HAY SENDS ULTIMATUM We Must Be Allowed to Com t municate With Conger. CHINA MUST MAKE HER DECISION. Now That She HUM Shown Ability- to Protect the Envoy* Pnrtlier In terference With Their Freedom Will Ue tin Act ol Wur, Washington, Aug. 3. —By,denying to the powers communication with their ministers in Peking the Chinese govern ment, which admits that it possesses the power, puts itself in an unfriendly atti tude. This was the formal and, in certain respects, ominous declaration of Secreta ry Hay in his reply to Li llung Chang's propositions for a stay of the allies' ad vance on Peking. The Canton viceroy, who seems to speak for the imperial government more nearly than any one else who can be communicated with, lias now been clearly informed ns to how this government will regard either the sending of the minis tors to Tion-tsiii under escort or the hold ing of them as hostages by the Chinese government. Li Hung Chang must have well under stood that the only possible meaning to bo put upon his inquiry whether "if free communication were established between the ministers ami their governments it could he arranged that the powers should not advance fin Peking pending further negotiations" was that the diplomats were virtually held as prisoners. He left Secretary Hay a splendid opening for an emphatic rejoinder, which he made in the words, "free communication with our representatives in Peking is demanded as n matter of absolute right, and not as n favor." Then came his pointed state ment as to China's "unfriendly attitude." Still willing to give the Peking govern ment an opportunity to avoid forcing the powers to extreme measures, the secreta ry urged Li to advise the authorities to place themselves in friendly communica tion and co-operation with the relief ex pedition and concluded with the warning that seems almost n threat, 'that the Pe king government is "assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherwise." Altogether, Secretary Hay's note puts the Chinese government in a position where it cannot long delay n decision. In taking this position this government has acted without consultation with the other powers. At the cabinet meeting yesterday Secretary Hay's course wa-* heartily approved by the president and other members of the official family. Confidence is felt here that the other powers will concur in the position taken ns being the only one possible under the circumstances. TCvnnn Will Contest Settled. Paris, Aug. 3.—The final signatures have been placed before M. Valois. one of the executors, to the settlement of the contest over the will of Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the famous American dentist who facilitated the escape of Empress Eu genie from Paris during the France- Prussian war. The heirs agree to with draw all their rights in the contest in con sideration of SBOO,OOO being divided among them in addition to the bequests already made. There are 10 heirs. Four sixteenths of the SBOO,OOO goes to the Evans branch, four-sixteenths to the Mullcr branch and eight-sixteenths to the other heirs. After settlement of counsel fees, court charges and similar expenses the remainder of the estate is to be turn ed over to the executors, wlio agree not to contest the formation of the "Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental institute" in Philadelphia. Well Known Educator Pond. Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Professor George L. Fnrnham of Riverside, Cal.. has died here of heart disease, aged 7(5. He was visiting in this city, wlujre he was superintendent of schools from 18(511 to 1875. Later he was superintendent at Council Bluffs and afterward was princi pal of the State Normal school at Peru, Neb. From there he removed to River side, where he owned a large orange grove. He originated the sentence meth od of learning to read which hears his name and is generally used. It was his first visit here since he left 25 years ago. Torpedo float Crnven QuiillfW**. Newport, R. 1., Aug. 3.—The torpedo boat Craven has been given its final speed lest. Sin- developed 18V6 knots, her required speed, in a six hours' run under natural draft and one hour of forc ed draft. The course was over the meas ured mile course in Narrngnnsett bay, and the naval hoard of inspection and survey was in charge. The torpedo boat Stripghnm has arrived from Wilming ton for its speed trial. In Ilnttlc Witli the Doer*. Pretoria, Aug. 3.