OREGON JL JLJLJJJ n VOL. XVII. St. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1900. NO. 37. I EVENTS OF THE DAY w.a. , at a h . . epitome oi mo Telegraphic News of the World. TKRSR TICKS FROM VHK WIRES An Interesting Collection of It.im From he Two lfemlaiheree Pres'in J In Con-lenaed Voi-m. The fcirvln envoy are on tlmlr way to Tien Tsin. The Hag o( the alllea float (rum (he I'ekiu Imperial palace. Two uieu went liiimue in De Molne la., on account ol heat. rive men were smothered in a oca I mine at laaaquah, Wash. , Fltaimmoua refused to take f 100,000 to lone hia tight to Kharkey. Foreat lire caused 110,000,000 dam age in Colorado and Wyoming. Seven persons were killed in a freight train collision at henaoio, N. Y, The new treaty with Spain ha lieen Igued by Minister Storer at Madrid. The United Ktates goverumeut haa rejected Li Hung Chang 'a pence terma. Democratlo paper demand the with drawal of American troops Iroui China. 81 x men lout their live by the cav log in ol a well at Guthrie, Oklahoma Chineae viceroy auk that no lndlgul tiea be shown the emiieror aul em press. Intense heat killml (our persona In Kt.Ijoula, where the thurmouieter regie tered UU degrees. The tranaport Sherman h'ft Kan Fran ciaoo (or Nagasaki with 1,000 olllcera and men (or China. Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, ia engaged to I'rince Frederick Adolf, o( Meoklinburg-Schwerlu. fit. Paul's population, aitconling to the United HUtea ceusua, ia 103,082; that of MlnneapollH, SO',718. Keveral Uvea were lout and much property destroyed hy terrific electrical wind and rain Rtqrme in Maryland Colonel Marchand, of Frenx-h Faahoaa (ante, haa been appointed to the general i tall ol the China expeditionary force One fireman dead, (onr injured and 1.10,000 worth of property deatroyed la the work of a firebug in two Urea at Peoria, 111. Oerationa have lieen reaumed at all the factories of the National lilaaa Company at Pittsburg. The reauinp- tion iflves employment to 4,000 ineu. Hoi Bloom, a music' publisher of Chi cago, hai brought auit for 36,000 damagea against the Union restuuiaut and hotel for refuahig to serve him while he waa olad in a shirt waiat and minus a coat. The manager of the res taurant, when qaeationed regarding the refusal, aid that putroua wearing shirt walata would only be served at tables adjoining the main diulng room No person would be permitted to enter the dining room unless wearing a coat. Count von YValdursee started for China. Itonmanla and Bulgaria are on the verge of war. The emperor and empress duwagor have left I'ekiu. Hector Stewart, ot Nevada, will support MoKiuley. A tornado did great damage in aev era I Wisconsin towns. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls left an eatate valued at f'.'BO.OOO. Japanese are beginning to distrust the Coutiuental Kuropeana. Chicago's population as shown by the United States census, is 1,01)8,675. More rebel are reported to have sur- rendered in the United ritutea of Co loin lila. A drnnkea Kansas doctor killed three persona, and was shot dead by a slier iff's son. William M. Johnson, of New Jersey, ncoeeda Perry 1 loath as assiatant postmaster-general. Lord Roberts issued a proclamation proscribing severe penalties fur Boers who violate their oaths. Estimates of the shortage in the PaciHo coast salmon pack vary between 00,000 and 1,000,000 oases. A posofllce employe killed a Kansas C'.ty woman and wounded her husband as a result of quarrel over reut. The Chinese government asks that Conner or some other American be ap pointed to open peace negotiations. The Willamette valley hop crop is practically out of danger. The yield will be heavy and prices i re advancing The state Board of agrioulture orders the erection of 160 additional stalls for livestock exhibit at the state fair at Salem, Or. The reported of the plague In Manila for the two weeks ending July 17, as just reported to the murine hospital aervice, ia seven now cases and five deaths. Oi the new cases four were Filipinos and three Ohinese. Over 6,000 Roumanian Jews are en route to Canada. The majority are penniless. President MoKlnley and the king of Portugal exchanged congratulatory messages over the new direct cable. , II. N. Ross who washed out the first gold in the Black