BOERS ACTIVE
SHARP FIGHTING.
lohannesburg i Resuming Business One
Hundred Boert Captured at Cold Reel
City Pretoria Not Yet Taken.
Dispatches were receive! Sunday
from Gen. Robert, dated nt Orange
Grove, ns follows:
"Johannesburg is quiet. The people
nxc surrendering arms and ponies. Only
three Boer guns wore left in the fort,
the CJucvhslandcrs captured, May 30, a
Crcmot. with tl wagons of stores anil
ammunition. Commandant llotha, of
Zolttp.inslcrg. his field cornet and loo
prisoner, were taken in the fighting
round Johannesburg, some belonging to
the foreign contingents and the Irish
brigade.
"Owing to the interruption of the
telegraph lines, 1 only received a report
from C '1. Sprigg that his battalion ci
imperial yeomanry was attached be
tween Kroon-tad and l.indley, May J9.
Casualties to follow. The .hops in Jo
hannesburg are being onciicd and
the e seems to be a general feeling of
relief at tlie peaceful occupation of the
town.
A dispatch from Winbcrg, dated
Thursday, says:
"After considerable fighting, the
Boers, with two nuns and several Max
iniiN'ordonield Runs, are making a
plucky stand eight miles east of Senc
kal. Gen. Rundle has succeeded in
driving off the federals, thus permit
tint; the re-ocenpation of l.indley."
The Boers. according to a dispatch
from Lourcnzo Marques, have re-entered
the northeastern territory of the
Free State and are engaged with the
British near Ventcrsburg and llarri
smith. I.ady Georgians Curzon lias cabled
17.000 to provide comforts and luxu
ries at MafckiuR.
ANNEXED THE FREE STATE.
The Ceremony Performed in Bloemtontcln,
the Former Capital, on Tuesday.
Amid salutes and cheers and the sing
ing of "God Save the Queen," the mili
tary governor, Maj. Gen. George Pret
tyman, formally proclaimed the annexa
tion of the Free State tinder the desig
nation of he Orange Kiver colony.
The ceremony was somewhat imposing
and the scene in the Market square in
spiring. An immense concourse had
gathered and the town was gay with
bunting. The balconies and windows
surrounding the square were crowded
with women, among them I.ady Rob
erts ami the Misses Roberts, the Count
ess of Airlie and Ladies Henry Ben
tick and Settrington. The troops were
drawn up under command of (Jen.
Knox. The governor, accompanied by
Gen. Kelly-Kenny and their staffs, es
corted by the Wel-ii yoemanry, was
greeted with a general salute, after
which Gen. Prettymnn read Lord Rob
erts' proclamation annexing the Orange
Free State as ennnucred by her ma
jesty's forces, to the queen's domains
and proclaiming that the state shall
henceforth be known ns the Orange
River colony. Lusty cheers greeted the
concluding words of the proclamation
and these were renewed with ever-increasing
volume as Lord Acheson un
furled the royal standard and the bands
struck up "God Save the Queen"; all
present joining in singing the national
hymn.
Largest of All Wheat Crops.
The farmers of Kansas will begin
next week to harvest the largest wheat
crop in the history of the State. Sec
retary Coburn, of the State board of
agriculture, says:
"Uhe crops this year will be the
largest ever known. In 180,2 Kansas had
3,800.00 acres of wheat and raised 70.
000,000 bushels, an average of 18 bushels
to the acre. This year the winter wheat
acreage is 4.685.819, as estimated by the
growers, and the average yield will be
larger than that of 189.1.
'"If the yield per acre is the same as
in 1802, the aggregate yield will be 85,
000,000 bushels. The crop in general
was never in better condition."
Three Stages Held Up.
A dispatch from Raymond, Cal., gives
an account of a bold holdup of t'hrce
Yosemite stages near there Saturday.
The highwaymen robbed the passen
gers of about $400. The bandits were
unaware of the fact that troops of the
Sixth cavalry were enroutc to' Yosemite
following one hour behind the stages.
