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Hours —10 a. 111. to 5 p. 111. Telephone 14:U>. GOVERNOR STONE GREATLY PLEASED Publicly Commends Farmer Cope's Campaign Against Oleo. REMARKABLE RECORD OF ARRESTS. Statement Showing the Prosecutions , I IIM tit II t eil AuaiiiNt Illicit Dealers in ImitntionM of Ilutter and Other Adulterations of Food in Pennsyl vania Since the Appointment of the )(n» Cnmnil»»loiier. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, July 31. —Governor Will lam A. Stone has publicly congratu lated "Farmer" Cope, whom he recent ly appointed food and dairy commis sioner, upon the eminent success which has followed his efforts in the brief period that he has been at work in his department. A marvelous exhibition of energy, determination of purpose and practical methods have been given by Farmer | Cope since he left his Chester county j farm to aid Governor Stone In the en- i forcement of the laws against the adul- j teration of food and the illicit sale of oleomargarine. The wisdom of the selection of a practical farmer and dairyman for this position has been demonstrated con clusively, and the political enemies of Governor Stone and the Republican organization with which he stands have been disconcerted by the aggres sive campaign that Farmer Cope has waged against the violators of the law. THE GOVERNOR'S COMPLIMENT. This is Governor Stone's public tri bute to Farmer Cope: "The showing made by Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope since he took his office is the best evidence In the world that the illegal sale of oleomargarine is to be stopped. The co-operation of the district attorney's office in Philadelphia, which Commissioner Cope tells me he has secured, will "enable the dairy and food department's agents in that city to begin work with a degree of certainty as to speedy trial* of the cases they bring that certainly ought to spur them on, and I look for the crusade there to have the effect of driving all of the bogus butter men out of the busi ness. The crusade in other jiarts of the state is to be conducted on the same vigorous lines by the state dairy and food commissioner as in Philadelphia, and if the il legal dealers in oleomargarine fail to profit by the events of the past four or five weeks and quit before the law reaches them it will be their own fault. And the law will reach them speedily, too. Bogus butter has no place as an article of food in Pennsylvania, and the bogus butter men are being made, and will continue to be rapidly made to realize it." Now, as to what Farmer Cope has done, according to the records of the dockets of the committing magistrates before whom the men arrested for al leged violations of the iaws have been brought by Farmer Cope and his agents. THE STORY IN FIGURES. This table tells its own story: o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o- (>— o—o II Date of State Food and Dairy Q Commissioner Cope's appoint- O ment June 19 0 Days in office, including yester- O ± terday 42 J ~ Arrests for violation of oleomar- O Kiirine and pure food laws in i Philadelphia in 42 davs 30 y Arrested persons held by inagis- trates in bail fur court 21 9 Cast.-s yet to be disposed of i» i Arrests in Pittsburg and Aile- T gheny since June 19.. 15 X Pittsburg and Allegheny offend- Y erx held for trial in court 15 | Additional prosecutions ordered 11 | q Arrests made in other towns of q J state 10 | q Arrested persons held for trial in O 1 court 8 7 0 Total prosecutions instituted in Q | 42 days 66 j D—O—O-o—O—O—O—O—O—o-o—O—O—O PROMPT ANI) ENERGETIC. Farmer Cope began operations in different sections of the state as soon as his commission was made out by the governor. He called all his sub ordinates together and instructed them as to what he desired them to do. "Spare neither time, effort nor ex pense," he said, "and pay particular attention to the illegal sales of oleo margarine and mixed butter, and overlook no cases where there is adul teration of other food products." Tb» agents of the commissioner worked night and day carrying out his instructions. Evidence was procured without delay, and although there had been many arrests before Farmer Cope's appointment, he and his assist ants have broken the record in mak ing arrests in the short time he has been at the head of the department. A number of special detectives were en gaged, and where it was deemed neces sary, through the dealers knowing the regular inspectors, women were em ployed by Farmer Cope to gather sam ples where dealers were suspected of Belling oleo under cover. Having procured a mass of evidence <;d had IT'. / "112 the accused dealers held for r inmissioner Cope went to |' i,. and had a con ference with I i \'torney Rother rn 1 wilh . v x of having the cases speedily tr:< ;>1 disposed of at the next term, of court The trouble here tofore has been that these cases have not always been tried promptly. FARMER COPE'S PLANS. Farmer Cope, in commenting upon the situation, said: "When 1 accepted the appointment tendered me by Governor Stone it was with the determination to stamp out the sale of bogus butter and adulter ated food articles with all the haste compatible with thoroughness. Gov ernor Stone was eager that this should be done, and assured me that I should have all the support possible in the undertaking. "As every fair minded person will readily understand, such an undertak ing as that of stamping out the traffic in bogus butter could not be accom plished m a day or a week or a ntoatiiu 1 am glad to be