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LAST EDITIOI
SATURDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUNE 9, 1900.
SATURDAY EVENING.
THREE CENTS.
MSf i . .
CAPTURE OF
PAUL ((ROGER.
British Public Looking Forward
to That Event.
If egards tlie War as Otherwise at
an End.
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
Future Disposition of Conquered
Territory Considered.
Colonial Troops "Wish to Settle
in the Country.
(Copyright. MOO, by Associated Press.)
London, June 9. To all intents and
purposes the South African war, so far
as the a vera;;" Britisher is concerned is
over. With the exception of the pos
sible capture of President Kruger" and
the home coining of Lord Roberts his
calendar of probabilities contains noth
ing of vilal interest. Already China is
becoming a keen rival of South Africa
as; the burning question of the day.
The capture of 500 members of the Im
perial yeomanry which a few months
ago would have thrown the nation into
a ft of despondency, self analysis and
furious abuse of its own officers, has
passed comparatively unnoticed. The
work of stamping out the rebellion, for
Fiich, according to the British point of
view, is the nature of the opposition
mow encountered is too prosaic and too
common i;i the annals of the British
T.rmy to merit the absorbing attention
hitherto bestowed on each detail of the
sanguinary struggle.
TOPIC OF THE HOUR.
"What shall we do with it?" is far
more the topic of the hour than, specu
lation regarding the expenditure in
lives and money that seems likely to
ensue before the pacification of the
Boers is accomplished. Large numbers
i-'f inquiries are daily made in London
anent the prospects of the undeveloped
crown lands of Natal, while the rich
resources of the Transvaal and Orange
river colony form the basis of frequent
articles. Before many months have
passed the steamship companies ply
ing to and from South Africa, the com-
pinies cornected with the development
of that portion of the globe and others
equally interested and well informed
look lor a large and steady emigration
of British agriculturists and others to
fields on which the blood of Briton and
Boer is scarcely dry.
WANT THEIR REWARD.
AH the letters from the front indir
rate an increasing desire on tha part
of a huge proportion of the irregular
and colonial forces to settle down in
this fertile land won with such cost to
themselves. The British high commis
sioner. Sir Alfred .Milnei', it is learned.
Is devoting hi:-, whole attention to evolv
ing a si h me of civil government ap
plicable to Hie Orange river colony and
the Transvaal and relying to no little
xti nt upon the influence of the British
settlers to exercise it. The commis
sioner is in constant communication
with the secretary of state for the col
onies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, who has
Jiiso got the forces of the colonial office
iuuM at work on the problem, though
the keen-sighted officials believe the
day is still far distant when the mili
tary administrators will be able to hand
over the reins of government in safety
to the i ivil authorities.
Providing the progress of the victo
rious army in the Transvaal is tol
erably similar to its operations in the
'range river colony subsequent to the
capture of Bloemfontein, this apathy
towards military happenings and in
t n-st in civil and commercial possi
1 ili'es is likely to gain such a quick
3'old that soon the war will almost be
forgotten. The contingency of presi
dent Kruger's still und.-feated forces
scoring any victory of consequence
over Lord Roberts is generally re
R.'irded as so remote ns to be scarcely
worth mentioning;. The occupation of
Pietoria. according to the Man in the
tjtfeet settled the whole matter.
LORD ROSSLYN'S BRKAK.
In view of all the premature rejoic
ings which Lord Rosslyn's incorrect
press dispatches caused last week, it
is interesting to note ihat aristocratic
oting journalist is chieiiy remembered
In London for his diverting appearances
i:i Hyde Bark' at the period when he
had given up the stage to edit Scottish
Life. At the height of the season at
The most fashionable hour of the day
l.e was always to be seen, immaculately
d:-. sed aril liejeweled. s"ated under a
tree ostentatiously coi'rcting a mass of
pi'.r.:' sheets. As each one was finished
h- covered it with four pebbles and
end it out beside him until he was sur
louiided for yards around with white
t-'ip". which never l eased to be a source
of huge amusement to the passersby,
and apparently of immense satisfaction
to himself.
