fins hied pekin mmw MINISTERS SAFE. Dispatch From Comul Fowler Confirms the Capturo Altor an Obstinato Fight Japan it. Lest Over On Hundred Wen. Telegrams from Shanghai, dated Tues day, say: Numerous reports from Pe king have arrived describing the sit'iv tion at the Chinese capital. The Chi nese are again desperately attacking the legations, which had very few dcfenl ers left. It is also alleged that Prime Tunn and loo high officials have left Pe king, and that the news of the capture of Yangtsun caused a heavy exodus of residents. The execution of Cheng Yin Huan, the Cantonese who was special ambas sador of China to Queen Victoria's ju bilee, has created widespread terror, and it is believed to be a faon that Yn Ln. the former viceroy of Pechili, was killed in battle at Yangtsun. Two of the principal Boxer leaders a; Peking, Chang Te Chang and Tusan Fill Tel. are reported to have been mur dered by the Chinese since the success of the allies at Tien Tsin. The Chinese Minister in London, Sir Chin Lo Feng I.uh, is quoted as sav ing that he believed that peace would be established between China and the powers within the next six weeks. dispatch to Vienna from Hong Kong announces the capture of Pekin, but the Austrian Government, like other Kitropean powers, is still without confirmation of this report. An official telegram dated Taku, Wednesday, has been received at Kome, which asserts that the attack on Pekin began Mot day: that Sir Claude MacDouald, the British Minister, has opened communi cations with the relieving force and th.it the aliies have established their head quarters at Tung Chow. Chinese officials in Shanghai are re ported as admitting that the allies in ilicteil a heavy defeat on the Chinese imperial troops around Tung Chow Sunday, and then marched direct on Pe- l in. 1 his, ii true, carries the Japanese official advices announcing the capture oi Tung Chow one step further. . The Western powers, according to a dispatch from Kbc, have accepted the proposals formulated by Japan for ir ranging an armistice, dependent upon the immediate delivery of the foreign legations to the allies or the granting oi permission to the allied forces to en ter Pekin and to guard the legations. Upon these bases Japan has already be gun to negotiate. Oi patches dated Frida y say: The actii,g Secretary of State' makes public the following telegram received Friday morning from the United States Consul at Chef't: The Japanese admiral reports the allies attacked Peking, east, on Wednesday. They met with obstinate resistance. I:i the evening this message was also received: The Japanese entered the capital with other forces and immediate ly surrounded the legations. Inmates were safe. The Japanese loss was ov.r loo: Chinese, 300. "Fowler." The Navy Department Sunday re ceived the following dispatch from Rear Admiral Remev, dated at Taku, Satur day: "Telegraph line to Pekin interrupt ed. Information, Japanese sources, Km press Dowager detained by Prince Yun ged:, inner city, which is being bom barded by allies. Chaffee reports cn tcrc I legation grounds evening 14th. Eight wounded during day's fighting: otherwise all well." A Shanghai dispatch announces the death of Li Ping Hong. Cheng and Chang Lui Lin in the fighting before Pekin. Li Ping Hong was the former Viceroy of Shanghai who took up with the Boxer cause and became the most rabid and fanatical of the anti-foreign-leaders. The mandarins in the Southern prov inces have issued a proclamation recog nizing the capture of Pekin as just pun ishment of reactionary officials and warning the people not to interfere with foreigners, but also point out that the ole object of the powers should be the punishment of the Boxers and then the restoration of peace, confining their opctstions to the norh. Conspired for Regicide. ' A youth about 20 years of age was arrested at Leipsic Thursday who ad mits having conspired to kill King Albert of Saxony. He says he was ap pointed by lot to perform the deed, but that his courage failed him. His iden tity has not yet been established, but a dagger and a loaded revolver were found on his person. England Sorvoi Notice. Referring to the landing of British troops at Shanghai, Mr. Broderick, Un der Secretary of Foreign Affairs, says the Government was prepared to land forces if necessary for the protection of British lives and interests, adding sig nificantly: "We all know that we arc de termined to risk everything and to put forward all our strength and resolution before allowing British interests to co j . ... . r . 