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gEMAM Il Consolidated Jan. 1.1895.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. JULY 3, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 67;
WE1E1
GERMANY IS AROUSED.
Ketteler's Death to Be Avenged
Regardless of IHllkulties
KAISES 8REL23 "SCOPS TO CHINA.
Recent Reports of the Situation at Pe
king Are Confirmed.
Proposition to Hit the Celestials Very
Hard In the Way of llowtage Not
Approved by IJnglunU
y Washington News.
Berlin, July 3. F.uiperor William ad
dressed th eeeditionary lon e to Chi
na at Wilheliushaveu yesterday after
noon, aud inspected the transports. Uis
majesty ordered that the list division
of the First naval brigade should pre
pare to sa'l for China as soou as possi
ble. Berlin, July 3. The Associated
Press is able to state that after the
detailed stateineut by Count von Due
low, secretary of state for foreign af
fairs, regarding the Chinese situation.
Euijieror William made up his mind to
Insist upon full satisfaction for the
death of Baron von Ketteler. for which
purpose he resolved to send altogether
armed fortes approximately as large
as those of the other powers chietiy
Interested in restoring order in China.
The precise size of the forces has not
yet been determined, but it is expected
that they will altogether amount to a
. teore of thousands. A considerable
portion of the Herman lleet will be
sent also. This is evidenced by ordera
Issued last night to prepare live new
battleships for sailing.
There Are Constitutional Uimeultles.
The emperor and Count von Bue
low are fully aware that constitutional
difficulties render ditlicult the dispatch
lug of "so large a contingent, but both
are agreed that it must be done. In
this they are supported by the singu
larly unanimous attitude of the Ger
man press. At the forelg.i office
situation for Germany was descrimJ
as most dillicult. especially since the
latest news shows that serious trouble
Is Impending In Shan Tung.
The Chinese legation here is still
smilingly 9ueeiing. Minister Lu-IIai-Houn
told a representative of the As
sociated Press that he was extremely
sorry for the bloody events In I'eking,
but he felt sure that the dowager em
press was guiltless.
Berlin, July .i. Consular members
at Tien-Tsin have unanimously pro
posed to their governments, as the sole
means of saving the foreigners at I'e
king, that the united powers should
inform the Chinese authorities that
the graves of the ancestors of the im
perial family at I'eking will 1k de
stroyed if the foreigners at I'eking,
especially the ministers, are harmed.
It Is understood that Great Britain Is
not disiosed to adhere to the pro
posal. .
BAD NEWS FROM ADMIRAL KEMPFP
Worst Stories Emanating from China Con
tinned OrttHallv.
Washington, July 3. Bad news came
yesterday morning from Admiral
Kempff, concerning the worst stories
which have emanated from China rela
tive to the conditions at Peking, and
a feeling of disquiet was noticeable
among administration otliclals and dip
lomats. The Gentian embassy showed
particular anxiety for information re
specting the sad end of Baron von
Ketteler. and In the course of the aft
ernoon Secretary Herrmann, of the
embassy, paid a special visit to the
state department to inquire. M. Thie
baut, the charge of the French em
bassy, also called in quest of informa
tion. The bad news from Kempff was con
tained In a cable from Chefoo, un
dated, which said: "Runner from I'e
king reports legations are besieged;
provisions nearly exhausted; situation
desperate. German minister going to
tsuntf-ll-yamen murdered by Chinese
soldiers. American, Italian and Dutch
legations burned. Twenty thousand
Chinese soldiers inside; 30.000 outside
Peking: rejiorted hound for Tien-
Tsin; still lighting at Tien-Tsin. Com
munication with Tien-Tsin by rail and
river Insecure."
DEATH OF MINISTER KETTELER.
Story That Comes to the Carman Govern
ment of the Tragedy.
Berlin, July 3. Privy Councilor
Ha maun informed the correspondent
of the Associated Press yesterday that
the official dispatch announcing Baron
von Ketteler's -assassination was re
ceived here early yesterday. It was
based uion a direct, written message
conveyed from I'eking, aud signed by
Von Bergen, a member of the Ger
uiau legation at I'eking, and Sir Rob
ert Hart, the inspector general of cus
toms. It was addressed to the com
mander of the Kuroiean forces at
Tien-Tsin, and was forwarded June
29, by Consul Zimmerman, to the Ger
man consul at Chefu.
The message contained a number of
Interesting details. Baron von Ket
teler, while riding on horseback to the
tsung-ll-yameu (foreign otlice) was at
tacked by large numbers of Chinese,
who pulled him off his horse and beat
him to death. An Interpreter who was
with him was seriously injured, but
escaped and subsequently reached the
German legation.
Herr Hamann supposes that there
was more bloodshed at the legation,
the destruction of which, he declares,
was more alarming lecause the mes
sage adds that the condition of the
whites in Peking was desperate and
aid was imperatively needed. It was
also announced that the ammunition
of the legation guards was almost ex
hausted. Base Hall Flayer Hadly Hart.
