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JAPAN GETS SUSPICIOUS.
Continued from First Page.
Britain.-tho United Stater and Japan will
avert any danger arising from the ambi
tlo nof Continental Europe.
The semi-official Japanese organs say
that if occasion arises, Japan can send
50,000 troops on short notice, and ifiat if
the Powers are inclined to play a selfish
frame, special measures will be necessary.
AIMEiRICAX CASUALTIES.
Report From Admiral Homey Gives
tlio Killed Htul Wounded.
Washington, Aug. 2tk—The bureau of
navigation this morning received the
following Cablegram from Admiral Ke
mey:
“Taku, Aug. 19.—Authentic report from
Pekin, 15, from Lieut. Latimer. Troops
moving on Imperial City. Clearing out
Tartar City. All Americans who remain
ed in Pekin are well, except one child.
Cape Myers recovered from wound, has
typhoid fever; crisis passed and now con
valescing. Assistant Surgeon Lippett was
wounded upper left leg. bone fractured.
Leg saved; now recovering. The follow
ing killed during siege in Pekin:
“Sergt. J. F. Fanning; Privates C. D.
King, J. W. Tucher, J. Kennedy, R. E.
Thomas, A. Turner and H. S. Fisher.
Wounded, Private J. Schroder, elbow, se
vere, now- dangerously ill from fever.
Seaman J. Mitchell, upper arm, severe,
now recovering. All other wounded and
sick returned to duty.
Casualties Major Biddle’s command,
attack Tan Pacing—Firsn Lieut. Butler,
dhest; Private Green, wrist; Private War
ren, right temple, all slight.
Reported from Chinese sources that the
royal family have escaped and are en
route to Sian Fu.”
DISPATCH WAS MANGLED.
Consul Fowler Reported Upon a Max
snore of Missionaries.
Washington, Aug. 2D.—The state de
partment this morning received a dis
patch from Consul Fower, dated Che Foo.
A ?g. 15. It relates to the massacre of
missionaries and others at Pao Ting Fu,
whi#i has been referred to a number of
times in the press dispatches and has gen
erally been conceded to have occurred on
June 30.
The first part of the dispatch is so bad
ly mangled in transmission that it Is im
possible to make much of it. The text is
a* follows:
“Che Foo. received Aug. 15, 1900. Sec
tary of State, Washington. Evening 13th.
Reported all Presbyterian missionaries
Pao Ting Fu killed June 30, premises
burned same (night?) Catholic mission.
Rain stopped work. July first attacked
American (board?) (Pitkin?) shot dead
trying to keep gang out. Misses Morrell,
Gould taken Boxer headquarters, killed.
(Bagnall?) killed near (Temple?) Cooper
and Belgian’s fate uncertain. Officials
had sent all home from Yamen. All na
mes connected foreigners suffered like
tate. Authority special messenger sent by
Tien Tsin missionaries. Fowler.’’
LEFT PEKIN ON JULY 13.
Connnl Good now Quotes a Chinese
Governor About the Empress,
Washington. Aug. 20.—The State Depart
ment to-day issued the following state
ment:
The Acting Secietary of State makes
public the receipt of a telegram from Con
sul General Gocdnow, doted the 2cth in
stant, reporting a statement of the gover
nor of Shan Tung that the Empress left
Pekin on the 13th for Sinan Fu, in the
provinc* of Shensi, and that Princes
Thing and Tuan and Viceroy Kang Yi are
still in Pekin.’’
“Sir.an Fu” appears to be another pho
:Ki version of the name of the capital
of Shensi, where there Is on imperial pal
,l**. It is otherwise spelt Hsi An, Si An,
and Si Ngan. the suffix "Fu” denoting
city, which is a seat of administration.
HAVE LEFT HANK All.
American Consul and Others Re
moved to Shanghai.
Washington. Aug. 29.—The State Depart
ment is in receipt of a telegram from Levi
S. Wilcox, consul of the United States
nt Hnnkau, China, dated Shanghai, Aug.
IS, in which he states that upon the ad
vice of the department he had removed to
Shanghai, as have the other Americans
who were in Hankau.
CAVALRY IN PURSUIT,
Japanese Reported to Be dinning fhe
Empress Onnager.
London, Aug. 20.—The Japanese cav
alry has left Pekin in pursuit of the Dow
ager Empress and hor court, according to
telegrams from the north received at
Shanghai by Chinese officials. These dis
patches aver that the Empress and her
treasure train, protected by 30,000 troops,
have already arrived at Wu Tai San, in
Shansi province.
The field telegraph north of Yang Tsun
Is interrupted, and nothing under Pekin
date appears to have reached Yang Tsun
since Aug. 17. Heavy rains have been
falling in the province of Pe Chi Li.
The landing of the British troops at
Shanghai 13 not causing excitement among
the natives. A detachment of 100 French
marines landed there to-day. A customs
cruiser is reported to have gone to Tien
Tsin to take away the foreigners rescued
from Pewkin.
Many influential Chinese have interest
ed themselves in the fate of a Chinaman
sentenced by an English court at Hong
Kong to aix months’ Imprisonment at
hard 'labor because he was a member of
the Triad Society.
WILL MEET THE EMPRESS.
