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& +4 #4 # ..-j LEGATIONS WERE SAFE UP TILL TUESDAY. Quiet at Canton. Canton, July 6.â€"Qulet â€" continues here. Li Hung Chang has stationed troops in the streets to prevent disâ€" turbances. was received Aat Te SLate 2Oâ€" partment, from Consul Goodnow at Shanghai, dated July 7th, saying that the legations were standing on July 3rd, and that the attack of the Boxers had been slight. They seemed disposed to adopt starvation methods. A steamer intendel to convey Li Hung Chang northward sailed toâ€" day ostensibly bound for Kin Kuung. She took 250 packages of Li Hung Chang‘s goods. Shanghai, July 6.â€"Prince Tuan has ordered (General Yuan Shi Kail to march on Nanki with 18,000 German drilled troops. It is doubtful that be will obey, but in any case Viceroy Lu is believed to be able to hold Nanâ€" kin safe. He has fifteen warships Lu is believed to be able to hold Nanâ€" kin safe. He has fifteen warships upon Yang Tse Kiang, and Great Britain is ready to assist this oppoâ€" sition of the rebel Government. The departure of the antiâ€"foreign Taotaiâ€" Sheng, for Nankin, is causing anxâ€" iety. All Quiet at Canton and Li Hung Chang Going North. Many Stories of Atrocity Told, but Trustworthy News Hard to Obtainâ€"â€" Believed Chinese Will Try to Starve Out Pekin Foreignersâ€"â€"Kaiser Thanks Presidentâ€"â€"Will Help Reach the Beleaguered Foreigners in Time to Save a Massacre ?â€"â€"A Period of Great Suspense. PRINCE TUAN STIRRING UP STRIFE July 6. "To the President of the T. S.,. Wm. McKinley. For Your Excelâ€" leney‘s warm words of condolence in the murder of my representative in Pekin, Tâ€"express my most sincere thanks. I recognized therein the common impulse 0f interests which bind civilized nations together. Wiâ€" liam Emperor." It is thought that this is indicated by Another Shanghai despatch, howâ€" ever, which states that the Taoti or officer in charge of several depart ments at Shanghat and vicinity now admits that no lefiafloou exists in Pekin. They are said to have been exterminated, and it is admitted that no foreigners have been left alive. Stories of Atrocities. Reports of the atrocities committed by Prince Tuan upon the Chinese are appalling. He had four thousand leadâ€" ing Chirese butchered, it is said, for strain his followers. The despatch conâ€" trol the orgie of the tlood and reâ€" merely daring to potition him to conâ€" It is thought that by Aanother Shangha ever, which states t ofiicer in charge of ments at Shanghat : admits that no lefi Pekin. They are sa exterminated, and it no foreigners have be I*doq. .]:.ff 7.â€""The massacre of the Foreign Ministers, the women, the children and the European guards at Pekin, after eighteen days of hopeless resistance, is confirmed," says a despatch from Shanghai, datâ€" ed, July 6th, and received in London toâ€"da y. "When the ammunition and food were exhausted," continues the desâ€" patch, "The Chinese fiends closed in upon the legations and butchered all those who remained alive. Afterward they set the legation buildings on fire and the remains of the victims were consumed in one horrible holoâ€" caust." The despatch does source from which ns {irmation arises. O beer kill beccm tion i In Londor it is hardly doubted that the worst has happened, though the foreigners besiegad at Pekin could grasp the last straw and hope that Sir Robert Hart, the Inspectorâ€" CGeneral of Customs, who was thorâ€" oughly trusted by the Chinese, may have nmanagal, by the promise of bribes, to induce the Boxer leaders to protect the womn and children from the violence of the mobs. â€" Melbourne, Ju‘y 7. â€" The Imperial Goverament has accepted Victoria‘s @ffer oi i naval contingent for serâ€" vise in China. W K NT 1€ h Kaiser Thanks President lon London Fears the Worst Prince 141 18 Australians for China. Germauy Will Agree L. Suly 7. â€" An offici arink th the Chi L A Gioomy View. fr Fuly rom natives th continue< uly 7.