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CnSTER COUNTY REPDBLICAN D. K. AAISDBnnT , .mblliher. BDOKEN BOW , NEBRASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEf. MJ K' Franco Is going to send two more cruisers to China. Sir Thomas Farrol , the fajnous sculptor , died at Dublin. General Wood has sent In a long list of deaths from yellow fever. The Oregon cannot be repaired < at Port Arthur. The dock Is too small An electric car at Webster , Mass. A steep grade. Three men fatally hurt. The social democrats or Connecticut named their state officers at cNw Ha ven. ven.The Christian Emlcavorcrs were Into In getting started from New York. General Jamont has passed up his Job as Inspector general of the French army. Charles Illgglns , assistant general passenger agent of the Santa Fc road , Is dead. The Coal Exchange store at Scranton - ton , Pa. , went up in smoke. Loss , $125,000. The Arlons of Brooklyn won the Kaiser Wllhelm .prize In the Brooklyn Saengerfest. The British are running up against heavy roads in the march to the relief of Kumassl. The Burlington Is going to extend Us road west from Guernsey Into the Mormon state. A Cincinnati electric car whirled around a bend and jumped the track. Ono man was killed. Ignatius Comlskey , brother of Chnr- loy Comlskey , the famous baacball man , died In Chicago. A couple of frlcght trains mixed up nt Medicine Bow , Wyo. , ana consid erable damage was done. Kid Broad was given his fight with Dave Sullivan of Ireland , at the Sea side Athletic club. Sullivan fouled. The Pennsylvania railroad has pur chased the Allegheny Valley nnd the Western New York & Pennsylvania roads. The Indiana Supreme Court held In n case from Grant county that the pumping of natural gas from gas wells 4s illegal. Rov. John Stanley died suddenly on < hls farm near Danvers , 111. , aged 73. He was u prominent minister of the Menonltes. Mr. Booker T. Washington has de cided to assist in forming a national league to assist ino negro to enter business life. David Bell , formerly ono of the best known lumber men of Canada , Is dead nt his homo in New York city , aged 79 years. At Sycamore , 111. , Mrs. C. D. Ben nett , widow of the- founder of the Ge neva mills , died suddenly irom pneu monia , aged 05 years. Charles Krlckaka , of Philadelphia , Inhaled smoke from another man's cigarette , broke a blood vessel by caughlng and died. At Marietta , On. , Col. L. N. Tram- moll , president of the Georgia railroad commission and prominent In public life in the south , died. The lone , robber Is becoming popu lar. The passengers on the Burling ton near Billings were relieved of considerable coin by one. Dr. nnd Mrs. Rutherford Morris , the latter a daughter of Senator Clarlr , called for Europe to Join Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Culver on a yachting trip. Now Orleans has gone exposition mad. They are planning an Inter- oceanic exposition to be held on the completion of the Nlcarnuguan canal. Assistant Secretary of War Melkle- john has announced to his friends h candidacy for the United States sen ate to succeed Senator Thurston , of Nebraska. Mrs. Moses Ledford , who resides at Lone Grove , 111. , was burned to death near Center , where she was visiting. While she was lighting a fire with coal oil the can exploded. 'iho failure of the Rochester and Plttsburg coal corporation to comply with portions of the Altoona sca'io threatens a walkout of 20,000 miners in the Cambria and Jcfforson fields. Charles Bookman , Uie ramous horse breeder , Is dead. Joshua Nye , 33 years old , a pioneer scUler of Franklin county , Ind. , and the oldest member of the tlllnola So ciety of Sons of the American Revolu tion , died at lh j homo of his daughter at Chicago. Hamilton Smith , a well Known Now York mine operator , died at Dttraam , N. II. The first fisticuff of the campaign from an argument over politics oc curred near New Albany , Ind. , between prominent farmers , James Truesdale \ \ nnd Henry Wolfe. The argument was over the expansion Issue. I The Alabama miners huve decided not to strkc. Oklahoma Is now Bhlpplng several thousand bushels of peaches