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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
coNvIcTs SWELL CENSUS.
Joiiet's Count Increased by Fifteen
Hundred Penitentfnry Inmates.

JOLIET. ILL.,. Sept. 24.-The discovery
that state Penitentiary inmates have
been included in Joliet's census has
caused CONSERVATION. The Government
recently announced that Joliet had p p
ulation of S0.720 In 1890 the population
was 23 234.
Investigation shows that over fifteen
hundred convicts are included in the
Sisth ward. although the prison is cutsid ;
the city and adjacent to the First ward.
This discovery cuts Joliet's population
down to about 29.OG0 Steps are being
taken to have the error corrected.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
Mr. HYMNS Religion.

To the Editor of The Times;
What is Mr. Bryan's religious belief?
". T. BURDETTE.
Mr.. Bryan is a Presbyterian. Mrs. Bry-
an in a sketch of her husband. published
in his book, THE First Battle QS9O,
says: AT fourteen he became a men,
Der of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church lat Salem. illinois,. Later he
joined the First Presbyterian Church az
Jacksonville, Illinois. and upon our re-
moyal to Nebraska brought his letter to
the First Presbyterian Church of Lincc In.
to which he still belongs"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25

A-Ietter dated September Ii. from Sur
geon Thomas, of the Marine Hospital Serv-
ice at Glasgow, has been received by Sur
geon General Wyman. DIR. Thomas reports
fifteen cases of the plague in the Glasgow
hospitals. lie says that the greatest trOh-
bic in preventing the spread of the dis,
case to this country is caused by the crews
of the cattle ships. of whom many como
from Glasgow direct. They are of an I'M
clean type, and offer great opportunities
for carrying contasion. They ere carefully
examined before being allowed 10 leave tha
infected ports
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
IN HER BROTHERS MEMORY.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels to Christen
the Torpedo Boat RagIey.

BATH, Me-, Sept. 24-The evening train
brought Mrs. Josephus Daniels. of Raleigh,
n. c.. who is to chriaten the torpedo boat
who was the first American killed in the
war with Spain. The boat will be launched
at noon tomorrow from the yard OF the
Bath Iron Works. Accompanying Mrs. Dan
iels were her mother. Mrs. Bagley; her
aunt. Mrs. Mofitt. and her brother, David
Worth Bagley, a naval cadet at Annapolis
After the launching tomorrow a banquet
complimentary to the launching party VIII
be served In the company's Office here.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
Merely VIII o, the wisps.

Nrom the Duluth Herad)
A trust promoter has filed the position Of At
torney General during the present Administration
and, Of course h has done nothing to enforce the
antitrust laws, to take any steps whatever 10
put stop to the wholesale robbery OF the peo-
pie. And now Marx Hanna mounts the stump and
saws there are no trusts.
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similar Conditions.

tFfOm ne ThlIAutIpiIa I-uEtI.J
The British Government is expected to issue a
proclamation this week declaring the war in South
Africa ended and peace prevalent there. The fact
that the hoseward movement Of troops has not
yet begun, and that the whole of the British
army, which il not guarding depots and lines of
communication Is still actively chasing Beers,
who fight between their flights, has no more to do
with the restoration Of peace on paper than has
similar state of things in the Philippines.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
MONUMENT AT MOUNT VERNON.
A New Plan to Honor the Memory of
Washington.

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. PA letter has
been received by Governor Tyler fl ON Ed
win Fairfax Naulty. of New York. Presi-
dent of the Valley Forge National Park
Association, containing the scheme of the
association to erect a handsome aid cost
iy monumen. at Mount Vernon, to the
memory of George Washington. He sug-
gests that Congress appropriate $3.50, 900
for this purpose. and that each of the
forty-five States give $4,000 to the fund
He asks Governor Tyler's cooperation
in the matter
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
Both of the same Opinion.

