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Wmm NITII WATOIHAN, Bat? blieb od Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. ik?C( at m< C U IHattbman anb 5outbron. PihlialMd It try VtdnMdfty, ??bt N*. O-. Osteen, 8UMTBR, 8. 0. Tttn : $1.50 per looam?io advenes. Ovo Sqaore I rot iaoort ton............f 1 00 ?rot y sobeeqoeat i own too... 10 Goo tracts for three aaootbi, or looger wil to Mil ol radioed rates. All eoroaseoteoti joa which eubeerva private beereete will be ehorged for m advertieaents. Owiteeriet ood ?ilbates of respects will bo for. WAR IN CHINA. Alarming Reports from Can? ton and Vicinity. Reports of Friction Between RunltD and Koglteh Foroee. Loodoo. Jin 27. 3:45 o. a ?A froob phase of tbe obolitioo io Chine it tbo probability of -^mediate outbreaks io too graot toolooro provioattl oooiroi. Too popolooo lb oft io doily oaeoatog t ?ort boeiile attitude iowtrdt foreign - trt, tod too loUtr pereeive symptoms of o Iooorol rising, ood especially ti Nto Klag, wboro, ottordiog to o die potob io ibo Doily Kipress, date! yee terday, Ktog Wo, oot of ibo moot truo olool eoemiee of fortigoert, has ernv od by way of tbo Qrtod ototi, errmd ? ilh fall powers from tbo empress to dttl with ibo southern provioces Tbo fritedly attitude of Viceroy Li Kuo Yio iowtrdt foreigners bat broogbt bim ioio ditgraot with Priooa Taao, prttideol of Ibo lai sung yomeo. The oorott ol Oaotoo is described by o dtopatob from ibtl oily lo Tbo Daily Tologropb, doled Monday, fit Hoog Koog yottordoy: "Ii ia feored that we ore oo ibo eto of o totoe of bloodebed tod toareby io ibo two Qaaoga only paralleled doriog tbt Tai Piog rebel lioo. Tbo eigoe of o murderous op ritiog trt to m so i feet ibal wetltby Chi teat trt borryiog from Caotoo and fioioity, ttkiog tbeir wives, families tod valoeblee *'Lt Uoog Gbaog bin again beeo peremptorily ordered to P. km. His eoemtee dselare tbai tbey will marder kim before be eao reeoh there. His preseoce alone restrains lb** revolution ary elemeota bere His departure will let looee tbe 'black flags' aod 'red girdles 1 Koowiog this. Li's frosted omeere ort seodiog tbeir families to Hoog Koog. "Tbo fteeroy himself (routs tbe Ameiieoos io ibie crisis He says that tbey alooe wool oo territory, tod he pitoee bieaoolf largely?almost uore et/fodly?-io tbeir btods At so isopofuol tooforooot todty bt rtittrated tbie stotemeot. "All Ibo missionaries btft beeo oetitad of tbt ieoaiotoi peril tbroogb oootdeottel roooore. Tbey ore leaf iog Caotoo horriedly, tod ooly a few ore oow bere "Commaeder MoLeao of the Uoited Btetee ettamsblp Doo Joto de Aostria ie tbe Irel there to proteet foreign iotoftete. He ie oopable tod eoergetio aod io reeoforeed by H. M S. Redpole. Two boodred foreign residents at Shameeo are armed. "Tbe Oaotoo population reaches 2.000.00 io addition to 250,000 living oo junks aod flat bottomed river hosts Most cf Ibese people tro disaffected so i ioeendiary prnoiamuhes arc increasing io oomber of the v? uleot." Sbaogbai eables that the Freicl ooo sol th? re bss received a telegram from 8bao Toog assertiog that 11,000 Cbi oeee troope are makiog a foroed march from Shto Toog to Fekio Two Jesoil fathers aod ooe buodred oau?e Christiana have beoo murdered io the sootbern part of the provioeo of Obi l.i Tbe Chine- military aotbori lie* W*eo disoovered reeroiting st Hheogbai ioside the foreigo eettlemaot, and some sgeate have fceeo trrested in tbo act of eoostroc'iog eotrenehmeuts orouod the Kuropooo oonoesbion*. A Obioeeaao connectod with war pur ehateo of the Chintee government in Karope who bae bcoo interviewed bv the L>eily Kxpreso says that China bos iamoote quantities of arms aod emrnu oitioo and will "stagger humanity'1 if drivso to defood herself. Cbefoo, Jooe U6 ? The Americans tod British eotercd Tieo Tsm, firs silonoiog tti<j guts of tbn ifOOaoJ and breakiog through the OwlwtH lines. Tbt foreigners wma clo?o bohtr.ii The Kossisoe lust four billed and 10 woooded. Tbe h?eee of the i.ihor oat' attatitl were wmall / Jmiral Me^mour's f rfwl ll about lit ailee froa Tieo Tain. I' ka surround ed by Chinese troops sod Hogers und hampered by lbs prsseooo* of siok aod woooded II is reported that all foreigoors were ?ill froa Pskia with a weak Chinese April. IS SO. MBe Jui 8U? BOS guard aod it ii ?named tbit they ire with Admiral Sejmoor. Ooe thoaeeod Japanese tre Uodiog at Teko eod 2,000 