The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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A PRETTY GOOD WORLD.
Pretty good world if you take it all round—
Pretty good world, good i eople!
Better be on than be under the ground—
Pretty good world, good people!
Better be here where the skit s are blue
Ks the eyes of your sweetheart a-smilin' at
you—
Better than lyln* 'neath daisies and dew-
Pretty good world, good people!
T '
I or
Hut the demands of war, self-preserva-
I tion, pride, and the safety of others leave
; little latitude for the sentiment of pity in
! time of action. Had 1 in anger alone dis-
Pretty good world with its hopes and its 1 J' iuted the groaning man iny conscience
fears— I (which, thank Clod, has never been scared
Pretty good world, good people! ! into inactivity) might hive upbraided me,
aun twinkles bright through the rain of its but now 1 felt no great pang of remorse as
i I sprang up the ladder, calling the two to
! follow.
If the plucky resistance
from him and met with little opposition I Hut, thoujrh the Phantom's anti«'s were
resistance. Holding him for a brief reduced in violence and we existed in coin-
space, that my power might impress his | parative comfort, the sch oner was far from
companions as well as himself, 1 dropped
him, and he sank to the deck with a moan
that made me almost regret my act.
tears-
Pretty good world, good people!
Better be here, where the pathway you
know—
SVhere the thorn's in the garden where
sweet roses grow,
Than to rest where you feel not the fall o*
the snow-
Pretty good world, good people!
Pretty good world! I.et us sing It that
wart-
Pretty ftood world, good people!
Make up your mind that you're in it to
stay—
At least, for a season, good people!
Pretty good world, with its dark and its
bright-
Pretty good world, with its love and its
light;
Sing it that way till you whisper: "Good-
nlght!"—
Pretty good world, good people!
P. Ii. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
f the disabled
seaman had impressed the others, such im-
pression seemed to have disappeared as they
came with me into the air above. Like owls
suddenly brought into sunshine, tlicy
blinked in the now broadened li^lit, and,
hanging on to the halyards of the foremast,
gazed with plain interest at the tumult
about them. Sailors though they were, 1
would have wagered that never had they
faced such a sight from so smal
being be ure, since the whole seas that rose
anil combed over the bows threatened again
and again to swamp the craft, for, ere her
■cuppers could relieve ber oi the terrible
weight of water from one wave, another
would follow and tear aft, at times driving
her bow fairly under. There was nothing
to do but knock away gre.it sections of the
bulwarks to give free drainage to the Hood,
and, this done, we could but stand and wait
for what late had in store.
It was when we were thus driven to in
action that one life waslo^t. 1 w is stand-
ing by the wheel, drenched, exhausted, and
fu.-t falling into my former state of dull
apathy. The galley doors had been fastened
t,. keep out the water, and the forecastle
hatch was closed, though net secured. Larry
and the New Bedford man were cloee to
me, crouched in the lee cabin house, logo
forward was to court death, and, though
the quarter was no place for a seaman oft
duty, all attempts at discipline and sea eli-
--LANCEL
By CHAUNCY C. MOTCHkISS
fCopyright, 1897. by D. Appleton & Co.
rights reserved.]
C
i'TKU XXV.—Continin .
1 looked sharply at the third man, ex-
pecting some word from him, but he shifted
liis eye from mine, giving me something like
i sneer and shrugging his bony shoulders,
but vouchsafing nothing in the way of
words. He was a dogged looking fascal,
with a broad, red scar across nose and
check, a saber slash without doubt. Raw-
boned and light of weight, he looked like a
sleeping «at. as he lolled against the up-
right, his lack of brute strength probably
balanced by great activity.
"Come, lads!" said T, ignoring the attitude
<.f the silent man, "I'll be frank with you.
I'm Donald Thorndyke, of the American
forces. The schooner was taken by me sin-
gle-handed, and the Sprite is beyond all
bearings. Lounsburv is overboard, there
are two sick in the cabin, and the surgeon is
at my mercy. So are you if you abide not
by the terms 1 oiler. The schooner is in
danger, and unless you turn out 'tis like
you'll find the forecastle a coffin. If 1 make
no mistake, we're in for a waft that will
come nigh to blowing us out of water if we
don't roll our spars out before. (let on deck
and work the schooner under my command
until we make Holmes Hole in the \ ine-
yard, an' when you set foot ashore you are
free men. 1 have no rations and no water.
