Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909, June 12, 1900, Image 1
EMI' EBALB 2S:H?-.:."t?b,,?fl.NW,?,,V. ia. J Consolidated Janl. l8'J5. 1 Mh Hfc.KALL, KslubliBlied April 111, 164. t PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. JUNE 12, 1900. VOL. IX, NO. 61. WEE MARINES FOR i7i?itni Secretary I-ong Orders Tlieia to Scene of Chinese Dilliculty. WILL ACT WITH OTHER NATIONS. British Admiral Commands All the Forces Ecept Itiissiu's IOnijk" ror Asks lor a Foreign Protectorate. Washington, June 12. The navy de partment has received the following cablegram from Admiral Kempff, dated Tong Ku, June 11: "In case all communication cut not aide go alone; If other nations go will Join to relieve) American pending Instructions. Sit uation serious. Battalion of marines from Manila has been urgently re quested. Answer." Upon the receipt of the above Sec retary Long sent the following cable gram to Admiral Remey at Manila: 'Send by Solace Immediately, all dis patch, to Kenipff 1im marines, arrang ing if practicable that after latiding Solace shall continue homeward voy age as previously ordered." .lolin Itull Mititplir the Trains. Tien Tsin, .lime 11!. The captain In Charge of the Hritish defences here commandeered a third special train Sunday and a fourth yesterday for the transport of -V, Russians and two puns and sixty-two French marines, with stores and one gun for the Brit ish. The international forces were near Lang-Pong, forty miles from l'ekiu, yesterday. Ituian" Acting Independently. London. .1 iiiK V2. A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated yesterday says: "All the naval forces except the Rus sians are acting under the orders of the British admiral. It is rewrted that the head of a foreigner has been seen exposed on a pole northwest of Tien Tsin. The Chinese are fleeing from Pekin and Tien Tsin to Shanghai. There are ominous indications of out breaks in the Yang-Tse district. All classes of natives in the north display intense hostility toward foreigners, and the Chinese soldiers point their guns nt foreigners as they pass. F.Ml'KIEOK MAKKS A l'ROPOSAL, Wants the Dowager Abolished and a For ri(ii Protectorate. London, June 12. The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Express, telegraphing yesterday, says: "Weng Tung Ho, Emperor Kwang Hsu's tutor and confidant, who was dismissed by the dowager empress after the coup d'etat in ISOSt, sends, with the special sanction of the emperor and his party, Including three viceroys, a message to the people of the west. In part it is as follows: " 'His majesty is con vinced through amply trustworthy sources that the loyal support of many icon's of millions of the Chinese will be accorded to his proiMisals for put ting an end to the state of anarchy brought about by the action of the Empress IIsl Tsi. " 'The government of China being virtually non-existent the emperor proposes that the foreign powers whose troops dominate the capital shall remove his imjerial person from the palace in which his majesty Is confined a prisoner, shall declare Empress ITsi Tsi and her present ministers to be usurers, aud shall bring Emperor Kwang Hsu to Nanking. Wuchang or Shanghai whichever the said foreign powers deem to be the most suitable situation for the new capital of the Chinese empire, under the new condi tions. It is projKised by his majesty and his advisers that the foreign pow ers should declare a joint protectorate and undertake the task of governing the country through his majesty. "The message suggests that the pro tectorate should abolish certain boards In l'ekiu, appoint new ministers, abol ish the existing so-called armies, es tablish gen d'armerie under foreign of ficers, take control of the customs, xsts and telegraphs, and work them through Chinese oflicials. establish a uniform currency, readjust taxation and insure the freedom of religion:" Colombian Rebels Are Victorious. Washington, June 12. The follow Ingpatch has been received at the navy department from Commander Logan, of the crusier Machias, dated Colon. June 10: ""'It is reported that an en gagement has taken place, resulting In tenia j'. Panama national forces retreated, ammunition nearly ex hausted. They have reinforced and ordered to renew attack. Loss in killed and wounded five otlicers. llo ports are verv conflicting. I shall re main here. LOO AX." Scores on the Diamond Field. Chicago. June 12. Following are the scores made at base ball by League clubs yesterday: At Philadelphia Cincinnati S.Philadelphia Ri: at Brook lyn IPttsburg 7, Brooklyn 8; at Bos ton Chicago 3. Boston 4; at Xew York St. Louis 0. Xew York 8. American League: At Chicago De troit 1, Chlcago2:at Minneapolis p.uf falo 