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Kong:
Adiutant General, Washington:
McArthurs' troops arrived the
4 SYST. No epidemic of sickness.
n Five deaths. Lieutenant Kerr, en-
gineer, died of spinal meningitis.
a Landing at camp delayed on &C
count OF high surf. To gain ap-
proach to city, Greene's outposts
were advanced to continue line
from the Canine Real to beach on
Sunday night. Spanish attacked
sharply. Artillery outposts be-
8 haved we'll. Held position. Not
necessary to call our brigade. Span
ish loss rumored heavy. Our Joss
killed: Tenth Pennsylvania, John
Brady, Walter E. Brown, William
E. Brinton, Jacob Hull, Jesse Moss,
William Stillwagon; First Califor-
MIA, Maunice Just; Third artillery,
Eli Dawson; First Colorado, Fred
Springstead.
Seriously wounded: Tenth Penn
sylvania, Sergeant Alva Walter;
Privates, Lee Snyder, Victor
Holmes, c. S. Carter, Arthur
Johnson; First California; Captain
R. Richter; Private c. ]. Edwards;
Third artillery, Privates, Charles
Winfield, J. E. McElroth. Thirty
h eight slightly wounded.
MERRITT.
Washington, D. c., August g
Lieutenant Robert D. Kerr, whose
death was reported today by Gen
eral Merritt, who appointed to
West Point from Green Bank,
Pocahontas county, w. Va, and
was graduated in April so he and
his class might participate in the
war. Lieutenant Kerr was assign
ed to the engineer corps. Two
members OF his class were killed at
Santiago.
San Francisco, August "a
special to the Examiner from Manila
dated July 81, via Hong Kong,
August s, says:
A heavy fight took place tonight,
between the American and Span
ish forces at Malate. The Spanish
made an attack, attempting to turn
our right. After an hour fighting
they were repulsed. The troops
engaged were the First Battalion
California Volunteers; Tenth Penn
sylvania First Battalion Third
Artillery, regulars, and Battery A,
Utah. Our loss was fourteen
killed and forty four wounded. The
Spanish loss was upward of two
+ hundred killed and three hundred
wounded. Our volunteers made a
glorious defense against upwards of
5000 of an attacking force. The
battle ragged for 3 hours.
LIST KILLED.
Cavite, Manila Bay, August 8,
via Hong Kong, August 9.-The
first shedding of American blood
on Philippine soil took place Sun
day night when eleven were killed
and forty four wounded during the
skirmish at the Malate trenches
between Cavite and Manila.
No attack has yet been made on
the Spanish line, but the Ameri-
cans now occupy the trenches tor
merly held by the enemy.
In Sunday nights skirmish the
following were killed:
Corporal w. E. Brown, of the
Tenth Pennsylvania.
Private Brady, of the Tenth
Pennsylvania.
Private Bowker, of the First
Wyoming.
Private S. Hull, Bunton (Brin-
TONY; Moss and Stillwagon (all I'M
de.stood to be of the Tenth Penn
sylvonia.
First Sergeant Morris Just, of the
First California.
Privates McKelrath (McIroth?)
Battery A, Third Artillery.
Private Winfield, Battery H.,
Third Artillery.
On Monday night Private Spring
stead, of the First Colorado, was
killed.
Last night (Tuesday) the follow
ing were killed:
Private William Lewis Roddy,
of the Twenty-third infantry.
Private R. Bowers, of the signal
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Judpe Freer Nominated.

At the republican convention
held in Point Pleasant yesterday
Judge Freer was nominated for
Congress on the first ballot and then
by reclamation. The Judge came
up last night on the ten o'clock
train from Point Pleasant and drove
over to Middlebourne this morning
to attend court. If he should be
elected this will be his last term Of
court that he will hold in this
county.
The judge has many friends in
this county who will join with us
in congratulating him on his sue
cess to a higher, but not more hon
orable Office. Whether the Judge
will resign before the election is
not known, but it is hardly sup
posed that he will do SO until he
sees whether he is elected or not.
About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. l gave it such remedies
as are usually given in such cases,
but as nothing gave relief, we sent
for physician and it was under his
care for a week. At this time the
child had been sick for about ten
days and was having about twenty
FIVE operations of the bowels every
twelve hours, and we were con-
WINGED that unless it soon obtained
relief it would not live. Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was recommended, and 1
decided to try it. / soon noticed
change for the better; by its con-
tinued use a complete cure was
brought about and it is now per
fectly healthy.--C. L. Boggs,
Stumptown, Gilmer county, w.
Va.
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Private Fred auckland. of the
Thirteenth Minnesota.
Some of the wounded in Sunday
nights skirmish were struck by
shrapnel.
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A BATTLE FOUGHT
In the Trenches at Malate, Be
tween Cavite and Manila.
SPANISH REFUSED
With Great Loss, After an At
tack on Americans.

