The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, June 23, 1900, Page 5, Image 5
CENSUS TAKES MUCH TIME.
WILL BE SOME MONTHS BEFORE
RESULTS ARE KNOW*.
Dally Work of 53,000 Enumerator*
Has to Be Handled in WashinKton.
Three Hnndred Tons of Blanks
Were Sent Out—Several Miles of
Shelves Prepared to Receive Re
ports—Cities to Be Completed First
and Bulletin* Posted Promptly.
Washington, June 22.—Director of Cen
sus Merriam to-day gave out the fol
lowing statement for the information of
the public:
"The census office is now in receipt of
many letters daily asking for information
sls to the results of the census in partic
ular localities, especially in the larger
cities. It does not appear to occur to
the writers that the census has not yet
been taken. The law allows until June 15
In cities of 8,000 inhabitants, and in rural
districts until the Ist of July for Its com
pletion, and after that the schedules have
to be examined by the supervisors of cen
sus before they can be forwarded to
Washington, in order that the supervis
ors may determine whether the work has
been satisfactorily done and may be !n
position to certify to the correctness of
the enumerators’ accounts for service ren
dered under the law.
"The following statement has been pre
pared, showing what has to be done with
the census returns when received at
Washington, end why it must be weeks
or even months before the figures can be
given out in their entirety:
"Every enumerator is required to fill a
daily report card, showing how many
hours and minutes he has been at work,
and how many persons he has enumer
ated that day. Since there are approxi
mately 53,000 enumerators and thirty days
are allowed for the completion of the
census, the number of daily report cards
to be examined in the census office is
somewhere between one million and a mil
lion and a half.
Immensity of tin* Work.
"It Is difficult for any one not familiar
with census work to form an idea of the
vast amount of material to be handled in
all of the divisions of the office. The
number of boxes containing schedules sent
to the enumerators in advance of taking
the census wa.% 4,500 and their total weight
was estimated at 300 tons. All of this ma
terial is returned to Washington, where
it has to be sorted out and arranged ’n
order by states and the sub-divisions of
states upon shelving aggregating several
miles in length. There is an invoice of
schedule in every box received which has
to be verified.
"Next In order follows tbo exanrnaiion
In detail of the schedules. Every schedule
has to be examined n order to f-ee that
the enumerator has not made an over
charge for his services. For this purpose
the schedule has to te compared with the
account render, and by him. livery possible
effort will be made to pay the enumera
tors at the earliest practicable date.
Every business man knows that 53.000 bills
presented for payment in one day could
not be audited and paid at sight.
May He Five nr Six Month**.
"The schedules then go to the clerks
employed in punching cards for the elec
irtc tatulat'ng maehins. A count of the
population will then be made by color, by
sex and by native or foreign birth, which
will consume possibly five or six months.
Not until this machine count shall have
been made for any particular city, coun
ty or state, can the figures be given cut
for publiea in. The cities will naturally
be taken up first, and as fast as the act
ual population, as returned by the enum
erators is ascertained it will he posted on
a bulletin board in tho ball outside the
directors room for the information of the
press."
JI'XIOR ORDER'S SESSION.
Lodgen Refusing' to Pay Per Capita
Tax Were Suspended.
Philadelphia. June 22.—The National
Council of the Junior Order of United
American (Mechanics, which has just con
cluded its sessions here, sustained the ac
tion of the grand lodge in raising the per
capita tax to 15 cents, and ordered that
the lodges in Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Virginia and the District of Columbia,
which have refused to comply with the
decision, be suspended.
A special per capita tax of 15 cents to
be collected for one year was decided on
for the support of the National Orphans’
Home at Tiffin, O , which is encumbered
with a debt of $75,00). The age limit to
membership was reduced from 18 to 16
years, and the number of delegates to
the national council from 119 to 98.
Officers elected for the ensuing year are:
Charles Reeves. Seattle. Wash., national
councilor; J. Adam Sohl, Baltimore, na
tional treasurer; George A. Gowan, Nash
ville, Tenn., national conductor; C. O.
Bohrer, Washington, D. C., national war
den; Rev. C. A. G. Thomas, Fayettesville.
N. C., national chaplain.
The next meeting will be held in Buf
falo in 1901.
WII/L INVITE McKIM.EY.
Atlanta Committee Going: to Wash
ington To-iyiKltt.
Atlanta, June 22.—A committee of citi
zens will leave for Washington Satur
day night to invite President McKinley
and his cabinet to Atlanta July 20 to at
tend a reunion of the Blue and the Gray.
After calling upon the President the
committee will go to Albany and invite
Gov. Roosevelt. The reunion will be held
on the famous battlefield on Peachtree
creek, and a genuine Georgia barbecue
will be spread in the trenches over
which the contending nrmies fought thir
ty-six years ago.
The committee has already received
many letters of acejxance from command
er* on both sides, among them being Gov.
Mount of Indiana, Gen. O. O. Howard,
Geh. Stewart. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and
Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
Editor** on n Frolic*.
