Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 25, 1900, Page 2

The Merald-Review. |FIRGIT Th VOTE E. C. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. MINNESO’ GRAND RAPIDS, - Bufyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” was recently translated into Chinese, with curious illustrations by native artists. Before the Boxer outbreaks began the volume was in great demand in Pekin. A camel, with an ordinary load of 400 pounds, can travel twelve to four- teen days withow water, going four- teen miles a day: Camels are fit to work at five years old, but their strength begins to decline at twenty- five, although they live usually until forty. They are often fattened at thir- ty. for food, the flesh tasting like beef. An Arizona editor has a neat way of expressing himself. Referring to a re- cent lynching in Skull Valley, a local paper thus quietly. chronicled an im- portant event: “There was no regular trial in the case of Denver Jones. He had a brief interview with a few friends in the woods, ‘and it is certain that hereafter he will not interfere with his neighbor’s horses.” Dr. Lasar of the Hygienic Institute, Konigsburg, Germany, calls attention to the remarkable power of lemon juice in destroying the diphtheria bacillus. Out of fifteen cases of acute diphtheria and eighty other cases of throat disease, for which lemon juice was used as a gargle, only one case proved fatal. Lemon juice must be diluted when used as a gargle. An affecting incident occurred at Sioux City. George Denison, aged 8, and George Lewis, aged 12, were bath- ing, when the former was attacked with cramps and screamed for help. Lewis tried to save him, but both were drowned. The father of Lewis came on the scene, but did not know who the lads were. He dove after them, and became crazed with grief when he discovered that the body he brought up was that of his own son. That there is true “sporting blood” in Central America is attested by the following advertisement spread across the top of a page of The Guatemala Herald early in June, before the Re- publican National Convention met: “A gentleman desires to wager 10,000 pesos that William McKinley will be elected President of the United States at the election to be held in November next. No wager for less than 500 pesos accepted. The money has been placed in the hands of W, J. Rhyder and will be deposited in any of the banks of the city, persons accepting this offer hav- ing the privilege of naming the depos- itory.” William C. Royal, a wealthy resident of Georgetown, Penn., who died on May 31 and whose will has been just probated, devised his entire estate, valued conservatively at $50,000, to the Woman’s Branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Royal devises to his widow, Emily L. Royal, his “horses, dogs and any other animals I may possess. But should my wife be so situated at any time as to make the care of said animals inconvenient or burdensome, then and in that case it is my wish that upon her request the care or custody of said animals shall devolve upon the Woman’s Branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals.” A discharged soldier recently re- turned from the Philippines tells a tale of a shirt which is too good to be lost. His company was returning from a long and tiresome scouting trip, in which most of the men had lost the greater part of their wearing apparel, when he saw on a clothes line in the ground of a residence adjoining a big stone church two very good shirts hung out to dry. As he had at the time only half a shirt to his back, he proceeded to help himself to a whole one, whereupon a woman came out of the house and said to him, in passable English, “You will pay for that on ‘the Judgment Day.” “Madam,” he re- plied, “if you give such long credit I will take both shirts,” which he pro- ceeded to do, A German engineer has hit upon a very happy yse for the phonograph instead of a guide at exhibitions. The new device will be used for the first time: at the automobile exhibition at Berlin; any visitor to the exhibition will need but to call the attendant, who will put the roller containing the description of the exhibit in question into the phonograph, and he will then be able to Jearn, “by word of ma- chine,” all the details of the object he is desirous of enquiring into. The apparatus will not repeat a long, mo- notonous harangue such as one is ac- customed to hearing from guides at exhibitions and in cathedrals; the