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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Have Not Deserted Bryan.

Chicago, August 22.-At democratic
national headquarters today Senator
Jones, chairman of the national COM
mfttee said:
81 see a story printed in the news
papers this morning to the effect that
Senator John P. Jones has followed
Senator Stewart into the republican
camp, and that Senator Teller, of Col
orado is showing the greatest indiffer-
ence to the Bryan cause. 1 happen to
have some definite information con-
corning this matter, and / pronounce
both reports absolutely without any
foundation. Senator j. P. Jones has
been entirely consistent in his views
and actions for twenty-five years, and
he is heartily enlisted in the fight for
h democratic party and for Mr.. Bry-
an this year. We rely upon him i'm
plicity. AS for enato Teller we are
in constant correspondence with him
and 1 a "a thai there is not a man
at national headquarters or in the
democratic party who manifests great
er solicitude for Mr.. Bryan's election
and who has worked harder to accom-
plish it than has Senator Teller"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

and foreigners, and inform me IL the
conference viii take place in Pekin-
After the receipt of a definite reply, i
will at once proceed 10 the north. Please
request the secretary Of state TO lay
the matter before his exceilency. the
president. / await reply"
: Cablegram from Viceroy Ii Huns
Chang. dated August 21st, 1900, n
received by Minister WI on the same
day:
The Boxer rebels in Pekin having
been dispersed. there Will be positive
~ no more fighting. Further military
on the part Of the powers
are greatly % be deplored. Besides
urging cessation OF hosthties. please
confer with the secretary OF state
upon the subject OF withdrawal OF
troops n appointment OF plenipoten-
tiary to negotiate settlement OF all
ether questions 50 - TO preserve
amicable relations. l await early re-
ply"
Memorandum in response TO the Chi
nese minister's communication Of ca
Diagrams from Viceroy Ii Hung chang
dated August 18th and 2Ist. proposing
h immediate cessation OF hostilities
and the appointment OF an envoy 10
conduct negotiations. received at the
department OF state August Goth and
21sr, 1900:
While the condition set forth in the
memorandum delivered 10 the Chi
nese minister August 18th, has not
been fulfilled. and the powers have
been compelled TO rescue their minis
terS by force OF arms unaided by the
Chinese government, still this gov
rnmen is ready to welcome any over
lures for a truce. and invite the pow
ers 10 join, when security is estab-
lished in the Chinese capital, and the
Chinese shows It's ability
and willingness 10 make. on its part,
an enctiv suspension Of hostilities
there and elsewhere in China. When
this is done-and with the hope il will
be done promptly-the United States
Will be prepared to appoint a repre-
sentative to join with the representa-
tives Of the other similarly interested
powers and OF the authoritative and re-
sponsible government Of the Chinese
empire TO attain the end declared in
our circular to the powers. Of July 5,
1900"
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hands free to make her peace with
the civilized world. Instead Of this,
however. General Chaffee had to re-
port an utterly chaotic condition of af-
fairs, and the capture of a capital,
whence all the heads of government
had fed. There was nothing for the
victors to do, but to prevent anarchy
by administering on this derelict of
empire, which had fallen into their
hands. Therefore, the prospect opened
up by Chaffee's dispatch is that the
American contingent, of necessity, will
be detained in China for some time 10
come, probably for the whole winter.
This will necessitate the hurried COM
pletion of preparations hat already
have been begun comfortably to sub
sist our army through the severe win
ter weather which will soon close in
on northern China.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
ANARCHY IN THE CITY
Incendiary Fires II Street Fighting.
Discord Among the Commanders

