MOTHER VIGTORY IM Bl ALLIES YANG TSUN CAPTURED. Th Place Wu th Objective Point of th First Advtnca August IB, 60,000 Won Will Press Forward. This dispatch from Minister Conger, dated at Tsi-Nan-Ynmcn, Tuesday, was received late Tuesday night by the state department nt Washington: "Still be sieged. Situation more precarious. Chinese government insisting upon our leaving Peking, which would lie certain death. Rifle firing upon us daily by im perial troops. Have abundant courage, but little ammunition or provisions. Two progressive yamcn ministers be headed. All connected with the legation o( the United States well at the present moment. Conger." In the capture of Yangtsun, the losses of the allies, according to a dispatch from Chcfu, dated Wednesday, purport ing to give an account of the engage ment, were 200, the majority of these be ing killed. The position, held by 1,500 Chinese, was well entrenched to the east of the river. After four hours' heavy fighting the Chinese were driven from their defense works. A dispatch received in London from the war office in Japan announces that General Teranchi informs his govern ment that the international army would total 50,000 men on August IS. The present movement of some 10,000 men doubtless is viewed in the light of a rc cpnnoissance in force, the main move ment of the army of 50,000 to follow on the 15th. The flooded country beyond Peitsnng adds immeasurably to the difficulty of the progress of the allies toward Pckin. This news reaches the Shanghai corre spondents from Tien Tsin with state ments that the situation at Tien Tsin is again perilous owing to the assem bling of Chinese troops within striking distance. The losses of the allies in the recent operations are now said to be 1.130 men. of which the Russians lost 600. the Japanese 410 and the British 120. Telegrams from Shanghai, dated Fri day, say: An imperial decree names I.i Hung Chang ns minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace. The London morning papers express satisfaction at the latest developments in China. The average comment is that China is now genuinely suing for peace through Li Hung Chang. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the Chinese minister there. Yang Yu. has received a telegram announcing that Li Hung Chang is dangerous!" ill and con fined to his bod. and that he has been granted a month's leave. The United States Government Sun day refused to enter into negotiations looking Viward peace with China until the demand made by President McKin ley respecting the Peking Ministers has been complied with. This step was the result of an imperial edict announcing I.i-Hting-Chang s appointment as En voy Plenipotentiary. The situation at Peking is regarded as clearing, and another message from Minister Conger was received announc ing the determination of the legations to hold out until the relief expedition arrived. ENGLAND KICKS ON LOAN. Britons Angry Because Americans Took Up Most of the War Bonds. The allotment of such a large por tion of the war loan to America has not been well received in many qttortcrs. The Daily Chronicle, in its financial ar ticle, says: "The people are so angry that they have not time to consider to what hu miliation we have been brought in hav ing to appeal at all to foreign mon,:y markets for assistance." The Daily Express says: "There is a chance, if the bonds go to a high premium, that the Americans may promptly sell them back and so defeat the object our bankers have in view; but there is a well-founded belief that the demand for investments of a high class by insurance companies and others in the United States is so great that the bonds will be retained for the sake of their yield." Fifty Seamen Drowned. During maneuvers of the French fleet of! Cape St. Vincent Saturday night a collision occurred between J,hc first-class battleship Brcnnus, flying the flag of Vice Admiral Fournier, commander of the fleet, and the torpedo boat destroyer Framee. The Framee sank immediately. The accident was due to the fact that the Framee turned to the right when or dered to the left. Details thus far received are very meagre. Only a small portion of the crew, consisting of four officers and 58 men, were saved. It is said that no few er than 50 were lost and great anxjety is felt here. The Framee, which was of 313 tons displacement, was a recent addition to the French navy. This Chinaman May Stay. There is another Chinaman in Amer ica. He evaded all emigrant officials and made his appearance at Chevy Chase Saturday night, at the home of Slieng Tung, first secretary of the Chinese le gation. He is a boy, of course, and Mrs. Shcng Tung, who is an American wom an, and the secretary have been receiv ing the congratulations of all the mem bers of the diplomatic corps. To Murder the Czar. It is learned that the Russian Govern ment has been notified that anarchists are coming from the United States, to assassinate the C.rnr A strict ltir,lr,,it for these alleged anarchist emissaries is ueing Kept at Liverpool, Antwerp and European ports. 