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New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
TIE MARTERS OF pEKLNn

They died as heroes die, and not in vain. That
IS the epitaph of the men who, If the latest
dread news be true, have perished at the lega-
tons in Peking. The details of the tragedy are
meagre. They are likely never to be much more
than meagre Yet, if confirmed they are ample
for the purpose Columns may be needed to
magnify petty occurrence into prominence A
few lines serve to illuminate the greatness
whether Of splendor or Of horror. of n great
event. 1t suttices the world to know that all
the foreigners in Peking have persisted at the
hands of a Tartar mob, having first taken ten
lives for every life they gave, and having with
the supremest sacrifice of utter herosm that
man can know, first killed with their own hands
their own wives and children to save them from
worse fate. In that last item is embodied the
climax of "aIl We know, or dream, or fear. of
agony" There are few men or women who
shall read these words who can even imagine
the state of mind in which a man must be to
slay with his own hands the wife and children
whom he loves more dearly than his own life
or that of the wife who welcomes the touch Of
the knife or the pistol muzzle as gladly as the
pressure of her husbands lips. Before the bare
reminder of such things, done by our own kirs-
men in our own day, the voice is hushed and
the heart grows cold
EulOgium is empty and passion is futile. Duty
alone remains. The deed is done past all re-
call Not all our tears nor all our wrath nor all
the remOrseless retribution that lies within our
power can mitigate one moment of that agony
or summon again to life one member of that
martyr band. The one thing that can be done,
that happily is always within the compass of
our powers, is to resolve-and TO put that reso-
luton into prompt and efficient practice-that
these dead shall not have died In vain" and
that because Of their martyrdom there shall
now be end of the barbarsm and the du-
plicity on the one side and Of the vacillation
and the cowardice on the other that for genera
tiOns have made the relations Of the Powers
with China reproach to the human race The
Americans in Shanghai in mass meeting assem-
bled, have just declared that "the present out
'rages are the result of the weak and vaclating
policy of the Powers in the past" Harsh as
that indictment is its truth is beyond all chal-
denge, To bully and browbeat giant empire,
to deny 1t sovereignty with one breath and to
demand of it the exercise of full sovereignty
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
PERSONAL.

The name Of Emerson H. Liscum who fell at the
head of his regiment in China, appears on the
Army Register twice in connection with the volun-
teer service. May 1861. he a corporal in
Company H. 1st Vermont Infantry and IN July
1895 he became brigadier-general in the volunteer
army.
Isaac Miller Hamilton. who is considered strong
candidate for the presidency of the National League
of Republican Clubs which will meet in St. Paul
to-day already has served president of the Ilh-
nos League of Republican Clubs, and has taken
an active part in the work of the National organi
cation since IT was started. He chairman Of
the committee which lifted the league out OF debt
Senate. Mr.. Hamilton born at Ash Grove
Iroquois County, Ill, in 1864.
Jesse Holden of Chicago, Is said to be the first
foreign born lawyer to be president of American
bar association. He was born an Englishman, but
has spent his whole active life in Illinois, and has
Just been chosen head of the Illinois Bar Associ-
alton.
When General Diaz learned of his reelection as
President of Mexico. he said: Il must repeat what
l said some months ago. that neither my age nor
my capabilities qualify 10 continue ruling the
country / am seventy years old. of which forty
three have been devoted to the active service OF
the fatherland. AS my capabilities. l reafirm
my previous opinion. and / only add that l will
not withhold from my fatherland my closing years,
begrudged to her the unstnted services of my
tbe M
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The qualifications of some men who hold public
office in Bucks County, Penn. not considered.
Judging from several amusing returns made.
Among the of DEATH for example reported
to the clerk of the Orphans Court hart
parlias," "parallya" hart trube," ''newmonia, q"
'quinze," "hooping cough" and 'tpmer." Another
person was reported as having died OF 'live Gu
plat" which was translated into meaning liver
complaint" Another man is reported to have died
OF fusion Of the brain"
one Quite Enough.--'I don't see how any sane
man want more than wife" he said as he
finished reading the news from Turkey.
Yes, Is quite enough. isn't It, dear?" she
returned The human heart IS not large enough
for more than one, and then poysamy always
seems TO me 10 so cheaper women, TOO
i wasn't thinking OF that he answered. What
bothcrs me is how any man go to work DELHI
erately 10 accumulate troubles-to make collec-
ton, as you might say.'-(Chicago Post,
The unusual spectacle of a dog spread at full
length upon cake OF ice attracted a full share of
attention on Eleventh-st- yesterday. says The
Philadelphia Record" The ice had been left be-
fore store door early in the morning. The dog
waddled lanGuidly up the street the sorriest vic
tim of heat to he seen in a days tramp. He looked
at the ice, came nearer shifted II In evident en-
1oyment then in raptures of delight his tongue
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

