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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING NEWS. Established 1850. - Incorporated ISSB J. H. ESTILL. President. A DUEL OF BIG GUNS. allies were more skillful AND DROVE THE CHINESE. SEYMOUR PROBABLY SAVED. ADMIR AL HIDLIOfiB APHED THAT HE COULD HOLD OUT TWO DAYS. Keen Rivalry a to Which Nation'* Soldiers Shoald Fit at Enter Tien Tsin—Russians Lost Most Heavily Because They Stormed the Citadel. Powers Anxious to Hear From Expelled Ministers to Learn it There Is a State of War. London. June 28 , 3:20 a. m.—The com posite brigade of 2.300 men that raised the investment of Tien Tsin and pushed on to help Admiral Seymour has probably saved him. but the news has not yet reached Che Foo, the nearest wire point. The latest steamer arriving at Che Foo from Taku brought this message, dated Tien Tsin, Monday, June 25: "The Russian general in command of the relief force had decided in view df Saturday’s heavy fighting and marching that one day's rest for the troops was essential and that the advance should not be resumed until to-day. "Meanwhile came Admiral Seymour's heliograph that his position was desper ate and that he could only hold out tw r o days. The relief started at dawn to-day (Monday.)” Saturday’s fighting began at daybreak. The allied fords opened wilh several of the Terrible's 4-7 naval guns, six field guns and numerous machine guns, the firing being at Tong range. They continu ed to advance steadily, the Chinese ar tillery replying. The guns of the allies were more skillfully handled and put the guns of the Chinese out of action one by one, the Chinese retreating about noon. There was keen rivalry among the rep resentatives of the various nations as to which would enter Tien Tsin first, and the Americans and British went in neck and neck. The Russians stormed the arsenal, thereby sustaining the largest losses. Several thousand Japanese have left Taku for Tien Tsin, and altogether 13,000 Japanese have landed. The international troops now aggregate nearly 20.000, and Japan is preparing to send 20.000 more. With British, American and other troops ordered to go. probably 60,000 men will be available in a month. The Tong Shan refugees and the foreign engineers 31 Che Foo estimate the Chi nese troops now in the field, as 25,000 troops at Lh Tai. 25.000 at Shang Hai Wan. IS.OOO driven off from Tien Tsin and 150.- 000 at Pekin. TH# dispatch received by the foreign office, stating that the foreign legations were requested to leave Pekin within a specified time, is interpreted in some un official quarters, as tantamount to giving the ministers their passports, and to a declaration of war, but as China does nothing like other countries, the official opinion is that there is nothing to do but to await the course of events, and to see what the ministers themselves say when they are rescued. All the students at the foreign hospitals in Canton are leaving. Women mission aries are returning from the West river ports. There was a slight disturbance at Wo Chou Tuesday, while the women were embarking. The crowd shouted “Kill the foreign devils!” According to advices from Shanghai, the Chinese officials, by direction of the southern viceroys, are asking the eonsu'3 to agree to' conditions "insuring" as the Chinese say, "the neutrality of Shanghai and other coast cities.” They are also asking that foreign warships shall not sail or anchor near the forts, nor go to ports where there are no warships now: that their crews shall not go ashore, and that the protection of foreigners be left to the Chinese authorities. These condi tions are considered at Shanghai to be virtually an ultimatum from Viceroys Liu Kun Yih and Shang Chih Tung. The consuls desire a sufficient naval and mili tary force to back up their refusal to comply with these demands. The toial naval force there now consists of 969 men with 32 guns. The Chinese have 6,000 men with six guns in the forts, and 10,000 men outside Shanghai with modern rifles and machine guns. The magnitude of the arrangements Japan is making suggests provision against present contingencies other than the suppression of the present disturb ances in China. She has chartered nine teen additional transports, and now has thirty-five in all. HOW DID THEY LEAVE PEKIN t ORlolals Interested to Know What Treatment Ministers Received. Washington. June 27.—The develop ments of the day respecting China were Important and interesting. The Chinese minister's report of the departure of the foreign ministers and their guards from Pekin greatly relieved the officials here, who took It as the first tangible evidence that the Imperial Chinese government had a full realization of the enormity of per mitting the ministers to come to per sonal harm, and were thus undertaking as far as lay in the:r power to observe the amenities of International exchange. The keenest interest is shown by the officials to learn the conditions under which the ministers left Pekin. The Chi nese minister's dispatch was ominously ellent on that point, and though the min ister himself maintains almost obstinate ly his confidence in the non-exist ence of a staie of war, It Is generally