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REPLY VERY EVASIVE Li Hung Chang Mikss Bitiff of Answering Hay’s Demand. i VEILED THREAT SHOWS IP Advance On I’ekin Will Ha Oppoaed. Umibk* From Conger la Hhown to Ha Authentic and Genuine. A Washington special says: Another move was made Friday in the diplo matic situation by the return of an evasive answer by Li Lung Chang to Secretary Hay’s peremptory demand of August Ist to be put in communica tion with the foreign ministers at Pe kin. Li’s answer is not final and loaves the matter open to diplomacy. But Li’s actions, as reported by Con ml General Goodnow, are unqnestion ibly siuister and will amount to a final rejection of tbe Americau proposition if persisted in. Mr. Goodnow’s dispatch contains some further information bearing on the question of responsibly for Pe kin conditions in the statement that tbe commander of the Chinese troops, by inference answerable to the Chi nese government, ordered the Pao Ting massacre. It is learned in Washington that Li Pi Hong, the commander referred to, is a civil ollicial and well known to all the Chiuese officials abroad as one of the roost rapid anti-foreign leaders in China. He is a close friend of Prince Tuan, and the association of these two in Pekin affairs, with power euough behind them to cause the iguominious death of two high officials, is regarded as n bod sign. Simultaneously with Mr. Goodnow’s dispatch came a characteristically dip lomatic message from Yuan Hhih Kai, governor of bhang Tung, repeating the story of two days previously that the Chinese government was arranging to deliver tho ministers in safety to Tien Tain. No effort is made to reconcile the statement with Earl Li’s refusal to allow communication with the min isters. ADVANCE WILL HE OrPOHED. General Chaffee’s message as to the unexpected resistance offered to the Japanese reconuoisauce is regarded by military men as forecasting a greater degree of opposition to the Interna tiona! advaroe than baJ been antici the Chinese troops will furnish mate rial for at least one severe battle be fore the way is clear to Pekin. The navy department issued an or der Friday for the co-operation of its officers abroad with the officers of the army in landing and transporting troops destiuiued for Chinese service. This revives the situation that existed in Cuba when Shatter's army corps was landed largely through the efforts of the navy. CONGER MESSAGE GENUINE. The state department, Friday, is sued following: The state department has received a dispatch frorh Mr. Fowler, consul at Chee Foo, duted at night on the 2d of August, stating that when ho learned from the Shanghai papers that doubts were entertained of the genuineness of the Conger cipher telegram he wired on the 27 th to the governor of Shan Tung to send him the original by courier. The governer at once com plied with his request, sending a spe cial postman, who, by traveling night and day for five days, made the jour ney, wLich in ordinaly times would have required twelve days. lie deliver ed to Mr. Fowler the original of the Conger cipher dispatch. It is signed by Mr. Conger aud dated the 17th of July. It is preoisely the same as the message received at the state depart ment, with several words prefixed, which came iu au unintelligible form to t!io Chinese legation here* The dis patch in its complete form says that the members of the American legation had been beseiged for a month in the British legation. Mr. Fowler has no doubt of tho genuinenoss of the dis patch." Military Postal station in Chinn. The postmaster general lias issued an order establishing a military postal otation in China on August 25th, to be known as Military Postal Station No. 1, China. NOT YELLOW FEY Fit. SCx]H<rt I’id-s on Sn.plclnus Cnne* of 111- in*., at Ttmpi, Fla. A special from Tampa, Fla., says: An official statement signed by State Health Officer J. Y. Porter aud J. H. White, marine hospital service, issued Monday night, declares two suspected casco to be not yellow' fever. One is reported as typhoid. They state that no- htr ing seen the man who died they cannot say about it and do not care to discuss the diagnosis made. Hun dreds of persons were near him during his illness aud aflor a lapse of five days all are reported well. No uew or even suspicions cases are reported. GEN. CHAT FEE REPORTS Concerning the Battle With Chi nese at Pietsang—Previous Dis patches Confirmed. The war department Tuesday re ceived the following cablegram from General Chaffee : “Cue Foo, August 7. —Adjutant General, Washington: Tien Tsin, Fri day, August 3.