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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-11
GEORGE ATNSLTE.
lanes r. CANNON.
snecial Commissioner.
VIM. b. Pizzlni Company,
Real Estate Aucti0neers.
UCTION SALE

. UCTION SALE
n OF
BRICK AND FRAME DWELLING,
No. si5 y. SECOND STREET.
BETWEEN LEIGH AND JACKSON SIS,
TUESDAY. JULY II. 1859.
at $50 +. n.
Lot 26xlSo feet; city water &c. This
property Is In a most desirable renting
location and will pay a good interest on
the investment.
TERMs.-very easy; small cash pay
ment. As viii be announced al the sale.
WM. b. PIZzINI COMPANY
-, --.-- .-Stioneers.
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Stratton VS.. stIatton ct als-ln the
Chaucery Court OI hlchinonu- Decree
OF July Il, 1880.
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Elegant Granite Residence
BENG AMONG THE NUMBER.

In execution OF deed of trust from
O.. A. a. BAN t0 me, as trustee, aaled
November 30. ieg2. ana duly RECORDED in
Heurica County Court. and ln compliance
with "A decree of the circuit Court Of iten-
rieo entered June 23. 1850 in the suit
of "Carueal a Davis, Who sues, &c,
against Balls Curator el ais j WIZ 7,"t
rrcmiscs on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-11

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. July 10
speclal-Mrs. Fannie Radcliffe. wife Of
Mr. r. j. Ratcliffe. Of Millenbeck Ian
caster county. died to-day at the home
of Mt Frank Lafoe. near Moss Neck, in
Caroline county. Mrs. Radcliffe had been
I'm delicate health for some time and had
come TO Caroline hoping 20 benefit her
health. She leaves a husband and two
nhllnrnn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-11
Cnp'ain }. ". Mckenzie.

DANVILLE. VA. July lo-Special-
Captain j. W. Mckenzie one among the
oldest citizens Of DanyiHe. died at tho
home of his son here yesterday afternoon,
and his funeral took place This afternoon
lie was in the cighty-fourth year of his
age.
captain Mckenzie was once quite n
wealthy man. but was ovoltaken with
misfortunes He was one of the original
Union men OF Virginia. and thirty years
ago was very prominent IN politics, be,
Ing always q slaunoh Ronunlcan.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-11
Nfrs. NInrv 4. Chandler.

Mrs Mary A. Chanler widow of w S.
Chandler. and daughter of the late Dr.
Vaughan of Gooch'and county, died Sum
day ~ the rcsiendce Of her daughter.
Mrs Edward r. Thompson. No. Al
north Eighth street. at 2:3o o'clock in the
afternoon.
The funeral took place at 6 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from the FIRST Bap-
fist church
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JOHN DUNLOP


J. p. Elan & CO.. Auctloneers.
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~ f. 4 Catlln.
No. o n 1ltn ST.
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Mrs. : r. Adams.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. July 10
Special--As the result OK sticking a
nail DO her foot about ten days ago. Mrs
S f.. Adams. a highly respected Chris
tian LADY died last evening at her home
at She wilderness. in Spotsylvania coun-
ty. She leaves a husband. one Of the
most prosperous farmers of that section.
and several children.
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Joseph Han.

WINCHESTER. VA. July lO.-Special-
Mrs Robert j.. Glass. wife Of leading
Frederick county man died al her resi-
donce near here to-day after a long ili-
ness OF consumption. SITS. Glass was
thirty-two years OF age and is survived
by a husband and one child. She was
Miss Belle Taylor OF AppomattoX coun-
ty Va. and a daughter OF the late
Thomas Taylor
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Mrs. Eva Boykin.

LURAY july -Spocial-Mrs la
Boyldn died az the residence Of her uncle.
T. G. Weann in this place. at ia o'clock
a. NJ yesterday. Of consumption
Mrs Boykin was "a daughter Of J. NJ.
Paxton formerly Of R0ckbridge county
and Luray but now "A resident Of Wash
ington. ID. g. She was the wife Of j. c.
Boykin Of Washington. D. g., who, with
two children survive her. She was thirty
one years Of age.
Her body viii be buried here I'm the
Green Hin cemetery
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Nlrs. j. NJ. White.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. July TO-
special-Mrs. j. NJ White died at her
home near Ivy Depot ON Saturday. She
was buried from 81. PauTs church yes.
terdav alLornoon at n-olOck
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

