VOL. XXIII.-NO. 229.

11l 111 111I^BERTY CONGRESS OF ANTI-IM-

PERIALISTS ADOPT A STRONGp v RESOLUTION

aiDILO,IGI9D HEITiSD DEBATE

\u25a0THIRD PARTY "ANTIS>» WASTEDTHE INDORSEMENT OF BRYAN-

SVRICK OUT

VERDICT WAS MOST EMPHATIC

'Viva Voce Vote Showed the Senti-ment to Be Overwhelmingly in

Favor of Supporting the

Democratic Ticket.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16.— Liberty»ongre.;s of the American League ofAnti-Imperialists, today emphaticallyfcdorsed the candidacy of Wm. J. Bryanfor president. The resolutions to that»ffect were read to the convention byCol. Charles R. Codman, of Massachu-letts, who moved their adoption afterItating that the entire committee ofIwenty-flve had Indorsed them. Theinvention, however, did not accept theplatform as submitted by the resolutionslommittee without a prolonged and heat-ed debate. Thomas H. Osborne, of Au-burn, N. V., leader of the "third ticket"movement, offered an amendment toftrlke out the Indorsement of Bryan,md his amendment was vigorously sup-ported by several delegates, and whenthe previous question was called lessthan a score could be marshalled to voteagainst the Bryan indorsement. The'Tote was viva voce and Its exact resultwill never be known, but the sentiment»f the convention was clearly shown asbeing in favor of the indorsement ofBryan as the most effects manner of•necking the elleged imperialistic policyof tho administration.

The most vigorous opponents of theBryan pronouncement In the platformwere conspicuous members of the na-tional, or third ticket convention, whowere also admitted as delegates to theanti-imperialistic congress. They wereably led by Thomas M. Osborne, andidvooated the nomination or a third ticketon the theory that their followers, whileopposed to President McKinley, were notprepared to accept Mr. Bryan on thtlKansas City platform.

Col. Charles R. Codmari and EdwinBurrllt Smith were the chief opponentsOf the platform as presented, claimingthat now all political questions weresubordinate to the one question of Im-perialism, and all opposed to the admin-istration should unite to overthrow inthe most effective and a viable mannerpresented. Every mention "of Mr. Bry-an's name in the convention called forthenthusiastic applause." The speakers who opposed the Bryan

plank in the platform were received withJeers and cries of "time," from Kie del-egates, and Chairman Zelsler at time»had difficulty In obtaining a hearing forthem.

After the adoption of the resolutionsIndorsing Mr. Bryan the r&prcsentalvesof tha third party movement met in theassembly room of the Commercial cluband eelecter Thomas M. O.- ftirne, of Au-burn, N. V., for permanent chairman,and Everett W. Abbott, ofNew York, forpermanent secretary. A motion was madeand carried that a convention be heldIn New York Sept. 5 for the purpose »fnominating a ticket. It is said th«third party men today offfrTi the presr.dentlal nomination to Moorfield Storey,of Massachusetts, but that "Sir. Storeydeclined. Wm. I. Palmer, ot Colorado,wap reported to be their choice for vicepresident. The leaders of the move-ment tonight said that they expected alargo representation at their conventionIn New York on Sept. 5, and that can-didates for president and vice president\u25a0would then surely be nominated.

Becretary Mize, of the liberty con-rres-s. today received a letter from Wm.Lloyd Garrison, of Boston, pledging hissupport to Bryan.

PROCEEDINGS OPENED.The delegates to the liberty congress

of the National Anti-Imperialist leaguewere late in assembling in Tomlinson hallfor the second day's session. Ex-Gov.Boutwell called the session to order andIntroduced the Rev. S. W. Sample, pas-tor of the People's church, of Minne-apolis, who offered prayer. Mr. Sampleprayed for a more strict observance ofthe Declaration of Independence.

Pending the report of the committeeon resolutions, Chairman Boutwell calledon Hon. L. W. Habercorn, of Washing-ton, to address the convention.

Dr. Habercorn was received with muchapp.lause. He charged *hat the presidenthad "done that which he had himselfsolemnly declared to be a great crime,and now, tried to shift the responsibilityupon Divine Providence." lie said heappealed more especially to those who,like himself, had come from a countryover which a monarchy reigns."If McKinley is re-elected," continued

Dr. Habercorn, "the chances are thestanding army of the United States willbe increased to 200,000 men, because un-der the new order of things we arebound to be embroiled in all the troublesof the world. Is It not an act of im-perialism that the president has enteredUpon this new adventure in China with-out assembling congress In extra ses-sion?

