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CALM AFTER STORM.
The President Had a Quiet and Rest
fuI Day nj Canton.

CANTON, o., July 13.-The President had
a quiet and restful day. He took his usual
drive and spent much time enjoying the
cool breezes that swept over his porch
There were no official and no political Wis
itors, and only the usual calls of respect or
for slight personal favors. Col. Webb C.
Hayes has joined the family at the house
for q visit.
No plans. IL is said. have been considered
for a change I'm the Presidents vacation.
No date has been set for a return to Wash
ington. and the only trip ahead is that to
the Grand Army Encampment I'm Chicago.
In August. As usual. matters from Wash
ington require considerable attention. This
work seems TO be constantly increasing in
volume. 1t comes by mail. by telegraph
and by telephone. II comes from the ex-
ecutive office. from the Cabinet members
and from the departments. While the
President is relieved from routine TO the
greatest possible extent. he is In full touch
with all of the affairs of state. and by d.
rect communication directs such matters
as usually receive the attention of the
chief executive.
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copa counties. The loss to owners of herds
cannot be computed. as in their present
gaunt condition no market can be found.
Rarely in the history of the Territory has
the water in the ella and Salt river valleys
been so scarce Not drop is reported in
the Gila. and there is none in the San Pc
dro from Benson TO its confluence with the
Salt river above Phoenix.
At Casa Grande the immense reservoir is
dry, the supply having long since been ex-
hausted. Crops OF alfalfa. barley and
wheat between Florence and Casa Grande.
as well as on the Indian reservation at
Sacton, where the Pimas dwell, are beyond
hope. And, added to all this. is the de-
struction OF timber by the forest fires,
which continue to rage in the Santa Cata-
lima mountains.
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BIG LINES AMALGAMATED.
Plant ard Flagler Steamship Compan.
les Under One Management.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. July 13.--Judge
Simeon Il. Baldwin, of the Supreme Court
of this State. sitting in the Superior Court,
has handed down an order granting a new
corporate name for the Southeastern
Steamship Company. known as the Plant
steamship line. The new name. as re-
auested by Judge Linde Harrison. counsel
of the company. and at the vote of the di-
rectors. Is the Peninsula and Occidental
Steamship Company" to be known as the
"P. & O."
The order amalgamates the two steam
ship lines known as the Plant and Flagler
systems. the one running from Tampa to
Havana and the other from Miami to
Nassau. Under the new consolidation the
amalgamated company is capitalized at S2,-
000.0o0 and will be run under one manage
ment, with the central Office at Jackson
vile. Fla. The Southeastern Steamship
Company was incorporated in this State in
1888, and is one of the largest assets OF
the well-known Plant estate.
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Comment by the Press ON Won
BueIow's Definition of Germany's
Aims Is Uniformly Approving.
MASSACRE AGAIN REPORTED
ALL LEGATIONERs SAID TO HAVE
BEEN KILLED JULY q.
Later Dispatches Tell Of the Bombard-
mcnt of the Compounds the Day
Aftcr-RevoIt I'm Manchuria.

LONDON. July 1.-THE scanty cable dis
patches received to-day add nothing 70 the
knowledge in London of the Chinese situa-
ton
1t is stated positively from Canton that
Ia Hung Chang will remain there until the
allied troops have defeated Prince Tuan's
forces and will then go north to lend his
powerful aid in arranging terms of peace.
cooperating with Prince Ching, Yung Lu
and the other pro-foreign viceroys. For
the present Ii Hung Chang considers that
he can best control and direct the viceroys
from Canton, and also keep in check the
turbulent province of Kwang-Tung.
All the foreigners and missionaries have
evacuated wen-Chau and have arrived at
Ning-Po. Large bodies OF Boxers appeared
nate the foreigners and Christians. They
also distributed banners, badges and in
fiammatory anti-foreign appeals.
The Tien-Tsin correspondent Of the Ex-
press. telegraphing under date of July Q,
asserts that the Chinese are daily driving
in the allies. They have mounted. says the
correspondent. twelve fresh guns in advan-
tageous positions. with which they are
sweeping the streets OF the foreign settle
Tnent, the incessant fire rendering position
after position quite untenable.
The Daily Mails st. Petersburg corre-
spondent says in the last six hours battle
outside OF Tien-Tsin the Cossacks captured
six Krupp guns and kilied numbers of fee
ing Boxers. The Chinese lost 5000 killed
including General Kek.
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PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT.
Lincolnshire Regiment Fought TIL
Ammunition Was Exhausted.