Terre Haute, Ind.. July 2. Carter,
left fielder of the Bloomington team,
while on his way to the base ball field
was severely Injured. The platform
of the street car on which he was
standing was strnck by a switch en
gine. It Is thought one of his feet
will have tobe amputated.
FhtUp Hotha Under Heavy Bail.
Cape Town, July 3. Commandant
Philip Botha who was captured by the
British near Kroonstad. May 17 ) has
been released under heavy ball. He is
to reside In Aliwal North until the con
culslon of bis preliminary examination.
STRIKERS WAVE THE POINT.
And the Street Car Strike at fcU Louis
Comes to an End. J
St. Louis, July 3. An agreement be
tween the St. Louis Transit company
and its former employes was siened
last night by representatives of the
Transit company and by the executive
committee and the strike declared off.
The agreement is the same as was pro
posed and agreed to by both parties
several times In the past two- months
except as to taking back the strikers.
On this point there was always a
deadlock, ending finally In a breaking
off of the negotiations entirely. . They
were resumed, however, and resulted
in the strikers waiving the point that
all the strikers must be taken back.
This Is the clause on that subject in
the agreement just signed: "For the
purpose of tilling vacancies which may
now exist or hereafter arise, the com
mittee of former employes of which
j T. B. Edwards is chairman shall pre
pare a list or the men who were in
the company's service on May 7 last,
and as the comjuny now or .hereafter
needs nditlonal men it will select them
exclusively from this list until it Is ex
hausted, not interfering, however, with
men now in the service. No person
shall be eligible to this list who has
been guilty of any acts of lawlessness
or violence." -
HOBOKEN DEATH RATE.
BODIES RECOVERED NUMBER 67.
Size of the Horror M ill Ha Apparent Kext
Week Three Hundred Per
sons Missinjf.
New York, July 3. Sixty-seven
bodies of victims of the Hobokcn lire
have been recovered. Fach hour that
passes witnesses additional recoveries
of bodies seared, maimed and burned
beyond all semblance of humanity. And
the half has not yet been told, as all
the bodies brought to the surface yes
terday -were caught on grapling hook 8.
About the first of next week the people
wil lrealize the appalling loss of life,
as it will then be time for the bodies
that are now lying at the bottom of
the river to come to the surface of the
water of their own accord. The list
of missing is still placed at but few
below the 3UO mark, and when the
bodies begin floating to the surface the
grewsomeness of the situation will be
realized.
The bodies recoveer up to 11 o'clock
last night uiost of them, so fur as has
bee ndiscovered, being victims from
the steamship Saale. Those who will
undoubtedly swell the list are the t2-lo
odd men from the steamships, includ
ing otticers, sub officers, seamen, oilers,
machinists. coal passers, and trimmers,
the greater loss, of course. being
among the men who were below decks
aud could out get to the open before
the liames choked them back and the
heavy falling debris beat them down
to their death. Of course 1 he greater
part are foreigners, and the lists of
their names are befng checked off by
the steamship company otlicers as soou
as any identification can be made.
Noted Filipinos In MacArthnr's Hands.
Washington, July 3. Two cables,
dated at Manila and signed "lac
Arthur" were received at the war de
partment yesterday morning, one an
nouncing that General Aquino, a prom
inent leader of the insurgent forces,
had surrendered unconditionally with
sixty-four ritles and ammunition, and
the other that General Ricarte, a lead
er of the threatened uprising in Ma
nila during this year, recently Very
active, was captured July 1.
Will Stand by the Council.
Chicago, July 3. At a convention
of delegates of the trades' unions of
Chicago Sunday the unions declared
that the light-of the Building Trades'
Council against the Contractors Coun
cil was the light of every union In the
city and that the Building Trades
Council would be supjiorted to the end.
They characterized the present trouble
as a "lockout." and placed the blame
on the "contractors, capitalists, and
bankers."
Mint Employe Arrested for Theft.
Washington. July 3. Chief Wilkie.
of the secret service, has been advised
of the arrest of Fred .A Taylor, an old
employe of the San Francisco mint.
It Is said that hp had on his person
at the time of his arrest about eight
ounces of uold clippings, and a quan
tity of gold buttons, aggregating $200,
which, it Is said, he had stolen. Harry
Perry, of San Francisco, also has been
arrested.
Our Frieml the Crar ami the Finns.
Ilelsingfors. Finland, July 3. The
Finnish senate has addressed a me
morial to the czar declaringlts inability
to promulgate the Imperial rescript re
garding the introduction of the Rus
sian language in to Finland, the limi
tation of the right of public meeting,
and the granting of the right of Rus
sians to cany on certain trades prohib
ited to the Finns.
Schooner I'icton Probably Lost.
