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NEW-YORK, SATURDAY. AUGUST 25, 1900.-SIXTEEN PAGES.- PRICE THREE CENTS.

GEORGB TT. RAT.XEVADA N. STRANAHAN

FRANK HTSCOCKLJOB E. HEDGES. JACOB .*}

JAMES S SHERMAN.RMAX. JOHN RATNF?

CHARLES T. SAXTOX.BEREXO E. PAYNE.

lCc.~rr.st.'.-. SMS: By The Maw-Te«* Tribune.]

IBY CAEU: to THS TSI3TTXZ.]

Lender.. Aug. 25. 6 a. n.-An interesting tele-

gram, dated the ISth Instant, has been received

from the Peking correspondent of 'The Times."

From this it appears that Peking Is now en-

tirely under foreign control, but looting is pro-

ceeding systematically. The French and Rus-

is'ars flags are f.ylrgover tie best portions of the

I—

e-ial domain, where. It is believed, that theImperial treasure Is buried. The Forbidden

City is respected by International agreement,

although the punishment willbe Ineffective un-

less itis occupied.

The Japanese have seized a heard of silver,

eaii to amount to 500.000 taels.The correspondent confirms the r.ews of the

flight cf the Empress Dowager, the Emperor,

Prir.ce Tuan and all the high officials, and con-

cludes his dispatch with the significant state-

ment that there is ro Government In Peking.

ItIs. however, reported from Shanghai that

the allies are forming a provisional government

'n order to carry out the administration of the

city.

The R©ai» correspondent of The Ma says

& dispatch has been received there announcing

that the Italian Minister was wounded in the

arm. It is almost certain that the limb will

have to be amputated.

A -Standard' telegram from Tien-Tsin Eays

communications with Peking ere practically

broken off ar.d reinforcements are urgently

needed. :N. P.

General Gase'ee has sent another telegram.

to the India OS ce, in which ha details the dis-

position he made of his troops after the allies

had entered the capital He states that he is

snort of rations.

LL LOOTING IXPEKING.

EXITED STATES FIRMLY OPPOSED TO

THE EMPIRE'S PARTITION—CON-

FERENCE OF POWERS TO DE-

TERMINE ON ACTION.

Ed American troops par-f Boxers out-

rt 19.European capitals

tn Amoy,ast cities of China

\u25a0

-and sauthern.

has received no\u25a0issian declaration

-. intention to par-mct 1 y a \"iefor-

r.tes.r.\'ashingT:on that

-ed a noter an interna-

\u25a0 on the policy

OUTBREAKS IX CEXTRAL AXDSOUTHERN CHINA.

MOBS IX COAST CITIES,VOI-LX....V01-LX....N0-19.64 L

GERMAX POLICY IX CHINA.

A. SIGNAL DEFEAT INFLICTEDON'TBnw

NEAR TIEX-TSrN. v£i%Vienna. Aug. 24. The Commander of the

Austrian warship Kaisertn Maria Theresia. tele-graphs that in the engagement fought near I

• Tlen-TBln, August 19. the Chinese were re-i peatedly repulsed by th* Japanese and Amer-

ican Cavalry.

London, Aug. 2."—

Five hundred Americanj troops participated in a signal defeat of Boxersj outside Tien-Tsin. August 19. The fact Isbriefly reported from Vienna. Details of the en-gagement come from the Renter agent at Tein-Tsin, in a dispatch dated August 20. In addi-

tion to th* Americans th force consisted of 375British and 200 Japanese, all under the BritishGeneral, Dorward. The fight took place at avillage six miles southwest of Tien-Tsin, where

the allied forces found a considerable number jof Boxers, whom they engaged, killing overS^n and taking 04 wounded prisoners,

who were gent to the hospitals of th* allies, iThe village was burned. The Americans had jfive wounded, the Japanese six and the British jnone. Hundreds of the Boxers' flags, spears

and swords were captured.

From Shanghai comes a report qualified by

the assertion that It Is from purely Chinese jsources, that the press Dowager, after pro-

ceeding one day's Journey from Peking, became jterrified at the looting by General Tung Fuh ISlang's troops and went back to Peking.

