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HAD TWO BIG ENGAGEMENTS.
EXPEDITION I IVDER FI NSTOX DID
SOME GOOD WORK.
V>nt Airainut 500 KebeU in Moun
tain Stronghold**— Sixty Filipinos
Wore Killed. 1200 Were Captured
and >Bneli Ain inuni I ion Was Sur
rendered—Three Americans Were
Killed—Work of the Commission.
Each Member Has 1 ndertaken
Some Special Feature.
Manila, June 17.—The United S ates
forces hed two engagements of importance
last week.
The troops under Gen. Funston and
Gen. Grant organized an advance, with
parts of five regiments and two guns,
against COO rebels in a mountain strong
hold east of Biancabuta, where it was
supposed Capf. Roberts of the Thirty-fifth
Regiment, who was captured last monta
at San Miguel de Mavurro, was held cap
tive.
The Americans operated under many
difficulties and over an exceedingly
rough country, but the rebels retreated,
only a few resisting and the stronghold
was occupied and burned.
As the result of last week's scouting,
sixty Filipinos were killed, 200 w r ere cap
tured and 300 rifles, with 23,000 rounds of
ammunition, were surrendered. Three
Americans were killed.
Malarial fever has been prevalent since
April in parts of Cavite and Batangas
provinces which are garrisoned by the
Forty-sixth and Thirty-ninth Regiments.
Thirty per cem. of the men of each regi
ment are on the sick list. *Of two bat
talions in Batangas province, one has 130
sick and the other 100.
Work of the Commission.
Judge Taft and his colleagues of the
Civil Commission are studying the diffi
cult legislative phases of the situation,
preparatory to the work of enacting new
laws on Sept. 1, when they assume leg
islative power. The subjects have been
tentatively divided among them as fol
lows:
Judge Taft—Crown lands, land titles, the
church and the civil service—the last
name ! with a view of bringing from the
United States a good class of government
employes who shall eventually replace
army officials in the civil administration.
Mr. Luke Wright—lnternal improve
ments. constabulary, commerce, corpora
tion franchises and the criminal code.
Mr. Henry C. lde—Banking and curren
cy and the organiza on of civil courts.
Mr. Bernard Mos^s—Revenues, taxation
and schools.
The commi-sion rs have established of
fices in the same building with Gen. Mac-
Arthnr an i are rec iving, discussing an i
absorbing the opinions of army and navy
men and of foreigners and Filipinos. The
people of Manila se m pleas and with the
democratic course of the commissioners,
and with their habitually courteous de
meanor. The earlier feeling of disappoint
ment is slowly di an> aring.
PREPARING TtfsENCpTROOPS.
(Continued from First Page.)
transports and available troops can be got
ready.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin late to-night would
neither affirm nor deny the Manila ad
vices that the Ninth infantry would go
to China, but ii is known that troops are
being assembled in Manila for Chinese
service unless reassuring news cornea.
STILL AO \EWS FROM ( HIM.
Navy Department Has Sent \nothcr
Message to Kempt?.
Washington, June 17.—The third day
passed here without a single line of news
from any official source respecting the
critical situation in China.
All day the telegraph offices at the White
House and in the siate, war and navy de
partments were fnanned, hut no word
came. Inquiries of the cable companies
showed chat not only were the Communi
cations by wire with Pekin, Taku, Tien
Tsin and all Northern China suspended,
but the notices conveyed little encourage
ment for the hope that they would be soon
reopened.
The war department early in the day re
ceived the following message from the
Western Union headquarters at New York:
“The only news from the East to-day is
a notice of the interruption of the Great
Northern lines between Blagowestchensk
and Tschita, which cuts off all communi
cation with China and Japan via that
route.”
The line referred to is a land wire run
ning out of P> kin to T.-chita to the. north
and connecting with the Hi ssian Si erian
system. Thence land wires run through
Korea and by a short cable across to Na
gasaki, Japan.
Wired Kemp IV \gnin.
The navy department during the day
made an i ffon *o reach Rear Admiral
Kempff on his flagship Newark at the
Taku forts, at the mouth of the Pei Ho
river. A cablegram was addressed to the
commander of the United States steam
i-hip Ycrktown at Che Foo, the nearest
treaty p rt to Taku, on the northern si- e
of he Shang Tung peninsula repeating
the rrt ssag indited to Admiral Kempff
last Thursday, inquiring as to his situa
tion, the conc.it ons at Pekin at last re
port, and into his need for more men and
ships, and directing the command- r to
• ake the message at once to Taku and
r turn with the answer. The depnrtnnn
is now pretty well assured that the origi
nal message never reached Admiral
Kempff.
The depor:m- nt does rot know’ whether
the m ssege to Che 1-- o - an he delivered
but made the effort, l -otn Chee Fco o
Taku is only a single day's run for the
Yorktown. so that an an-wer from Ad
miral KrmplT should 1 e rece ve 1 by Mon
day n'ght, if Che Fco can he reached to
day.
Failing in tl is < ff' rt, resort will he had
speedily to o h©r measures, if meantime
word is not rcceiv. and from some in
authority in Cl ini. Just what course will
be f llowi and Is not yet determined.
May Semi More Troops.
Meanwhile, if the communications re
main Interrupted with Taku, it is certain
that orders will be s.-nt at once to Manila
to dispatch more naval force, or troops
or transports to reinforce Admiral Kempff
and extend aid to the international relief
co umn. Which, h is b- ginning to be fear
<d, is Itself in sore n * 1 of h Ip.
Gen. Mae Arthur probaby would roq l ©
a few days to prepare a military xi edi
tion, owing *o the Inadvisability of relum
ing his present small garrison in M ni a.
