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FLORIDA MAKES A PLATFORM.
DEMOCRATS D’DOksE C OL. Bit VA A
AND THE PARTY.
DiggoMt right NVns on the Plank
About Removal of the Capitol—lt
Wan Adopted in a Modified Form.
Question to Be Submitted to tlie
People—A I'lnnk in Favor of White
Primaries flunks on National
Issnes.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 20.— I The conven
tion met this morning at 10 o’clock. The
Credentials Committee was not ready at
that time and it was an hour or two be
fore Che committee entered the hall.
The trouble arose over the Wakulla
contest. The committee held a lengthy
session last night and finally decided to
seat both delegations from Wakullu with
half votes each. This the Myers members
of the committee violently opposed and
he finally secured another meeting of
the committee this morning before the
final decision was given. At the meeting
this morning it was decided to seat the
delegations from Wakulla, with half a
vote each. They crime into the convention
hall with the committee, as did also the
Volusia delegation headed by Major Healy
and the Clay#county delegates, headed by
Sydney Hanford. The convention en
thusiastically indorsed the work and re
port of the committee.
During the waiting the delegates hod
much fun in impromptu speeches. The
band discoursed inspiring music which
pleased all One enthusiastic delegate,
while the band was playing “Dixie,”
sprang into the aisle and danced a jig to
the amusement of the crowd, amid, cheers
and clapping of hands and cat calls.
Upon motion the temporary organization
of the convention was made permanent.
Committees on resolutions. io
select a national committeeman, ptvsideti
tlal electors, etc., were appointed.
The Executive Committee.
The counties then selected a committee
Cos select a State Executive Committee,
of one from each county, os follows
Alachua, Dr. J. M. McKinstry; pak r,
D. H. Rowe; Bradford, W. T. Wo ks; Bre
vard, W. J. Tucker; Calhoun, S. W. Clark;
Citrus, J. C. Priest; Clay, S. F. Hanford;
Columbia, J. L. Niblack; Dade, P>. 13.
Tatum; DeSoto, T. J. Watkins; Duval,
Frank Clark; Escambio, T. E. Wayles;
Franklin, J. C. F. Griggs; Gadsden, W. H.
Ellis; Hamilton. 1. J. McCall; Hernando,
A. C. Croom; Hillsborough, J. E. Crane;
Holmes. John T. Neal; Jackson, W. H.
Milton, Jr.; Jefferson. W. M. Girardeau;
Lafayette, R. I>. Goodbread; Lake, J. C.
Luning, Lee. R. A. Henderson; Leon, G.
P. Raney; Levy, T. W. Shands; Liberty,
W. H. Gunn; Madison, Chas. E. Davis;
(Marion, Robt. Bullock; Manatee, J. C. Pe
lote; Monroe, Geo. W. Reynolds; Nassau,
A. T. Williams; Orange, W. L. Palmer;
Osceola, R. E. Rose; Pasco, M. J. Dooner;
Polk, J. N. Hooker; Putnam, T J. Fern
aide; St. Johns, A. H. Mlckler; Santa Ro
sa, Ernest Amos; iSumter, W. H. Howell;
Suwannee, W. S. Hodge; Taylor. S. H.
Peacock; Volusia, (passed); Wakulla, Nat
R. Walker; Walton, Samuel Campbell;
Washington, J. R. Wells.
The convention then adjourned till 4 p.
*n.
Prof. Mcßeath. candidate for superin
tendent cf public instruction, has been
approached, according to his friends, with
many offers of “trades” and “deals.” To
all he has turned ad af ear. In a conver
sation he said: “I am not a Trading and
trafficking politician, but an educator,
and if I cannot be nominated on my fit
ness for the position of sup rintendont of
public instruction of this great state, I
will not descend to dishonest or s hom
ing methods to secure it.”
At 4 o’clock the eonven'ion convene!,
but little business was done, as the Plat
form Committee was not ready to report.
Following are. the presidential electors:
J. M. Barrs, Duval; J. S. Beard, Escam
bia; W r . H. Ellis. Gadsden; M. ].. Wil
liams, De Soto. Alternate?—W. H. Harris.
Monroe; G. J. Ifilbu n, Putnam; W. J.
Hines, Sumter; Dan Campbell, Walton.
At the Even In*; Session.
For over four hours, from R o'clock to
midnight, a hot tight prevailed over the
adoption of the platform and resolu ions,
or that portion refeiring to caoitol r mov
al. but they were finally carried by \oie
of 201 to 81.
J. M. Barrs, secretary of the Commit
tee on Resolutions. read them deliberate y
presenting the majority report Chens
upon cheers rent the air as they wer
read. The minority report came fr.m
fourteen counties out of forty-four. A
hot debate began on paragraphs 25, 26. 27
and 28, Sid Carter of Alachui, E lis of
Oaddden. and Raney of • Ijeon A gutng
against them, while Clark and FI cher
of Duval. McNaroe© of Lake, and o:ho;s.
favored the majority report. It vas
a grand intellectual battle of giants, and
delegates roared themseives horse • he r
lng champions. The final vote a* mid
night was 201 to 81 fo- the ad -pHon o
•11. and on motion it was made unan m us.
