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New Ulm review., 1900-07-25
OPINIONS DIFFER.
Some Credit the COnger Dispa tch
While Others Discredit 1t.

Some Credit the ConEer Dispatch
While Others Discredit 1t.
Washington, July 23.-After "a
due consideration to the incredulous
criticisms of the European authorities
as to the Conger message, the state de-
partment remains unshaken in it's first
conclusion, that the message was au-
thentic, and that Mr.. Conger was alive
on July IS. Corroborative evidence
came to the department Saturday
morning through Minister WI from
two widely removed sources, the one
from Sheng at Shanghai and the other
from the viceroy of Marking. They
make it clear that an edict certainly
has been issued relative to the condi-
tion of the foreign ministers and con
tain other matters of information of
the grea test value and interest, if they
be true. It may, however, be men
toned. and that consideration was
duly discussed: by Secretaries Hay,
Root and Long, that all these COM
munications from Peking at two
points passed through the same chan
mel. At Shanghai. Sheng receives every
thing; in Washington, Mr.. WI is the
medium. The point of this is that this
additional evidence is deprived of a
good deal of it's corroborativey value. j.
!. Notwithstanding this fact, our gov
ernment is proceeding upon the pre-
sumption that these communications
a,,-
enced %in this attitude by European
criticism, but convinced that it had
everything&to gain and nothing to lose
by reposing confidence in the Chinese
minister here. the state department
has felt3it to be not only good policy
but duty to make use of the friendly
disposition of the pro-foreign Chinese
officials TO alleviate the condition of
the legationers if they are still alive.
B It certainly has lost nothing by act
ing on this plan, for so far from abat-
ing the execution of it's military pro-
gramme, the government has sought
tos:infuse additional energy into the
commanders of it's forces in China. as
wa s exhi ibited in Secretary Longs ca
blegram Friday to Admiral Remey.
Therefore the Shang ghai report that ii
Hung Chang is to be detained and pre-
vented from going to Peking is re
ceived here with foreboding Of evil. It
cannot be conceived how III could ma
5terially add to the Boxers strength,
seyenssif he were SO disposed, by going
! to Peking. On the other hand it can
not be doubted that to interfere forci-
bly, with his freedom Of movement
would precipitate q crisis, in the south
ern provinces Of China, and certainly
would prevent him from doing any
thing for sthe foreign ministers if he
IS acting in good faith.
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Costly Necklace Lost or Stolen

Paris, July 23-Mrs. Potter. Palmer,
Of Chicago, one of the members of the
United States commission to the expo
sition, Saturday advertised an offer of
reward of $500 for information lead
ing to the return of a necklace valued
at $4,000, which is missing. The neck
lace is composed of emeralds set with
diamonds and other jewels, among
the emeralds being one of the finest
specimens extant, and the size Of a
pigeons egg. It is not known wheth-
er the necklace was lost or stolen, but
it is believed. it was stolen, as it was
missed by Mrs. Palmer after entering
the Palace Elysee Hotel from her car
rage -
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Fifteen Drown.,ed.

Coleman, Tex, July II fifteen or
more persons were drownedsas there
suit Of q cloud here. H ss5
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Statement Issued by State Departme,

