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FIBIITIN6. THE LEGATIONS AT PEKIN STILL HOLD OUT. ME ALIVE AIID WELL. CM Hold Out a Few Days Longer and Pitiful Appeal for Relief Is Made. Chicago, 111. (Special.) A cable dis- atch to the Daily News from Che Foo, Jaly 31 (via Shanghai, August 1), says: Dr. Robert Coltman, jr., the staff aorrespondent of the Chicago Record in FcktD, who had not been heard from state June 12, tends the following dis tcii: Tekin, July 2L Baron von Ketteler, the German minister, was murdered by Chinese troops and his secretary wound ed Jane 20, while on his way to the song II yamen. The foreign residents axe besieged In the British -legation and have been under a dally fire from artillery and rifles. "The cowardice of the Chinese fortu stately prevented them from making ewrcessful rushes. Our losses are sixty killed and seventy wounded. The Chi asm losses exceed 1,000. "There has been no word from the ewtside world. Food is plentiful, such as It to rice and horseflesh. Yesterday, wader a flag of truce, a message was sent by Tung L-u, asking if Sir Claude aiacDonald, the British minister, would eoasent to a truce. The minister re plied he was willing provided the Chi nese came no closer. The shell firing then ceased and everything is now CSK'l. "We now hope that, having defeated the Chinese, relief is nearing us. We are an exhausted with constant stand sac 00 guard, fighting, building barri cades and digging trenches both night and day. "All the legations except the British are atterly wrecked by shot and shell. The Austrian, Belgian and Holland Vwfldlngs are utterly wrecked -by shot and shell and burned to the ground. Tie British legation Is also much shat- The United States marines still a vital position on the city wall Banding the legation. "After a brilliant sortie on the night as July 3, Captain Myers sccedi !n Artrlng back the Kansuh mounted troops. During the fight Captain My rs was slightly wounded. Secretary Teprfres of the United States legation deserves the greatest credit for his ear i tees throughout the siege. His military experience and energy are In- aJaabie. Many flags and rifles were cats red by dptain Myers. "TFe fear that treachery is possible Win the defeated Chinese troops enter be city. Meanwhile we are living in hit-use anxiety and hoping for early lriief.- RStTlVt NEWS FROM AMERICANS. Colonel COolrldge Receives Letter From Military Attache. "Washington, D. C. (Special.) Adju tant General Corbiahas received a dis Baarh from Lieutenant Colonel Cool dgH commanding the Ninth Infantry at Tien Tsin. It came by way of Che Pea and is as follows: Trn Tsin, July 27. Following let ter of Lieutenant Colonel Shiba, mili tary attache at the legation of Pekin, Sated July 23, arrived Tien Tsin July Bit at I o'clock In the evening: "Tkln, July 22, Evening. We are M9 awaiting Impatiently arLrval of rein fcrcfng army. When are you coming? All legations have been blockaded since Bth last month, and since the 20th we have been attacked continually night and day by the Chinese soldiers from are than ten encampments. ""By a supreme effort we are still itfeadmg. We are daily awaiting with (fee greatest anxiety arrival of rein aaretsg army, and if you can't reach acre in less than a weed's time, it is prabeble that we will be unable to hold at any longer. Emperor and empress -wager appear to be still at Pekin. Were lour reinforcements to arrive, ery probable that they would flee to Was Sho Shan. "Killed and wounded up to date, Bight killed, one a captain of Infantry aadaa ambassador's attache; seven ser asry wounded, the first secretary of legation being one of the twenty slight ly wounded. The number of Euro assm killed Is sixty in all.' "COOLIDGE." ? TO EEAtl PEI1N SOON. MtaeT Woro Ara on the March to Chlr.ese Capital. fhargh-1. (Special.) The Pekin re- force, according to a report just gaad, consists of 21,000 men.of whom i are Japanese and 2,500 British. column U proceeding partly by aad partly by railroad. Aaather column, composed of Rus mm and Japanese, Is advancing on fails, from the northeast. TIM Chinees art concentrating at Tang sad Tun- Chow. These are tweaty-flvs miles from Pekin, t directions. rWTWM AT TAMPA. Ak. (SpeotaL) TIM of Alsaan, having received mt tth UlatWM ef y allow f -Ah UXITEI STATES 5AYS NO. Will Not Agree To Preposition Made By Earl Li. Washington, D. C i Spec! jl. The state department has made public the following correspondence between LJ Hung Chang and the department re garding the abandonment of the cam paign in Pekin: Telegram Bent to the United States embassies in Ber'tn. London, Paris, Rome and St. Petersburg, and to the United States minister to Tokio: "Department of State, Washington, D. C, Aug. 1. 