cj i w- , i !' 1 J IHOUSAfiDS DEAD Outlook in Stricken India Little Better. but THE CHOLERA RAVAGES ARE TEARFUL Number Dependent 1'piiii Ki-llef tiitrtnn- luic Drouth IMrllully Itrokrii, Hut Itiijiiioiiliiiiii, (Itircnit mill On- trill Imlln Wltliniil Kiiln. A London, .Inly 10 dispatch says: Tho secretary of state for lndlii, llco. Hamilton, has received the following from the viceroy of India, Lord Curon of Kcdlcston: "The rainfall has been fairly genrial this week hi Koinbay. Dcecu'n, liciur. Khaildclsll, the central provinces of the (lungctle plain and the PutiJ ib, 1ml has been iniich helow the average for these traetN except in southern Dee can. Utile or no lain has fallen In Kajapootaria, (iuciat and central In dia. "The cholera mortality continues high in llomhay. The May mortality there was appalling. The 'number of persons receiving relief is tl.Ol.l.imo." The governor of Itomhay tclcginphs to the foielgn olllcc as follows: "There are MU'.'u deaths from chol era and H..lo:j fatalities in the famine district during the last week in June. The total deaths anions the number on the relief works in the Itrltish dis trict were S.3LM. The number on tin. relief list is increasing rapidly in con sequence of the drouth. The number of gratuitous relief Is increasing throughout the affected districts." OREGON SAFE AT CHEE FOO Battle H!ilt Hiiiiii to by llorlixil at Kurc, hi pun. The navy departmental Washington has been Informed that the Oregon has arrived at, ('lire Kim, ,v Captain Rodger of the Nashville, wim made a frying trip from his station at Chee Foo out to the scene of the grounding of the Oregon, thirty-live miles northwest of the port The Oregon wilt start for Kurc dock, Japan. The dispatch con vey direct information that uli .1. -.. ..... ,,. 1111111 uiiii.11111 mat w munlcatlou is again open wi Foo. The Oregon will be kith Chee tn .1....1. about three months. Nnflor Injuries In u Kiimmiiy, An accident or a serious nature oc curred at Crete Saturday evening. Mrs Chcmellcr and Mrs. Ilnucoviskv ami MlssSoeheek wore in a buggy on the main street when the horse look f,.jg,t at ballon and ran wil.llv down the street. On suddenly turning a corner the buggy was overturned, tlnwing out the occupants. Miss .Soebeel ,, was broken and one of Mrs. Cl,cinlier m.gcrs was DioUen. The horse was wirown on its bach mid badly dcniollsln.il tin 'iiggy "III Curiiiii Production. In compliance with an agri .cut aigncd by tcprcscntntiies of the mills ofrall Kiver. Mass., toenail produc tions for four weeks dining the sum nirr, several mills have suspended oper ations, wi,,.,, tlll, ,.,.,., ,J n full operation, neraly .ii.timi en.pl..Vees w ilbe alVeetc.l. The stoppage of ma li.lneryisductothc lack of demand fr print cloth. Wiimiin Coiniiill. Suicide. Tljii wife of John Sehlitt. a Kussinn res den, of Nelson. Neb. commit!?,'! m telle by hang.ng herself In the barn. 1 ho body was discovered about 7:110 t. n. and had apparently been hanging bout two hours, she had been in the 'isyluuiutUneoln for some time, hav ing returned home about two months -h". one was about lift v-tlvo old. Otimhit Mnn Arreted. years '. I' rank Nei 'Ween, eighteen vii-c..r Po, a sta.up dealer In On,aha.was a. raigncl before rl,cd Slit.s nlssioner at New York charged with having used cancelled two-een. Man for mailing liters ami with being, ;iuBtvefrl,n,J,,Hil,v. It is undcrs.on . w,,,i,rs are on tiieir him back to Omaha. way to take Urrnit Appeal fr .t(,. nev. Mr . I. rcase. who is treasurer of the interdenominational missionary re ef committee i India, the Chris,,,,, of 8100 000 from the n.llt.f flI t , cx,H.ndedln the famine districts where ieediHl?"1" " Jl,,,B,IU,Mt' il " '""'t Keep ItobcrU Hi,,,,.. Small parties of lloers continue to hurtiss Lord Uoberts, threatening his So,! ,ft,,::ns',,ort,iVo" m.,,i. cation. 