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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
MIR. WI WAS NOT SURPRISED.
He VIII Now Begin His work of Cod
flying China's Laws.

Washington, July 13.-Mr. WI, the
Chinese minister at Washington, was
not surprised to hear of the appoint
ment of a successor to himself, as he
has been expecting an announcement
of this character for some time. He
has received notice that his services
will be required in another capacity.
The new minister is a comparatively
young man, being only little over 40
years of age. Like the present minister
he is said to be a man of progressive
ideas. He was one of the four parties
of Chinese boys who were sent to the
United States about twenty years ago
for the purpose of complet-
ing their education. The idea
of the Chinese government was
to have each of the boys spend fifteen
years in this country, ten years of
which were to be in the preparatory
schools and the remainder in the uni
versities. Before Chen had completed
his course, however, the plan was dis
continued and he returned home. Some
years ago he served as interpreter at
the embassy here; later he was secre-
tary of a special mission sent to
Japan; and when the jubilee of Queen
Victoria was celebrated, he filled
similar position to the embassy which
went to London.
The retiring minister, Mr.. WI, has
been at this capital since April, 1897
The ordinary term of ministers in the
Chinese diplomatic service is three
years and they are not reappointed
Mr.. Wu's term of service has been
continued indefinitely from time to
time. Several months ago he was APP
pointed member Of the commission
to codify the existing Chinese laws and
prepare set of modern laws for his
couetry. MIR. WI is also minister to
Spain and Peru
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
SALISBURY RESIGNS
BRITAIN'S PREMIER RETIRES AFT
Err YEARS OF SERVICE.
SUCCEEDED BY A. J. BALFOUR.
THOMAS p. O'CONNoR REVIEWS
THE SITUATION.

Salisbury Practically Forced Out he
ing Infrmities-Has Weakened
Both Mentally and Physically of
lately Resigning Now the Old
Man shuts Out Joseph Chamber
lain, Whom He Cordially Hates
and Insures Retention of His Son
and SOn-in-Law-NIr. BalfOur an
Able, Conservative and Tolerant
Lender of Men, Though Somewhat
IndoIent and Lethargic.
London, July 13.-The Marquis of
Salisbury has resigned the premier
ship of Great Britain and Rt. Hon.
A. ]. Balfour, the first lord of the
treasury and government leader in the
House of Commons, has been appoint
ed to succeed him.
The Marquis of Salisbury rendered
his resignation at an audience which
he had with King Edward last Friday.
Yesterday Mr.. Balfour visited the
King and accepted the premiership.
His retirement was practically ar
ranged at an audience of Lord Sails
bury with the King about a month ago.
to be coincident with his ma jesty's cor
onation, but the Kings illness inter-
fered with these plans and compelled
Lord Salisbury to wait until his majes-
ty was sufficiently recovered to attend
to state business.
Affected by Wife's Death.
Though alert mentally, the retiring
premier's physical condition, especial
ly since the death of his wife, has
not been satisfactory. That loss SEEM
ed to affect him greatly, and since that
time he has done little entertaining be-
yond purely official annual dinners and
receptions. In social aspect, how
ever, Mr.. Balfours accession is not
expected to make much difference,
neither Mr.. Balfour nor his sister, who
acts as his hostess, being very fond OF
society.
Although Lord Salisbury's resigna-
ton does not necessarily involve the
reconstruction of the cabinet, it is be-
lieved there will be some changes. 1t
is not considered unlikely that some
of the ministers will be made peers
in order to make room for new blood
in the cabinet. 1t has been the idea
that Mr.. Balfour would be elevated to
the peerage. leaving Mr.. Cham
berlain to lead the House
of Commons, the notion being
that this arrangement would be the
best to coneiliate the divergent inter
ests of the cabinet but it is under
stood that at any rate for the present,
Mr.. Balfour will continue to lead the
Commons.
The Associated Press learns that
Lord Salisbury in resigninp EXPRESSED
the desire that no new title or honors
should be conferred upon him.
The retirement of this last great
statesman of the Victoria age is uni
versally regarded as the transition
from one generation to another, and as
marking the close of an era in the ma
tional life.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
CONVENTION WILL DECIDE.

