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LOSS LIST IS GROWING
LONDON WAR OFFICE IN RECEIPT
OF SUPPLEMENTARY
REPORTS
B0ERs THREATEN GEN. RUMBLE
Parts of His Line Are Weakly Held.
and Beers May Break Through
MaIana Bridge Destroyed-Amer-
lean Crook Steals Gold.

LONDON, June 20, 3:25 a. m.-The cas-
Guiding long list of missing, show
British losses in engagements hitherto
not reported. In an attack on a con-
struction train at Leeuw Spruit on June
ii, three were killed, five wounded and
sixty captured. Leeuw Spruit is forty
miles north Of Kroonstad. This was the
day Of the Sand river attack, eighty
miles distant. Another list shows nine
wounded and eleven missing, in an action
at Vrede Wort on June I, no previous
mention Of which has been made.
The Daily Mail points out that 1t is
quite possible the wires have again been
cut in Lord Roberts rear as no dispatch
later than June 16 has been received.
The Beers are gathering In force in
front of Gen. Rumble, near Ficksburg.
His forces stretch forty miles. AS some
parts of the line are weakly held, the
British fear that the Beers may break
through. Outpost skirmishesE are of daily
occurrence
Mr.. Steyn is at Bethlehem. the tenn
porary capital of the Free State.
According to dispatches from Lourenzo
Marques, dated yesterday, the Malana
bridge has been destroyed. One account
says 1T was blown up. Another asserts
that it was undermined by patrol from
Swaziland, and collapsed under the
weight of a train. This will, temporarily
interrupt the flow of supplies to the Beers
from Lourenzo Marques.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Mail telegraphing June 16, says that Lord
Roberts is getting hutts for $4,000 and is
arranging re-transport for part of his
army, although his plans are not to take
effect Immediately.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of
the Daily Express says: AN American,
well known to the New York police, is
alleged to have planned desperate a.
tempt to steal some of the bar gold from
the trucks attached to President Krugers
travelling capital. He is said to have
carried off some bars before he was dis
covered
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent CT
the Times says:
Three escaped British prisoners are
believed to have tampered with Malana
bridge freight train pitched into the
stream, and two men were killed.
BOERS- SURRENDER
VOLKSRUST, TransvaaI, June 19.-The
town guard of Wakkerstroom has sur
rendered to the British and number of
Mausers, with several rifles of American
manufacture, have been handed in. Gen.
Hildyard has returned here.
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Republican National Convention Opened in
Silence Broken Only by the Appear
ance of Gov. Roosevelt
President Mckinley to Be Renominated by
Acclamation, Today and Vice President
to Be Chosen Thursday

