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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

turn against me in a moment. But they
shall have no reason to lose faith.
81 have written at length and frank
ly, because If The World supports me
l want 1t to do so with a full knowl-
edge of what to expect. would much
rather have The World support my
platform than support me, If it cannot
do both. I do not care to hold office
unless it enables me to do something
to aid these people in their fight against
wealth, and to make peace with the
money trust would render all efforts
Ruthless"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Acquits the chinese Government.

Washington, July L. Important
news came TO the state department
tuesday from Consul General Good
now, at Shanghai, respecting the con-
uitions at Picking. The consul gen.
erars adyices show that the imperial
Chinese government Is not implicated
IN the attack upon the ministers and
the missionaries. Goodnow's dispatch
says: "The emperor and the empress
are prisoners in the palace. The city
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Those Boxers of Indiana.

Bloomington, Ind, July 4.-Mr. ant
Mrs. Thomas Dixon were taken from
the house Of Pleasant Meadows, In the
northeast part of the county, at night
and whipped by masked men with bug
gy whips. AS result both the injured
people have filed affidavits for the ar
rest Of Tilman Cox, Richard Ratclif
Sherman Chitwood, James Richardson
Alfred Baugh. and Henry Thompson
all well-known farmers. It is alleged
that the DixOns are bad characters
Mrs. Dixon was in jail recently.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
SIN on the Road to Kums.s,.

Fumsu, July 4.-The road between
here and Prahsu Is In some places five
feet under water. The headquarters
stats, with $50 men of the expedition
for the relief Of Governor Sir Frederick
Hodgson, of the Gold Coast Colony.
and 1000 warriors and one gun, Is
marching at the rate Of one and one
half miles per hour Nothing definite is
known regarding the situation at
Kumassi
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

A notice in, an English powder mill
reads, "Any employee who lights match
es on the premises will be discharged.
And nc. one ever saw the joke until
Chihchen Lofengluh, the Chinese Am
bassador to London, called attention to
it when he visited the place the other
day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
The Appetite Of a Goat.

lsenvived by all whose stomach and Liv-
er are out of order. But such should know
that DIR. Kings New Life Pills, get splen-
did appetite, sound digestion aud regular
bodily habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only 25c at j. 5. Haggart
and w. K. Collins & Co., drug store
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

Chinese Heavily Reinforced - All SIM
Challenge to Europe.

The consular body at Shanghai Is Of
the opinion that the food and ammuni-
ton Of the besieged legation forces
at Picking having become exhausted
they must be dead or imprisoned, and
that 1t would be futile to make desper-
ate effort for their relief with made
Quat forces. The inability Of 1000 men
the latest estimate Of the number
landed at Tien-Tsin-t0 advance Is ex-
planned by the statement that the Chi
nese army between Tien-Tsin and Pc
king has been heavily reinforced, and
that 1t has abundant artillery and nu-
merous cavalry. Accommodating par
ties run q great hazard of being sur
rounded, captured and probably ex-
executed by torture. A long delay seems
certain before an effective advance can
be made.
Various accounts of the murder of
Baron Won Ketteler reach Shanghai.
The correspondent of The Express says
that Prince Tuan, who is the dictator
at the capital, tried by means Of a
trap to fnduce the ministers 20 leave
the legations so that they might be
massacred by fanatics, thus evading
governmental responsibility for their
death. The American, British, French
ana Russian ministers suspected plot
and refused to leave the legations.
Baron Won Ketteler, however, accepted
the invitation and left the German
legation with a small escort of Ger
man marines. Opposite the foreign Of
fee he was assailed by the Chinese
soldiery and was shot four times. The
ONCE was burned by the marines in
their endeavor to defend Baron Won
Ketteler, whose body was hideously
mutilated.
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times, telegraphing on Monday, says:
''Tbe edict issued at Picking on June
20 amounts to an open challenge to
the powers, and practically declares
war. It commands the provinces to
enroll the Boxers and troops to assist
to expel the foreigners"
A special dispatch from Shanghai
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
silver Republican Programme.