with the next. to convince IL that II has no
rights that others are bound to respect and at
the same time to ask 1t to respect all the rights
of others, to arm multtudinous savagery with
the lethal enginery of the most advanced CIV
ization, and finally to ignore that empires S
rising choer, or to observe 1t only to irritate 1t
and aggravate it without making any reason
able preparations to deal with it-what policy
could be more mischevously mad?
If any could be worse. it would be for the
Powers now TO lose their heads in passion and
to rush headong into wild war of ndiscrim-
mate revenge. The fact that hosts of Chinese
including an Imperial Prince shed their blood
in gallant though unsuccessful attempts to sue
cor and to defend the beleaguered foreigners
stands out as surely as the fact of massacre. 1t
reminds us that there is a large part, probably
a majority of the people of China not in SYM
pathy with the Boxers and not hostile to fer
eigners but earnestly desirous of the enlight-
enment of their country and Of it's elevation TO
the highest standard of civilization, 1t would
be both blunder and a crime of immeasurable
magnitude to wage war against them indis-
crimnatey Against Prince Tuan and his fol
lowers the most inexOrable vengeance may well
be sent, and in that work may be sure the
United States will not lag behind. 1t may be
that the whole Tartar dynasty will have TO be
swept away, and perhaps the site Of its capital
made desolate the mid-Sahara But for the
sake of these martyrs it should be done not in
a fit of vengeful passion but with the irresist-
ible lmpressiveness Of the orderly and majestic
processes of that higher and more awful prin-
ciple than vengeance, justice. And if at last,
after weary years Of cruelty and duplcity and
intrigue and every imaginable wrong, pure.
simple justice shall be enthroned in China, then
in truth the martyrs of Peking will not have
died in vain.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
THE BONDS OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. !

THE BONDS OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
The fear has been expressed thousand times
since the Chinese uprising imposed upon the
great Powers the task in which they are now
engaged that so soon as order has been restored
and life and property made safe. If not before,
old iealousies will be revived among them and
a European war result Indeed, it is scarcely
too much to say that many intelligent observers
have taken it for granted that the nations OF
Christendom are almost on the verge of such a
dreadful catastrophe, and that there is little
reason to think it can be averted. But is it ut
terly irrational TO hope that, on the contrary,
new and strong desire TO preserve peace and
friendship may grow out of the lamentable con
ditions with which Europe Japan and the
United States are graphing in China? And is
it not the duty as well as the privilege Of every
statesman and of every citizen so far as his in
huence extends to crave, encourage and pro
mote great an object?
It is a familiar fact in private experience that
enemies who have been forced by circumstances
to stand together in defence of some common
interest find when the emergency has passed
that their resentments and jealousies have dis
appeared. Blood is proverbially, and truly,
thicker than water; but it is not less true that
an accidental tie formed under the stress of
necessity is often stronger than a traditional
repulson. If this is so in the case of indvid-
uals, why may it not be so in the case of ma
tons, which are collections of individuals?
Indeed history is not without examples of this
very thing, and it will be a pity and shame
if in the last year of a century which has wit
messed stupendous material advancement a
great spiritual conquest is not added 10 the rec
ords Of civilization.
There is no longer room to doubt that heroic
men and women of many nationalities have
confronted unspeakable horrors and perished
together in Peking, and know that brave
soldiers and sailors are fighting desperately
side by side under various flags against over
whelming odds at T1en-Tsin. 1t is difficult to
believe that the time will ever come when the
survivors of this great trial of fortitude and
loyalty will cease TO regard one another as broth
ers. The hope that the peoples they represent
in a strange and barbarous land will be similar
ly drawn together by the spectacle and the
memory of their united service may be as de-
ceptive as it is alluring. but it is a consolation
to cherish such q hope.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
DUTY IN CHINA AND LUzOE

