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Evan and A, 8. Ltelw, one of the leading conftloncn of the city, and more or U-m irluuxly wounding evt-ral othi-r pereom, the negro dealer edo, Itol-rt Cliurl, who killed Captain Day and I'atrolmun Lamb and wounde C'ltltnr .Mora, na amokyl out of hie hiding tdurc lit th h-art of the reel-d'-nci iccilon of the cltj" thle nft.-rnuon m d lld-rully ht to pU-cei. Tri'mendoui vxrltemvnt rt-lgnt d In New Orliin nt ihe buttle went on be tween tho police an-l cltl n and the negro with lil Wlnthee'.vr. After the tragedy vne over and Charlr. una druiu.-d out from the mud and elush In which he hud fallen, with a mob howling for the burning of the body, M.Venu-tiU were made that the man killed una nnt 'reully the deRperudo who had killed Pay and Lamb, but popen found on his x-ron and the fact (hat he fought to deeperately for hll life and ihot no accurately, acem to leave little doubt thai ho was the man. Sergeant Porteou. one of the U-it- known otr.cen on the force, and 8t r- guiit Lally, who haa a record for brav ery, were Informed during the day by a negro that Charle waa In hiding In a h'jui In Clio, netr Saratoga itreet. The officer lummoned a number iff patrolmen to their onlMance and went lo the hoiiM. The negro Informant of the police accompanied the oflbere. They entered a ilde alley leading to the houie and were m-n'ed like Duy and Lamb. The negro waa hidden tehlnd a ecnen and begun a furloui and accurate fir;'. Lally fell with a bullet In hla abdo men, Porteous was ahot through the head and dropped deal jicrona the body of Lally. The other otllcera and tho nigro lied from the aoene. The re port of Charles' Winchester and the fai-i that two oMcera lay bleeding in the yard, ralaed a tremendous exilie ment. Hurry calls were sent to the mayor, chief of police and Colonel Wood, in command of the apeclul m llee, and armed hosts were rushed to the scene. In a little while there waa an immense crowd. Father Flttgerald of St. Johns church wm summoned to administer the ex treme unction to the police officers who were (lyln In the alley. The priest was annolntlng' the body of Forteous, with Alfred Illoomfleld, a young Iniy, standing by hi aide, when Clmrlea again appeared nt the window. The lad saw him and begged the desper ado not to shoot him. The negro, how ever, fired his 'Winchester again, and Rloomfleld fell ded. The priest, un hurt, left the acene, after plucklly per forming the last offices for the dead officers. Time after time Charles came to the window and, as men entered the al ley, he biased away at them. In thla manner Confectioner Leclere, who teas (me o'f the special police aauad, cx-Po-llcemar. Evans, John Banvllle and Geo. H. Lyons were tvounded. Extra police beifan to fire at the negro and he re turned the ftre. Andy Van Kuren, keeper of the police Jail, got a bullet In his body and fell dead. Just after ward H. H. Ball, aged (5, was hit and mortally woundsd. . v Ultimately It wag decided to burn the building In which he was en trenched. Chs,rla was soon smoked out, and as he ran Into the yard was riddled with bullets. After It was cer- Sea Side B VERANDA FURNITURE CHAIRS AND SETTEES , .'A new line of theso just received.-- t Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs, Canvas and Wire Ccts always en Hand. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON I tain that he wu ded the mob dragged j hi body Into the street. There the I police und mob emptied I heir revolver I Into th corps while the son of one or ww munn-rv'l imn sinipei hip e beyond recognition. With great diffi culty the police took the body to tho morgitP, the crowd demanding It be burned in trie puouo quure. NEW OKLKAN8, July 27.-Tho Kltua tlon here thl morning ! much qui -tr and It Is believed that except fr some lnolaled case of disorder the authori ties have the luwlet forces well in hand. The night piuned with compara tive absence of violence, -xc-pt for the atrocious murdr of Hannah Mabry, an aged negress, at ber home at rtosseau street. A mob went to her house ot 1 o'clock this morning, osten sibly to catch a couple of desperate nearroes who were said to reIJe ther. In the house at the lime were Han nah, her 62-year-old husband, a son and an Infant child. The mob broke Into the house and shot the woman, who died on her way to the hoepltal Her son clulms he recognlied two of the murderers and gave their names to tl.e. police. There wers disturbances re ported this morning from various parts of the city. The special police have made a large number of arrests. The city hat be'-n full of .umor of the capture of Charles, tho desperado, who .lew LanJ and Day 'and wounded Morn, but he has not yet been ap prehended. Mayor Capdevlelle remain ed In hi office throughout the night and raid at daybreak that the situation hid very much Improved. Several hun dred negroes have left the city. GOEUEL MURDEfl CASE. ftemtatlonal Testimony Against Power and Governor Taylor. OEOIt'JETOWN. fcy- July 27.