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TAKO FORTS TAKES
Inttrrutional Flaot Oommiodi thi Entrance
to Pl-Ho EWer How.
CHINESE OPEN FIRE ON THE FLEET
Ultimatum from the Oomminden Aniwered
by Brotdslde from the Forti.
RUSSIA'S LOSSES ARE THE HEAVIER
Mtgiiint on One of the Qnnbsati BUw.Up,
Dolus Qreit D image.
TROOPS ARE BEING HURRIED TO THE FRONT
Inltril Stutcs, KiiKlnml, Gcrniiinj,
Friincc niul Hiimiln Arc All Mciiil
laie Knrvniril l.urnc lloilli-n of
Soldiers to Invest l'oliln.
(Copyright, VW, by Press Publishing Co.)
HONU KONG, Juno ID. (New York World ,
Cablegram Special Telegrum.) Taku for. a
opened tiro on the allied Meets yesterday j
morning wllnoui warning, inu m-ei n--iii.ru.
blowing the forts to pieces and slltnc.ng
the guns. Tho licet landed parties ond took
posfcsslcn. It U reponed ono Urltlsh ves
del was Mink.
CuHUattle: Killed, ono Ilrltlsh, ono
French, three Germans, sixteen Russians.
Wounded; Four Ilrltlsh, ono French, seven
(Aormans, forty-llvo Russian. I
Ilrltlsh gun boat Algorlno damaged. j
No news from Admiral Seymour.
Two Indian regiments are coming to
Hong Kong to ru'nforco tho garrison. j
Tho departure of tho Oregon Is delayed,
owing to tho want of men who wore taken
off tho battleship to commission now gun
boats. Tho Ilrltlsh gunboat Dcphna leaves tho
North African coast for here.
LI Hung Chang, vlcoroy of Canton, hai
purchased 700 stands of Mauser rlllcs at
Macao.
LONDON. June 19. 3 n. m. Tho accounts
of what happened when tho Taku forts
opened flro on tho International fleets are
tlll unsatisfactory, tho best scml-omclal
Information being tho dispatch received at
llerlln from Che Foo
Tho unofllclal narratives coming by way
fit Shanghai, vary and bear Internal evidence
of supplementing tho mnin facts with guess
work. One dispatch says that tho Vorktown
participated In tho bombardment. Another
assort that American marines formed part
of tho storming forco of 2,000. An Asso
clnted Press dispatch from Cho Foo, dated
yesterday afternoon, says:
"Tho forts on both sides of Taku aro now
occupied. Tho Chinese opened lire unex
jiectcdly. The casualties to the mixed forco
ioro as follows:
Killed: Ilrltlsh 1, German 3, Russian 1
find French I.
Wounded: Ilrltlsh 4, German 7, Russian 43
ond French 1.
Chlneso torpedo boals wero seized.
OrnVrril by the. Km pros.
Tho Shanghai correspondent of tho Dally
Mall, telegraphing yesterday, says: "The
forts began Hrlng In observance to orders
from Pcklll, convoyed In tho personal edict
of tho empress dowager, hy advlco of Kang
Vi (president of tho ministry of war). Sev
eral warships were struck by shells from
tho twelve-Inch guns of tho forts. The
.eay Russian losses wero duo to the blow
ing up of tho magazines of Mnndshur.
"Four hundred Chlneso aro reported
killed. Tho Chlneso. retreating, fell Into
the hands of tho Rulau land force."
Tho dally Nows has tho following from
Cho Foo: "Two of tho forts were blown up.
The thirty-two warships at Taku aggregated
200.000 tons nnd carried more thau 300
guns."
Tho failure of Admiral Seymour'H column
nnd Its retreat to Tien Tsln increase, It Is
presumed, tho peril of tho legation nt Pckln,
which is still feared, though Shanghai still
forwards rumors that tho legations wero
attacked by mobs who wero mowed down
by inachlno guns nnd ulso that tho members
of the legations wero massacreed. The situ
ntlon at Now Chwaug Is reported critical.
Tho Ilrltlsh consul nt Klu Klang has re
quested nil foreigners to lenvo Ku Ylng
nnd Nan King Chang. Tho powers arc tak
ing prompt action. Four thousand German
troopn have been ordered to Chlnn; 10,000
French troops nro waiting to embark nt
Balgon, capitol of French Cochin China, and
from .1,000 to 5,000 more Russians have
Iheen ordered from Port Arthur to Taku.
This reinforcement, says tho St, Petersburg
correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, Is nn
nounced In tho St. Petersburg Gazette, the
government pointing out that Russia Is
Lending o many troops solely for the Bake
of peace and humanity.
IIiimhIii'x OMViimI e Movement.
The Hrussols correspondent of the Stand
nrd In n dispatch dated yesterday says:
"Russia has mnssod 10,000 men. with sovpn
batteries, ut Kiachta, with orders to pro
leel to Mnlmatchlu, a Chlneso town con
tiguous to Kiachta, nnd thence to advance
iilong the telegraph route to the Mongol
town of Urgn, two miles south of Kiachta
and 7fi0 miles northwest of Pckln."
The Shanghai correspondent of tho Times
nnd yesterday's date, gives the. following do
scrlptlon, said to bo from olllclal sources, of
the action at Taku: "On tho afternoon of
Juno 10, 111 view of the largo bodies of
Chlneso troops assembling at the forts and
of tho facts that torpedoes had been laid In
the river and that nil communications wero
Interrupted, the naval commanders held a
council ami decided to send an ultimatum
calling for tho dlsbandment of tho troops
nnd announcing that If this demand was not
compiled with before 2 a. m. of tho following
day tho united squadron would destroy tho
forts.
"Shortly after midnight tho fortB opened
fire. The Ilrltlsh. French, German, Russian
nnd Japaneso war ships replied. Two of the
forts were blown up and tho rest were
cleared by assault.
"Two Ilrltlsh, one American nnd five
Japaneso war ships are In Cho Foo harbor."
Tho morning papers conrlder that a state
of war practically oxlsts nnd that tho Issue
Is between eastern nnd wostern civilization.