1. , , ,, aown in any pari 01 me wonu. Will Purchase in America. Admiral Ahmed Pasha, wdio was sent to the United States by the Sultan to consider the advisability of purchasing a warship from an American ship-building firm, has returned to Constantinople and advises that contract will be made with a Philadelphia firm for one cruiser. The admiral says the American tyc of war ship is superior to all others. I Calt e Dying From An hrox. Anthrox has broken out in a herd of 150 cattle about three miles from Tunk hannock, Pa., and five have already died. Parts of the diseased animals were sent to the State department at Harrisbuig for analysis, A reply stated they con tained anthrox bacilli. Dr. L. E. Meade has vaccinated the hiving animals and lias them quarantined. 1 . State Goti $100,000 Taxos. Telegrams from Harrisburg, Pa., say the Auditor General's department has completed a settlement of the capital stock tax against the Erie railroad sys tem, the amount being nearly $100,000. " The tax covers a period of three years, and is based on the valife of the earn ing capacity under the "JIano" deci sion. The Erie has hereto) Ire not paid tax on its capital stock oiJthe ground that it was bonded beyond its actual value. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Blevins' bondsmen at New Castle, r.i., won't settle. The Prussian Government Is Issuing orders for 4N0 locomotives. The New York race riots have ceased and order has been restored. A windstorm blew down 10 derricks in the Scio (O.) oil field Thursday. Great forest fires arc raging in the county of Crestonc and Loveland, Col. Germany has chartered 10 steamers to convey stores from San Francisco to China. A ban has been placed on women tel egraphers by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Tiir Boers report that their forces un der General Dcwci has captured 4,000 British troops. Former United States Senator John J. Ingalls died at Los Vegas, New Mex ico, Thursday. San. Salvador has decided to make an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposi tion in Buffalo. Heavy rains in Belmont and Jeffer son counties, O., washed away several railroad bridges. Three men were killed in a grade crossing accident at Palm, Montgom ery county. Pa. The severe drouth in Kansas is ex pected to reduce the corn crop to about ioo.ogo.ooo bushels. Another attempt to kill the Shall of Persia is said to have been made by an anarchist at Ostcnu. Boer generals, Dcwct and Delary, having joined hands, will drive British from West Transvaal Thursday Chief Justice Henry Green, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, died at Atlantic City. Memorial services in honor of the town"s namesake were held at Hunt ington, W. Ya., Friday. Congressman Cousins, of Iowa, says his State will give 85.000 majority for Mckinley and Roosevelt. Two Allegheny, Pa., men attempted to kill their wives, one with a revolver and another with a knife. The Car of Russia will visit Paris. reaching there September 15, and re maining five or six days. Labor leaders are trying to organirc employes of the American Tin Plate Company at Monessen, Pa. Unsuccessful attempts were made to rob the postoilicc and a bank at Waynesburg, Pa., Thursday. Organization of the National Roofing Company has been completed at Wheel ing, Pa. Capital, $50,000,000. Albert ICvans. living near Hannai- town, l a., was attacked by a vicious bull and perhaps fatally injured. Lightning struck Morris Betts & Co. s aw and planing mill at Homer City, Pa., and it was burned. Loss, $t,ooo. A panic on a bridge at the Paris Ex position resulted 111 the death ot two persons and the injury oi a large num ber. A Lake Shore train plunged through a bridge into the bay at Ashtabula. Sev eral trainmen and passengers were in jured. The Pennsylvania Company has pre pared plans to meet the competition of the trolley lines witli the steam rail road. There is 110 immediate nrosncct of breaking the deadlock in Meadville, ri., over the election of city school superin tendent. The roal onerators have refused 10 treat with the United Mine Workers on the ground that the workers have no grievances. G?orgc Greuctitt has sued the New Castle Traction Company for $10,000 for the death of his son, John, hurt in an accident. Germany nroduccd 1.580.000 tons of raw suirar" in the year ending July 31, as against 1.520,000 tons for the previ ous 12 months. Pear cider broke no a Methodist pic nic at Clarksburg, Md.. and may end n murder, William G. Davis being per haps fatally beaten. The aercnt at the Devils Lake Indian reservation in North Dakota has tcl:- craphed that smallpox has broken out among the Indians. Frank Atkinson, a Spanish-American war veteran, committed suicide because the Government was slow about grant ing him a pension. Governor Stone has informed Roches ter, Pa., people, that the chances for or ganization of new