manner with which these people will
throw away "a Mauser. after peppering
away at the Americans for couple ~
hours. and then saunter over to our
lines with "a piece OF old rag on the
end of bamboo stick is rather trying
on the nerves OF some OF our men
For instance, one morning af,sr one OF
the numerous small engagements which
have been taking place about here
body OF our scouts discovered "a bag
containing six OF seven Filipino uni
forms neatly slowed away In "A stack OF
rice straw. Our men later had the
satisfaction, IL might be added. OF find
ing the owners OF these same uniforms
dressed i'm the Immaculate white clothes
OF the amigo" dlsporting themselves In
the suavest manner possible among the
very men they had been pointing
Mausers AT a few short hours before
hand. one of them was "a lieutenant
among the insurgents, a clever fellow
with strong tinge OF Spanish blood
i'm his veins. and his declarations of
allegiance 20 America and everything
American constituted eloquence that
was Ciceronean in It's luXuriant verbos-
ity. But, as General Lawton once ex-
pressed il TO his men. I'VE must live
up TO the American policy of not abus-
ing noncombatants. on the one hand.
but thrashing the life out OF the men
who carry guns on the other"
II lis useless and silly TO deny that
there ~, a great deal Of want and sur
fering in the archipelago at the present
time. The hungry and homeless run
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nays without fresh beef or mutton and
vegetables. The only fruit is cocoa
NUS and 10 one who has not chewed
co'oanut for three months without a
pre"k can ever realize just how odious
can become the taste OF this delectab!e
tooustuh, But IN this connection
must not neglect 10 speak OF the
flhplhos vino This r. the drink
Nhlch Is so greatly affected by our men.
OF rather, by which our men have at
lin's been so greatly affected. IL is
no'hlhs but raw alcohol. | understand.
Coiofed and seasoned with fruit juices.
: ~ really quite palatable and. though
- a,eihs 10 have little injurious effect
~" 'ne hauves. 10 plays havoc with the
D"'ptuuon Of the Yankee soldier boy.
n' unsuspecting one usually tries q
"lhh lt down like beer, but as II is
"'-HHls but cOlOTeu alcohol. he usually
sues uoNn "a hrst and often has TO spend
week or two i'm the hopital. Certain
lplho sympathlzers IN Manila take
p'aIafaical JOY in pointing out that
w" 'he advent OF the Americans have
appeared hundred new saloons In the
N''9' Inc commanders OF the different
Ies!hents however. keep a strict eye
",' 'nelr men, and as soon as a loafng
p'@.e ~ discovered IL is designated as
Oh bounds and all nonconformers are
promptly arrested and punished.
IL would surprise the ordinary per
son al home 20 see the number az
american women who notwithstanding
th' rainy season. are already I'm Ma
mia ana making the most OF life there
Ihe Luneta, the historic drive which
runs loi-three-auarters OF a mile along
the shore OF the bay is nllcd eyerv
afternoon with carriages in which ono
can see American faces 4 new hand
stand has been put up, and AT o'clock
the officers wives and their friends from
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home turn out on the wide palm lined
avenue and drive down TO listen TO the
music. They look as much at home in
the tiny native "cochero" as i'm an
American victoria The carriages of the
well 10 do Spaniards Of course pre-
dominate, but as General Otis still al
lows American women 20 land nearly
every steamer that comes into port
brings its contingent Of fair American
sightseers and adVenturers, who add
TO the gayety of the Luneta and the
social life of the old city. One would
never guess. TO drive down that bright
and busy avenue OF palms OF a clear
afternoon at g. that a stupendous strug-
gle was going on just beyond the walls
of the city a struggle in which are in
volved the ultimate destinies OF hum
dreds OF thousands OF men and the vast
archipelago OF the Philippines.
WILLIAM R. WALTERS.
Manila, Philippine Islands.
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10 a foreign nation on tho end Of n
hNed hayonet. The situation has its lit
he irony, and there is even n gri,n
humor about u when you sto,. g.. IT,
II over. one day we arc papuerin@
away at these people ass ou,. dyod ~,
the wool enemies and the pevt ,ro ora 80
doing out rice 10 them ana linoi,,. -,
their wounds anu trying to Kim IT,
with kindness ana doing the general
Good Samaritan act SO thar tbe, ,,.,ii
see that after all We do not bate NJ,
but merely want 40 take then, rndar
our wing and be their deHverers and
not their destroyels. But baroro ,hst
can happen they must take the chin
Oft their shoulders.
And this brings me round to tbo s,,,,
ject OF the amigos, or friendIies on1
their incongruous and tautaIizinp mart
I'm the present situation. In tbe o..
place, amigo" Is purely a relati,,a
term. \ Filipino is am amigo, when y.
is captured; he is also one when ne iq
hungry tie becomes the same whom
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27
THE DoERs IN WAR.