Tho Time says the latest news Indcflnltely
lncroascs n rltuatlon already sufficiently ser
ious. NINTH FOOT TO GO TO CHINA
Ailmliilitrntloii llt'teriullirii to Senil
Solillera to I'ekln Uopnrture
from .Mnnllii I Delitycil
MANILA, Juno 18. A typhoon has caued
Iho United States transport Hancock to re
,urn to the bay, where It now awlts a med
iation of the weather.
Tho departure of tho Ninth Infantry for
China will be delayed about a week by n
washout of tho road between Tarlac nnd
Manila.
WASHINGTON, June 1? The War de-
(Continued ou Fifth Pace.)
WORK IN CHINA
Veltlk.
e Mtnntlon Received
y l)r-
WASHINGTON. JW 18. The actual
news of the situation In China was re
ceived by tho Navy department today In
two cablegrams, the contents of which wero
made public, aft follows:
Tho department has received n cablegram
from Admiral Uemey nt Cavltc. dated tho
ISth, that Informs the department that Com
mander Taussig cables that the Taku forts
nt the mouth of the river (Pel Ho) fired
on tho foreign gun vessels and surrendered
to the allied forces on the morning of the
17th. The department has Instructed Ad
miral Kcmpff to confer with tho other
powers in taking all steps necessary to pro
tect American Interests.
A dispatch from Taussig, dated Che Foo,
17th, says that the Taku forts fired on the '
foreign gun vessels nt 12:15 a, m. and re
ports that the British admiral Is at Tien
Tsin,
The press dispatch from Manila last night
saying tho Ninth Infantry had been ordered
to Manila for service In China disclosed tho
plans of the War department to dispatch
troops to tho sceno of trouhlo In China.
Secret orders were sent to General Mac
Arthur a few days ago to prepare for the
prompt dispatch of troops to Taku, but it ,
was not Intended that tho matter should bo
como public until tho movement was under
way. Now that the matter has leaked out
frotn Manila the officials of the War do-
partment admit that tho administration has j
concluded to send troops to China for tho '
protection of lives and property of Amcr
lean citizens.
Will Tnkp Two Wci'lo.
The voyage from Manila to Taku will oc-
nupy at lenBt a week, so that under the
most favorable circumstances It Uppcars
that these Hoops will hardly reach tho
Chinese port beforo July 1. The Ninth ln-
fantry has rendered excellent service
against tho Filipino Insurgents and taken
part in many Important and declslvn on. I
gagomcuts. j says the fact that the nrmy la yet in tho
Tho State department this morning re- He'd renders Lord Roberts' annexation con
ceived a cnblcgrnm from United States traty to International law.
CoiibuI Goodnow, nt Shanghai, repeating the In 14 dispatch to the War office from Pre
news previously convoyod to the Navy do- toria uited yesterday, Lord Roberts Bays
partracn by Admiral Rcmey and Commander ' that General Iladen-Powell has Just arrived
Taussig. there.
Tho oftlclals here are puzzled by Taussig's A dispatch from Cnpctown says It Is re
statement that the Urltlsh admiral has nr- ported there that President Kruger is In a
rlcd at Tien Tsln. Thuy do not know that feoblo condition.
more than ono Ilrltlsh admiral was In the LOURENZO MARQUEZ. June IS.-Mrs.
Pel Ho river and that one was Admiral
Seymour, who leil tho International relief
column toward Pckln. If It is this ofllccr
who has returned to Tien Tsln, then tho
assumption Is that tho relief column has
failed and has been compelled to retreat to
Tien Tsln. This assumption would explain
tho statement brought by tho Japanese tor-
nndn hnat Ihnt thn fnrplffn liM?.itlnna P.ltln
had boon taken, for that Is the only manner
n which tho nens could have reached Tlcn
Tsln. In this case It Is said nothing can
bo done for tho rellof of tho foreign min
isters at Pckln, supposing they aro still
alive, until a very much stronger relief
column can bo formed and marched over
land to Pckln. Weeks must elapse before
this can be accomplished.
As tho Ijgan draws too much water to
get above Taku tho Ninth Infantry will b
obliged to transship nt that point to light
draft river craft In order to got up to Tien
Tsln.
This regiment represents all of the army
which It In proposed at present to employ.
Colonel Llscum has been ordered to report
to the United Stntes consul at Tlcn Tsln.
Wn Douliln Klti-n't of Wnr.
It Is difficult to get a precise official view
of the status of our relations with China
since this last news. Tho conclusion that
we aro in a state of war Is emphatically
negatived by the officials best compotont to
speak,
mi 1 1. 1 .. m..
w""
un curly visitor to tho Stato department
today. He does not believe that we aro at
war with China. He said that there hnd evi
dently been a great misunderstanding and
was conlldent that If It wero true that the
Taku forts bad been fired upon by tho In
ternational licet, It was either because tho
commander of tho Chlneso forts thoro did
not understand what was wanted, or he had
failed to recctvo proper Instructions from
his superior through an error. Ho had him
self received no word of nows from his homo
government and will remain hero until
further developments.
Ilerr von Holloben, tho German ambas
sador, was also without offlcinl news today.
He came to tho Stato department to seo
Secretary Hay In quest of news early In
. 1 .. ft ..f.l - 1 .. I ..
w.u n wu,
respecting tho exigence of a state of war.
At tbo department tho view prevailed that
notwithstanding there had been a bom
bardment nnd thnt our forces wero on
Chlneso soil still thero was no war up to
this stage.
So far tho State department has no proof
that tho Chinese government at Pokln has
sanctioned or ordered nny nttnek upon the
International column or International Meet.
It Is possible that the Chlneso commandant
at Taku may himself havo revolted with his
troops and joined tho lloxers. Therefore
It cannot bo assumed that we nro nt wnr
until formal assurance to that effect has
been received from eompctent authority.