Hills 26 years ago la now the marshal at Custer City 8. D. Statistlos compiled by the Railway Age show that 28 companies control 147,000 mile of railroad in the United State and Canada. LATER NEWS. Largs masse ot Boxen are i'ekiu. till In Chinese rally their forcea and nra. I . . " .. ..... r a m uoic the aino in Pekin. The Russian commander In Pekin forbids communication with Chinese. It was I'rince Turn and not l'rtnot Tuau who was captured by the Japan neae. Three young women were drowned while bathing at Findlay Lake. New York. Boers laid a trap for General Buller'i cavalry and suoueeded In capturing a number. The United Mates will not sacrifice its guaranteed rights and privileges lu China. Food supply at Tien Tain is Insuffi elent for refugee and a famine la iin mluent. Japan haa notified Li Hung Chang thut negotiations will be impossible until plenipotentiaries aooeptable to the power are appointed. The population of New Orleans at announced by the census bureau it 887,104, eagiuat 242,08V in 1890, increase of 45,006, or 18.02 per cent Fire deatroyed the top floor of building lu New Yurk City occupied by llirkemeld-Ntrausi Company, maun facturers of ladies' uuderwear, causing lore of auo,000. Five overturned Ashing smacks were found with all their sails flat on the water in the Gulf of Georgia, 16 milet from Vancouver, B. C, after a gale, and as a result several fishermen were drowned The Yaqui Indians, who have been fighting the Mexican troops in Souora have sued for peace. Two thousand oi the bucks yet under amis refuse to join the tribal noogtiatious, fearing that it means annihilation Twenty thousand packing house em ployea in the big cities of- the country may be thrown out of employment Sep tember 16, ou account of being unabl to secure what they consider an equlta ble adjustment of the wage scale. Joseph Krouke, a butcher in the Ft' lish district of Detroit, Mich., known as "King of 1'olea," a power in poll tics, was accidentally killed in his own ice house by being pinioned between two chunks of ice and frozen to death At II el lien, Mont., thieves stole 96,000 worth of gold from the asaav office of the Jay Hon Id cyanide plaut The gold was in a retort and represent ed a two-weeks clean-up of K A Harsh 'a cyanide mill. The amalgam was red hot when takeu from the office, having just come from the furnace Borula won the $10,000 trotting takes at Ruadville, Mass. The Russian expedition to China consists of 876,000 troop. Wisconsin Democrats and Populists fused on presidential electors Kight thousand lloers, with artillery are assembled at Mauhadodorp, Cables are received announcing the safety of missionaries at Pekin. Carl Smith, the well-known Auieri oau sculptor, died at Copenhagen Two persons were killed and many wounded by a mob at Akron, Ohio. : Amei loans attacked the imperial pal ace in I'ekiu and captured four courts The United States' reply, rejecting the Chinese offer, was sent to Li Hung Chang. Louis U. llohmrioh was nominated fur governor of Wisconsin by the Dem ocrats. The population of Philadelphia, ao cording to the United States census, is 1, 303,097. Three persona wete burned to death at Denver from efforts to kindle a fire with coal oil. An anarchist meeting he'd in Berlin was dispersed by the police, who ar rested the speakers. Captain II. J. Keilly, of the Fifth United Statu artillery, was killed it the assault ou Pekin. United States Consul Fee, at Bom bay, India, reports to the state depart meut that cholera is raging there. United States Marshal Hasey, of Ketchikan, Alaska, shot and killed Dan Robinson, a onunery boss, while the latter was resisting arrest. The vest makers ol New York city have won their strike foi the union scale of wagea and the 10-hour work ing day. The strike affected 2,000 men, women and girls. Fire in the immense elevator of the Amerioau Cereal Company at Akron, Ohio, damaged the plant $76,000. A hundred and fifty thousand bushels of graiu were ruined. King Osoar, of Sweden, has formally agreed to act a arbitrator of the claims (or compensation for losses sustained by British and German subject and Amerioau citizen in Samoa. During the last few weeks duels have caused a perfect slaughter in Italy. A many a foui duelist were killed in one day. During the