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the morning news. 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.)