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The Semi-Weekly Tribune. IBA L. 1IAHK. Proprietor. TKRMSi $1.35 IN ADVANOK. K0BT1I PLATTE NEBRASKA. ? BRIEF TELEGRAMS. : Incendiaries aro operating at Mo Cook, Neb. The mllltnry force in Cuba In to bo reduced to 5,000 men. Illinois nppleo were awarded first prize at the Paris fair. Democratic national headquarters have been opened at Chicago. Death Is announced of ex-Governor Ellas Carr of North Carolina. Unsolicited subscriptions arc being secured for the St. Louis fair. Drought reports from Arizona arc said to have been exaggerated. A lottery concession has been grant ed to Ales Bcrmudcz at Mnsuya. Joseph Mullen was electrocuted nt the Sing Sing, New York, prison. From August 1 Berlin will havo a special department of theater censor ship. Portugal has put up $3,500,000 to cover the Delagoa Bay arbitration award. Dr. Ellas S. Peabody, a pioneer Illi nois physician, died at his home In Taylorvllle, aged 87. President Oompcrs hopes to bring about a settlement of tno St. Louis street railway strike. Eleven negro men were drowned In the Warrior river near Akron, Ala., by the capsizing of a skirf. Henry J. Newman, who mysteriously disappeared from Omaha, Iiub been heard from In London. An oleomargarine trust has been formed in Germany to go Into effect the beginning of next year. Tho resignation of Perry S. Heath ns first assistant postmaster general has reached tho posmaster general. Additional rural freo delivery scrvlco will be established on August 1 nt Davenport, Scott county, Iowa. J. D. Via, of Chicago, a department clerk, claims the bureau of education has been sending out anti-Boer litera ture. Elmer E. Clark, a prosperous farmer near Petersburg, 111., was Indicted by tho grnnd Jury for tho murder of Harry Ellis. Major John J. Capcrton, a wcnithy resident of Louisville, Ky., died sud denly at tho Chicago Beach hotel of heart failure. Emperor Wllllnm hns accepted from the manufacturers three automobiles In which he Intends to rldo aurlng tho August mnncuvers. At a special meeting of tho stock holders of the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railroad the lssuanco of 112,000,000, fifty year, 5 per cent bonds was rati fied. Flro destroyed tho power houso of tho Chattanooga Rapid Transit com pany, operating between tnnt city nnu Chlckamauga Park. Loss is $05,000; insured. . Tho largo Lehigh Valloy freight house- at East Buffalo, N. Y togothcr with fifty cars loaded with merchan dise, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,000. Fred Puffer, who for scvcrnl years was tho champion hurdlo racer and broad Jumper of tho United States and Cnnadn, is dead nt his homo In New York city. Tho number of enlistments for for eign service at tho barracks at Colum bus, O., during the past few days has been very largo. Many recruits nro cagor to go to China at onco. Joseph Itnploy, wanted In Williams burg, Va., for robbing tho Peninsula bank on May 24 last, was arrested at Portland, Oro. Throe men robbed tho bank of $5,500 and escaped after a desperate fight with tho ofllcers. Tho annual statement showing tho total Ibsuo of postngo somps, stamp books, Btamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postnl cords for tho fis cal year ending June 30, 1900, was given out at the postofllco department recently. It shows tho aggregate num ber of nil such mnttcr issued to havo been C.2S3.C87.010 articles, valued nt 597,087,772. A sensational Indian murder oc curred nt Kamloopo, B. C. Two In dian women wero seen riding up the street nt a full gallop. Thoy woro closely pursued by a mounted Indian, who wns armed with a rifle. On Hear ing them ho rnlscd his rlllo and shot one dead. Tho comptroller hns authorized tho First National bank of Coon Rapids, la,, to begin business with a capital of JZu.UUU, Mine. Fanny Jannushck, tho tragic actress, Is a pntlent In St. Mury'o hos pital, Brooklyn, suffering from nlmost total paralysis of tho left sldo, duo In part to tno recent excessive hent. Colonel Adam S. Baker, prcsldont of tho South Bend (Ind.) Wagon company nnu a pioneer citizen, died, aged 70. Tho earnings of tho Chicago Great WCBtern railway (Maple Leaf Route) for tho second week of July, 1900, show nn increnBO or 3,yy;.43 over tho cor responding week of last year. Tho artillery nt Fort llllcy. KansnB. lias been ordered to prepare for tho urient. A letter hns been received by the dl rector of tho mint from tho United States usBay office nt Seattle ronortlnir that during the first eleven dnyu of tho present month gold nrrlvals there amounted to 14,400,000. Brlg.