Secretary Hay was asked if the latest de
velopments hnd made nny change In the
policy which the United States has pur
sued towards this Chinese trouble. He re
plied: "Our naval forces In that region havo
been directed to act concurrently with the
forces of tho other powers for tho protec
tion of all American Interests,"
Movement! of VoHxeln.
Tho Yorktown was sent frotn Shanghai to
Cbefoo by Admiral Reraey without express
instruction from tho dopartmcnt and has
scrvea a very useful purpose, It Is sup
posed at tho Navy department that Admiral
Homey has pursued a similar course with
respect to tbo gunboat Concord, tho Bister
Bhlp of tho Yorktown, which sailed yester
day from that place under sealed orders,
presumably for China, It was said nt the
department that no Instruction to that effectf
had gone forward from here, so It Is sup
posed that Admiral Remey la again acting
voluntarily to strengthen the hands of Ad
miral Kempff.
Great npprehonslon exists nt the Navy de
partment as to tho fate of the United States
marine guard of . tlfty-slx men which
was landed at Tien Tsln nnd dis
patches by rail to Pckln before
tho railroad was Interrupted. They
went forward to Pckln under an authoriza
tion granted by tho Chlneso government to
the United Stntes mlnlstor nt Pekln In com
mon with other ministers to employ a
naval guard nt the legation. Just beforo
tho wires from Pekln wero cut word came
that Minister Conger had detached twenty
of these marlnctj from his legation nnd
placed them us a guard at the Methodist
compound. This Is an cnclnsuro of soma
ten acres situated nearly n mile distant
from the legation, where many mUslonarlei
and their funilllee as well aa the Urgu num
ber of natlvo Christians aro bellovod to
huve taken refuge.
Ill ur MIiiIiik I'lnnt Wentroyetl.
TUCSON. A. T. June IS.-News has been
received of the dcstruotlon by tire of the
t'ommonweaiin .inning company h mill ut
1'iarce. Tho loas U estimated at
NO PEACE FOR BOTHA
Doughty Oommtnder Bcorni Eoberts'
Proposition for Surrender.
BOERS ARE RETIRING TO MIDDLEBURG
llcport from lionrnun Murines Stntcii
(lint President Knitter Hn with
II t tit (iolil Ilnrn Valued nt
$ 10,000,000.
LONDON, Juno 19. 3 n. m. Lord Rob
erts, according to a Boer dispatch from
Machadodorp, sent a message to Com
mandant Louis IJotha on Juno 13 suggesting
disarmament and complimenting tho
bravery of tho burghers. It was pointed
out that the surrender would be without
dishonor to the burghers and would pro
vent much suffering. General IJotha asked
for n six days' armistice in order to con
fer and consider. Lord Roberts consented
to five days. Finally Ocneral Botha de
clined to accept tho proposal and hostilities
were renewed,
Tho Uoer commanders arc retiring on
Mlddleburg, followed by. tho Ilrltlsh cav
alry and artillery. The Boers are destroy-
lng tho bridges and burning the veldt bo-
hind them, carrying on provisions nnu cat
tle, leaving tho country barren.
Other advices from Madodorp say that
the Boers have nn abundance of arms nnd
ammunition with dynamite and oxen and
that they are preparing heavy wagon trains
for a retreat to tho Lydenburg district,
whore tho chiefs, notwithstanding tho
rumors to the contrary, are prepared to
make a stand.
Tho Uoers continue to work tho Barbe
ton mines, says a dispatch from Lourenzo
Marquez, and there uro eight car loads of
bar gold, valued at JCG,O00,O00, with Presi
dent Kruger.
Mr. Steyn in his proclamation, declnrlng
the Frco State still free and Independent,
wl" ,ul lup """
B"cu IO' -""'
f"tn"y- . . .
Tno lourenzo .Marquez corresponaeni oi
ln" i ,mce "naer rier.my ...up ..,.
"Judge Leeuwen who, after ho left Pretoria
with a permit from tho military governor,
is understood to have been tho bearer of a
. -. r .1... tlRl.lah niit1ini.HlnD
vcrimi '. "..won
to i Prfalde,lt
Kruger to tho effect that If he'"'"" "-'' " .,,.7 .7' 7
will surrender now he would not be sent
out of tho country. Van Leeuwen was una-
bin to see Mr. Kruger, but when passing
through Machadodorp he told Stato becro
tary Reltt. Tho latter couted tbo Idea of
surrendering.
"II. J. H. Fortulnbelm of the Trnnsvaal
secret serrlcp, is taking to Kuropo very Im
portant documents."
REPORT BATTLE WITH BOERS
Cncinr MnUr Attnnlt on ItrMlsh Tout
tv Zniicl Illvnr Force of SOO
Is llcpnlaeal.
LONDON, June 18. A belated dispatch
from Lord Roberts sont from Pretoria under
date of Juno 16. gives an official version of
, ririii.h Tinnrt Hr.
June 16, by 800 Doers, with three guns. It ! racks Tuesday morning, at whlc.i tlmo the )f) polntc(I 0t as lgniftcant that Covernor
says that Oeneral Knox, with a mixed force. tnesses. accompanied by a deputy coronor. , j1oosovpH will not assert that ho will do
drove off tho Boers, who left four dead and i w111 try. 10 n ck ut tho mon wnora tnpy Baw . cllno tho office If nominated. Ho hopes.
four prisoners on tho field. The British .
loss was Major Seymour and two mon killed
' and nlnn wounded.
A rumor at Capetown that Iord Roberts
' is nbout to scizo the Delagna Bay railroad
, at a strong strategic point and tho announce
1 ment of tho completion of tho new Cape
' cabinet constitute tho only othor nowa from
South Africa today.
ANNOUNCE THE NEW CABINET
Nlr J. Gordon SprlKK .Solves the
Ilimeult I'rolilein An
alxneil Htm,
CAPETOWN. Juno 18. The new cabinet
has been officially announced. Sir J. Gordon
Sprlgg Is premier and treasurer, J. J. Gra
ham Is colonial secretary, Mr. Roso-Innes,
( general; Smartt. department of
; , ' fc g peter agriculture.
i. .ii
and Frost, without portfolio.
