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Evening journal., 1900-08-07
HEAVY FIGHTINe IN CHINA

The announcement received through
Admiral Remey and Commander Taus-
sig Of reported heavy fighting on the
road beyond Tien-Tsin was the news OF
interest in the Chinese situation at
Washington yesterday. It is evident
that the move on Pekin is at last fairly
under way, and that strong opposition
has been encountered. The casualties
Of the allied forces in killed or wound
ed are set down at 1900, while the
Chinese losses are supposed to have
been very heavy.
A Shanghai despatch, received in
London this morning, says Iii Hung
Cnang has officially informed the for
eign consuls that the ministers left
Pekin for Tien-Tsin last Friday under
an escort, but the story is not credited.
The Parliamentary secretary Of the
British Foreign Office Mr.. Brodrick,
said in the House of Commons yester-
day that the government had no infor-
nation regarding the reported advance
of the British or other relief forces to-
wards Pekin.
The first Lord Of the British Ad-
miralty Mr.. Goschen, said yesterday
that the colonial contingents in China
would consist of 200 officers and men
from Victoria. 300 officers and men
from New South Wales and a gunboat
and 112 officers and men from South
Australia. The cost would be partly
borne by the colonies.
The War Department is in receipt Of
a despatch from General Macarthur
announcing that he has shipped adj
dltional artillery supplies to Taku for
use in the Chinese campaign. These
supplies include several Gatling guns
and the remainder Of the rifle and how
itzer siege guns now in Manila.
Count Won Buelow. the German For
eign minister, has abandoned his Sum
mer vacation, and will go to the North
Sea, conducting Foreign Office business
meanwhile through cipher dispatches.
The French consul at Chung-King
telegraphs under date Of August 3. that
the situation is Becoming more serious
In the Upper Kiang Use. The English
consul has left, with the custom house
staff, and the French consul intends to
leave, with his Japanese colleague.
The transport Logan has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila. via Yoko-
hama, with a number of refugee mis-
sionaries from China.
A Chicago despatch says that the
meat packers of that city were yester-
day asked by the government to fur
nish 100000 pounds of meats within
thirty days for the American soldiers
in the Orient. This is said to be the
largest requisition ever issued by tho
government
Passed Assistant Surgeon Stoughton
of tho United States gunboat Castine
was drowned at Shanghai on Sunday.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
PENINSULA PRESS

King Humbert, OF Italy, has fallen a
victim to an assassin's pistol. OF all
the monarchs in Europe he was the
most loved by his subjects and only
the anarchists, whose hands are against
every man, could have done so foul a
deed. It is a mortifying fact that the
assassin who went from this country
back to his native land to commit the
crime. had resided in New Jersey and
was permitted to publish his views
without restraint.5Milford Chronicle.
The Evening Journal Of Wilmington
proposes to keep a file of peninsulapapcrs
in its Office for the benefit OF those in
terested in them. We will be very
glad to have The Free Press on the
list since the Jaurnal has requested IL.
Denton Free Press.
There are so many reasons why fac
tories should cover this whole PENN
sula that the great wonder is that there
are so few of them. In tho first place
no healthier site can be found than
riaht here In Greensboro. IL costs less
for rent and provisions for family tC
live here than In the cities. We arc
close to the markets which can use
orr products. We do not doubt that Il
ten or a dozen determined men were
TO combine with the determination o.
raising the necessary amount to brini
an industry here which would furnish
iemployment for 100 labOrers that II ear
be Greensboro Free Press.
General prosperity is too busy at th'
factories to think Of following the lin
of march adopted by General CoXey
And. come to think OF 1t. Genera
Prosperity would have to march alone
for there are few idle aborers now Z
tramp the country.-Salem South Jer
lseyman.
Such a man as German, for instance
or any one OF the half dozen of In
really strong men of the Democrati
party would make a far better shown
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
e large bugeye that