A sergeant and one trooper, who had
been sent ahead to select camping
site, showed fight, whereupon the ban
dits took possession of Ihcir rifles and
held them prisoners until after they had
robbed the stages. They then mounted
their horses and fled. As soon as the
cavalry came along they were notified
and they started in pursuit of the rob
bers, who, if captured, may be severely
dealt with.'
WORE DEFEATS OF REBELS.
American Scout Killed Seventoen and Cap
tured Twenty-Three.
Lieut. Jons E. Stcdje, of Comoany
L, Forty-scvent'h volunteers, command
ing a scouting party, in the southern
part of Albay province, bad several en
gagements with the insurgents, in which
17 of the enemy were killed and 23, in
cluding a captain, were captured. Six
explosive, bombs and a number of valu
able insurgent documents fell into the
hands of the Americans. The scouts
burned the town of Yubi. headquarters
of the rebels. Sergt. Brickley was
killed during a slight engagement near
Higao, province of Albay. Scouts of
the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-fourth regi
ments have captured 3a rifles and 500
rounds of ammunition in Pangasinan
province. '
Boon Invited to Colorado.
Gov. Thomas has given his indorse
ment to a gigantic proposition, having
for its object the bringing of the de
feated Boers to the valley of the Platte,
in Colorado. The Union Pacific Land
Company proposes to give 1.000,000
acres of land, to be taken up under the
Carey land act," on the Julesburg and
iir : .1 Tl :,. . .. i.
VVyUlMlUK UiriBlUlin. illCIC IB LU UC IIU
charge for the gift, and the company
will undertake to transport the Boers
to Colorado, being repaid on the instul
ment plan after the communities arc t
tsbliihed and prospcrow
LATEST NEWS NOTES,
Near Reading, Pa., Obadinli Clark, a
farmer, was killed by a bolt of lightning.
Three new cases of flic plague and
one death were reported at Port Said,
Kgypt.
Companies A and K of the Seventh
infantry, sailed from Seattle for Cape
Nome.
An agitation has been started in
Switzerland for annexation to the Unit
ed States.
Tire in the Pitts-Kimball department
store in Boston caused a loss of about
$-50,000.
At Richmond, Va., Rev. Benjamin J.
Kelly was consecrated Catholic Bishop
of Savannah.
James Cunyard fell from a bridge at
Wilkcsbarrc while witnessing a ball
game, and was killed.
Forest fires in the Rainy river district
of Canada have destroved millions of
dollars worth of lumber.
The Chicago India famine relief com
mittee has cabled $5,000 to Lady Cur
zon for the famine district.
Immigration officer at Tacoma re
jected so out of Japanese, who ar
rived on the steamer Glenoglc.
Three sailors were killed hv light
ning while wot king in the cabin of a
new boat at St. Clair, Mich.
Charles A. Naulty. aged 2t, of New
ark, N. J., deliberately shot his step
mother 111 the back ot the lieail.
Cholera is raging in the famine camps
in Bombay, India. In one district there
were 1,330 deaths in seven days.
The Senate has decided to take up
the Cuban extradition bill as soon as
the general deficiency bill is passed.
The mills of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, at Springfield, 111., clos
ed Thursday for an indefinite period.
Heavy rains in Texas have caused
rivers to overflow and the cotton and
grain crops have been seriously hurt.
fresh outbreak of bubonic plague
has occurred at Alexandria. Kgypt. The
ihsease has appeared at runyrna, tur
key. Burglars blew to nieces the vault of
the Bank of New Lisbon, Wis., and es
caped with several thousand dollars in
cash.
Warner Miller and John Mackay
have bought for $1. 500.000 the Congress
gold mine, fx) miles north of l'hoenix,
Ariz.
The next triennial meeting ' of the
Pan-American Medical Congress will
be held in Havana, beginning Dec. 26,
000.
The Christian Church, which will ed
ucate women for pastoral work, will
establish a school for pastoral helpers
at Cincinnati.
Latest reports show the condition of
William Rockefeller to be materially
improved from the appendicitis opera
tion of Monday.
