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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established ISSO. - Incorporated ISSS
J. H. ESTILL, President.
PROPOSES A PROTECTORATE.
EMPEROR KWAVi HSU WANTS TO
Kiu: I'\DER POWERS.
Wonld Like to Have Dowager Em
pre*n Declared n l *irper— Vluoli
Would Re Involved in the Con
quest nnd Dlomfinhermeut of
( lilna—Fighting I* tiolng on in
In Pekin’s Streets and Foreigners
Are in Great Danger.
Tendon. June 12.—The Shanghai corre
spondent of the Daily Express, telegraph
ing yesterday, says:
"Wen* Tung Ho. Emperor Kwang Hsu’s
tutor and confidant, who was dismissed
by th£ Dowager Empress after the coup
d'etat In 1898, sends with the special sanc
tion of the Emperor and his party, in
cluding three viceroys, a message to the
people of the West. In part, it is as fol
lows:
"His Majesty convinced, through
Amply trustworthy sources, that the loyal
support of many scores of millions of the
Chinese will be accorded to his proposals
for putting to an end, the state of an
archy, brought about by the action of
the Empress Tsi Tsi.
“ ‘The government of China being vir
tually non-existent, the Emperor proposes
that the foreign Powers whose troops
dominate the capital shall remove his im
perial person from the palnce in which
His Majesty is confined a prisoner, shall
declare Empress Tsi Tsi and her present
ministers to be usurpers, and shall bring
Emperor Kwan Hsu to Nanking, Wu
chang or Shanghai.’ whichever the said
foreign Powers deem to be most rmif
rbl- situation for the new ,'r.ita] of the
Chinese empire, under the new condi
tions.
Wonts' a -loin* Protectorate.
‘ Tt is proposed bv His Majesty and b'~
advisers that the foreign Powers should
declare a joint protectorate and under
take the task of governing the country
through His Majesty ’
The message suggests that the prote?to
ate should abolish certain beards in Pekin
appoint new- ministers; abolish the exist
ing so-called armies; establish genda--
iTKrie under foreign officers; tak® control
of the custom?, posts nnd telegraphs and
work them through Chinese officials; es
tablish a uniform currency; readjust tax
ation and insure the freedom or religion.
“Weng Tung Ho. who predicts a peace
ful acceptance of such a regime, goes on
to say:
*' ‘China is ripe for the change of tide
■which the reactionaries vainly reek 10
stem. If *t should be so, on the other
hand, the the foreign powers ?e ious’y c:n
templare the dismemberment of the Chi
nese empire, they have before them oe
huge task of faring dense millions who,
although lacking in training, and who
make but contemptible soldiers, possess
boundless powers of passive re^istehee,and
would be able to wear cut the pcitien e of
any European ruler seeking to govern
without regard to the prejudices of
the oldest civilization.* ”
“‘The conquest and division of* China
wcull bv ? osibfe with 1*0,00) troops, but
to retain the government would require
ITKo.hO soldiers and centuries of work.
The task* wculd end with the most unhap
py results for both conquered and <• n
quer >if.
His Majesty and his advisers beg
America and Japan to pause before re
sorting to disrrcmVfvn ent, whi h can b -
d-terred at least un‘ 1 the Ernperoi’s ci
forts to govern his p ople and fo restore
ihe happiness of t is great division of Du
human race have p-ove 1 abortive If‘the
people ar' a-sur-d that the Powers or
guiding and prot c:?cg His M. jeuy ;:n!
do not intend to swallow the country
vi ee-meal. they and the soldiers will re
tu u unquosti ra My to -he allegiance frOai
whicii The Empress diverted them.’ ”
Acre Anti-Forejftu Actions.
rxiiKton. June 12, 3 a. m.—The last mes-
Fn " e out of Pekin to reach London, left
tnere yesterday .morning at 11 o’clock,
going by way of the Russian telegraph
through Manchuria, the Tien Tsin line
cI,L rt is os follows:
Con. Tung, a Mohammedan, extreme
ly hostile to foreigners, arrived here this
morning, and hod a long audience with
Prince Tuan, father of the heir apparent,
"ho is seemingly friendly to the Boxers.
Prince Tuan has been appofrited chief of
the foreign office over Prince Citing, who
ls 11 ' 1 ? orc fr lendly toward the foreigners.
"! he disputc-h of more marines was in
response to a telegram from the minister?
to the consuls m Tien Tsin for additional
troops, conveyances have left Pekin to
meet the troop? coming by the first train.
“Tlk* arrival of the Empress Dowager
has rendered the city somewhat more quiet
titan it had been recently. The Protesi
have ere.icd a barricade befor > the
building in whi*h they have taken refuge,
aur] t hey have a small guard. The Catho
lics are concentrated north, of the C.nliv
dral, under the protection of u French
guaid of twenty-live m* • who will hold
to the end. I am convinced that IV
kiii, especially the Tartar city, is safe.
Tien Tsin the Viceroy finally con
sented to furnish transport for a relief
force of 400 under an • American com
mander. The partial restoration of fho
railway is expected tt) be effect*,i by to
morrow. More massacres of Christians
are reported.
Street Fighting In Pekin.
Shanghai, under yesterday's date, ea
hlos that there ha.- been street fighting In
Pekin since early Sunday afternoon. The
Russians are making large purchases of
canned provisions at Shanghai, and every -
thing points to an outbreak of hostilities.
The Shanghai cotrrspondcnt of the Dully
Telegraph, in a dispatched 'dated yester
day. at 1:40 p. in., says:
"Reports from the Vttn N'an F't district
say that the French minister has tele
graphed that a crisis is imminent, and
that he is advising all foreigners to evac
uate Tun Nan."
