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HELD AT HOSTAGES. That is Statement About Min iers Made in Imperial Edict. London Jnly 30.?The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, telegraphing, says : "A new im perial edict promulgated this evening urgently orders all viceroys and pro vincial governors to endeavor to nego tiate peace with the powers, whose ministers are held as hostages pend ing the result of the overtures for the abandonment of hostilities against China/ ' The viceroys are also commanded to guard their territories vigilantly against attack and to prevent, by ail means in their power, the advance of the foreign troops especially along the Yang Tee Kiang. "The decree says that the officials will answer with their lives for any failue to execute these orders "Commands are also given that not a single foreigner shall be allowed to escapa from the interior, where their are etili fully 2,000 Europeans, con nected with missionary work, in iso lated aituationa. "When the governor of Shan Tang communicated to the consuls the im perial degree of July 24, he omitted important passages addressed to Li Hung Chang: THE ORDERS TO LI HUNG CHANG. " 'It is admittedly inadvisable to kill all the ministers, but it is equally unwise to send them to Tien Ts in. It will be much wiser to keep the survivors at Pekin at hostages. " *You are commanded to hasten to Pekin. You are incurring im perial displeasure by delay. You have been appointed viceroy of Chili because with your military ex experience, you wiil successfully lead the imperial armies against the for eigners in Chili, which Yu Lu, the present viceroy, is unable to do, ow ing to his ignorance of military affairs/ "Li Hung Chang replied to this edicat eking to be allowed to retire on account of hie age ? MURDERS IN PAO TING FU. "Sheng now admits that be has had telegrams since July 19 announc ing that every foreigner in Pao Ting Fu was murdered, including 4 Brit ish, French and American mission aries, and announcing also that two French Jesuits and a thousand con verts have been massacred at Kwang Pin Fu, on %he borders of Shang Tung and Chi Li. A majority of the consols favor strong measures against Sheng'e duplicity. "Local officiale assert that the Italian priests murdered in Hu Nan were wrapped in cotton which had been soaked with kerosene, and were slowly roasted to death. It is believ ed that ail foreigners in Chili have j by this time been massacred. And ! the wave of massacre is spreading toward Ning Po and Hong Chow, from which point 30 English and American missionaries are endeavor ing to eecape in boats down the river Kiang Su. Officials here anticipate a general rising along the Yang Tse Kiang about August I. ANOTHER MARE'S NEST. ''Ad astounding American intrigue has been revealed to the consuls here in the shape of a skiilful attempt to get the maritime customs placed in the hands of an American missionary named Fergusson, who, aithongh he was an active ally of Sheng in the latter's endeavors to hoodwink the world with regard to events in Pekin, was supported by the American officiale in his claim to the appoint ment of inspector general " MORE MISSIONARIES MASSA CRED. London. July 30.?A epecial die patch from Shanghai, dated yester day, says the English mission etation north of Ning Po, bas been destroyed i and 12 missionaries have been mas- I sacred. j Crisis Approaching in China. J London, July 30, 4 15 a. m.?The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph save he i a etili firmly con vinced that the minietere are safe but, with the exception of an alleged meeeage from the Japanese legation in Pekin, dated July 19, brought by a runner, saying that the legation was stili defending iteelf, nothing has yet been published giving anything in the nature of proof On the other hand the daily increasing reports of the massacre of missionaries and foreignere leaves only the most slender thread upon which to hang a hope. The Shanghai correspondent of The Times, wiring yesterday, says : "I learn that Li Ping Hong and Lu Chouan Lin, governor of Kiang 8u, both rabidly anti-foreign, are ad vancing toward Pekin with large bodies of troope Their advent muet j seriouely affect the situation there. "Today the consular body decided the situation demanded the presence of a military force in Shanghai,and the coneule have notified their govern ments accordingly." The Canton correspondent of the daily Telegreph, in a dispatch dated Saturday, says : "The Triads have become numerous and threatening in Hai Nan. The Tao tai and the local mandarine are terror