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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-13
CHINA SENDING
A PEACE ENVOY.
Ii Hung Chang Appointed An En-
yoy PIeoipotentIary
WI FEELS MUCH GRATlFlED
Aud II Confident Now That Peace
VIII be Restored win Honor
20 All Concerned,

Washington, Aug 12,--ludications Of
the desires OF China for peaceful set
tlement OF her present differences have
been multiplying FOR several days Off
cial evidence Of that desire was pre-
scented to the department Of state to-
day. II was I'm the form Of an edict
promulgated boy the emperor, Kwang
Hsu. appointing Ii Hung Chang as enc
voy plenipotenuary to negotiate with
the powers for an immediate cessation
Of h0stlIties' pending "a solution Of
the problems which have grown out Of
the anti-foreign uprising IN the em-
pire Earl Ii Us 60 act directly for the
emperor and a fair inference is that
whatever terms he may reach with the
powers win De approved by the Inn
perial government.
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PROBABLY FATALLY HURT.

Miss Dizler
Kern
Henry Miunlch aged 10.
Mrs William ResCh.
Louis Kuntz
Miss Carrie NaeIe.
George Minulch
Bryant Walsh.
Miss Lizzie Jones
All are PenusyiyanIans The omnl-
puS passengers were returning 90 sla-
ilngtou nom a funeral The dead and
injured We're nearly ain relatives m
SQphm Soeiher, Co whose funeral they
had been The accident occurred at s
O'CLOCK at a sharp curve The train was
special and was running az lively
rate ~ speed
The omnibus came along al q GOOD
rate of speed the occuuarts unc1n-
se'ous Of any impending danger AS
The bus swung around the curve the
engine came Iu sight 10 was too late
20 stop either the omnibus Oh the train
ana az the driver whipped up the four
horses 90 cross the track ahead of tho
lIaini the latter crashed into Its middle
The occupants We're thrown IU aU die
I.guuIs. bruised and bleeding. Tho
eleven dead were killed outright PLY
s.ci3us and "a special train were sent
from here. and The injured were taken
Co south Bethlehem.
NO Watohman is employed to warn
teams or pedestrians uf ans auuro4rh-
Ing ttaIu and those lirInE In the VIZ
entity state 10 is impossible TO hear am
approaching train The horses drawing
the bus escaped uuluTl
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CHILDREN GUESS!

The population OF Salt Lakc-a new
$500 standard Dictionary given the
successful guesser See the News
advertisement
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CONGER's GRIT.

During the day only one dispatch
that was made public reached any OF
the government departments from Chi
ma IL was "a belated message from
Minister Conger transmitted 90 the
war department by Gen Chaffee, and
expressed simply his ability TO hold
on until Gen Chanee should come to
his relief An the power Of the gov
eminent win be eXerted to- get the rec
lief 20 him and the other imprisoned
legatIOners at The earliest possible mo-
ment.
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WI Is GLAD.

Minister Wa Is incllnld 10 take al
optimistic view o. the situation. but
can be- said author.tatyely that hi
view Is not shared In fully by n
Washington officials. There Is no dis
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NO ANSWER YET.

No reply-at least mo- direct reply
has been received yet 20 the memoran-
dun transmitted 90 the Chinese gov
eminent through Minister Wa by the
department OF state 10 may be that
the imperative demands contained IN
the memorandum induced the promul-
cation OF the edict delivered 90 this
government today but the edict In IT,
self is not accepted as a reply to those
demands
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position evident today 20 abate by one
single jot the demands which have been
made upon China a strong hope ia
expressed however that the Chinese
government win accedc t1 the demands
eventually and perhaps very soon.
This ls based uuon The eilct appoint
Ing Earl ia 10 sue Tor peace. To this
extent 10 may be- said that the view OF
the officials here is optimistic
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POWERS UNITED

The attitude assumed by the dlplo-
matte representatives OF European
governments iu Washington is suli-
ciant evidence that the powers viii
prtss vigorously the demands that they
ha4e made upon the Chinese govern
mnL TO PekIu the allied armies VIII
90 IL Is declared frankly, unless every
demand Us acCeded 90 and an possible
rs9dratIOn is made by China for the
CIrages already committed. Negot.a-
tItns looking 20 any other settlement
OF the disturbance Ia China viii not be
ona-I.r.I ..rLlusIN
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DEAD

