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Newspaper Page TextTilK MORMNU ASTUItlAN WEhxBSUAl, JUNK 7, 100m. sTona closes at t r. Em PAS? COLGH LAWNS AND DIMITY Headquarters for Dry Goods TOM SHARKEY ISO DEFEATED AT LAST Gus Ruhlin Thoroughly Whips the Giant in New York. FIFTEEN ROUNDS ENOUGH Tie Mi Who Fsagat a Draw With Corbet j If Wipe Of! the PuilUtlc Slate by a .Ha a at Had No SUadlof li the Cbiaplosshlp Class. NEW TORK, June 28. For the first time in hi pugilistic career. Tom Sharkey went down to a decisive de feat tonight in the historic arena of the Seaside Athletic Club at Coney Island, and big Gus Ruhlen, the Ohio pugilist, was the victor. It was a clean knockout after the firteen rounds of fighting that made a memorable ring battle. Save in the matter of aggressiveness, Rhulea led from the face off in every feature of the game and at all times had the fight well In hand. Sharkey did not give up his place in the line of first-class heavyweights without a desperate struggle. Even at the end. when blinded by blows of his powerful opponent and dulled men tally by the battering of his foe. be clung instinctively to the massive frame of the man who was his master. The decisive battle and the unexpect ed result were truly a surprise for the sporting public. No line of form that could be figured gave the Ohoian more than one or two chances. Sharkey had met. and had at least stood off, all the leading heavyweights now in the ring. He was to be a giant in strength, cour ageous to a. point beyond discretion, and aggressive, Ruhlen, on the other hand,. had never made a particularly good showing against any man of repu tation and was regarded as a second rater. ' Hence, there was apathy as to the fight and while there was some spir ited betting, Ruhlin never showed bet ter than 10 to 7 and it w-as even mon ey that he would not last ten rounds. The management, in fact, had decid ed to put the general admission down to $1. There was a big crowd on hand. As the men sparred at the opening it could be seen that Gus showed im proved foot-work and greater clever ness In avoiding punishment. His abil ity In that respect, coupled with his natural advantages, gave him superior ity which he never waived. He also showed fierce punishing power and it was only Sharkey's superb vitality that kept him from defeat earlier in the battle. Sharkey made a wild try with his left, and when he missed Ruhlin caught him on the jaw with his left Ruhlin sprang in and beat the Irishman down to the floor with a volley of punches. The resolute fighter struggled to his feet, and, when Ruhlin came in, clutched him around the waist. Rhulin shook him off and dropped him again. Sharkey scrambled up again and then daggered against the ropes. Sharkey went down for the third time but, with a dogged determination, staggered to his feet. He was blind and unsteady and that last punch put him down. The referee stepped in and ended the contest. Sharkey was helpless. FAMINE AND CHOLERA. Water Famine is Followed in India By Heavy Rains and Disease Government Relieves Distress. NEW YORK, June 26. J. W. Johnson and family, and Mrs. Mary Moyser, missionaries of the Christian Alliance tn India, have Just arrived in New York. Their stations are in the fam-ine-nfTHcted district of Borar, Central India. Mr. Johnson- is . located at Khamagon, a place of about 40,000 in habitants. Mrs. Moyser Is at Akola. Mr. Johnson has !een in Khamagon several years. Speaking of the con ditions In India he said: "When we left India on May 15, six million people were on the government relief llHt. On June 1 we heard that 'bnlpra had broken out. In Ahmeda l.ad, a place of 60,000 people, over 60 died in the course of the week before r,c mrt.id. Wfeca r.-c left, the govern ment was transferring 7000 or 8000 peo Me from nlaee to place because of the lack of drinking water. In my station, 1 m. except Saturday. VALUES .is. on the Lower Columbia. where there are 40.000 people, there were only two wells left with water In them. The people were hauling the water from wells sunk in the bed of a stream never before known to go dry. "Since the last famine three years ago, the government engineers have discovered that the level of the water in the grouni has sunk 15 feet, which is the cause of all the difficulty. The railroad engine at our place is obliged to go 15 miles for water. The railroad companies are building tanks and haul ing water from place to place. "Cholera, smallpox and diarrhea are now following the famine. We heard at Genoa that there had been floods at Bombay. Rains would now be worse