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CHINA APPEALS TO FRANCE
AND AMERICA FOR HELP

| while not guaranteeing the truth OF the
adviccs from the Chinese government
as to the safety Of the foreign minis
tiers. is willing 10 accept the statements
temporarily. in the meantime reiniftin:,
none of its efforts TO gel access to Mr..
Conger. through the use of military
force II need be.
Paris. July 23.-Ai the council OF min
listers Saturday the minister OF foreign
affairs read n telegram from the En-
peror OF China asking the mediation of
France with the foreign powers. The
telegram was signed by Kwang Su.
and not by Pub Chan. the son of Prince
Tuan. The reply given by NJ. Dclacassc
was that the request would be consid-
cred only upon absolute knowledge
that the following acts had been ac-
complished:
First-That efficacious protection and
absolute freedom of communication
had been assured between the French
minister at Pekin and his colleagues Of
the diplomatic corps and their respec
tive governments.
Second-When Prince Tuan and the
high functionaries responsible for the
actual events had been dismissed by
the government to await inevitable
punishment.
Third-When the authorities and bod
les of troops throughout the entire en-
pirc shall have received an order to
cease hostilities against foreigners.
Fourth-When measures have been
taken for the rigorous repression of the
Boxers.
So long as these necessary guarantees
are not furnished. there is room only
for military action.
The edict which. rs stated above. is
dated Pekin, July Is. was transmitted
by the viceroy at Nankin under date of
to-day. and is as follows:
For month past with the cXcep
ton of the German minister. who was
massacred 10y rebels who are under ap-
prehension of severe punishment. W.
have ordered all foreign ministers well
protected by the court. and, happily.
they are safe and sound
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NEWS FROM MR.. CONGER
Dispatch Psrporting to he From Pskin
Received Mt Washington.


Dispatch P.rporting to he From Pskin
Received Mt Washington.
Washington. July 2O.-The State De
partment to-day received through the
Chinese minister the following cable
kin:
In British legation.
Under continued shot and shell from
Chinese troops.
Quick relief only can prevent gener-
al massacre"
rhe message is not dated. but 1t Is
understood was sent from Pekin July
18th.
This reply was in the State Depart
ment cipher. and it is regarded by the
State Department as genuine, inas-
much as forgeries seem under the cir
cumstances impossible. 1t was in re-
ply to a message sent by Secretary Hay
July 11th in the State Department ci-
pher. which Minister WI undertook to
get into Minister Congers hands.
This morning Minister Conger receiv-
ed telegram from Consul General
Goodnow, at Shanghai. saying:
The governor of Shan Tung informs
me that he has received to-day n cipher
message from Conger of the 18th"
\ few minutes later Minister WI ale
peared with Il telegram from Taot;a
Sheng. dated July 2oih, received at $50
this morning. reading:
Your telegram was forwarded as re-
quested; send reply from the Tsung
II Yamen, as follows:
Your telegram Of the 18th day OF
this moon 9th july received. The
State Department telegram has been
hended to Minister Conger. Herewith
is Minister Conger's reply 10 the State
Department
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JUDGE DOUBTS LEGALITY.
Nebraska's Transportation Board viii
Convene supreme Court and Find Out


Convene supreme Court and Find Out
Omaha. Neb.. July 2O.-At the re-
quest of Governor Poynter. Attorney
General Smythe and other members of
the Nebraska State Board of Transpor-
tation, the justices of the State Su-
preme Court meet at Lincoln to-mor-
row to consider the advisability of at
once holding special session TO deter
mine the constifutionality of the law
creating the board in 1889.
Last Wednesday. Judge Munger OF
the Federal Court in chambers here
granted temporary injunction to the
stockholders of the burlington TO pre-
vent the state board from enforcing
the order making a cut on live stock
rates. He held that the board had no
legal existence. because the title of the
bill as il passed both houses of the Leg
islature provided only for the repeal of
existing laws. although the title was
changed TO include new laws, then sent
TO the governor.
The state board finds that the conSti-
tutionality of the law has never been
passed upon by the Supreme Court,
and believes that If II is upheld by that
body, the Federal Court will dissolve
the injunction. Governor poynter
calls attention TO the urgent necessity
Of securing action at once. SO that If
the state board still has power, its or
der for reduced rates may at once be
enforced.
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A lsnrk Itun I,uun.

