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THE BOERS. RITISH AWAKIN TO THE FACT THAT WAR IS NOT OVER. PRETORIA THREATENED British Startled By Nws of Losses By Death, Dlaaaaa and Cap turj By th Boara. ' London, July 17. While the terrible darkness which now for nearly three weeks has enshrouded Pekln Is unbro ken by a ray of light of a gleam of hope, there come news from Lord Roberts of a serious disaster to Brit Ish arms In the capture of some 500 men and two guns, at the moment when the press was assuring us that the war was virtually over. It Is a heavy blow and a great dis couragement to the nation. Not that the certainty of ultimate success In a military sense Is affected that has nev er been In doubt, the odds. If nothing else, are too great to admit It but success in war, like success In private life, may be bought too dear. Public faith In Lord Roberts will not be shaken by this, his first reverse. "Bobs" is a popular hero and deserves to be one. He is not only a brilliant and dashing commander and every inch a soldier, but he is also a man of lingular urbanity, simplicity and tact beloved by all who know him and ad mired by all who do not. The Boers have long been hopelessly outnumbered. The exact ratio between the two armies cannot be known, but a moderate estimate Is 8 to 1. The cap- itals of both republics have long been In our hands. Oeneral Joubert Ih dead General Cronje, with his whole force. Is a prisoner at St. Helena. The Free State has been regularly and otherwise annexed. President Kruger and Prts ldent Steyn are fugitives. SERIOUS QUESTION'S. Sir Kdward Gray, who supports the government's policy of war, has said that any fool can annex. A protest against annexation Is being signed by a large number of influential and emi nent Englishmen, who are anything but fools. It will be disregarded. Mr. Chamberlain has committed the govern ment to the absorption of the republics In this empire. But the longer the war lasts the more anxious about the future do thoughtful ones become. Can a people who prefer death to Bervltule be ever really sub dued? Can they be coerced into any thing more than sombre quiescence, which will last as long as there are suf ficient troops on the spot to quell re alliance and not be prolonged an hour more? These questions may be put aside, but they will recur. General 'Botha and General Dewet are very able strate gists. General Dewet was said some time ago by the military critics In this country to have been surrounded. The operation must have been Imperfect, tor instead of surrendering he now threatens Lord Roberts' communica tions. Some believe this surprise and cap ture of the BritlHh squadron Is part of a movement for reoccupylng Pretoria. However that may be. It Is conclusive proof that the Hoer leaders have not Riven up the game and that those who thought the war over when Lord Rob erts marched Into Pretoria have been living In a fool's paradise. MOVE TO ARBITRATE STRIKE. Cltlzana of St. Louis Hop To End tha Labor Trouble. St. Louis, Mo., July 17. The citizens' movement to secure arbitration of the controversy between the St. Louis Tian slt company and the employes who are on strike Is assuming great proportions. Hundieds of names are being secured dally, among them being some of the most prominent citizens of St. Louis, who wish to see a speedy termination of (he strike, that hus lasted more than two months. ' Cars are running as usual, despite the nports circulated that large num. Inns of employes hired since the strike Ik-mm are deserting tho tianslt com pany, V. D.. Mahon, national president of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes, who resumed churge of the utrlke ufter being out of the city 1 ,r several weeks, made a statement In wblch he said: "I find the men as determined as they were when ihey flrnt went out !n May. and that they still have the sup port, not alone of the trade unionists of the clly, but of the great mans of the people us well. In fact, I find some (ipnple who were indifferent and, If any. thing, were opposed to the men before, ure now out anil out for them, dec-luring they are In the right." Caution is marking the actions of the striking street cur men at present. Klnce President W. D. Mahon arrived In the city Friday he luu, had several conferences with the executive board and with the grievance committee. At 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon the committees met with President Mahon In Walhalla hall. A telegram was sent to Harnuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of iJibor, who, with the exeedllve committee of the same organlaatlon, is now In Denver. Mr. Gompers and the board Is asked to stop off In St. Louis on their way east to advise with those In charge of the situation here and hold a mai meeting. m:ts3 uracil cis. Tha SUte'a Btory of a Plot to Tol and a Wltneaa Heard. Georgetown, Ky (Special )-In th Caleb Powers trial today a Jury was se cured and the commonwealth out 1 1 net the case of the prosecution. The