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CHINESE RULER
helps boxers
Dowager Empress Makes No Ef
fort to Suppress Them.
murder and pillage increase
Eight Americans Are Missing.
Minister Conger Says Sit
uation Is Critical.
A cable (linpatch from Pekin, China,
fBTs: The most alarming reports are
constantly arriving from the country,
especially from Pao Tipg Fu. The
telegraph wires from Pekin to Pac
Ting Fu are CK * news comet
via Tien Tsin.
A serious crisis exists at the palace.
The ultra-conservative party advocates
not taking repressive measures, urging
tp e dowager empress to allow the
"boxers” to finish the work of driving
the foreigners out of the country, the
moderate party, led by Prince Ching,
representing the serious danger of
provoking a conflict with the powers.
It is impossible to confirm or c\eny
the report, but significant indications
of the feeling of the government to
ward foreigners are contained in the
attempt to arrest Lin, Chinese man
ager of the Pekin syndicate; Kia, chief
of the Shan Si commercial bureau,
and Fan. a leading banker of Shan Si,
on the ground that they were “dan
gerous characters,” but in reality, be
cause they are concerned with new
British enterprises. Fortunately all
of them were absent and they have not
jet been arrested. The British minis
ter, Sir Claud MacDonald, has ad
dressed a note to the tsung li yamen,
demanding why the arrests were or
dered.
A Shanghai dispatch says: A num
ber of desperadoes, disguised as pas
sengers, have pirated the British
Yang Tse steamer Kutwo. They com
mitted wholesale robberies, terroriz
ing the passengers, who were quite
unaWe to offer resistance.
EIGHT AMERICANS MISSING.
Farther advices from Tien Tsin
state that two more of the party of
foreigners who fled from Tao Ting Fu
have arrived there. One of them was
badly injured. The relief expedition
has returned. The mounted Ooscacks,
who started in pursuit of the refugees,
returned Suuday evening. They report
ed that they had a fight with the “box
ers'’ at Tuli, killing eixteeu and
wounding many. Lieutenant Bleusky,
Dr. Hainil ton, a trooper and a civilian
were wounded.
It is reported from Pao TiDg Fau
that eight Americans and three mem
bers of the China inland mission are
mi.ssiug. The missionaries are in
great danger.
It was reported that Pao Ting Fu
was attacked Sunday night. Mr. Rob
inson, of the north China mission—
not Mr. Stevenson, of the Church of
England mission, as cabled previously,
is missiug and five native Christians
have been murdered at Znng Ching.
ifr. Norman, of the same mission, has
been captured at Wu Chia Ying, two
redes from l T ang Ching, and is in great
dauger.
Ike British cruiser Endvmoin and
Ihe torpedo boat Hart have arrived at
Taku.
CONGER SENDS ADVICES.
ihe following cablegram has been
received at the state department from
United States Minister Conger at Pe
kin:
“Pekin, June 4.—Outside of
Pekin the murders and persecu
hons by the ‘boxers’ seem'to he
£0 the increase. The Pao Ting
Eu railway is temporarily aban
boued. Work on the Pekin and
Kang Row line is stopped. All
foreigners have fled. The Chinese
government seems either unwil
bng or imable to suppress the
trouble. The troops show no en
ergy in attacking the ‘boxers.’
“Conger.”
Crave as these advices are, they
’ ave not induced the state department
o vary the line of actiou it has laid
The naval foree.of the -United
• ntes near Pekifi, now represented by
°‘ e Ves sel, the Newark, has not been
lengthened, but if occasion should
ar,Se Admiral Kempf might be re
eo.orced to almost atiy extent likely to
'f' ne eded in three or four days, from
•••■ numerous American fleet still at
r| nila and vicinity,
Cuing to the peculiar charaoter of
, * Chinese coast naval vessels of
*NP e are unable to ap-
P-oach the populous provinces in
af .; 1Qa > ar *d especially are these boxer-
£ lc | e< i communities inaccessible to
a! vessels. The state department
° no 1 , contemplate the use of the
n.ted States troops and it would be
cult to spare any from the force
opperating j n the Philippines,
e n it were found expedient to em-
I’-°y the military arm.
Fse of Electricity for Surjery.
An electrically driven saw has been
found to be of great use in surgery.
The shaft upon which It Is run is
connected with the motor by a flexible
spiral coil encased in a braided
sheath, the whole being three feet
long. Title saw is not connected di
rectly with the end of the shaft, but
Is attached to It through a right-angle
bevel, so that it operates in a plane
with the end of the shaft, which
makes it more convenient for hand
ling and puts it in a better position
for use. The machine has already
been extensively used in the larger
hospitals In this city, and operations
which have been usually fatal with
the old handsaw have been successful
with the new one, delicacy of cutting
being its chief advantage.
Just So.
“What is an island?” asked the
teacher, addressing her interrogation
to the class in geography.
“An island, ma’am,” replied Johnny
Broadhead, a studious la 1 who had
Porto Rico in mind, “is a body of laud
entirely surrounded by politics.”—
Puck.
The man who smokes
Old Virginia Cheroots
has a satisfied, “glad I have got it”
expression on his face from the time
he lights one. He kncws he will
not he disappointed. No matter
where he buys one—Maine or Texas,
Florida or California—he knows they
will be just the same as those he gets
at home—clean—well made—burn
even—taste good—satisfying!
Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this
year. Ask your own dealer. Price. 3 for 5 cents.
Above Prejudice.
The stv>r£ of the honest Swiss, who
was too susy to leave his farm, and
begged the neighbor who was bring
ing suit against him kindly to plead
for both parties, has an amusing par
allel in the judicial history of Connec
ticut.
A certain justice of the peace, wish
ing to bring suit against a citizen, con
sulted the statutes and found that euits
of such a character might be brought
before any justice of the peace.
“Well, then,” thought he, “I’ll just
try the case myself.”
Straightway he made out a writ
against his adversary and signed it
On the day set for trial, the defend
ant appeared with counsel. Both gen
tlemen, not unnaturally, objected to
the constitution of the court.
“Why,” demanded the Justice, ‘‘do
you deny that I am a justice of the
peace V”
The lawyer would not contend this
point, but argued that such a construc
tion of the law was against all sense
and reason.
A vigorous altercation ensued, and
then the judge remarked that not for
the world would he have two gentle
men suppose him governed by any per
sonal considerations. “I will, there
fore,” he added. gracefully, “render
Judgment against myself, and then ap
peal to the Supreme Court.”
•'But the mischief of it was,” said
fhe Justice, relating the story after
ward, ‘‘that when my Judgment got
to the Supreme Court, it was unani
mously reaffirmed.”
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H Puffs under the eyes; red nose; pimple
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BILE IN THE BLOOD. It is true, drink
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