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WORST FEARS IN Ml the Foreigners in Pekin Ruthlessly Murdered By iL. me Duiers. SIT TIMOIlf FIRST They Formed a Square Round Them When Their Assailants Battered Down Legation Walls. Only the Bare Announcement That the Legation Walli Were Buttered Down and All Forelgnsrs Killed la Made in tho Official Chinese Statement From the Governor of Shantung l'rovlnceAttack With Artillery Began After the Brave Guards of tho Legations Had ltepulaed Several Boxer Attacks and Had Killed Several Hundred Chinese in Desperate Night Sorties? Attacks Were Kept Up L'ntil the Foroionwrt' Ammunition Was Gone. Shanghai, China (By Cable).?An official telegram received from the Governor of Shang-Tung states that a breach in the wall (of the British Legation in Pekin) was made, after a gallant defence and all the ammunition had given out, and that all the foreigners were killed. Lor.'Ion (By Cable).?The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "I can assert positively that the Chinese authorities had the dreadful news from Pekin a week ago, and that Sheng knew that all the foreigners in Pekin were dead when he asked the American Consul to cable to Washington a proposal to deliver the foreigners iu safety at Tien-Tsin on condition that the allies would suspend their operations in the north of Pekin." The correspondent then gives details of the events at Pekin after June 25. The members of the legations made daily sorties, sometimes by night, and so successfully as to compel the Chi CHINESE GUN CREW IS ACTIOS. nose to retreat from the immediate vicinity. These reverses had a disheartening effect upon the Chinese; and there soon began to be open sisus of disaffection. followed by desertions to Prince Ching's army, which was endeavoring to co-operate with the beseiged. Ultimately Prince Tuan decided to make a night attack in three i powerful columns. "At G o'clock on the evening of July 6," says the correspondent, "fire was I opened with artillery upon the Brit- ! isli Legation, where the foreigners > were concentrated. l\>r t wo hours the . walls were battered with shot and shell, and huge breaches were made * In them. Then a general advance was t ordered, and the Chinese infantry, volleying constantly, moved toward the gaps. The fire of the defenders, however. was so accurate and steady that hordes of Chinese soldiers and Boxers broke and fled i- the wildest confusion, leaving large numbers of dead and . wounded around the legation. They I - - - - IXTEU1DR OF UNITED STJ could not be rallied until they were out of the rifle range cf tla- foreigners. "Then Prince Tuan, making a desperate appeal, induced them to stand nnd return to the attack. Artillery tire was then resumed, and at the middle watch a second attack was attempted. But before the attackers could accomplish their object they were met by Prince Ching and (Jeneral Wang\Vcn-Shao with their troops, who were Delaware's Lare# Peach Crop. Au expert estimates that the peach crop in Delaware will reach about 4.000.000 baskets of fruit of a superio' size and quality will make up for some of the former shortages. Not in ten years has tljere been so good a prospect of profit.\^ ^ -m-rS Accused of Burning His Wife. Frank Schnefiier was put on trial at Jolief. HI.. 011 a charge of burning liis wife to Jcaili. Cycling: Jintes. A wheelman named Grimwood ?ias been sentenced in England to fourteen days' imprisonment, without the option of a tine, for alleged furious riding. "Bob" Walthour, the Southern professional. is threatened with suspension for failing to appear recently at a meet in New England, after having entered. General Maurice, commander-in-chief at Woolwich, England, has propounded an elaborate scheme for the defense of London by a large corps of cyclists, tand it will be tested in August. v CHINA CONFIRMED. going to t lie* aid of tho foreigners. A desperate battle ensued between the various forces of Chinese and Mauchus. "Unfortunately, many of Frince China's troops deserted to Prince Tuan. rrince Ching fell and was supposed to have been killed, but as the search for his body was unsuccessful. it is now believed that he was only wounded and was carried off and sccreted by his