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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
HELD AT HOSTAGES.
Tnat Is Statement About Min.
ters Made In Imperial
Edict.

London July 30.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Express,
telegraphing, says: "a new i'm
perial edict promulgated this evening
urgently orders all viceroys and pro-
vincisl governors to endeavorto nego
tia.e peace with the powers, whose
ministers are held as hostages pend.
ing the result of the oyertures for
the abandonment of hostlllties
against China
..The viceroys are also commanded
to guard their territories vigilantly
against attack and to prevent, by all
means in their power, the advance OF
the foreign troops especially along
the Yang Tse Kiang.
1.-The decree says that the officials
will answer with their lives for any
failue to execute these orders
Commands are also given that not
single foreigner shall be allowed to
escape from the interior, where their
are still fully 1000 Europeans. con-
nected with missionary work, in iso,
lated situations.
"Wheu the governor of Shan Tung
communicated to the consuls the im-
perial degree of July "a. he omitted
important passages addressed to Ii
Hung Chang:
THE ORDERS TO Ii hung
CHANG.
&c 1T is admittedly insdvisable to
kill all the ministers, but it is equally
unwise to send them to Tien Tsin.
It will be much wiser to keep the
survivors at Pekin at hostages.
".You are commanded to hasten
to Pekin. You are incurring im-
perial displeasnre by delay. You
have been appointed yiceroy of
Chill because with your military ex-
experience, you will successfully lead
the imperia, armies against the for
eigners in Chill, which Yu Lu. the
presep. viceroy, is unable to do, ow-
ing to his ignorance of military
affairs
eli Hung Chang replied to this
edicat sking to be allowed to retire
on account of his age
MURDERS IN PAO TING FU.
"Sheng now admits that he has
had kilograms since July 10 announc.
ing that every foreigner in Pao Ting
Fu was murdered. including 4 Brit
ish, French and American mission
aries, and announcing also that two
French Jesuits and thousand con
verts have been massacred at Kwapg
Pin Flu, on 4he borders of Shang
Tung and Chi Ii. A majority of the
consuls favor strong measures against
Shepg's duplicity.
"Local officials assert that the
Italian priests murdered in Hu Nan
were wrapped in cotton which had
been soaked with kerosene, and were
slowly roasted to death. 1t is believ-
ed that all foreigners in Chill have
by this time been massacged. And
the wave of massacre is spreading
toward Ming Po and Hong Chow.
from which point 80 English and
American missionaries are endeavor
ing to escape in boats down the river
Kiapg Su. Officials here anticipate
a general rising along the Yang Tse
Kiapg about August /,
ANOTHER MARES NEST.
.'An astounding American intrigue
has been revealed to the consuls here
in the shape of a skiilful attempt to
get the maritime customs placed in
the hands of an American missionary
named Ferguson. who, although he
was an active ally of Sheng in the
latter's endeavors to hoodwink the
world with regard to events in Pekin,
was supported by the American
officials in his claim to the appoint
ment of inspector general !"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

Brussels, July 30-A dispatch from
the Russiao admiral. Alexieff, dated at
Tieo Tsin and July 80 aud communi-
Gated to the foreigo Office. states that
the latest news confirms the report that
the foreign ministers at Pekin are out
of danger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

Rome, July 80, 4 80 a m.-Tbe
news of the terrible event did not
arrive hers until after midnight.
Signor Saracco, the prime minister,
Immediately summoned meeting OF
the cabinet. and the ministers will
start at the earliest possible moment
for Mona.
The prince and princess Of Naples
are on board the Yela yachting in
the Levant
Mopza, July 30.-The prize dis
tribution took place about 10 o'clock.
Rome Julv 90 5 m -Signor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