All the telegrams Indicate that the sit
uation has not In the ' least improved.
On the contrary, the disorder has spread
from the neighborhood of Pekin to the
capital Itself, which Is growing turbu
lent in anti-foreign demonstrations. In
addition to the burning of Ihe Pekin Club,
the secretary of the Belgian legation has
Keen roughly handled in the streets. Hos
tile crowds continue to demonstrate
■gainst the legations. Two thousand in
ternational troops are approaching the
elty, and the advance guard is due to ar
rive to-day, (Tuesday).
A European Demonstration.
The United States, according to dis
patches from Copenhagen, hove given
"hearty adhesipn" to the scheme for an
European demonstration. The Russian
minister in Pekin, who also acts as the
envoy of Denmark. Is credited with hav
ing sent a dispatch to the Danish foreign
office to the effect that n demonstration
had been planned, under the leadership of
England and Russia, in which el tie
great Powers and several of the smaller
will take part. The latter are not called
upon to send troops, as there nrc enough
on the spot; but they arc to Ire asked to
delegate the right to hoist their flags to
the great powers in order that a.demon
stration may fc; ma le or a b.ilt e fought
under the Hugs ol all Europe. Japan uud
the l nited States have been informed, and
agree to the arrangement.
ruiiK Ii A.'linen ibMirgnuised.
The Pekin correspondent of the Times,,
telegraphing yesterday, says':
“< hanges have been made in the Tsung
Li Yanien. One Chine.se has been retired
and four Manchus, rigidly conservative,
liavo been appointed. Prince Ching, the
only member with a knowledge of for
eign affairs, has been superseded by
Prince Tuan, a powerful supporter of tire
Boxer brotherhood."
Tne Times, commenting upon tlre reor
ganization of tne Tsung r.i Yamen, con
siders its signfieance unmistakable, and
says:
“It means that the .Empress Dowager
has finally thrown off the mask and has
resolved to stake everything on her anti
foreign policy. Prince Tuan is a creature
of the Empress, one of the chief patrons
of the Boxers and a representative of the
most reactionary party in China.
“If the Empress is to have her way,
the position of no foreign Power in China
will bo wortii a month's purchase, and
Western civilization will disappear from
the country altogether."
. KEMPFF MD IT I S SERIOUS.
Another Hundred Marinos to Re
Sent to 13iin From Maniln.
Washington, June 11.—The navy depart
ment has received the following cable
gram from Admiral Kempff:
"Tong Ku, June 11.—Secretary Navy,
Washington. In case all communication
Pekin cut,not able go alone;if other nations
go will# join to relieve Americans, pend
ing instructions. Situation serious. Bat
talion of marines from Manila has been
urgently requested. Answer. Kempff.”
Upon receipt of the above, Secretary
Long sent the following cablegram to Ad
miral Remey at Manila:
"Navy Department, June 11.—Remey.
Manila. Send by Folace immediately, all
dispatch, to Kempff I°9 marines,arranging
if practicable that after landing Solace
shall continue homewafd voyage as pre
viously ordered. Long."
The following undated dispatch has been
received at the navy department:
‘‘Secretary of ‘the Navy. Forces landed
by different nations Opening communi
cation to Pekin Americans joined.
‘Kempff.’’
Admiral Ke.r.n’T also reports the arri
val of the Mono icy at Taku.
Minister Cor.ger was heard fr m again
this morning to the effect that the Pno
'ling Fu missicnari s are safe up 10 the
present; that the Chinese government has
sent troop:* th.re, and .promises ample
pro:action to the mis-i n. though it is
not thought 1 hat this protection will in
sure permanent safety.
Minister Conger’? View*.
According to Mr. Conger, it is imp s
-oihle a; th s moment to .-end any foreign
Tore s from Pel* in to Pao Ting Fu. Mr.
(’enger’s cUub as to jb re man (f
th • ability o protect the mis
sions is in line with his previous expres
sions of opinion, indicating a belief in his
mir.d that he f w Chinese generals who
are disposed to protect th® for-igners are
to Vo overcome by the ri men. at the
Chinese court which Is favorable io the
Boxers.
The -.ritude of 4he United St?tes gov
ernment respecting the Boxrr troubles
having been misrepresented in certain
quarters, it can be stated authoritative
ly that up <0 this point not the first step
has been taken toward sending any
troops lrorn Gen. MacArthur’s army in
the Philippines to China. It was decide!
last we* k that none of the troops could
be spared, if wanted, nnd that none would
be spared, even if they could be, for such
.1 purpose in <he present aspect 0? the
- Chinese .trouble--
Attitude of United States.
Mr. Conger asked for further instruc
tions, nnd was directed to proceed with
energy in the protection of American in
terest and more esp* *. iai-y with the pro
tection of ihe American citizens in China.
He was warned, however, 1104 10 be a
party to any alliance or combination of
rroups df Powers, lie was to act inde
pendently whenever this was practicable,
although he was not forbidden to take
concurrent notion \vi!h other diplomatic
re on si ntatives if sudden necessity should
arise for it. He was to do nothing 10
commit Ihe United States in its future
action. The traditional policy of the
United States 5n this respect was to be
strictly observed.
Secretary Long this afternoon slated
thru h had sent no direct answer to" Ad
miral Kempff. nor \.n* such an answer
necessary in view <*f the subsequent cable
gram to Admiral Remey at Manila.