1S00. In reply to a sug gestion of Li Hung Chang thst the cinisters might be sent under safe es cort to Tien Tsin provided the powers would engage not to march on Pikin, the secretary of state replied on the 30th of July: " 'This government will not enter Into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of legation without first having free communication with Min ister Conger. Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese govern ment. Power to deliver at Tien Tsin presupposes power to protect and to open communication. This is Insisted on.' " This message was delivered by Mr. Goodnow on the 31st to Viceroy Li, who then inquired whether "if free com munication were established between ministers and their governments, it could ba arranged that the powers should not advance on Pekin without negotiations." To this Inquiry the following reply was sent on the 1st of August: "Goodnow, Consul General. Sharghal: I do not think It expedient to sub;nit the proposition of Earl I.I to the other powers. Free communication with our representatives in Pekin is demanded as a matter of absolute right, and not as a favor.- Since the Chinese gov ernment admits that It possesses the power to give communication lis puts itself In an unfriendly attitude by de nying it, No negotiations seem advis able until the Chinese government shall have put the diplomatic representatives of the powers In full and free communi cation with the respective governments and removed all danger to their lives and liberty. We would urge Earl LJ earnestly to advise the imperial author ities of China to place themselves in friendly communication and co-operation with the relief expedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility In acting otherwise. HAT. ."You will communicate this Informa tion to the minister of foreign affairs." ALL DOUBT IS DISPELLED. Officials Belelve That Conger Is Alive and Weil, , Washington, D. C (Special.) The official confirmation of the news that Minister Conger Is safe and well, cou pled with the statement th2t he has provisions for several weeks and that the firing on the legation has ceased, ws welcome intelligence, though not unexpected, In view of recent news. The information from Colonel Daggett was promptly telegraphed to President Me Klnley at Canton, who has been ad vised of the receipt of messages always as soon as they reach here. The last message which came from Minister Conger was that which was obtained through the Intermediary of Mr. Wu, and was supposed to be dated the ISth., since which time nothing had come since June 12, almost two months. It is expected now that all the ener gies of the government, as well as those of other nations will be concentrated for an advance on Pekin. Several of the reports which have come from Chi na seem to indicate that this will occur very soon. Some of the dispatches place the date as early as yesterday. The officials her?, however, do not lTok for so early an advance If the allied commanders adhere to their original estimate of SO. 000 as necersary for the campaign, as the latest report receiv ed here do not show half that number on the ground. Still other reports In dicating the possibility of the advance being made by the Btitlsh and Amer ican armies have come and our officers commanding in China have a free hand In any military movements. ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT THE SHAH. Man Reaches Steps of His Carriage With a Revolver. Paris. (Special.) An attempt on the life of the shab of Persia, Muzaffer-Ed-Din, was made this morning, but it resulted In no harm to him. A man broke through a line of policemen a the shah was leaving his apartments and tried to mount the royal carriage steps. He was seised and placed under arrest. He held a revolver In his hand, but the police disarmed blm before be was able to fire. At the police station the man ex pressed regret that be had been unable to carry cut his Intention. He said: "This is an affair between me and my conscience." ALL SAFE AT HANKOW. Lake Park, Minn. (Special.)-Rev. H. A. Oaardsmoe, secretary of the American-Norwegian China mission, baa re ceived the following cablegram: "Honkow, July JL All here, going Shanghai. What do? WORKERS." The relatives and friends of the mis slonarles are thus assured of their safe, ty thus far. CONDITIO! OF TREASURY. Washington, D. C, Today's stats Mat e the treasury balaaoss m tha goaerai faad, ednehre of the mnv K geti reserve la the vMoa ef re. bows: AvwUekis eaah bat- SHOT DOWN. ! DETAILS OF ASSASSINATION OF ITALY'S KING, KILLED BY ANARCHIST. Fatal Bullet Was Fired at Closo Range As Vlctom Stepped Into Carriage. Monsa, Italy. (Special.) King Hum bert has been assassinated. He was shot here by a man named Angelo Bressl and died in a few minutes. The king had been attending a dis trlbution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. He had Just entered his carriage, with his aide de camp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when lie was struck by three revolver shots fired in quirk succession. One pierced the heart of his majesty, who fell back and expired. The assassin was Immediately arrest ed and was with some difficulty saved from the fury of the populace. He gave his name as Angelo Bressl, de scribing himself as of Piato, in Ttt tan'. BRESSI ADMITS HIS CRIME. ReacJINews Papers Which Recom mended Regicide. Rome. (Special.) King Humbert's murderer, Ga-tano IiressL v.