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?MB-i - ?*?- M I i'll Ca3B?BBBaaBMBaaaBB3> Safe on July Fourth is Latest Rep But Authenticity of Ini ination From Pekin is Doubted. London, July 9, 2.45 a. m - foreign consuls at Shanghai met July 7 and officially announced the legations at Pekin were on July 4. The forogoing statem read with Consul Warren's dispi to the foreign office on Sat un makes it possible to believe that legations will hold out for a nun of days yet Having fought t standstill the first outbreaks o fanatical fury, it is believable something may intervene to t? them. The news, after the sini rumors of the last ten days, enough upon which to build up ho The Shanghai correspondent of ' Express, telegraphing on Sunday 5.10 p. m. however, throws do upon Consul Warren's informal! He says : "Tao Tai Sheng now admits t there was an error in his communi tion to Gen Warren. The date the couriers at Chinen Fu, was J 3, which does not apply to his parture from Pekin The jon ri from Pekin to Cbenen Fu occup live days. The courier, theref'c could not have left Pekin later tl June 28. The date of the massa there, as given by Chinese repo: was June 30 or July 1." Tien T8in is still hard pressed. Chinese force numbering from 80,C to 100,000 men is estimai by inconclusive reconnaissanc foods, the country round about Ti Tsin, communication between wbi place and Taku is apparently pcssi? by river only. A Chefoo dispatch to The Expr* says the Russians have lauded 8,0 men at Taku and the Japanese ha discharged several transports. Ja anese pushed on to Tien Tein, leadi: in the subsequent assault upon t i ?tive city, iu which their cominan er was killed. Ten more transpoi are engaged at Japanese port With the ?0,000 British India troo afloat and fresh Japanese contingen it is quiet probable that the aili will have 50,000 men ashore. The disorders in the provinces a pear to be increasing in violence Chinese army is within 40 miles New Chwang, and the foreigners a preparing to abandon their home The southern part of the province swept by raiders, destroying s works of the white men, except i spots garrisoned by Russians Proi lamations have been posted in a villages near Cheefoo calling upu the local Chinese io rise and exp* the foreigners for introducing arnon the pious Chinese an immoral rel gion Every good Buddist is expec ed to kneel three hours daily, knoc his head upon the floor thrice au pray earnestly that sudden, crue death may overtake all aliens. The foreign settlement at Chefoo i at the mercy of the two Chinese fort equipped with Krupp guns whic command two sides of the city. Si warships, including the United State gunboat Nashville, are constantl; cleared for action. The provisional government at Pe kin appears to have designe upo: tbe southern provinces. Beside having ordered Kwan Shi Ki to ad ?ance upon Nankin, which Kwan Sb Ki says he will not do. Prince Tuai bas sent an army along the route o the Grand canal. Nankin is on the south bank of i river nearly a mile wide. The Brit ish cruisers Hermione and Pique wil assist in repelling attempts to cross Six Chinese cruisers are there anc 17.000 troops are at the disposal o Viceroy Liu Kuan Yi. The fort? mount 34 high power modern guns The foreigners in Shanghai are be coming uneasy. Everything de? pends, they feel, on Viceroy Lie Kuan Yi Refugees from Tien Tsin ai riving at Shanghai say that only five civil? ian foreigners were killed during the long Chinese bombardment The foreign women became so indifferent that they walked through the streets not heeding the shells. Most of the civilians were deported to Taku, thence to be conveyed to Shanghai. The courier mentioned in Consul Warren's dispatch gives a strange picture, saya the Daily Mail's Shang? hai correspondent, of how life jostles death in Pekin Business apparently goes on as usual The shops and theatres are open and the streets are full of people. No imperial troops except those of Gen Tung Fuh Eiang took part in the fighting The courier even asserts positively that provisions are being supplied to the legations, but by whom ne does not say. Tue Boxers and Gen Tung Fuh Siang do not get along well The Boxers assert that they do ail the fighting and the latter all thc looting auo nothing else Gen K.wai>? Kat. sro vern or of Shan Tung, a correspondent i-f the Dail}' Mail avowH. predicts t h ;?t by Ju'yllth, the Boxers wiii disband and negotiations will be begun ior peace Nevertheless circumstantial rumors of dark things to come are in circula tion. The correspondents at Shcngha?, which is still the clearing bouse of all Chinese news, says thai a combined force cf Russian* and Japanese have left Tien Tsin following the railway as far as Lang Fang and have