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This came at the conclusion OF a period
OF intense expectancy, and yet one devoid
of any actual developments save in the
foregoing meager announcement
Minister Conger's message was received
in Washington shortly before noon, COM
ing first TO the Chinese minister by the
usual route, through Chinese officials 1t
was In the American cipher without
date, and signed with the minister's name
1t was at once transmitted to the state
department, and conferences began be-
tween Acting Secretary Adee and Secre-
tary Root. Throughout the afternoon.
however. the state department maintained
an unaeeountable reticence concerning
the subject. declining to admit that the
message was In hand. The suspense was
cleared up at o'clock by the above an
nouncement
1t was stated authoritatively. that while
the message was of confidential char
acter. and for that reason could not and
would not be given out. yet as n means of
allaying possible misrepresentation II
could be said that the dispatch showed
neither a better nor a worse condition on
the part of the legationers ut Peking. II
did not indicate whether Minister Conger
has or has not received any messages
from this government. Nothing was con-
tanned in the message which will cause
any change in the instructions to Gen.
Chaffee. In fact. It was stated in this
same authoritative quarter that the only
additional instructions sent TO Gen. Chat
fee since he left Washington were those
OF more specific and explicit nature.
which the Developments In China and the
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S(oRy Managers
Finally Found II
Impossible to
Convince Those
Whose Support
They Sought Of
the Feasibility
Of Their Plans.
Southwestern Delegates Struggled van1y in Caucus and
Finally Went to Pieces. Making Certain the Nom
ination Of Mr.. Frink-King County Steer
ing Committee Did Good Work.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelhgencer.
TACOMA, Aug I4.-Senator Frink will
be the unanimous nominee OF the Repub-
lican state convention for governor OF
Washington. King county has won n
great victory-probably the greatest in
the history OF Washington. 1t has been
a clean victory. Good politics. good gem
eraiship and a strong candidate, backed
by the loyal and unyielding support Of six
ty-three delegates from King. have been
the winning factors in the fight.
The southwestern combination has been
hopelessly broken in pieces as far as
this convention is concerned After a
whole day spent in fruitiess endeavors
by the scobey managers to organize the
southwest against Senator Frink, q eau
Gus was called. in which but a triie over
half the ninety-five delegates were pres
ent.
Pierce county. after fighting Senator
Frlnk for two days, tonight gracefully
yielded to the Inevitable and voted unan-
imously to cast forty-four votes for the
King county candidate.
The Probable Ticket.
The ticket will be: For governor. ].
NJ. Frink. OF King county. lieutenant
governor. Judge ii. q. Mcbride. of ska
git; secretary OF state, Sam III. Nichols.
Of Snohomish; treasurer, G. w May
nard. Of Lewis; attorney general. w. n.
Stratton. OF Pacific: auditor j. ID. At
kinson. of Chelan. land commissioner.
A. Calvert. of whatcom; Judges of the
supreme court. Judge Wallace Mount.
of Spokane. and Judge Dunbar of
klickitat; congress- Wesley l.. Jones' of
Yakima, and +. w. cushman, of Pierce,
presidential electors. r. w. Hastings. OF
jefferson; $. q. Cosgrove. OF Garfield: /:
Charles Sweeny, of Spokane. and a
fourth man, of okanogan. yet to be
nominated.
Reminder of Olympia.
In many respects the ante-convention
fight Of 1900 Is direct parallel to that at
Olympia in 1892. Now. as them Pierce
county gets a congressman at the hands
of King county; then. as now. Pierce
county held back pending The long and
arduous struggle the day before the con-
vention. while King county took the lead,
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MIR. HUNTINGToN's WEALTH.
Russell sage Estinsstes IL At About
H2O, ,OOO 900


