LATEST NEWS NOTES.
ASSAULTED THE ORITAINS.
ALMOST FROZEN.
DETAILS RELATED.
Whita Women Hacked la Piece-Children
Held Aloll on 8pear tnd Bhol Tliee
Bui Minor Horror.
Telegrams dated Tuesday say: The
allied troops resumed lite attack upon
tlie Chinese walled city o Tien Tsin,
on Saturday morning and succeeded In
breaching tlic walls nnd capturing all
the furls. The Chinese were complete
ly routed and the allies took possession
of the native city ami its defenses.
The l"tal losses of the allies in the
engagements of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday were about Hno killed nr
wounded, of which 215 arc Americans.
The casualties were greatest among the
Russian and Japanese. The nuns of
the allies did immense damage to the
native city, causing many large confla
grations, nnd finally silenced the ma
jority of the enemy's guns simultan
eously. After three hours of the hard
est lighting yet experienced the Chinese
fled. Several explosions ill the native
rily were caused by the bombardment.
The Chinese appear to have exhausted
their supply of smokeless powder, as
Ihey are now using black powder.
Telegrams dated at Shanghai, Thurs
day, say: A C hinese merchant who his
just arrived from Peking give horrible
details of the massacre, lie says he
saw European women hauled into tin
street by shrieking Itoxers, who strip
ped them anil hacked lliein to pieces,
fheir di-severed limbs were tossed to
the crowd and carried off with howl?
of triumph. Some were already dead,
having been shot by foreign civilians.
He says In- saw Chinese soldiers car
rying the bodies of white children aloft
on their spears, white their companions
sho- at til" bodies, lie gives other de
tail! loo horrible to be particularized
here.
It seems that the Boxer leaders had
organized a plan, including the offering
of rewards ami rich loot, for the anni
hilation of Europeans throughout China,
and that Prince Tiian'.i generals have
been emphasizing the opportunity the
soldiers have of seizing the bodies 'f
white women.
Intense indignation is felt at Shang
liai at the honors which the British it.
Hongkong have accorded to l.i Hung
Chang, w ho is looked upon in Shanghai
ns the originator of the whole fiendish
anti-foreign plot.
The Japanese correspondents charge
the Russian soldiers with appalling bar
barity toward the Chinese. They de
clare that the Peiho is full of corpses if
women and children and that the Rus
sians loaded 300 bodies on a junk and
burned tin 111.
Shanghai reports that three missim
stations on Poyang lake have been de
stroyed, but it is believed that the mis
sionaries escaped. All the missionaries
at A-Slie-llo, Kerin nnd Kuan-Chcn,i-Tiii,
in Cliinesc Manclinra, have arriv
ed in safetv at Vladivostok.
Native Chinese at Chefon say that
thcie arc in and around Peking at least
300.000 Chinese troops, and that the
"lioxcrs" are armed with the best and
most modern weapons. From all
sources come the same tidings that the
"Boxers" have enormous supplies of
modern arms nnd animunitior.
REBELS LOST 330 MEN.
A Week's Record of the Work of (he Ameri
can Army In the Philippines.
It is officially announced that last
week 200 insurgents were killed and 130
surrendered. Twelve Americans wc.-e
killed and 11 wounded. This include
the casualties of Col. William E. Birk
liimer's engagement with a force of the
Twenty-eighth infantry, wRo attacked
200 insurgent rillcs entrenched two miles
east of Taal, killing 38. A detachment
of the signal corps, while repairing
wires, was twice ambushed.
Capt. Charles D. Roberts, of the
Thirty-fifth infantry, who was captured
by the Filipinos last May, lias arrived at
Manila on parole. He will not return
to captivity. Senor Huencatnino la.it
Thursday sent to Aguinaldo, by means
of Aguinaldo's mother, the amnesty
resolutions adopted by the meeting of
representative Filipinos on June 21, to
gether with Gen. MacArthur's answer
to them, and other documents bearing
upon the restoration of peace. It is un
derstood that Aguinaldo will summon
his advisers, and that a reply may be ex
pected within a month.
