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Elbert County Tribune.
J. B. KINO. Publisher.
BLBKBT, - . . COIX>RADO
Vesuvius is becoming nor* and mar*
actlv* and those who lire arand It
are Jreatly alarmed. Experts are in
cllsed to consider that there Is no im
mediate dancer. The station of the
cable road which leads to Its snmmlt
has been destroyed. Four Engllsh
trav»lere. wbo were making the as
cent of the volcano. Ten tured too far
and were overtaken by the laea and
seriously burned.
There has been a special luus of
war stamps from the Melbourne post
office for the benefit of the local patri
otic fund. There were only two de
nominations. the penny and the two
penny, the former selling st a shilling
and the latter at a florin. They were
all practically sold In advance. £3,600
being realised. The designs were
agreeably artistic, and represented
colonial troops at the front.
The Baltimore American says: What
Is probably the oldest family Bible In
this country, and without doubt the
oldest Dutch Bible, Is in the possession
of Capt. George W. Wood. 1700 Eutaw
place. It Is almost three hundred
years old, and has been In his family
for nearly that length of time. In all
probability It waa purchased by one of
his ancestors soon after It came from
the press, for It waa brought to this
country In 1680.
“One-fourth of the lawyers," said
Governor Shaw of lowa, recently, "can
try a case no better today than whoa
they began." "There are a’lo women
who can cook no better than on the
day they were married, and are told so
three times a dey.” What commence
ment oration could better set forth, In
co-eduratlenal terms, the common
principle of failure? Not to advmnce,
as Lord Bacon Insisted long ago, Is
simply to go back.
The old cherry tree under which Ed
gar Allan Poo used to sit. and In whose
shade he is known to have written at
least part of "The Raven," Is to be cut
down. It stands in the suburb of New
York called Fordhnm, near the little
house In which Poe lived, and which Is
known as the "Poe Cottage." There
are to be street Improvements made fcn
the neighborhood, and the cherry tree
Is In the way. Wood choppers have
the contract for cutting It down, and
It will soon be laid low. Dr. E. J.
Chauvet Is the owner of the tree, and
be may have It reserved In the form
many relics, or move It bodily to
some other spot. The tree has been
dead for years, but it still stands.
A correspondent of the Troy Times
has been making big eyes—as well he
might—over a copy of the Boston
Athenaeum of April 16, 1828, which
contained a picture, copied from a
London paper, representing a veritable
automobile—a vehicle Invented by a
man numed Gurney, who had taken
out a patent for It. It was coach-like
In form, was designed for steam pro
pulsion, and could be easily controlled
by the driver. The description was
followed by a prophocy that "If his In
vention should reach its exoected per
fection." Its economical character
would doubtless "lead to universal
patronage." The expected perfection
la not yat; but "a man named Gurnsy"
deserves to be remembered.
Many years ago a New Hampshire
physician was stunned by the prema
ture discharge of a blast. He related
afterward the fact that in the moment
of the explosion he had time for the
swift passage of three thoughts
through his mind: "I am a dead man!
What will become of my family? Ws
are all in the hands of God!" Curi
ously enough, the prince of Wales
made use of this last impressive sen
tence on his first public appearance In
England after the recent attempt at
his assassination: "We are all In the
hands of God!" What if the conscious
ness of hslpless dependence which men
feel In a crisis of extreme physical
danger could become a habitual at
titude of trust, and thus a fountain of
Joy?
Borne weeks ago a den of foxes was
discovered on the bank of the Miami
river near Redbank, by three boys.
John Bain, Lewis Shumate and a boy
named Lloyd. Young Lloyd took two
of them to his father’s place near Red
bank. They were fastened to a ken
uel with stout cords attached to col
lars. It Is Btated that persons In the
vicinity frequently heard the old
foxes bark at night, and on Saturday
nlgbt last Farmer Lloyd, hearing a
commotion In the barnyard, went out
and saw the parent foxes scurry away
He then went to the kennel and found
that the cords which had confined the
young animals had been chewed In
twain and the little ones were miss
ing. It is the supposition that the
parent animals released their young
and carried them away in their
mouths, as a cat does her kittens.
The recent postal frauds In Havana
emphasize. by the law of contraries,
the marvelous reach and honesty of
the mall system throughout the world.
An Ohio soldier, lately returned from
the Philippines, displays a little Jar of
jam addressed to him In Manila. It
received the postmarks of San Fran
cisco, Honolulu,Guam and Manila; and
them, after a brief pause, recontinued
Its long chase. Iloilo, Negros. Jolo,
. and back to Manila; Hongkong, Yo
kohama, San Francisco again; and
finally that of the Ohio village In
which it was properly delivered.
Editorials and communications
abounding In the dally press Indicate
that one unsettled problem which the
nineteenth century will bequeath to
the twentieth Is presented in compact
form as follows: What is the best
way to make a strawberry shortcake?
Diamonds have been found In the
Upper Mazaruni district, British Gui
ana. Such as were taken to Demerara
passed through the department of
mines. They were nearly all small.
They were picked up by a miner pro
specting for gold. __
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who has
Just cornered forty lake vessels and
gained a victory over three big steel
companies, seems to be "a chip off the
old block.” The heredity will be still
more noticeable If Chicago university,
in future years, finds the younger
Rockefeller’s pocketbook as easily ac
cessible as that of hla father.
This year's figures show that the for
eign trade of the United States will
break all records, whether Rear Ad
miral Ahmld Pasha buys that cruiser
or not.
POLITICAL PARAGRAPH.
This campaign would have been en
thusiastic on the Republican side, who
ever was named for vice president, but
the nomination of Roosevelt will put
an amount of ginger into it that has
l»cen seen rarely of recent years. The
Rough lUder Idea has been adopted
spontaneously for hundreds of march
ing dubs, and before the campaign Is
over there will be processions that will
make the oldest inhabitant remember
the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too.”
From among the dozens of notices of
Benator Wolcott's convention speech a
few are reprinted herewith this week.
