m nirivi AMNESTY. Why Aguinaldo Does Not Accept the Proclamation. FEARS HE WOULD BE EXCEPTED. Gen. Plo Del Pilar De»lr»i tn llpcumi' a Good American Clllifn—Col. Pet tlt, Trlcil hy Court Martini, lte«tor pd to Hit Kt-jgiment. Washington, Aug. 14. —Copies of Manila papers received at th» war de partment contain a letter purporting to be from a personal friend of Agui naldo. which states that the Filipino chief does not take advantage of the amnesty proclamation because some time ago he gave orders to his follow ers to break up into guerrilla bands. The amnesty order excepts those who violated the laws of war and it states that Aguinaldo fears that he would be in the excepted class, should he un dertake to surrender under the am nesty proclamation. The letter is dated at Blac-No-Bato, which is said to be the present pro visional headquarter# of Aguinaldo. It states, however, that Aguinaldo never stays more than one night in a place and only a few hours in any one lo cation. He allows no one to come near him. except his most Intimate personal friends. A dispatch in one of the papers, dated at San Pedro Macati, states that Gen. Pio Del Pilar, who recently sur rendered. says he wishes to become a good American citizen, and intends to accept the American terms offered to his people. He said he would like nothing better than to raise a regiment of native Filipinos to serve in China. Copies of orders received at the war department announce the sentence of Jacinto Ebron. a native. Ebron was sent to the penitentiary for live years. The order states that Ebron was a member of a band of outlaws operating in Cagayan province, Luzon, which committed various outrages upon the whole population and kept the people in a constant state of terror. The orders also contained the ac quital of Col. .Tames S. Pettit. Thirty first volunteer infantry, who was charged with being responsible for the death of a prisoner named Juan Ramos by turning him over to the president of Zamboanga. The findings and the ac quittal are disapproved by Gen. Mac- Arthur, who says that, notwithstand ing the alleged character of the prison er, which tended to reveal him as a guerrilla or outlaw, he was neverthe less entitled to protection, and to have his guilt determined in the regular way by war tribunal. Although the acquit tal is disapproved, there was nothing further for Gen. Mac Arthur to do, and he restored Col Pettit to his regiment. Stevedore Strike in Iliiltimore. Baltimore, Aug. 14. —The strike of the 2.000 union stevedores who went out last week is assuming an ugly aspect an minor disturbances are of daily oc currence. Last night a gang of 15 col ored men was attacked as the latter emerged from the Baltimore and Ohio docks iit Locust Point, following them several blocks and pelting them with stones and bricks. At the foot of Al len street one of the negroes drew a pistol and fired five shots into the crowd of men, women and boys who were following them. Three of the shots took effect, wounding Henry Pressor, Joseph Benesch and Arthur Raynier. None of the wounds is seri ous, and the man who did the shoot ing, together with his companions, fled and has not yet been arersted. Advance for Telewrnpliera. Pittsburg, Aug. 14. —After several conferences with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials, the Order of Railroad Telegraphers have secured recognition of the order and a re-ad justment of wages and conditions which will mean an advance and bet terment to the majority of the 2,000 or more operators employed on the Baltimore and Ohio system The re adjustment will reduce a few men, but because of a reduction in hours and work. In some instances the advance will be between $5 and $lO a month. Death of u ClieiN t'huiiipioii. Now York, Aug. 14. —Announcement has just been made of the death Sun day at the Manhattan State hospital, of this city, of William Steinitz, the chess player. The deceased was born in Prague, May 18. IS3T. Since 18C2 he had made chess playing his profession. In the great tournament at London in 1872 he gained the world's champion ship. and held it until 1894, when he wag defeated hy Emanuel Lasker. Since then he seemed to be on the de cline, anil hi* mind began to fail. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE RUSSELL DEAD. (lend of Enaliind'n fonrt* Succumb* to mi Operation. London, Aug. 11.—Lord Russell of Killowen. lord chief justice of England, died yesterday at his residence, Crom well House, Kensington. He had been suffering from gastric ailment, and the doctors decided upon an operation as the only possible way of saving his life. The operation was performed, but the shock was too much for a man of his advanced years. Lord Russell' was the first Roman Catholic to hold the post of lord chief Justice of England in over 300 years. lie was appointed to the office in 1894, succeeding Lord Coleridge, and he was claimed to tie the most eminent jurist RnKland has been blessed with in the present century. He was born in Ire and in IK'!.'?, and soon after his mar -iage came to England, where he spent he balance of his life. He served in >arliament from 1880 to IXBS. and was ittorney general in both Gladstone ad uinistrations. TPSIIK' Oemoorntie Ticket. Waco, Tex., Aug. 11.—A full state Icket was named by the Democratic convention, as follows: For governor, oseph D. Sayers; lieutenant governor, 112. N. Browning; attorney general, v'homas S. Smith; land commissioner, "liarles Regan; comptroller, R. M. ,ow; superintendent of public, instruc ion. J. S. Kendall; chief justice su rerne court. R. S. Gaines; associate ustices, A. L. Williams and John N. lenderson; treasurer. John W. Itob ,'ins; railroad commissioner, L. J. >tory. One erf the knotty questions he ore the resolutions committee was the lank endorsing the state administra- Son for issuing a charter to the Vaters-Pierce Oil company after the ontpany had been convicted of violat ig the antl-trufjt law. The result was complete victory for the state ad mi ti tration. (IIAFPEFi \EARI\Ti PRKIN Believed to Be Fairly Within Strik ing Distance of the City. NINE MILES FROM THE CAPITAL. Thin 1 h tile l)ei! uc; ion Irmn the l.:»t --rst IHNpiiti.li nII <1 Hi- Hate a. Which tlic Murein * . 