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u. s. FLAGSHIP NEWARK,


mira! KempEs rrpOrt:
u. s. FLAGSHIP NEWARK,
TAKE, China Junr 20. 1900
"sTR;-Rcscrring % my recent ac-
tI0nS In declining 10 take part Ia the
acizurr OF the Taku forts and in nttcr-
ward making common caUsa with M
foreign forces Us the protection Of for
eign He and property, would respect
fully state that the Chinese gOvernmcn;
Is now parliyzed and the secret edlcta
show that It Is In sympathy with the
boxers.
2--Thr fact that under the existing
circumstances. the troops at the forts
were given much extra drills, ,urpcdDas
were provided and. It Is claimed. plant
ed IN thu entrance OF the lA.i-Ho vas
considered mrnaclng, and. by other
senior naval officers. sufficient cause to
Justify them In demanding the trnpnr-
AIRY occupation OF thS forts. This cut.
minated In the bombardmcut OF tha
forts by other foreign gunouats on thp
morning OF the nth lEst-whIch has
bpen described. In this hombardmunt.
the MonoCacy was fred upon and
struck without having received prevI-
Gus warning.
Joined for Common Defense.
&-~It IL now necessary to join with the
other foreign powers tor common de-
fnpgp n mi pragorrntI tI1r ~ fDroi,,n una y,i,
and the honor OF our country.
Al refused to Join in taking possess
sion Of tho imperial Chinese railway
station and also declined to join In :bc
demand for temporary occupation o.
the TakG forts. fur thought It against
the policy and wishes OF our govern
ment to be entanFIc,l with Other foreign
powers In such Il step and also because
It endangered the lives or people in the
Interior In advance OF absolute neccs-
s!ty: for up 10 early morning Of June
l1th, the Chinese government had not
committed. so far us | am aware, any
act OF open hosiIlItIes toward the for
clgn armed forces.
Act Of War Committed.
5-ln opening fire without warning. an
act OF war was committed. when many
shots wcrr fred ut the place where thr
MonocHcy was muorcu-abou, 5000
yards from the forts Those firing must
have known OF her prcsrnce thare. as
shr had BEEN moorcd in that position
for uumber Of days
Under these circumstances. regard
thV situation as one for the protection
OF the national honor aud tho prcserva.
tIon OF our people and have acted ao-
eoraingly Very respectfully,
LOUIS EEMPFF.
Rear Admiral United States Navy,
Second In Command United States Ma
val Force, AsIattc Station.
Thy Secretary OF the Navy
Bureau OF Navigation, Washington,
D. c.
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MISSIONARY WRITES
From Shanghai Of Experiences With
the Heathen in That Country.
EleelnE 70 Japan.

From Shanghai Of Experiences With
the Heather in That Country.
Fleeing TO Japan,
CDLC&BUs. Ohio. July eG,--Sliss Wiz
gin!a Atkinson. miBs!onary 0; the
Meihodiat Episcopal church. south. In
China. has written her Etstcr. In THIS
city. the following letter. stating that
the upriaIn6 has spread to southern
China. ana giving vivid story OF her
experiences:
"SfIAEGHAI June %. 1900
You sra / am in Shanghai, Have
had 10 run from riot again. OF
course the newspapers have alarmed
you, and. indeed. there IL plenty OF
cause for alarm. Had It NOT poured
rain Saturday night and Sunday night
IN 500 Chow theFc might not have been
any on" LEFT to tell the, story. On Sat
urday VIC felt that they wer. ripe for
an attack, hut IL poured sheets Of rain
on Sunday. milking 1t Impossible 10 10
anything. Isa!n always CUpiH of
ChInamnn for Il while. We LEFT for
Shanghai on Monday.
"One OF the brethren came with US on
Vic UblA WIN Il lbilcu pistol hHH we
got In safely. There are Il number OF
men OF war In the river. and this city
is we'll guarded both by men and ar
tiElery. scarcely think that there can
be trouble. but four OF us. with some OF
our Chinese refugees, are getting OF 10
japan next week, to remain indefinitely.
The strain has been awful. Before
leaving 500 Chow for days we did not
dare allow ourselves 10 go FAST asleep.
and one night We spent n good deal OF
the time walking tho streets, II they
would cut peoples heads Oft, or ahoo'
them down drCrntiy, It would not b" so
bad, but to be aiIred and pitCh-forked
and Qulrtcrcd alive IL another thing. 1t
is Rwful now. but when It Is over China
win be new. win be awake, and Just
think OF the Joy OF working then
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BISHOP TORTURRY