The senator gained new laurels both
for himself and his state, and there
has I>eeu a quite general expression to
the effect that that speech, and not the
resolutions afterward adopted, was the
real platform of the party.
PRESS COMMENTS
ON THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
And nil gpe«H-li st Philadelphia— High
Honors for Colorado In tl»« Republican
Convention.
Although the Republican platform
baa yet to lie adopted, tlie Issues upon
which the campaign for the re-election
of President McKinley will be conduct
ed were admirably presented, with the
utmost lucidity, eloquence and force,
by Senator Wolcott In Ills address to
the convention yesterday upon the oc
casion of his assuming its tcinjiorary
chairmanship. A full report of what
be said will Ik* found In another place,
and we commeud it to the attention of
all who desire to form a clear Idea of
Republican policies and an adequate
conception of Republican jierformance.
The speech delivered by the brilliant
and patriotic senator from Colorado
covers tlie whole range of the great
questions which are now engaging the
attention of the American people; and
their Judgment upon which deter
mine the casting of their butlols next
Noveralier, mid It may be accepted ns
constituting an authoritative statement
of the situation from the Republican
point of view.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Senator Wolcott's speech aw tempor
ary chairman of the national conven
tion Is a splendid review of the present
administration and of Republican his
tory, which for forty years has beeeu
American history.
This Is the first appearance of the
Colorado orator In a national conven
tion since 181*2, when he electrified the
Miueiinpolls convent lon by Ids brilliant
speech nominating Blaine. In the recep
tion accorded It, that nominating
speech has scarcely n speech In the
party’s annals, the cheers which greet
ed the name of Blaine, when uttered at
the climax of au Impassioned tribute
to his services to party and country,
lasting fnlly half an hour, during
which the Colorado senator was
obliged to suspend bis speech.
The honor given to Senator Wolcott
of presiding over the temporary organ
ization was due him because of his loy
alty to the Republican party when his
state aud Ids colleague. Senator Teller,
seceded to Bryan. Four years ago Sen
ator Wolcott risked political extinction
by remaining faithful to Republican
principles. The party in his own state
repudiated him. refusing to send him
to the St. Louis convene lon.
Yesterday he was unanimously elect
ed chairman of the Philadelphia con
vention ns the head of the Colorado
delegation. Times have chnnged In
these four years and Colorado has
changed with them.—Topeka Capital.
The great event of the first day of
the Republican national couveuUon of
1000 was the speech of Senator Wolcott
of Colorado. Never was there a more
happy choice for the temporary chair
man at a national convention. Of com
manding presence, magnificent voice,
prompt, energetic manner, bo proved au
Ideal presiding officer, and in Ids mas
terful speech sounded the keynote of.
the campaign. The Republican speak
ers to come after him can only eulargc
and recast wlmt In some part Senator
Wolcott touched on in Ids exhaustive
and eloquent address as temporary
chairman of the Republican conven
tion.—Philadelphia Press.
The selection of Senator Wolcott of
Colorado as temporary chairman of the
Republican convention Is significant,
not only ns giving deserved prominence
to a distinguished and eloquent party
leader, but as a compliment to a state
which Imß not always been thought to
deserve well of the Republican party,
but of whose loyalty at the present
tlmo there is no doubt. It signifies
that the silver Issue is dead; that
changed conditions have extinguished
the element of Justice which existed 4n
the claims of the sllvei men a few
years since, aud that the only Import
ance of the issue at this time is the evi
dence which Its continued urging by
the Democratic party gives of the in
capacity of that organization to learn
wisdom by experience, its incompetence
to deal adequately with the subjects of
statesmanship, and its readiness to
pander to the passions of the ignor
ant nnd unthrifty.—Sun Francisco
Chronicle.
Senator Wolcott’s proud iK>sitlon In
national politics nnd the vigor with
which he can advocate Ihc cause of Ids
country and Inculcate mill Inching pa
triotism and faith in the destiny of the
nation upon the young men of Amer
ica, must remind bis senior, Teller, of
the height from which be fell when lie
bolted the St. Ikmils convention four
years ago at the alleged "behest of his
people” aud took up his lodgiugs with
the fuslonlst outfit us a ‘‘Free Sliver
Republican."
Then Wolcott was a young inun, lit
tle known, aud Teller was on the upper
rounds of the ladder of fame In tlie
councils of the nation. To-day Wolcott
occupies Teller’s old place on the lad
der, aud Teller has dropped into pre
mature oblivion.—Nebraska State Jour
nal.
The convention nnd the party were
well served In the choice of a tempora
ry chairman. Senator Wolcott haw
gained the respect of the whole eoun-
The Democrats are having a warm
time of It at Kansas City this week.
It makes little difference whether the
ticket is Bryan and Towne, or Bryan
and flulzer, or Bryan and Uearst, or
Hill or Danforth, or Hhlveley; It can’t
possibly be as good a ticket as McKin
ley and Roosevelt.
It Is said that John Shafroth Is Sen
ator Teller’s candidate for governor
this fall—but Is he Tom Maloney's can
didate? and will the Democrats, after
seeming the big plum from the Silver
Republicans twice, when the latter
were the more numerous, give it to
them now when they have not half so
many votes as the Democrats them
selves?
The ticket nominated by the Prohi
bitionists—Woolley and Metcalf—has a
truly rural sound, but It will not get
many votes from the sheep and cattle
men.
try by his loyalty and courage under
circumstances of peculiar difficulty,
and amply earned the honor of being
chosen to enunciate, ns the original
spokesman of the convention, the par
ty’s claims to public approval for what
Is past and the principles on which It
solicits a further lease of power. The
Colorado senator possesses the gift of
copious and Inspiring oratory, and nev
er had cause lo doubt his capacity to
arouse the audience to fervor, but he
wisely chose to make his appeal to the
reason and judgment rather than to
the emotions of h's hearers. His speech,
indeed, was full of animation, and more
than once rose to a strain of lofty elo
quence, but it would hnve failed of
its most worthy and essential purpose
If It had not been of a character to
commend It to the taste ami the sober
consideration of the millions by whom
it was not heard but will lie rend. It
is a serious of orderly, comprehensive
and convincing statement of the Re
publican case—the kind of statement
that Is an argument and wins a ver
dlct.—N. Y. Tribune.
near Is for M'Klnlejr.