and swelIed into great roar as he made
his way towards the seats of the New
York delegation. Chairman Odell of the
New York state delegation, and Sena tor
Platt were with him, but the crowd only
had eyes for the dashing hero of San
Juan. No stage hero ever made an en-
trance more opportunely. But he made
no acknowledgment of the ovation his
presence elected. His jaw was firmly
set, and he came Oh through the mass
like soldier performing a duty. He did
not even remove his hat, but pushed his
way through the delegates who swarIned
from their places to grasp his hand.
Fully two minutes it took for him to
traverse the length Of the hall to mis-
place near the stage. All that time the
roar followed him, and the handkeTchiets
rose and fell like the wings of gulls over
a summer sea. But he made no sign that
he realized it was all for him. When he
took his seat with his sloUch hat still on,
without glanCing to either side, the people
gave it up, ana the cheering gradually
subsided. But it broke cut a1resh mo-
ment afterWard, as the band started up
the "Star-Spangled Banner" Roosevelt,
of all the thousands, was then upon his
feet standing erect like a Norway pine,
with uncovered head, 10 the music of the
anthem. Instantly the whole convention
rose en- masse, as if apologizing for their
tardiness.
This entrance of Roosevelt into the
convention was distinctly the dramatic
feature of the session. Then the wheels
began to move, but the convention under
the spell Of his presence could not take
its eyes off him. In him the interest
seemed centered. During every pause in
the proceedings he was surrounded by
delegates and newspaper men, anxious
for a word. To all he gave the same
answer. He was not candidate He did
not want the nomination. Those who
wanted him, left him saying he would
not accept, but that they would NOM
mate him whether he liked it or not.
Those who did not want him spread
the report that he could not be moved
to acceptance.
MIR. HANNA PLEASED.
Senator Hanna's reception when he
called the convention to order and later
when he made a speech, was f1attering
in the extreme, and the smile on his
face expressed the pleasure it gave him.
But the joy he experienced over his
own reception seemed nothing compared
with the delight he manifested when for
the first time he mentioned the presi-
dents name. The convention went off
like rocket The applause was deafen-
ing. Mr.. Hanna's face was picture.
1t was wreathed in smiles. He showed
the ecstasy of the JOY over the storm
of approval he had raised. Many in that
moment remembered how the presidents
Warwick had announced a year ago that
his ambition would be satisfied and his
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OPENING ADDRESSES.
What Senator'S Hanna and WoIcOtt
Said to Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, June 19-Mr. Hanna
was the center of attraction. He left
the presiding officers table and step
ping to the front of the platform sur
veyed the sea of faces, and in a clear
voice, began his speech of welcome.
''In bidding you welcome" he began,
"I also wish to congratulate you on
the magnificent representation from the
Republican party
There was a round of applause as Mr..
Hanna rolled out the words "Republi-
can party" There was no mistake in
bringing the convention to Philadelphia, ."
Mr.. Hanna went on. "Here was the
cradle of liberty, the birthplace of the
republic. Here also had the Republican
party seen it's birth and here too, was
the center Of that great, throbbing idea
the protection Of American industry"
Another wave of applause swept over
the convention at this mention of the
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protective principle, and as it subsided,
Mr.. Hanna proceeded:
I'VE are on the eve of the greatest
struggle Already we are beginning to
form our battalions, under the leader
ship of our great statesman-Gen. Will
liam Mckinley
That was the signal and for the first
time the convention broke forth in a
whirlwind of enthusiasm. Men and wo-
men sprang to their feet, delegates,
spectators, staid and distinguished guests
all animated by a common purpose to
do honor to the president. Senator Han
ma looked down in smiling satisfaction
at the tempetucus demonstration. Flags
and handkerchiefs waved everywhere in
billows of color. For ten seconds, TWEEN
ty, thirty, a minute, the demonstration
kept up and then, with a wave of the
hand, the national chairman bid the
assemblage resume their seats and let
him proceed.
Il was about to give the order for
those battalions to move but You in
terrupted me" said Mr.. Hanna, jocular-
ly, and the applause was turned to
laughter. Again Mr.. Hanna evoked a
demonstration when speaking of the ap-
preaching campaign he declared
And such a leader and such a cause;
there is no such word as fall
AS Mr.. Hanna closed his speech with
a tribute to his colleagues on the ma
tional committee and reference to the
close of his Craftsmanship, he spoke of
the sterling service of the senator from
Colorado, Mr. WOlcott, to his party and
presented him to the convention as tenn
porary chairman.
Senator Fairbanks, from the first row
of delegates, arose and moved that the
selection of Senator Wolcott as tempor-
airy chairman be approved, and with
unanimous voice the delegates so voted
Senator WolcOtt, who was on the plat
form, arose and came forward The
appearance of the Colorado orator set
the convention off like a rocket
Senator Wolcott is still a young man
somewhat jaunty in appearance He
wore a blue suit, and white vest. There
was elasticity in his step as he bowed
low to the convention, and there was
something about him which suggested his
mountain home. With pleasant nod of
acknowledgment to Chairman Hanna, he
turned and addressed the convention. He
said in part:
The first and pleasant duty of this great
convention, as well as its instructive i'm
pulse is to send a message of affectionate
greeting to our leader and our country S
president, William Mckinley. In all that
pertains to our welfare in times of peace
his genius has directed US. He has shown
an unerring mastery of the economic
problems which confront us, and has
guided us out of the slough of financial
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BURNED HALF The TOWN
FIRE THAT STARTED IN 4 BLOOM
INGTON, ILL, LAUNDRY.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, June ia fire
which broke out this morning at 12:3o
o'clock wiped out nearly one-half of the
business portion of Bloomington, includ-
ing the finest business buildings and the
heaviest stocks of merchandise.
The total loss is variously estimated
at from 81, 100000 to 100000
Two sides of the court house square
are in ruins. The north and the east
and the two other blocks cornering on
the square and one-half of the block
west of the square are aso destroyed
The court house, which is standing, is
gutted from dome to basement
AS far as known no lives were lost
or any one seriously injured. There was
a report that seven f1remen had been
killed, but this proved untrue.
The fire broke out in the Model laun-
dry, on Monroe street, in the block
northeast Of the court mouse.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-Chairman
Hanna, with a rabbits foot suspended
from a miniature Of Mckinley in the
lapel of bis coat, surveyed an imposing
spectacle when he called the twelfth Re
publican national convention to order in
the spacious Export Exposition building
IN West Philadelphia, at 12:35 today. In
the valley below him were crowded the
1,SJO delegates and aIternates, and
stretching away to the four corners of
the immense hall were endless vistas of
people, rising in terraced seats to the
walls. He looked into the faces of fully
1900 men and women.
Opposite, In a broad gallery, were mass
ed a hundred musicians, their leader a
mere pigmy in the distance. The plat
form on which he stood jutted out like a
huge rock into an ocean of humanity.
Below him and fianking the stage was an
embankment thronged with the repre-
sentatives of the press Of the country.
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TWO MEN WERE KILLED
FOUR SERIOUSLY AND TEN SLIGHT
EY INJURED IN WRECK