than the famine, for they would cause the grass and weeds to spring up. The natives would seise upon this growth as soon as it appeared above the ground and boll and eat the mess. Being In such a famished state, this would have a very disastrous effect upon them. There Is plenty of grain in the country, if the government would only put a lit tle pressure upon the greedy mer chants." CHICAGO. June 26. Lady Curson, vlcerein of India, writing to S. D. El dredge, of the Chicago India Famine Relief Committee, says: "The famine is rn?ator In Its inten sity over the areas afflicted than at any previously recorded visitation. Fewer persons will die, yet Incompara bly more persons are suffering. The absolute failure of the two last autumn and spring harvests and the unprece dented loss of cattle in western and cen tral India makes the task of recupera tion more arduous than on any previous occasion. 'The government has reduced the rate of mortality and even in the worst districts the figures show only a slight excess over the normal rate. The gov ernment has spent J25.000.0OO upon di rect relief, JIO.000,000 upon suspensions and remissions of land revenue, J6, OOt,000 upon advances for the purchase of seed and cattle, and $5,000,000 upon loans to the distressed states. The re lief committee has distributed 12,500,000 through various, channels." CROKER FOR 16 TO L The Tammany Leader and the Dem ocratic Donkey In Harmony. NEW YORK. June 26.-R!chard Cro ker will spend a couple of days at Sen ator Murphy's home in Long Branch leforP his trip to. Kansas City begins. The Tammany leader's physician has advised him to bathe his injured leg In salt wat?r, but he placed no injunction upon his uatiint to abstain from talk ing politics while the bathing is In pro gress, and politics will doubtless play an Important part in the Long Branch visit. By the time the western trip be gins, Mr. Croker hopes to have a plan under way for a coalition of the Tam many and Murphy forces so that when Kansas City Is reached a definite cam paign may be announced. Mr. Croker would not ?ay last night what action he and Senator Murphy had agreed upon, but one of his friends admitted that he was out for 16 to L The two leaders will start for this cltv Friday. With them will go Mr. Croker's physician. Dr. Crorby and his friend, Andrew Freedman. No other New York democrat will be of the party Congressman Sulzor will go west cn Wednesday. Mr. Croker will go down to Tammany Hall this afternoon and have a talk with the district leaders. This talk, it is said, will be for the purpose of arranging final details of the Kansas City trip and will have no political significance. There are five vioe-presidentlal booms, and Tammany men generally are wondering which will receive the most favor from Mr. Croker. The most prominent is that of Congressman Sul zer, who has received assurances of support from delegations from several other states. Elliott Danforth and Dr. John Glrdner are said to be ready to try for the second place. Congressman George B. MoClellan Is another man with a boom, and B. F. Coogan Is another. So far Mr. Croker has refused to indorse any of these booms. Senator Murphy has within the last two or three days developed somp strength as a vice-presidential possibility. COPYRIGHT BILL APPROVED. Vexatious Question Between Eng land and Canada Settled. ' NEW YORK, June 26. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: There will be an important colonial conference today among members of the various chambers for the discus sion of a series of Imperial questions. Apart from this meeting, one vexa 1c yd tious question la already in a fair way to be settled. This Is the Canadian copyright bill, which passed Its second rending In the Dominion parliament. Is accrpted by publishers, authors and the colonial oiTtce, and will receive without doubt the sanction of the Im perial government. George N. Morang, of Toronto. hn explained It to the sat isfaction of the lorvls' committee on copyright, and Professor Mayo con ferred yesterday with the colonial office respecting t. John Murray and the English authors who formerly opposed the Canadian copyright act with the manufacturing clause, now favor It In an amended form. The settlement wlil not violate the essential principles of the Berne agree ment nor raise any qmstion respecting the validity of copyright in the empire. It will enable a British author to make his own contract with a Canadian pub lisher by which a copyright can be se cured for Canada on condition that the book Is printed there. The American manufacturing clause Is converted Into a printing clause, so that plates can be purchased either In London or In New York, and typesetting avoided In Can ada. It Is a compromise which does net violate the Berne principle of an author's control over his property, nor does it Invalidate the Imperial copyright. The Canadian representa tives have presented their case with lucidity and Intelligence, and the Im perial authorities will be greatly re lieved by the settlement. MORE BRITISH BLUNDERS. Lord Roberts Profits by te With drawal of Public Attention From South Africa. NEW YORK. June 26. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Lord Roberts profits by the diver sion of public Interest from South Africa to China. Unpleasant Incidents escape notice and the delay In winding up the campaign Is screened from crit icism. According to the accounts given In the press dispatches of yesterday, the ambuscade of the Yeomanry near Llnd ley was not creditable to the British arms, and details of the capture of a large convoy with an escort of High landers near Hellbron show that a de pressing story was suppressed as long as possible. There has clearly been a good deal of blundering on the British side In the Orange river colony, and there are several mysteries about Heilbron and Llndley and General Run die's campaign which require explana tion. Further particulars of the fighting at Plnnearspoort. to, the northeast of Pretoria, are forwarded by a Leader correspondent The object of the Brit ish operations was to drive General Botha from the position he had taken up. The fighting was continuous for two days, and it was hoped that Gen erals French and Hamilton would be able to entrap the burghers on the following day. It was discovered, how ever, that Botha had In the night ef fected another masterly retreat. The Times' corrsspondent at Kroon stad says that General De Wet Is show ing capable generalship, but is unable to prevent his men from deserting daily. HURRYING RIFLES TO CHINA. War Department Rushing Munitions of War Through to San Francisco. CHICAGO, June 26WTwo carloads of Remington rifles and field ammunition for them, went through Chicago on their way to the Pacific Coast. II was a rush ordar from the war department and probably will be on Its way across the ocean by Saturday, for the use of the marines In the campaign around Tien Tsin and Pekln, The consignment left New York over the Erie and was sent through on a fast freight, arriving at Chicago late In the afternoon. Cars from the Santa Fe road were backed Into the station ready to receive the munitions of war, and as soon as the Erie train stopped the transfer was be gun. Of late months the government has been sending Its soldiers' supplies from San Francisco to Manila by transport on the first and 15th days of each month. But in case of a rush or der, like that of arms and ammunition for a great emergency such as the one In China, the transports will probably not be detained until the usual hailing time. The Express Company officials expect to deliver the cargo In San Francisco Into the hands of the ord nance agent, for storage aboard a transport, about next Saturday. AMERICANS GET CONTRACTS. We Are To Be Especially Favored In the Granting or Contracts For the Chin use-Russian Railway. NEW YORK, June 26.-AdoIf Roth stein, the Russian financier, before sail ing for Europe, raid of the Chinese Eastern Railway: ' Up to the present time we have ex pended some $40,000,000 but before com pletion an additional $100,000,000 will be disbursed. The road will not be com pleted for, I ' should say, quite 15 months, as we find we shall have to oore a tunnel some four and a half miles long on the Russian side of Har bin, the headquarters of the railroad. "The benefits which American man ufacturers will derive in the shape of contracts will be .rjosf Important Mr. Witte, the minister of finance, has as sured me that ie will place no obstacle in the way of contracts being sent to the Unit,;d States, which in diplomatic language I take to .nean he might ob Jeet to the filling of orders In other for eign countries. I am therefore safe In stating that possibly everything re lulred outside Russia will be purchased In this country." QVIGil DEFENDS HIMSELF. Orovenor's Paper Not the Approved Platform. NEW YORK. June 26,-After reading General Groavvnor'a statement last ttlKht, Mr. Qulgg ald: ''The document to which Mr. Groa venor refer was never approved by the sun-committee and was never accepted as a platform. It was a tort of b tract of a much longer document which had been prepared at Washing ton. Neither the longer document nor the ihorter "no was at any time adopt ed by the committee In whole or In part. The points made In tuth of them were severally considered by the committee and conclusions were reached In every case unanimously us to what the sub committee wanted to say, "I was then requested to put together the compulsions which the sub-commit-tee had reached. Th we conclusions were the platform, and there never was any other. , As to the two ' plunks against whl.