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TIE CHINESE minister.
Latest Communication From Ii
Hung Chang Taken to the
State Department.
IT EMBRACES AN IMPERIAL EDICT.
Memorial Expected Daily-A1l
Loyal Chinese Ordered to Afford
Protection to Foreigners In the
Empire.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The Chinese
minister called at the state depart
ment early and presented to Secretary
Hay some of the latest correspond
ence that has passed between Ii Hung
Chang and the imperial Chinese gov
eminent. The minister's dispatches
state that on the 10Th, Ii Hung Chang
and several of the most influential
viceroys memorialized the emperor to
extend protection TO all foreigners in
Pekin and elsewhere in China.
Reply to the Memorial.
The reply to this memorial was de-
layed for some time and the viceroys
presented another petition asking that
the ministers should either be given
safe escort from Pekin, or that free
communication should be opened be-
tween them and their governments,
The reply to this last memorial has
not been received, but after
its dispatch by the viceroys,
Ii Hung Chang received an answer to
the first memorial in which the EN-
peror, by imperial edict, ordered all
loyal Chinese to protect foreigners in
the empire.
Ii Hung Chnnp's Dispatch.
Following is a copy of the dispatch
from Ii Hung Chang presented to Sec
rotary Hay. 1t was received by Min
lister WI at midnight from the Chinese
minister in London:
Just received a telegram from Pao
Ting Flu, Of the sixth moon, twenty
third day (July l9) that the privy
council had that day received an i'm
perial edict as follows:
The imperiui i5dict.
"'We have received the memorial OF
ii Hung Chang and others imploring
us to save and protect the ministers OF
the various nations. Now the minis
tiers are all safe and well, and Ii Hung
Chang is directed to wire to Yang Yu
and others so that they may inform
the respective secretaries for foreign
affairs accordingly. Respect this
Delayed in Transmission.
This telegram has been delayed In
It's transmission. The other day and
other viceroys sent a joint memorial,
requesting that the different minis
tiers be escorted ont Of Pekin, or that
they first be enabled to freely com
municate by letter or wire with their
respective governments. When an i'm
peral answer is received, | will again
wire. Communicate this to Minister
Yang at st. Petersburg; Minister Yu
at Paris and Minister WI at Washing
ton forthwith TO inform secretaries fo'
foreign affairs"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

John Wickersham, aged %, was
drowned at Black Rock on July eth,
The young man, with party Of friends
was taking ride on Black river in a
launch when the launch became I'M
manageable and capsized, The party,
with the exception of Wickersham, sue
ccedcd in reaching the bank In safety,
Wickersham had only recently arrived
from Kansas City.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
MERCHANTS ASK RELIEF.
Fort Reg ulntions at Manila that Are
Likely TO Result In COM
pIicnti0ns.

San Francisco, Aug. "A free
translation of regulations recently
promulgated at Manila indicates that
innocent consignces Of wares from
this country may be heavily fined for
not following provision that certain
wares must be invoiced TO show the
weight with and without casing.
Copies of the regulations have only
Just reached this city. Goods are on
the way that started for Manila be.
fore there was any knowledge OBJ
tninable here that new legal condi-
tons We're to be met This fact has
led certain prominent business men
IN San Francisco TO enter into cor
respondcncc with Secretary Of War
Root and also with the officials at Ma
Mia, making protests and asking for
relief.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Put cut a One-NIan Ticket.

The populists of the state, at a mass
meeting in Little Rock on July 9th,
nominated the following ticket.
For Governor-A. w. Files, of Little
Rock.
For Electors at Large-W. S. Nor
gan, Of Hardy; j. E. Seaman, of Bee
Branch.
First Districts. E. Sweet, of For
rest City.
Second District-W. b. Heartsell, of
Greenwood.
Third District-J. M. Pittman, of
Prescott.
Fourth District-J H. Cherry, of
Little Rock.
Fifth District-John Roberts, of Van
Buren,.
Sixth District-J. p. II. Russ, of e.
PasO.
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THE GUEST OF LORD ROBERTS.
Mrs. Botha Dined with Lord Roberts
Fairy stories Resorted to
by the Beers.

