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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-07
MANILA CASUALTY LIST.
General Macarthur Sends Names Ot
Soldiers Killed and Wounded.

Tho following report of casualties in
Department yesterday:
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6-pint Lip Sauce Kettles.
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2-quart Tea Kettles.
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3-pint Coffee Pots.
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11x11 Baking Pans.
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handles.
2-quart Tea Pots.
2-quart Coffee Pots.
12-quart Dish Pans.
S-quart Tea Kettles.
4-quart Coffee Boilers.
3-quart Rice Boilers.
3-quart Berlin Sauce Pans.
1Oxi5-inch Baking Pans.
4-quart Butter Buckets.
6-quart Lip Sauce Pans.
4-quart Deep Stew Pans.
3-quart Dinner Buckets.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
ORDERED THEM KILLED.
Empress DOwager Relieved China
men of Their Heads.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The japanese
cation has received a telegram dated
Aug. 2l, from the foreign office. at Toxic,
giving the following dispatch received
yesterday from the japanese acting con-
sui general at Shanghai:
"a dispatch received here from
Chinese official a Paoting Flu says that
the Empress Dowager's orders. Hsui
Yung vi, Ii Shan, and Lien Yuen. were
executed on the l1th. and Yung Lu. who
was to have shar, d the same fate. Is now
in a Jail of the Judieial Department, and
that The Emp: ror and Empress Dowager
left Pekin on the 18th, escorted by Tung
Flu Shlang's troops fer WI, Taishan, via
Chu Chow and Tse Ching Kwan Kwan
vi. it is further stated, has been appoint
ed ommander-in-chi ( of the WI Wei
army, while Princes Tuan and Chwang
and Tsong Chi, Yang vi and Hsuit Yung
have been ordered to remain at Pekin.
Another telegram. dated the 10th, has
been received here from Paoting Flu, to
the effect that though the Empress Dow
ager left Pekin. the Emperor has decid
ed to remain behind"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
UNVEILED VANCE'S STATUE.
Attended With Interesting Ceremo-
nies in RnIeiSh-Many Visitors
Were in the CITY

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 22.-The monu-
ment to Zebulon B. Vance stands uncov-
cred in the Capitol Square, the admira-
tion and inspiration of generations yet
unborn. 4Sts}
The procession formed shortly after noon
in front of Metropolitan Hall, and march
ed two squares to the Capitol grounds.
The procession would have reached three
times this distance.
The order of march was as follows: A
platoon of the Raleigh police; l.. OBJ.
Branch Camp of Confederate Veterans;
Wrights Band, followed by eleven COM
panies of militia Various camps of Con-
federate Veterans followed
The Webb Camp of Durham made a
fine appearance, with over a hundred.
The number of men in line can scarcely
be estimated, as the line of march was
not even. Some of the companies march
ed to the scene and returned for others
left behind. The number of visitors to
the city was estimated at 5000.
The ceremony was opened by Rev. DR..
Eugene Daniel of the Presbyterian Church
here. in an impressive invocation. Col.
Thomas Kenan of Raleigh, chief marshal.
then introduced Hon. Richard Battle of
Raleigh, the orator of the day. Mr.. Bat
tie spoke clearly and forcibly and his
address was a masterful summary of
Vance's life.
Upon conclusion of Mr.. Battles ora ton,
Miss Espy Vance, granddaughter of the
lamented senator. pulled the cord, and the
statue of the patriot was beheld by the
vast crowd. cheer rent the air. This
was at 2:3O o'clock.
The movement TO erect monument to
the late senator took shape after his
death, and was begun as a popular one.
In this way about $500 was raised. The
Legislature of 1899 came to the aid of the
movement by appropriating $1,000.
The statue is s1a feet high and stands
upon base of granite from Mount Airy.
this state, the base being of equal
hight. The statue was cast by the Cor
ham Company at Providence, R. 1. On
the base is the word Vance" in bold
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
W0ODWARD'SWRATH
AROUSED ny BELIEF THAT WATER
WORKS WOULD BE SOLD.
VIOLENT BEFORE COUNCIL.
MAYOR DIDN'T WANT
THE WORKS SOLD.