On July 0 the people of Connellsville.
r.i., will vote on a proposition to bond
the town for $75,000 to construct a
sewerage system.
The Suffolk county Democratic con
vention in New York State refused to
elect Perry Belmont a delegate to the
state convention.
By an explosion of dynamite in the
house of William Brochui, at Forest
Junction, Wis., the six members of the
lamily were killed.
The new Northwestern elevated road,
which is to provide rapid transit for the
nort'hside of Chicago, has been formally
opened to the public.
At the beginning of the second month
of the term of State Treasurer Barnett
the cash of the State of Pennsylvania
amounted to $4,728,865.69.
Julian B. Arnold, son of Sir Edwin
Arnold, has decided to fight against ex
tradition from California to England
on a charge of embezzlement.
Masked robbers bound and gagged
the Shelly family at Grantham, near
Harrisburg. Pa.. Thursday night and
took all their money and valuables.
In opening the Chilean Congress the
president announced a financial surplus
of $16,000,000 and said new railroads
and other public works will be pushed.
The survivors of the First Pennsyl
vania cavalry will hold a reunion at rhe
monument of the regiment on the Get
tysburg battlefield on June 6, at 4 p. m.
The Eastman kodak works, near Ro
chester, N. Y., were badly injured Fri
day bv nn explosion of chemicals. Fore
man Tracy was killed and several were
hurt.
At the annual meeting of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, in New
York, the profits of 1800 were reported
as $830,000. The directors were re
elected. Two girls at the Washington (Pa.)
seminary were sent home by the prin
cipal because they ran away to attend
a dance with two students of W. & J.
college.
Queen Wilhelmina has ratified The
Hague peace convention. Spain has
done likewise, and the adhesion of Ger
many and Great Britain is expected im
mediately: The ninety-second anniversary of the
birth of Jefferson Davis was celebrated
in Louisville, as tllie closing exercises
to the reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans.
The imperial authorities have sub
mitted to the Canadian government the
name of Colonel O'Grady Haley as
major general commanding the Domin
ion militia.
The capital of the Times Company,
publishers of the Philadelphia Times,
has been increased from $10,000 to
$700,000, under the leadership of
Charles F. Kindred.
Maurice Brown, colored, of Hubbard,
O.. who shot Alice Newman, was ac
quitted under an indictment for shoot
ing with intent to kill. Brown claimed
the shooting was accidental.
Under an order of the United States
district court the plant of the Herring-Hall-Marvin
safe works, at Cincinnati,
was sold to the reorganization commit
tee of the company for $100,000.
Columbian University, at Washing
ton, has conferred the degree of doc
tor of laws on Naval Commander Rich
ard Wainwriaht.
Justice Gaynor, of Brooklyn, denied
the application of William F. Miller, of
Franklin syndicate fame, for a rehear
ing, and Miller was taken to Sing Sing
prison Saturday to begin his' sentence
ot 10 years.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution have sent rival representatives
to the unveiling of the Lafayette monu
ment in France, and both demand the
privilege of reading an ode or putting
a slab on the monument.
BOERS WOULD Fi WELCOME K
DESIRABLE SETTLERS.
Resolution Presented In the House for a Gen
eral Invitation on Behalf ot the Nation.
An Admirable Proposal.
Representative Fitzgerald, of Massa
chusetts, offered in the House Saturday
a resolution inviting the Boers to come
to till is country. It. recites that it is the
chief glory of the Republic that it lias
always offered a refuge for the oppress
ed, and that there are millions of acres
of the public domain of the United
States open to settlement under the
homestead act, and then extends a cor
dial welcome to the inhabitants of the
two South African Republics to come
to the United States, become citizens
thereof and establish homes. The reso
lution directs the President to commun
icate the invitation to the presidents of
the South African Republic and the
Orange Free State.
Commissioner Bingham Hermann, of
the United States general land office,
gave out the following statement apro
pos of the suggestion to invite the
Boers to locate on vacant public lands
in the United States:
"The suggestion is an admirable one.