stricken 3nd de cline to protect foreigners. All the missionaries except three have ieft their wives and families. The natives i of the Nodes district of the island j were so frightened that they all joined j the ranks of the Triads. "Serions disturbances are expected between Aug 1 and Aug 15, during the festival to be held to appease the shades of the dead The Boxers are charging large sums to the Chinese for passports from Pekin to Tien Tsin. Lao Yun Fu, the Black flag chief, has refused to march on Pekin unless Viceroy Tak Su will famish him '20,01)0 soldiers/' Important Tidings Hopefully Expected. Washington, July 29.?There is s. growing expectation at the State de - partment that news of the utmost im portance may be forthcoming at any moment from Pekin It was even thought that something might be re ceived today, but this hope was doomed to disappointment. Tbe few cable grams that were reoeited referred to minor matters aod did not touch at all upon conditions io the Chinese capital. It is believed that the basts for this expectation is the knowledge on tbe part of officials that oertain machinery heretofore set in motion may result in tbe opening up of communication through some secret but reliable chan cels. It is known that a second effort has been made by our own government to get aoother message from Mr. Con ger and tbat Dea 'y all of the powers also have resorted to private agencies in their own interest with a like object. The fact has just been developed that one of the last acts of the late Col. Lieoum before bis death at Tien Tsin was to uodertake the dispatch of a spy to Pekin. Gen. Dorward, the British commanding officer at Tien Tsin. also sent out two messages, and it is be Heved that tbe Japanese did the same. Up to date cot one of these messengers has returned to Tien Tsin, nor has there been a single word beard from any of them. This fact, however, has not cansed the abandonment of hope, and this is true in particular of the message expected from Mr. Con ger. Minister Wu is perhaps the basis for this hope on our part, aod he main tains an unshaken confidence in his original assertion that the new?, when it does come, will show that the iega tionere are alive. The message re ported to have come through mission ary Wilder, at Chefoo, is regarded as most promising. Glad Tiding Received Prom Several Sources Yesterday. Washington, July 30 ?The Secre tary of State received at midnight last night a dispatch from Mr. Fowler, American consul at Chefoo, dated noon, July 29. Mr. Fowler save : A letter from the German legation, dated 21st tost , received at Tien Tsin. German loss is 10 dead and 12 {wound ed Chinese ceased their attack on the l2'h. Baron von Ketteler's body said to be safe. The Austriao, Italian, Dutch and Spanish legations destroyed and the French partially. A letter from the^Japanese legation, dated 22d, arrived at Tion Tsin on 25th. Ten battalions of Chinese shelled the lega tions consecutively from the 20th of Jane and stopped the 17th of July, but may reoew. Tbe enemy are de creasing. The German, Russian, American, British and half tbe Japanese aod French legations still defended Japanese have food for six days but little ammunition. Tbe emperor and empress are reported at Pekin. Berlin, July 30 ?The German con sul at Tien Tsin has telegraphed under date of Saturday, July 28, to the for eign offije as follows : ' The German secretary of legation at Pekin, Herr Buelow, writes, July 21: ?? *Thaoks for your ne July 19 The coodition of Cordes -.satisfactory. The remaining members of the legation are all right. The detachment of the guards lost 10 killed aod 14 wouoded. The bouses of the legation much damaged by can non fire and are held by tbe guard. The attack of the Chinese troops on us ceased July 16 Speediest possible advance of relier troops ur gently necessary. " 'According to trustworthy report tbe body of Baron von Ketteler has been buried by the Chinese govern ment " The Cordes mentioned in the above dispatch is tbe second interpreter of tbe German legatioo. He was with Baron von Ketteler when the latter was murdered and himself was wound- ! ed. He escaped to the legatioo. London, Joly 31, 1:05 a. m.?Tbe admiralty has made public tbe follow iog dispatch from Rear Admiral Brace at Tieo Tiin : Following message from Pekin : "British legatioo, Pekin, June 20 to July 16, repeatedly attacked by Chinese Starvation never yet cured dyspepsia. Per I eons with indigestion are already ba!f starred, j ; Th?y need plenty of wholesome food. Kodol ] Dyspepsia Oure digeeta what you eat so the j body be