f ' w - II tlhtmt sssx TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY' MORNING, AUCJlST 8, 15)00. TWO CENTS. I IMPORTANT NEWS FROM MR. CONGER flis Last .Cipher Despatch Declares . the Situation to Be More Precarious. MINISTERS ARE To Leave Pekin, However, Under Chinese Escort, Would Be to Invite Death Allied Troops Must Fight Their Way Into the Walled City Li Hung Chang States That They Will Not Be Allowed to Enter in Or der to Escort Their Representatives to Tien Tsin General Chaffee's Men Participated in the Battle at Pietsang The Allies Can not Agree Upon a Commander. Washington, Aug. 7. Another cable gram camo to the state department late this evening from Minister Con ger at Pekin, the second that has been received direct from him since June 12. So Important were the statements contained in the dispatch that a con ference was hekl by wire between sev eral of the olllclals hero and the presi dent at Canton, lasting for several hours. At Its conclusion the cable gram from Mr. Conger was mafic pub lic, as follows: Tsi-Nan-Yamen, Aug. 7. To Secretary of State: Still besieged. Situation moro precarious. Chinese government insisting upon our leaving Pe kin, which would be certain death. Rifle firing upon us daily by imperial troops. Have abund ant courage, but little ammuni tion or provisions. Two pro gressive yamen ministers be headed. All connected with le gation of the United States well at present moment. ' (Signed) Conger. The cablegram came In the ofllclal :lphcr of the department. It is un dated, like his previous cablegram, but from the internal evidence furnished by his reference to the beheading of two members of the tsung-11-yamcn and to the Insistence of the Chinese government of the removal of the min isters from Pekin, state department officials say it may be assigned a date not earlier than July 30, and perhaps not later than August 2. It is checked by the telegraph company as having been put on the wire at Tst-Nan, a largo city about eighty miles south east of Pekin, on August 7. What the result of the conference was tho officials declined to say. That it will stimulate the energies of the government to its utmost endeavor to press forward tho advance movement towards Pekin Is certain, for Mr. Con ger's message makes it clear that for the ministers to leave Pekin would re sult In their death. Secretary Root did not care to make any statement, when . ked about tho situation to night. LI HUNG CHANG'S DICTUM. Ministers Must Come Out of Pekin Under Chinese Escort, if at All. London, Aug. S, 3.45 a. m. "In case the troops advance the Chinese must fight. Tho suggestion that the allies should be allowed to enter Pekin in order to escort the ministers to Tien Tsin is absolutely Impossible." This is the dictum of LI Hung Chang. It was transmitted last even ing to Mr. William Prltchard Morgan, member of parliament for Merthyr Tydvll. by his agent at Shanghai. Tho agent had carried to Karl LI a message from Mr. Morgan urging that the al lied troops bo allowed to enter tho cap ital and stating that a settlement could be mude at Tien Tsin, whereby war of the world against China would be averted; but even the optimistic LI failed to hold out the slightest hope of its feasibility, although he reiterated to Mr. Morgan's agent his declaration that the ministers had left Pekin, fix ing the date of their departure as Aug, 2. The agent makes this com ment; "The consuls are without con firmation." Theso messages have been sent to Lord Salisbury accompanied by a statement by Mr. Morgan, urging that the allies should tako no step to en danger tho lives of the mlnlstors. A message from the Belgian minister dated Pekin, Aug, 2, seems effectually to dispose of the rumors thnt tho min isters have either left or arc Intending to leave Pekin. Tho Chlnono mlnlntcr In London, Sir Chlb Chen Lo Fens Luh, says he haa STILL BESIEGED received a telegram from China an nouncing that a long Imperial edict was Issued on Aug. 2, authorizing the Immediate and safe conveyance of all Europeans In Pekin to Tien Tsin. LI Ping Heng, according to the Shanghai correspondent of the Stand a;u, has been appointed generalissimo of the Chinese forces and has left Pekin to command the troops outside the city. A Shanghai special says that official advices from Toklo announce that armed collisions have occurred between parties of Uusslans and Japanese out side Taku. This, however, as It comes by way of Shanghai, must await con firmation before being credited. The Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Mnll, confirming the massacre of missionaries at Chu Chow Pu, says that two American women were among the victims. AMERICANS AT THE FRONT. General Chaffee's Troops in the En gagement at Pietsang. Washington, Aug. ".The Informa tion which camo today that American troops were engaged In the