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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
NORFOLK HAVE CLOSED
Interesting Exercises in Many of the Schools Mark
Commencement Day.
NAMES OF PUPILS WHO HAVE WON DISTINCTION

| he Rolls of Honor-Winners of Wedas-Two Excellent
Essays on "The Treason Of Benedict Arnold Win
Beautiful Medals for their Authors from the Daughters
the American Revolution-Notable Addresses by Well
Known Speakers Presentation OF Pictures of General
Robert E. Lee by the Young Daughters Of the Confcder-
acy-Cass Songs Composed by High School Pupils and
Set to Well Known Airs.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23
CALENDAR
TIDES.

Sun rises at 4:46 u. m. and sets :
1929 d. III.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23
A1EDALLIsTs.

Mathematics medal. offered by Mr.. NJ.
X. Cannon. assistant principal for
highest average on intermediate and
final examinations, open only to pupils
of fourth year class. awarded 10 Samuel
ii. Hodges (S1.O.
General excellence medal. offered by
the School Board for highest average
on intermediate ana final examinations,
open to third and fourth year pupils,
awarded to John Upton (9T.5).
The Bagnall medal. for general OK
cellence. offered by II. Il. Bagnall.
Esq. for highest average on interme-
date and final examinations. open to
first and second year pupils. awarded TO
Lillian Elizabeth Eberhard (916).
General excellence medal. offered by
the School Board. for second highest
average on intermediate and final ex-
aminatione. open to first and second
wear nupls. awarded 10 Hester Lee
Bergman (974).
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THE NEWS OF NORFOLK ON PAGES . IS 5
WEATHER REPORT.

Washington. June q. s.
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday:
For Virginia = Showers Saturday;
fresh easterly winds. Sunday fair.
For North Carolina-Showers Satur-
day: fresh south to southeast winds
Sunday fair.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23

1d- IIuII.
The following program was rendered.
Prayer.
Lulaby-"sleep. Honey. Sleep"
school.
Duet-"Danse Ecossaise," Misses
Hattie Blake ana Lathrop.
Recitation-"The Monument" Miss
Grace Morris.
Vocal Solo (selecteD Miss Maud Col
Inns.
Recitatlon-"Th Christening" Miss
Olive Gorsuch.
piano soio-"Pond Lilies" Miss May
Vocal solo-"Always," Miss Annie Ja-
cohs.
Piano solo-"Dance of the Brownies"
Miss Rosa Ryan.
Recitation-"Th Love Knot" Miss
Grace Norris.
Sweet and Low"-Misses Jordan,
Blake. Collins. Guy and Jacobs.
Recitation-"The First Spai," Miss
Davetta Levy.
Song Where is My Boy Tonight"
Master VIII Heatherton.
Violin Duet (selected) = Master
Stearnes DO1son.
vacation Song School
Presentation OF mcdals-Superinten
ent Dobic.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23

The first OF n series Of germans to be
given on Saturday evenings. at the
Princess Anne" will take place soon.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23

Certificate Of Scholarship - Hazel
Finch. Myra Jordan. Vara Osborne. Lee
Holmes. Lotte Caps. Maggie Bell.
Annie Guy, Olive Gorsuch. Hectic Hud-
gins. Annie Herrick Louise Kelly.
Rosa Ryan. BERTHE Slade, Elsie Gisch-
Ter. Lillian Obendorfer.
Gold Cei'tficates-For General Ex-
ceIlence-Myra Jordan. Rena Holmes.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23

TEMPERATURE. RAINFALL AND
HUMIDITY.
Maximum temperature ............. 76
Minimum temperature .............. Go
Normal temperature ................ as
Departure from normal .....minus 5
Departure from Normal since jan
uary list ..................- minus So
Rainfall in last "a hours .......... ~
Rainfall since first of month ......1. 5S
Mean relative humidity ......... 81
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
CONGER HEARD FROM.
CHINESE MINISTER RECEIVES
CIPHER MESSAGE.
Dispatch Reports the Legations Under
Continued Fire from Chinese TrOOps,
nnd Says Only Quick Relief Can Pre-
vent a General Massacre.

