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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUKE 10, 3 871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1900. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BOLD RAID OF BOERS Twenty Miles of Rillroad Between RoodeTal and America Bidin; Out. MOVE THAT MAY EMBARASS LORD ROBERTS Opposition to Hundls and Eicapa of Botha Alarms British War Offica. DULLER AND DOERS IN RUNNING FIGHT Burghors are Ooncmtrating in Mountainous Country Alnut Ihthlehem. HUNTER FEARS CUTTING OF TELEGRAPH Hi-porl lluil the Dutch In Cnpe Cntnny Have Spill, Oil .Majority HrliiK UIniiIciini-iI at (lie l'ro-llrltlxli Attitude of Premier. LONDON, June 11.-3:30 a. m. Tlio Doers havo torn up twenty-one miles of Lord Rob erts' vital lino of railway between America Siding and Roodcvnl. It Is n lxilit raid anil vexations, but It does not disquiet the mili tary authorities an yet, for they expect Gcn- eral Kelly-Kenny to drive off the marauders and to icoiicn the line. Tho rapidity of the advance of Lord Hob ertB cntmot havo permitted him to accumu late lntgo reserves of stores. Therefore an Interruption of tho railway for a week must embarrass tho army and may bring tho forward operations to n standstill, Nothing has been heard from Lord Rob erts for tbreo days. This raid on tho rail way, the strenuous opposition to General Hundle and tho escape of General Hotha's division have forced tho War office nuthorl tlis to tho conclusion that tho war Is not yet over, though even the occasional civilian Doer sympathizer can not sco how the Iloers will bo able to do anything to change the rcault. General Duller Is In Iloer territory. Tho dispatches of correspondent with him at Sunset, near Kooinatlport, dcscrlbo the corps on tho frontier of tho Free State. "Tho Ilrltlsh marched eight miles yester day," says tho Router correspondent, "be foro encountering nny opposition. Tho Doers, who had one gun, withdrew under heavy ordnance lire to a ridge Just ahead of tho camp." This long-rango running skirmish will doubtless bo renewed this morning. Ocneral Duller lfl expected to make rapid progress now and to throw tno weight of 20,000 men Into Lard Roberts' Transvaal combluatllon. Tho fighting on Juno 0, In which Ihcro wero fewer than twenty casualties, wan kept up nil day long by musketry and artillery. Tho Ilrltlsh nttacklug line, thrco miles In length, nindo Us way amid the precipitous hills. A How gun on Spitz kopje fired shrapnel rapidly nt a rango of yards at tho Drltloh right Hank, but every shell was" bur ltd In the ground before bursting. (lencrnl lluudlc's and Ocneral Drabant's divisions nro Ht 111 nt Hammonla. Tho latest Intelligence from their hcndquartctH Is that .,UipI)oor' nro determined to light to tho -'bliler end. They nro concentrating for mlleS' around Hcthlehem. Tho country between them nml General Bundle Is mountainous nnd resembles northern Nntal In bclnc ex ceedingly dllllcult for military operations. Major Wood ot Hundlo's staff rodo to n Doer outpost on June C and announced that l'rotorla had been occupied by tho Ilrltloh. How tho Doors received this news is not ro corded. Altogether 600 Doers huve sur rendered to Ocnernl Hundle. Oonernl Hunter's advanco has reached Vonterdorf, 100 miles southwest of Pretoria. This took placo on June 7. General l'lumer'n column Is on tho Elands river, northwu of Pretoria. Tho Ilrltlsh nro sending detachments right nnd left to accept tho surrender of commandoes, horses und cattlo and forngc and to overawo tho sparsely settled country. Thus far only ono small commando has been head of, a com mando nt Tall HiibcIi. Ocneral Hunter's Immediate objective Is I'otchcfstroom. This town nnd Ilustenburg nro tho Inrgcst towns west of Johannesburg. It Is reported that l'otchofstroom Is really to submit. General Hunter has warned nil burghcrw that If tho telegraph Is cut behind him ho will send back troops nnd burn tho houses near tl' lino. Tho Dutch In Cape Colony appear to havo spllL a majority ot tho Afrikander Bund beiug displeased with tho unwillingness ot Mr. Schrelncr, tho Cnpo premier, to go tho full length ot tho proposed opposition to tho British. LOURENZO MARQUESS, Juno 0. It Is re ported that tho Ilrltlsh havo occupied Ko mntlpoort nfter fighting. Kruger Is said to have a largo quantity of personal valuables with him. BOERS WERE FORCED BACK Gciioriil IliiltiT Wire Further I'nr (lonliirn of Latent lliltlxh Vlolury. LONDON, Juno 10. Thi War olflco has reculved the following dispatch from Sir Redvcru Duller: "HEADQUARTERS IN NATAL, Juno 10 With roforenco to my telegram of Juno 8: Wo halted yestorday to get our trains up tho paBS, which Is very stoep, I find tho enemy were nbout 2,000 strong, In n very carefully prepared position, which they must havo been very disheartened not to havo held loncor than they did. Thoy havo all retired about twcnty-slx miles to the northwest. "I find our casualties wero mora than I first thought. They wero ono olllcor so rlously wounded, two men klllnl nnd thir teen wounded." LONDON, Juno 10. Sir Ooncral For-estier-Wnlkor wires to tho War olllco from Capetown, under toduy's date, as follows: "Information received from natives early yesterday (Sntuiday) reports tho enumy In thrco columns near Honing Spruit. "The railway has been almcst completely destroyed between America and Roodevnl." LICHTI3NnUHO. June 0. Ocneral Hun ter's advanco column has occupied Venters dorp, tho Doers quietly surrendering in small bodies. Considerable- looting had boen done. General Mnhon's column has