-Clen. Patrick Henry Jones died at his homo nt Port Richmond, Staten Island, aged 70 years. He served throughout tho civil war and wns com missioned brigadier general of volun tears In 18G4. Ho was postmaster of Now York city during Grant's first term. Debs, socialist candldato for vice president, sayB ho has' no Intention of withdrawing from tho race. After a long period of Imprisonment which he has endured more llko a fero cious wild beast than llko a human being, Qcronlmo, ono of tho most bloodthirsty Indlnns that over figured in history, has gone stark mad. READ! TO DROP UNA Stato Department Losing Faith in Infor mation Furnished by Wu. CIPHER DISPATCH NOW DOUBTED llrlttsli Government Cull Attention to Boveral Suspicions Circumstances U. S. Itcfuse to Mnko Conner's Safe Up turn Matter for Diplomatic Hurler. WASHINGTON, July 28. Unless some authentic assurance as to the condition of tho Americans In Peklu reaches the stato department within a day or two the administration is like ly to 'abandon whatever faith It has manifested thus far In tho truthfulness of Chlneso information. Ine Chincso minister Is confident thnt within that tlmo there will bo news from Pekln of a character to sntlsfy the most skep tical as to Its accuracy, and he is also confident that this will be good news from tho American point of view. The stato dopnrtnient is still recep- tlvo, though looking with growing coldness on tho numerous edicts and telegrams which nro coming from China, All without bringing nny news. The contributions of the day were from Consul General Goodnow nt Shanghai and Consul Fowler nt Cho Foo. So much of their messages as was given out for publication related to tho wel faro of certain missionaries who havo been made tho subject of Inquiry by relatives in this country. Tho cables mangled these messaged and there is reason to doubt tho value of the Infor mation attempted to be conveyed through them. Mr. Goodnow also had something to say about tho political situation and It Ib believed that that part of his mes sage was not of nn encouraging char acter. At any rnto, It was withhold from tho press, probably because tho government did not deem It prudent to glvo It tho stamp of apparent ap proval. Ever since the receipt nt Tien Tain of the autograph message from Minis ter Conger, dated Pekln, July 4, stnto department officiate havo had gravo doubts as to the authenticity of tho cipher mcssago attributed to him, dated Pekln, July 18. There have been many little sldo lights on this message that afford ground for suspicion, and now tho British authorities have added their quota to the growing distrust of things Chinese. It sccmu that Mr. Warren, nt present nctlng ns British consul nt Shanghai, hos been told by Shong, tho famous Chlneso director of poBts and telegraphs, that Yuan, tho governor of Shan Tung, told him (Shcng) that a mcssago hnd passed through to tho United States from Mr. Conger on the 18th of July telling of tho condition nt tho British legation. This cipher dispatch was "faked" by Chinese officials. It Is pointed out nt the stnto de partment, however, thnt there are plausahle explanations of this curious fact which tend to show the authentici ty of tho clplfbr dispatch. Secretary Hay cabled to Mr. Conger that ho might hare Implicit faith In tho person who brought the dispatch to him. Mr. Conger, therefore, hnd a right to trust tho man, and possibly ho told him In a general way tho contents of tho dis patch In caco tho messenger should bo obliged to detroy It to Insure his own safety. However that may be, tho British government hns thought Mr. Warren's loport worth tho attention of our government. The state