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Shoes Wo Vimro +"hr? nvptrispi wearing lot of Men's $4.00 Shoes in the cit: Leather, ViciKid, Cordon other leathers known, guaranteed to give satis ) Jdk&JiJ: Notice to the Ladies. The Indies interested in the town cemetery are requestc I to attend an important meeting of the SooS.-' y on Saturday June 2<Jrd nt 1 < ::5.> a. m. at the residence of .Mrs. James II. Rodgcrs. Visiting Attorneys. Air.ong the visiting Attorneys ;>.t thei tune lerm 01 couit we notice ; C. 1'. Sunders, C. P. Sims, Win. McGowan, and lion. J. T. Johnson, of Spartanburg, and Col. O. L. Schmnp'T*. of Newbury. i Another How nt Happy Hollow. Tlie negro women wlio were rowing in Ilappy Hollow Friday night were tikd at Mayor's court and two of them lined $ "> or 10 days this oilier, who was the most luistrous v:;u lined<$10 or _"i day? on the streets. She is toe sarn" woman who cut the negro woman so severely in ihe back ot' the neck in a ro v in Poverty Flat soma weeks ago. Sirs is from Asheville. The sooner she. returns to Ashevillc and shakes the dust of Union streets from her the better for her. We have enough cattle of her stamp on the town now and we sincerely hots' lira weeding out of such characters will soon take place. JBelle Boyd is Dead. Belle Boyd, the famous female Confederate spie, died suddenly at Kel!Ixiurne. Wis., on tiie 13:h of June in mo iiuy-scven years ?.i n r i; there had come more adventure. in re excitement, more romance, in >ro danger tlian a score of lives possiil., of oil; > active women of the modem tmieWlien "Stonewall" Jackson was ramjwigning in the Virginia \'a!!ey wi'li "Stonewall" Brigade. Belle B.?vd was one of his most us< fill spies. She \v,-, a standing menace to the inti gii'y of I hi federal arm); her tact and s%ili in: jHissdily as much to aid Jackson lii i' of any other spy in the iervi:t ; p : . ed iu and out of lines with uipaicut ease and a daie devil reeko-sn- a and coolness carried her through mat > pi uas where another would have failed. The Guardian. 4 The above is the name of a paper jut issued by the 7lh and Sth grades of t?.? Union Graded School. Mr. 1!. J. Scaife, the teacher of Ih: se two id.*- :s the Editor. The rcholais in these t/ra are the contributors, and their coniiio i tions ii|>on a vaiiety of suhj els form flic most attractive feature of the pa; In addition to these are conhil.o'imis ?>f an interesting chaiactt-r from others and a comprehensive wiilc-up of I'mi county from its infancy to the pus time, by Pi of. II. L. Ecaifo. A c ipy of this j?ai?er should lie in every lamer in Union. It should he pivsei vcd as a souvenir. Each child ot the srho ?l w i 1 no doubt preserve its c< pv to m ft r b ck to in the years to come. En o cope <\.n : be had at Mr. iScaife's store. 1 f ' ;! Ladi< fc and 'best The pr; $3.50 and had in tt the y. Patent X..V-iVi O* . I# it 4 * /an and all worth in Every pair Cyi! ^ Our me (faction. ail. if i <*>..-frig -V.i.sow/e Sleeting. A s; ?- iu fi inuitiuicaMnn of*l'tii? r.o.lgo Xo. 7~> A. F. M , will be Ii:'M c Frid-iv evening .Juno - J ?1 .it S:."??o'elot '.. ie il. M. degree will 1;>3 Conferred T. ('. Dr.vc.w. W. M. F. W. Mdoim:, Su'.-'y. Whitnmn to the Front. M.-. W.dt. Whir!ii:?!i was ruled t? t !;? race at tlr* firs! irrseri tg of I Si oiupaign, but lie is let oat of Ike lot i> :; j:?