London. July PA dense fog hung
over the irish chnnnoi yesterday morn.
ing ANA the cunnrd line sieniner Cnm.
pnnih. en- route from New York to LIy.
crpool. struck the Liverpool bnrk En-
bicfon. bound for New Zcalnnd, amid
snip. cutting her In twain. The En-
blcton sank Immediately.
seven OF thc crew were rescued. hut
II Is believed the other eleven members
oi me sbips company, including the
cnpinin. were drowned.
Inc cniiipania lad her bows stove
IN. buf arrived snfcly nj Liverpool five
nnd u hnlf hours lutte.
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A SERIOUS BLOW
GIVEN TO LAB

New York. July 19.-The judgn
of the lower court has been reyel
by the appellate division of the
preme court In the ease Of the Natl
Protective Association OF Steam
ters and Helpers and Charles McQq
against the Enterprise Association
its officers. impleaded with villa!
O'Brien as president OF the Boaro
Delegates.
Judge Truax gave judgment pei
ually enj0ining the defendants from
terferlng with the work. bisine9
employment OF the plaintiff ASA
tion or amy OF It's members. TIE
Junction forbade the cocrcing OF
thinning Of n discharge by any emp
er, OF McQueed or other member
commands. threats. strikes or Cd
wise. Judge Mclaughlin writes ,
opinion Of the appellate division.
viewing the evidence. which 81
that the defendants struck or thr3
ened to strike In three cases. but
not use force or commit nny breacsI
peace. he says:
- sahhOt DS btibOuFlN Dh'I
but that every workman has n right|
the first Instance. to say for whom !,
with whom he will work. This
IL guaranteed to every person OF
age and who IL competent TO conti9]
under our laws. An employer has
Goitltc right to say whom he Will
ploy, and cInployc lms n right 70 =
by whom he will be employed and
whom he will work. The right IL ~
rocal and once TINT right IN destrc!!.
personal liberty is destroyed. One
not lose this right when acting =,
others. NO that employers inay 9
bine and say they viii not employ ].
sons who nre members Of labor ofs
iziitions, and lnb0rcrs may COM.
and sny they Will not work for I.
l'l0yers who engage amy but men''
Of lnb0r organIxa tons"
Major Stouch. agent Of tine Cneyes
nnd Arnpnlloc Indians. with headqs.
ters nt Cnntonnent. Oklahoma. j.
just sent n band Of 400 Ute Inol.
bnck 10 Colorado. A few dnys neoeI.
Utcs suddenly appeared on the u
cnne reservation. hnving come 9. o'
land. Tho two tribes at once beg.
dance nnd pony swap. but ~
Stoncli learned Of II and 0r'lereo
utes home. Tho Chcyenncs knew
the Utcs' coming nnd Ind made pisl p.l
iTtlons to receive them. They rev.
TO tell how the communication betw.. bet,s.
the two tribes is maintained. ~
white man knew OF the Utcs' con.
ana word must have been sent by ?
scnger.
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Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, W. J. Bry-
ans great grandmother, is alive. and
has just celebrated her ninety-seventh
birthday. She is the eldest of the
surviving daughters of the revolution.
her father having been Major Daniel
Gano, a colonial artillery COMMANDER,
and her grandfather was the famous
fighting chaplain" the Rev. John
Gano, who was brigade chaplain OF the
revolutionary struggle. Her husband
was a hero of the war of 1912.
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TELEGRAPH ITP'