r2O.OOO 900.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE Press to-
morrow will say:
wall street estimated Mr., Huntingson's
wealth at si2,0oo.0oo to s4oooo.n noo. lie had
been az times the largest borrower IN the
money center, and in 1894 was so In
voived that rumors were current that his
failure was threatened. But In the last
six years he had reduced hts obligations
and the wave OF prosperity that swept
over the country three years ago enabled
him TO sell many of the securities that he
had been carrying with borrowed money.
Probably the hest-informed man on
Mr. Huntington's AFFAIRS Is Russell Sage.
the streets biggest money lender. In re-
fcrring 10 Henry Clews' estimate that MIR.
Huntington was worth $4,000. 900. Mr.. sage
said:
You can cut that IN half regard yco-
ooo.o0o as a liberal estimate. My dealinrx
with him were enormous. and 1 have had
intimate knowledge OF Mr.. H,iniinEtonsa
affairs. I had his confidence. and he had
mine. In the last six or seven years he
reduced his loans BY half. ana In the iast
twelve years his business AFFAIRS had been
adjusted SO that they are In fine shape
now.
There Is nothing 10 disturb tho busi-
ness situation through Mr.. ftnniingtons
death Mr.. Huntington's debts 20 me
have been discharged in n most honorable
manner. lilo was a strong and able man
and, though broad. he was a master OF
details
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MYSTERIOUS GABLE
FROM Mr.. C|)NGER.
Is Not a Reply to the Tele-
gram Sent Him.
WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC.
Declared That Contents Are Not
Sensational.
WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC.

No Word From Gen. Chanee Since
His Announcement of Arrival at
Hosiwu-Much to he Accom-
plished I'm a Military Way Before
Rescue of Besiesed Ministers Can
he Effected - Light Artillery
Would he of No Avail Against the
Heavy Walls That Encircle the
Sacred City-Omcials Hopeful.
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Had Retired
About an Hour
Before Being
Stricken, Ap-
pafently in
Good Health
and in q Cheer.
full Mood.

ington's death The remains are 10 be
conveyed 60 the Huntington residence In
Now York. The funeral cortege Is ex-
pec,ed to start from Racauette lake to-
morrow. and may not be able to reach
New York city before Thursday. The
time for the funeral has not yet been
announced.
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Continued on Page Seven.
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Northwestern Del
egdtes Working
Together in hdr-
nlOny. While
Those From the
Southwest Find
it Impossible to
Agree.

formed the winning combinations and
named the ticket. Then, also as now,
Pierce county might at the beginning of
the fight have named the governor, but
waited for King county to do so. In this
fight Pierce could have settled the gov
ernorship yesterday by voting to cast the
entire Pierce delegation for Frink. This
would have prevented the struggle which
began yesterday when Frank Paul. Sena-
tor Frink's manager, reached here and
opened the Frink headquarters.
Pierce County's Vote.
The Pierce county delegation did not
vote on the governorship matter until af-
ter Senator Frink had won the fight They
caucused this afternoon, at the request
OF Congressman Cushman. who urged his
friends on the delegation to use their best
endeavoss to bring about the nomination
of the King county candidate. At that
time Senator Frink's nomination, on the
surface at least, was I'm the balance. The
Pierce county steering committed Of
which y. $. Grosscup is chairman, report
ed that they had no statement to make:
that matters were in the air, and that
there was no occasion on the part Of
Pierce county to declare itself on the gov
ernorship fight.
An adjournment was thereupon taken.
and the delegation was not called together
again until after It was announced that
Lewis and Pacific had broken the South
west combination, and with Chehalls and
wahkiakum, had refused to caucus, join
ing the Frink column and making abso-
lutely certain the nomination OF Senator
Frink and the slate OF state candidates.
congressman and presidential electors
agreed upon by the Frink managers and
their allies.
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There is no Disgusting the fact that the
attitude Of the Pierce county delegation
did not particularly please the managers
OF King countys interests. However, the
Frink steering committee set valiantiy
TO work to secure enough votes in tho
convention TO make certain a King coun-
ty victory without the aid of Pierce.
This they accomplished by splendid dis
play of patience, diplomacy unswerving
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WASHINGTON Aug 14--At the close
or the official day at the state depart
ment the following announcement was
buletined:
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The department OF state an
nounces that a message from Min
lister Conger has been received. but
of uncertain date, and not in re-
ply TO the telegram sent to him on
August 5. 1t viii not be made
public"
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him. On the face of the returns he was
defeated by narrow margin