"In British legation, under continued
shct and shell from Chinese troops. Quick
relief only can prevent general massa-
cre.''
This dispatch in cipher was received by
the State Department in Washington
through Chinese Minister WI, Friday
morning 1t was dated July 10, and
showed that Minister Conger was alive
in Pekin On July IS.
The following is the statement issued
by the State Department with regard to
Conger's cablegram: "On the 11th of this
month the Secretary Of State communi-
Gated brief message asking tidings OF
Minister Conger in the State Department
code. Mr.. WI undertook to get
this into Minister Conger's hands, If he
was alive. He has succeeded in doing
this. Friday morning the Secretary OF
State received this telegram from the
consul general ut Shanghai: "Your tele-
gram was forwarded as requested. l
send you the reply of the Tsung-li- Yamen
as follows: Your telegram of the 10th
day of this moon d1th of JULY received,
and the Secretary of States telegram
has been handed to Minister Conger.
Herewith Minister COnger's reply to the
Secretary of State, which please for
ward"
The following is Mr.. Conser's reply:
''In British legation under continued shot
and shell from Chinese troops. Quick re-
lief only can prevent general massacrcs.
This reply was in the State Depart
ment's hands and its contents were OF
course unknown to Minister WI, who
took it there. 1t was regarded by the
State Department as genuine, as forgery
seemed under the circumstances impOs-
sible.
As soon as Minister Conger's cablegram
had been translated a cabinet council was
called in the Office of the Secretary Of
State and all of the cabinet ministers
accessible met in session.
President McKinley's first news of
Minister Conger's dispatch was handed
him the instant he left the train at Can
ton. Ohio. by the Associated Press cor
respondent. Scanning the bulletin. he
gave evidences of pleasure at the news.
Later. when the State Department.
statement first reached him, adding
strength to the genuineness OF the news,
he was more visibly gratified.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
News of Minor r.ote.

Bloemfontein will be England's capital
of South Africa.
Shag rock in San Francisco harbor has
finally been removed.
Capt Peter Conrad. 81, old-time river
man. st. Louis, is dead.
Reports received from 125 cities show
that thirty persons were killed and 1925
injured on the Fourth of July by acci-
dents.
Marquis Ito is making progress in the
formation Of a new political party in
Japan, with the ultimate object of form
ing q new cabinet.
The British members of the Alaska
boundary survey commission have met
opposition from the Indians ON the head
waters of the Chilkat river.
The British war office reports the cas-
ualties in South Africa since the begin
ming of the war. exclusive of sick and
wounded. to have been 29.706.
The recruiting Office in Chicago is daily
besiegcd by dozens of men who are anx-
ious to enlist in the United States army
for service in China and the Philippines.
Capt. Marrell Miller. commanding the
receiving ship Vermont, will be promoted
to a rear admiral in the navy as result
of the death Of Rear Admiral John w.
Philip.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
rIEN-rsIN Is TAKEN.
Chinese Routed After Three Days OF
Desperate Fighting.

Chinese Routed After Three Days of
Desperate Fighting.
The powers are preparing to pour
troops into China. From every capital
comes the news that hosts are forming
for a war of revenge. Now the atten-
tion of the nations is diverted from Pc
kin to Tientsin, which, according to re-
ports, the allied forces had succeeded in
taking. Actual war upon China is on,
and it is feared that it will be q long
and wasting war, for the Chinese, since
their contest with Japan. are well pre-
pared for hostilities.
The London Daily Mail gives the fol-
lowing dispatch from its Shanghai corre-
spondent: The allied troops resumed
the attack upon the Chinese walled city
of Tientsin on the morning Of July IA
and succeeded in preaching the walls and
capturing all the forts. The Chinese
were completely routed and the allies
took possession Of the native city and its
defenses. The total losses Of the allies
in the engagements Of Thursday, Friday
and Saturday were about 500 killed or
wounded. The casualties were greatest
among the Russians and Japanese"
The guns Of the allies did immense
damage to the native city, causing many
large conhagrations, and finally silenced
the majority of the enemy's guns stimuli
taneously. Then the 500 Russians, as
sisted by small parties Of Germans and
French, assaulted and captured eight
guns that were in position on the rail
way embankment and the fort, the maya
zine of which the French subsequently
blew up. A body Of American, British,
Japanese and Austrian troops then made
a sortie and attacked the west arsenal,
which the Chinese had reoccupied. After
three hours of the hardest lighting yet
experienced the Chinese fed.
Admiral Remey cabled the navy de
partment at Washington that the city
and forts of Tientsin are in the hands Of
the allies. His list Of killed and wound
ed is somewhat fuller than the first re-
port. Total killed and wounded report
ed, 775; Russians and japanese lost
heavily. Our total loss, he says, is 215;
about 40 were marines. but number be-
ieved to be exaggerated.
According to Shanghai dispatch 1O0.-
600 Chinese troops armed with Mauser
rifles and modern artillery are encamped
at three points within forty miles OF
Shanghai. ready to besiege the town in
the event of an attack by the Europeans
Never, since Xerxes' time, have the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26

