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Tho Repub lican lmtionul coiniuitteo renominated William McKinlcy, or Ohio, for presi dent, nud Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, for vico president. Both nomi nations were unanimous. A boom started for Roosevelt, which was said to luive beeu started by Piatt and Quay, to puuiU Hauiui, tho lntter ou uccount of Hnni.ii voting n gainst hiiu (Quay) getting a seat iu tho senate on Governor Stone's appol utmout, and tho former (Piatt) because ho wanted to hit nt Ilnunn and al.-o eliniiiir.to Roose velt from New York politics. This wus tho gossip. But it was undeniably a fact that most of tho delegates wanted Roosevelt. Hanim wanted to stein tho tide, favoring Secretary Long. Dolliver was also a tolerably strong candidate. But most of tho dolegntes wanted .Roosevelt. Tho New York governor fought ngninst nomination, but would not .ny thn? ho would not accept. Annua finally gave np Wednesday night he issued tho following state ment. Thn ailinliilst ration has had no ran iliilalit lor vice i-r nlclf nt. It haa not been for or KUit any rnllfliito. It IiiixIc mkmI thitttlir convention Miuultl iiinko tlic iHinllclute, ami that lias Ixh'II my ion:tion throughout. It lias Intii h Irro llclil for all. In thcM t'lrriiiuitlniirps svveral rmliieiit l(rMililiiHiiit hav Ik-cii iroioMil; all nt IIiimii ill.tiiiKUllirl men with many frli'inU. I will now iwy thnt ou Im liulf of nil llioe rniKllilstra, anil I except umio, that I havs within I he Iiint I 'J Lnura beru Mkel to give mjr ntlvieo. Atler roiiultiiiK with us many del. ;nte a olhle iu the tiuie within my ilinooanl, I have von rliuleU to accept tltu rrsiinillllly in vulveil In till reiiient. In (lie pres ent nit mil inn, wllh the strong mid earnest veutlnieiit of thn dnlcKntea , froiii nil pui-U of the country for tiovernor Itoonerelt, and ulnee I'leni dent MeKinley In to bo iiomliinted without a titentliii voice, It li. my t JiHlKineiit that (ioveruor llnoevelt should lio nominated for vice presi dent with the mime unanimity. This announcement of Senator Ilanim wns made after u long consultation with many leaders of tho party. Tko platform adopted contained tho following: The Id publioHiiHor the United HtHteu til rnuirh their rliosen reiireMOntntives met in nntimml evnTcntion, liNikiiiK buck upon nn uiisurpiissed rrxrd of iicliieri'inent, and lixiking forwnnl into a BnHt Held of duty and opportunity, and iipiiculinK to the juilitiuent of their country men, nmke tlu-se divbmitions: Tile eAiieetiitton In which tile American pco ile, turuiiiK rrniu the Dcmoerutic party, cn t rust til power four years ngo to a Kcpubliran chief laaKwtrnto mill n ItipiilUciin conuress, lins been met niul sntisllMl, When tile people then nswnililcd at the (wlls, nftcr a term of Dcmncnitic IcislntionHnd ndniini.Htration,busi lioss wiisdcud. Industry panilvzed and the na tional cnxiit disastrously impaired. The coun try s'ii;iital was hidden awny und its lalsir (lis trcNNetl and uuemployeil. Thn l-mM-nits had no other plan with which to improve tho ruin ous rendition which they had themselves pro (luced tlnin to coin silver at the ratio of 111 to 1. The K-pnliliciin party, denouncing this plan as sure to produce conditions even worse than those from which relief was sought, promised to restore prosperity by means of two legisla tive measures a protective tariff nnd a law imikitiK nld the standard of value. Tho pis pie by tfreat majorities issued to tho Republi can )irly a commission to enact these laws. This romniissifin has bisn executed, and the Kepiililican promise is redeemed. Prosperity more tteiieral and more abundant than we have ever known has followed these ebnetment. There is no longer controversy ns to the value of any government olllK"tion. Kvi-ry Auii rican dollar is a gold dollar or its usiirsl equivalent, and American credit stands higher than that of any nation. Capi tal is fully employed und labor everywhere is protitubly occupiitl. Ko single fact can more A Cuprrljht, 1000, by flurlrt A. Cray. rilKSIDE.NT M'KIM.ET. strikingly tell the story of what republicvu goveruinent iiHiins to the country than this-, that while during the whole period of ona hundred nnd seven yiiirs from 17UI to lsil thero was an exci-ss of exports ovr imisirts of only f.Kl.lb8,WT, there has been in the short Vhrre ymrs of the pri-si-nt Republican adminis-te-ation an excess of exports over imports in jek pnorinons sum of I1.4-'l..,7,lie4. And while the American people, sustained Vrp this repulilicnn legislation, havo bei-n anlnrviiig tliwn