In Horrible Manner, and 5hSs De-
capita,ed-Head Hangs tS Ftsat OF
the Yamep-S!tuation esSws Worse
in Southern Proviaces$s
LONDON. July 27.--4:Sa.a, m.-.tiI ;as
powers seemed to have received an
Identical Chinese appeal for media.
tloD.
II 1t could be ascertaIaed beyond
toubt that the reports OF massacre
a; prkin were untouuded. aud there Is
a disposition here TO believe that the
ministers rdsy, after all, he held ls
! hustagcH-L0rd Sal!sbury's policy would
probably incline mcrc toward the con-
citation attributed 10 Washington.
thautorvyengr attributed 10 ucrlin. Bul
Wills there Is no cessation OF the DEL
ugC OF rumOrs 1t X beginning to be be-
!lrvrd nj Shanghai. Canton. aud other
points that the yiCeroys are as com
pictely In the dark as to the affairs In
Pcidn us the Europeans themselves,
Ii Regarded With Suspicion.
Meanwhile the doinEs OF Il Hung
Chang are regarded with evcr-increaS-
| ing suspicion, while the situation in
the southern PROVINCES grows daily
| worse.
With the report that the allies will
begin 10 advance upon Pekin in i fort.
night, and In view OF Admiral Sry-
mour'g visit OF Inspection to the Yang
Tse kiang. the feeling is that no great
time vii! elapSe before matters assume
n more definite shape.
There Is an unconnrmed Chinese re-
port that sixty Protestant and Catholic
missionaries have been maSsacred In
III Yuan Fu and vIc!nity.
The Shunghu! correspondent OF the
Daily Mall. describing the massacre 4.
Murden says:
The bishop had armed 200 converts to
defend the cathedral. and body OF
Chinese troops had been sent to defend
the converts, but the soldiers were
lcagued with the Boxers.
The Signal Given.
While the Christians were holding n
service, believing themselves safe under
the protection OF the troops the signal
was given, and soldiers and Boxers sur
rounded and set fire 10 the church. put
ting the escaping worshippers to the
sword. The bishop was captured and
taken to the v!ceroyS' yamen, where he
was diabcically tortured and decapi-
tated. His head now hangs In front Of
the yNmcn."
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SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
Given in the Powers Case by Wit
ness for the Stnte-Ynutsey Said
He Would Kill Goebel.

He Would XIII Goebel.
GEORGETOWN. Ky. July 2G-Wni-
ter Bronston, a Lexington attorney.
who assisted In the arrest OF Caleb
Powers and John Davis. nj Lexington,
was the first witncsa called to-day In
the trial OF Caleb Powers for alleged
completely in the GOGbel shooting. Pow
crs and Davis were disguised as SOL
dicrS, ana were both armed, the Wit
ness said Witness Identified them to
the police officers. After Il forCible ar
rest. Powers was taken to jail. where
the pardon granted him by Governor
Taylor and Sl,SO0 In money were found
In his pockets. Deputy Sheriff Itod-
gers, OF Lexington, Ccrroborated this
testimony.
w. II. Mayner. OF Whitley county
gave sensational testimony against
both Powers and Youtsey this after
mono. He snid he was In the secretary
Of states office few days before the
shooting. \ man whom he did not
know. referring to Goebel. said: Some
body ought to kill the damn rascal"
Ioutsey said: II have made up my
mind TO do that myself"
On Saturday before the shooting Ca
leh Powers said In convrsation: III We
could get the head OF the ticket to act
we could do something, II he does not
stand up, intend to expose the whole
business"
Thrust Pistols in His Face.
II. Davis Harrod, Il constable OF
Frankfort. testified that when the
shooting occurred he run 10 the exec
utivc building and entered the west
door. The door OF. the antc-room 10
the executive office was closed. wit
ness pushed It open With difficulty, and
encountered several men. who thrust
pistols in his face. He told them he
was an officer, but they kept their pIs-
tolls aimed ut him, and made no reply.
aarrod said that just as he entered
the main door, u short. stout man
slammed the door Of the secretary OF
states Office and dashed down the steps
to the basement. Witness did not
know ioutsey then. The pardon grant
ed Powers by Governor Taylor was
then exhibited to the Jury.
Walter Hronston, recalled, told OF q
conversation with Powers after the ar
rest. In which Powers. rererring to the
pardon. said:
81 know this looks little bad, but
We were making our way TO place
where the pardon would have been rec
ognlZed."
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20 rap9T. TO the Ca.y Gs:ar;maBt, ha:
lhp officials rd not regard the r,z. ct
his report as proper Ter publication JUST
nG". General a.!!ss and Genera! Bat-
nGg:cn wrra aBu!a 10 consultation
though separA'qIy sikh Secretary Roo
to.cay, ard the suuD9s.t!on is rh1! tbs
CHiursc campaign was under coug!Gera-
Nm
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Bishop and Priests Murdered