Boston, June 21*.—Senator George F.
Hoar has been Interviewed in regard
to the coming campaign. He declares
his allegiance to the Republican party
and Its candidate nnd says he Is will
ing to trust the cause of lllierty In the
Philippine Islands, the only point on
which he disagrees with the adminis
tration, to President McKinley and the
Republican party rather than to Mr.
Bryan, Tammany ami the South. Mr.
Hoar said:
"President McKinley nml Governor
Roosevelt will have no more earnest
supporter in the country than I shall
be, whether we consider the cbaructer
of the candidates, the character of the
counsellors they will bring with them
Into power, the effect on the prosperity
nnd happiness of the American people,
or the ultimate triumph of liberty nnd
Justice In the distant lslnnds which
have been brought, under our control.
The alternative of Mr. Bryan nnd Mr.
David B. 11111. or any other associate
the Democratic party Is likely to give
him, Is not to l>e thought of for a mo
ment.
"Mr. Bryan’s election will overthrow
the protective system now happily es
tablished nnd the wonderful prosperity
It has brought lo all classes of the peo
ple and will mean a disturbed and
fluctuating, currency, great diminution
of value of all debts nnd savings, the
overthrow of the authority of the Su
preme Court, a dangerous attack on
property, socialism and the complete
success of tlie attempt now going on
to disfranchise 10,000,000 American
citizens nt home and will render null
and void the great constitutional
amendments.
"I was nnd nm still opposed to the
policy which brought an the war In
the Philippine Islands. I like tlie poli
cy which lias been nnd Is to be pur
sued lu Cuba. lam willing now to test
the two methods by their results. But I
have never questioned the honesty of
puropse of President McKinley nnd the
Republican leaders who agreed with
ldm. The past cannot be undone. 1
think the future of the Philippine Is
lands snfer In the hands of President
McKinley thnn of Mr. Bryan, in tlie
hands of the Republican party thnn ol
Tammany Hall and the solid South. In
Haying this I am but repenting what I
snld In the Sennte nml what 1 said last
year In Massachusetts. Mr. Bryan
earnestly advocated the treaty which
bought the Philippine Islands nnd se
cured for It the votes of seventeen of
Ids supporters. For this action of Ills
no motive can reasonably Ik* assigned
but the desire to keep the question for
nn issue In the campaign,"
Wurth the Effort.
Nothing can be more gratifying to
Colorado Republicans than the present
attitude of the Democratic leaders in
regard to state polities. The vehemence
with which they liatsen to deny every
Intimation that things have changed,
the hardihood with which they assert
that Bryan’s majority will be at least
ns great as It was four years ago (a
statement which every sensible man
nnd woman lu tho state knows is utter
nonsense), and the malignancy with
which they are attacking many of the
Republican leaders all go to prove that
whatever they may say, they are In
reality seriously alarmed at the pros
pects of Republican success In the
state.
It Is not to Ik* wondered nt that the
lenders of the Colorado Democracy ore
doing everything lu their power to hold
the state lu Hue. It Is worth tlieir
while. Wheuever before was there au
instance of a state controlled aud gov
erned by a Democratic minority for
the benefit of nobody except the lead
ers of that party, against the Interests
of Its people and by the help of Re
publican votes?
If that Isn’t a "cinch” aud an "easy
thing," and likewise a "pudding,” there
never was one In polities.
It Is no wonder the Democrats want
to preserve the present conditions, and
it Is no wonder that they grow Indig
nant aud wonderstruek aud abusive by
turns when any one suggests the pos
sibility of anything different. And if
any one ventures to suggest that Dem
ocrats ought to govern a Republican
state. Is he not manifestly a “traitor?"
If he Is not, nevertheless It Is decidedly
to the Interest of fho Democratic lead
ers to pretend that he is, and that Is
sufficient for them.
It Is well worth the effort
ADMIRAL SEYMOUR’S REPORT.
HAD CONTINUAL FIGHTING WITH CHINESE
Returning to Tien Tain Meets With Treachery But Captures a
Fort—Loses 100 Killed and 200 Wounded
London, June 80.—3:00 a. m.—The
! adventures of the hard fighting allies
under Admiral Seymour -their reach
ing Anting, twelve miles from Pekin,
the decision to retreat, the capture of
rice and Immense stores of modern
arms nml ammunition, affording ma
terial for n strenuous defense until re
lieved—nil this Is told lu a dispatch
from Admiral Seymour received by the
admiralty nt midnight, which runs as
follows:
i "Tien Tsln, June 27, via Clio Foo,
June 29.-10:06 p. in.—Hnve returned
to Tien Tsln with the forces, having
been unable to reach Pekin by rail.
June 18th two attacks on the advanced
guard were made by the Boxers, wbo
were repulsed with considerable loss to
' them, aud none to our side,
i “June 14th the Boxers attacked tlie
train nt Yang In large numbers
and with great determination. We re
pulsed them with a loss of about 100
' killed. Our loss was seven Italians.
"Tlie same afternoon the Boxers at
tacked the British guard left to pro
-1 tect Ixifn station. Reinforcements
were sent back and the enemy were
driven of?, with a hundred killed. Two
of our seamen were wounded.
"We pushed forward to Anting and
engaged the enemy June 18th nnd June
14tli, Inflicting a loss of 175. There
were no casualties on our side.
“Extensive destruction of the rail
way In our front having made further
advance by rail Impossible, I decided
June lflth to return to Ynng-Tsun.
where it was proposed to organize an
advance by the river to Pekin.
