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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

or whether she has been butcherad also
is unknown,
The baron was we'll known IN
America He was first secretary Of the
German embassy from 1892 10 1896. aud
it was while he was living In Washing
ton that he made the acquaintance OF
Miss Ledyard. who was visiting la the
home OF Senator Mcmillan. The mar
riaEa took place IN Detroit in 1897.
Baron van Ketteler at that time was
minister to Mexico
Captain leary, the commanding Of
dler no Fort MctIenry, says that he
was living at Fort McHenry when Mr..
Ledyard was stationed there. Captain
Leary at that time was second leu
tenant in Col Beachs battery OF the
fourth artillery, and Mr.. Ledyard was
first lieutenant in Major Rodney bat
terry
'nc you see that open space over
there near the water front2" the cap
tain said, pointing TO a place opposite
the commanding officers house Lieu
tenant Ledyard's house stood there.
1t was torn down several years ago
and the open space left when some
improvements were made in the fort.
NO, | don't recall any particular
incident connected with the life there"
he answered in response TO a question.
Lieutenant and Mrs Ledyard led the
usual life of the regular army officer.
Mr.. Ledyard is man of very fine
character, the captain continued, He
was very highly thought of while he
was in the army and he is as hlgly
thought of in his business connections.
He has had an interesting career He
was born In France In iS4i-hs father
was secretary Of the United States le-
pointed cadet-at-large TO West Point in
1861 by President Lincoln and was
graduated from there in 1865 He was
promoted TO the first lieutenancy on
the day OF his graduation was trans
ferred to the thirty infantry
September 21 1866, and transferred
from that to the fourth artillery Feb
ruary 3D. 1867
My acquaintance with him began
in 1867 when we were both stationed
at Fort fiarler. in Kansas. In the fall
Of 81 he was sent to West Point and
made assistant professor OF French.
He was relieved from duty at West
Point in 1869 and ordered to Fort Nc
Henry whore he joined Battery d OF
the fourth artillery, then commanded
by Major (now Lieutenant Colonen
Rodney.
In the meantime he had married
Miss L'Hommediou, the daughter OF
railroad president Miss Maud Led
yard was born while Lieutenant and
Mrs Ledyard were living here Ia
1870 Mr. Lodyard retired from the
army, and since then he has had one
position of authority after another.
until now he is president o. the Mich
igan Central
Lieutenant Ledyard, who was killed
in Manila about six months ago, was
son Of II b. Ledyard Lewis Cass
l.edyard of New York, the commodore
OF The New York Yacht club Is also
son Of II - Ledyard,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

Washington, July 24.-The presi-
dent has listened to the appeal of the
Chinese government as transmitted
through Minister WI and has signi-
fed his willingness to mediate between
the imperial government and the pow
ers but only upon conditions which
first must be met by the Chinese gov
eminent The exact nature OF the
terms proposed by the state depart
ment cannot be stated until today
when it is expected the publication will
be made Of the text of the Chinese ap-
peal, and Of the presidents anwser
1t is known, however, that the answer
will be entirely consistent with the
statement Of the principles laid down
by Secretary Hay in his note to the
powers. 1t would not, of course, be
possible to take even the initial steps
toward mediation were either party to
the negotiations to entertain distrusr
Of the statements Of the other. The
United States answer looks 10 the i'm
mediate relief of the foreign mission
aries in Pekin, and moreover, to the
protection Of all foreigners, mission
aries and traders In China, and to the
restoration OF order The Chinese ap-
peal came to Secretary Hay sunday
through Minister WI. The secretary
promptly telegraphed 1t to the 9resi-
dent at Canton and after taking a full
day for it's consideration the presi-
dents answer came Yesterday 10 the
state department 1t was put in proper
diplomatic form and copy delivered
TO Minister Wa, who is to forward it to
his own government.
The imperial edict made public yes
terday at the state department shows
the imperial government already has
taken the first sters toward doing
what the United States government
requires as the principal condition for
the exercise Of its good offices in en-
joining the yicerOys, magistrates and
leading men to stop the disorders and
protect the foreigners Our govern
ment win await the result of this be-
fore proceeding further 1t is expect
ed adverse criticism upon the action
ri the state department in this matter
VIII G heard from Europe whore the
governments are acting upon the 10
lief that all foreign ministers in Pekin
have persisted, but our government
nevertheless regards its course as the
correct one. The last Of the answers
to Secretary Hays note reciting the
Conger message have come and all Of
them in terms polite and diplomatic
express utter incredibly In the au-
thenticity of the Conger message.
Consul General G0odn0w himself has
cabled a warning 10 Secretary Hay
ga nst the A. tp-asre of tI' message
without confirmation Admiral Re-
mey's notification TO the department
that he has gone in person up to Pei
Ho from 1aku 20 Tinetsin is attrib-
uted to the receipt by him Of Secretary
Longs urgent message 70 hasten eff
forts to get to Pekin, and important
news is evnected from him soon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

