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INDIANA; IQTONAL INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1U00. TT TrtT? O .OT?'VrrC S AT RAILWAY NWS FTANW. ON DAILY ESTABLISHED 1SC0. I Uli. lii U. luU. 1 lllXj ö JJil 1C, ) TRAIN'S AND SUNDAYS. I CENTS. 7 r BOXERSSTRONG SAID TO NUMBER 4,000,000, AND LED ItV ZEALOl'S FANATICS. 3!ore Povrerfnl Than Any Political Party in China, and Intrenched la 3Ian Communities. RUMORS OF A BIG BATTLE O.XE nEPORT SAYS tiOO OF THE BOX ERS WERE KILLED, While Another Acconnt Has It That the Chinese Troop Were Rooted Near Pao-Ting-Fu. OFFICIALS PLAYING DOUBLE OrESLY PRETENDING TO COMBAT THE DOXER JIOVE3IENT, Dot Secretly Encouraging the Fanat ic In Their "Patriotic" Cru sade Against Foreigners, INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGER 3ICST NOT INVOLVE THE UNITED STATES WITH OTHER POWERS. Cannot Formally Co-Operate, lint Must Protect Our Interests Mission aries Hacked to Pieces. LONDON, June a.-Definlte returns re garding the severe fighting: between the Chinese troops and the Boxers that was going on Thursday between Tlen-Tsin and Feklng had not been received at Tien-Tsin when the latest telegrams to reach London were filed. The Chinese troops, however, had killed many Boxers, according to some reports, while another account had the government soldiery defeated in an engage ment near Pao-Ting-Fu. Apparently the legation guards have not yet taken a hand In the fighting, but they are ready to do so at a moment's notice. The Boxer movement affects some hun dreds of square miles. Official dispatches to Vienna from Feklng aver that the sect Is more powerful than any political party In China, embracing no less than four mil lion and manipulated by zealous and adroit men. The representatives of the powers are still acting In perfect concert, which ap pears for the present to give the Chinese government ample chance to put down the disturbances alone. . The Tien-Tsin correspondent of the. Daily Mail, telegraphing June 7, says: "For the last three days the whole community of Tlen-Tsin has been preparing to defend It self against an expected attack by the Boxers. There is a continued Influx of refugees from the surrounding country who are now crowding the city. This increases the excitement. Nearly all the villages surrounding Tien-Tsin are Joining the Box er movement, which Is taking more and more a fanatical character. Parties of for eigners, when approaching the villages, are driven back by armed bands. Yesterday the Chinese troops were ordered to Ma- chang, on the Grand canal, within twenty miles of where a large body of Boxers are reported to be collecting. Attempts to re establish the regular working of the Pe-king-TIen-Tsln Railway has hitherto proved futile. Every night the Boxers set fire to the sleepers and the woodwork of the bridges. General Neih seems bent upon acting with energy and dealing out heavy blows to the rebels, recognizing the neces sity of destroying the prestige of the Box ers, which has begun to demoralize the army." SIX HUNDRED BOXERS KILLED. . The Associated Tress correspondent (at Tien-Tsin says: "It Is reported from China official sources that 4.000 Boxers surrounded 1.50O Chinese troops between Lofa and Yong-Tsun yesterday, and according to the latest news fighting is still going on this morning. Officials say that six hundred Boxers were killed, but give no account of the Chinese casualties. Thirty of General Nleh's troops encountered a body of Box ers three miles from here on the Taku road and killed twenty-one of them. No news has been received from Tao-Ting-Fu for three days, and the situation there is be lieved to be critical. It is reported that the Chinese troops have been defeated near there." Secret orders Issued from Peking pro tecting the rebels has paralysed military action and raided the status of the Boxers In the eyes of the Ignorant masses. Al though the Boxers declare their nrst ob ject is the annihilation of Catholic con verts, ttw wire pullers evidently wish to propagate hatred among the country peo ple against foreigners and things foreign In general. The movement on the surface has a patriotic character, but It may turn ulti mately against the dynasty. This seems to be the reason why it has thus far been treated with a gentle hand. The legation at Peking have wired for reinforcements. It is believed that when the dowager Empress realizes the firm in tention to check her connivance in the anti foreign movement there will be a speedy end to the rioting, and If the Chinese acted In good faith they could easily quell the rabble, which is armed chiefly with spears, agricultural implements, a few swords and some old rifles. A dispatch from Tlen-Tsin dated Thurs day. June 7. 