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SemiTIJK NEVVH EtabShd No.5.lM.l. 'consolidated Jan. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. AUGUST 24, 1900. VOL. IX, NO. 82.UKKALU. kstablisbed April 10, 1

ALLIES INJ1SSENSI0N

Russia Is Inclined to Act

PEKJU IN AN AK0HISTI0 CONDITION

Flame and Fury Dominate the Town,While Blood Runs.

Uncle Sam Will Send No Store Troopslirect to China at Present-Japan- ese

Story of thePeking Fighting.

London, Aug. 24. Fires, fighting anddissensions are apparently following inthe wake of the relief of Peking. TheDaily Atail publishes dispatches fromthe Chinese capital dated as late asAug. 17 declaring that a great fire wasthen raging In the imperial city. TheRussian commander had declined to ac-cept the decision of the other gener-als not to violate the Imperial precincts,and street lighting was going on. Gen-eral Chaffee so it Is asserted main-tained that the Chinese had Wen ade-quately punished already, and that itwould be unwise to take the imperialpalace. This explains the withdrawalof the Americans after breaching threegates, as cabled by the special corre-spondent of the Associated Press. TheRussian general, however, maintainedthat his government had declared waragainst China and that. therefore, therewas no reason to prevent him carryinghostilities into the sacred precincts.

Heroic DatoaM or a Chart-h- .London. Aug. 24. The following hn3

been received, dated Peking. Aug. 10:"The Pel Tang cathedral, north of thecity, which was garrisoned by thirtyFrench aud ten Italian blue jackets,and which had no communication withthe other foreigners during the prog-ress of the seige. has been relieved bythe Japanese and British. The defenseof this church was most heroic. Thecombined forces are now lasting sen-tries in the palace buildings to preventlooting and destruction. The where-abouts of the empress dowager is notknown to the allies.

Russians Occupy Oar Positions.London. Aug. 24. Copyright. 1900,

by the Associated Press. The follow-ing dated Peking, Aug. ir, has beenreceived: "The Americans breachedthree gates before the imperial palaceand occupied the approaches to the lastwalL During the arternoon the Amer-icans returned to camp, pending a con-ference between the generals. Thereup-on the Russians occupied the ap-proaches to the palace.

Kuulim Claim To Be First.St. Petersburg. Aug. 24. General

Lluevltch (commander of the Russiantroops in the provIue of i)telegraphs to the ministry of war asfollows: "At 2 O'clock in the morningof Aug. 14 our troops Wormed the east-ern gate of Peking and were the firstto enter the city. The Russian flag wasthe first hoisted on the wall. The bom-bardment of the gate lasted fourteenhours. The Russians then scaled andoccupied the wall. The Chinese, how-ever, still held the observatory and oth-er towers, whence they subjected ourtroops to a heavy enfilading fire, untilour infantry forced them to leave theirpositions.".Important Development at Washington.

Washington, Aug. 24. The impor-tant development in the Chinese situa-tion yesterday was the decision of thegovernment not to send any moretroops to China. All the troops nowat sea. amounting to about 4,000, to-gether with those under orders for ser-vice In the far east which have notsailed; amounting to about 3,000 more,will be sent to Manila. These troopswill sail on the same route, and upontouching at Nagasaki will go on to Ma-nila unless there are developments InChina, not now expected, which wouldmake their presence In that countrynecessary. Secretary Root said yester-day that no more troops were beingsent to China, because they were notneeded.JAPANESE REPORT FROM PEKING

lllkado'a Force Said to Occupy the Im-perial Palace.

Washington, Aug. 24. The Japaneselegation yesterday received the follow-ing advices from the foreign office atTokio, dated Aug. 23: "The com-mander of the Japanese fleet at Takutransmitted by telegraph on the 21stthe following report from Peking: 'TheJapanese regiment which had been de-tailed early on the 15th for the purposeof protecting the Imperial palace, hadhard fighting all day. but they couldnot bring it to a decisive issue as theyrefrained from firing on the palace.On the following day, however, theytook Its principal gate, and now thecity Is almost entirely cleared of theenemy.

The Imperial family and the minis-ters of state left for Slan five or sixdays ago, escorted by 3,000 troops un-der Tung Fuh Shlang. With the ob-ject of restoring order the city hasbeen divided Into districts. Japan be-ing assigned the northern half; andJapan, the United States, GreatBritain, Russia and b ranee have eachdeputed an officer to carry on the administration.

' 'Prince Tuan's residence has beenburnt down by the Japanese. TheJapanese. The Japanese naval detachmeat which guarded the Japanese le-gation lost during the siege five killedand eight wounded. The Japaneseforces which now occupy the Imperialpalace have rescued foreign and nativeChristians from their confinement. "

Reunion of Portuguese.Springfield, Ills., Aug. 24. Portu-

guese who left Madeira in 184'J. andtheir descendants from all over centralIllinois were here yesterday celebrat-ing the day they left that island. Theycame to this section of Illinois Immedi-ately on arrival In the United States.Religious persecution caused them toleave Madeira. Only four of the orig-inal party survive.

