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BRIEE TELEGRAMS ,
Three negroes were shot from an
ambush at Dallas. Tex.
The Danish East Greenland expedi
tion sailed from Copenhagen.
The Bank of England has reduced
its rate of discount to 3 per cent.
Don Justo Banitz , the famous Mexi
can lawyer and statesman , is dead.
Right Rev. Richard H. Wilbur , Epis
copal Bishop of Alabama , is dead.
John Clark Rldpath is in a very crit
ical condition.
Dick Croker has left England In a
very bad humor.
A militia company is being organized
at Casper , Wyo.
The Italian senate has been opened
at Rome.
There is considerable rioting over
tithes in Sofia , Bulgaria.
The Douglas school In Chicago was
destroyed by fire. Loss $75,000.
The town of Moscow , N. Y. , was to
tally destroyed by fire recently.
Several cases of yellow fever have
been discovered at Quern-ados , Cuua.
Cuban custom receipts for flrst four
months of 1900 were over $5,000,000.
In New York Oscar Gardner wen
from Billy Barrett in fifteen rounds.
Senator Platt of New York broke a
rib Saturday by falling against a chair.
George Dlllman of Cheyenne has
been appointed to a West Point cadet-
ship.
President Kruger has moved his
headquarters to Atkmaar , near Nels-
pruit
A measure is before the Costa Rican
congress putting the country on a gold
basis.
Over 32,000 immigrants passed
through Hamburg and Bremen last
month.
Three Japs have come all the way to
Kentucky to get pointers on .race
horses.
A Paris paper says the relief col
umn must hurry or it will reach Pekin
too late.
Troop C of the Sixth cavalry has
been moved to Fort Logan from Fort
Russell.
Governor Geer of Oregon has recent
ly married Miss Isabella Trullinger of
Astoria.
The naval bureau has decided to re
tain naval officers as inspectors of ship
building.
Prominent Catholic clergymen are
discussing plans for a federation or
Catholics.
The census supervisor at Buffalo
nays the population of that city is near
ly 400,000.
The nationalists elected the mayor
of Havana. General Rodriquez was the
lucky man.
Eight thousand Pima Indians on the
Gila reservation , near Phoenix , A. T. ,
are starving.
A secret posse attempted to catch
Captain John Powers at Barboursville ,
Ky. , but he got away.
Three persons were killed and four
teen injured in an explosion of gun
powder at Philadelphia.
Ex-Marshal Finley of Tucson has
been held , charged with complicity
in a recent jail breaking.
The San Francisco Chinese have se
cured a dissolution of the quarantine
in one section of Chinatown.
It is believed that an agreement has
been reached in Chicago for the abolishment
ishment of sympathetic strikes.
Two of the three rod mills of the Illi
nois Steel company at Joliet , have re
sumed work , after a shutdown or sev
eral weeks.
The southern district court of New
York , in a case , decided mat Porto
Rico is a foreign country as far as the
constitution is concerned.
Anson Phelps Stokes , Jr. , secretary
of the Yale corporation and son of
Anson Phelps Stokes , the New York
banker , has accepted the position of
assistant pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal
church of New Haven.
Perry Barnard , aged 30 , a paper
hanger , at Flora , Ind. , shot and killed
his former wife , Jennie Davis , and se
riously wounded her mother , Mrs. Wil
liam Davis , and his 3-year-old daugh
ter. Barnard escaped. Bloodhounds are
on the trail.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has filed with the secretary of
state at SL Paul , Minn. , a deed from
the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad com
pany , transferring all its property to
the Northern Pacific. The considera
tion named was ? 2,799,824.
The Marquis of Lansdowne has been
accused of personal animosity in cen
soring South African dispatches.
Jimmy Michael was easily beaten toy
Burns Pierce in a twenty-mile motor-
paced race at Charles River park , Cam
bridge , Mass. , in the slow time of
34:29 3-5.
A train carrying the Tennessee Edi
torial association was wrecked at Asn-
ville , N. C. , but none of the editors
were hurt
The United States honorary commis
sioners at the Paris exposition will
make a tour of inspection of the Amer
ican exhibits.
The Midland Steel Works at Muncie ,
Ind. , employing 1,000 men , will re
sume work the last of this week. The
mill closed down last week.
Mead Cottrell was shot seven times
in C. D. Ball's saloon at MIddlesboro ,
Ky. , and fatally wounded. Cottrell's
dying statement Is that Ball shot him.