-s a silk weaver fjr thirty years, and has only lately returned from Paterson, N". J where has was a voracious reader ol various Italian anarchistic newspapers published there, recommending regi cide. He ndnitt' d the crime frankly Several letters were found In his pock ets. Forty arrests Immediately fol lowed the assassination. The king was shut close to the heart. Leanir.g heavily on his side, he mur mured : "It Is nothing." but suddenly lost consciousness and died tgfort reaching the royal villa, where Queen Margherlta saw the body lifted from the carriage and brought before her. A harrowing scene naturally followed. Though order is being maintained throughout the country, the whole army Is kept ready at the different gar risons at the disposal of the civil power. The entire population is deeply griev ed, and the newspapers even the so cialist organs cxeciate the assassin. SKETCH OF THE ASSASSIN. Bressl Came From America ana Lived In New Jersey. New York. (Special.) Angela Bressl lived In Paterson foij over a y4ar. He apears to have had various na:ies. The one he gave when taken Into custody fjr the murder of the king of Italy was one. Another was Angelus Bressl, and still another, the one by which he will be known to those who knew him In Paterson, was (iaeteno Bressi. He was employed in Hainii & liooth's silk mills. His close friend there was C'ari bonl Sperandio, the man who a few weeks ago shot down his foreman and then killed himself, leaving behind a letter telling how he had been selected by lot to kill King Humbert, and hav ing a choice, owing to his living so far away from Italy, killed fJie foreman In stead. A few months ago a man said to be Count MoletoskI, the head of the Ital ian anarchists, was in Paterson, and during his stay Sperandio and Bressi were his companions, and they showed him about the city and Introduced him to others In the city, who were his mentors there. It would seem that his friend having faltered at regicide. Bressl took up the burden where Spe randio refused it and went across the ocean to carry out the decree that Humbert must die. In manners Bressl was quiet. Men who worked beside him In Ha mil & Booth's mill say he was the last one they would seiect as an assassin. He went cbout his work quietly. He spoke little and volunteered nothing about himself. When there was a shop call and the men went on one of their nu merous strikes, Bressl left his looms obediently, but was never one of thr first JESTER IS A FREE MAN. Found Not Guilty of Murder Com mitted Thirty Year Ago. Kansas City, Mo. (Special.) A Time special from New London, Mo., says: Alexander Jester, the octogenarian who has been on trial here for the last two weeks for the murder twenty-nine years ago of Gilbert Gates, was tonight ac quitted. The Jury took three ballots. As soon as Jester could tear himself away from those who crowded about to congratulate him, he hurried to his ho tel and was soon the center of a happy group, made up of his children, Harvey Jester, Will and Alice Hill, who quietly rejoiced. Jester will leave here at once for Oklahoma to his old home, where he was arrested two years ago. OOUNTT BEAT CONTEST. Niobrara, Neb. (Special.) The ftgni In Knox county for the relocation of the county seat came up before the board of supervisors. The petition tiled was considered a very strong one. Ni obrara filed a remonstrance, contain ing nearly W0 names. The board gave the petitioners until Saturday In which to flit a counter remonstrance. At thai time It Is confidently expected that decision will be reached by the board as to the merits iic the peUUoa aad re- RAILROAD CASE ADVANCE!. Legality of State Board to be Pass ed Upon October 1st. Lincoln. Neb. Special.) Judges Sul livan and Holcomb and Chief Justice Norval of the supreme court of Ne braska, met in the corisulatlon room and decided to advance , the damage suits of the state against the Burling ton and Klkhorn railroads for violations of the ordi r of the board of trancporta tion, since rescinded, establishing car load rales for the this.