1 ho burghers arc unusually act ve both in (range F,-ee SlnU, , in e'Jransyaal. It is said that Mr. Mollis, Air-erlean consul at Loureno Marque., has been recalled because of bin being well known as a pro-lloer. Charee.l With NtllliiK l.,,r. Lafayette Allen was arrested at Halgler the other day charged with Belling Intoxicating liquor without a license. A search of his premises re vealed a quantity of intoxicants. Weulthy Mini 11 Suicide. Andrew Harding, a wealthy land owner ot Cass and Morgan counties, committed suicide by banging himself in a barn at tlio home of hi son, John Harding, four mile south of l'hlla delphlu, CiiR county, 111, Ho was a pioneer of Cabs county, sovonty-flve years old. llt Kill Mmir. At Chlcngo the thermometer regis tered over 00 degree till day the Fourth and eight deaths und four prostrations have been reported. NEWS IN BRIEF. Heat caused nine deaths in Chicago Saturday. '''I"' finiernl of Stephen Crane, tlio actor, took place at New York. President McKInlcy think stories of Chinese massacres arc exaggerated. The lire at the Standard Oil plant in llayonne, N. J., I fast burning Itself out. United States army otllclals have Is Hiied formal orders for the dispatch of more troops for China. Charles Leroy, a prominent clti:en of California, committed suicide on a Santa I'e train at Juliet. 111. At Wichita. Ivan., during a quarrel, Douglas Walker w.is shot and killed by his hrother-iii law, Albert lloyle. James Shaw ami llcrshal Doolc, farm hands, woe struck by lightning while working in the harvest Held In Kdward Miller farm, one tulle south of W1I liamsville. III., and killed. Seven bodies of victims of the Ho boken II, e were iceovercd Saturday from the steamship Saale. Thl makes the total number of bodies recovered ll.'l. Over I. i;t persons are still miss ing. A tornado, accompanied by a cloud burst and hall storm, vept over Kal amazoo, Mich., ami a conservative es timate places the damage resulting at 810(1.00(1. The storm lasted half an hour. William Carney, an unknown farm er living two utiles east of (Jrafton, Neb., lost two line horses In the last few days and the third one Is sick. It Is supposed they were poisoned by eat ing some kind of weed. Walter J. Travis of the Oakland and Harden City golf clubs, New York, is now the amateur golf champion of the l' tilted States He won this title by defeating Flnlay Douglass, who was champion two years ago, An oil tank southwest of Lima, containing M.1.000 barrels of oil, w. II red by lightning and will bo a total loss. Hundreds of men are bunking earth walls around the tank to preven the spread of the lire when it is shot. The I'tiltcd States auxiliary cruiser Mayllower, Commander Duncan Ken nedy, with the lion. C. II. Allen, gov- i-rniir ui i-orio uico, on Hoard, has ar rived at New York- from San Juan. HovernorAllcnlson a brief visit to his home. The yacht of James Corrlgan was capsicd in Lake K,ic olf Cleveland during a squall and the wife and three daughters of James Conigan, a daugh ter of John Corrigau, and a grand daughter of James Corrigau were drowned. The sheet steel combine ouicials and the Amalgamated association came to gether at Pittsburg, Pa., and signed a compromise sheet scale. The basis will be the same as last year on a n cent cud rate. About 1.1,0(10 men are a If ec ted by the settlement. A total of Iss entries has been re ceived for the fourteen classes which will comprise the program of the trot ting meeting given by the Windsor driving park association at Windsor, Mid, The feature of the meeting is match race between John It. (ientry and Joe P.itelieu Christiana Jensen of Vt Point nearly met her death at the hands of her disappointed lover. Will Hart, while. Intoxicated, called upon Miss Jensen, and upon her refusal to marry I1I111, Heed Hvc shots, one of which gra.cd her temple, causing a wllglit abrasion, Hart is lodged in the coun ty jail. Notices have been posted In the plato mills of Moorhcad llros. atSharpsburg, Pa., announcing that beginning July !, there will be a 'Jo per cent reduction In wages throughout the mill. Km ploycs of the mill were told that in order to meet competition and con tinue in operation the cut was neces sary. The roof over the covered walk of the western entrance to the union station at Pittsburg. Pa., collapsed and injured six persons. The framework for a distance of KM feet fell on the pavement and completely burled the Ft. Wayne, Pittsburg and Hirmlngham traction tracks. A number of persons had narrow escapes from being buried under the splintered timbers. The court-martial convened at Ma nila, for the purpose of hearing the charges against Colonel James S. Pettit of the Thlrty-llrst volunteer infantry, who was accused of violating tlio sixty-second article of war, In making an arrangement with