11. inu Mndi— May Hench There Washing) ' can comander in China, 1u i dispatch of three words, received at 'lie war de partment late y sti i y nioon. si nt a thrill of ■ ii-;. ;:nd f\p"ctrru y throughout .Hi: f-urtor* by an a.o*incin c hi arrival at H-> Si Wu. only *8 miles >in Pcl;:n. la t Thur- lay The dispatch i'v m Chaffee, dntt 1 Au •. 10, is as r>ll< . "A.tived Ho Si Wu yesterday " The buttle of Yansjtsun wa? fought on the 9th —a march of 19 miles in three days This was four day:-. u. «nd at the same rate of progress, Chaf fee is even now fairly within striking distance of the walls of Pe kin. It was u communication which the war de partmen had await- .1 taliily, u;d . tir ring as the news was that the Ameri can force was now Hearing the gates of the imperial city. Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin evinced no surprise as it accorded with calcu lations, although the advance has been more rapid than was expected. It was deemed hardly likely that the march to Pekin could have been made since last Thursday. At the rate of progress, six miles a day, made from Yangtsun to Ho Si Wu, about 24 miles would have been covered in the last four days, and up to yesterday this would still leave the international forces nine miles from Pekin. Viewed from any standpoint, the advance to Ho Si Wu was of the utmost import ance, not only strategically, but also In showing that communication from Chinese hordes had not been sufficient to prevent the steady forward move ment. and in the influence it would ex ert upon the Chinese government. Although it is not stated what force has arrived, the war department ac cepts it to mean that this is the inter national force which tirst took Peit sang and then Yangtsun. It has gone steadily forward along the left bank of the Pei river, keeping on the main road, which skirts the river bank. At Yangtsun the railway crosses the river, and branches off to the west. Now the forces have left the railway far in the rear, and are depending upon the high way and the river. Ho Si Wu is a place of considerable size, and the largest town between Tien Tsin and Citing Chia Wan. The latter Mace and Tung Chow are the two cities 112 considerable size in the line of ad ance after leaving Ho Si Wu. It is sur ounded by orchards and gardens and s not a place likely to have afforded .pportunity for strong defence. It is the highest point on the Pei river where the river water is depended on, as the native wells are the source of supply on the balance of the route to Pekin. One of the chief sources of congratu lation among officials is that the fan cied hordes, of China has not materia lized or at least have not prevented the international column from drawing close to the gates of Pekin. Shortly after this dispatch arrived, another mesage from Gen. Chaffee, far more lengthy, gave the melancholy re sult of the fight at Yangtsun. The casualty list was given in detail, with the additional information that the dead had been buried at Yangtsun and that the wounded had been sent back to the hospital at Tien Tsin. The reply of the United States gov ernment to China's overtures of peace shows that a firm and final position has been taken. A specific statement of what the United States expects as a condition precedent to a cessation of hostilities, is that a body of the relief force be permitted to "enter Pekin un molested" and escort the ministers back to Tien Tsin. Exchanges between the various powers have been going on constantly, and as a result the officials have the satisfaction of knowing that the position of the United States had the approval and support of all the great powers. BATTLE OF YAXGTSIS. MeaTient Lornie* Sustained by the American Troop*. London, Aug 14.—The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Express, wiring yesterday, says:"The allies, at noon Saturday, were within 20 miles of Pekin." As Gen. Chaffee's report, which is the only authentic news received here regarding the advance, located the in ternational forces ah'.tit ! ,! miles from Pekin on Friday, it seems probable that tnis Shanghai report is optimistic It is scarcely likely that the allies could advance 20 miles in as many hours. A Yangtsun dispatch, dated Aug. 7, giving details regarding the capture of that place, says: "The Russians and French held the left, the British the center, the Ameri cans the right center, and the Japanese the extreme right. The British and Americans advanced on the village at a rapid rate for 5.000 yards, under a severe shell and rille fire. The Rus sians opened and the British-American advance became a race for positions, culminating in a brilliant charge "The neavest loss of the day was sustained by the Americans, the Fourteenth infantry having nine killed. K2 wounded and several missing. The Bengal lancers unsuccessfully attempt ed to cut off the Chinese retreat " symbols oi success A vacant chair and a portrait on the wall—strange symbols of success ! Yet, in many a home these are the symbols of the success of the man who did not find time to care for his health, or neg lected the increasing warnings of disease which Nature gave jW *' |I kim. When the ■II J IJJ^ AN In 1 tyj break-downcomes, pmm '"******~ /112 The stomach is the M tal power and must I |jf he kept in health ill! 1 , if sickness is to be 1 'fljl 1 avoided. Doctor Wmlf'WM I Pi Pierce's Golden flWmlflw/M yjj Medical Discovery 'tlV lulfu mt i! cures diseases of '1 the stomach and other organs of di gestion and nutri ' 1* increases | gives 'the 1 ' body ~ I stand the strain " I was a sufferer " irom what the drx-tors called indigestion, but after trying several emi nent physicians failed to get a cure." writes Mr. Frank Meric le, of Independence, Jackson Co., Mo., Box 47.V "Some of my symptoms were soreness in pit of stomach, fullness, tired feel ing, constipation ; sometimes soreness would extend to bowels. Some one recommended me to tnlce lir. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which I • hi. killing all the wounded with tin butt ends of their muskets." The press of Englai cm irks on the ability of the Amerie; . government to secure new ahead oi he rest of the world. "It Is to Gen. (" ffee." says The Daily News, "that w are again in debted for news front *!:e front. Not a single dispatch from Sir Alfred Gase lee has thus far been issued by the war office." CHINA'S 1311 I'IIIOSS DOWAGER. II A«IVINCMI L»Y llcr 9lini.*«ter in (Ser llln ny Not to Leuve I'ekln. Berlin, Aug. 14. —At the Chinese le gation in Berlin the press correspond ent was informed that the empress dowager had declared her intention to leave Pekin and to transfer her court to another city before the allied forces reached the capital. Lu Hai Houan, the Chinese minister here, on learning of this intention, telegraphed to both the empress dowager and the emperor not to leave Pekin, but quietly to await the arrival of the international forces. The Chinese protest against the landing of troops at Shanghai has been officially received here. A foreign office official, discussing it. said this after noon: "The protest is here, but who pays any attention now to Chinese pro tests?" Great Britain, according to the German foreign office, has not given any other declaration of purpose in landing troops at Shanghai than the declaration made by the British consul general to the other foreign consuls there, namely the protection of life and property. ll iikm l n 11 Minister's Report. St. Petersburg, Aug. 14 M. DeGiers, Russian minister in Pekin. reports in cipher, under date of Aug. 4. as fol lows: "The Chinese government re cently applied to us and to all the for eign representatives in order to ar range the date and conditions of our journey to Tien Tsin. We replied that we required instructions from our gov ernments, without which we could not leave our posts. I consider it my duty to point out, as Indisfe"-:':1«> to oar Journey, as the allio-; hoop-. «"iit as an escort should be of sufficient forceto protect 800 Europeans, including 200 women and children, and."> 0 wounded. The families of the imperial mission and the Russian colony r.:e well." SUFFERING POKTO HCW'S Vjaborcra Willi Their Kmnilie* Make I«onj£ Mitreli For Work. San Juan, P. R.. Aug. 14.—More than a hundred laborers, with their wives and children, reached this city yester day morning, after two day's of weary marching, without food, from San Lo renzo, a distance of 27 miles. The pro cession, made up of all shades and con ditions, led by a colored woman with an American flag and carrying banners on which was inscribed the words "Give us work," marched quietly through the city to the executive man sion, where a halt was made. The spokesman then called upon Civil Governor Hunt and explained that the object of the visit was to ask the government to open a road be tween Caguas and San Lorenzo, thus enabling the laboring classes of the district to get a llvlihood. He pointed out that at present there was no work of any kind in that district, and that the people, who were wholly dependent upon their daily earnings, were with out bread and were suffering. Mr. Hunt promised that the gov ernment would do all in its power to relieve the situation. The delegation immediately retired, and the proces sion left the city an hour after it had entered and began the return journey. Orders were promptly issued for work to be begun on the road at once, and for the employment of as many persons as possible who might apply from the district. Official investigation shows that the district in question is very badly off and that no work of any sort has been in operation there for some time. Tlie Coal Miner*' Convention. Hazleton, Pa.. Aug. 14.—At yester day afternoon's session of the miners' convention President Mitchell spoke at some length on conditions in the anthracite region. He said that this was the most important gathering of mine workers since the death of John Siney. He told the men to organize to have their wages properly adjusted, secure a lower rate on powder and have the dockage system abolished. A committee will report today on the scale of wages the mine workers will demand shall be paid in the three districts of the anthracite region, namely, the Lackawanna, Luzerne and Susquehanna. Ilrysin and G. A. It. ICneumpmeiit. Chicago, Aug. 14. —The Chronicle says: "Colonel W. J Bryan will not be in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the day of the great parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. Rather than embarras President McKinley by a counter demonstration, the Democratic nominee for the chief magistracy will defer his arrival to the next day or perhaps two days latter. This decision was reached after Mr. Bryan was made acquainted with the program and the part to which he was assigned by Ex ecutive Director Harper New Sent of Iloer Government, London, Aug. 14. —The Boers have left Machadodorp, according to the Lorenzo Marquez correspondent of The Daily Mail, and occupied Watervalon der in force. A considerable portion of Commandant General Louis Botha's camp and stores at Dalmanthua was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Accord ing to another special dispatch Barber ton has been proclaimed the new seat of the Transvaal government. Union Men Ciuiiiot Serr« in Militia. Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 14.—Accord ing to a decree of the trades and labor council, union men cannot hereafter serve in the militia. This is the out growth of the salmon fishermen's strike, during which the militia was called out to prevent the strikers from attacking the Japanese fisher men who broke the deadlock by ac cepting the terms offered by the can ners. Troop* Ann in at I'ort Mycr. Washington, Aug. 14.—The post at Fort Myer, Va., which has been de serted practically since the departure of the Sixth cavalry, for San Francisco, for transportation to China, is now the home of u squadron of the Fifth cavalry. These troops have been sta tioned in Porto Rico since the cession of that country to the United States. •fßMtrr Mccliitnir Death IJiN|»*»r*liiu C'rnp Shooter*. Pittsburg, Aug. 13.—Jasper Houston, master mechanic for Eigemann & Hel lerback, contractors on the new gov ernment dam near Sewickley, was murdered in cold blood yesterday by William Fobbs and another negro called "Rag Time." Houston, who had charge of the plant, ordered a crowd of negro crap shooters to disperse. As he turned around Fobbs, who held a re volver in his hand, shot him in the side near the heart. Fobbs and "Rag Time" jumped on the wounded man, beat him over the head with the butts of their revolvers until he was uncon scious and then escaped up the river. Houston lived only a few minutes. Houston came here from Rockford, Ind. ( where he kits a wife and child. Multi-Millionaire Suddenly Strick en at His Mountain Camp. CAREER OF A SELF-MADE MAN. Rrcnn as» n Peddler of Tinware nnil AniaKHfi! h Ftirliuir Kstimiited at EiKhly-twi) Million Hollar*—Hi" Ma ii y Kiilcrprisfs. Racquette Lake, N. Y., Aug. 15. — Collis P. Huntington, the railway mag nate and multi-millionaire, died sud denly yesterday morning at his camp in the Adirondacks. He was stricken without warning. Before assistance could be summoned lit; expired, it is presumed of heart disease. Mr. Huntington at the time of his death was president and director of the following: The Southern Pacific rail road, the Pacific Mail Steamship com pany, Southern Pacific Railroad com pany of California anil the Guatemala Railroad company, and director of the following: California Pacific railroad, Galveston, Harrisburg and San An tonio railroad, Gulf, Western Texas COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON, and Pacific railway. Louisiana Western railroad, Mexican International rail road, Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship company, Newport News Light and Water com pany, New York, Texas and Mexican railroad. Old Dominion Steamship company, Old Dominion Land com pany, Oregon and California railroad, Western Union Telegraph company, Detroit Gas company. Fuente Coal company ami Metropolitan Trust com pany, of New York. His aggregate wealth was $82,000.000. These are said to be some of Collis P. Huntington's properties: Three quarter interest in the Southern Pa cific, $45,000,000; Newport News ship yard $10,000,000; Rockaway Beach pos sessions, $1,000,000; Hotels Del Monte, Del Norte, Castle Crag and Arcatlia, $10,000,000: New York city estates, $5.- 000,000; San Francisco estates, $4,000,- 000: the Pacific Improvement company, $7,000,000. The boyhood of Collis I'. Hunting ton was spent in Harwinton, Litch field county. Conn., where he was born Oct. 22, 1821, in an old fashioned, dilap idated house in the poverty hill district. His mother was a hard woiking Chris tain woman, but the father was a man in whose makeup ambition had no part. He was a "tinker" and trav eled about the country mending um brellas and sharpening razors. The in income of the elder Huntington was far too meager to supply the wants of his large family, and when Collis was ten years old the parents separated, Mrs. Huntington going to make her own living and the children being placed with families in the town. Col iis made his home with the family of Orson Barbier. Young Huntington was not a par ticularly bright student in his school days, and the last day he attended a school of any sort lie had trouble with his teacher, Russell Wilson, and snatching his cap from the rack, made a bolt for the door, stopping on the threshold long enough to bid goodbye to his schoolmates and to his teacher in a bit of verse which furnished con siderable amusement for the pupils and a good deal of discomfort for the teacher. This hasty leave taking oc curred just before Mr. Huntington was 14 years of age. He then went on the road as a peddler of tinware. He never again returned to Harwinton to make his home. Fifteen years ago he re turned to his native town and erected a memorial granite chapel to his mother. Cuituii Haniiit shot. Santiago de Cuba, Aug 14 Parejlta, the well known bandit, was killed yes terday at Palma Soriano, about 20 miles from Santiago. HH was shot by a corporal of the rural guard, under command of Col. Vaillant. This out law, who was a Cuban mulatto, had been terrorizing the country for sev eral years. He was a thoroughly des perate character and had committed numerous murders. In his possession was found a Springfield rifle, which was Identified as the property of a private of the rural guard recently murdered. IV'ct'ly Grunted Delny. New York, Aug. 14. —C. F. W. Neely, who is accused of embez zling Cuban postal funds, was not ex tradited, as was expected. A respite until Sept. 7 has been obtained for him through an appeal to the United States supreme court. The appeal will he heard In Washington on the day met'- tloned. DOIT YOI'HMK LK. 