General Greene's Forces Sustain Gas
uaIties of Fourteen Killed and Forty.
-Four WOunded-Lfeut. Kerr. of West
virginia. Succumbs TO Disease.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
Copyright IS0So

The Hankow-P -Peking road will start at
the former city and run north through
Terngan, Sin-yang, Sintsin and Wei
siu To Kai-fong-fu. Here IL meets the
Hoang-Ho, more than a mile wide, and
bridge longer than that at st. Louis
will be necessary. There will be an en-
gincering difficulty In getting good foun-
dationg for the piers. The soil is aliu-
vial TO great depths. Artesian wells fail
20 show hardpan until 200 feet below
the surface. Tho river may rise 80 and,
II is said. 30 feet above It's ordinary
level. so that the structure viii have 10
be very high and strong.
SiratePically the ltanEow Peklng
road viii DE Of the greatest value. lt
---++4-t-.ftt-t- II frr--r rTTTTV TT0m one pIaCe
to another Within ~ hours and viii con-
meet Ickins and Tien-tsin with the out
or world during the winter season. when
at present they are icebound aud prsc-
uoally isolated. II will be a counter
balance 10 the Shan-hal.kwan railway.
which. when extended. will make Pc
king two days distant from the Russian
rails across Siberia.
N u be controlled by Russia, n will be
perpetual menace 20 British interests
I'm the Nang-tse valley. the richest and
most valuable part OF the Chinese em-
pire. IL controlled by Enslands it Hill
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
Y RAILROADS N0F'NCHINAl

former country exhibits greater TAFT
and wisdom than the latter In govern
ing orientals. Hongkong and Kowicon
are as safe as London and New yorA
for the people OF our race, while in the
French territory OF Tonquin IL is nee
ossary to maintain large garrisons az
every important point to prevent in
surrection on the one side and the loot
ing and killing OF Europeans on tho
other.
II is onlya short time ago that the Ger.
mans seized Kiao-Chou. on the eastern
coast or Shangtung. They have utilized
every hour to increase the Importance
OF their new possession. While their
diplomats have secured a railway con-
cession from their port to Chinan-soo.
the capital Of the province and also to
Ichang. their engineers have determined
and surveyed satisfactory routes for
both lines. The western road runs 10
Kao-mi. thence to Wei-hslen and thence
to Chinan-foo. or Tsinan-foo. about 200
miles in total length. TIE southwestern
line runs to Kuchan end Ichao and
thence. IL is said. to Chinkiang.
Roth OF these roads have strategic
value The western line would control
the province OF shangtung and reduce
the value OF the British stronghold OF
Wei-Hai-Wei. It's terminus. Tsinan. Is
| a fine city of nearly 10000 inhabitants
| on the eastern bank OF the Hoang Ho.
Ii was a famous capital 1900 B. G. and
has complete records for more than 30
Centuries The Hoang-Ho is navigablc
FOR light draft steamers. so that the city
could be made naval base for the con-
troll or the river up to Tung- Chang. in
the province OF Shensi. and probably
much farther. The southwestern line
would connect central Shangtung with
the Yang-tse valley and prove for
midable rival to the Hankow Poklng
and Chin-kiang-Tie routes and To
the Grand canal itself. The so called
Shanghai Peking railway concession
should be styled the Chin -kiang-Tien.
tsln, as it's terminl are these latter ana
not the former cities. Tien-tsin. howcv-
err is already connected by rail with
Peking. 50 miles away, and Chin-kiang
Is the first treaty port on the Ynng-tse
above Shanghai and corrected with IL
by many lines OF steamers. The con.
cession for this railway was obtained
by Chinese American OF rare ability
Yung-wlng of Hartford. He is Yale
man and is also a titular tao-tai in
China. lie obtained his concession last
January. and IN the framing OF the per-
mission ne displayed the technical skill
and knowledge OF the civil engineer ana
the proverbal acumen OF his race. HIS
road runs parallel with the Grand CA :.
nal and. i'm fact, uses the bank OF that
famous water course to q greater or
less extent.
This gives him n model roadbed al
most ready for use, while the canal en-
ables him to transport his supplies and
permanent equipment at minimum
expense. Further than this. the popula-
tion along the line is familiar with for
eigners and friendly to commerce. IT
will not manifest the same fierce an
tipathy To the iron horse as VIII most
of the inland districts OF China. The
length of the road will be between GOO
and $50 miles.
WILLIAM f. g. FALES.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
Color In the British Army.

Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh is. IL is
said. about to resign his commission IN
the First royals, in which he is q cap
tain. 1t is interesting 10 note that the
stringent rule debarring Eurasians from
holding commissions in the British
army was relaxed in the case OF the
son OF Dhuleep Singh The commissioned
ranks OF the army are supposed TO be
open TO competition by all British SUBJ
jects, but there ia a rule that all candi-
dates must be British born or natural
lied British subjects of European birth
and parentage, and the greatest precau-
tions are taken 10 enforce this condi-
ton. even skull formation oi candidates
being examined by the medical officers.
with a view 10 discovering any trace OF
nom European origin. The greatest pos
sible care is taken on this point by the
medical board. before which every can
didate who proves successful at the ed
ucatioual examination is required TO
attend.
But under favorable conditions IL il
possible for q Eurasian candidate TO get
through IL his color does not betray him,
for his father may have been British.
with an ordinary British name and that
being so he might possibly have been
born in England. in which case there
would be little To raise suspicion IL the
doctors failed to trace his origin. a
strict examination Of birth certificates
is also made both as to place Of birth
and as TO the origin of any name which
is not palpably British. in order to pre-.
vent any candidate of Asiotic or Eura-
sian extraction from entering the army.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

to attack the roadbed. burn the ties and
hold a celebration over The downfall. OF
the foreign devils fire water horses.
In the eighties General Liu Ming
Chang. governor OF Formosa, q Chinese
soldier with the statesmanship rare
among men OF his class built road on
that island, running from Kelung. a
coal port on the north, to Twatatai.
the capital. and thence to Kwa-leng-
ting. on the south, altogether GO miles.
For his rolling stock he took that which
had been ccnflscated at Shanghai and
imported additional locomotives and
cars from abroad. II made a tremen-
dous sensation on the Chinese mind and
did an enormous business. 1t suffered
acverely from trouble which could on
]y occur in China. When the natives
learned that railways In Europe and
America paid damages for injuries in
hicted upon people blythe rolling stock
they concluded the same principle would
apply in Formosa. Helpless old men
and women would bid their families for
thee and four generations a long fare
Ccll end then go On the railway track
ard throw themselves under tho wheels
OF the first train that came along. The
family would present claim fer dem
pay the bill. Tho first death brought.
IL is=ead, 1000 deaths. tho next 800, the
next go, and then the claims began to
come in so rapidly that Iiu Ming Chang
Issued probably the most extraordinary
law ever framed. 1t makes felony of
committing suicide on n railway track
or OF nm attempt at suicide or of assist
irE, fostering or recommending such
suicide, and to strike a blow at tho
root OF tho evil ii confiscates all the
property Of the suicide and his acces-
sorcs.
The new law stopped the suicide busi-
ness entirely. Since the japanese took
the Island, in 1884, the road has been
extended southward and Is expected 10
reach the south cape before the end OF
the century.
Al the present moment the Chinese
sscm 20 have recognized the error of
tle;r ways and TO have determined 10
enter the -nnxs OF civilized nations The
government las created "A bureau. or de-
par.ment. known rs the Chinese i'm
p.rial railway administration, Of which
To head, or director general, Is Tao-taI
Shene, who is known q the outside
world as the stalwart friend OF tho greet
premier. III Hung Chang. lie opened
las work tn September. 1897. by incrcas-
irs the force upon what IL known as
the Shan Hat Knan railway, which
iuns from Tler-tsin northword into
Manrhuria and OF which he has flnirhed
the surveys 10 the capital city OF Klrin
aud partially completed them 10 Tsi
Isl Hsr.
This latter part of the work. how
ever viii now BIZ done by Russia und, =
Oh. Of -ths-aew concessions. lie Las
given permission 10 rebuild thc old
Shanghai Wusurs road. which VIII '3e
,n Op.rstion this fan lie has also been
the active agent behind the various rail-
way concessions granted thus fa~. and
IN hts official pro,lamatio1. which was
approved by the council q, state. he an-
n0urced ''tat the Chinese government
} would build or have buili three grcs.
trunk iincs-o1c from reking n Canton.
I.in0 miles long; one from Shanchai up
,de VALLEY of tia va-r-ts4 river TO
Tibet. , 5Co :ailes long. and Que from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

