THE IlKiVi TRAGEDY CONFIRMED.
FOUGHT BRAVELY.
European In the Lisl Entremlly Kill Their
Women and Children to Save Them
From a Worse Fate.
Telegram from Shanghai, dated
Wednesday, ny: The governor nl Fort
Arthur telegraph that 40.000 Manchii
troops were on July 7 within five miles
of Niu Chwang, ami had destroyed the
Russian wine. Thry were engaged liy
n small lorcc of Russian. The result
of the encounter is not known.
The foreign residents of Nin Chwang
were cseorted on hoard steamers liy
guard from the Russian gunboat Otwa
jny. It is reported that Manehu troons
are marching in the direction of Jehol.
Latest news from Shanghai regarding
the position at I'ckin, says: The two
remaining legations, the British nul
Kussiaii. in re attacked in force on the
evening of July fi, Prince Tuan being in
eommaml. Prince Titan commanded
the center, the riftit wing was led ny
Prince T'sai Yin and the left by Prince
Yin I. in. The reserves were under
Prince Tin Yu. The attack com
menced with severe artillery fighting,
lasting until 7 o'clock in the morning,
lloth legations were ilestroyed nnil all
the foreigner were dead. I he streets
around the leiiations were full of the
bodies of foreigners) and Chinese.
Upon hearing of the nttack Prince
Chiug and lien. Wang Wen Shao went
with troops to the assistance of the for
eigners hut were outnumbered and de
feated. Moth Prince Ching and lien.
Van Wen Shao were killed. Two for
eigners are said to have escaped
through the gates, one with n sword
wound in his head. Prince Tnan, in cel
ebration of the victory, distributed 100.
000 taels and huge quantities of rice to
the Doners.
Confirmation of the awful rumors in
reference to Peking has now been re
ceived from Shanghai. Sheng obtained
audience of the whole consular body on
Saturday and informed them that on
or about June 30 the foreigners in the
British legation were annihilated. The
information had reached him officially
from the governor of Shantung. It ap
pears from the governor of Shantung's
own statement that the foreign inmates
of the legation, including women and
children, were sn maddened by hunger
that they resolved upon making a sortie
on the night of June 30..' The attack
was unexpected bv liencral Tnan and
two hundred of Ins mn were slain in
their attempt to cut their way through.
The women and children were placed
in the center of a hollow square. After
fighting madly for some time th de
voted little band realized that their valor
was in vain and they were then reluct
antly compelled to turn their revolvers
on the women and children to save
them from a worse fate at the hands of
the Boxers.
Tuan battered the legation buildings
to ruins with his guns, and the lloxers.
thirsting for blood, attacked the native
Christian quarters, niassacreing all who
would not join them in outraging the
women, braining the children and
burning mission buildings, and now all
China is allamc and clamoring for the
death of the foreign devils everywhere.
Sheng asserts that Tuan is the real
author of the massacres. There is still
some confusion as to the exact date on
which the massacre was perpetrated.
One thing is certain, however, and that
is that the white men died at the posts
of duty and honor, and it is a matter
for congratulation in the awful circum
stances that the white women and chil
dren died at the hands of their loved
ones. Sheng. it seems, did endeavor
to help the legations by forwarding
food supplies and this action so enraged
Tuan that he determined to attack him.
A desperate battle ensued, with the
result that Sheng's forces were routed
and it is believed that Sheng himself
was killed.
DEATH OF FAITH CURISTS.
Epidemic ol Diphtheria In Illinois Colony.
Won't Touch Medicine.
Quarantined in an isolated farm house
near Rockford, III., more than half of
them stricken with diphtheria, 25 fol
lowers ofTbram Zook arc dying.
Medicines left by doctors forced upon
them by the authorities are left untastcd
at the order of the faith cure leader.
The people of the district are greatly
excited over the matter and tar and
feathers is among the mildest of the
punishments suggested for Zook.
Three children have already died
with the dreaded malady, all of which
were hastily buried on the Zook farm
without any services whatever. Six or
seven more of the inmate are now ly
ing at the point of death.
