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THE NORTHWESTERN. • ei UJCP CITY, NEB. Ttt MHS IS Bttflf. Senator Wnmvrt ot Rhode Inland “• **** **-*Ww«d ^ A«ha»u ;».ir{ lore* ha* been r.’pprd by the *L K. Mill. ** ea-Kough Rider, 1* *^**d a: Harmharg. p* Tfc* Lender* rath ha* nut yet parned *** ■•*•••< tomes that there 1* » i* the irl*h pari) The hor. ha*e buried the Amrri <aa m-mion at Taag Chow roar be* peupi* »ere eremated in a to* at »e*J New field. Mo. J. M ^tunf , a brother of Su**g *''*• ^rn at run Scott. Kan. The IfRaaia Central tra* amen at (<rHdfak. III., hate itrwi. & me ratal I* on foot in Hot land *» ***** of ansteraai suffrage The »i«aaer China ha* armed at fwa Fraxedaro from the Orient J h* M) if Mr|iun Crane » til be *e*t to thi* country neat meek. i-ieoteaaat Colon* i Potter of the 1 aeatjrwmwad infantry ha* been re tired. I here are *l»ty-three person* suf fering from htkatc plague at Rro Ja neiro. A large Uaar paper making ma th.'# ha* been *ent from Beloit. Wa.. to Lina Two loaded ear* ran* eo-a a hill at fummiiift* bad were complete!/ The Wisconsin Wheel norks at Ra tine Win,, were destroyed l) fire. lam* lum. The tfcwrm a wheat crcp in the east:, veal t reat*» a big demand for harv'cat hand*. Aa ttnhnoan negro a a* l>nrbed at Metcalfe, tin. for attempted assault it a j <8Lg girl «""itarte* A. Kellogg. Jr., of Carthage. Vo haa eta aaaroed tne Cook prize m pamtrf at fait. - Three men acre kilted and eight badly iejarvd in a fire at Brooklyn. uum a boat flTiom. henator Plait of S*-wr York draw the rumor that he mtacu* to r«**:ga ia the senate. It u no* »u>«s that lu.red States «^U foortt ia (tor tsuuct of import* -Mo (tor port ut Manna lknidM Hieaufi sad Bmcr Pound* ! ought a doel at Ljt lagstone. Tea.. *fed tootto mra were killed. Twwaty tlnr dtalb (rum pirns'.:* ta*r been reported tnin Rot khamp t*t QttMpattaad Aiatr«iia. TU C^aar (iaantt iar» tbr powers •to Ctoifea *U1 U«. u* ai quirt'y ir trouble will foiu.w. It Las issued to lieutenant General Mile* acu Major General H. G ('urUt A J. UttiikMI La* toet-n appointed IMHl *uper::.teoc«t.t <? tb» M •/ ...» Saa fftoaadaeo rairruad D. Vatorr at oar tin*- a prom »r*t teas of Chicago, »ui ttoAwd toy 'At. sac * at boh. at id I'LieCe ; tia is STTaai ;jag tor a big pwrwde. U take place at (tor opening «4 *W republican nairBtxa. ~ t* tl—jTiafl— Ilf at Omil— have naarsirf ttor rmtion of a f-.ww* addition to their church Tk mouata.a stronghold of the In surgent* soar *a»iqaet Loire. La.» k»t captcred toy General Grant <’aatri4cr universal conferred the kr w of IX l» on kaUasudur Choate and Prof. Jtfes White of Harvard. Tbr iti*f pr*t« tL *■ inspector Las krt urdr'ed to Ha a1 ana to assist ie tk lanstiptaa of Xtrly I affairs. Arrkk»Uif Ireland denies that ha Las n«r keoatoH tk tortntw of ttor unapt.rat power of The popr. kn T. In-Witt Tnimagc-, naji tbr Pkru rxproittoa is b.gg' r and more moral thaa **• the ( Loaeo 'air. Prefer* has Ifeiitrei,toto4 its atintotcr and nasal uft<m tc Catca to iooper atr a Kb rrpr«*«-oi*mr* of tbr other for tk puterUuo of foreigner*, uflkia. roast shows that James If Lyferto of ffrxso X f.. ha* kro rlKtsf presale a? of the lot* rnational f jry«jcraph teal uc*re by over « UW taa* jurtty o**f * M Dufeadiy TW feme for foe Louisville, Evans nlk 41 F* Low** railrred. entered in tfe* f atted States circuit court at In diaaapoli*. ha* to*re approved toy Judge Aika of Sprtngfk.d. III. Governor Tnaaer of Illinois has is a teiBiaiUot upua Governor of Arkansas for the extrndltloa of William Browning. wanted m Ma son county, Illinois, for burglary. It to ■***> that failed {Mates consul Hoiks at. Lourenco Marque* has urged i*T»»td» nt Crupf to sue for p* i e. -w.tary Hay denies the report It to toe ieted that Jkc bon who n-urdtred iihertt Tyler at Thompson Sprints. I'tato. a re trying to ream • «. fcsofe t -foie country in We*ter» VA v uming i-ady Randolph Churchill and Ure treaat Georg* Cornwallis \v «*t have de**ded to ignore all obstacle* and be mart-sea fvnaf the neat month A fight re the Italian bark hett. ia port at Feasnc-oto. Fla.. resulted fat* ally for the tret mat*. The captain were badly wounded. A telrpbeo* Ub# kv < oaaf#2cted trcoa ( Artite U» Ylittm and forty j,*. ur» |Mit ittu farm bovan *nn*«i*. ", t*r arcbitert a&4 builder *bu erect ed Uk Awtma parillou at ttoe Farts fiMattka baa arra&c*d a duel with M Inert It**a*r b«*»d*e It*, iattet wired to a Se« York w«f ajar that llt» bulUtloC «aa anaal* It i» wtimaud tfcbt the total Icsa by titt ear* at ftrr at Vtrc.ata Mica , oil! rewb 145o.