The quarantine against San. Fran
cisco on account of the bubonic plague
at the California state Ihie has been
cfeciared off by the federal authorities.
The Journeymen plumbers , after an
unsuccessful strike at St Paul , Minn. ,
for shorter hours , lasting six weeks , of
of
have formally declared the strike off.
of
Druggists and hotel keepers will be
barred from the'Odd Fellows of Minnesota
seta hereafter.
The Decourey building , a ten story
structure at 676 West Broadway , New
York , occupied by several retail firms ,
was damaged , wltk. its contents , to the
extent of ? 110,0 < ? e &y fire.
Foreign lorces in China Will Be Lucky
to Escape Annihilation ,
100,000 MEN NEEDED BY ALLIES
Casualties of International Relief Force
at Tleii Tsln Were 300 General Yann
Shi Ki lias 11,000 Foreign-Drilled ,
Mnuser-Armed Men.
LONDON , June 25. The Interna
tional forces In the section of north
ern China where 10,000 men are striv
ing to keep a footing and to succor the
legations in Pekin appears to ba in
increased peril with every fresh dis
patch. Pekin has not been heard from
directly for fourteen days. The last
dispatch was one imploring aid. Ad
miral -Seymour's , column of 2,000 was
last heard from twelve days ago. At
that time it was surrounded midway
between Pekin and Tien Tsin. Possi
bly now it has reached Pekin.
The 3,000 internationals at Tien sin
were hard pressed and fighting for
their lives on Thursday and a reliev
ing force of less than a thousand had
been beaten back to Taku Friday. Ob
servers on the spot think that 100,000
men woqld not be too many to grasp
China firmly. The admiralty has re
ceived the following from the British
rear admiral at Taku :
"CHE FOO , June 23. Only one run
ner has gotten through from Tien Tsin
for five days. No information could
be obtained except that the foreign
settlement had been almost entirely de
stroyed and that our people were fightIng -
Ing hard. News has been received as
this dispatch is sent that an attempt
tc relieve Tien Tsin on June 22 was
repulsed with some loss. "
The telegram also said : "The allied
admirals are working in perfect accord ,
with the Russian vice admiral as sen
ior officer. "
A press message from Shanghai , dat
ed yesterday at 4 p. m. , embodies some
later information. It says :
"Official Japanese telegrams con
firm the reports of a defeat of the al
lied forces at Tien Tsin. The foreign
ers there are now placed in a most des
perate situation. Russian Admiral Hil-
lebrandt yesterday sent a mixed force
of 4,000 from Taku to attempt the relief
of Tien Tsin. Nearly half of the force
consisted of Japanese. The remainder
was made up of contingents represent
ing the other nations.
"The guns of the Chinese around-
Tien Ti = ere Superior "to anything j
the European force has or is likely to
have for some time. The bombardment -
ment of Tien Tsin continued on Fri-
day. Bomb shields were hastily erect
ed by the foreign troops , largely con
structed of wetted piece goods. The
food supplies are insufficient and the
continued shelling is reported to be
telling terribly.
'Among ' those killed of the relief
force on Friday was the commander
of H. M. S. Barfleer. The foreign casualties -
ualties were 300.
"Japan is making every effort. Her
troops are now arriving at Taku in
large numbers. The Chinese troops in
the province of Chi Li include 00,000
auxiliaries who have been drilled by
Russian and German officers. "
Captain Beatty and Lieutenant
Wright , British , have been severely
wounded at Tien Tsin , according to a
dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily
Express. Tne information was brought
there by the British cruiser Orlando
from Che Fee and was dated Satur
day. The losses of the Russians were
heavy.
'General Yann Shi Ki , governor of
Shan-Tung , commands 11,000 foreign-
drilled troops , organized to a high de
gree of excellence and equipped with
Mausers. It was in the plans that these
troops should go to Taku , but the seiz
ure of the forts was effected before
they could get there. "
Some of the special dispatches from
Shanghai describe the great southern
province of China as still quiet , but
others assert that the news from the J"
north is exciting the southerners to a ;
dangerous height of feeling , and that u
millions may rise any day. Shang
hai is quiet , but there are fears of a
rising. The action of the consuls in
asking for the departure of the Six
Chinese cruisers was objected to by
the senior naval officer , who informed
them that he had at his disposal a
force sufficient to compel them to
leave if they objected to the presence .
