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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
SECRETARY LONG ON CHINA.
Thinks the Ministers Safe but Con-
ditions Are Serious.

Boston. Aug. 5.-Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long is at his bingham home
for a vacation. In an interview on the
Chinese situation he said that everything
locked brighter when he left the capital.
Continuing, he said:
Il think, when the allies reach the Chi
nese capital, they will find Minister Con-
ger and the other Americans there, with
him alive"
do you think there will be a war be-
tween China and the other nations of
the world on account of what has been
done?"
That. of course. l cannot say at pres
ent. The condition of affairs is very
serious. 1t is impossible to say what
the outcome will be. I do not feel like
criticizing Ii Hung Chang, for he has
been placed in very peculiar and en-
barrassing position. Until we get at the
facts. ii is impossible to talk intelligent
ly about the Chinese government or
statesmen"
Are any more of our warships or ma
rines TO be sent to China?" was asked.
Il think not" was the reply. I'VE have
about 1000 marines there now, or will
have with the 500 that have recently sail
ed from San Francisco"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
VICTORIA THE NEXT VICTIM.
Boast Made by Related Brotber-in-
INV of Bresci.

Buenos, Ayres, Aug. 5.--Guiseppe Cas-
tagni. a brother-in-law OF Bresci. has se-
cured passage for Montevideo. after fall
ing to secure the return Of passage money
to New York, which he paid three weeks
ago. He boasts that Brescl committed a
highly commendab.e deed and asserts
that Queen Victoria will be the next VIC
tim.
Some clerks in a British shipping Of
fee here gave him horsewhipping for
his remarks regarding the Queen. II is
not known whether he will sail for Nom
tevIdeo or Now York
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
THEY CAN COMMUNICATE.
Decree Removing Restrictions
From the Ministers.

From the Ministers.
Paris, Aug. 3. p. m.-Sheng, director
general of railways and telegraphs, has
just communicated 10 the consuls at
Shanghai. according to a special dispatch
TO the Temps, dated Aug. 5, an imperial
decree, dated Aug. ., authorizing the for
eign ministers in Pekin to communicate
without restriction with their govern
ments and ordering their departure for
Ten Tsin under a good escort.
The French foreign Office has received
the following dispatch from the French
cosul at Che Foo, dated Aug. 2:
"The Governor of Moukden, In a pro-
clamation, has urged the people of Man
churia to massacre Christians. Nearly
all the missions have been destroyed. The
missionaries have organized for defense,
and are assisted by other Christians"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
AccomPLIcE OF sALsoN.
Another Man Arrested for the As
snui on the shah.

Paris, Aug. 5.-The French police have
arrested at Abbeville Auguste Vallette. a
dangerous anarchist. wis is supposed to
have been the instigator of Salsons at
tempt upon the Shah OF Persia. Vallette
left Paris Immediately after the crime. He
and Salson will be confronted.
To-day the police tried to discharge Sal
sons revolver. but not one OF the five
cartridges exploded. because of the way
In which he had filed the hammer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
TWO YOUNG MEN DROWNED.
One of Them Leaves n wife and
Eight Young Girls.

Charleston, S. c.. Aug. 5.-while land
ing a party OF about 100 excursionists from
the steamer Lata, at Kiawah Island, at
about noon to-day, a small boat contain
ing fourteen men was swamped and Wal
ter L. Daggett and ]. L. Hope were
drowned. Twelve swan ashore.
Daggett and Hope were good swimmers,
but for some unknown reason failed 10
reach the shore.
Mr.. Daggett was manager OF the Dag
gett Printing Company. and a leading
member OF the Knights of Pythias. He
leaves widow and eight young children,
all girls.
Hope was abount nineteen and unmar-
ried. As clerk in grocery store he sup
ported himself and his widowed mother.
The bodies have not been recovered
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06

can, British and japanese forces were
making the start without the remainder
of the allies. While no reasons for the
reticence of the department are given
IL is we'll understood that Gen. Chaffee's
dispatch at this time cannot be given 10
the public, as It contains information
intended only for the guidance Of the Off
cials here in the formation of a policy
of campaign in China.
The report of the suicide of Ii Hung
Chang is wholly discredited in official
circles here, and no informatio has been
received regarding it tonight, either by
our government or at the Chinese iega-
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
rs IN BRITISH TERRITORY.
Commissioner Titman on the Porcu-
pine District.