"The people, who, like myself, havecome from Germany, know to their sor-row what militarism means. These arethe last men who will vote to convertthis country into an empire.

"The president has said 'who will hauldown the flag?' Now I have always, be-lieved that the flag should be hauleddown where it has no business. Is Itthe emblem of liberty In Manila and Por-to Rico? There it flGats over subject peo-ple, not free people.

"I have always been a Republican, butrow I feel It my duty to fight the Re-publican party with air the activity Ipossess, because it has now become theparty of Imperialism."

Dr. Habercorn concluded with a declar-ation for Bryan.

Col. Charles R. Codman. of Massa-chusetts, read the report of the commit-tee on resolutions, which took the formc r an address to the American people.

Col. Codroan said that of (he twenty-five members of the committee on reso-lutions one cVd not vote In 1896; sevenVoted for Palmer and Buckner, sevenvoted for- Bryan and ten for McKinley.The twenty-five were unanimous in sub-mitting a report to the convention.

BULLETIN OFIMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for St Paul.Fair.

«Antl-Inu>e<riallst Convention.Death of John J. In»all*.Riots In New York.Allies Are at Pekln. :

2-Conkltn's Injury Fatal.Convict Labor Problem.Picnic of Barber*.

> '." T ' - - •

3—Mlnnoajiollf, Matters.Northwest Sciv«.lowa Democratic Convention.Goebel Murder Trial.

\u25a04—Editorial Pose.State Political Gossip.

6—Sporting Xews.

Pits Forcing: Jeffrie*.Bryan Returns to Lincoln.

C—News of Railroad*.Short Story of the Day.Popular Wants.

7—Market* of the World.Chicago Sept. Wheat, 73 8-40.Bar Silver, (tie. -.^Stockji Professional.

B—ln the Local Labor Field.Pay Roll Allowed.Dead Man's Identity.

he cordially Joined In the statement ofprinciples contained In the resolutions,but states that he reserved the right tosupport a third candidate. if one werenominated, who satisfied him better thanMr. Bryan.

Thomas M. Osborne, of New York,leader of the "Nationalists" or thirdticket party, was recognized to speakon the resolutions.

Mr. Osborne said there were many whocould support neither McKinley nor Bry-an, not believing it right to remedy onewrong by substituting another.

"We cannot trust the Democratic par-ty as it stands today." (Cries of "Bosh!""How much did Mark Hanna pay you tocome here?")

Following Is the report of the commit-tee on resolutions:

"This liberty congress of ar.tl-Irr.perlal-ists recognizes a great national crisis,which mcanceu the republic upon whosefuture depends in such large measure thehope of freedom throughout the world.For the first time in our country's historythe president has undertaker] to subju-gate a foreign people and to rule them bydespotic power. He has thrown the pro-tection of the American flag over slaveryand polygamy in the Sulu islands. Hehas arrogated to himself the power to im-pose upon the inhabitants of the Philip-pines government without their consentand taxation without representation. HeIs waging war upon them for asserting th©very principles for th© maintenance ofwhich our forefathers pledged their lives,their fortunes and their sacred honor.He claims for himself and congressauthority to govern the territory of. theUnited States without constitutional re-straint.

"We believe in the Declaration of In«dependence. Its truths, not less self-evi-dent today than when first announced byour fathers, are of universal applicationand cannot be abadoned while govern-ment by tha people endures.

"Wo believe In the constitution of theUnited States. It gives the president andcongress certain limited powers and se-cures to every man within the limit ofour Jurisdiction certain essential rights.We deny that either the president or con-gress can govern any person anywherooutside the constitution.

"We are absolutely opposed to thepolicy of President McKinley, which pro-poses to govern millions of men withouttheir consent, which in Porto Rico es-tablishes taxation without representationand government by the arbitrary will ofa legislature, unfettered by constitutionalrestraint and In the Philippines prose-cutes a war of conquest and demands un-conditional surrender fro™ a people whoare of right free and independent. Thestruggle of men for freedom has everbeen a struggle for constitutional liberty.There Is no liberty If the citizen has noright which the legislature may not in-vade, if he may be taxed by a legis-lature in which he Is not represented, orIfhe Is not protected by fundamental lawasalnst the arbitrary action of executivepower. The policy of the president offersthe inhabitants of Porto Rico, Hawaii.anri the Philippines no hope of lnde»pendence, no prospect of American citi-zenship: no constitutional protection, norepresentation in the congress whichtaxes him. This is the government ofmen by tiTbitrary power without theirconsent; this is imperialism.

