Pittston Gazette

              _ * * * - ■■ ■ - ■ • fjxitsfan JJilk C£$$eft& [• % * & # /"•dmpare the evening newspa- J # V pers with the morning jour- 5 J nals for conclusive proof that j J the bulk of the news Appeal's  Advertisers,^.!l most C lln'' lively reach tU;. ,000 ♦. lines in PittMnil anil ttji im J filiate vicinity tliUM|«h 1 h«" Z oluinns of this 'm-w 1 a|wr, % 7 ■'■"'SrJSSMSC \ WHETEEMTH YEAR. • P1TTSTON, PA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1900 SIX IMAGES t*"VSV,2;r,s PEKIN FOREIGNERS ALL ANNIHILATED. PREPARE FOR WOftST. additional troops to China under'tentative orders for the Philippines are still under consideration by the secretary of war. Adjutant General Corbin said yesterday morning that the order designating certain troops for service in, the Philippines to go by way of Nagasaki, Japan, wouldvbe made public yesterday, but late in the afternoon Secretary Root decided not to approve the schedule submitted by General Corbin until he had conferred with Major General Miles and General Otis. 80ER WAR NEARLY OVER PR )" ECriON OF PIERS. THE BOER. M«w York andOlhtr Mao III I DlMoulDg It. The Bq£1* soldiers have lost everything save houor, but that they have retained by as gallant and skillful, a fight as has ever been made by a free people.—Philadelphia Ledger. This Ominous Dispatch Comes Only De Wet and Steyn, It Is Is certainly fjood advice to follow in some cases; not quite so good in others. We HAVE rather an overplus of summer goods on band in certain lines; it would doubtless pay us to HOLD, but that is not our policy. _ From China. Said, Oppose Peace. New York, Jdty 7.—[Special.]—The public's horror at the Hoboken fire has ta'MUu to subside, but steamship men ami insurance meu are still pondering over it unost seriously. L0ED ROBERTS REPORTS FIGHTIHG The Boer idea of independence is dead In South Afripa. The hopes cherished by the followers of Kruger are blasted forever. They must accept the fate of the vanquished or -again trek afar Into the desert, where foes in new guise or old will finally overtake and engulf them. —Philadelphia Tames. A siege could . havo hud but one result. Two hundred thousand trained men who have smelled powder and shown their valor are rather too much for the comparatlveN handful of | patriots no matter how straight they .can shoot, and lavishuess In the sacrlticeDof life Is not a necessary adjunct to bravery* —Brooklyn Times. A BUSMAN FOBOE MA88A0RED? Report That Three ThoiMii of the Pairet Epmkm Barfkert Ssceewfsl- 1) at Plelalrfoatetn ud Makes Long Advance — Bethlehem Now Capital of Oraate Free Statara.  One of the most Important problems which the steamship men are now studying is the fire protection of piers. It f Is stated that the North German British Consul in Shanghai Sajs So Officially.FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Gear's Soldiers Hove Been Slain—St Petersburg Annoancei That Japan May Have Free Haad. It is admitted that within the next three'months nearly 5,000 troops are to be sent from the United States to the east. To do this will require many changes in the garrisons of this country, and the problems involved have kept the officials of the adjutant general's department busy all day. Schedule after schedule was prepared and submitted to General Corbiu before one was determined upon that met with his approval. Even London, July 7.—The,'AmeS' Lotfrenco Marques correspondent in a dispatch dated Friday says: "From a trustworthy source it is learned that ex-President Steyn and Christian De Wet are the only obstacles to the termination of the war In South Africa." Lloyd Steamship company had taken every iDo8sible precaution. There were fire plugs with hose coiled about them every 20 or 80 feet, and, while It might have been well to have them at smaller intervals, It Is a fact, as testified to by all who satf the conflagration, that no number of plugs and no amount of hose could have saved the piers after the flames wete once started. yd logout for . Ju A few i Moes of lfio value Lawns in- j and Dimities at one-third off regn- J|JC Yd : lot of A Hover L*oe for yoking, -jn. _T/| Almost a free gift at this prlo», j0£ yfl The range of today's prices for the artfrre •rtocka of the New York atook mnrkeW arc j; I ven below. The quotations are tarnished the (jabots by M. 8. Jordan Se Co., rooms 70S and roo, Hearsbuilding, Scran ton. Pa. Faw York Stock Market. London, July 7.—The Russian govern meut has announced that it will give Japan a free hand to apply military forca in China. New York, July 7, 1900. Open- High Low- Cloning. art. Mt. Inn. Am a. Bngar.... ....116* 117 116 116 American Cotton Oil  American Tobacco... CJl* 01* W* 00* Arnn. Bt. W.,..33 33* 81% 82* Am. Steel Wire Prof. ..  Atch 26 26 * * 24* Atch. Pref 71 M 71* 71 71 Brooklyn Tree. M uS KM B. AO 74 74* 73* 73* Con. Tobeooo 24* -M 94* Cbes. * Ohtu »« 26 26*25* CAO. Western. U* " a, B. AQ 124& 126* 124* 124* C.,M.47it 11® 111* 110* 110M Chtf.B. LAP.. 1«$ 100* '06* 10692 DTAH...... Ill 111 HOW 110* D.. L A W  Federal Bteel .33* 33* :fc3* 33* ». p J Hot Ttm. Utft IM* D?D »M ttiiB.;;" MM «$ A 'S S&t 81* lorfolk * WMtern.. S3 3 31S Slg SBE=» JD » 3 3 f f The terms of this consent are summarised In this dispatch from St. Petersburg, under date of yesterday, in reply to an inquiry from the Japanese cabinet regarding the dispatch of Japanese troops to China to render aid to the foreigners in Peking: General Paget is moving toward the heart of the country held by De Wet. then it could not be said to be final, and for this reason General Corbin refused to make it public. Lord Roberts telegraphed to the wai office under date of Pretoria, July 6, as follows: Our sales on Infant's Lace Gaps 9c each mx-etsarily got soiled, these goat ' v VMVU 1 lot of Ladles' Pine White Lawn Shirt Waists, openwork flrt/DL 50c each Men's Colored LunnderM maIi a^sSGTe.