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The age-herald., 1900-07-08
Two Thousand Men Killed by
 the Boxers.
MANY CHINESE LEADERS KILLED
Consul Warren Says the Troops Were Very Much Disheartened When the Messenger Left-For-
 eigners Have Plenty Food

London, July 7.-915 p. m.-The foreign office has issued the text of a telegram from Acting Consul General Warren, at Shanghai, confirming from thoroughly trustworthy sources the news received from Pekin by courier July 3, by way of Shanghai, to the London office of the in- spectorate of Chinese maritime customs, saying that two Legations were, the day the courier left, holding out against the Chinese and Boxers, and that the troops had lost two thousand men and the Boxers many leaders. MT. Warren adds that the messenger says the troops were much dis heartened by their losses and that the Boxers claim their mystic powers have been broken by the foreigners and that they dare not approach the Legations. It is fur ther asserted that the foreigners at Pekin ought to be able to hold out for a long time, as they have sufficient food and ann munition.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
LEGATIONS SAFE
Consul Goodnow Says They Were
 Standing July 8

Washington July "A cablegram was received at the State Department this morning from Consul General Goodnow, at Shanghai, dated July ', saying that the Legations were standing on the 3rd instant, and that the recent attack of the Boxers had been slight. They seemed to be dis posed to adopt starvation methods.
 This dispatch from Consul General Good now has revived the hope in measure that the members of the Legations, or at least some of them, are still alive in Pekn.
 Having survived at least two weeks longer than was supposed to be possible, and certainly being alive five days ago, the unfortunate ministers and their staffs and guests may be still holding out. In fact, if the only active enemy they have now to face is starvation, as Consul General Goodnow indicates, the officials believe there is substantial ground for the hope that the horrible stories of the last few days from Shanghai of nameless crimes and massacres committed upon the Lega- tions are at least premature.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
YACHT
 LOST IN A STORM
The Family of James Corrigan Was Aboard and All Lost. Save One.
 The Lack of Seamanship.

was i'll and left by train. The yacht was. in tow until she reached Bar Point, when the captain left her tow and turned the yacht for Cleveland. At o'clock the storm came up and inside of five minutes the yacht sank. All the women excepting Mrs. John Corrigan and Miss Etta Corri- gan were In the cabin when the gale came up. They became panic-stricken and re- fused to leave the place.
 The mate implored them to come to the deck, but they refused. Mrs. John Corri- gan clung to a cork sofa when the gale came up and was saved. According to the testimony of several sailors, the topsail, maiHsaii and jib were all set when the storm came up This is denied by Biggam, the maten who declares that they were in good condition to face the storm.
 Captain James Corrigan declares that good seamanship could have avoided the tragedy. He is almost frenzied with grief The Idler was a staunch schooner yacht The captain declares that she could have weathered the storm under good manage ment. The survivors of the wreck were picked up by tugs a few minutes after the accident and brought into this port.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
5000 U. s. TROOPS
Will be Dispatched to the Far East at
 Once

Washington, July 1.-The issue today of the formal orders for the dispatch to the far east of more than 5000 troops from the army posts in the United States was manifestation of the energy with which the United States government Is now about to act in the Chinese matter. True, these troops are nominally destined for the Phil ippines to replace the volunteers now out there but it is admitted that they are be- ing sent out by route that will easily ad- init of Reflection to Taku or some other convenient Chinese port. Possibly Consult General Goodenow's cablegram represent ing the legationers as being alive as late as the Sd instant may have had something to do with this radical action.
 When these troops are landed in China together with the Ninth Infantry, supposed to be now at Taku and the marine and na- val contingent, the United States will have a force in action commensurate with our interests and In proportion to the European force.
 Japan is to begin the movement on Pekin, according to today's advices with the full consent of the powers, and it is calculated that the foreign endorsements, including our own, will arrive in China, if they are landed at all, in season to finish the work that may be left by the Japan csc.
 The orders of today to the troops will, it is believed at the State Department, have an indirect but most important ef- feet upon the situation as whole in China. Once the great Viceroys of Gen. tral and Southern China become satisfied that the foreign powers are actually com ing in force, they may be counted upon to take the warning to themselves and con- tinue to observe neutrality at least. Evi- dently Consul General Goodnow's sugges- ton of yesterday has had its effect for he pointed out himself the beneficial effects that the addition of troops to the soldiers now in China would have.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
FOUR DEAD, MANY INJURED
 BY BIG FIRE IN PITTSBURG