For Peking read Manila. For Boxers read
Tagals. For Prince Tuan read Washington
Aguinaldo. Then let us see, in the light of the
blazing legations, what was our duty in the
Philippines according TO the fine creed of the
"Anti-ImpeTialsts," and what is our duty now
in Pe-Chi-Ii.
Upon our destruction of the Spanish feet and
abolition of Spanish sovereignty at Manila, we
told, we should have withdrawn from the
Philippines everything but our guarantee
against foreign Intervention. We should have
left the Tagals to govern themselves and the
foreigners within their gates according to their
own sweet will, and should have threatened
with our wrath and arms any Power that
ventured to interfere. When Aguinaldo's ban
dts came in TO slit the throats of all who would
not join them. and to loot and burn the city, we
should have cried to the world, Hands off,
and sent our fleet thither to maintain the right
of the Tagals to do as they pleased. That might
have involved us in war with some fncky
Power that did not like to have its people
butchered but what of that? We should have
been playing the part of another Lafayette!
That was our duty there. The reminder
makes plain our duty in the present case. The
Chinese and Tartars have the same right to gov
ern themselves as they please that the Tagals
have, or had. At present they, or the dominant
and butchering all who disagree with them in
matters of religion and clothing. Surely it is
incumbent upon us to maintain them in that
right. Instead of sending ships and men to
make them stop such practices we should with
draw entirely, save to station a fleet in the Gulf
of Pe-Chi-Ii to say to the world, Hands off,
Let the ravishing and looting and butchery at
Peking proceed. To the Boxers such conduct is
the pursuit of happiness" which. as we all
know. is an inalienable right Of Tartars as we'll
as of Tagals.
And yet we are inclined to doubt whether
even Mr.. Edward Atkinson looks at it in quite
that way. If not, why not? If we should have
allowed Tagal bandits to make hell of Manila
why not let Tartar Boxers do the same at Pc
king? And if we are to Interfere at Pekfng
and impose restraint upon the Tartars without
the consent of the governed" why were we
not justified in doing the same in Luzon?
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
Aep9lorls DaiIp Gribmtre
TUESDAY. JULY II, 1900
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A dispatch from Admiral Remey
told Of the defeat Of the allied forces in an at
IA * on Tien-Tsin on July IS: 253 of the foreign
troops We're killed and wounded. among the dean
being Colonel Liscum OF the 9th Infantry. ="
The report Of the massacre Of all the foreigners
IN Pekjng is accepted in European capitals as
true: most of the newspapers call for vengeance
the Chinese. == In the former fighting at
Tien-Tsin the allied troops were successful
the fighting = DeplorGble conditions stlll
exist in the Indian districts affected by the
famine # South African advices say that
President KRUGER will continue resistance until
his supplies are exhausted. - Many pros
fTatiOns due TO the hot weather in London were
reported. Christian Endeavor meetings
were held in London. the ReYs. Charles NJ. Shell
don and 2. Z. Clark being among the speakers
- The city Of Bocas del Toro visited by
a hurricane and afterward swept by fire. =
The Paris international athletic games ended
yesterday, Americans winning during the three
days sixteen out of the twenty-One contests
CITY-Stocks were dull and generally higher.
- a bear escaped from a cage in the Bronx
Park, and after clawng Dr. W T HOrnaday
and a labcrer, was captured and killed. -
The Board Of Education raised the salaries Of
several employees and fixed those Of the Bor-
ough and Associate Superintendents. - 1t
was said that General Greene the new president
or the Repuhllcan County Committee, desired
financial system for the committee, and
that the methods now in vogue in the State
Committee would probably be adopted ==
I. H Bailey & Co. assigned after the expulsion
Of the senior menlber. from the Consolidated
Exchange for obvious frand. ~ Winners at
MaXmus. Candleblack and Sir Christopher.
DOMESTIC.-President Mckinley left Canton
for Washington 70 confer with the members of
the Cabinet the situation in China; no de-
cision has yet been reached as to an extra ses-
sion Of Congress or call for troops. - Seven
persons were hurt by falling walls at a fire in
Chicago caused by lightning. - Fifteen lives
are known TO have been lost in a cIoudburst at
Coleman, Tex. - The trial Of Caleb Powers
on the charge Of being implicated in the murder
of Senator GOebel = Hias continued. - The
preparations were completed for the meeting Of
the National League Of Republican Clubs at ST.
Paul, when q rousing reception is TO be given to
Governor Roosevelt, who passed through Chicago
On his way thither - Curtis Guild declined
appointment First Assistant Postmaster-Gen
eral, 10 succeed Perry s. Heath. == bar
tender committed suicide by jumping into the
whirlpool at Niagara - The country home
Of Louis F. Payne. Chatham, y. Y. was
destroyed by fire. - The Grand Circuit races
began at Detroit.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day
Showers; cooler tonight. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 50 degrees; lowest "A
average, S183
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
CAPTAIN JoHN T. MYERS