So Asserted of n Province Governor
mill u Force of Boxers.
London, Aug. 21.—The Chinese native
press, according to the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Times, assert* that Yu-
Hsi-Sun, governor of the province of
Shansi, with a force of Boxers, was march
ing towatd Kalgan, or Chang Kla Khoj,
to meet the Empress Dowager and to es
cort her South. The Times, dealing with
the dispatches from Washington, says:
“This proposal of LI Hung Chang, as it
1* reported, does not afford u possible
basis of negotiations of any kind. Until
*e have definite information as to the
political situation In Pekin, we cannot be
sure that the first duty of the Powers may
not be to set up a government with which
th y can subsequently treat.
The time for negotiations has not yet
arrived. When it does arrive, they must
be opened on a different basis from that
•uggeated In the Washington telegrams
*nd must be conducted by u different ne
gotiator from Li Hung Chang, if they
are to have any good results.”
DEFEATED 7.000 CHINESE.
° f n. Orion Hent it Report to the Rus
sia i War Office.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—Oen. Orloff,
rhlef of staff to the Russian forces In
China, reports to the Russian war of
flre the tin (out of 7(IN) Chine**- after
hard fight, the capture of Yuh Shi pass
and hs occupation of Moduchel.
An imperial ukase bag been issued pro
hibiting the exportation of arms and am
munition to China,
VON WALDERSEE AS A WIT. *
His Alleged Humorous Response to a
Hurricane of ( hrer-Takcs a
House of Seven Rooms.
Berlin, Aug. 20. Field Marshal Count
von Waldersee. accompanied by his staff,
left Berlin this morning en route for
China. Responding to a hurricane of
cheers on starting. Count von Waldersee
said humorously: “We shall try what can
bo done there.”
He had great ovations when passing
through Leipsic, ltatisbon and Munich.
At the Bavarian capital he was welcomed
by the Prince Regent. Count von Walder
see takes with him a “campaign house,”
built of in asbestos preparation, fire
proof and water proof, with seven rooms
and a bath room.
The papers criticize Emperor William s
address at Casoel last Saturday, when
presenting to Count von Waldersee a field
marshal’s baton. They toy special stress
upon the absence of any allusion to the
capture of Pekin and to The Hague con
ference.
The Freisinnige Zeitung declares that
the Kaisers explanation that Russw*
took the initiative,in accepting the ap
pointment of Count vop Waldersee as
head of united troops in China is at
variance with the Russian official version
of the appointment. The demand for an
extra session of the Reichstag is now*
almost universal. Foreign office officials
are emphatic in the assertion that Eng
land's great interests abundantly justify
her in landing troops at Shanghai.
A semi-official account of China’s mili
tary resources, just published, says that
Herr Krupp has furninhed to the Chinese
government since 1895 1,694 guns, of which
776 are 9 centimeter guns, and that Eng
lish concerns have furnished 244 medium
guns end 305 small ones.
TOOK TIIEIR HEADS OFF.
Chinese Advices Tell of the Execu
tion of Officials.
Shanghai, Aug. 20.—Official Chinese ad
vices from Pekin say that Hsu Tung and
Yi Lien Yuan of the anti-foreign party,
and Li Shan, a pro-foreigner, have been
decapitated, and that Y'ung Lu has been
imprisoned by Prince Ching.
It is added <hat the Emperor and Dow
ager Empress are sixty miles west of
Pekin, under the constraint of Prince
Tuan.
Li Hung Chang goes north immediately.
Hsu Tung was a member of the im
perial secretariat and president of the
civil board. Li Shan was a member of
the ministry of the Imperial household.
The identity of Yi Lien Yuan cannot be
traced.
SURROUNDED IN THE GROUNDS.
Chinese Troops Reported as in
Straits in Their Capital.
Washington, Aug. 20.—The State De
partment to-night made public the fol
lowing:
“Che Foo, Aug. 20.—T0 Secretary of
State. Washington: Twentieth. Rags
dale reports Chinese troops surrounded in
palace grounds. Fowler.”
Ragsdale ts consul of the United States
at Tien Tsin.
HERE'S ANOTHER STORY'.
This Dispatch Said the Empress lias
Relieved to lie in Pekin.
Berlin, Aug. 20.—The foreign office has
received a dispatch from the German con
sul at Che Foo, under to-day's date, say
ing the Dowager Empress was believed
to be inside the palace at Pekin and that
the allies were still bombarding the forti
fications.
They Roth Left Pekin.
London, Aug. 20.—The Chinese minister
here has received a dispatch from Pe
kin, saying the Empress Dowager and
the Emperor left Pekin a few days be
fore the allies arrived there.
MAY ESTABLISH A BUREAU.
TnrifT Associntion May Inspect Mis
sissippi Risks.
Jackson. Miss., Aug. 20.—The South
eastern Tariff Association now proposes
to establish a bureau for the inspection of
fire insurance risks in Lie state of Mis
sissippi, and is reinforced by a legal opin
ion to the effect that such a bureau would
not be a violation of the new anti-trust
law of the state. The attorney general
said that he is not prepared to give his
opinion on the matter, but says as the
Tariff Association has been practically
run out of the state" by law and the
courts, any move fostered by the associa
tion will be closely scrutinized and, if
necessary, tested by law.