s)ilcndiil triumphs in their Jiusini's1 and commerce, they havo conducted and in victory concluded a war for lils-rty and enmnn rights. No thought of national acimtndi'ienicnt tarnished tile high pnrpow nlh which American standards were nn .orUs3. J.t was a war nnsought nnd jiatiently , -isted. but when it came tho American pC T-nitnent was ready. Its fleets were ele; wd for action. Its armies were in the Held and the imiek and signal triumph of it.i forc, V on bind and sa lsre sunl tribute b the c mnife f AutiTican soldiers and sailors and to Ha-skill Hiid fon-siglit or republican ctut-sm an-li'p To ten millions of the human race the re wnz given "a new birth of fris dom," an 1 Aincricun people a new and noble r.-s) mHilnlity. Wo endo tsr the administi-Htion of William MeKinley. Its acta have lss-n estnlilish'-d in winiom an 1 !utriotistu. and at home and abroad iphasVl'stinetlf elevattsl and extend.sj tiia itimice vt the American nateai. Walk MP3" . I ng untriist paths and facing ntiforsecn reAion kiliilitit, I'resideiit McKinlcy has been In every situation the true American patriot and tin- upright statesman, clear in wisdom, strong in judgment, firm in action, always inspiring and deserving tho confidence of his country men. In asking the American people to endorse this Republican record nnd to renew their commission to the Republican lrty, wo re mind them of the fact that the menace to their prosperity has always resided ill Democrutio principles and no less in tho general incaimci ly of thn Democratic party to conduct public iifTuir. The prhne essential of business prost )ic rity is public confidence in the good sense of tho government and in its ability to deal intel ligently with each new problem of udiulnistra turn und legislation. That confidence tho Democratic irty has njver enrnod. It is bopeli-ssly inudisuato and the country's pros perity, when Democratic success at tho polls ia nniiouneid, halts and ceases in moro anticipa tion of Democratic blunders and failures. Wen-new our allegiance to the princi ples of the gold standard, and declare our eotilhlcnco In the wisdom of the legisla tion of the Fifty-sixth congress, by which the parity of all our money aml.tho sta bility of our currency upou a gold basis litis been secured. We recognize that in terest rates are a potent factor in produc tion and business activity for the purpose of further eiu ili.ing and of further low ering the rates of interest, we (avor such monetary legislation us will enable the varying needs of the season und of . 11 sections to be promptly met ill order that trade may Is- evenly sustained, labor ktcadily employed and commerce, enlarg- Copyright. 1900. by Rock wood. N. Y iniiK TneonoiiB noonsvELT. l( ed. The volume of money in circulation was never so great per capita as it is to day. Wc declare our steadfast opposition to the five anil unlimited coinage oi sil ver. No measure to that end could bo considered which was without the support of the leading commercial countries of the world. However firmly Republican Icglslalion may seem to have secured tho country iiKiiinst the peril of base and dis credited currency, the election of u Demo cratic president' could not fail to Im pair thii country's credit and to bring uncu more Into question the intention of the American people to maintain upon the gold standard the parity of their money circulation. Tho IH'iiiocratic party must be convinced that tho American juiiplo will never tolerate the Chicago platform. We recognize the necessity and propri ety of the honest co-operation of capital to meet new business conditions and espe cially to extend our rapidly increasing foreign trade, but ws condemn all con spiracles and combinations intended to restrict business, to creato monopolies, to limit production, or to control prices, and favor such legislation as will effect ively resti-iin and prevent all such abuses, protect and promote competition and se cure the rights of producers, laborers and all who are engaged in industry and com merce. Wo renew our faith in the policy of pro tection to American labor. In that policy our industries have been established, dl versillcd and maintained. JJy pr itstting the home market competition lias been stimulated and production cheapened. Opportunity to tho Inventive genius of our people has lieen secured and wages in every department of labor maintained at high rates, higher now than ever before, and always distinguishing our working people In their better conditions of lile from those of any competing country. Knjoying the blessings of the