little while they were reached so they could be conversed with, but were pinned down by the timbers and other debris that it required several hours to release them.
 To rescue Captain Crawford powerful jacks were required to raise large DOT tion of the broken floor. He was under the floor two hours, yet he was the least in- jured of any of those taken out The oth- CTS were badly bruised and cut and one or more of them may die from the effects of their injuries.
 The loss will reach s13O,OO0, of which T. G. Evans & Co. lose $50O00; Goddard, Hill & Co.,, $20,00O; Davis Mahon, $50,000; o. M McClintock, $5,000; Allegheny National Bank. s1 1,5OO. The losses were all covered by insurance
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
American Jockeys Won All

London, July 7.--At the Alexandria race track today American jockies captured all the races. The Judges handicap of 1000 sovereigns for horses which have been first, second or third in a race at any rec ognized meeting, the second to receive 150 sovereigns and the third to receive 50 sov- ereigns, was won by J. Ritter's bay horse Saint Noel, with Rigby up. Royal Flush, with J. Reiff up, was second, and Orris Root, with Tod Sloan up, was third. The Oakley plate of 800 sovereigns for 2-year- olds, five furlongs, was won by Lord Wib- ersfords bay gelding Brelque, by Favor dale- Bibolot, with J. Reiff in the saddle. The .Niddlesex selling handicap of 200 sov- ereigns, a mile and a half, was won by Sed- bury, also ridden by J. Reiff.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08

Cleveland, O., July 7.-The schooner yacht Idler was lost in a terrific storm sixteen miles off this port this afternoon with six persons, all members of the fami- ly of James Corrigan, a wealthy vessel owner of this city, aboard. The dead are:
 MRS JAMES CORRIGAN, wife of the owner of the yacht.
 MRS CHARLES REILLY, aged 22 daughter of MT. and Mrs. Corrigan. MISS JANE CORRIGAN, aged % daGghter.
 MISS IDA MAY CoRR1GAN, aged 15 years
 MISS ETTA .CORRIGAN, aged 13 years
 BABY REILLY, granddaughter of MT. and Mrs. Corrigan.
 Mrs. John Corrigan was the only pas senger aboard who was saved c. H. Holmes, the captain, Samuel Biggam, the mate, four sailors, two cooks and the. ship carpenter were also saved.
 The yacht left Port Huron yesterday with the family of Mrs. Corrigan aboard and started to Cleveland. MT. Corrigan
The age-herald., 1900-07-08

Pittsburg, July 7.-Pittsburgs downtown business section was visited by another dis astrous fire today, the second within a week.
 Four men are dead and six others are in hospitals suffering from injuries which may prove fatal. All of the victims were fire men, The dead: John Griffin, St. Clair Crawford, Max Batterbaugh, John Lewis
 The injured: Captain Dan Campueh, Stewart Burns, Edward Kearney, William Erd, George Nun, William Doyle.
 The fire was one of the most stubborc that the flremen have had to contend with for years. The origin was in the basement of T. G. Evans & Co.'S china and glass ware establishment, on Fifth avenue, be- tween Wood and Market streets. The cause is supposed to have been a spark of fire from steam roller at work on the asphalt street in front of the store, falling through the basement ventiator into box of ex- celsior. Three alarms were turned in and very soon the large force of firemen were s at work. The dense smoke baffied the fire men for long time. Before the men could get fairly at the fire it broke out at the rear and the building was at its mercy. After more than an hour the fremen got the upper hand of the fire, but the building was deuged with water.
 At about 5:3O D. m. the members of En- zine Companies Nos and Il were work ing on the second floor knee-deep in wa ter. It appears that the weight of the wa ter, with the already heavy burden the floor was carrying in the shape of the big jewellers safes of Goddard, Hill & Co.,, was too much, and it gave way. In it's plunge down it dragged the next floor with 1t to the cellar. The fremen were buried deep under the debris and it was believed at the time that none would be saved. Super human efforts were made by the remaining fremen to rescue their comrades, and in a
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
Captain Robert Huston Dead

Washington, July 1.-The war department has received the following cablegram from General Macarthur at Manila:
 Captain Robert B. Huston, Forty-eighth U. S. V, Company I, died of typhoid fever at Manila July G.
 Captain Huston was born at Hamilton, O., January 25 1864, and when appointed to the volunteer army was resident of Guth- rie Oklahoma.
 He entered the service during the Span- ish-American war as a captain of the First U. S. Volunteer Cavalry May 4. 1898, and served with that regiment in the Santiago campaign, and was honorably mustered out of the service September 15, 1898.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
THE MASSACRE