Even Admiral Retney may b - obliged to
delay sending ships, owing to the nb
sence of the smaller craft sultab’e for
such service as js required on scouting
duty among the islands of the archipelago.
The state department to-dav rcc n iv and
numerous telegram** from relitlv sand
friends of Americans in Northern Chinn
and In Pekin, piaylnr for news touching
the welfare of their friends.
MORE FRENCH TROOPS SEAT.
Report of Murder of German Min
ister Kot Confirmed.
Paris. June 17—A cablegram received
to-day from the French consul nt Hong
Kong does not mention the rc|>orted mur
der of the German minister at Pekin o\
the reported destrin ion of the lcg.ttp.ns
there.
The French consul nt Tien Tsin te’e
grapha that the European detachments
Bent to Pekin are advancing vety slowly.
In the recent rioting in Pekin, the consu
reports, the Boxers burned the Protestant
Episcopal establishments in the Chinese
towns. Ail is quiet in the French cn
cession.
French troops with artillery a e being
sent from Tonquin to Tien Ttin. w tre
they will arrive June 23. Others dis
patched from France wifi arrive July 3."
The minister of Marine has order and a
division of cruisers got ready for sea to
reinforce the French Squadr n in Chin se
waters. A transport is also being prepared
to take military reinforcements.
TO PROTECT MISSIONARIES.
Everything Possible Will Re Done
to That End.
Nashville, Ttnn.. June 17—Dr. S. H.
Chester, secretary of the Board of For
e gn Missions of the Southern Presbyter
ian Church has received the following
i frem Washington in rei ly 10 a communi
j cat.on in reftrence to the position of the
missionaries in China:
“We are doing all that is in our power
to obta n information as to the condition
of the various At; ©fr can missions in China
and to rend r them such protect.on and
as is a nee as is possible, in ihe delicate
and difficult cii cumstances which now
prevail dure. The President will not re
lax his efforts in affording all possible
protection to -ur people in China.
‘ John Hay, Secretary of State.”
WORE SEH IOCS THAN EVER.
Rtit Rumors From China Must Be Re
ceived With < untion.
London, June 18.—The morning papers
generally consider the situation in China
more serious than ever, but they advise
that some of (he rumors be received with
caution. The Times says:
“Some days will probably elapse before
definite information reaches us as to
events in Pfkin or as to the progress of
the relief expedition struggling toward
the city.”
I NDER SEALED ORDERS.
Gunhoat Concord Has Left Manila
With Marine*.
Manila, June 17.—The gunboat Concord,
with marines aboard, has sailed under
sealed orders, supposedly for China.
The British cruiser Buena Ventura, has
sailed for Hong Kong with troops and
stores for Hong Kong and Tien Tsin.
MALAY “SN %KE STONES.”
They Are nt LcaMt of Cue in Reliev
ing Wounds In llicted by Fishes.
Letter in Nature.
A good many years ago, when sea bath
ing in the Old Straits of Singapore (i. e.
those separating the island from the Mo
lay Peninsula), 1 put my foot in a slight
muddy hollow in the sandy seabed; the
moment I did so 1 received an agonizing
stab near the ankle (from some red-hot
poisoned blade, it seemed), which drove me
in hot haste ashore, where a Malay con
stable, on hearing what had happened,
and on examination of the wound, pro
nounced my assailant to be the “ikati
sembilang” (sembilang fish), Plotosus can
ius, one of the siluroids, I am informed
by Mr. Boulenger, of the British Museum.
The fish is armed with three powerful
spines on the head, one projecting perpen
dicularly from the top and one projecting
horizontally from each side.
The Malay lost no time in running to
ihe barracks near by. whence he shortly
returned with a little round charcoal
like stone about the size of a small mar
ble. This he presssed on to the wound,
to which it adhered, and remained there
by itself, without any continuation of
pressure, for a minute or more. Then it
fell off, and black blood began to flow*,
which, after a little, was succeeded by
blood of normal color. The pain, w’hich
had been excessively acute, began to di
minish soon after this, and in an hour
had practically disappeared. The wound
gave me no further trouble, but a fort
night afterward I noticed a hole about
ihe size of a pea where the wound had
been.
Another gentleman who. curiously
enough, had suffered in the same way in
another part of Singapore the same d*v.
was not so fortunate in li's cure, being
completely laid up for six weeks.
The black store applied by the Malay to
the wound came, he alleged, from the
h-ad of a snake, and claimed, therefore,
fo be a bezoar s'one. It was. no doubt,
a snake ston©, probably made of charred
bone, and ther fore perous in character,
which would account for the adhesive
ar.d absorptive powers it displayed in my
case.
In bis “Thanatophidia of India.” Sir J.
Fayrer (quoted by Yule in “Hobson-Job
son”) expresses entire disbelief in the ef
ficacy of thfse stenes as remedies “in the
?ase of the real bite of a deadly snake.”
owing to the extreme rapidity with which
n such a case the venom pervades the
system.
However this may be, the late Prof
Faraday, after examination of one of
these j tones, supplied by Sir Emerson
Tennent (quoted by Yule), credits it wi h
cer ain absorb nt powers, and it* woul I
s em a pity that the undoubted value of
uch ston'S. at all even’s in minor cases,
whe e they may save a great deal of suf
fering. should be discredited.
Another remedy, considered of some
value by Malays for the stab of Plotosus
canius Is the 5-ap of Henslowia lobbiana,
which grows freely on the coasts of the
Malay p ninsula.
Among oiher marine offenders of this
lass dreaded by Malays are several va
rieties of the sjea e, or sting ray. “pari.”
as they are gc*nerically called, and some
of the “lrpu,” of which ihe only danger
ous or.©. I have Mr. Boulenger’s author
ity for sa>ing. is the “ienu” proper, viz.,
ynancia iiorrida. When the skate reach 's
a larg size he will drag a fisherman’s
Mice a long way.
