{ GERMAN ENVOY'S DERTH CONFRHED SLAIN BY BOXERS. Baron Yon Ketteler Dragged From His Horse and Cut to Pieces—Important News Received at Washington. Several thousand Japanese have left Taku for Tien Tsin, and altogether 13,- 000 Japanese have landed. The inter- national troops now aggregate nearly 20,000, and Japan is preparing to send 20,000 more. With British, American and other troops ordered to go, proba- bly 60,000 men will be available in a month. The Tong Shan refugees and the for- eign engineers at Che Foo estimate the Chinese troops now in the field as 2 000 drilled troops at Lutai, 25000 a Shang Hai Wan, Tien Tsin and 150,000 at Pekin. An imperial decree published Shanghai asserts that the Imperial ace in Pekin has been burned, and the attack on the palace was made by revolting Chinese troops. It is also as serted that Lin, viceroy of Nankin, received instructions from Pekin to form the foreign consuls that the 1 tions at Pekin “have been arr peace terms.” Thursday's dispatch from C says: Admiral Seymour's expedi been relieved, having failed to c with Pekin. There is no news kin. Russian Col. Schtelle, co: ing the combined forces of is supposed to be procecedi 1g Admiral Seymour’ s expedition 1s return- ing to Tien Tsin. His force has sui- fered greatly. It is estimated that from 40,000 to 60,000 C se troops are now before Pekin. Boxers from all sections are swarming there. Two important cablegrams were r¢ ceived by Secretary Hay Sunday. from United States Consul Gene ral Goodnow, at Sh: anghai. The date is understood to be that of Saturday. The text is with- hela, but the consul states in substance, as follows: It is rumored in Shanghai that the German minister to Pekin, Baron Von Keteler, was killed at Pekin on the 18th of June. On the 23d of June three oi the legation buildings were still stand- ing—the others had been burned. On the 26th of June a dispatch wa received at Shanghai from Yung Lu, believed to be the viceroy of the province of Ch where the principal troubles have oc curred, stating that the other ministers were safe. Dispatches to Shanghai from different sources indicate that Prince Tuan, father of the heir apparent, seems to be absolutely in control at Pel and that his attitude is the worst poss ble and most hostile to foreigners. Cables from Shanghai confirm the re port of the butchery of Baron ve Ketteler, the German minister, on Junc 18. The ambassador was riding on Le- gation street, when he was Chinese troops and Boxers, dragged irom his horse and killed. His body was hacked to pieces with swords. T German legation, and six other build ings were burned, and a number of se vants of the legations were killed and their bodies thrown into the flames. DISAGREEABLE OUTLOOK. Lord Wolsely Declares It the Most Serious Since Nagoleon’s Downfall. At a banquet given in London in commemoration of the anniversary of the queen's first review of the volunteers | in 1860, Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of her majesty’ forces, declared that the present outlook was not agreeable for the world gen erally, while there had never been time since the downfall of when so many clouds were hanging Great Britain. He instanced Africa, China and Ashanti. Nevertheless he expressed confidence in the military spirit of Great He remarked that 500,000 ular were actually under arms, while the. vol- unteers numbered 250,000, of which | number 11,000 were serving in South Africa, this being the first occasion since the formation of the volunteer force that they had been employed in active ser- vice. China possesses every requisite for overrunning the world. She has a pop ulation of 400,000,000, all speaking the same language or dialect, readily under- stood from one end of the empire to other. She has enormously developed wealth and still more enormous natur wealth awaiting development. Hes men, if properly drilled and led, are a mirable soldiers. They are plucky and able to live on next to nothing. over, they are absolutely fearless of death. Begin with the foundation of millions upon millions of such soldier as these men are capable of being m and tell me, if you can, wi e.’ over South } ASSASSIN’S PLOT FRUSTRATED. Governor Miinsor of West Virginia in Jeopar- dy at Buckhannon. Only the fortunate overhearing of the arrangement of a plot to kill Governor | Atkinson prevented his Thursday midnight. The governor was attending a meeting of the trustees oi the M. E. Conference Seminary at Buck- hannon, W. Va., and when he leit he | was met by a squad of police, who told him of the threat the home of Rev. A. Mick. Several persons remained with the governor and two policemen guarded the house all night. Last year Valle Boughmer, of Clarks- | upon burg, killed Edward Young, of Buck hannon, and recently the governor pa doned Boughner, who had been convict ed. Young's father is said to hav threatened to be avenged, and when the governor started to the train Young an a dozen men were outside the door. The police dispersed them and escorted the governor to the train. A man who said he whole plot, told the rangements which had been made to as- overheard the sassinate him, and which, but for his timely warning, would doubtless have been carried cut. INDIAN UPRISING, Redskins Gather at Rainy River, Ontario, With Hosti'e Intent. There is a threatened uprising of In- dians on the Rainy river, Ontario. thousand Indians gathering near the mouth of Rainy river. Leach La Indians are said to be among them citing them to murder and settlers who are sendmg out th are men and children. One hundred fiftv have re: ached Rat Portage, on the little steamer The India: are also gathering at R dian agents say they grievance. The ¢ nothing less than Canada and the Uni an uprising. y Lake. n v of no special 1 opinic¢ nist play of force by 1 States will avert Envoys’ Parting Message. The Boer envoys, who have this country the past two issued an address to the United States. After expressing reg at their inability to accept many of invitations extended to them they pressed their thanks to the Ame public for the deep sympathy they shown for the cause of the two s glimg republics. Continuing, the dress says: “We now feel convinced that the boastful allegation of the colonial secre- tary and other British statesmen that the citizens of this great country symps athiz ed with the 3ritish empire in its tempt to crush the liberty and inde- pendence of our two small states is ab- solutely devoid of truth.” been in for months, peop! at- | 15,000 driven off from | O., was drowned at Meyers lake, while | boating Wednesday night. oH Burglars at Huntington, W. Va, got attacked by | 1¢ | disease. Nag voleon | the | More- | where the end | assassination | and escorted him Polk governor of the ar-| One | e of the _ | Duryea, a LATEST NEWS NOTES. _ Forest fires are burning in the vicin- ity of West Superior, Wis. The law of compulsory