The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1900, Page 2

() —— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900. BL Minnesota Farmer Slaughters His Wife and Four Stepchildren, Sets Fi ings and Is Now Bein —— | | | EAVENWORTH. Kans., Aug. 20.—(the —murderer cmerged = from . the| grlohadigugds” o iS00 store he stood face to face with his | At Farley, a small town across the | SO0 he stood f Dr. er in Missour of Harrington, Farley, drunk and 4 wrongs. killed a wealthy farm- ce, Harrington's Dillingham, Sher- ad by Harry Dili- B ore he was , Harring- neral store er and exchanged fl's son Sheriff firing into & crowd . 1 \gton’s 12-year-old das was forced witness of the dif- b raged stages of the t y n e her with him in his went from place to place on Harrington quarreled ve her from him, He had had words r e fence and Y pairing t w where Wallace p ¢ her wher gilon whipped re- t him twice, once in the heart. Teav- Harrington of Mrs at she knew nothing of Mrs e physician shot her dead Holds Up a Clerk. f his crime mad- he entered and_ ¢ rk annot let you have K I will pay it back,” Jarrington money but The clerk F wd they orc but his cl posse had sely, and as 0O0ODY RECORD FOR A SINGLE DAY Drink-Crazed Physician in Kansas Kills Three Persons and Is i Himself Shot. 1 re to the Farm Build- g Pursued by Sheriff. | weapon and fired entering Dillingham'’s forchead. ton 2 moment later stepped over the body | of the dyving Sheriff and started to run He had gone but a few yards when a shot fro the revolver of Harry Dillingham, - of the Sheriff brought him to the und. Both Sheriff Dillingham and Har- rington dled within a few mirute Annihilates His Family. ST. PAUL, Aug. 2.—A special to the | Dispatch from _Arlington, Minn., says: Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. Theodore Wallart, a farmer living eight miles from here, slaughtered his wife and four stepchildren with a butcher knife | and so badly injured a fifth child that he | {may not recover. The couple had not lived | together happily and recently separated, | and Mrs, Wallart is understood to have steps for getting a divorce. a JUSTIUS STEINBORN, aged 20. HELENA STEINBORN, aged 1€. X STEIN . aged 13. ) STEINBO . aged 10. orn, aged 16, is €0 badly in- may not recover. Baby Teresa Osterman, two years old, who was visit- | ing the family. was uninjured. After com- | the crime Wallart set fire to the | arns, destroving the stables containing | number of horses and cows. About half | a mile from the house he hid his bloody clothing, where it was later discovered. | At last report he was making his way | rd Glencoe. Sherift Gaffke organized | e and is hunting for the murderer. | Killed by a Burglar. mitting PITTSFIELD, . Aug. 20.—Miss May Fosburg, the 23-year-old daughter of R. L. Fosburg, a contractor of Buffalo, N. Y., was shot and killed early this morning by a burglar. Her brother, E. F. Fosburg, was badly beaten by one of the men whom he tried to capiure. There hree of the burglars and all escaped. iving in this city while en- on some work for an electrical ny telephone PO Dee See e 900»0000&0@0-5»00&@4@0«@0@;@0@0@-00?&0—@0@0‘@ S R AR SRCE SO Y ] AS, Tex., Aug. 20.—A ge from Bloomington Grove states ann, a farmer, shot and killed ey. a rich planter, because 1d’ not_consent that McCann i li-year-old daughter. McCann is in ‘jail. | WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 20.—Mr. Huft, | 1 farmer. was shot dead in home in Custer County, OKla- night by some one who open window. The herd said to be the cause of the ind more trouble is feared ! CITY, Mo., Aug. 20.—Earl old. a postoffice em- | ploye killed Mrs." Annie Tyson | and w her hus! at their resi- dence at 1 Vine street to-night. Burnham the Tyson family lived in the same nd had ‘some trouble in re- the pavment of rent, but there no immediate cause for trouble to- Mrs. Tyson was in the back yard when Burnham shot her twice from an upstairs win he first shot striking her in the reast, passing through her lung, and the other striking her in the stomach. Mr, Tyeon rushed to his wife's assistance and | was shot in the shoulder, but not serious. Iy wounded. Burnham was arrested. WORKING HARD N BEHALF OF YOUNG YOUTS Affidavits Assert He Had Nothing to Do With Goebel's Murder. It Is Expected to Prove by Ex-Gov- ernor Taylor and Other Absent Witnesses That the Sten- ographer Is Innocent. BN 2. N, Ky., Aug. 20.