vis- itor can break off his conversation with his unseen guide at will, and have any remark repeated as often as he likes. The Columbia River canneries have been making experiments in the can- ning of shad, and have been so suc- cessful in their efforts that a new fish- ing industry may be developéd in the Northwest. The flavor of the’shad is universally recognized as delicious, and the only objection to this fish is the many small bones that exist in it. This objection is entirely done away with in the canned product, as the ex- treme heat to which the can is sub- jected disintegrates the bones, and they are not noticed. THE RECORD OF THE GEN- IAL CAPTAIN AS A LEGISLATOR. Troubled With Absence of Mind or Absence of Body. The Matter With the Com- mercial Travelers—Republi- cans Relying ona-Whoop and a Snort—Shameful Treatment of the Captain by His Own Organs — Other Points of a Political Nature. Reform Press Bureau, St. Paul, Aug. 20, 1900. “By their fruits ye shall know them.”” The fruits ofa public man are his public acts. The public acts of a leg- islator are recorded in the journal of the house of which he has been a mem- ber. Not many years ago (notso many that the ink has faded) the present Re- publican candidate for governor of Min- nesota wasa member of the house of representatives. To avoid all passibil- ity of mistake, let it be said that his name is Samuel R. Van Sant, other- wise known asthe “Captain.’’ Like all other members of that worthy as- sembly, he left behind him a record, to bless or to damn, as the case may be. Let us take a look at it. The Cap- tain, being such a ‘‘jolly’’ good fellow, will not mind it, and, being a candidate for governor, he is, of course, anxious that his zealand devotion to duty in the minor position should count in his favor, now that he aspires to serve the people in a more important office. What more natural than to expect pro- motion for duty well done? Sohere goes: It was in the year 1893 | that the Captain carved out for himself} the record which now will be examined. The first measure of importance to be met with in the journal of the house is H. F. No. 26. This was avery meritor- ious bill. It aimed to protect the rights of citizenship by making it a misde- meanor on the part of employers to re- quire, asa condition of employment, the surrender by any person of his rights asa citizen. This measure was conceived with the idea of protecting those who were not in a position to pro- tect themselves. The worthy Captain would be the very man to bear down hard on a bill of this kind and to sit up nights thinking how to secure its pas- sage. Let us see how he voted. Thunder and lightning! What can have been the matter with the Captain? HE FORGOT TO VOTE. There must have been some misunderstanding some- where. Perhaps the Captain had not got onto the ropes yet. The next billofa somewhat similar character was H. F. No. 95, a bill for the protection of employes. Whatdoes the record say? Forgot to vote again? Well, well, sure enough. Captain, you will have to do better than this if you want the votes of the laboring men. Next comes H. F. 324, a bill prohibit- ing pawnbrokers from charging more than 10 per cent interest. Surely the Captain’s heart bleeds for these poor people who find it necessary to patron- ize the pawnbroker? Let us see the record. Did he forget to vote this time also? Well yes, he did, of course. He isthe prosperity candidate, and will have nothing to do with such low-down trash as the people who patronize the pawnbrokers. In the language of the classics, to —ll with ’em. Now let us try a senate file fora change. Here isone, 8S. F. 266, a bill for an act to compel street railway com- panies to protect certain of their em- ployes (motormen) from the inclemen- cies of the weather. Now, if there ever was a measure that had merit in it, this is the one.. The motormen used to have to stand out on the open plat- form, no matter how cold and stormy it might be. It was such an inhumane and unnecessary hardship that public opinion demanded a stop put to it; but, hanged if the Captain did not again forget to vote, For fear that this thing may become tiresome, perhaps it would be best to postpone moralizing and go at the facts as revealed by the record without fuar- ther comment. H. H. 502 provides for the erection of grain elevators on the right of way of railroads and is designed to prevent monopoly in the local grain markets. The Captain forgot to vote. H. F. 674 declares