battle at Pietsang, established positively for tho first time that notwithstanding the difficulties which General Chaffee had encountered In debarking the troops and supplies, at least a part, and a considerable part, of our force was In the vanguard of the forward move ment. General Chaffee's dispatch to the war department convoyed the most satisfactory evidences that the com manders had thoroughly agreed in ad vance upon a plan of action and that there Is every Indlcatio.. that this plan had been followed, as General Chaffee on Friday sent the cable say ing that the attack upon the Chinese at Pietsang would be made on Sunday the day when Admiral Ttnmny and tne press correspondents say tho fighting occurred. General Chaffee's announce ment that the present objective of tho International column Is Yung Tsun Is Interpreted by the officials at the war department to mean that this point, where river, railroad nnd wngon road meet, is to be made the advance base for tho operations on Pekin. Tho most positive addition to the news of the day was the brief line from tho Associated Press correspond ent nt Tien Tsin, stntlng that the Ninth and Fourteenth Infantry, Roll ly's battery and the marines were in tho battle at Pietsang. It was this force, which with the British and Japanese, bore the brunt of the at tack on the left Hank, which vtas to turn tho enemy's position. This plan had'already been made clear by Gen eral Chaffee's dispatch, although he did not mention what American troops would bo engaged. No Commander Agreed Upon. In view of the participation of the American troops, the war and navy departments are anxiously expectant of a report of the part taken by our troops and of any losses, which tho Americans may have sustained. No light has yet been thrown upon the subject of whether the commanders of the International forces have agreed upon n commander. General Chaf fee's dispatch would seem to Indieato thnt none had been agreed upon, The movement was planned evidently by tho commanders in conference and tho part which each command was to play agreed upon In ndvanr.e. It Is perhaps noteworthy nnd suggtstlvs that In this plan of attack upon th enemy at Pietsang, tho American, British and Jnpanese forces wero Joined In the movement to turn tho enemy's right flnnk, while the Rus sians and French operated together on tho opposite side of the river against the enemy's left. This may Indicate the line of cleavage among the allies, whose general dissensions were reported nt Tien Tsin. It Is also exceedingly significant that General Chaffee does not mention the German force at all. Tho war de partment officials do not bellovo that this could have been due to an over sight on his part, If it was arranged that they wero to participate in the movement. It therefore seems likely that the Germans were not engaged at Pietsang. It Is thought possible thnt thov may bo acting Independent- MR. TOWNE FORMALLY GIVES UP THE HONOR DECLINES THE SIOUX FALLS POPULIST NOMINATION. After Duo Consideration the Oppor tunity to Be One of Mr. Bryan's Side Partners Is Relinquished In Voluminous Bhetorlc Believes That He Should Have Been Nomi nated by the Democrats and Silver Republicans. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 7. Former Con gressman Charles A. Towne, who was nominated for the vlce-prcsldency by the Populist national convention, held at Sioux Falls in May, has sent tho following .letter to the committee of notification: Hon. 1. M. Itingdahl, chairman, and the imm- brcs of the committee on notification of the candidate for vice president of tho People's party national convention, held at Sioux falls, S. 1)., May a nnd 10, 1000 i Gentlemen: When un the 6th of July, at Kansas City, I had the honor to receive from jou the oltlclal notification of the action of your national convention in nominating me tor the ofllee of vice president of the United States, I requested in view of anomalous and delicate circumstances In the presidential situation, that you permit me to take the subject under careful d I lenient befote announcing a decision cither accepting or declining thai nomination. This request you were pleased to grant and now, after mature consideration of all tho factors imolved that concern the welfare of the cause of political reform in this country and my own duty thereto. 