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and the equally manifest intentions of Ger
many. France. Austria. and Italy to abb
sorb some Chinese coast and hinterland.
| and goes on his smiling way, telling his
brother Emperors that they must agree
| never to do the things for which they are
| in business; but to look at him and then
say if they dare to partition China when
Rockefeller and other friends demands
that they should stay their mailed and
grasping hands. When he warns them
that he and Adee would view with disap-
prevail and displeasure any attempt on
their part to grab Celestial territory. and
that while the United States refuses to
accept a piece OF China it is firmly de-
termined that 10 one else shall get any.
it is observable that he adds visibly to
the sum of the mirth OF nations, without
apparently being aware of the fact. Rus
STA is never fmpolfte and listens to his
sermons and precepts. but proceeds to an
mex Niuchwang and the right bank of the
Amur. He tells the Kaiser that the time
has come to end hostilities which the lat
ter regards as only just begun, and that
an international conference should be as
sembled at once. The Kaiser promptly
replies that the time is inopportune for
diplomatic bleating and blthering. and that
it will be soon enough to think about arm
istices and peace when Won Waldersee has
mopped the earth with the Chinese and
caused them to be glad of chance TO pc
tition for permission to live.
In short, our splendid diplomacy" has
made much the same impression upon the
sister powers that the wild and woolly
Peck of Chicago has upon the Government
and people in Paris. We freely admit that
the matter might be worse, and would have
been if the eminent John Little Brooches
Hay had not hied him to the wilds of New
England during the crisis.
Just now circumstances seem % indi-
cate that Mr.. Mckinley will be absolutely
compelled to call Congress in extraordi-
nary session to meet the Chinese war
emergency. He will then have the benefit
of advice from Senators and Members who
really know something about foreign ar-
fairs and diplomacy. and if he will listen
to them he may pull out of the hole Of the
worlds amused opinion which he has
digged for himself, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Standard Oil mag
mates and Mr.. Adee.
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MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
Strange Case Passed ON by the linz
migration officials.

DANyERS. Mass. Aug ga curious
case came before the board of enquiry OF
the immigration Bureau today in regard
TO Alex Dean, negro. who arrived here
saturday on the British steamship Mont
calm, mule ship from Cape Town. Soath
Africa Dean was one OF the muletesgrs
who sailed from New Orleans to South
Africa, going on the steamship Monarch
as a muleteer. Under the terms q. the
contract the British officers who ship
muloteers from this port agree to bring
them back here free of charge IL they
want 10 come.
Dean did not like the work In South
Africa, and demanded that this clause in
the contract be carried out. He was
brought back here. but stopped by the
immigration inspectors on the ground
that he had come TO this country in viola
ton of the immigration laws. Dean Is
Jamaican negro. who came to Mobile six
months ago and from there went to New
Orleans to get a position as muleteer.
The question in the case Is whether an
immi grant who has once been admitted
to tins country who leaves here short
ly after on round voyage and re-
turns in destitute condition can
be barred out by the provisions in the
immigration law as person likely to be-
come a public charge. Desa is a coal
black negro. of low intelligence aid illit-
crate. He as without money and without
trade. and under the immigration laws
would be kept out. But the fact that he
had been an immigrant before and lad
been passed then. and had established him.
self in this country, brought up the ques-
ton whether his subsequent departure and
a change in his condition could bear him
out when he returned a second time.
On this the immigration board OF en-
quiry split. Two of the members voted to
aeport Dean because he had no money and
was not a native of this country, while
the other two voted TO admit him because
in sending him back to New Orleans the
British transportation officer in cape Col
ony did bis duty. and in bringing him back
here to New Orleans the captain Of the
Montcalm acted in good faith.
Under the rules when two members of
the board OF special enquiry vote not to
admit the vote is final. and Dean will be
sent back to Cape Town on board the
Montcaim. which brought him here. The
decision Will leave him practically without
country. as he cannot land here and can
not get back to his old home in Jamaica.
