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THK MORNING NEWS,
r.ts bllehed 1850. .- - Incorporated ISSS
J. H. ESTIU' President.
WHIPPEOTHE BOXERS
.AMERICANS took part in the
CGAGEMENT.
THE DEFEAT WAS SIGNAL.
OVER 3,OOOCHINESE KILLED AND 64
WERE C A PTC RED.
rightinn Was Near Tien Tsin—ririt
ivli. anl Japanese Participated
Lo 6 t the Allit'S Was Slight—lm
portant Reporta, if True, From
Chinese Sources—Statements of the
Perfidy of the Clilneae at Pekin
\re Reiterated.
Ijondon. Aug. 25. 3:46 a. m.—Five hull*
cired American troops participated in a
Fgnal defeat of ©oxers outside Tien
rg. 19. The foot is briefly reported from
Vienna. Details of the engagement come
from the Reuter agent at Tien Tsin, in a
ri .-patch, dated Aug. <O. In addition to
the Americans, the force consisted of 375
1 riti.-h and 200 Japanese, oil under the
Briii.-h General, Porward.
The fight occurred at o village six miles
F< * 'cast of Tien Tsin, where the allied
f< ~ found a considerable number of
1 * r<. whom they engaged, killing over
?• <nd taking 64 wounded prisoners, who
v> r* sent to the hospitals of the allies.
Tt * village was burned. The Americans
1 •> Jive wounded, the Japanese six. and
t! British none. Hundreds of (Boxers*
1! fnears and swords were captured
F’un Shanghai comes a report, quali
fied by the assertion that it is from pure
ly Chinese sources, that the Empress
Howager, after proceeding one day’s
j ■ ney from Pekin, became terrified at
t looting by Gen. Tung Fuh Siang’s
coops and went back o Pekin.
A Chinese telegram from Tsi Nan Fu
F‘ ,; es that Prince Tuan has been cap
r.rcd by a detachment of the allies.
Of her Chinese messages record the for
mif ion of a* provisional government in
Pekin by the allies, but this appears to
H i purely military measure and merely
nr elaboration of the scheme for dividing
f ; city info sections for police purposes.
Li Hung Chang his received word that
th allies entered Pekin easily, because
t troops of Gen. Tung Fuh Siang ut
rcfiised to face the allies. Accord
ing to ihe Shanghai correspondent of the
I'-iilv Express, Earl Li, recognizing the
futility of an attempt to drive the for
eigners from China, now professes con
version to reform principles.
Shanghai advices announce the receipt
th of a Chinese official dispatch, as
•cerr g that Emperor Kwang Su has been
/ iaid and rescued by the Japanese.
51 -ges from Tien Tsin report serious
m (allty among the American horses,
owing to (he heat.
advices to Reuter, dated pe-
U • A 14. reiterate the statements
r •lir... the treachery of the Chinese
on the night before the relief. They in-
Urm* the members of the legations
tL r orders had been issued to cease firing.
'! > : war followed by a desperate at
( t k. and it was cnly the welcome sound
h cannen of the relieving force in
t mrrnjng that renewed the courage of
t • foreigners. The correspondent adds:
no- Chinese admit having lost 3,0 0
u ■ i in the various aitacks upon the le
g.i*ions. Cur rations dwindled to one
1- nl a day. consisting of horseflesh and
r When (he American detachment* at
t ; kot, he whole Chinese force concen
t >ed against them, leaving the Sha Ho
k’f unwatched, whereupon the British
fioered there without the loss of a
roan.”
NO TERRITORY WANTED.
Rnt thp t'nltptl Statt-B Dcir.s f'nm
nuTdal Freedom in China—Con
ference or, file Chinese
Situation.
Washington, Aug. 21.— The Chinese sit
uation developed little of importance to
day- It is stated frankly by the officials
hi the state, war and navy departments
but no dispatches have been received
•'caring on the problem, which has yet to
tx solved, namely, the disposition of
China’s affairs at the hands of the Pow
ers.
In the absence of other food for spec
ulation. the receipt of two casualty lists
from Gen. Chaffee, dated at Tien Tsin,
"ere made the basis for a report that
he and the American force had evacu
ated Pekin. It was stated at the war
department, however, that no advices
have been received indicating that Gen.
’’ haffee had left Pekin, and it was said
that he would have advised the war de
partment and given ids reasons for do
ing so, had he contemplated such an
Important step.
A cabinet oflicer is authority for the
statement that alleged differences among
the Powers, brought on by the reported
action of Russia, have not disturbed this
government In the least, and there is no
information in possession of this govern
ment that Russia has declared war or
that she is pursuing a course in any way
different from that of other governments
represented in China. It was also said
♦hat the statements regarding Russia had
not received consideration at the meeling
of the cabinet to-day.
Wants \o Territory.
Regarding the attitude of this govern
ment in ease serious differences among
•he I'owers should arise as to their fulure
course in China, it was stated on good au
thority to-day that this government re
mained firmly opposed to any territorial
division of China, as was plainly slated
in Secretary Hay’s note of July 3. Every
resource of diplomacy will be exhausted
to prevent partition of the empire, and it
*as said that the diversion of American
troops to Manila, already announced by
•he War Department, was practical evi
dence to the other Power* of the good
♦ aitli of the United States in this matter.