President Mcdell ofZamboanga for the capture of Juan liamos and who wai afterward trans fcrrcd to Mcdell and killed, has brought in a verdict of acquittal. Fred Swihart, a farmer living sev eral miles northeast of Humboldt, Neb., had a narrow escape from death the other day. While assisting in the harvest Held he attempted to stop a frightened team of mules attached to a binder and was thrown In front of the sickle. His right arm was caught and literally torn to pieces, the bone being cut through in two places above the elbow. He was dragged thirty feet before the team was stopped, ft Is feared that the victim Is also injured internally. The sad new of the sudden death of Miss Violet Newell, daughter of Sen ator Newell of Plattsmouth, caused by being thrown from a horso while visit ing at May wood, has been received, the body will bo taken homo for burial. (Iriilii Ilnrnuil, The other afternoon a locomotive on tliu Burlington, when about two miles from Fairmont, set 11 to nimnf tlftcen acres of wheat belonging to II. ' V. Uico, and also to six acres of oats ' ocongingto ai. Shoemaker, dohtroy ing both pieces. WARPREPARATION Japanese Officials Hurrying Troops to China, OVER 60,000 MEN TO BE LANDED Tlirie Formliliibln I'ropurwtlom Vlf-weil Hy IliMnln, (li'riniiiiy ami I'miico In llnfmoriililo Uglif- The Pinpreit Omtaccr Allvo -Otlior Nomi. A . London, July 11, dispatch says; Che Foo correspondent of the Im The press, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "The Japanese force is equipped with thirty-six heavy mortars and I 'JO Held guns, and has pontoon and balloon M-etlons. It is expected cither Marshal Nod,,, or Marshal Ovamn will ii.lx. command. The plan of campaign con templates operations extending two or three years. "A further force of Kt.000 men s ill be landed at Taku a week hence, and 10,000 additional soon afterward, lie fore the rainy season Is well advanced Japan hopes to have 03,000 troops In China. "These formidable preparations are viewed with great distrust by Kussla, Hermany and France" The Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Mall.telegraphlng Tuesday, says; "A messenger has arrived here from Kmpcror Kwang Hsu. dated Jnlv l.c couriers from Pckiii, to the vlcorojr of Nankin, who forwarded it here. It Is addressed to the Uussluii. Fnglish und Japanese governments. It deplores the recent occurrences and ko!..i...,i,. ,.. firms that the foreign governments are mistaken in supposing that the Chinese government is protecting the boxers against the Christians. The emperor further implore their aid in suppressing the rebellion and uphold ing the existing government. "In a separate dispatch to the Jap ancse government Kwang has ex pressed deep regret for the murder of Legation Chancellor Sugi Yuma. "These dispatches are taken to indi cate that thy emperor Is In seclusion and is ignorant of the seriousness of recent events." Chinese otliciai .'ources furnish an other surprise today in announcing that the dowager empress, who had been reported, within two wceks.dead. nod, poisoned and hopelessly mad, has resumed the reins of power The date given is June at), the same on which the wholesale massacre of foreigners Is alleged to have occurred. RAIN WOULD HELP SOME hrul l.,.nti,M ,, MoUlIro to Alalia Corn tiroiv. The university f Nebraska weather report says: The daily mean tempera tureof the week ending July 11 has ave,a-,-ed about onedegree above the normal In the western counties and degrees in the eastern. The maximum temperature of the week exceeded 100 ilegtcesat many stations. The rainfall exceeded an Inch in a few central and northern counties, but generally was light. Little or no rain foil in most of the southeastern conn- lies. The harvest of winter wheat is near. I. completed, ami threshing has com ""'"fed. The yield and quality of the m,?.1, " "m KTl Ut ,mrvust ' " menccd in the southern counties. The recent dry weather has materially eo 7,"; h0"'U m,l'' "MK'clally in central and eastern counties, where the crop will be very light. Spring u heat and potatoes have also been '"""Wi by the dry weather. Corn I'B"ti illy grown well, and tassels ae beginning to show in many parts f the state. However, in the" south uestcru counties corn has been dam nc'l by drouth, and i the southern counties corn Is beginning to feel the ccd of more rain. (Irasshoppers and cl nch-bngs are doing considerable damage in western counties. STRIKE DECLARED ON AGAIN Mrcet ltlly Me,, of St. I.011U AllcCe I'lifulrnrim, The strike against the St. Louis I rausit company, by its former em ploycs. which was declared off on July . was ordered renewed at a inectin of the street car railway men's union'! hen tlie mi Ike was settled on July l! here were some muttering of discou tent among the men over the terms of settlement, and since that t !.. i. dissatisfaction "is grown ilnllv. ('linnr...! u.,i. ..1.. 