one of them. the large bugeye that
guards the waters about Calvert county.
st Michael's Comet and Advertiser.
China of late has been developing
strong symptoms ofnational lunacy. and
may have to be treated as the insane
nation Of the wordsworth East Star.
The announcement Of the death of
Lewis c. Vandegrift. former United
States District Attorney and promi-
nent member of the New Castle county
bar, yesterday afternoon, came as a
shock to many friends and acquain-
tances throughout Delaware. Mr.. Van
degrift was one of the rising members
of the legal fraternity of this state
and had given evidence of attaining
great prominence in the profession
Dover Delawarean.
A Democratic contemporary takes
great pleasure in announcing that the
large cotton mills, near Elkton, which
has been closed for six or eight years,
will be repaired and put in operation
in short time employing over two
hundred hands. 1t has been purchased
BY a syndicate. In the same issue II
tells its readers there is no such thing
as Republican prosperity and trusts
are the curse of the country.-Denton
American Union.
Since the editor of the Pennsgrove
Record subscribed for some stock in the
new National Bank at Pennsgrove he
appears to have relegated his old cry
of Death to National Banks" together
with the skull Ind cross-bones to his
closet with the other skeletons.-Salem
National Standard.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07

sensible men when risks are wholly un-
necessary. Important results are at
stake In this election In Delaware. and
even the fate Of the Republican ma
tional ticket may depend upon its out
come No sensible Republican would
think for a moment of endorsing an
irregular, If not wholly illegal, action
and give the Democrats even the
shadow Of claim for a contest in the
courts or elsewhere on either the cleo
tors or the state officers.
Apart from this. DR.. George w.
Marshall, the Addicks candidate for
governor. will not be accepted by Re
publicans under any circumstances. He
is a servile tool Of the Gasman, and one
Of his most willing and industrious
agents in wrecking the Republican
party. The same also may be said Of
Or. Caleb r. Layton. the Addicks can
didate for the long term IN Congress.
He has walked side by side with Ad-
dicks and Marshall, sowing the wind,
and the harvest time is here With
respect to Walter o. Hoffecker, while
there has ben little in his course in re-
cent years 10 recommend him to Re-
publicans, as a mark of respect to his
dead father they may consent to his
filling out the unexpired term. But
Marshall and Layton are simply out Of
the question, and State Chairman Alice
may as well pull them down now as
later in the year, and leave the vacan-
cies to be filled by the Republican
State Convention which will meet here
ON August %. At that time a ticket
will be nominated which will be the
pride Of Republicans, and the envy Of
Addicksites and Democrats.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
Ne handed in his resignation. which

he handed in his resignation. which
was accepted. Then 2 new chief WIS
selected. not because he was Re.
publican, but because the commission
ers believed him to be a good man for
the office. That closed an unpleasant in
cident which all the newspapers In this
city, Republican as well as Democratic.
commented upon with due regard for
the feelings of Mr.. Dolan who had
treated them impartially in his deal
ings with them. We think the Dover
Press is doing Mr.. Dolan an unkind-
ness in making the matter one Of
partisan controversy
Evening journal., 1900-08-07

Wilmington taxpayers have enough
10 pay already on account of the stu
pidity Of public officials without taking
on their shoulders the burden Of that
$500 verdict obtained by w. J. Hall, a
Brandywine hundred farmer, against
Clerk Of the Market Michael Connell
for false arrest and Imprisonment. The
case was an aggravated one and the
jury in the Superior Court did perfect
ly right in deciding in Mr.. Halls fa-
vor. Now that Clerk of the
Market Connell has paid the money, it
is announced with all seriousness that
he will attempt to have the amount
refunded by City Council on the
ground that he was acting for the best
interests of the city" We advise City
Council not to attempt to squeeze the
amount Of that verdict against Con-
nell out OF the taxpayers They will
not submit to 1t. He was guilty Of Of
fetal stupidity and vindictlveness
against a respectable man, and the pen
atty he has paid is none too high for
the Offense he committed.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
Addicks vas the conventIOn. and Is