—Generals Hamilton and Mahon are engaging the Boers north of the Crocodile river. It is probable that Commandant Erasmus' commando will he surrounded today. General Behoemau, who surrendered and took the oath of neutrality here and who was al lowed to return to his farm, is in arms again. He is leading a commando north of Pyramid hills. Praise For Commninfer Tlfley. Washington, Aug. 3.—The secretary of the navy is in receipt of a letter from Rev. Ebcnezer Cooper of the London Missionary society and resident mission ary of Tutuila ami the neighboring is lands, speaking in high terms of the prog ress that has been made by Commander Tilley in establishing the authority of the United States over our new Samoan pos sessions. Storm Doe* Jf I .000.000 Damage. Areola, Ills., Aug. 3.—Reports receiv ed in this city from the broom corn dis trict indicate that Wednesday's storm did over $1,000,000 damage to the growing crop. From one end of the district to the other the corn is lying on the ground ns fiat as though a heavy roller had pass ed over it. Quarantine AgnliiMt Tampa. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.—The gov ernor of Alabama, having received au thentic information of the existence of yellow fever in Tampa, Fin., has issued n quarantine proclamation against that place covering persons, personal baggage and household furniture. Cherokee* Eleet Governor. South Me A lest or, I. T., Aug. 3.—Par tial returns of the election for governor hold in the Choctaw Nation Wednesday show that Judge J. W. Dukes was elect ed. Dukes ran ou the full blood ticket. "THEY SAY." t Have you hea-H of the terrible family, "They/* ' And the dreadful venomous things they sayf 1 Why, half the gossip under the sun, j If you trace it hack, you will find begun In that wretched house of "They." , ,}£ ''t A numerous family, so I am told, iu ' t And ps genealogical tree is old; j For over since Adam and Eve began To build up the curious race of man .1| A> ' lias existed the house of "They." • ' Gossip mongers and spreaders of lies, V * Horrid people whom all despise I * • . And yet the best of us now and then I Repent queer tales about women and men < And quote the house of "They." ( They live like lords and never labor. 1 A "They'a" one task is to watch his neighbor j And tell his business and private affairs. To the world at large they are sowers of tare*— Those folks in the house of "They." ( It is wholly useless to follow a "They" \\ ith a whip or a gun, for he slips away And into his house, where you cannot go, It is locked and bolted and guarded so— 1 This horrible house of "They." j Though you cannot get in, yet they get out ' And spread their villainous talcs about. Of all the rascals under the sun v Who have come to punishment never one Belongs to the house of "They." —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I ? 3tlg Ung. $ ■ $ A Romance of Concord A £ and Lexington. T e By L. G. Wood berry. ijji , *e* Well, as I was saying, this Is the way it came about: I was a young thing then, just turned 18. Your grand father had been my playmate, hero anil protector from the time that I was old enough to go to school. I liud nev er thought of marrying any one but him, and so when he asked me to be his wife, why, of course, I said "Yes." Well, It was In the spring of 177i> thnt we were to he married. Mother and I spent the winter getting my things made up, and I had as fine an outfit ns n girl could possibly have ill those days. The day set for the wed ding was the 10th of April—yes, the very day on which the battle of Isl ington occurred, as 1 have good reason to remember. Those were anxious days for us. I remember how serious my father and brothers used to look as they discussed tile events wlitcli were then taking place. Their only conversation was about rights, stamps and taxes. When the towns began to raise "min utemen," why, of course, we raised a company in ottr town, and your grand father and my brothers were members of it. We girls could not stand guard, of course, so in order to show our pa triotism we all signed a paper in which we agreed not to have anything to do with the men of the town who refused to join the company. The 10th of April was a beautiful day, though a warm one for the sea son. Wo were all up early that morn ing, for there was a great deal to bo done. It was about 9 o'clock in the forenoon when my mother, who had been looking over some linen, suddenly raised her head, exclaiming as she did so, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting house hell?" "What can it mean?" I cried, and, running to the window, 1 caught sight S of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John Eaton, running