The battles that have taken place in
the past between Great Britain and
the Beers have taught the former to re-
| spect the natives Of the Transvaal as
rifle shots of a very superior order. The
| average Boer has a strong constitution,
Is "A good rineman and a first class
horseman. He has received most OF
| his training as "A fighter i'm the repeated
attacks he has had to repel OF the
| Zulus who are his inveterate enemies.
As an individual he is a good fighter,
but he lacks discipline, though the
Beers. like the Germans and other Eu-
ropean nations, enjoy the benefits of
compulsory conscription. and are divid-
ed into three classes for this purpose.
TO the first class belong all men from
Is To "a years OF age to the second
those from 35 TO 80, and to the third
those from 81 TO 60. In times OF peace
they have only small standing army.
| acting as police, except some artillery.
so that their peace organization re-
| sembles the usual militia Of other coun-
! tries. The whole country is divided into
| IL military districts and 64 smaller di-
| visions. In case of war the militia is
soon ready 10 take the field. as all ar
| rangements are fairly complete. When
the troubles broke out i'm 1890. three Of
the districts were called TO arms at 3
p. n., and at 5 a. IN. next morning 500
Beers were ready equipped TO take the
field; and IN 1895 on the occasion OF
the jameson raid. matters progressed
even more quickly.
II may be taken for granted that
since 1895 the military authorities have
not been idle, but on the contrary have
improved and increased their arma-
ments, as has been told in the recent
newspaper reports.
Although drill and discipline are not
two of the outstanding qualities of the
Beers, and when on the offensive they
would feel this lack very much. it would
not be of so much consequence as long
as the Beers were on the defensive
only General Joubert is not only n
good old soldier, but possesses great
amount of strategic talent, as he has
shown repeatedly. The military forces
OF the Transvaal are estimated to be
about 80, 900 men, to which contingent
OF friendly allies has 10 be added. The
opinion of British military authorities
that re-enforcements of 10000 men
would be sufficient i'm case of war
seems to underestimate the state or
things considerably. IL will not be a
mere expedition, but a distinct war of
determination against a stubborn peo-
pie who will fight for their hearth and
home.
one great disadvantage under which
the Beers suffer i'm case of war is that
their supplies can easily be cut OH,
and their power OF resistance Will To
a great extent depend on the state or
preparedness i'm which they may hap
pen 10 be when the war breaks out.
Their artillery is OF the newest con-
struction by Krupp and is said TO
amount to l6 batteries; the infantry IS
armed with quick loading rifles, and
there is said to be no lack Of horses
Being well mounted and good shots.
the Beers are especially suited Tor
skiimishing and guerrilla warfare. and
are particularly successful IN having
solved the problem of the mounted in
fantry question.
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up into the thousands. and even tens
of thousands. and IL is, of course, one
Of the crueltles. the pitiable cruelties. OF
war that just those people who deserve
not 20 suffer are the ones who are suf-
fcring the most. General Lawton and
his officers have handed over TO the
hungry natives as much as 1000 bush
els OF rice In one day, and kept that
record for one week too. But after
every town Is captured and burned,
as per orders, the poor devils, who have
learned their lesson and taken 20 the
woods until after the dirty work IS
done, come trudging back TO their
smouldering nipa hut ruins i'm sad look
ing groups, each group bearing it's lit
tie white nag. First come the old men,
tottcring and limping painfully along.
followed by naked and hungry eyed
children. Then come women with ba-
bies In their arms, most of them decent
~ dressed in low necked short caml-
settes. These chocolate skinned young
mothers are cOmely and well propor-
toned with "a wrap OF black cotton
paja tucked around the loins and their
feet and lower limbs quite bare. After
them come the more active bodied fell
lows Of the town. with their high crests
Of stin black hair struggling i'm tents- :
lively and somewhat dubious as 10 tho
reception they are Co meet with al the
hands Of the Americans. It is n pitifuI
army. as DO comes trudgine back 10
-.g....It444e-t+ -ltttsttfrTt- -yIETe once
their homes with its contingent Of lit
tie trutting children and halt gnIted old
men aud bundle carrying girls and
nursing women. making a siEht not
soon 20 be- forgotten.
Speaking of food. Il seems strange.
hut Is nevertheless true. that good food
is rather hard TO get even right here
in Manila. Fish are plentiful. but high
in price and none too palstable. some-
times IL is necessary 10 90 about %
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BEGINNING OF TIE END
IN THE PHIL LLPPLNE,S,