-h Mr. Grosvenor has di rected hts criticism, I had no more to do with them than to put Into words the decision of the committee." BEACH RICHER THAN NOME. Neighboring Stretch of Beach Yields Each Party 11.000 a Day. SEATTLE, June 26.-The steamer Cottage City arrived here today from Skagway with $200,000 In dust and drafts, and a number of passengers from Dawson City. George Avery anil John Anderson are said to have JoO.000 each with them. 'NOME, Alaska. June 8. via Seattle, June 26. More definite and complete returns have lately been received con cerning the beach strike at Topkuk, 55 miles below Nome. There seems no rtnson to doubt that this Is one of the greatest strikes ever made In this vK-lnlty, as Important as the strike at Nome Itself. Parties of two or three working with ordinary rockers. It Is aid, are taking out $1000 a day. It Is reliably estimated that one stretch of biach six hundred feet long by an average of ninety feet In width hus yielded $475,000 within the past few weeks. NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS. Canada Will Check the Influx of Both Chinese and Japs. OTTAWA. Ont, June 26.-In the house of commons Inst night a bill was reported raising the poll tax on the Chinese from $50 to $100, and also pro viding that for?lgn countries could not send to Canada more Immigrants than the regulations of these countries pro vided. This last provision Is aimed at restraining Japanese Immigration. Very recently the Japanese government made regulations not to permit more than 13 Immigrants to leave there In one month for Canada -and only Ave for the United States. Canada has now made provi sion to see that not more than 12 will land. British Columbia is making a strong protest against Oriental Immigration. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS. Nominate Samuel Alschuler for Gover nor of the State. SPRINGFIELD. 111., June 26,-The Democratic state convention tonight nominated Samuel Alschuler, of Aurora, for governor and adjourned until to morrow when the ticket will be com pleted and a platform adopted. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. June 26.-The Democratic state convention nominat ed Jeff Davis of Pope county for gov ernor. A resolution was offered in structing for David B. Hill, of New York for vice-president. Great demon strations followed and there were cries of "yes" and "no." The Hill contin gent seeming to be In the majority. Under the rules the resolution was re ferred to the committee on resolutions. WHEAT LOWER. Market Still Active But Not Wild as Before. CHICAGO, June 26. The wheat mar-' ket was acMve today but not wild. There was no change in the North western situation. The Dakota and Minnesota renewed their pitiful cries of distress over the ruin of their crops. On the other hand the Liver pool close was 3c under yesterday, and It was declared that the south west would raise 100,000,000 bushels more than last year, an amount nearly sufllclent to make up for shortage oc casioned by the Northwest failure. July closed at 82c, four cents under yester day. PORTLAND, June 26,-Wheat. Walla Walla and Valley, 59 60c. WILL HANDLE THE PRUNE CROP. California Cured Fruit Association Gets an Option on Most of the Yield. SAN JOSE, Cal., June 26.-A num ber of new contra.-ts have reached the headquarters of the California Cured Fruit Association here. A large acre age has been secured since the directors determined to take up the active work of handling this year's big crop, and It Is now certain that before prune pick ing begins more than SO per cent of the yield of the state will be under the control of the association. HEAVY LOSS IN NEW YORK. Coal Bunkers, Ice House and Grain War-houne Destroyed. NEW YORK. June 26. The buildings and trestles of the Coosumers' Coal & Ice Company at Bayonne, occupying an entire city block, were destroyed by fire early this morning with much of their contents, The loss estimated at $IOO,OvH).The buildings destroyed Includ ed a three story e house almost filled with He. In addition to the olhYe buildings, coal shod And trestles and hundreds of tons of coal, the tire ate up A large warehouse full of grain. ' FATAL PARIS ACCIDENT. Drowning of a Girl nt the Exposi tion. NEW YORK. Juno 26.