Pretoria, Tuesday, July 51.-Mrs.
Rotha was the guest Of Lard Roberts
at dinner Tuesday evening.
The Boer animosity TO President
Kruger grows ON account of the fact
that he and his officials are persuading
the people that South African Republic
paper money 10 rs good Ms Bank OF
England notes, because IL Is based on
inaipnable state securities, even
though the state should be con-
quered, As the English have not rec
ognized this contention, many burgh-
ers have been ruined, and much mis-
cry prevails, The wives md children
Of the poorer Beers are almost stary-
Ing,
Gen. Botha's force IN kept together
Ivy extraordinary Inventions. This
correspondent has seen m official cir
cular asserting that Lord Roberts was
forced TO retreat south of the Vaal,
and that Lady Roberts escaped in u
balloon
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Waylaid and Shot.

Jack O'Brien shot and dangerously
wounded Toss Barker at a sawmill near
Osceola, where both men were en-
ployed. O'Brien had trouble with his
wife, who left him and went to Bar
ker's house for protection. O'Brien
laid in wait for Barker by the side of
the road he had to travel to go to the
mill, and when he appeared fred the
contents of shotgun into his body, in
flicting fatal injuries, O'Brien surren-
dered to the sheriff and was placed in
iail,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
ADVANCE TOWARD P[k|N.
A Shanghai Dispatch Says the
Advance From Tien Tsin to
Pekin Has Begun.
A FORWARD BASE TO Be ESTABLISHED.
Thirty Thousand Troops said TO be
Available for Advance Beyond
Tien Tsin, the Remainder of tho
Allied Force Being Needed to
Keep Communications Open.

London, Aug. 1.-The allies have
began the advance from Tien Tsin,"
announces an agency bulletin dated
at Shanghai at 11:l0 a. m.
A Reasonable Assumption.
| 1t is assumed that the Americans,
British and japanese are taking part
in this forward movement, whether
other nationalities are or not. An adj
vance base will probably be estab-
Iished twenty or thirty miles nearer
Pekin, and supplies will be assembled
preparatory to a direct stroke at the
capital.
The Allied Army.
Of the 10000 allies debarked at Pc
Chilli ports, English military OBJ
servers consider that 10000 are availa-
BILE for an advance beyond Tien Tsin.
The Chinese forces, according to the
vague gatherings of the allies intelli-
gence officers, up to July ~, were dis
posed in a great arc 30 miles long and
distant 10 or Is miles. The numbers
and exact location of the several divi-
| slOnS are utterly unknown.
The Pei Ho River DIocknded.
The Pei Ho river is blockaded by
sunken stone-laden junks for 20 miles
| beyond Tien Tsin. and farther up, ac-
cording to Chinese spies Of the allies,
dam has been constructed for the
purpose of flooding the low lying ex-
panse of country.
The first engagement of the relief
expedition will probably be at Pei
Tang, where the viceroy Of Yulu per-
sonally commands.
| Latest Information.
The following information was
brought to Tien Tsin Wednesday, July
Is, by a Chinese mi sionary student,
who was sent to the British legation
at Pekin. He was unable TO deliver
the message iptrusted to him, and left
Pekin July ls. He saw few troops
between Pekin and Yang Tsun. No
works had been constructed. Food In
Pekin was scarce, md the city would
be quite unable to endure siege.
scraps of Information. ID.
Among the scraps Of information
brought by another courier, who left
Pekin July IA, was the fact that Gen.
Ma, n notable chief, had been killed
by the lcgatoners.
Shanghai kilograms Of this date say
the foreign consuls met, Tuesday, and
decided to invite Admiral Seymour
Obritish), to take command of the
Shanghai defenses.
Seymour Promised to Draw Plans.
The United States consul general,
John Goodnow, and the French con-
sol general, NJ. De Bezaure, on behalf
Of the consuls, visited Admiral Sey-
mour, and he promised to draw up
plans and submit them TO council OF
officers. The Shanghai municipal
council objects 10 the consular action.
To Debnrk mt Hong Kong,
The British second infantry brigade
has been ordered TO debark at Hong
Kong TO form flying column to serve
anywhere in China.
Two more transports, With Indian
troops on board, are due to arrive.
The customs officers at Canton have
seized n Chinese junk which had 1000
rifles and much ammunition aboard.
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To DO Placed Under u Guardian.

