Senator Depew, (Joveruor Iloosevolt, Dr. Leslie I> Ward and Benjamin B. Odcll, Jr.; Senator Platt In the foreground.

SEYMOUR REPORTED AT PEKING ROOSEVELT BY ACCLAMATION.

Senator Hanua and others watching GoTernor Boosevdl rater the halL

LEGATIONS SAFE WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL COLUMNREACHED THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL ON SUNDAY.

SENATOR HANNA UJiGES NOMINATION OF Tilt: GOVERNORFu t: 1ICE-PRESIDENT.

AX ARDUOUS MARCH, WITH FIGHTING ALL THE WAY. ALL OTHER CANDIDATES OUT OF THE CONTEST.

The Republican National Convention did not, as was i'latePresident McKinley yesterday. After list* 5 r Lodge,the permanent chairman, the . ttecswercreceived, and the Conventi

The nomination ol Theodore Roosevelt for Vice-President by ncvtamationto-day is regarded h-> assured I - :.-.-ueu astatement saying thai in view oi the overw ir.entlor the Governor it wa tgment that he -

Jt is stated positively th: linatjon,

No other candidate for Vice-President, it la said, willbe named in the Con-vention.

There are rumors at Shanghai that the Emperor has been murdered, thatace at Peking lias been burned and that the Empress Dowager

mmitted suicide.

The rebellion i.s reported spreading far and wide throughout China, and thef prevails in European diplomatic circles that the Powers have not grappledthe situation effectively.

Advices from Admiral Kcmpff, dated June 20, were received in Washing-ton, but they contained nothing' new except toconfirm the reports that Ameri-

5 took no part in the capture of the Taku forts. Navy men in Wash-ington are disappointed that the American forces remained inactive during theaffair.

Shanghai dispatches received in London said that Admiral Seymour*s col-unr.i arrived at Peking on Sunday afternoon, after an arduous march and fre-quent fighting on the road with the Chinese, five hundred of whom were killed;

sses of the international column were trilling.In tin? Italian Senate ihe Hiaister ol Foreign Affairs announced that a tele-

gram from the Italian Consul at Shanghai had been received saying that the le-gations at Peking had been saved.

TIEX-TSIN ISOLATED.

, y.Y Tl LK6BAFH TO rBS TBIBI NX.1Philadelphia, June "_'l, 1 a. m.

—Governor

Roosevelt Is to be the Republican nominee

for the Vice-Presidency. He will be cl

by acclamation to-day, and will i

honor offer.Hi him by the National C

DATES EXCEPT ROOSEVELT.

DECIDES TO WITHDRAW ALL CANDI-

HANNA GIVES UP FIGHT.

A "Tele-graph" correspondent in Shanghai

BTiveb particulars of a desperate attack made

npon Tien-Tsln l>y the IJoxers. The Chinamenactually came within fiftyyards of the Russiantroops, who fired shrapnel Into them, killing

three hundred. I.ft. F.

A telegram from Che-Foo mentions that the

American Consul has sent a stKtrner to rescue

American and British missionaries in Western

Ehan-Tung and Ho-Nan.

A meppage Ins heen received in Rome from

the Ita!lan Cotuml at Shanghai, Ftatinpr that

commun!'-ation has been established with Pe-king, ani that the legations are safe.

Daizit-i states that in an engagement fouirhtby A''..'T:ir.-i! Seymour on his way to Peking five

lasMlred Chinamen are reported to have beenkilled.

Tien-Tsin 5s still rrportei ar» Isolated, ai iJ

heavy Bring v is been hoard in that direction,

while \u25a0 pf-r.f-ral rising in th" southern provinces

Is rtrfadeii on the departure ofLiHung Chanr\

for the capital.

HEAVY FIRING HEARD IN THE DIREC-

TION OF THAT CITY.

tCopyrtpht: IMS: r?v The N«-w-Y'>rlc Trib'jne.)

[T^rcahi.k TO TTTK TWBUK.ILnridori, Jun«» 21, 0 a. rr..

—Th* report that A<i-

miral mour has arrived at Peking i« not yt

corjfinrp'!!, although there are many variations

of tho news.

RELIEF /.V IJtSDON.

Continued un •>.-, ..i,,i put£«.

STRONG OPPOSITION TO CHANGE IN

REPItESEXTATION.