"After my departure from Lang-
Yang two trains left to follow on were
attacked June lflth by Boxers and ira
jierlnl troops from Pekin, who lost
from 400 to 500 killed. Our casualties
wer six killed nnd forty-eight wound
ed. These trains joined me at Ynug-
Tsung the same evening.
“The railway at Ynng-Tsun was
found entirely demolished and the
| trains could not Ik* moved. The force
lK>lng short of provisions and ham
pered with wounded, compelled us to
withdraw on Tleu-Tsin, with which we
hud not been In communication for six
days, nnd our supplies bad been cut
, off.
"June 10th the wounded, with nec
-1 essarles. started by boat, the forces
marelilng alongside the river. Opposi
tion was experienced during the whole
course of the river from nearly every
village, the Boxers, when defeated lu
one village, retiring to the next, aud
skillfully retarding our advance by oc
cupying' well-selected positions from
which they had to Ik? forced, often nt
the point of the bayonet, nnd in face
of n galling fire difficult to locate.
"June 28rd. wo made a night march,
arriving nt daybreak opposite the Im
perial armory, above Tien Tsln, where
after friendly advances, a treacherous
heavy fire was opened, while our men
were ex|>osed oti the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept In check
by rifle fire In front, while their posi
tion was turned to a party of ma
rines and seamen under Major -ohn
*on, who rushed nnd occupied one of
(he salient points, seizing the guns.
Phe Germans, lower down, silenced
two guns and then crossed tho river
xnd captured them. The armory van
next occupied by the combined forces.
' Determined attempts to retake tlie
j trmory wen.* made on tho following
Say. but unsuccessfully.
“We found immense stores of guniL
irms nnd ammunition of the latest pa!-"
tern. Several guns wore mounted In
>nr defense nnd shelled the Chinese
forts lower down. .
"Having found ammunition nnd rice,
ivo could have held out for some days;
ant, being hampered with large num
bers of wounded, I sent to lien Tsln
for a relieving force, which arrived
at Tien Tsln June 20th. We burned
the armory.
"Casualties to date:
"British—Killed, 27; wounded, 75.
"Americans—Killed, 4; wounded, 10.
French- — Killed, 1; wounded, 10.
"Germans—Killed, 12; wounded, 62.
“Italians—Killed, 5; wounded, 8.
"Japanese—Killed, 2; wounded, 8.
! "Austrians—Killed, 1; wounded, 1.
“Russians—Killed, 10; wounded, 27.”
California Hn 11 road Pool.
Ran Francisco, June 29.—The Chron
icle says the Southern Pacific and Bnn-
Iti Fe roads have perfected a traffic
•leal designed to control all passenger
business In California, within tlie ter
ritory of the two companies. The
main features are an Interchange of
tickets to San Joaquin valley i>olnts,
no Rantn Fe finssenger trains to Los
Angeles nnd no rate rutting.
One matter that enters as nn Impor
tant factor Into the arrangement is
tho agreement of the Santa Fe to keep,
j out of the Los Angeles business. Al
: though it lias a lino between here and
Los Angeles, by means of which It
could cnni|M*tc for a share of the large
nnd profitable passenger business be
tween the two points. It will place no
tickets on sale nnd will run no trains
from here to the southern metropolis. \
The Santa Fe officials explain this by
pointing out that their lino Is 100 miles
longer from Snn Francisco to Los An
geles than that of the Southern Pa
cific.
BOERS MAKING TROUBLE.
Lord ilolx-rl* l{<>|>ortn Niiuicroiin Small Kn
rafnuiciiti.
London. June 30.—Active Boer guer
rilla operations are reported from half
& dozen points lu Orange River Colony.
Boer official reports from Maclindo
ilorp aver that a part of u British con
| voy was captured June 24th near
! Winburg.
1 The Lourenzo Marques correspond
ent of the Times says:
"Both the burghers and the foreign
ers who are arriving here profess a
strong belief that It will take from
three to six months to subdue the
Boers.”
The war office has received the fol
lowing from Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria, June 29.—Paget reports
from Llndley that he was engaged ou
June 26th with u body of the enemy
who were strongly reinforced during
the day. A convoy of stores for the
Liiulley garrison was also attacked
June 26th; but after a heavy rear
guard action the convoy reached Llnd
ley In safety. Our casualties were ten
killed auufour officers nud about fifty
men wounded.
“The fight reported yesterdny was
under Lieutenant Colonel Grenfell, not
Dreiper. Brabant came up during the
engagement. Total casualties of the
two columns, three killed und twenty
three wounded.
"On the previous day near Kicks
burg, Boyes’ brigade was In action
with a body of the enemy. Our casual
ties were two officers killed, four men
wounded nud one limn missing.
"Methuen found yesterday that tlie
Boer laager near Ynchkop and Spitz
kop had been hastily removed in the
direction of Llndley. lie followed the
enemy twelve miles, aud captured
8,000 sheep nml 500 head of cattle,
which the enemy had seized In Hint
neighborhood, our casualties wen
four inen wounded.
‘‘Hunter continued Ids march .renter
•lay toward ihe Yanl river unopposed.
Many fanners iileug tin* route have
turret'lured.
“Springs, the terminus of the Mil way
from Johannesburg, clue east, woa at
tacked yesterday morning. The Canu
• lian regiment, which garrisoned the
place, beat off the enemy. No casual
tica.”
WARSHIP OREGON ASHORE.
Mesger New* of th# MUlmp htrsmer One*
t«» Ilrwur.
Shanghai. June 21).—1t Is reported
here that the United Staten battleship
Oregon I* ashore on the Island of Hoo-
Kle, In the Mla-Tno group, fifty tulles
north of Che Foo. and that a steamer
of the Indo-Chlna Steam Navigation
Company has gone to her assistance.
