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Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY <i. ltKMi. NUMBER 34, Tearful Havoc Caused by Big Fire at Hoboken Docks, CASUALTIES OVER TWO HUNDRED I.arge Number of Vl*||»r* Were oil Hoard the firemen—fCfltlumut Plaer* llumnge to Properly at HI* Million* of Dollar* "“Dork* Htlll Smoldering;. NEW YORK, July 2.—The fearful liavoc to life and property caused by the fire which broke out at tne docks of the North German Lloyd company f In Hoboken Saturday cannot be ap proximated with any degree of cer tainty. Conservative people who have experience along the dock are of the opinion that not more than 200 lives wire lost. One of the oulcers of the steamship Bremen said today that there were fully 200 visitors on board the vessel when the fire touched it, the majority of them being women, A boat was loaded from the Bremen shortly after the alarm had been given, but the craft capsized as it touched the water and all hands were precip itated into the water and none of them were saved by those remaining on the vessel. This would indicate that the , list of dead may be larger than at first thought to be. Hundreds of lives, perhaps, possibly 53,000,000 to (6,0011,000 worth of prop erty, including three fine steamships of the Bremen line, were lost in a tre mendous fire which scourged the Ho boken water front. The steamship Maine burned at her clock with a great number of men aboard. The Salle, now beached on the Jer sey Hats, went down river all afire with life boats and fleets of tugs pick ing off such men as they could and such men as flung themselves over board to escape the flames. In her hold were many corpses. The Bremen with seventeen living men aboard, penned in on one side of the hold, with fire aft and forward, and fire above them ano one one side, was beached off Weehawken y Fifty tugs hung around her. The Jiving men talked with the boatmen through the ports. They said that the men on the other side of the hold were df ad. Late tonight when your correspond ent came aw-ay rescuers bad hopes of getting the living men o tfalive. The fire destroyed all the North Ger man Lloyd Piers, dozens o* lighters and canal boats ,a great quantity of eotton and ihe storage warehouse of Campbell & Co., to the north of the pier. The great building was full of valuable merchandise. A list of a hundred seamen, fire men and longshoremen rescued chiefly from the Saale has been compiled. The fate of the officers and some of the ships is in doubt. It is known that Captain Morrow of the Saale is lost. There were eighteen lighters all told at the several piers. Some burned and sank near the shore. Others with their cargoes ablaze floated down stream. It is guess work to say how many are dead, but the lowest guess is J00. There is an unknown number in the hold of the Saale, and a num ber probably as great in the hold of p the Maine. Many men of the crews are practically homeless, save lor the ships and there Is no one to report them missing until a general muster of clews Is made. GIVE CAlSt 10R WAR. Ki'pott of Murder of (iorniioi Minister I.rnI Month is Con firmed. LONDON, July 2.—Official dis •patches received at Shanghai, an ex press cnlde dated at Shanghai. July 1, confirm In thp fullest manner the re port of tlm butchery of Huron von Ketieler. tho German minister, on June li. The uniha.seador was riding in l.e gatlon strict when he wan attacked i>y Chinese troops and Boxers, drag * ged from his horse and killed. His body was hacked to pieces with swords. The German legation and six other buildings were burned and a number of servants of the l»Ka'ions were killed and their bodies thrown into tin* flames. Offieinl confirmation of Oil- ghi-tly business has created the utmost con ntr.nation snior.g the consul generals of the powers, who express'd fear that war a Tout mine w ill !*«• declare | ngtintt the I’rkltt guverutneni 'the • otisuls entertain little hop.1 that .«■»> foreigners uie left alive in the cat -Bn* There were IW foreigners connected with the legations, fifty In f!t«* custom* h< ' .e Ktiglioh and Atnei i • tn tourist i and others to the nundier of IjO and nearly W l-gat >ou guards. the British foreign oftt. e, the Dully hi til letrns. hss re el1. e.