TO KILL THE SHAH

An Unknown Man Attempts Assassi-

- nation in Paris.

Suieat AND DISARMED

Eavolver in Hand, He Breaks Through the
‘Guard and Attacks the Shah’s Carriage,
But is Stopped in Time—He is Sorry He
‘Failed. ;

By, Associated Press.

Paris, August 2.—An attemp} on
the life of the shah of Persia was
“made this morning, but luckily it
resulted i in no harmto. his majesty.
-A man broke through the line of
policemen, as the shah was leaving
his apartments, and tried to, mount
the royal carriage ‘steps. He was
seized and placed under arrest. He
held‘a revolverin his hand; but: as
soon as his intention, was divined,
the police disarmed him before he
was able to fire. At the police sta-
tion, the man expressed regretthat
he had been unable to carry out his

intentions. He said:
“This is an’ affair between’me

and my conscience.”

=
G. H. Morden cond thé \ser-

““ROBSLAND EVENING RECORD, AUGUST 2 .

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vices. “Anderson's remains will be
interred in the Columbia cemetery
but those of Caldwell will be sent
to his former home in, Pennsylvan-
ia.

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Try the Kootenay dinuers.
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Desirable and Cheap Lots
The attention of miners and
others who desire to acquire. a
home of their own on easy pay-
ments is called to the advertisement
of the Knob Hill addition. These
lots are all well located and are es-
pecially cunvenient to those em-
ployed in the. mines.” Corner lots
are $125 and inside lots’ $110.
Small _payments only are required,
without interest. Ernest Kennedy |:
& Co. have the sale of the prop-
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* Fine’switches and hair goods for
sale at’ Mrs. Heard’s. tf
eg ees ae Nee
‘Whe Stars to Play at Nelson
Arrangements have ‘been made
for ‘a ball game on Sunday. at. Nel-
son between the Rossland Stars
and the Nelson Intermediates. A
return game will: peepee be played
here.

‘Through Sleeper. :
With the “inauguration of the
“Jmperial Limited” ‘service’ the
Canadian Pacific railway operate a

MINERS’ CHECKS

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HOFFMAN HOUSE.

- The Cost of Chinese Soldiers
There is at least one quality about
the Chinaman as.a ‘soldier which we,
can predicate with some
—hei ‘is not an extravagant luxury.
The New Zealand bushman used to
be able to live very well on $22, and

hrough sleeper between Arrow-
head and Vancouver for the accom
dation of the K

This will be a very. great conven-
ience to the travelling public.

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ITHE MARCH
AGAINST

’

By Associated Press.
- London, Aug. 3.—The forward
movement for the relief of the for-+
eign legations in Pekin. began on
July 29. A message from Tien Tsin |:
on that date says the advance guard
of the Russians occupied ‘the Chi-
nese camp and the Japanese pushed
up the right bank of the Pei Ho

The Allied Army, 20,000
Strong, Started From
Tien Tsin Sunday.

THE CHINESE RESIST

| Heavy ‘Loss of Japanese---Rus-
sians are Defeated and Be-

. sieged in the North.

‘Japanese army and the bravery,

PEKIN

spirit and intelligence of the Japan-
ese tradps are such as to command
:the admiration of all foreign offi-
‘cers.

Intense Heat Prevails
The heat is intense. The tem-
perature averaged 100 degrees dur-

Carnage Refgusin Pekin
Chefoo, July 26, via Shanghai,
Aug. 2.—The latest reports from
Pekin were brought by disaffected
officers of the Chinese. They are
considered reliable. The officers
left Pekin on July 15.

They say anarchy had reigned in
Pehis: for months and the stre3ts
ran in blood, the Chinamen fighting
among themselves. Jung Lu, com-
mander-in-chiet of the Chinese
forces, and Prince Ching espoused
the cause of the foreigners, and en-
deavored. with the part of the army
loyal to them, to expel the Boxers.
Later, with the majority of the im-
perial troops. under anti-toreign
leaders, Prince = Tuan- and
General Tung Fuh Siam were‘ vic-
torious, and Jung Lu, Prince Ching
and their followers were prisoners
in their yamens, when the bearer of
these reports lett Pekin.

Prince Tuan Was Supreme
Prince Tuan and General Tung
Fuh Siam appeared to control the
government, according to the offi-
cers, and issued edicts printed in
the gazette, exhorting the Chinese
to kill all foreigners and native
Christains. *

Yung Tsun.

tions.
The Forrigners at the Last Gasp

cers left. Pekin,
abandoned the Chenman

MORE BOERSYIELD

Hunter Gathers

in 750 Additional
Prisoners.