Chinese Rctormor's Opportunity.
Loung-Chi-Tso, the Chinese reform
er, now in Honolulu, will probably
leave very shortly for China. He says
that the conditions of China may prove
the open door to the accomplishment
of what the reformers, since their exile
by the dowager empress, have been
seeking to do through agitation outside
of China. Loung has met with great
success on the islands. He has just
returned from Maui, where Christian
churches were opened to him to hold
his meetings. Nearly the entire Chi
nese population is in sympathy with his
aims. About $25,000 has been subscrib
ed at Honolulu for the funds of the re
form movement.
A Tornado's Havoc.
A tornado visited Llano, Tex., Sun
day. . Many persons were injured.
Many residences were unroofed as were
the railway station and Algona House.
One or two residences were completely
wrecked. The 2.000 inhabitants were
panic-stricken. All wires were destroy
ed, and details of the storm's work are
meager.
Train Robbers In Kentucky.
The Illinois Central fast train from
New Orleans to Chicago was held up and
robbed of about $10,000 early Wednes
day, two miles south of WicklifTe, Ky.
The fireman was badly beaten, while
the express messenger was driven from
his car at the point of a rifle. The rob
ber, six in number, cut off the engine
and express car and ran a mile and a
half to Fort Jefferson, near the Ohio
river, and within sight of the Missouri
hare. -
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
A general agricultural exposition will
be held at Oldenburg, Germany, from
August 0 to 11.
Germany is gathering an nrmy of
crack soldiers to send to China about
the last of the month.
The steamer Quito, with $20,01x1 and
relief supplies for the famine sufferers
of India, has arrived in llombay.
Fire Friday destroyed 1J houses in
the little village of Watts, near Lancas
ter, Pa., causing a loss of $10,000.
The buffalo bug, which subsists upon
carpets, rugs and velvet, is tilling Oil
City, Pa., housewives with dismay.
Northern Texas has been deluged by
12 hours' hard rain; Dallas is Hooded
and railways suffer from washouts.
Two thousand solicitors are canvas
sing St. Louis for funds to enable street
railway strikers to continue the fight.
Government officials in London and
Washington entertain no further hope
that foreigners in Peking are still alive.
Dr. Fernando I'.. Gnachalla has been
appointed Minister to the United
States, Venezuela and Mexico by Bo
livia. The steamer San Jose arrived at San
Francisco Saturday, 12 days from St.
Michaels, Alaska, with $150,000 in
Hold.
Hawaiian plantation owners are go
ing to try to replace the Japanese labor
ers by negroes from the Southern
States.
The sensation of the week in London
was an expose of the corruption of the
police and wholesale bribery now car
ried on.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Vanderlip has turned over his summer
mansion for the use of working girls of
Chicago,
Governor General Wood, of Cuba,
sailed Friday for this country, where he
will consult the President regarding
Cuban interests.
The National Teachers' Union, in
tended for the mutual protection of the
profession, was incorporated Saturday
in Columbus, ().
The Farmers and Mechanics bank has
been organized at Greenville, ( t. John
W, nskr is president, and Harry A.
Deadlier cashier.
Five Filipino sailors of the bark F.thel
have been sentenced to death at Perth,
West Australia, for murdering the cap
tain of that vessel.
The Michigan and Ohio Plaster Com
pany, called the trust, has been dis
solved and its plants will resume in
dividual operation.
Gen. Di.niel H. Hastings, of Pennsyl
vania has been elected one of the new
board of the reorganized National Red
Cross Association.
Southern Arizona mining and cattle
interests, which have suffered great loss
from the drought, were relieved by
heavy rains Sunday.
The receipts from all sources nt the
Havana Custom House for June show
an increase over the same mouth of the
preceding year of $100,288.
Saturday the international conven
tion of Christian Fndeavorcrs opened
in London, over ,10,000 delegates at
tending the first meetings.
The United States cruiser Baltimore,
with Hear Admiral Watson on board,
and which left Manila early last May, is
at Gibraltar awaiting orders.
