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FREELAND, PA., AUGUST 1, 1900. ON THE WAY TO MONZA. New KIIIK and Qnecn Have Landed In Italy. Rome, Aug. I.—The new sovereigns of Itnly landed at Reggie, in the province of Oaiabria, yesterday morning, disem barking from the yacht Vein. They started at once for Naples, where the ministers and several senators nud dep uties intended to meet them, but the king declined to see any one or discuss affairs of state until after having joined his mother and seen the body of the late inonurch. Two squadrons of cavalry have been sent to Mouzn. The burial place has not yet been decided on. It rests with the new king to choose whether it will be in the Pantheon in Rome or in the vault of the royal family of Italy iu Turin. Signor Verdi, in spite of his great age. is composing a requiem mass to be used at the funeral. All the Italian troops have taken the oath of allegiance to the new king amid the appluuse of the people. Perfect tran quillity reigns throughout the country. In the absence of the new king the ministry issued in his name this mani festo to the nation: "King Victor Emmanuel 111 in as cending the throng has to perform the painful duty of announcing to the coun try the awful calamity which has vio lently cut short the valuuble life of King Humbert. "The nation, wounded in its sincere af fection for the august dead and in a sin cere feeling of devotion and adhesion to the dynasty, while execrating the cruel crime, will be plunged into profound grief for the venerated memory of a good, brave ami magnanimous king, the pride of his people and the worthy per petuator of the traditions of the house of Savoy. By rallying with unshakable loyalty around his august successor Ital ians will prove by their deeds that their institutions do not die." The new king received the first news of the assassination of his father by semaphore from a torpedo boat which had been sent in search of him and pre ceded the royal yacht into port. Doer Surrender Overstated. London, Aug. I.—A dispatch received at the war office from Lord Roberts materially modifies the statement of the surrender of 5,000 federals nnder Gen eral Prinsloo. It now appears that Gen erals Prinsloo, Villiers and Crowther sur rendered with 980 men, 1,432 horses, 955 mules and a ICrupp 9 pounder. Some of the leaders in more distant parts of the hills hesitate to come in on the plea that they are independent of General Prins loo. The Lourenco Marques correspond ent of The Daily Express says: "The Boers are preparing to retreat from Wa tervalboven. Frank Pettigrew, son of United States Senator Pettigrew, has arrived there and has joined Command ant General Botha's staff." Snd Accident ut Ocenn City. Ocean City, N. J., Aug. I.—Four young women, resideuts of Philadelphia, met a tragic death in the surf yesterday about noon, and their hostess, Mrs. Meehan of the same city, who was bathing with them, was rescued by a life guard in an unconscious state. The drowned were Elsie and Virginia Lowe, aged 18 and 20 years respectively, daughters of Dr. Clement Lowe, residing in Mount Airy, a suburb of Philadelphia, and Jennie and Birdie Lonsdale, aged 19 and 23 years re spectively, daughters of Edwin Lonsdale of Chestnut Hill, a Philadelphia suburb. Well Known Journalist Dead. Boston, Aug. I.—Ballard Smith, well known journalist, died in the McLean asylum in Waverly. For a number of years Mr. Smith was with the New York World as managing editor and afterward as its London correspondent. His resi dence is understood to have been New York, and his body will be taken there for burial. Mr. Smith was 45 years old. Fouglit About Iloer War. New York, Aug. I.—A dispute ami fight over the Boer war may prove the cause of the death of John nays, who Is. it is feared, fatally injured and is now in St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken. His as sailant, a Hollander of Ilnbokcn, hue been committed without bail to await the result of the injuries sustained by Hays. Farmers In Fntnl Qnnrrel. Middletown, N. Y., Aug. I.—Joel C. Bundle, a bachelor farmer residing neai Finchville, Orange county, shot Arthut Morgan in the arm. Morgan died yester day from excessive bleeding. Bundle and Morgan, who had been firm friends, were intoxicated and quarreled. Bundle is now in Goshen jail. New York Physician Wins Prize. Berlin, Aug. 1.~-Dr. S. A. Knopf ot the city of New York has been awarded the prize of 4,000 marks offered by the tuberculosis congress for the best essay on the subject, "How to Fight Tubercu losis as a Disease of the Masses." Eighty-one essays were offered in com petition. New Depot For 111 nu lianiton. Blnghamton, N. Y., Aug. I.