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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. Perfect Digestion Mean* health. Both may be secured by a faithful us of Hostetter'e Stomach Bit ters I* Is tho ono medicine that may be <lotHtn<l<l upon when there Is any de rangement of tho stomach, liver or kid ney*. It Is the greatest health-builder In Ihe world, and as .1 blood-purifier can not be equalled, li'or fifty years it has cured Indigestion, dyspepsia and consti pation. See that a Private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle. IF YOU IJQSIEI iER'S VALUE HEALTH fl STOMACH AVOID SUBSTITUTES BITTERS THE MORNING. NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1000. 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 They bear it sweetly aid w jflflSSSjiij doing Bj LradtislcTl. Female Rj. I rrforstt and rrtmi.d* it is * |VvyJkfi t/,'>■ liK.tlaity'swßnd. It is tor H 'm uervomnos. hat klf ht, H fflffigQS ic*l suffern* and all wMk H l T he are the outfat-* tGiich E tienutntibutiumw., I Writ, for orW-. lUMtraUe tag. I 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. 5