innocent, undisgused pride of the couul y
belle-so different from the hard ap omp OF
the city girl! And now he foollsh NJ e
moth dancing in the sursh ne OIL pIospe'-
ity. had felt the chill Of winter IN us tre'-
~ wings The contempt he had LOT 'i9
father had hitherto showed itself Ia lIeI-
ami pitv for the daughter-so proud Of ne
fathers Dosition. and what il Brought her.
in the revelation that his own d rec or7
bod awaited themselves Of that Ia ner $
methods and the ignoble character OF ms
present mission, he felt stirring o. SCI q
,.anroocb What would become OF her'
OF course. frivolous as she was sue
vvoul1 not feel the keenness OF TINS IN -"
tune like another, nor yet rise SUPERB. "
II She would succumb FOR the PieSe'' :.
70 revive another season IN dlnihSr
e,1or, elsewhere. His Grid al, cynical oo-
seryattnn of her had determined that any
6Iio1 affection she might have wou DC
merged and lost In the greater ueP lFa'i0'i
of her position
sudden darkenng Of the landscape
-, ana q singular opaque viii en-nS O
tha air around them aroused MIN from ~, M
i,,,tb,s The driver drew W the cola &
" W. o,,arcoat and laid the whip sIhAl T.
y. - no hacks Of his cattle. Inc ar
~ ", Gradually darker unul suddenly y
seened TO dlsintegrate into lhEislD'e go
-, narticles that swept l4iouEii 49,,
- presently these particles D, CIA- :
H ,aaviar more percepuba ana Poilsn yea
ne small shot. and a keen wind Grove
M stineingly into The faces OF tne pas-
l 'ieli or insidiously into their pochsts
collars or ne ds Of s Ssc ai' Down f ba'
leather cu so reed Itself through the small
est crevices. ,, ,ge,ve
owen get over TINS Whsu - ~ ain
passed the bend .! ths 50ae eheerfaly from
his sea- beside The driver o.u,,,,
rho driver gave him single scorh I,' ~
look ana turned to the the d PissepGde e OF him.
cgp,eo l,. IN i,i,e The look o things down there
uo az ,y ,a' are stuck wen have TO STRIKE
ont for the next alton.
put" said Master,on as the wind ,o vo,'
but' ahcrn snow pellets IN their faces
ond he leaders were scarcely distlils ulsll'
ahia through the smoke-like dlsehai ses
..I az can't be worse than here"
The driver did not speak but me os sasi
. ,,e oraued over his back ana sail
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SAVANNAH GA, SUNDAY, JANUARY z 1900

this kind o. dry snow don't stick and don't
clog Lookr'
Indeed, between the volleys Masterton
could see that the road was perfectly bare
and windswept, and except slight drifts
and banks beside outlying bushes and
shrubs-which even then were again blown
away before his eyes-the level landscape
was unclothed and unchanged. Where
these mysterious snow pellets went to puz-
zled and confused him; they seemed 10
vanish as they DAD appeared into the air
about them.
I'D make a straight rush to the next
station said the other passenger conf
IDENTIFY to the driver. IF we are stuck we
are that much on The way; if we turn back
we'll have to take the grade anyway when
the storms over, and neither you nor 1
know when thatll be. II may be only a
squat just now, but it's gettin' rather
late in the season. Just pitch in and drive
all We know"
The driver laid his lash on the horses,
and for a few moments the heavy vehicle
dashed forward in violent conflict with
the storm. AT times the elastic hickory
framework of its domed leather roof
swayed and bent like the ribs of an UNI
brella. At times it seemed as if il would
be lifted bodily off; at times the whole
interior of the vehicle was filled with a
thin smoke by drafts through every cram
ny. But presently 10 MYSTERIOUS great re-
lief the interminable level seemed to end,
and between the whitened blasts he could
see that The road was descending. Again
the horses were urged forward and at last
he could feel that the vehicle began to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

