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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
Small Party of Brabant's Horse Misled
by Khaki Clad Beers and
Taken Prisoners.
OCCUPATION OF HEIDELBURG
IAN HAMILTON'S SOLDIERS VEL
COINED by THE CITIZENS.
johannesburg Urged as the Capital of
the Transvaal Colony-Omcial
Dispatch from Roberts.

LONDON, June 26, 4:22 a. m.-Lord Rob-
erts's six columns are converging appar-
emily so as to close in on the Free Staters,
although decisive results cannot be ex-
pected for several days. A number of
Beers who were supposed to be within the
wide-f1ung net have broken. or rather
stolen, through General Rundle's Ficks-
burg-Senekal lines.
The Canadians were engaged in the
Honigspruit fight last Friday. General
Dewet's men first cut off Canadian out
post of mounted rifles at dawn, two be-
ing killed. Lieutenant Triglis and four
others were wounded and three were cap
tured. The Free Staters then attacked the
camp. where were fifty Canadians and
two companies of Shropshires, though
without much effect, the men were well
intrenched.
The foreign military attaches who were
with Lord Roberts are now in Cape Town,
en- route for Europe.
United States Consul Hay, of Pretoria,
is going to Machadodorp in the interest of
the British prisoners and to see President
Kruger.
Eighty Hollanders have been lodged in
Jail at Standerton for destroying property
prior to the British occupation.
The wives and children of the Beers are
surprised that the British do not loot, in
stead of paying for what they get.
TIL Beers derailed a construction train
near Standerton on June "a. Two trainmen
were killed and four badly hurt.
A party of Brabants Horse, near Ficks-
burg. saw camp of khaki-clad men and
walked in, only to find themselves among
the Beers. The visitors surrendered.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of
the Tries. telegraphing yesterday, says:
1.-The Beers are losing large number of
horEes from the cold and from lack of food,
and the survivors are in miserable condi-
ton. The inadequacy of the Boer commits
sariat is telling on the burghers.'
1t is reported that Gen. Ian Hamilton
has broken his collar bone by falling from
his horse.
General Warren wires that the rebellion
has been extinguished in the north of Cape
Colony, but he does not mention the cap
ture or dispersal of the considerable Boer
force which has been occupying that part
of the country.
The Times editorially adopts the sugges-
ton of a correspondent that johannesburg
should be the capital Of the Transvaal
colony, because the traditions of Pre-
toria are corrupt"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
DAVIS CoNFERs WITH M'KINLEY.
He Says an Extra Session of Congress
VIII He Necessary IL There Is War.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 25-Mr. Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign rela-
tions of the Senate, had a conference with
the President to-day about the situation in
China. Senator Davis declined to discuss
the Chinese situation for publication, but
he admitted, as has been heretofore stated
ir these dispatches, that If a state of war
resulted from the complications at Peking
1t would be necessary for the President to
convene Congress in special session. Sen
ator Davis, like every one else, hopes that
neither a special session of Con-
gress will grow out of the troubles in the
Celestial empire Whether a state of war
will be the result of the trouble in China
no one here knows. In sense war already
exists-that is. fighting is going on-but 1t
is conceded that war in the international
sense does not exist, and until it does there
will be no necessity requiring the assem-
bling of Congress.
No news has been received from Peking
that can be relied on. Communication with
that capital has been cut off for days. The
dispatches received from Shanghai and
other points on the coast are inmical to
China and also to Russia and naturally
must be regarded with suspicion until they
have been confirmed from undoubted
sources. They may be confirmed any day
and they may be shown to be false or exag-
gerated any day. Meantime the admins
tration is doing all that is in its power to
be prepared for any contingency that may
arise. Warships are being sent with rein
forcements and troops are being prepared
for mobilization without undue delay. To
do more would be unwise at this juncture,
to do less would be criminal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
Foreign Ministers Are Said to Have Left the
Capital Under Guard of Chinese.
Rumor that Seymour Is Prisoner-Reevng Force
Near Tien-Tsin Saved by Sil<hs-Wus Appeal
for an Armistice Denied.