Both Operators and Miners Awaiting
Its Action--COntinuance of Strike
Depends Thereon.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 13.-The tenth
week of the great anthracite miners
strike may witness the crisis. Every
thing now depends upon the national
convention which meets at Indianapo-
lis on Thursday. If the conventio
votes solid support to the hard coal
miners now on strike, the conflict with
the operators may be prolonged indefi-
nitely. On the other hand, should SUBJ
stantial support not be forthcoming, it
may have discouraging effect on the
strikers, and the operators taking ad-
vantage of 1t, may attempt to resume
operations at some of the collieries.
This is the consensus of opinion as
expressed in operators and strike cir
cIes No effort will be made by any
of the large coal companies to start
up any of their mines this week. In
dianapolis must speak first before any
move is made in that direction. All
the delegates from the anthracite re-
gion will vote as a unit in the conven-
tion.
Vice President Jacobs reports that
the whole region is unusually quiet.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14

stands, the streets were blocked for
squares by thousands oil spectators
carriages and mourners.
The funerals there commenced at 2
o'clock. The church was filled with
affecting expressions of grief. Five
collins at one time were distributed in
front of the altar. At o'clock they
commenced to leave the cemetery. As
the throngs commenced to evacuate
the church the bell broke forth in wild
ringing.
Around the corner at st. Mary's
Greek Catholic Church. there were be-
ing held services for the dead stimuli
taneously with those at st. stephens.
Further down street the Creatians
were having their funerals. In all, the
foreign churches the congregations
displayed emblems of their societies.
Variegated colors were worn by the
women, robbing the scene somewhat of
its mournful character.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
MEANS A NEW CABINET.
Balfour Consulted Chamberlain Be-
fore Accepting.


London, July 13.-The fact of the res
ignation of the premiership of Great
Britain by Lord Salisbury, as fore
Swallowed in the dispatches of the As
ISOLATED Press, was officially given out
this afternoon. The prime minister
laid down the responsibility of his Of
flee July II. Within twenty-four hours
His Majesty elevated Mr.. A. ]. Bal
four, the governments chief represen-
tative in the House of Commons to
the position of premier.
While it was expected in official and
political circles that Lord Salisbury
retirement would be coincident with
the coronation of King Edward, it was
scarcely looked for prior to that event.
Consequently, about the only surprise
expressed as the news spread through
London concerned the date, rather
than the fact of the resignation. The
real interest was not so much in ref
erence to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal
as it was in the appointment of his
successor.
he liveliest speculation is rife as to
the personnel of the new cabinet The
most distinguished feature of the pro-
posed changes is the position of Mr.
Chamberlain, the colonial secretary
who, in many quarters, has been re-
garded as the most promising candi-
date for the premiership.
Chamberlain and BaIfour.
A representative of the Associat-
ed Press learns that prior to the ac-
ceptance of his new office, Mr.. Bal
four first had an interview with Mr.
Chamberlain and then consulted his
other cabinet associates. This is re-
garded as assurance that the future
relative positions of Messrs. Balfour
and Chamberlain will be satisfactory
to both. Mr.. Chamberlain's friends
say he always recognized the reversior
of the premiership to be Mr.. Balfour's
right as government leader in the
House of Commons.
AS to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal
the main reason is considered by prac-
tically all the best informed persons tC
have been simply desire for a quiet
life on the part of a man advanced
in years, whose activities have beer
unusual, and whose scientific tastes
predispose him to study and seclusion
That the retiring premier's health has
failed to some extent is undeniable:
but this is not more than perhaps is
to be expected in a man of his years
and the close of the war in South At
RIGA and the return of the commanding
general there is considered an appropri-
ate time for his withdrawal.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
As Seen by t. p. o'Connor.