The scuttle butt has launched itself over-
board, and I am afraid of the supply in the
forehold. There's not a shilling in it for any
of you, but 'tis a fair way of escaping the
king's navy without deserting, for I'll put
you on parole. I tell you, lads, I'm a bad
one to foul, but you'll find I have an easy
helm and never miss stays if handled hon-
•estly. Now choose betwixt this hole and
the deck, and choose in a hurry! If you are
to save neck and freedom, throw down your
knives as a sign; I've no more time to
waste."
The two who had spoken looked askant
each at the other, and the knife of the
original spokesman fell to the deck. As the
hand of the Yankee sought the sheath the
third man spoke, unfolding his arms and
scowling like thunder as he gave vent to his
words.
"Ye two be domned fools to be trustin'
a rebel an' runnin' yez head into th' noose,
lie yez a couple o' babbys not to mark his
firearm is useless wi' th' wet? 'Ee's in our
'amis! Wot's to 'inder our takin' the craft
an' gettin' th' price that lies on the 'ead of
this 'ere—"
lie got no further. I strode up to him
and snapped my fingers in his face, then,
thrusting my eyes close to his, I thundered:
"On deck with ye, ye blatherskite! I'll
see that ye sing a tune with old iron in it
ere sunrise to-morrow! On deck, I tell ye!"
Notwithstanding the din already exist-
ing in the forecastle, my voice rose fur above
it, its violence and the suddenness of my
move making the man shrink back as though
frightened. But he was not cowed. Gather-
ing himself, he uttered a curse and sprang
past me, placing himself 'twist me and the
ladder; then whipping out his knife, he
■called aloud to his companions:
"Take th' chance, lads, while yet we 'ave
'im! 'Twill be th' makin' o' us, an'
fifty puns to each! Stand by, bullies! we'll
make meat o' th' cussed spy!—Up, Larry,
an' close the 'atch on 'im! I'll 'old the
gangway
His action and outspoken hostility was
so sudden as to take me by surprise, and,
had the others responded to his call, it
would surely have gone hard with me. But
instead of springing to the succor of their
mate, tlu"V remained standing as though the
•quick shifting of the situation had for the
moment dazed them. The earnestness of
the fellow's purpose showed in the rapid
change that came over his face. From a
sulky expression it had altered to one of
wide-awake ferocity, and the listless droop
of arms and shoulders giv n place to tense
muscles and rounded chest, through the
hairiness of which the perspiration stood
out in beads.
Kven with this menace before me I could
but think what a simple fool the man was.
Instead of quietly following my lead and
getting me at a disadvantage, he had chosen
to beard me against the odds of my cutlass
and the lukewurmness of his mates. At the
same time, it was no case for argument, nor
would it do to temporize an instant. Kre
the promise of reward for my capture or the
easy chance to regain control of the schoon-
er could act upon the slowly moving minds
of the well-disposed seamen, 1 had nipped
the mutiny (if it could be so called), and had
the ringleader begging for mercy.
Without drawing my cutlass, I advanced
upon the fellow as though to close with him.
1 mind me now that he was left-handed, and,
as the fist holding the knife swayed aloft
and came down, 1 seized its wrist and with
a violent turn whipped his elbow out of
joint as one twists the leg from a well-cooked
fowl. As my hand stayed his he clutched
my throat with his right, but ns his joint
a howl of agony, dropped the
and this was made certain when the man
named Larry bawled at me, while f< r a mo-
ment I gripped the same rope with him:
"Bat-rill' an ease o' breath, ye might as
well ha' left us below. The craft can't live
long this w ay here, "l is a matter o' wind or
Davy Jones, an' ye bad better wl. -t!e for
the lir.>t, let it come high or low. Belay all,
an' stand by!"
