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1 CHINA MAY APP0IN1
, PEACE COMMISSIO
Washington, Sept 5 -Withio
Ilast 25 boors the United States gi
ernment has reece;ved from its rep
eentatives at foreign capitals mu
material information in regard to I
^attitude of the powers on the Rossi
proposal to evacuar Pekin Tot
t give the general nature of the
eponses made to Russia by certain
the powers. It is stated authori
lively that if there was at any timi
prospect of a serious internatioi
ciasb this has been very largely
not entirely removed by the haran
ions character of the eommunicatic
the several governments are makic
The exact nature of the responses
not made public by the state depa
ment, for there are yet some repli
to be transmitted, and until all
them are in the negotiations are cc
sidered in such an incomplete foi
' that they wil? not be made public,
is said, however, that the answers j
mnch beyond the teutative charact
of those heretofore referred to, ai
are of a conclusive nature, so far
showing the purposes of the gover
ments, although they may not i
regarded as conclusive in acceptii
p. *<6r rejecting the particular propo?
tion advanced by Russia. The r
spouses are understood to be rath
long and somewhat argumentativ
similar in this respect to the Amei
can responses This very fact is
cause for congratulation among of
cials, as they point ont that there
no disposition to treat the propos
with terseness or in any manner
give offense, but rather to bring ti
powers together on a common basi
On the whole, the general tendenc
of the responses is to give entii
satisfaction here as to the course
the negotiations
The satisfactory progress of tl
negotiations along these Hoes hi
directed attention to the personalii
of the envoys, who will likely repn
sent the powers and China in tl
final settlement. Mr Conger is ri
.? garded as eminently fitted for such
task on the part of the United State
supposing that each of the powei
interested io the Chinese problem
to have a separate and individu:
representative Mr Rockhili's nam
ie mentioned as an alternate iu eas
Mr Conger does not care to remai
io Pekin, or to participate in the se
? tiement.
If the present 6tate of affairs i
Chins is protracted until the arrivi
there of Field Marshal Count Wa
dersee, which should occur in aboi
ten days or a fortnight, it is not to b
! doubted that the government cf Ge
many will endeavor to have all th
negotiations with the Chinese go^
ernment conducted through the
official as a representative, not c
Germany alone, but of all the pow
ers urging the advisability of con
? bined action through one agency a
k the best means of securing a speed;
K. and generally satisfactory termin?
K tion of the Chinese trouble
T; If lhere is any change in the milita
f ry situation since Gen Chaifee's dis
patch, supposed to be of the 13ti
ultimo, no word of it has reache<
Washington It is understood tha
disturbance and outrages upon mi?
? 6*ionaries continue in some of tho dis
I tricts outside ot Pekin It ii
1 believed here-possibly because o
v these reports-that the foreign min
isters in Pekin probably wili enter ar
earnest objection to any withdrawa
ot troops if their respective govern
* merits delay action upon tho Russia!
proposal uii?i! they have had ?
chance to express their views.
The German foreign < See appear?
to be actively furthering the oegotia
\ lions for a settlement Persons ?ike
iv to have 3 correct understanding ol
Germany's attitude lock for the sog
\ gestion of a compromise of midd!?
y course which will be neither an ac
ceptsnce nor a rejection cf the Rus
% sia?i proposai, bo" will bs such a sat
isfactory middle ground thai ail tl?<:
powers, including Russia, cari agree
to it For instance, ii ir: Ruggested
} that Germany with propriety might
r^J^ suoSe8t l^at a certain 1 mit be fixed
9 *uo the extent of the militaiy detach
mest to be left al Pek;n, with an un
derstanding lhat each small detatch
ment confine itself to quarters so long
as peace and quiet prevailed in
Pekin, but be ready to act iu case
of farther Chinese depredations. In
another diplomatic quarter strong
belief is expressed that the requisite
compromise will be found by China's
re establishing and naming peace
commissioners Official informations
have been reached Washington that
steps are now being taken by China
! towards the appointment of such a
j peace commission. In that event it
is believed by diplomatic officials
that the entire status of the negotia
tions between the powers might be
changed and that Kassia no longer
would feel impelled to insist upon
the withdraw ' of her minister and
troops from Pekin, as all these matters
would be 8nbject for the commission
itself to deal with. It is pointed out
also that in six days since the Kassian
and American notes were given to
the world the sentiment has been
growing steadily in favor of continu?
ing the presenca of troops at Pekin.