^. ?f 29c eacn It was stated at the war department that the schedule submitted to Secretary Root includes the following, troops: Fifteenth infantry, two battalions of which are now under orders and the remaining battalion of which may be included; First cavalry, two battalions of are recommended. but entire rejfiment may be sent; Ninth cavalry, two battalions recommended. but may bo cuanged to entire regiment; home battalion Second infantry, consisting of Companies E*. F and H, at Fort Thomas, Ky., G, at Columbus ,(0.) barracks; home battalion of the Fifth infantry, consisting of Companies It takes time to uncoil hose, and the cotton and alcohol, the presence of which contributed so fatally to the disaster, burned so rapidly that nothing could be done. ANIMAL ODOITIC8. V Kidneys. Liver THE BUTCHERIES ARE APPALLING. "The Russian government declared on May 27 that it left the Japanese government full liberty of action in this connec tlon, as the Tokyo cabinet expressed its readiness to act in full agreement witb the other powers." "Paget engaged the enemy on Jnly 3 successfully at Plelslrfonteln. lie drova them out of a very strong position across Leeuwkop to Broncrlfontein, where he bivouacked for the night. He followed up the enemy and on the afternoon of July 4. was at Blaauwkopje, 15 miles northwest of Bethlehem. He .reports that all of- Steyn's government officials except the treasurer general, who has gone to Vrede, are at Bethlehem, which has been proclaimed the capital. Steyn himself is reported'to have taken flight to the mountains. Buller reports the line to Heidelberg restored, thus completing railway communication between Pretoria and Nft tal." Among the animals of Australia 1st a species of hog not much larger than \a rat. and Bowels cuanses the System „ EFFECTUALLY Steam the Flneat Extlagalaher, Bumblebees, butterflies t and beetles nre habitual drunkards. In some of the southern states these Insects alight on certain plants, drink heartily froiji the blossoms and fall to the, ground stupefied. Political considerations that were thought to have been numbing the action of the powers are thus laid aside, for the moment at least, by the government sup* posed to have the clearest purposes respecting China's future. It occurs lo the layman naturally that the best precaution against such rapid pier fires would be the substitution of stone, concrete and iron for wood in pier construction. But experts say that neither stone nor concrete nor iron could have saved the steamers in this Instance. They did not catch fire from the burning piers, but from the burning cottoA and alcohol, and these materials would have burned as fiercely on stone piers as on wooden ones. Narrow Blsiijl Ribbon Velvets have been one of theses rce4t lines en the toarket this season. Our f A-etbought finds ns with a fine Hoe in all widths, and best of ail, we can sell them at old prices, much lower than if we hsd to pat at present market valne. Closing ont several odd lots of Underwear odd styles, broken sisee. If you oan find-Wha you reCintre. Prices one half of original. 4,000 Leading Chinese Citizens Were Among the Victims: Rats have exterminated a colony of 48 prairie dogs in Lincoln/park, Chicago. At least their disappearance is thus explained by the keepers, wijoifound 48 cleanly picked skeletons, mutef evidence of the tragedy. Japan's sending of troops now can havt little bearing on the fate of the foreigner* in Peking. Recitals of further horrors in Peking are gathered by correspondents at Shanghai from Chinese sources, especially of the slaughter in the Chinese and Tartar city of thousands of native Christians, so that the capital reeks with carnage.I, K, L and M, at Fort Sheridan, Ills.; home battalion of Eighth infantry, consisting of Companies I, K, L and M, at Fort Snellingv , Minn.; one of the returning battalions each of the Second infantry, Fifth infantry and Eighth infantry ordered home from Cuoa, and home bat- The nca horse alone J with one other existing fish, the gar .pikfe of our western rivers, possesses thfc power which was common 40 many of'the older fishes, that of turninp*its head/ Independently of its body. The sea horse can also turn its eyes in almost any/ direction. PEOPLE'SSTORE S pacta) the OAitm. Lourenco Marques on Friday learned that the Boers are showing fresh activity. A British force is reported within 40 miles of Koomatipoort. Shanghai, Jalj 7—The Brltleh Ooaanl hare awiiiea the oorreapondent of thta aaaoclatton offlotally that all of ih« foreigner* Id Pakln hare been maaMered. The ftaiula-Qhlneee Bank haa reoeWed a re port from Che Vao, confirming the report of the burning of the Brltlah Legation, together with all the oocnpanla. Yokohama, July 7.—The Japaneae Ooternment haa decided to aend 19,000 additional troop* to China forthwith. "I know of only one way by which the Hoboken fire could have been controlled," said a professional Inspector yesterday after having investigated the situation thoroughly.' "If a series of steam pipes two inches In diameter and not more than three Inches apart, perforated at short intervals, had been run under each pier, and if another series of similar six.