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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-01
MUST REACH
PEKIN INSIDE
OF ONE WEEK
Or the legations viii be Compelled
to Give Up-AttAcksd Contln-
ually Day and Night.
LETTER FROM COLONEL SHIBA
Military Attache at Pektn-Allied
Forces Ready to Start at Once.
Chatfce May Command.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. July :l.--Ad-
jutant General Corbin To-day received
dispatch from LIcutenan; Colonel
Coolidge, commanding the Ninth In
fantry at TEen TsFn. I, came by way OF
Che Foo. and Is as follows.
"TIEN TSIN. July q.
Following letter or Lieutenant Cot
onei shIba. military attaGhe at the !a-
cation OF Pekin. dated July %. arrived
Tien Tsln 18th at O'Clock In the even
Ing:
"'PEklNG. July %. Evening.
eve are all awaiting impatently ar
rival Of reinforcing army. When are
you comng2 All legations have been
blockHded since l3th last month. and
since the 10Th We have been attacked
continually night and day by the Chi
nesc soldiers from more than ten en-
Campments. By n supreme effort we
are still defending. We are daily await
ing with the greatest anxiety arrival OF
reinforcing army. and II you can't
reach here In less than a weeks time It
Is probable thut we Will be unable to
hold out any longer. Emperor and
Empress DowaeeT appear 10 be stEil at
Pekin. Were our rc!ntorcements TO
arrive very probable that they would
fee to Wan Shoshan. Killed and
wounded up to date cIgh: killed. one a
captain OF infantry and an ambassa-
doris attache: seven seriously wounded,
the first secretary OF legation being one
OF twenty slightly wounded. The num-
Der OF Europeans killed is sixty, Il ALL :.
(Signcd) COOLIDGE"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-01
DOUBT DISPELLED

BY the Newg From Pekin and There
is no Question Of tho Safety OF the
Legations-Chafyee and His Army
VIII Advance ut once-LlmIted
Number Available.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-01
Weather Forecast for To-day.

For West Virginia and Western Penn
Eylvanla--GenerHlly fair "Wednesday ind
Thursday: light to fresh wegtcfiy HirdE,
For Ohio-Gencrally fair Wednesday and
Thursday: cooler In northern portion
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-01
CALM AFTER THE STORM.
Chinese Say They Will Respect the
Treaties Entered Into.

PARIS. July 3l.-The minister OF ma
rihe, NJ. De Lauessan, to-day received
the following dispatch from Admiral
Courreloles:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23

OF SOS. .9O2. p. OF this amount he deposited
with the said treasurer the sum OF 1850
For February, 1900. he received from the
sale OF stamped paper and from box rents
the sum OF SIS 005.56. to which he added the
sum of $7.362.O3, received by him from fees
of the money-order business for the months
Of July, August and September, 1880. He
took W in cash also in the month OF Feb
ruary. 1900 the sum of $4.S5547. received
from fees for the money-order business for
the months OF October, November ana
December, 1888. He did not, however, de-
posit this latter amount with the said
treasurer This last amount added 10 the
first two items makes the total receipts
for February, 1900, amount TO the sum OF
s37. 7.223.06, of which he deposited the sum or
s24365.O5. In March he collected the sum
of s27. .sO2 so from the sale of stamped paper
and box rents, of which he deposited the
sum of $l6,926.44. In April, 1900, he collected
the sum of s2S, ,92S.54, of which he deposited
the sum of s1s459.sS.
my investigation demonstrated that
Charles f. w. Nicely, as chief of the bu-
reau of finance, has received the sum OF
sf22 656.62, of which he has deposited with
the treasurer Of Cuba the sum of $77, ISL 81,
and that the balance, amounting to the
sum of si5,375.25, or any part thereof, can
not be found, and that the said sum re-
mains entirely unaccounted for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23

government should intervene. he offered
his good offices TO England to bring about
peace. He did this with great pleasure,
in the hope that it might possibly bring
the conflict TO an end This offer had been
declined by Great Britain, and, he said,
there was nothing further that the United
States could do in the premises. The en-
voys intimated that they were glad TO feel
they had friends in this country and then
bsde the President goodbye
Those who have been closely identified
with the Boer delegates since they have
been in Washington, and who conferred
with them to-day on their plans. say that
as a result of the statement of the Secre-
tary of State the delegates will not remain
long In Washington, but will attend a
series of meetings 10 be held throughout the
country. Before going TO the White House
to-day the delegates breakfasted with John
A. Milholland, of New York. Messrs. st.
John Gaffney and Representative Sulzer
also being present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
QUEEN BESTOWS HONORS
PEERAGES FOR LORD MORRIS,
PETER O'BRIEN AND WEBSTER.
GHonorable" for Lord StrathcOna's
Only Child-knfghthOOd for Several
-Irishmen Not Forgotten.