EIl Rumaley aged 90.
Mrs EII Bumaley, his wife.
Mrs. James Kern, their daughter,
aged g.
David Kern. aged 6.
Samuel Mummy aged 60.
Mrs. samuel Mummy. his wife.
Mis-. Elias Sourwlne, q widow, aged
&c.
Mrs William Kane. aged o.
Mlss Carrie Smith. aged g.
MIS- IH Guman kuut2 aged 60.
Mrs. James MIunich. aged 80.
Mrs stephen keuharl aged co.
Mira Susan Cohen. aged o.
Mrs Alfred RhoiF
Mrs. Robert Seibert
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WAITING FOR NEWS

WAITING FOR NEWS.
During the day the war department
officials awaited anXiously additional
nWs from Gen. Cha1ee one dispatch
was received from him transmitting "a
message he had received from Minister
OJn-er Evidently the message had
ben delayed long DO reaching him. as
H. own dispatch was dated four days
go. The dispatch was as follows
.'Adiutant General, Washington
1litsJng Sth.-Message received today.
pcklu Aug. I've VIII hold until
four arrival HOPE 1t will De soon.
Send such information as you can. Com
"CHAFFEE."
.Itls presumed that the dispatch OF
'haffee was dated az Yang Tsun and
Ihat an error was made in transmit
ling While the message of Minister
longer contains nothing new % is en-
,ouraging 90 the officials 90 have rec
hewed assurances Of his ability and de-
termination to hold until relief reaches
MIN.
That Gen Chance will communicate
to the besIeged minister tldings "
hope and good cheer II the opportunity
be afforded him. officials here are cer-
tain Minister ConEers expression OF
hope that the lons-looked-for relief
may soon reach him simply adds 20 the
determination Of the government TO
press forward 10 Pekin as rapidly as
possible.
BARBAROUS EXECUTION.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times. referring 90 the fate Of Cheng
YIN Huan. says De was executed
and that no reason Is given for the
act. The same correspondent
understands that Ii Shan. vice presi-
0cnt of the board OF revenue, has been
imprisoned. on o charge Of rendering
assistance 20 the members Of the for
.sign legations.
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SENT TO MKINLEY.

Immediately upon the conclusion Of
the conference. the text of the edict,
together with the details of the call Of
Minister Wa was communicated TO
President Mckinley at Canton, The
Presidents reply as yet has not been
received. Later IN the day Acting Sec
rotary Adee made public the text Of
the edict In the following statement:
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SAVINGS ACCOUNTS oPEEEo2B25o
Interest paid quarterly st per cent per an
nun ON 81 or thousands
IOBENzO sNOW, President
GEORGE N. CANNON Cashier,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
Conditions in Galveston.

The brave people of Galveston are re-
covering from the stunned condition in
which their awful calamity left them,
and are now taking stock OF their s.tra-
tion and prospects. They are much in
the plight of the people of Chicago after
the great fire of 1871, when two-th.rds
of the resident business men and prop
erty holders were ruined, largely be-
cause the insurance companies upon
which they had depended for indemnity
were also ruined.
There is no insurance against hIrTi-
canes. and the loss of public and phi
vate property in Galveston Will have to
be sustained by the owners. According
ly there is a great deal of financial dis
tress in the city. AS happened in Chica-
go. while the place itself may be rebuilt
through outside enterprise and invest
ment, the old local leaders in busin IS
and society are liable largely to dis
appear.
The position of the municipality is
awkward. 1t is without money, and at
the same time is confronted with the
need of at least one million dollars for
the clearing up of debris and to place
the city in thoroughly sanitary con-
dition. imperative as such requirements
may be, they are not of a kind which
general charity can be expected to
meet. The other day we were a bit
surprised at the proposition made to
Governor Sayers to hire three thousand
laborers in order to release citizens CT
Galveston from street work, and to ray
the new labor out of the relief fund. To
have complied with the -equest, we are
afraid would have been of doubtful pro-
priety. With a surviving able-todied
adult male population of fifteen thou-
sand or such a matter, the community
it would seem, should be able to remove
its own debris, and dispose of its en-
dead, leaving relief contributions to be-
used to succor the penniless and the
destitute widows and orphans duriAg the
winter.
The stricken city of Galveston is but
beginning to realize the dire extent of
its calamity. Recovery from it at best
will he slow. and people of the place
are likely to feel the pinch Of har: times
severely before they shall be able ta
rehabilitate their homes and business.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
Our End I'm Chinu.

