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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11

thought / would
n try Lydia E. Pink.
Is hams Vegetable
" Compound, but I
want your advice
before beginning its
use. / have become
very much alarmed
about her, as she is
getting so weak
MRS. MATILDA A.
CAMP, ManchesteI
Mill, Macon, Ca,
May 21, 1899.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
A MOTHERS STORY.
Tells About Her Daughters Illness
and How She was Relieved
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.

"MRs. PINKHAM:-I write to tell you
about my daughter. She is nineteen
years old and is flowing all the time,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11

and has been for about
three months. The doc.
tor does her but very
little good, II any. I
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11

"DEAR Mrs. PINK.
HAM 1t affords me
great pleasure to tell
Won of the benefit mn
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

CHICAGO, July GA special TO the
Tines Herald from Des Moines. Ia,
says:
a letter was received here today by
Mrs. Ida H. conger from her brother
ir-law, Major E. H. Conger. United
States minister TO China. The letter
was dated May 2s and is as follows;
The times grow more exciting ev-
cry day. The opposition TO missiona-
ries and all foreigners is worse than it
has been for 30 years. hence l am un-
usually busy. The Woodwards. Of Chi
cago, are with us. They are here to
stay until the middle Of June. We are
stin in the city of Pekin, but hope to
move up to the Mills within 10 days.
Il enclose pictures Of the American
legation. including besides the minister,
First Secretary Squires. of New York;
Second Secretary Bainbridge. of Coun-
ell Bluffs. and Interpreter Cheshire,
formerly of Iowa. but who has been
connected with the legation for q
years"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07
BETHLEHEM THE CAPITAL.
Kruger's Parlor Car Comes to a stand
There.

LONDON. July General Paget is
moving toward the heart of the coun-
try held by Dewet Lord Roberts tele-
graphs the war office under late Of
Pretoria. July 6, as follows;
"Paget engaged the enemy July 8
successfully at Penizerfontein. He drove
them out of very strong positions
across to Broenirfontein where he BIZ
vouacked for the night. He followed
up the enemy on the afternoon of July
4th."
He reports that all Transvaal 'il-
ciGls except the treasurer-g general, who
has gone to Vrede, are at Bethlehem,
which has been proclaimed the caTi-
tai. Steyn himself is repurted to have
taken flight to the mountains. Butler
reports the line to Heidelberg restored,
thus completing every communication
between Pretoria and Natal.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07
ASSASSIN FOUND GUILTY.

Man Who Attempted to Kill Prince of
Wales Sentenced to a Reformatory.
BRUSSELS, July 6-The assize court
today returned verdict of guilty Of
attempt to kill the Prince of Wales,
against Jean BaptlsIe Slpido, who fired
at the Prince in this city on April 4.
The court considered that sipilo act
ed without discernment and sentenced
him to a reforma,ory until he shall
have attained mis- majority.
Meert. Penchot and Meircre, the in
stigators of the attack upon the Prince,
were acquitted on the ground that they
considered the plot joke.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07
STREETS OF CHTNA'S CAPITAL CITY
RED WITH The BLOOD OF The SLAIN

Russia Gives Japan Free Hand to Go in Full Force and Protect
Foreigners, and 10000 Men viii Be Sent
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

! SERLIN. July 7.--Emperor William
has telegraphed the commander Of the
German adron IN Chinese waters. TO
the governor general Of Shan Tung TO
the yiceroys and 10 others. Offering a
thousand taels % any one accomplish
ing the deliyerance Of any foreigner
Of any nationality whatever, now shut
up f. Pekln.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

