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CHINA’S WOES GROW APACE Desperate Fight Rages Between Troops and “Boxers.” SOLDIERS ARE OUTNUMBERED Situation Seems fto Be Taking a More Critical Turn—Ameri can Troops Needed. Advices of Friday from Tien Tain, staled tliat 4,000 Boxers surrounded 1,500 Chinese troops between Lofa and Yong Tsung last Thursday, and according to the latest news, fighting ■was still going on Friday morning. Chinese officials say that 500 Boxers were killed, but give no account of ti e Chinese casualties. The following cablegram was re ceived at the navy department Friday afternoon: Tong Ku, June B. —“ Landed forces to protect American interests with con sent of China; lifty-six to Pekin, rest to Tien Tsin. Nations sent force to both cities; no injury po far. British, Russian aud Chinese admiruls and twenty warships here. Our landing forces under McCalla June 5. Situa tion most critical. Russian force has begun fighting; lauded fifty more men; have requested Helona to be sent im mediately to protect interests, or ves sel like her. Consider battalion ma rines necessary. Need gunboat as a base inside. Tien Tsin Pekin railwuy cut. Will 4 act ih coucert with other powers to protect if necessary. Meet ing of senior naval officers today, present English, French, Gorman, Austrian, Japanese, Bussiau and American. Arranged for combined action to protect life aud property if required, “KbjcFM.” A New York Herald dispatch from Tjondou says: “The anxiety regarding events in the far east has spread still further. “Over and over again one hears the opinion expressed that nothing can prevent war between Japan and Rus sia. In diplomatic circles nothing else is talked about. There exists now an excitement among diplomats such as has not been known for years aud which has entirely eclipsed all the ettentiou hitherto given to the war in South Africa. “A visit to the city revealed the in crease in anxiety. “There exists in financial circles all the preliminaries of a panic, which sentiment has affected all the markets aud quite neutralized the anticipated effect of the good news from South Africa.” DISCtrasED BY CABINET. Tlie crisis of the orient was the sub- J&ot discussed to tlie exclusion of all others by the cabinet at Friday’s meet ing. There were massages from Min ister Conger and Admiral Kempff, both indicating that instead of improve ment the conditions are worse thnn at any time since the boxer outbreak. Conger asked for additional instruc tions, presumably upon the extent to which he should go toward joint aetiou with the representatives of other pow ers. the cabinet meeting Secretary Hay stated that there would be no •change in instructions to the minister, ■who is left to act largely on his own discretion, the government policy of independent action so far as it is pos sible being impressed upon him again. It is understood in official circles, liowever, that he is given practically baud to do what he thinks best in any extreme crisis. CHINA -IS IMPOTENT. At the Chinese embassy it is esti mated that China’s total land army on a peace footing amounts to 300,000 men and 1,000,000 men ou a war foot ing. It is estimated that the army as a whole has no unity or cohesion; there is no proper discipline, the weapons are long since obsolete, and th*e?e is no transport, commisskriat or medical service. At the ead of the war with Japan the Chen Hai and the Kang Chi alone remained te China of her boasted Pel yang ?qu*dron. MANY AMKBICANS IN THE EMPIRE. At the 6tate department it is estima ted that there are 12,000 American citizens living in tbs empire of China. More than one : third are missionaries. Those not in the missionary field are engaged in mercantile pursuits, ship ping, mining and railway construc tion. The missionUrios fcrte scattered. Abfcuft three htondred. are Tien Tsin district, where the Boxers concentrating. IJnloss the missiona ries in the oountry reach Tien Tsin City, where marines and blue jackets from the Newark are, their lives are in peril. INVESTIGATORS AT WORK. Atlanta Council Committee Prob ing Charges of Alleged Hiscon duct of Mayor Woodward. The official investigation by the At lanta, Ga., city council's committee into the alleged reprehensible acts ol Mayor James G. Woodward com menced Friday. A number of witnesses, among them prominent citizens, were called upon to tell what they knew concerning the alleged couduo* of Atlanta’s chief executive. Neither Mayor Woodward nor his rep resentatives were presftnt, being barred from the deliberations of the commit tee. The investigation was conducted mnch in the manner of the sessions of the county grand jury, the object of the committee being to ascertain if there is sufficient evidence among the witnesses for the prosecution to war rant the holding of an impeachment trial, in which event the mayor will have an opportunity to defend him self. The testimony of the witnesses ex amined at the first session of the com mittee was in effect that Mayor James G. Woodward was so drunk at a recent rneotiug of the board of education as to interfere with the transaction of business; that it was necessary upon one occasion to detain the mayor at the pumping station of the waterworks because of his intoxicated condition; that the mayor had telephoned for a policeman to meet him at the honse of Eva Clark, a white woman, aud had stated to the officer upon his arrival tliat Eva Clark had taken 3100 from his clothes while the clothes were hanging upon the back of a chair; that the mayor had interfered with the workings of the police department in reference to the place of residence of a house of ill fame; that the mayor had been seen in an intoxicated condi tion at th 9 city hall. “WAR OVO,” SAYS OTIS. General Talk* For Chicago I’aper* On Af fair* In Philippine*. Major General E. S. Otis, of the United States army, arrived in Chi cago