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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
REPORT FROM KEMPFF.
Gires Reasons for Making Common
Cause With Other Powers.
Rv Assoclated Press.


WAsHINGON, July 26.-The Navy De-
partment has just made public report
fro.n Admiral Kempff, dated June goth:
seferring to his actions in declining to
tag part in the seizure of the Taku forts,
an& in afterward making common cause
wita the foreign forces, the report states
tla, the Chinese Government is now para
lyZal and the secret edicts show that it
is {. sympathy with the Boxers.
.'she fact chat the troops at the forts
we-i given much extra drills, torpeioes
wcos provided and, it is claimed. planted
in .le entrance OF the Pei-Ho. was con-
sid4-:ed sufficient cause to justify demand
ing the temporary occupation of the forts.
Tn. eliminated in the bombardment, dur
ing which the Monocacy was fired upon
ard struck without having received pre-
violas warning.
Is opening fire without warning, an act
OF 7sar was committed.
''Gnder these circumstances the Admiral
continues, Il regarded the situation as
or.e for the protection of the natural honor
ant the preservation of our people and
haVs acted accordingly"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
LIGHTNING AND
PANIC AT CHURCH
The Petersburg Conference Congre-
CATION Exposed to the Elements
and a Number are Struck.
Especial Dispatch to The Iimes.)

tSbcGidi lDiSlbSitCil " liz i 4+'-GH'-'
BLACKSTONE, VA, July Pa terrible
electrical storm passed through the neigh
borhood OF Rocky Run Church, in Bruins
wick county, this afternoon The Peters
burg District Conference is being held
there When the storm came up all the
women and children who We're able to get
inside the church We're sent in, while
many others, together with the men, were
forced TO remain outside during the storm.
lightning struck a large pine and an
oak right in the church grounds. About
a dozen persons were knocked down, and
ii was fully fifteen minutes before some
OF them recovered.
This caused other persons to stampede
and for a short time it looked as if much
havoc would be wrought. The prompt
ness of the men, however, prevented this.
II seems due entirely to Providence that
no person was hurt
To-day was the principal day of the
conference, and an unusually large crowd
was present All the persons finally re-
covered.
The point is twelve miles from here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
JUDGE BROWN MAY COME.
HIS Friends in Nelson Want Him in
Constitutional Convention.

Former State Senator j. Thompson
isro"n, OF Nelson, was in the city yester-
day, attending TO some private business.
Judge Brown is prominently mention
ed for membership in the Constitutional
Convention from Nelson. but it is under
stood that he will in no wise seel; the
honor. When asked concerning the mat
ter he said that he did not think the
office was one that should be sought by
any man, but that if the people OF Nelson
wanted him to be their mem
Der of the convention, he would
endeaVor to serve them to the best of his
ability, If elected. though he did not pro-
pose to seek the place. He said "a great
many of his friends had approached him
on the subject and that he had said to
them what is stated above.
Judge Brown is one of the most Iowa
BILE men in Virginia, and is very popular
among the people of Nelson, whom he
has served in many positions Of honor
and trust.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
SUMMARY OF T0-DAY'S NEWS.

Local.
Druggists effect organization to hshs
cut rates Movers exonerated from blame
Iaa,T Of Mrs. Evans.
ioi SoIoneI Murphy 70 build fine annex TO
his IN iio marriages yesterday.
-Renublicans will hold no convention
in this district
State.
A negro In Jail at Williamsburg under
suspicion OF being Miss Wynne'S a5sail-
ant Sheriff will protect him at all naz-
ards Ii he is identified.
w A. Jones nominated by accian1atioh
in the First District Democratic Con4eH-
ton ar Fred1ricssburg-
a terrific storm IN Bru9Swich osst-
takes large religious meeting Light
ming causes q panic.
Young DOYLE secures 4 WITH OK error
from Judge Cardweli and his bali re-
,t1iced.
General.
Great disorder and bioodshed in New
Orleans
SENSATIONAL evidence In Powers trtat
Officials In Washington doubt Sooo
faith OF the Chinese.
Foreign,
Russians battle with the Chinese
Lii Hung says some OF members OF
legations have started from Pekin,
-Uneasiness felt in Canton anu fiah-
kow.
The Boxer movenen. spreading south
4Insurgents surrender TO Colon Troops.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
RUSSIANS BATTLE
WITH CHINESE
Fight Their Way at Point
of Bayonet.
STEAMER BOMBARDED
Russians Killed 800 Chinese and
Burnt Magazines.
PANIC IN CITY OF HANKoW,
Owing to Hostility Of Natives. For
cigners Axe in State OF Dread.
Consuls Recommend ScntI-
ing Females Away-Chi-
nese Troops Lootin.
lalu Valley.
PANIC IN CITY OF HANKoW.
(By Associated Press,

