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VOL. NO. 56. WILMINGTON, N. C., FftlDAY, JUNE 29, 1900. S1.00 PER TEAR. X . Is BATTLE OF TIEN T8IN SEVERAL HOURS OF FIERCE FIGHTING BEFORE THE TOWN SEYMOUR'S DESPERATE POSITION He Hellographed on Monday That He Could Hold Out Only Two Days Re lief Column Started Immediately. Chinese Government Sends Foreign Ministers. From Pekln Consequent ces of Such Action Strength of the Opposing Forces Uneasiness at Shanghai. Washington, - June 27. The Chinese minister called this morning on the secretary of state and communicated to him the contents of a dispatch which he has received from the Tsung Li Yamen at Pekin, dated the 19th in stant. The dispatch states that the foreign ministers had before that date asked permission for legation guards to enter the city, which permission had been granted; that they subse sequently. asked that these guards be reinforced, which the Chinese govern ment was not disposed to permit. The dispatch then goes on to state that a consul general at Tien Tsin, supposed to be the French consul general, had telegraphed to the viceroy of Chi Li that the foreign admirals had demand ed the surrender of the Taku forts and that the foreign ministers were short ly to leave Pekin for Tien Tsin with their guards. The developments of the day respect ing China were important and inter esting. The Chinese minister's report of the departure of the foreign ministers and their guards from Pekin greatly relieved .the officials here, who took it as the first tangible evidence that the imperial Chinese government had a full realization of the enormity of permitting the ministers to come to personal harm, and were thus under taking, as far as lay in their power, to observe the amenites if international exchange. The keenest interest is shown by the officials to learn the conditions un der which the ministers left Pekin. The Chinese minister's dispatch was ominously silent on that point and al though the minister maintains almost obstinately his confidence in the non existence of a state of war, it is gen erally admitted -that it -will be difficult to accept his conclusion if it shall transpire that the Pekin government has itself sent the ministers away with their passports, or, what may come to the same thing, with a guard as safe conduct. At the state department it is said that if it shall be explained that the imperial government did this, not with a purpose of rupturing diplomatic re lations, but simply to ensure the safe ty of the ministers, which they were unable to guarantee as long as they remained in Pekin, then there is still ground for an understanding. It is, however, pointed out that in such case, the self-confessed inability of the im perial government to maintain peace and ord?r at the capital would amount to an remission of its utter failure as a government, and would leave China in a tate worse than that of actual war. In either event, it now appears to the satis faction of the officials that there was absolute justification for such in tervention as we have offered in China. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION REOPENED. Notice has come to the government that the cable companies have again reopened communication telegraphi cally with Taku and Che Foo. This arrangement has been made by means of the Russian telegraphic system con necting with the Siberian railroad sys tem. An European agent has man aged to reopen the lines, though the means of communication between Ch& Foo and Taku and Tien Tsin are tor tuous and probably precarious. The war department officials insist that no orders have gone forward to send more troops to China than the Ninth regiment, now on its way from Manila, and the Sixth cavalry, which will sail from San Francisco next Sun day for Nagasaki, and perhaps Taku. It is said that with these two organi zations and the marines now on Chi nese 5Kil General Chaffee will have the full brigade to which his rank en titles him. Rumors of withdrawals of troops from Cuba are eaid to be the proba ble basis for the persistent statements, that more soldiers have been ordered to China. It is admitted that two reg iments will soon he ordered to the United States from Cuba, the particu lar organizations being designated by General Wood, but they simply will take the place in home garrisons of regiments of regulars which will go out to Manila to relieve volunteer organi zations there. THE MINISTER WITH SEYMOUR. Washington, June 27. The following cablegram was received at the navy department late this afternoon: "Che Foo. June 27. "Secretary 3?avy. Washington. "Pekln force and ministers reported with Pekin relief