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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
WITH FORTY GUNS.
The allies Bombnrded the Chinese
Positions mt Tien Tsfn,

Copyright, 1870. the Associated Press1
T1en Tsin, Friday, July BIN to-day's
combined attack upon the native city,
positions. The fighting was most deter
mined, and the allies losses We're heavy
Eight Chinese guns We're captured and
the chinese were driven OUT Of the west
arsenal after fierce cannonade
A strong mixed force is now close to
the walls, and it is expected that an as
sault will be made tomorrow
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
1T is NOT KNOWN
what VIII he Done About with
drawing Deposits.

Washington, July 17.-Regarding the re-
port that the secretary of the treasury
has decided not to withdraw further de-
rosits from national banks, 1t was stated
at the treasury department to-day that no
positive decision had been reached in the
matter The income from regular sources
is so large that in all probability there
will be no further need for Withdrawals
However, ii was said. this could not be
definitely stated at the present time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
ATTACKED CHINESE.
An Enrnged Mob Demolished a
Laundry Mt yirden, Ill.

Carlinville, Ill, July l7-Enraged at the
reports frem China, a mob to-day attack
ed Chinese laundry at virden. ILL.,, ten
miles from here. The entire front OF the
building was demolished Six shots were
fred al the two Chinese laundrymen, but
without effect. The Cinnamon have ap-
pealed to the authorities for protection
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
TO AvENGE COMRADES.
Marines Are Anxious TO Go to the
war in China.

New York, July 17,-One hundred ma
rines were called upon for active service
in China at the Brooklyn navy yard to-
day. To man they expressed a willing
ness to go and desire to avenge their
comrades.
These marines. with detacNments from
Boston, Washington and Norfolk, will
leave here for San Francisco on July 26.
The Brooklyn men will be in charge OF
Lieut. H. T. Matthews and 7. E. Bect -
strom. Many of them have seen service
in Cuba They probably will be accom-
panied by the distilling ship Rainbow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
TWO STEAMERS SEIZED.
The Colombian Revolutionary Fleet
Was Captured.

Ceraeas, Venezuela, July H.-vis Hay
ten ceble.-Two steamers. composing the
so-called Colombian revolutionary feet
which arrived at Laguayra. were seized
by the government authorities, and their
commander, Francisco Ruiz sandoval, was
Immediately lodged in jail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18

London. July 1.-THE colonial Office an
nouncts the receipt of a telegram from
Col. Stuart Of Capt Coast. Africa. say
ing that an apparently authentic messen-
ger confirms the reported relief OF Ku-
nassi on July 10.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
well WIN the Oregon

Washington, July l7-The following dis
patch was received at the navy depart
ment this morning;
"Noji. July II. 1eOo,-oregon passing
through simonoseki straits in way to
Kure. All we'll, Wilde"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
correspondent Asserts China Has
Declared II.

Declared II.
London, July 1S.-The Daily Mail pub
HSHes sensational dispatch from 81.
tetersburg, dated Monday. which asserts
Wat there is no doubt that China has
ueoiared war against Russia.
The Russian press" says the oorre-
spondert, is restricted to The publication
oihcial details, and the publication or
"any DISPATCHES from the front has been
~ ohiolted, I hear, however, from a re-
tiole source that the Chine Sc troops and
Boxers seized a Russian transport
Sslen with muniti,ns near Agun. on the
n4'hur river, about eighteen miles from
s russian frontier killing almost the
eu,lre Russian escort.
Lney next suddenly attacked and bonn
N'lued the town Of Blagovechenskl capi-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
WI BELIEVES THEM ALIVE.
Chinese officials Assure Him of Safe
" of Foreigners I'm Pekin.

Washington, July 1.-THE Chinese min
lister has received a dispatch from the
minister at London. authenticated by
sheng. the imperial inspector of posts and
telegraphs at Shanghai and by two vice.
rows, declaring that TIE foreigners in Pc
kin were safe on July and were receiv-
ing the protection Of the government.
This IS two days after the reported mas
sacre. Minister WI laid the message be-
fore Secretary Hay. The text OF the dis
patch is as follows:
"The utmost efforts have been made 90
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
The FitzsimmOns-Ruhi Fight VIII
BE Pulled on.

New York, July 1.-THE bid of the
Twentieth Century Athletic Club OF Mad
ison Square Garden Cifty per cent. OF the
gross receipts) for the Bob Fitzsimmons-
Gus Rubin fight. Aug. 10. was accepted to-
daX
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
Nos.,cre nj Tai Yuen Flu.