Kansas City, Mo-, July THE ma
tional committee Of the Silver Repub-
lican party completed its arrange
ments for the party convention at the
Auditorium. Senator Teller was desig-
mated for temporary chairman. The
programme provides fof the reading
Of an original poem and the Declara-
ton of Indenendence.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Candidates withdraw.

Milwaukee, Wis, July Ara Brad
ford, of Augusta. candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor,
has withdrawn from the race without
getting single delegate to the con-
vehtion which Is to be held next
month.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

DARED July 2, says that the taotai Of
Shanghai has notified the Chinese
newspapers that beginning June 81 no
notice will be taken OF DEGREES Of the
so-called imperial government, as
Prince Tuan had seized the power on
that day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
1t Saved His Leg.

z. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE, Ga, suffer
ed for six months with a frightful running
sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklens
Arnica Salve wholly cured it in FIVE Gays.
For ulcers, wounds, piles, it's the best salve
in the world. Cure Guaranteed. Only 25c
Sold by j. s. Haggart and W. f. Collins
Il Co.. druggists
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

English SPAWN Liniment removes all Hard,
Soft or Calloused Jumps and Blemishes from
Ring. Bone, Stiles, sprains. all swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle.
Warranted the most wonderful Blemsh Cure
ev known. Sold BY johnson & Henderson,
druggists, OWOSsO, Mich
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
BRYAN VIII Not say So.

Lincoln, Neb., July Aft w. j. Bry-
an intends going to Kansas City to
make a speech to delegates to the ma
tional convention either before or after
II concludes. he will not say so.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Emperor sends His Coincidence.

Muenster, July 4. - Baroness Won
Ketteler, mother Of the late German
minister to China, has received a
telegram Of coincidence from the en-
peror, who expressed the deepest SYM
pathy and gratitude for the faithful
services rendered by her son.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

Irate Dutchman Ito stranger who has
stepped on his foot milne trent, l
know mine feet vas made to walk on,
but dot privilege belongs to me-"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Feature of the situation.
COL. BRYAN TO THE WORLD.
Declines to Drop silver and States why
He So Declines.

He So Declines.
New York, July 4.-William J. Bry-
an in response to u private telegram
urging him to drop the silver issue
wrote letter to the managing editor
Of The World. which was received on
May 2. The World requested Bryans
permission to print the following eX-
tracts. Bryan gave his permission
and The World prints the following:
whenever you see in the newspapers
that l have abandoned silver or side
tracked it, or tried in any way to
evade 1t, you can set 1t down as false.
While men differ as to the relative i'm
portance of the money question, the
trust question and imperialism, / re-
gard all of them as important, and
have not yet attempted to decide
which is most important. 1t seems to
me that The World ought to be able
to see the folly of my taking sides In
the dispute.
"Why should l discourage those
who oppose the gold standard and the
trusts merely to crafty those who
think the question of Imperialism the
all important question? Why should
l discourage the anti-imperialists by
SdymS THAT the TRUST question Is all
important? Why should discourage
the opponents of trusts and Imperial
ism by saying that the money question
is the only question to be considered?
Others may emphasize one question or
the other, but l shall emphasize them
all. If we are to win In November we
must have the cooperation of all who
oppose Republican policies, and that
cooperation can only be secured by
making a fight along the line.
"The people who oppose the gold
standard also oppose the trusts and
Imperialism, and there are nine who
oppose all three to one who favors the
gold standard and yet opposes the trusts
or Imperialism. Why ALLEVIATE nine in
order to please one? The men who de-
mand the abandonment Of the silver
question did what they could to make
the party gold standard party, and
when they were out-voted they left
the party and did what they could to
defeat the ticket Now they want to
drive away the Populists and Silver
Republicans who came to us when the
gold Democrats deserted.
whatever influence may have will
be exerted to holding what we have
and gaining enough from the outside
to defeat the Republicans. but I do
not want ut to be barren victory.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
OUTLINES OF BRYAN's PLATFORM.
Tells What He Wants n Democratic Gov
eminent to DO.

