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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
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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,
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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, $00,000.
Kramer Will Resist While Supplies Last, j
[ South African advices say that President
Kruger1 will continue resistance
until his supplies are exhausted*
Clilnes* War Notes.
Japan will send nearly 50,000 men
; to China.
The Boxer forces In Manchuria are
l estimated at 40,000 men.
The Engineer Corps at West Point
has been ordered to China.
s Vessels loaded with Chinese prisoners
arrive at Yladlvostock daily.
Ammunition for the American Navy
sufficient for several months is in
;China.
* Ten steamships have been chartered
by Germany to convey 12,000 troops
to China.
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X "Xw
GIRLS PLANNED MORDER1
Two Sisters, With Their Sweethearts,
Plotted to Kill Family.
HOPED TO GET MOTHER'S MONEY
Wine Sisters Confessed That Their Sweethearts.
Hardy and Sillier, Killed
Mother and Brother ? The Youths
Fired Through the Window, the Girls
Having Had a Last Meeting With Them
Anoka, Minn. (Special).?The people
of this quiet little town are almost
stupefied over the cold-blooded confession
of fourteen-year-old Eliza Wise
that she and her sister, Martha, only
a year older than she, were fully cognlrrnnf
nf tha Wlnt tn miirHnn fho nthar
VL tuv vv iug uimi
members of the family, and that they
sat quietly by while the murder was
going on.
The confession must result in the
conviction and probably in the hanging
of James Hardy and Elmer Miller,
the youthful sweethearts of the girls.
The crime took place one peaceful
Sunday night In the latter part of
May. The family of William Wise
was sitting in the kitchen of thefr little
house playing cards. There was
the father and Mrs. Wise, their two
Bona, Joseph and Willie, aged seven,
and the two girls. The girls were not
playing. They were expecting company.
The litttle murderers stol$ 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.
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!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.
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