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? ?nrn-rn.*- .. ..... Safe on July Fourth is Latest Report. Bat Authenticity of Infor? mation From Pekin It Doubted. London, July 9, 2 46 a m ?Tbe foreign consult et Shengbei met on July 7 end officially announced tbet the legetiooe et Pekin were eefe oa July 4. Tbe forogoing statement, reed with Consul Warren'a dispetoh to tho foreign office oo Saturday, makes tt possible to believe tbet the legetiooe will hold out for e number of deys jet Having fought Io e standstill the first oulbreeke of e fenettcsl fury, it is believable tbet something mey intervene to save thorn. Tbe news, efter lh<* sinister rumors of the leet ten deye, ie eeougb upon which to build op hopee Tho bhengbsi correspondent of The Kxpress, telegrepbing oo Sunday, et 6.10 p. m however, throws doubt epon Coneul Wsrren's ioformetion Ho oeje: "Too Tei Sbeng now edmite that there wee en error io his communica? tion to Oso Werten. Tbe dete of the couriers et Chi neu Fu, wee July 3, whioh doee not apply to hie de perturo from Pekio The journey from Pekin to Chenen Fq ot copies fife deye. Tbe courier, therefore, could not have left Pekin leter theo June 28. Tho dele of tbe maeeecro there, ae given by Chinese reporte, woe Jone 30 or July 1." Tien Tein is still hard pressed. A Chiceee force numbering from 80,000 to I'M).000 men is estimated by inconclusive reconneissences, floods, the country round about Tien Tsiu, communication between which piece end Teku is epperently possible ? by river ooly. A Chefoo dictpelch to The Expreee eeye tbe Roseieoe have landed 8,000 men et Teku end tbe Japanese have discharged several treneporte. Jap? anese pushed oo to Tien Tain, leading in the subsequent assault upon the ootive oity, in which their commend er wee killed. Ten more treoeporle ere engaged et Jepenese ports With the 10,000 British Indie troope afloat eod freeh Jspeneee contingents it ie qoiet probable tbet tbe allies will have 50,000 men eehore. The disorders io the proeincee ap? pear to bo increeeicg in violence A Cbieese ormy ie within 40 miles of New Chweog, end tbe foreigners ere preperiog to ebeodon tbeir bcmee The southern part of tbe province ie ewept by raiders, destroying ell works of the white men, except in spots garrisoned by Ruseiene Proc lemetione have been posted in ell ?tllegee near Cbeefoo calling upon the local Chinese to rise end expel the forsignere for introducing among tbe pious Chinese an immoral reli gioo Kvery good Boddist is expect ed to koeel three hours deily, knock hie heed upon the floor thrice end prey earnestly tbet sudden, cruel death mey overtake ell aliens The foreign settlement el Chefoo ie ol the mercy of tho two Chinese forte oqoipped with Krapp gone which oommsad two eidee of tho oity. Six worships, ioolodiog tbe United 8tetee goo boat Nashville, ere coosteotly oleer ed for action Tho provisional government ot Pe? kio sppesrs to have deeigne opon too southern provinces. Besides hevlog ordered Kwee Shi Ki to ml veooe opon Naokio, which Kwoo 8hi Ki eeys ho will oot do. Priooo Tumi bee ooot eo ormy oloog tho route jf tho Greod canal. Neokio ie oo tho sooth beok of o river nearly a mile wide. Tho Brit? ten oroioere llermione ood Pique will eeeiet In repelling ettempte to croes Six Chinese cruisers ere there esd 17.000 troope ere et tbe diepoeel of Viceroy Liu Koeo Yi Tbe forte eaooat 34 high power modero gooe The foreigners io Shsnghsi are be coming uuessy Everything de? pends, they feel, on Viceroy Lio Koeo Yi Refugees from Tien Tsin et riving ol Shanghai say tbet only five civil? ian foreignere were killed during the loog Chinese bombardment The foreign women became eo indifferent that they welked tbrongh tbe streets oot hooding tbe shells Moot of tho civilians were deported to Teku, thenoe to be conveyed to Shanghai. The ooorier meotiooed in Consul Warren's dispatch gives m strenge picture, eeye tbe Deily Mail's Sbeng bei correspondent, of bow life jostles deeth io Pskin Busineee epperently gooe oo as usual Tbe shops end theatres ere open eud the elreete ere foil of people. No imperial troops oxoept those of Gen Tung Fuh Eieng took pert in the fighting The courier even eeeerte positively thst provisions ere being eupplied to the legation*, hut by whom be does not eey Tbe Boxere end Gen Tung Kuh Sieng do not get along well The Boxere eesert that they do all tbe fighting eud the latter ell the looting and nothing else Gen Kweog >m Kat governor of Shan Tung, e correspondent of the Deily Mail avows, predicts tint by July lltb, tbe Boxers will disband end negotiations will be begun for pence Neverthelees circumstantial rumors of dexk things to come ere in citcule tioo. 