Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 8, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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ADYANCE COLUMN
IT IS THIRTY FIVE MILES FROM
TIENTSIN STILL MOVING
Americans and Germans Ordered to Ad
runct Hegnrdless of llrltlshWliolosato
JVIaagacro Outside of Ieklii 15000 Tut
to Heath
London August 4 According to a
special dispatch fromShanghai dated
August 3 the advancing column ot tho
allied forces were reported there yes-
terday to have reached a point thir
tyfive miles beyond Tien Tsln Noth-
ing from any other point corroborates
this statement In fact the Stand-
ard goes sc < far as to say that It fcars
the real advance apart from prelimi-
nary measures bas not yet begum
Tien Tsln dspatches dated July 31
tell of an action which Is termed a
reconnalscanco between the Japan-
ese and Chinese two mllos beyond tho
Hsl Ku arsenal In which the Japan
eso withdrew attor suffering thirty
casaultles The Tien Tsln correspon-
dent of the Standard under date ot
July 27 declares that tho American
andGermans have been orderedto
move forward without waiting for tho
British
f
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Dully Nqws says The consuls tlievo
regret tho Independent action taken I
by the American association and the
China associalton on tho ground that
it is Injudicious Ho sa o The
settlement being international petty
jealousies must disappear The China
association is of little local Influence
Presumably he refers to the American
Asiatic association
The Hong Kong correspondent of tho
Dally Express announces the arrival
thero frqni San Francisco o f Homer
Lea for some time resident agent in
the United States of the Society for
the Reformation of tho Chinese Em-
pire with 60000 pounds vhA will
probably be utilized in the movement
against the empress dowager a move-
ment quiet since 1S98 until w lthrathe
last few weeks
Nearly all of the correspondents
tjnflrm thq reports of a wholesale
massacre of Chrlstlans outslde of Pe
kin a correspondehtiot the Dally
I ll I C
I I I i i f
News giylngsthe numbe f Uilled as
between 10000 and 150 00 all defence
less converts Imperialtroops so It is
statedjdMd theghastly work
According1 to the Shanghai corre-
spondent oi the Times one ot the
tsung 11 yamen mentioned by United
States Consul Goodhow ashavlng been
beheaded for proforeign tendencies
was Hsu Chlng Cheng former minister
to Russia Thecorrespondent says the
empress dowager ordered his execution
on the advice of Lt Ping Heng
Lit Hung Chang has been lnfgrrpet
from Pekln that Prince Chlng s only
prominent supporters In his peace
policy are General Yung Lu and Wang
Wen Shao presidentof the boardof
rovenuejY hosoinfluence isismall
Two llrotbers Shot
Ardmore I Ti August 4 A Shoot-
ing occurred Thursday evenlng at
Woodford twenty miles northwest
from Tie re H F Hill a druggist en-
tered the blacksmith shop of George
Heed and the latter made an assault
on him friends interfered and Hill
left Later Reed entered Hills drug-
store being asked what was wanted
ho threw his bands behind him when
Hill fired nd Reed fell At this time
bis brother John Reed came into the
store when Hill shot ad htm George
Reed Is probably fatally Injilred and
John seriously Hillcame here and
surrendered to the officers claiming
the shooting was In selfdefense
Mother and Children Ilurnod
Ardmore L P August 4 An1 awful
affair happened at Wynnevobd forty
miles nor h yes terday morning A
child stai td to makea Are using coal
oil from a bottle and an explosion
followed resulting in amother and
four chldren being burncdUTwo of
thu chldren agdU iiiil7la dleu
shortly aftenvaids und tfi mother
Mrs d3LJIHler died last night
The 3uiouthsold babe and a Jyeur
old child were badly arorehed but
ctilluieif were bliredin1 onelgravejf
Funeral of Klne llumberk
Monzn August 4ijThe rcnalns of
Klug Huihbert were today placed In
a casket ot Walnut covered with lead