1 am constrained to in form you in all respect that I must decline the nomination tendered me by the Sioux Tails cement Ion. In announcing this conclusion, 1 cannot for bear to express to you, and through you, to the great convention whose commission you hold, as well as to that patriotic body of ad vanced political thought that your comentlon represented, my deep sense of the honor con ferred upon me. To be the unanimous choice of such convention for the second highest office In the service of the republic would be a dis tinction to any citizen. Two circumstances, however, add emphasis -o this consideration in the present Instance: First and Secondly. First, That the nomination was unsolicited by mej and, secondly, that the comention, as In the cae also of its nominee for the presidency, went out of its own political or ganization to select a candidate. To my mind tills action of the Sioux Kails convention In nominating for president a reprcsentatiie of tho Democratic party and for a vice president n representative of i.ic Silver Ilepulillcan party. Is one of the most encouraging and inspiring spectacles in recent politics, lis unsclfl-hncss and magnamity, Us testimony to the preced ence ot the cause of the people over any merely partisan advantage raised the procedure of tint convention into the serene upper atr of true civic heroism, l'rom such a spirit as this, what service, what sacrifice cannot be asked In tne name of the republic. It was, ot course, the expectation of your convention that Its nomina tion for the vice presidency would prove ac ceptable to the convention of the Democratic and Silver Republican parties called to meet In Kansas City on th Fourth of July. The Silter Republicans, unteen hundred and thirty delegates, representing twenty-eight slates and terrotories, were Indeed eager to name the ticket chosen at Sioux Falls, but to the great Demo cratic convention another course commended It self. The name of your nominees was presented to that convention and was received with re maikable demonstrations of approval by the enormous number of citizen spectators and with the utmost respect by the delegates. Hut geographical considerations and the fact that in certain parts of the country it was deemed wise to defer to a sentiment demanding that the candidate should be a man already iden tified wrtli the Democratic organization, not by holding Its principles and advocating Its cause, but also iy name and profession, deter mined the selection of the Hon. Adlal E. Stev enson, of Illinois, a man of unimpeachable churacter and of ripe political experience, who, as a member of congress more than twenty years ago, was a close associate and co-laborer of General .1. W. Weaver and other great leaders In the reform political movements of that day and who, as vice president from ISM to 1807, distinguished himself by rebelling against tho betrayal of democratic principles by President Cleveland. What Was DutyP When Mr. Stevenson bad been nominated, what was It my duty to dot My name had gone before the convention along with his and I had been beaten. The nomination had been made decisively and with absolute fairness. The candidate chosen was pcisonally unexception able: his loyalty to our principles was beyond question ami his career had been a long exem plification of them. Manifestly it was my duty to support that nomination. Acting upon this convention i went before thn Silver Republican convention and succeeded In persuading it not to nominate me and the vice presidential mat ter was finally referred to the Silver Republi can national committee with full powers. Liter In the night this committee placed the name of Mr. Stevenson on its ticket as candidate for vice president. This recital clearly develops the situation as It now Is. F.senbody knows that cither Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Roosevelt Is to lie the nevt vice president of the United States. 1 am ex pected to take a laborious part In the cam paign. I shall, of course, advocate the elec tion of Rryan and Stevenson. The Democratic convention, before which I was a candidate, nominated Rryan and Stevenson. Tho Silver Republican party, of which organization I was the olllcial head for neaily four years, has nominated Ilryan and Steveqnson. In what light should 1 appear before the American people, if while advocating the election of one ticket, I should be going through the form of running on another. Nobody In tlie United States would think I bad the slightest chance of being elected, ami noliody would believe that I con sidered myself seriously as a candidate, unless at the same time be believed me to be abso lutely lacking in common sense. Whom could such a phantom candidacy deceive. What re sneet should I deserve Indeed If In such a mat- tr I should attempt to deceive anjliody whatso ever? I know the People's party to be com posed of men most exceptionally keen and ex cept In political Judgment. So obvious a aham could not elude their vision. I'.lther they would resent mv Implied uncomplimentary estimate of them or they would be Justified In forming one of me which could result only In Injuring the cause which it had lcen the professed object of my mistaken folly to advance. Consistency ami candor in polities, therefore, my own self respect, a proper deference to the People's