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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.
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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.
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Another Message Declaring Him
Safe Monday of Last Week.
DECLARES FIRING CEASED JULY 16
A Dliipnteli Sent liy l.ieiit. Col. Cool-
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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.
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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
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office of the Bankers' and Cattlemen's
Protective association the Swazey ir
regularities approximate $70,000. It
is thought Swazey is in South Amer
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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.
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