The Boers are a patient and plodding
people, and perhaps have accompli Jied
more in bringing sterile soil tinder cul
tivation and in use than any other peo
ple of whom history makes a record.
One-half the effort put forth by the
Boersin the forbidding country of the
Transvaal will produce a hundredfold
more results on the public domain of
the United States, where both climate
and soil arc far more conducive to good
results 111 an effort at reclamation.
"In my judgment any community of
the great West would esteem it .1 valua
ble acquisition if any considerable body
of Boers should settle among them with
.1 bonafule intention of making future
homes."
BENCH WARRANT FOR TAYLOR.
Recent Republican Governor Accused of Goo
bol Murder Sheriff In Quandry.
The issuance of a bench warrant for
the arrest of W. S. Taylor, former gov
ernor of Kentucky, was the first offi
cial notice that an indictment had been
returned naming Taylor as an accessory
to the murder of Gocbcl.
The indictment was tiled and entered
on record April 19. It accuses Taylor
of being accessory before ?he fact. It
charges that Taylor, on January 30,
1000, unlawfully, wilfully and feloni
ously, and with intent to procure the
murder of William Gocbcl. did conspire
with Caleb Powers. F. W. Golden, John
I., rowers. John Davis, Henry loutsey.
Charles Finlcy. W. H. Culton. and
others, and did counsel, advise, encour
age, aid and procure Henry i outscy.
James Howard. Berry Howard, Harhn
hittaker. Ktehard Combs and other
persons to kill William Gocbcl."
1 he bench warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to ar
rest William S. Taylor and deliver him
to the jailer of Franklin county. On
the back of the indictment about 50
persons arc named as witnesses for the
Commonwealth. 1 he bench warrant
was placed in the hands of Deputy
Sheriff John Suter. When asked what
he would do with the warrant he said:
"What can 1 do with it? I would
serve it if I could do it. and if Gov
ernor Mount, of Indiana, would help
me, tint from all accounts I guess he
would not do it."
WAR'S BITTER COST.
Reitz Declares Britain Will Have to Tax the
Gold Mines.
Telegrams from London quote State
Secretary Reitz as follows: "The Brit
ish government promised the Untish
nation rhat the cost of war would be de
frayed by the Boers. But as the latter
will not be in a position to pay Great
Britain must obtain the money from the
gold mines, which will thereby be
mulcted of half the net profits, whereas
the Transvaal never levied a special
tax on gold.
The instigators 01 the war, Rhodes,
Wernhcr, Beit and others, will suffer
most. In addition the British wilt have
to maintain a garrison of 50.000 men.
the cost of which the mines will also
have to pay. As soon as the British
troops are withdrawn wars and rebel
lions will break out, not for years, but
for centuries, For England this means
a constant source of trouble, annoyance
and bloodshed."
Rebels Near Panama.
Telegrams from Kingston, Jamaica,
say: Hie steamer Orinoco, which ar
rived Sunday from Colombia, reports
that on May 31, the rebels were within
six miles of Panama. The government
troops had prepared for action; the
British consul and others had left with
their families for Tobago for safety and
all the Colombian soldiers bad left Co
lon to strengthen the Panama garrison.
The United States warship, Macliias,
was at Colon under orders to land ma
rines if the city were threatened by
the rebels. The Orinoco brings also a
report that a Colombian gunboat, the
Cordova, was sunk by the rebels be
tween Carthagena and Colon.
Carthagena and Savanilla are quiet,
but the country is flooded with paper
money, the premium on gold being 1600
per cent.
May Lose Convention.
As tlie time of the convention draws
near Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic National committee, is re
ceiving a number of vigorous com
plaints from the members of the Na
tional committee and other Democrats
throughout the country, oyer the action
of the hotel people in Kansas City in
the mutter of rates.
Many of the committeemen who
write to Chairman Jones on this sub
ject are urgently requesting that a
meeting of the committee be called
with a view to reconsidering its action
i.i deciding to hold the convention in
that city and to change the location of
the convention from Kansas City to
some other more desirable and attractive
place. No action tus yet been taken
in the matter by Chairman Jones,
though he has it under serious consid
eration. The Palisades paper mills, at Hobo
ken, N. J., were burned Wednesday
night, the loss being $100,000.