of the fleet. The Chinese cruisers are in
heavier armed than the vessels of the tr
allies , among whose six vessels is the ai
United States gunboat Castine. cl
The powers are said to have fatally w
underestimated the numbers , despera
tion and armament of the Chinese , w
who for three years have been accumulating di
rifles at the rate of ci
mulating 20,000 a ciw
month. The question here is , What w
are the powers going to do ? Japan is tii
preparing to transship this week 10,000 Ti
additional Russia is re
troops , sending
down from Vladivostock all her avail ui
able forces , estimated at from 8,000 tii
to 9,000 men , although recent events th
have shown that the numbers of Rus tr
sians on the Pacific coast has been trg
overestimated. The Russian council g
held a special meeting yesterday and ru
considered the feasibility of sending flz
Safe Blower Is Useful.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , June 25. The
nside doors to the cash and bond
joxes in the state treasurer's vault
cell the combination of which was lost of
when the new state treasurer took
charge of the office were opened today.
Frankfort machinists have been at
work on the doors for three days and
made no progress.
Must Pay Fine or Go to Jail.
SALT LAKE , Utah , June 25 In
the case of B. H. Roberts , found guilty lei
unlawful cohabitation , the judgment he
the court was that he pay a fine
pr
$150 , or in lieu thereof that he be
tha
rnprisoned in the county jail for the
period of 150 days. ro
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Sculler Lynch Loses a Foot. in
HALIFAX , June 25. Michael beFi
Lynch , the well known sculler , lost hia Fi
left foof Saturday , an old injury hav ch
ing taken a serious turn , necessitating get
amputation. ' * i wl
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Thirty-Persons Killed lu Railroad Wreck
at aicDoiiough , Ga.
ATLANTA , Ga. , June 25. A passen
ger train on the Macon branch of the
Southern railway ran Into a washout
one and a half miles north of McDon-
ough , Ga. , last night and was com-
i pletely wrecked. The wreck caught
I fire and the entire train , with the ex
ception of the sleeper , was destroyed.
Every person on the train except the
occupants of the Pullman perished.
Not a member of the train crew es
caped. Thirty-five persona In all were
killed.
The train left Macon at 7:10 p. m.
and was due at Atlanta at 9:45 last
night. McDonough was reached on
time. At this point connection is made
for Columbus , Ga. , and here every
night the Columbus train is coupled on
and hauled through to Atlanta. Last
night , however , for the first time in
many months the Columbus train was
reported two hours late on account of
a washout on that branch and the Ma
con train started out without waiting
for Its Columbus connection.
Tremendous rains of daily occur
rence for the last two weeks have
swollen all streams in this part of
the south and several washouts have
been reported on the different roads.
Camp's creek , which runs into the
Ocmulgee. was out of its banks and
its waters had spread to all the low
lands. About a mile and a half north
of McDonough the creek comes some
what near the Southern tracks and
running alongside it for some distance
finally passes away under the road by
a heavy stone culvert. A cloudburst
broke over that section of the coun
try about 6 o'clock last night and
shortly after dark washed out a sec
tion of the track nearly 100 feet in
length. Into this the swiftly moving
train plunged. The storm was still
raging and all the car windows were
closed. The passengers , secure as
they thought from the inclement weath
er , went to death without a moment's
warning.
The train , composed of a baggage
car , second-class coach , first-class
coach and a Pullman , was knocked into
kindling wood by the fall. The wreck
caught fire a few minutes after the
fall and all the coaches were burned
except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except
the occupants of the Pullman car per
ished in the disaster. There was no
escape , as the heavy Pullman car
weighted down the others and the few
alive in the sleeper were unable to
render assistance to their fellow pas
sengers.
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Tb'or" Dfiof j rrm tb"rc was siiem.c.
Then the occupants of the Pullman re
covered from the bewilderment and
after hard work managed to get out
of their car and found themselves on
the track in the pouring rain. The
extent of the capacity was quickly ap
preciated. The flames were seen com
ing from that part of the wreckage
not covered by the water. As the
train began to go to pieces under the
destructive work of both flames and
flood human bodies floated out from C
the mass and were carried down
stream by the swift current. The
storm did not abate in fury. Flashes
of lightning added to the steady glow
of the burning train and lit up the
scene with fearful distinctness.