Seattle, Wash. Aug. &C. II. Titman.
United States commissioner in the mat
ter OF the international boundary between
Alaska and Canada. has arrived from the
North. He and r. W. King. the British
commissioner, have been setting monu-
ments in accordance with the agreement
reached in the modus vivendI. Titman
states that Glacier. Boulder Rock and
other creeks which the miners claim con-
stituted a portion OF the Porcupine dis
trict, are now in British territory. Hc
said:
"Porcupine river and all OF It's afriuents
are defined by the modus vivendi. Gla-
cier and Boulder Rock creeks are on the
Canadian side. and will be 50 long az
4he modus vivendi line Is recognized.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
BULLETS IN THEIR HEADS.
Man and His wife Murdered or Com
mitted Suicide.

Philadelphia, Aug. 5.-Robert w. Sin
clair aged 81 years, fruit commission
merchant in this city, and his wife, Annie
e., aged hftytwo years were both found
dead last night with a bullet hole in each
OF their heads. in front of their~summer
home at Green Tree Station. Whether It
was a case Of murder or suicide will prob
ably never be known.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
RUMORED REPULsE OF ALLIES.
Murderous Ii Ping Hens Made Conn
mander of Chinese.

+Huruerous Ill ring Heng Made Com
mander of Chinese.
Paris, Aug. 5.-The Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Temps, telegraphiug to-
day, says:
THE number of allies leaving Tien Tsin
is no better known here than are the facts
as to the march itself, but 1t is rumored
that the advance gurad has been repulsed
Iii Ping Heng. former governor of Shan
Tung, has been named commander of the
Chinese force"
Paris, Aug. 6, 1 a. m.-The French con-
sui at Shangha. telegraphing Saturday,
says:
Lii Hung Chang informs me that Ii
Ping Hens was appointed general of the
troops in the north of the empire on his
arrival at Pekin'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
A LEGISLATIVE BODY
NEW FUNCTIONS FoR THE PHILIP
PINE COMMISSION.
WILL HAVE CHARGE OF FUNDS.
MANILA BANKS HAVE FORMED ]
COMBINE ON GOLD.


surgent Activity During the Last
Three weeks-Thc Entrapping of
Lieut.. Alstaetter's Little Conn
mand-ManiIa Policeman Wound
ed - Commission Looking Into
Property of Frinrs.
Manila Aug Son Sept l the commits
sion, headed by Judge Taft. will become
the legislative body Of the Philippines,
with power to take and appropriate insu-
lar moneys. TO establish judicial and edu-
cational systems and to make and pass all
laws.
No money will be permitted TO be drawn
from the insular funds except by au-
thorization of the commission. Judge
Taft and his colleagues will also exer-
else certain executive functions. For in
stance. they will appoint judges, off,
cials in the educational department and
officers of municipalities, which the COM
mission will establish pending elections.
Gen. Macarthur will be the executive
head to enforce the laws Of the commits
sion, and he will conduct the government
in accordance with the same until the
commission recommends to President Nc
Kinley the appointment of civil gov
ernor
The only three banks In Manila have
formed ring to reduce arbitrarily and
without justification the rate of exchange
for American gold. This has caused wide
spread Indignation and many difficulties
for commerce and minor business. The
banks however. are obdurate.
More Insurgent Activity.
There has been an increase of insurgent
pecialy in the way of ambushes and at
tacks upon small parties.
First Lieutenant Alstaelter of the Engi-
neer Corps, with an escort of fifteen men.
was taken in ambush in the province of
Nueva Ecija, Luzon. by a large force.
milton was gone and as they were sur
rounded, there was nothing TO do but sur
render. One man was killed and three
were wounded.
Gen. Lacuna. who was in command Of
the insurgents. returned the wounded
with a letter promising to treat the pris
oners we'll
Lieut. Hulesberg (?) was ambushed and
killed near Santa Cruz, province of La
guna.
Five Americans Captured.
Five men of the Twenty-fourth Infan-
try were captured in Nueva Ecija, but
Sergt Schmidt, of the Twelfth Infantry,
with seven men, traied the captors ana
killed five.
Capt. Lara, of the Manila native police,
was dangerously shot by an unknown as
sailant yesterday while on the street He
had been effectively enforcing regulations
and had made enemies among the Fill
plnos, some of whom have long threaten
ed vengeance.
Lara had been generally accused of
gross corruption in Office and specific
charges were filed against him by an
American officer
At the suggestion OF Archbishop Cha
pelle, Judge Taft had been examining the
heads of the religious orders as well as
Mgr Nozaledas and other ecclesiastics,
preparatory to the time when 1t would be
necessary to take definite action regard
ing the affairs of the ffiars and the church.
1t appears that the real estate holdings
Of the friars are smaller than had been
expected.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
DE WET Is SURROUNDED.
Beers Say They VIII Make Stand
at MachadOdOrp.