Kingston. Out., July 3. No news has
been received of the mislsng schooner
I'icton, and little doubt is felt that she
foundered on Lake Ontario in the re
cent gale. Her crew consisted of Cap
tain Sidley, the owner, and his three
children; J. Laves, of Coburg; James
Martin, mate; J. K. Nalley and G.
Warner.
Sheldon Will Not Accept.
London. July 3. The Kev. Charles
M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kas.,was ques
tioned by a representative of the As
sociated Press regarding the cabled re
port of his nomination for the vice
presidency of the United Christian par
ty. He said: "My name has been
proposed without authority. I have
no Intention of accepting the nomina
tion." Clot a "Pen Sentence for Bigamy.
Coruuna, Mich., July 3. In circuit
court here C. II. Downer, of Detroit,
was convicted of bigamy and sentenced
to Marquette prison for five years. His
first wife was a waitress at the Gris
wold House at Detroit. '
Smallpox Scares the People.
Lansing, la., June 30. A smallpox
scare is on in this vicinity. Tim Mad
den, a river man, is sick with vario
loid at bis borne ten miles south of
here. The house has been quarantined
and vaccination is being generally re
sorted to.
Thinks Carter Harrison the Man.
Vicksburg, Miss., June 30. Senator
BIcLaurin, who is a delegate-at-large
to the Kansas City convention, last
night said he believed - Hon. Carter
Harrison is the strongest man the con
vention can nominate for vice presi
dent. -
NEW ISSUES IN FRONT.
Warner of Ohio Would Leave
1J to 1 Out of Platform. '
LIVELY DISPUTE WITH HARVEY.
Tells the Monetary League to Get Sil
ver I ust. Then Talk Jtatio
Shively Absolutely Declines.
Kansas City. July 3. The placidity
of the meeting of the United States
Monetary League was considerably
ruilled in the closing hours yesterday
by statements from General A. J. War
ner, of Ohio. General Warner was In
troduced by ex-Governor St. John, who
called him the father of the cause of
free silver. General Warner caused
the first tlutter of excitement by say
ing that so far as be knew there was
no proposition to change the ratio of
coinage. The live question of the hour,
he added. Is to get silver restored to Its
former place where it would have the
same rights as gold.
"I don't care anything about the
ratio of Hi to 1," he said. "Get silver
restored." he added; "catch your hare
lirst, then cook it. Regulate silver
automatically and you settle the ques
tion. I sometimes think we have laid
too much stress on 10 to 1. I am In fa
vor of it, but there are and must al-
tvays be conditions which may change
the ratio."
Replies to "Coin" Harvey.
"Coin" Harvey asked Warner: "Do
you understand the history of free
coinage';" General Warner replied
without perturbation that he had made
a study of it, and he begged leave to
say to Harvey and others that here had
been no legal action taken by congress
on the question of ratio.
General St. John followed with an
interruption in which he said: "I say
to General Warner that unless 10 to 1
is specifically mentioned in the plat
form of the convention to meet this
week a tremor will run along the en
tin' line, and voters in the west, espe
cially, would desert the ticket by thou
sands." This statement received vig
orous applause.
Silver to Cut Little Figure.
Turing to those in front General
Warner said: "Get your silver first.
Don't make any more mistakes. When
you get jour silver we will fix the
ratio." Interrution followed with rap
idly, and exceptions to the speaker's
views became heated. Waiting a loo-,
inent for quiet General Warner con
tinued: "I tell you the question of 10 to
1 is iroini; to cut little figure in this
camp.ilrn. The Issues will be antl-im-perialism
and trusts, and what we
should do for humanity, and the ques
tion of ratio will sink into infinitesimal
insignificance."
nA excited speaker in the rear row
shouted that if General Warner's ideas
prevailed the party might as well tear
down the Hag of the campaign and
that the election of McKinley would be
inevitable. General Warner said he
would not take up further time' all he
had said lie stood by.
Harvey Demands a Specification.
Harvey leaped upou a table and re
peating former statements, he added:
"If the people do not instruct congress
before election on the question of ratio
congress would never agree. And I
stand here to say to you." pointing to
General Warner. "10 to 1 has been de
manded by our leader. Colonel Bryan,
and we will follow his lead." After the
session General Warner was waylaid
at the entrance by many who had leen
pA'sent and some of them denounced
him politically and in some instances
personally. The outside protest was
a s vigorous as that of the inside.
SHIVKI.Y Is7h t7K THE RACE.
Declines Irrevocably to Permit the I'se of
His Name for Vice.
Kansas City. Mo., July 3. The vice
presidential situation did not clear up
yesterday, and last night it was ap
parently in as much doubt as it was
when the - delegates to the national
Democratic convention were elected.