•<ur work in China has been aecompltsh
fd in large part by the relief of the lega
ilon- and our further obligation, that of
siding to restore and maintain peace, can
b“ accomplished through the troops al
ready on Chinese soil.
• t la pointed out, however, that In view
the altitude already assumed by the
United At ales, and the large part It has
fcad In opening the way u> Pekin, this
jlata&ttttalj J®ofttitto Metope
commercial freedom in China as a mini
mum condition of the find settlement,
in the event of territorial division of the
Chinese empire, should that be- accom
plished. The United States, of course,
wants no territory, nnd it is felt that her
rights as to dommwcial freedom are
too clear to he gainsaid by the other na
tions interested.
Conference nt White House.
After the cabinent meeting to-day there*
was an extended conference at the White
Houa?, in which Se?retary Root and Act
ing Secretary Ailee participated. The
conference related to Chinese affairs, and
it was said (o he confined largely to con
sidering messages received from other
powers on the subject and in drafting
answers to them. The suggestion that
the powers be asked to participate in a
conference or to give some indication of
future purposes in China was believed to
be under consideration, and it was inti
mated that notes to the different powers
have been prepared.
Secretary Root said at the clos* of the
conference that it i elated to matters
which needed the c nsideration of the
President and covered the wide field of
Chinese affairs. He siid that no hing had
developed of a serious natuie n the late
icports from China v . It was also stated
that the United States government is in
frequent communication with the other
Powers regarding the Chinese situation.
During the afternoon Acting Secretary
A dee had a conference with the acting
chief of the bureau of navigation, the
nature of which was not made public.
It was said in the navy department, how
ever. that so far as known here, we have
no worship at Amoy. The Princ.ton has
touched there occasionally, while on duty
in south Chinese waters, but fche is
thought to be now in the vicinity of
Shanghai.
Dispatches were prepared in the navy
department for transmission to Admiral
Remey. and although not made public,
are understood to have contained Consul
Johnson’s dispatch regarding the Amoy
uprising. Acting Secretary Hackeit said,
however, that no warship had been or
dered to Amoy by the navy department,
and that he hod no knowledge that any
ship had been sent there. If such a
step were taken, he said, it would be
by Admiral Remey. who has entire lib
erty as to the disposition of the vessels
of his squadron.
WILL REMAiFIN PEKIN.
United States Will Not Withdraw
Troops—President and His Ad
visors So Determined.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The question of
the withdrawal of the United States
forces from Pekin to Tien Tsin or Taku
has been seriously considered by the Pres
ident and his advisers. A great deal of
pressure has been brought to bear upon
the administration to take this step, but
after mature deliberation, it has been
determirfed that the negotiations for the
settlement of the questions growing out
of the disturbances in' China must take
place in the Chinese capital, and that
white these negotiations are pending and
until they are completed, it will be neces
sary for the United States forces to re
main in Pekin.
While it is recognized that a withdrawal
of the forces from Pekin might be hailed
with satisfaction in this country, it js
said that the moral effect in China and
upon the Chinese would be bad and would
be interpreted by the Chinese as a re
treat.
CHAFFEE SAYS IT’S OVER.
Fighting in I'ckin Has Ceased—Cnpt.
Reilly Riiried in I.egntion Grounds.
Americana in Temple of llenven.
Copyright 1900 The Associated Press.
Pekin, Thursday, Aug. 16, via Shang
hai. Thursday, Aug. 23,—The allied troops
have surrounded the Imperial City and
stationed sentries at the gates. They re
frain from entering, pending instructions
from their governments. Gen. Chaffee
says the fighting is ended.
The Japanese troops have relieved the
Pei Ting cathedral, where fifteen French
nuns and forty French and Italian sol
diers were isolated and besieged two
months. They found that five had been
killed.
Capt. Reilly of Battery F, Fifth Ar
tillery, who was killed before the imperial
palace, was buried in the legation
grounds. Gen. Chaffee, the British and
Japanese generals and many civilians
were present at the interment. The
American troops are encamped in the
grounds of the Temple of Heaven. The
Chinese are supposed to have fled north
ward.
COIXDN'T CUT THE LINE.
Chine* e Driven Hack With Slight
Loss to tlie Allien.
London, Aug. 24.—A dispatch from Che
Foo, dated Thursday. Aug. 23. says there
has been further fighting near Tien Tsin.
The Chinese soug. t to cut the line of
communicat on, but were driven back
with small loss on the part of the all’es.
Official advices from Pekin, received at
Tokio, Aug. 23, says the allies burned the
residence of Flinte Tuan.
According to a dispatch from Hong
Kong, dated Aug. 24, turbul nt mobs are
devastating portions of the irovlnc>s of
Fu Ki n and Klang Fu. It is added that a
mandarin with 300 Chinese soldiers left
Amoy, Aug. 23,, to restore order.
,1a: ar.e e l ice jackets were landed at
Amcy, Aug. 23.
Marines from the French cruiser Comet
have cleared the streets of Swatow and
freed the besieged priests.