department officials do not llko tho European criticism more or nza attributing to our government n lack of wholn-heartedness In tho effort to get to Pokln. They point to what tho American troops and marines havo alrcndy done, to tho loss of life nnd limbs suffered by thcin nnd to tho re peated urglngs of tho American offi cials at overy point looking to a for ward movement at Pekln. UNABLE TO GET A REPLY. Acknowledges Inability to Communicate Wltti llnllmi Minister. HONG KONG, July 28. In order to tost tho Chlneso assurances regarding tho safoly of tho legations, tho Italian consul here yesterday requostod tho Acting viceroy of Canton to commit' nlcalo with tho Itnllan minister, Mar- uIk (xlvnco HagKi. and to obtain a roply from him concornlng a matter Known only to tho minister and tho consul, Today tho noting viceroy ronortcd that It was Impossible for him to m cedo to tho request. Mlsii Anthony to Negroes'. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. July 28. At tho negro race conference todny a pa- por rrom busnn . Anthony wns read by the secretary. She appealed to tho conference to petition congress for a Blxtceuth amendment which Bhnll pro- mint tno disfranchisement of citizens on nccourt of box nnd declares tho condition of negro women wns not Improved by emancipation. The negro women win organize a national society to Rend out lllorat'iro Instructing' ne gro women how to linpruvo homes. KtlilH Defeat rrlnrn t hine BERLIN, July 2S. A dispatch ro colvvrt horo today, dated Tien Tsln, Tuesday, .inly 24, t-'nyu: "A messenger who left Pekln Suii' day, July 15, brought todny to tho eus tom8 ouieo horo nows that Prince Chlng'n coldlers had been fighting rrince 'lung'B troops und had been de feated. Tho foreigners wcro defending tnemselvc in tho northern cathedral near tho Forbidden City." Nicu I'nlnt Ilronclit l'. WASHINGTON, July 28, Tho state department has anolhcr novel extra dition caB on hnntl growing out of the peculiar International stnttiB of Cuba U)uIb Darcll committed n murder In Cuba and mj.de his escuno from tho Island. Ho was tinccd to Portuguese Enat Africa, and the Mato department today was notified thut tho Portugueso authorities hud him under arrest and detention nt tho town of Bolrn, await ing tho nrrlvnl of ofllcers from Cuba to toko him Into custody. Portugal hai no extrndltlon treaty with tho united states. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Some Utiles Adopted that Are Likely to Improve the Service. WASHINGTON, July 27. Postmas ter General Emory Smith has issued nn order carrying into effect recom mendations made by the rural free delivery superintendents, who have been In session here several days. The order, which applies to all rural free delivery service. In the country, follows: First It Is ordered that, beginning August 1, the drop letter, or 1-cent rate of postage, will not apply within rural freo delivery limits. Tho 2-cent per ounce ruto will bo exacted within such delivery on all first-class matter except postal cards. Second That tho Introduction of rural free delivery will not increaso or otherwise modify tho present rato of postage on second-class matter. 'Ihlrd That the rural freo delivery carriers will not bring to tho post oinco mall matter collected by them, wincu may bo delivered on tholr routes beforo completing their trips. toiirth That stamps on mall mat ter collected by rural freo delivery carrier", Including those ca matter delivered en route as named In sec tion 3, will bo cancelled by them and reported to the postmaster, who will derive tho benefit of tho cancellation If the ofllce Is fourth-class. Fifth That until suitable rubber cancelling stamps can bo supplied by tno department, free delivery carriers will cancel tho stamps with the Indel ible pencils furnished them for uso in registered lottcrs. STILL MATTER OF SURMISE. As to Unto of Trobnule Ailvuiioe of Allies on l'ckln. WASHINGTON. July 27. It Is said tonight that the cablegram received by the navy department today from Ad miral Remcy contained no statement ub to when the forward movement of tno allied armies on Pekln was to be made. In a