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ODDS AND
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a decided success last week.
We will include many more
lines this week, among them
Silk Waists'
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$6.50 fo $9.50.
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50 dozen Dropstitch Goods,
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TIEN TSIN
NOT RELIEVED
Successive Failures Attend
hfforts of International
. Forces.
1000 More English Troops
Join Them.
Powers Begin to See Inadequacy of
Troops in the Field.
Dead in Tien Tsin Already Number
160 Persons.
SITUATION THERE IS DESPER
ATE, THE CITY FIGHTING FOR
ITS VERY LIFE THE SIXTH
CAVALRY ONE' OF THE REGI
MENTS TO GO TO CHINA.
Washington, June 25. The navy de
partment has waited anxiously all day
for newe of the expected engagement
between the Chinese force near Tien.
Tsin and the relief column sent from
Taku and from American marines
killed and wounded in the engagement
last week. The only message from Ad
miral Kempff today, however, was five
day's old and asked instructions as to
participation in the recent engagement
with the Taku forts. Meanwhile the
navy department is making extensive
preparation for an extended campaign
hereafter in China.
One of the orders today was to Com
mander Miller of the transport Senidia,
now at Gibralter, to load with coal and
goVoTaku. Another was to 'the com
mander of the training ship Buffalo,
which arrived at Gibralter touay on the
way to Manila, to meet the Baltimore
at Malta and take from her all the
men whose term- of service does not
expire soon, to be transferred to ships
now in the far east.
The Baltimore, with Admiral Watson,
is. on her way home. The distilling ship
Arithusa, now at Philadelphia, is to go
to Taku. The cruiser Albany, which
leaves England tomorrow for Gibralter,
may also go to China.
There is much criticism among; army
officers over the attitude of the high
officials cut the war department regard
ing preparations for sending troops to
China. Complaint is being made that
there is a spirit of inaction on the part
of officals when it is evident to every
one . that it will be necessary to send
several thousand men to Cnina withia
the next sixty days. The Jfraff depart
ment men are especially loud in their
complaints, for they will be expected
to prepare for the expedition which may
be sent, and such work soulu be be
gun at once.
WILL CARRY COAL.
Philadelphia, June 25. Under orders
from the navy department a large force
of men today began the work of pre
paring for active service the water
carrying ship Arethus, which hae .been
in reserve, at the Leake Island yard
since the close of the Spanish-American
war. The Arethus is to be sent
to Chinese watere and officials at 'the
League Island navy yard expect to
have her ready within ten days. Every
available part of the ship will be filled
with Coal as ballast and she is expect
ed to carry about 3,000 tons to the
many warships in China.. Lieut. Gill,
formerly in charge of the hydrographic
office in this city, who has been on
sick leave, has been ordered to proceed
immediately to the Asiatic squadron
there to report to Rear Admiral Remey.
TIEN TSIN BUTCHERIES.
New York, June 25. A despatch
from Chef oo ays:
The Chinese bombardment of Tien
Tsin set fire to the mission buildings
first. Thefire spread to the native city
and destroyed everything. The attack
ing force, well supplied with modern
artillery, has been pressing the small
allied force very hard. Already the
dead number 160. Relief is being rush
ed from- Taku, but the column will have
to fight Jts way through the big Chinese
army. The British steamer fiumDer
arrived at Chefoo, bringing thirty refu
gees front Tongshan, including
Messrs. Kinder land Parsons and Mrs.
Parsons. Pei Tai Ho the great water
ing place of northern China, where for
eigners had their summer homes, has
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been abandoned. The governor of
Shantung province, in which Chefoo is
situated, after conferring with his su
bordinate mandarins, at his capital,
Tsinanfu, decided not to join the rebel
lion and issued a proclamation decree
ing that all Europeans and Americans
should be protected. Admiral Kempff
held a conference Sunday at the Amer
ican consulte with Consul Fowler and
the captains of the Nashville and the
Yorktown. The local governor of Che
foo was present and promised that
there should be no uprising against the
foreigners and gave other assurances
which seemed all right on the surface.
The governor expressed confidence in
the good will of the American govern
ment toward China and said the feel
ing was reciprocated. Captain Edward
Bayley, of the British armored criuser
at Taku, signalled the American cap
tains, "Thank God, the Russians were
here; otherwise we would all have been
murdered."
