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THE FRONTIER. rCBLISITRD KVKUT lnunSDAT BT THB FltoMTiKn rUlNTISO COMPAHT. O’NEILL, * • NEBRASKA. :: BRIEF TELEGRAMS. ! !hHW*W4WW4*W» • All grades of refined sugars were ad Panced ona-tenth of a cent a pound. Louis C. Klein, prominent Wisconsin business man, la dead at Raclue, aged * 68. The National Wagon Manufacturers’ Association has decided nut to raise prices. James Norton, principal of the Lake View college, Chicago, aied at South ampton. Oottlief Ecker, for many years pres ident of the Indianapolis Maenerchor, is dead, aged 56. territory are reveling In tne luscious fruit from 6 to 10 inches In circumfer ence at from 30 to 50 cents a bushel. Ezra J. Warner of Chicago has add ed 120,000 to bis previous gift of $50, 000 to Middlebury College, Mlddlebury, Vt A dispatch by the steamer Empress of China says that at Osaka thirty-nine persons had aied of the plague up to June 6. Mrs. Katherine Lott Clemens, wue of Will M. Clemens, Ue author, died suddenly of heart trouble at Hacken sack, N. J. George Evans, super^tendent of the transportation of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, was appointed gen eral manager of that road. The buildings and trestles of the Consumers’ Coal and Ice company at Bayonne, N. J., occupying an entire city block, were burned. Loss $100, 000. Lady Randolph Churchill’s wedding to Cornwallis West has been postponed Indefinitely as the young man has been ordered to Join his regiment in Soutn Africa. As a result of the expulsion from the board of trade, Charles McLain and his brother. Aioert C. McLain, each brought suit for $100,000 damages at Chicago. Assistant Secretary of War Melkle John has announced to his friends his candidacy for the United States sen ate to succeed Senator Thurston, of Nebraska. Leslie Orear, of Marshall, Mo., Re publican nominee from the Seventh Missouri district, died at Colorado Springs, Colo. He went west for his health a month ago. Admiral Frederick A. Maxee, naval aide-de-camp to Lord Raglan, com mander-in-chief during the siege of Sebastopol, politician and writer, is dead. He was born in 1833. Alfred Farlow, of Boston, telegraphs . that the recent published statements concerning the ill health of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy are untrue. Mr. Farlow says Mrs. Eddy Is enjoying excellent health. Robert Noakes, the railroad man, now. at Bristol, Tenn., is the name of the Goebel suspect foi whom a war rant of arrest was refused. The requi sition was made on the governor of 'Tennessee. At Independence, Kan., Ralph C. Harper, a prominent cii.sen, was ad judged insane. Harper is an old news paper man, having founded the Dally Reporter of that city twenty years ago. He recently changed his politics. At Victoria, B. C., the steamer Cot tage City has arrived with ninety-two passengers and $150,000 in gold dust. She reports all vessels at Nome safe except the AlaBkan, which ran on the beach and is a total loss. The pas sengers are safe. The Ohio supreme court has handed down a decision adverse to the To ledo centennial project. The court bolds that the half million dollars, which the centennial board seeks, is , not available. The decision will prob ably kill the centennial movement. r^ewis m. numsey. president or me L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing company, and one of the best known business men in St. .units, died ac Winona. Minn. At the time of his death Mr. Rumsey was enroute to Lake Minne tonka, where his summer home is sit uated. Miss Sally Campbell, daughter of a farmer of Cole county, living near Russellville, Mo., was struck by light ning and killed. Mrs. Moses Ledford, who resides at Lone Grove, 111., was burned to death near Center, where she was visiting. While she was lighting a fire with coal oil the can exploded. George Quentin, a pioneer resident, 'father of August and Otto Quentin, two prominent men of St. Joseph, Mo., died, aged 74 years. Mellen Chamberlain, LL. D., one of the most distinguished Jurists and book lovers in New England, died at Boston, aged about 77. 