A Chinese telegram from Tsinan-Fu says that IPrince Tuan has been captured by a detach- Iment of the allies. Other Chinese messages re- i

cord the formation of a provisional government jin Peking by th* allies, but this appears to be

a purely militarymeasure and merely an elab-

oration of the scheme for dividing the city Intosections for police purposes.Li Hung Chang has received word that the

allies entered Peking easily, because the troops jof General Tung Fuh Siang utterly refused to

face the allies. According to the Shanghai cor-respondent of "The Dally Express," Earl LI.recognizing The futility of an attempt to drivethe foreigners from China, now professes con- Iversion to reform principles.

Shanghai advices announce the receipt there jof \u25a0 Chinese official dispatch asserting that jEmperor Kwang Su has been found and rescued 1by the Japanese.

Messages from Tien-Tsin report serious mor- |tality among the American horses, owing to the jheat.

Delayed advices to Reuter. dated Peking.August 14. reiterate the statements regarding jthe treachery of the Chinese on the night be-fore the relief. They had informed the mem- jbers of the Legations that orders have been [

issued to cease firing. This was followed by a •

desperate attack, and It was only the welcome !

sound of the cannon of the relieving force in jth* morning that renewed the courage of the '\u25a0foreigners. The correspondent adds:

The Chinese admit having last three thousand j

Continued on ii-codil page.

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Ij£fl£*oN NEGRO PLEADED GUILTY. AND

I* WAS SENTENCED.

I HASTILY TAKEN' FROM CLEVELAND TOAKRON" COURT ANT- SENT ON TO

COLUMBUS PENITENTIARY.

Cleveland. Aus. 24.—

This afternenn a closedcarriage drove up to the County Jail. Peck, theAkron negro, -with a prison k-^per namedWasher. Dr. A. K.Fouser. of Akron, and SheriffMcConnell, of this city, hurried out of the jailand jumped into the carriage. They were drivenrapidly to the Union Railway Station, where theprisoner and the Akron en boarded a Cleve-land, Akron and Columbus train. It was saidthat Akron was their destination. "U'asher re-fused to talk further than to say that Peckwould plead guilty to the charge of criminalassault and would be immediately sentenced.

Prosecutor Wanamaker convened the GrandJury at Akron this afternoon, and an Indict-ment was at once returned ag-ainst Peck. Atelegram from a correspondent on board thetrain bearing Peck and Th* Akron officialsstates they are bound for Akron; that it hasbeen arranged for the militia,at Akron to meet

the train, and that the court would be readyto begin the trial of Peck the moment he ar-rives. Peck will doubtless at once plead gui'.ty

to the charge against him. and receive his sen-tence. He will be taken to Columbus to-night.

Akron, Ohio, Aug. 24.—

The train carrying thenegro Peck arrived here at 3:30 p. m. A car-riage was waiting at the railway station andPeck was quickly bundled into it. In threeminutes the courthouse was reached and Perkwas arraigned before Judge Nye. The indict-ment was read. Peck stood up and pleadedguilty. He declared that he had nothing to sayescept that he threw himself on the mercy ofthe Court. The Court then sentenced Peck to

life Imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.Troops were on guard at the railway station

and along the route to the courthouse. Therewas no demonstration whatever.

After Peck had been sentenced he was at oncetaken in a closed carriage to the Centre-st.crossing "6f the Cleveland, Akron and ColumbusRailway and placed on board the train, incharge of Sheriff Kelly,and taken to the StatePenitentiary at Columbus.

So quickly and quietly was Peck brought Intothe city, sentenced and sent to Columbus thatfew persons knew what had happened. Therewas no crowd at the railway either when thetrairfarrivert or departed. The few who glancedat the rapidly driven carriage had no suspicion

that it contained the man the furious mob ofWednesday night wanted to lynch. Peck wastaken in at the rear door of the courthouse, iThere was a etir among the soldiers crowdingto the rear of the courtroom.

Judge D. J. Nye, of Elyria, presided. He ar-rived 111 Akron at noon to-day. Two minutesafter Peck reached the court. Deputy SheriffHershey read the indictment. Peck stood upw-ith manacled hands. He pleaded guilty in afirm voice. His worn eyes shifted nervously

about the room. Then he sat down and Prose-cutor Wannamak-r whispered with him briefly.

