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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
THE GAME OF Ii HUNG CHANG
Is GIVING RISE 10 MANY RUMoHs
JUST NOW.
,dor Times Thinks He Has Taken
Lessons from the suhhme
Porte in Gaining Time.

London. July 24.-Rumor dreuIates
orlsksy around the personality Of Ii
Hung Chang. He is credited with a mis-
sion to offer 10 cede to the allied powers
two provinces as indemnity for the Pekin
cutrages and also 10 offer to restore
order and give facilities for trade with
the outside world on condition Of the
surrender OF kGeo Uhou, W Ell Hai Wei, and
lManchria by the powers and the with
dramal of all missionaries. Lutte at
tertlon. however. need be paid to these
rumors,
In a message from Shanghai it is as
serted that Ii Hung Chang avows tnat
the object OF his journey is to place the
reguler Chinese army in line with the
allied troops for the suppression OF The
Boxers.
The Times edltorlaly suggests that Ii
Hung Chang is laying the old game Of the
sublime porte by putting down proposals
" h!ch appear in different degrees and
and ways by different powers. 1t says;
president Mckinley has been asked TO
mediate and the request is facilitated by
tie care which has been taken in Wash
ington not to commit the Unted States
20 any very thorough going policy"
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to entertain openly any distrust OF the
accuracy OF the statements of the other.
There must be confidence between Them.
The United States does not go to the
length OF the French answer to a similar
appeal in laying conditions which the
Chinese government sonl6 not meet, even
II so disposed. and where it Is actually
struggling for existence.
The Chinese appeal came to Secretary
Hay yesterday through Minister WI. The
secretary promptly telegraphed 1t to the
president at Canton. and after taking
full day for it's consideration, the piesl-
dents answer came today. Il was put IN
the proper diplomatic form ana copy
delivered to Minister WI. who Is to Tor
ward 1t to his own government
The imperinl edict made public today at
the state department shows that the I'M
marital government has already taken the
FIRST step toward doing what the unlteu
states require as the principal oonai'ioh
OF the exercise o, It's good offices IN en-
to,n,ns the vlceroys, magistrates and lead
iny men to stop the disorders and protect
| foreigners Our government Will await
the result of this before proceeding fur
Their.
1t is expected that the adverse criticism
upon the action of the state department
in this matter will he heard from Europe
where the governments are acting upon
the beliet that all the foreign ministers
in Pekln have persisted, but our govern
ment. nevertheless. regards les course as
the correct one. All the European so'-
ernments have taken the stand ABOVE in-
a,cated. The answers to Secretary Hay
note regarding the Conger message nave
come and all OF them, in terms polite ana
automatic, express utter incrednhty IN
the authenticity of the Conger message
Consul General Goodnow, himself mS'
of good Judgment also cabled a warning
To secretary Hay against the acceptance
NJ the message without confirmation
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
A. The degree of responsibility resting

4. The degree OF responsibility resting
on the legitimate Chinese government
5. The mutual estimate Of injuries re-
ceived by this country and the other
governments injured.
There has been nothing since July )
to change the policy of the United States,
as outlined to the powers in note issued
that day by Secretary Hay. If he an
swers Chinas request for mediation the
president will declare a policy OF friend
ship for China, but will assert that re-
sponsibility for the Pekin outrages must
be located The existing conditions in
the Chinese capital will be characterized
as anarchy and he will announce his pun
pose: To re-establish communication
with Pekin; rescuing all imperiled Amer
leans: protection will be given American
interests; cooperating with the other
IVNtTS, ne viii dlu III PiNNtHN4uE d hpACNu
of anarchy to other provinces in the en-
pire and a repetition OF the disaster at
Pekin; securing permanent peace and
safety to China; preserve equal trade
privileges for all nations and maintain
Chinas territorial and Administrative
entity
These are the things that Minister WI
heard today when he went to the ofhce OF
the secretary of state to ask concerning
mediation.
1t is known that an answer is entirely
consistent with the statement Of prin-
ctples laid down by Secretary Hay in his
identical note to the powers, and more
over, 1t accepts as truthful the Chinese
statements relative TO the safety of the
foreign ministers at Pekin.
1t would not of course, be possible TO
take even the initial steps toward media i
ton were either party to the negotiations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
TRAVELLING MEN ARE DEMOCRATS.
They viii Vote the Ticket as blow
to the Trusts.