EXPECT PANAMA WILL FALL
Governor of City Prohnlily Will lie
Forced to Yield to Revo
lutionists, KINGSTON, Jnmalca, Juno 18. Passengers
who arrived from Panama on board tho
British steamer Don from Colon yesterday
bring details of a battle which was fought
Juno 13 and 14 on the Bejuca plain and
Anton hill between government forces, com
posed of three battalions, numbering about
1,500 men, nnd a forco of revolutionists under
General Belssarce Parrns. It Is asserted
that 400 soldiers and thirty-five officers of
the government force were killed and that
the remainder of tho government army was
divided. Ono portion, It appenrs, retreated
to Kmprador. on tho Atlantic side of tho
isthmus, from whore the troops were con
veyed by the Panama railroad cars to Pan
ama. The other portion proceeded to La
Boca, on tho Pacific side. Among the latter
' were, It Is asserted, twonty-flvo carloads of
wounded, who were taken to the Panama
hospitals after the battlo of June 14.
Tho passengers of tho Don further assort
that Oeneral Parras addressed a letter to
General Campos, the governor of Panama,
demanding tho surrender of tho city, adding
that, otherwise, the place would be taken
by force. The foreign ronsuls nnd mer
chants consulted with tho governor on tho
situation, but when the Don left Colon, Jun
15, nothing was known as to tho decision
reached. But, as Oeneral Parras wns nt
Arrajatan, fifteen miles from Panama, with
1,500 well-armed Infantry and 500 cavalry, It
was believed General Campos would bo
compelled to surrender the city. It Is as
serted that If Panama falls Colon must
'follow.
HE INVENTED MOVEABLE TYPE
Gcrmnii CIIIcn Celehrnte Five Iliin
drciltu Aimlvernury of (iiiteu
lierit's lllrlli.
BERLIN, June IS. The five hundredth
anniversary of the birth of John Gutenberg,
tho Inventor of movable typo, was celebrated
in Berlin today by an Immense gathering of
printers and typo founders In the Circus
Schumann. At Frankfort it wns celebrated
by a mooting of the civil and military au
thorities, together with a street parade cul
minating In the decoration of tho Gutenberg
monument.' 'At Lelpslc a prominent pub
Hnlilng house marked the anniversary hy
openlug a biihecilptlon to the local Guten
berg fund with 100,000 arks.
NO TROUBLE IN ST. LOUIS
liny rnsiipn Wlthniit Any Open Out
lircnk on I'nrt of Street Car
Strikers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18. Today wns by
far tho most eventful In tho history of the
street railway strike. This was owing to
tho continuance of all negotiations tending
toward a settlement of the controversy and
to tho utter absence of trouble nil along
tho numerous routes of the Transit com
pany. The strike has now passed Into the
second stage of Us history nnd tho general
boycott Instituted by tho American Federa
tion of Labor, as forecasted for several days,
must tell the story.
A slight atlr was caused during the day
by Sheriff Puhlman, who proposed that tho
potno comltatus, comprising 2,500 citizen
soldiery, bo discharged. A conference of
pollco nnd posse olTlclals threw a wet
blanket on the sheriff's proposition by em
phatically declaring that the time was not
yet ripe for dispersing tho body.
Tho coroner's Inquest today brought out
nothing of Importance.
Dcsptto tho largo number of attempts
mado yesterday to blow up street cars,
Sheriff Pohlman Is of the opinion that tho
forco of special deputies Is no longer needed
and that the pollco aro sufficient for pro
tection purposes. Ho has sent the follow
ing communication to President Hawcs of
tho police board on the subject:
"All reports made to mo by members of
tho posse confirm ray own Impression that
a very radical change has taken place In
the. condition of our city. The lmmcdlnto
parties to the controversy nro aB far apart
ns ever and the general nupllc seems de
termined to give effective expression of Its
sympathy In tho conlllct. but It can not bo
said that violence on a lnrgc scale Is now re
sorted to. Tho offenses repoitod nro not
tho result of concerted action, but are of
a character to call for tho public pollco
control. I suggest, therefore, that in vluw
of this changed situation tho retirement of
tho posso ought to be considered If not
the discharge, ut least the withdrawal.
Whllo It Is true that tho uso of power la
sometimes necessary to restore pence, It Is
equally true that the unnecessary display
of power Is not best calculated to maintain
that peace. I suggest, that it would be
well to test the question whether or not
this community Is now ready to exercise
Its usual self control nnd in all respects
to express and to assert Its position within
th'e recognized limits of tho law of tho land. !
Vcry respectfully yours,
"JOHN POHLMAN, Sheriff."
Tho examination of witnesses by Coronor
Lloyd to establish the responsibility of the
shooting of three strikers on Sunday, Juno
10, was resumed today.
Special efforts to Identify tho deputy sher
iffs who killed Kdward Thomas. Oeorge Rlno
nnd Kdward Burkhardt, striking Transit
company employes, wero made by Coroner
,Hv. Thlii - th fxltrth .1 f
tho hearing nnd ns yot no positive Identi
fication of any deputy who fired his gun
during the affair ou Washington avenue Sun
day, June 10, has been made,
Ono witness hnd declared that Depu y
Gardner McKnlght killed Thomas, but his
testimony was offset by that of severul dep
uties uud other witnesses, who sworo that
McKnlght was In the barracks when Thomns
wns shot. A witness today testified to
having seen ex-.Il dpe Chester H. Krum, a
deputy, lire his riot gun .ffwjf Thomns was'
shot. yij
After nn hour's examlnatlajof witnosses,
several of -whom said thoyco'ilfl Identify
some of the deputies who fired guns it they
wore the same clothes ns nt the time of the
shooting, tho coroner madn arrangements
w" '" 'vunuer io llae u.u
members of Company F present at tho bar-
" """V"''8.
I Posso Adlutant Webster was recalled nnd
asked if ho know tho names of any of Iho
men who shot strikers. He replied that
he did not, as he bad testified previously.