NOT AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
Porto Rico Is Now Considered nn In
ternal Possession.
Washington, Aug. 20.—The commission
er of Internal revenue has ruled that
after May 1, 1900, Porto Rico is not to be
considered as g foreign country within
(he meaning of schedule A of the inter
nal revenue laws of the United States,
and, therefore, manifests for custom
house entry or clearance of the cargo
of any ship, vessel or steamer to or
from any port in Porto Rico are exempt
from stamp tax.
JUDGE REILLY DEAD.
He Was Member of the Snpreme
Court of Appeals.
Richmond. Va.. Aug. 20.-Judge Wil
liam Reilly of the Supreme Court of Ap
peals died at the residence of his son
inJlw at Houston. Halifax county, to
night, aged 61 years, after a brief illness.
He served in the Confederate army, rising
to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Before
his elevation to the bench, he had attain
ed rank as one of the leading lawyers
in the state.
JOHNSON SUCCEEDS HEATH.
Hackensack tlnn Will lie First As
sistant Postmaster General.
Washington. Aug. 20.—William M. John
son of Hackensack, N. J.. the president
of the New Jersey State Senate, has been
tendered and accepted the office of first
assistant postmaster general, made va
cant by the resignation of Perry Heath.
He will take charge in a few days.
DOAZ FI RE-ft WEPT.
auiall Town In Alabama Wiped Oat
by Flames.
Huntsville. Ala., Aug. 20.-Boaz. a small
town in Marshall county, was destroyed
by fire to-day. Every business house was
swept away. The loss Is estimated at
$50,000. _
Governor \% Ride.
Gibara. province of Santiago d* Cuba.
Aug. 20.—' Governor General Wood's ride
from Puerto Pardre, via \m* Tunas and
Holguin, on hi* convention canvass, wAs
completed evening. He covered
DO miles in twenty hours
Heat Jim Reilly.
New York. Aug. 20—" Patsy” ftweeny
of Manchester, N. H.. defeated Jim Rell
|y In three rounds before the Hampeork
Athletic Club in Brooklyn 10-nlgt*.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900.
TREASURER HARVEY SHORT.
He Is Apparently Out Something
Like ftIH,COO.
Brunswick, Ga„ Aug. 20.—At a special
called meeting of Brunswick's mayor and
council held to-night, City Treasurer H.
H. Harvey asked to be relieved from his
office. Treasurer Harvey also requested,
in connection therewith, that an expert
accountant be placed on his books. Coun
cil granted Treasurer Harvey's request by
appointing City Clerk L. C. Bodet tem
porary treasurer, pending an investigation
of Mr. Harvey’s books, and also author
ized Treasurer Harvey to employ an ex
pert to examine them.
Treasurer Harvey's request was due to
the fact that he had recently found an
apparent error in his accounts, and in at
tempting to trace that error with City
Clerk Bodel, he had found his hills paya
ble account checked up about $19,000 short,
in continuing the investigation through
his expense account, an error of over
*I.OOO in his favor had been discovered,
making the apparent shortage of his ac
count as treasurer about *IB,OOO.
Treasurer Harvey, realizing that a mis
take had been made somewhere, decided
that the best solution of the affair would
be to turn his books over for expert ex
amination and let the experts balance
them. Treasurer Harvey has also noil
fled his bond company of the apparent
shortage. He is bonded in the United
States Fidelity and Casualty Company of
Baltimore for $15,000.
Mayor Atkinson and the individual
members of Council express tiie greatest
confidence in Treasurer Harvey, as do
ihose few citizens who have learned of
his request to Council to-night. The
Morning News corresi>ondent has thor
oughly investigated the matter, and there
is nothing whatever in the case on which
to base any suspicion of misuse of office
on Treasurer Harvey’s part. He Is a
young man, with a large family, consist
ing of a devoted wife and seven children.
Neither he nor any member of his fam
ily is extravagant, and they have always
lived in a very modest manner.
During the period that the apparent
shortage appears, Treasurer Harvey had
an income from property inherited from
his father and his office as treasurer of
nearly S4OO per month. He neither spec
ulated nor indulged in any bad habits
The present difficulty in hisk-aecounta can
be attributed to the bad bookkeeping of
his deputy, but beyond that no blatne can
now be attached to Treasurer Harvey’s
record. It is confidently believed by every
one connected with the case that when
all the* books and account* have passed
the scrutiny of expert examiners, a bal
ance will be struck, showing Treasurer
Harvey’s accounts all right.
McINTOSIV POLITICS.
Delegatee Left Darien for tlie Sena
torial Convention.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 20.—The Mclntosh
county delegation to the Second District
Senatorial Convention left this morning
for Hlnesvflle. The convention meets to
morrow and the delegates entertain no
doubt that Col. Smiley will be nominated
on the first ballot, if not by acclamation.
He has a clear majority of the conven
tion.
Mclntosh politics are somewhat more
quiet than they were a week ago. The
warm weather has put a stop to heated
discussions. Those candidates who have
opposition, however, are working quite
energetically. For ordinary Col. W. de R.
Barclay and Mr. Jesse A. Britt are op
posing each other, and for clerk of the
Superior Court the race is between Judge
S. A. Way and Mr. A. C. Wylly.
LEFT HER BUILDERS.
