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Will be found in tho building next to Keeley Club Room. r ORENZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. nsro HEAD, T?tlt or nlln'r fM'lMt mufii; Mill" ioiutM, htine mid mii'c iiiin1m, niul rhcuuiiil ft pain -vimili ti liter i"r WANO ELECTRIC OIL. SHORTHAND BY MAIL! We can teach you to become a compe tent short band reporter, by mail. A standard system. Easy to learn ; easy to read ; easy to write. Success guaranteed. Send ten cents(in stamps) for first lesson. Write for particulars. Address the The Warron Business University, War den, Pa. A BIG BATTLE. CHINESE RETREAT BEFORE THE AL LIED FORCES. IHtlor Reported to Have Lout 2(10 Men Dining Hut Fifthtlng A ltcport of tho llattle hint by 'oinmaulcr Taimlg to the Navy Department. Washington, Aug. ".The navy de partment ccclvcd the following from Coiiimandr Taussig: "Che Foo, Aug. 0. "Bureau of Navigation, Washington: "British . Fanic ivporta (unolllciall engagement at I'chtsaug.Suuda.v morn ing, :i o 10:,'IO o'clock. Allied loss Killed and wounded. I.'.'imi, chletly Rus skin and Japanese. Chinese forces re treating. Taussig." Also he following dispatch from Ad miral Keiue.v: -Che Foo, Aug. tt. "Fnnllteiul report believed reliable; bout H5,immi allies heavily engaged Chi nese at Pohtsuii.";, daylight, olh. "Reiney." Purls, Aug. 0. The Shanglml corre spondent of The Temps, telegr iphilig August o, says: "The number of allies leaving Tien Tslu Is no better known here than tire the facts as to the march Itself; but it Is rumored that the advance guard had bevll repulsed. . "LI Plug lleng, former governor of Shau Tung, who Is Intensely hostile to Europeans, has been named us com mander of the Chinese forces." London, Aug. (..The American ai d British forces began the advance on l'eklu last Thursday, uccordlug to a dispatch, dated August '. fior Tien Tsin to The Daily Er.pn-ss. "The main body of the allies," contli.nes tne correspondent, 'marcheil July ''Ah General Chaffee was delayed by diffi culties of disembarkation. General Dorward, the British commander, had no such obstacles, and his d day Is inexplicable. "The other forelg.i '.'oops are now l.nlf way to Lofa. The force Includes 20,01)0 Japanese under G-.'iicr.'i Vania chiichl, and 10,(hki Russians. Hie llrltish force totals !Umo and the other foreign troops are 7.IMM).. We are wmU 111 artillery. "On August l n strong lone (t Chi nese from the native city attacked Tien Tsin. By a series of b.lllicnt charges our troops drove th" enemy from their positions. The native v'.ty is still defiant, and he lilies are t.n willing to march troops through its streets, as tills would meal, in im mense slaughter. When tin; Chinese saw so large a bodv of troops inarch ing westward they iMpar.-ntly iiello-ed they would have an easy vMory o-er those who, were left." A message lo the scr.e paper from a correspondent In I'ekiu, da'td July 22. says: "The women have borne all the hor rors with marvelous fortitude a"d oven with clieerful'iess. Tic Chinese wanted peace when the nrse nls nt 1 1on Tsin were captured, and She ne gotiations bade fair to !c silC'essful.. rnfortiinntely LI Plug Hong umI Karg Yu nrrived here at the cr'icil mo ment and overthrew the pen'-', party. "Food has been short, but "t terri bly so; though we have l-n-J to be very careful." A Shanghai dispi'tch, dated A uirrst 4. said In part: "From various sources oorT state ments that a large body of ('.oxers some estimating them nt .1.000 Is pithorlug south of Tien Ts-n a-id threatening coiiimtinicat'ons. ' The Shanghai corror-po.h tit (of The Daily Mall auuoiii.ced 'ho reeept.on of an imperial ed'ef, . it-.. Aunsr 2, oK'.ering Gemral Vmig Lit -i stdtct high military and ci il illnita'-'is, to j.i ther with a sii'Iidi-nt miM'lici of (licked triHips, to sco:t tn foreign ministers to Tien Tsin is soon fis ll'ey decide to I. ' P'-iir. ltr l ie tdins of the edict t'Sep il Lu will lo 1 idd personally rosMinsll i. f( - their salety. mid he Is given f .1 1 at.lhority to deal stitnmciil.v 'vit'i those opMis Ing the peaceful passage of the escort. THE GOLITCOUNTRY NOT SO UNHEALTHY Reliable Information Krrrivcil