There was a shifting of the scene when
Benjamin I'. Shively, of Indiana, was
taken out of the race by his owu
emphatic statement to the Indiana del
egation. Not only the Indiana men,
but other delegates In the city, accepted-the
statement of Shively and
he is not now considered a probability
iu the race. At a caucus of the In
diana delegation Shively delivered a
brief address in which lie declined ir
revocably to le a candidate or to per
mit the use of his name in connection
with the nomination. He had In
sisted from the first that he was not a
candidate, but he was taken "with &
.'rain of salt." His statement to his
own state delegation, however. Is re
garded as final. He will not be a
candidate and the Indiana delegates
have taken him at his word.
As the contest stands after Shlvelv's
retirement the two leading candidates
seem to lie Charles A. Towne and
William Sulzer, with some man from
New York, like Judge Van Wyck or
Elliott Danforth as a possibility under
certain contingencies. The fact Is
that the vice presidential situation is
Interwoven with the platform. If there
Is a. simple reaffirmation of the Chi
cago platform some New York man
may be selected for vice president In
the hope that he will assist In carry
ing that state. If there is a specific
declaration for 10-to-l, then Towne
may be made Bryan's running mate.
It is pointed out as not finite con
ceivable that a convention which would
refuse to make a specific declaration
for 10-to-t with a view of e.irrvlnir
some of the eastern states would nom
inate Towne, who left the Republican
party solelv on the ground of his at
tachment to silver. It is conceded by
all the Democratic leaders that
Towne s strength Is In the west and on
a silver pHtf ww. find tint he w.nM
not be strong in the east on a modified
platform.
lILE:ATIONS COMING WITH A RI SH
Convention City Fill In? Vp with the Men
Who Will Direct the Democracy.
Kansas City. July 3. The thrub and
thrill of a great national assemblage is
beginning to take possession of this
young queen city of the southwest.
Throughout yesterday there was &
eteady tramp, tramp, of Incoming
thousands, 'lhe delegations arrived in
scattering lots, some of them with
bands and banners to add sound and
color to the animated scene. Among
the day's arrivals were many of the
interesting figures of the party, Includ
ing Oldham of .Nebraska, who will
mace the speecn placing Bryan in Dom
ination; Hill of New York, weighted
with bis long conference with Bryan
at Lincoln; Perry Belmont, of New.
York; Teller, of Colorada; iwth a dis
tinguished Populist trio Senators Al
len, Heitfeld and Harris here to aid
the cause of Towne, and John P. Alt
geld, of Illinois.
Senator William E. Clarke, of Mon
tana, beading the delegation of "regu
lars" with two brass bands and an
abundance of enthusiasm, also arrived.
With this influx of leaders and dele
gates, the holding of caucuses and the
organization of state delegations has
begun. The real work or the con
vention began witb a meeting of the
national committee to determine con
tests and to select temporary officers.
Mayor oRse, of Milwaukee, was the
choice for temporary chairman. At
eight the national committee bad a pri
vate dinner a sort or family confer
ence as the guest of Daniel J. Cam
pau. The day brought many develop
ments and some surprises In the gen
eral situation. The dominating in flu
ence of Bryan over the convention
had been made perfectly manifest
causing some concern and Just a little
rebellion In some quarters. It Is not
by any authoritative or formal words
or actions by him that this influence
Is exerted, but In ways none the less
effective.
DIED IN A BARBER CHAIR.
Had Notice of Karly Demise and Prepared
Burial Place.
Grand Rapids, Wis., July 3. The fu
neral of Lorenzo Hathaway, who died
suddenly In a barber chair here Sat
urday, was held yesterday. Hathaway
was told by the doctors about a year
ago that he could not live longer than
a year, or two years at the most. He
said if that was the case be was go
lag to buy himself a monument, and
fix up a lot in the cemetery. He did
as he said he would and his lot was
fixed up in good order aud has on It a
large granite monument with the
name "Hathaway" across the face of
it.
As landlord of the Witter hotel
there was not a better-known or bet
ter-llked hotel man in the state of
Wisconsin. He was very popular
among the traveling fraternity. Hath
away died just as be wished and said
be would like to die. He always said
he wanted to die "quicker than you
could say Jack Robinson." He was Jok
lug and talking merrily with Judge
C. M. Webb, who was in the barber
shop, when suddenly, without warn
ing, be dropped dead.
"Long- Jones Oat or the Race.
Milwaukee, July 2.-x"Long" Jones
has announced that he Is no longer a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for Governor. This Is the result
of the victory which La Follette has
achieved over him in Waukesha coun
ty. The Jones men did ot give up the
fit; Lit until resolutions were passed by
the First assembly district of Wauke
sha county Saturday afternoon In
structtng the delgation to vote for La
Follette.
Gov. Tanner Will dnnt Big- Game.
Springfield. Ills., July 2. Governor
Tanner left Friday night for Denver,
Colo., in company with John T. Peters,
secretary of the state board of public
charities. They will bee.ne aoout ten
days. They will attend to their min
ing interests and will spend part of
the time hunting in the mountains.