a day to northern cities , and the people of the territory are reveling in tno luscious fruit from C to 10 Inches In circumfer ence at from 30 to CO cents a bushel. Rear Admiral Barker has been elected to fill the Job left vacant by the dcmlso of Rear Admiral Philip. At Independence , Kpn. , Ralph C Harper , a prominent cli.zen , was ad Judged Insane. Harper ID an old r-sws paper man , having founded the Dally Reporter of that city twenty years ago Ho recently changed his politics. Fire destroyed the rag mill of the Plover Paper company nt Stevens' Point. Wls. . Loss. $75,000. Lady Randolph Churchill's wedding to Cornwallls West has been postpones indefinitely as the young man has been ordered to Join his regiment in South Africa. The Washington statue hat } been unveiled in Paris. In the English house of lords the government was defeated , 02 to 59 , on a motion of Viscount Templeton' ( con servative ) to appoint a royal commis sion to consider the claims of Irish landlords for compensation for injuries Buffered by legislation since 1881. ku TOE SAFHN JIM 4 Foreign Consuls Issue Statement Eegard- ing Legations at Fekin , GEN. WARREN'S ADVICE DOUBTED Allied Forcci Will Boon Have nt I.cimt r.0,000 Troupi In Chlnn. 1'rlncc Tumi SciuU n I.nrRO Ariur to Attnok the City of LONDON , July 9. The foreign con suls at Shanghai met on July 7 and officially announced that the legations at Pckln were safe on July . The fore going statement , read with Consul Warren's dispatch to the lorelgn of fice on Saturday , makes It possible to believe that the legations will hold out for a number of days yet. Having fought to A standstill the first out bursts of fanatical fury , It Is believed that something may Intervene to save them. The news , after the sinister rumors of the last ten days , Is enough upon which to build up hopes. The Shanghai correspondent of the Express telegraphing on Sunday at 5:10 : p. in. , however , throws doubt upon Consul Warren's Information. He says : "Tao Tal Sheng now admits that there was an error In his communica tion to General Warren. The date of the courier's arrival at Chlnen Fti was July 3 , which does not apply to his de parture from Pckln. The Journey from Pckln to Chlnen Fn occupies five days. The courier , therefore , could not have left Pekln later than June 28. "Tho date of the massacre , accordIng - Ing to Chinese reports , was June 30 or July 1. " Tien Tsln Is still hard pressed. A Chinese force numbering from 80,000 to 100,000 men , as estimated by con- culslvc reconnaissances , Hoods the country. Communication between Tien Tsln and Taku Is apparently possible by river only. A Che Fee dispatch to the Express says the Russians have landed 8,000 men at Taku and the Japanese have discharged several transports. The Japanese pushed on to Tien Tsln , lead ing In the subsequent assault upon the natlvo city , In which their command er was killed. More transnorts arc engaged at Japanese ports. With the 10,000 British India troops alloat and fresh Japanese contingents 11 Is qulto probable that the allies will have 50- 000 men ashore. . The disorders in the provinces ap pear to be Increasing In violence. A Chinese army Is within fifty miles of Now Chwang and the foreigners arc preparing to abandon their homes. The southern part of tlm province Is Bwopt by raiders , destroying all works of the white man , except In spots garrisoned by Russians. Proclamations have been posted In all villages near Che Fee calling upon the loyal Chinese to rise and expel the foreigners for introducing among the pious Chinese an Immoral religion. Every good Buddhist Is expected to kneel three times a day , knock his head on the floor thrice and pray ear- neatly that sudden , cruel death may overtake all aliens. The foreign settlement nt Che Fee Is at the mercy of two Glimpse forti fications equipped with Kruup gunn , which command two sides of the city. Six warships , luc'udlnt ; the United States gunboat Nashville , are constant ly cleared for action. The provisional government at Pe kln appears to have designs upon the southern provinces. Beside having or dered Kwnn Shlkal to advance upon Nankin , which Kwan Shlkal says ho will not do , Prince Tuan has sent an army alonp the route of the grand ca nal. Nankin Is on the south bank of a river nearly a mile wide. The Brit ish cruiser Ilermione and Pique I. will assist In repelling attempts to cross. Six Chinese cruisers are there and 17- 000 Chinese troops are at the disposal of Viceroy LI Kun Yi. The forts mount thirty-four high-power modern guns. The foreigners at Shanghai are becom ing unoasv. Everything they feel de pends on Viceroy LI Kun YI. Refugees from Tien Tsln are arriving at Shnnijhal and say th.it only five civ ilian foreigners were killed during the long Chinese bombardment. The for eign women became so Indifferent that thov walked through the streets , not heeding the shells. Most of the civ ilians were deported to Taku , thence to be conveyed to Shanghai. r d rut MurMinl U Shot. MOUNT STERLING , Ky. , July 9. Today word came over the telephone from Marlbo , Menefeo , county , that Deputy United States Marshal Howard Wilson had been killed and Tip Day -and Joseph Bush of this county mor- taly wounded and could not live only n few hours. Wilson , accompanied by William Stamper of this pace , had ROIIO In search of Day , who was want ed In Virginia on special charges , In cluding alleged violation of the Inter nal revenue laws. Not lar from Marl- bo , In Menefee county , about thirty- five miles from here , they came up with Day , James Bush and * two wo men. As soon as the ofilccrs made known their business shooting be gan. Wilson shot Bush through the body and Day shot Wilson through the heart , killing him Instantly. Stamper shot Day through the head. Itiiij Down by Train. ST. LOUIS. July 9. George Schocn- Inland William Grab were killed and Fred Frige was probably fatally In jured at Columbia , 111. , near hero , this afternoon. The three men were in a buggy that was demolished by a train nt a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway crossing. Arc Looking for Trouble. ST. LOUIS , July 9. The executive committee of the local branch of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America have do elded to call a mass meeting to con sider the relations existing between the St. Louis Transit company and lt > employes. It Is assserted by the ex ecutive committee that the agreement signed by President Whlttakor of the Transit company and Chairman Ed wards of the strikers' grievance com- mlttoo , whereby the strike was de clared off , has been violated by the former. X DEATH LIST STILL GROWS. Ilotllci Itccoicreil 1'rom Hiiule Stroll Number of llolioken 1'lrc Victim * . NEW YOHK , July 9. Tlircc moro bodies were found today on the Sanle. Tlila makes twenty-nine bodies that biive thus iir been tnkcn from the wreck of the Smile slnco the flrc and MG bodies in all recovered. The bodies recovered today were found In the second cabin In the after part of the ship and they were horrible sights to look upon. They had very little clothIng - Ing on and were all victims of the flrc. They could not be identified. Chief Ofllcer Henry Schacffer , who was In charge today , said he had no Idea who tht men had ueen , but Judg- from the place where they were found he thinks they were stewards. The body of n man badly scarred and burned was found nt Uockaway Beacn nils afternoon and taken 10 the morgue there. The body Is supposed to be that of a victim of the Hoboken disaster. No bodies were recovered from the Bremen or Main today , although the work of searching was kept up. Dynamite was exploded on the river bed about the wrecks of the piers of the North Geramn Lloyd today with out bringing to the surface any more bodies. Ono charge was sent down between the ruins of the Thlngvalla line pier and the pier of the Hamburg line. A column of water was hurled Into the air and the water agitated for a long distance by the charge , but no bodies wtro lloatcd. Another charge was fired , but to no purpose. MOllE VICTORIES TOR BRITISH. Ad\l'cs I'r'ini South Afrlci Indlciitu Do feiitn for llocri , LONDON , July 9. Late news from South Africa reports that the Boers Ineffectually attacked General Buller's escort between Standerton