-T fa'!. Here i) a eiippiiiig fro: 'la* (i reenvilie Xc.vs ot Weihie-aliy. I a\ "Mr. <1. Walt Wii'tmin is here an as is jubilant, lie has paid his an vUlj: ?ia the stub i n.tto: i d race at .Sunitc Mr. Whitman says he will light for Ui li p'usury strictly enforce 1 after til .h i of Mrs. Clrupin, which is to pr< dibit further sales to any oao wh ? gel hunk oa dispensary li'juor. lie is a in"ic:i as ovvr opposed to S tie hivj*i ' vila M' i >n, b it d >os a it propose to ?u ik it an issue in Hiisc.ini > lign. .loan give Mr. Whiiiua iit rcccip'. f >r his lift wheels. Ruinh ow lion ml the Situ. <> lite a ileal of excitement \va caused upon our streets Wetlnes'h: i?y the appearance of a circ! around the sun. It was a ver unusual sight, unci our ]*ooj?i did not know what to make r it. The mystic ring wis a very Inrg > n! and entirely encircled the sun :?ijine of our oldest inhabitants sa they nc-ver saw anything like it, be for1. Tiio same phenomenon nppeare about ten o'clock yesterday, ( riiiir? day) only very much more beaut fill. Within the circle, theroappeui c'1 a thick dark cloud having th 1 pnearance of a solid body, throng the center of which shown thobrigh orb of day, casting a mellow ligh upon the ground similar to Ilia sroa during a partial eclipse. Thi < < ;?i, una piwiecny round nody lit for a hnrd'T tho most hoautifull colored bund showing all tlie color of tho rainbow. It. wis a ver shvngo sight which wo do no attempt to explain. Tho Spartan burg lleralii speaking of tho on seen Wednesday says: Yesterday in lining th us \v'i > en their eyes j:i tho direct on of tho s? saw a sight sntiit as they never saw i < I'm c. There was the clearest and mo ill like! !: slo aroni.d ti:e Silt 1 ever sec iui'ii f the iii's* ??.' |!i s icra!iTh circle around the mi:i was degnvs. Dr. .lames !l ("aili-lo says that t!i .reli daily accepted 111 -nry as t ? this p'o m iiicuon is th it it. [ > cirer l 1 >y I lie ):.di of the s i.i ( un.iii g 1 hro'i.'li inli ii:cssi nial particles of ice at a Croat ahiin le. AT HARRIS' MILL. I am now running t!i? Harri mill in Southern part of town, am ui:i prepare 1 to do ail kinds of jjrind inj?. Itring your wheat and corn b me. I guaranieo satisfaction. W, E. RAY. Srt?It. Don t Forget ray That we arc in the Clothing business and are prepared to give von .sonic elegant values in j that line. In going over our stock we find quite a number j of Suits that are just a bit off in , t.ivlo nnlliinir wrfinnf wt*l? fix* ... .V, ,.,v/..0 nun wv . material or make-up. Here isj what we are goinj; to do: All these Suits ranging in price from $7.50 to $10.00 are going to he thrown together and you will he allowed your choice for onJy CVi Q Q } \v''iiK'!s!!K'l' that ali lues.'^ nits a ic In perfect com! it ion. .Inst a little oft in style, that's a>1. 2s' Oxfords stiisst and best to be \c city of Union. AU - . rr-^ m a \atest. siyic. trices to You gstyour money's everything you get at > Dtto". Satisfaction to A;- ?& MSM fHy T Report of Grand Jury. ,r' State of South Carolina, ) 111 <' .unity of Union. { ,x To Ili.s Honor James Al-lricli, .IiiUv presiding: We, through our Foreman, 1 > >g leave !o submit to your Honor tin; followii g ii jMji I to-wit: Wo have examined ;u:d raised upon it al' hills h 111(1*1 is hy thu S. licitor. io j Wo liti-l the necessary ;< pairs have :e made tipon the court h ms-i. it We limi the j ril lively whitewashed. I I \'o liud three prisoners s <;!