'ROSSLAND: EVENING RECORD, JULY 24 1g00 their seats. Ail the members are now present except Houston, | » Th A poor. se!) of spectatofajwhen the: houderresi med its sittings Baradow, ‘of Vanéqliver, ‘land Hayward, of Esquimalt, moved and seconded the reply to the the boy'whatever he didsay to tell the'truth. “He'tHought the boy of too tender years to suffer ‘capital punishment. He told the boy he could not be punished in after years for a crime “tommitted in youth, too early to,understand the natuwe of the crime.. “Ahern reiterated this statement. This was said to allay any fears he might have if he told the truth, w Ww Ww w w Women’s Lace and Embroidered ° REECE ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY-25, 1.0) PRICE § CENTS with heavy... casualties, None of _ Handkerchiefs: 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c, 40c, and KRUGERMOVES ON the Americans _ were. injured. ; At one o'clock'in. the afternoon the allies bombarded the native ‘city -Dr,-Bowes-told-the circumstances under which the- confession was Artistic ‘Printing “Hoi : oye ery . Bags OLIDAY JEWELLERY 7 THEIR GUNS The Old Man Met “Death the Day He Was to Have Married a Young” Brids—His Sen Sald to Have Sworn te Proveat the: Wed- ding. By Associated Preas. Lucan, Ont., july 24,—Gerald Sifton; ‘a’'man about’ 30° years ot . age, was arrested at ‘Arva,* a little village near::here, yesterday by -In- |. spector John Murray of the. Provin- cial detective department. Sitton i is h@ldoff, Suspicion: SrinbGiang s been the cause of. ~big, father: 38° death, | which occurred ‘nbout “1 dd ‘weeks ago. At. the time : we way, was in the city this morning | tion to’ the attorney general andeadjourned the SERN Kootenay tinéhos are the best. Wanrep - “Girl 14 oF 15 years old to take care of baby. Enquire, this office, g Furs revidvAled arid’ repaired by Lougheed, Who has secured the ser- VET TT YY VETVTTTY TTY PRAT TTTTTE FVTVTTT « Offers ‘special membership i in- d s for ‘a short ‘time . by ‘FRossland Athletic. ae era's ; ing-Ont of The.- Rossland: ‘Auction on Columbia. avenue, House month, suspension of the initiation _ fee. (AIL the. eeerseens “Magazines - ~ Periodicals | Excellent accommodations: for and. chambers; permanent-and Gee, board” 40° per ‘ $36 to For’ particulars apply to CHARLES E. BENN,:. Charies Webster, Steward: Business:...... man. ” Tele- sded the Vertion’ & “Nelson ny’s' Office, has di * “The store is for rent, fixturés sale and the stock” wilt be-offered—nt~ prices turi- heard of. The sale i is pow boing Twanety houses, f igdergdmséach, on nite “at ibe r Price ., Grocery .-Company’s ..store, Spokane street.. Apply to Daly & yaar, 1% + J yg jars..in -pints, quartsgarid half gallons, - Q.: M. Fox & Co., 106. E. Columbia: avenue. Phones 65 and Zo. : tf vast “Try the Kooténay- @idnors. i lepot.! 1 then down Lincoln street and met ‘my her.atid. Mrs... King. -coming—-up- fact the entire Pi pine district, were.on the American side. Much of the Dalton toll ‘road leading to Porcupine City also lies within Can- in territory, according to the survey. The American minersyin the ‘Porcupine have addressed a pro- Ki [3 the provisional sand Chilkoot pass, “The: Porcupine placer mines, it is ie will yield $250,000 aad Co “hore BRIDGE GORs po’ Fretame ‘Train Wrecked on Gare Moad—Two Men Will Die TA high bridge on the Spokane ‘Falls & Northern railroad, near the ‘cus hill, between Marcus. and: rs Falls, collapsed) under a ht train about 6:45 p. m. yes- terday and an” vockipad apd four cars the’ ‘gulch 32; ine on White |" frorn towns T- killed Mah Lin, but I “killed him_an didn’t want to tell-her for fear she would whip me. I-tald my moter about.it before the: ‘Was: scared when you killed. was tra of the Chi ef ey wield kill: me. . imen for fear That was the Tavestigation. pointed the guri® sate him, but the smile feft his - face mighty quick, when I shot him. “Ernest CHENOWETH. : “Acknowledged before me, July @and, 1900, fireman were bot and.were not ‘expected | ‘to live an hoar. The bridge is almost a total: wreck. “t ‘Itis expected to take 10 days to -repairthe damage. During that ‘the night trains between’ here and:Spoh will be and Passengers on the day trains be transferred. K THEIR SEATS. FOR CASKIAR jection Against Clifford and Stas jes Faile—Reply to the Speceh. Sveciat to the Kuconp.. .- |! - ament Building, Victoria, —The argument on the in- to prevent Messrs. Clifford fing’ the consequences of ‘an act.