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Che Congerg I'm C5jna>

The condition in China continues to be
the chief topic of conversation and occu-
pies public attention to the exclusion of
all other subjects, the convention at Phil
adelphia scarcely receiving the notice its
Importance merits, writes the Washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune.
This supreme interest in Chinese affairs
is not strange, for there is hardly a per-
son in society but has a relative or friend
in the beleaguered city of Picking. The
German minister, Baron Won Ketteler,
who is reported to have been murdered,
was attached to the German embassy here
for nearly six years and is widely known
and we'll liked, while Minister Conger,
about whose fate uncertainty has been
felt, spent a number of years at the cap
ital as representative from the Seventh
Iowa district, his successor being J. a. 7.
Hull, chairman of the military affairs
committee, and several members of his
family still reside here.
Mrs. Conger, wife of the minister, WIS.,
tied Washington late in the winter. going
from here to the West, where she stopped
with relatives in Iowa, reaching Picking
at about the time the terrible riots of the
Boxers began. With Mr. and Mrs. Con-
ger in the American legations compound
are their daughter, Miss Conger; their
niece, Miss Pierce; a French governess;
the secretaries of the legation, Mr.. Squires
and Mr.. cambridge; the naval attache,
Lieut.. Key; the interpreter, Mr. Cheslre,
and their families and the native serv-
ants. This compound could not of course
stand an assault by determined mob, but
it is hoped and believed by Mr.. Conger S
friends that all the foreigners residing in
Picking have banded together for common
protection and sought refuge in some
place of safety
The long cable received at the depart
ment of state on Wednesday morning
from the United States consul at Che
Foo, giving the gratifying intelligence
that the Chinese government showed ev-
cry. desire and intention Ito prosect the
foreign missionaries and residents who
had been brought together in a safe place,
while it gave no direct news from Pekin
served by its tone and import to reassure
those who have friends imprisoned in the
Chinese capital and it Is hoped that the
Chinese authorities there are showing
equal zeal in protecting the foreigners.
Mr. CongeP, who is a cousin of the late
senator from Michigan of the same name
Is native Of Illinois, and was educated
at. Lombard; university, In Galseburg,
which is the alma mater of many prom
tnent men, Having been graduated at the
head Of his class at nineteen, young Con-
ger had hardly received his diploma when
he enlisted in the Union army as a pri-
vate, being one of the first to go from
the town in which he was brought up.
His gallantry and distinguished bearing
won him speedy and rapid promotion,
and he was mustered out at the end Of
the war with the actual rank Of captain,
the brevet rank of major
His military service finished, young
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
Little Rebnaska Farm bGb Qn1 il Bryan Bag Purchased.

If William ]. Bryan has luck he will
be nominated for president in Kansas
City. not as William J. Bryan, the boy
orator. nor as William ]. Bryan, the free
silver advocate, but as William ]. Bry-
an, farmer.
silver Dick" Bland, as a conspicuous
Southwestern candidate for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination, made
great political capital, just prior to the
Chicago convention of 1896, through his
simple farm life. If the nomination had
been awarded on that ground alone, Mr..
Bland, and not Mr.. Bryan, would have
been the nominee.
Students of politics there are who see
in MI Bryan's occupation an fntimation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

the valley which can supply all the wa
ter necessary for washing purposes.
though not for drinking, and a practi-
cally unlimited supply can be drawn
buildings over 100 feet long will be built,
each one of which will accommodate
about 100 men.
Here is the glowing description of the
site, written by a Ceylon newspaper
man: ''In order to see for myself I
started down from the Dlyatalwa rail-
way station, about 10 o'clock. 1t was n
ideal morning. The sun shone down in
unclouded splendor on the vast majestic
panorama that lay unfolded there before
my gaze. Bounded on the south by the
railway, and on the east, north and west
by one vast undulating stretch of pa
tanas, the valley extends from Haputala
to Bandarawela. Here; standing on a
heap of Storm-worn stones, washed white
by the storms of many seasons, L stood
and Toasted my eyes in one long, cease
less gaze out-away-beyond-W the
great silent ridges, like giant pillows ON
some tldeleSS sea, rolled on and ever en-
ward into what appeared to be the
boundless Infinite. And ever and anon
some heecy mist came floating up like
some voiceless phantom and mingled
with the purple distance. softening all
the hues around and adding to the mys-
tic charm the ineffable splendor and the
unrlvaled magnificence Of what has been
rightly termed the most majestic sol
emn and awe-inspiring scenery of the
island. And it is here in the heart of
this sweet Happy Valley that these peas
ant farmers, those horny-handed sons of
toll, are to be lodged in temporary con-
1inement. Oh, happy happy valley and
thrice happy Beers! Here, surrounded
by Nature in her most august and ma
Jesttc garb and impressed by her splen-
dorss may yet realize last-though in
! some dumb, rude. imperceptible way-the
might and the majesty of that empire
against which We have lifted puny hands
in vain. The awakening IS bound to
correspondence twill be at this same
t.happy valley-ridged round with rolling
| patdEa as. Thrice happy Boersr'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

