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I Hasked Men Plunder an Illinois Cen|
tral Express Car in Kentueky.
j DYNAMITE USED ON THE SAFE
iMix Dnp"-i?ilne? Rob the Train of S>10,?
OWt-They Slioot Holes in the Express
HtMenger'a Hat Before He Would
Surrender ? Overpower the Engineer
and Fireman ? Escape on the Engine.
Chicago iSpecial).?1The Illinois Central
fast traiu from New Orleans to
Chicago was held up and robheil of
about two miles south of Wickiiffc.
Ky. The train was flagged. The
fireman was badly beaten, while the
express messenger was driven from
his car at the point of a rifle.
The robbers, six in number, cut off
11k- engine and express car and ran
ft mile and a half to get to Fort Jefferson.
near the Ohio Kiver, and within
sight of the Missouri shore. There
tbcj blew' open the express safe, secured
all valuables it contained, and
crossed into Missouri.
The first intimation that the express
messenger had that something was
m-rong was when he was commanded
w> open rue ear. ne suuuu iu win;
the contents of the safe aiul escape
by another door, but found the car
was Mirrounded. The men opened
fire on him and he replied, but the engine
driver and fireman had been stationed
by the robbers outside and
called to the messenger not to shoot or
he would hit them.
The desperadoes then applied dynamite
to the ear door, and one of the
tend sprang into the car. They covered
the messenger with their revolvers.
and also had the baggage man
staud with his face to the wall and
his hands in the air. The messenger
refused to surrender the keys to the
*afe. and the robbers seized him by
the collar. One robber, tailing to get
the keys from him, pressed his revolver
to the messenger's forehead and
threatened to kill him. The messenger
was forced to yield and gave up
the keys.
THIEVES WRECK A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Ifrrire Oft the Crew ami Kol> the Cars?
1 ~ FJrat Case on Itecord in Mexico.
City of Mexico (Special).?A daring
train robbery took place at Santa Eu
laua cnauou, ucar iiuuuauua. ou me
Mexican Central road. A freight train
was sidetracked to let a passenger
train pass. The crew was attacked
by a dozen bandits and many shots
were fired.
Meanwhile the passenger train arrived.
and the engineer, taking in the
altuation, pulled back to Chihuahua
with the crew of the freight train.
They got a force of police and rurales
and returned to the scene of the holdup.
The robbers had broken open several
freight ears and carried away the
booty. The police and soldiers started
In pursuit. One robber was captured
and some booty recovered.
This is the first train hold-up on record
in Mexico.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK FAST EXPRESS
Switch Was Tampered With ? Engine
Ditched, No One Hart.
Philadelphia (Special).?According to
officials of the Baltimore and Ohio
Bailroad a deliberate attempt to wreck
fhn Woolil rwrfr/Mi nmvoca /"?onia nn'ir I
being successful at Folsoni a short
distance outside of this city. The
train was going at a good rate of speed
when it ran into an open switch at
Folsoiu. The engine was overturned
and the three baggage cars were derailed.
but no one was injured.
Au examination of the switch by tho
railroad men disclosed tlu* fact that it
had been tampered with, for the apparent
purpose of wrecking a train.
The loss to the express company will
be very trifling.
MARTIAL LAW AT CAPE NOME.
General Randall Taken Charge of a CItj
of 1C,000 Population.
Washington. D. C. (Special). ? The
War Department has received the following
message from (leneral Randall
at Nome City. Alaska.
uAt request of Chamber of Commerce
have assumed control of affairs
in town of Nome until the arrival of
41... r?.? a .,m<i
LICIT iUKI (llta (>l?lNll>llllll.llL U1
municipal government under recent
act of Congress. Estimated this date
li?.00<) people in the town, and no effective
civil organization for protection
of life and property."
The Treasury Department has received
a telegram from Lieutenant
Jarvis, saying there had been twenty
cases of smallpox at Cape Nome. The
department has ordered 100ft vaccine
poiuts sent to Nome, and physicians
have already gone there.
SHOT BY HIS LITTLE SON.
9an Was Keating Hi* Wife When the
Boy Killed Him.
Honest!ale, I'enn. (Special).?Oscar
Risco was shot and instantly killed by
his twelve-year-old sou. Allen, at
South Canaan. Sisoo was boating his
wife and the boy fired in defence of
his mother.
The hull from the revolver passed
diagonally through the man's head
from neck ro ear. Sisco was intoxicated
at the time. He was a civil war
veteran. Mrs. Sis<-<? had him sent to
jail for abuse tiiree years ago.
Chle?c<> CIhIih* 3,01:0,000 Population.
Population of Chicago based on the
new directory is estimated at 2,010,Washington's
Big Wheat Crop.
