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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-29
THE SUPREME LODGE.
Chancellor Samples Address and Re.
ports of other Officers.

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. 2S-Masonic Tenn
pie to-day appeared transformed into a
temple of Pythianism. Several large gath
erings of Pythians and branch organiza-
tions were in session simultaneously within
the big structure. Chief of these were the
opening meetings of the Supreme Lodge, X.
of p. and of the Supreme Lodge of the Py-
THAN sisterhood. The initial meeting of
the Rathbone Sisters was postponed until
tomorrow.
Supreme Chancellor Thomas B. Sample,
of Allegheny, Pa, head of the Pythian or
der. presided over the supreme lodge meet
ing. In his biennial address he said:
'The condition OF the order throughout
the supreme domain. with but few excep-
tions. is fiourishing. The growth of the
Knights of Pythias In the past thirty-five
years has been marvellous, and to the stu
dent of secret societies has been a wonder.
This growth in it's early history, however.
was not generally of a character that
would give 10 Ii or any other society sta
bility. This is a plain fact. which is evil
dent TO us all now. or late years the men
who have been admitted TO our ranks have
come 10 US because of our principles. and
as result, the personnel OF the order Is
BETTER to-day than ever before. The de-
cree seems to have gone forth from the
subordinate lodges. rule. that quality
and not quantity is what is desired.
'In some of the grand domains there is
still that spirit manifested of desire to
evade laws made for the government Of the
order. not In regard TO any particular SUBJ
ject but all the laws we have enacted. One
Of the causes for this seeming spirit Of dis
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of affairs. Evidences of interference with
the messages have accumulated to point
where the government has determined to
take steps to establish channels of its own,
even If it is necessary to employ the rather
expensive device of man-of-war plying
between Shanghai and che-Foo for this
purpose. Meanwhile word comes that rapid
progress is making with the shore cable.
which is 10 connect these points, and it is
believed that within a week this means of
communication will be open. Three mes
sages from General Chaffee were received
to-day, and while they cast no direct light
on the military situation they were infer
entially important. The generals state
ment that he needs no siege battery, taken
in connection with the diversion of the
cavalry which was bound for Taku. TO Ma
Mia. seems to make clear that there is no
intention to enter into a prolonged cam
paign i'm China, such as would involve the
use of heavy artillery or of reinforcements
in the shape of men and horses. AT the
same time 1T cannot be said that the gov
ernment has shown any sign of a purpose
to abandon any just claim it may have Sc
cured upon China, through the brilliant op-
Flowery Kingdom. But 1t begins to appear
that the battle of to-day is one Of diplo-
macy rather than one of arms, and not
withstandng the various rumors that have
filtered out from Chinese sources of heavy
engagements between the international
forces and the Boxers, the officials here are
satisfied that no formidably organized re-
sistance will be offered by the Chinese if
the demands of the powers are limited to
the principles laid down by the United
States.
Therefore most interest attached to a
series of diplomatic calls upon acting Sec
retary Adee this afternoon than any report
OF purely military operations in China.
First came the Japanese minister Mr.
Takahira, next the Russian charge, Mr..
wollant, and finally Mr.. Thiebaut. the
French charge. These trained diplomats
naturally are averse to letting the public
know the developments of incomplete nego-
tiations. Nevertheless. 1t was gathered that
one of the principal topics of discussion
was the propriety of accepting Ii Hung
Chang as a proper person with whom the
powers might negotiate for a settlement in
China. 1t is quite evident from the con-
ferences held this afternoon that the state
ment made early in the day to the effect
that this matter is still open issue was
correct Otherwise ii would not have been
necessary for the officials to enter into a
laborous comparison of the texts of the
credentials supplied by Ii Hung Chang to
the various powers of Europe as well as
japan and the United States. Past ex-
perience with some of the Chinese DEGREES
has shown very radical differences in the
translations, and so much turns on the
form of Earl Lis credentials il is re-
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE) :
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POWERS SLOW
IN NO HURRY TO DECLARE THEIR
POLICY TOWARDS CHINA.
United states Il Waiting on European
Governments to Outline What
They Intend to Do.
GERMANY NOT IN HARMONY
REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE CREDEN-
TIALs OF LII HUNG CHANG.
Russia, Britain and the United States,
However. Are willing to Accept
Them as Genuine.
LONG SESSION OF CABINET
MESSAGES FROM CoNGER AND CHAT
FEE TAMPERED WITH.
Warship May Be Used as Dispatch
Boat an Carrying Communications
Between Che-Foo and Shanghai.
CONFERENCE OF DIPLOMATS
Warship May BE Used as Dispatch
Boat I'm Carrying Communications
Between Che-Foo and Shanghai.
CONFERENCE OF DIPLOMATS
EFFORT To AVOID FRICTION BE-
TWEEN INTERESTED NATIONS.
Samples of the wild Stories Concoct-
ed by Fakers-Troops Diverted
to the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-
The United States IS waiting on
the other powers to make known
their policy towards China.
Whether Ii Hung Chang will be
permitted to negotiate in behalf OF
the Chinese government is doubt
full. Great Britain, Russia and
this country are willing, but Rus
sia refuses to accept the Earl's
credentials.
The Chinese are tampering with
messages passing between Conger.
Chaffee and Washington. No i'm
portant cablegrams were received
yesterday.
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ALL SORTS OF RUMoRs AFLoAT.
Most of Them Are of the sake" Or
der-A Black Flag story.