American common school, secure In the right of self government anil protected In the oc cupancy of their own markets, their constantly increasing knowledge and skill have enabled them finally to enter tho markets of the world. Wo favor the associated policy of rs-iprocity ho dircctislus to open our mnrkets on favorable terms for what wc do not ourselves produce In return for trtv for eign markets. In the further interest of American work men wc favor a more effective restriction of tho immigration of cheap labor from foreign lands, the extension of opiMirtunftics of edu cation for working children, tho raising of th age limit for child lnbor. and protection of free lalsir as against convict labor and nn ef fective system of lalMir insurance. Our present dependence upon foreign ship pine for nine-tenths of our foreign carrying is a great loss to industry of this country. It is also a serious danger to our trade, for its sud den withdrawal in event of Kuropenn war wonld scrionly cripple our expanding foreign commerce. Tho national defense and naval elllciency of this country, moreover, supply a compelling reason for legislation which will enable us to recover our former place nmong the trade-carrying fleets of tho world. The nation owes a debt of profound grati tude to the soldiers and sailors who have fought its battles, and it Is tho government's duty to provide for thn survivors nnd for tho widows and orphans of those who have fallen in the country's wars. Tho pension laws, founded in this Just sentiment, should bo lib eral and should bo liberally administered nnd preferences should be given wherever practi cable with respect to employment In the pub lic sorvieo to soldiers nnd sailors and to thulr willows and orphans. We commend tile policy of tho Republican party in maintaining the efficiency of the civil service. Tho administration has acted wisely in its effort to secure for public service in Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine islands, only those whose fitness has been do terminid by training and cxperiein-e. Wo be lieve that employment in the public service in these territories should lie confined as far us practicable to their inhabitiuisH. It was the plain purpose of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution to prevent dis crimination on account of race or color in reg. biting the elective franchise. Dcvicis of state governments, whether by statutory or consti tutional enactment toavoid the purisise of this amendment, are revolutionary and should Iw condemned. Public movements lisiking to n permanent improvement of the roads n nil highways of the country mi-et with our cordial approval, and we rivommend this subject to theearnest con sideration of the pisiple and of the legislatures of tile several states. Wc favor the extension of the rural free do liwry servue wlnjrevor the extension may lie Justiti(-1. In further pursuance of the constant policy of the lleimblican party to provide fnv homes on the public domain we rec ommend adciiuatc national legislation to reclaim the arid lands of the I nileil States, reserving coin nil of the distribu tion ol 'water lor i relation to the respec tive stiics and tern- jries. vVe favor home 'lie for and tho curly admission to statebv id of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona anil Oklahoma. Tho Uingley act, amended to provide sullli-ient revenue for the conduct of tho war, has so well performed its work thut it is possible to reduce the war debt In the sum of $Ul,i tn.lKKi. So ample nr.-the gov ernment's revenues and so great is the public confidence In the Integrity of its obligations that its newly-funded per cent, bonds sell at a premium. The coun try is now justified in expecting, and It will 1st the policy of tho lb-publican party to bring about, u reduction of the wur lax. We favor tho construction, ownership, control and protection of an isthmian ca nal by the government of the I'nited States. New markets are necessary for the increasing surplus of our 1 inn prod ucts. Kvery ell'ort should be made to open and obtain new markets especially In the Orient, and the administration Is warmly to Is commended for its successful ell'ort lo commit all trading und colonizing na tions to the policy of the ''open door" in Chlnn. In the Interest of our expanding commerce we recommend that congress create a department of commerce nnd in dustries in charge of a secretary with a sent in the cabinet. Tho I'nited States consular system should bo reorganized under the supervision of this new depart ment upon such a basis of