His exclamation was caused by a sudden
jerk of the schooner, followed by a sidelong
dip, and a whole green sea came aboard over
the starboard bow. The full force of it
was broken by tin* house on the ft reeastlc
hatch, but the bulk swept ovt rail obstacles
like a cascade, and, rising to our hips, drove
us clear of the deck in a twinkling. In a
bunch we hung on to the halyards until the
rush subsided and let our feet come to the
planking once more. I saw the tlood
sweep aft and foam over the break of the
poop, while torrents poured down the gal-
ley and into tht- forecastle. It was the
worst drenching the craft had yet expe-
rienced, and a few more such visitors would
send enough water into the hold to make
her lpggy, and that would have been the
last straw, as I guessed the pumps t«> be
useless for want of care. Had I had a full
crew, nothing could have been done to ea-e
our state or render our position less peril-
ous. The fact that the seas were now more
boisterous,though the calm had laste 1 above
an hour, told me that a vicious force was
still at work over the breast of the ocean.
Though the sun might have been lairly up
by this, there was no certainty of the fact,
for the light was a greenish gray, and the
clouds hung low and in furrows, fold on fold,
to where the horizon was blotted out :u
a thick foglike haze. No land was in sight,
and all about nothing showed save the hell-
ish turmoil of the sea and the lowering
menace of the sky above.
llow long the schooner might ha\e lived
thus there can be no surety, and even to
me, knowing as 1 did the soundness "t each
beam, rib and treenail, it was a wonder slie
had thus far held her spars and timbers so
bravely.
But she had no longer to test a broad
side battering. Having at present to.thing
to fear from the men I for even had they been
given to plotting it were against human na-
ture to strike at me while death threatened
all), I was about descending into the cabin
after ordering the two to take the limp sur-
geon forward and stow him in a bunk. For
a moment 1 stood and watched them careen-
ing along the deck with their burden, won-
dering if it were wise to allow them to come
in contact with their disabled mate. I saw
the passage made in safety and turned to
go my way when, on casting my eye over
the taflfrail, I beheld a wall of spray tearing
along the sea off the starboard quarter. The
line of its advance was as clear as that of
a thunder gust, and I had barely time to cast
loose the main sheet and raise my voice
when the squall struck us. Terrible as was
its appearance, it had not the weight of the
blast that had opened the ball the night be-
fore, but it heeled us far on our beam's ends,
while sea after sea planted themselves
against the bilge and rolled on deck until I
feared we would founder under the sheer
pounding of the brine. Like lightning the
boom had flashed to larboard, and that
■par with most of its canvas lay on the
waves. I had grasped the wheel and hung
on for my life. It seemed that we would
never right again, and I was watching the
flood pouring over us when, with a clap like
the discharge of a cannon, thestaysai' burst,
a cloud of rags blowing away to leeward
like wads from a gun. The very angle of the
vessel saved her from carrying the tons
of water that had beaten in, and, as the
headsail let go, as an animal goaded to des-
peration, the Phantom rose and, gathering
way, tied before the gale.
We fled before the gale, and like the spin-
ning spoondrift picked up by the wind and
scattered broadcast without form or consist-
ence so also fled my notice of details. Of
the three terrible days during which this
storm lasted 1 mind me only of a few poig-
nant facts standing out against a back-
ground of remembered misery. The second
stage of the tempest was fiercer by far than
was the first, and the wind came from a
quarter almost exactly opposite the point
from which it broke on the night of August
11—namely, southeast. And with it came
rain—a pent-up deluge that laced the sea
and sky with parallel lines like strings of
polished steel wire. While we held the wind
astern it was endurable, but later, when we
bore into the gale, one's face could not suffer
long exposure to the blast that drove the
liquid pellets before it like volleys > t buck-
shot.
We had not held our way for long when
it became plain that to escape by running
was impossible, as the following seas reached
a height and speed that threatened to poop
the schooner at any moment. It had finally
came to laying to or being wrecked out of
hand, and every opening in the vessel was
closed as tightly as possible in preparation
for the move.
It was an anxious moment when the ma-
neuver to come about was made. Each one
was lashed to his post, and, when I gave the
order to jam down the helm, I knew that
salvation or destruction might lie in the
coming brief minute.