Flagman Quinn , who was one of the
first to get out , at once started for the
nearest telegraph station. Making his m
way as rapidly as possible in the face
of the blinding storm , he stumbled A
into the office at McDonough and aftei
telling the night operator of the wreck
fell fainting to the floor. Word was
quickly sent to both Atlanta and Ma
con , but no assistance was to be had ,
St
except in the latter city , and the wash
out prevented the arrival of qny train
from Macon.
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EIGHT LIVES CRUSHED OUT. ec
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Rear-End Collision on Northwcstein thbe
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Road Near Green Kay , WIs.
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GREEN BAY , Wis. , June 25. A IS
wreck occurred on the Chicago & tr
Northwestern road at Depere , a sta d
tion five miles south of here , at 10:15 m
this morning. A north-bound passen mS
ger train , loaded with excursionists
bound for the Saengerfest in this city ,
ran into a freight train about 100 yards
south of the station. There were fifty-
three persons injured and eight killed LCl
outright. One of'those injured"dfed Cl
before they could be taken to the hos se
pital. lii
Of the injured about thirty are not clar
n a serious condition. The excursion ar
train was made up at Fond du Lac arM
and was packed with people from that se
city , Oshkash and Neenah. The first seTJ
two coaches were a combination bag ch
gage and passenger and smoker and a
were almost entirely filled with Fond in
Lac people. The freight , an espe cc
cially long one , made up at Green Bay ,
was ordered to sidetrack at Depere sta
tion. Enough of the train to fill the
passing track had been cut off and the
dc
remainder had just started to back
in
from the sidetrack back of the sta
tion. A curve in the main track cut off
the view of the oncoming passenger i
train. A flagman stood in front of the
train to flag the approaching passen deW
ger train. Suddenly it came into view , W
wl
running at nearly full speed. It was
he
flagged and many of the trainmen say
that the air brakes did not work prop COte
to
erly. The two trains crashed together.
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The first two coaches of the passenger
ly.
train were telescoped and demolished ,
few of the passengers escaping injury.
Some were killed outright , others were
terribly mangled and legs and arms
some were broken. Others were Cc
badly crushed and maimed all hem Pi'
med in amid the debris of the wrecked lan
cars. The other cars were not dis pa
lodged from the track and none of the paVt
ether coaches were damaged. se
Are Likely to Leave Denver.
WASHINGTON , June 25. It is
learned at the Franciscan monastery ir.
here that a special meeting of all the to :
provincials of that ancient order in of
United States will be held tomor ofGc
at Cleveland , 0. , when the ques si ?
tion of moving the Denver monastery ex
a point nearar the mother house in
this country , Paterson , N. J. , is to fo
definitely settled. Although the er
Franciscans of Colorado may thus be will
changed to other quarters they will Cl
full Indemnity in houses and lands for :
wherever they are sent.
BATTLE AT
Eight Hundred Americans are Among De
fenders of Besieged City ,
INTERNATIONAL FORCES ENGAGED
Chinese and International Forces Engage
In Sharp Fighting Battle Lasts lot
Five Days Foreign Ministers Reported
Safe by Director of Telegraph Shang.
LONDON , June 23. The silence of
Pekin continues unbroKen. Four
thousand men of the allied forces were
having sharp defensive fighting at Tien
Tsin Tuesday and Wednesday , with a
prospect of being reinforced on Thurs
day. This is the situation in China as
set forth in the British government
dispatch.
"Eight hundred Americans are tak
ing part in the fighting at Tien Tsin , "
say the Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express in his cable 01 last even
ing , "and they apparently form a part
of a supplementary force , arriving with
Germans and British after the conflict
started. It is impossible to estimate
the number of the Chinese there , but
they had a surprising number of guns. "
The information appears to have
been brought by the United States gun
boat Nashville to Che Fee and tele
graphed thence to Shanghai. The Chi
nese are deserting Shanghai in large
numbers and going into tne interior.
Reports from native sources continue
to reach Shanghai of anarchy in Pekin.
According to these'tales the streets are
filled day and night with Boxers , who
are wholly beyond the control of the
Chinese troops and who are working
themselves up to a frenzy and clamor
ing for the death of all foreigners.