party, and a sincere regard for the welfare ot tho cause of political reform In the United States, all counsel that I now respectfully re place In your hands tho honorable trust which your great party committed to me In contem plation of a different complexion of affairs than that which has resulted. Profound Satisfaction. In conclusion, 1 may be permitted to express the profound satisfaction which I feel in contem plating the present attitude of the Democratic party. In IbOO I was one of those who, keenly feeling tho recreancy of tho Republican part) was much In doubt whether the memorable Democratic convention at Chicago In adopting Its splendid platform and nominating William J. ISryan for the presidency, was actuated by an Impulse or by a purpose. The magnificent achievements at Kansas City have settled all Kjvsible dniibt on that subject The platform adopted not only re-enacts the principles of 1MV, tut, In languages whose force, dignity and beauty FIELD, STAFF AND have never beer, equalled in a similar document, responds to the ne'W issues in the growth of tho trust monopoly and the imperialistic pollr of the administration by an appropriate enunciation of these sublime iloetrincs of human rights and liberties whew profession and observance hive been the peculiar glory of our country and ore the sure b.iis ot the ultimate happiness of man kind. And, again the dut) of c-rrjlng the ban ner ot the souse has been committed to that tiled mid trusted hand whose grasp has never weakened, which nn fear can make to falter and no bunlen can eli-.rn.iy. The leadership of Urjan which could have redeemed a bad platform, sanc tifies a good one. It made memorable an un successful contest. It will crown a victory with imperishable splendor. With cury sentiirent of respect and grati tude, I remain, most sincerely yours, Charles A. Towne. WHERE G0EBEL FELL. Lewis States That It Was Ten Feet from Spot Marked by the Prose cution in the Powers Trial. Georgetown, Ky Aup. 7. W. J. Lewis, of Frankfort, was the first wit ness heard today. He said that Goo hel fell at least ton feet from the spot marked by the prosecution. Georgo L. Haines, who was a clerk In the state auditor's olllce, gave a de tailed account of the occurrence on tho state capltol (-rounds on the day of tho shooting. Ho heard several per sons say the Rttllty parties were being concealed in tho executive building and ought to be blown up. Barnes said that after ho went back Into the executive building he smelted smoke, which he supposed was tho result nt tho shots. He saw Whttaker arrested by a party of citizens. They took sev eral pistols from him. Prior to the assassination, witness saw a rifle in the vault at the auditor's office. It formerly belonged to Henry Youtsoy, ho said, but at the time of the shoot ing It belonged to Frank Roberts, who had since been appointed a clerk In the census bureau at Washington. Witness talked with Roberts about the disappearance of the gun, hut the court ruled that he could not detail the con versation, neither Powers nor Youtsey being present when the talk 'occurred. State Senator Georgo II. Alexander, of Louisville, testified as follows: "I was In Governor Taylor's private olllce talking to him when the shooting oc curred. 1 got up and ran out of the ofllee to the street, nnd then heard that It was Mr. Goebel who had been shot. I do not remember what Gov ernor Taylor said when ho heard the shots, but believe ho made some ex clamation ot surprise. I saw several rough looking men in the ante-room of the governor's ofllee as I first came in." W. II. Culton was recalled and asked If he had not said to Captain D. P. Wnlcutt that ho had a written contract with the prosecution by which he was to confess and receive Immunity. He denied thnt he made the statement to Waleutt or anybody else. "Wnlcutt was then recalled for tho purpose of con tradicting Culton. Ho testified that Culton did make the statement. C. O. Reynolds also sworo that Culton made a similar statement to him. Corporal Milt 'Prosper, of the Har boursvlllo militia company, testified thnt he saw a window on tho third floor of tho executive building raised, hoard the shots and saw smoke, but could not see either man or gun. Steamship Arrivals. Xew York, Aug. 7. Arrived: ficorglan, Liver pool. Cleared: Kensington, Antwerp;, Diutsch land, Hamburg via Southampton and Cherbourg; New York, Southampton. Sailed: Rovlc, Liver pool! Kaiser Wllhelm Der (irosse, llremen U Cherbourg and Southampton. (lljsgeiw Ar rhed: rurncsia, from Xew York. Havre Sailed: l.a ISretnagne, New YoiL (iibraltar Sailed: Kaiser Wilmelni III (from (Scnoa and Naples), New York. Plymouth Sailed; Pcnn sylianla (from Hamburg), New York. Klnsdale Passed: Caledonian, New York for Llveipool. Cherbourg .rrlcd: I'alatia, New York for Hamburg (and proceeiled). Liverpool Sailed : St-rvia, New York. Seawakaha Cup Pace. Montreal, Aug. ".Tho International yacht races for the Seawakaha cup concluded on Lake St. Louis this afternoon, when (!. Herriek Dnggan sailed tho Heel Coat, the Canadian ele fender, to victory by two minutes and seven teen seconds oier tho Anieilcan challenger, illn-ne-ota, of the White Hear Yacht club of St. Paul, he haling won the first race on Friday and the other yesteiday. Tho elapsed time of today's race, distance twelve miles, was: lied Coat, 1.12.30; Minnesota, 1.11.47. Difference, 2.17. The Seawakaha therefore remains with the ltojal St. Lawrence Yacht club for another ) ear. Hot Say at Altoona, Altoona, Aug. 7. Yesterday and today have ben the hottest this summer In Altoona, the thermometer reaching US elegrees. As a re sult many men In the railroad company's shops have quit work for the time being. In the foundries and Smith shops they suffered In the extreme. One prostration was reported. Root Will Visit Mt. Gretna. Washington, Aug. 7. Secretary Hoot, accom panied by Adjutant General C'orbln, will leant tomorrow evening to attend tho encampment of the Pennsylvania National Ouard at ill. flretna on Thursday neit, when special military cere ironies Will be given In their honor, President Steyn 111. Krooiutad, Aug. 7. Picjldcnt Steyn is seri ously ill. . LINE OF THE FIFTH UNITED MANY PROSTRATED BY HEAT IN CAMP DRILLED WITH THE THERMOM ETER, AT ONE HUNDRED. No Sign That Rain Will Come Soon to Bring Relief Drills for Today Will Be Very Rigorous Because of the Third Brigade Inspection on Thursday Rumor That One Brig ade Is to Remain in Camp Is Without Foundation Notes of the Camp. Special from a Staff Correspondent. Camp Hawkins, Mt. Gretna, Aug, 7. Tills was the hottest day which tho soldier boys encamped at Mt. Gretna have as yet experienced and, as a consequence, tho Thirteenth boys nro pretty thoroughly played out and their I regimental hospital Is full and a con- sieieraoie overiiow is ueing accommo dated In the nearby tents. Tnere were five heat prostrations altogether, three In camp and two at dress par ado at G o'clock. The men In the last two Instances toppling over uncon scious. One of the men prostrated hars palpitation of the heart and fears are expressed for his recovery. The regiment went through a regu lar regimental and battalion drill In the afternoon with the thermometer registering 100 In the shade, 105 four feet from the ground In the sun nnd lit nt the ground. Tho three battal ions drilled In this frightful heat for an hour, and when they were through all felt pretty much under tho weath er. There are no prospects of a cool ing rain tonight and everthlng points to another scorcher tomorrow. Drills tomorrow will bo specially rigorous, an the Third brigade Inspection occurs on Thursday, and tho ofllcers feel that every effort must be put forth te again have tho Thirteenth at the head of tho guard. Arrangements for the vaudeville per formance on Thursday night are pro gressing rapidly. Tho committee met this evening In Adjutant Atherton's tent and took the first steps toward arranging the programme. Each com pany In the regiment will bo repre sented. All sorts of wild rumors were float ing around today, about one brigade being left In camp, after next Satur day, to be ready in case troops are required by tho government to take the places of those assigned to duty in China. It was even whispered In some quarters that the Third brigade was the one which would remain. Careful Investigation revealed the fact that the rumors originated in tho com pany streets, nnd that they are abso lutely without foundation. Were Complimented. The ofllcers of the Thirteenth regt ment are being complimented on all sides for the splendid showing made bv the men of the regiment on Mon day afternoon, when the division was reviewed by Lieutenant General Nel son A. Miles. The men marched in perfect step, and each company as It passed the general presented a per fectly straight line. "If that had been nn inspection," said one of the ofllcers Inst night, "wo would certainly have come out away ahead, for tho major ity of the other regiments presented a very sloppy appearance." Tho regiment was forced to stand In tho boiling sun for over half an hour beforet tho review started, anil as n conseuenco thero wero six; prostra tions from tho heat. All of theso were taken to tho hospital, from where three have already been discharged. Tho Thirteenth fared much better, however, than many of tho other regi ments which were compelled to stand, In some Instances, for an hour und over In the sun. The Thirteenth, be ing the second regiment In line, were soon through, when once the parade started. Colonel Watres, with that ex treme solicitude for the men which has made him so popular with them, an nounced thnt the regimental dress parade would