'ihe failure of the Rochester and Pittsburg coal corporation to comply with portions of the Altoona soale threatens a walkout of 20,000 miners in the Cambria and Jefferson fields. The Indiana Supreme Court held in a case from Grant county that the pumping of natural gas from gas wells is illegal. Dr. and Mrs. Rutherford Morris, the latter a daughter of Senator Clark, Bailed for Europe to join Mr. and Mrs. IS. M. Culver on a yachting trip. Mrs.. Wiley McLean, sister-in-law of John R. McLean, died at the Hotel Vic toria, Put-in-bay. Joshua Nye, 33 years old, a pioneer pettier of Franklin county, lnd„ and the oldest member of the Illinois So ciety of Sons of the American Revolu tion, died at the home of his daughter at Chicago. David Bell, formerly one of the best known lumber men of Canada, is dead at his home in New York city, aged 79 years. At Sycamore, 111., Mrs. C. D. Ben nett, widow of the founder of the Ge neva mills, died suddenly from pneu monia, aged 65 years. Oklahoma is now shipping several thousand bushels of peaches a day to northern cities, and the people of the The first fisticuff of the campaign from an argument over politics oc curred near New Albany, Ind., between prominent farmers, James Truesdale and Henry Wolfe. The argument was over the expansion issue. , \' : ■»-' ..7 . --- .. . Foreign Consuls Issue Statement Regard ing Legations at Pekin. GEN. WARREN'S ADVICE DOUBTED Allied Force* Will Boon Hare at Least 00,000 Troop* In China.—Prince Tuan Send* a Large Army to Attack the City of Nankin. LONDON, July 9.—The foreign con suls at Shanghai met on July 7 and officially announced that the legations at Pekin were safe on July 4. The fore going statement, read with Consul Warren's dispatch to the foreign of fice on Saturday, makes It possible to believe that the legations will hold out for a number of days yet. Having fought to a standstill the first out bursts of fanatical fury, it Is believed that something may intervene to save them. The news, after the sinister rumors of the last ten days, Is enough upon which to build up hopes. The Shanghai correspondent of the Express telegraphing on Sunday at 5:10 p. m., however, throws doubt upon Consul Warren’s Information. He says: “Tao Tal Sheng now admits that there was an error In his communica tion to General Warren. The date of the courier'3 arrival at Chlnen Fu was July 3, which does not apply to his de parture from Pekin. The Journey from Pekin to Chlnen Fu occupies five days. The courier, therefore, could not have left Pekin later than June 28. "The date of the massacre, accord ing to Chinese reports, was June 30 or July 1.” Tien Tsln la still hard pressed. A Chinese force numbering from 80,000 to 100,000 men, as estimated by con culslve reconnaissances, lloods tne country. Communication between Tien Tsln and Taku Is apparently possible by river only. A Che Foo dispatch to the Express says the Russians have landed 8,000 men at Taku and the Japanese have discharged several transports. The Japanese pushed on to Tien Tsln, lead ing in 'the subsequent pssault upon the native city, in which their command er was killed. More transports are ‘engaged at Japanese ports. With the 10,000 British India troops afloat and fresh Japanese contingents it is quite probable that the allies will have 50, 000 men ashore. The disorders In the provinces ap pear to be Increasing in violence. A Chinese army Is within fifty miles of New Chwang and the foreigners arc preparing to abandon their homes. The southern part of the province Is swept by raiders, destroying all works of the white man, except in spots garrisoned by Russians. Proclamations have been posted in all villages near Che Foo calling upon the loyal Chinese to rise and expel the foreigners for introducing among the pious Chinese an immoral religion. Every good BuddhiBt is expected to kneel three times a day, knock his head on the floor thrice and pray ear nestly that Budden, cruel death may overtake all aliens. The foreign settlement at Che Foo is at the mercy of two Chinese fortl flcatlous equipped with Krupp guns, which command two sides of the city. Six warships, including the United States gunboat Nashville, are constant ly cleared for action. The provisional government at Pe kin appears to have designs upon the southern provinces. Beside having or dered Kwan Shlkai to advance upon Nankin, which Kwan Shlkai says he will not do, Prince Tuan has sent an army along the route of the grand ca nal. Nankin is on the south bank of a river nearly a mile wide. The Brit ish cruiser Hermione and Pique I. will assist in repelling attempts to cross. Six Chinese cruisers are there and 17, 000 Chinese troops are at the disposal of Viceroy Li Kun Yi. The forts mount imriy-rour mgn-power modern guns. The foreigners at Shanghai are becom ing uneasv. Everything they feel de pends on Viceroy LI Kun Yl. Refugees from Tien Tsln are arriving at Shanghai and say that only five civ ilian foreigners wer^ killed during the long Chinese bombardment. The for- ] elgn women becaipe so Indifferent that they walked through the streets, not heeding the shells. Most of the civ ilians were deported to Taku, thence to be conveyed to Shanghai. Federal Marehal l« Shot. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., July 9.