rejoined Hunter, CAPETOWN, Juno 10. Tho Drltlsh high commissioner, Sir Alfred Mllnor, has tele graphed to United States Consul Hay at Pretoria, thanking him tor his services in connection with tho Dtlttsh prisoners nt Waterval. A widespread feeling of grati tude exists for thu good work done by Mr. Hay and ulso by United Stata Consul Oen oral Stowo here. DylnK I'oIIim'iiiiiii Kill II Im Man. CAIIOLLTON, On., June 10. Chief nf Pnllco Crlder wns shot nnd hilled hero by Thomas ic;rde,n, whom he was trying to nrrcst. ACrIder wan falling he drew hN revolver und ilre-d, klllliiK Jordan Instantly Leon Hood, a bystander, was shot In the lcj(. WILL MAKE BRAVE DEFENSE Iloer II ii j- I.iii-kc (liiaiilKIrn if Sitittl IniK Jlnlerlnl (or Fortifying l'ltriioHCN, LONDON, Juno 11, The Lourcnzo Mnr quez correspondent of tho Times, telegraph ing Saturday, sas that tho Doers are re solved to strengthen their defenses nt cer tain pcsltlons Is shown by tho quantities ot sacks which thu.tr agent!, aro buying there. "This week three trucks have been loaded with empty sacks," ho aays, "but whether these will bo permitted to got through I am unable to pay. So great Is tho demand for sandbag material that u largo consignment of rlco lying In the custom hotiso has been emptied into vessels In order that tbo sacks might bo obtained. Orc.it preparations are being made to meet tho Ilrltlsh column, which the Doers tay Is coming through Swaziland, "Plot Orobeler and a number of Holland ers hero aro said to havo brought a quan tity cf bar gold. A member ot tho party oxprofsed the opinion that the war would last thrco or four months longer, although ho recognized (ho futility of continuing tho struggle. Ho Bald ho would llko to nee It ended Immediately. "President Kruger Is bearing up well under tho discomforts of his now scat of government. He Is Imbued with a fear that ho will bo cent to shnro Ocneral Cronjo's society In St. Helena. He has no Intention of fulfilling the predictions that ho will neck a refuge In Europe. "None of these visitors seem to enter tain any hope that tho Doers will be able to check the progress of Lord Huberts. Tho Hollanders aro Industriously spreading a report that Iinl Roberts has Imprisoned on tho race courso all tho mulo residents of Pretoria." NU NAVY FOR CUBA JUST YET (ienernl AVoimI llcjrctn I'lnn for Iiulc pendent Flee( o( Sixty Vexsclx. HAVANA, Juno 10. Ocneral Lacrct has hrought before Oovernor General Wood the plun which originated last year for forming a Cuban navy, to be composed nt tho outset of sixty vessels, having In view for the present the protection of Cuban fisheries and tho prevention of smuggling. Last year tho entire plan was rejected ns un necessary, It being felt that twelve small revenue cutters would bo udequato nnd that these could be maintained much cheaper In connection with tho customs department. General Wood takes tho same vlow and tho Cuban navy will therefore probably remain In abeyance until Cuba Is Independent, Cuban "Justice" Is recognized as having become merely n matter of dollais and cents and tho Cuban lawyers seem to object to nil reforms. For Instance, tho charge against Se:retary Souza ot tho cathedral court, who was arrested Friday night for bribery, has not been referred to by any Havana paper printed in Spanish. Ono editor, when the case wns called to his attention, said he could not afford to antagonize men holding such positions. Even though marked money was found on Souza's person nnd the conver sation between him nnd Carlos Carlorlz was overheard by a detective, It Is still felt that tho olllclal will not bo punished. A simi larly gloomy vlow Is taken with referenco to the outcome of tho custom housa fraud case. Tho Post said this morning: "A brother of one of tho accused persons Is a son-in-law of tho chief Justice. In criminal matters about-thtjfuoly .njotectlaa Americans" and others havo Is tho court of Captain Pitcher, pollco maglstrato, but he has very limited power, tho extent ot tho penalties ho may enforco being ten days or $10. Foreigners deslro to hnvo his court abolished and tho consular courts restored." Come. l'nnxlhly n Fn-diinlxt. A lively controversy Is being carried on by tho threo political parties In Havana with reference to tho recent utterances of General Maximo Gomez. Tho question as to which party ho will associate himself with Is also n question for debate. Tho re publican party Bent to him to Inqutro nnd ho replied ho had friends In both the na tional and. republican parties. Tho nation alists contend that Gomez should Identify himself with them, as they represent tho true revolutionary program. They assert that they havo always been consistently nnd openly with Gomez and that the re publicans merely .want to uso him for po litical purposes. Tho union nntlonal party wants to know why, If Gomez sympathizes with tho republican and national pirtles, who favor Independence, ho Is not In sym pathy with tho democratic party, whose leaders aro also working for tho same ends, Tho banquet given by tho executive com mittee of the Spanish Casino to the captain and olllccrs of tho Argentine training ship Presldento Sarmlonto was a great success, causing much enthusiasm nmong tho Span iards. Senor Esplanoza, speaking In tho namo of tho Cuban press nnd proposing tho toast to tho Argcntlno republic, said: "Tho Argentine sailors come to Cuba nt ft nad although perhaps an opportuno hour, for perhaps this visit will servo to bury painful memories and to teach tho Inhab itants of Cuba that thoy do not belong In vain to tho