| new,, front the British consul at Che I'wi that Hi run von Ketteley has been hilled but •a other Information Usw.eapsr rust H.'m ItMTHOfT Mi. b Aliy t 1‘tre yes terday gutted the buibling oceupted hy the Ibinm Journal amt deniroved III* banlcai butisrw and eutlorfal outfit of the paper WttM the exception of the press***, wbt h eutiiMd only • e'er damage The total lose it |»<m eg at 111 auu parttaiiy rs**twi hy insur ance The w'ultrrls* Print s* f-oga pa«y suffered to the «V Mil of |>. »*, isnifnl 0k BOERS ARE FIGHTING HARD. Lord Roberts Reports Several Kugace ment*. LONDON, June 30.—The War office has received the following front Lord Roberts: "PRETORIA, June 30.—Page reports from Lindley that he was engaged on June 26 with a body of the enemy who were strongly reinforced during the day. A convoy of stores for the Lindley garrison was also attacked on Juue 26, but after a heavy rear guard action the convoy reached Lindley in safety. Our casualties were ten killed and four officers und about fifty men wounded. "The fight reported yesterday was under Lieutenant Colonel Grenfell not Prelper. Brabrant came up dur ing the engagement. Total casualties of the two column, threa killed and twenty-three wounded. "On the previous day, near Flcks burg, Boyes’ brigade was in action with a body of the enemy. Our cas ualties were two officers killed, four men wounded and oue man missing. "Metheun found yesterday that the Boer laager near Y'achkop and Spitz kop had been hastily removed in the direction of Lindley. He followed the enemy twelve miles and captured 8,- ! 000 sheep and 500 head of cattle which the enemy had seized in that neigh- 1 borhood. Our casualties were four men wounded. Hunter continued his march yester- , day toward the Vail river unopposed, llany farmers along the route have ' surrendered. "Springs, the terminus of the rail way from Johannesburg, due east, was attacked early yesterday morn- j ing. The Canadian regiment which garrisons the place beat off the enemy No casualties reported. "Lieutenant north, reported miss ing after the attack on the construc tion train, is a prisoner of the Boers." A Capetown dispatch reports an at tempt by the Boers to blow up the artillery barracks and magazine at Pretoria. It is added that an artil- ■ leryman, who frustrated the attempt i by withdrawing a lighted fuse, was killed by a Boer whom the soldiers afterward attempted to lynch. The British authorities are deport ing large numbers of Hollanders to Holland, to be dealt with by their own government for not observing the state of neutrality declared by The Netherlands. President Steyn is reported to be at Bethlehem, consulting with General DeWet. Sir Alfred Milner, the British high commissioner, has notified the gov ernment to pay the interest on the Free State 6 per cent loan, due July 1, on condition that there Is no further liability, either for capital or interest. Capetown reports that President Kruger is still at Machadodorp, "afraid to move for fear the bridges are undermlneu." Martial I.aw In Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO. June 30.—At Dutch harbor ou June 8 martial law was declared by Colonel Noyes, who had sailors and the gunboat Wheeling patrolling the shore with guns and fixed bayonets. All the saloons at Dutch harbor and I’nalaska were closed. Deserters from the government vessels were found by the force under Colonel Noyes in several of the other vessel and when all the runaways hail been found the marital law was abol ished. Alaska advices received trfdny state the steamer Gust in from Dawson and Yukon wayports arrived at St. Michael June 15. It brought 300 passengers and $2,000,000 in gold-dust, most of which belonged to the Dawson banks. Miltiltt Ordrretl Out. MOBILE, Ala.. June a0.