The wind with which we had been fleeing
fell as we struck the trough of the sea, the
mountainous billows making a fair lee to the
deck. 1 had closed my eyes as the wheel
Hew over, and when from an instant of com-
parative calm the gallant vessel rose and
1 felt the solid blast in my face instead of
on my back, I shouted a thanksgiving, and
in the ecstasy of my relief from long nervous
tension shook hands with the sailor by my
side as though he had been my lifelong friend
instead of an enemy on whose death I had
determined the night before.
Kven though we were safely hove into the
wind the gale so increased in force as to
make it impossible to carry even a double-
reefed mainsail, and there were no means at
hand for further reduction of canvas saving
to take all in. I met the difficulty by mak-
ing a sea anchor of the wreck of the top
hamper, binding the mass together and
heaving it overboard with a line attached,
raft, quette had given way before the
ointnon
dear of
binger, and both men kept aft to I
the rush of the sea.
In a half-dreamy way I was conning the
horizon dead ahead when 1 saw the fore-
castle door open and the man who had de-
fied me step to the deck at an interval when
for a moment the deluge had subsided. He
was suffering agony from his wrenched arm,
for his face was working, and he held the
wounded limb in his right hand. 1 he pain
of it had probably driven him to despera-
tion, or reduced his spirit into getting aft
and seeking possible relief to his torment.
Behind him appeared the head and part
of the body of the now sobered surgeon, at
whose advice he had doubtless taken the
reckless step of leaving the forecastle. The
man in advance seenu d dazed, tor he hesi-
tated and almost fell as the head of the
vihooner rose to a billow, but with an ef-
fort he turned toward me and staggered
,i step forward. At that instant I saw a
huge sea lifting ahead, its ridge tottering to
a fall, its fine crest rent by the wind, blow-
ing t>> leeward like smoke, and as ! marked
it 1 threw up one hand and shouted to the
man to get back. Whether he understood
( !• not I shall never know, for ere he had
gotten abreast the foremast the vicious roll-
er boarded the schooner with a roar and at
once the fellow disappeared. I saw him a
sceond later borne swiftly along the deck
toward the bulkhead passage, and before
one could shout "Man overboard!" he was
swept into the sea as a bucket of water
would have swept away a chip. Again 1
marked him drifting sternward on the crest
of a wave, with one hand in the air, as in
appeal, his set, white face looking like paper
he ga'
id
last terror-striclv
out unheard save In
'ti glanee iit me
his Maker.
cabin, attJ the deatoitke forms of the two
on the floor, and feel that we were all sink-
ing into the languor of starvation and pro
longed strain.
By the end of the third day the Phan
tom was practically a' floating w reck, though
for all 1 could see not a line had parted, nor
a spar, other than the topmast, been dis
placed. Hut there was no longer a bu yant
lift to her bows, and the seas ran danger
ously near the level of the dci k a fact that
plainly spoke of water in the hold, it hav-
ing drained from above or le.ikod between
her strained planks. There had been no at-
tempt at pumping, for no man could have
ste>od at the brakes in the deluge that came
aboard, and now we were settling, helped
mightily by the nature of our cargo. But
the knowledge of it gave me no trouble, nor
was there a comment made on the fact,
though to three of us it least the condi-
tions were clearly apparent.
[TO UK CONTINUED.]
PAST GLORY.
Tl e Morn I C.fTect the Huln* of Copnn
llilte I poll the \ InUIiiu
Trawler.
In 1576 Don l>iego Garcia dc Palaeio,
an officer of the king" of Spain, jour-
neying1 from (Juntemaln to San Peilro,
passed through the ruins of Copan, and
in a letter to Philip II. a letter that
is still preserved in the British museum
—describes what he saw there. His
description is such as might be writ-
ten to-day by any intelligent traveler;
t he buildings were in complete ruin and
the Indians who lived in the vicinity
were unable to give him any enlight-
enment concerning them. ^ ct this was
only 4(> years after the expedition of
Chaves.
']'here is but one reasonable conclu-
sion—the city was abandoned ami in
ruins long before the arrival of the
Spaniards; all tradition concerning it
was lost, and its name forgotten. Its
glory was never beheld by Kuropcans.