OEATH OF FAITH CURISTS.
Epidemic ot Diphtheria in Illinois Colony.
Won't Touch Medicine.
Quarantined in an isolated farm house
near Rockford, 111., more than half of
them stricken with diphtheria, 25 fol
lowers of Abram Zook are dying.
Medicines left by doctors forced upon
them by the authorities arc left untastcd
nt 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 inmates arc now ly
ing at the point of death.
Trad of the Philippine.
The total value of merchandise im
ported into the Philippines in the six
months ending December 31, 1890, was
$11,456,670, of which $572,346 worth was
admitted-free of duty. The total amount
of import duty collected was $2,071,706.
The total exportation from the archi
pelago amounted to $7,645,626. The ex
port duty collected was $237,856. The
greatest trade was with China.
Smallpox at Dawson.
The steamer Cutch arrived at Van
couver, B, C, Wednesday, from Skag
way, bringing the largest gold ship
ments received in, Vancouver this sea
son from the north. A large amount in
drafts and $300,000 in dust was on
board. A majority of the 60 passen
gers brought large Packages of sold.
some of greater weight than one could
carry off the boat unaided.
A dozen cases of smallpox have
broken out at Dawson. The infection
is supposed to nave come from Nome
A revolution has broken out In Gua
temala. .
Boxers have extended their outrages
almost to the Korean border.
United States foreign commerce
passes the $2,000,000,000 mark.
Prof. Linton nllays fenrs of barren
areas in the Pittsburg coal scam.
Three brothers were drowned In
the Ohio river nt Glen wood, W. Va.
Dock laborers in Rotterdam who have
been striking have returned to work.
Thirty persons have been drowned at
the month of the Yukon in four months.
A monument to Gen. F.dward I'nine
was unveiled Saturday at Painesvillc,
O.
The navy department is advised that
the Oregon has safely reached Kure,
Japan.
Washington County. Pa., Is to have
the first automobile mail service in the
United States.
l'.niployes of the llaitimore fit Ohio
railroad have been forbidden to hold any
political office.
Ity the eruption of Mount Azuma in
Japan on July 17, 200 persons were kill
ed or injured.
One man was killed outright and
three fatally ininred nt a Tiffin (O.)
crossing accident.
I.azarns Itachtel, a farmer near Can
ton, ()., hanged himself Sunday. He
as 76 years of age.
The puddling rale for July anil August
rt Voungstown, Ohio., was on Saturday
advanced 12! j cents.
All the union employes of the Dallas
(Tex.) Consolidated Street Railway
Company have struck.
George Fisher, who killed the sheriff
at Southwest City, Mo., was Wednesday
shot to death by a posse.
Hritish and Indian troops have been
diverted to Shanghai to protect Hritish
interests in Southern China.
William Shrader and Peter Kallcp,
miners, were killed at Whitney, Pa.,
Saturday, by a fall of slate.
Capt. Holmes of the ill fated yacht
Idler, has been arrested nt Cleveland
on the charge of manslaughter.
The animal reports of the United
Mine Workers' Association show a bal
ance in the treasury of $50,163.15.
The centennial of the Cool Spring
Presbyterian Church, near Sharon, Pa.,
will take place August 29 and 30.
In the burning of the masthoiise in
the Charleston navy yard the govern
ment loss is estimated at $104,000.
Two millions of pounds of wool are
being held in Texas because the grow
ers to refuse to accept current prices.
Mai. F.dward U. McCormick, of
Grcciisburg, has been appointed judge
advocate of the Second brigade, N. G.
P.
At the meeting of the Christian Mis
sionary Alliance at Cleveland Sunday
Jio.rax) was subscribed for foreign mis
sions. Dismat swamp, in North Carolina, is
burning, and wild animals driven into
open country play havoc with neighbor
ing crops.
Charles D. Pierce, consul general of
the Orange Free State in New York,
denies that a body of Itucrs will emigrate
to this country.