measure this was a dis appointment to tho offlcluls, who dread delay in a united advance for tho relief of tho legatloners. Admiral Remey nas just been on a visit to Tien Tsln, whero ho went to mako an examina tion Into the conditions exlstine there and, presumably, to gather what Infor mation no couiu as to the futuro Inten tions of the allies. For this reason It was expected that he would bo nhln to glvo Bomo Indication of the probable umo tno rorwnrd movement on Pekln would begin. According to tho nnvnl authorities. Admiral Rcmey's dlspntch gave no ln- lormauon or the present strength of the foreign troops now ready to begin tho campaign, although It Is not thought here that they are numerous enough to forco their way to tho Chl neso capital nnd successfully encounter tho opposition Which It In feared will be met on tho way there. Fear for Their Children. DES MOINES. Jnlv 27. W. H. Bum of Roaohlll, la., and his family havo given up tho "safety of their son-ln-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. i iuiin. uuiii'u, who uro missionaries for tho Christian church in China. Both of the VO liner nnnnln irrnilnntorl from Drake university, Dob Moines, a year agy. A letter" from them, dated June 18, Is tho last word recelv- eu. At tnat time they wero starting from Killing to Shanghai. The Box ers Were incltlllir tho nrnnln tn Mil all foreigners, and tho mlBBlonnrles, numoering about sixty Americans, wero badly frightened. Aro Amln Iteportcd Alive. TOKIO. Jltlv 21. A cd hero from Shanghai yesterday makes the following assertions: Yunn Shi Knl, governor of Shan Tung, has received a JeUer .from Pekln, daten July 18, treclnriilg fliat a legation cou rier was captured by the Chlneso guariis on Jiuy ia anil that thereupon Gcnernl Yung Lu petitioned tho turouo to cmtiloy tho courl Or nn n Tnnaaan. ger to communicate with tho minis ters, i ilia was carried out and a re ply waB received that tho ministers wero well and unanimous In favoring tho restoration of pence. Conflagration nt Nome. SEATTLE. WnRh. .Inl V 97 A rtnn. clal to the Times says: "Capo Noma was treated to a grcrvt conllngrntlon early In this month. Miles and miles of tundra wcro burned over and many native, hnmpn rin. 3troyed. "Tho flro beenn pIobp tn Mm nnarnrn suburbs of Nomo nnd swept tho coun try from tho outer edge of tho sand beach to tho foot of tho hills and far uoiow uapo Nome, so that the Biirfnco looks llko a vast pralrlo that has been burned over." Agent Falls to Itettirn. SYRACUSE. Nob.. Jnlv 2C rr tw.i Hill nut an nennt on tho rnni fn i scalo of his scalp Invlgorntor. The ugent hired a team from McFarland's iivut) Hwuie, ion it in Johnson countv, appropriated nil the sales, forgot to pay his bills, ami Turo says If he gete hold of him he will need sovoral bot tles of his Invlgorator for his own us-. McFnrland got back from Johnson county with his team. Vitlilrinnr llrothert tn Hung PHOENIX, A. T July 27. This nf ternoon Acting Governor Alters issued nn nnswer to the request of tho Texas officials for clemoncy In tho case of Valdcmtir brothers, refusing to grant n commutation of sentence to hang miKiisi ju, nt Tomusione. Commissioner ItncttlilU's Departure. PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-Speclal Commissioner Rockhlll will leave Washington Saturday with Mrs. Rock hlll for San Francisco, stopping a day or two at Chicago cn route. TIiIb will enablo him to reach San Francisco In tltntS to take tho Japanese liner Amer ica Maru, which snlls for Yokohama and Nagasaki on August 2. If Secre tayr. Hay returns to Washington to day, as Ib expected, Mr. Rockhlll will have a final conference with him be foro leaving for China. He has re ceived tho fullest Instructions froaa tho president already, GIVES THE LIE TO G1IINA Admiral.Itemoy Declares Throne Wa3 in Sympathy With Boxers. ARE TOO STRONG FOR C0NTR01 Ucprcsenlatlon of American Officer Ac ceptor by Administration United State Stay Change Front Owing to drawing Evldonce of Duplicity. WASHINGTON, July 27. There were no developments today to war rant tho assumption that there will bo tho slightest Improvement In the Chl neso