great Spanish raco and that all should work toward preserving tho Indi viduality of Cuba." LATEST ALASKAN ADVICES lip (u (he Iliul uf May Clemi-Up Kxtl mnlcil (o He at I. east 918,000,000. POUT TOWNSEND, Wash., Juno 10. Tho steamer City ot Seattle arrived last night from Alaska with $100,000 In gold dust and 260 passengers, meet of whom nro from Dawson. Thus far 11 vo boats havo reached tho lakes from Dawson nnd the rush for the states Is fairly on. Among tho return ing Dawsonltes aro many women and chil dren, Up to May 2S, It Is stated, tho clean-up had reached $1S,000,000. Tho season opened from threo to four weeks earlier than In any previous yenr. A general rush from Daw son Is reported for Koyukuk river, whero rich strikes have been reported. Tho water in tho hikes Is reported as being very low, which renders navigation hard and uncer tain. Among tho passengers arriving on tho City of Seattle Is William II. Hale, delegato from Alaska to tho democratic national con vention. POPE'S HEALTH SEEMS GOOD I Itil - Father l'artlelpalen in tliu Ceremony ( Veneration nt Home, HOME, Juno 10. The pope, went to St. Peter's cathedral today to participate In tho ceremony ot veneration In the casj of two Italian enlnts recently canonized. Thirty thousand persons were present. He was borne on tho sedlln gestoro, surrounded by seventy cardinal nnd tho papal court. Ho seemed In good health aud while giv ing blessing to tbo candidates raised from bid scat briskly, as If he wished to re assure tho cougregatlon regarding his con dition. Mm. (ilniUtone U Very III. LONDON. June 10. The condition ot Mrs. Oladitono continues precarious, ALL READY FOR CONVENTION Arrangements for Great Eopublicin Gather ing at Philadelphia Completed. NEBRASKA DELEGATION AT STRATFORD SorKcnntMit'AriiiN Wlmvcll unit Ilolp. em linn)- l.iMiUliuv Aller (he 1I liihiitlon u( TleUet and Other Pinal Dt lalU. t PHILADELPHIA, Juno 10. Tno repub lican convention city of 1800 has everything In readiness ten days In ndvance of tho dnto fixed for the opening session, Juno 19. All tho hard work Is over and tho city In beglnnnlng to dress up to recolvo Ub guests. The magnificent convention hall, on tho west bank of tho Schuylkill river, Is completo In every detail. Tho preparations for tho coming gathering were carried on by two large committees. Ono had charge of tho arrangements for tho serious work of tho convention, while the other committee was assigned the task of properly entertaining tho visiting republicans. Desirable hotel accommodations for tho next two weeks will be extremely hard to find, ns all tho larger hostelrlcs And tho cx- i elusive apartment houses hnve been booked to their capacity. Quito a number of state delegations havo rented entlro houses 'for all of next w'ock. Tho storm center betwein tho sessions will bo tho Hotel Wnlton, nt Droad nnd Locust streets, whero tho nntlonnl commit tee will havo Its headquarters. Tho meetings of tho natloual committee, beginning next Wednesday, will bo held In one of tho banquet rooms on tho tenth or top Moor of tho hotel. Tho room Is well adapted for tho purpose, being largo enough to nccommodato tho full committee, wit nesses and representatives of contesting delegations. Tho Walton also will bo tho stamping grounds of tho Maine, Connecticut, New I York, Ohio. Michigan, Wisconsin and Mis sourl state delegations. National Chairman , Hnnna and Secretary Dick will occupy ' suites at tho Dellevue, a block from tho , Walton, nlong with Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts and other leading republicans. J At the Lafayetto hotel will bo quartered tho delegations from Alaska, Indiana, i Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, llhodo Island, South Dakota and Virginia, while the Con ! tlnental hotel will houso tho Alabama, ! Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Texas and Wyo ming contlngetitH. Tho Stanton will caro for tho Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts nnd Now Mexico delegations. eliriiNkii at Stratford. West Virginia and Nebraska havo engaged rooms nt the Stratford. Tennessee, California nnd Loulslnna will hold forth nt tho Bingham house. Other Btato delegations will bo quartered nt va rious smaller hotels and boarding houses. Tho Pennsylvania delegation headquarters will bo located In tho house occupied by tho Pennsylvania stato central committee near tho Walton. Tho national committee will hold Its first session In this city on Wednesday, who evory member Is expected to bo present with tho exception ot General James H. Wilson of Delawure, who Is In Cuba. The organiza tion of the convention will, In all likelihood, , takM-uu Jcthe-JnoUer.of contests, tho committee Is expected to take such action as will make the work of tho credentials commltteo easier. With tho exception ot tho Eleventh Pennsylvania congressional district every delegate to tho convention In tho United States has been elected. Tho Eleventh Pennsylvania will elect Its two delegates nt Scranton tomorrow. With ono j exception tho contests nro confined to tho southern stntes. I Tho social program for convention week ! will bo about na completo ns it can bo mado. All tho republican clubs In tho city havo formed a general organization and aro work I Ing ns n unit. Saturday, Sunday and Mon ' day reception committees will bo nt nil tho ! railroad stations and forrles to welcome tho j visiting club men. On Monday night thern will be a monster ! torchlight parade In which 25,000 men nro j expected to march. Visiting clubs will bo 1 given tho right of lino