down the road with their guns. Across tile way Ilarry Wright was plowing the field. The boys called out to him as they passed, and, without stopping to unhitch the horse, he seized his gun and was off across the fields. "It is an alarm, mother!" I cried. "The hoys are down by tile brook," she said. "The sound will not reach them. Ilun and tell them!" Without delay I hurried to the kitch en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of the house and started for the brook, which was some distance from the house. I blew a blast on the horn as I ran, and as the hoys caught sight of me I pointed toward the road, where several men could be seen miming with their guns. The boys understood, and, waving their hands to me, they were off across the field to the road. "What do you suppose the matter Is?" asked mother when I returned to the house. "I do not know," wns my reply, "hut 1 am going to find out." And 1 ran out of the house and took a short ent across the fields to the meeting house, which wns to he the gathering place If the alarm should ever he sounded. I, for one, had never expected to hear nny alarm, for at home we hoped for a peaceful settlement of the difficulties. Hut when I readied the church and saw tlie whole town gathered oil the green the men's stern air and tlie wo men's pale faces frightened me, and I began to fear that something serious I was the matter. "1 "lint Is it? Where are they go ing?" I asked. And ns I spoke tlie men | came hurrying out of the meeting house, where tlicy had heard a few I words from I'arson Smith, and, mount ing tlielr horses, rode off ns fast ns they could go. I looked for your grand father, but ho was not there. CntcJi- Ing Right of my father, I ran to him. "Have you seen Henry?" (Hint's your grandfather) I asked. "Henry was nt the tavern when the messenger rode through here," replied my father, "and, ns lie had ills horse with liim, ho rode nwny without wait ing for the company to assemble." You may Imagine my feelings as I turned to go home. Tills was my wed ding day, and the man who wns to marry mo had ridden off without a word, knowing, too, that he might nev- ] er return, if all they were saying nl'ut j fights and resistance wns true. My father had readied home before me, and ns I opened the door I heard mother nslc, "Do you think It Is any thing serious, father?" "I am afraid it may be, wife," he said. "The messenger said that Gov- j ernor Gage has sent some of the king's troops to destroy the supplies which have been stored at Concord. If the report, is true, there will be resistance, and If It comes to that It will be very serious business for us." My mother kept her fears to herself and did her best to make me feel that It would come out all right, hut those hours were the most anxious I ever spent. So through the day we watch ed and waited for news. The first news that came to us from the fight at Lexington and the other doings of that day arrived about 0 o'clock In the afternoon, when some minutemen from another town stopped ut the tavern on tlietr way home. They told tho story of the day to the little crowd of anxious women who eagerly questioned them for news of some dear one. My father would not let me go down to the tavern, hut went down himself and brought us tho news. I can see him now hurrying along the road. "Something unusual has happened, Mary!" exclaimed my mother. "1 nev er saw your father look so excited." I hastened down the path to meet him. "Bad news, my child; bad news!" he exclaimed. "There has been an en counter with the king's troops." And then, reading the question in my eyes, he continued, "But they brought no news of our men." The hour set for the wedding was 8 o'clock, but It began to look as if there would lie no wedding, for it was now after 7 o'clock, and none of our men had returned home. Mother and I sat In silence in the kitchen while father walked back and forth In the room above. At last we heard steps outside, and then my brother Arthur, who was among tho first to renoli home, stagger ed Into the room. I sprang up and ran to him. He sank into the nearest chair, and his gun fell to the floor with a thud. Arthur was only a boy of 15, you must remember, and the day had been n terrible one. When he had recovered a little, my father spoke. "What news do you bring, my son?" he asked. Now, 1 had felt from the first that he had brought had news, and by the way he hesitated and glanced from fa ther to me and still did not speak I felt sure of it. So I put my worst fears into words. "Arthur," I said, "is it Ilenry?" "Listen," he