faithful retainers. General TVan<r-Wen-Sliao. althouch gray-haired and seventy" years oid, valiantly led his troops in person. He was killed, and his force, which was completely outnumbered, was routed. "Throughout the night repeated attacks were made o/. the legation, but these were invariably repulsed with heavy losses. Toward the end of the third watch, about 5 a. m., the allies had practically defeated the besiegers, who were wavering and gradually withdrawing. "But just then General Tung-Fu-Siang arrived from the vicinity of TienTsin with a large foroe of Kan-Su BESSM? II fiS^L Bis 111 hs^f''IB EDWIN H. CONG (Miss Mary Tierce, whose father was a for ister to China, was with the Cougers braves. By this time the walls of the legation had been battered down, and most of the buildings were in ruins. Many of the allies had fallen at their posts, and the small band that was left took refuge in the wrecked build ings, wuicn mey euueu.vurt;u uustuj to fortify. "Upon them the fire of the Chinese artillery was now directed. Toward sunrise It was evident that the ammunition of the allies was running out, and at 7 o'clock, as the advance of tno Chinese in force failed to draw a response a rush was determined upon. "Thus, standing together, as the sun rose, the little remaining baud, all Europeans, met deatn stuboornlv. There was a desperate hand-to-hand enoounter. The. Chinese lost licaviiy, but. as one man fell others advanced, and, finally overcome by overwhelming odds, every one of the Europeans regaining was put to tie swo:d iu the most atrocious manner." Too Shanglai correspondent of llu Daily Express, on the alleged authority of the couriers who brought the story, gives very sensational account. He ?ays: "Maddened with hunger, after having been without food i'cr many days, the members of the legations and the guards made a sortie on the night of June and kilhil 2U0 Chinese in an unexpected attack. "(Jeneral Tung-Fu-Siang, enraged over the loss of so many men, brought up heavy suns, and Prince Tuan gave the order that every foreigner must be destroyed. His words were: "Destroy every foreign vestige and make China a sealed book to all Western Powers.' "Prince Tuan had previously discovered that Prince Ching was supplying the foreigners secretly with ammuni lTES legation in tekin. tinn. Ho therefore ordered General Tung-Fu-SIang to tire on Prince Chiug's troops, and it is reported tliat Ching was killed or seriously wounded. "In a final attempt to cut their way through, the legatiouers formed a square with the women and children in the centre. When the Boxers realized that they were being attacked they became like wild beasts, and shot each other in the darkness. "The foreigners went mad, and Fusion Ticket In Nebraikn, *The Democrats, Poulists and Silver Republicans of Nebraska have nominated a fusion ticket headed by William A. Poynter for Governor. Resolutions were adopted by the Populist Convention pledging the party to support Senator Pettigrew for re-elec tion. Senator Gear's Sudtlon Deatli. United States Senator Gear, of Iowa, died suddenly of heart disease in Washington. Casualties in tlie Philippines. During the past week three Americans were killed and two wounded and thirty-five of the rebels were killed. Fifty rebels were captured, and twenty-five rifles and fourteen tons of powder and ammunition taken. A;jfenn?yl?ania Centenarian Dead. Michael Maloney, of Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Penn., is dead, aged 107 years. He was one of the pioneer residents of Northern Pennsylvania, Until within a few years he was In Dossesslon of all his faculties. A -r .! killed all tliolr women and children with revolvers. "Heavy guns bombarded all night -7? CITT GATE, PEKXN. until the buildings were demolished and in flames. Many foreigners were roasted In the ruins. "The Boxers rushed upon them and ER AND FAMILY. mer business partner of the Amerloan MIn? in Pekln at the time of the massacre.) hacked and stabbed both dead and wounded, cutting off their heads and carrying these through the streets on their rifles, shouting fiercely. "They then attacked the native Christian quarters, massacred all who refused to join them, outraged the women, and brained the