CHE-FOO, Tuesday, June 26.-
Rear Admiral Kempff reports. by a
japanese torpedo boat. that the
combined forces entered Tien-Tsin
on Saturday. June q, sustaining
small loss. They started on Sun
day to relieve the force which left
Tien-Tsin on June 10, and which
is believed to be surrounded near
Peking.
According to japanese reports
Admiral Seymour has been cap
tured, and the ministers have left
Peking guarded by Chinese SOL
diers. Their whereabouts is un-
known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

CHICAGO. June 25.-Martin Il. Madden.
of Chicago. who was a member of the
committee on resolutions At the Phlladel-
phia convention. said to-day that II was he
and not ouigg who substituted the word
''isthmlan" for the word 'sNiearaguan'' IN
the national platform. Mr.. Madden frank
ly admits that he alone is responsible for
the change I'm the canal plank ana does 50
in justice 10 Mr.. ouigg. another member
of the committee on resolutions who has
been charged with eliminating the SPECIFIC
term "Nicaragua"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

Foreigners Were Preparing to Leave
Peking Last Tuesday.

PARIS, June 25 ll:25 a. m.-The French
consul general at Shanghai. telegra phing
yesterday. reported that the Chinese minis
ter of railroads and telegraphs has in
formed him that all foreign ministers and
foreigners at Peking were safe on June 10.
and were preparing TO leave with the au-
thority of the Chinese government.
An official dispatch received here from
Saigon. Ohe capital of French Cochin
China) says that the French armored
cruiser vauban and the transport Caravane
have sailed north with 800 marines and
battery of artillery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
DISPATCH FROM ROBERTS.
Beers Were Defeated by Clements
British Welcomed Mt Heidelberg.


LONDON, June 25.-The following dis
patch has been received at the War Office
from Lord Roberts:
Pretoria, June 25.-Clements success
fully engaged a body of Beers yesterday
near Wynberg, where he had gone to pick
up supplies and some heavy guns prepara-
tory to acting in combination with columns
from Lindley Heilbron and Heidelberg. He
drove the enemy north of Sandspruit. with
loss No casualties are reported.
Ian Hamilton reports that Heidelberg is
the most English town he has yet seen.
The inhabitants gave him a great recep-
ton. The streets were crowded and deco
rated with bunting. Captain Valentine
hoisted the union jack in the market
square amidst the cheers of the populace
and of the British, Australian and other
colonial troops. God Save the Queen was
sung, the crowds heartily joining in.
''Hutton's mounted infantry skirmished
with the Beers yesterday a few miles
southeast of Pretoria. Captain Anley is
reported to have managed the little busi-
ness very well. Lieutenant Crispin and one
of the Northumberland Fusiliers were
wounded"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
Secret Emisssry Assassinated.

VANCOUVER. B. c., June 25.-The
steamship Tartar arrived from the Orient
to-day with four hundred immigrants 1t
brings the following mail advices: "Liu
Hsiushun. the Empress dowager's secret
emissary 10 Japan. was shot in the abdo-
men as he stepped ashore at Canton. AT
the instant the shot was fired the friends
of the assassin threw Mexican dollars
among the three hundred present. There
was a scramble for the money, and the
assassin and his friends escaped. Liu died
OF his wounds. Liu was formerly a favor
ite of Ia Hung Chang and was In his train
of retainers. Knowing he was hated. he
had twenty Chinese soldiers accompany
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
SALISBURY AND CHoATE.
Their Interview showed the United
states and Britain TO BE In Accord.