A dis.atth to a news agency fiom
Shanghai, dared Aug. 23, says eight sur
vivors of the fourteen English mission
aries who started tog iher from Shan Si
have reached Hankow after suffering
frightful baibar.t e-.
LOOTING IS PROCEEDING.
Allies Seem To lie Gelling All They
I in In Pekin.
London, Aug. 23.—The Pekin correspond
ent of the Times, wiring last Saturday,
says:
’’Pekin is now entirely under foreign
control. LroMng Is proceeding systemat
ically. The French and Russian fl igs ar
flying over the In it |ortlon of the Im
portal domain, witere It is behoved the
Imperial tr asure It burled
’ ”T.) Forbidden City is r apected by in.
t rntlonal egrsene t ar.d any punish,
ment will b- Insff'C lve un esa It Is re u
p'fd The Ja:mnee have stlzed a hoard
amounting to R 0.000 tael* of sllvar.
'The Bmpercr, Kmsrsi Dowager.
Prime Tuan and ail the high uffb-rni aa
(Contlnued on Fifth Fags.*
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900.
HUNTINGTON’S WILL
BEQUESTS M VOR BY THE R AILROAD
MAGNATE.
ESTATE LARGELY IN TRUST.
ONLV INTEREST GOES TO IMPORT
ANT BENEFICIARIES.
Widow Gets Two-Tliiril* nnd Neph
ew, fl. E. Hantington, One-Third
of the Late President's Southern
Pnedlic Stock Restrictions as to
Its Sole—S|teeiflc Bequests.to Rela
tives, Friends nnd Institutions.
Wi 11 Filed in New York.
Nero York. Aug. 24.—The will of C. P.
Huntington was made public to-day. It
gives $1,000,000 in trust for Princess Hatz
feld't during her life, principal to go to
her issue al her death; $500,000 in trust is
given for the benefit of Mrs. Huntington,
the widow, for life, afterwards for the
benefit of Archer M. Huntington, for
life; twgv-thirds of the Southern Pacific
Railway stock is to be given to Mrs.
Huntington, and one-third to Henry Ed
wards Huntington on condition that no
part thereof shall be sold during the life
time of either, except with the consent
of both.
The Fifty-seventh street and Fifth ave
nue residence in this city, together with
all articles therein, is given to Mrs.
Huntington for life, afterward to Archer
M. Huntington; $250,000 is given in trust
for Archer M. Huntington, the capital at
his death to be paid to his issue; $270,000
is given in trust for the benefit of Harriet
9. Huntington, Elizabeth Purdy, Susan
Porter and Allen Gates, in portions of
$50,000 each; $30,000 for the benefit of C.
H. Sammis. and $20,000 each for the bene
fit of Eleanors Loveland and Frank Par
dee. Various other specific bequests are
made.
Mrs. Huntington, Charles H. Tweed
and Isaac E. Gates, Mr. Huntington’s
brother-in-law-, are made executors of the
All of Mr. Huntington’s pictures
are given to Mrs. Huntington for life, af
terward to Archer M. Huntington for life,
and at his death to the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art of New York city, absolutely.
The will Is in twenty-three articles, is
dated March 13, 1897, and witnessed by
Maxwell Evans, Andrew K. Vandeven
ter and George E. Downs.
None of Mr. Huntington's securities Is
mentioned by name, except his Southern
Pacific stock. The other bequests are
made in money, but it is also provided
that the executors may give to the bene
ficiaries, instead of money, securities to
the par value of the sums named. The
executors are empowered to dispose of
practically all securities and real esfate,
except the Southern Pacific holdings.
How the Articles linn.
The first article directs the payment of
debts. The second disposes of all furni
ture, bric-a-brac, books etc., to Mrs.
Huntington absolutely and gives all his
pictures to Mrs. Huntington for life, af
terward to Archer M. Huntington for life
and at his death to the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art of New York city, abso
lutely.
Article third gives the New York city
residence to Mrs. Huntington for life, at
her death to Archer M. Huntington, ab
solutely, or in default of issue by him, to
Yale University, absolutely.
Article 4 gives to Mr. Huntington’s sis
ter, Elizabeth Purdy, and to her daughter,
Eieanora Loveland, absolutely, a dwell
ing house now occupied by them in One
onta, N. Y.
The fifth article gives $500,000 in trust for
Mrs. Huntington for fife to go to Archer
M. Huntington for life and to his issue
absolutely. In the sixth section $250,000 is
placed in trust for Archer M. Huntington
and issue. The seventh article gives sl,-
000,000 in trust for the Princess Hatzfeldt,
the capital to go to her issue, or foiling
issue, to such persons as she may direct
by will.
The eighth article disposes of the South
ern Pacific stock belonging to Mr. Hun
tington. Mrs. Arabella D. Huntington,
the widow, is given two-thirds of the
stock, and Henry Edward Huntington,
nephew, one-third. This portion of the
will provides that the shares bequeathed
to Arabella D. Huntington and Henry Ed
wards Huntington shall not. nor shall any
part thereof, be sold or disposed of during
the lifetime of either of the legatees, ex
cept with the consent of both such lega
tees or of the survivor of them. The
will then says:
.Suggestions to Legatees.