ST PETERSBURG, July 26.-The rus
sian agent az Hankow telegraphs under
date of July I'D, as follows:
Foreigners are In a constant state of
panic, owing to the hostility Of the natives.
The American and British consuls have re-
commended their respective people to send
their families to Shanghai Nevertheless.
there are no symptoms tha5 serious dis
turbances are impending. Tae viceroy has
taken all necessary measures to protect
foreigners and reassure Chinese
The Russian Minister at Seoul. VI. Paw
loft, reports that the Russian detachment.
which left Port Arthur for Pyonsyang.
reaching Jiju Sunday, July I'd. has arrived
at Pyongyans with the loss of fifteen kill
ed and many wounded They fought their
way through. opposing natives at the
point of the bayonet.
General Grodekoff. in a dispatch dated
Chabarovsl1. Tuesday. July 2ith, states that
81 detachment Of railway guards safely
brought q caravan or 30 persons and Off
cials from the railway to Zu~ughaitu.
Chinese troops. General Crodekof adds arc
raitling and looting In the yalu valley.
STEAMER FIRED ON.
Another steamer with Russian troops
aboard was bombardad by Chinese from
the river bank July oath, Securing rein
forcements. the Russian commander re-
turned to the scene and landed on the
Chinese side OF Yalu River. Fje attacked
the Chinese posts in the face of a heavy
fire. Some Chinese picEets We're taken
prisoners Three magazines were set on
fire and exploded.
The Chinese lost SEQ killed, while the
Russians lost only seven. a desuitorg
bonbardn,ent of Blagovestehensk con-
tinUes.
The town of Aigun has been set on fire
The Chinese at s1ghalien have been COM
PEELED to retreat and take fresh en-
trenched position
Cossacks have destroyed the Chinese
piclets at Nikolsk. Kuprianovsk and star
viheysk
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Edict Promulgated by TAX is Re-
garded as Preliminary
THE PEKIN MESSAGES SPURIOUS.
Arc Regarded as q Gigantic Erand
and Part Of Scheme 20 Gain Time
to Move Chinese Forces Into
Better Positions for De-
fcnsc Against the IN
ternational Forces.
CBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, July 26--The general
tendency of such news as found daylight
to-day was to add to the steadily growing
doubt as to the good faith of the Chinese
Government as manifested in its acts.
Admiral kempff's letter given publicity
by the Navy Department to-day, made the
direct statement that the Imperial author
tiles were in sympathy with the Boxers,
though he added that the Government was
afterward paralyzed and incapable of con-
trolling the situation.
This was the first official declaration TO
reach our Government contradictory of the
Chinese representations that the Imperial
Government had steadfastly and from the
first opposed the Boxer movement and our
Government is bound to accept the word.
of its own officer until that is overcome
by irrefra gble proof. Then the exchanges
that are in constant progress between the
Powers are tending more and more to
cast suspicion upon the genuineness Of
the many communications that have come
from Pekin through Chinese governmental
sources. II it should be finally established
that there has been an attempt 10 practice
a gigantic fraud upon the world, the fact
may call for a charge Of attitude on the
part of the United States Government to-
ward China. This would not affect the
military policy already under way, hut
merely the technical relations between
the two governments, which probably
would closely approximate a State Of for
NAL war.
DECLARATION OF WAR.
The Imperial edict, promulgated yester-
day by Viceroy TAX at Canton, has left
disa greeable impression here. Despite the
Chinese Minister'S view TO the contrary,
this edict is looked upon as suspiciously
like u preliminary TO a formal declaration
Of war. and as only one step towards Sc
curing time to move Chinese forces into
better position for defense against the in
ternationals.
The Navy Department to-day contributed
g brief news item in the shape OF a vinGi-
cation by Admiral Remey, of the United
States marines, from the genera charge
of looting at Tien Tsin. The Admiral had
good deal more than this to report to the
Navy Department, but the officials did not
regard the rest of his report as proper for
publication just now.
General Miles and General Burlington
were again in consultation, though sepa
rately, with Secretary Root to-day, and
the supposition is that the Chinese cam
paisn was under consideration.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
AMPLY REVENGED.
Ei:hty-Sine Natives Killed for Death
OF One Soldier.
(By Associated Press.