«**, «»tb ** insurance ot flz+m*. Mart.La Twit Crum* baa bees ap> belated deas of voaars aad a»ei»tant t tt f rtorrr of Ittmtarr at tbe Nonh » ester* aaltrrotty. IT* tc*ipera»ce «««rr« l» in ses aioa ta Uotea. Tl* MtprtOf court of tb* District of CoHuatda baa dcabd a petmos fur aa mjuarticia to rastrats Jobe W. Hay*, arrrarr of Ok* fcKbta of La bor. front uttvfolaf with Joba W. parsons la tab las poestsaioa of ibe buoba of tbt society. Tb* boar*} of boaitb at San Fran ciaco will bm to bold public autopsies am the bodies of dead C u&atses here __i Wood bas circa that the Caban constitutional ttkia will to called aext 8»p Drsey tat cites a *reat mattoa at prior la poetry, fouuded by Prof Al’icrt S. Cook of tbc Kac llab dofarunrot of Yale university. bm bora avarded to Charles A. Kel k«x IT, i*». of CartttaCe. Mo for bis poam esti’Jed “Tbe Mother's TRW CD TO CHINA ' Kinth Beg: meet. United States Infantry, Ordered There From Manila. tNOLAND SENDS NATU DIVISION r»rt of Holler's Forres Will Sail From — Dowager Kmpreaa Holds Hey—Mas to Deride Whether to Defy the World or the Holers. MANILA. June 18.—9 a. m.—The Ninth regiment ha* been ordered ‘to Manila. * hence It w»li proc eed to China, WASHINGTON. June 18.—Adjutant General Corbin late tonight would neither affirm nor deny the Manila ; advices that the Ninth infantry would go to China, but it ir known that the troops are being assembled in Manila for *hls purpose and transports made ready for their occupancy, though it tannul be learned that orders to sail for China have been given. If not al ready sent such orders doubtless will be issued nn>ss reassuring news comes tomorrow. If the gunboat Concord, reported from Manila as sailing with marines aboard under sealed orders, is leaving for China she will be a valuable ad dition to Admiral KempfiT's fleet ren dezvoused at Taku. The Concord is of light draft and it may be she will be able to ascend the Pei-Ho river as far as Tien Tsin, substantially aug menting the force now there. Ad miral Kerney had not reported her de parture late tonight, but the presump tion here i* she is going to China. l'l< to a late hour tonight the for eign emba-sies and legations, like the Amen an government, were without advbes. Some comfort was obtained by t;ie officials of this government, as well as by the members of the diplo mat!? corps, from the Associated Press dispatches from Paris that negatively cast a shadow of doubt as to the ac curacy of the reported burning of the legations and the murder of the Ger man minister in Pekin. They feel that surely happenings of such great Import as those stated to have taaea p:ace in Pekin should have reached the outside world by this time. At the same time there is a great deal of aj-.prenension exist :ag in all circles regarding what may have happened. SINT IRON! NAT41 TO CHINA Cu|Uud la Mi*i»at * lilog Troops From N»mh African Field. LftjCDON, June IS.—The extreme gravity of the Chinese crisis in the eye* of the British government is sho*!i by the decision to detach a di vision and three batteries, with a siege train, from the Natal turces for imme diate disp.i ,na. K replied he could not spare a man until a decisive battle with Botha was fought. If part of the British forces w«r- removed the Boers would prolong their resistance, hut on the govern ment further pressing the demand Roberts consented to place the above | mentioned forte from Boiler's com mand at the disposal of the war office for service in China. Suffl lent transports are ready at I>urt u to convey these troops away aa soon as they are got aboard. The bulk of the division is air.-udy at Pfa - terms ntzburg. There i* no alleviation whatever to the .ritual nature of the Chinese out look. mhi< h is undoubtedly causing the deepest alarm and apprehension in po l.rual and commercial quarters here. The fate of the international force is a ®»tter ■ f - ibsidiaff moment; the ital ly rru« ial period will be when the dls turban, e being quelled the future gov ernment of China becomes a matter for discussion and settlement. It is in view of that contingency that England is ac< umulating military and naval forces in the far east. STRIVI TO ARRIST IAU0R. Effort Hill ll« Ma.irtoCai. il Him on 1IU Trip. FRANKFORT. Kv., June 18.-The f»*• *e officials. as well as representa tives of the prosecution, will neither affirm nor deny the report that requi sitions on the governors of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the ar rest of \V. S. Taylor have been made out in anticipation of bis trip through those states to the national conven | turn. It is the general belief here that the effort to arrest him will be made after Ms arrival at Philadelphia. A large number of letters from persons in this state have been written to Governor Stone of Pennsylvania, urging him to follow the position taken by Governor Mount In the event Taylor is arrested. Governor Taylor's friends say they l ave assurances from leading republi can* of Pittsburg that a requisition wiil not tie honored in tnat state. Viglit With I'orrr of Anbantla. LONDON*. June 18.—The Daily Ex pre*s has the following dispatch from Prah Fu. dated yesterday: "There has been another fight on the line of com muniefttiom of the Kumassl relief ex n. There are 5.000 of the en emy fat ing the relief forces. The ] leaders of the rebellion indude Athan teb. queen of the Ofotus.” Rau»«» City Klrvatnr. KANSAS CITY. June 18.