Hartford, Conn, Aug, @.-rhe deci'
sion Of Judge II. Il. Freeman, Of the
probate court, In the case Of Charles
H. Hoyt, the playright,was announced.
Mr.. Iloyt IL released from the retreat
for the insane, whore he was con-
fined, on condition that he be plaeed
under the care OF physician selectcd
by his friends, and that guardian
bs appointed. ...
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Accidentally Shot.

A young man by the name Of Earl
Nolen shot and killed himself by acci,
dent near Paragould. Young Nolen,
whose home was in Illinois, was on a
visit to relatives and had been out
squirrel hunting when the accident oc.
cured. While returning home the
rifle he was carrying was accidentally
discharged, the ball taking effect in
the region Of the heart and causing in.
Stant death
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Shot Himself Accidentally.

John English, one Of the guards at
the state convict camp at Prairie
Grove, was painfully injured by the ac-
cidental discharge of his pistol. The
weapon was in his scabbard, and by
some means he struck the hammer with
his Winchester, discharging the pistol,
the ball blowing a furrow down the
fleshy part of his leg and passing
through his foot
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
DROWNED In MUSHROOM LAKE.
Three Lives Lost by the Gnpsisinv
OF n Doat-rhrce Others
Were saved.

Muskegon, Mich, Aug, 1.-Two men
md u young woman lost their lives by
drowning in Muskegop lake Tuesday
night, The drowned are John Mort.
wedt, Charles Erickson, Selma Telef.
son. Three other occupants of the
boat were saved.
The boat in which the party were
rowing capsized about n mile from
shore. Mortwcdt managed TO right
the craft and saved two OF the girls
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

A Texarkana negro raised a check
which had originally been made out
for cal to sl4.lo by placing figure
before the and writing teen" after the
word -four" in the body of the check.
He then rendered it to merchant from
whom he had made some purchases,
and pocketed the change. The work
OF raising the check was so neatly exc
cuted that it was not detected until
after the negro had taken his depart
urp
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
RESPONSE FROM THE PRINCE.
The Prince OF wales Replies 20 Con-
prntuintions From Mani
tOhu MnsORs.

Winnipeg, Mani, Avg. 9.-'rhe fol-
lowing reply TO n message sent the
prince Of Wales during the session OF
the Masonic grand lodge of Manitoba,
hns been received,
London, July 20, l000,-Grnnd Mas
ter Frccmusons, Wmplpcgi Warm
th, nks for eongrHtulOtioi y ON success
of British arms.
lspned,1 WALES.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Addressed the Veterans.

Ex-Governor Oates, Of Alabama, adj
dressed u large audience on the even
Ing Of July 25th at the city hall In Hot
Springs in response to a request from
Albert Pike Camp OF Confederate Vet
Grams, In the audience were many
veterans who wore the blue. Governor
Oates briefly reviewed the causes
which led TO the war and related many
Interesting incidents connected with it,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Robbery At Hot Syringe

The residence OF Col e. W. Rector AT
Hot Springs was entered by burglars
and about 81 900 worth Of goods, con.
Sisting Of costly jewelry, laces, fans,
dresses and other articles OF value were
taken, The stolen articles had been
kept In trunk and were not missed
FOR several days after the robbery,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Sent Up for One Year.

r. W. Andrews, who was arrested
some time ago upon the complaint of
the state agent OF II well known life in
surance company, charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses'
was placed on trial at Lockesburg and
entered plea Of guilty, He was SEN
fenced to one year In the pcnitentiary.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
VAN buren,. ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 4,

cation with their governments 1t has
been suggested to the Pekin authori-
ties that they send an embassy imme-
diately to lien Tsin, clothed with full
authority to deal with the situation
and given unlimited power to afford
reparation for the injuries inflicted
upon the internationals. If this is
preceded by the release of the minis
tiers from siege, there is a possibility
that the powers, temporarily, will
suspend the military movement
which may, in the end, be rendered
unnecessary if the embassy meets the
demands of Europe and America.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

At Helena fire totally destroyed the
buildings occupied by NJ Worker, dry
goods, and W, r, Dryer, meat market
The buildings and stocks OF Essingcr
q Co furniture dealers, j, Il, Oates,
groceries, and the warehouse OF llar'
graves 4 Co, were also slightly dam
aged.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Dynamite Cap Exploded.