Ammunition was Exnaustcu'
PRETORIA, July 12-Colonel Mahon, re-
inforced by General French's brigade
Wednesday, took all the positions held by
the Beers in the neighborhood of Retfon-
tain. A number of Boer dead were found.
The British casulties were trifiing.
Details are now at hand regarding the
disaster to the Lincolnshire regiment on
Wednesday, 1t appears that five companies
were ordered Tuesday to proceed and hold
the pass through Magdalesburg, in the
neighborhood of Daspoortfort. They arrived
at the pass in the afternoon, where three
companies with two guns took up posi-
tion and camped for the night, leaving two
companies on a plain south of the pass.
The eastern hill was rugged, rocky and in
accessible. but further east apparently ap-
proachable from the main ridge. AT day.
break Wednesday the Beers appeared on
the eastern kopje and opened heavy fire.
Confusion ensued.
The colonel ordered the men to take up
a position on a kopje west of the gap.
From this point a hot fire ensued during
the entire day. Two guns under the escort
OF the Scots Greys placed in advance OF
the main body were captured after stout
resistance. Nearly every man was killed or
wounded. A Maxim gun was brought into
action early in the day. The fire was too
hot and the men were finally forced to re-
tire. A sergeant aided by seven volunteers
saved the gun. There was continuous fire
all along the line. the Lincolnshire regi-
ment vigorously replying. About 3 o'clock
in the afternoon the Bcsrs appeared to the
left of the position occupied by the British.
and an officer and fifteen men attempted to
charge them. Fourteen men were killed or
wounded as the result of the charge. Three
companies were practically surrounded but
they kept up a steady fire until towards
nightfall. when their ammunition had been
expended. The latest arrival from the scene
said that at the moment OF his escape the
men were taking a good position under
cover and with fixed bayonets were await
ing the approach of the Beers.
It is understood. or good authority. that
the Beers have employed armed natives.
Two of the natives leaped from cover near
a small party from the Lincolnshire resi-
ment and demanded their surrender. A
soldier stepped forward and shot both the
natives dead. One officer who succeeded in
making his escape had an encounter with
en- armed native. Ii is feared that the losses
OF the British were numerous About thirty
Of the British soldiers have struggled back
TO camp. y great force is being assembled
TO prevent further progress by the Beers.
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WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES.
Chinatown Residents Preparing an
Action Against San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July Is.-The
Chinese residents of the recently quaran-
tined district of this city are preparing to
demand compensation for losses alleged to
have been sustained owing 10 the action
OF the health officials. Detailed lists OF
losses are being prepared. which are ex-
pected to form the basis of suit for dam
ages. estimated by the attorneys TO be
for s2.ooo.ooo. against the city of San Fran
cisco. or a claim OF about that amount
against the federal government
Consul General Ho Vow says IL has not
yet been determined which course to pur-
sue. The attorneys will claim that the bu-
bonic plague never existed in Chinatown,
and that there was no justification for the
action Of the national and municipal au-
thorities.
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CHICAGO. July 1S.-Several hundred
members of the Illinois Republican League
clubs. including the Chicago delegation and
the League delegations from Ohio. will
leave here Monday evening. for st. Paul.
over the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
road, to attend the national convention of
the League of Republican Clubs, at St
Paul, July IL. They will be accompanied by
Governor Roosevelt. of New York, and
Judge Richard Yates. Republican nominee
for Governor of Illinois. who will be the
guests of the convention and who are ex-
pected to deliver addresses before the con-
yentiOn
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contain nothing impracticable and keep
within the lines OF a practical policy OF
which everybody sees the indispensability.
Moreover. Count Won Buelow's aims agree
strikingly with Russia's demand"
The Vossische Zeitung says: THE sec
retarys language is as energetic as cir
cumspect, and awakens confidence. Count
Won Buelows speech was without reserve.
but also without passion. An overwhelm-
ing majority of the nation will approve,
and the letter is sure TO make good Inn
preston abroad"
The Post expresses satisfaction that the
aims of Germany and Russia are essen
TALLY identical. and says: "The modera-
ton of Germany I'm handling the Chinese
question. 1T appears, would completely ex-
clude the idea of conflict with other pow
ers.'
The Vorwaerts notes that Count Won
Buelow omitted to mention that Ger
many's policy in resisting Japan's offer to
take mandate from the powers thwarted
the only possibility OF giving the ambas-
sadors effective and timely aid
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NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
Cuban Annexation as Regarded b,
Mr.. RoOt-A Strong Statement.