last year 3,400 duel have been fought in Italy, and 480 -death have resulted. Most of these combats were between army officer and based on the most trivial pretexts. Mr. Samuel Swartwood, wife of a railroad engineer living in Wilkesbarie, Pa., haa just given birth to her 86th baby, 90 of whom are living. Lewis Wilklna, a farmer near St. Paul, think he's the tallest man on earth. He wa bIx feet when 10 year old, and la now 8 feet lla inches. Chaunoey Depew in London denied that American railroad are over capi talised, and aays every business in the United State is healthier than ever before. THE CRISIS IS PAST No More American Troops Will Be Sent to China. THEY WILL BE SENT TO MANILA Abovt 4,000 Are on the Way to the Fa. JCaat-Na Mora righting Km ported la China. Washington, August 26. The import ant development in the Chinese situ ation today was the decision of the government not to send any more troops to China. All the troops at sea, amounting to about 4,000, together with those under order for service in the far Kaat, which have not sailed amounting to about 8,000 more, will he sent to Manila. These troops will sail on the same route, and, upon touching at Nagasaki, will go to Ma nila, unless there are developments iu China not now oxpecled which will make their presence in that country necessary. Secretary Root said today that no more troops were being sent to China, because they were not needed. With the arrival at Taku of the Han cook, and the troops she carried, Gen eral Chaffee, will have 6,000 available men, which is deemed sufficient for all present purpose. The decision of the department waa not based npon any recommendation made by General Chaffee, but upon reports received from 1 him, which made It apparent that no more troop were needed. The announcement of the diversion of the troop was mai'e in the following bulletin, which was posted at the war j department this evening: "The government has decided that unless required by future develop- I menta, no more troops are to be sent to China. Orders have accordingly been cabled to Nagasaki for the Meade, ' which is due there today with four troops Third cavalry, fonr companies ' Fiteentb infantry and company K, bat- j talion of engineers, to proceed directly to Manila. Similar orders will be given to the other troops which are un-1 der orders for China via Nagasaki." It was stated at the department that the encouraging condition in China was the main reason why the orders of today regarding the troops were issued. Beside the troops on the Meade, there are now at sea the Warren, with two squadrons of the Ninth cavalry and re cruits; the Sherman, with one battal ion each of the Second, Fifth and Eighth infantries. The Logan 1 scheduled to sail September 13 with two battalions of the First and one bat talion of the Second infantry. It waa said at the department that 6,000 or 7,000 troops would be affected by the order. A dispatch wa received from Gen eral Chaffee today, dated Pekin, Au gust 30, which wa not in response to the request aeut him a few days ago to ; report the conditions and requirements, General Chaffee did not report further fighting in Pekin, and for that reason the Washington officials feel assured that hostile demonstrations in the Chi nese capital have oeasl (I. The dispatch related largely to transportation condi tions, and stated that the railroad be tween Takn and Pekin could not be used at the present time, as portions of it had been destroyed by the Chinese. General Chaffee will co-operate with tha other commanders in China in reconstructing the road for the use of the allied forces. General Chaffee also reported that the telegraph line which was constructed by the signal corps frvm Tien Tsin to Pekin i fre quently interrupted, being cut, proba bly, by hostile Chinese. American Iron In England. London, August 24. At a meeting of the Bar Iron Association in Birming ham yesterday Sir Benjamin Hinkley, the well-known colliery proprietor and ironmaster, who presided, attributed the high price of iron to the action of the owners. He ridiculed the idea that the Americans, "who are sending a few tons of iron, in reality steel, to this country," were going to oonimand the tiade of tha world. Ebeneier Parks, member of parliament for Cen tral