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, 1900-08-23
TROOPS REACH PEKIN AND
LEGATIONERS ARE RELIEVED

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing cablegrams from Admiral Remey
and Consul Fowler were received to-
night:
'Taku, Aug. II, 1 p. m.-Have just
received a telegram from Tien Tsin,
dated August 10. 10 p. m, beginning:
'Pekin was captured on August 18th.
The foreign legations are safe. Details
will follow shortly. REMEY.'"
"Che Foo, Aug. 1.-THE Japanese ad-
miral reports that the allies attacked
the Pekin east gate August 18th. There
was obstinate resistance. In the even
ing the japanese entered the capitol
with the other forces and Immediately
surrounded the legations. The in
mates are safe. The japanese loss
was over 100 and the Chinese 300.
FOWLER"
London. Aug. 1.-THE allies have
entered Pekin without fighting. The
legations are relieved and the foreign
ers are liberated" Such Is the dis
patch received from the German consul
, 1900-08-23

at Shanghai and given out by the Berlin
foreign office at l p. m. to-day.
The collapse of Chinese resistance is
explained in dispatches from Shang-
hal as being due to the failure of the
Chinese to flood the country below
Tung Chow. The earthworks connect
ed with the dan at Pei Ho We're unfin-
ished and the canal at Tung Chow was
full of water, facilitating boat trans
port when the allies arrived there.
Signals between the allies and the le-
%gationers holding part of the wall at
Pekin were eNcha aged during the
morning of August 10Th.
A special from Shanghai says:
1.-THE allies entered Pekin August
18th. 1t is believed that Yuan Shi
Kai's troops have gone thence TO Shen
81 to protect the empress. who, ac-
cording to reports received by local of.
ficials here, with Tuan, the imperial
household and bulk of the army and
Boxers. left Pekin August 18th fol
Hsian Flu"
, 1900-08-23

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. lS.-At the re.
quest Of Deputy Sheriff Hendry of
Liberty county, In II rcmote southeast
crn portion of the state. Governor Can,
dler has ordered out n company of the
national guard 10 uucll an uprising of
negroes in that section. where the
blacks Outnumher the whites three to
one, Trouble has been brewing for
some time. one white man was killed
several days ago In Il quarrel with ne.
grOes, and since that time discomfort
has grown on both sides until now Il
race war Gems imminent.
II Is reported that negroes are burn
Ing johnson station. n small town
about nifty miles from Savannah. Two
negroes are reported killed for resist
ing arrest.
, 1900-08-23

Milwaukee. Aug. 16.-The Interim.
tional Typographical Union today vot-
ed to meet next year at Birmingham,
Alabama. An amendment to the con
stitution was adopted providing for u
censorship by the executive council of
all communications of MOI members,
to be printed in newspapers, circulars
or pamphlets, rejecting Oh the standing
or character. private or public, of any
member or members of the Interim
tional Typographical Union.
Members violating this clause shall
be subject to trial and fined, suspended
or expelled on u t%wo-thirds vote Of the
members.
The object of the proposition il to
control in II measure much of the mat.
ter printed III labor papers.
Other matters acted on to-day were
the Endorsement of the Women's Label
League and the adoption of Legislation
prohibiting speed contests, either by
hand or machine.
Milwaukee, Aug. lin the Interna.
tional Typographical Union conven.
ton, to-day. II resolution was passed de.
claring the /. r. U. to be distinctly {,
class organization, and that to- sub
serve their interests ms wage workers
1t is essential that they net rs II unit
upon the political field, whence capital
derives its power 20 Cypress, and thai
1t Is the duty Of every member to sew.
er Affiliations which are constantly en-
croachlng upon the liberties of the
working people.
The passage of this resolution is
looked upon as n victory for the Debs
followers.
At the afternoon session the PROPOSE
ton of the stereotypers and electro.
typers to withdraw from the |. Il. u
was lost, the vote being 1O1 to 81. II
seems to he the sentiment of the stcrcD
typcrs and ele|ctrOtypers to Withdraw
from the /. T. L., in cast the refcrcn.
DUN to which the legislation must bt
referred goes against them.
\ resolution was adopted i%nstructine
the executive council to communicate
with the proper officials ut Washing
ton, with the view to having the gov
eminent establish printing offices of it,
own in all territory under the flag ant
to abolish the system of sub-lctting Il
private institutions.
, 1900-08-23
ROOSEVELT RoUGHING 1T.
Teddy Could Stand H%ardships as Wen Ms
the Next Man.