WASHINGTON. July 13.-Secretary Root
to-day in discussing the coming constitu-
tional convention in Cuba expressed him
self quite positively on the question of
annexation or any other subject. for that
matter. which might be brought up before
the convention, but that in his own opin-
ion Cuban annexation. if it came at all,
was not imminent just now. Said he:
MY own experience in Cuba leads me to
believe that the desire for independence is
both strong and general among the people
/ do not think they want annexation. even
supposing that We want them. Under the
congressional declaration we are in honor
bound to give them independence first. If
subsequently they wish annexation that is
a matter for them to determine. But it
should be determined when they are in a
position absolutely Independent of US.
Even then, as / have suggested, it is a
case where it takes two TO make bar
gain"
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OMEN OF DISASTER.
Chinese News at the German Chan
cellerie Is Not Given Out.


BERLIN. July ls.-Chinese advices have
been received at the Foreign Office to-day.
which fact is interpreted by the press as
ominous OF disastrous news in few days.
IL Is said that a feeling of unrest exists in
Shan-Tung because OF the withdrawal of
part of the German troops from Taku
TO Tsin-1au.
The German military expedition will
carry one battery of fifteen-centimetre
howitzers for the siege of Peking. The
Marine Ministry intends to charter thirty
or forty vessels for China. many of them
to be used as supply ships.
At q meeting held here. at which were
present number of the highest politicians.
leading bankers and other persons OF prom
inence. society was organized TO collect
money 20 provide physicians and nurses
for the China expedition. The offers OF
persons TO serve as nurses have been so
numerous that no more car be accepted at
present.
The situation in China begins to affect
German trade. Orders for railway material
for the German shan-Tung Railway have
been Cancelled. y number OF needle fac
tories in westphalia have closed. num-
ber OF firms in Essen. Dortmund and SAX
ony complain that the position OF affairs in
China has injured their business
The Foreign Office to-day denied ener-
getically 20 a reporter OF the Associate
Press the statement contained In cable dis
patches from China 10 some London papers
that Baron Won Ketteler caused his own
death through HIS harsh treatment of na-
tives.
Count Won Buelow's declaration regard
ing Gerriany's aims in China is much dis
cussed by the press. and is almost unani-
mousiy indorsed. The Berliner Neueste
Tachrichten says: 'The irmness and reso-
luton with which Germany protects her in
terests and demands punishment for blood
shed will meet with general approval. as
viii also In an equal measure the govern
ment's avoidance of all far-reachins plans
o. action which might result in inf
mite complications. German statesmanship
maintains the same standpoint toward
China which was adopted at the beginning
namely. a sound. practical policy, free
from lust Of conquest or annexation. but
which will not permit the curtailment OF
It's weil-grounded interests and rights"
The Berliner Tageblatt says: The Dur.
poses OF Germany's China policy, as ex-
planned by Count Won Buelow at the end
Of his letter, must be approved. for they
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14
CHASTITY Find ny a Farmer.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, July ia
farmer made a ghastly find on the Chatta-
nooga dirt road six miles south OF Cleve-
land. II was the remains OF white man
sixty years of age hidden I'm clump of
bushes near the road. a piece OF an old
quilt was tied over his head and rope
around his neck. There was a large hole in
the side OF the head and bruises on the
face and body. The body was decomposed
and presented a horrible appearance. A
ooroner's jury returned a verdict that the
unknown man was murdered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14