der-A Black Flag story.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Doubt and un-
certainty again mark the situation In
and unsatisfactory. 1t is believed the
trouble is with the land lines controlled by
the Chinese, that the astute Celestials are
holding back any dispatches going in either
direction that they think may be important.
In the absence of regular communication
all sorts of rumors are afoat. One comes
from ST. Petersburg that the allies have
been defeated in great battle and forced
to retreat This story is probably the
handiwork Of the ingenious person who sent
out the story during the siege of the lega-
tiols that the Russian minister had been
boiled alive. and related circumstantially
how deeply the Czar was affected by the
terrible tidings. how he wept as he read
the dispatch. Another comes from Paris
and has the allies shut UP in Peking be-
sieged by imperial troops and Boxers; yet
another of home manufacture, the produc-
ton of an ambitious Washington journalist
on local afternoon paper. tells how q. 600
Black Flags followed the 1000 Germans who
recently reinforced the allies in Peking,
TO the walls OF that city, while great
Chinese army from the province of Shang-
Tung was stealthily approaching from a
different direction with a view to fianking
the allies. AS the Germans landed in the
north of China and the Black Flags are
oopofpO fpdaad thav ore ooroipn al
from Canton. fifteen hundred miles to the
south, their ingenuity in getting in the
rear of the German contingent will be
recognized at once and their self-restraint
In not falling upon the Germans in the
open and annihilating them by sheer weight
Of numbers, 5000 TO 1000. odds of 12ls to 1,
can only be admired. Evidently these Black
Flags had set out to pen the allies In Pek-
ing. and like the man who hshed for cat
and threw back the bass that hooked itself
on his line. they were not to be diverted
from their purpose. Seriously. none OF the
stories that do not come from Chaffee, Con-
ger or some other official source, Ameri-
can. European Japanese, is worth a
seconds consideration, and nothing has
been received from any of these sources:
An extended conference regarding the
diplomatic features OF the Chinese situation
took place at the White House tonight
Acting Secretary Adee, of the State De-
partment. arrived at the executive mansion
about half-past 8 o'clock and soon after
ward Secretary Root came. the two off,
efals remaining with the President until
after midnight. They were asked for some
statement as they were leaving the White
House. but both were tincommunfcative
though Secretary Root made IL plain that
the conference was not the result of any
bad news that had been received from
General Chaffee. and that IL related TO the
communications which this government is
now having with the powers respecting
their treatment OF the Chinese question.
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III Not Accepted by Operators Within
Ten Days 100000 Diggers
Threaten to Quit Work.
MAY INVOLVE OTHER FIELDS
STRIKE WILL BE ENGINEERED BY
OFFICERS OF THE UNION,
And Every B;tuminous Mine That
Sends Coal to the Anthracite
Region May BE Closed.