"There le no room under the free flagnf America for subjects. The presidentand congress, who derive all their pow-r-«-.« fiom tha ?u"»«iH>itii* can i"i*iriinoman with^t regard to its limitations.

"We believe that the greatest safe-guard of liberty 1b a free Dress, and wedemand that the censorship in tho Philip-pine islun<Ss which keeps from the Amer-ican people the knowledge of what isdone in their name be abolished.

"We are entitled to know the. truth andwe insist that the powers which the pres-ident holds in trust for us ehall not twused to suppress It.

"Because we thus believe, we opposethe re-election of Mr. McKlnley. Th»supreme purpose of tne people In thism-omentous campaign should be-to stampwith their final disapproval this attemptto grasp imperial power. A self-govern-ing: people can hp.ve no more Imperativeduty than to drive from public life a chiefmagistrate who, whether fn weakness, orcf wicked purpose, has used his tem-porary authority to subvert the characterof their government and to destroy theirnational ideals.

"We. therefore. In the belief that It Isessentia.l a,t this crisis for the Americanpeople to again declare their faith In theuniversal application of the Declarationof Independence and to reassert theirwill that their servants \u25a0shall not have orexercise any powers whatever, other thanthose conferred by the constitution, earn-estly make the following recommenda-tions to our countrymen:

"First, that without regard to theirviews on minor questions of domesticpo]i.-*v, they withhold their votes from Mr.McKlnley. in order to stamp with th&irdisappravol what he hns done.

"Second, that they vote for those can-didates for congress In their respectivedistricts who will oppose the policy ofimperialism.

"Third, while we welcome any othermethod of opposing the re-election of Mi>.MfKinley. we advise direct support ofMr. Bryan as the most effective means ofcrushing imperialism.

"We nre convinced of Mr. Bryan's sin-cerity and of his earnest purpose to-se-cure to the. Filipinos their independenceHis position and the declaration con-tained in the platform of his party onthe vital issue of the campaign meet ourunqualified approval.

"We recommend that the executivecommittees of the American Anti-Im-perial league and its adlied leagues con-tinue and extend their organisation*, pre-serving the Independence of the move-ment, and that they take the most activeposs'b'e part In the pending politicalcampaign.

"Until now the policy which haa turnedthe Filipinos £roni warm friends to bit-ter enemies, which has slaughteredthousands of them and laid waste theircountry, has been the policy of everyman who votes to re-elect him and whothiw hr-r-omrs. with him responsible forevprv fivpr> of hired thereafter shed."Mr. O borne moved an amendment Btrlk-

lng out that portion of the resolutionswhich advised support of Bryan.

Jacob Ingenthron, pf Chicago, made fhapoint of order thait Mr. Osborne was nota delegate to the congress, but SlgmundHelsfyer, who was temporarily presiding,ruled against him.

Col. Cod-man spoke against Mr. Os-borne's resolution. He thought the crl-'els in which the country st'anda needs Im-mediate attention.

'As one member of this congress," he.-\u25a0tid, "I do not hesitate to support Mr.Bryan. I propose to vote with the party

Continued on Fourth Pm.it:

FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1900.

UNCLE SAM-ILL TALKTO YOU LATER ON.

\u25a0Hill Of Hit MlMANY POLICEME-N AND NEGROES

INJURED INTHE NEW YORKFRACAS

m

FIGHT WITH EAiZORS AND GUNS

Black* Were Charged and BeatenHfKnidlr«s of Their Being; Par-

ticipants or Not-Some Lu-dicrous Scenes.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Such a. furiousebullition of race hatred as found ventIn the rioting that occurred here last nljht,the outgrowth of the murder a few daysago of Policeman Thorpe by a negro nam-ed Arthur Harris, has not been equaledin New York In many year* An a resultof the disturbance which rkgod from mid-night until 8 o'clock, -and burst out In aflame of passion and vioCenoe at intervalsuntil daybreak, there were about fiftypersons Injured by pistol balls, razors orknives, rocks ; and clubs.-*' Of- these onenegro, Lloyd Lee, may not recover, andPoliceman Kennedy •Is also seriously In-jured. Lee Is alleged to have made threatsagainst the life of Kennedy because hewas the particular friend and associateof Thorpe, the murdered officer. •Thorpewas the \ third whiter man murderouslyassaulted in the vicinity by negroes, anda race prejudioe had been engendered. Inless than an hour from the -time thetrouble began last night the whole of theWest side, from Twenty-eighth street toLong-acre square, about Forty-secondstreet, including Eighth and Ninth ave-nues, was in an uproar. Forty or morearrests were made.