more are expected tomorrow wheo e batulioo of French is tleo doe. The foreigo edmirele bate appoioted Cept Wiee, oommaoder of the Moooo acy, to be oommaodant at Toog Ko. Obefeo. Jooe 26 ? Tbe officers of the Britieb Iretolees eroieer Terrible astert that diseord exists between tbe Russians aod Aoglo-Amerieans, aod tbey say they believe tbe Russians are planning to break the oonoert nod take poeeeeeioo of Pekto iodepeodeotly. Tbej aaeert that Vtoe Admiral Sey moor's eommaod looked uoisoo, the foreigner? salkiog beeaose they were aoder Britteb leadership. Tbey bitter? ly deooQoee tbe Russian general's ooo doot as* ooeif iliied aod barbarous, aod outrgo tbtt tbe slaughter of peaoeful Cbioameo at Taku bae aroueed tbe otberwiee paooifo natives agaiost the foreigoere Washington, June 26. ? The presi? dent bae assigned Geo A R. Obaffee to tbe eommaod of the military foreee io Cbioa. Geo Obaffee wee at tbe war departmeot to day reeeitlog instruc? tions aod will lea?a for Sin Fraooieeo to time to eail oo tbe first of Joly with tbe Sixth eatalry. Tbie detaebmeot eaila oo the Graot wbiob bae beeo or dered to tooob at Nagasaki for farther ordere. It is poesible that the ship will theo tail directly for Cbefeo with Geo. Chaffee aod tbe Sixth eevalry. Geo MaoArtbar woe cabled to day an order direetiog tbe oommaodiog cffioer of tbe Ninth iofaotry aod such other fjrces as may be operating io Ghioa by the time of the Grant's arrival to report to Geo Coatee oo his arrival there. Unless present plana change, headquarters will be 'trablishod at Cnefoo. Gen. Mac Aribar was also direoled to send Capt Kutaell of the signal corps with a deUobmeoi to Chefoo Capt. Russell during tbe Spanish war, worked io conjunction with tbe naval cffioers and be bae beeo aeleoted to have charge of the eigoal operatiooa beeaose of hie familiarity with that work io both tbe army aod tbe navy. THE RELIEF COLUMN IN SIGHT OF SEYMOUR'S FORCE London, June 28, 3 30 a m ?The compoaite brigade of 2,300 men who raised the investment of Tien Tain and pushed on to help Admi'al Seymour has probably saved him, but the news has not yet reached Chefoo, the nearest wiro point The latest steamer striving at Chefoo from Taku brought this message, dated Tien Tsin, Monday, June 25 : "Tbe Russian general in command of the relief foree had decided, in view of Saturday's heavy fighting and marching, that one day's rest for the troops was essential and that the advance should not be resumed until todoy "Meanwhile come Admiral Sey mour's heliogropb that bio position was desperate ood that he conld only bold out two days. Tbe relief started at dawn todoy (Monday) " Saturday's fighting began ot day? break The allied forces opened with several of tbe Terrible'e 4 7 naval guna, eix field gnne and numer ous machine gone, the firing being at long range. They continued to advance steadily, the Chinese artil I ry replying The guns of the allies were more skilfully handled and put the guus of the Chinese out of action I one by one, the Chinese retreating ' about r.oon. Ni; 'K AND NECK. ? There was keen rivalry among the representatives of the various nations as to which would enter Tien Tsin first, nnd the Americans and British went in neck and neck. The Kus sians stormed tbe arsenal, thereby sustaining the largest losses Several thousand Japaneso have left Taku for Tien Twin, and al. together 13.000 Japanese have land? ed Tho international troops now aggregate BeAfljf 20,000 and Japan is preparing to send 20,000 more. Wit*-, British American, and other troops ordered to go, probubiy GO, 000 will be availablo in a month CHINESE roRUft*. The Tom Shan refugees and the foreign engineers at Chefoo estimate the Chinese troops now in tho field os 26,000 troops at LuTai, 20,000 at Shang llai Wan, If),000 at Pel;in The dispatch received by the foreign otlice stating that ton foreign legation** were reqii?nted to leave tYkin with in a ipeejiOed liest in interpreted in ' some unofficial quartern hh ItnlsV mount to giving the ministers their passports and to u declaration of war, but as China floes nothing like other countries, tho < ftie.ial opinion li that there is nothing to do hut to nwait the course of event* and to Ml whwt the ministem theui?olvcs say when thoy are rescued All the eludents at the foreign hospitals In Canton ore leaving Women missionaries ore returning