—Ooverflbr Johnston lias ordered out the Conroy Guards of Evergreen to prevent trou ble between negroes ar.d whiles of Evergreen. Wednesday afternoon the son of a man said to be named Morey, four miles from Evergreen. Ala., was beaten by a negro, whereupon .Morey followed the negro and cut him fatal ly with ail axe. Negroes assaulted Morey's home last night, tiring many bullets into It. The wiiites rallied ami it is reported shot two negroes, one of whom died this morning. More trouble may result. Illlllit III III* In; EVANSTON. Wyo. luif \ nun named Hiram who * tuinu is In Illinois, was shut in th-i ie* tty n eante nf tramps n*-.tr Ini* Ttnsday, Mihm and tour ■ onp.mltins Rut into a si.n k ear at t*h >. iuu- «i»rt »i-ii- i|J. iuic Hki|*i», A! I Hits, west in her* thr«* tramps ainu-d wuh pi tots -1imiifil Into tin stn k i ar ami mliM th* nu n WIiMt tin hold . i t»i im iar at lb* m xt stop lb*> fired half a doxon shots its* of them atria in* Mi»-*.i In Iln lu* vi m*'■- vi taken to lb* «lty tm*!dtial at osden 1*111*4 III ll|Mmu| IT It A S b Inn* : •» Whil- p ln« Ridf mi lb* link* of lb* -lihas* club. n**r thi* * sty John l A i iawiiitti* *4**1 14 y*4i» sun of **» M-Uur Chat In A HhmUII!* «u lit stsntl) bitllsrd by ligbinlM In i N r«*t*r, wh * was piny ins near hint was r*nd*t*d inniiAt- i-Hi for firstly twen ty ntiawl** %«4**w M•*->•• l|«M«i IIENI.IN -Inn* J» Tin r*p*»rt m-l to bn** ■>■ ifiiwsird at Vatdo* Norway, that Andre* wh» ati-wpt*d to rmh ibr wrtl pib In * Uu-ns h tst* tuts b*«n lenurrd bar* and ia r*#v-l*4 it i iwisi unf-Mtndw-i Vice Admiral Seymour Mikes Official Ee port of Belief Expedition. WEEKS Of BATHE AND TIRIIOR Imperial Troop* a* Well u* Ilmen En Iii tcrual louaN— Chinese Slake Treacherous Atluck After I’rofesslons of Friendliness. LONDON', June 30.—The adven tures of the hard lighting allies un der Admiral Seymour, their reaching Anting, twelve miles from Pekin, the decision to retreat, the capture of rice and immense stores of arms and am munition, affording material for a strenuous defense until relieved—all this is told in a dispatch from Ad miral Seymour received by the admir alty at midnight, which runs as fol lows: ' TIEN THIN, June 27. via Che Foo, June 20.—Have returned to Tien Tsin with the forces, having been unable to reach Pekin by rail. On June 13 two attacks on the advance guard were made by the Hoxers, who were repulsed with considerable loss to them and none to our side. "On June I I the Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yan in large numbers and with exeat determination. We repulsed them witli a loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was five Italians. Tlie same afternoon the Boxers at tacked the British guard left to pro tect Lota station. Reinforcements were sent back and the enemy were driven off with 100 killed. Two of our seamen were wounded. "We pushed forward to Anting and engaged the enemy on June 13 and 14, inflicting a loss of 175. There were no casualties on our side. “Kxtensive destruction of thp railway in our front having been made further advance by rail impossible, I decided on June 16 to return to Yang Tsun, where it was proposed to organize an advance b ythe river to Pekin. After my departure from Lang Yan, two trains left to follow on were, on June 18, attacked by Boxers and imperial troops from Pektn, who lost from 400 to 500 killed. Our casualties were six killed and forty-eight wounded. These trains joined me al Yang Tsun the same day. The railway at Yang Tsun was found entirely demolished and the trains could not t>e moved. The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled us to withdraw on Tien Tsin, with which we had not been in communication for six days, and oi r supplies had been cut off "On June 19 the wounded, with nec essaries, started by boat, the forces marching alongside the river. Oppo sition was experienced during the whole course of 'he river, from nearly every village, the Boxers, when de feated in one village, retiring to the next and skillfully retarding our ad vance by occupying well-selected posi tions from which they had to be forced often at the point of the bayonet and in face of a galling fire difficult to locate. On June 22 we made a night march, arriving at daybreak opposite the im perial armory above Tien Tsin. where, after friendly advances, a treacherous, heavy fire was opened, while our men were exposed on the