admitted that It will be difficult to accept his conclusion if it shall trans pire that the Pekin government has itself sent the ministers away with their pass ports, or what may come to the sime thing, with a guard as safe conduct. At the state department it is said that. If it shall be explained that the Imperial gov ernment did this, not with a purpose of rupturing diplomatic relations, but simply to Insure the safety of the ministers, which they were unable to guarantee as long as they remained In Pekin, then there Is still ground for an understanding. It Is, pointed out, however, that in such case the self-confessed inability of the imper ial government to maintain peace and or der at the capital would amount to an admlasion of Its utter failure as a govern ment and would leave China in a worse slate than that of aotual war. In cither event, it now appears to the satisfaction of the officials that there was absolu e Justification for such inlervenlion as we have offered in China. Notice haa come to the government that the cable companies have again reopened communication telegraphically with Taku end Che lioo. This arrangement has been t Jlatoannal) morning JSetM made by means of the Russian telegraphic system connection with the Siberian rail road system. A European agent has managed to reopen the lines through• the means of communication * be tween Che Foo, Taku and Tien Tsin are tortuous and probably precarious. The war department officials still insist that no orders have gone forward to send more troops <o China than the Ninth Reg iment, now on its way from Manila, and the Sixth Cavalry, which will sail from San Francisco next Sunday for Nagasaki and, perhaps, Taku. It .is said that, with these two organizations and the marines now on Chinese soil. Gen. Chaffee will have the full brigade to which his rank entitles him. Rumors of withdrawals of troops from Cuba are said to be the probable basis for the persistent statements that more sol diers have been ordered to China. It is admitted that two regiments will soon be ordered to the United States from Cuba, the particular organizations being desig nated by Gen. Wood, but they simply will take the place in home garrisons of regi ments of soldiers which will go out to Manila to relieve volunteer organizations there. lIOXERS WERE DA\GI£ROU4 An Authority Soys Germany anil England Should Have Known It. Berlin, June 27.—Herr Eugene Wolff, in the Berliner Tage-blatt, publishes a powerful article regarding China, drawn from intimate and very recent acquaint ance with the land and Its people. He gives a history of the Boxer movement and blames Germany and England for not recognizing its dangerous character dur ing the last two years. He says that the French minister in Pekin, M. Pinchon. alone energetically forced the Empress Dowager to remove Que Shcn from the governorship of Shan Tung, Que Shen having bc*n appointed, although the Em press knew' that he was the founder of the Boxers. Herr W,clff declares that either the ru mors are true that the Empress has be come a drunkard and is often in a state of irresponsibility, or that she has been hoodwinked into believing that the Box ers only mean 10 oust the foreigners and have no designs upon the Manchu dy nasty. He contends that the Powers must force the imperial court to remain in Pekin and compel the Empress to stay there under the control of the Powers. At the same time he regards it as of the highest importance that the Tsung li Yamen be thoroughly reformed and be developed into an actual foreign office, clothed with authority enabling it to enforce Its man dates. He advocates direct dealings be tween the provincial governors and the representatives of the Powers. AMERICANS WERE FIRST. Guards fur the Legation l ed Those of Other Countries. Vancouver, B. C.. June 27.—According to Shanghai papers received by the steamer Empress of China to-day. the first legation guarde to enter Pekin were the American contingent from the United States steamship Newark. Then came the Russians, the Japanese, French, British and German in the order named. Dispatches to Yokohoma from Pekin, on June 13. state that the slaughter and pillaging of the native converts was being continued with increased violence. In one station of the American Methodist mission, ten Christians were killed, most of them being women and children. A station of the American Board Mission has been destroyed, and every one there kill ed. A native adherent of the Church of England has also been killed, but the names of none of these victims were then at hand, except those of Mrs. As tier and Messrs. Ossent and Cado. who are re ported ae among the foreign victims of the Boxers. Their station location was no< known. RELIEF OF TIEN TSIN. Mntle Known Officially by the Secre tary In the House of Common*. London, June 27.