children. Hundreds of mission buildings were burned." Lady Hart, wife of Sir Robert Hart, Director of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, received on July 5 the following telegram from her husband: "Our people, including the women, <A '"'l/f fl ?V \\ >*> I \\v\ V'"?id y^korta /n, " * P*M\op^J f^\(J U I f Of' l/jljfJV''* tJ^V.CW.V v) (ft'? N xf*/Tli"n jST"^ lyssAf A N T ?U n(vgM^ )( ^/ YELL OW | i are in the legations. Prepare to bear the worst." The correspondent of the Daily Express. who sends details ot' the Pekin massacre, adds: "All China is now aflame with revolt against foreigners. Only in the extreme west is there quietude. Every port, even Shanghai, is menaced. "In the provinces of Ilu-Pe and HuNan thousands of native Christians have be< n mutilated and tortured, the women being first outraged aud then massacred." The morning papers are unanimous in believing that the foreigners have been annihilated and iu calling for retribution. REFUGEES FROHI TIEN-TSIN. T.aota In Accor/1 aiira With Ad. mtral Seymour's Order. Shanghai. China (By Cable).?Several hundred refugees, most of them women and children, have left TienTsin in accordance with Admiral Seymour's order urging all non-combatants to depart. Many women have remained behind, however,, refusing to leave tbeir husbands, whose busiuess detains them. The refugees were sent down the river on board lighters and tugs, and were then transferred to merchant ships in the harbor at CheFoo. The American, Japanese and German warships received their people, the officers of the United States gunboat York to \vd generously entertaining 200. most of them missionaries and their families. The British refugees were crowded on a dirty freighter, and women, accustomed to luxury, have been sleeping huddled together on the decks. They complain bitterly because the half-empty British fleet declines to receive them, and they have drafted a strong proiesi 10 Aumirui ocjuiuui. Protection For Chlneae In New York City New York police are vigilant to prevent mobbing of resident Chinese. Welcome Rain in India. Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, has cabled that an excellent rain has fallen in the northwest provinces and in parts of Central India, and that useful showers have occurred in Rajpootana and^Decean. Lockjaw Caueert by a Thorn. Clifford Billsy, a son of diaries Billsy, of Xorwalk, Ohio, died a horrible death from lockjaw, caused by jumping on a thorn, which penetrated hi/ foot. Prominent People. The Czar of Russia is a voracious reader. Ilear-Admiral Philip's life was insured for $20,000. William Jennings Bryan is fond of a.?4.J * 1?AHOAK(I /?!? uuiuuor exercise, tsi?;i.ittuj uwonmitt riding. Sir Henry Campbell Bnnncrman, the British Li bora 1 louder, has a mania for watch-making. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is ' making a fad of gardening, and is spending much of his vacation in the i cultivation of some exceptionally fine pansiea. ' ALLIES MB T1EM. Foreigners Capture the Native City After a Hard Fight. AMERICAN LOSSES ARE HEAVY, Che Ninth United .States Infantry Sufleri Heavily in the Fighting?Colonel Lis linmmlllA KlllAll_rilln?ifl ClIU tare a Russian Toivn and Tear U|> Kail ways?TIen-T?ln Forts Also Taken. London (By Cable).?The allied troop: tvon a brilliant victory at Tien-Tsin capturing the native city and com pletely routing the Chinese. Th< losses of the Europeans and Ameri cans during the three days' heav] fighting are said to have been 80( killed and wounded. The guns of the allies did immensi damage to the native city, causin; many large conflagrations, and finallj silenced the majority of the enemy"! guns simultaneously. Then 1500 Rus sians, assisted by small parties of Ger mans and French, assaulted and cap tured eight guns that were in "positioi on the railway embankment, and thi fort, the magazines of which th< French subsequently blew up. A bod: of American, British, Japanese an< Austrian troops then made a sortie an< attacked the west arsenal, which th< Chinese had reoccupled: After thre< hours of the hardest fighting:, yet ex I narionfori thp fJhfnesp. fled The casualties sustained by tbe alllei wepe exceedingly heavy, especial^ thoee to the Americans^ French an< Japanese. The Chinese appear ,to have ex baust&d their supply of smokeless pow der, as they are now using black pow der. . BEAR-ADMIRAL REHKY'8 REPORT. , Ain?rlc?u? Lost Over 200 Hfn in Fl?b A at Tlen-Taln. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Rear Admiral Remey cabled to the Nav: Department that the city and forts o Tlen-Tsin are in the hands of the allies His dispatch follows: 'Chee-Foo?Hope to get wounde< from Tlen-Tsin in hospitals at Taki or aboard Solace. "Communication very uncertain. Fol lowing casualties apparently con Armed: "Marines?Captain Davis killed Captain Lemly, Lieutenants Butle and Leonard wounded. "Array?Colonel Liscum killed; Ma jors Reagan and Lee, Captains Noyee Brewster and Bookmiller, Lieutenant Naylor, iiawton, Hammond and Wal dron wounded. JjL ' Total killed anjfl^unded reported 77.". Russian and lost hoav ily; our total loss re?NR^215; abou forty were marines, but number be lieved to be exaggerated. "Have officer on shore especially t get authentic number and names which will be promptly telegraphed "City aud forts are now In the hand of allies. "Admiral Seymour returned to fleet ranking officer ashore is Admira Alexieff .it Tien-Tsin. REMEY." It is generally understood that tin American troops in and on their wa; to China will be reinforced by ever? man who can be spared from home Cuban and Porto Rican points. War Office officials are amazed a the proportion of men killed an< wounded. It is greater than in almos any battle of recent times and provei tliat tne Liunese nave improved u marksmanship to an almost incredibh degree. The Chinese troops at Tien Tsin were armed with modern Krupi guns and Mauser rifles. THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. No Extra Session of Congress is Needet at Present. Washington. D. C. (Special). ? Th( President has determined that tht facts now known to us do not requijc' or justify calling an extra session ol Congress. Should further , develop nients indicate that he Unliable to dc what is required wilt the means uov; ! at his command and the action of Con I gress is necessary to furnish eithei men or money, or authority, he wil not hesitate to call it together. This is the official report of the pro ceedings of the Cabinet at which wen discussed the international obligation! of the United States in China, tlx necessity of an extra session, and tin plans aud preparations of the conduc of the campaign iu China. The offlcia statement was dictated to Secretary Cortelyou by the President for tht press. T?ba Pnaalon Tnvn. St. Petersburg (By Cable).?It 1j Dftieially .announced that the Chinese troops, after bombarding Blagovest:hensk, in Russian territory, captured the town. They have destroyed the roads and othed means of communication with the place. The attack luu provoked strong expression of indig nation here and the papers deiuan* severe retribution. Naval Force Well Equipped. Washington, D. C. (Special).?As fat as fighting equipment is concerned the naval force in China is amply provided for, according to the officials of the Naval Ordnance Department. Arms nnd ammunition to an amount large ?nough to meet any possible emergency are now in China, and there are enough ships in Chinese waters to ueet present requirements. A Suicide at Kiacara Fall*. John Delmage, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., committed suicide by leaping into the whirlpool rapids. New Minister From Japan. The Japanese Legation, in Washington, have been informed that Kogorc Takaliira, at present Imperial ViceMinist-or nf irnrAi??n Affairs. lins been appointed Japanese Minister to the United States. He takes the place of Mr. Kuniuri, transferred to St. Petersburg. CliarRUH Against Coler DiatnUfict). Governor Itoosevclt has dismissed Hie charges brought against Controller Coler, of New York City. The Labor World. James Tines, leader of the Brooklyn trolley men's strike in 1895, die# His home in Brooklyn. The steelmakers of Scotland decided to close their works for two weeks, owing to the high price of coal. Fully 100 glass house apprentices in Gloucester County, N. J., became journeymen with the end of the blast. Sixteen hundred men have been thrown out of employment by the banking