except whero It Is I desired to march with tho particular local organization assigned to entertain It dur ing tho week. Excursions' havo been ar ranged for every day to points of Interest up and down the Delaware river nnd to historical places In nnd nround tho city. Tho nights will bo given up to banquets, smokers, concerts and other forms of cnter- I talnment. On Tuesday, June 19, In the oven- lng thero will bo a monster mass meeting in i no Acauemy oi .uusic. i no uesi orators among the loaders In tho party will bo the speakers. Denerlpt Ion of Con vent Ion Hull. Tho convention hall Is located In West Philadelphia, ono and one-half miles from thu national commltteo headquarters nni tho hotel district. Transportation to and from tho hall 1st nmple, the Xacllltles In this respect having been thoroughly tented during tho National Export exposition. Tho auditorium 1Mb been pronounced by republican natlonnl leaders and nowspapcr correspondents who havo attonded mnny nntlonal conventions to bo the meet com pleto in every Uetnll of any structure built for slmllnr purposes. Tho acoustlo prop erties ot tho hall In Its enlarged condition havo not yet been practically tested, but experts nro of tho opinion that they aro ns perfect as can bo expected of an audi torium of such slzo. i Tho seating capacity Is closp to 16,000. I The main floor Is provided with thirty-four I entrancco. Tho mnln cntrnnce Is nt tho I north and tho stage la at the southern end, .eight feet nbovo tho main floor. Tho press I stand for C00 working nowspapcr mon is I directly In front of tho stago and Is four ' feet nbovo tho main floor. In front of tho I prefa stand Is tho spaco for tho delegates, which Is exactly In tho center of the hall. Hack of the delegates are tho alternates' . seats. On nil four sides of tho hall, running from tho main floor well up to tho roof, nro i banked row nfter row of sents. Thero Is only ono gnllery, which runs tho entire width of the hall nt tho rear. Tho band will bo located In tho center of tho gal lery. Dack of the Btago and nwny from the nolso of tho crowd aro located numerous committee rooms. Tlio telegraphic faclll ties aro ample, tho Wostern Union and Pestnl Telegraph companies nnd tho Afeo elated Press having spacious rooms close to tho stage, and which aro reached by tun nels under tho seats. Thero are nearly 200 wires running Into the hall. Tho building will bo turned over to the national committee this week. Tho commltteo of citizens having charge of tho arrangements hai rnlsad nearly $130,000 for the convention. One hundred thousand dollars of this amount was for tho national committed nnd tho remaining $30,000 1b for tho expenses ot altering tho hall. Of the 1C.000 seatc Phlla- I ilalrtMn will tint 1 fifth TY, ...tit ..v.,'.... tv ,vvv. wu vimcia mil bo divided pro rata anions tbo subscrlbsis ot tho $130,000 (und. No commltteo has had a harder task than that assigned to tho press committor, wnLh (Continued on Third Page.) AGUINAL00 AS ARCH FIEND Hehel Lender AilleH Ifne of IIoIIIiik AVnter nml (III In Attnolin on Ainerlgnn, MANILA, May 12. (Correspondence of tho Associated Press.) The great storo of In surgent documents discovered by General Funaton, together with somo Interesting pa pers which Captain Smith found In the pos session of Ocneral Pnntaleon Garcia, throw Interesting sldo lights upon tho Filipino government. Most Important ot the lot Is Agulnnldo's plan for the uprising In Manila, which was drawn by him nt Malolos. It la In his own handwriting In the Tagalog lan guage nnd bears the date of January 9, 1699. Pinned to the document wns a translation Into Spanish dono by tho hand of Ducn camlno. Agulnnldo's order was addressed to his "valiant snndallhnns," or bolomcn. When tho word of tho uprising was given they wero to slay all American soldiers In Ma nlla. The Insurgents wero to repair to housetops, whence they were to hurl down upon tho soldiers heavy furnlturo nnd nny Iron Implements they might hnve heated red hot. They were nlse to hnvo ready In their houses hot water, which was to bo thrown upon passing soldiers or squirted nt them from bamboo syringes. Tho women nnd children wero exhorteJ to help In preparing tho water and boiling oil, which thoy wero to pnBs out to tho men for use. Afterwards tho bolomcn wero to run through tho streets slashing Americans wherever they mot them. They were Instructed not to stop to pick up tho guns of soldiers they killed, as thoso could bo collected afterwards, Tho bolo mcn wero warned to restrain themselves from the temptation of looting becnuso, ns Agulnaldo explained,' ho wns particularly desirous to mnko good to foreign nations his assertions that tho Filipinos wero disciplined and civilized people. .Particular Injunctions wero given for protecting tho banks, oven tho Spanish bank. Other Interesting papers related to tho purchase and Importation of arms. IllKh I'rlecM fur Ammunition. Ono letter concerning a consignment of Mausers stated that 'tho Oerman govern ment would not nllow them to bo shipped from tho country without n payment of $10 on each gun. Filibustering nust havo been a costly enterprise to the revolutionary government It nppears that ono cargo, consisting of COO rifles nnd COO.OOO rounds ot ammunition, cost $18,000 Mexican money before it reached the Insurgents. Among tho Items included In the1 bill of tho men who engineered tho deal wns ono ot $1,000 for hotel bills In Hong Kong, nnd tho other ex penditure of several thousand dollars ex plained as "squeeze " which Is Interpreted ns "bribes to olllcjals