opposite river bank. The enemy were kept in check by rifle fire in front, while their position was turned by a party of marines and seamen, under Major Johnson, who rusheii and occu pied one of the salient points, seizing the guns. “The Germans, lower down, silenced two gnus and then crossed the river and captured them. The armory was next occupied by the combined forces. Determined attempts to retake the ar mory were made on the following day, but unsuccessfully. “Found Immense stores of guns, arms and ammunition of the latest pattern. Several gnus were mounted In our defense and shelled the Chi nese forts lower down. Having found ammunition and rice, we could have held for some days, but ludug ham pered w ith large numbers of wounded. 1 sent to Tien Tain for a relieving force, which arrived on the morning of June 25. “The armory was evacuated nnd the forces arrived at "Men Tsin ou June We burned the armory. i.r uni i huff«*#'* I tirrr. HAN FKANC1HCO. Cal Jui* :* - The transport Grant whole will *u!l on Holiday for Nagasaki and thence, it is believed to Che Fmi or Takti. will carry boo turn of the Hixth m*• airy which. In udditlon to a hospital corps, mum- u|i at the I'residio. hihi re< rolls Hinl Sun marine*. will const I - tote the force kohik to ( IIIIt t the Ninth Infantry and a signs! corps from Manila ami the unarlties already in China wilt complete General Chaf fee# fortes making n.wW to i.mm ia %l I Thte.t surge..a* wilt arenni|i«tit the hospital corps V. hi.4 Assistant Hur gvoA John I lliltrli Will have «turns of the mcdl s! tlepaiIntent 04 Ur ! transport, A« r«t r.« 1stl«e ttiima I'H VXkD'H’f, June 34 timer | 11 or It*, vbam today r*fused ta approve c soouis far servo e af tb« tailor mil I PWH the data Goebel was lie. la red (ai*<»sr *#ii the eya oatum «f th* frowns *h' f the rf is* su preme isgrt the • hole sum itsimed i in salaries aggregated upward* *f [ I'.piAM BOfRS SlFtfR TWO RtPllSTS. Lord HolierU Cable* New* of fcniiill Htirrentfill Fight*. LONDON', June 29.—Lord Roberta has sent bulletins of two small fights occurring on June 26 and 27, in which ' the Boers were discomfited. In a dis patch from Pretoria he says: "A small force of mounted troops witli two guns, commanded by Lieuten ant Colonel Drelper, was attacked by the enemy under Drefus and Nel, on the morning of June 26, seven miles north of Senekal. They beat off the enemy and burned their laag**r. Our rasualties were three wounded and ten killed. "Hunter, temporarily commanding Ian Hamilton’s troops, made one march yesterday from Heidelbetg toward Frankfort without meeting any oppo sition. "The enemy attacked our Roodeval spruit i>ost on the railway yesterday, but was easily beaten off by a detach ment of the Derbyshire light Infantry, the West Australian monnteds, a fif teen pounder and an armored train. "Buden-Powell reports the capture of an influential Hoer n titled Ray. who was endeavoring to raise a commando in tin* Rustenburg district. A patrol brought in ilfty rifles. More than 400 rifles and 100 inferior pieces have been taken during the last few days.” LONDON, June 20. The Pretoria correspondent of tlie Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated yesterday, says: "Since Sunday General French on the left. General pin Hamilton on the right, and the Eleventh division in the center, have been endeavoring to sur round the enemy's posi'ion in the hills, fifteen miles east. There was light ing fur three days, but Tuesday night the enemy decamped, going eastward. The total casualties were under 150.” TO fOLlOW WOOILEY’S 1140. ProlilbItlonUt* Nominate Illinoisan for President. CHICAGO, June 29.