< with the fever. In our former prosviit mont wo 1 womtnend-.il that sewerage hs put in, ! md wo insist on it. We are sati-liel r. that it is necesjyr.v for th: p;eserv.iti >n io of iiu; health c^rt!:e prisoners e Wo hear no complaint agiiist the >- in igistrates throughout tlio county. Wo s ; i.ivon .t thoroughly examined the county ! hi ;os as we did at the last term of e surt^ f i ?:j?. vvo I; i.I 1 liiiii i:t im ul .. ,n" * neatly ai 10 Sheriff';", s I'robito anil Masler'solli ;es. Tiia 8 li >oi y Cotnuits "donor's ultimo i t in excellent sp.j and a surplus of s;iii> >1 fund i? :i it.ia'l. Tho Treasurer has submitted ids :vp..rt, which is v?*r/ lengthy, and we s Miinlc it eitra c". Wo di.l not think it v ' if ',ws :ry to ex inline the Auditor's Hike " I r litis tc*; ;*!. We tiud the Treasurer, Auditor an.I .v.'.o>l Comini-aioiier ividy ' to to ?k their annual >eti|yaient >vith the . Uollipt roller tiolieral. Wo find the Man rvis.n".;< flljo big ?o! l' ship-; look : neatly kept, etc. In our 1 former presentment, a mistake was mad V ah mt a certain road in ,J,> r svili-town'* dtp, called ' >[ ansvillo roid." It <1 should have b. eu -Ha-knell road." Tins 5- j road will ho changed at, a:, tally day, or i- it, will ha put in good condition An ! \e:>:oei has been appointed, and weii'ge ie ! change or i.tctv.iny ropiirs be ma to it I :t < j \V- tiiui 1 iiith-Gordon Icidg.o I in i lh Wliil:n::c bridge lie rebuilt if , j the in I'tcr c.in !>: satisfactorily arranged j he,:.woni this cmiitv and Newberry , county. ' We h ar complaints fro n every .section ;v of tli s county ii leg ird t > raids. We arc informed hy the Supervisor thit y ov.f -.eis have ben o.pp.>inte 1 oil I!i 1 d.df?*ivnt roils throughout tin county, i- it is itue >; .ib'o.lo work the loa is at this e 'iaic on aoco rot of lh? labor, (tew deliu>|tieiils ) Thy commutation tax ins ueen p iui m: /, and the people heiitjj ! busy with their ctops will not hire t? d ? j - this work. He savs the roads will h ! I put in i?i? :?-r tonili'ion an soon as tlr* | ii urn}H urn !.ii 1 hy. I no S-ijie. visor and liis li>udo>rnpli.i to us that they lin o not uno i^li of < iuh<1<o:i hand to dtfr.iy the ordinary counly i <j> uses. Tiicy asked tHo T.-%U[ ! ilutv I'm a levy of 15) mills, an i only got. - 21; which they thin* is inadequate to carry out ail the contemplated repairs, etc., of the couu'y. Tlie I'd ?r House w.is visited hy a cn.niiiitt.e \ and they report everything in Hon I condition; untitles sweated to le| 1 sitidhr". and coat tiled and welt provid d | for. n Wo rec nn nen 1 and nr.?r lint t.vo water c'.o ets b* created at on to fo. tle u o of fuui.i'o witnesses?, who ntt; fore d Lo attend the diiloruut courts of the [ county lul l i:i tho court hor.Fo. We f urge and demur! that our roomm nd - F turns bo carried out by our county Super- I visor aud his board. y Wo thank jour Honor ami the Solicitor for a lvicj giv_u and cuutesics , shown us. 1> spcctfullv submitted, \Y. T -?ivi rut, due -'i.l, 1 '.'(Vi. Fort loan. Winlhro^ College SclioLir^lilju ^ ! The examination for tbo award of vauint scholarship's in Winthrop College and for the admis-i >n of now ! students will In; held lit. the Court House on Friday, Ja'y 2t.Uh at i> a m. ( E] Applicants must not bo less limn j fifrecn years of age. j When scholar-hips arc vacated : : ft or July 1M! h tli >y will be award- b 'J to those making the highest average I at I his examination. j Tho cost of attendance, including . ; hoard, furnished ro< 111, heat, light and washing is only ."?() per month. 1 For further information and a eat::- Gc | logue address 1'res. J>. 15. Johnson, shj !l >ek 11;II, S. C. 0{ * lie In I.uvU I'or Oner. rvl the f i: mors w ' 1 > took our : c i. i*.> j nr. i raisxd xvli- nl, ;h.? v. :ir, and i!n ir j is lev -' i. t!::n 1 ? i . r! ' v 'ihe >i"! < jdio.v ih::t the ?!i*.it j m: ill the wheat ir : t v. i r. ?