—Conference today de cided on battle Sunday. Chinese in trenched east and west through Piet sang. Rest of Chinese protected by tlooded ground practically unassaila ble. Japauese, English and Ametican forces, about 10,000 strong, attack Chinese right, west of river in flank. Other forces, Rnssian and French, about 4,000 slroi g, opposite side be tween river and railroad. Chinese position strong. Amy reported 30,000 between Peliang and Yang Tsun or crossing of road at Pei-Ho. Yang Tsung oljective. Our force 2,000 and battery. Conemaugh arrived. Sixth cavalry left at Tien Tsin for guard of city and awaiting mounts. Ministers safe on 28th of July. “Chaffee.” MESSAGE IS EXPLAINED. The dispatch of General Chaffee, written before the battle of Sunday, coufirms the dispatch received at the navy department Monday and also the press dispatches received Tuesday con cerning the attack on the Chinese at I’eiltsang. General Chaffee’s dispatch, dated Friday, was not sent from Che Foo until Tuesday, an inexplicable de lay. The most interesting feature of tho dispatch is the information regard ing the positions of the Chinese army and the fact that the advance upon Ptkin is made by two columns, one on each side of the Pei-Ho river. The international force, as given by Gen eral Chaffee, would aggregate about 14,000 men, while the other dispatches say 10,000, but this difference can easily be accounted for, as more men might have been available when the movement began than when the con- I ference was held on the third instant. | This conference is supposed to have been between the several commanders present at Tien Tsin. It is evident the foreign comman ders do not underestimate the task which they have before them, as the dispatch shows that a thorough recon noisauce of the Chinese position had been made and that even before the advance of tho international force from Tien Tsin the commanders were in possession of full information relative to the Chiuese position. This is one of the most welcome features of the dispatch, as it proves that the inter national column did not blunder upon According to the war department map the town of Peitsaug covers both sides of the river, but the main portion of it is on the left side where the Japanese, English and American forces had ar ranged to attack the enemy. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. Many New Industrie. ICatnhlUhed Daring the Past Week. The more important of the new in dustries reported during the past week ending August 4 inclndo a SJO,- 000 brick aud tile works aud a 8100,000 builders’ supply company at Norfolk, | aud a 8400,000 chemical compauy at ■ Richmond, Va ; a clothing factory iu j Kentucky; two coal and coke compa nies in Alabamu and four in West Virginia; two cotton mills in South Carolina; electric light and power plants at Dothau, A’a.; Hot Springs, I Ark.; Parksville, S. C.; Abingdon, Fredericksburg aud Newport News, Va.; an excelsior factory in South Carolina; a fiber factory in West Ten nessee; flouring mills in Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia; foundries and machine shops in Alabama and Arkansas; a grain elevator and a hard ware company in Texas; a knitting mill iu Georgia; lime kilns in Virginia; lumber mills iu Alabama. Tennessee, Texas and Virgiuia; a mining company in East Teunessee; natural gas aud oil companies in West Virginia; a $*500,000 onyx quarrying company in Kentucky; a pulp mill in East Tennessee; pyrites mines in Georgia; a roofing aud cor nice company at Wheeling, W. Va.; a stave factory in Keutueky; supply companies in South Carolina and Vir giuia; telephone companies at Har rison, Ark.; Williamston, N. C.; Falls Church, Va., aud Romney, W. Va.; two tobacco factories in Kentucky and one in Virginia; a wood turning fac tory (rebuilt) at Charleston, W. Va.; zinc mines in Arkansas.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenu.) PRESSING THE SULTAN. Mr. Grltcomb Renew* Effort* to Secure Tlmt Settlement. It is stated at the state department that Mr. Griscomb, the American charge at Constantinople, is renewing efforts to secure a settlement of the Turkish government. The instructions from Washington to Mr. Griscomb were to the effect that the matter be pressed constantly for settlement. Mr. Griscomb appeared to be keeping up the semi monthly reminder with great regularity, and word comes about everr two weeks that he has presented au ther demand. Some Wonderful Wounds. Quartermaster Sergeant Johnson, Second Beds, writes from Bloemfon tein: "I went to see Sergeant Shim mans In the hospital here. A bullet hit him on the outside of the knee, passed out at the top, slightly graz ing the kDeecap, and then again passed through the knee on the left side and through the thigh cf the left leg, so that one bullet made six holes, but did not damage any bones seriously. Some of the other men in our regiment have had really marvellous escapes. One man was shot In the lert side of the head, the bullet passing out at the front. Just above the ball of the eye, and without hurting the eye at all. An other man was shot through the body, Just above tbe heart, and was appar ently none the worse, except for a hole through his wheat.