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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
PLAGUE SITUATION IN FRISCO.
Quarantine May He Raised Latter
Part of June.

SAN FRANSCISCO, June 1.-THE board
of health has decided to raise the quaran-
tine of Chinatown twenty days from the
verification of the last case of plague. which
was on June Q. If another case is found
however, the quarantine will not be lifted
until twenty days from the date Of such
discovery.
Wing III. Chinese undertaken, last night
had three collins shipped in through the
lines. and in so doing incurred the displeas-
ure of several hundred of his Chinese
brethren. They demanded to know what use
he had for collins when no one died. and not
being able to explain to their satisfaction he
was mobbed. The front of his shop was
battered in with stones and clubs and he
was chased to hiding. 1t then required the
efforts of strong force of police TO club
the riotous Chinese into submission.
There are about 1900 people in China
town, said one of the Six Companies Off
GERS last night. "Of this number at least
1900 are penniless and without food except
what is supplied by the merchants and the
Six Companies.
Many of the Chinese merchants. at
meeting held during the week. decided to
pay no bills or rent during the blockade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12

kWANG SU'S APPEAL.
Powers Asked to Form Protectorate
for China.

BY cable TO the New York Tribune
LONDON, June IL, e am-Through the
medium of the Express the Emperor Of
emma publishes a message to the peoples
~ me CIVILIZED world. His majesty urges
mat tAe powers shall set him free from his
PRISON IN The Pek.ng- palace, transfer him
Z" It new capital. depuse the empress dow
aser and establish a joint protectorate over
the empire. which they shall govern through
Inn assuming entire control Of customs
Ior:s and tc.cgraphs
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Mail says that the Russian ambassador at
Iek nE has sent a dispatch stating that the
powers have agreed upon plan of action
with regard 20 China. Under the leadership
@. England and Russia all European powers
VIII take part in a great demonstration.
America Is believed 10 have given her
hearty adhesion 10 thu proposal.
n telegram To- the Post from Pek.ns
states that General Tung, who is motor
lousy hostile To foreigners has arrived at
tht capital. and has been appointed chief of
tho T-ung-N- Yamcn.
l. i reported from Berlin that twenty
Thousand European and American troops
have succeeded in reaching Peking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
>ITIA ALTON GROWING WORSE.
R"ports of Mobs Fighting in Street,
of pcNin

LONDON. June 12-The last MESA ge
OUT Of fekin TO reach London left there
yesterday morning at II O'Clock. going by
va If the Russian telegraph through
M Hchuria. the Ticntsin line being cut. 1t
l. - follows:
hostile to foreigners. arrived here this
morning and had Il long audience with
i r-scc Tuan, father of the heir apparent
wA' IS seemingly friendly to the Boxers.
lT4Hr'- Iudn has been appointed chief OF
th' foreign office over Prince Ching who
is inor, friendly toward the foreigners
II ~" dispatch of more marines was in
i'ST'ns" I" a telegram from the ministers
l" IN" conSuls at Ticntsin for additional
tTHH us- tonveyanccs have left Pekn TO
me- the troops coming by the first train
IN" drriva! of the empress dowaeer has
rendered the city somewhat more quiet
than IL had been recently. The Protest.
ants have erected a barricadc before the
building in which they have taken refuge
and they have a small guard. The Catho-
liz are concentrated north of the cathe-
dr.d. Inder the protection of a French
guard Of twenty-five men. who will hold
"ut 10 the end am convinced that Pekin
ESPECIALLY the Tartar city. is safe.
''At Ticn;sin the Viceroy finally consented
TO furnish transport for a relief force of
-" under an American cOmman nder The
partial restoration Of the railway is ex-
p,ctcd To be effected 10y tomorrow. More
n..t~S.t-rts uf Christians are reported"
Shanghai under yesterdays date. cables
that tdrr' has been street fighting in
Ftkin since early Sunday afternoon. The
Russians are making large purchases OF
canned provisions at Shanghai. and every
thin;: points to an outbreak of hnstilities
Al British missionaries will probably bt
ordered to return quickly to treaty ports
Situation Grows Worse.
All the tr'oGrar:s indicate that the situa-
ton has not in the least improved. on the
cor,rary, the disorder has spread from the
n-Ig hborhood OF Pekin TO the capital itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
An Incident During a Recent Thunder
Storm.