81 want the party to accomplish the
reforms to which 1t Is pledged. want
the FilipinOs to have chance to cele-
brate the Fourth Of July, and l want
every private monopoly destroyed, but
l also want silver restored at the ratio
of 10 to 1, and I. want the national
banks deprived of the power to issue
paper money. also want the constitu-
ton so amended as to authorize an in
come tax and the election of senators
by the people. In addition to these 1
want to see the system known as gov
ernment by injunction" abolished. and
arbitration between capital and labor
established.
chose who favor free silver favor
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
q a ste RIA.
Bears the zH1hs Kind You Havs Always Huups
''s, :; &s(HzZzzT
Hoax-Is this your little baby?

Hoax-Is this your little baby?
Joax-Sometimes.
81 don't understand"
"Why, when we we're among my rela.
tives its mine, but to my wifes folks
it's never anything but Our Mary's
Baby"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

FORTHCOMING at his watch) "As
we have few minutes, l should like to
have anyone ask questions, if so dis
posed" Student-"What time is it,
please?"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR HUNTING
Proposes to Try His Hand on Deer I'm
Colorado.

Denver, Col, July 4.-Governor
John r. Tanner, of Illinois, arrived in
Denver Sunday night, and will spend
several weeks in Colorado hunting big
game. The governor is accompanied
by John Peters, of Springfield. The
gentlemen were met at the station by
Tingley S. Wood, of Leadville, and
were driven to the Denver club, where
the party had dinner.
II shall go after big game, mostly
deer" said Governor Tanner, "al-
though we have not yet decided in
what locality. We shall not go to
Glen Beulah park again this year
but will in all probability shoot in the
neighborhood of Moore's ranch, near
Glenwood Springs. We had also in
tended doing some fishing at the
'Frenchman' on Eagle river, but l
am informed that there is a quaran-
tine on that place on account of small
poX"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

''How is your brother, Tommy"
"Ill in bed, miss; he hurt himself"
How did he do that?"
eve were playing at who could lear
farthest out of the window, and he
won"
The college men are very slow
They seem to take their ease,
For even when they graduate
They do it by degrees.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

Ibid you hear what Whimpton's lit.
tie boy said when they showed him the
twins"
mo. What was it?''
He said; There! Mammals been
gettin' bargains again."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

Customer want two poached eggs
on toast
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Customer-And be sure you have them
fresh laid.
Waiter-Yes. sir; I'll have them laid
on the toast, sir.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

Because she amt built that way.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

gates are closed Prince Tuan and
his force Of Boxers are in control of
everything. Complete condition OF
anarchy in Streets
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Last Stand of the Legationers.

They knew they would not be aban-
doned, and that the armies of their
governments were advancing. Some
times they thought they could hear ar
tillery in action beyond the wall. They
were unable to return the fire Of the
Chinese, except at moments when an
assault seemed imminent Then the
machine guns and repeating rifles tore
the storming parties to pieces. The
messenger expressed the belief that 1t
would be impossible for the foreigners
to resist much longer, as the Chinese
were preparing to batter down the
walls of the courtyard and the am
munition of the defenders was running
law
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Mutilation of SEYMOUR Dead.

He passed the remains of foreign
ers Of Admiral Seymour's force who
had been killed between Lang Fang
and Lo Flu. Their bodies had been
cut to pieces, and their heads were
carried at the ends Of bamboos. A
large army Of Manchu Chinese i'm
perial troops, with twenty guns, Is re-
ported to be advancing In the direction
OF Tien-Tsin. Reliance is placed in
Shanghai on most Of the statements
made by the messenger, as he Is known
to be faithful to the foreigners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

A hen may lay bushel of eggs,
And cackle around all day;
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
DESPERATE SITUATION
Chinese Are Aggressive at TEN.
Tsin and Pushing Their
Entertainments.
PEKIN THE SCENE OF A TRAGEDY
Hardly a Doubt That the Legationers
Have Been Massacred Their
Vain Hope for Relief.

Chefoo. July At is reported that
Ill foreigners have been ordered out
Of Tien-Tsin. The situation is con-
sidered desperate. The Chinese are
pushing their entertainments under the
walls. The railway between Tien-Tsin
and Lutai is in the hands of the Chi
nese.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
Can Get No Message to Friends.