- nl of live stock between points within the state. The briefs of the stale aie ordered to bo submitted by August 20, and the re ply briefs by September 10. The cases, which are identical, will be argued and submitted at the first silting in Sep tember, and a detisljn may be expected by October. This action Is taken, It Is understood, because in the cases in question Is in volved the point whether the law cre sting the state board of transportation was passed In a constitutional manner. It was on this point that Judge Mun ger of the federal court held that the board had no ifgal txisienee, and on it he granted the railroads a temporary Injunction restraining the board from Issuing any order Interfering with ex isting rates. The question whether this order shall be made permanent will come before Jud:e Munger some time during the October term of court. The reason the supreme court is ask ed to pass on this same point txfore Judge Munger takes the matter up for final disposition is that the fnited States supreme court has established a rule that state courts shall be the final Judge of all state laws in which the L'nited Slates constitution Is not in volved. Accordingly should the supreme court of Nebraska decide that the manner of the passage of the hoard of transport a tkm law was constitutional, Attorney General Smyth would go before Judge Munger and call up the injunction, af k ng that It be dbsolved. This, of couthp, hinges on the decision of the supreme ourt, and what Its Judgment will be is jurely a matter of conjecture. GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR INDIA. Anxiety Felt Owing to Weakness of the Monsoon. London. (Special.) The f llowlng dis patch from the viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kdleston, to the secretary jf state for India. Lord George Hamil ton, was received today: 'Considerable anxiety is felt owing to the weakness of the monsoon. The situation Is serious and critical in Gu jarat, Baroda and Itajaputana West, which are not sown. No fodder what ever is available In the southwestern part of the Punjab. Sown crops are in imminent danger, as j-ain continues to hold on. Fodder is. scarce and cattle are dying In the central provinces of Therar and Hyderabad. Good crops are possible only In case the mon-oon improves. One-quarter of the Inhaott- ants of the central provinces are m relief. The total number receiving re lief is 6.2K6.000. with Incomplete Bom bay figures." The governor of Bombay telegraphs that there were 8,Ci? cholera cases in the famine district during the week ending July 21, of which 5.703 resulted atally. In the native states there were 5.245 cases. 5,710 proving fatal. The total deaths in the relief works of the British district were 6.753, or 4 2-5 per 1.000. There has been a good rainfall In north Gujarat and Kathlawar and a fa vorable agricultural rainfall and en couraging prospects in the remainder of the arrected tracts. The numbers on relief works are decreasing and gratuitous relief Is Increasing. WOUNDED FI6HTIN6 FILIPINOS. Mac Arther Cables a List of His Casualties. Washington, D. C (SpeelalJ Gener al MacArthur cables the following cas ualties: Wounded July 21, LI pa, Luzon, com pany O, 31th infantry, Benjamin f. 1J- lard. this, serious; company B. ?th nfantry, Vernon A. Adams, leg above knee, moderate; July 26, Pangull, Lu ton, company L, 37th infantry, Sergt. Robert Mahaffy, arm, slight; company E. 27th Infantry, Edward M. Bagtd, knee, serious; Joseph F. Lewelllng, thigh, moderate; July II, Lamhunao, Panay. company O, 26th Infantry, Kd ward C. Stone, thigh, slight; Lorutan, Mindanao, company C, 4th Infantry, Walter Lawrence, back, slight; Joseph W. Eastman, arm, serious; Corporal Ross I. Pltlsbury, thigh, serious; First Sergeant Walton C. Winkler, arm, seri ous. General Bhafter reports the arrival of the transport Warren from Manl'a, with Lieutenant Colonel Hamer, 37th Infant ry; Major Maxfield, signal corps; Major Wlttich, 21t Infantry, and a number of other officers, five contract surgeons, a battalion of the 23d Infantry, 1X2 men; enlisted men with disability, discharg ed, 114; prisoners, 22. FTLES STANDARD OIL EVIDENCE. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) Testimony and depositions In the Standard Oil company case, taken at a secret ses sion of the referee's commission, were filed for record In . the supreme court todsy. The principal testimony was given by Dal ton Rlsley, cashier snd acting manager of the company's Oms. ba office. Mr. Rlsley admitted that the oil consumed came from the company's refineries at Whiting, Iqd., and Cleve land, O.; that John D. Rockefeller was president of the company, and that th net Increase in the price of oil for the ear aaf ., ALASKA. ENGLAND GIVEN A LARGE PART OF ALASKA. FLAG IS HAULED DOWN rwo Thousand Square Miles of United States Territory Is Given to John Bull, Washington, U C (Special.) AH that tan be obtained from the state depart ment about the Alska boundary