and Held- clburg on Saturday as ho was returnIng - Ing from a visit to Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked Ficksburg garrison risen nt midnight on Tuesday , but were driven off after forty-live min utes fighting. General Brabant , on July 5 , occupied Decrnborg , between Senakny and wlnburg , which served as a base for bands assailing convoys. Colonel Mahon of General Hutton's mounted troops on July 0 ana 7 en gaged 3,000 Boers east of Brouker- sprult nnd drove them off. The Brit ish casualties numbered thirty-three. Commandant Llmmer tried to re capture Rustenburg on July 5 , but Was driven back. Thirty-four of the Strathconn Horse , under Lieutenant Anderson , were at tacked by 200 Boers east of Stander ton on July C. The British soon took possession of a kopje , upon which they successfully withstood the attacks of the enemy. LONDON , July 9. The Times' Lou- renzo Marquez correspondent says. under date of July 7 : i "A general movement of Boer set tlers Into Gnzaland , Portuguese terri tory , seems to be In contemplation. Already large herds have been arlven across the border. The Portuguese welcome the movement. " STILL FIGHTING IN LUZON. Filipinos IIiul 1(10 ( Mc-u Killed Wlillo Aniurlcimt * Lose Kluvvn. MANILA , July 8. The last week's scouting in Luzon resulted In eleven Americans being killed nnd sixteen wounded. Ono hundred and sixty Fil- Iplnoa were killed during tne week and eight Americans , who had been prison ers in the hands of the rebels , were surrendered and 100 rllles were turned over to the United States officials. The enemy ambushed n wagon train between Indang nnd Nalc. The Third Infantry lost nine men , whie : on an expedition to punish the Ladroncs in the Delta of the Rio Grande. In the Antigua province of Panay a running fight of three hours' duration resulted In the killing or wounding of seventy of the enemy. There were no casualties among the Americans. The Insurgents arc slowly accepting the amnesty provisions. In some In stances the Americans are suspending operations In order to give the rebois an opportunity to take advantage of the decree. Hilled In u 1'ciMilliir Way. PITTSBURG , Pn. , July 9. Two per sons were killed outright and one se riously hurt last night In a peculiar railroad accident. Thomas Edwards had his leg so bad ly lacerated that It will have to bo am putated. 'I'ho victims were on their way home from church and wore standing on South Twenty-seventh street , south sldedit the end of a blind switch on the Plttsburg , Virginia & Charleston railroad , waiting for a long Pan Handle train to pass. The switch which is on grade , was filled with ca booses. The freight broke In two at the switch , supposedly caused by a broken frog. The portion whjch turned Into the switch Jammed the line of cabooses through the buffer Into the party of church people. Mrs. Edwards was literally cut to pieces. Both legs were cut off , her head was crushed and her entire body was covered ored with cuts and bruises. Mr. Morris was not qulto so badly mangled , but was dead when picked up. up.Mr. . Edwards , who Is a prominent , contractor , was thrown , and one of his legs caught by n care wheel and crushed so badly that It will have to be amputated. Wheeling ( lulu u Nor Line. CLEVELAND , O. , July G. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad com phny announces Its accosalon to the cpntrol of the Coshocton & Southern railroad by the lifting of the receiver ship and the fact that It will bo oper ated for both freight and passenger business , beginning July 15. The of fice of the general superintendent has been abolished by the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the operating work di vided between the division superin tendents. JAPAN HAS FREE Buesia Gives to Government at Tokio Full Liberty of Action , JAPANESE FORCE TO GO TO CHINA Native Chrlnllnns Snhl to Have llccn blnuglitercil In TIOUBI | IHH 1'ernoim ( lullty of Shirting liiiurrcctlou Are to He lluhcuildt. LONDON , July 7. The Russian gov ernment announces that It will give Japan a free hand to apply military force In China. The terms of this con sent arc