Peace was not restored in the anti-negroriot district until after 8 o'clock this morn-ing. During the riot it is estimated that600 police were on duty, and ambulancesfrom every hospital on the West sl«*~ werekept busy. A police estimate of the re-sult puts the number of wounded at fifty,the number of arrests forty. The mostdetermined and desperate hand-to-handfight which occurred during the riot wasthat between Detective John Kennedyand the negro Lloyd Lee. Lee acted likea madman .when Kennedy ordered him tomove on. Refusing to do so, he said toKennedy j ,'•;-':

RAZOR VS. REVOLVER."I know you. You are Thorpe's part-

' ncr, I have been laying for. you," and at: the same time he slashed Kennedy in theshoulder, inflicting a deep wound. Ken-nedy pulled hla revolver and fired four\u25a0hots.

One bullot went through Lee's jaw. Po-licemen came running from different di-rections, and went in search of Lee. Inthe search another negro named David H.Carr got a terrible beating, and when hewas taken to Betlevue ft was found thathe had a fractured skull, a fractured armand a battered face. Kennedy was takento the New York hospital.. Later he wastaken to Bellevue, where he identified Leeas his assailant. When Lee saw Kenne-dy, he hissed forth:

"Iam up and about and you are down.Damn you, I guess you're down for good.I hope so."

Capt. Cooney and Kennedy say thatLee htreatened several days ago to "do"Kennedy, because the latter was Thorpe'spartner. >

THE RESERVES CHARGED.While Kennedy and Lee were In the

struggle, word was sent to Capt Cooneythat. Kennedy had been killed. This in-tensified the excitement among the re-serves, who rushed from the station andcharged down the street. In doing so theyencountered mobs of whites at variouspoints. In making an indiscriminatecharge upon the mob a negro was discov-ered. He started to run, and the moband the reserves, close behind him, gavochase. The negro ran into the Marlbor-ough hotel and escaped through the officeby the Broadway entrance into Broadway,and this added to the excitement. •

Groups had gathered at various points'along Broadway and were discussing theriot. When they saw the negro come outof the Marlborough the groups quicklyassimilated with the mob, and the chasewas continued until it seemed as if theentire disorder and riot had been trans-ferred from the place of beginning toBroadway.

ALL COONS LOOKED ALIKE.Wherever a negro was seen he was on

the run, whether he had been a partici-pant to the riot or not This was thecase of oiie who ran out of a side streetnear Forty-second street, chased by amob. The nesrro ran Into Stanley's res-taurant, one of the fashionable up-towncafes. The place was filled with people,many of whom were women. The latterjumped from their tables and attemptedto make exits wherever there was an opendoor or window. Their escorts followed,endeavoring to assuage their excitement.The sight of the fugitive negro, coveredwith blood, . only intensified the excitedcondition of the women who escaped fromthe -cafe, • only .to find themselves in themidst of a mob, howling for blood. Somoof the patrons of the - cafe, who' were

, dining upstairs, wer« with difficulty f

CHEERS FOR BRYAN.The resolutions advise the people to

withhold their support from Mr. McKln-ley and to give d!rect support to Mr.Bryan, as the most effective means ofchecking imperialism. At the mentionof Bryan's name the delegates arose andgrave three cheers for the Democraticcandidate.

Moorfield Storey, of Massachusetts, said

strained from Jumping out of the win-dow.

The negro who had- crested this sceneescaped In the excitement, but anothernegro named Walker, one of the thea-trical team of Williams! & Walker, wasseen on a Broadway car. dragged off andgiven a beating. Hie •companion escaped,but not until after: he had received asevere drubbing. ; \u25a0•.'•; '.'"

Acting Capt. Burns,* of the West Thir-tieth street station, arrived with a squadand arrested four white men, the firstwhites of th« riot to be arrested. Thiswas after 1 o'clock this - morning.

At 2 o'clock this morning the police hadthe riot In hand, although there was afeeling that danger was far from past,and

#a heavy police guard was mounted.

Wherever there were negroes collected to-gether, they were swearing vengeance.Fortunately, about 3 o'clock, there was aheavy downpour of rain, -and It is theopinion of the police that this did moreto dissipate the mob and quiet the riot ithan a thousand men would have beenable to do. I j.

Chief Devery said itoday: "This hasbeen an unfortunate outbreak, but itwon't happen again." .\..v..

The police say that few, If any, pre-vious race riots In this city have com-pared with that of last .night,- so far; asthe dogged determination of those whoparticipated is concerned.

