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TWO POSSIBLE REASONS.

1t is possible to draw two conclusions
from failure of the foreign command
ers to do this. First, the European
governments have allowed the sceptic-
ism as TO the authenticity OF Mr.. Con-
gers dispatch to carry them to the
the point of preceding cody and de-
liberately, upon the first supposition,
namely, that there are no foreigners
alive in Pekin to be saved; and that
consequently there is no need for haste.
The other conclusion is that friction
is developing among the internationals.
Color is lent to the latter theory by the
fact that governments have SO FAR been
unable to agree upon an international
commander for the expedition to Pekin,
and this too, in spite of the fact that
Admiral Remey, acting by the instruc-
tons Of his government is exhausting
every effort TO induce the other COM
manders at Taku and Tien Tsin to
hasten their movements.
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nfed of Heert Fairnre--

CLEVELAND. Ohio. July n-Mrs. mi
Ia Stone, mother Of Mrs. John Hay. the
night after an Illness OF several weekx ~
heart failure.
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and the sharpened customs regulations
against undervaluations; the concessions
recently granted to France, and, above
all. the enormous growth of American
manufactured exports; the aggressive com
petition of American metal and other prod
ucts in South American and eastern mar
kets-all these weigh heavily on the hearts
of the people here. and will be hard fought
when the new tariff and treaties come to
open debate in the Reichstag- What most
enlightened thinkers expect, or at least
hope for, is that out of all these mutations
will come a broad, liberal comprehensive
ly framed treaty, or a series or treaties,
between the United States and Germany,
in which all the vexed and Irritating ques-
tons relating to naturaiized citizenship,
countervailing duties and port charges on
vessels shall be regulated. and liberal JUS
tice to imports of food products secured by
reciprocal concessions and embodied in per-
manent conventions between the two coun-
tries.
"Rivals and competitors in foreign fields
South America, Africa and Asia-the
Union and German empire will always be,
but this is no reason why the two nations
should not be, in their direct relations
with each other. harmonious and mutually
considerable. and this result can be in no
way so effectively promoted as by an in
telligent revision of obsolete treaties. and
their adjustment to modern requirements
and conditions.
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SITUATION is UNCHANGED
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO PLAGUE.
OrientaIs Refuse to he Inoculated,
but the Health Board Is Enforce
ing a Cast-IrOn Rule.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20-There are no
new developments in the plague situation.
No new cases have been discovered and the
situation remains practically unchanged.
This announcement was made by the Board
of Health tonight The incubation OF Chi
nese and Japanese-is quietly going on.
From unofficiar sources it is learned that
nine Japanese and eleven Chinese were In
oculated with haffkine yesterday, and
twenty Japanese and fifty Chinese to-day.
At all the exits of the city doctors are sta
toned and unless Chinese exhibit certffi-
Gates of incubation they are not allowed to
pass the city limits. The declaration of the
Board of Health has produced no alarm
outside that section. The chief feature OF
the situation lies in the opposition of the
Chinese and japanese to incubation. The
opinion of the Board of Health is that the
circumstances do not warrant the quaran-
timing of the Chinese district or the COM
polling of its inhabitants to submit to in
oculation so long as they remain in the
city Only those desiring to leave the city
are required to be inoculated. The Chinese
and japanese have retained counsel to con-
test the matter in the courts, should the
Board of Health resort to forcible meas
ures.
The Chinese consul general said he would
take no action until he is more surely In
formed as to the plans of the Board of
Health or until some development in the
situation requires him to take action.
Business was suspended in the Chinese
quarters to-day, and knots of Chinese
stood on the streets discussing the situa-
ton and expressing their determination not
to submit to incubation They say they
would rather die from the plague than
from poison.
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TWO SUNDAY SESSIONS.