it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou [TER. s. a, fiBfii from the Weet river ports There was ?light disturbance at Wo Chou Tues? day while the women were embark ng The orowd shoaled "Kill the ioreign devils." AN APPARENT ULTIMATUM. According to advices from Shang? hai the Chinese officials, by direction of the southern viceroys, are asking the consuls to agree to conditions "insuring," ss the Chinese ssy, "the neutrality of Shanghai and other coast cities " They are also asking that foreign warships shall not sail or anchor near the forts nor go to ports where there are oo worships now; that their orews shall not go aabore, and that the protection of for* eignere be left to tbe Chinese author ties These conditions are consider ed at Shanghai to be virtually on nltimatum from Viceroye Liu Kun Tib and Shang Cbih Tung The consuls desire a sufficient naval and military force to book up their refusal to oomply with these demonds. Tbe total novel force there now consists of 969 men, with 32 gous in tbe forts, and 10,000 men outside Shang hai with modern rifles and moohioe goos. JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS. The magnitude of the arrange mento Jopoo is moking suggests pro? vision ogsinst present contingencies other then the suppression of tbe present disturbances in China. She bos ohsrtered 19 additional transports snd now hss 35 in all Losses the of International Forces Btated In Detail Londoo, June 29, 4 a. m.?The casualties of tbe international force attacking Tien Tain were : "Ameri? cana, killed 3, wounded 2 ; British, killed 2, wounded 1 ; Germane, killed 15, wounded 27 ; Russians, killed 10. wonnded 37. The gun fire of tbe Americans and British is described as "beautiful " After the relieving force pushed on to relieve admiral Seymour, Chinese regul?re under Oen Nieb, says a dis? patch from Shanghai, again attacked Tien Tain fiercely and bombarded the foreigo eettlement with a terrible fire. Col Dorward, Britieh, commanded the column that relieved Admiral Seymour American marines parti? cipated in the achievement Tb admiral was found entrenched and surrounded by immense masses of Chinese, who were driven off by the relieving force after a biisk fight Llis men had made a brilliant resis tance, never failing in course for 15 days of continued fighting During ten days the men were on quarter rations They started with provis ions for ten days and they could have held out a day or two longer. STANDING SIEGE Tbe column was a few miles beyond Lofa Deeming it hopeless to attempt to break through tbe bordee, Admiral Seymour essayed a night retreat toward Tien Tain, but he CAtne into collision with a strong lorce of Chinese arriving from the northweet and could neither odvooce nor retreat There wos nothing to do bot to entrench and to stand siege He vainly attempted heliographic communication Seymour's men oaught several Chi* nese who said the legislations had been burned and the ministers had been imprisoned The Chinese displayed fanatical courage in tbe attack Four thousand Russians left Tien Tsin four days after Admiral Sey? mour, but they never got in touch with them Railway communication between Taku and Tien Tsin has been restor? ed and the force is advancing toward Pekin. Fighting was in progress Wednesday in the vicinity of Tsechu lin. Large preparations are being made to support and reenforce the I Pekin relieving column I Twenty thousand troops of all I arms, largely Japanese, have now I been landed I THEIR FATE YET A MYSTERY Tbe fate of the members of the legations is still a mystery If they are alive snd unharmed at Pekin. the Chinese government deserves some j credit, the Shanghai correspondent ? thinks, for restraining the fanatical mob The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, wiring at 0 05 p in y?r<terday, sa\s it is reported on good Chinese authority that the g'>v ernment alarmed by the foreign mil itary preparations, has Issued an edict ordering the peremptory aupprcpRion of the Boxers and announcing 0 deci? sion to protect the legations at all basarda However. Una may be, tin4 British consulate at Shanghai rec i? ed definite information yesterday, the i Daily Kipress correspondent nay*, that while solemnly promising ooav plets abstention Irom warlike prepa? rations, the Chinese are mounting SHveral new six inch guns at the Woo Sung forts MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Three British warships have sailed aiiu Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's I: iSBAi nn.5 d looo isDAY. JULY 4. 