Chicago, June 22.—A large party of Mis
sissippi editors was a* th#‘ Palmer House
to-day en route to the Pacific coast on
the annual excursion of the Mississippi
State Editorial Association. A special car
Is chartered for the trip. The editors spent
the day in visiting points of interest in
the city.
Colombia's Revolution.
Caracas, Venezuela. June 22.—The Co
lombian revolutionists have occupied Ru
caramangu. on the Venezuelan frontier.
Cucuta, town in the department of Sant
Andrew, also on the Venezuelan frontier,
continues in possession of the revolution
*tm.
IHm. DfWf)'n Summer Home.
Halifax. N. S.. June 22.—Mrs Dewey,
wife of the Admiral, has bought B'g Fish
Island at Chester Basin, where she will
build a summer residence. Chester is a
delightful summer resort about forty
miles frem Halifax.
On Industrial Commission.
Washington, June 22.—Charles H. Lltch
man of New Jersey, has been appointed a
member of the Industrial Commission,
vice M. D. Ratchford, resigned.
German Meat 1111 l Pusses.
Berlin, Jure 22.—The meat inspection bill
pused the Bundesrath to-day.
Itlnir Worm—Xo Cure, No Pay.
Tour druggist will refund your money if
Paso Ointment fails to cure yo r *>c.
—ad.
ALL THE SEWS AT WAYCROSS.
Ltttle Hoy's Sad Heath—Good Growth
of Wheat.
Waycross, Ga., June 22.—There is a
movement on foot to establish a canning
factory In Waycross. A stock company
capitalized at $5,000 may be organized in
the near future to utilize the surplus crop
of fruit and vegetables.
The Sam Goodsiein bankruptcy case
has been settled, and he will open up
business again in a few days.
Secretary \\. W. Sharpe and George W.
Deen are busy getting up the premium
list of the Waycross Fair for 1900. This
big show will be the main attraction In
the Magic City for the present year.
Waycross Assembly, No. 12. Order of the
.Anvil, was organized here last night.
Over foity applicants for membership
in the church are reported by Rev. J. M.
Glenn, pastor of Trinity Church, as the
result of his recent revival meeting.
J. B. Strickland of Clinch county has a
mule that is this year makingfocr twenty
ninth crop on the same farm. The mule
was three years old whin Mr. Strickland's
father bought her in Savannah. This
would make the mule 53 years old. She is
quite spry and will run away at ‘‘the drop
of a hat.”
N, J. Alien, a Pierce county farmer
planted two acres of wheat last fall, from
which he has gathered sixty bushels of
very tine wheat.
A sad accident is reported from Mill
wood. in this county. The little 3-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. John May, living
six miles south of that town, fell from
the doorsteps onto the ground, but IPs
mother did not think he was seriously
hurt, and told him to get up and come to
her, so she could wipe the dirt off his face
and hands. The little fellow tried to obey
his mother, hut before reaching her he
fell on the floor dead.
The Western Union Telegraph Compa
ny will move its quarters to the new
Southern Hotel building about July 1.
The Ruskin colonists have planted sev
eral acres in broom corn this year. It is
doing well, and the colony folks will make
enough of the corn to supply their factory
for some time.
RECEIVED COMMISSIONERS.
President I.oubet Greeted Them at
the Elyaee Palace.
Paris, June 22.—President Goubet to
day received the national commissioners
at Elysee Palace. They assembled there,
and when the entire party had arrived
they preceeded to the audience room, led
by United States Ambassador Pcr.er and
Mrs. Potter Palmer.
President Loubet addressed the commis
sioners, expressing his pleasure in meet
ing them and his gratitude to President
McKinley in sending representative men
and women to act for the United States
on an occasion meaning so much to
France.
In the course of an enthusiastic refer
ence to the American exhibit at the ex
hibition, he said it was greater than the
republic had expected, and he added that
beyond all the commercial benefits of the
Exposition were the grand results attain
ed in good will and accord by the social
intercourse of the representatives of ell
nations.
Gen. Porter, who interpreted M. Gou
bet’s remarks, added feelingly that the
commissioners had been appointed by the
President of the United States, to act as
his representatives, and that they felt
honored in being thus received by the
President of the French republic.
The commissioners presented were Mrs.
Manning, Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mr. de-
Young, Mr. Thornton of Virginia. Louie
Stern of New York, James Allison of
Kansas, Alvin H. Sanders of Illinois.
Arthur E. Valois of New York, William
G. Elkins of Pennsylvania, Calvin Man
ning of lowa, Ogden H. Fethers of Wis
consin, Charles A. Collier of Georgia, and
Brutus J. Clay of Kentucky.
WARRANT FOR STEVENS.
Coffee's Ordinary Enjoined From
Collecting Dog Tnx.