TOPEKA. Kan. May 2o.-The National
Conference of Charities held two Sunday
sessions. In the morning the Rev. Charles
Frederick Wines, OF Washington, preached
to the conference sermon on 1.-THE Healing
Touch"
Dr. Plutatio Ornelas, a delegate from
Mexico. addressed the conference in the
evening on the subject of Charities in
Mexico" He traced the growth OF liberty
in Mexico from its inception to the present
time. Mexico he said. was now enjoying
the highest grade of freedom of speech and
of the press AS an outgrowth Of this liber-
ty, charitable institutions has been started
over the country. all OF which were now
being conducted on strict scientific princi-
Piles. DR.. Ornelas said that all grades OF,
unfortunates We're being cared for and that's
the appropriations by the general governs
ment were most liberal.
General Z. Sanchez Agrimonte and Miguel
r. Saurez, delegates from Cuba, told OF the
progress of charity In Cuba.
Governor Stanley. of Kansas. made an
address on Conditional Pardons." The
Governor said he had put that system into
effect in the State penitentiary, and was
enthusiastic over the results.
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CLARK'S CASE MAY DIE
SENATE MAY NOT ACT, EXCEPT ON
NEW CREDENTIALS.
Plans for the Nicaraguan Canal Biz
Hold the House Right of Way.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Chan
dler has given notice that he will ask the
Senate to take up the resolution concerning
the election of Senator Clark, of Montana,
at 1 o'clock Monday, but 1t now appears
probable that the resolution may go over
again. There is no understanding that the
consideration of this resolution shall be
controlled by the course of Senator Clark
with reference to the presentation of his
credentials as a senator under his ap-
pointment from the Governor Of Montana,
but so far disposition has been mani
tested to allow them to travel together,
and it is now the understanding in the Sem
ate that Mr.. Clark will not present the Gre
dentials. 1t is therefore probable that the
entire Clark matter may be indefinitely
postponed for lack of prosecution, and that
no more may be heard of 1t during the ses-
sion. If, however, Mr.. Clark should change
his mind and put I'm his credentials Senator
Chandler would move to refer them to the
committee on privileges and elections, and
If this motion should prevail an immediate
effort would be made to have the resolu-
tons bearing on Mr.. Clark's original cleo
ton considered Mr.. Chandler. indeed, may
call up the resolution independently of the
credentials and make statement present
ing the entire situation. If the case comes
up at all 1T is sure to develop an interest
ing debate.
The postoffice appropriation bill will con-
tinue to receive attention Monday il the
Clark case does not displace ii. Senator
Spooner has given notice of a speech on
the Philippine question for Monday at
o'clock.
Senator Morgan said Saturday he would
move Tuesday to have the Nicaraguan
canal bill made the unfinished business,
thus displacing the bill in relation to the
government of the Philippines. The mo-
ton. will be resisted, but the indications
are that If a vote is reached the motion
VIII prevail Whether the bill shall pass
however, will depend on the length of the
debate At this late day In the session
prolonged debate would be fatal to almost
any measure.
There VIII be several conference reports
on appropriation bills to be considered dur
ing the week, and possibly all of the ap-
preparation measures which have not yet
been received from committee will be
brought in. These bills are the sundry
civil, the general deficiency and the Mill
tary Academy bills. These are the last
of the appropriation bills, and there is no
reason why all of them should not be re-
ported within the next week. With these
bills finally disposed of and the pending
conference reports adopted, the Senate will
be prepared TO meet the House In 81 move
ment 10 adjourn. There does not now ap-
pear any necessity for the postponement
OF this event beyond the 11th of June.
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WILL BE PROSECUTED.
Christian Scientists Who COnnived at
the Death of Mrs. Terrence.

TOPEKA. Kan. May 2o.-The Masonic
order of Topeka, particularly the Knights
Templars. is planning to prosecute local
Christian Scientists, who. they say, were
responsible for the death of Mrs John NJ
Terrence. Mr. Terrence was, up to the
time of his death, eight months ago, chief
clerk in the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
car service department here. He was
leading Mason. His wife died yesterday
from typhoid fever She was a Christian
Scientist and, with the local healers. re-
sisted the demands of her friends that
physician be summoned.
Mrs. Whitlock. of Chicago, mother of
Mrs. Terrence, was. 1t is asserted, refused
permission to see her daughter, but finally
entered the sick room. Mrs z. E. Whit
aker, the scientist in charge, said. testify
ing at the coroner's inquest, that Mrs. Tor
renee was killed by the shock of surprise
at seeing her mother. and not by the lack
of medicine.