16,000,000 to Help Eryan. A copy of the Manila Freedom, re ceived bv the transport Sherman, con tains the following: The city remnant of the Filipino junta in Hongkong is jubi lant over the nomination of William Jennings Uryan at the head of the Dein ocratic ticket and has offered to sub' scribe $5,000,000 to the Democratic cam paign fund to aid in securing his elec tion. Fiestas have been in order since the news arrived, and there was no hesi tancy in 'voting the money at the first meeting. LATEST NEWS NOTES. A $50,000 fire nt Hanover, Ta,, de stroyed 16 buildings. The navy department decided to reject all the recent bids for armor plate. Sunday a wind storm damaged big New Kensington, Pa., industries $100, 000. An F.rie county, Vn., farmer was mur dered and probably robbed in his wagon. Jealousy over ft woman caused the latest Klondike camp murder in Fay ette county, Pa. F.xplosion of a jar of vitriol at the York (Pa.) chemical works fatally burned two men. Secret agents of the Italian govern ment are to keep watch on Italian anar chists in Pittsburg, Pa. The Prohibitionist State Executive Committee of North Dakota has placed in the field a full ticket. Tyrone, Pa., borough council has granted a franchise to the Tyrone Elec tric Railway Company. A strange disease somewhat resemb ling cholera, is prevalent in parts of Westmoreland county, Pa. The Lancaster (Pa.) Caramel Com pany has been absorbed by the trust Consideration, $1,000,000. The city council of Ravenna, O., has granted a trolley franchise to the Port age Lakes Transportation Company. Samuel Peck, an old man near Cin cinnati, killed himself because the car rier ceased to deliver his daily paper to him. An unknown man undertook to assas sinate Lotta Gardner at Pleasant Unity, Pa., by firing through a bedroom win dow. A charter was granted at llarrisburg Friday to the Standard Water Company, Westmoreland county, Pa., capital $10, 000. Marine hospital service advices from Manila just received report that the number of plague cases there is dimin ishing. England is said to have categorically refused to treat for peace with China until communication with its minister is restored. Silas Shoemaker was killed and Frank Marshall and James German were badly injured in a mine explosion near Allen- town, Pa. Bv a break in the line of the Buck- eye Pipe Line Company near Findlay, O., many thousands ol gallons ot oil were lost. The United States transnort McPher- son with nine officers and 412 men of the Fifth infantry on board has arrived at New York. At Claysvillc. Ta.. the thirty-fifth an nual session of the Panhandle Baptist Association will be held from August 30 to September 3. The Riverside Coal and Coke Com pany, of Nicholson township, Fayette county, Pa., capital $50,000, was incor porated Thursday. One child was burned to death and two others perhaps fatally injured in the burning of a house at Hughesville, Ly coming county. Pa. Gen. MacArthur is negotiating for the surrender of Aguinaldo and it is believ ed the Filipino leader will surrender within the next week. Mrs. Ollic Reinold, who is endeavor ing to starve herself in the asylum at Sharon, Pa., is failing rapidly and her death is expected soon. The Union Metallic Cartridec Com pany, of Bridgeport, Conn., is working r.ight and day to fill orders from several governments for ammunition. Sergeant Major Burnard Goss, Thirty- fifth volunteer infantry, now in the Philippines, has been appointed a sec ond lieutenant in that regiment. When Thomas Graham, of Massillon, O., donned a woman's dress and did a skirt dance on the street he w'as at tacked by citizens with horse whips. The introduction of an organ has rent the congregation of the Union United Congregational church at Sardis, Pa., and the presbytery will be appealed to. A $400,000 fire at Beaver Falls, Pa., destroyed the manufacturing plants of the Shelby lube Company and the Uos ton Conduit Company, Wednesday night. The marine hospital service has re ceived a cablegram from Past Assistant Surgeon J. IS. Greene officially announc ing the existence of the plague at Ham burg. The plant of the Huntington (W. Va.) Glass Company, idle for five years, was fmrchased by Anon Oilman, ot Cumbcr and, Md., who will employ 300 men making bottles. H. L. Gilchin, in charge of the public works of the Yukon, announces that he will have telegraphic communication es tablished between Atlin and the outside world by October I. The State of Nebraska has bctrun suit for $035,000 against the Union Pa cific railroad for violation of the maxi mum freight law in 27 cases. Testimony was begun at umana. The Government has bestowed uoon M. Oliver Taigny, of the embassy at Washington, the cross of the Legion of Honor, with the red ribbon symbolic of this tamous order. Dr. Michael M. Regent and Mrs. Delia A. Mahonc were sentenced in Chi cago to the penitentiary for fraudulently securing insurance money trom the Knights and Ladies ot security. Reports from Australia, by steamer to Vancouver, indicate abatement of the plague. 