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North Park union., 1900-07-06
FOREIGN FORCES IN TEN rs,N.
Rumors of Disaster to seymours Expe-
dition.

Rumors of Disaster to Seymours Expe-
dition.
London, June 90 3:35 n. m.-The
British cruiser Terrible has arrived at
Che Foo from Taku with the latest
news. which is as follows:
Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh
fusiliers have effected n junction with
the American. German and Russian
forces. which had been cut off by the
Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an
assault upon the Chinese forces at
Tien Tsin last Sunday night.
"It is not clear what forces united.
1t would seem that one relieving force,
cut off. had been relieved by another.
AT any rate. 1t is apparently certain
that the allies arrived in sufficient
force Mt Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the
besieging Chinese"
"FOreign official opinion here" said
a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily
Express. dated yesterday. incline to
the belief that the worst has happened
to the Legations Mt PekIn and to Ad-
miral Seymour. Even If the legations
We're safe on June 10, there Is no guar
antee 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 upon It."
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Small Crop Of Spring wh..t.

Duluth. Mimi, June 22.-Oliver Dal.
rymple. the big wheat grower OF North
Dakota, writes his son here as follows.
Ten days ago wrote you TINT one,
third OF the spring wheat crop had
been destroyed by drought. am now
Of the opinion that two-thirls Of the
crop Is killed beyond redemption.
-The Grandin farm il running sixty
plows In the wheat fields. 1 shall
start plows Tomorrow, and nearly all
spring wheat farmers will be plowine
under wheat next week unless heavy
rains come"
Chicago. .yanc 22.-The Times Her
aid tomorrow will publish crop re.
port by Snow. the crop expert. who
has just completed two weeks tour
through the states Of Minnesota. North
Dakota and South Dakota. He declares
the situation II national calamity, and
claims the wheat failure Is the worst
ever known. He estimates that the
Dakotas are promising only 10000 OOG
bushels each and Minnesota about 3d..
100000. or n total of 75.0OO,OOO bushels,
against 2O0.OOO.OOO bushels last year
and Do, 5,OOO, 600 bushels In 1893.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
China. 1mmen.. fore. at p.k,,.

London. June 2G.-3:3O n. m.-"Gen-
eral Mas army" says n correspondent
mt Shan Hal Kwan. consisting of
1000 men. left IA week ago for Pekin
and General Sung Ching's troops, num-
bering $500, left for the same place
June Is.
"A careful estimate of the number
ana armament of the Chinese troops
around Pekin puts the total ut 36O 600
and 1t is calculated that these troops
possess 221 large Creusot guns. ia
krupps and 15O Maxims.
Their supply Of ammunition is prac-
fically ineXhaustible. 1t has been
mainly supplied by n German firm AT
Cnrlowitz Fully three-fourths of the
Chinese forces are badly drilled, Who'll
ly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar
with modern weapons"
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Moving the Ml..our, River.

Jackson, Neb.. June 22.-An armed
band OF thirty-twO men has cut a chan
nel through ltininger's neck. or, ms II
Is known on the maps, Bruigher's
bend. In the Missouri river. There IL
great excitement over the matter here.
The bend is some twenty-five miles
around. and not more than quarter
of n mile across Its neck. This neck is
low land. covered with willows and
small timber. At one time, probably.
the channel Of the river ran across it.
Residents OF the bottoms along the
river east OF Elk point have always
contended that II channel could be
cut through the neck md the river
strniglitened, 1t would prevent the re-
currence Of the spring floods which
have 30 frequently overfiowed the
southwestern portion OF Union county.
Another result OF cutting through the
neck OF the bend is to throw thou.
sands OF acres of excellent farming
land. which has been a part of Nebras
ka. into South Dakota, the river being
the state boundary.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Wood squ.leh.. Cuban Scandal.

Havana. June 22.-The postal frauds
have rather swamped the scandal ex.
listing In the university, which has
been the milking ground for some OF
the best-known men In Cuba, who. as
under-professors, received $o,4OO a
year each. There We're seventy-two
OF these professors and twenty -four as.
slstants, some Of them having no
classea at all and others only one or
two students. Many of the profes.
sors drew other government salaries.
When this was called to General
Woods attention he Immediately In.
augurated reforms which resulted In
cutting down the list to forty-six. in.
ciuding assistants, which is enough.
considering that there are only 45O stu.
dents. For instance. instruction In
Greek was divided Into three parts,
history, grammar and literature, 1t
Is now combined under one professor
Of Greek.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
South African News.