Addicks was the convention and Is
the convention. The ticket was nomi-
mated subject to change from top 10
bottom by him through his state chair
man. ]. Frank Alice. The so-ealled
delegates might as well have remained
at home and saved carfare. They were
ornaments summoned to make an Ad-
dicks holiday at the expense Of the Re-
pblican party.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07

While the Addicksites denounce Sena-
tor James Shakespeare, Republican, of
the Fourth district. because they know
he will not vote for Addicks for United
States senator. it is noticed that they
have nothing to say against Deputy
Sheriff Benjamin A. Groves, who is
Senator Shakespeare's rival for the
nomination. This discrimination is not
complimentary to Mr.. Groves, who has
such uncompromising Addicks men as
Sheriff Taylor, Deputy Sheriff Francis
S. Bradley, Levy Court Commissioner
John Lynn and S. Frank Ewart back Of
his candidacy. The Republicans of the
district are opposed to Addicks and
they will send a man to the Legislature
to represent that adverse sentiment.
They will have nothing to do with men
who profess to be Republicans and
whose associations and backing show
them clearly to be Addicksites at
heart.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07

die Atlantic and
New z n g / a n d
states, the Dakc-
tas and Wyoming.
Maximum temper
atures OF 90 and
SS degrees were
recorded yesterday
at Washington, All
bany and Philadel-
phia. Forecast 70.
this section: Gen
orally fair, with
continued warn
Evening journal., 1900-08-07

weather today and tomorrow; light t.
fresh southwesterly winds.
Sunrise. SOB; sunset, 1907; length o.
day. 14h. am: moon rises, ABB p. M
moon sets, 1 % a. m. iaf
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
no the I,adies

You can go to Atlantic City with IN
Eagles next Saturday via B. g. o.. with
out being annoyed by drunken hilariou
crowds.
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
Samuel Lees Co.,
22O-222 Market Street.

The Weather and the Almanac.
The temperature has risen from 4 tc
I6 degrees in the Ohio valley, the mid
Evening journal., 1900-08-07
Fight

Fight
Fitzsimmons and Rubin at Hote
Western, Friday night.
The sun., 1900-03-08
Closing prices:
General Markets.

New York, March T.
FIIOJJR-State and western dull, but stead
ly held; Minnesota patents, S3.i0a3.9O; winter
straights. $34Oa3.50; winter extras, Ss.6Oa
80: winter patents, $3.60a3S5
WHEAT-Opened firm on the bullish Ohio
crop report and better cables afterward easing
off under realizing May, ~ 5-16a72 9-l6c.;
July, ~ 7-l6a72 1l-l6c.
RYE-Firm state, 5Sa59c., c. l. T., New YORK,
car lots; No western, 63s4c., +. o. b. afoat.
CoRN-Quiet, but steadier with wheat and
on light country offerings.
OATS-Dull, but steady; track. white, state,
3la35c.; track, white, western. 3la35c.
PORK-Quiet; mess Sl0.75all.25; family, Sl3
a13.50.
LARD-Steady; prime western steam, 6.l5c.
BUTTER Strong; state dairy, lSa25c; state
creamery, 21a2ic.
CHEESE Firm; fancy, large. white, l3a
l3Ac: fancy, small, white, l3al34c.
| EGGS Barely steady; state and Pennsyl-
.nnia, at mark, l5laal6c.; western, at mark,
| l5i4al5l4c.
| SUGAR--Raw quiet fair refining, l3-l6c;
centrifugal. 96 test 5-lGc.; refined trregular'
crushed, 5.d0c.; powdered. so.
| MOLASSES- Steady; New Orleans, 4ia55c.
| RICE-Quiet; domestic, 41sa6}ac.; Japan,
la4 a5c.
5$sa5l@c.
HAY Quiet; shipping, 6oa7Oc.; gos t3
ehoice, S0aS'l4c.
The sun., 1900-03-08
Resolutions ofRespect.