Sidney Kdgcrton, ex-congressman,
father of the territory of Montana and
a founder of the Republican party, is
dead at Akron.
There arc signs of a disintegration of
the alliance against China, each power
looking after the territory in which it is
immediately interested.
During the last day's fighting at Tien
Tsin the Ninth United States infantry
lost 215 and the United States marines
40, killed and wounded.
A bill has been introduced into the
British parliament which will permit the
government to prohibit the exportation
to China of war munitions.
The total exports of Havana for
the first six months of 1000, as com
pared with the same period 0 1899,
show a decrease of $519,109.
Wesley Ellis, of Trace Creek, Wayne
county. W. Va., has surrendered on a
charge of shooting Jesse Cox, his neigh
bor, lie claims sell defense.
With a capital of $6,000,000 the Mc
Lean Arms Company was incorporated
at Trenton. N. J., for the manufacture
of improved arms for infantry.
The mission board of the Southern
rrcsbvterian Church at Nashville.
Tenn., received a cablegram announcing
the safety ot its 5b missionaries.
Martin Rcnningcr, 58 years of agi
was killed by a steer in the stockyard at
Massillon, O., Saturday night. lie
leaves a widow and two children.
Many deaths and prostrations from
heat are reported from New Y'ork nnd
Philadelphia, the mortality among
children at New Y'ork is excessive.
Two and a half million dollars in
gold is en route to the United States
from Australia, and there is likely to be
monthly shipments for four months.
Wednesday a freight train plunged
into an excursion crowd standing on
the track at Johnstown, Fa., killing two
children and injuring several others.
At Newton, near Cincinnati, David
Brown, a hostler, killed Mark Robin
son and fatally hurt Frank Murphy, as
the result of an old family quarrel.
In the Towers trial at Georgetown.
Kv.. W. H. Culton, indicted with Pow
ers and others for the murder of Goe-
bel, gives damaging testimony against
Powers.
In a fiuhl between negroes and denulv
sheriffs near Harriman. Tenn., two of
the former were killed, one of the latter
will die and another is desperately
wounded.
Suit has been filed against several
stockholders of the Joliet (111.) Wire
Company, an independent concern
charging them with a conspiracy to
wreck the business.
Ice floes blockade 1,000 fishing ves
sels in the Straits ot uciie isle and the
10.000 fishermen are fearful that total
failure of the fishery at Labrador will be
the result this year.
Col. J. W. Scully, of flic army, lias
gone to Mexico to bring back for re
interment at San Antonio, Tex., the re
mains of 700 American soldiers killed
in the battle of linens Vista.
A Sharon child kidnapped two years
ago turns up in a New York foundling
asylum, is sent to a Punxsutawney fam
ily for adoption, and is restored to its
mother through an accidental discov
UNDER HOT FIRE.
Legation Wort Alive en Wednesday New
Accepted by lh Slat Depart
ment a Genuine.
The following statement was given
out at the State department Friday fore
noon: On the nth of this month the
State department communicated a brief
message, asking tidings of Minister
Conger, In the State department code.
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iMiuisicr 11 uinicriooK 10 gei uns nuo
Minister Conifer's hands, if he were
.iliviv Hi bn siifTppdfd in doimr this.
This morning the Stale department re
ceived a telegram from Consul General
Gooilnow, nt Shanghai, saying:
"The governor ol Shantung informs
me that lie has received to-day a cipher
message from Conger, of the iHth.'
A few minutes later Minister Wit ap
peared nt the State department with a
telegram from Taotai Sliang, dated July
wmcn nan neen receiveu ny minister
Wit nt 8:30 o'clock Friday morning,
reading as follows:
"Your telegram was forwarded, nnd,
ns reipiested, I send reply from the
Tsiing l.i-Yameti, ns follows: 'Y'our
telegram of the 15th day of this moon
(July 11) received. The State depart
ment telegram has been handed to Min
ister Conger. Herewith is Minister
Conger's reply to the State department.'
'In British legation. Under continued
shot nnd shell from Chinese troops.