—London Leader. • Why Do You Scratch ? When you can cure yourself for fifty cents? All skin diseases, such as tetter, salt rheum, ringworm, eczema,etc., can be surely cured by au ointment called Tetterine. Any number of testimouials shown for the asking. Nothing else is as good. Unless yo ir druggist has it, send 50c. in stamps to the manufactu rer, J. T. Shnptrine, Savannah, Ga., for a box postpaid. Soapsuds For the Crops. Soapsuds are to be had on all farms, as wash days occur everywhere. They are usually thrown away, but can be used with advantage on the rows of celery and asparagus. If thrown around the peach trees, so as to soak down to the roots (or the soil loosened for that purpose), they will destroy the lar vae of insects which sometimes dam age the trees at the roots. Do Your Feel. Ache and Burn? Shake Into your shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Ingrowing Nails, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25a. Sample sent FREE. Address, Ali.en 8. Olmsted, Lelioy, N. Y. Familiar Experience. Cutton—Were you careful when you took your bicycle apart and cleaned It not to lose any of tbe ports? Dryde—Not to lose any of th n m? Why, when I put the machine together again I had nearly a dozen pieces loft over. The Best Prescription for Chilli and Fever Is a bottle of Gnovs's Tasteless ('dii.lTokic. It Is simply iron ami quinine la a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price Sue. A Word to Brides. One little simple song we sing. To brides but newly wed; Just make the best of everything— Especially of bread —Detroit Free Press. If you wamt ”£ood digestion to wait up a bar OI Adams i’epsiii Tutti'Fruttt. What the Eye Doesn’t See, Etc. De Auber—“l am thinking seriously of do nating one of my paintings to some public in stitution. Which one would you suggest?’’ Critlcua—‘•Well, it strikes me that the blind asylum would be lust the caper."—Chicago Dally News. ! The eyes of horses and cattle, | equally with the eyes of mao, | are cured by Mitchells Eye Salve which was favorably known in this region as far back as 1849. You may place great confi dence in this remedy. Price 25 cents. All druggists. HALL & RUCKEL, Hew York. 1848. London. Malsby & Company, 39 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Hearn Water Heater*, Steam Pump* anil Penberthy Injector*. Manufacturer* and Dealers In MILLS. Corn 3IIIU. Feed Mills,Cotton Oln Machin ery anti Grain Separators. SOI,ID and INSERTED Saw 9. Saw Teeth and I ocks. Knight’* Patent I>og*. Illrdsall Saw ailll and F.nglne Repair*, Governor*, Grate Mars and a full line of Mill Supplies. Price and quality of goods guaranteed. Catalogue free by mentioning thia paper. SOUTHERN DENTAL COLLEGL DENTAL DEPARTMENT Atlanta College of Physician* and Surgeon* Oldest College in Stat. Fourteenth An nual Session opens Oct. 3; closes April 30th. Those contemplating the 6tudy of Dentistry should write for ca alogue. Address S. W. FOSTKR, Dfn. 63-63 Inman Building, Atlanta. Ga. fort ALL ELseTaIlS. M R at Cough Syrup. Taste* Uoo*i. Ce r? AMERICANS TR .PPED Filipinos Either Capture or Kill a Scouting Party of Fifteen Men. rflE FIRST SERIOUS CHECK SO FAR Insurgents Become More Active In Au bashlns and Attacking Small Ite connoilering Parties. The first serious check which the American troops have met in the Phil ippines during the last two months is recorded in a dispatch received in Washington Saturday morning from General MacArtbur. There has been an increase of insur gent activity during the last three weeks, especially in the way of am bushes and attacks upon small parties. First Lieutenant Alstetter, of the en gineer corps, with an escort of fifteen men, was taken in ambush in the province of Ecija, Lnzon, by a large force. The Americans fought until their ammunition was gone and as they were surrounded, there was noth ing to do but surrender. One man was killed and three wounded. General Lacuna, in command of the insurgents, returned the wounded with a letter promising to treat the prisoners well. Lieutenant Bocton HneDberg was ambushed and killed near Santa Cruz, province of Laguna. Five men of the Twenty-fourth in fantry were captured in Nueva Ecia, but Sergeant Schmidt, of the Twelfth infantry, with seven men, trailed the captors and killed five. Captain Lara, of the Manila native police, was dangerously shot by an unknown assailant Saturday while on the street. He had been effectively engaged in enforcing regulations, and had made enemies among the Filipinoe, some of whom have long threatened vengeance. Lara had been generally accused of gioss corruption in office and specific charges were made against him by American officers. At the suggestion of Archbishop Chappell©, Judge Taft has been exam ining the beads of the religious orders as well as Monsignor Nozaledas and other ecclesiastics, preparatory to the time when it shall be necessary to take definite action regarding the af fairs of the friar* and the church. It appears that the real estate hold ings of the friars are smaller than had been expected. CHARGED WITH PATRICIDE. Poirtonlng His Father. On the afternoon of July 28th last, while John I. Tindall, who wras a highly respected and industrious farm er, living t\fo miles south of Gordou, Ga., with his wife, were visiting neigh bors, his daughter . Ruby, aged ten years, was shot and instantly killed by her oldest brother, aged seventeen years, with a shotgun, which shooting at the time was supposed to hate been accidental, but in the light of subse quent events is now thought by many to have been intentional. The motive for the shooting is supposed to have been revenge for his sister having pre viously told his father of the brother’s misconduct, causing his father to whip him. On Friday morning, August 3d, John I. Tindall, who had been slight ly indisposed for several days, woke up complaining of a headache, and as he had been taking medicine some