3. Minneapolis !; at Milwaukee Indianapolis 2. Milwaukee 3; at Kan sas City Cleveland 4, Kansas City 2. Chelsea Has Two Hours of Storm. Chelsea, Wis., June 12. This place was visited by a heavy storm Sunday night which lasted for over two hours. The large smokestacks of the Rous, seau & Shepard company's saw and planing mill were blown to theground. completely demolishing one stack and the roof of the sawmill. A Woman the Cause of It AIL Cedar Bapids, la.. June 12. -Louis Ttada, of Minneapolis, committed sui Bide by taking ioison here Sunday. He was a stranger here, but state ments made by his physician indicate that he had trouble with a woman who had driven him to desperation. unknown Negro Lynched. Thomasville, Ga., June 12. An un known negro was lynched at Metcalfe, Ga., for an attempted assault on the daughter of E. II. Stringer. There was no excitement. Alpena Getting a Bad Name. Alpena, Mich., June 12. James Dop son has been convicted of criminal as sault. It is the third conviction of that class in this county since Jan. 1. Y. M. C. A. Secretaries Adjourn. Thousand Island Park, X. Y., June 12. The conference of Y. M. c a ce. etaries haa adjourned to meet lnldOl in rsostoD. JUSTICE IS DONE AT LAST And the River Get. It Due with Accumu lated Interest. Richmond, Ind June 12 The Rich mond Fishing club feels pretty much as if it had let a bird go. It bad- a lease on the Thistlewarte pond, near lie, and it being still Mater, the kueuibers could fish at their pleasure In the private preserve. Recently heavy rains caused the water in the pond to rise and burst through the banks. All this year's spawn of fish, numbering from 10,000 to l.".00, were swept out, and are now making their home in Whitewater river. Some five years ago a number of government fish were shipped here to be placed in the river. It is said that one man secured the whole shipment, and instead of turning the fish loose In the river, deposited them in the jtond. The fishing club was then or ganized and leased the pond. The spawn this year, however, will talie the place in the river that the ship ment "was intended for. HOPES OF JOHN BULL THAT HE MAY GET THOSE E0EES Who Are Pirooting Around in the Vicin ity of lloodeval -Burghers Scoop Soiue Britishers, i London, June 12. Fifty thousand British troops are within half a hun dred miles of the Boers north of Kron stad, and they are expected of course to make short work of them. Neverthe less outside of the slender wax office telegrams no one knows what is going on. South of Krdonstad there is a wide gap. The railway Is only partial ly defended, and as General Kelly Kenny has hurried all the available troops northward the assumption is that there is danger of a second raid. The Boers did not go down in the ltoodeval region for nothing, as It is shown by a telegram from Forestier Walker, iu which he says that at ltood eval. on .Tune 7, where the Boers cut Lord Roberts lnie of communications, the Fourth battalion of tlie Derby shire regiment were all killed, wound ed or made prisoners except six en listed men. Two officers and fifteen men were killed and live officers and seventy-two men were wounded, many of them severely. The Boers returned tlie wounded to the British, who lost about 0T(J men by this coup of the Boers. FISH IS CHEAP AND SCARCE, I'erch Only Brings One and Pickerel Three Cents a Pound. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., June 12. Fish ermen oil Sandy hay report light catches, principally pickerel and porch, with a few herring and suckers. Perch is selling at 1 cent apound andplckerel at 3 cents. The others are salted, but prices are so low that there Is no mon ey in them. Salt is scarce and higher than at this time last year. Fisher men who contracted their spring catch of herring were in luck tlie price hav ing gone down to $1.25 per package. Fishing has become so poor in vari ous localities that operations have ceased altogether. The low water last spring comielled suckers to deKsit their spawn along the beach of both lake and bay, and as a result the catch of "shads" by the pound'Oet fishermen has been greater than ever. An Old Indiana-Kentucky Dispute. Frankfort, Ky June 12. Attorney General Taylor and Assistant Attorney General Moons, of Indiana, are here to argue the Ohio river boundary case w hich lspending intneconrtof appeals. The court recently rendered a decision holding that the Kentucky jurisdiction extends to the low water mark on the Indiana side. The Indiana state au thorities asked a rehearing and reargu ment, which were granted. Sixty Rod ot Cyclonic Work. Charlotte. Mich.. June 12. A de structive cyclone struck miles east of this city Sunday evening lowering everything in