—The big I'nion grain elevator located on the west river bottoms but a few blocks from the union depot was destroyed by fire th s afternoon, causing a damage of over $100,000. The building was valued at $70,000 and it contained $30, 000 worth of wheat, all of which was destroyed. J. K. Davidson, principal owner of the property, states the loss la covered by insurance. The A. C. Brockett Cement company, whose warehouses adjoined the elevator, sus tained a damage of $15,000. Several freight cars also burned. Kraaloi of Vfttrl Found. SEATTLE. Wash., June 18.—Accord ing to a dispatch received the strange disappearance of the sailing schooner Phoenix, last seen October 4, 1899, when spoken by the Ainoke on her w ay down from Bering sea with sealskins, has been at last cleared away. The Si wash ranchos of Quatsino claim to Lav* found the hull of the vessel on the rocks fifty miles from th t coast. Tbs Indians claim to have discovered eight skeletors. supposed to bwf cf Captain Locke and his crew. I STRIKERS ARRANGE BOYCOTT. Compere rrgcs Friend» of Labor to Be* fuze to l'atronize Cara. Sr. LOUIS, June 18.—The long drawn-out controversy between the St. Lot: is Transit company and the strik ing employes has now simmered down into a struggle between capital and labor along the lines of a boycott. The submitting of the question or reinstate ment of the former employee of the company to arbitration has been the bone of contention in the recent nego tiations for a settlement of the gtrike, but like all former contentions it has resulted in nothing, the railway offi cials demanding an unconditional sur j render on the part of the men. As a result of the company’s action President Gompers of the American Federation of I^abor has declared that he will do all in his power to bring the influence of the whole body or organ ized labor in America to bear on the local situation in an effort to win the strike for the union. Mr. Gompers urges the strikers to be lawabiding, but advises them to make the opera tion of the cars as expensive as pos sible by refusing to patronize them. The boycott to be declared, strike lead ers say. will apply not only to the St. Louis Transit company, but to every person, every business man. every as sociation and. in fact, any corporation or individual favoring it in any way. RUNS ON AMERICAN WHEELS Lonfmt CnU**rg round RallroiMl in the World Soon to Operate. LONDON, June 18—Beginning In July, London will have in operation the longest electrical underground rail way in the world. It runs from Shep herdsbush, the extreme western su burb, to the Mansion house, six miles. The fare will be 4 cents and the trip will be made in sixteen minutes. By the present mode of transit it taL.es thirty minutes. The tracks run eighty feet below the surface, the passengers being raised and lowered in Ufts capable of carry ing 100 people. It has taken five years to construct the line. It will be opened by the Prince of Wales on June 27. All the rolling sto<k and engines were manufactured <u America. W.>rlt cn St. I.ouis Fair. ST. LOl'IS, June 18.—At a confer ence between the chairmen of the ex ecutive and finance committees of the World's Fair, it was decided that the recanvassing of the city for the pur pose of obtaining additional subscrip tions from firms and corporations to the local fund begin vigorously as soon as conditions in St. Louis would per mit such action. Not much has been done for a month past in the way cf soliciting aid for the project because of the street car strike which has filled the public mind to the exclusion of everything else. As soon as the present chaotic conditions are eliminated to some extent the world's fair management will resume work with renewed vigor. Citizens continue to increase their holdings and letters of congratulation reach the chairman of the various committees in every mail. Big Hattie Near l’anaina. KINGSTON. Jamaica. June 18.—The Royal Mail steamer Don, Captain Davis, which arrived here today from Colon, brings news of an important battle fought on Friday last about ten miles outside of Panama. According to this information the insurgent forces were victorious and some 200 of the government troops were killed. It is inferred that Panama may already be in possession of the rebels. The latter are strongly entrenched at San Joa quin, near Santa Marta, and all the government troops at Baranquilla had been dispatched to Santa Marta when the Don left Colon. . Killed In a Collision. SPRINGVILLE, N. Y., June 18 — Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg trains No. 5, southbound, which left Buffalo at 5:40 p. m.. and train No. 8, north I bound, collided head on at West Falls tonight. Engineer William Katon, of the southbound train, of Buffalo, was killed and Engineer Frank Matron of the northbound train, of Bradford, was fatally injured. No passengers were killed. (iritnim Pressing the Turk. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18.