said, speaking rapidly. "The king'j troops were in full retreat when we readied the road. We did not keep with our companies, but each one found shelter as lie was able be hind trees, walls or fences. I met Hen ry as 1 was crossing a field, and we took shelter together and awaited the coming of the troops. We had just got settled when Henry caught sight of a flanking party coming right down on us. He called to the men near us to run for their lives, and at the same time we both jumped the wall and ran for a house which stood In in the field Just opposite. I reached tho opposite wall in snfety nml turned round to look for Henry, hut he was not with me. At that moment the troops came round a sudden turn In the road and sent some shots in our direction. At the risk of being shot at I stood up and looked across the road. He must have been hit by the flanking party, for he lay just by the wall." "Are you sure It was he?" asked fa ther. "Yes; 1 know him by the green on his powderhorn," replied my lu-other. "Yotl staid by and looked after him?" asked father. "1 tried to, sir, but the troops came down on us, and we were obliged to move on. I went back to the place as Roon as I could, but 1 must have mis taken the spot, for I could not find him." Meanwhile I snt in my elinlr, feeling ns If I lind just awakened from a had dream. 1 did not fully realize what had happened, for It seemed impossi ble. "Here are some people, Mary," said mother. "You would better go up to your room ami lie down." I did ns I was told. There on the bed lay my wedding gown. I could not i bear to look at it, and, picking It up, I placed It in the large chest 111 which my linen was packed and pulled down the lid; then 1 threw myself on the bed, nml tears came to my relief. So I lay there thinking over the events of the day, my wedding day that was to have been. How different from what I had anticipated! Suddenly I heard the sound of a horse's feet coming up the road at a fu rious pace. I sat up and listened. "Somebody Is riding on an important errand," I said to myself. Nearer and j nearer came the sound, and the rider, J whoever he was, drew rein at our door. Then there were a murmur of voices | and an opening and shutting of doors and then my mother's voice calling to me: "Mary, Mary; eldid, come down! j Henry Is here. He's come." Scarcely believing that I hoard aright, I got .up and ran down stairs and into the kitchen, and there before me, his fare pale ns death, with a blood stain ed bandage hound about his forehead, stood your grandfather. "Mary," he cried, holding out Ills hnnds to me, "I aui In time! The clock has not struck yet!" (Then I'arson Elder, who hud come over to hear the news from Arthur, came forward and said, "Shall I per form the ceremony now?" So right then and there your grand father. In his working clothes, all stain j ed with dust nnd blood, and 1 In my morning calico, were married. For ward, What HartH. "The other side," observed the candi date 111 much apprehension, "are put ting some damaging reports in circula tion." I "But no money to speak of," rejoined the chairman of the campaign eominlt • tee complacently.—Detroit Journal. troops to destroy the supplies which have been stored at Concord. If the report* is true, there will be resistance, and if It comes to that it will be very serious business for us." SHORT NEWS STORIES. Senator Depew's Little Joke— The PrlneeMM and tlic Soldier—Ar rested Italy's Queen, In fcis "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain tells how he and his party dis gusted their guide by pretending Ig norance of persons and events familiar to every schoolboy. When visiting the tomb of Adam, the American humorist paralyzed the guide by asking, "Is he dead?" Cliauneey, M. Depew has been trying much the same plan upon the Philadelphia cabmen. He stepped into the cabby's vehicle the other day and said: "Now, I want to see the Higlits of tho city. Take me anywhere nnd show me the show places of the town." The caliby touched his hat nnd drove to Independence hall. "This," said he to tlic senator, "Is In dependence hall." "What's that?" demanded Dr. De pew. The cabman nearly fell off his seat as he explained: "That's where the Continental con gress met." lie drove on, evidently much disgust ed, until by nml liy lie ennie to a house, and, turning round, lie said; "There's the house In which Jeffer son signed the Declaration of Inde pendence." "Who was Jefferson?" demanded Senntor Depew blandly. "Well, I'll he dashed!" ejaculated the cabman, and that was the only an swer. He whipped up his horse and headed for the nearest monument. "There," snhl he with emphasis, "la where Benjamin Franklin is buried." "Ben I-'ra ilklill!" said Depew. "I thought ho was a Boston mail." "Get up, go along there!" shouted the driver, and ho licked Ids horses. On nnd on out Into tho country they went, the driver swinging his whip. At last he turned once more and fairly snort ed: "Say, mister, here's something you may know something about. That's John Wanamaker's house." "Oil!" said Senator Depew, nnd that was all the sights that he could get the driver to show him.