Candidate for the governorship will be
nominated in the forenoon anj balloting
begin in the afternoon to-morrow.
The Platform.
Among: other things the platform con
tains the followlng^prlnclples:
"We most henrtil.v and enthusiastically
Indorse each and every, the d-riaratlons
of principles embodied in the platform
adopted by the National Convention of'
our party at Chicago, in 1898.
"We most heartily and enthusiastically
Indorse Ihe fearless stand taken by that
great, true and brave leader and friend
of the people, Coi. William J. Bryan, on
the greet questions of principle and of
national policy which have arisen since
the adoption of the Chicago platform.* * *
"We denounce as utterly subversive of
the principles of liberty, upon which re
publican government must ueee sailly be
based, the policies recently adopted by Ihe
Republican party, whereby it Is sought
10 maintain in America a great staining
army; to establish an Imperial govern
ment over millions of people thousands of
mil from our shorts who have never
wronged us, and have for centuries main
tained a constant warfare for lit eriy; and
to govern as a conquefed province of an
e i pire the peaceful ) ■ oi>l cf the ‘sen I
of Porto Rico, denying the protec ion of
our constltUiion to those who enthusias
tically received our flag as an emblem of
republican governm nt and cf constitu
tional liberty.
“We favor the prompt carrying out of
the pledges mode to the people of Cuba
a* to the benevolent ami temporary char
acter of our occupation of ihot Island, and
we favor the giving and the faithful car
rying out of a similar policy to the peo
ple of the Philippine Islands. We believe
that the principles upon which our form
of government exists require the adoption
of this policy. We maintain that all the
people over whom our (lag Hies are enti
tled to the protection of our constitution
without or In eplle of any net of Congress.
“The enormous growth and influence of
the power of the trusts challenges the at
tention of the people, chokes the prosper
ity of the masses of the people, threatens
Ihe. Integrity and permanency of our In
stitutions, and, next to Imperialism, pre
sents the most vital question which must
be settled at the coming election.
"We favor o graduated Ihcom ■ tax. e* >
levied as to produce a large part of the
revenues now raised by taxation which
falls heaviest on the poorer classes.
"We favor the free, unlimited and Inde
pendent coinage of both silver and gold at
a ratio of 16 to 1.
"We sympathize with the patriotic at
tempt of the brave Boers to defend them
selves and their republican form of gov
ernment against the criminal aggressions
of the tr.onoarchlal government whl h
first Instigated- the notorious Jameson
ra Id
"We favor a liberal system of improve
ment of rivers and harbors in the inter
est of commerce and cheaper transpor
tation.
"We favor the prompt construction, for
tification and maintenance of the Nicara
gua canal by the United States govern
ment, independent of the co-operation or
consent of any European government.
“We urge the amendment of the consti
tution of the United Sra-.es so as to pro
vide for the election of United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people.
• State Affairs.
Tn state affairs, we declare in favor
of the mest liberal support and develop
ment ol the public school system, point
ing with pride ?o th- record made and
i sisiing upon an entrgeiic advance in the
same direction.
\\ e favor, as of prime importance to
the i eoi le, the passage of such laws as
will best tend to the improvements of
our system of public roads. The import
ance of good roads for local transporta
tion cannot be over-estimated.
We favor a liberal policy’ towards tire
Florida State Tr ops and the Florida Nav
al Militia, and the encouragement of our
cltizen-soluiery in the patriotic service.
“We declare the present condition of the
Supreme Court docket to be intolerable,
the long delays in getting decisions
amounting to practical denial of justice.
“W T e warn the people that an attempt
is being systematically made by avowed
Republicans, through the connivance and
co-operation of persons claiming to bo
Democrats, to subsidize the press of Flor
ida for the pur;>ose of teaching Democrats
false doctrines, and of keeping at the front,
under the guise of Democracy, men as
leaders of Democracy who will be sub
servient to trust magnates, and who
will, under the pretense of conservatism,
attempt to instill Republican doctrines and
oppose the principles of true Democracy..
“We believe that true Democratic prin
ciples require that the people be consult
ed in all matters when practicable, and
that they, as directly as possible, be per
mitted to make known th* ir wishes. We
tiierefore favor the nomination of all Can
dida lets for office, both state and county,
and of United States Senators by a ma
jority vote in white Democratic primary
flections, held under the provisions of
law, which shall provide all possible pro
tection against fraud, bribery, intimida
tion and other vicious influences, said
primaries to be uniform and hold through
out the state, on the same day, and we
pledge the Democracy to the passage of
all necessary laws to that end.
Removal of the Capital.