‘‘l would suggest to the said Henry Ed
wards Huntington D. Hun
tington that sales of such portions of said
stock as they may receive under the fore
going provisions of this, my will, shall
not be made except pro rata or substan
tially pro rata with shares of stock of
said company belonging to the successors
In Interest of my former associates, Mark
Hopkins, Iceland Stanford and Charles
Crocker; but this suggestion is not to be
in any wise legally or equitably op
erative or binding upon my legatees, or
to restrict in any wise their
free action in dealing with such stock,
but is merely made for the purpose of
indicating (he mode and manner in whic'h
I should have preferred to make sales of
such stock if I had lived, and in which I
should prefer that such sales he made
afteT my death; but, notwithstanding
this suggestion, the legatees of my said
stock are to be at liberty to deal with
the same according to their own Judg
ment. except as limbed by the terms,
conditions and limitations hereinbefore
expressly prescribed in respect to sale or
disposition thereof during the lifetime of
the said legatees or the survivor of
them."
Others Remembered.
The ninth section gives one-half of the
residue of the estate of Mrs. Hunting
ton, the widow. The tenth article gives
$270.0,10 in trust as follows:
Harriet S. Huntington, sister-in-law,
Eiicabeth Purdy, sister, Pusan Porter,
staler, Ellen Gabs, aster. $30,000 each;
Collis H. Sammis, $30,00); Eieanora Love
land me e, S2OO 0; Frank Pardee, ne
ph'W, S2O 001
The eev nih article makes the follow
ing srecific bequests. To hit sister, Su
san Porter, 1.0,0 0; to his nephew. Wll
,ard V. Huntington, SA(*O, io his ne
phews Edward 11. Dunbar end George
H. Dunbar, $21,00 each; to hit nephew,
Edward H. Pardee, SIOO 000; to his niece,
Mary Pardee. S.O/00; to h a nice. Caro
line D. Holliday. s2>.oflo; to hla niece !,eo
pora Fester, $20,0h); to Ha niece, Adeline
Dun bn r, s>o,o O; to hla n.eoe, Heltn M.
Huntington s*<.<oo; to Isaac B. Gabs.
,1109/(0; to ilia widow of hit J. un—d
nephew, Chari, f H. Pardee, ?5> 000; to his •
friend, Charks H. Tweed. s*’o 000.
The twelfth section gives SIOO,OOO to the I
Hampton Normal and Agricultural In
stitute. Hampton, Vsj.; article thirteen
gives $25,000 to (he Chopin Home for the
Aged and Infirm, New York City. Arti
cle 14 provides 'that the residue of the
estate is to be given to the testator’s
nephew. Henry Edwards Huntington. Ar i
ticiea 15 and 16 give certain legal powers
to the executors.
Other Provisions.
Article 17 authorizes Mrs. Huntington
as executrix, or such attorney or substi
tute as she may npi>oint, to join with
Charles F. Crocker and Stillman and Hub
bard, or iheir respective attorneys or !
personal representatives, in executing or
indorsing commercial paper. (This power
is terminated by the death of Charles F.
Crocker and (he dissolution of Stillman
and Hubbard.)
The following articles are purely legal,
the twenty-second providing that any ben
eficiary contesting the will shall forfeit
his share in it.
The will was filed for probate in the sur
rogate's office to-day. The petition ask
ing that the instrument be admitted to
probate does nor estimate the value of
thp estate. Charles H. Tweed. Mr. Hunt
ington's attorney, said he could not placo
any value on it. Mr. Tweed was asked
wfypt would be the value of the bequests
in whieh it is provided that either money
or Securities of the par value of the sum
of fnoney mentioned may l>e given by the
executors, but he said he was not yet in
a position to say.
PECK SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
t '
Ifljvislier Wn* Tried nnd Convicted
nt Akron WJtliin Five Minutes
After His .Arrlvnl There.
Cleveland, 0.. Aug. 24.—Louis Peck,
the colored man who last Monday even
ing Hssaulted 6-year-old Christina Maas
al Akron, and whose crime is responsi
ble for the fearful rioting that occurred at
Akron Wednesday night ami Thursday
morning, was this afternoon taken from
(he jail at Cleveland, where, he had been
removed for safety, rushed to Akron,
taken to the Court House, and within five
minutes after his arrival in Akron, was
convicted of the crime, and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life at hard labor.
He had been indicted 1 by a special grand
jury, w'hich had been im|>aneled during
the afternoon. Judge Nye of Elyria, pio
nouneed the sentence. Within two min
utes after the sentence had been pro
ncunced, Peck had )>een placed on board
a Cleveland, Akron and Columbus train,
and. in charge of the sheriff and an as
sistant, he was taken to Columbus.
GREAT STORnPaT CAPE NOME.
Water Front Lined With Wrrrknge.
Many Liven Lont nt and Near
Nome,
San, Francisco, Aug. 24.—A Seattle,
Wash., special to the Bulletin, says:
A terrific* storm raged at Nome Aug. 7.