— Today word came over the telephone from Marlbo, Menefee, county, that Deputy United States Marshal Howard Wilson had been killed and Tip Day and Joseph Bush of this county mor taly wounded and could not live only a few hours. Wilson, accompanied by William Stamper of this pace, had gone in search of Day, who was want ed in Virginia on special charges, In cluding alleged violation of the Inter nal revenue laws. Not far from Mari bo, in Menefee county, about thirty five miles from here, they came up with Day, James Bush and two wo men. As soon as the officers made known their business shooting be gan. Wilson shot Bush through the body and Day shot Wilson through the heart, killing him instantly. Stamper shot Day through the head. Run Down by Train. ST. LOUIS, Julv 9.—George Schoen Ing and William Grab were killed and Fred Frige was probably fatally in jured at Columbia, 111., near here, this afternoon. The three men were in a buggy that was demolished by a train at a Baltimore ft Ohio Southwestern railway crossing. Are Looking for Trouble. ST. LOUIS, July 9.—The executive committee of the local branch of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America have de cided to call a mass meeting to con sider the relations existing between the St. Louis Transit company and its employes. It is assserted by the ex ecutive committee that the agreement signed by President Whittaker of the Transit company and Chairman Ed wards of the strikers’ grievance com mittee, whereby the strike was de clared off, has been violated by the former. DEATH USE STILL GROWS, Bodies Recovered From Satie Swell Number of Hoboken Fire Victims. NEW YORK, July 9.—Three more bodies were found today on the Saale. This makes twenty-nine bodies that have thus far been taken from the wreck of the Saale since the Are and 146 bodies in all recovered. The bodies recovered today were found In the second cabin In the after part of the ship and they were horrible sights to look upon. They had very little cloth ing on and were all victims of the fire. They could not be identified. Chief Officer Henry Schaeffer, who was In charge today, said he had no Idea who the men had Deen, but judg from the place where they were found he thinks they were stewards. The body of a man badly scarred and burned was found at Rockaway Beacn mis afternoon and taken io the morgue there. The body is supposed to be that of a victim of the Hoboken disaster. No bodies were recovered from the Bremen or Main today, although the work of searching was kept up. Dynamite was exploded on the river bed about the wrecks of the piers of the North Oeramn Lloyd today with out bringing to the surface any more bodies. One charge was sent down between the ruins of the Thlngvalla line pier and the pier of the Hamburg line. A column of water was hurled into the air and the water agitated for a long distance by the charge, but no bodies were floated. Another charge was fired, but to no purpose. MORE VICTORIES FOR BRITISH, Advices From Booth Africa Indicate De feats for Doers. LONDON, July 9—Late news from South Africa reports that the Boers Ineffectually attacked General Buller’s escort between Standerton and Heid elburg on Saturday as he was return ing from a visit to Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked Ficksburg gar rison at midnight on Tuesday, but were driven off after forty-five min utes fighting. General Brabant, on July G, occupied Deernborg, between Senakay and Winburg, which served as a base for bands assailing convoys. Colonel Mahon of General Hutton’s mounted troops on July G and T en gaged 3,000 Boers east of Brouker spruit and drove them off. The Brit ish casualties numbered thirty-three. Commandant Limmer tried to re capture Rustenburg on July 5, but was driven back. Thirty-four of the Strathcona Horse, under Lieutenant Anderson, were at tacked by 200 Boers east of Stander ton on July 6. The British soon took possession of a kopje, upon which they successfully withstood the attacks of the enemy. # LONDON, July 9—The Times’ Lou renzo Marquez correspondent says, under date of July 7: “A general movement of Boer set tlers into Gazaland, Portuguese terri tory, seems to be In contemplation. Already large herds have been driven across the border. The Portuguese welcome the movement." STILL FIGHTING IN LUZON. Filipino* Had 160 Men Killed While American* I.o*e Eleven. MANILA, July 8.