“The question of the removal of the seat
of state government and the question ns
to the holding of o constitutional conven
tion should be settled by’ the white Dem
ocratic electors of the state at a prim \ y
election to lx.' held at the time of holding
the sta-c election, Nov. G. 1900, to be par
ticipated in by only white Democrats,
who. at said general election, shall have
voted for the candidates of this conven
tion.
“In- the event that a place other than
Tallahassee shall have received a plural
ity of the votes cast for the location of
xff\ \
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CORNELIUS N. RLIS3.
Ho has been considered the administration'* choice for Alee President.
tho seat of state government it shall he
the duly of ihe State Legislature to pro
vide- for the submls- ion to the electors if
a constitutional amendment providing for
the change of location to that chosen at
said primary election. and it shall be the
duly of all Democrats to vote for such
constitutional amendment.
"We most heartily indorse the admin
istration of Governor William D. Blox
ham, and we express the sincere hope
that nfter his retirement from the office
of chief executive by reason of constitu
tional limitation he may live long to
counsel and guide the party of which he
has been a chief ornament and strength
throughout his distinguished and honored
career."
Charles Hairston llansred.
Richmond. Vo.. June 20.—Chari a Hair
ston. colored, was hanged at Martinsville.
Henry county, this morning for aitemptol
criminal assault on a young lady. Con
trary io expectation there was no attempt
i: rescue or anticipation of legal exe u
tlo„ bv lynching. The condemned min
was taken to Martinsville Utah r a mllu <ry
guard and the hanging p issed off quietly.
Populists f Alabama.
Birmingham. Ala., Juno 20,-Samuel
Adam“ probate Judge of Chilton county.
Who some weeks ago and. dined the honor,
was renorolnaied for governor on the Pop
..liqt tii kot by a caucus ol party loaners
he her* to-day. M. W. Wood of‘Cull
man was nominated for state treasurer
™ o. B. M. -Kin-try of rickens for su
perintendent of education.
noth l>o no lleinu I: Wt till lied.
Havana, June 20.—Maj. K. C. Rathbone.
the at, pended director general of ptats,
Is h ing examined by the inspectors at
tached to the staff of Joseph 1. Bristow.
This completes Mr. Bristow s duties.
Bat r he will make a report to Gov. Gen.
Wood when i- will !> decided if addi
tional slops aro to bo taken.
Hon 111 of nn Aurtl Citizen.
Wayoross, Go.. Juno 20.—Mr. John God
win. one of Ware county's oldqst citizen*,
died last night nt his home near Schlotier
viile. He was about 60 years of ko, ond
hid been in ill health several weeks. His
remains were burled this afternoon in
Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Clnyton Will lie dominated.
Union Springs. Ala., June 20.—The l>m
o< r atie Kxf v'utlve Committee of the Third
district to-day called a convention for Ku
f.iula. July 19 to nominate a candidate for
Congress. The present incumbent. Hon.
Henry D. Clayton, will be nominated with
out opposition.
—Charles A. Sohleren, ox-Mayor cf
Brooklyn, have given SI,OOO towards the
establishment of a hospital in Bristol, V*.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1000.
AGUINALDO MAY SURRENDER.
AMNESTY PROCURATION SEF-MS
VERY SATISFACTORY.
Agriin:<ldo Said to Be Ready to Con
sider the Pence Platform Adopted
l.'y tlie Filipino Leaders—lluenon
inhno and Others Greatly Pleased
nt the Outlook—American Ollicinls
Encouraged l*y tin* Progress Made.
Marines for Cliinn.
Manila, June 20.—Gen. Mao Arthur will
to-morrow formally announce President
McKinley’s order of amnesty.
Buencamino, Paterno and other promi
nent Filipino leaders are greatly pleased,
as they believe that under the amnesty
they can bring about the surrender of
Aguinaldo, who they declare is ready
and willing to consider the peace plat
form adopted by the Filipino leaders with
a few insignificant exceptions.
Several meetings of the leaders were
held quietly in Manila last week. They
are encouraged by the progress they are
making with the natives, and the author
ities here. To-morrow r an important meet
ing will be held at w’hich the amnesty
decree will be read.
It is the consensus of opinion of the for
eigners, the bettor class of the Filipinos
on \\ the Spaniards, that Agulnaldo will
be in Manila shortly, as the result of the
decree and of the negotiations of the
Buencamino party.
Now that the rains have fairly begun,
life in the country districts is a great and
prolonged hardship.
Preparations are being made at Cavite'
to move a majority of the marines to
China, in the event that developments
there require them.
WILL GIVE GENERAL AMNESTY.
Proclamation to lie Made PnblJc in
Manila To-day.
Washington, June 20.—Secretary Root
said to-night that the text of the amnesty
proclamation will be made public to-mor
row: in Manila and Washington simultane
ously.