Candidate Stevenson at Home.Bloomlngton. Ills., Ang 24. Adlal E.

Stevenson arrived at his home yesterday arternoon from Sedalla.

Prohibitionist ot Wisconsin.Madison. Wis., Aug. 24. The state

- Prohibition convention made W. II.Clark, of Ripon, temporary and perma-nent chairman and L. II. Larson, ofCreen Bay, secretary. J. B. Smith, ofIadlson was nominated for governor.

A complete state ticket was namedand presidential electors selected.

POPULISTS KUT11 Y BRYAN.

Also the Monetary Lrsu Crest BryanMeeting at Topckn.

Topeka, Kas., Aug. 21. Bryan yes-terday received the second otQcial noti-fication of his nomination for the presi-dency. This notification came from thePopulist party, and Thomas M. Pat-terson.- of

Colorado, acted as the mouth-piece of the party in making it. Hewas at the same time informed of theIndorsement of his candid:scy by theUnited States Monetary League, thisnotification being given by A.. W.Rucker. The ceremonies occurred inthe spacious and lieautiful grounds ofthe state capital, and were witnessedby a large number of ieople.

There was little delay after the ar-rival of Bryan and the other notables.State Chairman Ridgely, of the Popu-list party, promptly assumed the chair,and he Immediately Introduced JamesA. Troutman, who, as the representative of the mayor of Toicka, made abrief speech welcoming Bryan to thecity. Troutman was followed by FrankDoster, chief justice of the state, whoextended the welcome of the stat ntlarge. Doster was followed by JerrySimpson, who was introduced as thepermanent chairman, in the absence ofNational Chairman Butler. Simpsonmade a brief speech and then intro-duced Patterson, who as chairman ofthe national Populist convention be-came chairman of the notification com-mittee. Rucker followed Pattersonand then Bryan was Introduced. Allthe shakers had been generouslycheered and Bryan was received witha great shout of applause. When quietwas restored Bryan began his address,covering all the Issues of the cam-paign. At its conclusion there was anenthusiastic demonstration. At 8 p.m. yesterday Bryan left for Manhat-tan. Kas.

On his way to the station Bryancalled on the local lodge of Elks, andalso uon the Topeka DemocraticFlambeau club. He made brief ad-dresses to loth. saying to the club thathe would rather see the club at a presi-dential inauguration than a regimentof soldiers.FORT DODGE WILD WITH JOY.

All Recause Gov. Shaw, lias AppointedDolllier a Senator.

Fort Dodge. Ia., Ang. 24. FortDodge went clean mad with joy at thenews of the npitointment of Representative Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver asUnited States senator to succeed thelate John II. Gear. When the news

J. P. DOLLIVER.came, there Was a wild demonstration.The chuch bells were ringing, fireworksbeing discharged and the city wasdense with powder smoke. Whistlesfrom all the factories added to the maddiscord of hundreds of tin horns andthousands of hoarse but never-tirin- gvoices shouting approval of GovernorShaw's action and indorsement of hischoice.

Dolliver Is not at home, being awnyon a lecturing tour with Champ Clark,of Missouri, but.upon his return a mon-ster reception anil demonstration willbe given in his honor. Fort Dodgeclaims Dolliver and for many days tocome Dolliver can claim Fort Dodge.

Big Deal In Lumber Property.Duluth, Minn., Aug. 24. One of the

biggest deals In lumber and saw millproperty In northern Minnesota forsome time has just been effected. Byit the St. Croix Lumber company, ofStillwater, acquires the interests of theKnox Lumber company, at and in thevicinity of Winton, Minn. The pricepaid Is understood to be in the neigh-borhood of $500,000. It conveys thesaw mill and site, about 13.000,000 feetof logs in the boom, logging outfits,etc., and 90,000,000 feet of standingpine.

Gen. Shaw at Chicago.Chicago, Aug. 24. General Albert

D. Shaw, commander-in-chie- f or theGrand Army of the Republic, has ar-rived in Chicago and is busy prepar-ing for the business session of the or-ganization that will be held next week.He is also consulting with the execu-tive committee in regard to the finaldetails of the coming celebration,which he declares will be the mostlargely attended and the most enthu-siastic encampment in the history ofthe organization.

- Cuban Bandit Killed.Santiago, Cuba, Aug. 24. Silvestre

Rico, a much-feare- d bandit, was killedby Lieutenant Marino Moncada. of therural guard, Wednesday night at Son-g-o.

The bandit's real name was Sil-vest- reBueno. There were, several

charges of hose stealing and arsonagainst him. His death is considereda fatal blow to brigandage In this dis-trict, as It is supposed that only a fewbandits remain at large.