Jur consists of the following men: W. O. Tinder, A. O. Btone and Alonio Kern per, independent democrat; J. C. Por ter, republican; George Murphy, A. W Craig, W. L. Munson. W. H. Oldham B. E. Ford, J.P. Croaswalte, J, T. Mul berry and Harry Mussellman, demo crats. There are eight farmers, on blacksmith, one clothing merchant, on coal merchant and one Jeweler on thi jury. At H o'clock Judgi Cantrill adminis tered the oath to the Jury and then At torney Thomas Campbell began to give the state's case. Probably the mosl dramatic Incident of the day occurred this afternoon, when Mr. Campbell told the Jury the prosecution would prove that a few days before William Goe bel was shot, Caleb Powers, in the pres. ence of Charles Flnley and a witness, raised his hand and said: "Goebel has not as many days to live as there art fingers on my hand." While he was saying this Arthur Goe bel was gazing fixedly at Powers, who was plainly nervous and excited. As Campbell paused and glanced at Pow ers every eye In the audience was turn ed on the pale prisoner, and nearly evj erybody whispered to his neighbor: "Doesn't he look bad?" Campbell continued and said he would be able to prove that Powers knew the assassination was to take place, 'and knew that his office was to be used by the assassin, but went away that day to ward off suspicion. He detailed how the 1.000 mountain men came to Frankfort under Powers' Immediate direction, and how, when the main body of them re turned home, a number of the more desperate characters were kept in Frankfort to guard the man who was to do the Bhnntlng. He further said he would prove that W. S. Taylor had told Powers that "the mllltla is ready to come out as soon as you fellows act," and In half an hour Powers started for Louisville. In less than two hours Goe. bel had been shot and the troops were In possession of the state house, pre venting the civil authorities from mak ing any attempt to capture the assassin. D. M. Woodson, the civil engineer who extracted from the tree the steel bullet that Is supposed to have killed Goebel, was the first witness. He said a line stretched from the bullet hole In the tree to the front window In the secretary of state's office would pass over the spot 'where Goebel fell and would strike a man of Goebel'B height Just below the shoulder. SENATOR JOHN H. 6EAR IS DEAD. Passes Away of Heart Dlaaaaa At Washington. Washington, D. C, July 14. United States Senator John Henry Gear of Burlington, la., died at 4:30 a. m. today of heart failure In his apartments at the Portland In this city. While Senator Geor has been In 111 health for a year or more, death came entirely unexpectedly. He was In ex cellent spirits last night and made en gagements with some political friends for today. Shortly before 9 o'clock last evening, accompanied by Mrs. Gear, he went out driving with Secretary Wil son of the agricultural department. They returned about 10 o'clock and the senator retired an hour later In his usual health. Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the senator summoned his confidential secretary, Colonel R. Root, and Inform, ed him that he was troubled with con gestion In his chest. Mrs. Gear was called and she and Colonel Root applied some simple remedies which seemed to relieve the senator's suffering. At 2:30 Senator Gear complained of serious dif ficulty In breathing. His condition be came critical and his family physician, Dr. Davis, was summoned. An exam ination convinced Dr. Davis that his distinguished patient was suffering from heart trouble, and, calling Colonel Root aside, he Informed him that Sen ator Gear would last scarcely an hour. About 4 o'clock the senator seemed to he easier, and when as by Mrs. Gear as to his condition, replied faintly: "I feel a trifle better." FUNERAL AT BURLINGTON. These were his last words. Fifteen minutes later he was dead. Today Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdell of the sen ate was notified of Senator Gear's death and began arranging for the funeral. The remains were taken directly to Burlington, la., which for many years hns been the home of Senator Gear. Senator Gear left, beside his widow, two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Blythe, wife of the principal attorney of the Chi cago. Burlington & Qulncy railroad, and Mrs. Horace Rnnd, wife of a prominent business man, both residing In Bur lington. They will Join the fun- ral party at Chicago on Monday and will proceed thence to Burlington on a spe cial train over the Burlington. Funeral ervices will be held In Burlington on Wednesday. No services are to be held here. ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR HASTINGS. Hastings, Neb., July 17. Under the conditions of the contract with the par ties to whom the contract for putting In .the eh-ctrlc light plant was awarded, the entire plant Is to be finished and turned over to the city within four monlhB from the slgnlg of the contract and the signing of the bond. The con. irnet and bond were signed and accept ed July 11, and, according to the terms of the contract, w are to have a fully equlvped fifty-eight-arc light electric plant on or before November 11, r TORTURED. THE RUSSIAN MINISTER MEET! A TERRIBLE DEATH. MURDERED BY BOXERS Chinos Minister At Washington Trias To Cat A Msag To Mr. Conger At Pakln. Chicago, 111., July 17. A dispatch to the Record from St. Petersburg says The cxar haa received with great emo tion the dreadful details of the catas trophe at Pektn. Tears coursed down his majesty's cheeks aa he read the ca blegram from Admiral Alexleff, at Port Arthur, confirming the horrible details of assassination of M. de Glers, which merely in form of rumors had reached Russia. The admiral declares that the Russian envoy was dragged through the streets by the Boxers, Insulted, beaten and tortured and even thrown into a great kettle and boiled to death. Then the remains were thrown to the dogs. While M. de Glers was being dis posed of, the fanatic mob danced 'round the caldron. Mme. de Glers, Alexleff s advices de clare, suffered a worse fate than death ind was beaten and tortured with sharp sticks until life was extinct. The lega tion olliclals are said to have been tor tured fiendishly until death ended theli sufferings. M. de Glers and his lega tion officials resisted desperately a nd his brave bodyguard killed many of the attacking mob. in the midst of his tortures the envoy Is said to have hero ically proclaimed his faith in Christian ity, encouraged by the wife who so soon shared his martyrdom. The announcement of this Intelligence to the relatives of the Russian martyrs In China was accompanied by heart rending scenes. Count Lamsdorf receiv sd the friends of the murdered ones at the foreign office and unfolded to them the tragic Btory. The scenes of fren sled terror and grief that followed were unspeakable. The building of the for :lgn office was besieged by an evcited ihrong and the whole of St Petersburg !s full of lamentation. Immediately upon the receipt of Ad miral AlexlefT's dispatch the cfiar or iered the cabinet and council of state to go Into session at once. The Russian-Korean relations at the present moment are all that could e desired. The audience of the Ko ean envoy last week when he present id his credentials to the czar, was most cordial. The Korean minister and his ablnet are Inclined to be favorably mpressed by Russia's successful activ ty In China and the empire's tolerant ittltude toward Japan. HARD FIGHTING NEAR TIEN TSIN. Srltlsh and American Forces At tempt a Capture. Tien Tsin, July 6 (Via Shanghai, luly 17.) At noon today the British ind American allies unsuccessfully at tempted to capture a Chinese fllfteen pounder mounted last night, which was mniadlng the advanced position of the lilies. From 2 to 4 o'clock in the morn ng an artillery duel of eleven guns .ook place, the Chinese shelling the set tlements from the native city. The English and Japanese guns shelled the forts from the vk-eroy'g and yalemen's ity gate. The practice was good, the British silencing two of the guns. The fire of the enemy burned one of Mackenzie's wool godown warehouses. The loss was .over 100,000 taels. It Is stlmated that over 500 shells fell in the rettlement, practically wrecking many )f the building. Undoubtedly spies are nformlng the enemy of the troops and f the situation In the quarters of the illles, especially after a bombardment las taken place. The Chinese trained one naval gun on he allies. Efforts were made to capture i silenced gun, and a tremendous fire was encountered. Today's casualties were as follows: Killed, two bluejack- !ts and two members of one of the Chl lese regiments; wounded, three officers, .wo blue Jackets, two marines and five members of one of th Chins rglmnts. POINT TO A DREADFUL TRAGEDY, Reports From China Are Not In the Least Encouraging, Washington, D. C., July 17. Nothing luthorltatlve has come from China to life or deepen the gloom of despair In every civilized capital concerning the fate of the foreign colony In Pekln. AH the cumulative reports point steadily to i dreadful tragedy. In his anxiety to aid the United States government, Minister Wu has lent two urgent messages to the total then at Shanghai to ascertain the slt intlon In the Chinese capital. Ills r )y, Washington feels, he It early or ate, will only confirm the worst fears. Two Japanese transports, bearing a jart of the army corps, have arrived it Tttku, according to a dispatch from Admiral Remey. The American naval :ommnndcr also reports two defeats of Chinese at positions commanding river fommutilciitlons with Tien Tsin. This cheering news is in part offset oy word from Consul General Goodnow .hat the governors of llelnan and Shan il have Issued proclamations favorable to the lioxeis. LUMUBli MILL BURNS. Spokane, Wash. The Buckeye lumber mill owned last night with 100,000 feet f lumber. Loss, $5(1.000: insurance, halt. watmra ttnurto. Foreign Off loa Reported Destroy! By Carman Marin. Washington, V. C, July 