LONDON, July 27,-The Hong Kong
correspondent OF the Daily Express
wires as follows under yesterdays
date:
An Italian priest has Just arrived
here from Hen sien Flu in southern Hu
An, where the italian bishop and three
priests have been massacred after re-
Voting torture. This took place on
July 4 SIX hundred converts were
nlastacred after the women had been
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Movement OF Steamships.

BREMEN-Arrived: KaIscrin Maria
Theresa, from New York.
QUEENsTOWN-Arsived: New Eng.
land. from Boston.
GEEENoCK = ArrlvcI:t, Assyrlan.
from Philadelphia.
BOSTON - Arrived: Ivernla, from
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL = Arrived: Belgenlnnd,
Philadelphia; New England. from Bos-
ton.
COPENHAGEN = Arrived: Norge,
New York.
HAMBURG = Arrived Pennsylvania,
from New York.
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PLAYING DOUBLE
Arc the Celestials--Word From Ad-
miral Kempif Indicates That the
Governmental Representatives Are
Not Acting in Good Faith.

Nol HElluk III bOuu 'EullH.
WASHINGTON, July 96.-There were
no developments to-day to warrant the
assumption that there win be the
slightest Improvement in the Chinese
situation. Indecd. the general tenor or
the news nsfound added to the steadily
growing doubt as TO the good faith OF
the Chinese government as manifested
in its acts, Admiral Kempff's letter.
given publicity by the navy department
to-day made the direct statement that
the Imperial authorities were In sympA-
thy with the boxers, though he added
that the government was afterwards
paraly2ed and incapable OF controlling
the situation. This was the first Official
declaration 10 reach our government
contradictory to the Chinese represent
tatlons that the imperial government
had steadtaSuy and from the first op-
posed the boxer movement, and our
government Is bound to accept the word
OF lis own officer until that is overcome
by !rrrfutahlc evidence,
Chinese Government Suspected.
Then the exchanges that nre In con-
ssont progress between the powers, ara
tending more and more to cast suspic-
ion upon the gcnuincncss OF the many
communications that have come from
Pekin through Chinese governmental
sources. II Il should be finally cstab-
l!shed TINT there has been an attempt
on their part Is TTt:c;lcr gigantic
fraud upon the world, the fact may cali
for change OF attitude on the part Of
tho United States government towari
China. This would not affect the mill.
tary policy under way. but merely tie
technical relations between the two
governments, which probably woull
closely approximate q step OF formal
war.
United States Sailors vindicated.
Tho navy department to-day contrib.
utcd q brief news item in the shape OF a
yindtcaslon by Admiral Remey. OF III.
United States marines. from the general
charse OF lootipg at:;Tien Tsln. The ad.
mlrai had q geod deal mora than this
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PITTSBURGH, Pa.. July 26.-Thc La
Belle Iron & Steel Company, of Wheel
Ing, WA, and Steunenville. Ohio, and
the Lockhsrt Iron. & Steel Company.
OF pittsburgh, have signed the ANAL.
gamated scale and win start up Mt once.
IL is officially announced that the con-
ierenee on the tin piate scale VIII be
held In New York July 30. ma M
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CONDITIONS OF STEEL.
Discussed by the Iron Age--An Over
production Of Metals-Week Just
Closed Indicates Il Development in
pucipnec