Then Judge Ny said: "Mr. Peck, you haveheard the indictment read charging you withrape. You have pleaded guilty. Have you any-thing to say?""Ihave nothing, to say except that Ithrow

myself on the mercy of the Court," replied Peck.Continuing, Judge Nye said: "Incrimes such

as that to which you have pleaded guilty there jIs only one penalty provided. That is Imprison- iment for life. Itla the Judgment of the Court |that you be confined in the penitentiary for !

Continued on fourth p«uee.

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»it Is a fan: doetr.r'-^^^scrlptloa for Colds—

JAYNE'S S>XP,^**ORANT.--Advt.

ECK A LIFE PRISONER.ROUT OF THE BOXERS.

Sera* Importance may possibly be attached tothe meeting -which the Prince of "Wales had-with the German Emperor yesterday. ThePnnce, fa ccn-.par.y with the Duke of Cam-bridge. who. it "will be remembered, precededLord TVolseley as Commander-in-Chief of theBritish army, drove from Hornburg to CastleFrieirichsdorp •-i meet the Emperor and Em-press. ar.d Empress Frederick. Subsequently theEmperor acecmD£.r.ied the Prince and Duk:-back to Hcmburg. and had a long- private con-versation with them at the i hotel. It Is com-Eoaly understood that the British Heir Ap-

parent does not interfere in political matters,

&rd In a general way this \i true, but in theirforeign policies there is a good deal cf private

con-.n-.urication between the English and Ger-man courts, and it is extremely likely that theKaiser and his uncle discussed the outlines of aChires* policy which may be pursued by theirrespective empires. On more than one previousocajion the Prince has been employed as a kindcf disrified and superior Foreign OfSce mes-seng^r. able to- say to the German Emperor whatcould not conveniently be conveyed • .-.roughordinary diplomatic channels. In the presentcrisis Lord -bury may have induced theIllustrious tourist to take advantage of his visitto Horn burg to point out to h!e imperial rela-tive that unnecessarily aptrressive or violent ac-tion in China would be extremely distasteful to

Great Britain. The German Emperor Las viewsabout the alleged "yellow danger" which havenerer been shared by the English Premier.

The continued absence of direct telegraphicnews from Peking- during- the last few days, to-

gether with reports of further fighting nearTlftu-Tein, is causing some anxiety. It Is not,

acrsrever. thought that the allied contingents cannave any real difficulty in clearing their line ofcommunications, even if the Chinese should havegathered in force in their rear. What is inreality more disturbing v the state of affairs inthe central and southern provinces. Hong-Kongtelegram* received here yesterday were disquiet-'"*\u25a0 There is no doubt that serious rioting hasoccurred in Foo-Klen and Kiang-Se provinces,where the mlsai >ns have been attacked andPlundered. The disorder at Swatow has alsok«-n grave, and a French gunboat landed abody of bluejackets and marines to protect mis-dons, while the Japanese have been patrolling

ATTENTION ATTRACTED TO IT IN LON-

DON—KAISER AND PRINCE.

[Copyright; 1S00: Br Tie New-York Tribune.]

[ET CABLE TO THE EBISIU-]

London, Aug. 25, 1 a. m.—The report tele-graphed frorr. "Washington yesterday that Ger-rr.ar.y is preparing to make San Francisco a

base cf supplies, with a view to sending a very

powerful arir.y to China, has attracted consider-able attention. Ihave made inquiries on the

subject tn Ebipping- circles, and find that Ger-

man crfiers fcr etores and provisions are suSi-dently extensive to lend probability to this ru-incr. It certainly would not surprise the diplo-

matic authorities here if the German forceshould eventually reach a total of 40,000 or 50,-ono men.