inquest is to be extended over all of Germany. A mad dog at Wheeling, W. Va, two children, besides horses and dogs. The opening session of the Rough Riders’ reunion began at Oklahoma City. It is reported that several Christian | Endeavorers were lost in the big New | York fire. i The grand jury of Cumberland, Md, | has been summoned to consider strike riot cases. > and 25 Br Fifty Amer refugees ish were rescue ed by British marines | near Tong $ | | | cighteen men have been ap-| | point ed as ¢ s for West Point du ing the past week. i Jus Andrews. of the New York supreme art, dis ed of 54 divorce cases in : ho David Basile AM: irvin, a prominent young lawyer of Akron, O., committed suicide in The ining school and at San Juan was de- Sunday. model r possess in stro, ved by fir The new battleship Kentucky return- ew York after a thoroughly suc- r the first time in 35 years, mem- bers of a war time glee club held a re- union at Canonsburg, Pa. John M. Myers, a lawyer, of Canton, {$600 in works an {the Tr sh from the bottle State shirt factory. | In harmony’s interest George B. Cox, {of Cincinnati, has resigned from the Re- { publican National committee. Military prisoners at Fort {Minn.,, made a successful dash for erty. Several were recaptured. | To guard against plague New York's | health board has decided to disinfect i the Chinese quarter of the city. | Coal prices are advancing gre atly all {over Europe and there is a big oppor- | tunity for the American product. About 19 negroes were drowned near Norfolk, Va.. by a collision between a | steamer and the carge carrying them. | rae 30,000 people now at Cape on a, and 10 boxes of gold, $330,000, have been sent out. Snelling, lib- are | Thomas Flannely was hanged at San Quentin, Cal, Friday, for the murder of his father and Sheriff McEvoy in|; 1897. | A special dispatch from Shanghai sail | that the battleship Oregon, which is lashore on the rocks near Chefu, may be | saved. At Grand Rapids the Christian Re- formed Church synod of America passed a resolution of sympathy with the Joers. Rear Admiral John W. Philip, com- mandant at the Brooklyn navy y: died Saturday unexpectedly from h sts contemplate the Republican anti-empire The anti-imperi ning of an independent ket on an out and out latform. | Colonel James Tenth Pennsylvania, Jarnett, of the ys he is prepared to raise a regiment for service in ( “hina | af is needed. Dr. A. Donaldson Smith, an Ameri- can explorer, has found four new native tribes 1 Africa, and made other valua- ble discoveries. Bellefonte, Pa., boy tried an a bottle of hot lime and and he is badly dis- A small cxXpert iment with > | water. It popped, figured for life. The 25.000 children who refused to attend the children’s review during the | queen's recent visit to Dublin were given a treat Sunday. imes C. Wheeler, connected with the ernal Revenue service for has been appointed deputy comm er of internal revenue. A landslide at Hartselhill | {Ir ™ on the | | Ala, Louisville & Nashville railroac 1, kille | three men and it is thought others ar buried under the earth. | French report says the powers have | ag upon the quota of each in the national force, and that the status uo is to be preserved. house of the armers' 1 on the East New Yo was destroyed by fire Sunday night, the loss being $100,000. ships, in a 1 | ~ TOVER TWO HUNDRED WERE CREMATED AWFUL FIRE HORROR. bit | Great Steamships Burned at Their Docks. Passengers and Crews Imprisoned Be- tween Flames and Water. At least 200 persons perished and $10,- 00,000 worth of property was consuin- ed, including three magnificent steam- fire that originated on pier 0. 3 of the North German Lloyd Com- any, Hoboken, Sat- In less than 15 minutes the had stretched a quarter of a mile river front. ile, the Main and the Bremen lying at the piers and were quickly floating furnaces, with scores of vi: tims imprisoned below and every ave nue of escape closed. They ran to the portholes and pleaded for help, but no aig could reach them. The portholes vere too small for the prisoners to pass Tih and the iron sides of the ves- seis stoutly resisted all endeavors to nake a breach. The vessels went adriit is floated with the tide, blazing furi- ously while the victims begged piteous- ly to be saved from the horrible doom that was inevitable. Finally the vessels sank and those who had not been burn- ed to death were drowned. It is estimated that from 300 to 400 persons were injured and taken to the difierent hospitals in New York, Jer- sey City and Hoboken. Many of them were found to be not seriously hurt and were Jischerned Sunday. Many others are believed to be so seriously injured that they cannot recover. MANY FALL IN BATTLE. Carter’s Kumassi Expedition Was Ambushed by Ashantis. Telegrams from Cape Coast Castle, say: Colonel Carter left Kiwassa on the morning of June 26 with the intention of reinforcing Captain Hall at Bekwali with 400 men, 200 carriers, a seven- pounder and a Maxim. When half a mile from Dompoassi he was fired upon heavily from the bush. Captain Ronpell and sev eral men fell at the first fire. The casing of the water jacket split after halt an hour's firing and nine men, including Lieutenant Edwards, who were working the seven- pounder, were put out of action half an hour later. Major Wilkinson was shot. The force then charged the bush and discovered a stockade 30 yards distant in the bush so carefully concealed that its existence vould not be suspected. The stockade was carried at the point of the bayonet and the force retired. The casualties were six officers and 87 men. The enemy's loss was 50 killed and many wounded. It was estimated that the natives numbered 10,000, one- half of whom had muskets. Colonel BOERS STILL ACTIVE. Generals Botha and DeWet Causing Roberts Lots of Trouble. Telegrams from Pretoria, dated Sun- 1y, say Gen. Colville has been ordered home. Gen. Botha is showing increas- ed activity. Hie patrols cover wide stretches of country, approach near the British outposts and engage in skir- mishes, while larger bodies threaten to attack, declining to allow themselves 0 be caught by the return blows which the British promptly seek to deliver. Attacks of this sort were made on Fri- day at Pinaar’s poort on Gen. Pole- Carew and at Springs. Gens. Botha and DeWet are seemingly operating in combination. Botha is reported to have divided his force into two parts, one moving west and the other to the south to try to effect a juncture with DeWet. circulars are out exaggerating the Chinese troubles and urging the burghers to rejoin the army. I.ord Roberts and several co-operat- columns are still out within striking stance of [ DeWe joer Philippine Commission Thinks Army Officers Should be Replaced. American Philippine commission studying the approaching the substitution for armv The s carefully necessity for officers performing civil functions of civil service men and has