Could we conceive of that privilege as
having been theirs, what would have
been their astonishment, when, issuing
from the rocky passes and dangerous
defiles of the eordilleras, they first be-
held the vision of this enchanted valley
with its guardian city? Standing in
such a situation and gazing on that
scene in its present aspect, clothed in
the melancholy charm of the wilder-
ness, I was filled with admiration at
the consciousness of what must have
been, from the beauty of the situation
and the barbaric grandeur of its archi-
tecture, the effect of that proud city in
its prime.
The moral effect of all these ruins on
the traveler who sojourns among them
is not easily described. They have an
atmosphere that is not shared by any
other ruins in the world. The silence
of the tomb pervades them. The sol-
emn and sympathetic shade of the for-
est wraps them like the sacred dead us
in a shroud of living verdure, where
clinging moss anil ferns, as though in
pity, seem te> hide what time has worn
away. — Bulletin of American Ceo
.graphical Society.
parted he gave . ..... .
knife and my collar at once, uud sank to his then, by stripping the vessel of its last rag,
knees roaring like u bull. this drag we roile across the fear ful liil-
Physically the man had been no match \ lows with 1«M straining, now pointing
(or me, aiid I might have hammered tha squarol}' into the wind's eye.
Mutiny.
To lift a finger for his rescue was beyond
all but Divine power, and, though he was
no more than the boom's length from me,
he was as fairly seized by death as though
clutched by a fatal malady.
CHAPTER XXV.
A RESPITE.
It was a tragic episode, but I had seen so
much tragedy crowded' into my life for the
past few days that this quick and probably
painless passing of a human soul made in my
state but little impression. I looked for the
doctor, but saw the doors of the forecastle
fast closed, and afterward found that the
force of the water had slammed them on
him, knocking him from the ladder to the
deck below. A pity it was that there and
then it hail not been he instead of my
plucky enemy who had first planted foot to
come aft. Better for my subsequent happi-
ness would it have been if, instead of the
sailor, that red-faced drunkard had choked
in the element he so despised.
The heaving into the wind and the drown-
ing of the'seaman were the only events
which roused my blood to a heat which make
the details stand out in memory. I might
tell of the sufferings of Ames and Gertrude
King, and of their utter indifference and
total abandonment to what appeared cer-
tain destruction, but it would be useless.
The greatest agony of either sprang from
seasickness and its attendingmiserics. There
was not one of us who thought of food,
which was probably fortunate, as our stock
brought on board was brine-soaked and ru-
ined. Even my toughened self and tire
tougher sailors lost heart and stomach in
the deadening nausea that gradually seized
us and kept its hold. The doctor, impris-
oned forward by the seas, and too cowardly
to show his head after his one attempt to
come aft, might have been in another world
for all we heard or saw of him. The last
drop of stimulant had gone, and with it had
gone the last of even fictitious spirits. An
unshakable apathy clutched our company,
and, save that one lurch of the vessel was
of greater violence than another, nothing
'marked the events of hours. Fear had
passed; anxiety was dead; day and night
were meaningless terms. We were only wait-
ing the final stroke, a wrench, an open seam,
and then the blessed end.
Mechanically I placed rain-soaked cloths
oik the wounded ribs of my friend and on
the gashed head of his sister, and offered to
them rain water squeezed from a sqUare
cloth of canvas. It was not because my in-
terest in either ran high; friendship for one
and love for the other had fallen with my
nerve force into a latent state, and 1 bare-
ly responded to their needs—to my own I
responded not at all. Mechanically I went
to the deck, only to meet the same lead
overhead and the same towering majesty
of water, neither of which impressed me
(for I was far past being impressed) more
than I have since been by a flat calm. The
pitiless rain in my face and eyes would
rouse in me a dull sense of discomfort, just
as a sleeping child unconsciously resents dis-
turbance, but that was all. I would go be-
low, meeting the lack-luster eyes of the sail-
ors. who had also sought shelter in the
GAINED HIS POINT.
\ "Chronic Kicker" Who hjr Que
ItenKonlnK Got What He
Wn After.