Tenth regiment com panies are very slim. Ulridi RitDPrccht shot himself dead on the grave of his recently deceased wife at Norwich, Conn, lie was sus pected of poisoning her. The mine strike at Hazleton, for a nav-dav on the l5tn instead of the 18th of the month, is over, the company com promising on the 17th, Filipino correspondence captured by General Funston's command includes a highly treasonable letter frdm a Boston anti-imperialist, advising them to can- tore high United States officers and deal with them as pirates. Locomotives, steamships and shops of Southern Pacific system stopped seven minutes during funeral services of Col lis P. Huntington Friday. A 3-year-old son of Flummcr Wick, of West Sunbury, Butler county, f:ll into a bucket of boiling hot water. Death resulted in a few hours. The steamer City of Seattle has ar rived from Skagway with 215 passen gers, 125 of whom are from Dawson, and about $200,000 in gold dust. Two Italian anarchists, just landed, suspected of designs upon President McKinley's life, are held up at New York quarantine for deportation. Lightning struck a Beaver Valley traction car at Bridgewater, Pa., stun ning both motorman and conductor. The three passengers did not feel the shock. A Windber (Pa.) mob dumped the two Chinese residents of the town into a tub of starch and then kicked them out of town, warning them never to re turn. Western Pennsylvania penitentiary guards exonerated by the investigation of the board of inspectors, and police give up hopes of solving the tunnel mystery. Oiily the timely arrival of neighbors prevented sand-baggers from murdering Farmer William Hingle on Chestnut ridge. Westmoreland county. Robbery was the motive 01 the outlaws. HIS FATE FIXED. The Ex-Secretary of State of Kentucky Sen kneed to Imprisonment for Life-Mother Prostraled by the Verdict. Caleb Powers, cx-sccretary of the State of Kentucky, Saturday was found guilty of complicity in a conspiracy lo murder Goebel, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. 1 lie ttiry was composed of eicht Goe bel Democrats, thice anti-Goebel Dem ocrats and one Republican. Only one ballot was taken and it resulted unani mously in favor of life imprisonment. Powers was seated near the jury room door. He almost fainted when the verdict was rendered. The trial lasted six weeks and was marked by sharp tilts between counsel for the defense and Judge Cantrill. The arguments of the attorneys occupied the last two davs. and the case went to tin jury Saturday afternoon, the verdict be ing reaencu 111 a snort nine. Caleb Powers mother lias been pros trated ever since her son's conviction. Mrs. Powers said her son had at all times proclaimed his innocence to her and she relies upon his word. Towers' father is an old man, a farmer of mod- erat means. He nas almost exhausted his financial resources in his son's be half. AX FACTORY BURKED. Flames Destroy the Largest Plant ol Its Kind in the World. Ti e entire plant of the Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company, valued at $800,000, was destroyed by fire Sunday ingr.t. 11 was ine largest ax laciory 111 the world, employing between 800 and t.000 men when running at full force. The company had just enlarged the fac tory, increasing the output fully onc thir.l. W. (). Kelly, president of the company, lormcrly owned and operated a lactory 111 Louisville, Ky., and re moved to Alexandria, Imi., in 1883. 1 lie fire started 111 the grinding de partment of the ax factory. A strong wind carried the flames to the pump house and doomed the entire works to dest'tiction. In a short time the whole plant, covering 10 acres, was reduced to ashts, it was the only plant not in the trusts and was valued at nearly a million dollars. So far as known no one was hurt. THREE MINERS DEAD. Their Bodies Taken From a Burning Col liery Sixty Mules Cremated. After many hours of desperate battling with deadly white damp, one of the suc cessive rescuing parties succeeded Sun day in locating the bodies of George and William Tompkins and Charles I. Ritis. who were entombed Saturday in the burning Prinuose colliery at Ma- honey City, l'a. 1 lie bodies were tound near the middle of the tunnel. They were lying in a heap. The three men, while on their way down the slope to avoid the smoke, passed a surface air hole and missed a chance to escape. The 00 mules, which were in the mine when it was discovered cm fire, are also buri ed, and were raised to the surface-. The fire is still burning furiously and the mine officials arc bending every ef fort to extinguish the llamcs. ROBERTS BECOMES STERN. Burghers Who Break Oaf ol Neutrality Liable to Death. Lord Roberts' proclamation, after rc citii.g the fact that