—The Lack awanna has awarded a contract for its modern passenger station in this city to the Grace & Hyde company of Now York city. The building will cost over $40,- 000. Work has begun. MINISTER CONGER SAFE Dispatch From Him Dated July 22 Received at Tien-tsin. SIXTY FOBEIQNERS ABE DEAD. Situation In Pckinsc Described In Report to Japantnie Government, Rumors of an Immediate Advance of Allied Forces. Washington, Aug. I.—Adjutant Gener al Corbin lute last night received a dis patch from Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge, commanding the Ninth infantry at Tien tsin. It came byway of Chefu and is as follows: "Tien-tsin, July 27.—Following letter of Lieutenant Colonel Shiba. military at tache at the legation of Peking, dated July 25, arrived at Tien-tsin the 25th at 9 o'clock in the evening: "'Peking, July 22, Evening.—We are all awaiting impatiently arrival of re enforcing army. When are you coining? All legations have been blockaded since 13th of lust month, and since the 20th we have been attacked continually night and day by the Chinese soldiers from more than ten encumpments. By a su preme effort we are still defending. We are daily awaiting with the greatest anx iety arrival of re-enforcing army, and if you can't reach here in less than a week's time it is probable that we will be un able to hold out any longer. Emperoi and empress dowager appear to be still at Peking. Were our re-enforcements tb arrive very probable that they would flee to Wau Shoshan. Killed and wound ed up to date eight killed, one a captain of infantry aud an embassador's at tache; seven seriously wounded, the first secretary of the legation being one of 20 slightly wounded. The number of Eu ropeans killed is 00 in all.' " The war department has also received two cablegrams from Colonel Daggett. The first read: "Tien-tsin, July 27.—Message just re ceived from Conger says since 10th by agreement no firing. Have provisions several weeks, little ammunition, all safe, well. "I (Daggett) report allied forces soon advance. Practically no looting by Americans, no unnecessary killing. In diana arrived 20th. Order MacCann, Sludeu, both Aliens, Mitchell aud Bryce join regiment here." The second read: "Tieu-tsiu, July 30.—Flintshire arriv ed 27th. Two hundred aud fifty-seven Ninth infantry sick; 10 doctors, 100 hos pital corps men, 20 signal luen needed. Unavoidable delay unloading transports. Foreign troops arriving." The Flintshire and the Indiana are th* transports which carried the Fourteenth infantry aud Reilly's battery from Ma nila to Taku. Colonel Daggett's refer ence to looting indicates that he believed that the government had full particulars of the scenes that took place iu Tien-tsii after the native city fell, but no details of the looting of the place have come tc the government officially. Admiral Re mey in u dispatch received lust week said that the American marines did not participate in the plundering of the Chi uese quarter. Another Edict, A dispatch from Chefu, dated July 27 says: "This morning at the request of th admirals of the allied forces, United States Consul Fowler telegraphed to tin governor of Shaugtuug that the repre eentatives of the powers desired to get direct news from the various legations at Peking. The governor iu reply saio that he hud received an edict of the em peror dated July 24 which announced that the legations were well supplied with provisions. He added that he be lieved that the ministers hud been re lleved of their past distress and request ed Mr. Fowler to make this announce ment to the admirals and the represents tivos of the powers at Chefu." The following dispatch from General Chaffee, received Monday night, was given out by the war department yester day morning. It is dated Chefu, July 30 "Have had interview with admiral Go ashore this afternoon. Facilities fot unloading not adequate, therefore dis charging slowly. Informed Byron has ordered tug for towing 70 ton lighters. It tug is obtained, discharging will improve. Indiana will finish discharging today aud proceed to Nagasaki; take two days to unload horses Reilly's battery; week be fore Grant discharged of cargo. Will see Daggett tomorrow. "Reported in Taku bay intention to make forward movement tomorrow to ward Peking. Details are not known here. Arrive Tien-tsin too late tomorrow to cable from there. Message from Tien tsin must leave Tong-ku 0 morning to catch dispatch boat at anchorage for Che fu at 4 afternoon. Soon as possible will get definite information as regards con ditions and purposes at Tien-tsin. Will cable my views." The Japanese consul at Tien-tsin tele graphed on the 27th inst, a dispatch dat ed the 10th from the Japanese minister at Peking to the foreign