Klks Meet at Jollct.Jollet, Ills., Aug. 24. Several hun-

dred i;embers of the Ordes of Elkswere in Joliet yesterday fro8 variouspoints in Illinois and adjoining states.In the afternoon a parade and bandcontest were given, and the people gen-erally joined in the carnlv. l. The busi-ness part of the city was decorated inhonor of the visitors in purple andwhite. ,

President May Not Be There.Chicago, Aug. 24. President Mc-Klnle- v

was to have arrived in Chicagonext Saturday to attend the GrandArmy encampment, but It is likely thathe will be unable to come. Affairs inChina are in a deplorable confusedstate, and the most careful. attentionof the government Is needed to unravelthe tangle.

Blew the rult Oft the Trees.Mentone. Ind.. Aug. 21. A wind

and rain storm onm-- over this placethat urostrated the corn. Orchardswere stripped of their fruit.

MORE OHIO MOB RULE!

Infuriated Self-Govern- ors Dis-grace the State.

MOB BURNS TWO CITY BUILDINTS

lioots a Gun Store, Steals Dynamiteand Is Responsible for Much

Bloodshed and Crime. B

Akron, O., Aug. 24. The rioting ofWednesday night and early yesterdaymorning, participated In by a mob ofabout 1,500 resulted in one death, thefatal wounding of a babe and twoadults, Injuries to sixteen citizens, theinsanity of Chief of Police Harrisonand the destruction of property worth$700,000. The governor was appealedto and promptly sent the entire Fourthregiment and company C.of the Eighthregiment, of the Ohio National Guard,to this city, where they are now onguard. Chief of Police Harrison wasdriven insane, so it Is reported, by theterrible experiences of Wednesdaynight and a blow received on the headby a brick thrown by a rioter. He be-came a raving maniac, it is said, andlied from the city In a buggy aboutdaylight yesterday.

Looting of the Gun Store.About forty rioters broke Into the

Standard company's store about 11a'clock, smashing a big plate glasswindow. Later fully 5o0 returned tothe store for more weapons. Police-men and employes of the store wereheld at bay across the street while theutore was looted. The Standard Hard-ware company Is short about ninetyshotguns and rifles, thirty revolvers.twenty razors aud nearly 100 knives jof all kinds and sizes, stolen from itsstore by the mob. Alout 1,000 loadedshotgun cartridges and 20.000 roundsof rille and revolver ammunition were 'also taken. Two sth-k- s of dynamitewere also found in Robinson's sewer-pip- e

yard. ICity in a State of Insurrection, I

Early yesterday morning Mayor W.E. Young issued a proclamation declar-ing that the city was in a state of in-surrection. The men of the Eighthregiment, from Canton, reached Akronat i':25 o'clock this morning over theValley railroad and were marched di-rectly to the city building. No ut-tem- pt

was made to prevent their prog-ress. As soon as they arrived a eordouof troops was established around thebuilding. The streets in the vi-cinity were crowded with people, butthere was no attempt made to breakthrough the line of soldiers.

INCENDIARISM OF THE MOB.Two Buildings Burned to the Ground-L- ist

of the Hob's Victims.The ruins of Columbia hull and the

city building are still smoking. Thesebuildings were burned by the mob. At1 a. m. yesterday the officer who hadbeen penned up in the city buildingafter defending it desperately escapedthrough a rear window and ran lortheir lives. Previous to their departurethey released all the prisoners from theprison. An hour later the mob placeda charge of dynamite near thehuildlng,which when exploded smashed all thewindows and did considerable damageto adjoining structures. The buildingthen caught lire aud was burned to theground.

The killed up to the time the last re-port was made to the police authoritiesare: Glen Wade, aged 11 years, sho;through the heart. Fatally Injured:Frederick Vorwick. buckshot woundin abdomen; Policeman Alva G. Greeu-lcse- ,

struck over the heart with abrick; Rhoda Davidson, aged 4 years,ishot through the brain.

Those wounded badly and otherwise:W. II. Dussel. tlesh wound In leg; I'arkStrair. flesh wound in the leg; John E.Washer, scalp wound from brick; Ar-thur E. Kprague. teamster, scalpwound; John Ahren, painter, fleshwound; As E. Chemlosiky, AlbertGrant. Frank Sours. Fireman L. Man-chester, Fireman W. Roepeke.' FiremanMinor Fritz. Fireman A. Eberly allflesh wounds; Policeman John King,struck on the knee with a brick; Detec-tive Edward Dunn, struck in the backwith a brick; AMert Stevens, of Gra-ham Station, siiot In the foot.

At 10 a. in. yesterday it was reportedthat a portion of the mob had marchedto East Akron, broken into a hardwarestore and stolen a quantity of ammuni-tion and dynamite, together with allthe guns in the place, and that it wastheir intention to charge on the troopsnt the first demonstration. Offlcerscom-m- a

tiding the troops say that any at-tempt to start a riot will be the signalfor a charge by militia.