Among the Medusae one much dreaded
s known as “nmpai.” from its long
fringes. The effects, unless a remedy can
speedily be found, are painful and trying
o a degree, seeming to penetrate the
whole frame, as it were, electrically, at
once specially affecting the seat of any
dlment, and even the teeth end the hair.
I have never suffered from it myself,
bu( nm enabled to speak to these points
from two cases which came under my
observation. A valuable remedy
f.ir this sting. If applied soon, it? the Juice
->f the young fruit of the papaw (Carica
papaya).
A further illustration of the value of
some native remedies is supplied by a
case which occurred some years ago at
Malacca, during my residence there,
though I cannot state wha* the remedies
employed were.
A young gentleman in the offlo© of the
telegraph company went out to bathe in
th© sea one night from the end of the
pi r ( ;n any case o ra*h proceeding*, if
only for th© occasional pr©sence of croc
odiles!. when he found himself in th*
embrace of com© creature with long ten
tacles. from which. aft©r desperate strug
gle*. he eventually succeeded in freeing
his legs and his arms, and In regaining
the pier. Th© colonial surgeon could do
nothing for him, and he w'a in such tor
ture® that for a time he seemed to have
lost his mental balance, but nine or ten
days after the occurrence a native practi
tioner. being trailed In, cured him com
pletely.
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RODRIGUEZ ELECTED MAYOR.
NATIONALISTS WON 1 GREAT NIC
TORN IN HAVANA.
That Party Hail Solid Orannirntton
nnd Did Hard N\ ork—( lnimeJ lti,-
000 Follower* nnd Polled 15,075
Votes—Mora’s Vote NVas Only 0,554.
Mora Charges the Nationalists
With Frand— Election Waa Very
Quiet and Orderly.
Havana. June 17.—Gen. Alejandro Rod
riguez. Nationalist, w-as yesterday elected
Mayor of Havana, polling 13,073 votes,
against 6.534 cast for Senor Estrada Mora,
independent. The to(al vote fell about
4,500 below the registration.
The National party elected almost its
entire ticket, eighteen councilmen, the
treasurer, one correctional judge and
three municipal judges. The other cor
rectional Judgeship fell to an independent
candidate, as did also the fourth munici
pal judgeship. Of the six other council
men, four are Republicans and two Na
tionalists, who ran independently.
Reports from every part of the island
go to show that perfect order prevailed
at the polls. Not a shot was fired, nor
was there any sign of disturbance any
where.
To an American observer of the election
here, it seemed as if the people regarded
the whole matter with absolute indiffer
ence. There was not even a crowd in wait
ing to near the result declared. Not *i
cheer was raised, nor were there any of
the ordinary indications of election ex
citement, although a demonstration in
honor of the successful candidate will
take place to-night.
Party NVas NVell Organized.
The victory of the Nationalists is chiefly
due to the fact that they were first in the
field and had the benefit of a well discip
lined organization. But as they only
claimed to have about 16,000 members, it is
obvious that a large proportion of the
voting population of Havana, which is,
perhaps, 30,000, was not attracted to the
ranks of the party during the year and a
half prior to the election. This is chiefly
the result of a lack of confidence in the
party leaders.
Another fact demonstrated by the elec
tions is Ihe inability of the Republican
leaders, headed by Juan Gualberio Go
mez and Domingo Mendez Capote, with
their organ. La Discusion. to cut an im
portant figure in the polities of Havana.
The Republican leaders have failed a 1
along the line to justify their numerous
pretension®.
Mora Charge** Fraud.
Senor More contends that he polled a
majority of the voters in the better data
districts and attributes the triumph of
the Nationalists to “fraud and the votes
of the mob.”
Impartial Judges attribute the outcome
to the hard work done by the Nationalist
leaders. Gen. Rodriguez declines to out
line his plans, preferring to wait until
the Havana charter hae been made public,
with it® definition of his powers.
Although the cry of the Nationalist? was
that the people should choose the revolu
tionary leaders because the work of the
revolution was not complete and in order
to prove to the intervening government
that the people of Cuba considered it in
complete, nevertheless many of the lead
ing councilmen elected, and two of those
who were most anxious lo secure the may
oralty. are not in any sense revolution
ists. The people also are asking where
the pacificos are to com© in.
WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
(■or. Gen. Wood Appoints o Commis
sion of Inquiry.
Havana, June 17.—50 many extraordin
ary charges have been published In the
United States that Gov. Gen. Wood has
decided to appoint a special commission,
consisting of one American army officer
and two Cuban civiliahs, to hear testi
mony offered by any who may wish to
make specific charges of malfeasance in
office or of official extravagance. The
commission will have power fully to in
vestigate the charges and to compel the
attendance of witnesses in the court.
Gen. Wood, referring to the matter to
day, sold:
“The time has come when these per
sistent accusations against men holding
office should, for the sake of the office
holders, be faced. Let us have these
charges threshed out and see If there is
anything in them. My desire Is to keep
officialdom in Cuba as clean as possible."
A newspaper in the United States re
cently asserted that Auditor Brooks was
in receipt of J 4.000 a year as salary, while,
as a matter of fact, he receives only Ihe
pay and allowances of a first lieutenant
of cavalry.
Local papers which publish charges
against officials, civil or military, will be
requested to divulge the sources of their
information and also to lay before Ihe
special commission all data and details in
their possession.