The English consulate at Shanghai is
said to have received from influential
natives reports of a tragedy in the
palace at Pekin , though precisely what
it is is not defined. The consulate
thinks tiiat Admiral Seymour , com
mander of the interantional relief col
umn , was misled by information from
Pekin , and consequently underesti
mated the difficulties in his way and
the Chinese power of resistance with
Maxim guns and Mausers , 'i he consuls
at Shanghai still believe the foreign
ministers at Pekin safe , although Jap
anese reports received at Shanghai al
lege that up to June 15 , 100 foreigners
had been killed in. P ki : * -
MAY MAKE TRIP TO HAVANA.
Proceedings for Neely's Removal to Cuba
Are to Be Taken.
WASHINGTON , June 23. It is un
derstood that the United States at
torney < at New York will take action
within the next day or two looking to
the ] prompt removal of Neely , the al
leged embezzler of Cuban postal
funds , to Havana for trial. Judge Lacombe -
combe , before whom the case will be
brought , expects to leave New York on
July 2 and it is his wish that the mat
ter be disposed of before his departure.
Some days ago the government sent to
Havana for copies of papers wanted
ir the case ; also for a certified copy
of article 401 of the old Spanish-Cuban
laws against the crime of embezzle
ment. These papers have been re
ceived and forwarded to United States
Attorney Burnett , who will prosecute
the case.
STORMS DELAY TRANSPORTS.
Supposed That Logan Will Leave for
Taku on the ' !
WASHINGTON , June 23. Quarter-
master General Ludington has receiv
a cable message from Colonel Mil
ler , quartermaster at Manila , saying
that the transport Hancock , which had
been unavoidably detained by contin
uance of storms , had sailed on June
for San Francisco , and that the
transport Warren , which had been or
dered south by the major general com
manding , would sail from Manila for
San Francisco on June 1.
Arrested for Swindling.
NEW YORK , June 23. Edward M.
Logan and Charles P. Coates , alias
Charles M. Smtih , who were arrested
several days ago on a charge of swind
ling merchants in this city and other
cities out of thousands of dollars , were
arraigned in the Center court before
Magistrate Medio today. It Is said that
seventy-five victims have been found.
The men were arrested on a specific
charge of swindling , in connection with
store ; at Peekskill. Detectives brought
into court two large bags filled with
complaints.
Whole Town After a Negro.
ROCKPORT , Ind. , June 23 Theo
dore Gunsauld narrowly escaped lynch
here. Last Wednesday Grant Ross , ei
colored , was charged with insulting eiM
white woman and the town was ex C
cited over the matter. Gunsauld in by
Jefending Ross made remarks that tc
were considered as a reflection on all tcdi
white women of the town , and when dim
discovered that a mob was being tc
collected to take him. he got out of
town. There is much" excitement , and n
is believed Gunsauld would be
lynched if he could be found.
CARACAS , Venezuela , June 23. The
Colombian .revolutionists . have occu
pied Baucaramanga , on the Venezue
frontier. Cacuta , a town in the de
partment of Santander , also on the
Venezuelan frontier , continues in pos
session of the revolutionists.
Roosevelt Will Not Resign.
NEW YORK , June 23. B. B. Odell ,
, chairman of the republican state
ommittee , had his attention directed
the statement of an ardent partisan
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff that
Gfovernor Roosevelt would proably re
, making way for Woodruff in the
jxecutive office , the expected result be
the nomination of Mr. Woodruff
governor. Mr. Odell said : "Gov-
jrnor Roosevelt will not resign. He
serve out his term as Grover
Cleveland did when he was nominated for
president. There Is no reason why ai
should resign. " the
CANDIDATES ARE NAMED.
UcKlnley nnd Roosevelt Are tenders for
the ICepnbllcan Party ,
PHILADELPHIA , June 22. McKinley -
ley was nominated by acclamation _ at
J2:44. : The roll was called anil each
state voted for McKlnley all the way
down the roll.
1:59 : p. m. Roosevelt unanimously
nominated for vice president.
The convention adjourned sine die nt
2:24 : p. m.
PHILADELPHIA , June 22. Presi
dent McKinley was unanimously re-
nominated for president of the United
States by the republican national con
vention at 2:44 : o'clock yesterday and
an hour and ten minutes later Gov
ernor Roosevelt of New York was
unanimously selected to stand beside
him in-the coming battle.
The scenes attending the selection
were tumultuous. Such unanimous
demonstrations in honor of the nomi
nee of a national convention have not
been equalled perhaps in the history
of politics in this country. It was a
love feast , a jubilee , a ratification
meeting. .