[By Th» Associatcl IVe™. ]

Philadelphia. June _'<>.—

The resolution to-day

Introd by rx-Senator Quay in the Conven-tion relating to the rearrangement of the basisof representation in future National Conven-tions has created a sensation, particularlyamong tli<- delegations from the Southern States,To-night the interest manifested In the proposl-

tion i.s .scarcely Becond to that aroused by thecontv.st for the Vice-Presidency.

Kour years ago Henry C. Payne, NationalCommittceman from Wisconsin, proposed ti>

thti National Committee an amendment to therules providing that thereafter delegates toRepublican National Conventions should ba se-lected on the basis of one delegate for everyten thousand Republican vote:-, cast at theprevious Presidential election. The propositionwas widi ly ussed at the time, but aftermature consideration the NaUonal Committeedecided to tak<» no action upon It.

At >•*"•"• times slnc<- the campaign of 1896the question of changing the basis of repre-

sentation has been discussed rmally, theprincipal argument by the advi al . of achange being that under the present rules theSouthern States, upon which no reliance canbe placed for Republican electoral votes, pro.portionately ha% greater power in the selec-tion of the NaUonal candidates of the partythan those States which are looked to alwayal" elect a Republican President.

EFFORTS IN FORMER YEARS.Last December, when the National Committee

met in Washington to select the time und puceof holding the present Convention. Mr pa \u25a0 \u25a0

again brought •rward his proposition and ear-nestly advocated Its adoption. The committeehowever, decided thai it had no authority totake any action upon the question. It was heldthat befoie the committee could properly pa*sut.on the question a National Convention ofthe party would have- to instruct It to do so.

Mr. Payne dropped the matter at that time,so far a: he personally was concerned, but fnthe Last ten days the flre which has been smoul-dering has been fanned Into a name, partly bythe earnestness of the Rhode Island delegatesti> this Convention.

Until to-day, however, it was not known inJu.st what form or from what source theproposition would be brought to the att< ntlon ofthe Convention. After Ueneial Blngham, ofPennsylvania, had presented the report of theCommittee on Rules to the Convention, Matthew-Stanley Quay, of Pennsylvania, rose and offeredthe following resolution as an amendment tothe committee's r« port:

That hereafter each State shall be entitled tofour delegates-at-large and one additional dele-gate for each ten thousand votes or a majorityfraction thereof cast at the last preceding Presi-dential election for the Republican Electors, andsix delegates from each organized Territory andthe District of Columbia, and that the methodsfor the election of such delegates shall be pro-vided for by tlie National Committee.

NORTHERN STATES IN ITS FAVOR.The reading of the solution was received

with applause, particularly from the New-Eng-land, New-York and Pennsylvania delegations.Among the delegates from the Southern Statesthere was manifest uneasiness, and it was evi-dent instantly thut, ifan effort were made toadopt the resolution at once, a lively scenewould be precipitated in the Convention.Audible objections were raised to present con-sideration of the resolution, and at the sugges-tion of Mr. Quay, promptly seconded by GeneralBingham, Itwent over until to-morrow. Chair-man Ledge announced, in response to inquiry,thut it would lie brought before the Cc ventlonimmediately after it assembled to-monvJr.

In connection with the resolution Mr. Quay

sent to the clerk's desk the following:The table submitted by Mr. Quay follows:

Statement showing number of delegates accord-ing to present basis, as compared with basis ofone delegate for each 10.000 votes, or majority frac-tion thereof, cast for President McKinloy in K«;.

Also compared with number of lieleKalcs ba^od

QI'AV STIRS [JP DISCORD.

EARLY DISPATCHES FROM CHINA DISSI-PATED MANY FEARS.

>.-U!.t- I'JOO: ]jy The New-York Tribune.)

tl'.V CABUC TO TIIK TBIBCXE.JLondon, June 21, 1 a, m.

—"The Times" corre-

•pond.j.i at Shanghai confirms to-day otherpress dispatches reporttntT the arrival of the»n!se<l fcrce of marines at Peking Sunday, whenthe legations were Still safe. There are no <!••-tails, and the dispatches are based upon Chinesereports, but the news has caused general reliefinLondon, and la credited In diplomatic circles.

The Rsasssa official report of Sunday's en-gagement at the Taku forts shows that sixgunboats were under flrf. The Russian Admiralwas In command, and two of his vessels were\u25a0ertoußly damaged.

Hr. Brodrlck read to the Commons the sub-\u25a0*\u25a0•*• of a dispatch stating that a considerableforce of Beurs was operating beyond Tien-I»SB, and destroying property on a large scale.