STARTED IT AGAIN."-\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ". * \u25a0 * •,• < -i .- \u25a0 \u25a0--\u25a0 -_• \u25a0 '••-. . \u25a0

At 4 o'clock,' when -Jt,-was^ thought all,was- over, Policemen .Hughes-;and-'Jellf,'of the West Thirtieth street station;- wereassaulted with & shower ,of.-bricks andbottles thrown by negroes on the roofof a house. The crowd from tha streetrushed up the stairway, but, by the timethey reached the roof, the assailants haddescended through . scuttles and . had dis-appeared. Two negroes were later pulledfrom- under a bed. They resisted -: untilclubbed over thei head, and. one had hisnose broken. The men denied that theywere on the roof. ""\u25a0 -.-, \u0084 .

Richard Harris was badly. beaten uponaccount of a. report that ha was the manwho had murdered Thorpe. It was dis-covered later that • there was a mistake.

However, as he had a dangerous-look-ing shoemaker's knife In his sleeve, hewas arrested.

The reserves of the station, which hadbeen on duty nearly all 'night, were calledIn during1 the morning, ' and : after ... 6o'clock all was comparatively quiet. Thelast arrests made, as reported by. thepolice this morning, were "'those of JamesE. and Ethel Harris. It was said thatthe man la the Harris who killed Thorpe..At th« station he - denies !knowing \u25a0\u25a0 any-thing about Thorpe, and said that neitherhe nor his wife had any part In the dis-turbance.

" ARTHUR HARRIS ARRESTED.A dispatch from "Washington today an-

nounced the arrest there of Arthur Har-ris, the alleged murderer iof PolicemanThorpe. Harris arrived in Washingtonyesterday morning, unaware of the seri-ous charge against him, and sought thehouse where his mother lived seven yearsago, but found she had moved. By rea-son of his inquiries concerning her pres-ent address, the police "learned of hispresence in the city, and hastened to hismother's home, where he was taken Intocustody. The New York authorities werenotified, and an officer will bo sent toWashington to Identify the prisoner, andreturn with him to this city If he provesto be the man wanted.

Fifteen patrol wagons were.required totake the prisoners from th« West Thirty-seventh street station to the West sidepolice court. \u25a0;".* *•'*\u25a0'

David H. Carr, a negro charged withhaving had a hand in the stabbing ofPoliceman Kennedy, was " held withoutbail to await the result of Kennedy'sInjuries. Lee, ; the other negro chargedwith, stabbing Policeman Kennedy, hasnot been arraigned. " .- Eight policemen,. who were standing onthe south side of Thirty-sixth street at3 o'clock this morning, say that they werefired at by a colored woman from an up-per story. '. The bullet whizzed over theirheads.' Notwithstanding ,?he extent and excite-ment of the riot, but ; two persons, so foras known, were seriously Injured: Theywere Policeman Kennedy, /stabbed in theleft side, and Lee, the negro,, with pistolshot wounds In his fbreast and a scalpwound. It is believed; that Lee Is fatallyInjured; Policeman Kennedy seriously bo.

All of the prisoners arrested In the riotlast night, except Lee, were arraigned Inthe West side court today. A majoritywere fined $10, a few were held in bondsto keep the peace, several were discharg-ed, and Carr was held, to await the resultof the injuries of Officer Kennedy.

POLICE ACTIVE LAST NIGHT.--• \u25a0 '^'-"T- ';\u25a0'"' ' • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0>; '-•'\u25a0\u25a0

Inspector Thompson,' with 100 policemenin addition to the several khundred reg-ular men In the precincts affected, wason the ground In riotous district be-fore nightfall, and he kept his men onthe move. They hadyorders to arrest anymare—black orv whlft—who evinced theslightest disposition toward riot.

The danger spot was-/recognized tobe around the West Thirty-seventh streetstation. In Thlrtyrslxth, Thirty-seventh,Thirty-eighth and."; Thirty-ninth streetsare many large negi*. tenements. Every-body was kept on Ch« move. Early inthe evening the patrolmen began to bringin prisoners. William Elliott, colored,twenty-one years \of age, was arrestedfor buying a revolver. He declined tosurrender the weapon and was arrested.On the way to the: station he resisted,and the policeman- used his club. WhenElliott was; brought In'o the station he

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The St. Paul Globe

—Plttsburg Chronicle.

\u25a0 limp iiTHE DISTINGUISHED STATESMANPASSED AWAY EARLY YESTER-

DAY MOUSING AT LAS VEGAS

HE WAS ANXIOUS FOR THE END.*\u25a0. ':/.'-".''' ; ~' \ \u25a0-\u25a0'•\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0 \-. .

