The silver star., 1900-07-13
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Three tons OF Klondike gold were re
ceived in Seattle Sunday.
The governments surplus for the
fiscal year just ended was sl-22S,isI.
The Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon IS drawing
/ great crowds to his meetings in Lon
I don
Crowds greeted Governor Roosevelt
at Kansas and Missouri towns and he
spoke briefly.
Rear Admiral Philip. who command
/ ed the Texas At the battle OF Santiago,
died Saturday
Two passengers were killed and thir-
, ty-three wounded in a railroad wreck
( in Montana Tuesday.
officials of the Chicago sub-treasury
say the call for silver is the heaviest
ever known for June.
Pennsylvania crew won the inter-
collegiate boat race at Poughkeep psie.
Wisconsin was second.
Western roads decide to stop pay.
ment Of commissions TO tourist asen-
cies on January l. 1901
The Amalgamated Copper companies
of Butte refuse TO eoncede the eight
hour day to their employees.
Diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations We're ordered 10 leave PekiD
June 10Th. but refused TO 20.
The Danish West Indies have asked
that steps be taken toward their an
nexation to the United States.
Lord Roberts troops are being at
tackled on every hand by Beers and in
three days the British losses have been
more than 100.
Germany has been aroused by the
murder OF Baron Won ketteler and
large land and naval forces will be
hurried to China.
one hundred and sixty are known TO
be dead from the North German Lloyd
FIRE at Hoboken. ninety-fiye are miss
ing and 200 additional unaccounted for.
The steamer Dfrigo has arrived from
Skagway. She brings ten boxes of gold
dust valued at nearly $4,000. The
Dirico carried seyeuty-two passengers.
mostly from Dawson.
General Aquino. prominent leader of
Philippine insurgent forces. surrender.
ed Internationally to First Lieutenant
John O'Connell. with Macabebe scouts
on June 26th, with sixty-four rifles and
ammunition.
The commanders Of the allies In Tfen
Tsin inform the correspondents that 1t
would be suicide to attempt to reach
Pekin with the troops now available,
in the face of the colossal force of i'm
I1erial troops and Boxers occupying the
country between Tien-Tsin and Pekin
The Nome beach for three miles
above and below the town is alive with
miners digging for gold. while tons
upon tons of miners supplies. machin-
cry and general merchandise lies
strewn about unprotected from sun or
rain. large number of guards are
employed protecting the merchandise.
The concensus of opinion among Mill
tary and naval authorities Is that 1t
VIII require at least 5000 men to res
cue the Europeans In Pekin. The allies
have TO hold Taku In strength and the
occupation of strategic points on the
railroad TO Tien Tsin will I've most diff
ficult. Iien Tsin itself will be most
strongly held.
The Roosevelt Rough Riders Re-
union Association organized for the en-
suing year as follows: President, Can
tain McClintock. y troop. Arizona +:
Captain Fritz Muller. + troop. New
Mexico. first vice president; Lieutenant
John Greenaway. q troop. Arkansas.
second vice president. and secretary
and treasurer. Charles Hunter. ID troop.
Enid. Oklahoma.
According to an official OF the Wells.
Fargo company. five men connected
with the Cochise train robbery. includ-
ing Stiles, whose capture took place on
sunday, have been run down and are In
jail al various places. He refuses TO
say where they are. but he said that
detectives are In possession Of clues
winch VIII lead to sensational arrests
OF persons not under suspicion.
United States Commissioner General
feck gave grand dinner last Friday
win covers for 100 in the United States
pavilion at Paris in honor Of the Amer.
ican Jurors on the committee of
awards. This is the first time a big
banquet has been attempted in the
American building In the Street OF the
Nations. The Jurors have about com.
pleted their labors and this Is the fare.
well function. ms most of them are on
the point OF returning home.
Three Chinese servants Of foreigners
nave II Is rumored from good source.
eschpeh from Pekin. They report that
all the foreigners. 1000 In number. In.
Guiding 400 soldiers. 100 members or
the Chinese customs stan and mum.
per or women and children. held ont
till their ammunition was exhausted in
the British legation. The legation was
nnaiiy burned and all the foreigners
kiiied, they assert. II Il reported that
hwan Hsu and the dowager emprexs
have been poisoned.
The correspondent of the Denver
News, writing OF Governor Thomas'
speech at Kansas City. says: "Goyenor
Thomas speech will read better than II
sounded. The designers Of the conycn.
ton hnll foolishly plnced the rostrum
almost exactly In the center of the
building. and Demosthenes himself
would be nj disadvantage with g.OO0
or more persons behind him whichever
why he turned. The arrangement placc.
all the speakers NJ n serious disndynnt.
age and mikes almost Impossible the
delivery or such n speech M Mr..
bryans famous effort at ChIcngo."
An enormously large number ~
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