summarized In the subjoined dispatch from St. Petersburg , under date of July G , In reply to an Inquiry fem the Japanese cabinet regarding the dispatch of Japanese troops to China to render aid to the foreigners In Pekln. The Russian government declared that on May 27 that it left the Japa nese government full liberty of action In this connection , as the Tokio cabi net expressed its readiness to act In full agreement with other powers. It Is In consequence of this , no doubt , that Japan Is preparing to em bark 20,000 more troops. Political considerations that were thought to have been numbing the ac tion of the powers are thus laid aside for a moment at least , by tlio govern ment Hiipposed to have the clearest purposes respecting China's fut\ires. Japan's dispatch of troops now can have Httlo bearing on the fate of the foreigners In Pekln. Baron Hayashl , the new Japanese minister , who arrived In London re cently , said that ten days would prob ably be required for'the ' carrying of troops to China. His dictated state ments contained these sentences : If all conditions Japan has asked were conceded I see no reason why Ja pan should not undertake the task of suppressing the trouble. The powers arc all agreed In wishing to put down the rebels , but It does not seem that they are agreed on the means. From these authoritative utterances It Is Inferred that Japan does dominate conditions and that the concert of the powers Is a little Jangled. Details of further horrors In Pokln are gathered by correspondents at Shanghai from Chinese sources , "spe cially of the slaughter In the Chinese and Tartar city of thousands of na tive Christians , so that the capital reeks with carnage. The ruthless thirst for blood Is spreading In all the northern provinces nnd wherever there are natlvo Christians the scenes enacted In the capital are reproduced In miniature. From the capital noth ing further comes regarding the lega tion forces except a repetition that they are all dead. The correspondents aver that If the Chinese officials In Shanghai wished to throw light on the real state of affairs In the capital they could do so and therefore the first reports are accepted as true. Prince Tuan's coup do etat Is de scribed by the Shanghai correspond ent of the Dally Mail as a sequence to the grand council of ministers , at which Lung Yu advocated the sup pression of the Boxers promptly. The dowager empress gave her whole sup port to Yung Lit and a scene of dis order ensued. Prince Tuan passion ately intervened , backed by Kang Ylh. They rushed from the council and their partisans raised the cry , "Down with the foreigners. " The effect was electrical. The eunlchs , palace officials of all sorts and most of the populace took up the cause of Prince Tuan and his agents Immediately put the em peror and the dowager empress under restraint. I.ofl 111 O ild Voa t. LONDON , July 7. The colonial of fice has received from the governor of the Gold Coast colony , Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson , n dispatch dated Atekewautek , July C , saying that ow ing to the non-arrival of the rellel column and the reduction of the food supply he had decided to push through the rebels and had deceived the enemy regarding the route followed. The col umn suffered great privation , but the loss was only six men killed and sev eral wounded. Governor Hodgson expressed the hope of reaching the Gold Coast In ten days. He added that the suffering at Kumassl was terrible , the mortality from starvation being thirty persons ! per day. The column of the governor numbers 400 and Includes all the Euro peans , among them being the members of the Basel mission. IMe.ro Cuban Tt'iichern Arrive. BOSTON , Mass. , July 3. The Uni ted States transport Scdgwlck , hav ing on board moro than 40 female teachers from Cuba , and the third of the fleet bringing Instructors to this country for a season of study at Har vard university summer school , ar rived today. Two more transports are yet to come. Don't Llku Slpl In Voril ct. LONDON , July C. The morning pa pers generally publish editorials com mentlng upon the verdict In the case of