—The. parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Brod erick, in the House of Commons to-day said he was at last able to announce the receipt of information of the relief of Tien Tsin. He added that the government had received two telegrams. One from the British consul at Tien Tsin, wired June 23, by way of Che Foo, June 27. announced that a British column, under Maj. Mau rice of the Welsh Fusiliers, and a naval brigade, under Commander Craddock, had arrived at noon, 550 strong. The message also said that 1,500 Russians were re ported to lx at the Tien Tsin Railroad station, and that 160 Americans and fifty Italians had also airlved. The second telegram was from Rear Ad miral Bruce, dated Taku, June 25. it ad ded to the above that Vice Admiral Sey mour was reported to be ten miles from Tien Tsin, hampered with sick and wounded and engaged with the enemy. ADMITTED LEGATION GUARDS, Dispatch From the Tsung LI Yamen Declare* They Entered Pekin. Washington, June 27,-The Chinese Min ister called this morning on the Secretary of State, and communicated to him the contents of a dispatch which he had re ceived from the Tsung-'i-Yamen at Pe kin, dated on the 19th instant. The dis patch states that the foreign ministers had before this date, asked permission for the legation guards to enter the city, which permission had been granted; that thev subsequently asked that these guards be reinforced, which the Chinese govern ment was not disposed to permit. The dispatch then goes on to state that the consul general at Tien Tsin. supposed to be the French Consul General, had tel egraphed to the Viceroy of Chi Li that the foreign Admiral had demanded the surrender of the Taku forts, and that the foreign ministers were shortly to leave Pekin for Tien Twin with their guards. ARE SAFE AT PEKIN’. So Reported of the European* by the llrltish Consul tit Auioy. London, June. 27,-The British Consul at Amoy, telegraphs this morning that the Europeans at Pekin are reported to be safe. THE EAGLE AND THE LION. Led In the Race to Be First In Enter ing Tien Tsin. London. June 27.-A special dispatch from Chec Foo says; "The fight of the allied forces against the combined Boxers and Chinese soldiers barring the road to Tien Tsin opened at daybreak. One hundred and fifty Amerl . (Copiio,ued on fifth BAVAKNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1900. SAID “HIT HIM AGAIN.” WHEN PLANKS IN PROHIBITION PLATFORM FELL ON M’KINLEY. ARE SORE ON THE PRESIDENT. DELEGATES CHEERED THE CON DEMNATION OF THE CANTEEN. Platform Arraign* the President for Drinking at Banquets and Serving Wine in the White House—De clares Liquor Trust the Most Dnu gcrona of All—Saving Money Spent In Drink Should Be the First Step in Solving the Financial Question. Chicago, June 27.—The Prohibition party will make its national campaign this year upon a platform of a single issue, the liquor traffic, all other issues being sub ordinated to this one question. Upon this platform it Is probable that either Rev. S. C. Swallow, the “fighting parson,” of Harrisburg, Pa., or John C. Woolley, of Chicago, editor of the "New Voice,” the Prohibition national organ, will be nominated for President. The national convention of the Prohibl. tion party met here to-day, and in three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, cleared up all business except the nomi nations for President and Vice President, which will be made to-morrow morning. The convention, in point of numbers and in enthusiasm, is considered one of the greatest ever held by the advocates of cold water. The National Convention of the Prohi bition party met to-day jn the First Reg iment Armory, Sixteenth street and Mich igan avenue. Of the 1.C34 delegates who were entitled to seats in the National Convention, more than three-fourths were in attendance when Chairman W. Oliver Stewart of the National Executive Com mittee called the convention to order. Nearly al! of the Eastern and Central Western Stales had full delegations .res ent, the absentees in most instances be ing from Southern and Pacific Coast States. It was exactly 10:39 a. m when Chair man Stewart rapped for order. At that time nearly all the delegates were in their seats, while the galleries surround ing the big drill room of the First Reg iinent were filled with spectators. Just previous to the fall of the gavel the delegates from the New England States marched into the hall in a body, each delegate carrying a cantern with the let lets "U. S." inverted and bearing the legend "Anti-Canteen.” They were liber ally applauded. Alter the convention had come to order. Chairman Stewart pro ceeded to deliver a formal address. Opened With Speeches. Chairman Stewart then introduced Dr. John H. Hill of Chicago who delivered a lengthy address of welcome. Chairman Stewart then announced tem porary officers as follows: Chairman, Samuel Dickie of Michigan; secretary, A. E. Wilson of Chicago; assis tant secretaries. Col. Jellis of Tennessee, and E. B. Sutton of Idano. Chairman Dickie made a brief spe-ch. outlining the work to be done by the con vention. 