F.xportcrs of Portland, Ore., have
united to bring a test suit in the United
States courts for the return of duties
paid on shipments to Manila.
The new treaty between the United
States and Germany was proclaimed
Saturday, establishing a system of reci
procity between the two countries.
The official report that Tuan attacked
and destroyed the remaining legations
in Peking has been partially corroborat
ed by advices received by Consul Good
now. Two additional surgeons have been
ordered to proceed at once from San
Francisco to Cape Nome to assist in
stamping out the smallpox epidemic
there.
The dates for the celebration of the
100th anniversary of the founding of
Johnstown, Pa., set for September 2t,
22 and 23, have been changed to Octo
ber 5, 6 ana 7.
Uniontown, Pa., town council has
granted a company of Uniontown capi
talists the right to lay pipes for a steam
heating plant and to erect poles for an
electric light plant.
II. V. Jones, of Minneapolis, esti
mates the yield of spring wheat in Min
nesota and the two Dakotas at I.lS.ooo,-
000 bushels about two-thirds of a good
crop.
General D. S. Stanley, President of
the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland, decides that the next reunion
at Chattanooga shall be held on Octo
ber 9, 10 and 11.
Searching parties are seeking Mr.
Richard Keller, who is missing from
Tyrone, Pa. Her handkerchief and a
fragment of her clothing have been
found on a bramble.
Reports from Arizona say the Gila
and Salt rivers have gone dry, and cat
tle arc dying in large numbers as a re
sult of the drought. Forest fires add
terror to the situation.
M. Lasies. the prominent French Na
tionalist, fought a duel with Gerault
Richard, a newspaper man. and 111 the
eleventh round Lasies was hurt in the
arm and the duel stopped.
Judge Kohlsaat made a ruling in the
United States district court of Chicago,
Tuesday, declaring that duty must be
paid on goods brought to this country
from our new possessions.
The sultan of Sulu, although nomi
nally an American subject, is giving
the American military authorities trou
ble by objecting to American troops
passing through his territory.
The Chinese residents of the quaran
tined district in San Francisco claim
they lost $2,000,000 during that time. and
are preparing to sue the city or Fed
eral Government for that amount.
After paying all expenses, the execu
tive committee of the Butler county,
Pa., centennial found a balance of cash
on hand amounting to $405, which has
been turned over to the local hospital.
Suit has been filed in the courts of
Butler county, Pa., to test the constitu
tionality of the timber act of 1897, which
provides that owners of land containing
certain grades of timber shall be allow
ed a rebate on taxes.
An Italian miner named John Bartilla
came in contact with an electric wire in
the mines at Export. Westmoreland
county. Pa., and was instantly killed.
FOR PHILIPPINES.
Present Forco Unable to Garrison the Town.
Regiments Now Are Widely Scattered.
Serious Fighting Inevitable.
"More soldiers" Is the demand which
is coming to Gen. MacArthur from ev
ery department of the islands. Recent
events have worked to vindicate Gen.
Lawton's judgment that loo.uoo troops
will be needed to establish American
sovereignly fiver the Philippine. Until
they attempted to hold provinces of
200,000 or .100,000 hostile people with a
regiment or two, the American com
mander hardly realized the size of the
Philippine islands. '1 he present force
is not large enough to garrison more
than half the iinpoitant towns, and in
some of the most important islands,
among them Cebn. Panay, Samar,
l.eyle and the great Mohammedan em
pire of Mindanao, only the commercial
ports arc occupied. The Moros arc a
cloud on the horizon.
I Xficcr best acquainted with condi
tions in Mindanao and the Sulu islands
say that they consider serious fighting
there inevitable. If it conies, the two
regiments which are scattered in small
garrisons, some of them hundreds of
miles apart along the coast of Minda
nao, nn island nearly as large as Luzon,
may have serious work. The Moros arc
fighters by nature, do not fear death,
have many guns, though of antiquated
makes, but do the best execution by
lying in the thick jungles and cutting
down soldiers who pass.