4 p. m.. shows the British re inforcements had not been started for Pe king as expected, owing to the refusal of the authorities to allow thera to entrain although the British offered to repair the line as they Went. Additional Russian and Austrian troops have arrived at Ticn-Tsln tsd the German crulters Hannan and Ge- fion have started from Klo-Chou for Ta ku with marines intended for the same des tination. HACKED TO PIECES. The Peking correspondent of the Times, in a dispatch dated June 7, says: "Par ticulars received here show that Mes?rs. Norman and Robinson, the missionaries, were hacked to pieces in circumstance of revolting barbarity. Tho Chinese govern ment cannot be exonerated from the charge cf complicity in these murders. From the beginning its action will bear only one in terpretation, namely that of approval of the antl-fbreign movement which has had these results. The government has dele gated as a commissioner to Cho-Khau and Pao-TIng-Fu, the chief centers of the Boxers to investigate and report, a notor ious anti-foreign official who is known to be in sympathy with the Boxers and who was the director of a mining and railway bureau that was founded to thwart all railway and mining developments." The Peking correspondent of the Times telegraphing June S. says: "The news that General Nelh's foreign drilled soldiers had fired upon the Boxers who were destroying the railway near Tlen-Tsin, was favorably received, as giving some ground for hope that the government would change, its policy. Now arrives the intelligence that Neih's troops have been ordered to return to camp at Lu-Tai and that their action has been condemned. The Tsung-LI-Yamen, however, denies the truth of the lattet statement. But the denials of the Tsung-LI-Yamen are never convincing. If it be true, the news must be regarded as serious. "The American Missionary Conference to-day sent -a dispatch to President Mc Kinley appealing for protection and assert ing that the missionaries at Pao-Ting-Fu and other places are in' extreme danger, that the Tung-Chl mission station has been abandoned, that chapels have everywhere ben burned and that hundreds of native Christians have been massacred. "The serious condition of affairs in Peking is reacting upon the provinces. The French minister here has received a tele gram saying that the French consul' at Mong-Taso and the French tgent at Y'un-Han-Fu have both been compelled to retire trom their posts, as the Viceroy announced that he was unable to guarantee their safety. RUSSIAN CHAPEL BURNED. "Later The Boxers yesterday burned a Russian chapel at Tung-Tingan, thirty-one miles north of Peking. Haut Chlng Chiang, director of railways, admits that the de struction of the Peklng-Tien-Tsln Railway is continuing, the Tsung-Ll-Y'amen being powerless to prevent it, and that it is use less to expect the early restoration of com munication." A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Yoko hama, dated Friday, describing the effect upon Japan of the refusal of the Korean Emperor to give an audience to the Jap anese minister regarding the torture and execution of political suspects, says: "The feeling here Is exceedingly excited. It may not be possible for the government to keep It In check, as the officials were able to do at the end of March, when Russia made her demands, particularly en the question of Masampo. It is thought here that Russian Influence Is behind tho affront given by Korea to Japan. The tone of the Japanese Pres is very bitter and graw develop ments are possible." Another dispatch from Yokohoma, says: "More rerious from a Japanese point of view than the vising of the Boxers in China is the sudden tension between Japan and Korea as the result of the protests of Japan against the torture and execution of political prisoners by the Korean govern ment. The Korean Emperor absolutely re fuses to grant an audience to the Japanese Minister, Hayashi Consouke." FROM KE3IPFF AXD CONGER. Message Showing the Situation Is Critical Instructions Sent. WASHINGTON. June 8.-The following cablegram was received at the Navy De partment from Admiral Kempff this after noon: "Tong-Ku, June 8. On June 3 I landed forces to protect American interests, with consent of China. Fifty-six are In Peking, and the rest in Tien-Tsin. The other na tions sent forces to both cities: no Injury so far. British. Russian and Chinese ad mirals and twenty warships are here. .Crops are likely to fall, causing probably more trouble in the near future. Our land ing force is under McCalla. On June 5 the situation was more critical. The Russian force began fighting, and I landed fifty more men. I have requested the Helena to be sent immediately to protect interests, or a vessel like her. I consider a battalion of marines necessary'- Need gunboat as base inside. On June 6 the Tien-Tsln-Pe-klng Railway was cut. Will act in concert with naval forces of other powers to pro tect Interests, if necessary. A meeting of the foreign senior naval