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tanceS. because Chinese miles are one
third of English miles.
Here are great rice fields stretching
for many miles. with entertainments
built by the province along the river,
which is very crooked, and with earth
paths running every few yards through
the rice. The water being very low,
these paths and entertainments would
make natural trenches for fighting
Only on boats in the river or along the
railway can artillery be used.
For twenty miles here and all about
Yung Sung yang Tsun), which means
dust and mad, are mud flats, which
at this~season are very dry and baked.
The last summer / was along the
road we often had to lie down and COW
er up our heads While the dust storm
swept by. 1t is as bad TO march
through as water. Lafa- Sang, or the
Last Place of Mud" is where the low
nils. covered with grass. begin 10 rise,
ana the country from there on TO Pc
kin is fine and rolling, with many vii
lagos, rich farms and gardens.
Before Lafa-Sang is reached there
is not one stone as big as a mans fist
which is natural TO the ground. and
not one tree is 10 be seen. If the SOL
d1ers stay long near the rivers. which
IN summer time have an awful smell.
they will next month become ill with
fever and very many will die.
There are not many people living
between Lafa-Sang and Tien Tsin, ex-
cept the Chinese whom the railroad
keeps at work on the track and to
watch 1t so the water, which some
times flows in two different directions
within an hour, will not carry a mile
o. 1t away some day.
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STRONGHOLD OF YANG
TSUN TAKEN BY ALLIES
Continued from page ID

the message during the day, translating
it first from English to Chinese and
then into the cipher code of China. Ow
ing to the gravity of the document this
work required eXactnesS and time, but
it is probable that the message is by
this time on its way to the Chinese
government.
This action by the United States was
taken solely on its responsibility, with
out consulting other powers as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of the demand. The use of
the word f'demanas in the note thor
Oughly indicates the urgency of the
message. In the technical parlance of
diplomacy it differs from an ultimatum,
which usually fixes date or sets time
within which there must be a compli-
ance the failure Of compliance during
the stated time being a ground for war.
While a demand is less specific as to
time of compliance, it none the less as
serts a positive right which the govern
ment will enforce If the right be not
conceded. Owing to the difficulties of
communication with Pekin it is expect
ed that some days must elapse before
an answer can be received, and there is
disposition to grant all reasonable
time for its transmission.
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TURNED DOWN BY JAPAN.
China Receives a Pertinent Reply
From the Mikado.

Victoria, B. c. Aug. 9.-Japanese pa
pers publish a letter received by the
emperor of Japan from the emperor OF
China. much on the lines of those sent
TO other powers, with this addition
I'VE are of the opinion that the
Western powers at present are rivals,
while China and Japan hold the bal
ance in the far East. Those countries
which are waiting their chance to Sc
cure new possessions are watching not
only China in the far East. Should Chi
ma fail TO successfully oppose Western
invaders, Japan may have her indie
pendence threatened. Thus China and
Japan stand on the same footing. We
should cast aside any small differences
and try 10 preserve continued national
existence Of our two countries. China
is now fully occupied in diSpatching
troops for the suppression Of rioters,
and an alliance with country whose
destiny lies along the same lines as
hers will succeed in dispelling the trOu-
bles and restoring order"
In his reply, after reading China d
lesson on international law, the en-
perOr of Japan says:
If the Chinese government prompt
ly relieves the foreign ministers before
the foreign troops undertake the task
it will show that the Chinese govern
ment is not inclined TO undertake open
hOStilitieS with the powers. and the dis
aster impending on the Chinese gov
eminent may thereby be aYerted. The
Japanese government has enjoyed cor
dial rlatiOnS with the Chinese govern
ment, and Japan will not hesitate 10
assist China if necessary. If the Chi
nese government will make efforts to
effect the prompt suppression of the
rioters and to relieve the foreign min
listers, Japan shall protect the inter-
ests of China when the time for nego-
tiatiOns for peace with the powers ar
riVeS in the future"
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washington is Favorable.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The subject of
the appointment of Count waldersee
to comamnd the international forces in
China has been presented to the United
States government, but no answer had
yet been returned. Count Waldersee is
regarded by the authorities here as an
eminent soldier, and it is believed that
he viii be satisfactory. 1t is stated
that his selection would be for a cam
paign of much broader scope than that
in which our forces are engaged. the
present movement is for the relief of
the ministers in Pekin, and Count Wal
derSee. who is now in Germany cannot
possibly reach China until that object
has been accomplished or defeated It
is thought by this government that l.
is not necessary to decide Immediately
upon commander for a future cam
paign. The matter will be taken up
with President Mckinley when he ar
rives in Washington next week.
A member of the cabinet said today
that there was no question as to the
acquiescence of this government in the
selection of Field Marshal WaldCrsee
as the commander in-chief Of the allied
forces in the Chinese campaign, if the
counts appointment TO command the
German troops meant such selection.
The appointment, it was suggested.
doubtless meant that the Berlin gov
eminent proposed largely to augment
its forces in China in the near future.
The same official added that in all
probability the allied force would be in
possession of the Chinese capital before
Count Waldersee could land in China.
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Ii HUNG CHANG
is IN DESPAIR

