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H -jf e !sffl r i) RUSSIANS THE CZAR WILL CRUSH THE CHINESE EMPIRE. ARE READY FOR WAR An Army of Four Hundred Thou sand Men Bains Organized By Russia For Service. St. Petersburg, Auk. 15. It Is re ported In war office circles that Russia will throw an army of 400,000 troops Into China. This vast force Is not to assist In the rescue of the ministers at Pekln, ut to strike a series of staggering irtows on the Chinese. Russia will not commence a really offensive movement until success is certain. She realises that the future of her eastern boundaries depend upon her Inflicting such a chastisement as will deter the Chinese for generations from violating Russian territory. The order of the Slav has gone forth that the Mongolian must be over whelmed and crushed beyond resur rection. There are now nearly 100.000 troops either in China or just beyond the bor der. Another 100,000 are to be sent from the Odessa district In the near future. The remainder of the 400,000 will be on Chinese soil before the year closes. The cxar, Nicholas III , has consent ed that M. de Glers leave Pekln, pro vlded the Chinese authorities guaran teed his Journey to the cuast. Count Waldersee left Hanover today to confer with the kaiser at Wllhelm slohe. He will sail from Genoa for China August 21. Hong Kong, Aug. 13. Hinting and looting continue around Swatow, and the viceroy ignores the protests of the foreign consuls. All .missions in Ung Kong (Yung-Chan?) have been razed to the ground and native Christians toned to death. Kev. Mr. Fisher and Rev. Mr. Goesbeck telegraphed today to Consul General Wlldman as follows: "Three more chapels burned and mission houses looted. Our lives are endangered. Tao Tal Is silent. Save us. Insurrection spreading." This Is proof that the antl-f 're!gn agitation exists in Ihe tnust aggravated form all over China. Swatow Is in tht province of Kwang- Tung and 'far away to the south of the scenes of massacres already re ported. China Is getting rid of the huted for eigners by the most expeditious meth ods. London, Aug. 15. A Che Foo dis patch of August 10 to the Dally News says that American and British sol diers led the attack at the battle of Tang Tsun. The Chinese retired pre cipitately from a lino of seven in-trent-hments and fleJ to I'ekin. The lntrenchtinents were strong by natural position and were splendidly fortified in addition. The British had 200 killed and wounded and the Americans 250. Washington, Aug. 15. Rear Admiral KernpfT hus been ordered to proceed to Shanghai from Nanking and assume command of the minor fleet, which Is patrolling the southern coast of China, calling at Shanghai, Amoy, Swatow, Hong Kong and other points. TREMENDOUS COST OF WAR. Expenditures Promise to Create an Enormoua Deficiency Bill. Washington, Aug. 15. During the first nine days of August the war de partment expended 15,415.000. The government's fiscal year begins on July 1. The total war department expendi tures since the beginning of the fiscal year have been 124.20.124.47. Thus, an average expenditure for each day by the department has been, since July 1, t713.527.19. The cost of the war department has been more than one-third of the entire expenditures of the government this fiscal year. The total appropriations made for Ihe war department at the first session of the Fifty-sixth con gress, which adjourned on June 7 last, were $114,220,05.55. The campaign In China was not dreamed of when these appropriations were made. There wtll be an enormous army de ficiency bill at the next session of con fess'. BIO FIRE AT IOWA CITT. Iowa City, la., Aug. IS.-Lindsey's racking house, owned by Hill Mul lln, burned today. Loss 175,000, insur ance 110,000. The Crescent Roof com pany, woven wire makers,, occupied part of the building. Th-lr loss Is 48,000, Insurance W.0O0. The fire Is supposed to bavs been started by tramps. HUES BIO CORFUKATION, Denver, Colo.. Aug. U.Today the tat of Colorado entered ault against the Pullman Palace Car company for 111 , Secretary Beckwlth, Attorney General Campbell and Auditor Temple bell? that the Pullman company la capiat a corporaUon tai which It ought to pay aggregating tht turn fcrooffct M the nU. A MtSTERY CLEARED UP. Prisoner In St. Louie Confesses to Murder of Sioux City Man. Sioux City, la., Aug. 15. The mys tery surrounding the strange death of John E. Kubsun, in this city, December 2$ of last year, has been solved, It is believed. The police are in receipt of informa tion from St. Louis to the effect that Frank Peyton, recently arrested there on another charge, has made a state ment, In which he confesses that he murdered Kobson while in the act of burglary. Peyton says he was