appointment and tenure as will rentier it still moro serviceable to the nation's Increasing trade. The American government must pro tect tho person and property of evt ry citi zen wherever they ure wrongfully violated or placed in peril. We congratulates' ho women of America upon their splendid record of public serv ice in the volunteer aid ossis lalion and as nurses in camp and hospital during the recent campaign of our armies in the KiiHtcru and Western Indies and WV appreciate their faithful co-operation in all works of education und industry. President McKinlcy has conducted the for eign affnirs of the United Ktnti-s with distin guished cn-dit to thn American people. In re-h-asing us from tint vexatious conditions of a European aliinneu for tho government of Ha moa, his course is espii-ially to be comincndi-d-By securing to our undivided control the most important isb;nd of the tSamotin group and the bi-st harbor in the (southern Pacific, every American Interest has been safegnardi'd. Wc approve the annexation of tho Ha waiian islands to i hi United States. We commend the part taken by our government in the peace conference at The Hague. Wo assert our steadfast ad herence to the polio? announced in the Monroe doc: Hue. Tho provisions of The Hague conference wore wisely regarded when Pres. dent McKinlcy tendered his friendly olliccs in the Interest of pence between Great llHt.-iin and the South Af rican republics. While tho American government must continue the policy prescribed by Washington, allirmed by every succeeding president and Imposed upon us by The Hague treaty, of lion in tcrvention In Kuropenn controversies, tho American people, earnestly hope that a way may soon lie found, honorably ivliko to bof h contending parties, to terminate the strife between them. In accepting by the treaty of Paris the Just responsibility of our victories In tho Spanish war, the president nnd tho senate won the un doubted approval of tin American people. No other course .was possible than to di-stroy Simla's sovcrongnty throughout the Western Indies und in the Philippine islands. Thnt course creutirl. our responsibility before the world and, with the ii'iorgani.i-d population whoni our intervention had frwd from Spain, to provide for the maintenance of law and order, nnd for the establishment of good gov ernment and for the performance of interna tional obligations. Our authority could not be lees than our responsibility, and wherever sovereign rights were extcndisl it became the high duty of thn government to maintain its authority, to put down armed insurns-tion and to confer the blessings of liberty und civi lization upon all tho ri-scuid people. The largest measure of self-government consistent with their welfare and our duties shall be secured to thorn by law. To (Juba independence and self govern ment were assured in tho same voleo by which war was declared, and to the letter this pledge-shall be performed. The ltc publican party upon its history and upon this declaration of Its principles and policies confidently invokes the con siderate and approving judgment of the American people. MILLIONS MAY AEISE. THROUGHOUT CHINA. Northern China Allaine and Some South erners lb-come Kxrltcd Over 0,000 Chiiiniiicii Killed. London', June 25. Tho position of tho international forces in tho section of Northern China, where 10,000 men are striving to keep a footing nnd to succor the legations in Pelun, nppenr.s to in crease in peril with every fresh dispatch. Pekin has not been heard from direct for 14 days. The hist dispatch was one imploring aid. Admiral Soymonr'a col nmu of 2.0(M) was last hearil from 13 days ago. At that timo it was snr ronnded midway between Pekin nnd Tien Tsiu. Possibly now it has reached Pekiu. The 3,000 interuationnls nt Tien Tsiu were hard pressed nnd fighting for their lives on Thursday nnd a relieving forco of less than n thousand had been beaten back to Takn Friday. Observers on tho spot think thut 100,000 men wonld not be too niany to grasp China firmly. A dispatch from Shanghai dated Sun day, at 4 p. m., said that official Japan ese elegriims confirmed tho reports of a defeat of the iillied forces at Tien Tsin. The foreigners thero were placed iu a most desperate situation. Tho Russian admiral, Ilillebrandt, Saturday scut a mixed foree of 4,000 from Tuku to at tempt tho relief of Tien Tsin. Nearly half of tho force consisted of Japanese. The remainder was mado np of contin gents representing tho other nations. Tho guns of tho Chinese arotmd Tien Tsiu wero superior to anything tho de fending European