LONDON, May 22.-The Queen has
granted Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
the Canadian high commissioner, a patent
of his title to Hon. Mrs. Robert Jared Bliss
Howard, his only child. The Queens BIRTH
day honors also include peerages conferred
on Lord Morris, on his retirement from the
Appeal Court; on Sir Peter OBrien, the
Irish Judge, and on Sir Richard Webster.
the former attorney general, and now mas
ter of the rolls. Among those who have re-
ceived knightly honors are Prof. Richard
Claverhouse Jebb. regius professor OF
Greek at Cambridge; Sir Augustus Hem
mings, governor Of Jamaica, and Lieut..
General Barker. governor of the Bermu-
das.
The order of knights Grand Cross of the
Indian Empire is conferred upon Mai. Gen.
Sir William Forbes Gatacre. Hamilton
Hunter, British consul in Samoa. is made a
companion of st. Michael and ST. George.
The Times points out that two of the new
peerages have been conferred upon Irish
men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23

interview with President Kruger. to whom
he said that If the plan were not cancelled
he would himself defend johannesburg,
adding that the Beers were not barbarians.
At this, according to Mr.. Hofmeyer. the
plan was abandoned"
The British who are in the hands of the
Beers at Pretoria, by some extraordinary
means, learned of the British victory at
Mafeking as soon as the Transvaal author
tiles. and they built bonfires and sang God
Save the Queen" The Pretoria people are
apprehcnsive of an arising of the prison
ers, and agitate for transference of the
whole number to point inside the Brit
ish lines. saying 1000 more or less would
make no difference.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent Of
the Times. telegraphing Monday, says:
'"The German liner Bundezreth has been de-
tanned here all day for special train from
Pretoria bringing the families of promi-
nent Beers. The utmost secrecy regarding
the identity is maintained. but it is believed
that among them are Mrs. Steyn and Mrs.
Reftz
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
MINE DISASTER.
Thirty Men Reported to Have Been
Killed i'm North Carolina.

RICHMOND, Va, May pa report
reached here after midnight from Green's
boro, n. c., that a disaster has occurred
in the coal mine at Cumnock. An explosion
occurred some time after the night shift
went on duty and 1t is said that thirty
miners have been killed.
The Cumnock mines are located near the
Sanford, Greensboro & Mount Airy Rail-
road, which is a branch of the Southern.
The Sanford & Mount Airy road runs from
Sanford TO Mount Airy by way of Green's
boro. Cumnock is fifty miles from Green's
boro and the mines are located several
miles off the railroad on a road which is
owned and operated by the company con-
trolling the mines. All the telegraph Of
fees on the road closed at o'clock tonight
and no further details are expected until
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
TWO CRIMINAL CHARGES.
The Government strengthening It's
Case Against Neely.

Case Against NeeIy.
WASHINGTON. May 22-The War De-
partment received, to-day. from General
Wood. at Havana, the substance Of two
criminal charges to be preferred against
Neely in connection with the Cuban postal
frauds. They were forwarded at once to
the Department of Justice. 1t is said that
the charges are merely specific complaints
of matters included in the general charge
garded as necessary for the prosecution Of
the extradition proceedings. The Depart
ment of Justice telegraphed the charges to
District Attorney Burnett, at New York.
1t is believed that the charges are two
counts specifying the Illegal conversion of
public moneys to the use of Nicely. In that
case the charges might be prosecuted in
the United States, and it may be that it
will be the intention of the government Of
ficers 10 provide against a possible failure
of the effort to secure the extradition of
Neely to Cuba. 1t is said here that the
charge upon which Neely Is now held in
New York is of the very slightest char
acter, being nothing more, according to re-
port, than an allegation that Neely brought
misappropriated money into the United
States. Hence there Is necessity for i'm
mediate strengthening of the case. not only
with a view to extradition, but also because
1t Is desired to make sure there shall be no
miscarriage of justice, by providing the
material for prosecution In the United
States as last resort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
CARS JUMPED THE TRACK.
One Is Overturned and Several People
Are BADLY Injured.