17. Th Jap anese legation added somewhat to the fund of information from Pekln by an official dispatch from the minister of foreign affairs at Toklo, dated the 6th Inst., giving explanatory details of the conditions following the murder of Baron von Ketleler. The following Is a summary of the telegram: "According to a telegram from the minister of foreign affairs, the reports brought by Chinese couriers from Pekln to Tien Tsin appear to confirm the ru mors of the destruction of the legation and the murder of the minister. The minister. It appears, was shot on the way and carried into the tsung II ya- men, where he expired shortly after ward. Upon hearing of his death the German marines rushed Into the tsung II yamen and burned It down. It fur ther reported that the foreign reinforce ments which left for Pekln on June 10 advanced as far as Lang Fang, but af ter terrible suffering returned to Tien Tsin on the 26th. The allied forces de stroyed several arsenals at Tien Tsin, their losses being nearly 300 killed and wounded. From June 27 to July-1 no further fighting took place, but Chinese troops, about 20,000 strong, were said to be advancing on Tien Tsin from the north." New York. A Shanghai dispatch pub llshed here says: Prince Sheng, the di rector of telegraphs has communicated message to the consuls here announc ing the murder of the foreigners In Pe kln and laying the blame on the antt forelgn general, Tung-Fuh-Siang. The message says that Tung, enraged by the defense made by the British le gation, ordered the heavy guns to fire, demolishing the legation and Betting the ruins aflame. The result waa th annihilation of the foreigners. NO ANSWER FROM CONGER. rhe Chinese Minister Tries To Cet Some Information, Washington, D. C, July 17 The Chi nese minster continues to exert his ef forts toward getting Information from Pekln, but up to a late hour today he had not received any answer in con nection with the cipher cable to Min ister Conger or from a second inquiry which he forwarded yesterday. This second dispatch was to the taotal of Shanghai and said in substance: "American government and people greatly concerned over safety of Min ister Conger at Pekln. Can you give me any information on the subject?" The Taotai of Shanghai Is a high of ficial who will be able to get the earli est reliable information, and this per. sonal appeal from the minister may bring some reliable news on the Bitua tion. Minister Wu was much depressed by the continued reports that the lega tions had been wiped out and the min isters murdered. To all Inquiry he sor rowfully shakes his head and says that he hus absolutely no Information and can only hope for the best. The report of the killing of the Russian minister and hlB wife was another severe blow. but as to this Minister Wu said he hud absolutely no news. The report from St. Petersburg of the slaughter of the Russian minister and his wife at Pekln sent a thrill of horror through the foreign establishment here, none of whom, however, was able to shed the slightest light upon the sub. Ject. At the Russian embassy the offi cials are neither able to confirm or deny stating that the government was not in the habit of forwarding news devel opments to Its diplomatic representa tives. At the German, French, Japanese, Chinese and all other foreign establish. ments, horror was expressed at the re ported occurrence, although in none of these quarters was there any know! edge of the facts. ALL DAY FIGHT AT PLATKOP. Th Boers and British Engage In a Sharp Encounter. London, July 17. A report from Plat. kop says that the British engaged the Boers all day long. Scouts and mounted Infantry, moving north, located tht Boers, 1,000 strong, occupying the ridge from which they were driven the day before. Colonel Thornycroft's men held the ridge facing them. Members of tht Strathcona Horse were driven in thor oughly by a heavy musketry fire. After a heavy resistance the Boers forced tin British to bring the howitzers into ac tion. The Infantry deployed for a gen eral advance under Ciery's direction. The Boers opened fire In all directions, shelling with the guns posted on the British right. The mounted Infantrj, n the face of a severe f.re, attacked the Boera. A gun placed on an Intrenched kopje four miles to the east forced the Boers from a number of ridges, de tached parties retiring on the center, while a gun on the right was withdrawn through a ravine toward an intrench ed hill. THEY CHOOSE INDIANAPOLIS. Chicago, 111., July 17. A special tc the Tribune from Indlnnapells says In dlanapolls has been selected us head quarters of the middle-of-the-road pop ulist national committee. Verbal as surance of this fact have been recelvec by officers of the populist state commit tee. At the populist national conven tion held In Cincinnati, Chlengo wai selected BR national headquarters, bu the national committee hns decld.it that Indianapolis will be a better van tage point from which to manage thi populist forces, which are sltuutci chiefly Jn