time, took a dose for this ailment, and was seized within fifteen or twenty minutes afterwards with violent con vulsions, one convulsion succeeding another in rapid succession, ending iu death within fifteen minutes from the first seizure. The coroner’s jury, after a thorough investigation and autopsy by physi cians, rendered a verdict in effect that Tindall came to his death by strych nine poisoning, the drug have been mixed in the medicine he was taking by liis eldest son, James Tindall, with intent to kill. The motive for this deed is supposed to have been furnished by a whipping given the boy by his father a week or two previous to his death. Boers Continue to Give Up. Lord Roberts telegraphs to the war office in London that General Hunter reports that 3,348 men have surrender ed to him altogether. General Hunter also secured 3,046 horses and three gnus. POISONED BY TOADSTOOLS, Seven Perenne Mletnok Them For Mush rooms and Three Are Dead. Three persons dead in the home of J. A. Norris, near Harvey, 111., and four others seriously ill, was the re sult of eating toadstools which they mistook for mushrooms. The dead are: Mrs. Edith Norris, Maud Norris and Thomas Norris. Thomas, thirteen years old, un doubtedly saved those yet alive. Half clad aud suffering fearfully, he rode bareback to Homewood, three miles aw ay, and fell exhausted as he reached the house of a physician. He died soon after the doctor reached the Nor -1 ris home, in time to save four lives. | Naming a Kaffir hoy. The war In South Africa hn<? p ro . duced some strange results in the nomenclature of children, but it has been left to a Kaffir to devise the most curious combination—Bullor Churchill Lal.oucbore. Lest he forget, or there should be any mistake, the proud fath er had written the three names ou a piece of paper, which he handed to the baptizing minister. Certainly the Kaffir boy with tbe three names will be a strange hotch-potch if ne pos sesses all the qualities of those after whom he is named.—Westminster Ga zette. Return of the Undersleeves. The ultra fashionable woman Is full of apprehension at the threatened re turn of “undersleeves.” It is many, many years since they were fashion able, and the probable reason is that they are so ungraceful and generally unbecoming. Now they are called "lingerie” sleeves, and where the dress sleeves reach a little below the elbow short lingerie sleeves, extending to the wrist and terminating in a band or ruffle, have been Introduced. If wide, open sleeves are adopted, then the un dersleeve Is a thing assured, but to be dreaded. The American Working Man. Much comparison has been made between the endurance of tbe Chine-eaud the Amer ican working man. Those witn authority to Hpeak say that the average working man of America is as superior to the Chinese as Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters is to any other dys pepsia cure. The Bitters does not claim to cure everything, but it does cure constipa tion, indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles, and prevents ma laria, fever and ague. Profitable Politeness. Those New York shop girls. to w om Mrs. Kmma A. Schley bequeathed $5,000 occh, mere !y because they were courteous to her while selling goods to her, are living proof that po liteness pays. To Cur* a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU druggists refund the money tf It falls to cure. E. W. Ghove’S signature is ou each box. 2je. Friends Heunlted. “What’s your game?” asked the man with the b g cigar in the l’ullman. “If you mean my profession.” replied the other with dignity. "I’m a maker of books.” “And I'm a bookmaker,” oiled the tirst heartl. ly. “Shake!” Carter’s Ink Is so good and so cheap that no family rat afford to bo without it. Ia yours Carter's I Accounted For. "Jimmy, take this awful looking cabbage straight back to the grocer, and toll him to send'ine a respe -table one ” "He won t take it back, nia: me and Dicky Jones placed ball with It all tho way home.” —lu Unapolls Jour nal Each package of l xjinam Fadeless DtZ colors cither Bilk. Wool or Cotton perfectly at one boiling. Sold by oil druggists. Value of a Good Appetite. Mrs. Skinner — l’m glad bo hear you say you have such a good appe t’e. Mr. Newboar ler—Landladies generally fear a good appetite. Mrs. Skinner -I don’t. When a rain has a good appetite he eats almost anything. Look at your tongue. Is it coated ? Then you have a bad taste in your mouth every morning. Your appetite is poor, and food dis tresses you. You have frequent headaches and are often dizzy. Your stomach is weak and your bowels are always constipated. There’s an old and re liable cure: ris Don’t take a cathartic dose and then stop. Bet ter tsfcp a laxative dose each night, just enough to cause one good free move ment the day follo^ng.. You feel better the very next day. Your appetite returns, your dyspepsia is cured, your headaches pass away, your tongue clears up, your liver acts well, and your bowels no longer give you trouble. Price, 23 cents. Atl droßjßts. •* I have taken Ayer’s Dills for 35 years, and 1 consider them the best made. One pill does me more good than half a box of any other kind l have ever tried.” Mrs N. E. Talbot, March 30,1899. Arrington, Kans.