_r section of ill* ^0 : v.i'i!i'?vs! is abc.iii. !o imuspii f:ii!ttr*.? j tie . i:i the the price has already 1: ! m;> rji'o n b;. . ! on flour lis a rej >:i!t of the prrs'-nt prospects, nod if ^ : section docs g i rjin in the jj next ten days it. will he loo late to y, nsi.ko the crop una there is r.o telling tin l ? whxt price ii ear will advance, sei von will never tuukti a mistake hy ait raising your own flour, ling and hom "'j o'c ir J/?>;. ? ? icinity. i<? . ta! ms . i^ lit ;r: we nre having en do ~e ot . u' , 'm .: r .. f < r show ' <: > ,.ia hod i vi ; : >/ scens t ? be ur wi.!,r, oviui hv a ia looking j -veil !:: ' mot".ring. i liftva j is!, in. in | turned from a tramp rv r my li: ?tn of ami iv-.ry w-.y } xuut or !ode<! i c n is > tae (1 :.t r..! showing him ,vt self, ami i tci! yen it" the ruin doesn't tl io'd un 1 r a while \vj are voiiti* (o ta ?xl ' are more to d i than we antic'patcd. \ ! have contc t? the chic'u. in thai ttll | everjihirg w r'-ts ! r tho lost, m> v?< j ee l n< tirel ul> ut tliiegs ever which ( ! wo have no control. p, m<\ 1\ .j llishop, the ccr.sus mum ?v cr.u.r of joiubvtlu) tmxvuship will s>; i ho through hid work, lie ohku! <yi m ij tosiion alter xpcs'.iot:, ami s cr.e ati of ! lie til i ha i to put oa my atml; je i: ap and (j.;ure a ii'.llo to answer. j heard him aik os.e colored ieil -w ho a om he was lie nr.iwcr.d, i <1 ..n't fo klo.v, i xv; 8 dot bo i ii here, 1 x: s hern in north carolina in I el j f.Ue.v nJgiiig time si he had b*-en 0' ! II <w (,i I are yen? 1 am .'11 years sh <;M I guegg. ?5'> it goes. Mr. E'.i or 1 havo rcon and r.e<- ? r.o ninoh from a-> many different on - v.* .r.euccmcnts in the la?t week's pa pros i?i j b's > many schooli end college3 thai I am glad that wa are looking with ^ {more intercut to the cduc-iiior al ad &r i van! igts lh.111 wc used I >0. I : ay ] CI am glad to a?e ibis. i ho h?u:ib of our community is very go.id at this time. The fruit crop is beautiful, plums ri are ripe and are tine. S >mc peaches fj< .iro ready f r use, we hal 0:1 our table In f.r dincor yosterlay an old i tghiou *u family pie which was very p datable, "i I assure you I di 1 my duly about , that time. fa Brother B.ckara fiiloJ hi* appoint | incut yesterday evening at Now I? ?pe j : Mr. fi A. Whitlock attoubd chuith ! !.l lu'W il-pe yesterday evening do Ji j enmpauied by his daughter, Mi s B ile is I auil sou, ii ?y. Mrs. Meachatn md ^ | her bister also woro at Now Iloj o of i church yesh rluy evening. Ti j Miss I>-Ksie Whit'ock has returned IV. ?:n A die vile where she Iris been }!* | attending school for about, eighi lit I months. M1?j LY:o Y/hitlock is expected home LKxt M >uday from IlvidvilU- m ! 1 .1. . 1 - - 1 " ' ? j i>ui;iu(il>) IIU.1 USKI1 Ul SOIO'I. Oir preaching day a at Ne>v llnpe I an; ou ins. first Suuday at 11 o'cIcc'a j and 011 the Child .Sunday at luT past I tSiror* in lii 1 afu r 100a. These are 0> Hi v. K II. l> charii'd days We ft la > hi have {'.reaching nr. the fjurlh Sunda} g at 11 o'clock l?y the It-v. .1. O. Parr. We wiil he please-.! to see any that sa wish. 3 t-> aUeo l the fervicea c m With best wishes fur 'I'm: Tims I y i:i j ours, Ti'.AVEl.K't. at t:OR SALB. cl I ui'l soil my liousa au-.l lot i<> Unio-\ F* ( on So.'.lb iticit. Iloice Ii h 3 rooms, J?,, f? acn-s of l;i:nl ii.clinl'- l i.i li uiie lot. 0j, j Terms ica'onaliltf. Will also sell 3J jn acres of I.iikI adjoining. Foi particulars caU on or write me at Union. V'uy i tic?ii*.?l?!o location for a iru?