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In a recent magazine article Max Muller
enquiries:
'Wiy should not the Americans have their own
accent. ike the Scotch and the Irish without be-
ing in any way ashamed Of itg''
This IS a sensible suggestion. and worth
serious consideration. For some genera
tions the Englishman has tainted the ra-
tive Of the United States with his "Ameri-
can accent" and never once has the Ameri-
can retorted. why should he not have
one? Instead. he has frequently been
timid and apolegetic about his accent, and
tried to make It ever on the plan Of the
Ensllshman's, thereby making himself an
object Of derisiou and mirth.
The truth is that there is really no such
thing rs an American accent. though there
are several varieties of accent which are
American. The lazy, persuasive, r-Iess
drawI OF a certain type Of Southerner is
no more distinoiiyely of this country than
the clipped speech of the Maine Yankee
or the clear confident accents of the West
No man ever lived who had all OF these
accents combined He would be a Darnum
freak
In certain ways the American is nearer
the pristine purity of speech nowadays
than The Engllshman. The English public
school man has a tendency to forget that
there Is such a thing as letter e. on
the end OF participle, and there is moth
ing especially cultivated in his tone of
voice. The educated American at his best
is quite IS correct of speech and pleasant
Of tone as any Oxford don, and he is apt
TO have certain racy peculiaritles of phrase
and accent which to those who like indi-
yiduality in all things, add a charm to his
informal speech. Who. for example, OBJ
jeets TO the quaint idioms OF Mark Twain,
or the LONELINESS of Emerson at his plain
est2 The human voice takes on pecullari-
ties whieh correspond TO these oddities OF
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cUBANs WANT MORE L1GHr.
Unable to Understand Order for the
Constitutional Convention.

HAVANA, Aug. 2S.-Seventen delegates,
provincial branches of parties, me. last
night and drew up a telegram to President
Mckinley asking him to elucidate the order
summoning the constitutional convention
by ordering that the convention will not be
bound to discuss and approve the relations
between Cuba and the United States. such
relations being regarded as forming no
part Of a constitution.
The telegram was not sent, owing to the
fact that the delegates of the National
party were not empowered to sign it. they
only being authorized to ask that the or
der convoking the convention. be explained
1t was finally decided to hold another
meeting Friday, the National delegates
meanwhile consulting their party as 10
signing the telegram.
The National party has expressed its
intention to take part in the elections and
does not want them delayed II claims
that the Conservative party is trying 10
induce the Cubans to refrain from taking
part in the elections in order to proionx
the Intervention
The programme for the reception of the
school teachers who have been visiting the
United States have been completed. They
are tApectSa 70 drrISe DIT 0 cicck InurS-
day morning. They will visit the Cabana
fortress and will be given dinner. Then
those who desire lido so will visit the
water works. Tea will be served at the
Tacon Theatre at O'Clock and there will
be reception there by the mayor and
other municipal officers at o'clock. Two
Spanish plays Will be produced at the AL
bisu Theatre by Spanish theatrical COM
pany in honor OF the teachers. Suisse
quently they will visit other places OF in
terest in Havana.
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Sentiment -. sense.

(From the Wilmington Every Evening"
A surprising instance Of political devotion Is
tie denomination, by the Republicans of the
Fourth Mime district, on Saturday, Of Congress
man Charles Addison Boutelle, notwithstanding
the fact that he is at present inmate Of an
asylum for the insane, undergoing treatment for
the distressing malady OF insanity. 1t is alto
gether probable that, despite his condition, he
will be reelected at the election on September
10. II is true that Mr.. Boutelle has long and
honorable record Of service in Congress, and that
his denomination. in the face of his maady, IS
a graceful recognition Of this service, but still
the act does not seem right or proper The ele,
ton to Congress OF man known to be mentally
inoapacitaicd is wrortr. Besides, there are enough
men in Congress who seem to 90 crazy after they
get there. without the deliberate election OF a
man known to be crazy
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THE AZORES CABLE.
Putting the Finishing Touches on
the Line on FuyuI.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-The Commercial
Cable Company learned this afternoon
that the cable ship Anglia, which is laying
a cable between the Azores and this coun-
try. was making the final splice OF Fayal.