DESPERATE AT TIEN TSIN.
London, June 25. The admiralty has
received the following despatch from
Rear Admiral Bruce, dated Taku, via
.Chefoo, June 24:
"The total force which left Tien Tsin
with the commander in chief for Pekin
was about 2,000, composed of detach
ments from the allied ships. No action
could possibly be taken to relieve the
commander in chief, because it was
only known that he was cut off by Tien
Tsin being invested. Tien Tsin has
been fighting for its life ever since. It
was on receipt of this information that
Chinese had ordered trains for attack
ing Tien Tsin that they were razing
Tonkku and reinforcing Taku as well
as mining the mputh of the Pei Ho
that it was promptly determined to
seize Taku. Since then every effort has
been made to relieve Tien Tsin. I have
Pekin were safe last Tuesday and pre
er for taking troops and sick and
wounded across the bay to Wei Hai
Wei, where I intend making a tem
porary base hospital and asylum, for
refugees."
PREPARING TO LEAVE.
London, June 25. The French consul
general at Shanghai, telegraphing yes
terday, reported that the Chinese min
ister of railroads and telegraphs had in
formed him that all the foreigners at
Pekin were safe last Tuesday and pre- '
paring to leave with the authority of
the Chinese government.
SIXTH CAVALRY TO CHINA.
San Francisco, June 25. An order
from Adjutant General Corbin has been
received at the Presidio directing that
the troops of the Sixth cavalry shall be
recruited to the ir full war strength. In
view of the fact that this organization
was ordered to proceed to Manila and
the order to recruit to the limit is sent
some ime later, the regiment is expect
ed to be sent to China, instead of the
Phiippines. The recruits will be se
lected from those now at the Presidio."
ARRIVED AT TAKU.
London, June 25. In the house of
commons today, referring to the fail
ure of the American and Russian
forces to reach Tien Tsin June 21, the
parliamentary secretary for the foreign
office, William St. John Broderick,
said that since then British troops
from Hong Kong had arrived at Taku
and it was believed that 3,000 Japanese,
1,000 Germans and 2,000 Frencn troops
had also arrived there. But, he added,
the government had no information re
garding the later operations.
MOUNTED GUNS.
"London, June 25. The suspense as to
the real situation in China continues.
The only information received by the
government is Admiral Bruce's de
spatch and another announcing that the
troops sent on the battleship Terrible
from Hong Kong have arrived at Taku.
The terrible has landed a brigade with
Improved mounted guns tor the relief
column.
KEEPING FORCE AWAY.
London, June 25. The despatch tc- the
Central News, dated June 25, says the
Terrible has arrived there Irom Taku.
She reports that the force of 800-Si t
kahs and 200 Welsh fusileers which she
landed succeeded in joining the Ger
man, American and Russian forces
which had been cut off by the Chinese
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about nine miles from Tien Tsin. and
that it was-proposed to assault the Chi
nese Sunday night. The foregoing is
not altogether clear. The coming off
df the force Is apparently explained by
a despatch to the Telegraph sent from
Shanghai Monday. This says that suc
cessive failures have attended the ef
forts to relieve Tien Tsin, the Russians
apd then the Germans having been re
pulsed. The commander df the Australian
guniboat Seenta reporte that Chefoo.
which has hitherto been quiet, is now
threatened. There is similar report
from an unofficial source, according to
which tfour mounts have been added to
the armament of the west fort at Che
foo, the garrison of which has been in
creased to 1,000 men. The residents are
uneasy and the merchants are prepar
ing to leave.
NO MORE DELAY.