'T believe the Prohibition party is on the eve of important events,” said Mr. Dickie. "We represent a reform before which all other national reforms pale in to insignificance or disappear altogether. The Democratic party stands for the con tinuance of the liquor traffic; the Repub lican party stands for its perpeiuatic-n." Mr. Dickie bitterly assailed the national administration for its position on the can teen law, end charged it with "debauch ing the peoples of its new possessions in the Philippines.” He also accused the government with using its consular ser vice for gathering information for the use of distillers and brewers. At the conclusion of Chairman Dickie's speech, the rules and order of business were adopted, and committees were an nounced. A recces was then taken until 2:30 o'clock. The afternoon session was called to or der at 2:40 p. m. The report of the Com mittee on Credentials was presented by Chairman. Johann, who stated 4hat the committee had decided that only those del egates present with certificates duly sign ed, were entitled to seats. There were 693 delegates actually seated, representing thirty-seven states. The report was adopted. Homer Castle of Pittsburg, submitted the report of the Committee cn Permanent Organization and Order of Business. The report, which was adopted, recommend ed Samuel Dickie of Michigan for perma nent chairman and Col. R. S. Cheves of Tennessee for permanent secretary. The list of national committeemen aS selected by the delegations of the various states was then read and adopted. Among the members arec Kentucky. Frances E. Beauchamp. T. B, Demartee; North Carolina, Thomas P. Johnston, Ed win Shaver; Tennessee, James A. Tate, Col. R. S. Cheves; Virginia, J. W. Staun ton, W. T. Bundick. The convention then took a recess until 8 p. m. Platform Is Salty. The evening session of the convention was called to order at 7:54 p. m., but the committee on platform was still debattng over unsettled points, and it was not un til after 9 o'clock thit Chairnjan Chafln appeared with the platform. The plat form, as read by Secretary Hopkins of the Resolutions Committee, declares that the national interest could be promoted in no other way so surely and widely as by Its assertion, through a national policy and the co-operation therein of every state, forbidding the manufacture, sale, exportation, Importation, and transport* tion of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes; that the liquor power is the most dangerous trust of all; that the first step In solving the financial problem should be saving the bliUon dollars annu ally spent in drink. •We charge upon President McKinley, who was elected to his high office by ap peals to Christian sentiment and patriot ism almost unprecedented, and by a com bination of moral influence never before seen In this country, that by his conspic uous example as a wlnedrtnker at public banquets and as a wine-serving hoet In the White House, he had done more to encourage the liquor business, to demoral ize the temperance habits of young men and to bring Christian practices and re quirements into disrepute than any other President this republic has had. We fur ther charge upon President McKinley re sponsibility for the army canteen, with all Its dire brood of dtsfnse, immorality, sin and death. In this country, In Cuba, in Porto Rico, and the Philippines; and we insist that by his attitude concerning the canteen, and his apparent contempt for tha vast number of petitions and petl- tioners protesting against it. he has out raged and insulted the moral sentiment of this country, in euch a manner, and to such a degree, as calls for its righteous uprising and his indignant and effective rebuke. Down on the Canteen. “We challenge denial of the fact that our executive, as commander-ln-ehief of the military forces of the^ United States at any time prior or 2, 1809. could have closed every army saloon, called a canteen, by executive order, as President Hayes did before him. and should have closed them for the same reason which actuated President Hayes, we assert that the act of Congress, passed March 2, 1899, forbidding the sale of liquors ‘in any post, exchange or can teen’ by any ‘officer or private soldier.* or by ‘any person, on any premises used for military purposes by the United States,’ was and is as explicit an act of prohibition as the language can frame; we declare our solemn belief that the Attor ney General of the United Stales in his Interpretation of that law. and the sec retary of war in his acceptances of that interpretation and his refusal to enforce the law, were and are guilty of treason able nullification thereof, and that Pres ident McKinley, through his assent to and endorsement of such interpretation and refusal on the part of the officials appointed by and responsible to him. shares responsibility in their guilt, and we record our conviction that a now and serious peril confronts our country." The platform was received with the wild est enthusiasm. Every sentence in con demnation of President McKinley w.js greeted with shouts of approval, and cries of "Hit him again!" the defegate* stand ing on their chairs and yelling them selves hoarse. The platform and an additional resolu tion favoring woman suffrage were adopt ed by a practically unanimous vote, and amid a tempest of cheers. Some delegate started "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” and the whole assemblage Joined in the hymn. The convention then adjourned until 9:30 o’clock to-morrow morning. The National Committee of the Prohibi tion party met at the Palmer House at the close of the session and unanimously re-elected Oliver W. Stewart ns national chairman. The committee resolved to con duct a “school house campaign” in an en deavor to arouse interest in the cause of prohibition. MORTALITY WILL RE GREAT. Proprietor of the Clirtstinn Herald Talks About Indin. London. June 27.