No One, Save the Mayor, Dreamed
There Was an Attempt Afoot to
Dispose of the PIant-His Interrup-
tlon of Council Proceedings Re-
ceived with surprise-Wo0a-ar
Was Finally Ruled out of order by
the Chairman.
Atlanta. Aug. 22-Mayor James G..
Woodward created a sensation in an ad-
journed meeting of the City Council to-
day by vehemenuy declaring to the mem
bers in session that the city waterworks
We're about to be sold and that he would
not allow the sale
A resolution from the Board of Water
Commissioners was before Council A
committee of three from the board had
been given the privilege of the floor to
speak on the resolution. which requested
bids on a new 100000 gallon pumping
engine.
Judge George Hllyer had the floor.
when Mayor Woodward, who sat outside
the Council railing in the space reserved
for the public. interrupted him TO ask IL
he Judge Hillyer) did not advocate the
sale OF the waterworks plant in 1887. Judge
Hnlyer did not reply to the interruption.
and the Mayor took his seat.
When Judge Hllyer had finished his ar
gument on the resolution, Mayor Wood
ward entered the Council railing and
stood for a moment facing Judge Hillyer.
Didn't you advocate the sole of the wa
terworks in 1887. Judge Hillyer?" then
asked the Mayor.
II decline to answer, as the question is
not german to the subject" replied Judge
Hilyer.
"They tried to sell the waterworks then
and they are trying to sell them again."
shouted the Mayor with uplifted honds,
as he strode forward toward the Council
members. And they shall not do 1t; they
shall not do it,"
spectators in the chamber were dumb
founded at the Mayors utterances. No
one dreamed that an attempt was on foot
to dispose of the citys waterworks'
plant. The Mayor walked 10 the desk
of several members, and asked them
pointblank IL they were in favor of SELL
ing the waterworks.
Alderman johnson took the floor at this
iuncture, and made the point that the
Mayors remarks were out of order, as
they were not germain to the subject
The chair sustained the point and the
Mayor resumed his seat. Council then
proceeded with the regular order of busi-
ness. Mayor Woodward was induced bv
Secretary Walter Taylor to leave tho
Council chamber
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
THE FAYERWEATHER WILL.
The Case Has Been Reopened by nm
Order of Judge Lacombe

New York Aug. 22.-After eight years Of
litigation, when the Fayerweather will
ease was thought to be practically closed.
Judge Lacombe to-day rendered an opin-
ion and signed orders which, in effect,
opens the case again and allow the ques-
tion of valty OF the re-lesses executed by
the widow and next of kin to be gone into.
By a previous dcision of Judge I.acombe
IA out of II of the defendants chiefly col
leges and hospitals. were sustained and
Amherst and Williams Colleges and the
Union Theological Seminary were overru!-
ed. Later plea was allowed, which was
made by counsel for the widow and next
of kin. This resulted in the action to-day.
Daniel u. Fayerwtather was a leather
merchant who died in 1890, leaving
fortune of 100000. The estate was d.
vided into about $3,0O00O0 in specific be-
quests, including a house worth 10000;
$4,000 In cash and an annuity of $4,000 to
the widow, who died in 1892; about 100000
in small bequests, and about 81, ,200,000 to
twenty colleges and five hospitals.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
ADVICES FROM MISSIONARIES.
They Report Their Safety to Friends
in the United states.

New York, Aug. 22.-The first cable
grams which have come to the Mission
Boards in this city from Pekin since COM
munication was cut off over two months
ago arrived today. One of them was re-
ceived by the Presbyterian Board of For
eign Missions. 1t came from Rev. DR.
Wherry of Pekn and was dated from
Che Foo, where it is supposed 20 have
been sent via Tien Tsin. 1t was as fol-
lows:
"Mackey some converts marvelously
saved. Property mission private, totally
destroyed. Wire friends"
Robert f. Speer, one of the secretaries
of the Board, commented on this as fol-
lows:
There is much doubt as to the meaning
of the message. The most hopeful inter
pretation is that it refers to Paoting Flu,
and that some converts may be mis-
take for 'Simcoxes "
DR.. A. B. Leonard of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society also received a cable
gram from Pekin. 1t was follows:
"Pekin relieved. All members mission
safe, we'll"
There were eighteen members of the
Methodist Mission in Pekin during the
siege.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
DEFENDS THEIR POLICY.
United States Win the support of the
BerIiner Post.

