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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-14
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The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
War DECLARED BY CHINA.

Hostilities Opened by Firing ON Inter
national Warships.
LONDON, June TO- China declared
war against the world when the Taku
forts opened fire upon the international
feet. The accounts of what took
place are very unsatisfactory. One
dispatch says that the Yorktown par
ticipated in the bombardment.
Another asserts that American marines
formed part of the storming force of
two thousand. An Associated Press
dispatch from Che Foo says:
ssThe forts on both sides of Taku are
now occupied. The Chinese opened
fire unexpectedly. The casualties to
the mixed forces were as follows
Killed British /, German 8, Russian
j, French 1. Wounded-British 4,
German z, Russian As and French l..
The Chinese torpedo boats were
seized"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, says:
s'The forts began firing in obedience
to orders from Peking, conveyed IN a
personal edict from the empress dowa-
ger, by advice of Kang Ye president
Of the ministry of war;. Several war
ships were struck by shells from the
12-inch guns of the forts. The heavy
Russian losses were due to the blow.
ing up Of the magazine at Mandshur.
Four hundred Chinese are reported to
have been killed. The Chinese when
| retiring fell into the hands of the
| Russian land force. y
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
THE SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
fs,s.,ish Occupation of Another Import
.Rnwy a ApnnunraS1

BAsS1ish Occupation of Another Imports
aat HowSaAgaounced.
LONDON, June 16. Ths war ofice
issues the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts, at Pretoria:
"Klerlssdorp surrendered June Q to
an armed party sent on by Gen. Hun
ter. Gen. Kitchener reports that the
Beers attacked reconstruction train
early this morning few miles north
of Rhenoster river. He sent out
mounted troops and drove off the enc
my before they could do damage.
One man was killed and eleven
wounded, including two officers. A
messenger from Klerk sdorp reports
that Gen. Cronje, who commanded
there, determined to surrender as
soon as he knew for certain that Pre-
toria was in our possession. His ex-
ample has been copied by many in the
neighborhood.
LONDON, June 1s. The war office
has received the following from Lord
Roberts:
"Rustenburg was occupied yesterday
by Baden-Powell The column starts
from this place tomorrow to meet
Baden Powell and repair the telegraph
between Pretoria and Rustenburg.
Hunter is moving from Potchefstroom.
His advance brigade expects to reach
Johannesburg June 10. Butler, Ihope,
is at 5Standerton. Heidelburg will be
occupied from this place shortly, and
then Orange River colony will be COM
pletely cut from the Transvaal. Baden
Powell reports the district through
which he passed rs settling down sat
isfactorily. Over one thousand stand
of arms were surrendered and Hans
Eloff and Pet Kruger, son of the
president, were to make submission
to him yesterday, having been pre-
viously disarmed on their farms.
Botha's army has retired, and is be-
lieved to be at Middleburg. His rear
guard was surprised and entirely
routed by Ian Hamilton's mounted
infantry"
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing from Butler:
ssLAINGs Mex, June 15.-Now that
Natal is clear of the enemy, wish to
call attention to the disgraceful way
in which private property was treated
in part of the colony they occupied.
Their wilful and needless damage was
visible. Everywhere houses, when
not completely wrecked, have beer
desecrated with filthy ingenuity.
That this has been done with the con
sent of the leaders is proved by the
fact that while in Charleston every
house was wrecked in Vollssrust, two
| miles off, but in the Transvaal every
4 house waS intact, 81, ~ * t
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
Chalrman Jones, Opinion.

CHIcAGo, June 16.The following
statement by Chairman Jones, of the
democratic national committee, was
published by the Tribune:
81 believe that Colonel William j.
Bryan will carry every state he car
ried in 1896, and moreover will carry
Kentucky and Maryland. He has a
splendid chance in Indiana, Ohio and
New York. The great. fight will be
in NewSYork and Ohio, and we have
gained in both states since the last
national campaign. The Pacific coast
is stronger today for Colonel Bryan
than in 1896. Kansas and Colorado
will be carried, and the situation in
the two Dakotas is most encourag-
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21

The application of scientific irriga-
ton methods has recently given new
development to rice culture in south
western Louisiana, as explained in a
bulletin of the department Of agricul-
ture. Rice requires wet lands, but
on such lands harvesting machinery
cannot be used The difficulty has been
met by flooding the dry prairie lands
during the growth of the rice, and
then draining them, by system of
pumps, canals and levees, when the
crop is nearly ripe. On the drained
lands it is possible to use reapers to
harvest the rice; thus the cheap labor
employed in foreign rice growing
countries can be met by American ma
chinery.
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
MINISTER KILLED
German Minister at Peking Killed b,
Is Boxers.