to the Trusts.
Lincoln Neb. July 23.-Mr. BRYAN had a.
visitors TODAY General James b. Weaver OF
Iowa Louis C. Ehret of Colorado Springs
cello. ard John Pitts of Cincinnati. Mr..
Pitts is secretary of the National Democratic
Travellers league. End he claims many ac-
ceysons TO the ranks of the organization
He ted Mr. BRYAN that the trust question
VAS the oll-important one and on that issue
bs would make great gains. He said the
democratic travelling men proposed to es-
tatllsh headquarters in every city OF i'm
porance In the country.
Mr. Ehret who is the Colorado member Of
the enu-imporialistc league. lola Of 40
rroeress being made in the West He said
that while he voted with the gold democrats
four years ago he was for Mr. Bryan now,
General Weaver is on his wav home from
Idaho where he had attended thu fus OIL
state conventions,
story circulated here TODAY, though not
credited 10 Mr. BRYAN or his visitors. is
that Charles A. Towne will remain on the
ticket as populist candidate for vice pre'l-
dent for the good it will do in Nebraska
and Kansas Mr.. Towne's letter of with
drawal. which is past due will he held back
A conference. the report says will be held
IN Chicago early in August.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
WI HAS A DRAMATIC PLAN
PROPOSES TO DELIVER CoNGER
INTO REMEY's HANDS.
Said that the state Departments
Confidence in the Conger Dispatch
Has Been Increased.
Especial to The Post.)

New York, July 23.-The Press has a
special from Washington which says: Min
lister WI places such confidence in the
genulneness of Mr.. Conger's dAsNtch and
such faith that the Chinese government
is protecting the foreign ministers in Pc
kin that he has agreed to try another plea
10 demonstrate absolutely TO this govern
ment that the American minister is alive.
This plan is startling in its conception,
and If IL is carried out will present the
most dramatic episode of this most dra-
matte situation,
1t is nothing short OF delivering Min
lister Conger into the hands of Admiral
Remey at Taku, that he may in his own
person speak for the integrity of the Inn
perial government and tell the world the
truth regarding the situation in Pekin.
The state department has ben SO won
over that It now has confidence in Minis
ter WI and his friends that they can ac-
complish what ordinarily appears to be
the impossible.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
The Prayer Will Be Granted Only Upon
Certain Conditions.
THESE ARE FIVE IN NUMBER.
Authenticity of the Request Must First
Be Fully Established.
FREE COMMUNICATION WITH CONCER
And ibe European Ministers viii Be the
Second Demand.
ORDER MUST BE RESTORED IN THE EMPIRE
And Guarantee Given for the Pro-
lection of the Interests of the
Allied Powers.
RIDER MUST Be RESTORED IN THE EMPIRE
Especial to The Post.)

Washington, July 2S.-Minister WI.
claiming to represent the imperial govern
ment of China. has presented to the state
department an edict praying the inter-
vention of the United States between
China and the powers of Europe. 1t is
expected that this edict Will be made
public tomorrow together with the state
ment of the terms upon which the United
States will undertake mediation. The
president is willing to take upon himself
the office asked II the Chinese govern
ment. through Minister WI. will eetan-
lish the following FIVE facts:
/ That the request for mediation is
authentic.
2. That Minister Conger and his party
are alive and that there is free commun-
tcation between him and his government,
as we'll as between representatives OF
the allied powers and their accredited
governments and
3. That order is restored and the allied
interest adequately protected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
A CHINESE STATEMENT.
Those in Authority Have Been Commanded to Pro-
tect the Foreigners.
profound Aonhnent Expressed at the Murder of the German
Minister the Japanese Secretary of legation
Punishment of the Murderers is Promised