1 hey are having winter at preS' ent in the Antipodes, and the cold wa ther has tended toward diminishing the scourge in a great degree. President McKinlcy has forwarded to China a demand amounting to an ulti matum for free communication with Minister Conger. Minister Wu submit ted an imperial edict, promising all the powers free communication with their legations, but no results are yet appar ent. Johnnie Dew, an aeronaut, was kill' ed at Racine. Wis., while makinir a hat. loon ascension. He was dashed to death in the lake below, every bone in his body being broken bv the fall. A call has been issued from the head quarters of the Afro-American council for a National convention of that organ ization to meet in the Senate chamber at Indianapolis, on 1 ucsday, August 23. Frederick Merrick has been arrested in Elbert county, Colo., and taken to Hugo on suspicion of being one of the men who robbed the Union Pacific ex press and killed W, J. Fay, of Cali- 1 columbus inr fathomed! MURDER AND ROBBERY. Charles R. H. Farrell Arrestod Sunday and Confesses That Ho Klllc-d His Friend. Hooey Recovorod. The passenger train on the Pennsyl vania lines, due to arrive at Columbus, ()., from the west at midnight, was rob bed at some point between there and Cincinnati Friday night, and Messenger Charles Lane, ol that city, killed. The robbery was not discovered until the train pulled into the station and the messenger was tound cold in death, with his revolver, several chambers of which had been emptied, lying by his side. The contents of the safe had been stolen, the door having been blown open. The dead man's keys were taken out of his pocket, together with his knife and what valuables he may have had. The keys were used to open the strong box. The keys and knife were then laid on the body and the revolver placed in the safe. The car was deserted at one of two points, either at Marble Cliff or at the viaduct at the entrance to the Co lumbus Union station. Charles K. H. Ferrell. a former em ploye of the Adams Express Company, was arrested Sunday afternoon in Co lumbus and has confessed to the killing of Messenger Charles Lane and the rob bery of the way safe of the Adams Ex press Company on the Pennsylvania railroad eastbound train which arrived in this city at midnight Friday. One thousand dollars of the money which he had stolen was recovered. NEW KINO TAKES THE OATH. Victor Emmanuel Pledget Himscll to Labor for the Welfare of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel III took the oath on Saturday in the presence of both houses of Parliament. He made an address, in which he said bis first thought of love and gratitude was for the people. He said Italy would be an efficient instrument for maintaining peace, and must have internal peace and the good will of all men to develop its intellectual forces ami economic ener gies. "I mount," said he, "the throne without fear and quietly. W'ith knowl edge of my rights and duties as king. I shall never be lacking in confidence in our liberal institutions and will never default in initiative energy when action should be taken to defend vigorously the glorious institutions of our country and the precious heritages of our ancestors. Reared in love of religion and of coun try, I take God as witness of my prom ise that from to-day I will work always with all my heart tor the greatness and prosperity of my country." BRITISH SLAY NATIVES. Flying Columns Wreak Vengeance Upon the Ashantis. Telegrams from Bakwai sav a column of 700 men, under Colonel Burroughs, has returned from Kumassi, having re inforced and re-rationed the fort for two months. The force attacked and de stroyed three old stockades after a des perate bayonet charge, in which four of ficers and 34 native soldiers were wound ed, and three killed. On the night of August 7 Colonel Burroughs attacked an Ashanti war camp near Kumassi, sur prising the camp and bayoneting the en emy. Great numbers were slain without a gun being hred. A lieutenant was killed and two men wounded. Other flying columns are going out. and it is