Chairman Lodge's announcement
that Governor Roosevelt had been
nominated for vice president evoked
a burst of applause that fairly shook
the great steel-girdled building to its
foundation.
This closed the final business and at
2:24 , on motion of Mr. Serene E.
Payne of New York , the repubican na
tional convention of 1900 adjourned
sine die.
COUNT MURAVIEff IS-DEAD.
Noted Russian Minister Stricken With
. ,
Apoplexy.
ST. PETERSBURG , June 22. The
Russian minister of foreign affairs ,
Count Muravieff , is dead.
Count Muravieff had just finished
his morning cup of coffee and had or
dered his lunch when he fell in an
apoplectic fit and expired in a few
minutes , between 9 and 10 o'clock.
Japan's Secret Preparations.
LONDON , June 22. The Daily Mail ,
in its second edition , published the
following from Yakohama , dated yes
terday :
"Great secrecy is maintained regard
ing Japan s military preparations. Fif
teen large transports have already
been chartered and eighteen warships
are mobilizing. A field post service
from Taku to Pekin is being organ
ized here and will proceed immediate
ly. Chinese military students are leav
ing Japan. "
Rate Committees Meet.
CHICAGO , June 22. By an agree
ment entered into at the meeting of
the presidents of the western roads in
this city , the rate-making power of all
lines will be vested entirely in the ex
ecutive officers of the roads. No line
party to the agreement will have power -
er to issue a new rate sheet until it has
been submitted to the local committee
where the business originates and has
the approval of the highest executive
officer in charge of the traffic of the
interested roads.
Roberts is Found Guilty.
SALT LAKE , Utah , June 22. The
jury in the case of B. H. Roberts , on
trial for unlawful cohabitation , re
turned a verdict of guilty. Roberts ,
in i ; an agreed statement of facts put be
fore the jury , admitted that he entered
into : a polygamous marriage with Mag
gie B. Shipp and lived with her ana
his legal wife , Sarah Louisa. It Is
claimed that Roberts relies on the su
preme court to reverse the verdict on
technical grounds.
Increased Pay Tor Navy.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , June 22.
The Navy department has issued a
general order under the terms of the
last appropriation act Increasing the Q'
pay of naval officers on shore In Porto Q'Si
Rico , Cuba , the Philippine islands , Si
Hawaii and Alaska by 10 per cent Sitt
and for the enlisted men of the marine ttgi
gi
rine corps ashore at those places 20 gim
per cent. Same increase
i to be com th
puted from May 26 last.
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Fatal Fire In Round House. ajC
BAKERSFIELD , Cal. , June 22. The e
Southern Pacific roundhouse at Kern
City was burned and the remains of
Patrick Quinn and Byrd Gilmore , em
ployes , were found in the debris. They R
were killeu by the explosion of an oil ai
tank , which started the fire. The loss li
to tne railroad company will amount in
to $400,000. Twelve engines were de si
stroyed. sid
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Long Distance Wedding. to
PRINCETON , Ind. , June 22. Rob inSI
ert Lockhart of Covingtoa , Tenn. , and SI
Miss Katherine Cline of Patoke , this tt
county , were married at noon today ac
: long distance telephone. Coving- tUi
ton is 30 miles south of here and has
direct telephone connection. The
marriage was set for today , but owing
business matters the groom could Tl
not ( leave home. h
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Both Columns at Pekin. ar
BRUSSELS , June 22. The Petit ai
Bleu states that a telegram was re
ceived yesterday by an important
Brussels firm from China , saying that
Admiral Seymour's relieving force and ,
the Russian column to
entered Pekin si
multaneously. The legations were re 8
ported intact and \ \
all the Belgian resi
dents are said to be safe. pa
of
Sixth Cavalry for Manila.
ST. LOUIS , June 22. Troop M of Mi
the Sixth cavalry , Captain Cabell
commanding , departed from Jefferson
barracks today on a special train over tr
the Missouri Pacific road for San th
Francisco , whence it will sail for Ma thm
nila as soon as
transports
can be
se th
cured.
fain
At the same time 234 horses belong
ing to the in
troop
were loaded
on a
special stock train and shipped to otmi
mi
Portland where
, a transport bound
th
Manila awaits them. An officer
and twenty-seven men accompanied fa ;
stock. wt ali
Charge Made Against the Chinese by German -
man Officials ,
SOLDIERS ORDERED TO DESERT
The Mongolia. . * Will Be Obliged to Settle
Whose
tle With the Foreign Powers
Demand
Stake-General
Interests Are at
mand for More Troops.