HELENA, Mont, July 13-Neal Vawter.
of Helena, United States marshal for Alas
ka, Deputy Marshal Captain J. It. Meyer
and George Leekly, chief clerk in the mar
shals Office. have left this place for Cape
Nome, and, as the continuance of martial
law there depends upon the arrival of the
United States Court officials, it is believed
order will soon be restored in the gold
fields
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14
DISTRESS AT CAPE NOME.
KOkomo Man Describes the situation
in n Letter Home.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, July Is. - Beach lined
with hundreds of desolate and homesick.
other hundreds dead broke, with little pros
pect of employment and no mems to re-
turn to the States, murder and a suicide
every day, is the situation at Cape Nome
and vicinity, according TO letter received
this week from Bert Murden, who left here
early this spring for the golden north.
Mr.. Murden was on the third boat out of
Seattle, but arrived at Cape Nome first,
the other two having been caught in an
ice crush and wrecked. Mr.. Murden wrote:
'T never saw the like of disappointed and
discouraged people. Hundreds have gone
broke and the government will have to take
them back. Somebody is getting killed here
every day, and there is an average of one
suicide day in and about Nome City. Men
get disheartened and discouraged and end
their troubles by death. These are men un-
able to obtain claims, men without means
and in a helpless condition. Big. strong
men go crying along the streets, loud
enough to be heard square. looking dis
mally out over the sea from whence they
came, wringing their hands in anguish,
lamenting the fate that brought them from
pleasant homes to the bleak and appar-
emily profitess shores of the frozen far
north. There is lots of gold here but none
OF the arrivals this year eau get hold of 1t.
This vicinity is already overworked. Ev-
erybody here thinks Nome is a humbug,
but those who have been up and down the
beach or back among the creeks say that
gold is being taken out by thousands. Peo-
pie are going back to the States now, 150
to each steamer, and hundreds of others
are unable to go for lack of means. There
would be work for the idle men if lumber
could be had. Very few buildings so far
sections"
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NOT READY TO ARREST
CUBAN FISCAL DISCUSSES THE CASE
OF MIR. RATHBONE.
Awaiting Results of the Nicely Case
Mr.. Root Expresses Himself ON
the Annexation of Cuba.

HAVANA, July 13-The Fiscal says that
former Director General of Posts L. G..
Rathbone will not be arrested until all the
papers in the Nicely case shall have been
received from Washington. and that the
only absolute incriminating charge certain
Is that OF the misappropriation OF $1,000.
He also says a civil suit for more than
SIS, 1000 will be instituted against Rathbone's
bondsmen. but. as Rathbone is already held
as a witness, he thinks ii better to await
the developments of the Neely case in order
to see If the claim of Deputy Auditor
Reeves. that Rathbone received $4,000. can
be substantiated.
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SHANGHAI. July 12.-The foreign con-
suls are offering large sums for the pro-
duction of the letter which Chinese mer-
chant is said to have received from Peking,
dated June 80 saying the legations were
demolished and that the foreigners had
been killed. The merchant declined to show
it, alleging that he fears punishment from
the Chinese officials.
Rioting is reported to have occurred at
Ning-Po, but no confirmation of the re-
port has been received.
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CIery's Column Near standerton.

WITPOORT. Transvaal. July 13-General
Clery's column. which has moved easterly
is now camped here. During the march
the mounted infantry engaged two hundred
Beers. shelling ridge occupied by the
burghers. 1t is anticipated that this move
ment will clear the country from Stander-
ton 10 heidelberg. as the troops found but
one remaining laager. from which the
Beers retired hurriedl;
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RUSSIAN ADvICES.