'Tie eofrsepoedsots et Sbeoghei, sMSSa-i f Silin a affi IsfcVMslasB isma.^..- ? -*rsf" VHi - which it still the clearing house of all Chinese news, says that a combined foroe of Russians and Japanese havo left Tien Tain following the railway as far aa Lang Fang and havo tbenoe swept swifrly to tbo west, attacking tho Chinese 18 miles north of Tieo Tsio and killing 1,000 of thorn The Shanghai correspondent says : "Rsporte from Tien Tain, from Chi? nese sources, eay a great battle has taken plaee in which the Chinese lost heavily. The allies at Tten Tain are short of provisions nod aoffer consider ably from "soippiog." The Daily Mail's Tieo Taio corres? pondent in a dispatob dated July 2, via Chofoo, July 4, says : "No farther movemeot is possible with less than 30,000 man A dcou meot baa been found, sigood by a British resident, oo behalf of British manufactures, offering Vieeroy Chang Cht Tang eomplete armament and officers for an army oorpa for 453,000 pounds sterling. "Tbe messages of British correspond? ents at Tisn Tain are eenaored by the Britiah authorities, bat there is oo cen? sorship eteroised ovsr tbe other corres? pondents.'' The Daily Telegraph's Canton oor respondent, wiring Friday, via Hong Koog, Saturday, says : "Li Hang Chang was formally noti? fied today that President McKinley cordially appreciates his assurances of frieodahip for the allied powers. Now that aaareby controls the oapital Presi deot MeKinley frosts to the responsible, proviocial authorities to carry out tho international obligations of the Chinese government Tbe Shanghai oorrespoodeot of tbo Daily Telegraph, ander date of July 7th, says : "Boxer emissaries arc coming to tbe Loath disguised, for the purpose of enlisting men. Tho situstion is grave." Emperor William, says a Berlin dis? patob, today reoeived the following from tbe governor of Tsin Tau with refereooo to tbe promises of reward to aoy who ahould accomplish tho delivery of a foreigner from Pekin : "Being notified of your majesty's telegram, the governor of Shan Tung replied: "From the outset I have been full of anxiety regarding the European* in Pekin aod I have made repeated attefapte to send a messenger and get help to tbem, but in vain. Now all roads to Pekin are beset with rebels, and, therefore, whatever measures are now -ekeo offer even leas prospect of suo oesa than before. Nevertheles I shall eooaider it my doty for their help.'1 Several correspondent* at St Peters? burg aend out telegrams, censored of ooarse. to tbe etfeot that Russia, Japan aod England agreed as to their policy in China, their interests dominating there. Oen Orloff, a brilliant soldier, baa beoo appointed chief of staff of tho foroea in Ob-tat, Indications Better Than Tbey Have Been for a Month. Loodoo, July 10, 12 45 a. m.? With the foreigners in Pekio probably aate amid oivil war, with Priooe Cbiog oo their aide, with tbe powere united aod tbelr foreee constantly increasing, tbe outlook in China is now rather more hopeful theo it baa beeo for a month poet. It sppears from the oautious state mast given out by Tao Tot 8heng, in Shanghai, that tbe reason the heavy guns bearing oo tbe legations at Pekio were oot need is that Prinoe Cbiog, who is served by 10,000 troops, seized all tbo artillery ammunition. 8beog likewise iotimates that Yung Lu, oommaoder in-chief of tbe oorthero ermy, ie associated with Priooe Cbiog io opposiog Prioee Tusn's ferooious designs and dictatoral ambitioo. Sbeog, who appears to be tbe solo Sbaoghai eoodoet of Pekio oewa, eheera tbe foreigo eoneole by these confidential ooromunioatioos, bat takes exeessive precautions to prevent tbe Chinese from thiokiog him friaodly to foreign? ers UNREST PREVAILS Tbe feeliog of ooreat io tbe southern aod eeotral proviooea ooo'iouos. Tbe member.i of the otfioial class io those provioee? strive to remaio neutral with leaoiog to? ward the foreigoere, until tbey aball ?eo whether the moderate or extreme faetiooa will win io Pekio Priooe Cbiog seems to be staodiog for tbe dyoasty aod the old order against Priooe Tuan's ambitioo From a foreigo view point tbe oap tore of Pekio ia tbe key to tbe situation, aa there ia a fear, aoeording to Tbe Daily Mail's Shanghai correspond? ent, that delay now meaoa ooe hoodred reeroite for tbe Boxers for every soldier of tbe allies in the land Two oooriera arrived in Tien Tain on Jaly 1 from Pekin One brought a letter from from Sir Claude MeoDonald, tbe British minister, to the same effeot as that previously received from Sir Robert Hart Tbo couriers confirm tbo report of tbe