re cently established is that It is only temporary. L'ndcr this provision the American flag no longer waves over about 2,000 square miles of territory which has belonged to us ever since we in quired it from P.ussla. This Is larger than the state of Ithode Island. The state department says the pres ent line is provisional and temporary, but according to equally good author ity, the fact that the present boundary is recognized by this government at ail practically gives Canada Judgment by default and alienates a large tract ol American soil and transfers American citizens and their property interests to the domanlon of Great Britain's crown colony without their consent, and the American flag is to be hauled down without the previous action of congress. It is pointed out that Sir Wilfred Lrfurler. premier of Canada, practically advocated war unless Canada obtained what she wanted of our Alaskan terri tory. This was Just prior to the out break of war with Africa. He was piomptly called down tfy Lord S.-iiiv bury, who wanted no trouble with this country while preparing to do business with Kruger, and wished to defer the s-ttlement until the African republics were disposed of. It Is said that nothing short of war can recover the Alskan strip, should congress nullify the present bargain, and while Great Britain Is deslroying the South African republics to get pos session of their gold mines, employing 220.&U0 troops to accomplish her pur pose, she is making an equally import ant conquest of territory belonging to the l'nited Suites for the same pur pose without striking a blow. In vindication, the state department points with pride to the fact that the provisional line, which they say they are fully prepared to defend. Is so draw n as tu keep Canada's shipping ten miles from the boundary line at the nearest point, "notwithstanding the Canadian ambition to get a port on the Lynn canal." This Is to be used as the main ar gument why the provisional boundary line should be made permanent. It Is stated that disease Is cutting d'-adly swath among American troops In foreign climes. The bullet has been largely succeeded by surer agencies of death in the shape of tropical fevers. adding each day to the percentage of fatalities. The casualty list cabled al most daily by General MacArthur at Manila contains an average of twenty five victims, mostly of those diseases peculiar to the climate. It is even hinted that the dread bubonic plague has made Its appearance among the American troops, but If this Is so. It Is effectually concealed in the death re ports. If those in authority In the Philippines were so disposed they could readily hide the existence of the plague by ascribing deaths to other causes, and It is very doubtful whether the real facts would ever be known, unless the disease should assume epidemic form and get beyond control. It is recalled that two years ago, when the American soldiers were strick en with yellow fever In Cuba, the true state of affairs was not not known until some time after the beginning of the outbreak. Whether the surgeons were unfamiliar with the symptoms of the fever or whether the actual condi tions were suppressed to avoid alarm end n outcry at home, h never been definitely settled. It is now admitted that the disease has reappeared among the army of oc cupation in Cuba, and that it is de veloping with such rapidity that mili tary ofticers are In serious apprehen sion. Kever Is known to have existed in the various camps for some monihs, but that It Is spreading in spite of every known obstacle placed before it is one of the strongest pleas for the removal of the Jroops to more healthful quar ters. What with rumors of bubonic plague in the Philippines and yellow fever ac tually thinning the ranks of Cuba, the American army is surely encountering Unfamiliar foes, WILLING TO FIGHT M'KINLEY. Cumberland, Md. (Special.) George L. Wellington, the senior republican United State senator from Maryland, has definitely announced his determina tion to oppose the re-election of Presi dent McKlnley, but has not yet made up his mind in what manner he will do It In discussing his position, Sen ator Wellington said: "1 am unalterably and forever oppos ed to Imperialism, which I shall fight with all my power. I am opposed to President McKlnley because h. has de ceived me In national affairs and I shall oppose his re-election. I am not now prepared to state what part 1 shall take In the campaign, but I will attend, if possible, the national liberty congress at Indianapolis. I do not know whether I win 1099011 Bryan or not There are some rhlnge abot kin J to f?t 'vlCTC TON CSXFKEKE ECU Flnanc Commltteee Arm Named and Headquatere Moved. Lincoln, Neb. (Speclal.After hav ing been two days In session, the state executive committees of the