Mrs Edna Howard, Of Green Forest,
was painfully injured by the explosion
OF u dynamite cap, She was building u
fire, and In some way got the cap
mixed up with the kindling She was
In the act Of starting the fire when the
explosion took place. She received 50
we're In jures In the neck and breast.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
THE MARITIME CANAL co.
The Nicaraguun Government Takes
Possession of aud Removes the
Company's Property.

Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 2.-The
government of Nicaragua has taken
possession of the property of the Mari
time Canal Co. and removed the COM
pany's cars, rails and property to the
interior from Greytown, under arti'
Gle "a of the concession.
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smallpox Aba,Ing Ut Nome.

Seattle, WASH, Aug. 2.--.'rhe steam.
ship Cleveland arrived fiom Nome at
midnight, having suled July 90 She
is quprantIncd In the horbor here, but
has n ceur bill Of health, aud no small
pog aboard. The disense was ahatng
ut Nome. only Is casss being down
when she sailed. 80. at
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

j. w. Lenton and his son were ar.
rested at Atkins on n charge OF murder
The crime is said to have been com.
mitted in Dyer county, Tennessee,
about two years ago, Lenton is an as
sumed name, their true name being
Caldwell. A reward OF s4OO had beer
offered for their capture,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

In Ncvadu circuit court special
grand jury returned three indictments
against Junius Kcrshaw for arson
hcrshaw is charged with scttiog fire to
the Prescott Hardware Companys
building, the high school building,
ana Bush & Nelson's law Office, All
the fires occurred ut different times,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

james l., Fitzgerald, n clerk In the
Choctaw railroad Offices in Little Rock,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed while walking along the street
ON hi. way from his home TO his office,
p. II. sullivan, who was with Fitager.
aid at the time, sustained severe in
iuries
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

The body Of T. Elmer Mack, print
er, was found floating in the Arkansas
river at Little Rock on July 3lst. 1t
was thought Mack committed suicide,
as he had been very respondent on &C
count of i'll health
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

San Francisco Aug. 2. Walter X"
n ringer PAGER, TINT recently figured
on The California circGIt, has disap-
pcnred from BenicIn, rurt associations
throughout the country have been
Wnrur1
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

A brakeman named Sullivan, on an
Iron Mountain through freight, fell
from his train near Tuckerman and
was killed. He was not missed until
the train reached Newport. Sullivan
must have fallen between the cars, as
his body was terribly mangled.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04
Gloomy Crop Prospects.

Recent reports from Jefferson county
state that crop prospects in that county
are very gloomy. 1t is said that a
large amount of the cotton will not av-
erage more than one.fourth of bale to
the acre, and that corn is in equally
bad condition.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

Ex-Gov, James p Eagle has been APP.
pointed as the Arkansas member of the
National Civic Federation, which will
hold national conference in Chicago
September gath to 27th to discuss
trusts, finance and other subjects.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

Levi Marchbanks was sentenced at
Harrisburg to be hanged on September
esth for the murder Of his fnthcr'in.
law, George Spearman, near White
Hall, poinsctt county, last February
This il the first death sentence ever
passed In that county,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-08-04

Coburg, Aug, l.-4At the desire OF
the queen OF England, the funeral OF
the duke OF Snxe.Cohurg and Gotha
has been postponed te Saturday, An.
gust 1. -'4.'',
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Heavy Rainfall At Pine Nun.

The heaviest downpour Of rain OK
perienced at Pine Bluff and vicinity In
many years fell on July 25th. Below
she city the storm assumed the proper
.'ons OF cloudburst, water In the
h'lds In many places inundating the
cotton. The damage will reach thou
sands Of dollars
uround IN being stakcd on and ar
Judgements mad, for the new postoillce
guiding for the city OF Hot Springs
Ing building when completed will cost
VI The helghborhood Of 100000.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-30
INSANITY AMONG SOLDIERS.
DepIorabIe statezo9 Affairs in TIA,
Philippines.