The reinforcements* in the shape of 100
additional marine: , which will come to
him from Manila in the course of a week
would indicate the department’s position
suffi-k*itlyJi will take tkft S>lace a full
week to make the trip, according to the
estimate of the nova: officers, for it te
about 2,000 mdes from Manila to Taku.
It i? evident that tne navy department
approves all Admiral Kempff has done up
to this point at least, ns is shown by the
di-inclination to hamper him by instruc
tions.
( \UGIIT INCENDIARY BOXER.
Swat lnilct) Over Fnt£ of For
eigners Felt in Pekin.
Ti?n Tsirt, June 11.—An American offi
cer wl o las just arrivtd from the front
for i revisions reports that the forces are
repairing th r ‘ track between 1.0 i'a and
Barg Kang.
He caught a Boxer last evening who
was attempting to set tin to a I.ridge and
1) (!Htv VI :a I corpses, evidently the hod
i s of men killed l.y troops of Gen. Ni It.
The fifth train loft at :> p. tn. to-day with
prov slot s t .rest •anxiety is felt In r - re
vp ct.ng the lute of the foreigners in Pe
kin.
The troop- cannot tea, h tile capital la
fore Tuesday night, and the fear Is that
un attack will lie made before then.
it Is reliably assorted that the Russians
will iand over 1,70(1 men with artillery to
night. provide 1 they can got transport
over the Taku hay.
WHY MORE BRITISH W ENT.
I't rm r. ess of I lilted Stntes Consul
nntl Cn[it. MeCalln.
Tien Tsln.-JJunday. June 10.—It Is learn
fd that but fior tho firmness of the United
States Consul and Capt. McCa'.la, of the
Newark, in charge of the. American land
ing party, and the British consul, there
would have been further delay In dis
patching the International Guards to Pe
kin, and the majority of the forces would
not have, been British.
At a meeting of the consuls and com
manders of troops last evening, when the
necessity for the immediate dispatch of
troops was considered, the representatives
of two European power* questioned tie
necessity, an I afterwards disparaged the
idea that the British force should prepon
derate.
The Anglo-Americans, however, insist
ed and carried their point. The Ameri
cans. generally deplore the smallness of
tho United States force here. At the
same time they are ready to defer to
. (Continued on Fifth Page.)
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. JUNE 12. 1900.
POSITION OF GOV. STEPHENS.
AY ILL CALL OUT THE MILITIA AS
SOON AS IT IS NEEDED.
Saya the Action of the Republican
Alnyor of St, I.ou in In Enron raging
the Sir ikern—Sheriff and Police
Commissioner* Have a Large
Force at Tlielr Command-Neirn
i papern on the Fence—Only Span
niodie Outbreak* So Far.
Jefferson, City, Mo., June 11.—Gov.
Stephens to-day gave out the following
statement regarding the St. Louis strike:
"Vigorous action has been taken by the
slate government and St. Louis police
department to enforce respect for law in
St. Louis, and protect life and property.
The Republican Mayor, however, who is
o candidate for renomination, not desiring
to offend, positively refuses to co-operate
with us, which lends encouragement to
the lawless element and impedes our
progress towards restoration of normal
conditions.
"As Governor, I have, conscienciously
and fearlessly done my duly as my judg
ment directed. I have requested that 2,-
£OO emergency policemen be sworn in, and
that the sheriff summon a posse of 2,500
additional able-bodied and l&w-abidjng cit
izens to serve under the direction of the
police commissioners.
Military Not Yet Needed.
"Up to this hour it has not been deem
ed necessary by the Police Commission
ers of St. Louis to order out the militia,
the commissioners yet believing that they
■ ire equal to the emergency. There have
been only .spasmodic outbreaks, which the
police and deputy sheriffs have, been able
to manage. The stripping of the wo
men was done by three girls, between
the ages of 14 and 16. A saloonkeeper
was plso arrested cn suspicion of being
implicated It war. not thought best to
order out the militia to shoe* them. The
g*:rls have been tried and sentenced to
terms in the Industrial Home for Girls.
“Most of the newspapers in St. Louis
endeavor to stand in with the lawless ele
ment, as well as with the better element,
and think it popular to withhold sup
port from state officers and constantly
criticise every act of <he police authori
ties.
Mi**onri** Force* Ready.
“We have four regiments in Missouri,
consisting altogether ob about 2.510 men.
The First Regiment, with two hours no
li* e. will he ready for duty. The three
other regiments can be mobilized in St.
Louis within ten hours. Camping sites
have be n selected in the city and details
ail arranged, and as scon as I am in
armed by the proper authorities that a
tumult, e.ists n L ; t. Louis and that a
condition of lawlessness aid disorder pre
vail? with which the city authorities are
unable to the National Guard will
be called but to enforce the law and pre
vent further disorder and acts of violence
without delay.”
MORE QUIET DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
Tfnyor Zipcenhelm Issue* Procla
mation Against Mob*.
ft. Louis. Jure 11 —Sunday s s ones of
disorder and bloodshed were followed by
comparative quiet throughout the city.
Lust night’s riot was the all-absorbing
topic. The gen ral opinion was that the
deputies had done their full duty, although
there was much regret that human lives
had ben sacrificed in the affair. The
.strikers and their syn.pathUers, Licweveih
claimed that the men were shot down in
cold blood.
The general manager of the Transit
Company announced to-day that cars
would he operated until midnight to-night
oi. the J.aClede avenue. Market street,
Olive street, Washington avenue and Park
avenue lines. I p to 10 oh lock no r. ports
of disorder had born received by the chief
of pol.ee.