London. July 1s.-According to a dis
patch from Shanghai to the Daily Mail
dated yesterday. a massacre occurred on
July Q at Tai Yuen Flu, capital Of the
province of Shan ST. forty foreigners and
one hundred native converts being killed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
kunnnssi Relieved.

Fumsu. July l7.-Kumassi has been re-
lieve1 by the column under command OF
Col. Willcocks
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
SAVANNAH, GA, WEDNESDAY, JULY IS, 1900

tai OF the Amur government. on the Amur
river. The garrison held out bravely, but
was finally overwhelmed. Nearly all per-
lshed and the town was burned"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
STANDING ON JULY o.
British NJ. r. Received the Informa-
tiOn About the Legation.

London, July 17-Wlliam Pritchard
Morgan. member of Parliament. to-day re-
ceived by cable positive assurances from
a source upon which he relies that the
British legation at Pekin was still stand
ing July and also that Id Hung Chang
left Canton this morning to take supreme
command at Pekn.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-18
PLUNDERED WAREHOUSES;.
Great Property interests Destroyed
IN North China.

London, July 1S.-The Moscow cores
nondent of the Daily Mail says:
Leading firms here have learned that
their tea and silk warehouses al Kalgan,
,n the province of Chilli. near the great
wall. have been plundered and burned by
chinese rioters and troops. goods worth
20 o1oVO taels having been destroyed"
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Continued on Elfth Page.l
Evening star., 1900-10-29
PUNISHING CHINESE DIGNITARIEs
Ministers at Pekfn Do Not Accent tn.
Imperial Edict.

Ministers at Pekfn Do Not Accept the
Imperial Edict.
The reported decision of the ministers at
Pekin to add two more guilty Chinese lead
ers to those who shall be executed namely,
Prince VI and Yang Mir, appears to be the
first indca ton that the ministers them
selves do not accept the edict of the Chi
| nese emperor that he will punish these indi-
viduals, as they were specifically named by
China as among those to be punished.
Prince VI is one of the first princes of
China. In the edict of September 20 it was
ordered that he be stripped of his rank and
office. Ying Mir is president of the board
of censors. and in this same edict he was
handed over to the clan court, which was
ordered to consult and decide upon a Sc
we're penalty.
In reply to this edict the State Depart
ment held in note addressed to the Ger
man government that that edict was "a
proof of the desire of the imperial Chinese
government to satisfy the reasonable de-
mands of the foreign powers"
Secretary Hay took the precaution how
ever. to instruct Mr.. Conger to ascertain
as to whether the punishments accorded
with the gravity of the crimes committed
He also made it known to Mr. Conger that
it would be regrettable if Chang vi and
Chao Shu Chaio escaped their lust de-
seTts."
1t seems apparent from the action now
taken by the ministers at Pekin, presuma-
bly, including Mr.. Conger, that they have
concluded that the punishments proposed
by China are not adequate to the gravity
of the crimes committed, as their request
for the execution of Prince vi and Ying
Mir goes considerably beyond the punish
ment which the Chinese edict had specified
for these two officials. The recent death of
Kang VI appears to be a recognition of the
Just deserts" which this government had
sgnified as fitting the magnitude of his Of
Evening star., 1900-10-29
Thanksgiving PROCLAMATION.
Thursday, November 20, Set Apart b
the President,

thursday, November 20, Set Apart by
the President.
The President today issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
by THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
"A Proclamation.
1t has pleased Almighty God to bring ou1
nation in safety and honor through another
year. The works of religion and charity
have everywhere been manifest. Our coun-
try, through all its extent has been blessed
with abundant harvests. Labor and the
great industries of the people have pros
pered beyond all precedent. Our commerce
has spread over the world. Our power and
influence in the cause of freedom and en-
lightenment have extended over distant seas
and lands. The lives of our official repre-
sentatives and many of our people in China
have been marvelously preserved. We have
been generally exempt from pestilence and
other great calamities, and even the tragic
visitation which overwhelmed the city OF
Galveston made evident the sentiments OF
sympathy and Christian charity by virtue
OF which We are one united people.
Now, therefore. l, William Mckinley.
President Of the United States, do hereby
appoint and set apart Thursday, the 29th
the people of the United States, at home OF
abroad, as a day of thanksgiving and
praise to Him who holds the nations in the
hollow Of His hand. I recommend that
they gather in their several places of wor-
ship and devoutly give Him thanks for the
prosperity wherewith He has endowed US.
for seed time and harvest, for the valor
devotion and humanity of our armies and
navies and for all His benefits to us as in
dividuals and as a nation, and that they
humby pray for the continuance of His
divine favor, for concord and amty witt.
other nations and for righteousness and
peace in all our ways.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
10Th day Of October, in the year Of our
Lord one thoysand and nine hundred and OF
the independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-fifth
(SeaD WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
by the President
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State"
Evening star., 1900-10-29
CLAIMED BY BOTH PARTIES.
Different Assertions as to Pacific
Coast States.