forces had or wcro likely to havo for somo timo. Tho bombardment of Tien Tsin con linnet! Friday, llomb shelters woro hastily erected by tho foreign troops, largely constructed of wetted piece goisls. The food supplies wero in Huflieient ami tho continued shelling is resirted to Iki telling terribly. It was reported from Shanghai Satur day evening that the allied forces had blown up the Takn forts und that every available man hud lH-en sent to tho re lief of Tien Tsin. Two thousand, tlircc hundred Chinese) bodies alleged to havo been cremated at Takn and more than 4,000 Chinese were said to havo been killed at Tien Tsiu. Wasiiiniidn', Juno 2'). Tho nnvy de partment issued the following bulletin: "A telegram from Admiral Kempll', dated Che Foo, June 21, says: " 'In ambuscade near Tien Tsin, on the 21st. four of Waller's command killed and seven wounded. Names will be furuikhed us soon us received, l'on-o of 2,000 going to relievo Tien TbIu to day.' (Signed) "Kempfp." "Tho secretary of tho navy ordered Admiral Komey to go with tho Brooklyn to Takn and to tender to General Mac Arthur conveyance of any army troopa which the Brooklyn con carry." . Admiral Kempff's report that four Americans wero killed and seven wounded in the ambuscade of Waller's force caused the gravest concern among officials, but the chief fear was as to the outcome of the second attack, which the admiral reported wonld begin Sunday. This is little short of tho dimensions of a battle, and its results may be decisive, not only to tho immediate force em ployed, but iu determining the fate of the legations and foreign settlements at Tien Tsiu, and also whether the issue is or is not to bo war with China. Word reached the navy department that tho battleship Oregon got away from Hongkong Saturday night, bound for Tuku. This was about two days ahead of her expected start. She took on 104 sailors and marines, brought to Hongkong by the Zafiro. If she makes her record time she will bo at Taku about the same time that the Brioklyn arrives from Manila. The war branch of the government is preparing for any eventuality that may arise out of tho Chinese situation. A stated by one of tho highest officers of the army the scale of preparation is of a magnitude which would both interest and surprise the public. But, ho added, the information would be of even great er interest and service to any foreign foe which tho United States may be called upon to face within the next few weeks or mouths, and for thnt reoson there is no purpose to make public the complete preparations making to meet whatever issue arises. All thnt tho officials will say is that both the army and the navy, if tho occasion arises, will give a good account of themselves. DAMAGE TO WHEAT CROP. Accounts or Kxtent Conflict, Said Dun's Kcvlcw, but the 1'rice Went I'p. New York, Juno 21!. R. G. Dun & Co. 's weekly review of trade, issued to day, said in part: The damage to tho wheat crop of the northwest Is tho event of chief lniMrt unco. How extensive tho loss may provo, In view of widely conllictlng accounts, can only be judged from tho speculative markets, In w hich Information gathered at the west has caused a reinnrkablo ad vance, at Chicago 111 cents in ten days, and tho prico hero has advanced 11 cents per bushel, though, for the September option, only ! cents. The belief is that so largo a part of tho spring wheat has Is-en killed as to reduce a yield expected to be olose to the largest on record to considerably less than tho world has required during the crop year now ending. Until within the pastthroo years it would have biten reasoned that any ma terial advance In price would neutralize the foreign conditions which had caused exports of about 1S0,IXK),000 bushels wheat, flour Included, in the closing year, after 22-.,,iWi,0;'0 bushels In the previous year nnd 217,uo:i,uuu bushels in the year 1S1W, besides exports of 2i:U 0,000 bushels corn In the closing year against 177,in).l,tA)0 last year and 2l2.uU0,tXIU in the previous year, liut the facts seem to Indicate a more ex tensive and lasting increase of foreign de mand than has Is en considered probable. Other sources of export have been found disappointing. Tho United States con tinues to show enormous power of in crease, if supported by prices which, until recent years, would hardly have been re garded remarkably high. In iron and steel progress toward that end was inmie when the structural pro ducers, a week ago, reduced the prices of beams to l.!K) and angles to l.st) at Pitts burg, leaving only rails and t itipl.it es which have