-k faun. U. II. lit IlK KTT. (ji, I 23 ? I'll. tl) ? - ? - ? Tj Hotly In a Uox. Andf.rsom, S. O., Juno 13.?Wliilo p, several negro children were picking bluckl>crrios in a field near here tlioy discovered a wooden box liulf buried in an old terrace. They returned to their W homes and reported tlmt they had found jjr a box of money. With Homo older no- ,? groes they went back to tho place of V their find, and upon tko box boing nnearthed it was found to contain the half docomposcd remains of a negro child. HI IMS THE IN rill Send 18,000 Troops the Belief of the Legations.* KTGLOTD GIVES CONSE: rmany Also Favors This PI I'lirot* Thousand Men Have Alrci J ceil Landed?British Command Iteport of Sunday's Kuyugemi fears Kutertatned For Licgutluus London*. June 20.?Judging from :nimn official dispatches the Ameri ips took no part in the bombardui the Taku forts Sunday morning. \vs ha 4 yet been received hero of lief of the legations at Peking, i iropi's aft ;Uion is centered furiosi ovi rwlielmipg display of naval foi Tali it thai: on tlio fato of the di iti stall's and Odd cosmopolitan r nr i guarded In* a handful of inter ::ul murines within tho logati m c: uuds. Tii.'iv has heen no news l'r since June 14. Uumors that Jap m will, as tlio m tory ot lhe powers, restore order linn, is predicted in a dispatch fi >koh:ima. Berlin dispatchos indie it Germany will not obioct to Ja iding is,') id troops, while Grout 13 1 will indorse tho plan with nvid nmh perhaps only secretly, the Japanese legation in Ijoudon ieiul information of tho dispatel >00 troops. In tho meanwhile iti.-k are dispatching six native r nts, besides artillery from India, rim revolt is spreading in west lina. The representative of Pritcli jrgan, M. r?., at Telling Tau and rty liavo keen detained there owin \vs that tho revolution has broken S/.e huai, which adj ;ins the provi Ilimnan. News com -s that tho missions ao-Shili, c utr.il Chin;;, west, 110 st ot Han Kow, have been destnc 10 l'i :og scans to he spreading v pidity, and .-h >ws unexpected org tion among th anli foreign cleiuo Th missionaries at TW> Skill osca d r- arhed Han Kow in safety. Foreign Settlements Menaced. Cable dispatches from Shanghai rt that a number of Chinese erui e anchorod in sight of tho foreign anents, which are only guarded I nil! Japanese gunboat. One thous lineso troops, with two 40-ton gi ill hold tlic i'.irts outside the town. The viceroy is reported to have asst i0 con uls that the foreign sottlonn Shanghai will not be attached. Tho admiralty ollloo lias received I lowing message from tho ofliecr c nuding the British firstclass crn adymon: "The Taka forts opened fire o clock on the morning of June 17 on lips of the allied s pmdrous. Aft< x hours' oiigugom- at the forts wor need nil 1 occupied by the allied for dditionnl men for storming the f ere sent adioro from the skips, ovious aft rno:m. The British .-hip io river engaged were tho Alge ;unboat), Fame (torpedo boat royor) and Whiting (torpedo boat royer). Tho two latter captured : liiuo.se torpedo boat destroyers, isualties of tho Algorino were sli hose of the storming party is unluio Chinese Flagship Detained. "The Chineso cruiser flying tho ai l's flag is detained outside by theai ;et. No information of Coimuan i-Chief Seymour's return to Tien ' is been received by tho rear adu i to 2 o'clock iu the afternoon of J . I am sailing forthwith to Taku, Tho admiralty draws attention to ct that the Endymon's report, whit a later date, does not confirm tho nicso report of Admiral Seymour' .rn to Tien Tsiu. An agency dispatch from