London, August "A. $50 a. In.-Fires,
fighting n ascension are apparently
following in the walk OF the relief Of
Pekin. The Daily Mai publishes a
dispatch dated as late as August nth,
declaring that a great fire was then
raging in the imperial city. The Rus
sian commander had declined TO &C
cept the decision of the other generals
not to violate the imperial precincts.
and street fighting was going on.
The fires ppear to be incendiary and
to be caused by the Chinese them
selves.
All the dispatches point to the fact
that when the latest messages receiv-
ed here left Pekin the commanders
We're at sea regarding thei
future action, all waiting instructions
from their governments. The foreign
residents appear to have been sent TO
Tien Tsin, although the St Petersburg
correspondents say the ministers viii
not leave Pekin until negotiations for
indemnity are underway
Neither the nor the
diplomats were in communication with
the Chinese government on August
Prince Tuan- st. Petersburg dis
patches good progress in
the ManchuTian campaign. The town
Of Mergen was captured August 18th.
with trifiing loss, while the hines
suffered severely, leaving 10 guns. 700
rifles and large quantities of ammuni-
ton IN the hands OF the Russians.
The reports Of rising in Northern
Corea are confirmed. It is believed
that these are not due to iIfw1Il toward
foreigners but to local dissatisfaction.
The Corean government is sending
troops to b ~disafected districts.
describing b engagement west -
Taen Tsin August 18th, a special dis
patch says:
The Sixth United States cavalry
worked with drill-1ike precision in the
hand to hand lighting"
Berlin learns that there has been
further fighting west OF Tsen Tsin,
which creates the impression that the
province Of Iso Chill must be effective
~ occupied. before peace negotiations
Will become feasible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
The Weaver Perjury Case.

Georgetown, KY, August D. The
case of George F. Weaver, accused of
perjury was called today before
County Judge Yates. Several wit
nesses testified that they saw Weaver
at Grayson Springs the day on which
Senator Goebel was shot. The COM
monwealth concluded their side of the
case today.
Quite a number of affidavits were
filed charging that Jurors Munson,
Mulberry, Murphy Craig, Crosswait
and Musselman had formed and ex-
pressed opinions that Powers was
guilty and ought to hang. The affi-
davit against Craig, who is a promi-
nent shoe merchant. charges that he
said after being summoned and Sc
lected hat he would 20 be controlled
by evidence, but only by instructions
from the court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

imperial and the imperial
bank has been looted"
Describing events prior to the relief
The Morning Posts correspondent a
bles:
ION August 18th the Tsung Ii va
men requested a conferences with a
view to peace. No armistice was
granted, however. and that night we
endured the longest fusillade of the
whole siege. 1t lasted twelve hours.
"On August 18th the Tsung Ii Va
men begged to be excused from any
conference. saying h a the members
were too busy. Later, they wrote that
they had forbidden firing on us and
would court-martia1 any who diSobey-
ed. During the evening many shells
fell in the legation compound"
The Daily Chronicle publishes an in
terview with the Japanese minister in
London, Kato Takaaki. which repre-.
sents him as having said:
THE empress is the heart AM soul
of China So long as she lives, 50 long
as she remains in China Whether the
supreme power is taken from her or
not, she will always be h greatest
force, the one above all others to be
reckoned with. The difficulty will be
to get any one who a speak for her.
I fear that the influence Of Ii Hung
Chang is now Of extremely little
weight.
THE powers must come to a final
understanding quickly. Riots, anar-
chy, bloodshed and misery throughout
China will be the inevitable result of
a policy that does not Immediately
disclose itself. The government must
be re-established."
RUSSIA'S IMMENSE ARMY.
Three hundred and seventy-ive
thousand Russian roopS are already
in the far east, or On the way there
by land and sea, or under oders to
embark" This statement is made by
the Moscow correspondent of The
Daily Graphic. who adds that mobili-
cation is in progress AL over Euro
pean Russia. and that there are now
at Odessa fourteen steamers charter
ed to take troops.
According to a ST. Petersburg special
a telegram has been received at the
Russian capital from Shanghai an
nouncing the departure Of Lii Hung
Chang for Pekin.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
Washington, August 22.-The wal de-
partment today received from General
in the fighting at Pekin. The follow
ing officers inc men we're killed:
Battery F.. Fifth artillery Captain
Henry J.. Reilly, morning CT the Eth:
Company c., Ninth infantry, Robert T..
welsh; Company g., Ninth infantry,
James O.. Hall; Company T., Ninth
infantry, Daniel w. Simpkins: Com
pany K. Fourteenth infantry, Russell
T. Elliott: Company NJ. Fourteenth
infantry, James &. when, Edward
b. Mitchell, Company L., Fourteenth
infantry, died on the 18th of wounds
received in action. Captain Smedley
Z. Butler, of the marine corps is
among those slightly wounded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Military Despotism.