It will be issued by Gen. MacArthur and
is done by direction of the President. The
proclamation gives a free pardon to all
Filipinos who have participated in the re
bellion against the United States, the only
condition being that they take the oath of
allegiance and acknowledge the sovereign
ty of the United States government. It
excludes no one, except those who have
violated the laws of war.
The proclamation, the Secretary said,
will go into effect immediately. The time,
j considering the facrilltiee for communica
tion hi the islands for acceptance of the
amnesty proclamation by those still in
! insurrection, is quite limited, being thirty
or sixty days.
The proclamation Is very brief, and Is
plain and simple in its terms, not com*
prising more than can be put on a single
sheet of typewriting.
It is confidently b lieved that the result
of the p:oclamation will be quite a gener
al submission by those Filipino lenders
who have not yet givcti in their adhesion
to control of the islands by the United
Sta'es.
It has been made known to the admin
istration tint the influential classes
among tlie Filipinos were anxious for an
end of hostilities.
A b iter understanding of the purposes
of the' United States towards them Is
now understood to prevail among the
Filipinos, so that their hostility to Am* r
,l an control has abated in a consido:able
degree.
SCHOOLS OF WAYCROSS.
Superintendent mid All Teachers
\\ rrc IBe-eleotcd.
Waycross, Ga,, June 20.—At a meeting
of the <’i y Board of Education a super
intend nt of the public schools was elect
ed, also a lull corps of teachers for both
the white and c lord schools. Prof. E.
A. Pound, who has given such universal
satisfaction both to the lw*ard and o pa
trons of the school, was unanimously
el oted superintendent.
Everyone of the teachers was re-elects
ed, as follows: Miss Emily Charlton,
ninth and tenth grades; Miss L. Doreli
Burton, eighth grade; Miss Lou M. In
graham, seventh grade; Miss Willie It.
Beck, sixth grade; Miss Maude Taylor,
fifth grade; Mrs. M. S. Zachry, fourth
grade; Mrs. C. W. Lyon, third grade;
A; Miss Gertrude Lee, third grade, B;
Mias Eva V. Harris, second grade, A;
Miss Carrie Mason, second grade, B;
Miss Mamie Park, lirsi grade. A; Miss
Virginia Lyon, first grade li. Prof. Floyd
Bncison was- re-elected principal of the
colored schooL with Mrs. MamleCooper as
first assistant, and Mrs. Annie Lee John
son second assistant.
The California Fruit T atr-po taHon
Company has contracted with the Sitllli
Manufacturing Company t> have all heir
fruit cars re-iced nt this pace, an ' r -
quires on an average about thirty tons of
n* every day. Tie Armour paeirtag
house lias also decided to have ol (.It. lr
refrigerator cars re-iced here. Thb will
require a large, increase In thi ©ipacPy of
the ict factory, and the Fatllla poop t* will
pul in a plant with fifty tons daily ca-
KIDNEY TROUBLES OF WOMEN
Blis. Frederick’s Fetters Show How She
Relied on Mrs. l’lnUhnm and Was
Cured.
" I)kar Mks. Pixkham :— I have a
yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired
and have bearing down pains. Menses
have not appeared for three months;
sometimes am troubled with a white
discharge. Also have kidney and blad
der trouble.
I have been this way for a long time,
and feel so miserable I thought I would
write to you and see if you could do me
any good.”—Miss Edna Frederick,
Troy. Ohio. Aug. 6, 1893.
“ Dear Mrs. Finkiiam I have used
Lydia E. I’inkham's Vegetable Com
pound according to directions, and can
say I have not felt so well for years as
1 do at present. Before taking your
medicine a more miserable person yon
never saw. I could not eat or sleep,
and did not care to talk with any one.
Now I feel so well X cannot be grateful
enough to you for what you have done
for me.”—Miss Edna Frederick, Troy,
Ohio, Sept. 10, 1899.
Backache Cured
“Dear Mrs. Pinkham :—I write to
thank you for the good Lydia E. Pink
ham'sVegetable Compound hasdone me.
It is the only medicine I have found
that helped me. I doctored with one
of tlie best physicians in the city of
New York, but received no benefit. I
had been ailing for about sixteen years,
was so weak and nervous that I could
hardly walk : had continued pain in my
back and was troubled with letieorrhoca.
Manses were irregular and painful.
Words cannot express the benefit I have
derived from the use of your medicine.
I heartily recommend it to all suffering
women.” Mrs. Mary Babshinoer,
Windsor, I’a.
paclty. They will also erect cold s( r
ase house having a capacity of GOO lons.
The gentlemen who had tiled an injunc
tion against the Waterworks and Sewer
age Commission, restraining them from
emptying the sewage in the canal within
the e ty iimits. and the commission held
a joint meet ng la-t night in the City
Council Chamber. Asa result of that con
ference the suit has been withdrawn and
tlie commission will carry out their ori-
Rh al intention of dunning the sewage
in tlie canal below the residence of Mr.