Roosevelt was no tenderfoot, not
wen when he first came out here" said
Billy Hofer. the most famous guide in
the Yellowstone park, the man who
had charge of the hunters cabin on the.
wooded island at the Worlds Fair. and
whose chief business IL to catch live
animals for the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. ''and he's got all the grit any one
needs. l was hunting big game with
him down in the Big Horn late one
fall" continued Billy, when we Were
overtaken by n snow storm. Man and
boy l have been out in the weather all
my life and am about as tough as they
make 'em. but that was about tho
worst storm that ever caught me on an
open range and no shelter for eighty
miles. We were travelling light. too.
We didn't have nothing but Our blan-
kets and some cold pork and Biscuits in
our grub bags, and | didn't have no
chance to make coffee. | thought
Roosevelt weuld be pretty much used
up. l could hav cried like n girl my
self, but he never let on nat he was.
hungry or cold, or but what he was MS
comfortable as If he had been in the.
capitol at Albany: and what made it
worse his horse got TO bucking. He
was an ugly beast, anyhow, and the
weather gave him the tantrums. You
see it in horses that way sometimes.
They sort of blame you for what they
suffer from the storm Inc cold and act
contrary.
'One morning while we We're start
ing out Roosevelt's horse too a notion
to buck n little and threw Roosevelt
three times. The last time the gov
ernor struck on his hand and throwed
his thumb out of joint.
You better change horses with me-,
Mr.. Roosevelt says |.
"'No, Billy, by Godfrey says he,
pulling his thumb back into joint inc
showing his teeth as big as grave
stone. I've started out to teach this
crltter who is MASTER says he, and
I'm not n man to throw up Il good job
says hc.'-ChicagO Record.
, 1900-08-23

New York, Aug. 19.-The Social
Democratic party received a letter to-
day from Alvin HUSTLER, secretary of
the Federation Libre, n central labor
body Of San Juan, Porto Rico, asking
for aid on behalf of u number of strike
leaders who were arrested there.
The letter stated that the cigarmak-
ers, painters, carpenters and bricklay-
ers were on a strike in San Juan, and
the strike was beginning to spread
over the whole STAND. In all, twenty
strike leaders were arrested.
The subject was brought up at to-
days meeting of the Central Federated
Union, where the letter was read. and
1t was decided to send a contribution
to the Porto Rico strikers and also to
ask President Mckinley to act in the
matter.
, 1900-08-23

Washington, Aug. 19.-With cheers
for Cuba, the United States, President
Mckinley and their hosts. the people
of the District of Columbia, the LOO
Cuban school teachers left the city at l
o'clock this afternoon for New York.
After spending the greater portion of
the week there and in Philadelphia.
the entire party will embark on rams
ports for Havana.
After an early breakfast most of
them attended Il solemn requiem mass
AT st. Patrick's Church. After church
they returned to the hotels. where they
were grouped in squads and taken to
the capitol. arriving there about 10
o'clock. They building was thrown
open to the visitors and detachment of
guards was an hand to escort them.
They were shown through the Senate
and House chambers, the statuary hall,
the rotunda. the Supreme Court cham
Der and then ushered TO the west front
and afforded n view of the city and the
Washington monument. Coming back
to their hotels. they remained for a
short while and hen boarding the elec-
tric cars went to the railroad station,
where their special trains awaited
them to carry the party to New York.
A large crowd of Washington people
were at the depot to see the visitors off
, 1900-08-23

Pretoria, Aug. 10.-Lord Roberts
proclamation reciting the fact that
many have broken the oath to main
tain neutrality and that the ~leniency
extended to the burghers is not appre-
eiated. warns all who break their
oaths In the future that they Will be
punished by death. imprisonment or
fine. He declares that all burghers In
districts occupied by the British. ex-
cept those who take the oath, will be
regarded AS prisoners Of war and
transported, and that buildings on
farms where the enemy or his scouts
are harbored will be liable to he RACED.
, 1900-08-23

Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 1S.-The ver-
dict of the jury in the case of Secretary
of State Caleb Powers. charged with
being an accessory before the fact to
the murder of William Goebel. was:
I'VE find the defendant guilty, and fix
his punishment mt confinement in the
penitentiary for the rest of his nat
ural life"
The jury retired at 1:32 p. IN. and
returned its verdict at 2:25 o'clock, be-
ing out only fi%fty-three minutes. Juror
Craig stated afterward that the verdict
could have been returned even SOON
err but considerable time was taken
up reading the Instructions.
The vote in favor of a life sentence
was unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief was
general that 1t would no agree, and
this opinion the defendant firmly held.
, 1900-08-23