Washington, Aug. Am important
dispatch has been received in diplO-
matte quarters in Washington, for
warded from the foreign offices of one
of the powers taking part in the inter
national movement, and giving with
much detail a conversation by Ii Hung
Chang in which he expresses his despair
over the condition of the Chinese gov
eminent and his fears that the anti
foreign element has gained complete
ascendency at Pekin.
The conversation was with the con-
sui of the power receiving the dispatch,
and as he is an intimate friend of long
standing with Earl Ii, the latter spoke
unreservedly of the deplorable condi-
ton of affairs among his own people.
The dispatch is quite long. and quotes
Ii Hung Chang as saying that he is
satisfied that the conservative or pro-
gressive element TO which he belongs
no longer has any influence at Pekin.
The ascendency of Ii Ping Heng, the
intense anti-foreign leader, is referred
to- and ii is stated that it was due to
his proposition that two conservative
members of the Tsung Ii Yamen were
beheaded.
The names of the beheaded ministers
are given in the dispatch as Quen
Chang and Hsie Chin Chang. This last
event appeared particularly to despress
Ii Hung Chang, who regarded it as es-
tabishing that the progressive element
favorable to the foreigners could expect
no mercy. He even expressed the belief
that he would be among those to Suf-
fer He stated that. although summon
ed TO Pekin. he had asked for twenty
days delay on the ground that he was
not able TO travel,
The substance of the foregoing dis
patch has been communicated to the
state department. 1t is not strictly
official, as the conversation was to a
certain extent confidential, but none
the less is considered as throwing light
on the situation from the standpoint o.
the noted Chinese statesman.
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he became dangerous. ID. c. Dunbar
looked good to a great many, and the
scattering ballots were quite numerous.
1t was anybodys race uP 20 the clos
ing minute.
Nearly all the boys took a hand at
selling official badges. G. F. Warren
beat them all. Mr.. Warren's speciality
was a spiel in which he said that the
badges entitled their wearers to all the
privileges of EIkdOm until midnight
People just fell over each other TO get
in on the play. The privileges" con-
sisted of permission to buy beer, pro-
vided one had the price, to battle under
similar conditions and to eat ditto
After Councilman Davis had been
pulled away from the voting booth he
established himself on top of an empty
freight car at the end of the railroad
track and got busy with a megaphone.
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MANY MESSAGES FROM PEKIN.
WI Says Eight Foreign Ministers
Sent Cablegrams.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Mr. WI. the
Chinese minister. said tonight that he
had received information from China
that eight foreign legations in Pekin
had sent cipher messages to their re-
Spective governments. This was per-
mitted in accordance with the imperial
edict of the 9Th of August. allowing all
foreign ministers free communication
with their respective governments in
cipher" A cipher telegram intended
for the Spanish government was mad
Vertently sent TO Minister WI here,
who. discovering the mistake imme-
diately, had it transmitted to Madrid.
The fact that the legations are being
allowed to send cipher dispatches to
their home offices shows. in Mr.. Wu's
opinion. that his government is living
up TO the imperial edict permitting the
ministers TO have free communication
with their governments. Mr.. WI says
the consuls cipher dispatches, which
were also reported as having been held
up, have been forwarded.
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ELKS SMASH RECORDS
Purple Day at Saltair Draws
Big Crowd.
EIGHT THOUSAND THERE
CAPACITY OF BIG PAVILION
SEVERELY TAXED.