/
L Not to be dsmayed, he refused to &C.
knowledge the election Of his opponent
Mr.. Taylor; called upon the law which
he had created, threw the contest into
the Legislature. which he proceeded to
strengthen by throwing out Republicans
on contests, and was in fair way to
force his way into the Gubernatorial
chair when shot down.
Goebel was a man without fear. He
had been the principal in numerous
encounters, but probably the most
tragic episode in his career before yes
terday was hie encounter with John w.
Sanford of this city, which resulted In
Sandford's death. Goebel had bill
passed cutting down the revenues of
turnpikes. Sanford, banker and
large holder Of turnpike stock in Kenton
county, on this account bitterly opposed
his reelection to the Senate. That was
IL years ago.
For four years the enmity grew, and
finally at the approach of an election
the matter came to deadly issue, Goe-
bel obtained indisputable evidence that
Sanford was the author of violent at
tacks made upon him by local paper,
He replied to them In another paper,
making no effort to conceal his au-
thorship.
One morning five years ago, they met
accidentally on the principal street of
Covington.
Sanford said 'Are you the author
of that article?"
Goebel replied: II am"
They. fired almost simultaneously,
Sandford's bullet penetrated Goebels
clothing and Undertaking, leaving
red welt across hi sbody. Goebel'e bull
let struck Sanford in the forehead,
and he died in a few hours.
The testimony at the coroner's in
quest and the examining trial was that
Sanford had been the aggressor, and
Goebel was acquitted Governor John
Young Brown. knowing all the cir
cumstances of the case, sent Gosbel
a pardon before he had been tried.
The killing of Goebel was openly ad-
vocated in Lexington as early ais Jam
uary 9. Partisans discussed his as
sa ssination as though he had been
mad dog. This talk was INDUCED in
calmly, even by leaders among the
Taylor men.
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i tion or guild--or rather (since the stu
dentsNo of different faculties had separ-
! ate organizations, while the law stu
dents were divided into Ultramontanl
and CitramontanD the Univers tates
The masters were not even members Of
these guilds; they formed college of
their own which regulated admission to
| the degrees, but they had not authority
over the student guilds. The students
elected the rectors and other officials;
made the statutes. and, very often)
elected the professors or doctors. The
latter were compelled to take an oath
of obedience to the student rectors and
to the student statutes, and the disci-
pline thus enforced was by no means a
nominal one.
The professor who required leave of
absence for a single lecture was requir
ed to get leave from his own students as
well as from the rector He was heavily
fined If he was minute late in begin
ming his lecture or if he continued 1t
after the bell began which was the Sig
nal for its conclusion. To enforce this
latter regulation the students were re-
CURED, on pain Of being guilty Of per-
jury, to run out and leave the professor
to address his remarks to empty bench
es There were similar fines for being
behind time in concluding the portion
of the task for which fixed period
had been assigned, for skipping a diff
Guilty under q pretext of dealing with it
later on, and for noncompliance with
many other minute regulations. In
some universities committee of stu
dents known az the denunciatores doc
forum was appointed to watch the con-
duct of the professors and to keep the
rectors informed of their delinauencles
Moreover. the professor was kept to the
mark by being subject to annual Of BIZ
ennial reelection. How did all this
work? AS far as we can gather, ex-
tremely WE'LL
The professors of the Southern uni
versities, everywhere elected either by
the students themselves or by the city
authorities, who were wont to take
counsel with the repre- sentatives of the
students. were the only professors who
did not habitually cut their work by de-
volving it upon their bachelors No
doubt there We're plenty Of idle or sham
students in the universities but the
majority wanted to learn. We have an
instance of an action being brought
against professor for refusing to leo
ture. But then it must be remembered
that in those days athleticsm was UNI
known. The election of rector by the
students in the Scotch universities,
which, strange to say, was to some eX-
tent an imitation of Bologna, is the last
relic in all Europe of the old medi-
aeval student democracies.- Hast |
ings Rashdall in The Magnet.
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A MEDlAEVAL UNIVERSITY
QUEER INITII7IONS STUDENTS
HAD 10 GO 1HK0UGH BITH,
Rules for Students aud Professors In
Some European Colleges.