% spreading Ii
There are 033, ,240 Scapa,..
the United States.
Japan has appropriated s,n ~.
carry ON the war with China
Every department of tho ps,.
Islands has asked for mora 10y
Iowa gives promise Of 8n,.A,
century with the banner corn
its history. 'u
The President has returned :.
ington on account of the crit,es, y
tion In China.
The business section NJ n.
Arizona, has been wiped ON
Loss, about $1,000, 0,OOO.
Christian Endeavor Sundov !.
don brought crowds TO oO0 ~
where delegates to the inter-
convention preached or wera
the audience.
j. NJ. Green of Trenton. Nee
has been chosen president ~ N
tional Educational Association
next place of meeting was lon
executive committee.
While $500 persons were wa,u
the Pennsylvania station at John.
Pennsylvania, to go with an eyer,
n fast train ran into the crowd
ing five persons, one of whom vi
A terrific explosion wrecked m.
store at Naylor, Georgia, We'd,
night. Fragments of a man's
were found In the ruins, and n }
lieved n safe blower was killed ;
Mt work.
Lord Curzon of Keddleston. n,
of India, has cabled to the Seen
of state for India. Lord George n
ton, that an excellent rain has fauI
the northwestern provinces Ar
parts of central India. and that +
showers have occurred in Rajpol
and Deccan.
The State Board of Horticultu,
California reports the acreage Of !
cot orchards mt about 32,50O ?
and 1t is roughly estimated that
S4,SOO.0O0 is invested in apricc]
chards, the drying houses and s1
appurtenances TO growing the fru]
getting 1t ready for market.
Last week was hard one fv|
old men of the kiowa. Comanchel
Apache tribes of Indians. They N
give up all of their wives but
Some of the medicine chiefs hi
many as ten women whom they I
wives. All but the favorite ont|
now living away from the old d
tepee.
The foreigners at Tien Tsin are
tied with having died at their |
with tragic heroism. They were
ed down by the infuriaied Boxeu
til their strength was withered
their ammunition gone. and they
gave up the fight after shooting
own women and children. to savei
from outrage and torture at the
of the Chinese.
Anoka, Mimi. July 1.-THE in,
cation into the recent myste
shooting Of William Wise and his
at Anoka. Minnesota, has been q
by the confession of Eliza Wise
younger of the Wise girls. that th
PENDANTS, James Hardy and Elmel
Ter. committed the murder and
tically admitted that the plot to
her parents was formed with
knowledge Of herself and her 4
The mother had S1,50O In the
which was to go to her daughte
case of her death. and the girls
said they would divide with their
ors when Mrs. Wise was dead.
father had forbidden the boys Il
on his daughters. and so he va
cluded In the plot. Eliza testified
she saw the boys and their guns
side the house before the shooting
girls story made "A profound sens
as the defendants had establish
tentative alibi and 1t was the 70
belief that they We're innocent.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

What is the duration of wink!
The time occupied by the several
phases Of the movement has been
measured. and It is found that the
mean duration Of the descent OF the lid
is from seyenty-five to ninety -one
thousandths OF a second. The interval
while the eye is shut was in one case
only ifteen-hundredths of second
The rising OF the lid occupied seven
teen-hundredths of a second. A spe-
cially arranged Photographic appar-
atns was used. The colloquial phrase
that something is done quicker than
q wink" is therefore expressive to a
degree that may be stated in fractions
OF a second
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Detroit mycolog!sts are elated over
the discovery near Pontinc OF tho 10
called fiy mushroom. when In very
rare In that part of the country. This
mushroom gets Its name by killing
files which light upon 1t. II Is about
three inches in diameter. has white
gills and, when fully expanded, some
what resembles an umbrella blown In
side out. Most mycologistD are OF the
opinion that this mushroom is deadly
poison. It Is said that Russian pea
sants use It very much us Chinese use
opium
The silver star., 1900-07-27

The iron-handed suppression of the
bread riots in Milan, just two years
ago. together with the severe punish
ment meted out TO the deputies and
others convicted OF participation in
them. has borne its inevitable fruit in
the increased return of Socialists to
the Italian chamber at the recent cleo
tions- The Socialist party has in
creased from seventy to ninety. and
in a chamber Of sos members ninety
IS very formidable proportions.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Youth and age seem to be on even
terms in politics. Mr.. Morgan of Ala
bama and Mr.. Gear of Iowa have just
been reelected 10 the Senate, although
both of them have passed their three
score years and ten by half decade.
Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana. on the other
hand, is hardly more than half the
age of either of them. and yet he is
not the youngest man in the upper
house
The silver star., 1900-07-27

While laughing at joke. George
McCabe was seized with coughing nj
and ehoked to death in New York
McCabe went into a restaurant at No.
ia Park Row one evening last week
and ordered beef stew. He found a
collar button in the dish and showed
it to the cashier. We'll, do you want
shirt, with collar and cuffs attached,
with teu-cent stew" was the cash
ier's rejoinder. McCabe began to laugh,
then suddenly coughed. choked and
fell to the floor unconscious. He was
dead in few minutes. DR.. Smith, OF
the Hudson street hospital. said Nc
cabe probably died of heart disease.
The silver star., 1900-07-27
Memorial to Admiral pb,i,,.

New York. July 20.--It hns been de.
clded 10 raise 100000 ms n memorial
to Rem Admiral John W. Philip.
Miss Helen Gould will be on the com.
inittce. II Is the present plan To inyes,
the 100000. when collected by public
subscription. the income to be paid tn
Mrs. PhIlip while she lives.
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SILVER STAR.
Clublished weskly.)
JOE II. DE WITT. Editor and Prog.
DOLORES, COLORADO.
Tsrms: 500 per year.