* and arrangement had been run ownligad and steam had been turned on both instantly the fire would soon have been smothered. is SMth Rata Street, rtttttoa. Always the I Drury's Cheapest. J Old Stand Pac  a B i Tenfu. A Iron. 6HK„ U. 8. Leather Oom.. 9 9 9 9 From these stories nothing can be learned regarding the legation forces except n repetition that they are dead. Correspondents assert that if the Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to throw light on the real state of affairs in the capital city' they conld do so, and, therefore, the worst reports are accepted as true. tulion of the Third cavalry stationed at Fort Myer, Va. Of the Second, Fifth and Eighth infantry two'battalions will return from Cuba. It is the intention of the officials to have a complete battalion of strong, healthy men picked from each of the two returning battalions and use them for foreign service, e0» THE Genuine - M*MD O ey (AlffcKNIA pG  flsmiaiAu (MmwtNiniM New York, July 7.—The fire at the Standard Oil company's works at Bay onne is practically under control. It was thought yesterday in the afternoon that the fire in tanks 10 and 14 would extend to 9 and 13 and thus render the whole plant subject to total destruction. The effofta of the combined fire department of the Tidewater and Standard companies, tistfig 14 streams, to keep the two threatening factors cool were successful, and despite an unfavorable wind the tanks did not ignite. The official estimate of damage is $2,400,0Q0. The Standard Oil company insures itself, a fund being set aside for that purpose. The Bayouue fire companies have been at work continuously for 30 hours. The loss is as follows: Twenty oil tanks and contents destroyed, paraffin plant, including pressroom, in which was installed very expensive machinery; the sweetening plant portion of the new refinery, crude stills, 15 Union line tank cars and contents and four cars of the Centrul Railroad of New Jersey. Oil Flr«. EXCLUSION. Telephone 0*11418. U. H. Leather Pref .... .... •••• Rubber 84 84 84 84 o.tSSno 60* 61 MM 60* Q. Pacific Pref 78* 7$4 WH Wabash Pref 18 18 18 18 Western Union.... •••• •••• • ••• Third Ave 110* 111 110* 1" 0 ST CAtO SSA.ni AMD P SOT IS OH lUSKSt The Chinese embassador does not like tho spirit in which Commissioner «Powderly approaches the administration of the provisions of the act. What Wu Ting Fang really wants is an exclusion act that does not exclude.—San Francisco Examiner. There is bo money msre easily earned than tlffi money sared kj buying our gwds^— ——— BE QMTI1ICED BY REIBMC KLOV: 1 Prince Tusn's coup d'etat is described by the Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Mail as a sequence to the grand council of ministers, at which Yung-Lu advocated the prompt suppression of the The dowager empress gave her whole support to Yung-Lu, and a scene of wild disorder ensued. Prince Tuan passionately intervened, backed by Kang- Yi. They rushed from the council, and their partisans raised the cry, "Down with the foreigners!" Story of Coup 4'Htst. Emperor William's Offer. Berlin, July 7.—Emperor William has telegraphed to the officer commanding the German cruiser squadron, the governor of Klao-chau, the governor general of Shangtung and the viceroys of Nankin and Wu-chang pledging his Imperial womI to pay 1,000 taels (about $720) to any one accomplishing the deliverance of any foreigner of any nationality who is now shut up in Peking and who shall be handed over alive to a German or other foreign magistrate.^ Shanghai, Jul/ 7.—Prince Ohlng »J1 thai* an no legatlona or no foreigner! at Pekin now. Farther re porta of Prinoe Toan'a bateheriea are appalling. It la (tated that 4,000 leading Chineae cltlieoa wen killed for petitioning for the IITee of the foreigners. Our treaties with Japan must be so modified as to admit of a Japanese exclusion act similar to that by which Chinese are excluded. The modification of the treaty with China so as to permit the Chinese exclusion act furnishes a precedent for action in this case.—San Francisco Call. LOOK! « • Chicago, July 7. 1100. Wheat. Aug. Sept May SB «• ::: low:::....: :::::: m *D — Cloning........... ....... 70M 80K "There are no piers furnished with this sort of protection in America, but there are several so fitted up on the other side of the water. They are much ahead of us over there in pier building aud pier protection, and 1 have been trying for years to have the steam system of pier'protection Introduced here. For such a set of piers as those of the North German Lloyd at Hoboken the steam pipes should connect with a boiler of at least 100 horsepower. # It should be located on the land, and steam should be kept up at all times. On the breaking/ out of a fire all the man In charge would have to do would be to open the throttle valve and let the steam go. Steam extinguishes flames much more rapidly than water, and there could have been no great loss of property had this system been installed and in working order at Hoboken the other day. There is one drawback to be considered, however—any human beings caught on the piers when the steam was turned on would have been parboiled." We Can Save You Oorn. if MONEY! Washington, Jnly 7.—The following waa poaUd at the BUte Department today: "A dUpatoh rmlnd tbti morning ttom Good now, Oonaml General at Shanghai, mji the legation* wen atlll atandlng on the 3d. Beoent attaoka of tba 'Bozera' Were alight- They eeem dlepoeed to adopt etarTatlon methods." RAILWAY RUMBLES. MM MM . -:i2 V& : ■X nH The effect was electrical. The eunuchs, palace officials of all sorts and most of the populace took up the cause of Prince Tuan, and his4agents immediately put the empero? and the dowager empress under restraint. Washington, July 7.