many have broken the oath to maintain neutrality and that the leniency extended to the burghers is not appreciated, warns all who break their oaths in the future that they will be punished by death, imprisonment or line. He declares thai all txirghers in dis tricts occupied by the British except those who take the oath will be regard ed as prisoners of war and transported and that buildings on tortus where tne enemy or his scoi ts art harbored will be liable to be razed'. Colombian Robels Surrendor. General Alban, civil governor and military commandet of the department oi Panama, telegraphs, that he has re ceivcd a dispatch from bocorro an nouncing the absolute surrender of the rebel forces tinder Vargas aantos, ro cion Soto and Uribe at San Vicente, General Uribe escnped to Barranca; Another Express Robbery. Somewhere between Chicago and Bur lington. Iowa, an express package, sin posed to contain $25,000, is alleged to have gone astray. When the money was expressed from the Chicago Nink it was wrapped in the usual way by which money is transmitted. In due course of time the Burlington agent of the railroad received a similar package, but it contained nothing but brown pa per. The wrapper containing the worth less paper was returned to Chicago and the bank officials arc certain it is not the one sent by them. Representatives cl the corporations in terested in the matter spent a busy day Sunday investigating the mystery of the missing package and laying plans for the arrest of the lubber if the money was stolen between Chicago and Bur lington. Germany Sends Big Army. Next Sunday Emperor William will receive at Wilhelmsliohc Field Marh;il Count von Waldersec and his staff. The field marshal will be presented with a field marshal's baton. The dates when the additional 7,500 men will leave Bremerhaven for China have been hxsd. Eiirht steamers will sail on August 31, September 4 and September 7, carrying much artillery, including nowitzcrs ana shells. Buncoed Farmer. Joseph Witter, a wealthy farmer at Wittens Landing, Ohio, has been bun coed out of $1,000. Two men told him they had bought a farm near his place, and as they only had part of the money they wanted to borrow that amount an1 would give a mortgage. Witten fell into the trap and gave them the motiry. They went away and all trace of them hut been lost. ELUSIVE DEWET. Sluts British the Slip and Joins Gen. Delarey. 8teyn'l Death Reported British Soldiers Consurod. According to a dispatch to the Lon don Daily Express from Lourcnzo Mar qucz, dated Thursday, it is reported that General DeWct has succeeded in Join ing hands with Commandant DeLarey. Former President Steyn is reported to have died from a severe wound while endeavoring to reach Mr. Kruger. A British correspondent recently re leased from captivity at Nooitgedscht asserts positively that Mr.Kmger wishes peace, but that the fighting command ants insist upon continuing the war and would prevent his Might by lorcc 11 necessary. The burghers, according to the same authority, share this view. The Trans vaalers have yo guns at Machadodorp, with abundant provisions. Viscount Wolsclcy. field marshal and commander-in-chief of the British army, delivered the most scathing condemna tion ever heard at Aldershot after wit nessing Thursday's maneuvers. He de clared that the 30,000 men who partici pated were utterly unlit to send abroal, being badly led and badly taught. METHODISTS DID IT ALL. Bishop Morrison Takes All (he Blame for CM nese Trouble. At Louisville, Ky., Bishop Henry M. Morrison, of the Methodist Church, South, delivered a sensational address at the laying of the Fourth Avenue Metho dist Church cornerstone, in which he declared that the Methodists were re sponsible for the present trouble in China. He said: "I thank God that Allen and Ijimbeth over there and the Methodists in this country are responsible for the present trouble in China. With bowed head I thank God that in some small way I am to blame for the unrest in China to day. I thank God that each and every one of you and all the Methodists in this country are to blame." lie proceeded to say that it was the pushing spirit of the church and the conduct of the Methodists in China that caused the trouble. The present unrest, he said, was a foreshadowing of the time when China would be cut from end to end by the armies of the cross. Among other things he said that the only reason the north pole had not been reached was because no Methodist mis sionary had been ordered to proceed to that region and evangelize the inhabi tants. DEADLT WAR THREATENS. Whites Patrolling Georgia Station Womon and Children Sent Away. Liberty City, Ga., is being patrolled by hundreds of armed men, two troops