II :
LONDON, June IA Hong Kong
dispatch says all Pekin legations are
destroyed and that the German min
lister, Baron Won Ketteler, has been
killed.
SHANGHAI, June 17.-Advices from
Tien Tsin report that large incendiary
fires occurred in the eastern part of
the city, where three English and
three American churches were burned,
besides the residences Of many for
eigners, Telegraphic communication
is sinterrupted, the poles having been
burned, and there is no hope of imme-
date repairs being made.
LONDON, June 1s, There is no con
firmation of the destruction of the le-
cations in Peking and the killing of
the German minister, Baron Won Ket-
teller, nor the later reports 81 aghtlng
between the British and the. Chinese.
Dispatches from Shanghai state tlrat
Admiral Seymour's force Ia in tight
place between Lang Fang and Yung
Sun, with enormous masses of soldiery
in front, while the Boxers with more
soldiery are cutting the railway in the
rear. The column is reported short of
provisions and water. The Kiang Nan
arsenal outside Of Shanghai is sending
vast quantities of munitions north.
According to a special from Vienna,
| it is stated in diplomatic circles there
that the question Of intervention is
under discussion by the powers. It's
proposed that Japan shall act as man
datory of the powers and re-establish
order in Picking and elsewhere. This,
| it is said, emanated from England and
it is supported by Germany and Aus
tria, but it is doubtful if Russia and
France will agree to the proposi tion.
st. Petersburg reports that communi-
cation between Kal-Gan and Peking
has been interrupted. There is great
excitement at Kal-Gan, where mis-
sionary has been attacked.
NEW YORK, June 19.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Tien
Tsin says: Boxers control Tien Tsin
and the native city officials have been
burned.at the stake. A great panic
prevails among the Chinese. -
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
HEaI,1ENT rok CHINA.
Unitsd States Troops ssnt From AIAnilai
to Tian Tain. -


United states Troopa Sent From AIAniIa
to Tisn Tsin.
MANILA, June 10. The Ninth regi-
ment has been ordered TO Manila
whence it will proceed to China.
MANILA, June 19. The gunboat
Concord, with marines aboard, has
sailed under sealed orders, supposedly
for China. The British crusier Buena
Ventura has sailed for Honglxong with
troops and stores for Hongkong and
Tien Tsin. ss
WASHINGTON, June 10. American
regulars are to be landed in China at
once to protect American interests
menaced by the rebelious Boxers. The
administration, unable to get word
to or from Rear Admiral Kelndff, and
convinced that the legation and other
American interests IN the Chinese capi-
tai We're in the gravest peril, cabled
General Macarthur to send a regiment
from Manila to China Immediately.
The regiment selected for this service
is the Ninth, now on active duty in
I.Azon, seasoned by service and one of
the finest fighting machines in the
army. The troops will be taken up
the river to Tien Tsin. the base from
which the relief column started for
Peking.
1t has been week since anything
beyond mere rumors came out of Pee
king. The diplomatic corps was at
that time guarded by 300 marines with
three machine guns, and on the 10th
an International force Of i 900 men
started from Tien Tsin to their sup
port. At last accounts this single regi-
ment had laboriously advanced two
thirds Of the distance along the rail-
way and had been gradually increased
to 5000 strong. 1t was still thirty
miles from Peking, making almost no
progress, and then its line of confmun-
ication with the Tien Tsin base was
cut off. Three days later an effort
from Tien Tsin to restore commune
cation and forward achievements
and subsistence utterly failed, and
since that time Tien Tsin itself and
the big fleet near by to have been
silent.
Forty war ships representing nine
nations are anchored off the Peio-Ho
bar unable to steam past the TalSu
forts for lack of water, the depth be-
ing ordinarily few feet and never ex-
ceeding two fathoms at the highest
time and in maximum river flow. Just
now the river is at it's lowest stage.
-Four gunboats have ascended fifty
miles to the foreign settlement ad-
joining Tien Tsin, which they can
protect indefinitely with their power
full batteries supporting several thous-
and foreign troops already landed
there. +. s.sss,..-
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
IOWA PRoH1B1r1oN1srs.

State Convention at Des Moines Selects
Delegates and State Candidates.
Dies MONIES, June 14.-The delegates
OF the prohibition party at the state
convention selected delegates-at-large
as follows: Rev. DR.. E. i. Eaton, O.
D. Elicit, Malcom Smith, ]. H. Camp
bell, D. S. Dunlevey, Mrs. A. Z. Nc
Murray, A. U. Coates.
State officers were nominated as
follows: For secretary of state, s. O.
Pillsbury of Wright county; for treas
urer of state, DR.. w. L. Ransom of
Dallas county; for auditor of state, G..
II. Lockin, of Cherokee county; for SUI
preme judge, ]. A. Harvey of Dallas
county; for attorney general, j. p.
Furgeson of Cedar county; orrailroad
commissioner, Sherwood Dixon, of
Marion county. The electors-at-large
are H. A. Buchanan of Marshal county
and James Scnllsof Jasper county.
District delegates and electors were
also chosen. The resolutions adopted
acknowledge God as the author of civil
government; express the belief that it
is the first duty of the state to forever
prohibit the manufacture of intoxicat-
ing liquors as beverage; commend
congress for the passage of the anti
canteen law, and Secretary Long of
the navy for his faithful enforcement
of it, but declare the people have been
outraged by the absurd construction
put upon it by the attorney-genera in
which, against all possible appeals,
the president remains silent and
acquiescent. The resolutions also
affirm the former position of the party
in favor of equal suffrage. A resolu-
ton was passed instructing the dele
gates to the Chicago convention to
present the name of Rev. DIR. Eaton of
Des Moines as a candidate for vice
president.
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21