—The report and recommendations of the United "Btates deep waterway commission appointed to report upon the cost and respective feasibility of deep waterway routes from the upper lakes to tide water was made public by the secretary of war yesterday. The uet result of the commission's elaborate examinations of routes shows that for a channel of 30 feet depth the St. Lawronce-Champlain route would be costlier to construct than would the Oswego-Mohawk channel at the same depth, but that for a 21 foot channel the St. Lawr&nce-Cfatamplain route would be the cheaper. The St. Lawrence route leaves the St. Lawrence river at Lake St. Francis, thence across to Champlajn and south to the Hudson's deep water. The Oswego-Mohawk route leaves Lake Ontario at Oswego, follows the Oswego, river to Fulton, thence across country to Oneida lake and follows the Mohawk river and Normans kill to the Hudson just below Albany. As to the two routes from iJake Erie to Lake Ontario the report favors the Lanalle-Lewi*ton route as preferable to the TonaWanda-Olcott waterway, for the reason that the cost of maintenance of the former would be less and time of passage quicker than by the Tonawanda route. Consequently the report bases nil estimates on the use of the Lasalle-Lewiston route. Lain to Oeeaa Cual, In 24 hours close upon 700 trains pari in and out of the New street railway station, Birmingham, England. Fancy Dairy Evans's Success, per bbl • $4.75 Butterfly, per bbl - - - - 4 75 Seal of Minnesota, per bbl • 4 75 - Our Best Superlative, per bbl 475 \ Potatoes, per bos . 45c P" «*C»«D" x. ■ *4C Hires' Root Boar -Batrac*, 18c ft bottle, j for Joe. Perfection root beer extract j Howard's root beer extract 5 Acme Ice Cream FrejMfi, 4' 6 quarts, 8 quarts, t Lightning Ice Cream FreKzi quarts, 6 quarts, 8 quarts. Yo«a\an always find fresh iti DCM New Potatoes, C*MH\ Raffish, Lettuce, Rhubarb, Bunca Onions, Bermuda Onions, Wu Beans, Gfeea Peas, Strawberria and Pine Apples. Pork. at Jng Hept. Oct. Electric trains will be running underground in London before New York hua much more than made a beginning on her proponed rapid, transit tunnel. OpmineDCM u  Hlgheet...... 85 Unrest L 12 Cb Closing 1* 06 The Chefu correspondent of The Express cables, under date of Thursday, that there is no longer any doubt that disaster has overtaken the Russian force of 3,000 that left Tien-tsin for Peking on June 11. The Hussians had a full field gun complement and carried their own transport. As nothing has been heard from them for 24 days, it is assumed that they have been overwhelmed. Henry W. Lucy of Tfce Daily News says that Lady Bigham, wife of Justice Bigham, received a cable yesterday announcing the safety of hfr son, who was last heard of as shut up'iifcVeking. He adds that if oue can esApra&e'Us some hope for the others. In response to inquiries cabled to Shanghai in regard to the situation at Peking the following cablegram was received in London from an authoritative quarter: BUTTER London, fulj 7.—A dispatch has been received laying thai the Chineaa troops attacking Pekln lost 9,000 1b tyljad *nd wounded, Inoloding several "Box*'' leader*. Hodataon Reports Hia Baeape. 8DCTH4,WARDS DEMOCRATS London, July 7.—The colonial office has received a dispatch from the governor of the Gold Coast Colony, Sir Frederic Mitchell Hodgson, dated Atekwauta, Juue 20, saying that owing to the nonarrU'ul of the relief column und the reduction of the food supply he had decided to push through the rebels and had deceived the enemy rcgardlpg the route followed. The column suflered great prtvations, but the loss was only rfix men killed and several woutnled. Governor Hodgson expressed the hope* at reaching the Gold Coast in ten days. He added that the suffering ut Ivuinaasi was terrible, the mortality from starvation being. 30 persons a day. The column of the governor numlDers 40t) and Includes all the Europeans, among them being the members of the Basel mission. President Dlas has appointed Ayguatin M. Chaves and Estanislao Velaseo, engineers, as delegates from Mexico to the International railroad congress which Is to meet in Paris this year. Apparently There la No Goad Reaao* For It, kit It Seents to Be Trae. 2J lbs for It ia oue of the curiosities of American politics that, whatever may be the other liuea of political subdivision, tie Sixth ward of nearly every American city ia Democratic and usunlly so strongly so as to be the most conspicuously Democratic ward in each plaoe. The 'Bteth ward of New York has almost always; been known as the strougest Democratic ward irt the city. It was overwhelmingly Democratic BO years ago, it was Democratic 25 years ago, and it is Democratic today and in almost the same^proportion, though the character of the population has changed very much meanwhile. Usually it has been Democratic In* the proportion of six or seven to one. Abraham Lincoln, when first electcd president of the United States, received 897 votes in the Sixth ward to 2,827 Democratic, and the proportion at last year's election in the Sixth was the same, though the total vote was larger. 50 for ijt for xie [aara, Special to the  jy^undcfGERMAN LA i I* the Best tlMTe la for  rNEURALGIA, Lumbago; Bout: (DR. RICHTEK'8 BwtHi«n»lll PAIN EXPELLER. Washington, Jnly 7.