Col. Bingham, the officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, reports to the
War Department an incident which occur
red at the Washington Monument during an
electrical storm the I'd ultimo. A man,
who was standing on the lower floor of the
monument, leaning against one Of the iron
columns which support the stairways. re-
ceived quite heavy shock of electricity
in his arm and shoulder Two other men
who were looking out of one of the win
dows at the top of the shaft, at the same
time, reported that tho flash of lightning
seemed to have come into the window di-
rectly over their heads. They were blinded
for a moment. No damage was done. Col.
Bingham says that the iron columns re-
ferrcd to act as lightning conductors, the
lightning rode on the outside of the pyra-
midion, being connected with them for that
purpose. During the past month there were
17,752 visitors TO the top of tho monument
making a total of 1,S44 .635 visitors since
the shaft was opened to the public. October
o. 1883
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
A Public Playground.

According to Col. Bingham, the officer in
ervation 123, at Virginia and Georgia ave-
nues and L street between 9th and 11th
streets southeast, which has been improved
in various ways during the past year, has
been set apart as public playground. Dur
ing the past month a pair Of foot ball goal
posts and cross bars were erected and five
stones placed to mark positions for a base
ball field. The cost of the materials and
labor were betrayed by private individual,
whose name, however, is not disclosed.
Loose stones have been raked and removed
from the reservation and two hydrant~
have been erected, one at the east and one
at the west end of the reservation, with
the necessary water supply and drainage
connections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
on THE VERGE OF WAR.
Russia and Japan Came Near Fight
Ing Six Weeks Ago.

VICTORIA. b. c., June 12.-The steamer
Queen Adelaide. from the orient. brings a
story that six weeks ago Japan and Russia
were close to war over the land of Japa-
nese trader. whose removal was requested
by Russia at Masampo. War was said to
have been averted by the refusal of Great
Britain TO act with Japan.
Advices from Shanghai tell of the murder
of the Chinese general Yang Lob while
parleying with the Boxers near Ting Flu.
He was cut down from behind. The French
consul at Yarran has been found to be sup
plying arms to the rebels In south China.
The Chinese government has asked for his
removal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12

Second Dorsets Carry the Position by
the BayOnet.

LONDON, June II. 1910 a.m.-'rhe war
office posts the following dispatch from
Gen. Butler:
HEADQUARTERS IN NATAL. June
live forced Almonds Mex today. 1t is
not marked on the map. but is the last
deile to Charleston Flats. The enemy were
in considerable force, with several guns in
position. The brunt of the fighting fell
upon the ID Dorsets. who carried the posi-
ton at the point of the bayonet. and the Sd
Cavalry Brigade. who were heavily at
tackled on our right from very broken coun-
try round Iketini mountain. l hope our
casualties are less than 100. which. consid-
ering the extreme length of the position,
Is much less than expected.
1.-The whole attack was directed by Hid
yard whose dispositions were extremely
good The artillery, 10th Brigade and Sd
Cavalry Brigade did most of the work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
Movements. of Naval vessels.

The battle ships Indiana and Massachu-
setts arrived at Newport yesterday. The
Don Juan de Austria arrived.at Hong Kong
this morning. Admiral Schley's flagship.
the Chicago. arrived at Montevideo yester-
day. The practice ships Chesapeake and
Newport sailed from Annapolis yesterday.
They are to take the naval cadets on their
summer cruise UP the coast The former
goes to Lynn Haven bay and then to New
London the latter to Newport News. The
government golfers Marcellus and Leba-
non are at Norfolk. The Dixie sailed this
morning from Singapore fox Colombo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
Stories of British Reverses Come
From Boer Sources.
GEN. BUTLER REPORTS PROGRESS
Crisis in Schreiner's Cabinet at
Cape Town Continues.
W. 7. POW ER KILLE D