The country will at least be relieved to
know that the Mckinley policy in China
has reached a crisis, and that something
definite has been done. Yesterday the
Adjutant General forwarded the scuttle
a1t order to General Chaffee and the
latter will be expected to lose no
time in complying with it. For any
thing we have accomplished. aside from
helping to save the legations. we might
as well have cut ana run the day after
the occupation of Pekin. If we had done
SO we should not present the ridiculous
spectacle to Europe that we do today.
The farce of perfunctory preliminary
negotiations with the representatives of
TIE Hsi and Tuan may now begin, and
it is possible that Minister Conger may
be allowed to take the first formal steps.
But it is not thought that he will be one
of the peace ENJOYS on the part of the
United States, should serious negotiations
appear likely.
The President, Hanna, and the Admins
tration clique have been vindictively dis
posed toward Mr.. Conger ever since he
refused to stultify himself for their bene
fit. He would have been recalled at once
in disgrace but for the fact that such a
course might have landed him on home
soil long enough in advance of the Presi-
Dental election to make what he might
have TO tell dangerous to his superious. So
he is being kept along until he can be
superseded by commission composed OF
men of%he DENLY and Magoon types.
Let us hope that We are nearing the
close of the era of Mckinley splendid
diplomacy. AS means of amusement
20 the statesmen and diplomatfsts of other
countries ii has been an egregious sue
cess. II has also been efficient to bring
the blush of shame and Indignation TO
the check of every decent American who
has known it for what 1t was and is.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
CUBAN PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS.
Board of Superintendents Makes
Plans for the Coming Year.

, HAVANA. Sept 25.-The board of
provincial school superintendent held
its first meeting today. The session will
probably last several days. The board
will recommend the text books to be
used during the coming year. provide
for the examination of teachers, outline
a plan for training teachers. and dis
cuss reforms, such as the introduction
of manual training.
Governor General Wood has decided
to refer the matter of the annulment by
the board of canvassers CT votes cast in
the recent election to the constitutional
convention. the election law providing
that disputes regarding the validity of
ballots shall be decided In this way.
There are movements among the dele
gates of the various political parties to
hold meetings before the convention
assemblies in order 20 formulate their
policies Some of the delegates say that
the question of the cancelled votes will
give rise to violent debates in the con-
vention.
Rafael Cruze Perez has been appointed
chief justice. He was formerly Judge
of the Supreme Court of Havana. Senior
Iado, President of the Audiencia of
Santiago has been appointed a judge OF
the Havana Supreme Court.
Mayor Rodriguez says he has not seen
Michael Dady, the contractor, but
he regards a new sewerage system for
Havana as necessary. and hopes he will
be able to arrange the contract with
Mr.. Dady as soon as possible.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26