its path. The course was fully three miles long -and sisty rods wide, but on account of terriac rain no effort has been made to ascertain the damage. It is estimated that the loss will reach $10;0. One farmer reiKrts twenty head of live stock killed. Church Iturned by Lightning. La Crosse, Wis., Juno 12. During a heavy storm here Saturday night St. James church, English Roman Catho lic, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. William Herman's ice house was also destroyed. Many small fires were extinguished by citizens. The losses will run up into the thousands. Iturr l'nvo)i at Uaienport. Davenport. Ia., June 12. The Boer envoys, C. H. and P. J. Wessels, re viewed the big parade here Sunday mornnig. and spoke to 2,000 people at 'Schuetson park In the afternoon, and nearly as many In the Turner Grand (Xera House in the evening. There were excursions here from Iowa" and Illinois towns. Ex-Mayor George T. Baker presided at the afternoon meet ing. Mayor Fred Ileinz was chairman of the evening meeting. Protracted Drought Broken. Black Biver Falls, Wis., June 12. The protracted drought which has threatened all kinds of crops in thi section of the state was broken by s. splendid rain iSaturdjy and Sunday. While meadow lands are to a great ex tent ruined for this year's hay crop. It Is believed that other crops will re vive, as the rain was a soaking one. Strawberries will be helped immensely. Indian Famine, Situation. London, June 12.-Inr4 Curzon has cabled to the secretary. 0 state for In dia announcing that a good rain has fallen in southern India, that there have been scattered showers elsewhere, and that the meteorological reporter forecasts a good but lato monsoon. The famine relief situation has not al tered. There are now about 5,S02,ooO persons receiving relief. Crar to Take Energetic Action. St. Petersburg, June 11. It is de clared here that the government is firmly resolved, if the dangerous situa tion In China continues, "to take im mediate energetic military action to re press the anti-foreign movement. At the same time the government has no Intention of disassociating itself from the Joint action of the powers. Fifty Vears Service in a College. Beloit, Wis., June 11. Professor William Torter Dean, of Beloit col lege, and teacher of Latin, having ar rived at the age of SO years, has ten dered his resicrn.it ion. after tiftv t-oo ra t service on the college faculty-. lie is oneof the famous college "Old Guard." DEWEY WITH BRYAN. Ticket that Ohio Democrats Are Now Booming. JOHN E. IT LEAN IS NOT PRESENT Iu 'Which, There May Be Some Signifi cance Chairman Jones Talks Politics Campaign Notes. . Columbus, O., June 12. The Dem ocratic state convention here this week follows the reception to Admiral DeWey of last week. It was at one time proposed to have Admiral Dewey here during the convention; or, rather, to hold the convention last week while he was here, but some of the subscrib ers to the Dewey celebration fund ob jected and the plan was abandoned. The Dewey decorations, exterior and interior, however, still remain all over the city. The hotels have large por traits of Dewey displayed, and none of the Democratic heroes except Bry an. The Democratic hustlers point to the portraits of the hero of Manila as the man for the second place on the national ticket and there is very much talk" about Bryan and Dewey being nominated at Kansas City on the same ticket. Cirertt Want for One Man. During this agitation for Bryan and Dewey as the coming men for the na tional ticket there is one man wanted here above all others at this time, and joiis k. m'lkan. is John K. McLean that -man the last I )emocra tic ca nd ida t the acknowledged le Democracy. But all for govemorand der of the Ohio telegraphic calls for McLean fail to get a favorable re sponse. He has announced that he must sail for Europe with his family next Saturday morning and will not le back in time for the Kansas City con vention either. He would be placed at the head ot the Ohio delegation to Kansas City if he would sive a single word of consent, but he declines ab solutely. As he Is n brother-in-law of Admiral Dewey his friends say that he does not want to appear in the role of family preference. What Would lirin;; Him Home Soon. But they insist that if Admiral Dew ey is put on the ticket with Bryan without his personal efforts he will re turn from Europe at once and devote himself exc lusively to tie- campaign in the interest of Bryan and Dewey. The friends of McLewn go further and say that be will make a strong effort to carry McKinley's state with this tick et. It is claimed that Bryan as well as Dewey would be taken all over Ohio In special trains and the delegates