asked the Washington government to send exam- iners to the Philippines to hold civil service examinations there at the same time as in the United States with the idea of creating a Philippine civil ser- vice board. he commission is determined tha | Members of the Indiana delegation to | Kansas City have called on Croker in|! { the interest of a political alliance be- tween the two States David Moore, of Greensburg, Pa., was 1 y fatally shot, and lis brother tabbed during a fight with an at Hufftown Sunday. | It develops that China had been pre- ; for months for a great war and er best fi troops were long ordered to take the field. the American Church in re devoted to the { Services in { Berlin Sunday | Fourth of July. the Stars and Stripes {and national airs predomin: iting. | The New York City supreme court 1s appointed receivers for the Repub- lic Savings and Loan Association, | wl hich is said to have a deficit of $219,- Fn | Admiral Kempff cables positively th: at | the ministers ar with Seymour's force or in Washington an [ thorities believe they are still in Pe- ng. Aiter 70 years’ location at Frederick, i Md., the St. John Novitiate of the Jes- | nits is soon to be removed to a location the Hudson river, above West | Poir 1t. The “insurgent” faction of the State council, Junior Order U. A. M., being ¢ Inow independently organized, decided elt stop litigation bef the Pennsyl- vania supreme court | Fourth Assistan} Postmaster General | | Bristo yw has reached Washington and {is ready 10 centri te m the res | tained in his five investigatio Cuban pc jof the | Fifty to Me | tropohis g heavi ‘ ne bank with | I'hree ne to get is City vl tform, tter from | the Boer him for ef forts in be sion be 1 from Cl Ss R Al ibert C. Mc $100,000 for al us an extra ses with the Chi- immoning the as volun* | from settlers in the on who fear an | Indian uprising Governor Lind, of sent a battalion of the Sec- he Canadian border io - lians and prevent the sale liquor to them. Houses Ruined by a Cave-in the residents of ge several miles who have their Thursday morning mining Pitts ston, Pa. mines, were awakencd hour by a rumbling 3 shed into the streets in greatest confusion in the midst of buildings and toppling chim- Rare places the <arth was |e nt with fisst | the [ pled | fro m the Lackaw lo Spenings of the n onsternation. e enough tc admit Many houses top- 11 feet. Water 1 poured into the and added to the t shall be taken to in- every precaution sure honest, efficient civil service among | } lipinos and Americans. It is the gen- opinion that circumstances there i the appointment of the class of nen best able to withstand corrupt in- luences and it is believed that no politi- ji: adventurers or their proteges will be able to secure appointments in the ser- YiCe. CAVE EXPLORERS SHOT. Thought They Had Discovered a Robbers’ Re- treat—The Place to be Investigated. James Gray, 18 years old, of Grays Station, and James Short, of Hillside, hz ad a thrilling experience in the famons Jear Cave” on the mountainside east of Greensburg, Pa., Saturday morning. While exploring the cave they were ordered to stop by a man who fired two shots, wounding Gray. The boys could plainly hear the murmurings of several persons. Gray, with the help of his companion, crawled to the open air and was afterward carried to the home of young Short. The boy’s wounds may result fatadly. Tt is believed the | cave is the rendezvous of a band of rob- bers, and citizens of that locality are | organizing to make an investigation. RUSSIAN FINANCES SHAKY. | Many Large Firms Failing and Gold Being | Hoarded for Safety. yatch from Moscow says: “The trouble and the death of Count eff have greatly accentuated the 5s of the financial situation in which is in such a critical sate the gravest anxiety. The k list of good firms failing lengthens | and the sense of insecurity and fear ! that somethifz worse is to come has | caused vast sums to be temporarily with- drawn from the market. ! “In Moscow alone within two months, it is stated on good authority, 820,000,- roubles, most of which was pre- ouse | 000 { viously in currency, have been lodged in i the Imperial bank, without interest, for safety. Free Trade Passing Away. At the meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United | Kingdom in London, C. T. Ritchie, | president of the board of trade, said he believed the days of the strict free trade school were passing. The remark was greeted with cheers and cries of dissent, aiter which Mr. Ritchie explained that he did not wish to infer that Great Brit- ain was likely to abandon her free trade policy, but thought that, without de- parting from the fundamental princi- ple there might be arranged a closer reciprocal relation between the mother- land and the coloni Boy Killed by by a Cannon. At Altoona, Pa., George Heims, aged 10, had his head almost blown off by a cannon. Because a big charge failed to explode, he went to the cannon to as- certain the reason, Shey it went off, bursting the gun. The breech struck him on the left side of the head, fractur- ing the skull and tearing a ghastly hole in the scalp. A fragment of the cannon struck him on the forehead, fracturing the frontal bone. ONLY ONE Prohibition By far the largest three days’ session in day. Thirty-seven the conve ver Stewart, of tee, called the expected when the p tional candidates. vention bears solely In connection with administration, the position taken o law, the action on thi as “treasonable.” ballot should not be izen on account of s Some delegate star Tie That Binds,” he convention ther The national close of the session ra-elected Oliver W. chairman. Other of Samuel Dickie, Mic man; secretary, and S. B. sin, treasurer. The tee was increased in to five. The conduct a holding meetings in hibition. Thursday there we present, representing gan its afternoon John G. W was nominated for B. Metcalf, president. The vote 38 for Woolley and = calf was nominated Carskadon, of West for Rev. E. 1. CARVED TO ber of the “Boxers’’ the murder of Rev. sionary, lowing account of tl “On the 1 ‘Boxers,’ bes aries in a boat. Th tacked him with th tied him to a tree “Then Mr. and Mr. Chao, sionary, was anot found. were hung up. The off, emboweled, they wer er. The chapel of ti moli wa This was but one rages. ‘ SOONERS ”’ ON rious on account of tains, searching for interior department feared. reported, recently the mountains. At Guthrie, persons now going Comanche and Apac tions for the purp eral lands would be ers” and kept off the was formally It is the opinion of mineral lands must Indians or opened tc poses. SUBMISSIVE ing Gens. Pio del Garcia and Alvarez, Philippines. This oath is much binding than the oat administered and wa sults of any violatio ed that the sparing will influence tage of the amnesty been without results Wednesday. The surplus of re tures during the fisca ed Saturday will e» Gage. ceeded $85,000,000 ar until a deficit appe June 30, 1899, three months of that the deficit was $89,1 war expenses coverin period. Looted a P: Early Tuesday + gained entrance to Louisville, Ohio. T open and $100 wort} and several money taken. Several peop sion. A horse and wago two miles sc of small safe and sever: found in the wagon. this rig from Dr. fled. No clew has strangers were seen i eral day have been the : Wrote His Nam Several months age more of Kennett, eady for shipment. ee young, few weeks ter from Miss burg, Pa, ¢ acco photograph. The continued, and Satur parted for Pittsburg, will be consummated ter Richard Croker a Tammany, and said Kansas City pledged form. tion convention ever held States of were represented when Chairman Oli- the First regiment armory. A resolution, ever, was passed as follows: William T. Wardell, committee “school house S. C. Swallow, of burg, Pa. on, nese was a Christian sionaries were cut off, and after the bodies had been dis Prospectors Searching Reservation—-Will Have to Get Out. manche reservations is Okla., United States district attorney, said that declared ope ment by presidential pro tasteful to the aon it with bad grace, fully realizing the re- mino took the oath Monday. It was made Corbett’s Mo., bre his name on one of a lot of eggs mma Nicklas, correspondence w. PLANK. T National Convention Adopts Platform at Chicago—Large Attendance. National Prohibi- began its Chicago Wednes- the Union national commit- ntlon to order at Others are arty names its na- ‘he platform as adopted by the con- ‘upon the question of the suppression of the liquor traffic. this, however, the and President McKinley in particular, are bitterly arraigned for n the anti-canteen s being denounced how- “That the denied to any cit- ex.’ ted “Blest Be the and the whole assem- blage joined in a thunderous song of praise to the Almighty, even the throngs in the gallery taking up the old hymn. 1 adjourned until 9:30 Thursday morning. committee met at the and unanimously Stewart as national ficers elected are: higan, vice chair- New York, Hastings, Wiscon- executive commit- number from four resolved to campaign,” every available place in the country in a general endeav- or to arouse interest in the cause of pro- re 730 delegates 40 States, when the Prohibition National convention be- second day's ses a. In the oolley, of Illinois, resident and Hen- of Rhode Island, for vice for President was 320 for Rev. Dr. Met- for vice president by a vote of 349 to 132 for Thomas R. Virginia, and 113 of Towa. PIECES. Killing of Mr. Ellis and Two Chinese Mission- aries by Boxers. The Shanghai Mercury says a mem- ’ Society, who saw Mr. Ellis, of the London Mission, and of a Chinese mis- at Kung-Tsun, gave the fol- he tragedy: 2th day of fourth moon, the 57, crossed the riv- er Tsz-Tsun and met the two mission- the Chi- once at- Then ey knew and at eir swords. they dragged him out of the beat and at the riverside. Ellis was tied with him her Chinese Iis. : toes mis- and thumbs were bound together and he was carried to a tree near where the others arms of the mis- their heads hewn e cast into the 1 1e mission was de- hed and the crowd went on their of many such out- THE GROUND. for Minerals in Indian The situation in the Kiowa and Co- becoming se- hundreds of pros- pectors flocking to the Wichita moun- valuable minerals. The Indian police have orders from the to eject invaders, and if this is attempted bloodshed is Rich deposits of ore have, it is been discovered in Horace Speed, into the Kiowa- he Indian reserva- of acquiring min- arrested, as ‘“‘soon- reservation until it 1 to settle- lamation. Mr. Speed that the be first allotted to nh settlement before they can be entered for mining pur- FILIPINOS. Four Generals Among Those Who Tock Oath of Alleglance to the United States. Nine of the insurgent leaders, includ- Pilar, Conception, were released at Manila Wednesday upon taking the oath of allegiance to the government and re- nouncing all forms of revolution in the stronger 2 more h which Gen. Otis s consequently dis- who accepted |] n. Senor Buenca- s hop- of the nine leaders their men to take advan- which has thus far other than those of Surplus Over $80, 000.000. ceipts over expendi- al year which end- ceed $80,000,000, or twice the amount estimated by Secretary 3 In 18go the surplus slightly ex- 1d decreased yeariy ared at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1894. A surplus would have been shown last year had it not been for the war with Spain. The deficit of $38,047,247, which appeared during the last year. During 1899 11,550, the unusual g six months of the osloffice. norning burglars the postoffice at he safe was blown 1 of stamps, $15 in letters had been le heard the explo- n was found about the town, and a al newspapers were The burglars took barn and been found. Two n the town for sev- , and these men are thought to robbers e on an Egg. >» Robert E. Blake- in a spirit of fur 1, He added that he ingle and wanted to marry. he received a let- of Pitts- mpanying was h day Blakemore de- where the marriage on his arrival. ssumed control of he would go to to Bryan and plat- THE CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO. GEN. DAVIS’ REPORT. He Says That Charity Has Had a Pauper- izing Effect and Asks That It be Discontinued. The war department makes public a report by Gen. Davis, on conditions in Puerto Rico, growing out of the efforts | | to relieve the suffering caused by the cyclone of August 8, 1899. The report, after stating that the island is the most | populated of any in the West | densely Indies group, save, perhaps, Barbadoes, draws the conclusion that the number of laborers exceeds the demand, result- ing in low wages and a narrow margin | against starvation. The recent war was followed by re- duced prices and loss of certain mar- kets. Planters consequently put in smaller crops and the peons found less employment. The storm made the lat- ter class absolutely helpless, at least 100,000 being without homes or food. The important part of Gen. Davis’ port is the statement that the free dis- tribution of food has had a pauperizing effect upon the islanders. They have become impressed with the idea that government by the United States means the free supply of all necessities of life. Consequently many are indifferent to the raising of crops or seeking employ- ment. In consequence Gen. Davis found him- self compelled to retrench on the amount issued, and to expend part of the appropriation in road work, thus forcing the able-bodied to earn their liv- ing. He advises that no more supplies be sent to the island, and the secretary of war directs that distribution entirely cease July 1s. ALLIES WILL HAVE 80.000. The Nations Will Make Up a Great Army to Conquer the Chinese. As a result of negotiations between the powers, an agreement has been ar- rived at which provides for