Douglas, Ga., June 22.—A warrant was
sworn out yesterday charging James Stev
ens with assault with intent to murder
upon the person of Mr. B, F. Morris, a
prominent citizen of Coffee county'. The
officer could scarcely get any one to go
with and assist him in making the ar
rest as Stevens is alleged to be a very
dangerous man.
Elias Gott, Jr., has returned from Ha
vana, Cuba, whither he has been assisting
in the erection of an ice plant.
Mr. R. W. Holbrook of Maysvllle, Ga.,
has arrived with the machinery and will
erect a much-needed planing mill and va
riety works.
Miss Yuia Anderson, a charming young
lady of Hillsborough, Ga., is visiting her
sister, Mrs. R. F. Turk, of this city.
The friends of the ‘'yellow cur" have
succeeded in having the ordinary enjoined
from collecting any more dog lax. Thus
Towser’s right to kill sheep will get into
the courts.
Will. DE NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Great Falling Off In the Wheat Crop
In the West.
Chicago, June 22—The Times-Herald to
morrow will publish a crop report pre
pared by Snow, the crop expert, who has
just completed a two weeks’ trip through
the states of Minnesota, Nonh and South
Dakota.
He declares the situation is a national
calamity, and claims the wheat failure the
worst ever known. He estimates the Da
ko as as premising only 200 0,0.0 bushels
each, and Minnesota 35.000.0C0, a total of
75.0C0.0C0 against 200,000,000 last year, and
225,000,000 in 1898.
SPRING WHEAT IS RI'INEiD.
Two-thirds of the North Dakota
Crop Reported Killed.
Duluth. Minn., June 22 —Oliver Datrym
ple, the great wheat grower of North Da
kota to-day wired h s son here as fol
lows:
‘‘Two-thirds of the spring wheat crop Is
ki'led beyond redemption. I shall later
start to plow up my fields and nearly ail
spring w heat farmers will be plowing un
der wheat n xt week unless heavy rain
comes.” ' _
WRONG MAN APPOINTED.
Through Error Honolnln Now tins
No Postmaster.
Washington, June 22.-It has been dis
covered that through an error commit
ted in the state department, there is now
no postmaster ot Honolulu. Several weeks
ago the President nominated John M.
Oats for the position of postmaster at
that place, and the nomination was con
firmed by the Senate. It Is now learned
ihat the man appointed is the brother of
the one who It wus intended should fill
the position.
Uryan Has Gone to Llncola.
Mlnocqua, WIS., June 22.—C01. William
Jennings Bryan and party, left this even
ing for Gincoln, Neb., where they will
rrmeln until after the Democratic Nation
al Convention.
One Mile Record llrokrn.
Salt Gake, Utah, June 22. John Chapman
and Iva Gawsort broke the one-mile tan
dem competition world's record on the Sait
Gake palace track to-night, making the
distance In 1:50,
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1900.
ST. LOUIS STRIKE SITUATION.
DETECTIVE ARRESTED ON SUSPI
CION OF DYNAMITING.
lie Wan Caught in a Scheme Which
He Appeared to Have Worked for
the Purpose of Ingratiating Ilim
nelf Into the Favor of the Transit
Company— Posse Comitatus Will He
Reduced for the Present to 500
Men.
St. I.ouis, June 22.—T0-day was one of
the quietest since the inauguration of the
strike by the employes of the St. Gouis
Transit Company. Cars wire lun on every
division without ir.oics aiion. The police
reported that no violence had occurred up
to a latg hour to-night.
The most important event of the day
was the arrest of Ora Havill on suspicion
of being connected with the recent dyna
mite explosions along the lines of the
Transit Company.
Ora Havill is an employe of the Tran
sit Company. For several weeks he has
been acting as private detective and prior
to this lime was employed as a guard on
the cais.
On information furnished by Havill,
Chief Campbell had detailed a equad of
police to guaid the bridge over River des
Peres, on the D lmar brunch of the Tran
sit Company in St. Gouis county.
Havill claimed to have overheard a con
versation between two men in which ar
rangements were being made to destroy
this bridge by dynamite on. Thursday
night.
Shortly after dark the police arrested
two men. one of whom proved to be Hav
ill and the other Clarence M. Smith, an
employe of the Transit Company. They
explained to the police that they were
sent out by the company to watch the
bridge and showed the officers two sticks
ot dynamite and a piece of fuse, which,
they said, they had found in the bushes.
They were allowed to go, but an hour la
ter they returned and attempted to carry
oft the dynamite. Their arrest followed:
Chief Campbell declared it his belief
that Havill placed the dynamite near the
bridga to establish himself in the good
graces of the Transit Company.
In accordance with instructions Issued
to-day by the Board of Police Commis
sioners to Sheriff Pohlman, the posse will
he reduced to 500 men. The: men on pa
role will be subject to calls in case of
trouble. Unless the situation grows worse,
they will not be recalled until July 4.
when it is expected about 3,500 men will
be on duty.
Coroner Gloyd continued his investiga
tion to-day into the shooting at the bar
racks, but no important testimony was
evolved.