LONDON. July 1.-The Russian gov
ernment announces that Il VIII give
Japan free band 10 apply military
force in China. The terms OF this con-
sent are summarized In the subjoined
dispatch from ST. Petersburg. under
date of July 9. under inquiry from the
Japanese cabinet regarding the des-
patch OF troops 20 China to render aid
to foreigners in Pekin. The Russian
government declared May 2ii that 1t
left the japanese government fun lib
crty OF action In this connection. as
the Toxic cabinet expressed It's rtadi-
ness TO act in full agreement with the
other powers.
Il Is In consequence OF this. no doubt.
that Japan is preparing 20 embark 90
600 more troops. Political considera.
tlons that were thought 10 have aeen
influencing the action OF the powers are
thus laid aside for the moment at
least. by the governments supposed 10
have the clearest purpose respecting
chlna's future.
Japan's sending troops con have Ut
tie bearing on the fate": the foreign
ers in PekIn. Baron Hayashi. the new
Japanese minister. who arrived In Lon
don Friday. said that ten days would
probably be required for the carrying
OF troops to China. His dictated state
mcnts contained these sentences:
III all conditions Japan has asked
were conceded. see no reason why
Jaran should not undertake the task of
suppressing the trouble. The powers
are all agreed in wishing to put down
the rebellion. but II does not seem that
they are agreed on means"
From this authoritative utteranee it
Is inferred that Japan demands condi-
tlons and that the concert OF the pow
ers IL n little tangled.
The details OF further horrors in Pc
kin are gathered by correspondents at
Shanghai from Chinese sources, espec-
tally Of slaughter in the Chinese and
Tartar city Of thousands OF native
Christians. SO that the capital reeks
with carnage. The ruthless thirst sor
blood is spreading In all the northern
provinces; and wherever there are ma
tive Christians the scenes enacted in
the capital are reproduced In ninia-
ture. From these provinces nothing
further comes regarding the legation
forces. except the repetition that they
are all dead.
The che Foo correspondent of the
Express. telegraphlng Thursday, says
there is no longer any doubt that dis
aster has overtaken a Russian force Of
S,OOO that left Tlen Tsin for Pekin on
June H.
As nothing has been heard from them
for twenty-four days It is assumed that
they have been overwhelmed.
Another proclamation issued by Ii
Hung Chang. directs that persons
starting an uprising shall be at once
beheaded, and that those spreading
false rumors shall be severely punish
ed. The latter phrase, in the Chinese
sense, means slow strangulation by
means Of wooden collar Wholesale
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07
THREE THOUSAND RUSSIANS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED
Powers csOtn and Destroy Dollars Worth Of Arms and Ammunition
German Emperor thousand THss for The Rescue Any Foreigner
From PekIa-No Hope That Any VIII Be Saved Disturbance
Said 10 Rapidly Spreading SOuihSan.

executions are expected to follow these
proclamatlons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

ments notice when she receives the
mandate Of the powers. Great Britain
Is now awaiting answers from the
chancelors 10 its proposals.
The British cabinet had long meet
ing this morning Under the presidency
OF Lord Salisbury. and fully consider
ed the crisis.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

LONDON. July 6.-There is mass
Of Wild rumor from the Far East
Though so contradictory on most
points. II continues unanimous as to
the consummation Of the tragedy at
Pekin.
Two consistent reports Of the matsa-
ere OF the whites are now added TO the
additional horrors that savage soldiery
butchered at the capital 5000 natives,
Roman Catholic converts. This comes
in Shanghai dispatch OF July 5. which
only adds to the report given by re-
spectacle Chinese who have arrived
from Chain Flu. and who describe Pc
kin as an Inferno. the streets Utterly
running with blood.
They confirm numerous stories OF
executions and untold tortures iniiict-
ed on isolated foreigners and European
soldiers captured by the mob. The
authority Of Yung Lu. the Chinese i'm
perlal treasurer. who advocated moder-
alton. WAS completely eifaeed by Prince
Tuan Kang VI and Tung Fuh Sian.
who issued fresh edicts ordering the
merciless determination of all foreign
ers in the empire.
In response to inquiries cabled to
Shanghai in regard TO the situation at
Pekin. the following cablegram has
been received from an authoritative
quarter;
shanghai, Thursday July 5.-Prepare
to hear the worst"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

NEW YORK. July CIV. w. Rock
hill, director of the bureau of Ameri-
can republics, who served in China as
secretary of legation, when the late
John Russell Young was there as minis
ter, and who Is a recognized authority
in Chinese matters. spoke feelingly in
Washington last night of the indigni-
ties which foreigners in Pelxin are re-
ported to have suffered after the cap
ture.
This is something new in the history
Of China" he said. Foreigners have
never before been publicly executed. and
We can by analogy imagine what has
happened to foreign women and child
ren in Pelkin. We know that in the
civil wars Of China the greatest bar
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