of cavalry, the Liberty Independents and Liberty Guards, while men are sending away their women and children to escape the troubles that are expect ed to break out afresh after a short ces sation. It is another of those race troubles that grew out of the killing of a white man by irresponsible negroes in a sec tion where the blacks outnumber the whites three to one. Since the riot's inception two vhi;e men and three negroes have been killed. one white man has been seriously wounded by a powder explosion, and last night s noting culminated in the accidental shooting of Colonel James 1 nomas, a prominent aync county politician. To Mold Public Opinion. Scnwr Jtirado, the Filipino lawyer in London, is arranging to take six English-speaking Filipinos to the United States in September to lecture, giving Filipino arguments against a continua tion ol the war in the Philippines. Jurado, who lias be-en writing a Jo nes of articles (or Filipino papers in Manila, convincing his countrymen that the Americans mean only the best for tne islands, saul to-day: It we go to the United Stares we shall remain on the stump till the November election. We shall not ally ourselves with any party, but will endeavor to mold public opinion that, whoever is elected presi dent, will not dare to continue a policy so ohjccnoniioie to the majority ol the electors. "We desire to give the American peO' pie ample proof that we arc ouite ca1 pable of self-government, and are not irrcsponsiuic savages. Tarred and Feathered. Clayton Baker, assistant county attor ney of B'liiine county, Oklahoma, was tarred and feathered at Goud Chief, O. T., bv angry citizens of that town. Cloud Chief and Cordell, two rivjl towns, each wanted the county seat and Baker was leader in Cordell's support. He boasted that the Cloud Clitet people were stutf ing the ballot box, and when the votes were connted it was learned that Cordcfl had won the victory. Baker then went over to Cloud Chief and attended a church social with several young men. As he was leaving church with them masked men grabbed him and carried him away to the woods, where he was stripped, tarred and leathered. Tliey tlien tied nun to a tree and uit nun. Deserter Severoly Punished. Private Chester A. Bonkcs, of the Fourth Infantry, has been convicted by court-martial at linns, Philippine Is, lands, by deserting in the face of the enemy and of joining the force of the enemy, and ,also oi advising other sol dierj to aesert. He was sentenced to be dishonor ably discharged from ihe service of the Cmted Mates, lorliiting all pay and ai lowance due, or to become due, and to lie, confined at hard labor for a period ol 40 years, wctierai Muc.vruinr ap proved the sentence and designated Bif ibid prison, Manila, as the place ot con hnemenl. Kentuckiam Use Their Guns.. The Adkins and Howards have had a bloody battle 111 hlliot county, Kv. in which one of the Howards was killed and another fatally wounded. One of the Howards and one of Lindsay Adkm bovs ciuarreled over a young woman after which both went home and brought back other member of their families for reinforcements, All the Adkins have been arrested. ANNUAL REPORT. During Last Twolve Months 49,344 Names nave Been Added-Value ol Roll New, $131,634,544. According to his annual report, lust mate public. Pension Coiumissiniwr Clav Evans added the rolls of his department the last 13 morn lis. Death, re-marriage nnd 1.1I1 -r causes took off 43.334 during the same period. The number of pensioners on the rolls was 903,5.20, a net increase in number of 2.010. The annual value of the roll at the close of the year 1800 was $131,617,011, wiiiic at me close ot the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1000, it was $131,534,511. Thus, while the roll incir.in-,1 iV nmn hers during the year, it decreased in an nual value to the amount of $83,417, oc casioned mainly by the death' of pen sioners who were receiving hiidi rates of ptnsion. ror the same reason there was a light decrease in the average value of all pensions from $133.74 to $t.U30. It will be noted that the average late under the pencral laws has increased from $105.70 to $107.53. while the average rate under the act of lime 27. i8x). b.is decreased from $108.00 to $io8.j8. The average annual value of pensions granted on account of service in the war with Spain has decreased from $to8.?i to $169.10. This is still a high average as compared with the rate of pension paid to other pensioners, ami the aver age rates will probably soon conform to tne general average ol pensioners on the ron. The probabilities, savs the com missioner, arc that the new legislation enacted by the present Congress will re sult 111 a large increase in tne number f pensioners and in the annual value of the pension roll durum the fiscal ve.