ATTACK ON SMITH-DORRIEN -

Boers Demand His Surrender, but are Baily

Repulsed—Hamilton Rescues Baden-Powell.
Whe Was Besieged at Rustenburg, ond
Mat Slight Resistance.

By Asavciated Press.
Cape Town, August 3-—Leib-*

berg's commando attacked General
Smith-Dorr‘en near Potchefstroom
but were easily repulsed.

Ian Hamilton has gone to Rus-

tenburg to bring away Baden: Fav
ell’s garrison.

Seven hundred and fitty addition-

al Boers have surrendered to Gen-
eral Hunter.

Londen, August 3.—An official

An officer says that there are
16,000 troops in Pekin, including
Tun;,’s army, and 8000 more at.
The soldiers held all
the streets within a 1 mile of the lega-

The foreign troops, when the offi-
had -burned and
gate.

dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated:
Pretoria, August 2, gives. the date
of Gen. Smith-Dorrien’s repulse of
the Boers as-July 31. The dispatch
says:

“In the morning 4a flag of. truce
came to Smith-Dorrien’s camp, de-.-.
manding his surrender. Before he
could reply, the Boers opened -a
heavy fire. The British losses were
slight.

“Ian Hamilton met with slight.

keep his horse and entertain his
friends out of it as.well. The Chi-
nese private manages on exactly
-one-half—$11. This makes the

=i Their ammunition appeared to be
tailing and their quick firing: guus
had been silenced for some days be-

fore July 15. They were using their

‘Yesterday it was
The disregard of all
certain
troops is a serious menace. The

river without opposition. It was ing the week.
the expectation that the whole of t20 degrees.
the allies, about 20,000 men, would | sanitary regulations by

opposition at Vitbeala Nek. His —

“Robert Andrews, the «popular casualties were light.

salesman for C. O. Lalonde, left to-

Recor 9 of the “Evening M. J. O’HEARN, ©

Six-

financing for a Chinese five million
army, which i is mentioned occasion-
ally, not such ‘an impossible task.
Tommy Atkins, by the way of com-
parison, costs his country nearly

day on a visit to Toronto and other
eastern cities,

J. W. Kimball, auditor of the
construction department of the C.
P. R., arrived today from his head-

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be on‘the march by July 31.
teen hundred American aud 2300
British troops are co-operating. It

[tsrpurposed to follow the river, using

bouts to carry food, ammunition

streets are full of refuse and an un-
sufferable stench pervades the town.
Th2 police and sanitary work . com-
pares unfavorably with the Ameri-

rifles only when hard pressed. The
officers said that every foreign bul-
let killed a Chinaman. The Ameri-
can dnd the English troops defeated
General Main a night battle on

LABOR BILLS AT VICTORIA

(Arbitration
Special to the Record.

can regime in the Philippines. Victoria, August 3-—Ralph Smith
made a fifteen-minute speech on
the compulsory arbitration resolu-
tion. The government. is expected
to approve it and promise a bill
next session, but it fs -doubtlul if.
this will satisfy the oppositior.

The Nquor license law, in com-

and artillery,

The telegraph office at Chefoo ap-
pears to be blocked, and
and official telegrams are
to indefinite delays.
Fiddling While Others Die

Tien Tsin, July 25, via Shanghai,

$380 a year, or about as much as

35 Chinamen. The Russian soldier

costs $230, and the Italiao—the
P of Eurup

about $200. The three cents.a day

of the Chinaman does not allow of
i ; unless he t to be

quarters at Winnipeg.

A. J. McMillan and W. T. :Oli-
ver left this morning for Nelson to
attend the meeting of the associated
boards of trade as delegates from
the Rossland board. . Mr. McMil-
lan goes from Nelson to Banff on

July to. Reports from Chinese
were to the effect that all
of the legation forces had been
killed. .

. Peteous Appeal for Help
A Chi caught Ra
who was trying ‘to leave the lega-

ee ee ae

WHY NOT?

Have. your didmond reset in one of our new TIFFANY or
q —

at New az
pap Shanghai pond

dlthat the were
north of New Chwang, and that a
body 5,000 strong is endeavoring
to reheve the force besieged at

Record” has. “the

learn
d

We carry the

SASH,

NAMES on YS SO

“of $2 a month.

cavalry man, who gets an addition
Even then, how-
ever, he would have to be lucky as
well, for the extra pay ‘must cover
the expense of replacing his mount
in the event of its being killed. Be-
side this, the Japanese gentleman,
who keeps up a horse and servants
on. $g00 a year, or the Swiss
who spends sometimes as much as
40 cents a day, seems criminally ‘ex-
travagant, -although the count
comes closer in India, where only
one man in 700 pays income tax,
which is levied on everything over
$150 a year. And right here the
Daily Chionicle has hit on a bril-
Jiant solution of the whole Chinese
problem.. ‘‘Why not cable over a
few pounds,” it asks, ‘tand buy off
the entire Chinese army?”—-Toronto
Globe.”