Berlin, Aug 22.-The semi-oficial Ber-
liner Post. in long leading article, de-
fends the policy of the United States in
China against suspicious cast upon it by
certain German papers that go upon the
theory that Washington is pursuing sep
arate aims. After reciting the history of
Secretary Hays success in getting decla-
rstions from the Powers in favor of the
open door" the Post says that this is
calculated to remove all false interpreta-
tons of American policy. 1t then goes
on to say:
Those Americans are to blame for this
mstrust of the policy OF the United
States, who demand that President Nc
Kinley shall come forward as the pro-
tector of the Chinese Empire and declare.
urbi ct orbi, that the United States will
regard as an unfrendly act any further
seizures of Chinese territory. thus estab
fishing an American protectorate over Chi
ma"
The papers demand more earnestly than
ever the immediate calling of the Reichs-
tag in special session.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
BRUCE WIRED THE NEWS.
budget of Information Sent From
China to London.


London, Aug. 22-"The allies are fight
ing the Chinese outside Tien Tsin, Aug.
49," so Admiral Bruce wires to the Brit
ish admiralty from Taku, under date of
Aug. 20, adding the engagement was
reported 10 have occurred six miles south
Of Tien Tsin.
Admiral Bruce also sent a dispatch,
dated Pekin, Aug. H. from the general
officer commanding there, in which moth
ing is said as 20 the situation at Pekin.
1t gives a partial list of the British cas-
ualties during the siege of the legations,
the death of Capt. Bernard Strouts and
regrets that lowing to the heavy road
and forced march the naval brigade was
unable to participate in the entry" add
ing that the 'way they brought their
guns by boat and road from Tien Tsin
is an achievement Of which they may be
proud"
An official dispatch from Tien Tsin.
dated Aug. %, aud received al Toxic. re-
peats that the japanese occupied the i'm
perial palace az Pekin Aug. IS and says
that about Aug. y the Dowager Empress
and the Emperor and ministers left Pc
kin with 3.O0O troops. their destination. Il
is supposed. being Sian Flu. Pekin being
in great confusion, was divided into sew
eral districts
Half the Tartar city was placed under
control Of the japanese, American. Brit
lsh, Russian and French officers were APP
pointed TO maintain order. A detachment
\ef japanese troops rescued the foreign
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
C0L0RED WOMEN'S SOLUTION.
How They Want the Negro Problem
Adjusted-They Ask $4,000 for
Bakers Wife,

Detroit, Mich, Aug. % The State Fed
Grafton of Colored Women this afternoon
adopted a memorial to President McKin-
ley, petitioning him 10 ask Congress to
pay to the widow of the late Postmaster
Baker of Lake City, s. c., $4,000 in lieu
of the life of her husband. which was lost
during race riot in that county.
The memorial also states: I'VE would
like to ask for a law to be enacted to
this effect, that should any state be
found guilty of mob avs and lynching.
ii be expelled from the Union. The blacks
then could evacuate, and all the negro
haters could have a state of their own,
wherein they need not see a black face.
Thus we solve the negro problem
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23