BERLIN , June 21. "The responsi
bility of the Chinese government for
recent i events , " said a high official of
the 1 foreign office today , "is now clearly
proved. It has been ascertained that
10,000 Chinese troops who deserted to
the direct
the ' Boxers did so under
orders of the Chinese government , ine
promotion to the highest positions of
officials also
notoriously anti-European
points in the same direction. This is
the war of China against all foreign
ers , including Germans , and the point
now Is to go ahead vigorously , quickly
and resolutely , no matter what the
final outcome may be. "
An inspired article in today a Kreuz
Zeitung says : "Prompt and effective
measures may be taken , even If a volunteers - ,
unteers corps from the regular army ;
Is sent out , as the present German
forces are insufficient. "
The Berliner Tageblatt , which relia
bly reflects the view of political circles !
in \ Berlin , says : "A power which is
unable In time of peace to promote
envoys accredited to it from Its own'
subjects , has ceased to exist as a state.
We do not doubt that all the cabinets
are inspired by a determination to save
what can be saved. "
REPORTED ESCAPE OF KRUGER.
Roer President Said to Be on Sea , With
Substitute in Car.
LONDON , June 21. 4:20 a. m. A
member of the British House of Com
mons , who has had an important con
nection with South Africa , is telling
the story of a telegram alleged to have
been received from Capetown , which
says that Mr. Kruger has really es
caped and is already on the seas bound
for Europe and that the person occu
pying the executive car is not Mr.
Kruger , but is a substitute.
The British have penetrated the
Transvaal territory as far asMachado- _
dorp. Passengers who arrived a-t-Lou-
renzo Marquez tell of heavy artillery
being engaged and that the Boers
abandoned Machadodorp , retreating
northward. President i.ruger is still
at Ilkmaar. Boer bulletins regarding
General Dewet's operations along Lord
Roberts' line of communication assert
that two convoys were captured
Many Starving to Death.
NEW YORK , June 21. Miss Edna
Terry , the American missionary who Is
believed to have been killed in the
Boxer rioting near Tien Tsin , wrote a
letter which has just been received in
Brooklyn in which she says :
"We hear so many rumors that we
do not know just what to believe. I
cannot < feel sorry that a change of some
kind is coming. The people themselves
say that things cannot be worse than
they have been and I will welcome any
change which promises better govern
ment.
"The condition throughout the coun
try this year is dreadful beyond power
to express. Even in the best years
there is poverty such as we know noth
ing of in America. " '
SEYMOUR JS AT PEKIN.
British Admiral Forces His Way From
Coast to the Capital.
LONDON , June 21. A news agency
dispatch from Shanghai , dated June 20 ,
says :
"After an arduous march and fre
quent ' fighting with the Chinese Vice
Admiral Seymour arrived at Pekin
Sunday afternoon. On five occasions
the Chinese attacked the column in
great force.
There were many mounted
men among the Chinese , but most of
the natives were badly armed. At
times.they fought with admirable cour
age and bravery. The losses of the
Chinese during the march are esfenat-
ed < at 500 killed.
Pardon for Filipinos.
WASHINGTON , June 21. Secretary
Root said tonight that the text of the
amnesty proclamation will be pub
lished , tomorrow in Manila and Wash
ington simultaneously. It will be
signed by General MacArthur and is
done by direction of the president.
The ] proclamation
gives a free pardon
all Filipinos who have participated
the rebellion against the United
States , the only condition being that
they take the oath of allegiance and
acknowledge the sovereignty of the
Lnited States government.
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Hodgson is Reported TVell.
CAPE COAST CASTLE , June 21.
The garrison at Kumassi is still on
half rations. Sir Frederick Hodgson
governor of the Gold Coast colonv
' 6' Wh ° " * beSieged there '
re >
Trolley Car Wrecks
CHICAGO , 111. , June 2I.-A trollev
° nning at a hisl1
tonight struck a farmer's rate < * PM4
wagon car-
rrtee ° mam * at Asol a ana
avenues. Seven of the
occu
pants of the wagon were injured.
' . Two
them probably win die'
;
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