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 22-Two cars on
the Genesee street-car line jumped the
track to-day as they were approaching a
bridge across a creek, the first car being
overturned. William Mulhall, motorman
was seriously hurt. The passengers in
jured were:
MRS. VOLK, skull fractured; cannot
live.
MRS. YOUNG, aged fifty years. both
legs cut off above the knees; fatally in
jured.
the face and body.
EDWIN KRUGER, aged four years.
son of Mrs. Kruger, badly injured.
MRS. PLEFEGER, badly bruised
MISS MARY WELTH, badly bruised
NATHAN WOLFF. painfully bruised and
lacerated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
"scREw LOOSE sOMEwHERE.v
More Light Thrown ON the Surcharged
Stamp Business.

NEW YORK. May 22.-The Evening Post
says: Local stamp dealers are not sur
prised by the development regarding frauds
ir the Havana postal service. 1t has been
common talk in the trade for months that
there was screw loose somewhere. for
certain men in the business were able to
sell the surcharged Cuban postage stamps
at suspiciously low figures. The demand
for these stamps from collectors has been
large. opening way, it is pointed out, BY
which those concerned in the frauds could
find a market for the destroyed stamps in
this country in addition to sales in Havana.
One New York dealer Is known to have
made a trip to Havana in company with a
dealer from Chicago, with the result that
soon after their return about $4,000 worth
of the stamps appeared in Chicago. These
men, 1t Is said. were also allowed to pick
over the stock in Havana and to destroy
many Of the plate numbers imprinted on
the sheet margin. for the purpose of MAX
ing certain numbers rare and consequent
ly high priced
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
BOERs AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Fischer, Vessels and wOlmarans Call
ON President Mckinley.

on President Mckinley.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Messrs. Fisch-
er. Vessels and wolmarans. the Boer en-
voys. who are now in this country, visited
the White House at 10 o'clock this MORN
ing, according to previous arrangements
to pay their respects to the President
No official status was given the visitors
and they presented no credentials.
The ENJOYS were received In the blue
parlor. no one being present but them
selves, the President and Secretary Cor
telyou. At first the conversation touched
on variety of subjects. The Beers talked
about Washington. told how they admired
the city and the President escorted them
TO the porch, at the rear Of the executive
mansion. where splendid view is obtain
able OF the Washington monument and the
Potomac river. President Kruger's name
finally was mentioned and the visitors
then stated their business in coming to
this country. They said that they under
stood that what Secretary Hay told them
yesterday was final. and that the position
of the United States was that this country
could not interfere in the present struggle
in South Africa The President confirmed
this view. He spoke of the action he took
some time ago. when. at the request Of the
government OF the Transvaal that this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
AMBUSHED BY BOERS.
Col. Bethune Loses Sixty-Six Men Az
ter Invading the Transvaal.


ter Invading the Transvaal.
LONDON, May %. Asa p. NIT is Of
ficially announced that Colonel Bethune
has reported that while marching in the
direction of Newcastle, Natal. yesterday,
one of his squadrons was ambushed by a
party of Beers six miles west of Vryheid.
in the Transvaal, and that very few of his
force escaped. His casualties numbered
sixty-six men. This information came in a
dispatch from General Butler, dated New
castle, May %. 1t follows:
'I have received the following from
Bethune, under date of May 81: While
marching in the direction of Newcastle. one
of my squadrons OF Bethune's mounted
west of vryheid, and very few escaped.
Liteutenants Lausum and Capelle are
among the missing. Captain the Earle de
lie War; is slightly wounded in the leg.
The total casualties are about sixty-six.
/ have returned to NQutu for supplies.
VIII march tomorrow for Newcastle via
Dundee"
General Butler than proceeds: 'T de-
tached Colonel Bethune and about 500 men
from Dundee May II with instructions to
march by Vaults drift and show his force
at N'Qutu, which was reported to have
been evacuated by the enemy preparatory
to the return of the magistrates and civil
establishment to the district. He was tc
rejoin me at Newcastle afterwards
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
KRUGER's HEALTH GOOD.
Residents of Pretoria Seeking Safe
Place for Women and Children.