VICTIMS ALL FARMERS. '
Prominent Citizens of Washington County,
Ohio, Mangled While Witnessing the
Shooting ot an Oil Well.
Fottr men were killed, four fatally
injured and three crippled for life
Wednesday night nt Whiplc, a short dis
tance east of Marietta, O., by a prema
ture explosion of 50 quarts of nitro
glycerin, which was being used In
shooting r,n oil we'I on the Kelly farm.
The well was being shot by the Humes
Torpedo Company, which had lowered
50 quarts ot nitroglycerin into the drill
ing. When the "go-devil" was sent
down it did not go off, as ejected, and
then what is known as a "jack squib,"
composed oi heavy iron and dynamite,
with .1 i rotecled fuse, was dropped in
to the well. It was expected that when
they came together there would be the
usual blast that would shoot the well,
but it seems that the "jack squib" ex
ploded first and then the crowd rushed
to sec the shooting of the gusher.
When the arrived at the derrick, the
first charge that was put down went off
with terrific force, wrecking everything
and blowing the men in every direc
tion. The remains of two of these 'had
to be picked tip in pieces, and those
who were fatally injured are mangled
in a horrible manner.
The employes of the driller and the
Marietta Glycerin Conmany remained at
a safe distance from force of habit for
some time', although they had no ex
pectation of another explosion. None
of them were hurt. They begged the
otliers in vain not to rush up to the
derrick.
All of the victims are well known resi
dents, and the calamity has spread dis
tress throughout the neighborhood.
Every means of relief, so far as
nurses and physicians and supplies are
concerned, have been furnished from
Marietta and neighboring points, but
nothing can prevent the death list from
being less than eight killed, while tfiie
extent of the injuries of John and Hen
ry Stallar and Walter Daniels are not
yet known.
NATIONAL DEBT DECREASING.
Redemption of Bonds Reduced It Over Two
Millions In May.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business,
May 31, 1900, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $1,122,608,811, a decrease
for the month of $2,193,274, which is
accounted for by the redemption of
bonds.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt, $1,026,482,91)0;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, $i,iHi,H'o; debt bearing no in
terest, $3110.-72.470. Total, $1,418,392,
340. This amount, however, docs not
include $729,584,179 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which arc
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows: Reserve fund, gold coin and
bullion, $i5o.ooo,ixx; trust funds, gold,
silver and United States notes, $79.
584,179; general fund, $113,355,229: in
national bank depositories, to credit of
United States treasurer, $105,226,525; to
credit of disbursing officer, $0,095.19.1;
total, $1,104,261,826, against which there
are demand liabilities outstanding
amounting to $808,478,296, which leaves
a net cash balance in the treasury of
$-"J573.5.
The monthly comparative statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the
United States shows that during May,
1900, the receipts aggregated $45,166,053,
and the expenditures $40,351,525. leav
ing a surplus for the month of $4,814,
528. The receipts from the several
sources of revenue are given as fol
lows: Customs, $17,396,573, decrease as
compared with May, 1899, $1,000,000;
internal revenue, $23,861,326, increase,
$140,000; miscellaneous, $3,908,153, in
crease, $1,200,000.
During the last eleven months of the
fiscal year the receipts exceeded the
expenefiturcs by $63,335,000. One year
ago there was a deficit for the eleven
months of the fiscal year of $104,620,000.
Poitofflce Safe Blown Up. '
A daring postoffice robbery was per
petrated at New Cumberland, W. Va.,
cariy Wednesday morning. The safe
was completely wrecked . by dynamite
and the robbers secured $Su in cash and
stamps, of which $150 belonged to Post
master J. B. Campbell. The neighbor
ing people paid little attention to the
explosion, thinking that the boys were
having their annual Decoration day
celebration. The robbery was well
planned and no clue was left.
SURPRISED WHILE LUNCHING.
How Capt. Roborts Was Caught by Filipinos.