—The de- on filed a motion for a til the October term in the H. ¥ the Auditors ) s who was indicted e Is in the Goebel s based on the ill- supported by the , of the illness absence of a sses. An insel issued and of a num- vs he will prove e executive's office solely building and occupants riot. He says that lor and Miller will festify that upon ing the executive office immediately the shooting Youtsey did mot say Goebel had been killed, but that he hat had happened. That estify that there was ry of State's of- . ason will tes- fendant walk up east door of the building after the shootin engaged y wil upon the but said that grounds set up in the af o be considered—that of the defendant. He therefore until next Thursday morning time it would be de- sermined whether Youtsey would be able i0 stand trial During the sparring between the counsel the matter Colonel L. J. Crawford, sxy’s half-brother and leading coun- tel, made the statement that he believed t possible to get all of the absent wit- sesses here in October, including ex-G srpor Taylor. Charles Finiey and R. N. Miller. The venire of jurymen was then i and the defense, through counsel, ed to discharge this venire and sub- e one drawn from the jury wheel. e argument over this was not finished, d Judge Cantrill wiil sit to hear fur- er argument to-morrow. PROMISE OF GOOD CROPS IN CENTRAL INDIA Bowing Is Active and the Necessity for the Free Kitchens Will Soon Disappear. LONDON, Aug. 20.—The Viceroy of In- %a, Lord Curgon of Keddleston, tele- sraphs that the heavy general rainfall has niinuedyin most of the affected tracts, he crops premise well in the central srovinces and Berar. Sowing s active sewhere and the necessity for free hens will shortly disappear. jowever, are still very high eve “holera is prevalent throughout vad and in bay. "1;here are 565,000 people receiving re- GENERAL GORDON ~ STRIKES BACK -~ ATHS CAITCS ‘Gives Reasons for Attending the Blue and Gray ; Reunion. — | Says His Own Conscience Will Be His | Scle Guide in the Future, as It Has Been in the Past. i el | ATLANTA, Ga.,, Aug. 20.—General J. B. | | Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, has prepared a re- | ply to a resolution recently adopted by a camp of Confederate veterans at New Or leans, condemning the Blue and Gray re- union at Atlanta, recommending that no | more similar reunions be held and protest- ing against General Gordon accepting an invitation to the G. A. R. reunion at Chi- cago. The reply is as follows: | KIRKWOOD, Ga., Aug. 20.—To the Confed- | erate Association of the y of the Tennes- see Comrades: A resolution recently adopted by your association at the instance of General Chaleron, criticizing certain acts or supposed acts of mine, entirely escaped my attention it the time of its appearance In the public press, and I have just seen it for the first time. 1 understand this action of your asso- | clation to mean a formal and public notice | that you disapprove of my participation in the | Blue and Gray meeting which recently occurred | in Atlanta; and also, that it means a formal | | Art and public’ protest by your association against my acceptance of an invitation extend. by the Grand Army of the Republic and the executive committee of the citizens of Chi- | cago. The object of this reply to your resolution, which you falled to send me, is not to call in question the right of your association to criticize any official of mine which does Dot meet your appro 1 do wish, however, to state kindly but frankly and plainly that my own conscience and my own conception | of Guty must be my guide in the future as in the past | "As to the courteous and cordial Invitation of both the Grand Army of the Republic and of | the executive committes of Chicago citizens, 1 have to state that I greatly appreciate the compliment paid me by that invitation, and the spirit which prompted it. Circumstances, | | however, rendered it impossible for me to ac- | | copt. and I &0 notified the officers and commit- | tces mearly two months ago when that in- | vitation first reached me. But in this con- | | pection also, T wish to say that I must be the judge, now and hereafter, of the propriety of | accepticn invitations from any section of the | | countrs or any class of my fellow countrymen | “In oraer that there mar pe no possible mis- | | understanding of my position on these and all | | kindred matters, 1 repeat my sole guide must | be my own convictions of duty to this whole | country and to the Southern people, whose | glorious record in all the past, whose tradi. tions, dignity and honmor 1 have endeavored to defend and uphol? at all times In all sections | and under all conditicns. | | “in eonclusion, let it definitely be understood | that so long as Providence permits me to speak | | or labor, T shall continue the efforts which [ 4have made for thirty years in the Interest of | sectional harmony and unity, Whatever I can | do_will assuredly be done for the truth of | hisfory, for justice to the South and to all | sections, for fostering our cherished memories, | for the obliteration of all sectional bitterness | and for the seitlement of all sectional contro- versies on a basis consistent with the honor and the manhood and the self respect of all. T am as ever; fraternally yours, J. B. GORDON, me by NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Judge Wallace of the United States