soaked I'm II and even 90 have eaten H..
for they don't even take time to wash
their hands and faces when their
time IS up, they are usually conveyed
back 10 camp for there are always a
few Filipinos lurking around waitina,
FOR chance shot. and when once back
in camp they are put in soak. IL usu-
ally takes an hour or two To soak II all
OF, for there IS nothing I'm this wide
world so tenacious as Luzon mud.
But this Is getting away from the
mark. was about 10 say that a
change is creeping over The spirit II
things. Last week / was told thar
there was a rumor about headquarters
TO the effect that when Admiral Dewey
reached home he was going 10 advise
the dispatch OF more re-enforcoments.
and especially additions % the naval
forces here. IL Is believed by the dir-
ferent officers in the city that the ad
miral favors the sending over Of "a NUM-
ber OF gunboats and light draft vessels
for coastwise protection and also one
fast warship such as the Brooklvp
which can look after herself among the
more distant islands. IL is well known
here that Dewey is in favor OF a moro
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

ne wants a little information from In
siue our lines. once beyond those lines
"iiu ne is combatant. Before the rice
We nave poured into his treachcrous
s'oIhach has yet digestcd ne is using his
NiueiIcah benefactors as targets for
.i"e practice. This. naturally the
N'"''ican doesn't consider altogether
III nm. IL shows q lack Of con-
''ueIatlon and gallantry and causes
,'.',' % our boys TO handle suspects a
.'ue roughly when any of the same
l'li lHto their outraged hands Bat,
en- pleas you. the Filipino loses no
N'r'P over the violated ethics of the
N'."e' ~ q part uf his tricky latino
'',."'' nature, and 10 this sort or
lube ne takes as "a duck takes 20
Nd'e,' Ihe entire country for miles
i'UHu Mahila Is dotted with camps and
Nl""pS ui refugees, and over the heads
~ t''h cluster waves the ever present
anu 'Ne' potent old white rag which sig
n'"gS amigos Being such they have
10 pe supplied with gentoness. low
iIis kihahess and rice. But the fighters
alohE our hhes don't care for this sort
ol ull7SioHdfy work very much They
W"u'u "lhs diplomacy 20 the dogs and
N'W up the whole caboodle OF rag fly
lhs hl lpo'llles. The only time tO know
JUST VINO Us friendly and who o.
'"Wnd'aht ls when an actual battle
l- lakihh biace. But when once the
battle is over every natlve within
-ILLL- VI " LIlllSS IA A-.4-.-4...+t.+ --44e
d6v0uT lover OF the United states. ready
go shed his last drop Of life blood Tor
the Americanos. Ii is q fashion amonz
ABBles followers when they ind
themselves hard pressed 10 discard
their outer garments OF bIue ana appcar
simply in their underpsrments Now
these entertainments are OF "a nice white
color doyciiko in their significance.
and they arc Of course at once taken
tor ffiendlies. The bland and childllks
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

Mr. Grose. who recently made a tour
in northwest Canada. gives curious
account OF the law OF cache there.
Supposing a man, for reasons Of per-
sonal comfort desires to leave his coat
behind All that he has TO do is 60
hang Il on tree. where IL will be
found when he returns at the end OF a
week. The ownership OF a suspended
gun or rife would be equally respect
ed. and AIR. Grose says that n man
might safely hang up his watch and
chain. knowing that "a would still be
tlft.fr.-fvicn be came TO claim il.
With regard to provisions. the law
OF cache is subject TO notifications
hungry Indian on discovering pro-
visions would take enough food for his
immediate wants. and leave the rest
and, Iva order TO make II
apparent that mo- secrecy was iptonded.
he will make his fire i'm front OF the
cache. lie would simply consider him
self The unknown guest Of the owner
1l the food. -.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