The coroners jury rendered the following
verdict: Mrs. j. NJ. Terrence came to her
death by peritonitis tgeneraD caused by
perforation of the intestines. due to typhoid
fever The case was under Christian Sci
enlist management and had no medical
care or treatment. and. in our opinion she
did not have intelligent care which would
give her any possible chance for recovery"
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cccasi onal books of sterling merit and
should be at his best in this new one
for it is the story of an adventure on the
Mississippi and its interesting r. anily of
Rivers" a section of our country with
hich Mr.. Eggleston Is familiar by asso-
ration and bringing up. In fact, one Of the
chief characters in his new story-the hoy
Eds said 10 be modelled upon the boy
ward EgglestJn, chronIcler OF Hoosier
schoolmasters and schoolboys. THE Last
of the Flatbcats" Is based upon an adj
venturous trip on a fiatboat. for recreation
and revenue, from little Indiana town to
New Orleans, and is said by those who
have read the advance sheets to combine
dramatic interest with a world OF informa-
ton about ''the wonderful river''-the Mis-
sissippi. The illustrations. by Charlotte
Harding, are pronounced as full of the SEN
timent and interest Of the story.
There has come about. say the publishers.
Doubleday. Page e. Co., an incorrect i'm
preston concerning the character of M.
Zola.s great series of novels in which he
expects to depict what he considers the
great forces of human life and in par
ticular to portray France as a nation.
The first work, "Fruitfulness. which will
be ready in the English translation i'm
mediately. land is TO be followed by
Work" Truth and ".Justice') tells the
story of a young man who meets the usual
financial difficulty In bringing up his in
creasing family. He and his wife eventu-
ally decide to go to the earth herself for
their support; they secure an abandoned
and desert tract, and by work and pa
thence wrest from the soil itself a COM
potency and a support for their family.
The book is carried out on heroic lines.
and NJ. Zola has given permission to the
translator, Mr.. Vizetelly, to make what
ever changes he thought desirable for the
English market. In doing this, the trans
lator has cut out something ike 100000
words The book will be published May
18th, in a dignified. octave volume.
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AT THE CRESCENT CITY.
Travelling Men Arriving I'm Hundreds
for Their Convention.

NEW ORLEANS, May 2O.-The delegates
10 the National Travellers Protective Assoc
citation convention commenced arriving to-
night. Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky are on
the scene. Illinois comes in the morning.
and special train and steamboat excursiond
are coming by the score The attendance
Will be larger than at any previous gath-I
ering. President L. A. Taste and other ma
tional officers were among the nights arr.
rivals.
The convention does not open until Tues
day, when there will be a parade through
the streets. with unique features. At night
there will be a reception at the Athenaeum:
Wednesday. a banquet at the lake shore;
Thursday, special night at Athletic Parks
Friday, a special reception by the Missouri
delegation, and on Saturday there viii be
a steamboat trip and a day on a Louisiana
sugar plantation
The order has increased TO 1922 mem-
bership and has a cash balance OF over
$35, 000.
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wHEELMAN PORTER HURT.
Finish to q Twenty-Five-Mile
Race at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. May 2o.-The twenty-five
mile match race between Charles s. Por-
ter. of Detroit, and John Nelson, of Chi
cago. was abruptly ended by Porter fall
ing from his wheel at the end of the sew
enteenth mile and suffering such injuries
that he could not proceed. Up to the
tenth mile honors were even. but after that
Nelson had good lead. At the seventeenth
mile Porter closed the gap and got slight
lead. when he fell and stopped the race
Both men were paced by motors. The best
mile of the Porter-Neison race was made
In 1:3S 2-5 and the average was las.
The five-mile race between the motors
was improvised. The teams were closely
matched. and a finish was made by Mel
sons team slightly in the lead I'm 9:03 In
the minor events Heydon Michel won the
nile novice In 2:23 rs. II. Gieskemeyer
won the mile amateur In 2:A. ID. and j
Gotto won two-mile tandem In 5:121z
Tom Cooper paced by motor made an
exhibition mile In las IS.