Quick relief only can prevent general
massacre.' "
The message is not dated, but it Is
iitiiJerstiioJ U'i til fntin Pelfintr fin
the iHth. This reply was in the Stat-?
department cipher nnd it is regarded
by Ihe State department as genuine, in
asmuch as forgeries seem, under the cir
cumstances, impossible.
CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH.
Major E. A. Marshal Ha Summed Up the
Number of If Force.
One of the chief difficulties in the
situation is lack of definite information
: to the military strength of China.
Major K. A. Marshal, the British offi
cer, who is perhaps one of the best
authorities, has summed up the number
and disposition of tile forces thus:
righting troops: Manchtirtan field
force, 50.000; Mancliurian Irregulars,
--o.oixj; Fighting Braves, 125.000; Chitn
Chun, or disciplined troops, 10,000; total,
205.000. Reserves under arms; 1 ekiti
field force, 13,000; banner troops i.i
1 ekin, "S.ooo; banner troops in prov
inces, 95.000; l.iih-i mg, or green
tandard regiments, 51x1,01x1; total, OrVj,-
000.
The armament of the army is an un
known quantity. Many of the so-called
cavalry have no horses, and only a few
detachments are armed with carbines
and rilles. The great majority still
carry lances and bows and arrows. A
very small portion of the artillery has
cccived special training. flic bat
teries stationed in Chi I.i and Turkestan
arc considered to be the best. Most of
the green (lag troops and the reserves
are untrained. The best drilled troops.
who have been tinder foreign instruct
ors, nrc the detachments of Gen. Ni-
Shi-Chen, 15,000 men; nnd Gen. Yuan-
fdnk-Kai 17,000 men; the latter being
employed for the defense of the coast
of the titilt of I'e-Chi-I.i. lietana anl
Taku. These detachments are chiefly
armed with Mauser rilles, of which
shout 000,000. it is stated, have been itn
ported into C hina by German and Eng
iis.li firms during the past three years.
DESERTER'S PUNISHMENT.
Soldier Who Joined the Filipino Sent to
Prison for Lite.
Upon Henry Vance, a musician of
Company L, Thirty-seventh infantry, a
court-martial at Manila has imposed the
unusual sentence of imprisonment for
life. He deserted in March while at
Santa Crux, and joined the enemy. He
wore the uniform of the rebels and re
maincd in desertion until captured near
Pangil, in April. He tried to persuade
another musician of the same regiment
to go over to tlic enemy.
The sentence was to be dishonorab'v
discharged from the service of the
United Slates, forfeiting all pay and al
lowances due him, and "to be confined
tit hard labor at such ulacc as the re
viewing authority mav direct for the
remainder of his life." The Bilibid pris
on, at .Manna, is designated as the place
01 connnenicnt.
TO SUPPRESS ILLICIT DISTILLING.
License In Philippine Held Rctponsible for
Many Disorder.
Gen. MacArlhur has decided to sup-
press illicit distilling in the Philippines.
He has begun his crusade in Manila by
seizing the entire stock of impure api-
sado carried by one of the largest liquor
firms of the city. The makers of bad
intoxicants will also be proceeded
against.
The authorities have been impressed
with the large number of applications
that come in daily, especially from the
Chinese, requesting license for the man
ufacturei of wine, whiskey, etc. The
traffic is, however, not confined to
Chinamen. Many Americans and Eu
ropeans have gone into the business
with every appearance of profit.
The effect of this business in the armv
i3 to increase the number of courts
martial. Army officers at Manila of ti
cially express the opinion that the li
cense which has prevailed in regard to
sellers of bad liquor is accountable for
the disorder which prevails in some
quarters.
Fatal Crush at Sea.
A dense fog hung -over the Irish
channel Saturday morning, and the
steamship Campania, for Liverpool
from New York, struck the Liverpool
bark Embleton, cutting her in twain.
The Embleton sank immediately.