Is Well Treatod.
Capt. Roberts, of the Thirty-fifth reg
iment, and his two missing companions,
captured at San Miguel de .Mayumo,
province of Bulacan, island of Luzon,
May 29, arc still in the hands of the
rebels, wdio have communicated to the
Americans their intention to treat the
prisoners well and in accordance with
the laws of war. During Thursday
night Capt. Roberts' wife, who was at
San Miguel de Mayumo, received a note
announcing the capture of her husband.
The good treatment of the prisoners
continued, and Capt. Roberts believes
the rebels will exchange him and his
companions.
The first report of the capture of
Capt. Roberts and his companions was
erroneous. The captain, with six scouts,
was surprised while lunching. Three
of the party were killed and four were
captured, of whom one was wounded.
The wounded man was liberated.
Capt. Abbott, of the Forty-second
regiment, recently met 250 Ladroucs
near Sinalion. One American was kill
ed and the Filipinos had eight men kill
ed and four wounded.
,T Ink NATIONAL CAPITAL
The President Friday commuted to
ten years the life sentence of Jefferson
Harrison, of Alabama, who robbed a
mail car.
Ex-Senator Camden, of West Vir
ginia, again very vigorously denies that
he will become a candidate for United
State senator, or that he will re-enter
politics at all.
As a substitute for the House extra
dition bill to fit the Nceley case Senator
Fairbanks reported a bill which calls
for extradition for any offense against
the criminal laws of Cuba.
Cliff flGliINBLDOPERHflPS DEAD.
HORSE CAPTURED.
American Bullets Struck t Prominent Filipino
Officer The Man Had Agulnaldo's Pri
vate Papers and Diary.
Maj. March, with his detachment of
the Thirty-third regiment, overtook
what is believed to have been Aguinal
do's party on May 19, at Lagat, about
10 miles northeast of Vigan. The
Americans killed or wounded nn offi
cer, supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose
body was removed by his followers.
Toward evening on May 19, Maj.
March struck Aguinaldo' s outpost about
a mile outside of Lagat, killing four Fili
pinos and capturing two. From the
latter he learned that Aguinaldo "had
camped there for the night.
Although exhausted and half starved,
Maj. March's men entered Lagat on the
run. They saw the insurgents scatter
ing into the bushes or over the plateau.
A thousand yards beyond the town on
the mountainside the figures of 25 Fili
pinos, dressed in white, with rtieir lead
er on a gray horse, were silhouetted
against the sunset. The Americans fired
a volley and saw the officer drop from
his horse. His followers fled, carrying
the body.
The Americans, on reaching the spot,
caught the horse, which was richly sad
dled. Blood from a badly wounded
man was on the nnimal and on the
ground. The 'saddle bags contained
Aguinaldo's diary and sonic private pa
pers, including proclamations. One of
these was addressed: "To the Civilized
Nations." It protested against the
American occupation of the Philippines.
There were also found copies of Sena
tor Beveridge's speech, translated into
Spanish and entitled "The Death Knell
of the Filipino People."
The officer shot was either Aguinaldo
or his nil j tit ant, and as the horse was
richly caparisoned it is a fair presump
tion that it was Aguinaldo.
DO NOT LIKE THE JOB.
St. Louli Having Difficulty In Securing Depu
ties to Preserve Order.
An interesting feature of the present
street car strike at St. Louis, Mo., is
the order of the sheriff to swear in I,-
000 special deputies, and the instructions
ordering the swearing in of 100 addi
tional men, making 2.500 in all, for the
purpose of preserving peace and order.
To a certain extent, these orders have
created consternation among men in
all walks of life, as is evidenced by
Sheriff Pohlman's statement that nn
epidemic of sickness has suddenly
broken out in the city, since the draft
for the posc began. Nearly every man
of any position, the silierilT says, who has
been summoned to serve in flic posse,
is scurrying about to get a physician's
certificate that he is suffering from some
chronic disease which unfits him for
duty.
Many of those who remonstrated with
the sheriff were veterans of several
wars. They complained that they had
already served their country and
thought it an imposition to place them
in the posse.