from Cape Noiim Nrarrity of Water a Iletrliiipiit to Mining- Washington, Aug. 7. A letter, dated July 22, has been received at tho treasury from a former employ of the department, now at Cape Nome, Ahis ku. The writer, who has the entire confidence of the officials, said In part: "The reports of disease and death tlint have been taken back to th siates are tmtrtihl'ul. The smallpox scare Is all over, 'k'litw were 20 cases in nil, and all of them came on the Oregon. As yet there has Is-eu no typhoid; but the season has been dry, which probably accounts for Its absence. There were 12 violent deaths here since June 10. Four men have been drowned, three have commltcd sui cide and five have liecn shot. "One large company on Anvil creeh lay they nre losing $oo,noo n week, owing to the scarcity of water. As It Is. this company is doing well, and is said to lnic shlpiH'd a ton of the yel low iiieliil on the G.'irronne. and some $20.ihh worth has Imcii sold to n local hank in Nome. Sluicing, with fair re sults, is going on nloug liiiiny of the creeks, and also to some extent imi the beach. The day has passed, however, when it single man could rock out $7. a day. I have a friend who took out $51 in 10 hours, but he hail three shovclers who had to be paid, liesidcs the expense of a gasoline engine to pump water from the sea. The story that the bench Is gold to Ci,s- Prince of Wales is undoubtedly false. The transportation companies are now bringing In people first class for $2.1. while two mouths ago It was $12.". The question of transportation home for thousands of poor fellows In the fall la iuileiil a serious one" WHEN GOEBEL WAS SHOT. Wit urn TeMiflrd lie Kaw a Man Hiding lthlml Fountain Statement Re garding Comb Cotiflon. Georgetown, Ky, Aug. ".A piece of new testimony was brought out at the beginning of the fifth week of the triul of former SiwUry of State Caleb Powers, charged witli complicity In the Cochcl shooting. . E. R. Itullock, of Lexington, swore that he was In the Idjiitaut general's olllce when the fatal shots were tired. He stepped out and saw a man in a stooping position be hind the public fountain nenrhy. Pul lock could not tell whether the man was white or black and did not know what became of him. Itullock declar ed that he saw Colonel Jack Chlun walk rapidly Into the state house as he stepped from the adjutant general's ollico. Apparently ltullock's statement did not excite much public llltcrcs. Captain D. R. Waleott, who had charge of the Frankfort militia, was sworn, lie said the company was on duty at the state capital the day the legislature met and throughout the session, but denied that the f ildiers were lined up ready for marching or ders when tile assassination occurred. He said they were equipped with guns and side arms, but this merely hap pened so. R. C. O. llenjamlii. n negro attorney rcpresentlng'Tallow Dick" Combs, and whose client. It has been repeatedly as serted recently, has made an alleged confession, gave out tin Interview In which he says that Coniis' reported confession was made in the presence of himself. Commonwealth Attorney Franklin and Victor II. Itradley, ot the prosecution, and that Combs made all the statements attributed to hlin except as to the amount alleged to have been offered Hockersinlth to kill (inchcl. Combs' nephew stated that he had made a vain scanr.li for Hockersmitb nml he thinks he Is in either New Or leans or San Francisco. P.enjaniin said he had concluded It was due to his client to toll all he knows, as he cannot find Ilockcrsmith, who told Combs all that the latter knows about the assassination. TO RECEIVE CUBAN TEACHERS. rri ildfllt MrKlnle.T I'roinU' to lie In WHolilncton. Washington, Aug. ".The delegation of Cuban school enchers now receiving a course of instruction in English branches at Harvard university, Cam bridge. Mass., will visit tills city oti the IXth lust., for the purpose of pay ing their personal respects to he presi dent of the United States and to In spect the public lnsitutiotis and at tractions of the national capital. Adjutant General Corbln was inform ed that arrangements had been made for the visit to Washington on the date named. The school teachers, num bering l.Hio, will arrive here lu the morning, and leave lu the evening for New York, where they will hoard army tranVlMirts in waiting to take thein back to their homes in Cuba. The pres ident has agreed to be in Washington that day. A BRAVE OLD MAN KILLED BY TRA.INROBBERS rauM tiRcrpi on a I'nlon Tariflc Pullman lU-llrved of Tlirir Valuable I'oine Started After llmulitit. fsilina, Kan.. Aug. O.