London. June 25. (2:20 p. m.) Al
though the powers at last seem con
scious of the magnitude of the Chinese
peril and are constantly hurrying
forces to. Taku, all the troops available
to overcome the immediate perils of the
situation are apparently totally inade
quate. The alarm, not only for the
safety of Vice Admiral Seymour and
his party, who are not mentioned in
any of the despatches purporting to.
come from Pekin but for his base at
Tien Tsin, remains unrelieved. Almost
the only ray of light is the report of
Sheng, the director of railroads and
telegraphs, forwarded by the French
consul general at Shanghai, to the ef
fect that the legations were safe June
19, and preparing to leave the capital,
with the consent of the Chinese gov
ernment. But the motives of the Chi
nese officials in keeping the powers
appeased by reassuring messages is too
obvious to allow the unreserved ac
ceptance of the statements. Tien Tsin
is so hard pressed that it must be
Relieved before assistance can be sent
to Seymour's forces. The absence of
the exact dates of the last despatch
from Taku and other messages makes
it difficult to connect the various
stories, but - some of the despatches
might be read as indicating that even
the4 fprce mentione'd by Rear Admiral
Kempff as about to start towards Tien
Tsin has met the same fate as the
combined American and Russian col
umn which was repulsed June 21. In
dia is sending eight battalions of in
fantry, a cavalry regiment, artillery
and engineers as a fighting force, be
sides two battalions to guard communi
cations. The Official Gazette of St. Petersburg
today contains an order of the czar,
as follows: "As we consider It neces
sary to raise the troops in the Amur
military district to a war footing, "we
direct the war minister to take the
requisite measures. At the same time,
we direct that the necessary number
of reservists belonging to the Siberiarn
Amur military district shall be called
out for active service."
NEARLY ALL ABANDON WAR PA"H
Phoenix, Ariz., June 25. H. F. Gill,
of Philadelphia, who is here from a
prospecting trip in Mexico, says the
Yaqui Indians have nearly all abandon
ed the warpath. Several hundred are
still hidden in the mountains and make
an occasional descent on isolated
ranches. Near Tomachio, on Friday
last, a large party raided a ranch and
killed two cowboys, wounded several
others and one woman. They were
driven off after a hard fight.
YESTERDASV. LEACUFfCAMES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn R H E
Brooklyn 15 23 1
New York 2 9 2
Batteries Kennedy, Farrell; Garrick,
Bowerman.
At Boston R H E
Boston 20 19 0
Philadelphia 4 8 4
Batteries Dionv Clements; Bernhardt,
McFarland.l
At St. Lqllis R H E
St. Louis 2 7 2
Cincinnati 0 2 2
Batteries Poyell, Criger; Breiten
stein, Peitz.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Chicago Chicago, 4; Minneapolis,
S.
At Cleveland Cleveland, 7; Buffalo,
3.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee, 17 Kan
sas City, 4.
At Detroit Detroit, 8; Indianapolis,
7.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for this office of judge of the west
ern district criminal court subject in
the action of the republican district
convention when called.
, R. S. McCALL.
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PERSONAL RIGHTS
UIIDER COIISIITUTIOII
To be Guaranteed the Filipinos 'Who
Surrender.
Manila, June 25. General Mac Arthur
has given a formal answer to the Fili
pino leaders who last Thursday sub
mitted to him peace proposals that had
been approved earlier in the day by a
meeting of representative insurgents.
In his reply he assured them that all
personal rights under the United States
constitution, excepting trial by jury
and the right to bear arms, would be
granted them.
The promoters of the peace move
ment are now engaged in reconstruct
ing the draft of the seven clauses sub
mitted to General MacArthur in such
a way as to render it acceptable to
both sides.
The seventh clause providing for the
expulsion of the friars General Mac-
Arthur rejected on the ground that the
settlement of this question rests with
the commission headed by Judge Taft.
That portion of the Forty-third in
fantry which formerly garrisoned the
island of Samar will proceed to the isl
and of Leyte, giving the garrison
there the needed reinforcement.
The battalion of the Twenty-ninth in
fantry which was sent yesterday to
'Samar will act as the garrison there.
CUBAN POSTAL
OFFICIAL REMOVED
Martin C. Fosnes Appointed Director
General of Cuban Posts.
Washington, June 25. Postmaster
General Smith this afternoon issued a
order removing Rathbone as director of
posts in Cuba. Rathbone has been sus
pened from the duties df the office by
the previous order.
Postmaster General Bristow (has been
relieved of his duties of acting director
general in Cuban posts, and Martin C.
Fosnes, postoffice inspector, has been
appointed in his place. Bristow'e in
vestigation has been completed and he
will return to Washington. .
FAKE FOR A SENSATION.
London, June 25.1 The information
from South Africa continues' so unim
portant that the morning newspapers
here are trying to make a sensation out
of General Hamilton breaking his col
lar bone by a fall from his horse.