able to say, however, that we have the wheels pretty well in motion, and that arrests of vio lators of the oleomargarine and pure food laws will be made from now on rapidly, and followed up vigorously in the courts. "The willingness of the district at torney's office at Philadelphia to as sist the dairy and food commissioner in bringing all persons placed under ar rest through this department to justice will aid in carrying on the war against the bogus butter men very materially. "With this to encourage us we will go ahead with all the energy we pos sess in our efforts to put an absolute stop to the sale of bogus butter and other impure food products, and the sooner the bogus butter men realize that their game is up the better it will be for them. "The department's regular force of agents has been reinforced at import ant points by men working in con junction with the agents, but who are not known personally to any of the oleomargarine dealers. Through these men I expect to be able to obtain a lot of evidence which it would otherwise be practically impossible to obtain—evidence of a sort which will insure conviction. "The sale of bogus butter and other impure articles of food has got to stop. We have made gratifying progress so far, but we intend to do still better. There is to be no let up on the part of this department, either in making ar rests or in pushing the cases to convic tion in the courts until every illegal dealer in oleomargarine or other adul terated or impure food products of any kind has been compelled to quit busi ness." THE FESTIVAL A FAILURE. rnip« noi Generally Refused to Celt" brnte the Amneaty Proclamation. Manila, July 30 (edited by the cen eor). —The two days' fiesta in Manila, organized by Senor Paterno and his po litical followers to commemorate the amnesty resulted in a fiasco. The people were passive, unenthusiastic and not even interested. Failing to perceive any tangible, effective results of am' nesty they say they can see no reasons for celebrating. Judge Taft and his colleagues of the commission felt constrained to decline to attend the banquet, as they had been informed thah the speeches would fa vor independence, under American pro tection, and they could not passively lend their acquiesence by being pres ent. Senor Paterno, foreseeing the suspension of the banquet without the Americans, frantically appealed to them to attend, promising that there should be no speeches. The provost's precautions were ex treme. The guards were doubled both days, and the authorities forbade the ! display of Filipino flags and of pic -1 turee of President McKinley and : Aguinaldo fraternally framed. The fiesta is generally considered to have been premature and unfortunate. During last week's scouting ten Americans were killed and 14 wounded. Filipinos' losses were 180 killed and CO taken prisoners. Forty insurgent rifles were captured. BUFFALO BILL TRAIN WRECKED. One Employe Killed and Sine In jured, Two Seriously. Detroit. July 30.—Section one of the Buffalo Bill wild west show's train suf fc-oa severe collision near Milwaukee Junction shortly before daylight yes today, resulting in the smashing of a show employes' sleeping car contain ing some 40 sleeping inmates. One of the latter is dead and sine others are in Detroit hospitals suffering from more or less serious Injuries. The dead man Is Edward Sullivan, aged 37, of Bridgeport, Conn., porter of the canvas car, who died from internal hemor rhage in the hospital. Among the in jured are: Henry Eastman (nicknamed Nash), aged 26, of Rochester, one of processes of spine broken off, spinal cord as yet unaffected; A. J. Burkhold er, 21, of Bradford, Pa., injured verv seriously internally; Henry Burton, 2a, West Chester, Pa., slight; Joseph Mc- Cann. 23, New York, slight; John Cu sick, 25, of Pittston, I'a., slight Philadelphia, July 30. —The Clyde line steamer Goldsboro arrived here yesterday from New York with a por tion of her cargo in flames. The fire started in the fore hold and is sup posed to have been the result of spontaneous combustion. When the Goldsboro arrived opposite her dock she was towed to the Camden side of the river and beached in the mud. The fire was extinguished late last night after the hold of the vessel had been filled with water. It is thought that the damage to the ship will be com paratively light, but the loss on the cargo will doubtless be considerable. Frightened to Death hy lluritlars. Wilkesbarre, July 31. —Edward Myer. an aged farmer of Fairmount township, died Tuesday night from a scare he received about a month ago. Three masked robbers entered his house, and because she refused to divulge the whereabouts of his money the robbers tortured him and his wife. The aged farmer never recovered from the shock. titriker Jailed For Defying Injunction Springfield, Ills., July 31. —Thomas Breunan, a "Big Four" railroad striker at Litchfield, yesterday plead ed guilty in the United States circuit court to violating the injunction of Judge Allen restraining strikers and others from interfering with the oper ations of the road last summer, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. ! Not an Ordinary School j m. When Williamsport Dickinson Seminary was founded, money » w making was not in the thought of its promoters. To give voting f'f £> men and women thorough intellectual and moral training at the £ MS lowest possible cost was its paramount aim. It remains its para 5/ mount aim. Buildings have been added, equipment increased, <2 xj the faculty enlarged, lint