Meanwhile the policy of the United
States bas been saca as to leave us
entire freedom in our future action,
save and except that we are commit?
ted to withdraw our troops from Pe?
kin if Kassia first withdraws hers
EARL LP3 DIPLOMACY.
London, Sept 5 -The Chioese min J
ister here. Sir Chih Chen LD Feng Luh, j
admits the correctness, in a general
sense, of toe cable message scot to bim,
according to Shanghai advices, by Li
Heng Chang io which the latter is
quoted as saying :
''Our St Perersburg minister bas
persuaded Kassia to leave Pekin. You
are useless if voa canoot persuade
England. "
The Chinese minister hore also says
he has sent a powerful memorial to
Lord Salisbury urging him to adhere ro
the Kassian proposal to withdraw the
ailied forces from Pekin, as he, Sir
Ch?gb C en Lo Feng Lab, believes it
will pave the way to a speedy settle?
ment The minister al?o said the Chi?
nese people were sick of the war, that
tbs genuineness of Li Hang's Cbaog's
plenipotentiary powers was uodoabted
aod that Li Hung Chang was working
in fall sympathy with the emperor,
dowager empress and privy council, all
of wbcm favored peace.
The minister added that be himself
was still io communication with the
Chioese government, whose authority
remained entire and who were merely
Temporarily residing in the province of
Shan Si
?PARADED THROUGH FORBID
DEN CITY,
j London, Sept 6.-Gen. Sir Alfred
I Gaselee, commander of the British
! Indian troops at the Chinese oapital,
I wir:3 as follows from Pekin, Aug. 29,
! to Lord George Hamiltoo, secre . of
j state for India :
j "The allies marched through the
! Forbidden City yesterday (Aug. 28.)
j The British had third place in the pro
J cession, the Russians aod Japanese
j being in greater strength."
FEARS FOR MISSIONARIES.
New York, Sept. 5.-The Protes?
tant Episcopal Missionary society bas
received a oable dispatob from Bishop
frederick R Graves, the bishop of
Shanghai aod the lower Yang Tee val?
ley, in which he expressed some fear
for the missionary interests if the for
j eign troops should be withdrawn, acd
i also expresses decided distrust of Li
! Hang Chang.
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j EXTERMINATING THE BOXERS.
Taka, Sept. 3.-It is reliably assert?
ed that native soldiery, acting under
the orders of Li Hong Chang, are
exterminating tbe Boxers tn the pro
! vinces of Hu Non and Chi Li.
j Four promioent Boxers were execut
I ed io Tien Tsi:. today. Tbe French
1 shot two and the Japaoese beheaded
the others
The executions have had a good
; morai effect.
: Getting on Hoyt's Blind Side
Thc Abbeville Medmo> shows its
"frieodship" for Coi. Hoyt a.? follows :
We h--ive not said an unkind or dis
respectful word ab~ut Col. Hoyt because
<>i nar long friendship for him. After
bis lite record as a tempor?neo mao ir
w uid be an injustice to hici to put him
. at the he-id of tbe whiskey business of
thc Srare There is something incoo
! graous about thc idea A. trun fric: ;;
of Cw!. Hoy" wi.i nor. fore; bim to g .
into tee- whiskey fcuriness ;;t tbi*. late
Ja v.
Coi Hoyt hss passed iii- thro- score
ye-r-.j ar.-J ha i always boroo lietimooy
?j<'.!\;i;-!. vj':>,>[:cr and il would certain!?
te a great outrage on bim make him
hesd man of ii.-. "State burroon;'" as
hi? frieot?s e;i!l :
Presideor J O Wilborn, of :i;C
Cotton Grower Association, bas adept
ci the sagges?iOG of the president of
tho Wheat Growers'' Association that
thc two as>ociation>5 should meet io
Greenwood at tho same time, and has
issued a call to that effect. The wheat
grewers io Soutb Carolina are enthusi?
astic over the result of their work the
past year.