Mr. Webster also denied that ho had told
Policeman' James King, when asked If ho
knew who shot Thomas. "You bet I do."
A conference was held this afternoon to
discuss tho advisability of dispensing with
the posso. President Hawcs of the board
of pollco commissioners, Sheriff Pohlman,
Chief of Pollco Campbell and Colonel Cav
ender, chief of tho posse, wero present.
Session of C'nr lliillilern.
SARATOGA. N. Y.. Juno 18. Tho thirty
fourth annual convention of tho Master Car
Builders' Association of tho United States
lwirnn hnrn tn.lnv with a lnrrn nttnmlnn
It wns culled to order by tho president, C.
A. Schroyer of Chicago. Reports were sub
mltted by tbo secretary, Joseph W. Taylor
of Chicago nnd tho treasurer. C. W. Dem-
nrcst of Baltimore,
Discussion of subjects of Interest to mas
ter car builders occupied tho remainder of
the session.
PrcNmnen In Sfntilon,
MILWAUKKB, June 18. Tho twelfth an
nual convention of tho International Print
ing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union of
North Amorlca opened hero toduy and will
continue In session throughout tho week.
President James H. Bowman of Chicago de
livered his annual report. Tho remainder
of the day was taken up with routine bus
lnei. DECLARES HE KILLED G0EBEL
Anonymous Writer Seuiln Letter from
Texas In Hednril .lo Kentucky
AUHHlnn(lon.
FRANKFORT. Ky., June 18. William
Culton, who Is In Jail under Indictment as
an aocessory to the murder of William
Goebol, has received an anonymous letter
postmarked Fort Worth, Tex., In which tho
writer says:
"I am sorry you nre In trouble. I killed
Goebel. He knew I would do it. Ten
minutes after tho shooting I watched the
crowd In the state house yard from tho Fort
hill. I went to Georgetown nnd took a
train, landing at Cincinnati the next day.
At Kansas City I got scared and wont to
Oklahoma beforo coming here. I am on a
ranch out hero and thoso who knew mo In
Kentucky would not know mo In Texas."
Culton says ho would regard It us tho
work of a crank, but the stylo of tho letter,
the good penmanship, etc., make It a mys
tery. Ho has turned tho letter over to his
counsel.
OPENS QUARTERS IN CHICAGO
.Viilloniil Iteiiiilillciin f miKrc ksIoiiiiI
Committee Hcnily for
Illinium).,
OHICAGO, Juno 18, Tho national repub
lican congressional committee opened head
quarters today at tho Auditorium hotel.
Congressman J. W. Ilabcock. of Wisconsin,
chairman of tho committee, is here In
charge, lie expects Representatives J. S.
Sherman, tho vice chairman; Jesso Over
street of Indiana, the nicretary, and J. A.
T. Hull of Iowa, the chairman of tho execu
tive committee, to be hero early In July to
assist him in carrying on committee work.
Representative L. C. Loudenslagcr of New
Jersey will remain at Washington us head
of the prosB committee.
ROOSEVELT IS OUT OF RACE
New Yorker Dsulnres ihU He Does Not
Want to Be Vict President.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN GOVERNOR'S ROOM
HfTort of Senator llnnnn to Prevent
L'llVt lllllIK (.'llllllilllltf HflllK PIllCCll
ou Ticket Seem to Have llrcn
Hullo Successful.
PH1LADKLPHIA, Juno lS.-Gsvernor
Theodoro Roosevelt has made as specific a
refusal of tho nomination for vice presi
dent as he could oslbly make, In View o'
the fact that the nominating convention
has not met and that few of tho delegations
bavo caucused.
Standing In a small room facing n crowd the city. Tho lire broke out In Green's
of newspaper men this afterncon he made ! wholesale Inrdwnrc. That nnd the Model
this statement, rending it from n couple of laundry and Drand's furniture store nro al
sheets of manuscript: ready gone. The lire Is sweeping west ncrofs
"In view of tho revlvnl of tho talk of 'Main street. The Dui ley building Is now ou
myself ns tho vlco presidential Candida o lire. The postoffico building Is threatened.
I havo this to say: The loss Is already $500,000. The fire de-
"It Is Impossible to express too deeply ' partment Is powerless. The lire has cresscd
how touched 1 am at iho attitude of tho o , 51"ln street to tho west. Tho wind is rising
delecntnR wlin hnvn wlhil tno in ink., tlila 1 and there Is ii J telling whore It mav end.
nomination. Moreover, it U not neccnary
to say how thoroughly I understand the
honor and dignity of tho office, nn office so I or destroyed urn: H. S. Green Company's 1 tho Quaker City they assumed today the
high nnd so honorable that It is well ' wholesale hardware, Model Laundry, Ilrand uppcaranco of being part of tho convention,
worthy tho ambition of any man in the Company, furniture; Thompson's company: which Is to nomliiato n president on Wedn s
I'nlted States. Hut whllo I appreciate all A Vincent & Kocn, drygoods, Plxley & Co., tiny, th o( vicu president was tempoinrly
this to tho fullest, I feel most deeply that elothlng. Miller nnd Solid, hardware, tho ,,ul nsldo and the stnte delegations got to-
tho field of my best usefulness to the pub-'
lie nnd to tho pnrty Is In New York stato i
nnd If tho party should bcc fit to renominate
nio for governor 1 can In that position ho p
tho national ticket lis In no other way. I
very earnestly nBk that every friend of
mine In the convention respjet my wish
and my Judgment In this matter."
In IlooKrvi'lt'n Own HniiH.
Tho document was In his own handwrit
ing and In lead pencil copy nnd he ic.id It
with tho same complacence that he would
have given a platform speech. The teene
bordered on tho dramatic.
Sitting near Governor Roosevelt ns he
spoke wero Congressmen Llttnucr nnd Sher
man of Now York and Prof. Jenks of Co
lumbia college, who havo nil along urgid
11,0 Bvcrnor not to accept. Just behind the
row of newspaper men stood Frank Piatt,
Lemuel Qulgg nnd 11. P.. Odell of tho New
York organization. As the governor read
nnd waited for tho newspaper men to write
down tho statement ho frequently g'nnccd
In tho direction of tho group of politicians.