Conger carried out his intention Of edu-
eating himself for the law and matricu-
lated at the Albany law school. where
he took the full course and was gradu-
ated with honor. Mr.. COnger removed
began auspiciously and where he soon
became interested in politics, being first
named to the office of state treasurer
Subsequently he was elected to congress.
the whole of that time as chairman of
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures. Mr. Mckinley represented
Ohio in the lower house at that period
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

| friend the other day. Governor was with
me in all the terrific battles in which
fought during the Spanish war
And then Governor, as if shifting from
afar the scent of battle, pricked up his
ears and looked admiringly upon the rider
whom he bore through the camp of the
Nebraska regiment while Roosevelt was
gaining laurels in a war-stained island
to which Governor never had an oppor-
tunity to go.
Mr.. Bryan's farm aside from the dis
tinctton which its owner brings to it, is
not unlike hundreds of other Nebraska
homesteads. 1t has its plain farmhouse
a story and half high, its windmill and
stables. Wheat, oats and corn are its
principal products, and it's orchards count
more for what they promise to bring forth
in the future than for what they produce
at present. At the same time, it is a
typical, modest rural retreat, and Mr..
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st. Paul to Charleston, S. c., and
Return, S3O.SO

Account National Educational Assoc,a-
ton Meeting. Tickets on sale July 2. A. :
and T. good returning until Sept. i.
Stopovers allowed at Chattanooga. At
lanta. Savannah, Augusta, AshevilIe. N
c., 1.-THE Land of the Sky" Columbia
Richmond. Norfolk, Lynchburg. Washing
ton and other points Of interest afone t6e
line of the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Tickets good returning via Washington
D. c., 1855 Side trips at greatly re-.
duced rates can be made from Charles
ton. Norfolk, Richmond and Washington
Give US some Idea about what points in
the South you want to visit. We will
cheerfully answer any and all questions
send you literature, and may be able to
suggest something to enhance the pleas
ure of your trip. 1t will cost you but
VIM. H. Tayloe, A. G. P A. Southern
Railway, Louisville, KY, or j. c. Beam
Jr., N. W: p. A, 225 Dearborn street.
Chicago. Ill.
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graI Retreat dbieb Cost fbe Democratic leader $500,
FodrzFiffs Of Q2ieb BE Paid for Scenery and Climate

horse, Governor. He always shows Gov
ernor to visitors to his farm. Governor
.is@the animal Mr.. Bryan rode when he
was colonel in the United States army
during the Spanish war This animal,
presented to him by former Gov. William
j. Stone, of Missouri. seems to- look for
ward to the daily visits of it's owner
You see," Mr. Bryan remarked to a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

wen, the Boer is going to be traN1-
painted, translated or transported to the
isle of which we all have sung in our
sunday school days It isn't exactly the
same isle that it used to be when the
hymn was wrftten-the foreign MISSION
airy societies have reformed it little bit.
and 1t is a better, bigger place than the
historic st. Helena. imprisonment in
winch is deemed disgrace by the Beers
because another had greater victim of
perfidious Albion once was confined
there
Ceylon is little more than half as big
as New York state, and it has about half
as many inhabitants, mostly Singalese. IT
Is representative colony, and the garri-
son numbers about 800 men Though the
hymn was written many years ago and
mas inspired many Christians elsewhere
TO send many thousand dollars to Ceylon.
not one-tenth of its inhabitants are Chris
tlans The Beers who, as a people. ara
SAID to bank on their God-fearing. quail
ties will find themselves lonely.
Yet the place to which the Beers bv
thousands are to be sent is so BEAUTIFUL
that II is called the Happy Valley or. in
olhgalese' the Diyatzalawa Valley, saws
the New York Press. The English saw
the climate there is perfection. The Han
py Valley is ct the Bandarawela end of
the great Haputale valley Just now The
site sefeeted is barren ground. but build
ings will be put hp to accommodate the
prisoners from South Africa. The local
ity has been inspected by the officials
OF The colony, and work ere this has be-
gun The first thing to be done was to
convert the foctpath from the station to
The site. raile and halt distant. into a
cart path.
There is natural lake at the foot OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