-ir ending June 30, iooi. MANY AMERICAN AWARDS. Exhibitors From United States Carried Off 1,981 Prizes at Paris. The list of awards to American ex hibitors at the Paris Exposition has been made public. The United States secured I.081 awards. Of these ajo were grand prizes. 4S6 gold medals, 583 sil ver medals, 423 bronze medals. 270 hon orable mentions, and a long list of gold, liver nnd bronze medals for collabora tors. Every line of industry and art am kill is given recognition. American larm products nnd American mines an'? orestry receive grand prizes and cold medals, and American cottons, woolens md silks are given the same considera tion a3 are American harvesting machm- ry, sewing machines, prmtinur presses liberal arts and transportation, while sil verware, jewelry, art and education and placed in the front. REIGN OF TERROR AT NOME. Incendiaries. Thugs and Thieves Attempt to Burn and Loot the Town. For a week or more prior to the de parture of the steamer Centennial from Nome, which arrived at Seattle. Wash., Thursday, thugs, thieves and firebugs had kept the city in a state of sun pressed excitement and talk of lynching vas to be heard on every street corner. the crimes were apparently the work ol an organized gang. Greatest indignation has been aroused by the discovery and frustration of at east three attempts to burn the civ. nd a rumor was 111 circulaion on the streets that a gang of firebugs had planned to shirt fires in various parts ot the city simultaneously nnd loot the tianks.shops and stores during the prog rasa of a general coiillagratiou. TWO BIG COAL DEALS. Many Thousand Acres Near Wheollng, W, Va., Sold. A deal has been closed by whiah a Wheeling syndicate represented by Col W. W. Arnett sells to a Philadelphia syndicate in which the Pennsylvania rail road is known to be interested, 7,000 to 10,000 acres of coal land above Wheel ing, in Brooke count" w. Va., the- con sideration being between $168,000 and ?joo,ooo. The property is on the Ohio river and on the Panhandle railromd. Another deal is announced, bv which SclinlTer & L'llonio, of Wheelimi. dis pose of 6.000 acres on Boggs ruitv south of Wheeling, in Marshall county, to J. v. 1 nomoson, president ot the rirst National Djnk ol Umontown,. Ps. Another Battleship. Another first-class battlcshipi is about to be added to the United Slimes navy. rt is the Wisconsin, building at the Union iron works. Snn Francnco. This vessel is a sister ship of the Illinois and Alabama. It has a displacement of Iti- 5 tons and indicated horsepower of 10,000, and carries a main battery of iK guns. A letter has been received at the Navy Department frjm her builders, sating that favorable progress i being made in her construction, and expressing th be lief that she will be ready for her offi cial speed tri.'J, if nothing unforeseen-occurs, by September 1. Captured In Paris. The Stast Department, at Washings ton, D. C, has received a dispattll from Aml-assadVr Port nr. at Paris, stating that Jos Ca.stro Garcia, a fugitive from justice worn Puerto Kico, had landed st Havre, had confessed to the charge of emhruding public funds and had ron- scntest to extradition. 1 he American authorities have been on the lookout for Garcia for some time. e was one of the tat officers of Puerto Kico, and after American occu-pttir-n disappeared and was charged with, embezzling the public funds. New Date lor Memorial Day. Commander-in-Chief A. D. Shaw, oi the Grand Army of the Republic, says that at the coming, convention in Chi cago a resolution will probably be pass ed to change the date of Memorial Day from May 30 to the last Sunday in May. He says that the members feel that as it is now the day i largely devoted to snorts and amusements and it is thought that the change would result in a mure faithful and prorcr observation of the day, WAR UPON NEGROES. Infuriated Mob in New York Deals In Blosd shed and Riot Killing ol Police man Causos Troub t. A mob of several hundred persons' formed nt it o'clock Wednesday night in iront ol the home of Policeman Rob ert J. Thorpe, in New York, to wreak vengeance upon the negroes ol that neighborhood because one of the race had caused the policeman's death. Thorpe was stabbed and bruised last Sunday night by several negroes while he was attempting to arrest a colored woman, and died Monday. 