LONDON. June 2s.-The Associated
Press learned that Lord Salisbury is still
hopeful that the Chinese crisis will he
solved without war against that country
as a whole. In spite OF the alarming re-
ports he inclines to the belief that the
government of China in some satisfactory
form will shortly be able TO reassert It
self He does not mean that he belittles
the professions Of the various viceroys who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
FRIENDS OF FENIANS.
Irishmen Dcnounce the Deportation of
Phoenix Park Assnssfns.

NEW YORK, June 25.-A closed meeting
of the delegates of the United Irish
American societies was held last
night in this city. Resolutions
regarding the deported Fenians were
adopted. They say: I'VE see I'm this ac-
ton of the present administration an alb
ject and slavish surrender Of one Of the
vital principles which have made our
country. through the entire period Of its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
WILL PROTECT FOREIGNERS.
Governor of shan-Tung Province De-
cIines to Join the Rebels.

Governor of shan-Tung Province De-
cIines to Join the Rebels.
NEW YORK, June pa dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Che-Foo says:
1.-The Chinese bombardment of Tien-Tsin
set fire to the mission buildings first The
fire spread to the native city and destroyed
everything The attacking force. well sup
piled with modern artillery, has been press
ing the small allied forces very hard. Al
ready the dead number 16o. Relief is being
rushed from Taku, but the column will
have to fight its way through the big Chi
nese army.
1.-The British storeship Humber arrived at
Che-Foo. bringing thirty refugees from
Tong-Shan, including Messrs. Kinder and
Parsons and Mrs. Parsons.
"Pie-Tai-Ho, the great watering place Of
northern China, where two hundred prom
inent foreigners had their summer homes.
has been abandoned.
1.-The Governor of Shan-Tung province.
in which Che-Foo is situated. after con-
ferring with his subordinate mandarins at
his capital, Tsin-Anfo, decided not to join
the rebels and issued a proclamation de-
creeing that all Europeans and Americans
should be protected.
admiral Kempff held a conference SUM-
day at the American consulate with Con-
sui Fowler and the captains Of the Nash
Vile and the Yorktown. The local Cover
nor of Che-Foo was present and promised
there should be no uprising here against
the foreigners, and gave other assurances
which seemed all right on the surface.
The Governor expressed confidence in the
good will of the American government
toward China and said the feeling was
reciprocated.
Capt. Edward Bayley, Of the British ar
mored cruiser at Taku. signaled the Amer
lean captains yesterday: Thank God, the
Russians were here; otherwise we would
all have been murdered"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

NEW YORK, June 3.-The National Boer
Relief Fund Association. of which W.
Bourke Cochran was chairman and George
W. Van Sicklen secretarytreasurer, has
concluded its operations and turned over
its net collections to the Boer ENJOYS,
Messrs. Fischer. Wolmarans and Vessels,
instead of sending them to DIR. Hoffmeyer
at Cape Town or TO DR.. Leyds and DR.. Null
Ter in Europe. The ENJOYS will sail for
Havre on the steamer L'Aquitaine on
Thursday, June 2s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

NEW YORK. June 25.-The Tribune's
London correspondent says: THE Beers
have 1880 prisoners the Delagoa bay
line and probably about 500 in the Orange
River Colony. which were taken at the
Rhenoster river. Lords Leitrim and Ennis
Moore have been taken north with other
member; of the n,illionaires' battalion"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

Germans. A French officer. who has sue
ceeded in getting through from Tien-Tsin
to Taku. says that the Russians alone have
lest $50 killed and 800 wounded. The Ger
reports that masses of Chinese are nearing
Tong-Ku and that an immediate attack
Is exnected"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

Relieving Force Near Tfen-Tsfn Re-
lieved by British Troops.