Circult Court this after- noon denied the request of United States | | Attorney Burnett for a revocation of his | | recent order in the Neely case, by which | | Neely was remanded to the custody of the | | Unitea States Marshal pending an appeal | to the United States Supreme Court from | the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. | Judge Wellace said that he would await further developments in the extradition proceedings. —— | Wallace’s Order Stands. ! oot oo foefosfufofocfofeofeefeefoefenfoorte fefeefolonls @ | quent to that date. | from another reliable source that Princes CANADA GAINS NOTHING IN ALASKA BOUNDARY DISPUTE e DGO DD e OBttt e e e et ECY oF STa e (. dc HAY V4 7 - B4 640400000000000404040000000004060600004000000060000e0e00 Special Dispatch to The Cail. EW YORK, Aug. 20.—Senator Ma- T son of Illinois has recently criu- ized Secretary of State Hay be- cause of the provisional bounda: which has been run through the disputed territory in Alaska. Fault is found with the Secretary for having ‘vielded to Great Brital and for having ded to Canada” territory belonging to United States. A correspondent of York Herald called Secretar ¥'s attention to this criticism and re- sted him to make a statement in his own behalf of the attitude of this Govern- ment and the exact effect of the provision- al boundary. This he declined to do. but discussed the entire matter with freedom and without any show of impatience. As a result of his explanation it can be stated that there has been no cession of territory to Canada under the provisionai boundary, just completed in accordance with the terms of the modus vivendi, and there be none. Nor has any sald, done or agreed to by the representa- tives of the United States before, during or since the location of the provisional boundary to weaken the claim of the United States. It is a mere temporary line devised for the practical working of the two governments in their administra- tion—policing, collecting of tariff duties, etc.—of the territory, until the boundary is Ainally determined. The modus vivendl was entered into because of the refusal of the Canadian Com:uissioners to accent any settlement or adjustment except one the | | gested its willingness claim to Dyea and Skaguay if the United States would only permit it to have Pyra- mid Harboer, so that it could have a tidal | hing beer | CHiLKoeT 1| PASS o f pumemt BOUNDARY LINE. MAP SHOWING THE PROVISIONAL BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN ALASKA AND CANADA. it of territory to which it had a perfectly sound title. The contention of Canada was that the boundary followed the continental coast iine ten marine leagues inland, jumping from headland to headland. This would have given them control of all water ac- cess to the gold fields by the Dalton trail. ‘White Pass and Chilkoot Pass; control of all the Lynn Canal and of Dyea and Skaguay. The United States ccntended for the line on all the recent maps, which fol- lowed the winding or sinuosities of the coast, put the Lynn Canal in American territory, and gave to the United States Dyea, Skaguay and Porcupine Creek. The United States felt that it had a substan- tial case and cculd hold its claim. Canada wanted to compromise and sug- te abandon ity entry to the Yukon region. The United States held that compromise was out of the question, as its boundary line was the correct one. . Arbitration was offered. but Secretary Hay refused on the ground that it would have meant an admission that there was a flaw in the contention of the United States.. Meanwhile things were Jn a poor state. This Government sent troops to Dyea and Skaguay. Canada had mounted police in both places. Canadian police were on the streets of Dyea and Skaguay daily and in one of the places Canada had a Government office. It was a sort of no man’s land, or, rather, a land with that this Government felt would deprl\'v' a dual government. Disputes were con- l\N""TE * BouridbArRY o Pass [ | rrovisioNAL. | ALCORDING To MoDuS ViVEND) i CLUMED BY CANADA - | | | | | B e e S R o R B R O R RCIE SEOSR S SR SO | stantly arising. An armed conflict over the enforcement of law or the mainte- | nance of order might arise at any hour. | Therefore, to remove the danger of con- | flict the modus vivend! was entered into. It provided for a line to be fixed by an | officer of the United States Coast Survey and a Canadian astronomer at each of the points at which the disputed country | could be entered. Thuf it was not a com- plete or continuous line from Yukon or | Canadian territory on the east to United | States territory cn the west, but lines in- | dicated by monuments at the White River | Pass, the Chilcoot Pass and along the Kleheeni or Klehinl River an¥ Porcupine Creek, north of the Indian village of Klukwan, these lines only being drawn at | places where access could be had into the country beyond. It was to