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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-24
ELEVEN NEGROES DROWNED.
Overloaded sIsiR Upset as the Re-
salt of II Joke.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. July 23.-Elcven
negroes working on a Government lock
in the Warrior River. near Akroa. Ala,
We're drowned this afternoon while cross
ing the river in a skif. The negroes
were working under Christy. Lowe 6 Hay
worth, on lock No. ;. and after work were
returning to the opposite side Of the river,
They crowded on the skiff. which made
the load too heavy. George Moore, one
OF the negroes. to frighten the others. be-
gan rocking the skih, and It dipped g
couple of times. This really frightened the
negroes. panic followed and the skif
upset. All the negroes were thrown into
the river.
They went TO the bottom. and all we're
drowned before assistance could be given
them. Up to 10 o'clock the bodies of but
FIVE OF the negroes had been recovered.
The negroes were mostly strangers in that
part Of the State.
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DREAMED HIS WIFE WAS DEAD.
Husband Wakes Up and Finds Her IA
Suicide.

PHILADELPHIA. July 2s.-Mrs. Mary A.
Powell. forty-one years old. committed sui
eide by hanging herseif to a bedpost at
her home. 912 North Fifth Street. Cam
den, this morning Her husband dreamed
that she was dead. When he awoke at 4:80
O'Clock he saw her body suspended from
the bedpost. The excessive heat OF the
past week is supposed to have deranged
the wcIan's mind
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HAWAIIAN CHINESE ENRAGED.
Threntcn to XIII Their Consul for
Giving Secret Information.

Threntcn to XIII Their Consul for
Giving Secret Information.
HONOLULU. July 26-CVia San Francis
co. July 23).-Chincse roformers in Homo
lulu threaten to assassinate Consul Cen
eral Yang Wal Pin because he furnished
to the imperial Government the raiues OF
the members of the reform society her.
who are working for the restoration Of
the young Emperor. On this information
their relatives in China have been i'm
prisoned. Yang admits that he sent these
names, but he declares that he was forced
to do so under orders from the Chinese
Minister at Washington. He said:
Minister WI, pre- ious to the formation
Of the Bo Wong Society here directed me
20 warn them in a proclamation of the
danger Of Joining such an association. This
l did and they have no one but themselves
to blame. They have scattered their ClTcu-
lars broadcast and It would have been nc
trouble for anyone TO get their names.
Last January received orders from Min
ister WI to furnish him the names of
these prominent in the reform movement
and l obeyed and also kept him Informed
Of all the later details OF the work OF this
society"
Three thousand Chinese residents Of
Honolulu had an open air mazs-meeting
on July II. to formulate ar expression OF
their views on the present crisis in China.
The platform was decorated with Ameri-
can and Chinese flags. The speakers arous-
ed much enthusiasm and patriotic senti-
me1t for their fatherland and the Cain
csc. usually so stol;d. frequently cheer
Cd for their fsg, for reform Government
and for en- undivided Empire.
Resolutions were adopted calling on
Great Britain. Japan, and the United
States 70 head movement for the restcra-
tiol OF the Emperor, the preservation OF
the Empire and the removal of the capt.
tai from Pekin 10 some other city where
the true reforms in government could
be carried out The resolutions will be
sart 10 Tho nlMars narneI
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HhRASSED BY THE Beers.
Mcthuen Bisperses Them. But The,
Return to the Fight.

LONDON, July 23-The War Office ha!
received the following despatch from Gen
eral RCberts:
Pretoria, July 22.-Methuen con-
tinued his march after the occupation
OF Necknoort and engaged the rear
guard of the enemy near ZanlsfCntein
on July 20. Our losses were one killed
and one wounded. On July p he again
attacked and completely dispersed the
enemy's forces at Oliphants Mex. in
ficting heavy loss. Our casualties were
Slight
"Rustenburg has been relieved and
Methuen and Baden Powell have joined
hands. Hamilton secured on July q
strong position at Stitzray. We had
three killed and many wounded.
"RO3ERTS"
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SAVED BY HER MOTHER.
A Child barely Escapes the HoOfs Of
Team of Horses.