situation. Indeed, tho general tenor of the nows as brought to light was to add to tho Bteadlly growing doubt as to the good faith of the Chl ucbo government as manifested in Its acta. Admiral Kempff's letter, given publicly by the navy department to day, made tho direct statement that tho imperial authorities wero in sym pathy with the Boxers, though ho added that the government was after ward paralyzed and Incapable of con trolling tho situation. This was tho first official declaration to reach our government contradictory of tho Chl neso representations that tho Imperial government had steadfastly and from tho first opposed tho Boxer movement, and our government Is bound to accept the word of Its own officer until that Is ovcrcomo by Irrefutable evidence. Then the exchanges that are In con stant progress between the powers nre tending more and more to cast suspi cion upon the genuineness of tho many communications that have come from Pekln througn Chinese governmental sources. If It should bo finally fraud upon tho vorld, tho fact may call for a chango of attitude on the part of tho United States government toward China. This would not affect tho mili tary policy under wny, but merely the technical relations between tho two governments, which would probably closely approximate a step of formal war. The navy department today contrib uted a brief news Item In the shapo of n vindication by Admiral Remey of tho United States marines from the general charge of looting at Tien Tsln. Tho admiral had a great deal more than tills to report to the navy deport ment, but tho officials did not regard the rest of his report as proper for publication Just now. General Miles und General Buffing- ton wcro ugaln in consultation, though separately, with Secretary Root today and tho supposition Is that tho Chinese campaign was under consideration. AVENGE DEATH Of COMRADE. Detachment of Fortieth Infantry Kills Klghty-Xliin Filipinos. MANILA, July 27. At Oroquleta, in northern Mindanao, two soldiers entered n native store for tho purpose of buying food. Ono of them was killed by a bolo and his head severed from his body. The other escaped and gave tho alarm. A company of the Fortieth Infantry, stationed at Cagayan, repaired to Oroquleta and killed clghty-nlno natives, thirty of them being In a single house. Subsequently tho gunboat Callao, commanded by Lieutenant George B. Bradshaw, shelled Oroquleta, burning tho warehouses. One of the crew was killed. A forco of the enemy, esti mated to number 500, under the lead ership of Alvarez, formerly the lnsur gont president of Yarbranga, is now persistently troubling northern Min danao. A marine at tho outpost of Isabella do Balsln was boloed by natives and so badly wounded that ho died. Isa bella is tranquil. GETS BACK AT BRiSTOW. 1'rrsldeut Qjtvmi Angry nt Statements of l'ostottlco Olticlnl. MUNCIE, Intl., July 27. Ross II. Cowan, president of the Ncely PrliTT lng company, tonight issued a enrd denouncing the statement of Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow and stat ing that tho records show that there was a legltlmato sale of the printing ofllce from Necly to hint, and further more that printing bills for the Cuban government ordered through Neely wcro not paid twice. Owing to cleri cal error Rathbono paid ono bill of $1G3, but this was rectified. Tried to Klilmip llowliin, PENDLETON, Ore., July 27. Par ties broke Into tho houso of J. D. Bow lln of Weston, Ore., Inst night and tried to kidnap him and his wife. Bowlln I3 tho man over whoso extra dition on Governor Beckham's requi sition there woro answers of Bowlln aud two habea3 corpus cases here. HnxdiH Not III Korea. WASHINGTON, July 27. Mr. Ye, tho Korean charge here, took to tho state- department a dispatch from his government denying positively tho published Etoilis that the Boxer move ment had extended to Korea, or that any Chinese Boxers had crossed tho Korean frontier. A Chnnrii for Young Doctors. WASHINGTON. July 27. General Sternberg Bays 100 additional medi cal ofllcers aro wanted by tho sur geon goncrnl for duty In tho Philip pines nnd Chlnn. He says that only