be merely a | temporary working boundary for the time being, so that each country should know | where It could exercise Its authgrity so long as the arrangement lasted. In the drawing of this line Canada was | put entirely out of the Lynn Canal: driven away from Pyramid Harbor, from Dyea and Skaguay. The Indian town of Klukwan, which Canada claimed, was taken in as American territory. Instead | of having a tidewater port of entry, Can- | ada was deprived of even canal naviga- | tion Into the Klondike. When the extent of concessions made by Canada and the United States is com- pared, it is discovered that Canada has conceded more than 100 miles and the | United States not more than ten miles, | and nothing that the United States has| done has vitlated or weakened its claim, which is even now being pressed. ~ % | 0 ® JAPANESE TROOPS WENT TO GUARD THE PALACE WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The Japanese legation to-day received several impor- tant dispatches giving the fullest and latest information of events in Peking. A telegram dated at Tokio August 19 says: “After entry into Peking was effected by the allied troops the Chinese troaps on August 15 betook themselves to and re- mained in the imperial palace. A body of Japanese troops was told off to guard the palace and there met with obstinate re- sistance by the Chinese troops. Fighting is still going on. The headquarters of the Japanese army is in the legation, and the division is mainly quartered in the vil- lages outside of An-Ting-Men.” A telegram dated the 19th inst., received from the Japanese Foreign Office, gives the following dispateh from -the acting Japanese Consul General at Shanghai: “From Sheng’s statements to me I am inclined to think there is truth in the ru- mor that the Empress Dowager at least, if not the Emperor, too, has left for Si- nanfu via Tao-Ting-Fu, for he told me that some of the Privy Councilors crossed the Lukon bridge on the 12th with banners bearing inscriptions denoting that they formed a part of the imperial escort, and that Lu Chuan Liu, Governor of Kiang Su, sent a telegram on the 14th to the southern Viceroys and Governors direct- ing them to forward all war funds to Shensi. But as an imperial decree was issued on the 13th the departure, if it took place at all, must have been subse- I have also learned Ching, Yung Lu and Kang Yi are still in Peking, though Prince Tuan has followed the Empress Dowager.” A telegram dated the 20th from the Jap- anese Foreign Office says: “The Japanese Consul at Amoy telegraphs as follows August 18: p'It is reported from the inte- rior that at Ting Choufu and Lung Yuen Chou -several Christian chapels were de- stroved by mobs. The anti-Christfan movement appears to be spreading toward the district of Chang Chowfu. ere do ot, however, seem {0 be any foreign mis- onaries in the interior.’ — Prince Ching, referred to as still at Pe- e BRAVE DEFENSE AGAINST TWENTY THOUSAND BOXERS irefecfefod=t IENTSIN, Aug. 7, via Shanghai, Aug. 19.—Father de Hets, a Lazarist missionary, has arrived here. At a village forty miles to the northwest he with 6000 converts held out for six wesks against Boxers armed with rifles and swords. The Morgols numbered 20,000. They intended blinding or killing the whole population. The village officials sent Father de Hets word that he must leave China, but with a few rifles and a small cannon he held or. until General Sung sent word that the Christians would be spared, but that they must disarm and Father de Hets must leave for the coast. corted to General Ma at Peitsan, and had been there for thfee days when Peitsan was taken.” The re- maining converts were given one week’s food by General Sung, acting under orders from Peking. The Boxers obeyed his orders. Prince Tuan is undoubtedly the head of the Boxers. klni. is the Chinese official most friendiy to the foreigners, while Prince Tuan, who is said to “have followed the Empress Dowager, s the head of the anti-foreign element, Yung Lu is probably in com- mand of the imperial forces. : VON WALDERSEE NOW ON THE WAY TO CHINA BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Field Marshal Count vort Waldersee, accompanied by his staff, left Berlin this morning en route for China. Responding to a hurricane of cheers on starting, Count von Waldersee said hu- morously, “We shall try what can be done there." He had great ovations when passing through Leipsic, Ratisbon and Munich. At the Bavarian capital he was welcomed by the Prince Regent. Count von Waldersee takes with him a “‘campaign house” built of an asbestos preparation, light, fireproof and weather- Ot++444444444444+4440 THREE CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE DECAPITATED HANGHAT, Aug. 20.