The Anglia laid the American end of
the cable at Manhattan Beach, at 6
a. m. on Saturday. August II. The Ger
man end is at Em9en The new cable
forms the most direct telegraphic line to
the European continent. Il will connect
at Horta. Fayal. with the German-Atla
Telegraph Companys cable, which was
completed recently from Horta 10 Emden
and is already in operation. The cable
will be worked in New York by the Com
mercial Cable Company, at Horta by the
German Atlantic Telegraph Company. an1
at Emdep by the German telegraph adj
ministrat.on. Only one transmission OF
mess ,ges viii be required between here
and Germany.
The deep sea cable which constitutes
almost the entire length of the long
string is about two inches in diameter.
with copper wire as the core. This is
covered with gutta pereha and then
layer Of iute, constituting the insulator.
Out ide of all is a steel wire casing to
guard the insulated cable from attack by
marine monsters. salt water and other
dangers of the deep The cable increases
in size as it approaches the shore. and a
section about ten miles long, which was
Fad out from Manhattan Beach this
morning is four inches in diameter
The dangers close in shore, where the
waters are comparatively shallow. require
greater precautions and d thicker wrap
ping.
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Our spIepdid ni,,orn,,.,

The spectacle Of the Hon. William Nc
kialey, President OF the United States.
directing the international relations of the
world. aided by the Second Assistant Sec
rotary of State. is one 10 draw Prince
Bismarck. and Gortchakoff, and DIsraeli,
lot TO mention Talleyrand and Melternieh
out Of their graves to see the fin de steele
wonder.
Before the days when Mr. Mckinley.
having conquered everything Of a political
nature in sight in his own country, con-
ceired the idea Of controlling and REFORM
ing the diplomacy Of Great Britain and
Coatinental Europe. there was a very gen.
eral idea extant tLat Russia, for example
had well se,tled. and one might say,
immutable, foreign policy, pursued by the
81. Petersburg Government from day TO
dag. and from generation to generation,
without regard to who might be Emperor,
Chancellor. or Minister Of Foreign Affairs
al any particular time. Germany, too. has
had the reputation Of being possessed c.
a policy and certain ambitions and de-
signs abroad France, we know, has en-
1ertained views Of a distinct character on
the subject of distant territory-as witness
Tonquin and Madagascar. Blu: these and
other powers at length have been com
PEELED TO subordinate their conduct to the
wishes OF Americas truly great diplo-
mstist, and to ST. at the feet Of this new
Gamallel on the front porch at Canton.
That they do not realize the bitterness
Of their subiugstion is OF no consequence;
and that they laugh at the shirt waist
diplomacy as something largely derived
from DR.. Watts number four collection,
mixed with the desire to preserve intact
the Standard Oil company's interests in
China. Is only evidence that they do not
know where they are at" All the same
they are forced 10 listen VIXEN the Nc
Kinley voice Is raised.
The proprietor of that voice ignores the
fact. If ever he knew It, that Russia, with
her foot frozen fast il the ice-locked har-
Dor OF YladiyostolS. has for years been
looking with longing eyes at the open
waters Of Pe-ehi-h and the naval and
commercial bases OF Niuchwang and Port
Arthur. and that Manehuria has been long
considered as a plum ripe for the plucking.
Russia Is not any greecier than other peo-
pie. Her position is that of the man who
said; Il do not want the whole earth: /
only want all the land that Joins on mine"
Yet Mr.. McRinay is frankly willing to
overlook the manifest destiny OF Russia,
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Appearances indicate that General Rob-
erts has Botha surrounded, or rsarly so,
and that he may force the Boer general to
days. General Butler has dislodged him
from Bergendal, little south of Ma -hado-
dUrp. where President Kruger is suppose
to he. and General French seems to have
cut off his retreat north to LydenbuTg.
Pole -Carew will complete the development
on that side. and Ian Hamilton on the
east. With good fortune and no blunder-
ing, Roberts ought now to be in a position
to bag the last Boer army, and Botha and
Kruger. There would be great rejoicing in
England if something of the kind should
happen TO release the British forces from
South Africa.
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MORE BARGE OFFICE CHARGES
Minor officers Who Expect to De
Placed on Trial.