Birmingham, said English value would be brought down in consequence of the Importation of American iron at present prices. The meeting adopted a resolution declaring that American competition waa not serious enough to ustify a reduction of current prioes, and deciding that these must be main taiued until raw material is cheeper. Maaeota Intercepted. San Fratroisoo, August 25. Thiee young boy from Utah, who were on their way to China aa masoots of the Second Infantry, were reclaimed by the polioe today. The youths will be re turned to their relatves. The boy are Lewi Edgar, aged IS year; Conrad Holland, aged 12, and Lawrence Lew- Han, aged 13 years, of Salt Lake City. Holland, who ia the spokesman for the trio, made the follwing statement: The soldiers of the Second infantry stowed us away on their train aa mas oots, and we were to go to China. The plan was to stow us away on the trans port, too, but the police reached us too soon, we want to go on to unma, " Victims of New York Blot. New York, August 84. The British consul in this oity stated today that he haa reoelved 10 complaint from ool- ored men claiming to be British aub jeots who state they were injured in the recent race riot in New York. These men claim to be natives of B rit- ish possession in the West Indies. Rudyard Kipling expresses the opin ion that, though short stories may be made auocessful in youth, the best novel must be written in maturity. IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Americans Altanked the Imparls! Pal ace In Pekin. London, August 34. "Today 1,600 Americans attacked the imperial pal ace," says a dispatch to the Morning Post from Pekin, dated August 16, "and captured four of the courts. The American flag is flying over the im perial granary and the imperial bank has been looted." Describing the relief, the Daily Mail correspondent cables: "August 12, the Tsung 11 Yamun requested a conference with a view to peace. No armistice was granted, however, and that night we endured the longest fusillade of the whole siege. It lasted 12 hours. August 18 the Tsung li Yamun begged to be excused from any conference, saying that the members were too busy. Later they wrote that they had forbidden firing od us and would court-martial any whe disobeyed. During the evening many shells fell in the legation grounds.' the Daily Chronicle publishes an interview with the Japanese ministei in London, which lepresent him ai having said: "The empress ia the heart and sou of China. As long as she lives, so long as she remains in China, whether the supreme power ia taken from her oi not, she will always be the greatest force, the one above all other to b reckoned with. The difficulty will be to get any one who can speak for her. I fear that the power must oome to a final understanding quickly. Riots, anarchv, bloodshed and misery through' out China will be the inevitable result of the policy that does not immediately disclose itself. The government must be re-established." The Jaapnese envov expressed hit approval of the reported American sug gestion regarding a conference of the powers and said he believed that satis factory pecuniary compensation could be secured, despite the fact that the revenue are pledged. Field Marshal von Waldersee, ex presses the opinion that his labors in China will be of long duration, "ai pacification will be a difficult under taking." Three hundred and seventy-five thousand Russian troops are already in the far East or already on the way there by laud and aea and under orders to embark. BOER FORCES MASSED. Eight Thousand of Them Ara Gathered at Mlchadodorp. Twyeelaar, August 24. Tbrougl secret intelligence agents, the British authoritiea learn that General Louii Botha, the commander-in-chief of the Boer foores; General Lucas Meyer, the commander of the Orange Free State forces, and General Schalkburger, vice-president of the Transvaal repub lic, with 8,000 Boers, have assembled at Machadodorp (generally understood to be the headquarter of President Kruger, on the Pretoria-Delagoa bay raili-omlt. with the whnln KftAr nrtii, lery, including the heavy pieces form' erly at Pretoria. Pretoria Plotter Convicted. Pretoria, August 24. The trial o. Lieutenant Cordua, formerly of the Transvaal artillery, on charge of beinf