Several of the crew were rescued, but it
is believed the other II members of the
ship's company, including the cantaln
were drowned. The Campania had her
bow stove in, but arrived safely at Liv
erpool live and a nan hours late.
Boer Had Fifteen and English Seven Killed
In Battle Tuesday Lord
Robert Report.
Lord Roberts telegraphs from Pre
toria, Wednesday, as follows! Yester
day the enemy made a determined attack
on the left of Polc-Carw's position
and along our left flank, commanded by
Hutton. The posts held by the Irish
Fusiliers and Cnnadinti mounted in
fantry, under Lieutenant Colonel Alder
son, were most gallantly defended. Ths
enemy made repeated attempt to as
sault the positions, coming in close
range and calling to the Fusiliers to sur
render. The enemy suffered severely.
They had 15 killed and 50 wounded and
four were taken prisoners. The British
casualties were seven killed (including
the Canadian Lieutenants Borden and
Birch), vi wounded and 21 missing.
Ian Hamilton's column advanced to
Waterval yesterday unopposed and to-
lay proceeded to Haitians Kraal.
Fifteen hundred Boers, with five
guns, managed to break through the
cordon formed by Hunter's and Kii'i
dlc's divisions, between Bethlehem and
I ickshtirg. l'bey were making toward
Lindley. being closely followed by Pn-
get's nnd Broadwood's brigades.
). M. A. Wolmarans, of the Transvaal
executive council, lias been arrested
at his house within the British lines
near Hatherley. Bar gold worth .6,000
and a quantity of arms were found con
cealed in the house.
CUBA TO BE FREE.
President McKlntey and Cabinet Decide Thlt
Question No More Delay.
President McKinlcy and the cabinet
decided Thursday to turn over the gov
ernment of Cuba to the Cubans within
the next nine months. The plan was
almost the sole topic of discussion dur
ing a cabinet session of five hours.
Major General Leonard Wood, mili
tary governor of the island, who had
been sent for by the President, said the
Cubans were now capable of sett-gov
ernment and advised that the govern
ment be turned over to them at an early
date. He recommended that a consti
tutional convention be held by the Cu
bans at Havana in October.
The President declared a belief that
nine months would afford sufficient
time for all the preparatory steps. lie
said that the pledges made by Congrers
to culia should lc carried out as soon
as possible.
1 he withdrawal of the troops will be
gradual. General Wood asserted that a
sudden evacuation of the island would
cause much apprehension among the
people. They were accustomed to gar
risons and believed that the presence of
soldiery was a guarantee of safety
Property owners in the island, he said
were especially anxious that the sol
diers remain until all possible danger of
trouble was over. Gen. Wood returns
to 1 lavaua at once.
FIERCE FIRE AT SALEM.
Wost Virginia Town Lose Several Industries,
Several Narrow Escape.
Tuesday fire was discovered in the
Wolfe mill at Salem, W. Va. The fire
started in the picking room, and is sup
posed to have caught from friction.
The flames spread rapidly, and in a lew
minutes the building was enveloped. A
large flouring mill nearby caught and
was soon allamc.
Four dwelling houses were the next
to rgnitc, and, in addition, three livery
stables, two blacksmith shops and sev
eral outbuildings were entirely destroy
ed. The flames were got under con
trol at 6:30 p. tn., but not until the loss
had reached in the aggregate of $6o,noo,
with practically no insurance.
BIG FOREST FIRE RAGING.
Flame Cover Territory of Twenty-Five
Square Mile.
Telegrams from Sandwich, Mass., say:
A forest fire, which now extends over a
territory of at least 25 square miles and
which threatens with destruction nearly
a score of towns about this portion of
the Cape district, is the result of a
blaze started Friday in the vicinity of
Patchvillc by berry pickers. Hundreds
of men are working night and day to
check the progress of the flames, but as
the brush is as dry as tinder, they are al
most helpless. The flames arc traveling
through some of the heaviest timber
standing on the Cape.
Boycotting Chinese Laundries.