Police Judge Zimmerman made a ruling
to-day that orrests made by members of
the posse ore illegal, unless in case of a
riobor in crowds.
HAD MONEY- TESTED BY MACHINE.
Inventions of t'apt. Porter Guard the
Public Against Counterfeiters.
From the Chicago News.
Copt. Thomas I. Porter, of the United
States Secret Service, has directed his in
ventive faculty for some years toward the
perfection of devices for safeguarding the
public against counterfeiters. He Is an
expert on bogus money, whether coin or
paper. He was the first to discover the
Jacobs bogus revenue stamp and point
out Us defects. He recently has perfected
three devices, which were suggested to
him by his work In the treasury depart
ment. One is a coin detecter, another an
automatic counter of coin, and a third a
tie for bags containing money or valua
bles, that, -if once opened, cannot be
refastened.
Two or three counterfeit detectors have
been given to the public by the Chicago
Secret Service man. but his latest inven
tion in that line is pronounced by treasury
officials and bank clerks to be remarka
ble. It' is an instantaneous tester. A coin
that has a suspicious look is tested in a
slot cut in a metal tongue at the top of a
small steel box. If it is good it passes
readily through the slot, falls upon an
apron beneath and rolls off on a square of
plate glass giving the "ring” test. If tile
coin is undersized it will not ring when
it strikes the plate. If it is oversized it
will no! pass through the slot. The coin
also drops on a disk attached to a bar;
If ot light weight the balances will not
act.
"Counterfeit coins are either too light
or too heavy,” said Capt. Porter. "I have
never found them of the exact weight and
the exact size. Gold coins seldom are
counterfeited.”
The counting machine which will be used
In the sub-treasury is another simple de
vice that docs away with the counting of
coins by hand, for the silver, nickel and
copper coins cannot be weighed like gold,
because of Ihe variations in thickness of
the coins. The principle of the machine
Is that a coin dropped through a tube of
slightly larger diameter will fail flat at
the bottom. A plunger at the liottom of
the tube, throws the coin out of the ma
chine and registers it at the same time.
The handler of the money has only to
look out for plugged and defective coins
as he sweeps the money across the table
Into the machine. The record in counting
money has been 30,000 dimes in an hour.
Capt. Porter's little machine wfll count
30,000. Tubes of varying size for any coin
from a penny to a dollar are furnished
with each machine.
The captain's other device for the safe
guarding of the contents of a bag is a
metal oval, armed with teeth on the inside
of jaws that are hinged on one end. A
staple on one Jaw pierces the other ut
the free end and a seal wire to it holds
the bag intact. The eeai muFt be broken
before the Jaws can be opened and tlie
contents of the bag released.
Capt. Porter had another invention some
time ago for the detection of counterfeit
pai>er money by reproducing the portraits
on the various bills, but the government
would not consent to a reproduction of any
pert of a Nil, even to aid In the detection
of counterfeits.
AN ADVANCE! IN CANDIES.
Conference of Confectioner* at
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala., June 23—A confer
ence of the representative Southern man
ufacturing confectioners met in this
city to-night. Manufacturers were her
from St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville,
Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Macon,
Columbus. New Orleans, Selma and oth
er points.
One of the leading manufacturers when
seen said the meeting was for the purpose
of getting some firms which have been
fighting, together on prices. Sugar, lie
said, has advanced $3 a barrel, and glu
cose the same, still there is no advance in
the price of candy. Candy which fells in
this section for s>i cents is worth *.163
cent* farther north.
It Is understood that the meeting means
an advance in prices on thecheapergrades
of candles sold through these sections rep
resented. <
Meeting of Entomologists.
New York, June 22.—The twelfth annual
meeting of the Association of Economic
Entomologists was held to-day In this city.
Papers touching on economic entomology
were read by E. P. Felt, state entomolo
gist of Albany, N. Y*.: It. T. Fernald, slate
entomologist of Massachusetts; G. O. How
ard of the United States Department of
Agriculture; A G. Qualntanoe, state en
tomologist of Georgia, and W. M. Scott
of Georgia.
—The opening cf the first American elec
tric tramway line in Oeneva, Swhzerland,
took place on June 1. The other lines,
which will connect the town with sur
rounding districts, will be completed In a
few weeks
The %r
Ptnkham
Remedies
For disorders of tho
feminine organs have
gained their great renown
and enormous sale be
cause of the permanent
good they have done and
are doing for the women
of this country.
If aii ailing or suffer
ing women could be made
to understand how ab
solutely true are the
statements about Lydia E,
Pinhham f s Vegetable
Compound, their suffer
ings would end,
Mrs, Plnkham counsels
women free of charge.
Her address is Lynn,
Mass, The advice she
gives is practical and
honest. You can write
freely to her; she is a wo
man.
THREE MISSIONARIES SAVED.