New York. August 22.-Now that the
attorneys for Charles F. w. Nicely,
formerly Cuban agent for the p~ostoffice
department, have filed an appeal to
the United States supreme court, and
as their client cannot be taken to Cuba
pending the-appeal, it is learned from
Neely's petition for a writ Of habeas
corpus that his counsel has sworn that
he believed the United States govern
ment had made arrangements for the
placing OF the petitioner on board an
army transport for immediate trans
p~ortation to Cuba, as soon as the nee
essary q for extradition had been
signed and the accused man secured
and placed aboard ship. This plan,
counsel asserted, was to prevent the
petitioners from applying for a writ of
hapeas CORPUS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Schooner and Barge Collide.

Norfolk, Va, August 22.-The in
bound barge Doris, in tow astern Of
the tug Nathan Hale, overhauled the
three master schooner Florence Shay,
Captain Smith, from up the James
river for New York with cargo Of rail-
o ties, but put back because of ad-
verse winds, and cut down her stern
TO the water line, breaking her rudder
also and smashing her boat. The
Doris rebounded n then struck the
Shay's bow, carrying away her bob
chains and smashing her woodwork.
The tug Joseph M. Clark picked the
battered schooner up n towed her
to Norfolk, where Captain Smith not
ed protest. The Shay is leaking some
what and a portion of her cargo will
probably be discharged and a survey
had.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
waldersee Embarks for China,

Rome. August 22.-Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee, the German Of
ficer who is going to the far east In or
der to take command Of the allied
forces in China, with the three officers
accompanying him, breakfasted with
King Victor Emmanuel this morning,
after which the field marshal went to
the Pantheon and deposited a wreath
On the tomb OF King Humbert.
. The field marshal left Rome at 2:30
p. m. for Naples where he will embark
for China.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
The Best Prescription For Chills.

And Tever b o bottle OF Growers
Ta9teiess Chill Tonic The ormuf In
plainly printed On each package. It Is
simply Iron and Qufndne In q tastslesa
form and - compounded In correct
proportions. The eaDon fmatatorp do
not advertise Their formula IL because
they know you would not buy their
medicine II you knew It's mgredsentl
Growers ts b original. and ID the only
chm and fever remedy sold throughout
u enere maa4raA section OF the Unit
% Sl1pe 40 c0res no pay. Price 5oc.
Tor sale by Rob't r. Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
THE AMERICAN FORCES.

London, August .. 4 a. m-Today
1900 Americans attacked the imperial
palace" says a dispatch to The Morn
ing Post from Pekin. dated August
18th, and captured four OF h courts.
The American flag Is flying over the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
CITY OF OLYMPIA SUED.
Water Company Alleges That City
Refused to Pay in Full.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, May 22.-Sut was filed today
In the United States court by the Illinois
Trust and Savings bank against the city
of Olympia for s7024 and interest, claimed
for twenty fire hydrants at 500 each and
twenty-one extra hydrants at s72 each for
the years 1898 and 1899.
The complaint. which ia filed by James
A. Haight, counsel for the bondholders OF
the Olympia water Company, alleges that
I'm 1890 the city council, in granting the
water company a franchise to extend its
water system, agreed to take the water
at the prices quoted, but that for the two
years past It has refused to make the
payment and rendered only 81 600 in ftfI
payment of the claim on the ground that
the Article In the franchise amounted to
an option. not a contract. The trust COM
pany purchased the bonds of the company
in the sum of $4,000 in 1890 on the faith
OF the alleged contract with the city, as
set forth.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23