Coast state8.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
CHICAGO, October 29.-A dispatch re-
ceived at democratic national headquarters
today from Chairman Simms of the Cali
fornia state democratic committee says a
careful poll of the state shows that Bryan
will carry the state by 10000 majority.
This is at variance with letter received
at republican national headquarters today
from Secretary Cutter of the California
state committee, who says the state is safe
ly republican by 25,O0O, adding that these
republicans are betting 2 to 1 that Cali
fornia will go for Mckinley by 10000.
He claims a solid republican congressional
delegation and the legislature.
Ex-Gov. Charles Foster of Ohio returned
yesterday from a campaign tour of the
western states and called at republican
national headquarters today. Gov. Foster
said: Everything is all right in the west
for the republican ticket, and from personal
observations l am confident that Mckinley
will sweep the country. In Wyoming every
body is republican, and 1 failed to find
any democrats. That state is sure for Nc
Kinley. While in Nebraska visited repub-
lican state headquarters and the committee
told me they were confident of carrying
the state The situation there Is every
thing the republicans could desire, and the
prospects are growing brighter daily. In
the coast states everybody comedies re-
publican victory and Mckinley will carry
every one of them.
l was much surprised at the great change
among the voters of the western country.
Where four years ago they were all for
Bryan, today 1t is the reverse, and they
will vote for Mckinley
Cato Sells of Iowa and John W. Tomlin-
son OF Alabama, described as two Of the
most conservative men in the democratic
ranks. returned to Chicago this morning
from stumping tour of Connecticut. They
report change of feeling throughout the
state and claim the state for Bryan.
Evening star., 1900-10-29
APPOINTMENT OF PORTO RICANs.

Selections by the President to FIJI Va
cancies on the Executive Council.
The President has appointed Jose Guzman
BeEelez and Jose Gomez Brioso members of
the executive council of Porto Rico to fill
vacancies caused by the resignation of Jose
de Diego and Manuel -Camunas, both Of
whom resigned on the 9Th ultimo. Senior
Benelez is lawyer Of eminence and mayor
of Ponce, and is one Of the most distin-
grished and progressive citizens of that
city. Senior Brfoso is a leading physician of
the island, distinguished writer on hy-
gfene and quarantine, and is a professor of
mathematics in the Institute OF Porto Rico.
Both of the new members Of the council are
men Of the highest character. No expiana-
ton is given for the resignation Of Messrs.
Diego and CamuuaA.
Evening star., 1900-10-29