ST. PETERSBURG, July 13.-The latest
official advices received here regarding the
spread of the revolutionary movements in
Manchuria add but little material infor-
nation. On June "A an edict OF the En-
press OF China was intercepted ordering
the Chinese troops TO unite with the Box
ers.
Subsequently the Governor of Moukden
informed the chief engineers that the rail-
road line must be handed over to the Chi
nese and that all Russians must per-
manently leave Manchuria. The engineers
protested and urged that the Governor
ask for the assistance of the Russians at
Port Arthur to annihilate the Boxers. but
this die not avail and the Chinese troops
continued to mass until the rising cul-
minated in the murders and attacks on the
railroad and towns already reported.
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Report Of yteb,s yictorx.

BRUSSELS, July 13.-Thc Belgian For
eign Office has received a cable dispatch
from Shanghai, announcing. on Chinese
authority, that Gen. Mich 81 Chang has de-
feated the rebels near Peking. and has re-
lieved Prince Ching and Gen. Lung Lu,
who were trying TO defend the Europeans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14
STRICKEN BY DROUGHT.
Arizona Absolutely without Water In
Its Most Fertile Part.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 15.-Reports
from the drought stricken sections OF Ari-
zona are 10 the effect that every water
hole and most OF the wells have gone dry.
In consequence cattle are dying by the
thousands and their shrunken frames dot
the desert country OF Pima. Pinal. Santa
Cruz. Yuma. Cochise and parts Of MARI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14

ROME, July 1S.-A contingent of troops
for China will leave Naples July Is. Ac-
cording to the Tribune, second contingent,
which. like the first. will be composed of
two battalions, will be sent. The expedi-
tionary corps will thus be raised to 5000
rr,eD
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14

MADRID, July 13.-Senor si,vela. the
Spanish premier. says that no Spanish
war vessel will so to China, Spain having
DC interests to defend in the extreme
Orient
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14
FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CABLE
WASHINGTON AND THE POWERS ARE
LAYING THEIR PLANS.

The Effort VIII BE Made to Land .
Line at n Point Near 10 the
Scene of Active Operations.
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CHINESE MINISTER Is TRYING TO
REACH MR.. CoNGER.
He Has Sent n Message from Hay TO
the American Envoy by Hsad of
a Friend at Shanghai.
NEITHER PAINS NOR EXPENSE
WILL BE SPARED To REACH THE
LEGATION AT PEkING.

Message Was Written I'm omciai Ci-
pher and VIII BE Answered I'm Kind
for the Return TO Washington.
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BOSTON, July 1S.-The list of fatalities
from the disastrous oil-tank explosion at
Somerville last night now numbers three.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-12-12
NEW AVON.

Miss Flora Patterson was the guest
of Mrs. Alex. Datwyler one night last
week.
Louie Boyer and family visited with
friends and relatives at Lamberton a
few days.
J. L. Coppock and family leave this
week for Tennessee, where they intend
making their future home.
The meetings which have been held
in the mission house during the past
two weeks have been we'll attended.
J. Weber, Alex. Datwyler, Chris.
holman and families, Mrs. Bungater
and Miss Jacobsen visited at Mrs. g..
Hauptli's Monday evening.
A surprise party was rendered Miss
Marie Hauptli in honor of her birth
day, Dec. 8. A very enjoyable evening
was spent in various amusements, after
which refreshments were served.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-12-12

Ebert Meyer is improving his farm
considerably.
Miss Annie Lawrence visited home
during Thanksgiving.
Miss Anna Kagel has gone for q
short stay at Winthrop.
Arthur Rudd has gone to Min neapo-
lis, from which place he will leave for
Wyoming.
Louis Meierding and wife of Morgan
visited their brother and sister at Sum-
down over Sunday.
Albert Jorgensen has left for Milwau-
kee, from which point he will bring
back with him bride.
Christ Lawrence is back from South
Shore, S. d., where he has spent sew
eral months doing fall work on his
farm.
A debating club was organized last
Saturday in the west school house,
with a starting force of ten expert de-
baters. The subject for the next meet
ing is Resolved, that the death penalty
for crime should be abolished"