Joseph McQuail.
The gentlemen who filed the suit of in
junction agree to withdraw their suit,
with the understanding that if. by Novem
ber, they are sure of the opinion that it
is a nuisance, the commission is to con
tinue the mains to the river.
STORM.
Continued from First Page.
Hanna and father, rode to the convert”
tion together to-day.”
"And as to the vice presidency?”
"Senator Platt believes, and has said
to me this afternoon several limes, that
lie believes Gov. Roosevelt will be nom
inated on the ticket with President Mc-
Kinley. The Senator made up his mind
< > this when he witnessed the enthusiasm
of the men from the Southwestern and
Western states. He believes that these
men want Roosevelt as Vice President,
and that they have strength enough to
see <hut their wishes are carried out.”
Brynn Finishes His Outing.
Minocqua, Wis, June 20.—William J.
Bryan will finish his outing here to-mor
row. when he end his party will leave
at 5 p, m. for Chicago. Col. Bryan has
derived great benelit from his rest and
t\ creation.
HEAVY ARTILLERY IX REALITY.
Great Britain's Indian Army Guns
\re Drawn ly Elephant*.
From the New York Pres*.
In England's Italian army the heavy ar
tillery means much more thnn siege guns
or the permanent guns of forUficalion. It
means the elephant artillery—a corps of
heavy men, heavy elephants, heavy bull
ocks and heavy guns and ammunition
The guns, which have a long rarge, are
just the kind that would hove proved in
valuable in Bouth Africa. But ihe heavy
brigade as yet never has had a chance of
distinguishing itself.
It is said that iho eye is the w.'ndow cf
the soul. If this be true, the elephantine
eye is the exception. The bullock’s eye
is large, soft brown, and full of pathos,
yet the animal itself is perhaps more de
void of intelligence and feeling than even
tiie idiotic sheep. On the oher hand,
the small piglike orb of the elephant ce ms
to contradict* hiß affectionate, reasonable
nature. But the military author! ies
know him and treat him as he deserves,
his life being ordered and regulated al
most as though he were a huma < so'dier.
H© is subject to stringent mllitaw d'scl
rfine; he ha.s his kit and accoutreme t;
he parades for his rations; goe* on ro t©
marches, salutes the officers, and, does fi
ligue duties, such as carrying luggage* or
trampling down the mud tennis courts in
lieu of a steam roller. Each elephant,
moreover, is provided with a rec rd of
service, age. height, character, and oin.
and the defaulter £*h<eet is kept like a sol
dier’s. Punishment awaits any breach
of regulations, and this means deprivi g
him of special dainties, such as cakes end
sugarcane, in case of slight often*©* w i ©
graver sins merit a severe thrashing, ad
ministered by a fellow elephant with a
heavy iron chain.
The elephant s home resembles a long
row of giant railway tunnel openings, the
stable being built with high arches id
each stall. In front of the siable Is a
broad, square space known as the ele
phant lines, and here the animals are
picketed in two rows, each one being fast
ened to his allotted place by an ankle
chain. That this fust.nng business is
a mere matter of form Is proved by the
fact that the elephants themsehes place
the rings on tin lr feet. Appearan es must
**■ kept up and they ore the fits, io rcoo.-
nize this. It Is in the eleph int lines tha
they take their green foddi r, the s rvlng
out of which is a prolonged but mils tig
proceeding. Two and two, the e ephants
go up to the ration stand and w.ien the
fodder has been secured w.th rop s io
th ir ba< ks the drivers mount on the t p
of the p.le, and off swing. tile big fchows,
the pleasure of anticipation giving in ex
tra sirring to their usual le sear ly call.
When they have reached their paces In
the lines the fodder Is unloaded and, after
fastening themselves up according to ie<-
ulatior.s, they proceed to demolish Gie
bundles for the rest of the day.
But even more Interesting than the pa
rade for green fodder is the paia.le f,>r
chupattis—ehupat'is Irelr.g Ihe peculiar
kind of cake which forma the elephant a
other meal. Bang'd In a long lire, the
solemn animals wait patiently until each
driver has unrolled his bundle und place l
a shire of the cakes close beside >h
trunk of his s|>ecial elephant. The little
ejes twinkle, (he large eaia flap and the
animals edge each other, shuffle about
with their feet and wave their trunks
111 ir and thither, now playfully flicking
a NPighboi“e ear, now sniffing Ia nc gh
ls>r‘s chupattis. When at length tie
word has gone to slai t feeding the me,
roll up the cakes andjinnd them to the
elephants, who take them daintily In th
curve of the trunk and dispose cf them,
each according io his special fancy. Ore
n ars his chupattis In two and gloats a nv
lime over it before putting It away; en
oiher 1 1 e<s * hi* share piecemeal Into Ms
capacious mouth; a third slv.y watches
his opportunity to filch a b t Horn his
neighbor, and thus draw on h * lan i a
sound scolding from the driver.wto makes
him return the spoil. They say that the
elephants know the exact w lglit aril
number of chupattis they should have and
absolutely refuse to take anything less
than their due.