From the Springfield. Mas. Republican,
Bishop Turner's explanation OF his decision to
vote for Bryan Is, in substance. that he believes
Bryan to be q better friend OF the black race than
Mr.. Mckinley. William Lloyd Garrison's view
that the negroes have more TO hope for from the
Democrats than the Republicans in the. future is
considered in Boston real droll yet there is the
curious spectacle OF the greatest negro church
man in America holding substantially the same
Opinion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
The Open Door.

1t is obvious now to all the world why
Mr.. Mckinley was so insistent upon the
open door" in China. He wanted it to
get out Of
But what of the spectacle he presents
now? Is It splendid diplomacy or eyre
gious cowardice?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25

VIVIIl tIt NyIII'IIa17 v 'II TlITIIgIai'9I
Mr. Hanna says: owe must keep our mills run
ming full time to supply the markets of the
world" This Is rank treason TO the Republican
idea Of 'home market" Likewise 1t Is queer
lcgic coming from the leader OF a party that I'M
plores the continuation Of policy alleged to be
Necessary 10 order TO prevent foreign pauper-
made goods from competing with American made
goods
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
One such Dose Is Enough.


Atiom Tue hoehtsttF, y. l., HcTald.)
Senator W. L. Chandler says that the present
campaign reminds him Of that Of Is7G. But
William rest assured that no 1876 tactics
viii be stood for by the Democratic party this
year.
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1t is asserted in dispatches from China
that Mr.. William w. Rockhill, Mr.. McKin-
ley's Special Commissioner, endorses his
employers scuttling policy. 1t would be
strange if he did not. 1t was exactly for
that that Rockhill was sent to China.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
Census Bureau Bulletins.

The Census Bureau today announced the
following population: Savannah, Ga,
54.244. increase, 1.105 or ECO per cent; ;
Chester, Pa. 33.9ss. increase, 1872 or
6S.04 per cent; Chattanooga, Tenn, 81, 490,
increase, 1880, or 1l.65 per cent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
,rhe Overnwing Cowboy.

(From the Louisville Courer-Journsl)
Verify. this young man Teddy IS phenomenon.
before whose Kaleidoscope antics the mild and
Unconditional Mckinley has been awed into silent
inaction in strange contrast with the vociferant
activity which marked his last candidacy!
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0rom the Sioux City Tribune.)
Not a trust in the United States. declares Mar
Gus! This is good. What on earth did the Phil.
adelphia Convention mean, then, by adopting
plank dcnouncing them?
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GArom the St. Louis Republic)
About the hest thing Republican will say for
the Declaration OF independence these days is
thar it formulated good and cxpedisEt doctrine
for Americans who were on earth in I77G.
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lFrom The Indianapolis SentinrI)
Don't be fooled in regard to imperialism. It
does not make any difference whether the man
who rules you is called emperor justice
of the peace SO long as he exercises arbitrary and
dictatorial power, even to the violation Of the
COnst Tuition
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
The sultan Praying for Mckinley.

tffom the Kansas tlt} llmesJ
The Sultan of Sulu naturally is deeply inter
es;ed in the Presidential campaign. lie under
feated his salary and hareirf expenses will no
longer be drawn out OF the United States Treas
urv
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25
The Laborer worthy of his hire.

(From the Chicago Jourual)
The State insists that these striking miners
shall he law-ahiding and lead decent lives. To
laborug man decent wages are necessary to
deceit life. No one. not even the OPERATOR con-
tends that these miners well paid
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-25

Urom the indianapolis News)
The Cashier-Say. this iIalf-dollar Is bad.
The Diner-Weil, 20 was your BANKED old table
d'hote.
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given out from source that claims to be
reliable that during the past week the
Democratic managers have removed YES.
Virginia from their list of safe States ana
put 1t in the doubtful column. What has
caused this change is not stated. It Is
merely claimed that the action Indicated
has been taken, though Ut is said a careful
investigation is being male which may In
duce the Democratic managers in the Eas,
again 10 list Wet Virginia with the State,
that are certain to go for Bryan. 1t is
generally conceded that the Democrats may
carry the Legislature in West Virginia and
sin lose their electoral ticket there. This
is accounted for on the theory that the
legislative gerrymander of the State was so
arranged as to make this strange result
possible. But IL is hard to believe that
Senator Elkins would exert himself strenu-
ously and spend; his money as freely as he
is said to be spending 1t and then lose the
State for himself while through his efforts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-30
MORE HOPEFUL. SATURDAY.
lnsistent Chinese Reports and Wu's Belief
Have Some Lille Weight.