Canton or kowloon westward along the
Si-kiang, 1.500 miles 10 the Burmese
frontier, and thence northward into
Szechueh. The first work has begun
upon the Canton-Peking line, and 1t is
falr 20 presume that all three will be
under construction IN the next IL
months. Lest any adventurous Amerl-
can thinks the Chi:.ese railways are
good field for him TO enter. the price
paid to railway employees are append
ed. They are as follows in gold per
month: Railway telegraph operators,
$50; linemen. IS: locomotive engineers.
s1i; assistants. 50; brakemon, 81, fire
men, s5; laborers and section hands,
SO; yardmasters. s15 machinists. $40;
machinists' assistants, 81.
How many concessions Russia has OBJ
tained or extorted from China is un-
known Muscovite statesmen have the
oriental genius for keeping a secret,
and their achievements in Peking are
known only in part TO the outside world.
Count Cassini, the great Russian en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
Fort Sumter Memento.

In General Corbins Office at the war
department is section OF the Flagstaff
from which floated the stars and stripes
over Fort Sumter when the garrison
stationed there struck its colors. April
H. 1861. and left the fort in possession
of the Confederates. The staff was of
yellow pine, ana the piece In General
Corbin's office Is about one foot long
and nearly the same size in diameter.
Ii is bound with a brass hoop half an
inch wide to prevent splitting. and
where IL is cracked the wood looks new.
and 3s years time has not made any
ravages on IL.
Major Robert Anderson was IN com.
mand of the famous fort when II sur
rendered and with his own hands haui-
ed down the colors. but four years later.
after he had won his spurs and ranked
rs major general, he raised the nag
% the same STAFF from which he had
,Nered 10 four years earlier. After
he ceremonies attending the fag rails.
ne were concluded the stan was divid
Il into sections ana one piece sent "a
The war department. where Il has since
rcniained.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
The Oriental Octopus Which, Under the
Inspiration of the Dowager Empress,
Has Entangled Many Statesmen
In It's Strong Tentacles,

place Is also on the road which Russia
will build to Port Arthur. Thus the'czar
will have the benefit Of China's own
progressive action as we'll as OF the
labors OF its diplomats and engineers.
How much work has been done by the
Russians in the past year has not yet
been made public. Russian light draft
steamers now run from Amur into the
Sungari. reaching Tsi Tsi Har on one
branch OF that great river and Khoton
on the other. There are also Russian
garrsons or so called engineering
camps at all OF the cities named in
Manchuria so that this part OF Russia's
programme has been carried out 10 the
letter. In 1901 the Transsberian road
will be finished. and at or before that
time il will undoubtedly be possible 10
step into a train at ST. Petersburg and
step out at Peking.
The Hankow- -Peking railway over
which the Bear and the Bull are now
growing so vigorously, presents no Sc
rious difficulties 10 the englnser. 1t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

