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WAUSAU PILOT. E. B. THAYER, Publisher. WAUSAU, - WISCONSIN. STRIKE ABOUT OVER. BOYCOTT STILL AN ACTIVE RE MINDER OF TROUBLE. L#t of Sheriff’s I‘osse Comitatns Is Disbanded— Cars Running Regularly and Well Patronized Election of Officers by World’s W. C. T. U. Except for the boycott and 800 extra policemen on duty, but little remains to tell of the great strike on the Ft. Louis Transit Company's system, inaugurated May 8. Cars are iu operation on all the lines without hindrance, and are well pat ronized, except on those running north and south. Many thousand persons, be cause of the boycott and through sympa thy for the strikers, patronize wagons and buses manned by ex-street railway employes. This is especially true in the north and south sections of the city. The other day the rest of the force of Sheriff Pohlman's posse comitatus, about 600- men, was mustered out of service for good, the board of police commissioner# deciding they were no longer needed. W. C. T. U. ELECTS OFFICERS. Lady Henry Somerset Again Chosen President by World’s Congress. The World’s Women’s Christian Tem perance Union congress at Edinburgh re elected the president, Lady Henry Som erset, and the other officers. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens of Maine, was elected an ad ditional vice-president. The congress heartily approved tin? action of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union of America relative 10 the temple in Chi cago, and a greeting was cabled to the two mothers of the crr.sade movement. Mrs. Stewart of Springfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Thomson of Hillsboro, Ohio., EXAMINE YOUR MAIL Otherwise Yon May Get Into Trouble with Uncle Sam. Anew postoffice rule has just gone into effect imposing a fine of $."00 or one year’s imprisonment ou any one who through carelessness or otherwise takes mail not belonging to them from the of fice and fails to return it at once. This applies to newspapers as well as letters and other valuable mail. People when taking their mail from the office should examine it before going out of the build ing; it will take but a moment, and will auve a deal of trouble; to say it was the postmaster’s fault will cut no figure un der this rilliug. Contests on the Diamond. The standing of the clubs in the Na tional League is as follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn ....‘>s 17 Cincinnati ...24 28 Philadelphia .‘l2 21 Chicago 24 29 Boston 2."* 2f> St. Louis... .21 211 Pittsburg .. .27 27 Now Y0rk...19 31 Following is the standing in the Amer ican League: W. L. W. L. Chicago ... .37 22 Minneapolis. 30 30 Indianapolis 31 23 Kansas City.2B 33 Milwaukee ..32 20 Detroit 22 34 Cleveland .. .29 27 Buffalo 22 30 Kills His Stepdaughter. A terrible tragedy occurred at Mar shall, Mo. William Woodward, a farm er, shot and killed his stepdaughter, and in turn was dubbed to death by neigh bors. After shooting his stepdaughter Woodward shot himself through the breast with his Winchester, inflicting what would have proved a fatal wound, but the man was still living when fifteen jnen entered his house and with clubs beat his head almost to jelly. Robbed of Fortune on Cable Car. Pickpockets reaped a small fortune on a Cottage Grove avenue cable car in Chi cago, when they chose Harry K. DutHeld for a victim. They abstracted from his pocket bonds of mining properties, aggre gating $.">5,000 on their face value, and worth if placed on the market $20,000. The bonds were all negotiable and bore ,couiH>ns for interest due to the amount at $1,700. Insane Man Runs Amuck. William E. Robinson, who recently was discharged from the State insane asylum, murdered William Stessel in his own home in New Orleans. A crowd pursued ,hiin, threatening lynching, when he killed one of them, a young man named Whit taker, and shot a policeman. Robiuson was captured and locked up. Ice Company Burned Out. The buildings and trestles of the Con sumers’ Coal and Ice Compauy at Bay onne, N. .1., occupying an entire city block, were destroyed by fire, with much of their contents. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Postmaster for Honolulu Named. The President has uppoiuted Joseph M. Oats as postmaster at Honolulu. The commission for postmaster at that place bail previously, through an error, been made in the name of John M. Oats, the brother of the appointee. Mobile Has a Cloudburst. A cloudburst occurred iu Mobile, Ala., followed by iv tremeudous downpour of rain. Every street in the city was sub merged. in some places to a depth of five feet. No fatalities have been reported, but business was practically suspended. Ruhliu Is Victor. tus Untiliu. ihe "Akron Giant.” knock ed out Tom Sharkey, the noted sailor pugilist. in the fifteenth round at the Sea side Athletic Club of Coney Island. Humour Claim la Withdrawn. From reliable information it is learned that the claim for damages against Peru made by Edward Gottfried, formerly United States consular agent at Trujillo, has been withdrawn and that this fact has been telegraphed to the United States uiiuister to Peru. Irving B. Dudley. Illinois Gubernatorial Candidates. The Democrats of Illinois have named Samuel Als* huler of Aurora as their can didate for Governor, and the Prohibition ists have chosen Visscher Yere Barues of Chicago for the same positiou. Engine Cnts Another in Two. The Pennsylvania v-ompauy’s fast ex press struck the engine of an Alliance aud Northern pas-enger train at Alliance, Ohio, on the crossing and ent it squarely in two. Conrad Weaver of Phalanx, the fireman of the Alliance and Northern, was instantly killed aud Engineer Dun lap seriously hurt. He Lovett in Vain. Because his love was not returned, Martin Baker, aged IS, of Custer, Ohio, placed the uiuaxle of a target rifle to his temple and pulled the trigger. He lived for half an hour after firing the shot. Young Baker was the son of well-to-do pa rents. Columbus Steel Plant Opens, The big steel plant in Columbus. Ohio, which was shut down several days ago has resumed operations w ith a