Swder Of Haywood has been appointed
superintendent OF construction OF til
Indian school TO be erected at thar
place
Wednesday evening, July %, there
win be instituted in Milwaukee Lodge
No. 4 OF the independent Order OF the
sons Of ST. George, which lodge viii be
the frs, OF the order in Wisconsin ami
for that matter the first in the United
State outside Of Massachusetts The
objects of the order are: To unite In
the bonds of charity unity and peace
all acceptable white male persons born
under the British flag, or their sons Or
grau3Sons, between the ages of Is aut
So, and honorary members over %
years OF age; all applicants 10 be OF
good moral character and believers IN
the Supreme Ruler O; the universe.
rhe movement is in no vase opposed
10 The present organization OF the Sons
OF 81. George but is rather auxiliary
to 1t, and so far rs Milwaukee Is con
cerned the fact is that those who ara
foremost in the movement are mem
bers OF Acorn lodge Of the Sons of St
George which has been in existence
for seventeen years. Only those who
are OF English birth or immediate de
scent are eligible for membership in
the Sons of ST. George, but in the new
order any person born in country
under the British flag, or the son or
grandson of such person is eligible
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
THE BARONESS Won KErrELER
Born IN Baltimore and Wen Remem.
bered There

Balumoreans have a right 10 even q
stronger interest than Americans gen
orally feel In lhe fate Of the Baroness
Won Ketteler. the wife Of the German
minister WIG was murdered by The
boxers al Pckn on June rs Madame
Won Keteler. who vas formerly Miss
Maud Ledyard, was a native of Balu-
more Her father. Henry - Ledyard
n now president u the Michigan Cen
tai railroad, but between the years G5
and 20 be vas lieutenant In the
United States army and during part 0t
that time was stationed at Fort Nc
Henry On October Is. 1867 &c mar
rlcd Miss Mary X LHommedleu. Their
daughter Maud was born during their
residence at Fort MeHenry.
Nothing definite is known o. the fate
Of the Baroness Won Keueler The
ambassador vas attacked by Chinese
troops and boxers while riding Ga
Legation street. was dragged from his
horse and killed His body was terribly
multi cd The German legation ana
other buildings were burned and a
number OF the servants Of the legation
we're killed. A week before the MUIR
der Df the 4ar1n the members 81 the
Lcdyard family received word BY cable.
al their home In Detroit that the
baroness vas With her husband 10
pekin and both we're safe Whether
she has found her way to some plase
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
French Minister Hears They
Are Protected.
Germany Refuses to Believe
They are Alive.

by far the largest number of appli-
cants they have ever had at Prince
ton, and should make the freshman
class about 400 next fall. These fig
ures do not include the large number
of post graduates both from Prince
ton and other institutions who will
be registered in the autumn. Neither
do they include the several hundred
students in the theological seminary
which is a distinct Institution not
connected with the university.
Princeton has no professional schools.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
AFTER THE DRY ARGUMENTS.

Say Lmpy | see that the Molly
uux Jury has been deprived OF all
alkyhollc drinks
"Well. w0t OF It, Weary
"Oh, nothln', only u ! vas on tn
jury Id see that they bruLg 10 yer
die without eayln' the box "-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
BoERs IMPLICIT HEAVY Loss.