Ihad a talk with Mr.Huntlnrton a day or twobefore ha left for the East and Iasked him aboutSouthern Pacific stock. Ha said: "Ifyou buy ttand hold 1: far five years Iwill ruarantee thatyou will not lose any money, for by that tliava I

FAITH IN THE STOCK.The following report of a conversation credited!

to Dennis (-Sand Lots") Kearney, was circulatedin Wall Street yesterday:

Marry estimates have been made of the .njouatc- Mr. Huntington's holdings, but nosa of them,have been authorized by those Incharge cf hisproperty. The total capital stock of the South-ern Pacific Railroad Company is $200,000,000.This includes $67,274,200 exchanged in ISB9 forCentral Paciflc stock. In June cf this year theSpeyer-Huntington syndicate had obtained th*holdings of the Crocker and Stanford estates, ag-gregating alone $56,000,000. These holdings.with what Mr. Huntingtcn already had. repre-sent a controlling interest. Mr. Hur.tiiiston'afriends credited him of late with holding1 33 percent of the entire capital stock of M SouthernPaciSc Railroad Company. Others In 'WallStreet assert that it was less than that. H» wasa heavy buyer of the shares in the last twoyears. The stock is selling at about 33 Presi-dent Huntington last spring1 made the followingstatement withreference to dividend prospects:

It 13 true that the earnings of the Southern Pa-eiSc now are considerably in excess of the fixs»Scharge, and opera expenses, but Ido not **«T>ifit ti«teiy that dividends will be paid for twelvemonths to corae. We »aall probably begin psjrtns;dividends within the next two years, however. Thaiproperty is tn a higher state of eScieney now tv«->It ever was before, and surely ought to be. for w«have expended very large susrs cf money instraightening the roadbed by taking out curves andin reducing the grades, and Iexpect very soon

--•» willbe no grade over 1per cent between th«»eastern base of the San Jacisto Mountains andN*w-Orleans. a distance of nineteen hundred oiles.The eastern base of the San Jacinto Mountains isabout one hundred nal'es from Los Asceles. Iex-pect the Coast Line between San Francisco andLos Anjrelea will be completed and cars runnineby September next. When everything is completedand It Is reasonably certatn that !M road canearn so.m~t.- tor its stockholders, we sbail b«-jrin to pay dividends. Ido not want to begia divi-dend paying and have to stop after a year or two.The conservative policy pursued by the companyfor the last several years has kept it out of bank-ruptcy, and enabled It to «-: Into a condition asnear perfect as such a c-»a: system can be. Asstated, the work of Krade reduction, which hasbeen in progress for half a dozen years at a costof 5X2.000.000. la now about completed and Importantextensions willalso b* finished «hort!y. Surveyorsare now going over tha route fr>r the proposed Bas>to Utah, but nothing has been definitely settledabout tha* as yet.

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC HOLDINGS.

The vast bulk cf the estate. Mr. Hunting-ton'slarge holdings in Southern Pacific stock, la di-vided between the widow and Henry EdwardsHuntington. Mrs. Huntingtcn getting two-thirtisand the nephew one-third.

prune HK«IE»T«.

To th» METROPOLITAN- SirsECM OF ART. «!J MSpicture* after the deaths cf Mm. Hsrcinnrfns *ad efArcher M. Huntlnstcn.

To TALI r>:rVERSTTT. h»s- • :•• «t F'\u25a0

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and Fifth-jr.., if Ar<-h»r M. ;•:--"•-ii— w.t&oot

To HAMPTON* NORMAL AND AGRICTXTtrRAX. DE-STITUTE. «t Hampton, Va.. t1.j0.000.

To the CHAPIN HOME FOR THE AGED ANT> T%-FIRM OF THE CITT OF XEW-TORK. 1C5.000.

PRIVATE \u25a0sjnmTo Mrs. HrNTTNOTO.V. rh» widow, all hi*foraJrare aa4

household am.~i*a. bock*, plate. J*we!ry. kor-a. emr-r\ng*s. we.: all h;s p:rtur»s while Bb« ttv*»; th»Fif:y-*»renTh-9t. and F!frh-av». hnu»» »-..:» «.-•lives; the lnt»r«t of a trort fund of Jiflo.OOO wMOa•he l!v»s: two-thirds of a!: BOBflMm Pae!2r stock fc»-lcrufinjc to him at th* Tim*of his d^atij; one-half ofth«r residue cf th* #s^a.'»: If th»s» prrmaionM ar«- mr~c*T>t*l by the widow rh*y are to b- in li*aof dow«r.

To HEN EDWARDS HT-XTIXOTO.V. h3^ nephew, eo»-thlrti of all hi* Srrath»m Pacflr stock; or:«-haif ofthe r»«1du» cf the estate.