and glass in such a manner as to
leave tho face exposed The ceremony
which took place In the presence or
tho royal family was very touching
Cotoreil Normals May lie Abolished
Austin Texas August 4 With ro
garfl to the strlUo of colored sum-
mer normal students reported from
Waco whero fifty Uttendants upon
the school withdrew becnuso of tho
Appointment of a wpeclul examiner
luade by tho Stnto department of edu
cation Superintendent Kendall said
today that tho same thinghas occurr
ed nt nine other colored normals
namely those nt Bonhaiu Huutsvllle
Gonzales Paris WhartoilTyler So
guln Lockhnrt Longvlewi The np
ppolntnient of spoclnl examiners were
mndo nt all of tho normals About
300negroapplicants for teachers cer-
tificates will On account of tho
strikes lose > the opportunity to se-
cure authority to teach In f nonpublic
schools Asva result ofthe course pur-
sued by the attendants upon tho nor
mals referred to normals for colored
teachers may be abolished altogether
unci tlieymay f > d required to appMy td
county commissioners for certificates
who ea il giv > theiil certificate s to teacb
one year only
Ntatc Steiioirruplier
Fort Worth Texas August 4 O
W Payne or Austin vice president
today called the Stitto Stenographers
association to order President Stokes
ot Vernon being absent Mayor Tow
ell delivered a yarn atid pordlal ad
dnWof weleoiiid In which uo told the
delegates to turn themselves loosOr
kthcfet y was theirs To this welcome
response on behalf of the stenograph-
ers was made by Temporary Chafr
mnn Payne Thirty now members
were enrolled The attendance wus
not largo nt the opening but quite
largo numbers arrived tonight Tho
real business of the association will
come up tomorrow nnd the election of
president will result In quite n lively
tlghl Vice President ray no of Aus-
tin and AE Lycr ly o f Fort Worth
areIn the race The delegates were
tired n banquet tonight It is un-
derstood that n majority of the dele-
gates faVor Houston nsfthb next meet
dng plate
Work IleKun at Aransas 1ass
Arnusas Pass Texas August 4
QralkViSf fo s dredgtboat after long
delay began work yesterday morning
on thjjlr contract for removlngi the rej
mains fotf tlief oldlg6v6rnmeiit4jetty
which lies tTittgonnllv across and ob1
Was buIlAm the nortlJ sYdooflue pass
The iigTncers rcport n continuous
deptli of over fifteen feet over the
bni uow in almqst a straight channel
iPuitles horej at VrWglng W put on
a steam dummy an 3 car oti the ter-
minal railroad here for the benefit
ofpartf eVvflsliing to go to the Islands
or club house
> life Steamship Company
StPaui Augu st4 > President Jas
J Hills scheme for a big steamship
llne to the Orient seems tp haye taken
shape in articles of Incorporation
I tiled wth the secretary of state jyester
day by officers of tbp drear Northc 1
Steamship company with a capital
stqckf of G000000 The Incorporators
and also the members of the first
board of directorsareJamesJ Hill
D Miller W PClough W M Prover
and W A Clarkall of fhe Great Nq rtli
eru railway Tue company Twill ex-
tend to Asia
Cuero Cotton Mills
Cuero Texas August 4 An Impor-
tant meeting of the cotton mill di-
rectors was held yesterday afternoon
A contract with the Buch el Power
and Irrigation company to furnish
power for the mill covering a period
of flvo year with privilege of ten was
signed
An expert cotton mill architect was
directed to goahead with tho plana
of the building which will be 73x125
feet two stories and of brick
Oerman Truck yarrnersMfar Strawn
Strawn TexasAugust 4 Tho coin
mlttce of Germans who wore hero last
week representing a largo colony ot
German farmers have bought for
cash a tract of 4000 acres of laud 8
inlles north of Strawn which will be
nettled with Germans wjio will en
gago In truck farming The product
of these farms will be marketed here-
In order to supply the Infge demand
iiuui the coal mlueslnjhls vclujtyj
Church llnlnairtd by Llglinlnir