For sale—Phoenix bicycle, ’99
Price $15. Apply F, this

tf

‘model.
office.
by Ofmcers of the Clara Belle
A meeting of the directors of the
Clara Belle Gold &. Silver Mining
‘company, of Sheridan Ca mp, Wn.,
was held Wednesday at the office
~4of John S. Clute. John McKane
was elected president, John S. Clute
‘vice president, J. B. Johnson secre-
tary-treasurer, and C. S. Clarke
‘resident manager. The property
consists of a group of six claims,
‘adjoining the Zala M on the north
‘and paralleling it on the east. Work
js in progress on a small scale, but
the force will soon be increased.

et eS

Ladies’ tailoring—Fit, style and
Satisfaction guaranteed at Lough-
eed’s.

‘The Funeral of the Dead Miners
The funeral of Nils Anderson and

Daniel Caldwell will be -held at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning underthe

Saturday to meet G. S, Waterlow
of London, who has large interests
in British Columbia. and will come
here in about a week.

* TODAY'S STOOMK SALES.

Following i is a “summary “of the
sales on the local exchange today
her with the q

meunica Sales.

Sales today on the local exchange
were as follows: Giant, 2000, 3000,

4000, §4¢, 4000, 5c; Evening Star,
5000, 834, 5000, 1000, 8c; Lon-
don Consolidated, 2000, 30c. .Total
sales, 35,000 shrres.

a on Id Fields:
oe

PF g8gbabii ues

ac BS Ree es
x

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a

‘oble Fy
orth Bir (Rast ‘Kootenay)$

ae
auBiews

$2,

BueoBe tase

Brogs'

room,

aished. Apply Butte hotel.’

auspices of the Miners’ union, Rev.

2%c, 5000, 3c; Tamarac, 4000, |.

DON’T

PAY RENT|

When you can buy a lot on small
-paythents in the

Knob Hill Addition.

AES THE BLACK BEAR.

NoIntereston nDeferred Payments

CORNER LOTS, $125.
INSIDE. LOTS, $110:

Ernest

. 26 Columbia Avenue West.

APPLY TO

Kennedy & Co.,

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preee

VERT EETERCEERE

Sen eset repemcnmroneneceesscereee

UN

Most Go mipletely

cin’ Rossland. “Su

perior:....:

Quick Week. and
Basement
Postoffice
Bulldings :

Neat Execution.

BELCHER DIAMOND RING MOUNTINGS.
— :
in the K 5

only line of di dm set the stone
right here and give you just exactly what you pay for

QUICK WORK

Tel. No. 8

Red: Star. Se & sae OF

be si a Transfer business, Baxi delivered. promptly.
joes a vaquiar Storage ane heel je rere 1 Brae nptly.
ad tar ht
Wy ne ao, contracts rt fee ae
‘e lone to Wavac bt
ui no bre risk. We 88 ship;
ee pany cee of aod!

DS wee S. D.
3 Weatington n Bt. opposite ot Montreal. Par Hartline, Mer.

» | traditions.

Aug. 2.—-While waiting for the re-
lief expedition to start for Pekin,
the high officials. are entertaining
nightly ‘at elaborate dinners with
military bands playing operatic airs.

President Tenney, of the Tien’
Tsin university, who has volunteered
to guide the army to Pekin, said to-
day:

“This business is not progressing
in accordance with Anglo-Saxon
Twenty thousand sol-
diers are staying here, while women
and children of their own- race are
Starving and awaiting massacre 80
miles away,”

Great Risks Should Bo Taken
That the position of the lega-
tions demands that the army take
dinary risks by the
surr country and comman-

exti

Toshi Chow by 40,000 Chinese and
numerous guns.

Four Russian steamers on the
Amur river are said to have been
sunk or damaged by the Chinese.
The smuggling of arms continues.
A junk was seized at Canton Aug-
ust with 7o rifles and 10,000
cartridges on board.

An imperial irade authorizes the
passage of the Bosphorus by Rus-
sian transports .with war material
bound tor China.