-T'nion Pncltln enstbound passenger train No.. 4, which left Denver last night, was held up by two men several miles west of lingo, Cnl., 00 miles tlds side of Den ver. The passengers in the Pullman sleepers were robbed of their money and valuables. An od man named Fay. a resident of California, who had been visiting in Denver and was on his way to St. Louis, refused to surrender his Talu nbles and fired a shrf at one of the robbers, but missed.. Thereupon th? robltcrs fired, one shot entering Fay's mouth and coming out at 1 lie back of his head, killing him Instantly. The robbers stopped the train and escaped. FIRED ON U. S. FLAG. Itnrrs Killed Men on a I trailed Train, Hearing I'. S. t'onmil Gen eral Stowe. Loudon, Atlg. li. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated August 4. says: "General Christian DeWet is com pletely surrounded near Rcit.borg and it Is impossible for his forces to oscm; through the strong Itritlsh cordon. "The P.oers say they will make a stand at Machadodorp. They are short of ammunition and food. General Hamilton by the rapidity of his move ments prevents reinforcements reach ing Commandant Kotha. "It appears that after the train car rying rnited States Consul Stowe and flying the Stars anil StrliM's was de railed at Ilonigspruit. south of Knsin stad, concealed Roers fired, killing four. TALMAGE DINED WITH CZAR entertained While In St. IVtemburg. Car In Keellent Health Inter ested In Amerlean I'olilie. Herlin. Aug. fi.- Ile T. DeWift Tal litage, who arrived In Herlin with his family from St. Petersburg, preached In the American church on "Encour agement to Christian Workers," finding his tr( in the First Hook of Samuel, chapter "'. verse 21. To the correspondent of tin- Asso ciated Press Dr. Talmage sail!. "While in St. Petersburg 1 was iu vitcd to dine with the Emperor Nich olas, who is lu excellent lcnltli and gives one the impression of liclng phys ically strong. He seemed to be m m-li Interested In American ditit mid m ipiired regarding the prospects of the Presidential elect ton. lie Is extremely well Informed as to Auicrioi.n affairs jviiorallr. , VISITED 1JY MILES. LIEUTENANT GENERAL AT MOUNT GRETNA ENCAMPMENT. Re Wim a (inert of the remifl.Tlvania Na tional fill ml .crutiiuiiied by III Wife and Son und an Alde-'le-Caiiiii I.efl for WnnliliiKton. Mr. Gretna, Aug. 7, General Nelson A. Miles arrived at Camp Hawkins in It special car. 'He was accompanied by his wife and son and an aide-do-i-ainp. The wife of Governor Stone and a number of her women friends also occupied the car. The party was met at the railroad station by Adjti ant General Stewart and conveyed in cabs to division headquarter. . Four squadrons of cavalry acted as escort from the station and during General Miles' stay iu camp a squadron of cav alry acted as his escort. I'poii arriv ing at headquarters Rattery H fired a lieutenant general's salute in honor of the distinguished visitor. Later General Miles, accompanied by Governor Stone. Major General Miller and tliu'r aids, made a critical lnspction of the camp. Later General Miles reviewed the entire division of the national guard. The general and his stuff left for Washington afterward. There was much discomfort und some sickness lu the camp on account of the severe heat and the dust. Mt. Gretna, Pa., Aug. i. Today will be the greatest day of the en cainpment. Lieutenant General Miles, accompanied by his wife, wi'l visit the camp. General Miles' party will be met at Harrisburg by Mrs. Stone, wife of the Governor. At the camp the party will be received by Major General Miller and Adjutant ''eneral Stewart. General Miles will be escort ed by the four troops of cavalry now In ciimp. Later in the day th" entire division, over lo.OOO