â€"Jardine ringhai, have Puan is Active Wang We the Boxers ations Now. om Taku says that > from Mr. Edwin H ted States Minister it there by runners ows : We gr ast Message. D L7 provisions _ and th U ; the report of native city of not state the ws of this conâ€" re extent mere stories alread i olfficlal note wh n hi men th s committed + Chinese are ousand leadâ€" is said, for lespatch conâ€" lood and reâ€" . him to conâ€" nent that exâ€" ‘, Matheson telegraphed as follows : | _ London, July 7. â€" The Japanese cablegram | Minister, Kato Takaaki, received a tate â€" Deâ€" ‘ cable despatch from Tokio â€" this morning, giving his Government‘s reâ€" vanow _ * | y w‘flmt Britain‘s question as h, sayio0g | to whether with the consent of the anding OM | other Howers, Japan was willing to ack of the | send large reinforcements to China. t that exâ€" Chao has r situ gna ekin Câ€"J | Hungâ€"UCD | a procla | phat peoty hay | tected, a 1. | and nati gteqp | who stal ap4,. | bobeadsd #gre are »f Another â€" proclamation of Liâ€"Hungâ€" Chang‘s directs the prefects and other officials everywhere to detect and be head, or severely punish Boxers and all majefactors. All the officials are | held responsible for the thorough exeâ€" | cution of the viceroy‘s orders. Laxity | or fallure means death to the officials, il’)«)ih civitl and military, who are also |hoeld personally rosponsible for the satety of missionaries and native conâ€" ‘iverta? It is believed> that the Viceâ€" \roy‘s decisive action was taken at the |Instance of Mr. McWade, the Ameriâ€" \can Consul, and that it will influence tthe rebellious Governors in the north | in favor of forgigners, | Cut the Grand Canal. London, July 7.â€"A despatch to the Times â€" from . Tien Tsin, dated July 3rd, says thiit a °messenger from Sir Robert Hart reported.:g:t ) on June 24 nine soltiers at the Briâ€" tish Legation had been killed ~and London, July .7â€"A cable despatch, dated Thursday, July 5th, 5 p. m. received today from Shanghal at the London office of the inspectorate of Chinese maritime customs, says: Japan replied that she was prepared to carry out the suggestion, and that one division would be dispatched imâ€" mediately. "Courier left Pekin July 3rd, two â€" legations were . holdin; against troops and Boxers. troops had lost 2,000 men an ers many leaders." Paris, July 7.â€" The French Consul at Shanghal telegraphs under date of July 3rd that the vicercys of Nankin, Ou Charg, Foo Chow and Szee Houen, and the Governor of King Si and Ngan House have just issued a proclamation, couched in vigâ€" orous terms, for the protection of King Si and Ngan House have just issued a proclamation, couched in vigâ€" orous terms, for the protection . of foreigners. The Governor of Che Kiang alfone, it is added, published Prince Tuan‘s edict against foreignâ€" ers. Paris, July 6.â€"Denial can be made on high authority of the stories that France has offered the slightest obâ€" jection to Japan sending a number of troops to China. On the contrary, it is bhoped here that Japan will send promptly a . sufficient number _ of troops, with the purpose of saving the lives of the Europeans at Pékin. France, Russia and Germany, howâ€" ever, do object to granting Japan the sole mandate in China, as they asâ€" sume to see thorein an English inâ€" trigue by which the latter country wants to substitute Japan to play the role she herself would _ have sought to assume if her military London, July 6.â€"In spite of Rus:â€" sla‘s opposition to making Japan manâ€" datory of the European concert in China it is believed that Government will be authorized to act. Great Britâ€" ain, Germany, Italy, Austria and the United States have practically deâ€" cided to cut loose from Rus:ia, in the event of the latter‘s continued reâ€" fusal to astist in the immediate deâ€" spatch of Japanese troops to China, London, July 7.â€"The Russian Gov ernment announces that it will give Japan a free hand to apply military force in China, mors will be severely punished. ual vere punishment in China means slow strangulation. This edict includes Quangâ€"Tung and Quangâ€"Tu, the Governors â€" of â€" which have signed. 5 R Levy forces n Tra nsva London, July 7.