State Grain Inspector Wright says
the wheat crop of the State of Washington
will exceed 30,000.000 bushels,
the largest ever raised. The harvest
is a month earlier than usual. Washington
last year raised 21.000,000 bushels
of wheat.
Swing Talk or au Alliance With Ui.
There lias been talk lately in Switzerland
of an alliance with the United
States. One paper has even favored
joiuiug the American Union as a State.
New lie volt In Venezuela.
Minister Loomis, at Caracas, has
rabled the State Department, at Washington.
eon tinning the report that another
revolution has been Inaugurated
in Venezuela. From his dispatch it is
apparent that he does not regard the
revolt as serious.
Camp For Returning Volunteer*.
It has been decided to quarter returning
volunteers from Cuba, Porto
Uioo and the Philippines at Chickaaiauga,
Ga.
"FIGHTING PARSON" DEAD.
The Rev. Dwight Galloupe Stricken
in His Bathroom.
(Von Fame by DUcardlnz Iteil Croi*
Badge and Charging Up Suu
Juan Hill, Gun in Hand.
Newark. N. J. (Special).?lie v.
Pwight Galloupe, pastor of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, of this city, was
found dead iu the bathroom of his
parsonage at the corner of Market
and Grove streets. He was twentynine
years of age.
The Rev. Mr. Galloupe attained wide
fame, during the Spanish war when
he went to the front as chaplain of
the Ninth Regulars, and won the
name of "The Fighting Chaplain." He
was on the field with the Red Cross
men during the battle of San Juan,
and seeing the efforts of the Spanish
sharpshooters in the tree tops to pick
off the Red Cross men, ripped the insignia
from his own arm, took the
rirtle, belt and cartridges of a man
who had fallen, and during the rest
of the day. including the charge to
the top of the hill, fought as a private.
Later in the campaign he was injured
by a fragment of a shell.
From the time of his injury ho was
never strong. He returned after the
war and resumed his duties here. He
had to give up a few months ago and
went away for a long trip. He traveled
as far south as Brazil. He returned
unexpectedly on July 4. His
_ j nf hor
Wilt* 11U.U JHUin; IU lilt uuinv mother.
Mrs. De Bille. at Geneva. X.
Y. He had intended to follow her to
Geneva.
The young minister had a wedding
to perform in the church at eight
o'clock in the evening. The wedding
party was in the church at that hour.
The wedding party waited some time.
Then Mr. Sisserson, one of the prominent
members of the church who was
present, sent to the house where the
minister was to have visited and
learned he had not been there. The
vestry was searched, but there was
no trace of him there, and then the
rectory was visited. He was found lying
upon the floor of the bathroom. He
appeared to have dropped dead while
in the act of dressing to go out. Dr.
Baldwin, who was called, said death
had occurred several hours before.
During the excitement which followed
the discovery of the young minister's
death the wedding party left the
church and entered their coaches and
drove away. Who they were is not
k-nnwn to nnv of the church neonle.
The bridegroom was dressed iu the
uniform of a lieutenant of the regular
army, and it is said the bride came
from Orange or East Orange.
THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKETS.
There Are Ten in the Field, With a Proa*
pect of More to Follow.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Though
the national campaign has hardly
opened, there are uot less than te,n
tickets in the field, with a prospect of
two or three more before autumn.
Here is a list of the parties and their
nominees for the great tight of the
year:
Republicans?For President. William
MeKinley, of Ohio; for Vice-President,
Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
l'l WOOLLCY ?
(Prohibition euuUidate for President.)
Democrats?For President, William
J. Bryan, of Nebraska; for Vice-President,
Adal E. Stevenson, of Illinois.
Silver Republicans?For President,
i William J. Bryan, of Nebraska; for
j Vice-President. Charles A. Towne, of
j Minnesota.
Middle-of-the-Road Populists ? For
President, Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania;
for Vice-President. Iguatus
Donnelly, of Minnesota.
Prohibitionists?For President. Jglin
| G. Woolley, of Illinois; for Vice-Presii
dent, Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island.
Socialist Labor?For President, Job
Harriman.of California;' for Vice-President.
Max S. Hayes, of Ohio.
Social Democrats?For President,
Eugene V. Debbs, of Indiana; for
Vice-President, Job Harriman, of Califnrnifi
De Leon Socialists?For President,
Joseph F. Malloney, of Massachusetts;
for Vice-President. Valentine Remmile,
of Pennsylvania.
United Christian?For President.
Dr. S. 0. Swallow; for Vice-President.
John G. Woolley, of Illinois.
North Dakota Republicans Meet.
The Republicans of North Dakota
nominated a full State ticket, headed
by F. B. Fancher for Governor. The
convention adopted resolutions indorsing
the Administration, disapproving
trusts and approving the gold standard
legislation.
