The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 11, 1900, Image 6
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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.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has beca
in use for over 30 years, has horne the signature of
- and has been made under his per
ffljfyf j, sonal supervision since its infancy.
^Cc<XU4i Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment?
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimila'' s the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend.
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.
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