—The United States legation has not yet re ceived a reply to the note regarding the indemnity question handed to the porte on May 21, and Lloyd C. Gris com. United States charge d'affaires, is making verbal representations to the government and pressing for a solution of the matter. Cprising in (ianibria Colony. BATHURST, Gambia Colony, West Africa, June 18.—A native rising has occurred in the Gambia colony, and two British commissioners and six members of the police have been killed at Sannkandi, on the south bank of the Gambia river, by Mandingoes. Sixty Suicides in Two Weeks. LONDON. June 18.—Ixmdon is suf fering from an epidemic of suicides, sixty cases being reported within thir teen days. Influenza, war rejoicings, losses at the Derby and derangement produced by sudden changes or tem perature are the only causes the doc tors can suggest. WRECK AND MURDER ABOUND. ltoxcrn Wrfck Vfnjenre od Person and Property at Pekin. HONG KONG. Monday, June 18.— All the unprotected foreign buildings in Pekin have been destroyed. Hun dreds of natives have been murdered. The Boxers have cut the railway be hind the column of British, American and other foreign marines sent by (British) Admiral Seymour to the re lief of Pekin. This has shut off the column’s supplies. The column is reported to have had an engagement with the Chinese, but with what result is not stated. All wires to Tien Tsin are cut. The United States battle ship Oregon is taking on coal and provisions here preparatory to leaving. The armored cruiser Undaunted left suddenly for the north Saturday under sealed orders. The cruiser Bonaven ture is expected from Manila today to coal and rush north. The sloop Rosario and two torpedio boat destroyers will It ve soon. Tlite southern provinces of China are stilW quiet. 1 Members of Foreign Legations Are Really Prisoners in Pekin. THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS MAN CITY General Tone Declares That no More Foreign Troops Shall Enter Capital— Legations Capable of Making Defense Unless Attacked in Force. LONDON. June 16.—This is the sit uation in China as it appears to the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, cabling last evening: “It is really a state of veiled war. The members of the foreign legations in Pekin are virtually prisoners and the Chinese troops are only restrained from attacking them by fear of the legation guards. Meanwhile the min isters are unable to communicate writh the officers commanding the relief col umn. which is making an enforced and isolated halt before Tien Tsin and Pekin. The walls of the capital are guarded by 100,000 imperial troops. The gates are heavily defended with modern guns. General Tung, acting under orders from the empress dow ager. says no more foreign troops have or shall enter the sacred city. “On Monday the ministers sent a demand to the_Tsung Li Yamen that the gates be opened, declaring that omerwise me ioreign xroops wouiu en ter forcibly. To this no reply was given. A second message went unan swered. or had not been answered when the latest news left Pekin.” Sir Claude MacDonald’s latest mes sage says the legations are capable of sustaining an effective defense unless attacked in force. Russia, this corre spondent asserts, notwithstanding as surances to the contrary, sides with China. Some foreign troops are al ready reported to be in the environs of Pekin and the attitude of the Chi nese troops is increasingly menacing. The streets of Pekin are full of peo ple clamoring for the death of the foreign ministers. Even were the Tsung Li Yamen disposed to restrain j the violence of the reactionaries, it ! is considered highly improbable that | they will be able to hold them in cheek. For the foreign ministers the crisis will arrive when the relief col umn comes in sight of Pekin. It is still felt here that the foreign force is wholly inadequate to battle with the hordes of Chinese troops massed outside the gates, which now include the imperial troops from Shan-Hai Kwan. A disquieting element in the situa tion is the fact that although the Rueso-Chinese telegraph line from Pe kin. via Kiakata (eastern Siberia!, is working the transmission of messages is rigidly refused. From Tien Tsin it is reported that the foreign forces in the harbor will attack the Taku forts and if necessary bombard them. The international column appears to be still at Lang Fang, engaged in slowly repairing the railway, which, according to a dispatch from Tien Tsin to the Daily Mail, dated June 14. cannot be effected for weeks. The force is short of provisions and as it is without field transport it must stick to the railway. The report that the mixed forces will seize the Taku forts is taken to mean that the for eign commanders expect no aid from the Chinese government in repressing the disorders and are determined to secure Taku as a base from which to operate. LONDON. June 16.—4:42 a. m.