Washington, July 2S.-Saturday brought
forth the usual crop of edicts and reports
from various quarters and the usual visit
lnent, all bearing directly upon the well
fare of the foreign minister in Pekin.
This constantly growing mass of asser-
ton is beginning to have a cumulative
effect upon the skeptics. and there was a
noticeably more hopeful view taken of
the state of affairs. today.
Beyond the fact that it is scarcely con-
ceivable that the Chinese authorities
should persist in repeating and strengthe .
preaching moment when the whole truth
must he disclosed by other agencies il
appeared upon careful consideration of
the reports that there really was little
MIR Conser and his colleagues at Pekin,
today. than there was. yesterday
The depressing fact is always in mind
that the Chinese authorities are by their
own statements, able to communica tc
with the legationers, hut for some mys-
FERROUS reason do not permit these I'M
fortunates to communicate with their
own governments.
Minister Wu's explanation of this.
namely. that the Chinesem ethods are
different from our own. is scarcely suffi-
cient for the officials here. The minister.
however. Is trying to get further com
munication through from Mr.. Conger. and
IL may be that success in this under
taking will afford him a brilliant vindi-
cation.
At least he maintains a wonderful show
of confidence in the safety of the Legal
TONERS. and manages to impress this in
some degree upon the officials and Others
with whom he comes in contact.
There was nothing of interest from
China respecting the military or naval
forces there. The war department Off
Gals now calculate that Gen. Chaffee
with his troops on the Grant will arrive
at Taku. this evening. though it may be
several days before his report of the fact
can reach the department
The irregular and unsatisfactory char
acter of the present system of commune
cation between Taku and the cable end
at Shanghai has been taken into account
by the war department, and ii is said
that one of Chaffee's first acts upon TAX
| ing command of the United States forces
ashore at Taku and Tien Tsin will be tC
establish. perhaps In cooperation with
| the other military commanders a line OF
| rapid dispatch boats running from Tier
Tsin To either Shanghai or Nagasaki
While the positive statement is made
that it is not the present intention tt
send any more troops from Manila tt
| all contingencies have been canvassed
and that If an emergency should arise In
China which made it imperative to hav,
additional troops. they would be draw
from the Philippines for temporary duty
at least
Some time ago Gen. Macarthur was ad.
vised by Sec. Root to maintain sufficient
Mia and Taku. and these transports
would be available for emergency troops
! The Pennsylvania. Indiana and Summer
when the latter arrives at Manila, prob
ably will be held for service between Ma
Mia and Taku, and will be available fol
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-30
INSISTS THEY ARE SAFE.
yuan Assures Allied Admirals that Ministers
Are Being Protected.

Washington, July 29.-The secretary
of state has received a dispatch from
Mr.. Fowler. the American consul at
Che Foo. dated at midnight on the 10Th
This morning, by request of the al
lied admirals, l wired the governor
Supposed to be the governor of Shan
tung). their wish to get news from
ministers themselves. The governor
now replies: Have received. today
edict from Emperor saying that the
ministers are well. They are sending
provisions to the legations. Am conf
dent ministers out of distress and re-
quest you CFowler) transmit this pre-
liminary announcement to admirals
tSigned) Yuan, Governor
later dispatch from Mr.. Fowler.
dated l A. NJ, 9th. to the state depart
ment is as follows:
Another telegram from governor.
Have just received imperial edict.
18th, saying various ministers, except
ing German. are well. and some days
ago. had supplied provisions to lega-
lions. Am satisfied ministers out of
distress
tSigneD Yuan, Governor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-30
RED CROSS NURSES
will Take Their Lives in Their Hands il They
Go 10 China.