—-Louis Klopsch. pro prietor of the. Christian Herald in New York, after spendirg a we k in Paris cn his way home frem India sailed for New York from Plymouth yesterday on board the Hamburg-American Line steamer Pennsylvania. In an interview previous to his departure Mr. Klopsch said the mortality during the wer season in India was just commencing and must assume stupendous pi ©portions, ou: numbering the total of the dea'hs duilng the past six months from a’l caus- a Unless some twenty mi) ion blankets a.re quickly provided, the monsoon. India's greatest Messing, will prove appallingly disastrous and. Mr. Klopsch also said, the mortality will exceed two millions. He further asserted that 90 per ofm. of the < attle in the richest farming districts have perished. Mr. Klopsch is thoroughly satisfied with the methods adopted in tlie distribution of the American relief. One of his last acts in India was to buy 100,000 blankets for the sufferers. THROI’GH TORRENTS OF RAIN. A Force Alnrclicd to the Relief of the Governor of the Gold Const. London. June 27.—The colonial office has received a telegram from Col. Will cocks. dated Prahsu, Ashanti, June 26, as follows: “Maj. 'Wilkinson reached Bekwai June 19. In response to my telegram to the governor of the Gold Coast at Kumassi, the latter whites, June 16. saying he will hold out to June 20. This letter, received by Capt. Hall at Esmuja, was forwarded to Wilkinson at Bekwai at midnight, June 21. Wilkinson proceeded immediately to Esmaja. arriving there at dawn, Juno 22. after marching through torrents of rain. “Lieut. Burroughs, with about 500 na tives, is going north as fast as the flooded rivers permit.” NINE INSI RGENT LEADERS. Took the Oath of Allegiance and NVere Released. Manila, June 27.—Nine of the insurgent leaders, including Gens. Pio del Pilar, Con cepcion, Garcia and Alvarez, were released here to-day upon taking the oath of al legiance to the government and renounc ing all forms of revolution In tha Philip pines. This oath Is much stronger and more binding than the oath, which Gen. Otis administered and was consequently dis tasteful to the Filipinos, who accepted it with bad grace, fully realizing tl)e re sults of any violation. Senor Buencamino took the oath Mon day. It Is hoped that the sparing of the nine leaders will Influence their men to take advantage of the amnesty, which has thus far been without results other than those of to-day. THE KHEpiVE IN LONDON. Honors Shown the Egyptian Ruler on Ills Arrival. London, June 27 —The Khedive of Egypt arrived In London at noon from Port Victoria, where he had been since he reached England from Flushing, June 21 He showed few signs of his recent Ill ness. The traveler was received on The platform of the Charing Cross Railroad station by the Duke of York, a guard of honor from the Cold Stream Guards and a band, which played the "Khediva! Hymn.” The Duke of York embraced his high ness. The Khedive was driven to Buck ingham Palace, escorted by a troop of the Horse Guards and cheered by the spectators. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGUE. Will Be Taken at Once Among Chi nese In New York. New York, June 27,-The Board of Health has decided to thoroughly disin fect the Chinese quarters In Manhattan, Brooklyn and Coney Island as a measure of precauflon against the plague. The Board ot Estimate to-day appropriated 120,000 for the work, which will be imme diately begun. riague nt Yokohama. Yokohama. June 15. via Victoria, B. C„ June 27.—A case of plague has been dis covered on a P. & O. steamer, the first case to make Its appearance here. SICK ARE IN STRAITS. ENGLAND’S WRATH \HOI SED HA STORIES OF TIIEIK TREATMENT. AMBULANCE SERVICE IS POOR. IT IS DECLARED THAT OF THE BOERS IS FAR M FERIOR. A Skirmish With Artillery and Rifle* the Only Fresh Flghtiug Reported From Sonth Africa lSntlin and I>c AVet Make Brave Promiiieii—l2,ooo Rifles, All Told, Surrendered to the British—K rage r •I Still at IVinehadoilorp. Ix>ndon. June 28, 4:20 a m.— Gen. Sir Leslie Rundlft had a sharp artillery aixl rifle, skirmish near Senekal Friday with a large force of eutrenched Boers. Ha de clined to attack then*. This is the only fresh fighting reported. The Boer outposts northeast of Pretoria are. busy. The telegraph wires between Standerton and Newcastle were cut Sun day and Sir Redvers Buller had to report to heliograph. Commandant DeWet. with 3.000 men and three guns, is moving northeast in the Orange River colony. It is understood that he and Commandant Gen. Botha en tered into a compact that, neither would surrender so long as the other was in the field. Twelve, thousand rifles, all told, have been surrendered to the British. President Kruger Is still at Machado dorp. The exposures regarding the hospitals in South Africa have made a great sen sation in England. They began with three columns of restrained language in the Times yesterday, from W. A. Bur dette-Coutts, Conservative member of