Prosperity is not stranger to the people Of
the Emitted States. There were good times in
this Republic long before the Republican party
came into existence Our merchant ships sailed
the seas in every direction, and the American flag
was seen in all the ports OF the world The
American farmer made profitable crops and our
merchants prcspcred There were no enormous
fortunes in those days, sgchps the trust magnates
Ct the present day possess. On the other hand.
there was a more even distribution of wealth and
business. Under successive Democratic Admins
trations the country developed its resources and
made substantial progress. There was work for
the Industrious the manufacturer fiourished, the
small shopkecpcr not crowded to the wall.
ard there was no lack OF employment for the
energies, capital ard intelligence Of the people.
We were a prosperous contented, and happy ma
ton. Prosperity came in greater or less degree
under all Administrations democratic and Wing
az well--because both parties, while differing
upon details of domestic policy, were true to
the fundamental principles upon which the Gov
ernmen4 was established by the founders of the
American Republic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
A HIGH HANDED PROCEEDING.
An EngIishman's attempt to Intimi-
date n Marine Hospital Surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Bayless H Earle
at Nome, las sent to Surgeon General
wymau, OF the Marine Hospital Service,
several reports on the quarantine ssrv
ice a. that port In one of them he
details an experience with the repre-
sentative of the Alaska Exploration
Company as follows:
ION September l the steamer Meteor
arrived from Port Clarence. Alaska. and
Immediately landed her passengers be-
fore L was able to reach her in surf
boat The vessel had been boarded and
inspected by me before, and the captain,
John North, informed of the quarantine
regulations in force at this port. The
captain was placed under arrest and
ordered to report to Lieutenant Jarvis,
who advised that he be prosecuted. The
facts of the case were given to the
United States District Attorney. who
promised to take action against the
captain at his earliest opportunity.
while waiting in the District Attorneys
office was approached by DR.. E. Forbes.
the physician of the Alaska Exploration
Company. the owners of the Meteor. This
gentleman. who is an Enslishman, gave
me lecture at some lenIth, claiming to
have had much experience in quarantine
work both in America and abroad.
During the course of his remarks he
informed me that quarantine work was
altogether a political affair and that l was
very foolish to antagoIize a rich company
like the Alaska Exploration Company,
which has more influence in Washington
than the whole quarantine service put to-
gether. as by so doing l would probably
lose my official position. l took his re-
marks for what they were worth and SO in
formed him, and I mention this merely as
an amusing Incident
Surgeon Earle says reports Of much sick
ness, restitution, and deaths among the
natives in Alaska and on the Siberian coast
have reached Nome. In one case where
smallpox was discovered the people OF an
entire Indian village were vaccinated- The
vaccine proved worthless and the inhabi
tants were vaccinated again. The bark
Edith arrived with its owner and captain
dead. The sailors claimed the owner had
been killed while lying in his bunk by
shot from the Siberian coast and the cap
tain had been swept overheard and
drowned. An inquest was held and the
story being confirmed the jury brought in
a verdict generating the sailors, three in
number.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
Oyercroyded Tcnenfcnfs.

The new census reveals the fact that in
one square in New York City nearly seven
thousand people IIv. This seems almost
incredible. but there are the fgures-si1
thousand eight hume I'd aad lightweight
persons in the square wecn Sixty-First
and Sixty-second Sire :. and Tenth and
Eleventh Avenues.
Definite mathemati statements are
worth any amount Of rle, ,ric. The rest OF
the country has long unde. stood that New
York was crowded, but this throws new
light on the subject. The people are packed
in double decker" tenements. The
apartments rent for from six to eleven
dollars month, aEd each accommodates at
least FIVE people. There are twenty two
families, or about one hundred persons, to
each tenement. Only forty apartments in
the block are supplied with hot water and
there are two bathrooms in the eolIec-
ton.
There are cases Of tuberculosis. typhoid
and scarlet fever. and many other diseases.
in this block of houses, and there are also
sweat-shops and laundries, for the block IL
not wholly given over to housekeeping pur-
poses. Into this hive of humanity, where
it is absolutely impossible 10 keep germs
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| from travelling from one apartment" to
another. where they have to hang the
| babies out ON the fire escapes on hot days
to give them a little pure air to breathe.
into this disease factory people send their
! linen to he washed. and from it come the
| custom made clothes that more fortunate
| persons buy and wear. Carlyle once said
| that red Indian by the shores OF a Cam
| adiap lake could not quarrel with his
f, s,usw but the whole world must suffer for
| it, because the price of beavers would rise.
| What would he say about the sweat-shops
of the East Side and the careless indiffer-
cree to their conditions which is shown by
the owners of the property and well-to-do
people in general?
The story of the sweat-shop has been
told over and over again, by Riis and his
coadjutors, and handful of earnest men
and women have been for years trying to
accomplish the seemingly hopeless task OF
convincing the people of New York and of
the whole country that something ought to
be done about the matter. When all is
said it is New York or which the RESPONSE
bility for these conditions chiefly rests,
because that municipality alone can make
and enforce laws which shall abolish them.
Until this Is done, epidemics will con-
tinus % break cut mysteriously among peo-
pie VINO buy clothes made in such holes OF
filth and disease, and clergymen will talk
about a mysterious Providence. and doc
tors will reap their harvest of fees. 1t may
be that some fearful visitation will be
needed to convince the public that these
bubonic plague should happen to get a
foothoid here, that might furnish the
needed lesson, but it would be at terrible
cost. Imagine few cases of the plague
existing in such a block as the one de-
scribed, and concealed for a time for fear
that tie families of the sufferers might be
auarantineti and thereby lose their wages
and starve-for that is what quarantine
means to the very poor, and cases of SHALL
pox have been hidden before now, because
the wage earners of the family feared to
lose their Jobs. Imagine what wodid hap
pen if the plague broke out in sweat
shop where piles of unfinished garments
are sometimes used as beds for the chill
dren or the sick. 1t is not pleasant pie
ture. But there il really more danger In
these overcrowded tenements than in the
whole rat population, which has been ac-
cused of carrying the plague. Moreover,
when it comes to question of rats,
New York tenement is generally full of
them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
THE BAGLEY LAUNCHED.
Mrs. Daniels Christeas the View Tor
pedo Boat at Bath. Me.