Yet. when he cabled from Pretoria
every paper in England, including the
'limes, believed him implicitly
With the arrival of a semblance of
summer the Thames has taken on if
iisual gay hues and all the world and
his wife have gone boating on the pic
turesque reaches. Yet at its muddy
mouth, miles from where the countless
pleasure parlies hunt and row, there
has been reaped from its waters a liar-
vest ot death extraordinarily large even
for this stream of tragedies. Within the
last two days the police report finding
no les-s than seven bodies. One lies at
Greenwich, unidentified; another at
Rotherhithe. that of a woman of the
hawker class. So far only two have
been identified. The others probably
never will be, and this brief, record of
Hotsam and jetsam in the greatest city
of the world of accident, suicide and
possibly murder causes no comment,
but is stuck away in a corner of an af
ternoon paper, headed "Mysteries of
the River."
NAVY IN BAD SHAPE.
Those who believe that Great Brit
ain's r.avy would, in case of war, prove
nearly as full of anachronisms and mis
management as the South African cam
paign proved the army to be, have re
ceived additional confirmation of their
fears by reason of severe stricture
Passed by the admiralty upon the ir
regularities of the target practice and
reports thereon among the fleets now
In commission; The admiralty practic
ally declares that the percentage sent
la in worthless. In a circular to all the
Copefta State -3curnal.
INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9th, 1900.
Weather predictions for the next 24 hours:
For Kansas Generally fair tonight and
Sunday: except local thunder storms are
probable; brisk southerly winds.
IMPORTANT NEWS AND FEATURES.
Tage.
1 Powers Demand Quick Action by China
Anti-Boss League Gives Up Fight.
Kansas Fraternal Insurance Societies.
Telegraph Cut by Boers.
St. Louis Sheriff Asks for Militia.
Insane Man Cuts Child's Throat.
Todays London Cable Letter.
Hanna to Direct Republican Campaign
Boiler Explosion Kills Three Men.
Gen. Pilar Captured Near Manila.
2 Sporting News.
Kansas News.
3 Railroad News.
Kansas Boys For West Point.
Telegraphic Briefs. '
4 Summary of tha Week.
Church Announcements.
Late Telegraph and Local News.
6 Society and Personal News.
Snap Shots at Home News.
Banquet of Saturday Night Club.
6 Supreme Court Decisions.
" North Topeka News.
Markets.
Wants and Classified Ads.
7 Wants and Miscellaneous Ads.
8 Stories of The Town.
National Convention Will Cost Phila
delphia $200,000.
Bryan Celebration on the Fourth.
9
Contest of 1900.
Both Colorado Delegations Thrown Out
Society News.
Dun s Review of the Week.
Theatrical News.
Charitable Work in Kansas.
Denmark's Royal Family.
10
11
The Summer Man and His Clothe3.
Justice Brewer Writes on Government.
Russell Sage Talks to Young Men.
12 Editorial.
Book Notes.
13 Timely Hints For Women.
Menus and Receipts.
Aunt Trudy Writes on Thieves.
14 Humorous Miscellany, Illustrated.
15 Sister of John Brown Interviewed.
Official Council Proceedings.
16 Song Birds to Be Protected by Law.
Short Story: "A Belated Opportunity."
Dangers of Death Valley.
commanding officers, the admiralty
says:
"Praotice appears to have been car
ried on without a supervisor, the com
mand targets were not properly check
ed and the markers were not dawn from
another ship."
Such a, serious reprimand is likely to
have the desired effect of enforcing the
regulations this year, at any rate and
at the same time, of considerably de
creasing theelficiency in marksmanship
with which the British navy has been
credited.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
Win. McDonough Cuts Throat
of Five-Year-Old Child.
No Motive For Deed and. Man
May Be Insane.
Lincoln, Kan., June 9. One of the
most vicious crimes that has ever
shocked this community occurred this
morning. William McDonough, a young
man 2S years old, enticed Bennie Bowdes,
a child 5 years old into a secluded place
and cut his throat.
No motive could be found for the
deed and McDonough is undoubtedly
insane. The town is in a state of in
tense excitement and McDonough is at
large hiding in wheat fields and along
creeks. It is possible that the wounded
child may live.
"WON'T SEE HIM.
Korean Emperor Refuses an Audience
to Japanese Minister.
Yokohama. June 9. More serious
from a Japanese point of view than the
rising of the boxers In China is the sud
den tension between Japan and Korea
as the result of the protests of Japan
against the torture and execution of po
litical prisoners by the Korean govern
ment. The Korean emperor absolutely re
fuses to grant an audience to the Jap
anese minister.
PLAIN TALK FROM DEWEY.
Says He Never Wrote to Aguinaldo
in His Life,
Detroit. Mich.. June 9. Admiral
Dewey was shown the statement made
by the Manila Times concerning an al
leged recovery by General Funston's
men of a portion of the archives of the
Filipino rebel government which it was
claimed contained certain correspon
dence between Aguinaldo and Dewey.