LEBANON, Mo, June 19.-Two men
We're killed four seriously injured and
ten slightly injured this morning in a
wreck on the Greensburg branch of the
Louisville & Nashville at Calvary, six
miles from Lebanon.
The dead are: George Mullins. bridge
carpenter, Mount Vernon. and James
Milier, bridge carpenter, Pineville.
Seriously injured: j. B. Martin, super
visor, Lebanon; w. Amos, bridge carpen-
ter Browhead; ]. Nolan, bridge carpen-
ter, Browhead, and ]. Bowen, baggage
man
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THE ELEVATOR FELL SEVEN STORIES

PHILADELPHIA. June 1s-The ele-
vator in the Hotel Walton fell seven
stories at midnight tonight. and injured
FIVE passengers and the elevator boy Two
of the passengers most seriously hurt
were Joseph PriEgey, a delegate from
Oklahoma territory, and Benton r. Hall,
delegate from Bellingham, Mich. DR..
Burton and Walter Hunter. of Delaware;
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Fair.

Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Fair.
I-RepubHcan Convention.
Beers Cut British Lines.
Russians Attack Pekin. ga
&CarnivaI In Full Blast.
Body Found in River.
3-MinneapOIis Matters.
Democratic State Convention.
4-EditoriaI Page.
~sporting News.
6-News of Railroads.
7-Mark cts of the World.
Chicago July Wheat, u 5-Sc.
Bar silver, 60 3-Sc.
Stocks Professional.
S-EricksOn Murder Trial.
News of the Courts.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FIGHT.
Answer Made to Petition of the
Denver Post.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 19.-In the
supreme court today the Associated
Press filed an answer to the petition of
the Denver (Col) Post for a writ Of
mandamus to compel the Associated
Press TO furnish it's news service to the
Post The answer says the respondent
is a corporation under the laws of I'LL
nois, and under no corporate obligation
to engage in any business outside the
said state, and denies the right of the
court to direct them to do business in
Colorado.
The answer also says that the order
requiring it TO furnish service to the
Post would involve the interests of the
Denver Times, a member of the Asso-
ciated Press, and that it should be made
a party, and relies upon the failure to
make the Times a party as defense
against any judgment on the petition.
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Marcellus West, Of Washington. and D.
S. Camden. OF Texas. were also among
the injured. Pringey and Hall have
broken legs. DR.. Camden. of Texas, had
an arm and leg broken. having been
thrown out of the elevator as the ele-
vator tell All the injured are bslng
cared for, the most seriously at the hos
pital. The accident caused great ex-
citement.
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MIR. WOLCOTTs ADDRESS.