When he finished ho said:
"Clentlemcn, that It all. I havo nothing
raoro to sny." ,
Mr. Llttauer said ho thought tho state
ment timely and believed that It would give
tho delegates who wero friendly to Governor
Roonovelt nn Idea of tho situation.
"And I don't mean hy that," he said,
rathor nggresslvely, "the Pennsylvania dele
gation or those who for ulterior motives are
pressing tho governor'.; nomination."
Then Mr. Qulgg and Frank Piatt declared
that they believed tho statement unique and
they left tho room refusing to talk to the
waiting newspaper men. Tho statement
nctcd as a cold water douche on those mem
bers of tho New York delegation who had
plnnn.1 to nominate Horn? other candidate
for governor than Mr. Roosevelt. However,
the statement was received by many of tho
delegation as a mere reiteration of Roose
volt's original declaration. Delegates ex
pressed tho opinion thnt the situation would
not change and that If Roosevelt's namo was
presented to tho convention ho would bo
nominated and would not dare to refuse. It
however, with tho aid of Senator Hanna to
defeat the plan to nominate him.
I.oiIko Coiitriiilletn lienor!.
Sonator Lodgo contradicts tho current re
port concerning his utteraures In tho confer
ence In Governor Roosevelt's rooms tonight.
In which ho participated with the governor
nnd Senator Hanna. He says that ho went
I to Governor Roosevelt's room na a supporter
of Secrotary Long nnd that tho governor
i knew his position. "I havo been a personal
I friend of Governor Roosevelt for many
yenrs, no said, nnd us nis menu it wuum
bo lmpcsslblo for mo lo take tho position
there nttrlbuted to me, or to use tno inn
nunco nlaced In my mouth. Ho does not
want tho olfico and thero Is no reason why
" should bo forced upon him. He knows
. HOW I 1601 anil mai i am uu huh a
und all tho tlmo. Tho whole story is a
tisBUo of Inventions." Even ns ho spoke a
' 'Mon from Oregon jut.
I 'Wn t ?.u r
canio In nnd tno
to nssuro you
mo on tho ticket
we will rcsnect your wishes In tho mnttor."
Tbo Knnsns delegation, tho North Dakota
delegation and tho South Dakota delegation
sent tho samo kind of mewigcu showing
that the tldo toward a stampedo was being
partially stemmed.
However, It was appreciated that the sen
timent was not by any means crushed out
and that It might, without careful manage
ment, still overwhelm tho unwilling Rooao
volt. liny of Mnny Conferences.
It has been a day of conference!! on the
vlco presidential situation, noglnulrg with
a gathering In tho room of Governor
;;bTsX
was continued In tho rooms of Senator
Hanna later, when nearly all tbo leaders In
tho city wore from tlmo to tlmo In confer
ence with tho chairman of tho natlcnal
committee.
Thero woro Senators Allison, Scott, B kins
Cnrtor, Lodge, Burrows, Shonp also Mr.
Bliss, besides many reproscn atlvoj or th
New orK leaner, mm.
and Senator Piatt being represented. r.ia
tho last man had disappeared Senator Hanna
looked weary, but satisfied,
Ho was ready to announce that Governor
Roosevelt would not bo nominated, that tho
mon who wero going to make tho nomlnu-
. tlon would accept the declaration of Roose
velt made during inu uay nnu suppii'ini-niui
of moro emphatic deelnratlons mads sinia
time ago, as final, nnd would not force th'.-
nomination on mm. rtinuuB V
toe ncnaior iiniinu iao 1 uuuinuu wuu 1
. . ,. 1 . . , r 1 ' I
onlucf. who discussed tho situation nt grea'.
length. It was with tneso men mat set
ator Hnnna Inbored. Ho told them thnt t1
weeks Rgo Roosevelt was wanted ns a v'ci
presidential candidate. Ho and other wnrm
frlonds of the udmlnlstrat'on I?ievjd to
would bo n very satisfactory candldito. 'ho
baro suggestion brought nut 11 p ot-st from
Roosovelt, a declaration In emphatic terms
that ho would not accept tho placo. After
tills declaration had been reiterated sev
eral tlmca it was taken up by Senator
Piatt, who publicly announced that Oovernn
Roosevelt wns not to bo consldarod at 11
vice presidential candldato. Then ether
-nmlhlflteH nnnenred and In a dignified man-
-. . . .
ner their intorrsis wero pui icrwaru ny
their friends throughout tho country.
Minimi Tall; I'lnliily.
The only man appearing In Now York was
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff. The sugges
tion ot ex-Secretary Blisa brought forth a
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebrnska
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ENTIRE CITY IS THREATENED
Knrly Vliirnliiu 1'lrc lrtron Whole
HlocU In lllooinliiKlon, III., mill
Mill ItllKPH.
I1LOOMINOTON, liiiTjuno 111.-3:15 a. m.
A great conllagratlon Is raging hero and
threatens meat of the business portion of
,,alf f l"" business portion of the city is
n Ko
The buildings now In llames i
1Jl"" ,la" "unuing. owned ny mo Davis '
esinie, is in rums. i ue uro is imeiy to ,
"rLaK 0111 1,1 nny q,la,"'or- A strong galo la
spr.ngmg up. i no mayor nas wired rcoria
nnd Sprlngdcld for help.
NHW YORK. June lit. :t n. m The Miner
apartment house, a six-story structure (it
tho corner of Madison nventle nnd Sixty
third street, wns destroyed by lire this
morning. Tho property loss Is $250,000.