graduates of reputable medical col leges, with Bomo experience nnd un der 10 years of ngc, will bo accepted. I.I IIiiiik Chntift'H I.ntest. LONDON, July 27. (New York World Cablegram.) Tho Express' Shanghai correspondent cables: "LI Hung Chang told tho consuls Inst night they might expect some of the legation peoplo to arrive at Tien Tsln nlmost immediately, nB they aro al ready on their way thither. Ho had received explicit and positive Informa tion that with ono exception all tho ministers aro unharmed. Tho impres sion gains ground nero that tho min lsters may still survive, but all others of the foreigners have been murdered, THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotation From South Omaha and Knnmis Cl'y. SOUTH OMAHA. Union Stock YnrdH t'nttle There wns a very light run of cattle at the yurda, hut the bulk of tho receipts wero com poncd of corn fed ntccrn. '1 ho demand on tho part of pnekerg (termed to ho mitls factory, hut there wns hnrtlly enough on milo to Interest them. Cholco cattle, however, brought good xteady prices ns cotnpnrcd with the previous tiny, nnd In a few cases where thoy Juat linppened to BUlt the buyers n little stronger prices may havo been paid. Common cnttle. however, were no more thnn stonily, nnd tho tendency wan to neglect thnt clan, of ntoclt. The cnttle bcunn moving to wnrtl tho Kcnles enrly In the morning; nnd practically everything wns weighed up nt an early hour. There wtre only about two cars of cows nnd heifers on Rnle, besides a few odds nnd end. Tho mar ket was active nnd fully Btcndy on-anything good, nnd the common nnd ennnvr KrnilcH Bold nbout In yenterdny'n notches. Offerings of slock cattle were also very light todny nnd the mnrket was without material change. Hogs Tho supply of hogs was very light. Eafttern point, reported Htrong markets, nnd ns a result prices here ad vanced 2g5c. or, In other words, tho market went back to about where It wns on Wednesday. The built of the hogs brought m.OTilio.OTH, with a top of IS.15, which wns paid for a loud of fancy hogs. Tho dcmntul was good nrid the market closed without material change, every thing being weighed up enrly In the morning. Today's advance tnkes tho market bnck to nbout Wednesday's fig ures, or 7c better thnn n week ngo, but kc lower than two weeks ngo. Sheep The demand was good nt the following quotations: Cholco western gross wethers, Sl.00fH.15: fair to good grass wethers. MCMiG.'.'O: choice gross yearlings, Jl.15fi4.35; cholco ewes, $3.23ff 3.50; fair to good ewes. I3.00fi3.25; fnlr to good ycnrlings, $3.75fU.0O: good to choice clipped Inmbs, $1.2."lfM.C0; fnlr to good clipped Inmbs, il.WH,25; choice spring lambs, fo.40fi5.fi5: fnlr to good spring lambs, t5.00flo.2.".: feeder wethers, tf.ffiffp 3.40: feeder ycnrlings, $3.403.05, nnd feed er lambs, W.75K4.DO. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Receipts. 1,500: market steady; native steers, H.2."fiC.43: TexaB steers, J.'.Sjifll.Dj; Texas cows. $2.50fl3.40; native cows nnd heifers. $1.75916.16; stockers nnd feeders, M.23ft4.75: bulls. $2.33114.35. Hogs Ilecclpts, 7,000; mnrket stendy to 5c higher: bulk of sales, t5.00ff5.15; heavy. J3.0"Hf5.17'4; packers. J5.00ft5.15: mixed, Jl.n3fi3.15; light. $1,801(5.15; yorkers, $5.10 5.15; pigs, $4.C0fi5.05. Bheci ltccelpts, 1,000; mnrket strong; lambs, $4.00f(5.00i muttons, $3.00fJ4.25. KILLED IN HIS LAIR. Negro Fiend Shot After llllllns Five l'crsmis nt New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS, July 28. Twelve persons killed, Including one woman nnd twenty-eight wounded, Including a woman and a girl, somo so Berlously that death Is probable, Is tho casualty list of the trouble In Now Orleans, which began with the attempt by Po licemen Day and Lamb to arrest the ncgroe3 Charles and Pierce. Tho des perate negro, Robert Charles, whose crimes havo caused tho terrible ovents of the last two days, was located In a negro's dwelling on Saratoga street this, afternoon and In effecting his cap ture tho lives of four more white men two police officers and two citizens woro sacrificed. Charles'' resistance cost him his life and with him was killed