Scores on the Ball Field,Chicago, Aug. 24. Following are the

scores at base ball recorded yesterdayby League clubs: At New York Phil-adelphia 4. New Y'ork 5; at BostonBrooklyn 3. 0; at PittsburgCincinnati 3, Pittsburg 2; at St. Louis

Postponed on account of windstorm.

American League: At ClevelandBuffalo 0, Cleveland 4; at Milwau-kee Minneapolis 1, Milwaukee 2; atIndianapolis Detroit 3. Indianapolis8; at Chicago Kansas City 2, Chica-go 1. '

Caught His Foot in Cog- - Wheels.Coloma. Mich.. Aug. 22. While at

work in the Lake Shore basket factoryRoy McKcan accidentallly slippedfrom a pile of material on which hewas sitting. His foot was caught be-tween two rapidly revolving cogwheelson the large peeler and crushed nearlyto the instep tn fore the machine couldbe stofiped. It was necessary to re-move a bolt and drive the wheel alongIts shaft to release him. Amputationof a portion of the foot was found nec-essary.

Police Want Tliem for Forgery.Chicago. Aug. 22. M. F. Ryan and

his alleged sister, Mrs. E. Ross, if theyare caught ; by the police will becharged with forgery, swindling andperjury. They obtanied $1.S00 fromWalter M. Howland In the. PortlandHock by mortgaging to him propertyat 4412 St. Lawrence avenue whichdid nt belong to them.

Too Many Crickets for Comfort.Anderson. Ind.", Aug. 24. The crick-

et plague Is excessively annoying.The insects made their appearance aft-er the storm last Friday night," andthey have continued to swarm untiltheir presence has become an Insuf-ferable nuisance. They are here bythe millions.

VALUE OF RAILWAY PEOPEETY

That In Michigan To Be Appraised byExperts for Taxation.

Detroit, Aug. 24. The state tax com-mission, acting on a suggestion of Gov-ernor Filigree, has decided to put ex-perts at work immediately appraisingthe property of the steam railroads ofMichigan, so as to have a report readyfor the governor to submit to the nextlegislature, when it meets next Jan-uary. Professor Mortimer E. Cooley,of the University of Michigan, hasbeen engaged to take charge of thework under the direction of the taxcommissioner.

Professor Henry C. Adams, of thechair of political economy in the StateUniversity, and who Is secretary of theInterstate commerce commission, willprobably be engaged also. The valueof the railroad franchises will be takenInto consideration by the appraisers.who will first examine the property ofthe Michigan Central.CANNOT HAVE THOSE FLAGS.

Belles of the Rebellion Not Allowed To BeTaken from Memorial Hall.

Springfield. Ills., Aug. 24. ActingGovernor Warder has refused permis-sion to the Grand Army officials to re-move the old battle flags of Illinoisregiments in the civil war from Me-morial ball at the state capitol build-ing. Colonel Joseph H. Wood, marshalof the Grand Army parade to be givenIn Chicago, wired Governor Warderthat the flags be taken from theircasements and sent to Chicago to becarried in the parade.

Governor Warder found that the mil-itary code expressly forbids the remov-al of the flags from Memorial hall, andfor that reason found It necessary torefuse the request.

Outrageous Fraud on the Gallows.St. Paul. Aug. 24. Rather than be

arrested. William Steffen, of Cale-donia, Houston county, Minn., commit-ted suicide after a fight with the offi-cers. After beating bis wife he droveher out of the bouse and she soughtrefuge at her father's house with threechildren. Late In the night he triedunsuccessfully to entice her back, pre-sumably to kill her as he was in agreat rage and had a revolver, threat-ening what be would do when she andchildren came back. A warrant wasprocured, but after a battle, ratherthan surrender he killed himself.

Farmers' Congress.Colorado Springs. Col., Aug. 21. The

sessions of the National Farmers' Con-gress yesterday were marked withmore rhan ordinary interest. The morn-ing session was opened with the read-ing of a paper prepared by Baron Her-man, agricultural attache of the Ger-man legation at Washington, on "TheCommon Interest of Farmers Over theWorld." D. F. Coburn, secretary ofagriculture of Kansas, followed BaronHerman with an iteresting paper on"Agricultural Acquirements in theWest."

He Arrived at Home a Corpse.Oelwein. Ia., Aug. 24. When the

morning passenger train on the GreatWestern road reached Oelwein fromChicago it bore the remains of a manwho drank two ounces of carbolic acid.A porter discovered him in terriblepain In the sleeper when a few milesfrom the city. He was given milk todrink, but died on the train. The deadman proved to be Clarence Rich, whosehome was in Red Wing, Minn., and towhich he was hastening, having beento the Paris exposition.