what the company expected to do in re-
gard to terminal facilities in Seattle he
said:
Il have some business to transact in
Seattle, and shall go there TO attend to
1t. When that is done l shall go away
again"
win you take up the question OF ter
mnals there with the citizens OF Seat
tle?''
That ground is all covered in my let
ter In reply to the letter OF their Cham
Der of Commerce. L don't know that
/ have anything further to say than is
contained in my letter"
VIII you address the citizens or the
Chamber of Commerce on the subject OF
terminals in case they cesire to take the
matter up?"
THAT is something to be settled when
we come to II. l do not know as there
Is anything TO say In addition to what |
have said in my letter"
When do you expect to go to Scatter?
Probably some time tomorrow; II Will
depend somewhat on our arrangements
here, but l expect we Will go over to Sc
attic tomorrow some time during the
day."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
SINGLE CASE TO RE uEAnn
Case of Gibbs Against Manufacture
ers' Association to Come Up.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, May 22.-The case Of S. A.
Gibbs against the Washington Red Cedar
Manufacturers Association comes up for
hearing before Judge Hanford in the
United States court tomorrow afternoon,
which the antitrust act of congress will
come in for a ruling.
I. O. Abbott appears as counsel for
Gibbs. while Bates Il Murray appear for
the shingle association. The case comes
up on demurrer, the defendant claiming
that Abbott has no cause of action A
large number of shingle men are inter-
ested In the question. which II decided In
favor of the plaintiff, will affect various
as the question has never been passed
upon by the courts in the light In which
IL Is now presented.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23

Special Dispatch % the Poet -Iuteilgencer
CHEHALIS. May "A party OF gem
tlemen from Milwaukee left Chehalis to-
day en- route To- the 81. Helens mining
district To be- absent about a week The
party comprises Mes.rs A. NJ Wehe,
Joseph =. Scheuer, August Klug, r. A.
Lusk, Peter Auschuetz Ben Hsgman.
lam Klumb, Bern Hauser. otto Frus 81
Milwaukee and X, c. Lange OF Chehalis.
The gentlemen are committee Of stock
holders Of the 81 Helcns Gold Mining
Company who are on tour Of inyesti-
CATION of the company's properties In the
ST Hclens district and Il Is understood
that II their report TO the company is IA
vurahie there wilt be money foTthCom-
Ing for active development work this
summer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
STEAMER LAUNCHED AT EVERETT.
The John 8. KimbaiI Takes the Wa
ter-Is of n Modern Tyne

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteilgence-
EVERETT. May 22.-The large steamer
John S. Kimhall was launched from the
Everett shpyards last evening about 9
O'Clock. The launching was to have
taken place on Saturday afternoon. but
on account of the poor quality OF the tall
low that was used the steamer failed to
slide. This boat was built by Mr.. c. c.
White, of San Francisco. this being
his seventy-ninth vessel. She is built Of
the best of fir and over ninety tons or
iron bolts were used in the construction.
The steamer is 2i5 feet long, width OF
beam IS feet, depth of hold Is feet
She will be fitted with two Babcock
boilers. The engines Will be OF the latest
type of triple expansion with 1890 indi-
Gated horsepower. The steamer will have
her spars fitted in here, each rs feet
long.
Captain Thwing, who recently arrived
here from San Francisco. says he will
load lumber and she will then be towed
TO San Francisco. where the machinery
will be placed in her
Mr.. White will shortly start another
steamer here, whose dimensions will be
larger than the one just launched.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
PRESIDENT MELLE> IN TACOMA.
Looks over improvements There
VIII Come 10 seattle To-day.

Special Dispatch to the Post-I illsencer
Melleu ~ the Northern Pacific railway
arrived here this afternoon In company
with j W. Keuirick vice president. and
r. II McHenrN chief engineer. They
came In a special. consisting Of three l-yi-
vata cars dining car and coach for at
trndauts and spent the afternoon in look
ing over the extensive improvements now
under way along the water front in
Guiding the new Oriental warehouses and
the wheat warehouses They VIII re-
main in Tacoma tonight and probably go
t. sea tile tomorrow.
MIR hiellen expressed himself as well
pleased with the progress of the work
hsre. and N ANSWER u Z question ~ -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23

Special Dispatch ia the Post Tntelligencer.
TACOMA. May Several young men
have been arrested by the police. charged
with playing brass checks into the slot
machines at the various saloons and
gambling rooms about town. and the
prosecuting attorney Is wondering whore
he Il at The machines are gambling de-
vices are not supposed 90 be allowed to
run, and their running ls IN violation OF
the law yet this IL whore the
state is expected 10 prosecute those who
have offended not against the peace and
dignity OF the state Of Washington. but
against the slot machine. The arrests
are in line with the recent edict that
went out from police headquarters that
al rambling must be "nn The .lAAre -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
Wage Question in Court.