Some years ago ah Irishman named
Pat Noonan had a vegetable stand in
one of the city markets. Pat was a
chronic kicker for what he considered
"his rights," and at the same time
about as shrewd and witty a specimen
of the Emerald Islander ns could be
found in a week's travel, outside of the
"ould dart;" and no matter how awk-
ward a predicament he found himself in
his mental quickness generally showed
him a way out.
One day he was complaining to the
superintendent e>f the market that the
rent of his stall was altogether te>o high,
and after giving various reasons why it
should be materially reduced, he wound
up by solemnly declaring that he was
losing at least a thousand dollars a year.
"Well, Pat, if that's the case," said
the superintendent, dryly, "I'd advise
you to sell out and quit the business at
once. You certainly can't afford to
keep on if you are running behind a
thousand dollars a year."
"Shure, an' I know it," said Pat,
philosophically; "the business is ruin-
in' me intoirely, but I moight ez well
sthick te> it now that I'm at it. I've got
to do Bomethin' to make a Iivin\ an'
if I quit sellin' cabbages an' praties an'
start at some either thrade I moight be
afther losin* more yet, I dunno."
The superintendent concluded to
lower Mr. Noonan's rent and allow him
to remain in the vegetable business.
N. Y. World.
Gordon's Coo mite.
Sir W. H. Russell, the veteran war
correspondent, tells this characteristic
story of Gordon: During the Crimean
war there was a sortie and the Knssians
actually reached the English trench.
Gordon stood on the parapet, in great
danger of bis life, with nothing save his
stick in his hand, encouraging the
soldiers to drive out the Russians.
"Gordon," they cried; "come down!
You'll be killed!" Hut he took no notice,
and a soldier who was near said: "ItV
all right; 'e don't mind being killed
'E's one of those blessed Christians!"—
Youth's Companion.
The Continent of Plateaus.
Africa is the most elevated of all tTie
continent. It is the "continent of
plateaus." The great tableland in the
south has a mean altitude of over 3,500
feet; the wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation of about 1,300
feet.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Inflect of Ills TooIm.
"There is seldom any point to what
he writes," said Triplett.
"lie nearly always uses a stub pen,"
explained Twynn.—Detroit Free Press,
What It \Vn .|
Teacher (in grammar)—Now, Johnny,
if your brother says he loves his teach-
er, what is that?
Johnnie.—A lie.—N. Y. World.
Latest Reports from Tien Tsin In-
dicate That Foreign Forces Are
Being Hard Pressed.
NOW FIGHTING CHINESE SOLDIERS.
Imperial Troop*, ami Not tti•* Hoxerii, Are
11 •* * l n t I'm Uif Interference of the Cow-
em Admiral Seymour'* lleltef Column
May Have Fared lladly I nrle Nam >lay
Hold Chinese Minister a* Montage.
London, June 24. Special dis
patches from Shanghai gives addi-
tional details of the bombardment of
Tien Tsin. It is reported that Tien
Tsin has been ineessuiitly bombarded
for the last three da\s. The entire
British and French settlements have
been destroyed. Heavy casualties arc
reported. The Chinese number at
least 15,000 inside the city, while the
ciumissaries crowd the foreign quar-
ters, setting tire to the buildings.
The Chinese guns are being worked
steadily front the walls of the native
city. The consulates all being de-
stroyed, the foreigners flock to the
town hall. The assistance of rein-
forcements is implored. The Kussians
arc now intrenched in the depot.
They arc resisting the advance which
the encniN is making in overwhelm-
ing* numbers. No word has been re-
ceived from \dmiral Seymour, and it
is feared that the relief column fared
badly.
It is the universal belief that 1'us-
sia instigated rioting, expecting to
march an army to IVkin and pro-
claim herself protector of China un-
der the guise of restoring order, but
achieved a fiasco on account of the
prompt action of the powers. Amer-
ica. who is considered to bold the key
to the situation because of being be-
yond suspicion of land-grabbing mo-
tives, is in the best position to take
the lead in making proposals for a
permanent arrangement. There is a
practical Anglo-American alliance in
China.