Rules for Students aud Professors in
Some European Colleges
The medieval student was often con-
siderably younger than the modern I'M
dergraduate. sometimes, indeed, a mere
boy of twelve or fourteen; but even
when that was the case it is quite a
| mistake to compare his position to that
of the modern schoolboy The medl-
aeval student was to a remarkable ex-
tent his own master. Arriving at the
university town In carriers cart, he
would often be met on the way by tout
ing masters, or scholars employed to
tout on their behalf. who solicited his
presence at their lectures with al the
accommodating obsequiousness of mod
ern tradesman. He was free to choose
the lectures which he might attend and
the hall in which he would reside; and
when he had chosen it he found him
self-in the early Middle Ages-a mem
Der of a self-governing community
which elected it's own prime pal, man
aged It's own affairs, and was subject to
no regulations except statutes" of
their own making. AS in the medieval
world generally there was much minute
regulation of private life, though the
government which enforced that regu-
lation was originally highly democrat
ic one. But 1t Is commonplace to say
that democracy is often tyrannical. Be
fore the freshman, or bejannus (from
bes-jaune, yellow-bill, unf1edged bird),
could call himself a student, there was
Initiation to be gone through. He was
made to pay his footing" by entertain
ing his new comrades probably all the
inhabitants of his hal-at a feast, and
further there was a painful ceremony of
some kind, which varied with the taste
and ingenuity of different nationalties.
In Germany he had to go through the
ceremony of Deposition"
have the horns of the suppos ID ferocious
wild bears removed with saw, have
his nose ground at a MILESTONE and
generally be drubbed and licked into
shape. In France the ceremony was a
'Purgatio''; the freshman was supposed
to be not beast to be tanned but
criminal to. be solemnly to be tried for
the offence of "b 2jannia"; this was done
by the infection of a certain number of
blows with saucepan or book (libro !
super anum). Elsewhere we hear Of
ducking or washing, or riding through
the streets on donkey. At oxford |
there was "tucking'; the victim mad to /
sing or make a speech in the hall under |
pain of being tucked" |. e., having his !
lower lip cut over with a thumbnail !
carefully grown for that purpose At
first this initiation was put down under !
all sorts of penalties by university and |
usual with bad customs) wlnked at, and I
ecclesiastical authorities; then as Is
finally enforced. 1t did not become ex-
tinct till the latter part Of the seven
tenth century.
In the universities of Italy-and to
some extent of Southern Europe gena-
rally-the student was not only indie
pendent; he was dominant In these
of which Bologna il the
type, the university itself was formed
by the students They, and they alone,
formed the univereities-the corpora
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AMERICAN INDIAN LACE MAX
ERS.

A complete display Of the lace-making
industry of the Indian women of the
United States will be one of the features
at the Paris exposition. Miss Sybil
Carter, director of the Indian lace-ma
ing schools, is confident that the lace
making industry of the Indian women
will solve the problem of livelihood of
the Indian mothers,
The different schools are at the White
Earth, the Leech Lake, the Red Lake,
and the Birch Coolee reservations in
Minnesota, the Oneida, in Wisconsin;
the Onondaga, in New York state; An
adako, in Oklahoma, and Greenwood
South Dakota. Several hundred Indian
women find employment in the schools,
Only the older women are enrolled as
workers. The industry was founded to
give to the Indian mother a means of
livelihood 1t has been in operation
number of years. Miss Carter, as di-
rector, visits large cities in the United
States once or twice a year and takes
orders for the work. The workers are
paid for their labor and they strive to
keep the lace neat and clean, and the
workmanship of high order. Some of
the pieces are as delicate as a cobweb
and others show the strong enduring
quality of the Battenburg and Venetian
Buffalo Express.
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\ SENATOR GOEBEL'S CAREER.
The Shooting of John w Sanford
Eleven Years Ago and His Acquittal.