—Showers and thunder storms tonight and jftwday; fresh, brick sooth westerly winds. Faeta About Fires. Oehts. Only 20c a lb. f PERSISTENCE IN DREAM8J. There are many unsuspected occupations in the United Statefc, and one of these Is followed by the man whose words are quoted above. rke Little Girl That a Mm Dreamed of Bvcrjr Night Por Many Years. Inventors have queer dreams—not da; idreams alone, although these for th imost part uru thought by the public to b enough, but just the ordinary sleep Hng dreams. Dreams of the latter sor /were discussed at a meeting of inventor who other night. After talking of dream jin general and the philosophy of uncon pcious cerebration several of  put related personal experiences that ar (peculiar, strange and weird. i "For 20 years," said President Dim mitt of the Iuventors' association, " - have dreamed almost nightly of flying Occasionally I miss a night, but a weel never goes by without my aerial flight If appears to me that I take a runnlni •tart as thongh on a bicycle and gradual ly rise from the earth, soaring over cltie and towns, looking down at the peopli and observing them often to point a fine, saying: 'Soe him! There ho goes There he goes!' I' sail along from#th top of one hill to another, traversing lm mense distances in a single night. Then La nothing terrifying in it at all. On thC other hand U is a delightful sensation U feel that you are soaring above every body, but notwithstanding this I oftei get provoked at myself for dreaming thli dream so persistently. I have tried li every liny to break myself of It, but tc no avail. I still take my fly nearly ever] night. I do not Imagine that I am in ac airship—I am alone and am Juet sallinc (through tbe Air like a bird." D This experience caused a great deal ol 4- comment among the Inventors, and vari •one explanations were offered of the fre uoent recurrence of It Then George D. came forward with a dream even . "j|* uncle," he said, "who lived in the (country, had a large meadow adjoining 84s flgnn. There were perhaps SO acret . hi lof It, and it was.lowland, soggy, wet and aprotity a gnat part of the time. It waa Samonded by a rail fence and was bordered on one side by a dense thicket. Vor tome reaaon my uncle always said ghat he wanted to be burled In that meadow, and when be died the family, in consideration of bis repeat, buried ' him in one corner of the meadow. I remember the gra*e distinctly. The ground about It was so wet that they had to ball out the grave bkfoi* the co«n *" low'rSl'°BilS fence was built around the mare, inclosing It In a small aQuare lot in the corner ot the meadow. "Now. this la where my dream MgtaK nod for 10 or IB years ot my Ufa I dreamed It regularly erery night Oa» night I saw a little child, a girl, emerge from the thicket bordering on tb» meadow, crawl through the meadow fence and atart in a direct line across it to my Jade's grare. Bhe had got only part ,way toward It when a greatbard of lions, tigers and other savage beasts rushed Into tbe meadow and made for her. Just ibefore they reached her they all got Into a tarrUeflght and ln tbe scramhlehld her from my view. But in a *M»ent she came Into view again, running for bar life back to the spot In the fence where she entered tbe meadow. I could nee that little child as plainly vfie I see any one In thla room. - I could seeevery fcaturiLof her face and would recognise bar instantly if I should ever meet her. I can see her little dress blowing out straight behind bar aa she ran from the .wild beasts. I cin see the very phnel of the fence that she brawled trough, and many a time I went«|n broad gaylwfct and examined It. peeredinto the thl'*®t and.searched for a child's Ni«Mlr for years I dreamed thla dream. 'Always the ssme little girl, always the - .-wildtbeasts romlng Just aa she got part ,w*y across the meadow and always her terrlflsd fUght back again to escape them. I dreamed this o.er and ov«r again, tha details •lw"',*'7«. «ntll anally on* Mt the child got clear to the little In. KiOte *T Bheb"tme th" anl' u reached her. Bhe got  It it) his business to visit the scenes of every great fire in a number of large cities as soon as possible after it has occurred. He gives especial attention to fires on shipboard, and in the course of 12 or 14 years he has learned a lot of interesting things about fires. Some years ago after a series of very annoyiug fires on ships laden with cotton.he was directed to drop everything else and find out the cause of the fires. Western Butter Market "Prepare to hear the worst." Japs Land at TSks, Wonegenulm without Trafo ■f* "Aacfcf. 14 SOUTH (MAIN BT. The Tien-tsin correspondent of The Times in a dispatch dated July 3 says: Washington, July 7.—The following re* .port of the condition of affairs in the Alaska gold fields has been received at the war department Atom General Randall, dated Anvil City, June 21: "Fdrty-two vessels In harbor; about 13,000 people, estimated, on shore. Quiet prevails. Transport Rosecrans in attempting to make her way through the icefields was driven aground on the fiats off the mouth of Yukon river. Had to Ik? partially unloaded. Later the reports from her say she Is safely off and reloading. No Injury or loss of life reported. She is expected in this - port within four days, Athenian arrived safely, discharged aulmals here and proceeded to St. Michael's before my arrival." Dew* Froaa Alaaka. S _ % D« CHARLTON ST. V »"D Navi York. Aug 13- 1897 ./Dr RichUr. ANCHOR! \T jd PAIN.EXPEUER it goodl as a local treatment for" Rheumatiem and Neuralgia "Twenty-one hundred Japanese troops, with 14 guns, have arrived at Taku, and 800 are expected tonight." Evans Bros. JOHN O'D. MANCAN'S The references to the Russian force mentioned above have been very vague, and reports as to its doings may have originated in rumors relating to Admiral Seymour's relief column. It is certain, however, that a force of 1,700 Russians, with four 8 centimeter guns, was landed on Friday, June 15, and began a march to Peking that day. A Shanghai rumor magnified this number to 7,000, and on June 