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nue. line. Brooklyn, while being run at
full speed, collided with horse and
truck, the result being that Michael Grit
fin, years old, was instantly killed.
The notorious eX-tilibustering steamship
Bermuda was sunk at the wharf of the
West India Fruit Company in Philadel-
phia by a mysterious explosion. Those
on board barely escaped with their lives.
Three men were killed and two were
injured by an explosion i'll the. boiler
house at the plant of the Portland, Me-.
Gas Light Company. One man. who at
tempted TO rescue a victim, was seriously
burned.
Jasper Houston. master mechanic for
Eigemann X Hollerback. contractors on
the new government dam near Zwickley.
Pa, was murdered in cold blood by Will
lam Fobbs. and another negro called
'Ragtime.
The Dakota Elevator in Buffalo was
burned. entailing loss approximating
$5OO,OOO. The fire started in the ma
chinery loft, and within fifteen minutes
the cupOla was mass OF flames working
its way downward.
The entire works above ground of the
Berwind colliery ut Dubois. Pa, have
been destroyed by fire. Sixty men, who
were in the mine at the time, were saved
by prompt and heroic action. The loss
will approach 100000.
The dismembered body Of Joseph
Schaeffer. farmer. who lived near the
line between Baltimore and Howard
counties, has been found in the Patap-
SEQ River. near Woodstock, Md, and
the police are confident that murder has
been done.
DIR. Howard N. Wilkinson. druggist,
society man and editor of the State Cap
itOl Press, at Dover, Del, eloped with
his wife's sister, Miss Josephine Pack
ard. The elopement was the result Of a
courtship beneath the eyes OF the desert
ed wife
Fifty years ago J. l.. Wilkinson Of
Tamnery, Pa. Quarreled with the girl he
loved and went west. A few years ago
he returned, white haired, wrinkled and
81 years old, and the other day he and
his old sweetheart were married ut
Wilkesbarre.
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VI tIuCc WIS -'' SAA~>H . >-A@'
ed on the wall. and in the afternoon the
Americans, under their general, march
ed into the city.
The collapse Of Chinese resistance is
explained in dispatches from Shanghai
as being due to the failure Of the Chinese
to flood the country below Tung-ChOw.
The earthworks connected with the dam
at the Pei-HO were unfinished. and the
canal at Tung-Chow was full of water.
facilitating boat transports when the al
lies arrived there. Signals between the
allies and the legationers holding part of
the wall at Pekin We're exchanged during
the morning Of Aug. Is. 1t was reported
that Yuan-Shi-Kai's troops had gone to
Shen-Si to protect the empress, who. ac-
cOrding to reports, with Tuan. the impe-
rial household and the bulk Of the army
and Boxers, left Pekin Aug. for Hsiau-
Flu.
A dispatch received from the German
consul at Shanghai was given out by the
Berlin foreign Office. II stated that the
allies entered Pekin without fighting, the
legations were relieved and the foreigners
liberated.
With the legationers relieved, the grav-
est crisis is removed. But there remains
many momentOus questions to be deter
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EASTERN.

William Steinitz, former chess cham
pion. died in New York asylum.
Chief Justice Henry Green Of tn
PENNSYLVANIA Supreme Court died at At
lantic City, N j.
Bob fitzsimmons by. ruse has pur
chased beautiful home in the exclusiy.
New York suburb of Benson hurst.
Three employees in the New Yorl
Steam Heating Company were killed b.
the explosion Of fifteen-inch pipe elbow
An explosion in paint store at Roches
ter. N. Y, started a fire which did $40,
oOO damage, and for a time threatened
the business part of the city.
Coils r. Huntington, president of tn,
Southern Pacific Railroad, died suddenl,
at Pine Knot Camp, near Durant, OF
Racquette Lake, in the Adirondacks, OF
heart disease
University of Pennsylvania expedition
has discovered the library of the Greal
Temple at Nippur and has dug up IL ,0W
tablets, not one of which is of later dat,
than 22SO b. G.
The murder of policeman in New
York precipitated race riot, during
which negroes were beaten indiscrimi'
nately. Police reserves were called out
In order to subdue the mob.
A crowded trolley car of the Fifth ave-
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N to 2.O44 men, divided as follows:

Admiral Seymour's force never reached
Pekin. After it left Tien-tsin 1t practi-
cally was swallowed up in the mystery
of the interior. On June IL it was known
to have reached Lang-Fang, half way to
the capital. Here the railroad had to be
abandoned and battle fought in which
the Chinese were defeated. But after
June IL no word came from Admiral
Seymour. Alarmed at the possibility Of
the little international force being wiped
out, the admirals in command Of the al
lied fleet at Taku resolved on heyoic
measures. The commanders Of the Chin
csc forts at Taku seemed to be preparing
for hOstilities, and on June II, after a
council Of war, an ultimatum demanded
the surrender Of the Notifications. In
reply to the ultimatum the Chinese open
ed fire on the allied fleet. An engagement
followed, in which the United States war
ships took no part. The forts We're final
ly captured after severe struggle, in
which the allies suffered heavily.
The Taku forts no longer a menace, the
allies began the march on Tien-tsin. Rus
sia and Japan landed troops. and marines
were added from all the warships in the
harbor. 1t was not until on June % that
the allies were able to reach Tien-tsin,
and cnly then after severe engagement
with the Chinese troops. Admiral Sey-
mOur's force was then reported to be
within ten miles Of Tien-tsin, and it was
asserted by Chinese officials that the min
listers, legation attaches. and all foreign
residents were with him, This report,
unhappily, proved false.
A courier succeeded in reaching the al
lied camp at Tien-tsin with the news that
Admiral Seymour.s force was surrounded
ten miles outside Of the city and hard
pressed. A force Was promptly sent to
his relief. and on June ~ the Seymour
column was brought back to Tien-tsin.
On June Ii the most circumstantial de-
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Twenty new passenger engines have
been received by the Santa Fe Company.
The gross earnings Of the Rock Island
for the month Of June amount to 81, ,991, :
521.OS.
A great increase in the traffic between
Colorado common points and Chicago has
been experienced during the last few
weeks.
The State Of Colorado has begun suit
against the Pullman company for $11. :
OS5, claimed by the State as incorpora-
ton fees.
Contracts have been awarded by the
Grand Trunk Company for the double
tracking Of its lines between Hamilton
and Clifton, Can
A high traffic officer of the Great
Northern road says his company will not
Join the proposed transcontinental pas
senger association.
Eastern roads are said to have agreed
to raise the rates on soft coal 10 per
cent. and to be already looking for bust
ness for next season at the advanced rate.
The decline in the price of wheat has
proved a serious detriment to the West
ern roads. A decline in the price of grain
has always depressing effect on traffic.
Western roads are in a fight over the
annual wool shipments to the East. The
Wisconsin Central has reduced the rate
st. Paul to Chicago to 80 cents per 100
pounds.
General passenger agents Of all Chi
cago roads report business heavier now
than at any time during the present sum-
mer and in comparison larger than dur
ing many seasons past.
Thirty-eight new locomotives have
been ordered by the Southern Pacific
road. They are to be heavier more pow
erfui and better in every way than any
now running on the line.
The northwestern situation. so far as
a critical condition. and the same may
be said about rates on packing house pro-
ducts from the Missouri river east
Arrangements have been made between
the Grand Trunk. Northwestern and I'm
ion Pacific systems to land passengers
from Montreal in Portland in ninety
three hours. or seven hours quicker than
is possible by the Canadian Pacific.
1t will cost the Government only 81 per
capita to transport its soldiers from Chi
cago to San Francisco. The effort to re-
new the pool on military traffic has fail
ed, and as a result of the competition
among the railroads for military business
the Government will get exceedingly low
rates.
The Santa Fe has placed an order for
200 ballast ears to be used in the work
of reducing grades. n large number Of
steam shovels and unloaders have also
been ordered.
A new line is being planned by the
Union Pacific road between Evanston,
Wye, and Salt Lake City, Utah The
new branch will not touch Ogden and will
be built to eliminate a number of heavy
grades and curves.
The agreement of Western railroad
presidents to maintain normal freight
rates and harmony in the West has sl1e
most been given up as a hopeless caEa
1t is admitted that the agreements Wh.sn
Wefe drawn up are of no value.
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AMERICAN WRITES TO FiLiPiNos