believed that the punishment inllictcd will not soon be forgotten, though several defeats arc still ncedod to clear the country south of Kumassi of the rebels. ANARCHISTS AND POLICE. Malatesta Talks of the Cost of Buying Ootec tlves Program for Italy. Malatesta, the anarchist, who is con sidcred the leader of the regicide con spiracy, has been interviewed in London. tie is represented as having said: aignor sarraco, the Italian premier, is our best friend. He pays the detec tives such small salaries that we can buy them cheaply. A tew trancs and a handful of cigarcts and you can buy an Italian detective. The Spanish police are the cheapest: the Italians come next, and then the Russian. American. French and English in that order. The German detectives are the dearest, because they arc the most stupid. With all the ar rests, they have not arrested any real revolutionist. We shall shortly estab lish in Italy economic equality and so cial brotherhood. Then the whole world will follow the example of Italy." HIGHEST IN HISTORY. Present Condition ot Banks Unprecedented In the National System. A summary of the condition of all the national banks in the United States at the close of business June 29, 1900, has just been completed by the comptroller of the currency. The aggregate assets of the banks is shown to be $4.944,965, 623, the highest ever reached in the his. tory of the national system. The larg est amount recently reported was on June 30, 1899, since which date there has been an increase of $235,331,719. The number of banks reporting to the comptroller on June 30, 1899, was 3,583, as aicainst 3.733 on June 29. last, show ing an increase of 149 banks since the former date. The increase in assets is shown to be in loans and discounts, the increase being about one-half of the total amount, the remainder consisting of United States bonds and cash held by the banks. Killed With a Hickory Club. The horribly mutilated body of Mrs. Annie Bunton, a widow, 35 years old, was found on the Cedar Grove road, near Brandenburg, Ky., Monday. Blood stains on the fingers of Mrs. Brunton's nephew, Jesse Durnham, caused his arrest, and he later confess ed the murder and was hurried to Louis ville by Sheriff Hagan, as a lynching seemed certain. Durnham killed Mrs. Brunton with a hickory club while they were returning from a church weddiu. FABULOUS PROFITS. Wall Street 8tandt Amazed at the Millions ot Dividends Poured Out by the Stand, ard Oil Company. Wall street is simply aghast ot the fabulous profits of the Standard Oil Company. The declaration of a dividend of $8 a share on the $97,500,000 outstand ing stocks of the king of corporations, which means 38 per cent. In dividends so far this year, has set the financial in terests of the world talking. On March 15 last the company de clared a dividend of $20 a share or about $20,000,000 which was probably the larg est interest disbursement ever made by a corporation in this country. This dividend was followed on June is by a payment of $10 a share, and now comes an additional $8 per share. Thus $38,- 000,000 or about that amount, is requir ed lor the payment of the three divi dends. In the past 18 years, exclusive of the current year, the Standard Company has paid something like $221,250,000 in dividends. A comparative table is inter esting, it shows: iTom 1882 to 1H9! the company paid dividends at per cent, $47,250,000; 1891 to 189J, dividends at 12 per cent., $48,000,000; 1K96, divi dends at 3t per cent., $31,000,000; 1897, dividends at 33 per cent., $33,000,000; 1898, dividends at 30 per cent., $30,000,- 000; 1899, dividends at 33 per cent., $33, 000,000; estimated this year 48 per cent., or $48,000,000. John D. Rockefeller, president of the company, is popularly credited with owning about one-third of the million shares of the corporation. On that basis his check for his share of the present dividend would be approximately $2.- 666,000, nnd should the dividend pay ments continue only at this rate Rocke feller would draw annually about $10.