at 7:20 o’clock Friday morning from San Francisco aud Manila, and left at 1:30 for Washington. Mrs. Otis and daughter arrived in Chicago Thursday night from New York, and the general and his wife aud daughter spent the hours between trains to gether—the ending of a separation of two years. General Otis said, among other things: “The war is over. The guerrilla warfare oau’t last long. To be sure we will have to repress those people for a number of years, but there is no organized force of Filipinos. The depredations that are going on are conducted by robbers nnd drones. The United States troops are now en gaged in defending the inhabitants of the Philippines against the robbery aud murder committed by their own people. But the conditions are generally improving, and in some parts are better than they have ever been. “Wo have 55,000 effective troops under arms in the Philippines. Esti mates regarding the number of inhab itants iu the islands are all wild, but the number is between six and seven millions. The great majority of the people desire peace aud wish to again take up their business pursuits. Busi ness in Manila has again resumed ac tivity aud the inhabitants are peace fully pursuing their avocations. “I cannot see that the administra tion of our distinguished secretary of war has made any mistake in this campaign. We may have made a mis take over there, but, if so, they have been the result of human liability to commit error.” VISITED KRUGER’S HOME, Wife of the President Exchanges Greet ing* With initial) Officers. A special dispatch from Pretoria describes the visit made by of Lord Roberts’ staff to the Kruger resi dence in, Pretoria. It says: “We wore received by a Dutch pas tor, and short!} joined by Mrs. Kru ger. She composedly exchanged greet ing? with her visitors, notified her of their intention to replace the bungher guard by a grnard of British troops. The burghers thereupon laid down their arms on the asphalted porch of the building.” Van Wyck on the Rack. Mayor Vau Wyck of New York was called to the witness chair Saturday in the proceedings agaiust the mayor, the dock cuapuussiouers and Charles W. Moire? president of the American Ice Company, which werebeguu some time ago before Supreme Court Jus tice Cfaynof, ia Brooklyn. Boers Demolish Railway. A Lioyjlon sayp: The Boers nnve torn up twefliy-tine iniles of Lord Roberts’ vital line of railway, between America siding and Roodeval. It is a bold raid and vexatious, but it does not disquiet the military author ities as yet. POSSE SHOOTS INTO STRIKERS Three Killed and Several Others Wonnded In St. Louis Streets. DEPUTIES DO BLOODY WORK Strikers Were Returning From Picnic When the Unlooked- For Trouble Occurred. Last Sunday, in St. Lous, was one of the most eventful and bloody since the great striko of the Transit com pany began, more than one month ago. There were numerous encount ers between strikers and other riotous persons and the constituted authori ties, resulting in throe deaths and wounding of five or more persons, mostly strikers. One of the latter will die. The day was quiet until the after noon, when the police were taken off a number of street car lines for the purpose of giving them a rest, and to test the ability of the Transit company to operate without friction. Cars were in operation during the daytime on all the lines of the Transit company ex cept the southwestern. At night cars were ruu under police protection until midnight on the Park avenue, Olive street, Lindell division and La Clede avenue line. The most serious trouble broke out at 7 o'olock p. m. in front of the six story store building on Washington avenue occupied by the sheriff’s posse comitatus as a barracks aud headquar ters. Several hundred striking street car men had gone to East St. Louis earlier in the day to attend a picnic given for their benefit at Wolff’s grove. Toward evening they began returning home singly, in groups of two or three, or in companies of a hundred or more. No trouble occurred until one of these companies, composed of nearly 150 street car men in uniform and headed by a drum corps, came west on Washington avenue. In their caps some of them had cards bearing these words': “Union or nothing; liberty or death.” The men were marching along the sidewalk on the south side of Wash ington avenue opposite the posse bar racks. They were in a jocular mood, aud as near as can be learned, had no intention of making any trouble. Just as they were passing the bar racks a car at the Park avenue divis ion was going west. A number of the men broke from the line and rushed toward the car, with the intention, it is said, of boarding it and taking a ride. Another statement was made that it was the intention of the strik ers to assault the motorman aud con ductor, whose car was without the usual police guard. A brick was thrown through the car window and a shot was fired. Members of the sheriff’s posse swarmed from the build ing and surrounded the crowd of strik ers about the car, calling upon them to disperse. Other shots were fired and then some of the deputies turned loose their repeating shotguns loaded with buckshot. As far as can be learned only four of the men in the strikers’ ranks were hit. Not a deputy was wounded. Under the commaud of Colonel Cavender the deputies arrested twenty of the strikers and took them into the barracks, where they were searched. Three revolvers and a number of pocket knives were secured aud the prisoners were locked up. The other strikers lied. DEATH IX EXPLOSION. Tbr People Killed and More Fatally Hurt In West Anniston, Ala. Fearful havoc was wrought Saturday morning by the explosion of a huge boiler at the Duke brick works West Anuiston, Ala Two persons were killed instantly by the explosion; one died a few hours afterwards, two others are expected to die, aud six others are tjured more or less severely. HOBSON