ROBERTS" REP0RT8 FIGHTING.
fiaveral Engagements Which the British
Lose la Killed and Wounded.
London, June 30. The war office has
received the following from Lord Rob
erts:
"Pretoria, June 29. Paget reports
from Llndley that he was engaged ou
June 20 with a body of the enemy who
were strongly reinforced during the
day. A convoy of stores for the Lind
ley garrison was also attacked on June
20, but after a heavy rear guard ac
tion the convoy reached Llndley In
safety. Our casualties were ten killed
and four officers aud about fifty men
wounded.
"The fight reported yesterday was
under Lieutenant Colonel Grenfell, not
Dreiner. Brabant came up during the
engagement. Total casualties of the
two columns, three killed and twenty-
three wounded. On the previous day,
near Klckaburg. Boyes brigade was
In action with a body of the enemy.
Our casualties were two officers killed,
four men wounded, and one man miss
ing. Methuen found yesterday that
the Boer laager near Vachkop and
Spitskop had leen hastily removed in
the direction of Llndley. He followed
the enemy twelve miles and captured
8,000 sheep and 500 head of cattle
which the enemy had seized in that
neighborhood. Our casualties were
four men wounded.
"nunter continued his march yes
terday toward the Vaal river unop
posed. Many farmers along the
route have surrendered. Springs, the
terminus of the railway from Johan
nesburg, due east, was attacked early
yesterday morning. The Canadian regi
ment which garrisons the place beat
off the enemy. No casualties are re
ported. Lieutenant North, reported
missing after the attack on the con
struction train. Is a prisoner of the
Boers."
ILLINOIS WHEAT OUTLOOK.
Hessian Fly Does Damage to Winter
Wheat Too Much Rain.
Springfield, Ills,, June 30. A sum
mary of the condition of some of the
leading crops of the state, compiled
from reports received at the Illinois
department of agriculture under date
of June 20. shows that the encourag
ing outlook for winter wheat on May
1 has not been continued. On the con
trary, there has been decided deprecia
tion and the June 20 condition of the
crop Is 18 points below that of May 1,
and but G7 per cent ol a seasonable
average. In northern Illinois the June
20 condition is 75 per cent, of an aver
age. In central Illinois 61 per cent, and
In the southern division 05 per cent.
The principal cause of this de
terioration is the Hessian fly. A few
chinch bugs are reported In some sec
tions, but they have not done much
damage to wheat. In southern Illinois
and In a few counties in the central
division of the state the excessive
rains have either caused the wheat to
lodge so it cannot be cut or made the
ground so wet that the harvesters can
not get into the fields. On the whole
the prospect for the wheat growers of
this state Is about as discouraging as
ever known at this date.
Grand Rapids, Wis., July 3. Seven
members of British paper trade dele
gation have been Investigating the oa
per mills of this city. Port eAwJSb
ana Nekoosa.
rn
A Conflagration on the Docks at
lloboken, X. J.
6CENES TO FREEZE HENS BLOOD
Climax of Terror and Despair Follows
the Victims to Their Frightful
Death Horror That Is
Soul-Sickening.
New York, July 2. The north Ger
eian Lloyd Steamship company esti
mates the loss of life by Saturday's
fire at 200. The company took the
crew lists, checked off those members
who are In hospitals or reported safe,
nd believes the others to be lost.
Among the dead are a number of of
ficers. The body of Captain MIrow,
of the Saale, has been found, burned
so as to be unrecognizable.
A number of Christian Endeavors
were visiting the Saale, drawn by the
interest taken in the boat because of
her charter by the Boston Endeavor
ers. ome or these visitors are re
ported lost.
Property loss Is put at $m,oi0,000,
Spread with Frightful Rapidity.
The fire started among cotton bales
under pier No. 3 of the North German
Lloyd Steamship company in lloboken,
N. J., at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
In less than fifteen minutes the Uames
covered an area a quarter of a mile
long, extending outward from the act
ual shore line to the bulk heads from
KAISES W1LBKJLM DEB OBOS8K.
600 to 1.000 feet away, and had caught
three great ocean liners and a dozen
or more smaller harbor craft in its
grasp. The number of lives lost Is not
certainly known. Hundreds were more
or less Injured and the hospitals in
New York, lloboken and Jersey City
are crowded with them. The ocean
liners were the Saale, Maine and Bre
men. Bes Ides these the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse was damaged and bad a
close call and. the Hamburg-American
line Phoenicia was also damaged.
Spectacle Witnessed by Thousands.
This spectacle was witnessed by
thousands and thousands from both
shores, and by other thousands who
crowdede upon every ferry boat, every
excursion boat, upon every variety of
river craft that could be secured for
the purpose. The crowd upon the
banks of the river was almost as great
as that which formed to witness the
triumphant return of Admiral Dewey.