Bryan, in confidential moments, admits
the use to which he expects to put it in
the future. He is young yet, but he is
looking ahead. After he is through with
the turmoil of politics he intends to seek
rest in his Nebraska homestead, erecting
there comfortable dwelling, and set
ting down to the easy life of a country
gentleman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
AS= ~ &sS@S
and Ome=F Fifth for Eamd.

Of his invention, and then explained the
satisfaction he felt in his garden. He
planted the garden, and spends consider
able time daily in cultivating it. He adj
mits that he is not a farmer in the full
EST sense of the word, but insists that he
shall be included in whatever list of ag-
riculturists is being compiled.
One of Mr.. Bryan's special joys is his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

Bohemian glass. and he introduced this
style of carriage. la daumont is the
usual spelling.
That daumonts and demi-daumonts are
not articles of everyday luxury in New
York Is quite certain A handsome prize
was offered at the last national horse
show, held in Madison Square Garden,
for pairs of horses to be shown before a.
demi- daumont. but there were no entries
of this style of vehicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
NIGHT TRAIN TO CHICAGO
Via "The Milwaukee, .

Effective Sunday. May 27th. the c.. NJ,
& ST. P. Ry. will start a train from Mir
neapolis every right at 1850 and ST. Paul
HIS. arriving Portage 6:45 a m. Milwau-
kee 10:45 a. M. and Chicago 100 D. IN.
Through sleeping car and coach serv
ice from st. Paul and Minneapolis 10
Milwaukee and Chicago
Connections made at Chicago with all
trains for the East and South
This train also furnishes direct service
for Oshkosh Fond du Lac. Madison
GAINESVILLE and Rockford.
Lowest rates to all points
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
Fast Special Train to the Demo-
cratic Convention July 3.

The Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railroad
has been selected as the Official Route,
| and palatial train with the delegates
and friends will leave st. Paul at D. m.
July 8. reaching Kansas City at 9 a. m.
/ July 4th.
Tickets for round-trip. s1355 Berth
tickets fs in palaG ie sleeper including use Of
Berth tickets in tourist sleeper, S. For
tickets or berth call on F. P. Rutherford,
at Nj. & st. L. office. 1876 Robert st.
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quire more of the soil at the rate Of $50
an acre. So well did he succeed that 1t
was not long before he had increased his
holdings to thirty acres, including seen
cry, climate, and all other appurtenances
to quiet life in the country. Now he is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

VIA 'The MilvvauAee's" New Train
You can leave Minneapolis 1850 D. m.
ana ST. raul ll:25 p. m. (eyery nighf1
and arrive Milwaukee 1915 a. m. and ~ -
c3ago 100 p. m. Fine sleepers and coach.a.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

VentiOns.
Low rates via the Northwestern Line:
Democratic National Convention, Kan
sas City, July 4th. Round-trip rate, SIS. 65 4:
tickets on sale July 2, and T.
Prohibition National Convention, Chi
cagO, June q and %. ROund-trip rate
$l1.50; tickets on sale June Is, 26 and o.
For time Of trains and particulars about
the famous wide vestibuled, brilliantly
lighted trains of the North Western
Line" apply to H. G. Cowling. c. r. A.
3S2 Robert street, st. Paul, MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
National Democratic Convention,
Kansas City, July 4, 1900.

For this important convention YOU want
to take the Chicago Great Western Ry.
to Kansas City on account of its excel
lent facilities and unsurpassed accom-
moda1ons. Only one fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale July 2. and 4, good
to return July 8. For further informa
ton inquire of ]. 2. Elmer, G. A. P. d.
Cor. 5th & Robert SIS. st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
Camp Meeting at Mountain Lake
Park, MaryIand-LOw Rates Via
the baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad.

On July to 16 inclusive. the BaIu-
more & Ohio ad will sell low ratio
excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park
Md, account above occasion.
Tickets will be good for return antll
July TO- 1900.
For further information call on or ad-
dress nearest Baltimore & Ohio Ticket
Agent, or B. n Austin. General Passen-
ger Agent Chicago. Ill.
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BappY UalIep, Geg1on,
NW BE Gbe Beers Prison.