Felt That His Life Work and Vme-dines* Were Over—.Faintly Ar-

rived In Time to Bid\u25a0 Him Farewell. ,*-''\u25a0*\u25a0

LAS VEGAS, N. M., Aug. I.6.—FormerUnited States Senator John J. Ingalls diedat East Las Vegas at 2:25 a. m. today.He was «unroundod by his wife and twonona, Ellsworth and Sh fflelld. The funer-al will be held in Atchison, Kan.

Senator ingalls' '\u0084 illness dated \u25a0• fromMarch, 1899. when at. Washington histhroat began, troubling him. - He worked

.steadily writing political articles fornewspapers throughout the country. He.was treated by several specialists, but

THE LATE JOHN J. INGALLS. -received no relief, and on their advlrereturned with his family to Atchison. Athome he grew no better. Ten monthsago he sought another chango In climate,traveling throuph New Mexico and Arizo-na. Ho was still able to write occasion-ally for the newspapers and to attend tchis business affairs. From time to timereports of the senator's serious Illnessv/ere circulated, but Invariably denied bythe senator, who did not consider hiscase hopeless by any mean 3, and orlytwo months ago planned to return to-Atchlson. After a consultation of phy-sicians he decided, however, to remain InNew Mexico. Mrs. Ing-alls remained ather husband's sido. On Aug. 14 she tele-graphed Ellsworth and Sheffield that theirfather was sinking. They arrived In timeto see him alive.

Benator Ingalls left a widow and six

children.STARTED FOR ATCHISON.

Tb« remains of ex-United States S- jnatr>r

John B. Ingalls, who died this morningat the Montezuma hotel, were started forAtchlson, Kan., his late home, this after-noon, accompanied by Mrs. Ingalls andher youngest son, Sheffield. The body

will arrive at Atchlson Friday, and thefuneral wIH be held from the old hom>etead on Sunday afternoon.

In accordance with a special request ofSenator Ingalls, every feature of the fu-neral will be simple. The body will betaken from the Ingalls residence to theTrinity church Sunday afternoon, whorethe Episcopal service will be read byBishop Millspaugh. The interment atMount Vernon wiil be private. No ftiner-al sermon will be preached, and there willbe nothing in the nature of a public dem-onstration.

DIRECT CAUSE IS BRONCHITIS.The direct cauaa of the statesman's

death was bronchitis. He had been grow-ing weaker gradually for pome time frominability to assimilate his food, arid I,h£C»were also heart complications. He wasable to sit up last night, howover, andhia condition then was congldared slighMybetter. Senator Ingalls had made a/.lplans to leave for Atchlson, where he hadexpressed a wish to die, and it was in-tended to start not later than Saturdaynext.

Of the ten^tor's last hours, SheffieldIngalls said today: "Father was takensuddenly worse a little after 9 o'clock lastnlgrbt^ The medical director of the hotelInformed us that father was not likelyto live Until morning. I left his Bide atmidnight and retired to my room for ashort rest

"He was anxious for the end to come,as he had felt for the last six monthß thathis life work and career of usefulness wasover." . -

PRICK TWO CENT3-J £xZT

llililißlSCablegram From Hong Kong to Vienna Says

That the Capital HasFallen.

Li Hung Chang's Pitiable Appeal for PeaceRejected at Washing-

ton.

by China. The appeal from LI Hun*Chang came first to the Chinese minister -who, earlier In the day, conveyed It to'the department of state. Although Itwas not the regular day for a meetingof the cabinet, word was conveyed tothose cabinet officers In the city that aspecial cabinet session would be held at11 o'clock. Secretary Root, who hasbeen a guiding factor In the Chinese ne-gotiations, was with the president beforethe meeting opened presenting the Chi-nese dispatches and the dispatch of ln-

w^"^3 alread>" 6ent to Gen. Chaffee.With the president at the cabinet tablewere Secretaries Root. Wilson and Gage

and Postmaster General Smith Theconclusions reached can be stated best byreference to the succinct response of theUnited States government set forth inthe official announcement.After the cabinet meeting the Americanreply was sent to the Chinese minister

who, later in the day, cabled to LI Hun*Chang. "COULD NOT CONSIDER APPEAL. !Thus tho issue was framed finally andunalterably. The United States declinedeven to consider the proposition of LIHung Chang for a halt and an armistice

at Tung Chow. Even the supreme ap-peal of the venerable- Chinese statesmanthat the Chinese empire would be shakenby an advance of the allies beyond TingChow was not heeded. The answer olthe United States Is that our positionIs the same now as It has been from theoutstt. namely, that the ministers mustbe delivered at the walls at Pekin and Insuch circumstances as will meet the ap-proval of the military commanders onthe spot. It will be observed that theAmerican memorandum of reply givesLi Hung Chang practically nothing be-yond a repetition of the two dispatchesheretofore sent to Gen. Chaffee. Thefirst dispatch of Aug. 12 gives a sharpresponse to Earl Li's first communica-tion laying down the condition that the"forces composing the relief expeditionBhall be permitted to enter P'-kin unmo-lested."