the San Francisco detectives that KEN up
yesterday"
Masterson with difficulty repressed a
start. He had heard of Poole, but did not
know him by sight. II don't think I'M
derstand," he said cody.
Il reckon you're a stranger In these
parts" returned the lounger looking at
Masterton curiously "Ef you warn't ye'd
know that about the last man San Fran
cisco or Canada City war . ] TO ketch Is
Monty Trixit! He knows too much and
they know it. But they've got to keep up
a show chase-a kind O cirkis rldln'-up
here to satisfy the stockholders. You bet
that Jake Pco,e hez got his orders-they
might kill him to shut his mouth-ef they
got an eXcUse-and ne made a fight-but
he amt no such fool No, sir! Why, the
sickest man you ever saw was that direc-
tor that came up here with a detective
when he found that Monty hadn't left the
state
"Then he is hiding about here?" said
Masterton with assumed calmness.
The man paused. lowered his voice and
said: Il wouldn't swear he wasn't a
mile from whar we're talkin' now. why
they do allow that he's taken a drink at
this very bar since the news came-and
that there's a boss kept handy in the sta
bic already saddled just to tempt him ef
he was inclined TO scoot."
nat only DUN 10 start MIN Boln
so they kin shoot him in his tracks" said
a bystander.
That amt no good ef he has-as they
say he has-papers slowed away with a
friend that would frighten some mighty
particller men out o. their boots" return
cd the first speaker But he's got his
spies, too, and there amt a man that
crosses the Divide as amt spotted by
them. The officers brag about havin' put
a Gordon around the district, and yet
they've just found out that he managed
TO send a telegraphic dispatch from Black
Rock station just under their noses. Why
only an hour or so arter the detectives
and the news arrived here thar came
along one o. them emigrant teams from
Pike and the driver said that a smart
looking chap In store clothes had come
out of an old prospector's cabin up thar
on the rise about mile away and asked
for newspaper. And the description the
teamster gave just fitted Trixit to a T..
Well the information was given so public
like that the detectives had 10 make a
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uer' interrupted another Passenger r,h,,
was looking through the rolled-un cprtain'
at his side up curtain
Al the passengers turned nv ono oo,or,
ana looked out The file of Gilman, ~, =
indeed turned and was moving 1a - ilsiu
g.. a. lIsht angles from the road.
zu;' uot some signal you betr said the
e,io,S :, some yelder paper or piece o. loss
The remark was addressed n tbo 80
- VINO mad just placed his finger on
i ltiS up ana indicated a stolid-looking
Cii'iaIiIdh overlooked before, who was
sltllns N the back or "steerage" seat
~ ne De darned!' said the driver i'm
Pauehtly He is no account-he's only the
"a "a. au'l "a man from Rocky canon. I'm talk
n OF the coolie gang
But mere the conversation tagged and
IHe alr growing keener the flaps of The
!eathef side curtains We're battened down.
Masterton gave himself up to conflicting
IeHecuons. The informa ton that he ba /
sdlhefed was meager and unsatisfactory.
ana ne could ondy trust to luck and cir
Cuinstance 10 fulfil his mission The first
SLOW OF adventure having passed. he was
uneasIy conscious that the mission was
not 10 his taste. The pretty, flushed but
dehant face of Cssy that aftern Oh
haunted him; he had not known the imme-
dlate cause of il. but made no doubt that
she mad already heard the news Of her ia
thers disgrace when he met her. He re-
GREETED now that he hadn't spoken to her,
II only few formal words of sympathy.
He had always been tendory amuse l
at her frank conceit and her "aits"-the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

add The momentum of its descent to It's
conflict with the storm. The blasts grew
les Violent or became only the natural
resistance Of he air TO their dominant
rush Wi h the cessation of the snow vol
leys, and the clearing of the atmosphere,
the road became more strongly defined as
H. plunged downward to q terrace on the
mountain hank-several hundred feet he
low. Presently they came again upon a
thicker growth of bushes. and here and
there a solitary fir. The wind died away;
the cold seemed to be less bitter. Master
ton in his relief glanced smilingly at his
companions on the box, but the driver $
mouth was compressed as he urged his
ream forward, and the other passengers
looked hnrdly less anxious They were
now upon The level terrace, and the storm
apparently spending its fury high up aud
behind them. But, in spite OF the clearing
of the air he could not but notice that IL
was slngularly dark. What was more sin
gular the darkness seemed 10 have risen
from below and to flow in upon them as
trey descended. A curtain Of profound OBJ
security, darker even than the mountain
wall az their side, shut out the horizon
and the valley below. But for the tenn
perature, Masterton would have thought
a thunderstorm was closing IN upon them /.
an odd feeling Of uneasiness crept over
him.
A few htful gusts now came from the
obscurlty; one of them was accompanied
by what seemed a flight OF small startled
birds. crossing the road ahead of them.
A second larger and more sustained flight
struck his astonished eyes that they were
white, and each bird an enormous fake
of snow For an instant the air was fill
ed with these disks. shreds, patchos--.two
or three clnging together-like the down
fall shaken from a tree, striking the leath-
or roof and sides with a dun thud. spat-
tering the road into which they descended
with large rosettes that melted away,
only to be followed by hundreds more that
stuck and stayed. In five minutes the
ground was white with it-the long road
cleaning out ahead in the darkness; the
roof and sides OF the wagon overlaid with
II as with a coating Of plaster Of paris;
The harness of the horses and even the
relps stood out over their steaming backs
ike white trappings. In five minutes more
The steaming backs themselves were blank
eted with IT, and the arms OF the driver
kent free only by incessant motion. 1t
v-as no i0nger snowin p. :. !. l--
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dered in it; the clogging wheels dragged
in 1.-THE vehicle at last plunged into a
biIloW of it-and stopped.
The bewildered and half blinded passen-
gers hurried out into the road to assist
the driver to unship the wheels and fit
the steel runners in their aNles But it
was too late BY the time the heavy wag-
on was converted into a sledge it was
deeply imbedded in wet and cIinging snow
The narrow, long-handled shoyels borrow
ed from the "pIospectors' kits were
powerless before this heavy half liquid i'm
pediment At last the driver with an oath
relinquished the attempt, and unhitching
led them forward by narrower and more
now scarce a mile away. The led horses
broke path before them; the snow fell
less heavily, but it was nearly an hour
before the struggling procession reached
the house, and the snow-cOated and ex-
hausted passengers huddled and steamed
around the red-hot stove in the barroom
The driver had vanished with his team
in the she'd Masterson's fellow passenger
on the box seat, after a few whispered
words to the landlord, also disappeared
Il see you've got Jake Poole with your"
said one of the barroom loungers to Mas
terton, indicating the passenger who had
lust left II reckon he's here on the same
id fool business"
Masterson looked his surprise and mys-
tiicaton.
Jack Poole, the deputy sheriff" repeat
ed the other 81 reckon hes here pre-
tendln to hunt for Montague TriXit like
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07
J. EOPOLD ADLER,
Sole Agent,
SAVANNAH, CA.

