail their remarks. Indeed,
not one of the speakers was permitted to
speak at the length he had counted upon,
and as a result, the entire proceeding cov
ered only about an hour and a half.
An audible sigh of relief from the swelt
ering crowd mingled with the applause
which greeted the appearance of the na
tional leader upon tin* piatfo-rm when
arrived nt 3:30, end it was evident even
then that, while there was a general de
sire to hear and see him, the audience
was finding Hi© situation too uncomforta
ble to be long endured. There whs little
delay after th© arrival of Mr. Bryan ami
the other notables.
Preliminary Speer lie*.
State Chairman Ridgley of th© Popu
list pr!y, promptly assumed the chair,
and lie immediately Introduced James A.
Troutman, who. ns th© representative of
the Mayor of Topeka, made a
speech, welcoming Mr. Bryan to the city.
Mr. Troutman formerly was lieutenant
governor of tit© state, and he \e a Re
publican! in politics. Ills speech wo#
;*-.rHorially complimentary to Mr. Bryan,
and. was further an appeal for the exer
cise of the franchise by all good and in
telligent citizens *h© best safeguard
of our institutions. He referred to tha
“VHst throng of people' before him os
an evidence of high regard, in which th©
distinguiHhed visitor is held, and said,
that while he was not authorized *o as
sure Mr. Rryen of the electoral vote of
Kansas, he could assure him of the ad
miration of every citizen of the state.
Mr. Troutman was f< flowed by Frank
Doster, chief justice of ihe s ate, who
<xt<nd.d the welcome of tlie. state at
large Judy© Doster content©! himself
with contrast ng the losilljns of the
Democrats and R< publican* on the sub
ject of expansion, aking the j>oßition that
th© Republicans war© 1 yoking to undue
aggress on. while the Democrats were
seeking to secur th© maintenance of
Am© icon institutions He was liberally
cheered.
Mr. Doster was followed by ox-Con
gnvaunan Jerry Simps n, who was intro
duced as the permanent chairman in the
absence of National Chairman Butler. Mr.
Simp on command Mr. Bryan wl h Lin
coln, and predicted that lie would lead
the people back to the landmark of hu
man liberty which Line In had so ma
terially assisted in es ablishing. “Let us
trust,” lie said, “that Nebraska and Kan
sas, .standing side by side as In I*6o, will
again give th-ir supp rt to a candidate
who has. as the candidate of that time
had, lut one code of morals, which em-
Iraj-ci, as did Lincoln’s all nun at all
times, icga’d ess of co’or or environ
ment.”
Mr. Patterson** Speech.
With this, Mr. Simpson Introduced Mr.
Patterson, who, as chairman of the Na
tional Populist convention, became chair
man of the Notification Committee. Mr.
Patterson was received with applause,
and his brief speech was loudly cheered.
In part he said:
“When 'he p'atfo m of the Democratic
p r y is comia <1 with that <t the P**o
pl ' party, rea ons for faith In ihe Dem
ocratic i arty abundantly appear. Both
conventions recognized with equal clear
ness the wrongs >hat were being inflict
ed upon the masses by the money-hoard
ing and trust-hr* e ling c'asses. and the
deadly peril with which the republic is
surrounded, and they have % both declar
ed. with equal distinctness, their immov
able purpose to redress every wrong and
rescue the republic from Its perils.
“The platform of both partita leccgntso
ihe Declaration of Independence as the
spirit of our government, and that It Is
that spirl ao e which cm biing back
the government to the Ideals of the fa
thers. Both declare f r an Anraer! an flnan
t ial >y.tom. In which the free and un
limited coinsg of silver at the ratio of
10 to 1 shall he an essei lil provision.
Both denounce the currency bill of tbs
lari Congress as u part of the Republi
can conspiracy to abandon the—sovereign
right of the national government to Issue
all money—bo h coin and paper—and to
permanently confer ti|>oii n bank trust ab
solute power over the volume of currency,
ard ’o expand and contra* t Ih" same- at
p ensure. Both condemn the retirement of
the Lincoln greenback, with its full le
gal tender quality, and the substitution
for it. at a cost of more then J59,000,00>,
of the national banknotes, which are not
legal tend.r In any sum whits.ever.
Both and nour.ee the lately e .ac ed curren
cy bill as a m usure to fasten a perma
nent debt upon the country, and, what
ever the surplus or however generous the
revenues, to support a permanent bond
holding class, to whom the government
shall annually pay millions as Interest
and upon whose wealth of bonds no taxes
for any purpose can be levied. Both de
mand the repeal of this currency law and
the retirement of the national banknotes,
to be replaced with government paper—
the same as the greenback—eind silver cer
tificates. Both denounce private monop
olies as Intolerable and ns the overshad
owing evil of the age; they declare that
they rob both the producer and the con
sumer, lessen the employment of labor,
confer power to lower wages at will and
deprive individual energy and small cap
ital of their opportunity for betterment.
Both pledge unceasing warfare upon ths
(Continued on Sixth Fags.)