The Chinese population of Chicago is
(perturbed over reports from various
parts of the city that because of Can
casian antipathy aroused by the troubles
in the celestial empire, a boycott has
been instituted against Chinese laun
dries and truck firms. e Sung Lee
a banker in Chinatown, and probably
the richest Mongolian in the city, says
four laundries have been forced to sus
pend business during the past week
and Chinese laundrymcn generally re
port a falling olt ot 50 per cent in their
business.
Duol With Pitchforks.
A terrible encounter has taken place
between two Russian farmers, whose
names have not yet been learned, in
Emmons county, S. D., resulting in the
death of both men. There was no wit
ness to the battle.
It is supposed the men quarreled over
a tract of hay land and attacked encli
other with pitchforks. Their bodies
were found in the field, where there
were evidences of a fearful struggle be
twecn the two men, both bodies being
icpcatedly pierced by the fork tine an
covered with blood.
Tuan't Army Defies Ruicla.
A Tien Tsin dispatch says that Prince
Tuan has organized an anti-foreign
army of 950,000 Chinese, The northern
corps has been ordered to expel all
foreigners from the Amur district and
one division lias gone to operate there,
Gen. Gribski reports from Blagovest-
chensk (capital of the Amur district)
that the Chinese along the Amur river
have thrown up entrenchments twentv
versts (about 13 iftlca) long and have
mounted 40 gun.
TERRIFIC CLOUDBURST.
Many Dwelling and Three Lfve Swept
Away Armstrong County, Pa., Farmer
Sudor From Heavy Rain.
Thursday afternoon a thunder storm
of unusual severity visited the lower
portion of Jefferson and tipper section
of Belmont counties in Ohio. There
was a cloudburst nt Herricks, between
Adena nnd Lnng Run, on the line of
the Wheeling nnd Lake Eric railroad.
and about five inches of water (ell in a
few minutes, converting I-ong Run into
a raging torrent, tearing out the road
bed of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
and carrying away several railroad an l
county bridges and a number of houses
occupied by miners. In these latter
three Hungarians were drowned..
In Armstrong county, Pa the win l
and rain 1 htirsday did a great deal of
damage on the farms in Gilpin and
Parks townships. Crops growing 011
hillsides were washed into the valleys,
fields of corn were destroyed and the
public roads blocked by trees, felled by
the high wind. Five derricks within 1.11
area of one mile were blown ov:r.
Henry Riggle, of Gilpin township, had
10 acres planted in potatoes and almo st
the entire crop was washed down nnd
scattered along the public road. Th'
loss can hardly be estimated, but it will
amount to thousands of dollars to the
farmers of southern Armstrong county.
1 he greatest damage to the farms,
which are nartlv hillside. Is in thr loss
of rich soil, washed out by the heavy
rains.
A BOXER PLACARD
Says an Army ol Destruction Will March
From Pekin to Nankin.
By the steamer Empress of India news
comes that nn edict, published in the
Japanese papers, from the empress
dowager, tells of the burning of the im
perial palace by Boxers. Native papers
state that a lloxer placard, posted
throughout Pekin, reads ns follows:
I, the commander-in-chief of Heav
en's troops, will march from Pekin to
Nankin with them shortly. Our prin
cipal object is to burn nnd destr. y
churches nnd chapels and then the tele
graph and postoffices. telegraph sta
tions, colleges and schools. The peo
ple need not be frightened when they
see our arrival. We are going to drive
awav the foreigners so as to keep the
empire in tieace and comfort. Purchas
ing provisions we win give tue tnarKet
price, but sellers must also charge
moderately. We will not destroy tin:
Yatnens and customs; they can levy
duty ns usual. If any people disobey
this order they will be beheaded at
once.
GREWSOME FUNERAL SCENE.
Lightning Strike a Church and Injures Many
ol the Attendants.
A grewsome accident occurred Thurs
day afternoon at Chatfield, a few miles
north of Bucyrus, O. While the fune-
nl of John Zetjer was in progress a
blinding flash of lightning struck the
church, followed by a deafening peal of
thunder. 1 he edifice was crowded to
the doors and half the people were
nrostrated bv the shock.