be dispensed with, that the soldiers might have time to rest from the rigors ot the afternoon. There Is absolutely no question now but that the Thirteenth has far nnd away ahead tho neatest, cleanest and best arranged camp on the ground. A visit to the First and Second brlgado camps by your correspondent on Mon day revealed this to be true. Thero tho tents nro not on a straight line, and over all there Is a sort of general atmosphere of untidiness that Is en tirely lacking In tho Thirteenth's camp. The division quartermaster has offered a splendid sword for. tho quar termaster of tho regiment having the neatest camp, and Captain Vandllng says that ho has absolutely no doubt but that ho will securo It. This morning thero was a regimental guard mount Inspection by the Inspeo- STATES INFANTRY. THE NEWS THIS M0UNINU Weather Indications Today, LOCAL RAINS; COOLER. Renvral Americans at the Front, In the Hat- tie of Pietsang. Picsident Kroger Willing to Surrender. Declination of Charles A. Towne as a Vice Picsiilcntlat Candlelit". Tuesday at Camp Hawkins. Ccner.il Northeastern Pennsylvania News, Financial and Commercial. The Tribune's IMucatlonal Contest. Local Kiidenco In Wllkcs-llarrc's Council manic llrlbery Case Local 1)., L. k W. L'njoincd from Closing Up a Culvert. Kditoiial. News and Comment. Local Two Prisoners Take "Kicnch Leave" of tho County Jail. Local West Scruntnn and Suburban, Itnunil About the County. (icneral Tuesday at Camp Hawkins eluded). Industrial Jottings. (Con- BRYAN AND STEVENSON AT INDIANAPOLIS Ready to Be Formally Nominated. Are Greeted with Ovations Along the Line. Indianapolis, Aug. 7. William J. Bry and, of Nebraska, and Adlal K. Steven son, of Illinois, reached this city at 7.20 o'clock this evening. They camo on a special train of twelve coaches, all filled with enthusiastic Democrats. Tomorrow in military park, shortly af ter 2 o'clock Messrs. Ilryan nnd Stev enson will he duly notified of their nomination by .the Democratic national convention at Kansas City. Stops of some length were mnde at Kankakee and Lafayette, Ind. At each of theso places the candidates were given a reception, which was a reminder of tho campaign of 1S9G. At Kankakee the first speaking of the tour was Indulged In. Tho streets around tho station were Jammed. Mayor Harrison Introduced Mr. Bry nn, saying ho believed firmly that the patriotism and good sense of the American people was too great to place in the office of president any man who did not represent tho plain people ot the country as Jackson and Lincoln had represented them. Mr. Pryan was such a man and he took great pleasure In Introducing him. Mr. Pryan said: "I am a very cau tious man, nnd while I have seen It stated In the papers that I w.ij nomi nated for tho presidency, I know that you cannot always trust what you see In the papers (Laughter) and I am not going to take It for granted that I have been nominated until I am otllclally notified of it down at Indianapolis. I do not want to mako a speech as the presidential candidate until I am suro that I am inmlnated (Laughter and applause). Mr. Steven son, the nominee for the vice presi dency, Is nlong. and Governor Thomas, of Colorado, who Is to notify him of his nomination, Is on the train, nnd I believe has privately Informed him that ho has been nomlnnted nnd there fore bo has more reason for making a speech than I have nnd I tako pleas ure In presenting to you your candi date for vleso president, who Is. I hope and believe, to bo the next vlco presi dent of the United States, Hon. Adlal 13. Stevenson." (Applause). Mr. Stevenson nlso excused himself. An enormous crowd greeted the ar rival of the train nt Indianapolis, and It required the utmost energy of the reception committee to get tho party landed In tho waiting carriages. When Mr. Bryan's well-known figure was recognized In the marching col umn a great shout was sent up and cheers followed him constantly until ho arrived at the Crawl hotel. Tho streets were lined so thickly with people that passage was dllllcult. Finally, at 8 o'clock, tho wearied trav elers sat down to dinner. After dinner Messrs. Ilryan nnd Ste venson wero given a general reception nt the Grand hotel. They shook hands with a largo number ot people and chatted for a few moments' with many of them. Mrs. Pryan nnd Mrs. Steven son were entertained by a committee of ladles. Parachute Did Not Work. Ottawa Heaeh, Mich., Aug. 7. Johnny Dewe, an aeior.i.ut of (Irand Itaplds, made a balloon as cension here today. Nearly half a mile up the .performer began his descent. His parachute did not worl properly nd be was dashed to death In the laic below. Export of Arms to China Prohibited. Lomlon, Aug. 7. In accordance with the re cently passeel bill, the Gazette tonight proclaims the prohibition of tho export of arms or ammu nition to China from