to keep their eyes closed." Other letters Indlcnto that an American consul nt a Chinese port sold several ship ments of nrms to gulnaIdo. in a letter from Hownrd Dray an EnglUhman belong ing to tho Hong Ki ng Juntn, Agulnaldo Is wnmed that Spend r, Pratt, tho American consul nt Slngnpor Is "a d d traitor." Agulnaldo's lcttci book contains copies of letters to all sot of people, ono to tho emperor of Japan scorapauled by a gift or a sword, which -;s.sent as a token ot appreciation ot tl t 'kindness" shown by tho Japancso gov Tho naturo of ?k plained. These Al nro sending to tL, ent to tho Filipinos. "kludne.18" is unex Tnts tho authorities 'ar department and they nro reticent the contents. Tno publication In tin .'la papers that let ters were ."ujh: v.pilcnUngpromlncntlfrorruixUo4)FoiirjJi. It Is a mlraclothat business Arms la tor. city Is snld by thoTtfiero weronot flityVliMrr'sh1rtr"'ffec,tl;Q' gossips nt tho English ,club to havo brought great uucaslncM .sundry guilty con sciences. Hecords of , contributions by Mn nila firms to tho Insurgents nppear, but thoso are not surprising, because foreign ers In Manila considered It necessary to mako such contributions by way ot In surance upon their property In tho prov inces. l.eder From Ilrynn nml Hour. Ducucamnino, tho secretary of stato of tho Filipino revolutionary gonrnmet, who is In Manila, says that none of the really . ernor Stcphons says this evening that every Important secret pepers wero found; that I thing Is being put in readiness for calling nmong them was corrrspondenco with for- out tho National gunrd of Missouri to quell olgn governments aud luttors from promt - nent nnti-lmperlalli.ts, including Hon. W. J. Dryan nnd Senator Hoar. All of these, ho says, wero sont to Hong Kong last September for safe keeping In tho hands of tho Junta. Tho purport of the letters from antl-lmperlallsts, according to his recollection, were that tho Filipinos should adhere to their demands for Independence and thoy would eventually bo sustained by tho American voters. Cnpture nf General Cnreln. Tho llfo of nn Inturgent general in thero , I l II,. ... .i . .w a 10 wiui tne uounus on his tral . General Pantaleon Garcia went to bed last Saturday night In tho houso of his friends at Jaen, Threo days ho had stayed In Jaen ho was Buffering from lever, which tho natives call cal entura. This morning, however, ho would movo on. Dcforo daylight a horso har nessed to a caromata waited before tho house. At tho unceremonious hour of .1 ociock nn American otneor nnd two sol- dlers entered tho room. Thoy saw a shirt hanging over a chair with tho embroidered Initials "P. G." and a man In bed with! his head tied up In bandages. "What Is your name?" asked Lieutenant Day. "Pedro Gonzales," replied tho man In bed, nt the snuio time handing out n visit ing card whereupon was prlntoj "Scnor Gonzales." Lieutenant Day fulled down the blankot, lookod at thn man's faco and compared It with a plcturo from Hnrper's Weekly, which ho carried, "Pantaleon Garcia." ho exclaimed with conviction. Tho Insurgent general medl- tntcd a moment. Thon ho replied In a tone of resignation, "Senor." Tho bedclothes being pullol down ro- vealed "Pantn," n.t the natives call him. wearing his trousers. He. was undoubtedly . HI nnd greatly appreciated tho American rntlons nnd beer which ho received after bolng driven In his own caromata to Gen cral Funaton'8 heofiiuartors. DENY EXISTENCE OF PLAGUE Chinese In Snn Frtuielaeo Seek Free dom iiiroii;h .Medium of llilbcOM CoruuK, SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. The attor neys for tho Six companies havo mado an other effort to raise tbo quarantine In tho Chlneso district. Application has boon mado for a writ of habeas corpus to release Chun Ah Sing. Tho petition will bo heard by United States Judgo DoHavcn Monday. Tho petitioner alleges there Is no plaguo In Chinatown nnd that tho quarantine is unjust, In that it operates against the Chl neso only. Should Chun Ah Sing gain his freedom by this process tho way will be opened for n general lifting of tho quar antine, as the attorneys stand ready to bring Individual cases In rapid euccesslon. Sheriff Protect Prlmmr r. NEW ORLUAN8, Junn 10, Sheriff Ram sey of Mississippi City, Miss,, etutetl today that tho two negro prisoners whom a mob last night endeavored to And nro sufe. Ho learned that tho mob was coining and spirited the mn away to a secret placo ot safety. BLOODY RIOT IN ST, LOUIS Two Striken Killed ai Eeiult of Colliiioni with Sheriff1! Posit. ADDITIONAL DEATHS ARE PflOBABLE i'ronlile Willi lreeliil(n(fil hy Attempt of(rlkliiK liiuilye (u A-oiiult Crew of 1'iinmIiik Car In Front nf I'onio'm HarraeU. ST. LOUIS, Juno 10. Seven men In n party of 100 or more striking employes of tho Trnnslt company who were returning from n labor parade In East St. Louis wero shot shortly after 6 o'clock by members of tho sheriff's posso In front of thu tempo rary barracks on Washington nvenue, be tween Hroadwny nnd Sixth streets. Threo men are dead and several others are badly wounded, Tho dead nro! C. Edward Thomns, striking conductor on tho Chotcau avenue line, shot In breast by deputy sheriff, died on the way to tho hospital. Georgo lllne, striking motorman on tho Dctinar nvcnuo lino, shot In tho abdomen by a deputy sheriff, died nt tho city hos pltnl. Fred Iloehm, nn nged citizen, shot nnd Instantly killed while standing In his front ynrd, by n deputy sheriff. Ed Durkhardt, a striking conductor on tho Dclmar nvenue line, shot in tho bead, dend. Wounded: Oscar Marvin, a conductor