20 a report was received in London that the Russian relieving force had actually arrived outside Peking on The Sixth ward of Philadelphia, a Republican city, is strongly Democratic. At last year's election in Pennsylvania the Democratic vbte in the Sixth was 1,03*2 against .518 Republican. Bryan carried the Sixth ward of Philadelphia in 1880* It was the only one of the 37 wards of Philadelphia which gave him a majority. The Sixth ward of Chicago has always been Democratic, and at the last stfte election the Democratic vote in it was 0,000 to 8,202 Republican. At the presidential election of 1890 Bryan received in the Blxth ward.of Chicago 7,040 votes to 4,850 for McKinley. The Sixth ward of Brooklyn, which lies between Hamilton avenue. Court street, Atlantic avenue and the East river and bears no geographical similarity to the Sixth ward of New York (Manhattan), being adjacent to the heights, has as strong a Democratic tendency, the vote in it at the last state election being 4,000 Democratic and 2,100 Republican. At the recent municipal election In Cincinnati, when the Republicans made almost a clean sweep, electing Mr. Flelschmann, their candidate for mayor, by a majority of several thousand, the Sixth ward of the cltf was one of the few which gave a Democratic majority. Troops Ordered From Cabs, Fresh Delaware *o MOUTH MAIN armmm r. Havana, July 7.—Military Governor Wood has issued orders to the departments to have the Second, Fifth and Eighth infantry regiments ready for embarkation as soon as transports shall arrive. The Eighth is practically ready now, as It has not been scattered, while the Second and Fifth have been divided imong various districts. Three companies rDf the Tenth -regiment will proceed to Morro castle at Sahtiago to relieve the Fifth, whiffe troops of the Eighth cavalry will relieve the companies of the Fifth stationed at Guantanamo and Sagua de Tanamo. Baracoa will be relinquished as H military post. A company of the Tenth will relieve the gecond af Trinidad- He worked «ix or seven weeks without limning anything nud was beginning tj feel discouraged. One day be was cia'vllng around over the bales of cotton which formed the cargo of artcunier plying between Savannah and .New York. His atteution was attru. tnl to the fact that certain disks of glass set In the Cleek in order to admit light to the hold were convex, and he Immediately suspeeted that these disks might act as burning glasses. Thin could never happen, of course, unless the sun was hot and the distance between the glass and cotton Was just right, so that the focus of the sun's rays falling through the glass would strike the cotton. This was not the case on that ship at that time, and there was no fire. But he determined to test his suspicion without delay. 25c. aad Wc. at D11 OraffbU or tnrimgti lK.M.Me»Ur*Co.,«UP»«rlSt, RMrMJ L 36 HIBHEST AWARDS, i ■k Beeommendedb»pro«l(»ni  titians, IVAolt ir and County Butter^. F)rury's 22 Cents. ARMSTRONG'S ** PRICE LIST. the morning of the 10th and were attacking the city on two sides. Strictly Fresh Eggs, You are aware that Flour is booming upward. We have some W%t.r f  Best Patent Flour . $4.75 Best Family Floor , 4.50 Rye Flour . 4 00 Pillsbury's Flour . 5.00 Chop andMeal . 1.05 BranandMidda . .1.05 }ats, per bushel . . 36c 5 bu. lots ... 35c Admiral Seymour's force was only half way to Peking, surrounded by the enemy on an arid plain, unable to advance. When details were published on Friday. June 20, of the relief of Admiral Seymour, it was stated that 4,000 Russians had left Tien tsin four days after the admiral, but had never got in touch with him. Supposed Murderer* Arrested. Dover, N. H., July i.—Four men giving their names as John Williams, John Far ren, William Scott and Frank Gold, supposed to be the men who murderously assaulted four Dover residents on the night of July 4, resulting in the death of two of them, John McNally and Thomas Dobbins, were rounded up last night by Assistant City Marshal Wilkinson and a posse of officers and placed under arrest after a fierce resistance. Flour - Corn and cracked corn, per 100 i .05 Chop and meal, per 100 • - 1.05 Hiy. per 100 85c Cut Hay, per 100 .... 8$r Oats, per bushel 36c Fancy Jam, per bottle - - 10c Fancy Columbia River Salmon 20c Two cans Salmon .... 251 Mason Jars, pints, per doz • 50c Maion Jars, quarts, per doz - 6 ex. Mason Jars, D4 gal, per doz - 70c All Oooda Mlnrad Promptly. - 14-75 14 Cents. Ordered to China. A dispatch from Shanghai, dated Friday, says the ponition of the allies at Tien-tsin is becoming increasingly critical owiug to lack of supplies, but only as a last resort will the town be evacuated in favor of concentration of forces at Taku. Washington, July 7.—Major William J. Stephenson, assistant surgeon, lias been ordered to proceed via San Francisco and Manila to Taku, China, and report in person to Brigadier General A. It. Chaffee, commanding the United States forces at or near that place, for assignment to duty. No. 91 South Main Street FORD Canton, O., July 7.