barity was 3racticed, and Il has been
the knowiedge Of What might be ex.
pected which has given rise 10 the GUS
tom of the conquered party putting
70 death ~ womsn and children before
surrenderIng.
NO doub; the dispatch tells but q
small portion Of the horrors Of the
spectacle IN Pekln. Il was only a mat
ter Of time anyway, and what followed
was the common practice Of barbaric
and half civilized nations. Had there
been merely Imprisonment their condi-
lions would have been piilable enough.
Any one who has read Of the capture
and the tOrtures imposed upon Lord
Loeb and Sir Harry Parkes In 1860.
and who knows the Chinese prisons
have not been improved in the last 20
years. can appreciate in part the suffer-
ings which the foreign residents in
Pekin must have endured in the last
month.
There Is little use in trying to por-
tray what indignItIes yere heaped upon
the victims before death released them.
Without question they we're horrible be-
yond the imagination Of civilized man.
Their captors add TO he cruelty Of the
American the demoniac ingenuity Of a
race that Is almost civilized. race
which appropriates the arts Of white
men without appreciation Of them.
The tale which comes from Pekin
when entrance Is gained by foreign
troops viii be one unequalled in shud-
der-forcing qualities since the days Of
the sepoy rebellion"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

WASHINGTON. July GA dispatch
has been received at the state de-
partment from Consul-General Good
now at Shanghai dated July 5, in which
he says the situation is serious and the
insurrectionary movement is spreading,
II the allied forces, he said, should
meet with reverses the insurrection
win certainly spread TO central and to
southern China. resulting in the ex-
pulslon and murder Of foreigners in the
interior ami the ruin Of trade A
strong force, he says, is necessary to
check the viceroys in the north and to
support the viceroys in the south.
II is understood that all consuls of
the powers in China have sent identical
dispatches to their respective govern
ments.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

NEW YORK. July s.-AccOrding to
Mr.. Tyson. secretary Of Cyrus Field
Judson. Of this city. Miss Mary condit
Smith. a sister-in-law Of Mr.. Judson,
has been killed in the Pekin massacre.
Mr. Tyson said that Mr.. Judson had
made frequent inquiries at the state
department in Washington TO learn
whether or not Miss Smith was safe,
and had received a reply to the effect
that there was no hope for her safety,
as it was believed that AL foreigners
had been massaered. their heads cut
on. stuck on the ends Of long poles
and paraded through the streets.
Miss Smith had for some time been
a guest Of Minister Conger, and had
been travelling with her sister. the wife
of Lieutenant Key. now stationed at
Toxic. Japan.
The wife Of Governor General Wood,
OF Havana. is also sister Of Miss
Smith. Their mother is Mrs. condit
Smith: Of Washington. The late JUS
tiee Field of.Jthe supreme court-was
their guardian after their fathers
death.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07

LONDON, July 6.-The danger of a
general revolt in China becomes more
and more patent, and Europe is be-
ing confronted with rapidly increasing
force with he fact that not merely the
International column may be forced
from Tien Tsin, but that the interna-
tional troops OF colonies and treaty
ports will stand in grave danger Of
expulsion. In view of the fact that the
previous assurances of the viceroys
have proved untrustworthy, their prom
lses Of protection for the whites are
hardly convincing.
In the meanwhile, the hitherto un-
conquerable jealousies Of the European
powers stay the hand of Japan, though
It is hoped an understanding will soon
be reached. The foreign office here
has received official dispatches from
Toxic today, and the Associated Press
understands that the Japanese govern
ment informed the foreign officers that
in addition TO forces already landed in
China. Japan has 10000 troops mobil-
lied and ready for action at a mo-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-07
WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND. July 6.--Wheat. Walla
walla and Valley, SEC q 81; bluestem,
SOC q soc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
Col. Linn Explains" Reports.

"There is a good deal of eXaggeration
in the stories that have gone out from
Hot Springs about the recent punish
ment of nineteen old soldiers of the
Soldiers Home there" said Col. Arthur
Linn, commandant of the Home, to
Sioux City Journal reporter.
"These men violated one of the rules
of the Home and it became necessary
for their own good and the good of the
order of the home to penalize them.
They we're put on picket rope,' as the
boys call it, that is prohibited from
leaving the grounds, for ten days, Those
nineteen men were away from the Home
after taps, which are blown by the bu-
gler at $50 every night; they we're
out in town somewhere having spree
of some kind. OF course some of the
culprits complained because of the Or
der Furnishing them, but there is no
general or complaint.
"There is nothing that I hare found
it SO hard to fight against in the man.
agement of the Home as the drink hab-
it among the men. Most of the sol.
diers' homes to-day are filled with men
who have ruined themselves with the
use of intoxicants. There is not an.
other home in the country in which
there is such q high standard of sobriety
and temperance as at Hot Springs, but
it has taken the greatest care possible
to make it so."
Thus Col. Linn is reported as talk
ing to Sioux City Journal reporter
but the nineteen veterans = Sunday
school teachers included-are not fav
orably disposed to have them reported
as having been tout in town somewhere
having little spree of some kind
and then class them as 'culprits,'
when they only attended the G. A. R
and w. r. G. installation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
q. .sD.T. r. G.