SAFE WAR IS ABOUT OVER
CoiiNollilntlon of Three l.ritilliiK ( iiiii-liiiiili-N
In Aliont lo lie Con
Hiiiiiiiinteil, NKW YORK. Juno 18. In the United
States Circuit court nt Trenton today, ap
plication wns made by counsel for tho re
ceivers of the Herrlng-Hnll-Marvln com
pany, to confirm the sale of tho property of
that corporation to Walter Kdward Oruni
mond, representing tho reorganization com
mittee for tho sum of $100,000. Counsel rep
resenting tho First National bank of Cin- j
.iiu.i.i uim uiuit targe creditors opposed
tho confirmation of the sale upon the ground
of Inadequacy of price. It being contended
that tho assets in the hands of tho receiv
ers amounted to more than $1,000,000. After
hearing extended argument Judgo Klrk
patrlck granted the application and entered
u decreo confirming tho sale. This decision
Is considered ns terminating tho bitter liti
gation which has been pending In connec
tou with this .company for seeral years,
the Cincinnati Interests having contested
tho reorganization nt every step. Jt Ir ex
pected that this step will bo followed by a
gonernl merger of nil tho safe manufactur
ing Industries Into one general corpora
tion.
CUBAN ELECTION PARADES
Great KnthimliiMni In Mintliitto Over
1 Hie .Sufi-pax of Mayor .
Grill I n on.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sunday, June 17.
Thero Is great enthusiasm horn tonight on i
account of the election of Pedro Grlnlnas j
ns mayor, Thero was n torchlight procession
n mllo long, In which all tho bands of the
city took part. A largo crowd of people delegates havo worked thumsrlvoa up to a
witnessed the parade. (state where they are really getting en h el
Tho local press says yesterday was the I astlc over Iho Dolllver matter. They have,
birthday of tho Cuban republic. however, not yet recovered from tholr f cl-
Returns from tho rural districts show lng of surprlso over tho situation and do
tho success of tho national party, except In ! "ol thoroughly understand II.
this city, where tho democratic was tho only The Dolllver movement started In Wsh
tlcket. The voto throughout tho depart- I Ington and not Dos Moines. D.ivrnp rt or
ment was very light. Burlington, nr Dubuque, and tho d icia'e
WASHINGTON, June IS. Tho War do- ' had no thorough undorstandlnn of P unt I
partment has iccelvcd tho following ills- ,n(,y Kot to Philadelphia. Here they found
patch from General Wood nt Havana: 'themselves with a cnndldato fpom their own
"Reports from all over tho island show i state, nnd a lively ono nt thnt, nn t-eir
that tho elections were orderly nnd peace- hands, and they did not know exactly what
fill. Not a fclnglo disturbance waa rf ported,
Nearly the entire registration voted. All
j reports Indicate satisfaction.
VICTIM OF YELLOW FEVER
Mtilor Krnuk II. Kilm li of Genrrnl
Frmik II. Kilniiimlx of Genrrnl
I.ee'fi Sinn Diet, nt
In t nun.
HAVANA, Juno 18. Major Frank H. Kd- i mnko them most offectlvo. When Dolllver
munda of General Leo's staff died today of returns hero wo will have n bittor un lor
yellow fever. Mrs. Kdmunds Is reported to ' stnndlng of tbo situation nnd will lako our
bo much better. coats olT nnd get down to bard work."
Tho town of Quemados has been quaran
tined against tho barrack and no soldier Is
allowed to enter.
Tho doctors are satlslled with tho sltua- , ward tho Rough Rider lo sillt Ijwani. Thorn
Hon In Havana, where only a few cases havo , is Htill room for hope that Roo ovslt wHI
developed. This, considering tho fact that j decline nnd to that hope tho Iown delega
the rainy season has set In, Is remarkable. : tinn wm cnnR tennclously to the Inst.
Tho city has already experienced a honvler I , committee composed of Dr. Albert
fall of rain thl season than throughout nil $Uaw of thc i0Ve. of Hovlews. Hon. Oeirtw
ot Ia5t 'caj j K. Roborts. M. D. O'Connell, tollcltor of tho
riPUT c.iD MIMIMP TflUUM i treasury, nnd Lafo Young, called on Gov
rlbnl PUR mlNINu lUWN'ernor Roosovelt today for tho purrose ot
j dissuading him from allowing hh namo to
Ximv Clnlmniitn niul Present OcciinnntH ho ugc,, noosevolt's headquarters nro tho
Clash over city of j storm center. Governor Rno?eve't cl a ed
Diiiicnii. ! tho room and gavo the Iowans a nrt?f heai
. .... I Ins.
, Vh,, UmA Mnim? .,mplny, wl.je,
i n(,y pllrchafe, ,. ,,, griltU No 4 ln
una van, toio., June is. ino nan i.uis
snEUeghe county, tiled sul
j damagt.H , tno Unltt,(1 H
t of ejectment and
ges in tno united tunics circuit curt
today against John T. Duncan and othi rs,
who aro In posseislm. of the mining town ot
Duncan, wnlch Is said to be located on tb?1
grant
t . , .. .1 i. n ...111 ni.. .. , . .. u
uuiiuaii Udmurt uu m ugui. mi in 'id
relinquishes what bo considers h's rlghti
nnd it Is sild ho will bo backed up by sov
ernl hundred hardy mountain e s. mlnori
nnd farmers. The company whl h b Ins a
, the suit Is a Now Jersey corporation
i NEW YORK GAS COSTS MORE
Simulant Oil Octopus I'nU Sere mm In
People of Mctroiinllt on CnM
of lllumlniilloii.
NKW YORK, Juno 18. Notice was Issued 1 Florida, Joseph li. Leo; Idnho, Frank R.
today by tho Consolidated Gas company that Gooding; Indiana, Charles W. Fairbanks,
on Juno 20 the price of gas would bo ro- i Iowu, Leslie M. Shnw; Kunsas, J. R, Bur
stored from C5 cents to 11.05 per 1,000 feet, j ton; Kentucky, William O. Bradley; Loul
Tho gas company of New York vn boon : slnnu, II. C. Wnrmouth; Mulno, Sidney M,
brought under tho control of tho Standard
Oil Company.
Movement of Occiui Vcic, June IS,
i .AS.A"r"7t'"n;- from 1
1 .NUIIICS; .lltllUIIIIIieu, lllllll lIIIH IJIl.