London, Aug 5.-A special dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Saturday, says:
Gen. Christian DeWet is completely
surrounded near Reitzburg, and 1t is i'm
possible for his forces to escape through
che strong British Gordon.
"The Beers say they will make stand
at Machadodorp. They are short of am
munition and food. Gen. Hamilton, by
the rapidity of his movements. prevents
reinforcements reaching Commandant
General Botha.
"It appears that after the train carry
ing United States Consul Stowe and fly
ing the Stars and Stripes, was derailed
at Honlngspruit, south of Kroonstad,
concealed Beers fired, killing four.
MANY residents of Pretoria have been
sent into exile for having behaved cruelty
or shamefully 10 British subjects before
ordering the war. The terms of exile
vary. in one instance, reaching twenty
five years"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
SAVANNAH GA, MONDAY, AUGUST g. 1900

doubtedly disappointing. that the advance
should be delayed
1t will be noticed that the dispatch to
the Daily Express announcing that the
troops had started is dated two DAYS later
than the dispatch to the Times and two
days later than any other dispatch pub
lished in London this morning. There is
no Wey OF verifying the statements of the
Daily Express correspondent. They must
simply be taken for what they are worth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
WAY BEHIND THE RECORD.
New Liner Deutschland Made a Slow
Trim Across.

New York, Aug. 5.-The new Hamburg.
American Line steamer Deutschland. tbs
completion of whose voyage has beer
awaited with much interest, anchored off
the Sandy Hook lightship at 10:47 o'clock
tonight, after a voyage OF six daye
eight hours and three minutes.
The record of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse from the same port. made IN No
vember 1899 is FIVE days, seventeen hours
and thirty-seven minutes. The Deutsch.
land is therefore behind the record OF the
crack North German Lloyd steamer, four
teen hours and twenty-six minutes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06

New York. Aug. 5.-The Italian consul
at New York has sent a telegram to Capt.
Usher Of the West Hoboken police, ask
ing him 20 search for woman who Is
suspected OF being concerned in some way
with the plot to assassinate King Hum
bert. Chief McCluskey viii begin to-mor-
row q systematic search for the woman
among the Italian colony. The chief de-
clines 10 give the name OF the woman at
present
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
ON A POLITICAL MISSION.
stowe Was Going 20 Pretoria When
the Train was Captured.

Cape Town, Aug. 5.-The United States
consulate here has received no direct COM
munication regarding the Boer attack up
on the train carrying United States Con-
sui Stowe. but Sir Alfred Miner. British
high commissioner. has been informed
that those who we're captured by the
Boers we're released at the request of Mr.
stowe. who, II is stated, is proceeding to
Pretoria on a special mission Of a poiiti-
cal character.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
Secretary Hay IL III.

Boston, Aug. IA special to the Jour-
nal from sunapee. ~. H.. says that secre-
tary OF State Hay is H. but not seriously.
lie contracted q cod on the way from
Washington. A physician, who was called
in. found Secretary Hay suffering from
nervous exhaustion. due to the arduous
labors at Washington.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
SEARCH ron THE NORTH POLE.
Bnnendahi VIII Sail Aug. II on u
schooenr OF a. Tons

Berlin. Aug 5.--capt. Banendahl. Of the
imperial army. who has been arranging
for an expedition In search Of the North
Pole, will set sail from Hamburg Aug. II
on the Matador, a fishing schooner OF "A
tons burden. He now intends to enter
the pack ice east Of Spitzbergen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
STILL AFTER THE SULTAN.
He Is Again Asked 10 Pay America
Demand Promptly.