-A dispatch t the Time from Purls miy: A fatal accident has occurred at the exposition In the show known u "Old Purls." Tills stru.'tur U tmllt over the river, mid its a university professor, his wife and daughter were bending over one of the top stories, the balustrade gave way and all three were precipi tated Into the river. The professor mid his wife were fished out sllve, but the iilrl was dead. It was worth noting that not a single Purls paper mentions the affair, because the show Is heavy adrrtlser, PROMINENT WOMAN DEAD. Organiser of the Women's National Promotion of Health Society, CHICAGO. June 26.-Mrs. Ruby K. Scobell, the organiser of the Women' Natloiuil Promotion of Health Society, and who had been Its president since Its organisation three years ago, Is dead nt her home In this city. Mrs. Scobell was born In Toronto, Out., on May 15. 149. BROOKLYN FOR TAKU MANILA. June 27.- The United States cruiser Brooklyn, with 3u0 mar ine from Cavlte, has sailed for Na gasaki, where she will oml and go to Tuku. The United State transport Logan, with the Ninth Infantry and the "nlted States gunboat Princeton will follow tomorrow. COLE WILL MEET COX. Champion Featherweight of Australia to Ilex In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. June M.-The National Athletic Club has matched Willie Cole to box Tommy Cox 20 rounds, ns a preliminary to the Nclll Mtffutt fight. July 13. They will weigh In at 127 pounds. Cox claims to be the champion featherweight of Australia. OBITUARY. One of the Fsmous Fargo Brother Dead In New York. NEW YORK. June 26.-T. B. Fnrgo, brother of J. C. Fargo, president of the American Express Company, and of William O. Fargo, founder of the Well. Fargo Express Company, Is dead at his home In this city, aged 67. COLLEGE PRINCIPAL DIES. Principal of Lukevlew College, Chi cago, Dtad In England. LONDON. June 26. Mr. James Nor ton (principal of the Lukevlew college of Chicago, III.), died at Southampton this morning. BOXER ATROCITIES. History and Details of the Present Up . rising in China. When the steamer Tartar, which ar rived at Victoria the 2:!d. left Yoko hama on June 8, the Boxer rising In North China had already assume! ser ious proportions, and atrocities had been committed by the Boxer hordes, many foreigners had been killed and much property destroyed. The mission aries and Chinese who had Joined the following of the foreign evangelists were those who gave the most victims to the fanatical Boxers as they march ed on In Clil-ll and Shantung towards Pekln, burning, looting and killing ns they went nlonif. It was in the north of the proving of Chl-11 that the uprising b'-gan. The rebels gathered early In May at nn Inn to the north of I'ao-tlng-fu, the principal city of that district, and scion hundreds began to rally around the red-bordered yellow dragon flag. Scon the Boxers were thousands strong, and the march on Pekln commenced the rebels burning, looting and slaying by the way. The reign of terror In North China -the end of which no man can foresee, nor determine how serious will be the complications that are to arise was on. The villages (n the neighborhood of Pao-tlng-fu were the first to go down In the atmosphere of riot, loot and bloodshed. This was at the end of May. At Laoshun, not far from the central city of Chl-11, there was a mas sacre, the village being practically wiped out by the Boxers. Seventy three of the villagers who were known to have been converts to-the Roman Catholic mission were slain with hor rible cruelties, Angers, toes and other portions of their bodies being cut off, and the unfortunates sliced with knives and stabbed about the body with Iron-shod poles while they were yet alive. There were also massacres at Kao-lo, 30 miles from the town of Tslng-Hslen, and at another place 10 miles from Tang-shu. In the latter vlllugo 60 Christians met their death at the hands of the Boxers. They were holding service In the village -chapel when the Boxers marched Into the vil lage, and were killed as they tried to escape when the building had been fired by the rebels. Referring to the massacre at Lao shun, the Pekln correspondent of the Japan Times says: "There has been a terrible massacre by the Boxers at Laoshun, a Roman J ...Tho Esmond Hotel... ? PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRI80N STS. luroMsn pUu.VKMoH.Woer dy, OSCAR ANDERSON, Miir, ? Ainrlrsnltn,l.0Dto$2.00prriUr, J, C, lKNKtU".T, Chlsf Cl"k. THE ASTORIAN.... Delivered nt or residence, Ctthollc