Mayor** Proclamation.
In answer to a letter directed by the
chief of police this evening- to Mayor
Ziegenhelm, the following proclamation
was issued by tup latter:
“Whereas, during the pendency of the
present railway Strike, and the crisis
thrcugii which the city is now passing,
it is of the utmost public importance that
ill excitement be suppressed, and that no
acts of any kind be done which may tend
;o produce or create excitement in public
places, such as (the assembling of crowds
or groups of persons, upon the streets, the
clitscusarion of ihe situation, boisterous lan
guage or the discharge of firearms or fire
works. , *
“Therefore. I. the undersigned. Mayor
of the city of St. Ix>uis, do hereby pro
claim and direct that oil persons in the
city of St. Louis, refrain from gathering
in numbers on the public streets, or In
public places; that all persons, particu
larly women and children, remain in
doors, as much os possible until the pres -
ent situation is relieved, that jeering >r
abusive language, or language calculated
to prove tee a breach of the peace be not
indulged In.
“And all persons are especially warned
against, the discharge, within the city
limits, of firearms of any kind, and
against the bring and exploding of bombs,
torpedoes, or any species of ilreworks.
“All minors are warned to ke£p within
doors during the next three days, and par
ents are notified that all minors found
out of doors between one hour after sun
set and one hour before sunrise are sub
ject <o arrest and imprisonment under the
provisions of the statutes of Missouri.’*
Will He Enforced.
President Harry It. Hawes of the police
board said to-night that ihe Mayor’s
proclamation would* be rigidly enforced.
Inquests will be held on the victims of
Sunday’s riot by the coroner to-morrow
morning, Hiatementg made to-day by
witnesses weie as conflicting as those of
Sunday evening, and difficulty Is antici
pated in reaching a verdict which will tlx
the exact 1 esponslbility.
President Mahon of the Street Railway
Union t< Jay s<n* a telegram to President
■ •
Labor, requesting co-operation and as
sistance, and declaring ihat the fight in St.
Louis had gone beyond the limit of any
battle ever wnged by organized labor in
the history of the country.
At a mass meeting of strikers and sym
pathizers at the West End Coliseum to
night the action of the posse men in shoot
ing the strikers in Sunday’s riot was de
nounced.
A commltttee of ten was appointed to
prosecute the men who did the shooting.
AM I-Sr.lllTK THOI ULUS.
battalion of Infantry Sent to
Konltz in Prussia.
Graudenz, Weft Prussia, June 11.—A
battalion of infantry has been sent to
Konitz. about fifty miles northwest of
this place, where, owing to the mysteri
ous murder of a schoolboy, there have
been for several weeks past anti-Semitic
disturbances, which culminated yesterday
in serious excesses and the destruction
of a synagogue* .
YOIAG NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.
He Hail Planned to \**nnlt Farmer
Stringer** Daughter*.
Thomasvllle, Ga., June 11.—Rer.ny Jef
ferson, a sn>a.ll black negro 22 years old,
was lynched near Metcalf) a small village
ten miles from Thomasvllle, on the Monti
cello branch railroad, this morning about
10 o’clock, by unknown parties.
Jefferson, who had grown up in that
neighborhood, f had been working for Em
ory Stringer, a respectable white farmer,
who lived near Metcalf.
'Mr. Wringer is fhe father of two daugh
ter.* a tout grown, nnd two son*, and Sat
urday night was away from home. The
sons alro intended spending the night
away from home, but it seemed had
changed their minds, and had not gone.
The negro, thinking fhe family no longer
protected, had secreted himself under the
house, and awaited his opportunity.
One of the girls, about IS years of one,
on passing out of the house for some pun* -
l>ose. was encountered by the brute, fhe
screamed and fainted. This alarmed the
other members of the household, and the
negro fled. but. he had been recognized.
Sunday morning he was caught and con
fined in the. coda boo *e at Metcalf. This
morning, afier midnight, he was
taken to the outskirts of th© vil
lage, hung to a tree and riddled with bul
lets. It is said that he confessed hla in
tention was to ravish both girls and kill
them if they did not keep quiet.
The coroner’s jury gave a verdict of
death by unknown hands.
NATIONALS AYE RE DEFEATED.
Reported Engagement With Colom
bian Revolutionist*.
Washington, June 11.—The following dis
patch has been received at the navy de
partment :
“Colon. June 10.—-Secretary Navy,
Washington: It in reported that an en
gagement hias taken place, resulting in
the defeat of the rational forces vester
day. By their exchange of Panama na
tional forces retreated, ammunition near
!y exhausted; they have reinforce! an 1
ordered to renew attack. Loss in killed
and wounded, five officers. Reports are
very conflicting. I shall remain here.
"Logan.”
The cablegram was from Commander
Logan of the cruiser Madras, which has
been lying on the Gulf side of the Isth
mus of Fan a for the. past month
watching American interests in that vi
cinity. The message w as considerably
mangled. It is believed that the Com
mander meant to say that it appeared
from the reports of the exchanges at
Panama that the national forces have
been defeated. The latest reports from
the eastern i>ort of Colombia, however,rep
resents the total defeat of the insurrec
tion.
CUBANS WANT TO GO SLOW.
Better Element Favor* Delaying In
dependence a While.
Havana, Jure 11.— Of late Gov. Gen.
Wcod has had many callers—among them
lawyer*, tank rs, merrhan sand even
two members of the former cabinet, who
hay a taken the position that the United
State* gyvcrr.m- nt i geirg ahead tio
fast in t ! e and rcc ion of g -anting inde
pender.ee to C ba.