— The Hong Kong correspondent of the Times, under today's date, says: “The southern provinces of China are still quiet, althought there was a slight dis turbance recently against the Catho lics in the village of Tai-Lek. near Fat-Shan. There are some misgivings at the idea tnat the military authori ties are about to cause a further de pletion of the Hong Kong garrison. YELLOW EEVER IN CUBA. qaftnadon Infmted, Where the American Troops Are Stationed. HAVANA. June 16.—Yellow fever has broken out at Quemados. where the United States troops are stationed. Thus far there have been fourteen cases, three of which proved fatal. At present only six are under treat ment and all are expected to recover. Two soldiers, who married Cuban wo men, were attacked, but they recov ered. A sergeant of the signal serv ice died. Major Frank Edmunds and Mrs. Edmunds were both stricken. Captain Cues of the signal service is in the detention hospital under sus pension, but it is likely his disorder is not more serious than malaria. Havana City is exceptionally clear, only three cases being under treat ment. which is less than was the case during any month of the winter. Gen eral Lee is taking every precaution to prevent troops in the barracks from contracting the disease. Dr. Harvard believes that the fever at Quenados is under check. It has been several years since there was an outbreak there. Martin Rrtlen* a* Premier. VICTORIA, B. C., June 16—Joseph Martin last night resigned the pre miership of British Columbia and James Dunsmuir was sent for by the lieutenant governor. After a confer ence of an hour's duration Dunsmuir accepted the position vacated by Mar tin and was sworn in as premier this afternoon. Mr. Dunsmuir will form a cabinet on non-partisan lines. Wanted for Goebel Murder. BARBOURSVILLE. Ky., June 16.— An unsuccessful attempt has been made to arrest John T. Powers, under indictment as an accessory to the murder of Goebel. A posse quietly formed and left town for the home of Powers’ brother-in-law on Poplar creek, but a rumor had been sent out ahead and Powers had left the house when the posse arrived. Despite Pow ers’ caution his attorney, F. D. Samp son, said today that Powers is not evading arrest, but is willing to in trust his case to a fair and impartial jury at any time General Macabulus Surrenders. MANILA, June 15.—General Maca bulus has surrendered to Colonel Em erson H. Liscom at Tarlac with eight officers and 124 men, all armed with rifles. Senor Pedro Baterno. former president of the so-called Filipino cab inet, has been released temporarily and is now conferring with Senor Fe lipe Burcanaro, former minister of commerce, with reference to the lat vier’s peace platform, il Two hundred men of the Eighteenth infantry who are sick are returning by Ote transport Ilancock in charge of Capta^ Lewis, i JL* PLANNING TO HELP KEMPff, Officials at Washington May Draw Upon Kemey's Marines. WASHINGTON, June 16.—Owing to their natural reluctance to employ troops save as a last resort, and the disclination of the War department to supply such troops except under pres sure, the officials this afternoon were considering an alternative proposition. This contemplated the putting out of commission of several of the big ships attached to Admiral Remey's fleet, i notably the Oregon and tne addition of the sailors and marines so released to Admiral Kempffs landing force. The big ships carry, on an average, more than 300 men apiece. There is a growing belief that it [ will be necessary to organize another | expeditionary force at Tien Tsin to assist Admiral Kempffs column, which, with limited supplies, will be in severe need very shortly unless it can force its way through to Pekin. The Monocacy arrived this afternoon at Takue and if there were an emergency by pushing on up the river she could have reached Tien Tsin before dark. The Monocacy on such a short trip could easily carry fully 500 men in addition to her own crew', so that the safety at Tien Tsin probably is as sured. Secretary Root declines to discuss the military aspect of tbs situation. To the newspaper men tnis afternoon he admitted that the general Chinese situation was discussed at the meeting of the cabinet today and Secretary Hay furnished a»» the information he had on the subject. The secretary was asked whether it had been finally decided to send any troops to China from the Philippines and replied that it had not. STRIKERS MODIFY DEMANDS. Agree to Leave the ^Yueation of Rein statement of the Men. ST. LOUIS, Ma., June 16.—By a prac tically unanimous vote the striking street railway men decided today to accept the new proposition presented by their executive committee and to empower the executive committee to settle on the basis of the clause regard ing reinstatement without reference to the union. This action was brought about through the influence of Samuel Gom pers. president of the American Fed eration of Labor, who arrived in St. Louis last night and was present at the mass meeting, which was held at the West End coliseum this morning. A new plan of settlement is, there fore, now in the hands of the executive committee. It differs little from the other propositions, except in the para graph which provides for the rein statement of the men. FILIPINOS PIT TO FLIGHT. Troops I'ndrr Funstou Score Victory Over Euemy Under l acuna. MANILA. June 16.