nations Of the World gathered their varied
armies together as is now the case at
Tien-Tsin. Under the walls of that grim
old Chinese town, English and Ameri-
can, French and German, japanese and
Russian, Austrian and Italian fought
side by side. hereditary enmities forgot
ten, vengeance in their hearts and the
great worlds approval at their backs. AT
Leipsic, in 1913. Napoleon, with his
French and Polish troops faced Ger
mans, Austrians, Russians and Swedes,
while at Waterloo the Corsican had to
meet English. Germans, Belgians and
Hollanders. In the Crimean war, Russia
stood against English, French, Turkish
and Italian armies. but in none Of these
conflicts were so many or such heterOge-
neous forces brought together as in China
yesterday. The battle of Tien-Tsin might
we'll be called the battle Of the nations.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
SUMMARY OF EVENTS.
Historical Happenings that Led to tn
Massacre at Pekin.

Historical Happenings that Led to the
Massacre at Pekin.
The story of the Pekin horror as sum
married is as follows:
June 4-United States Minister at Pekin
cables danger to Washington.
June 5-Chinese Government forblds land
Ing OF more foreign troops.
June G-German, French, English and
American ministers warn their governments
OF impending disaster
June Nine hundred British marines
landed to protect railroad from Tien Tsin 10
Pekin.
June S-Situation at Tien Tsin grows seri-
Gus.
June 9-Lung Chow near Pekin. burned
and twenty-five native Christians killed
June 11-Heads of Christians carried on
poles. Native converts burned alive in in
terror.
June 12-Japanese chancellor slain at
Manigate Railroad station by the Empress
body guard.
June 13-InternatiOnal column lands at
Taku en- route for Pekin.
column.
June I5-Foreign legations virtual prison
ers i'll imperial city. Empress posts 100 COO
troops outside walls to prevent entrance Of
allies.
June 16-German Baron Won Ketteler re-
ported slain. American churches in Tien
Tsin raz,d
June 1I-Boxers cut railroad behind relief
,pi,,- All Unprotected foreign buildings in
frhlh uestroyed.
,,, yune ls-Chinese In Takn forts fire on
uiieu heeis: AiIies reply and capture forts
JuIe I9-Relief force under British Ad-
'hiraI seymour reported outside Pekin.
June D-fekin reported taken by Ad-
mirii Seymours relief force. Emperor said
to have fled to Manchuria.
June .I-Iien rsin bombarded by Chinese.
American consulate DESTROYED
June 22-Foreign ministers reported safe
Pekin In state Of anarchy
June 2mSeymour said to be surrounded
SetWeeh lien Tsin and capital. United
Sta.es Adhiirai H. heimpf cables Tor re-en-
iorce"ents @ at lien Isin.
June six thousand five hundred United
suites IeguIirs: with larger fleet than
dewey nad at Manila. sent to Tien Tsin
run, June %,UEisht Thousand allies landed at
aaku- aii, Allies enter Tien Tsin after hard
"gn,.
June .o-Seyihour heiiographs: Lega-
'i1hs sade. HARD pressed
June .a-niots at Wo Chow kiii Tor
eign devils was cry OF Boxers.
Juae ne. o-Seynour reported to nave held
OUT hIteeh days against hordes OF chinese
uau not reached Pekin- Forced to return
10 coast.
June @-United states battle-ship Ore
soh, hastenlhs 10 seat oi war grounds on
roeh ,hiriy- -nve miles from Che Foo Rus-
sians hinaer progress from seihsn motives.
1uhe u,"oru Iece'eu at washington
dnat legations at fekin were safe on June
-. Mihisiers gwen .wehiy Tour hours 10
sa,,iu puo ,eiu>eu- e c,, i.eu S.'es asslsns
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
Overriding the const;.u.io,,