19??. from Hongkong to rsenforce the ?Hied squadrons at Shanghai. The southern provinces are send? ing troops toward Pekin, and the ex? odus] of Chinese of all classes from Shanghai continues at the rate of from 10,000 to 15,000 a day. The Russian prestige has been in* jured during the recent fighting, and an anti'Russian riaing in the Liau Tong peninsula, Russian Machuri, is predicted According to the Shanghai corre? spondent of The Times, advices from Shan Tung say that Got Yuan Sbik Kai maintains relations with foreign era and haa sent numerous couriers to Pekin, but none of them has re? turned A telegram from Jardine, Matbe eon & Co., dfited Shanghai this after? noon, suggests that the ministers are atill at Pekin, but admita that there ia no news from the capital. The telegram adda : "Seymour ar? rived at Tien Tsin with 312 of bis force wounded, besides 62 killed. The damage done to Tien Tain ia much exaggerated. Shanghai ia atill quiet. Another dispatch from Shanghai reiterates the announcements of the massacrea of native Christiana in the inland districts wbioh rival the Ar? menian horrora. The Ministers' Fate is Yet Unsettled. No Satisfactory Information Received at Washington. Washington, June 28?The day's developments in Chinese affairs were meagre and the general opinion bore is that the two messages received?one from Kempt? and tho other from Li Hung Chang?oould not be aooepted as settling the important question as to the fate of the foreign ministers at Pe? kin and their families and attaches. The aeeretary nf the oavy, by speoial instruction of the president, had been particular to oable Admiral Kempff several days ago to keep the oavy de partment informed of everything that happened within the zone of disturb* aoee in China, and it is believed that bis omission to make any reference in bis cablegram of this morning to the whereabouts of the ministers was based oo the absence of any information on that subject at Taku, where tho admi? ral is with his flagship Newark, and if no information oould be had at Taku, only 30 miles down tho river from Tico Tsin. of tho preseooe of the ministers in Admiral Seymour's colum:), but eight miles distant, then officials here cannot understand bow any govern? ment oould have superior facilities and so they felt justified in waiting for fur? ther advtoes before accepting the Chinese statements on that point as aoourate. Minister Wu, who brought Li's mes? sage to the state department, oould not explain away tbe points of varianoe be? tween the viceroy's statements, and the oable message* received from other sources. However, be pinned his faith to tbe aeooraoy of the message aod pointed out that it agreed closely with Admiral Kempff's message of yesterday, stating that the minister's were reported to be with Seymour. MESSAGES FROM KEMPFF. Tbe navy department has had fur? ther communication with Admiral Kempff, in the shape of two messages, one touching the strength of the foreign forces asborc in China and another which the officials stated hud no bear? ing upon the military situation, but in ncitbor was there any mention of tha ministers. One consideration which makes against the unreserved accept? ance by the ilhVials of tbe acsurancc of minor Chinese officials, including Li Hung Chang and Minister Wu, that a state of vTar does not exist is the fact that Mi. Conger is not permitted to oommonioatc with bis own government by the same meats employed by tbe Tsung Li Yemen in getting news to tho outside world, ieading to a suspi? cion that ho is not at that porfeot liber? ty wbtoh marks the existence of a state of war. It is possiple that tho Chinese povcrnmcnt may bo able to offer a satis faetory explanation on this pr>int, but at present the cffnials say that our fdturo relations with China depend al? together upon what Minint'-r Conger ha', to say when ho ia finally brought agaio in touch with the state depart* I ment NO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER VYoobington, June 28?None of tho members of Ihe cabinet who were preaent nt today's meeting oould see the least ohonge for ihe better in tbe Chinese situation Seoretary Hay wan not present, nor wan Secretary Gage, but