Parliament for Westminster. Hie dis closures have been widely reproduced, and they are supplemented this morning with denunciatory telegrams and inter view’s from survivors and army medical men. The Archbishop of Cape Town, in an ad dress before the Society of Good Hope, in the Gape government house Monday, ex pressed great dissatisfaction at the way in which the sick and wounded were treat ed. He declared that the worm clothing that was absolutely necessary was freely offered, but was rarely if ever distributed by the army doctors; that the sick slept on the bare ground, and that even in Cape Town, the way in which the hospitals were mismanaged made one’s blod boil. Mrs. Hanbury-Williams, wife of Maj. John Hanbury-Williams, Sir Alfred Mil ner’s military secretary, told the meet ing that ft the VlsmncTTadics had report ed the mismanagement the doors would have been shut in their faces. A News Agency dispatch from Cape Town says: “Certain revelations point to malfeas ance in connection with the supplies of comforts for the sick and wounded.” The Daily Express refers 1o the “Bpringless, out of date ambulances” of the British and contends that the Boer ambulances are notoriously superior. Princess Christian publicly asks for vol unteer nurses. The Cape Tow’n correspondent of the Dnily Telegraph says hat Lord Roberts will reply fully to the charges of Mr. Burdette-Coutts. Frederick Treves, con sulting surgeon to the London Hospital. \*ho was recently at the front, says the charges oome to him as an absolute shock, and are quite Incredible. He praises the medical department. BOER FORCES LOOTING. Foreign Contingent Are Recoining l neontroliable. London, June 28.—The Lorenzo Marques correspondent of the Times, telegraphing yeslerday, says; "According to Transvaal advices, the Boers are entrenching In considerable force in the Mlddleburg hills. The Irish, Hollander and Kalian corps are getting uncontrollable. They are looting stores and farm houses. “Bar gold Is a drug In the local market, owing to a suspicion that it Is of an infe rior quality. A large quantity of stolen gold Is waiting to be smuggled out of the Transvaal.” KRUGER'S GRANDSON. Is Now Among the Tloer Prisoners on SI. Helena. Jamestown, St. Helena. June 27—Sarel Eloff, President Kruger's grandson, who was raptured by the British at Mafe king, landed here to-day with eleven offi cers and ninety-eight troopers, mostly for eigners. The prisoners, who were clean and of respectable appearance, were immediately sent on to Deadwood, the prison camp. Most of the Boers at Deadwood are in good health, and thus far there has been but one death from enteric fever. Horses for British Army. New Orleans, June 27,-The steamer Patrician cleared for Cape Town to-day with 1,010 horses for the British army. WAS A FATAL AFFRAY. One Man Was Killed anil Olliers Were Woandrrl. New Orleans, June 27.—There was a fa tal shooting affray this morrtlng at Bi'on Rouge. Gordon Reddy, Jr., of the Bowie Lumber Company and Robert L. Askew ol the same firm were at breakfast In the Mayer Hotel, when one of the Garrlg bro thers came In and asked Reddy for a few moments conversation. Reddy went out side with him. followed by Askew, and as soon as they reached the street firing began. George, Duncan and Leon, the three Garrlg brothers, and J. E. Besson, a friend were the opposing party. Askew was shot through the body and died in a few hours. Reddy was shot In the amail of the back and is in a critical condition. Several legislator* had narrow escapes from bullets, and a negro bystander was sllgtbtly wounded. Tastor Becomes Insane. Oneonta, N. Y., June 27.—Rev. Dr. Frank Chase, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Danville, N. Y., onrl edlior of the Normal Educator, who has been visiting his mother at Partlendvllle, near here, was taken to Binghamton Hos pital to-day violently lnstane. He had been suffering inja nervotlf prostration Jot some Urn* NOTHING rO SHOUT FOIt. AVliy the Rupuhlioan* Are Not W hoop Ins I p Their Ticket. Washington. D. C., June 27.—Thoee who have watched the performances ot the White House since the nomination of Mc- Kinley and Rosevelt was announced, hav.* marked the total lack of enthusiasm on the part of the political pilgrims who have stopped over here to pay their respects to the ftepub'.icnn chief. Delegation offer delegation, squad after squad, individual after individual has tramped up the White Hou>'e stairs, grasped the presidential hand and tender ed congratulations, but not a whoop or hurrah for the ticket has been heard with in the presidential inclosure. A Western ooogresmman, while stand ing on the While House portico talking politics with some friends, was asked how he accounted for the apparent apathy on the part of the homeward bound poli ticians. Ho replied: “The boys who do the whooping tip see nothing in sight to whoop for in the event of McKinley’s re-election, because all the places at the political pie counter arc now occupied. and should the present adminis tration continue in power, but few changes are anticipated. There was really no spontaneous enthusiasm.” continued he. “at Philadelphia, and old campaigners recognized the manufactured article as ns the. claquers in the galleries re ceived tho signal to get in their noisy work. It itf expected that by placing Gov. Roosevelt on the ticket with 'Mc- Kinley some ’ginger* may Anally be in jected into the campaign. As Senator Mark Hanna says, ’the Republican party is conducted on business princ pies ’ If the boss manager speaks truly, tlm Roosevelt brass band campaign will soon get out of tune, and the rank and file will be looking around for something more substantial than wind. With all the Federal otuces pre-empted, and the present occupants ex pecting to hold on, there is very little to inspire the Republican worker who be lieves in ’practical business principles.’ " HE AS DC R .ATS OF ARK ANS AS. Instructed the Delegation to Vote for Bryan for President. Little Rock. Ark., June 27. —When Democratic State Convention reassembled to-day. the report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions was submitted by Congressman T. C. Mcßae and adopl d. The platform reaffirms the Chicago declaration of 1896. favors strict observ ance of the Monroe doctrine, declares for government construction and ownership of he Nicaragua canal; denounces trusts; condemns the “death-dealing policy of the Republican administration in the Phil ippines,” insists on giving freedom to Cuba and demands the same rights for the Philippines, and national legislation against trusts. Former Gov. James P Clarke was se lect and na tonal committeeman without, op position Senator Jam*• K. Jones, Senator James H. Berry, ex-Gov. Clark and Hon. JefT Davis were elected d*?legates-at-large to th'' Karsas City Convention. The convention adjourned at 6 p. m The delegation to the National Convention was unanimously instructed to voe for William J. Bryan for President. Charles J. Parker of Ouachita county, withdrew’ his resolution, instructing for David B. Hill for Vice President, it being claim* <1 by many delegates mat Hill is tin advo cate of the gold standard. SENTENCED FOR TREASON. Alan Accused of Trying to Restore Kingdom of Poland Punished. Berlin, June 27,-The Supreme Court at Leipsic has sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, Wlehold Leltgeber, (not Keifsgeber), eelltor of the Gazetta Os trowska, published at Ostrow. indicted for high treason in connection with the al leged attempt to restore the kingdom of Poland. The printer, Meterowlcz, and the tailor, Kolenclo, who were also indicted, have been acquitted. The principal wit ness for the state, Bniepocki, has been ar rested for perjury, there being strong evi dence that he laid Information against the accused only to gratify personal re venge. Testimony offered during the trial, show ed that a number of Polish societies in the United States arc large contributors to the Polish nationol fund at Rapperswell, Switzerland, the object of which Is to restore the Polish kingdom. ARE OPPOSED TO UR A AN. J. Sterling Morton AA 111 Not Want film in Any Event. Chicago, June 27.—A special to the Record from Lincoln, Neb., says: Ex-Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton, in his paper, the Conservative, will to-morrow define the position of the gold Democrats as being unalterably op posed to Bryan, whether the platform de Clares for either silver or gold. Mr. Mor ion has returned from a conference with Eastern gold Democrats, ond his remarks are considered as an expression of their sentiments. DOESN'T FAVOR SULZER. Cnpp* Snys Some of the Trim Dele gates ttnnt Hill. Fort Worth, Tex., June 27.—William Capps, district delegate to the Kanaas City convention, to-day denied that the Texas delegation favors William Sulzer for the vice presidency. He says he has letters from five of the delegates who want David B. Hill, "first, last and all the time.” James W. Swayne, delegate a* large favors Carter H. Harrison lor the second place. POAAEHS AGAIN A FREE MAX. The Pardon Given Him by Taylor llns Served Him In Good Stend. Harlan Courthouse, Ky„ June 27.—Capt. John Powers of Barbourville, Ky., who was arrested here yesterday on the charge of complicity in the murder of Gov. Goe bel, was to-day released on habeas corpus proceedings based on a pardon signed by Gov Taylor on March 6. 1960. This Is the second time Powers has been arrested In the mountains and released on Taylor's pardon. SPAIN HAD EARTHQUAKES. Violent Shocks NVere Felt In Cor dova and Malaga. Madrid, June 27—Violent earthquake shocks occurred early this morning in Cordova and Malaga. The tfthhStiaiiti were rudely awakened and rushed Into the streets In terror. The phenomenon lasted seven second*. At Malaga a few houses were damaged, Jaut there was no serious accident. DAILY 58 A YEAR. ' 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES A-WEEK.SI A YEA* TO TALK WITH BRYAN. SULZER, CHOKER AM) MURPHY \\ ILL (if) TO LINCOLN. SULZER AFTER SECOND PLACE. HE HAS ESTABLISHED HEAD- Q< ARTURS AT KANSAS CITY. Sterling Price of Texas Is Looking Alter the New Yorker's Vice Presi dential A|.