—The prohibi tionists, in national convention assem bled, nominated John G. Woolley of Illinois for president and Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island for vice presi dent. The attendance at the convention was much larger than on the previous duy. The galleries of the big First regiment armory were thronged when Chairman Dickie rapped the conven tion to order at 10 a. m., while the number of the delegate iiad been in , creased considerably by arrivals from I the more remote states. After a brief prayer by Rev. C. H. Mead of New Jersey, Chairman Jo hann .if the committee on credentials made a supplementary report, showing additional arrivals of thirty-nine dele gates. The total number of delegates present was 790, representing forty states. On account of the total failure of Chairman Dickie’s voice, A. O. Wol fenbarger of Nebraska took the chair amidst considerable confusion. Chairman Wolfenbarger recognized National Committeeman Oliver W. Stewart, who. in a speech of some : length, outlined the work of the na tional committee during the last four : years and the work as contemplated for the coming campaign. Mr. Stewart concluded with a plea for funds from those present to con duct the campaign, which it is in tended will be on a much more ex I tensive seal.} than the party has ever ' before attempted. Several thousands 1 of dollars were tubscrlbed by the dele gates and visitors. GORY BATTIE IN COIOMBIA. More TIimii 4.500 Dead Found on Field Ml Kin Nt-jro. NEW YORK, June 29.—Esplnoaal, the Colombian consul general in tins city, has received a letter from Bogota, dated June fi, describing a return of ! Colombia to comparatively peaceful | conditions. The letter says: "1 he revolution is entirely at an end. I The enemy were unable to resist the : last charges on their front ami left flank and retired to Rio Negro, hotly , pursued by the government troops. The Held abandoned by them was strewn ; with more than 4,500 dead ami a great many stands of arms were taken. Oen i nil Moibe, their leader, is trying to leave Colombia by the Venezuelan frontier. Ail vices from Barranquitla. | of date of June 12. confirm the coin p'et victory of tin* government forces over the revolutionaries and say the j country will lie in p>-rfict peace wltir.n •a period of thirty d.iv., as the rebels I are turning their grots over to the gov er n me tit lit order to Join their f.iml I lies." I H.rr.i III l ife Held I tiri|> HAVANA. June 2# ' Cuban pa ! licemait, who recently killed an \nt*r Pan named Welsh, and uguitist whom 1 the evidence Wd» aiipdfeutly ran pletr in the opinion of utfii » r* mid , other* wild mw the whole affair, has ' plat In* n Si quitted t v the Judge* IB <treum*tsncea so rv'iio! dinar/ Hut (l iiirmii (ieiiera* W aul will older an i investigation Th* ft** at **Pl th«> i«m had teen j eompUtely proved and he demanded I a *ei|teUc* of toll:te>u year*. Americans in Havana are very in I ihitottl over wbst th<y claim U a ^•tolled atleiitpi to .how lb* Cuban* that It la «<* ritine to hill an AntcrC tan they refer la a vase occurring •owe month, ago when a Cuban edi tor hilled Mi Ptatih. the A merit *» • oil* tor of custom* at Cuter* im the trial th* go* at said ha naa with re gret 11 r«v|ue*t the puntaoineht nt a t‘u)>*a fo> hi ug tin- of the inte> ven-ira an n«t which In hla opinion, • ti * an elf t crlma IN VEliY BAD ^ Admiral Seymour is Rescued in Very Nick of Time. PROVISIONS NEARLY EXHAUSTED Roller Party lint to fight It* Way Through Mm**** of Ho»tlle» — l*rUofi«r» In Ifaitd* of llrltlsli hive ion flic ting Ntorlfi Kegnrdlug MInl»teri LONDON. June 29.~The casualties of the international force attacking Tien Tsin were: Americans, 3 killed, 2 wounded; British, 2 killed, 1 wound ed; Germans, l!» killed, 27 wounded; Russians, 10 killed, 37 wounded. The gunfire of the Americans and British Is described as "beautiful." After the relieving force pushed on to relieve Admiral Seymour, Chinese regulars under General Nieh, says a dispatch from Shanghai, again t.ttack ed Tien Tsin fiercely and bombarded the foreign settlement with a terrible lire. Colonel Dorward, British command ed the column that relieved Admiral Seymour. American marines partici pated In the achievement. The ad miral was found entrenched and sur rounded by Immense masses of Chi nese, who were driven off by the re lieving column after a brisk fight. Mis men made a brilliant resistance, never failing in courage for fifteen days of continuous fighting. During ten days the men were on quarter rations. They started with provisions for ten days, ft»d they would have held out a day or two longer. The column was a few miles