express companies to be common carriers and as such sub- ject to regulation. T. 0. f.t.v. (To save space tHese letters will be under- stood as meaning that the Captain, as usual, forgot to vote.) H. F. 7&4 prohibits pools and trusts in Minnesota. T. O.f. t. v. 8. F. 114 authorizes the levy and col- lection of taxes on inheritances, etc. T. ©. f. t. v, 8. F. 127 requires railroad companies to give notice of the time when belated passenger trains are expected to arrive. T. Of. t. v. 8. F. 577 provides for the appoint- ment of a committee to investigate certain frauds upon the state in con- nection with the sale of public lands. T.C. f. tv. H. F. 56 provides for the building of sidetracks to elevators and mills sitn- ated on lands adjacent to the right of way of railroads. T. C. f. t. v. H. F. 840 provides for the inter- change of cars at junction points. T. O. f. t. v. EL F. 274 provides for the of trains at county seats. The here cleared his throat, spat on his hands, manned his soul with firmness, donned his rough rider hat, and voted against the bill. P.S. Ifhe had been permitted to have his way he would now be cam- paigning with a parachute attachment to help him get off the trains at some of the county seats. The Captain’s record for 1895 is re- served for some future occasion. It is now generally known that the great army of commercial travelers are supporting the Democratic and Peoples party ticket thisyear. They have good reason. They understand the situation and know that the Republican policy has bred the trusts which have robbed thousands of traveling men of their employment. According to a list pre- pared by James W. Jump, chairman of the national Democratic committee of commercial travelers, 100 of the big combinations have absorbed 2,314 inde- pendent concerns, and thereby relieved at least 40,000 men of their jobs. Fur- thermore, the office force in almost every independent concern was cut ownd proportionately in a greater de- gree. ‘The salaries of a number of in- dependent superintendents and man- agers were cut off and lumped in one, to be handed outin gross to some fa- vored individual who Happened to be onthe right spot when the business was fenced in with barbed wire.” Mr. Monett, the former Republican attorney general of Ohio, keeps his eyes and ears open, and asa result he sizes up the Republican plan of cam- paign inthis wise: ‘One glance at Teddie’s hat and a whoop and a snort from a rural postmaster, and our lead- ers think they will accomplish more than all logical arguments and anti- trust speeches.” Apropos of the talk about the New York ice trust, the Sioux Falls Daily Press gets back at our friend the enemy thusly: About all the Republicans can say of the alleged Democrats who got mixed up with Platt’s men in the New York ice trust is that they look and act very much as if they were not Demo- crats. And this is not so uncompli- mentary to the Democratic party, either. “It is emblematic of Americanism. It typifies the best thoughts and high- est aspirations of Americans. There is no reason why it should not be worn by every man who believes that no mission or destiny can be too broad or high or noble for the American repub- lic.”? So says one of the stalwart Re- publican dailies of Chicago. And what may this wonderful thing be over which the paper raves? This proudest emblem of the Republican party; a thing over which to grow maudlin? This highes; emblem of Americanism is not the Stars and Stripes. No, it is—Roose- velt’s slouch hat. Will somebody please explain. The Republican campaign managers atid their organs in Minnesota are asserting that Governor Lind’s administration, has weakened the reform forces and his owp chances of re-election. At the same time these same managers and organs figure outa majority of 60,000 for their national ticket and not less than 10,000 for Van Sant in this state. How does it happen, anyhow, that Van. Sant is going torun some 50,000 votes behind his ticket, in spite of the fact that he is so strongand Lind is so weak among the voters? The imperialists aro in desperate straits trying to show that Thomas Jefferson and some others whose mem- ories are, revered by all good Democrats occupied the ground now held by the Republican party in favor of acquiring new territory by fair means or foul. One of the organs now introduces Stephen A. Douglas as a Democrat whose patriotism caused him to declare in favor of the Republican policy of expansion. An extract