Orders were given by Prince Tuan,
the messenger says, that since some
had been killed not one other for
eigner should be left alive. The Chinese
soldiers were eXhorted to sacrifice
their lives without hesitation If by so
doing they could help exterminate the
wang kuei tse. Extreme precautions
had been taken to prevent the foreign
ers from communicating with any one
outside the city, and number Of run
ners who had been sent out were
killed by the Chinese. This messenger
succeeded in getting through by smear
ing his face and clothes with blood
and joining in the outcries against the
"devils"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06

neSe.
London, July 4.-The couriers who
are arriving at the seats of govern
mentof the southern viceroys in China
, from their agents in Picking give vivid
but fragmentary pictures Of what is
being enacted at the capital. These
couriers seemingly left Picking a day
Or two later that the messenger Of Sir
Robert Hart, the inspector general OF
customs, who started on the night OF
Tune PA. They report that the heads
81 some of the captured legation guards
were being borne through the streets
at til etop of spears, followed by zeal
DTS chanting "Tapi yang kuei tse; tapi
tapi." xiii the foreign devils; kill,
kill.") The city's millions have been
reused to patriotic fervor, breaking out
into the widest excuses, while over
half the city could be heard fighting
around the legations.
Last Stand of the Legationers.
Sir Robert Harris runner, who was
interviewed by the correspondent Of
The Express at Shanghai, supplement-
ed the tragic sentences of the dispatch
be bore by a narrative of some things
be saw. He says the foreigners were
making "a last stand in the extensive
buildings and enclosures Of the British
legation. They had many dead and
wounded. Among them were some wo-
men and children. All were short Of
food, even Of the commonest necessa-
ries. The women were starving, as
they gave a part Of their small allow
ance to the children. The foreigners,
nevertheless, were holding out under
q terrible fire, upheld by the hourly
expectation of relief.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
- ------------
lynched for the Usual Crime.

A lynching occurred at Wcllston,
Ga, last Tuesday night about II
o'clock. The house of Rev. b. M.
Picrson was entered by Frank IIar1e-
man, a negro, and an attempt was
made to assault Mrs. Picrson. She
alarmed the town and soon IIardc-
man was caught. After confcssing,
he was swung to tree by a small
mob and his body riddlcd with bull
lets. lIardeman was a servant of
the family, in whom the utmost con
fidcncc was placed. Rev. Pierson
was absent from home at the time.
One account Of the affair is to the
effect that Hardeman attempted an
assault upon lady living near the
Persons, but was frightened off by
her screams. He then proceeded to
the l'ierson place, seized Mrs. Pier
son, when her little son, eight years
old, came to her aid, helping her to
beat the negro off, while her two
other small children raised the alarm.
The negro, running from the house,
sought refuge in hole in cotton
field, but was tracked by the aroused
citizens, who lost no time in putting
him to death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24

CONFEDERATE DEAD
To be Removed from Northern Graves 10
Southern Soil.

The Confederate Memorial Asso-
citation, whose headquarters are in
New Orleans, La, has arranged to
reclaim the bodies of the Southern
dead now resting in Northern ceme-
tcries, and to renter them either in
the churchyards and cemeteries of
their respective States, or in a plot
to be especially set aside for the pur-
pose in the National cemetery at Ar
lington, Va, directly opposite Wash
ington. The affiliated associations,
the numerous camps of the Confede-
rate veterans and the State chapters
of the United Daughters of the Con-
fedcracy have been asked TO assist in
this work.
The lists of The Confederate dead
buried in Northern cemeteries will
be published throughout the South,
thus giving friends and veterans an
opportunity to claim their dead.
The date for removal has been set
for this month. IIollywssad ceme-
terry, in Richmond, has been placed
at the disposal Of the association for
the rcintcrmcnt of the bodies of all
Confederate soldiers which are un-
clairno1
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
Gen. Lees Coffin.