beyond Lofa. Deeming it hopeless to attempt to break through the hordes, Admiral Seymour essayed a night retreat to ward Tien Tsin, but came in collision with a strong Chinese force arriving from the northwest and could neither advance nor retreat. There was noth ing to do but intrench and stand siege. He vainly attempted heliographic com munication. Seymour’s men caught several Chi nese, who said tile legations had been burned end the ministers killed, oth ers said that the ministers had been imprisoned. The Chinese displayed fanatical courage In the attack. Four thousand Russians left Tien Tsin four days after Admiral Sey mour, but they never got in touch with hint. GERMANY IS PERPEEXED. Kmiirrnr William Worrying Oyer I’lwn* In Moot Situation. BERLIN, June 28.—A prominent member of Emperor William's entour age. who has just returned to Berlin from Kiel, where the emperor Is, says that his majesty and Count von Bue low, the foreign minister, are consider ably perplexed as to how Germany is to meet the present situation in China, Inasmuch as they are inclined to think that a much larger force of troops will lie'-ome necessary to carry the campaign there to a successful is sue. They are also convinced that Germany should bear its full share of the responsibility. Meanwhile disquieting reports ron tinue to arrive from Kio Chau, where Governor Jaeschke fears that an out break may occur at any moment, pre cipitating a general eruption and into the German sphere. Moreover, it is understood that Emperor William lias not decided whether to continue tlie former en tente with Russia and Franco in China, us after the China-Japanese war. or to turn more to the side of England, the Fnited States and Japan. Herr Eugene Wolff in the Berliner Tagebiatt, publishes a powerful arti cle regarding China, drawn from In timate and very recent acquaintance with the land and its people. He gives a history of the Boxer movement and blames Germany and England for not recognizing its dangerous character during the last two years. He says that the French minister in Pekin. M. Plnchof. alone energetically forced the empress dowager to re move Que Hhen from the governor ! ship of Shan Tung. Que* SIumi having | lieen appointed, although the empress knew that he was the founder of the ! Boxers. _ president fUn. i«« T>l* WASHINGTON. June 'I > | .m blent. Mr* MeKtnley ami party will leave fur Canton. O . lu u private car attached to the regular 7 ti p ni ; train ou the I’eniiavlvaula railroad I Friday The priidth-nt will be ancon ' panted In Ur Httey, d»- retary Cur lelyuu and A *b»int nleiiwtary I lit rite* Ututuu tbe abatnre of get retary IOlid ytlU the ese. lithe oftb e will be I lit charge of A*d»Uni S eretary |*iu I tlen Only the most Import a nt mat i tera v|ll l»- transmit! I tu Canton, | and. while the president will tie at ail : nine* in dirert eomcaunb atiwn with ! Hie Wht'e House and.member* of the I cabinet, he will be re ileted a* mu. It ! as IMiwIblr of nuttier* which should pto|Htly be disputed of lu Washing •on KOI « hew tmk tab* HIN FHtSCUittl Cal June J* The |MM»isirai imbiPbUou* la Nm Turk newspapers of a story tu the «f f«K*l tkst He* J. Oe-.rge UihbMt of tbit <tt» is dead too that before his demise h» made a OU few* toil that he murdered . Isa be I nmnbt sa t Min a is Williams, have a# fuua*Uti«b la hvt LITTLE DOING IN AFRICA. Boer* anti HrUlsh Apparently Are Best* lug on 1 heir Arm*. LONDON, June 28.—General Sir Leslie Bundle had an artillery and in fantry skirmish near Senesal Friday with a lar;e force of entrenched Boers. This is C’e only fresh fighting re ported. Tiie Boer outposts northeast of Pre toria are busy. The telegraph wires between Standerton and Newcastle were cut Sunday anil Sir Reilvera But ler had to report by heliograph. Commandant De Wet, with 3,040 men and three guns, is moving north east In the Orange river colony. It is understood that he and Commandant General Botha entered into a compact that neither would surrender so lung as tiie other was ill the field. Twelve thousand rifles, all told, have been surrendered to tiie British. President Kruger is still at Marha dodorp. The