Correspondence Captured in Luzoo lD
Made Public.
Letters and papers belonging to Agul-
naldO. which were captured several
months ago by Gen Funston, have been
made public by the War Department.
Some Of these documents tend to substAn-
tiate the charges that the Filipino insur-
gents have received encouragement from
persons in the United States. The most
remarkable Letter in the collection is from
DIR. Montague T. LeversOn, dated Fort
Hamilton. y. Y, July IL. 1880. who de-
seribes himself as member Of the Anti
Imperialist League, and who advises the
FilipinOs to capture some official Of high
rank in the service of the United States
and try him for piracy. While II Is said
by officials Of the administrators that
charge Of treason might be based on M.
Leverson's letter. Washingt0n corre-
spOndent says no legal proceedings win
be instituted.
DIR. Montague r. Leverson, who wrote
the letter declaring the United States
to be guilty Of piracy in its Philippine
policy, is still resident OF Fort Ham
iltOn, from which place the missive was
dated in 1899. He is 30 years old and
is physician Of English birth, but is now
naturalized American citizen. DIR. Lew
ersOn four years ago had an alteration
in the union station at Albany with An
thony Comstock. They later each sued
the other for libel. Each recovered a
verdict Of q cents
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tails Of the murder of Baron Won Ketteler,
the German minister, were received at
Shanghai. 1t transpired that the German
minister was murdered on June IS in
practically the manner described by the
Chinese officials three days before.
The powers used the utmost dispatch in
gathering an army to march on Pekin.
The United States sent the Ninth regi-
ment from Manila. Russia sent troops
from Port Arthur. France from Indo-
China, England from India, Japan from
Toxic. England ordered seven regiments
President Mckinley directed another reg
iment to sail from the Philippines and
several more from the United States.
Mystery Hidden In Pekin.
In the meantime the walls of Pekin
covered mystery that detied the scru-
tiny of the world The most alarming
reports were disseminated by the Chinese
officials ut Shanghai. The news of the
murder of the German minister was con-
hrmed. 1t was gradually admitted that
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CHINA WAR NEWS.
)cooOCOCOcOc cOcOCcCOOc

The allies captured thirteen guns al
Pei-tsang.
Gen. Dorward is in command of the
forces left to defend Tien-tsin.
Germans have ordered squadron to
Shanghai because England has announc-
ed an intention To land 5000 troops there,
ostensibly to protect foreigners.
No prisoners were taken by the Rus
slams at Aigun. Chinese were massacred,
the field. killing the wounded with the
butt end of their muskets.
Charlotte E. Hawes. who escaped from
the burning mission at Wei-Hsein in
June. has arrived at her home in Pitts
burg. Pa. She escaped by Disgusting
herself sas a Chinese woman and scaling
a wall.
The drain Of China and South Africa
upon England's stores is so great that
every private firm has been enlisted to
help the Government supply the demand.
All the great ammunition firms are work
ing night and day.
Mrs. Robert Van Alta of Marion, Ind.
has received letter from her cousin,
Prof Norman McGee, formerly of
Bloomington. Ind, telling of his escape
from Pekin down the river in an open
boat. Boxers fired on him frequently,
but he finally reached Tien-tsin.
Chens Yin Huan. the Cantonese who
was the special ambassador Of China at
Queen FictOria's jubilee, and who is now
in banishment at Iii. has been ordered.
accordiny to y Shauphai diSnat.h ., oo,,,
nit suicide. an imperial edict having been
issued to this effect.
COrea. according to Seoul dispatch,
consents to Japan sending troops there
to provide for emergencies.
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all the legations but three had been de-
stroycd, and that all the foreigners had
taken refuge in the compound of the
British legation. The source of all news
was Sheng. the Chinese director of tcle-
graphs ut Shanghai. He held the wires
leading to Pckin. One day he would de-
clare all foreigners safe, the next he
would seemingly admit that they had
been massacred.
On July IL, however, Secretary Hay
handed to the Chinese minister at Wash
ington cipher dispatch TO Minister Con-
ger at Pekin. The Chinese minister had
undertaken TO have the message deliver
ed and used his personal influence with
the officials at Shanghai. Nine days lat
er, on July 20. Minister Wu received
message fs6m the governor of Shan-Tung
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EVENTS IN PLK,N CAMPAIGN.