Gen. Young, who is holding seven of
the most mountainous provinces of
Luzon with four regiments, expects se
vere work during the rainy season. For
some two months after his bewildering
invasion of the north, in December, the
insurgents were paralyzed. With a few
troops, to keep an eye on the villages
and prevent reconeentration, the paraly
sis, the general believes, would have
been made permanent. Finding ample
opportunities to reorganize, the insur
gents have availed themselves thereof.
Many troops have worn themselves and
horses down to the limit of endurance
in marching about the mountain trails.
WILL PREVENT REPRISALS.
Chinese In This Country to be Protected
Against Mob Violence.
The government has taken note of
the efforts made in some quarters to
stir up an agitation against the peace
able Chinese in the United States. It
feels it is imperatively necessary to use
the entire resources of the government
to suppress any movement that would
jeopardize their safety. Our govern
ment could not demand reparation or
indemnity from China for whatever
happens at Peking or elsewhere in
China if the Chinese government,
through the violence of our people,
were put in position to claim a set-off
growing out of violence shown its peo
ple in the United Slates.
Therefore steps have been taken al
ready to have the authorities in locali
ties where there may be danger of anti
C'hincsc outbreaks, prepare for the
promptest mid most stern repressive
measures nt the first symptoms of trou
ble. And it may be stated that there
will be no halting in the use of the
federal troops for such purposes if they
arc called for by the State officials.
Bushmen Eaten by Cannibals.
Tr.1.rrirt,a frnm Vii-li-.rin Tt f . 11V!
Bushmen from Cape Oxford, according
to a letter received by the Miowera
from Sydney, were killed and eaten by
rnnttilinla fin tin. rnnet rif Ww Britain.
The German Government is taking
steps to punish the cannibals.
The natives who were made victims
had been trading and when they reached
lm Inndificr in ftieir r.mnp thev were
fired on. Many were killed and their
bodies carried ashore, tint tne most
horrifying part was when several men
ui.r, rnlitfirprl nlivf. find drapirefl tO the
actual scene of the feast their bodies
were to provide. They were clubbed
.Mil nllnrwnrfl rnnctpd nr linked and
onton Tli, victim wire not all killed
at once, some ol them witnessing the
Killing 01 tneir comraucs.
Porto Rico' First Election.
The date of the coming election in
Puerto Rico, it has been decided, will
r.i 1 1 on the same day with the national
elections in the United States. One del
egate is to be chosen in accordance with
law at this election, and it is not deemed
necessary to hold two elections in the
island.
Troop Are Wanted.
The danger of an outbreak by the
Blanket Indians on Red Lake, Minn.,
is increasing. The Indian police from
the agency have gone over to the point
where the Blanketers are holding their
war dance and it is expected trouble
will ensue. Bulletins in Chippewa have
been posted, warning all friendly In
dians and whites to remain away from
the noint or suffer the consequences.
Twenty mounted men have left Solway
and will proceed to tne agency ani taxc
instructions from Indian Agent Mercer.
The men are well armed and carry each
a thousand ronnds of extra ammuni
tion, which will be distributed among
the settlers. A petition has been sent to
Governor Lind asking that a detach
ment of State troops be sent to Red
Lake at once.
Japan' Strong Force.
The Chefu correspondent, telegraph
ing Tuesday, says: "The Japanese force
is equipped with 36 heavy mortars and
1 jo field guns, and has pontoon and
balloon sections. The plan of campaign
contemplates extending two or three
years. A further force of 13.000 men
will be landed at Taku a week hence,
and 10,000 additional soon afterward.
Before the rainy season is well advanc
ed, Japan hopes to have 63,000 troops
in China. These formidable prepara
tions are viewed with great distrust by
Russia, Germany and France."
Ridiculed All Warning.
Rev. William P. Chalfant. of Pitts
burg, Pa., Presbyterian missionary,
who arrived at San Francisco Friday
from China, ointhe steamer Rio de Ja
neiro, places the blame for the present
outbreak at the dor of the European
diplomats at Peking-V
"Warning after warning," said Mr.