thence swept swiftly to the we3t, attacking the Chinese 18 miles north of Tien Tsio and killing 1,000 of them. The Shanghai correspondent says : "Reports from Tien Tsin, from Chi ! oe.se sources, say a great battle has taken place in whioh the Chinese lost heavily. The allies at Tien Tsin are short of provisions and suffer consider? ably from "snipping." The Daily Mail's Tien Tsin corres? pondeos in a dispatch dated July 2, via Chefoo, July 4, says : "No further movement is possible with less than 30,000 men. A deca i ment bas been found, signed by a j British resident, on behalf of British I manufacturers, offering Viceroy Chang j Chi TuDg complete armament and officers for an army corps for 453,000 pounds sterling. "The messages of British correspond? ents at Tien Tsin are censored by the British authorities, but there is no oen eorship exercised over ths other corres? pondents.'' The Daily Telegraph's Cantoo cor ? respondent, wiring Friday, via Hong Kong, Saturday, saye : "Li Hung Chang was formally noti? fied today that President McKinley cordially appreciates his assurances of friendship for the allied powers. Now that anarchy controls the capital Presi dent McKinley trusts to the responsible provincial authorities to carry eui the j international obligations of the Chinese government. The Shanghai correspondent of thc Daily Telegraph, under date of July 7tb, says : "Boxer emissaries arc coming to the South disguised, fer the purpose of enlisting men. The situation is grave." Emperor William, say3 a Berlin dis? patch, tcdav received the following from the governor of T>in Tau with reference to the promises of reward to any t?ho should accomplish th? delivery of a foreigner from Pekin : "Being notified of your majesty'*; telegram, tho governor of Shan Tung replied : "From the outset I have been full of anxiety regarding the Europeans in Pekin and I have made repeated attclnpts to send a messenger and get help to them, butin vain. Now all roads to Pekin are beset with rebels, and, therefore, whatever measures are now <aken offer even iess prospect of suc? cess than before. Nevertbeles ? shall coosider it my duty for their help." Several correspondents at St Peters? burg send out telegrams, censored of course, to thc effect that Russia, Japan and England agreed as to their policy in China, their interests dominating there. Gen Orlcff. a brilliant Hellier, has i been appointed chief of staff of the i forces in Ciiba. Indications Better Than They Have Been for a Month. London, July 10, 12 45 a. m. With the foreigners in Pekin probably safe amid civil war, with Prioce Ching on their side, with the powers united and their forces constantly increasing, the outlook io China is now rather more hopeful than it has been for a month past. It appears from the cautious state? ment given out by Tao Tai Sheng, io Shanghai, that the reason the heavy goos bearing on the legations at Pekin were not used is that Prince Ching, who is served by 10,000 troops, seized all the artillery ammunition. Sheng likewise intimates that Yong La, commander in-chief of the northam army, is associated with Prince Ching io opposing Prince Tuan's ferooions designs and diotatoral ambition. Sbeog, who appears to be the sole Shanghai oooduct of Pekin news, cheers the foreign consols by these confidential communications, but takes excessive precautions to prevent the Chinese from thinking bim friendly to foreign? ers UNREST PREVAILS The feeling of unrest in the southern sod eentral provinces continues. The members of the official class io those provioces strive to remain neutral with leaning to? ward the foreigners, until they ebal! see whether the moderate or extreme factions will win in Pekin Prinoe Ching seems to be standing for the dynasty and the old order against Prinoe Tuan's ambition. From a foreign view point the cap tore of Pekin is the key to the situation, ! as there is a fear, according to | The Daily Mail's Shanghai correspood- j ent, that delay now means one hundred recruits for the Boxers for every soldier I of the ailics io the land Two couriers arrived in Tico Tsin on I July 1 from Pekin. One brought a letter from from Sir Ciando MacDonald, j the British minister, to tho same effect 1 as t ti at. previously received from Sir j Robert Hart Tbe ourior* confirm thc ? report of tho death of tho Baron von ? Klette 1er They say r h a : Prince Chin.': ia doing bis utmost to protect th.