tlx; other members Haid that nothing had been hi ard from tbe ministers stationed at ' Pekin, und Ibis fact wqh causing tho Ihe greatest alarm for their Biifety It was stated that every possible effort was being made to secure in? telligence of their whereabouts, but up to Ibis time without reeulta. No 1 and Truth's." the 1 Ncti additional troops, it was said, had ordered to China, but matters were being put in shape to meet any emergency that might arise When the cabinet meeting broke op?a little before 1 o'clock?there could be no doubt that the members shared the general depression at the lack of news from Minister Conger Intervention Fully Justified the Conclusion of the De? partments in Washing? ton. Washington, June 27.?The devel opmeota of tbe day respecting China were important sod interesting. Tbe Chinese minister'^ report of tbe depart ore of tbe foreign ministers aod their guards from Pekin greatly relieved tbe offioials here, who took it as the first tangible evidence that tbe imperial Cbioesego veromeot bad a foil realisa? tion of the enormity of permitting tbe ministers to oome to personal harm aod were tbos undertaking as far as lay io their power to observe tbe amenities of ioteroatiooal exchange. Tbe keenest interest is shown by tbe offioials to learn the conditions ooder wbiob the ministers laft Pekio. Tbe Chinese minister's dispatch was omi? nously silent oo that poiot although tbe minister himself maintains almost obsti? nately bis confidence to tbe non-< xist eoee of a state of war, it was generally admitted that it woold be difficult to accept his conclusion if it shall transpire that the Pekin government has itself sent the ministers away with their passports or what may oome to the same thing with a guard as a saf oooduot At the state department it is said that if it shall be explained that tbe imperial government did this, not with a purpose of rupturing diplo? matic relations but simply to insure the safety of the ministers which they were unable to guarantee as long as they remained in Pekio, then there is still ground for an understanding It is, however, pointed out that in suoh case the self-confessed inability of the imperial government to maintain peaoe and order at the capital woold amount to an admission of its utter failure as a government aod would leave China io a worse state than that of aotoal war. Io either event it now appears to tbe satisfaction of the officials that there was absolute justification tor suoh inter vention as we hav ? offered in China. Notice has come to the government that the cable companies have again reopened communication telegraphic ally with Taku and Chefoo. This arrangements bag been made by means of the Russian telegraphic system coo rooting with the Siberian railroad system. A European agent has man? aged to reopen tbe lines through the means of communication between Chefoo and Taku and Tien Tsin are tortuous and precarious The war department officials etil) in? sist that no orders have gone forward to send more troops to Chioa than tbe Ninth regiment, now oo its way from Manila- aod the Sixth cavalry, which will sail from Sao Francisco next Sun? day for Nagasaki aod perhaps Taku. It is said that with these two organisa? tions and the marines now oo Chinese soil Gen. Chaffae will have the full brigade to which bis rank entitles him. Humors of withdrawal of troops from Cuba are said to ho tbe probable basis for tbe persistent statements that more soldiers have been ordered to China It is admitted that two regi? ments will soon be ordered to the Uoited 3tates from Cuba, the parti SUlar organiz itioos being designated by Gen. VVojd ; but they simply will take tho plaoo io bome garrisons cf regi? ment* of soldiers which will go cut to Maoila to relieve volunteer organiza? tions there. COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA Washington, June 27.?Tbe Chi? nese minister called this morning on tho esoretary of state and comm joicafed to him thecodiuo ts of a dispatch which ho had received from the tsnng li yamen.fdated 19:h inst. Tbe dispatch .state? hat tho foreign ministers had before this dato asked permission for tbo legation guards to enter tho city, which permission bai been grant?;' ; that they tubscquently asked that thc^e guards bo roioforoed, which the Chinese government. was not disposed to permit. Tbc dispatch tbeo