. ,.o -. ,,,,cb Of tho structure as possi-
HE rbe damage was so great to the road
was that traffic cannot be resumed for
some time to come.
John Nyiepand who keeps a store at As
PARK nIace three blocks from the scene of
The emissions and fire. said that his win
doyvs we're not only blown in but that he
uas Iiftad clear from the ground by the
force of tho concussion
nj; r-ovdx Gather
4,,. +ba
Inc cro"us WHICH sa'h.i Gu "
scene were so great that the police were
Tor tlme po"erleSS u Keep 'iieIi III vi
several liiles were es'a'iisiiet' W. li-e -
pie appeared 10 De So peslae ,,
'hat theS pfohe IN ous ai'u IN
ponce All 'he ".a4ia'ie
neg neg iipoi ~ ing s.'t.pti ,1 o ,I'I g., tive ~
reared to get the better of them. Reserves
were then ordered from half dozen or
more stations.
The streets for several blocks were
streWn with broken glass and other debris,
and blood was spattered in every direction,
showing that there must have been many
persons in the vicinity at the time who
were injured by falling glass.
From an unofficial source it was said that
the fire started the third floor of the
building. which was four-story structure.
Immediately a column of white smoke shot
up through the roof. This column of smoke
was followed by ali explosion which shook
the entire building, lifting the roof COM
pletely off and tearing away part of the
front wall. Nobody up to this time has
been found who saw any of the employees
leave the building.
The force of the explosion shook the very
foundations of buildings in the vicinity, and
it was felt clear down to Wall street, where
it was thought that another earthquake
had occurred.
The elevated station was completely de-
molished and hidden from view by debris.
Much of the elevated structure was carried
away.
VI III L"Piose'
Joseph Beck, an employe of Tarrant &
Co, was seen after the explosion. His
hood u,os o.,a l.; .,oo a h;s
III "'u i'
risht arm hung imp. lie said that there
were about 200 girls in the building Many
of them escanad on tho escanea Tbara were
=. -. ft -, -, :,
a. ietst ehty-hte, ne salu, 'nal couiu
MOI. no. poSsiply m nave gotten away: Inc sirls
Evening star., 1900-10-29
WYOMING AND SOUTH DAKOTA,
Both to Go RepubIicnn-Things Mixed
in Nebraska.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Speclal Dlspatcn 10 Inc fYenlfg star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 29.-Not a soli-
tary member of the legislature in Wyoming
will be elected this year except straight
out republican. When the roll of the legis-
lature Is called in either branch at its next
session every response will be made by a
gold-standard, straight-out republican Of
the Mckinley and Roosevelt brand.
This report comes to the republican ra-
tlonal committee today from the chairman
and secretary of the Wyoming republican
state committee, from United States Sena-
tor Warren, and Ex-Governor Chas. Foster
of Illinois, the latter having just returned
fl speaking tour of that state.
Pat Lannan, proprietor of the Salt Lake
Tribune, writes Secretary Heath today that
he has for some days been offering TO bet
even money hat Mckinley and Roosevelt
electors will be chosen in Utah on Novem-
ber 6, and while few hundred dollars Of
these bets were taken at first, he can only
get wagers now by offering odds.
A report has been received from South
Dakota to the effect that republican cleo
tors will certainly be chosen by a major
ity above 10000. while the chances are two
to one that the majority of the legislature
on joint ballot will be opposed to the re-
election of Senator Pettigrew.
The situation continues to be mixed in
Nebraska, with the chances in favor Of
Bryan electors. Were 1T not for the Rose
water fight in Douglass county it is believed
the chances would be two to one in favor
of republican legislature on joint ballot;
but about twelve candidates for the legisla-
ture were nominated by Rosewater who
has many enemies throughout the state
and the fight is waging. Efforts are being
made to adjust the trouble, with prospects
of success.
The democratic newspapers in Nebraska
are circulating reports that while Chair
man Hanna was recently in that state he
advocated the election of Rosewater OF
Omaha and Thompson of Lincoln for United
States senators with such effect that Chair
man Hanna today caused the following
telegram to be sent to twenty daily news
papers in Nebraska: My attention has
been directed to a statement published In
Democratic newspapers of Nebraska that
expressed a preference for the election OF
United States senators In Nebraska.
This statement Is utterly false and with
out the slightest foundation. My only de-
sire Is for the success Of the whole repubIi-
can ticket in Nebraska"
The fact that Richard Croker has estab-
| lished a twent y-four-hour or continuous
long-distance telephone lines between dem
ocratic headquarters in New York and Chi
cago is regarded prima facie evidence
that the boss of Gotham has practically
taken charge of Bryan's campaign, and the
fight Will wage from now until election
day with greater Vigor than ever
Evening star., 1900-10-29
KNOX DEFEATS DEwET.
Beers Loss Including Two Guns and
Their WAGONS.

Beers Loss Including Two Guns and
Their Wagons.
LONDON. October 29-The war Office has
received the following from Lord Roberts,
dated Pretoria, October IS:
Knox successfully engaged Dewet Oc-
tober q. During the Boer retreat, Knox
caught Dewet in the Rensburg Drift The
Beers lost considerably and. left two guns
and three wagons in Knox's hands. An
other ammunition wagon was blown up by
a shell. The British casualties were nil.'
Referring to the J4cobsdal affair. Lord
Roberts says it was due to the treachery
of the Inhabitants, who admitted the Beers
to their houses at nigtt. They opened fire
at daybreak Fourteen men were killed
and thirteen were Wounded. mostly Cape
Highlanders. Troops dispatched from the
Modder river drovsspff the Beers. The
houses OF the treachefous Inhabitants were
destroyed. Commandant Bosnian was
killed.
Lord Roberts calls attention to the 'in-
creasing inclination of the better class OF
Beers to cooperate with the British to Sc
cure peace" since they fnd that guerrii.e
warfare - visited with heavy punish
ment."
Evening star., 1900-10-29
of the market to the opinion of campaign
managers.