Loudon, June 30.—The Shanghai cor
respondent of the 'rimes telegraphing
yesterday, says:
The bnttleship Oregon went ashore In
a fog off 1100-Klc island, thirty-five
miles north of Che Foo. Jardlne,
Mathieson & Co. are sending her assist
ance.
Washington, June 29.—Up to mid
night no officiul news had l>een receiv
ed in Washington bearing upon the re
port that the battleship Oregon had
gone* ashore near Che Foo. Early last
week Admiral lteiney was directed to
send this vessel from Hong Kong to
Tftkn. Captain Wilde Is her command
er. She left Hong Kong last Saturday
night, two days ahead of her expected
departure, and had on tainrd, In addi
tion to her regular crew. 104 sailors and
marine* brought to Iloug Kong from
Manila by the Znflro.
Agreement ItrgiirdliiK Chins.
Paris. June 21).—As a result of nego
tiations between the powers, an agree
ment has ta?en arrived at which pro
vldes for the maintenance of the stntu
quo as regards spheres of Intluenee aud
commercial agreements, and also re
spcctlng the* nature of the guarantees
and compensations which will be de
manded from China.
According to the understanding, the
international army of occupation will
consist of HO.ooo men. Hnsslu and Jn
pan will provide 12,000 each. tJreni
Britain will provide 10,000 men, France
8,000 men and Germany, America and
other powers 5,000 each. The Russian
army corps in Siberia, which has Just
been mobilized, will only cross the Chi
nese frontier In the event of n crisis
being aggravated.
Washington, June 29.—Officials here
disclaim any participation In the ar
rnngement reported from Paris.
Htlllwrell'M IIIr Kallwny.
Kansas City, June 29.—The building
of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railway, the* line projected by A. K.
Stillwell from Kansas City to the
Gulf of California, will ta financed by
the Guardian Trust Company of Chi
cago utul Kansas City, of which Mr.
Rtlllwcll Is president.
The proposition contemplates the
floating of I Kinds to the amount of $35.-
000,000 and stock of an equal amount,
preferred anti common.
The International Construction Com
pany, which Mr. Stillwell has incor
porated under the Delaware law, lias
already contracted for the building of
two long stretches of the road. The
construction company Is to he paid In
bonds and stock of the railroad com
pany.
Two MlHlmm From I)aw*on.
San Francisco. June 29.—Alaska ad
vices received to-day state the steamer
Gustln, from Dawson and Yukon way
ports. arrived at St. Michaels June 15.
She brought 300 passengers and $2,
000,000 In gold dust, most of which ta*-
longed to the Dawson banks. At Dutch
Harbor, on June Bth, martial law was
declared by Colonel Noyes, who had
sailors and marines from the revenue
cutter Kusli aud gunlsiat Wheeling pa
trolling the shore with guns and fixed
bayonets. All the saloons at Dutch
Harbor and Unalnska - were closed. De
serters from the government vessels
were found by the force under Colonel
Noyes In several of the other vessels,
anti when all the runaways lind been
found the martial law was atarilslicd.
Farmer's Won't Want the l>ani
Altoona, Pa., June 20.—Farmers of
the Queinnhoning valley are armed
ami guarding a point that Ims been
selected by the Cambria Steel Com
pany for the erection of a dam four
miles long and having a depth of sev
enty-five feet at the breast. The farm
ers declare the dam will l>o a menace
to public safety, anti decrease the
value of their lands. The property
owners below the dam claim they will
he In constant danger of a repetition
of the Johnstown flood. A clash be
tween the civil engineers anti the
farmers is expected at any time.
Jews Comlnic lo America.
Belgrade (via Seralln, Hungary).
June 28.—Hundreds of Jewish emi
grants from Utiuumnla are passing
through Belgrade dally on their way
to take ship for Canada, South Ameri
ca and the United States. Very many
of these emigrants have scarcely any
money beyond enough to pay their ex
penses. Before the exodus Is over It
is estimated that more than 20,000
Jews will have left Komnnuin for the
new world.
Arlsona Copper riant la Ilurne*!.
Solomonvllle, Arlz., June 29.—The
redluetlon works of the Detroit Cop
per Comiwiny at Moronci, Arizona,
caught tire to-duy and the entire plant
was consumed. The works consisted
of a 150-ton concentrator, smelter
furnaces and converters. Tlic Are will
throw a large number of men tempo
rarily out of employment. The loss
will he $300,000;
Will Maine Tracks.
Chicago, June 29.—The railroads
have accepted the track elevation ordi
nance passed by the City Council June
18th. This’means the elevation of 120
miles of railway track within the city
limits of Chicago In the next two
years, nt a total cost of about $7,000,-
000. The work will Involve the build
ing of more tlmn a hundred sub-ways.
New* From American Prisoners.
Washington. June 29.—The follow
ing enblernm was received at the war
department this afternoon from Gen
eral MacArthur at Manila:
"Lyel W. Atkins. Company I. Thir
ty-fifth volunteer Infantry, wounded in
arm, moderate, and captured May .'to,
was sent in by insurgents June 27.
Reports health Charles J. Roberts, cap
tain, Thirty-fifth Infantry, and Private
Mclntyre good.”
Foreign Casualties at Tien Tsln.
London. June 29.—The casualties of
the International force attacking Tien
Tsln were: America us, killed 3.
wounded 2: British, killed 2. wounded
1; German, killed 15, wounded 27; Itus
slnns, killed 10. wounded 37.
The gun lire «>f the Americans and
British is described as • beautiful."
At Taku, June 24, one sett mar
wounded.
At T|. ii Tsln. up to the forenoon (f
Jure 23. four seamen kill .1 and I u ■:
Sterling. Powell aril Wii-ld. •
inander Beatty and io ty-mur uiols.
men and sea in cl) wounded.
COLORADO NOTES.
The city council of Victor has award*
! ed contracts for the building of a city
hall to cost $15,000.
i All of the coal miners at the Union
mine, sixteen miles at>ove Olenwood on
i the Cardiff branch of the Midland,
l went on strike Monday. The cause ap
! pears to ta* the ungrnnted demand tor
i an Increase of twenty cent* per car for
; digging and minor grievances, tnzij
j men are involved.