European Guards Overcome After Eigh.
 teen Days Resistance
The age-herald., 1900-07-08

London, July 7.-"The massacre of the foreign ministers, the women the children and the European Guards at Pekin, after
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
e.maus At,ac Chin man

Chicago, July "A crowd of angry Ger man farmers living in and about Niles, seven miles west of Evanston, in order to avenge the death of the German ambassa- der in China, attempted violence tonight on a Chinese. They chased the man with pitchforks and other agricultural imple- ments, but he escaped into the woods.
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
Hung Chang stops

Berlin, July "A dispatch from Canton received here is authority for the state ment that Ii Hung Chang's journey to the north has been practically abandoned, al- though the United States gunboat Prince ton is still awaiting him at that point. Ii Hung Chang himself declares that he has no influence in the north
The age-herald., 1900-07-08
THE STRONGEST
 POSSIBLE TICKET What Henry D. Clayton Thinks
 ot the Prospect. IT MEANS A SURE VICTORY He Says We Have the Most Intensely American and Patriotic Plat
 form Ever Written, and
 Our Candidate Fit 1t
IT MEANS A SURE VICTORY

Kansas City, July 7.-(Special.) )-"The convention nominated the strongest possi- ble ticket Of course practically all ele- ments of the party agreed on Bryan before the convention was held. Many Democrats favored a Vice President of the Hill order, and many others favored Towne.a The great majority of the conservative element of the Democrats, Populists and Silver Republi- cans desired to name a man that all voters who are opposed to the weakness and sins of McKinleyism and the audacity and cor ruption of Hannaism could support.
 'I made a very thorough canvass of the situation beginning a week before the con- vention was held. After I had consulted with leading men of all the elements men, toned, and of all the allied forces in this campaign, 1t became my opinion that Stevenson was the man desired. I may say that that opinion is now ripened into a conviction after his nomination and after having consulted with many of the leoders of the allied forces.
 No Doubt of Success
 'I have no doubt that the ticket will win. We will certainly carry Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucy and Maryland and I hope New York. l am confident that we will carry Minnesota and Michigan. I be- lieve we have a good fighting chance in Wisconsin. We will hold Nebraska of course, and Kansas, Montana, South Da- kota, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Nevada are certainly ours. The solid South will make the victory of Bryan and Stevenson overwhelming.
 ''We have the most intensely American and patriotic platform ever written, and our candidates fit the platform. We will win victory and have an administration which will bear fruit of great and lasting benefit to the American people, and pre- serve the life of the republic and autonomy of the states.
 (Signed) HENRY D. CLAYTON, National Committeeman for Alabama"
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THE WEATHER.

SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS Z SUNDAY; PARTLY CLOUDY MONDAY; FRESH SoUTHwEsTERLY WINDS.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27
FRUITS IN PUERTO RICO.
Special Agent of Agricultural De.
partnent After Investigation He
ports Them of Poor Quality.

DR.. o. F. Cook, special agent of the
agricultural department, has re-
turned from Puerto Rico, where he
went TO ascertain what species and va
rieties of plants are found there, in
order that the department might be
able 20 enter upon the work of Sc
curing others likely TO be of use in
improving and extending the agri-
cultural industries. lie finds that eof-
fee. sugar and tobacco are the princi-
pal productions, and that fruits and
vegetables sold in the markets of
Puerto Rico are inferior in quality
and unsuitable for export The ba-
mann, for instance, has scarcely been
considered as n source of income or
an article of export. 1t has been
planted principally for shade in coffee
plantations, and as one variety was as
good as another for this purpose.
most of the bananas are unstable.
As the conditions for commercial ba-
mana growing are favorable, it may
be expected that attempts in this di-
rection will soon be made. II is nee
essary, however, that at least 500 acres
be put under thorough cultivation, for
the product of less land can hardly be
marketed to advantage.
There is room for great improve
ment in the production of coffee, and
IL modern methods were employed
this industry would be much more
profitable than ii is at present. Or
anges, lines and other citrus fruits,
European grapes and other semi
tropical fruits and vegetables can be
produced in the drier parts Of the is
land, while from the moister parts
vanilla, cocoa, mangoes and other
strictly tropical plants can be ex-
ported. There are no localities suffi,
GENTLY hot and humid for the rub
reproducing plants of the Amazon
valley. but the African rubber vines,
II planted on the rocky pinnacles oil
the foothills. will thrive, and the
wealth OF the island can be greatly
increased by their cultivation.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Mrss FLORENCE KrSe, of Chicago. Il
the first woman to hold govern ment
Office in Alaska. She has been appoint
ed commissioner OF deeda by Gov. John
@. Brady.
SIR THOMAS LUTON contributed $50,
600 to the princess OF Wales soldiers
relief fund, which Is conclusive that
his yachting experience did not hurt
him financially particle.
A LONDON physician declares that a
person in robust health walks with his
toes pointed to the front, while one
with his health on the wane gradually
turns his toes TO the side and bend Is
perceptible in his knees
IL Mexico vanilla is much used as a
heart tonic. The plan is simply to
take piece of vanilla, such as is used
for fIavoring. and TO chew it.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27
POWER.