Foreigners and commercial men at
nil of the treaty ports are of the
opinion that the Chinese government
has been wrecked beyond repair, and
thai the only solution for the exist-
ing anarchy will be the establishment
of a new government controlled by
the civili/cd nations. Attempts to
restore the empress on the basis of
her foreordained promise of good be-
havior would make the position of
the' foreigners worse than ever. A
popular plan is the restoration of the
emperor if found alive. With liberal
advisers he could be held subject to
strict supervision by some council
'representing the foreign powers.
Lieut. KeniptV, I nited States navy,
through the licit ish consul at Tien
Tsin, sends the following by special
courier: "Reinfoccmcnts are urgent?
ly needed. The casualties are heavy,
tlie ammunition is insufficient and
machine jjuns are required. The Rus-
sians at the rail mild station an hard-
pressed. The Chinese troops keep up
an incessant fire from large guns on
the European concessions, nearly all
of which have been burned."
Action of United State* .1 tintllled.
Washington, .lutie 2 I. Several im-
portant eominiinicat ions have been
received by the secretary of state
justifying the attitude assumed by
this government that, technically
speaking, a state of war does not
exist between tlie I'nited States ami
China. The viceroys who have their
seats of government at Nanking and
Wu Chung, and who govern the five
great provinces of the Ynng-Tse-Ki-
ang region, have assured this govern-
ment that they arc determined and
perfectly able to preserve order in
their jurisdictiems and protect the
lives ar.d property of foreigners. In
reply te> this they have been assured
that, so long as they are able to
maintain order ami protect life and
property in the provinces under their
control t he government of the t'nifed
States will send no troops into the
region, and will use its influence with
the other powers in the same direc-
tion.
May Hold Wti a« llo«tatre
Washington, June 24. News was
received here that the maritime
powers had decided upon the dismem-
berment of China. The United States
has been invited to participate in the
partition. The cabinet decidctl te>
postpone the answering of that prop-
osition, but to demand an ironclad
treaty with all the European powers
interested in guaranteeing the open
door and the protection of American
interests in China. The cabinet con-
sidered the advisibility of holding the
Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, as a
hostage until the safety of Minister
Conger and his family at IVkin is
definitely assured, and the under-
standing is that the Chinese minister,
should he ask for his passports, will
not receive them.
1'hlnene Are Making I'rnmUe*.
Washington, June 24.—The state
department has received a number of
important communications concern-
ing China. One is from Li Hung
Chang, asking permission to proceed
to Pekin to help restore order. The
United States, and it is believed other
powers, have given the desired per-
mission. Other communications give
promise of Chinese officials to main-
tain order in their provinces.
Fichtlnn the Chlncnii Army.
Washington, June 24. The follow-
ing bulletin has been issued by the*
navy department: "Acting Secretary
Ilackett has received a dispatch from
Admiral Kempff, dated Che Foo, June
23, to the effect that our marines
under Maj. Waller, together with 400
Kussians, have had an engagement
with the Chinese army near Tien
Tsin. They could not break through
the line A force numbering 2,000,
the admiral reports, is now ready to
make another attempt."
The main importance of this dis-
patch is \ilmir .l KenipfT's disclosure
that it i the ( hinese army and not
the boxers who are fighting the for*
eign troops.
Dowager r.iu|>re«« Aiding the Movers
l.ondou, June .'J. The announce-
ment that Prince Tuan has assumed
actixe command of the < hinesc troops
and the bombarding of Tien Tsin
seems conclusive evidence that the
dowager empress has declared war on
the combined European powers and
that the whole military strength * f
China is to be employed in behalf of
the "boxers." It is considered signifi-
cant that the Chinese merchants of
Shanghai are realizing on their ef-
fects in specie and retiring into the
interior. Evidently they anticipate a
spread of the trouble. Consequently,
it i> urged, the forts nt Woo Sung
should lie >ei/cd by the international
forces in view of possible exentuali-
t ies.
Number of Troop* In l'ekln.
Washington. June 24. In answer to
a request from the i;«iv\ department
as to how many American troops
were in Pekin, I {ear Ndmlral KemptV
replied under date of June 2:i, via Che
Foo that i' Austrians, 7"> French, 50
German, T'. Hritish, 40 Italian, Jap-
anese, 75 Russian and 5S American
♦roops are in Pekin.