full force. At the time of the suspension it was said to be tm account of strikes la the West, which prevented the acceptance of the material turned out on orders. Young Boy Is a Murderer. Two sons of Clark Lindsey, living at Acorn Ridge. Mo., aged 6 and $ years re spectively, were playing when the young er lad becoming angered at his brother, picked op a loaded revolver and fired, thp ball striking the older boy in the bead, killing him instantly. CANADIAN STEAMER CHASED. Albatross Unable to Catch the Alpha in Waters About Cape Nome. It has developed that the steamer Al pha. the Canadian vessel which landed freight and passengers at Cape Nome re cently without a permit from the United States Government, had been chased on her homeward trip by the United States revenue cutter Albatross and that the Alpha had shown a clean pair of heels to the Albatross. The United States revenue cutter Bear, which also k.'.d been looking for the Alpha, was penned in by a fleet of ice aud was unable to move. The Albatross sighted the Alpha about three days out from Nome and signaled the Canadian steamer to heave to. The Alpha ignored the signal and steamed • for Vancouver at a thirteen-knot gait, while the Albatross, still signaling, fol lowed at a ten-knot gait, until the Alpha got away. It is now said that the Alpha will be seized the next time she enters an American port. DULLNESS OF MIDSUMMER. Distributive Trade Is Going Through the Season of Quietness. Bradstreet’s says: “Midsummer dull ness in distributive trade and industry and further reductions of prices of manu factured goods, particularly iron and steel and raw textiles, but a marked upward movement iu nearly all agricultural pro ducts, are the leading features of the business situation this week. Some weak ness has beeu noted in cotton goods, with out, however, favorably affecting distri bution. Retail trade in dry goods has been helped by warmer weather. Wool is lower, and the woolen goods market is rather quiet. Weakness of prices is still the leading feature of the iron trade. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 4,645,180 bushels, against 4,675,021f bushels last week. Corn ex ports for the week aggregate 2,514,593 bushels, against 3,034,203 bushels last week.” FIVE-HOUR TRIP TO NEW YORK. Chicago Promised Rapid Transit on a Proposed New Road. Maj. Rothwell, who is at his home iu Detroit from New York, brings news of a big scheme near consummation for an overhand electric railway line between New York and Chicago. The American Railway Company, 0 Wall street, pro poses to build such a road and make the trip by moans of cigar-shaped cars in five hours. ’lJ'he cars are to run on a single rail, and George Westinghouse declares they can make 200 miles an hour with perfect safety. Maj. Ilothwell says all the necessary capital has been subscribed. INSANE MAN WITH AX AT BAY. Pursuers Overcome Him and Send Him Home in Shackles. James McCabe, a bridge repairer whose home is in Chicago and who has been working for the Great Northern at Cut Bank. Mont., felt insanity approaching and narted for his home in Chicago in charge of a friend. He became raviug on the way in and escaped from the train at Grand Forks, N. D. He secured an ax and stood off his pursuers for some time. He was captured aud sent ou, shackled. DEVELOPS INTO A LOCKOUT. New Phase of Miners’ Sympathy Strike for Mules at Cambridge. President Haskins of the Ohio miners’ organization, who went to Cambridge to inquire into the miners’ strike inaugurat ed there to secure better care for the mine mules, advised the headquarters in Columbus that the mine operators were inclined to treat the situation as a lock out and hail announced the indefinite sus pension of work in their mines, thus ig noring the strike. Army Worm in the Dakotas. The dreaded army worm has appeared on the Missouri sand bars along the river front in Yankton, S. D., in such numbers as to cause serious alarm. Twenty or thirty acres of willows have been swept bare, and the worms are moving east ward. They invaded J. C. Schott’s farm and house and drove the family out. He lost his garden and part of his crops. Double Murder and Suicide. Charles Mifford of Cedar Itapids, lowa, broke into the house of Janies Fitzsim mons of the same city, split open the latter’s head with an ax, wounded Mrs. Fitzsimmons and her daughter, fatally shot Joseph Drake and, when pursued by the police, shot himself in the heart and brain. Telegraph Superintendents’ Officers. The Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents of America at Detroit elected officers as follows: President, W. F. Williams, Portsmouth, Va., of the Seaboard Air Line; vice-president, C. F. Annett, Illinois Central, Chicago; secre tary, P. W. Drew, Wisconsin Central Milwaukee. Arthur Led yard Is Drowned. Arthur Ledyard, an aeronaut, was drowned in Lake Erie at Toledo. He was giving sn exhibition at a picnic at Presque Isle. After the balloon ascend ed the wind shifted and carried it out over the lake. Suddenly the balloon col lapsed and dropped. Suicide of Irnliau Convict. Cephas Wright, a Choctaw Indian, life prisoner from Texas for murder, cut his throat at Columbus, Ohio, with a razor and died. He lived through the night with his windpipe severed. He was 20 years old and was received at the peni tentiary Jan. IS, 1886. Cuts Her Rival's Throat. Miss Jessie Morrison, one of the so ciety leaders at Eldorado, Kan., killed Mrs. Olin Castle, a bride of a week, and then attempted to end her own life. Jeal ousy is alleged to have been the cause of the act. Business Buildings Burn. A fire in the heart of the business dis trict of Pittsburg caused a loss estimated at $300,000, and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire square of handsome buildings bounded by Fifth avenue, Dia rnand, Wood and Market streets. Sidney Lucas Wins l>erby. American Derby at Chicago was won by Sidney Lucas, a 20 to 1 outsider, in 2:40%. The favorite. Lieut. Gibson, was beaten badly, finishing third far behind James, who was led four lengths by the winner. Robbers Blow Up a Railway Station. The