'i ou can tell just as well as a physician whether your kidneys are diseased or healthy. The way to do is to takea bot tle or glass tumbler, and till it with urine. II there; is a sediment —a powderlike substance —at the bottom after standing a day and a night, there is something wrong with the kidneys. Another sure sign oi disease is a desire to urinate often, and still another sign is pain in t he back. If urine stains linen, there is no doubt that the kidneys are affected. Any ami all diseases of the kidnevs, liver, bladder and of the urinary passag es and constipation of the bowels are cur ed by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy- There is no question about its being the best and surest medicine in the world for such troubles. It quickly relieves and cures inability lo hold urine and people, young or old, who take it are not compelled to get up a number of times during the night. For putting an end to that scalding pain experienced in passing urine, nothing is so good as Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It corrects the bail effects of whiskey and beer; is plevkant to the taste, and does not seam to be medicine at all. Diseas es of the kidneys and the bladder often require the use of instruments to push back the sandy matter so the urine can be voided. In such case s Favorite Rem edy should be taken without further de lay or the disease may prove fatal. It is soM for one dollar a bottle at all drug stores. It is well worth many times its price. Kamplm Free If you wish to test Dr. David Kenne dy s Favorite Remedy before buying to send your full post oiliee address to the Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, Rond out, N. , i ~ and mention this paper. We will then mail you a sample bottle free, as well as circulars giving full directions for its use. Kvery reader of the .Mo\- Toru AMKCHAN can depend upon the genuineness of this liberal offer and ail sufferers from kidney troubles should (WIIYHU .lIBSAfiE. Mr. Conger Sends Cipher Cable gram Which Is Kept Secret. NO NEWS FROM GENERAL CHAFFEE Sitmilioii of a of 2111 ANNIIUII on I'okin. \ ft OUHMKIN \re Ilo|M'ful 'IIINL A Solution >LA> Soon lie Hmcli.-d. Washington, Aug. 15. —The state de partment gave out the following of ficial announcement last evening: "The department of state announces that a message from Minister Contrer has been received, but of uncertain date and not in reply to the telegram sent to him on Aug. 8. It will not be made public." This came at the conclusion of ft, period of intense expectancy, and yet one devoid of any actual developments, save in the foregoing meagre an nouncement. Minister Conger's message was received in Washington shortly before noon, coming first to the Chi nese legation by the usual route through Chinese officials. It was in the American cipher, without date, and signed with the minister's name. It was stated authoratively that while the message was of a confidential character, and for that reason could not and would n«» be given out, vet, as a means of allaying possible misin terpretation, it could be said that the dispatch showed neither a better con dition nor a worse condition on the part of the legationers at Pekin. It did not indicate whether Minister Conger has, or has not, received any messages from this government. Nothing was contained in the message which will cause any change in the instructions to Gen. Chaffee. No word came from Gen. Chaffee as to the development of the military sit uation near Pekin, nor did Admiral Remey send anything on the situation. The officials are taking into account that an advance even up to Pekin leaves much to be accomplished in a military way. It was stated yesterday by an official who has lived at Pekin that nothing short of the heaviest ar tillery could make any impression upon the walls of the imperial city. He said light artillery would be of no avail, and for this reason the advance of a flying column, even up to the walls of the city, could effect little if stub born defense were determined upon. The walls are some 50 feet high, and wide enough on top for two coaches to pass abreast. From an offensive stand point the walls afford opportunity for planting guns, while from a defensive standpoint they could not be breached, except by the use of very heavy pro jectiles. Although the situation admits of the prospect of an assault upon Pekin, yet government officials were decidedly more hopeful yesterday that a solution }f the Chinese problem would be found without recourse to such heroic meas ures. The improved feeling is based largely on the belief that China, re alizing that her sacred capital is about to be besieged by the armies of the world, will yield everything, and that the legations will be delivered on the terms of the allies. While the war department has no specific information as to the future movements of Gen. Chaffee it is thought that he may have covered the 20 miles between Ho Si Wu and Tung Chow. Here are stored the immense supplies of grain on which Pekin would depend in case of siege. The city would be almost JUS hard to carry as was Tien Tsin. probably more so, owing to the labyrinth of streets and Ijouses out side its walls, where, in case of de termined resistance, mines and ambu scades of all sorts would naturally be encountered at every street corner. In case a determined stand is made by the Chinese at this point, there is no question that the international column will be forced to wait and form all the reserve force it can command. But the officials here are very much in hope that China will come to reasonable terms before our forces are committed to the extremity of forcing this key to the gates of Pekin. A<;Al\ ATTACKING I.K(;ATIO\S. Which Have Feu Drfenilnnt*—Exo (l ii M of II «*»iden t*. London, Aug. 15. —A special dis patch from Shanghai, dated Aug. 13, says numerous reports from Pekin, dated Aug. 0, have arrived there, de