Continued from First Page.
sries. Dr. Leonard infers from the fs t
ihai only tho-e who were saved are ca
bled. tiie remaining- twenty-four mission
aries in Ti* n Tsin have been murdered by
the Boxers.
Among them are many women, includ
ing five in the woman's foreign mission
ary society and the members of the Hay
nor, Pike and Hopkins and Brown fami
lies.
the attacks on tiex tsin.
Fore lan. Force* Destroyed f hlnene
Military College.
London, June 22.—1n the House of Com
mons to-day Mr. Broderick, the under
secretary of state for foreign affairs, re
plying to a question, said the foreign of
fice had no news from Pekin or Vice
Admiral Seymour.
He added that news by runner June
18 from Tien Tsin, arrived at Taku June*
21, announced that several attacks had
been made and repulsed.
On June 17 the Chinese shelled the for
eign settlement and the Chinese military
collected was attacked by a mixed force of
175 Austrians, British. Germans and
Italians. They destroyed the guns nnd
burned the college, which contained a
considerable store of ammunition, and
killed its defenders.
The Russians, with their four heavy
guns, did excellent service. The British
loss was one man killed and five men
wounded. The Germans had one killed,
the Italians had five men wounded and
the Russians had seven men killed and
five wounded.
During the night of June 17, the Chi
nese tried to seize -the bridge of boats, but
were repulsed with loss, Including, It is
reported, a Chinese general.
Rear Admiral Bruce at Taku, telegraph
ed last night the further information that
at Tien Tsin. Jyne 20, fighting was pro
ceeding. and that reinforcements were
required.
Mr. Broderick also paid:
"We hove further heard from Admiral
Bruce, dated Taku, last night, and Che
Foo, this morning, as follows:
“I am hoping Tien Tsin may be re
lieved to-night. No news from the com
ma nder-in-chief.
" ‘The Terrible landed this morning, 352
officers and men of the Fusiliers.’ ”
In conclusion. Mr. Broderick announced
that he believed various other troops
would arrive In a day or two. if they had
not already landed, and that arrange
ments had been made by the government
to supplement very considerably the force
ordered to China.
TROOPS GO TO TlliX TSIN.
British, Russian nnd Japanese on
the Way From Taku.
Rome, June 22.—A dispatch from Taku,
dated yesterday (Thursday), says:
"An initial column, consisting of Brit
ish, Russian and Japanese troops, left
Taku this morning for Tien Tsin. An
Italian detachment commanded by an en
sign will remain here io guard the Ital
ian flag, which, with the flags of the
other Powers, has been hoisted over the
forts.
"The detachment of Italian soldiers
which participated In the capture of forts
suffered no loss.
"German reinforcements from Kino
Chou and British reinforcements from
Hong Kong have arrived here."
LI HUNG CHANG'S REMEDY.
Wants to Decapitate Leaders of
Boxers and Make l*eaee.
Hong Kong, June 22.—L1 Hung Chang,
who was interviewed in Canton yesterday,
said he would leave for Pekin on June
27 in obedience to an order from the Em
press to suppress the Boxers end to make
peace with the Powers.
He lndosed the opinion that he is the
only man In China capable of coping with
the situation. He said he believed the
Boxers to be a "rabble led away by fanat
icism and anti-Christian feeling," but he
also declared that the native Christian
leaders were mucti to blame inasmuch as
they engendered litigation in the native
courts. He asserted that he did not re
gard the Boxers as a poliiical society and
that in his opinion the Empress had been
misled and misinformed.
Prince Li said lie had been officially in
formed that til** Taku forts fired upon the
allied fleet because the admirals sent an
ultimatum calling for the removal of the
soldiers. He does not Interpret that act
as a declaration of war and he has not
received any instructions- to the effect that
war has been declared.
His remedy for the situation is to de
capitate the leaders of the Boxers, to send
their ignorant followers home, and to
make peace with the Powers.
CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA.
Pnper* Instructed How to Handle
Chinese Situation.
London, June 23.—The Vienna corre
spondent of the Daily Express savs that
the Russian Minister of the Interior, M
Slpiagulne, has Issued the following In
structions for t. lie guidance of newspa
per* In dealing with the Far Extern
situation:
"First. No reference to the movement
of Russian troops or warships.
"Second. Papers must bear In mind
that the Czar is actuated only by a de
sire to maintain peace and good will
among the nations.
"Third. No gossip about difference*
among the Powers that would be dis
pleasing to the government.
"Fourth. No criticism of Russian diplo
macy or of military or naval strategy.
"Fifth. Ediiorial writers should recol
lect that Russit is predestined to pre
dominate In Asia.
"S’xth. Comparisons mayvbe made be
tween Russian and foreign troops and
seamen when unfavorable to foreigners."
MINISTER Wl GETS NEWS.
He Does Not Relieve Many of the Re
ports From Chinn.
Washington, June 22.—Reassuring ad
vices regarding the condition of affairs in
Central China have come to Minister Wu
of the Chinese legation here.