—The following cablegram from Emperor William has been received by President McKinley: "For your excellency's wsrm words of condolence in the murder of my representative in Peking 1 express my most sincere thanks. I recognise therein the common impulse of interests which binds the civilised nations together." « Prom William to MeKlaley. He therefore went on deck, got a big tin iDan and returned to the hold, taking along with him a quantity of sand and a hand Then he picked up a lot of loose cotton, put It in the pan nnd held the pan so that the sun's rays would focus on the cpttpn. After about an hour?s patient waiting tlje cotton began to smolder and presently burst Into flame. Quickly smothering the'flame with the sand, he wrapped the whole business up In burlap, packing It so that the charred cotton and sand would remain Intact, and then sealed the package. Fighting of a desperate character took place in the Immediate neighborhood of Tien tsin on June 30. Taku dispatches say on attack in great force is expected NOTES. BROTHERS The Sixth wsrd of Boston Is very j strongly Democratic, and in the mayor- j alty election of 1897 in that city, fought ! on stralghtout party lines, the Democratic vote was 2,147 to 005 Republican. In one of the precincts the Democratic vote was 205 to 47; In another It was 300 to 81. At lost year's municipal election in Boston, with a good mauy Democrats supporting the successful Republiean nominee, Mr. Hart, the vote of the Sixth ward was 2,000 for General Collitis to 1,000 for his opponent. The Sixth ward of Albany is Democratic; ward of Troy Is Democratic and' was carried by Van Wyck aguinst Roosevelt two years ago; the Sixth ward of Yonkers, very much in New York's vicinity, gave Bryan 824 votes to 249 for McKinley. The Sixth ward of Buffalo gave Van Wyck 081 votes for governor against 536 for Roosevelt. The Sixth ward of Utlca was car- there of any moment. The Chinese commanders are awaiting the arrival of more guns and re-en before making an effort to retake the city. Rear Admiral Cotton has been desigaated as commandant of the Norfolk suvy yard, vice Rear Admiral Barker. J. T. ARMSTRONG 4 CO.. An official dispatch from NikolBky, dated July 1, says that 50 persons were killed by an explosion of stores of powder at IfQkden. S3 South Main Street HAVE THE  Good old potatoes - 451 Hams, per lb . . niC Cheese, full cream . 11C Pint Fruit Jars, a doc. 50c Quart Fruit Jars, " 60c »Gal. Fruit Jar», *' 70c Wm. Drury. » A dispatch from Shanghai to The Daily Telegraph Hays the losses of the allies up to June 20 totaled 000. Official dispatches from Port Arthur to Latest Fad » New Neckwear! Washington, July 7.—The Yankton bM sailed from Fort Monroe for Portsmouth. The Philadelphia has sailed from Astoria for Port Angeles. The Chesapsake has left New London for a cruise ending at New Bedford. The navy department has authorized 253 days' repairs on the Alliance and ten days' repairs on the Potomsc.Movements ot Warships. C O South Main St., is the Original Gut Price Drugstore. The Aurore of Paris learns from a good source that a young attache of the United States embassy disappeared a week Igo. The police are making an active search for the young man, who, It Is fearid, has been murdered. the Russian government, bearing date Jnly 2, show that the country to the northward is in a state of disturbance and that bands are destroying property. On his return to New York he shelved what he had to his employers aVd told them he had discovered the .cauy of the cotton fires on shipboard He was scouted at at first, but repeated experiments proved the truth of his contention. There are' qo deadlights in decks of cotton carrying ships now, and the sort of fire he was detailed to Investigate has not happened for several years. Dexter Marshall. Pom n* II, now  Bcott'H Bmalnion 91. now.... Greene**Nurvuru$1, now... M»ltod Milk, 93.78 size, now Sited Milk 91 bIeo. now... Enkey'n P«Dod 78c, now  I Melton's Food 7So, i\pW..n,. Pure (battle Sony'pmp cake. 78c 78c 71c »*» etc to A missionary to China who has returned to Berlin wiys that while in-China he learned that hundreds of Mauser rifles had been brought in in eoffins, supposed to contain the bodies of Chinese whohad died abroad. Many thouaanda have been restored to health and happlnea* by lb* nee of Chamberlaln'a Congh Remedy. If afflicted with any throat or lnng trouble, gin It a trial for It la uertaln to pro** beneflolal. Congh* that hare realated all other treatment for year*, haTeylelded tothla remedy and perfect health been reatored. Caeee that aeemed boDelea*, that tbe climate of famona health r* aorta failed to banafiV have been permanently cored by lta nae. Baar In mind that every bottle la warranted and If It doe* not prove beneficial tbe money will be refunded to yon. For aale by Farrer, Peek & Roberta, apotheoariaa: PU tat on. on* door above Eagle Hotel, and Weat Ptttatoo, Wyoming and Lhaarne Ave*. Look over them before selecting your Independence Day wearing apparel. Boer Envoys In Parts. Paris, July 7.—Messrs. Weasels, FlBcher and Wolmarana arrived in Parte last evening- They were met at the atation by (lie president of the municipal council and several eenatora, who invited them to be present at a reeeptirm to be giveu at the Hotel dc Ville on Tuesday next.  The French foreign office has received a telegram from M. Francois, consul general at Yunnan-sen, who left there with all the foreigners after being in a ,posi- Full Une of finest toilet soaps at cut rate prices. Oar toss and coffees are getting better known every day. Qlre them a trial. THE COLUMBIA T HOUSE Wall Paper. election?" The Sixth ward of Jersey City Is strongly Democratic, and the Sixth ward of Newark usually so. The"" rule of course Is not absolutely rled by the Democrats at the last state tion of great peril, announcing bis arrival at the first French outpost station, within the Tonquin frontier. All the party are safe and well. ffiicycles Farmer Killed by UflitBlai. The Daily Telegraph publishes this dlspotch from its Special correspondent, dated Canton, July 5, via Hongkong, July 0: Newark, N. Y., July 7.