New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
Gossip OF THE CAPITAL.
- CONCERTS SERVICE IN CHINA AND
HIS PREVIOUS RECORD.
r,rKINs,s prGREE FRoM STEVENS INsT1

LIBERIAN REPUBLIC.

I'll other subjects the convention at PhiIa-
,.,,hia scarcely receiving the notice its i'm
-+snce merits This supreme interest in
rs.-see affairs is not strange for there is hardly
,s-s5n in society but has relative or friend
: she beIsaguered city Of Picking. The German
,s-;s-e- Baron Won Ketteler. who is reported to
-, ,ear murdered. was attached to the Ger
=, F-7bassv here for nearly six years, and is
s5sly known and well liked while Minister
,,-car about whose fate uncertainty has been
At srent a number OF years at the capital as
,-eserrative from the With Iowa District
AZ successor being J. A. T Hull chairman of
,ss military Affairs Committee, and several
r-arnbers az his family still reside here
Yrs Cong=r wife OF the Minister. visited
washington late in the winter going from here
20 he West where she stopped with relatives in
iowa reaching Picking at about the time the ter
--t5e riots IF the Boxers began. With MI and
US Corser in the American legations com
,eund are their daughter, Miss Conger: their
niece Mss Pierce. A French governess: the sec
-etaries ~ the legation Mr. Squires and MI
BsuhridEa- the naval atIache Lieutenant Key;
The Interpreter. Nj Cheshire and their families
and the native servants. This compound could
not. q course stand an assault by determined
mob but il Is hoped and believed by Mr. Con-
gers friends that all the foreigners resident in
Peki1s have banded together for common pro
lection ana sought refuge IN some place of
safety.
TIE long cable received st the Department of
sia,e on Wednesday morning from the United
States Consul AT Che-Foo. giving the gratifying
inteligeuae that the Chinese Government showed
every desire and intention TO protect the for
elgu missionaries and residents. who had been
brought together in a safe place while il gave
10 direc- news from Picking. served By its tone
and import 10 reassure those who have friends
imprisoned n the Chinese capital and it is
hoped that the Chinese authorities there are
showing equal zeal IN protecting the foreigners
NJ. COnger. who is a cousin of the late Sen
ator from Michigan Of the same name. is
native Of Illinois, and was educated at Lombard
University, IN GaIesburg. which is the alma
mater Of many prominent men Having been
graduated al he head of his class at nineteen,
young Conger mad hardly received his diploma
when he enlisted in the Union Army as a pri-
vate, being one Of the first to go from the town
II which he was brought up. His gaIlantry and
distinguished bearinE-won him speedy and rapid
promotion, and ne was mustered out at the end
Of tie war with the actual rank Of captain. the
breye- rank OF major
his military service finished. young Conger
carried out his intention Of educating himself
f7r The -aw and matricuiated at the Albany Law
Sc1cg-. where he took the full course and was
graduated with honor. Mr.. Conger removed to
Iowa 10 Is6s. where his professional life began
sUsp-c0usly and where he soon became inter
ested in politics being first named TO the Office
Of STATE Treasurer subsequently he was elected
% Congress. where he served three terms, act
ing during the whole Of that time as chairman
o. TIE Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measure Ny Mckinley represented Ohio in
ne Lover House 81 that period, and between
ne President and the present Minister to China
mere grew Up warm friendship, which has
never diminished
Shortly af-er his Inauguration President Har-
rison named Nj. Conger as Minister TO Brazil,
and his administration Of that Office rendered
more important because Of the state OF unrest
existing IL the South American republic, which
had only recently thrown of the yoke of mon
Grchy, was SO satisfactory TO his party that
NJ Ackinley's accession TO the Presidency he
vas again selected for this post Subsequently,
that the condition Of affairs in the East made II
imperative that the United States should be
represented il China by an astute, sagacious
and experienced diI4omatist. Mr.. C0nger con-
sented 10 Be transferred TO Picking which was
Il fact promotion, FOR although the Brazil and
Chinese missions are Of the same grade, the lat
tgr for obvious reasons Is the more important.
NJ Conger's conduct Of the Chinese mission
has fulfilled IN every way the Presidents ex-
pectAtons, and the American Minister has been