Washington. July 29.-One of the
phases of the trouble in China. which
heretofore has been overlooked, but
which may prove to be of great i'm
portance. is the fact that China is not
a party to the Geneva Red Cross con-
venti1n, by which the signatory pow
ers bound themselves in time of war
to respect the red cross and to treat
surgeons and nurses belonging to the
armies of the enemy as non-combat-
ants China did not sign the original
treaty made shortly after the Crimean
war as direct outgrowth Of the eff
forts of Florence Nightingale. nor did
she join in the supplementary treaty
of 1882
China is, in fact, the only one of the
great powers of the world which has
not joined in the convention of those
engaged on errands of mercy on the
battlefield.
1t is possible that this fact may deter
the war department from permitting
any Of the women nurses who are be-
ing sent to the Far East from landing
in China for duty there. This, how
ever. will depend largely upon the view
taken by our commander in China.
There are 10 female nurses on the
transport Grant with Gen. Chaffee. de-
stined for the Philippines. but they
might be landed in China if Gen. Chat
ee considers that they might be useful
and not put into unnecessary peril
There are also five nurses on the Sum-
ner. which sailed from San Francisco
on the 18th. These. also. can be di-
verified for service in China if Gen.
Chaffee desires.
Lieut.. Anita Newcomb Magree. who
is in charge of the corps of army
nurses. says that there are now 145
army nurses. practically all of whom
either are in the Philippines stationed
at the hospitals of the various garri-
sons throughout the archipelago or on
their way there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-30
SrAlD At PAO TING 70.
Missionaries Recently Murdered Mad Siaid
There as Their Safest Place.

New York. July 2a.-The American Bible
Society has received a letter from Chas.
+. Cannon. its agent In Tien Tsin dated
June I. Mr.. Cannon after detailing tn.
events up to the date of the letter in
Guiding the killing Of the English Mis-
sionaries Robinson and Norman says:
The missionaries at Pao Ting Flu have
thus far. and wisely too. refused to leave
there. With the railway destroyed ana
boat travel certainly fatal. they cannot
leave. and with the government so utter
~ helpless and the soldiers so thoroughly
in sympathy with the Boxers there Is
cause to fear for their safety, although
the minister has warned the officials to
give them protection.
THE railway authorities are fighting
hard to maintain communication with
Pekin. but the line is daily INTERRUPTED hy
the burning of bridges and stations. ana
trains are frequently returning, being IN
BILE to ret through.
The Chinese troops sent to guard the
line have failed to accomplish anything
and even If they Were not in sympathy
with the present anJi-foreign movement
and largely members of the Boxers Soci-
ETY., there is every reason to believe they
have secret instructions not to resist or
punish the Boxers.
Meanwhile the powers have been daily
landing sailors and marines. and Tien
'Tsiu is one great military post. full OF
moving patrols. and with guards sta
toned at every vulnerable point Twenty
men of war are now at the mouth Of the
river and more are coming"
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CRISIS RAPIDLY APPROACHING.
Ministers Safe or Dead, the Allied Powers
Will Soon Move Toward.