until lumber or iron poles are shipped in.
Notice also was received at the depart
ment to-day. that the Taku-Che Foo ca
bic IS i'm working order. 1t is thought
there will soon be a direct and reliable
line of wire communication from the war
department direct TO Gen. Chaffee's head
quarters at Pekin.
Conditions Chaotic.
The most important dispatch was not
made pubicl by the war department, but
was the subject of an extended conference
at the White House this morning. between
the President Secretary Root and Act
Ing Secretary of State Adee. 1t was from
Gen. Chaffee. and arrived about the same
time as the casualty list of the Pekin
fght 1t was dated the 18th and, there
fore, was not a reply to the message of
inquiry sent to Gen. Chaffee by the war
department on Monday night. Still, it an
swered number of the inquiries con-
tanned in that message. 1t dealt entirely
with military operations and conditions
While 1t cannot be said to have contain
ed and bad news, and recorded the brill
ian success of the American troops, who
have borne themselves so gallantly in the
assault on Pekin, IL contained enough as
to the unsettled conditions in China and
the prospect of long and arduous work
IN restoring feasts to form the subject for
a consultation of some hours between the
President and his advisers,
1t was hoped in official circles that
when Gen. Chaffee should be heard from
ne would report that the work Of the
American expt ditionary force had been
accomplished by the rescue of the min
isters and the blow struck at the Boxer
insurgents by the foreign column had
dissipated these revolutionists and left
China with hands free to make her peace
W tn the civilized word Instead of this
however, Gen Chaffee had 20 report an
utterly chaotic condition of affairs and
the cap uie of a capital, whence all the
heads of government had fled. There was
nothing for the victors to do but to pre-
vent anarchy by administering on this
Cel elict cf empiIe which had fallen into
their hands.
Therefore. the prospect opened up by
Gen. Chaff e's dispat h is that the Amer
lean contingent, cf nee ass ty, will be de-
tained in China for some time to come,
probably for the whole winter. This will
necessitate the hurried completion of pre-
parations that already have been begun
to comfortably subsist our army through
the severe winter weather which will
soon close in On northern China.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
SAVANNAH GA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 1900
man named Null was shot in the head
and also in one of the legs.

man named Null was shot in the head
and also in one of the legs.
Another man whose named could not be
learned, but who is driver for the Amer
lean Express Company. was shot in the
leg.
At II O'Clock the crowd is beginning
to leave for home. and the indications are
that no more trouble will take place.
Burglars and Incendiariex.
Shortly after midnight the mob broke
into a hardware store and stole all the
firearms and ammunition they could find,
including guns rifles and revolvers, pro-
ceeded to the city building, opened fire
on the defenders and finally set fire to
the Columbia Hall, which adjoins the
city building.
They will no doubt set fire to the city
building before morning, as the flames
are spreading rapidly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
SITUATION CRITICAL.
Estimated That $4,000 Troops Are
Needed for Shanghai.

New York, Aug. 22.-The Executive
Committee of the American Asatic As
ISOLATION have received the following ca
blegram from the American Association OF
China at Shanghai. and have forwarded
1t to the secretary of state:
Situation Yang Use valley increasingly
critical, military estimate 1900 troops
needed effectively to protect Shanghai;
urge government Immediately to send
quota" "a. a,,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
IMPERIAL PALACE COURTS CAP
TCRED BY AMERICANS.
CHARGED BY 1900 TROOPS.
IMPERIAL BANK DESPoILED OF ITS
TREASURE.
London Got the News of the Ameri-
cans Attack-Stars and Stripes
Float Upon the Imperial Granary.
Events Previous to the Relief of
Pckin Described-China De+oJcd to
the 900 Russians Des-
tined for China Service.