depot at Fort Garrett, Ky., on the Louisville and Atlantic Railroad, was blown up with dynamite for the purpose of robbery. The agent had removed the money and the burglars secured nothing. Society Man Drowns in Surf. Dr. Howard P. Balliet, aged 21. a grad uate in the class of 1960 of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, was drowned at Atlantic City, N. J.. while bathing with M is< Sarah Dulcher of that city. Acquitted ot Murder Charge. At Canandaigua. N. Y.. the jury in the case of Howard C. Bonham, the banker of Batavia, who on a former trial was found guilty of murdering his wife by poison, returned a verdict of not guilty. Women Killed in a Runaway. Mrs. Jacob W. Clute and Mrs. F. T. Rogers were almost instantly killed at Schenectady, N. Y.. as the result of a ruuaway accident. In New York Central System. There is a rumor in New Ycrk City that papers have been signed whereby the Muuon Railroad has become the prop* frty of the New Y'ork Central. Republican Candidates Named. McKinley and Roosevelt is the Repub lican ticket as named by the national con vention in Philadelphia. The nominations were unanimous. Forest Fire* Near Pninth. Forest fires on the Nemadji have de stroyed logs worth SIO,OOO for each of three logging firms at Duluth. All the logging camps and outfit belonging to R. Whiteside at Caribou lake burned at a heavy loss. The tires have been so close to town that the breeze brought iu ashes, etc. Much of the country burning has already been burned over this year. INVENTOR IS ROASTED ALIVE. Killed While Perfecting a Process of Imitating Shells. Harry Miller, 34 years old, junior mem ber of the firm of Davis 6c Miller, at Phil adelphia. was roasted alive iu an explo sion at his place of business. Shortly be fore 0 a. m. Miller was admitted to the building by Edward Welsh, the watch man. Miller went directly to the second floor, where he and his partner carried on the business. About ten minutes later the watchman heard a muffled report and he ran up to the second floor. Dense vol umes of smoke and flames were issuing from the room occupied by Davis & Mil ler. Welsh forced his way into the room far enough to enable him to 6ee Miller lying in a corner of the room. The lat ter’s head was burned fearfully and the features distorted beyond recognition. Life was extinct. Miller had claimed that he discovered a process for imitat ing tortoise and other shells. In perfect ing this process Miller is supposed to have used a combination of dangerous ex plosives, among which was nitroglycerin. In experimenting with these an explosion took place. LAND INVADED BY MINER?. Cluimi Unlawfully Staked in Kiowa and Comanche Reservation. The Kiowa and Comanche reservation, which is soon to be thrown open to white settlement, is being invaded by miners. Frank McMasters, a mining expert of Oklahoma City, who has just returned from the Wichita mountains, says more than 5,000 miners have already taken up their claims iu the mountains, and defy the police to make them leave. They claim that the bill opening the Kiowa and Comanche country provided that as soon as the President signed the act the Wichita mineral lands were to be opened to settlement at the rate of $lO an acre. A big mining camp has been established on Otter creek, near Mount Scott, aud 2,010 prospectors have already located their claims there. CYCLONE IN ALABAMA. Mows a Path a Quarter of a Mile Wide, Wrecking Many Houses. A cyclone which originated near Bloss burg, Ala., swept the country for fifteen miles westward into Walker County. Its path was a quarter mile wide and the greatest damage resulted around Demo crat, where a score of houses were wreck ed and a number of persons injured, but none seriously. Crops were ruined and hundreds of trees uprooted. The heavy rains throughout the State contiuue to work havoc. The Black Warrior river has overflowed its banks in Walker Coun ty and hundreds of acres of cotton and corn lands are inundated. Many cattle have been drowned and great damage wrought. TWO COWBOYS ARE KILLED. Are Shot Dead by Yaqui Indians Who Raided Their Ranch. 11. F. Gill of Philadelphia, who is in Phoenix, Ariz., fro rna prospecting trip in Mexico, says the Yaqui Indians have nearly all abandoned the warpath. Sev eral hundred are still hidden in the moun tains, and make an occasional descent on isolated ranches. Near Tomachio a large party raided a ranch and killed two cow hoys, wounded several others, and one woman. They were driven off after a hard fight; Miners in a Riot. The acts of violence at the Fernwood colliery of the Butler Mine Company, lim ited, at Yatesville, Pa., which had been going on for three weeks, culminated in a riot. Over 100 revolver and rifle shots were fired and two strikers were wound ed. Collision at Bar Point. The steamer W. 11. Gilbert, without cargo, collided with the steamer S. S. Curry ou the turn at Bar Point. The Gilbert arrived at Amherstburg with her port side forward badly broken in above the water line. The Curry proceeded on her way. Rev. F. B. Bartlett Drowns. The Rev. F. Breithwaite Bartlett, rec tor of the Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin of San Francisco, was drown ed while swimming in a creek near Agua Caliente. He went into the water when overheated and was seized with cramps or fainted from overexertion. . Thirty-five Lives Are Lost. 'hi. ty-five lives were lost In a railroad di .ster at Camp’s creek, Ga. Passenger train No. 7 plunged into a yawning wash out sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Every person on the train, except the oc cupants of the Pullman oar, perished. Steel Works Closed Down. The plant of the National Steel Com pany in Columbus, Ohio, employing near ly 500 men, has been closed down. Local officers of the company say they do not know the reasons for the suspension of operations or how long it will continue. Rains Cause Yellow Fever. The unusually heavy rains throughout Cuba have caused yellow fever in places where it had been unknown for several years. Fortunately, except at Santa Clara and Qeemados, the United States trooixs have escaped. Railroad Bridge Is Blown Up. The Colorado and Southern Railroad Company’s bridge across the Gunnison river, two and one-half miles above Gun nison, Colo., was wrecked by an explosion of giant powder. Count Mnravieff Dead. The Russian minister of foreign affairs. Count Muravieff, died suddenly the oth er day. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.50: sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to S7e; corn. No. 2. 41c to 42c; oats. No. 2,25 c to 27c; rye. No. 2. 61c to 62c; butWr, choice creamery, 18e to 20c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; new potatoes, 50c to 80c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2. Ssc to S7e; corn. No. 2 white. 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.25 to $5.75; hogs. $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, S7c to BSc: corn. No. 2 yellow. 41c to 43c: oats. No. 2,24 cto 26c: rye. No. 2. 61c to t3c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75: hogs. $3.00 to $5.50: sheep. $2.50 to $4.30; wheat. No. 2. 87e to 89c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 44c to 46c: oats. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 2Se; rye. No. 2. 63c to 05c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No 2. 91c to 92c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 44c to 45c: oats. No. 2 white, 2Se to 3#>e; rye. 61c to 63c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 mixed. 89c to Ole; corn. No. 2 mixed. 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 26c to 27c; rye. No. 2. 61c to '2lc; clover seed, prime, $5.25 to $5215. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 northern. 86c to 88c: corn. No. 3.42 cto 43c: oats. No. 2 white. 270 to 29c: rye. No. 1,63 c to 65c: barley. No. 2. 47c to 49c; pork, me*s. $12.00 to $12.50. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3 00 to $5.75; bogs, fair to prime. $3.00 to $5.75: sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.25. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $0.00: hogs, $3.00 to $0.00: sheep. $3.00 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2 red. 94c to 90c; corn, No. 2, 48c to 50c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; butter, creamery, 16c to 20c; eggs, west ern, 13c to 15c. SEND KOBE TROOPS. Foreign Powers Rushing a Big Army Into China. BATTLE AT TIEN-TSIN. City Attacked by Chinese Regulars In* stead of the Boxers. American Consulate' Along with Those of Other Foreign Powers, Has Been Destroyed Rear Admiral Kernpff Cables from Taku for More War Ves sels und Land Forces—MacArthur Or dered to Hnrrv Trooi>3 from Manila In a dispaten received by the Navy Department Thursday, Rear Admiral Kernpff, at Taku, called for re-enforce ments of ships and men to protect Amer ican interests in China. He said that he was in urgent need of them. Instruc tions were accordingly sent by the Navy Department to Rear Admiral Itemey, at Manila, to send Kernpff the re-euforee ments he tvants. The department’s in structions to Retney show how seriously the Government regards the situation in China. More American soldiers are to be sent also. Artillery is deemed neces sary for a successful march to Pekin, and it is understood that some batteries will be sent to Taku by Gen. Mae Arthur. The Government has become satisfied that the Boxer troubles will not blow over easily, aud is prepared to go to ex tremes to protect the lives and property of Americans in the empire. A special from Shanghai Friday gave the report from Japanese sources that 1,500 foreigners had been massacred at Tien-Tsin. An official dispatch received in Washington from Rear Admiral Kernpff, commanding the American squadron at Taku was interpreted by officials to mean that the Chinese Gov ernment had committed a hostile act which is practically a declaration of war against the United States and other na tions. Admiral Kernpff says the Ameri can consulate at Tien-Tsin has been de stroyed by a bombardment and this is taken to mean that the Chinese imperial artillery conducted the shelDling, as Box- THE METHODIST MISSION AND UNIVERSITY AT PEKIN. The Largest Mission School in China, Supposed to Have Been Burned by the Boxers. ers are supposed to be without big guns, or if they have them they are not capable of using them. Cheefoo advices reported that the bombardment of Tien-Tsin re sulted in the foreign concessions being nearly all burned and the American con sulate razed to the ground. The Rus sians were reported to be occupying the railroad station, but were hard preosed. The apprehensions as to the fate of the Europeans cut off at Tien-Tsin were sharpened by Admiral Kempff’s message, which was the first definite announce ment of the bombardment and destruc tion of the foreign concession. But a London correspondent says that in spite of Shan<il?ai’s grim statement that the Chinese used forty-pounders, and that 1,500 foreigners were massacred, there is no reason to conclude that the foreign colony has been unable to protect itself. A Shanghai dispatch reports that Tien- Tsin was bombarded for two days, that the casualties were 100, that 5,000 inter national’ troops are there and that the allied commanders at Taku are hastily pushing forward a relief column. Anoth er Shanghai dispatch announces that all the members of the foreign community of Fei-Tai-Ho have arrived at Chefoo on board the Nashville, but they left all their possessions behind them. All the English women at Tien-Tsin left there Saturday by a train for Taku. Shanghai wire* that they had some ex citing experiences and would not have got through except for the assistance of COL. E. It. LiSCOM. Veteran Who Will Lead United States Troops in China. the Chinese troops. The Boxers made several desperate attempts to attack the train. The United States gunboat Mono cacy was two miles up the Pei-Ho river when the international fleet began the bombardment of the Taku forts. Accord ing to the Shanghai correspondent of the Loudon Daily Express she was shot through the bows. The correspondent says that Chinese riflemen on both banks of