-; foreigners;, but tfrat thc native FEELING AGAINST THE WHITES is strong. Two high officials opposed to the iiixois ar^i reported by the couriers t;> have been as-?as;-inutcd Sir ! Claude MacDonald's lotter is dated j four days earlier than that of Sir Rob? ert Hart. A dispatob to a news agency here. | dated Tien Tsin, dated Joly 2d, says : j "Tee empress dowager, so far from being dead, is actively striving to pre? vent the factions fighting. Pr'.nc-1 Ching has ioformed her that be would rather lose his head than be constantly obiiged to warn her of the coasequsnces of the prolongation of the present anarchy. Prince Tuan is quite willing that Chiog should be decapitated, bec the dowager empress does not allow this. Prince Tuan bas decided that he will take full responsibility He pur? poses to retake Tien. Tsio and Taku. Outside of Pekin, except in the Pe Chili and Shaog Tung country, the peopie are supremely indifferent." EXCEEDINGLY UNPLEASANT. However all this may be, the allies at Tien Tsin are having and exceeding? ly unpleasant time. The last engage? ment of which news bas come through, accurred on July 6. The Chinese ar? tillery opened at dawn. Their fire was more accurate and their ammunition better, the shells exploding with precision and setting fire to several buildings. H. M S. Terrible goes agaios quieted the Chinese, who, again shifting their artillery, reopened the atfaak in the afternoon, but a thunder? storm breakicg, the Chinese suddenly quit. The allies immeri'ate?v nltacked and drove the Chinese from their works, but lost 30 kilb-d or wounded in so doing. The no:-,-combataots are ieaviog Tien Tsin and military leavi?g also. Stories of COLOSSAL CHINESE ARMIES gathering continue to -sorry not only the rank 3Dd Sie, but the Commanders, who admit the uncertainty of reconnais=acc 3od the complete absence of an effective ! intelligence department. Chinee in- ! formation is received with extreme dis- j trust. BAITING FOR REENFORCE MEX TS. it is obvious that though there were j many thousand:; of Chinese camped by ? the guns notbini: can be done ac present except to await to? arrival cf reinforce? ment. The rainy sea.-or: ha? set in sod this mak^s geing into thc inferior most difiieuit. The country between Pekin and Tieri Tsio in other years bas been frequently fi:od;:c Uiver trans? port is almost impossible, and the rail? way is practically non-existent and must be entirely rebuilt. Military opinion is unanimous tbat if the lega? tions ?id not need relief it would be foolish to attempt to advance before September CHING AND HI? ARMY. Admiral Bruce ha9 Et. a telegram to the admiral to department frou^ Taku under date of July 7 to the effect that there are grounds for hoping that Prince Ching with his army at Pekin is projecting the legations against Prince Tuan, his army and the Boxers. THE FASHION', o i Prcvailics -<?e::s ?:i Wraps - Chil? dren's Styles. The class wrap ..:;!!...! visile is reviv? ed for elderly wemen :?::<1 is very digni? fied and elegant wi-.'*:: composed of fine cloth embroidered with soutache or of si? cilienne decurate<i with fringe. Plaid carn-;. wi:h capuchons and wool? en fringe, continue to be in great de? mand for traveling, exetirsions end ail purposes where .'i warr.;, serviceable and easily adjusted wrap is required-; To a great extent they lake the place of the shawl, which the last generation found so useful. They are worn hy young girls as well as women. For children the lon? cloak, the loose sack and the jacket ?re seen. In the -1 (;I::L'S GOWN. case of older girls thc- figaro is also em? ployed, 'A hill- ;?.,. skirt ni" thc gown is plaited, and lin- chemisette and high corsek-t belt are add'-I to the wardrobe. Plain cloth, plaids i:i different shades "f the same color, cheek ct I woolens and bengaJ?i? are ai! fashionable materials fer children's wear. Today's eut shows ? girl's costume <-f ?iver -r:i v . loth. Th.- skirt is laid in sl?e at t Villi : arl,. tg enos !':i:i-j?:i_' ar tile .li ?-?i? < "::oi.u.T. </> PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS, st Coutfh Syrup. Tastes Good. Cse in time. Sild liv drujriiists. CONSUMPTION Si w SIX THOUSAND ?. S. TROOPS FOR CHINA. Ragulars, Both Cavalry and Infantry, Will ba Hurried Across the Pacific. Washington, July 7.-As a resalt of a thorough coosideration of the subject by tho secretary of war, Lieut. Geo. Miles and Adjt. Gen. Corbin orders were issued by the war department this afternoon for the dispatch of 6,254 regular troops to the Philippics with a view to utilization in China. Tbe foroe is made up of two battalions each of the Fifteenth, Second, Fifth and Eighth and two squadrons each of the First and Ninth cavalry, one squadron of the Third cavalry and a company of engineers. Tbeee troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possible and as soon as transportation arrange? ments eau bc perfected, and the entire fleet of transports at San Francisco ind New York will bc employed in the work. An important meeting of the South Atlantic Lumber Association will be held in