Have you seen the locomotive as she Etrug-
giles up the slope,
Painting. blowing, sbrieking onward, like a
traveller spufHed b. hope.
Onward, upward, ever pressing. like be-
Ing with a SOUR
But the power that propels her Is shovel
full Of coal.
TIL, al last. she's reached the summit, then
adown the hillside fieB.
Where another mighty mountain starts its
journey TO the skies.
Row no effort. swiftly downward. gently
DER each grassy knoll,
Still she nov and then Is calling for q
shovelful OF coal.
So In life we upward journey. up iife's
troublesome ascent.
To the Mecca We are seeking, earnestly our
feet are bent.
But the journey would be lighter; sooner
we would reach the goal,
II, as fierteiy onward pressing, we would
shovel in the coal.
True, some early struggle upward, till they
reach the mountain height,
Then. perhaps. lie Idly waiting where the
journey Is more light.
TIL again they reach the bottom. but the
fellow on the roll
OF the mighty ls the fellow who Keeps
shovelinE the coal
Omaha World Herald.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27

The economy of the Cuticura treatment is shown by
the letter OF Mr.. w. NJ. Michel, of Lexington Ok,
who spent one thousand dollars with DOCTORS specialists
and medical colleges in a vain attempt to find relief for
his little son. friend recommended the use Of the
utcura remedies and he gives the following Of
the cure:-
My six weeks old had breaking out on the
top OF his head 1t spread all his head and then his
his legs from his knees ankles was solid scab My family
doctor treated him for eighteen months but good
pshcd tried four more medical college in st.
six months No good yet Spent thousand dol
lars in money and time. Old Barney Clap my
himself BY the time my wife had Ointment
up he began and got so he could sleep short ard
gave me ana my wife some rest Thank the Lord he WELL
fat hearty and sont boy after long years itching
crying and worrying CuTIcuRA remedies cured him."
Three children in household suffering simuItane-
ously from eczema. Such the distressing condition
OF Mrs. Annie Ring of bl5 East Thirteenth Street. New
York City, who tells her experience in these words;
"My second child got when months old
two old fell victim For twenty they suffered
fearful agony Their whole bodies especially their faces
sore and raw that the little blind half words
can describe the suffering Of second child whose whole body
one pooey mass ne was constantly crying could get no
DOCTOR but none afforded the slightest relief decided
fourteen days with curIcURA soar and cuTcuRA
the worst case was cured and the whole nhborhood
IL surprised at the wonderful effect of CUTIcURA."
One of the wonderful of cures Is that of the little
daughter OF Mrs. c. A. Conrad of Lisbon N H. whose
sufer1ngs from eczema intense that her hands
had to be tied to keep her from tearing her esh Tie
"when little girl months cid had eczema.
bad used cold creams and all kinds of nothing d
her good in fact che kept getting
her hands and when would dress
table, for could not bold her She would and and
when she could she would tear her face and
used four boxes OF CUTTCURA Ointment cakes CrICU
SOAP and the ourrcuRA REsoLvENT was cured
see no traces OF the humor left tuthuly say
have saved her hfe."
IL viii afford us pleasure to have parents whose little
ones are afflicted with any form of skim scalp blood
huor write to any of the above addresses for
roooration OF the facts given and have doubt that
such appeal viii elicit still stronger testimony regard
ing the wonderful curative properties of the CUTcURA
remedies. The full set, for complete external AID
internal treatment, costs bat 81 As. and consists Of
CUTfcrRA SOAP a5c). TO cleanse the skin Of erusts
and scales and soften the tckened euele; CUTICu RA
Ointment oc), 20 instantly aIay itching irritation,
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal and CUIIcURA
REsoLyESr (50c. 10 cool and cleanse the blood.
single set IL often sufficient to the most tcrsurin,
disnguring skin. scalp and blood humors rashes itch
ngs. and rTtations with loss Of hair when the ees
physicians. and al other reE0edes fail
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27