—Official Chinese advices from Peking S say that Hsu Tung and Yi Lien Yuan of the anti-foreign party, and Li Shan, a pro-foreigner, have been decapitated, and that Yung Lu has been imprisoned by Prince Ching. It is ‘added that the Em- peror and Dowager Empress are sixty miles west of Peking, under the constraint of Prince Tuan, Li Hung Chang will go north imme- diately. Hsu Tung was a member of the imperial secretariate and president of the civil board. Li Shan was a member of the ministry of the imperial household. The identity of Yi Lien Yuan cannot be traced. G+ +++ 4+ 444444444444 P T T T Y P YRRy D R S AR 5 il i @ i » He was es- % ! proof, with seven rooms and a bathroom. The papers eriticize Emperor William's address at Cassel last Saturday, when presenting to Count von Waldersee a field marshal's baton. They lay special stress upon the absence of any allusion to the | capture of Peking and to The Hague con- | ference. The Freissinnige Zeitung declares that the Kaiser's explanation that Russia took the initlative in accepting the appointment of Count von Waldersee as head of the united troops in China is at variance with the Russlan official version of the ap- pointment. E ' The demand for &n extra session of the Reichstag is now almost universal. For- eign Office officlals are emphatic in the assertion that England's great interests abundantly justify her landing troops at Shanghai. A semi-officlal account of China's mili- tary resources, just published, says that Herr Krupp has furnished to the Chinese Government since 1595 1634 guns, of which 776 are nine centimeter guns, and that English concerns have furnished 244 me- dium guns and 305 small ones. S thoamtd DENIES STORIES OF RUSSIAN ATROCITIES WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The diplomats connected with the Russian embassy have been annoyed by constant reports attrib- uting atrocity to the Russian troops in China. One of the most notable instances was an alleged interview with Mrs. Anna Drew, wife of E. B. Drew, the chief sec- retary of Sir Robert Hart. As a refuta- tion of the sentiments put in her mouth, Mrs. Drew has addressed the following letter from Chicago under date of August 14 to the Russian Embassador. After the usual opening phrases she says; “We have been living in Tientsin the past year, and I returned from there only last week. Our steamer was besleged with newspaper reporters upon our arrival at San Francisco, and although I was ex- tremely careful in what I sald to them a great many strange things have been put into my mouth by some disagreeable peo- ple. The worst of all was an article which attributed to me the most horrible story | Company | Keneid-Schriever Brewing TORNADO WRECKS MINNESOTA TOWN Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed in Sheboygan. Inky Darkness at Noon Followed by a Terrific Windstorm Which Sweeps Everything Before It, and Accompanied by Torrents of Rain. —_—— ILWAUKEE, Aug. 20.—A special from Sheboygan, Wis., says: A terrific windstorm struck the city | this afternoon. The storm came very suddenly from the north. Eight large buildings were completely wrecked and 200 small houses were blown down. The loss will be more than $300,000. At noon 1t was as dark as night and in- tensely hot. A few moments before 1| o'clock thestorm broke, increasing in force until a tornado was blowing. Person3s were knocked down and fences and signs hurled hundreds of feet. The storm raged for some minutes and passed off to the‘ south. The storm started in the western part of the city, near the cemetery, and | swept down on_to the south side and off into the lake. It was two miles wide and | wrecked everything in its path. It was all over in ten minutes, although it seemed hours to the panic stricken people. Th3 | roof of the large warehouse of the Crocker | was blown off and thrown against the large factory. The bullding | was wrecked and a large stock of chairs was left without protection from the rain | which fell in torrents. | The street car. barns wers wrecked and street cars were smashed to pieces. The | electric wires were all blown down. house of the Company was lifted out of the building and carried over | 150 yards and thrown into the street. It was carried over the huge ventilators of ewery. ne Ameérican Folding Bed Company’s lant was demolished and the sheds in the | glmball & Sons’ brick yards were blown The roof of the malt | down and the debris scattered in every ection. d"’l:hct;‘s:‘nrm struck the South Side Luth- eran Church and the steeple was blown down on two residences, smashing in the roofs. The Fourth Ward School, a beau- tiful building, was completely ‘wrecked, | one side and the front being blown in, (-mxlnfi the roof to {allllnnd crushing the o into the cellar. e piant of the Optenberg & Sonneman | Company was partially wrecked. Several | freight cars standing on the Northwestern Railroad tracks were blown over on their sides. That no one was killed seems almost a | miracle. The wind wrecked build@m; building with the greatest rapidity, =¥ there was little