The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 18, 1900, Image 2
Wholesale Murder*
Reported From Pek?n.
Such the Story Said to Have
Been Sent From London.
London, July 13 ?A news agency
report says that an official message
received in London states that ali
?he foreignere in Pek?n were murder
ed July 6
The scanty cable dispatches re
ceived today add nothing to the
knowledge in London of the Chinese
situation
It is stated positively from Canton
?nat Li Hung Chang will remain there
until the allied troops have defeated
Prince Tuan's forces, and then will
go north to ler^ bis powerful aid in
arranging terme of peace, cooperating
with Prince Ching, Yung Lu and the
sther pro foreign viceroys For the
present Li Hung Chang considers
that he can beet control and direct
the viceroys from Canton and also
keep in check the turbulent province
of Kwaog Tang
All the foreigners and missionaries
have evacuated Wen Chao and bave
arrived at King Po. Large bodies of
Boxers appeared at Wen Chau and
threatened to exterminate the foreign
ere and Christains. They also dis
, tribated banners, badges and inflam
matory ant?-foreiga-appeals.
The Tien Tain correspondent or
The Express, telegraphing under date
?f July 9,. asserts that the Chinese
are daily driving in the allies. They
have mounted, says the correspon
dent, 13 fresh guns in advantageous
positions, with which they are
sweeping the streets of the foreign
settlement, the incessant fire render
ing position after position quite un
tenable.
THREE THOUSAND KILLED.
The Daily Mail's St Petersburg
correspondent says that in the last
ais hours' battle outside of Tien Tain,
She Cossacks captured six Krupp
guns and killed numbers of fleeing
Sosera The Chinese lost 3,000 kill
ed,., including Gen Kek
LITTLE NEWS RECEIVED.
In the house of commons today, re
plying to questions on the subject, the
partfameotary secretary of the for
eign office, Mr Broderick, said that
little news had been received from
Ohina Her majesty's government
ie explained, had been unable to
communicate with the British naval
officers in China, as the land lines be
jareen Chefooand Shanghai had been
?cfc A dispatch purporting to have
?een sent from the emperor of China
to her majesty's government was
received yeeterday, bat the secretary
said he was enable to promise to
32ake its contents known
Preparing for Possible War,
Washington", July 12.?' On to Pe
iin" is the policy adopted by our
government it is said that regard
jess of the issues raised as to the
authenticity of the late Chinese note, :
sr the accuracy of its statements of
fact, or the questions raised as to the
responsibility for the present situa j
ion our government at least ?3 de
termined not to relax its efforts to
reach Pekin, to get in touch with
Mr Conger if he is alive, to take the
i:ece?sary steps for the protection of
American interests and in fact to do
all those things set out in Secretary
Hay's note to the powere, -including
a reckoning with the person or per- j
sons responsible for the outrageous !
even !?? the p'ist six weeks
T&ren&y-four boors* consideration
of tii? C?inese note leaves the officiais ;
here c*?n*i??ed that i marks the be j !
gmuiug oi a generai effort on the I
pavt c? the (>.'?i:ipRo officials to relieve j !
tbe s>tves fr.?rr: responsibility for the j i
treatment of the foreisrn ministers
and t;i;> righting a? Tien Tsin J ?
Th'- news from Tie:: Tsh: of the I
Ens&tit?f.*ctory relations betweeu trio I
allied f?rcre goes to confirm the war ? ]
department official here in their orig- j <
:na! conviction that two or three jl
brigades o? Americans troops, veter
an? of tbe Indian war. of the Cuban ! j
campaign and of the Philippine jun t
gle bsntp could have achieved some
valuable remits by this lime bad!
they been at Tier. Tsin
Col Liscufss' orders are broadly j
framed, and,.it is said at the war de
partment, that while he retains com j ^
marid of hie? own men ander ail cir- i '
eamstances, he may cooperate to any \{
extent verj?h the allied forces j ?