tbS Associated PfeSS-}
MANILA, july 26.-At Oroquieta. in
Northern M,ndanao. two soldiers entered
a nntive store for the purpose of buying
food. While there one Of them was Killed
by bolo and his head severed from his
body; the other escaped and gave the
alarm.
\ company of the Forteth Infantry,
stationed at cagayan, repaired to oro-
quietn and killed e:ghy-nine natives,
thirty of them being in a single house.
Subsequently the gunboat Callao, COM
manded by Lieutenant George B. Brad
show. shel!ed oroquieta. burning The,
warehouses One of the crew was killed.
A force of the enemy, estimated al 500.
under the leadership OF Alvarez. formerly
the insurgent president of Yarhranga, is
now persistently troubling Northern Min
daEno.
A marine at the outpost of Isabella de
Hasilan was boloed by natives, and SO
badly wounded that he died. Isabella is
tranquil.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
FIGHTING HAS CEASED.
4 Hlctter from Pekin Under Date Of
July 18th So States.
By Associated Press.)

T'!kIO, Tuesday. July PA message
received here from Shanghai yesterday
mates the following assertions:
.-guan Shi kai (Governor Of Shan Tung)
has received a letter from Pekin. dated
july 18th. declaring that q legation courier
was captured by the Chinese guards on
july 18th. General Yuns Lu petitloned the
Th, ne to employ the courier as a messen-
ger % communicate with the ministers.
20! his was carried out. ana a reply was
recc4red that all the ministers were well
and we're unanimous in favoring the resto-
ratf%n of peace
~ n official of the Tsun Ii Yamen after
wa1.s visited the legation, and it was sub
seqt emily decided to petition the Emperor
to :-lpply the legations with food and to
sent them TO Tien Tsin.
~ ung Lu is said to have great difficulty
in Intervening between the foreign soldiers
guacding the south Giako Bridge and the
Tongku troops on the north side. Fight
ing has now ceased. however.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
CAPTAIN Lamb Endorsed.

Especial Dispatch to The Jimes.>
ASHLAND, VA, July 2c.--At the meet
Ing ia elec; delegates 10 Third DiStrict
Convention, in Richmond August lst. MI
J. G. Tilcr was ca;ied 10 the chair. ana
Mr. T. L. c Scott was made secretary
II. G. Buchanan. ]. G. Tiller and ". T.
Blunt were sent as delegates. and W. s.
Nation. A. L, Holiday, ". b BToughton.
alternatec.
Tho following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved. That We endorse the course OF
QUE distinguished representative. Hon. John
I.amh. in the Congress of the United
States. and appreciate his faithful services
rendered in behalf of the interests OF the
district.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
MAY g DECLARED OFF.
F;ryan Notification Meeting May Not
BE Hc!,. in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 26.-EnGuiry to-
dav of Senator Martin, chairman OF the
Democratic Committee. as to whether MI
Bryan will speak here the evening OF h'z
notifica tion.- brought a surprising reply
The chairman exclaimed angrily:
..lt does not look right now as II ME
r,r,.a, WOULD be here. 1t doesn't look q
if the notification would be held here az
."Do you mean that Mr.. Bryan canno'
u mean that unless the railroads give US
terms that are just this notheatloh y, llie :
ing will be called OF ana Ilot NJ ,eIJ
sto+s of Indiana The railways have hetd
he Democratic committees u2 for years,
and thew are at.thc same OIL game, out |
promise that unless better terms are IT,
than those offered, the notification meeti'!s
here will be declared Oft
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Mail for the Soldiers.

(By AssOCiated PrsssJ
WASHINGTON. July 26-Th!s Govern
ment has arranged to provide the Ameri-
can soldiers in the field in China with
regular postal service similur to that IN
operat ton during the Spanish war Mails
for the troops in the Chinese service as
well as from there will be promptly ior-
warded.
The soldiers will also have the benefit
OF the domestic postage rate of cents an
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
FORGED Mr.. HANC0CN'S i:AME
&C. Ridsciy Arrested on This Charge
LAST Nirhr.

A young man, giving his name as Z l.
Rldgely. was arrested last night on the
charge OF forging the name of w. T. Han
cock to n check for $50, which he got Mr.
Jobn w. Goode. az the store OF Nj u
Wa.t Taylor, to cash for him
Policeman Peter Best made the arrest
Ridgely says that he came here rom
AshevElle. but some time ago A'eD ~
MARYLAND. He was stranger IN the
city. He is a man Of aoout thirty-ioal
years OF age
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Want NIedicaIOmcers.