General Warren wires that the rebel
lion has been extinguished in the north
of Cape Colony, but he does not men
tion the capture or dispersal of the
considerable Boer force which has been
occupying that part of the country.
Interest most centers in the Orange
River colony, where General Dewet is
causing the British much anxiety.
WHEELER'S NEW COMMAND
Chicago, June 25. (Brigadier General
Joseph Wheeler assumed command of
the department of the Lakes today, re
lieving General James F. Wade, who
will return to his former post, St. Paul,
to direct the affairs of the department
of he Dakotas. General Wheeler ex
pects to remain in Chicago until Sep
tember 18, his 64th birthday, when he
will reach the age limit and retire from
active service.
THIRTY-SIX BODIES RECOVERED.
McDonough, Ga., June 15. Thirty
six bodies have been recovered and
many passengers are still missing, is
the record of Saturday night's wreck
on the Southern, near here. One more
body can be seen pinned down in the
wreckage.
Special Sale
of Sailor Hats at cost and below cost
Monday and Tuesday. MRS. LON
MITCHELL.
Silence manages to keep dry when it
reigns.
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Considerable Sentiment for
the New Yorker for Vice
President Among Democrats Who Meet
at Kansas City,
Senator Daniel of Virginia is Prom
inently Mentioned.
He" Will Take the Nomination if It is
Offered Him.
NOT PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS
FOR IT, HOWEVER HASN'T
WEALTH TO ENTERTAIN LAV
ISHLY ENOUGH AND EVEN IF
ELECTED WOULD BE OUT OF
OFFICE IN FOUR YEARS.
New York, June 25. The following ta
be shows the opinions of thirty-five
democratic'nationax and state commit
teemen who have replied to the World's
question, : "Who would make the
strongest running mate for Bryan in
the doubtful states:"
David B. Hill 9
New York (to be chosen) 5
Admiral Schley 5
B. F. Shivetey 3
Charles A Towne 3
Carter H. Harrison 2
General Fitzhugh Lee 1
Admiral Dewey 1
George Fred Williams 1
No choice &
DANIELS' NAME TO CONVENTION.'
Richmond, June 25. Senator Daniels
name will,, it now appears, certainly be
presented to the Kans-ae city conven
tion. Ifor vice president. He insists in
desiring some other person ' be placed
on the ticket with Bryan, but he will
accept if nominated. Senator Daniels
really prefers to remain in u.e senate;
in ihe first place because he is not
wealthy enough to entertain lavishly, as
is expected of the vice president: and
secondly, alfter four years should he be
elected, he might find himself out of
office.
WILL NOT RUN FOR CONGRESS .:
Chattanooga, June 25. A letter ha
been received by the News from Com-'
missioner of Pensions Evans in rela
tion to the efforts to have him resign?
from the commissionership and make
the race for congress In the Third dis
trict of Tennessee. Mr. Evans states
that the story about his running for;
rcongress does not originate with him in.
any way and that there is nothing in
the world in the story of his possible ,
resignation as pension commissioner. .
MODIFY G0EBEL LAW.
Frankfort, Ky., June 25. Democrat--ic
leaders announce today that the
democratic s(tate convention at Lexing-j
ton, July 19, is certain to pass a resow
lution asking Governor Peckham to
call an extra session of the legislature,
in order to modify the Goebel election
law, lo that it may be in operation in
amended form at the November elec
tion. Gazette
p- -pie.
want adds reacfa Asheville
Special Sale
of Millinery Monday 'and
MRSLON MITCHELL.
Tuesday.
We are headjuarters for cots and cot
mattresses. ' Styles to suit everybody.
Mrs. L. A. Johnson, 4$ Patton avenue.
Best returns for Gazette want ad .
A Decided
Advantage.
Asheville people have in ,be- .
i , ing.able to buy freshly, pre.--,
pared an unexcelled ' break
fast food. "In summer there
is some.; uncertaijj yhatr
.. . youij find iir tt'ijpdirlypacked
: paokage of cereals kept long
on' the gTocer .shelf . ' J, '
There . is no' uncertainty
about WHEAT-HEARTS. It Kt
is put up In sealed packages -kl
stnd your, grocer dlways' has .'
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