Special Dispatch to he Post Intelligencar
TACOMA. May 22--Ihe question OF the
exemption of wages from attachment and
Earnishment was heard before Judges
Williamson and Carroll this afternoon on
certiorart from the justice court OF Justice
Mattison. The state statute provides
that wages to a certain amount shall be
exempt from seizure, In cases where the
defendant Is head of a family. but In the
justice court practice act no mention Is
made of this exemption. Justice Matti-
son has been universally holding that la
borers whose wages are garnlshed have
no right To the statutory exemption. while
In the superior court there is no question
but what such exemption must he allow
ed. The case was partially presented this
afternoon, and Will probably be decided
tomorrow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
JAMES KNOX APPOINTED.
IL Made shipping COmmissioner for
Puget sound District.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA May 22.-Private kilograms
received here today announce the ap-
pointment of James Knox. former mayor
of Puyallup, to succeed Rev j. T. Eshel-
man as shipping commissioner for the
Puget Sound district. The Office pays
about $1,000 year in fees.
His appointment was first talked of
about a year ago. Numerous Republic
cans who opposed him protested against
his appointment, with the result that 1t
was delayed until today. In the mean
time Shipping Commissioner Esheman
has continued to enjoy the emoluments OF
the office, In boom times Mr.. Knox prac-
ticed law. dealt I'm real estate and
bought and sold hops at Puyallup. When
the depression came he moved to Tacoma
where he has since been engaged In vari-
Gus enterprises.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23

Riley Wins From CurIey After
Twenty Rounds of knock Downs.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
TACOMA. MAY 22.-The match between
Jack Curley, of Dawson. and Tommy
Riley. of San Francisco. tonight was the
hottest fight of the series at the athletic
club.
Riley knocked Curley down six times
In the first round, but the Dawson boy
got onto Riey's lighting and gave him
several square knockdowns in the first
half The tenth round was a hot one,
with fierce fighting. In which Curley had
the best of It. In the seventeenth the
hot fighting was resumed. with Riley
rushing II. Curley was knocked down
three times and Riley once in the nine
teenth.
Referee Purtel gave the decision to
Riley at the close of the last round.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
STATE RED CROSS IN SESSION.


Special Dispatch TO the Observation-Disclosures
SPOKANE. May 22.-The third annual
session Of the Washington State Red
Cross Society convened here today and
will continue for three days Delegates
are present from every society In the
state. the Coast cities sending the largest
quota. The main feature of today's ses-
sion was in listening TO the annual address
by the president. Mrs. John r. Allen.
which was an exceptionally able docu-
ment, covering at great length the work
accomplished by the state society during
the past year.
The visiting delegates are being hos
pitably entertained by the citizens of Spo-
kane. who have thrown open their homes
for the comfort OF the cty's guests.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23

Everett \ Monte CristO Road Being
Rapidly Rebuilt.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelllgencer.
EVERETT, May 22.-The rebuilding of
the Everett & Monte Cristo railway TO
Monte Cristo Is going on rapidly. ON
Saturday the first train for over three
years reached Siverton, and from this
point on to Monte Cristo. a distance of
sixteen miles the work will be rushed.
Al Silverton the IS" Mining Company
Everett smelter, At Monte Cristo force
OF men are working on the large concen-
traitor, getting things in shape for bust
ness as soon the road Is completed. A
force of 800 men will shortly be put at
work In the mines. The town OF Monte
Cristo has been practically deserted since
road being rebuilt Is already felt, and
many vacant houses are being repaired,
and the once busy mining camp will soon
be as live.y as at any time in the past.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-23
PRESENTS HIS RESIGNATION.
Chief Justice Gordon VIII Leave the
Supreme Bench June I.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellseucer
OLYMPIA. May 22As predicted sew
eral days ago Chief Justice Gordon Will
leave the supreme bench on June /. To-
day the chief justice presented his resig-
nation To Gov. Rogers the resignation
to take effect on the first Of the coming
month. Gov. Rogers has accepted the
resignation, but has not yet formally APP
pointed William H. White to be Justice
Gordon's successor.
Judge Gordon leaves the supreme bench
to become the attorney for the Great
Northern Railway Company with head
quarters at Spokane