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON July 26.-General Stern
berg says that one hundred additional med
ical officer. are wanted by the Surgeon
General for duty in the Philippines and
China. He says that only graduates of
reputable medical colleges, with some
experience and under forty years of age,
Will be accepted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
RlOTING BREAKS OUT.
Missions Destroyed and Missionaries
Escapin: to the Country.

(Sy LNSSOCItttSNt SSS'.7
LONDON. July ga dispatch from mis-
sionary sources. dated Shanghai July 18TH,
says:
..RiotLng has broken out at Ai-Yuen-Fu.
the capital of the province OF Shan 81.
There are no details. Rioting has also
occurred at Huai Luh. south OF Chi Ii. All
the missions have been destroyed Our
friends safely escaped TO the country. out
are still in danger.
It is reported here that Russia has oor-
rowed nearly ten millions sterling from the
Imperial Bank of Russia since the COM
mencement OF the troubles in China.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Made a Campaign Speech.
Rr Associated Press !

tBy ASSOCIATED PreSS)
NEW YORK, July 26-John Barrett, for
mer minister to Siam. under President
Cleveland. was appointed a campaign
speaker by the National Committee to-
day.
Mr. Barrett called on Chairman O,Dell
and said he would not speak on silver, but
would coufne himself to Imperialism and
dnti-eXpanson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Will Sail August Sd.
Ry Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON. July 26.-SpeCial Com
missioner Rockhil1 will leave Washing
ton Saturday with Mrs. Rockhiil for San
Francisco. s opp:ng a day or two at Chi
cago en- route. This will enable him to
reach San Francisco in time to take the
Japanese liner America Meru. which sails
for Yokohama and Nasasaki on the Sd
oe August
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
!n,vorth LeaEuerS.
Rr Associated Press.l

ATLANTA. GA. July 26-The second
day of the Epworth Leaguers first bien-
nial convention in Atlanta was given up
10 addresses of prominent delegates.
Rev. w Beauchamp, D. D., of Virginia,
introduced the topic of discussion. The
uniformity of plans In State. Annual and
District Conferences
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27

rriations? The Republicans think a gold
Democrat who VIII have pull with the
administration
1t will be seen that the Republicans as
sumo that Mckinley will succeed himself.
The Democrats, on the contrary, believe
Bryan will win, and they argue that Capt.
Lamb VIII be the man who will be best
able to secure appropriations for his dis
trict.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
ALARM FELT.
Night Attack Is Feared in Can

ton.
By Associated Press)
HONG KONG, July 26-The signs OF
menacfng activity on the part OF the secret
society known as the Triads are caus-
ing alarm. The organization is distinctly
anti-foreign and anti-Manchu. and mum
bers of Canton troops are enrolled IN its
ranks.
\ reDort is current in Canton that the
.'Triads' are preparing for a night attack
on the Shamen. and that the first sign VIII
be the abscondins OF native servants. Inc
greatest apprehension prevails, aithoush
at present Canton is quiet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
PRICE TWO CENTS.

R,,rso, Navigation. Washington: Colonel
Maade, condemned; Mare Island Hospital
rheumatism: Major Waller succeeds com
nand First Regiment. My obtaihao.e ~
f,,-rfre houses or loottng Tien Tsin.
(S;snedO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
INSURGENTS SURRENDER.
Movement i'll Panama
Has Collapsed.
Rv Associated P-ess.)

WASHINGTON, July 26-The State De-
,,rtmant has received a dispatch from
ronsnI-GeneraI Gudger at Panama. an
nouncing the collapse OF the revolutionary
movement there. He states that the Lib
araIs unexpectedly surrendered. and that
aa,iet now prevails AT Panama.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
HEAVY LOSS TO
THE SEAB0ARD
Gasoline Causes Destruction of Depot
and Contents at Henderson.
Clerks Narrow Escape.
Clerks Narrow Escape.
fsnecia, Dispatch TO The Times

DURHAM, n. c., July 26.-The large
freight depot of the Seaboard Air Line at
Henderson was burned to the ground to-
day. with large quantities of freight.
Gasoline exploded and ignited several
barrels of kerosene. Nothing was saved,
the employees escaping without coats or
The loss amounts to thousands It was
insured TO some extent. Three carloads of
freight standing on the track were also
burned,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
COREA QUIET.
Stories That Boxer Movement Had Elk,
rcni,cd There Arc Denied

WASHINGTON. July 26-1lr. Ye, the
Corean charge here. took to the State De-
partment this morning dispatch from MS
Government. denying positively the pub
,:shed stories that the Boxer movement
had extended to Corea or that any Chinese
Boxers had crossed the Corean frontier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
FREQ Eaud Concerts.