At a meeting of the Delaware Fire
Company, held March 6, the following
resolutions of res oect were adopted:
Whereas, In view of the loss we have
sustained by the deceasc of our fellow
member and associate, Hugh Duffy, and
the still heavier loss sustained by those
who were nearest and dearest to him,
therefore be it
Resolved, That it is but just tribute
to the memory Of our departed fellow
member to say that in regretting his re-
moval from our midst we mourn for one
who was in every way worthy of respect
and regard.
Resolved, That we sincerely condole
with the family of our deceased member
on the dispentation with which it has
pleased Divine Providence to afflict
them, and commend them for consola-
tion to Him who orders all things for the
best, and whose chastisements are meant
in mercy.
Resolved, That copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the family OF our de-
parted member, and also published in
all the daily papers of the city, and, as a
further mark of respect to the memory ol
the decreased, the apparatus of the com.
pany be draped in mourning for the
epace of thirty days.
WILLIAM HICKMAN,
JAMES CANNON,
JOHN f. HENDERSON,
Committee.
The sun., 1900-03-08
General Situation of Yesterdays
Stock and Money Mar
ket Reviewed.
SUGAR MAY NOW BE FIRM
1t is Thought by Good Authorities
THAT the Episodes of Sugar and
Third Avenue Are Over.
American Securities
Are Strong.

The arguments which were made by
enthusiastic bulls to explain why the
market refuses to advance seem to have
gone to the boards The sugar and
Third avenue episodes are over, and
whatever disturbing influence they had
upon the general speculation must now
have ceased. NJ attention has been
paid to the favorable turn of affairs in
South Africa, nor to the prospect OF inn
mediate passage of the new currency
bill. Intelligent people are beginning
now to admit that these marks OF indif-
ference would not be discernible if the
speculative public were really taking an
active interest in Wall street affairs.
The steady decline in bank reserves
would not be such a supreme influence
if public interest were keener. 1t APP
pears then that the whole secret OF the
markets present beariness lies in the col
apse of the buoyant speculation spirit
{ a year ago. There is not enough ma
erial on the bear side to cause any pro-
ncunced decline in the standard railroad
| shares. We are unable 10 advance.
| Among the industrials, especially the
common share, can be seen the result of
| manipulation influence aid the absence
Il genuine investments supported by
tears OF the antitrust legislation. The
'teel stocks seem very safe sales on all
lard spots, also the tobacco issues, sugar
md the Traction shares. The London
market for American securities has been
particularly strong and advances have
been general.
The sun., 1900-03-08
cnina Mnx Hnxe civil Mnr.

Chicago, March IA special to The
Record from Victoria, b. G.. says: Ac,
cording to Asiatic advices, the recent
coup d. etat of the empress dowager of
China. in which the emperor, Kwang Su,
was dcthronad and the 6-year-old son OF
his, Prince Tuan, named as his sue,
cessor, bids fair to embroil the Celestial
empire i'll civil war. At Swatow the
Chinese are already in revolt, and in
many other parts of the empire they are
taking up arms against the empress and
the Mantchoos. The reform party, which
is ut the head Of the movement to TO
ment rebellion. is in receipt of a telc'
gram from Kang Yu Wei, sent from
Singapore, in which he says he can raise
an army of 10000.
The sun., 1900-03-08
Two crack-a-jacks meet in the wind-up
before the Empire Club tonight at the
Academy OF Music.
BLAZE IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Loss of $TO0.000 In the Retail Dry
Goods District.