meu, will pass General Miles In review. Camp Alexander L. Hawkins was thronged with visitors all day Sunday. Excursion trains were run to the camp from various parts of thf- state, and the entire encampment -grounds pre sented an animated scene from day break until sundown. The weather was pleasant throughout the day. Governor Stone and staff and Major General Miller and the division staff officers attended divine services in the morning In the Young Men's Chris tian association tent where Chaplain William D. E. F. .Tohnsoi- conducted the services. Hrigadler General Go bln and the Ninth regiment also at tended services there. Chapbijl Charles Morrison, of the Twelfth regi ment, held services In front of the regimental headquarters, and Chaplain Eberly. of the Eighth regiment, con ducted his services iu the camp meet ing grounds nearby. One of the prettiest church services were held by Chaplain Hoyt. of the Sixth. He took his regiment into a shady place in the woods. In the Fourth regiment where Chaplain Schall also held services, all the Infantrymen attended divii'e ser vices ilurlmr the day. No services were held In the cavalry or artillery ramps. All the routine of camp life w:is gone through promptly, notwithstanding the crowd of visitors. Dress parade brought the day to a close. For three hours Sunday morning the First and Second brigades were without water, and for n time it looked as If there would be a water famine. It Is claimed that the tremble was due to malicious mischief iimn t'1- part of some of the soldiers In the First brigade. A. D. Smith, president of the Cornwall & Lebanon railroad, who has chnrpe of the camp grounds.clalnis that the Philadelphia men in tho First brigade are responsible for the trouble He charges that thev twisted off spig ots. cut nines and wilfully let the wat er run to waste. lie also claims that soldiers in the First brhndo derailed the narrow nause railroad train twice The seconil flnio Hie train was derail ed the train crew wa slightly Injur'-d. MINISTERS ORDERED TO GO TO TIEN TSIN Proper Frorl Itiiected by Imperial Ivillet and l.eui-rul Hi 111 lteioible For Tlirir Safety. Paris, Aug. (i. Cheng, director gen end of railway and telegraphs, com municated to consuls at Shanghai, ac cording to a special dispatch to The Temps, dated August 5, an Imperial decree, dated August 2, authorizing the foreign ministers In Pekln to com municate without restriction with their governments, and ordering their departure for Tien Tsin under n good escort MASSACRE ORDERED. OoTernor of Moiikdou Inttued a Iteerna For Mlllug of Clirixllani In Manchuria. Paris Aua. U.-TI10 French foreign olllce has received the following dis patch from the French consul nt Che foo. dated August 2: "The governor of Moukdcn, lu a proc lamation, has urged the people of Manchuria to massacre Christians. Nearly all the missions have been destroyed. The missionaries have or ganized for defense and are assisted l.r other Christians.." KING ALEXANDER MARRIED. i'eremouy I'erformed With ireut I'omp. (runted Tardim. P.clirrade. Aug. . King Alexander wedded Mine. Draira Masolnn, the (i-reinony being performed with treat pomp. In honor of the event the kinsr I ranted an amnesty, together w ith 1111 Ineroiis political pardons. Including the fiiriner Radical, Premier Tauschano lrli. . Pauls Valley. I. T.. Aug. ft. As a re Mill of a pitched battle with iikmui shiners near Johnson. 20 miles from Pauls Valley, one deputy marshal was (lightly wounded. ainl -mother Schrimpsher. of Pauls Valley, is miss ing. The band escaped under cover nf darkness. Schrimpsher is believed to have followed the baud and been killed. A second set of reinforcements was sent from In-rc. YOUTSEY CONFESSES. De Tniflieate ftoveruor Taylor la the l'lot A kiiI nt ti.tebrl Taylor U 110 mee II a lufiiinou. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. ti. The pro ecution iu the trial of Caleb Powers leelared they have a writleii stnt mcnt made by Henry E. Youtsey. Accord lug to the alleged confession, Youtsey arranged with "Tallow Dick" Combs and Mason Ilockcrsmith on .1 inuary 25 to kill Gochcl on the morning of January 2. Combs and Jlocki rsmitr deiminded .l,oOt for committing the murder. Youtsey had .fl.2K. and he went to Governor Taylor and sa'd he had nt last found two men who had agreed to kill Gielsd. Taylor on ow ing told the two were negron de clared! "I'll he cussed If 1 will agree to bind myself to negroes.' If Iiiivano was to be hired to kill Goebel it wouH have to be a white man b"fo-o he would become a party to It. Youtsey, the story goes, went again to see the governor and told him someone else could be hired. Lawyers for the prosecu'ion say that when Youtsey had gone ti at f tr Detective J. H. Matthews entered tho room and Youtsey jumped up and ex claimed hysterically. "I'm mined now! I will say no more! I cannot tell!" lie Is said to have declined to tell to whom he gave the $l,:sXi or whether he pnvp.lt to anyone. lie (111 say. according to the lawyers, that a wi-Oe man fired the shot from Powers' office, and also that "Jim" Howard was In file office at the time. Colonel Campbell, one of tho coun sel for the prosecution, says that "Jim" Howard left Mii'ichevtir on January 2.x and reached Frankfort at 2.T minutes to 10 o'clocl on the morning Goels-l was shot. Youtsey',. last interview with Taylor, the lawver declares, was when the governor gi.ve $.HH) to make tip the $1 'on. and t' is was 21 hours before Howard left Man chester. IndianniHdls, Aug. (1.-Ex Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, wss seen her. He said: "I don't believe for a moment that Youtsey made a statement so In famously false. I have nothing more to say." CONFIDENCE OF BUYERS. " Beltcve the Downward fiwlnir of I'rlre If Over, Said Pun' Iron and Steel Startled. IT w York, Ang. 4. R. O. Dun & Co. s weekly review of trade, issued to day, said in part: It Is often lianl to reid enrnnrnglnit symp toms of iceiiernl busbies In doi-Hnlii price of commodities, hut Just now It Is reason able to look fur tbviu. Hume raw inuterlula, nil Hiiine liinniifnctured prudtu'ta one mug removed from the raw, are selling at lower prices than ut any time uliu.-e lust yyur'i ilvnticc net In; but there is coulliteiic umniiK btiycra that the .lownwurU awing li oenrly over, while sellers are ailuptiiiK a emit Inns policy, which until recently churae terlxeii the ultltude of buyer. Iron unit steel markets were startled by report of mile of steel bnr ut UO eenti per lno pounds, lint hualnex ut the uin time was the iHritest In mimlh nt I'hli-nio on a Imsls of about $1.2."i. Ini-reiislug de mnnilK for bar Iron from mnker of Rfrrt cullunil Implement and rnr huilriVrs wn fi'iitur'e, contract placet! lielnit cHttmated at 1111,000 tons In bur n.id plntcs. Tbt trade In-Horn that order will increast 1 the RcHxnn advance and tbnt total need of Iron connuiniT will ponipnre well with Inst your. Hoary bid appear for foundry Iron, buyer being anonxy, with output re ducing ami veiling price of many descrip tion approximating coat. Kvport order Increane and maker do not fully accept report of puri'hase of foreign rr-1 1 m for dellverr In the south. Some trailorn are not KiitlKfled with the result nf the Chicago conference pointing to the renort of pro duction of tlg Iron In the flrst hlf of the year exceeding all records and contrnlng It with recent ilnll pcirkot. "The fniv-'m demni'il for M!nnilnnon cnl I heavy, lint producer lo- Itate to contrict shipment with home o-iens tendlni? opwird. While rrti-e of woolen nr above th Isoa ononip. iIipt nre miterl-illr HMow fl ure renched later !' essnn The wool market been ni'--- active, bet ihe m-. are of 100 ounf-Hnn on A'"-i 1 n-s Sllchtlr lower jlf "O.Til eents. Wide ul."f.f. Ings are reduced 1T to 0 cent, but the dceliiie ntfret more bii'n"-. FVInres f(. the treeV wnpfi ooq n ft, rr""-' MtP 190 .. TOBPi flnfl 24 In Canada, aenlnst 23 Int year DEMAND ON TUEKEY. OriM-om Again frged the llttouiun tiov. eminent to Settle. Constantinople, Aug. 'I. Mf. J lord Grlscoin, I'liited Mates chaige d'af faires, renewed his demands tpoe the Ottoman government for compensa tion for the losses of Amerl- an citi zens during the Armenian n.ass:,crtB He Insisted ii a prompt decidon. THE MAMETS. . Pittsburg, Aug. 8. WllKAT-Xo. ' red. IMr.iU: 'li(N-.'o. ' yellow shelled, 41n Ili'V-- Xo 2 yellow our. -iTJ J,i jsije. OAT.S-Ni,. l yrhlle. ;tv,i:0r: No. i white, KniiSiiic; extra Xo. :t white, I'S'V'.