That the Cutcura remedies all that could be desired
for the alienation of the suffering of skintorured in
fants and children and the comfort OF worried
mothers has been demonstrated in countless homes in
every land Their absolute safety purity and sweetness
instantaneous and grateful relief speedy and great
economy leave nothing more to be desired by anxious
parents Evidence is found in of letters received
from grateful parents testyng to the ncalcuabe bene
fits they have derived from the of these preparations
In the treatment of nfane skin and scalp disorders
There Is ring of truth aud sincerity about the testmo
mails here submitted that stamps them genuine and when
mother writes, does Mrs L. Butler of 1889 Third
Avenue, Brooklyn n. Y, In simple, grateful language,
of the good Cutcura has accomplished in her home,
parents everywhere regard these remedies house
hold necessities. Mrs. Butler says:-
"My boy. age years. troubled
parts the body especially the leg twenty four
In all They about the size OF nvccent piece and would
very eject pus They very painful
former experience with the OF my little girl with Gun
gave him tho crcuRA treatment which completely cured him in
healthy these the baby and tho eldest boy being the only
ever troubled with anything Ike THIS mentioned but thanks to
CUrrcuRA remedies they all now in perfect health"
What can be more convincing to n mother than the
following graphic letter from Mrs. j. C. Freese Of 500
South First Street, Brooklyn, n. VI
my baby old began suffer
would good. called DOCTOR used his
medicine account did not know what do with him. He
all tho aud his face equal piece
horrible and looked there any
had him around pillow. was fairly discouraged
then remedies The first time
used them could the change used about half box
the end my baby entirely cured There
has been Of since. To-day his skin smooth
and soft a. piece Of siik."
Another remarkable instance OF the effectiveness of
the Cucura remedies Is found In the terrible experience
of the baby daughter of Mr. r. A. LApham, 1liH West
Side Square, Springfield, Ill Mr.. Lapham writes a.
follows:-
our He daughter was troubled FROM her birth with ecsem.
Her hands. and neck would break pmples
which would swell ard become terribly naame
hku beas OF PerspiFaon nay dry up and
the woa crack and peel Of She terribly Had 10
soff mens hands 10 keen scratching
gave Of eur eaiing physicians good them
helped her In the least purchased CUTcuRA
Ointment and CUTlCURA RKsoLyESr she Improved Ap,
Il never oaeed &hough used less Of
REsoLvESr AFes boxes Of eUrcuRA and cUTIcuKA
In few fcrcefus words Mrs. C. Brand of ConesyiIla
n. Y. wildly portrays an experience common 10 uanv
mothers aud her letter, which follows Is full OF comfort
and encouragement for anxious parents:
1.-TWO This winter hreak est VIA
scay raa neary covered hs back calves legs TArad
glowing reports 81 CrTIcuzA remedies ouxh Is x So
Tree eAkea 81 SUrIcU IA SAr boxes Of CuFTcaA
enc hottie 81 cErcrRA EEsoLyLsr Sss4 k ,A.nl te.s
wuzaerlul rsme9Aek.~ ~----
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-27
Question. and Answers.

An inspector. well known for his
weight, was trying to extract the
word flesh" from class. His Of
forts had failed, but, taking hold Of
his fat cheek between his thumb and
forcfnger, he pulled it out. aud asked;
Whats this?"
The unhesitating answer came
promptlY Pork. sir"
The same inspector was once giving
an object lesson ON an umbrella. To
Illustrate his subject he took his own
silk umbrella. which happened to
have a small hole in Il,
'What is this. hoysP'
AN umbrella, sir"
And what is this9"
The stick. sir"
And these ~
THE ribs. sir"
with what is IL covered 80
Silence.
"Surely YOU know. What Kind n;
an umbrella would you call Il 49,
AN old 'an. sir. "~-Good Words.