Trial Trip of tlie Battleship Ala
bama Will Soon Take Place.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—The United
States battleship Alabama left Cramp’s
shipyards this afternoon for her official
trial, which will take place off the New
England coas-t during the early part of
next week. The Alabama will go directly
to the Brooklyn navy yard, where she will
be placed in dry dock for the purpose of
having her bottom cleaned and painted.
From there the battleship will go to Boe
ton harbor, where she will anchor for sev
eral days while machinery is being
overhauled.
The speed trial will take place over a
mt*aoured course between Capo Ann and
Cape Porpoise. The Alabama’s contract
calls for a speed of 16 knots an hour for
four consecutive hours.
WORKING FOR TUB GOVERNOR.
Rat the Statement Was Declared to
Bea Malicious Lie.
Columbia. 9. C., Aug. 20—At Bateaburg
to-day Speaker of the House Gary assert
ed there were no constables in Columbia;
they had been sent out to work for Mc-
Sweeney. Gov. Me Sweeney declared the
statement, by whoever made, a malicious
He.
Gary cites W. J. Shelton and J. T. Gas
ton of this city'as authorities, and sold
if Me Sweeney came to Columbia to-night
ho would confront him with them. Mc-
Sweenoy came, but Gary has not arrived.
Edna Reynolds, $ years old. wan burned
to death in her home in Spartanburg last
night. The child, with an cider sister,
was left at home while the mother, a
poor widow, w'fent to church. The lamp
exploded.
BLAKE MADE SOUNDINGS.
New Lightship Will Be Stationed nt
Diamond Shoaln.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 20.—The steamer
Blake of the United States coast geodetic
survey reached port yesterday from Dia
mond Shoals, Cape Hatteras, where she
made soundings for the anchorage of the
new lightship to be stationed there.
It is said the new lightship will have a
better anchorage than any that have here
tofore been stationed at the shoals. The
new* lightship, it is said, will be able to
outride any gale. She will take her sta
tion about Nov. 1. Meanwhile. No. 69,
now here, will be towed to the shoals for
temporary duty.
WILL VISIT CHICAGO.
President und Mrs. McKinley Will
He at the Encampment.
Washington, Aug. 20.—President and
Mrs. McKinley will leave Washington
Friday afternoon for Chicago to attend
the annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
They will remain in Chicago until Wed
nesday afternoon of next week. Late
Wednesday afternoon the party will re
turn to Canton, where the President and
Mr*. McKinley will remain until Septem
ber, when they will go to Somerset, Pa.,
to attend the marriage of their niece. Miss
Mabel McKinley, and Dr. Herman 8.
Baer, Sept. 12. %
John D. Floorer Dead.
New York. Aug. 20.—The death of John
D. Flower of the firm of Flower A Cos.
of this cHy occurred at the home of his
daughter, at iTout’s Neck. Me., lust
night. He w.a stricken wfith paralysis
Saturday night. He wa* a brother of the
late Koawell P. Flower.
< lieever far Governor.
Dyer, Tenn., Aug. 20.—Through their
Fixacutlv* Committee, fhe Tennessee
prohibitionist* to-day put a ticket in fhe
field, headed by Hon. ft. ti. Chsev*r for
Governor Candidate* for prentdcotiul
•lactor# wets alio selected.
Woman's
Kidney
broubles
Why trifle with health
when the easiest and
surest help is tho host
known medicine in the
world ?
is known everywhere and
thousands of women have
been cured of serious kid
noy derangements by it.
Mrs. Pinkham's meth
ods have the endorse
ment of the mayor, the
postmaster and others of
her own city.
Her medicine has the
endorsement of an un
numbered multitude ol
grateful women whose
tetters are constantly
printed in this paper.
Every woman should read
these letters.
Mrs. Pinkham advises
suffering women free ol
charge. Her address Is
Lynn, Mass.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.
The Association of Mclntosh County
Assembled at Darien.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 20.—The Mclntosh
county Sunday School Association held
its quarterly meeting et the Ridge Metho
dist Church yesterday. A large crowd
was expected* from all parts of the coun
ty. but the failure to procure a special
train, disappointed many who would
otherwise have come. The president of
the association, Prof. C. E. Copk, was
absent on his summer vacation, but his
place was ably filled by the first vice
president, Mr. A. E. Dimmock.
A special feature of the occasion
was the music. The congregational
sunging was led by Mrs. J. E.
De Lorme on the organ, Mr. C. R.’ Walk
er on the cornet and Mr. C. B. Walker
on the violin. At the morning session
Rev. C. D. Carson of Tulane University
delivered a scholarly and timely add/ess.
His theme was the progress of Christian
civilization as promoted by the Sunday
schools. He said the Sunday school offi
cers and teachers of this country were
commissioned by the highest authority to
do the greatest work that can be done
for any country or age—that of training
the youths of the land to be Christian
statesmen and citizens.
In ihe afternoon Mr. Carson lectured
upon the Sunday school lesson for the
day. while Mrs. P. S. Clark took* charge
of the small children After this the au
dience wae addressed by Rev. William
McW. Young, who spoke In a most enter
taining manner.
At night the audience was entertained
by Darien’s superintendent*. Messrs. T.