g • Williamsport | t Dickinson Seminary W 0 mi Is still true to Its first principles. It is a Home and < 'hrlstian school. It ;.A provides for health and social culture a« carefully IIK for im-ntul and WJ moral training taking a personal interest In each pupil, and adjusting (fy £ methods to need, believing that true education seeks t«» develop th«• 4 highest types of manhood and womanhood. \ splendid Held, with A; athletics directed hya trained athlete, make ball ilrld ami gymnasium «»f W real value. Swimming |>ool forall. Single lieflu lor Indies. Nint* regular « H courses, with elective studies, offer wide selection. Si\ competitive (0 X? scholarships are offsred. Seventeen skilled teachers (Classify and In- /A R struct, miiki rit; school work other than drudgery. M uslc, A rt, K \ presslon W Wand Physical Culture, with other branches or alone, under teachers with <■ £ host home and Kuropean training. Home, with tuition in regular A Z> studies, -iVl.OOayear, with discounts to ministers, ministerial candidates, /T SI leaehers, ami two Irom same family. Kail term opens September 10, 11HI0. ■ S< <)atalogue free. Address (X S| Rev. EDWARD J. GRAY, D. D., President, Willijvmjport, Pa. HELD AS HOSTAGES. Chinese Government Seeks Peace, With Ministers Imprisoned. GEN. TUNG TUH SIANG'S THREAT. Su>a He Will Kill All Member* of | the LeKatioim If the liitvriiatlonul For«*e« Advance on Pekin—\o Kor elitnerM I*ermltte«l to Leave China. London, July 30. —The Shanghai cor | respondent of The Daily Express, tele graphing yesterday, says: A new im | perial edict promulgated this evening I urgently orders all viceroys and pro- I vincial governors to endeavor to nego tiate peace with the powers, whose ministers are "held as hostages pend ing the result of the overtures for the abandonment of hostilities against China." The viceroys are also commanded to guard their territories vigilantly against attack and to prevent, by all means in their power, the advance of the foreign troops, especially along the Yang Tse Kiang. The decree says that the officials will answer with their lives for any failure to execute these orders. Commands are also given that not a single foreigner shall be allowed to es cape from the interior, where there are fully 2,000 Europeans, connected with missionary work in isolated situations. When the governor of Shan Tung communicated to the consuls the im perial decree of July 24 he omitted these important passages addressed to Li Hung Chang: "It is admittedly inadvisable to kill all the ministers, but it is equally un wise to send them to Tien Tsin. It will be much wiser to keep the survivors at Pekin as hostages. "You are commanded to hasten to Pekin. You are incurring imperial displeasure by delay. You have been appointed viceroy of Chi Li because, with your military experience, you will successfully lead the imperial armies against the foreigners in Chi Li, which Yu Lu, the present viceroy, is unable to do, owing to his ignorance of military affairs." Li Hung Chang replied to this edict asking to be allowed to retire on ac- J count of his age. Sheng now admits that he has had telegrams since July 19 announcing that every foreigner in Pao Ting Fu was murdered, including 40 British, French and American missionaries, and announcing al9o that two French | Jesuits and a thousand converts have been massacred at Kwang Ping Fu, on the borders of Shan Tung and Chi Li. A majority of the consuls favor strong measure's against Sheng's du plicity. Local officials assert that the Ital ian priests murdered in Hu Nan were wrapped in cotton, which had been soaked in kerosene, and were slowly roasted to death. It is believed that all foreigners in Chi Li have by this time been massacred, and the wave of massacre is spreading toward Ning Po and Hong Chow, from which point 30 English and American missionaries are endeavoring to escape in boats down the river to Kiang Su. Officials here anticipate a general rising along the Yang Tse Kiang about Aug. 1. An astounding American intrigue has been revealed to the consuls in the | shape of a skillful attempt to get the j maritime customs placed in the hands ; of an American missionary named Fer gusson, who, although he was an ac tive ally of Sheng in the latter's en deavors to hoodwink the world with regard to events in Pekin, was support ed by the American officials in his claim to the appointment of inspector general. The Chinese legation in Berlin has received a message from Sheng, di rector general of railways and tele graphs, saying that he has received a dispatch from Pekin announcing that Gen. Tung Full Siang threatens to kill | all the members of the legations if the i ! international forces advance on Pekin Evidently the legation is embarrassed by the receipt of this dispatch, as the j Chinese minister has not communi cated it to the German government. The legation has cabled the viceroy of Nankin requesting him to try to get information as to whether the widow of Baron Von Ketteler, the murdered German minister, is still alive. SPIES SENT TO I'EK I United States, Eimlimd and Japan lilMpatehetl Secret Auentai. Washington, July 30.