the southern states. . .. t TO BRYAN GERMAN VOTE WILL CO TO THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. LANDSLIDE PREDICTED, Democratic Stand on Imperialism and Trust Considered by Thm th Paramount lssus. St. Louis, Mo., July 17. The German vote, which waa almost solid for Mc Klnley in 186, will apparently divide this year. Germans, as a rule, are muccb opposed to McKlnley's imperial ism, and many are so undecided that unanimity of action, as in 18M, Is un likely. The Post-Dispatch correspond ents In telegraphing the following In terviews, were instructed to get the views of the most representative Ger man editors and merchants without re. gard to party: BRYAN SENTIMENT STRONG IN CHICAGO. Cchlcago, 111. George Myer, editor of the Frele Presse: I believe that the majority of German-American voters will vote for Bryan and Stevenson, not because they are for 16 to 1, but be cause they believe that Imperialism and trusts are more Important issues Just now than the money question. You will find that Carl Schurz will come out for Bryan thiB year. Christian Meyer, lawyer and member of the Chicago school board: I think that a very large percentage of the German people see no harm in the sil ver plank of the democratic platform and will support that party because of its stand against imperialism. Jacob Ingenthron, lawyer, civil war veteran and chairman of an association of 340 German societies: There will be a big landslide among the Germans to wards Bryan. Anti-militarism and antl. expansion are the leading issues. The flirtations of the country with Eng land during the past year have es tranged the Germans from the repub lican party. They don't like the atti tude of the government towaid the Bo. ers. The Germans believe that this country should help to maintain repub lics wherever they exist. William Vocke, lawyer, republican Mump speaker in every presidential campaign since 1864: Things appear to be badly mixed. Some of my friends, who have always been republicans, look upon the monetary issue as less perilous than the dangers of imperial Ism and militarism. They don't approve the republican policy of subjecting to our dominion islands of another hemi sphere, populated by a heterogenous and semi-barbarous mass of people. Others stll lregard the sliver craze as dangerous. I doubt whether any fairly correct prognostications can be made Just now. MILWAUKEE GERMANS AGAINST M'KINLEY. Milwaukee, Wis. Mayor David S. Rose: I consider that Imperialism is the Issue. Imperialism means militar ism. Militarism means forced service In the army. That threatens liberty. I and my countrymen will, therefore, support Bryan. The Germans oppose Imperialism because they know what It means. They left their country to avoid militarism. They are not going to support it here. Robert Schilling: I consider neither silver nor Imperialism the Issue. The abolition of the national banking law is the most important, and most of the Germans side with Bryan. Adolph Schmltz: I don't believe the Germans are going to support McKin ley. I shall not, and I believe most of the Germans will vote against the re publican party. Imperialism Is the Is jue. LITTLE M'KINLEY TALK IN IN DIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis, Ind. John P. Frenzel, treasurer gold democratic national com, mlttee: So far as I am Informed, the Germans of Indiana are against Bryan. Ferdinand Selnelke, editor of the Ger man Telegraph: The Germans are op posed to the new conquest policy of the republican party. They were the orig inal antl-imperiallsts. If the question of Imperialism can be made the para mount Issue and the fear of free coin age can be dissipated, a majority of the Germans will vote for Bryan. Herman Lleber: I voted for,McKln ley and will not vote for him again, but I have not yet determined to sup port Bryan. I am utterly opposed to McKlnley's Imperialistic policy. Christian Brink: Germans mostly will vote for Bryan. The money issue Is dead and the question of Imperialism will Influence the German vote against McKlnley. BROOKLYN GERMANS INDORSE BRYAN. New York. Bryan and Stevenson, and the democratic platform were enthusi astically Indorsed at a meeting of the German-American Citizens' league at Brooklyn. This was the first meeting of any of the local Gorman-American associations since the Kansas City con vention. Among the members of the league are men who have been con nected with both political parties. While the action of the Kansas City convention regarding diver did not meet with the approval of the meeting, I declaration against Imperialism whs regarded s of supreme importance. Ex-Assemblyman Kempner, president ct the league, announced that the mono of the German-Americans dining the campaign would be "save the repub lic." President McKlnley's expansion iheitiei were denounced by the speak. -. BapaMMkML It shadowed militarism aa4 had been the chief case of a great ssaaaw ber of Of-maa i earing th fslaerlaad Without a dissenting vol wotaO were adopted declaring