is published from a speech delivered by Douglas in his famous debate with Lincoln, in which ‘‘The Little Giant”’ said: **Whenever it becomes necessary in our growth and. progress to acquire more territory I am in favor of it with- out reference to the question of slavery,! and when we have acquired it I will) leave the people free to do as they please, either to make it slave or free| territory, as they may prefer.” } This is quoted by the Republican or- gan to show that Douglas, thougha Democrat, was of one mind with the! latter day imperialists. The genial Captain Van Sant is re- ceiving shameful treatment at the! hands of the leading organs of his own! party. He addressed two meetings in Minneapolis the other day, and he cer- tainly had the right to expect that the Republican dailies would report a part at least of what was said by their can- didate for the governorship. But in point of fact they pay less attention to: his remarks than to those of the ordi- nary ward heeler. The Journal, for instance, says of the first meeting, at which the Captain mado the chief ad- dress, that he ‘‘made a rattling talk along the line of national issues.’? At the other meeting everybody crowded up around him and insisted upon a handshake, ‘‘after which he cut loose in his usual effective fashion.” This is all, No part of any of his speeches is reported. The Captain might with good reason protest against such shabby treatment.) If there were any ladies present at any of the meet- ings the Oaptain said, of course, that he was glad to see them and that if the ladies could vote he would be elected without adoubt. He never fails to make this witty remark when occasion offers. This much, at least, the papers might have reported, even bh did not care to quote cayiadee aie et what their candidate said when he ‘“‘out loose in his usual effective fashion.”’ Ps ALLIES NEED HELP URGENT REQUESTS FOR REIN- FORCEMRENTS AT PEKING. Force of Italian Marines Sent Off Pest Haste — America’s Reply to China’s Appeal for Cessation of Hostilities Not Yet Made Known— Report Says Chinese Troops Sur- rendered in the Palace Grounds— Little Doubt That the Emperor and Empress Dowager Have Es- capea, London, Aug. 22.—Owing probably to the Peking wire being cut little news of consequence from the Chinese capi- tal has come through this, morning. what little has reached London indi- cates that the allies are in need of re- inforcements. The commander of the Italian second-class cruiser Fieramos- ca telegraphs from Taku, according to the Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail, that very urgent requests Countess Waldersee, American Wife of the Commander of | the Allied Forces in China. LO were coming from Peking on Saturday for the immediate dispatch of further troops, and that in answer to these 400 Italian marines were Sent Off Posthaste. The Japanese minister in London is said to have received a telegram last evening announcing that subsequent to the entry into Peking a Japanese detachment went to the imperial pal- ace to afford whatever protection was necessary. The enemy were in strength and ghting was still proceed- ing when the message was sent to Tokio, The main body of the Japan- ese were then at An Ting Men gate, the Tartar city, with headquarters at the Japanese legation. Serious trouble is now threatened in the neighborhood of Canton. The Americans at Swatow, according to the Daily Chronicle's Shanghai correspondent, have applied for a warship in consequence of seri- ous rioting, and the Hongkong corres- pondent of the Daily Mail says a war- ship is on the way there now. China’s Latest Appeal. Washington, Aug. 21—The American reply to China's latest appeal for a The dead are Mrs. Theodore Wall- day from Li Hung Chang has not yet been made known, and it is likely that the matter will be one of the main subjects of consideration at the cabi- net meeting to-day. But there is rea- son to believe that the overtures will in effect be rejected on the ground that the conditions laid down in the Ameri- can note of Aug. 12 have not been complied with, and until complied with the government’s course must proceed without reference to China's appeal for a Hat in the Proceedings. China’s last aplication for peace ne- gotiations was received early yester- day at the Chinese legation and was transmitted by Minister Wu to the state department. Secretaries Hay and Root were out of the city, but Acting Secretary of State Adee went over the subject