PRETORIA, May 22.-An open air meet
ing was held to-day by the local Hol-
landers, 200 of whom were present. to con-
slider the situation in the event Pretoria
should be beleaguered. A committee was
appointed TO secure place of safety for
the women and children. The consul gen.
eral of the Netherlands. NJ. Nieuwenhuys
was asked to advise his government to
take its subjects. One speaker said the
position was most dark. The British, he
declared. would be masters OF the Free
State and the Transvaal; might would
be right; the capitalists would dominate
the poor would be the sufferers and the
Hollanders would have no chance.
DR.. Haymens contradicts the reports cir
culated regarding the health of President
Kruger. which. he says. is good Mr..
Kruger is transacting all the work OF the
President.
In accordance with an understanding
with General Botha and President Steyn.
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
La Discussfon Says the Eyes of Cuba
Are Fixed on the Investigators.

HAVANA, May 22.-No new developments
are looked for in connection with the postal
frauds for some days. unless something un-
expected should happen, and it is felt that
practically everything is now known with
the exception. possibly. of how far evidence
can be obtained to convict the men known
20 be implicated. The Discussion says: 1.-The
eyes Of Cuba are fixed upon the investi-
gators and upon their work. and Cubans
as well as Americans, are bound to be in
fuenced by the way that work is carried
on. AS IL is now clear that fraud does ex-
list, the Americans should speedily punish
the guilty. The Americans have proceeded
with great severity where Cuban custom
house employees have been concerned in al
legged frauds; and the Cubans have not pro-
tested because they realize that this has
been done with the idea of perfecting the
Cuban public service"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
BRIEF IN NEELY's BEHALF.
Counsel Argues Against Sending the
Muncfc Man Back to Cuba.

WASHINGTON. May 22-John d. Lind
sey, attorney for Charles F. w. Neely,
appeared before the House judiciary COM
mittee to-day and submitted an argument
against the proposed extradition BILL He
also presented a voluminous brief The
proposition to subject American citizen
to trial In a court where a Spanish system
of laws IN vogue. he contended. was
utterly opposed TO American traditions.
The fundamental theory at the base of our
system, he said, assumed a man placed in
Neely's position TO be innocent until COM
petent and legal evidence was adduced
TO prove him guilty. This fundamental
principle, he claimed. was fiouted by the
Spanish law, which was based on the old
Latin system and assumed man guilty as
soon as charged. The burden of proof was
placed on him. Mr.. Lindsey was closely
questioned by members of the committee.
He claimed that Nicely could only be tried
In the United States and only on the charge
of violating n law making it a felony to
bring into the United States money en-
bezzled from the United States. The funds
In the custody OF the United States, though
the property of the Island of Cuba. was as
sumed by law 10 be the property of the
United States. That was the statute upon
which Neely was arrested, MIR. Lindsey
said. The penalty for the violation Of this
law. he continued. was Imprisonment for
from six months TO five years.
FEARS TRIAL IN CUBA.
Mr.. Lindsey said the proceeding pending
before Governor Roosevelt In the requisi-
ton from Governor General Wood for
Neely's surrender was for the purpose OF
trying him under Section 4oi OF the penal
code of Cuba That section fixed a penalty
of Imprisonment from one day to twelve
CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
VICTORY CELEBRATED.
Colombian Rebels Said to Have Been
Defeated by Government Troops.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22.-Advices
from Colombia received to-day say Colon
is en- fete over the news Of a big govern
ment victory at Iebrija, department of
Santander. Notwithstanding this, it is
added. the rebels I'm other departments are
making every effort to overthrow the gov
ernment. Cartagena and Baranquila are
practically in the hands of the rebels As
many Of the leading officials of these towns
sympathize with the rebel cause their fall
cannot long be delayed Panama is also
reported to be In a critical condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
BRUTAL CRIME IN OHIO.
Little Girl CriminaIIy Assaulted and
KiIIed-Attempt to Lynch Negro.