Relieving Force Near Tfen-Tsfn Re-
lieved by British Troops.
LONDON, June 26. s:35 a. m.-The British
cruiser Terrible has arrived at Che-Foo
from Taku with the latest news, which
Is as follows:
Eight hundred Sikhs and two
hundred Welsh Fusiliers have eff
fected a junction with the Ameri-
can, German and Russian forces
which had been cut off by the Chi
uese, about nine miles from Tien-
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver
an assault on the Chinese forces at
Tien-Tsin last Sunday night"
= 1t is not clear what forces united. 1t
would seem that one relieving force. cut
on. had been relieved by another. At any
rate. 1t is apparently certain that the allies
arrived in sufficient force at Tien-Tsin on
Sunday to attack the besieging Chinese.
Foreign oficial opinions here" says
dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Ex-
press. dated yesterday. incline to believe
that the worst has happened to the lega-
tions at Peking and to Admiral Seymour
as we'll Even IL the legations were safe
on June 10 there is no guarantee that they
are safe now. The situation, in fact,
grows more and more gloomy. The entire
absence of reliable news from the capital
seems to justify the worst construction
which can be put on it.
Bad news comes from Marking. where
the unrest is said to be growing hourly.
viceroy Liu Kin Yih has teIegraphed the
British authorities that he has ordered
the five Chinese cruisers. which have been
lying of the harbor here. to proceed TO
Nan-King-"
PEKING WELL DEFENDED.
General MATS army says a corre-
spondent az Shan Hai-Kwan. consisting of
four thousand men. left week ago for
numbering 2.5oo. left for the same place on
June Is. A careful estimate of the num-
Der of Chinese troops around Peking puts
IL al $4,000. and IL is calculated that these
troops possess two hundred and twenty
seven centimetres creusot guns. eighteen
Krupps and one hundred and fifty Maxims.
Their supply of ammunition is practically
insxhaustibie. IL has been mainly sup
piled by German firm at carlowitz. Full
ly three-fourths OF the Chinese forces are
badly drilled. wholly undisciplined and
quite unfamiliar with modern weapons"
Another Shanghai dispatch says. LII
Ping Hens. former governor of shsn-Tung.
who il intensely anti-foreisn. has gone to
the Kians-Yin forts, on the Yang-Tse. He
has declared his intention of resisting the
landing of British forces In that region"
According TO Hong Kong dispatch.
dated yesterday. strong reinforcemsnts Of
indian police. with three Maxims. have
bAen sent 70 Kow-Loon on the main land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26

He VIII Open Headquarters I'm CHI
cago Some Time I'm August.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. June .5.-Senator Hanna.
chairman of the Republican national COM
mittee. does not expect TO begin the active
work Of the campaign until August. lie
~ili remain quietly at home In Cleveland
until that time. when he will 60 TO Chicago
and formally open headquarters and launch
the campaign which he Confidently believes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
RELIEF OF TIEN-TSIN
Foreigners SuCc0red Last Saturday by the
Combined International Forces.

Latter Started for Peking on Sunday to Rescue Ad-
miral Seymour and His Troops, Who Are Said
to Be Surrounded by Chinese
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-06-28
BIOGRAPHY
or Hon. Geo. M. McCoy, the Democratic
Candidate for Attorney General.