Constantinople, Aug. 5.-Mr. Lloyd Girls
com, United States charge d'affaires, to-
day renewed his demands upon the Otto
man government for compensation for the
losses of American citizens during the Ar
menian massacres. lie insisted upon a
prompt decision.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
GEN. BADEN-PowELL WOUNDED.
Beers Captured Some Prisoners and
324 wagons.

London, Aug. 6.-The Lorenzo Marques
correspondent OF the Daily Express. wir-
ing Saturday, says:
''Transvaal advices declare that Gen.
Baden-Powell was wounded during re-
cent engagement at Rustenburg, when the
Beers. according to their account, took
some prisoners and captured S24 wagons"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
CHARLEsToN's QUARANTINE.
Railroads Notified Not to Bring Pas
sengers From Tampa.

Charleston, S. c.. Aug. Sat special
meeting held to-day the Charleston Board
of Health drew up a letter to all the rail-
roads entering the city notifying them
that in view of the fact that yellow fever
has been developed at Tampa, they will
be required to decline to bring passengers
or baggage from that place here. The or
der is tantamount to the establishment of
quarantine against Tampa.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.
LII Hung Chang Is simply I'm a Very
Despondent State.

Shanghai, Aug. 5.-The report that Ii
Hung Chang had committed suicide is
without foundation. He is only in very
despondent state.
The Chinese consul here has received a
message from Pekin saying that Gen.
Tung Fuh Slang has stopped all provi-
sions goin to the legations.
Admiral Seymour arrived at Shanghai
to-day
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
wYMAN HEARS FROM TAMPA.
Marine Hospital Is Making Thor
Ough Investigation.

Washington. Aug. 5.-Such information
as has been received by Dr. Wyman, of
the Marine Hospital Service, to-day from
Tampa shows that there is no change In
the yellow fever situation there. There
have been no new cases developed.
The officials of the service are conducting
an investigation into the condition of af-
fairs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
EARL Ii IS PROBABLY ALIVE.

No Confirmation of the Report of His
Suicide.
London, Aug. g. 2:45 a. n.-The Shang
hal report that Ii Hung Chang had COM
mitted suicide has not been definitely con-
tradicted, but all the edvices received
from that point, up TO this hour, ind!-
cate that he is alive.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
Chinese Fortifying at Pekin.

Brussels, Aug. 5.-The Belgian vice con-
sui at Tien Tsin, wiring Aug. 4, says that
the Chinese in Pekin are fortifying their
position outside the British legation. He
adds that all the members Of the Belgian
legation are in good health.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
Aisnn Taken by Russians.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 5.-The Russian wer
office has received a dispatch from Gen.
Grodekoff, dated Khabarovsk, Aug. 5, an
nouncing that Aigun had been taken by
the Russians after a stubborn fight and
that the Chinese were being pursued in
the direction of Tsitsikar.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
Meath of ni.hon rtenIr.

Portland. Me-, Aug. 5.-Rt. Rev. James
Augustin Healy, Bishop OF the Roman
Catholic diocese of Maine. died at his
episcopal residence this afternoon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
Death. From Heat In Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 5. - The heat to-day
caused two deaths and several prostra-
tions. The temperature was 9s, and PROM
ises to be higher tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-06
King of servia. welded.

Belgrade, Aug. 5.-King Alexander to-
day welded Nine. Draga Maschin. the
ceremony being performed with great
uomp.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

most sterling play worthy of a true
champion that can enable player to
vanqulsh opponent after opponent, each
one famous player
Many who have never seen Miss Heck
er play will say that while she may be
great, Miss Hoyt is greater This is
not so. Miss Hoyt Won her first two
championships when she had practi-
cally no competition. A glance at the
scores showing that she won with ease
In every instance proves that In 1898
she was pushed hard, and many be-
heve Miss Wetmore would have beaten
her had She not sprained her ankle and
been obliged to default.
This newest golf champion Is a born
and bred Connecticut girl She IS the
daughter of F. C. Hecker, the multi
millionaire -four merchant, and the baby
of the family.
Miss Hecker Is only seventeen years
old. She declares that the newspapers
are worse than the census man as far as
ages go. for since she has come into golf
ing notice her age has been published
broadcast, and she says, with a charm
ing little look of feigned despair, Never
any more can make myself out younger
than I am
Though she was born at Darian, Conn,
she has spent the greater part of her
place on the old post road is one of the
most beautiful along the sound IT is a
white and yellow colonial house, with
broad porches and velvety green lawns
sleping down to the water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
Be11iesf Family
bon minnesota.
There's an Even Dozen and They Weigh
Close to Three Tons.