WILL BE
(Continued from First Page.)
against the nomination until the last
minute is unchanged. While he admitted
that the situation looked to-night as if
he would be forced into a nomination, he
was hoping that such would not be the
case and was using every rffort to
change the s ntiment. He said 10 the As
sociated Press:
"My place is at the head of the ticket
In New York state. I feel that Mr. Han
na Is right, and hat I can do more to
help Mr. McKinley by running in New
York sta:e ;han I can by being on the na
tional ticket."
Where Woodruff bland*.
Lieut. Gov. Woodruff and his campaign
manager, William Berrl, both asserted to
night that the boom for Roosevelt was
helping their cause.
"If New York and Hanna stand firm
a&nlnst ihe Roosevelt boom It will be ex
ploded, and Mr. Woodruff will get the
nomination,” declared Mr. Berrl.
The real logic of this reasoning is not
quite apparent, but a significant remark
dropped by a lieutenant of Mr. Wood
ruff's put the matter in anew light.
“Mr. Woodruff,” he said, "does not care
if Gov. Roosevelt beats him. In fact, he
has assured the Governor that If he
changes his mind and cares to stand for
Ihe nomination, he (Woodruff) will with
draw."
There were several rumors to-night that
Roosevelt hud at ;ost agreed to stand for
the nomination. These rumors probably
arose from the fact that he had said chat
If his nomination was finally forced he
ctould not decline it. but he said emphat
ically to-night that he would not allow Mr.
Platt to present his name and would
fight against the nomination to the last
minute.
PHIL IDEI.PHIA’S SI.OPPY DAY.
The Vice Presidential Talk Gave It
Much Kntliualasm.
Philadelphia, June 17.—With the Repub
lican National Convention forty-eight
hours ahead, Philadelphia to-day resem
bled a convention city about as much as
an ordinary town meeting resembles a
riot.
Usually with a national convention so
near at hand the hole! corridors ore chok
ed with people, marching clubs are irad
ing the streets, the air is tilled with blare
of bands, sensational rumors are every
where and the din and confusion are ter
rific. To-day the quiet of Philadelphia
was unbroken by a single cheer or a strain
of music. The weather was responsible
for much of it. Jupiter Pluvius did Ms
worst. All night he drenched the city
until it seemed that his reservoir must
run dry. But the supply held out nearly
ad day. Toward night he showed signs
of weariness, but the heavens continued
to ooze and drip as though the last drop
of moisture was to be sqeezed from the
clouds.
The flags and bunting with which ihe
hotels, clubs, stores and houses had been
decorated hung wet, limp and lifeless, and
the delegates and visitors wandered aim
lessly through the slippery, deserted
streets. So heavy and dispiriting was
the gloom that the electric lights were
turned on in the hotels, hut even their
glare could not dispel the depression. Add
to (he influence of the weather the fact
that the rules of a Quaker Sabbath are
enforced here, and the picture is com
plete.
California to the Rescue.
A little artificial stimulation might
hove produced some cheer, but Philadel
phia will not be disturbed on Sunday,
and her guests were left to their own de
vices. Not oven a national convention
was allowed to invade the sanctity of the
dny. A king’s ransom could procure
nothing more exhllnrtlng that lemonade.
In the af ernoon the California delega
tion took pity on the sodd n crowds and
dispensed some Pacific sK pe cheer on her
own account. The hospitality of Califor
n a is traditional at all national conven
tions. hut never more so than to day The
produc s of her vineyards in baskets
wi ll red. white and hlu© co era were
simply inexhaustible In the Colonnade,
where the Californians live. When the
news of what was going on ther© got
abroad the migration from the headquar
ters < f o her states recalled the trekking*
rf the days of ’49.
As the skh s brightened and the mist
dissolved toward evening ihe news of
what had been happening behind closed
doors in the rooms of the 1 aders became
nosed about and the ho.el lobbies be
came animated.
The Roosevelt Talk.
The situation with reference to the man
who is to stand with McKinley in the
coming fight suddenly grew interesting
and exciting. A real clash, in which party
leaders were to struggle for mastery, was
clearly outlined.
Gov. Roosevelt, whose dashing career
and captivating personality appeal to the
imagination of men, suddenly loomed up
on the horizon as the most formidable
candidate for the vice presidential nomina
tion. Ever since the Republican clans
have begun to gather here Roosevelt has
been hanging over the convention like the
shadow of the man on horseback. His ap
pearance in the corridors of the hotels
thus far has been the only thing which
has stirred the crowds to their depth. The
rank and file have only been deterred frem
proclaiming'him as their choice from the
very first by his repeated announcement
that he was not a candidate.
To-day New- York and Pennsylvania,
the former with 72 and the latter with 64
delegates, threw his banner to the breeze.
The effect was magical. The rush to his
standard resembled the jumping of need
les. to the sides of a magnet. The light
of some of the stars of lesser magnitude
like Irving Scott of California, Judge
Tripp of South Dakota, Lieut. Gov. Wo;d
ruff of New York, went out with his ap
pearance.
Badges with the vignettes of McKinley
and Roosevelt appeared in profusion. This
fact olone was accepted as evidence that
the plan to stampede the convention to
Roosevelt had never been alrandoned.
Roosevelt May Object.
Whether Roosevelt will permit himself
to be named, is yet by no means certain.
Hanna. Allison, Falrtenks and ether as
tute managers, who are in the confidence
of the President, it is contended, to k
Roosevelt at his word when he announced
that under no circumstances would he be
a candidate.
If the nomination should go to New
York, where they admit i logically be
longs, they desire Bliss. But Platt has
declared against Bliss, and Hanna would
not accept Woodruff. Upon this rock
the two leaders split. Meantime the other
candidates were encouraged o shy their
castors into the ring. Long, Dolllver and
all the rest were brought forward, al
though it was always realized that once
the President's wish or choice was known
his preference would probably be re
spected.