tined for China Service.
London. Aug. %, a. m.-"ro-day 1900
Americans attacked the imperial palace &"
says a dispatch to the Morning Post from
Pekin, dated Aug. To- 'and captured four
of the courts. The American flag is flying
over the imperial granary, and the impe-
rial bank has been looted"
Describing events prior to the relief, the
Morning Post correspondent cables:
"On Aug. u the Tsung- -h-Yamen request
ed a conference with a view to peace. No
armistice was granted, however, and that
night we endured the longest fusilade of
the whole siege. L lasted twelve hours.
"On Aug. 49, the Tsung -ii-Yamen beg
ged to be excused from any conference
saying that the members were too busy.
Later they wrote that they had forbid
den firing on us, and would court-mar-
tial any who disoDeyed. During the even
ing many shells fell in the legation COM
pound"
The Daily Chronicle publishes an inter-
view with the Japanese Minister in Lon
don, which represents him as having said
THE Empress is the heart and soul IF
China. So long as she lives, so long as
she remains in China, whether the su-
preme power is taken from her or not,
she will always be the greatest force, the
one above all others to be reckoned with.
The difficulty will be to get any one who
can speak for her. l fear that the infiu-
ence of Ii Hung Chang is now of ex-
tremely little weight.
THE Powers must come to a final un-
derstandlng quickly. Riots, anarchy,
boodshed and misery throughout China
will be the inevitable result of a policy
that does not Immediately disclose itself.
The government must be re-eetablished."
The japanese envoy expressed his ap-
proval cf the reported American sugges-
ton regarding a confe renee of the Pow
ers and said he believed that satisfactory
pecuniary compensation could be secured
if the resources of China We're properly
developed, despite the fact that her pres
ent revenues are pledged.
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee,
according to the Daily Mails correspond
in China will be of long duration, "as
paciffcaton will be difficult undertak-
ing" MElEF
Three hundred and seventy-ive thou
sand Russian troops are already in the
Far East. on the way there by land and
sea. or under orders to embark. This
statement is maze by the Moscow cores
pendent of the Daily Graphic, who says
that mobilization is in progress all over
Russia and that there are now fourteen
steamers at Odessa, chartered to take
troops.
According to a ST. Petersburg special, a
telegram has been received at the Rus
sian capital from Shanghai, announcing
the departure of Ii Hung Chang for Pc
kin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
CONGRATULATED CHAFFEE.
Secretary of War Root Sent the Gem
eraI a Telegram.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The War Depart
mnt has made public the following:
war Department, Aug. 22.-Maj Gen
Chaffee, Pekin, via Taku: The President
joins me in congratulations to you and
the officers and men of your command on
the brilliant achievement, in which the
courage. fortitude and skill of the Ameri-
can forces in China have played so hon
orable a part. With mourning for your
fallen comrades the whole country is
proud and grateful for your great success.
"Elihu Root, Secretary of War"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
WANTED TO TAKE HIM BACK.
NceIy's Counsel Made Queer Charge
in His Affidavit.

New York, Aug. 22.-Now that the at
torneys for Charles F. W. Nicely, former
ly Cuban agent for the postoffice depart
ment, have filed an appeal to the United
States Supreme Court, and as their client
cannot be taken to Cuba pending the ap-
peal, it is learned from Neely's petition
for a writ of habeas corpus that his coun-
sci has sworn that he believed the United
States government made arrangements for
the placing of the petitioner on an army
transport for immediate transportation to
Cuba as soon the necessary order for
extradition had been signed and the ac-
cused man secured and placed aboard the
ship.
This plan, counsel asserted, was TO pre-
vent the petitioners from applying for a
writ of habeas corpus.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
BREAKFAsTED WITH THE KING.
Won WaIdersee and His StaR HON.
Ored by RoNnItY.

Rome, Aug. 22.-Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee, the German officer who
is going to the Far East in order to take
command of the allied forces in China,
with the three officers accompanying him,
breakfasted with King Victor Emmanuel
this morning. after, which the Field Mar
shal went TO the Pantheon and deposited
a wreath on the tomb of King Humbert.
The Field Marshal left Rome at 2:30 p.
m. for Naples. where he will embark for
China.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
PHILADELPHIA's POPULATION.
Census Bureau Gives the city 1893.
COZ, "A Gain of 23.57 Per Cent.

Washington. Aug 22.-The population
Of the city cf Philadelphia. according TO
the oficial count OF the returns OF the
twelf census announced to-day, Is !. 293, q
in 1900 against 1.0l6,f6l In 1890 These
hgur show for the city as a whole, an
incieaf In population Of 2l6.733 or 1851
Ter cent from 1890 10 100
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-23
ASSEMBLED AT MAonADoDoRP.
Boer Leaders and 5000 Troops Are
Reported as Being There.

Twyfelsar, Monday, Aug. 2O.-Through
secret intelligence agency, the British au-
thorities learn that Gen. Louis Botha, the
commander er-in-chef of the Boer forces,
Gen. Lucas Meyer, the commander-in-
chief of the Orange Free State forces,
and Gen. Schalkburger, vice president of
the Transvaal Republic, with 5000 burgh-
ers, have assembled at Machadodorp,
(generally understood to be the headquar-
ters of President Kruger, on the Preto-
ria-Delagoa Bay Railroad) with the whole
Boer artillery, including the heavy pieces
formerly az Pretoria.