The second dispatch of Aug. U merelyamplifies Gen. Chaffee's authority In an-ticipation of China's acceptance of thaAmerican demand that the relief com-

i mand "must- enter Pokln." This second., order to Gen. Chaffee is predicated sotrty

I upon the presence of the allied "forcesat Pekin. It specifically states that If

| the Chinese authorities are willing todeliver the legations to "the relief col-,

I umn at Pekln" then Gen. Chaffee is uu-I thorized to make and carry out an ar-I rangement in concert with the other com-manders without awaiting the. slow proc-ess of a reference' to Washington.

Whether, this arrangement thus freelycommitted''to Gen. Chaffee Is to be anarmistice, a truce, or some other de-vice of military science is for him to de-cide at Pekln. The two dispatches toGen. Chaffee contemplate action only atPekin and It Is for h'm to determine uponthe manner of delivery at the Inner gateor at the outer wall.

Thus there can be no misunderstanding

| of thb'is3i;es as made. Li Hung Chunk'sI appeal for an armistice at Tun*.? Chow

is rejected, and the continually reiter-ated demand of the United States, thatthe ministers in the capital bo deliveredto tha allied troops at Pekln 1m re-en-forced.

IN TOUCH WITH COXGER.The latest dispatch from Minister Con-

ger was scanned with eager Intent, butIt brought little information beyond thatalready in hand. - In one respect, how-ever, it gave the government strongencouragement, as it was almost a cate-

| gorical answer to the Inquiries of theI state department. This was the definite| knowledge that we were in direct touch

with our minister, for all of his dis-patches up to today had conveyed In-

i formation without reference to the io-

| pcated inquiries of our government. Thattho situation is desperate is shown by

his statement that one of the attacksupon the legation occurred the night be-fore the dispatch was sent.In response to the request of the state

department, Minister Conger gives thelist of that bravo little band of Aineil-can marine^ who fell in defense of thalegation. It is evident the minister 13informed of the approach of iho alliedcolumn, as he sr.ys: "Nearirtg approach

of allied forces give us bop«."Tho two dispatches to Gen. Chaffee,

sent on the 12th and 14th ins*., wereEent aJso In duplicate to Minister C >n-ger, so tha£ he is well advised by thistime of the movements of the troops findof Gen. Chaffee's authority at the wallsof Pekln.

Beyond the important diplomatic ex-changes of the day, and the receipt oftho Conger message, the chief Interestcentered in exact whereabouts of the al-lied armies. From Japanese sources camethe most advanced Information, first Inthe Toklo advices that Tung Chew hadbeen occupied and later In tho day In anofficial dispatch from the Japanese for-eign ofTico to Minister Taklhri, confirm-ing this report. Tho minister promptlycommunicated his Information to th? de-partment of state, and It was acceptedby the officials, Including 'ho secretaryof war, as the latest and most auih«nt!onews of the whereabouts of the reliefcolumn. Some days had elapsed, how-ever, gi^ce- this occupation of Tung Chow,and there had been ample time to coverthe twelve miles between .that place ardPeklr.. Whore the allied troops actual ywor« was tho'absorbing question, andall in official ar.d unofficial life awaitedInformation .with an interest most k^en.

Secretary Rcot was of tho opinion thatTung Chow had been left behind, aridthis won one of the reasons why it was

' regarded as futile to consider LI HungChang's proposition for an . armisticeat Time Chaw.A dispatch was received during the day

from Admiral K«"ine>y, conveying the Jnp-

ane«e report of tho occupation of TungChow, and adding the statement also on-Japanese authority that the a'tack onPekin was expected to be made yester-

j day. A dispatch was sort to Gen. Chif-' fes, but Its contnnta were not ma 'a' public. Although the officials regarded

! it as unimportant. It doubtless made th», American commander aware, of the factthat there was •no deviation In th*American attitude.

A dispatch also was sent to MinisterConner, advisory In character, giving

Couliuued ou Third Fas*.