‘ He’ 2 *Pcomnfitted wilful murder. | Bowes, £ 2Mr, Riyn n ‘mony. ‘and Said the accused “talked very. bright, He had his own ‘pe- culiar ideas on; the subject? fz ré-"| OPERA HOUSE -Wed.-&-Thursday,- matter. of a short tim, he.ge- clared, before the same state would exist.in - Pekin. Jung Lu, hief: of the et in ons of cour new. TIFFANY. ‘or gain sufficient influence to make -. peace; especially if the foreigners in the capital were safe, - This appears to represent)! the general native ‘opinion here as far as it is possible to. ascertain it! In the meantime’ reliable, news as to events in Pekin'and whether the » We: carry: the » set the: “stone only y fine of of di ‘| i ings in "the “Ke wight here ae exactly: what you pay, for. ig in the capital are alive is entirely lacking, or is only obtain- able from Chinese’ sources and this is most-meagre and contradictory. Karly Advanceon Pekin’ It is now ‘thought ~ {hat the for- ‘| ward ‘movement: “of the allies will probably take place earlier than'was at first intended, possibly by the end of the month. But nothing definite will be decided before’ thé QUICK WORK cr Tel. No: 8.- wat cait at at soap done. “Light 3 short notice. we pay da heviseor shy D WE SELL GOOD, DRY, SEASONED WO Washington 8t., oe ‘Bank of Montreal, J. W. Partie, Mer. reason- Hers ware- Office: arrival of General. Sir. Alfred Gase- lee, commanding the «Indian con- tingent. ~ e aes: TURNED ON ing Off the Cause of. Trouble. _TIEN TSIN sage froth Conger. ‘Ta rparently not heavy enough -to. the. allies. ruins ate many charred’ corpses,. pe hens he thought vitich ‘the’ pigs. and dogs are eating. ese forces; apd. Prince Ching}: ee bodies. In consequénce ‘of the great number _of dead many have: not yet been buried. out the city are strewn with. all kinds’ Of articles. nese are digging’‘in’ the ruins for ers Now Kill- tion ‘Catised by Another Mes- produce'much . effect. A curious spectacle is presented by «a number of mud houses immediately under the: wall’ where the latter was dam- ‘aged, hardly one of them showing isigms of having. been hit. Inside the:city the damage was terrific. The buildings nearest the wall were gutted by fire and many were liter- ally blown to:pieces by .the shells:of Among the smouldering ang the Bone af Looting ” The streets through-* Dozens of Chi- money and-other valuables. * “Chinese Make Paper Fiags Most of the, houses, which are in- tact..or.. little ‘damage , display the flags.ot one or the other of the al- lied forces, the. Japanese and the French flags predominating. There have. been, many. attempts. to imi- tate “the: flags which,under other circumstances, uld be: laughable. The houses which do: not display flags show bits’ of cotton or paper bearing the names’ of the ‘ allied; na- tions and com) entasy . sentences. The “French, apparently, are. the and after an. hour of magnificent work: by two four inch guns’ and .three_1a-pounders, .the. fort and adjoining military pagodas, were in flames. Their destruction was com- plete. The tort replied feebly with a few. rounds,.. when, one gun) got the exact range, and. fired several lyddite. shells. This is the | fort: that has been shelling Tien Tsii June 17, The allied forces have spared the portions. of, the inative city, from. whic! not been directed,” Another Message from Conxer ; Washington, July. 25.-—The fol- lowing. cablegram -‘‘has ~been ceived at the navy department: bureau,. |Washington. —. Written message signed: : Conger dated July 4, received ‘Lien Tsin’ 21, says: ish legation. Relief soon if at ail. “Che Foo, July 24.—Navigation «| Been besieged two weeks Brit- Grave danger. ‘gener- al massacre © by Chinese--soldiers, who" are shelling ‘legation : daily. City: -without government except by Chinese army. probably be ‘hotly contested.’ (Signed) . yn. aie bonoasit WII Not Surrender the Forts Tang forts tor their surrender. The ‘general réfused “to surrender the forts. “He said that, if the ° foreign- ers did- not’ attack him, he would agree | som mnaint in at neutral, atti- tude. American Wonmaed mtas Home ‘Tien Tsin, July. Most of the American__ sick and. wounded have been sent in boats to. Taku, where they will embark on. the hospital ship Solace for the, , United States. Female Missionaries Murdered. Toronto, July: a5s—-A Shanghai cable says information has been .re- ceived there that Miss Whitecherch and. Miss E. .E;, Searell, of tac China inland Mission from;Engiand,- have, been murdered... ts. 5 Tho Leatice Are Coming Hone By