London, July 13-Thomas Power
oConnor, M. P, in an interview had
WIN MIN by representative of the
Associated Press tonight, summed up
the situation in connection with the
resignation of Lord Salisbury and the
appointment of Mr.. Balfour as fol-
lows
The resignation of Lord Salisbury
was expected in connection with the
coronation of King Edward, but when
the coronation did not take place
there grew up an idea that perhaps
me premier's resignation was indefi-
nitely postponed. Old men cling to
power, and it was supposed that Lord
odHsoury was not free from the
Weakness of so many others. This
prospect did not quite satisfy his col
!eagues. Lord Salisburys health has
Deen VIGOROUSLY indifferent, es-
peeially since the death of
MS wife; his extreme obesity
Is, Oh course, inconsistent with activity,
eltner of mind or body, and there were
Mhlspers that he, sometimes. was
overcome by sleep in the midst of mo-
nehtous cabinet councils and that he
oHiy awoke when the discordant voices
VI Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial
9Secretary, and Sir Michael Hicks
peach chancellor of the exchequer,
sle TWO chief opponents in the cabinet,
reached an unusually high pitch.
II once or twice, too, lately, in the
tiouse OF Lords he has shown a GER
S aiI want of grip that was almost
PAINFUL For instance, when the
terins of peace in South Africa had to
IL ~ announced, he clamly asked the
muse of Lords whether they desired
~ near the words of Lord kitchener's
uispatch, as though the communication
was really of little or no Importance.
To Shut Out Chamberlain.
Probably his resignation now has
Zen Zen influenced partly by the desire to
lake sure of the succession being in
wv, VIE cecil family, and still more with a
NJ" 70 preventing the accession of
vi WI. Chamberlain. No man could be
s ,inore averse than is Lord Salisbury to
60 enc power being in the hands of
no,, Hlihpulsive, restless and arrogant a
TTItiIucian as the colonial secretary.
~ ign they had been made political
b-IeiIows by necessity. Lord Sails
Jury and Mr.. Chamberlain remained
other ii0S'iie ~
Gu ~ addition, the accession of Mr..
SiaaL Derlain might involve the 4mme-
dec de- dismissal of Lord Cranborne, I'M
~ secretary for the foreign office, and
ad.idIl OF Selborne, first lord of the
~ 'illalty' one the son and the other
II soh-ln-law of Lord Salisbury, and
~ must must also have meant such a paling
m. me star of Mr., Balfour as to prac-
0'ily destroy his prestige.
why BaIfour Is Popular
O.bat, is doubtful, in any case,
nth miner the rank and file of the Tory
ber,5y, would have accepted Mr.. Cham
m. II willingly. They use him, but
TAI 10 not like him. There is a GER
no. r@l" section of young Tories who do
decaSINe Balfour, thinking him slack,
the an an and lethargic, but he is still
tiv,s uarlng of the straight Conserva-
ever ana his appointment would be
opro, more popular with his political
frisnsets than with his political
RsitHs. Despite his many faults. Mr..
ure ~ remains the most popular fig
yerv tne House of Commons and his
'@ults help him in this respect.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
HAY ASKS FOR C0NSPIRAT0RS.
Request for Exfraditiou of Greene
and GaynOr Made Upon British
Charge d'Anaires at Washington.

Washington, July 13.-Steps have
been taken by the State Department
for the extradition to the United States
of Col. John F. Gaynor and Capt. Ben
jamin d. Greene, now under arrest at
Quebec. Canada. A formal application
for their extradition has been made by
Secretary Hay to Mr.. Raikes. charge
de'affaires of the British embassy,
who is now at Newport, and who, it is
expected. will cable the request
promptly to his government. The
grounds on which extradition are
asked are comprehensive in charac-
ter. The action of the State Depart
ment is independent of the proceed
ings now in progress to obtain the
extradition of the men through ordin-
airy judicial process. The Secretary
has not yet acted on the suggestion
of the Department of Justice that
there were distractions placed In the
way of the Canadian proceedings by
reason of connections between counsel
for Messrs. Greene and Gaynor and
crown officers.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
TO SETTLE CHICAGO'S STRIKE.
Eight Railroads Offer Pay for over
time and No Probation for New Men.


time and No Probation for New Men.
Chicago, July 13.-Eight of the rail-
roads, after conferences between their
managers and the members of the
State Board of Arbitration. agreed to
a proposition that it is believed will
result in a settlement of the freight
handlers strike.
The railroads offered to concede two
of the main issues of the controversy,
pay for all overtime and no probation
The roads, however, refused to grant
the demand for IS cents an hour. but
offered 17h cents. The men offered
yesterday to accept In cents an hour
and II is believed the proposition of
the railroads will be accepted. The
freight handlers are now in session con-
sidering the. matter. The railroads
that agreed to the compromise were
four of the Eastern and a like num-
Der of the Western lines. The officers
of these roads claim they control the
other roads, and, if the freight handlers
shall decide tonight to accept the prop
osition. every railroad entering Chicago
will sign the new agreement to-mor-
row morning and the strike will be at
an end
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
CHINA'S DEMANDS CONCEDED.