LONDON. Aug. 17, 3:45 a. m.-A cable-gram to Vlena from Hong Kong an-nounces the capture of Pekln, but thoAustrian government, like other Europe-an powers, is still without confirmationof this report. An official telegram, datedTaku, Aug. 14, has been received at Rome,which asserts that the attack on Pekinb*«an Monday; <", At Sir Claude Macdon-ald. the British minister, had openedcommunication with the relieving force,and that the alies have established thoirheadquarters at Tung Chow.

Chinese officials In Shanghai are report-ed as admitting that «*-* allies inflicted aheavy defeat on the Chineso imperialtroops, around Tung Chau on Sunday,and then marched direct on to Pekin.This, If true, carries the Japanese officialadvices announcing the. capture of TungChau a step further.

Tho Western powers, according to adispatch to the Daily Express from Kobo,have ,accepted the proposals formulatedby. Japan for arranging an armistice &i---pendent upon the Immediate delivery oftho foreign legations to the allies or thegranting of permission to the allied forcesto enter Pekin and to guard the legations.Upon these bases, the correspondent says,Japan has already begun to negotiate.

Shanghai dispatches declare that theChineso had intended to male; a final at-tack upon the legations last Sunday, butwhether the plan was carried out Is notknown there.

Prom the same place comes the state-ment that Vicv» Admiral Seymour andBrig. Gen. Creah have Joined in the pro-test against the withdrawal of the Brit-ish troops. All the morning papers whichcomment on the subject appeal to LordSalisbury not to withdraw tla»m, and dl-

\u25a0lato upon the serious results of such ac-tion to British prestige.

. American negotiations looking to a ces-sation of hostilities also receive consid-erable attention, favorable and otherwise,but all the editorials agree that too pre-

-1 cipitate- . a withdrawal from Pekln afterthe delivery of the legations would have •a bad effect upon the Chinese mind. \u0084. ....

The consensus of opinion expressed by !the morning papers tcnd3. to the belief jthat the legations are now safe with tho ,

: allies.. - . . \u0084•- .Describing tho capture of Ho Si Wu, a |

special dispatch says that the headgear !of the Americans was quite Insufficientfor the awful heat, and that the conse-quences were direful.

NO HOPE FOII EARL LI.

The Peace Proposals Are Not Enter-tained by the United State*.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—At the closeof a day of Intense anxiety the depart- !ment of etate tonight made public the la- Itest correspondence between the UnitedStates government and China, constitut-ing not only a remarkable series of statepapers, but at the same time dispellingall doubt and certainty as to the Ameri-can policy in the present critical Junc-ture. ''\u25a0. >*\u25a0.

The urgent, almost pathetic appeal ofLI Hung Chang, submitted early in theday, that the victorious march of theallies stop at Tun? Chow, and that themilitary commanders' on the field be In- Istructed to arrange an armistice at that Ipoint, was met with a response that IGen. Chaffee already had been given com-plete Instructions; empowering him to jcarry out an arrangement In concert with Ithe other commanders for tho delivery

of the ministers and persons under theirprotection to the relief column not atTung Chow, as had been suggested, butat the imperial city of Pekin. Further-more, it was made known to China thatGen. Chaffee's instructions left him free

i Impeaches Mr. Goodnow.

> SHANGHAI, Aug. 16.— Shang-V hal Gazette openly impeaches the United( States consul, Mr. John Goodnow, of

open complicity with the Chinese.

rein as to whether he should insist uponentering Pekin and going to the legations,

or should receive the delivery of the lcga-tioners at the gate of the inner TartarCity, or at the great outer wall.

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TOO LATE FOR A HALT.

. In short, China, through her peace en-voy, .besought a halt, and an armistice atTung Chow, twelve miles from Pekin,whereas the response from the Americangovernment Is, that If there is to b-3 ahalt, an armistice. It must bo at tho wallsof the Imperial city.

The conclusions of tho government wereannounced after an extended cabinetmeeting, and were embodied in an officialstatement.

At the same time the authorities gaveout the latest dispatch from MinisterConger, received today through th« Chi-nese minister, Mr. Wu. It was also em-•bodied In an official statement

The appeal of China and the promptresponse of the American government

were the subjects of supreme Interest'throughout the day. Coining at !a moment when the allied armies wero In Ithe shadow of the great wall*of Pekln,the circumstances In which tho corre- Ispondence occurred were- of a peculiarlymomentous character.

The president had just returned froma brief respite at Canton and . going to

the White house found his advisors ready

to present to him the Issue now advanced

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