Mexicans Re?Elect President Diaz.
The electoral colleges met in the
chief towns and cities all over Mexico
and cast their votes for President. A
great majority of the votes were cast
CAPE HOMENfl KLONDIKB
Hundreds Are Leaving the Region,
Rearettinff Their Experiences
MANY MURDERS AND SUICIDES.
Little Gold Is Obtained?The Disappointment
of Investors? Exorbitant Pricea
Are Asked For liad Food and Also
For Keal Estate ? Crime Is Increasing
and Disease U Spreading.
Nome, Alaska, via Seattle, Wash.
(Special).?Every steamship arriving
from.the south and from points on the
Yukon comes loaded to its utmost with
passengers ana ireigui;, wune iuuoc
leaving for Seattle, San Francisco and
other ports carry away hundreds of
persons who have little or nothing to
sa'y in favor of Nome, and who can
find no language too severe when criticizing
the steamship companies and
other concerns and persons who are
directly responsible for the remarkable
aud altogether unjustifiable rush to
this place.
Work on the placer, mines has been
going on for more than six weeks, although
at first In a desultory way,
owing to the fact that the frost was
not well out of the ground, but no new
strikes have yet been made, nor has
more than a small quantity of fcold
dust been brought into the camp up to
this time.
The highest possible prices for everything
has been established and are
maintained. In the so-called restaurants,
which are usually one-story
frame shanties/ where one eats off the
bare boards, the quality of food, cooking
and service are of the coarsest Jescripfion.
The prevailing prices In
restaurants now are $1 for three egcrj,
which are seldom fresh aud sometimes
uneatable: fifty cents for one cup of
tea. broad aud butter and a half saucerfui
of canned pears; $3 for an alleged
porterhouse steak and $1 for
three pieces of sausages; $1.50 for two
small mutton chops. One dollar and a
half Is also charged for the privilege
of spreading one's blankets on the bare
floor of a lodging house, and $5 is
asked and readily paid for hauling a
trunk one mile by a dog train.
In real estate prices also remain at
the top notch. Twenty-three thousand
- -- * * ? 1-a os r a
dollars is asicea ror oue uu, uj o?
feet, in First street, a narrow, dusty
thoroughfare, lined on each side for a
distance of one mile and a half with
one and two-story frame shanties and
tents, utilized as saloons and eating
houses, restaurants, lawyers' and doctors'
offices, grocery shops and a miscellaneous
collection of establishments.
There is no present indication that the
price of real estate will be lowered,
and persons arriving here who want
locations for the establishment of some
kind of business will find that they
must cither pay unusual rents or go
without a location.
Up to this time no serious illness has
developed in the camp. The steamship
Ohio and the steamship Vananda,
from Seattle, which arrived here with
smallpox on board, are still in quarantine
at Egg Island, near St. Michael's.
Several deaths have occurred from typhoid
fever and pneumonia.
_According to a letter Written by F.
iJ. graves, 01 csau i< ruucisw, u
pector at Capo Nome, there is an average
of three or four suicides a day,
and murder is an every-day occurrence.
Thousands, he says, are cleaning
up fortunes in the camp, but many
of those who went poorly provided
with money and supplies will find
graves in the north. He says:
"They are paying stevedores $1 per
hour, and everybody caf* get a Job, but
of course all are not able to stand that
kinjl of work. Still everything is not
prosperity here, by any means. Suiekles
are occurring at the rate of three
or four a day and murders are almost
a daily occurrence. There seem to be
about 23,000 people here, and Main i
street is densely crowded. They are'
panning out gold right along Main;
street. I am going to return to San j
Francisco, as I prefer that place." j
THROUCH NiACARA RAPIDS. j
Bowser Makes the Trip in His Boat, the
"Fool-Killer."
Niagara Falls. N. Y. (Special).?Peter
Nissen. of Chicago, has made a trip
through the Whirlpool Ilapids to the
Whirlpool in a small boat twenty feet
long, six feet beam and four feet deepJ
When Nissen came here he gave thel
name of Bowser, while his boat waJ
named the ' Fool-Killer." His trim
was wonderfully successful and he hafl
won all the honor sucli affairs have?
Starting at the Maid of the Mis?
landing at 3.05 p. m.. Browser's boafl
floated slowly down the river untifl
within a few hundred yards of thJ
rapids, when it was caught in an eddyl
which drove it in shore and ncees#
sitated its being towed back to tha
starting point. 8
t? ~?11? thn rnnids. tlirouffffll
I for General Diaz, insuring ins re-eiec- i
I tion for the term of four years, dating
from December 1 next.
Toadstool* Kill an Entire Family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fink and t.leii
seven children died near Calico Rock.