(rations—Kansas City Tokina an n Gala Appearance. Delegations W ill Benin in Arrive Soon—Declaration of Independenea Will He Read. Kansas City, June 27— Congressman William Sulzer. xvho is being boomed for Vice President on the Democratic ticket, Richard Oroker and ex-Senator Murphy of Nesv York, will have a conference at Lincoln, Neb,, with William J. Bryan be. fore they come to Kansas City to attend tile national convention. Sterling Price of Texas, who has open ed headquarters here for Mr. Sulzer. re elvcd a telegram from that gentleman, aying he had left New York for Lincoln at noon to-day. Another telegram says Messrs, t’rokcr and Murphy will be in the Nebraska capital within a few days. Mr. Sulzrr hopes to be on the ticket with Mr. Uryun, and It Is said the latter expressed a desire to confer with him. Further than tld. Mr. Price would vouchsafe nothing. President O'Connell of The Sons of Lib erty, the oldest organization in New York. Is on Ids way to Kan as City and will up-n headquarters for Sulzer to-morrow or Friday. Fred Feigl. editor of the Tam many limes, ano:her Sulzer toomer, will arrive Friday. The city 1- beginning to take on a gain appearance in anticipation of an early arrival of delegates, business houses are being decorated, arc and incandescent light are being strung In profits on on the down-town site is and a general clean up is in i rogr ss. A good-sized contingent of K:t t' rn newspaper reporters is already her*, but a general inflow of people is not expt ted until Fr day. hv tlovernor William J. Stone, national committeeman for Mississippi and vice chairman of the national committee, is expected Friday night, as are other mem bers of the cub-commit tee, who will hold a m. Ot ing oh Saturday. James Boyle, dll triot leader of Tammany, will arrive Sat urday with about a dozen of his col leagues They oome to prepare the way for tho Timmony delog,ilon, which will reach Kansas 'city Monday evening on two special trains Sunday the state delegations will begin to arrive. The Pennsylvanian delegation. made, up of 100 pedple, and the MontanA delegation, headed by W. A. Clnrk, art due Sunday morning, and the Kansas del egation In the evening. On Monday thb delegates from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Connecticut and Rhod.e Island, wilh George Fred Will iams- of Massachusetts, their vicce presi dential candidate, will reach the city, and on the same day the California and Missouri delegations will arrive. The greatest rush of delegates will be on Tuesday. Nearly all of the states not mentioned are booked to arrive on that day. A convention Innovation, the reading of the declaration of Independence fiom the platform, will be Introduced at the first session on July 4. and according to the present programme, the music anl dec orations of that day will be selected with a particular Idea of commemorating tha national holiday. The badges for the delegates have been received. They are elaborate affairs. There Is an oxidized silver bar for the pm. below which hangs a silk flag about four inches long. To the badge is attached a medallion of gold or oxidized silver. VAX AVYfK IB IS STARTED. Crolcrr nml Belmont Will Soon Fol low Him to KniiMHi City. New York, June 27.—Former Judge Au gustus Van Wyck, accompanied by Harry W. Walker, secretary of the Aqueduct Commission, started to-day for Kansaa City. They go first to Chicago and from there to Springfield, Mo., where a recep tion will be tendered Mr. Van Wyck. He will arrive In Kansas City on Sunday morning. Richard Croker will vlalt ex- Sonator Murphy at the seashore to-mor row, and on. Friday, will start for Kan sas City. Oliver H. P. Belmont, who le still spoken of as o vice presidential can didate. will go to Kansas City In a special drawing room car with a patty of friends. TAGGART DOKSJt'T AVAAT IT. lie la Sot After tlie Chairmanship of the Committee. Indianapolis. Ind., June 27 Mayor Thomas J. Taggart wired to-night from Kansas City, where he arrived to-day from a trip In Mexico, that he had not b en, was not and would not be a can didate for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. His name has been frequently mentioned In connection with the place, and It 1* said that, despite bis refusal to be a candidate, Indiana will Insist upon his election. The election will take piace Monday afternoon at Kanaaa City. CAM PAD FOR VtCfc. Miohlaan Man's Annie In Being I’sed by Ilia Friends. Detroit, Mich.. June 27 —Daniel J. Cam pau. chairman of the Michigan Demo cratic State Central Committee and mem ber of tho National Committee, la In re ceipt of many letters from various atatm urging him to become a candidate for the vice presidency before the Kansas City convention. Mr. Campau declares bia self only aa anxious to see the vice presi dency go to a state which can draw the most votes or is otherwise doubtful. Mr. Campau's political eecretary, how ever, declared to-day In a positive manner that Campau's name would be presented to the Kansaa City convention as a vlca presidential candidate. Detroit, Mich,, June 27.—When asked to night as to the possibility of his being a candidate for the Democratic vice pres idential nomination. Mr. Campau said: “I om not a candidate and my nama will not be presented to the convention." To Suppress Klota. Berlin. June 27.—A large force at police has been ordered to Schwalge and Ber garthe In consequence o i the a.nU-S*ralta riots there, ‘ t ------ - - •