Looking up the river toward the burn
ing ship and piers the scene was a
wonderful and tragic one of grandeur.
Many Were Busy Resculug the Victims.
For hours the river was crowded
with small boats hastening to the
scene of disaster, or already taking
part In the rescue of the hundreds who
had leaped Into the river when seized
by the terror of the flames. These
boats were paddled here and there, but
soon their occupants had nothing to do
but to watch the mad sweep of the
flames. Those who bad plunged Into
the water had leen rescued or had
gone to the bottom.
Hundreds of Lives In Peril.
There were hundreds of men on
each of the destroyed steamships and
some women. Crowds of dock labor
ers and also employes of the com
panies were on all the piers. Men, wo
men and children were on the canal
boats, and men on the bargesand light
ers, and when the tire made its quick
descent upon them escape was cut off
before they realized their awful posi
tion. LOSS OF LIFE IS VERY GREAT.
Most Agonlzlnr Scene Witnessed by Those
Who Could Not Rescuse.
Men working in the holds of the
four steamships were shut in by walls
of flame and it was impossible to
reach them. It propably never will
be known bow many men perished la
the ships as the flames were so fierce
the ywould leave but few if any rem
nants of the human body. The great
est loss of life appears to have been
on the Saale. She carried 450 people
and was to have sailed for Boston Sat
urday aftenroon. When the police boat
captain went aboard of he witrh his
rescue party, he saw bodies lying all
about the deck. The steamship Bre
men carried a crew of 300 men, the
Main 250, and if as many lives were
lost on the Bremen and Main as on the
Saale the number of lives lost will be
very great. Then also many parished
on the piers, rtbe canal boats and
lighters.
lhe staemer Snale drifted down to
the Battery alnnit G:30 o'clock. She
was ablaze and ber crew was on deck.
Captain Smith, of the Police boat, put
his men on a tug and ran to the burn
ing 6hlp. when the tug reached the
Saale thlty-sevren of the latter's crew
were taken off. Most of them were
conscious. The scenes witnessed by
the rescuers were enough to turn their
mood cold. Captain Smith said he
thought there were a number of bodies
below in the Saale. "When I got to
the Saale on the first trip with the
tug." he said, "I saw several men with
their beads at the port holes. They
were stuck fast and could get neither
l nor out. The shin was gradually
slotting, it was- a terrioie sight. Some
fthe men called to us In their own
tongue to 'help them for God's sake
Their struggles were something fran
tic. We could do nothing Tor them.
The upper part of the vessel was a
living furnace. We tried to get the
prisones throrugb the port holes. But
he honles were even smalle thran
usual We gave a line to one man ana
tried topull him though, brut It was a
futile effort. I can even now hear the
poor fellow skrieking In his despair as
be saw us darwing away from him.
"We beard the cries of others back
of the port holes. They seemed to be
struggling for what little air and re
spite the holes gave tnose atreaay
there. It was terrible. We saw one
woman at a port hole. The flames
were rapidly approaching her. She
was said to be a stewardess. A deck
hand on the tug handed ber a small
hose and she played it about ber state
room for a few moments. They were
precious moments. My God, how that
woman fousbt for her life. .She might
A
TERRIBLE
RAGEDY
as well have poured a tea cup full of
water into a living volcano, for all the
good It did. She had no possible
chance. As she fought the fire the
ship sank steadily and ber struggles
were stopped by an inrush of water
as the port bole sank below the sur
face." A member of the crew of the fire
bos t Van Wvok aalil- "The fire mnria
it Impossible to get to the steerage of
; me raaie. v e irieu ueii to get lue
people out through the port holes.
' There seemed to be forty or fifty of
luriu. x uri wnr uicu, vttsuitru auu
cuuaren. one woman in particular
attracted our attention. She kept call
ing to the others not to give up bope,
that we would save them. Her face
was torn and bruised where she bad
been trying to get out of the small
port hole.
"Finding it Impossible to get the
poor people out we handed cups of
water to some of them, who cried for
a drink for God's sake. Just before
the ship went dow n a tug drew along
side with a Roman Catholic priest
aboard. He called to the people, who
seemed to le mostly of his faith, and
with uplifted hands Imparted absolu
tion to them just as the ship sank and
the water, rushing In at the port boles
drowned them like rats. The cries of
the people as the water poured in was
something Indescribable.'
DESTRUCTION OF DOCK PRO PERT I
Account of the Havoe to That
nd the
Ships and Barge.
The property loss can simply be ap-
proximated at this time. A conserva-
tlve estimate made by a prominent fire
underwriter places the entire damage
at less than $10,000,000. The three
docks of the North German Lloyd line
are total losses with all their contents.