fusion par. ties adjourned. A satisfactory solu tion of the ways and means problem was reached and the fusion campaign from now until election day will be active, aggressive and harmonious. The new finance committee is com posed of Henry Blum, democrat; C. J. West, populist, and A. M. Gieason, sil ver republican. They will at once be gin the work of securing the funds necessary to the legitimate prosecution of the campaign. It was decided to move the populist national and state headquarters from the Uncoln hotel to the Llndell. Mr. Bryan announced in a most pos itive manner that he regarded the in come tax as one of the Issues of the campaign ,and that he would discuss It In his letter of acceptance, but not in his notification speech. He said: "I shall not discuss the question in my sptcch at Indianapolis, but shall do so later In my letter of acceptance. The reaffirmation of the Chicago plat form at Kansas CKy I certainly regard as adherence to the demand for aa income tax. GERMAN VOTE WILL CHAN6E. Ex-Republican Predicts Big Gains For Bryan. Washington, D. C (Special.) John W. Habercorn. former chief of the Ger man'bureau of the republican congres sional committee, and who has also di rected the Gernvin-Amerlcan ca--npaigr for the national committee, discussed the political situation today regarding the attitude of the G.rrnan voters throughout the country. AUK AGAIXST MILITARISM. "What are the German-American vot ers going to do In the coming elec tion?" he was asked. ' ff the German-American comes to the conclusion that the policy of the republican party must lead to Imperi al ism and militarism, he will vote for Bryan. 1 think that the &0 or 85 per cent of the German vote which was cast for McKlnley In lii&6 will be re duced to at lesst 40 per cent; It may go even lower than 30 per cent, but thai depends on future events. MAKES SOMK ESTIMATES. "Bryan will get not less than 60 per cent of the German-American vote, and In my Judgment that means that he will gain In Ohio from 30,000 to 50,000 votes, less than 60,000; In Wisconsin 30.000, In Michigan from 10.000 to le.OOO, In Minnesota from 8.000 to 14.000." WILL CRUSH THEIR RIVALS. The Steel Magnates Try to Crush Competition. Chicago, 111. (Special.) Will Carne gie, the Federal Steel company and the other big concerns crush the weaker ones out of existence? ' Much as the steel and Iron Interests would like to put sn end to the denior a'lzatlon In prices. It is believed that the big concerns, such as Carnegie, the Federal company and Jones A Laugh lin, all of whom are in a strong posi tion, will force the fight on the weaker ones to such an extent that they will drive them out of business. The first aim of those who were In terested In the recent conference was to Heady the market and advance prices, and to do this they were willing to close the mills if necessary, but it !s stated on good authority that Car negie dominated the conference and was successful In defeating an agreement. Carnegie and Jones A Laughlln, two of the biggest producers In the coun try, have been waging bitter war on each other to such an extent that steel billets that sold in this market last winter at 'M a ton sold last week at $17. ON TIDAL WAVE. The steel and Iron trades have been prosperous and unheard-of advances had been made in quotations, and they all thought that It would continue. Ac cordingly the smaller concerns con tracted with the producers for supplies of materials for a long period in ad vance. Prices wre too high, no one would buy and the slump came, the small con cerns having placed their contracts at the high prices, and they did not know what to do. NO MKRCT SHOWN. They finally appealed to the produo ers, who were aware of the condition for mercy, an das a result the confer ence was held, but Mr. Schwab, presl dent of the Carnegie company, It It said, notified those present that they were In the field to do business and this meant that they would hold the smaller companies to their contracts, and thus crush them out of existence. MKXICAN TROOPS AT BAT. Osxaca, Mei., Aug. 2. -The military authorities here have received Inform, tlon that there has been continued fighting between the Maya Indians and the government troops In Yucatan for the last five days, and that the rebels nave been forced to abandon several of their strongest positions near the city Chan Santa Crus, where Ihey have tneir headquarters and tribal govern ment. The Indians wars taken hv .nr. prlae several days ago by a force of about 2,000 governent troops command ed by General Bravo, comln- in nn their right flank. After firing a few voiieys. wnen this first onslaught was made by the g-vernment troops, the Indiana retreated a short distance and then made a determined stand, which they have held with n-miat-M- .-a raax mvtry.