Washington, Aug. 19.-The Navy De
partment has received the following
cablegram:
"Che Foo: Bureau of Navigation,
Washington.-Taku, IS. - Telegraph
line to Pekin interrupted. Information
Japanese sources Empress Dowager
detained by Prince Yungde inner city,
which being bombarded by allies.
Chaffee reports entered legation
grounds evening 18th. Eight wounded
during days fighting. Otherwise all
well.
Washington, Aug. 19.-The Wal De-
partment has received the following
dispatch:
"Che Foo. Aug. 19.-Pekin. Aug. 10.
We entered legation grounds at 8
o'clock last night with Fourteenth and
, 1900-08-23
Klondlke in American Land.

Vancouver. b, c., Aug. l0.-The
steamer Clutch arrived this afternoon
from Skagway. She brings news of
the drowning of W mounted police
men, Corporal Johnson and Policeman
O'Brien, on lake Tagish August 18th.
The recent earthquakes felt nj Skag-
way Were felt all the way down the
Yukon to Dawson.
Hon. Richard Mansfield White. an
explorer from New York. makes the
claim in nm interview mt Skagway,
that according to the old russian Brit.
ish-United States treaties. the whole
of the Yukon valley and the Klondike
, 1900-08-23

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has decided that a bicycle is not a car
riage." and that the cities and towns
are not legally required to keep their
roads In such a state of repair and
smoothness that bicycles may pass
over them in safety. A bicycle rider
was hurt near Danvers because of n
depression in the road A suit followed.
and the plaintiff was awarded ss5 dam
ages. The Supreme Court has amulet
the verdict.
, 1900-08-23

The four men placed before the
country by the two great political par
ties are exceptionally well known. One
of them is now the President, another
was four years g his chief competi-
tor for that office, a third was for four
years Vice-President, and the fourth
probably the ~best-known governor of a
state in the land. The country has
four months in which to think them
ever, weigh their characters, qualities
and tendencies. and make up its mind.
, 1900-08-23

Paris, Aug. 1.-THE preliminary con,
tests in the exhibition of fire apparatus
came OH this afternoon at Nincennes.
some 1000, representing all the nations.
participating. The American rcpresen.
tativcs, Chief George &. Hale of Kan.
sas City and the men OF that city's fire
brigade, caused great wOuderment by
their quick Harvesting and running.
They reviewed an ovation. and by com,
mon consent We're assigned first place.
The contests will be continued to-mor-
row.
, 1900-08-23

London. Aug. 19.-The eyes of the
world, which have been fixed hitherto
on Pekin, are turning to Shanghai,
where an imbroglio resulting from the
jealousy and suspicion of the powers
will possibly shortly assume n serious
aspect.
The British landed Guerkas and Bonn.
bay regiments Friday, and France Is
hurrying LOO troops thither. some of
whom are reported to have arrived al
ready.
The situation in the valley of the
Yang Use Kiang AT WI Chang is Sc
rious. Chang Chi lungs troops mu-
tinted, but the outbreak was quelled.
, 1900-08-23

London, Aug. 2O.-"General erode
koff," says the ST. Petersburg CORE
spondent of the Times, "telegraphs II
remarkable fact, which must lie taken
ms a p~remonitory notice of what is
to follow. The Russians have now con
quered the right bank of the Amur,
which IL, therefore, no longer the from
tier. but an internal river of the Rus
sian empire.n
, 1900-08-23

For years the male residents OF
Healdsburg, Cal, talked of certain i'm
provements the town needed. Moth
ing came of the talk. and then the
women took the matter up and formed
a Ladies' Improvement Club. This or
ganization has transformed the place,
having by its active influence and or
ganized labors procured for the town
n municipal water system. a municipal
electric light plant, comfortable seat,
in the plaza, an ineligible name sys-
tenn for h streets, sign boards with
street names at all corners and a
drinking fountain costing 5000. These
improvements were brought about
without increasing taxes. except for
the We purposes first named.
, 1900-08-23

The extraordinary c-arelessuess OF
parents in leaving dangerous drugs
within reach of children is in marked
contrast with governmental supcryi-
sion over druggists and physicians. a
few weeks ago a man bought some
chloroform with which to kill a dog.
and while waiting to use it. p
the bottle in a cloth and tucked 1t into
a w~ork-basket. Two little children
found II, presumably fancied it a sick
doll. and took 1t to bed with them. In
the morning the child clasping the un-
corked bottle vas found dead; the
other unconscious, past recovery. 50
bitter an experience emphasizes the
oft-repeated and oft-forgotten warning
that the first essential for the family
medicine-chest is n lock and key.
, 1900-08-23