What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft Ger Ceylon's isle.
Though ev'ry prospect pleases
And only man is vile?
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strewn
The heather in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
GEoRG1A's PEACH CROP.
(Macon' Telegraph.)

The greatest peach crop ever known
In Georgia Is now ripe or ripening. 1t
came n little late, owing to the back
ward spring, but is still quite as far
ahead of the peach crops OF other
states as usual. For several weeks
past heavy shipments of the earlier
varieties of Georgia peaches have been
going to the Eastern and Western
markets. mainly to the former, as
prices are better there for first class
fruit. The railroads have given the
peach growers better service this year
than ever before, better both in the
ready supply of cars and i'll schedules
Very fast time is being made by the
peach trains which are loaded in Geor-
Rlu anu unloaded in New York and
nave also made a considerable reduc.
ton of their rates on peaches. though
they are still quite high enough. Inn
provements have been made in pack
ing as well as in schedules and rates
Inc peach crop OF Georgia will be
marketed this year more promptly
ana in better condition than ever be-
tore and will therefore be more pro-
htable to the producers
Ihere has been an immense increase
IN the number of bearing peach trees
in all parts of the State in the last
two years, but there are not enough
yet. The demand for Georgia peaches
is practically unlimited, because they
are the best that go to market. What
we need is n great number of Gamers
in the State. so that the entire peach
crop may be profitably utilized. The
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
American Enterprise at Paris.

Among the striking and original ex-
hibits at the Paris Exposition OF 1900
few have occasioned more favorabl
comment than the great map of the
United States. 1SX15 feet, exhibited by
the well-known advertising agency OF
Lord & Thomas. Chicago and New
York. This map is constructed to
show at a glance the various details
concerning State areas and population,
number of publications in each, circu-
lation per issue, percentage of cjrcu-
lation to popula ton. value of publish
ing plants, number of employees, aver
age hours of labor. average wages
paid and average cost per inch for
yearly advertising. Information OF
this nature is of especial value to ad
vertisers, showing as it does the best
locations In which to place advertis-
ing to reach the greatest number of
people and secure best results.
The firm of Lord II Thomas has
been engaged in the general advertis
ing business for over thirty years. and
ranks among the largest in its line.
They prepare adveI tisements for all
classes of advertisers and place them
in any publication in the world.
Copies of this valuable map will be
sent free on request to all advertisers
who will address Lord & Thomas,
Trude Building. Chicago.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
ELIZABETH CITY.
Especial to Yirginian-P llot.>

Elizabeth City. n. c.. June 30.-At an
election OF officers in Achoree Lodge
last night the following was the re-
suit: d. NJ. Simons, N. c.; j. p. Simp-
son. V. e.; II. o. Hill, r. S.. II. E
Black, L. s.. CT. W. Twlddy, treasurer
Mr.. and Mrs. Ande Fourchy Is In
the city visiting friends.
Yesterday. in the parlor of the Ar
lington Hotel, very pretty marriage
was solemnzed. The contracting par
ties were Mr.. Robert l.. Wilson and
Miss Katherine Etheridge. both of
Norfolk DR.. w. S. Penicl1 oniciated.
Mr. Charles Pritchett left yesterday
for Charleston. w. Va, to visit friends
Miss Mamie Allen left yesterday 10
spend n few days in Norfolk visiting
friends.
Last night. about o'clock, the fire
alarm sounded and the department
soon reached the scene. which was a
frame building on Yost street. The
result of the fire was tWc -.ildings
destroyed and one other badly dam
aged.
Mrs. w. ]. Broughton and children
left yesterday to spend few days in
Norfolk visiting friends.
1t is with sadness that we chron-
icle the death of Mr.. John Nicholas.
who departed this life at his home n
few miles from town. Mr.. Nicholas
was we'll known and highly esteemed
by all who knew him.
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be an encampment of the State Guard.
there now seems to be some doubt