â€"As may be seen from the despatches received here, there is practically no additional news from Chira, what further details and rumors that have reached London only going to confirm the most serâ€" lous estimate of the situation. _ Enrâ€" ther Chinese reports cabled froh} Shanghai give details purporting* to describe the scenes in Pekin, which may or may not have foundation in fact. One of tnese reorts is that five or six thousand native Christians have been butchered, and that the in M a y Cut Loose From Russia. andate in China, as to see thorein an E by which the latte to substitute Japa le she herself wor ; to assume if her had not been tied u Further Corroboration The Legation in The Crop of Rumors France‘s Position il Russia in Accord Japan Will Act Save the Foreigners ) Aassume il her milltar) 1 not been tied up in the & chered, and that reeking with car and would accordâ€" iny measures not y other quarters. ts proveni gs will b spreading Germany C ‘ maintenan nowers as 11 sSDA ames ns dation in that five ‘hristians , dated ‘ exciteâ€" lespatch t the irnage when out The wk'rs."l There is no longer any doubt that _ proâ€"| the Chinese troops are armed with atives | modern weapons, and know how to Those | fight, which they did not five years once | ago. The British mistake of underratâ€" se ruâ€" | ing the enemy, if made by the powers ._Reâ€" |in the present instance, would enâ€" s slow | tail results too appalling to _ conâ€" template,. An upheaval then would g and | involve the whole Empire, all _ forâ€" which | cigners would be slaughtered _ or driven into the sea and the Yellow Hungâ€" | poril would literally menace the enâ€" other | tire world. It would then be necesâ€" d be | sary to decide whether to abandon i and | China utterly, with the future menace s are | which would always beimpending, or hexeâ€" | to send the utmost resources of . all axity | civilization to conquer an enemy numâ€" icials, | bering from a quarter to oneâ€"third of e also | the human race. It is easily _ underâ€" the | stood, therefore, why Europe is hesiâ€" e conâ€" | tating before a problem so gigantic Viceâ€" | that there is nothing in modern times at the | with which to compare it. r‘) itti OX to X The Chefoo correspondent of the Exâ€" press, telegraphing on Thursday, says there is ro longer any doubt that disâ€" aster has overtaken the Russian force of 3,000 that left Tien Tsin for Pekin on June i1. The Russians had a full {ield of complement, and carried their own transport. As nothing has been heard from them for 24 days, it is assimed that they have been overâ€" whelmed. _ Trustworthy news is reâ€" eBived to the effect that all the counâ€" try to the northeast of Pekin _ is covered with corpses of men and horses of the Western _ garrisons. Fighting of a desperate character took place in the immediate neighborhood of Tien Tsin on June 30. aver that if the Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to throw light on the real state of affairs in the capital they could do so, and therefore the worst stories are accepted as trua. Prince Tuan‘s coup detat is describ ed by the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail as a sequence to the grand council of Ministers at which Yungâ€"Lu advocated the suppression of the Boxers promptly. The Empress gave her whole supâ€" port to Yurgâ€"Lu, and a scene of disâ€" order engued. _ Prince Tuan _ pasâ€" slonately _ intervened, _ backed by Kangâ€"Yi. They rushed from the counâ€" cil, and their partisass raised the cry, "Down with the foreigners !" The effect was electrical. The eunuchs, palace officials of all sorts, and most of the populace took up the cause of Prince Tuan and his agents immediâ€" ately put the Emperor and Dowager Empross under restraint. § Taku despatches say an attack in great force is expected at any moâ€" ment. _ The Chinese commanders are awaiting the arrival of more guns and reinforcements« _ before making _ an attack on the city. attack on the city. A despatch from Sharghai to the Daily Telegraph, July 5, says the losses of the allies up to June 29 to talled 600. many wounded. The women and chilâ€" dren were sh{e.Fgod was bad,and am» munition low. The despatch adds that the Chinese have cut the grand canal with the object of flooding the plain, and preventing an advance on Pekin. Admiral â€" Alexieff, the Russian comâ€" mander, is at Taku. The European force at Tienâ€"Tsin numbers 7,000. Twentyâ€"two hundred Japanese troops have reached Taku, with fourteen guns, but the landing of the force is difficult. Eight hundred of them were expected at Tionâ€"Tsin Tuesday night. ; {00 s 0 t How the Rising Started, London, July 6. â€"Revitals ol further horrors in Pekin are gathered by corâ€" respondents at Shanghal from Chinese sources, especially of the slaughter in the Chinese and Tartar City of thouâ€" sands of native Christians, so that the capital reeks with carnage. The ruthâ€" less thirst for blood is sproading in all the northern provinces, and wherever there are native Christians the scenes enacted in the capital are reproduced in miniature. _ From these stories noâ€" thing further comes regarding the Leâ€" gation forces, except a repetition that they are all dead. The correspondents aver that if the Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to throw light on the real state of affairs in the capital they London, Jan. 7.