There was a heavy loss of life. The wat
er front is lined with wreckage and
stranded vessels of all descriptions. Out
of sixty-eight steam launches, it is re
ported that, only five remained afloat,
and of seventy-two barges, all but seven
drifted ashore.
Twenty dead bodies were washed ashore
and taken to the morgue for identifica
tion.
Five dead bodies were .W’ashed ashore
at Topkuk, three miles north of Nome,
the mouth of Nome river, and eight in
front of Nome camp, three and one-half
miles below Bluff City and two below
Topkuk. The pest house on an island
was destroyed by fire on Aug. 9. Three
(Clients were removed saely.
RACE TIIOI DLE THREATENED. ’
Nocroes linßaard in n Conspiracy Io
Kill Whiten.
Center. Tex., Aug:. 24.—Serious trouble
ia threatened between the whites and
blacks in Sabine county. A messenger ar
rived here from Sexton with a report that
trouble was expeeted and requested as
sistance from Center. Six men left at
once for Sexton, and others went there
later.
The trouble grew out of a letter writ
ten by a negro, making known a plot to
kill Sheriff Wm. Folley, Daniel Davis.
James Ingram and several other citizens.
A negro who received the letter took it
to Sheriff Folley to read for him. He
was arrested on the spot, and the sheriff
took a posse with him and arrested thir
teen other negroes.
An examination is being held at Sex
ton. Many of the negroes are openly
making threats, and the number of white
men is being constantly augmented by
arrivals from nearby towns. Sexton is
fifteen miles from a telegraph or tele
phone station.
Cl BAN FLAG W ILL FLOAT. '
NN 111 Re Hoisted To-itsy Over tile
I’nliice nt Snntlntro.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 24.—1 tis in
dicative of the policy of the United States
government that the Cuban flag will be
hoisted to-morrow, wi:h elaborate cere
mony, over the palace In Santiago. It !
will float there for the first time since,
Gen. Shafter ordered it hauied down In
1898.
BO AH I) GETS A MESSAGE.
I’rrsbyterlnn* Heard of Their Chinn
MlNslonnries •
New York, Aug. 24.—The Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Mission received the
following cablegram from Minister Con
ger to-day:
“rekln, Aug. 20.—North China Christians
surviving slaughter, destitute,, homeless;
send Immediate help; thank offering, Pe
kin rescued, Wherry, Hobart Smith.
‘‘Conger.”
Believe Him nn Annrehlat.
New Orleans, Aug. 24.—Custeo Salvador,
a stowaway aboard the steamer South
gate, Jumped overtioard when near the
city and esoaiied. Detectives arrested
him to-day about fifty mile* below the
city. On account of his desperate effort
to escape, he is suspected of being an
anarchist.
Boer Envoy* Protest.
London, Aug 25.—Dr. Leyds and the
Boer envoys have aent from St. Peters
burg to Lord Salisbury a strong protest
against the latest proclamation* of Lord
Robert*, maintaining that they violate
every sense of right and alt th princi
ple* of ieiarnatloual I aw.
NO GLORY OF EMPIRE
MR. BRYAN DEi'LARKS IT IS NOT
W INTKD.
*
IS A LURE TO DESTRUCTION.
GOVERNMENT BY TIJK I’EOI’Li; FOR
THE PEOPLE NEEDED.
The Denaot'rntic Nominee \thlreMMc<l
an Audience t oinpoNcd Lnr,el> of
RepuhllcniiN—Said He Doe* Not OK
ject to the lloneHt Accumulation
of Wealth—liuiierinltMin Mum Have
Force of 4ritiK nt Itn Hack—A Word
Ahout Finance.
Manhattan, Kan., Aug. 24.—W’. J. Bryan
began the day with a speech here at 10:3J
a. in. The community is regarded as
strongly Republican, but there was a largo
audience. Mr. Bryan said he preferred
speaking to Republicans on the principle
that it is always right to save ‘brands
from the burning.’ He believed most Re
publicans would leave their parly when
convinced that they could so serve there
country better than by remaining in it.
In the first place, hr said, the Republi
can party had been a silver party, now it
had become a gold standard party. It
had supported the greenbacks, now it
proposes to substitute a bank currency for
the greenbacks. It had, heretofore, de
nounced trusts, now Its leaders were found
generally defending the trusts. Speaking
of trusts, he asked what the individual
Republicans, especially the Republican
farmers, w’ere getting out of the trusts.
Imperinlism Must Have Force.
"We do not object to the honest accu
mulation of wealth,” he said. ”1 want a
government that gives every poor man
the hope of being rich some day, a gov
ernment that gives the rich man assur
ance that his children will he protected
if they ever become poor. What I ob
ject to is a government that protects a
few* men in their robbery of the masses
and then denounces everybody as an an
archist that does not like to lie robbed.
“I want. you Republican to see
what change has been made in the
Republican party. You Republicans rec
ognize that there has been a transforma
tion in the purposes. If you cannot eee
the change that has taken place in your
party's position on the economic ques
tions, I am going to ask if you can see
the change that has taken place in your
party’s position on these new questions
that hove come up since, the Spanish
war.” (Applause.)
Does Not Object to Honesty.
He declared that a jfollcy of imperial
ism 1h impossible without a large army.