Itumon, are again rife roneeniln* th,
; building of a railroad from Horence
| Into Custer county. A few days ago
I it was announced that the
: Rio Grande director# had voted
i 000 to build n line from Texas creek
lor Cotopaxi. This has stirred the Flor
ence Southern Company, which four
I years ago completed a survey for a
j line to SUrer Cliff.
I A whole shift employed on the Santa
I Rita mine lias been discharged be
cause of the disappearance of some
high grade ore. The management was
unable to detect the thieves, ami there
fore made the wholesale discharge,
hoping to Include the guilty parties in
the lot. It Is said that the ore has been
traced to an assay office In Victor. Fur
ther developments are expected.
Friday morning It became known
that work had begun on the grade for
the Florence Southern. Upon investi
gation It was learned that upon in
structions received from headquarters
at Denver, Frank Ruby put a dozen
men to work ou the company’s survey
paralleling the Itlo Grande around
Vinegar hill, lu extension of the work
done several years ago on Railroad
street. The men worked all night and
had completed considerable grading
nt daybreak. When Mr. Ruby was
asked by a reporter about the work
Ixring done at this time on the Florence
Southern, he replied that It was sim
ply done to hold Its right of way In
view of early developments pertaining
to the const ruction of the line Into Cus
ter county.
William Mackln, a prospector, was
killed by a, bolt of lightning In East
Mnncos on Friday afternoon, and It
was not until last Saturday evening
that the body was found. He went
from his cabin to stake out his horse,
and the hack of his head received the
stroke. He was about 90 years of age.
The Colorado Midland lias aban
doned for good the old Hngermnun
tunnel ami pass west of Lendville, and
the picturesque seven miles of road is
taring demolished. The big trestle over
which the trains approached the tun
nel is being torn down and the timbers
carried away and stacked nt Colorado
City. The rails will he torn up, and
soon only a hole In the mountain will
mark the most wonderful piece of rail
road engineering in the state.
For some time trouble has been brew
ing between the teamsters of Lyons
and the owners of the toll road between
there and Estes park. The climax was
reached the other day when John
Walker and Norman Billings attenqried
to pass the gate without paying toll.
The company lmd placed In charge of
the gate Charles Knapp of Longmont,
who claims he has instructions to col
lect toll or keep ]turtles from going over
the road, even should he he compelled
to kill them nt the gate. When Walker
aud Billings made nn attempt to pass
the gate, Knapp promptly presented a
cocked revolver, and leveling It nt
Walker told him that he would certain
ly kill him if he attempted to pass with
out paying toll. The argument en
forced by the gun was convincing and
aril was promptly paid. However, the
end 1* far from taring reached ns yet.
That nn attempt will probably be
made to force the road open by deter
mined men.
The San Luis Valley tand and Min
ing Company that recently purchased
Baca laud grant No. 4, in the south
western pnrt of the state, has begun
two ejectment suits in the Federal
court against settlers to force them to
remove from the grant. The two cases
will probably be sufficient to convince
the settlers that the ground on which
they live aud on which they have built
a hamlet known ns Duncan does not
talong to them, that Is If the courts
decide In these ns they have already
done lu the well-known Kellogg case,
which the United States Supreme
Court decided In favor of the former
owners of the grant. The present com
pany purchased the grant for $1,400,000
Inst March from Quincy A. Shaw of
Boston. For a great many years small
settlements have existed on the tract,
but the present owners say they have
never been abb* to secure recognition
from the United States government.
The settlers have held their claims up
on certificates of location filed with the
recorder of Saguache couuty. The two
defendants in the present ejectment
«ults nre J. W. Stambaugh and John T.
Duncan. The town of Duncan is named
ifter the latter. This place is Inhab
ited, attorneys say, by persons who
have purchased their rights from Dun
can, one of the “pretended locators.”
A La Juntn dispatch says: Rev. Dr.
Weaver, pastor of the First Presby
terlnn church of Pueblo; Rev. Dr.
Patchell, pastor of the First Congre
gational church at Pueblo, and Rev.
Dr. Earley of the Central Christian
church of Pueblo, came down Monday
morning and n meeting was held at
the M. E. church regarding the re
establishment of the Fries Orphans’
home nt this place. These gentlemen
contradicted the statements made In
the papers ns to Mr. Fries’ neglect of
the home. They say thnt under the ex
citement of the hour neither the people
nor the dally papers gnve Mr. Fries a
chance to ta* heard and that he has
been basely misrepresented. Mr. Fries
said that there was no doubt but that
the home would he located here; that
ho was dally receiving letters from
vnrious parts of the state assuring him
of financial assistance. A tract of land
will be pureliosed shortly, and It Is Mr.
Fries’ plan to raise money In the East
to erect suitable buildings. He also
stated that Ills goods formerly used
lu Pueblo nre here and will be stored
until definite arrangements are made.
W. 8. Stratton has donated $20,000
to aid In the erection of the. national
Elks’ home, provided the grand lodge
decides to locate the home In Colorndo
Springs. Tills gift came entirely un
solicited. and is another example of his
splendid generosity. When Mr. Strat
ton learned that the local lodge of Elks
was making nn effort to locate the na
tional home In Colorado Springs he Im
mediately made an offer of $20,000 to
ward the erection of the building. The
committee will go to Atlantic City next
month and make a vigorous fight for
the home. Encouraging words have
been received from the lodges all over
the United Stall’s, which have led the
local members to believe that Colorado
Springs stands a good show of obtain
ing the home'. As Mr. Strattou has
given $20,000 toward the erection of
the home citizens will 1m? cnlled upon
to secure a site, which will be done lm
i mediately. The home which the lodge
I desires to ta* located here will. In some
respects, ta* similar to the Printers’
I home. It will ta* built and supported
hy the Elks, ami its location will make
Colorado Springs known to 70,000
members of thnt organization lu the
United States, and their families.