Itockdnle Texas August 4 A very
heavy rain fell last pyenlug accompa-
nied by lightning which struck the
Methodist churcl steeple tearing a
large hole In the roof beslds dolng
other minor damages No other prop-
erty suffered
Washington The > new Japanese
minister has laid his credentials bo
foro the president
THE MtNpOR PEKIN
A FORCE OF 4tgflOO LEFTTIEN
TS1N LA ijfmURSDAY
An ImpprlitltDecreeTlias lleen Issued Au
thorUliiff the lckmlJMlulatcra to Coin
muiilcuta WUIi TKejffOoienuiioiit8 undt
rrovldltiff un lUcortib Tientin
i fci
London AuguBtyjgThe British and
American forces began the advance on
Pekln last Thursday according to a
dispatch dated froraSrien Tsln to tho
Dally Express iThe main body of
the allies concludes tho correspon-
dent marche Ju Sojj General Chaf
fee was douvjtd J iifflcultles ot dls
embarkatlonOeneralDorward tho
British commaridervShnd no such ob-
stacles and his delay is Inexplicable
The other forelgnluoops are now halt
way to L6ta Thflwrce includes 20
000 Japanese undjstaueneral Yanma
chucht and iodwE Russians The
British force totafj5s 9000 and other
forelgnHroons aroWOfO We are weak
in artillery i jmm
ParisAugust Ssheng directorof
rollways and telegraphs has just
communlcateif o thejcpnsuls at Shang-
hai accOrdiiiRtoaftpecial dlspa tch to
tho Temps datedRUgust 5 an Im-
perial decrqel daleajfctugust 2 author
ising the forelgnlminlsters in Pekin
to comin unlcatBfiwithout restriction
with tholr governments and ordering
their departuroifor R n Tsln under a
good escort
JA DeadlyjFeud
Fa rrolngton MoMWLugust C Four
men killed and oSajfatally wounded
la the outcome of lusnbotlnc affair be-
tween WHHam j DoolSy and his four
sons on one Bide dfthe four riarrls
brothers on the other as tho result
of a feud at Doo RmSJone of the min-
ing towns of St Francis county Wil-
liam Dooleyl A HffrB James Jlarrls
and John Dooley argfthe name of the
killed ond Frank Harris was fatally
wounded A youngfglrl Mary Llt
trell was struck justfahove tho anHe
with a rifle ballJS few days ago
the Harris boys sent word to the
Dooleys thatthey dmd bo at a pic-
nic atDoc Riihanalntended torun
when the shootlnglbegan Is not clear
but once begunIt was deadly1 All
the Harris boys except one were shot
One was killed instantly Three of tho
Dooley boys Who were unhurt camo
to Farmlnglon and cave themselves
up They are In Jail
i L 4
Quiet Broken In Wool JUarket
San Angelo Texas Augiist C Tho
quiet which has prevailed the entire
season In tho wool market was broken
yesterday when a SanAntpnio house
acting In concert witha Boston firm
boughtfrom three nicrclknts hero
1000000 pounds ot 8nionhs wool at
prices ranging from t ° 13 12 cents
nnd 500000 pounds jjijmonths ftt 14 to
10 cents Tfiq stapiqjSunusually Aim
and would not have Jgone at these
prices but for a lurking fear qf a
slumping of pricesduring tho political
ugitatlon of thOjn o xt few months
There still remains about hat a mill-
ion pounds unsold ifSl
King JIuraberts Remalns
Rom Augut Tle city council
of Monza has cede theplot of ground
Including the spot where King Hum
bert was assassinated tq the royal
family who willereetjachapel there
Queen Margherlta jhas < composed a
tender prayer In memory of her hus-
band and hs obtained permission
from the archblshop t Cremona to
circulate It among tha1 faithful Vic-
tor Emanuel and Queen Helena will
arrive In Rome Wednesday Tho re-
mains of Kins Humbert will leave
Monza the same day freachlng the city
at 9 a m XlmenesTUhe celebrated
sculptor proposes kto erect a monu-
ment In honor ofJCJueens Margherlta
in the Garden of Th op lnc lo1 f
A Drooni Kactory at AWln
Alvln Texas AugnstC Mr O P
Collins whd starte daiSmail bropm
factory there somJtlmo agb Is now
turning out some veo flub work Mr
Collins groys his own liroom corn
and Is also cngagcd nvtlio hay busi-
ness quite largely iWhen the weather
Is not right forthay ma kingjio makes
brooms nudlu thls vray t keeps Ills