BRITISH AT MACHADODORP.
HO Ell S II AY Fa LEFT THERE RETIR
ING NORTHw \nn.
limiter I* nt Alkmaar—Boer Bulle
tins Report the t’npture of finny
FaiiKlinli—Kroger I* Reported an
Already on the ?ea and Round
for Fa u rope—Truce of Five I)h>m
Declared Between Roberta and
Hotlin.
London, June 21. 4:10 a. m —The British
have penetrated Transvaal territory as iar
as Machadadorp.
Passengers who arrived yesterday at
Lorenzo Marques from the Transvaal as
sert tha. heavy artillery was engaged and
that the Doers abandoned Machadodorp
retiring northward.
President Kruger is still at Alkmiar.
Boer bulletins regarding Gen. DeWet*f
operations dong Rober.s communi
cations assort that two convoys we:e cap
lured and 200 workmen with fifty soldiers
taken prisoners.
A member of the British House of Com
mons who has had an important commu
nication from South Africa, Is telling a
story of a telegram alleged to have been
receiver! from Cape Town, which says
that Mr. Kruger has really escaped and
is already on the seas bound for Europe
and that the person occupying tlie exec
utive car is not Mr. Kruger, but is a
substitute.
The Pretoria correspondent of tlie Daily
Telegraph, in a dispatch dated Sunday,
says:
“An informal truce for five days Is in
operation between Lord Roberts and Com
mandant Botha.”
HUNTER AT KIII GERSDORP.
Itudcn-Pnw ©II la Getting Thing* In
Sliape in the Went.
London, June 20.—The wur office has re
ceived the following dispatch from Lcrd
Roberts:
“Pretoria, June 20.—Hunters advance
column occupied Ivrugersdorp without op
position June 18.
“Methuen, who was escorting a large
convoy to Heilbron yesterday, routed a
force under Christian De Wet, who, en
deavored to prevent him from entering
the little town. Methuen had only three
casualties.
“Baden-Powell left this city to-day on
his return to Uustenburg. The country
is quieting down in that direction. This
satisfactory state of affairs will bo mu e
rially assisted by the capture between
here and Rustenburg June 19 of two i;un?
by Hutton’s nvounted infantry from a
body of the enemy under Command nJ
Duplessis.
“Railway and telegraph communication
with Cape Town is now complete.y ie?ia
ed.
“All is quiet here end at Johannesburg.
The shops are open and t lie market is
daily becoming more crowded and busi
nesslike”
KITCHENER’S NARROW ESCAPE.
Fire Was Opened on Ills Car nt 11
O’Cloek in the Morning.
June 3). According to a Cape
Town dispatch of this date Gen. Kitch
ener had a narrow escape fom capture in
the engagement at Leeum Spruit June 14.
He was sleeping in the repair train
when il was attacked and many of th©
engineers were captured. Gen. Kitch
ener’s sleeping car wns at Kopjes staii- ti
when the Boers under Gen. DdWet sud
denly opened a rifie fire at 2 a. m. Kitch
ener managed to reach his hoise and gal
loped to Rhenoator, two miles distant
The Boers numbered 9 0 men, with thr e
guns. They burned the culvert, vvhi h
had just been rebuilt, and derailed C e
train.
FORCES OF lIOKII LEADERS.
Belts and Kroner Still In Private
Car. With Mm-li (iolll.
Lorenzo Marquee, June 20.—Capt. I.OSS
berg, an American who was engage-! with
tlie Boer artillery, has arrived here. lie
says the Boer ammunition factory has
be n removed to Lyd nburg and adds that
Gen. DeWet has 6,(W0 men in the Free
State. Gen. Botha 2 500 in the Transvaal
and that there are 1,300 burgher* in small
er parties.
Secretary of State Rei'tz arid President
Kruger are still in railroad carriages, be
tween Machadodorp and Nelsprult. It Is
reported they have £2,000,000 in gold with
them. ' t. . lx .
FORCES ARE AT* PEKIN.
(Continued from First Page.)
was undamaged. Admiral Alexejeff says
the French warship Bion, the British Al
gerine and the German gunboat litis par
ticipated in the engagement.
OUTRREAK AT TIE* TSIN.
Chinese Made No Visible EfTorle to
Itestrnin Boxers.
London, June 20.—1n the Mouse of Com
mons to-day the parliamentary secreta
ry of the foreign office, Mr. Broderick,
replying to a question, said the British
consul at Tien Tsin telegraphed, presum
ably June 18, confirming the reports of
the Boxer outbreak at at Tien Tsin and
the burning of churches and a great num
ber of Chinese houses. He added that the
Chinese troops made no visible effort 10
restrain the Boxers on their attacking the
settlement, but that the foreign guard
killed about a hundred of them.