concerned in the plot to kidnap Gen eral Lord Roberts, wa concluded to day. The prisoner was found guilty of all the counts in the indictment against bim, but sentence was deferred untii the findings of the court shall have been confirmed by Lord Roberts. Colonel Godfrey, the judge, in sum uiiug up, caused a sensation by declar ing thut a violation of parole was pun ishable with death. Hia speech, which dilated on the weakness and vaguenesi of the prisoners' defense, was listenec to with profound interest by the audi ence, whioh was mostly composed bj men of Dutch birth. A period of il minutes was occupied in considering the verdict. Motorinan Responsible. St. Louis, August 24. In a verdict rendered today the coroner' jury, which has been hearing an inquest ovei the remains of Blanche E. Skeele, whe waa beheaded in an accident on the Transit line Sunday, finds Motormat W. 11. Gilberto guilty of criminal oar lessness. Gilberto was locked np by the police. A crowd of South siden who saw the accident made an attempt to lynch the motorman Sunday, but he escaped. Eaportatlona From Cuba. Washington, August 84. According to a statement made today by the di vision of customs and insular affairs ol the war department, the total exporta tiona from Cuba through the port ol Havana for the seven months endin July 81, 1900. was 916.608,608, ai against 116,796,971 for the same period last year, a decrease of $98,366. The total exports from Havana for the mouth of July alone were $3,237,' 864. Dakota Crops Damaged. St. Paul, Minn., August 82. Spe oials to the Dispatch tell ol heavy dam age to property and crops in North Da kota by severe electrio storm. Af Nicho'son, Towel and other placet many buildings were wrecked and can lifted from the track by the fierce wind. The rainfall was over twe inches. Boiler Kxploalon Glenford, O., August 83. Manna Helsford'e sawmill boiler exploded to day, killing Lavlga Dupler, Else Winegartner and a man named Mo- Laughlln. The bodies were horribly mutilated and blown a great distance. The owner of the mill wa seriously injured. The cause of the aooident ii unknown. The transport Strathgyle left Sat Francisco for China with 763 horse foi the use of the army in the Orient. IN ANOTHER BATTLE Americans Help Defeat Box ers Near Tien Tsin. 1 CRUSHING DEFEAT INFLICTED Contradictor? Reports aa to the Whin atbouta of thai Empress Danpr ' Karl LI Converted. London, August 27. Five hundred American troops participated in a sig nal defeat ot Boxers outside Tien Tsin, August 19. The fact is briefly report ed from Vienna. Details of the en gagement came from the Renter agent at Tien Tsin in a dispatch dated Au gust 20. In addition to the Ameri cans, the force consisted of S75 British and 300 Japanese, all under the Brit ish general, Dorward. The fight took place at a village six miles southwest of Tien Tsin, where the allied forces found a considerable number of Box- era, whom they engaged, killins over 300 and taking 64 wounded prisoners, who were sent to the hospitals of the allies. The village was burned. The Americans had five wounded, the Ja panese six and the British none. Hundreds of Boxers' flags', spear and swords were captured. From Shanghai comes a report, anal ified by the assertion that it is from purely Chinese sources, that the em press dowager, after proceeding one day' journey from Pekin, became ter rified at the looting by General Tuns Fun Siang' troops and went back to Pekin. A Chinese telegram from Siuan Fu saya that Prince Tuan ha been cap tured by a detachment of the allies. Other Chinese messages record the formation of a provisional government in Pekin by the allies, but this ap pear to be a purely military measure and merely an elaboration of the fcheme for dividing the city into sec tions for police purposes. Li Hung Chang has received word that the allies entered Pekin easily be cause the troops of General Tung Fun Siang utterly refused to face the allies. According to the Shanghai correspond ent of the Daily Express, Earl Li. re cognizing the futility of an attempt to drive the foreigners from China, now proteases conversion to reform princi ples. Old Man Still Game. New York. August 27. "Whipped into insensibility in less than two rounds," ia the story in brief of Tom Sharkey's