After reading the statement Admiral
Dewey positively denied ever having
written Aguinaldo. Said he:
"I never wrote a letter to Aguinaldo
in my life. Whenever I wanted to see
him I sent for him. He was employed
by me for certain purposes, just as I
employed a lot of other people among
the natives. I made him no promises.
If there had been five thousand Ameri
can troops with me in the beginning to
occupy the city and maintain order
there would never have been this trou
ble." MRS. GLADSTONE DYING
London, June 9, 5:50 p. m. The fol
lowing bulletin was issued from Ha
warden castle this afternoon: "Mrs.
Gladstone grew worse Yesterday even
ing. She is now quite unconscious and
is rapidly sinking."
UICK ACTION.
Powers Must Come to an Under
standing at Once
In the Chinese Matter or Leave
It to Hussia.
JOINT DEMAND MADE
By Foreign Ministers at Pekin
on the Empress.
To
Suppress Boxers or Take
the Consequences.
Berlin, June 9. The Cologne Gazette
says:
The situation in China has become so
critical that military action must be
taken at once. The powers must come
to an understanding without an in
stant's delay and take common action.
The longer they hesitate the greater
becomes the probability that one power
that is to say, Russia will do the
work alone.
"Such a possibility, however danger
ous it might be for the peace of the
world, would be always preferable to
doing nothing which can only end in
bringing about chaos.
A JOINT DEMAND.
New York, June 9. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
"A dispatch from Minister Conger
which the authorities declined to make
public is said to have referred to a
meeting of diplomats in Pekin, at which
an agreement was reached to make a
joint demand on the empress dowager
for the suppression of the boxers under
pain of action by the powers. Accord
ing to officials here. Minister Conger is
making some plain statements to the
Tsung-Li-Y'amen threatening them
with the enmity of the United States
and heavy claim's for indemnity should
the life of an American citizen be taken.
It is hoped, as a result of these repre
sentations, that the Chinese government
has put guards around the American
missions. It is plainly impossible for
missionaries now to reach the coast,
as the railroad connection between
Pekin and Tien Tsin is cut, other roads
are interrupted, and a journey on foot
or horseback to the sea would involve
greater danger than there will be if
they remain where they are."
HACKED TO PIECES.
London, June 9. The Pekin corre
spondent of the Times in a dispatch
dated June 7, says:
"Particulars received here show that
Messrs. Norman and Robinson, the mis
sionaries, were hacked to pieces in cir
cumstances of revolting barbarity. The
Chinese government can not be exon
erated from the charge of complicity in
these murders. From the beginning its
action will bear only one interpretation.
namely that of approval of the anti
foreign movement which has had these
results.
The government has delegated as a
commissioner to Cho Khau and Pao
Ting Fu, the chief centers of the boxers,
to investigate and report a notorious
anti-foreign official who Is known to be
in sympathy with the boxers and who
was the director of a mining and rail
way bureau that was founded to thwart
all railway and mining developments."
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
telegraphing June 8, says:
"The news that General Neih's for
eign drilled soldiers had fired upon the
boxers who wei'e destroying the rail
way near Tien Tsin was favorably re
ceived, 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 re
turn to camp at Lu Tai and that their
action has. been condemned. The
Tsung Li Yamen, however, denies the
truth of the latter1 statement.
"But the denials of the Tsung LI
Yamen aie never convincing. If it be
true the news must be regarded as se
rious. "The American missionary confer
ence today sent a dispatch to Presi
dent McKinley appealing for protection
and asserting that the missionaries at
Pao Ting Fu and other places are in'
extreme danger, that the Tung Chu
mission station has been abandoned,
that the chapels have everywhere been
burned and that hundreds of native
Christians have been massacred.
"The serious condition of affairs in
Pekin is reacting upon the provinces.
The French minister here has received
a telegram saying that the French con
sul at Montazo and the French agent
at Yun Han Fu have both been com
pelled to retire from their posts, as the
viceroy announced that he was unable
to guarantee their safety.
"The boxers yesterday burned a Rus
sian chapel at Tung Tingan. thirty-five
miles north of Pekin. Hait Ching Chang
director of railways, admits that the
destruction of the Pekin Tien Tsin rail
way is continuing, the Tsung Li yamen
being powerless to prevent it, and that
it is useless to expect the early restora
tion of communication."