Even the bathers were purple. Those
who didn't battle wore purple. Those
who neither bathed nor wore purple
weren't there at all. The last-named
class wasn't missed. There was hard
ly room enough for the others.
The Elks went after records and they
got few of them. Old hands al Salt
air said they had seen days when more
people visited the resort. but they had
never seen a time when the crowd was
so big at one time. So many went and
so few came away; that is. until the
sun had dipped behind the sapphire
waves.
Manager w. ]. Bateman Of the Salt
Lake & Los Angeles railroad. said at
o'clock that about 5000 people had
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HATE THE AMERICANS.
Boxers Mention Them Particularly in
Edicts for Slaughter.

Seattle, Wash, Aug, 9.-The Times
has the following by mail from its
Kobe, Japan, correspondent:
THE steamer Go YO Maru called at
ChemulpO on the 4th of July, on her
way from Vladivostok to Che Foo,
having left the Russian port on June
20. The captain stated that the steamer
carried $40 Chinese from VladivOstok
for Che Foo 1t appears that the feel
ing against the Chinese was very
strong in VladivOstOk in consequence
of the outbreak of hOstilities in China,
and a general exodus of Chinese was
taking place.
"A number of inf1ammatory pIacards
have been posted up in the western
suburbs of Canton, of which the fol-
lowing is specimen:
Kill all the German, French, the
Americans and the English. Drive all
the foreigners away and our hears
viii rest in peace Act with all your
minds and strength and the great event
will be accomplished. It will take but
a few days for US TO raise our troops.
When the red flag is waving alOft the
world will enjoy universal peace.
Here is another:
80 The four countries. Japan, Ameri-
ca. Germany and England, have Swal-
lowed UP the territory OF the TEACHING
and Subverted all our plans. Our hearts
are not satisfied. but when the red flag
is flowing, and when we have raised
our well-disciplined troops and driven
away the foreign devils, the world shall
enjoy universal peace.
In consequence of such threats
mandarin guard boats have been an
chored alongside Shameen, ostensibly
for its protection.
Lii Kung Vi. the viceroy OF Liane
Kiang. refuses to recognize the govern
ment of Prince Tuan, and is reported
to be busily engaged in beheading the
insurgents, who have been arrested anC
condemned TO death, without obtaining
the approval Of the board of punish
ment. The executions are at rate o.
FIVE OV six T0nD every d9V
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He told incomers and OutSoers all
about many things that were going
to happen. Some Of them really did
happen. Many didn't, but that made
no difference to Davis. He acted like
a gentleman who honestly didn't care.
Three hundred ana fifty jolly E-ks
from Anaconda and Butte took advant
age of the occasion and came to jOllify
with the local brethren. They mixed
with the Salt Lakers in the most fra
ternal style. They saw everything and
were into everything, including the
water and the refreshment counter.
At o'clock Joe EnZensperger took
a firm grip on the hand of Martin Null
vey Mr.. Mulvey took a dittOn grip
on the hand of Tod Goodwin. Tod
clasped hands win Ben King. Ben
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SIX DIE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Iron Mills Are Forced to Stop
Work.

Philadelphia, Aug. 9--Three deaths
and twenty prostratiOns occurred in
this city today from heat.
The maximum temperature was
reached at 4 o'clock this afternOON,
when "a degrees were registered on the
government thermometer on top Of the
pOstOffice building. In the streets. how
ever, it was much hotter, and the Their
mOmeters placed in the sun registered
as high as 120.
At EastOn Samuel Nevin, a pTOmi-
nent merchant, died from the effects Of
the heat.
At Chester nine men were overcome,
and there was a general cessation from
work in the iron mills in the city.
There were six prOstratiOns at Eas-
ton and it is believed some of the cases
will DrOVe fatal
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bath clerk had a duplicate KEY to his
room. 1t transpired that, instead of
hanging the key around his neck, as
nearly all bathers do. this gentleman
had attempted to carry it in his hand.
A wave got intimate with his eyes, and
he dropped the key. After much par
ley, he got into his room and ceased
from troubling.
The 2:15 crowd wasn't thirty cents"
compared with the push on the next
train. 1t will always be a mystery
to some how so many individuals man
aged to get into or onto nineteen cars.
For twenty minutes the !atfOTm was
packed so tightly that if somebody on
the inside had cOughed. somebody on
the outside would have been pushed
into the water. IL took a lot of crowd
ing, in a good-humOred way, to get
the people through the gates.
1t was done at last, however, and
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WALDERSEE NAY GO
THROUGH SALT LAKE