HAZLETON, Pa, Aug. 2s.-If the anthra-
mands of the United Mine Workers, as
embodied in the reports of the scale and
resolutions committee. as presented and
adopted at to-day's convention, within ten
days of date, or by Sept. s, a strike in
volving 10000 miners, of which 10000 are
members of the mine workers organiza-
ton. will be declared. The committee to-
day applied TO the national board, with
headquarters at Indianapolis. TO order a
strike if no amicable agreement regarding
wages, the powder question, and other
grievances, is reached. President Mitchell
said tonight that the application would
undoubtedly be favorably acted upon by
the board. which meets at Indianapolis
on Sept. 6. If existing conditions are not
remedied in the time allowed by the con-
vention. The report of the scale committee
is follows:
I'VE demand the abolition of the COM
pany store system. the reduction in the
price of powder to $3.50 per keg, the aboli-
ton of the company dictation as TO who
shall be our doctors, abolition of the slid
ing scale now i'm practice in the Lehigh and
Schuylkill regions, compliance with the
semi-monthly pay law, and that all en-
pioyes be paid in cash; abolition of the
erroneous system of having 1880 pounds
to the ton and that 2.24O pounds constitute
ton; that an advance of 20 per cent. be
paid all classes of men now receiving less
than $l.50per day; that all classes of day lab
orers now receiving $3.50 and not exceeding
sl.15 shall receive Is per cent over present
wages; that all day labor now receiving
more than A.75 shall be advanced 10 per
cent: that no miner shall have at any time
more than one breast, gang or other class
of work. and shall only get his legal share
of cars
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infantry. received a serious sniping wound
while patrolling at Ho-Si-Wu.
The Russians, Germans and Japanese
are constantly pushing troops on to Pek-
ing.
The Miss Woodward referred to i'm the
dispatch from Tien-Tsin is undoubtedly
the daughter of Mrs. Woodward, wife of
NJ. S. Woodward, assistant manager OF
the Western Adjustment Company They
were guests of Minister Conger at Peking
Mrs. and Miss Woodward left Evanston
in February TO make a tour of Japan and
China. They were accompanied by Mrs.
Conger. wife of the minister. Miss Mary
Condit-Smith has also been a guest of
Minister Conger at Peking. One of this
Miss Smiths sisters is the wife of General
Leonard S. Wood, the Governor General
of Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-29

Tammany Forces Rout CoIer's Friends
in First Round.

from the primary elections held in the va
rious counties of the State to-day indicate
that Richard Croker will control the Dem
ocratic State convention to be held at
Saratoga on Sept. II. The Croker forces
won the first round in the battle against
the friends of Controller Coler, led by ex-
Senator Hill. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Coler,
however. do not regard the result of the
primaries conclusive. and the battle will
be fought out in the convention. Mr.
Croker however, says the result is final
and that no candidate for Governor from
Greater New York can be nominated
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Aug. 2s.-In let
ter to a friend in this city Senator John T.
Morgan relates the following parts of a
conversation held with a third person
giving the senator's views on governing
the Philippines: He asked me upon what
principle or precedent thought the gov
ernment of the Philippines could be safely
conducted. l referred him to Section 4.
Article 4. of the Constitution of the United
States, and said TO him that no man who
respects his oath can ever give TO any peo-
pie under our jurisdiction any other than
Republican form of government, and
that form of government is the best for the
people that was ever devised by the wisdom
of man.
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Arrival of the Fifty Who Had Been
Cooped Tn in Peking.

Copyright. 1900. by the Associated Pres..l
TIEN-TSIN, Aug. q. via Taku. Aug. 81
Fifty Americans including the Misses
Condit-Smith. Woodward and Payne
have arrived here from Peking. which city
they left five days ago by boat.
The commissary department is prepar-
ing to establish an extensive winter mill
tary base at Tong-Ku.
Lieutenant waldron. OF the United States
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DEVELOPMENTS OF DAY.


WASHINGTON, Aug 2s--several COM
n,unieations came TO Washington from the
United States officials in China to-day, but
being dateless In most cases. the govern
ment was by no means satisfied with the
state Of communications, and the Cabinet
meeting gave the larger part of It's atten-
ton 10 the problem Of rectifyiug this state
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AND THE STUFFED FIGURE or Pa
NOUS "OLD aBE- DIsPLAYED.
Hats of Spectators Removed as the
War-Rent EmbIems Passed
i'm the Procession.
CHEERS FOR LAwT0N'S FLAG
AS 1T WAS CARRIED BY SURVIVORS
OF THE THIRTIETH INDIANA.