BOXERS' STRENGTH.
Apparently .the legation guards have
not yet taken a hand in the fighting,
but they are ready to do so at a mo
ment's notice. The boxer movement
affects some hundreds of square miles.
Official dispatches to Vienna from
Pekin aver that 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
appears for the present to give the Chi
nese 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 Tien Tsin has been pre
paring to delend itseir against an ex
pet ted attack by the boxers. There i:
a continual influx of refugees from the
surrounding country, who are crowdin
the city. This increases the excite
ment. Nearly all the villages surround
ine Tien Tsin are joining the boxer
movement, which is taking more and
more a fanatical character.
"F'arties of foreigners when approach
ing the villages are driven back by
armed bands. Yesterday the Chinese-
troops were ordered to Machang, on the
Grand canal, within 20 miles of which a
large body of boxers is reported to oe
collecting. Attempts to re-establish the
regular working of the Pekin Tien Tsin
railway have hitherto nroved futile.
Every night tile boxers set fire to the
sleepers and the woodwork of the
bridges.
"Gen. .Neih seems bent upon actin
w ith energy and, dealing out heavy
blows to the rebels, recognizing the ne
cessity of destroying the prestige of the
boxers, which has begun to demoralize
his army."
Secret orders from Pekin for the pro
tection of the rebels, have paralyzed
military action and, raised the status of
the boxers in the eyes of the ignorant
masses. Although the boxers declare
their first object to be the annihilation
of Catholic converts, the wire pullers
evidently wish to propagate hatred
among the country people against for
eigners and things foreign in general.
The movement 6n "the surface has a
patriotic character, but it may turn ul
timately against the dynasty. This
seems to be the reason why It has thus
far been treated with a gentle hand.
The legations at Pekin have wired for
reinforcements.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Yokohama, dated Friday, describing the
effect upon Japan of the refusal of the
Korean Emperor to give an audience to
the Japanese minister regarding the tor
ture and execution of political suspects,
say s :
"The feeling here Is exceedingly exci
ted. It may not be possible for the gov
ernment to keep it in check as the offi
cials were able to do at the end of
March, when Russia made her demands,
particularly on the question of Maiso-
moph. It is thought here that Russian
influence is behind the affront given by
Korea to Japan. The tone of the Japa
nese press is very bitter, and grave de
velopments are possible."
NASHVILLE SAILS FOR TAKU.
Washington, June 9. Admiral Remy
informs the navy department that the
gunboat Nashville with a force of
marines aboard left Cavite yesterday
for Taku. She is a light draft gunboat
of the same type as the Helena, and it
is presumed that she is sent in place
ut. me latter. ne jvionocacy at Shang
hai also has been ordered to Taku.
WTJ IS SILENT.
"Washington, June 9. At the legation.
i-ouay ine umnese diplomats were ex
tremely reticent concerning the situ
ation in their native land. If they have
icceiveu any aavices tney are of a con
ndential mature and Minister Wu is
guarding them carefully. To mews-
papej men oiuciais at tne embassy an
nounce that they have received abso
lutely nothing which will throw any
light upon the situation.
They are themselves apparently puz
zled by some of tha statements in the
newspaper reports. ' For iksmkcc, the
report this morning that there were
4.000,000 of the boxers, created surprise.
Still they were not in a. position to deny
it, and one of the secretaries in call
ing attention to it, simply commented:
"But we do not know; we have noth
ing." They eagerly inquire for all dis
patches to the press, but have nothing
to offer in return.
To set at naught published state
ments to the effect that Germany is
to adopt more heroic methods than the
other powers in the present crisis In
China, Baron Von Holleben, the Ger
man ambassador, said today that Ger
many would, as heretofore, participate
inany joint action of the powers in
oraer to protect the interests of for
eigners in the far east, but that she
would go mo further than, the other
nations in any action taken.
BOXERS "GO' '! CITIZENS."
Tien Tsin, June' v. In view of the
conclusive confirmation of the impe
rial connivance in the boxer movement
furnished by an edict published today
denouncing General Nieh-Si-Chen for
killing some of the rioters, the strong
est possible action of the powers, it is
asserted here, can alone remedy the sit
uation, which has assumed the gravest
aspect. The edict is couched in such
terms that it leaves no doubt of the
deep sympathy of the throne with the
boxers, who are described as "good
citizens." Besides denouncing General
Neih for killing the boxers, the edit or
ders him to return with his troops to
Loopai, eighty miles from the scene
of the disturbances. It is claimed here
that the first step of the powers for the
preservation of foreign life and prop
erty ought to be the assumption of con
trol of the railroad to Pekin,'
RUSSIANS ABOUT TO LAND.