—Upon informa tion furnshed by Major Wheeler to the efiect that General Lacuna intended to attack Papaya, province of Neuva Ecija, General Fuaston, with staff of ficers. Captain Koepler and 't roop G of the Fourth cavalry and half a com pany of the Thirty-fourth infantry, iepaired to Papaya. General Lacuna was found with 500 men occupying a ridge south of town. General Funston attacked hitfi vigorously, sixty Ameri cans charging the enemy under a hot fire. The insurgents fled. On their attempting to make a stand later Captain Hoekler. with a detach ment of troops, charged and scattered them. The pursuit over the rough country lasted until nightfall. Twenty-two of the insurgents were killed. One American was killed and one wounded. RECEPTION GIVEN OTIS. MajoKiforrul Receives Hearty Welcome at His Home. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 16.—Ma jor General Elwell S. Otts v.as given a warm welcome in this city, his old home. There were at least 100.000 strangers in the city. General Joseph Wheeler reached the city about noon and was given an enthusiastic recep tion. The celebration reached its climax in the parade which took place in the afternoon. The United States army was represented by about 1.200 men of the Fifteenth infantry and the Fifth and Seventh artillery, the regimental band of infantry heading tne regulars. The marine band from Washington was also a feature of the procession. Regiments of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and New York, several separate military companies and many civic organizations were also in line. CHINAMEN WIN A POINT. Secure Dissolution of Ijnsrantloe as to P»it of District. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 16 In the United State circuit court Judge Morrow rendered a decision in the case of Jew Ho against the board of health of this city, dissolving the general quarantine of a section of Chinatown now enforced by the board of health, owing to the alleged existence of plague in this city. Judge Morrow held hat the quar antine was discriminatory in its char acter, inasmuch as only members of the Mongolian race were held within its restrictions; that the method of quarantine tended more to increase the danger of contagion from the plague because it quarantined a dis trict instead of the houses within a district. KmIiih KmiI in Imli*. CALCUTTA, June 16.—ita:n fell con tinuously in the Darpeeiin district for three days, ceasing at 4 o'clock this morning. Several slight land slips oc curred and a number of water pipes were broken. Mach Wanted American. BERLIN, June 16.—The Berlin po lice have advertised for the where abouts of R. E. Haskell, a German American shoe dealer who opened stores here a year ago, but recently disappeared, leaving his business bankrupt and liabilities to the amount of 80,000 marks. Kralla Full of Skeletons. LONDON, June 16.—Reports from the White House—Harrison expedition to Abvsinnia, show that the districts around Lake Rudolph and Stephanie are deserted, the inhabitants having either died or left the country. The kraals were discovered to be full of skeletons. Lstrure Goes to Canada. CHICAGO, June 16.—In the United States court of appeals today the or* der denying Count Toulouse Latrure a writ of habeas corpus was affirmed Latrure will be taken back Every Portion of Empire in State of Fer ment and Restleeeness. EMPRESS DOWAGER IS EQUIVOCAL. Several of European 1’oweM to Send Forces — Fears French and English Collision — Chinese Steamer Laden With Munitions of War Clears From Shanghai. IvONDON, June 15—4:25 a. m.— Observers at Cheyenne ami Tien Tsin think there is a great deal more trou ble ahead for the concert of powers than merely reaching Pekin with 2,240 men. Serious disturbances are taking place at Yunnan-Fu an<\ Meng Tse. as well as at other points at a considerable distance from the capital. The whole Chinese empire seems to be in a ferment The intentions of the empress dowager are still equivocal, with a balance of testimony on the side of a determination to expel the appropriators of a part of her coun try or to lose her dynasty in the at tempt. It is related of her that on Monday following the murder of the j chancellor of the Japanese legation ! she was roused to a sense of danger and went personally to the Yung Ting gate of Pekin, where she advised the rioters to disperse. But she took no steps to apply force and the appear ance of things is more threatening than before. While Admiral Seymour with the international relief column is forcing his way to Pekin, several of the pow ers are arranging largely to reinforce their details at Tien Tsin. Germany purposes