11.. . .. u . '"" uiai inecoinpanv failed to keep their agreement on July -.and a dozen or more instances were cited in order to prove that there had been a breach of faith. Aeronaut will lluroter. Prof. W. II. Winterringer, the aero naut, who fell 100 feet while making an ascension at Lyons, Neb., tlie 1'ourth of July, Mates that he will be able to (111 engagements in the course of a couple of weeks. He Is now at his home In Hartlngton, Neb,, taking oare of the Injuries that he sustained lV the fall. WORK OF PICKPOCKETS AihlKiid Ainu I.imon the Hum o.' Uglify 11 vo Dollar.. During tho speaking at tho Audlto limn Tuosduy In Lincoln, W. A. Saun ders of Ashland was relieved of 885 which he had in a pocketbook In his hip pocket. He does not romomber when the money was taken and only knew of its loss when he had occasion to get out a bill. Thoro was only one. other case of thieving icported during tho day, that of Mr. Carbuth of Ful-lerton. SOME HOPE LEFT. C'ltll War In IVkln May Have Liven of Cori'lcniTi, A London, July it Hi, special says: With the foreigners in Pcklit probably safe amid civil war with Prince Ching on their side, with the powers united and their forces constantly Increasing, the outlook in Chirm is now ratller more hopeful than It lias been for a month past. It appears from the cau tious statement given out by Tao Tai Sheng in Shanghai that the reason that the heavy guns bearing on the lega tions at Pekln were not used Is that Prince Chlinr. who Is served by 10,000 troops, seized all the artillery" ammu nition: Sheng likewise intimates that Vuiig Lit. commander-in-chief of the northern army, is associated with Prince Uilng in opposing Prince Titan's ferocious designs and dictatorial am bitlon. Sheng, who appear to be tbo sole Shanghai conduct of Pekln news, cheers the foreign consuls by the con lldential communications, but tukes excessive precautions to prevent tlio Chinese from thinking him friendly to me loreigners. The feeling of unrest in tin southern Btid central provinces continues. The members of the official classes In those provinces strive to remain neutral, with a leaning toward the foreigners, until they hall see whether the mod erate or extreme factions will win in Pekln. Prince Ching seems to be standing for the dynasty and the old order against Prince Titan's iuordin.to ambition. JESTER MURDER TRIAL ON Mnn Arcunril of Crlin Committed Twenty-Nine Yeurs Ago. A Ncwtondon. Mn.. .Inlv 10 iUnnin,. says: The trial of Alexander Jester, charged with the murder of Gilbert W. Hates, twenty-nine years ago, be gan here yesterday. A jury has not been secured. Younir Oates mvt..rt. ously disappeared while traveling from southern Kansas to hi home in Illi nols. A tiv weeks after Jester was arrested for his murder, the young man's wagon and other effects belnjr found In Jester's possession. Jester broke jail, however, and nothing more was heard of him until a yea,, ago, when a sister with whom he had quur relied gave him up to the authorities. He was thAi living in Oklahoma Citv, under the name of W. A. Hill. John W. Hates, the millionaire steel magnate, whose brother the dead man was, is not attending the trial, though he lias been uctlvo in hunting evidence against the aged prisoner. A PLACE FOR CHARLEY HOYT Appointed to NckoIIuIo Willi Crow lid I'lntlieuil Indium, A Washington special says: The First National bank of Lincoln. Neb., and the 1,'nltcd States National bank of Omaha have been approved as re serve agents for tho First Natioual of Flgin, Neb. Charles (I. Hoytof Heatrlco has been appointed by the secretary of the in terior a member of the board of com missioners to negotiate with the Crow, Flathead and other Indians at SS put day. Mr. Iloytwasa member of the previous commission for similar nego tiations. Henry W. Selay of Nebniska, a elnrk in the pension olllce has been promoted from Sl,','()0 toSl.