death of thn Baron voo Klettelor Tbey pey tint Prinjso Chinj* ia doiog bis utmost to protect tkin foreigners, but tltat the native FUELING AGAINST THH WHITES Ifl stroog. Two high official* opposed to the Boitvi am reported by tbe eourie a to have boon MifJawitl ?tou Sir Claude MaoDooald's letter is dated four dsya earlier than that of Sir Rob? ert Hart. A dispatob to a oaws ageooy here, I dated Tien Tsio, dated Joly 2d, lays : "The empress ddwager, fo far from being dead, is aotively striving to pre? vent the laotions fighting. Prin03 Chios has informed her that be would rather lose his bead than be oonstantly obliged to warn ber of the consequences of tbe prolongation of the present aoaroby. Priooe Tuan is quite willing that Cbiog should be deoapitated, but tbe dowager empress does oot allow this Priooe Tuao has decided tbat be will take full responsibility He pur? poses to retake Tien Tsio and Taku. Outside of Pekin, exoept in the Pe Chili aod Shaog Tung oouotry, tbe people are supremely indifferent " EXCEEDINGLY UNPLEASANT. However all this may be, the allies at Tieo Taio sre having aod exceeding* ly unpleasant time. The last engage? ment of wbioh news has oome through, aooarred oo July 6 The Chinese ar? tillery opened at dawn. Their fire was more acourate and their ammunition better, the shells exploding with precision aod settiog fire to several buildings H. M S Terrible guos egaios quieted tbe Chinese, who, again shifting their artillery, reopeoed the attaak io the afternoon, but a thunder? storm brooking, tbe Chinese suddenly quit Tho alliaa immed<atelv attacked aod drove tho Chinese from their works, but lost 30 killed or wounded in ao doiog. Tbe not-.-ootnbataots are leaving Tioo Tain and military loaviog also. Stories of COLOSSAL CHINESE ARMIES gathering oootioue to worry not ooly tho rank and file, but the commanders, who admit the uncertainty of reoounaissancd aod the complete absence of an effeo'ive intelligence department. Chinese in? formation is received with extreme dis? trust. WAITING FOR REENFORCE MEN TS. It 19 obvious that though there were many tbouaando of Chinese camped by tbe guns nothing can bo done at present exoopt to await tho arrival of rcioforoe tnent*. The rainy eeaaon has set in and this makes going into the interior mo6t dimoult. The country between Pekin aod Tien Tsin in other years has beeo frequently fiioded River trans? port is a.most impossible, and tbe rail? way ia practioally noo-cxistent and must be entirely rebuilt. Military opinion is uosnimous tbat if the lega? tions did not need relief it would be foolish to attempt to advance before September CHING AND HIS ARMY Admiral Bruce has cent a telegram to tbe admiral to department from Taku uoder date of July 7 to too effect that there are grounds for hoping that Priooe Cbing with bis army at Pekin is proteotiog tbe legations against Priooe Tuao, his army and the Boxers. THE FASHION. PeOf HlWSJ Idrnw In Wr:\pa ? Chil? dren's Itylea. The class of Wtllp colled Visite is reviv? ed for elderly women and is very digni? fied ami elegant when composed of fine doth smbroldered with soutache or of si cillennc decorated with fringe. Pleld copes, with capuchons and wool? en fringe, continue to be in great de? mand for traveling, excursions and all purposes where a warm, serviceable and easily adjusted wrap is required. To a great extent they take the place of the shawl, which the last generation found so useful. They are worn by young girls as well as women. For children the long cloak, the loose sack and the jacket ore seen. In the GlRL'l OOWJf. case of older girls the ligaro is also em? ployed, while the skirt <?f the gown Is plaited, and the ehemisette ami high corselet belt are added to the wardrobe. Plein cloth, plaids In different shades ?>f the same color, cheeked woolen* and hcngeline are nil fashionable materials for children's wear. Today's cut shows n girl's costume "f silver gray ? loth. The skirl Is laid In stitched |>l:iits. nml the bodice nnd sleeves sre also plaited, the folds <>t' the letter being horixontul. There i ? a short holt>ro ??r guipure, whidi rorms epaulets and isecured in front i.