on tho Leo nvcnuo line, shot In right hnnd nnd arm; serious. August Smith, shot In right arm nnd breast; not serious. Chnrles Ludwig, shot In hnnd; not serious. Just In front of tho barracks occupied by the posso comltatus tho paraders attempted to nssnult the crow of a passing street car. A brick wns thrown and several shots wero fired by tho street car men, when members of tho posso appeared on tho street with their shotguns and attempted to rcscuo tho street car men. In tho tneleo at least ten shots wero fired by the potso men, who surrounded tho mob, nnd there were four casualties as far na known. Twenty-one prisonem wero captured by the posso and taken into tlio barracks, where they wero searched. Four revolvers nn'd n handful ot pockctknlves wero taken from the pris oners. Thoso under nrrcst itre: J. H. Grant, Chnrles White, C. Johnson, L. K. McCor mnck, John Adams, J. H. Kennedy, N. D. Greonwny, N. P. Hedrlck, Thomas Boyle, Chnrles Robblns, II. Jones, Georgo KeUel, Helnhart Miller, John Schellcr, Charles Mclvor, F. II. Caplln, Joseph Eno. W. M. Thomas, Allan Knabb and F. E. Clenry. Mack .Mlsslck, the secretary of the strikers' union, 'was seen tonight nt Wal halla hall, whero he wns waiting for par ticulars regarding tho riot. MlfiJIck said: "I remember thnt small boy marching be sldo the men threw n rock nt nn approach ing car which had not yet reached Sixth street. Thero was a rovolver shot, but I nm positive that It did not como from our side, as our sldo -was unarmed. Instantly after tho shot wns fired there wns n fusll lado of shots from the deputies. They wept the street from Fourth to Sixth and a bullet momentarily. After tho firing we tried to get nt tho mien who wero lying In tho street, but everywhere wo explained that wo wished to assist them wo were ' ,lrlvnn nwnv nml thn tnpn lnv thero Rtlffer- lng until tho ambulance came. "Tho shooting was unprovoked. It was ono of tho most unpardonnblo outrages over perpetrated In tho United Stntes. Tho Ha zelton riots do not compare with It." .11 ay Call Out Stall- Troop i JEFFEHSON CITY, Mo Juno 10. Gov- 1 disorder In St. I.ouls consequent on tho ntreet' railway strike, nut lie will not issue the call except as a last resort. FRENCH STOP BULL FIGHTING AnthorltleN See Mure Danner In (ho l'eoplc Than tit (he IteiiNtn In (he Con tliiuaiiee. (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) PAHIS, Juno 10. (New York World Cable gram Special Telegram.) Tho authorities hnvo finally forbidden bull fighting near rarls on account ot tho disgraceful scenes, including tho shooting of ono toreador by n f protesting student, which marked the last ""'v Sunday's fight. Dut for this prohibition tho baiting that had been announced for tomorrow would probably havo provoked n small civil war, over C.000 men having signed n pledge to rendezvous nt tbo arena and oppose tbo j performance by violence, even against tho regulnr pollco sent to protect tho spectn tors. I WREATH ON LINCOLN'S TOMB liner CmnniliiNloiier FUelier I'll Trllmle (o (lie Great Fniiinel inilnr, SPRINGFIELD, 111.,- Juno 10. Abraham Fischer, ono of tho Boer envoys, accom panied by his wifo and J. M. Me Druyn, secretary to tho envoys, arrived In thh j city at 3 o'clock this afternoon nnd will remain noro until tomorrow morning. Tho Doer party nnd n number of tho local com mltteo went to Lincoln monument, whero Mr. Fischer placed an olaborato wroath upon the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. In depositing this memorial Mr. Fischer mado a short but very beautiful talk to tho great crowd present, his prevailing Idcn being that It was considered a blessing to bo permitted to como to ono of tho world's shrines of liberty. Ho expressed tho hopo that his pcoplo might so conduct the strlfo for liberty that It would bo sanctlonod by tho great Lincoln If ho wero allvo. DEATH OF FATHER SMITH I'rlent Well Known In IHoccho XrhriiNkn Die In ChleiiKO lloHpUal. of CHICAGO, Juno 10. Hoy. J. M. Smith died at Mercy hospital today after a pro tracted Illness, Father Smith wns tho first pastor of tho well-known Catholic colony In Greely county, Nebraska, nnd for many years quite active In tho work of colonization under tho direction of tho late Bishop O'Connor of Omaha. Father Smith was born In Ire land. Ho was educate! for tho priesthood at the Troy seminary, Now York. Premier Jlnrlln Iliully DefrHlnl. VANCOUVER, U. C. June 10,-Tho Mnr tlu government has been overwhelmingly defeated as a result of yesterday's election for members of the provincial Parliament. Premier Martin does not acknowledge nn absolute defeat, but claims ills ability to In duce hulf a dozen members-elect, counted among tho opposition, to support his gov ernment upon a vote of wan! of commence. In tho house. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair; Warmer; Variable Winds. 1inpcrn(nrp n( Umnhn eMerilny t Hour. Deurre. Hour. IICKrec. r, it, in nil i p. in 7:t (i o. in nn a p. n , r 7 n, in r7 :i p, in Til N ii. in r7 4 p, ill TO ( ii, in nn n p, in Tr, 10 n, ii I'J (I p, in 7.-. 