It was in such a situation to-day that
Platt, with the backing of Ihe Pennsyl
vania delegation, started afresh to press
the nomination of Roosevelt. What Gov.
Roosevelt will do is problematical; so is
Hanna's course.
To-night Hanna, Allison, Foraker, Fair
banks and other warm friends of the ad
ministration are dining at the residence
of Clement A. Grlscom, and Wolcott,
Quay and others dined at the residence
of ex-Gov. Btinn of Idaho, who now lives
in this city. Upon the results of these
two dinners and the discussion which will
take place about the boards much may
depend.
MADE THE LEADERS SORE.
Some of Tlieni Object to Roosevelt'*
Eleventh flour Cnndldney.
Philadelphia, June 17.—A porty of dis
tinguished Republican leaders dined with
Mr. Clement Grlscom to-night at his
country place near the city. The party
Included Senators Hanna, Allison, Ledge,
Fairbanks. Depew and Kean; Secretary
Root, Postmaster General Smith, Con
gressman Grosvenor, Wayne MacVeagh,
A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, Prof. Butler of Colum
bia University, and others.
The dinner was given especially for the
purpose of permitting an exchange of
views on the platform to be adopted by
the National Convention, but It is un
derstood that the day's developments In
the interests of Gov. Roosevelt for the
vice presidency turned the conversation
iatgely in the diiec ion of thai gubje t.
The party broke up without any absolute
decision as to what would be done. Ihe
general conclusion being to await devel
opments. Considerable feeling was mani
fested over the manner in which Gov.
Roosevelt’s candidacy was being forced
after prominent men had been induced to
enter the race upon the distinct under
standing that he would, under no circum
stances, allow the use of his name.
The managers have all along announced
that if New York placed an acceptable
candidate they would acquiesfie. but his
eleventh-hour candidacy naturally leaves
a good many sore spots. Whether It will
eventuate in a contest the events of to
morrow will disclose.
LO.YG OV VICE PRESIDENCY.
Sity* He Will \of Become an Aggres
sive Cnndldate.
Boston, June 17.—Secretary of Ihe Navy
Long. who. with hla wife, arrived at his
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home iif Hingham to-day. said to a Jour
nal representative:
“I know no more of the vice presidency
than you. and I presume you know on.y
what you have read in the newspapers.
I have ever maintained that the office is
one which should not be sought. I have
not done a thing to further my candidacy
in any way. I have never mentioned the
subject to a person unless it was broclud
to me. and I have not yet become an ag
gressive candidate.”
Asked if he would become an aggressive
candidate, he replied:
“No.”
He further said in regard to the sug
gestion that Mr. Hanna's choice would be
forced upon (he convention, that w i ©
Mr. Hanna may have his own canril at:
he believed that the delegates would be
entirely independent in the matte .
• “They represent the flower of American
manhood and will be dictated to by no
one.” he said.
“I do not think Mr. Hanna has th©
slightest idea or desire of dictating a nom
ination.”
From the trend of the conversation Sec
retary Long showed that while he would
accept the nomination If given hm, he
will not boom himself In any way.
The Chinese Situation.
Secretary Long added:
“We are not sun r.sed that Minister
Conger has not been heard from, as the
wires are reported cut. You may rest as
sured that the Uni ed States will pro ect
the lives and properly of its citizens to
the fulßwt extent.”
He continued:
“The navy department is acting in har
mony with the state department in this
affair. The President and Secretary of
State are directing matters and we are
be ping all we can. The Nashville is on
the scene of action with the Newark and
Monocacy. There Is a guard at the lega
tion in Pekin and at Tien Tsin there Is
qule a force of marines. The Asiatic
pquadren is perfectly able to look out for
Amerei* an Interests in China, and will
meet any exigency that may arise*
“I hardly think there is any possibility
that the vessels now in Boston will be
ordered to Chinn Matters would have to
be very serious indeed before such an or
der would be promulgated.”
Secretary Long and Mr. Conger were
warm friends while In Congress togeiher
and the Secretary has great faith in (he
ability of the lowa man. Although no
word has been received from Mr. Conger
for thre© days, the Secretary thinks he
will turn out to he safe. Secretary Long
will return to the capital Monday night
or Tuesday. He will not stop at Philadel
phia.
STILL TRYING 'I'D STOP IT.
Huf the Plan to Name* Roosevelt In
Already' in Shape.
Philadelphia, June 17.—-At midnight
Roosevelt was still aiming to check his
vice presidential boom. Ha said that he
was sanguine that he could overcome the
sentiment in his favor, and convince the
delegates that it was for President Mc-
Kinley’s best interests to have him stay
in New York as a candidate for Governor
The Dolllver people at midnight were
unshaken in their confidence (hat their
man had an excellent chance for the vice
presidency even when the Roosevelt boom
is taken into consideration. They base
their hopes entirely upon the assumption
that Gov. Roosevelt in (he end will either
decline or prevent consideration of his
name.
It ie understood to be the programme
for Powell Clayton to nominate, and Sen
ator Wolcott to second Roosevelt.
CALIFORNIA FOR ROOSEVELT.
Delegation Decided Not to Urge Gov.
Gage or Irving Scott,
Philadelphia, June 17.—The California
delegation net to-night. It was definitely
decided not to urge the name of Gov.
Gage or Irving Scott for second place.
A general understanding was reached that
the eighteen votes of California would be
cast for Roosevelt if he would permit his
name to be used.
Temporary 4 bnlrniau Wolcott.
Philadelphia. June 17.—The committee
to notify Senator Wolcott of his selection
as temporary chairman of the Republi
can National Convention discharged that
duty this afternoon. Mr. Powell Clay
ton. minister to Mexico, was chairman of
the committee. The notification and re
ply were formal.
President'* ton ton Friends.