officers was held to-day, with English. French. German, Austrian, Italian, Japanese and American representatives present, to arrange for combined action to protect life and prop erty, if required. Nine hundred men are now ashore, and twenty-five warships here. There was a battle yesterday (June 7) be tween Chinese and Boxers near Tlen-Tsin. Large numbers of Boxers are expected to reach Tien-Tsin to-morrow." Minister Conger, at Peking, also has been heard from to-day. His message to the State Department said there was no Im provement in the situation, and asked for instructions. It was not deemed proper by the officials to Indicate on Just what poiut Mr. Conger needs advice, but there is an intimation that he wishes to know to what extent he Is to co-operate with the dip lomatic representatives of the European powers at Peking. Secretary Hay took the message to the Cabinet meeting. Secretary Hay stated after the meeting that a reply would be sent to Mr. Conger substantially reaffirming the one sent a day or two ago to the effect that he will be expected to do whatever is necessary to protect the lives of Americans and their property and to maintain, the dignity of this government. He will be instructed to form no alliance with any government. It Is understood here that the representatives of the powers In Peking will call in a body on the dow ager Empress and present the necessity of her taking immediate and vigorous action to suppress the rioters. It Is assumed that Mr. Conger will Join with the other repre sentatives. It is understood, however, that telegraphic communication Is Interrupted between Peking and Taku. a fact which will prove embarrassing to Minister Con ger should he find it necessary to call on Admiral Kempff for reinforcements. The State Department is steadfastly pur- suing the line of policy laid down at the beginning of this Boxer trouble of avoid ing any interference with Chinese Internal affairs, beyond such measures as may be absolutely necessary for the protection of life and property. Especially Is it deter mined to avoid commitment to the policies of many of the European governments which might involve the United States in trouble. It Is not to be understood by this that the United States government is de sirous of evading any proper measure of responsibility, and the State Department officials are careful to point out that, while retaining our Independence of action, our (CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.) " AT LAING'S NEK GEN. niLLEIt MAKING IT "WAR 31 FOR THE BURGHER ARMY, linn Rendered the Roer Positions Untenable by Stratenry and Cleter Maneuvering. GOOD WORK BY HIS TROOPS WHO SUFFERED SLIGHTLY FR031 THE ENEJIY'S SHARPSHOOTERS. 3Iou ii tn in Spnrs Taken with n Dash nnd Nmnl and Other Guns Placed at Vantage Points GENERAL LORD ROBERTS SILENT HAS SENT NO WORD TO THE WAR OFFICE FOR THREE DAYS. Delated Dispatches from the Front Consul Hollls's Hurried Visit to President Kroger LONDON. June 8, 11:33 p. m. The War Office has received 'the following dispatch from General Duller: "Yellow Boom Farm, June 8. On June 6 Gen. Talbot Coke, with the Tenth Brigade and the South African Light Horse, seized Van Wyke hill. The enemy made some re sistance and a good deal of sniping oc curred. Our casualties were about four killed and thirteen wounded. During that day and the following we got two 4.7 and two 12-pounder naval guns on to Van Wyke hill and two 5-Inch- guns on to the south western spur of Inkewelo. Under cover of their fire General Hildyard to-day assault ed all the spurs of the berg between Botha's pass and Inkewelo. The attack, which was well planned by Hildyard and carried out with immense dash by the troops?, for whom no mountains were too steep, outflanked the enemy, who were forced to retire from their very strong posi tion. "I think we did not have any casualties, and I hope I have obtained a position from which I can render Lalng's nek untenable." . LONDON, June 9, 3:15 a. m. General Buller has at length taken the offensive end. by maneuvering, he has secured a po sition west of Lalng's nek, by which he be lieve? he can make the Boer positions un tenablePresumably, he will immediately follow up his success. Lord Roberts has communicated nothing for three days, nor permitted the corre spondents to wire what is going on. Lon don's Inference is that he Is resting, al though he is possibly disposing his army for a reach after Commandant General Botha. A blockade of the wires, owing to the crush of official correspondence, may ac count for the scanty press dispatches. Some telegrams, filed a week ago, are only Just now arriving. Among these are spir ited descriptions of the firing at Elands fontein. According to one of them the streets were filled with women and chil dren. Rifle shots could be heard every where. The British soldiers would stop fir ing