DepIoTabIe state aoF Affairs in the
PhiIiprfHes-
Reports received here from private
sources tell Of the alarming increase of
mental and physical disorders among the
Uaited States military and naval forces In
the Philippines Nearly if not all OF
these cases. of course must come under
the official cognizanee of the War and
Navy departments. but naturally there is
no great eagerness displayed TO make the
information public.
Several times the Government officials
Es-ve considered it necessary to endeaYor
to refute the statements of the spread of
insanity among the troops, and doubtless
the reports may have been somewhat ex-
aggerated. But that the terrible climate
of the Philippines. the dependency pro
duced by inconsistencies and the continued
experience of dealing with foe fighting
only from ambush has shattered both the
mental and physical systems of officers
and men cannot be disproved or conceal
ed Officers Of both the Army and Navy,
who went from here in the full Yigor of
health not many months ago, are broken
down IN body and are almost imbeciIes.
Nothing has been said about il, but some
Of them are now being brought home to
their sorrowing families. 1t is very pref
ty to talk about soldiers duty and a sol
dier's pride. and It is very pretty to read
the eloquent flights OF the expansion
statesmen and orators who discourse On
the subject al the long-Tange distance Of
eight to ten thousand miles Every now
and then also the country is favored with
extracts from the letters of some fre-eat-
ing soldier in the Philippines who is as
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-30
RUSSELL HARRISON TO GO.
The ex-President's Son Ceases to Be
an Officer Tomorrow.

The ex-Presidenf's Som Ceases to Be
an Officer Tomorrow.
Lieut.. Col. Russell B Harrison. son Of
former President Benjamin Harrison, viii
cease to be an officer of the Army tomor-
row. Earnest representations of friends
and personal appeals made to the Presi-
dent and Secretary of var have failed,
and he will be discharged in accordance
with the terms of the order issued while
Secretary Root was in Cuba
This action is taken in spite OF the IA
vorabie recommendation of Brig Gen J.
c. Breckenridge. Inspector General, who
is chief of the corps of which Lieutenant
Colonel Harrison was a volunteer mem
her, and it is understood that Lieutenant
General Miles favored his retention The
President decided, however. that the ac
ton of the War Department was justif-
able. and Lieutenant Colonel Harrison
must go.
In explanation Of the determination OF
the President and Secretary Of War TO
drop Lieutenant Colonel Harrison from
the service. a high official OF the War De-
partment said that he had been IN serv-
ice longer than any other of the sons Of
great men appointed during the Spanish
war. Young Blaine, young Brice, and 9TH
ers of equally prominent families were
discharged months ago. As the Depart
ment of Porto Rico. to which Harrison
was attached, was recently abolished, it
is said, there was no further need for
his services.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-30
AFTER THE ROGERS WORKS.
Famous Plant May Be Removed t
Birmingham, Ala.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 3e.-Tbe Biz
mingham Commercial Club viii consider a
proposition 10 make an effort 10 secure the
removal Of the plant Of the Rogers Lo-
connective Company. at Paterson. N J, to
this district at the next meeting Of the
club
A committee viii be appointed to give
all necessary assistance in carrying out
the scheme. Local promoters and indus
trial men. with the industrial and land
agents Of the various railroads in the Biz
mingham district, are now at work on the
scheme. and favorable results are in sight
Advices from Paterson received here are
to the effect that two days after Christmas
the stockholders IL the Rogers Company
viii meet and vote On resoIution-reeent-
y adopted by the director recommending in
erect that the corporation be dissolved.
In4smuch as Jacob Rogers owns practical
u all OF the stock in the concern and IA
pors the dissolution. If is believed here the
resolution viii be adopted. \ deal TO re-
move the plant which was GU foot weeks
ago was smashed ay local brew ers in New
jersey and New York capitalists who
made an offer to keep the plant intact in
IdtSi1Si- hut the AaituES OF TIE pdFties 10
cemplete the agreement throws the entire
matter back TO Birmingham
". L. Henderson, land and Industrial
agent and n A Richards. general land
and immigration agent OF the Southern
Railway, have the matter in hand. Off
CiaiS Of iron companies here have becoma
! interested in the proposition. and in1ica-
tio1s are the plant viii be located at Ems
ley, six miles from he city. within easy
sacess Of bofn iron and steel furnQeeg and
IaiIls. a bonus OF g site may be added
and favorable railroad facilities have been
offered to remove the plant.