FRENCH CITIZENS ATTACKED.
Those In Ylinnnn Fu IVqn t #fnfe Con
duct Demanded for Them.
Paris, June 20.—The French Consul of
Mong Tse cables that he has received
from M. Francois, French Consul at
Yunnan Fu the following telegram dated
June 15;
"‘Were attacked Juno 10 on leaving
Yunnan Fu and were forced" to return
to the town. All our baggage was
rifled; and Ihe missions and railroad build*
Ings were burned, except my residence,
where I had gathered our countrymen and
Which wo defended with our rifles.
"After twenty-four hours the manda
rins have at last taken measures. I called
upon them to conduct us to the frontier,
and I expect them to answer for the
safety of the roads.
"It Is urged that the government should
demand peremptorily that wo be permit
ted to leave as we are like prisoners, hut
the French troops in Indo-Chlna must not.
cross the frontier. All the Frenchmen are
safe at the present moment."
The consul at Mong Tsr adds that the
situation is sill! critical. Alarms are fro.
quent. hut thus far there have been no
serious Incidents.
The dispatch from M. Francois Is a day
later thnn the previous news.
SEYMOI'H’S MARCH TO PEKIN.
Column Was tllnehed Five Times by
Chinese Forces.
London, June 20. A news agency dis
patch from Shanghai, dated June 20. says:
"After an arduous march and frequent
fighting with the Chinese, Vice Admiral
Seymour arrived at Pekin Sunday after
noon. On five occasions the Chinese at
tacked the column In great force. There
were many mounted men among the Chi
nese, but most of the natives were badly
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armed. At they fought with admir
able courage and bravery. The losses of
the Chinese during the march, are esti
mated at 600 killed. The losses of the for
eigners were trifling.
“The exact state of affairs Inside Pekin,
it is impossible t. describe, in view of
the many conllictlriv reports, nothing hiv
ing been received from the legations or
foreigners there.
“Surprise is expressed at the fact that
n large force of Indian troops has not
been ordered here.”
CAIILKGIi AMS TO < ONCER.
Ila\e fleea Sent From Clio Foo !if
Conn AI Fmvler.
Washington, June 20. —A cablegram
was rec ived at the State Departm nt this
morning from United States Consul Fow
ler at Che Foo. Its contents us des riled
at th© Siat© Department were as follows:
Consul Fowler says that he has trans
mit ied by the Phoenix (probably a char
tered vessel) ail the communications that
have a cumulated tier* for Minister Con
g- r and Admiral Kempff. there being no
communication n rihwani except naval.
He Jus also chatter..d a small steumer
leaving Che Foo to day at noon for Yang
( hi Kan for the rescue of .American and
British missionarys.
Th© Fi*. n. h consul from the northwest
region of Bhnn Tung reports that th©
Hogan British ml slon at Twang Chow
has been looted. It Is not reported that
any of the missionaries were kill'd, but
they were carried off by the Chinese g* n
eral and their wher übcuta is at pre.-ent
unknown. The gov in or has left Chenang
the capital, for Tech- w, a point nearer the
c oast.
Chinese slips have 1 ft for the south.
Troops are leaving. Nothing has been
heard at Che Foo about the Pekin force
for six days.
CACTI HI D ni OTHER POWERS.
Admiral licmpfT Wires of Taking of
the Tnku Forts.
Washington, June 20.—The navy depart
ment has Just given out the* following
statement regarding the contents of a dis
pa Uh from Admiral Kempff, brought from
Taku to Che Foo and forwarded by Com
mander Taussig of the Yorktown.
“The department has received a cable
gram from Admiral KernpfT dated June 20.
He says tjie Taku forts were captured by
the other foreign forcer; that heavy fir
ing was heard at Tien Tsln on th© evening
of the 17th Instant. He is making common
cause with the foreign Powers for general
protection. There are 300 Americans
ashore. On May 31 the number of foreign
troops ©i Pekin was 430. There are 6,000
men ashore now t Che Foo and about
3,000 troops, Russian, German and English,
have just arrived.”
Admiral Kernpff’a cablegram wm tided
at Che Foo, June 20. The Admiral’s sta ©-
ment that heavy firing was he.ud at Tl n
Tsln on the evening of the 17th fxv-sib’y
Is the basis for the report current in Eu
rope that Pekin was attacked that da/
by the foreign column.
Naval officers generally regret that Ad
miral Kempff was not In the fighting at
Taku. Up to the receipt of his dispatch
this afternoon they had continued to l ope,
even in th© face <*i the foreign repre.- n
tatives to the contrary, that the American
naval forces had taken some i>att in re
pelling the attack of th© Chin sc f*tH.
But th© Admiral's statement that the f. r s
were captured by “the other forego
forces” dismissed that hope.
CONFERENCE II \> ON CHINA.
Official* In AYnsliinKlnn Regard It
it* Very Critical.