“When the government comes from the
people.” he said, “the people will come
from their hemes to support it, but when
you build 1 on brute force you have got
to have an army to prevent the people
making faces t you.
“If we are to resort to imperialism :n
the Philippines in order -to get the trade
of those islands, is it not reasonable to
suppose that the same policy will be
brought into requisition to get the trade
of other countries?” Then the speaker
said:
"When an American boy dies for lib
erty his mother thanks God thot he gave
her strength to bear and rear a son for
such noble sacrifice, but what American
mother wants to raise boys at so much per
head? That is what imperialism means.
I believe in the exjxmsion of trade; I
want this country to extend her trade,
but I would not put one American citizen
on the auction block and sell him for all
the trade of the Orient if I had to buy
it by hie blood.” (Great appluuee.)
Mr. Bryan asserted # thar die Republi
cans are evading the question of finance
and said that after having asserted
over and over again that the silver ques
tion is dead, they brought it to life far
beyond the predictions of Democrats. Im
portant as was tha< issue, it could not he
used to prevent adequate discussion of
issues of more pressing questions. In
closing, Mr. Bryan said:
Destruction in th Past.
“The splendors of an empire have lured
governments on to destruction in the
past. We do not want 'the splendors of
an empire; we want a government of the
people, by the people and for the people.
This is glory enough for us. (Applause.)
And w’hen Republicans tell you what we
are go’ng to do and bow we are going
to reach out nnd go into lands for their
exploration, your remember that passage
from the Scripture, and you can para
phrase It by an answer they cannot meet,
‘What shall It profit us if we gain he
whole world and lose the spirit w'hleh
prizes liberty as an heritage to all men
in all lands everywhere?’ ”
BIIYAN WARNED THE CROWD.
He Hml Spied Pickpocket From the
( nr Pin (form.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 21.—A somewhat
exciting incident marked Mr. Bryan’s
first stop in hD own state on his return
from the Topeka notification meeting tol
day. This incident was the detection by
Mr. Bryan of a pickpocket in active pur
suit of his vocation, a lively chase
through the car for the thief and his
capture and his subsequent escape. The
incident occurred at the village of Barnes
ton, on the line of the Union Pacific. As
the train slowed up Mr. Bryan appeareo
on the platform of the Inst car. lie was
shaking hands with the people, when
there was a suspicious movement In the
center of the assemblage.
“lookout for ihose pickpockets.” shout
ed the Democratic lender, remembering
his experience with this cla'-s four years
ago. He had not pointed out any partic
ular person, hut three or four men started
immedabely to move through the crowd.
The movement excited the attention of
p<*>ple in the crowd and also those on (he
train, and everybody gave chase. One
man Jumped on the train, but as he did so
he fell Into the arms of HherlfT W'adding
ton of the county in which the theft oc
curred. The train was getting under four
headway, when the prisoner dashed down
the crowded aisle of the car, jumped off
and escaped.
BROKE AT MARYSVILLE.
Republican Party Ready to “Flop”
When Instructed.
Marysville, Kan., Aug. 24.—Mr Bryan
arrived her# on a epeclal train from Man
hattan this afternoon and after wards de
livered a apeecn to the people of thia
vicinity. He wae greeted by couaideraWe
gatherings at points en route. At Ran
dolph he made a five-minute speech, in
which he compared the Republican party
to an association of athletes trained to
turn somersaults in concert whenever the
leaders say “flop’’ with the party. At
Blue Rapids he quoted the scriptural pas
sage “Whom the Lord loveth he chasten
eth' as God's authority for thrashing the
Republican party at the November elec
tion.
His Marysville speech covered the gen
eral range op public questions.
NOT MADF. FOR HANNA.
Mr. Br>nn Doe* Not Believe It of the
111 l|i in os.
Men trice, Neb.. Aug. 24.—Mr. Rryao re
turned to bis own Htate to-day, reaching
the state line late in the afternoon, and
arriving at Beatrice a few minutes pist
8 o'clock. There was a large crowd nt
the dci>ot when Mr. Bryan arrived.
His address was a review' of the general
Issues of the campaign. More than usual
attention was given to the legislation con
cerning For to Rico. He used this ns an
fi.ustratlon of what the Republican patty
would do In other countries if the opi>or-
Irnltv should offer. This legislation he
M'garded os a specimen of imperlaUm.
and a good illustration of what could l>e
uccompnshed by h Republican Congress
Speaking of the Filipinos. Mr. Bryan
asked: “Republicans, are you not
ashamed to say that God would make
Filipinos and leave them thousands of
years until Hanna found them.”
Mr. Bryan will leave Beatrice to-mor
row morning for Lincoln, and in the after
noon hr goes to Omaha where he spraks
ai night.
RESCUED 10T PRISONERS.
lladen>9*oiveli Also Captured Boers.
Columns After DcWct Marched
Ha pldly.
London, Aug. 24.—The following dis
patch has been received at the war office
from Lord Roberts:
“Pretoria (Thursday), Aug. 23.—Baden-
Powell rescued 100 British prisoners at
Wurm Baths Aug. 22, and raptured twen
ty-five Boers and a German artillery of
ficer.