Coi Hoyt's Tribute to Col-11
clous'o's Company. ! *
toe oponing part of hie speech 1 ,
on campaigu day in Sumter, Col iloyt : j
jeferreo to his services in the Pal ? j
matto Sharpshooters during the civil . ?
war, and had the following to say of
Capt Aien Colclough's company, '
which was composed almost al!, if j ?
20t entirely, of Somier :?\c?i. From
man like Col Iloyt, this Is high <
testimony, but those who knew Capt
Dolclough and his men feel thai it is
son? too strong :
''In the war between the states if
was my fortune to servo in the same
regiment with Capt Alexander Col
clough's company from Sumter coun
tj. and I desire here to state that
braver, nobler or more gallant men j
.rever breathed the breath ef life/'
Pears ' Actual sEx?ermma
tion
Washington, July 13.?Tbe Ch?cese
j minister, Mr. Wn, hss undertaken lo
gei through a cipher cable message
from Secretary Hay to United States
: Minister Conner at Pekio. and to
; de?7er back the reply of Minister Ooo
; ger if be be ai i . Mr. Wu forwarded
j tbe cipher dispatch, together with an
! extended explanatory message of his
I own, on Wednesday, and the results
j are now being eagerly awaited both by
j Secretary Hay and the Chinese minis
I ter, although it is appreciated that
some days must elapso before runners
ean carry out this plan or openieg up
communication between the American
government at Washington and the
American minister at Pesio.
It was soon after Minister Wa pre
sented the text of the edict ?sued by
the Chinese imperial government that
Mr. Hay requested bim to get through
a message to Minister Conger. Siooe
the Cbioese government bad succeeded
in getting through its own communica
tion from Pekin, Mr Hay felt thai it
was quite reasonable to ask that like
communication be opened between oar
minister and the govercment here
Mr. Wu readily assented to this propo
sition.
Mr. Hay thereupon wrote the mes
sage aod had it translated into tbe
official cipher of the state department.
The contents were not made known to
Minister Wa, bat in its unintelligible
oipber form it was entrusted to him to
be plaoed in the banda of Minister
Conger at the earliest possible moment.
Mr. Wu determined to act through the
medium of an influential imperial officer
at Shanghai, who by reason of bin posi
tion, is better able than anyone else in
Chioa to execute such a mission.
Besides forwarding the message to
Minister Conger, Mr. Wu sent to tbe
Chinese officiai a detailed and urgent
explanatory message, in which was set
forth tbe imperative importance of per
forming this service for the American
government. The official was urged to
spare no effort or expense in forward
ing the message by carriers, runners,
or any other means, into the hands of
Minister Conger, and to use like means
in getting back the answer to the
American government. Two days have
elapsed siooe the message to Mr. Con
ger went forward, and it is confident]}
believed that it is now on its way from
Shanghai to Pekio.
FEAR THE VERY WORST.
Washington, July 13 ?The depart
ment of state has received a dispatch
from Consul General Goodnow at
Shanghai, saying that the governor of j
Shang Tung wires thac the Bdxcts and j j
soldiers were bombarding the legations ?
for a ficai attack upon tbe 7th of July, j J
He is extremely anxious fcr the safety ? ?
of tbe ministers and frieodly Chinese j ^
in Pekio. The consul adds that fears ! ^
for the wcrst are generally entertained, j ^
Tie state department has aiso re j
ceived a dispatch from Consul McWade ? g
at Canton saying that tbe viceroy Li j ^
Hung Cbaog bas engaged quarters j
opon the Cbinese steamer Anpiog, but | j
that tbe date of bis departure for the ? j.
D?rth is as yet undecided j p
Consul General Goodnow'e message i r
terribl ^pressed the officials here j
All aLjg they have suspected that the j .
various communication? received from j
Chioese sources in Shanghai have been j
preparing the way for the announce- r
ment of tbe extermination of the for-;
eign ministers and their wives, cb;i- j
dren, attaches, dependents and guards. ? ?