not been reduced from tho highest point. The rail works are crowded far ahead, and the question in tinplntes depends largely upon wages. Kastern bar Is reduced to l.fw cents, nnd steel Imrs to 1.50 at 1'lttslmrg, witli a general shutting down of works expected July 1. Hoops are quoted there at 2.2-"i, and So. 27 block sheets at !l cents, buyers asking only for small lots. There Is a wide range of quo tations for merchant steel, and the lower prices named lor pipe havo only started the demand a ill! Iu, as buyers expect yet lower quotations. In woolen goods the manufacturers lind that the demand fulls to answer expecta tions or to support prices asked at the opening and some largo works are now reported running part time or closing. At the three chief markets wool has lieen extremely dull, with sales Of only 2,720, ti'KJ pounds. Kven where considerable blocks nre offered at low figures the con dition of the goods market by no moans encourages buying. THE MARKETS. Pitts mt no, June 25. WFTFAT No. 2 red, 7HM 7tio. (,'OUN No. 2 yellow shelled, 4S'iU!c; No. i yellow ear. -lil'ir.iOe. OATS No.-1 white, IWitM'i" : No. 2 white, fJ1L'"-tlc; extra No. 9 white, a'aMOo; regu lar No. II, Avvi HAY No. 1 timothy, IU.7.YH1R.3: No. 2 do, l!1.5n'ffU.0O; packing hay, 7.l"t h.iwi ; clover, 1:.(KKi.1.'I..t0; loose, from wagon. (IS.lRfain.lJ0. BL'TTElt Klgin prints, ! a-!' jn ; creamery, Elgin, 4nt'.r; Ohio, 1S7C1KV; dairy, liWJ lilo; low grades, lltoj:."!. nKISFrcsh, enndlisl, nearby, M'j'Qlic; southern eggs, l:."; dock rggs, I.Vliln CHKESK Kull cream, Ohio, flrt.li',0; throe quarters,S'.4in,Sl c ; New York stale, full en-am, new, wV'!lV: Ohio Hwiss, l-."j'il:i'jc; Wis consin, U'.'rtoe; 5-pound brick cheese, 1 1 ',' 12o: liinburger, new, II j'! T.2e. POL'IjTHY Chickens, live, small, iVflflik-; largo, T.V Sac. per pair; spring chickens, live, lyfCilo per pound; dressed, 25c x-r jsmnd; dn-ssed chickens, 12'il:)c per pound; livo geese, T.VotUMpcr pair; tnrkeys, TirSe per pound: dri-ssid, 14"i,15o per pound; ducks, tressed, H 'jlac per pound; live, 75no1.00 per mir. PlTTsiuriio, June 25. ('ATTI.E Heecipts fair, alsiut 78 cars on sale, mostly common and medium grndi-s of grass cuttle; good dry fed imtcher steers alsmt steady ; grass stock of all grades and cows, bulls and heifers l.Va:Jc lower. We quote as follows: Kxtra heavy, (." ia.SU ; prime, ,").I.V .:.!!(; good, th.a O.HU; tidy, .". 1 .l.it ; fair, ft.S0"ii.llll: gissl butchers', (I.Wm.tiU; common, it.5ii'i4.(l; heifers, H joil. 7ft; oxen, l.'.'ill'i I.IR); bulls and stags, tH.Wai.ib; common to good fat cows, f.rilifil.lRI; good fn-sh cows, Wi.lR) a IS.I10 : fair cows and springers, IJj.uko lll; U.loi-na rims, llil tio-f l" iW. IKKiS li'is'cipts fair, alsiut- !l" ran nn sale; market m'cd netive nnd prices shade stronger. Hates were: Kxtra mediums and liest fisivy Yorkers. ." .X -Viil; heavy hogs.ln .VH".') iA; light Yorkers. Y4.Vn."i 50; pigs, as to weight nnd qunlitv. (.vniniS.-tii: roughs. Jj:t.;.Vf.Y. KIIKK1 AND bAMKH Supply fair, alsmt :N loads on sale; market steady on sheep; lames dull and a quarter lower. We quote price as follows: Choice wet hern, t4.Ka.7t! ; K'sid, f4.tmt4.riii; fair mixed, fitHO go; com mon, I .Vit .'..VI; yearlings, 4:1 um.VU): Hprui -luaibs. 41 ;j0u.v,.i; voal calve, Di.t047.tJU; hwvy and thin. i.wni.lM. EVENTS OF A WEEK. NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY NARRATFl? The War In the 1'hllipplnrs. Crimea, Trl Slate Happenings, Foreign, Uutlnw mad Other Kvnnts Uollad Down For th Reader In a Harry. NEWS FROM THE I'HILIPPIXF.S. Ill tho city of Manila Central Mac Ar thur guve a formal answer to the Fili pino lenders who, Inst Thursday, sub mitted to him peace proposals that had been approved earlier iu the day by a meeting of representative insurgents. In his reply he assured them that all personal rights nuder the United States constitution, excepting trial by jury nnd the right to bear arms would be guaranteed them. The promoters of tho pence move ment wero again engaged in recon structing tho draft of tfre seven clauses tin bruit ted to General Mac Arthur in such a way us to render it acceptable to both sides. The seventh clause, providing for the expulsion of the friars, General Map Arthur rejected ou the ground that the settlement of this question rested with tho commission bonded by Judgo Taft. That iMirtiou of the Forty-third in fantry which formerly garrisoned the island of Sumnr will proceed to the i:land of Loyto, giving the garrison there the needed reinforcement. The lintfuliou of the Twenty-uiuth in fantry which was sent to