—There is a ' growing expectation at the state de partment that news of the utmost im ' portance may be forthcoming at any moment from Pekin. It was even though that something might be re -1 ceived yesterday, but this hope was i doomed to disappointment. The few cablegrams that were received refer -1 red to minor matters, and did not touch at all upon conditions in the Chi nese capital. It is believed that the basis for this expectation is the knowl edge on the part of the officials that certain machinery heretofore set in motion may result in the opening up of communication through some secret but reliable channels. It is known that a second effort has been made by our own government to get another message from Mr. Conger and that nearly all of the powers also have re sorted to private agencies in their own interest with a like object. The fact has just developed that one of the last acts of the late Col. Liacum before his death at Tien Tsin was to | undertake the dispatch of a spy to ; Pekin. Gen. Dorward, the British commanding officer at Tien Tsin, also I sent out two messengers, and it is believed that the Japanese did the same. Up to date not one of these messengers has returned to Tien Tsin, nor has there been a single word heard from any of them. This fact, however, has not caused the abandonment of hope, and this is true in particular of the message expected from Mr. Con ger. Minister Wu is perhaps the basis for this hope on our part, and he maintains an unshaken confidence in his original assertion that the news, when it does come, will show that the legationers are alive. , The message reported to have come through Missionary Wilder, at Chefoo, Is regarded as most promising. Mr. Wilder says he left Ft'kin July 18. At that time the ministers were safe, but he was unable to reach the legations. In reply to his entreaties the Chinese said they could not allow any one a pass to the foreigners. According to reports the attack on the legations ceased on the afternoon of July 14. When he left a decree had been issued commanding all persons to protect for eigners in China. Returning he saw no troops for »J0 miles south of Pekin, but lie learned that 200,000 men were in the neighborhood of Yantsun and Peit Sung. Nothing further has been heard as to the date set for the beginning of the movement from Tien Tsin toward Pekin, ami it is said here that this is a detail that must be fixed by the mili tary commanders upon the spot. A message came to the war department from the quartermaster on the Lenox announcing the arrival of that ship, together with the Conemaugh, at Kobe, Japan. They havo aboard the mounts for the Sixth cavalry, and although they will start for Taku at once, not less than five days will be consumed in this last stage of the voyage. It is doubtful whether Gen. Chaffee would care to leave Taku without horses for the Sixth cavalry. This may delay operations until late in the pres ent week, though at least a portion of the international column may start to day. Secretary Long had a cable message yesterday from the commander of the Buffalo, at Hong Kong, stating that he had sailed for Taku. The Buffalo is taking out much needed relief men for the naval crews and also a lot of stores for the approaching campaign. The war department received a cablegram from Lieut. Col. Coolidge, who assumed command of the Ninth infantry after the death of Col. Lis cnm, giving a report of the part played by that organization during the fight ing at Tien Tsin. DECIDED AGAINST MICHAEL A Faroicit I "Content" Awarded to tin* Mlduet'N Opponent. Providence, July 30. —Jimmy Michael, the bicycle rider, was declared defeat ed by the referee in his match with Ben Monroe, of Memphis, at Crescent Park yesterday afternoon. The trou ble grew out of the terms of the contest for the race, by which Michael's man ager, J. G. Kennedy, controlled every thing. The local track could get Mi chael here only by agreeing to Mi chael's requirements for pace, and when the referee called Monroe off the track and awarded Lim the race the big crowd, which hart paid double ad mission price to see Michael, was lu rlous. The race was 15 miles, motor paced, and Michael used a new motor with three half horse power, and a fancy set of water coolers, which were noth ing more than wind shields, so con structed as to evade the rules. The motor did not work well, and at the end of ten miles it went up. The con tract for the race called for Kennedy to furnish pace for both riders. When Michael's pace went wrong he tacked onto the rear wheel of Monroe, whose pacemakers, being Michael men, slack ed up. The next few miles were rid den at a 2.20 gait, and the crowd howl ed with rage. The referee instructed the motorers to give Monroe pace, but they refused, and the farce went on for a few miles until tho referee called Monroe from the track and awarded him the race at the end of the 15 miles. The time for the 15 miles was 31:22. A Benlearert Mother'* Determination. Chicago, July 30. —Mrs. M. S. Wood ward, of Evanston, when she wrote the last letter received by her husband from Pekin. was armed with a five shot revolver. It was her intention, according to the letter, if the band in the legation building were attacked to use the first three cartridges on the assailing Chinese. Then, if the Boxers were not repulsed, she had de cided to kill her (laughter, lone, with one of the remaining bullets and shoot herself with the last, so they would i not fall alive into the hands of the Boxers. This piece of news was con j tained in the letter written by Mrs. j Woodward on June 11 last, after she and her daughter had made a futile attempt to escape from Pekin. Thirty Killed in M«-*i«-nn Mine. Monterey, Mexico, July 30. —The gov ernment authorities have been notified of a terrible catastrophe at Matebuala, a thriving mining canio south of Mon terey, in the state of San Luis Potosl. Fire broke out in the La Paz mine, and before the miners could reach the surface many of them were entombed and either burned to death or suffo cated. The fire raged fiercely for sev eral hours. Eleven bodies have been taken out, and others are known to be in the pit. It is thought the loss of life will reach 30. There is great excite ment in the mining town, and the number of missing men cannot be ac curately determined. C'liurne«l With u Small Kmhezxlement Vineland, N. J.. July 30.