To ARCHER M. HTNTTNGTOX. his *1-Bt~l m.all t5«pictures whUa h» liv»s after the d?a*h cf Mr»- Hnst-irctoa; the F!fty-fl««v«!n:f»-»T_ hoc»e while he lrv*safter the death if Mrs. Hunr!s*^on: tat-rest for US*on a fund of 004,000 atta* hl» m.«th'?r"s death: lo-•--TJ.T t-.r life u^on anrrthrr fund of J2W>.POO; Interest\u25a0a b« cC3»su^e<l at 4 p«r r»nt.

T\» the \u25a0:-rr . taaaa of ARCHER M. Hr?TTC*G?O?f. ifh« !»av«s aaT. th» Fif:y-*iv»-th-st. house. & roador ».1S«>n.00O liter rfc« dears at Mr* HuTiT:r.sr.m aadof Arcber M : another fund of VS-

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-«> after th»

•asi of Xrch»r MTo the Prtneesa HA:Vh't;LJ>T. his adopts daughter th»

;=t«»«wt f-r her life- upon a tmat fund of $:,«>>.<vy>.•-?w» cartel of whirh L» to r>> to her tUlSsmm whea•r>« dij^ and •» ncs !:aSi<» far th« debrs of her -•:«-b*a4 «r «nb>ct to hi*control ia any way.

To ISAAC aOMTj h's fcro»h«r-!n-lair. a s>»cHte ba-quest of SI90.C00; th» tnt'r^st tor h!» Him oa a. Madof J.-.0.0iV) Lft«r tha d'sath of hi* -x >

To EDWARD H. FABOET; his -,- .v (100.000.To CHARLES H. TWEITD. his trusted, friend. inn as»T» WTXXAJtC V. HT-N-TINGTON.his ceph«w. sno.oas.To HAP.RIET 5. EnmN-GTON'. widow of h!s iraaithe L-.rer«««t for her Uf« on a fund" -' l.v-

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To CAfiCUNE D. HOLiADAT. J50.000 at the dents ofHarriet S. Knatlsjton aad JCS^OOO at ccee.

To ELLEM GATES, La »lst«r. Ist^rest tor her !:f» asasa fund of SWX.CO.To he: M. HfXTIXGTCi?:, his n!*~ a soe^jao

b«ju«»t yt C».00O: the cap,-* of a S3O ... --j^r-ilafter the death of her father a=d mother Mr andXI.-S. Isaac c Gates.To f S^ X P0?-75^- his sister, a oeetac le^aer of

|20.0i»> and the tersest for life upon a futi of

To ELIZABETHPTTRDT. his sister, a life ta-e-est :n the*wenta« house In Oneonta. X T.. in which she sowh^n: the intere« for Ufe cj«n a trust fond of"**E>EO -V;">RA,LOVTTLAN-D. his niec-. •- *!*r-a*ldhome after Mrs Purdy. her mother, .lies; tsterest fr-rher lif»upon a fund of SSOtflM aft-r her mother die»-interest for her life upen a fnnd of J2&.00&To COLLI3 H. SAMan3, h!s nephew, the tsterwK forOf.upon a trust fund of $3),i>i-o;after his death the in-terest zr~% to h:» widow for her Uf«- afe- her dea

;hthe capita! tr*>ito the iasu« at Mr. Sasvmis.

To FRANK PARDBS. his nephew, tn-orest f?r his U?»•jpon a fund of £3rono:afterward for the benefit «?nis widow f-r her lif-; finallythe capital of the "3

T> EDWARD H. DrXB.VR. his nephew. CSV**!To GEORGE S. DUXBAE. his nephew. JCO.COO.To MART PAEDEE. hU niece, W).00O.To LEONORA FOSTER, his Bieee. JCO.OCO.Tr» ADSLIXS DCXBAE. his niece t»000T°

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CKARI'E3 X-FAREIS3^ ~M°w of |,BSBBSBB

Th willof CoUis P. Huntin^ton was filed forprobate in the Surrogate's efflce yesterday. Th«petition filed v.th it does not set forth th»value of the estate. Arabella d. Hunttagton,

• the widow; Isaac E. Gat brathrr-ln-law. andCharles H. Tweet*, the trusted friend and ad-viser cf Mr. HonttßStaa, ira the exeectors. Tn»will was signed en March 13. 1537, in this cfty.the wit-esses b-'ns Maxwell E^-arts. Aarcn K.Van Deventer ar.d Geors* E. Downs.

