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.