force employed Mia Collins supplies
the local merchants with all tho
brooms they use BdsIdes he Alls a
great many orders jfbr other points
Mr Collins latemlanlarglng bis fac-
tory this fall nshejjlnds ltt a very
profitable business 4Y
rl Iasos Orbwth
El Tas6 Texas August C II T
Iliglnbothnii representing tho San
iBernPcrrls map company of New
York which furnishes maps and data
upon which lire Insurance companies
base finished Investigations and pre-
pared his report Tel a correspondent
he said In Jlay ISPS two years ago
one of our Ohlaago men came out here
torevise the map of EI Paso and now
I find that In tho last two years 034
new buildings havebeen erected with-
in the ih limits of this city This
ninkos u record without a parallel
among woti rn Or southern cities In
short El Pasos growth In the last two
years bus been CO per cent greater
than tie growth of any other place
In the west of south In the last live
years M
A > VonMtns Iltirlblo Deiith
NavasoffiSTeas August 0 Yester-
day Mrs George ilrookcr 10 years of
age a bride of a short while and soon
to become a motherV living nt Plnn
tersvllle tlils county was endeavoring
to start a fire by pouring oil out of a
gallon can on wood that was ablazo
on her stove The oil In the can be
canle Ignited exploding the can and
throwing the flru nearly all over her
head and body burning her beyond
recognition She suffered the most
excruciating pans a human being
could suffer for eight hours and then
died In the same great agony The
bouse and furniture besan to burn
buf was extinguished before much
damage was done
Prisoners Desperate Attempt
Eastland Texas August C Satur-
day evening about 830 John Tollett
under twelve years sentence and Bob
Hunt under a two years sentence In
the penitentiary the former for mur-
der the latter for burglary overpow-
ered the Jailer and made their escape
from the county Jail The jailer T
N Andrson had gone up In the Jail
to put the prisoners In their cells for
the night Tollett and Hunt hid in
the corrld orsj When Anderson had his
back turned Hunt Jumped on him and
Tollett made at him with a knife A
desperate struggle followed and An-
derson came out with a lame arm
Hunt was captured and Tollett Is still
at large
man of Muskogee I T came to Kan-
sas City today ns tlie representative of
the business ineh of Muskogee to in-
terest local business men In the Creek
Indians nnd gain their aid In urging
congress to make a treaty with tho
reds to take tho place of tho Curtis
bill to which there Is decided objec-
tion A convention of the business-
men of the Indian Territory has been
called to Meet In Muskogee on August
23 to consider the situation
Tornado In North Dakota
Grand Forks N b August 0 A
tornado accompanied by a terrific hall
storm started near Thompson N D
nt 7 oclock this morning and swept to
tho uorthwest through a rich farming
country and many thriving settlements
across Into Minnesota wboro It spent
itself In the Red Lake Indian reser-
vation A strip of country varying
from eight to ten miles In width and
seven miles In length was torn up by
the furious wind
Death from Strychnine
Wuco Texas August 0 Mrs Shu
mate wlfo of George M Shumate
died at the family resbldence on South
Fourth street from strychnine poison
She was alone In her room M Shu
mnto being nt his duties down town
When ho returned he found his wlfo
In convulsions too far gone to save
The physicians made a strong fight to
save the lady but all remedies proved
unavaillns
Number of Allies Unknown
Paris August 6 The correspondent
of the Temps telegraphing yesterday
says The number of allies leaving
Tien Tsin Is no better known hero
than the fact as to tha march Itself
but lt Is rumored that the advance
guard has been repulsed LI Ping
Heng former governor of Shan Tung
who is Intensely hostile to Europeans
has been named as commander of the
Chinese forces
Onposedto Change In Tribal Relations
Denlson Texas August G Tho Ke