The police board has decided to arm
the posse with riot guns. The weapon
is a short barreled repeating shotgun
about three and one-half feet long.
The magazine has a capacity for six
shells which mav be loaded with buck
shot or small shot. A conference was
held Thursday between President
Hawes, of the police board, lormcr
Governor William E. Stone, and At
torney General Crow to devise if possi
ble some plan to settle the St. Louis
strike before the situation became
more critical. Nothing was accom
plished, however.
Took Agulnaldo's Friend.
The following dispatch was received
Thursday from Gen. MacArthttr at Ma
nila: "Small surrenders continue in the de
partment of northern Luzon. Corino,
fugitive governor of Bcnguct, a rich
and active friend of Aguinaldo, was cap
tured Wednesday near Kabayan; im
portant. While scouting near San
Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, May 29,
Capt. Charles D. Roberts and Privates
John A. Mclntyrc and Lyel A. Akens
were captured; Sergt. John Gallen;
Privates Joseph McCoiirt and John A.
Green, killed; George Kinger wounded,
thigh. All of Company I, Thirty-fifth
regiment."
A number of rifles have been surrend
ered nt Cuyapo and more nre expected.
Gens. Grant and Funston have sent de
tachments in pursuit of the insurgents
who rushed the town of San Miguel de
Mayumo. ,
Fatally Tortured by Robbers.
James Finnegan, an aged and eccen
tric hermit living in an isolated spot
in Northern Perry county, Tuesday
night, was fatally tortured by masked
robbers. That night a band of ma
rauders tortured him unmercifully, heat
ing a fire shovel red hot, burning his
cheeks and other portions of his body
and then assaulting him with a blud
geon, cutting his head frightfully, in an
attempt to secure a large amount of
money he was supposed to have in the
house.
Bank Boldly Blown Up.
The savings bank at Sholdahl, 20
miles north of Des Moines. Ia., was
blown up by four robbers Friday night.
They secured $1,600 and escaped after
holding 50 citizens at bay with rifles
wdiile they looted the wrecked vaults.
The explosion shook the town and al
most tore the bank building to pieces.
About 50 people rushed to the scene,
unarmed.
Two of the robbers with rifles kept
the crowd back until all the money in
sight had been secured. Then the gang
backed off into the darkness and escap
ed. Shot Daughter's Sullor.
Charles Stevens, 34 years old, was
fatnlly shot by William Moorman, aged
40, at Bartonia, Ind. The cause of ttie
shooting was a feud of several years'
standing brought about by the atten
tions ot Stevens to Moorman's daughter
against the father's wishes. Moorman
ordered the young man from his prem
ises several times.
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
Marines ot Seven Nations Were Landed af
Tien Tsin Besieged Missionaries
Reported 8afe.'
Telegrams from Tien Tsin, China,
dated Thursday, say: Heavy fighting
has taken place between the Imperial
troops and the Boxers at Lai-Shin-Hi-Sien,
but the result is not known. Rail
way traffic with pekin lias been resum
ed. The foreign settlement is sufficient
ly protected by the American and Jap
anese troops, which liave been landed,
consequently the excitement has abated.
1 he Chinese refuse to allow the Rus- .
sian troops to pass the Taku forts.
The Chinese government issued an
edict prohibiting the Boxers organiza
tion under penalty of death. The edict,
which was signed by the emperor, was
couched in equivocal terms and promul
gated really more as an excuse tfian
in condemnation of the movement.
American. British. Japanese, German,
Italian, Russian and French marines, to
the number of 100 each, have been or
dered to guard their respective legations
nt Pekin, but the viceroy will not allow
them to proceed hence to Pekin on the
railway without the authority of the
Chinese foreign office. One hundred
and eight Americans, wild a machine -gun
and a field gun, landed Tuesday
night amidst great enthusiasm on the
part of the residents.
Three thousand Chinese troops from
Lu Tai are expected, en route to Fang
Tat. There is a disposition to believe
that the Boxers will disperse before the
foreign troops are ready to act. Tien
Tsin is in no danger.