scribing the situation at the Chinese capital. It appears the Chinese are again desperately attacking the lega tions, which had very few defenders left. It is also alleged that Prince Tuan and a hundred high officials have left Pekin and that the news of the capture of Yangtsun caused a heavy exodus of the residents. Finally, it is said that the execu tion of Cheng Yin Husn, the Canton ese, who was special ambassador from China to Queen Victoria's jubilee, has created widespread terror, and it is believed to be a fact that Yu Lu, the vormer viceroy of Chi Li, was killed in battle at Yangtsun. The only news which takes the ad vance upon Pekin further than Ho Si Wu comes from Paris. The London morning papers contain nothing to confirm the French report that the al lies are within 16 miles of Pekin. al though a Chefoo dispatch is printed saying that they were within 27 miles of the goal on Saturday. Confirming the report of the ar rival of the international forces at Ho Si Wu, The Daily Mail's correspon dent adds: "The Chinese offered little real op position. The arrival of the allies frus trated a determined attempt to divert the course of the river. The heat is in tense, but health of the troops is good." A St. Petersburg special says:"The latest news from Gen. Linevitcli. com manding the Russian troops in the Province of Pe Chi Li, is that the al lies, after the capture of Yangtsun, took one day's rest, and then, on Aug. 7, a vanguard was formed, consisting of one Siberian regiment, one regiment of Bothnia Cossacks, three battalions of Japanese infantry, one Japanese Sapper company, and an American mounted battery. "In spite of the condition of the road, this column proceeded by forced marches about 11V 2 versts toward Pekin, encountering at Mantuang. about 4*) miles from the capital, a Chinese detachment which fought for an hour and a half. Finally the Chi nese threw down their arms and fled n a panic. "When this news was sent back, all the allies started forward in three columns, with Cossacks in front and on the flank." The Chinese minister in London, Sir Chili Clien Lofeng Luh, is quoted as saying that he hoped and believed that peace would be established between China and the powers within the next six weeks. Yesterday he transmitted to the firitish foreign office another mes sage from the British minister in Pekin, Sir Claude Mac-Donald, the con tents of which the officials have thus far refused to make public. "The allied troops," says the St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times, "having, on Aug. 9, occupied Ho Si Wu, have now moved on toward Mu chang, without meeting any great op position. The artillery is being moved satisfactorily, in spite of the bad rcmds, which the Japane <• art engaged in repairing. The German armored cruiser Fuerst Bismarck, with the German trans ports Witt«kind and Frankfurt, ar rived at Tsing Tan yesterday and pro ceeded immediately for Taku. I.nriil iUK of Tnm|»#i is 112 Slinitgclm i.i Washington Aug. 15. The attitude I of the riiHid States concerning the landing of British troops at Shanghai ! has been known to the foreign govern ! ments through their representatives here This has had the effect of prac tically eliminating the United States from the question. Neither the French : nor the German government is dis- j posed to accept calmly the landing of British troops, and it is understood j that strong representations, both from France and Germany, :;re now being made at London. As summed up by a well informed diplomat, these repre sentations in effect are that for every British marine landed at Shanghai. France and Germany also would land a marine. It is felt, moreover, that the issue '• ' ' relates not only to Shanghai, but virtually to the control of the entire Yangtse Kiatig valley, known as the Paradise of China. Tn For tim'rifnn Uves. Washington. Aug. 15.- A high gov ernment official said yesterday that the indemnity which the United States would demand for every American citi zen killed or maimed by the Chinese during the present trouble would be sufficiently comfortable to support their families for ihe remainder of their lives. "This government does not want a province, a town, village, or a single square foot of Chinese territory as indemnity," said the official, who is close to the president. "There is but one indemnity which they can give our people, and that is a monetary indem nity to the families of their American victims." Sk<'lct«>ns I**o ti ii <1 in t!i«* !v lon «111% «*. Vancouver, B. C.. Aug. 15. —The managers of the Charleston party, en gaged in stringing the All Canadian telegraph wires to Dawson, returned yesterday from sections of the Klon dike country where it was thought that the foot of white man had never trod before. Near Pike river, in a dense forest, they found the skeletons of 12 horses in a clearing. Further on there was a complete saw mill and several houses. In the cabins there was no human being, but all were stocked with provisions, and besides there were lying around overalls, grind stones and axes. It is supposed the party owning the things were frozen to death. The outfit was found 40 miles off an old Indian trail. I, OK* to I'o i»» IIM % r«*o of I.tiUe Sii|M'Pi«r. Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Aug. 15. —The schooner Maida, hound down in tow of the steamer Matoa, and loaded with a cargo of iron ore, parted her wheel chains when abreast of the Sailor's En campment in St. Mary's river yester day afternoon and went aground across the channel, completely block ing navigation for loaded boats for Lake Superior. The Maida brought up in almost exactly the same position where the steamer Douglass Houghton was sunk across the channel last year. That wreck delayed the commerce of Lake Superior for over a week and cost the business interests over a million dollars. Crfticiziiiif tin" Hveheituer I'onn. London, Aug. 15. —Truth. Henry Labouchere's paper, replying to some of the criticism upon the placing of a large portion of the exchequer loan in the United States, says: "We can see nothing degrogotary in selling the bonds to America. It is an indication of the enormous growth of wealth in the United States. Nor would we be surprised if in view of their continued prosperity, our American cousins were to act as our bankers in the future in a good many instances. We can see no harm in such a relation." Poli«*«*iniiii Shot QiK'llinK II How. Scranton, Pa.. Aug. 15.—While quel ling a row at an Italian saloon in Dun more last nis?ht. Policeman James Golden was shot twice through the body by Tony Long and will probably die. After the first shot which it is sup posed missed fire the policeman made a dash for Long and dealt him a blow across the face with his baton and closed with him. Before he could dis arm his prisoner, the other two shots laid him low and Long escaped. He is still at large. Death "112 I; v-Co i>si ri's.ssiiH it Shonk. ■ Washington, Aug. 15.—Ex-Represen tative George W. Shonk, of Wilkes barre, Pa., elicd at the St. James' hotel here yesterday morning from heat prostration. He arrived here Sunday and immediately retired to his room, complaining of feeling badly. Medical assistance was summoned but the former congressman never rallied. His brother, A. D. Shonk, has come to take charge of the remains. Senator HIINOII For McKinley. Seattle, Wash.. Aug. 15. —Senator W. E. Mason, of Illinois, who has ar rived here from Alaska, announced his intention to support President Me- Kinley, and in two weeks will begin campaigning in Illinois. FON. .lor Wheeler SH ves tlie Mfe of I'reNiUeiitiul Cnniliilxite'a Son. Chicago, Aug. It. —General Joseph Wheeler, commander of the depart ment of the lakes, yesterday saved the life of William Jennings Bryan, Jr., the 12-year-old son of the Democratic candidate for the presidency. The lad visited Gen. Wheeler and the latter, after his first greeting, turned to his work, and allowed the youngster to amuse himself as best he might. Young Bryan found a loose chair caster and big bundle of rubber bands. These ha tied Into a long string and then, se curing the caster to tha bottom, went to a window and began bouncing the piece of iron up and down on the side walk, 70 feet below. The general, engrossed with his la bors, paid no attention to the boy who gradually became so intent in his play that he leaned farther and farther out of the casement of the window. "Fight ing Joe" happened to glance up a few moments later and was horrified to see the lad hanging with his whole body over the siKUG C 0.,8- 86 W. B*way.N. Y. PENNY HEADACHE CURE." A truly wonderful discovery containing none of the dangerous drugs found in ALL OTHER headache remedies. , One Tablet Cures OIK; horrible Headache in just One Minute, for only One Cent— CILAKANTKED. Ask your Druggist tor Strong's Penny tkudactiv lubKtS>^ 0,, L & t RAILROAD, TIME TABLE, In Effect September Ist, 1899 j GOING WEST I I I"i : ! Ni;\v lOBK. P.M. A. M. A.M. ~ M Barclay St. 1. v.; » !io oo! .... Crlstopher St..| >i 30] ! iu 00, Hobokcn— j 9 45: ; 10 i» S<-r;intou \rj •» #1 j I 38 j | daily! A.M ".M. I'M.! SciSAMTOM ' IU 1)0 55 j 3 ;S6: (Scllevue j 3 40 . 50 Taylorvilie j io i.V 2 03 : 3 45 . I.arkawauna iu 23 2in 3 >2 •> Dnryea 1 i 10 20 213 3to 0 »R. Pittston ; 111 3 : 2 17 309 " Susquehanna Ave... I 10 3; 220 4 02:0 10 West Pittston 8 5 in 3:1 221 405 « 1!' Wyoming j 7 0 10 14 229 ' ,J " •» H Forty fort j .. .... 4 13... Bennett j7 11 10 52: 2 3ii 4Hi« 30 Kingston : 7 i | HI sii 242 425 (i :so Kingston i 7 I 1 Id •><> 2 II 42Stj 3s Plymouth Jane I 7 1 | 247 43 > Plymouth 7 2 11 Oo 252 4 3i(i 13 Avomlale.. : 7 2 2 .")7 47 Nanticoke 73 n 13 3Oi ....0 50 Uunlock'. 1 i 73 1 li W 3 10: .... 0 "is Shickshi my 7 11 30 324 —• 7"J Hick's Kerry i .so fll 1:', 335 ....7 2*' Beach Paven !.s 1 11 48 342 .... 32 Herwick s 1 , 11 51 3 4'j .... 38 Briar Creek 'rs 2 | r 3 55 .... Lame Uidtce i 8 3 fl2 09 404 7"a Espy : 8 3 12 15 411 KO3 Bloomsburg . i 8 I 12 22 417 . ...sOS Knpert 860 12 27 423 sll Catawissa j 858 12 32 429 SKI Dar.ville Si 10 12 47 442 .... 537 Oliulasky ! ! 4 49 ....! ij'imeron ' a 2IJ 12 67 464 .... s4O NOHTHCMBEELAND: 935 110 508 '■> 00 Ar. A.M. P. M.( P. M. P.M. I'.M GOING EAST. STATIONS. ). AS | PAB. ! PAS. j PAS. PAS NEW Y-JIK i, nr P- '"•! a.nJ a.m. am Barclay St. Ar. 330! 5 00i j i« 4U Christopher St... 3 no! I 6"' !•• ..'6 35 Hoboken 2 IT 4 4s: j.... .6 25 Scranton 10 061 12 65 140 a.m. i p.m. am I daily : |P.M A.M.: PM. P.M. P. M. dly Seranton y42 12 36 455 j 535 #O7 Bellevue 9 3si 4 60] 6 30(9 02 Taylorville y 445 6 25,867 Lackawanna 9 2<5, 4 37i 5 ! 147 Duryea a 23 434 5 848 Pittston 9 lit 12 17 429 5 841 Susquehanna Ave.. 9 15: 12 14: 4 24; 5 830 West Pittston 9 12! I 4 21! 5 830 Wyoininif 90s 12 Os 4 10' 5o |922 Forty Fort yo ; ! 4 10| 1 1 82s Bennett 900 j 4 00; 4 08 21 Kingston, 857 12 02 ! 4 01: 4 6 821 Kingston 8 .">> 12 00 402 4 .8 10 Plymouth Junction 850 i 355 4 1 818 Plymouth 8 15 11 62 3 51' 441 801 Avondale 840 j j 3 40 806 Nanticoke 8 Sol 11 4s| 3 42 '7 61 Hunlock's 8 27: | 3 34 "40 Shickshinny BIS 11 30| 3 24 .7 38 Hick's Ferry 8 04 1 3 13 17 25 Beaeh Haven 753 j 3 o7 j7 12 Berwick 745 11 04 301 ~00 Briar Creek 7 "8 ! 1: 7 00 Lime Kidge 7 30'. I 248 6 Espy 7 2:; 10 46 242 515 Bloomsburg 715 10 4i 236 6 3.J Rupert 709 10 30 231 #33 Catawissa 703 lo 32 226 ° Danville 850 10 21 212 8 '2 Cbulasky i-n? Cameron 6 38 jtjo3 NOUTHUMBBKL'D.. . 625 10 00 150 i oo *' L.V A.M. A.M. ;i*. M. M • IP.M Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia & Heading Railroad for Tamanend, Tainaqua, Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At Northumberland with P and E. Div. P. li. K. for Harrisburg, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren Oorry, and Erie. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. TIME TABLE In Effect May 28th, 1900- A M A. M. P.M.P. M Scranton(D4tH)lv \ 6 45 iy 38' 2 is ;4 27j...... i'ittston " •' 708f10O0 § 2 12 4 ~ A. M. A. M.IP. M. P.M Wilkesbarre,.. lv jj 7 30 §lO 55". 3 08 is oo Plym'th Ferry '• 112 7 38 11, 02 1 3 16 16 o? Nanticoke •' 746 11 10 326 6 17j Mocanaqua .... " 804 11 32 346 637 """; Wapwallopen.. " 8 13 11 42 350 647 Nescopeck ar 824 11 52 407 700 ~ A.M. P.M. P.M. I'ottsville lv § 5 50 Sl2 :*) 'i. Hazleton " 705 200 550 "" Tomhicken " 722 218 010 '" Fern Glen " 7 "2;i 227 018 Kock (lien "| 111 2 34 0 25 " Nescopeck ar 800 300 050 Catawissa.. .ar A. M A. 31 P.M. P M Nescopeck lv s 824 §ll 52 407'1 00 Creasv " 833 12 02 4 10 709 Espy Ferry.... "112 8 43 12 lo;f 4 21 7 »» * E. liloomsburg, 847 12 14 4 2!) 725 j Catawissa ar 856 12 21 4 :io 732 Catawissa lv 855 12 211 435 732 South Danville " 9 14 12 38 : 453 , 751 Sunbury " 936 100 ; SIS 815 A. M. P. M. P. M FVM. Sunbury lv ]| 942 S 1 10,§ 545 546 Lewislmrg ar 10 13 145 6ls Milton " lu 08 139 614 901 Williamsport.. " 11 00 230 7 10j n6O Lock Haven... " 11 69 340 8 07 1 Kenovo "A.M. 4 10 9 00] Kane " 8 251 P.M. P.M.I Lock Haven..lv jl- 10 S 3 45' ! .... Bellefonte ....ar 1051 4 44 ! Tyrone " 215il 0 oo i'liilipsburg " 423j 8 26 i Clearfield.... " 507 909 1 Pittsburg.... " 6 66111130 | A.M. P.M. P.M. P M| Sunbury lv 960§1 55 , 5 25; IIS 31, Harrisburg.... ar 11 30§ 315 ; 055 10 lOj P. M. I'. M. P. M.!A M| _ Philadelphia., ar Ji 3 17 || 6 23 ||lo 20 4 25 Baltimore "ij 311|| 6 oo 1' 45 230 Washington... "j| 4 10i, 7 15 10 55j 4 05) IATrT P, M.) ( j Sunbury lv § 9 57)§ 208 Lewistown Je. ar 11 lo: 3 "O Pittsburg "I 0 5o! §11 30 j j A.M . P, SI P. M. I-Tl "~ Harrisburg.... lv 11 45 II 3 46 || 7 20 ;iO2O P.M. A.M.AM Pittsburg ar | 0 55|j| 1130;|| l 60; 5 301 |P. M.IPMA MIAMI Pittsburg lv 710 l 830 250 18 00 . A.M [ A Mi ! P M Harrisburg ar 155 3 4»j 9 10., 3 10j PMj !A M| Pittsbuxg lv! ' ti 8 oo | ! : FM j.cwistown Ji. "| i 7 30! U 3 '.O• Sunbury ar ; 9 20 jj 5 00 IP. M. A m|a M, A Mi- Washington... lv 10 40 s 7 45 10 50J Baltimore •• 11 41 4 50: S4". 1145 '" Philadelphia... " 11 201 j 425 840 12 25 A. M A MA. M.| PM ~ Harrisburir lv' 335 7 oo: jll 10 (4 00 Sunbury ar jo o"> 930 110? 6 40 ;"" jP.M. A M|A M " Pittsburg lv ; 12 45: j 2 30 j 8 0o Cleartield.... " 109 9 '2B I'hilipsburg.. " 4 5'■ 10 12 Tyrone " 7 810 12 :!0 Bellefonte.. " 831 932 142 Lock Haven ar 9 301 10:30 243 """ P.M.)A MA M PM Erie lv i 4 30 j Kane, " 755 \\ 0 ooj Kenovo " 11 15 | 0 17 2 21: 609 "" Catawissa •• 7 S.:| 10 35 2 SO; 627 E Bloomsburg.. " 730 10 43 243 632 Espy Ferry " 7 4.; II" 47 I 6 30 """ Creasy '• 7 5;; io 5d 255 046 Nescopeck " 803 11 oaj 305 fi 65; ;;" A M A M l*. M. P M | Catawissa lv 738 Nescopeck lv >ll 55 S 1 10 j 7 05 Kock (Hen ar 820 12 21) 430 J3l Font Glen '■ s :«J 12 27| 14:.' 737 "" Tonihicteu '' Sl2 12 3*» 10l T45 Hazleton " 902 12 65 5 12) 805 Pottsville " 1130, 2 08, 6 30j 9 Ooj'.'::.' AM AMP 51 P M|~~ Nescopeck lv,; 8 OS „ll 05 j 3 u.j ; G 55 ..... A'apwall"]ten..ar 818 11 20 :i 19 709 Mocanaqua .... "j 828 II 32 329 721 Nanticoke " 84s 11 54 3 is' 742 P Ml l'ivm'tll Ferrv" 112 12 02 357 17 52 Wilksbarie ..." 905 12 10 4 061 800 A 51 1' 51 P 51 P M PittstonUM.ll) ar ;9 39 12 49 ;4 62 836 Seranlon " "I 10 08 lis 520| 9 06 | Weekdays. « Daily. 112 Flag station. Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. 111., Totiililckcn 5.:i5 p. MI., Fern (lien 5.43 p.m., Lock 1 iion 5.50 p. 111., arriving at Catawissa 0.25 p. m. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbury ami Philadelphia and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts burg and the West. ' For further information apply to Ticket Agents j.u. nuTcniJNson, j. u. wood, (Jen l Manager. Qeii'l Pass'n'r Al. Accom. 6.15 A. M.,5.00 P. M. Leave ATLANTIC CITY-Weekdays— Express (0.45 Mondays only i, 7 00, 7.45, (7.55 from Mas sachusetts Ave.,) (8.20, sixty minute) 9.00, 10.15, 11.00 A. M.. 3.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30, B. JO, 9.30 P. M. Accomodation 4.20. 7.05 A. M., 3.50 P. M. Sundays -Express, 8.46 A. M., 3.30, 4.30, 5.00, 0.00, 0.30, 7. 00, -7,3(1, 8.00, 9.30. P M. Accom. 7.15 A.M.. 4.321'. M. Parlor cars on all express trains. For CAPE MAY - Weekdays—B.4s, 9.15 A. M., 2.15, ai. 10, 5.30 P. M Suiniavs—B.4s, 9.15 A.M. 6.00 I'. M. For OCEAN ClTY—Weekdays -K.45, 9.15 A. M..d 1.50 1-1.20, 5.30 P. M Sundays—B.4s. 0.15 A. M., 5.00 P. M. For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays—v.ls A.M. 2.15 c 1.20, 5*40, P. M Sutidavs- 8.46 A.'M., 5.: J P. M. a South St. 4.00 P. M.; b South St. 5.30 P. M. c South St. 4.15 P. M.; d South St. 1.45 P. M. SI.OO Excursions Atlantic City 7.00 A. M., daily additional Sunday 7.30 A. M. For Cape May. Ocean City and Sea Isle, Sun days 7.00 A. M., iidditional (icean City, only Thursday, 7.00' NEW YOKK ANI) ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS. Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P. M Leave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.30 A.M. Detailed time tables at ticket offices. I. A.SWEIGARD, EDHON J WEKKH Gen. Superintendent. General Agent. § 3 .• j « " ji 0 § I I [> SB = i < cxa s | (/) lli _ J I • : Po|M* to the C. T. A. V. New York, Aug. 15. —The convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, held recently in Philadel phia, received the official approbation of the pope. The pontifical approba tion conies in th<> following cable dis patch: "The sentiments of filial de votedness expressed in the name of the hosts of total abstinence assembled in rour city have been very welcome to the holy father. He accordingly most lovingly <"VE* them his blessin" "