Team of Horses.
The presence Of mind of Mrs. Benjamin
Russell saved the life of her daughter.
Elya, aged five years, yesterday. At about
noon mother and child attempted to cross
Pennsylvania Avenue at Eleventh Street.
when a bicycle ridden by an unknown
white man came along. The child was
struck by the wheel and knocked down.
falling almost under the hoofs Of a team
OF horses attached to an ice wagon. Mrs.
Russell grasped the little girls dress and
dragging her aside barely saved her from
being .rampled to death.
Only slight cuts and bruises were sus-
taIned by the child as a result OF her fall
She received treatment at the Emergency
Hospital. Later she was taken to the
home OF her aunt. 1923 Sixth Street south
west. Mrs. Russell lives at Annapolis.
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WANT TO GO TO CHINA
Dewey Rifles nnd Other PennsyIvn-
min Companies Ready.

HARRISBURG. Pa. July 23.-The Dewey
Rifles. q military organization Of McKees-
port, have rendered their services 10 the
Government through Governor Stone in
the event Of war with China. The Gov
ernor has turned the communication over
TO Adjutaut General Stewart. who already
has on file number Of such tenders. Sew
eral persons want TO raise regiments for
the prospective war and others VIII re-
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LOURENCO MARQUES. July 23.-Among
the Boer women sent the other day to
Parberton we're the wives OF Presid mt
Kruger and Generals Botha and Meyer.
1t is stated that Mrs. Kruger went volun-
tariIv
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICES.
OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
Washington. d. c.. July 10.


Notice is hereby given, that in accord
ance with the acts approved June %. 1873:
June 10. 1879; June II. 1890: August II.
1891; July s, 1888. and June 2. 1900, the
following water mains have been laid.
viz. On East Capitol Street, between Six
teenth ana Seventeenth Streets. city OF
Washington, District Of Columbia. June
IA, 1900; Sixteenth Street, between East
capitol and A Streets northeast. city Of
Washington, District of Columbia, June H.
1900; Seaton Street. between LIE Droit Ave-
nue. and First Street northwest, lie Droit
Park Addition. Plat 10. County OF WASH
lngton. District Of Columbia. Juno IL. 1900;
Decatur Street, between North Capitol
ana First Streets northeast city OF Wash
irgton. District OF Columbia, June 10 1900:
and water main tax has been levied
against all lots or land abutting upon the
street, road, or alley on which the said
water mains were laid respectively:
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MIR. Dana and the Standing Army

To the Editor Of The Times:
When the late Charles A. Dana was an Indepen-
dent Democrat he used often to repeat edtorially:
Reduce the army to ten thousand men, At
last Mr.. Dana became Republican. Were he
now living | wonder how he would stand on i'm
peralism. which requires standing army OF ten
times ten thousand men W. II. BURR
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cruit companies. individuals also want to
go TO the front.
Col. James f. Barnett commander of
the Tenth Pennsylvania, rendered his SER
vices as soon as trouble with China was
aBpreheEded. and his application for SER
vice is on i-e al Nasningt0n
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n Fettrnhs StOTy.-NcuIgt Lt"Fz' OI
Shamokin Pa, writes. 81 eighty years OF
age / have been troubled with Catarrh for fifty
years and In my time have used great many
catarrh cures but never had any relief until
used Dr. Agnsv's Catarrhal Powder, One box
cured me completely" Fifty cents. Sold by F. =
Williams Ninth and + Streets; Edmonds
Williams Third Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue.-f3
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Sacrifice of white waists.

Ladies tell US unhesatngy that bgans in ladies',
white shirt wasare best We ought restrict the seing 70
not more than a buyer won't Take as mani, nc
you wish. ' 30
Beautiful White lawns ard India linons trimmed with
tucks embroidery edgng inserting lace and lace in
sertng and henstitchng
This stock is enozmou-dozens and dozeas of different
effects in the sEeeet and dantiest being unusually
large, tecause much three weeks later than il
should have
Two great lots have been this immense lot and
selling them shall sell an enormous loss
csc for white shirt waists which sold I'D to S300
Sl.4o for white shirt waists which sold I'D to S4Oo.
&c for colored shirt waists which sold up TO soc.
HECHT & COMPANY,
513-515 Seventh Street.
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EDUCATIONAL.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Chautauqua Hotel,
chsutaunya Eeach (ga1 2ij5el Yary.a7d

Most delightful sumner and family resort or
Chesapeake Bay. Best batiin, boating, crabbing
fishing; large, airy rooInS abundance Of shade two
entertainments daily in Auditorium; divine services
Sunday at H. $3.50. and O'Clock. Trains leave
B. & o. Station g:3O I;i5. and 4:3l. Returning,
leave Beach $50 a. M. 7:45 and 0:45 p. m
Round trip, 80 cents; l. days, 70 cents; children
half price. Room and board, 500 per week and
Up Beautiful binding lots for sale. Address
R. H. Parker, Chautanqua Beach, Nd. iy2Jti, en-
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"tiECHTS GREATER STORES"
5f3-515 Seventh Street.