The only public bequests are to tb» Metro-politan Museum of Art. the Hampton Instltnte.the Chapin Home for the Aged and Infirm, anda contingent gift to Tale University.

Th*» widow is the largest legatee. Henry Ed-wmrda Huntin^ton. a nephew, comes next.

Archer M. Huntington. his adopted son. followsnext In order. His adopted daughter. th«Princess Hatzfe'.dt. has ?1.000.0O"> set aside farherself and possible children. If Archer M.leaves issue they will find that they were wellcared for by their grandfather. Neither thePrincess nor Archer M. has isssja yet. Bothhave been married for several years. The nat-ure of the bequest left to each legatee by Mr.Huntington will be found in the table accom-panying this article. Specl2e cash legacies.amounting to 5590.000. are given away by thewill,and $2,020,000 i3divided into various trustfunds, the interest on which, at 4 per cent, lato be paid to legatees for life. The capital wUIgo to their issue afterward.

COIAJKTI : <;o TO

THE METTI V OF

ART F

WIDOW A.XD SEPHEW GETMOST OF THE ESTATE,

THE HUNTIMiToN WILL

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MOTORSIAN- SHOCKED. BUT SOON RECOVERS—

OMX.T PASSENGER UNHURT.

Car No. SO, of the Union Railway Company, wasstruck by lightning at Or.e-hundred-and-seventy-eighth-st. and Thlrd-ave. last evening. There wason» passenger on the car at the time. He escapedinjury. Daniel Broderlck. the- motoraaa, Wholives at No. 106 East One-hundred-and-ninth-st..was shocked and fell to the platform. The carwas stopped by William Gallagher, the conductor.Broderick soon recovered. The car, which wasburned out, was taken to the a* barns.

POWERS PLACED IX LOUISVILLE JAIL.Louisville. Ky.,Auj.M.—Caleb Powers, former Sec-

retary of State, convicted of complicity in the mur-der of Governor Goebel, was placed in the Louis-villa Jail to-day. Powers was indignant becausehandcuffs had been placed on his wrists. He saidbe had given his word to Bia guards that he wouldmake no attempt to escape, as such an attempt•would have ruined his chance tor another trial.

J'CUBJS FLAG TO FLOAT TO-DAY.ago. Cuba. Auk. 24.—1t Is Indicative of

the policy of the United States Government thatthe Cuban flag willbe hoisted to-morrow, withelaborate ceremony, over the palace in Santiago.It will float there for the first time since Gen-eral Shafter ordered it hauled down, in 1896.

To-day an answer was received from Mr. Bryansaying that he would have to decline tha invitationto address the. assembly, as he did not deliver ad-dresses for less than $.»» an hour. There is muchdisappointment over the bisrh price asked, as itwas hoped to secure the Presidential candidate.

«STREETCAR STRUCK BY LIGHTXiyG.

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Indianapolis. .Aug. 24 (Special >.—Several days ago

Robert Parker, manager of the Fountain .-< As-sembly, which is devoted to literary culture andthe study of all current questions, addressed aletter to William Jennings Bryan, asking him to

nx a date to appear before the assembly and de-liver a: address. Mr. Parker entered somewhatinto the aims and purposes of the assembly, andincidentally referred to the fact that it was Justentering upon its career of usefulness and was not

able to pay the prices that were paid to lecturersby other similar associations. Ha closed his letterby making- an offer of COO for an address of onehour.

MR. BRTAX'Z PRH 4.\ WOVE

ALBERT UKBER. OF INDIANAPOLIS^ SATSNO DOUBT OF PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION.