the main- tenance of the statu quo as regards spheres of influence and commercial agreements, and also respecting the na- ture of the guarantees and compensa- tions which will be demanded from China. According to the understanding the international army of occupation will consist of 80,000 men. Russia and Japan will provide 12,000 each; Great Britain will provide 10,000 men, France 8,000, and Germany, American and the other powers 5,000 each. The Russian army corps in Siberia. which has just been mobilized, will only cross the Chinese frontier in the event of the crisis being aggravated. It is officially announced that the Russian vice admiral Alexieff will take command of the alied forces in the command of the allied forces in the north. TOOK IN PARIS EXPOSITION. Two Ohio Boys Make “the Trip on Little Money—Stranded in New York. Elmo E. Goodfellow and Harry Duck- el, 18-year-olds, of Springfield, Ohio, ran away from home on May 5, to visit the Paris exposition. To provide for the expenses of the trip they had $90. That night they started for New York on the bumpers of a freight train. A $3 tip to an employe of the Atlantic transport line gained them the opportunity to work their passage across on the steam- ship Minneapolis. They arrived in Lon- don on the evening of the celebration of the fall of Pretoria. After seeing some of the sights of London they bought cheap round-trip tickets for Paris and spent six days do- ing the fair. When their money ran low they returned to London and asked permission to work their passage back to New York on the Minneapolis. This the steamship people refused and the boys stowed themselves away on board her, arriving in New York last Sunday. RIVAL OF CAPE NOME Has Been Discovered—Several Fortunes Made Already. Millionaire More complete and definite returns have been received concerning the rich strike at Topukuk, 55 miles Nome. There seems no reason to doubt that this is one of the greatest strikes ever made in that vicinity, as important as the strike at Nome before. Several individual fortunes running as high as $2,225,000 have been taken out. Parties of two or three working with ordinary rockers, it is said, are taking out $1,000 a day. It is reliably estimated that one stretch of beach 600 feet long by an average of go feet in width has yielded $475,000 within the past few week Another strike, though of a less sen- sational nature, has been reported at a point on the beach 20 miles south of Nome. : below FIRST CUBAN MAYOR. Havana Celebrates the Inauguration With Much Enthusiasm. At no time since the American occu- pation of Cuba has Havana shown such scenes of enthusiasm and excitement as were witnessed Saturday upon the occa- sion of the inauguration of Gen. Ale- jandro Rodriguez, the first Cuban elect- ed mayor. Early in the morning every house on the principal streets was dec- | orated, even the palace being gail trimmed with both American and C: ban flags. The inauguration ceremonics took place at noon in the council cham- Gen. Wood participated in the cere- monies, concluding with a banquet, at which addresses were made expressing confidence in the American governmen* Convention Drawing Card. Oscar Gardner and Eddie Santry have signed articles to ten rounds in Convention hall, at Kansas City, during the week of the national convention. The mill will probably be pulled off on Friday night, July 6, after the close of the convention. box CABLE | FLASHES, The Cabinet of Silvela, tottering. Six inches ef rain have improved crop prospects in part of the famine strick- en sections of India. in Spain, is The government of Haiti has adopted the gold standard, with the American gold dollar as the unit of value. The Prussian goverment offers 33,- 000 marks for the di e the mur- derer of the boy oni Jlled at Kon- itz. Archbishop Ireland, who will deliver the oration on July 4, at the unveiling of the Lafayette statue, has Paris. Police Captain Schuettler, of Chi cago, was received with great distinc: tion at Berlin by President von Wind- heim. General Stohl, of the German army, just from the Orient, expressed the opinion there will be a long conflict and appalling loss of life in China. Trinidad is dissatisfied with delay in ratification of treaty with the United States, passed a resolution declining to fulfill the obligations. Admiral Frederick A. Moxse, of I.on- don, is dead. He was born in 1833 During the siege of Sebastopol he act- ed as aide to Lord Raglan, commander- in-chief of the attacking forces. Since then he has been better known as a poli- tician and a writer. arrived in| and the legislative council has | DR. TALNAGES SUNDAY SERMON A GOSPEL MESSAGE. Subject: The Miracle at Cana—Lesson of Changing the Water Into Wine—Christ Teaches That We Should Not Shadow Joys of Others With Our Own Griefs: [Copyright 1800.1 — A remarkable tration of the ubiquity of English eaking people is furnished by the re- sts that have reached Dr. Talmage in orthern Europe for a sermon in out-of- laces, where he did not expect to person who could understand , as here, he presents religion festivity and invites all the wor 1d to come as guests and join in its holy merri- text, John ii, 10, “Thou hast kept od wine until now.” This chapter invites us to a marriage oloirgtior It is a wedding in common fe, two plain people having pledged each other, hand and heart, and their friends having come in for congratulation. The joy is not the less because there is no pre- tension. In each other they find all the future they want. The daisy on the table may mean as much as a score of artistic garlands fresh from the hot- house. When a daughter goes off from home with nothing but a plain father’s biessing and a plain mother’s love, she is missed as much as though she were a prin- SHINGTON, D. cess. It seems hard, after the parents have sheltered her for eighteen years that in a few short months her affections should have been carried off by another, but her mother remembers how it was in fier own case when she was young, and so she braces up until the wedding has passed and the banqueters are gone, and she has a cry all alone. Well, we are to-day at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus and His mother have been invited. It is evident that there are more people there than were expected. Either some people have « who wene not invited or more invitations have been sent out than it was supposed would be ac- zepted. Of course there is not a sufficient supply of wine. You know that there is nothing more embarrassing to a house- keeper than a scant supply. Jesus sees the embarrassment, and He comes up im- mediately to relieve it. He sces standing six water pots. He orders the servants to fill them with water; then He waves His hand over the water, and immediately it s wine—real wine. Taste of it and see for yourselves; no logwood in it, no strychnine in it, but first rate wine. I will not now be diverted to the question so often dis- cussed in my own country whether it is right to drink wine. I am des ribing the scene as it was. ‘When God makes wine Ie makes the very best wine, and 130 gal- ons of it standing around in these water pots—wine so good that the ruler of the east tastes it and says: “Why, this is really better than anything we have had! Thou hast kept the good wine until now.” Beautiful miracle! A prize wus offered to the person who shoul 1d write the best es- say about the miracle in Cana. Long man- uscripts were pr ted in the competition, but a poet won the prize by just this one line descriptive of the miracle: “The con- scious water saw its God and blushed.” We learn from the miracle, in the firs place, that Christ has sympathy with i You might have thought that Jesus would have said: cannot be ® | bothered with this household deficiency of wine. It is not for Me, Lord of heaven | and of earth, to become caterer to this feast. 