Mrs. Simon Shade, who was leaning
against one of the pillars of the church,
received most of the shock and will
probably die. Twenty-five others were
injured, some seriously. Many fainted
from fright, and a panic ensued. Th;
injured people were removed to a house
nearby and medical aid summoned.
The coffin swayed violently and fell to
the floor with a crash. The scene was
indescribable. A stampede occurred
among the horcs and much damage was
done. 1 he church was only slightly
damaged, a few bricks having been
knocked out of the chimney and a lit
Uncle Sam' Latent Strength.
The adjutant general's office has is
sued its annual statement of the organ
ized militia force of the United States,
together with the number of men avail
able for military duty but unorganized
The grand total of organized militia
men in the several States and Terri
tories at last report was 106,339. Those
unorganized but available for military
duty aggregated 10,343.152.
From the table these figures are tak
en: Pennsylvania, 9.222 organized; 839.-
52 unorganized; unio, o.oo organized;
645,000 unorganized; West Virginia, I,
093 organized; 125.000 unorganized.
FEW TROOPS NEEDEli.
General Wood Thinks He Can Spa, Another
Regiment From Cuba.
General Wood, governor general of
Cuba, had a conference with Secretary
of War Root with the result that it was
determined to keep a force of about S.
ooo men in Cuba for several months yet.
this decision will permit ot tnc wun
ilrawal from the island of another regi
ment in addition to those previously
ordered home. The Fourth regiment of
infantry, posted in Pinar del Kio and
Giianajay. has been selected as the
fourth regiment to conic home, and or
ders to that end were telegraphed to
Cuba by General Wood. It was also de
cided that the constitutional convention
should be convened during th early
tall, the date being kit to General
Wood.
General Wood says that peace and
quiet prevail in Cuba and that troops
arc kept there simply for their mn-,-1
influence. He expects to sail for Ha
vana to resume his official duties next
Saturday.
CHINESE WAR NOTES.
The czar has proclaimed H state of
siege in his Asiatic military districts.
The Seventh artillery, the heaviest
battery in the service, has been ordered
to China.
Three hundred and fifty thousand
Chinese troops are reported massed
about Peking.
A Shanghai dispatch reports the mas
sacre at Tia Yuen of 60 missionaries
and 100 native converts.
Li Hung Chang gets a cold reception
from French officials upon his arrival
at Shanghai en route to Peking.
Boxer leaders incite Chinamen to
muidcr and riot by promises of rich loot
and the possession of the female prison-
Ammonia Tub Eiplodcd and the Man t
Immediately Covered With Ice Ex
citing Rosen by Workmen.
While the torrid trmtirniliire l rum.
Irig sun strokes, prostrations and gener
al discomfort, Allegheny, Pa., has fur
nished the rem.irkutile mi. of n mnn
being almost frozen to death. The vic
tim is Anton Klozen, an engineer, who
has been employed as engineer at the
candy factory of James McClurg & Co.
Tuesday Klozen discovered a leak in
a valve attached to a large ammonia
lank which is used in freezing candies.
He attempted to stop the leak and wis
repairing the broken valve when a con
necting tube burst, the contents spurt
ing in a heavy stream over the engineer.
The effect was tlic snmc as the tempera
ture taking an instant drop of loo de
grees.
The ammonia deluged Klozen from
hiad to foot, freezing his clothes and
body into a solid mns. Klozen was
rapidly freezing to death when the em
ployes of the factory went to lus rescue.
He was dragged in front of a hot fur
nace and the frozen liquid torn in piece
from his face nnd body. His cloth-
were taken off and were stiff enough to
be stood upright ngainst the wall.
Klozen is in a critical condition from
the effects of the nrrident. His ryes
are both destroyed by the acid. He is
also suffering intense pain from having
inhaled the fumes of the ammonia. An
operation was performed to restore the
stricken man's sight, but it was unsuc
eesssful. The physician express grave
doubts as'to Klozen's recovery.