Stdtement issued by state eDaFtmeHt
The following statement has been
given out at the state department.:
"On the nth of this month the state de-
partment communicated a brief message
asking tidings of Minister Conger in the
state department code. Minister WI un-
dertook to get this into Minister Conger's
hands. if he were alive. He has succeeded
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London, July 21.-The London press
is skeptical over the Conger message
and regards it as another clever Chi
nese trick. ? 49, r. z ,sE-a VI. = ~
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urday afternoon received the following
telegram from Admiral Seymour:
sTientsin entirely ted. by Chi-
nese.'' s3 .s5 DIG e.. 6 s5 IS, 55s !
Boxer Rebellion Spreading.
New York, July PA dispatch to
| the Journal and Advertiser from
Shanghai says that the Boxer rebellion
issprea adingto the northwest to Shansi,
Shensi and Kansu provinces and south
west to the province of Hanan. ss
In conjunction with Tung Fuh ST.
ang's troops the Boxers have endeay-
ered to recover their lost ground in
Shantung province, where the. Boxer
movement originated and was fos-
tered by Yuhsien, then governor, but
since transferred to Shensi. q
The Boxers suffered severe reverse
on July 8 from Yuan Shikai and Chan
goow. -~<,. = ~.... ..g~. flssti :.
On the southern border of Chilli, adj
joining Shantung, the Boxers Intended
oyerrunning Shantung and crossing
the Yellow river into Kiangsu. '=#z =3
All provinces south of the Yellow
river are so far undisturbed. The prov
inces affected are Chilli, Shensi, Shan
81. Hanan. Kansu and Shantung, the
last two only slightly. 4 n: =" :.@5% 7
Viceroys Ii Yum vi and Chang CHI
tung are pro-foreign and maint ain Or
der from the Yangtse valley to the
eastern portion of the Yellow river.
Minister Wu at State Department.
Washington, July 23.-The Chinese
minister. WI Ting-fang. communicate
ed to the secretary of state Saturday
morning two important kilograms.
The first is from Sheng, the director of
posts and telegraphs in Shanghai, and
says: .. . -
fortunate that Minister ConRer's tele-
graphic reply has come Imperial de-
cree of the 22d. this moon corresponding
to July 1S). stated that all ministers were
safe. Insurgents are fighting and killing
each other. Ii Hung Chang in proceed
ing northward to suppress riot will find
1t difficult to CO."
The second telegram is from Lii Kui
vi. viceroy of Marking, dated the 21st
of July, and received by Minister WI
a T. ten O'Clock the same day. 1t is as fol-
lows:
According to edict of 22d ST this moon
July 1S), with the exception of the Ger
man minister who was Killed by anar-
chists. with regard to which rigorous
measures are being taken to investigate
and punish the guilty parties, all the 9TH
er ministers, for whom strenuous efforts
are being made for their protection, are
fortunately unharmed." =. =
Ii Kiu vi, the viceroyof Marking. is
one of the great officers of China, and
stands next in rank among the diplo-
mats to Ii Hung Chang.
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in doing this. Friday morning the state
department received a telegram from Con-
sui General Goodnow at Shanghai, saying:
The governor of Shantung informs me
that he has received to-day a cipher mes
sage from Conger of the 18th
"A few minutes later Minister WI ap-
peared at the state department with a tele-
which had been received by Minister WI
at $50 o'clock Friday morning, reading as
follows:
"'Your telegram was forwarded and as
requested 1 send reply from the tsung-li-
yamen as follows: "Your telegram of the
18th day of this moon 9th July) received.
The state department telegram has been
handed to Minister Conger. Herewith is
Minister Conger's reply to the state de-
partment:'
In British legation. Under continued
shot and shell from Chinese troops. Quick
relief only can prevent general massacre.
This reply was in the state department
cipher and it is regarded by the state de-
partment as genuine inasmuch as forgeries
seem under the circumstances impossible.' -
Powers Urged to Act.
Washington, July 21.-Secretary Hay
has transmitted Minister Conger's
cablegram to all our ambassadors
abroad, and has instructed them to
urge the respective governments to
which they are accredited to coope-
rate in the immediate relief of Pc
king. Secretary Long sent cablegram
to Admiral Remey urging that relief
be sent. to Peking at once.
Special Cabinet Session.
AS soon as Minister Conger's cable
gram had been translated, cabinet
council was called in the office of the
secretary of state.
The consultation brought about no
pronounced change of policy, for it
was felt that already every energy
had been bent toward meeting the sit
uation, and that there was absolutely
nothing more that could be DONE
After all, the cabinet officials felt, and
so stated, that the message was an
evidence of friendliness and good
faith of the proforeign element of the
Chinese, and that wisdom dictated a
course which would continue to util-
ize this friendship.
Dispatches from Fowler.
Washington, July 21.-The secretary
of state Friday received a telegram
from Consul Fowler, at Chefoo, dated
afternoon of the 2Oth, saying he had re-
ceived the following telegram from the
governor of Shan-Tung dated ten
o'clock:
"Received flying express from the tsung-
1i-yamen forwarding cipher telegram
dated July Is, from American minister Pc
king, which I have transmitted, and by
which you will see that the newspaper ac-
counts are entirely rumors.'
The state department also received a
dispatch from Consul Fowler, dated
night, July 20, in which he communi-
Gates the following message, tele-
graphed to him that day by the govern
or of Shan-Tung:
'I have just received definite information
that the various ministers in Peking are
well and the proper Chinese authorities
are devising measures for their rescue and
protection" ., ' 81. ~
This message is signed by Yuan, the
governor of Shan-Tung.
London Press iSkepticaI. ~. ~
London, July 21.-The London press
is skeptical over the Conger message
and regards it as another clever Chi
nese trick. D. "Hs.z4 aa2s.>s 49,. <l%
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Victims of TrichinOsis

Belmont, Ia, July 2o.-Two children.
aged two and four years, of II. s..
Sternblock, at Klemme, IA miles north
of here, died Thursday from trichi-s
nosis, caused by eating affected pork.
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A Boy Hanxed.