Powers are Divided
as to Leaving Pekin
Washington, Sept 6 -Tbe latest
expression as to he attitude of the
powers an the evacuation of Pekin
comes from the United States ambas?
sador at Paris, Gen Horace Porter,
who has advised the authorities here
that the attitude of the French gov?
ernment is favorable to the position
taken by Russia. Almost simultaneous?
ly with tbi9 dispatch from Gen Porter
came another from the American
charged affaires at Berlin, giving the
attitude of Germany on Russian pro?
posal. This io substance states that
Germany, while anxious to avoid
friction between the powers, re?
gards the conditions at Pekin such
as to require the continued presence
of German force3 lhere. Neither Gen
Porter or Mr Jackson gave the text
of the answers
These two highly important com?
munications bring the Chinese nego?
tiations to a very advanced stage,
though they are not yet concluded as
all the answers are not yet in. The
German and French answers, how?
ever, cleaily indicate alignment of
tbe powers It is generally accepted
that Germany's attitude in favor of
remaining at Pekin will be concurred
in by Ita??y and Austria. Definite
word has been received here that
Austria favors remaining at Pekin.
The position of Japan is likewise
lacking in definiteness, although it is
believed in the beet posted quarters
that if other nations remain at Pekin
Japan will deem it expedient to re?
main there also It would seem
from this that France is the only
government to give concurrence to
the Russian proposition although the
United States has expressed a
purpose of following RussiVs course
unless the other powers brought
about a modification of Russia's
! position Thus far Russia has not
expressed any purpose of modifying
ber original position. It was stated
authoritatively today that Russia has
not ordered the departure of her
minieter or troops from Pekin up to
this time, so far as the United States
government is advised It is stated
ali?o that co proposition has
been presented, but that the question
is practically the same as when first
presented, namely, as io whether the
troops will remain or be withdrawn
from Pekin.
The receipts of the communications
from Berlin and Paris brought about
! numerous conferences between the
president. Secretary Root and Acting
Secretary of State Hill and also be
tween Mr II iii and Mr Adee. It was
gathered from these meetings that
another note was being prepared by
the United States, but the authorities
did not feel disposed to give an
inkling as to its nature, and it is
quite probable that its final form will
await the consideration of the cabinet
meeting tomorrow.
The military situation remains
unchanged at Pekin. Geu Cbaffee's
messages make it clear that he for
one is proceeding upon the under
standing that tbe American troops
will winter in China. The American
contingent in the parade through the
imperial palace was small, probably
in conformity with an arrangement
between the various commanders in
Pekin that the force selected to make
the demonstration should be limited
in numbers in order that this might
reduce the chance of looting. It is
supposed here that it was also made
to impress the Chinese people ae a
whole and not from any present
military necessity Some action of
thia kind appears to have been
necessary in order to offset the
stories which were afloat in the
southern Chinese ports to the effect
that the allies had been completely
overthrown by the imperial troops
and the Boxers, which stories were
catenated to cause further uprisings
Besides the demonstration at the
palace may reduce the ill effects of
any withdrawals of troops from Pekin
as a resuit of the present negotia
tio ns
I
KEEN SATISFACTION
London, Sept 7, 3 30 a m -Gor
rnany's polite refusal to withdraw
from Pekin is commented upon with'
keen satisfaction in London : and the
hopo is expressed that Lord Salisbury
will show similar firmness. Thc
British reply oas not yet boen formu
lated L?r'i Salisbury desires to
consult his colleagues and has no!i
Sed the foreign (.liico ol his intention
to return to London from the conti
nen* early next week There ip lit
tie doubt, however, that Germany's
reply is the outcome < i the discus?
sion carried on during tho I.,- . ;,>....
days between the European cab ns ts.
and that the compromise policy of
maintaining the occupation ol the
capita!, but withdrawing the greater
pa?t of the troops to Tien Tsui will
be found to have met general concur?
rence.
From Shanghai it reported that
Japan bas notified the powers of her
willingness to withdraw her troops
provided an adequate guard ie left
for the legations and on condition
that China formally requests evacua?
tion and opens genuine negotiations
for peace Altogether appearances
are more hopeful, and it is likely that
when Field Marshal Count von Wal
dersee arrives a fortnight hence at
Taku be will fiod the allies agreed
upon some common policy
Chang Chu Tung, Wu Tang vice?
roy, has telegraphed an urgent
appeal to the British consul in
Shanghai urging Great Britain to
institute peace negotiation. It is
reported that 2,000 Boxers have been
killed and wounded in conflicts with
the troops of Gen Yuan Shi Kai,
military governor of Shan Tung.