-The prosecution placed their star witness, F. W ha r ton 'Golden, on the stand in the Powers' conspiracy trial this af ternoon, and unless their present plans are changed will rest their case to morrow. Golden said It was the pur pose of the men. himself Included, to kid off eonuh Democratic legislators to give the Republicans a majority. Liul W. Hampton, a IU-uUUean mem ber of the- egtiiature from Powers' home county, gave relational testi mony against both Powers and Gover nor Taylor. Hampton testified that Taylor wanted a Republican rr.ob to uurt a fUht in the house and assured him that he ns governor would back them up. PROVEN' BY JAIL-BREAKING. Judge Charge Jury to Consider It Evidence of Guilt LONDON. Mo., July 27. In the trla' of Alexander Jester, charged Uh the murder of Gilbert Gates, thirty years ago, the court In charging the Jury said: "Where a person charged with crime breaks Jail and Intentionally escaped from the officers to avoid trial, such an escape In the absence of qualify- j Ing circumstances raises a preaump- Hon of guilt." j The defense had admitted that Jes- I ter broke out of Mexico Jail. OREGON DOCKED. Captain Wild Reports Her 'Structural , Strength Intact. WASHINGTON, July 2.-The navy department today received the follow ing cablegram from Captain Wilde, commander of the Oregon: "Krue, July 26. Secretary Navy, Washington: Ship docked. Structural strength Intact. WILDE." FAILT'RES FOR THE WEEK. Great Excess Over Corresponding Week 1 of Last Tear. NEW YORK. July 27. Dun's Review will say tomorrow: "Failures, for the week were 231 In the United States against 161 last year, and 23 in Canada against 20 last. year. METAL' MARKET. , NEW YORK. July 27.-SUver, 60 : lead brokers, 395; exchange, 897H 402'4. - WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, July 27. -Wheat, Walla Walla and Va!l;y, B6c. GERMANY WILL GIVE NO QUARTER Emperor Orders Troops to Slay Chinese Without Mercy. RUMORS STILL CONFLICTING Plot is Coactil File l Mislattri by Pre leading Thty ItH Ptkii ladcr Ei con sad Eslire Party Wit Slili by Boxen. LONDON, July 28. Lyman J. Gage's statement, that there Is still hope but that it is constantly diminishing, Is held here to define accurately the sit uation. The Chinese minister In Lon don yesterday received a telegram from 8heng, director of railways and telegraph, to the effect that an Im perial decree In the following terms w as Issued July 24: , "It la fortunate that all the foreign representatives except Caron Von Ket teler are found in safety and unharmed. Provisions in shape of food stuff, vegetables and fruits will be supplied to the legations In order to show our courtesy." Thus, desjlte the dally alternation-of hopes and fears, the reiterated Chinese assertions of the safety of the minis ters fall to carry conviction, and the decision of the United States to delay military measures Is taken as the only possible course to pursue. WASHINGTON, July 27. Unit ss some authentic assurance as to the condi tions of the Americans In Pekln reaches the state department within a day or two the administration is likely to abandon whatever faith it has mani fested thus far in the truthfulness of the Chinese information. The Chinese minister is confident that within that time there will be news from Pekin of a character to soothe the most skeptical, and he Is also confi dent that this will be good news from the American point of view. The state department Is still receptive though looking with growing coldness upon the numerous edicts and telegrams w hich are coming from China, all with out bringing any news. The contributions of the day were from Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai and Cuosul Fowler at Che Foo. So much of these messages as was given out for publication related to the welfare of certain American missionaries whe have been made the subject of inquiry by relatives in this country. The cables mangled these messages, and there is reason to doubt the value of the Information attempted lo be conveyed through them. BERLIN. July 27.-The Lokal Anael ger says that the emperor, when ad dressing his troops at Bremerhaven before they sailed for China, said: "If you close with the enemy, remem ber this: spare nobvJy, make no pris oners. Use your weapons so that for a thousand years hence no Chinaman will dare look askance at any Ger man. Open the way for civilization once and for all." BRUSSELS. July 27. rhe Belgian vice-consul at Tien Tsln, In a dispatch dated Che Foo, July 26, say,s: "It Is persistently reported here (Tien T.sin- that the legations are safe and sound and under the protection ot the. Chlense government." LONDON. July 27. The Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Express says: . "It Is reported here that a large sec tion of the Boxers has revolted against Prince Tuan, alleging that he Is making tools of them for his own ends. "A desperate conflict took