Tbe consul general's mes^ag?. it is 1
understood, is but a repetition of the ! r
latest press reports from Shanghai,
bat the state department has c"?me to
piaoc a high estimation cn Mr. Good
now's advices, [s appreciates the fact
that be docj not send every piece of
unreliable gesip afloat in tbc renia
[iena! news centre where he is stationer, j ?
but ases good judgment in sifting cue
tbc probable from the other kind of
2CW.V Moreover, bis adrice this time
is from the Chinese governor of the
province wherein Shanghai is .->ituated,
and h is bard to contrive of ao auco-jate
r:-a-a:D for tao fa'sificanoo of thy ?a?ts
by that cffisial \z the direction of this
particular report. Thctc'ore, tho state
iepartmect, which has all along been
3op?ful cf the uitimate rescue of tbe
Ministers at Pekin, has now joined
European chancellories to the belief
:hat tbey cavo ali been killed.
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NOTHING FROM ADMIRAL
REM E
Washington, July 13 ?Seoretary
Long etated at a late bour tonight that
ae had not received a word daring tbe
jay or evening from Admiral Remey,
in command of rhc Asiatic squadron to
3hioeec waters The fact that tbe ad
miral bae not made any report of tbe
?ondttiood said to exist in Pekio and
:ho reported murder of tbe ministers [
Secretary Long regards aa a hopeful j
igo, as he iodines to tbe opinion that j
bad any finality occurred in the capital j
>oiac wnr:i or rumor of it m'ght have I
found tts way to Tien Tsra or Taku
TAS Ei A
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Signature ci
DR RE?D ON CHINA.
Rev Dr Gi?beil C. Re?d, presid? ut
of the International Institute of
China, located at Pek?n, has article
in the May number o? the N;;ith
American Review entitled "The Pow
ers and the Partition of China,''
which is rendered more interesting
D37 very recent events occurring
since the article was written Dr
Reid in his work for the institute has
come in contact with influential and
thinking men of other countiies, ,
especially with those most deeply
interested in and responsible for the j
relations existing between China and
the rest of the world?ministers of;
foreign countries chiefly.
Dr Reid does not attempt to give !
authorized statements of the views
of the ministers of their countries,
but only the impressions gathered by |
him, with his grounds for his belief j
He takes the nations up in order and
discusses the attitude of each
Great Britain was for a long time
in favor of the integrity of China,
because it predominated the country
commercially. Of late it has become
much concerned about "maintaining:
British influence ;" it has abandoned
the "open door* policy for "spheres
of influence.'' Great Britain would
prefer to see China remain intact, but
seeing her own predominence threat
ened, is making efforts to get a strong
foothold in the rich Yang-Tse valley
China's wishes and rights are entirely
ignored. The only question is, what
is best for Great Britain. Lord
Charles Beresford upon his return
from his recent tour of commercia)
investigations in China recommends
one of two propositions ; either to
train the Chinese troops for the pro
tection of the Yang-Tee valley or
else to organize an alliance with the
United States, Germany and Japan
as against Russia and France
Dr Reid thinks Russia is much
misjudged ; that they really bave a
much stronger feeling for the Chinese
than for the Germans and English.
Russia bas not taken possession of
Manchuria province, which still pays
its taxes to China. Russia really
interferes less in the internal affairs
d? China than any other nation. The
building of the great Siberian rail
road br t on Russia such immense
idvau* jee that the jealousy of other
countries bas been aroused, and tbey
think she will try to acquire a large
share of China Dr Reid says that
while Russia would "like to exercise a
dominant influence in China, as other
lations do, she would much prefer ;
that the empire should remain intact,
but since dismemberment is "in the
iir," she is strengthening her 6i*tua- j
;ion so as to be able to take posses- j
don of Manchuria and Mongolia and j
he city of Pekin whenever the 6cram ?
)?e comes. This no doubt accounts ? -
or what is regarded as Russia's sel
?sh poiicy since the recent troubles
)egan
France's interest in China is mis
lionary more than commercial She
?as all Catholic missione under her 1
protection. France does not enter J
argeiy into the question of dismem
>erment aud only because of her
ympatby with Russia on account of
inanciai obligations.