-tOO. DENY THEY ARE INTRUDER8. Xon-CltlciiM of Chlckamiir Claim the Itlicht to Slur. Word from Ft. Worth, Tex., sayst Non-eitlzcns of the Chickasaw nation deny that they refuse to pay tribal taxes as demanded by the Chlckasuw authorities, and have sent Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock a petition to that effect. These citizens believe they have a lawful right in the provisions of the Atoka agreement and Curtis act to re side in the Chickasaw nation, and should not be considered in any sense intruders. They say there Is no neces slty for federal troops being sent there to enforce the collection of taxrs. AGREEMENT PUT IN EFFECT Kci'lproclly ItetMretm the United State ami (lorinmiy. The long expected reciprocity ar rangement between the United Statns and Hermany has been effected. Sec retary Hay and the Herman ambassa dor have subscribed to tho convention and the president will Issue his procla matlon putting the new duties in effect in the course of a few days. Tho arrangement is generally similar in terms to the llrst arrangement tnado with France, and abates duties on still wines, argols, paintings and statuary from Hennany entering the United States: It does not require, tho ap proval of the senate, being drawn under section -J of tho Dlngley act. After Ten Yearn. Upon request of the Louisville, Ky., officials Hov. lleckham made a requisi tion on the governor of Illinois for tho return of Luther Ilailey, who is charged with the murder of Worthing ton ltarrett. Ilailey is under arrest at Chicago. Hu huk been a fugitive for ten years. Two More llodle Found. Two bodies were recovered Tuesday from the wreck of the steamer Sualo, This makes US corpses thus far recov ered of victims of the ilro whloh de stroyed the North Herman Lloyd plar nt Hoboken and burned the steamers HaaJo, Ilremen and Main, 011 June 30, Killed Ilelween Cam. .TlMtl llnulnf fi sn ..tn I .. nmnlA,, I ed by tho South Side Klcvuted Railroad' eompany, was killed while at work In , 1110 tncraicu yarn 01 1110 company an iMomuttv nun uiiiuiuct uvuiiue, uni ' cago, AfFAIRSOF STATE. Departmental and Executive Actions Condensed. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY AND NAVV. Tni inuctoiii nml llnpiirnliiK" of Store Than Ordinary Intercut tn the 1'eople of America Actions Which Milieu lllntorr. US Foreigners are without provisions at Pekln and women ud children are starving. The Fourth of July was fittingly ob served at Manila. Tlie town was gen erally decorated with American Hags, in contrast with a year ago, when there were none. The school children gath ered in the principal theaters of the town and listened to the reading of the Declaration of Independence, the de livery of patriotic addresses and the singing of patriotic songs. In the evening n ball was given in the pro vost marshal' building, the military commissioners attending. According to a dispatch dated Thurs day, Fnited States Consul McWade has great influence with LI Hang Chang and has persuaded him to issue a proc lamation containing detailed instruc tions to prefects, sub-prefects and mag istrates. It orders them to detect, behead and otherwise severely punish ls).xers. These ofllcials. the proclamation says, will be held responsible for the safety of the missionaries and native Christians. Another proclamation is sued by Li Hung Chang directs that persons starting any uprising shall be at once beheaded and that those spreading false rumors shall be severe ly punished. llocr (leneral llotha is showing in creased activity. His patrols cover wide stretches of country, approach near the outposts and engage in skir mishes, while larger bodies threaten to attack, declining to allow themselves to be caught by the return of blows which the Urltlsh promptly seek to de liver: Attacks of this sort were made recently at Pinna's poort on (fencral Pole Carew and at Springs. Hcnernls llotha and Dewetare seemingly operat ing in combination, llotha is'rcportcd to have divided his force into two parts, me moving west and the other to the Miuth to try to effect a juncture with He wet. A dispatch from Che Foo says: All the thoughts and energies of tlie na val and