place out side Pekln Sunday. Prince Tuan per sonally led his followers, two ot his generals having deserted him. The bat tle lasted several hours and Prince Tuan was defeated and killed." WASHINGTON, July 27. The United States government has absolutely re fused the Chinese proposition to sus pend military operations against Pekln In return for the delivery at Tien Tain of the foreign ministers. BE KLIN, July 27. A dispatch receiv ed here today, dated Tien Tsln, July 24, says: "A messenger who left Pekln Sun day, July 15, brought today to the cus toms ofllce, here uevrs that Prince Chlng's soldiers had been fighting Prince Tuan's troops end hal been de feated. The foreigners were defending themselves In the Northern Cathedra' near the Forbidden City. LONDON, July 27.-Thls mornings reports from Shanghai reiterated the allegation that the surviving members of the diplomatic corps had already left Pekln on their way to Tien Tsln and add that the foreigners are being e-fcorlid by the troop of Jung Lu, commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces. This move Is Hated to be the outcome of very stormy Interviews bv-te-n LI Hung Chang and the foreign consuls and to have been taken In thi- hope of abating the wrath of the poiver and delaying the advance of the allied forces toward Pekln. Advices received from the same sources state that half the foreigners in P?kin have ben killed or wounded or have died as the result of the priva tions they had undergone. Simultan eously com s the following cable dis patch to the Dally Mall: "Shanghai, July 27. A letter Just re ceived here from Sir Claude Macdon aid, dated Pekln, July 6, follows: " 'We are receiving no assistance from the authorities. Three legations are still standing. Including the British. W aluo hold a part of the city walla. The Chinese are shelling us from the city with a three-inch gun and some smaller ones and are sniping us. We may be annihilated any day. Ammuni tion and food are sboft. " 'We would have perished by tbi time only the Chinese are cowards and have no organized plan of attack. If we are not pressed we may be able to hold out a fortnight longer; other wise four days at the utmost, I antici pate only slf?ht resistance to the re lief force.' " Sir Claude concludes by advising the relief force to approach by the eastern gate or by way of the river. The losses of the foreigner In Pekin cp to July 6 were 40 killed and 80 wounded. NEW YORK, July 27.-A dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai says: Th proposal made by the Chinese govemmer.t to the American consul through Tao Tai Sheng that hostili ties against the Chinese should cease upon condition that the foreign min isters were sent under escort to Tien Tsln, appears to be part of a deep laid plan to conceal the date of the massacre and the duplicity of ttie of ficials who, being in possession of the news, suppress?d it. The story will be that the ministers all left Pekin un der a strong escort, but were set upon by a mob of Boxers. It will be an nounced that although the Chinese sol. dlers fought bravely, they were over come and all were massacred. In an Interview which he has had with the American consul here. LI Hung Chang solemnly declared that the ministers In Pekin were all safe. He denied the statement that Kang Yl had been appointed viceroy of Canton. The viceroy of Nankin, Liu Kun Tl, Is himself ignorant whether the minis ters are alive or dead. Liu Kun YI Is determined to preserve order In his provinces, but if any un reasonable fear becomes current of the partition of China being intended, or of personal Injury to the empress dow ager being threatened, the whole of central China will explode. The situ ation is Indeed very precarious. The new expedition for Pekln Is ex pected to leave Tien Tsln Inside of a fortnight. Chinese troops -have retreat, ed from the native city of Tien Tsln and are concentrating at Yuang Tung, on the railway line to Pekln, with the view of opposing the advance of the al lies. NEW YORK, July 27.-A dispatch to the Herald from Canton, July 24. says: Special couriers who have just ar rived at the Yamen of Viceroy Tak Su, bring reports which, If true, confirm th-? previous messages asserting that the ministers are safe In Pekln. The vice roy will tomorrow issue a proclamation to the foreign residents and consuls, worded as follows: "I have the honor to Inform you that I have Just received a message dated the 22d Inst, at Pekln, saying that one of General Yung Lu's Imperial sol diers arrested a runner with a message to the British legation, and that Yung Lu immediately Informed the throne of the fact and ordered the runner back to the legation to Inquire after the health of the ministers. "The British minister replied that all were well and hoped for peace as early as possible. On the following day a deputy from the Tsung 11 Yamun was sent to visit the legations. Not one has been hurt. It Is believed the danger