Imperialism Ok paramount lasue of the campaign tsi indorsing the nomination of Brjraav and Stevenson. MANY 1ST BT. LOUIS WILL VOTB FOR BRYAN. William F. Woerner said: "I bHT that many of the democratic German who voted for McKinley in MM wUt vote for Bryan this year, but not aarlr so many as would have come back to u had the platform makers omitted 1 t L If silver had been dropped. I be lieve practically all who left us la IMC would now return." Judge Leo Rassieur, republican St. Louis, said: "I believe that the ber of democrats of German who voted for McKinley In 18M on. th. silver Issue has been greatly overesti mated. I think there were many, ape daily of the laboring class, who either said nothing or gave th lmpu ton. that they were for McKinley, tearing to lose their positions, who voted (or Bryan. And I believe the number who voted for McKinley was largely ottaet by German republicans of the laboring class who secretly voted for Bryan. So- I do not believe there Is any large n Ban ter of democratic Germans to return t the fold. 'Antl-lmperlallsm' will not appeal to voters of German birtb or de. scent, except those who came to thi country in the forties and who can bo classed with Carl Schurz. But their number is very small. Recent Immi grants and the majority of descendants) of native Germans will not be affected by the anti-imperialism campaign ot the democrats. It will not appeal t them." SAYS SOUTH DAKOTA IS SAFE. A Texas Man Puts It In th Bryant Column To Win. ' Lincoln, Neb., July 17. Among th visitors at the Bryan house Saturday were Judge Van Wagenen, a leading democrat of Sioux City, la., and E. J. Bradley of Texas, a member of th populist national committee. Mr. Brad ley was on his way home from tha South Dakota fusion state convention, and brought cheering news of the con ditions in Pettlgrew's state. "You may put South Dakota to the sure Bryan column," said Mr. Brad ley. "Not only was harmonious and complete fusion perfected, but the strongest ticket ever named In South Dakota was placed in nomination. On It are two of the best known Norwegi ans and two of the best known Ger mans in the state, and it is as fk-re aa. anything can be that, under Pettlgrew' able and experienced leadership, th fusion forces of South Dakota will win. a complete victory." Mr. Bryan ia hard at work on his correspondence and other important work, but with the best Intentions h makes but little headway on account of the constant stream of visitors. It is possible, if he can get his affairs ia shape, that he may leave Lincoln for st few days' fishing trip before going to Indianapolis for the notification oa August 8. PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAI6I. Both Parties Will Open Headquar ters in New York. New York, July 17. Skirmishing wfJl cease and the political battle lines will, be more closely drawn, with the result that the heavy firing will begin. Headquarters were opened la thi sty Monday by both of the old par ties. Routine work will be done by- tha democrats, so far as the state is con cerned, in the rooms taken in the- St. James building. The real campaign will be organized and executed from the Hoffman house, where the leaders will make their headquarters. Senator Jones, chairman of the dem ocratic national committee, will be here on Wednesday and will then decide whether a branch of the national head quarters shall be opened In New York Four years ago the late William P. St. John defrayed all of the expense of the headquarters here, but It is doubtful whether another can be found to dupli cate his generosity. There can be no doubt that the dem ocrats plan an active campaign here, with the Idea of capturing the state so far as the governorship and legislature goes, even should McKinley get its elec toral vote. Republicans, too, are all ready for tha heavy work of the campaign. There was a short conference at the Fifth. Avenue hotel yesterday, attended by Senator Piatt, S. Fred Nixon, F. T. Kilburn, J. J. O'Pell, Jr., William Barnes, Jr., and General Francis V. Greene. It was said that nothing was dlscus.sed save the early campaign work In this state and the possibility of a re ception to President McKinley when tie comes to New York next month. It has been decided the republican campaign work In the east carried on from this city will be under the direct supervision of Senator Hanna, who will make his headquarters here from July 25 to September 1, and will then divide his time between New York and Chi cago. With him will be associated Cor nelius N. Bliss, Joseph H. Manley, Sen ator N. B. Scott nnd Frederick S. Gibbs. WELL PREPARED FOR WAR. Washington, I). C, July 14. Secretary Root had a conference with General Hulllngton, chief of ordnance, relative to the supply of army ordnance of all kinds. After thiOonferenee Mr. Root set at rest all reports of a possible shortage by saying that there was a complete supply of ammunition, guns, and ordnance material of every char acter, Inducing field guns and all nuc essary vq'jlyrnenL