the river attacked her, but unsuccess fully. Ordered to Hasten Troops. Every effort has been made at the War Department to expedite the dispatch of troops from the Philippines to China, be cause of the serious predicament of our diplomatic representatives and foreign citizens at Pekin aud Tien-Tsin. Maj. Geu. MacArthur was requested in strong lauguage by the Secretary of War to hurry the departure of the Ninth regular infantry from Manila. The Secretary of War also telegraphed Gen. MacArthur asking how- many troops could be spared from the Philippines for service in China in case of an emergency, how long it would take to get them ready and wu3t were the facilities for transportation. The Government authorities at Wash ington declared Thursday that they knew practically nothing of what was pfing on in China. A correspondent asserts, how ever, that a degree of secrecy was being displayed by fib dal* that preached the necessary reserve as to the movements of the army and navy in the war with Spain. An offi :iaJ, speaking particularly of the unconfirmed romrs about condi tions at the Chinese cajutal, said: “Pekin has dropped out of sight as completely as if it had never existed. That the Government has not had a won! of defi nite news from that place for more than a week in these days of progress and telegraphy, is more than remarkable. I cannot recall in all my experience such an extraordinary state of things.” The Situation Reviewed. Chief centers of interest in the trou bles in China are Pekin, the capital; Tien-Tsin, its port on the Pei-Ho, and tTaku, the outer port, at the mouth of that river. In many outlying towns, however, near Pekin and elsewhere in the empire disorders have multiplied and murders have been reported. When the first sigual of cai*t. m'calla. danger came, and c o in m u u i cation with Pekin ceased, the foreign colony in the capital consisted of those connected with the legations and the mission sta tions, western commerce being but little represented there. It was learned that the legations were threatened, protected as they were only by a few marines; that the chancellor of the Japanese legation was killed, and theu the telegraph wires were cut and communication ceased. While the world was deprived of news from Pekin, alarming rumors flew, the most serious being the reported murder of the German minister and the destruc tion of the foreign legations. From the fleet of warships of several nations as sembled at Taku a force of marines was U. S. CONSULATE WHICH WAS DESTROYED landed under the direction of the British Admiral Seymour, ranking officer pres ent, and commanded by Captain McCal la of the United States navy, to relieve the legations in Pekin. After several days of slow progress along the line of the railway, virtually fighting their way, surrounded by mobs and threatened with death from wells of poisoned water, this relieving force reached the capital, it was reported, to find that the legations were still intact and the foreigners safe. Sim ultaneously, it was announced, the Rus sian relieving column also entered the city. These forces made a total of 2,500 men, including 100 Americans. At Taku an engagement took place be tween the allied fleets and the forts, the land fortifications opening fire on the ves- sels. The fighting continued until the forts were reduced and taken .possession of by the allies. The losses in the fleet numbered about 100 in killed and wound ed, largely Russians, who wire in the greatest force. The first vessel fired on was the United States gunboat Mono cacy, which was shot through the bows. From Tien-Tsin then came more seri ous news. The American Admiral Kempff cabled that Tien-Tsin was bom barded and that the American consulate and much of the foreign concessions were destroyed. Japanese sources reported that 1,500 foreigners in Tien-Tsin Had been massacred. Another story had it that Admiral Seymour himself had been killed. A cablegram from the Methodist mission named three Americans of the Tien-Tsin station who were saved, thus implying that others, twenty-four in num ber, had been murdered. It was not made clear who it was bombarding Tien-Tsin. Meanwhile the fleet of warships off Taku and in the Pei-Ho has been aug mented by gunboats and cruisers of our own navy from Manila and others from the navies of Russia, Japan, Germany, France and Great Pritain. Infantry from Manila has been ordered to the scene of notion and the other nations are moving likewise to send troops to the threatened region. England is drawing on its Indian contingents, Japan on its troops from home, Russia on those at Port Arthur and Vladivostok, while France depends on its colonial forces at Saigon, and Germany on the small de tachments at its Chinese port, Kiao- Chou. Location of tbe Consulate. The United States consulate at Tien- Tsin, which late news advices report to have been destroyed, is situated far up on the Meadows road, which runs from the Pei-110 directly through the center of the town. It is far removed from any of the other consulates and practi cally isolated from all other foreign buildings. This fact might explain the report of its destruction before the lest of the foreign consulates were molested. The Japanese and the Russian consulates are close together on the Meadows road near the river. Away off by themselves farther up the Pei-Ho stand the British and French buildings in close proximity. The American consulate is—or was, as the case may be—one of the most impos ing and substantial buildings in the town. MISSIONS LIKE ARMED FORTS. Plans for Defense Against Chinese Mobs Described. The Rev. Father Frin of the Catholic mission at Kiang-Nan, where there is now danger from the Boxers has wi :*ten an account of hew the members of Hut community meet all attacks of the na tives. He says: “Those sections of our mission which border on southern Chang Tung are no less infested with bands of robbers and murderers than Chang Tung itself. These brigands march forth in a body, impose contributions on other villages, burn and even kill without serupie. “But the missionaries, on