is now over in Pekln and all the minis ters and foreigners are safe. "I was glad when I read this mes sage and' hasten to Inform you to keep you satisfied. TAK SU." It Is eminently proper to say that all parts of the proclamation must be tak en cum grano salis, for it Is the height of folly to trust Chinese officials Implic itly. They regard successful duplicity as the highest attribute a viceroy can possess. Many Chinese frankly declare that the telegrams about the safety of the foreigners In Pekln, received by the two vlcerojs, LI Hung and Tak Su, Yuan Shi Kal and Sheng, are mislead ing. Some persons In the viceregal Ya mpn at Canton insinuate that the min isters have died of hunger. . , Rumors, indeed, are as numerous as they are conflicting. Large sums of money have hen ulntst fruitlessly ex pended In trying to confirm previous oMspatches concerning the foreigners' safety. BOERS HEMMED IN BY ROBERTS British Officer Dies From Expo sure in Fearful Siorm. MRS. PRES. STEYN CAPTL'RCD All Britlih Forces Closing la oi the Boer Railway Commaalcalloa Reopened - African Winter Kills Army Mules and Oxcs. LONDON, July 27. The war otlice has received '.he following dispatch, from Lord Roberts: "French and Hutton continued their pursuit July 23, the former on the east bank, where he could see MldJleburg, and the enemy retiring In great dis order. Night was closing In, rain was falling In torrents and so It waa Im possible to follow. "The night was terrible. In addklon to the rain, a strong east wind made the bivouac most uncomfortable. One officer. I regret to say, died of expos ure, and the mortality anv.ng the mules and oxen was great. The men made light of hardships and were in famous spirits when I saw them. "Hunter has occupied ForierbOrg and, so far as I know, did not suffer c.ny loss. Ha found Mrs. Steyn, wife of the ex-president, and several of our men whom De Wet had captured. "The enemy in the Bethlehem Mils are now closed In upon. Basutoland Is closed to '.hem. Harrtsmlth is the on ly line open, and It will not be easy for them to reach there with guns and wagons. "Broadwood Is still watching Chris tian De Wet, who has taken up a position on the high hills near Relts biug, about seven miles south of the Vaal. "P. De Wet, , a younger , brother of Christian, surrendered at Kroon.tadt' yesterday. "Methuen's column, which reached the Krugersdorp-Potchetstroom rail way, is now moving on Potchetstroom. "Culler reports that the railway was opened to Heidelberg yesterday, giv ing us through communication to Na taL" NEW YORK. July 27.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: South African news, while confused, is reassuring from the British point of view. Lord Roberts has continued his advance to Balmoral, where General Botha established his headquarters few many weeks. The Boers were In full retreat eastward, and Generals French and Hutton were driving the comman does before them on each flank of the railway. Lord Roberts has clearly set an objective point before his. army, and is aiming to drive President Kruger and General Botha from the railway into the Lydenburg district, where they can be starved out at leisure, when the railway communications with Delagoa bay are broken off. News from the Orange River Colony, while indecisive, shows that Generals Hunter and Clements have b.-tn clos ing in upon the remaining Boer force, Intrenched In a natural stronghold, and that while there has been stiff fighting and a repulse of the Sussex regiment, the advantage on the whole has been on the British side. Genera! De Wet evidently had hoped to divert General Hunter from these operations, by breaking through the cordon, but Colonel Broadwood was sent after him, and the bulk of the British force re mained .to complete the entrance of the eastern section of the column, and has captured one strong position and compelled the Boers to evacuate an other. General De Wet is still heading northward, and Sir Redvers Butler's army and General Rundle's division are only partially occupied. The results are not yet positive In any quarter, but the British armies are moving and attacking the Boers with great spirit. The long halt seems to have ended, and the weary English public Is beginning to hope that the close of the campaign Is In sight. BUYING MORE ISLANDS. America Will pay Spain $100,000 for , Clbitu and Cagayen. WASHINGTON July 27.-Arrang.- ments have practically been compk". d for the purchase from Spain by the United States of the islands of Cibltu and Cagayen which were left In Svan- Ish possession by the treaty of Paris: although part of the Philippine archi pelago. It was a year after the signature .f the treaty of Paris before the fact was discovered that In laying down the boundaries the commissioners had ex cluded the Islands of Clbitu anl Caca- yen. Cltlta Is four n.::. , : : ... miles wide and Cagayen Is !!. t by five miles. JlOs.OOO Is the pi Ice to b paid by the United States. I