—The last week's scouting in Luzon resulted in eleven Americans being killed and sixteen wounded. One hundred and sixty Fil ipinos were killed during the week and eight Americans, who had been prison ers in the hands of the rebels, were surrendered and 100 rifles were turned over to the United States officials. The enemy ambushed a wagon train between Indang and Naic. The Third Infantry lost nine men, while on an expedition to punish the Ladrones in the Delta or the Rio Grande. In the Antigua province of Panay a running fight of three hours’ duration resulted in the killing or wounding of seventy of the enemy. There were no casualties among the Americans. The insurgents are slowly accepting the amnesty provisions. In some In stances the Americans are suspending operations in order to give the rebels an opportunity to take advantage of the decree. Killed In » Peculiar Way. PITTSBURG, Pa.. July 9.—Two per sons were killed outright and one se riously hurt last night in a peculiar railroad accident. Thomas Edwards had his leg so bad ly lacerated that it will have to be am putated. The victims were on their way home from church and were standing on South Twenty-seventh street, south side, at the end of a blind switch on the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railroad, waiting for a long Pan Handle train to pass. The switch which is on grade, was filled with ca booses. The freight broke in two at the switch, supposedly caused by a broken frog. The portion which turned into the switch Jammed the lino of cabooses through the buffer into the party of church people. Mrs. Edwards was literally cut to' pieces. Both legs were cut off, her head was crushed and her entire body was cov ered with cuts and bruises, i Mr. Morris was not quite so badly mangled, but was dead when picked up. Mr. Edwards, who is a prominent contractor, was thrown, and one of his legs caught by a care wheel and crushed so badly that it will have to be amputated. Wheeling Get* a New Line. CLEVELAND, O., July 6.—The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad com pany announces its accession to the control of the CoBhocton tc Southern railroad by the lifting of the receiver ship and the fact that it will be oper ated for both freight and passenger business, beginning July 15. The of fice of the general superintendent has been abolished by the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the operating work di vided between the division superin tendents. JAPAN HAS FREE HAND Russia Gives to Government at Tokio Pull Liberty of Action. JAPANESE FORCE TO GO TO CHINA Native Christian* Said to Hare Been Slaughtered In Thousands — Persons Guilty of Starting Insurrection Are to Be Beheaded. LONDON, July 7.—The Russian gov ernment announces that it will give Japan a free hand to apply military force in China. The terms of this con sent are summarized in the subjoined dispatch from St. Petersburg, under date of July 6, in reply to an inquiry fom the Japanese cabinet regarding the dispatch of Japanese troops to China to render aid to the foreigners in Pekin. ! The Russian government declared | that on May 27 that it left the Japa- j nese government full liberty of action in this connection, as the Tokio cabi net expressed its readiness to act in full agreement with other powers. It is in consequence of this, no doubt, that Japan is preparing to em bark 20,000 more troops. Political considerations that were thought to have been numbing the ac tion of the powers are thus laid aside for a moment at least, by the govern ment supposed to have the clearest purposes respecting China’s futures. Japan’s dispatch of troops now can have little bearing on the fate of the foreigners in Pekin. Baron Hayashi, the new Japanese minisier, who arrived in London re cently, said that ten days would prob ably be required for the carrying of troops to China. His dictated state ments contained these sentences: If all conditions Japan has asked were conceded I see no reason why Ja pan should not undertake the task of suppressing the trouble. The powers are all agreed in wishing to put down the rebels, but it does not seem that they are agreed on the means. , From these authoritative utterances it is Inferred that Japan does dominate conditions and that the concert of the powers is a little jangled. Details of further horrors in Pekin are gathered by correspondents at Shanghai from Chinese sources, espe cially of the slaughter in the Chinese and Tartar city of thousands of na tive Christians, so that the capital reeks with carnage. The ruthless thirst for blood is spreading in all the northern provinces and wherever there are native Christians the scenes enacted in the capital are reproduced in miniature. From the capital noth ing further comes regarding the lega tion forces except a repetition that they are all dead. The correspondents aver that if the Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to throw light on the real state of affairs in the capital they could do so and therefore the first reports are accepted as true. Prince Tuan's coup de etat is de scribed by the Shanghai correspond ent of the Daily Mail as a sequence to the grand council of ministers, at which Lung Yu advocated the sup pression of the Boxers promptly. The dowager empress gave her whole sup port to Yung Lu and a scene of dis order ensued. Prince Tuan passion ately intervened, backed by Kang Yih. They rushed from the council and their partisans raised the cry, “Down with the foreigners.’’ The effect was electrical. The eunichs, palace officials of all sorts and most of the populace took up the cause of Prince Tuan and his agents immediately put the em perbr and the dowager empress under restraint. Loss In Oj1(1 Con t. LONDON, July 7.—The colonial of fice has received from the governor of the Gold Coast colony, Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, a dispatch dated Atekewautek, July 6, saying that ow ing to the non-arrival of the relief column and .the reduction of the food supply he had decided to push through the rebels and had deceived the enemy regarding the route followed. The col umn suffered great privation, but the loss was only six men killed and sev eral wounded. Governor Hodgson expressed the hope of reaching the Gold Coast in ten days. He added that the suffering at Kumassi was terrible, the mortality from starvation being thirty persons 'per day. The column of the governor numbers 400 and includes all the Euro peans, among them being the members of the Basel mission. Moro Caban Teachers Arrive. BOSTON, Mass., July 3—The Uni ted States transport Sedgwick, hav ing on board more than 40 female teachers from Cuba, and the third of the fleet bringing instructors to this country for a season of study at Har vard university summer school, ar rived today. Two more transports are yet to come. Don’t Like Slpl fo Verd ot. LONDON, July 6.—The morning pa pers generally publish editorials com menting upon the verdict in the case of Sipido, the would-be assassin of the Prince of Wales. The Dally Tele graph says the result of the trial is “monstrous.” The Dally Chronicle de clares that it is “an outrage on hu manity,” and the Daily Mail charac terizes it as "a reproach on Belgium.” Festival at Bt. rani. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 7.—The Northwestern Scandinavian Sangers’ association began its annual singing festival in this city tonight with a grand concert. Delegates arrived dur ing the day from North and South.Da kota, Iowa and Minnesota. Three Persons Drown. i LAKE CHARLES, La., July 6.—By the sinking of a skiff on the lake to day in a rain storm three persons. Mrs. C. J. Phelps, her mother, Mrs. ! Amanda Johnson, and her brother, Al bert Johnson, aged 11, were drowned. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET, Latest Quotation* From South OmiHL and Kaunas City. SOUTH OMAHA. ♦tttle—Supplies were unusually large for the day, and Included a lot of very desirable beeves. There were 158 fresh loads, 3,453 head, the big bulk of them corn-fed beeves. Trade opened out slow. Some of the best cattle sold about steady with yesterday, but the general market was 5@10c lower. Cows and heifers were In light supply, good demand and about steady. Veal calves, bulls, stags, etc., sold at unchanged quotations. Business in Stockers and feeders was very dull, but there was no particular change in quota tions. Choice 1,400 to 1,600-lb. beeves, $5.10 @5.40; good 1,100 to 1,400-lb. beeves, $4.90@ 5.10; fair to geed 1,000 to 1,250-lb. steers, $4.80@4.95; poor to fair steers. $4.50®4.80; good to choice cows and heifers. $4.20@ 4.75; fair to good cows and heifers, $3.60 @4.00; common and canning grades, $2.25@ 3.50; bulls, stags, etc., $3.25@4.50; calves, common to choice. $3.004i7.00; good to choice Stockers and feeders, $4.60@4.80; fair to good stockers and feeders. $4.0Of# 4.50; common to fair stockers and feed ers, $3.60@4.00; milkers and springers, $3.30 @3.45. Hogs—There were 115 cars, 8,000 hogs, as against 11,500 a week ago and the week's supply, owing mainly to the holi day, are 26,005 smaller than last week. The quality was fair, but there Is a de cided Increase in the amount of light mixed hogs coming, as compared with supplies earlier In the season. The west had 40,000, against 69,000. The market opened 7V4c higher and ruled active until the big end of the supply was exhausted, sales ranging $6.10 @5.25, with the bulk at $5.15@5.17^. Al though provisions opened strong, eastern hog markets reported the early advance lost, and the final wind-up locally was on the. same basis, with a few loads still unsold at a late hour. Butcher and heavy hogs, $5.15@5.25; mixed and medium weights, $5.1O@5.20; light and light mixed, $5.10@5.17>4. Sheep—Only three fresh loads, 702 head, were received. There was a good demand from all sources for choice grades at firm figures, but common and stock sheep