Indianapolis. Aug._ - —

Alber Lieber,preside) of the Indianapolis Brewing Com-pany, and one of the most prominent Germansof this city, formally announced himself forPresident McKinley to-day, coupling the state-ment with the declaration that he believed im-perialism a political impossibility in this coun-try, and that be was not afraid that the peoplewould ever be called upon to meet such an is-

rue. Continuing, Mr. Lleber said that the busi-ness prosperity of the country was such that

business should not take any chances, for It"wascertain that if McKinley was —^ted there

would be no business commotion whatever, butif Bryan was elected men would stop to seewhat his policy was to be. and that meant muchto the people of the country. In conclusion, hesaid:

There has never bc»n any doubt in my mind sinesthe Democrats reaffirmed the Chicago platform Inthe Kansas City nlatform that McKinley wouldbe re-elected by a larg-er majority than four yearsago. The farmer?, who were discontented then.will vote for McKinley because cf the prosperoustimes. ThT» are many other things that havechanged In favor of McKTnley since four years ago.All in all. no American need fear when he votesfor McKinley that he is voting for a king.Iknow of many Democrats, some of them office-

holders, who will vote for McKmley this year.

GERMAXDEMOCRAT EOR M'KIXLEY

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OUTBREAKS IN SOUTHERN CHINA.

MISSIONS NEAR AMOY LOOTED AND

BURNED— DEVASTATING

TWO PROVINCES.Berlin, Au.t 24.— Is announced ina dispatch

from .Amoy dated August 24 that many moreAmerican and British missions in the neighbor-

hood of Amoy had recently been looted andburned by mobs, end that last night a Japanesetemple was burned,

London. Aug. 24.—Japanese bluejackets wenlanded at Amoy on August 23.

According to a dispatch from Hong-Kong-

dated August 24, turbulent mobs are- devastatingportions of the provinces of Foo-Kien andKlang-Su, It la added that a mandarin withthree hundred Chinese soldiers left Amoy onAugust 23 to restore order.

Marines from the BVench cruiser Cam« havecleared the streets of 6w»tow and freed The he-sieged priests.

The city of Amoy Is situated upon the island ofHalznun. at the mouth of the Pei-Ch!. or Drag-onRiver, and Is on* of tlvs five ports opened to for-eign trade before the ratification of the Treaty ofTien-Tsln. The Portuguese went there In 1:>44, but!n consequence of their cruelty toward the nativesthe Chinese authorities expelled them and burnedthirteen of their vessels. The city has a popula-tion, of about three, hundred thousand souls, andthe harbor Is one of the best on the coast Directcommunication with Manila and the Straits Settle-ments is maintained, and there ig regular steamercommunication with Hong-Kong, watow andFoo-Chow. The net value of the foreign trade ofthe port for 1897 was about i::000.000 taels.

The Island of Kulangnu is about a third of a milefrom Amoy, and the residences of nearly ail thoforeiscners are to be found there.

The American troops ar=; °n~amped in thegrounds of the Tempi- of Heaven.

The Chinese are supposed to hav<» fled i•ward

Captain Rei:':y. of Battery F."

States . who was kill.: the Im-perial Palace, was buried In The Legationgrounds. Genei ;ff»e, the British and Japa-

nese generals and many civilians were :ar the interrn<-:

The Japanese troops have relieved th» Pel-Tsang Cathedral, where fifteen French nuns andforty French and Italian soldiers have been iso-lated and besieged two months. They foundthat five had been killed.

SENTRIES GUARD THE SACRED CITY.

ftfteeen" NUNS among those rescued ATTHE FEI-TSvAls't cathedral.

Peking, Aug. Id, via Shanghai. Aug. 23.—

Theallied troops have .-rounded tha Imperial city

and stationed eentries at the gates. They re-frain from entering, pending instructions fromtheir governments. General Chaff says thefighting' is ended.

It is believed that the Empress Do^a?": hasestablished her court at Hsian-Fu. Icapi'a.l.

Prince Tuan. leader of the Insurrection. Isreported to have been seen her*, and a diligent

search :s being made, for him.Chinese cavalry are operating in squares near

Tung-Chow, and a squadron of Sikhs andAmerican cavalry has been sent In pursuit of

tfcem.

SEARCHED FOR PRINCE TTAN.

REPORT TEAT HE WAS INTHE FORBIDDEN

CITT STIRRED TTP THE ALLIES.

Peking. Aug. 17. via Che-Foo, Aug. 23.—TheJapanese command the gates of the ForbiddenCity, and are awaiting instructions as to

\u25a0whether to hold them, in possession or to de-

stroy them.

at Amoy. Itwould almost eeem as Ifan alliedforce would be required la every onetreaty ports.