The pier of the Tbingvalla line is to
tally wiped away, and an extension
which had just been built on the Ham
burg-American line s expanse of piers
was burned down to the pile tops. The
total lOSS on pier8 ana gooas Storea
thereon is about $7,000,000. The ware-
nouses or. r aimer uampueii, woicn
. . . t a. a k I
were across the sireet from the North
German Lloyd line docks, suffered
greatly, and a number or houses along
the street were scorched badly. Loss
on Campbells warehouses, $00,000;
contents, $1,250,000.
The loss on the steamship properties
and to other companies is estimated
approximately as follows: The steam
ship Main, of the North German Lloyd
line, cost $1,54K),000 outside of the car
go, fittings and stores. The loss is
placed at $1,200,000 for the vessel and
about $400,000 for the fittings, stores
and cargo that was aboard of her. The
steamship Bremen, of the same line,
cost $1,250,000. and her fittings and
cargo were valued at $300,000. The
cargo and stores were entirelr con
sumed and the loss to the vessel prop
er will amount to at least $700,000. The
Saale, the steamship which will have
the most horrible story of death to un-
fold when the divers go down In her.
cost the North German Lloyd company
$1,250,000, and the fittings and cargo
were valued at $300,000. The damage
to the vessel proper Is placed at about
$800,000. The damage done to the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Is estimat
ed at $25.000.
HIS FORGERY WAS COSTLY.
Cousin of Seonew all Jaeksoa Goes to Peni
tentiary for Life.
Rusk, Tex., July 2. The Jury has
adjudged W. J. Dent, a cousin of Gen
eral Stonewall Jackson, guilty of mur
der and fixed life imprisonment as
punishment. Dent, in consideration of
$10.0000, about a year ago, forged the
names of Governor Sayers and Secre
tary of State Hardy to pardon papers
on which George Isaacs was released
from prison while serving a life sen
tence for the murder of sheriff Mc-
Gee, of Hemphill county, during an at
tempt to rob a Fort Worth and Den
ver train. -
Isaacs was never recaptured, and un
der the Texas law Dent was found
guilty of participation in the original
murder for securing the release of the
real murderer.
HAD HIS BANK ALONG.
Diamond Thief Captured at Detroit With
t9.856.70 on Him.
Detroit, July 2. George Willard,
one of the most notorious diamond
thieves and bank robbers, who has
served terms in several prisons in the
United States, was arrested In Con-
6idine s resort in Monroe avenue.
Detectives Kane and Cotter found on
him $0,240.70. There were four $1,000
bills. He also bad a gold watch, a dia
mond ring and a diamond stud.
Several days ago illard came to
Detroit, and Wednesday night be
called at the borne of his divorced
wife, who is married to a prominent
citizen, and gave ber a severe beating.
When she threatened to have him ar
rested he boasted that be "stood in'
with Captain McDonnell and the de
tectives. When this information
reached Captain McDonnell be at once
gave oarers for illard a arrest.
Lightning Barn a Farm Bouse.
Havana. Ills., July 2. The farm resi
dence of W. H. Hale was burned Fri
day night during an electrical storm.
Mr. and Mrs. Hale were both knocked
senseless. When Hale recovered con
sciousness his wife's clothing was
ablaze. He extinguished the flames.
but not until he was severely burned.
Double Domestic Crime.
Ottumwa. Ia.. July 2. Richard Bell,
a colored man of Albia, shot bis wife
three times Friday afternoon, killing
her, and then shot himself through the
heart at the home or his wire rather.
The woman had filed a suit fo di
vorce, which was to have been beard
at the coming term of court.
One Thousand Sheep Poisoned.
Helenta. Mot.. July 2. State Veter
inarian Knowles has received word
from Livingston that 1000 sheep be
longing to W. W. Brasley St Son have
been poisoned. A rival stockman is
said to have objected to the sheep be-
Ing grazed on that range.
Death of a Fargo Brother.
New York, June 27. T. Benton Far-
go, uroiner or j. u. f argo, president I
01 me American Express company,
and of William C. Fargo, founder of
the Wells-Fargo Express comoanv. la
dead borne in this city, aged 67
years.
Fatally Wounds His Stepson.
Kokomo. Ind., June 27. Willlard
Gibson and bis stepfather. William
Glbbs, quarreled over Gibson's wife.
Glbbs split open Gibson's bead witb a
spade and fled. Gibson will die.
WIU Not Be a Dry Town.
Rogers City, Mich., June 27 This
Tillage, with a population of 500, boasts
four saloons, and three more will be
opened during the summer. brewery
Is also being projected. .
WORST TO BE FEARED
German Minister Reported as a
Victim of Ah Sin.
NATIVE TROOPS KILL HIM JU1TE 18
Situation as to the Letrations Wu
Desperate on June 23.
Diplomatic Corps Takes Refug at tire
British. Legation Rabid Anti
Foreigner In Absolute
Control at Peking.