Closed Indicates Development in
Business.
NEW YORK. July 2G.-Dlscussing the
conditions OF the Iron and steel Indus
tries and the meeting In Chicago to-
day. the Iron Age In Its regular weekly
review, says thnt the gravity OF the Sit
untion Is indicated by the arrange
mants which have been made for this
conference OF the leading steel and Bcs-
semcr pig iron interests. which Is to be
held in the Office Of the Federal Steel
Company, Chicago, to-day. The call Is
signed by i. II. Gary. o; the Federal
Steel Company; c. NJ SChwab. OF the
Carnegie Steel Company. and Joseph G.
Butler. r., representing the Bessemer
Furnace Association. and states that at
n former meeting OF the presidents OF
the leading steel companies, II was
thought advisable to call this meeting
to go over the situation and see what
could be done to improve II.
Blast Furnaces to be Closed.
The Iron Age says:
"The plan proposed is to cut down
production as much as possible. Every
blast furnace controlled by these In
terests Is to be closed undGr agreement
for one month, the Federal Steel Com
pany, Carnegie Steel Company, and
other large companies agreeing to do
this II the others will. The success OF
such plan will depend upon the unan-
imNy with which It Is accepted.
THE dissent of single important
interest would probably be fatal
OF the general situation, the Iron Age
says:
THE week Just closing has developed
considerable more business than It's
predecessors, and this had given mild
sort OF encouragement to manufacture
ers. Nevertheless. the Increase in the
volume OF business !B not great enough
by any means to satisfy the manufac-
turnrs, who need a steady stream OF or
NCIS !" htEp tHeIT Hlllls running or
their blast furnaces free from accumu-
lating heavy stocks OF pig iron.
Sales Made at Sacrifice.
The sales made have In nearly every
instance been accomplished at the still
further sacrifice OF prices. a lower
range of prices than that OF last week
now prevails through almost the whole
line. II is assumed by some that the
bottom If row In sight because present
prices in many cases represent actual
cost Of production, but this has often
proved to be delusIon. Prices will
continue to settle until the supply falls
below the demand"
A very Interesting Iter1 OF news is
the announcement that the Carnegie
Steel Company Is about to enter into
the manufacture of rods on large
scale and that It may also decide to
manufacture. hoops. bands. and cotton
ties.
Some failures OF foundrymen have
occurred in New York and New Eng
land, but they are no; regarded as In
t!catIng any general weakness in the
trade.
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Hay Guest of the President.

CANTON, Ohio, July. 26.-secretary
OF State John Hay reached Canton at
ll'45 a. n. Ee was met at the station
by Secretary Cortelyou. and driven d.
rect TO the Mckinley home. Secre-
tary Hay at once began, conference
with the President. President and
Mrs. cRinley entertained the secre-
= tarys ut lunch, and q :ah p. N. he Dc.
PARTED for. Washinsto .sls..::.sII.
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Ii WILL RETURN
To Canton, Being Unable to Advance,
States u Late Telegram - The
"TrladsN Causing Alarm.

States Late Telegram - The
"Triads" Causing Alarm.
HONG KONG, July 26.-The signs of
mennc!nG activity on the part OF the
secret society known as the "Trlads,"
are causing alarm. The boxers are be-
liered to be an otfshoot OF the "Triads."
whose qualifications are widespread
throughout the southern province OF
China. The organization is distinctly
anti-foreIgn and anti Manchu: and
numbers OF Canton troops are enrolled
In It's ranks.
a report Is current In Canton that
the "Triads" are preparing for n night
attack on the Shameen, and that the
first sign will be the absconding OF ma
tive servants. The greatest apprehen.
sion prevails. although at present Can
ton Is quiet.
Many Triads Arrested in Hong Kong
Many Triads have been arrested In
Hong Kong during the last few months
Ch!naman who was arrested on July
on charge of carrying arms. was to-
day committed for trial on the charge
OF Se!Hg member OF the Triads. The
evidence showed that he has held the
rank OF second In command In the or
ganizntlon In the two Kwangs, with
HEADQUARTERS at Sal Kung, new ter
ritory. where he hud been active in en-.
=ollsng members. His arrest. therefore,
Is OF the greatest Importance. The In
sigma found upon his person includes
the highest degrees.
An opium farmer has receiYed a tel
egram asserting that Ii Hung Chang
is unable TO proceed to Pekin and Will
return TO Canton. probably calling ut
Hong Kong on the way.
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Prohibits Sale of Arms to China.

WASHINGTON. July 26.-Thc secre-
tnry Of the treasury has sent a letter
Of instructions to all collectors OF Gus
toms on the Pacific, prohibiting the rx-
portntion Of arms 10 China.
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Wenther Forecast for To.dav.