A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.
Chlnete Viceroy Say That Legation Wert
Safe on July 9.
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
the United States, Tuesday received a
message, supposed to originate in Pe
kin. saying that the legations were safe
on July 9. 'I he mes-age, which was
immediately shown to Secretary Hay by
Minister Wu, is as follows:
"The utmost efforts have been made
to protect foreign ministers who were
well on the 13th. (Chinese calendar cor
responding to our July 9.) If Tien
Tsin city should be destroyed it would
be difficult to restore the same in loo
years. Request the powers to preserve
it as the consequences would affect
Chinese and foreign commerce. Earl
I.i Hung Chang is transferred to North
China as viceroy of Chi-Li. Please
transmit this dispatch to the minister
at other capitals.
This dispatch, which is dated July 10,
was signed by Viceroys Liu Run Yi
and Chang Chih Tung, of Nanking and
Wu Chang respectively and also by
Sheng, director of posts and telegraphs
nt Shanghai. It was addressed to the
Chinese minister in London and by him
transmitted to Minister Wu. In ac
cordance with the request contained in
the cablegram. Minister Wu asked Sec
retary Hay to agree, with the other
powers, to preserve Tien Tsin from de
struction. The secretary's answer was
not made public, but Minister Wu fears
that the destruction already has occur
red. He regards the cablegram as per
fectly authentic.
A LONG CAMPAIGN.
War Department Preparing for Winter Work
In China.
The adiutant general's office has
made public a detailed statement show
ing the provision made by the war de
partment in the equipment of the ex
peditionary force sent by the United
States to China. The strength of this)
force in all the arms of the service ag
gregates 10.665. It is possible that this
force may be further augmented to the
extent of 2.000 or 3,000 men. Complete
hospital equipment for a force of this
size is provided.
Owing to the fact that the gulf of
Pechili is icebound about the 1st of No
vember, preparations have been made to
land at Taku before that date six
months' supply of commissary stores.
Troops leaving the States for China
will carry a complete outfit of comfort
able clothing in addition to their regula
tion clothing and tcntage. Owing to
the severe weather that may be expect
ed in northern China during the winter,
the expedition will carry 1.400 Sibley
stoves, 8.500 overcoats. 6,000 pairs of
Arctic overshoes. 3.000 blanket-lined
canvas hoods and other extra heavy
winter clothing.
To secure suitable drinking water fori
the troops on shore 100 sterilizers J
capacity of 25 gallons an hour are h
nig manufactured and will be sent .
express to San Francisco as soon
possible.
To Crowd Out Small Plant.
The information comes from trusl
worthv sources thnt a well defined plarn
is in operation to freeze out the small
manufacturers of plate and bar iron and
steel who began business during the re
cent boom in the iron market. During
the last seven weeks the plate and bar
iron prices have dropped from $43 per
ton to $.'5 per ton.
Already a number of small mills
have been compelled to quit, including
one at Minerva, O., and one at Erie,
Pa. The plan is to restore prices on
September I to the present basis of
beams and channel iron, viz., fjS per
tun.
Seeking Oil la Mercer.
The Standard Oil Company, which
has secured leases on 4,000 acres of land
in Hubbard, Brookfield and Liberty
townships, for the purpose of prospect
ing for oil and gas, has commenced
operations on the farm of John Mont
gomery, in Brookfield township. Pre
vious tests have demonstrated that oil
and gas exist in various parts of the
section embraced in the lease, but their
extent will not be known until a thor
ough test is made. This, it is said, the
Standard intends to do without delay.
Hundred Are Misting.
A special from Austin, Tex., says 300
families from Austin, San Antonio, Fort
Worth, Houston and other towns were
camping along the upper courses of the
La no, Gauduloupe. Nueces and Colo
rado river when the series of water
spouts occurred two days ago. But few
of these parties have been heard from
since and friends of the missing ones
are alarmed. Searching parties have
made every effort to discove the fa:
or whereabouts of the campers, but
without tucccs.
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