Berlin, Aug. 9.-Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee, recently appointed to
the supreme command of the German
forces in China, and looked upon in
some quarters as likely to be chosen
commander-in-chief of the information
al troops, was interviewed this even
ing by the correspondent of the AssO-
Grated Press shortly after his arrival
in Berlin.
My appointment is due entirely to
the initiative of Emperor William. 9"
SAID General Won Waldersee. Il shall
start Tor China, going probably by the
way OF San Francisco in a short time
L am fully aware of the great difficult
ties l shall have to meet in China.
and OF the extreme responsibility of my
position there. But 1 only say that 1
snail do my best to prove myself
worthy the honor and confidence placed
IN me by the kaiser. Countess Won
Waldersee will accompany me TO the
United States
Thls evening the field marshal had
conferences at the offices of the gen.
eral staff and the minister of war.
IL is understood that Emperor Will
liam some weeks ago preached the sub
Ject of the chief command to Count
Won WaIdersee personally, basing his
proposal upon the condition that all the
other powers should acquiesce in the
appointment. AS to this latter point.
diplomatic negotiations have been go
ing on during the last few days. EN-
peror Nicholas, with whom the count is
an especial favorite. consented. and
France following somewhat reluctantly.
Austria-Hungary and Italy quickly
consented. The acquiesence of the
United States and Great Britain will
next be solicited. The German foreign
Office told the Associated Press CORE
spondent this evening that the consent
of the other powers had virtually been
secured, for Count Waldersee as chief.
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PRAISES THE CONVERTS.
Missionary, on the Other Hand,
Scores DIPLOMATS

Vancouver, B. G, Aug. 9.-The Rev.
Jonathan Lees, head of the London
Missionary society, arrived from Tien
Tsin on the steamship Empress of
India. He said that but for the Chi
nese converts, many missionaries would
have been killed. They were invalu-
able during the siege. They built all
the barbados under a rain of bullets.
He severely scored the foreign dipIo-
mats. who, he says, are babies beside
the willy Chinese. AS an instance of
how little the European representatives
know of the native rulers, he said
that the day before Pekin was closed,
Sir Claude Macdonald persuaded some
ladies who were visiting him that
there was no danger and that they
might as well prOlong their visit.
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MORE TO GO FROM GERMANY
Big Expedition to China Said to h.
Planned.

Berlin, Aug. st is generally be-
lieved that Germany will send an
other expedition to China, bringing tba
total German contingent up to 80 Gl1
by the middle of October but neither
the foreign office nor the minister Of
war Will confirm the reports 10 this
effect.
The kOreign Office. however. denies
that Emperor William has arranged
with the car for the transportation
of German troops by way of the 81
harian railway
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test, and it is stated officially that no
such action will be taken On the con-
trary. the United States government
recognizes the right of any power to
protect its citizens or their interests
when they are. supposed 10 be in jeo-
pardy. As indicative of its policy. it
is said~i in the highest quarters that if
the United States citizens at Annoy,
China, were reported to be in danger.
this government would proclaim its
right to send an armed force for their
protection.
ment recognizes that there is ques-
ton of wisdom involved in this partic-
ular landing of troops As to whether
our government would express any
doubt upon the wisdom of the move
ment, the officials decline positively to
saw
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LAUGHS AT ADEE MESSAGE.
London Paper Thinks American Ad-
ADMINISTRATION Gullible.