meeting with Bob Fitzsim mons at the Coney Island Sporting Club tonight, Fitzsimmons was the victor, Sharkey wa the loser. Fitas aimmons said all along that when an opportunity presented itself he would prove conclusively that ha was Shar key's superior and settle accounts for the injustice done him when he met Sharkev in California four vnnra Sharkey waa eonnallv ,nfitnt tht be would prove to be Fitzsimmons master in the ring, but the result of tonight's battle and the brevity of it proved that Fitzsimmons ia still great fighter and able to beat the best of the heavyweights. He has beaten Corbett, Ruhlin and Sharkey. A Han Franelaco Boyeutt. San Francisco, August 27. The Building Trades Council, representing 28 trade orgainzuttons, has ordered a general boycott of all goods turned out by nine-hour planing mills. The ac tion is the result of the millownera' peremptory declaration that under no circumstances would they consent to arbitration or accede to the demands of the employes for an eight-hour work day. Resolutions declaring the nine- hour mills unfair and ordering the tmrin i,in,, tomfnao r "hanHi !, or work on anv building where unfair mill work constitutes a oart of the ' structure," hare been adopted by a unanimous vote of the council. Oinahaa Population. Washnigtoni August 27. The popu lation of the city of Ohaha, Neb., ao ording to the official aooount of the eturn of the twelfth census is 102,555 for 1900 against 140,453 in 1890. These figures show for the oity as a whole a decrease in population of 87,- 497 or 26.78 per cent from 1890 to 1900. The population in 1880 waJ 80.518, showing aninrcease of 109,934, or 360.23 per cent from 1880 to 1890. Electrlonl Storm. St. Joseph, Mich., August 37. The worst electrical storm of years btruck here early today. The steeple of the Lutheran ohurch was splintered by lightning, and 10 barns, a few mile south of here, containing the season's harvest, were also struck, and it is re ported, were burned to the ground. A huge wave, like that which reoently visited Chicago, advanced 10 feet np the shore, washing away a number of small boats and thousands of feet of lumber. Statue of Apollo Found. Athens, August 27. A magnificent marble statue of Apollo, life Bize, has been discovered in this vicinity. Its workmanship is of the fifth century, B. C, and it is believed to be the first in existenoe. Archaeologists are delight ed at this important discovery. Lightning Killed Children. Milwaukee, August 27. During an other storm tonight two children ot Charles Zunker were killed by a bolt of lightning while at play in a barn on their father's farm, two miles north of the city. The county hospital was struck hy lightning ahd a section of the root torn away. The population ol Indianapolis is 169.164, against 105,430 in 1890, an increase ot 63,728, or 40.44 per cent. TRAVELING mars DAY They Have Planned a Great Parade for Sent 8m Portland Carnival Will Be a Big Rneeeaa by the Men Who Never. Know Detent la Their Unilr Bu.ln.ia They Want Their Customers to Join Them. Portland, August 87. It is now conceded fact that Traveling Men's Day at the hike' carnival, to be held in Portland, will be one of the greatest Utractiona of the fat. September has been set as Travelers' Day. and ivery traveling man in the Northwest will be in line in one of the most uniqne and instructive parades ever witnessed on any street. Each travel' Ing mau will be decked out in a linen duster, wearing a white crush hat with a blue ribbon band and carrying umbrella. There will be at least 1,000 f them in line. There will also be jumerous fleets, each representing the traveling men of the different oen turies, from the loth to the present date, with elaborate costumes suited for the occasion. They will also show the different method by which they travel, including the pack mule, stage coaches, buckboards, freight trains and Pullman car. The hotel accomoda tioas which they have to contend with will not be left out of this parade. It is the desire of the travelers and alio of the houses they represent, that all of their customers and friends be pres ent that day so they can see the travel ing man in hi every day trials, show ing both the good and bad of their trips. The boys are making special preparation to