Records on the Diamond.Chicago, Aug. 22. Following are

the scores made yesterday by Leagueclubs at base ball: At St. Louis Cin-cinnati 8. St. Louis 9; at Philadelphia

New York 4, Philadelphia 5 ten in-nings.

American League: At Chicago Min-neapolis 1, Chicago 3; at Buffalo De-troit 2. Buffalo 3; at Cleveland In-dianapolis 4, Cleveland 2; at KansasCity Milwaukee 11. Kansas City 4.

Weil-Know- n Methodist Stricken.Richmond. Ind., Aug. 24. Rev.

Arthur A. Curme, Sr., a retired Metho-dist minister, and a member of thecity council, was stricken with pa-ralysis, and his entire right side isaffected. Curme Is one of the best-know- n

men of Richmond, and hasbeen active in city affairs for years.He Is OS years old.

Hugh L Coplants Missing.Joliet. Ills., Aug. 24. Hugh L.

Coplantz has been missing from Jolietsince last Saturday and bis presentwhereabouts are unknown to hisfriends. He has also left the employof the Kennedy Biscuit company, ofChicago, for whom he held the agencyhere. His accounts are all right. .

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.W. G. and W. E. Walling, of Chica-

go, have made a record by climbing 11,-35- 0feet up Mount Assinaboine.

John J. Ingalls' will leaves his entireestate to his widow.

All the persons accused of complic-ity In the Havana custom house fraudshave been acquitted.

The shah of Persia will be the guestof the Emperor of Austria in Septem-ber.

N. J. Spruce, wife and two children.Austin (Chicago suburb), were poisonedby eating toadstools.

Postoffice messengers at Chicagomust quit the cigarette or Uncle Sam'semploy.

The British government in India hasdecided to depose the Maharajah ofBharatpur, owing to his dissipatedhabits.

Chicago wholesale grocers have cutprice of sugar 12 cents per hundred-weight.

Omaha's imputation has fallen off26.08 per cent, in the past ten years. Itis charged that the census of 1890 waspadded.

The engagement of Miss label Still-ma- nand Perry A. Rockefeller has been

announced.The nucleus of a new town in Texasis called Triangle. It Is laid out in theform of triangle. lt8 lots are tranKU.lar and the twenty-thre- e houses al-ready built are all three-cornere- d.Salt water is to be used for sprink-ling the streets of Tacoma.The Newfoundland sealing season

has been the best for the past twenty-fiv- eyears. 375.000 seals having beencaptured.

In South Australia a mine of naturalIndia rubber has been lately discov-ered.

Nominated for Congress?Wyandotte. Mich., Aug. 22. M. O.

Loennecker, of Jackson, has beennominated for congress by the Thirdcongressional Democratic convention.

BOMtilCH IS NOMINATED

Will Head Democratic TicketFor Wisconsin.

EOOSEVELT ASKING FOB MEEOY

Prom the Host of Republicans Wantlug to Hear Him Bryan Has

Very Busy Day.

Milwaukee, Aug. 23. The Democratic state convention met here yesterday and after preliminary organizatlon with Clark L. Hood as temporarychairman, took recess to 2:30 p. in..but It was nearly 4 p. m. before it re--

,. assembled. P. H. Martin, of GreenBay, was made permanent chairmanand made a speech eulogizing Bryan.Other speeches occupied the time until5 p. m., when the committtee on resolutions reported. The resolutions affirm the principles as set forth In theplatform adopted by the Democraticpamty In convention assembled at Kan-sas City, "and hereby pledge ourselvesto give our utmost support by voiceand vote to the furtherance of the can-didacies of our matchless leaders, Will- -lam Jennings Bryan and Adlal Steven-son. We expressly declareour opposition to the Mclvlnley policyof establishing colonial dependenciesas adjutants to our republic.

Flanks on the State Poller.Other resolutions favor legislation

equalizing the tax laws of the stateUon the basis of constitutional uniformity and a revision of the lawsrelating to transportation rates and li-cense fees of quasi-publi- c corporations,Opposition Is expressed to a joint resolution amending the constitution andvesting the control of public schoolsin the hands of the stat.' superinten-dent; also to a joint resolution for a"general" banking law. The presentcaucus law Is condemned and a revision Is favored resulting In directmethod of nominations. Louis G. Bom-ric- h,

of Kenosha, was theu nominatedfor governor by acclamation and theconvention took a recess.

Full Ticket Thnt Was Named.. Following is the full ticket com-

pleted at the sesion opened at 8 p. m.:For governor, Louis G. Bohtnrich, Ke-F- or

governor, Louis G. Bomrich, Kenosha; lieutenant governor, ThomasPatterson,. Waushara: secretary ofstate, Joseph H. Woodnorth, Milwau-kee; state treasurer, August Bartz,Fall Creek; attorney general, George C.Cooper, Superior; stiite superintendent,Homer B. Huhltell, Beaver Dam; In-surance commissioner, Robert A.Thompson, IaC'rosse; railroadcommis-sloner-,

George W. Hill, Antigo; chair-man of the state central committee, A.F. Warden, Waukesha. Presidentialelectc.-- s were also nominated.