Wethersfeld, Conn, July 20. Charles
B. Cross, the 18-year-old boy who mur-
dered Mrs. Sarah G. King, so years Of
age, his benefactress, near Stamford,
was hanged here. =s 35.ss s8 5a. ..sl
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Goes Over Tre.tIe,

GAINESVILLE, O., July 90. 90. "A C Columbus.
5sandusky g Hocking Valley locomotive
jumped the track on q trestle between
8 !. C.,rooksville 9 and Saltillo Saturd az morn
me, falling 81 feet. Engineer Rolla
3Clauss was killed and the fireman in
jured.
New Ulm review., 1900-07-25
1H|lDh AAgUII[l
Admiral Seymour Reports the City
and Neighborhood Entirely
Cleared Of Chinese. &.
.aUIHENIlclTYoF OF Tue co1eER DISPATCH
Fully Credited by state Department
sared-BOxer Rebellion Said to BE
spreading-Details OF thesTientsin
Battle.

urday afternoon received the following
telegram from Admiral Seymour:
Tientsin entirely evacna ted. by Chi-
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{HII{II3IVfIHI7fN '517fHi3l3If
Celestial
...VaSfneSS


kven in mere numbers, no one, in
hing even those who are familiar
\ large numbers and their true
kning, has an adequate conception
khe yastness of our solar system,
still less SO of the vastness of the
real heaven, and in order to CON
a more distinct idea of these it
bmes indispensable to resort ~ to
able comparisons. AS to the size
he solar system, the famous Her.
Il has given us very interesting
ktration. Choose any well-leveied
On it place Il globe two feet in
'neter. This will represent the sun.
|cury will be represented by
p of mustard seed on the circum-
|nce of circle 16f feet in diameter
hts orbit; Venus, pea on a circle
/ feet in diameter; the earth, also
la, on a circle of 430 feet Mars,
kther large pinhead, on a circle $40
|; the asteroids, grains of sand in
rs of 1000 to 200 feet; Jupiter,
|erate sized orange. in a circle nea--
mile across; Saturn, small
hge on circle of four-fifths of
!; Uranus, a full-sized cherry or
|ll plum upon the circumference of
bcle more than a mile and a half,
finally Neptune, good-sized plum.
! circle about two miles and half
Diameter." Passing now from our
EN- to The sidereal heaven. the
Fest star would, on this scale, be
|he opposite side of the globe. that
900 miles away For sidereal dis
e. therefore, the socalled astro-
ical unit, the distance of the sun
the earth becomes wholly made
e and unsuitable as a unit, though
mounts to the respectable quantity
ver $4,000 600 miles, and. astrono-
have chosen the so-called light
as a unit, which is the distance
II that swift traveller. light, would
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N||!l!|'|le1|Nl Nls|s Wlll|K
~
-
Is Appreciated Only E
by Compari- 3
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traverse in one year. From the fact
that we are able to see bodies at such
almost inconceivable distances at all
1t is easy to conclude that these bodies
must themselves be of stupendous size
In TACT, in many cases where an ap-
proximate calculation is possible and
has been effected, the results show
that our sun, with which we always
connect the idea Of immense vastness
dwindles almost into insignificance
when compared with these orbs, a
though not altogether devoid of hui
initiation. From the eternal motion
OF the planets, the rapid motion in
space of the sun ITSELF and the OBJ
served motion of many stars, it fol
lows by an analogy which is simply
irresistible that, without an eXcep-
ton, all celestial bodies are and can
not be otherwise than in motion. and
still for thousands of years the shape
of the consultations has not undergon
material change. From ancient records
we can infer that the Great and Lesse
Bears and other familiar star configu-
rations are the same now as they were
thousands of years ago almost i'm
pressing us with their immutability.
We must not forget, however, that in
astronomy, 5000 or 1000 years, to
which the most ancient records date
back, are vanishing quantity, and
that, consequently, after a lapse of
many thousands of years, the constel-
lations cannot but assume shape
more or less different from their pres
ent ones. When, however. this comes
to pass it is very questionable whether
the earth will any longer be an in
habitable body. for it seems that each
planetary body, not to speak of the
sun itself. has its allotted time for con-
ditions that render organic life on
them possible.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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Keen Sense of Smell