nourished while tbe worn oat I organs sre being reconstructed. It is the ; only preparatioo that will instantly relieve j and completely cure ali stomach troubles, j Try it if you are euff-rijg from indigestion. ? ; it will certainly do you good.?J S Hugh- ! i son & Co. ! troops oo ail sides. Both rifle and artillery fire. Since July 16 ao armie tioe. bot a cordon is strictly drawn oo both sides of the position. Chinese barricades olose to ours. "All women aod ohiidren in the British legatioo. Casualties to date 62 killed, inoiudiog Capt. Strouts. number of wounded in hospital, in cluding Capt Haliiday. Rest of lega tion all well except David W. Oliphant and Warren, killed July 21. Macdooald." London, Jaly 30.?The British consul at Tien Tain telegraphs to the foreign office today that a letter from a Japanese oolooel in Pek?n states that the legations were safe July 22. There bad been no firing on the legations sinoe July 17. The consul adds : "A reliable messenger who failed to enter Pekin bat reached there, returns stating that there was no firing on the legations between Jaly 15 and July 19." Brussels, Jaly 30.?A dispatch from the Russiao admiral, Alexieff, dated at Tien Tsin and July 30 and oommuni cated to the foreign office, states that the latest news confirms the report that the foreign ministers at Pekin are oat of danger. Tien Tsin, Jaly 22. via Shanghai, Jaly 30?The latest advioes from Pekin ander date of July 15, say that the legations are holding oat. Tbe Chinese attacked the legations on tbe night of July 10, but were led into tbe trap by the American and British and 1,000 of them were killed. After wards they oontinued bombarding the legations more freely. Among tbe Chinese killed was Gen. Ma. The legations were subsequently at tacked with constantly increasing fury. These adrices were brought from Pekin by a courier. HISTORY OF PEKING. The Chicago Times Herald gives this condensed history of Peking : Peking (meaning literally the northern capital) was founded 1000 years befcrc tbe Christian era, and until the fourth century was a depart ment capital. Its ancient name was Ki. In 1264 it was rebuilt and was used as a capital by the Mongol emperors. The capital of the Ming dyuasty was removed from Nanking Peking, which was rebuilt. Its walls were completed in 1437, and the walls of the Chinese or southern city in 1544 The population of Peking is variously estimated from 500,000 to 1,000,0U0, but the most reliable estimates more closely approach the smaller number. Peking coueists of ? three cities ; the Tartar city ou the j north, the imperial city (withia the ? Tartar city) and the Chinese city on the south Each of these divisions is surrounded by walls about 30 feet | bigh, 25 feet thick at the base and 12 ] feet across the top. Inclosed be- . tween walls in the imperial city is , the forbidden city, the residence of t the emperor The Pei-ho river , passes the doors of Pekin, which is j situated 100 miles from the Taku , forts The length of the capital, , north to south, is five and two tenths miles, and its average width is about four miles Superficial area, 24^ square miles. There are no water works in Pekin The supply is ? obtained from wells, which are by no > meane pure The old sewerage system has been allowed to fail into decay Crossing the city from side to side are several large avente from which run narrow alleys framed by private dwellings. Tbe Rtreets are filthy. There are no sanitary arrange ments or other devices for public ] comfort Trade and industry in tbe Chinese capital are unimportant and even insignificant The chief route for traffic is by the river to Tung Chow, 12 miles away. Carts or coolies are used for transportation 1 and the trade from the south and 1 west is carried on by camels. No tax is levied on land, houses or per sonal property in the city of PekiDg Land tax, however, is oaid bv dis tricts surrounding the city. The amount varies according to the rich ness of the laud -??mmm*- ? ?