Marion County, Ark., rrom eating toaustools,
mistaking tbein for mushrooms.
Newsy Oleuniugi.
Russia has maile a loan of
000 to Montenegro.
A large cargo of gold has arrived in
Seattle, Wash., from Alaska. 1 < ,
A new underground railway in London
has been opened.
Kansas has sent twenty carloads of
corn to the famine sufferers in India.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has
decided that trading in puts and calls'
is illegal.
The German coal mines near Ichowfu,
Shan-Tung, China, have been
burned
^ i
It UUtlllJ .IVUVUVU * "*- --r ' r- which
it shot at a tremeudous speeds
sometimes disappearing for severaB
seconds, only to reappear in a shortjj
space of time, which appeared t<f;
Bowser hours. It was carried ousj
of the rapids into the whirlpool. After
being whirled around the whirlpool?
for half au hour Bowser was rescued
by a line being thrown to him and he
was towed in. When on shore he was
completely ixhaus-ed by his fearful
experience.
Who- interviewed he said his experience
was awful. He had a feeling as
though hundreds of sledge hammer?
were beating down upon his head and
boa,t as he passed through the big
waves, and he was entirely unconscious
of his surroundings when he
prssed the centre of the rapids.
I
Filipino* Accepting Amnefttj.
The insurgents in the Philippines
slowly are accepting the amnesty pro-1
visions. In several instances the
Americans arc suspending operations
in order to give the rebels au opportunity
to take advantage 9f the decree.
Boiler Arrive* In Pretoria.
General Buller arrived in Pretoria
_~.i a 1 ?s.u I
UUU UUUll'lTVU ? Itil UUUl'lill ivuuai^i i
Eisht hundred British prisoners who '
had l)een captured in the Orange Free
State were released.
Sonclit to Kill Cliineae Teriler.
A crowd of nngrv German farmers
living In and about Niles. III., iu order
to avenge the death of the Gorman
Ambassador in China, attempted violence
on a Chinese peddler. They
chased the man with pitchforks and
other agricultural implements, but ho
escaped iuto the woods.
SeiiRtor Spooner to Ketlre.
Senator John C. Spoouer, of Wisconsin,
has announced his decision not to
be a candidate for re-election. The
\announcemeut was wholly unexpected
i
FOUGHT A MAD BULL.!
Nine-Year-Old Hero Saved the Life j
of His Little Brother.
Infant Had Been Towed TwJce, lint He
V Was Snatched Froxn Under
the Croatpre'a Hoof*.
Williamsport, Pebn. (Special).?Elmer
Lamont, aged nine ^ears. the son of a
farmer living at Cogan Station, this
county, is a hero. To his courage alone
his brother, John, aged seven years,
owes his life.
Ifarmer Lamont has a vicious bull
that has tossed at least a dozen persons
Into the air and has two deaths
to his credit. The owner never killed
the animal because It is an exceptionally
valuable one and has taken a
number of prizes at county fairs.
Little Johnnie was in the barnyard
shortly before dusk with a red handherchief
around his neck. As the
handkerchief fluttered in the breeze
the bull with head down, started after
the little fellow, who had his back
to the animal. The next Instant the
boy went flying up in the air, and as
he landed on the ground the maddened
bull stamped him with bis forefeet
and then again hurled him into the
air.
Elmer Lamont, the nine-year-old boy,
was attending the chickens some distance
away, and seeing his brother's
perilous condition, he grabbed a pitchfork
and hurried to the spot where the
( bull and his unconscious brother were.
Elmer tank the prongs of ^be fork
into the bull's bind quarters 'ana several
more thrusts compelled the animal
tj momentarily desert Johnnie.' Elmer
got hold of his brother's hand, and as
he dragged him to the fence the bull
made several rushes, but was repulsed
with the fork. Johnnie regained consciousness
at the fence and was pushed
through the rails by his brother, who,
at the first opportunity, got out of the
barnyard and escaped. Little-Johnnie
will recover. ' ' i.v;.
AMERICAN ATHLETES WIN.
-i;
Eight Times In Front in the English
Championship Games.
London (By Cable).?The Amateur
Athletic Association championship
events at Stamford Bridge, the headquarters
of the London Athletic Club,
received record-bveaklng entries. The
American athletes were eutered to
compete in every event except the
four-mile walk. In actual results it
was a great day for them. Of the
twelve events in which they started
they wou eight. Ten thousand persons
were present.
The results at Stamford Bridge astonished
sportsmen. Kraenzlein is
hailed as the greatest all-round athlete
the world has eve? seen. Sheldon beat
the championship records. The Americans
received hearty cheers at the conclusion
of the games.