prevent further encroachments By Ger
many westward from Kiao-Chou
through sEanstung or by Russia south
ward from Siberia.
IL Will be Of almost equal value COM
mercially. IL will create markets in
Honan. Shangtunc, Chih-li and Shansi.
il viii deal a fatal blow 10 the likin. or
Chinese octroi. which has almost st.an-
gled trade in many parts Of the en-
pire. II will weaken IL not ruin the
power OF the antiforoign mandarins OF
Honan and the White Lily and Elder
Brother societies OF the river provinces
1t will make the northern winter OF
Peking and its surrounding districts as
favorable 10 trade as It is now un-
favorable.
While the British government pre-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

rrrs almost north and south. ifs length
being about 200 English mics The land
Is OF modern formation and consists OF
the dcltas Of the ySAg-tsc. the old and
new Hoang gHo and the Pei-Ho. 4 line
drawn from one terminus TO the other
encounters no mountains and meets low
hills ct only one point. Rocks are scarce
along the route. the aativo building ma
terial being orick and terra Gotta.
II, instead OF pursuing q straight line.
VI follows the ancient imperial post
road, the distance will be 500 miles and
Just as nat excepting in the neishbor-
hood or ka,-c9ng-fu. on the Iloang- 10,
where there 10 o line ~ handsome hills.
But n the road builders viii have 1T
tie or uu work in deep sNcal allnnz-h hIeh
cinhankments AMI costly yiadJcts they
Will hove any amount ~ annoyance Iva
crossing bitches. STRAINS ana rivers.
between iIankOv and Nu-nirg in llo-
nan province. are six rivers and 90 small
Streams. Between Yu-ning ana Kali
fong-fu are twice 8s many TIE delta
of the Pti-Ilo l- maze of- water
courses Some dry Co., summer aud au-
tumu. but all torrents in che spring.
me Chinese. who arc nothing II not
ingenious have de.ise1 r special form
~ bridge fot streams 0f this class some
o. which tould be ut!!!zed for a railway.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

They build strong piers Of cut granite,
dovetailed and often iron bolted from 20
TO 90 feet apart and two feet higher than
the highest freshet. The roadbed is then
superimposed in huge monoliths. Ave TO
six feet thick, six TO ten wide and as
long as the distance between pier CEN
ters The enormous weight OF these
blocks holds the piers i'm place. no mat
ter how pow erful the rushing food. At
Polam is the most famods bridge of this
class. The blocks are so feet long and
6 feet square in cross section. 1t has
been In use five centuries at least and
seems as strong today as when 1t was
first built.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26

bassador, who is now at Washington.
obtained a series OF valuable conces-
sion3 two years ago. Among these were
the rights to build and TO control rail-
ways running through Manchuria and
parts OF Mongolia so as to connect the
Transsiberian railway with PelSing, with
Kirin Moukder and Port Arthur, and
from Tsi Tsi Har to Kirin and Vladi-
vostok AS the Siberian road is now
advanced beyond Lake Baikaland and
is constructed northward from Vladi-
cation on the Ossur river the value
OF the grants and the case with which
Russia will be able TO control the des-
tinics of Manchuria and northern Chi
ma proper may be easily estimated. No
matter what attitude China may take
at the instigation OF Great Britain, Il
cannot undo much of what has been
done.
IT, at the furthest. It gives Great
Britain all the railroad concessions
south OF PekinE or even south OF the
great wall and the great palisade. il has
tied Manchuria and eastern Mongolia
up forever. They are almost az much
Russian provinces todayns is the Crimea
or Circassia There Ia already n rail-
way running from Tien-tsn north
eastward into Liao-Tong which last No
vcmber was 2l4 miles long and is now
said to be 270. It's terminus at that timc
was the city Of Chung Horr So. while
now 1t Is near TO the famous military
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-26
copyright, 1881

The railway is so essential a part OF
our civilization that ii is difficult to un-
derstand why the Chinese. so wise i'm
most respects. have been so bitterly op-
posed to ito introduction into their
country. The first that was built there
was in 1876. IT was constructed between
Shanghai and Wusung by British firm
and was IL miles long. 1t did a splen-
did business and paid about Is per cent
per annum, but IL excited so much an
tipathy and tendency toward rioting
that the Chinese government bought IL
up from its owners. sent the rolling
stock into storage and allowed the mob