Washington, July 23.-The state depart
ment makes public the following text OF
an edict delivered today by Minister WI
to Secretary Hay. This is the edict re-
ferred to by United States Consul Fowler
Of Chez Foo in his message received here
yesterday
IAN imperial edict Issued on the rrst
day of the sixth moon Gully 10. Trans
mttted by the viceroy. Liu Kun Ylh- on
July 90, and received by Minister Wu on
July q at 7 O'Clock.
The present conflict between China and
the foreign powers had lis origin in the
long standing antagouism between the
people and Christian missionaries The
subsequent fall of the Taku forts pre-
cipitated the meeting Of force with force.
The imperial government, having due re-
gard to the Importance of international
lptercourse. still refused to go SO far as
to interrupt TIE existing relations. We
have repeatedly issued DEGREES providing
for the protection of the foreign legations
and also commanding the provincial au-
thorties to protect missionaries. has
much as there is still no cessation in the
employment f force, foreign merchants
and subjects residing in China, who form
a numerous body in me country. should
be protected without distinction, We
hereby command all the Tartar generals.
governors general and governors OF prov
inces to look after the foreign merchants
and missionaries living in the open ports,
procedures departments and districts I'M
der their respective jurisdiction, and to
afford them due protection in accordance
with the treaty stipusations, without fail.
Last month we heard with profound as
constituent and regret of the killiHg Of
the chancellor OF the Japanese legation.
Mr. Akira. and the same fate befell the
German minister shortly afterwards. The
violent removal of the German minister
whose residence at the capital was neces-
sary to the transaction of business be-
tween the two countries. affected us very
deeply 1t is the dNy OF the authorities
concerned to cause stringent orders for
the speedy arrest and punishment of she
murderers TO be carried out Since the
commencement of the attack on Ilen ism
there are foreign subjects ana mission
aries who have, owing to local disturb
ances. suffered death or loss of property,
through no fault OF their own, We hereby
command the governor Of Pekin and the
ylceroy Of Chi Ii to cause Investigations
10 be made by their respective subordi-
mates Of all such GLAZING, except those arts
irg directly from the said attack. with a
| view to their ultimate settlement More
over, local outlaws and rebelious sub
jects have OF late given themselves up
to burning, killing and plunderirg, to the
great disquie,, of our loyal subjects. This
Is In utter defiance of law. We hereby
command the said governors general and
commanders of our forces to investigate
the situation and TO take such measures
for the punishment of tho offenders and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
The United States Is Hurrying Men
and Munitions to China.

Washington, July 2S.-The war depart
ment is considering the advisab!lity Of
sending the Hancock. which sails from
San Francisco July 2s with four batteries
OF artillery and 500 marines, direct TO
Taku instead Of 10 Nagasaki. These
troops were to have gone on the Meade,
which sails August l, but it has bein
decided, owing TO the urgent necessity
of getting reinforeements to China, TO
have the Hancock make special trip.
She will carry stores and provisions only
for the troops in China. The Meade on
the lat proximo, will take one battalion
of the Fourteenth Infantry one squadron
of the Third cavalry and one company OF
engineers from West Point. IN all III
men and sixty officers. The Daronpe,
carrying two squadrons Of The FRS cav
airy and 100 recruits. thirty-tve officers
ard $50 men, will sail fr,m Seattle me
same day for n gasski. The place OF the
Hancock, which was originally 20 sail
August Is, will be taken by the warren.
II she arrives in San Francisco in time.
She will take out two squadrons OF the
Ninth cavalry and recruits, In all forty
two offers and 1912 men.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

restraint of others as the necessities Of thd
case demand. We command this. our gen.
eral edict. to be made known for the in
formation OF all 1t may concern. Respect
this"
A significant statement IN the edtot ia
noted in that paragraph which dirscts an
investigation of all claims. except those
arising directly from the said attack tat
tack on Tlen Tsin). with view to their
ultimate settlement"
/ This appears to make plain. not only
that the Chinese government will settle
claims for actual loss but that 1t has now
formally decreed an exception to the
claims arising directly from tho attack
on Tien Tsin. It seems to indicate that
the Chinese government holds that the
attack on Tien Tsin was unwarranted.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
YELLOW FEVER AMONG SOLDIERS.
Nine Deaths This Month and Eleven
Cnses Under TREATMENT.

tnscE Under |TreiNDlent.
Havana July 22.--Yellow fever has broken
out in the barracks Of the Seventh United
States cavalry and the First United States
infantry in Pinar del Rio There have been
nine deltbs during the present month and
eleven cases are now under treatment in the
hospitals. Today General Lee ordered the
camp moved three miles into the country and
quarantine will be strictly enforced Tho
chief surgeon has received orders to inve I'll
gate the cause Of the outbreak and special
preparation is being made for a thoroush
disinfection before the FIRST infantry EMBARK
for the United States
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
TISSUE OF FALsEHOoDs.
That Is What Admiral Dewey Called
AIejsndrino's Letter.