-.ii ; leg ti lit r Xo. :i, ,il,i.-''"-'sc. HAY -Xo. 1 timothy, $Hi.oor, li(.V); Xo. 2 do., H.iXKol.-, no; .. 1 clover mixed hay, f H.IIiU.r,ll: X,,, 1 clover hay. ;I.IKKJ l.t .Vi; Xo. 1 prairie hay, ?s lnkv:inn. Itl'TTKK. HlitiS AXH Pori.TllY. Jtl'T'l l-:it-i:igln prints, I'L'fou'J' lV; cream rry. Klglu. 2 'VulIJi-; Ohio, IVullic; dairy l.V;iic; low grade. 1 'n VJUj: KiiS- l-'i-ehh. candled, i;i,.( 1 1,.; south erti eggs, H''o l.'tc. CHKKSK-l-'nll crenm, Ohio, !V" "" ic; three iiinrter. '.H;tfi X'ew York stale, full crein en, lo-V'llc; Ohio Swiss. i:t Hl.'U'ic; Wisconsin, M"1.'ic; ,'i poiiiiit brick llleese, ll'iilU'c; llmbiirger. Hew, lI'ViIL'c. Pori.TllY-t'lilckcns, live, smiill. W.ilitc per pair: large, fat, SOGillOe; per lb. low He: springers. H'olUc per !b; tin keys., per tli, H tis'L-c: diesscil, i:MiMe; lire sed i lii. kens, l.Wlllc: geese, live, T.'ieAitl.nu pair; ilressed, M)!c lb; ilmks, live, siiHr Hi; ilress-d, l I-V. Pitt slung, Aug. 6. t'ATTI.K liicelpts fair, loo h.mls on ale; market active and higher on exsitt nmi best burlier cattle: other grade were slow. We iiiote: Kt rii heavy, .i.'SK..'i ;o; piinie, f."l 40ii,( IX; giniil. J.'i I.Vil.i .'til; li.lv . trt f l.'. g I guss callie, f 4 .Ofti.Y'iO; fair glass crillli-. l OViti 11;; coliimoii. i(m, heifers, .l .VK.I I l; oxen. .'S,M.IS; bulls nu! stag. ?:i iNsf4.'j.'i; common to j oi.d fat cows, f L'.."SK, Mill; good fresh ions. I.l.'i kk.MS mi; fair cows ami springers, f.11.00 1::iiini; liologiia cows. tlii.iK(l.i.no. Ill HIS -Kecclpt fair, alioiil ,'U cms; mar ket fairly active. We iiiotc: Light York ers, pigs anil nieilliiiiis, l.'i.iil; In-iiiy Work ers. $." ti.Vn." 70; heavy hogs. .'i..'tti.Y.V; rouglis. .t 7.V,."i no. s-:i-:i -Supply fair. IH loads on le: inaiket IO'ii I.'m- lilgher on slieep; steady on laiiibs. We iiuole: Choice wcilicrs, fi T.Vu 4 s.-: g I, 4..'SK.4 To; fair uilicd, 4 i-oiioiioii. ?l TiOrj.rsi; i-hol-e bonlis, t .Y.'-o-im; eoinioi-n to good, "iO'vt''''-i Vl-ul c.llvc, i;.IMV(i M). EVE.XTS OF A WEEK. NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY NARRATE!? The War In the Philippine. Crimea, Trl Htate IfapiMjnlng, Foreign, Hiisiue and Other KvenU llolled Dowq Tot th Header In a Hurry. NEWS FROM THE PHILIPriJrES. Lieutenant Alstaettter.of tin1 engineer corps, and an escort of 15 men, were overivereil hy a hand of S.YI rii'd.p piuos I ict ween San Miguel and San Isidro. One was killd, three wounded and the rest captured. The wounded were sent hy the riiilippinos to San Isidro with a message that the prison ers would he well treated. Lieutenant Itostou Huleslierg was amliushed and killed near Santa Cruz, province of Lnguna. l-'ive men of the Twenty-fotitth In fantry were captured In Xetiva Kcljo. hut Sergeant Schmidt, of the Twelfth infantry, with seven men. trailed the captors and killed five. Captain Lara, of the Manllr. native police, was dangerously shot hy an unknown assailant while on the street He had hecn effectively enforcing reg ulations and had made enemies among the l-'iliplnos. some of whom had long threatened vengeance. Lara had ls'en generally accused of cross corruption In oliiee, and specific charges were field against him hy an American nffl cer. At tin1 suggestion of Arehhlshop Chapelle. Judge Taft has lieen exam ining the heads of the religious orders, as well as .Mgr. Noy.aledas and other ecclesiastics, preparatory to the time when it will In1 necessary to take defi nite action regarding the affairs of the friars and the church. It appears that the real estate holdings of the friars are smaller than had hecn ex pected. The riiilip pines coinmisi-'ion Septt. 