Chalfant, "was sent by'-fhe various mjs
ionaries to the embassies in Peking.
CONSPIRATORS ACTIVE.
Spaniard and Cuban In the Scheme, One ol
Whom Reveal the Secret Detective
Immediately Engaged.
A New York special says: A pi l
to assassinate. President McKinley has
been frustrated. It was concocted by a
group of Spanish and Cuban conspira
tors with headquarters in New York.
One of the plotters weakened and sent
a warning letter to a member of the
Republican National committee.
That letter was placed in the hands
of Secretary Charles Dick, who referred
it to Chairman D. fl. Odell, of the New
York State committee for investigation.
Chairman Odell engaged a detective,
who speedily verified certain important
allegations made in the warning letter.
Messrs Dick and llanna laid the
whole matter before the President short
ly before he departed for Canton. Th.-y
instructed Mr. Odell to continue his
investigation and cautioned him to work
with the utmost secrecy.
To a reporter Mr. Odell admitted that
he and certain members of the National
committee had discovered a plot to
asassinate the President. Yes, it is
true, he said; but I regret exceedingly
that the matter has become public.
Special detectives arc guarding the
President in Cantoti.
8TRANGE ANCIENT DRAIN.
It I Dug Up In a Jar-May be a Thousand
Year Old.
While excavating for a new building
at Walnut Ridge, Ark., workmen un
earthed, about 20 feet under ground, in
a drift of sand and gravel, a sealed stone
cask. The cask when opened revealed
a species of maize resembling in some
respects the corn of the present day,
but a different grain in every particular
from any grain at the present time, and
being reddish brown in color and
somewhat larger in size. The cask
contained over a peck of the grain,
which will be preserved ami replanted.
Near where the cask was found many
evidences of a prehistoric race have
been unearthed. Several years ago
stone jars and vases were revealed and
bones of what was once a human hcinj;
apparently gigantic in size were discov
ered. Local scientists who have ex
amined the grain declare there is noth
ing produced like it in the world at the
present time and they account for the
preservation under ground for probably
I.ooo years or more due to its bein:,'
closed in the airtight cask.
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Two Leader Plotted to Blow Up Ihe Maga.
line at Pretoria.
A Lorenzo Marque? dispatch says
that Lieut. Tossil and S. Gillingham,
two leaders of the Irish-American
corps, in South Africa, have been sen
tenced to death by a British court
martial for having plotted to blow up
the Pretoria magazine.
The Irish-American corps sailed
from New York for South Africa in
February last. The corps was in charge
of Dr. MacN'amara. It has been re
ported that after getting through to
Boer territory on the strength of their
Red Cross insignia, the members of the
corps tore off their badges and shoul
dered rilles. These reports, however,
emanated from British sources.
Soldier for China.
Telegrams from Manila say: Two
battalions of the Fourteenth infantry
and Daggett's battery of the Fifth artil
lery sailed for China Monday by the
transports Indiana, Flintshire and Wye
field. The expedition, which will join tin
Ninth infantry will carry 500 rounds
ammunition to a man and a reserve of
a million rounds, together with medical
subsistence, stores and clothing for
5.000 men for three months. It will
take also two 7-inch mortars and two
fi-inch howitzers, with ammunition.
The hospital ship Relief is going to
China.
Infants Not Bankrupt.
At Chicago Judge Kohlsaat, in the
United States district court, has decid
ed that a person under the age of 2t,
who is regarded as an infant at law,
cannot be adjudged a bankrupt in Illi
nois. He holds that an infant can, upon
reaching his majority, repudiate the
debts which he owes, and that he has
no creditors in the sense contemplated
by the bankruptcy act.
Escaped to Japan.
Francis Bell, business manager of the
Christian Missionary Alliance, at New
York, Wednesday received a cablegram
from Wuhu in the province of An Hui,
China, where some of their missionar
ies are stationed. It was in answer to a
cablegram which Mr. Bell sent three
weeks ago when he warned them to go
to a place of safety in case of danger.