â€"An undated Tien Tsin despatch to the Daily Mail, sent by way of Chefoo, July ‘"st, says that the relieving force of 1,â€" 7O0 Russians, and 300 British, after {ighting their way, met an Ameriâ€" can relief force 300 strong, which had started three days previously, in the most dire straits. One Ameriâ€" London, July 7, 9.15 p.m.â€"The F?r- eign Office has issued the text of | a telegram from Acting Consulâ€"General Warren, at Shanghai, confirming from a thoroughly trustworthy source the npws received by courier from Pekin on July 3rd, by way of Shanghai, to the London office of the inspectorate of Chinese maritima customs, saying that two legations were, the day the courier left, holding out against the troops and Boxers, and the troops had lost 2,000 men and the Boxers mt:§.v leaders. â€"Mr.â€"Warran â€"adds that .the messenger says th»> troops were much Shanghal, July 5.â€"An advertisem bs published here by the British C sul warning everybody that Weiâ€"H Wel is under military law. Nobodz allowed to land there. disheartened by their losses, and that the Boxers claim their mystic powers have teen broken by the foreignrs, and that they dare not approach the legations. It is further asserted that the forâ€" eigners at Pekin ought to be able to hold out for a long time, as they have sufficient food and ammunition. The fact is that since the war with Japan the Chinese have been doing precisely what the Boers did after the Jameson raid. It is even said that their leaders gained their chiefl encourageâ€" ment in the present antiâ€"foreign upâ€" rising from the remarkable successes of the Boers against the British last winter. can officer, in despair ted suicide. 6 The despatch constu that there is no rain, a prospect ol pestile Berlin, July 6.â€"A despatch fr Chefoo states that Southern M churia is in a state of rebelli The Mukden coal mines, the railw to New Chewang, and the telegra lines have been destroyed. nc Paris, July 7, 10.40 p. m. â€" The French Consul at Canton telegraphs that according to the information that he has received through Li-Hun% Chang the situation at Pekin had no materially changed up to July ist. News of a general mae:mcre of the Europeans â€"was freely cirsulated in Canton on July 6th, but it was deâ€" Confirmed by Liâ€"Hungâ€"Chang. Martial Law at Weiâ€" Haiâ€"Wei Coal Mines Destroyed No Rain, no Crops concludes > rain, no pestilence despatch from h id commit by saying crops, and and famâ€" ALâ€" mn. y oh nt ilâ€" To Transfer the Women. London, July 8.â€"A despatch from Ten Tsin, dated July 3rd, says: "Since early morning the Chinese have heavâ€" ily bombarded the settlements. _ Adâ€" miral Seymour has ordered the woâ€" men and chlidren conveyed to Taku at the earliest poslble moment." nied by a telegram received by one of the Consuls. The French Consul at Canton added in his despatch that it had been stated at that place that Gen. Lungâ€"Yu had telegraphed the viceroy at Canton to consider as null and void all soâ€"called Imperial decrees promulgated since June 2ist. _â€"_ _ With Boiling Water. London, July 9.â€" A despatch to the Times from St. Petersburg says that no official news has been _ reâ€" ceived regarding the fate of the forâ€" eigners in Pekin. _ The newspapers publish what purports to be a teleâ€" gram stating that the members of the Russian mission were tortured by having boiling water poured on their heads, after which they were decapitated and their bodies cut to Rev. A. Ewing Casts Doubt on Many Yarns. Rev. Archibald Ewing, who comes from the Province of Ankuel, and who left Shanghai on June 9th, is now in Toronto. Anbuei is 900 miles inland. and though it is not within the Aéphere of the Boxers‘ operations, Mr. wing was nevertheless called upon by many persons at the China Inland Mission, anxious to hear the latest tidings of friends or relatives. Anâ€" huei is situated just south of Shanâ€" Tung, where the revolt broke out. It is reached in a five woeks‘ trip by naâ€" tive houseboat from Shanghal. Mr, Ewin: has sten