In the organization OF every territory
under Democratic administration Con-
greSs confined itself strictly within the
limitations CT the constitution Of the
United States. Such thing "a the
power of Congress 10 oyerstep tho
; b, unds OF the constitution IN leS.slat-
Ing for the territories or any other snb-
ject would have been regarded BIZ the
Democrats as moostrous had II been
suggested. The Republicans, ON tho
other hand, declare that in leyislatins
for the territories and governing them
Congress and the administration arc
above the Federal const:tuiion.-Phdlae
delphia Record. .
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
SHOOTS HIS OWN MEN.
SeymOur's Wounded Soldiers Pre-
Death to Torture by Chinese,

The most horrible feature of the fight
ing ut Tien-Tsin was that Admiral Sey-
mour was obliged to kill his wounded in
order to prevent them from falling into
the hands of the Chinese Bodies of some
of the men who had been captured by the
Boxers while still alive show that they
had been subjected to the most horrible
tortures. Admiral Seymour in retreat
found that he was unable absolutely to
longer care for his wounded. He gave
a hearing to all who had any suggestions
to make, but it was impossible for the
force 20 get away and carry the wounded
men with them.
Seymour, it is reported, went to the
men. and with streaming eyes, asked
them whether they would prefer TO be
shot by their own commander or left TO
the mercies of the Chinese He inform
ed them that it would be impossible for
him to do anything for them and the
wounded pleaded ut once Tor death at the
hands of their own men. \ firing squad
was made up and while the little allied
force under Seymour held off the Chinese
that swarmed around, few volIeys re-
lieved the army of its burden OF wound
ed and cheated the fanatics of their pros
pective victims.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
SOLDIERS FOR CHINA.
Five Thousand More Men to BE Sent
to the Orient. re:=.z

Five Thousand More Men to BE Sent
to the Orient. or
Washington advices say that troops
originally intended for the Philippines
but given orders to proceed to Nagasaki
and there await instructions, will be sent
to China. These, with the troops sent
to China from the Philippines, will bring
the American army representation on
Chinese soil up to more than 10000 men.
1t was decided also that more troops
should go to the disturbed empire, and,
DESPITE the fact that the Government can
i'll afford to spare them, several addition
nj regiments will be sent from the United
States and Cuba.
1t is impossible for the War Depart
mont Mt this time to determine definitely
how many American troops will be as
signed to Chinese service under present
arrangements. but very conservative
estimate is 1900. or 5000 more than
those already in the Orient. or preparing
to 90 there. To these should be added
900 marines. A fair statement of the
American military representation to be
placed on Chinese soil is 1900 men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26

L,scuM AND DAVIS KILLED.
Colonel of Ninth Infantry and CAPITA
of Marines Fall at Tien-tsin.

Colonel of Ninth Infantry and Captain
of Marines Fall at Tien-tsin.
The Navy Department Monday morn
ing received official confirmation from
Admiral Remey Of the reverse Of the al
lied forces at Tien-Tsin on the morning
Of the 18th. The dispatch is dated Che
foo. and says:
Reported that allied forces attacked
native city the morning Of the 18th. Rus
slams were ON the right. with Ninth in
fantry and marines on the left. Losses
allied forces large. Russian 100. includ-
ing artillery colonel, Americans over
thirty, British over forty, Japanese fifty
eight, including colonel, French twenty
five. Col Liscom. Ninth infantry, killed.
also Capt. Davis. marine corps; Capt.
Lemley, Lieuts. Butler and Leonard
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26

AT . o'clock on the afternoon of the
18th 1900 Of the allied troops attempted
to storm the wall of the city. The Chin
ese on the walls were estimated conserv-
atively ut 10000. They poured terrific
hail Of artillery, rifle ami machine gun
fire upon the attackers.
The Americans suffered terribly. The
chief surgeon Of the Ninth infantry said
a conservative estimate was that % per
cent Of the Americans were hit Col.
Wilson II. Liscum was mOrtally wound
ed, as he was walking in front Of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26