1 have vaster things than this to attend to.” Not so said Jesus. The wine gave out, and Jesus, by miraculous power, {came to the rescue. Does there ever come a scant supply in your household? Have Is it | the hec ; all the grave. | ocean {= to make a very close calculation? ward work for you to carry on things de- cently and respectably? If so, don't sit down and ery. Don’t go out and fret, but go to Him w ho stood in the house in Cana of Galilee. Pray in the pavlor! Pray in the kitchen! Let there be no room in all your house unconsecrated by the voice of prayer. If you have a microscope, put under it one drop of water and see the in- sects floating about, when you see that God makes them and cares for them wind feeds them come to the conclusion that He will take care of you and, feed you. A boy asked if he might sweep the snow from the Sipps of a house. The lady of the household said, * you seem very poor. e says, "I am very poor. 1e tays, “Don’t you sometimes get discouraged and feel that God is going to let you sterve 1e lad looked up in the wou- n’s face and said, “Do you think God i let me starve when I trust Him and then do the best 1 can?’ Enough theo- logy for older people! Trust in God and do the best you can. Amid all the worri- ments of housekeeping go to Him. He will help you control your temper and su- pervise your domestics and entertain yo@r gnests and manage your home economies. There are hundreds of won.en weak and nervous and exhausted with the care of housekeeping. I commend you to the Lord Jesus Christ as the best adviser and the most efficient aid—the Lord Jesus who st miracle to relieve a perionmned His fir 10usekeeper. I learn also from this miracle that Christ does things in abundance. I think a small SH of wine would have made up for the deficiency. I think certainly they must have had enough tor half the guests. One gallon of wine will do; certainly five gallons will be enough; certainly ten. But Jesus goes on, and He gives them thirty gallons and forty gallons and fifty gallons and seventy gallons and 100 g: and 130 gallons of the very best wine. 1t is just like Him-—doing everything on the largest and most generous scale. Does Christ, our Creator, go forth to make leav e makes them by the whole for- est full—notched like the fern or silverec like the aspen or broad like the palm thickets in the tropi Oregon forests. Does He go forth to make Howers? He makes Dey of them. They flame from ge, they hang from the top of the grapevine in blossoms, they roll in the lue wave of tlie violets, they toss their white surf in spiraca—enough for every child's flower, enough to make for every a chaplet, enough with beauty to coer up the ghastliness of Doz2s He go forth to create water? He pours it out not by the cup- ful, but by a river full, a lake full, an full, pouring it out until all the | earth has enough to drink and enough with which to was: Does Jesus provide redemption? It is not a little salvation for this one, a little | for that and a little for the other, but enough for all. “Whosoever will, let him come.” Each man an ocean full for him- | the o tor the young, promises for ld, promises for the lowly, promises for the blind, for the halt, for the outcast, for the abandoned; pardon for all, com- fort for all, mercy for all, heaven for all— self; promises | not merely a cupful of gospel supply, but 130 gallons. Aye, the tears or godly re- penis are all gathered up into God's bottle, and some day, standing before the throne, we will lift our cup of delight and ask that it be filled with the wine of heaven, and Jesus, from that bottle of tears, will begin to pour in the cup, and we will ery: ‘Stop, Jes sus; we do not want to drink our own tears!” And Jesus will say, “Know ye not that the of earth are the wine of heaven? TOW may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. I remark, further, Je does not shadow the joys of othe with His own griefs. He might have sat down in that wedding and said: ve so mueh trouble, so much poverty, so much persccu- tion, and the cross is coming. I shall not rejoice, and the gloom of My face and of My SOTTO 1 > over all this group.’ o said not Tos He said to Himself: “Here are two persons starting out in married life. Let it be a joyful oc- casion. TI will hide My own griefs. will kindle their joy.” There are many not so wise as that. 1 know a household where there are many little children, where for two years the musical instrument has been kept shut because there has been trouble in the house. las for the folly! Parents saying: “We will have no Christmas tree this coming holiday because there has been trouble in the house! Hush that laughing up stairs! How can there be any joy when there has been so much trou- nd so they make everything con- Satonils doleful and send their sons and daughters to ruin with the gloom they throw around them. ), my dear friends, those children will have trouble enough of their own after awhile? Be glad they cannot appreciate all yours. Keep back the cup of bitterness from vour daughter's do vou not know lips. When your head is down in the grass of the tomb poverty may come to her, betrayal to he sereavement to her. z the sorrows as long as vou can. that that son may. after wart broken? Stand all harm. Yon may Fight them while chill of your own Rather be like wedding hiding the joys of un on a dark K eep back Do you not know awhile, have his between him and fight his battles long. you may. Throw not t} gespendency over his Jes who came to own grief and tren Qo TI have seen the not the kindling tunity you cannot afford to pass. its manufacturers. 