YACHT CAPSIZES, SIX DROWN,
Six Members of the Crew and One Passenger
Rescued at Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special).?During a
Qerce squall the yacht Idler, owned
by John and James Corrigan. was capsized
and sank six miles off this port
and six lives were lost.
Following are the names of those
irowned: Mrs. James Corrigan. wife of
the well-known vessel owner; Miss Tda
Corrigan, Miss Jane Corrigan, Mrs.
Charles Riley, all daughters of James
Corrigan; Miss Etta Corrigan, daughter
of Captain John Corrigan; infant
daughter of Mrs. ltiley.
The only survivor of the passengors
's Mrs. John Corrigan. She and six of
:ho crew were picked up by a fish tug
and brought to the harbor.
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED.
Seven Injured lu a IHazo In a Cliiua
Store lu Pittsburg.
Pittsburg (Special).?Fire started in
the cliiua and glassware store of T. G.
Evans & Co., on Fifth aveniie. and before
the flames were subdued four firemen
were killed by falling fioors and
seven were injured, two or more mortally.
The dead are John Lewis. St.
Clflir Crawford, John Griffin and Max
Hutterbacli.
The fire began in the callar. among a
Jot of straw and excelsior packing.
The entire losfe by the fire to the bundling
and stock is estimated at $l."ii),00().
fTlie chief losers are T. G. Evans & Co.
uud the Pittsburg Carpet Company.
j PRAYED WHILE BOY BURNED.
i'Talth Curlst Fall* to Save the Life of
J" His Grandson,
; Webster, Mass. (Special).?Theodore
iTlausse, a four-year-old boy, was
' burned to death a few days ago. He
was left alone while his parents went
to church. The boy played with
matches, with the result that his I
clothing was ignited.
The boy's screams attracted the attention
of his aged grandfather, who is
a faith-cure advocate. The latter instead
of attempting to extinguish the
flames fell ou his knees, it is alleged,
and prayed.
While the grandson's clotliin:? was
still blazing neighbors broke in and put
out the lire, but too late to save the
boy's life.
Moonshiner* Kill a Deputy Marshal.
In a pitched battle at Maribia, Menifee
County. Ky., between a United
States Marshal and a band of desperadoes.
Marshal J. Howard Wilson was
shot through the heart.dying Instantly,
and Tipton Day and u man named
Bush were mortally wounded.
Negroes lUot In Mississippi,
The labor situation at Moss Point,
| Miss., where a strike among the sawI
mill hnn<ls lias been on for over a
month, assumed a dangerous aspect
when some of the strikers ambushed
and fired on some of the imported
employes of one of the mills, danger
ously wouuding two men.
Expedition* to Find Andree.
Several expeditions have been arranged
to search for Andree, the mls^; J
ing polar explorer. i
Cycllnc Note*.
The Chinese use women's blcjSfes.' 5
A new fly has been discov?p$?jj^ ?
Illinois which punctures blcydagpreg.
The L. A. W. is making arrang^beiits
by which the wheels of membgiis can
be insured against theft
Tom Butler, the L. A. W. sprinting
champion in 1896, ha* finally decided
not to enter paced racing, and will try
sprint work.
Johifnie Fisher, the Chicagoan, Is to
make his home in Springfield, 111., this
summer, and meet all comers in match
races, either sDrlnt or paced
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OUB POLICf III CHINAT
The Position Taken by the United
States Made Public.
WILL PRESERVE CHINESE ENTITY
Declaration That No State of War Exists
?Efforts to Localize and Suppress ths
Boxer Outrages ? All tiallty Persons
to Be Held Strictly Accountable?Tlie
Text of the Note Sent to the Powers.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The
e+oto nonirtmpnt hni? derided to make
public the identical note which was
recently delivered to the Powers as
defining the position of the United
States respecting the Chinese troubles.
It embodies the views to which
this Government has 3trictly adhered
from the very. beginning of the present
troubles and which the different
Powers have' one by one taken into
favorable consideration. The view announced
at the start by the President
that we did not consider ourselves
at war with the Chinese nation and
that all our efforts should be directed
to localizing the disturbances In the
province of Chih-Li and keeping them
from spreading throughout the empire
by enlisting on the Bide of peace the
powerful viceroys of Central and
Southern China, has now apparently
been adopted by all the other Powers.
tmmJ- *
(He Is uncle of the Emperor, father of the
heir-apparent and leader of the rebellion
In China.)
The circular which was sent to our
foreign representatives is as follows:
"In this critical posture of affairs
in China it is denied appropriate ro
define the attitude of the United
States as far as present circumstances
permit this to be done. We adhere
to the policy initiated by us in 1857
of peace with the Chinese nation, of
furtherance of lawful commerce and
protection to lives and property of our
citizens by all means guaranteed under,
extraterritorial treaty rights and
by the law of nations. If wrong be
done to our citizens we propose to hold
the responsible authors to the uttermost
accountability. ?