Washington, July 2S.--The letter re-
ceived by Senator Pettigrew from one Of
Aguinaldo's generals. Alejlndrino. con-
tanning an alleged account OF an inter-
View between himself and Admiral Dewey
on board the Olympia in the bay a Hong
Kong in April. 1898, IN which 1t Is eaid
Admiral Dewey promised independence TO
the Filipinos, was shown TO the admiral
today by an Associated Iress representa-
tive. The admiral characterized II as "a
tissue of falsehoods." He decilEed It alb
surd on its face.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
A DISPATCH FROM GOODNOw
uE SAWS PRINCE TUAN WIRES Fuh-
EIGNERs WE'RE SAFE JULY IL.
,t,n,st.r wu Snid He Could OGer Ma
Explanation; Has No Fnith IN
Dispatches from shanghai

Washington. July 2S.-The state depart
ment has made public the following;
THE state department has received
dispatch from Consul General Goodnow at
Shanghai, dated today, saying that Prince
Tuan wires that an officer Of the tsung II
yamen saw all the ministers on the 18th;
that none were jured and that no at
lack was at that time being made, He
does not say to whom the dispatch of
Prince Tuan was addressed and it is to
certain extent at variance with the dis
patch Of Mr.. Conger of that date describ-
ing the legation as being under fire at that
time"
The above was shown to Minister WI
He said he had no explanation, but said
he placed no dependence in any OF the
Shanghai dispatches. He advanced the
theory that Prince Tuan, after all, might
not belong to the Boxers, gut might DO
supporting the government.
The Goodnow cablegram, reciting the
message from Prince Tuan as vouchng
for he safety OF the foreign ministers on
July is, caused ripple of excitement for
time at the state department but the
officials soon concluded from the context
and other circumstances surrounding the
message that Yuan was meant instead OF
Tuan, so that the message lost the value
It would have had il it had come from tina
redoubtable Boxer leader.
! London, July a. 4 a. m.-The Chinese
minister Sir Chin Lob Feng Luh, has
communicated to the press the following
dispatch from sheng director of Chinese
telegraphs and taotai Of Shanghai. dated
Shanghai, July 20:
Information from Pekin. dated July rs,
says that the tsung Il yamen deputed Won
I Jul. an under secretary Of me department.
to see the foreign ministers, and he found
every one we'll, without any missing, the
German minister excepted.
"All will be sen. under escort to Ten
Tsin in the hope that military operations
will then b. stopped
4 Two urgent dspa tches were addressed
yesterday ~ the Chinese minister to the
Pekin government and the Pekin tele-
graphs, strongly pointing out The neeessi-
ty Of establishing communication. Until
such proofs are secured, no one Is inclined
} 10 alter the opinion that the Chinese are
merely juggling 10 gain time.
London. July 2s.--lO:3o p. m. sir Halli-
! dow Naccartny. counsellor and English
secretary to the Chinese legation Lon
lIeeations we're safe, and about 70 proceed
to Tien Tsin
Paris. July 2s-M. Del Case m'rister
OF foreign affairs, has received a message
from the French consul at Chez Foo dated
July 21. saying: 1.-THE governor informs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
CHINA IS PRAYING FOR MEDIATION

tspeciel to The Post.)


Europe
ell gradually
confidence authenticity the
the hand
full Of Americans Pekn regarde the allies viii be mate
alive
o
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
A Chinese Official Says that They
Were All Slaughtered.
Only Four Hundred of Them Were Left
on the Fourth of July.
Known That all Legationers and Foreigners Were
Finished, Although Pretended kilograms
Contradict These Facts

London July "a ma
containing following pas
AT
and the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

Brussels, July 29.-In reply to the de-
mand of the Belgian govinmeot, he
charge a'affairs says be has telegraphed
indirectly to the tsung Ii yamen with
view of placing the Belgian minister at
Pekin. Baron De Vinck, in communica-
tinu with Belgium.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
RpDIrcpD no 400 MEN,