B. Blount and A. E. Dimmock, who gave
their ideas a sto the best methods for con
ducting a Sunday School.
The association will jeneet again on the
third Sunday in November.
CUT UP A NEGRO.
White Men Resented IIIn Conduct
Toward Tfielr Wives. #
Douglas, Ga., Aug. 20.—At 10 o’clock
laat night, two miles from Douglas, Col.
Levi O’Steen and brother, with their
wives, were returning from Clinch coun
ty. The two ladies were in a buggy a
short distance behind the two gentlemen.
A negro lumped in the buggy wkh the
two ladies.
Their cries brought the two gentlemen
back to the rescue. They ordered the
negro out. He said: ‘‘Boss, this is my
wife,” wherupon the gentlemen Jerked
him out of the J>uggy, and having no
weapons but their pocketknives, proceed
ed to cut him In many places, twelve of
which wounds had to be sewed up.
Dr. Sibbett the wounds after
the man was brought to town. .The ne
gro proved to be- John Chandler, who has
been considered one of the best negroes
in the town.
His version of the affair, as borne out
by other negroes who were with him, is
that he went out to the two-mile post to
meet his wife, whom he was expecting
from Pearson. She being a very bright
mulatto and the night being dark, he
thought his wife was In the buggy and
had no idea it contained ladies.
If his tale is true, no one regrets the
affair more than the Messrs. O’Steen.
MONEY NOT FOUND.
Tlie Valuable Express Package Im
Still MiaNlng,
Chicago, Aug. 20.—With all the police
machinery of the Adams Express Com
pany and the Pinkerton Detective Agency
In motion since Saturday, tho it ntity of
the person who substituted a bogus pack
age for one containing $29,000 consigned
by the Commercial Bank to the National
Bank of Burlington, lowa, remain* un
known and the money has not been found.
The package was delivered to the agent
in charge of the Burlington office. It was
delivered to* the hank and when opened
was found to contain some brown paper.
Tho forgery of the address was clumsy.
Tho imitation of the hank’s seal* was
crude- in the extreme, and the sealing wax
used on the imitation was of different
color. Only in the most general way was
the package an imitation of the origl
h 1.
Cashier J. T. Talbert of the Commercial
Bank said to-night: “Comparison of the
wrapper of the bogus package with that of
the original satisfied every one that the
change must have been made after deliv
ery to the express company, and it l up
to them.”
WAN HOT IN MACON.
Confederate Vetemnn l it Felt. 4 on
n Memorial Day.
Macon, Aug. 20. Heat here to-day has
been a record-breaker. The thermometer
resisted . fraction than 100. Only
one prostration, that of a horse, Was re
ported.
Bibb County Camp of Confederate Vet
erans met to-night and set apart Feb. 4
as a apeefe] memorial day to be hold
for those who have left the fast-thinning
ranks Mince the war to join the Increas
ing column.
K rlegerlMUMl.
Akjon. o.,*Aug. 20.—The business ses
sion of the North American Kriogerhurtd
to-doy and was devoted to the re
port* of officer* und *n addrssM by Pres
ident Mot its Otchler of EM. Lou*
NOTIFICATION MEETING.
Its Detail* Have lleen Arranged by
the Democrat*.
Topeka. Kan.. Aug. 20.— The details of
the Bryan notification meeting have been
arranged.
A special committee, com posed of ex-
Oovernors John W. tweedy, L. D. LI ewe;
lyn and John P. St. John. Judge S. H.
Allen, John W. Bretdenthal. John Mad.
dn. Senator W. A. Harris. Col. E. C. Lit
tle, L>. T. Boas and Jerry Bimpaon will
meet Mr. Bryan in Atchison at 6:30
o'clock on the morning of Aug. 23 ami
accompany him to Topeka.
The local reception committee will meet
the party a* the station, ami with tho
Topeka City troops will escort them to
the National Hotel, where Mr. Bryan will
meet the notification commiitee, the com
matee representing Topeka and the pres
ent siate officers. All other committees,
Including the general state committee,
will meet Mr. Bryan at the Crawford
Opera House.
The Committee on Programme ha* de
cided to begin the notiflcatin ceremony
at,3 o clock. The meeting will be called
to order by Chairman Ridgeley of the
Populist Slate Committee, and an address
of welcome will be delivered by David
Overmeyer. Marion Butler, permanent
chairman of ceremonies, will be introduc
ed and will take charge of the notifica
tion exercise© proper.
T. M. Patterson, chairman of the No
tification Committee, will then deliver the
notification address, which will be fol
lowed by the reply of Mr. Bryan. An
informal reception will Ik held at the
speakers’ stand after Mr. Bryan's ad
dress. Mr. Bryan will leave on the Union
Pacific at 8 o’clock.
FIRST SHIRT WAIST SUIT.
One for $.">0,4*00 Kin* Seen Brought by
u Man In 4'Mongo.
Chicago. Aug. 20.—C01. Bloom, a music
publisher, to-day brought suit for $50,000
damages against tho Union Restaurant
and Hotel in Randolph street, for refusing
to serve him while he was clad In a
shirt waist nnd minus a coat.
This is said to be the first time the
shirt-waist question has been brought be
fore a court. Attorneys for the plaintiff
contend that ihe defendant had no right
to refuse to serve Bloom merely because
he wore the latest style In men's gar
ments.
The managers of the restaurant, when
questioned regarding their refusal, said
that patrons wearing shirt waists would
only be served at tables adjoining the
main dining room. No person would he
perm! ted to enter the dining room un
less wearing n coat.
AGAINST AMERICAN MEATS.
Effort Made to freste Prejudice
Among the German*.
Washington. Aug. 20.—“ The
and some butchers of Germany are try
ing to create a popular prejudice against
the consumption of American meats, and
particularly of American lard.” says Con
sul General Guenther at Frankfort, Ger
many, in a report to the state depart
ment. The excellence of American lard Is
attested to. however, by the report of a
hoard of chemical examiners covering the
examination of the last two years, which
states:
“A thorough chemical examination
show© that American lard is not only the
same as German lard In regard to smell,
taste and consistency, hut that it frequent
ly excels in dazzling white color. Among
the several samples received, there was
none to be objected to; the quality was
faultless.’
FOUR NEW STEAMERS.
Order* (ilven for Vessel* for the At
lantic Coasting Trade.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—A contract for four
steel steamers to ply in the Atlantic coast
ing trade was to-day given the American
Ship Building Company by a syndicate
of Eastern capitalists. Tho steamer© will
be built during the winter at the yards of
the company at South Chicago, and will
be ready for dill very to their owners on
Salt water with the opening of naviga
tion next spring.
The ocean syndicate which ordered the
boats contains some New York men. The
details o-f organization are not complete
as yet, but It will probably be called the
Northwestern Transportation Company.
The boats will be duplicate, and will be
djeelgned for the carrying of package
freight. The cost of each boat will be
$209,000 or m total of SBOO,OOO for the entire
order. The hull© will be built to the full
size of the locks of the recently complet
ed St. Lawrence canals.
CAUSED A SMALL RIOT.
Policeman Shot a Member of the
Wild Wcit Show.
Prairie du Chlen, Wls., Aug 20.—Thom
as Vavra, a special policeman shot Charlea
Triangle, an artilleryman of the Wild
West show. In the leg during an argument
to-night.
The affair caused a small-sized riot.
Vavra escaped to a saloon under the pro
tection of Marshal Lindner and Police
man Merrill, who were heriously Injured.
The mob of the .Wild West show broke
into the saloon Just as Vavra left it, and
completely demolished the Interior of the
building. Vavra’s house wa*> abo wreck
ed. An appeal was made to Col. Cody
(Buffa Bill), who soon entered the mob.
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
Tllf l>iK<‘*<iujc Klnumt Left Oul.
Brea'l dyspepsia Is common. It effect,
the bowels be au.“e wl.i.e bread Is nearly
all starch, and ararch Is digested in the
Intestines, rot In the stomach proper.
Up under the shell of the wheat berry,
Nature has provided curious deposit
which Is turned Into diastase when It Is
subjected to the saliva and lo the pan
creatic juices In the human Intestines.
This diastase Is ahadufely necessary lo
dig* st starch and turn It Into grape su
gar. which Is the next form; but that
part of the wheat berry makes durk*
flour, and the modern miller cannot
readily tell dark flour, so Natuie's valu
abl. dlucstor ts thrown out and the hu
man system must hund.e the starch as
best lr can. without the help that Na
ture Intended.
Small wonder that appendicitis, peri
tonitis. constipation, and all sorts of
trouble exist, when we *o so contrary to
Natures law. The food experts that
prfected <Jrape-Nus Food, knowing
these tacts, made use. In their exptri
ments, of the entire wheat and barley,
including all the parts nnd subjected
them to mots'ure, anti long continued
warmth, which allows time and the
proper conditions for developing the dlae
tare, outs and • of the human body.
In this way the staichy tart Is trans
forme I Into grape ttuear In a perfectly
natural manner, without the use of
chemicals or any out<lde Ingredients.
The II t e sparkling crystals of grape
sugar can be seen on the pieces of Orap*-
Ntl s. This food, there for., Is naturally
prcdlgested and Its use *t place of bread
will quickly con ret the troubles that
have b*n brought about by th too free
use of starch tn the food, and that Is vety
mirenon In the human race te-d.v.
The effect of ea Ing Urate-Nuts ten
days or two we k, and the illsecntlnti
n r. of ordinary wl lt<* boa I, Is very
marked. The us.r will gain rapidly In
strength and physical and mental health.
Call to See How Cheap
Negligee Shirts,
. Undershirts
and Night Shirts,
Linen Suits,
Are With Our 25 Off.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
EXCHANGED TUB MONEY.
Porto II Iran IVmom Accepted for
American Money.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Wm. P. Watson
and James Sample, special agents of tho
treasury department, who some months
ago were sent to Porto Rico to effect an
exchange of the ©liver of the Island for
United tkates money, will leave San Juan
for the United States to-day. having
isfactorily accomplished their mission.
During the time they have been on the
Island they have received for exchange
5.469.321 peMOs*. leaving only about 4dO.(Xtf)
pesos unaccounted for. Arrangements
have been made with Ford A <’o., the
financial agents of the United States on
the island, to continue the exchange, and
they have established about twenty places
in different section© whore the exchange
will continue to be made indefinitely.