The Administration bn* had no rnniliil.itefop Vlce-]*real<lent. It liiih not bff:i i<»r oriiKiiliiKtliny eimiHiltite. It lia.o lullll t!mttilt- «'on\ fiiI'o.i nhoulil maha tho cnndltlnte,un.i that liu.h in-«-n luv |>i>->1 tlon irir<>>>V.->.it.It htta lii-i-na fri-c llclil(for ill!. In these -'r-\u25a0\u25a0iiiiiNliiiii-i-9 «i'>fr:il cniinrnt lti*i»ti>>ii i;»-»

li:i\<> been i»r<>iM>*<-il. all of them ill.tlin-iralahed men ullh many frlenil*.Iwill iiimv mii at. 0:1 tii-lllllfof all |b«MM

MBiMatW, i-iulIexcept none. Iha\«" vrltb-in th.- limt t« «'!»«• li.m.i-. li<>i-ii 111U1-1I to «Iveniv advice. Uit-r <-oii»nl »ltb Ma niiiuy

il.-1.-iiuK'.n« \u25a0 <i--.il»l«" In ilu> tiiuf wttbta m>-UlNiMtmiIIli:i\.-,'oii«-lii<le<l to accept Ihr re-anonnlhilltjr Involred te. tbla reqneat.

11l |b« l>.e<.eiit Hltaatlon, with the \u25a0>fron:rami .inn. aentlment *>f the deleicaten l-..

all parta of tht* eountrv for 6«l»niof •\u0084,.--

v<-lt. umi iilnee I'rcHidrnt SleKlnlejr 1m 10 b«nominated ilhont a ibmtlai voice, it 1m

\u25a0\u25a0•> jii.lKHi.nt that Governor RouaeveltMhoultl l><- iiiiininnlcil for Vlce-Prealdentwith th<> Kiiiin-uiiunlmlly.

TO PRESERVE PARTY HARMONY.All the avowed candidates for the Vice-Presi-

dency—Secretary John I). Long;, of Massachu-setts; Representative Dolllver. of Iowa; I.ieu-tenant-CJovernor Timothy 1.. Woodruff, of New-York. and Irving M. Scott, of San Francisco

—submitted to Mr. Hanna last evening a pro-posal that In the Interest of party harmonythey one and all withdraw In Mr. Roosevelt'sfavor. After a free exchange- of views the e-

chairman of the National Committee frankly

told the four candidates that such a coursowould meet the full and cordial approval ofthe Administration, whose only anxiety was togive the sentiment of the party ana of th>Convention its freest expression In the choice ofa Vice-Presidential nominee. Recosnlzlng. asdid the four candidates themselves, that It was

the earnest wish of the Convention that Gov-ernor Roosevelt should fill the second place onthe National ticket, ho heartily applauded theirunselfish purpose in yielding their own credit-able amhltions and assured them that the endsought would be accomplished through ColonelRoosevelt's unquestioned and unconditionalacceptance of the nomination.

Mr. Hanna's statement once on the streets,

tho excitement ofv the peculiarly stirring andcomplicated canvass for the Vice-Presidency,

which has filled the public eye for a week past,

suddenly and peacefully subsided. The slngu-

This decision was announced late List night

b>- s. nator Hanna, of Ohio, in the IbU

statement:

WORD COMES FROM ROOSEVELT.

But Brastor Ilanna dssi making his an*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: -..-,_\u25a0- -^.--

-\u25a0 «j.- r

nounceuu-nt for some time, and it was apparent...... . ... .. ...that he was awaiting word from some one.Finally William J. Tovnga, the private secre-tary of Governor Roosevelt, and Nicholas Mur-ray Hutler entered the hotel and proceeded toSenator Hanmi's rooms, and there wSj! an in-stant suspicion that they had come from Gov-ernor Roosevelt, who throughout th.- afternoonand evening had beea at the house oi a cousinin Spruce-st.

Five minutes passed, and then Mr. Youngsand Mr. Butler came out of Senator Hanna'sroom, and then Senator Hanna sent word tothe newspaper correspondents that he hadsomething to say to them. When they hadgathered In his room he read the statementprinted above.

Senator Hanna was then asked if Mr. Long'sfriends acquiesced in his selection as arbitrator.

"Yes," answered the Senator; "Mr. LsssS Mr.