AS an evidence OF blind credulity the
action of the South Chicago workmen
who have accepted the story that in
this age and generation men are lock-
ed in a mill and forced to labor against
their will is assuredly unsurpassed.
They would believe anything. even the
weird tales OF witches and hobgoblins.
The silver star., 1900-07-27

less sum than this. Persons interest
ed in the work outlined above. or de.
sirious of taking such course of
study. are invited to correspond with
a. C. Peck. 1oS1 South Fifteenth street.
Denver, Colorado.
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It~,ney Urged 10 ilnsten wr,,.,.

washington. July 30 Sccrctnry
Long hns sem the following cnblcgrnin
10 Admiral ltemey:
"conger tclcgrnphs thnt he Is under
ilre In the British iegntion at Pckin.
Use nnd urge every means possible for
immediate relicf.'
The silver star., 1900-07-27

Scotsman from the BalmoraI es-
tate recently came to this country with
his wife. where he found a situation
which necessiiated his becoming "A
naturalized American. In company
with his wife. he attended the court
10 go through the necessary formality.
You must renounce allegiance to all
foreign princes. potentates and sover-
eigns. and especially Queen Victoria, -
said the official. Sandie's Jaw drop
ped. for he was loyal to. and an ex-
tenant of the queen. "Dinna dae II,
Sandie." cried his wife. Remember
the black silk dress her majesty gave
mel" Sandie scratched his head in
perplexity. An the Draw kilt ye had
frae her Sandie." screamed his wife
Sandle thought OF the situation. FIJI
~ shillings week! Your ain cousin
only six times removed. was piper tae
her, Sandie." shrieked Elepsth. San
die eyed the Bible on the official
desk. An she pinned the Victoria
cross on your ain fathers breast
Sandie.' walled the wife. moi" roar
ed Sandie. his mind made up: "i'll no
forswear the auld Teddy: maun find
another job"
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threaten a General w.lh,u, a, n.,,..

Dallas. Texas, July 20.-It has been
Informally decided by the trades asso.
ciation and American Federation Of
Labor that unless the strike troubles on
the Consolidated street railway lines
nre settled by next Sunday there will
bc n general wnlkout of the trades. u
general boycott md suspension Of bus.
lunsa
The silver star., 1900-07-27

II the ideas Of A. y. Arckae.a Syrian,
should be adopted. the picturesque
cowboy OF the western prairies would
give way to the still more picturesque
Syrian horseman. Mr.. Arckae has
evolved the plan in his journey across
the country. The other day he was at
the Union station at Denver, waiting
for an east-bound train to take him
back to New York. after a visit in the
interest OF business to San Francisco
The problem Of finding suitable occu-
patton for my people who are coming
to the United States has been long a
serious one to me" said Mr.. Arckae
and 1t struck me when / saw the
great cattle ranges over which the
herds roamed. that the Syrian. who ia
by nature a horseman. is exactly suit
ed TO the work done by the cowboys. e
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
HOW | PAINTED HIS HOLINESS, THE POPE
History the Life Regarded Popes
Last Picture.
BY SIR BENJAMIN CONSTANT.
Last Picture.