expedition, entrench ed eight miles from Tien Tsin. "KEMPFF." Berlin. June ' 27. The German con 6Ulate at Che "Foo confirms the con tcnta nf the messaee from Vice Ad- T5i-ai swnwiiir rwhich reached Tien Tsin Monday saying 'he was then eight wostwarrt of .that city terribly harassed, could only hold out another h-s and had 3 men killed and. over 200 wounded and adds that the admiral asked for the dispatch of a Starvation never yet cured dyspep- olo Paranna nHtVi Indigestion SLTe &k ready half starved. They need plenty of wholesome food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat so the Doay hp nourished while the worn out organs are being reconstructed. It is the only preparation known that will Instantly relieve and completely cure all stomach trouDies. it is certain to oo you good. R. R. Bellamy. relief column of 2,000 men. This col umn left Tien Tsin during the morning of June 25th under Russian command. London, June 27. The British con sul at Amoy telegraphs this morning that the Europeans at Pekin are re ported to be safe. RELIEF OF TIEN TSIN Accomplished After Fighting From Daylight to Noon. London, June 27. A special dispatch from Che Foo says: "The fight of the allied forces against the combined Boxers and Chinese soldiers barring tne roaa to Tien Tsin began at oay- break. One hundred and fifty Amer icans were among the 2,000 interna tional troops. The Chinese soon broke, under heavy shelling and then the arsenal was attacked and the guns were gradually silenced. The fight was practically over at noon. "The keen, friendly rivalry for the honor of first entering the city result ed in the Americans and British going in neck and neck, with the others close UP-" ... Saturday's fight began at daybreaK. The allied forces opened with several of the Terrible's 4.7 naval guns, six field guns and numerous machine guns, the firing being at long range. They continued to advance steadily, the Chinese artillery replying. The guns of the allies were more skillfully handled and put the guns of the Chi nese out of action one by one, the Chinese retreating about noon. There was keen rivalry among the represen tatives of the various nations as to which would enter Tien Tsin first; and the Americans and British went in neck and neck. The Russians stormed the arsenal thereby sustain ing the largest losses. The parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Broderick, in the house of commons today said he was at last able to announce the receipt of information of the relief of Tien Tsin. He added that the govenrnment had received two telegrams. One from the British consul at Tien Tsin, wired June 23rd, by way of Che Foo June 27th, announced that a British column under Major Maurice, of the Welch fusilers, and a naval brigade, under Commander Craddock, had arrived at noon, 550 strong. The message also said that 1,500 Russians were reported to be at Tien Tsin railroad station and that 150 Americans and 50 Italians had also arrived. The second telegram was from Rear Admiral Bruce, dated Taku. June 23. It added to the above that Vice Admiral Seymour was re ported to be ten miles from Tien Tsin, hampered with sick and wounded and engaged with the enemy. SEYMOUR'S DESPERATE POSITION Heliographs He Can Hold Out Only Two Days. London, June 28., 3:20 a, m. The composite brigade of 2,200 men who raised the investment of Tien Tsin and pushed on to help Admiral Seymour has probably saved him, but the news has not yet reached Che Foo, the near est wire point. The last steamer ar living at Che Foo from Taku brought this message, dated Tien Tsin, Monday June 25th: "The Russian general in command of the relief force had decided, in view of Saturday's heavy fighting and marching, that one day's rest for the troops was essential and that the ad vance should not be resumed until to day. Meanwhile came Admiral Seymour's heliograph that his position was des perate and that he could only hold out two days. The relief started at dawn today (Monday)". Several thousand Japanese have left Taku for Tien Tsin, and altogether 13.000 Japanese have landed. The in ternational troops now aggregate near ly 20,000, and Japan is preparing to send 20,000 more. CHINESE FORCES IN THE FIELD. The Tong Shan refugees and the foreign engineers at Che Foo estimate the Chinese troops now in the field as 25,000 drilled troops at Lu Tai, 25,000 at Shangai Wan, 15,000 driven off from Tien Tsin and 150,000 at Pekin. The dispatch received by the foreign office stating that the foreign legations were requested .to leave Pekin within a specified time is interpreted in some unofficial quarters as tantamount to giving the ministers their passports