COMING HOME. Hero of tha Merrlmac Sulfur* From Lonf Sorrier In the Tropic*. Naval Constructor Richmond Pear boq Hobeon, who became famous through the sinking of the Merrimac at Santiago, has been condemned by a medical survey board on the Asiatic station aud recommended to be re lieved from his present duties and ordered ibnWntouce. i iff, It is uot believed that his health is necessarily undermined, but he is suf fering from long service in tropical slimates. It may not be to order his retirement. OFFICIAL RECEPTION Is Given Boer Peace Envoys At Omaha, Nebraska—All Par ties Are Represented. Envoy Weasels, of the Orange Free State, was given a big official recep tion by Omaha, Neb., Saturday. It was marked as being of a wholly non partisan character. Governoar Poyn ter, Populist, presided over the mass meeting; Mayor Moores, Republican, welcomed the envoy for the city; Cap tain H. E. Palmer, chairman cl the Republican state central committee, was secretary of the meeting aud read a number of communications; T. J. Mahoney, a Cleveland gold Democrat, made a stirring speech, and William J. Bryan was present and on call the audience expressed his sympathy for the struggling republics. At the Creighton theater a crowd of several thousand greeted Mr. Weasels. “You don’t hear the truth about us,” said he. “England has all the cables ard holds the ear of the world. You know the history of the Boers, for the Americans, I find, have read more than any other people on earth. You know how Kruger went to Europe twice aud begged and entreated for liberty; you have read how Steyn has studied about the free nations of the world; he knows all about the Ameri can government, and when the English people say that we were the aggressors and threatened to drive the English people into the sea, do yon think that those two men would think for a mo ment that they could do such a thing? Why, there are only 250,000 people in both our republics, from the smallest infant to the men bigger than I am.” Calls were heard for Mr. Bryan and he finally responded in an impassion .ed address, fie spoke in part as fol lows: “I came as a citizen, an American citizen, to be present with other Amer ican citizens to meet the representa tives of the Boer republics; to join with you in expressing to them our sympathy for their cause and, as I earnestly believe, the sympathy of a great majority of the American people. I trust that the day will never come when a nation fighting for liberty will look in vain to the American people for sympathy and aid.” AUDITOR’S REPORT In the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Case—Papers Con stitute Four Volumes. An Atlanta dispatch says: Four larg* volumes of closely printed type written pages constituted the report in the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, whioh was filed by Auditor T. A. Hammond in the su perior court Friday. As there are several hundred per sons directly aud others indirectly af fected by the finding of the auditor, the report is more than ordinary in terest. The auditor decides that stockhold ers who had filed notices of withdrawal should not be allowed any preference over other stockholders. Another interesting point decided was that the withdrawing members were not entitled to be classed as creditors. He held further that if directors and officers of the association were receiving salaries from the asso ciation not warranted by its assets, the conduct of these directors in receiving the salaries was not such a wrong to the stockholder as would warrant a judgment being entered against the various directors to recover back the salaries paid. In his report Auditor Hammond also makes an important decision in fixing the liability of the borrowers. He re ports 816,000 against the Bates-Farley Savings bank in favor of the associa tion. me Southern Mutual case is one of cousiderable magnitude. It is be lieved to be the largest of its kind in the country, and has attracted more than local attention ever since the col lapse of the association several years ago. The amount of money that the stockholders will get will depend largely upon the sum collected by the receivers. Auditor Hammond has listed the amounts standing to the credit of all. According to the report, between the time of its organization and until the appointment of receivers some three years ago, the association lost about £150.000. FIRST SUB-ORGANIZATION Of the "Cotton Grower**’ Launched By Troup County, Ga., Farmer*. At LaGrange, Ga., last Saturday the farmers, merchants, bankers, cot ton manufacturers, ginners and other trades and professions of Troup coun ty assembled at the oonrt house for perfecting the first sub-organization of the state association of “Cotton Growers. The meeting was largely attended atffl great enthusiasm mirked th| pro ceedings, whicti' enltmiHited ra to Troup county the distinction of first leading off in a movement which is perhaps the most important ever yet undertaken in the interest of the southern farmers. PoTorty. Here a frail woman in a tot* , flhawl entered and laid a Pen ]!*** the counter. “Give me two^nJ 1 ° Q half pounds of Sunday newgpaj,* * she said, in a hollow voice, iftal i had gone out the proprietor of th° pl.ce told that ,Z such a meagre supply of this , U p 2 necessity suffice for a family 0 f teeu persons,—Detroit Journal. Revolution in Water Travel. Experiments have proven that venil with propellers which Imitate the Ash’? S'" 1 develop a remarkable propollin* * V will cause a revolution in water trave7 w gradually learn that Nature’s wavs , Mea One cause of the remarkable suc7V V.? 1 ’ tetter’s Stomach Bitters springs from ,El n°*- that it is a harmless, natural mi.uTu m.U of Nature smost strengthening herbs’if? 1 * sure cure for constipation, Indlaestinn JL* 1 pepsla, biliousness or weak kidneys. 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