11 a. m Oil 7 p. in T I 1- in TO S p. ill. .... . TU II p. in . . , . TO MAY BE GIVEN NEWJ5IALS I'rlnnnrrn Servlnir I.lfe SeHJ. ei for .Harder In Knnai ArriBlhly TOPEKA, Km., Juno 10. supreme couit has rccpened llu iil murder cates of George Dibbs rs. Amelia New, now icrvlng ncert in tho Law Hp penltenlary fo ur.'er, near New, tho Evireka, In 1S97, of wciif.n's husb&nd. T writ of coram nobis, t has granted n Is, In effect, nn order to tho district court to hear the ap plication for n new trial, which the lower court had refused. Dobbs nnd Mrs. New were convicted two years ago. Tho theory was that they wero In love nnd conspired to get rid of New so that they might marry. After they had been in tho penitentiary some time Alvln Ballard, sent up for horso stealing, nssertcd ho could prove thnt Dobbi nnd Mrs. Now wero Innocent. Ballard s.ild Frank Allgood, no.v In tho pcnitcnltry for forgery, William Turner nnd he were tho real murderers, Ballard told the story In de tail, ov.ylng ho belonged to a robber band organized by Allgood nnd told tho oilier is whero they could find many stolen horses nnd vehicles. Ballard was tnken from tho penltuitlnry to verify his nssertlnns nnd aided tho officers In recovering much stolen property. On the strength of this cvldenco application for n hearing In tho enses of Dobbs nnd Mrs. New wns made before tho district court of Greenwood county, whoro they v,ero convicted, but the motion was re fused. Now thnt tho supremo court has overruldo the lower court's decision, tho motion for a now trial will bo heard nt once. EXPORTS AT PORT OF IV! ANIL A Flrnl 'I'lirei- Mini t hi of Cm-rent Yenr Show .Mai'l.cil InereaNe Over 18110. WASHINGTON, Juno 10. Tho Important Information was given out by tho division of customs and Insular nffnlrs of the War department today that tho exports at the port of Manila, Philippine Islands, for tho first three montlm ot 19C0 show an Increase of $2,030,143 over the same period of 18S9. Tho exports for January, 1S99, were $L2f2, 803; for January. 1900, $558,370; for Feb ruary, 1899, $3,1."9.CC8; for February, 1900, $1,090,737; for March, 18S9, $SC8,C31; for March, 1900, $3,382,338. In tho matter of exports from tho rhlllp pino Islands during tho month ot March, 1900, Hong Kong leads, England ranks sec ond nnd tho United States third. During tho month ot Mnrch, 1900, thero wero exported from tho port of Manila 19, 440 tons of mantla hemp, valued at $3,190, 357. Tho United Stnteo took 3,715 tons, valued at $1,211,700, and England 10,203 tono, valued at $1,739,039. . . jrhq.ntnblc lnj:rco.,In. tho .valut4ucr ohnndlso eforted during' the mOntn of Mnrch, 1900, from tho port of Manila Is largely duo to tho opening of numerous cus toms ports to tho coastwise trade, thus per mitting largo quantities of hemp to bo brought to Manila for export. OPENING OF SEALED MAIL IllTort ( Secure I'oh.hc nnIoii of I'neli Hgv AililreNNi-U ( r.'eely In Ij'ii iiniiiiI I'roci-eilliiK, WASHINGTON, Juno 10. Tho proceed ings now In progress at Indianapolis with a vlow to having produced and opened in court n package and letter nddretucd to C. F. W. Necly aro said by tho officers of the Postofllco department to bo unusual. As a rule matter sent through tho malls under seal and bearing postage at Hrst-class rates cannot bo opened and Inspected under nny circumstances, tho exception being when nn order for Inspection is Issued by a court. It has been decided by the supremo court that such packagis or letters cannot bo opened by postofflco employes, but n court hns the right to order such an investigation ns If tho articles were actually In tho possession of thu nddrfssee. In order to obtain such an order deosltlon must bo made that tho package or letter In question Is supposed to contain matter which should be made pub lic and tho packago must bo specifically described. REGULARS GO TO PHILIPPINES I'lrnl nml Third SiiiiilrmiN nf Third Cavalry tn Leave on Flrot TraiiNiorl. WASHINGTON, Juno 10. Orders wero Is sued at tho War department today for tho first squadron of the Sixth cavalry, con sisting of headquarters nnd troops A, D, C and D, and tho third squadron of the same regiment, consisting of troops I, K, L nnd M, to proceed without delay to San Fran cisco for transportation to tho Philippines on tho first available transports. So far these nro tho only troops selocted for ser vice In tho Philippines under tho plan of bringing homo tho entlro 31,000 volunteers nnd of maintaining tho regulnr nrmy In the Philippines nt a strength of -10,000 men. New TreaNiu er for Philippine n. WASHINGTON, Juno 10. First Llcutcn nnt Charles F. Darker, Second aitlllery, has been appointed treasurer of tho Philippine archipelago by (lencrnl MacArthur, In place of Captain W. P. Wood, Eighteenth Infan try, relieved nnd ordered homo. Departmental .No I en. WASHINGTON, Juno 10. (Special Telo cram.) Tho comntrnllor's certificate author. lzlng tho First Natlonnl bank of Chelsea, III., to uegin uusiness nas neen usued. Capital $25,000. Daniel O. Wilcox, president; Jacob W. Staler, cashier. Also the Jlawilno (Wyo.) Notional bank, with $50,000 cnpltal, and Isaac C. iMUter as president and J, A, Held! cashier. F. O. Dlgclow hns been nppnlnteil post mnster at Gllchrlot, Sioux county, Nob., vico F. W. Knott, reslgnod; J. II. Rugglcs at Nugent, Keokuk county, In, An order has been Issued estnhllnlilntr a pootolllco at Dewey, Douol county, Nob., with Ernest Welnst ns postmaster. Tho Iowa National bank of I)e Molnna has been approved ns reserve agent for the Oskaloosa (In.) Natlonnl bank. Special Agent Llewellyn of the rural frnn dellvory servlco lias recommended favornbly tno cstaiiiisnmeni or a rural rreo delivery route with Fremont an a starting point. Efforta will bo mado to hnvo ncllon t by tho Postofllco department at once. Triiliilnir Ship Leave London. I1NDON, Juno 10,-Tho United Slates training ship Buffalo, Commander Clark T Hnichlnu, left London today for Southampton. 