Paris, June 12.-eI have had the honor
Of painting the greatest man in the
world"-so said the great French artist,
benjamin COnstant-'the most absolute
~ wonderful man that ever lived, for
such l believe Pope Leo NIII. to be"
Benjamin Constant, fresh from a visit
TO Rome, sat in his magnificent studio
in Paris and described 10 his caller the
great painting which has made him the
most talked-a bout artist of the season;
and which will bring him down into pos
terity as the delineator of the features
OF one of the most remarkable men the
world has ever known.
The Pope does not ike to sit for his
portrait, and, therefore, when Sir Ben
5amin applied for permission 10 paint
him, it was at first refused; however
when the artist described the magni-
tude of the work, and its Importance, HIS
Holiness gave his permission. and the
painting went rapidly forward
ITO those who think that the last day
of the Pope IS near. I only want TO say
that he speaks with the vigor OF q young
man, said the artist, ''aEd his voice IS
pure and good
i arrived a. the Vatican at II A. NJ
The Pope would soon receive and bless
more than 1900 pilgrims in old St.
Peters.
1.-The pious travellers. dust-laden. with
heavy, wearied step, stream through the
three large portals. Like strayed sheep
they run hither and thither through the
vast sanctuary. At last there is a con-
certed movement toward the altar of
confession under the large dome. Then
al fall on their knees, men and women,
and repeat their chaplets.
This murmur of prayer is soon lost
In the noise OF the multitude which
presses forward seeking TO be near the
passage through which the Holy Father
5Fin pass The basilica is now filed with
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selves, and which keep metals and stones
forever in a liquid state. Of course. no
thermometer of human invention could
measure the intense heat of the great
fires of the earth, but it is believed that
this heat is constantly varying and that
its effect is shown IN the eruption OF
volcanoes and by earthquakes.
The latest theory to account for tidal
waves. therefore, is that they are the
result Of just such eruptions. A fissure
forms in the bottom of the ocean, in the
ordinary course of the slow cooling and
contracting of the surface of the earth.
Into this fissure the waters of the ocean
Pereolate. There is no knowing how deep
the assure may be, but the presumption
Is that IS penetrates down through sub
terranean eaverns to the great central
fires of the earth. As these fires are
always seeking a means of egress they
wilt rush into any channel of escape
that is opened to them.
Thus, il is supposed, the flames and
heat from the center of the earth rush
into assure leading TO a sac or cavity
filled with waters from the ocean. The
result is the generation of an immense
body of steam
The cavity is Immediately turned into
a huge boiler. confined on all sides by
rock and earth. When, therefore, all the
waters have been turned into steam the
latter must find a means of escape along
the lines of least resistance An ex-
plosion follows, which is upward to the
bottom of the ocean. Thousands of
acres of the oceans bottom are suddenly
uplifted as if by a giant hand. 1t is the
falling back of this mass of rock and
earth that creates the gigantic s-ripple''
that we have come to know as the tidal
wave"
Such is the latest and most scientific
theory to account for the tidal wave.
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MYSTERIES OF THE
OCEANS BOTTOM.
Scientists Trying to Discover If Tidal
Waves Are Caused by the Moons
Pull or Submarine Earthquake.
By Jonn Henry Wilkes, Phi. D.

Several times during the past few
years the world has stood aghast at the
horrors that have resulted from tidal
waves. Towns have been wiped out of
existence, thousands of human lives have
been lost and ships have disappeared
swallowed by the rising sea For years
and centuries these terrible fatalities
have been of not infrequent occurrence,
and yet the tidal wave is as great mys-
terry to-day as it ever has been. Scien-
fists have devoted time and study TO the
phenomenon. and yet the secret has re-
nained safely locked on the oceans
bottom.
Almost as mysterious is the ordinary
tidal wave, that inexplieabIe swelling of
the waters that, following the pull" OF
the moon, rolls round this. globe of ours
twice each twenty-four hours, stemming
the outflow of mighty rivers, penetrat-
ing far inland. wherever access is avail
able, and doing, within its short lease
of life an amount of bene6cent work
freely that would beggar the wealthiest
nation of the world TO undertake if it
must needs be paid for.
Mysterious it may well be called, since
though it's passage from zone to zone be
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lent opportunity to Observer the interest
ing physiognomy of the Sovereign Pom
tif-sman eyes that twinkle brilliantly;
a sharp nose, expressing prudence and
wisdom: a mouth that betokens extreme
benevolence-
'>On thu following morning at 8 o'clock
| am alone with the Pope. My emotion
is intense. l am TO faithfully depict this
grand parsonage on the canvas
Il forget my task in the rapture of the
moment.
The Pope seems to know everything
that is going on in the world. What Il
wonderful memory. what vivacious spirit
has this old man of ninety years.
Your great sculptor, Faiguiere. who
has just died, AS degraded his art
toward the end by painting nudes that
shocked deeeney,' remarked His Holt
ness.
. This is true replied, but he
shaped the St. Vincent de Paul of the
Pantheon, and at no time has an artist
created a figure more radiant with char
ity and pose and gestures more paternal
and afeetionate-'
What viii you do with my portraitT
:. I will give it to Your Holiness
81 am much touched by your amiabIe
intentions. And you will exhibit it in
Paris?'
1t is too late to place it in the PaIais
des Beaux Arts OF the Exposition
"'Well, then. place it in the building
of the Catholic Missions in the Troca-
dero. You may apply to Admiral Lafont
and Baron du Tell.
The will of Your Holiness will be
executed with promptness. i"