Slpldo , the would-be assassin 01 the Prince of Wales. The Dally Tele graph says the result of the trial is "monstrous. " The Dally Chronicle de clares that It Is "an outrage on hu inanity , " and the Dally Mail chnrnc terlzes It as "n reproach on Belgium. ' 1-cHttv.il nt St. 1'nnl , ST. PAUL , Minn. , July 7. The Northwestern Scandinavian Sangers association began Its annual singing festival In this city tonight with a grand concert. Delegates arrived dur Ing the day from North and South Da kotn , Iowa and Minnesota. Three 1'uranni Uronn. LAKE CHARLES , La. , July 6. By the sinking of a skiff on the lake to day In n rain storm three persons Mrs. C. J. Phelps , her mother , Mrs Amanda Johnson , and her brother , Al bert Johnson , aged 11 , were drowned THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Quotation * From South Oinnlm nnd ICniiHim City. SOUTH OMAHA. Cnttlo Supplies were unusually largi for the dny , nnd Included u lot of very desirable beeves. Tlicro were 158 fresh loiulH , 3.453 head , the big bulk of them corn-fed beeves. Triulc opened out slow. Homo of the best cuttle sold nbout steady with ycHturdny , but the general muiket wns EfflOc lower. Cows nnd heifers were In light supply , peed demand and. nbout steady. Veal calves , bulls , stags , etc. , sold at Unchanged quotations , Huelness In stackers and feeders was very dull , but there wns no particular change In quota tions. Choice 1.400 to l.COO-lb. beeves , (5.10 W .40 ; good 1,100 to 1.400-lb. beoveH , J4.90 ® 5.10 ; fair to tre l 1,000 to 1,250-lb. steers , $4.SOff4.95 ( ; poor to fair steers. J4.50fJ4.SO ; good to choice cows and heifers , ft.20 © 4.75 ; fair to good cows und heifers , J3.GO 04.00 ; common and canning grades , $2.25 ® 3.50 ; bulls , stags , etc. . W.25 .50 ; calves , common to choice , J3.00Q7.W ; good to cliolco stockers nnd feeders , $4.GO < 34.SO , fair to good stackers and feeders , JLOOft1 4.50 ; common to fnlr stockers and feed ers , $3.GOfa4.00 ; milkers and springers , $3.30 ( J/3.45. / Hogs There were 115 cars , 8,000 hogs , as uualnst 11,500 a week ago and the week's supply , owing mainly to the holi day , arc 20A ( smaller than lust week. The iiuiillty wns fair , but there Is u de cided Increase In the amount of light mixed hoc.H coming , as compared with Hiipplles earlier In the season. The west hud 40,000 , against 53,003. The market oiicnett 7'/4c higher and ruled active until the birr end of the supply was exhausted , sales ranging $5.10 5J5.23 , with the bulk at J5.15Q3.171 * . Al though provisions opened strong , eastern hog markets reported the early advance lost , nnd the final wind-tip locally was on the same ba-ils , with a few loads still unsold at a Into hour. Itutcher and heavy hogs , J3.13ilf5.25 ; mixed and medium weights , J5.101i5.20 : light nnd light mixed , Jj.lOftO 1714. Sheep Only three fresh loads , 702 head , were received. There was a good demand from all sources for choice grades nt Him figures , but common nnd stock sheep were slow sale at mean prices. AVeth- ers , $3.75 4.25 ; ewes , 53.C01J4.00 ; lambs , ? I.50ljG.50 ; sheep , &M < [ t3.W. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Receipts , 2,500 ; market steady to strong ; native steers , $3.75Q5.GO ; Texas steers , J2.73I(5.30 ( ; Texas cows , $2.00(33.03 ( ; native cows nnd heifers , $2.1 Of(3.00 ( ; miock ers and feeders , J3.60S4.CO ; bulls , J3.25 ® 4.00. 4.00.Hogs Hogs Receipts , 0,000 ; market strong to lOc higher , closing weak ; bulk of sales , $5.23fi5.32'Xi ; heavy , $3 251)5.37 ) ; packers. $3.22Ct < af > .32V4 ; mixed , $3.15i5.30 ; light. $3.03 tf52S ; Yorkers , $5.20Q3.25 ; pigs , $4.65& j.n'/i Sheep Receipts , 2,000 ; market steady ! lambs , $3.00@5.90 ; muttons , { 3.00Q5.CO. BURN IP STANDARD PROFITS. Setcrul Million UolluiV Worth of I'rop- crly Didtrojcil l-y Tiro. NEW YORK , July G. The fire at the works of the Standard Oil com pany of Constable Hook , Bayonne , N. J. , which started early yesterday , IP still raging , and no estimate can yet be made of the damage , though It will run Into millions. The oil from the works Is spreading along the tipper bay nnd the Killvon Kull , blazing as it flows , and Ferlous damage Is threatened the adjoining property. Naptha tank No. 7 exploded shortly after G o'clock. The force of the ex plosion smashed windows on the Hook and at least one person was killed and several injured. Charles King , an electrician , was the one killed , and John Watso and Owen Drummond , watchmen , were overcome by fumes and smoke , and Fred Manor was cut by flying glass. They all lived In Bayonne. The fire was started about 1 o'clock by a bolt of lightning which fell dur ing a terrific thunder and rain storm. It struck squarely In the Immense yard of the Standard Oil company , which covers GOO acres of ground. King , the electrician , was struck by the bolt and at the same time it ex ploded two immense reservoir tanks of crude oil. One hundred men were at work in. the yards and whether moro wore killed is not yet known. The explosion was heard for miles and the heavens were lit up for hours af terward by the flames , which leaped a hundred feet in the air. The col umn of smoke which rose from the still burning tanks spread out in such a cloud that to these coming to this city from the west the bright morn Ing sun was obscured. MANY LIVES CRUSHED OUT. Electric Cnr With Over 100 I'ussengcrti Jumps O\er Sixty-Foot Embankment TACOMA , Wash. , July 5. The most appalling accident ever Known In the history of lacoma occurred this morn ing , when the 8:30 : Edison car , loaded with excursionists coming to see tha parade , was dashed down sixty feet over the bridge at the gulch where the track runs from Delhi street , burying the passengers , among wnom were many women and children , under the wreck of the car. The tar turned completely over and mangled the uniortunate victims Into unrecognizable shapes , as the debris crashed down the steep side of the gnlch. Where the car went off there Is a sharp curve , at the toot of a steep grade. Just how the accident occurred will never bo known , but as the car struck the curve instead of following the rails it whirled completely over and pitched from the bridge , striking on Its tpp , the heavy trucks nnd body of the car crashing the frail upper works to splinters and smashing down upon the mass of men , women ant ] children , with which the car waf landed. Two Uoy Drowned. PITTSBURG , July 7. Chester Me- Carthy , aged 8 , and Reuben Hester aged 9 , were drowned today while or an improvised raft watching the men dragging the river for the body of Clarence Lutz , who was drowned yes terday. The bodies were soon recov ered. IN HEART Of BOER COUNTRY Oeuerul I'li et Succensfullj- llurghori on Tire Uuy . LONDON , July 7. General Paget is moving toward the heart of the coun try held by DeWet. Lord Roberts telegraphed to thy war ofllco under date of Pretoria , July 0 , 2:25 : p. m. , as follows : "Paget engaged the enemy on July 3 successfully at Plelsfontcln. Ho drove them out of a very strong po sition across Leeuwkop to Grecnerfon- teln , where he blvouaced for the night. IN TIEN W Vice Admiral Seymour Makes Official Be- ' * port of Belief Expedition , WEEKS OP BATTLE AND TERROR rupcrlnl Troops us AVcll tin lloxerd Kn- { gngo Intcrimtlonnlft ChlneHo JMuUo- Treacherous Attack After ProfeHetous. of Krleiiilllnoii * . LONDON , July C. The commander * of the allies In Tien Tsln Inform the correspondents that It would be sui cidal to atttcmpt to reach Pekln with f | the troops now available In the face ' ' of the colossal force of Imperial troops- nnd Boxers occupying the country be- ( | .ween Tien Tsln and Pekln. So far 'rom taking the offensive , the 12,000 international troops nt Tien Tsln and. the 8,000 others att Taku and Interme diate points can barely keep up com munications , fighting Incessantly with I overwhelming numbers using far moro t numerous artillery than .the allies. \ This telegram has been received : SHANGHAI , July 4. 