a number of native risings in his time, including the Yangtse riots, the Chinaâ€"Japanese war and a local rebellion, and knows the temper of the Chinese under such circumstances. They are not, he says, the coldâ€"blooded, calculating murderers that they have been picâ€" tured. In China as in other countries there is always a lawless element in every mob, and this, he says, has been responsible, with few exceptions, for the attacks upon forcigners. He reâ€" gards the storiee of wholesale masâ€" sacre in the present outbreak as probâ€" able fabrications. Such stories were circulated in previous rebellions, and were invariably found to be greatly exaggerated. Mr. Ewing is a Scotchman who has spent thirteen years in China and has the geography and recent history of the Empire at his fingers‘ ends. He takes an optimistic view of the situation in China, particularly as Imperial Tutor Slain London, July 9.â€"It is report the lmperial Tutor, HsuT antiâ€"foreigner, has been â€" m by Boxers in Pekin, togeths his household, numbering 3 sons. He takes an optimistic view of the | * situation in China, particularly as| © regards the missionaries, of whom | there are 2,500 in the Empire, the| * great majority of whom are in the{ en southern provinces. Many of those in J the north, where the revolution‘ c rages, have escaped to Che Foo on & the coast near the British naval staâ€"| 8 tion Wei Hai Wei, where they are| 3 considered absolutely safe. “‘ Nature of the Rising. i o It is reassuring to learn that with | (r: the exception of Messrs. Brooks, Robâ€" | h‘ inson and Norman, who were murâ€" | dered early in the outbreak, Mr.| Ewing knows of no missionaries who | o have been _ massacred. The point | t which he makes with regard to the | =/ revolution in its twoâ€"fold nature, it | t is antiâ€"dynastic, as woell as antiâ€" | A foreign, and the former: character | I" of the trouble dates much farther | t back than the latter, indeed withâ€" | 4 out the former element the antiâ€" foreign movement would not have attained anything like its present dimensions. The antiâ€"dynastic sentiment dates back for 300 years since the present Manchu dynasty assumed power. The Manchus are regarded as foreigners and their reign has never been acâ€" ceptable to the native Chinese. The Manchu dynasty it was which imâ€" posed upon the Chinese the queue, which is really a badge of serviâ€" tude, and one of the first acts of the revolutionists is to cut off this objectionable elemsit of headgear, "For months," said Mr. Ewing, "we in the interior have apprehended *A revolution of this character, _ and months ago I wrote to ‘my friends in England that there might be a rising at any time. This was largeâ€" ly on account of the extortionate levies â€" made by the Empress, who has irritated the higher officlals by her course. So great have been these extortions that in many parts of China there is a chronic state of hardship, amounting in the Shan Tung Province to poverty and {famâ€" ine. No one expected then, however, that the revolution would take an antiâ€"foreign turn. XC s heg _};}:5-0‘ fem s ,4“, ,g:tj:.“, : '.,if: ue a y it se ts A MISSIONARY‘S VIE W Reports art the latter, indeed wi »rmer element the a: vement would not h; anything like its pres ts twoâ€"fold c, as . well he â€" former _ _dates mu > latter, in r element ent â€" would H Inaccurate ,,2; % it ‘5{:‘&: murdered ther with 300 perâ€" character h farther leed withâ€" rted that atholic sisters st Friâ€" Nine arrived hwane. BRITONS FIGHT ABROAD â€"_â€" AND PLAY AT HOME. | London Society Outraged by Astor‘s Coarse Insult to Milne. MAY OSTRACISE THE SNOB. London, July 7.â€"Truly Great Briâ€" tain is the land of sport. British solâ€" diers are fighting a barbarous enâ€" emy in the far east, in an endeavor to save the lives of some of their fellow countrymen and maintain their country‘s prestige. British solâ€" diers are engaged in a similar task in Ashanti, where British officers, women and children are in danger of being massacred by revolted sayâ€" ages, and a quarter of a million Briâ€" tish are still grappling with the stupendous military and civil diffiâ€" culties that must be overcome . beâ€" fore South Africa is pacified, yet at home, racing, cricket, running, rowâ€" ing, polo, tennis, and all the conâ€" tests of all descriptions hold pracâ€" tically undiminished sway over pubâ€" lic interest. R MHenley