London. July 3O.-4.15 a. M.-The
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says he is still firmly con-
WINGED that the ministers are safe: but
with the exception of an alleged mes
sage from the Japanese legation in
Pekin. dated July 10. brought by a
runner. saying that the legation was
still defending itself. nothing has yet
been published giving anything in the
nature of proof.
On the other hand. the daily increas-
ing reports of the massacre of mis-
sionaries and foreigners leave only the
most slender thread upon which to
hang hope. The general situation is
steadily becoming darker and a crisis
is said to be fast approaching. 1t is
rumored at Shanghai that 10000 Chi
nese troops have been secretly moved
into that vicinity and that the com
mander of the kiang Yu forts has been
ordered to fire if any further addition
is made to the number of foreign ships
ascending the river. Rioting has al
ready occurred at Kin Kiang. thet mobs
threatening death to foreigners.
With the arrival of the second Jap
anese division the allied forces at
Taku and Tien Tsin will number 20 900.
The river floods near Tien Tsin are di-
minishing.
1t is reported that Russians from
Hardin have arrived at a point $50
miles north of Pekin after severe fight
ing.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times. yesterday. says: Il learn that
Ii Ping Hong and Lu Chung Lin, gov
ernor of kiang Su. both rabidly anti
foreign, are advancing toward Pekin
with large bodies of troops. Their ad-
vent must seriously affect the situation
there.
To-day. the consul body decided that
the situation demands the presence of
a military force in Shanghai and the
consuls have notified their governments
accordingly"
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INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS"
Are The Sole Orders Taken BY Commissioner
RockhiIl 10 China.

Chicago. July Especial Commits
sioner VIM. Rockhill. appointed by the
government TO ascertain the true situa-
ton in China, passed through Chicago.
today, on his way to the Orient He
arrived at 3 o'clock and at $50 was
speeding toward San Francisco. whence
he will sail on the japanese steamer
America Maru. Aug. 3. Mrs. Rockhill
accompanies her husband and will re-
main In Shanghai while he conducts
his Investigation. Mr.. Rockhill said
II shall make my headquarters at
Shanghai and investigate conditions as
far nOrthward as circumstances and
the troubled conditions win permit
My sole duty t. To keep the President
and secretary Of state advised as to
the situation. Outside that ! am not
To do anything.
You are not invested with plenipO-
power. them
No" he answered. My orders can
be summed in two words Investigate
In case the government
has further orders for me they un-
ioubtedly viii be cabled"
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HAD REVOLVER READY.
MS. woodward Prepares 70 Save Self and
Daughter ieon The Yeilew Fisads.

chicago, July 29.-Mrs NJ. 8. Wood
ward Of Evanston. when she wrote the
last letter received by her husband
from Pekin, was armed with a Ave.
shot revolver.
IL was her intention. according 10
the letter. II the band in the legation
building were attacked, to use the
first three cartridges on the assailing
Chinese. Then, il with what other de-
tenders were doing, the Boxers were
not repulsed, she had decided to XIII
her daughter, lone, with one of the re-
naming bullets and shoot herself with
the last. so they would not fall alive
into the hands of the Boxers.
This piece Of news contained In the
letter written by Mrs. Woodward, on
June ii last. after she and her daugh-
ter had made a futile attempt to es-
cape from Pekin.
Mr.. Woodward has guarded the let
ter with extreme care, saying when
asked for its use by newspaper that 1t
was personal in tone.
Mr.. Woodward was out Of town, to-
day, but his housekeeper Mrs Martha
Hoagland. told Of the determination Of
Mrs. Woodward to use the revolver on
her daughter and herself If necessary.
Mrs. Hoagiand said:
II saw the letter. Mrs. Woodward
further stated that the marines had
been ordered up by Minister Conger
and that news had been received Of the
landing Of the relief forces. thus show
ing that she still had hopes that they
might be saved
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FOREIGNERS IN SHANGHAI.
Nearly 1000 in City. Of Which About 5G2
Are Americans.

Washington. July 29.-Consul General
Goodnow. at Shanghai. under date OF
June -. has transmitted a statement OF
the foreign population of that city Oh
May 26 last, exclusive Of those living in
the French settlement. AT that date there
We're aSl British. 9,5 Portuguese. 1856 Jap
aneSe. 562 American. 525 German. l.G
French and III Spanish citizens in Shang-
hal. The other representations of for
eigners range from ~; Indians and 151
Malays to two from Greece and two from
Persia. The total number of foreign sub
jects in the city at that time was GA.
OF the British subjects ll2S We're men, ~
women and .SS children. OF the Ameri-
cans 81 were men. lS women and AS
children.