and to a declaration of war; but, as China does nothing like other coun tries, the official opinion is that there is nothing to do but to await the course of events and to see what the minis ters themselves say when they are res cued. All the students at the foreign hos pitals in Canton are leaving. Women missionaries are returning from the west river ports. There was a slight disturbance at Wo Chou Tuesday while the women were embarking. The crowd shouted "kill the foreign devils." GRAVE SITUATION AT SHANGHAI According to advices from Shanghai, the Chinese officials by direction of the southern viceroy, are asking the consuls to agree to conditions "ensur ing," as the Chinese say "the neutrali ty of Shanghai and other coast cities." They are also asking that foreign war ships shall not sail or anchor near the fn.tc nnr p-n to Dorts where there are no warships now, that their crews shall not tro ashore ana tnai pivi.cti.wu of foreigners be left to the Chinese xnc tiipsp. conditions are con sidered at Shanghai to be virtually an ultimatum from vicerojs "Tck, -hth Tuner. The consuls desire a sufficient naval and militan force to back up their refusal to com ply with these demands. The total n.. tviTv now consists or ik WIV men with 32 guns. The Chinese have 600 men with six guns in the forts and 10,000 men outside snangnai un -em rifles and machine guns. "CAUSE OF PRESENT TROUBLE Review of the Situation In China Fro ni Personal Knowledge. Berlin, June 27. Herr Eugen "Wolff. in The Berliner Tageblatt, publishes a powerful article regarding China, drawn from intimate, and very recent acquaintance with the land and Its people. He gives a history of the Boxer movement ana blames Germany ana England for -not recognizing Its dan gerous character during the last two years. He says that the French min ister in Pekin, M. Pincheon. alone en ergetically forced the empress dowager to remove Que Shen from the gov ernorship of Shan Tung, Que Shen hav- ng been appointed, although the em press knew that he was the founder of the Boxers. Herr Wolff declares that either the rumors are true that the empress has become a drunkard and Is often in a state of Irresponsibility, or that she has been hoodwinked into believing that the Boxers only meant to oust the foreigners and had no designs upon the Manchu dynasty. He contends that the powers must force the imperial court to remain in Pekln and compel the empress to stay there under the control of the powers. At the same time he regards it as of the highest import ance that the Tsung LI Yamen be thoroughly reformed and be developed nto an actual foreign office, clothed with authority enabling it to enforce ts mandates. He also advocates direct dealings between the provincial gov ernors and the representatives of the powers. A MISSION BURNED. London. June 27. A disDatch from Tien Tsin, dated yesterday, says that the Protestant mission at Wieh Sein was burned down by rebels Monday night last. SLAUGHTER OF NATIVE CHRIS TIANS. Van Couver, B. C, June 28. Accord ng to Shanghai papers received by the steamer Empress of China today, the first legation guards to enter Pekin were the American contingent from the United States ship Newark. Then came the Russians, the Japanese. French, British and German in the or der named. Dispatches to Yokohama from Pekin on June 13th state that the slaughter ana pillaging of the native converts was being continued with Increased violence. In one station of the Ameri can Methodist mission ten Christians were killed, most of them being women and children. A station of the Ameri can board of missions has been de stroyed and every one there killed. A native adherent to the Church of Eng land has also been killed, but the names of none of these victims was then at hand, except those of Mrs. As- tier and Messrs. Ossent and Cado, who are reported as among the foreign vic tims of the Boxers. Their station loca tion was not known. FRENCH WOMEN SENT TO HONG KONG. Paris. June 27. The French minister of marine, M. De Lanessan, has re ceived a cablegram from Captain Dor Jere, director of the French arsenal at Foo Chow, savins: that he has spnt to Hong Kong all the rvomen and children connectea with the irrench mission at the arsenal. THE NINTH REGIMENT SAILS. Washington. June 27. General Mar- Arthur notified the adjutant general tnis morninsr of the deDarture nf the Ninth infantry for China. FOREIGN LEGATIONS ASKED TO LEAVE PEKIN. London. June 27. The f ore! en office has Issued the following telegram re- ceivea irom Air. w. R. Charles, the British consul at Tien Tsin, undated, but probably sent June 24th and for- waraea irom une o June 27th: A note has been received