today, Rlvaguero's Cabinet Resigns. Lima, Peru, Aug, 7,-The cabinet of Dr. Itlva guero tendered Its resignation this afternoon at S o'clock. KRUGER HAS HAD ENOUGH Boer President is Now Willing and Anxious to Surrender. THE ONLY CONDITIONS Asks Only for a Satisfactory Promlsa as to His Destination Apparently; Dreads Exile to St. Helena Town of Harrismlth Surrendered Brit ish Enabled to Re-establish Rail road Communication with Natal, Fight nt Elands River. Uk Pretoria, Monday, Aug. C It is said positively that President Krugcr la willing and anxious to surrender, pro vided a, satisfactory promise Is given as to his ultimate destination. London, Aug. 7. Lord Roberts re ports to the war olllce, under date of Pretoria, Aug. 0, as follows: "Harrismlth surrendered on Augutt 4. Tho neighboring country seems to be quiet. Kitchener is with the force south of the Vnal river. He was Joined yesterday by a strong detachment of Brabant's Horse and tho Canadian regiment. "The Poers attacked the garrison at Elands river on the morning of Aug ust 4. Information was sent to Car rlngton, who was on his way to Elands river. Ian Hamilton, who reached Rustenburg yesterday, reported hear ing heavy firing in tho direction of Elands river. Today tho firing seems moro distant, which looks as If tho Elands river garrison had been re lieved and was retiring toward Zoo rust." Cape Town, Aug. 7. Railway com munication with Natal has been re established by General Macdonald'a capture of Harrismlth. Heavy lighting at Elands river was begun on Sunday and continued on Monday. No details aro obtainable, but it Is believed that General Car rlngton and General Ian Hamilton re lieved the garrison at Rustenburg, which Is retiring to Zeerust. SOUTH AFRICAN- SETTLEMENT. Annexation of Free State nnd Trans vaal, Mr. Chamberlain Says. London, Aug. 7. The secretary of stato for tho colonies, Joseph Cham berlain, in reply to a question In the house of commons today, said ho had made himself acquainted with tho views of Canada and Australia In re gard to the main points of tho South African settlement. Ho added that they wero completely In uccord with her majesty's government as to thu necessity for the annexation of tho Orange Free State and tho Transvaal to the British empire and the estab lishment of a government, supported by a military force, with the ultimate extension of representative self-government. HOT WAVE N.PHILADELPHIA. Thirty Prostrations During Yester day Two Were Fatal. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. After a day of sweltering heat and excessive humid ity, a severe electrical storm tonight caused a fall Of 23 degrees in the tem perature. The relief was not of long duration, however, for with the pass ing of the storm tho mercury immedi ately began to climb. There wero about thirty prostra tions from heat during the day and two wero fatal. Michael McGurk, aged sixty years, was overcome last night and died at a hospital today. At 8 o'clock this morning tho tem perature was SO degrees, and tho olllc ial thermometer on top of the post office building reached its highest point nt 4 o'clock this nfternnon, when It registered 97 degrees. This morning the humidity was 61 and tonight 73 per cent. Patrick Kelley, Iron worker, died this evening from the effects of tho heat, and of tho nine persons pros trated, John M. Hammet, eif the South Side, will probably die beforo morning. POLITICS IN WEST VIRGINIA. Senator Elkins States That a Stub born Fight Is On. New York, Aug. 7. Governor Georgo W. Atkinson, of West Virginia, called at Republican national headquarters today, and had a tulk with Chairman Hanna and Sentor Scott. Governor Atkinson will speak at a labor plcnlo near Albany Thursday. Senator S. II. Elkins, of West Vir ginia, and A. B. White, Republican candidate for governor In that state, and W. O. Dawson, secretary of state, and chairman of tho Republican stato committee, were also callers at head quarters. They conferred with Senator Scott about speakers and with Chair man Hanna on the situation In West Virginia. Senator Elkins says thero will be ti stubbornly fought battle In his state. Disastrous Fire at Spencer. r.Imira, Aug. 7. A firs started in tho raw mill of S. Alfred Seeley at Spencer, Tioga county, tonight and before It was plied under control his saw mill, grist mill, lumber slry house, dwelling bouse, lumber yards, th firova hotel, tnllk tatlon, Lehigh Valley railroad depot and tho village electric light plant r deitroyed. Loss, l.V),noo. -- -r- f WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Aug. 7. Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday! Eastern Penn aylvanla, local raiiu and cooler Wednes day; Thursday, fair; light to fresh south easterly winds. t it -t- -r-1, . 1 t. Continued on Page 8. I .
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