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FEAR FOR COMMUNICATION.
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Pekin and are on their way to Ti n Tsin.
Such an important move by the Chinese
government would not have been conceal
ed nor infermatien of their advancement
delayed for a moment. In the absence of
any reliable verification of the repDrt Mr.
Adee declines to consider it probable.
No reliable information has yet reached
th;- war dvpariment as to the number of
the enemy which met the internationals
at Pci Tsang, tut it is inferred from the
large casualty list in the international
column it must have been very large and
is probably being rapidly reinforced.
The impression prevails at the war de
partment that unless the Chinese generals
have been demoralized by the Pei Tsang
engagement there will be severe lighting
ahead for the international forces all the
way to Pekin,
CHAFFEE WIRES OF RATTLE.
Conference Decided on Flight With
Chinese on Sunday.
Washington, Aug. 7.—The war depart
ment has received the following cable
gram from Gen. Chaffee:
“Aug. 7, Che Foo.—Adjutant General,
Washington.—Tien Tein, Aug. 3.—Con
ference to-day decided battle Sunday.
Chinese entrenched cast and west through
Pei Tsang, Left of Chinese protected by
flooded ground practically unassailable.
Japanese, English, American forces
about 10,000 strong attacked Chinese right
west of river flank. Other forces,
Russian. French, about 4,000 throng
opposite side between river and
railroad. Chinese position apparent
ly strong. Army reported 30.000 be
tween Pebang and Yang Tsun or cross
ing of road over Pei Ho. Yang Tsun ob
jective. Our force 2,000 and battery. Con
emaugh arrived. Sixth Cavalry left (at)
Tien Tsin for guard of city and awaiting
mounts. Ministers safe on July 28.
“Chaffee.”
ENGLAND'S ANSWER TO CHINA.
Will Hold OlfipialM Peraonftllj', for
Harm to Ministers.
London, Aug. 7—The parliamentary sec
retary of the foreign office, Mr. Brodrlck.
in the House of Commons, to-day, an
swering a question, said Her Majesty's
government had Informed the Chinese gov
ernment that its members will be held per
sonally responsible If the members of the
foreign legations or other foreigners at
rekin suffer Injury.
Mr. Brodrlck added that Her Majesty’s
government did not think any useful pur
poses would be served by further com
munications.
Answering another question, Mr. Brod
rick said Her Majesty's government had
no confirmation of the statement attrib
uted to LI Hung Chang to the effect that
the foreigners had left Pekin for Tien
Tsin under escort.
MINISTERS SAFE ON AUG. 1.
lint They Were Expecting Chinese
to Renew the Attack.
Shanghai, Aug. 7.—The Japanese consul
here received by wire to-day a message
to the eff ct that the foreign ministers at
Pekin were safe, Aug. 1, but that they
expected a renewal of the attack by the
Chinese at any moment.
It was added that on y twenty-five cart
ridges each and six days’ provisions were
left.
It was also said that the Japanese sec
retary had died of his wounds.
ALLIES' LOSSES WERE 400.
Chinese Retreated and Their Hear
Gunrd Was Decimated.
London. Aug. 7.—A special dispatch from
Shanghai, dated to-day says:
"It is reported that heavy fighting took
place last Sunday east of Pei Tsang, the
allies losing 400, of whom sixty-five were
British.
"The Japanese artillery did splendid ser
vice in the face of a galling Chinese cross
fire, under which they lost heavily.
The Chinese were forced to retreat, but
saved their guns. Their rear guard was at
tacked and practically decimated."
ALLIES ATTACKED CHINESE.
Heavy Buttle Was Still in Progress
Sunday Morning.
(Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press.)
Tien Tsin, Sunday. Aug. 5. 8 a. tn., via
Shanghai, Aug. 7.—This morning at day
light 16,000 allies attacked the Chinese at
Pei Tsang and forced the enemy from the
trenches.
The Americans who participated were
the Ninth and Fourteenth Regiments, Reil
ly’s battery and the marines. A heavy
battle is still in progress.
HAVE KILLED 3.4)00 CHINESE.
Russians Inflicted Grent Slaughter
on the Celestials.
London. Aug. 7.—The Russians who have
been fighting around Tasi Chow are re
ported, according to a dispatch from
Shanghai, dated Aug. 0. to have killed 3,000
Chinese.
The tao tal of New Chwang has refused
the Russian demand to give up the forts
there.
A dispatch from Hong Kong under to
day's date says trade with the West river
is at a standstill.
It is now fully confirmed that a fourth
brigade of Indian troops has been ordered
to China.
GERMANY HAS NO REPORT.
Opposition tn England's Course in
Yang-tse Kiting Region.
Berlin, Aug. 7.—The German foreign
office up to midnight had not received tiny
confirmation of alarming news from Tien
Tsin or of the report that the advance
on Pekin had begun, but It considers the
advices that the Japanese and Russian
forces had a severe engagement with the
Chinese Sunday and drove back the
enemy, to be reliable. It is pointed out.
however, that the occurrence of such an
engagement may not mean that an ad
vance Is in progress.
The foreign office admits that serious
differences have broken out between the
Powers with reference to the advance It
self and to the measures that are being
token in the Yang-tse valley.
Germany's opinion regarding the steps
Great Britain has taken in the Yang-tse
region has been expressed through the
Cologne Gazette. The opinion is one of
disapproval of steps taken already or
contemplated, inasmuch os Germany,
with a number of the other
Powers, is as much Interested as
England in keeping the Yang-tse
valley open for commerce. The foreign
Office believes that In this particular all
the Powers except England ore agreed.
MEETINGS.
T^CcTEVT^tTRIDFft lITIIERTrr^T,
DIVISION NO. 1.
The members of this division will as
semble nt 509 Indian street this afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock, sharp, to pay the last trib
ute of respect to our deceased brother,
i James J. Barrett.
Members of other divisions cordially in
vited. P. J. O’CONNOR, President.
JAMES J. CORISH. Secretary.
The foreign office is confident that the
United States and Japan will side with
Germany ond the. other European Powers
against England with reference to her ap
parent intentions along the Yeng-tse-Ki
ang.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that the United States
embassy in Berlin has informed the Ger
man foreign office that the American gov
ernment desires, under all conditions, that
the Yang-tse-Kiang be left open for Amer- ,
ican trade, and that Washington will also j
oppose all schemes for the division of j
China, no matter from what Power they
may proceed. It is understood that this ]
attitude is fully approved by the German |
government, since it coincides with the
wishes of Germany. The correspondent
further learns that Japan, on this same
question, has abandoned England and h.i9
already sought and found the friendship
of Berlin.
BELGIAN MINISTER REPORTS.
\II Foreigner* Still liefciegcd In the
llritisli Legation.
Brussels, Aug. 7 —M. deFavereau, minis
ter of foreign affairs, has received the
following message from the B lgian min
ister in Pekin:
“Pekin, Aug. 2.—We succeeded in de
fending our legat on from June 4 to June
16 with the aid of eight Austrian marines,
l ut were unable to save it. The Austrian,
Dutch and Italian legations were also
burned, and the French legation Is in
ruins.
“All foreigners are at the British lega
tion where we have been besieged by Chi
i esc troops sine** June 20. Up to the pres
ent fifty-eight marines have- been killed
and 70 wounded.
“The attack has ceased s nee July 17.
Provisions are almost exhausted. We
hope to be delivered next week. All the
Belgians here are well.”
PROVISIONS FOR Ml N ISTERS.
Steps Said to Have Been Taken for
Their Protection.
Rome, Aug. 7.—lnformation received
here from Taku, via Che Foo, Aug. 3,
says the commander of the Italian cruiser
Elba has seen a note of the governor of
Shan Tung dated Pekin, July 30, saying
the minister* are safe, and that provisions
had been supplied to them, also that con
ferences had taken place on the subject
of the measures to be taken to protect the
ministers during their trip to Tien Tsin,
where, it is added, they were to establish
their headquarters.
Cannot Send Arms to Chinn,
London, Aug. 7.—ln accordance w’ith the
recently passed bill the Gazette to-night
proclaims the prohibition of the export o.
arms or ammunition to China from to
day.
WILL. FIGHT THIS SOCIETY'.
Opposition to Trima-Atlantlc Society
of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7.-On behalf of a
number of American citizens, himself in
cluded, Attorney F. T. Tobin to-day took
the first legal steps in the Common Pleas
Court preparatory to presenting formal
exception to the motion for a charter re
cently made by the Trans-Atlantic Society
of America.
The efforts of the Trans-Atlantic Society
to secure legal recognition, according to
Mr. Tobin, have aroused indignation
throughout the United States and espec
ially from those who claim to be discend
ants of Revolutionary ancestry and advo
cate American independence.
“If the charter is approved.” declared
Mr. Tobin, “certain acts will be legalized
that would otherwise be treasonable. It
is our intention to fight the incorporation
of the society to the last ditch and if
necesasry we will appeal to the highest
court in the land.”
The Trans-Atlantic Society is of recent
origin and was formed for the avowed
purpose of bringing into closer relations
the English-speaking nations. Its peti
tion for a charter stated, among other
things, that the creation of an alliance
between this country and Great Britain
would be strongly advocated.
ENGLISH no NOT LIKE IT.
Object to Sale of So Many of Their
Ronds In America.
London, Aug. B.—'the allotment of such
a large portion of the war 1 an to Amer
ica has not been well received in many
quarti rs. The Daily Chronicle in Its finan
cial article, says:
“The p ople are to angry lhat they
have not time to consider what humilia
tion we have been brought to in having
to apreal to feregn money markets for
assistance."
The Daily Express says:
’ There is a chance, if the bonds go to
a high premium that the Americans may
promptly sell them hack and so defeat
the object of our hankers, but there is a
we 1 founded belief that the demand for
investments of a high class by insurance
companies and others in the United States
is so great that the tonds will be retain
ed for the sake of tluir yield.”
THE Y A\G-TSE-KIANG TROUBLE.
.Japanese Minister Discredits the
Cabled Reports.
Washington, Aug. 7.—The Japanese
minister. Mr. Takahira, said in the
course of an informal talk to-day that
he put no faith in the cabled reports
from foreign capitals that Japan had
taken umbrage at • Vice Admiral Sey
mour's trip up the Yang-tse-Kiang and
his visits to tlie of Nankin. It
was well understood, he pointed out. that
the Yang-tse-Kiang valley is the British
sphere of influence.
Two Firemen Killed.
Duluth, Minn.. Aug. 7.—Reports ate just
’.caking out of a fatal accident on J. ,i.
Hill's new steam yacht Wacota Monday
morning, whereby two firemen, H. w.
Christian and Manuel Cuballo, both of
New York, lost their lives. Steam pipes
burst while the vessel was in Washington
harbor. Isle Royal. Samuel Hill and J.
J. Hill’s two daughters, with friends, were
on the yacht. The firemen were scalded
to death.
Want a Half llutc (o Ante.
Chicago, Aug. 7 —J. W. Babcock, on be
half of the Republican party, has peti
tioned the Western Railway lines to grar.t
half-rates to 5.0)0 government employes
In Washington for the purpose of going
to their homes arid voting.
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
NERVOUSNESS.
A superior restorative when the ner
vous system has become impaired by
mental or physical overwork.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1900.
EDUCATION AL.
£mor\> College-— 2^-
Kortv mtlM .t of Atlanta. Situation high and h.althy.
ilo Snril \miM rr\ \ No liquors so:d in county. Intercollegiate games pro
pj*ji I 1 coll hlbited. Full college courses offered leaning to A 8.. B.
ESQ- Pi// ph . and B. S. Degrees. Entire necessary expenses with-
V\ 039* .// in Wrd annual session begins Sept. ]O, 1900. For
&IJ catalogue and full information, address
G. £. Dowman, prestSent.
Ml iemuprnft! 0 £IIIII AD V 36 Xorth Avenue. Atlanta. Ga—School for Girls,
ft Ad 111 PS tl l (1 11 f IT! I!lAH I Twenty three teachers, graduates of W ellesley,
irnuillliu Ull Ukivillinil I Harvard Kaudolph-Macon and Baltimore Woman’s
College. Primary Academtc. Music, Art, Elocution and Business courses. Srr.a i ilasses. In
dividual *.ork New building. Home life. Pupils enter Vassar. Wellesley and itandolph- Ma
ton on certificates. Next session begins 6. For illustrated catalogue address
Mrs. W. T. CHANDLER. Principal. LLEWELLYN D. SCOTT, Associate Principal.
VALDOSTA HAS QUARANTINED.
SHITS OIT BAGGAGE AND PASSEN
GERS FROM TAMPA.
! City In Determined to Tnke no
Chnnce*— Police Have Had a Hard
Time Recently With \ejsrne*—Op
eration Performed for Appendi
citis—Hot Box tauiied a Fire Alarm.
Lowndes Wants to Issue Honda for
n Court House.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 7.—At a meeting of
the City Council last night a Et.ong
quarantine was establish®.l a;ain t Tam
pa. Fia. The action was taken because
several telegrams were received here stat
ing that a great many people were pre
paring to come to this city from there.
It was thought in view of theee
reports and the advice of former
citizens of this place, that it would be
better to put on the quarantine until the
situation improves. All parties from
Florida are required to show a cer
tificate of health before getting off the
cars here, and the railroads and express
company have betn notified that ship
ments from Tampa cannot be received
here until further notice. Ordinarialiy,
Valdosta is not easily excited, and she ia
usually the last to quarantine, but she
has much at stake this year in the forth
coming State Fair, and for that reason
she is determined to take no chances in
dealing with infectious or contagious dis
eases.
Pol Ice Had* a Busy Time.
The police officers have had a busy
time of it here for the past two days.
The ball was started Sunday night when
they ran upon- a dozen negro gamblers
and captured eleven of them. Four of
them were fined in the City Court and
the other** were released, the evidence
bing insuffleint to convict them. A ne
gro and 1 one of the police had a rough
and tumble fight near the Georgia South
ern depot, both of them having dropped
their pistols. The negro was arrested,
but broke for liberty before he reached
the prison. After a race of an hour or
so he was captured in the residence of
Col. E. P. S. Denmark. A negro woman
badly disfigured a negro man by throw
ing a bucket of potash in his face. Sev
eral other smell cases kept the police
busy, sixteen arrests being made in the
two days.
For Appendicitis.
An operation was performed on Mrs.
Corley Strickland yesterday for appendi
citis. The operation was performed by Dr.
Holmes, assisted by Drs. Burton, Allen
and Talley. Mrs. Strickland’s condition is
still very critical, though her symptoms
are some better. The crisis in her case will
be to-morrow and a wide circle of friends
throughout this section are hopeful of her
i ecovc ry.
A hot box on an Atlanta, Valdosta and
Western car cause! a fire alarm to be
sent in at 3 o’clock this morning. The
alarm was sent in from the Stuart Hotel
and the officer on duty, thinking the ho
tel was on fire caused a general alarm to
be sounded. Half of the p ople in the city
w*re aroused, and there was much cha
grin when it was learned that the blaze
was harmless.
Uoimln for New Court House.
The meeting of the County Commission
ers yesterday agreed to call an election
here u|K>n the question of issuing bonds
to build anew Court House. It is pro
posed that $40,000 in bonds be issued and
the election is to be held at the same time
as the state election, The question was
voted on here once and was defeated, out
that was several years ago. At that time
the country people -were much against the
measure. Valdosta has grown a great
deal since then and the present Court
House is regarded as a reflection upon the
county. It is expected that this will add
many votes for anew building, especially’
since it appears that the town people do
not care so much about it.
It is understood here that the work in
Judge Harwell's circuit this year is to be
done by several judges from other dis
tricts. the venerable Judge Hansell having
gone North to have his eyes treated. He
is 84 years old and has been upon the
bench in this circuit for more than fifty
years.
BIG TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
Cnlmn In Jncksonville Trying to la
in tsllsh One.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 7.—J. A. Huau,
the famous head of the Cuban junta
here, and who has been in Cuba tor some
time, making that his home now, is back
In the city for a short time. ,
Mr. Huau Is here primarily for the pur
pose of establishing a big tobacco ware
house for Cuban planters. He represents
a syndicate in Cuba that will furnish
him 100,000 pounds of the best leaf if he
can meet with the proper encouragement
and get the enterprise started. Such u
market here, Mr. Huau thinks, would
cause the starting up of large cigar fac
tories, as having the stock on hand or
near by would be a big business incentive
for such enterprises. If he cannot locate
it here Mr. Huau will go to St. Louis and
try and gets its business men
interested In the scheme.
Douglas News Notes.
Douglas, Ga., Aug. 7.—Yesterday Doug
las was thronged with people in attend
once upon Commissioners and Ordinary's
Courts. The will of the late Hon. John
lltckers was filed for probate In solemn
form by R. A. Hendrix, attorney for ex
ecutor.
Last Saturday at a picnic at Indian
Ford five miles from Douglas, Col. J.
M. Denton, a well-known politician In
this section and at the capital, made his
opening speech as a candidate for the
Legislature. He stated his platform was
for the abolishing of the City Court, of
which he wus for a long while solicitor,
and resigned. He wishes also to abolish
the board of county commissioners..
. Messrs. J. M. Ashley, B. Peterson and
Mayor W. W. McDonough have returned
from New York.
fill lel on the President.
Canton, 0., Aug. 7.—Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
Duncan of the Cl.iflin University of South
Carolina califd to pay their respects to
President McKinley to-day and brought
the Jubilee singers of the university with
whom they are making u concert tour, to
the house to sing for Mrs. McKinley. The
young men sang In the parlor to the evi
dent enjoyment of both the President and
Mrs. McKinley.
Willinms to Re HmiKetL
Jacksonville. Fin .Aug. 7.—Sheriff Brow
ard received the death warrant of Rob
ert Williams to-day from Tallahassee.
Williams killed Lemuel s'mall at Mayport.
list March, by stabbing him to death.
[ while he was try ng to stop a tight be
j tw<on Williams and his son. He will be
hanged Sept 7, in the county Jail yard
I her*. ,
MIST PAY THE TRIBAL TAXES.
Non-Cltlxenn Ilounfl by the Lawn in
Force Where They Reile.
South McAlister, I. TANARUS., Aug. 7.—Gov. Mc-
Curtain of the Choctaw nation, to-day re
c ived the final decision cf the attorney
ge eral of the United States in regard to
the payment of tribal taxis by non-citi
zens living in in cotpirated .owns of the
I- dian Te ilt.ry. According to the decis
ion he c ntent <n tla the purchase of a
town lot in me of h se ra Lns exoner
ates h i oin'i. ii n wishing 10 ecu age in
bmimss from comp] an;e with the laws
of such nat on a and gives him a Manse to
engage in bus ness th rein in defiance of
such laws earn t bes stain and. Non-citi
z ns therefore will he r quired to fay tri
bal taxes as loi% as tribal governments
are maintained.
COLOMBIA’S NEW MINISTRY.
Appointment* Officially Announced
at Bogota.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. 7.—The following
appointments have been officially gazetted
at Bogota, capital of Colombia:
\ ice President J. M. Morroquin, acting
executive.
Quintero Colderon. minister of war.
Gen. Alban, civil governor and military
chief of the province of Panama.
Jose Manuel Coenago, civil governor of
the province of Bolivar.
Ransom Goenaga. civil governor of the
province of Magdalena.
Col. Shalter, supeiintendent of railroads,
sailed for New York to-day on a vaca
tion.
PUNISHED FOR WIFE BEATING.
Spencer Quoted Scripture to Sustain
Hl* Action.
Trenton, Mo., Aug. 7.—Edward Spencer
a prominent farmer, was to-day in a jus
tice court found guilty of beating his wife
and was sentenced to jail and to pay a
fine. Spencer quoted Scripture to sustain
his actions. Mrs. Spender admitted she
believed that according to th£ Bible her
husband was in duty bound to whip her,
but pleaded that he had gone beyond the
limit, saying he had whipped her because
she could not see a squirrel in a tree, and
at another time because she would not
wash a buggy.
Spenctr says he will carry the case to
the higher courts.
A FA.IIOIS CASE SETTLED. ( --
New York Mutual Paid Plaintiff Sun,
of $22,000.
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 7.—After six
trials in the United Ctates Circuit Court
and a delay of twenty-one years and four
months, the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York settled Its case with
Mrs. Sallie E. Hillmon-Smith in this city
to-day by paying her *22,000 in cash, the
amount with interest decreed by a Jury to
be due her on a policy held by Hillmon
when he disappeared in 1879. The Connec
ticut Mutual is still holding out with a
Judgment of *11.054 against it.
PHILADELPHIA SWELTERING.
There Were Thirty Prostrations iind
One Fatality.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7.-During a day of
sweltering heat and excessive humidity
there were about thiTty prostrations and
one fatality.
At 8 a. m. the temperature was 80 de
grees and the offieda! thermometer on tap
of the postoffice building reached its
highest points at 4 o'clock this afternoon
when it registered 97 degrees. This morn
ing the humidity was 61 and to-night 78.
COHN WALLIS -WEST IS ILL.
Lady Randolph Has Decided to Drop
Her Title.
London, Aug, B.—Lieut. George Corn
wallis West, who married Lady Randolph
Churchill, has been placed temporarily on
half-pay in consequence of ill health.
The question as to whether Lody Ran
dolph would retain her title has been set
tled by her decision to be designated here
after as Mrs. George Cornwallis West.
IIOT WAVE HITS NEW YORK.
There Were 100 Prostrations Re
ported Yesterday.
New York, Aug. 7.—The hot wase which
struck this city Monday continued to-night
with little prospect of early r<*ef. The
thermometer reached 93 degrees at 4 p. in.
There were nearly 100 prostrations re
ported during the day, but only three fa
talities are known.
Distributors’ Officers.
Detrcit, Mich., Aug. 7.—The members of
the International Association of Distrib
utors, who are attending the fifty-ninth
annual convention of the association, to
day eltcted these officers:
President, C. Fiidr.ck. Buffalo; vice
presidents, Sam R. Hixon, Piqua, la.; C.
W. N chols. Council B,u:ls, la.; J. L.
Hill, Nashville. Ttnn.; secretary. W. H.
Sti irbi enner, Cincinnati; treasurer, H.
W. Walker, D trait.
The convention will conclude Its busi
ness and adjourn to-moirow.
Eight Americans Arrested.
Berlin. Ai.g. 7.—Eight Americans, stu
dents oC the University of .Munich, were
arrested in the gardens of a brewery at
Loewen because they had created dis
turbances and roughly handled the waiter,
who Is seriously Injured. Thus far, the
United States embassy has not Intervened.
Hamilton Defeated Jones.
Troy. N. Y„ Aug. 7.—At the Manhattan
Athletic Club to-nighl Jack Hamilton of
Troy and Arthur Jones of Washington put
up a clever and hard fight for twenty
rounds. Hamilton received the decision
nt the end of the twentieth round.
Intense Heat nt Dubuque, In.
Dubuque, lowa, Aug. 7.—Business was
practically suspended anil the streets here
almost deserted to-day on account of the
Intense heat. The government mark in
93. but private thermometers Indicated as
high as 97.
German Editor Dead.
Charlottenburg. Aug. 7.—Dr. Llebnecht,
the well-known members of the Reichstag
and one of the leaders of Socialism in
Germany. Is dead. He was born at Gies
sen In 1826 and was editor of the Vor
waerts. the Socialist organ.
New Railroad Appointment.
St. Louis, Aug. 7.—Wl 11am L. Seel g
was to-day apoolnt and assistant g neral
cudit r cf the Mssoutl Kansas atd Tex
as Railway syst.tn with htadquarteia at
St., Louis.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
A Deaerlptfon of It Written Many
Year, Ago.
From the Western Christian Advocate, 1870.
X have thought an article on Chinese
wails may not be uninteresting to my
young readers of both sexes. It seems to
be in the very nature of a Chinaman to
have avail. He takes to It like a young
duck to the water. He seems to have an
instlncLivt propensity that way. like a hen
to sit on eggs. In short, a Chinaman has
wall on the brain; and he must and will
have his favorite institution. He may. and
even dots, do without rice in some parts
of the- empire, but he cannot do without
his wall. Walls of marble, walls of gran
ite, walls of sandstone, walls of mud,
wans cf brick. Walls, walls, walls, meet
your gaze until you are overwhelmed and
bewildered by them.
All the cities of China are surrounded by
high strong walls, whose massive propor
tions a stranger has no adequate idea of
until he sees them. The walls surrounding
the City of Pekin are from twenty-two to
twenty-live miles in length and on an av
erage fifty feet high. This wall is sixty
six feet thick at the bottom and fifty-four
at the top, and once In a few yards there
are immense buttresses to give it still
greater strength. At every fifth buttress
the wall for the space of 125 feet in ltna '.i
Is feet in thickness. In several places
the foundation of this wall Is of mar
ble, and when the gtound Is uneven, Im
mense quantities of cement, as durable
neatly as granite, and about as hard, have
been used to level up the ground. The
mam body of this wall is made of bricks,
each twenty inches long, ten Inches wide,
and five inches thick. These bricks are
burned very hard, and have precisely the
.appearance of stone.
On the inside of this wall, as well as on
others in other cities, there are esplanades,
or st urways. with gates to them, for as
ending them. And over all the gateways
there are immense towers, as large as
great churches, and much higher, con
s’ructed of these great burned bricks. On,
the top of this immense wall there is a
railing, both on the outside and inside,
coming up to a man’s waist, which railing
Itself is a wall, thus giving a sense of se
curity to a person walking on the top. The
outside railing is made into turrets for
the use of cannon In case of attack. The
entire top of the wall is covered with
strong, burned brick, twenty inches
square, resembling the flagging of our
sidewalks in large cities, only, as I have
said, these walks are fifty-four feet wide.
There Is no way of getting Into the city
only to go through this immense wall.
And wherever there Is a gate for the pur
pose of getting through, there is another
wall built inclosing a square space, com
pelling all persons who go into the city
to go through two walls, by passages at
right angles to each other. The walls
are so immensely thick that these pass
ages through them, arched over with c*ut
stone, remind one exactly of our railroad
tunnels in the United States. At each
of these great archways there is an enor
mous gate, made of strong timbers, every
where as much as ten incites thick, and
covered on both sides with plates of Iron,
like the sides of our warships. These gates
are shut eerly in the evening, generally
before sundown, and not allowed to be
opened during the night for any purpose.
They are fastened on the tnstde by means
of strong beams of timber.
1 have been somewhat particular In de
scribing this wall, because the general
construction of all walls in China is sim
ilar to this one, although they are not
all so high nor so thick. But there are
probably a thousand walled cities in
China, whose walls will average 25 feet
high and 20 feet thick, and another thous
and whose walls may be somewhat less.
Then there is the great Tartar wall, a
little north of Pekin, 1,500 miles long and
older than the Christian era, thicker and
higher than any of the rest. There are
said to be 1.5C0 prefectural cities in China.
All these are surrounded by walls built
by the government, besides the great num
ber of cities whose walls are made at the
expense of the city government alone.
And when we have spoken of the walls
surrounding the cities, we have by no
means done with the subject. For ex
ample, in Pekin, inside the inclosing wall,
there is another of miles in extent, sur
rounding what Is called the Imperial
City. Then, again, lneide of this, is an
other immense wall, surrounding what is
called the Prohibited City. Within this
inner inclosure Is the residence of the
Emperor and all the other buildings con
nected with royalty. And so the alta
und Temple of Heaven are surrounded by
two concentric walls of great extent and
magnitude, which must be passed by
means of Immense gates.
Then there is the great wall covered
with dry thorn bush, surrounding what
is called the Place of Punishment, where
criminals are beheaded and their heads
exposed in cages for a terror to evildoers,
and where other criminals are crucified
and yet others starved to death, amid
the most piteous moanings and insane
ravings for food.
■Again, the Hall of Literary Examina
tion, where -lO.ftiO nv*n compete for liter
ary degrees, and where the longest purse
is more successful than the harde-t s udy,
is surrounded by another wall and en
tered by gate®. Then all places of idola
trous worship, and they are legicn, in
these great cities are surrounded by high
Walls.
The old city of Nanking, on the south
bank of the Yang-tse Kiang, is surround
ed by a wall eighteen miles long. Th’ City
of Tien Tsin, in the northern part of
* hina, has a wall fifteen or sixteen
miles in length. The Cty of Yoo-Chow,
with one side exposed to the river Min,
is surrounded by a high wall. Wherever
stone can be had it is used for the.se
structures. The city of Ranohack, also
on the south side of the Yang-tse, is sur
r< unded by a wall running over the top
cf a mountain a thou an 1 feet high. I
also saw, while asce ding the Yang-tse.
a monstrous wall surrounding an area on
the top of a mountain where the Chinese
of that region took their wives and child
ren for safety during the terrible rebel
lion that swept over a great part of China
a few years ago.
Then In thousands and tens of thou
’ an<'s of Instances in China a high wall
is built right before the dcor of a pr.vate
dwellirg to ward off spirits of ance stors,
who a’e supioscd to be blind, ar.d oblig
ed to move in straight lines, and who
will, consequently, stumble against the
walls when they come to them, and give
up the pursuit. Then, in country places,
you will see a straight wall running in
the field without, of course. Inclosing
anything, but setming to bo built, as be
fore remarked, ir m an Inna e orepensitv
to make a wall like that of a hen to sit
on <ggs. After giving a good deal of at
tention to the subject, I am satisfied that
all the walls In Chino put toge her would
build on- 20 feet high and 10 feet thick
entirely around the globe, and would re
quire 5.C00 men to work t-adi!y for 2,0 0
years to accomplish the work.
C. Kingsley,
Str.iits of Malacca, Dec 8. 1f69.
I'nlmrr Gets Appointment.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 7.—The Illinois
Central Railroad has anointed A. a.
Palmer general passenger and freight
agent of the Peoria, Decatur and Evans
ville Railroad.
IVrnvSnn tllblnet Resigns,
Lin a. P iu via flalvraton. Aug. 7 —Th*
cabinet of Dr Rtvjgurj tender and Its tes
igra ion this afternoon at 5 o’clok.
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Rowlinski, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.,
Savannah, Ga.
July 5. 1900.
Columbia Drug Cos.,
Savannah, Ga.:
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We have Bargain Sales every day in the week.
Also that the weather is still warm.
Call and see our stock of Matting, Linoleum, Win
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Our Dixie Frame for Mosquito Nets is a daisy.
We are selling the famous Odorless Refrigerator
and Puritan Stove.
Low Down Cut Prices.
For the present, Old Post Office building.
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FRENCH CLARET WINES, and
GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES
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All these line Wines and Liquors are Imported by ua la glass direct fiom
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Our St. Julien Ciaret Wine from Everest, Dupont & Cos of Bordeaux.
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The Chateaux Leovtlie, one of their superior Ciaret Wines, well known all
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RUDESHEIM very choice.
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MARCO BRUNNER CABINET elegant end rare.
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Woman’s Department,
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