office at Tokyo which had reached Tien-tsin by special courier on the 25th. The minister says: "The Japanese marines and others con tinue under the command of the military attuehe, Lieutenant Colonel Shiba, to re sist the repented attacks of Tung Full Siang's troops. I think we can hold out, though the task is by uo means an easy one, until Ave are relieved by the division of Japanese troops which, I hear through a special messenger, will arrive at Tien tsin by the end of this month. The Chi nese hnve stopped firing since the 15tli, and the Chinese authorities are apparent ly disposed to open negotiations. "Attache Kojima, Captain Ando of the imporial army, Mr. 11. Nakainura and five marines have been killed, Avhile Na rabarn, second secretary of the legation, u student, and six marines have been wounded, though not mortally. Many others have also been slightly wounded." Early Advance Hoped For. The authentic dispatches from diplo matic representatives in Peking, showing clearly the position of tin- besieged lega tions, have made it appear to this gov ernment that there must be no more delay on the part of the allied forces at Tieu-tsin in beginning their work of res cue. Officials here expect the allies' to start at once. They cannot believe that foreign governments will fail to direct their military commanders on Chinese soil to push forward immediately if they feel that rescue is possible with the present strength of the allied forces. For weeks this government lias insisted that the relief column start for the capi tal, but it did not feci justified in making a formal request of the powers to that effect. It did, however, hint to the Euro* pean governments and Japan that the Longer message of July 18 was sufficient to justify expedition in the relief move ment, but was laughed at —diplomatic- llly, of course —for its pains. Then the foreign commanders set July 10 as the date for the advance from Tientsin, but afterward decided thut their forces were too small to meet the Lblnese army. The government then felt that it hud done all that could be done :o hasten the movement. At the same time it was conscious of the greater ad vantage possessed in Tien-tsin of judging the requirements of the situation and de termined that it would take no further letiou until a report had been received from Major General Cliaffee. While General Chaffee's report has not come, the authorities hero feci that the gov ernments of Germany, Great Britain und Jupuu have sufficient ground in the mes sages from their representatives in E'e- Idng to urge their commanders at Tien tsin to make haste. In the opinion of tITe government the forward movement can uot begin too soon if the powers have re gard for the lives of their diplomats and other representatives and the women and children who have suffered so terri bly for more than a month. This government holds to its position that there shall be no parley with the Chinese. No thought will be given to any proposition from China until Minister Conger bus been placed in full and free communication with the stnte depart ment. Even should this be done, the gov ernment will not hastily stop its troops from advancing on Peking. It regards the rescue of its minister, its marines, i f s missionaries and the American women und children as of primary importance, and the present disposition i to accom plish that first ami to talk, if need be, afterward. The conviction is growing thnt an attempt to compromise will be a useless waste of time, and therefore the allies should not be stopped in their ad vance while negotiations are in progress between the Chinese and the powers. A report from General Chaffee, giving his views of the military situation, is ex pected toduy. The government is willing to depend on what General Chaffee says, and his views are therefore looked for ward to with intense interest. That he will report that an immediate advance will be justified is the expectation here, based, perhaps, on knowledge of the character of General Chaffee's instruc tions. As to the diplomatic situation, the gov ernment cannot find anything in the offi cial dispatches from Peking to foreign governments to change its position that a state of war does not exist. t'liinene ami ItiiNMlaii* Flu; lit. Shanghai, Aug. I.—Private advices from New Chwang. dated July 27. say that the Hussans attacked the Chinese settlements yesterday morning. The en gagement lasted an hour and a half. The Chinese bolted from their stockades, but the Russians, after holding them for a short time, returned to their own settle ment. The Chinese say they won, driv ing hack the Russians. The Russians had four wounded and the Chinese six killed and ten wounded. All the busi ness houses in New Chwang are closed. There is no confirmation of the report of the taking of the forts. A Confirmatory Dl.spii Boston, Aug. I.