May 3l-American, British, French, Rus
sian. Italian AMI Japanese marines
arrive in Iekln.
June G-General Nleh 81 chinss army. s"h'
against Boxers. Joins tue revolt
June IO-AdnliTal Seymour with 2,Ui4 inter
national marines, leaves Iieh-'s'i
for Pekin.
June I'm. Sugiyama. Chancellor of Japan
ese Legation in l'ekin, muriereu.
June 11-Admiral Seymours force defeats
Chinese troops and Boxers ut Lang
Fang. half way 10 Pekin, but Is
unable To proceed farther.
June Halfway between Ti-n-tsin ana
Seymour's relief force destroyed.
June 1I-Taku forts open fire on allied heets
and are captured and DESTROYER.
June 1S-Baron Won Ketteler. German Minis
ter in Pekin. murdered while on MS
way to the Tsun. II -Yamen.
June 22-1ien-tsin hombaried 10y the allies.
Hard fighting ensres: allies re-
pulsed.
June 23-Allietl forces occupy Tien-tsin.
June ~ Admiral Seymour's force rescued
ten miles from Tien-.s-n after SIX
teen days continuous lighting.
June 30-ofiicial news that all legations In
Pekin but three had been de-
Stroyed.
July 1-Gcnerii Chaffee sails from San
Francisco to command American
troops in China.
July 2-SeveTe fighting ut Tien tsin; allies
repulsed.
tsin; action not decisive.
July 4-Chinese renew attack on allies, but
are driven into the walled native
city.
July 7-Oiliciai news OF the burning Of the
native City of Pekin.
July 11-Ninth Regiment arrives at Tien-
tsin. bringing total allied strength
up to Is, 13O.
July 13-Allies repulsed In attack ON walled
City OF Tien-tsin; Ninth Regiment
suffers severely: Colonel Lscum
killed: allies lose 500 killed and
wounded.
July 14-Ailies capture walled City Of Tien-
tsin; city nearly burned at night;
general looting reported.
July 20-Fi-st cipher message from Minister
Conger begging speedy relief re-
ceived at Washington.
Aug. 5-Allies attack Chinese eight miles
north OF Tientsin; Chinese retreat: !:
allies lose 200 killed and wounded.
Aug. 7-Allies attack Chinese ut Yang Tsun.
eighteen miles from Tien-tsin:
American loss, sixty.
Aug. S-Allies reach Nan Tsi- Min, twenty
seven miles from Tien-tsin. and re-
pulse Chinese after brief action.
Aug. 9-Allfcs reach HO-WiWu, half way to
pekin.
Aug. 11-Allies reported at Matow, twenty
miles from Pekin.
Aug. 12-Allies occupy Tang Chow, ten
miles from Pekin.
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UNITED STATES LEADS ALL.
Got More Prizes than Any Other Nation
af Rarin Exn0aifiQu.

Got More Prizes than Any Other Nation
at Paris Exposition.
The superior jury Of the exposition Of
1900. whose duty it is to give the final
revision to the list OF awards, held its
closing sittings on Monday, when COM
mittee Of five was appointed to finish up
the tag ends. Prof. j. Howard Gore.
superintendent of the American juries.
is the only foreigner made member OF
this exclusive committee. The assist
ant administrator general, NJ. Delaney
Belleyille, on finding that the United
States had more awards than any other
country, said to Prof. Gore: This is due
simply to the fact that you had your July
program thoroughly organized. and Were
determined not to let any other nation get
ahead Of you, not even us. The United
States has been unique in this respect"
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RACE War IN GOTHAM.
Angry Mob Seeks Vengeance ON Nsv
York Negroes,