the other man. We take trench after
trench and village after village and dis
trict after district, but IL is like try
ing TO sweep the tide back with a broom.
That broom can't be everywhere at
once, so while we are busy AT Santa
Cruz they are bobbing up at Cammpit.
NO wonder they keep our BOYS bustIing
back and forth on the Utah and Kan
sas Short Line" as the westerners call
the railway between Fondo and Caloo-
can. These bulldog guerrillas have not
yet had what might be called one sue
cessful engagement. but as they do not
expect To win battles this does not I'm
the least discourage them. So. notwith-
standing what may be said 10 the con-
trary. and ~ the face OF every rose tint
ed cable that goes to Washington the
Filipinos are as active and as aggres-
sive today as they have been at any
time.
But the tide Is turning. American re-
endorsements have arrived and arc
swelling Uncle Sans power I'm the east.
As have said already. the rainy sea
son shows signs of at last letting up.
Just what this rainy season means with
the soldier boys here people at home can
never realize. If they should chance,
however, TO catch sight OF one OF our
national heroes coming out OF
newly dug trench, they would perhaps
understand. At trench building the
men take turns. They usually work in
eight hour shifts, and during that time
actually live i'm the trench. They must
not stick their heads above the little
bank OF mud they are throwing up un-
less they want To hear "a disagreeable
phttl phttl and a splash an two In the
Shiny ooze around them. The grub. /
which they have 60 carry with Them
when at this work gets rain soaked and !
soggy They usually eat N. too. with (
muddy hauds. and their own mothers
wouldn't know them after a meal But
when sold 7r comes out Of one Of those .
trenches with his spade. then il would
Do patriotic grl indeed who would
attempt To Hohsonize him. They lool,
like animated mud pies They arc
-lnoarod and dauhcd from head TO foot
Ihey seem 10 have wailcwed In II and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

over with and are hankering after
home. With the newly arrived men
from the transports il IS, of course,
quite different. They are still looking
for their baptism of fire and scarcely
know just yet what campaigning in
Luzon really means. These ambitious
greenhorns, as they step jauntily ashore
from their transports. have a habit Of
superciliously inquiring just why our
10000 men have not plugged every
Filipino in LuZon fun of lead and
wound up this side show war. 1t takes
them SOME time 10 grasp the situation.
y. rev days i'm a reeking, rain swept
trench usually does the business II
tne trench work doesn't show them the
ioily OF their ways. a few days dig
slng IN the same with Philippine rain
descending on their heads is never
known TO fail. For. of all kinds of
work demanded Of the Yankee soldiers
over here the work of building trenches
- the most disagreeable and the most
hated. II is wearying and tedious. ao1
the only excitement it offers is dodginp
Filipino bullets. This latter exercise
also teaches the new man the peculiar
tactics OF the enemy with whom he is
lighting or. rather. at whom ne is fight
ing for the willy Filipino knows better
than ever TO let Uncle Sans men cot
up against him once. 1t is like fighting
wind The Filipino can never be nc.
tually defeated. because the only sort Of
defeat we have been able To infIict upon
him Is just the sort OF thing he Is look
ing for. lie is guerrilla. pure and
simple and the ground we have won Is
the ground we stand upon, and that
ground only.
II is easy to sit In n newspaper Office
and criticise campaigns. IL is a differ
ent thing trying to corner up bunch
of slippery Tagals i'm n I.uzon jungle.
He forms his ambuscade and into this
chcerfully march our boys. knowing II
Is there and ready for t. The engage
ment takes place amt we lose q man or
two Killed and half dozen wounded.
perhaps. btb seldom more The Fill
pinOs lose 20. 30. OF perhaps even ~.
but what does that count? They can /
afford 10 do &C. They slip away through I
the underbrush and leave us the cheer I
ful task OF burying their dead I'm their /
abandoned trenches and perhaps look 1
ing after dozen on two 0f their wound 4
cd. The nest day they have some more 4
trenches ready and are al u again. /
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-27

A young advocate before the Scotch
lords of session on hearing a decision
against his client. which he deemed
contrary to law and justice, so far Tor
got himself as TO exclaim that he was
surprised at such a decision Ther
lordships were very angry and We're
considering how TO mark their sense OF
the advocates impertinence when
pawky old councillor arose and besought
their lordships' forgiveness FOR the slip
his young brother advocate had made.
1T was purely lack Of experience that
led him into error. Had he known
vour lordships half as long as have
done. I'm hanged II he would have been
surprised at anything your lordships
said or did.