Shanghai, June 9. A dispatch from
Tien Tsin, dated Friday, June 8, says
00 Russian troops are about to land
there. The dispatch adds that Fung
Chow has been burned, but that the
missionaries are safe.
FORMAL CALL.
Sheriff of St. Louis Asks Gov
ernor For Militia.
St. Louis, June 9. At the conference
today Sheriff Pohlman gave the follow
ing communication to the governor:
"Governor Lon V. Stephens:
"Dear Sir: As sheriff of the city of
St. Louis I desire to inform you that
there now exists in this city a condi
tion of tumult. Acts of violence and dis
order are of daily occurrence. I have
summoned to my assistance a large
posse, and have exhausted every means
at my command but the civil authori
ties are unable to cope with the situa
tion. All other means being exhausted,
I respectfully call upon you and request
that the national guard of Missouri be
called out in numbers sufficient to re
store order and prevent fourther acts of
violence.' Very respectfully,
"JOHN H. POHLMAN,
"Sheriff of the City of St. Louis."
Ex-Governor William J. Stone, coun
sel for the street railway men today ad
dressed a letter to Nathan Frank, act
ing chairman of the citizens committee,
which was formed for the purpose of
bringing about a settlement of the
strike. Attorney Stone's letter is in re
ply to one by Mr. Frank in which the
former was requested to confer further
with ex-Judge Priest representing the
Transit company in the attempt to end
the strike.
In his letter Mr. Stone reviewed the
strike situation from the beginning at
some length, and deplored the failure of
attempts to arbitrate, claiming the
union has always favored that method
of settlement. He said:
"My clients have been willing at all
times to arbitrate, and those with
whom I have been acting have sought
to get a proposition of compromise,
which we believe we could induce the
general body to accept. We have had
but one proposition from the company.
ana that was withdrawn before the
members of the union could act on it.
"I have sought to bring about an ar
bitration of the questions involved in
this controversy, and have also sought
to reach a basis for settlement between
the parties which would be at least
measureably acceptable to both. In
this I have failed, as others who have
made similar attempts have failed.
GIVES JIPFIGflT.
Anti-Boss League Decides to
Quit Business.
Final Appeal For Funds to Meet
Deht.
DEFEAT IS ADMITTED.
Secretary Wood Says Cause Has
Failed,
Wras No Fault of Capt. P. H.
Coney.
The Anti-Boss league failed in Its pur
pose and has quit business in debt.
These facts are admitted by J. G. Wood,
the secretary, who also suggests that a
meeting may be held soon to view the
remains and adopt memorials.
The Anti-Boss officers write letters
frequently, one of the latest being ad
follows: -
Topeka, Kansas.
Dear Sir:
At the close of the more active con
test against bossism, it has been deter
mined to surrender the lease of the
rooms which have been occupied. Should
any more meetings of the league be
thought advisable, they can be held at
some designated place to be named in
the call for the meeting.
You know the history of the failure to
get all we strove for; and I will not de
tain you with its rehearsal here; but, if
deemed expedient, another meeting of
the league will soon be held at which
the matter will be fully reviewed. Wre
have accomplished much and may do
more.
But of one matter I would speak in
all candor to those who stood by in sen
timent to the last. There remains $75 of
an. indebtedness without a cent in the
treasury for liquidation. Capt. Coney
has paid the most of it from private re
sources and will be good for the bal
ance. From the beginning of this fight he
has stood sponser financially when no
money was in sight. In season and out
of season, through good and evil report,
his zeal was unflagging in behalf of the
cause which interested us. Besides a
personal subscription, limited by his en
thusiasm only, his pocketbook has been
open to every call.
Others might have hope of political
honors if the most worthy cause suc
ceeded; but Mr. Coney had no purpose
to serve except the general good of th"e
Republican party. The defeat of the
cause was no fault of his, either by
word or deed.
In plain speech it is not fair to retire
from the contest and let him hold the
bag. A $5 contribution from each of 15
co-.workers will pay the deficit. And
that is not much in these prosperous!
times.
Please send a liberal contribution to
Capt. P. H. Coney, treasurer of the
Anti-Boss league, by whom due ac
knowledgment will be made. Let me
hear from you. Please help out and
oblige, J. G. WOOD,
Secretary.