The matter of the Vice-Presidency sot intosuch a snarl that it was left t" Senator Hannafor ar!«it ration among the candidates, and hehas given assurances that the nominationshould go to New-York and that the candidatsjwould be Governor Roosevelt. Senator Hannawill soon make a public statement on this mat-*ter

iar and desperate contest of one man to escape

a nomination sought to be thrust upon him by

political forces both friendly and hostile had

terminated in bis surrender. The trend of po-

litical conditions had proved, as it is always• \u25a0 -\u25a0

-\u25a0.-. \u25a0 -. . -- .

likely to prove, too strong for th- will of thesingle individual, however powerfully and per-

slstently exerted. Colonel Roosevelt had be-

come the victim of a movement, many of tho

Influences behind which he was disposed to dis-trust and combat. At the same time he hadbeen made the unwl beneficiary of one ofthe most spontaneous and flattering personal

tributes known to re n: American politics.

CONFERENCE IN HANNA'S ROOMS.

Senator Hanna's rooms were visited last even-i:-.L,- by Senators Allison and Spooner and otherdistinguished Republicans, and it was knownthat a conference was In progress on the Vlce-

--•\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0

-Presidency. Later in the evening Congress-

man Dolllver entered the Hotel Walton andsought out Senator Hanna. When, after a con-slderable time, Mr. Dolllver came out of Sen-ator Hanna's rooms, be said that his naroawould not be- pr»sented to the Convention as acandidate for Vlce-Pres!d'?nt. He- also predicted

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the nomination of Governor Roosevelt.Lieutenant-Governor 1 droll of New-York,

wh > was in his headquarters, two tlights up-stairs, said frankly that he- doubted it ho shouldbe nominated for Vice-President, and that in hisopinion Governor Roosevelt would be nominatedby acclamation to-morrow.

Benjamin B, Od '\u25a0'.. Jr., • \u25a0;. r_ d from SenatorHanna's rooms about 11 o'clock, and said to thenewspaper correspondents:

*oiiUiiuctl (iii fourth |»UK«*.

FIGHTING ON THE ROAD TO PEKING.

FIVE HUNDRED CHINESE KILLED BY. AD-

MIHAL. SEYMOUR'S MARINES.

London. Juno 20.—

A news agency dispatch

from Shanghai, dated June 20, says:

After un arduous march and frequent ii^htin«with the Chinese. Vice-Admiral Seymour ar-rived at Peking on Sunday afternoon. On liveoccasions the Chinese attacked the column ingreat force. There were many mounted menamong the Chinese, but most of the nativesv. ere badly armed. At times they fought withadmirable courage and bravery. The loss.-* ofthe Chinese during the march are estimated atfive hundred killed. The losses of the foreign-ers were triilinK-

Th- exact state of affairs Inside of l'tkln*,' itis Impossible to describe, in view of the many(inntcting reports, nothing having been receivedfrom the legations or foreigners there.

Surprise is expressed at the fait that a lar^e

Japan, according to a dispatch to The Daily

Mall" from Yokohama, intends to land an ex-pedition at Foo-Chow.

The Russians KuardiiiK' Tien-Tsin, according

to another report, fired artillery and rifles on

June 15 at a range of fifty yards into densecrowds of attacking Boxers, and killed three

hundred.

(I.v The As.->«..iiU<-a 11-.I 1-.

London, June 21.—The reports of Admiral

ur's arrival at Peking and of ill.- safetyof t)..- foreign legations, originating from Chi-

r. Be BOUTC< B a: d cat'l d to this city fp.in Shans-hal, a;-" Btill unverifli d. However, th<- Italian

Consul at Shanghai has telegraphed to theItalian Foreign M r>later, Marquis Vlscontl Ve-il«ta, t! at the legations are safe.

T!..- r.i'Ilion Is spreading f.'tr and wide. Ther.*

!s an Impression in diplomatic circles h'-r»- and

on the Continent that the allies have not yet

grappled with the situation effectiv ly, and that

even fifty thousand tro< ps would !>•• powerless

i.ido much to control four million square mllen.

The latest story sent out by Shanghai gossips

in thai J'rirne Tnai,, president of the T.sunK-li-Vaimn. haH burned the Imperial palace at

Peking and murdered the Emper \u0084 and thatthe Empress Dowager has committed suicide.

Th.- effect of the bombardment of the T.ikuforts, as described i«y the Shanghai correspond-

ents, was K"»y ln tne extreme. n< thing less than

•rivers of Mo.id" ami "mutilated corpses piled

ui< inside the forts."

CHINESE SITUATION EFFECTIVELY.