The Shooting of John w. Sanford
Eleven Years Ago and His Acquittal.
William Goebel was born of German
parents in small hamlet in Sullivan
his parents brought him to Covington
where he has since lived, making a
career for himself in violation Of all
Kentucky traditions. He was at all
times a man of the people, yet his mot
to was ever, "Over the bodies of the
! slain" No friend was ever too dear
not to be sacrificed if by so doing he
could attain a desired result
| Essentially the strongest man Of this
/ day in Kentucky, Mr. Goebel is I'M
known to the biographies of great Ken
tuckians. He has always abhorred os-
tentation, and steadfastly refused to
have himself photographed until after
he was nominated for Governor. He
was simple in his manners and in his
appearance. Although a politician Of
the most practical school, he has al
ways pccJ q SluoCHt. n ioNytl VI iS7
markable attachments, he has known
more Of literature and art than of law.
He obtained his elementary educa-
ton in the public schools of Coving-
ton. The world was his university and
experience his tutor From a studioue,
persevering youth, he became frugal,
keen witted, ambitious young lawyer.
Then ne was the cunning. astute poll
tician and having mastered that craft
he became the cold fearless. powerful
leader of men. No one was in his con-
fidence, and no one knew the limitation
of his ambitions. Obstacles presented
themselves to him only to be overcome.
After leaving school, in 1878, when
II years old, he entered the law office
of Stevenson & Myers where he re-
manned until he was admitted to the
bar. For few months he had an in
dependent practice, and then formed
partnership with former Governor
John w. Stevenson. Later he became
the law partner of John G. Carlisle,
who saw to it that the young man was
advanced politically.
1t was characteristic Of Goehel that
he forsook Carlisle when, by keen fore
sight, he saw the conclusion of the
power of the school of politicians to
which the former Senator belonged.
Still later he did more than any other
man in Kentucky to accomplish the
final downfall Of Carlisle.
AS a candidate for State Senator he
first came before the people in 1887.
Since then he has continued to repre-
sent Kenton county in the Senate.
Senator Goebel was the author ~ the
election law, which was brought into
being confessedly for the purpose OF
making certain Democratic success
When the Democratic State Conven-
ton met in Louisville last June VIII
liam Goebel was there as a candidate
for Governor He succeeded in con-
trolling the organization, though his
friends were apparently in a hopeless
minority He gradually forced his way
to the front until he was nominated on
the twenty-fifth ballot.
Then followed one of the most re-
markable campaigns Kentucky has
ever known. Mr. Goebel was opposed
by every force within the State save
the machine which he personally con-
trolled Every corporation and every
Democratic faction was allied against
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THE BOYS" no BANQUET.
Legislative Club of '97 VIII Make Mer-
ry at the Allyn House Friday Night.


ry at the Allyn House Friday Night.
Hartford, Jan. 30.--"The Boys" are
coming to town Friday night From all
points Of the state they will march to
the Allyn House where as the Legis a.
ture club of '97 they will eat, drink and
be merry.
Preparations have been made for a
large dinner and the arrangements of
the affair have been left In the hands
of the executive committee, composd
of William S. Workman, Bethel;i John
I. Hutchinson, Essex Linus b. Plimp-
ton, Hartford; Cyrus G. Beckwith, New
London; Arthur B. Calkins, East
lyme; William H. Hall, wilmington,
The invitations were sent out by Will
liam S. Workman and the answers re-
ceived by Representative Adrian r.
Wadsworth of Pennington, treasurer
of the club. From those already re-
ceived 1t Is expected that about 100 rep
resentatives and senators will be in at
tendance.
Hon. Joseph L. Barbour who was
speaker of the House during the 81
legislature, is to be postmaster. In re-
gard to the dinner he told Post" re-
porter to-day that there was no slgnifi-
canoe in it at all. 1t was a meeting for
good fellowship, just for good time
and nothing else. He doubted very
much If there would be any speaking
outside of that of purely informal
nature. Judge Rorabock, If he is pres
ent, will address the club, also ex-Rep-
resentative Andrews of New Haven.
Both were leaders of the house during