The murder of two missionaries in
he province of Shantung two years
\go gave Germany the occasion of
icquiring large influence in that ter
itory, together with the important
)ort of Miao Chow.
Japan, though iateiy at war with
Jhina, would not naturally op j
>ose dismemberment Being so j
auch in the same condition as China I ,
he would herself eventually suffer
he same, state j *
Mr. Reid believes that America ?
vould prefer to see China remain in
act, but that if dismemberment J
akes place the United States will j
lave to be consulted with?which
neans ehe would demand a share. |
le says, what we all know, that the ?c
.verace American has very lit tie re ? I
pect for trie Chinese as a race This
s shown in our excluding them from
his country
Dr. Ried closes his article as fol
ows :
"Thus through mutual jealousies ,
if the nations. China maybe held to
gether. All seek their own interests -
irst, from what some would term
>atriotic motives, and yet this very
elf interest is dependent on the
preservation of China. A scramble
or conquest, possessions, sovereign
y, in Chiua would endanger the
>eace of the whole world. Eveu a I
truggle for established spheres of
nfluence, with Chinese authority
weakened more and more, would not
nly be treacherons to China but pro
ok? euch discord, animosities, riots
nd resentments as to make the ices
nd trouble of the participants great
r than the gain and honor Each na- |
ion, while anxious for more influ- j
nee, is opposed to the iucreased in - j
luence of any other nation. The ?
vlioie territory of China presents so j
nany opportunities for foreign enter- j "
rise that ail prefer competition to
xclusiveness and dismembermeut."
triglifi ul Blunder
Wili (?ftc:j cause ;i horrible Burn, ?sca! :. Cut
r ?..-i;!-e. BuckleiiArnica S?lve, tac l>c.-t ifi : 1
a? \ ?? ! i >v:?! iii'i th-j pain ? ??! :?? _ ';.?:?! (
:. Curo OV* *-?rc*. Fever S -r.-s. t'kcr?. *
; !?-, F? ? ?;>. (.* :-, ail >): (? Kru; ' :. . Be?; I
'ile Cur?; ? '.. earth. Only l?^ ct-<. a box. Cuse <
uarar.tt?o i. ??T? fey J. 1% W. fcvrUnue, i-Yug
!
Good \? ^.mmoc?td cheap?oc-t?er oaes for a
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ummer
The handiest, cleanest, safest, coolest and most
economical summer cook stove ever sold.
SS Blue Flame
Burns ordinary kerosene.
Combines the efficiency of the coal
ran^e and the convenience and
comfort of the gas range at a frac
tion of the expense of either. An
absolutely safe and clean stove ; will
not smoke, smeli or get greasy; can't
explode. Can be moved anywhere.
Sold wherever stoves are
sold. If your dealer does
not have them, write to
STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
Mrs. JL. Atkinson,
Fashionable
MILLINERY.
New Summer Goods an? Novelties
Coming in Every Week.
Stock of Flowers and all Trimming Mate
riale full now for Summer uee.
Daily additions of new designs in Trimmings
k?ep our Trimmed Hat Department continu
ously attractive. The oatgoing models are
promptly replaced by iater ideas of our own
designing aod copies cf tbe latest Hate ehown
in New York.
The Barop exelusiveoees characterize our
exhibit of UNTRIMMED HATS, which com
prises choice selections of Straw Braids, in
white, black and tbe pastel shades.
Prices the lowest in city for equal qualities, j
Mrs- L. Atkinson,
SUMTER, S. C.
May 16
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SOITER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid up Capitai.S 75,0f;0 CO
Surplus and ProS'2 ... - jb.COO OU
AdcitioE'il Liability of Stock
holder.; in ?-xc-e=3 of their
stock. 73,000 00
lo'al protection :c depositors, S175 000 00
Trnr?.< ic;.3 h Ge' pm: Banking Bu inrss.
Spec - attention iri'/en to collections.