exposure regarding the hospi tals in South Africa have made a great sensation in England. Tney began with three rolumns of restrained lan guage in the Times yesterday from W. A. Burdett-Coutts, conservative mem ber of parliament for Westminster. Ills disclosures have been widely re produced and they are supplemented this morning witli denunciatory tele grams and interviews from survivors and army medical men. The arett liishop of Capetown, in an address tie fore the Society of Good Hope, in the Capo government house, Monday, ex pressed great dissatisfaction at the way tiie sick and wounded were treat ed. He declared that the warm cloth ing that was absolutely necessary was freely offered, but was rarely if ever distributed by the army doctors; that the sick slept on the hare ground and that even in Capetown the way the hospitals were mismanaged made one's blood boll. A news agency dispatch from Cape town says: “Certain revelations point to malfeasance in connection with the supplies of comforts for the sick and wounded.” Tiie Capetown correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that I.ord Rob erts will reply fully to the charges of Burdett-Coutts, Frederick Williams, consulting physician of tiie London hospital, who was reoentiy at the front, says the charges come to hltn as an absolute shock and are quite In credible. He praises the medieul de partment. — ..... it MAKES ONE SINGLE ISSUE. I’roliibitlonliln Will Manil or Fall on llo» tlllty to l.l<|iior. CHICAGO, June 28.—The prohibition party will make its national campaign this year upon a platform of a single Issue, tlie liquor traffic, all other issues being subordinated to this one ques tion. 1'pon this platform it is probabla that either Rev. S. C. Swallow, the “fighting parson" of Harrisburg, Pa., or John G. Woolley of Chleago, editor of the New Voice, the prohibition na tional organ, will be nominated for president. The national convention of the pro hibition party in a session here, morn ing, afternoon and evening, cleared up all business except the nominations for president and vice president, which will lie made today. The convention, in points of numbers and enthusiasm shown, is considered one of the great est Held by the advocates of cold w'ater. Thirty-seven states of the union wera represented when Chairman Oliver Stewart of the national committee railed the convention to order at the First regiment armory, many delegates being present, while scores of others are expected. The platform, as adopted by the con vention, bears solely upon ttie quesiion of the suppression of the liquor traffic. SLffP WliH PIST01 IN IHND, Missionary ul Tlrn ThIii Write* of st.ita «>f I it nt nine**. PHILADELPHIA, Juno 28—Mrs. Ol iver Clifford, who with her husband is connected with the Presbyterian mission nt Tien Tain, writes under date of May 2'J to her brother in this city as follows: “We sleep now with our firearms close at hand. Oliver and I each have a brace of pistols under our heads. I always have two valises packed, ready to flee at any moment, and the entire foreign population is anxiously wat liing for the first sign of an tip rising. Last Monday in > ning when the people awoke In the city huge placards were found postei on the walls and fence- trading i< fallows: * 'The heavens a-e dUph.t'd a* the preen.*. of the foreign dog- In China, The kimIh have decre • I that there shall l>e no luore lain In th ■ whols king iota until they me all expelled.*** > Urrsisn limuite.l tiltkKN RiVffH. U m) dune *t — A young man named K i' Wes *«*, who had he.*n working fur tiintriiaof Callahan WO Utile* west of tirceit Hiver on the I it ion Patiltc mu off. was drowned Munda* afternoon while bathing in lit* n rivet 1 he body hit t * . r». •*.''• * V. - . . * ■.. msn and > .m e to this country ia I fit* tie was t! >e,yis ol,| l ..I t at t - 11, BK ATTI.K M ash June f% -Th* g*d<l receive*! at tit y ailed aisles aa■ say iiM * state June I IWa .***•.** ia value to over |l wimi from m* formation aosr at Head it is ptwsiaie t» make the certain prediction lint the re. etpts of the t»M-« during th • aatitfe of inly will amount i« over |i *nw *».