bv the commissioner of customs here from in spector General Hart (Sir Robert Hart) at i-eKin, dated June 19th, stating that the foreign legations had been desired to leave Pekin within twentv-four hours." Rome. June 27. The Italian armors cruiser Vettor Pisani and the protect ed cruisers Stromboli and Vesuvio have been ordered to Chinese waters. CHAFFEE STARTS FOR CHINA. Washington. June 27. G en era! Phaf- fee, who has been ordered to command the American troops in China, left Washington at 10:40 o'clock this morn ing ior ban Francisco, accompanied by Lieutenant Harper, his aide. He ds due at San Francisco at 5 o'clock Sunday morning and sails for Nagasaki on the transport urant with the Sixth cavalry the same -day. Winter Schedule of Trans-Atlantic Lines New York. June 27. Trsetr-aUir an of the important trans-Atlantic steam- nip lines nave already taken steps to follow the lead of the cWhito Un-r- qt, Cunard lines, which yesterday an- iiouncea xnat tneir regular winter schedule of rates would go into effect on August 1st instead of September lis as usual, une local agents of the Hamburg- American. Holland A and French lines have communicated with their European home offices re commending a change in their sched ules to conform to those of the Eng lish Jines, and asking for instructions. Officials of all the lines stated today tnat there was no possible doubt that their lines would beerin winter or fall rates on August 1st. New Yorkers Off for Kansas City. , New York, June 27. Former Judge Augustus Van Wyck, accompanied by Harry W Walker, secretary of the aqueduct commission, started today for Kansas City. They go first to Chi cago and from there to Springfield Mo., where a reception will be tender ed to Mr. VanWyck. He will arrive in Kansas City on Sunday morning. Richard Croker will visit ex-Senator Murphy at the seashore tomorrow, and on Friday will start for Kansas City. Oliver H. P. tBeimont, who is still spok en of as a vice presidential candidate, will go to Kansas City in a special drawing room car with a party of friends. Demands of Birmingham Miners. Thp rnaJ miners of Alabama to-day presented their scale of wages to the operators. The new scale demands an increase of ten per cent per ton for all coal mined and a corresponding increase in pay of day men. Other demands- of the minprs are a two weeks nav day. pay in lawful currency of the United States, abolition of contract labor, the employment of only union labor and the weighing of coal before It is dump ed. The operators say no advance will be granted. The present contracts ex pire June 30th. The miners and opera tors meet to-morrow to discuss the proposed contract. When vou say your blood is imtmre and appetite poor you are admitting your neea or iiooa s Bareaparuia. .Be gin taking it at once. ENGLAND'S THREE WARS SlrMIceael Hicks-Beach on the Sltu tlon In China. London. June 27. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, who was the guest of the Lord Mayor, A. J. Newton, and the bankers and merchants of the city at the Mansion house this evening, speaking of the difficulties facing a chancellor who found three wars in South Africa, China and Ashanti on his hands at the same time said: "It is difficult to know what are the scope and nature of the work before us in China. We cannot tell you yet what were the precise immediate rea sons for this furious outbreak. We do not know how far it extends or will extend, nor can we tell what are the relations of the Chinese government with those who, at any rate, in the first instance, appeared to be rebels against the authorities. "It is easy to see, however, that the first duty before the powers, among whom I am glad to recognize the Unted States and Japan, is to rescue and defend their delegations and sub jects and to exact reparation for the injury to life and property as well as to provide that such things will not occur again. "Since the war between China and Japan it has been fashionable to re gard China as a plum cake to be divided among the powers, provided the powers do not quarrel among themselves. I doubt whether any one among us would advance- that view: and it has never been the view of her majesty's present government, which has always desired that there should be a stable government In China, At the present time I believe this view is to be held by all the powers." THE NEXT CONGRESS Congressman Overstreet Thinks His Party Will Have nard Work to Re tain Control of the House. Indianapolis, Ind., June 27. Con gressman Overstreet, of this district. left for Chicago today to arrange with Chairman Babcock, of the republican congressional campaign committee, to take charge