~ "a I VIII be the last stocktang
antnddIot
eoVis
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CAVALRY OFF FOR JAPAN
Troops II and | of the Third Regi-
ment Start on Their Long Trip.

aaI c WIFI Leave Fo-t Wyer To-
dry and Join Their Comrades az
san F'rancisco-su to Sail for Snfsa-
sa!Si-Gcnc-aI belief Among t:sc sIen
That Their Destination Is Chinu.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-24
GUARD IN SHAM BATTLE
Today's Chief Attraction for Wis.
itOrs at Camp OrdWay.

work ut the Rifle RnnEcs-HiEh
school Cadets Receive an Ovation
Troops - Prostrntions by Heat
Conditions More Favorable.
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DIED.

DIED.
HILI-Funeral Of GEORGE HILL, grandson Of
Amanda Hill, took place at his late residence.
20I7 Eleventh Street northwest. at 10;30 j. m
) yesterday 1t
KING-On Sunday. July %, 1900. at g p IN.
SAMUEL KING, husband of the late Katherine
hing.
Funeral from late residence. 1891 Florida avenue
northeast, Tuesday. July q, at p m, Item
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io1c-1at ez su watos Register. D. c.
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ie1G-12t ex su water registrar. D. c.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

tained that a package was held for James F. Willis, with charges to pay. including $S, balance of account due to frederick Brewster. a New York at tCrncy. $12 in all. Afterwards MT. White spoke tn Date Graham. of Ris- be. who said d: once that he haG re ocived al like d1cgm ut. but with a Iarg- ,i balance of account due ts MT Rrcw- ster. The packet Was at the Bisber eX- lress office. but the name of the de laulting clerk was different.
 The swindle was well planned and no doubt will succeed in inducing many police officials in the west to pay the amounts at the different Xpress offices for which the packages are held. The letter was well written, with an official looking head nicely printed
 No doubt the swindlers have made quit haul. Tn money for ihe pack ages would have been sent n by Wells. Fargo 6 Co. to Fl Paso, then by the Pacific express company to New York. The local officers Were, luckily. not taken in by the deception. but others will probably bn anxious to s cure the reward on so feasible an explanation and pay for the package.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

glory for his productions. In those
 good cid Gays of Quee.s Bess Greene
 wae Harticularly famous among lis lit
 erary fellows for his alternate flashes .Of genius and wild debauoheries. Greene
 was gifted w,th an exceedingly gall
 tipped tongue. which wagge1 overtime
 in dcnuuucing his cnutenporarias and their iutroductilns. He was particularly severe with Shakespeare. who in Greeue's prime had but secured a mOdi- cum of applause for his undying genius.
 He described the work Of Shakespeare as 'upstart crows. beautiGed with our feathers.'' from the fact that the bard usually resorted to ancient plays for his plots.
 His arcusati1n ms of plagiarism against Shakespeare were nos believed at the time, because his own life was particu- Iarlv menaced by a num3er of other poets against whom he had Ieveled the shaft of his wit. and his charges of pla- giarism against Shake speare were looked upon as aaseless as the others. The light braincd gentry of that period knew not and cared not whether sword or pen were mightier: after a passa Ge at wits. a. passage at arms followed q. thereby manacinG both character and life. ', is not known whether Greene ever resorted to the sword. but he once had an exchange of compliments with one Gabriel Harvey. a writer of light verse and an intimate friend of Shake Speare. in which Greene was severely scored. Harvsys last letter. to which Greene rouchsafed no reply was rspe- cilllv severe. in ii he sail:
 Who n London hath not heard of
 his dissolute and licentious living. his fond disgusting of a master of arts with ruffianly hair. unseemly apparel, and more unseemly company. of his vaina glorious and Thasonicau braYzing: his pipcrly eXtemrorarizing and Tarleton- iizng; his apeish counterfeitiag of every ridiculous and assurd toy his Villain9Us cogging and fDisting. his monStrous swearing and horrible for swearing. his impi0us profaning of sacred texts; his other scandalous and 6lasphemous saving: his riotous and outrageous surfeiting; his continual shifting of i1dgings: his plausible mastering and b9Hquettynge of roy sterly acqUaintauoes at his first com ming: his beGgarly departing in every hostesses debt; his infamous resOrting to the Bancks.de. Shoredi5ch. South warlle and filthy haunts; his obscure lurking in basest corners; his rawEing Iof his sword. cloak. and what not. when
 money came short? t?''-Kan=as City h. .dependent.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
FROM MANY SOURCES.