1 At Scllly Pussed-stcamer Mesubu, from'
N'mv York for London.
At Liverpool Arrived Ilovlc from Now
York, llflgr.ivln. from New York; Lako
MoKuntlc, from Montreal.
Sydney. N. S. W.-Snlled-Mloweru, for
Vancouver.
Halifax Arrlved-Slberlan. from Olus.
cow and Liverpool, via Ht, Johns, N. F for
I'hlliidttliMila,
NO CHOICE YET MADE
Nebrfskn Delegation Frits Off the National
OommitteimitB Question,
WAITS FOR EVERYBODY TO BE PRESENT
Delegate Darenpert from the Sixth Wat Net
at the Conference.
MEMBERS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES
Beltotieis for the Routine Work Made at
Yeiterdaj'x Meeting.
IOWA NOT WORRIED ABOUT D0LUVER
IIoonck'II Tlilp In lliinnliiK HIku, Vet
(lie lliiu ! en I'll I nU Thrrr is a
CIi a n ce for Thrlr .Man to
Conn- to I III- I'ronl.
PHILADELPHIA, June 18. (Special Tele
nrnm.) For the first tlmo slnco thn No-
brnska lieadnunrters wero rstahllshnd in
RCther to choosu national coninilttoem.Mi
n.l irminniniiv . t). ..,...(...
maters, which each national convenlion ap-
polltg. Th(, Nrbraska delegation met H
3 o'clock with tho following delegates pres
ent: K. Roiowatcr. J. II. McClay. J. A.
Khrhardt and J. M. Thurston, delegates-nt-large:
and (Jrorge A. Spurlock, K A.
Tucker, U. J. Cornish, W. F. Otirley. Henry
Rngatz, J. II. Haskell. O. 11. Rodgers, Alct
Laverty. O. A. Abbott. (1. L Day and
Oeorgo I). Darr, district delegates. In t!-e
absence of H. J. Davenport, delegate from
the Sixth Nebraska, It was decided to post
pone nny action on member of the national
committee anil the delegation pioceeded to
select reprcsentntlves for committees In the
national convention.
J. I). Haskell of Wakefield was selected
ns vlco chairman from Nebraska, each stalo
being entitled to one vice chairman In
tho nvent the chairman of the national con
vention should leave the chair and call snm
member of tho convention to (111 the va
cancy, l'or general committeeships tho IM-
ogation selected H. Rrsewntor. lesHutlom;
J. A. Khrhardt, credentials; Henry Ragatz,
permanent organization; K. A. Tucker in
rules; to notify the president of bis nomln i
tlon, O. A. Abbott of Grand Islnnd; ti no
tify tho vlco president of his nomlnntlrn,
Alex Laverty of Ashlnud.
No time has been fixed upon to settle tho
question of national committeeman and It
may go over until Wednesday.
Selections Mnile l.v Iimvii.
Iowa delegnlcH nt noon today selected thn
following: Vlco chairman, C. M. Hinsdale,
credentials, M. J. Tobln: perman nt or
ganization, W. M. McFnrland; rulo3, J. C
Maberry: resolutions, G, W. French: to no
tify tho president, O. K, Albronk; to notify
Hie vlco president. K. J. Marsh. ti!iiiuiier
national committee, 12. K, Hart; to prc-cnt
tho name of Dolllvcr, Lafo Young, K. K.
Hart of Council Illuffa will be elected mem
ber of tho nntlounl cnmmlttco from Iow.i at
a meeting to bo hold nt noon tomcrrow.
Cummins' namo will not be presented.
Tho Iowa delegation did pract'cally roth
Ing In thn way of helping along the Deli
ver boom for 1 ho vlco presld'ticy today.
It was not unwilling, but It did not knaw
what to do nnd so did nothing. The Iowa
to do about It. Today, however, thoi caug t
their second wind, so to speak, and teg n
to get Interested In the situation.
Governor Sluivt'n I'ropoxltlon.
Governor Shaw put tho mntter nftor this
fashion thl nftcrnnon in tnlklng about It-
"Wo nre nil nnxlous to do nil wo cnu o help
along tbo candidacy of Congressman Dolll
ver nnd nre only anxious to know In what
direction our efforts should bo turned to
At 1 o'clock this afterncon n sllgh chc-k
In the Roosevelt rush wns perceptible, bu
tho current Is still running tno strong to-
I nRRAMI7 ATION RY ?TTCQ
i UniiANItt NUN oT O I A I CO
Iteiirciif iitntlvcM on Severul Cniiunlt-
Choxcii In Majority of
I'llNCN,
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 18. Muny of the
stnte delegations held meetings today for
. I 0
,,. ,, lrnn,n nf nrn,,l.,n nn,i .ui.,i
. mombeIS (or tl)p yorklng committees of the
convention, national committeemen und
members ot tho notification committees.
Quito h number of tho delegations, how
ever, will not get together until tomorrow
morning, owing to tho absenco of some of
their number.
Tho following in n list of tho vnrlous
committeemen fco far ns chosen:
Clyilrinan of Delegation -- Cnllfornln,
Gcorgo A. Knight; Colorado, K. O. Weil
cott; Connecticut, Llnous It. Plimpton,
Bird; Massachusetts, Senator Lodgo; Mich
igan, Wllllum Livingston; Mlnnejotu, Sam
uel Lord; Mississippi, James Hill;
Missouri, D. M. HoiiHor; Montana, Thomas
II. Cnrtur; Nebraska, William F. Gurlcy,
I M, II,.V,lr 1 II fl,.lllr. M... 1 -
.....,.-..... -. ... ........v. ,
Boy, w. J. acwcii; now lork, innmns (1,
Piatt; Ohio, Georgo K. Nnsh; Oregon, Wal
lace McOamant; Pennsylvania, M. S. Quay;
South Dakota, L. L. Iostuttcr; Utah, Ho
lier N. Well; Vermont. John G. McCul
lough; Virginia, Park Agnnwj Washington,
K. C. Neufeldor; West Virginia, Qers W.