treat their customer and friends in a royal way. GENERAL CHICAGO STRIKE. The Plan Is to Tie Up Building; Opera tlona In the City. Chicago, August 27. Unless the plans of the leaders miscarry every un ion man connected with the Building Irades Council will be called out on strike before Labor Day. ine plumoers have already been or dered out and the intention is that all other unions whose men are working sha'.l follow suit. Owing to increased activity in the building trades within the last few days, many nnion men have been put to work, in some places with the consent of the business agents, and it is the purpose of the unions to stop the work wherever the bosses be lieved they had won a victory and show them that the tabor organizations are still in the fight. The business agent of one of the largest unions said: "Contractors have oome to believe that it is comparatively easy sailing for them now, and accordingly have been i andertaikng some large job with the idea that there would be no further I trouble from the union. They will find to their disgust that many of the ' men whom they supposed to be non , onion men have become members of the unions and they will sipmly be nnable to do any work. It is the only thing that i left the union unless they pro pose to give np their 'fight. The idea of helping the contractors along the! jobs has been a mistake which ia gen srally recognized now and they will Snd there is a lot of fight left among the men yet. AN ALL-DAY ENGAGEMENT. right Between QrobUr'a and Baden . Powel's Forcea. London, August 27. Lord Roberta reports aa follows: "Boiler's division marched to Van wyck'a Vlei, 16 miles south of Belfast, yesterday. His casualties were 20. "Paget reports from Hammanskraal that Baden-Powell engaged Grobler's ' gnrd all day yesterday. Grobler "! anX ' nnaar n Baden-Powell occupied the rail waa uiivwi uau U Ui XAlinnr river. way I station of that name. Daring the tight Baden-Powell's advance and that of the enemy galloped into each other, the Rhodeaians losing Colonel Spreck- ley and lour men killed and seven wounded. Many of the Boers were killed or wounded. They were at Cy ferknile this morning. Plnmer and Hickman were closely pursuing them. "It seems certain thatDewet finding it hopeless to make hia way eastward ha recrossed the Magaliesberg with a few wounded, with the intention of re- turning to the Orange River colony. He was in a very different condition from that when he left Bethlehem with six or eight guns and 2,000 men. His guns have mostly been buried and hit personal followers cannot be more than 800. War May Be Averted. London, August 87. Numerous dis patches appear in the morning papers regarding the Bulgaro-Roumanian situ ation, growing out of the demand of Roumania for the suppression of the Macedonian revolutionary committees whose headquarter are at Sofia. What appears to be the most reliable summary of the latest developments comes frm the Vienna correspondent of the Standard who says: "The convio tion prevails that the eonfliot between Roumania and Bulgaria has now lost much of its acuteness, and that In the end Bulgaria will satisfy the Rouman ian demands." New Orbleans, August 27. Sam Fields, a young negro, waa shot tc deat by a mob of white men last night near Whitehall, in Livingstone parish. Fields had attempted an assault on Mrs. Peter Poohe. Jamesville, Wis., August 37. A ter rific hail, wind and rain storm visited this section this afternoon. Several farm buildlings were destroyed, and whole fields of tobacco are cut U piece. The, damage la estimated af $100,000 --- TO ATTACK THE ALLIES Chinese Reported Rallying Their Forces at Pekin. HAVE 9,000 TROOPS AND 15 GUNS Russian and Japanese Cavalry Were Kxpected to Eneounlir The a ' SeTeral Day a Ago. Washington, August 28. A dispatch received at the Japanese legation today from the foreign office of Japan, con veying the latest and most authentic information of the situation in and around Pekin. In a measure the ad vices were of a disquieting nature as they indicated that the Chinese had rallied their forcea and weie preparing for an attack upon the allies in I'ekiu. If it should prove tbat the allied forces were besieged in Pekin it would ac count for the lack of advices from Geu eial Chaffee. As