The first book cver printed in Swi;z- etland bears the date of 147O.
 Tn 1898 the tobacco monopoly yielded Trance an lncom. of 329OOO,oOO francs.
 The Island of Guam is $500 miles from Honolulu and l,GOO miles from Manila.
 Lymph taken from tie Iymphatic llands of goats is now being tried ;n cases of apopleXy.
 Before the next tourist season opens the Swiss railway from Spiez to Fouti- sen will be completed.
 During the last twenty-five years the American people have imported $l61, C)O.OO0 worth of precious stones.
 Last year there were imported into the United States over 1000. .O00.Q1O arains of Quinine. costing over 1,5O0. .1O0.
 A nugget weighing 1.15O ounces was found recently in the Ural mines at Orsk. in the government of Orenber&.
 Cork and popla" are the Highest woods in the world. and pomegranlte oIe of the heaviest; it is more than one-third heavier than water.
 A British veteran of 7S, living at Ash-by de la-Zouch. is U receive an indian medal and clasp for services which ended in 1SI4.
 The female mosquitoes are normally without much doubt plant feeders. Why they should draw blood at all is a n,,ns-
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
A NEW CONFIDENCE GAME
The Cochise Officers Are Too Fly" to
 Be Caught.

Scott White has ur arthed what is cvidsrsly a very clev ? and carefully planned swindlp. say. the Cochise Re view. A letter was handed to him ad- dress to the "Chief of police. Fair bank. Arizona" purporuas to come from the cEisf inspector of the Cana dian bureau If justice. Commercial de- rartmeut. Halifax, Nova Sc tia, That letter offered a reward of $250 to the Fairbank officer for the arres, of one NJ. D. By1n g. who was cashier of the BowIirs Steam hip company.
 On July 10th, says the letter, he ab- seconded after stealing considerable cash and land warrants and bonds When Byrnes fad fellow clerk named Watson was captured and is in prison By.nes. continues th= writer. is lik ly s.meU here in the vicinity f your town hence we wrie t1 request that you lock oyt for nim.' Here follows a d. scriptian of Byrn S.
 If the man was found ne was t. be promptly arr =teI and the Canadian chi=f If police notified by wire who would e me ol by first train and promptly Lay ;he $25O. The letter says a package of securities was sent to him through some express com pany by a firm of attorneys in or near Boston, with whom they Wer- left as security for a loan, ani that these se- Curitios are possibly in the local eX- press office at this time.
 The name uf the man tn whom they would b. sen. Was likely tn be James Willis an alias of Byrnas.
 An order Was enclosed, enabling the local officer tu pr'cur. tta package. A reward If $2o0 Wa, offered for the package. and he exp ms or procur- ing it.
 NTr. White suspected that the affair was exactly straight and called at ,hr Fairbanks office, where he asccr-
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

at the end of the darl. agas-a War that has H. other possible motive than re- ligion.
 Some days ago the United States gov ernmsnt received long cablceram from China. in which the present trau- ble was st forth in the most explicit words of diplomacy--an art in which the Chinese are masters. The first and paramount clause of this message sa that the action of tn great Know Nothing" party of China could be Ia id only to tha intrusion Of the mission- aries. it Was a polite document sent tn assure our people that their efforts tn spread the gospel among the Chinese would be def. a,ed. at the cost of blood.
 It seems to me. after q long pilgrim age through thh; oriental land. that the Wisest thing WEirh this and every other nation can d. is to withdraw from the missionary field and leave tha Chi nese to the teachings that made them q nation cons before the Aryans thought they existed. The game is not vvor.h the candle. If the two hundred-oGd missionaries now in China were to teach Christianity. unmolested. from now until the worlds end: if their num- bers Were to be increased by thousands even if the ecumenicaI church should raise it's united standard in China. be- liavc that it's efforts would not amount to ten thorough conversions.
 There are so-cailed Chinese converts but, in their heartF. they are not Chris tfaAs. Some go over to the missi0usT " side merely to find out what the new tsd'hinss are ike, others go be.4us taey are weak minded. others f0r d E1s;ime, and still others because they find ample remuneration and an easy life in being allies ur the missionaries playing what might be called mild game of bluff. in order t1 live without work as hundreds of men do in Cu,. big cities. But let the end approach: let the day draw near when the Gilman lu knows that he is to be gathered among his countless fathers. and Christiantty's the winds for thyse tngnag that Con fuciu= stamped on the Chinese cmplra centuries back. never to he removed. Death brings out mans true bsilci in God. T. talk modern Christianity and it's moral and spiritual influence tn inc CAinC=a app arS tI me to be nothing more than rIilarY. When Marco Polo Mseaverd q China in the thirtirth cer- tUry. ha found it nation which had known the uses of printing. navigation. numerical notation, governmental ccu-
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