in Kob son's olllce for the purpose of looting the safe when Robson unexpectedly appeared. He declares that he struck his victim on the head with a hatchet and fled without waiting to learn the extent of the Injury. Robson was a well known citizen, and one of the most prominent contractors In the state of Iowa. Despite vigilant efforts of the police, the case bid fair to become an impenetrable mystery. An unfortunate feature of the affair is that two residents of Sioux City, on of them a former partner of the dead man, were suspected. They were sub jected to the humiliation of a public hearing, and although they established their innocence, their plight was an un enviable one. The confession of Pey ton, If it can be fully established, will, of course, corect the great wrong these Innocent men suffered. On the night of the murder Mr. Hobson went to his of fice long sfter working hours, . called there to attend to some business which he had forgotten during the day. STRIKERS 0R6ANIZE COMPANY. Street Car Strikers Incorporate a Rival Company. St. Louis. Aug. 15. The street rail way employes who have undertaken to build a rival street railway system, tiled articles of Incorporation yesterday. The capital stock Is $3,0u0, which the promoters of the line say is placed at so low a figure merely ,.as a starter. The officers of the new concern are as follows: President, 1 nomas U. Edwards; vice president, Simeon O. Collins; secretary, William D. Benson; treasurer, John A. Roof. Messrs. Edwards, Benson and Col lins constitute the committee recently appointed by the local street railway union to organize a corporation to en ter the street railway buMlness in this city. This committee has engaged Jamef Craig as Its attorney and adviser. Mr. Craig comes from St. Joseph, Mo. He was at one time president of the Union Railway company of that city and has organized a number of Missouri corpo rations. Mr. Craig says there will not be the slightest difficulty In building the road If a franchise can be secured. But while Mr. Craig declares all the neeces cary money is already pledged Ho the enterprise, he will not tell by whom. He says that the company was or ganized with a capital Block of $5,000 Just as a "starter," and that It will likely be Increased to a larger figure In the near future. A mass meeting of the local union labor organizations will be held Saturday nJght, at whlrh the new street railway project will bs formally launched. MR. WU HAS NARROW ESCAPE. Leak In a Sail Boat Spoils Hie Costly Chinese Robes. Cape May, N. J., Aug. 15. His Im perial Chinese majesty ertvoy to the United States, Wu Ting Fang, had a narrow escape from a violent death here today. But It was not a mob of Indignant Americans seeking to wreak vengeance on the land of r.he dragon for the Boxer outrages that menaced the minister. It was only a leak In a little sail boat and the deep waters of the Atlantic that threatened to leave China without a proper representative. With the minister were Mme. Wu, her nephew, Mr. Fung; the minister's nephew, Wu Hsueh Lien; his son, Wu Chao Cnu; Captain and Mrs, Nesmlth and Mme. Hall. The little yacht they had eharterel rprung a leak and the water came In until the minister's guests were com pelled to stand along the gunwale. The young Chinamen screamed for help and several rowboats put out to the rescue and saved the despairing en voy and his guests Just as the yacht settled for s last plunge. The China men's costly robes were ruined. BITS OF CHINA. Washington, Aug. 15. Mlnlnter Wu, while he has no advices from an official source, thinks It more than likely that LI Hung Chang has been called upon by an Imperial decree to act as medi ator with the powers to establish peace. "As you know," said Minister Wu, "LI Hung Chang Is a trusted servant of the Chinese government and Is al ways called upon to settle grave ques. Hons." Washington, Aug. 15. Rear Admiral KernpfT has been ordered to proceed to Shanghai, from Nagasaki, and assume command of the minor fleet, which la patrolling the southern coast of China, calling at Shanghai, Amoy, Swatow, Hons Konk and other point. Victoria, B. C Mall advices from China aay that the Ignorant Chinese became panic-stricken and clamored for passage when the steamer Coptic ailed for the orient August 1. They evidently feared reprisal cm ao. count the Pekja tvtraam BOER WAR. THE ENGLISH HAVE NOT YET CONQUERED. BOERS STILL FIGHT ON England la Getting Tired of War ana Heartily Wishes Kruger Would Quit. London, Aug. IS. The war office to day received the following message from Lord Roberts: "Pretoria, Aug. 14. Johannesburg re ports taht a patrol from the water works was attacked August T. "Buller ocupled Amerspoort the even ing of