Is the United States
Planning New Move ?
Washington, Sept. 7.-Minister Wu
arrived in Washington from Cape May
late this afternoon and proceeded direct?
ly to the state department. It is under?
stood that be bad received an intimation
that the department officials were
desirous: of conferring with him. For
nearly an hour the minister was closet?
ed behind looked door9 with Acting
Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary
Adee. None of the parties to the con?
ference was communicative as to the
conference, but at its conclusion. Dr.
Hill repaired to the White House sith
a portfolio weli filled with papers.
For several hours preceding the min?
ister's visit Acting Secretary Hill and
Assistant Secretary Adee had been
engaged in short conferences and it was
gathered that the negotiations relative
to China were approaching another
phase and that another pronouncement
of some kind was in preparation. When
thc Uoited States made its response to
the Russian note on the 30:b ulto. the
officials here expressed the belief that
about a weekes time would be required
to determine the next step and at the
end of that time it would be definitely
known whether or not the troops are to
b9 withdrawn from Pekin. That period
of time has now elapsed. The reports
from the European chancellories indicate
that, officially at least, this important
subject is being treated with the great?
est deliberation and at least another
week, and probably even more time,
may be consumed in framing the last of
the answers to the Russian note.
Meanwhile our government bas
pretty well satisfied itself as to the
attitode towards this last proposition of
each and all of the Dowers interested
in the Chinese problem. It may be
that this knowledge ?9 regarded a3 suffi?
cient upon which to base another for?
ward and, perhaps in this case, an
independent movement by the United
States towards the ultimate withdrawal
of the troops and the settlement with
Chioa which the government has had
in mind since the beginning of the
trouble.
The consultations with Mr. Wu are
believed to bave been inspired by a
desire to learn something of the person?
ality of Chinese notables whose names
have been suggested as proper to con
stitute the Chinese side of any commis?
sion which may be named to arrange
a settlement of the difficulties. Mr Wu
is ao ardent adherent of Earl Li.
There was a dearth of offioial infor?
mation from Chioa today. Gen Chaf
fee pot through a dispatoh daied Sept.
1 at Pekio, indicating that conners are
still employed to close the gap io the
line of communication between Tien
Tsin and Pekin. This dispatch made
no mention of the military situation
and it was inferred that affairs in Pekin
remain quiet The dispatch warmly
commended Col. Aaron S. Daggett for
gallantry in China and urged that he
bc made a brigadier general before bis
retirement nine years hence.
WORKING FOR A COMPROMISE.
Paris. Sept 7 -Active negotiations
are in nrogress looking to some com
promise arrangement with Russia re?
garding the position she has assumed ?
towards Pekin. The communications j
exchanged between the powers now
h?Yc better premise of success. The :
compromise suggested, it i* asserted
herc, is the withdrawal of the forces ?
of ail the powers ir, Pekin, leaving the ;
international siznrd to protect, rho loga
t:on>. which it if further asserted in
P:\ri< w?ll be allowed ""> remain at the
Chinese capital r dinpeace sottie- .
i ??I?::?r Th?' main body of troops, lr \*
also said, wi'l retire to the neighbor
l ) c~ w nv - t ' iV -
liOGu ci Lien ism, heaving pcmcieoi
forces .iiot}ff ;':p rrrad t ? ke< p clear the
railroad route between Pekin and Tien
Tsin. Russians attitude ?; interpreted
here as ein'ir ing tba* she will crtthtiraw
her rrdop?7o-o?.*ld(2 th? ? .-.J Pekin
but not necessarily rx ?real <: stance
'r .that city
ix - ? t J Hot From t!:?' Gun
W i- ib? ball t"?:?r hit <.? B St?:auin.Tn. of
Newark, M?h., i-i tbc Civil Vv;ir If .-M....M?
horrible Ulcer? th?) :.<> treatment helped for
2ti years Then Bucklen's Artii.vi Salve cured :
him. Cures Cuts. Bruises, Burn?.'?Boils, Fcl
ons. Corn:-, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. 25 els. a box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. 3_
Favor the Burning of Pekin,'
American Woman Subjected
to the Most Horrible Usage
Before Being Tortured
to Death.