> :i choii of vel? vet und n Jeweled button The plaited collar Im of lieniruliuo, the bell of velvet, with :i chou iiud long eiuls hanging nt tho heck. .11 hl? t 'iioi.u.T. Hik-t PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best t'ough byrup. Taste* Good. Intime. Held t>jr druaglHtn. MJMiignirsTiOT ?VJMfsaBSf SIX THOUSAND U. S. TROOPS FOR CHINA. Regulars, Both Cavalry and Infantry, Will be Hurried Acr088 the Pacific. Washington, July 7. ? Aa a result of a thorough ooosidtiratioo of the subject by tbo scoretary of war, Lieut. Gen. Miles aod Adjt. Geo. Oorbio orders were issued by tbe war department this afternoon for tbe dispatob of 6,254 regular troops to the Philippics with a view to utilization io China. Tbe foroe is made up of two battalions each of the Fifteenth, Second, Fifth and Eighth aod two equadrons each of tbe First and Ninth cavalry, one equadroo of tbe Third cavalry aod a oompany of eogioeers. These troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possible aod as soon as transportation arrange ments can bo perfected, and tbe entire fleet of transports at San Franoisoo aod New York will be employed io tbe work. An important meeting of the South Atlantic Lumber Association will be held in Wilmington, N. C, on tbe 12th and 13th of July In addition to the regular member* of the asso? ciation a most cordial invitation is extended all who are engaged in the saw mill and lumber husiness in the two Carolinas and Virginia to be 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. The luter Slate Firemen's Tourna ment will be in session at the same time, and a rate of one cent per mile for the round trip will bo given over all the railroads. The Ladr and the Teeth. "I was called one day to a certain hotel to give chloroform to 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 it developed on my arrival, had been married only a few days before and was In the city With her husband on their bridal tour. .Although quite handsome, she was no longer exactly In her first youth, and she was very much averse to having her husband present at the operation. However, he insisted, and she Anally agreed that ho should stay, but I no? ticed that she seemed very nervous and preoccupied. "The operation, as I said before, was trifling. She took the chloroform easily and all went well until she was just regaining consciousness, when she opened her mouth, and out fell a set of false teeth. She had said nothing about that detail, and the truth Mas that she had hoped, poor woman, to pass through the ordeal without the fact of her wearing such things brine: known to her husband. "But the effect on that individual was entirely unexpected. lie gave one horrified glance and then rushed at the old surgeon and seized him by tho throat. '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. Cat, Dr. Bard established such a reputation for willingness to right 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 and his friend threw their full glasses on the floor. "We don't drink with curs." said they and. turning their backs, walked out of the room.?San Francisco Argonaut. Plait Living In Hot Water. There Is a pond at Uolcoutln which Is fed by the waters from tbe hot springs. This pond has an ana <?f two or three acres, and the temperature ol tie- wa? ter i* about 7." degrees, and in some places where the hot water Unhides lip from the bottom tho temperature Is :'l most tip to a boiling poiut. Uccently n discovery has Ueen made that thb worm Inlte literally alive with carp, Rome of which arc more than <<,i> foot long. All efforts to cnteli them with m I book are! Hue have failed, and they ! will not touch the most tempting hall A few of them have been shot, tllld. : contrary t-? the general supposition, tin flesh wns hard and palatable. Without Merer. "W as Mr. I'otlger really cruel to hlb wife?" "Cruel? Why, he treated her all tin time as If she were his partner at whist."?Chicago Record. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which lias hecm in use for over 30 years, has Dorne the signature of and has been made under his per ffif j**, sonal supervision since its infancy. '<CCC*J/X Allow no one to deceive you in this. 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Just Received. 2 carloads Lime. 1 carload standard four-foot Laths. ? ] carload Cement and Plaster Paris -ALSO The usual stock of Horses, Mules, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Har? ness. H. HARRY. Sumter, S. C, June 4,1900. Mux O'Rell'a Stirn Y?uiik Man. Paul Blouet (Max O'ltell) Mas a sick man when be came to this country last fall. Naturally his American experiences were not oxhilarating. On the night before he sailed for Europe he told a par? ty of friends the mo^t exasperating hap? pening of the lot. "This is not the first time I have been in America," he said. "I know the cus? toms of the laud and the people, and when the ship landed 1 was prepared for the American interviewer. 