- 666,000 from his Standard holdings alone. LORD RUSSELL DEAD. Tho Distinguished Chlel Justice ol England Passes Away. Baron Russell, of Killowen, lord chief justice of England, died Friday morn ing from gastric catarrh. Charles Russell was born at Ncwry, Ireland, in 1833. He studied law nnd in 1851 moved to London, where he was admitted to the bar in 1859. He soon became prominent as an advocate and in i"2 was appointed queen s counsel, in 1880 be entered parliament nnd became in turn, solicitor general and attorney general, under Mr. Glad stone. He was concerned in many famous cases and won international reputation ns a lawyer and orator, lie was knighted in 1886. In 1894 he was appointed a lord of appeal in ordinary and in July of the same year was made lord chief justice of England. In l8)6 he visited the United States and delivered an address on "International Arbitration" before the Bar Association of America, at Saratoga Springs. He presided over the trial of Dr. Jameson and his fellow raiders of the Transvaal. TORTURED THREE PEOPLE. West Virginia Regulators Give Two Women and a Man a Thrashing. Some months ago the wife of James II. Smith, who lived at Cove, near Ma thias, W. Va., took sick and has since been confined to bed. Three weeks ago Smith installed Mrs. Edith Hartman and her daughter, Minnie, in his house, de spite his wife's protests. Saturday night 20 men from the neighborhood took the two women from the house, applied 75 lashes with leather thongs to each, rub bed the abrasions with turpentine and started them toward Mathias, naked. Later Smith was caught on the road, ridden home on a rail, and in his own front yard was given 150 lashes and the same application of turpentine as was given the women. The people in the Cove declare he must go to work at once or leave that section. Fifteen People Killed. Fifteen persons were instantly killed and 11 others, several of whom will die, were seriously injured Sunday night in a grade crossing accident three miles cast of Slatington, Pa., by a passenger train on the Lehigh & Kcw England railroad crashing into an omnibus con taining 25 persons. All the dead and in jured were in the omnibus and but three escaped uninjured. The occupants were thrown in all directions, bruised and bleeding. Physicians and a special train were sent for and the injured were taken to South Bethlehem. No watchman is employed to warn teams or pedestrians and those living in the vicinity state it is impossible to hear an approaching train. A peculiar fea ture of the accident was that the horses drawing the bus escaped unhurt. Wheat Crop Turns Out Well. It develops that at least some of the recent gloomy reports touching the wheat crops of the Northwest were ov erdrawn. In the southern part of South Dakota harvesting is about com pleted, and, so far from the yield fall ing below the average, as has been pre- aicicu, 11 rcany turns oui 10 oe con siderably above the average. Moreov er. it is assured that the yield of the entire State will exceed the average by liberal figures. Many districts have vicldcd as hi till as 35 to 40 bushels to the acre. The quality is reported to be very good, the bulk ot the grain being hard and heavy. Surrender ol Rebels. The War department has received the following dispatch from Gen. MacAr thur, dated at Manila Sunday: "Col, Grassa, in vicinity of Tayug, surren dered command to Col. treeman, Iwen ty-fourth United States infantry, consist ing of one major, six captains, six lieu tenants, 169 men, 101 rilles and 50 bolos. Foreign Diplomats No Good. The Rev. Jonathan Lees, head of the London Missionary Society, arrived at Vancouver, B. C. Thursday from Tien Tsin on the steamship Empress of India. He said that but for the Chinese con verts many missionaries would have been killed. They were invaluable dur ing the siege. Tiney built all the barri cades under a rain of bullets. He se verity scored the foreign diplomats, who, he says are babies beside tho wily cuncsc . BRITISH IHT SCANDAL III 10 STARVING SOLDIERS. Men In South Africa Almost Too Woak to Walk or Fight Said to be Un. happy Wrecks. Telegrams from London ny: The hospital scandal in South Africa is sup plemented by an army scandal. Old- timers affirm that the scandals at the close of the Crimean war exceeded any thing the Boer war can furnish, and re gard the present evidence of misman agement at trilling. However, the pres ent generation is keenly affected by the shortcomings of the war office. It is asserted that the soldiers, who. at present, arc doinir the Free State. have been literally starved until the in- lantrymen are so weak that they can hardly stagger under the weight of their equipment. One pound of raw flour, which the soldiers themselves have to cook after a hard day's march, is served out to each man every alternate day. 1 tie loiiowmg day he gets one pound of biscuits. One pound of raw meat is dis tributed to each man daily, but nine times out of ten he cannot cook it. Meanwhile, Lord Roberts' staff are living in hotels, or comparatively com fortable quarters, while huge stores of sugar, tea, cocoa and groceries are being stacked at railway sidings and dock warehouses to be forgotten. The worst sufferers arc the men act ing under General Rundlc. They are op posed by an active enemv, who com pels them to march rapidly and inccj- santly. These men are now wrecks from exposure, starvation and overwork. The