1 HI im m VPU IrlsVr whlW BOXERS IN CONTROL Chine! Malta Completely Dc minuted by the Anti-Chriitian Element, SITUATION AT PEKIN IS APPALLING Foreigners Huddled in Compounds Awaitinj U&more or IWlef, GOV RNMENT TROOPS JOIN TH- REBELS Butcheries of Native Ohris'.iaus Winked at bj the Imperial Authorities. TWENTY-FOUR WAK SUPS ARE DEFIED Show of Pimer Jlnde hy Fnrclun l!nr ernmenlH Ha Stt tilled In Pro- , YlilliiK Mnl'ely for (he Threat- ,1 i-iii'd .MlMMloiinrle. , " (Copyright. 19, by Press Publishing Co.) PUKIN, Chlmi, Juno 10. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) "Tho situation hero Is appalling. Tho Doxers havo destroyed tho inllrcad. Tho native government has refused nddltlonnl guards to foreigners. Only 100 nriuod men ot all nationalities aro here. "American inlt-Alnunrlc are all assem bled in thu Methodist compound (li, closure), which hns a guard of only ten murium. "Filghtful reports of butcherlctt of Chris tians como from tho country. In every lnatanco tho tioops furnished by the na tive government havo amalgamated with (Joined) tho Uo.xers. "Tho government ban not even robukod tho troois, thus proving Its Intent. "Only ono slender wire holds communU cation between Pekln nnd tho outuldo world. "Thero nro twenty-four foreign war ships at Taku, but they are practically delicti by tho Chlneso government. "Tho Tsung 11 Yamcn (Chinese foreign ministry) seems to mean well, but Is power lew. "The foreign ministers now recognize, too late, that all previous Chinese promises and edicts have been deceptive. "Arouso the Christian woild Immediately to our peril. Should this arrlvo too lata nvengo us." A commltteo of American missionaries has endorsed tho nbovo statements. SITUATION GROWS WORSE Latent Nend from Pekln In Fn from UoiiHNiirliiK In Fiirelunern. LONDON, Juno 11.-2:40 a. in. Tho ad mirals nt Taku, acting in concert, are for cibly reopening thu railway from Tien Tela to Pekln. Gangs of Inborers aro rerslriug tho dam aged Hue, which is guarded by 1,500 men, composed ot detachments from the foreign licet. Ono hundred Americans, under Cap talu McCalla, arc among them. They havo guns and armored trains for use when tho fllno Is repaired,. which can hanlly be ef fected boforo' Monday 'nlghT.".TeTn! thousand; troops ot all nationalities, according to a dispatch to tho Dally Press from Shanghai, will be sent from Pekln to back up the de mands ot tho ministers on tho government, or If necissaryt o suppress tho Doxera themselves. Tho Dally Mall has the following from. Tien Tsln, dated Juno 8: "The wildest ru mors are current hero to tho effect that Pekln Is burning, but they lack confirmation. Trouble has broken out nt New Chwang. Tho state of anarchy around Pekln Is likely, to bo lmtt ateil In many quarters. Aslatlo artillery hns been ordered from Hong Kons to Tien Tsln." COHMHOh'N VA'Oltml HllMTN, On Frldny, according to n (ll3patch to tho Dally Express from Shanghai, n force ot Cossacks, reconnuiterlug outside of Tlca Tsln, was attacked by n rabble of thous ands, armed with spears and swords and homo rifles. Tho Cossacks llred upon their assailants, klllln gEcvcral. A Russian lieu tenant wnB wounded by a bullet In tho stomach. Thero Is n serious rising at Naa King. Yesterday tho mob Is said to hava attacked tho palaco ot tho viceroy. All dispatches out of el'kln nro censored In tho Interest of tho empress. Tho determination of tho foreign ministers to increase tho gar rison leads to n ebllcf In foreign circles nnd Shanghai that tbo papers will nover leava tbu capital. .Murder of Itnllnay Fnnlneer. Details have been recoived from Shanghai regarding tho recent murders of railway, engineers by Doxers. It Reems that ai party of thirty, Including six women ami one child, left Puo Ting I'u In twelve boats under military escort. After t!avorsln$ soventy miles in safety thoy missed tholB way, tho boats grounded and the Boxen opened flro upon tho unfortunate occu pants, UBlng both rifles nnd wooden can non. Tho engineers returned tho flra effectively nnd tha pnrty landed. Ono woman nnd threo men gut separated from tho main body. They wero brutally killed. Tho Burvlvors formed a square, with tbosu able to bear arms outside aud tho women Inside, nnd mndo off townrd Tlon Tsln. Thoy travoleNl threo nnd a half days, fight ing all tho way. More thun 2,000 cartridges woro expended nnd ammunition was run ning short. Thoy estimated that they killed at least 100 robeU. Tho men behaved li'ko hcroos, carrying tho women nnd children. Ono woman of tho party was tioio to maternity. Twelvo miles from Tlon Tsln thrco dis appeared and wero murdorod. Tho sur vivors oventually met tha ivncuo party and, much exhausted, thuy wero e&orted to Tien Tsln. REOPENING THE RAILROADS Forclun Admiral nl Tahn Tnklutf Charge uf Lino from 'lien Tutu (o PeUln. i TIEN TS1N, Juno 10. Tho special train that went to exnmlno tho lino nnd to to connolter returned this evening, The rail way wns found clear two miles beyons Ynng Tsuh. Tlio engineers, with guards, walked a mllo nnd a half furthur. They, found tho ties and two bridges burned an 4 tho railway torn up. Thoy saw a fnw hun dred persons, apparently villagers, gather! nhend of them. The first rronlr train, with Admiral Seymour and his staff, C50 Drlt Uh, Captain McCnlla's 100 Amrrloans, forty Italians nnd twenty-llvo Austrlansj' left this morning at 9:30 o'clock. A Hotch khx nnd other guns wero mounted In tha center of tho train, A second train left later with 600 DrlU Ish, Japanese nnd Russian troops. t There nr thlrty-ono wnr vessols at Taku. A message from Pekln to tho ndmlraln cjiya the situation Is hourly growing tnoro difu EormiH for foreigners. All tbewe at VMM