Philadelphia. March IA fire which
caused an estimated loss of more than
STO0, 900 broke out in the retail dry goods
district. 1t started i'll the engine room ol
Shoneman Bros dry goods and millinery
store at Eighth and Arch streets. Inc
building was Il shaped, fronting on three
streets Eighth. Arch and Cherry. me
engine room was i'll the basement III the
middle of the structure.
1t is said that while the fire was being
drawn from the furnaces sparks COM
municated with some waste paper, anu
the little blaze spread with astonishing
rapidity to the upper floors. This was
before the employees had arrived \
general alarm was sounded, but all ef-
forts to save the building were frnitless,
and it was levrled. The loss is placed at
S300,O
Marks Bros dry goods store, adjoill-
ing. was partly damaged by smoke and
water. and their storeilouse was c"nl-
plctrly burned out, causing an estimated
loss of SiO0,000 The Shoneman building
was four stories and the Marks live sto'
lips i'll height.
The flames spread to the six story
building on Cherry street occupied by
Myerhoff Bros. manufacturers of wo
mems and childrcn's clothing, and tho
Philadelphia Electrical Equipment com
pany. Nothing was left of this place hui
the walls. and the loss is placed at $500.
600.
Several smaller buildings We're more oi
less seriously damaged About 1.500 per
sons men, women and children, art
THROWN ont Of employment by the fire.
The sun., 1900-03-08
THE RED ASH DISASTER.
a Certainty That Forty
two Lives Were Lost.

|
Hinton, w. VA, March lit is prac-
tically Il certainty that IL lives We're lost
in the explosion at the Rod Ash mines
The cause of the explosion is unknown,
but is supposed to have occurred from a
miner entering an unused room in the
mines with an open lamp. There were
II men in the mine at the time of the ex-
plosion, and if it had resulted 20 minutes
later the loss Of life would have reached
100 or more.
| So far % dead bodies have been recov-
cred, of which the following have been
identified: Il. b. Long, John Day, Joe
Elliott, Mat Quares, Sam Jackson,
james Hackney, boss driver, and Will
liam Day.
| The others who have been taken out
could not be identified. The work of res
cue is being pushed as rapidly as possible,
but the after damp being very strong, the
men can work but few minutes at a
time.
State Mine Inspector James w. Paul
has arrived here and is in the Red Ash
mine, rendering what assistance his ex-
perience enables him to give.
Governor Atkinson and Secretary Boggs
have arrived also. The governor declares
his intention to fix the responsibility, if
possible, and see that proper punishment
is meted out.
n large number of cars were strung out
from the mouth Of the opening and down
the hill. Tho lumber in most of them
was reduced to kindling wood. One man
was blown out Of the mine clear down
the incline. Tim Crumpton, blacksmith.
was shoeing Il mule outside of side
opening. He was thrown to the ground
with great violence. Three hundred feet
up the river from the mouth Of the mine
the force from within threw up the dirt
and made an opening from the outside
There was Il connection from the Rcd
Ash to the Rush Run mine, just above
this place. and the force of tie gaS was
so great from the Red Ash into the Rush
Run that the mon had to stop work
There was no fall Of the roof in the Res
Ash. but wherever there was anything
loose in the mine or wherever thcrc wal
anything that the rush Of air could taii
hold Of and tear loose it WAS picked a..
and carried toward the mouth Of The
mine until il met with some mmoyabl.
obstruction. The electric fixtures wrie
entirely wrecked, ana the compressed aia
pipes were wrcnchcd ana torn into Il
Thousand pieces Ma one has paused N,
calculate lie money damage, but it Will
be Yely heavy.
The sun., 1900-03-08
yvny pauncefote u netataed.

London. March I.-I'he Sf. james tia-
zette. while declaring thar tac extension
Of Lord Pauncefote,s stay ut Washing
ton as cinbassador Of Great Britain Is
due 70 the coming presidential election
ana 'all that goes with this recurring
eommotion," says; no Americans Lord
Pauncefote's stay will Be acceptable be
cause he has achieved the feat Of MAX
ing himself popular, with a success for
which there is no precedent since The
first British minister was accredited u
the United States a century and quar-
ter ago. Thus his continued tenure o.
Office IS acceptable because he has pleas
cd the Americans. and it is highly desira-
Bic from business point Of view as well
as grateful to our feelings that they
should continue to be pleased"
The sun., 1900-03-08
Tuhe Comnnny Rntses Wages.