Angry Mob Seeks Vengeance ON Nsw
York Negroes.
In New York a mob Of eeveral hundred
persons formed at IL o'clock Wednesday
night in front Of the home Of Policeman
Robert ]. Thorpe, Thirty-seven.h street
and Ninth avenue, to wreak vengeance
upon the negroes Of that neighbOrhood
because one Of their race had caused the
pOliceman's death. Thorpe was stabbed
and bruised Sunday night by several Re-
groes .s-hile he was attempting to- st
a cOlOred woman. The man who hiiieted
most Of the injuries is said to be Robert
Harris, a negro who came to New York
several weeks ago from Washington
In a few moments the mob swelled to
1900 people or more, and as they became
violent the negroes fed in terror INTO any
hiding place they could find. The police
reserves from four stations, numbering
400 in all, were called out.
The mob Of white men, which grew
with great rapidity, ragged through the
district, and negroes, regardless OF age or
sex, were indiseriminately attacked.
Scores were injured. 1t took the com
bined efforts of the reserves with as
many more policemen on regular pafroi
duty in the four precincts to restore Or
der. Clubs were used until the police
men were almost exhausted. Rey0lyers
We're emptied into the air and in one or
two instances fired at the upper stories
OF the negro tenements, from which the
negroes defensively fired bricks, paving
stones and other missiles.
The trouble grew out Of the death Of
Policeman Robert J. Thorpe Of the West
Thirty y-seventh street station. as the re-
suit of Il murderous assault by a negro
early Sunday in Eighth avenue and For
ty-first street. Thorpe was attempting
to arrest a negress when Arthur Harris
and another negro attacked the police
man with razors He died the following
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Out Of the gloom Of the recent acute
crisis came the cheering Information
from many sources Friday, unofficial, but
so eircumstantial and positive as to be
generally credited in official quarters,
that the allied armies had reached Pekln
and that the legationers had been reliey-
ed. This Information came from press
dispatches from London, Shanghai and
Berlin. and they were eagerly scanned by
the officials in Washington. The dispatch
from Berlin conveying the communica-
tion from the German consul at Shanghai
that the allies had entered Pekin and
liberated all the foreigners was credited
in official circles. The announcement
was joyfully received in Washington.
President Mckinley was shown the dis
patches from abroad. and the conviction
was generally expressed that the crisis
in China is now over.
Information from Shanghai via Berlin
states that Pekin was entered by the
allied forces on Aug IL without OpDOsi-
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In the Flame of Revoi,


4 detachment of German marines fol
lowed the next day.
BY this time the whole of PeChi- Ii
province was in a flame Of revolt against
the foreigners. The city of Pekin was
the storm center. Missionaries were muir
dered throughout the province, mission
stations were burned, and the refugees
attacked. The Chinese troops were sent
against the Boxer mobs, but the gener
ais We're punished for endeavoring to
suppress them. The railroad from Tien-
tsin was destroyed in several places. The
Empress Dowager gave every evidence of
being in sympathy with the anti foreign
crusade.
The powers, alarmed at the situation,
landed several thousand marines ut Taku.
1t was deemed expedient to increase the
legation guards in Pekin and on June 10
a force Of 1,5OO marines under Vice
Admiral Seymour left Tien-tsin for the
Chinese capital in two special trains. The
following day a second detachment start
cd, bringing the strength of the expedi-
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ton, and that
American troops 5
under Gen. Chaffee
We're the first to en-
ter the Chinese cap
ital. The Japanese.
British and Rus
SLAMS followed in
the order named.
Te allies began op-
eratiOns on the
walls of Pekin in
the morning. A flag
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS
OF THE WORLD,
News of Crimes and Criminals, Ac-
cidents, Fires, Etc. from North,
eouth, East and west San wiched
with Minor Affairs.
Loss Nearly n M,II,o,

The entire plant of the Kelly Axe Man.
ufacturing Company, valued at sSOa, 200,
was destroyed by fire at Alexandria, Ind.
1t was the largest axe factory in the world.
employing some 500 or a Thousand men
when running at full force. The factory
was located north of the city, outside the
corporation, and the Ere department
could not render any assistance. The fire
cut of the water supply of the factory, and
left no means of fighting the flames. The
Insurance on the plant is thought to he
about $3.50 900. Just how The fire started is
unknown, but is thought to have origin
ated from an 0verheated boiler.
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Feudist., Fatal Meeting.

The Adkinses and Hewards had a
bloody battle in Elliott County, Kentucky,
In which one Of the HOwards was shot
dead and another was shot through the
lungs and is expected to die. The fight
was caused by one Of the HOwards and
one Of Lindsay Adkins boys Quarreling
over young women in their neighbOr-
hood. After quarreling both went home
and brought back other members of their
families, for reinforcements. Adkins
father, who is preacher, was in the fight
with his boys. All the adkinseS have been
arrested and are now in the Martinsburg
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Probable Fatal Wreck.

Rock Island passenger from Denver and
Colorado Springs for Kansas City, crashed
into q freight train at a curve in a deep cut
q mile west of Bethune, Kan. James
Boyle, engineer, and Charles kimm, fire.
man, of the passenger train, were serious
ly and perhaps fatally injured. The pas
senger engine went clean through the
cab0ose, but no one on the freight train
was injured
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closing incident in one of the most re-
markable episodes in the history of the
century. Since the early days of June
the foreign ministers. with their families
and official households, together with a
handful Of marine guards, had been be-
sieged by imperial troops in the COM
pound Of the British legation. There
were nearly 700 foreigners, including
many women and children. They repre-