From the Daily oil Review
In response to many inquiries, we publish
the following biography
Hon. Geo NJ. Mccoy, the Democratic
nominee for attorney general. was born De-
cember 7, 1904, and is 90 years old. lie
comes from one of the oldest families in
this section.
His grandfather, John Mccoy, was a six
teen time member of the Board Of Public
Works, and was elected State Senator for
Wheeling distric; in 1885, when he died.
His grandmother, Mrs. Sarah. Mccoy
nee Wells, was Of the old original Wells
stock, which is so numerous along the Ohio
Valley. The City of Sistersville was
named after her and her sister, Mrs. Delilah
Grier.
His father. I. J. Mccoy. was prom-
nent merchant of this city. and died in
1879. Ills mother was the daughter of
Judge \. ID. Sopher, prominent lawyer,
who came here from New York city. and
was Judge of the courts here years ago.
Mr. Mccoy was educated ia The public
schools and by private tuition, and began
life as a newspaper editor, and edited local
papers here aud IN other states. lie read
law also at that time with his brother. !. H..
Mccoy, and his then law partner, Judge r.
p. Jacobs. Ills physical condition being
delicate he was 10 aud did not complete his
study at that time, bat after few years, in
more healthfuI ayocatons. concluded the
course, and began practiciog law with Col.
Robert McEldowney, the well known editor
aud lawyer Of New MartinsyilIe. His sue.
cess as lawyer is known to all, and he has
one of the largest paciices in the oil district.
lie has been elected mayor, city attorney
and ran for prosecuting attorney in 1896.
His splendid race is matter Of history, he
running nearly 100 ahead of his ticket, and
was defeated, his friends say, by invalidat-
ing ballots.
Mr. Mccoy was appointed United States
Commissioner in 1897 by Hon. Tno. J. jack
son. lie was urged to accept the Demo
cratic nomination for delegate district of
Tyler and wetzel in 1898, but declined to
run, owing to his desire TO take needed
rest and vacation, and he spent
| several month travelling Returned in good
health, and resumed his practice with NJ. d.
Haues, Esq, Col. McEldowney being
somewhat incapaciiated by his recent af-
Fiction.
lie married daughter of Mr.. Geo. era
ham, the we'll known manufacturer, in
1893, and has one child, boy, and lives in
pretty home on the south side. His
family are Presbyierians. and he is mem
Der Of the Masonic Order.
Ills private character is above rsproaoh.
lie is a good speaker, siuiious, honest and
capable, and is undoubtedly one Of the
most popular men in this section Of the
country.
lie will receive a handsome vote in his
own county, irrespective Of party, and we
all hope and believe ne will be elected in
| November
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care, in accordance with the description as
given 10y himself in the letters, aud hiring
horse at the livery stable. started soon after
hve O'Clock for ''anythiag ii might lead TO-"
lie had never been TO the place before and
had some trouble in finding il. but his heart
was beating with love and triumph and he
went forth boldly like Don QuiNote of old.
to conquer all obstacles that crossed his
path, and as part of his way lay through the
woods and fields, path was all he had to
travel sure enough aud there were trees aud
brush and tree-topS across that from the
timber being felled by the saw mill men at
work near by. However. he arrived al
"Onolc Jim's" with his heart throbbinc like
uip-hammer for a sight of the charming
Miss Beatrice. who seemed to remain mod
esIly in tho background. Mr.. Elliott vel
coined him cordially aud invited him into
the parlor, where they ehatted for half an
hour ON the weather. crops and religious
mautecs. The young man told his hos, who
he was, where he was from, who his father
was and where he boarded in Kinpwood.
and made very favorable impression ON
the "unele of the young lady" who was in
town two days later and telling all about /,
20 one of of the plo,ters, who watched for
him and inierrogated him sooa as he came
TO town, which he does almost every Sat.
wday.' lie told all about il aud was loud
IN his praises of what "a nice young man"
the visitor was, who after remaining half an
hour got restless and the host asked il there
was anything he could do for him.
The young man stammered out an eN
planaiion tha, he had com; to call ON the
young lady visiting there. Mr. r. asked,
'~hat young lady ?" and he told.him. Miss
Carrie Beatrice. Then he was informed
that NO such young woman had ever been
there aud in fact they had never heard of
such party. The young fellow turned
pale and red by turns and could have been
knocked down with a feather. lie said he
guessed he had gotten to the wrong rlace
and left rather uncermoniously, but he tum
blcd to tho job that had been put up on him
and saw that he was on "foors Grand.
lie came back around by Copeman's and
was IN town about O'Clock declaring that
he had been down there calling. But he
neglected to post Mr.. f., and he gave il all
away when he came up two days later OF
course the joke was too good To keep and
was soon ont and the young fellow left
town and has been away ever since and il is
hinied that he may not return.