Populists Also in Convention.The Populist state convention, com-

prising about fifty delegates, openedlate in the afternoon. Cyrus M. Butt,of Vlroqua, was chosen for temporarychairman, and made a short speech.After a short recess A. A. Worsley,of Racine, was made permanent chair-man, and took occasion to say that ifthe Democrats wanted to fuse withthe Populists the first advances mustbe made by the other fellows. Theplatform was then presented andadopted and is a standard Populistpronouncement. A committee was ap-pointed to convey word to the Dem-ocrats state convention that the Popu-lists would vote for the Democraticpresidential electors.

BUST DAT FOR COI.. BR VAN.

Us Makes a Number of Speeches EnRoute to Topeka.

Falls City, Neb., Aug. 23. Tester-da- ywas a busy day for Bryan. He

may be said to have begun the daybefore Tuesday closed, for it was aft-er 1 o'clock yesterday morning whenhe reached Auburn, his first stoppingplace after leaving Lincoln. Gettinga few hours sleep there he was pre-pared to commence the day early. Hebegan his qeech at Auburn shortlyafter 8 o'clock aud made an hour's ad-dress, and after being driven rapidlyto the station he was compelled to waitfifty minutes for a delayed train totake him to Tecumseh, the next stop-ping place. At Tecumseh he spokecomparatively briefly, and after tak-ing a hasty dinner started upon atwenty-two-mil- e drive across countryto Pawnee.

This drive was made by means ofthree relays in two hours' time, and itwas apparently a pleasant diversion.At Pawnee as nt Auburn and Tecum-seh there was a good attendance, asthere was also at the night meetingheld at this point. The day meetingswere all held In the groves of the courthouses of the counties. The trip fromPawneee to Falls City was made In afreight caboose behind a special en-gine secured by the Pawnee countycommittee.

Bryan had the largest audience ofthe day at the evening meeting at FallsCity. Bryan left at 2:30 this morningfor Topeka, reaching that city at 1030.

Butler Will Not Preside.Topeka, Kas.. Aug. 23. Chairman

Butler, of the Populist national com-mittee, will not attend the Bryan noti-fication meeting today. Vice Chair-man Edmisten. it is announced, willpreside in his stead.

THAT DEMAND FOR ROOSEVELT.

He Has to Appeal for Protection AgainstThose Who Want Him.

Chicago, Aug. 23. "Work me up tothe limit, but do not put me over thelimit until after election day," Theo-dora Roosevelt writes In relation to hisItinerary for his coming western tour.In other words, he wants to be per-mitted to live until he has voted andhas been voted for. Governor Rsse-velt'- s

letter was in response to a noticefron' here of the demand for himtnrongti the west, tie has to ue pro-tected by the national campaign man-agers against this demand and againsthimself.

Every place that want him simplycannot have him. To find the happymedium la really becoming a seriousproblem foi the managers.- - His dis-position is to go everywhere and speakto everybody. a he did in New Yarktwo years ago when elected governor.His voice, untrained for a campaign ofopen-ai- r speaking day after day, neverhas recovered from the strain be puton It then. He has had trouble withhis throat ever since, and still baa it.

Croksr and Murphy Meet.New York. Aug. 23. Ex-Senat- or Ed

Lim-wiu- .

ward Murphy" came to this city yes-terday and met Richard Croker, lead-er of Tammany ball, at the HoffmanHuse. At the close of the confer-ence it was announced tUat Murphywill rem a it: here until after the elec-tion. Murphy said he expects to co-operate with the state committee forthe election of W. J. bryan. Crokergave out a statement to the effect thathe recognired Murphy as the actualDemocratic leader of the state.

Dolliver Appointed Senator.Des Moines, la., Aug. 23. Governor

Shaw last evening announced the ap-pointment of Representative J. P. Dol-liver to be United States senator tofill the vacancy caused by the deathof Senator John B. Gear. The ap-pointment runs to March 4. 1901. Thelegislature does not meet In regularsession till 11K2. and Dolliver's ap-pointment Is likely to be renewed torun until his successor is elected.

Politics at Old Orchard.Old Ochard. Me.. Aug. 23. Four ad-

dresses were made at the Republicanmass meeting yesterday afternoon.The speakers were Senator Lodge, ofMassachusetts; Lee Falrchlld, of Cali-fornia; General Adam E. King, ofMaryland, and Representative McCall,of Massachusetts. The Massachusettssenator devoted his attention to thediscussion of iiuperlallsin, declaring ita bogus issue.DRESSED WELL: DIDN'T WORKResult: First Borrows Money and Neit

Gets a Check Cashed.Indianapolis, Aug. 23. Horace V.