Several Casualties During the Day,
Including the Death nj Man
Who Fell While Marching
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The Increase Of New York Is estimated.
No fair comparison with 1890 can be made
because the greater city now takes I'm sew
eral counties.
~District OF Columbia.
sss Omaha shows decrease Of ss.s97. Or
26.9S per cent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
ECUMENlCAL CONFERENCE

Missionaries From Many Lands Go Over
Entire Field of Work.
NEW YORK, April 24.-No meeting of
the ecumenical conference was held
yesterday. Instead eight sectional
meetings were held in as many churches.
Reports were read at these meetings
concerning the work and prospects in
China, Burmah, Assam, Siam, India,
Ceylon. Oceanica, Mohammedan lands,
Africa, North and South America and
also among the Hebrews in all lands.
All the meetings were well attended
and addresses were name by several
missionaries in each. Both Carnegie
hall and the Central Presbyterian church
were crowded to their capacity at the
evening meetings.
At Carnegie hall addresses We're read
on "a Century of Missions" To the
left OF the main aisle We're seated the
delegates from Japan, Korea, Oceanica,
West Indies, China, Central America,
Mexico and South America. To the
right Were Siam, India, Ceylon, Bur
nah, Assam, Syria, Egypt, Turkey,
North and South America, Persia,
Arabia and Africa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
CHICAGoANs BREAK FAITH.

Members of Ambulance Corps Take Up
Arms in Boer Army.
WASHINGTON, April 2O-United States
Consul Hay at Pretoria has notified the
state department by cable of the re.
ported action Of the members of the
Chicago ambulance corps in taking up
arms in the Boer army instead of con-
tinuing with the hospital corps, to
which they had pledged themselves
upon leaving the United States.
The officials here say that nothing
can be done by the government to pre-
vent such violations of faith as are re-
ported from South Africa. The men
did not go out with arms and so did not
fulfill the legal description of fllibust-
ering party, which would have enabled
the United States authorities to prevent
their departure.
Similarly, the Portuguese authorities
probably found themselves obliged to
let the unknown men pass through
Lourenzo Marquee, and it would ap-
pear that unless the British government
can induce the Portu guese to take diff
ferent view of their obligations, Portu-
guese South Africa will remain an open
doorway for recruits entering the
Transvaal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
RAIN oNLYcAN SAVE TIMBER


Bush Fires Are Raging in the Cass Lake
Region and Log Owners Are Alarmed.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 24.-Unless a
heavy rain speedily visits the Cass lake
region, the fires now raging in the "top-
pings" will extend to the standing tim
ber, intiicting losses which will run into
the tens of millions of dollars. The fire
is confined to the stumpage and boughs,
the old cuttings of the past two winters.
Minneapolis log owners are greatly
alarmed. Everything is as dry as tinder.
M. j. Scanlon, of the Scanlon- Gibson
Lumber company, said that terrible
fire was raging south and west of Cass
lake. His advices stated that the citi-
zens are making great efforts to protect
the town by ''baclS firing" Mr.. Scan
Ion says there has been great deal of
property destroyed in the region west of
Cass lake anu extending back about 25
miles to the west and northwest and
probably 80 miles on the southwest.
The streams have dried up and every
thing points to most disastrous fire.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
REcENTFIGHTs
Otis Says Aguinaldo's Bishop Stirred Up
an Attack Americans.

Otis Says Aguinaldo's Bishop Stirred Up
an Attack on Americans.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-General Otis
has cabled the following account of re-
cent engagements in the Philippines:
"MANILA. April 24.-Early on the
morning of the 7th several hundred
Tagalos and Vizayans attacked battal-
ion of the Fortieth at Caguyan, on the
north coast of Mindanao Our casual
ties were 2 killed, II wounded; enemy's
loss, SO killed, Is wounded and captured
in city besides other losses suffered on
retreat. Young reports from north
western Luzon that several hundred ma
tives, influenced by Aguinaldo's bishop,
Aglipak, attacked his troops at several
points and in turn had been attacked.
Their loss in the attack on Patoe on the
18th was 1O6 killed and during the en-
tire fighting from the 18th to the 18th
1888 killed; our loss during that period,
2 killed, wounded. Young has plenty
Of troops and will have little further
trouble. Affairs in Luzon points are
improving, local presidents and inhabit-
ants of the towns are giving informa-
ton and rendering assistance. Troops
are taking possession of interior small
islands.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Beers Desperately Attack Dalretv.