1 have met him before. "Among the reporters was a slender youth from one of the big morning pa? pers, 1 knew the editor, and 1 thought he would give me a good show, so I spread myself for this ad. I spoke well. 1 spoke eloquently. I did the subject jus? tice. Before leaving 1 made an appoint? ment to meet this particular young man at my hotel ot 0 o'clock the next morn? ing. "When I opened that slim young man's paper the next day, I was speechless with anger. Not a word of my interview ap? peared, but the youth had written about the bald spot on my head, making it lar? ger, lie had described how my nose bad grown more prominent, how my cheeks had fallen away and how I had lost my color. He told about my decrease of weight and described my legs as ?pipe stems.' 1 was wulking the lloor when the young mau came in, and by a violent effort 1 controlled myself. Then I said to him as calmly as I could: "'My dear young man, I have been reading your account of me, and I notice that you have described in detail every part of my body except my foot, and now, sir, 1 propose that you shall feel that, and you shall Irani, sir, that i have not lost all my strength yet even if 1'? "But before 1 finished the reportei fled."-Saturday Evening Tost. tlniek Arrow Shootiujc. The Maya Indians have acquired ex? traordinary dexterity with the bow and arrow, which, with the spear, is their only weapon, though the boys bet?re they are strong enough to draw the DOW often UfO B sling made from a ?trip of rawhide, with which they kill squirrels ami small birds. The bows fire about live feet long, made of a thin, tough strip of ctlboon palm, well seasoned. The arrows arj usually car* ried in a tiger ?Uiu quivtr and can be used with marvelous rapidity, as the following incident will show; A chief of the La condones of my ac? quaintance named Ca nek hud been on tad terms with his futlicr-la-law fpr some ti::.\ Oue uiortilug while bunt? ing in the bush be espied the old man in an uunuu tree gathering the apples. He at once Ured an arrow at the man, striking him through the chest and while the body was fallitig placed an? other nrrow lu the neck. Fortunately for himself he managed to reach the tea rest Spanish settlement before any the murdered man's relatives could *? rtaUe him.?Chambers' Journal. BABY'S PRETTY CURLS. Polled Them Off In a Car and Em barrmmed Her Mainnin. A well dressed woman with a bcauti ful hahy in her arms attracted the at? tention of all the passengers on a Ger niautowu car. Every one was fasci? nated hy the baby's pretty and smiling face and particularly hy two golden curls which hung down her cheeks. After awhile the child became nerv? ous and began to tug at one of the curia which protruded from her hood. The woman, presumably her mother, quickly stopped her, but a few mo? ments later she looked out of the win? dow. No sooner was her face turned than the child seized her bonnet with both hands and pulled it off. It offer? er little resistance, but to the astonish? ment of every one on the car the curls came with it, and the supposed golden haired baby showed that In reality its head was without the semblance of a hair. The child swung the bonnet to aud fio and laughingly held it up for the inspection of the other passengers. It was almost a minute before the wom? an turned arouud. When she saw what the hahy had done, her face flushed, and without a word she pick? ed up the child and walked sedately out of the car. When last seen, she was trudging down Spring Garden street with the baby tucked under her arm like a sack of oats, but still hold ing tightly to the bonnet and cooing. "See my pooly hair ?"?Philadelphia Times. rtelitnd the Seene?. "A good many people." said a veter? an stage manager the other day. ' have an idea that beyond the scenes of a stage thert is great fun and hilarity and that acton have a Jolly sort of time between their appearances before the audience. The fact is a military camp timing times of inspection is do more sedate than is the rear of any well regulated sta.ee when the public in front of the footlights is being en? tertained. The sbiftiug of seems an.! the proper execution of an intricate play require all the thought that can be giveu them. All the men and woui< n have all they can do to proia-rly per form their parts, if a manager U easy golug man. caring little for dis tip!Sue, lie sooa gets to the end of hi* career. You may be Mire there is no business that Is carried on in a more businesslike way than is the play* house, and when the fun is on in the front those behind the scenes are care* full") Watching to see that no hitch o, curs ami that every cue is ready to do Iiis part at the proper time ami does it properly when the time comes."? Washington Star.