and join in the chase after chickens. The burghers surrendered to any one. Kaffirs went about looting the Jewish stores, and mounted infantry galloped hither and thither. Lord Roberts's army has a new song. It runs thus: "We're marching into Pretoria, It belongs to Queen Victoria." The Daily Express has the following from Pretoria, dated Wednesday: "The one thousand prisoners who were deported from Waterval were told they were about to be given up to Lord Roberts. They en trained cheerfully and were conveyed to Nooitgedacht, instead of Pretoria. Gen. Louis Botha, with a rear guard of two thousand, left Pretoria during' the night. The British advance guard, on entering, was upon the very heels of the retiring Boers. Botha has sworn to carry on the war in the mountains." EXPECTED KRUGER. At Lourenzo Marques station a crowd waited all Thursday night to see President Kruger, as It was reported that he would arrive by a special train to gain an asylum on board the Netherlands cruiser Fries land. Middleburg is said to be . full of Boer refugees and wounded. The railway still delivers goods at Brockhorst spruit, forty miles east of Pretoria. A British column is at Bremerdorp, Swaziland. - Eleven British prisoners have been tak en to Middleburg. The British at Belra are moving into the interior in detachments of two hundred daily. A special dispatch from Pretoria de scribes the visit made by officers of Lord Roberts's staff to the presidency, Tuesday, June 5. It says: "We were received by a Dutch pastor, and, shortly, were Joined by Mrs. Kruger. The latter wore a black silk dress and white cap. She exchanged greet ings with her visitors, who notified her of their intention to replace the burgher guards by a guard of British troops. The burghers, thereupon, laid down their arms on the asphalted porch of the building, near the lines guarding the entrance." Colonel Plumer occupied Zeerust on May 28, without opposition. That district is re gaining its normal condition. Supplies are arriving dally. General Warren, with a strong force. In cluding the Canadian artillery. Is marching north through Grlqualand. He encamped at Campbell on Thursday, no opposition being offered. Numbers of the rebels are handing in their arms to the British com mander. General Bundle has made a strong dem onstration against the Boer positions, near Hammonla. employing five hundred of Gen. Brabant's Queenstown Mounted Rifles, two guns and. the Cape Mounted Infantry, un der Colonel Dalgetty. The Boer outposts were driven back and their laager located, but the troops returned without a battle. PREPARING FOR ANNEXATION. Mr. G. V. Flddes. Imperial secretary to the high commissioner, with a part of Sir Alfred Milner's staff, left Cap Town Tues day evening for Pretoria, possibly, as the Cape Town correspondent of the Dally News thinks, to arrange the annexation details. A special dispatch from Pretoria says that the only shell which took effect in the town the day prior to the occupation of Pretoria hit the United States consulate. A dispatch from Cape Town announces that the work of organizing the govern ment of the Transvaal is proceeding. A portion of Sir Alfred Milner's staff has gone to Pretoria to start the machinery, so the proclamation of the annexation of the Transvaal may be speedily expected. General Rundle'd officers had a cricket tournament on Tuesday, and were plan ning for a tennis contest next day. The Boers In the western part of the Transvaal are giving up their rifles to Gen eral Hunter. Mr. Harold G. Parsons, federation dele gate from western Australia, writes to the morning papers to protest against the treatment given the wounded Canadians. He says: "The Invalid Canadians at Shom cliffe Camp, returned from the front, com plain that they are badly fed, unhealthily crowded and refused a furlough. This seems a curious return to make for their conspicuous services, voluntarily rendered. I have it on Indisputable authority that it is the practice of the War Office to admin ister the British volunteer, and, for all I know, the regular army, by means of reg ulations drafted and Issued in great part on no better authority than that of its pro moted second-class clerks, a body of gen tlemen, no doubt, of irreproachable char acter, but by no means adapted by their Intelligence or education to be intrusted with so great a responsibility. Such a del egation of authority, which is unconstitu tional, as well as unbusinesllke, is in itself enough to show that the whole War Of fice, from top to bottom, must be reformed. If not reconstituted, after the war." The Daily Chronicle, referring to the pro test of Mr. Harold G. Parsons against the treatment given the wounded Canadians, says that Lord Strathcona has investigated the' complaints of the men, and that the matter has been settled satisfactorily, fur loughs being