“Buller’s casualties, Aug. 21, were seven
men killed, Capt. Ellershaw and twenty
one men wounded and five men missing.
Kitchener, Aug. 22, had eight casualties.
“While reconnolterlng in the Komati
valley, Rundle found 10,000 rounds of am
munition buried.
“The columns pursuing De Wet made
wonderful marches. Col. Macklnnon cov
ered 224 miles In fourteen days.”
NIPPERS WEFIToN POWERS.
He AAns Indignnnt Because He Had
Given His Word Not to Escape.
In the Louisville Jail.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24.—Former Secre
tory Caleb I’owers, convicted of complic
ity in the murder of Gov. Goebel, was
placed in the Louisville jail to-day.
I’owers was Indignant because nippers
had been placed on his wrists. He said
he had given his w r ord to his guards that
he w'ould make no attempt to escape, as
such an escape would have ruined his
chance for another trial.
WRECK OF A STEAMER.
A New Tramp, the India, Stranded
on tlie Const of Africa.
Philadelphia, Aug. 24.—Information was
received here to-day of the stranding dur
ing a hurricane of the new British tramp
steamer Indru, Capt. F. J. Burkell, which
sailed with a cargo of sugar from Sama
baya, Java, June fH, for Philadelphia, and
nine lives are believed to have been lost.
The vessel is ashore and a total loss
at Gardaful, on the coast of Africa, at
the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. Of
the crew of thirty-eight men, twenty-nine
were saved, and it is believed the others
perished in the gale ,or were can-led into
captivity by the natives.
AH HANGED FOR BRYAN.
Meeting \A 111 lie I ndcr tlie Ansplces
of Tn mmnn y.
New York, Aug. 21. —a no Executive
Committee of Tammany Hall met 10-
night nnd arranged for the reception of
William J. Bryan, Oct. 16. A committee
uis appointed for the work. Richard
Croker is a mcinlxr of the committee,
and the meeting at which Mr. Bryan is io
speak will he held under # the auspices
of Tammany.
In a long speech Mr. Croker urged that
the Brvan meeting shou.d be in the na
ture of a ratification, and suggested that
it tak*- in all tradep, as well as all lines
of buaines®.
HILL WILL MAKE SPEECHES.
Announcement to That Effect Made
ly ( lifiiriiinn Jones.
Chicago, Aug. 24.—Chairman James K.
Jones of the Democratic National Com
mittee said to-day that former Senator
D. B. Hill of New York will make
speeches in the West during the cam
paign, hut that the time and places have
not been determined.
Senator Marion Butler will arrive in
Chicago on Monday next to attend the
meeting of the People’s Party’s National
Commictee, of which he Is chairman.
There probably will be a conference be
tween the two chairmen.
ST. LOUS HAS $734135.
I n(IIn nn polls Iflns 100,104 and Ro
chester Has 102,400.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The population of
St. liouls, according to the count of the
Twelfth census Just completed, is 575,238.
in 1890 the population of St. Louis was
451.770. The increase during the past ten
years was 123,468 or 27.23 per cent.
The population of Imllana|>olls, Ind., is
169.164. against 105,436 In 1890; an increase
of 63,728, or 60.44 i#r cent.
The jopulation of Rochester. N. Y., Is
162.435. against 133,896 in 1890, an increase
of 28,539, or 21.31 per cent.
LIEIT. L ORD! Y HAS SHOT.
Ringleader In flic Kidnapping
Scheme Paid the Penalty.
London, Aug. 25.—A special dispatch
frem Pretoria saye that Lieut. Cordua
was shot yesterday, (Friday), afternoon.
Cordua was formerly of the Rtaate Artil
lery, and wn* convicted of being a ring
leader in the plot to abduct Gen. Roberta
and kill British officers.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.II A YEAR
OUT IN THE SECOND.
SHARKEY WAS NO MATCH FOR
FITZSIMMONS.
THE FIGHTING WAS FIERCE.
FITZSIMMONS WENT TO THE FLOOR
IN THE FIRST.
Betting nt tlie Ringside Wn* Slow.
IO to 7 Prevailed n the Odds—Both
Fighter* Were Cheered n They
Were Presented to the Crowd.
Sharkey Tried to Force tlie Fight
ing, Hut Generally Fell Short—The
Fight by ItoundN.
NVwr York, Aug. 24.—^Whipped into In
sensibility in less than two rounds is the
story in brief of Tom Sharkey’s meeting
with Bob Fitzsimmons at the Coney Isl
and Sporting Club to-night. Fitzsimmons
was the victor, Sharkey the loser.
Fitzsimmons said all along that when
an opportunity presented itself he w’oukl
prove conclusively that he was Sharkey's
superior and settle accounts for the In
justice done him when he met Sharkey in
California four years ago.
Sharkey was equally confident that he
would prove to be Fitzsimmons’ master
In the ring, but the result of to-night'e
battle anil th* brevity of It proved that
Fitzsimmons is still a great fighter and
abb? to beat the lust of the heavy
weights. He has beaten Corbett, Uuh
lin and Sharkey. Fitzsimmons was a de
cided fnvorite in ihe betting owing to his
showing with Ruhlin a short time ago.