were slow sale at mean prices. Weth ers, $3.75@4.25; ewes, $3.60@4.00; lambs, $4.50@6.50; sheep, $3.00@3.60. KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Receipts, 2,500; market steady to strong; native steers, $3.75(g5.60; Texas steers, $2.75(55.30; Texas cows, $2.60<g3.05; native cows and heifers, $2.10@5.00; Stock ers and feeders, $3.50@4.60; bulls, $3.25® 4.00. Hogs—Receipts, 9,000; market strong to 10c higher, closing weak; bulk of sales, $5.23(55.32%; heavy, $5,254(5.37%; packers, $5.22%@5.32%; mixed, $5.15(5i5.30; light, $5.05 ®5.25; Yorkers, $5.20(55.25; pigs, $4.65@ 5.17%. Sheep—Receipts, 2,000; market steady; lambs, $3.00@5.90; muttons, $3.00@5.G0. BIRN UP STANDARD PROFITS. Several Million Dollar.’ Worth of Prop erty Destroyed by Fire. NEW YORK, July 6.—The lire at the works of the Standard Oil com pany of Constable Hook, Bayonne, N. J., which started early yesterday, is still raging, and no estimate can yet be made of the damage, though it will run into millions. The oil from the works is spreading along the upper bay and the Killvon Kull, blazing as it flows, and serious damage is threatened the adjoining property. Naptha tank No. 7 exploded shortly after 6 o’clock. The force of the ex plosion smashed windows on the Hook and at least one person' was killed and several injured. Charles King, an electrician, was the one killed, and John Watso and Owen Drummond, watchmen, were overcome by fumes and smoke, and Fred Mauer was cut by flying glass. They all lived in Bayonne. The Are was started about 1 o’clock by a bolt of lightning which fell dur ing a terrific thunder and rain storm. It struck squarely in the immense yard of the Standard Oil company, which covers 600 acres of ground. King, the electrician, was struck by the bolt and at the same time it ex ploded two immense reservoir tanks of crude oil. One hundred men were at work in the yards and whether more were killed is not yet known. The explosion was heard for miles and the heavens were lit up for hours af terward by the flames, which leaped % hundred feet in the air. The col umn of smoke which rose from the still burning tanks spread out in such a cloud that to those coming to this city from the west the bright morn ing sun was obscured. MANY LIVES CRUSHED OUT. Electric Car With Over lOO Passenger. Jumps Over Sixty-Foot Embankment • TACOMA, Wash., July 5.—The most appalling accident ever Known in the history of lacoma occurred this morn ing, when the 8:30 Edison car, loaded with excursionists coming to see the parade, was dashed down sixty feet over the bridge at the gulch where the track runs from Delin street, burying the passengers, among wuom were many women and children, under the wreck of the car. The car turned completely over and mangled the unfortunate victims into unrecognizable shapes, as the debris crashed down the steep side of the gulch. Where the car went oft there is a sharp curve, at the foot of a steep grade. Just how the accident occurred will never be known, but as the car struck the curve instead of following the rails it whirled completely over and pitched from the bridge, striking on its top, the heavy trucks and body of the car crashing the frail upper works to splinters and smashing down upon the mass of men, women and children, with which the car was loaded. Two Boys Drowned. PITTSBURG, July 7.—Chester Mc Carthy, aged 8, and Reuben Hester, aged 9, were drowned today while on an Improvised raft watching the men dragging the river for the body of Clarence Lutz, who was drowned yes terday. The bodies were soon recov ered. IN HEART Of BOER COUNTRY. General Paget Snecessfully Engages Burgher, on Two Days. LONDON, July 7.—General Paget is moving toward the heart of the coun try held by DeWet. Lord Roberts telegraphed to the war office under date of Pretoria, July 6, 2:25 p. m., as follows: “Paget engaged the enemy on July 3 successfully at Pleisfontein. He drove them out of a very strong po sition across Leeuwkop to Greenerfon tein, where he bivouaced for the night. NO HELP FOR PEKIN. Startling Hcwi That Allies Ars Not Ad” vancing to Capital. LONDON, July 3.—The allies are not advancing for the relief of Pekin. This announcement to the House of Com mons by William St. John Broderick, under secretary of state for foreign af fairs, was received with exclamations of astonishment and dismay. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett inquired if any information had been received from the legations at Pekin, or as to the composition and command of the relieving force and its present position. Mr. Broderick read the dispatches received today and said the total allied force available is now 13,000, as troops have been rapidly arriving, adding: “We do not yet know what arrange ments have been made locally regard ing the command of an expedition, but it has not yet been thought possible to attempt a further advance. The consuls have been in communication with the viceroys in the Yang Tse re gion and they are quite well aware that support will be given them by her majesty’s government in preserving order. It is obviously impossible that the representatives of the powers at Pekin should be consulted, as no com munications are passing with them. “The situation is desperate. Hasten." These words from the message of Von Bergen, a member of the German legation at Pekin, countersigned by Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of customs, and dated nine days ago, are the theme of all private comment. The people are preparing for news of a frightful tragedy. Nine days ago the ammunition of the little garrison de fending the foreigners was running low and their food was nearly ex hausted, while around them was a horde of Kan Su braves having at their service Krupp guns and repeating ri fles. Pekin was in the hands of the revolutionaries. BOERS WILL NEVER GIVE IP. President Kroger Scoffs at the Idea of Suing for Peace. LONDON, July 6.—The cordon around General De Wet appears still to be wide. At least he has not yet been cornered. Dispatches from the front, except official ones, deal with trifles of vague probabilities. The Daily Telegraph’s Lourenzo Marquez correspondent attempted on July 4 to interview President Kruger at Watervalander. Mr. Kruger was there, but he deputed State Secretary Reitz to talk. The secretary said: “We do not need to discuss peace. President Kruger wishes through me to repeat what he has said over and over again. The South African repub lics will fight for independence as Ions as 500 burghers remain alive and even then will continue to fight. Such is our decision.” Dead After Terrible Fight. CHICAGO, July 3.—With a bullet wound over his heart and his skull crushed, the dead body of John Solty siak, a south side grocer, was found today. The grass and turf near where the corpse was discovered snoweu evi dences of a terrible struggle. Two hats found on the scene, the officers say, show that the murder was com mitted by two men. They also declare that the motive was not robbery, as the dead man’s watch and $18.75 were found on his person. The fact that there were two wounds, each made with a different instrument and either capable of causing death, furnishes another reason for believing that Sol tysiak was attacked by two men. The murdered man was 38 years of age. Six Men Blown to Atoms. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., July 5.— The most horrible calamity that this city ever witnessed occurred this morning at 7:20 o’clock, in which six men were blown to atoms and one other, John Chalk, so badly injured that he soon died and two more are expected to die any minute. About forty others, spectators ana children, were slightly injured, some burned, some hurt by the explosion and some bruised in the ranic. The yams of the Ohio River railroad are spotted with pieces of torn flesh and sprayed with blood that was wiped up by the burn ing oil. Train Bobber Caught. . TUCSON, A, T., July 3—William Stiles, train robber and fugitive, has been arrested at Casa Grande, near the home of his mother. He was taken by surprise and was powerless to resist. He is known as a desperate man and the officers here are sur prised that he was arrested without a fight. He was taken to Tombstone. Stiles is the man who released Al vord and Bravo Juan and he has been in the mountains with them since. Three Broker* Convicted. NEW YORK, July 8.—The trial of the men accused of conspiracy in pub lishing reports calculated to depress the stock of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company was concluded this afternoon. Verdicts of guilty were returned against Gaslin, Parker and Davis. Bogert was found “not guil ty,” in accordance with the instruc tions of the court. Body Cat in Two. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., July 3.— Word was received here today of the death of Green River of Yardmaster C. H. Sullivan, one of the oldest em ployes on the Union Pacific. Sulli van was riding a car when he fell under the wheels, his body being cut in two. Grewsotne Sight* at Pier*. NEW YORK, July 3.—Sixty-seven bodies of victims of the Hoboken fire have been recovered. Each hour that passes witnesses additional re coveries of bodies, seared, maimed and burned beyond all semblance of humanity. Airship Test Successful. BERLIN, July 3.—Count vol Zep pehin’s aerial ship made an ascent at Friedrischafen this evening. It had five occupants and traveled safely to Immenstadt, a uistance of thirty-five miles.