sending 1,200 men. Great Britain sent 000 from Hong Kong yes terday and 400 will go Sunday. Italy has ordered 1.000 to hold themselves in readiness. Russia, according to a St. Petersburg dispatch of Wednesday, has decided to bring her force at Tien Tsin up to 6.000. Thus the combined forces at Tien Tsin will probably soon be about 10.000 men. The explicit statement made yester day afternoon in tne House of Com mons by the parliamentary secretary of the foreign office. Mr. Broderick, with reference to the identity of opin ion among the powers upon the ques tion of the application of force and the method of applying it is accepted by all the morning papers as quite sufficient for the present, and the hope is generally expressed that nothing will happen to diminish the harmony. An incident, however, has already occurred, involving the British and French at Tien Tsin, which nearly ended in violence. RAISE HEST POINT STANDARD. Board Will Recommend C'hange in Con dition of Entrance. WASHINGTON, June 15.—The Board of Visitors of West Point has completed its work and one of the board. Representative Slaydon of Tex as. was at the War department today. Mr. Slaydon says the most important conclusion reached by the board was a unanimous recommendation that the examination for entrance to the acad emy be raised materially, so as to ac cord with the first year's work. At present the entrance examina tion is framed under an old law and is so elementary that cadets readily enter the institution. Once inside, however, they are confronted with a very different course and 33 per cent drop out the first year. This is a hu miliation to the cadets who fail and also a source of confusion and ex pense. The Board of Visitors felt that it was quite unjust to admit a cadet by an easy examination and then force him out of the academy by a rigorous course. Divorced Panic* Must Walt. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—Judge Belcher filed an important opinion, in which he holds that marriages of persons divorced in this state, con summated within twelve months after the decree of divorce has been made, are invalid and that in the eyes of the law such persons are unmarried persons. The opinion will be a blow to hun dreds of California couples who have married at Reno.. Nev.. within the past two years under the belief that a mar riage outside of the state nullified the law. Famous .Mexican Dead. CITY OF MEXICO. June 15—Presi dent Diaz was chief mourner at the funeral of the famous lawyer and statesman. Don Justo Benitez, a full brigade of troops escorting the re mains of one of Mexico’s greatest men to the tomb. Justo Benitez was a close associate of the president in the cam paign of the army which General Diaz created and ultimately led to victory. He took great interest in the progress of the United States. First Vessel to Chance Flap. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—The bark Roderick Dhu. formerly Ha waiian. sailed from this port for Hilo. Hawaiian islands, today under the American flag. It is the first vessel to change its flag since the annexa tion of the islands by the 'United States. Instead of clearing from the custom house to a foreign port, as heretofore, it cleared to a domestic port, or coastwise. Negroes Shot from Ambush. DALLAS, Tex., June 15.—He»ry Williams and his son. William, col ored, were shot dead from ambusb in Brazos county while plowing in s field. Officers are searching for a whi.e man who is believed to have shot them. The eldest Williams fought through the civil war as a confederate soidier and made such a good record that he was a full member of the Confederate Veterans’ camp at Millikin. The white confederate soldiers are enraged at the assassination and threaten vengeance on the assassin when cap tured. (hoate Distributes Prises. LONDON, June 15.—Joseph H. Choate, United States ambassador here, distributed the prizes at the twenty fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Leys school, Cambridge. Mr. Choate said education had been the chief industry of the American people from the beginning. The educational processes in Great Britain and the United States differed, but the results were the same. He believed that God had entrusted to these two nations, each in its way, to advance mankind to 4 better, higher and nobler civil iza **' Vbett * : WAR IS NOT YET OVER. EoRUnd Awake* to Fact that >utt Africa Is Not All Hers* LONDON, June 15.-3:30 a. m.