village some 70 tulle south west front I'ekln and quite close to I'uotlng-fu, the provincial capital. W have so far received no further par ticular beyond the fact that "3 of the Roiuun Catholic wr killed, be. sides other villager, With shocking barbarity, and the entire village was totally wiped out of existence by the lloxers, The new created a strong Im pression here, and the general fading Is that thl wholesale nmscr I but a prelude of what I to come, even In IV kin Itself. If the lloxer are not tnkni In hand with the uluiost severity, and the policy of encouragement adopted toward them by the Empress Dow a. ger sod the lmM'rtal clan generally put to an en I." At the massacre at the village near Tang-sliu. where the Christian were sluln In their burning church, It seems that (he Christian hud been trapped In the church while holding service by an udvunce crowd of the rebel. 'Die disir were barrlcuded brfore they knew that they were trttplx-d. Non hud arm, and to think of fighting was out of the question. There wa noth ing but tlliiht If way of csiupe could be found, but all hud been closed, and the unfortunute were herded back Into the Munic until there wa nothing left but their charred bodlc lying In the ember In the church. The growing horde divided n Ho y mutched towunls the capital, which, ac cording to luter udvlce by cable, af terward Ml Into their hand. Thry rsvuged Kao-nil. slew the magistrate and some of the townsx-oplv, and drove the German railway engineer on th line near there, back In the rupltal. Then sev.-ral station of the railway leudlng to Pekln were destroy ed, the lust to go down, brfor the ttumer sailed, being that next to Pe kln, which cut off all traffic and com munication between the capital and Tien Tsln. It was then that the power began to land their men at Tien Tln. They had at length combined to bring home to ths Empress Dowager the evil gen lu of China and the Chinese central government a wnse of their sins of omission and commission. It was on Muy 29 thut they came to the deris ion to act In unison. A consular con ference was then convened at Tien Tsln, and It was resolved that the le gation guard be sent on to Pekln ut once. Special train were run for the transport of the murine of the powers. The Amerlcuit landed from the United State warship off Tien Tsln on the afternoon of Muy 30. They were 100 strong, and took ushore two guns, on the duy following BrKuln's contribu tion to the nlll'-s was Innded, and on June 1st Franco and Russia Innded men, who were followed by other pow er. Tho numbers of the allies In the sev eral contingents landed prior tn the sailing of the Tartar were: Jupuuese, )0: Americans, 125; British, 150; French, 100, Russians, l'.iS; nnd Ital ians, 40. Tho Anierl 'un contingent were the first to arrive at I'ekln, reaching thcri on Muy 31, and under the pre text that he had not received any or der from the central government of China, the viceroy of Clil-ll, who was In charge, refused to allow the Ameri cans to enter the capital. On learning of tho refusal, the rep resentatives of the powers Immediately repaired to the Yamen and demanded the transportation of the troops, Prince Chlng rej lied that he would give a definite answer by noon next day, uftcr seeing the Empress Dowager, who wns away nt the summer resort. Upon this the foreign ministers angrily took leave of the Yamen, declaring that should there be made any attempt to prevent the progress of the troops from Tien Tsln they would order up forces strong enough to force their way. They were ultimately obliged to do so. It was the day before the first con tingent lauded that the station ut Fung-tal was burned with the rail way workshops, A number of the en gineers and workmen tried to defend the shops, but they were compelled to retreat In order to save their lives. The Belgian, American and British employees of the line, according to the story telegraphed to Japanese papers, formed a hollow square around their women and children and, armed as they were with rifles, fought a running fight with the following Boxers until they arrived In the vicinity of Tien Tsln. Several were killed, soma of the Japanese papers giving the number ns fifteen. - Day by day, as tho Boxers continue 1 their advance, the throngs of fugitive which lined the arteries of travel lead Ing to Tien Tsln grew larger and larg er, .end ns they arrived, carrying but what they could in their hands of tholr property, the stories of Boxer atroci ties bet;an to pour In. First they told of the deaths of the native Christians, of the massocris of the various vil