—A cablegram has been received at the rooms of the American board from Chefu. Mr. Drew, by whom it is signed, is a Massachusetts man, well known in the vicinity of Boston, and now in the Chinese customs service. The cablegram rends: "All Peking and Tung chow Americans, also Walkers, Clin pins, Smith, Wykoffs, Varity, Robert Terry, Mackny, safe Peking. Wire friends." Ilriti*h Troops Iteacli Tlen-talu. London, Aug. I.—Tien-tsin wires that General Sir Alfred Gaselee and staff, to gether with large foreign re-enforce ments, arrived there on July 28. BROCKWAY RESIGNS. End of the Elmira lleformutory Fight. Elmira, N. Y., Aug. I.—Zchulon R. Brockway tendered his u'siguntion to the board of managers yc.Werday morning, but the news was not given to the public until late in the afternoon. The resigna tion is to take effect in December next and was accepted, and at the request of Mr. Brockway he was granted a leave of absence for the next five months. Brockway's resignation is us follows: "For personal reasons, including that of my advancing age, I hereby tender niy resignation of the office of general super intendent of the Elmira reformatory, to take effect in the month of December next." Transfer Officer Ilugli Brockway, broth er of the superintendent, also tendered his resignation, which was couched in language similar to that of his brother. Dr. Frank W. Robertson, late of Belle vue hospital, New York city, and for some months past the senior resident phy sician ol' the reformatory, has been ap pointed acting general superintendent, which means that he will be Brockway's successor when his term as acting super intendent ceases. Dr. Robertson, the new superintendent, is 32 years of age and was born in Owe go, N. Y. He refuses at this time to dis cuss his plans for conducting the reform atory further than to say that he will defer to the wishes of the board of man agers with regard to the matter of corpo ral punishment, which means that there will be none. Sullivan Defeat* Dixon. New York, Aug. I.—Tommy Sullivan, a little Brooklynite featherweight, fur nished a big surprise ut the Coney Is land Sporting elub last night by lighting George Dixon to a standstill in six rounds. Dixon was in n bad way. Ilis body was sore, and his loft arm wifb practically useless. Rather than see the former great little colored fighter knock ed out Tom O'Rourke refused to allow Dixon to come out for the seventh round. Then Johnny White, the referee, amid cheers and blowing of horns, declared Sullivan the winner. Dixon was in poor physical condition, and his judgment of distance was bad. He was a long way from being in fighting form. Had the fight continued Dixon would undoubted ly have been knocked out. Politician Slain From Amhn*h. Johnson City, Teun., Aug. I.—Michael Byrd, a prominent farmer living near Magnetic City, N. ('., was assassinated from ambush. He died a few hours after haviug been fired upon. No clew has yet been secured as to his murderers. He was a prominent politician who had many political enemies. It is said he was as sassinated within 20 feet of the place where he killed a man four years ago. J. CLARK RIDPATH DEAD Famous Historian Expires In New York Hospital. LONG EMINENT IN LITEBATUBE. Author of Standard Worku on United State* and Universal History—Pro lific Mntraxine Writer it* Well—Ran For CoiiKre** In Indiana. New York, Aug. 1. —John Clark Rid path, the historian, died in Presbyterian hospital Inst night at 5:30 o'clock from a complication of diseases. He had been a patient in the hospital since April 20. Dr. Ridpath was born in Putnam coun ty, lud., in April, 1841. His parents were from Christiuusburg, Vu. His moth er was a descendant of Samuel L. Mat thews, one of the colonial governors of Virginia. He was graduated from As bury (now De Pauw) university in 1803, taking first honors. After serving as prin cipal of an academy at Thorntown, Ind., and us superintendent of public schools ut Lawreueeburg, he was called in 1800 to the chair of English literature at De Pauw. He was transferred Inter to the chair of history and political philosophy. In 1875 he published his first book, an "Academic History of the United States." It was an immediate success. It still holds its place as a textbook iu many schools. In 1870 he published his "Popular His tory of the United States," a large oc tavo volume, of which more than 40,000 copies have been sold. It has been pub lished also iu German. He wrote the "Life and Work of Garfield," of which 85.000 copies were sold. His "Cyclo pedia of Universal History" was