LONDON, June PA plentiful crop Of
reports has been filtering through Lorenzo
Marques. According to these General De
Wet, with 1900 burgherS, is marching on
Johannesburg; the Beers have retaken
Bloemfontein, where President Steyn again
occupies the presidency; the British have
sustained severe defeat at ElandSfonte Elm
and have also lost $50 killed and wounded
and $50 prisoners in a fight at Vredefort.
Nothing from any other source lends color
to these stories with the exception of the
last, which Is probably the Boer version of
the disaster to the militia battalion of the
Derbyshre regiment at Roodeval.
In regard to President Steyn being at
Bloemfontein. a dispatch from Maseru, Ba-
sutoland dated Monday. June II, says
President Steyn then at Vrede. 2U0
miles from Bloemfuntein.
General Butler seems to be making sub
Stantial progress and ought soon to possess
the railroad at Charlestown Din the north
ern extremity of NataD, whence. presuma-
bly,. he will advance on Heidelberg and ef-
feet junction with Lord Roberts.
Mounted BurEhers Surrender.
dispatch from Lichtenburg, dated June
II. says sixty Johannesburg mounted po-
licemen, with a maxim gun. have surren-
dered to General Hunter.
A probable explanation of the reports
that British force Is moving through
Swaziland comes in a dispatch from Port
Elizabeth. dated June II. announcing the
return there of the British cruiser Doris
from kosi bay. whittier she had taken
number of whaleboats with the object of
landing an armed force. presumably part
of plan to penetrate into Swaziland. The
Beers however, got wind of the expedition
and the force was not landed.
According to a Cape Town dispatch, the
cabinet crisis continues. 1t IS added that
should Premier Schreiner Secode from the
bond. as he threatens. his action would
place the bond in the minority in the as
semby.
Mr. Schreiner has accepted the resgna-
tionS of ]. Y. Merriman. treasurer. and j.
W. Sauer commissioner of public works.
Among the members of the yeomanry
killed at Lindley was w. r. Power. pro-
prietOr of the Canyon ranch in north
Texas and son of S.r w. r. Power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN.
East-BOund Passenger Train Derailed
at Summit, Mont.

ST. LOUIS. June IA special to the
Globe Democrat from Spokane says:
Meager news has reached here that the
Great Northern east-bound passenger train
which left here yesterday was derailed at
Summit Mont. at an early hour this morn
ing. 1t is supposed the accident was the
result of broken rail. Two engines and
four coaches were reported to have gone
into the ditch. A score or more passengers
were injured. but none was killed outright.
The severely injured are: 8. ]. Leland,
West Superior: r. Mutub. Seattle; Frank
r. Cantor. Winnipeg; Leo Adrian New
York; Jacob Hanson, Portland: Mrs. E. ].
Broderick, Leavenworth; William James
Morgan. St. Paul, Mimi: L. c. Moftenson,
Whitehall, Mich: c.. NJ. Ogard Edna
Mimi; Martin McCully. Butte Mon.; Emil
Borgan. Fergus Falls, MINI. Some of the
l. above are said to be fatally hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
kELLY-KENNY REPORTS A VICTORY
Defeated the BOers at HOnfnE Spruit
Now in Pursuit.

LONDON, June 1.-THE war office has
received the following dispatch from Gen.
kelly-Kenny:
"BLOEMFONTEIN, June 12-Our troops
from the north are at Honing Spruit tsouth
of Roodeval. where the Beers cut the Brit
ish lines of communication. having de-
feated the enemy. They will be at America
Siding tomorrow at S am.
Gen. Knox moves out from kroonstadt
to intercept the enemy.
Fuller particulars later
The following dispatch has been received
at the war office from Gen. Forester
Walker in command of the lines of COM
munication in South Africa:
CAPE TOWN, June 12.-The following is
from Kelly-kenny: June 11-No COM
munication from Methuen since June ..
He was fighting June 6 to the north OF
Vetchkop. Steyn is near Reitz.
The British prisoners sent to Vrede are
well treated "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
HOPE TO SETTLE THE STRIKE.
Conference Between Contractors and
Iahar Ieadera In ChicaEO.