Those who take this ground assign it
as the reason for their decision not to
join in the coming elections. They point
out that th<r is not a single candidate
in the island wh > is net a professional
politician, and they argue that to turn
Cuba over to men oi this class would
mean her absolute ruin.
The? 4 * vtsTsr <Trct statement-'! were
re ult of a i into vi w with Gen. Wood
publish*d by the Disctisi n. in which he
was reported as saying that in all prob
ability a constitutional convention would
i e called in September next, consisting oi\
al! the mayois ole ted. Business circles
were thoroughly alarmed by this an
nouncement, although (here is no doubt
that a great majority of the people re
ceived it with favor.
THE GOLD COAST TROUBLES.
Carter I>f*loricd flic lleholf\ lint Had
liravy Losses.
London. June 11.— Col. Wlllcocks, In
command of the Ashanti relief expedition,
cables from- Phrahsu, under date of June
9, as follows:
“Have just received a message from Col.
'Carter, from Kwisa, reporting that he
advanced June 6. effecting a junction with
Capt. Hall at Bekwai. He found the rebel
forces strongly fortified at Dompoassi.
The tight continued for a long time, mid
the enemy were dislodged, but, on aoccur t
of the loss of seven. European officers,
wounded, and ninety other casualties, he
was unable to advance end returned to
Kwisa.
“There if. no news from Kumassl. Hall
is at Esumeja and Bekwai, which is
friendly.
“Kokofu and Adanel are in a state of
rebellion. The Donglassi are probably
joining the rebel forces.’’
PKISOMIRS TRIKO MITIW.
Porto It lea n Jailbirds Who Did Not
Like T'lielr Fou<l.
San Juan. Porto Rico. June 11.—Five
hundred Inmates of the penitentiary mu
tinied to-day, refusing to take breakfast
or to work. They asserted that the food
was not fit to eat and the leader struck
the warden in the face. The penitentiary
is guarded by a detachment of twenty
members'of the Porto Rican regiment.
The prisoners attempted to rush the
troops, who fired three volleys at the wall
or in the air. Three of the inmate-* were
injured by splinters, though not seriously.
The military authorities then railed out
a company of regulars, but the native com
pany quelled the disturbance before the
regulars arrived.
ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY.
Official* of u York Ire TrnM Will
Soon lie Tried.
New York, June 11.—The officials of the
American Ice Company, who were re
cently held by Magistrate Zeiler in $5,000
bonds for the grand Jury, probably will
be tried on the charge of conspiracy Wed
nesday next, before the Court of Special
Sessions.
District Attorney Gardiner to-day sent
the papers in the case to the Court of
Special Sessions, and the Arsons held will
p>ad before that court unless some mo
tion is made to transfer it.
An Inspector Sent for.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jun* 11.—In response
to a telegram from Fourth Assistant Post
master Gene ral Bristow, Poatoffice In
spector Fletcher will go at once to Ha
vana to assist dn Investigating the. mat
ter of Neely’s alleged defalcation and the
tangled state of affairs the Vo*’office
,at Havana.
BOERS GET IN THEIR WORK.
LOSS OF THE DERI* YSH IRES WAS
A SEVERE III.OW.
Fonrtli Tlnttnlinn of That Headmen*
Nearly All Killed, \\ on lined or
Captured In (lie Iteeent Operation*
North of Kroanalnd—Rrlti*li 4 -
tlncr Ready to Drive Out the Ma
rnuderM—Mnchadoilorp I* Now the
Capital of The Trnnavaal.
London, June 12. 3:30 a. m.—Fifty thous
and British troops are within half a hun
dred miles of the marauding Boers north
of Kroon?tad. and they are expected, of
course, to make short work of them. Nev
ertheless, outside of the slender war office
telegram?, no one knows what in going
on.
South of Kroonstad there is a wide gap.
The railway is only partially defended
nnd, as Gen. Kelly-Kenny has hurried all
the available troop* north, the assumption
is that there Is n danger of a second 1 raid.
The loss of the Derbyshire* is estimated
nt from 600 to 700 men.
A dispatch from Maseru, dated June 11,
says:
"Fifteen hundred Boers surrendered to
Gen. Brabant to-day in the Ficksburg
district."
Maehadcdorp has been officially pro
claimed the capital of the Transvaal. A
Lorenzo Marquez dispatch says that the
village has swollen into a email city, the
majority of the new inhabitants living in
tento.
An official Boer telegram asserts that
Hie British have been defeated, with con
siderable loss, at Donkerspoo-rt. in the
southern extremity of the Free State, ten
miles from Nervals ponC It was thought
that this district had been cleared of
Boers and rebels long ago.
The Boers still cling Laing’s Nek;
bur Gen. Boiler's forces are still work
ing fnr around in that direction.
Lord Roberts has wired Gape Town that
prior to Wednesday, he. liberated 1M offi
cers and 3,500 cf the rank and file. The
Boers Consequently only took ofF 000.
Schreiner Mn.v Beslan.
Mr. Schreiner, the Cape Premier, bid
eight supporters out of forty at n caucue,
cailevi fo consider the ministerial pro
gramme. J. X. Merriman, treasurer, and
J. W. Soper, commissioner of public
works, have resigned from the cablne,;
and Mr. Schreiner’s own resignation
believed to bo imminent, although h may
reconstruct the ministry with the aid of
the opposition. The cabinet situation is
so interesting that Sir Alfred Milner will
postpone his trip north.