The sense of SMELL so notably devel-
oped in savages and some of the lower
animals. is not ordinarily very acute
among civilized people. An eXtraor-
binary exception has been brought to
notice by Dr. Bett, Il German observer.
In one of his male friends the sense is
so keen that acquaintance are at once
recognized by their personal odor at a
distance of several PAGES. and the man
maks no mistakes even when securely
blindfolded. The faculty is not keener
ir the bloodhounds. This individual
asserts that every family has its char
acteristic odor. and that members of
the family are to e-distinguished by
the degree of the odor.
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Great, Auk's
Eggs%a

pre- than half a century ago the
[knownliving specimen of the great
was destroyed. Now an egg of
extinct bird has been sold at
seems, perhaps, except to scien-
to be a fabulous price. For it
ftevens' auctions, London, $1,67S
paid. 1t took spirited bidding to
at that figure. The great aux
water bird, closely resembling
sea birds known as guillemots,
auks and puffins. which are IA
p to visitors at the seaside. All
/ species, however. possess the
fr OF flight, and hence they have
feded in preserving their lives in
OF the persecution. of man. No
Pf theknown eggs of the greatauk
pike in markings, some of them
very distinct. Sometimes the
lngs are much smaller and closer
those in the figure represented,
other specimens are to be seen
ed in varied patterns. When it
1lrst learned that the great aux
an extinct bird the price of its
Pns began to rise. In 1859 a speci-
was sold as high, as $50; in 1864
specimens were sold for $12O, $l25,
and 225 respectively. In 1882
le egg sold for 5000. The price
went up, and in 1895 Messrs.
rs sold one, after a brisk com
pm, for $S25. In 1899 a specimen
fd at Stevens auction $1,5O0.
uhere was a slight drop in the
as it, was known that several
pens would probably come into
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Bring Big
Money at
q Sale in
London.

the market. but a reaction shortly took
place, prices again rose, and the speci-
men figured was the one that has rea-
llzed higher price than any pre-
viously offered. Not only have these
eggs been valued by naturalists and
bought for museums, but they have
been made the means of advertising.
such as attracting customers to a bill
Hard room. The numbers of the great
aux that existed in former times may
be inferred from the facts described
by Hakluyt in his account of the voy-
age Of NJ. Hore and other to Newfound-
land in 1900. They sailed from Gra-
vesend until they came to the island
of Penguins, now known as Funk Is
land which Hakluyt in his quaint
language described as
Very full of rockies and stones.
whereon they went and found it full
of great foules, white and grey. and
big as geese, and they saw infinite
numbers of their egges. They draue
a great number of the foules into
their boates upon their sayles, and
took many of their egges, the foules
they fead, and their skinnes were
very like hony combes full of holes;
being flead off, they dressed and cate
them, and found them to be very
good nourishing meate."
The French fishermen who in those
days frequented Newfoundland slew
and skinned thousands, sailing them
for food like herrings, and now a sin
gle skin or even eggeshell is worth
more pounds than there are days in
the year.
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CHICAGO WOMAN.
South Side Club Members Criticise Wo-
mems Gait.