S 1 VilVGS DEPART3IENT*
Depos! . ai' Si ar,? upwards received. Id
terest altered at the rate or 4 per cet:t.<per
innum, on aruouuts above S3 aud net exce^d
ng$30.', payable quarterly, on first days of
January, April, July f-nd Uctooer.
R M. WALLACE,
L. S. Caksos, President.
Cashier
Onion Seis
AND
Garden Seeds*
f\. supply of Oniou Sets, of choice j
rarieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for j
be season's planting, now on hand, ?
FULL LINK OF
medicines, !
perfumery;
md Fancy Articles, |
Jsually found in a first class
Drug Store.
Prescriptions carefully corn
funded at reasonable prices.
J. F. W. DeLorme,
Get 25
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Trade Marks
Designs
Copyrights &c.
Anyone pendine a sketch and description may
rjulckly ascertain onr opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica
tions strictlyoon?dential. Handbook on Patents
gent, tree Oldest acenev for sccunnp patents.
Parents taken through Munn & Co. rctctve
sprciaf netter, without charge, iu the
Scientific American,
A handsomely iilr.ctratoil weekly. T.nreest cir
culation of^rny scientjOc: journal; Terms. $3 a
year * four "Jwntbs. $L Sold by all newsdealers.
iM?NN&Co.36,B~ New York !
Brunch Office. v2? St, Washington. D. C.
t?j
I have on hand a lot of
Lome-niade Vinegar of very
ne ouali? y*. The ?iavor is del
cate, while lire strength is
?.qual to any te be had,
\>?ji ee soto :? iM\ losiucnce
or 40 cents per galli n.
Too Many Goods.
j
In some of our departments, we are overstocked, and rather
! than cany a surplus into next season, when the indications are
we can replace them for less money, we have determined to put a
Cleaning Out Pri?e
on them.
In Clothing we have about
25 Crash Suits
j Worth $3 to $3.50; we offer them at $1.95
j This is actually less than the goods are worth to buy, and at
above price should not last long.
100 pairs Boy's Washable Pants?
sizes 4 to 15?35c to 50c values
at 25c per pair.
25 DUCK VESTS?Plain and fancy, single and dou
ble-breasted goods worth $1.50 to 82?as long as they last
they go at 95C.
We have still some good values left in
Flannel Coats and Coats and Vests?
if you find your size we will guarantee to save you money.
Men's Low Cut Shoes.
Reynolds make So grade, as long as they last $2.40.
Bay State make $2 grade, $1.60,
Ladies' Oxfords?black and tan.
Godman brand?the $1.50 grade $1,10.
Ladies' Shirt Waists? With laundered Collars and
Cuffs?formerly sold 40c to 50c, NOW 25c. The 25e
grade, 15c.
We bave a few ver? desirabie ratter ne in
Silk Waists left
Formerly eoid at 50, 75, 85c and ?1 ?while they last they go at 38, 50,
COc ard 75c These psctet be seen to be appreciated.
What is left of our Silk and Wool Challies
we will sell at 23 cents.
It is needless to add that persons wishing to take advantage
of these prices will be expected to bring the CASH.
0.
THE PUDDING SWAMP
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CO'Y
OF MAYESVILLE.
BegS tO announce, that, Having decided to no
longer lease its property, it will conduct its warehouse at Mayes
ville during the season of 1000 under the management of JOHN
W. MILLS. Mr. Mills will be in Mayesville on July I0th,and
from that time on will personally look after the interests of our
customers.
We have Secured a large Corps of Buyers,
with large orders, and promise the best prices, the best atten
tion and the largest returns of any warehouse in the State.
Messr3 liai! & Clement are no longer connecied with our house, but
Mr. Milis wiil have an efficient corps o? assistants and will make every
endeavor tv) picase yo:: arul merit your patronage.
Our House will have its
First Regular Sale on August 2d, 1900,
v. ? will :;:.;: !;.? any tobaccos brought lo us from and after July 10th.
( ! ! \ !. I * A iu A ?j.
the mmm mm? iosagso warehouse gompanv.
W. D. GAMBLE. A. A. STRAUSS.
President. Secretary and Treas.
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