MAsERU, April 25.-The Beers Sc
verely attacked Colonel Dalgety s north
ern position, facing Bokpoort Acton,
under whose fire they made deter
mined advance. The British returned
heavy fire, before which the Beers re-
colled, after extending across the flats
and malntalninga a continuous long range
fuslllade for some hours. Artillery can
De heard in the direction of Dewetsdorp,
but there is no sign that the British re-
Lief column in that quarter has ad-
vanced further. The natives report
that another British force has been de-
tached from Bloemfontein. If SO the
position OF the Beers around Wepener
is precarious
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Portage Dam Gives Wax.

PORTAGE, Wis, April 24.-The gov
ernment levee broke below the toll gate
in the First ward last night, washing
away piece of the levee 80 feet wide
The entire lower part of the First ward
is flooded and the tracks of the Milwau-
kee road are threatened. A big force
OF men is unable to stop the break. The
plank road leading to Portage is being
flooded and will be impossible.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
EXTRA, IOWA; THURSDAY APRIL &C. 1900. $l.OO
LOCK NOT BADLY DAMAGED.
Welland Canal Dynamiters Used Topere'
IN In, TI,oi. 1Nu.lz

Welland Canal Dynamiters Used Topere'
Judgment In Their Work.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, April 24.-If
Karl Dullman, John Nolin and John
Walsh, the dynamiters who last Satur-
day morning tried to blow out lock on
the Welland canal at Thorold, had not
been SO free in their use of whisky the
chances are that a good many, of the
people of the village of Merriton and
the country roundabout would have
been drowned. The men did their
planning when they were sober, but
when the time came for their last and
most dangerous move they were drunk.
AS a result they did their work care
lessly and used topers' judgment in
their selection of a time to put their
plans into execution. They lowered
dynamite into the lock at 7:3O in the
evening, when they could plainly be
seen from distance. Had they waited
till midnight and gone to the scene
out the lock.
The Canadian authorities are at pres
ent as much in the dark as to the mo-
tive OF the dynamiters as they We're on
Sunday. They are also without posi-
tive knowledge of the identity of the
prisoners. Three theories have been
advanced-that the men were hired by
Boer sympathizers, that Fenians insti-
gated it and that the men were hired to
do the job by enemies of the Corners
syndicate, hoping by the destruction of
the Canadian waterway to prevent for
this season the passage of any grain
through to Montreal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Count Lautrec Rearrested.

CHICAGO, April 25.-Count Lavine de
Toulouse Lautrec, charged by the Mon.
treal authorities with having disposed
OF forged boLds under the name of V.
Castano, was released from custody
here yesterday by the county author
tiles, but was soon after arrested by
federal officers and taken before Com
missioner Humphrey on new warrants
ssued on the old charge.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
brakeman Killed.

WHAT CHEER, Ia, April 24.-Robert
Moffat, aged 81, brakeman on the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North
ern, was instantly killed yesterday
while switching. Moffat's foot was
caught and he fell, car running over
him and cutting his head off.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
SPREADING A NET.
FORTY THOUSAND BRITISH INA SEMI
CIRCLE AROUND WEPENER.

Brabant and Hart Turn Boer Position
and Get Into Communication With
Wepener-Lord Roberts Forces Ketake
Waterworks Without Opposition.
LONDON, April 25.,-The reports that
the siege of Wepener has been practic-
ally raised were apparently premature.
The Boer attack on Colonel Dalgety's
northern position as described from
Mazeru, was probably final attempt to
rush the garrison before securing safe
retreat, and as Colonel Dalgety success
fully repulsed the attack little further
al.xiety is felt on his account. Lord
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Waterman Retires From Race.

OTTUMwA. Ia, Adril 24.-Ex-Senator
H. L. Waterman of this city last night
authorized the announcement of his
withdrawal from the race for the Re-
publican nomination for congress to
succeed Major j. f. Lacey of Oskaloosa.
This leaves only Captain J. w. Carr in
opposition to Lacey and renders it
practically certain that Lacey will be
renominated for his fifth term.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Quarrel NAV End in MURDER.

~ CLINTON, Ia, April 24.-Henry Lund,
Peter Burke and Bob Hugunin became
involved i'll quarrel at Comanche, this
county and Lund shot Burke twice,
perhaps fatally wounding him. Lund
was arrested. Burke is at the hospital
in precarious condition.