—Capt. G. O. Stanley, of Philadelphia, was arrested here last night by detectives from Norfolk, Va., on a warrant charging him with the embezzlement of $l7O. The charge is preferred by Peter Hagen, of Philadelphia, who alleges that Stanley collected the money in Norfolk as freight charges and failed J to turn it over. Stanley was married two months ago to Mrs. Caroline T. Graves, widow of the former mayor of Vineland. coram cm BE CURED. T. A. Slocuni, M. C., the Great Chem ist and Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Afflicted, Three Jlottles of his Newly Discovered Reme dies to Cure Consumption and All Lung Troubles. Nothing could be lairer, more philan thropic or carry moie joy to the afflict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocuni, M. C., of New York City. Confident that he has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and aIJ bronchial, throat ami lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of llesli and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, lie will semi, tree, three bottles to any reader <>f the A M KITI< A N who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. lie has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on file in liis American I and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't delay until it is too late. Con sumption, uninterruped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A Slocuni, M. C., !>8 Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postotliee address, and please mention reading this article in be AMKHICAN* March 4 ,9 SllMMWMffij Another Message Declaring Him Safe Monday of Last Week. DECLARES FIRING CEASED JULY 16 A Dliipnteli Sent liy l.ieiit. Col. Cool- Itlu'e, l!o*vever, lairiieiiteM That Kir- ! lim Mill Continue*—Europe \ow ' ltfli"»e* the L< rtutioner* Safe. I Washington, Aug. 1. —Doubt has : given way to a feeling akin to cer- | lainty that the legationers at Pekin and the gallant marines who managed to reach the Chinese capital just in the nick of time were not only alive on July 22, but, in all probability, are still alive and likely to remain so until they are released from their state of siege. The officials here feel certain that the attack by the Chinese on the legations will not be renewed. They are convinced that the counsels of the viceroys in the great southern and central provinces and the advice of Li Hung Chang have had effect, and that whoever is in power in Pekin, whether emperor, empress, Ching, Tuan or Tung, now have been made to see the necessity for the preservation of the legations. Adjutant General Corbin yesterday received a dispatch from Lieut. Col. Coolidge, commanding the Ninth in fantry at Tien Tsin. It came by way of Chefoo, and is as follows: "Following letter of Lieut. Col. Shiba, military attache at the lega tion of Pekin, dated July 23, arrived at Tien Tsin 25, at 9 o'clock in the evening: 'We are all awaiting im patiently arrival of reinforcing army. When are you coming? All legations have been blockaded since 13th last month and since the 20th we have been attacked continuously night and day by the Chinese soldiers from more than ten encampments. By a supreme effort we are still defending. We are daily awaiting with the greatest anxiety arrival of reinforcing army, and if you can't reach here in less than a week's time it is probable that we will be unable to hold out any longer. Emperor and empress dow ager appear to be still at Pekin. Were our reinforcements to arrive very prob able that they would flee to Wan Sho shan. Killed and wounded up to date: Eight killed, one a captain of infantry am} an ambassador attache; seven seriously wounded, the first secretary of the legation being one of 20 slightly wounded. r I he number of Europeans killed is f!0 in all.' " Last evening the war department re ceived two more telegrams from China, signed by Col. Daggett and dated LIEUT. COL. A.C. COOLIDGE. Tien Tsin, July 27. According to these telegrams a "message just received from Minister Conger says that since the lOth, by agrct ment, there has been no firing. The legations have provis ions for several weeks, but little am munition." The allies are soon to ad vaM «. Praciiccly no looting by Americans. No unnecessary killing. The officials here, while anxious that the movement on Pekin begin at once do not attach credence to the rumor mentioned by Gen. Chaffee that the forward march was to begin yester day. There are two reasons for their incredulity. In the first place Chaf fee's force, his splendid cavalry and his battery of artillery, are exactly what are needed to strengthen a weak spot in the international column. In the second place (and information on this point co: .»3 through European channels) some of the foreign com manders are still of the opinion that they cannot begin the campaign before the last week in August at the earliest. The United States government never has acceded to thia view and is relax ing no effort to bring about a change of plans on this point. A rather startling preposition was advanced yesterday