Foreign Ministers Agree to Restore
to Her the Government of Tien
Tsin.
Pekin, July 13.-The foreign minis
ters to China have agreed upon the
conditions for the restoration of the
government of Tein Tsin to China, and
these conditions only await the sigma
ture of the Italian minister, the Mar
quis Salvage Raggi who is absent,
for presentation to the Chinese gov
eminent. According to the conditions
the thirty kilometer radius from which
Chinese troops are excluded is reduced
to twenty kilometers, the limitation of
the number of police which the Chin
csc may maintain within the radius
is eliminated and the concessions
granted by the provisional government
are ignored
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
TRACY REMAINS HIDDEN.
Ill and Wounded He Took n Sunday
on

Seattle, Wash, July 13.-Notwith-
standing the general belief that Tracy
is on the verge of collapse. as the re-
suit of buckshot wounds and illness
resulting from exposure in the wet
brush, he managed to keep hidden
from the officers to-day. This was es-
pecially disappointing to the four sher-
ifs now on his trail as they had led
him an exhausting chase up to last
night, and hoped to push the pursuit
to an actual encounter to-day. The
search will be continued with renewed
zeal
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14

II he be indolent. he is also courteous,
tolerant and broadminded, and he will
not insult other nations as Mr.. Cham
berlain has done. His tongue is well
under restraint and he has all the in
Suncts OF a gentleman.
Beneficial to Ireland.
Il regard the change as beneficial to
Ireland in the long run. MIR. Balfour
has had much experience of Ireland,
and, though he is not a home ruler,
all his old animosity has disappeared
and he is just the man to propose a
solution of the long outstanding diff
Guilty. But Mr.. Balfour does not come
into office at a very happy moment.
The education BILL which he is plotting
through the House of Commons,
arouses tremendous religious passions
on both sides, and it is doubtful if he
will be able to carry it through with
out such concessions to his political
opponents as will exasperate some of
his own political friends. The after
math of the war has also come and
the majority of the government, though
large, is wanting in cohesion. But it
is useless specializing further; the I'M
expected is always the dominant factor
in English politics"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
TO DISCUSS DISARMAMENT.
Victor EmmanueIs Visit Is in the
Interest of Peace.

Rome, July 13.-The representative
here of the Associated Press learns
from a high source that one of the
principal questions of discussion be-
tween King Victor Emmanuel and the
Car will be the reduction of arma-
ments. The presence of the King at
st. Petersburg and the re-establsh-
ment of friendly relations between
France and Italy are held to prove
that the dual and triple alliances have
lost their original antagonistic char
acter, and that, therefore, the moment
is propitious for the discussion of dis
armament. The Italian papers recog-
nize the fact that the visit of the King
to the Car marks the Introduction of
a new and essentially peaceful element
into European politics.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
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TO PURCHASE OUR MACHINERY.
Polish Agricultural Societies Cut Ont
German MiddIemen.

Berlin. July 1S-A private dispatch
received here from Warsaw says the
agricultural societies of Poland are
negotiating with American manufac-
turers direct for the purchase of ma
chinery. excluding the German mid
dlemtn This step is believed to be
aimed also at German machinery.
Several newspaper publish the above
dispatch as illustrative of the efforts
of Americans to supplant German
manufactures.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
THE CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM.
One of Ens1and's Young PrOteges to
Visit Us, Accompanied by His
BrOfher.

News York, July BIT is learned
from authoritative sources that the
Crown Prince of Siam will come to
the United States in the same simple
manner that he has visited King Ed
ward and the various continental rul-
ers, accompanied only by his brother,
the next in succession to the Crown
Prince, and two aides de camp, Off
GERS in the Siamese army.
The Crowd Prince is in his 22nd year
and for more than eight years has
lived. In England. speaking and writ
ing the language. He has been edu-
Gated at Oxford.
He will call on the President and the
Secretary of State officially, either in
Washington or in such other place as
the American authorities may desig-
nate
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
PIuefieIds Not Captured.

Managua, Nicaragua. July 13.-The
director general Of telegraphs of Mica
ragua declares that Bluehelds has not
been taken by revolutionists. as has
been reported.
Government reports announce the
capture, July Z. of a number of revo-
lutionists near BIuefields.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
RUSSIA'S WELCOME TO ITALY,
Gar, Czarowitch, Grand Dukes and
Leading Officials of the Empire
Greet Victor Emmanuel.