n negro companion, who had aided him In his deflanco of tho au thorities. With tho organization of a citizens' police force last night the turbulent element yielded and peace and order woro restored. This morning tho hot ter class of negroes resumed their vo cations, free from molestation, and tho restoration of order promised to bo permanent. The early hours of the afternoon, however, wrought a start ling chango In tho situation. The fresh vlolenco of today has revived tho turbulence of tho unruly element nnd adds strength to their forces. Tho citizens' police force ha3 been Increased by more than 1,000 men. All compa nies of the militia are under arms and aro guarding tho prison and other im portant points. Tho general belief is that the forco In hand will bo ample to suppress tho lawless element. ENLIST MEN rOR PACK TRAINS. Ordered to Secure ns Many ns I'osslbl for Service In China. CHEYENNE. .Tnlv 2R. T.lniitnnnnt Smlthers, commnnnlng the detachment now Earrlsonlnc Port nussnii tmn pa. colved an order from the quartermas ter at Washington to enlist horo as many men as nosslhlo for nnnir train BOrVICO In China. It In thn Intnntlnn of the government to form seventy- uvo pacit trains ror the Chlneso cam paign, a number never beforo callel into service uy tins government. A largo number of theso will be enlisted at tho western forts. Hoily round Ilnnglng to it Tree. CEDAR RAPIDS. In.. .Inlv 97 a man who had evidently hen a number of days was found hanging irom ino umo or a tree by a wire ropo In tho timber n short distance from Central CltV. No ono knnu-H Mm tnnn and there was nothing to lndlcnte his luunuiy. Decllnrs the Chinese Offer. WASHINGTON, July 28. The Uni ted States government has absolutely refused the Chinese proposition to sus pend military operations against Pe kln In return for tho delivery at Tien Tsln of tho foreign ministers. Condition of tho Trcnsury. WASHINGTON, July 28. Today's statement of the treasury bnlanccs In the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reservo In tire division of redemption, shows: Available cash balanco, $151,280,749; gold, $72,400,091. I'rotost Against Itiuslan Iteftifes. YOKOHOMA, July 27. According to Seoul reports, tho Corea government has protested against tho presenco of Russlnn refugees at WIJu, and tho Rus sian representatives will remove them to Port Arthur without delay. I'rlnro Tnnn Snld to He IJcnd. LONDON, July 28. Tho Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Express, wiring yesterday, says: It Is roported that a largo section of tho Boxers have revolted ngalnat Prince Tuan, alleging thnt ho Is mak ing tools of them for his own ends. A desperato conflict took place outside of Pekln on Sunday. Prince Tuan per sonally led his followers, two of his generals having deserted him. Tho battle lasted several hours and Frlnco Tuan,was defeated and killed. IS TO TOG MINISTERS Latest Mcssago Prom Oongor Throws to Light on the Situation. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS MYSTIFIED rtenson for Ilt-Devlng Two Communica tions Are About of Same Date Tnk Bcltcrntes Safety ,of l'ortlcncrt China's Appeals for Mediation. WASHINGTON, July 26. The re ceipt at Tien Tsln of nn undoubtedly genuine and nutographlc message from Minister Conger has- done nothing to disslpato tho doubt ns to tho situa tion nt Pekln. Tho message, which, was forwarded by tho naval ofllcers at Tien sin, Tnku and Chee Foo, has In deed served only to deepen the mys tery. Tho message comes from Cap tain Charles M. Thomas, commander of tho Brooklyn, and Is as follows: "CHEE FOO, July 24. Navigation Durcau, Washington: Written mes sage, signed Conger, dated July 4, re ceived Tien Tain, 21st. says: 'Been be sieged two weeks British legation. Grave danger general massacre by Chi nese soldiers, who aro shelling legation dally. Relief soon If nt all. City with out government except by Chinese nrmy. Determined massacro all for eigners Pekln. Entry "relief forces Into city probably bo hotly contested.' "THOMAS." Tho official conclusion remains un changed, of course, but It is admitted that n careful scrutiny of the auto graph