with the president. Earl Li’s request is that the United States shall name Minister Conger or some other. official to act as peace envoy for the cessation of hostilities. He expressed his willingness to go to such point as the powers may desire, and under the intimations made it is thought that Peking or Tien-tsin would be selected for the negotiations. The Chinese envoy Proposed No Terms as to the withdrawal of troops and made no other suggestions as to what was to come before the commission, his sole anxiety being to secure the cessation of hostilities. The applica- tion is understcod also to have been made to the powers in the hope that if all would name commissioners there would be a general council of peace between Li Hung Chang on the one hand and the several representatives of the nations on the other. Aside from the fact that the conditions on Aug 12/have not yet been complied with by China it is probable that this government would desire to take suf- ficient time to learn what the other Powers Intend Doing 1 on the same line, as all are acting in unison. Moreover, there are some un- explained features of Li Hung Chang’s application, one of them being that while he asks the allies to cease hos- tilities he gives no assurance that he has the power to make the Chinese army and the rebellious Boxers cease their hostilities. The situation at Pe- king was made more clear yesterday from many sources. The latest advice | appears to be that from Consul Fow- ler at Chefu, repeating a dispatch re- ceived from Consul Pagsdale at Tien- tsin. The latter reports ‘Chinese Troops Surrendered in the palace grounds.” The Japanese legation received a dispatch of the same ‘general tenor, but more in de- tail, stating that the Chines2 troops retreated on the 15th within the im- perial palace and that they were sur- rounded there with Japanese head- quarters located in the Japanese lega- tion. Admiral Remey also transmitted an authentic report from Peking on the fifteenth, saying, “troops moving on the imperial city.” These several dispatches from different sources es- tablish clearly that the imperial pal- ace and grounds were under siege. But not one of the dispatches is clear as to how late this condition of affairs existed. Empress Dowager Escaped. Yesterday's dispatches seem to make clear that the emperor and em- press dowager have made their escape from Peking, and that about the only present service of the imperial palace and grounds is an asylum in which the demoralized Chinese soldiers are making a last stand. The Japanese legation’s advices showed that the banners of the imperial family were seen leaving Peking on the 12th, and probably the empress dowager as well as the emperor had left the city. Consul General Goodnow advised the state department he had information from Chinese sources that the empress dowager had left Peking. Defeated by Russians. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—Gen. Orloff, chief of staff to the Russian forces in China, reports to the Russian was of- fice the defeat of 7,000 Chinesé, after a hard fight, the capture of Yuk Shi pass and the occupation of Meduchei. An imperial ukase has been issued prohibiting the exportation of arms or ammunition to China. THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Markets. St. Paul, Aug. — Wheat — No.1 Northern, 74@741-2c; No. 2 Northern, 72 3-4@73 1-4c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 39 1-2@40c; No. 3, 39@391-2c. Oats—No. 3 white, 25 1-4@25 1-2c; No. 3, 24 3-4 C. Minneapolis, Aug. 22. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 741-4c; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 703-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 38 1-2@39 1-: No. 3, 38@38 1-2c. Oats—No. 3 white, 221-2@241-2c; No. 8, 21@22c. Rye—No. 1, 471-2@48 1-2c; No. 3, 461-2@471-2c. Barley——Malt- ing grades, 34@36c; feed grades,, 35@ 37 1-2. Duluth, Aug. 22.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 76 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 741-4c; No. 2 Northern, 713-4c; No. 3 spring, 68 1-4c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 763-4c; No. 1 Northern, 741-4c; new No. 1 hard, 763-4c; September, No. 1 Northern, 741-4c; December, No. 1 Northern, 747-8c. Oats, 231-2@233-4c. Barley, 37 @ 45c. Flax, $1.37; September, $1.35 1-2;~ October, $1.321-2; November, $1.30; corn, 391 Milwaukee, W Aug. 22. — Flour is steady. Wheat lower; No. 1 Northern, 75@75 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 73@731-2c. Rye steady; No. 1, 5lc. Barley steady; No. 2, 49@50c; sample, 37@43c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 25 1-4@25 3-4c. Chicago, Aug. 22.—Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 73 3-8@74 3-4c; No. 3 red, 691-2@ 741-4c; No. 3 hard winter, 67@69 1-4c; No. 1 Northern spring, 72 3-4@ No. 2 Northern spring, 72@74c; No. 3 spring, 671-2@75c. Corn—No. 2, 41¢; No. 3, 31c. Oats—No. 2, 22 1-4@22 1-2c; No. 3, 22c. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 22.—Cattle— Beeves, $5.25@5.45; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.50@3.50; stockers and feed- ers, $3.25@4.20; calves and yearlings, $3.25@4.25. Hogs, $4.90@5.05; bulk, $4.90 @4,92 1-2. Chicago, Aug. 22.—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.45@6; poor to medium, $4.60@5.40; stockers and feeders steady at $3.30@4.75; cows, $2.90@4.40; heifers, $3@4.90; Texas-fed sters, $4.25@5. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $5@5.35; good to choice heavy, $5.05@5.30; rough heavy, $4.80@5; light, $5.10@5.421-2; bulk of Sales, $5.10@5.25. Sheep—Receipts 7,000 head; weak; sheep, $3@4.35; lambs, $4.25@4.90. South St. Paul, Aug. 22. — Cattle — Choice butcher cows and heifers, $3.75 @4.25; fair to good, $2.85@3.60; thin cows and canners, $2 @ 2.75; choice butcher steers, $4.75@5.25; fair to good $4.25@4.60; fat bulls, $3.25@3.50; bologna bulls, $2.75@3.10; veal calves, $3.50@5; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@3; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; com- mon and tailings, $1.75@2.25; heifer calves, $2.50@3; good to choice stock- ers and feeders, $3.40@4.10; fair to good, $2@3.25; common and tailings, $2.50 @ 2.90;. steer calves, $3.25 @ 3.80; stock and feeding bulls, $2.75@3; feed cows, $2.50@2.75; stags and oxen, $3@4; milkers and springers, $25@40. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5 @ 5.20; good to prime heavy, $5 @ 5.15; rough heavy, $4.50@4.65; stags and boars, $2@4.60; pigs and skips, $4.25@ 4.50. Sheep—Butcher, thin killers, $2@ $2.50; fair to good fat, $3@3.25; good to choice fat, $3.50@3.90; stock sheep and feeding lambs, common to good, $3@ 3.25; good to choice, $3.25@4; butcher lambs, common to medium, $4@4,25; good to choice, $4.25@4.85; bucks, $2@ 2.75. KILLED BY BURGLARS. Buffalo Lady Murdered and Her Brother Beaten by Thugs. Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 22.—May Fos- burg, the twenty-four-year-old daugh- ter of R. L. Fosburg, a contractor of Buffalo, N. Y., was shot and killed early this morning by a burglar, her prother, F. F. Fosbutg, was badly beaten by one of the men whom he tried to capture. There were three of the burglars and all escaped. Mr. Fosburg is living in this city while engaged on some work for an electri- cal company. Gets Life Sentence. Palestine, Tex., Aug. 22. — Walter ‘Wilkers was convicted of participation in the Humphries lynching which oc- curred in Henderson county in May, 1899, and was sentenced to the peni- tentiary for life. Three other men have received life sentences for the offense. Senator Stewart for McKinley. New York, Aug. 22.—Senator Will- jam M. Stewart of Nevada, called at Republican headquarters yesterday and said he had decided to vote for President McKinley . ‘POWERS IS GUILTY. Such Is the Unanimous Verdict of the Jury. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 21.—'We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, and fix his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for the rest of his natural life.” This was the wording of the verdict in the case of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being an accessory before the fact to the mur- der of William Goebel. The jury re- tired at 1:32, and returned its verdict at 2:23, having been out only fifty- three minutes. Juror Craig stated af- terward that the verdict could have been returned even sooner, but consid- erable time was taken up in reading the instructions. The vote in favor of a life sentence was unanimaus. When the jury retired the belief was general that the jury would fail to agree, and in this opinion the defendant himself was firml yconvinced. When the ver- dict of guilty was returned Powers, for the first time during the weary six weéks of the trial betrayed his feel- ings. Under all of the trying incidents of the trial he had maintained a changeless expression, the same whether things were going favorable or against him. Poweres Is