London. Aug. 10. a. m.-Comment-
ing upon Washington's latest commune
cation to the Chinese government, the
Daily Chronicle describes it as 'idyliic
diplomacy" and it declares the Chinese
attempts to get the ministers to leave
Pekin, as described by N. PichOn, have
convinced everybody except the Wash
ington officials that a steady apDlica-
ton of force is the only argument
Pekin can understand
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adds that the legations of Be,..
austria and Italy have been evac ,cl IN
the members of the Legations. missed SS-,e1,
aries and foreigners, TO the numb r.5,'l n,
200, seeking refuge in the British To- OF
ton. e1l IeSa-
The Catholic missions in the No.,
city 1t IS further announced. hold a., IN
defended by thirty French and J rar
Italian marines. U Ten
The British legation. when the a,-
patch was sent, was pr0viSione5 g
two weeks. LOG
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LOOKS ASKANCE
AT BRITISH MOVE

Washington. Aug. Slate in the day
the state department received an i'm
portant dispatch from Consul General
Goodnow at Shanghai, announcing the
landing of British troops at that point
The consul does not state that he has
protested against this action, and the
state department judged from this that
no protest had been made by him in
the absence of instructions. He stated.
however, that the merchants of the
city strongly disapproved the landing
of the British troops. fearing that it
would incite the Chinese to hostiIi-
ties.
The government at Washington has
taken no action in the nature of a pro-
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GERMAN ENVOY HEARD FRo,,
Herr Buelow Says French Legation
is Surrounded.

Berlin, Aug. 9.-The government bs-
received another telegram from H.
Buelow. first secretary of the Germ,
legation in Pekin, which is not dated
bat says: D'
The French legation building. no-
yet destroyed by the Boxers. nor - ~
affords shelter TO the members of ~
French legation, who are all in 800
health, but also to the members of ~
Austrian legation, who sought rafr..
there after the complete destruction -
their own building The French Lev,
ton building is surrounded by Boxers -
Herr Buelow does not mention rbs
Belgians, but it is supposed that as
they took refuge in the Austrian Iee-s1
ton, they are now in the French
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aaE sAng LAKE HHRAID. FR1DAY. AUeusr 10 800
couple to find room on the dancing

couple to find room on the dancing
floor.
Some thousands stood down stairs
and listened TO Dick Gray while he ex-
planned that the vaudeville show-Dick
called it 'svodeville"-was no fake, but
the real thing. He declared il was dirt
cheap at two bits. Only a few min
utes later A ]. Williams, who was
made up as a German Of plethoric
waist measurement. queersd Dick s
spiel by frankly admitting that the
show wasn't worth quarter, but
urged all to attend on the ground that
they needed the money.
The voting contest for the most pop
ular Elk was another interesting fea-
ture. Councilman Davis was in charge
of it for a while and nearly everybody
voted for him. 1t was concluded that
he. was intimidating voters. so he was
pulled off. w. ]. Mcintyre, A. E Lyon
and Frank Sherer sat in then. and
they made it lively. n. A. Ransohoff' 5
friends began piling in votes for him
and he soon ran ahead of Davis.
Was Anybody's Race.
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out with them lasted them through it
all. but most of them sighed soulful
signs of relief when they found seats
on homebound trains any time after8:30
o'clock. Still, hardly a man, woman or
child of all the thousands, except the
beaches employees, will say he. didn't
have a good time. Not one but wishes
Purple day came oftener.
Steward Joe Sands figures give some
idea of the crowd. Listen to this list
of what the people bought at the res
taurant counter and from the corps of
walters. who never rested q minute for
about six long and trying hours:
$500 sandwiches.
400 pounds of ham.
4OS spring chickens.
70 salad" chickens.
900 loaves of bread.
100 gallons of coffee.
100 pounds of baked beans.
500 cans of sardines
49, pounds OF beef.
240 pies.
100 four-pound cakes.
; bushels of potato salad.
bushels OF toma 1oes.
SO pounds of cheese.
Cove oysters and other canned stuff
in proportion.
With Their Lunch Baskets.
This. of course. is only a small part
Of what the ppOple slowed away dur-
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Russians Take Chinese General.

St. Petersburg. Aug. 9.-OficiaI re-
ports announce that the Siberian rail-
way is now open for traffic from TcheH
barSk to Lake Baikal a distance Of
S,O4T VerSts, and also from MyOSOvaina
to SyretOsk, distance of 1904 versts
A force of COssacks which was sent To
clear the Chinese from the right bank
of the Aigun captured a Chinese gen
eral. five officers and fifty-eight SOL
dierS