Representatives of the railway men
of the state met at Pueblo on the 26tli
and organised under the name of the
Congress of Colorado Railway Organ
izations, and the following officers
were elected: W. J. Martin, O. R. T.,
Colorado Springs, president; George K.
Wright, O. R. T„ Denver; W. L. Dick,
S. U. of A., Colorado City; L. A. Park
hurst. O. R. T., Pueblo- J. W. Rice, B.
of L. E., Pueblo, and Charles Coleman.
B. of L. E.. Pueblo, vice presidents; E.
,T. Tan bum n. Pueblo, representing the
O. R. T.. was made financial secretary,
and Avery C. Moore, Denver, B. of L
F., corresponding secretary.
DEMOCRATIC HOSTS
AT KANSAS CITY
The Exaet Wording of the Silver PlaJ
Not Yet Agreed Upon. f
Kinns City. July 2.—There l» » con
stant hang, hang of hammer, raaplng
of saws, shouting of orders, and rush
ing of feet, day and night, at the big
hall where the Democratic National
Convention Is to he held. As fast aa
one portion of the structure Is finished
the decorators pounce upon It, and,
with bolts of hunting, flags, and pic
tures of Democratic lenders, set In the
national *<*oßls of arms, cover np the
walls and spaces so that the delegates
will see all llie colors and emblems of
the natlonnl holiday coupled with evi
dences of a Democratic celebration.
About the hotels, however, there is
already briskness and moving throngs
of familiar i-onventlon faces. A
l>er of the old-line Democrats, who have
been going to conventions for years,
nnd the younger men who belong to the
“new Democracy," have arrived and
taken up the work In hand. Several
boomers of vice presidential candidates
have come In nnd are making consider
able noise.
The platform to he adopted by the
Democratic National Convention will
contain a declaration for the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, un
less Mr. Bryan changes Ills attitude,
and each fresli arrival from Lincoln
brings renewed assurance that the
foreordained nominee of the convention
is maintaining his position In favor of
the declaration.
Senator James K. Jones, chairman
>f the national committee, nnd ex-Gov
ernor Stone of Missouri, both of them
recognized ns staunch loaders of the
illver sentiment, nre of the opinion that
a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform
is all that Is necessary. Governor
done said to-day that he considered the
differences thut have manifested
themselves a mere quibble, hut he de
clined to say whether he would be will
ing to stop with the reaffirmation of the
declaration of 1896. Many southern
delegates express themselves as Indif
ferent on the iHrint. nnd nre inclined to
make the concession demanded hy the
Hill sentiment. National Committee
man Cainpau is also inclined to subor
dinate the question of ratio to other
subjects of current importance.
On the other hand, George Fred Will
iams announces that he considers the
financial question still of the greatest
Importance, nnd says he feels confident
thnt the New England delegates nre
practically solid In thut position. "The
free coinage'of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1 was the touchstone of the con
i vention In 1896.” lie said to-day, “nnd
lt« reiteration will add strength to the
cause in the coming campaign.”
i James Kerr, a delegate-nt-large from
Pennsylvania nnd secretary of the
eongresionnl campaign committee,
takes a somewhat different view, hut
he would not stop at a mere declara
tion for the Chicago platform. He
holds thnt new conditions will make It
uecessary to add something to what
was said on trusts in 1896, and he says
THE GERMAN MINISTER
MURDERED AT PEKIN
His Body Hacked to Pieces With Swords and
Thrown Into the Flames. Hjm*.
London, July 2.—Official dispatches
received by the consular body at
Shnnghnl. an Express cable dated
Shanghai. July Ist, says, confirm lu
the fullest manner the report of the
butchery of Baron von Ketteler, the
German minister, on June 18tb. The
ambassador was riding In Legation
street when he was attacked by Chi
nese troops nnd taxers, dragged from
his horse nnd killed. Ills body was
hacked to pieces with swords. The
German legation and six other build
ings were burned nnd a number of ser
vants of the legations killed Tind their
bodies thrown into the flames.
Official confirmation of this ghastly
business has created the utmost con
sternation among the consul generals
of the powers, who expressed fears that,
war a l’outrance will be declared
against the Pekin government. The
consuls entertain little hope that any
foreigners nre left alive In the capital.
There were 100 foreigners connected
with the legations, fifty In the custom
house, English nnd American tourists
and others to the numlM?r of 150, and
nearly 500 legation guards.
The British foreign office, the Dally
Mall learns, has received news from
the British consul nt Che Foo that
Baron von Ketteler had been killed,
but no other Information.
A dispatch to the Express from Nan
kin, June 80th, says:
"French priests here have received
reports from Pekin thnt the public ex
i ecutlons of foreigners lias been In
progress since June 20th. The news
IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY BY FIRE.
The Hoboken Docks and Three Big Steamships Wholly
Destroyed.
New York, July 2.—Almost SIO,OOO,- :
000 worth of property was destroyed,
many lives lost, many persons were In
jured and at least 1,500 lives Imperiled
by a fire that started among cotton
bales under Pier No. 3, of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company, In
Hoboken, N. J„ nt 4 o'clock, Saturday
afternoon.
In less than fifteen minutes the
flames covered an area of a quarter of
a mile long, extending outward from
the actual short line to the hulk-heads,
from six hundred to one thousand feet
away, and had caught four great ocean
liners and a doxen or more smaller
harbor craft lu its grasp.
'The losses sustained in the fire are
to-night conservatively placed nt near
ly $10,000,(SKI. The loss of life merely
guess work at even this late hour, will
reach probably ns high as 200, autl
there are over 3<H) men lu the hospitals
In this city, Hoboken and Jersey City,
badly burned.