CLARA CITY, Mimi, May 6.-seeger
Bergeson is the head of the heaviest fam
lily in Minnesota, and few hearthstones
have Il family circle around them as
large in numbers. Seeger's household,
with himself, numbers twelve souls. The
seven elder members have combined
weight Of l,730 pounds. With the five
youngsters the family theft aggregates
a long ton anl more-2 24O pounds
Mr.. Bergeson himself is over feet 6
inches tall and tips the beam at. 800
pounds. Mrs. Bergeson matches him as
best she can with a medium height and
2l0 pounds OF good, amiable, motherly
flesh and love. Theodore, the eldest son.
aged about twenty-eight years, and feet
inches tail, is a slender lightweight of
22O pounds. His muscles are like nails,
however, and he is the champion wrestler
in his part of the country. Carl, the
second son, VINO has not voted many
years, keeps up the family record fairly
well with 27O pounds He also is feet s
inches tall At a Fourth of July celebra-
ton last summer he ran foot race with
crack sprinter from the sophomore
class In the University of Minnesota, and
beat him out eighteen inches.
Christine, the eldest daughter, stands
feet in her striped stocking feet, and
her very shapely form weighs 27O pounds
She is as spry as a cricket and has won
several prizes in Chippewa county as the
most graceful waltzer. She recently was
married to a pigmy of a husband who
weighs only 200 pounds. but by the time
he is & voter and raises whiskers he'll
be big as the rest of EN-. Annie is a
light-footed blue-eyed lass of seventeen,
and the force Of gravitation holds her
on
pounds. She'll grow larger as the days go
by. The FIVE younger members of the
! family, all boys, are built on the same
generous plan as their elders. One thir-
| teen-year-old Is 6 feet tall and wears a
No. II boot. He's still growing, and when
these little giants fully solve the prob
lem of physical expansion there is no tell
ing what the whole family will aggre-
gate
cent, and about twenty years ago came
to Chippewa county from Wisconsin Dur
ing the Civil war Mr.. Bergeson served
with distinction in badger state regi-
ment. The members of the family all
live in the same farm house. They are,
without exception, Woodworking and
well-to-do They are active and shapely
in form and their weight is due to bone
and muscle alone.
The furniture of the house would have
done for the days of Jack the Giant
Killer. The chairs are of extra strength
and the floor almost says at meal time.
The cid folks sleep on a homemade bed
stead. Springs are too weak and when
both are in deep, snoring slumber the bed
cords fairly creak with the great weight.
On trading trips to the neighboring towns
Mr.. and Mrs. Bergeson invariably rale in
a stout lumber wagon; no buggy springs
being safe under the $50 pounds of their
combined weight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
which ne Will star next season. under the


which ne will star next season, under the
management of NJ w. Hanley.
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall will ere long sub
NIT to Londoners new play written for
them by Mrs. w. Kingdom Clifford, the
popular novelist, and entitled (after
more than usually vague Swinburnian
line) 1.-The Likeness of the Night. Tne
play will afford great pathetic opportunl-
ties to Mrs. Kendall. who will enact
neglected but accomplishing wife.
There is said to be no doubt that Anna
Held. who was practically unknown IN
Paris, has accumulated much good Amer
lean money. She has bought theater, IL
has been announced, for $l.@D,0aQ 1t is
said she made this money in appearing
in La Femme or, as the play IS known
on our side of the water, Papa's VIE
Mary E. wilkins who has just returned
from Europe. is to be represented in the
theater next season by a dfamat@at1on or
her Jerome, a Poor Man This IS one
Of the few works of this gifted writer
that is a complete novel. her fame as a
graphic describef and remarkable analyst
of New England character having been
won through the medium of the sketch,
and the short story, says the
Dramatic Mirror. jerome Is
TO be staged by Walter z. Perkins, who
has been identified for some time with
My Friend From India" The name of
the dramatist has not been announced