Washington, June 20.—Secretaries Hay
and Root, Assistant Secretaries MelkJo-
John and Rackett, and Admiral Crownin
©hleid. had a long conference with the
President to-day.
On leaving th© While House, they stated
that nothing ha*l been heard from Pekin,
and that the conference was oh the subj© c
of how communication with Minister Con
ger could be secured at th* ©nrlbtd possi
ble moment. They declined, however, to
say’ what conclusion h id been reached or
to discuss the matter further.
There Is no doubt thiit the officials h©r©
regard the Chines© situation as very crit
ical, and that more rigorous measures
than any hitherto contemplated, are now
under consideration.
.litpan Sending Troop*.
Washington, June 20.—Tlie American
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t LIPPMAN BROTHERS
1 minister at Tokio, taiegrapifs that
trar.oports with 1.300 men and 300 ho
| sailed to-day from Japan for Taku, ,
■ GOO Japanese troops huve already iat
j ntil flv*‘ Japanese war vessels ure not
I C*ku. IP* o Ids that th© Japanese go\
I ment is prepared to send additional ft
sho-uid the necessity arise.
ClU\\ IS ItKSI'OVSIDLE.
Berlin Hold* Tliat This Point
Clearly Proved.
Berlin, June 20.—“Th© responsibllltj
iho Chines© government for re
* vims,” said a high official of the foi
office to-day, “is clearly proved.”
“It has been ascertained that 10,000
mso troops who deserted to the
did so under direct orders of th? Chi
gov. ti rmnf. Promotion to the hi?
positions of notoriously nnti-Euro
officials also points in the dlreo
’fills Is th© war of China againet all
©lgnore, including German*, and the i
now is to go ahead vigorously and qt
ly and resolutely, no matter what the
outcome may be.”
An inspired article In to-day’s K
Zeitung says:
“Prompt and effective measures mut
taken, even if a volunteer corps fron
regular army 1 sent out, as tire
ion-, a ere Insufficient.”
The Berliner Tageblatt, which rel
reflects the view of political circles In
lin sayi
“A power which is unable in tlm
peace to protect envoys accredited
from Its own subjects, has ceaeed to
ns state. We do not doubt that nil •
nets are inspired by determination 10l
what can be saved.” A
The government has ordered the I
man Consul at Che Foo to establish pfl
service by sea, between ('ho Foo and 4
immediately. The gunboat Lucha, **
arrived at Kiel, yesterday, destined
South America, has been ordered to
©eed to China, and is hastily prepaid!
sail to-morrow. The new armored cr
i'uerst Bismarck is under orders tl
ready to sail far Chinese waters w*'
a week. Naval authorities in the ||
y.i>ds at Kiel nr© showing extraordi
activity.
New* Received In Italy.
Rome, June 2b.—ln the Senate to
in response to an Interpellation on th
nation In China, the Marquis Vis
Venostl, the Minister of Foreign Af
who was absent, telegraphed, aekinji
House to adjourn the debate, adding
n dispatch from the Italian Coiisi®
Shanghai had been received to-day,
Ing the legations had been saved.
More* German Troop* for Chlnß
Berlin, June 20.—The German cons
Che Foo has been instructed to co
with the commander of the German t*CQ
ron with th© view of establishing p
ommunic atlon with Taku. The T(J
German Lloyd steamers Frankfurt
Wittekfnd have been chartered to t)£
|x>rt German marines to China. They
leave In about a week. *Q
May R<> Trouble m 1 Canton, t*
Hong Kong, June 20.—'The Chine?**,
©ect trouble ar Canton on the depaf*
of LI Hung (’hang for Pekin. It it
tnor©d that th" forts have received
to fire on tiny foreign warships attem
to pass. A gunboat is kept under e
iin case of em©rgency. There i no
I ship at CanUfti.
Riifl'nlo to Sail for C hina.
Southhampton, June 20.—Hurry
have been issued for coaling the U*®
States training ship Buffalo. All b
of absence have been cancelled an
hands have been ordered on boar?* 3l
night in order that Jhe Buffalo
ready <to .sail to-morrow. She is b
for China.
be
Yorktown Ilea©he* Che Foo
Washington. June 20.—A cnblegranwj.
Just be©n received at the navy
merit from Commander Taussig, annr”
Ing the arrival of the Yorktown at><*
Foo from Taku. where he went wit®:*
patches from the department. mi
Receiver I* A*ked for.
Nfw Juno 20 —An a, pllcatlorf*
p|..<] tn- 'ay In I hi* Supiemw Court
Fulled Btut< h in Brooklyn for a tttnpud
rece ver of the Republic Savings and
AssociatPn. by Judge Coyne, deoutls?
tornev general. The petition re itestvt
the association Is Insolvent and that Iff
is a la’ge in its aecounts.in
assoclat i> n has loaned money all ovejtu
United States. Is<
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