publish ed in 1885 in four octavo volumes. In 1885 lie resigned his professorship in De Pauw and the vice presidency of the university in order that lie might de vote his whole time to writing. In 1803 he published his "Life and Work of James G. Blaine" and in 1804 his most comprehensive and philosophical work en titled "Great Races of Mankind" in four volumes. He was engaged for ten years in preparing the material and four years in writing this work. In 1808 he publish ed his "Life and Times of Gladstone" and a supplement to the "History of All Nations" for Webster's Dictionary. He was for a time editor of The Arena Mag azine of Boston. His monographs are numerous. In 1800 he consented to run for con gress on the Democratic ticket in his home district in Indiana. Though he ran ahead of his ticket he was defeated by a small majority. In recent years he had been engaged in the preparation of a complete and elaborate history of the United States. Lieutenant Spurn In Dead. Washington, Aug. I.—The war depart ment has received from General Mac- Arthur, at Manila, n dispatch telling of the death of Lieutenant David G. Spur gin of the Twenty-first infantry. Lieu tenant Spurgin died on Sunday evening last as the result of shock, following a surgical operation. Lieutenant Spurgin was born in Ohio on Feb. tfi, 1807. He wus a cadet iu the Military academy from June 14, 1885, to Junt 25, 1888. lie served as private and corporal in Company C, Twenty-first infantry, from Jan. 11, 1892. to Nov. 1, 1894, when he was commissioned. lie was witli his regiment in the campaign against San tiago, being engaged in the battle of San Juan. In April, 1899. he was ordered to the Philippines. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Spurgin, Six teenth infantry, who is on duty as col lector of customs at Manila. A Monument to Indian Soldier*. Columbia, S. C., Aug. I.—At Fort Mill, S. C., a monument has been dedicated to the 17 Catawba Indians who served in the Seventeenth South Carolina Confed erate regiment. Several of these braves were killed in battle. The widows of three are pensioned by the state of South Carolina. The Catawba Nation has a reservation of 3.9(H) acres given the In dians by the state. The Catawbas have always aided the whites in war and iu commerce. They came from Canada to South Carolina 399 years ago, number ing 12,009. Today they number but 75. Danker'* Diiuuhtcr Killed. New York, Aug. 1. —Miss Teresa Huntington Blake, the daughter of Sam uel Parkman Blake, a wealthy retired banker of Boston, lost her life yesterday afternoon while taking a hurdle with a horse on the stock farm of J. (). Hollo way, near New Rochelle. The horse in going over the hurdle stumbled on the rail and fell. Miss Blake, who, Mr. Hol lowny says, was not a practiced horse woman, was thrown to the ground with great force. Her neck was broken, and the horse stepped on her chest, causing hemorrhage. The young woman died almost instantly. Svvnm Twenty-seven Mile*. St. Louis, Aug. I.—John G. Meyers swam from Alton, Ills., to St. Louis, a distance of 27 miles, in exactly six hours. He was not greatly fatigued at the fin ish. Meyers attempted the feat last week, but was driven ashore part way by a storm. Meyers wagered that he could make the distance in five hours, but lost. Indian Kill* Three. Ottawa, Aug. I.—News of throe mur ders committed by an Indian at Lake La Barriere reached here from up the Gatinenu. The alleged murderer, Tote de Boule, it is stated, killed all his rela tives —his uncle, his child and his wife. Two years ago in a rage, it is said, the man slew his old uncle with an ax. Lebanon Iron Worker* Strike. Lebanon, Pa., Aug. I.—Twelve hun dred iron workers employed at the local Works of the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing company went on strike yesterday afternoon in consequence of posted notices stating that from Aug. 1 the wages of puddlers would be reduced from $4 to $3 per ton. E. 11. Bntler'* Mother Dead. Buffalo, Aug. I.—Mrs. Lucy M. Butler, mother of Edward 11. and J. Ambrose Butler of The News, is dead at the Sis ters' hospital from the effects of a re cent fall. The end was sudden and un expected. Edward 11. Butler is in Eu rope. Ordered to China. Boston, Aug. 1. —Battery G, Seventh United States artillery, which is exhibit ing here, has been ordered to return to Adams and prepare for duty in China. THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH! Occupies so much of the time and at tention that little thought is given to the saving of money. And yet the one aids the other. Here's an Opportunity to Save. We offer all of our Summer goods at big reductions. 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