1ts construciion is unnecessary. we can offer most liberal terms. = day struggling amid clouds, black, ragged and portentous, but after awhile the sun, with golden pry, heaved back the black- ness. and the sun laughed to the lake, and the lake laughed to the sun, and from hori- zon to horizon, under the saffron sky, the water was all turned into wine. 1 learn from this miracle that Christ is not impatient with the luxuries of life. It was not necessarv that they should have that wine. Hundreds of pelle have heen married without any wine. We do not read that any of the other pro ye fell short. When Christ made the wine it was not a necessity. but a positive luxury. T do not believe that He wants us to eat hard bread and sleep on hard mattresses unless we like them the best. I think, if circum stances will allow, we have a right to the luxuries of dress, thé luxuries of diet and the luxuries of residence. There is no more r-ligion in an old coat than in a new one. We can serve God drawn by golden harness as certainly as when we go afoot. Jesus Christ will dwell with us under a fine ceiling as well as under a thatched roof. What is the difference between a nese mud hovel and an Americ: What is the difference hetween the roneh hearsking of the Russian hoor and outfit of an American gentlemen? difference except that whic i fhe jrospel of Christ, directly or indirect s cansed. glories of the natural world harmonizing with the glories of the material worll un- til the very bells of the horses shall jingle the praises of the Lord. I learn, further, from this miracie thal Christ has no impatience with festal jo otherwise He would not have accepted the invitation to that wedding. He certainly would not have done that which creased the hilarity. There may have been many in that room who were hanny, but there was not one of them that did so much {cv the jov of the wedding party a= t Himself. He was the chief of the lan gueters. When the wine gave outs He sup- plied it. and so. I take it. He will i deny us the joys that are positively festal. 10 was it that sent the raven tanping on the window? The same God that sent the raven to feed Elijah by the brook Cherith. Christ in the hour extremity! You mourned over your sins. You could not find the way out. You sat down and said: “God will not be mercif : rast me off.” But in that the da of vour history light hroke from ar throu: and Jesus said: “Oh. wanderer, come home! I have scen all thy sorrows. In | this the hour of thy ext mity 1 offer thee pardon and everlasting life!’ Trouble came. You were almost to pieces by that trouble. You hraced vourself up acainst it. You said, “1 will be a stoic and will not care.” Bui before vou had got through making the resolution it broke down under you. You felt th nll your resources were gone, and tnen Jesus came. “In the fourth watch of the night,’ Bible ss came walking on ea.” Why did He not come in the fir vatch or in the second watch or in the third watch? I do not know Te came in the fourth and gave Diver ance to lis disciples. Jesus in “the 1 wonder if it wil Ins s0 in last extremity. We shall fall suddenty rick, and the doctors will come. but in vain. We will try the anodynes and the stimu lants and the bathines. but all in vain. Something will sav, “You must 0.” No one to hold us back, but the hands of eter- nity stretched out to pull us on. What then? Jesus will come to us. and as we say, “Lord Jesus, T am afraid of “hat T cannot ade through to the other side,” He will say. “Take hold of My arm,” and we will take hold of His arm. and then He will put His foot in the surf of the wave, taking us on down. deeper, Sener {orn * the “Jesns z deeper, and our soul will ery, “All w waves and billows have gone over me. They cover the feet, come to the knee : 1d pass the girdle and come to the hea our soul cries out, “Lord Jesus Christ. cannot hold Thine arm any longer.” Then Jesus will turn around, throw both Tlis arms about us and set us on the beach ! bevond the tossing of the billows. Jes in the last extremity! That wedding scene is gone now. ha wedding ring has been lost, the tankayds have been broken, the house is down. but Jesus invites us to a grander weddin: You know the Bible savs that the church: is the Lamb's wife. and the Tord will af ter awhile come to fetch her home. There will be gleaming of torches in the sky. and the trumpets of God will ravish the air with their music. and Jesus will stretch cut His hand, and the church, robed in white, will put aside her veil and look up into the face of her Lord the King: and the Bride- groom will say to the bride: “Thou hast been faithful through all these years. The nsion is ready. ome home. "Thou are fair, my love!” and then He shall put upon er brow the crown of dominion, and ‘the table will be spread, and it will reach across the skies, and the mighty ones of heaven will come in garlanded with beauty and striking their cympals. and the Bri de- aroom and bride will stand at the head of the table, and the banqueters, locking up, w2ll wonder and admire and at is Jesus, the Bridegroom. Dut the scar on His brow is covered with the coronet. and the stab in His side is covered with a robe,” and “That is the bride! The weari- ness of her earthly woe lost in the flush of this wedding triumph!” There will be wine enough at that wed- 3 » ding, not coming up from the poisoned vats of earth, but the ¥inogns f God will press their ripest cluste and the cups and the tankards will Sash to the brim with the heavenly vintage, and then all the banqueters will drink standing. Esther, having come up from the bae- chanalian revelry of Ahasuerus, Whar a thousand lords feasted. will be there. And the Queen of Sheba, from the banquet ot Solomon, will be there. And the mother of Jesus, from the wedding in Cava. will be there. And they all will agree that the earthly feasting was poor compared with that. Then, lifting their chalices in that light, as shall ery to the lord of the feas I'iou hast kept the good wine untid nov Made Up of malcontents. The “Boxer Society is made up of malcontents and extreme conservatives opposed to railroads and foreign ideas in general. The first we knew of them they were destroying property al some German railway lines in Shan- Tung province. The empress has allow- ed the outbreak to get beyond her con- irol. Her soldiers will fight the “Box- ers” with great reluctanc if at ail She dismissed her gener. and that shows that she took sides with the ¢ foreign element. But she is not bitt in her opposition to foreigne Prinfing ¥Fresses orton. It may surprise some of our iron man- ufacturers to learn that, among other articles, printing presses and machinery have been exported from Germany to the island of Puerto Rico during the past year. Printing presses and machin- ery of American manufacture are ceded to be the best in the world, ! vet, through the agency of eificient and wide-awake salesmen, machinery manu- factured in Germany has been sold in quantities in the above-mentioned isl- and It cost £300,000 per mile to build the underground railways of London, Many delicious fruits are growr in Paraguay. ANEW PEPARTVURE EE TERRE A Radical Change in Marketing Methods An ohiginsl plan under which you can obtain easier ferms and better valuz in the purchase of ihe world famous “White” Sewing Machine than Write for our elegant H-T catalogue and detailed particulars. we can Save you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machine and the easy terms OF payment we can offer, either direct from factory or through our regular authorized agents. You know the *‘“White,”” you know Therefore, a detailed description of the machine and If you have an old machine to exchange Write to-day. Address in full. WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, (Dep't A.) Cleveland, Ohl, 8 2% 22% s Applied to Sewing Machines. How This is an oppor- For Sale s by Bary. Moonllonh Elk Lick Pa. rey GEN. CHAFFEE CHOSEN. Will Have Five Thousand Americans Under His Command—Has Seen 39 Years of Active Service. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee has been chos= en by the President to command the American forces in China. Gen. Chaf- fee has received his and will leave for San Francisco in time to sail on the first of July with the Sixth cav- This detachment sails on the Bat which has been ordered to touch at Nagasaki for further orders. It is expected that he will establish his headquarters at Che Foo about the Ist of August at the latest and that he will have not less than 5,000 men at his command, the majority of whom will be withdrawn from the Philippines. The military career of Gen. Chaffee covers a wide field. He was an active and prominent participant in the war o the rebellion. the Spanish war and va- orders rious important Indian campaigns. He has seen service in every grade of the | army, hz ving risen from the ranks to the gr rade of ma jor When Christ shall have ow iad all the world. T suppose every house will be a mansion, and every garment a robe, and every horse an arch necked courser, and every carriage a glittering vehicle, and every man a king. and every wonan a | queen, and the whole earth a paradise. {he om io i general. Gen. Chaffee had command of the troops So captured El aney and practically closed the Santiago cam- gn. He % 1s since been known as the ero of El Caney.” Gen. Lawton in his report of the "engagement at El ( “aney spoke of Gen. Chaffee as follows: ‘I consider Gen. Chaffee one of the est practical soldiers in the army and recommend him for special distinction ior successfully charging the stone fort mentioned in this report, the capture of which practic ally closed the battle.” QUEEN AVENGED. Assassins of Korea's Monarch Drawn and Quariered—Japanese Officials Furious. Telegrams from Vancouver, B. C., say: According to advices the Japanese government is very angry at the secret execution of An Kyeng Su and Kwon Young Chin, former cabinet min- Gen. isters of the Korean government and leaders of the progressive party, who were privately strangled in the Seoul prison as traitors on the night of May 27. Beth were concerned in the plot which culminated in the assassination of Queen Min at Seoul in 1889. For the past four years they had been refugees in Japan and returned to Korea under the protec- tion of the Japanese ministers. Despite this chaperonage An and Kwon were tortured into making a full confession, were then beaten and stran- gled and their bodies exposed as trait- ors and afterwards drawn and quartered. The Japanese minister tried to prevent the jitiox, but was refused an audi- ence with the Korean king on account of the a s alleged illness. All of the Korean officials connected with the death of Kwon and An have been sentenced to transportation and have already been sent into exile to ap- pease the Japanese government, which 2ad demanded an explanation from Ko- rea, but this is not satisfactory to Ja- pan. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. A Weekly Review of the Happenings Tarough= out {he Labor World in This and Cther Countries. Canadian telegraph liners have struck for a nine-hour day. Twenty-five of the hucksters of Cam- den, N. J., have formed an organiza- tion for mutnal protection. Three departments of the Illinois Steel Company, at South Chicago, em- ploying 200 men, have resumed work. ‘he Ghicago building contractors have rejected a proposition for peace made by the unions to settle the labor war in that ci ity. The International Seamen’s Union has issued a circular denouncing Con- gress for not passing r the labor meas- ures put before it Cuban and Spanish laborers on the Havana electric raihhoad have struck secause, they receive forty cents a day less than Americans. After several weeks of idleness, the plants of the Glucose Sugar Refining Company, at Rockford, 1ll.. have re- sumed work, taking on 250 men. The journeymen plumbers’ strike at St. Paul, Minn., has been declared off after six weeks of unsuccessful effort :0 obtain shorter hours of labor. The National Building Trades Coun- ¢il has issued an edict forbidding union workmen from seeking employment n several large cities where there are strikes. Henry Finehout, aged eighty-one, be- deved to have been the oldest railroad conductor in the world, died at St. Paul, Minn, His railroad service extended over-a period of sixty years. The demand for harvest hands in i great that the section Missouri Pacific Railroad at $1.25 per fields and work for Kansas is so hands on the are giving up their positions gay to go into the 1 . gham (Ala.) Trades Coun- cil, the general assembly of the 20,000 white uation men in the Birmingham district, have withdrawn the color line and will hereafter receive negro dele- gates from the local unions to the Federal Council. The new electric power plant at the Armour packing houses in Chicago re- places 93 st s, 16 engines and 17 refrigerating hines. Accor to San Francisco paper children of James Watt, inventor of the steam e gine, arc now living in Cali- fornia. South Carolina is now manufacturing the cotton she produces. Nort irolina, Georgia and other States are so turning out a large part of their cotton in finished goods. “he government owns many thou- sands of acres of land in New Mexico that have never been taken up. It is the finest country in the world for stock raising Buffalo county, Neb., boasts the larg- est alfalfa field in the Salt It is under the management of 11. D. Watson and is from one-half to two miles wide and cight miles or such a matter long. It yields three cuttings a season and the total yield per acre for the three cuttings avelages close to eight tons. No less than 11,000 American tourists are said to have been booked for Obers ammergau this season. There is nothing more sad ond depress- ing in human life than the gradual modi- fication and decline of ide, ale Including Formos: a, the Mikado rules over forty-six million subjects. AEE Jit great a “Eno sent Ir reader | age. T vation, best Me Mass. , t Write tc _ Bost tinguis] water | Ar Allen 8. 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