Shanghai. July 2. The British con
lul at Chefoo telegraphs that Baron
too Ketteler. German minister at Pe
king,, was murdered by native troops
June 18. Three legations It Is not
stated which were still undeatroyed
June 23. The American consul her
states that Yung Lu telegraphed June
26 that the other ministers were safe
that morning, but the situation was
desperate and be doubted whether the
ministers could hold out twenty-four
hours longer, as he and the empress
I could not longer give protection.
Rome. July 2. The commander of
the cruiser Elba telegraphs from Taku
June 80, as follows: "Advices from the
German legation in Peking state that
all the legation buildings have beea
urned except those of England,
France and Germany. All the mem
bers of the diplomatic crops have
taken refuge In the British legation."
I Washington Hnn the Newa.
Washlntgon, July 2. Two important
cablegrams were received bv Secre-
tary Hay yesterday from United States
Consul Goodnow at Shanghai. The
1 date is understood to be that of Sat-
urday night. The text la withheld.
but the consul states in substance as
follows: It Is rumored in Shanghai
that the German minister to Peking,
Baro von Ketteler, was killed at Pe
king on the 18th of June. On the 23d
of June three of the legation buildings
were still standing the others had
been burned. On the 20th of June a
dispatch was received at Shanghai
from Yung Lu (believed to be the
viceroy of the province of Chile, where
the principal troubles have occurred).
the principal troubles have occurred
stating that the other ministers were
safe.
Rabid Antl-Foreigner In Control. '
Dispatches to Shanghai from differ
ent sources Indicate that Prince Turn
father of the heir apparent, seems to
1. absolutely In control at Peking, and
that his attitude is the worst possible
and most hostile to foreigners. It is
even said that he issued an edict as
far back as the 20th of June ordering
all of the viceroys to attack the for
eigners in their respective provinces
an order which has so far not been
obeyed. , j
W SAINGTON OFFICIAL HOFXFUX,
Tey Gather Kaeouragemaat from the
Latest News from China' Capital.
The one crump of comfort in these
dispatches is that only one . minister
bad been killed at the date of the
telegrams, and that they brought the
others at Peking one day further along
in safety. An four thisr crumb the
officials here derive encouragement;
for, the believe, the diplomatic corps at
Peking could not have been preserved
through the fury of the first stages of
the outbreak only to fall victims to
sober second thought. There is also
at least the Indication that the Chinese
government itself was protecting them.
On the other band, the statement that
the notoriously anti-foreign Prince
Tuan was in complete control at Pe
king was regarded as an exceeding
grave development.
An ameliorations condition 13 the re
fusal of the great viceroys, themselves
of almost absolute power in their pro
vinces, to be controlled from Peking
in their attitude toward foreigners. A
high official of the state department
said yesterday that there Is nothing
now to do but to follow out the course
the department has already adopted
to have the United States consuls put
themselves in communication witb the
viceroys of the povincres. treating the
oentral government at Peking as in
capacitated for administration work
and meanwhile doing all In their pow
er to protect the forenigners in their
respective dlstirets.
There is authority for the statement
that ou government feels that what
must be done at once is to drive for
ward a relief force to Peking, regard
less of the strength required. So far it
has not been regarded as necessary to
do more In the way of military pre
parations to this end than has been
done, and consequently no further re
inforcements have hen ordered to
Taku. Thee is rmuch doabt here as to
the sufficiency of the force now there
to undertake the work. Admiral
Kempff Saturday reported that 14,000
men of all arms were ashoe, witbrout
stating definitely where they were. It
Is not known whetbe ror not the sec
ond expedition directed against Pe
king has yet started from Taku or
Tien Stin.
Dakota Variety af Weather.
Grand Forks. N. D.. July 2. Heat,
drought and high winds have been
followed by frost, and while the wheat
crop has not. been damaged much it is
a worseoff in places than it was Thurs
day. The temperature at 5 a. m. Fri
day was 31 and big patches of wheat
have been bit.
K. C. Wall Out of Politic.
Milwaukee, June 30. E. C. WalL-
mmhr nf the Democratic national
committee, has formally withdrawn
from nolitlcal life. He says the duty
he nwt9 to hi9 famnr. himself and his
health comoels him to retire now. He
has appointed as bis proxy on the na-
tlonal committee James M. Clancey, of
Dane county.
Xwo Milled iaa Wreck.
Worcester. Mass.." June 30. A pas-
senger train on the Gardner branch of
the Fitchburg railroad ran into an ex
cursion train at Barber's station, one
mile north of this city yesterday. Two
trainmen were killed and seven or
eight passengers injured.
They Sympathise ritb Krngar.
Grand Rapids. Mich., July 2. The
Christian Reformed church synod
Thursday adopted resolutions of sym
pathy for the Boers. A copy of resolu
tions will be forwarded to President
Kruger. -
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