London. June 24.-There was almost
a total absence of war news from
South Africa last night, and the tele-
grams received lack Interest and fail
to add to the facts already known.
According to special dispatch from
Cape Town 1t seems that in the recent
fight at Zand river the Beers captured
700 mail bags, containing q three
weeks accumulation of letters for Lord
Roberts army, and $2O,OOO worth of
stamps intended for the use of the
troops.
Trains ought soon to he running be-
tween Durham and Johannesburg.
According to Pretoria dispatch,
General Botha Possesses full powers
to conclude peace. and 1t is reiterated
that he ia willing to surrender, but, it
seems. President Kruger remains OBJ
durate.
The fact that a deputatIon from Piet-
ersburg, in northern Trnnsvaal, has
approached Lord Roberts with an invi-
tation to send force to receive the
submission Of the town, is regarded as
important.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
sox..s cLAnos ros sLooD.

s.,sre, u ssvsrs H1shsa66 - fsse fsen.
london. June 16-Reports from nas
tiyH sources continue to reach OhAnS-
hal Of anarchy in Pekin. According TO
these tales the streets are filled DAY
and night with Boxers. who are whol-
" beyond the control Of the Chinese
troopa and who are working them
seiyes up to frenzy. and clamoring
for the death OF all foreigners.
The English consulate at Shanghai
In said to have received from fnnuen-
tial natives reports Of n tragedy In the
palace Mt Pekin, though precisely what
10 not defined.
The consul thinks that Admiral Sey-
mour, commander of the international
relief column. was misled by informa-
tiOn from Pekin and consequently un-
derestimated the difficulties In his way
and the Chinese power Of resistance
with Maxim guns and Mausers.
The consuls at Shanghai still believe
the foreign ministers ut Pekin safe, al
though the Japanese reports received
at Shanghai allege that mp to June 18th
100 foreigners had been killed In Pc
kin.
Four thousand men of the allied
forces were having sharp defensive
Wednesday with a prospect Of being
reinforced Thursday. This Is the situ-
alton In China, az set forth In the Brit
ish government dispatch.
Flight hundred Americans are tak-
ing part in the fighting mt Tien-Tsin." /"
says the Shanghai correspondent Of the
\ Express, cabling last evening. And
they apparently form n part of a sup
Elementary force. arriving with Ger
mans and British after me conflict
started. 1t IL impossible to estimate
the number of the Chinese there; but
they had surprising number OF guns"
New York. June 22-News from vnr-
ious official sources this morning shows
that Thursday the international force
In Ten-Tsin was in desperate straits.
but Renr Admiral Bruce hoped that 1t
would be relieved tim. night.
According to Berlin official dis
patch the allied troops had been bonn
barded for three days when the French
officer left Tien-Tsin, Wednesday, and
that they were even then short OF am
munition, though reports by other
channels assert that they were engag-
ed later than that, undergoing bonn
bardment from heavy cannon.
Thf4 dispatch states that a relief col
umn, comprising 24O German marines,
$50 British and 1.5OO Russian troops,
was on Its way to Tien-Tsin and that
the railway from Tnku was open to
within about nine miles of that point.
According to nm official Italian dis
patch. u relief column composed OF
British, Russian and japanese troops,
started from Taku for the relief Of
Ten-Tsin Thursday morning.
Admiral Bruce reports that on Sun
day the Chinese shelled the foreign set
tlement, and that 175 Austrians, Brit
tsh, Germans and Italians captured the
Chinese military college. burned 1t, de-
stroyed Its guns and considerable
amount of ammunition which 1t held,
and killed Its defenders. He adds that
repeated attacks We're repulsed on
Monday.
Meanwhile there is still no official
word Of the condition of the refugees
In Pekin nor OF Rear Admiral Scy-
mour's movements for their relief.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
TRAINLOAD KILLED.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Three Cars Plunge Into ~ swoalsn stsan
-Rulas Barn UP, Completing the Tar
Fih1e Work.