BATH, Me-, Sept 25.-The new torpedo
boat BagleY was launched from the yard
of the Bath Iron Works this afternoon. in
the presence OF large crowd. The vessel.
which was christened after Ensign Bagley.
was named by Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
sister of the late ensign. Among the dec-
orations wefe floral offerings from nsva.
officers and Ensign Worth BagIey Camp
No. 8, Legion of Spanish War Veterans or
Bunker Hill district. Boston
Commander Willis w. Stoycr. com
mander of the camp and a delegation.
were among those present Mrs REsley.
mother of the ensign; Mrs Benjamin. Milf
fit. Dudley II. Bagley, of Richmond Va:
Cadet David w. Bss.ey, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, Raleigh, n. C., were
among the guests of the builders.
The Bagley is one of three vessels of
the torpedo type contracted for by the
Bath iron Works In 1898. the other two
being the Bailey. which was launched last
July, and the Biddle. which has not yer
been completed. hat which. 1t is expected.
will be ready for launching next month
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26

The interesting but superfiuous final re-
port of the Walker Nicaragua Commission
will be ready for submission to Congress
~ December. 1t will rob Hanna and the
Panama syndicate of their last argument
against the Nicaragua route. In the event
of Mr.. Bryan's election a desperate effort
will be made to push the Panama
scheme and to enact Legislation which
would prevent the construction of an ex-
cit lively American waterway. The Nc
Kiai5y- Salisbury interest in the Senate
will undoubtedly again attempt to secure
ratification of the Hay Pauncefote Treaty,
which would then become the supreme law
OF he land until abrogated by joint reso-
luton of Congress. Abrogation would be
apt to come as soon as the new President
should take his oath of office and find time
to write proclamation converting Congress
in extraordinary session.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26

As might be expected, Japan is reported
to be in hearty accord with the proposal of
Germany that the Ministers in PelNin be
called upon to denounee the Chinese Off
Gals guilty of Baron Won Ketteltrs death
also is understood to agree witn the Kali
ser's programme in principle, and thus
throws Mr.. Mckinley over. after using him
as convenient catspaw. He should learn
through his present modification that the
Bear does not always hug in Christian
kindness.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
Colonel IngerSolr on Expansion.

To the Editor of The Times:
Colonel Ingersoll expressed his opinion on the
subject of expansion less than one month before
his death. The =PhiIadsIpha North American
published an interview with him on the I'D Of
June 1879, in which he said:
Il expdnsionist The country has the
lend hunger, and expansion is popular. want
all We eau honestly get But ! do not want the
Philippines unless the Filpnos want Us. and
feel exactly the about the Cuhans
eve paii twenty millions Of doIars to Spain
for the Philippine Islands. and wc know that
Spain had no title to them. The question with
me is not OF trade or convenience; 1t Is 4nes-
tion of right or wrong. | think the best pa
triot is the man who wants TO do right
We must act nobly toward the Filipinos. whether
we get the islands not,
This opinion is 10 be reproduced in the eighth
volume Of ''lngersoPs Complete Works with 4
iootnote saying: This was Colonel Ingersolrs
last interview" W. II. BURR.