which, if adopted, might put at once to the test the Chi nese profession that the Boxers, and not the Chinese government, are re sponsible for what has happened in Pekin. This was to the effect that the international force was prepared to take that g')\\ rnrnent at its word and to join forces with it in crushing out the insurrection. The kernel of just such a proposition is to be found in the last condition laid down by the president in his reply to the appeal of the Emperor Kwang Su and there may he a. development in that direction speedily. The official confirmation of the news that Minister Conger is safe and well, coupled with the statement that he has provisions for several weeks and that the firing on the legation has ceased was welcome intelligence, though not unexpected in view of re rent news. The information from Col. Daggett was promptly telegraphed to President Mckinley at Canton, who has been advised of the receipt of sages always as soon as they reach here. The last message which came from Minister Conger was that which was obtained through the intermediary of Mr. Wu and was supposed to be dated the 18th inst., before which time noth ing had come since June 12, almost two months. Clinrited Witli tJiltelt'n Method*. Kansa City, Mo., July 30. —A war rant lias been issued for the arrest of Edward L. Swazey, charging him with intent to defraud by selling to the Third National bank of Springfield, Mass., a mortgage of $7,250 on 261 head of cattle owned by J. H. Kenney, of Hemphill county, Tex. It is alleged that Swazey represented that the mortgage was a first lien, whereas it was a second lien. If true the opera tion is identical with those pursued by Grant Gillett, the Kansas City plunger, who re-mortgaged cattle to the amount of over $1,000,000. Gillett crossed to Old Mexico, where he has since resid ed. According to a report from the office of the Bankers' and Cattlemen's Protective association the Swazey ir regularities approximate $70,000. It is thought Swazey is in South Amer ica. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Hotter than a Piano, Organ, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and don't cost as much. It reproduces the music of any instrument—band or orchestra—tells stories and theold familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. See that Mr. IMison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of all dealers*, or NATIONAL I'IIONOURAHII CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York. 26-t 23 Aug NOTED HISTORIAN DEAD, i John Clark Ridpath Succumbs to His Long Illness. THE DEATH OF PRINOE ALFRED. Duke of Sitxe-Coburi;, Second Son of Queen Victoria, a Yletlm of t'uneer at Itoxenuu t'untle— lHN l)<-ath lluit eneil liy Intemperance. New York, Aug. 1. —John Clark Rid path, the historian, died in the Presby terian hospital at 5:30 o'clock last evening from a complication of dis eases. He had been a patient in the hospital since April 26. At the time of the historian's death his wife and son, S. E. Ridpath, were at the bedside. John Clark Ridpath, LL. D.. the histor ian, was born in Putnam county, lnd., in April. 1841. There was not at that time a wagon road within three miles of tho log cabin in which he was born. Hts par ents were from Christiansburgh, Va. His mother was a descendant of Samuel Mat thews, one of the colonial governors of Virginia. He was grauated from Asbury (now De Pauw) university in 1863, taking first honors. After serving as principal of ari academy at Thorntown, lnd., and as | superintendent of public schools at Law renceburg, lie was called, in 11i69, to the chair of English literature at De Pauw. His career as a professor in the univer sity was distinguished. He was transfer reel later to the chair of history and po litical philosophy. He became a con spicuous figure in the college world. He distinguished himself by his .ability to think clearly, speak fluently and write masterfully. In 1875 he published his first book, an "Academic History of the United States." It was an immediate success. It still holds its place as a text book in many schools. In 1876 he published his "Popu lar History of the United States." a large octavo volume, of which more than 400,000 copies have been sold. It has been published also in German. He wrote the "Life Work of Garrield." of which 85.- 000 copies were sold. His "Cyclopaedia of Universal History" was published in 1885 in four octavo volumes It is a mon ument to the author's power of general ization and to the breadth and accuracy of his historical vision. More than 150,- 000 sets of this history have been sold. In lsxr, he resigned his professorship in I)e Pauw, and tbe vice presidency of the university, in order that he might devote i liis whole time to the profession of au thorship. In 1893 he published his "Li.'e and Work of James G. Blaine," and >n 1K94 his most comprehensive and philo sophieal work, entitled "Great Races of Mankind," in four volumes. He was en gaged for ten years in preparing the ma terial, and four years in writing this work. In 189 she published his "Life and Times of Gladstone," and a supple ment to the ''History of All Nations" for \\ ebster's Dictionary. Ht was for a time editor of the Arena Magazine, of Boston. His monographs are numerous. In 1 90 he consented unwillingly to run lor congress on the Democratic ticket in his home district in Indiana. Though he ran ahead I>l bis ticket, he was defeated by a small majority. In recent years he had been engaged in the preparation of a complete and