public in London is just beginning to realize that their military darlincs have been guilty of cither callous neglect or incompetency, lint lor the chaos 111 the liberal party the result would be much more widely and deeply felt. TOOK 4,000 BOER PRISONERS. British Lost 300 by tho Enemy's Capture of Elands River. Lord Roberts telegraphs from Pre toria, under date of Thursday, as follows; 'Kitchener was informed yesterday by an escaped British prisoner that De Wet's wagons had crossed the Vaal. Hunter reports that he made 4.140 pris- oncs in the Bethlehem-Harrismith dis trict, a majority of whom arc now en route for Cane Town. Three cuns and 4.000 horses were captured and 10 wagon loads of ammunition and 195,000 rounds of ammunition were destroyed. 1 he garrison ot Elands river, which I fear has been captured, consisted of about 300 bushmen and Khodesians. Mcthucn telegraphs that be en traced a part of De Wet's force Wednesday near Benterskroon. He drove the enemy off of a succession of hills which they held obstinately. Our casualties were seven men killed or wounded, including four officers." ZION'S LEADER GOES ABROAD. Dowlo Fears Hit Sacred Person May be Assaulted and Takes Guards. Surrounded by body guards, John Alexander Dowie, in Zion home at Chi cago, bade farewell to the "divine heal ers" and members of his church. He left for Europe on Saturday. During his trip abroad he will be accompanied by a former policeman, who will act as a body euard. In a recent address Dowie said: I he last time I went abroad, several men boarded mv steamer with the avowed purpose of killing me. I have no doubt that 1 shall be followed by men with similar intentions on this trip. Howev er, I will have with me ten Zionites, who have pledged to protect me with their lives. Dowie expects to return to Chicasro next January. One object of the trip is said to be the completion of the trans fer of Nottingham lace industries to the new Zion site at Waukegan, III. British In Strong Numbers. Telegrams from Simla, India, say: Excluding the Fourth brigade, the strength of the forces proceeding to China is 446 British officers. 1.064 non commissioned and native officers, 13,970 men, 11,850 followers. 1,150 drivers. 2, 520 horses, 4.300 ponies and mules, 12 guns, 14 Maxims and I.ooo imperial ser vice troops. It is expected that the en- tire force will have sailed before the middle of next month. Dispatches from Berlin say: The number of volunteers from the army reserves who have signified their will ingness to go to China is said to be 120,000. From this number a corps not exceeding 20,000 will be formed A portion of the corps will leave within a fortnight, or as soon as the cabinet meeting shall have given consent to the project. More Soldiers for China. The Third battalion of the Fifth in fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, 111., has been ordered to China to join Gen eral Chaffee's command. Twelve offi ccrs, including Colonel Richard Comba, will accompany the battalion. The Depot battalion of the Eighth In fantry, stationed for several months at Fort Snelling, Minn., has been ordered to leave for the rar Last with "all possi ble speed." Massacred by Turks. Advices from Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, say that 200 men. women and children have been massacred in the Armenian village of Spaghank, in the district of Sassun, by troops and Kurds under Ah Pasha, the commandant of Bitlis, He is also said to have ordered the village to be burned, Russians Join Boxer. Telegrams from Vancouver, B. C, dated Thursday, say: A remarkable story was brought by the steamer Em press of Japan to the effect that a num bcr of Russian ex-officers and privates from Siberia had joined the ranks of the "Boxers," and that having reason to suspect the fidelity of their Chinese transport coolies the Russians had killed 200 ot the Chinese, and then loaded their bodies into a junk, which they set on tire and sent drifting down the Pciho. A DEEP PLOT To Kill th British and Capture Roberts Ring, leaders Csp.ured and on th Eve of Execution. Tclcirrams from Pretoria. dated Thursday, say: "A plot to shoot alt the liritish officers and to make Lord Rob erts a Prisoner has been nnnortunrlv discovered. Ten of the ringleaders were arresica ana are now in jail. Probably le plot was part of a conspiracy ol hiell til ftttftlinti1 rt.inn nft Inh.nnnl. burg was the first indication." tveryming was prepared in the plot nd the conspiracy was only discovered t the last moment. The conspirators umbered about ij. They had planned O Set fir- ti thm llnlt.n. In tm ".-.,. wpstnm nnrt rt tU .