South Side Club Members Critlciss wo-
mems Gait. r
"Why do club and society women
walk ungracefully? was asked Of the
Chicago South Side club, says the Chi
cago Record, and some of the answers
were:
Because they initiate; they do not
try to be NATURAL
Because they are nervous"
because they think more Of gown
ing the body than they do of caring
for it,"
walks WELL" said Miss Susanne Co
croft of the university extension of
physical culture ''rhey stand at such
dreadful angles
"Only one woman in fifty, and it is
because they do not know how to wear
their corsets; they cannot adjust them
to their FORMS" came from Mrs. Frank
l.. Gordon.
"Only one woman in ten," said Mrs.
Frederick l.. Fake. women, espe
cially club and society women, initiate
so. They burlesque the artistic"
"They can't all walk like Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer; why, she just glides,
whispered Il pretty girl with auburn
hair.
They're careless; sometimes l think
they're almost lazy; they think they
are more comfortable if they walk
with sunken chests and stomachs
thrown out" was put by Miss Bessie
Case.
"Women-nearly all of them wear
impossible shoes, and walk on their
heels,' declared Mrs. John d. Sher-
man.
Il think it does not make so very
much difference how woman walks"
spoke up Mrs. Calvin Case. 1T is
what sne does with her hands and
brain that counts"
Miss Cocroft continued: Chicago
women don't use the right muscles in
walking. 1t seems as if they are pro-
PEELED by Il windmill gestures with the
arms. Their necks are Grained, their
chins extended" and then she went on
explaining in detail the golf or kan
garoo walk adopted by the young Chi
cago women.
School teachers We're held up for crit
cism by the speaker. They stand be-
fore the children teaching them physi-
ology, all the VILE their own posi-
tons are those of the deformed. There
is no grace in their bearing and they
are violating all the laws they are tell
ing the children to obey
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he Forbidden
Fty

interior of the Forbidden City
faed INTO three parts by two
Iuhhlng entirely through it from
20 south, the eastern section of
~ being given up to the Office
chinese boards of government
the treasury of the palace,
mat on the west contains a
variety of buildings, memorial
70 distinguished sovereigns and
Is, the guardian temple of the
d the government printing of
we were not, however, allowed
any investigation, writes an
an soldier, and the procession
pt In the inner space between
wo dividing walls. straight
the city. Back of the great
|e hall was the gate leading
palace itself. This palace is
ed by the Chinese as the most
mt of all the imperial build
was the scene Of the famous
given by the emperor Kanghi
When on the sixtieth anniver-
mis- reign he invited to the pal
MS guests, all the men of the
pver sixty years of age. North
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A Soldier Takes a Look
at the Hall Of Intense
Thought

beyond this building we passed the
Palace of Earths Repose. Here
Heavens Consort," as the Chinese
empress is called, rules over the i'm
perial harem. Between this palace
and the northern wall of the Forbid
den City were the imperial gardens,
full ow dainty pavilions and marble
bridges running across the canals and
reaching out to artificial islands which
stood in the little lakes, covered with
groves and dotted with temples. On
the right, as we marched past the
empresses' palace stood the Hall of
Intense Thought, temple devoted to
Confucius and the other great sages
of China, while just north of it stood
the imperial library, or the Hall OF
the Literary Abyss, as the Chinese call
1t. Back of the palace stood another
gate, like all those We had passed
through before, then another court
yard, then through the back or north
gate. over the bridge across the moat
which surrounds the Forbidden City,
into the inclosure at the foot of the
MeiShan or coal hill" and the spec
taclc was over.
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A New Fire Extingnisher.

A scientist suggests that milk be
used to eXtinguish the flames of kero-
sene, because milk forms an emulsion
with the oil which makes it accom-
plish its object more quickly" The
best medicine to quickly cure constipa-
ton. Indigestion. dyspepsia. biliousness
or fiatulency. is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Try it also for malaria, fever
and aSue
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseas ed portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Eustachian Tube When this tube is inf1amed
you have rumbllng sound or imperfect hear
Ing and wher 1t is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
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Union Pacific Settlers Rate

On Tuesdays in November and in Feb
ruary, March and April one way tickets
will be on sale to Butte. Helena and other
Montana points at rate of $23.00; round
trip $1,000 One way to Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland, $500; round trip, S45. co. See
your local agent of address l.. r. Griffin
general agent, Denver.
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Early Rising Nation.
|reneh are a much more early
fople than the Americans. At
when Cincfnnatisis still slum-
pays the Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 already begun to stir. At S
L. smarband de vim takes
shutters and lights his gas.
the workman on the way to
and sipply him the dram
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We refund 10c for every package Of
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES that fails
to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co.,
Unionville, Mo.
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do you like your new neighbor,
Clara!' mo; she's the kind that al
ways comes over just when I've got
my hat on ready to go somewhere"
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The Pathfinder .up to Date.v

The Union Pacific "Overland Limited"
leaving Denver at 4.45 p. M. makes sew
eral hours quicker time than any other
line to California and the Northwest Su-
perb equipment. See your local agent or
address add E R. Griffin general agent. Den.