military commanders at Taku tie now concentrated on the relief of the foreigners in IVkln, who have been shut off from che outside world -ince June !. The allied forces now at Taku and Tien Tsin are awaiting re inforcements before moving on Pekln, as it is estimated that .10,000 troops are required. Ollicial advices received at Washing ton from Haytl set at rest the rumors that have been current In some quar ters recently of disquieting conditions in that Island. It appears that the present government of Haytl is busy- ill.r il..lr ...WI 1.1 ... ...,, . ...... ..mi a m-iiiciiicut 01 tin ex isting financial crisis and there Is no oiner toundation for the political troubles. reports of Further advices from Colombia say the rebel general, Camaoho. recently captured a government gunboat on the river Minn. Tlie officers and crew were made prisoners. It is added that the sum of Slo.000 was found on board. The government forces June V.i at tacked the rebels fifty miles from Pan aiua. The former was defeated, losing 100 men killed, one gun and a number of prisoners, rillcs and (lags. The reb el general Porras has sent an ultima tum to the governor of Panama de manding the surrender of the place The ultimatum expired June HO, but foreign consuls prevailed upon Porras 10 cmciki 11 until July I. If th e city is not surrendered then upon it is expected. an assault Advices from Shanghl today say that there is continued llghtingat Tieti Tsin while the Herman consul at Clio Foo telegraphs to llerlin confirming the report of the renewal of hostilities He says the foreign usttleiuent at Tieti I sin is again surrounded and is being bombarded and that the won...,, ,..,.1 children are to be reninv...! 11.. ...1.1. that the Chinese troons have n-.-iln .,' vanccd against the railroad and that the bridges have been destroyed, but that communication by water with Taku is maintained. The following cable, dated Manila nor. m-cii received at the war depart ment: ' "Hcneral Aquino, prominent leader of Insurgent forces, surrendered un conditionally to First Lieutenant John . . O ( onnell, with Macabcbe scouts, on .Inimsu, with sixty-four rillcs and ,,,. munition. .MaoAiii-iiui:." iiencrai MacArthur also following: cables the :Heiieral Uicarte. leader of the threatened uprising in Manila during this year, recently very active, cap tured July 1 by native police between Pac, ( Mania. Kvcnt important in relation to conditions in Manila. "MacAiiiiiuii." An Apia, Samoa, dispatch savs: I hero are many evidences of the (j'er manl.lng efforts being made by the new government of Samoa, though Hoveriior Solf Is proving himself ,v tactful man and personally is very 1 'trl'U,mI(f ? ftt AP,a ,lro K'-'i'l'ially being filled by Hermans, llritish and i"i 1 Americans being ousted to make " ' ltMn' "ml xhti matter of substitut room '" '"-'rinan currency and coinage for ",' u"'" now tieing considered Solf has sent n ..l.-,.,,i 1. ....... I to merchants and others asking their I views on the subject., b - ""ii Manifestations of growing lntni,.r ance of tlio resident, Chinese ,,Ul. alarmed the merchants and head mo,, of Chinatown, New York, and a p,,. Initiation calling upon the Chines.. ,,, obey the laws and be cautious wasnUi on the streets, signed by several prom inent Chinese. The nrWtter had .been under dUcuv sion for several days and mistreatment of Chinatown residents at points l.,lir the llowery on Saturday night precp,. tated the matter. The head men est 1 mate there are 1.1,000 Chinese in N,. York and vicinity, and say not one of them Is from the north of China .., even of the same tribal races invoked in the disturbances. A Manila, July 0 telegram says: The past week's scouting in Luzon rcsultd in eleven Americans being killed ami sixteen wounded. One hundred an. I sixty Filipinos were killed during ti. week and eight Americans who h.1.1 been prisoners in the hands of the n 1. els were surrendered and a bundled lilies were turned over to the I'liiud States olllclals. The enemy ambushed a wagon train between linking and Nnie. The Thinl infantry lost nine men while on an e pcditlon to punish the Ladroncs in tin delta of the itlo (iraiule. In the Antigua province of Panay a running light of tlnee hours' duration resulted In the killing or woiindinir uf seventy of the enemy. There were no