Wilmington, N. C., cn the 12th and 13th of July. In addition to the regular members of the asso? ciation a most cordial invitation is extended all who are engaged in the saw mill and lumber business in the two Carolinas and Virginia to bo present at the time and place above mention, to talk over the situation, hear reports, make suggestions and take such action as will best con serve the interests of all concerned. Tue Inter State Firemen's Tourna ruent will be in session at the ssme time, and a rate of one cent per raiic for the round trip wiil be given over all the railroads. The Lady and the Teeth. "I was called one day to a certain hotel to give chloroform io a young woman who was about to undergo a slight surgical operation to remove a morbid growth in the ear/" said a phy? sician "The patient, as li developed on lay arrival, had been married univ a few days before and was ia the city with lier husband on their bridal tour. Although ? j : : i ? e handsome, she was no longer exactly in her first youth, and she was very much averse tu having lier husband present at the operation. However, he insisted, and she finally agreed that ho should stay, but I no? ticed i hat she seemed very nervous and preoccupied. "The operation, as I said before, was trifling. She look the chloroform easily and all went weil until she was just regaining consciousness, when she opened her mouth, and out fell a set of fais?- teeth. She had said nothing about that detail, aral the truth was that she had hoped, poor woman; to pass through the ordeal without the fact of her wearing such things hoing known to her hus!?am!. "But the effect on that individual was entirely unexpected. He .cave one horrified glance and then rushed at the old surgeon and seized him by tho tiirear. "You infamous scoundrel;' he yelled. 'You have broken my poor dar? ling's jaw!* "At that stage of affairs I beat a re? treat. I never did learn exactly what the husband thought had happened or what sort of explanation was offered." -New Orleans Times-Democrat. He Drank Alone. In the early days of Ventura. Cal, Dr. Bard established such a reputation for willingness lo tight that few pre? sumed to provoke his anger. He was once informed that the lawyer he had engaged to represent him in a certain case had sold out to the opposing side. "I'll cut his heart out." said Bard when the news came to him. Shortly after that, walking with oue of his friends. Dr. Bard met the law? yer on the street. "Come in and have a drink." said that worthy, and the three men, entering the barroom, or? dered three glasses of whisky, which were put before them. "Drink." said Dr. Bard to the law? yer. "Not until you are ready." the law? yer politely replied. "No. not with me." said Bard; "you drink now." "Not until you drink." insisted the legal light. Dr. Bard's pistol was out in a mo? ment and pointed between the eyes of the man who had betrayed him. "Drink!" said he in a voice of thun? der: "drink. I tell you!" The lawyer drank with avidity, and when he was through Bard ami his friend threw their fall glasses on the floor. "We don't drink with curs." said they and. turning their backs, walked out of the room.-San Francisco Argonaut Fish Living; In not Water. There is a pond at Goleouda which is fed by the waters from the hui springs. This pond has an arra of two or three aeres, and the temperature of th- wa? ter is about 7." degrees, and in some pinces where the hot water bub'.?les up from tile bottom the' tempora.tuiv is :'i most tip to a boiling point. ?Ieee::;!;.- :i discovery has been made that th: warm lalee is literally alive with earp. lie-h was hard and palatable VY tilt ont Morey. "Was Mr. Podger really ena-! to his Wife?" ..?'reel? Why, he treated lierai! the time as if she were his partner at whist."-Chicago Record. 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GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Use For Over 30 Years. :HC CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 2 carloads Lime* 1 carload standard four-foot Laths. 2*1 carload Cement and Piaster Paris -ALSO The usual stock of Horses, Mules, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Har? ness. M. UAMBY. Sumter, C., June 4,1900. BABY'S PRETTY CURLS. Max O'Reli's Slim Young: Man. Paul Blouet (Max O'Kell) was a sick man when ho came to this country last fall. Naturally his American experiences j Palled Them Off In a Car and Em were not exhilarating. Un the night i barraged Her Mamma, before lie sailed for Europe he told a par- j ty of friends the most exasperating hap- j penir.c: of the lot. -This is not the first time I have been I tOTtHWl ^ aU the Passengers on a Ger? in America," he said. "I know the cus- ? mautown car. Every one was fasci? sms of the land and the people, and ! nated by the baby's pretty and smiling A well dressed woman with a beauti? ful baby in her arms attracted the at when the ship landed 1 was prepared for face and particularly by two golden the American interviewer. 