A dispatch from Nankin announces
that Prince Tuan has ordered IL great
military movement, owing to the appear
ance of the Japanese in China. The vice
roy of Nankin has informed the foreign
consuls there that he cannot be answera-
bic for events in Chao-Sin. NingPo and
Chu-Chau. The foreigners are fleeing TO
Shanghai. The position is alarming. Six
teen foreigners have arrived at Nankin
from NingPo. where the houses of for
eigners have been burned and mission.
aries horribly maltreated.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
CHINESE WARN VICEROYs.

Reformers at San Francisco Urge
Them to Protect ForeiSners.
The members of the Chinese Empire
Reform Association of San Francisco are
very much perturbed over the serious
condition of affairs in the Orient and are
exerting every possible endeavOr to pre-
vent the persecution of foreigners resid-
ing in China. Cablegrams are being sent
daily TO the viceroys of the different
provinces praying them to use all their
influence to prevent further slaughter Of
innocent persons Of other nations who
have not had an opportunity to leave the
country for some place Of safety.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
SPREAD OF THE REBELLION.
Boxer Uprising Has Taken Hold OF
Points in Southern China.


A dispatch from ChefoO says: prince
Tuan has mobilized $50, 900 men, divided
into different corps. The northern corps
has been ordered to expel foreigners from
Amur. The Pekin army is divided into
four corps, the first of which is to opcr-
ate against Mukden and occupy the
roads between Pekin and Shan-Hai-
kuan; the second is to concentrate at
Tien-Tsin and the third at Pekin, whence
column numbering 10000 will be sent
to Wei-Hai-Wei and Tsin-Tau, while the
fourth corps will concentrate at Nankin.
There are now $4,000 japanese troops in
China.
The rebellion has taken hold Of south
ern China. The foreigners at Chu- Chau
and In-Chau have been attacked and are
fleeing panic-stricken.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
Fore.t Fire. i'm Massachusetts.

A dispatch from Sandwich, Mass, says:
A forest fire which now extends over ter
rttpgy Of at least twenty-five square miles
and which threatens with destruction
nearly . score of towns about this portion
q the cape district, is the result OF a blaze
started in the vicinity of Patchville by
berry pickers. The FIRE is now spread out
in the district between Sandwich and
Buxxard Bay bounded by the main line Of
the Consolidated road and by the town Of
Calumet, Wenaumet and the FalmOuths
and the brush and timber between is a
roaring mass of flames.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
REVENGE Is THE CRY OF EUROPE
Fate of Foreigners in Pekin Stirs War
Spirit in England.


Revenge to-day, mourning Tomorrow
is practically the universal cry Of Europe,
but it is sorrowfully admitted that there
can be no revenge to-day, nor, perhaps,
for many to-morrows, for the incredible
barbarities that are reported to have
marked the last scenes within the lega-
tions at Pekin. Nothing is clearer, a
London dispatch says, than that the anti
foreign confagratiOn is rapidly permeat-
ing even hitherto quiescent provinces, and
the fate of the capital appears to threat
en- other towns like Tien-Tsin, Chefoo
and even Shanghai. The defeat of the
allied forces at Tien-Tsin seems to place
that town in desperate straits. and If re-
treat to Taku is necessitated observers
consider that it will be likely to decide
the policy of wavering vicerOys.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
Collision At Sen,

A dense fog hung over the Irish Channel
and the Cunard line steamer Campania en-
route from New York for Liverpool struck
the Liverpool bark EmbletOn boand for
New Zealand, amidship. cutting her in
twain. The Embleton sank Immediately.
Seven. of the crew were rescued. but it is
believed the other eleven members of the
ships company including the captain were
Arovn0d.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-26
Fishing Fleet Is lceIocked.

The latest reports show that the straits
of Belle Isle are still blocked with ice
noes. Almost 1000 fishing vessels are
Ice bound and unable to reach the Labra-
dor fishing grounds. As some 10000 fish
er folk are involved in this and in the
failure of the fishery the most disastrous
results are likely to ensue.