with your horse and his broken neck atop
of you"
He groaned slightly but more from
shame than pain. The young girl took up
n glass of whisky ready on the table and
brought IL to him. Take thatl II will
fetch you all right in a moment. Pepper
says no bones are broken"
Masterton waived the proffered glass.
"Your father Is he here?' he said, hur-
redly recalling his mission.
Not now; he's gone to the station-to
-fetch-my Clothes" she said, with little
laugh
ITO the station?" repeated Masterton,
bewlldered.
yes" she replied ITO the station or
course you don't know the news" she add
ed, with an air of girlish Importance.
They've stopped all proceedings against
him. and he's as free as you are"
Masterton tried to rise, but another
grcan escaped him. He was really in pain.
Cissy's bright eyes softened. She knelt be-
side him. her soft breath tanning his hair,
and lifted him gently to a sitting posi-
ton.
80, I've done IT BEFORE" she laughed as
she read his wonder, with his gratitude
in his eyes. THE horse was already stiff,
and you were nearly so by the time I
came up TO you and got" she laughed
again-"thc other Chinaman to help me
pull you out of that hole"
II know ! owe you my life," he said.
his face flushing.
at was lucky was there" she return
ed naively, perhaps lucky you were
chasing me-"
I'm afraid of the many who would run
after you l should be the least lucky" ha
said, with an attempt to laugh that ala
not. however conceal his modification.
"but / assure you that / only wished 10
have an interview with your father-a bus
mess interview-perhaps as much in his
interest as my own"
The old look of audacity came back to
her face. 81 guess that's what they all
came here for-except one--but Il didn't
keep them from believing and saying ne
was thief behind his back. Yet they all
wanted his-confidence," she added bitter
ly.
Masterton felt that his burning cheeks
were confessing the truth OF this. You
excepted one he said hesitatingly
''Yes--1he deputy sheriff. He came 10
help me-"
Your
Eyes, mer A coquettish little toss OF
her head added TO his confusion. HE
threw up his job just to follow me with
out my knowing 1t. to see that 1 didn't
come to any harm. He saw me only once.
too-at the house when he came TO take
possession. He said he thought / was
clear grit TO risk everything to find ia
I tucNt dAAh ne Hdlu ne HdW ~ III NE Wueu
he was there-thats how he CUES Ell VIII re
was gone when l ran away, and follow
| ed me-"
''He was as right as he was lucky" sail
Masterton grayey. But how did yo1
| get here2"
She slipped down on the floor beside him
! with an unconscious movement that her
| masculine garments only made the more
| quantity girlish, and clasping her knee
with both hands, looked at The fire as she
rocked herself slightly backward and for
| ward as she spoke.
ut will shock a proper man like you.
| know" she began demurely, but came
alone with only a Chinaman to guide me.
l got these clothes from our lauudryman
so that l shouldn't attract attention.
would have got a Chinese lady's Dress but
couldn't walk in their shoes she looked
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
KING OSCAR
'OT1s.'
tsigned)