London. July 24.-The Express has
the following from Machadod0rp.
There has been severe fighting during
the last threee days. and the beers
have inflicted heavy losses upon the
british at Derdepoort Six hundred
women and children from Pretoria. in.
Guiding Mesdames Kruger, Botha ana
Never. have arrived at Barbeton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

r7paon, July "A ST. Halliday Ma
CARNEY. counsellor and English sec
rotary to the Chinese legation, assert
Oh last evening that the Pekin lega-
aors we're safe and were about to pro-
ceed to Tientsin.
Riotlng in Ho Nan.
London July "a kilograms from
shanghai report all mission stations
IN the province of ho Nan have been
destroyed by rioters The mission
aries are safe.
Probably Not Tuan.
Washington, July 24.-The officials
Of the state department, after consid-
erIng Consul General Goodnow's dis
patch that Prince Tuan announces
the safety of the foreigners, expresses
the belief that a mistake has been
made in the transmission of the mes
sage and that the name Tuan should
nave been Yuan, governor of the prov
laca of Shantung.
Paris Has Good News.
Paris, July Pm Delcasse, minis
ter Of foreign affairs, has received
telegram from the Chinese consul at
C1etoo, dated July q, saying: The
governor informs me that according
10 reliable news from pekn all
t0ra On ministers are safe and the
government, is taking all necessary
seDs to deliver and protect them.
Berlin Doubts the Truth of Reports.
More Rumors OF Murder,
London July 24-The Chinese min
lister has communicated the following
Dispatch from Sheng, director general
Of Chinese railway telegraphs, dated
Shanghai July 23d: Information
from Pekin, dated July 18th, says the
slug Z yamen deputed Won Jul, I'M
De. secretary Of the department, to see
.he .0agn ministers and he found
every one well, without any missing,
taa German excepted Gen. Yung Lu
is going to memorabilia the throne to
a0 them an under escort to Tientsin
20 .aa hrr ;,ilitary operations viii
then De stopped A Shanghai cores
gaa.ou. telegraphing July % says; "A
letter from a Chinese official in Shan
#ag has been received by a native
aa-auary here, containing the fol-
owing passage at the beginning
%. ..a month the foreign missionaries
Ha" several attempts to send mes
@ ID Pekin but thanks 70 the
..- watch kept on the city, bearers
"a iii. caught and executed. July
tH. 900 foreigners, much exhaust
were left alive in Pekin, and, one
M. when the big guns were lnces-
#. fred, IL was known all lega-
@ and foreigners were fin
@. although pretended tele-
contradict these facts.
Petersburg correspondent
we're differences of opln-
russian council of war,
e" ot War Cen Kouopatkin,
.9 send 100 900 men to clear the
Aanchuria.
nothing further this morn
arrows any light upon the
Two urgent dispatches
dressed Yesterday by the Chi
s.er to the Pekin government
me- director cf telegraphs
advocating the necessity Of
Geographic communication,
of enabling the powers to
nJl of the safety Of the for
.ars Until such proofs are
.a one here is inclined to alter
% that the Chinese are mere
tO gain time. Rumor cir
sEly concerning ii Hung
Ha is credited with a mission
.vie 70 the allied powers two
indemnity for the Pekln
ESQ to offer 10 restore order
U.lties for trade with the
Nr.a on condition Of the sur.
Nlso Chou. Wei Hal Wei. and
by the powers and the with
al. missionaries. Little at
"erer need be paid to any
wors
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

Chicago lg going 10 give Admiral
Dewey q great reception"
Chicago Man Great? Oh, say. we're
going to wipe out all the ehagrln he
will feel when he doesn't get elected
president indianapolis Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
RS MULTIPLYING.

lal Increase Of Students
at Princeton.
), ]. July p The uni
aFlt-es at Princeton have
cir figures Of applicants for
10 the various parts or
date They are as fol-
entrance freshmen 435.
a upper classes II.
examined IS. This is
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26

Wilbur +. Treadwell, a leading
lawyer d Brooklyn and prominent In
Flatbush society, has been sued for d.
vorce
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
M'KINLEY WILLING
PRESIDENT. WOULD MEDIATE IN
THE CHINESE AFFAIR.
MINISTER WU'S APPEAL

Assumption Is the Ministers and For
eigners in Pekin Are Safe Though
Foreign Governments Refuse to
Believe Tnis-IIopefu View Taken
by Cabinet.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
JOHN MITCHELL.