of headquarters in Chicago in ten days. On the congressional cam paign he said: "In 1898 the congressional campaign committee entered upon its work with strong evidence or a loss oi at ieasi thirtv districts east of the Mississippi river. With the situation confronting us, we saw the necessity of making a vigorous fight In the free silver section tt-io nnnntrv We succeeded, and. white we lost more than thirty districts east oi me jjbjsjuii iiyci, i t .a.v the lower house by a majority of thir teen. We enter this campaign, conse quently, with the burden on us of holding certain districts wnicn, nere tpfore, have been held by the demo crats in addition to the necessity of retaining control of those districts which usually are carried by the re publicans. "Owine to the Iniauitous election laws of Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina, we meet the rurtner aiin culty of having the districts now held hv renublicans in those three states gravely endangered. In Kentucky we now hold but two districts, one of which we carried by only ten votes. We are rflearlv entitled to at least four districts in Kentucky and an honest count would give them to us. ine elec tion law of Virginia is as obnoxious as that or Kentucky, and if it be operated this year as is was in 1898, our success in those districts which are clearly re publican will be in doubt. "We do not nretend that the lower house can be carried without a strug gle. The contest will be a hara one, put we feel equal to it." Reports show that over fifteen hun dred lives have been saved th rough the use of One Minute Cough Cure. Most of these were cases of grippe, croup, asthma, whooping cough, bron chitis and pneumonia, It early use prevents consumption. R "I. Bellamy. A Fatal Shooting Affray. New Orleans, June 27. There was a fatal shooting affray this morning at Baton Rouge. Gordon Reddy, Jr., of the Bowie Lumber Company, and Rob ert L. Askew, of the same firm, were at breakfast In the Mayer hotel, when on of the Garrig brothers came in and asked Reddy for a few moments con versation. Reddy went outside with him, followed by Askew, and as soon as they reached the street firing began. George, Duncan and Leon the three Garrig brothers, and J. E. Besson, a friend, were the opposing parties. As kew was shot through the body and died a rew hours later. Reddy was shot in the small of the back and is in a critical condition. Several legislators had narrow escapes from bullets and a negro bystander was slightly wounded. A Negro Lynched . Mulberry, Fla,, June 27. Word has just been received here that Joseph Hendricks, white, was killed by Sam Smith, colored, at Kingsford, on Mon day night. Smith committed the crime with an axe, almost severing Hen dricks' head from his body. The negro at once took to the woods with a sher iff's posse after him. He was captured late the same night, but a mob took the prisoner from the offif ' B and shot him to death. Sub-Marine Naval Boats. Washington, June 27. The board of naval construction has decided to rec ommend to the navy department the purchase of the submarine torpedo boat known as the "Improved Hol land," the disposition of which was left open by Secretary Long when he bought the Holland. This last order has no effect upon the previous action of the department in deciding to build the five submarine boats provided for In the last act of congress. Small in size and great in results are DeWltt's Little Earlv Risers, the fa mous little pills that cleanse the liver and ooweis. They do not gripe. R. R-Bellamy. BRITISH ARMY SCANDALS SENSATIONAL EXPOSURES AS TO THE HOSPITAL SERVICE NEGLECT OF SICK AND WOUNDED The Nation Astonished at the Charges From Responsible Source of the Horrible Condition of the Hospitals In South Africa DeWet and Botha Still In the Field-A British Force De cline to Engage Body of Boers Doer Outposts Busy Near Pretoria. London. June 28. 4:20 a. m. General Sir Leslie Bundle had a sharp artil lery and rifle skirmish near Seneckal Friday with a large force of entrench ed Boers He declined to attack them. This is the only fresh fighting report ed, The Boer outposts northeast of Pretoria are busy. The telegraph wires between Standerton and New Castle were cut Sunday and Sir Revi vers Buller had to resort to heliograph. Commandant DeWet with 3,000 men and three guns, Is moving northeast In the Orange River Colony. It is un derstood that he and Commandant General Botha entered Into a compact that neither would surrender so long as the other was in the field. Twelve thousand rifles, all told, have been surrendered to the British. President Kruger is still at Macha dodorp. The exposures regarding