A meeting of the Oelrichs branch of
the South Dakota Teachers Reading
Circle will be held at the high school
building at Oelrichs every alternate
Saturday after January 6, 1900. All
teachers of that part of the county are
cordially invited to attend and assist
in making the meetings both pleasant
and profitable.
The following is the program for the
next meeting, January 90:
Solo. ...................G Grace Allen
Paper, "School Room Decoration" ..
................... Mrs. Ida Strouse
Discussion. ....... Ieachers
Recitation. .Winnifred Thompson
Paper, "Reading Circle Work" 80.
.................... Mark Rlch
Discussion 80. ............. Teachers
Discussion on Brander Matthews in-
PRODUCTION to American Literature,
pages 40 to 4S, and in Whites
School Management, pages to 20.
GRACE ALLEN, President,
LOIS WRIGHT, Secretary.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
The Combined Work of the Veterans and
DAUGHTERS.

The Combined Work of the Veterans and
Daughters.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution, assisted by Veteran Sol
diers, are engaged in raising funds for
noble purpose, the building of the
Continental Hall in Washington City.
In this age of clubs and orders the
ID. A. r. excells in patriotic work. 1t
has rescued from oblivion many places
of historic interest. 1t has marked
the neglected graves of many Soldiers
who died to found this Republic. The
Daughters have accomplished much
and are now busy with the greatest of
all. This Continental Hall is to be
erected to contain and keep sacred for
ever, the relics and souvenirs of the
revolutionary war.
In the American Magazine, the organ
of the Daughters, appeared thrilling
appeal from Mrs. Danial Manning the
President General of the ID. A. r. In
response to this Mrs. AndrewJ. Kellar
State Regent of South Dakota has
been working faithfully for months.
She expects to attend the d. A. r.
Congress in Washington on February
22nd and hopes to show a liberal con-
tribution from this new western State.
The west is never a laggard and con-
sidering the scattered population
South Dakota deserves blue ribbon
in the noble enterprise. All honor to
! it and to those patriots who contribute
even Il might, to the memory of revo.
lutionary heroes-to honor them is tc
glorify the present century. To honor
them, is to also honor the soldiers OF
the Civil War. One founded tho great
American republic, the other preserved
it. The question is often asked "what
is the object of the Daughters of the
American Revolution?" The present
subject in part answers this question
The building of the Continental Hal
is but one among many noble deeds o
this order. 1t deals with sacred
memories, with the sufferings, sacri
fees and heroic deeds of our country
defenders in the past present, ant
future. 1t contains world of tende
sentiment with innumerable practica
deeds which unite their sympathie
and work with the Veteran Soldiers o
the present.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19

phones, Sept. Oct Nov. Dec... 20 90
James r. Sharp, court stem cert. 66 40
Otto johnson, petit jurors cert. IA 90
j. T. Long, witness cert. .. 4SO
A. G. Gaylord, witness cert...... 600
Transfer, Feed & Fuel Co. acct.
sprinkling streets 1899 $1,000
reduced to and allowed. 5000. Is 90
w. w. Forney, services as Co
Com. and mileage Nov. and
Jan. meeting ............. 4oOO
ID. G. Grippen, services as Co.
CON-, surveying Wheeler
place, overseer of poor etc....s "A 90
j. w. Sweat, services as Co. Com. 90 90
Bill of q. S. Eastman of $3.50 for eX-
penses in the matter of larceny of the
Craven and Pilger horses was on motion
laid over.
Bill of G. S. Eastman of S14.OO for
board of prisoners and money eNpend-
in state cases was on motion allowed.
Bill of 5000 of the Evergreen Gem.
and Mort, Assn. for funeral of James
e. Desmond was on motion laid over.
1t was moved and carried that $3.50
be accepted in full payment of all
taxes on the SW a of section 81, town
ii, range Z.
There being no further business the
Board, on motion, adjourned. sine die.
WILLIAM H. STANLEY.
County Auditor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
SOLDIERS HOME NOTES.