Shanghai. Sept. 4.-Dispatches an
oounciDg that the American govern?
ment refases to agree to the with?
drawal of the troops from Pekin be?
fore satisfaction for the outrages upon
and|tbe losses of its subjects is given,
have been received here and are ap?
plauded by the entire foreign colony
in ShaDghai Any other policy, ac?
cording to the business men and mis?
sionaries with whom the Associated
Press representative has talked,
would be a vital blow to the prestige
of the foreigners and would weaken
their status in China The English
papers fiercely denounce the propo
gals to evacuation as defeat The
masses of Chinamen now believe thai
the Chinese arms are victorious
The Chinese papers printed in
Shanghai contain iong circumstantial
accounts of alleged Chinese victories
at Pekin, Tien Tsin and Lung Chou,
and the shops in the native quarter dis
play for sale lurid pictures of the ce?
lestial army driving the European sol
diers into the sea at Taku and cut
ting them to pieces at Tien Tsin.
They also show pictures of the for?
eign admirals being tortured in the
presence of the viceroys. The peo?
ple accept these reports as correctly
representing the situation and consid?
er the reports of the English press as
"merely foreign lies "
The European community contin?
ues to demand the destruction of
Ptkin and the exemplary punishment
of the officials deeming indemnity and
paper promises of new treaties in
adequate Undoubtedly the infor
mation in detail of massacres of for
eigner8 daily received inflames this
sentiment. The empress dowager is
living in the Yamen at Tai Yuan Fu,
in Shan Si province Fifty mission?
aries have been slaughter in that Ya
men under her orders and practically
in the presence of the viceroy. Three
were beheaded in the inner court and
the others were killed babariously m
the outer court yard. Their bodies
were thrown to the dogs.
The empress has ordered a commis?
sioner to investigate the conduct of
the southern viceroys who made a j
compact with the foreign consuls and
their degradation is expected
The Associated Press representa
tive learns from official sources the
facts of the killing of several Ameri?
can woman missionaries At the
request of the mission board the de
tails were witbheid out of regard for
the feelings of the relatives of the
murdered women, but other promi?
nent Americans who have long anta?
gonized the policy of sending women
to isolated inland posts, think it im
portant that the facts should be
known The names of the victims
are withheld by request Two of
these women were captured while
attempting to leave the stations
where they were located, were led
about the country naked, repeatedly
outraged and finally killed by a
method too revolting to be described.
Two other American women were
coming to the coast with a party
! which a number of Chinamen follow
j ed and ptoned. The wemen fell ex
! hausted and were taken by tbe Chi
namen into the presence of the local i
officials
They were prostrated upon the
execution block and a feint was made
! of beheading them One of them
j became hysterical and laughed, and, j
thinking her insane, the Chinese
escorted her to the coast because of
their superstition regarding the in j
j sane. On the journey, however, the
i woman was repeatedly criminally
j assaulted by her escort. The other
! woman, after being exhibited naked i
I for some days and suffering assault |
j by several men, was tortured to j
j death by the same shameful methods j
i as were practiced in the other case, j
Two Swedish missionary women j
arrived at Shanghai after similar ex-j
perience except that their lives were :
spared ?
The foregoing sre matters of official j
record
The I i- English missionaries, in- :
eluding six wemen and four children,
who were murdered at Cha Cbau, in
the province of Che Kiang, accord
;ng lo the story of a Spanish priest I
who escaped were killed with h::y
forks r.:;;i ancient spears by the mag?
istrate's bodyguard and their naked
bodies were hanged from trees
Th< se incidents make a ienient
policy unpopular in Shanghai where I
ai! the victims had friends
Placards appeared today in al! pub .
lie places exhorting foreignere to
oppose :: compromise with the gov
ernmcnt and attacking Li lim.-^
Chang
Reports received here from the;
treaty ports show that the opposition \
to the allied forces evacuating Pekin j
bef?te a final settlement with the j
Chinese is arrived at is universal and
intense among the foreigners. Theil
commercial and missionary bodies
are cabling protests to their govern?
ments The diplomatic and military
officers, except the Russians, share
lois feeling
Li Hung Chang, since his under?
standing with Russia, bas changed
front towards the representatives cf
the other powers and has been inso?
lent and almost insulting in his inter?
views with them.