lages, of the burning of the railway statlonsand works, and of the murder your office Htoro 60c per month. of foreign inlsslonai'l-. two of whonv were cruelly put to death. These unfortunaV were Rev. C. Robinson and N. V. Norman, of the Church of England mission at Yung Chlng. Thdr death! differed little from the atrocious murder of Rev. Mr. llrook,'oitn of the first crime of the lloxer. except that thry did not havo ring passed through their no). Their bodlr wr terribly gashed with knlve and dismembered and disembowelled. At l'tto-ting-fu, on June , when the central town of Chl-11 was taken by the Boxers, the British and American missionaries there and the railway engineer t Italian and Belgians), rm lloyvd In the construction of the tirar by line, went compelled to force tlmlr way through rro.vd of lloxeri In or der to git out of the city, Four of tlo in were killed and four wounded. An armed party had h-ft Tien Tsln, at last advices, to bring In tho survivor. Six foreign engineer from anoth.-r part; of tliB l'o-t!iig-Tlei Tsln line wem killed on June 2, while trying to make tlo lr way down to Tlrn Tsln. By thl time telegram from all over the northern country f-portc-d nggtr slVti attlludi on the part of lloxer mobs, and on all side there was trou-blo-un uprising hud begun such as China ha not seen lm the day of tho Tal'l'lng n-lielllon. and of the dead hero, Chlifse Gordon, The Empress Dowugvr begun Issuing edict ordering the dispersal of Urn mobs, but at the same llm, say mouy of tho Oriental paper, she secrrlly abetted the rising nd assured the Uoxrr of hrr sym pathy with the movement. "She and the lloxer horde, a well ms th so called con 'rvatlv party at the et of the Central Clilnesw government." s the Yokohama correspondent of this Associated I'rrs In letter forwarded by the- Tartar, "evidently rherlsh the Insane Idea that foreigner will be frightened out of the whole country by the formidable number of the insur gents, and being thus countenanced, the rebel are emboldeiird to commit the horrible outrage that were being dally reported. " Continuing, the eorrrspomlciit says: "The sternest mensun are clearly rolled for on the part of the foreign xwer, If China Is to Im dlsauudeit from rushing Into this new form of muilr.es. She Is playing directly Into the hand of hrr enemies, who are waiting for the chance to assist In her dismemberment. It la mi child' play, however, for the fordgn force which are to essay the task. They may. In deed, slay a few ten of million, but hundred of millions will rciiiuln to re new the sit me troubles, t'nless the Empress IoiiKr, the evil genius of China, I removed and nil her following, inch a task will huve to be faced." Another correspondent credit Rus sia with having hud n hand In tho Boxer disturbance to further her own advancement In China. The Pekln correspondent of the North Chlnu Dully News, one of the Shanghai papers, say In n recent letter; "The Itiisslun min ister at Pekln gave a grand bunqucl on the evening of the llth lustunt at the Russian legation, to which were luvlud nearly all the minister of the TsunglJ. Vuim n, only those one or two who were known to bo friendly to Greiil Britain, being absent from the function. It Is reported that the ban quet WUS held to 'rcjnce over the coin plctloii of n sciet understanding be tween the two empires In anticipation of certain movement of other foreign powers against the Boxer agitation.' This explanation comes from reliable Chinese source at Pekln, who also state that the alleged Understanding has made the former power paramount at Pekln, for the present at nny rate." THEN THEY FELT SAD. London Answers. It was the Scottish express, and ns It wo not iluu to stop for another six hours the other nine occupants of the smoker began to get nervous. The tenth passenger, who was sitting In the window corner with a cup pulled over his face, groaned nguln. The kind hearted old gentleman snooslng oppo site unscrewed a Mask of cold tea and passed It to his Afflicted neighbor. He drank long and eagerly. "Do you feel better?" asked the giver. "I do," said he who had groaned. "What ailed you, anyway?" ' "Ailed me?" "Yes; what' made you groan so?" "Gronn! Great Scott, man, I was singing!" , Then a great silence fell on that third-class smoker. DIPLOMACY FOR HOME USE. ' "Oh, yes, I olwnys let my girl go Just as soon as the summer fairly begins." "Why? Do yr.u prefer to do your own work In hot weather?" "No, but It gives mo nn excuse to let my husband know '.hat we can't be visited by any of his people." A wheel In the hand is worth two In the repair shop.