Food is still scarce at Mafeking, but the
railway is nearly repaired. Seventy-two
rebele have been Arrested in the Vry
burg and Mafeking districts.
Sixty-five w ’o marched injo Mafeking
by two of their Lit? prisoners at Mostia.
All of Gen. Harrington’s force had land
ed at Bfira a week 050 The organiza
li n to invade .the Transvaal from the
north is already far advanced
A ti er deserter who arrived at Maseru
yesterday assorts that 7,00) Bo*rs parti* -
pa ted in the Boerhrantz <ng.\g
hat Gen. Oliver was killed jsnd Gen.
D Viliiers mortally wounded.
The American young women who
nursing in the hospital at Ladyhrand have
b rn alighted by the Boer worn n who are
nursing the Beer rick in the same hospit
al. and have been trade <h - Object of un
pleasant remt-rks. breams the Americans
arc* nursing th? English.
LOSS OF THE DERBYSHIRE*.
Sloor* Killed, Wounded and Captured
tiler* £(M> llrltisli.
Ix>ndon, June 11.—Lieut Gen. Sir Fred
erick Fon sticr-Walker, in command of
the lines of communication in South Af
rb a, rc*x>rl9 that in ihe disaster to iln
troops Juno 7 at Roodevnl, where the Boers
cut Ird Roberts’ line of communications,
the fourth battalion of the Derbyshire
Regiment we re nil killed, wounded or
made prisoners ex.’ept six enlisted men.
Two officers ami fifteen men were killed
and live officers and seventy-two me-n
wounded, many of them severely.
The Boers returned the wounded to the
British. The officers killed were Li-ut.
OcL IJaird-Douglas and Liem. Hawley.
The wounded include Col. Wilkinson and
Lieut. Blanchard of the Canadian Infan
try.
Hen. Foresticr-Walker’s dispatch in full
is a3 follows:
“Cai>e Town, June 10, Sunday. The fol
lowing telegram lias been received from
Charles Knox:
“ 4 Kroons tad—The following casualties,
reported from Roodeval, June 7, received
from Stonham, commanding the Imperial
Yeomanry hospital, dated Rhenost* r Riv
er, Juno H. received here by flag of truce
June 10: The fourth battalion of Ihe Der
byshire regiment (the Sherwood F test
ers)— killed. Lieut, (’o'. 'Baird-Doug las and
Lieut. How ley and fifteen of the rank ami
flic; wounded, Col, Wilkinson, fiji...Bailey,
Lien s. Hall. La wrier and Blanchard, and
fifty-nine of the rank and file; the Shrop
shire Light Infantry, one; Cape Pioneer
Railway Regiment, seven; Ammunition
Park, Royal .Marines and Imperial Tele
graphs. one each; Post office Corps, one.
“ ’Stonham reports that many were
severely wounded and those remaining of
the Fourth Derbyshire* and detail# .f pris
oner*. except i:: o; the rack and file, are
in his ramp. All the wounded are In his
camp, lately occupied by the Fourth Der
byshire*. Inquiries are being made as to
tne names.’ ’’
It i* Inferred that the Boers captured
over TMj m+n, and as late as Juno 10 hold
positions cutting off the British forces
north of Kroonstad from reinforcements.
Methuen Hail a Miff Fifth t.
Another dispatch from Gen. Feres tier-
Walker rfays Gen. Methuen was lighting
within ten miles of Heilbron, June H, as
follows: 4
“Cape Town, Sunday. June 10.—Kelly-
Kenny reports from Bloemfontein this
morning that Methuen, with the greater
part of his division, was fighting early in
the morning of June k ten mile.s south of
Heilbron, where Colville was reported to
b* with the Highland Brigade. Me'huen
loft Linrilry June with ample supples
for himself and Colville, leaving Page to
hold Lindley with a sufficient force and
supplies.
“Kelly-Jvenny has order-ri Knox to
press in the enemy’s outpost, believing
the enemy’s strength to be exaggerated.
“All Is qubt aid there is no anxiety as
rognrds the district to the south. Com
munications north of Kroonstad have
been cut since June (>.“
The news that the shutting off Lord
Roberts’ communication with the outer
world was accompanied by such a serious
loss came like a bolt from a compara
tively clear sky.
In London, until the news came, it was
thought that the destruction of the rail
road was accomplished by Free Skaters,
who were avoiding rather than annihilat
ing the British detachments stationed at
the point attacked.
Nor are Gen. Forestler-Walker's vague
statements regarding Methuen and the
situation at Heilbron looked upon os re
{ assuring. The Boers appear to be In suf-
Ilcicnt strength to completely separate all
tho British forces north and south of a
line stretching some fifty miles between
Roodoval and Heilbron. Methuen’s march
upon the latter place seems somewhat in
the nature of a movement for the relief
of Colville. The only British officer left
at Roodoval appears to be the doctor in
charge of the hospital, which Is full of
wounded.
no Eli FORCES RETIRED.
Roller’* Army Proved More Tlvnti
They Could Stand.
London, June 11. 10:30 a. m.—The follow
ing report from Gen. Roller his been is
sued by the war office:
"Headquarters in Natal, June 11.—The
forte concentrated on the Klip river ay
its junction with the Gansvalel last night.
We anticipated at that defile n force of
the enemy about 3.000 strong, who hod. I
think, intended to occupy it, and he re
tired as soon ns our heavy guns opened,
which were very smartly brought Into
action by Mnj. May of the Royal Artillery,
and ('’-apt. Jones of the Royal Navy.
“The South* African light, horse md the
Second Cavolry Brigade were smartly
engaged while covering our left front.