—Chicago Tribune. The PrliieeNN nml flic Soldier. Her royal highness the Princess of Wales has a wonderfully kind heart and is constantly showing in the most practical manner her sympathy for our gallant soldiers who have been wound ed In battle, says an English exchange. A few weeks ago the princess, ac companied by the prince, paid a visit to "HAVE YOU YOUIt CIGAIt CASE WITH YOU TODAY?" the military hospital at Netley, near Southampton, where there were lying many men who have been wounded during the present war. As she walk ed slowly through the wards the tender hearted princess sadly exclaimed: "Oh, this awful war! What terrible suffer ing it brings!" In one bed the princess saw a soldier whose cheek and month had been woe fully lacerated by a Boer bullet Ills suffering appealed to her kindly heart, nnd she said to him: "My pool' fellow! Can you anyhow contrive to smoke?" "Yes, your royal ldghuoss," was the reply. Whereupon the princess walked over to the prince and asked: "Have you your cigar case with you today?" The prince at once bonded his case of choice clgnrs to her roynl highness, who possessed herself of the flagrant contents nnd gave them all to the de lighted soldier, saying: "Take those, my brave fellow, and enjoy them. I am sure you will like them. The prince believes they are the best that can he had." Then, with a chccry smile, the gra cious lady passed on her way. Arreatrd Italy's QiiPPn. Queen Margherltn of Italy loves to go about Incognita and in this way in dulge her great fondness for mountain climbing and bicycle riding. When she travels in the Alps, she goes ns a com moner, and few learn her Identity. She stops nt chalets for the night, sharing the simple food of the Alpine folk, and ns her costume Is 111 the simplest style she passes for anything hilt a queen. When she began to ride a bicycle, It was her linhlt to go Into a royal park unattended. On one of these solitary wheeling trips she was unceremonious ly arrested by a royal guard nnd con ducted, In spite of her protests, beforo the captain of the force. The guard laughed nt her statement of her Identi ty, considering it an evidence of a par ticularly hold Imposition. At head quarters, however, lie was told of his blunder by his horror stricken captain, who promptly recognized his roynl mis tress. Queen Margherltn asked that the offender should not lie disehnrged nor punished, and as he prostrated himself at her feet she gave hlni a gold coin with her face upon it, laugh ingly advising him to study it well, that he might recognize Ills queen when he saw her.—Harper's Bazar. ' Peking is known In the cast as Ihe "Forbidden City." GEMS IN VERSE. Age nnil Youth. Youth looks forward, Age looks back. Up and down the selfsame track. One with Hope goes hand in hand Through a pleasant, 6unlit land; One with Memory, side by side, Walks where silent shadows glide. Which is best, ah, who can tell. Matin song or evening bell? Youth must tread a weary way; Age is near the close of day. Muny comrades false and true Throng their way the journey through. Little matter, Age or Youth, So they fare with Love and Truth; V Evening Bong or matin bell— ' ' With the faithful all is well. —Youth's Companion. Wlien June Comer, Tell you what I like the best— ' Long about knee deep in June, 'Bout the time the strawberry meltfl On the vine—some afternoon, Like to jes' git out and rest And uot work at nothin else I -'. - *. i Orchard's where I'd rather be— Needn't fence it in for mel Jcs' the whole sky overhead, And the whole airth underneath. Sort o' BO'S a man kin breathe Like he ort and kind o' has Elbow room to kccrlessly Sprawl out len'thways on the grass Where the shadders thick and soft As the kivvers on the bed Mother Axes in the loft Alius when they's company. •••••• Plague ef they ain't sompin in Work 'at kind o' goes ag'in * My convictions 1 'Long about Here in June especially 1 "V / Under some old apple tree Jes' a-rcstin through and through, I could git along without