The Viceroy ot he provinces of Hanan
and Hupe has sent a cablegram saying
that peace and order prevail in that sec
tion of the country. At the same -time
some, apprehension is felt that any at
tempt by foreign warships to ascend the
Yang-<se-Kiang river for the protection of
foreigners in those provinces may excite
the natives and arouse their suspicions.
Such an intimation was conveyed in the
Viceroy’s dispatch.
Mr. Wu communicated the contents of
the cablegram to Secretary Hay when he
called at the State Department to-day.
The minister is still without any ad
vices touching affairs in Northern China,
and expresses a disinclination to discuss
what may be the condition of affairs in
Pekin.
Contenting himself with an expression
that many of the reports regarding con
ditions in China, particularly at T.en Ts.n.
are wilful misrepresentations designed to
injure the Chinese in the eyes, of the
world, the minister is awaiting with Ab
sorbing Interest s me and flnl e Information.
"Hew. absurd ihe statement that l,foo
foreigners in Tl n Tsin have been killed,"
he said in a tone of disgust. "Why, there
are no.- as many foreigners as that in ihe
city. When I was there several years ego
their number did not exeed several hun
dred. No. 1 am sure these reports must be
all wrong. Nor do 1 understand the state
ments regarding the bombardment of the
cl y, or by wh m it D being done. We must
watt some definite news before arriving
at a conclusion as to the exact state of
affairs.
“Another report I have seen published
U incomprehensible to me. I refer to the
ftory saying that the foreign forces at
tacked the Chinese military school at Tien
Tsin. Now what did they w r ant to do that
for.’ Ti e students there probably have
nothing more than a f• w small arms and
I don’t see what would be accomplished
by destroying the place.”
ONLY A Rl MOW FROM PEKIN.
Solti Advent of Relief Force Would
Re Signal for tt Riot.
London, June 23.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated Thursday, nays:
"A prominent resident of Pekin arrived
at Tien Tain on June 15, reports that the
soldiers were troublesome In Pekin, that
a night attack on the legations was fear
ed. and that the advent of the relief force
would be the signal for a general riot in
Pekin."
COLUMN ENTERED PEKIN.
.Afymonr and the Russians Arrived
at the Same Time.
Brussels, June 22.—The Petit Bleu elates
that a telegram was received yesterday
by an Important Brussels firm from China
saying that Admiral Seymour’s relieving
force and the Russian column entered Pe
kin simultaneously.
The legations are reported Intact and
all ihe Belgian residents are said to be
safe.
HOW RUSSIA VIEWS THE CASE,
At Present She Should Make Com
mon Cause With the Poxvera.
Si. Petersburg, June 22.—The view ex
pressed by both the press and politicians
here is that Russia should make common
cause with the other Powers In meeting
the common danger in China.
It is pointed out, however, that when
once the lime arrives to settle the Chi
nese question, Russia must regulate her
true Interests, which differ greatly from
those of tlie other Powers, and prevent
her more particularly from definitely em
barking in hostiliiies against the vast
Chinese empire, her neighbor.
This is thought to be the government
view of the situation.
AN UPRISING IS FEARED.
British Sleoincr Daphne Reaches
Klu Klnng Fa.
Shanghai, June 22. to the absence
of warships at Klu Klang Fu, some ap
prehension is felt there over an uprising.
The merchant marine, therefore, have ar
ranged to keep one steamer always In
readiness.
The British twin-screw steamer Daphne
arrived here with ammunition. There are
no signs of a disturbance.
BOMBARDMENT OF TIEN TSIN.
Foreign Concessions and American
Consulate Burned.
Che Foo, June 22.—1 tis officially re
ported that the bombardment of Tien Tsin,
with large guns, continues Incessantly.
Tho foreign concessions have nearly all
been burned, end the consulate
has been razed to the ground.
The Russians are occupying the rail
road station, but are hard pressed. Rein
forcements are urgently needed. The
casualties are heavy.
The railroad Is open from Tong Tati to
Chlng Liang Chung, half way to Tien
Tsin.
HE IN IN GOOD HEALTH.
Uoiniininder of German Ganliont litis
Man Not Killed.
Wesel, Prussia. June 22.—The relatives
of Capt. Lettes, commander of the Ger
man gunboat litis, reported In Ihe United
Stales (o have succumbed to wounds, re
celved during tho bombardment of Taku
forts, announce that they had dispatch
to-day, dated Che Foo, Thursday, June 21,
saying the Captain was In good health.
Situation Is Worse In Pekin.
Syracuse, N. Y., June 22.—Dr. P. Wal
ter Kmona of this city, whose son. Wal
ter 8. Emens, represents the American
Trading Company in China, to-day re
ceiver! the following cablegram, elated
Tien Tsin, June 16:
"Sltuatlort growing worse. Pekin be
sieged. In danger of massacre.”
Japan to Core (or Wounded.