granted. The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the Times, in a dispatch dated yesterday, says: "The Transvaal government con tinues to receive fairly large consignments of goods." MOLLIS SEES KRUGER. United States Consul Slakes a Hasty Trip to Machadodorp. LOURENZO MARQUES, June 8. United States Consul Hollls, who returned here yesterday from the Transvaal by special train, had a two hours' interview In close conference with President Kruger at Machadodorp. It is stated that Mr. Hollls was the bearer of friendly dispatches from the United States government urging Mr. Kruger to treat for peace. WASHINGTON, June 8. Secretary Hay says, in reference to the foregoing, that Mr. Hollls had no authority whatever of the State Department to make a trip into tho Transvaal and,. furthermore, the State Department did not know of any such in tention on his part. The consul had no right to go Into loreign territory without permission from the State Department, but, as it is assumed that his visit was of a purely personal character, it is not prob able that notice will be taken of his re ported actions. LONDON, June 8. The Lourenzo Mar ques dispatch to the effect that United States Consul Hollis has been conferring with President Kruger is creating some comment, but in view of the Washington dispatch, which asserts that Mr. Hollls has no official errand to the Transvaal, there Is little disposition to regard his move ments as at all significant. RETREATING TO THE HILLS. Envoy Wessels Saya the Roer Are Moving Toward Lydenberg. OMAHA. Neb., June 8. Envoy Wessels and his secretary arrived in Omaha to night at 9:10 p. m. from Sioux City over the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha Railroad. A large number of rep resentative citizens, headed by Chairman John Rush, received the visitors and es corted them in carriages to the Paxton Hotel, where a large crowd had gathered to await their arrival. Envoy Wessels expressed himself as be ing weary with his Journey and desiring a rest. When informed of the news from the seat of war he said: "Well, that is Just as we have expected. General Buller may be In a position to take command of Lalng's nek. He may not meet much oppo sition there. My countrymen are retiring steadily toward the . more hilly country, where the conditions will be more favor able to them. As I have said often before, the war Is by no means over. President Kruger' retreat from Pretoria is evidence of that. If he and my people had intended giving up he would have remained there and have surrendered. It never was the intention to hold Pretoria against a strong attacking force. The country is too open there for us to hope to do anything against superior numbers. The English, with their long-range guns, keep our men too far away there. The general trend now is toward Lydenburg, where it Is rough and hilly, and where the war will be con ducted on terms more nearly equal, where we can fight set closer range and to bet ter advantage." The lobby of the Paxton was crowded by an enthusiastic crowd when Mayor Moores mounted the steps and welcomed the distinguished visitors to Omaha and the State. Mr. Wessels then responded in brief, desiring to be excused for the night on account of fatigue. At l o'clock to morrow a reception will be given Envoy Wessels at the City Hall and a mass meet ing at the Crelghton Theater will follow. Boer Fischer at Mllw&ukee. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June S.-Abraham Fischer, the peace envoy of the Transvaal, arrived In Milwaukee to-night from St. Paul. He was given a royal reception. Mr. Fischer will rest until to-morrow evening, when he will speak to a large gathering at the Exposition building. The meeting will be under the auspices of the German so cieties and the Wisconsin Transvaal Red Cross Association. BECKHAM LED THE MARCH. Belated Inaugural Ball at "the Blue grass State Capital. FRANKFORT. Ky.. June 8. The in augural ball which was postponed on ac count of the death of Governor Goebel an3 subsequent political complications took place to-night and was attended by several hundred society people from this and'other States. Governor Beckham led the march, while Mrs. Beckham, mother of the Gover nor, and other prominent ladies assisted In receiving. IOWAN BOOMED ORATOR DOLLIVER MAY nC WILLIAM 31'KINLEY'S RUNNING 31 ATE. He Is Salfl to Fill All the Require ments of n Candidate for the Vice Presidency WALKOVER FOR W. J. BRYAN MAY BE N03IINATED B ACCLA3IA TION AT KANSAS CITY. Many Democrat in Favor of W. R. Hearst and Ills Barrel for Second Place on the Ticket. VAN WYCK'S BOOH FROZEN CHILLED TO DEATH IN TAMMANY'S GREAT ICE TRUST Colorado Democratic Convention Squabble Settled by Throwing Oat the Denver Delegations Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, June 8.