The foreign men-of-war have arrived,
five Russian warships and two Russian 1
gunboats; one French warship; two
British warships, and one Italian war
ship. They are nil landing men.
The rescue party of Freshmen and
Germans returned from Chang-Hein-Tien.
They confirm the report that the
besieged Belgians are now safe at Pekin.
They found several thousand Boxers
about the ruins of Ltt-Kow-Chiao and
Chang Hsin Tien stations. The bridges' -have
been damaged and the rolling
stock destroyed. At both places the
damage done is considerably greater
than at Fang-Tai.
A COOK'S DEADLY SCHEME.
Baited Provisions With Poison Twelve Bodies
Discovered as a Result.
Harburger & Matson have the con
tract for building a section of the new
Paint Creek Railroad through the wild
country 40 miles southeast of Mont
gomery, W. Va. Near the center of the
works, a big storehouse was occupied
for keeping the provender. The store
house was robbed one day while the
men were at work. This was repeated
several times and the manager in charge
saw that he must cither put a watchman
on both day and night or have his
stores exhausted before the work was
completed.
A brilliant idea struck the negro
cook. Without saying anything to the
employer he placed a couple of boxes
of rat poison on a lot of meat and mix
ed it well into a couple of bags of flour
and placed them near the door from
which the marauders had previously
taken their plunder. Within a few days
the storehouse was robbed again and
the cook told the foreman the robbers
had got the poisoned meat and flour.
The foreman sent a party of rvarchers
into the surrounding country to find
the poisoned stuff, but was unsuccess
ful. A mountain hunter named Addison
was attracted last week by a flock of
blizzards, and went to the spot over
which they circled. He found four dead
men lying on the ground. Inside a
cave nearby he found eight more 4id a
lot of flour, bacon and other provider.
The 12 men were all members of one
family, brothers and cousins. As yet
the officers have taken no hand in the
matter. They had been dead several
days when discovered.
Epidemic of Black Cancer.
An epidemic of black cancer rash pre
vails at West Derby, a suburb of New
port, Vt. Three deaths have occurred
within a week, and in each instance the
victim had been ill but two days when I
fatal symptoms appeared. Tlicy had v)
be buried immediately. If
About 50 houses have been quarantitf
cd, the schools have been closed aia
everything possible is being done tf
prevent further spread of the plague.1
RUSSIA MENACES CHINA.
Hat 1 1 ,000 Troops on Board Her Warshli
at Taku, and 14,000 In Roierve
The marines landed from the foreid
warships at Taku, have reached Shan
hai. 1 wenty-three warships are no
Taku, nine Russian, triree British, tfi
I 1,rMA Kr..T.M, u,n AmArJI
two Japanese and one Italian. In
tion to their crews, the Russians
on board their warships. It. 000 tr
from Port Arthur, with field equipn
rourtcen thousand Kussian troops
held in readiness at Port Arthur.
It is hinted in diplomatic "circles
Washington that this sudden mere
of activity on the part of tho Boxer
part of a plan by Russia to secure
permanent lodging in Pekin and to se
a position giving it full control of
great Pei-Ho'river, the approach to tj
Chinese capital. It is intimated th
the plan has proved abortive, owing to
the nb'rtness of th. other Furntian
powers, but particularly to the readiness
01 me uimeu aiaies minister, mr. won-i
gcr, and the American admiral, which
gave the movement an international as-l
pect, and so tended to prevent the Re
ticular nation concerned from aggran
dizing itself at the expense 'of other na
tions. Therefore it is assumed that the
excitement will rapidly abate and that
the Uoxers will disperse, temporarily,
at least.
CABLE FLASHES.
7
"Boxers" in China surround a party
of foreigners, who were trying to escape
10 lein J sin ana uiuea tour and wound
ed as many more.
President Loubet. of France, who,
when he attended the Brand atrml.
chase at Auteuil last year was greeted
uy a stormy outburst, renewed the vis
Sunday and there was no sign oi pola
cai uisturrjance.
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