Yokohama, June 22.—The Yurlk sailed
for Taku yesterday. The government has
arranged to receive and treat the wounded
of oincr Powers. The Russian wounded
have already arrived. Ship* belonging lo
the standing squadron are assembling at
Saaecho.
Chinese Cruisers at Shanghai.
Washington, June 22.—The state depart
ment has received u cablegram from Con
sul General Ooodnow ut Bhnnghul an
nouncing the arrival there of two steel
cruiser* No details were given, but It
developed later that the vessels were Chl
,nese cruisers.
Russian Troops to Mobilise.
London, June 23.—The St. Petersburg
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correspondent of the Daily Mall, tele
graphing Thursday, says:
"The Russian Minister of War* Gon.
Kcuropatkin. yesterday ordered a mobili
zation of all ih : Siberian regiment:* of
the line,"
Troops to Go to Chinn.
Calcutta. June 22. Fourteen transports
will c nvey troop* from India to < hlna.
All except six are already in port. The
Ne bmi< J a and Palamcotta will probably
siil Suuiay with the Seventh Bengal in
fantry.
Mid-China Ktntlons Quiet.
Nashville, Tenn., June 22.—Tho Board
of Missions of the Presbyterian Church
to-day received a dispatch from Frank
Price, dated Kasheng, China, June 21,
stating that the mid-China stations were
quiet.
Bombard meat In by Refill nr*.
Berlin. June 22.—According to a dispatch
from Shanghai received here, Tien Tsin is
being bombarded by Chinese regulars, ami
not by the Boxers.
Tlilrty-tlirec \ nierlciins Saved.
Shanghai, June 22.—‘The American consul
at Che Foo writes that the Nashville from
Taku is bringing thirty-three Americans
from Pel Tai Ho.
SPORT TITLES *IIV <Ol ItTESY.
Many British Noblemen Wear Rank
Tlint Doe* Not Belong to Them.
From the New York Tribune.
"I am always asked a lot of que-tlons
the peerage," said A. L Jamieson
of London at the V\ uldorf-Asiorla. yester
day, "whenever lam in America. One
thing that seems especially to bother you
I>ople Is that while a house of lords ex
ists nevertheless lords, earls and even
marquises ere to be found among (he
members of the House of Commons. This
comes about from tho so-called courtesy
titles borne by eldest sons and heirs. For
example, take Hhe case of the Marquis of
Lome, now ninth Duke of Argyll, who
married the Princess Louise. He bore
the title of Marquis during his fathers
life by courtesy.
“The peerage is divided into dukts, mar
quises. earls, viscounts and barons, and
the spiritual peerage Into archbishops and
bishops. The title duke is very old. Han
nibal was called Duke of Carthage. The
Doge of Venice, was a duke. A duke Is
addressed a* ‘his grace and most noble.'
and by the crown ’our rlgh Urusty and
right entirely beloved cousin.’ Marquises,
were formerly military leaders, who
guarded the limits or marches of tbe
kingdom. Hence, they were called lord-4
of the marches, or marquises. They are
addressed as ‘most honorable,’ an I by
the crown hs ‘our right trusty and en
tirely beloved cousin.' An. tar!, the old
Saxon yarl, or nobleman, is etddresjied os
‘right honorable,’ and by the crown a-4
’our right trusty and right right well bo
loved cousin.’ Viscounts, of vice confess,
were sheriffs in earlier days. They are ad
dressed as ‘right honorable,’ and by the
crown as ‘our right trusty and well-belov
ed cousin.’ Barons, originally by ten
ure, then by writ and now by letters pa -
ent, are bearers or supporters—from the
etymology of ihe word—and are styled
‘right honorable.’ and addressed by the
crown as ‘our right trusty and well-1 e
loved.' inii!|B
The royal addresses sound like a same
where you go on loelng a word, don't
they? The only title by tenure, 1 think,
now existent emong us Is Ihe earldom of
Arundel, which the Duke of Norfolk holds
by his tenure of Arundel castle: but this
was confirmed by special act of Peril.i
menl. Baronets and knlghls are both
addressed as sir, but while Ihe former
Is a title that holds with and d> trends In
the family, the latter exists only during
the Ufa of the holder. Sir VVI I.am Van
Horne, who built the Canadian Pacific, !*■
a knight.”
fitrunsie Coarse o fu llullel.
From London Truth.
The following passage occurs In a local
Journalist's account of the enthusiastic
< eptlon accorded 10 Gleut. Buxton of Ihe
First Battalion Rifle Brigade, who was In
valided home on account of a wound re
ceived et Pieter’s Hill:
"The manner In nfiiich he receive I 'he
wound was curious. White under Hr" lie
whs directing Ids men with a cigarette | n
one hand and a piece of oik", which a
brother officer had Just given him. In (br
other. He hail turned hi. head to give an
order to those In charge of the ammunlilon
FRENCH CLARET WINES, and
GERM AN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES
and FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES.
All these fine Wines and Liquors are Imported by us in glass direct from
the growers In Europe.