:
withdraw securities on reinsurance
and they cannot maintain securities at
the auditors Office which lave been
partially or in whole liquidated. 1t
has been the custom of some compan-
les, it is said, Ito receive payments on
notes and mortgages in the possession
of the auditor, maintaining the full
face of the paper in claiming securi-
ties on deposit. The attorney gem
eral says that it is an illegal way to
do business and that persons paying
on notes not in the possession of the
company lay themselves liable to col
lection second time by the state for
the protection of policy holders, if that
course becomes necessary. The opin-
ion is of vast Importance to every in
surance man in the state.
THE Iowa Loan and Trust Company,
of Des Moines, has become trustee for
the Gulf & Manitoba railroad, which is
a Minnesota corporation organized for
the purpose of building a railroad
| from Duluth to the south, and has
Il X
600 to cover an issue Of bonds which
will be issued for the purpose of build
ing the road. All news of the railroad
has been kept very quiet by its pro-
moters. The Gulf & Manitoba road
was Incorporated some three or four
years ago, and includes among its in
corporators Frank Campbell, Samuel
4 Compton and other Des Moines men.
1 Little was done with the road in the
past, but it is said now that it will be
i pushed. A corps of engineers is said
to be in the field in different parts of
A Iowa and Minnesota, surveying the
!, most suitable route for the road from
Duluth to Kansas CITY, which are the
proposed terminals of the road. Under
the trust deed some bonds have already
4 been issued and disposed of for the
purpose of commencing operations on
the road and bearing the first expense.
The trust company will handle the
bonds and will find market for them
if the road assu mes the appearance Of
reality in the future.
CONGRESSMAN w. P. HEPBURN was
renominated by acclamation by the
j Eighth congressional district republi-
can convention, held at Creston. Com
plete harmony was the special feature.
The convention resolutions unquali-
fedly endorse the administrations OF
President Mckinley and Governor
Shaw, recognize the inertia and ability
Of Allison, Gear and Hepburn, and
hope that Dolliver will be McKinley's
running mate, closing with an eulo
J, CYSTIC tribute for Colonel Hepburn and
! the Nicaraguan canal measure.
SIX men, one masked, went through
the Milwaukee train crew at Bellevue q
, few nights ago. Four covered thu
crew and one went through the ca
boose; securing a small sum from twt
bridge carpenters. Three suspect,
are under arrest.
The TT. Dodge s& Omaha railroad
constructed at a cost Of 81 ,O00, 900, ha
: been sold to the Dubuque & Sious
City railroad company and was LEASED
!, by the latter to the Illinois Central
The step is simply 4 formality in thu
{ absorption of the line by the Central
which owns the bulf Of the stock.
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21
wouLDn.r TAKE sEcoND PLACE.
/ Admiral Dewey says He 70 Not Canal
date for VlCe-President.

/ Admiral Dewey says He 10 Not Canal
date for vlce-Presidsnt.
VAsHINeToN, June 16. Admiral
Dewey, when seen by an Associated
Press representative and asked
whether he would define his position
relative to the vice-presidential nom
sination, replied with his usual
frankness:
II never contemplated being cam
didate for vice-president / am not a
candidate for nomination to that Of
flee and would not accept the nomina-
stion if offered. My position is un.
changed. stand where 1 have stood
for the past three months. .
Thus it will be seen that the admiral
had no second string to his bow when
he made the announcement that he
was a candidate for president if the
people of the country wished him to
be.
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21

Before the Biological Society in
Washington recently, Mr.. H. w. Olds
presented the results Of his studies of
bird music Wonderful as 1t seems, he
said. it is fact that some Of the birds
use the human musical scale. He
showed by examples how the songs of
certain birds are unmistakably gov
erned by the intervals. that compose
our scale. Sometimes bird musicians.
like their human compeers, wander
from the key. He thought that there
was no escape from the conclusion that
birds are subject to a musical eyolu-
tion which parallels our own.
The Leon reporter., 1900-06-21

- Guam Capt. Leary reports
.tffaffhe evaporating plant is in excel
lent condition; that the steam saw
mill has been erected and is ready to
work, and that the telephone system
between Pitt and Agana is completed
and is in successful operation. Officers
of the Yosemite are engaged in topo-
graphical survey of the island. He
sends the following financial state
ment, says the Army and Navy Jour-
nal: Amount in treasury July /,
1899 (Mexican) s2,171.51; receipts
Gully / to Jan. 1, 19OO), $s,415.25; ex-
penditures (July 1 to Jan. 1, 19oO), S.
t67.69; amount in treasury Jan. /,
1900, $4,s19o7. The population OF
Guam is 1861; 1928 males over seven
years Of age, $3.50 women and 1853
children.