made public by Min ister Takabira the dispatch from the Japanese foreign office at Toltio is as follows: "An official telegram, dated Pekin, ' August 18, was received at Tokli from General Yamaguchi, commander of the Japanese forces, to the following effect: 'The capital ia now entirely cleared of the enemy. A cavalry regiment which had been sent to Wan Shau Sban (where the empress dowager's palace is located), report that the imperial family, who bad left Pekin August 14, started, after a short rest at Wan Shau Shan for the west, and were under the escort of General Maa and hia troops, consist Ing of only about 500 horsemen and 20 carts. The Japanese forces oc cupied the treasury department, in which over 2,000,000 taels in silver and a large quantity of rice were found.' "Another telegraphic dispatch, dated Taku, August 23, states that as the Chinese troops and Boxers, who bad gathered at Nan Yuen, were about to attack the foreign forces at Pekin, Ja panese and Russian cavalry were ex pected to encounter them on the 20th. The dispatch iuither states that Chi nese infantry, 9,000 strong, with 15 guns, are advancing from Sban Tung to make a rear attack on the allies." A copy of the dispatch was transmit ted to Actins Secretary Adee, at tho department of state and by him fur nished to the president. While the newa of a possible rear attack upon the comparatively small force of the allies waa not received with snrpiise, gener ally, it was not regarded as serious, aa the foreign forces are believed to be abundantly able to take care of them selves against any force of Chinese likely to be sent againtt tbem. LOST IN A DESERT. Three Hen Found Perishing Because of Lack of Water. El Paso, Texas, August 28. Three men, who had almost perished from thirst, have been found in the desert near the Goleran church, 60 miles north ot 1 Paso. One of the men is Professor R. H. Cook, who recently came to this city from the East The men left Almo Gordo, N. M., on bicy cles, Thursday, bound for El Paso. They took the overland road through the Tularosa valley. On that route there is a desert of sand 70 miles wide. ' When the men bad gone about 30 miles their bicycles broke down and they had to walk. One of the men leahed the Clorean church, but had to be treated for several hours befpre he could speak. He then told of hi? comrades. Two. men with jugs of water tied on their saddles went back in search of the missing men. One waa found 15 miles away exhausted and unconscious lu the sand and waa brought to the ranch. The other, Protessor Cook, was found 80 miles further away in spasms and would probably have died in an hour had he not received water. All the men are now in a critical condition. The names of the other two men were not learned. Morocco Asked to Pay. Tangier, Morooco, August 88. A United States warship has arrived here to suppoit the claim arising out of the marder last June of Marcus Essagin, naturalized American citizen, who was the manager ot a rrenon nrin. Essagin, while riding on horseback. jolted against the mule of a Morocco priest. A dispute ensued, during which Essgin, in self-defense, drew bis revolver and fired, wounding a native. This waa a signal for a general attack upon the American, who received doz ens of knife wounds and whose body was burned, according to some ac counts, before life was extinct. Cut by a Negro. St. Joseph, Mo., August 28. An unknown negro boy probably fatally slashed Angus Morrison, superintend ent of bridges for the Chicago Gi eat Western railway, tonight, aa be was hurringy to oatoh a train. Morrison's throat was cut, probably with a razor. Morrison can give no reason for the ssanlt, unless it is beoause he acci dentally brushed against the negro. The empress dowager, the emperor and the Chinese court have fled to the province of Shen Si. Attacked by Boodluma. St. Joseph, Mo., Angust 28. Be cause St. Joseph did not win both bull game today, a gang of hoodlums were angered and assaulted Umpire Dick Ebright for calling out a player at first base during the eighth inning. Tha police could not, or would not, prevent disgraceful scene. Ebright and the Denvei players were pelted with mis sies and fled to point of aafety. Pitcher Schmidt, of Denver, felled several member ol the mob with a club.