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CAUGHT \ HOUSE THIEF.
The Man Gave Way Ml. Companion*
in nn Organlird Gang.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 30.— Several horses
have been stolen In Chrls'ttan county re
cently, and posses of the Anti-Horse
Thief Society have been hunting the
thieves. This morning a posse caught
Sam Sanders lending two horses from
the barn of Charles Zeifer. He eonfe-sserl
that he was from Indiana and was one
of a band of horse thieves. Frank Mc-
Lean, son of a well-to-do farmer, who
was arrested last week, being one, and
that during the pa?< few months fhe
band hd stolen flfty animals, marketing
them In Terre Haute.
He also confessed that members of the
gang were responsible for fires that have
occurred recently at Tower Hill and vi
cinity.
FLATTERERS OX STRIKE.
Aiey rents Vet Agree n* to the Wnge
Seale With Mnniifaetvree*.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—At tbs Instance of
the American Window Glass Company,
the flatteners met the manufacturers to
day In a final effort to adjust the wage
scale for the coming year. This was a
failure and the flatteners are now on
strike.
There seems to be no hope of settlement
and a general shut down Is probable, al
though the company officials claim they
will be able to start factories on Sept. 1
without the union men.
XVAS TOSSED IX A BLANKET.
Heath Followed the Sport of Volun
teer Soldiers.
Toledo, 0., AUg. 20.—Joseph, the ten
year-old son of Michael Shaill of Lima,
died to-day from Injuries received by be
ing tossed In u blanket by soldiers during
the encampment of the Second Regintsnt,
O. N. G., In that city. Arrests are to fol
low.
Ilodge* f’rotenbly Snfe.
New York, Aug. 20.—Robert E. Speer,
one of the secretaries of the Presbyterian
Hoard of Foreign Mlealons, to-day receiv
ed the following unsigned cablegram from
Shanghai:
"Hodges believed certainly Pekin.” Mr.
Speer thinks the message Is from Rev.
J. C. Garrett, an that it Is a response
to an Inquiry cabled last week. The
message Indicates the probable safegy of
the Hodges. *
Had no License*.
Springfield, 111,, Aug. 20.—T0-day State
Attorney Smith filed suit In the Sangs
mort County Circuit Court agalns-t the
firm of Kessberger A Cos., prominent gen
eral Insurance agenta of this city, charg
ing them with writing policies of insur
ance here In the following companies,
which, he alleges, are not llcenaed to do
Insurance business In Illinois: Washing
ton Fire, Washington, D. C.; Continental
Fire, Fort Worth Tex., and Commercial
Fire, Wilmington, Del.
Hcbedule* Are Safe,
Washington, Aug. 20.—A report re
ceived at Ihe census bureau to-day from
Special Agent Dunham in charge of the
work In Alaska, shows that Charles M.
Robinson and Wm. G. Pinecoffln, special
agents for the northern district of Alas
ka, were not drowned, as was feared, and
that the schedule* supposed to have been
lost with them are safe In the hands of
Mr. Dunham.
1 Tlsl In banner Wedding.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 20.—A quiet wed
ding took place at 10 o'clock to-day at the
residence of Dr. J. M. Carn, at Centre
ville the contracting parties being Miss
Corlnne B. Cam nnd Mr. Mareellus Mor
gan of Chattahoochee. Rev. W J. Car
penter of the Tallahassee Methodist
Church being thtAofflclatlng clergyman.
W on't Re Mrtirtw,
Bt. Louis. Aug. 20.—John J. McCraw
will not tn manager of the SI. Louis teem
this season, despite stories to contrary. “I
would not b doing myself justice to ac
cept the management of the team at Ihe
present lime." said McCraw to-day. Un
der no circumstances will I accept tn e
management of the St. Pouts Ham.
Nominated William*.
Richmond. Ky., Aug. 20.—The Republi
cans of the Eighth Congressional District
met tn convention and nominate*! Maj.
John M. Williams of Rockcastle county
for Congress. There were eight candi
dates.
Died of Usantrske.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 20—The mercury
touched 02 In the shade. James Foley an-l
'Mioma* Magnus died of sunstroke at
Cincinnati Hospital to-night. During the
day there were ten other prostration*,
nene of them serlouti.
One Hundred Degrees In Kansan.
Abilene, Kan., Aug. 20—This was the
eleventh day of MO-degree weather, and
the temperature rose to 115, with I tot
winds. l'uaturas and coin are badly
burned.
MR ft. F. V. PAXTON DEAD.
Efitimablf Woman Psed Away Ye*
(erdny nt Folkston.
Waycross, <ia., Aug. 20.—Otlrs. Floridn
V. Paxton, wife of lion. D. B Paxton
of Haw Creek, Fla., who is a prominent
naval stores operator, died 4his morning
at Folks ton, where she had been spend
ing some lime with hi© brother, Hon
John Paxton and her relatives, the fami
ly of Sheriff H. S. Mattox.
Her huehand, Hon. I>. B. Paxton, wa#
notified of him wife's death, and he wlil
reach Folks ion on the first train coming
this way from Haw Creek.