the hospi tals in South Africa have made a great sensation in England. They be- gan with three columns of restrained language In the Times yesterday from W. A. Burdett-Coutts, conservative member of parliament for Westmins ter. His disclosures have been widely reproduced and they are supplemented this morning with denunciatory tele grams from survivors and army medi cal men. The archbishop of Cape Town In an address before the Society of Good Hope, in the Cape government house, Monday, expressed great dissatisfac tion at the way in which the sick and wounded were treated. He declared that the warm clothing that was ab solutely necessary was freely offered, but was rarely if ever distributed by the army officers; that the sick slept on the bare ground, and that even in Cape Town the way in which the hos pitals were) mlstoaaagesS made blood boiL Mrs. Hanbury-Williams, wife of Ma jor John Hanbury -Williams, Sir Al fred Milner's military secretary, told the meeting that if the visiting ladies had reported the mismanagement the doors would have been shut in their faces. A news agency dispatch from Cape Town says: "Certain revelations point to malfeasance In connection with the supples of comforts for the sick and wounded." The Daily Express refers to the "springless, out of date, ambulances" of the British, and contends that t"rt Boer ambulances are notoriously su perior. Princess Christian publicly asks for volunteer nurses. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Lord Rob erts will reply fully to the charges of Mr. Burdett-Coutts. Frederick Treves .consulting sur geon of the London hospital who was recently to the front, says the charges came to him as an absolute shock. and are quite incredible. He praises the medical department. THE MONETARY LEAGUE To Meet In Kansas City Monday Speakers on the Programnie. Kansas City, June 27. The United States Monetary League, which will meet-here at the auditorium on July 2nd and 3rd, will be addressed by a dozen speakers of national proml nence. There will be three sessions. morning, afternoon and evening of each day and two speeches at each session. Acceptances of invitations to speak have been received from Sen ator William V. Allen, of Negraska: Dr. J. R. Reemelin, of Cincinnati; J. R. Sovereign, former president of the Knights of Labor; General J. B. Wea ver, of Iowa; John P. Altged, of Illi nois; George Fred. Williams, of Mas sachusetts; W. H. (Coin) Harvey, of Chicago; John P. St. John, of Kansas: Thomas E. Barkworth, of Michigan; Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo; Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor; Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, and Congressman Wil liam Sulzer, of New York. The meeting Is not a convention. It will adopt some resolutions on what the platform ought to contain, but it will not attempt to help make the ticket. Unless food is digested quickly It will ferment and irritate the stomach. Af ter each meal take a teaspoonful of Kodol Dyspepeia Cure. It digests what you eat ana win allow you to eat all you need of what you like. It never fails to sure the worst cases of dys pepsia, it is pleasant to take. R. R. Bellamy. The Ashantlc Revolt. London, June 27. The colonial office has received a telegram from Colonel w illcocks, dated Prahsu, Ashanti June 26th, as follows: "Major Wilkinson reached Rrkwa June 19th. In response to my tele gram to the governor of the gold coast at Kuraassl, the latter writes, June 16th, saying he will hold out to June 20th. The letter, received by captain Hall at Esumeja. was for warded to Wilkinson at BekwAi at midnight. June 21st. Wilkinson pro ceeded immediately to Esumeja, ar riving there at dawn June 22nd after marcning tnrougn torrents of rain. Lieutenant Burrouehs. with ahnn raa natives, is going north as fast as the uooaea rivers permit. DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLING For the National Convention Th Sulrer Boom-New Yorker to Held Conference With llryan. Kansas City. June 27. Congressman William Sulxer. who Is being boomed for vice president on the democratic ticket, and Richard Croker and Ex Senator E. G. Murphy, of New York, will have a conference at Lincoln, Neb., with William J. Bryan before they come to Kansas City to attend the national convention. Sterling Price, of Texas, who has opened head quarters here for Mr. Sulzer, to-day received a telegram from that gentle man, saying he had left New Ytffk for Lincoln at noon to-day. Another telegram says Messrs. Croker and Murphy will be in the Nebraska carl tal on Friday night. Mr. Sulzer hoi to be on the ticket with Mr. Ury n and it is said the latter expressed a desire