This evening. Marshall Square Gib0y>,
$50 TO 1920 O'Clock. -.,o :.
saturday, New Reservoir PARK I'D 10
T:30 o'clock
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
Message From Remey.

(By. Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. July 26.-The Navy De-
partment this morning received the follow
ing cablegram from admiral Remey:
..Taku, July Ath; Che Foo, July 25th.-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
RANGE OF THEns,oMErnn.

Range Of thermometer a. The Times
ptiice yesterday was MS follows: a. NJ.
b. u NJ, 90; p. NJ, a5: P. NJ, 81: 9
p ~. 81: Il A.. a. Average temperature.
IS 5-s.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.

Especial Dispatch to The Times1
SUFFOLK VA, July 2d.-An audience
of over 5000 people at Gatesville, \. e.,
to-day heard campaign orators talk OF
white supremacy till it was shaken by
great waves of enthusiasm Pretty women
with white dresses and red ribbons ap-
pauded merrily. Much of the crowd was
composed OF horsemen, who had ridden
long distances in parties of twenty to one
u, ,lrul
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Friday and Saturday:
v;rginia-PartIy cloudy Friday and SAT-
urday. light to fresh northeriy winds
North Caroi:na-Local rains Friday ana
Saturday: cooler on the coast; hsas 70
fresh northeriy winds
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27

Continued on Second PageO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27

At IL O'Clock the city is quieter than on
ordinary nights. There is a report of the
capture of Charles, the slayer of Police
Captain Day, near the city. He will be
protected and given trial in court. the
authorities being determined not to per-
NIT any lyncfing. no matter how much
force is required
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-12-01

tracted the colored appetite and It's too
iate- L ran wear a white shirt just as
| can drink glass of milk. know
that If L were in a normal condition 7
would be happy and contented TO wear
them, but as il is have a perpetual
craving for the stimulus OF something
pink or blue, with bars or figures or
stripes on it. Although know that IL
will hurt me, lower my moral tone and
render me unfit for decent society, j
will even take shirt with red and
black horseshoes on il or mix with my
teLow-man spotted with yellow polka
dots rather than don the pure, innocent
white of happier days.
Il remember so wei my first shirts
Il mean the MIST that were built after
the pattern OF the adult garment. /
only wore them On ST. adays, of course,
but ii used to be well INTO the middle of
the weel- before l recovered from my
misery. 1t was bad enough TO be got
ready, to have myself ignominiously
batheT. by my mother, who was the
most reckless woman with soap / ever
saw. and who consistently put most
OF Ii into my eyes; and there was the
further ordeal of having my hair and
the upper part of my face brushed
with stiff, bristly brush; but these
fortunes were insignificant when COM
pared with the agonies that the shirt
caused me to suffer. The shirt of Mes
sus was fool to it. My shirt was made
by woman who had raised seven boys
OF her own and was considered an au-
thority. She was an economical wom-
an, and didn't believe in wasting any
unnecessary muslin, so that there was
never enough tail to it to make it bal
ance properly. and IL fit around the
neck like a Turkish bowstring in the
moment OF the sultan's wrath. 1t was
done up at home, of course, and mother
was as prodigal OF starch as she was
of soap, so that it stuck together like
porous plaster to it's cover, from
stem to stern, and the neckband was
a quarter OF an inch thick. The hired
girl generally tore 1t apart and helped
me on with 1t. She had long finger
nails, and in buttoning the collar she
invariably got hold of a fold of my skin
and tried to push it through the but
tonhole.
Then they sent me out to SUNDAY
school, choking and sore. and expected
me to get benefited by it. ] can re-
member how had TO sit there without
being able to move my head independ-
emily of the rest of me for fear of cut
ting into the juCIiar vein and messing
the cocoa mating. and how hated to
give up my penny for the heather. 1t
wasn't that grudged the money. for
l was always free-hearted boy. but I
thought of what l might be helping to
bring the heather to. l pictured him.
care-free and happy. in an unstarched
breech clout and with no lesson leafiet