Li Hung Chang bas recommended
the dowager empress to appoint the
two southern viceroys who made the
agreement with the consuls to keep
order in their territories, the presi?
dent of the tsong li yamen and him?
self as a commission to treat with the
powers. Li starts for Tien Tsin in a
week on a Chinese ship convoyed by
a Japanese warship.
Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the United
States special commissioner, 6tarts
for Pekin Thursday.
LI ASKS FOR ESCORT.
London, Sept 7.-A spe?oh dispatoh
from Shanghai says Li Hung Chang
ha9 made a request fer ao American
escort to accompany him oa bis jour?
ney to Pekin and that United States
Consul Goodnow is considering his
request.
Now that a proposal more in con?
formity with the original American
recommendation has apparently *met
with the approbation of a5 least a ma?
jority of tbe pewers. the British
foreign office has allowed it to become
definitely known that tbe British gov
ernment is of the opinion that it is ad?
visable for the allied forces to remain at
Pekin until satisfactory arrangements
for peace, etc, are conoloded with the
Chiness government.
London, Sept. 7-The London cham?
ber of commerce bas received a tele?
gram from the Hongkong chamber o*
commerce with a request thai it be
communicated to tbe British foreign
offioe, advocating a continuance of the
occupation of Pekia until a proper gov?
ernment bas been established and the
guilty officials have been punished, and *
pointing out that ao earlier withdrawal
would be disastrous to foreign prestige
in China.
Disastrous to Missions.
New York, Sept 4 -The Rev Dr
Dodd, one of the secretaries for the
Methodist Episcopal Missionary society,
received the following cablegram from
Shanghai today, signed "Central Chi
na :
"Pretest government against evacu?
ation of Pekin and recognition of Li
Hung Chang. 3oth disastrous to mis?
sions.'7
Robert E Speer of tbe Presbyterian
board of foreign missions received a
number of letters from Presbyterian
missionaries to China today. One
from Samuel Coohran, dated Arima,
Japan, Aug. 3, gives an account of the
decapitation of nine missionaries near
Hang Chow.
Policemen Electrocuted.
St. Louis, Sept. \ -Two policemen
have been killed by electrio shocks sus?
tained while they were using tbe police
telephone and ll other effioers injured
in the same manner.
The men bad gone to patrol boxes
on their beats to call up headquarters
When they touched the receivers they
were knocked a distance cf 10 feat,
falling limp to the ground. Boih died
half an hour after being conveyed tc
thc hospital.
The other ll patrolmen bad their
bands burned and suffered from ?hock
bat oooe was seriously injured.
The crossing of an elecraic light
wire with the telephone circuit caused
the catastrophe.
Charleston's Population.
Washington, Sept 4.-The popula
tion of the? city of Charleston, S C .
a? officially announced today ie 55 807.
In 1890 the population was 54,955.
These figures show, for thc city as a
c ?
whole, aa increase of 852 cr 1 5o pe:
eeoc from lb90 tc 1900
The population in 1880 was 49,984,
showing an increase of A 971 er 9 9o
per cent '"rom 1888 to 1S90
The bureau announces the population
or' Hartford, Cone , cz 79.850, a vain
ct 2G.S20, er 50 10 per cc:.:.: Fort
Wayne, ?5.115, a cain o? 9;722 or
29 47 por cent.
The population ;i Richmond, \ a ?3
85,050-, a gain cf 1) 002 er 4 5 per
cent.
Bis Gift to Negro College.
Atlanta, Sept 4 -Joi:o i? Rocke?
feller has made Spellman Scmic^rv, a
negro college of this city, a present ci
? ISO 000 Toe nickey balbeen put
into tho treasury of the American
Baptist Heme Mission society of New
York, which institution has charge of
thc college. A new dormitory, a new
dir>iog ball, magnificent in all its
appointments, a residence tor the
faculty, a hospital and a heating and
light plant will be built.