president United Mine Workers of Americal
and this the strikers say they hope
TO close soon. In the Lehigh region.
the situation is stand off, about 5000
of the 10000 employees having quit.
Principally because the union has conin
paiatiyely little strength III the Schuyl-
kill district, the men there have no
decided grievance as in the other dis
trtcts and the strike was not general
among the upward of $4,000 men EN-
ployed. Indications point to the clos
ing cf some mines in the last named
district that operated yesterday. des-
pite the assertion of the officials of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal com
pany ard other companies operating in.
the region that they viii continue
their collieries in operation Nearly
all the efforts of the strike leaders are
devoted to organizing the men in the
weak SchuyllSil and Lehigh regions,
and many are Joining the union.
No violence worth mentioning
mafred tie first day of the struggle.
Practically no progress has yet been
made IN the effort Of some of the cler-
gy to bring about a settlement of the
trouble thRaa@h arbitration
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
INDIAN OUTBREAK FEARED
Stoclsmen Having Trouble With Utes In
san Miguel County, Colo.

Stockmen Having Trouble With Utes In
san Miguel County, Colo.
Denver, Sept 1S.-An Indian out
break is threatened in San Miguel
county, Colorado, according to adyices
received by Governor Thomas. The
information was contained in letter
from the postmaster at Cedar, Colo
which was as follows:
The Ute Indians from Navajo
Springs agency are here catching and
taking away our range horses and
they insist on doing so contrary to our
protestations. The stockmen have
threatened TO shoot if they don't de-
sist, whereupon the Indian chiefs say
they will make war upon the women
and children and murder them'
& The governor sent a telegram to the
secretary of the interior demanding
sGhlat steps be taken to protect the set
tiers.
The nearest troops are at Fort
Duchesne, Jtah. 100 miles from Cedar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
..nsas CITY Live Stock,

..onsas City, Sept. II. Cattle Receipts
300 natives 700 Texans. 100 calves; ex-
ports shade lower; wintered and straight
grassers steady to shade higher; light sup
ply of stockers and feeders that sold Mt
higher prices: native steers, $5.0065 Is;
stockers and feeders, S3.256i4.25; butcher
cows and heifers, $3.0o@4.25; Gamers, 81 80
$500; fed westerns, So. 3.I56i5.45; winterei
Texans, $3.T0d4.10: grass Texans, So l56f
..u5: calves !4.5006.0O. Hogs-Receipts,
$500: active. steady to 2lac higher: heavy
and mixed So15@5.25; light, $5.10a5. 2T1s:
pigs, Si.5OMavo. Sheep Receipts, 4,SOO:
lambs strong to Zoe higher; muttons steady.
lambs S4.50Gi5.20; muttons. Sc. 3.50cd3. so:
feeders, S3.0Od4.00; culls, $2.5O@3OO
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
PERMIT KRUGER TO SAIL
Portuguese Government Authorizes De-

parture of President.
London Sept. 17.-AIrs. Kruger, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Daily Ex
press, has arrived in Lourenzo Mar
quez.
The Portuguese government has tel
egraphed to the governor of fIozan-
bique, authorizing the departure of
Mr.. Kruger for Europe. The governor.
however. must satisfy himself that
Mr.. Kruger is really going to Europe
Meanwhile he is instructed to take all
precautions to safeguard the personal
security of Mr.. Kruger
The government of the Netherlands
has telegr;lphed to Lourenzo Marquee
offering a Dutch warship to bring Mr..
Kruger to Holland.
An agent of the Transvaal says the
object of President Kruger's visit to
Europe is to negotiate settlement
with Great Britain. aud that he has
full power to act to that end
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
Laree List of Losses to Shipping.

St ,Ichns y. f., Sept 10. 5.-Tales of a
widespread destruction wrought by the
gale continue to pour in. Six vessels
We're wrecl6ed near st. Pierre and six
in Placentia bay. 1t is also reported
that fonr We're lost in Renews harbor.
two in the Straits of Belle Isle and
four near Cape Bonavista Thus far
Il lives are known to have been lost,
and it is feared that tie loss of life will
prove to have been much larger when
fuIl Information is at hand
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
SIX LIVES LOST AT FIRE.
Salvation Army Nursery at Cincinnati
Visited by Cnniiarratinn