1 have met curls which hung down her cheeks, him before. After awhile the child became nerv "Among the reporters was a slender oug a?d ?^gan to tug at one af the youth from one of the big morning pa- , which protruded from her hood pers. 1 knew the eoitor, ano I thought .. . ., he would give me a good show, so I The woman, presumably her mother, spread myself for this ad. I spoke well. Quickly stopped her, but a few mo 1 spoke eloquently. I did the subject jus- ments later she looked out of the win tice. Before leaving 1 made an appoint- dow. No sooner was her face turned ment to meet this particular young man than the child seized her bonnet with at my hotel at 9 o'clock the next morn- hands and pulled It off. It offer fafr er little resistance, but to the astonish "When I opened thai slim young man's ment of e one ou the car the curls paper the next day I was speechless with aud fa supposed golden anger. Not a word of my interview ap- ;J. \ , , . .. neared, but the youth had written about haired baby showed that m reality its the bald spot on my head, making it lar- bead was without the semblance of a ger. He had described how my nose had hair. grown more prominent, how my cheeks The child swung the bonnet to and had fallen away and how I had lost my fro and laughingly held it up for the color. He told about my decrease of inspection of the other passengers. It weight and described my legs as 'pipe- was almo?.t a minute before the worn stems.' I was walking the floor wueu &u turue(] aroim(j. when she saw the voung man came in, and by a violent . , , , -, Ka" - effort 1 controlled myself, lien I said ""hat the baby had done her face to him as calmly as I could: ?u^ed, *** Th<>ut a Trd she p;ck '..Mv dear young man. I have been ed up the child and walked sedately reading your account of me, and I notice | out of the car. When last seen, she that vou have described in detail every j was trudging down Spring Garden part of my body except my foot, and now, sir, 1 propose that you shall feel that, and you shall learn, sir. that I have not lost all my strength yet even if V "But before I finished the reportei j fled.--Saturday Evening Post. street with the baby tucked under her arm like a sack of oats, but still hold? ing tightly to the bonnet ami cooing. "Sec ray pooly hair?"-Philadelphia Times. Behind the Scene?. "A good many people." said a veter? an stage manager the other day. '"have an idea that beyond the scenes of a stace there is great fun and hilarity ?iniek Arrow Shooting. The Maya Indians have acquired ex? traordinary dexterity with the bow and arrow, which, with thc spear, is their only weapon, though the boys before ' CVlt\ that actors have a jolly sort of they are strong enough to draw the j time between their appearances before bow often use a sling made from a j the audience. The fact is n militarj strip of rawhide, with which they kill i camp during times of inspection is no squirrels and small birds. The bows i more sedate than is the rt?ar of any are about live feet long; made of a thin, tough strip et* cuhoou palm, well seasoned. Thc arrows are usually car? ried in v. tiger skin quiver and can be h marvelous ra pi? Ii tv. as the used wit fo ?mc; inciden liv lng in in an . Ho at st ri ki? while ot her : for iiii will >!i<i\v: ! ,?eo!rdnnes of my ac? lu ce named < 'anek had been on nus* willi h:> fathor-ia-law for One numbing while buat ;!;.> bush he espied the old mau nana tree gathering the apples; mee fired au arrow at the man. ; idhi through the chest and he body was fa liing placed a:i rrow ;:i '!:.. tieck. Fortunately :scl?" lie ma na ced to reach the ? well regulated stage when the public in front ot* the footlights is being en? tertained. The shifting of seem s and the proper execution of au intricate phi} require ai: the thought that can be given thom. All tho ?nen aud wo un have all they can do to properly per form their parts. If a manager is an easy going man. caring little for dis cipHia-. he soon gets tv) ? ho < nd ol his carec?". \oii may bo sure there is no business ihat is cn,ried on in a moro businesslike way than is the play? house, aud when tho fun is on ia the front these behind the scenes are care? fully watching to see that no hitch oc? curs and that every one is ready to do nearest Spanish settlement before any his part at the proper time and does ol' the murdered man's relatives could ?t properly when the time conies." cvertake him.-Chambers' Journal. ? Washington Star. _ i -. . ..- I -'