-;., .Ua .1. . . . ... ..... v.ij, Mini in troops would be concentrated there. The lan was mat men me conspirators were ireibly to enter all houses occupied by rttith nffi,ra .l,. I,.,.,!,,,. l., viously marked, and to kill the oecu- All the Boer sympathisers were ac quainted with the plot, and scvciM had een toiu on to secure the person ot oru nouerts and to hurry with him to 1C nearest rmnmnnrlri ttnrana l,a1 th been nhtninnrl fn, thl. ........... Tl... the British learned the names of the ringleaders, who were put under arrest NEELY TO BE EXTRADITED. fudge Lacombe Asks (or a Discontinuance of Other Suits. Judge Lacombe, of the United States circuit court, nt New York, Wednesday rendered on opinion which indicates that an order for the extradition of Charles F, W, Ncclv to the Pnluin nnthnrilirs will be signed on August 13. The latter part of the document says: "1 he evidence shows probable cause to believe that the prisoner is guilty of an offense defined in the act ofjune 6, 1900, and which is also a violation of the criminal laws in force in Cuba and upon such evidence he will be held for ex- tradition. Two obstacles to his extradi tion now exist. He has been held to bail in this court ntion a eriminnl rhareri. of bringing into this district government Hinds embezzled in another district. He has also been arrested in a civil artinn brought in this court to recover $45,000, wiiicii, 11 is nuegea, ne lias converted. When both of these proceedings shall have been discontinued the order in ex tradition will be signed. This may be done on August 13." HIS LEAP TO DEATH. West Virginian Commuted Suicide by Jump ing From Ohio Capilol Building. J. II. Ronick, or Rcnick, of Falling Springs, Green Brier county, W. Va., committed suicide at Columbus, O., Thursday afternoon by leaping headlong from the roof of the Capitol to the flag ging of the court between the attorney general's office and the office of the court of the House of Representatives. The skull was crushed and death was immediate. Letters on Renick's person indicate that he had long had the act in contem. plation. In this letter he says he bad written his wife five times, and believes that his letters had been intercepted, and that suicide has been bis one thought for a month; that he had tried five times with poisons and gas, and was prevent ed from iumnini; from a "seven-storv building on Hiuh street." The distance Renick fell was about 65 feet. He went to the roof through one of the windows of the dome. TO TOUR THE COUNTRY. Prohibition Train Will Carry National Candl. dates Who Will Make Speeches. A Prohibition camjiafgn train is to start early in October to tour the coun try from Maine to California. The en gineer is to be a Prohibitionist, and the conductor will be a man who drinks nothing stronger than water. The Sil ver Lake quartet will furnish music dur ing the tour. The special train will be decorated with prohibition mottoes, and every city or town which will pay $100 will be visited. John J. Woollcy, Prohibition candidate tor president, and Henry Bu Alctcait, candidate lor vice prcsidcn will be on the train. In each State vjf itcd the Prohibition nominees will mj speeches trom the rear platform, emblem adopted by the Prohibit is a picture ol an army canteen invl REVENGED MAXINO'8 CAPTURE Desporadoes In Lisbon Butchorcd Hit Fan Troops Retaliated. Telegrams from Manila sav: A re port of a ghastly crime in revenge for Major Maxino's capture by the Ameri cans conies through official channels. After Major Maxino was taken prisoner by our troops at Unisan. a gang of des peradoes killed his father-in-law, his wife, four of his children and his nephew, butchering and torturing the;n, and robbing; the family of $11,000 in money and jewelry. A detachment of six men under Cap tain C. M. Ncwbcry. of the Thirtieth infantry, with Major Maxino as their guide, encountered the desperadoes, kill ing nine and taking 13 prisoners, be sides recovering a portion of the jew elry and $1,200 of the nionc. ( Counterfeiting Chief Caught. Frank Milliron. a noted counterfeiter, who has been wanted by the govern ment for the past three years, has been captured near Arabia, Lawrence county, O.. by Marshal C. D. Elliot, and Officer Roy Hill and placed in jail. It is alleg ed that Milliron was leader of a no-. torious gang. Most all of their gold coin put in circulation is of $5 and $10 denominations. CABLE FLASHES. The powers are lining up against Great Britain in the Vang-tse dispute. The Belgian minister wired August a that five legations had been destroyed. A French warship has furnished fire men for the French liner La Bretagne, which has been tied up at Havre by strikers. Anti-toreigners are again 'in power at Peking, and Li Hung Chang is pre pared for flight
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