Independent Voters Discontented.
There is a great deal of discomfort among
the independent voters of the ultra digni-
fled class. There are many independent
democrats who do not like Bryan, and per-
haps as many of republican tendency who
are thoroughly dissatisfied with Roosevelt.
One of the disgusted democrats, whom,
judge, has no idea of voting for Bryan, told
me that at his club there was a bad case
of political blues because of there being no
choice save between the ticket with Bryan
at che head, and the ticket with Roosevelt
at the tail. They were, he said, greatly de-
ploring the low state into which politics
had fallen. To illustrate, he said, he was
with two distinguished jurists yesterday,
one judge, the other an eX-judge, both
members of his club. The judge was a re-
publican and said he did not see how he
could vote ticket with an il-mannered
cowboy on it. The eX-judge was a demo-
crat and was equally disturbed about the
low state of his party when "a man like
Bryan could head their ticket Both men
were sorrowful. My club friend thought
lot OF men would not VOTE and that Nc
klnley would carry the state by perhaps a
little less than half the majority he got in
1896.
A Tammany man, who is expected to vote
lot Bryan, being present at this conversa-
uon, whispered in my ear:
Mckinley's majority will be better than
tilat. J. p. NJ.
Evening star., 1900-10-29
MARTYRS OF PAOTING,
Gen. Chaffee Sends a List of the NJ,
dered Missionaries.

Gen. Chafee Sends List of the Muir.
dered Missionaries.
At the request of relatives and friends
Of the missionaries murdeI,d i at Paoting- -fu,
China, the War Department asked General
Chaffee for a definite statement as to who
were killed and who had escaped. The fol-
lowing dispatch received today from Gen.
Chaffee Is in reply to the War Depart
ment's cable:
TAKU. October 20, 1900.
Adjutant General, Washington:
October %, No. 70: Hutcheson, at Paoting-
fu, reports Americans murdered there,
namely: Mt. Pitkins, Mr.. and Mrs. SimcoX
and three children, G. Y. Taylor, Miss Nor
reli, Miss Gould, DR.. and Mrs. Hodge, and
one lady, name as vet unknown. Reports
ten Americans at Ching-ting-fu, eight
adults and two children. Five English
and five French, safe, protected by local
mandarin, returned. Situation quiet.
CHAFFEE.
Evening star., 1900-10-29
CAUGHT ROBBING THE MAIL.
COlOred EmplOye of Norfolk Post Of
flee Under Arrest There.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NORFOLK, Va, October 29.-The Nor
folk post office has been robbed of regis
tered mail for some time past. The thefts
have been adroitly committed and we'll con-
cealed. but at an early hour this morning
two decoy letters sent by inspectors who
have been investigating the matter were
found in the possession of Joseph Miller, a
trusted colored employe of the mailing de-
partment- He was captured while in the
act of taking the decoy letters. one Of
which contained $40 and another $40
The accused wore hat of one color
while securing the letters, partially disguis-
ing himself by the substitution of another
promptly afterward. The thefts at the
Norfolk post office have been in progress
for a long time past, and there was no clue
to the identity of the thief. although every
effort was made to detect him at his work
Hhe capture Of the delinquent clerk was
effected without a struggle, but he was
heavily ironed and confined at the police
station.
Evening star., 1900-10-29
CORNELIUS ALvoRD ARRESTED
Bank Embezxler Caught In suburb a,
Boston, Mass.

BOSTON. October 20.-Cornelius ]. AL
word, jr., the embezzling note teller of the
First National Bank New York, was ar
rested at the South End today.
Alvord took his arrest very quietly It
Is learned that he arrived in Boston last
week, and went to the Hotel Touraine, but
did not register. On Wednesday he engaged
back room ON the second floor of a Iodg-
ing house on Huntington avenue, near
West Newton street, where he went under
the name Of Mr. Smith of New York
Evening star., 1900-10-29

PORTSMOUTH,. Va, October 29.-The
United States training ship Monongahela,
with many naval apprentices aboard, is
now In Hampton Roads. where she arrived
late yesterday. The ship has just returned
from a cruise to the West Indies. where
she carried the boys for practice cruise
Her officers say 1t was Q highly successful