of five furnaces operated by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Coinj tianv. of Scran ton. IVun * ! HARVARD TUTOR FREED. A I Professor Eastman Not Held For the Shooting of His Brother-in-Law. Evidence of ? Ounrrel Had No Weight TV'lien All the Clrcuinntanceg of i | tlie Trajjedy were lonmaercu. i Boston, Mass. (Special).?Charles R. . Eastman, assistant instructor In zoo. logy in Harvard University, who was . accused of the murder of his brotherin-law, Richard H. Grogau, on July 4, was discharged from custody. Judge 5 Almy, after hearing the arguments of ' counsel, failed to find probable cause for the charge. The Judge's announcement was a * surprise to everybody in the crowded r court-room, for it was understood that ) 1 the most Eastman's counsel hoped for was that the charge would be changed to manslaughter. * When Judge Almy's court convened ; in Cambridge in the morning the prosj ecution surprised the defence by announcing that all its testimony was in. The defence produced no witnesses. ' Lawyer Elder's shrewd and ingenious * plea was Its entire case, He said that " the story of Titus, who saw the two 1 men struggling over a firearm, amount' 2. ed to nothing, because the struggle did J not precede the shootlrfg. "The prose1 critlon," he continued, "would have you * believe that Eastman deliberately shot | Grogan and then tried to make It ap 8 pear that It was an accident. At tne 3 same time it seeks to show that East man wounded himself. These are two totally Inconsistent theories." 3 As to the exclamations of Grogan af7 ter being shot. Mr. Elder said they * proved nothing. The first feeling of a man in Grognn's position would be one " of outrage, of resentment, against the ' man who shot him. even if accident ally. Furthermore, no motive had been shown. As for the evidence given , by John Grogan, brother of the dead man, of 1 the trouble in the Grogan stable, when he said his brother and Eastman had s. a quarrel, and Eastman on going away f said: "I'll plug you. if it takes five f- years," it was denied altogether, i. Judge Almy, in discharging Eastman, said that it did not appear from j the evidence that a murder had probj ably been committed. It was doubtful how much the statements of (Gro. gan were worth at the time when he . was suffering acutely from the bullet wound. There was considerable doubt ; that a jury would convict on the evir' dence. He therefore did not think he would be justified in holding Eastman . for the ^c);ipn of the Grand Jury. 1 An . Knfnnr rolnnaoH P.natninn hlirrlo/1 |f | vu 4VIWUOVU WUWI..MUU .vv a I up to Judge Almy and spoke briefly to . him. The Judge smiled in return. Then Enstman greeted his father, and l( Mrs. Hollander, the third of Alvin '. Clark's daughters, came up and kissed t him. Mr. Hollander and he shook hands very cordially. When LMstrict-Attorney Weir was o asked if he would go any further with i, the case he said he preferred not to I,' discuss the matter. Others believe s that this is the end of the case. ; BLANKET INDIANS RISING. ' Armed Force of Teamster* Subline a ^ Demonstration In Minnesota. \ Bemidji, Minn. (Special).?An armed y force, made up of teamsters from Sol way, Minn., has subdued a threatening t element of Blanket Indians at Red j Lake. Captain Mercer, in charge of t Indian affairs in this State, has been 3 called to the reservation to quiet the x reds, who attempted to prevent the KntMtnfy o aohrvrvl 1 mil an ntv tho I ervation. At the same time other In, clians in the Red Lake district threatened a rising because of a prediction 1>3* medicine men that a great cyclone would destroy all whites in America. Trouble was rapidly heading. The 1 Indians were drinking and dancing and had collected a large stock ol' ; arms and ammunition. Captain Mer? cer deputized thirty friendly Indians, ? and with armed men forced the C Blanketers from the site, and under protection the house is being built > Promiscuous shooting took place r throughout most of the day. A call - has been made for soldiers. Realizing the condition of Indian af[ fairs in Minnesota, the War Department has withdrawn the order to the - Eighth Infantry to leave Fort Snelling i for the Philippines. This regiment 3 may be brought