WELOOME TO NT. GEORGE'S for tne i to Rev OW and Miss Hedley ; drama. i in, four, acts, {Brown's in why” wh full of dash) and Semel, fromistart to, finish, > The ‘Specialties’ between the acts were all new, bright and pleasing. The Arrangements.~..have been about pleted for the recep nto be given by the The brooch, once accepted only as a fad, is now con- ‘ .. Sidered an almost indispensable adjunct to a lady's watch. It allows the watch to be worn where the time may be read at a glance, without the embar- rassing search’ in your waist, or the annoyance of dropping all that is in one’s hands in order to re- move it from the pocket. WE HAVE THEM IN DIFFERENT COLORED ENAMELS AT $1.00 EACH TO THE FINEST i==-EWERT BROS. == PPL CON New York, July 12,-The! Herald today prints.a cable from’ Shanghai, dated Tuesday which says a private letter from Pekin dated June 24, and received at Tien Tsin June ;30, has-been received, The writer says: . : "We are in danger of death, Thirty thousand troops are attack- ing. Only three days food is left. No news comes of' troops..’: If no relief comes, all seems hopeless. Mallien’s store has, been burned, and the hotel dePekin bombarded: The Italian, Dutch and American -jand part of. the British, legations .| have been burned.” The journal and Advertiser prints a cable from Che’ Foo, July 8, via Shanghai, - July 12, which sayS a courier has just arrived from Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chinese customs at Pekin. The courier is said to have brought the following message from Sir Robert: “Close to goodbye. . Near the end.” : The Massacre Confirmed Shanghai, July: 32.—It)is reported that a Chinese merchant here’ has received a letter trom Pekin, dated June 30, saying thé . legations were demolished and the foreigners killed, . It is from a good QUICK WORK ewe Tel. No. 8 Red Star Storage & Transfer © Does a regular Storage and Transfer business, Baggage delivered | tly. Will call at. any pare of the city. Meet all trains. Contract and job Work done. Light and heavy Frei; a handled. Mining piseulnery etivered Ha short noiice. Ore contracts ta! Furniture, Pianos and’ Safés safely moved. We pay dam: done, to avthing we handle. Good Storage facilities, reason- able rates, no 0 fire £I asshippers’ agents. Will clear, transfer, ware- hoitse, or ship ‘any. ‘Slaas ote roods.. WE SELL QQOD, DRY, SEASONED WOOD. Washington 8t., opposite Bank of Montreal. JW. Hartline, Mer. Otice: source that 20,000 Russians’ -are marching on Pekin from the north. No Message Since Hart's. Paris, july 12.—The Temps this ‘|MASSACRE AT PEKIN FIRMED Last Despairing Message From Sir: Robert Hart Arrives. | TRICKS OF CHINESE They Juggled Dates to Hide Their Guilt--Allies Losing Ground at Tipe Peis, The following dispatch fram Vice Adiniral Seymour. tien Tsin, July 7.—The Chinese continue fighting, often shelling the settlements. They are extending their lines along the Lu: Tai An canal to the northeast and are ap- city, Yesterday we-bombarded the city and immediate suburbs, which stopped the Chinese gun fire for some time, The French settlement and station are most subject to at- tack, Today there was another bombardment. 1 am stendily get- ting up more guns. * Ten thousand troops are now here. More are required, but both the Russian and Japanese are expected,” . Allies Do NowWork Together, Tsin Tsin, July 4, via’ Che Foo, July 8 and Shanghai,. July) 11.— Admiral Seymour’s method of com- manding ts to make requests. © The other commanders generally follow these, but there have been instances of the ranking officers holding aloof from operations of which they dis- approved. a There is great need of - more troops. The present force of 10, ooo men ‘is'attempting to hold a line fifteen miles long around ‘the city. There is'also great need. ot rebuilding -the railroad to Taku aud getting~artillery ~~ equal’ -to- the guns with which. the Chinese are daily bombarding the allies’ posi- tion, ‘it'is in ap to affirm that no European telegram has been received from Pekin since that of Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of Chinese customs, dis- patched Sunday, June 24, declaring P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS - ir the situation was Pp Con- tinuing, the Temps says: “The subsequent silence is sinis- ter. Ifit is true that the legations are safe, they could communicate with Europe. «If. they cannot, \it is b the Chinese have juggled _ Rossland, Nelson, Re t H rage Grand Forks, and Vancouver. RETAIL MARKETS Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke shiny Ferguson, and Varcouver. William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch. Rossland, New dates and the massacre really took place, as announced, on June 3c or July 1.” A Belated Dispatch Washington, July 12.