For West Virginia.: Generally ,fair
Friday and Saturday: northerly Winds
For Western Pennsylvania: Gen.srally
far Friday and Saturday; Hight to fresh
northerly winds.
For Ohio: Generally fair Friday and
Saturday; warmer Saturday; light te
fresh northerly Winds.
Local Temperature.
The temperature Yesterday as ot(serves
By g; Schnepf, druggist, corner OF Markei
aad Fourteenth s;TeetU.i wa8 5as foptct-s:5
z. m.,.,.....s.. 70 q y. na...... E...n.. s;
]: 5; aeashsf e a Fail
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subjected 70 h!Gaoua b;u;aNuss. Six
Other priests 1ed to the hills, where thE
were probably E!Ied. The p-IsSt w&
escaped had psrI!Oa. Journey to HSg
Kong. He hid Ia cSSr on bo9& i
river boa: tor sereuteeh2Sys."
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Ex-Governor BJaisdell Dead

OAKLAND, Cal, July 2s.-Ex-G Cow
crnee nl:!s!cll, OF Nevada, died to-day
a, a. MS home IN this city from brain fe-
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iron MILLS
WILL NOT BE
SHUT DOWN
For One Month. According to the Plan
Outlined by Steel Men, Says
One OF Their Number.
TINES ARE 700 PROSPEROUS.
Such Proposition Never Game From
the Manutacturers-pr Have
Reached the Bottom.

CHICAGO. July ga conference OF
leading steel and Dcssemer pig iron In
forests OF ,hr country was held to-day
in the offices uf the Federal steel Com.
pany In compliance with n call issued
by President +. H. Gary, of the Fed
eral Steel Company. President Schwab,
OF the Carnegie Steel Company. and
Joseph c. Butler. jr.. representing the
Bessemcr Furnace Association. The
object OF this conference ls to 60 over
the trade situation for the purpose OF
determining. II possible on some plan
to improve It. The plan contemplated
Is TO cut down production hy closing
every blast furnace controlled by the
interests mentioned for one month.
The subject was discussed nj length, ia
an effort to reach the absolute unnn-
Unity Of all interests necessary to the
success Of the plan.
Not Going to Shut Down.
The Post to-day says.
big steel and Iron mills throughout
the country are not going 10 shut down
for they cannot afford TO. They have
too many orders on hand" was the
statement made by Z. II. Gary, prrsl.
dent OF the Federal StneI Company
Just previous to the meeting Of the
presidents OF the large steel companies
this afternoon.
u have not heard OF the proposition
to close all OF the mills OF the country
for u month. II Such proposition has
been made, 1t never came from the
manufacturers. WIN say positively
thnt none Of the Federal Steel Com
pnny's mills other than those which
are already closed. VIII be shut dnwn.
As ! say. the times are too prosperous
and the mills cannot afford TO close.
we have met, Just as the railroad
presidents meet. to discuss rates, so
that fair schedules for roads and pa
trOns may be obtained"
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THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT
PARALYZED.
Admiral XempR Also Says It Is In
Sympathy with the Boxers,
Why He Declined to Act.
IN SEIZURE OF THE TAKU FORTS
Act OF War Committed by Firing on
the honocacy - Defended the
Honor OF His Country.

WASHINGTON. July 2f.--The navy
department. hae Just made public The
following additional chapter Ia At-
mIraI KempfE's rrpOrt:
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DARING PLOT

To Release Prisoners From the Riv.
ers!ae Pen!ten;iary ThwArtsd by
Aecttent-Tunuel 200 Fec. Long
Was Dus-Klee;r!e Plant Costing
$4,000 Used by coaspiratcrs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-10-26
Is KING

The people O: this State are rapidly
beginning 20 understand that With
the Rep1bicsn party -xoSEr IS
King Thousands Of dollars have
teen serI 70 this State TO buy 1t Cor
Mckinley. The money has been con-
t5bu:ei by t5s crust mzgnares out
side Nevada. In this State e-ery
Federal Office holder and sheep man
has b==a assessed FOR al he will stand.
Imported Epenbindes are gaIloping
al over the State telling onr Nevada
people 70 vote themselves into slavery.
Ihe silver miners are being told that
the! should stop agitating. drop
their picks and swallow the goldbug
pill. What are they to receive in
return Tor al this. They are TO be
given a jon herdinR sheep by that
great. mighty statesman. Flanagan.
for such Ia the Kingdom OF Hanna.
In Nevada We are TO have a govern
ment for sheep men and by sheep
men. and don't you forget it, The
owe. has been shocked off The
Full Dinner Pail and il Is over
ho<Ing with twenty dollar pieces to
buy Nevada with for Hanna, the
Trusts and William Mckinley. and
the honest, toiling miner will have to
get a JOB herding sheep o: commit
suicide. Miners OF Nevada, how do
you Ike it:-Reno Ledger.