"We regard the conditon at Pekin as
one of virtual anarchy, whereby power
and responsibility are practically devolved
upou the local provincial authorities.
So long as they are not In
overt collision with rebellion and use
their power to protect foreign life
and property, we regard them as representing
the Chinese people, with
whom we seek to remain In peace and
friendship.
"The purpose of the President is. as
It has lieen heretofore, to act concurrently
with the other Powers, first.
In opening up communication with Pekin.
and rescuing the American officials.
missionaries and other Americans
who are in danger: secondly, in
affording all possible protection everywhere
in China to American life and
property; thirdly, in guaranteeing and
protecting all legitimate American interests.
and. fourthly, in aiding to prevent
a spread ol' tne disorders to the
other provinces of the empire and a
recurrence of such disasters.
"It is. of course, too early to forecast
the means of attaining the hist
result, but the policy of the Government
of the United States is to seek
a solution which may bring about permanent
safety and peace to China,
preserve Chinese territorial and ministrative
entity, protect au rights guaranteed
to friendly Powers by treaty
and international law. and safeguard
for the world the principle of equal
and impartial trade with all parts
of the Chinese empire.
"You will communicate the purport
of this instruction to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs. HAY."
KAISEK'S DEMAND FOR VENGEANCE
Speech to th" Ofllcevn and Men of the
Squadron Which Sails For China.
Kiel, Germany (By Cable).?The East
.AMitlU ><1(1*1111 UU feillUMl LCJ1 1^11 ma.
The Emepror William and Prince Ileur.v
witnessed tlie departure of the
warships.
Prior to the departure of the squadron
Emperor William addressed the
oflieers and men. He said, in part:
"Uomcmber you have to tight a dinning
foe provided with modern weapons.
Avenge the German blood which
has flowed, but spare women and
children. I shall not rest until Chira
is subdued and all her bloody deeds
avenged. You will tight together with
troops of various nationalises. See
that you always maintain goal comradeship
with them."
Tlie Ninth Regiment in China.
Washington. D. C. (Special).?TinNinth
United States Infantry, which
sailed from Manila, has arrived at
Taku. Chiua. Secretary Long says
that lie is preparing to recruit 5*00
more marines for the China service.
Army Officer Killed by a Fall.
General P MacArthur reported the
deati^ii>Manila of First Lieutenant !
WAhster. Fortv-seermrl T'nit.wl
^^P^Volunteei- Infantry, as the reV^ot
& fall from a building.
* The Labor World.
|oTbe workmen In the Kio Tinto mines,
riff Spain, have decided to strike.
Laborers in an electrical company at
Havana, Cuba, have struck for higher
wages.
Ten thousand Alabama coal minors
have suspended work pending the settlement
of their wage dispute with 1
the operators. j
The Newport (Ky.) Rolling Mill Com- 1
pany, employing 500 men, has refused
to sign the scale demanded, by steel <
workers, and has shut down indetl- <
nltely. <
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OFFICIAL CROP REPORT.
Corn Shows Well, Cotton Prospect9
Blue and Wheat Declines.
rue Entire Crop of Wlieat Calculated
at CIO,000,000 Bushel* Against
?47,000,000 Last Year.
Washington. D. C. (Sprcial).?'The
monthly crop report of the Department
dC Agriculture shows the condition of
the crops on July 1. What advantage
has accrued to spring wheat by rains
In the Northwest since then is, of
course, not included. The report
shows:
Corn?Average condition, 89.5, as
compared with* 86.5 on July 1, 1S99,
and a ten years' average of 90.7. The
area planjtejl increased 1.200,000 acres,
or 1.5 per -tent over that harvested
last year. The condition in Iowa
102, in -Missouri 101, in Kansas and
Nelrraskii 93, in Illinois 92, and in Indiana
89.
Wheat?Condition of winter wbeat
80.8, as against 52.7 on June 1, 65.0 on
juiy l. lowy, ana a xen years average
of 79.8. Condition of spring wheat,
55.2, against 87.3 a month -ago and
81.7 on July 1, 1899. The condition in
Minnesota has fallen to 48, In South
Dakota to 44 and in North-Dakota to
30. The condition of spring and winter
wheat combined on July 1 was 69.8,
against 76.2 on July 1, 1899. The
amount of wheat remaining in the
hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated
at about 51,000,000 bushels.
Oats?Condition, S5.5, as compared
with 91.7 one month ago, and 90 on
July 1, 1899.