warning of the approach of the storm. The people in every case were out of their homes before the storm struck, and those who were struck by fly- ing debris were only slightly injured. in the factories the empjoyes were in many cases bruised and cut from wreckage. The 5-year-old son of Mrs. Thomas At- kins had a remarkable escape. The house Wwas torn Into shreds and scattered about in the roadway. What was left the house was onl{ about three feet of debris where the building stood. The child was buried under this and wuen found was s(nndlng in a corner with timber piled in front of him in such a manner as to shield him, and he escaped with only bruises. Four box cars in the Chicago and North- western yards were carried off the track and stood stralght on end. Some of the bricks from the Crocker Chair Company warehouse were thrown with such force against the adjacent buildings that they passed through the sides of the buildings, and yet no one was injured. Other portions of the building Crocker Chalr Company wer torn pleces. There Is scarcely a whole of glass left in the tornado district Telephone, electric light and troll wires and poles were torn down street car has not run in the city the storm struck. Sidewalks and were carrfed away like chaff. The principal sufferer is the Crocker Chair Company, “B" factory, roof and top floor carried away, stock badly dam- aged. Loss $250,000. DETROIT, Aug. 20.—The entire lower peninsula of Michigan was swept by a _se- vere electrical storfl this afternoon. Th damage to crops is immense. From all parts of the peninsula come reports of standing grain beaten to the ground and practically ruined. Secores of b struck by lightning and burned w of the to pane y car nd a since trees contents, so that_the lo the f is very heavy. In Detroit the wind at- tained a_velocity of thirty-six miles an hour and hundreds of trees were blown down. The storm swept with nie fury upon the camp which had pitched on the boulevard for the bienr encampment of the Knights of Pyth and razed 1000 of the 1300 tents to ground. of the atrocities committed by the Ru: sian soldiers. I wish to deny these state- ments in full, and as the account has been | copied into many Eastern papers it haal perhaps come to your notice. I feel that at least must tell you how false it ali Is. | In fact, I can from my own experience | during those terrible days of the siege o Tientsin speak only in the highest terms of praise of the Russian soldiers, who un- doubtedly saved our lives on more than | one occasion.” In giving this letter out for publication the Russian embassy wishes it understood that little importance is attributed to the effect of the stories reflecting upon the Russian troops. Were it not that the lady | concerned 13 desirous of correcting the false reports no notice would be taken of them, as the facts themselves are the best refutation of the sensational canards pub- Jished, with the obvious purpose of preju- dicing the American press and people | against the Russians. CONFUSING REPORTS COME FROM SHANGHAI * Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Reports from | Shanghal are so confusing that the Presi- dent is mot able to determine what the truth is. Even Consul General Goodnow, who is usually accurate, has sent con dictory reports as to the situation and in- tentions of the powers, indicating, it is be- lieved, that so many reports are put in circulation there that he is unable to learn the truth. It is believed that equally con- fusing reports are being sent to the Eyro- pean Governments. The administration is trying to get a clear statement of the sit- uation. The report sent to Paris from Shanghal that the United States cruiser New Or- leans was preparing to land marines has not been confirmed by any information received here, and it is not credited. Orders to Captain Green, commanding the | New Orleans, authorize him to land men | if such action is necessary to protect | American interests. He is to exercise his discretion, but he is not to send a land ing party ashore unless in his judgment American interests are in danger. It not belleved here that the situation such as to require the landing of any American force. o STRIVING TO STRIP BRITAIN OF SUPPORT | LONDON, Aug, 2l.—Jullan Ralph in! the Daily Mail this morning quotes “a | diplomat of nigh standing,” whose name is not given, who declares that Russia 1s | vigorously endeavoring to secure Amer- | fcan support and to break the harmeny | existing between the United States and Great Britain. | “England,” say the diplomat in ques- | tion, “has no first-class power - except America which offers her the slightest ground for hoping o friendly hearing o1 er case. ‘The bitter feeling of to-day will generata war against her to-morrow. Russia's plan, which is encouraged by Austria-Hungary, France and Germany, is to strip Great Britain of all support— to leave her naked—before such a war be. gins.” ] RUSSIANS DEFEAT THE : CHINESE IN HARD BATTLE | ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.