POWERS HAVE NOT GRAPPLED THE

THE REBELLION SPREADS.

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THREE HUNDRED NATIVES KILLED IN CAPTAINW*XL£ON*a FIGHT,

Cape <"oa.=t Castle, June 19.—

The garrison atCoomas.sie i.s still on half rations. Sir FredericHodgson, Governor <.f the <;<>ld Coast Colony,and his wife, who an- besieged there, an- welLTh<- Ashantee ammunition is givinK out.

Three hundred natives were silled in the fightbetween the rebels and the West African fron-tiersmen under Captain Wilson on June Hi.

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COOMASSIE GARRISON STILL BESIEGED.

BOXER OUTBREAK AT TIEN-TSIN.FOREIGN GUARDS KILLED ABOUT A HUN-

DRED OF THE RIOTERS.

London, June -". -In tin- House of Commonsto-day the Parliamentary Secretary of the For-eign Office, Mr.Brodrick, replying to a question,said the iir'tish Consul at Tlen-Tsln telegraphed,presumably Jum- 1\ confirming th.- reports oftin Boxer outbreak at Tien-Tain and the burn-Ing <>f churches i;u>\ a great number of Chinesehouses. He added that the Chinese troops made!!<• visible effort t" restrain the Boxers on theirattacking the settlement, inn that the foreignguard kill-d about a hundred of them.

A gunboat is kept here uml.-r steam in case <-temergency. There is no warship at Cataton.

TROUBLE PEARED AT CANTON.FORTS saii* To HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO

FIRE ON FOREIGN WARSHIPS.Hong KmiK. Jane -<>. The Chinese expect

trouble ;u Canton on tin- departure of (J Hun^j(:hang for Peking.

it is rumored that \h<- forts nave receivedorilt-is to lire "n any foreign warship attemptingto pass.

LEGATIONS SAID TO BE SAFE.INFORMATION TELEGRAPHBZD BY THE

ITALIAN CONSUL AT SHANGHAI.Rome, June 20. in the Senate to-day, in re-

sponse to an Interpellation on the situation inchina, the Mar /enostl, the Min-ister of Foreign Affairs, who was absent, tele-graphed asking tiu- House to adjourn the de-bate, \u25a0iddin o

' thai a dispatch from the ItalianConsul at Shanghai bad been received to-daysaying the legation! bad i..-. :i saved.

The United States gunboat laonocacy, tho: :ii battleship Navarin and the Wenchcruiser l'.isra! have arrived. The German pro-tected cruii>or Kaiserin .\ui;u.,u has departedfor Taku.

The local authorities a.-.- paralysed. Sym-pa thetic mandarins are ordered out tn sedanchairs and compelled i-> "kotow" t.. t!,.- boxersin tii" streets. All tur*:ign servants an- ..ins tl ers.

\u25a0 rams from Ti< ited June Iforwarded . . .at i:,.- :Bionariee at I\i- 1>•! by t:.- troopa >\u25a0;" General Nieh. Twcn.\ mi r.- m.--, with aGa . „ in, ha\ • ..In the i . :iburned, .. . -. the Ami rl-..m i:-...r.i ol F Rons, <-f the Method-. \u25a0 and "f ; .. Mis-sionary Society are practically in tho )....

the i;«

The British armored cruiser Undaunted ar-rived at Woo-Sung 1 yesterday and cleared for ac-tion whili passing tho furus. us a precautionarymeasure.

Wire < ommunii \u25a0 between Tlen-Taln anilPeking la Impossible. The foreign oflicialu hereare totally Ignorant of the itate of affairs Intii.- north.

liv->r.ported that S:u is executing ;.ir;c bodiesof bu . \u25a0 illy.

111 1 i.s learnt .1 authentically that an undeiii.X' exists between Great Britain and the Vice-roys .if Nan-Kin and Wu-Chang, which ac-counts for lit'- quietness In the Ya.nK-i->c-KiaiiKValley.

Merchant steamers art- not allowed to pro-

ceed to Tien-Tsin, and ve3»ela on tin ir way

th« r>- have returned t" Ch l""<>.Correspondence with Tlen-Tsln is \u25a0:

Tii'- Chinese Merchants' Company baa \u25a0

sending vessels northward.

Shanghai, June 20.—

The Peking news of to-day >•' \u25a0\u25a0nn the Administrator ><:' theChinese T< I

f.ir.-,- ..f Indian troops has not been ..r>!'-r.>lhere.

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