—Jnhil T. Watson. a prominent farmer of Wayne county, was killed instantly at his home, north uf this place, by a stjroke of lightalng. JULY PAMEBECKER'S STUDIO All New Patterns. thing that in every large city of the country (the figures have already been given *or New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cincinnati among them) uniform, but it may be said as a general All work finished i n from six to ten days regardless o f weather. 14 South Main Street, All New Designs. Free Hand Relief a Specialty. Ceilings decorated at cost of paper. WALTER SPRY, "Intense excitement has been caused here by a dispatch from Sir Robert Hart to the effect that the British legation in We lake • Specialty SPALDING CHAINLESS CRAWFORD. REMINGTON, % ELK, —** DIXIE. - Sixth Wards are generally Democratic, Peking was in flames. Fears are entertained that the foreign ministers hnve been massacred. The entire French colo- LaClea Can Wearlkoe* Chicago, July 7.—Heat caused four deaths and seven prostrations yesterday: More Heat Death* la Chlcac*. but no reason is known to exist for this. It may "Just so happen." It may be due to* the fact that in the laying out of American cities it has generally been One ilie *m*U*r after nring Allan'* Foot- Bum, a powder to be tkaken Into tb* aboee It make* tight or n*w shoe* feel e**y; give* Instant relief to ooro* and bnnlona. It'a the greateat comfort dUooTery of the XOura* and prevent* swollen feet, ten, callon* and tore apota. Allen'* Foot-Kaaa 1* a certain cure for a wearing, hot, aohlng feet At all drugglata and shoe •lore*, 88o. Trial package free by mill. Addr***, AllenS. Olmated, b* Hoy, N. T. Bargains! ♦If* CliMm's Pkatos. ay has fled from Tung-chow. The mis- Vraaaraal Matllb. customary for Ave wards to constitute the original subdivision and the sixth to be a subdivision of the most populous of the five, or It may be that sentimental reasons havo something to do with It, but whatever the true cause, which perhaps some reader can give, the fact remaius that a Democrat usually on election night can listen with equanimity to the returns from "the Sixth.**—-New York Sun, ■ tion station there has been converted Ino a little fort. The Bogue forts on the 'Canton Hver have been re-enforced by viceregal soldiers. "Viceroy Li Ilung Chang issued a proclamation this morning which reads: 44 4By imperial orders people and property are to be protected. Troubles bet ween natives and native converts are to be prevented. Starters of any uprisings are to be at once beheadsd. Those spreading 'false rumors will be aipested and severely punished.' "Wholesale executions of Boxers, pirates and other criminals will surely follow«that proclamation- Jt is Ijelieved that the viceroy's decisive action, whit}* has been taken at the instance of the American consul, Mr. McWade, will influence the rebellious governors .in the north in fuvor of foreigners." Horallri* are dUenaatng the tarrlbla lo** of life brought about by the Tranaraal war. Tat here life la aacriftced for • purpose—for an bon**t principle. It w*w belter to preach again** the needle* aaoii-4oe of life. Thonaand* of people aooonmb to allmenta which might earily have bam checked In the beginning. Dyapenala carrice off mora paopl* than are killed Is war. The nee of Hoatettar'a StomacU Bitter* would eave many lltrw. Oon«tlpatlon may •Mm a llttla thing, bnt tt lnrariably deralope Into aomcthlag Wolf*, and the longer It I* allowed to ran, tbe harder It I* to cure. Tbe Bitter* cur** IndlgeatloD, constipation, dyapapala and Mttotiaaa**, natnrklly and parmanently, without aboak- Ing the eyrtsm. It to good for amy body. 18c Lawns-for 15c Lawns for 12c Lawns for 65c Pulley Belts for . 50c $1.00 Pulley Collars for 75c H. & W. Under waists 25c $1.50 Sunshades . $100 1 00 Sunshades . 75c 4 50 Sunshades . $3.50 Ladies' ribbed vests ifo,: JS 15c Bicycle Skirtings 1 ale 1 a»c Summer Gigham 8c '5C I 2gC 8c PRICES. - S2I ti $75 p/rrsri \N. RENN'A, f^PTtMRbO*6" "t Headquarters for Bkyd* Sundries) "Dalaii an Duimu." SHIRT WAIST SEASON. A mull pimple on yonr faoa -may nam aiJlttle oonaeqnenoe, but It ahowa yonr Mood la Impure, and lmpare blood to what oaoeee moat of the dleeeeee from which paopla anffer. Batter bead the warning given by the pimple and parity your blood at onoa by taking Hood'a Saraapax- Ilia. Thla medicine oaraa all dtoaaaaa doe to bad blood, lnclodlng.eerofifla and aalt rhanir. OLD AT CAWUBY'S SltOB »TORB. | AHIptoOMaild. Very few Home-LauUthried Shirt Waists but what S. P. FENN, Who* m TOT going,»/ Va package ol Tea I need today. t. tKatwnat inakae your akin so white I cmSC**"**«£ ».ft. m*W»n fair, Uito twf I Why, «U»y Wtew. • *»*• T' Sold by *11 d*Wrt Look "Sloppy." BAIIWttt Sim, IV. Mala St. fcf We will pat the Shirt Waists In tsunder ana last the world. Nearly ell hand work. A lady who wear* one looks and feels 1U »er" cent. Utter than she will otherwise. Saraial atoiaa Ml orer at Very low rente, alao aararal dwelllnga with modern Improvementa, and elan aeverai honaea at medlam and low rente In Plttaton and Wait Plttaton. Boyere will now *nd eome aat bargain*. O B. tmmimm Affl. rmw (Ml ua rDr Wa. Cray's Transfer Has Rigs for Moving, alio takes parties over tW boulevard. v £2Sf«SZD M, LT'iti **" The non-Irritating oathartio—Hood'a PlUa. THY US ONOK, ACME STEAM LAURDRY, [ painting and paper hanging, also few.. T 8. * 8- ■**»«*, baa*. C FIVE THOUSAND MEN. Bine are a terrible torment to the little folke, and to aone older ooee. Baally en red. ; Doan'a Ointment never f alto. At anf drag etore, OOoeote. Cutler C& tPhinney I 141. UO tTUn PiTTSTM. War Departneat'i Plas For laev*a» lag 0«r Force la Chlss. Washington. Jul* 7.—Plans foe sending fj South ruin St. 46 Laura* Ay | J