~- ? It appears to us that in a desire to reflect on Go? MoSweeney the Greenville News takea him to task for not returning tbe prisoners "to the Florenoe county jail, where they pro perly belong." The News thinks that it was a useless expense to dreg tbem around on special trains, and that it was a gratuitous assumption that they would have been lynched in Florenoe. We would not have thought that tbe News under its present management would have been guilty of suoh a "small'1 fight. Now tbe Times is not supporting or fighting any candidate but it hates to see a fling like this. It was not so muob to save tbe necks of tbe negroes that the trip was made on a special train or that tbe negroes were kept oat of Florenoe, for the ooo~ eervative cititene of tbe town bad pledged their word for their safe keep ing until the excitement passed away, and there was enough of them to have done it, but it would have been at the | expense of several good and innocent j lives, which were worth a whole lot j more than the cost of special trains and j military guards. Got. MoSweeoey did ail that a man could do io tbis mat ? ter. and ha ac;e?i wisely and well The j News has too (small a BiocK iu this mat- j ter to manufacture capital of.?Flor- { enee Times. King Humbert of Italv Assassinated. Shot Through the Heart at Monza Sunday Night. Monza, July 29 ?Kiog Humbert has been assess: a ted. Monza, July 30?The king was shot here last evening by a man named Angelo Eressi de Prato and died in a few minutes. Monz?, July 30 ?The king bad been attending a distribution of prizes in connection with a gymnas tic competition. He had just enter ed hie carriage, with aide-de camp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when be was struck by three revolver shots fired in quick succession. One pierced the heart of his majesty, who fell back and expired in a few minutes. The assassin was immediately arrested aod was, with some difficulty, saved from the fury of the populace He gave his name as Angelo Breesi, describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany. Rome, July 30, 4 30 a m.?Tbe news of the terrible event did not arrive here until after midnight. Signor Saracco, the prime minister, immediately summoned a meeting of the cabinet, anil the ministers will start at the earliest possible moment for Monza. The prince and princess of Naples are on board the Yela yachting in the Levant Monza, July 30.?The prize dis tribution took piace about 10 o'clock. Rome, July 30, 5am ?Signor Saracco has left for Monza. FAVA MUCH DISTRESSED. New York, July 29.?Owing to the latenees of the hour at which the news of tbe assassination of King Humbert was received in this city it was impossible to see either Consul General Branchi or Vice Consuls Alberti and Burdese Baron de Fava, tbe Italian ambas sador, was at Seabright, N. J. He was much distressed at receiving tbe news, but said to the Associated Press that he could not give out any statemeut until he bad been officially noti?ed by his .home government BELOVED BY HIS PEOPLE Kansas City, July 30.?Jerome 1 Pcdiit, Italian vice consul in Kansas ! uity, was greatly shocked when be learned of the assassination of King : Humbert of Italy "King Humbert was greatly beloved 1 by his people," said Mr. Fedili, "and < [ cannot conceive how anyone but a 1 irank or an aoarchist should wish to < ake his life. He was good aod kind 1 ind charitable. ? knew him well He - will be succeeded in all probability by 3?S oldest son, the Prince of Naples, i who is a young man eot yet thirty pears old " AN ANARCHIST, OF COURSE. London, July 30 -Angelo Bressi, the , issassin of King Humbert, aocordiog ' ;o a special dispatch from Rome dated :oday, is an anarchist HUMBERT SLAIN " : BY AMERICAN, i Bore in Italy, But Lately a Resident of New Jersey. Monza, July 30 ?After the shoot ing of King Humbert here last night, ! as soon as hie majesty's attendante could realize what bad happened, he was placed in bis carriage and driven as rapidly as possible to the palace He was, however, beyond human nid j The assassin's name is variously 1 given as Angelo and Gaetno Bressi. 1 He was born in Prato Nov 10, 1869, 1 and is a weaver by trade He comes from America, wbere be bad resided at Patterson, N. J. He says he bad no accomplices and that he commit ted tbe crime because of hie hatred of monarchical institution. He reach ed Monza July 27 from Milan, where he stayed a few daye It appears that when King Hum bert wae wounded be exclaimed, "It is nothing " The royal carriage covered tbe die tance between the gymnastic society club house, where the crime was committed, aod tbe royal villa, at full speed, requiring but three minutes. Tbe king expired on tbe way, end, although placed on a bed, wae dead when the doctore arrived. Breeei is young and swarthy It appears that be remained four daye in Prato and two days at Bologna after which he came here When Queen Margherita arrived at the villa it wae etili hoped that the king would eurvive, and when the j trutb wae broken to her, a heartrend ing scene ensued Bursting into tears she exclaimed : "It ie tbe greatest crime of the century Humbert was good and faithful No person could have loved his people more. He