Baruum, claiming to be the son of aChicago millionaire. Is a prisoner inthe Marion county jail, charged withfraud. Baruum was arrested at Green-field Monday night while he sat on theveranda of one of the fashionablehomes there. Barnum came here ayear ago and took apartments. Hedressed nattily, talked fluently, smokedcigarettes, and never worked. He some-times told acquaintances, and be ac-quired lots of them, that he had beenan actor, but had been advised by hisfather to quit the stage and live aretired life.

He did not like Chicago and thoughtIndianapolis better adapted to win-ning social plaudits. He borrowedmoney from his newly --acquiredfriends. Monday he persuaded afriend named .wkk to cash acheck. It was bogus and the friendhad him arrested. Baruum sent forZwlck and said his father will rightmatters.MUCH TROUBLE FOB NOTHING

Burglars Wreck Two Railway Stations forthe Sunt of $12.

Platteville, Wis.. Aug. 23. The citywas thrown into much excitement yes-terday bj the discovery that both theChicago, Milwaukee aud St. Paul andChicago and Northwestern railroadstations here had been broken Into androbbed some time during the night.The interiors of both stations werecomplete wrecks, the thieves havingdestroyed all the furniture, broken thelamps and desks and smashed every-thing in lght.

About $12 in cash was secured ateach place. Neither safe was touched,so the roblters secured but little booty.The ticket cases were opened and thetickets scattered all over the floor. Thestations were about sixty feet apart.About half way between them a crewof men were working all night loadingfreight cars. They heard nothingfrom the stations and saw no lights.

Got, SooftVld Is in Camp.Camp Douglass Range. Wis., Aug.

23. The camp of the Third regimentand the Tenth battalion was overrunby visitors Tuesday. In the rifle practice Private Forrest, of Eau Claire,beat all records in a skirmish run InWisconsin, scoring 50 points out of apossible 05. Private Burnett, of WestSuertor, led the scoring, making 244points. Governor Scofield arrived hereat midnight.

Refused to Patronize the Trust.West Superior, Wis., Aug. 23. The

text book committee of the board ofeducation here took a rap at the so--called book trust by refusing to dealwith it when it could do as well else-where. The committee has just madeIts contract for school supplies for theensuing year and in the list were bookswhich the American Book companyand one independent firm both fur-nished.

Ohio "Infuriated Citizens Again.Akron. Ck, Aug. 23. In an attempt

of a mob to obtain possession of a ne-gro to lynch him here last evening theofficers fired over the heads of therioters. This resulted In a fusillade,during which two persons were killed,one a boy and the other a

girl. Many were wounded.Free Rural Mail DellTery.

Washington, Aug. 23. The postof-fice department has ordered the estab-lishment on Sept. 1 of rural free de-livery service at Milton, Wis., Milling-to- n,

Mich.. Virden, Dallas City andNauroo, Ills., and additional serviceat Springfield, Ills.

United Christian Party.Washington, Ia..Aug. 23. The Unit

ed Christian, published at Rock Island, the official organ of the "UnitedChristian party," makes the statementthat J. F. R. Leonard, of A Ins worth.Ia., has been nominated by the na-tional committee of that party as acandidate for president of the UnitedStates. Leonard is a prosperous farmer, aged 00. He accepted the nomlnatlon.

Joliet Wire Company Fight.Jollet, Ills., Aug. 23. Judge DIbell

yesterday. In passing on the motion totake control or the Joliet ire company and Trust Woven Wire Fenceplant from the Robinson faction andgive it to the Alabama Steel and Wirecompany, decided against the Alabamacompany. Both sides are fighting forsupremacy aud this decision Is buttemporary vlctorv.' The principal trialto Jin.19 JSCUUlUg.

Prominent Mlnneeotan Ussd.Winona, Minn., Ang. 23. Charles

II. Barry, at one time one of the mostprominent Democrats in the state, diedTuesday at the age of 77. He was bornIn Westerly, R. I., in 1825. In 1857he was elected attorney general of thestate of Minnesota, and during Presi-dent Cleveland's first term was ap-pointed an associate justice of the su-preme court of Idaho, which positionhe filled until Idaho was admitted asa state.

London. Aug. 23. . J. Joss, a formerclerk of Parr's bank, accused of steal-ing about $300,000 from the bank inJanuary, has been committed for trial.He was caught passing a 5 note. -

OLD GLORY IN FRONT

American Troops Plant Flag onImperial Granary.

EEPLY 13 GIVEN TO' LI HUN3 OHANQ

This Government Cannot Negotiatefor Peace with a Paretic.

Another Dispatch from Conger Chi-nese Capital Occupied by the Al-

lies Imperial Court GoesWest Other Tar News. .