Week Dull. It is true that Henley woek as n social occasion has been more still and quiet than for years past and the georgous summer toilets did not blossom as usual on the banks of the Thames. But while society deserted Henley, there was no diminishing in interest of rowing or in the interâ€" est of those who watch Henley for its sporting rather than for its soâ€" cial features. The war and the weaâ€" ther were chiefly responsible [or soâ€" ciety‘s absence from the great river carnival. The beginning of the week was so wretchedly wet and cold that many persons cancellied their proâ€" jected trip. The â€" Ox{fordâ€"Cambridge cricket â€" match did not suffer from these causes. It attracted enthusiâ€" asts in as large numbers as ever, the An Why Lord Roberts Objected to His Men Going to China Society Mangers on to Take Precedence of His Sea Commanding Such an Expedition â€"â€"Princess Saw W at New Marketâ€"â€"Henley Week Dull â€"â€"What the G Talking About This Summer. asts in as large numDers and for several days the u duate and his sister, mot! other attachments have beetr ous throughout London. Th national athlettes and polo looked forward to with int The Yankee Influx. What with the large athi tingents at present from th <tatoes. and the annual cony« Capt. Milne‘s imany inflventin! | wons in SÂ¥mul ermaAliieamn" 4 friends, who include the Duke of York, :.\tl:mm good condition 1 are furious, the duke and other naYal |~ Cantain J; 8 officers regarding Mr. Astor‘s conduct m(g}“lt:mltl':"{;imf‘?(:dorrlgn as an insult to their profession as Wel | poya‘ averted gt;n stak as to a personal officer whose pOSiâ€" | qjmceq Prensied @ I‘NE‘ tion in London society is unquestionsd. |~ Tp)o TGlap w; with gri« The members of the Naval and Mili~ | vyacp; which ‘):fr“ stau: tary Club are also indignant at the ‘i;:xrvhasu! from J .(‘0"" fact that Mr. Astor Gragged in the |‘caro .The mlnu ‘:;" C‘ name of their club. The whole mat | coul{ have wep:fi dec ter, with Capt. Milne‘s letter, has | Gop 2oog managemont. been placed before the Prince of Wales, | of the v‘vreck w. unenit.. and society is awaiting the next move. | a" fow minutes :::e’l_”::: Why Bobs Said No. !brought. into this port. Lord Roberts‘ Geclination to allow | mm menreg mmgng~= > troops to be withirawn from 8Juthi miss NxoX MAY ® Africa for service in China is said to | ,, ol have come about in this way : _The | Cirl Shot by Hunter Wil Bocretary ol State Tor War, Lord Upon Toâ€"da; Lansdowne, cabled Lord Roberts, askâ€" Orangeville, July 6.â€" i aafante al ues | tole aer ie mss * Yes. nsâ€" rtie xon, the youn cowne then selected a number of fayâ€" | was shot by Ottawa; orite officers, who have been cooling | Dominion Day. Miss Nix thoir hbeels in the irawingrooms at| improved, and as it is out an inivtation, is making a g commotion in London society, threatens to seriously affect Mr tor‘s position therein. _ It seoms Captain Milne was dining at the I of a weilâ€"known lady, who asked to go with her party to the As concert. This is daily done in Lo: concert. This is Gaily done In Lonu( and Captain Milne unhesitatingly : cepted. . * * Studiedly Coarse and Insulting. On arriving Mr. Astor, instead shaking hands with the captain, ask the latter his name. Milne told im and said that Lady â€"â€"â€"â€" broug him with her party. Mr. Astor 1 sponded that ho had rot the pleasu of his acquaintance, requestad him leave, and added that he would ins a notice in the newspapers. Capt: Milne left in confusion, and from t Naval and Military Club the sai night sent Mr. Astor a lottor of ap ogy, expressing the hops that would allow the matter to drop. spite of this, Mr. Astor, in his pap inserted, as cabled at the time, t following paragraph : "It is my des to make known that the presence Captain Sir Berkeley Milne, of Naval and Military Club, Piceadil at Mr. Astor‘s corcert last Thursd evening, was uninvited." Down on the Snob. Lanscowne, cabled Lord Roberts, askâ€" | Orangeville, July 6.