was one who bore ill will to none " When the queen's mother arrived there was another affecting scene. The assassin is strictly guarded iu prisoD. He continues to preserve absolute indifference aud took his meals today without any sign of being affected by his position A second revolver was found on the public stand in tbe gymnastic grounds. The room where the embalming is proceeding is already filled with flowers. The queen herelf placed a wreath od the bier and knelt and prayed beside the body ; and, in spite of the entreaties of the princes and princesses, she refuses to quit the death chamber, which is in charge of Count Jurri, the late king's aide-de-camp. THE REGICIDE A MEMBER OF THE INNER CIRCLE. New York, July 30?Angelo Bressi lived in Patereon, . J., for over a year. He appeared to have had various names. The one be gave last night when taken in custody for the murder of tbe king of Italy was one. Another was Angelus Bressi and still another the one by which he will be knows to those who knew him in Patterson, was Gaetano Bressi. He was employed in Hamil A Booth's silk mills. Hie close friends there was Cariboni Sperandio, the man who a few weeks ago shot down his foreman and then killed him self, leaving behind a letter telling how he had been selected by lot to kill King Humbert, and, having a choice, owing to his living so far away from Italy, killed the forman instead A few months ago a man said to be Count Moleteski, the head of the Ital ian anarchists, was in Paterson and during his stay Sperandio and Bressi were his campandone and they show ed him about the city and intro duced him tQ others It would seem that his friend having faltered at regi cide, Bressi took up his burden where Sperandio refused it and went across the ocean to carry out the de cree that Humbert should die. Iu manners Breesi was quiet. Men who worked beside him iu Hamil & Booth's mill S3y be was tbe last one they would select as an assassin. He spoke little and volunteered nothing about himseif Each Saturday night he left the mill and hurried away. He went to Hobokei;, where his wife and little girl are said to live. He never brought them to Paterson. He re mained away until Monday morning. He roomed in the centre of the anarchist section. His meals were taken at tbe Hotel Bartholdi. The proprietor of the hotel says he knows the man well He was tall and dark and had drooping shoulders. To some it was known that his radical ideas were extreme and that he was of the inner circle of tbe anarchists. Bressi entered the employ of Hamil & Booth on Aprii 8, 1899. He work ed steadily there until May 4, 1900. Dn that day he left the mill and was in Patterson but seldom afterward On May 22 last he sailed on the French eteamer Havre for Europe. Where he spent the intervening time :s not known. Cotton Mill Failure. Yorkviiie, S. C, July 23?The Sutro Cotton Mill has gone to the wall and taken with it the loan and ?avings bank. The Sutro Mill, Mr . B. McClain, proprietor, has been understood to be shaky for several weeks, but the crash did not come until yesterday afternoon, whe'n it became known upon the closing of the bank that its doors would not be opened this morning. The liabilities of tbe bank are about $85.000 in round numbers and of the Sutro Mill $60,000. The nominal assets of the Sutro Mill are about $115,000, but it is not at all likely that from these can be realized 100 cents on the dollar of indebted ess It is not practicable to state tbe assets of the bank. Its capital is $36,000 and its depositors will be paid in full very probably, but the bank haa failed beyond hope of early reorganization. Mr McClain will at once file a petition in bankruptcy QUIET IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, July 29 ?The city wae very quiet today and most of tbe precautionary measures bave been dis pensed with. There bad been 1.500 militiamen on duty and most of these bad been relieved, a detail of 20 men being left at the parish prison with tbe Galling guos The body of Charles was taken out to potter's field before daylight aod buried before the publio knew anything about it This evening the citizens police disbanded. 50 men being detained as an emergency squad. Mayor Capdevielie has rigidly enforc ed bis order ta keep saloons closed today, and is generally applauded for bringing the city through tbe crisis with so little disturbance and blood shed. The main resulr of the week's events wili probably be tbe reorganiza tion of tbe police force. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the SI?y SjSrf Signature of Ljvzrytf ToMCfu&C THE BOER WAR. Gen Roberts Announces the Capture of Prinsloo WITH FIVE THOUSAND BOERS London, July 30.?The following official dispatch has been received from Lord Roberts : "Pretoria, July 29.?On July 26 Macdonald fought a rear guard action with the enemy from early morning until dark, nine miles out side of Nanuwpoort, in the Bethle hem hills, resulting in his effectually blocking Nanuwpoort Neke to the Boer wagons. "Hunter reports that the enemy twice checked his advance by hold ing strong positions on two neks, one of which was taken before dark by the Scots, the royal Irish, the Wiltshire and the Leinster regiments. Our casualties were only five or six. The second nek was taken during the night by the Scots and Guards with* out opposition, the enemy retiring closely pressed to Nanuwpoort. Prisoners taken state that 1,200 burghers would surrender if guaran teed that they would be treated as prisoners of war and not as rebels To this I had assented. As a result of these operations Prinsloo, com manding the Boers, asked, under a flag of truce this morning, a four days' armistice for peace negotiations. "Hunter replied the only terms he could accept were unconditional sur render, and until these were complied with hostilities could not cease. I expressed my approval and told Hunter on no account to enter inte negotiations. A later dispatch from Gen Roberts, dated July 29, confirms the surrender o? Prinsloo with 5,000 Boers. ONLY ONE THOUSAND. Bioemfonteio, July 30.?Gen. Huc ter, having received a written uncondi tional surrender of all the Boers in Oaledon valley attended to accept the ?urrender. Gen. Priosloo, lately elect ed to the chief command, arrived and tried to repudiate the unconditional surrender. Gen. Hunter, however, re fused any concessions, except to allow the Boers to keep one riding horse. About 11 o'olock the troops were drawn up in two long lines on the bills md over the valley and the Boers rode in between, throwing down their rifles, :ogether with a motley collection of Nothing, blankets and gear, such as was found in Gen. CroojVs laager. The Ficksbnrg oommando was first o lay down arms, consisting of about )50meo. Then came the Ladybrand ?ommando with about 450. Fifteen Dorses, two guns aod 50 wagons were *iven up. Gen. Prinslco and Com nandant Crowther were received by Jen. Hooter at his tent, where they ?ver? well treated and accorded every joortesy. Maoy of the Boers have gone through Nanuwpoort aod will surrender to Gen. Macdonald. Others are still arriving lere. The Harrismith and Vrede ?ommandos ere yet at large, as well as fome Boers who got out of the valley it tight, but the prisoners say that hose ontsido will surrender and that bis will practically end tbe Free State irmy. Tbe Boers say they would not lave surrendered had they not been urrounded. Tbe prisoners have been )laoed in a laager under guard aod wilL it kept there until all arrive. i LETTER FROM THE CONSUL GENERAL AT NEW YORK. Tbe following is an extract from a etter from Charles D. Pierce, consul renerai of tbe Orange Free State at iiew York It was received by Gov. vlcSweuney July 29th aod will be of. ome interest : ''The war in the Scu'b Africas epublio is by no means terminated, ior is there a prospect of its early ermination. The British for a long ime have been aotiog entirely on the lefeosive, they having lost fully 60, )00 men, and their weekly losses now kverage from 1,500 to 1,800 men? rilled in battle, taken prisoners, deaths 'rom disease aod invalided home; within few weeks tbe Boers have captured )ver 1,000 British soldiers and officers, ilso wagon traini aod food suppli?e. I jave the assurance of Boers high ia authority that if tbey do not secare their independence today, they will Sgbt for it tomorrow, if they do not succeed tomorrow they will continue to ?ght tbe next day aod for all time, ioti] they do sucoeed in gaining their independence from British role. They ire as determined as they ever were that tbey gain their independence, aod everything points to that direction. I bave tbe most encouraging news from tbe republics. Tbe greatest number of men the Boers bave had io the field at 3oe cime is 35,000, aod of these are ?ooogh meo in the field to hold Lard Roberts at bay for tbe next two years 3r loDger " He adds that Hon. P. Looter Wes sels, a genuine Boer, brother of C H. Wessels, eovoy, and other speakers will visit principal cities to present the Boer cause. The Bjer envoys sailed from New York for home on the steamship Acqui? tame on Thursday. June 28, last. RISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION