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Find them on the first floor. r MCDONALD-SPAIffiS-STEWART Company 1 UNDERTAKERS, EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS GHINfI MUST OBEY Or John 3GII Will Know The Reason Why I NAVAL DEMONSTRATION That is Calculated to Wake up The Peking people. Loudon, Aug. 27.—The Pe king correspondent of the Daily M ail says: “The situation has suddenly become acute. The relations be tween Tsung-Li-Yamen and Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Ambassador, are strained to the point of rupture. Sir Claude MacDonald has intimated that any failure by China to observe Cieat Britian’s wishes will be accepted as a casus belli. “In support of Sir Claude MacDonald the fleet has been concentrated at W i-Hai-Wet and Han-Kow, and all the wai sh.ps under 5,000 tons have been mobilized in the Yang-Tse river The naval demonstration i> •olely directed against China, a it is semi-oflicially stated th a the existing relations with Rus ■ia are cordial. Lord Salisbur has abandoned the policy of th. open door, substituting for it i policy of spheres of influence . diplomatic conferences hav been of constant occurrenc within the last few days. Lord alisbury insists upon the recog nition by the other powers in terested in China, of the bounda r ‘es of Great Britain’s ‘sphen of ln huence.’ I« the same in •trument whereby Great Britain ’* c ognizee Russia’s position ii 1 Manchuria, Russia is required 1 The little brown jug filter price $ I OO- The Oostanaub is in the jug. See how Dc:w ! ey. For sale by Miss Julia Stewart, also at Moore & Heese's- to acknowledge the promouncy of England in the Yang Tse val ley and guarantee that our ter ritorial requirements shall be • permanently respected. “Great Britain is willing to duop her protest in respect to the Nui-Chang railway, but Russia is required to cancel her agree ment with China that the coun try having the financial interest ’diould arbitrate in disputes con nected with the Peking Han- Kow railway. “The negotiations are confined to Peking. The British ambassa dors at St. Petersburg and Peking are in close communica tion.” The Daily Mail’s correspond ent at Hong Kong telegraphs: “The British consul at Kiung Chau Heinan has asked the American consul at Canton to urge the viceroy to send soldiers o Nodea, near Hoi How, to protect the lives and property of American missionaries there, vho have been obliged to II ie or their lives from Nodeau and <eek the protection of the British consul at Hoi How. Todav the American consul at Canton notified the viceroy of the state of affairs, and request ed him to immediately telegraph peremptory orders to the officials of the disturbed distiict to dis perse the rioters and protect tin lives and property of the Amer leans. “Reports just received from lalnan indicate renewed succes t' on the part of the Triad society, who, strengthened by a hordt of pirates, looted and burned a number of villages in the Hoi- How district on August 19tli. The British consul appealed to the toatal to protect the threat ened Americans, and soldiers were displaced who succeeded in rescuing the n and escorting them from Nodea to Hoi-How.’’ A special dispatch from Shanghia says violent scenes are reported to have occurred be tween Sir Claude McDonald, the British minister, and M Pavlbff, the Russian charge d’aff tires, owing to the latter’s command ing the Tsung-Li-Yamen to break its agreement with the Hong Kong bank under pain of the czar’s strong displeasure. The Chinese are inclined to obey M. Pavloff, seeing that the Brit ish confine themselves to verbal protests. The position is now worse than ever, all the Russian ships having returned to Port Arthur, while the British vessels are as sembling at Wei-Hai-Wei, and Chee-Foo. Extreme activity prevails ashore at Port Arthur. COMI’ROM'.SK BETWEEN THEM. The Copenhagen correspon dent of the Daily Mail asserts ih it he is in a position to con firm the statement ue recently m de that a complete compro mise has been arrived at be tween Englan I ami Russia in accordance with which Russia gets her way on the railway questions and England gets con- BUCKPEN’S ARNICA SALVE The best salvo in the world for cuts, bi usese sores, ulcers, salt, rheum, fever sores, tetter, | chapped hands,chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos itively cures piles, or no pay re quired. Is guaranteed to give rerfect satisfaction or money' 1 i refunded. Price 25 cents box. For sale by all Druggists. CHEAP RATES. 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