Atlantn, Ga, June IA passenger
train on the Macon branch OF the
Southern railway ran into washout
one and one-hnlf miles north of Nc
Donough, Ca, last night and was COM
pletely wrecked. ..
The wreck caught fire.and the entire
train, with the exception Of the sleep
er, was destroyed.
Every person on the train except the
occupants of the Pullman car persisted.
Not member Of the train crew escap-
ed.
Thirty-five people In nll were killed.
A clOudDurst brOke over that section
of the country about q O'Clock last
night, and presumably washed out
section of the track nearly 100 feet In
length. $f
Into this the swiftly moving train
plunged. The storm was still raging,
and all the car windows were closed.
The passengers, secure, AZ they
thought, and sheltered comfortably
from the inclement weather, went TO
death without nn instant's warning.
The train, consisting of a baggage.
car, second class coach, first class
coach and a Pullman sleeper was
knocked into kindling wood by the
full.
The wreck caught fire in a few min
utes after the fall and nll the coaches
were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the
occupants of the Pullman car perished
in the disaster There was no escape
as the heavy Pullman weighted down
the others and the few alive In the
sleeper were unable to render assist
ance to their fellow-passengers.
For brief time there was silence.
Then the occupants of the Pullman car
recovered from their bewilderment and
after hard work managed to get out
of their car. and found themselves on
the track in the pouring rain. The
extent of the catastrophe was quickly
apparent.
Flames were already seen coming
from that part of the wreck not COW
cred by water. As the wreck began
to go to pieces under the destructive
work Of both flames and flood. human
bodies fiOated out from the mnss and
We're carried down stream by the swift
current The storm did not nbate In
fury. Flashes of lightning added to
the steady glow of the burning train
and lit up the scene with fearful dis
tinctness
Flagman Qulnlan, who was one Of
the first to get out. Mt once started fOf
the nenrest telegraph station. Making
his way as rapidly as possible In the
face of the binding storm. he STUN
bled Into the Office at McDOnough and
after telling the night operator of the
wreck, fell fainting to the floor. Word
was quickly sent to both Atlanta and
Macon but no assistance was to be
had except In the latter city, as the In
terrupted track prevented the arrival
Of any train from Macon.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Marine. Hurry Through ch,c.,o.

Chicago. June 25-The fourth ba,-
tnlion of United States marines. Mai
W. p. Biddle in command, passed
through Chicago tonight on a. r1ish a q.
signment to duty in the Orient, and the
Chinese battle-ground is believed to bc
their objective. The battalion. rein.
forced by two squadrons Of the sixth
cavalry. will sail from San Francisco
July i, for Cavite. P. l.. via Japan.
Maj. Blddle said that he expected or.
ders In Japan that would throw him
and his men into the fighting In China
there are 23s men in the battalion
winch was recruited ut Norfolk. New
York and Washington. ',e"
North Park union., 1900-07-06

A Russian Inventor. X. Danilewsky.
haa recently experimented. under gov
sramsnt auspices. with nyinx ma
chine which combines the lifting pow
e. Of . balloon With something resem-
bling wing action. The balloon II
sAapsd like proJsctils. and II small.
bslng nllsd with pure hydrogen. Its
ascsnsional fierce 10 su6lclsnt TO neu-
tEAlixs the weight Of tho aeronaut and
tie apparatus. Tho latter consists Of
. system Of movable aeroplanes and .
stsering tackle. BY means of-which the
asrunaut guides the course OF the bal
loon. In descending. the latter as
sames an upright position. The i'm
mediate object Of the experiments is
20 provide = dirigible balloon for the
signal corps OF the Russian army.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
RArHBonE is REMOVED.
VIII He Kept In Cuba to Testify In Case
Against Nicely and Others.

VIII He Kept In Cuba to Testify In Casea
AKainst Neeiy and Others.
Washington, June 25.-The postmns-
ter general has issued an order remov-
ing from Office Estes G. Rathbone
from the position Of general director
of posts of Cuba. and detailing Martin
c. Fosnes. an inspector In the postal
service. to perform the duties.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow has been relieved from fur.
ther work In Cuba and has sniled fol
home.
Postmaster General Smith would not
say whether or not Rathbone would be
arrested for any connection he may
have had with existing conditions in
the Cuban postal department. That
question Will be left entirely with Gen.
eral Wood, the military governor of
the island. as he will be wanted as IA
witness in the eases Of tis, other Of
ficials against whom charges have
been preferred.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Uphold. Law Ar.la.. Dealing In Futures,

Springfield. ILL.,. June 22.-The su-
preme Court to-day affirmed the de-
cision Of the lower court which con.
victed A. V. Booth Of Chicago of un-
lawfully contracting In writing with
the Weare Commission Company au
option to buy 100000 bushels Of corn
at n future time. contrary to the stat.
ute.
The decision Is important In that II
declares the Illinois law regarding puts
and calls to be valid. The defense
was based on constitutional grounds.
The court does not hold that contract
to buy grain for future delivery ID un-
Iawful, but holds that the Booth
Weare contract did not bind Booth 10
take the corn on delivery day and was
merely gamble on the price Of corr.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