1 will liccoine the legislative hody of the Philippines, with power to take and itpprniirinlc insular moneys, to es talilish judicial and educatlonel sys tems and to make and pass all laws. Xo money will he permitted to he drawn from the Insular funds except hy authorization of the commission.. Judge Taft and his colleagues will also exercise certain executive func tions. For Instance, they will ap point Judges, officials In the education al department and officers of munici palities, which the commission will estiihlisli pending elections. General MaeArlhur will he the ex ecutive head to enforce the laws of the commission, and he will conduct the government iu accordance with the same until tho commission recommends to President McKlnley the appoint ment of a civil governor. The only three hunks In Manila have formed, a ring to reduce nrhitrarily and without Justitlcation the rate of exchange for American gold. This has caused widespread Indication and many difficulties for commerce and minor business. The hanks, how ever, are obdurate. H AITK.NKO IN WASHINGTON. Commander Taussig sent the follow ing dispatch from Che Too to the nnvy department "Che Poo, Aug. li.-llrltish Fame reports unofficial engagement Pehtsaiig .Sunday illuming, 3 to 10:.'t(l. Allied loss, killed and wounded, l.L'lKJ, chielly Russian and Japanese. Chi nese retreating." A iWayed note from Conger was re wived at tlie state department. It came thioiigh Consul General Good now at Shanghai, who transmitted messages received hy Mr. Itagsdale, United States consul -it Tie!. T-dn, from Mr. Conger and Mr.' Sipiiers, secretary of the 1'nited States lega tion at Pekin. In effect the aiMees are the same as those received a day or two ago hy the state department from Consul Fowler, at Che Foo: Mr. Goodnow's message was trans milted to President McKlnley ut Can toll, and Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state, later issued the following statement concerning it: "Consul General Goodnow, in a ca blegram dated Shanghai. August ", which was received nt the depa.'tmeiit of state at 4 o'clock this (Sunday) morning, reports the receipt hy Con sul Kagsdale.at Tien Tsin. of messages from .Minister Conger and the secre tary of the I. -gallon, Mr. Squid's, dated July Jl. to the following effect: "'All well. Xo fighting since the liith hy agreement. Fnoiigh provis ions. Mope for sM'edy relief.' ".Mr. tiisidnow adds that the director of posts, Shdig. had, on the ."tli. com municated to him mi Imperial edict, tinted July :to. ordering Jung Lu to provide an escort for the ministers to Tien Tsin when the ministers tlx the date. The edict says the miuislt rs can receive messages not iu cipher: hut notwithstanding this, plain messages were returned to some coirsuls on Au gust -." While the messages from Minister Conger and Secretary Sipiiers Isiie date of July L'l. the Is lief, founded not only iihii them, hut also Umiii col la (era I mid later information, is that the leun tinners are yet safe from at least immediate harm. At piesent tin-re are no menus of knowing wheth er Ihe ministers will uecept the oiler of the Chinese imM-rlal government to pro v hie an escort for them to Tlcu Tsin; hut it Is surmised they will pre fer to remain within tin1 Itritlsn lega tion at Pekin until the arrival of the allied forces. Should they leave for Tien Tsin in nil probability It would In1 because th" regarded It Ihe sufe course to pursue. It Is thought to ta unt unlikely that the Chinese ;iovern tnent tuny be insistent iimn the ilepiirt lire of the ministers. In the hnH If, they can be got to Tien Tsin In safety the storming of Prkln may be averted. The state riepait inert man pnauc CorresiMiiidence with L' Hung Chief, showing the Fnited Statet. had out off negotiations with China, until pen communication with oui inlnUtcr la established. The note attributed n "unfriendly" attitude to China. Tr. George Ernest Morrison, the Pe kin correspondent of the Loudon Times, sent a letter In which be de clared the Chinese government guilty of causing the pr.