Berlin July pa dispatch form raku.
July 20. says the German force az Ten
Tsin has been reduced to 400 men.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

me that. according to reliable news rom
Pekin, ali the foreign ministers are sal'
and the government is taxing all neces-
sary steps to deliver EAd protest thein
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

Paris. July 2s.-M. psl Case, m'rister
81 foreign affairs, has received message
from the French consul at Chez Foo dated
July 21. saying: 1.-THE governor informs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

London. July 2s.--lo;3o p, m. sis Halli-
day Maccartny, counsellor and English
secretary to the Chinese legation Lon
don. asserted this evening that tie PeSin
legations we're safe, and about 70 proceed
TO Tien Tsin
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
POWER OF MONEY.

II is an old saying that money
makes money" The fact explains the
anxiety OF the capitalists TO have con
gress TO pass the gold bill, which will
strengthen immensely the money pow
er. People generally do not under
stand the method by which money is
employed to make money, aud, there
fore the following explanation of the
process by Prof. Eli Bemis, will prove
enlightening. Referring to the $685.
OOO,o squeeze" in stock values on
Wall street, Prof Bem's says
The explanation is simple. A few
Of our richest men could not buy valu-
able properties At their own terms un-
till the owners were cramped. One
case known TO the writer will illus
tratc how IL is done. The owner OF
some mining stock, whom we will call
A, refused 70 sell for 5000 a share,
since div dends at $40 have recently
been earned and paid A is worth
several million dollars, but like the
average man Of means, had placed his
stock at the banks as collateral for
loans 10 sustain other enterprises.
Suddenly A is informed that far
richer man or syndicate OF men, whom
we will call B, has also considerable
of this mining stock, but unless it can
secure As interest Immediately for
5000 IL will offer its own shares the
next morning for SlOO so as to scare
the holders OF AS collateral. and force
him into bankruptcy IL unable TO in
stantly redeem his loans IN cash. A
naturally sells, and a certain giaot
monopoly, we'll known In America, has
won, but not before lts preliminary
shaking OF the plum tree has suffici-
emily frightened investors to set inter
est soaring"
Imagine the po Ser delegated to the
CITY National Bank of New York by
the secretary Of the United States
treasury wheR he deposited in IL sl4.
900, 600, and that is but drop in the
bucket compared to the results which
will follow the passage OF the gold
| bill.
Prices OF stocks will then be forced
up aud down at the will Of the banks
( which will form a great trust, and the
fact that money makes money" will
be followed by the demonstration that
the holders OF money will be absolute
distators Ia the world of bus ness.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
L .ouIsrIc PRopIolEs.
Learned Men who Master Fifty Differ
ent Tongues.

Learned Men who Master Fifty Differ
ent Tongues.
When one considers the difficulty OF
acquiring even "nodding acquaint-
ance" with two or three languages. it
seems almost incredible that some men
should be able to speak with all the
fluency of a native in twenty, and even
fifty, strange tongues. 1t is only few
months since DR.. Gottlieb Loitner, the
most famous linguist OF this genera
tion. died at Bonn in Germany DR..
Leitner who acted as Interpreter to an
army in the Crimean war, could speak
with equal facility in no fewer than
fifty languages; and many OF the more
abstruse eastern tongues he knew as
intimately as his native German. But
there have been phenomenal linguists
in all ages, from the far-away days OF
Mithr.dates, king OF Pontus, who could
converse with the subjects in each of
their twenty-five tongues: and from
the days of Cleopatra, who never used
an interpreter in her relations with
the worlds ambassadors. PicO della
Mirandola, a learned Italian OF the
fifteenth century, was eloquent In
twenty-five languages, and NJ. Full
gence Fresnel was familiar with TWEEN
ty, and in the seventeenth century
Nicholas Schmid, a German peasant,
translated the Lords Prayer into as
many languages as there are weeks in
a year The greatest singuist OF all
time, however, was Cardinal Mezzofan-
II, who died half a century ago. Mekzo-
fanti's lin tic range was so great
tnat he cou have conversed in a diff
ferent every week for two years
without exhausting his vocabulary. In
all he was familiar with ia languages
and dialects. and in most of them he
could speak with such accuracy and
purity of accent that he might have
been, and often was, mistaken for
native.