The Indian name Sioux. az It appears
IN sxsh town names a. Sioux Falls.
Sioux City and Sioux Rapids. u usual
u prunosnced $780," but sometimes.
N tAs East chiefly. that simple pro-
nunsistion il not known. A commit
tssman not long ago visited 4 school In
New Eusland. where he heard the
papils say "Si-ox," with complete as
suraaes. At = favorable opportunity
~ Quistly spoke to the teacher OF the
srTof. sAying: You know II IL 500. :"
wAersupon she asked the attention OF
The school. and solemnly announced:
~You have all been pronouncing this
word wrong. 1t ID not Siox. but BOO
ox." The committeeman lacked the
sourase 70 pursue the suhtsct farther.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

Arrangements have been perfected
by which Russian oil will be dIstrib-
uted In Germany. In the last few
years American petroleum has prac-
tically monopolixed the German mar
kst The German government has now
oaarsd facilities to Russian producers
n the way OF reduction Of railway
fatas. 20 that II is expected In the near
future the Russian oil trade will make
ennsiderable progress In Germany.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

Several Of the justices Of the. su-
pfens court Of New York who have
hssn mentioned In connection with
tie Ice trust scandal declare they
bought stock a. business invest
nent" Their friends defend them,
and one OF them writes to ask whether
. Judge should be debarred from In
vssting In any concern that might
possibly come up before him for ad-
1udication.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

n y some six years only since Gias-
gov began TO operate its street railway
ystsm. and now the entirely new
sqaipment Of that day II to be re-
plaeed, 10 far ~ II necessary, to COM
Nv with o changs in the method OF
traction. The substitution u one OF
easctricity for horses. and II Is said
that all the needful alterations will be
conplsted by Jan. next
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Convict Carter st,u rrv,,. >, ~.

Leavenworth. Kan, June o5-A,
other effort will shortly he made tn ah
tain rehearing of the famous Cor4o.
case: The plan is to try to bring Coz
ter before a civil court on Writ -,
habeas corpus and then have tba o.oa y,
tried upon Its merits. W 'ne case
carter was recently visited hy :,
wealthy uncle from New York onG .,,a
two held long conference Rarone ,ne
ienvlng the uncle stated to the w"r,1a'.
mat ne would soon return. a accon
New York. 'orneSs N
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Flad Cola iu the Ph,,,uD,n...

vancouver, B, c.. June PA party
OF miners says the China Mail, have
snccee1ed In locating several promis-
ing neids OF gold and other minerals In
the northern provinces of the Philip
pines' ana several British firms In Chi
ma are becaming Interested.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Ns1ern research has agais ,trik.

Modern research has agaih strik-
tngly verified ancient records, In the
excavations on tho site ef Babylon.
asrpdotus told Of the city wall Of Bab-
gion ~ Ssine 20 thick that upon the
top o. It there was room for two rows
cf houses with roadway between
them vide enough for four chariots
10 b driven ABREAST DR.. Holloway,
ehe archasologist, now reports the
onding Of this wall. the top OF which
4 one hundred aAd thirty-six and one
hak fest wide. The dimension amply
vfndieates the rsoord of Hsrodotua.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
Peruvian. Angry Over Two r,r,,.

Lima. Peru. June 24.-The ignorant
peasantry OF tile province of Huan-
cnyO and other parts of the interior ure
Ereatly excited over the recent destruc-
tion by fire. evidently Of incendiary
origin. of the celebrated convent of
Oeopa. This fire and another they at
tribute to the efforts and propaganda
~ the American missionaries In that
EectIon.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

A Michigan girl dreamed that she
vas bequsathed fortune. and the
dream came true The demand for
rich things to eat just before retiring
naturally will be greatly iscrsassd -
q result OF this.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

u. vandenpesrboom. former pre-
uise Of Belgium. has tsclined tho
senAtorship Of West Flanders. pre-
ssnably because OF his handicap 1t
roll call.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

Gndian lands In Northern Minnesota
iato . national park are much encour-
aesd by the reception It has received
q the hands Of representatives.. A IA
veeAbls report BY the house commit
tes On Indian affairs, which says In
part: The hsadwatsrs Of the Missis-
sippl are now protected BY national
forests. and this protection Is threat
snsd BY lumbsrmen. who wish to re-
move the pine In France vast sums
oe money are now being expended In
rssoresting the mountains which have
been dsnudsd and where the Eravelly
soil has begun to wash down ints and
destroy the valleys below. Enormous
suma are expended to restore these
mountains to their natural conditions
- nearly ~ may be. In Northern New
York the state has acquired large
Anonn OF the AdIrondacks IN order to
prsss1ve the waters Of the Hudson.
and has expended nearly $4,000. 900 for
that purpose. II the timber around
tAs hsadwatsrs OF the Mississippi IL
entirsly removed the government will
no doubt hereafter be called upon to
restore Il - nearly ~ possible to the
original stats and to expsnd a much
larger sum than 10 now necessary to
preserve It In that condition. Large
amounts have already been laid out
for the creation OF reserves In that To-
eaaty to prevent great floods In the
spring and to preserve supply Of
water for midsummer and fall. We
eAnnot afford TO have the lands around
the headwAtsrs OF our great rivers de-
eorestsd and made barren.
North Park union., 1900-07-06