Conference Between Contractors and
Labor Leaders in Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 12.-Bankers, capitalists,
real estate men and host Of others whose
welfare depends more or less on building
activity in Chicago. to say nothing of thou
sands of working men. today expressed the
hope that the meeting Of contractors and
trades union representatives scheduled for
late this afternoon will result in settle
ment of the labor difficulties.
Delegates from the labor unions are exc
pected to meet with representatives Of the
contractors council. The contractors will
announce their position to their conferees.
and, according to present plans. the lat
ter will lay these before their respective
unions for action. The contractors posts
ton as it will be outlined at the confer.
ence has not yet been made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
Sten I'm y hin Arrivals.

AT New York-Friedrich der Crosse, from
Bremen; Spaarndam. from Rotterdam: Sar.
dinian. from Glasgow; Ethiopia, from Glas-
gov.
At New York-Batavia. from Hamburg;
Sc uthwark, from Antwerp; Cevic, from Liv-
erpool.
At Cherbourg-Pennsylva from New
York, via Plymouth. for Hamburg.
At Liverpool-Peruvian. from Boston;
Van Couver. from Montreal.
At Bremen-Bremen, from New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
TWO GENERALS CAPTURED.
General Macarthur Reports Taking
the Guerrilla Leaders.

General Macarthur Reports Taking
the Guerrilla Leaders.
Adjutant General Corbn received the fol-
lowing cablegram this morning from Cen
eral Macarthur:
MANILA, June 12 1900.
Adjutant General. Washington:
Report capture Generals Hizon, near Mex
leo. and Cavestany at Aicala, both import
ant. latter very important leader guerrillas
Pangasinan province Q-uzon).
MACARTHUR.
General Corbin attaches considerable i'm
portance to the above reported captures.
He says they are in addition to several
others previously reported. In his opinion
they are more nearly in the nature of sur
renders than captures, and indicate that the
principal leaders of the insurrection are
abandoning that cause, and are coming in
to Manila to accept American supremacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12

Eighteenth Annual Convention Opens
in Baltimore Today.

BALTIMORE, June 12-One thousand
master plumbers from all parts of the
United States are here today in attendance
upon the eighteenth annual convention Of
the Master Plumbers National Association.
The proceedings opened this morning with
an address of welcome by Mayor Hayes
and response by President Murphy of the
National Association, after which the dele
gates settled down to routine work. The
annual election will take place on Thurs
day. In the interim the days will be devot-
ed to routine work and the evenings to ex-
cursions to points of interest in the vicinity
of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
Deaths In Cuba.

General Wood at Havana reports to the
War Department the following deaths Of
soldiers in Cuba from the 1st to the 10th
instant
Santa Clara-Private julius A. Kramer.
E, I'd Cavalry, June 8: Trumpeter Albert
Kummerow. same company and date;
Packer Noah Hundt, June 9; Private Amos
Guensch, B, June 8, all yellow feuer.
Moro Castle, Santiago-Corporal William
P. johnson, A. 5th Infantry, June 4, ulcer
ated endocarditiS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
Kentucky Passes Out to Sea.
,ocial nisnatch to The Evening Star.

SpecHI % 1Io IFen1nS 0s@ss
NORFOLK, Va, June 1.-THE battle ship
Kentucky sailed this morning from Lynn
Haven bay, passing out the capes at 1880
o'clock. Her destination Is unknown. but
it is probable that she will go to sea for q
deep-sea trial or her gunnery stability and
then return to Hampton Roads for stores.
Afterward she will probably be assigned to
Admiral FarQuhar's squadron Of armored
Shipa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
THE HARTFORD IN NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, June 1.-THE United States
training ship Hartford. Admiral Farragut's
old flagship, was sighted off the Highlands
at 1870 am, coming in from League ISL
and navy yard, where she transferred a
number of men to the battle ships Massa-
chusetts and Indiana to make up the COM
plement of their crews for an experimental
cruise. This is the first visit of the Hart
ford since she went to the Pacific coast
many years ago She arrived at Hampton
Roads on May 30 from San Francisco with
$50 apprentice boys on board, shipped at
San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12

Various missionary bodies have sent
communications to the President regard
Ing the present danger Of their representa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12

Nll the fe'cgrar:s indicate that the situa-
Il, Ii has not in the least improved. on the
contrary, the disorder has spread from the
n-ig hborhood OF Pekin to the capital itself,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-11
Balls work.