â€"An operation ing if he could spare a division, and | will be performed toâ€"morrow upon Roberts replied " Yes." Lord Lansâ€" | Gertie Nixon, the young lady>~ who cowne then selected a number of fayâ€" { was shot by Ottaway Hunter on orite officers, who have been cooling | Dominion Day. Miss Nixon is slightly thoir heels in the irawingrooms at.l improved, and as it is thought the home, for billets with the force. In | spinal cord is not @o dangerously in the meantime Roberts cabled, suggestâ€" l jured as at first anticipated there is Ing that several of his triadl comâ€" some hope that her life may be saved. ta t [ 2s, qno largest rica hc cancelled their _ proâ€"| ‘ ie â€" Oxfordaâ€"Cambridge _ did not suffer from : t attracted enthusiâ€" | , ge numbers as ever, | , l days the undergru-l 4 sister, mother and | , nts have been ubiquitâ€" | j t London. The Interâ€"| , tag and nolo are also | . wC 0o are i nterest w« > oD PREGIOUS LIVES LOST. ti uential i Ei‘,g‘:a ‘ navai | omm onduect ’ m(é?g as woll | have o posiâ€" l tion ad. m-'.-“..of n the Before ho angwered Lord Koberus suggestion the latter hbeard from priâ€" vate sources that none of his seaâ€" soned lientenants were to go, . but that warriors who had fattened on the flesh pots of the city were comâ€" ing out to take all commands in the expedition, whereupon Lord Roberts promptly wired London that it was impossible to send any troops at all out of South Africa, his previous ofâ€" fer being based on imperfect informaâ€" tion. _ Whereupon Lord Roberts‘ army rejoiced, and the War Office was _ reâ€" luctantly â€" obliged to abandon . a scheme whereby it was hoped to molify _ many _ distinguished peaceâ€" soldiers and their relations. There is no definite confirmation of this, but it is told with considerable circumâ€" stantiality. > > mA Those Resignations. The resignation of Lord Wemy®s, the honorary coloanel, and Col. Eustace Balfour, the commandiang officer of the crack London Neottish Voluntcera, as a result of thair desire to protest against the Government‘s theatment of the volunteers in the service, have created a sensation. Col. Balfour is a brother of the Cabinet Minister of brother of the Cabinet Minister Of that name, and Lord WYemyss has probably done more for that branch of Great Britain‘s &fences than any other man. The trouble was over the War Office refusing to give a capitaâ€" tion grant to London volunteers beâ€" cause they were unable, cwing to hayâ€" ing been at the front, to put 50 per cent. of their streagth in camp for the manoeuvres. Lord Wemyss, writing to Lord Lansdowne, fraukly tells him he has ignored the original intention of the volunteer force, and has changed its charge and constitution. A. Albright, who has just died is dead are: Mrs. James Corrigan, wile of the owner of the yacht. Mre, Charles Reily, aged 22 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Corâ€" rigan. Miss Jane Corrigan, aged 20 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Corâ€" WENT DO‘KNIN FIVE MINUTES. Cleveland, O., July 7.â€"The echooner yachit Idier was lost in a terrific storm 16 miles off this port this afternoon, (with six persons, all members of the family of James Corrigan, a wealthy vessel owner of this city, aboard. The dead are: Yacht Idler Swamped in Storm. rig Captain James Corrigan declared toâ€" night that good seamansbip could harve averted the tragedy. He is almost frenzied with grief, The Idler was a staunch schooner yacht which Mr, Corrigan recently purchasod from John Cudahy, of Chiâ€" cago. The captain declares that she could have weathered the storm unâ€" der gooda management. The survivors According to the testimony of sevâ€" eral sailors the topsail, mainsail and jib were all set when the storm came up. This is deniecd by Samuel Biggam, the mate, who declares they were in good cordition to face the to Mr MISS NiIXON MAY RECOYER. Girl Shot by Hunter Will be Operated Upon Toâ€"day. n i|s 11 r Going to China â€"â€"Dida‘t Want ence of His Seasoned Officers in Princess Saw Wales‘ Morse Lose |â€"â€"What the Great Metropolis is LN L w Or câ€"suricken, and refused to leave plave. The mate implored *them ome to the deck, but they refused. . Jolhn Corrigan clung to the cork when the gale came up, and was to h _ minutes after the accident and ht into this port. put Lord iansdowne in Sn d fix. Shut Out Ambitiouns. ho angwered Lord Roberts on the latter heard from priâ€" urces that none of his seaâ€" ontonant« were to o. but wreck wore picked up by tugs c uis cal P ade d (C * d Id W should accon as preparing orps was ne M m Corrigan Lansdow n n , Tour silors, ship carpenter a â€"theatment service, have Balfour is a Minister of WYemyss has V h iged the ay â€" became to leave d them tha vester ND minâ€" men and a bin " my@ the the 15 t8, tw bFok N PC