go.'s on to state that tho om ul general at Tien T*in, sup posed to bo tho French consul geoeral, bad tolegraphol tho viceroy of CLi Li that the foreigo admiral had demanded the surreoder of the T.ikti forts and that tho foreigo ministers were shortly t-j Irave Pekio for Tien Tsio with rheir goarda Absolutely 1 Makes the food more de ?OVAl P?K!Nn PO* TRUE BOUTERON, EaUblUhed Jane 13H6 Series?Vol. XIX. Xo.49 Hard Fighting of the Allied Forces. The Official Report Forward? ed by Admiral Seymour. London, June 30, 3 a. m.?The adventures of the bard fighting allies under Admiral Seymour, their reach? ing Anting, 12 miles from Pekin, the decision to retreat, the cspture of rice and immense stores of modern arms and ammunition, affording material for a strenous defense until relieved?all this is told in a dispatch from Admiral Seymour received by the admirality at midnight, which runs as follows: "Tien Tain, June 27, via Cbefoo, June 29, 10 05 p m ?Have returned to Tien Tsin with the forces, having been unable to reach Pekin by rail. On June 13 two attacks on the advance guard were made by Boxers who were repulsed with considerable loss to them and none on onr side. On June 14 the Boxers ottocked the troin ot Lang Tang in large nu.iibera ond with greet determination. We repuleed them with a loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was five Ital? ians "The same afternoon the Boxera attacked tbe Britiab goard left to protect Lofa station. Reenforcements were sent back and tbe enemy were driven off with 100 killed Two of our seamen were wounded "We pushed forward to Anting and engaged tbe enemy on June 13 and June 14 inflicting a loss of 175. There were no casualties on our side. "Extensivo destruction of the rail? road in our front having made further advance by rail impossible, I decided on June 16 lo return to Yang Tsun, where it was proposed to organize an advance by the river to Pekin. After my departure from Lang Yang two trains left to follow on were attacked on June 18 by Boxers and imperial troops from Pekin, who lost from 400 to 500 killed Our casualties six killed and 48 wounded These trains joined me at Yang Tsuo the same evening. "Tbe railway at Yang Tsun was founded entirely demolished and tbe trains could not be moved The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled us to withdraw on Tien Tsin with which we had not been in communi? cation for six days and our supplies had been cut cff "On June 19 the wounded, with necessaries, etarted by boat, the forces marching along the river. Opposition was experienced during the whole course of the river from nearly every village, the Boxers, when defeated in one village retiring to the next and skilfully retarding our advance by occupying well selected positions from which they bad to be forced, often at <he point of tbe bayont and in face of a galling fire difficult to locate "On June 23 we made a night march, arriving at daybreak oppoeite tb<> imperial armory, above Tien Tsin, when*, after friendly advancea, a treacherous heavy fire was opened, while our men were exposed ou the I oppoeite river bank Tbe enemy were kept in check by rifle fire in frout, while their position was turned by a pa of marines and seamen under Mb T*>hiison, who rushed snd occupied one of the salient points, Botliog the guna The Germane, lower down, 3ileneed two guns and theo crossed the river and capturad thi n The arm>ry wu? nexi occu? pied by tbe combined forces. Deter? mined attempts to retake lbs armory were made on the following day but unsuccessfully "Found immense stores of puns, arms and ammunition of the latest pattern Several guns were mono ted in our defense and shelled the Chi? nese forte lower down "Having found ammunition and rice we could have held out for some days; but, be;ng hampered with ; large numbers of I wounded, sent to Tien Tsin for the relieving force which arrived on the moruiner of June 25? The armory was evacuated and the forces arrived at Tien Tsin on June 26. We burned the armory. "Casualties to data British, kill? ed 27. wounded 75 ; American, killed 4, wounded 25; Freue!?, hill? ed 1, wounded, 10 ; Germans, killed 12. wounded, 62 ? Italian, killed 5, wounded, 3 : Jopooeoe, killed 2, woun led, ; Austrian, killed 1, wounded I ; ao1 Rosaian, killed 10, wounded 27 M I Raking Powder EHJRE Vicious and wholesome fCER CO., NEW YORK._^^^^^