The cable says: "All well. Ladies Ja
pan." The cable was signed by Matthew B.
Birrel, who is in charge of that station.
Mr. Bell said he thought the cable
meant that the women had escaped to
Japan. There were 14 women and 9
men at the different stations of Wuhu.
Big Wheat Crop In Texas.
The large wheat crop of Texas, which
is in excess of existing storage facili
ties, has created a demand for ware
houses such as has never before been
known. Within 10 days more than a
score of elevator conipanies have been
organized, with capital stocks ranging
from $25,000 to $150,000. and each of
them has contracted for the construction
of warehouses and elevators. The need
of these facilities is made more pressing
by the scarcity of cars, which the rail
road conipanies do not seem able to sup
ply in. sufficient number to meet the de
mand for moving grain.
Call to Cold Democrats.
A committee of gold Democrats Sat
urday issued a call for a meeting in
New York city July 18, to devise the
best method of placing in nomination
a third ticket for President and Vice
President upon a platform "denounc
ing and combating the fallacious and
unconstitutional creeds of both of the
old parties.
The call is signed by gold Democrats
of New York, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Colorado.
MANY IDLE MEN.
Dlggln Said lo Have Been Worked Out.
Smallpox and Typhoid Add to the Pan.
demonlum Reigning There.
Lawlessness, suffering, disease and
death these .seem to be the features of
life in the new gold camp at Nome City,
under the Arctic circle. Forty thou
sand men are there on the beaches, and
the story of their hardships and des
peration is told by passengers who have
reached San Francisco fin the steamer
San Juan, which left Nome City June
3", the ilay Colonel Randall declared
martial law. Before the steamer sailed
Nome was a pandemonium, without
law, and the beach presented a spectacle
never seen in any other gold rush in
this country. To add to the horrors of
unchecked murder and robbery, small
pox and typhoid broke out and many
men died (or lack of ordinary rare.
C. J. Ilihhnrd, of Newport, Vt., gives
a good idea of the desperation of the
men who are stranded tin Nome beach.
He says: "In the first place, there are
no diggings to support the 41,11 peo
ple) now nt Nome. The beach for miles
is strewn with engines and all kinds 'if
machinery sent north to work the beach
sands, and you can buy the whole lot
for a song, because there is not a ves
tige of gold left to be washed out. The
whole beach was worked out last year.
"The beach for five miles on each
side of Nome is lined with a wall of
tents 200 feet deep, and many of these
petiole have to steal to live from day
to day. Lawlessness was rampant and
unchecked before martial law was pro
claimed It is a crime for the transpor
tation companies to carry any more
people to Nome, as the Government
will have to bring them back."
TO CEASE HIS DECEPTION.
Schwclnfurlh, the Illinois Messiah, to Break
up Hit Heaven.
A flisapteh from Rockford, 111., says:
George Jacob Schwcinfurth is going out
of the "Heaven" business into the insur
ance business. He has come to the ir
revocable decision that he is of human
origin, and now he is going to act on the
principle that nothing human is foreign
to him.
For six months Schwcinfurth has been
suspecting that the old idea of his being
the son of God must have been an illu
sion. Now he is convinced that it was.
He has been looking into Christian
Science and he will join that church.
The "Angels" in the "Heaven" are
growing tired of their beatitude and
likewise growing smaller in number.
Scores of them have left the place of
late, and many of these are now ped
dling fruit and vegetables in the city.
Those who remain are no longer wed
ded to the belief that Providence is espe
cially interested in their doings.
Schwcinfurth' desertion will probably
close up the "Heaven" permanently.
OIL TANK CAR EXPLODED.
Many Men and Women Ran About With Their
Clothing In Flames.
By the explosion of an oil tank car at
Somerville, Mass., Thursday evening,
nearly 100 people were more or less in
jured, several of whom have since died.
A fire in the Boston and Maine rail
road yards attracted a large crowd.
Suddenly there was a rumbling noise.