—A belated cablegram was received at the navy department today via Siberia. It bore no signature but Secretary Long thought it came from Rear Admiral Kempff. The text of the ATOMIZERS__= No ToitetTable is complete without fan Atomizer. We Kecp all varletles, good,bad and indifferent. The best cost more money than the indifterent, but are worth more. Have you seen our new supply of Hot Water Bottles, Tooth and Hair Brushes, Toilet Soaps, Perfumes and Colognes. , Cae — The Rossland Drug Gompan WwW. CG. McLEAN, JNO. JACK SON, JR. 123 E. COLUMBIA AVE. TELEPHONE 185 R. E. STRONG, [PROPRs. i ccon: is as foll “Nagasaki, ‘Secretary Navy, Washington D. C., Taku, China, July 2. Runner Pekin reports Ger- man troops burnt Tsung Li Yamen. Chinese moved many field guns on wall di if Chi- Ground. The week’s work -resulted in a substantial gain: :for, the. Chinese. The allies Jost, fifty or. sixty men terday’| farnished anew ‘ilistration of the weakness of the present methods. A majority of the com- vit, was ign; settlements and * the © artillery therein, pearing in greater torce west of the.’ others had a small radius of effec- tiveness, * Beaten In Artillery Duel In the absence of a concerted plan, the Russians sent a few com- panies of Cossacks with two field guns, and the Japanese a battery of, six three-p Jers and two Pp: nies of infantry, supporting the English twelve-pounders from H. .M.S. Terrible, to. silence the Chi- nese pieces. The Terrible’s guns failed to get an effective position and the Russians had dne gun dis- mounted and tour men killed early in the engagement. The Japanese were confident that they silenced the |. guns in the open, but it appeared to the onlookers that these guns fired the last shots as the Japanese’ were retiring. The Russians lost heav- ily and the Japanese tost one killed and 12 wounded. The Chinese threw a few shells into the city this morning to show that they were still alive, ‘Time Wasted In Politeness _ A British, officer described the: sit- uation as chaos, He said: “We have wasted many. days in politeness _and it is time we did something.” There is no. disagreement among SWORD AND PEN Fitpeh Newspaper Man Proves Equally Expert With Both. HE WOUNDS DEPUTY Li SES An Article in a Socialist Paper Leads to a Duol With the Noisy Nationalist Deputy, Who Is Wounded After Fighting Bleven Rounds With Swords, By Associated Press, Paris, July 12,—M. Luasies, the prominent — Nationalist deputy, whose name has been connected with the most disorderly incidents _ in the chamber of deputies durmg the past session, fought a duel to- day with a newspaper man, M. Gerault Richard, in a suburb of Paris, The meeting was the out- come of ‘an article written by the latter in the Socialist organ, La Petite, Republique. In the eleventh round Lasies was wounded in the tight arm and the” duel was the d but in the ab ofa definite head several of them are disposed tv follow their own methods and they simply abstain from operations contrary to these methods, Foreigners Are Disgusted. The foreign population is greatly aroused concerning this. apparent apathy. While the city is being bombarded, they are likely to suffer heavily, and they cannot understand the apparent negligence of the gov- ernments to furnish'relief and why reinforcements are not coming on faster. The Americans are partic- ularly dissatisfied, because, though they have one of the smallest repre- sentations, their interests are sec- ond to none, One experienced offi- cer said: . “It is impossible to realize at home that there has been more real war here than ir Cuba or the Philip- pines.” |" Germans Erritate Americans} The Germans have occupied and raised their fag over the imperial university of Tien Tsin. The offi-. cers of the university are Americans. The viceroy deeded the property to them. Consul’ Ragsdale has pre- tested against the action of the Ger- mans.” | Japan WII Send 50,000 Yokoboma, July 12.