Topeka, Kan., May 29, 1900.
DISSATISFIED POPULISTS
Call a Convention to Oppose Nomina
tion of Deford.
The Populists of Coffey county have
bolted the nomination of W. A. Deford
of Ottawa for state senator, in the
Franklin-Coffey district.
H. L. Cooper, J. M. Osborn, O. M.
Rice, W. E. Chamberlain, J. R. Burns
and about 100 other Populists have is
sued a call for a straight People's party
mass convention to be held at Waverly
at 3 p. m. June 23, to nominate a candi
date. The call says:
. "Every loyal Populist who is opposed
to the political schemes, tricks and
traitorous acts of a few so-called Pop
ulists of Coffey county, who have been
and are bartering away the rights of
the voters of Coffey county without
their consent and without excuse or
authority are invited to attend and
participate in the deliberations of this
convention."
HANNA WILL STAY.
Ohio Senator Will Direct Re
publican Campaign.
Washington, June 9. It is stated on
high authority that Senator Hanna will
succeed himself as chairman of the Re
publican committee and will conduct
the coming campaign. Senator Hanna
and Secretary Dick had a long confer
ence with the president today about
political matters in general. Mr. Dick
will go to Philadelphia next Monday.
He and Mr. Hanna will arrive there on
the 13th.
Upon which side the blame rests others
Can determine. What further steps
may be taken it is not now necessary to
discuss."
The governor took no immediate ac
tion on the request. A meeting of-the
police board was called and the gover
nor and Chief Campbell talked over the
situation with the commissioners. Af
ter a session of three-quarters of an
hour the discussion was again adjourn
ed to the chief's office.
Governor Stephens then stated that
he had not yet reached a decision on
the matter of calling out the state
troops. Gen. Bell and Gen. Clark also
said very positively that they had not
yet received any definite orders one way
or the other.
If the militia Is called out it is likely
that the entire national guard of the
state, comprising four regiments and a
battery, will be pressed into service,
say those who are close to the governor.
At noon the governor left the confer
ence and it was said he would return
later this afternoon.
John Powers, motorman, one of the
250 non-union men who came to St.
Louis from Philadelphia Friday is con
fined in a cell at the city hospital, cry
ing for the guards to defend him from
men, who, he believes are pursuing him.
Powers was arrested early this morniii
at Geyer and Pennsylvania avenue. A
policeman found him running about the
street fighting off imaginary foes.
His disconnected story at the hospi
tal reveals the tremendous strain that
is upon the motormen who are working
now.
OTIS AT HOME.
The General Beaches Rochester at
3:15 This Morning.
Rochester, N. T., June 9. General E.
S. Otis who is to be the city's guest
next week accompanied by his wife and
daughter and Captain Leighton of the
United States army arrived in Roches
ter at 3:15 o'clock this morning coming
through from Chicago. He will make a
flying trip to his old home on the Liell
road just outside the city and leave for
Washington some time during the day.
When asked if there was anything he
could add as to the subject of the Phil
ippines, he said:
"The war in the Philippines is over,
that is all there is to say about it now."
TELElRAPTCUT
By a Body of Boers Two Thous
and Strong.
London, June 9. General Forestier
Walker cables to the war office from
Cape Town, under date of June 8, as
follows:
"Kelly-Kenny, at Bloemfontein, re
ports that the telegraph has been cut
at Roodeval, north of Kroonstad, by a
body of Boers estimated to be 2,000
strong, with six field guns. He is send
ing strong reinforcements to Kroonstad
and I am reinforcing from Cape Colony.
I hope the interruption will be only
temporary." .
The . war office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from General Buller:
Yellow Boon. Farm, June 8. On June
6, General Talbot Coka with the Tenth
brigade and the South African Light
Horse, seized Van Wyck hill. The en
emy made some resistance and a good
deal of sniping occurred. ' Our casual
ties were about four killed and thir
teen wounded.
During that day and the following
we got two 4.7 and two 12 pounder naval
gune on to Van Wyck hill and two 5
inch guns onto the southeastern spur of
ilnkewel. Under cover of their fire.
general tinayara tpaay assauuea an
the spurs of the berg between Botha's
pass and Inkewelo.
The attack, which was planned well
by Hildyard and carried out with im
mense dash by the troops for whom
no mountains were too steep, outflanked
the enemy who were forced to retire
from their very strong position.