claim that they could carry their Ohio state ticket with Bryan and Dewey and elect a maierlty of representatives In congress. All who - are agitating Bryan' and Dewey as the ticket think there is no doubt about the admiral accept lmr. NO HOI' 1ST AltOl T l.KVAX. (h.iirinuii .foncs Mnkcs Sf.m- .teinrkon I'olitical rroopert. Chicago, .June 12. "There is not the slightest doubt now that William J. Bryan will be nominated by the con vention that assembles at Kansas City July 1," said Senator Jones, of Ar k.ir's.is. chairman of the Democratic national commit tee, yesterday. Jones arrived in Chicago yesterday morning and will spend several days in the city looking over the work of the sub-committees of the national committee preparatory to the convention. To morrow he will meet Bryan here, and toeuther they will discuss the . plans and the party organization for tlie work that is before them. In answer to tlie (piestioii. "Do you think Mr. Bryan will lc nominated again?" Senator Jones replied: "Do you know anjbody that thinks he won't? 1 feel sure he will be nominated and elected." "Do you Intend to advise Mr. Bryan to drop 111 to 1 when you meet him here, as has heen stated in the east?" "Xo idea of advising Mr. Bryan to abandon any issue lias ever entered my head. 1 never heard of this story until I got here. In my opinion there will be ro abandonment of any' prin ciple. Tlie party will stand just it did before, and the platform will be a re affirmation of that of l.ssns, taking due consideration of circumstances and new issues that nave arisen in me meantime. This is all my opinion, however, for I have no right to say what the convention at Kansas City will do: However, 1 look for a very harmonious convention and an early adjournment, probably iu three days after we get started." "Do you think the gold Democrats will put a ticket in the field this year?" "I am not one of them and there fore not in tneir coundeuce. lliey car ried one township in the United States In lS'JtS by a plurality and perhaps they could carry It again, but I am not at all worried over their attitude." Wisconsin Democrat Assemble. Milwaukee.June 12. Politicians and delegates from all over the state hate arrived in Milwaukee to attend the Democratic state convention today. Tlie principal business before the con vention will be the selection of four dclegates-at -large and alternates to the national convention at Kansas City. The silver element is determined that the convention shall Instruct for Bry an. The Chicago platform will be In- oorsea without giving prominence to the silver issue. j Mason Calls on MeKlnlsy. Washington, June 12. Senator Ma- 1 ton called at the White House yester day afternoon and had a talk with the president about the coming campaign and his (Mason's) political status In the party. The conversation tended to fur ther the reconciliation, so the wise acres say. Whether Mason will take the stump is still In doubt. IOWA MAN FOR VICE. Shaw and Dolllver Are Mentioned for Mc Kinley's Running; Mate. Des Moines, la., June 12. It is no longer a secret that the movement to place an Iowa man as running mate for President McKInley Is fraught with danger to Speaker Henderson, for there is little likelihood of Iowa hav ing at the same time the speakership of the house and the presidency of the . senate. It is said the friends of the. St. Louis exposition are hostile in the extreme to Speaker Henderson for op posing the appropriation for that proj ect. The fact that Governor Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, was present previous to the passage of the act and worked strenously for it. Ish3ldtobesignificant in the present situation, and many predict that if an Iowa man is nom inated for the vice presidency it will be Shaw. Dolliver has a strong follow ing among the people of the state, and he is being boomed by a number of politicians for the second position on the Bepubliean national ticket. BOY DROWNEdIn THE RIVER. nis Family Wild with Crier Fast JDrir Ing Results Seriously. Alma, Mich., June 12. Emanuel Emsley's 8-year-old only son, Burton, was drowned Saturday afternoon in the river. He and Jim Greenfield, an older boy, were out in a rowboat with board paddles. They lost the paddles and being near shore decided to jump out. Jim reached the land, but Burton went down. The boy in trying to res cue his comradeattracted a man across the river who pulled out his dead body. The family are nearly wild with grief. Allegan, Mich., June 12. An im mense crowd was attracted here early Saturday morning to see the Buckskin Bill show, and while descending Sem inary hill the rigs driven by Ida Noble and family and Henry Schuinan and family, of Cheshire, indulged