The age-herald., 1900-07-21
BECkHAM WILL CARRY
 DEMOCRATIC BANNER
The Young Governor of Kentucky Nominated to Suc-
 ceed Himself by Reclamation.

says he learns on good authority that u Hung Chang has undertaken to proceed North in order to negotiate upon three con- ditions:
 'First-That a conciliatory attitude be adopted forthwith. Second, that the Box CTS be energetically suppressed, and third, that he himself is not to be held responsi- ble, even if he fails to obtain satisfactory terms The correspondent adds:
 ''I have been informed by a native of ficial that the viceroy of Nankin's yamen believes that majority of the foreigners in Pekin escaped destruction on July 9, and that, although a portion of General Niehs troops joined the Boxers at Tien Tsin, a large number followed General Mich to Pekin, where they had been suc- cessful in assisting Prince Ching and Yung Lu to protect the legations. This of ficial regards the appointment of u Hung Chang an indication that the Empress Dowager realizes the futility of Prince Tuan's promise to drive the foreigners into the sea, and that she was attempting to take and hold the members of the lega- tiOns as hostages.
 T believe this view to be bona fide. Any way it is certain that since the capture of Tien Tsin the Machus are beginning to doubt the wisdom of the anti-foreign pol icy. The governors of Hu Nan, Nu Pei and Kiang Su, who were proceeding north with bodies of rowdies on the plea of saw
 
 move slowly"
 The British have landed guards from the British gunboat Redpole to protect the European settlement in China. It is asserted that Ii Hung Chang himself fears assassination at the hands of the Boxers.
 The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express, commenting upon the mys- tery of Count Muravief's doings, says that the late Russian minister was poisoned by the secretary of the Chinese legation.
 Situation in Manchuria
 Other St. Petersburg dispatches show that the situation in Manchuria is improv ing. General Graibski after relieving Blagovetachensk, capital of Amur, received further endorsements and bombarded the Chinese village of Sakhalin, which was set on fire. The Chinese, however, contin- ued to receive achievements, and main tained such an obstinate resistance as to convince General Graibski of the necessity of occupying Aigun, where 1000 Chinese, with artillery, were in position.
 The Russian troops advanced from the direction of the town of Nismennaja. The Chinese masssd their troops in large bodies at the various points and made stout re- sistance, but they were finally overcome. The town of Aigun was partly destroyed and the Russians occupied all the import ant defensive positions the right bank of the river, driving the Chinese out of them.
 The Russian operations were carried on with great brilliancy and slight loss. The Russians captured seventeen guns and killed 2,OOO Chinese.
 The Russian troops who were dispatched to the relief of the railway officials are now advancing successfully in all directions The fine weather and a considerable rise of the Rivers Amur and Chilka favor the oper- ations.
 Colonel Deinsoff, with large force, is marching on Earbin. The Russians checked an attempt of the Chinese troops to cross the river in the Zanseiski district