— hat Commandant Genera* L*ouis 1 should have been able to stam two days against Lord Roberts then to retreat without losing any jus of having any of his men capturi is taken to mean i-iat he has a pfee which the British must st..l recol as formidable when acting defend iy The pacification of the whole T' is vaal, especially the wide space* far from the railway, is reckoned a si ness requiring months, rather iin weeks. Meanwhile everything es well for the British arms. A *r bulletin issued June 12, at Mathai p,. said: "Both wings of the federal f<i >s tuched the advancing enemy at 1 a. m., east of Pretoria. Fighting ii tinued until dark. The enemy, thigh in overwhelming numbers, was che ed along a line of thirty-six miles anc he burghers succeeded in uriving 1 ck their right wing five miles. Two ir ghers were killed and ten wound!.” Another Machadorp announceme* is. that the nrst regiment of General fel ler's force attacked Almond s Nek ind was "annihilated,” but as the Briisl. were in overwhelming numbers ttfc burghers were compelled to abanlqi the nek. A dispatch from Lourenzo MarqieV dated yesterday, says: "Presicrif Kruger is holding on to his gold t is issuing paper notes from a pn-Js in his executive car. The Boer gi ernment’s coin stock is exhausted t it is now paying out plain gold dis unstamped. Some who have declii to accept notes have taken their nf aries in gold bars. "The Boer government is still pil ing out much gold in that way.” President Steyn is at Unitkop. -fc presence there is supposed to accooft for the Boer activity. ST. LOUIS STRIKE AB01T OWL l'ollce Are Returned to Their Ret;-Is Beat*, While More Cars Run. ST. LOUIS, June 15.—The prelii tions made that yesterday witnesl the beginning of the end of the get street railway strike were corrobont^ ! today when the police departreei withdrew its officers from all the tai and power houses of the St- Leu: Transit company and returned them tt their regular beats. The Transit cony panv continues to augment its fore { , of nonunion employes and its transpow | tation facilities at a rate that promised ; to see tne system in full swing befer 1 many more days have passed. Much interest is being shown by th general public in the coroner's inquest* at present in progress over the bouir:S‘ of strikers and a citizen killed last* Sunday by members of the sheriff's posse comitatus. The testimony adj duced at today's hearing does not deni that Deputy Sheril Marsh shot Fred erick Bohne, the citizen in question but the witnesses disagreed as to th deputy's provocation for shooting ’1 here was testimony from about thir ty-five witnesses, consuming thre hours, after which the jury returnee a verdict of homicide. A sensationa feature of the inquest was the con flicting statements made by witnesse as to whether Police Lieutenant Stack ordered the deputy sheriffs to fire on the crowd. Several of the deputies testified that he ordered the possi guard to shoot, while Stack declaret he did all in his power to prevent th< deputies from firing. 4 \1 COMING ELECTION IN HAVANA. Caban Capital Taking Great Interest Mayorality Race. HAVANA, June 15.—Havana shows a lively interest in the cor elections. Beth candidates for mayoralty are doing their most t* cure votes. Meetings were held evening and this evening and t* have been called for tomorrow noon. The proceedings were with music and last night ct^t In until after 12 o’clock. The j ists claim they control ^ 24.000 votes. On the other hkssenger Aulet, who is managing Ser Mora's campaign, says he of success. General Julicmday (paas also of the opinion that I . . on the strength of his mayor. Thursday and General Alejandro ;Sundfty (mixed nationalist candidate interviewed, but se«apt Sunday (pass hopeful. he would not discu ture for publicities* Cliftoh, urday. The mana# have been empha, Rodriguez is the Gomez, which is despite the fact/lA favor of all. claimed that t*^ independence ^ "Vote for thfja.tionl1 independcnccoop It is asstetl that ThLT7ed1shconW,ll' Place i. first mar of Havana wi to 10 inc., presiden J, Summer He said ‘;,joge connections II To I-ower Prices of S PrfSBi:RG, Pa.. June^nif'N’D bear P°le or combine of • V^Xv ste* manufacturers meets in >■ ■ ^ tGay to reduce the price of 1 {./•respond with the decline \ ^)st of raw material. The piNeb /rice is 2,4 cents per pound, and it is proposed to cut it to 2 cents, or $5 a ton._ Spend Fortune In Monument. WESTCHESTER, Pa.. June 15.—In order to preclude the possibility of a contest over his will after he is dead John G. Taylor of this place is now engaged ih expending a fortune of $100,000 in monuments. Mr. Taylor's avowed purpose is to use all his money in improving Lafayette ceme tery, on the heights of Brandywine battlefield, a short distance from the spot where General Lafayette fell wounded in battle. The bodies of Tay lor’s father, mother, sister, wife and child are buried there. Quietly and without ceremony Mr. Taylor yester day unveiled his fourth monument. Costa Rica on (Sold Basis. NEW ORLEANS, La., June 15.— News received here states that Presi dent Iglesias of Costa Rica has sent to congress a decree making legal the circulation in that country of the money of the Unitea States; also of the gold coin of Eng land, France and Germany. As a con sequence the value of Costa Rica money improved here 110 points from 1 330 to 220 discount. The Costa Rican | congress is now engaged in forming a national banking law which will ^ conform to the new gold basis system.