Up to li o’clock to-night eighteen
bodies have been recovered. Eleven of
these were placed In a row nt the
morgue In this city and were number
ed, this taring the only means the au
thorities have of malutaluing any sort
of Identity over the corpses, us they
are so badly charred and dismember
ed that identification will ta? made on
ly by trinkets or pieces of clothing that
were found about the bodies. The on
ly way the steamship officials have of
approximating the loss of life is hy
comparing the list of those reported
safe with the list of tlie employes on
the steamships.
A spectacular hut horrible sight was
presented to-day. Where two days ago
piers reached hundreds of feet out In
to the river and rose like great hills
alive with outgoing and incoming com
merce, lay a great waste of burning
to make an additional plank /» I
subject and not to make it 0 n ikfl
nances would be considered as EM
oua, and would result lnJurlouataß
would, however, not use the .w-L' ■
to 1, but would declare f or
ago at "the legal ratio.”
It Is expected that the Silver nj
llcan party will ask to ta <v, ni ,nlt3l
on the question of the financial nbfl
The representatives of that putvl
ready here express a strong prvfanl
for a positive declaration for this
ratio. "We want 16 to l, • -iijfTM
Senator Dubois of Idaho todar
If they will put Towne on th/'
with Bryan we will he willing to J
concessions on the money plank
If, however, suen a innn a* r J
to be nominated, we want an lmS
silver platform. “Thus you
ex-senator added, “the pcrsonaml
the vice presidential candidate! 3
have a decided influence upon the J
form and vice per**. Bryan
Towne would be a platform in thl
selves.” I
Mr. Bryan’s position as outlined 1
those close In touch with him |« tl
He holds that the popularity of 1
Democratic ticket In 1896 wan d
largely to the positive position taken]
the silver question, and that to takJ
backward step at this time would 1
nn eveldence of faltering and wot
weaken the ticket lu Its own ntroi
holds without strengthening it whi
there is no hope of winning. lie fT
goes so far as to say thnt he regai
the platform as of more Imports!
than the ticket.
He thinks also If he should take a
other position, he would ta* a ceased
vaoellatlon, and thnt. In short, eve
things Is to ta lost by making a chai
while nothing is to ta gained by it
Those who ngrt*e with Mr. Bryan
this point contend thnt there Is oo p
sibllity of his changing front befi
the arrives for the party’a offle
declaration, nnd they consider It p
posterous thnt the convention shoi
disregard his wishes on this pol
Hence they contend with great cot
deuce that whether the Chicago pi
form Is reaffirmed or not there will
nn unequivocal pronouncement for i
old ratio.
For tlie rest, the resolutions will
uounce the gold standard nnd the Po
It ion n legislation of the last s'xilon
Congress. It will condemn truita
unmeasured terms and at the aa
time accuse the Republican party
fostering nnd maintaining them. 1
administration will come in for itre
censure for Its policy In the Phil
pines, and It will recommend that
Philippine archipelago ta? placed on
same footing ns Cuba. In the sa
connection there will ta planks
nounelng militarism and Imperialli
and there will also ta planks on the
come tax, good roads, civil serr
pensions, etc., nnd a strong resolnl
of sympathy with the Boors.
comes by runners from French
at Pekin, who state that they
tered tlie last rites to the
men, *
Nankin cables, dated Sunday.
that Viceroy Liu Yuu Ylli received
telegram from General Yuiu on
day stating that tlie German 1
bad been murdered at Pekin.
who escaped from Tien Tsln to
Ting Fu, also wired:
"Position desperate. Implore
help. Foreign troops of eight
alitles entering Pekin to the number .
80,000 or 40,000. I cannot hold oi*JJ“ r
four days.”
A small riot occurred at Che Foo
Saturday.
Outbreaks of the taxers appear to
imminent nt Canton. The feeling
unrest steadily Increases. Boxers
Hlng Tu were marching on Sunday
Che Foo. The governor f<-nred ior
town and sent to the warships
forces. y o >
Fifty-two refugees who have
from New Chwnng aver thnt the
era have destroyed the railway I nort
of Port Arthur, nnd that nil the A
loan ami English residents nre j,
General Yunnshlhlkan. eoinmtndhijMLp i
the best foreign drilled troops In (
1 has notified the German governor
I Kiao Chau thnt ho will not permit .vßsty?
Germans’ proposed expedition tn ~
slen to rescue Chnlfont nnd the
Bowden and Hawes, the American m
sionnries In the hands of the Bm p .
Tlie missionaries at Pno Ting Fu w
reported to ta safe on June 25th.
and smouldering beams, with ta re _ , I
there a remnant of a high brick J* I
The three Immense piers of (he I
German Lloyd line were burned ■
th water’s ripple, the Tblngvalls*P“* I
lay smouldering aud n pnc( ® r . * I
Hamburg-American pier, whlcn
Just heeu added to tlieir great P
were ruins. Four large store no _
of the Palmer-Camp tall companj .
wrecked, and they, with the P' er ,
to make up the appalling mas* or
brls, smoking, sizzliug and Ht f* in Jsj
It covers over four city blocks,
reaches out Into the river for o
thousand feet. Streams of ,er j
taring pumped upon the r,lln S|.
workmen are poking about for t>oa
’nils was the scene of.the
attraction to-day and thousands
thousands of people went there,
streets were Jammed.
Far off. up the North river at
hnwkeu. n great cloud of * mo *
nnd tumbled, at one moment ° h
water aud the next rising Just eo
to show the skeletons of two o
great ocean liners, the Bremen an
Maine, that rose like giant spires
of the smooth face of the water. »
had been beached there. Around m
swarmed a fleet of small boats
lug sightseers.
Far down the river, off Elite •"[■"J
lay the smoking nnd steaming
the Sanle, almost a total wrec •
The loss of life will probably
greatest when the wreck of t * wr
has been searched. Already M
of bodies have been lata” off.
»oon an the lire In thc hoUl hn,
ed there Is every possibility ’»*
bodies will be found below tta «»•
Various tugboat captain* cs m
hnve seen thirty or forty P p r»
; compartment Just before t
I went down.