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In your issue Of July $ there is notice =
Captain John T. Myers. of the United - =,
Marine Corps. He was born in Germany - "a
state bur Is OF American parentage. being ga !,
son Of the late Major General David T. IWlssS !,
the Union and Confederate armies, and a sl So
the late General \ &. Myers CommissarN -''S. -.
OF the Confederate army He is a graduate OF -
Naval Academy and appointed 10 the "a.l
Corps In lSe5 About two years ago he ma. nl,.r
Alice Cults a daughter OF the late Commas
Richard NJ Cults In the Philippines ne ac2~
the reputation OF being a fine soldier l~,,aa
The foregoing facts obtained from SsSiisnt
Myerss uncle. John ". TWisEs who Is q VS.
John T. WASHINGTON
San Francisco July II. 1890
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT GARNET
ITALIANS IN HARLEM HOLD THREE DAYS cELE-
BRATION.

The inhabitants OF that part of Harlem which Is
commonly called Little Italy have been enjoying
three days OF unusual gayety They have been
celebrating with much pomp and circumstance the
Feast OF Our Lady of Mount Carmel Yesterday
was the final day OF the festivities. Parades were
held morning and afternoon through the streets OF
Little Italy. and each disbanded In front of
the Church OF Our Lady OF Mount Carmel at No.
4I3 East OEe-hundred- land -fifteenth-st
Masses were said in the church from o'clock in
the morning and ended with a nigh al IL
o'clock. Father Dolan. the rector, was assisted by
MS six assistants and ten Carmehte priests.
In the evening, soon darkness came. a dis
play or fireworks began. At O'Clock the Italians
returned 20 the church, where they attended
vices until IL o'clock, They then went back 10
Jefferson Park and watched the fireworks display
which continued until early this morning Captain
Haughey, of the East One hundred and -fourth-st
station, said that the crowd was orderly. one
arrest having been made.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
Visitors al The Paris Exposition uHY tina

PiSfIors al The PariS Exposition lrV ind
IHE lRlBUNE oil sale Nth NJ Louis VnfttoH,
l RHs Scribe, opposite the Grand HoteI as
aeA as at varfous kiosquss and hotels and
on me Exposition grounds.
The DAILY and SUNDAY TRIBUNE TO any
address in the United States, BY mail, 81. 90
a month.
Il reader can insure himself against
losing any copy Of The TRIBUNE through
me increased demand in Presidential year
by IsaviHg an Order for regular deliTerr rfth
The nelPrSt negpSleQlPr.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

The American black man has fought gallantly
In Cuba and the Philippines and shown that he
has in him the making Of a good soldier. He
stands the tropical climate much better than
his white comrade, and we shall have continuing
need of him in Caribbean and Oriental de-
Tendencies. He will in the first place help in
restoring them to order, and will afterward
settle in both quarters and go TO work, the eli
mate and all surrounding conditions being par
tcularly inviting to him. Our new acquisitions
of territory will thus have their share in the
solution of the race problem, in which some of
our statesmen find occasion for rather more
alarm than the situation calls for. But 1t is
always an urgent public question, to remain so
as long as the two races live together. There is
plenty of room for the black in Cuba. Porto
Rico and the Philippines, and his overflow into
those regions, besides being very useful to
them, will leave quite enough of his kind here
to keep house with.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

Germany loses no time in sending out new
Chinese Minister, showing that she does not
recognize a state of there and regards her
interests as too urgent to admit of any intermis-
sion of diplomatic intercourse. There are signs
that her former representative lost his life by
overestimating the influence on an insurrection-
ary mob of the dignity that hedges Imperial
Ambassador. In diplomacy too much courage is
sometimes unfortunate too much zeal DR..
Won Mumm Schwarzenstein, who succeeds
the late Baron Ketteler, may be confidently
expected to time his visits to the Tsung-li-Ya
men more in accordance with the ideas of local
officials concerning the local and unofficial perils
attending them.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
THE NAMES COMMITTEE DINNER.
LADY RANDOLPH AND THE UNITED STATES
AMBASSADOR PRESENT