NEW YORK, Aug. ga report has
reached the Barge Office that official
charges against certain officers of the bu-
reau are in course of preparation at Wash
ington. The report receives eredence. The
charges. however 1t is understood. will be
directed only against minor officials.
They will bring up. it. is said, the ques-
ton of the purposes. methods. and recon-
mendations of the special committee ap-
pointed by the commissioner general,
which recently finished an investigation OF
the immigration station here and made
report which led to much controversy. -fhe
recommendations of the report, expressed
and implied, have in the main been disap-
proved. Ct is generally understood; and
the charges now believed to be intended
are therefore looked upon as an incidental
-almos. an accidental-result of the en-
quiry.
Speculation is rife as to who will be put
on the defensive.
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Circulation statement.
The News From China.

Reports received from General Chaffee
and by the French Foreign Office yester-
day are calculated to create uneasiness
concerning the safety of the allied forces
end the legation people in Pekin. The
Chanee message is under suppression. but
enough of its contents has leaked out TO
afford a fair idea of the tss- 1t is Hnder-
stood that he reports the situation at the
Chinese capital as very grave. if not
desperate.
Pekin again is cut off rom the outside
world. The military telegraph line to
Tientsin apparently has been destroyed.
and it is said that the railway has been
utterly wiped out of existence. Follow
ing closely upon the German column Of
two thousand men. which reached Pekin
on August is. there marched body of
twenty-five thousand Black Flags, who,
presumably, are laying siege to the city
The nine thousand Chinese regulars pre-
viously reported as entrenched eight miles
distant, it appears. were placed there to
invite an attack by the allies. and it was
planned that when the latter moved out
10 engage The large force of Chinese from
the south were to endeavor to carry the
southern gates of Pekin by assault. 1t is
probable that the Black Flags and the
regulars from Shaatung do not represent
the whole Chinese strength gathered in
the vicinity. There is some reason for
believing that a large Chinese force has
been mobilizing north of Pekin for sew
/, eTal weeks, and it would be likely TO APP
pear on the scene before now, as it is
evidently the intention of the imperial
Government to overwhelm the foreigners
by force OF numbers.
, II is very plain that the news in the
Chsffee despatch is bad news, and there
is chance that it may be worse than
War Department officials were willing to
admit yesterday. There was then little
attempted disguise the Administration fear
that our troops as well as our Minister
and other citizens in Pekin may be in
condition demanding the most strenuous
efforts to get relief to them.
One thing is certain. If conditions are
as bad as is apprehended, it will be neces-
sary TO withdraw considerable force
from the Philippines, and to call upon
congress 20 recognize state OF war De-
tween this country and China. 1t is
probable that the twenty thousand allied
troops in Pekin could hold out for some
time. supposing them to be adequately
proYiEioned. Whether they are or not is
a serious question, depending upon
whether they have succeeded in securing
the supplies formerly stored in the For
hidden City or whether these had been
removed or destroyed by the Chinese be-
fore the capture of Pekin. Except for the
possibility that Chaffee has been able to
provision himself at the expense of the
enemy, it is TO be feared that the food
question must very shortly become a
frightful one. and it is not unreasonable
10 expect that. if the allied generals
should conclude that they cannot hold out
without starving to death before succor
can reach them. they may take the des-
perate chances Of sortie, and at attempt
10 cut their way through to Tientsin.
Within the next day or two we may look
for exciting developments.
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PORTO RICO HER CREDITOR.
Cuba TO BE Asked to Pay Claim of
1.2o-i.soa Pesos.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Aug 2s.-
By tomorrcw'5 mail Governor Allen will
forward to Secretary of State Hay STATE
ment of the claim of Porto Rico against
Cuba for 4,204.S59 pesos. and request for
the payment of the running account from
April p. 1871, to October 10. 1898, which
comprises advances made 10 Cuba in &C
eordance with DEGREES of the Spanish Gov
eminent to aid in suppressing Cuban rebel
lions. Commissioner Elliott unearthed the
vouchers for these claims in the books OF
the treasurer's office
He reported that the royal DEGREES for
these loans were Imperative, and that they
also set forth Cuba's liability therefor.