CHILLICOTHE. o., May 22.-Ethel Long.
aged thirteen years, daughter of Stephen
Long, who lives on a farm near Austin.
this county. was found at a spring near
her home. her throat cut from ear to ear
and her head mashed She had been out
ragged about 3 o'clock this afternoon. A
colored man. arrested at Austin. claims
Cincinnati his home. Deputy Sheriff
James Devine, found evidence and blood
stains on his clothing. An attempted
lynching prevented by Commissioner
John OFT at Frankfort. The prisoner IS
lodged in the county Jail here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
While the Statement Is Made I'm Lon
don that the Transvaal Govern
ment Is Seeking Terms.
ROBERTS MOVING
AGAIN
HIS WHOLE ARMY MAY CROSS THE
vAAL BEFORE SUNDAY.
General Buffers Operations in Natal
Part of Col. Bethune's Force
Ambushed and Killed.

LONDON, May 23.-The Lou
renzo Marques correspondent of
the Times says it has been learned
from unquestionable authority that
within the last six weeks President
Kruger has transferred the bulk of
his property in the Transvaal to
personal friends, in order to avoid
its confscation by Great Britain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-23
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.
Wife Of Mai. j. c. Gilmore Cuts Her
Throat with a Razor.

PHILADELPHIA. May 22.-Mrs. Annie
Gibson Gilmore. wife OF Major ]. c. Gill
more. assistant adjutent general OF the
National Guard of Pennsylvania, COM
mitted suicide to-day at their home by cut
ting her throat with a razor. She died In
her husbands arms. Major Gilmore had
just finished shaving himself when his wife
picked up the razor and gashed her throat
severing the jugular VEIN Major Gilmore
was about making preparations to have
his wife treated at a sanitarium. on ac-
count OF lssr mental condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-02
THEY WILL MOVE
TO PROGRESS HALL
Young Women's Christian AS
sOciation's Permanent
Quarters.

The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation will move from their present
location next week to the third floor Of
Progress Block. Permission has been
obtained to use Progress Hall for the
purposes of a gymnasium.
In the new headquarters will be a
spacious parlOr and kitchen as we'll
as roomy corridor which can be used
as a sitting or reading room. The As
ISOLATION will take possession of the
place next week and will signalize the
same by big opening reception when
the work to be done during the coming
season in the musical, literary and
physical departments will be outlined.
The Travel club will meet this even
ing In the Association rooms at 1870
o'clock and continue the study of ''HoI-
land" The attendance of this club is
steadily increasing and much enthu-
siasm is being displayed. Last week
twenty-five were present.
Miss Reynolds, the secretary of the
Worlds Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION passed through here last
week on the Nippon Maru. She was
met by some of the members of the AS
ISOLATION and shown around the town.
Miss Reynolds expressed her pleasure
at finding the local branch of the Asso-
citation in such flourishing condition.
Before leaving, the visitor was fairly
loaded down with Iefs.
Miss Reynolds expects to return to
the Coast in April and it is possible
that she will stay over for two weeks
and deliver series of talks on Asso-
citation work and her travelling expert
ences.
Miss Lillian +. NJ. Bacon, the phys
zeal directresS of the Association. is
very busy arranging for the coming
seasons activity; under her guidance
the work done promises to rival that
Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-02
MERCHANTS PLAN
TO TABU DRUMME
Pass a Resolution not to Deal
With Them in the
Future.

Nearly twtnty-four wholesale firms
OF this city have signed an agrees
ment Whereby they cease to tradAl
with travelling representatives Of Main
land firms. The action taken by the
merchants is the result, they say e
the methods which the salesmen havaa
adopted here since the going into effactI
of the American laws.
Prior to thai all commercial ray..r.r,
mad to pay license of $3.50 to sell goods
IN Honolulu, but now they are allowed
to come to the Islands and competel
with the local merchants and have mol
license fee to pay and no clerks to hire
and hence make money The merchants
DO not object to commercial travellers
as such, but to the methods which some
OF them have employed of first taking
all the orders possible from the retail
merchants. and then selling to the
consumer so as to fatten their commits
sions BY quoting lower prices than
the retail dealers these statesmen have
dhtagonlzed the trade and caused Gus
toners to be dissatisfied.
A resolution has been drawn IN nv
the merchants pledging themselves not
10 zeal with the drummers, and this is
pelng published. +. H. Paris is at the
head of the movement