Staggered. The verdict of guilty, however, ap- parently staggered him. He was sit- ting near the door of the jury room, and when the jurors knocked on the door, summoning the sheriff, his face took on an anxious look that was no- ticeable, but did not seem to be partic- ularly apprehensive. When the twelve men filed into the room and took their seats as Clerk Penn*called the roll of jurors, the prisoner did not appear to be more excited than the ‘vast throng of spectators who craned their necks to catch the first intimation of the ver- dict. “Have you made a verdict, gentle- men?” inquired the court. “We have,” the jurors assented, and at the same time Mr. Stone, the fore- man, passed the verdict up to the clerk, who read it aloud. Powers, ways pale, grew ghastly so as the ver- dict was read, and his face betokened great mental anguish. This was only for a few seconds, however, and then, somewhat regaining his composure, he turned to the Misses Dangerfield, who had been in conversation with him, and said: “I was not expecting it; the verdict was unjust.” There was no sort of demonstration following the verdict, and the vast crowd filed out of the court house al- most in silence. Powers remained in the court room for some time after the verdict was rendered in conversation with his attorneys, who will at once move for a new trial, and failing in that, will make an appeal. WORK OF A FIEND. Young Lady Beaten to Death With a Hammer. New York, Aug. 21. — Catherine Scharf, aged twenty-two, was beaten to death with a hammer in her rooms some time between 7 p, m. and mid- night Saturday, the body not being found until early yesterday morning. Her brother made the discovery when he came home after midnight. The ‘woman's body lay in a pool of blood, face downward. Near by on the floor was a bloody hammer and the rooms had been ransacked of everything of value. It is the opinion of the police that a thief entered the house and was surprised in his work by the girl and that he killed her to prevent identifica- tion. ROBERTS’ FIRM STAND, No Mercy for Those Who Break Their Oaths. Pretoria, Aug. 21. — Lord Roberts” proclamation, after reciting the fact that many have broken the oath to maintain neutrality and that the leni- ency extended to the burghers is not appreciated, warns all who break their oath in the future that they will be punished by death, imprisonment or fine. He declares that all burghers in districts occupied by the British, ex- cept those who take the oath will be regarded as prisoners of war and transported, and that buildings on farms where the enemy or his scouts are harbored, will be liable to be razed. SHOT FOLLOWS THE WORD. Cincinnati Man Kills Grocer With Whom He Had Quarreled. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 21. — Joseph Richter, a retired brass founder, shot. and killed George Uchtman, grocer. The two men had a quarrel a week ago and have since quarreled. Yester- day as Uchtman was passing Richter’s house he shouted an offensive message to Richter’s son, which the elder Richter heard. He appeared on the veranda with a_ revolver and shot Uchtman dead. He was arrested. FIERY WALL. Three Men and Many Mules Imprisy oned in Burning Colliery. Mahanoy City, Pa., Aug. 21.—Three men and sixty mules are imprisoned in slope No. 3 of the Lehigh Valley com- pany’s Primrose colliery near here, which has been burning since Friday night. The unfortunate miners are William and George Tomkiss and Charles Initis, and it is feared they have been suffocated. It is not known whether any others are in the mine. TRESTLE BRIDGE IS BURNED. Dastardly Attempt to Wreck a Train in Indian Territory. Eufaula, Ind. T., Aug. 21. — The trestle bridge on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad across the South Canadian river, five miles south, was set on fire and destroyed, apparently in an attempt to ditch the north-bound passenger train. The train was checked just in time to prevent going into the river. Injured by an Explosion. Chicago, Aug. 21.—J. D. Besler, gen- eral superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, was injured yesterday by an explosion of escaping gas in the company’s office building caused by a lighted match, Saved From ‘LLynchers. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 21. — A mob was formed in Warrick county to take Joseph D. Keith from Booneville jail and lynch him. He was spirited away to Evansville. He is charged with the murder of Miss Nora Kiefer.