Samar will act ns the garrison there. Gen. MiicArthnr formally announced President "IcKinley's order of amnesty. Buencnmiiio Paterno nnd other pronii liontFilipino lenders were said to be much pleased, us they lielieved thnt under the amnesty they enn bring about the sur render of Aguinaldo, who, they de clared, was rt ndy and willing to consid er the jieaee platform adopted by the Filipino leaders with a few insignificant exceptions. The following dispatch wus received from General Mac Arthur: "A detachment of fonr officers, 100 men. Fortieth volunteer infantry, Cap tain Millar commnudiug, left Cnyngan, Juno 111 on reconnaissance up Cnyngan river, morning ambushed by insurgents in strong position. Fifty men sent to reinforce from Cnyngan. Could not take position and troops withtlrcw to const post. Our loss iu killed: Com pany H, Robert R. Coles, John II. Huy wood, Fred Hollowny, John T. Pelham, Frank Salisbury; M, Corporal Jesse G. Moody, Michael J. McQnirk. "Wounded Coinimny I, Captain Wol ter Elliott, slight; II, Cnptnin Thomas Millar, in thigh, slight; Jeff Effig, mod- crate; James W. Jeil'cries, slight: Roxie Whenton, mixlernte; George Hollarif, slightly; Murley Phillips, severe; John W. Smith, severe; M, Edwin E. Will iains, severe; K, George W. Wills, se vere; Lex M. Kitmters, moderate. "Missing Coni)uuy II. Sergeant W iilinni fCorthcross. "Full detail report not received." HAIThAKU I.V WASHINGTON. Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler re ceived his commission from tho presi dent und was assigned to the command of tho depurimeiit of the hikes, with headquarters at Chicago. Secretaries Hay and Root, Assistant Secretaries Mciklcjohu and Huckett and Admiral Crowiushield hud a con ference with the President Wednesday. On leaving tho White House they said nothing had been heard from Pekiu, and that the confer uce was on the subject of how communication with Minister Conger conld be secured at the enrjiest moment. There wus no donbt, it wus said, the government oflicials re garded the Chinese situation as very crit ical, and that more vigorous measures arc under consideration. TKI-MTATK EVENTS. Christ (Swedes') church, UpisT Mor ion, celebrated its one hundred and fifti eth anniversary. Edward Ohinor, a merchant of Day ton, O., filed a petition 111 bankruptcy. Liabilitie, (i.'i.OOO; assets none. The Heaver county (Pa.) centennial commenced. Lieut. Gen. Miles reviewed tho one Hundredth, One Hundred and First, One Hundred and Third, Cue Hundred und Fortieth und One Hundred and Thirty-fourth regiments. He received an ovutiou wherever he went. Upon ar riving uf Mr. jjiinl's home he rested for several honr. licing much fatigued by his traveling. E. N. Bigger made a sjM'wh and pre sented to the county the new monu ment erected at a cost of i:i,(KK), to the memory of soldiers and sailors of the civil wur. Lienteimnt Governor J. P. S. Gobin wns exp -eted to niuko an ad diess accepting it, but was nimble to get here. F. E. Reader mado an address upon "The Early Military History of the County," nud James II. Cunning ham spoke iu an eloquent manner on "A Boy's View of Civil Wur." VICTIMS OF DISASTER. A passenger train 011 the Macon branch of the Southern railway rau into a wash out near McDoiiottgh, Ga. Thirty-five people were killed. Every jstsoii on the train except tho occupants of the Pullman car perished iu the disaster. Some of the Ixslie.s floated off. Some of them were terribly man gled. Flagman Oiitulnti went lwtck to the telegraph office at MoDonough and gave the news and then fell iu a faint. Only three women were on the train. Two escaped. It is prosnmed that the other peri.-Oied, but tho lxsly had not ls-en found. Four men lost their lives as the result of an explosion in the Champion mine, Champion, Mich., Saturday evening. Eight istsiiiis were killed and over .'K' were injured as a result of a collision ot au excursion and a freight train nt Do- pere, Wis. One man is reported mus ing. RECORD OF CRIMEN. The body of a 2-iuonths-old infant, Bupposi-d to have lieen murdered, was found in the Delaware river, above Mar ket street ferry, Camden, N. J. "United States officers in Luzerne county, Pa., arrested two men on the charge of robbing the postoffice at West Nunticoke. Major Charles M. Schaefcr, late of the Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers, was found (load with a bullet wound in his head in a cemetery at New Praguw, Minu. NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS, Lord Curzim sent the following dis patch regarding the famine situation: "The week's famine