111 a lew moments the mob swelled to L500 people or more, and as thev be came violent the negroes lied in terror into any hiding place they could get. 1 he police reserves from four stations, numbering 400, were called out. The mob of white men raged through the streets, and negroes, regardless of age or sex, were attacked. A score were in jured. It took the combined efforts of the reserves, with as many more police men on patrol, to restore order. Clubs were used until the police were almost exhausted. Revolvers were emptied into the air and in one or two instances fired at the upper stories of the high tene ments, from which the negroes defens ively fired bricks, navinc stones and other missiles. rr the next hour the streets fi filled with a rioting, sirrging mob. It was a scene on very much the s.imr or der as took place a few days ago in Ncr vjrieans. ."Sew ork ha seldom had its eipial. The shouting of the men, thr shrieking of the women, the lamenta tions of the children, the shooting of re volvers, crashing of windows and alt made a pandemonium. 1 he Policemen in other parts did much clubbing, but the injured men were all negroes. AMATEURISH POLICY. English Attache Says Only Americans Fol lowed a Correct Policy. William Cartwright, who was- attach ed to the staff of Sir Robert Hart the director of the Chinese imperial marine customs, has returned to London. He says that the United States is the only nation pursuing the correct' policy in China. "I was, stationed nt Tien Tsin when the trouble began," said Mr. Cartwrignt in an interview, ''and I assure you it is purely local and not serious. The ma rines sent to guard the legations at Pe kin were not molested on their journey thither and the Chinese Government would not interfere now with the pass age of a sufficient force to escort the foreigners- from the capital if the allied naval commanders had not lost their heads and sent an ultimatum to the com manders of the Taku forts, which was a gratuitous insult, and a declaration of war. "Adminf Kcmpff was the only officer who saw further than the end" of his nose. 1 tne others had had his percep tion most of the present difficulty would liav been avoided. "It is tlic damned amateurish diplom acy of Europe which is responsible for the outrages and murders in China. The United States is the only power which is not muddling through the crisis." WOMAN'S AWFUL DEATH. Traveled Half MCo With Her Flesh Fall Ing Off. Nahed but for her shoes, and with her burnt flesh falling from her in bits, Mrs. Katie Ilutti, wile of Cromer Butts, of Richmond. Pa., managed to run and walk a liall mile through the woo-led mountains to- her home late Wednesday afternoon. She (lied soon afterward. She had bren picking blackberries on the mountain and came past a charcoal! pit of llcr liinbaiid's. He was absent am) there was a hole in the mound,, which, H not covered, would' ruin the coal. She climbed upon the pile to rake the hole over when a puff of. flame set fire to her dress. In an instant her clothing was consumed and she hastened! home in agony. Later her path was clearly traced by the bits of burnt flesh along the way. Nearly all tlJe flesh was burned from her body, and her shoes, could not be removed, even-after deaths Poison Turns Hair Green. Louis Kosok, of Chiengp, is at the CcVunty fcospital suffering from lead poi soning. His hair and evrbrows have i-uuie uiiur. ilia rri uvt'r-w ih nfiiiiitfn nwstm iiiis im-cii cmuioveti in ine sme .1 ..... . I . 1 . .. a : c ing and. ttehmng works.. A COSTLY MINE. FIRE. Surfaco Weeks ol Ihe Btrwind Shift stroyed Lots $200,000. TSa entire above-ground works of Ihe iserwiiKi shaft collier. of the LfcrwinJ- Wltu-tj Coal Mining Company, at D'l Hois Fa., were destroyed by fire Wedi ncjday evening. Fluies wero discov ered' in the boiler huuse at 7:45 o'cloclc ad in an incredible short tin had en-, vioperf the head sa.it, tippler and corv pressor. Sixty men wcr rn the wine at the time and were saicd by the prompt and heroic action of Fire Boss, John Har rison and a party of volunteers, who entered the worRings by tlje air slraft at the risk of their lives and warned them of their dange-r. It was at this mine some years ag that 73 niuiers lost their lives by an explosion of gas. The loss will approach Jjoo.ooo. Gen. Chefloo's Reward. General Chaffee's reward for the mag nificent feat resulting in the fall of Pe king wilt be a brigadier general's com mission in th? regular army and the . thanks of the President. That was de cided upon Friday afternoon by the President after a talk with Secretary Root. CABLE FLASHES. The town of Columbia, B. C, has been practically wiped out by fire. The town has a population of about 500. Heavy floods have occurred in Japan nnd 200 persons are reported drownecL. In many places railroad traffic has been interrupted. Prof, Herman Riegel, the well known art historian and director of the museum at Braunschweig, Germany, is. dead, i the sue of 60. ,
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