Canton, 0., June 17 —A special train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad leaves Can
ton to-morrow bearing two hundred of
the friends and neighbors of President
McKinley, bound for Philadelphia to par
ticipate in the demonstration attending
the National Comention.
Yumagntn to llenmln In Office.
Yokohama. June 18.—The Marquis of
Yamagaia. the premier, at the request
of the Emperor, consents to remain In
clfice In view of Ihe Ch'ncse s tuation.
The Japanese government Is inclined to
confine its action in China to the protec
tion of Japanese Interests.
A True Host.
"The coolest man I ever saw," said a
New York fireman, according to Collier's,
"I met at a fire In a dwelling house on
Fifth avenue. We found him In an up
stairs front room, dressing to go out. The
fire by this time was surging up through
the house at a great rate.
“ 'Halloa, there!’ we hollered at him
when we looked in at th* door, 'the house
Is afire.'
" 'Would It disturb you If I should re
main while you are putting it out?' he said,
lifting the comb from hts hair and look
ing round at us He had on a white even
ing waistcoat, and his dress coat lay across
a chair.
"Seeing us staring at him he dropped his
comb Into his hair again and went on
cbmblng. But, as a matter of fact, he
was about ready. He put down the comb,
put on his coat and hat end picked up his
overcoat.
" 'Now I'm ready, gentlemen.’ he *ald.
"We started, but the stairway had now
been closed up by fire. We turned to the
windows. The boys had got a ladder up
to the front of the house.
“ 'Now, then,' we said to him, when we
came to the window.
" 'After you, gentlemen.' he said, stand
ing back. And I'm blessed if we didn't
have to go down the ladder first.’’
—The telegraph line begun five years
ago to connect Victoria Nyanza with the
East Coast of Africa has been completed.
One of the practical uses of *be line will
be to give warning *0 Lower Egypt of the
state of the water on the Upper Nile, In
formation that will In some caaes be
"worth millions of dollar* to the people
of Lower Egypt, who depend on the river
for their irrigation water. The railroad
which Is being built along the same route
Is now In operation to Klu, about 270
miles inland To complete the remaining
400 miles will require three years.
—The mo*t conspicuous cf th* West
Point graduate* for scholarship and sol
dierly qualhle* Is Cadet Plllahury, a son
of a physician of Lowell, Mass., who
stands at the head of his class and so high
above h a comrad<* that cne of the pro
fessor* said there wa* room enough be
tween him and No. 2 for a dozen able
men.
—An Interesting relic In the possession
of Dr. J. H. Girdner of New York Is a
dress coat, the wedding garment of Dr
Glrdr.er's grand-father, made by President
Johnson long before he attain*! na,tonal
promt:. ance In politics and when be was
still engaged In his occupation of a tail
or. In the back of the collar of the coat
la a small strap boaring th* words, "A.
Johnson, Tailor.”
POLITICIANS ARE GATHERING.
FLORIDA LEADERS PREPARE FOR
TO-MOHROW'S STBt'GGLE.
Pi not Ini II > Only Preliminary Work
NN ill lie Done the First Day.
Fletcher and Palmer to Content for
Chairmanship Capitol Removal
Question Opens the NYay for Many
Oenli-Dclcgates NN 111 Visit Pablo
Bearli To-morrow Afternoon.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 17— Numerous
were the arrivals to-day. both morning
and night trains, arid all the various
headquarters show (he Increased additions
to their contingent. The leaders have not
been working very keenly to-day, but still
many private conferences have been held,
Ihe field looked over, plans mapped out
and the work determined upon.
The Auditorium was open this after
noon and was visited by hundreds of cit
izens and delegates, all of whom ex
pressed their pleasure at the beautiful
hall prepared for the convention’s use.
It is large, well-lighted, well-arranged
for convention, uses, well-ventilaed, will
not be hot or stifling—ln fact, with its
grand decorations of flag®, etc., could
hardly be Improved upon.
Tuesday at noon the State Executive
Committee will call the delegates to or
der. After a temporary organization the
Committee on Credentials will be appoint
ed, probably one from each county. Af
ter it has reported, come the contests,
on© from Volusia, one from Wukulla and
possibly one from NValton.
Then will come the fight for the perma
nent chairmanship and the Platform Com
mittee Hon. D. U. Fletcher of Duval and
State Senator Palmer of Hillsborough are
the only candidates so far spoken of for
this distinguished honor. Hillsborough
depends upon Alachua, through a deal for
Sheats, it is rumored, for a id.and also from
Leon, as Myers’ friends would aid Hills
borough quicker than they would Duval.
The contest will b© a, warm one, and it
will in a measure test the strength of
some of the opposing factions in the con
vention. FletJlver seems to have the lead
so far, but until the vote is actually count
ed no one can tell with certainty what will
happen.
Room for Many Deal*.
The platform committee Will bring on
another contest, it is stated, as the reso
lution In regard to bringing the question
of the capitol icmoval before the people
for a vote, will have strong antagonism
from Western members. This and the
chairmanship question will afford lots of
room for many queer deals and “bargain
counter” acquisitions, and doubtless they
wi.l be utilize*!. The air is full of surmises
and rumors of deals and agreements, hut
so far it’s only guesswork and shrewd po
litical planning ns to what ’tother fel
low ie doing.
After the above appointments are set
tled Tuesday, it is very probable that the
convention will adjourn and accept Mr.
Flagler’s invitation for an excursion to
P®blo. There wi’l not be any night ses
sion Tuesday night, according to the pres
ent programme.
A number of the delegates hied them
selves away to Pablo this afternoon, to
hear what the “sad sea waves were say
ing,'' nnd if what they said had any hear
ing upon the approaching convention.