Our casualties are about six killed and
seven, wounded."
THEY HKFi NK TO SURRENDER.
Heavy Fighting With Boers I* Ex
pected nt Pirk?harg.
London, June 11.—Reports from Mase
ru. Basutoland, June 9, say the Boers
around Ficksburg refuse to surrender, and
severe fighting Is expected, though o dis
patch of June S. from Hammonla, which
is only a few miles* from Ficksburg, soys
the. situation in the southeast corner of
the Orange River Colony is unchanged,
that Gen. Bundle has received the Boer
delegate? sent to negotiate peace terms,
and that the remit t \f the negotiations Is
not known.
KRUGER HAS A ROD) CHARD.
Store* Arc Reported Rapidly Relng
Moved ft* L^dcnhurg.
I
London. June 12.—The Lorenzo Marques
correspondent of the Times says:
“At Macadodorp President Kruger has a
body guard of 1,000 burghers. Stores are
being moved as quickly as possible from
that point to Lydenburg.
“The Portuguese authorities sent fur
ther body of tioops to the border to-day.”
Service* of Cnnunl liny.
London. June 12.—The Dally Chronicle,
which recognizes the “great extent of Mr.
Hay’s services to the British prisoners ar
Watervnl,” says:
“These servicer will not he readily for
gotten. United States Consul Hay has
been practically the only menus of com
munication between London and 5,000 pris
oners; and substantial help of all sorts has
been sent through him.”
Roer* Snrrctid*. v to Hunter.
Yenfersdorp. June 11.—Two hundred and
fifty Boers have surrendered to Gen. Hun
ter. and the remainder in this district
have, promised to give up their arms.
niS.SOH TJfIN A WO! Nt ED.
Schuyler no Longe r a Partner of the
l*alie llrot her*.
New York, Juno 11.—The- dissolution of
thb Sto.k Exchange firm of Paine, Schuy
ler & Cos. was announced from the ros
trum of the exchange to-day.
Tills was in accordance with the action
of the Stock Exchange Governing Com
mittee, which recently notified Sidney S.
S. huyler, the board member, that he must
77W7T— trir mrrn-f-t ifru wbb J. Over no*
f aine and the latter’s brother, Thomas L.
Paine.
According to unofficial statements it was
intimated to Mr. Schuyler that his part
mi ship was nol thought to le for 1 he best
imercasts and repute of the exchange.
The Paines promise •> make a statement
to-morrow revealing ihe so-ealle l animus
of the Stock Exchange governors.
SCATTERING IIAIN* IN INDIA.
Hut the Famine Relief Situation Hus
Not Altered.
London. June 11.—The Viceroy of India
has cabled to the Secretary of State for
India announcing that a good rain has
fallen in Southern India, that there have
been scattering showers elsewhere and
that th meteorological reporter fort
casts a good but late monsecn.
The hot weather, however, still pre
vails. and the famine relief situation has
not altered. There are now about ",SO2-
JAu persons receiving relief.
Tho Standard's correspondent says the
Indian famine mortality estimates are
inaccurate, a* unnumbered dead bodies,
are polluting the streams and spreading
contagion.
Will not drop hi to i plwk.
Senator Jones Siijh ( liicago Flat for in
Will Stand.
Chicago, .Tun* 11.—Senator James K.
Jor.es, chairman of the Democratic Na
tl ral (.Virmltue. arrived in Chicago and
be here several days looking over tho
preliminary work of the coming cam
pa'gn. Wednesday William J.B ryan will
meet Senator Jones here for a final con
ference before the Kansas City Conven
tion. Senator Jones said:
“There Is ahuo’utoly no iru'h in the le
port that 1 wlil end avor to persuade Mr.
Bryan to consent to the dropping of the
H to 1 plank from the platform. There
will b* no a': ndorm nt of any issue of
the Chicago p'afi rm ’
A IIKUIMTION FOR TAILOR.
Not Relieved It Will He Honored I>>
Gov. Mount of Indiana.
Frankfort. Ky., June 11.—Sheriff Suter
held a conference with Commonwealth’s
Attorney Franklin to-day. and afterward
said thus a requisition for the extradi
tion of W. 8. Taylor will he asked for, !
but that he will be too busy to go to In- !
dlanapolis with the requisition for several
days. .
Attorney General Taylor of Indiana,
w ho Is here, does not believe Gov. Mount
will honor the requisition.
Japan Demand* un Audience.
Yokohom . June 12.—The Korean gov
ernment has proposed to postpone the
audience which the Japanese minister has
asked of the Emperor, pending a settle
ment of the questions growing out of the
recent execution of n returned political
refugee. The Japanese government is
reported to have replied with a demand for
an immediate audience.
Death of llelle lloyd.
Kilbourne, AVIs., June 11.—Belle Boyd,
the famous spy of Confederate fame, died
suddenly of heaxt disease at Kilbourne to
night, where gone to lecture. She
was 57 years of age, and known ail over
the country.
DAILY. $S A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMKS-A-WEEK,SI A YEAR
TALK OF BRYAN AND DEWEY
OHIO DEMOCRAT* WOULD LIKE TO
SEFi THAT TICKET.
Plan tn Have Dewey at the Ohio
Convention \\n* Abandoned, bnt
There I* Much Entliii*inpin Over
llie Admiral—AfleLenn Will Not Be
In 4 oliinibiiM—Difference of Opinion
a* to \A lietlier Ohio Democrats
Should ludoree Dewey.