Mrs. Paxton wa a sister of the late
Hon. L. C. Mattox and Hon. Hamp A
Mattox of Homervllle. She was til*
mother of four children ail of whom riwr
vlve her.
Storm nt Fort h.
t
Portsmouth, 0., Aug. 20.-To-night m r
thunder storm four dwellings were strucl.
by lightning, eight inmate* were seriou*
ly shocked nnd two of the dwellings wen
burned to the ground. A great number
of barns in the vicinity were struck an*.
stock and other property damaged.
BOUND FOR IOW A.
llobocN tn Meet in Convention In the
Town of llrltt on Unit. 29.
From the New York World.
Hordes of tramp* are passing through
the country bound for the rural communi
ty of Britt, la. In that place—sequester
ed In the wilds of Hancock county -on
Aug. 2u Head Pipe Charles F. Noe of the
Tourist Union, will rap on an Inverted
beer barrel with a huge bung starfer and
call to order the second annual convention
of the amalgamated “hoboes” of Amer
ica.
Noe 1* ihe presiding genius of the
Tourist Union, an association of bona fide
tramps. The leader of the “Tourists” is
a young man, perhaps 23 years of age.
When he is at home he i at Sycamore. 111.
Noe 1h eccentrlct and genius for ideas.
His was the idea of a national association
j of iramps and his was the idea, of a great
' gathering of that association. The result
l was the Tourlet Union and the first eon
! vent lon, held at Danville, 111., Jast year.
Noe took to tramping from love, not ne
cessity. Years ago in Danville, the psce
of his birth, when his parents though* h©
whs at school, the youth who was to be
exulted t 6 the future Pipe was engaged In
learning the rudiments of the gentle art
of “hoboing.” The present officers of the
Tourist Union are: Head Pipe-. Charles F.
Noe, Sycamore, 111.; president, “Onion”
Colon, Danville, 111.; chief route picker,
Gllam Fera. Chicago.
In order to Join the organization, after
satisfying the Head Pipe and hi* asjlst
ants, it is necessary to fill out an applica
tion blank. This is as follows:
"Tourists' Union, No. 63.
“Shoemakers, Designers, Actors, Rail
roaders, Moulders. Tailors, Cigarmakcra,
Painters. Society Tramps.
“I hereby make application to Join the
union. Name
“How much territory have you covered
in the last five years?
“How much by cu.ihicfis and otherwise?
“Did you ever panhandle a dookie?
“Do you prefer a bo* car to a Pullman
sleeper?
“Have you ever belonged to a hobo
camp?
“Have you a deep-rooted, an insatiable
desire to annihilate all bum klUers?
“Which Is the- worst In your opinion, a
brakeman who shunts you off on the prai
rie, six miles from civUlzaiion and a wa
ter tank, or u Chinese Boxer?
'Have you taken many baths?
“If so, were they compulsory?
“Did you ever leave town by the es
pecial request of a one-horse town m ir
•hul?
“Are you in favor of a free soup house
in every railroad center?
“Will you petition the congressman in
your district for steam heat in all box
cars?”
Head Pipe Noe says that the comiio-pa
per tramp life 1* kept up In the questions,
and that they were made that way In or
der that people may see genuine tourists
can take a joke a well as any one. The
Tourist Union, however, he affirms is no
laughing matter.
Britt, la., L a place of about 1,609 in
habitants, and Is a farming community.
There promise© to be quite a sensation
when the Weary WiUles begin to come
down on the fold like Ird Byron’s As
syrians have done in the reader* from
time immemorial. Head Pip*e Noe atatea
that Britt is aware of the prominence
that it 1* being brought Into, and in the
hope of casting Three Oaks, Mich., com
pletely In the shade, will receive the del
egate* to the gathering with open hands.
“W’y," says the esteemed Head Pipe,
“Britt's goin’ to treat uh tourist* like
king*. Bookies at every back do3r, empty
box cars an’ barns to *leep in! We’re
goin ’to live easy!”
It is. indeed, statfd that the citizen* of
Hrttt have obtained permission from the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul ro<id to
have the use of all #mpty box cars while
the convention is in session. Asa precau
tion the police force Will bo doubled, but
wi 1 have instructions to address all Tour
luts as “Mister." This is expected to be
quite a shock until the Tourists become
accustomed to it. Huge badges bearing
the picture of the comic paper ‘•Willie”
and ornamented with the coupling pin and
links, the insignia of the union, will be
given to each delegate on his arrival.
The police, the Head Pipe say*, have even
been so good as to consent to ftet as a
committee of reception. They will meet
all freight trains and be ready with help
ing hands when they see a Tourist look
ing out from under a box car with an
anxious eye.
Head Pipe Noe, in talking to a World
correspondent. was darkly mysterious
when asked what the convention would
k>. With dexterity he parried all ques
tions the answers to which would show
whether the “hoboes” intended to take
any action on political Issue*. The Pipe,
Intimated that the Britt platform might
go ringing down io history a* the Magna
Chart* of the Amr‘ rt n hobo. He ad
mltt<d that the usual expression, “Wa
view with regret," “we depiore." and the
others might be used in connection with
the hardness of box car floors and the
manners of trnlti men. It Is reliably elat
ed, however, that Noo has dream* of a
united hobo party that will be caUrtd
go by the politician*.
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