-Congress having adjourned, political interest is Immediately centered on the national conventions of the two great parties. All the delegates to the Republican convention at Philadelphia have been elected. It Is stated by officers of the national committee that every one of them Is instructed to vote for the re nomination of President McKinley. A numerous array of good Republicans, how ever, have been mentioned for second place on the ticket Opinion at this time seems to bo that Representative Dolliver, of Iowa, has the best chance of securing the prize. He Is very popular with his associates, a man of fine presence, and an orator of rare qualities. He is conceded to be one of the most powerful men on the stump within the ranks of the Republican party. This counts for a good deal in a candidate for Vice President, for while it Is an unwritten law of politics that the candidate for Presi dent shall not go about making stump speeches, that privilege, If indeed it be a privilege,. Is freely accorded to the candi date for second place. Turning to the Democratic convention it is found that to date twenty-three States and tho District of Columbia have elected delegates. These States are: Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,, New Jersey, New Y'ork, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia Of these all except Maryland and New Jersey have instructed for Bryan. The delegates elected number 492, and all of them save thirty-six, sixteen from Mary land and twenty, from New Jersey, or 456, are committed by their instructions to the "peerless leader." If the rest of the States instruct for him, and there is no reason to expect anything else, he will be nominated either by acclamation or on the first ballot. A great many names he.ve been mentioned in connection with the Democratic vice presidential nomination, but none of them s eems to have caught the Democratic fancy to any overwhelming extent. The latest is William R. Hearst, owner of the New York Journal and San Francisco Examiner, who was recently chosen president of the Na tional Association of Democratic Clubs. Be sides his honorary position and his two rewspapers, he Is popularly supposed to possess a "barrer of unlimited capacity. The action of the Democratic state con ventions of Maryland and New York In ignoring the Chicago platform and the 16-to-1 Issue Is now claimed by some of Bry an's followers to be a good thing. In that it will induce the gold Democrats of those States to support the chief advocate of free silver at the inspired ratio. They may be caught by a naked hook, but is doubted in. quarters not wedded to Bryan and Bry anlsm. Of course it is assumed that former Senators Gorman and Hill acted with a common understanding In these conven tions. Another thing commented on is that two of the delegates at large from New York Richard Croker and Augustus Van Wyck will go to Kansas City with their pockets stuffed full of stock of the Ice trust of New York, against which Hearst's New York paper Is making alleged war. It is worth recalling here that all last winter and spring newspaper correspond ents in Washington received every week printed matter booming Augustus Van Wyck for President as the anti-trust can didate. This printed stuff was sent out by the Hotel Keepers and Commercial Travel ers' Association. None has been received lately, so it Is fair to assume that the Van Wyck presidential boom is dead. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge called together on the President this morning. They declined to talk about the object of their call, but It Is supposed they urged the early appointment of Mr. Bynum to a good position. INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN. Colorado Democratic Delegates Will Vote for the ''Great Peerless." DENVER, June 8. After two days ses sion In convention and an all-night sitting of the credentials committee in a vain ef fort to reach a satisfactory arrangement between contesting delegations from Ara pahoe county, the Democratic state con ention late this afternoon, by an almost unanimous vote, decided the contest by throwing out both delegations. Within an hour after this action was taken the con vention had finished Its labors and ad journed. The delegations from Arapahoe county were headed respectively by Gover nor C. S. Thomas and Thomas J. Maloney. chairman of the county central committee. and those two gentlemen were both made delegates at large to the Kansas City con vention. The other two are A. T. Gunnel!, of Colorado Springs, and Charles Henkel, of Pueblo. They were instructed to us every effort to secure the nomination of William J. Bryan for President and the re affirmation of the Chicago platform. The report of the resolutions committee was short and in line with the utterances of Mr. Bryan in recent speeches. It was unanimously adopted, after which the con vention adjourned. G. Cleveland .ot In Politics. PRINCETON, N. J., Juno 8. When Grover Cleveland was asked what he thought of the recent letter of E. C. Bene dict on the need of a now political party he replied: "Mr. Benedict has a perfect right to assert himself, and what he says has no bearing whatever on me. I do not know what Mr. Benedict really did say in his let ter, because I am not bothering much about politics Just now. There has been no time when I have given less attention to politics than I am doing now." Mr. Cleveland was asked concerning the indorsement of W. J. Bryan by the New Y'ork Democratic state convention. He re plied: "That has not Interested me at all." Kicked Ont of the Party. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. June 8. At the meeting of the Alabama state Democratic executive committee to-day a resolution was adopted "putting up the party bars," as It was called. The resolution set forth that none but those who voted for the state and county Democratic candidates at the August election can participate In the nomination of congressmen, and that here after no one can participate In the Demo cratic primaries or conventions except those who support the entire Democratic ticket at the forthcoming November elec tion. Tammany Cutting Expenses. NEW YORK, June 8. The Tammany leaders have decided not to send more than 280 or 200 men to the national convention at Kansas City, about eight from each district. It was at first intended to send a delegation of 600. The cut was made on account of the heavy expense. CAPTURED NEAR MANILA. Gen. Plo Del Pilar, the Filipino Leader, Taken Prisoner. MANILA, June 9, 10:50 a. m. General Pio Del Pilar, the Filipino leader, has been captured near Manila. BILLS WERE PAID TWICE 915,000 WORTH OF NEELVS VOUCH ERS IIIROWX OUT AT HAVANA, Muncle People Said to Hare Profited Rathbone Held to BeRespon - slble Bondsmen Must Pay HAVANA, June S. The troubles of Estes C. Rathbone, former director of posts, seem fco be Increasing. The auditor's de partment has thrown out $15,000 worth of vouchers, including iS.000 worth of bills, which have been paid twice, most of them at Muncle, Ind. The Fidelity Company has been notified that It will be held re sponsible on Mr. Rathbone's bond. Mr. Miller, the manager of the company, and Mr. Rathbone have held prolonged Inter views during the last few day-B, but no decision has been arrived at regarding this new aspect of the situation. The authori ties contend that the Fidelity Company is responsible. Mr. Rathbone's friends insist that C. F. W. Neely deceived Mr. Rath bone, who signed at Neely's request with out knowing what he was signing. Corydon Rich has been placed under a $2,000 bond as a witness in the Neely case. A letter has been received here by a friend of Neely saying that If forced to return he will show that Rich is a liar and that the latter received as much as he (Neely) did. MURDER AND MANHUNT THRILLING STOnY CENTERING IN CINCINNATI AND COV1XGTON. Chase of Tiro Murderers Develops a Fatal Fusillade A Long Jump for Life and a Plucky Arrest. COVINGTON. Ky.. June S. William Burns and Thomas Lyons, alias Thomas Reynolds, are in Jail here charged with the murder of an unknown man, and the fatal shooting of a patrolman of the Covington police. Williams Burns says that he was formerly from St. Louis, and that once he worked on a newspaper in that city. Lyons, alias Reynolds, says Buffalo, N. Y., Is his native place and that he has been a peddler. Bums says that he, himself, did all the shooting and all the killing, and that Lyons was only along with him. The beginning of the affair was near Lud low, Ky., on the Ohio river bank. These two men and an unknown man in some unexplained way happened together at that point. The two prisoners uay that they gave the unknown man money to buy a keg of beer, that he came back and refused to divide, whereupon Burns killed him, put ting two bullets through his chest. The police at Ludlow telephoned the police at Covington that the murderers had Jumped on a street car. They were Intercepted near the suspension bridge by Lieutenant B. Schweinfuss and Patrolman Thomas Mc Query. The murderers ran on to the Cov ington and Cincinnati suspension bridge and the officers gave chase. Both sides used their revolvers. Patrolman McQuery was shot through the chest and is lying at the point or death at the Cincinnati Hospi tal. William Burns was shot through the calf of the leg, and a bystander, Thomas McCue, received a flesh wound in the leg. Wounded as he was, with a revolver In each hand Burns Jumped from the suspen sion bridge holding his revolvers high In the air and going down like a professional bridge Jumper into the water ninety feet below. Meantime Lieutenant Schweinfuss turned over Lyons to some patrolmen and ran down on the Ohio; side and boarded some coal barges towards which Burns was swimming. Burns came to the barges with