their side, have devised a plan for protecting them selves and their Christians. In the cen ter of the village stands the residence of the commander, who is none other than the missionary. This residence is a reg ular citadel, surrounded by high wallt and flanked at its corners by four towers, j well fortified also. There are no doors, j The going in and out is effected by means j of ladders, which are each time drawn i back within. At the first cry of alarm the men are up in arms and the father di rects the defense.” MINISTER WL SAYS TT IS ABSURD. Declares Firing; on the Ships Was a Mistake. “War? It’s absurd,” said Mr. Wn Tin? Fang, the Chinese minister at Washington. “My people do not want war.” he con tinned. “It is absolutely ab surd." “What Would you say of the tir ing upon the ships of the allied forces?” he was asked. “It was a mistake. It will be explained. It is not understood, I believe. Often in a state of unrest forts fire shots across the bow or over ships which proceed within the range of their guns, as a warning not to go on. Why, this is not war. Insurrection is not war. Such talk is nonsense. Yon ask me if I have learned anything? No; I hav# not. TICKETJS NAMED. McKinley and Roosevelt G. 0. P. Standard-Bearers. CHOSEN BY ACCLAIM. Vote of the Convention Unanimously Cast for Both Candidates. Foraker Presents the Name of the President to Succeed Himself, and Lafe Young of lowa Nominates Gov ernor Roosevelt Philadelphia As semblage Completes Its Work Amid Great Demonstrations. Philadelphia correspondence: It was nearly forty minutes after the scheduled time for beginning when Sen ator Lodge asked for quiet while Arch bishop Ryan invoked divine blessing on the convention. After the full report of the committee on rules was adopted, Chairman Lodge announced that the next order of business was the nomination for President, and called on Alabama. T-his State yielded to Ohio, and Senator Fora ke’ - placed Mr. McKinley’s name before the convention in a speech which was one of the greatest oratorical efforts that speaker has ever made. He was repeatedly interrupted by the plaud its of his audience and at the conclusion of his address there was a wave of ap plause that required ten minutes to sub side. Gov. Roosevelt, the choice for vice- tv m. m’kinley. president, seconded the nomination in au oratorical effort, which captured the con vention. Senator Foraker was also fol lowed by John W. Yerkes of Kentucky, George Knight of California and Gov. Mount of Indiana. Then the delegates became restive and responding to the vo ciferous demands Senator Lodge ordered the roll-call, which resulted iu every vote being cast for McKinley. Gov. Roosevelt Named. Then came the cull for nomination for Vice-President aud Col. Lafe Young of lowa advanced to the platform. He withdrew the name of Dollivor and in a ringing speech placed Gov. Roosevelt’s name before the convention. The scenes attending the renomination of President McKinley were re-enacted with equal en thusiasm. Gov. Roosevelt announced that the nomination was so spontaneous he could not decline, and he in a brief state ment accepted the nomination for Vice- President. President McKinley received the entire 926 votes, while Roosevelt lacked only one of that number and that because he himself refused to have his ballot record ed. Committees were appointed to notify the nominees, and at 2:15 o’clock the con vention of 1900 adjourned sine die. BUSY WITH THE CAMERA. Photographers Fixed Every Detail of the Convention. Every aspect of the convention and the assemblage has been preserved if the cameras have not failed. Every move ment of Chairman Hanna was registered on the delicate plates. When the venera ble chaplain, in the robes of his church, arose to pronounce the invocation, the man behind the camera had his machine trained upon him like a gun. During the delivery of Temporary Chairman Wol cott’s speech there were cameras direct ed at the delegates and across the conven tion hall at the people in the galleries. Three cameras did business during every GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT. hour of the opening session of the conven tion. When the ensemble of the hall was taken from every viewpoint the lenses were turned upon individual groups in the delegation and shifted alternately upon coteries of spectators in the galleries. USED A BRONZE GAVEL. Rhode Island Delegation’s Surprise for Lodge. When the permanent chairman of the convention, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Masschusetts, ascended the platform a surprise was in store for him, prepared by the Rhode Island delegation. Hereto fore the gavels used at Republican con ventions, the emblems of authority of the chairman, have usually been of some historical import, such as wood from the rail which Lincoln split; wood from trees around Washington’s tomb or Jefferson’s residence: copper from Alaska or pieces from Hiawatha's calumet. Or they have been of the nobler metals, of silver iu sev eral instances. This time the Rhode Isl and delegation presented to the chairman, through Delegate Child, a gavel made of bronze. It is a very ornamental piece of workmanship and suitably engraved, the ornamental work symbolizing the histor ical fame of the chairman's ancestry and the chief events in the history of Rhode Island. DELEGATES’ LEGS BROKEN. Elevator at Ph la.lelphia Hotel Drop* Seven Storiee. The elevator in the Hotel Walton fell seven stories at midnight Tuesday night and injured live of the passengers and the elevator boy. The two passengers most seriously hurt were J, G. I’ringey, a dele gate fr in Oklahoma Territory, and Brea ton F. Hail, a delegate from Bolding. Mich. Dr Burton and Walter Hnnter of Delaware. Marcellus West of Wash ington and Dr. Camden of Texas were also among the injured. Pringey and Hall have broken legs. Dr. Camden of Texas had an arm and leg broken i G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT PROGRAM Features of the Reunion to Be Held at Cbic-ago in August. Chicago is preparing for the greatest G.and Army encampment ever held iu the history of this veteran organization. It will be the thirty-fourth, aud iu all probability the last really great and nota ble one. The complete official program as adopted by the executive committee will be as follows: SUNDAY, AUG. I*o. 10:30 a. oi.