August 7. The enemy retired be fore his force about six miles before Amerspoort was reached. The casual ties were twenty men wounded. "Buller was on the north bank of Relstsprult August 9, on his way to Ermelo. "Rundle arrested at Harrlsmlth Com mandant Marais, three field cornets and thirty armed burghers and a Brit ish subject of Natal named Marais; a Boer spy, Erasmus, and a former member of the Free State Intelligence bureau. " "Hunter reports that 130 burghers, with upward of a miilon rounds of am munition, surrendered August 8 and on August 9 Cloet, a member of the volks raad, was a prisoner with Hunter. "Kitchener engaged DeWet's rear guard yesterday near Llndequa, within hearing of Methuen's guns, six miles northwest." Lord Roberts wires to the war office from Pretoria, under yesterday's date, as follows: "A plot to carry me off has been discovered. , It was clumsily conceived. The ringleaders and all concerned are now under arrest." ENGLAND TIRED OF WAR. Great Britlan iVould be Happy If Oom Paul Would Quit. London, Aug. 15. This can hardly be said to have been a lively week in Eng land, for obituaries and funerals have been taking the largest space in the newspapers. The way the South African war drags out wears upon Englishmen, and no news would be so welcome as that some well-wisher of the Transvaal had convinced President Kroger that noth ing In Europe or China will make Great Britain relax her ever-tightening grip on South Africa. Everybody in the armry or who has anything to do with it in South Africa wants to come home and la heartily sick of the whole thing. But, knowing that it must go on to a finish ,the dregs of war are having some bitterness. The plot to kill British officers at rPe- toria is taken in England as showing the savage temper of the Boers, while the British are Veported to be doing some things which are provoking ad verse comment in Great Britain. Thus, the Standard prints a Pretoria dispatch dated August 9, saying: "The Boers sniped a train at Bronk- hurst yesterday on the line between Pretoria and Middleburg. Two of Its occupants were wounded. In accord ance with Lord Roberts' warning, all the farms were fired within a radius of ten miles." Even the English say there must be a mistake somewhere. A couple of Boers fire at a military train, per fectly within their rights, as warriors, and every farm house within ten miles In every direction is committed to the flames. AN EN6LISH ARMY SCANDAL. British Soldier Nearly Starved While Officere Live High. London, Aug. 15. The hospital scan dal In South Africa Is supplemented by an army scandal. It is asserted that soldiers who at present are doing the hardest work In the Free State have been literally starved until the infantrymen are so weak that they can hardly stagger under the weight of their equipment. One pound of raw flour, which sol diers themselves have to cook after a hard day's march. Is served out to each man every alternate day. The following day he gets one pound of bis cuits. One pound of raw meat is dis tributed to each man dally, but nine times out of ten he cannot cook It. Meanwhile, members of Lord Rob erts' staff are living in hotels, or com paratively comfortable quarters, while huge stores of sugar, tea, cocoa and groceries are being stacked at railway sidings and dock warehouses to be for gotten. BRITISH LEARNING THE LESSON. London, Aug. 15. The rise in prices continues here at an alarming rate. Coal advanced half a dollar this week, common linen and woolen articles In creased 20 per cent, boots and all leather goods 15, silk 22 Vi. bread 17, oil 15, iron ware 10. Laundrymen raised their price 12 per cent. The high price of coal is given as the reason for rise in prices combined with the big demand, owing to the war, for certain commodities. The era of high prices In the necessar ies la teaching the people that Imper ialism la an expensive amusemt.it. Marseille. The foremen of the Trana-Atlantle Steamship company have decided to strike, beginning to morrow. It la feared the movement will sprsad to other lines. THREE BIDS FCR ARMOR PLATE. Mldvale Company Appeara as i Rival to the Trust.. Washington, Aug. 15. Bids for the armor for the eight battleships, six ar mored cruisers and three protected cruisers authorized by the last two ses sions of congress were opened at the navy department today. The armor advertised aggregated 35,950 tons and constitutes the largest item of Its char acter ever opened to competition by the navy department. The Carnegie and Bethlehem steel companies, which have heretofore monopolized the production of armor plate for the use of the gov ernment, had a rival In the Mldvale Steel company of Midvalj, Pa. The Bethlehem and Carnegie