Our St. Juiien Ciaret Wine from Everest, Dupont ft Cos of Bordeaux,
France, Is one of their specialties. And one at extremely low price.
The Chateaux Geoville, one of their superior Clsret Winea, well known all
over the United Elates.
We also carry In bond Claret Wine* from this celebrated firm In caskA
Our Rhine and Moselle Winea are imported from Martin Deuts, Frank
fort. Germany, ere the beat that com* to the United States.
BODKNHEIM la very fine and cbeip.
NIERfITEIN also very good.
RG’DEBHEIM very choice.
RAUENTHAG. selected grapes eery elegant
LIEBFRANMILCH. quite celebr ited.
MARCOBRUNNER CABINET elegant and rar*.
YOHANNISBURGKR Is perfection.
SPARKLING HOCK SPARKLING MOSELLE. BPARKLINCJ MU SC A*
TELLE, and FINR FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIFB.
Special Brandies ar© imported direct from France by ua, in cases and cask#.
8 LIPPMAN BROTHERS.
wagon. an*l in the a‘t of putting n f>’t
of cake into hlw mouth, when ft bul
entered the back of his head and'pits
out of his open mouth, taking out only o
tooth in the Journey.”
As the gallant subaltern has himre
Klven this story to an Interviewer, he ©
dently thinks that it is ail right and pre
< r for n officer to be directing his m
in c\ crucial engagement with a cl r /nr *
in one hand and a lump of cake in f
other. Like many other performance*
our officers in the present campaign, 1
magnificent, no doubt, even to the point
“taking the coke.” But is It war? J
arc the rank and file allowed to refr
themselves under fire with cake and c
garettea?
U’HINEJ*E OO NOT DRINK MICII
Tlielr Tipple, However, Is r I
Strong for the American Tast. .
From the Washington Star.
“In the matter of a tipple or drink t*
Chinamen, are somewhat in advance
other nations, and particularly Am
cans,” volunteered a police officer >
has done duty for several years in
locality known as "Chinatown” to a €
reporter. "First, ns to the quantity, i
dinarily, when our hoodlums start in
a spree, with beer as the basis, they h
to calculate on <he wherewithal to i
chaiae from twenty to thirty glasses.
means an expenditure of from $1 to $'
not Including the amount that is ne
snry should the spreer indulge to any *
tint In treating others, for the aver-
American seems to be more happy w
he is paying for the drinks of others t!
when his drinking on the quiet. The dri.
cr therefore has to drink and carry aroi
all the way from five to six quarts.
"The results of this drinking are #hc
In many ways, not considering the m*
questions involved*, and which neeessa
enter into the proposition. If whisk.'
the tipple, though it does not mean i
same amount as far an quantity is c
cerned, it costs about as much fron
financial standpoint, or even more. N*
tho Chinaman drinks a condensed i
fearfully strong liquor, made from r
which i Imported from China, and cor
in original packages in a stone jug hr
Ing about a pint. One Jug of it is paw
ful enough to put a big party into a th
oughly drunken condition. The us
tipple of It Is u half teaapoonful, tho
old topers get *o they can take a wh
trottpoonful. It is drunk in a glass
water, a portion at time.
‘Three teaspoonfuls taken Inside of F
hours settles the question os far as t
particular drinker is concerned, for
puts him out of the calculation thorour
ly, and keeps him there for from four
six hours afterward. The total exper
for a thoroughly completed drunk is ab'
<1 cents, ebbut one-fiftieth of what it co
for an American to get full of whisk
or beer. The drink is also of a differ*
character. There 1 m no howling, huggi
or fighting about it, which is Itself r
Improvement, and a very great one
some cases, ns is evidenced every day *
the Police Court. When the Chlnam
has his load aboard he feels funny foi
while and he says funny things, but )
never howls or fights. All of n sudd
he feels an intense and terrible deal
for a place to lie down. Three mitvv
after he D down he Is out of tho
Another thing about a Chinaman is th
he never drink# if he has anything e
lo do. Tippling seems to be a‘ second#
consideration with the race, and the
are no exception* with u*. Should a
of Chinamen find that they had time
have a spree, end the inclination, ea*
one of them would take his own vio
Among the laundrymen class Sunday- a
ernoon and Sunday night is the popish
time, though some observe blue Mon da
for sprees. Un!e#a some, very unuau
occasion arises, New Year’s, the blrthde
of th© Emperor or pome other Oblntr
holiday, they never drink ot tiny oth'
rim**. What ft lot we could learn fret
them If we would!"
LATE SHIP NEWS.
Arrived This Morning.
Steamship City of Augusta. Dagget
New York—Ocean Steamship Company,
—“This bone," said the professor •
anatomy, "! the humorous. Now, thn
designate Us proper location in the h
man body.’* "It's located in the elbow
Mild the first scholar, "and is more cot
monly known an the funny bone.”—PL
udelphia Press.
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