— Special patriotic services wiii bf held In ail city churches. 'I p. ni.—Sacred concerts will be given in the parks by military bands. 8 p. ni.—Grand patriotic und sacred song services in the Coliseum. MONDAY, AUG. 27. Sunrise salute to the flag, thirteen gnus. 9 a. m.—Dedit-atiou or tbe uavu; arch. 10:30 a. m.—Grand parade of the naval veterans of tbe civil war. escorted by veter ans of tbe Spanish-Auierii-an war aud Naval Reserves, together with the National Asso ciation of Union ex-Prisoners of War. escort ed by a battalion of the National Guard and tbe Boys - Brigade, representing the soldiers of the past, present and future, al! reviewed by Commodore Geo. 1.. Se*vey, commander in-chief of tile Naval \ elc.xus' Association: National Commander James Atwell, of the National Association of ex Prisoners of War; Commander-In-Chief Albert D. Shaw, of the Grand Army of the Republic: Gov. John U. Tanner, Mayor Carter li. Harrison and dis tinguished guests. 3 p. in. Parade of ail government vessels on the lakes, tugs, yachts, etc., all profusely decorated. The course will be trout Lake Front Park to Liueolu Park. 4 p. m.—The committee receives the Presi dent of the United States and his Cabinet and other distinguished guests. 5 p. m.—Naval battle oft Lincoln Purk. 8 p. ni.- Dog-watch of the Naval Veteran*' Association at Medin.tb Temple; camp-fire and reunion of rhe ex prisoners of war at the Coliseum; first illumination of the arches and court of honor on Michigan avenue; the electric fountain will play iu Lincdu Park. 8:30 p. in.- Fireworks oil’ Lake front Park. TUESDAY, AUG. 28. Sunrise salute, thirteen guns. 9 a. ni.—The dedication of the army arcli. 10 a. m.—Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, reviewed by Contmander-lii- Chlef Albert D. Shaw, the President of the United States, the Governor of Illinois, tbe Mayor of Chicago and •other distinguished guests. 8-9 p. m.— Informal reception to the Presi dent of the United States, Coiinnander-ln- Chief Shaw aud other distinguished guests at G. A. R. Memorial Hall. 8 p. in.—Twent.v-Uve State reunions; halls to be announced. •S p. m.—Reception of Woman's Relief Cdrps at Palmer House. 8 p. ni.—Reception of Daughters of Veter ans, drill hall. Masonic Temple. 8-11 p. ni.- Reception of ladles of the G. A. R. at Palmer House. 8:30 p. m.— Fireworks off Lake Front Park; illumination of streets, arches and court uf honor. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29. Sunrise salute, thirteen guns. 9 a. ni.— Veterans' bicycle road race, five miles, startiug at Washington boulevard and finishing at Garfield Park bicycle track. 10 a. m. -Meeting ol' the thirty-fourth na tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Studehaker Hull, welcomed by Mayor Cart* r 11. Harrison, response by Commander In-Chlef Shaw; welcome on lie half of the Department of Illinois by Com mander Joel M. Lougetieeker, response by Adjt. Gen. Thomas J. Stewart; convention of Woman’s Relief Corps in Medinuh Tem ple: meeting of Ladles of the G. A. R. In auditorium of First Methodist Episcopal Church; meeting of Daughters of Veterans at ball 51'2 Masonic Temple: meeting of La dies of ex Prisoners of War Association at bail 110, Masonic Temple; meeting of the La dles of the Naval Reserves nt hall (113, Ma sonic Temple, meeting of Naval Veterans ..t Handel Hall; meeting of ox-Prisoners of War Association, County Building. 8 p. in.—Camp fire of Army of the Poto mac; camp fire of Army of the Tennessee; cutup fire of Army of the Cumberland; camp tire of Army of the Mississippi aud Gull; camp fire of Army of the Frontier. 8:30 p. in.—Fireworks on Lake Front Park: illumiuaticn of streets, arches and court of honor. THURSDAY. AUG. 30. Sunrise salute, thirteen guns. 10 a. m.—Adjourned business meeting *(£ the encampment; adjourned business meet lug of auxlllr y societies; reunions and in terchange of visits among posts. 3 p. in.—lnfantry, cavalry and artillery maneuvers aud sham battle tit Washington Park by the First and Second Regiments. Illinois National Guard, Illinois cavalry and United States artillery. 8:30 p. m.—Fireworks off Lake Front Park: illumination of streets, arches aud court of honor. FRIDAY, AUG. 31. 9 a. m.—Delegates’ lake excursion; excur sion on the lake and drainage canal. 8:30 p. m.—Fireworks off Lake Front Purk: Illumination of streets, arches and court of honor. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1. Afternoon—Baseball, golf and other games in the various parks throughout the city. 4 p. m.—Concerts in Lincoln, South and Garfield parks. 8:30 p. m.—Fireworks off Lake Front Park: Illumination o? streets, arches und court of honor. 11 p. m.—Taps. LED TIEN TSIN ATTACK. American Officer, Major Waller, Com manded the Allied Forces. A dispatch from Taku, sent by way of Chefoo. says that the force which re lieved Tien-Tsin consisted of 2,000 men Scomniande tl by Maj. Waller of the The Chinese guns were silenced by then advanced upon j* the town. The British and Ameri cans were the first to enter, and they . - - v ere followed by oen. chaffer. the rest of the force. The Russians lost four killed and thirty wounded. The other nationalities suffered trifling loss. The naval com manders have appointed Commander Wise of tin* American gunboat Monn cacy commandant at Tong-Ku. He will superintend the dispatching of supply trains to the front. Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee has been ordered to take command of the United States land forces in China and is now on his way. This means, a correspondent asserts, that the Government will not parley with the Chinese viceroys or wait on the action of the powers, but will at the earliest possible moment place a strong military force in the Chinese cap ital for tV-‘ protection of American citi zens and officials. Gen. Chaffee’s imme diate command will consist of the Ninth, Fourth and Twentieth infantry, to be sent from Manila, and the Sixth cavalry, which has left San Francisco. Gen. Chaffee should be on the scone of action by Aug. 1. A fresh phase of the ebullition in China is tbe probability of immediate outbreaks In the great southern provincial centers. The populace there is daily assuming n more hostile attitude toward foreigners, and the latter perceive symptoms of a general rising, especially at Nanking, where, according to a dispatch, Kang Wu, one of the most truculent enemies of foreigners, has arrived by way of the Grand canal armed with full powers from the empress to deal with the southern provinces. Told in a Few Line*. German reichstag passed the naval bill. Wall paper trust wauls to dissolve. In dependents hurt it. Engineer John Ilolieusack was killed in a wreck at Dean, Ohio. While in Grand Rapids, Mich., Dewey was made a Maceahee. Nebraska gets second premium on ap ples at the Paris exposition. James Dunne of the Chicago ambu lance corps was killed in South Africa. In a collision near Cos Men. N. Y., En gineer Wm. Keating was killed. Miss Zoni Harvey, 25, burned to death. Eureka Springs, Ark. Lamp exploded. President Harper of Chicago Univer sity has returned from his European trip. Queen Wilbelmina has ratified The Hague peace convention, and so has Spain. Hamilton Hutchings shot and killed bis brother-in law, Ernest Ross, at Utica, Miss A phenomenal strike of placer gold on the vest coats of Vancouver LI and is rep* /ted. State of Washington grand lodge of Masons voted not to admit liquor dealers to membership. Cyrus Mazerutte, Chicago, visited his son. Odilon, at Stockton, Cal. He was so overcome at the meeting after so many year# of separation that be died of joy. Rear Admiral Kempff, who is the su preme agent of Uncle Sam in China, with power to fight or not as he chooses, pro ed. tl a &at iv e of 1857, and since that W II e was with the admiral kkmpff. **team frigate M a bush in 1801, as sisting in the blockade of the southern Atlantic coast. The same year he fought at Port Royal, and the following year landed a howitzer from the Wabash and assisted in the capture of Feninndinn aud Jacksonville. For this he wAs commis sioned a lieutenant. His lieutenant coin mandership came to him n 18G6, after which time he passed to Pacific coast duty. For three years—lß77 to 1880— he was in charge of the navy yard at Mure Island, after which he took com mand of the Adams for three years, and then returned to Mare Island. In De eeinber, 1898, Secretary of the Na-vy Long decided to make him the command er of tho naval station of far-away Guam, but prior to his taking charge more important work w as cut out for him. in the Orient, and he now linds himself the commanding naval officer at Pekin, where the Boxer troubles have necessitat ed sharp action. Dr. Oscar Ohrismnn, prQfessor in the Kansas State Normal School, who was hissed at the Mothers’ Congress in Des Moines for saying that men do not lore as women love, is one of the most popu lar instructors at the school, lie is ar MBS. CHItPMUt. O*C\R CHKtSMAN . enthusiastic supporter of athletics and a faeully director of baseball. His wife to il modest little woman, who takes greuY pride in her husband. Gen. Marquis de Gallifet, who has rt signed his place as minister of war in the French cabinet on the plea of ill' health, is cine of the been full of mili- Af” jl tury experience. He j " and he Ikin won laurels in time of '" peace ns an organ- ' izer and discipliua- DJ£ OALLIKKX nan. Gen. Gulnfet has been decorated with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. What are probably the most recent sig natures of Her .Majesty, Queen Victoria, and the Marquis of Salisbury are now in possession of Emmanuel Ohlen. That gentleman lias just received his exequa tur signed by the Queen and the prime- minister of Great Britain approving of Mr. Ohlen’s appointment as consul for the republic of Peru at Montreal. The accompanying cuts are fnc similes of the signatures. Abbas Hilrni, the Khedive of Egypt, who lias announced his intention of coin ing to the United States for tbe purpose §of collecting a har em of American* girls, is a dissolute young man of 2<L who has no concep tion of Christian* customs. He is the eldest son of the late Tewfik Pasha, and succeeded to the age of 18. Ab bas was educated in Vienna, but his stay in that city did Addas ini,ml not seem to have changed his character, which Is that of a crafty, heartless, selfish Oriental. Rev. S. 8. Seward of New York City was elected president of the convention* of the Church of the New Jerusalem. 1I is a nephew of WU- —~~ L liatn 11. Seward, /jAtih Lincoln's famous Secretary of War, & and has for some j * dra&fcgfce R? time been vice-pres- Jjj JnK\iY l * ident of the conven- Mf tiou and general pastor of the New York association. \ He is a b<yit 65 \ Y years of age, and \ ▼ will have entire v charge of Sweden- rev. Sewakd. borgian affairs until the convention next year. Sparks from the Wire*. Joseph 11. Chessning, 04, well-knotra. steamboat and hotel man, is dead in St. Louis. Several Japan horsemen are in Ken tucky inspecting the great breeding farms. Pierre Lorillard’s famous SIOO,OOO houseboat Caiman was destroyed by fire while anchored in the river near New Smyrna, Fla. The Department of Agriculture esti mated the total area planted in cotton at 2T>.i* r *B,ooo acres, an increase of 2,030,000, | or 5.7 per cent over last year. j Charles Cranston, while hurrying tofl m birthday, fell under a freight train afl Plainfield, N. J., and was ground pieces. John R. McLean, before departing fl Europe, admitted sending $25,000 to Bryan fund. W American Minister Merry’s mails robbed in the postotflee at San Joan, By an accident 000 letters were ground to pieces in the Brooklyn bridge pneu matic tube at New York. The cotton acreage this year will be the largest on record, and will not fall far short of 20,000,000 acres. The first electric cars on the Island at Cuba began operations March 7, when the line from Regia to Guanabacoa was opened.