welt demonstration could be hung.
MIR. WOLCOTTS ADDRESS.
The address of Senator Wolcott, the
temporary chairman, which followed
lasted an hour and ten minutes. 1t un-
doubtedly added to the brilliant Colora-
do orators reputation. The key note
he sounded-an account of the steward
ship of the party-was as much for the
reading of millions scattered over the
country as for the few thousands who
heard it and it was a difficult role for
a fiery and magnetic speaker to essay
Senator Wolcott would be at his best
speaking in the opportunity of the mo-
ment. Yet the effect he produced today
thrilled his audience. With a clear, ring
ing voice that reached the remotest spot
of the hall, and with graceful gesture, he
brought all under his spell. Time and
again his hearers broke into cheers as
he spoke of the present prosperity of the
country ald predicted McKinley's tri-
umphant reelection. And when he de-
clared that the Democratic party had
been driven by the events of the last
four years from every position it occupied
in 1856 to seek new issues in the events
of the war with Spain, there was another
frantic outburSt. The same enthusiasm
sWelled out when he predicted that this
generation which had witnessed our re-
cent acquisitions would see the Amer
lean nation gIrding half the globe with
its flag, extending its commerce to the
uttermost ends of the earth, and taking
its place as a world power among the
great world natiOns-"a power for good,
for peace and for righteousness" But
the climax was reached when he lifted
up his voice and declared that our dead
were buried in Luzon, and that on its
soil no foreign flag should ever salute
the dawn. In his splendid peroration
he declared that the Republican party.
identified for forty years with everything
ennobling and uplifting in our history,
was never so vital, virile and vigorous
as today. and that with untarnished rec
cord it would transmit to posteritv an
undying love of liberty and of country.
TAYLOR INCIDENT.
a noteworthy incident of the session
was the remarkable demonstration to
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TAMMANY BRAVES.

About Four Hundred win Go to
Kansas city.
NEW YORK, June 19.-At the meeting
of the Tammany executive committee in
Tammany hall today arrangements were
completed for the attendance of the
Tammany delegation at the Democratic
national convention at Kansas City. Dis
trict leaders reported that about 400
Tammanyites would compose the delega-
ton. These will leave on two special
trains over the Pennsylvania and New
York Central roads on Sunday, July 1.
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CONDITION OF TREASURY.
Figures shown at Beginning of Rus
mess Tuesday.

iness TuesdnS.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The condi-
ton of the treasury division of issue
and redemption, at the beginning of bus
mess today, was as follows: Reserve
fund-Gold coin and bullion, $3.50, 900, 600;
trust funds, division of redemption; gold
coin, $229, ,554,179; silver dollars, $416,12O,-
0OO silver dollars of 1890, $7,02S991; sill
yer bullion of 1890, $40, 81, ,O09; United
States notes, $4,O5O,OOO Total, $727,124, ,179.
Division of issue: Gold certificates out
standing, 1929, ,554, ,179; silver certificates
4 outstanding, $416 100000; treasury notes
outstanding, $77,4OO,OOO; currency certih-
Gates outstanding, $4,65O,GOO Total S727,
1874, 179 General fund: Gold coin and
bullion, $42 745, ,092; gold certificates, $685.,
773, 200; silver coin and bullion, $6,674.105;
silver certificates, Sc, ,552, ,173; United States
notes, $22, 694,955 Other assets, $15, ,057, 1913.
Total in treasury, $12O, $50 6S2. Deposits in
national banks, $1O6, ,67S, 500 Total, $227,-
335, Al Current liabilities, $7S,375, 727;
available cash balance, $14S,959,713
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PRYOR FAVORs DAVID BENNETT HILL

York, for vice president. The Kentucky
delegation is divided between Hill and
former Congressman Shiveley, of Indiana.
but most of them favor a man from In
diana or New York for second place with
Bryan.
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TO PUSH TIE BOYCOTT
ST. LOUIS STREET RAILWAY sTREK-
ERS TO PROVIDE BUSES.

ST. LOUIS, June 19-President Mahon
departed today for Chicago. Detroit and
Cleveland for the purpose of shipping to
St. Louis 450 union busses which the union
has secured. and to negotiate with the
manufacturer in Cleve and for the pur-
chase of automobiles for use in the boy
colt against the transit company
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OF MRS. GLADSTONE.
Laid to Rest by the Side OF Her
Famous Husband.

LONDON, June 19-Mrs Gladstone,
widow of the great English statesman,
was buried by the side of her husband
in Westminster Abbey this afternoon The
service, which was impressive, closely re-
sembled that of her husband
While it was attempted to keep the GER
vices as private as possible, hundreds of
friends attended, The queen and the
Princess of Wales were represented. The
attendance included Lord Roseberry, Sir
w. Vernon Harcourt, John Morley, Lord
Kimberly, H. H. Asquith, Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman, and James Bryce
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disaster, impaired credit and commercial
stagnation, up to the high and safe
ground of national prosperity and flnan-
cial stability. Through the delicate and
trying events of the late war he stood
firm, courageous and conservative. and
under his leadership we have emerged trf-
umphant, our national honor untarnished.
our credit unassailed, and the edutl de-
votion of every section of our common
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FRANKFORT. KY. June ls-Judge w.
S. Pryor. one of the Kentucky delegates
at large to the Kansas City convention.
today announced that he was for former
Senator David Bennett Hill. of New
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BURGLARS BLOW A SAFE
FAILED TO REACH STRONG BOX
CONTAINING S5O,OOO.