One great sheet of flame shot into the
air, a huge oil tank which had been on
a car went up on end, and. following a
hiss and a sputter, there were shrieks
from all directions. The huge tank of
oil had exploded. The burning oil went
in all directions, and the shrieks came
from men, women and children who
had been in its vicinity.
Men and women with their garments
on fire ran about the yard in terror.
Some were so badly burned that they
dropped. Alarms were rung in, but the
great sheet of flame had been seen nt
the hospitals, and ambulances were
sent to the freight yard. The injured
were sent to various hospitals and some
were taken to Boston by train.
Almost a Million In Gold.
The steamer City of Seattle returned
from Alaska Tuesday, with $00,000 In
gold from the Klondike. Of the total
amount, dust valued at $rtoo,ooo wis
shipped to the Seattle assay oifice. Be
sides this there was $100,000 of individ
ual gold.
Remey Assume Command.
The following cablegram has been
received at the navy department from
Admiral Remey: "Arrived Tuesday.
Two battalions Ninth infantry and one
battalion marines. Col, Meade landed
to proceed to Tien Tsin. Allied forces
at Tien Tsin engaged in maintaining
their defenses. Ordered Solace to take
sick and wounded to Y'okohama hospi
tal. Oregon proceeds soon to dock at
Kure, towed by chartered steamer and
convoyed by Nashville. Just learned
from Admiral Seymour at Tien Tsin
that foreigners there are hard pressed."
Admiral Remey. the commander-in-chief
of the United State naval forces
on the Asiatic station, having arrived
in Chinese waters, is in command over
the head of Admiral Kempff, whom he
ranks.
Killod by Outlaws. '
The body of James Pool, president of
the Anti-Horse Thief Association of In
dian Territory, reached Bartlesviilc
Tuesday on the wav to Vcnita. He was
killed ina battle with the Barker gang
of horse thieves, 30 miles southwest.
Pool and two companions had follow
ed the outlaws 100 miles. Barker, lead
er of the gang, shot Pool through the
hiart. Pool's companions after a des
perate fight, succeeded in wounding and
capturing the gang, three in number.
'Fighting Chap'ain" Dead,
Rev. Dwight Galloupe, pastor of St.
Paul' Episcopal church, of Newark, N.
J., was found dead in the bathroom of
his parsonage in that city Wednesday
night, aged 20 years. Rev. Mr. Gal
loupe went to the front in the Spanish
American war as chaplain of the Ninth
regulars. He went to Cuba with the
regiment and there won the name of
"The Fighting Chaplain." He was on
the field with the Red Cross men dur
uut Ujc battle of San Tuan.
HEAVY CASUALTIES.
Almost a Whole Squadron of Scott firey ant
Ninety ol Lincoln Regiment Captured.
Day of Hard Fighting.
Telegrams from Pretoria, dated
Wednesday, say: The British sucees at
Bethlehem has considerably Improved
the prospects for peace. The whole of
the government of President Steyn ol
the Orange Free State has surrendered
except President Steyn himself. Those
official who are prisoners have been
allowed to communicate with Prridrnt
Steyn for the purpose of attempting o
prove to him the tisclessnes of an con
tinuance of the struggle, which can only
iirofiuce uiooosnen without any counter
balancing advantages.
The collapse of the force of Gen. De
Wet is expected daily. Intelligent ad-1
mimsirator with a knowledge of the
people could undoubtedly greatly aid in
ine iniiire settlement of difficulties, in
asmuch a a frank feeling in favor of
submission is prevalent among the
ll'iers.
Telegrams from Lord Roberts, dated
at Pretoria Thursday, say: The enemy,
after an unsuccessful aitack upon our
right rear, made a determined attack
upon our right flank Wednesday, and. I
regret to say, succeeded in capturing
Nitrals Nek, which was garrisoned by
a squadron of the Scots Greys, with two
guns of a bnttery of the Royal Artillery,
and five companies of the Lincolnshire
Regiment.