The preeedants fer the demand for re-
payment are many. Porto Rico loaned
money to San Domingo to suppress re-
bellion there. and the amount thus ad-
vanced was repaid Mexico also advanced
money % Porto Rico, and the obligation
was met when due. Porto Rico loaned
Cuba in 1896, 7S5. 211 pesos; in 1897, 91s591,
and in 1898. 7O5, 1913. Altogether she has
been reimbursed in the amount of S42.52i
pesos.
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THE NAVAL ARCH FUND.
No Subscriptions Received Since the
Inst Report.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-The citizens
committee which has in charge the cree
ton of a naval arch on the design Of the
Dewey arch has received no additional sub
scrlptions since the report Of August 1,
when the total was Sf97 ,7SO12. 1t was said
today that the committee headquarters
had been closed for some time and the alb
sence from town of most of those who
might be interested in the project seemed
to offer good reason for Secretary Nieoll
to take his vacation. Today he said no
energetic efforts viii be made to get more
subscriptions until after the elections. I'm
til then he thought it would be hard to in
terest anybody in anything except poll
tics.
The arch committee has made arrange
ments through Louis Windmulier for the
transfer to this country as whole of the
exhibit OF American paintings at the Paris
Exposition, if the arch committee should
think it desirable to give an exhibition of
the paintings for the benefit of the arch
fund.
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TRANSPORTS FOR THE ORIENT.
Great Activity in Shipping Circles at
san Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2S.-The trans
port Belgian King, Captain Weiss. sailed
for China, via Nagasaki. with supplies for
the army. She carried $500 tons of freight.
consisting of canned goods. bacon. bread
stuffs, and a general assortment OF pro-
visions The transport Rosecrans is ex-
pected to sail Thursday with two light
batteries. The transport Westminster.
which arrived rom Manila Sunday night
went to the Union Iron Works dry dock
today. and upon coming off will be loaded
with commissary supplies and despatched
again for Manila.
The steamer Thyrsa, Captain Evarisen,
finished discharging her Oriental cargo to-
day and sailed at noon for Portland. where
she will load commissary stores for China
or the Philippines.
The Samoa, the first of the transports
that have been chartered by the German
Government TO carry horses, mules, and
supplies from this port to China. Will be
due about next Saturday. The Samoa is
of large tonnage as are the other three
already chartered The Alicia will be due
September 10, the NurenbuTg, September
20, and Bosnia September 30. In addition
to general supplies and fodder the four
transports will take $500 horses ard 900
mules for the German army in China.
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YUKON MINING REGULATIONS.
Important Changes Made by the Do
minion Government.

MONTREAL, Aug. 2S.-The Dominion
Government is making important changes
in the regulation affecting mining in
Yukon territory. The system of retaining
for the Government alternate sections or
blocks along the creeks is being aban-
doned. This was the plan fixed upon by
the Minister of the Interior when the
country first attracted the notice OF the
outside world, and was deemed eXpedient
as a means of guaranteeing an adequate
return for the large public outlay Involved
in the opening and management OF the
Yukon district.
Another step that the Minister of the
Interior is taking in the interest of the in
dividual miner in Yukon is to provide ttat
in creeks that are worth mining on the
placer system the preference Shall be
given to placer miners over hydraulic
mining. That is to say. where a stream
Is rich enough to yield fair return to
the Individual miner. such an area is not
to be handed over by the local authorities
to hydraulic companies. whose grant is
a larger one than is allowed the ordinary
free miner
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HEAD OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Probable That II. Il. Huntington VIII
Succeed His Uncle.

NEW YORK, Aug 2s.-At the meeting
Railway. to be held in this city next week,
it is expected that First Vice President
II. L. Huntington will be elected president
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
his uncle, Coils p. Huntington. The name
of Charles II. Tweed, one of the vice presi-
dents and general counsel OF the Southern
Pacific system, has been mentioned in con-
nection with the presidency, but Mr.. Tweed
hss taken pains to discourage the sugges-
ton. He may however, be made chair
man of the board of directors.
The C. P. Huntington estate, although
by far the rgest holder of Southern Pa
cific shares, does not control majority Of
the stock. The Huntington and allied in
terests control about -fourths OF the
stuck