ne an encampment or the state Guard,
there now seems to be some doubt
of It.
I'VE still hope to have the encamp
ment," said Adjutan. Genera. Register
yesterday, but / am by no means
sure that we can do so. Certainly 1t
cannot be held earlier than the latter
part OF August, If held at all. So far
we have no plans for an encampment."
whether an encampment is held or
not the members OF the Guard have
cause for congratulations in the fact
that they Will, within the next month,
be better equipped than they have ever
before been, perhaps within the his
tory of the organization. This is due
to the increase in the appropriations
to the National Guard made by Con-
gress at its last session. Heretofore
the appropriation annually received
State from the Federal government
was only about $4,000. This has been
increased to about two and half
times that amount, or about $4,000.
This amount. like the old appropria
ton, Is being distributed In equipment;
and the adjutant generals department
of this State has been busy for several
DAYS receiving its portion. Already
about $4,000 worth of quartermaster's
ana ordinance stores have arrived.
and the balance will be here within
the next few days.
About July 10th the work of distribu-
ton among the companies will begin.
The equipment that is being received
consists Principally of the following
articles: Blouses, trousers. blue
shirts. hats, caps. leggings. blankets.
tents, shelter tents. ponches. cots.
belts. haversacks, knapsacks, blanket
bags. meat cans knives, forks, spoons,
revolvers, loaded and blank cartridges,
etc.
Adiutant General Register spent yes
terday here receiving these articles
and having them stored. He says that
as soon as they are all received he will
begin the distribution among the va
riouS companies.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
RHEUMATISM
A BLOOD DISEASE.
VIRGINiAN-PILoT READERS WILL
B. B. B-TRIAL BOTTLE FREE.

rheumatism is as much a blood disease
as cancer. ulcer. or scrofula. and to
cure to stay cured Ii should be treated
as SUCH hence Botanic Blood Balm q.
Il. 3D. should be used. 1t neutralses the
specific poison that causes Rheumatism,
expels 1t from the system and perma-
nently cures after everything else fails
George W. Leonard. of Atlanta, writes
under date of July 2, 1899, that no was
cured of Rheumatism ten years ago by
Il. Il. b.; that before that he suffered
most eXcruciating pains III bones and
limbs His hands would puff up and
swell. his knee caps would get SO stiff
he could hardly bend them and he could
hardly walk without the aid of a crutch
He tried doctors and medicines. but none
reached the root OF the trouble. which
was in tho blood. Sometimes he thought
he had found a cure. but alas, his symp-
toms would come back again until he
was cured ten years. ago by the use OF
eight large bottles of B. b. B.. and he
has been perfectly well ever since.
TO further convince you that B. b. r.
cures the most obstinate cases we will
give 4 sample bottle of B. b. 3. free
so YOU may test the remedy at our ex-
pensc. Can anything be fairer?
10. Il. b. for sale by Burrow. Martin &
Co. Norfolk. and most druggists every
where 81 per large bottle. six large bot
ties Uull treatmenD s.. For trial bottle
address, BLOOD BALM CO, 81 Mitchell
St. Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble and
free persona! medical advice given.
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EDENT0N.
Especial to Virginian-Pilot.)

Edenton. n. c., June 3o.-Mr. NJ. f.
Bond Is in Norfolk to-day on business
CaEtaloupes are being shipped from
this place to the Northern markets by
our truckmen.
Miss Beulah Phelps. of Avoca, is the
guest of her friend, Mrs. Emma North
colt, on Cateret street.
The Norfolk and Southern railroad
will run an excursion to Elizabeth City
Wednesday, July 4. 1t is likely the
Edenton baseball team will go down
and cross bats with the Elizabeth
City boys on that day.
Mr.. w. w. Morris, Sc years of age.
died Thursday morning Mt his home
near Macedonia Church. and was bur-
led yesterday afternoon, Rev. c.. NJ
Cowan conducting the services.
Miss Mamie Spruill has been quite
sick for several days at her home on
Oakum street.
" 4sset isiffiissafss 44t..se, on II
visit to relatives North this week.
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HEREFORD.
Especial to virginian-Pllot.)

NSpeCIaI 10 VITBInIdn- t'IIOt.I
HEREFORD. N. c.. June 3o.-Wm. NJ.
Ovcrton. of Elizabeth City. has located
in tile new building on Church street
near c. w. Morgan & Cos. store. He
comes well recommended as a jeweler
Several cases of typhoid fever are re-
ported in this section.
Mr.. Howard Camper has returned
from Washington.
The weather continues warm-9S de-
grees in the shade yesterday.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE AND IT'S CAPITAL

later Georgia peaches are the finest;
they are as much superior to late
peaches from other States as the early
Georgia peaches are to their first
crops.