The enemy attacked in superior num
bers at dawn and, seizing the hills com
manding the Nek, brought a heavy gun
firc to bear upon the small garrison.
Nitrals Nek is about 18 miles from
here, near where the road crosses the
Crocodile river. It was held by us in
order to maintain the road and telegra
phic communication with Rustcnburg.
The fighting lasted, more or less,
throughout tl:! day, and immediately on
receiving notice this morning of the en
emy's strength I dispatched reinforce
ments from here under Colonel Godfrey
of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
Before, however, they reached the spot
the garrison had been overpowered and
tne guns and a greater portion ol the
squadron ot tne Ureys had been cap'
tured, owing to the horses being shot
also about 00 men of the Lincoln Regi
ment. A list fif the casualties has not
been received, but I fear they are heavy,
FIRST MEXICAN HOLDUP.
Two Train Mixed Up In It So dier Cap
ture One Bandit.
A daring train robbery took plac
Wednesday night at Santa Fulalia sta
tion, near Chihuahua, on the Mexican
Central. When a freight train side
tracked to let a passenger train pass it
was found that the spikes on the sid-i
ing had been pulled out. The train wast
derailed and the train crew attacked by
a dozen bandits. Many shots were firedj
Meanwhile the passenger train arrive'
and the crew, taking in the situation
pulled back to Chihuahua with the crew
of the freight train.
With a force of police and soldiers the
passenger train returned to the scene of
the hold-up. The robbers had broken
into several freight cars and carried
away booty. The police and soldier-J
started in pursuit, and one robber wa
captured with some of the booty. Thi-j
is the first train hold-up on record in
Mexico.
A Great Fruit Year.
The peach crop in Pennsylvania wity
be one of the largest in years, say
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture MarV
tin. We won't nave to go out of thol
State to supply the home market when1
the Pennsylvania fruit is ready to be
picked.
1 he great fruit crop, however, in
Pennsylvania this year, will be the an
pie crop. Reports from all of the apple)
growing counties show that the tree
will bear unusually heavy this season
Last year the apple crop was almosn
a complete lauure, tnrougn tne treezing
of the buds, especially in the western!
Washington. Greene and Westmoreland!
An Army for the Orient.
In pursuance of rush orders received
from Washington the camps at Presidio,
Cal.. will be put in order for s.ooo men,
who are expected to pass through there
in the next few weeks for China and
Manila. The quartermaster s depart
ment is buying horses wherever they
can be secured, and it is thought
of the infantry regiments ordere
China will be mounted in order
more effective work.
CABLE FLASHES.
President Zelaya. of Nicaragua, n
ing urged to accept a third term.
Cholera has broken out at Kohat,
dia, 77 deaths occurring in a week.
In the Bankruptcy Court in Londo
an order has been issued against Baro
Sudeley.
A steamer, arriving Friday at S
Johns. N. F., reports the straits of Bel!
Isle full ol ice.
Rt. Hon. Sir George Goldie is to b
appointed governor of Cape Colon
after the war there.
Heavy rains have fallen throughou
Chili, washing away 16 bridges an
flooding several cities.
Herr Kruno is building a large mil
for the manufacture of American can
wheels and axles at Essen.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies hasj
approved the commercial treaty b
tween tne United Mates and Italy.
The Government of Nicaragua is r
newing measures to prevent the intra
duction of bubonic plague into t lift (J
country.
General Jamont. inspector general t
the French army and vice president hi
the superior council ot war. resigned O'
ac out t of the changes made in the gen.
era, . an oy Minister 01 war Andre.
TV,e Oueen has approved the sele
tionof the Earl of Kopctoun as Go
ernof General of the Australian con
monwealth.
Prince Ruprecht, heir apparent to thi
Bavarian throne, was married in I n
nieh. to the Duchess Marie Gabrielle
of Bavaria.
The strike of dock laborer and n
men at Rotterdam has assumed a seriou?
aspect The strikers tired upon the sol
diers, wounding 10 of them. The garri
sons have been reinforced, and war
ships ere protecting the water front
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