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dress he paid beautiful tribute to Abra-
ham Lincoln and declared that England
had not produced, since the days of Crom-
WELL statesman that compared with Lin
coin. The senator expressed the opinion
that il was reserved for the Boer and the
burgher to obtain the very sublimity of
and /. enjoying the full heritage of lib
will"
He predicted, i'm closing that no matter
what might be the result of the diplomatic
course Of the ENJOYS. this government
could not long stand in opposition TO the
manifestations of sympathy expressed by
the people for the Beers.
MR.. COCHRAN SPEECH.
Mrs. Edith l.. Lamb recited 1.-The Spirit
of TO- and presented an American flag
to Mrs. Fischer. the wife of one of the
ENJOYS. following which Bourke Cock
ran, of New York. delivered an address.
Mr.. Cochran spoke for over half an hour.
His address was a scholarly effort, touch
ing on the Monroe doctrine, the character
of the Beers and a review of features of
English affairs. He strongly advocated up
holding the Monroe doctrine. recalling Sec
rotary Roots words that we must be pre-
pared TO fight for 1t. and adding that the
latter must be gratified at the hearty re-
Spouse which had been made throughout
the country. Referring to Canada and it's
proximity to the United States, he said
he believed as an English possession. 1t
was menace to the Monroe doctrine. Some
humorous reference was made to the re-
cent action of the Senate. in closing the
doors while discussing the resolution of
sympathy for the Boer republic, which led
Mr.. Cochran to express the belief that If
the day had come when the Americans
were fearful to express their views then
the Nations growth had not been In the
way of true greatness, but of weakness
He vigorously attacked the British govern
ment for various political measures and
said that Ii never hesitated to engage In a
scheme of plumber, and had followed this
up in the present case by misrepresenta-
ton and Islander. He believed that the OPP
portunity of this country had arrived.
whether or not there would be interior
ence from the administration, the people
know that means would be found to stop
this injury to civilization which is now 60
ing on. A duty must be performed to the
people of England, of the Transvaal and
to the whole human race, in every part
of the globe.
Senator Wellington was instructed by
unanimous vote of the audience to present
in the Senate Senator Teller's resolution
of sympathy with the Beers.
a collection Of money was asked for In
aid of the widows and orphans of the Boer
soldiers, and upwards of $500 was raised
for that purpose. Senator Mason delivered
the closing speech of the evening.
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TO THE ORIENT
NINE MONTHS RECORD IN TRADE
WITH ASIA AND OCEANICA.
Commercial Statistics of Two Years
COmpared-Estimate for the Clos
ing Fiscal Year Are Favorable.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 2O-Exports to
Asia and Oceanica in the fiscal year which
ends with the month of June will. for the
first time in our history, exceed s100, 000. 600.
In no part of the world has our export
trade grown with such amazing rapidty,
with the single exception of Africa. In 1893
our total exports to all Asia and Oceanica
amounted to only s27. 421. s51, so that in the
fiscal year now about to end they will be
about four times as great as those of eight
years earlier Imports from that part of the
world are also growing rapidly because of
the large increase in the share of
our sugar supply which now comes from
the islands of the Pacific. More than one
half the sugar imported into the United
States now comes from the East Indies and
Hawaiian islands. OF the 2.ss1, 655s pounds
imported into the United States in the nine
months ending with March. 1900. 1.553. 415. 397
pounds came from the East Indies and the
Philippine and Hawaiian islands, the
amount from the East Indies alone being
1.143025,4 46 pounds; from the Hawaiian
islands. 800. 1893. 400 pounds and from the
Philippines 4s.4so.542. The quantity imported
from the Philippines in the nine months
ending with March. 1900. is three times as
much as in the corresponding months of
1898, and from the East Indies it is two
and one-half times as much as in the cor
responding period of 1898.
The growth in exports to Asia and Ocean
lea is chiefly in cotton, breadstuffs, pro-
visions and manufactures. Exports of agri-
cultural machinery to British Australasia
in the nine months ending with March.