elaborate history of the United States. THU IJi: V'l'll OF PIIIXCE ALFR ED. Victoria** Second Son Wan a Victim of t'uneer. Coburg, Aug. 1. —The duke of Saxe- Coburg, second son of Queen Victoria, died Monday evening at Rosenau cas tle, and by his sudden demise escaped a painful, lingering end. Recently, at a consultation of specialists in Vienna, it was discovered that there was a can cerous growth at the root of his tongue. His royal highness was unaware of the real state of his health and hoped he would recover, until Friday last, when his condition became such as to preclude hope. Saturday and Sun flay he suffered such violent attacks of suffocation that arrangements were made for performing the operation of tracheotomy. Finally the duke died without having suffered severe pain. The body of the late duke was today conveyed to the church at Coburg, where it will lie instate. It is said that the death of Duke Al fred was due to intemperance, it being town talk in Coburg that he was habit ually carried to his bed at night sod den with liquor. During tho minority of his heir, the Duke of Albany, which expires in 1905, the government of the duchy will be conducted by the hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenberg, son-in-law of of the late duke and guardian of the young duke. Ulvou'a Ai-in itroken In Prime Flghl. New York, Aug. 1. —The one time invincible George Dixon succumbed to Tommy Sullivan, of Brooklyn, at Coney Island last night in their bat tle at 122 pounds. The end came rs the men shaped for the seventh round, when "Tom" O'Rourke, Dixou's chief second, admitted defeat for his man, and claiming that his left arm was dis abled refused to permit him to con tinue. Dixon was getting all the worst of the body punching each was admin istering. and just before the close of the sixth round was looking appealing ly toward his corner. It looked simply a case of youth being served, and it was the consensus of opinion that Dixon was beaten and well beaten. It was a popular victory, and was greet ed with wild cheers. Upon examina tion Dixon's left arm was found to be broken in two places, Reninrknble StvluiuiinK Kent. St. Louis, Aug. I.—Athlete John C. Meyers yesterday swam from Alton, Ills., to St. Louis, a distance of 27 miles, in exactly six hours. He was not greatly fatigued at the finish. Meyers had wagered that he could make the distance in five hours, but lost. Mr. Hoeklilll Start* For China. Chicago, July 30.—Special Commis sioner William \V. RockhiU. appointed by the government to ascertain the true situation in China, passed through Chicago last evening on his way to the Orient. Mr. Rockhill accompanies her husband and will remain in Shanghai while he conducts his in vestigation. Asked if he would en deavor to reach Pekin to treat with the Chinese government direct he re plied: "I think riot, unless circum stances warrant it and the country is Quiet enough to render possible the success of such an expedition." )lurne«l Hl* l.ittle I'lajninte to Deutli Riverside, N. J., July 30. —Four- year-old Harry Hans and 3V£-year-old Helen Rhodes were playing with Watches Saturday afternoon. Harry aet the little girl's dress afire, and she was so badly burned that she died In terrible agony. flimra\v virruisji Three More Killed by the Desper ate New Orleans Negro. WAS HIMSELF SHOT TO PIECES. The Drancrario, After Kilting Two More Hnlirenien unci a Hoy, Is Smoked Out of Hl* Hiding Plnee to face the Bullet* of the Avenger*. New Orleans, July 28.—After a des perate battle, lasting for several hours, In which he succeeded in killing Ser geant Gabrfol Porteus, Andy Van Ku rem, keeper of the police jail, and Al fred J. Bloomfleld, a young boy, fatally wounding Corporal John F. John ] Banville, ox-Policeman Frank H. Evans, A. S. Loclere, one of the leading confectioners of the city, and more or less seriously shooting several citizens, the negro desperado, Robert Charles, t who killed Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb and badly wounded Officer Mora, . was smoked out of his hiding place in the residence section of the city and lit erally shot to pieces. The tragedy was one of the most remarkable in the history of the city, j and 20,000 people, soldiers, policemen i and citizens were gathered around the i square in which Charles was finally { put to death. Tremendous excitement reigned in New Orleans as the battle went on between the police and citi zens and the negro with his Winches ter. After the tragedy was over and | Charles was dragged from the mud and i slush into which he had fallen, with ' the mob howling for the burning of his body, statements were made that the man killed was not really the despera do who had killed Day and Lamb, but papers found on his person and the fact that he had fought so desperately for his life and shot so accurately seem to leave little doubt that the right man was put to death. Sergeant Gabe Porteus, one of the best known officers on the force, and Sergeant John F. Lally, who has a fine record for bravery, were informed dur ing the day by a negro that Charles was in hiding In a house on Clio street, near Saratoga street. Determining to take him alive, if possible, the of ficers summoned a number of patrol men to their assistance and went to the house where Charles was supposed to be in concealment. The negro inform ant of the policemen accompanied the officers. They entered the side alley of the house and were surprised in practically the same way as were Day and Lamb. Before the officers were aware