Shaiij mo 11) says the latest news from Poi that the dowager empress is gre ncerued with tho capture of tho 1 rts, and tlmt wholesale degradat the Ohineso army, including Gen< mug and Fung Fu Siang, thegove Peking and other high officials omised in tho tsung li yamcu t( unplish the expulsion of tho foreigi ivo taken place. Three of tho Taku forts, it is ad ero completely destroyed and tho i tho garrisons wore killed or woui r u charge of tho alliod fleots. Fears For the Ministers. London*, Juno ?0.?Tho retil expl on of t?e failure of Admiral Soymc :peditiou was divided counsel an s motley force, only tho Amor oops honestly co-operatiu.g with ritish admiral. A former iinglish resident of *e] 78: "It tho legations have beon ta rerv ono lias boon massacred. Ma ould bo tho object and motive of tack. Nobody would bo spared if abassios were captured. Tho fori gations wore in tho samo quarter, >t closely connected. The embassy osures would bo commanded from eat wall near by and .vould bo iuo o of defense against Chinese in no Clio Foo consul?' report is not i u.sivo, but tho situation is most air S" 1,1 1111 ri or t'hniior Sumnmnn.1 Paris, Juno 20.?At a cabinet cor 0 premier, M. Dolcaso, announced .0 telegraphic lino between Peking ion Tain was still interrupted. A itch received hero from Shanghai 1 Hung Ohang has boon suiumonc jking from Oauton. General Wheeler Assigned. Washington, Juno 20.?Gonornl rhceler has received his commissio igndicr general in tho army of nited States. By direction of the I mt General Wheeler was nssignoi mmaud tho department of the la Lth headquarters at Chicago. IMH CULL r l; EXTRA SESSIOll To Congress May Roconveno to Deal With the Chinese Situation. NT | MORE TROOPS NECESSARY ?n* , Rumors Say llio President Wunts ; Authority to Issue u Call For Men cr'< to Serve In the Orient?Conditions In v ??t. j tlie Philippines Will Not Permit the Recall of Troops From There, tlia Wasiunotox, June 20.?Persistent ru v"'" | mors arc alloat tliat President McKinloy eu* | has decide 1 to call an extra session of I congress to deal with the Chineso situa| tion. If war exists in Chiua, growing | out of the destruction of the United son j States and other legations, it will bo ;ces . necessary to send more troops to China, [do- Owing to conditions in the Philippiuot osl" no more troops can l> > withdrawn safely, na- Therefore, it will require authority from mi" | congress to furnish treaps* 0111 I It is quite certain the reconvening of ou- ' congress iias been discussed, but nono of in the officials here will admit it. ;ato fi*fua''ou ma>' c'uulf?? nny mopau nao!1l?nu<l advances from Peking rit- will undoubtedly decide whether the ity, inimodiato futuro will bring peaco or war. has There are two possible causes for war 1 of in the situation. One is the destruction tho of the American legation or the murderegi ing of tho American minister. Tho other is the action of the commander at erii Taku, who ordered his men to tiro on lard the international fleet. If his action is his sanctioned by the Peking government, g to u state of war exists, but if ho actod out without authority and his hostile act is iuco disavowed there may be a peaceful solution of the incident. It advices come at from Peking that Minister Conger and rth- other Americans have boon murdered fed. there will be no other course open to tho nth administration hut to send a force strong ani- enough to bring the Chinese to thoir nts. senses and make the lives of Americans .pod as safe in China as they would bo in Washington. 