—General Orloff, chief of staff to the Russian forces | in China, reports to the Russian War Of- | fice the defeat of 7000 Chinese after a hard | fight, the capture of Yukshi pass and the occupation of Meduchei. An imperial ukase has been issued pro- | hibiting the exportation of arms or am munition to China. o LI LA MANGLED IN TRANSMISSION. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The State De- partment received a dispatch from Consul Fowler, dated Chefu, August 15. It re- lates to the massacre of missionaries and others at Pao Ting Fu, which has been referred to a number of times in the press dispatches, and has generally been con- ceded to have occurred on June 3. The first part of the dispatch is so badly mangled in transmission that it is impos- | sible to make much out of it. pubateendd cabuindy WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The State De- | partment is in receipt of a telegram from Levi 8. Wilcox, Consul of the United States at Hankow, China, dated at Shans- hai, August 1S, in which he states that upon the advice of the department he has | removed to Shanghal, as have the other | Arericans who were in Hankow. ——— BOMBARDING FOATIFICATIONS. | BERLIN, Aug. 20.—The Foreign Office | has receivea a dispateh from the German | Consul at Chefu, under to-day’s date, say- | ing the Dowager Empress was believed to be ln{li'dc the palace at Peking. and that al the ‘were still bombarding the forti- fications. | the greatest natural | My Belt is an jdeal rem | can be renewed for any price. DEWET’S FORCES ARE CLOSE TO PRETORIA LONDON, Aug. 21.—Special dispatches from Pretoria announce that eral Dewet bivouac e mile t city al Mah and th engaging h ing The Pretoria dard wiring ye: Lieutenant T charged to kidn (Mon rday day. The public 1 court in a_mod . e that the prisoner was est in wh did, and that the evidenc the court that G: d the The court adjourned til ¢ when the Judge Advocate will The War Office received the atch from Lord Roberts: “lan Hamilton captured two Krupp guns at Oliphant's Nek August 17. Three Brit- ish were wounded. “Hamilton engaged the Boers all August 19 at ekopjes and er. There were f Rundle report d in the Harrismith ~ SAD ERRORS Says Dr. Bennett, Are Often Com- mitted in the Tender Years of Our Youth, Which Result in Manhood's Weaknesses—The Doctor tees His Electrie Belt or Young in E Out for Imitations. Weaknesses of men and women isua result from continued abuses of nature's plain laws. Indis- cretions in tender years and later ex- cesses produce cer- tain private symp- toms and the nerves and glands become affected. The treat- ment must be one that reaches the en- tire organism. This is submitted based 1pon My years of experfence In_treat- ing sexual and other weaknesses of men and women. Drugs cannot cure becau they do not reach the seat of the dis- ease. Electricity is trengthener known to science. It goes away down to the foundation of your disease and removes the cause. ‘Where my Belt Is used to supply electricity I guarantee the cure in every case. I could make a great deal more money if I gave you drugs, but I could not give You value—for drugs cannot and will not cure these humiliat- mortifying Electric Belt | Must not be confounded with cheap elec- tric and so-called electric belts that are being advertised so extensively. Most of them are poor imitations of mine. There is as much difference between my Beilt and the others as hetween, da; have overcome all older style beits—this is an Bres: It has soft, si ered sponge water chamber that cannot and will not burn as do the bare metal electrode all other belts. Ve these bare metal el [ cause blood pofsoning. and perhaps Some concerns try t® imitate my Be overing the bare metal electrodes with a of chamois. Electr covering, but n be renewod W sther and when burned out §§ worthless. Guaranteed one - thin veneering cannot penetrate this gris can. My belt ¢ burned out for only 75 cents 1t you have an old-style belt npon which verdigris has accumulated., or T it gives no current, or if it burns your stomach and back full of holes, f payment for one of mine. Suspen- sory for the pe cure of the private ailments of men free to every male patient. I absolutely guarantee my Belt in every case to cure Lost Manhood, Varicocele Impotency, Sexual Weakness in e sex; restore Shrunken or Undeveloped Organs; cure Rheumatism in every form Kidney, Liver and RBladder Trouble: Chronic Constipation, Nervous and eral Debility, Dyspepsia, all female ( plaints, ete. Call or write to-day. I will send you my books, literature. ete., prepaid, free, for the asking. Consultation and advice wighout cost. Sold only by Dr. Benneit Bastes. Belit Co. Corner Kearny and Post Sts. ‘En- trance 47 Post St. Rooms 5 and 6. e Penmcieca >m-