Hen. W. N. Sh* ats. Hate superintendent
of s ho is, arrived to-day to look after
his “renomination” fenrv s.
( apt “Dick” Parkhill. clerk of the Cir
cuit Court, Jefferson county, and one of
the beat known ppliticlans of the western
section, is In the c ty, a gueft of his son.
Mr. G. W. Parkhill.
Hon. W. H. Reynolds, state controller,
ie at the Windsor. He is one < f the lucky
<nes. having made such a good public
record that he ha® practically no opposi
tion as yet.
Hon Patrick Houstoun.adjutant general
is In the city, having Just completed an
inspection of the state troors
Judge Raney, ex-chief justice of the
Florida Supreme Court, a member of the
last House of R presentatives, and a
leading candidate for United States sena
tor in 1897. is in the city.
Hillahorniifili Delegation.
The Hillsborough delegation will arrive
here Monday afternoon In great shape.
They have a special, with decorated cars,
flags a-flying and 1/nnnera galore, they
expe< l to do some good work for their fa
vorites. Palmer, for chairman, and Spark
man. for national committeeman, and
will hustle the moment they arrive.
At the Windsor last evening Sen at r
Myers. Judge Jennings. Mr. Milton and
others were at supper, but at separate ta
bles. Maj. Healy of Volusia, one of the
Jolliest politician® alive, saw the opportu
nity and he corralled them up at one a
ble, where amidst great hilarity and fun,
they finished their meal.
“I wanted to make them acquainted wifh
each other,” remarked the Major smiling
ly afterwards.
THE KILL SPEED TRIAL.
Fill llarn tin* Experiences on n War
ship tinder Farced Draught.
From the London Globe.
The midshipman of the morning
watch, standing aft. barefooted, on the
sounding mach no platf< rm, watch s the
galley’s crew closing the captain’s water
tight dcor to the siernwalk, wonders a
Utt:©, and goes down to call his relief.
A grimy stoker, easing off the funnel
guys, g.ves the last tutn to the screws-,
takfg his last breath of fie*h air, and
climbs down and down again into the
st< kehcld—the place where beat is b - ng
converted in o e;.ergy. The boatswa n
looks over the bows, and aces that Hie
wire slip rope is art ange l to h s 1 kin
The powers that be a, pear on tie brdg l ;
a few calm orders are given, passed and
received, the effect of which is to change
the state of the ship which contains the
midshipman, the stoker, the boatswain
and the powers from a Ha'© of b ing “at
anchor” to that of being “under way.” j
and then to that of being “under way an 1
moving through the water;** slowly at
first, to get char of the barb r, thn In
creasing every ten mlnutrs as the sp ed
i3 worked up for a four hours’ finl *pe 1
trial
And now a muflVd and shaky me- age
ccmes up to the bridge that the trial has
begun. Yes, suiely it has: do not three
of your five censes tell you so? Climb up
on tho shak.ng bridge, it le there; go
down io the cinder covered quarte.deck.
It is there; go Into the uttermost par s
of the screw a ley, it is there also. On
the bridge, tumbling a If it would
wrench its If off the conning tower, the
officer of the watch is glad to get beh nl
FRENCH CLARET WINES, and
GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES
and FRENCH COGN AC BRANDIES.
All these flue Wines and Liquors are Imported by us In glass direct front
Ihe growers In Europe.
Our St. Jullen Claret Wine from Everest, Dupont & Cos of Bordtaux,
France, Is one of their specialties, and one at extremely low price.
Th* Chateaux LeovlLe, ono of tholr superior Claret Wines, well known all
over the United States.
W# also carry In bond Claret Wtnos from this celebrated firm In caska
Our Rhine and Moselle Wines are Imported from Martin Douu, Frank
fort. Germany, are Ihe best that coma to the United States.
BODENHEIM Is very fin* end cbeip.
NIERSTEIN also very good.
RUFESHEIM very choice. -- - •
RAL’BNTHAL. selected grapes, very elegant
LIKBFRANMILCH. quite oelebrited
MARCOBRUNNER CABINET elegant and rars
YOHANNIBBURGER Is perfection.
SPARKUNO HOCK SPARKLING MOSELLE, SPARKLING MUSCA
TELLE. and FINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES.
Special Brandies are Imported direct from Franc* by us, In cases and caska
t LIPPMAIN BROTHERS.
the shelter of the glass screen, for th©
ed has converted a light breeze into
ha fa gale of w.nd; he can there watch,
with a little mart* c.mfor, the movements
of the ships u.at arc lo be passed by, as
if at anet.or, and incidentally tne while
curling wave at either bow, the leads
man in the chains, with his chinstay
down, trying to heave his lead against
the w nd. ar.d the 1 ok ut trjlng to find a
lee behin i the 3 plunder gnn shield.
Of a sudden comes a deep toned roar,
as of the loudest note < fa giant organ
played (ort.ssimo, a so nd w'hlch indlca os
ti at one boil* r, at leas . has rear-bed i‘
saf working load and cries with its hug©
lui.gs Enough! ’ From the funnels no
black smoke erne g s from the Welsh coal
hu t atispar. i t va or. wh ch, mlngl.ng
wi h the feathery wrste suam. strangely
warps the mainmast ands r aming ptn
iam seen through it; th*ir gay canary
color is perlirg off from (he heat, leaving
*r at u. ly, l 1 ick patches rha will sooa
spread all over them. The foremost one
1 - rocking to and fro from the vibration.