His defeat of Ruhlin on that occasion and
the previous victory of Ruhlin over Shar
key a few weeks earlier were figured as
showing thot Fitzsimmons ought to whip
the sailor on this occasion.
When Fitzsimmons was declared the
winner, the crowd sur.aed toweid the
rir.g, hut the police got ahead of them
and diove them back. Fitzsimmons was
congratulated hy those nearest his cor
ner, and then he ran over an Is. grasoed
Shaikcy by the gloved hand. Fitzsim
mons almost danetd with delight when
stepping back from Sharkey’s corner, and
as he went, to his dr sdng ro m, he was
loudly che red. Sharkey, in Jhe mean
time, had recovered very quickly from
his punishmen*. and was able to have
the ring a sojii as Fltzsimm ns.
The contest drew a large dolebatfon
of sporting men to the seaside re
sorts about the clubhouse. The crowd
was not as large as on previous
occasion®, attributable largely to the
inclement weather. At 8 o’clock
about a thousand i>ergo.js had passed
through the turnstiles. After this the
people arrived in small kno(s and
bunches.
Both men were said to be In the best of
shape. Sharkey arrived at the island
from his cottage at Shccpshend Bay at 7
o’clock in excellent spirits and boasting
ho would surely win. Fitzsimmons was
due nbout 9 o’clock.
The first big bet made at the ringeida
was SSOO to S3O) on Fitzslmmors, H. O.
Price of Pittsburg taking the Fitzsim
mons’ end, and Joe Humphries of N. w
York toki g th- Sharkey end.
An hour before the battle began Book
maker Joe VfM'lig was offering SI,OOO to
$7( w ) on Fitzsimmons. The Shark<y corn
mi sinners wanted SI,OJO to s*o. Vcndig
claimed Sharkey’s price would he S7OO
against $1 000 lx fore the battle be^an.
At 9:4S the betting on the main ev?nt
was 7 to 5 on F.tzslmmona.
Sharl;ey entered Ihe ring at 10:45. He
was enveloped In a blue Imthrobe. He
took the corner occupied by Jeffries on
the night that Sharkey fought the latter.
The handlers' for Fitzsimmons are George
Dawson. Jeff Thorne, Dan Hickey and
Juck Neary. For Sharkey, Tom
O’Rourke, Spider Kelly. Jim Buckley and
Jack Sullivan acted as seconds. William
Koeber was timekeeper for Fitzsimmons,
and Jimmy Colville held the watch for
Sharkey.
Fitzsimmons, on ent ilng the ring, whs
gr.otcd w'ilh m ngled cheers and greans.
He wore a light-colored bath robe and
carried his glov s in Ills right hand. H j
wore pink, knitted trunks, held up hy a
of fcinall Ameti an flags with a icd,
white and blue rosette at the tide. Like
Sharkey, he, also, wore bamlagts on both
hands.
The master of ceremonies introduced the
men, and each received an ovati n. Char
ley White entered the ring and was in
troduced as the refeiee of the fight. Hi
was applauded.
Story by Rounds.
Round 1. Sharkey rushed and swung
his left for the body, but Fltzdmmoin
jumped out of reach. Sharkey rushed
again, hut Fitz Jumped away. Sharkey
rushed Fitzsimmons, but Fitzsimmons
again met him with heavy right on body.
Sharkey missed a right swing. Fitz easily
ste| ped out of reach. Sharkey swung hie
left, but Fitz got uw'ay and blow land#!
on his back. Fltzsimm ns tried right and
left for the head, but Sharkey duck# I,
and then Fitzsimmons lan led
left book on neck Sharkey
swung wildly for the head, but
Fifzsimjnons ducked them and sent his
right to Sharkey’s Jaw. Sharkey clinch
ed. Sharkey swung a heavy left for the
head, but Fitz blocked It. Sharkey rushed
wildly, landing a left on the shoulder.
Fitzsimmons sent left an right to the
face, then Sharkey rushed again, swing
ing his left on the shoulder and Fitzsim
mons went down to the floor, Sharkey
falling over him with his rush. The bell
rang with Fitzsimmons on the floor and
the referee rushed between them.
Round 2. Sharkey rushed to close quar
ters, swinging left and right without
landing. Fitzsimmons rushed, sending
his right to body and left to neck. Both
swung wildly with rights and lefts. Fitz
simmons stepped In with a right and left
to the head. Sharkey was wild and Fits
sent him to the floor, after a succession
of rights and lefts on the face. Sharkey
got up groggy, and sb'.ggered back to the
ropes. Fitz went after him and hooked
his left to the Jaw. Then he sen right
and left to head, and Sharkey was un
able to protect himself. Then FKzsim
inons sent a hard right to the body and
hooked his left to the Jaw, and as Shar
key was staggering, he hooked his left
to Jaw, sending Sharkey down the sec
ond time. Slmrkey struggled to regain
his feet, but fell over on his hands and
face. He struggled gamely, attempting to
get up. but the right on body and left on
Jaw had done their work, and Sharkey
was counted out by the referee, who de*
glared Fitzsimmons the winner.