Sends Kindly Greetings to the
swedes and Norwegians in This
Country, and Expresses the Hope
That Philippine and South African
Wars May Soon be Settled.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. liking oscar,
In the course of a private audience re-
Gently granted correspondent Of the
Associated Press, dictated the following
message to the scandInavians In the
United States:
'Ten those Of my peoples who have
taken up their abode in the United
states and their descendants, that
follow their path with love and interest
and that feel their Joys and their sor-
rows as II they were my own.
''I am glad to hear that the Swedes
and Norwegians are among the most
respected citizens OF your great coun-
try. May 1t always go well with them" e"
His majesty. who talked in a charm
ing manner Of events in the United
States and elsewhere, seemed greatly
interested in hearing of the evidences
of prosperity In America. showed him
self well informed regarding the Amer
lean problems In the Philippines, and
expressed feryent wish that the war
there, as well as the war in South Afri-
ca, might soon be over.
He refrained from expressing any
opinion on the subject Of the troubles
in Sweden and Norway.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
UNKNOWN
PASSENGER
STEAMER
Wrecked on the Reefs of st, Mary's
Bay, With Cargo On
NOT ONE SURVIVOR IS LEFT
To Tell the Tale-Numbsrs of Dead
Bodies in the surf-Trunk Indi-
Gates a Passenger Vessel.

ST. JOHNS, N, F.. Jan. 10, a. M
The following comprise all the details
regarding the wreck In st. Mary's Bay
Of an unknown stranger, yesterday
that could be obtained up to midnight:
The ship Is a two-masted steamer of
nearly 5000 tons and probably carried
crew OF sixty. with possibly some
passengers. She went ashore before
daybreak on Thursday, striking a
ledge at the foot of the cliff. where es-
cape was hopeless. The crew launched
the boats. but probably during the pan
ic some were crushed against her sides,
others being swamped, and all the Oc-
cupants apparently perishing.
The ship was seen to be on fire by
residents six miles away. Attracted to
the scene, they found the after half Of
the wreck blazing fercely, and the fore
part under water. Kerosene in the
cargo helped the blaze,
Not One Escaped.
At that time only three men were left
on board. Two were on the bridge and
one was In the rigging, Those on the
bridge were safe until about p. M,
when they were washed overheard and
drowned. the bridge being carried
away. The survivor soon after left the
rigging, swan to the rocks and twice
endeavored to get footing. Failing in
this, he made his way back to the
rigging. where he died of exposure
during the night.
Many dead bodies are visible tossing
in the surf. Two OF them thrown up in
cove cannot be reached owing to the
heavy sea. One is thought to be that
OF woman.
Boats and other wreckage are strewn
among the rocks for miles. Yesterday
(Friday) was more stormy than the
day before; and 1t was impossible to
reach the wreck which has gone to
pieces to such an extent that 1t has
sunk beneath the waves. A severe
gale is raging tonight, which is likely
to reduce her to fragments.
There is not the slightest prospece
that soul on board escaped death, as
the intense mld-wInter cold would kill
any who escaped drowning.
A messenger who has Just arrived
from Peters river reports that trunk
filed with women's clothing has been
washed ashore there, as well as a
garment which is either waterproof
cape, such MS used by woman, or n
mans overcoat. Nearby was found
some underwear. evidently a mans,
marked with the initials y. J." This
seems to indicate that the ship had
passengers.
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REMARKABLE SCENES

Of Enthusiasm When the Volunteers
Attended Service at St. Paul's.
Pulled From the Ranks ana Car
ried on the Shoulders Of Excited
People.
LONDON. Jan. 1a.-Remarkable
scenes Of patriotism were Witnessed in
London las; evening, after a short SER
vice held for the volunteers in st.
Paurs Cathedral. The vast audience
was slow to dlsperse. Ladies stood up
on the chairs beckoning and calling to
brothers, sons and friends in the ranks,
the latter signalling back. A scene Of
great animation ensued. The organIst
introduced few bars Of the Ratlonal
anthem in concluding the voluntary.
The effect OF this was magical, First,
the volunteers and then the congrega-
ton took up the strains and the vast
Cathedral was filled with enthusiastic
song. These demonstrations were re-
newed by immense crowds outside.
st. PauIs' church yard and Ludgate
Hill were black with people, and It was
impossible for the volunteers to march.
Individual members were pulled out OF
the ranks by their friends and admirers,
who raised them on their shoulders,
and carried them down Fleet street to
the Temple. Those who escaped hoist
inE proceeded slowly, surrounded by
clinging women