reports show a state of general expectancy, pending the advance of the monsoon, which has not yet apjieared. Heavy ruin has fallen in Burma, Bengal and the doltaio und central districts of Behar. "Ou the west coast the mousoou cur rent is weak nud has not progressed north of Goa, nor penetrated to the most affected regions, and the hot weather conditions still exist. Thero is no im provement possible in the affected dis tricts, nor any decease of numliers on the relief works until there shall be a heavier general rainfall. The relief to tal now reaches 4,!l'.'0,000." Mrs. Gladstone was luid to rest in Westminster nbbey. Russians attacked Pekiu. Chinese had renewed attack ou foreign lega tions. It was reported foreigners hud all beeu massacred. The wires connecting with the harbor mines wero cut by the bouts of the war ships tho night before the bombard ment. It is now reported nt Shiiughai that it was on board the Russian cruiser Korietz, nnd not the Maudschnr, that the explosion occurred, killing and wounding moro than fifty. It is re ported that no fewer than 5b0 Chinese were killed in the forts, At Ynm-Nan-Fu, where the rising has been gathering force for several days. 680 Christians have beeu attacked at the French mission settlement, many being put to death. Tho French consuls und three missionaries are still in prison. Tho disorderly elements hove secured tho upisT hand at Wu Hu aud Czo chunu, where the native Christians have boon massacred. A thousand Boxers have gathered on the outskirts of Tien Tsin. Tho Shanghai correspondent of The Daily News, telegraphing yesterday, said: "Tho Chinese officials here assert that they havo news from Pekin up to June 17. The situation was then very ser i ons. Beyond that they claim to have received nothing, but they deny that dispatches huve lieen withheld. "Although I am nut willing to adopt the alarmist rejiorts, my impression, gathered from tho consuls and tho Chi nese authorities, is that the worst in to be feared in Pekin. "Admiral Seymour's column is now in the middle of an arid plnhi, with no food and no gtxxl water, and surroundid by hostile forces." A Manila disimtch said that a typhoon had washed out the rond lietween there and Tarlae, delaying the arrival of the Ninth regiment. This was the regi ment destined for service in China. IH'SINESS JOTTINGS. Secretary of Agriculture Hamilton, in a letter to W. J. Creasy, usked for spe cific information as to the basis of charges against his department. Official aunonncomeut has lioou tnndo that the Northern Pacific railroad 1ms acquired the St. Paul and Duluth rood. It is said i0 a sharu wus paid for the stock. . IIIISCELLANEOIS. It is estimated that tho population of Buffalo, by the present census, is a lit tle less than 400,000. A distwtch from Cape Town said it wos reiHirtod there that President Kru ger is m n feeble condition. Mrs. Reitz, wife of the Transvaal state secretary, snilwl for Eurojie from Loureuzo Marques, accompanied by her family. Henry Wulter Webb died at his rosideuco at Soarborough-ou-tho-Hud-soii, N. Y., aged 47 years. He was a sou of the late General James Watson Webb, and brother of Dr. W. Seward Webb, and was a director in the Wagner Palace Car company, the Buffalo Erie Basin Rnilroud company, the National City liauk, and Oswego and Rome Railroud company, aud trus tee of tho Mutual Life Insurance com pany. At Grand Rapids, Mich., the gencr erol synod of the Christian Reformed Church of North America oiened iu biennial session in the theological sem inary here, with all but six iuciuIhts present. Rev. J. Munni, of Passaic, N. J., the retiring moderator, delivered a brief address, und the synod then elect ed the following officers for tho coming two years: Fodorutor, Rev. A. Keiscr, Gruaf- schap, Mich.; vico president. Rev. E. Breeu, of Iowa; secretary, Rev. P. M. Ten lloor, Grand Rapids; assistant sec retary, Rev. J. W. Brink, Grand Rap ids. Archbishop Ryan officiated at the dedication of St. Mary's Polish Catho lic church, costing faO.OOO, in ReaiUug. 111. The Chinese minister asked an armis tice in the sending of American troops to China, liased on the assurances ol Chinese viceroys that they can maiu tain order. I'resideiit McKinlcy made it known to the Chinese minister that the United States would fry to g-t troops to points where its citizens and officials were considered in dnuger. Work was resumed at the Rockfori (Ills.) plants of the Glucose Snpir Re fining couquiny after several wef-ks' idleness. Two hundred and fifty are affected.
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