Menial from I.I Hone Chanit
Washington, June 21. Li Hung
Chang, viceroy of Canton, gives his
personal assurance that the firing
upon the foreign fleets at Taku was
not authorized b\ the Chinese gov-
ernment.
(iermitii MlnUter Not Killed
Berlin, June 21. The Chinese min-
ister here informed the foreign ofllce
that the German minister at Pekin,
llnron von Katelcr, who was reported
killed by the boxers, is safe ami well.
Chlnene Ship Forced Ashore.
Kiel, June 21. A rumor is current
in naval circles that a German cruiser
has forced one Chinese ship ashore
ami captured another, and that .~ t>
Chinese were killed and 70 wounded.
l.ecatlnnn at rekln Safe.
Washington, June 24. -The state de-
partment has received a letter from
the Chinese minister saying the vice-
roy of Nanking cables him that the
legations at Pekin are safe.
INSINCERE, SAYS BRYAN.
The Nehratkan Denouneen the Itepnhllean
l'lat form and Say* the "Mill trey Spirit"
I'retloiiilnaled In the Convention.
Chicago, June 24. William J.
l'ryan, bronzed like an Indian from
his two weeks' outing in the woods
ami among the hikes of central Wis-
consin, arrived at Chicago Saturday
and left for his home in Lincoln,
Neb., at night. Col. Bryan said he
would remain iu Lincoln for an in-
definite period, and unless he changed
his present plans, would not attend*
the Kansas City convention. He said
that all stories to the effect that
tjierc have been any differences be-
tween himself ami Chairman Jones
of the democratic national committee
were absolutely without foundation.
Asked bis opinion r)f the Philadel-
phia platform. Col. P.rvan said:
The* Philadelphia, platform is the best
evidence thus far given of the deception
attempted by the republican party.
Taken in connection with the speeches
made at the convention It Hhows that
the republican party's platform of ism;
was a deliberate fraud as far as the
promises of international bimetallism
were concerned; that the party's attitude
on the trust question Is insincere and
that the party Is not willing to state Its
attitude on the Philippine question and
Invite the judgment of the people. Noth-
ing was more manifest in the conven-
tion than tin* military spirit and yet the
convention did not dare indorse the
course of the president In 18118 for u.
standing army of j )u,U00 men.
THE DREAD ARMY WORM.
They Have Appeared at Yankton, H. I>.,
Sweeping \VgetatIon llefore Thfin-
One Cainlly Driven from Home.
Yankton, S. 1)., June 24.—The dread
army worm has appeared in the Mis-
souri sandbars along the river front
in this city in such numbers as te>
cause serious alarm. Twenty or 30
acres of willows have been swept bare
and the worms arc moving eastward.
They invaded J. C. Sch'ott's farm and
house and drove the family out. lie
lost his garden and part of his crops.
The worms arc from two to three
inches long and are said to be the
genuine army worm, which sweeps all
vegetation clear as it moves.
WANT HIM PARDONED.
Clllzen* of a Mluourl Town Itelleve a Iloy
Idled HIn Father to Protect
His Mother.
Poplar IlluIT, Alo., June 24.—George
Tubb, the 15-year-old boy who killed
his father with a shotgun several
months ago, was taken to the peni-
tentiary last night to serve ten years
for his crime. The conviction of
Tubb caused indignation among the
citizens of Hutler county, because it
was believed that the lad killed his
father te> protect his mother from
abuse. Already steps have been
taken te> secure a pardon.
Invited to VlNlt Colorado,
Chicago, June 24.—The Colorado
delegation to the republican national
convention while here Saturday sent
a telegram to Gov. Roosevelt urging
him to extend his Oklahoma visit to
Coloraelo. They promise him the
greatest reception ever held in th©
lloeky mountain region.
Iturglarn Made a tlood Haul.
Jefferson City, Mo.. June 24.—The
general store of Simon N. Sehell &
Sons, at St. Thomas, was entered by
burglars, who blew open the safe and
secured about $100 in cash, $4,000 in
notes and $300 in checks aud drafts.
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