-sent crisi TItl-STATE rVF.NTS. The miners at Xoith Scrnnton, Ta., voted to end their srlke Advance details to pitch terta for he Pennsylvania national guard en campment arrived :,t M .Gietr a. Pa. Wllksburre, Pa., councils upisjlnted a committee to investigate brllsL-ry charges. I.ieU'-nnnt General Xtdson A. Mllea arrived in Camp Alexander L. Haw kins. Mt. Gretna. Pa., to pay an official visit to the Pennsylvania militia. He was received with the lieutenant gener al's salute. Later General Miles was given the honor of a review and a inarch past. The entire guard of the state, munlvering over IO.ikmj m,n, took part In the parade. President McKlnley spent a quiet Sunday at Canton, only leaving his home to attend church. Lute Saturday night rams Blxbr. of MinneiiKilis, a member of the Dawes Indian commission, reached the city and had a conference with the president, the nature of which was not divulged. Secretary of Agr'enlture Wilson reached Washington while the president was there, and heme will not come to Canton at Mils r;ne, as was expected. There are no important events forecasted for this we-K al though It Is probable a nutuln-r of well-known people will be here Three of Pittsburg's building and loan associations have practically sus pended business until Hank Examiner O. P. Cochran has examined Into the bookkeeping methods of .T. C. Itohill son, secretary of the Industrial Peiild ing and Inn association, the Globe Mutual and the Cash associations, lioliinsoii Is alleged to be short sever al thousand dollars In his accounts and has already confessed Judgmeut for $lkl,(Ki. RKt'ORD OF CBIMES. The Chester county, Pa., coroner's Invislgiith. of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Itobert Sinclair, In luiffryn Mawr, showed that Mrs. Sinclair shot hoe lug. hand and then committed stiicid-t. occurred at the corner of Twelfth and Halstcuii streets In whlco 25 people were bruised in u struggle with 4fi police, summoned to ipiiil the disturb ance. Five persons were arrested, among them being Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert II. Parsons, who was executed Xovembor 11, 1SS7. in Chi cago for aiding and abetting the bom re throwing iu tlie Ilaymnrket riot F.he was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing the streets and resisting an officer. Her bail was fixed at Sl.ibU VICTIMS OF DISASTER. Itols'rt Lucas, a veteran employe of the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck by a train and fatally hurt at Harris burg. A million dollars' worth of property In the lumltcr disrict of Ashland. Wis., was burned. Two men nre retorted to have been killed while fighting the tire. Iniquesne Flyer on B. & O. collided with freight traiu ueur Cumberland. The injured were: Frank Whitelaw, Cleveland, O., slight ly cut about head and shonldem. Mrs. Harry Dolau, Pittsburg, spine in jujod. D. M. Bull, Dullsville, N. Y., cut on the head. Dominic Carteney, Ituliau, cut abont face. Henry Douglas, Lonacouing, Md., passenger fireman, bruised in jumping. The passengers were all injured in being thrown by the sudden stop. No one is thought to bo seriously hurt. The two trains were to have passed at Mount Savage Junction siding. The fog was so thick that objects could not be seen a fow feet away. NKWS OF FOBEIGX LAXIW. i The safety of the foreign ministers at Pekin seems to Is- asstiGcd, und the Chinesegoveriiment Is reHrted to have ordered them to Tien Tsin. Cable communication la iM-rmlttml, but ci pher messages are prohibited on the plea of military necessity. It was reported that the advance of the International troops in Pekin started August 1. China was rejHirted to have declared war June l!(f. It was reported from Shanghai that the Boxers attacked the missionaries and native Christians at Pao Ting Pu on July M. A foreign physician aaU 2,iHi con vers were massacred. WI'MNKSS JOTTINOS. Personally conducted by representa tives of the Lake Carriers' association and accompanied by representatives of tlii' municipal government and of the Merchants' exchange, the river and harlsir commission of tlie House of KepreselitHtives l'gan their totir of ri sopt tiou of the great lakes by a trin around Buffalo harbor and down the Niagara river. MI-KI..ASEOrs. The 1st. Kov. Atlgnstlii Honly, Ko mnii Catholic bishop of Portland. Me., died suddenly. Secretary of State John Hay Is at his summer home lu New Hampshire. Two holts of lightning slew two dea cons und two church tnrintiers mud probably fatally injured a minister near Columbia. S. C. A sermon denunciatory of Snudaf golf and petty gambling was delivered to Newsrt society leaders. Mrs. Addle Snell, wife of a yonit Xew England millionaire. ha dl$4i parrj from tor boa.