London. July 16-The much talked OF Maine
dinner was given at the Hotel Savoy this even
ing. The room was prettily decorated with
flowers and flags, the British and American
coIors being intertwined. A model OF the hos
pital ship. composed OF white flowers with green
sails. held the centre OF the table
The guests, who were thirty-four included
United States Ambassador Choate and Mrs.
Choate Lady Randolph Churchill. Lieutenant
George Corvallis West, and all the women Of
the Maine Committee.
Lady Randolph was congratulated upon her
approaching marriage. fixed for July 2S.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
DISASTERS AT BoC4S DEL ToRo.
THE TOWN VISITED BY HURRICANE AND THEN
SWEPT By FIRE.

Kingston. Jamaica. July IA letter from A'lA -
Colombia, says Bocas del Toro has been vislLsu =
a terrible gale, which destroyed many oNl'i-s
ana banana plantations Immediately atteaa
gale a fire swept the town. desIroyins lts.ssrsts ~
buildings. The situation Is said 20 be dssIsn-hes
the people being demOralized by the catasu,s ths
The hre originated through carelessnsss ~
Chinese quarter
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

Home politics influence the local Chnaman
and he is going to hold meeting to define his
position in the crisis His first care will proba-
bly, be to let it be known that while he remains
a foreigner" himself he is not on the side ep
posed to foreigners. The ''whereases" and reso-
Iutions of his meeting will no doubt hit out at
the Boxers without gloves even four ounce
ones. We shall take him at his word whether
we believe him or not. and accept the assurance
that he is a liberal minded heather, having no
sympathy with the violent actions of some of
his countrymen, and he need not fear that we
shall visit them on him by way of reprisa!-
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

The plot to blow up the Elysee Palace and
the one directed at President Mckinley are
quite likely two of kind, both on paper, with
no real intentions of destructive character be-
hind either Of them. So far developed. they
look more like practical jokes than anything
else but it is a poor manifestation Of humor
and does not amuse anybody in either country
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
Euslucss \ oflces

The market is flooded with cheap Mineral
u1rn-tGu composition and doubtful Pqll11yI
all mistakes. .uy CARL Il. SCH liz =
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

The Silver Republican Convention having
nominated Bryan by acclamaton, II will now
be in order for the Gold Democrats, a much
more numerous and important body, TO go over
to Mckinley and the Republicans instead Of
wasting votes on a ticket of their own.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
Amuscments.

cAsTNo-s-The New Rounders-Roof Garden-Roof
Festivals
HAIMERsTEIN's vICTOR1A-s:l5-Roof Garden
KEITH S-ContEuous Performance.
ROSTER & BIAL'S-S-Vaudevtlle.
MANHATTAN BEACH-S 30-Fanciulfs list hegirnenS
Bsnd-S-Pain's Great Spectacle and FareWoTks- y
Primrose md Dockstsder's Minstrels.
NETWORK THEATRE-S-CherTy Blossom Grove
PASTOR S-Coatinuous Performance
ST, NICHOLAS GARDEN-Summer Night Concerts
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

action. But IT does not yet appear that they
may not be attained without any entangling
and embarrassing declaration Of war.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

William X Vanderbilt returned from his fishing
expedition on Sunday and then went on the
Valiant for the summer He will cruise along the
coast. going 10 Newport and Bar HarbOT. Beng
still in mourning. Mr.. Vanderbilt Will entertain
in any large measure this summer
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. T Surern Taller are true 70 Tuxedo
where they Will remain until August I J. Henry
Smith, who has recently inherited a large fortune
will occupy their villa during the summer. He
now in Europe Mr.. and Mrs Taller viii 20 10
Newport for the remainder of the season
New-York tribune., 1900-07-17

Mrs David Wolfe Bishop and her son. David
Wolfe Bishop, sailed on the ST Louis on Saturday
for New-York. They will occupy the Bishop villa
at Lenox for the summer Mr.. and Mrs C0urtsndc
F. Bishop will remain abroad for the summer and
return in the autumn.