towas the noted secret society of
Chorokee Indians will hold a meet-
ing at Big Tuckit Springs August
11 to discuss the future ot the full
bloods This society embraces all ot
tho full bloods in tbe Cherokeo na-
tion Tbay are opposed to any change
In tribal relations
GLOBE GLEANINGS
All eye3aro dretei C il aad
Berlin has had lntecsly hot weath-
er
Magazine and book pubishe 3 havo
formed an association
No coal will bo alowod to leave En-
gland for war purposes
William Barnle the wel known
baseball manager Is dead
Great Britain has spent 31000000
on the South African Mar
Eureka Springs Ark Is entertaining
several parties of excursionists
The negro raco confeieacj at Mont-
gomery Ala was largely attended
Arlle Latham tho noted btseball
player has been signed by the Cincin-
nati club to coach
Tho eighth annual mettln of tha
United States League Building and
Loan associations was held nt Indian-
apolis Ind
or less Injured In many cases tfce am-
putation of legs being necessaryThero
were 000 passengers en board tho two
vessels
Hon L E Chlttendon retfster of
tho treasury during the Llrjoin ad-
ministration died at Burlington Vt
aged 77 years
The government ot Nicaragua has
addressed a communication to the di-
rectors ot the PanAmerican exhibi-
tion declining to participate
In a collision off Belfast Ireland be-
tween the passenger steamers Drome-
dary and Alligator five passengers
were killed and mora than fifty more
In tho Monticello hotel at Norfolk
Va G A Brown of Baltimore suicided
by taking morphine and his compan-
ion M W Masslo tried twico but
tailed
The St Paul Minn Cold Storage
and Warehouse companys large ware-
house was destroyed by fire The los3
is estimated at 7CO000 with an in-
surance of 550000
The Christian Missionary alliance
received 10000 for foreign missions
Judge Robert Pleasant Trippe a
member of the Confederate congress
and at one time Judge of the supreme
VrW
Acting Gov Ackers of Arizona Is-
sued an answer to the request of tho
Texas oiflcers for clemency In the ca3e
of tho Laldeman brothers refusing to
grant a commutation o f sentence to
hang Aug 10 at Tombstone
Charles Hoyt tho noted playwright
anthor of A Texas Steer A Bunch
of Keys A Trip to Chinatown A
Hole in the Ground A Contented
Woman A Milk White Flag etc
is reported insane and in a retieat
The government has arranged to pro-
vide American soldiers In the field In
China with a postal service similar to
that la operation during the Spanish
American war Malla of the troops la-
the Chinese service as well as from
here will bo forwarded
The troubles In China have prevent-
ed rubber and coffee companies In
Moxlco having contracts for Chlae33
laborers from securing workmen from
the far east and they are endeavoring
to secure native laborers
A committee of Cincinnati citizens
arranged a big benefit for Harry M
Weldon the sporting editor of the En-
quirer who in February was stricken
with paralysis The benefit will con-
sist of sporting events and will take
place on Oct 0 Weldon con never re-
cover
Eighteen ties were piled oa the rail-
road tracks five mlle3 eouth of Three
Lakes Wis Alex Swan a laborer
coming to town removed tho obstruc-
tion Just in time to prevent a passenger
train from striking it
The first bale pf cotton w > s sold at
tbe New York cottpn exchange to Fer
nle Wilson Co The price was 1612
cents a pound anil the bale weighed
541 pounds The proceeds go to non-
sectarian charitable institution The
cotton was from Texas
A Persian imperial ukase orders
that a state of siege be proclaimed in
the military districts ot Siberia Tur
kestan and Semiretchlusk and that all
reservists In those districts be called
to colors
The China International mission has
received a telegram from Shanghai
which reports that Slangh Slen Chla
Kao Shaekl Tien and King Tsl Kuan
all mission stations In the province of
Ho Nan havo boon dostroyod by riot
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