to Red Lake. ? TELL DEAD AT CHILDREN'S FEET t l ] An Italian Shot by iili Cousin, Win I j Kills Himself. ? Paterson, N. J. (Special).?Louis Biauchi shot his cousin, Joseph Pesino, and killed him. He then shot aud 1 ...iled himself. Bianclii was employed as a dyer's | helper In the Weidman Dye Works. , Ilis discharge was caused by some trivial offense, and he blamed Pessino, who was foreman in the works, for it. Bianehi lay in wait for Pessino on the j old Bunker Hill Road. Pessino came along the road from the direction of the works, and his two little daughters were coming to meet him. He 1 had just called to them, when there > was a shot, and he fell almost at the I Cnof nf hie fliililrpn. ( Bianclii then ran a short distance to i a spring and, sitting down at its edge, ! placed iiis revolver to his head and blew out his brains. i Money to Mo?e the Crop*. More currency is going to the conn try to move the grain crops in the Northwest, but the movement is only normal. Deposits continue to in1 crease and loans have also of late been enlarged. Disastrous Fire at Salem, VT. Va. Fire almost wiped out the town of Salem, W. Va. The largest woolen mills in the State were situated there. They were destroyed, together with sixteen dwellings and several other buildings. Two lives were lost?a man named Davis and an unknown woman. Loss, $00,000. Kramer Will Resist While Supplies Last, j [ South African advices say that President Kruger1 will continue resistance until his supplies are exhausted* Clilnes* War Notes. Japan will send nearly 50,000 men ; to China. The Boxer forces In Manchuria are l estimated at 40,000 men. The Engineer Corps at West Point has been ordered to China. s Vessels loaded with Chinese prisoners arrive at Yladlvostock daily. Ammunition for the American Navy sufficient for several months is in ;China. * Ten steamships have been chartered by Germany to convey 12,000 troops to China. "> X "Xw GIRLS PLANNED MORDER1 Two Sisters, With Their Sweethearts, Plotted to Kill Family. HOPED TO GET MOTHER'S MONEY Wine Sisters Confessed That Their Sweethearts. Hardy and Sillier, Killed Mother and Brother ? The Youths Fired Through the Window, the Girls Having Had a Last Meeting With Them Anoka, Minn. (Special).?The people of this quiet little town are almost stupefied over the cold-blooded confession of fourteen-year-old Eliza Wise that she and her sister, Martha, only a year older than she, were fully cognlrrnnf nf tha Wlnt tn miirHnn fho nthar VL tuv vv iug uimi members of the family, and that they sat quietly by while the murder was going on. The confession must result in the conviction and probably in the hanging of James Hardy and Elmer Miller, the youthful sweethearts of the girls. The crime took place one peaceful Sunday night In the latter part of May. The family of William Wise was sitting in the kitchen of thefr little house playing cards. There was the father and Mrs. Wise, their two Bona, Joseph and Willie, aged seven, and the two girls. The girls were not playing. They were expecting company. The litttle murderers stol$ out of the back door and were gojoejior several minutes. It is now k^fnji ttiat they went for a final consultation with their sweethearts, wlu>yfa4 -^arrived, armed with shot^uj^nciv if^eating Suddenly the migB^j^^nn was Then came the jMfc jBgftk succession. There were them, as tell-tale marks sholK^BpjFWsird. j Two were from the sho^^HEfe other ten from the rifle. IrtjH Reconds the horrible deed Mrs. Wise and her little were killed. Mr. Wise ^niuiMn|lam were dangerously wouMiw|^ Martha and Eliza W?^8ttped3|t but it was not in terror. % "The first thing I noticed," said Martha, afterward, "was mother fait ing off a chair. She was 'crying for me to come to her assistaugS^^ called for my sister, and betweefll^P we managed to drag her into a doS\J way between the front room andJKn> kitchen. The shots contlnuedMRp counted twelve of them. "Joe was running around, anraHB* on mother. A few seconds latei^cte was dancing up and down behind the stove crying. He kepfwlng fathegfcj and mother if they were hart, bflG they did not answer. Just thgc I saw1'-. Will fall on his face. J do apt; knowu ttr^A TT'n c oilnf rinof Kll + fklnfe 4+ father. When father