of their danger Charles, who was hidden i behind a screen on the second floor of j the building, raised his Winchester and j begun a furious but accurate fire. Lally ; fell with a bullet in the side of the ab- j domen. Porteus was shot through the head and dropped dead across the | body of Lally. The other officers and ! the negro fled from the scene. The j reports of Charles' Winchester, and the . fact that two officers lay bleeding in , the yard raised tremendous excitement, and as fast as possible armed help wi;s rushed to the scene. In a little while there was an immense armed crowd encircling the square in which Charles was located. In the meantime Father Fitzgerald, j of St. John's church, was summoned to administer extreme unction to the po lice officers who were lying.in the al ley. The priest was annointing the body of Porteus, with Alfred J. Bloom field, a young boy, standing by his side, when Charles again appeared at the window. The lad saw him at once and t begged the desperado not to shoot him. j Charles Immediately fired his Winches- j ter again and Bloonifield fell dead. The priest, unhurt, left the scene after j pluckily performing the last offices for the dead officer. At this time the am bulance arrived and two citizens volun teered togo into the alley way and bring out the body of Lally. They en tered, and while they were attempting to take the body of the dead officer from that of his colleagues, Charles fired again. The citizens nevertheless got Lally's body out of the alley and afterwards succeeded in taking Por teus' body out also. In the meantime an immense throng had gathered in the vicinity, and schemes were set on foot to get Charles out of the building. Charles, however, did not propose to be captured without selling his life dearly. Time after time he came to the window, and as citizens, one by one. entered the alley, he blazed away at them. In this manner Con fectioner Leclere, who was one of the special police guard, ex-Policeman Evans, John Banville and George H. Lyons, son of the head of the biggest drug establishments in the south, were wounded. Andy Van Kurem was the next vic tim of Charles to drop dead, while H. H. Ball, 65 years old, fell mortally wounded and Frank Bertuclr and J. W. Bofll were slightly wounded. Somebody then poured a gallon of oil over the rear steps of the building, applied a match and the building was soon In flames. The negro was forced out, and a young soldier named An derson shot him dead. As soon as th® negro fell numbers of people rush ed in and fired into the body. Charles was literally shot to pieces. After it was certain that he was dead a mob entered the yard and dragged the body into the street. The police and mob emptied their revolvers into it, while a son of one of the murdered men rushed up and stamped the face be yond recognition. There were then loud howls that the body should be taken to a vacant square in the viciuity and publicly burned. At this instant, however, a big squad of police dashed up in a patrol wagon. The police pushed the crowd aside, picked up the body and threw it into the patrol wagon. The driver whipped up his horses and the wagon started off. with 5,000 people running after it and clamoring for the cremation of the body of the desperado. The wagon, however, was fleeter than the mob, and it ultimately made its way in safety to police headquarters. There an immense crow d hud gathered and great difficulty was experienced in taking the corpse of the negro from the wagon Into the morgue. When Qhar'.es* body was stripped it was *TS of the allies rannot reach an agree ment as to who shall command, it may become necessary for the governments themselves to decide the matter. The beginning of the campaign on Pekin depends entirely upon the gath ering at Tien Tsin of a sufficient num ber of troop* Therefore, anxious as It is that the campaign shall be start ed at once, our government is watching the arrivals of the foreign legions and is pressing Admiral Remey for reports as to the military conditions. Not all of his responses are given publicity for reasons of sound policy. It is re- i ported that 28,000 soldiers, including 3,500 Americans, are already at Tien Tsin, not half of the force regarded as necessary to begin the movement. If the splendid marine Major Waller is placed under flliaffee's com mand that officer will have altogether 4,200 troops. In addition to this force about 3.000 regulars are under orders, some of whom are on the way for China. (lenlli of K*-CoiiKre»»ninn Meredith. Manassas, Va., July 30. —Ex-Con- gressman E. E. Meredith died at his home here yesterday afternoon from an acute obstruction of the bowels. Dr. J. Ford Thompson, of Washing ton, and Dr. O'Brien, of Alexandria, were summoned here to perform an operation, but death ensued while they were making preparations for the operation. USING EFFECTS ! li A. r *\ \ -:v-. -"A V 'V A I lip Distinguish the Wall Paper this season Our designs rank with Frescoes in their grace and art. You should buy them liecause you get only what ie lieautiiul and correct here. We keep no half-way papers, they all come up to a certain standard, at prices astonishingly low, notwithstand ing the advance in price of all raw materials. Prices range from 3. cent* to 75 cent? per piece. A. H. GRONE Shoes, Shoes Stylisli! Ciieap! 23elia"ble 1 Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AM) THE Snag Proof Rubber Boot* A SPECIALTY. -A. SCHATZ, FASHIONABLE STRAWS. 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