Barley?Condition. 76L?, as against
86.2 one month ago, aSid 92 on July
Rye?Condition of v&ter ryp, 89.6,
Cotton?Condition^ 82.5
a month ^ ago, l,
Figure# Point to Jm ? jBgMld t ar ce gt
Now York Cltrifl SB).?Figures of
the Govern mo at'lBBBBBy crop report,
as viewed by stati8|<i of^the Prothe
second largest aMflfcgp.otegword.
The largest crop ga^^HnH^6,
when the yield was 2j^l9QkeiG^Wdiels.
The indlcationsTjbn- jips^Hnjs
year were for a yieldrof ^^0,7tWQPt:
While the prospect Is not for a recSj&
breaking wheat crop, tnt .^omlse^B
for a harvest of only 37,000,000 busheu
less than last year, when tfie'^thinj
largest crop on record was thranhedh
Winter turned out so well that the
promise Is for a crop of 510.3^8,000
bushels, against, a harvest last ydgt of
547,303,S4G bushels.
Cotton Advancing in Value. *j!%>
New Orleans, La. (Special).?ThS
South's great staple product Is steadjfg
advancing In value In the face of
proving crop and weather condltlaB
and notwithstanding the approqchlSl
closing down of the Fall River coti?
BATTLE WITH CATTLE THIEVEST
United States Marshal
I)t uptrado*! Mortally WonHded.
Glenooe, Okla. (Special).?^One United
States Marshal was instantly killed
and three desperadoes mortally
wounded and captured in a fight on
the Arkansas River, forty miles east
of here.
Cattle thieves have terrdrlxed that
locality for some time. JL^jTew d"ys
ago a farmer was killed wnile trying
to protect his property. The three desnofiilnoij
whn uropo (inntnwrt hml >:tn.
leu a whole herd of cattle fipbm the reservation
and were taking them to the
railroad to dispose of them when
three Marshals overtook them anfl the
Both parties were aatop& with Winchesters
and Colt's pMflfcJfind aeveral
rounds of amunitlon. Marshals
was killed at t^Hpiiiiing of
the light and the leadet^ql>fhe thieves
was next to fall. The fljhtycfcntinued
for nearly an hour whefffciBother desperado
fell and the raEaining one
srnrted to run, but a shot brought him
down.
THE FALL CURED HIM.
Tiernan, Deaf and Dumb For Year*, Hat
Hearing and Speech Restored.
Pittsburg. Peun. (Special).?Thomas
F.Tieruan, who has been deaf and dumb
for tiyty-nine years.was cured by falling
from the roof of a house. None of the
members of the family had ever heard
him speak. Tiernau climbed to the
roof of his house, and. becoming dizzy,
fell to the ground, a distance of twouty-five
feet, alighting on his shoulders.
He lay unconscious, but when he
came to his family were amazed to
hear him ask what had happened. He
? ? tnL-.>ii tr? rlio Homeopathic Hos
pital. where the physicians said that
the shock of the fail had restored his
hearing and speech.
Aged Patient (Soiled to Death.
George A. 5Torse, an aged and ahso*
lutely helpless patient in the Agnews
Insane Asylum, at San Jose. Cal... was
slowly boiled to death in a bath in
the men's ward of that institution.
He was placed in a bath tub and after
the hot water was turned on rlie attendant
left the room for a towel,
forgot his patient, and did*not return
untile the imbecile was l'ataily scalded.
French Farliuuiont Adjourn*.
The French Parliament adjourned
with shouts of "Long live Socialism!
UOW'U Willi lilt* .UlUIKli.t .
Three Lives Lost tn a Collision.
The fishing schooner. Mary Storey,
of Gloucester. Mass., was run down
aud sunk in a dense fog. sixty-five
miles southeast of Cape Sable, by the
three-masted schooner Fred Uower,
bound for Pasbebiac. Quebec, with
coal for New York City. Three of
the crew of the sunken vessel were
drowned. The drowned men were
Charles Sears and his nephew. Angus
Sears, both of Lower Woods Harbor,
X. S.. mid John H Wacruer. of West
Horlin, x. s. All wore married.
1'romlnent I'coplo.
Theodore Roosevelt Iwlouss to t. J
Dutch Reformed Church.
Former President Harrison lias spout
a week at .Mammoth Hot Springs,
Wyo., leaving much bene tit ted in
health. N
The Hon. Addison 0. Harris, the UniFlnister
to Austria, has
en route to the United
ly two surviving AtneriIdents.
Levi P. Morton,
and Adlai E. Stevenson.
" TiSMfflMffl
Official Declarations of Consuls Regarding
Conditions in Pekin.
RUSHING TROOPS TO THE RESCUE
State Department at IV&shtagton Receive!
a Report Froin Minister Conger?Sii
Tliomand American Troops Ordered
to the Phil)pines For Possible Service
In China?News From the Front.