Columbus, O , June 11.—The Democratic
Sime Convention which begin* hero to
morrow follows the re.>ption to Admiral
Dewey of last week. „
It was at one ilme proposed to have Ad
miral Dewey here during the convention,
or rather, to hold the convention Iftst week
while he waa here, but some of the sub
scribers to the Dewey celebration fund ob
jected and the plan was abandoned.
There is much talk about Bryan and
L>ewey being nominated at Kansas City
on the same ticket. During this agitation
for Bryan and Dewey as ihe coming men
for ihe national ticket, there is one man
wanted here above all others at this time,
and that man is John R. McLean, the last
Democratic candidate for Governor and
the acknowledged leader of the Ohio De
mocracy. But til! calls for McLean fail to
get e favorable response. He has an
nounced that he must sail for Europe with
his family next Saturday morning from
New Y’ork and that he cannot attend the
convention in Columbus this week.
Ik* says, furthermore, that he cannot re
turn in time to attend the National Con
vention in Kansas City three weeks hence.
He would bo placed at the head of the
Ohio delegation 10 Kansas City If be would
give a. single wojd of consent, but he de
clines absolutely.
As he is a brother-in-law.of Admiral
Dewey, hD friends say that he dees not
want to appear in the role of urging
fa mi v preference, but they insist that if
Admiral Demy is nut on the ticket with
Bryan without his personal efforts that
be will re urn from Europe at once and
devote himself exclusively to the cam
pdgn In th, interest of Bryan and
Dev.ev.
All who are agitating Bryan and Dewey
as the ticket think (here is no doubt
about the admiral accepting. There is a
diversity of opinion as to whether th's
convention should take the initial step
in endorsing Lewey as well as Bryan for
tlift national ticket.
DKWEY AT GRAND RAPIDS.
Greeted by n Great Throng on HTIi
Arrival There.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. June 11.—A great
throng greeted Admiral and Mrs. Dewey,
as their special train rolled Into the union
depot from Detroit this afternoon. Thay
were Immediately driven to the Morton
House under the escort of former United
States Ambassador Edwin F. Uhl and for
mer United States Consul Charles 8. Haz
eltine.
The Admiral and Mrs. Dewey retired
to their room* at ohee, but later went for
a drive through the city. This evening
Hiey were given a reception in thi City
Hall.
To-morrow* they will review a monster
pageant, which has been arranged in
their honor, the principal feature of
which will be 4he gaily uniformed divis
ions of the Maccabees, who are hold
ing their state encampment here.
TRIAL OF THE KBXTI'CKY.
Will Be Bv.nlr for Her Two Day#
BCfl Trig on June 25.
Washington, June lk—The raval in
spection beard has been notified that tb*
l a ileship Kentucky will be r*ady for
her official two days sea trial cn the 25th
iratant. The tr.al will start from off
Newport, R. 1., where the board will Join
thj slip
'l l ** Kentucky already lies bad her offi
cial speed trial and has been accepted
in .i preliminary way by the navy de
part v civ. The trial yet to take place
is simply 10 make suro that the. machin
♦ '.v and .Mill have developed no weakness
or defect that should be made good by
(Ia coni ractors.
Th ship ha* actually been in commis
sion for several months, and has been
kept near In r home yard so long only
bf an so i> w:s and omed expedient to have
her within reach of speedy repair in ca
some defect should develop.
Kontuckp ill l ain* Henry. '
Gap. Henry, Vo., Juno 11.—'The battle
ship Kentucky, from Hampton Roads,
ifichored In tin* channel at noon. It does
not appear likely that she will change
her position to-day.
IRELAND WHITES MAMfOLLA.
■ ■rotcntH Igalmt a Clin rite Slade In
in a (tonic I'a tier.
Rome, June 11.—The Osserv aore Ro
mano publishes a letter from ArchbUhop
Ireland to Cardinal Kampalla, papal sec
retary of state, warmly protesting ugainst
a recent statement by the Journal de Ge
neve, which he characterizes as "rub
bish” that he wrote <o the Duke of Nor
folk. denouncing the doctrine of the tem
poral ixrwer of the Pope and the methods
of the congregation and the Romau
curia.
Mgr. Irelan 1 declares that he speaks
and thinks with the Pope on such a se
rious matter; and he reserves to himself
the right to repeat these declarations by
word of mouth to Cardinal Rampolla
when next he visits Home In order to
avail hlut.-elf of His Grace’s jubilee, and
to receive the pupal benediction.
ililtllKT IN RIDDICK CASE.
rnnlKhiiient Fixed nt Three 4 ears
for ilaimlanghter.
Richmond, Va., Juno 11.—At Lawrence
ville, 40-day the jury in the case of Rev.
J. fci. R. Riddick, who killed Dr. W. H.
Tempi*, brought in a verdict of man
slaughter ami fixed the punishment at
three years In the penitentiary. Whil*
this verdict was In the nature of a com
promise, It has not been determined
whether the defense will accept it. Th*
public are greatly difpu-tlsfled with it.
Plague at Ills Ipnclro.
Washington, June 11.—Surgeon General
Wyman has received a cablegram from
Dr. Havelberg, the representative of th*
service in Rio Janeiro, saying that ther*
have been I(|6 eases there since May 1
and thirty-one deaths. Dr. Havelberg
doru not specify the epidemic to which he
refers, but Dr. Wyman says.he has no
doubt that it is p'.ague.
The Plugnc In Australia.
Adelaide, South Australia. June II.—A
total of twenty-three deatha from the
bubonic plague is officially teported from
Rockhampton, Queensland. Two fresh
, or* s are reparttd here, one of which
has proved fatal. • /