Kansas City, Mo-, July THE saw.
ing clause in the platform. that which
declares Imperialism to be the para
mount issue, develops to have Been the
work of Texas representative, Ball,
the Texas representative on the plat
form committee. After the 16 to 1
proposition had been finally won out,
Mr.. Ball proposed the specifying
Of Imperialism as the paramount issue.
Representative DAILY of New Jersey
earnestly seconded the proposition, and
they made the necessity for such ac-
ton so plain that Senator Tillman.
who led for the 16 to 1 proposition,
readily consented.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-11

10000 people packed below The crowd
practically took possession OF the pro-
ceedings and at times the chairman
and his officials were SO powerless to
proceed that they gave up to the multi
tude until the various demonstrations
spent themselves. On the call for nom
nations, Alabama yielded to Mime
sofa and the latter state presented its
young champion Of Republicanism and
Democracy, Charles A. Towne The
mention of his name was the signal for
flattering demonstration in his honor,
men and women Joining in the out
burst Far off in corner of the audi
forum young woman could be seen
frantically waving in one hand pho
tograph of the Minnesotan and in the
other stars and stripes. On the
floor the Nebraska, Minnesota and one
or two other delegations joined in the
demonstration, but it was noticeable
that 1t did not evoke any widespread
enthusiasm among those who were
about to do the voting Gradually 9TH
er delegations began to rise, some Of
the New Workers getting to their feet
and for moment 1t looked as though
the convention might be carried off its
feet. But against this was heard a
counter storm OF protestations and dis
cordant yells. For ten minutes the
demonstration for Towne lasted, with
varying degrees Of intensity.
Meantime attention was being direct
ed to an excited group massed in front
of the New York section with Hill as
the center Of a struggling line of dele
gates. They pressed forward from all
quarters of the hall, urging him to per-
NIT his name to be placed before the
convention. The face OF tho New
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-11
Ex-viss President Named for the
Second Place.
HILL DECLINED THE POSITION
Despite One Of the Greatest Demonstrations
in His favor Ever Witnessed In a
Convention Hall.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 7.-t'rhs Dem
ocratic national ticket was completed
Friday by the nomination of Adlai E.
Stevenson for vice president. The nom
nation was made on the first ballot,
state after state Joining in the wild
scramble to record their support of the
winning candidate 1t was not accom-
panied by any such frantic demonstra-
tion of approval as had marked the
proceedings at the previous stages, al
though the result followed a spirited
and highly dramatic contest between
the advocates of Stevenson, Towne,
Hill and the lesser candidates. The
distinct triumph of the day IN the way
of popular ovation was that accorded
to Senator Hill. 1t was accompanied
too, by remarkable scene, when Hill
earnestly protested to his friends
against being placed in nomination,
and then, finding his protest in vain,
NC bIlOue W Iut pldIlOIll, anu III lOHeS
which left no doubt of his sincerity,
earnestly besought the convention not
to make him the nominee
The proceedings movedAwith greater
briskness than on the two preceding
days, for there was none of the tedious
waits for platform and committee re-
ports. The aspect of the great audito-
rum was truly Democratic when the
session began. Anticipating the close
of the convention the general public
was admitted freely and great crowds
emptied into the body Of the hall, not
only filing every available seat in the
area and isles. but also overlooking in
to the arena reserved for delegates,
while some more adventuresome indi-
viduals scaled the iron glrders and
looked down from dizzy height on the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-11

Kansas City, Mo-, July 1.-THE In
come tax was left out of the platform
as adopted by the convention, and the
attention of Democratic leaders was
called to it. Senator Jones, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, in
tended to make motion to have the
income tax provision inserted. He did
not make the motion, however, and 1t
is not included in the platform.
1t was stated that the realiirmtion
of the principles Of the Chicago plat
form included the income tax pro.
vision.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-11
( Fell Through the ROOF.

Ell Paso, Tex, July Jesse Steed. a
member of the fire department, fell
through the rof of building while
fighting fire here and sustained pain
full injuries to his spine. The fire was
burning in the ceiling of ]. Stolaroff's
dry goods store. steed was at work
on the roof when 1t gave way, letting
him fall to the floor, twenty feet below.
The fire did very little damage.