I think we did not have any casual
ties and I hope I have obtained a posi
tion from which I can render Laing"s
Nek untenable.
LONDON IS DISGUSTED.
London, June 9. London is somewhat
disgusted at the disagreeable "activity"
manifested by the Boers in the Orange
river colony in cutting Lord Roberts'
telegraphic communication at Roode
vale north of Kroonstad. As yet there
is no indication whence came the strong
body of 2,000 Boers that has arrived at
Roodevale unless it is the force men
tioned in a recent Boer dispatch as hav
ing started from Standerton with this
very object in view. Apparently the
authorities on the spot regard the situ-i
ation at least as temporarily serious, as
they are not only reinforcing the gar
rison at Kroonstad, but are sending tip
troops from the lines of communication
in Cape Colony. Roodvale is a fairly
strong position 35 miles north of Kroon
stad, capable of giving Gen. Kelly-Kenny
trouble should the federals elect to
dispute its possessions as Gen. Kelly
Kenny cannot be overburdened with
cavalry with which to threaten the
burgher line of retreat.
The news somewhat discounts the
flattering deductions the Britishers have
been extracting from Lord Roberts' si
lence as it indicates that the menace of
the Boers to carry on a prolonged
guerilla warfare is no empty threat and
that President Steyn is still cable of
creating serious.if only temporary trou
ble. A parliamentary return issued this
morning shows that 36 members of the
house of lords and 2S members of the
house of commons are serving with the
British troops in South Africa,
Advices from Cape Town say the
opinion prevails there that the Boer
supplies of ammunition and food will
not suffice to enable them to prolong the
struggle in the Leydenburg district for
more than eight weeks. Cape Town also
anticipates that the Boers will be ser
iously harassed by the Kaffirs.
A special dispatch from Durban, Na
tal, says the Boers at Laing's Nek after
an action fought Thursday, June 7, of
fered to surrender conditionally but
Gen. Buller replied that their surrender
must be unconditional.
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Three 3Ien Killed by a Boiler
Explosion.
Traverse City, Mich., June 9. The
boiler in Charles F. Reed's sawmill, five
miles west on Fife Lake, exploded to
day, killing three men and injuring ten
others. The dead:
A. J. Cole.
M. S. Smith.
An unknown man.
The names of the injured men have
not yet been learned, owing to the iso
lation of the mill. The explosion oc
curred just as the employes were about
to begin work. The engineer had just
left the engine room a moment before,
and A. J. Cole had taken his place. Cole
was literally blown to pieces. Smith
and another man, whose name has not
yet been learned, died soon after from
injuries received. The mill was com
pletely wrecked.
Any Plan Will Do.
Chicago, June 9. Members of the
building trades council have declared
themselves to be in favor of any plan
calculated to bring about a settlement
of the labor troubles. At the meeting
of the council last evening the secre
tary was instructed to notify the build
ing contractors council that the build
ing trades council had requested the un
ions affiliated with it to appoint com
mittees, for a. conference in accordance
with the suggestion of the contractors,
in discussing the proposed conference,
the hope was expressed that it would
result in a settlement.
Early Congratulation.
Ottawa, Ont., June 9. In the assem
bly the address of the queen congrat
ulating her majesty on the early ter
mination of the war in South Africa
was passed without a dissenting vote.
Dead Number 6 or 8.
Gloucester, O., June 9. It Is now
stated that the dead from the explosion
of gas in Mine No. 2 yesterday will
number six or eight. Two more ex
plosions occurred during the night.
From three to four hundred miners are
thrown out of employment.
HOW TljEY STAND
Membership of Kansas Frater
nal Insurance Societies.
Number in 35 Organizations
Is Nearly 150,000.
OYER $230,000,000
That Is What the Beneficiary
Certificates Represent.
Modern Woodmen Lead With
44,313 Members.
Thirty-five fraternal societies doing
business in this state have outstanding
over 232 million dollars of insurance on
the lives of citizens of Kansas. These
remarkable figures are shown in the
annual report about to ba issued by th
superintendent of insurance, W. V.
Church. From tables prepared bv the
assistant superintendent, C. H. Ridg
way, it is shown in the report that the
outstanding beneficiary certificates,
held by 143,484 members, amount to
$232,7&8.260.
The membership in the various or
ganizations admitted to do business in.
Kansas In conformity with the law
passed over a year ago from their re
ports flleo: in the insurance department
for the year ending December SI, lSi9.
follows:
American Annuity association.. .. 2zl
American Benevolent association, 61
Order of Pvramids 2.9'Hj
A. O. U. W 31.731
Barkers' Union of the World 1,09
American Yeomen None.