Loanes to Japanese Scouts
Washington, Aug. 3.—The navy
department this morning received
the following cablegram from Ad-
miral Remey:

“Taku, Aug. 2.—Chaffee reports
that 800 Japanese scouting toward
Pei Tang lost three men killed, 25

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ATOMIZERS

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good, bad and indifferent. ‘The best cost more money than the indifferent,

Eutare worth more. Have you seen our new supply of
; you ser See

Hot Water Bottles, Tooth and Hair Brushes, Toilet
Soaps, Perfumes and Colognes.
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R. E. STRONG,

lerorns. sisi.

wi ded Enemy in trenches and

deering Is and’ wag and
that boats sufficient for purposes of
transportion might be improvised,
is the prevailing opinion of civilians,
and many officers, notably Japanese
and American, confirm this view.
The comment is made that the Eu-
ropean officers are too attached to
book theories to utilize the resources
of the country, and that they would
rather stay in Tien Tsin, according
to rules, than start for Pekin with-
out a perfect equipment. General
Dorward, of the British forces, and
other high officers take an optimis-
tic view of conditions at Pekin, say-
ing they think the legations will

manage to hold out.
Supreme Commander Necded

On the surface the best of feeling
prevails among officers ‘and soldiers
of the several nations , represented
here. All are fraternizing, but the
lack of organization and a_ supreme
commander handicaps progress.

loophoeld houses.”
May Attack the Allen? Fiank

New York, August 3.—Trust-
worthy imformation has reached
Shanghai, says the Herald corres-
pondent at that place, that Chinese
trocps are steadily advancing
northward from Yang Tse valley
and also towards the south and may
attack the flank of the European
armies.

A‘Threat of Murder
Shanghai, Aug. 1.—Liu Kun Yi,
viceroy of Nanking, and Sheng, ad-
ministiator of telegraphs and rail-
ways and taotai of Shanghai, | have
both declared officially that the for-
eign ministers are held by the Chi-
nese government as hostages and
that, if the allies march to Pekin,
they-will be killed. It is stated
that only the Russians and Japan-
ese, 23,000 strong, are starting for
Pekin. | Another Chinese exodus

The Japanese are giv ing a splendid

exhibition of organization.

SAFA ae ve

work,

Their was caused by disquieting rumors
whole-machine moves like clock. published in the native and some
The management of ‘the| foreign newspapers.

from S i has d. It

tions on July 10, with the following
message: .

“To any foreign commander:

to save us. We can hold out but
few days.”

Many Christian Martyrs

August 2.—The destruction of for-
eign property continues. United
States consul Fowler estimates that
the losses of American missjons
amuunt to $1;500,000. The losses
through the suspension of trade are
enormous.

Chinese bring’ many fiorrible
Stories of outrages upon’ native
Christians who have been murder-
ed,tortured or compelled
nounce their religion. Several have
been skinned alive. Two French
nuns at New Chiang were deliber-
ately burned alive. Dr. Ting, a
graduate of the American college,
refused to renounce Christianity
after receiving two, thousand
lashes.

A New Cable Much Needed.

A cable is being laid between Che
Foo and Taku. The land line be-
tween Che Foo and Shanghai is
operated by Chinamen and are in®
efficient.

The line is overcrowded with
work and business is in hopeless
‘ confusion. Messages over the line
are public property. There should

a cable between Che Foo
and Shanghai managed = by

to re-

*‘Make all-haste if you intend to

Che Foo, July 29 via Shanghai,

mittee stage, may occupy the after-
noon, although the government is
desirous of disposing of the labor
and Chinese resolutions adjourned
from Wednesday.

Anti-Asiatic” clauses, ~similar=to
the Natal act, were inserted in the
Vancouver-Westminster railway bill,

a

foreigners, so as to give satisfac-
tory service.

D. Mickie, discount clerk of the
Bank of B. N. A. here, leaves to-
morrow for Vancouver to take the
same position in the branch of the
same bank there.

For Rent—Dining room, tur-

nished. . Apply Butte hotel. tf

retvrned with a favorable report by
the railway committee-

The Wesiminster-Kootenay synod

bilis were repurted favorably to the
house by the private bills committee.

The mining committee is consid-

ering today the re-imposition of the
license for free miners repealed two
years ago by the Semlin govern- “S
ment, also'a clause including costs
of survey in assessment work.

‘Se

LE ROL COMPRESSOR RUNS

New Machine Turned Over and Wilt
He Operated Next Woek
The new 4o-drill compressor of
the Le Roi mine was turned over
today and works very nicely.. T ¢
airfwill probably be turned into it
tomorrow or Sunday and it will be
put in regular operation the begin-
uing of next week. The under-
ground force in the mine of the Le
Roi\No. 2 will be immediately in-
creased.
a
Mrs. F. P. Gutelius is in the city
from Nelson paying a visit to her
many friends. i

J. W. Kimball,accountant of con-
struction on the C. P, R. at Wiuni-
peg, isin the city. Mr. Kimbull
will be. remembered as the former
accountant of the Columbia & West-
ern at Trail. :

Dr. T. G. Williams, pastor of
St. James church, Montreul, . will
preach in the Methodist church Sun-
day morning and evenirg.

Alexander Dick left for the north
yesterday on business, ~