Visited by Confiagration.
Cincinnati, Sept. LS.-SiX lives were
lost, two persons We're fatally injured
and several others We're seriously
burned in a fire on East Front street
last evening. The fire was in an old
four-story tenement building that the
Salvation Army was using as Il day
nursery for little children and four of
the victims killed were very small
children that had been left there to
be cared for while their parents were
out gaining a livelihood.
Another of the victims was man
who perished in frutless attempt to
save the life of his little 4-year-old
boy. The dead are: James HaFkins,
painter, aged 40: Herbert Harkins,
aged /, son of james: Rhoda Harkins,
aged ) months: Edward Mullen, aged
years; Myrtle Ferrell, aged 6 years.
Fatally injured: Post Captain Eliza
beth Ericsson of New York: Staff Cap
tain Bertha Anderson of Chicago.
There We're only 20 in the nursery
on the upper floors at the time of the
fire and eight of them escaped without
injury.
On account of the cold UYeather a
fire had been started in the stove for
the little tots who are cared for there
during the day while there mothers
are engaged at work elsewhere 1t is
thought that this caused the fire
through some defect in the fue
Most OF the mothers knew nothing
of the calamity until they were
through with their days work and
We're taken to the hospitals or the
morgue to identify their children at
both of these places. as well as about
the burned building. the scenes Were
indescribable.
The tremen made heroic efforts to
, rescue women and children, but most
of those on the upper floors were be-
/ yond help The first floor was used as
a church and the upper floors for the
nursery. The women and children
could be seen from these upper doors
pleading for help when the stail,ways
We're enyeloped in flames.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
MINE STRIKE is ON.
TlE-UP is COMPLETE IN THE LACKA-
WANNA DISTRICT.

Operators Manage to Keep Some Collieries
In Operation In the SchuylkiIl Region.
Organizers of the Workmen Mr ch En-,
couraged--Strikers Are Quiet.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1S.-The great
strike of mine workers in the anthra
cite coal fields of Pennsylvania, which
represent practically the hard coal out
put of the world, began yesterday
The success of the first days efforts
to tie up the mines exceeded the eX-
pectations of the strike leaders. The
hard coal region is divided into four
great districts, the Lackawanna, Wy
6ming, Lehigh and Schuylkill regions.
In the first two, representing nearly
10000 men, the tie-up is practically
complete. Only one mine. employing
a few hundred men, is being operated
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
at Brush, Colo. Then the road leads
across eastern Colorado and western
Nebraska and into the Black Hills.
Quiet Election In Cuba.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war de,
partment has received the following
dispatch from General Wood, military
governor of Cuba. regarding the cleo
tions there: Reports form
all over the island show elections quiet
and perfectly orderly; no disturbance
anywhere. The Nationalists We're vic,
torious in Havana
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
I TROOPS FOR CHINA.
ERi7lsa cs22Fg Est WILL DRAN
UP9M 59lI4 AFRICA


f5ias,er.of 5esesl oa a4er tsd at
espr lselae5tas eras
pseo ug A.t.. loss,
s....lss eslge In ass.ts..sg!a.
=
'liS
i.s'53
IVY
.45.
SAStsN Ass e -i0lAi
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
Explosion Mt Tnne chow

London, Sept. 1S.-The British com
mand at Taku cables that Il fatigue
party, engaged in destroying gunpow-
der at Tung Chow, has been blown
up Eleven Welsh Fusileers were
wounded, two British Indian soldiers
were killed and 13 British Indian sol
diers We're wounded and Captain Hill
and IL British-Chinese infantry sol
diers We're wounded.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20
Private EeIls' Death.

Ida Grove, Ia, Sept. 17-News has
been received here of the death of
James Eells. a soldier boy, in San
Francisco. while en- route home on pa-
role. He enlisted over year ago and
has been fighting in the Philippines.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20

received from all but two of the 521
cities, towns and plantations in the
state show The following vote for gov
ernor: Hill RepD, 1856; Lord
Dem.). 39a11; Rogers (Pop.), 3,1o7;
Lermond (socialisD, 455. Republican
plurality. 33 S3245.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-20

Houston, S,pt IS Ihe laleSt printed
list OF the dead from tbo GALVESTON
DISASTER revised to date. accounts for
4,a-S persons The number Of people
who have .efr Galveston, it is now
stated, Mt relief Headquarters. is over
5000, of thene about 5000 are now in
Houston being cared for