London (By Cable).?Foreigners In
Pekin were safe up to Tuesday, July
3. This news reached London from
authoritative sources.
The British Consul at Shanghai tel
t_ J _
egrapnea urn a courier, wuu icn. tckin
on July 3. reported two legations
were ther liold.ng out against troops
and Boxers. The troops had lost two
thousand men and were much disheartened,
and the Boxers many leaders.
It was asserted that the foreigners
ought to be able to hold out for
a long time, as they have sufficient
food and ammunition.
Pressure is being brought to bear
npon the foreign AdmiraJs at Taku to
hasten preparations for the relief column.
Japan, it is believed, will hurry
the remainder of her corps to Taku.
~
i i j ? - - ? ?
. BfflGlsafDCl
(He is en route to China to assume com 5
mand of tbe American forces there.)
1 that the start northward may be msde
with least possible delay. To pay tfor
her coming expenditures in the Powers'
behalf Japan is expected to ask
a money compensation when peace is
f restored.
It is said that Prince Cblng. at the
head of troops loyal to the Dowager
; Empress, is conducting a counter-revolution
to Prince Tuan's, and Is attacking
the troops of the latter In Pekin.
| The Governor of Shan-Tung has, It is
S.reported, refused to obey the orders
ft of Prince Tuan to seize Nanking.
jtvA combined force of Japanese ant.
jRErisalans is reported to have Inflicted
Bnl^severe defeat on the Chinese army
]: eighteen miles from Tien-Tsln,' killing '
% ffipie thousand of them.
5 jffttlie. American ship Maine has been
juiced at, the disposal , of tbe Qrltish '
i^dyernment for serjfce In China instead
of Booth AfrfcA.
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BIPOBi rBOM MINISTER CON'GER. f
Ord?r? Issued For th? DUp.tch of Of?
f 7t: .?0? Troop* to the K?t.
Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The
State Department has received a report
from Minister Conger, dated Pekin,
May'21, in which he tells of the
efforts made to induce the Tsung-li1'amen
to take action against the Boxers,
, and Indicates that the foreign
Ministers at that time were alive to the
danger.
Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai
has informed the State Department
that the legations were still
standing on July .'J. that the Boxer attacks
were slight and they evidently
were attempting to starve out the besieged
foreigners.
The War Department h;is ordered
over GOOD regular army troops to the
Philippines, with a view to using them
for service in China should they be required.
The cruiser Brooklyn, which left Nagasaki
a day or two ago for China,
with Rear-Admiral Remey, reached...'"
Chee-Foo. - . Kear-Adjniral
Remey, on arriving at
Taku.wilt relieve' Rear-Admiral KemWf
In command of the American squadron.
,40,000 British droops For China. '
London (By Cable).?It is understood
that the War Office is preparing .to dispatch
nearly 40,000 men to China.
French Marine* Start For the East.
BrestrFrance (By Cable).?A detactfmetit
of .600 marines and 100 artillerJ
ists started for Toulon to embark for
! China. ' "<
Australian Volunteers Accepted. .*
Melbourne. Victoria (By Cable).?The < '
! Imperial Government has accepted .
Victoria's offor of a naval contingent',
for service in China.
Italy Sends Troops to ClilnS. >
Rome (By Cable).?The Government
has decided to Send IJ-'OO soldiers to
China. *
Two Killed and Ons Fatally Hurt.iu,_
{ George Schooling and William Grab
I were killed and Fred Price was fflt.illvl
injured at Columbia, 111. The three!
men wore in a buggy that was demol-1
Ished by a train at a railway crossing. '
Goeliel Murder Trial Begins.
Trial of the men charged with the
uiurder of William Goebel has begun
at Georgetown, Ky. '*
Three Boy* Drowned in an Old Clfky Viu ,'v
Three boys were drowned wiiile play- .
ing on a raft in a' clay pit at Sdmerville.
Mass. The victims are: Bert F.
Hardwick. seven years of age: Willi&m
1-5. Whalen. thirteen, and Joseph Cotter,
twelve, all of Ciiarlestown.
Crop Failure in Chile. *
Owing to continuous rains in Chile
wheat sowing is Impossible and the
next crop will be very scarce. Prices
are very high, but there is no stock
on hand. g
Warren Earp Shot Dead.
"Warren Earp, the youngest of the
fnninns fnmilv nf border ilesneradoes.
whoso names were otice the terror of
Tombstone, who was shot dead by
John Duvett at Wilcox. Ariz. There
had been ill feeling between Earp and
Boyett for years growing out of a
feud between the Earp boys and the
cattle rustlers.
Silver Itepublfcaus Accept Stevenson.
The Silver Republicans have accepted
A. E. fctevfeuson as their candidate
for VlOrt-Prvxidant.
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