1900. were seOe,323 against ss49,55o in the
corresponding months of 1898. Exports Of
with March. 1900, were 46,961 brls. against
1856 brls in the same months of 1898; TO
Japan, 417,430 brls, against 107. 401 brls In
the same months of 1898, and to Hong
Kong. 1,O09.24S brls, against 6476SS brls In
the same months of 1898. Carriages and cars
to Australia amounted to $412, 254 against
S25l, S02 in the corresponding months of 1898;
cotton cloth to China in the nine months
ending with March, 1900 was 156, $50 255
yards, against 77,990,676 yards in the cor
responding months of 1893. Raw cotton ex-
ported to Japan amounted In the nine
months ending with March, 1900, to $u,517,-
1858, as against $5,S43 40 in the same months
Asia and Oceanica in the nine months end
ing with March, 1900. amounted to $780,
600, an increase of so per cent. over the
same months of 1895, while boots and shoes
to Asia and Oceanica In the nine months
ending with March. 1900 reached nearly
a million In the same months of 1885,
The following table shows the value of
our exports to Asia and Oceanica and to
the principal divisions of that part of the
world In the nine months ending with
March. 1898 and 1900. respectively:
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All Asia and oceanica. s4s. oss . s.


WASHINGTON, May 20-The division of
customs and insular affairs of the War
Department made public to-day a state
ment Of the total number of vessels that
entered the ports of Porto Rico for the
first three months of 1900. The statement
shows that during the period named 257
vessels entered the several ports of the
island, with a tonnage of 294, 1854. During
the month of January 81 vessels, with a
tonnage of 1926. entered the several ports
of the island during February the same
number entered the several ports of the
island with tonnage of S9.3S3, and during
the month of March IS vessels entered the
several ports of the island with a tonnage
of 1o7,345 OF the total number Of vessels
that entered the several ports of the island
during the first three months of 1900 ia,
with a tonnage of ,020, sailed under the
American flag
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HUGE DEBT WIPED OUT
RUSSIA HAS PAID OVER FIVE HUN
DRIED MILLION DOLLARS.
Turkey Disturbed by Russian Note
Berlin Street-Car Strike-SOusa's
COncert-French Elections.

ST. PETERSBURG. May 20.-An imperial
ukase has been published announcing the
redemption of the debt of the imperial
treasury to the state bank for bank notes
issued for the purpose of meeting expenses
of the wars of 1856 and 1S77-7s. 1t pro-
vides that henceforward no bank notes
shall be issued to meet the requirements
of the treasury
This liquidation is regarded as an indi-
cation that the imperial treasury will not
need further loans to meet the budget ex-
penditure.
In 1881 the war debt of the treasury to
the Bank of Russia aggregated So, 600
rubles. When NJ. De Witte, Russian min
lister of finance, assumed his portfolio in
1892, the debt still totaled 742,000,O0O rubles.
This entire amount has been extinguished
within less than eight years.
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BERLIN, May 2O.-This afternoon crowds
in sympathy with the tramway strikers
stoned the cars. The police interfered and
were themselves stoned. They replied with
blank cartridges and shots were fired at
them from the houses. Several persons
were hurt on each side. The crowds lin
gered about. but by 5 o'clock the cars were
running. Police who were off duty have
been ordered forthwith. Most Of the
people side with the strikers, who demand
a ten-hour working day, instead of four
teen hours, and a minimum monthly wage
of 80 marks, instead of IS. together with a
yearly increase of marks until 100 marks
shall be reached.
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WELCOMED TO HAMBURG.


HAMBURG, May 2O-The New York
Kriegerbund delegation was welcomed in
the town hall this afternoon by the Ham,
burg Senate. The president and first burgo-
master, ]. G. Monckeberg, extended a
hearty welcome to the guests, and in the
course of his address referred to the cor
dial relations between Germany and the
United States. He then presented to the
visitors handsome banner for the society.
Mr.. Muller responded, after which lunch
con was served. The visitors subsequently
reviewed a large civic procession from the
balcony and were heartily cheered by an
immense crowd.
Finally the Americans marched at the
head of the procession to the war monu-
ment, where Mr.. Muller deposited laurel
wreath bearing the German inscription,
"Kriegerbund, New York, on the German
faith" The guests then visited the zoolog-
ical gardens.