Nothin else at all to do. Only jes' a-wishin you Was a-gettin there like me. And June was eternity 1 Lay out there and try to see Jes' how lazy you kin be I Tumble round and souse yer head In the clover bloom cr pull Yer straw hat acrost yer eyes And peek through it at the skies, Thinkin of old chums 'at's dead- May be sinilin back at you. In betwixt the beautiful Clouds o' gold and white and blue I Month a man kin railly love — June, you know, I'm talkin ofl March ain't never nothin ncwl April's altogether too Brash fer me, and May—l jes' J 'Bominate its promises— Little hints o' sunshine and i v J Careen around the timber land— A few blossoms and a few Chip birds and a sprout er two- Drop asleep, and it turns in 'Fore daylight and But when June comes, clear my throat With wild honey I Rench my hair In the dew and hold my coat! Whoop out loud and throw my hatt June wunts me, and I'm to sparel Spread them shadders anywhere, I'll git down and waller there, And oblceged to you at that! —James Whitcomb Riley. Pont nml Present. Sing ho, for the days of old, When robbers bold and free In the forest deep did vigil keep Under the greenwood tree! They cared not for law nor rule; Might was the law they knew, And robbed at will o'er dale and hill And spared when they pleased, or slew. Nor made they a specious plea For the lusty trade they plied, But free and bold in quest of gold They robbed, lived and died. And think not, though times have changed. That no highwayman have we; They're with us still and work their will, But they move in "society." Not a paltry purse they snatch; They arc bolder now by far. From the people's feet tliey steal a street And ride in a palace car. If you walk or ride or fly, You tribute in full must pay, For what you need they'll muke you bleed; They rob in a modern way. If robbers you dared them name, They'd give you a scornful ginnce And let you know, with a haughty bow, They were "masters of finance." Then, ho, for the thieves of old, Who posed not as "financiers," But, rough and rude in the shady wood. Mocked at the traveler's feursl —Alexander Walker. Ourselves. These two things shall no man forgot or lose Or sacrifice—his will and his ideal. These two things are the man; in leaving them Behind him in the dust of broken dreams lie leaves himself. His nature is usurped By alien thouglits and moods and commonplace. From such vast sacrifices no great works spriug; That soul is barren that has cast out self. The lesson of all greatness is to be That which we are—out to our furthest bounda—• To lift the high within us higher still. To delve our depths with a profaunder depth, To push the near horizon of our minds Out past immediate things to ultimate. —R. V. Risley in Literary Review. Environment, / A lily grew in a garden far From the dust of tho city street; It had no dream that tho universe Held a light less pure and sweet Than its virgin self, so chaste was it, Ko perfect its retreat. When night came down, the lily looked In the face of the stars and smiled, Then went to sleep—to the sleep of death— As the soul of a little child Goes back to the clasp of the Father soul. Untouched and undefilcd. A lily bloomed on the highway close To the tread of the sweeping throng; It bore the gaze of a hundred eyes Where burned the flame of wrong. And one came by who tore its heart With a ruthless hand and strong. It caught no glimpse of a garden fair, It knew no other name For a world that used and bruised it so Than a world of sin and shame, And hopeless, crushed, its spirit passed As tUs eveuing shadows came. And who can say but the sheltered one A sullied flower had been Had its home been out on the highway, close To the path of shame and sin, And the other forever angel white tr- Had it blossomed safe within? —Elizabeth Q. Per kin, in Uoston Transcript. / Up In the Grand Old Mountains. Freed from the daily Strugs*., freed | rom ths cares of earth, F " '"and mirth-' 1 * Cit7, wl,h P* l " Freed irom the bonds ot labor, hidden from sham and isaud, Hearing the songs of wild birds, living close up to God I Oh, what a sense of freedom; oh, what release from pain I Oh, what a heavenly calmness, soothing the care worn brain, Out where the trout aro leaping, out where the wild deer play, Up in tho grand old mountains dreaming the hours away. —Denver Post. The Tribune Is The Leading Newspaper In Freeland! At the subscrip tion price of $1.50 per year the Tribune costs its readers less than one cent a copy. Think of that! Less than one cent a copy ! 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