compan. ies each bid for only half the armor to be furnished and their bids were Iden tical in amount, terms of delivery and other features. The Mldvale company bid for the entire amount of armor at a price considerably below that of the other companies and also Included In Its bid a sliding upward scale for lesser amounts than the total aggregate, with the condition, however, that the bid should not be considered unless 20,000 tons or more should be awarded to It. The bids of the Carnegie and Bethle hem companies are each for 15,000 tons of face-hardened armor of class A that Is, armor for battleships and ar mored cruisers of five inches or more in thickness at $445 per ton exclusive of a royalty of $45 per ton, making an aggregate of cost to the government of $7,350,000 for 15,000 tons of armor of this class. On the class B armor each bid $400 per ton. The bid of the Mldvale Steel company was a fiat bid to furnish the toial of 31,000 tons of class A armor at $438 a ton, an aggregate of $13,578,000, with no royalty charge to the government. The upward scale for less than the ag gregate amount Is as follows: 25,000 tons at $440; 20,000 tons at $442; 15,000 tons at $454; 10,000 tons at $466; 5,000 tons at $500; 2,500 tons at .$530. REPETITION OF CRONIN MYSTERY. Children Make CastlyX Discovery In Cincinnati. Cincinnati,. O., Aug. 15. Three chil dren, romping carelessly on the side streets of Mount Auburn made a ghastly discovery In a secluded sewer catch basin Just before dark tonight. It was the body of a dead man with his head literally beaten to a Jelly with clubs. There Is no positive clue to his Identity. The murder Is supposed to have taken place last Wednesday. The dead body had neither shoes nor stockings. A freshly laundered shirt, collar, pantaloons and drawers were the only clothing on him. His dress indicated respectability. He was about 35 years old, five feet seven inches Yiigh and of brunette complexion, with dark curly hair. As a mystery It is sugestive of that of Ir. Cronin of Chicago several years ago and it may develop a sensational story. The astonishing circumstance about the myatery is that the body wae found on Mount Auburn, where crimes of violence have been unknown and In a S3wer within 200 yards of some of the finest homes in that section of the city, ELECTED BY 006 MEAT. Indian Chief (Servas Voters With Free Lunch and Wine. Wichita, Kas., Aug. 15. The full- blood element, or pull-back party, has won another sweeping victory In the election of Big Heart as chief of the Osage tribe. The election took place on Monday, but the 1,700 votes have Just been counted and the decision an nounced. Big Heart Is a millionaire and won his victory at the polls in the regular manner. The Osages are great lovers of dog meat, and unfortunately fat dogs have been scarce in that sec tion of the country for some time, but Big Heart sent agents into Kansas and Oklahoma and purchased a large sup ply of nice, fat dogs. These he had cooked and served at various voting places, and all voters were Invited to lunch at his expense, which they did Then they all voted for him. It seems as If his majority was larger than ever before. ' PUNISHING THE ASHANTES. Believe That They Will Not Engage In Ancther Rebellion. Bakwal, Aug. 15. A column of 701 men, under Colonel Burroughs, has re turned from Kumassle, having rein forced and re-rationel the fort for two months. The force attacked and de stroyed three old stockades after a des perate bayonet charge in which four officers and hirty-four native soldiers were wounded and three killed. On the night of August 7 Colonel Burroughs attacked an Ashantl war camp near Kumassle, surprising the camp and bayoneting the enemy. Great number! were slain without a gun being fired. A lieutenant was killed and two men were wounded. Other flying columns are going out and it is believed that the punishment inflicted will not soon be forgotten, though several defeats are still needed to clear the country south of Kumassle of the rebels. WEKLT BANK STATEMENT. New York, Aug. 15. The weekly bona statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, $1,018,925; loans, Increase, $4,34S,30O; specie Increase, $443,400; legal tenders, decresse, $730,900; deposits, Increase, $2,2S,O0; circulation, Increase, 1786,000. The bank now hold $23,128,950 In ex cess of the requirement of the M pel csat rule. . ....... ID PEIffl. MR. CONGER IS INSTUCTED TO STAY THERE. WILL SOON BE RELIEVED But Is Told to Remain in His Barr icade in Pekln Until ha Hear From Washington, Shanghai, Aug. 15. It Is announced that Li Hung Chang has been Invested with full powers to treat with the allied forces. St Petersburg, Aug. 15. It is re ported that 12,000 Chinese troops are marching from the provinces of Hu Nan and Hu-Pel toward Pekln and Tien Tsln. Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. Minis ter Conger was directed to remain bar ricaded in the British legation in Pekln until further instructions are sent him by this government. The diplomatic representatives of other governments, it is expected, will cable similar in structions. In this way the powers will checkmate the move of the Im perial government to induce the min isters to leave Pekln on the ground that their governments have been ask ing why they do not start for the coast. Though Minister Conger, in his dis patch, asserts that the tsung-ll-yamen states to the diplomatic body that the various foreign governments have re peatedly asked through the respective Chinese representatives that they de part from Pekin under suitable escort, the department is satisfied that Minis ter Wu made no such representations to his government, and that the object of the lie told to the diplomatic corps was to get them away from the forti fied position they occupy, so they would be at the mercy of the Boxers ind imperial troops. DUPLICITY OF THE CHINESE. While convinced of the duplicity of the Chinese government from previous dispatches received from Minister Con ger and other sources, the dispatch of today is identical with those sent other governments, and shows conclusively the lengths to which the .tsung-ll-yamen have gone to Induce the ministers to place themselves In the power of the Chlense. Warm commendation Is given Minister Conger and his col leagues for their shrewdness In de clining to accept the statements of the tsung-ll-yamen, unsupported by cipher Instructions from their respective gov ernments. China will be held heavily to account for her attempts to lure the ministers to their death by misrepresentation and it is understood that the dispatch of today will be the subject of another representation to the Chinese govern ment when the demand made two days tgo is answered. . I 5 !. . TO RELIEVE THE MINISTERS. The authorities are now considering only the relief of the ministers and the method by which this Is to be brought about was the subject of con sultations today by Secretary Root with the president. The first action de termined upon was to cable Minister Conger approving his purpose to re main in Pekin, informing him that neither the United States nor any other government had asked 'China to direct the ministers to leave Pekln, directing him to remain barricaded In the lega tion until further instructions, and In forming him of the advance of the re lieving column. It is expected that when the allied troops have got within a reasonable ' distance of Pekln arrangements will be made between the military com manders and the Chinese authorities for the delivery of the foreigners at the gates of the capital to a foreign escort. This escort must not be at tacked. Should It be the allies will Im mediately resume their advance. When the ministers are safe the presi dent will probably take under consid eration the question of stopping the advance on Pekln which the Chinese government Is anxious to bring about. MESSAGE FROM CONGS'R. The department of state made public i this morning the following telegram from Minister Conger which was re ceived by Minister Wu la?t night, be ing contained In a telegram sent to him by the taotal of Shanghai. It was handed by Minister Wu to the acting secretary of state at 8 o'clock this morning: "Secretary of State, Washington: The tsung-ll-yamen states to the dip lomatic body that the various foreign governments have repeatedly asked through the respective Chinese minis ters, that we Immediately depart from Pekln under soluble escort. The ya men asks us to fix a date for our de parture and to make the necessary ar rangements to do so. Our reply is that we will seek lnxtructlons from our governments, and that In the absence of such Instructions we cannot quit our posts. I must inform you that In order to Insure our safe departure, for eign troops o..ly can safely escort us. and they must be In sufficient force to safely guard 800 foreigners, Including 200 women and cbildnn, as we'l as 3,000 native Christiana, who cannot be abandoned to ceiialn massacre. We cannot' accept a Chinese escort under any circumstances. All my colleagues are dispatching the foregoing to their respective govtrnmtnta, - UIICX PACIFIC KZ'JXl (21 Are Kilted by Sheriff PcN at Ooodland Kaneae. Goodland, Kas., Aug. 16. There seems to be no doubt that the men kiled three miles east of here yester day were the men who robbed a Union Pacific train in Colorado and shot W. J. Fay of Sallna last Sunday. On the body of the one shot was found a