Leading officials of the Empire
Greet Victor Emmanuel.
St. Petersburg, July 13.-Emperor
Nicholas II, wearing the chain of the
Order of the Annunziata, the Caro-
witch, the Russian Grand Dukes, Count
Lamsdorff, the Minister of Foreign AT
fairs, the other cabinet ministers and
a number of officers, greeted King Vic
tor Emmanuel of Italy on his arrival
at the railway station here this after
noon. Preceded by a band playing the
Italian national anthem, a guard of
honor escorted their majesties to the
palace where the Czarina and Dowa-
ger Empress welcomed King Vic
tor. A banquet in honor
of the royal guests was given
in the Hall of Peter the Great
in the palace, at which the cabinet
ministers, the members of the Italian
embassy and high court dignitaries
We're present. The official papers eX-
tend to King Victor Emmanuel sym
pathetic greeting, declaring that the
interests of Russia and Italy are an
tagonistic in no quarter whatever.
The Cars Remarks.
At the banquet the Gar, in toasting
the King, said:
1T is with lively and deep satisfac-
ton that we greet your majesty, and
it is especially agreeable to us that
your majesty has begun his travels by
visiting us. The whole of Russia sees
herein a fresh proof of the bonds of
true friendship which unite us and
identifies itself with our SEN
timents. These feelings of
mutual sympathy, which are
increasingly apparent between our
two peoples favor the development of
the most desirable relations and inter
ests of the two countries. l thank
your majesty sincerely for you visit,
and l raise my glass to the glory and
happiness of your august person, of
Queen Helen, of the Queen Dowager
and of the whole royal family. l drink
prosperity to Italy,
The band then played the Italian
anthem.
King Victor's Response.
King Victor Emmanuel, in reply,
said.
Il thank your majesty for your
hearty welcome and for the gracious
words with which you have referred
to me, to my country and to the ties
of personal friendship. which heartily
unite US. The good 0elations which
have long existed between Russia
and Italy make my visit specially
agreeable to me. l come to St. Peters
burg with the approval of my people,
who perceive in the closer drawing
together of these bonds fresh pledge
of peace and prosperity. 1 raise my
glass in honor of your imperial majes-
ty, to the glory of the government and
the prosperity of Russia, to the EN-
press Maria and to the Empress Alex
andra. as we'll as to the whole impe-
rial family"
The Russian anthem was then rem
dered by the bandl
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
HAS RECURRENT DEMENTIA.
Young Woman in TEXAS Insane AsyI-
um Partially Receivers Herself.

Terrell, Tex, July 13.-Miss Ada
Barker, who was brought here to the
State Insane Asylum by the sheriff of
Ell Paso county a week ago in an
apparently demented condition, has so
far recovered that she remembers hav-
ing left her home in New York dur
ing the latter part of May for the
Galveston carnival After reaching
Galveston Miss Barker's mind is
blank until within the last few days
The young woman was well supplied
with money on leaving New York, and
still retains portion of it. She has
written relatives in New York appris-
ing them of her whereabouts, and ex-
poets them to come to her relief Ply
sicians pronounce her case one of
double consciousness or recurrent de-
mentia
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
BECAUSE OF A WATERMEL ON.

l.. d N. Conductor Mt Birmingham
Probably Fatally Wounded Be-
cause He Refused to Sell.
Birmingham, Ala, July 13.-A. r.
Rives conductor on a Louisville and
Nashville freight train, while guarding
several cars that were wrecked just
outside the city limits to-day was
struck on the heaS by stone and
probably fatally injured. While stand
ing near car containing watermelons
three white men approached Rives and
asked that he sell them a melon. The
conductor told them he had no author
ity to do so and the men began hurting
stones and pieces of Stag at him. A
heavy stone struck him just behind his
left ear, crushing the skull. Physicians
say he cannot recover. No arrests
have been made.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-14
CHICAGO'S DEAD PRELATE.
Funeral Services to Be Held in Ca
tbedraI of the Holy Name.

Chicago, July 8O.-The funeral of
Archbishop Feehan will be held in the
Cathedral Of the Holy Name at 10
o'clock Thursday morning. The inter
,,,ent viii be at Calvary Cemetery the
same day. ~,
main at the archepiscopal residence
to-norrow and tomorrow night guard
ed by priests. 1t will be taken to the
Cathedral on Tuesday morning, to lie
in state until Wednesday.