raised his head to look'-around, then dropped on the table till help. Not a tremor in the voice.1 : Mot the shadow of remorse for the bloody de^d, in which she was an accomplice* Suspicion fell on Hardy and' Millet, who had been forbidden the^lbbtSe. They were arrested. Mill(&Hfp&d$; 4 partial confession. It was this which stirred th&SOtmg;cT girl to tell hew It happen,qj?; 11 iffis a plot between her slate J the two young rascals who^H^PRafe-^ ing love to them. The mother hqH ^500 in the bank which was to to the sisters in case of her "death. To the plotters this seemed'to be ?jH immense sum. They knew najpraB of the le<ml obstacles which-. ?!T prevent their getting poteession and thought that all th#t jgjMfcnecessary was to kill the motW^PP?!^:;?/ j MURDERER SHOT BY A ^EPZR. Ue Hnd Attacked and Woa^jjM Two Otliora With an Iron BMfiU ' Stockholm, Sweden (By Cable).-^ Johan Nordlund, a Swede whtvon the aight of May 10 last, killed seveto and wounded five passengers on the steamer Prince Carl, as that vessel was proceeding through Lake Maelar, and who was arrested at Skogstorp, has been seriously wounded by one of the keepers of the jail where he is confined. Nordlund secreted a piece of pointed Iron, and when the opportunity offered he attacked and badly wounded two of the jailers. A third keeper, wheu he saw tvhat had befallen his comrades. drew a revolver and shot the prisoner. SPRINC WHEAT YIELD. Crop Expert Predicts a Bic Production in Three States. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).?H. V. Jones, in a conservative review of the crop situation iu the Northwest, after personal inspection of the fields, predicts that the yield of wheat in the three spring wheat States of Minnesota and North and South D.ikof.-i will at the very least reach l.T>.ooi ),000 bushels, as against 210,000,001) last year, and that with favorable weather during the ensuing four weeks the yield will reach 150,000.000 bushels. This is the Kii';lloftti.^lniatp yet inadt*. General Wood Arrives From Cuba. Mninr-fJpnprnl Tonnm-,1 Wnnd (Jov ernor-Gcueral of Cuba, arrived in Washington from Havana and talked of conditions in the Island. Atlanta'* Mayor Will Remain tn Office. The reports of the Investigation Committee on Mayor James G. Woodward, of Atlanta, Ga., have been tabled. The investigation of Mayor Woodward is at an eud and he will not be impeached. Japanese and Chinese Laborers Fight. Japanese and Chinese laborers of Stevenson, B. C.. became engaged in a street fight over the war in China and the latter were beaten. Noway tileitniiis;*. Vienna plans an Austrian eleetrica exposition for l!)l):?. German trade and fiuance have been unfavorably affected by the Chinese troubles. The coast region of Georgia is tc have a sugar refinery, the tirst on in the State. Work on the remodeling of the Grand Central Station, New York City, is being carried on steadily. A large quantity of Australasian ap pies will be put upon the Scotch and English markets tliis season. I !fhe news epitomized. Waalilneton Iteinc. The President has appointed H. Per?Ival Dodge and Samuel Morrill, of Massachusetts, respectively, as second and third secretary of the Embassy at Berlin. ' The greatest activity prevails throughout the War and Navy Departments. The body of Senttor Gear, of Iowa, was sent to th??$r.home. at Burlington, Iowa, where funeral services were held. The Government has taken, measures j :o suppress sternly and promptly any inti-Chinese outbreaks that may occur n this country. President McKinley proclaimed the provisions of the reciprocity treaty j with Germany. Commissioner Hermann, of the Gen ?ral Land Office, holds that the gen*ral appropriations for surveying public lands do not in any sense apply to public lands in Porto Rico. Two additional surgeons have been >rdered to proceed tit once f~om San Francisco to Cape Nome. Jo assist in stamping out the smallpox now epliemlc at that point. r| A Onr Adopted Jalnnda. > The commissions for all the Territorial Judges arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Territorial Courts ire now fully organized. General MacArthur now agrees with :he late Genex*al Lawton that 100,000 :roops are needed to establish sover?ignty in the Philipiues. Eliott