1t was not known until very re-
Gently that Gen. Robert f.. Lee, the
great Southern commander, was
buried at Lexington in a coffin that
was washed to that place by the
great flood Of 1870. Col Craighill,
who knew Gen. Lee well, and who
is one of the most prominent cngin-
eers in this country, gives this state
mcnt Of this heretofore but little
known subject:
ga curious scrap of history has
recently come to my knowledge in
connection with the burial of Gen.
Robert e. Lee. Gen. Lee died Oc-
tobcr ~, 1870. A few days before
his death the great flood of that
year in James River had swept
everything before it, and Lexington
was cut off from communication
with the outside world. 1t was
found that there was not coffin in
the town suitable for the occasion.
In this dilemma some one found a
box which had tloated down the
river and stranded. Upon opening
it beautiful casket was found in
the box, ana in this the body of the
great commander was buried Should
anybody be disposed to doubt these
facts | am prepared to verify them
absolutely" Richmond, Va, Cor,
in New Orleans Times Democrat.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24

The Youngest Criminal.

a petition has been filed with tho
Governor of Mississippi for the par
don of Hettie Record, q 13-year-old
girl, who enjoys the distinction of
being the youngest criminal ever
sent to the penitentiary. She was
convicted of infanticide in Marshall
county, when she was only 8 years
old, and was sent to the pcnitentiary
shortly afterward. She has served
four years Of her ten year term.
Hettie's victim was baby brother,
who was given to her to take care
OF while her parents worked else
where. According to her statements,
the child "cricd and cried and kept
crying till | jes' picked up er AK and
peeled him side de haid." Imme-
diately after this summary stoppage
of his infantile querulousness she
hid the body in thicket, where it
was discovered the next day. On
account of her tender age the Judge
gave her only ten years in the pcni-
tentiary as punishment.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
Don't Vote Away Your Rights and Property

The proposed Constitutional
amendment, permitting certain cities,
including Charleston, to increase
their debts for the purpose of certain
public improvements, was proposed
to the Legislature by Charleston
along with other cities interested
and its passage was urged by the
Charleston delegation. The measure
has been well considered by the city
authorities and leading citizens, who
have agreed that its acceptance is a
necessary measure of relief. The
question is entirely practical, and
academic discussion of it is a waste
of timc.--C Charleston Post.
Just SO. "I.cading citizens" it
may be Inferred from the above
paragraph, have dccrced and ordered
the country gudgcous to vote for the
amendments
The Post, it seems, regards it as
the inalicnabc right Of "leading cili-
zcns" to rule this State, even to the
requiring Of the common herd to
vote away not only their rights, but
Their property, too. o.-Abbcvillc Press
and Banner,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
Vote Against Low.Land Drainage.

The Barnwcll People, published in
low, swampy country, knows what
it is talking about when it advises
the people 20 vote against the Con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the drainage of low-lands. The Peo-
pie says:
"The proposed Constitutional
amendment looking to the drainage
of swamp lands has fair face, but
will not bear analysis. If adopted
surveyors and spectators and con
tractors will get fat jobs, and many
land-holdcrs will have their property
confscated. Disastrous climatic ci-
fects would follow the drainage and
clearing up of the swamp lands.
Freshets would soon wash away their
fertility, and droughts become longer,
more frequent and destructive than
they have been. The State is be-
coming trcclcss waste too fast al
ready. We shall vote NO as to this
mischievous proposition"
This all SO. 1t will make our
taxes higher. Kill it with your
votes. a word to the wise is sufli-
cient. Watch
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
Bryan May Go 10 the Senate.

New YORK, October 2O.-A New
York llerald's Lincoln, Ncb., spc-
cial says
There is paramount issue in
Nebraska distinct from that in other
States, and tits the complexion of the
next Legislature, which will be called
upon to elect two United States
Senators. Republicans are bonding
their whole energy to secure control,
and if factional fights can be settled
in Douglas and Lancaster counties,
their chances are the better.
On the political complexion Of the
Legislature, it is believed here, de-
pends the political future of w. j.
Bryan. Mr. Bryan, it is also as
serted, is well aware of the fact, for
if he is defeated for the presidency
and the Nebraska Legislature is
fusion, the chances are ten to one
that he will become a United States
Senator