sT. CLAIRsVILLE, o., June 19.-Burg-
lars blew open the safe in the county
treasurer's office here last night and Sc
cured 5000 worth of stamps belonging to
the postoffice and SIPS in cash. They
failed to reach the strong box, which
contained $50, ,000
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Above was riot of flags, bunting, eagles.
shields-the whole scheme of elaborate
decorations eliminating in a portrait of
Mckinley enclosed in ~ the folds of the
American flag. Before him were the
working leaders of his party, and behind,
among the dgnitaries and honored guests
Of the convention, were white-halred men
who had been present at the party's
birth in this city, almost half a century
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NO WILD oUTBURsTs.

1t was not riotous convention. There
were no wild outbursts of enthusiasm
from the frenzied partisans of rival can
dldates, no entrance Of delegations with
banners to set the multitudes cheering.
no fierce skirmishing and clashing of cam
didates, no debates over rules of pre-
cedurc and no contesting delegation The
chief candidate in the battle had already
been selected by unanimous voice of the
Republicans of the country. The plat
form was to be the record of his admins
isradon. The only question remaining
for the convention to discuss was the
vice presidency, and it was not suffi
cient bone Of contention TO promote the
tumultuous scenes which usually attend
the assembling of a national convention
The convention today was the dignihed
gathering of the representatives Of The
Republican party to ratify formally the
wishes of the millions, whose authority
they had. 1t was very undemonstrative
a first. While the crowds and delegates
were funneling into the hall before the
hour for calling the convention had ar
rived, there were no wild greetings OF
party leaders. A scattering applause
met Mr.. Hanna as he made his way to
the stage. Gen. Grosvenor, Senator
Lodge, Senator Foraker ex-senator QUAY
and a few others aroused Il futteriug OF
handkercmefs and round of handicap
ping, but men of national reputation,
whose fame has spread away from our
shores across both oceans, entered with
out producing a ripple. Perhaps most of
them were not recognized. Ie seemed tame
There was only an indescribable buzz
Of admirIng voices which belongs to a
national convention, as the humming OF
bees belongs to field Of clover in sum
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cup of joy would be full when he called
together the convention that would nom
mate Mckinley. Perhaps it was signif-
cant that in his speech Mr.. Hanna made
no mention of Cuba, or anything which
would furnish a peg on which a Roose-
welt demonstration could be hung.
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WIPED OUT BY FIRE.

Middletown, Wis, Laid Waste by
Flames.
MADISON, Wis, June 19-The entire
business section of Middletown. eight
miles west of here was wiped out by fire
tonight. Loss estimated at nearly Sf5O0O0
insurance from $4,000 to s1CO,O9O
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ITALIAN CABINET.
Signor Surecco Entrusted With For
nation Of New Ministry.

ROME, June 19.-Signor Saracco, presi-
dent of the Italian senate, who was sum
moned to the quirinal yesterday after the
resignation of the cabinet, has been en-
trusted by King Humbert with the task
of forming a new ministry to succeed
that of Gen. Pelloux.
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BIG BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Little Girl Killed and Her Father
BADLY Injured.

HauIy INJuFeU.
CINCINNATI, June I9.-The five-story
brick paper warehouse of Catafield &
Wood, filed with goods, completely col
lapsed tonight The saloon and dwelling
OF Charles Eckert was. adjacent to the
ruined building Ecker t and his daughter,
Gertrude, six years old, were in the back
yard, and were covered with the ruins.
The child was killed instantly, and Ec&ert
was badly injured
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But just before Chairman Hanna was
ready to drop his gavel, Gov. Roosevelt
entered, and the vast audience was elec.
trified. He stalked in at the main door
His rough rider hat signaled him Out
to the craning multitude. Seemingly the
audience had been waiting for him, and
the applause that announced his apneaT-
ance swept over the vast amphitheater
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a noteworthy incident of the session
was the remarkable demonstration to