watch, two black calico face masks, a lady's watch chain and charm and aa opened envelope, addressed to some il legible name at Hugo, Colo. He was tall, with black mustache, and com monly dressed, The. body was brought to town tonight. The man burned in the house had a large roll of bills, bat it is burned so much that little of It wll be redeemable. A posse, consisting of . Sheriff Walker, J. C. Biggs, George Cullins. K. C. Badison and several others, all heavily armed with rifles and revolvers, went over to the Bartholomew place from here. Walker and Rlggs were the first to dismount and proceed to the house where "the robbers were. One of the robbers caught sight of them and gave the alarm. No sooner had Walker, a moment later, began kicking on th door than they were met by a volley of shot from Inside. The remaining mem bers of the posse quickly lined up around the house, and for ten minutes bullets whirred at a lively rate, the Winchesters of the pursuers pouring a deadly load in the direction of the rob bers. The robbers returned the fire strongly and Riggs soon fell, hit In the breast 'and back. Finally one of the robbers Jumped through a window and made off in the smoke. Before he had gone a half dozen steps he fell in hie tracks, shot to death. Sheriff Walker In the meantime had, forced his way toward the house aa was intent on getting inside. In the smoke and confusion CuIUds got in the way of Walker's gun and was shot in the back and seriously wounded. While the posse was removing Cullins the lone robber made his way to a sod kitchen nearby and barricaded the door. The dead robber lay where, he fell, his body in range of the house. Citixens armed themselves and . went to the ranch. The man inside the house was armed with a Winchester, and a too near approach to the house drew his Are. About 4 o'clock some men. by crawling through a cornfield, got to a shed near the house and from this place threw two railroad fuses onto the roof of the house, setting it afire. It was not many minutes until the entire building was in flames, tut the rubber made no sigh, and it he was not shot by a bullet from the outside, he found) his death in the flames. DESTITUTION AT CAPE NOME. General Randal Asks Authority to send Moneyless Home. Washington, Aug. 15. General Ran dall, commander of the department of Alaska, has made the following report upon the conditions at Nome: "At present there are about 15,000 persons in and about Nome. It la es timated there will be 1,000 destitute here at the close of navigation. I re quest I be authorized to send all des titute persons out of the country by any vessel available in case army transports are not here." , , - A post site has been selected at the mouth of the Nome river, three and a half miles east of Nome. The work of construction is now progressing rap idly. He recommends that the post be named "Davis," In henor of General Jeff C. Davis, who commanded the first troops in Alaska. He also reports that he has chartered the tug boat Meteor and has collected the destitute natives between Sin Rock and Topukck and encamped them on the beach east of the Nome river. The commanding of ficer of that camp has been directed to furnish subsistence and medical atten tion. Reports Indicate that the natives aU along the coast are dying of measles and pneumonia. Smallpox has been checked, no new cases having been re ported In twelve days. All the recommendations of General Randall', above noted, have received) the approval of the secretary of war. THEY BIONT SHOW UP. Officers of the Standard Oil Cnrr pany Do Not Obey Subpoenas. Chicago, Aug. 15. The taking of tes timony n the state of Nebraska against the Standard Oil company of Indiana, before H. L. Evans, notary public at room 504, 84 La Salle street, did not take place. Officers of the defendant company who were expected to testify failed to appear. C. J. Smyth, attorney general of Ne braska, said In regard to the fiasco: "The referees, Judge Tlbbetts and1 Mr, Wright, arranged to take testi mony here, secure the testimony of the officers and have access to the book of the company. Subpoenas were la sued by L. J. Drake, general manager; W. P. Cowan, second vice president, and a man by the name of Harris, be lieved to be the secretary, We art trying to prevent the company from doing business In Nebraska and expect a bard fight." ' KANSAS TROOPS FOR CHINA. Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. IS. Order have been received at Fort Leaven worth for the two companies of the) First Infantry new here to bold selves ready to leave at a notice for San Francisco for Mrrleo ka China, The companies are retrace) up to a strength of in moo sash. 1 i ' 'J' ' .ox ,A.;t . V- K.I I t