Several men are going home on
furlough.
Thos. j. Tate has taken furlough
to visit his daughter in Osmund, Neb.
Joseph H. Alexander was discharged
from the Home upon his own request
this week.
Mr.. Racey who has been on the cook
force has been promoted to Second
Carpenter.
Fred Tillotson who drives the Homes
black team is suffering with severe
attack of the mumps.
w. s. Cushman asked for and receiv-
ed his discharge from the Home this
week. He is going to Alpien, s. Oak.
James Williams 81 years old is the
only name on the hospital roll this
week. He is troubled with bronchitis
and his age makes him quite feble.
Col. Linn is in Sioux Falls attending
board. In his absence Maj. Cleve-
land has charge of the Home. The
Colonel will return in two or three
weeks.
VIM. w. Thompson, a worthy veteran
received notice that he was to receive
s12 a month pension beginning 1900
and back pay of Sc month since 1890
which will amount to from 500 to $500
The Home ice house is being filled
this week with ice from Edgemont
The kind of weather we have been
having is SO mild no ice will form SO it
IS necessary to ship it in from some
frozen country.
w. F. Little of Lennox, South Oak,
who came to the Hospital in August
with what the doctors in the eastern
part of the state had pronounced
chronic appendicitis, has been entirely
cured and is going to return to his
home this week as strong and healthy
as ever. This speaks good word fol
the Eeme Hospital.
DIR. Linton Wade and wife we're al
the Hospital Tuesday visiting Majo,
and Mrs. Wade. The young doctor
has been in New York taking specia
course of lectures. Major Wade's
little grand daughter Lucille who has
been staying at the Hospital during
her parents eastern trip went home tc
Lead with them Wednesday morning
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
Factory Opens in Hot springs

The Plaster mill in Cold Brook which
has been closed for year or more is
to be put into operation within week
or ten days. Workmen are now engag-
ed in putting the machinery in condi.
tion to do the work and also in placing
the new machinery. The enterprise is
under the direction of Jas. NJ. Brets-
ford of Deadwood, who has been con-
nected with the !Homestake Company
for the last fifteen or twenty years
The capacity of the mill will be increas
ed some. over what it was before clos.
ing down and enough men will be EN-.
ployed to work it to its fullest extent
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
NJ. W. A. ball. February ss.

The Modern Woodman will give a
grand ball at the Evans on the evening
of Feb. 22nd, to which they cordially
invite the public. Committees have
been appointed and will place tickets
on sale. The Timble orchestra, Of
Edgemont, will furnish music.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-23
HOUSE BILL IS BEST
Compromise Reached on Re-
lief for Puerto Rico.
THE SENATE CONFfRtfS NOW GIVE IN
TO Isiand-Limit Proposed by the
Upper House Thought Best
to be Abandoned.

A Washington, March 20 dispatch
says: The conferees on the Porto Ri
can appropriation bill have agreed upon
a compromise measure. The senate
conferees receded from the senate
amendment limiting the appropriation
TO the revenues collected on Porto
Rican importations until the first of
last January and restored the clause In
the house bill applying to future reve-
nues. The bill as agreed upon reads
as follows:
THAT the sum OF g., O95, 455, being
the amount OF customs revenue received
on importations by the United States
from Porto Rico since the evacuation
OF Porto Rico by the Spanish forces on
the 18th of October, 1898, to the list Of
January, 1900, together with any fur
Their customs revenue collected from
Porto Rico from the LIST of January,
1900, or that shall be hereafter collect
ed under existing law, shall be placed
at the disposal OF the president, to be
used for the government now
existing and which may here
after be established in Porto
Rico, and for the aid and relief of the
people thereof, and for public educa-
ton, public works and other govern
mental and public purposes therein
until otherwise provided by law, and
the revenue herein referred to already
collected and being collected under ex-
listing law, are hereby appropriated for
the purpose herein specified, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated"
Secretary Root has authorized Cen
eral Davis at San Juan to give en-
ployment upon public works to sur
plus labor in Porto Rico. THE war
department has prepared an order to
carry out this plan, but il was learned
that Secretary Root had te~legraphed
the instructions to General Davis from
Havana.