11:10 : a. m. . via Chee Foo. Tien Tsln city fell be tween 7 and 8 o'clock on the morning- of June 30. It Is understood that Shanghai un doubtedly referred to the native city of Tien Tsln , from which the Chinese- have been bombarding the foreign quarter and the dispatch Is taken to- mean that the allies are now more than holding their own. Advices received by way of Shang hai aver that the Chinese losses around Tien Tsln are between 7,000 and 8,000 , accordlne to official estimates. The correspondent of the Express at Che Fee , telegraphing on Wednes day , says Vice Admiral Seymour was. wounded while sitting In a house at Tien Tsln by Chinese sharpshooters. r Official news received at Che Foo- shows that the Chinese nave been guil ty of horrible cruelty toward wound ed and captured , subjecting them to what Is known as ling die , or the slic ing process. Under this hideous prac tice the bodies of the fallen are mu tilated. Revolting stories are told of the bar barities practiced upon Japanese and European prisoners captured on the. way to Pekln , though it is not known that Admiral Seymour lost any prison ers. The Chinese troops marching to ward Tien Tsln , the Chinese say , left behind them trails of rapine , fire nnd blood. Native women were assaulted and children were cut In two. According to roundabout reports. It Is asserted by the Chinese that Prince Tuan is personally directing the as sault upon the legations. He confer red honors nnd gave large sums of money and other presents to the Boxer leaders and the commanders of the troops who drove back Admiral Seymour and also gave money to every soldier taking part in the operation. An edict of Prince Tumi's has reach ed Shanghai ordering southern vice roys to assemble the Chinese fleet and to attack the war ships at Shanghai. Japan Is reported to bo landing an army at Peetaughs , to the northward of Taku. The Japanese generals are believed to be about to move toward Pekin , following the plan previously formulated. V Tao Tal Sheng of Shanghai issued a proclamation on Wednesday which practically forbids foreign war ships approaching the Yang Tse Klang , say ing that If they do so the Chinese au thorities will not hold themselves re sponsible for the consequences. It Is considered that the Chinese officials are preparing to evade responsibility if an outbreak occurs. Even LI Hung- Chang is suspected. The foreigners arc simply aghast at the extent of the .Chinese armaments , which have been Systematically accumulated. TAKES HIS OWN LIPE. ClilncKo Umpcror Porccd by 1'rlnoe Tuan to Commit Sulcldo. SHANGHAI , July G. Emperor Kwang-Su committed suicide by rak ing opium , under compulsion of Prince Tuan , June 19. The empress dowugsr also took poison , but Is still alive , though reported to bo fnsane from cue effects of the drug. The foregoing had been officially re ported to the German consular staff. Two Manchus who have arrived at Shanghai certify to the truth of the statement that Prince Tuan visited the palace and offered the emperor and dowager empress the alternative of poison or the sword. The emperor , they say , took the poison nnd died within an hour. The dowager em press also chose poison , but craftily swallowed only n portion of what was offered to her and survived. On the same day tlio Chinese customs bureau was destroyed , Sir Robert Hart , the inspector of customs , and his staff es caping to the legations. on AVuRC Sculp. BIRMINGHAM , Ala. , July G. The coal operators and miners of Alabama came to an agreement on the wage question today and signed a contract for the year , ending June 30 , 1901 , based on the contract of the year Ju&t ended. Work in all of the mines will bo resumed. The blast furnaces that blow out on Monday on account of the suspension of the work at the mines will go In operation the first of next week. Four r.lttlo.IVCB Lost. PHILADELPHIA , July 5. A blank cartridge filed nt close range by a ne gro boy Into a large collection of fire works of a highly explosive cnaracter cost the lives of four cnlldrcn , tno probable death of three others and se vere burns and laceration to twenty other persons , only two of whom were adults. The explosion occurred in front of the small shop of iitonario Mammerello , on Eighth street , in the most thickly populated section. The fireworks were on n stand on the pave ment and consisted largely of giant firecrackers , torpedoes , rockets and chasers.