—Though no decision has yetbeen announced, itis certain that Japan will send nearly 50,000 troops to China. ‘The press agrees that the dis- patch of so largea force is a duty in the interests of humanity, but as- serts thata large measure of re- sponsibility for the troubles rests alone with Russia and Germany, because uf.their arbitrary action in China. Prince Tuan Reported tusane Che Foo, July 9.—it is reported on good authority. that Prince Tuan has b insane. which * di: the setth The attack was fixed for four days ago, but..was. postponed be- cause the Russian commander con- sidered his men /_unfit for ‘the duty after their recent work. It was again fixed for: yesterday morning, but was postponed because credi- é ,tirculation from the north west had reinforced the Chinese. In the meantime the Chinese had removed two big’ guns from the fort near to the native city and had planted four in ‘the open near the east arsenal) two! lag away, These slielled, the city four hours, in more ifian ten’ hundred advised | ions. Runner heard heavy firing in Pekin after leaving city.” Allies Bombarding Tien Tain ‘London, July, 12.— 3:55 p.m.— ‘The British ad y has . A They ot the range of the public building and of the club- liouses used as hospitals, and drop- ped explosives all about them, For- tunately most of the shells were de- fective and failed to burst and the In s} of the s ofthe rebels towards Tsin Tau. the Germans have withdrawn some of their troops fram Taku to aPlO- tect Tsin Tau. The women and chitdreh from Now Chang have ar- rived here, D. 8. McKenzle Takes 2 Bride Mr. D.S. McKenzie,a well-known resident of this city, and Miss Mar- garet Begg were yesterday united in marriage at the home of the bride's sister at Seattle, Wash. After visiting friends in] Was E- ton, the young couple will make their home in this city. Mr. Mc- Kenzie is a brother of Mrs. John Dunlop, se W R. Brayton, lund agent of the Duncan-Lardeau_ railroad, was in the city yesterday. FURIOUS STORM IN THE RAST ‘Two Hoya Killed by Lightning—HMavoe Wrought In Many Towns. By Associated Press. Montreal, July 12 —A heavy wind and rain storm here last night did considerable damage to tree electric light poles, etc. Omemee, Ont., July 12.—Tommie Mcllwain, the 11-year-old son of A. Mcllwain, living three miles north of this place, was struck by light- ning yesterday afternooti and in- stantly killed. London, Ont., July 12.—S. Phil- lips, the 14-year-old son of Post- master Phillips, of this city, was instantly killed by lightning yester- day afternoon. Toronto, Ont., July 12.—A vio- lent thunder storm yesterday after- noon did much damage to property - at Foxboro, Bowmanville, Picton, Colborne and Erie. s amonz Ottawa; July ‘12,—The general officer. commanding at Standerton cables the following casualties under date of yesterday: Missing—Acting \Corp. J. Mills; shoeing-smith J. J: Griffith; Private S. Simpson; Private N. Gibroy; Private R. Bourne; Private J. Nor- ris, . It is “presumed that all of the © above belonged to Strathcona's Horse. ‘The name of Private C. S. Strong also appears in the list, but there is no such name on the nomi- nal role. THREE DAYS BASEBALL Stanfords Play Tomerrow and Sune day,. Bloomers on Saturday The Stanford baseball team will arrive in the ‘city this evening and will play Rossland tomorrow after- noon. Tomorrow evening the team will be entertained at a ball at the Miners’ Union hall for the benefit of the local team, On Saturday the Stanfords will play Nelson and the same evening will return here ta play a second game. On Saturday will come the match with the Boston Bloomer Girls’ team, who will arrive here morrow evening. to- Joku MeGenigle Taken a Wife Mr. John McGonigle, the Spe- kane street grocer, was married to Miss Annie Schlicht on Tuesday evening at the bride's home, 128 East Cordelia street, Spokane. The happy couple arrived in the city last evening and are at the Cardiff. Furs renovated and repaired by Lougheed, who has secured the services of an expert furrier. .