the pistols in his hands and snapped one of them at the lieutenant, but the cartridge failed to discharge and he was Immediately arrested- This story of tragedy and thrilling in- cidents is still a mystery on account of the reticence of the prisoners and the inability of the police to trace their identity. The unknown man that was killed had a coarse face and showed even indication of be longing to a very low classJ Burns looks like an athlete and appears to be a man of superior intelligence, Lyons bu the ap pearance of a tram?. - CAREER ENDE "CYCLONE" JOHNSON, THE EVANGEL IST KILLED AT CAR MEL, IND. He Was Shot After IIa in Killed Frank Corey, .Who Had Arrested 11 1 m. TERRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY THREW THE LITTLE VILLAGE INTO A FEVER OF i:CITE3IE.T Johnson Had Engendered Had Feel ins by His Wild Talk at Tent .Meetings. HIS RECORD IN THIS CITY ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR CN TI.MELY 3IOCTHINGS. Johnson Had Served Time In the Penitentiary, but Claimed to Have Been Converted John H. Johnson, so well known to the people of this city as "Cyclone Johnson" and 'The Kentucky Cyclone." was killed yesterday evening at Carmel, Ind., after he had shot and killed Frank Carey, a son of County Commissioner Lemuel Carey. Johnson had been In Carmel for about three weeks, preaching in a t-nt. His talks were filled with abusive attacks upon citizens, and many personal allusions were made. There was much ill feeling against him. and though his meetings were well attend ed, there were but few who were In sym pathy with the Ideas advanced by him and his maner of conducting religious services. So bitter was the feeling that personal assaults were looked for at most any time, and there was much excitement when it be came known that Johnson had a pistol and had declared that he would use It if neces sary. On Thursday, during the meeting, shots were exchanged between Johnson and a young man who had taken offense at charges made by Johnson against him and his friends. BOTH MEN KILLED. Yesterday the feeling fernst Johnson became stronger, and Frank Carey was deputized to arrest him. He did so amid great excitement, and Johnson was taken to Jeffries's livery stable where, without warning, Johnson drew a revolver and shot Carey, killing him. A large crowd followed them to the stable and there were many friends of Carey, and one of them quickly avenged the death of the young man by shooting John son and killing him almost instantly. The quiet little village was thoroughly aroused, and, while there was no sympathy for Johnson, there was much sorrow at tht death of Carey. SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. A Detailed Account of the Killing t Doth Men. Special to tht Indianapolis Journal. CARMEL, Ind.. June 8. This village, a Quaker community, sixteen miles north of Indianapolis, was the scene of a double tragedy at 7 o'clock this evening. Thomas Jefferson Johnson, commonly culled "Cy clone," because of his fluent manner of speaking, was shot and killed by an un known person. Frank Carey, who had been deputized to arrest Johnson on the charge of assault and battery was shot through the breast by Johnson, and died in a few minutes. The origin of the trouble dates back sev eral weeks, when Johnson began a series of meetings In a tent near this town. He frequently made uncomplimentary mention of undue Intimacy among prominent peo ple, denounced in fiery language all other religious denominations except his own, and would often apuall thoe In attend ance for no reason other than that they were standing on the outside of his tent, ASSAULTED A MAN. Last night he assaulted Elmer Cass, while the latter was sitting in a buggy. To-night he was arrested on the charge of assault and battery on Cass and requested to go to the livery stable of Jackson Je Ser ies to prepare for trial. After all arrangements had been mad) for the preliminary hearing, David Patty, a local attorney, who had been employed to prosecute Johnson, made a short ad dress to the crowd that had congregated, urging them to be peaceful. Johnson took exception to Patty's remarks knd struck him. Johnson then broke away from the crowd and, running to the rear part of ths livery stable, began firing. Two of the shots struck Carey In the breast and he fell in the doorway in the office of tha stable. JOHNSON SHOT. Johnson then walked in the direction ct the crowd and stumbled over Carey's body, vhen he was shot by an unknown man ta the crowd. He crawled Into the office cl the stable and died in a few minutes. The feeling In this community has beca very bitter against the traveling evangelist for some time, and it is told on the streets to-night that he went to IndUnapolls to day for the special purpose of obtaining a supply of ammunition with which to c fend himself. He was bora la Jtc-tra county. Ilea