An apparatus that has at least the
merit OF novelty 10 on exhibition in
London. 1t Is designed a. checking
clock to record the hour Of the arrival
Of employees at their places OF work.
The novelty consists in = sensitised
photographic ribbon attached to clock
work, Each smploye. a. he or she ar
ttves, prsases the button Of the ma
ehins and Immediately his or her pho
togrAph. togsther with . photograph
Of The clock showing the monent Of
arrival. = inpesssed on the movable
tibbsn. It is said that The photographs
san b mAds At the rate Of 20 minute.
North Park union., 1900-07-06
NORTH PARK UNION.
PuBLlsHRp nvsRY r1IDAy. 2
WALDEN. COLORADO.

Asiatie cholers was nrst supposed 70
have originated from the consumption
oe unsound rice. and was catied rice
Aissase." -
North Park union., 1900-07-06

Will be protected from relic hunters,
while free TO explorers. State or fed.
eral guards may be posted on the mesa
10 watch the ancient ruins. The ef-
forts OF the WOinnn's Club, backed by
the earnest efforts of Mrs. ID. v. Nc
Clurg, seem about to reach fruitlon.
To the fact that the women Of Colora.
do were the first to see the Immense
value to history OF the relics In the
southwest OF Colorado. IL due the ex-
pected success Of the project for n re.
servc. under national or state supervi-
sion. Max Pracht. special agent In
the employ Of the Department OF the
Interior. was at the Brown Palace ho-
tel Friday. Mr.. Prncht was sent by
the Secretary OF the Interior to look
over the country which the Woman's
Club recommended should he made a
reserve, and to report upon Its value.
lie spent ak weeks In the country. Il
have not the slightest doubt that the
Secretary OF the Interior will act IN.
vornbly upon the report which I sub
mitted to him." said Mr.. Pracht. II
reported strongly In favor Of establish.
Ing the proposed reserve. The cliff
dweliers' country has u historic value
beyond comparison. There ia abso-
iutely no end to the value Of the relics
which have been unearthed there and
are stili to he unenrthed. The work
which Will he done In the country will
ilo much toward unrnvellng the history
Of the world. and the human rnce.
There has been much suid about tho
nn,onnt OF plunder that has been aken
out Of the country. II Ia true that 4
great deal OF value, that lies on the
surface. las Decn tucked In the trunks
Of foreign scientists. and taken 10 mu.
HeumH In Europe. but the Important
thing, are still III the earth there.
Ninety per cent. OF the historic relica
pf the cli6 dwellcrs remain to be nm
earthcd. and " the reservation Ia hnde.
they Will l,e preserved for the state ~
Colorado and the United StateA
New-York tribune., 1900-11-26
WoHEN's QUARRELS RELIETE HEN.

AN ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF
NEWARK HAS TROUBLE To MANAGE ITSELF
About two years ago a numbeC of public spirited
women in Newark. dissatisfied with the way the
municipal officers were conducting the affairs OF
the town. formed the Women's Municipal Improve
ment Association and straightway began to bring
about reforms. The association went along swim
mingly and there resulting CONSERVATION in
the municipal departments. Then arose trouble In
the Women's Municipal Improvement Association,
and zeal for public improvement was replaced by
internal strife Rivals for the presidency had their
respective factions and the objects OF the assOcia-
ton were almost entirely lost sight of in the as
sociation's troubles.
The Executive Board decided last week to meet
to-day at Association Hall. with view 10 reorgan-
fzation. A call issued for meeting. Mrs.
Francis Pell. the president. had not been con-
suited. and when she learned OF their action
Saturday she issued call for meeting of the as
ISOLATION at the house of Mrs. Edward Pell No. "a
Hilt-st. Six members attended the meeting. A
resolution TO disband unanimously passed.
The treasurer's accounts and the association rec
ords will be passed on by legal authority A mem
Der of the Executive Board representing the rival
faction declared after the meeting that its action
was illegal and void; but probably at the meeting
to-day the demise or the association would be
ceDted as fact and new organization effected.