message in comparison with the famous cipher message from Minister Conger admits of the belief that the two messages wcro written by Mr. Conger at about tho same time. The Bltuatlon at tho British legation is rep resented to bo the same In each case, and as Mr. Conger declares that relief must come quickly, If at all, there la ground for tho supposition thnt condi tions could not long have remained un changed In Biich a crisis. The assump tion that this reasoning is correct in volves the further conclusion thnt Mr. Conger's cipher message, If genuine, was redatcd as of the ISth of July, two wtoks later than the date of nctual writing and, of course. If redated at all, that was done by Chinese officials. On tho other hand, and In support of tho state department position, enme today a messago from nnother of the great Chinese viceroys, Tak, at Canton, he who took chnrgo after LI Hung Chang's departure. This also affirmed solemnly tho safety of the legatloners. nnd coming fro.tn so muny different sources and from such Important Chi nese officials, theso dispatches do claim attention. A pessimistic view of them, however, attributes to them nil a com mon origin, namely, some one high Chinese personage at Pekln. It is noted that Tak's assurance brings the minis ters ono day further towards ultimate rescue than has any preceding mes sage, tho fact that It allows only three days to cover tho transmission over the great dlstanco between Pciun and! Canton has attracted attention hero and appears to demand explanntlon If tho mcssnge Is to be accepted as ot genuine origin. "It was not known to tho state de partment until the publication of tho fact In the nows dispatches that tho French government also had been ad dressed by the Chinese government In tho effort to securo mediation. It now appears that still other powers wero addressed In a similar strain. It is known that Great Britain and Ger many and probably Russia have re ceived such message. The language Is not the same, but the animating idea is. WARRING AGAINST WOMEN. Charge Made Against Ilrltlsh Methods In South Africa. BERLIN, Juy 2C The German press compains of whnt ono paper calls "tho growing brutallzatlon of tho South African war." Prof, von Rohland, In the Deutsche Jurlstenzeltung deplores tho "wounds which England's proce dure ngnlnst the Boers has made in the world's sense of humanitarian war ns expressed at Tho Hague confer ence. A number of papers assert thnt Eng land Is warring now even against thn wives of the Boefs. Dispose of First Humor. WASHINGTON, July 2C Tho mes sage from Minister Conger, which camo over tho wires from Captain Thomas this morning, wns tho first communication of unquestionable au thenticity which has been received from tho American minister at P kin since his urgent appeal for help of July 12. It establishes clearly tin fact that tho American minister anfl probably tho othor legatloners we-u nllvo on July 1, though In soro BtralU'. Therefore It completely nnd finally disposes of the first stories that wero published from Shanghai ot tho maa. sacre ot Juno 27. I'loornmn Dies nt Nome. RAPID CITY, S. D., July 20. A let ter from Cape Nomo states that Robert Floormon. died there of pneumonia nnd his body has been burled at Seat tle, temporarily. Floorman is probably tho best known mining man In tho west. He camo to Deadwood In 187C, promoted half a dozen big mining companies, tho largest being the sale of tho Florence mlno In tho Galena district, to St. Paul parties. Ho spent thousands of dollars In building up this, city. Cnttle riiiRiie In Koutli Dnkntt. YANKTON, S. D July 2C A pecu liar and deadly disease has recently broken out In tho cattle herdn nc.r Pakwann. During tho last two weckf J. R. Sanborn of the Carpenter ranch, has lost twenty-eight head and other herds have suffered to a less extent. The nnlmal will bo suddenly attackod and usunlly does not Uvo to exceed ten minutes. Drs.- Henry Shipley of Sheldon, la., ono of the state veteri narians, and S. M. Smith, a veterinar ian of Mitchell, havo visited tho af focted district and made examination? to determine the nature of tho ills' case.