nOnics, guupCwder Unfortunately and lucation. Tor many previous centuries. Then the new words sprang up. With the advan-e of civilization tie idVen- tions of the Chinese were improved. and with the growth of Christianity and the confinement of Confucianism to fife Chinese walls. religion went ahead with more telling strides than did cHrl- mrrcc and industrialism. Thus, tEo Chinese look upon the outer world as d
 l5re child: as 3 precocious younssIer trying to fill the place that it has Hilrj for centuries. They can only feel liqucd.
 Now. especially in religion. is his rue. Christianity is to the Chimes a mere form of =rtimentaliJy. The Chi .nsse, centuries sine. discarded all sen timental and emotional ideas on that sHbject. Even to ,hia day Taoism and Confucianfsm are really nothing more nor less than systems of ethics-rlios nat set forth Uith fine distinction the difference between night and wrong. Tlis has made the Chinese especially tolerant. becaus- hey are self satisfied They are now what they were before Cnrist-as describ, q by the Greek mer- .nants of that day-a plain. calculating. matter-of- mercantile people. Con .rasted with them are the Aryan na- ions of Indla-frym whom all nations ave the Chinese sprang-a highly sch timental. emotional. dreamy people.
 How. then. can the efforts of the mis- aionares be worth the cost? Why can not these martyrs now in China see ;he rruitlessness of their labOrs; thn loss Dr money and of life trying to tell peo- plc what they will not know? They are only injuring the cause they are spread
 ing and the interests they represent: their zeal leads to martyrdom and rom martyrdom to biHOdshed. RiondShed Giminishes the purely spiritual aspect and action Of Christian teaching and uunites it.-RoIey. Mackay in Success.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
THE VALUE OF HIS FACE
Loan Effected by Former Gust m-i
 from Retired PawnbroEer.

This borrowing of nick Is, dim s and quarters does tend to mark q man." said Hardup, who by the way. was universally known flo be the great est offender of the crowd. "Af,ar q time ones friends are ant to cross the street wh they see the t-ucher com iEg. I remember an amusing incid mt that happened to ma som. time ago. when I was utterly broke. Thank goodness ] have go. over hat state now" he added, maj stically. Har5up bad just drawn his salary.
 "One afternoon whjn I was at my wits end how to raise the necessary dime, for I was wretchedly hungry. I happened to be in Harlem. and going up One Hundred anl Twenty street. at the corn of Madisln ave rue. I suddenly came plump into a man whose face wac familiar. but whom I could not for the life of me place. We shook hands warmly and passed the time of cay agreeably for a few minutes. Than there was a pause when I blurted out:
 Its very strange. but I have been talking to you for some time, and I re- ally cannot rem mb-r your name or where I met you before"
 My friend smiled and enlightened lie. T used, several years ago, to be your pawnbroker.' said h..
 'Thcn I rememb, red him. I gave a dubious sort of laugh. and saying that I had given up that sort of thing now. 10 which he slyly assenteG by holding his head. asked him if he still contin- ucd in the business. He replied that ha had long since retired, and was living on his profits in a big house opposite Mount Morris Park
 "T fancy he knew what was in my mind and was won15ring how I was going to broach the subject. Presently. plucking up. courage. I said, T used to be a good customer of yours?
 Yes he replied, very good
 This encouraged me and I plunged in mldias res. Well. the. fact of the matter is.' I continued, T am complete ly broke at the moment. Would you lend me ten cents on my face.?'
 He again smiled. and looking mo up and down, as if aGmiring my check said. to my relief why, certainly
 The crowd laughed.
 'Yes. I expected tha. laugh" said Hardup. but let me finish The man. as I mentioned. asented readily, but to my chagrin, after feeling in his pocket. said: "TIl give II to you in q minute if ycull wait whila T go and change d quart r. in the cigar store.' and I'm blessed if he didn't E0 anl change a quarter and give mn dime. I: rather hurt my feelings. for it was the first lime I had pVar ha I tbp trioa pr my face sized Up. However, I suppose he