Among many entertaining tricks dis
played by a well known dog in Evans
ton. Ill. was the ability to smoke ciga-
rettes. His master had taught him
this habit, and master and Chute. as
the dog was called. were often seen pa
rading the streets, each smoking a ci-
garette. Lately the dog became mad
and bit every other dog 1t met.
, 1900-08-23

The larynx of a man in Sydney, Aus
'tralia. became useless through disease,
and he lost his voice. Professor
Stuart, of the University of Sydney Is
said to have made an artificial one,
and 1t car be 81 regulated as to make
the voice soprano. tenor, contralto or
bass at will.
, 1900-08-23
SARATOGA SUN.
SARATOGA. WYOMING.

H q. So~llenberger, tn. head of a
faith cure orphanage IL Philadelphia,
has been held by a coroner's jury for
the death of a 7-months-old child who
died under his charge without medical
Iattentton.
, 1900-08-23

Admiral Philips death awakened
tender recollections OF the man who.
two a ago, OFF Santiago. hushed
the cheers Of his victorious crew. eN-
hitting in the defeat Of their Spanish
enemies, by raising a silencing hand
with the words. Don't cheer. boys,
Tho poor fellows are DYING" and who
Teverentiy barred his head in the hour
OF triumph TO make acknowledgment
of his belief in Almighty God. His
countrymen loved and honored him.
and in his death they suffer a personal
bereavement.
, 1900-08-23
FOREIGN TROOPS ATTACK
INNER CITY OF PEKIN.

light battery. Eight wounded during
days fighting. Otherwise all well.
"CHAFFEE."
War Department officials think the
date Pekin, August 18th, is an error In.
transmission. They believe 1t should
be August 10th, as all previous re-
ports indicated that Pekin was cap.
tured on the 18th instant.
London, Aug. 10, 4:Ep a. m.-Renr
Admiral Bruce cables to he admiralty
from Che Foo, August 10Th, as follows:
Am informed on the authority of the
japanese that street fighting SILL con-
tinues in Pekin, part Of which is on
fire.
"Yung Lu prevented the Empress
from leaving and n last stand is now
being made in the inner city. which is
surrounded by the allies and being
bombarded.''
, 1900-08-23

a terrible forest fire Is raging in the
heavy timber In Estes park. northwest
of Longs peak, between the peak and
what is known MS Sprague's ranch, or
Willow park.
, 1900-08-23

One of the charges which the Chi
nese make against the foreign devils
is that they dig up the soil and there
by release evil spirits which prey upon
m life, 1t Is true that much NOR
tally followed the founding of the
English settlement at Hongkong, and
deaths lave been frequent since the
digging in and around the new Ger
man town of Tsing-tan. A writer in
the Forum offers the explanation.
which the Chinese are too supersti-
tious to accept. The soil in both places
is d~isintegrated granite. and has been
10 long occupied by a dense population
that, except where it is frequently
nerated by agriculture, 1t is reeking
with disease germs. The evil spir-
its released by the spade are bacteria.
, 1900-08-23

should be in the United States terri
tory.
There is n water famine in the Klon-
dixie that may seriously affect the out
put of gold.
, 1900-08-23
Bishop walsham How. the HYMN

Bishop Walsham How. the hymn
writer, once induced n workingman to
attend church. Asked afterward how
he liked 1t the parishioner replied:
Il learned one thing. | learned that
Sodom and Gomorrah were places. |
always thought they were husband
n wife" Lawyers affirm that the
cases which. beget the most hatred
and ~viturperation and are most diff
cult to settle are those between near
kindred. Moreover, the differences
are largely OF the trihing and imagi-
nary kind which better information
would have prevented. The plan of
searching the Scriptures has lost none
of its potency. Not i~nfrequently. the
ages through, has it settled more per
sonal enigmas than the identity OF
Sodom and Gomorrah.
, 1900-08-23

Jewish charities. the Baron de
Hirsch Fund, for instance, are notably
well managed, better managed than
those of any other denomination" as
certs the American lsraelite. which
goes on to explain the reason. 1t Is
because the very best men and women
of the Jewish faith are willing to give
their time to the work. without recon-
pense. We would not dlsparage the
paid employees OF other charities nor
the people who pay them; but it is un-
qu~estionably true that the ideal phil
anthropy is that which engages the
person as well as the purse.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-14
Whether Telegram Sent to Frank
Nye Was LibeIOus.