Fraternal Aid 11,615
Foresters 1!S
Knights and Ladies of Security.. 13,'i6
Maccabees 2,4"i
Knights of Equity "22'i
Life and Annuity association.... l,b9
Modern Brotherhood 2S7
Modern Tonties 1.157
Modern Woodmen 44,31
Mutual Protective League 21t
National Aid 4.61:!
National Benevolent ..: 693
National Reserve 1,35')
National Union 48.1
Occidental Mutual !Jy7
Select Friends 2.324
Pathfinders Naue.
Royal Arcanum 229
Royal Fraternal union S3
Royal Neighbors... 4.761
Select Knights 2,935
Select Knights and Ladies 3ii3
Sons and Daughters of Justice.. 4.14')
Star of Jupiter 345
Supreme Court of Honor 1.507
Triple Tie 2.273
Woodmen Accident 1,97a
Woodmen Circle 11!)
Woodmen of the World 2,021
The amount of Insurance held by. the
143,484 members is divided as follows:
American Annuity 122S,000
American Benevolent.. 106,100
PyrainMV .i -. . .- 2.155.000
A. O. V. W 59,056.030
Bankers' Union ..: 875.800
American Yeomen..;..." ... -None.
Fraternal Aid 1 17,133.860
Foresters y. 138,500
K. and L. of Security 20.252,000
Maccabees 3,017.500
Knights of Equity 114.325
Life and Annuity I,722,5u0
Modern Brotherhood 422,500
Modern Tonties 2,234,400
Modern Woodmen 82,811,500
Mutual Protective league 2S8.500
National Aid 3,280,710
National Benevolent , S.325
National Reserve 1,449,000
National Union 1,347,000
Occidental Mutual 1,334500
Select Friends 4,377,500
Pathfinders None.
Royal Arcanum 901,500
Fraternal Union. 42.300
Royal Neighbors 5J45.00O
Select Knights 5,S7.00O
Select K. and L 501,550
Star of Jupiter 496,500
Supreme' Court of Honor.- . 1,837. 510
Triple Tie 3,219.000
Woodmen Accident 1,381.450
Woodmen Circle 116.4H0
Woodmen of the World 3,269,600
PILARTAKEN.
Filipino General Captured by
Native Police.
Manila, June 9 General Pio del Pilar,
the most aggressive and most persist
ent of the Filipino leaders, was cap
tured last night. He was made a pris
oner at Guadalupe, six miles east of
Manila by some of the Manila native
police. Upon information that Pio del
Pilar was to be at a certain house Cap
tain Lara and twelve policemen pro
ceeded in a launch to Guadalupe, w here
aided by a detachment of the Twenty-
first infantry, they surrounded the
house.captured the general and brought
him to Manila this morning where he
was positively identified by the provost
marshal.
MAC ARTHUR'S REPORT.
Washington. June 9. General Mac-
Arthur has cabled the following report
of the capture of General Filar:
Manila, June 9. Native police cap
tured insurgent General Pio del Pilar
this morning; he was found lurking in
neighborhood of San Pedro Macati.
MAC ARTHUR.
General Schwan's estimate of the im
portance of this news is contained in
this statement:
The capture of Del Pilar cabled by
MacArthur this morning Is a most im
portant one. Pilar was regarded as one
of the most active and uncompromising
of the rebel chieftains. After the dis
ruption of the insurgent government
and the dispersion of nearly all the in
surgent organizations north of Manila,
Pilar managed to concentrate a con
siderable force at St. Miguel de
Mayumo in the province of Bulacan
and although he was unable to hold the
place for any great length of
time he succeeded in withdraw
ing his troops to the mountains and
in eluding the several columns that
were sent out to destroy. It was difficult
to keep track of his movement and he
frequently was reported as being at a
number of places at the same time.That
his capture has been effected by the
native police of Manila, a body num
bering some 400 evidences afresh the
loyalty of these men to the Amer
ican cause so often impugned both by
Americans and Filipinos."
ANOTHER PARTY AMBUSHED.
Manila. June 9. A detachment of the
Forty-fifth infantry.scouting near Daet,
province of Camarinar Del Norte were
ambushed May 29, and Captain Albert
Steinhauser was wounded three times,
two privates were killed.
Eight wounded and one private miss
ing. The insurgent loss is reported to bo
heavy.