1,000,000 FIGHTING MEN. IV'* ? sers Strength of the Chinese Army on sot- War Footing. Washington, Juno 20.?From care,'U1S fullj- prepared information on filo in tho bureau of military information of the ired war department, tho Chinese army, L>ut!i called tho "Eight Banners," uomiually contains about 300,000 descendants of !om- the Manehu conquerors and their allies, liser The number maintained on a war footing is from 30,000 to 100,000. The whole it 1 force is subdivided into three groups, i the consisting respectively of Manchus, or a Mongols and Chinese, and forms a sort e si- of hereditary profession within which ces. the war duty is compulsory. About 37,orts 000 are stationed in garrisons in Mantho churia; the imperial guard at Peking s up contains 1(5,000 to 17,OK) and these are tho fine troops expected to defend tho foreign lede gat ions and protect foreign interests do- fi oni the mobs, four The Ying Ping army is called also Tho "The Green Flags" and "Tho Five tfht. Camps." This army consists of 18corps, wu, one for each province under the governor or governor general. Tho strength 1 is from <".40,000 to <>00,000 meu, of whom ., ! about 200,000 are avnilablo for war, , nover more than one-third being called r j out. Tlio most important contingent is t ? , tho Tien Tsin army corps, nominally ' bmo strong, really about 35,000 with ,, modern organization, drill and arms, ^ employed in garrison duty at Tien Tsin, W i Taku and other forts. Besides this j force, there nro meroeimry troops raised ? ' and Mongolian and other irregular cavalry, nominally 200,000 strong, really . . alxnit 20,000 but of military value. Thq total land army on peace footing is put intlv at 300,000 men, and on war footing at i k? about 1,000,000, but tho army as a wnole ? . lias uo.nnltv or c.nhosUon 'rtioM __ ?*-v?v +o vols ProP?r discipline. rnor Oregon Ordered to Tukg. who Washington, Juno 20.?To moot the exceedingly grave complication that has developed in northern China and in orded, der that tho United States may bo cotnnost meusuratoly represented in the protect e< tivo measures forced upon the foreign ^ nations tho president has directed Gen- *3 ernl MacArthnr to send throo regiments ana- of regulars to Tien Tsiu, with commituir's 1 sary, field transportation, signal men long and medical staff, and will make a force ican ' of 5,000. Admiral Remoy has been dithe 1 reeled to send tho Oregon to TaUu as soon as she can start. Sho will take exiting tra marines and sailors from tho Monteroy, now with hor, to Hong-Kong. rj0p Russian Troops Landed, tho Washington, Juno 20.?Secretary of t^? State Hay has been notified by tho Rns"{ JjJ 6iau embassy hero that 4,000 Russian j in. troops have been dispatched from Port t tho Arthur to Taku. 1IUU* oljS. Citizens Whip a Negro. con- Waycross, Ga., Juno 20. ? A few irm" days ngo a negro went to a former's houso near Manor and, finding only a little girl and l>oy there,began oarsingand abasing incil them. The children slipped away ana that notified their father, who was working I in a field near by. The negro was soon overtaken and received a very Rovero ("s* flogging at tho hands of the enraged citizens. id to Tragedy Near Hampton. Hampton, Ga., Juno 20.?As the result of a difficulty at O'Neal churoh, *^ne I near hero, between Princo Jones and Joe n as. iteinp,-OU( Kempson was shot twloe, tho | enco near tho heart, tho othor ball en>res i tering tho back of his neck, from which ri to he died Monday morning abont 6 o'olook. ko?,J Tho difficulty uroso from a dispute over * ngirl.