in a horse race aud ran into a wagon loaded with people and driven by Henry Austin, of Lee. Austin was badly bruised and Mrs. Austin was seriously Injured. GOV. SHAW IN A COLLISION. Get a Cut on the Temple tn the Jolt En gineer Meets Death. Des Moines, la., June 12. About 9 o'clock last night, as the regular pas senger train on the Cihcago aud North western was pulling out for Ames, it came into collisou about three blocks from the station with a special passen ger train that was coming in. Engineer Thomas Smith was killed, but the oth er eugiuemen jumped and were not hurt. oBth engines were demolished, but the rest of the trains remained ou the track and were hot Injured. None of tlie passengers was hurt be yond a shaking up. oGvernor Shaw was on the out-going train bound for Chicago and Philadelphia, and received a cut on the temple and a. bruised arm, but was able to go home, and when seen by a reporter had retired and will be able to resume his journey tt day. Mrs. B. F. Jones, of Ames,-was also slightly hurt. Coinu.encement at Depauw. Greencastle, Ind., June 12. The baccaleaureate sermon at Depauw Sunday was delivered by President II. A. Gobin. Bishop Thomas Bowman was present and delivered the opening and closing prayer, the music being in charge of members of the school of music. Sunday evening in Meharry hall the Young People's Christian so cieties of the city and university held a mass meeting, led by Itev. George W. Swizer, class of 81. Yesterday . oc curred the sixteenth annual festival of the svhool of music. Today is class day. Wild Winds In Iowa. Des Moines, la., June 12. At an early hour Sunday morning a wind storm swept up the Des Moines valley and through this city. Reports received indicate that there was no loss of life, but farm houses, barns and sheds seem to have been injured quite generally, and In some cases destroyed. A thou sand dollars' worth of slate roofing was blown off the state house here, while the street car service was blocked during the early morning by the debris from fallen trees and broken trolley wires. Lieutenant Weds His Nurse. Leavenworth, Kan., June 9. A very pretty romance was revealed at Fort Leavenworth in the announcement of the marriage in Xew York of First Lieutenant Herschel Tupes, company C. First infantry, to Miss Kilroy, for merly head nurse in the general hos pital at Havana. Cuba. While serv ing with his regiment in Cuba In 189S Lieutenant Tupes was stricken with typhoid fever and sent to the general hospital. He had three relapses and owed his life to the care of his nurse. The acquaintance thus formed resulted in the marriage which has Just taken place. Helen Could at Three Oaks. Three Oaks, Mich., June 11. The cer emonies in connection with the unveil ing of the Dewey cannon are now an nounced to occur Thursday afternoon, June 2S. and Helen Miller Gould Is to be the guest of honor on the occasion. Miss Gould with her par ty of six friends will arrive here at 2 p. m. Shortly after their arrival a parade will be formed by the school children of Berrien county? the G. A. It. and Spanish-American veterans of southwestern Michigan. Preliminary exercises will be held and the pro gramme concluded by the unveiling of the Dewey cannon. Died of Her Terrible Burns. ! Sycamore, Ills.. June 12. Miss Min nie Snyder, who was so seriously I burned by lighting fire with kerosene j on Friday last, died Sunday after two days of terrible suffering. So terribly was she burned that from her throat ' down there was not an inch of skin on ner nouy. Collision on the Lake Shore. Waterloo, Ind.. June 12. The Lake Shore limited collided with a freight train here Sunday. There were no casualties, but several narrow escapes. Much damage was done and the en gine badly wrecked. POSSE USES THE GUN St. Louis Mob Attacks the Non v Union Street Car Men. WILL EESULT IN THEEE DEATHS, While a Fourth Rioter Will Lose a Hand Governor Preparing to Call the Militia. St Lonls, June 11. Four men la a party of 100 or more striking employes of the Transit company who were re turning from a labor parade in East St. Louis were shot shortly after 6 p. m., yesterday by members of the sheriffs posse in front of the tempor ary barracks on Washington avenue between Broaway and Sixth streets. One is dead, two others wounded in iu head and abodmen will die, and the fourh will lose a hand. Just in front of the barracks occupied by the posse comitatus the paraders attempted to assault the crew of a passing street car. A brick was thrown and several shots were fired by the street car men. when members of the posse appeared on the street with their shotguns and attempted to rescue the street car men. Po sue Arrest a Score o Rioters. In he melee at last ten shots were fird by th posse men, who surrounded the mob, and there were four casual ties as far as now known. Twenty one prisoners were captured by the posse and taken into the barracks where they were searched. Three revolvers and a handfull of pocket knives were taken from the prisoners. One other shooting by a deputy sheriff is reported at the sheds of the Belle fontaine line. Fred Boehm, U5 sears old, was killed. Militia Ready for a Hurry Call. Jefforson City, Mo., June 11. Gov ernor Stephens says that everything is being put in readiness for calling out the national guard of Missouri to quell dlsorded in St. Louis consequent to the street railway strike, but he will ont issue the call except as a last resort. It will cost, he says, ?r,000 to land 2.500 men in St. Louis, and asmuch per day to maintain them, and as there is no appropriation for that punMse ne does not know how the legislature would view a deficiency of $100,000 for maintaining troops in St. Louis. It might require an extra session of the legislation to appropriate the money, he says. MOBBED BY ST. LOUIS WOMEN. Lena Kaenter Stripped and Given a Coat of Green I'a'nt. St. Louis, June 11. A mob of furi ous women and boys beat and denuded Lena Kaenter, a young woman who makes her living by peddling lunches among the employes of the California avenue street car line. When the mob had stripped her to the waist one woman daubed her with green paint, while two others held her, the jeering boys and women of the mob applaud ing the outrage and throwing mud. A reign of terror existed all day along the routes of tlie soues side lines. The arrival of more than 200 recruits, brought by the Transit company from eastern cities, has made the strike sympathizers frantic. An organized "committee" of women began to visit some of the public schools in the afternoon, boldly enter ing the schoolrooms, accusing the teachers of riding on the tabooed cars aud threatening them with bodily harm if they did so again. At the Mount Pleasant school the leader of this committee seized the principal. Mrs. Bose Fanning, shook her violent ly and announced that she would be tarred and feathered if either she or any of her teachers rode on the cars again. Mrs. Fanning is a delicate woman, lame and timid, and was so badly frightened that she became ill and went home. Fall ot a Steeple Climber. Cold Springs, N. Y., June 11. Steph en W. Bomaine, generally known as "Steeple Steve," was instantly killed here by falling a distance of 2,"0 feet from the steeple of the Methodist Epis copal church, which lie was repairing. Bomaine lived with his widowed moth er at 174 Elm street. Yonkers. He was famed throughout the state for excellence in his chosen business. His most conspicuous metropolitan exploit was performed in February. 18i)9, when he polished the gilt ball sur rounding the flagstaff on the dome of a building 375 feet above Park Bow. One Thousand Italian Immigrants. New York, June 11. Immigration officials went down the bay to make an investigation of the steamer Gran Antilla which arrived at quarantine with more than 1,000 Italian immi grants on board. The passengers, It is said, are clean and healthy and the agents of the ship here says that none of them has come over in violation-of the contract labor law. It Is probable that they will all be admit ted. . Appointed Bishop of Columbus. Borne, June 11. The Bev. Dr. Henry Moeller. secretary and chancellor of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, O., has been appointed bishop of Columbus, O. Kev. Henry Moeller was born in Cin cinnati in 1849, and was one of the tirst students in the American college at Borne. He was formerly pastor at Bellefontaine, O., and professor at St. Mary's seminary. Iu 1879 he was sec retary to Bishop Chatard. Fire at University of Illinois. Champaign, Ills., June 11. Fire de stroyed the men's gymnasium and wood working shop at the University of Illinois. The building was the first erected on the college campus and had long been a landmark. The orig in of the fire Is unknown. The loss Is estimated at $HMHX. Charged with Murdering a Family. Anoka, Minn.. June 11. Sheriff Mer rill has arrested Ben Johnson, a gen eral storekeeper at Constance, near here, on the charge of murdering the Wise family. The alleged motive was revenge and suspicion rests on one oth er person. Johnson was taken before Wise and there was a dramatic scene, but Johnson declared his Innocence. Suicide of Dr. Robert Lock. San Francisco. June 11. Dr. Robert Locke, son of Bev. Dr. Locke of Chi cago, committed suicide at the Occi dental hotel by shooting. Young Locke, who was a physician, returned from Manila last month and has been in San Francisco since then. lie had been in poor health. HOW DEL PILAR WAS CAPTURED. Filipino Leader Ventured Close to Manila Once Too Often. Manila, June 11. General Plo del Pilar, the most aggressive and most persistent of the Filipino leaders, who was captured Friday night,, was made a prisoner at Guadaloupe, six miloa GKNiJtAX riO PILAR, east of Manila, by some of the ilanlla native police. LTpon information received thai Pi del Pilar was to be at a certain hourae Captain Lara and twelve policeman proceeded in a launch to Guadaloupe, where, aided by a detachment of the Twenty-first infantry, they surrounded the house, captured the general and brought him to Manila., where he was posltviely Identified before the provost marshal. DEATH IN A COLLISION. FOUR HURRIED TO ETERNITY. Three Others Will Die of Their Wounds and Twenty-four Are Injured. Providence, R. I., June 11. -By a collission which occurred in Warwick on the suburban line of the Union Rail road company yesterday, two cars striking end on, four persons were killed and about twenty-five Injured, of whom three are probably fatally hurt. Lieutenant C. Kemball Is among those who are not expected to live. The dead are: Arthur Licomb, George W. Baker. 15 month old; Lewis C. Sanborn, Providence; E. D. B. Burroughs, motorman. The Injured: Lieutenant Governor O. O. Kimball, Providence; Q. N. Kingsley and Mrs. Kingsley Paw tucket; William Malliet, Providence; II. A. Palmer, H. T. Palmar. S. B. Bragg. Mary Tourtlllot and William J. Bogerdy, all of Providence: Owen J. Hurley, Mansfield; Mrs Bogerdy and son D. B. Allcock. George Baker, Mrs. Baker Florence Baker, Thomas Jack son, Mrs. Jackson, all of Providence; E. J. Fleming, Mrs. Fleming and two vhildren, all of Providence; unknown woman, 32 years old; J. E. Brown, Trovidence; F. E. Manchester, Oat land Beach; Henry Hanlon, car motor man ; Claude E. Harris, conductor. Printers' Strike Declared OtL Pittsburg June 11. The strike of tb printers, which was inaugurated last December In all the nttsburg: English dailies, except one, was officially dd clared otf Saturday night by tha ex ecutive board of the Internafional Typographical Union. The mejj are angry at the board's action, and a 190 pathizer of the strikers attacked President Donnelly at the entrance to the Grand hotel, beating him pretty badly before the police succeeded In arresting hlin Much Flour Belnff Exported. Mnneapolis, Minn., June 11. Ooe of the large mlling firms of Minneapolis says that the damand for flour for export was never so great as It i at present. The firm shipped sixty-six cars to foreign countries in May, 1809. This past May they shipped to the same countries 837 cars, and they claim that the same per centage of in crease applies to the other milling companies. rrlncesa Visits tbe President. Washington, June 11. Prnicess Ari bert of Anhalt. Queen Victororta'a dranddaughter, Saturday visited tbe Whtie house ni compnya with Lord and Lady Pauncefote, and wa re ceived by President and Mrs. McKIn ley ni the red parlor. The visit was entirely informal, the princess at her own request being shown through the Whtie House. Draught Affects Iowa Farms. Marshalltown, la., June 11. -Continued dry weather in this section of the state is seriously affecting all the crops. Farmers report' small grain pastures and meadows suffering, while corn, which was generally poor, can not make a two-thirds average crop unless conditions speedily improve. Michigan Democratic Committee. Detroit. June 11. Chairman Campau has called a meeting of the Democratic state central committee far tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hotel Normandie to select the time and place for holding the state convention all the state officers and electors to the national convention Kansaa CltJ. Hanna Will Conduct Campaign. Washington, June 11. It is stated on high authority that Senator Hanna will succeed himself as chairman of the Republican national committee and will conduct the coming campaign. The only thing which can change this programme, it is said. Is some change for the worse in the senator's health. Vincennes, Ind., June 9. Farmers throughout the southern part of the state are complaining of the damage to their meadows and pastures by a worm similar to the army worm, but not identical with it. It works at the roots of the crass, and in a short time saps its vitality causing it to turn yel low and die after a few days exposure to the sun. Locusts Ap -t Marquette. Marquette. M'1' ' -ne 9. Locusts, which were pre vie- unknown here, have made their a to :u a nee In Mar quette and .ire I'.yii'z alout the city In swarms of thousands. They are re garded as curiosities. Jockey r'atally Hart. Newport, Ky.. June 9. J. Perkins, the Jockey, while riding Tenletta in the second race yesterday, was thrown against the fence and fatally Injured. POWERS TAKING HOLD i i Meu Guarding Laborers Forcibly Opening Chinese Railway. M'OALLA HAS 600 ON THE LINE. Tea Thousand Troops of All National itics to Go to Pekin. Will Back Up the Ministers' Demands, or Smash tbe Uoxert South. Af rican News Boers Get Away from liuller. Tien Tsin, June 11. About 1 500 for eign troops of all arma left for Fekin by two troop trains yesterday morn ing. Hong Kong, June 11. Two hundred and fifty men of the Welsh fusiliers, also sappers and miners, have been or dered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed north on account of the Boxer disturbances. Their places will be filled by troops from India. Powers Are in the Fight. London, June 12. The admirals at Taku, acting in concert, are forcibly reopening the railway from Tien Tsin ' to Pekin. Gangs of laborers are re pairing the damaged line, which Is guarded by 1.50O men, composed of . detachments from the foreign fleet. One hundred Americans, under Cap tain McCalla. are among them. They have guns and armored trains for use when the line Is repaired, which can hardly be effected before tonight. Ten thousand troops of all nationalities, according to a dispatch to The Daily Express from Shanghai, wli be sent to Pekin to back up the demands of the ministers upon the government; or, if necessary, to suppress the Boxers themselves. Some of Ah Sin's Caprices. The news of Saturday gives the prob able reason for the decisive action out lined in the foregoing. On that day the empress dowager published an edict deuounciqg the Chinese General for killing Boxers and ordered the troops recalled. The city of Tung Chow, thirteen miles from Peking was burned and twenty native Christians were killed. All hope of rescuing the five Belgian engineers and one woman were abandoned. The empress dowager appointed anti-foreign generals to sup press the Boxers. The French consuls and missionaries in southern China were compelled to flee for safety. BOERS RETIRE BEFORE BCLLEH. Leave Their Strong Posetlon at Lalng-'e Nek, bat Get In Behind Roberta, London, June 11. The war office has received the following dispatch from Sir Redvers Buller: "Headquarters in Natal. June 10. With reference to my telegram of June 8. We halted yesterday to get our trains up the pass, which is very steep. I find the enemy were about 2,000 strong, in a very carefully prepared irEUTEHANT GIKKaAi. Tli EDXHICX TO- E6TIKS-WAXUB. position which they must have been" very disheartened not to have held I longer than they did. -They have all J retired about twenty-six miles to the ' northwest. I find our casualties were more than I first thought. They were . one officer wounded and two men killed and thirteen wounded." London, June 11. General Sir For-estier-Walker wires to the war olflce from Cape Town June 10 as follows: "Information received from natives early yesterday reports the enemy in , three colmuns near Honing spruit. The railway has been almost completely ' destroyed between America and Roode val." Dropped Some Nltro-tilycerlne. Brazli, Ind., June 11. Another ex plosion at the Indiana powder plant near Fontanet resulted in the death of Matthew Beed and the Injury of several other employes. Beed was car rying about a half bucketful of nitro glycerine, which exploded. It is be lieved he accidentally dropped the bucket. For the Encouragement of Marriage. Des Moines, la., June 11. Articles of Incorporation were filed with the auditor of state Saturday by the En dowment Leagueof Sigourney, Ia. The purpose of the league is to assist its members in getting married. Every member who gets married gets an en dowment of $500 from the organiza tion. . Cut Oft His Son s Allowance. New York. June 11. Cornelius Fel lowes. president of the Horse Show Association of America, and one of the best-known men of this city, has cut off his son and heir. Cornelius Fel lowes. Jr., as the result of a quarrel. The son has been receiving an allow ance from his father upon which he and his wife have been living. This allowance now ends President fnvlted to Kansas. Washington, June 11. Representa tive Long, of Kansas, has extended the president an Invitation to visit Wichita. Kas., on Oct. 1. A big re union of veterans of the civil war is to held at that time. The president said, that he could not now make promises. Gloucester Mine Explosion. Gloucester. O., June 11. It is now Stated that the dead from the explosion of gas in mine No. 2 will number six or eight. Two more explosions oc curred during the night. From three to four hundred miners are thrown out of employment. ! t