to confer with him. Further than this 'Mr. Price would vouchsafe nothing. President O'Connell. of the Sons of Liberty, the oldest organization in New York, Is on his way to Kansas City, and will open headquarters for Sulzer to-mirrow or Friday. Fred Feigel, editor of the Tammany Tirm, another Sulzer boomer, will arrive Friday: The city is beginning to take on a gala appearance in anticipation of an early arrival of delegates; business houses are being decorated, arc and in candescent lights are being strung in profusion on the down town streets, and a general clean up ts in progress. A good sized contingent of eastern newspaper reporters have already ar rived, but a general Inflow of people Is not expected until Friday. Ex-Govornor William J. Stone, na tional committeeman for Missouri. and vice chairman of the national committee, is expected Friday night, as are other members of the sub-com mittee, who will hold a meeting on Saturday. James Boyle, district lead er of Tammany, will arrive Saturday with about a dozen of his colleagues. They come to prepare the way for the Tammany delegation which will reach Kansas Cly Monday evening on two special trains. Sunday the state dele gations will begin to arrive. The Penn sylvania delegation made up of 100 people, and the Montana delegation. headed by W A. Clark, is due Sunday morning, and the Kansas delegation in the evening. On Monday the New En gland delegates, from Maine. New. Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, with George Fred Williams, of Massachu setts, their vice presidential candidate. day the California and Missouri dele- da ythe California and Missouri dele gations wiil arrive. The greatest rush of delegations will be on Tuesday. Nearly all of th states not mentioned above are booked? to arrive on that date. A convention innovation, the read ing of the declaration of Independ ence from the platform, will be intro duced at the first session on July 4th and, according to the present pro gramme, the music and decorations of that day will be selected with a par ticular idea of commemorating the national holiday. The badges for the delegates hav been received. They are an elaborate affair. There is an oxidized silver bcr for the pin, below which hangs a sil flag about four inches long. To tl flag is attached a medallion of gold c oxidized silver. STATE ELECTION BOARD It Meets and Excepts Resignation of Franks-Fusion on Wake Connty Ticket. (Special to the Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C, June 27. When the election board met to-day Franks re signed with thanks to the board and asked it to elect J. B. Freeman, of of Henderson county, as his successor. This was done. Johnson said he had signed the call for the meeting of the board, thinking it was to be held during the legisla tive session. Franks said he had requested it to it could examine the election ballots in stead of on the first Mom'iy in July, which the law fixes as the time. The board meets next Monday to ex amine the ballots. The republican county executive committee here decided to have no county convention, but to divide the offictrs, taking sheriff, coroner, two members of the legislature and thre commissioners and give the others to the populists. A committee of seven is appointed to select the rr n for these nomination. Statue of Semmes Unveiled. Mobile. Ala., June 27. A bronze statue, life size, of Raphael Semmes, late admiral in the confederate navy, was unveiled this evening In Duncan place at the intersection of Royal street. The statue shows the admiral in naval costume, standing with a ma rine glass in his right hand, and his left hand resting upon his sword. The monument, which was erected by the Ann T. Hunter auxiliary of th Semmes camp, confederate veterans, was unveiled by Mrs. Electra Semmes Colston, daughter of the admiral. More Naval Officers Wanted. Washington, June 27. To meet the pressing demand of Admiral Remey for officers for the ships of his fleet, it is expected that Secretary Long will have recourse to the authority conferr ed by congress upon him in the matter of enlisting the services of retired offi cers. Inquiries already are being made to learn where officers may be with drawn for sea service from inspection . emI-sclentiflc duties. Their places will be taken by retired officers. All who suffer from piles will be glad to learn that DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve will give them instant and per manent relief. It will cure eczema ard all skin diseases. Beware of counter feits. R. TL Bellamy. The navy is in such need of naval officers .that many on the retired list will be drawn into active service. f