The offic r of the watch .urns a?ain and
take.s another ook at a “tramp.” which
ii eit g ra idly overhauled, and his
thought*, . ir c ed by noise and shaking
and speed, tun to thinking of the “real
thing, or how often cne could h t the
opponent, pa.-sing with an equal speed,
at wha rang'* he would open fire, of
what a terr.bly short time would elapse
between the s ghting and the fighting of
tl e enemy, of what would do in • hat
short s ace with his own guns in ths
casemat-s down below, hut fie dismisses
mi h blood and thunder thoughts for
lighter ones as he s es his relief coming
forward Three hour of the four have
pass <1; the roar of the safety va v es has
c a <d There Is no more waste steam;
the stokers are beginning to sirugg.e
with ’Yirt.v” fires in order to k€-op the
lequired steam; the smoke ccmes a little
less tran parent, both funnels are now
black all over Still the vibration, the
intoxicating sense f extreme possible
speed. The officer of the wa ch looks at
the log on the oharthouse table, Figns it,
aid says to jiis reli f tha* it is as near
twen > as may be s-vlng the odd shill
it g a (i p n e the drop o' oil wanting
in the cherub og. and perhaps the per
sonal error of he mall ir.ic.ehi man. Tho
relief o ei s his n ou h to exclaim, “Ah,
good!" when a w.cke * Uttie wave top
of ra' catch's Tim in the face and
n akc him s_ lutter ms e id and se k shel
t r b I ind the s con. Th small mid hip
man is again r tam ing aft on the sound
ing machine platform, now clothed and
in his ritfht mind; he no 1< nger wonders
at the doings of the galley's crew. A
s ' thing, white m ss c f water, reaching
half way to the wpp r deck, clings to
and boil® round the stern, so that he is
thinking that if h© f 11 overboard into
it ho would stay close to (he >hip, and be
able to pull hiimelt up again by the
rternwalk stanchions; and lest he may
get giddy and do it, he glance* over the
qua th r to one side, a *1 >© s the water,
rudely heaped Into breaking waves, tear
ing past at twenty ltuots He thinks bet
t rof It. knowing bat he would be a good
mil ast( rn before a boat cc.uld be k w rei
; and goes bcl w, *o find his overhead lo k
©r r-haketfc down and all his household
goods and the photographs of all the only
girls he ever loved strewn about the gun
room and on th • deck, wet frem a leaking
.-cuttle. He picks thm up and, looking
round to that none of hU mercLesa
messmates have seen the dance pro
gramme with the little bit of golden hair
sticking out, puts them away, more safe
ly In the*privare till of It's chest.
Just open one oC th© doors leading down
to the engine room, and look down upon
ihe mighty beatings of the vessel’s heart;
take the proffered bit of cotton waste and
go down backward, holding on to both
rails, and keep your elbows to yourself,
and as you descend realize more and more
fully that here, here indeed, Is the full
speed trial itself in all Its glory. The
noise of twenty different engines strike*
the ear, banging and clanking, separately
and collectively, each one at its own par
ticular task; the dynamo, Ihe circulating
pump, the air fan and so on, all Jammed
and crammed Into (he engine room below
(he water, the sure urmor that makes shot
and shell to ricochet, the stopping of any
one of which by some small rod break
ing or smaller pin coming out would, di
rectly or indirectly, cause the speed ol
h ship to slacken more or less, accord
ing to the relative importance of thai
particular engine. Above all these small
er noises is the labored pulsation of th(
main engine, with the massive crank heads
swishing around at a rate seemingly quit*
disproportionate lo their size, looking like
a gigantic prize-fighter hitting out un
ceasingly. The engineer above on the cyl
inder. taking diagrams with nimble fin
gers, hears like a trained bandmaster, out
of th© thousand and one different noise*,
great and small, that a certain small en
gine is knocking out of tun©, and goon
down to see about it accordingly. Be
tween the throbbing cylinders, crouching
on the platform, are stokers, in their
fearnought trousers and flannel shirts,
fairly reveling in grease and oil. squirt
ing the latter here and there with long
brass squirts, feeling a crosshead for it*
heat, squirting oil again on the piston rod*
then lo work with a spanner where a
leaky Joint is announced by a hissing oj
Meam ut every stroke, and so round again
And they seem to like it.
A great, thinker once said, with no lit
tle truth
The blooming lot would go to pot.
If the boilers wouldn’t boil.
Go and see them boiling. Open on# of
the air-locked doors, and close it beforo
attempting to open tho other, If you don’t
want to get blown away by the half-inch
force*l draright you will let loose. Now
open the other and enter a regular |>ocket
inferno. Oh, th© awful heat of it! See
| those block devils, each a pair of whit*
I eyes and a dim outline, moving about ir
\ the uncertain light of a fitful slush lamp
l One of them is providing himself with two
> long iron bar*, surely furnished at th*
end with pincers and instruments of tor
ture, as wen at the Campo-Santo of Pi*a
opens a small door and thrusts them, ir
turn, into the mouth of burning fiery
furnace, to rake and pull about; surely
rhe unrighteous are having a bad time ol
it. Another pair of eyes provides, with
black arms, a bucketful of more coals of
fire to be heaped on. Could the Great
Chief fioker himself improv© much on
this fearful place, even for his own pur
poses?
From the other side of the stokehold •
cry goes up. “How long?” to which reply
comes, “Only ten minutes more;” and s*
you need not ©lean your fire till after
ward. A few minutes later the engineei
comes in and gives orders for workin*
down. Everything has been tried in th*
balance and nothing has be©n found want
ing. The main engines pulse slower. Th*
seagulls ip the wake of the ship ©a**
down. The powers are informed Thre*
flogs flutter lo the masthead. “The trim.’
is satisfactory.”
—Sometimes the Case.—Stranger: What
do you understand here by the “straight
ticket?”
Native: Well, as the machine control*
this town, the straight ticket Is the on©
tha ’s made up of crooked candidates.—*
Philadelphia Press.
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