casualties among the Americans. The Insurgents are slowly accepting the amnesty provisions. l'n some in stances the Americans are suspending operations in order to give the rebels an opportunity to take advantage of the decree. General Paget is moving toward the heart of the country held by Dewet Lord Itoberts telegraphed to tho war olllee under date of Pretoria us follows: "Paget engaged the enemy success fully at Plelslrfontcin. He drove them out of a very strong position across Lreuwkop to llronerifonteln, where he bivouacked one night. He followed up the enemy and on tho afternoon of July i was at lllaauwkopie, tlftcen miles northwest of Itethlehem. lie reports that all of Stcyn's government olllclals except the treasurer-general, who has gone to Verde, are at Hethle hem which has been proclaimed at the capital. Steyn himself Is reported to have taken (light to the mountains lluller reperts the line to Heidelberg restored, thus completing railway com munications between Pretoria and Natal." Lorenzo Marque, on Friday learned that the Ilocrs are showing fresh nc tivity. A llritish force is reported within forty miles of Koomatlpoort. The Times' Lorenzo Marque, corres pondent, in a dispatch dated Friday, says: "From a trustworthy source it is learned that cx-Prcslileni Steyn and Christian Dewet arc the only obstacles to the termination of war in South Africa." W. J, Hryan of Nebraska was unan imously placed in nomination as Un democratic candidate for president of tlie Fnited States on a platform oppos ing imperialism, militarism and trust and specially declaring for the free coinage of silver at 10 to 1. The nom ination came as the culmination of a demonstration in honor of the party leader, lasting twenty-seven minutes and giving utterance to all the nent-iui emotions of tlie vast multitude. It followed also a fierce struggle through out the last thirty-six hours concern ing the platform declaration on silver and on the relative position which tlie silver question is to maintain to the gold issues of the day. The first session, ' beginning Thurs day morning, was entirely fruitless of results ami it was not until late in the afternoon when the second session had begun that the platform committee was at last able to report an agree ment. Already its main features, em bodying the 1(5 to 1 principle, had be come known to the delegates and there was little delay in giving it unanimous approval .This removed the last chance for an open rupture on questions of principle and left the waj clear tor the supreme event of the day the nomination of the presiden tial candidate. Kansas City, July 0 special says: The democratic ticket was completed by the nomination of Adlai 10. Steven son for vice president. The Humilia tion was made on the first ballot, state after state joining J the wild scram be to record their support of the win ning candidate. It was not aecoin panlcd by any M,ch frantic demonstra tion of approval us had marked the proceedings at previous stages, al though the result followed a spirited and at times highly dramatic contest between the advocates of Stevenson, lowiie, Hill and tlie other candidates. 1 he distinct triumph of the day in the way of an ovation was that accorded to Senator 1 1 11 1 ami in its spontaneity and enthusiasm was one ot the most notable features the convention has produced. It was accompanied, too. i a remarkable scene, when Hill earn estly protested to his friends about el ig placed in nomination, and then, finding his protest J,, vnlll w,u. ,10 wi.li" if tl,U l)l,,tfl""i, and In tones lu !.. "ii"" tloaUt uf l,U!,r "iuccrity, cso.ght the convention not to make in the ncmiriee. With mil out.lt jww apparent the convention was for theTrht"' aiMl tlU' " 1"'llt hUllk''1 The national committee of the dem ocratic party met in Kansas City, af ter the adjournment of tho convention, and immediately organized. TI1011111. J-aggart of Indiana nominated Senator Jones for re-election and he received the unanimous vote. The matter of belectlng tho executive committee wab left to Chairman Jones. A dispatch has been received nt the state department from Consul Heneral Hood, urn-at Shanghai, dated July .1. in which ho says the situation is se rious and the Insurrectionary move- ' mentis extending. A lc-":--i WKST- ,w:ios5;.,,v-"--w"-'-vi-