Pittshrrg, March -Four thousand
5, Hployees of the National Tube COM
~, v 1T McKeesport, Pa, have been
p"n' KIM ed Of il 10 per cent advance in
,,o', ,,,n..a The increase includes all day la
ha,o,s Masrs ii the tube mills. The tonnage
80, Dois's q, get their advance next week,
,vhan VIZ ~ \ rate is fixed by the Amalga-
mntad ~ ~ ~ miation. This is the second
in"reasa ,,.r e. 70 pcr cent that the day men
- liz Not;n lal Tube company have r.
,ai,.ad ,,it1in six months and makes the
,yaras - ~ na,n, ION labor higher than at
INC tinn II IL /, history Of the works
,rhe advance Vii date from April !,
The sun., 1900-03-08
LOOKING TO GosLIN.
Thought He May Help Prosecution
In Brooklyn Transit Case.


In Brooklyn Transit Case.
New York, March 1.-THE Post says:
w. NJ. X. Olcott, who represents
the district attorney in the prose
cution of the Il. S. Dean alleg-
ed bucket shop swindlers, said that
a fortnight ago he went before the spe-
cial jury that was considering the allcg-
ed circulation of false rumors about the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company and
asked that jury to refrain for the present
from indicting Alfred X. Goslin on ac-
count of the fact that he was expected
to be useful to the prosecution in the
Dean case.
Mr.. Olcott said that Goslin had agreed
to turn states evidence in the Dean case
ON condition that he be leniently dealt
with, and it was desired that he be not
indicted in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
matter, so that the value of his testimo-
ny in the bucket shop case might not be
impaired. This request of Mr.. Olcott
was disregarded by the special grand
Jury, and in consequence Goslin has en-
gagged counsel and will fight extradition
from Philadelphia, where he was ar
| rested.
1t Is known that John Proctor Clarke,
| who will prosecute the men indicted III
| the Brooklyn Rapid Transit case, has
| some hope that Goslin may be induced
| to tell what he knows about the affair
and possibly to shed little light on the
identity of the real instigator of the at
tacks on the company's stock, for it is
believed that only the puppets have been
indicted and not the proprietor of the
show, the man who pulled the strings.
What immunity is to be promised Cos
lin for his expected information is not
apparent, but it may involve the quash-
| ing of the indictment against him i'll thu
transit case. At present it is significant
| that the prosecutors in both the Dean
and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit cases
look to Gosl.n for help in convicting the
men who are indicted jointly with him.
Captain McClusky of the detective bu
reau, who went to Philadelphia to oppos,
the granting of a writ of habeas eorpu!
in the case of Goslin, has not yet re
turned. Reqaisition for Goslin has beer
made on the governor of Pennsylvania
and it is expected that it will be honored
Requisiton will be made on the governo
of New Jersey for Walter Il. Allen, VIII
was arrested at Newark.
Assistant District Attorney Ungef, rep
resenting the district attorneys office
made statement in which the session o
the special grand jury is characterized q
"a slandering fishing excursion"
The sun., 1900-03-08
Empire Club Bouts Tonight.

Everything is in readiness for the En-
pire Clubs great boxing show which
takes place at the Academy of Music to-
night. Billy Whistler arrived here from
Baltimore yesterday at 1877, and Marty
McCue arriyed from New York at 3.32.
Both lads are in the best OF condition
and each is confident of winning, One
thing is sure and that is it will be a
merry go and either is liable to go the
road before the twelve rounds are
reached. Jack HagGerty, of Trenton,
and Frank Magee, Of Philadelphia, are
down for ten rounds. and should furnish
plenty of hot stuff. The seortsmen here
all proclaim it to be the best show ever
arranged here. Jack Farrell will be
matched to meet the winner of the star
bout NO weeks hence. Tickets are in
great demand and the Academy promises
to be packed to the doors.