Washington. Aug. 23. The reply ofthe United States government to LIHung Chang says, in brief, that thisgovernment cannot enter upon negotia-tions until there is a government InCh!na which can prevent the hostili-ties of Chinese troops and Chinesecitizens against the forces of the pow-ers. The text of the reply has beentommuuicated to the other govern-ments.

Ixmdon, Aug. 23. "Today l.rWOAmericans attacked the imperial pal-ace," says a dispatch to The MorningPost from Peking, dated Aug. 15, "andcaptured four of the courts. The Amer-ican flag is flying over the Imperialgranary, and the imperial bank hasbeen looted."

Some Tsung-LI-Tame- n Doings.Describing events prior to the re-

lief. The Morning Post's correspondentcables: "On Aug. 12 the tsung-ll-ya-me- n

requested a conference with aview to peace. No armistice was granted. however, and that night we en-dured the longest fusillade of thewhole seige. It lasted twelve hours.Aug. 13 the tsung-ll-yame- n begged tobe excused from any conference, say-ing that the members were too busy.Later they wrote that they had forbid-den firing on us and would courtmartial any who disobeyed. Duringthe evening many shells fell In thelegation compound."

Must Dicker with the Dowager.The Chronicle publishes an inter-

view with the Japanese minister inLondon, Kato Takakl, which repre-sents him as having said: "The em-press Is the heart and soul of China,no long as she lives, so long as she re-mains In China, whether the supremepower Is taken from her or not, Bbwill always be the greatest froee theone above all others to be reckonedwith. The difficulty will be to get anyone who can speak for her. I fearthat the Influence of Li Hung Changis now of extremely little weight. Thepowers must come to a final under-standing quickly. Riots, anarchy,bloodshed and misery throughout Chi-na will be the inevitable result of apolicy that does not immediately dis-closed Itself. The government mustbe

Russia Will Not Be Left.The Mall's correspondent expresses

the opinion that his labors in Chinawill be of long duration, "as pacifica-tion will be a difficult undertaking."and seventy-fiv- e thousand Russiantroops are already In the Far East, oron the way there by land and sea, orunder orders to embark. This state-ment Is made by the Moscow corre-spondent of The Dally Graphic, whoadds that mobilization is in progressall over European Russia, and thatthere are now at Odessa fourteensteamers chartered to take troops.

CONGER BEND8 WELCOME NEWS.

Tells Briefly the Situation in ths City onSunday Captain Dellly Is Dead.

Washington. Aug. 23. The state de-partment authorizes the announce-ment of the receipt at an early houryesterday morning, through the consulat Chefoo, of a telegram from CongerIn the department cipher to the follow-ing effect, dated Peking, Aug. 19:"The entire city, with the exceptionof the imperial palace, is occupied byJapanese, Russian, British, Americansand French. It Is being appropriatedinto districts for police supervision.The Chinese army fled. The imperialfamily and the court have gone west-ward, probably toSi-An-F- u. in theprovince of Shen-Sl- . No representa-tives of the Chinese government are insight in Peking, and the conditions arechaotic. The palace is expected to betaken immediately. aMny misionarieshav estarted for home, while others re-main in charge of the Christian refu-gees, numbering about 1.000."

Conger's message was particularlywelcome to officials In showing howcompletely the entire city Is dominatedby the allies. The military situationwas of quite as much Interest In thedevelopments as was the diplomatic.Adriiral Remey reported early in themorning confirming the press report ofthe dearb of the gallant Captiin Red-ly In the final assault on th outerwalls of Peking. Almost as importantas the Peking news was the state-ment that the Boxers are again g

around Tlen-Tsi- n. and lastSunday morning the Sixth cavalryWith about 400 English and Japanesetroops had a lively brush with theBoxers eight miles outside of Tlen-Tsin- ,

where about 100 of the Chinesewere killed, and five Americans wound-ed.

The casualties reported by GeneralChaffee as occurring to action Aug. 14Include six killed, as follows: BatteryF, Fifth artillery. Captain Henry J.Reilly; Robert E. Walsh. James OHall and Daniel W. Simpklns, NinthInfantry; Russell T. Elliott and JamesC. Wiber, Fourteenth infantry. Thewounded number twenty-eigh- t, mostof the cases being slight.

A dispatch from Remey stated that"Dickens', command Is landing today.Peking. Aug. 1J. all except Imperialcity cleared .of Chinese troops. Amer-ican troops nrst to enter Imperialcity, have penetrated to the gates ofthe palace."i The most Important dispatch of theday was not made public by the wardepartment, but was the subject of anextended conference at the WhiteHouse. It was from General Chaffee,dated the 18th. and dealt entirelywith military operations and condi-tions. While It cannot be said to havecontained any bad news it containedenough as to the unsettled conditionin China, and the prospect of long andardous work In restoring peace, toform the subject for a consultation ottome hours between the president andhis advisors.