Jones, of San Juan, P. flans been appointed superintendent of the Pqrto Rican lighthouse district. Immense subterranean streams of water have been jmcovered 1500 to , 2000 feet above siflf; level in Hawaii. The water will bfe flumed to sugar olantations for Irrigation. Ilo.inearic. A vigilant Union Pacific engineei saw a tunnel swucn just in time, auu thereby foiled train wreckers, near Junction City, Kan. * At the trial of Caleb Powers, ai Georgetown, Ky., in connection with the Goebel murder, Finley Anderson testified that Powers said that if no one else would kill Goebel he would {111 him himself. J. M. Meneck, scientist, civil and .mining engineer and distinguished representative of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, met a particularly sad death in the desert of Southam Utah. '' State Health Officer W. F. Blunt, oi Texas, said that he will continue to jp^dntain the rigid quarantine against xSan Francisco until all danger of bubonic plague reaching Texas from that 2lty is passed. Chinatown, in New York City, ?is- " took the advent of disinfection and police. escort as an attack of fetwia^Captaln^ Healy, of the revenue cut rViTOsfii.^ ' uj"ue lwu aueuipw ?i the voyage from D^ttch ^ \ 'f^Rdaatle! CoL*The ^'^Ke btoed^1' 10,000 bort* ?%r Cv.v. Eakridge, editor of tlie Empo/ia'yRepublican, former ifeutenant^7&pot of Kansas, committed sul- % The SeCond Regiment Illinois Na tio^ <!?ard tv111 volunteer for service lrin?T)er yard at Remus, i{i<ro^n$&inlng 9,000,000 feet of lumOer, vas set on fire by lightning and $M|]foBS lis estimated at $1^5,000. H. Washington, a wellricMBpractitioner at the Phiiadelpfcia ?Mi?Sdirect descendant of George Bramngton, died at Castle Creek, Hot Ariz., of consumption, aged Willie ?mit*uiiunii; iu rescue juuh Trost Ills brother. Herman Trost. and Edwdrd Rhorer were drowned Jn the rapids of the Kentucky RIvct near Lexington. The young men. with a lumber of friends. were bathing. Mrs. Natalie Mayer, wife of John Mayer, and daughter of tlie late Theoiore Havemeyer, died at Ridgewood, V. ,T., from the effects?as members of rhe family have announced?of a "pis:ol shot accidentally fired." The body of Miss Lilian M. Foye, of Chelsea,Mass.,was found in Narragan>ett Bay. She had evidently jumped from a Fall River boat after running iway from home. Governor Lounsbury, of Connecticut, >ms refused to reprieve Charles B. Pkoss, the youth to be hanged at Stamford. Conn., for the murder of Mrs. King. Foreign. Li-Huug-Chang has been appointed Viceroy of IV-chi-Li, China, and will iiave supreme command in the district that is the centre of disturbance. Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, made a statement ia the House of Commons, giving details regarding the building of new British warships. Boer reports of the Nitral's Nek affair put the British loss at 200, together with four guns and ammunition and also horses, mules and foodstuffs. The Boer loss is said to have been only ten. Tiie twenty-eight wounded Canadian volunteers, who arrived at Quebec on j the Aiiau liner ransian, received a tumultous welcome. The entire town turned out. The Boxer3 have become active in Korea. They have destroyed a Catholic mission, three miles from the Korean frontier and fifty miles from the American mines. Muzaffar-ed-Din. Shah of Persia, arrived in St. Petersburg. He was welcomed at the railway station by Emperor Nicholas and many other members of the Imperial family, who greeted him cordially. General rains which fell in India improved the situation in the famine districts. It is semi-officially denied thnt 30,OX) Russian troops are inarching to I'ekin irom me uoriu. Because of general corruption the jury law iu Spain will probably be suspended. The Cantacazune Ministry of Roumauia has resigned. Vice-Adniiral Seymour sent a dis patch to the Admiralty at London from Tien-Tsiu, China, saying that there was urgeut need of reinforcements. An enormous plant for the counterfeiting of Brazil banknotes was seized in Taris. An exceptional heat wave is causing numerous sun strokes and prostrations in London. ^ According to reports from Lorenzo Marques the Boers are receiving large quantities of supplies of one kind and another through that port. N