Nye Was LibeLOus.
Judge Lochren yesterday afternoon de-
MED the motion of the Western Union
Telegraph company that the court direct
a verdict for the defendant in the case of
Frank M. Nye against the Western Union
Telegraph company for $4,000 damages
for alleged libel. In giving his decision
denying the motion the court said in
substance:
The defendant, a public service corpor-
alton, is compelled to send all messages
which are given to it, but it is not obliged
to send messages which are, on their face,
libelous. In the consideration of the case,
the kilograms are not to be construed as
they would be in an action brought
against the sender of the messages.
The telegraph company being RESPONSE
BILE for the transmission of the messages,
If 1T must be considered that the en-
ployes Of the company are ordinarily in
telligent. and if person of ordinary in
telligence would consider the kilograms
libelous, the case should go to the jury.
The court thought the second message
should properly go to the jury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-14
DIR. DA COSTA SAYS CATHOLIC
CHURCH ALONE STANDS FOR
THE HOMES SANCTITY
WHY HE CHANGED CHURCHES
Former Episcopal Divine Told a
Large Audience at the Lyceum
Theater Last Night the
Reasons.
NLOEE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE.
~ 80 WASHINGTON Az SOUTH

DR.. Benjamin F. Da Costa, OF New
church caused somewhat of a sensation
in religious circles last fall told an au-
dience which completely filed the
Lyceum theater last evening why he was
a Catholic. He was introduced by Father
Danehy, of st. Paul seminary, who spoke
of him as one who had led a studious,
laborous and sanity life in New York,
whose name was synonymous with devo-
ton to the cause of Jesus Christ.
The Protestant church." he declared
was a "house divided against ITSELF 1872
times. 1t had 1872 conflicting answers to
offer for that most important of all ques-
uons-"What must We do to be saved?"
Some said in reply, Let US do some
thing" others, everything; still others,
nothing.
IF you should go out tomorrow" he
said, land ask twenty Protestant preach
ers what is the meaning OF the words,
this is my body you would get. twenty
different answers, each of which would
be entirely different and wholly irrecon-
cilable with the others, and with a warn
ing from each that the other nineteen
were wrong. What place is there in the
Protestant church, where such a condf-
ton obtains, for any sane man or woman
who believes he or she has soul to
save?"
Philosophy has been shaping thought
in connection with matter and space and
the Catholic church is now shown to be
grounded upon a sound and natural
philosophy. There is no conflict between
Rome and reason.
HE looked upon the objections TO
MISREPRESENTATION and infallibility in
the Catholic church as trivial. They were
fixed and lasting things. A church must
have head. If worth anything it must
be infallible. 1t must be an authoritative
church. Only the morals of the Catholic
church can stem the awful tide of vice
which has set in as result of protestant
disregard Of the sacred institution of
matrimony, which has made possible the
annuilment of 32S,000 marriages in the
United States during the last three wears.
Through the Catholic church the family
will again be made secure and newer
and higher morality will prevail The
Catholic church must be enshrined in
every home, in every town, in every
county in this country until the loath-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-14
SAFE WAS TAMPERED WITH.
Evidence Secured to Show Hitch
cock Bank Was Robbed and Firea

II.
HURON, S. D., March 13-(Special.)-
AS was expected, the investigation now
being made concerning the loss of $12. 900
which was in the vault at the time Of
the Hitchcock bank fire, Is yielding SEN
sational features 1t was established to-
day by the evidence of firemen and citi-
zens who were at the scene OF the fire
early that the back door of the bank was
found open at that time. 1t is also known
that when the outer doors of the vault
were opened in the presence of bank Of
ficials 1t was discovered the inside doors
were open, indicating clearly that the
vault had been opened during the few
hours of the night preceding the discov-
cry of the fire.
1t has also been discovered that there
were several strangers lettering about the
town during the day preceding the night
of the fire, and enough knowledge of
them Is In possession of the officials to
cast suspicion upon them.
Of the money that was known to have
been left in the safe at the close of bust
ness Friday, $1,000 belonged to the de-
poSitors of the bank and 81 500 belonged
to Ethereal Wilson. He is amply able to
make good the loss and will resume the
business of the bank in few days. Many
believe the robbery of the bank was the
work of experts, and it is thought suffi-
cient evidence has been secured to obtain
warrants for the arrest of the robbers.