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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
PEACE TO GENERAL ROSsER.

Gen. Thomas l.. Rosser seems TO
have felt that something more was re-
quired of him than bushing for the
South because it had not seen fit to
grow happy. prosperous and fat under
the benign sway of the Republican
party, represented in this section by
as precious n lot of incompctents and
place-hunters as the world knows.
With this not unnatural feeling up
permost, General Rosser has supple
mented his amazing letter to Teddy
Roosevelt, announcing his formal con-
version to Republicanism, with n more
extended and less choleric statement of
his reasons for change of faith.
y careful reading of this statement
is likely to convince any Virginian
who felt aSgricved or incensed at the
first letter that General Rossers
deliverances are to be viewed with
charity rather than resentment. lie
Is a man who did the State and
the South service when, as he says,
tissues We're tried by ball and bayo-
net" He proclaims himself proud OF
the ugly scars" earned in the conflict
That is much, and we are of the opin-
ion that 1t is not to be forgotten be-
cause General Rosscr has reached the
period when ideas are incohcrent, and
that he has reached that period his
several delverances in the premises
show clearly enough.
What the reasons of it are, II would be
ungracious to inquire, but it is plain
that General Rosser presents that sad
dest OF spectacles, an old man unquiet
under disappointment and cherishing
grievance that he is impotcnt
to wipe out. The unklnd and un-
generous things he has felt called to
say of the best people of his own State
and section are, therefore. to be re-
garded rather as the complaints of ir-
responsible righteousness, than as the
utterances of deliberate malignity. 1t
would be cruel then. not to hope that
General Rosser may find in his new
alliance, medicament for wounded
pride or disappointed ambition
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

The theory of Sheridan p. Read. ex-
consul at Shanghai, that the Empress
Dowager and her court has fled to the
transmontainc city OF Slgnonfu, taking
the ministers rs hostages. and causing
the conflicting reports to be spread for
the purpose of delaying the Powers is
ingenious and even plausible. Mr..
Read says the Empress has long con-
templated moving her capital from Pc
kin to Signonfu, distant 80 days from
Pekin. When the Powers demand an
explanation of this kidnapping of the
ministers they will he told that it was
Impossible To get them through to Tien
Tsn. or to protect them longer in
Pe5in.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

The man who did not have time in
his youth to study history and geogra-
ply has a great advantage now. He
can take II fresh start in the news
papers without the necessity of for
getting stock of information that is
now misGt.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

of the international concert? His abb
ject submission to the will of Sir Julian
Pauncefote wherever American inter
ests clash with those OF England. al
most warrant the assumption that he
is under hypnotic duress.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
SUM M ER RESORTS.
VARIETY SPRINGS
AUGUSTA COUNTY,. "

OPEN IIiNyi St csr, 1850 66n, va.
Situated on the C. e o. railway. in tho
Alleghanies. Offers many advantages. six
varieties of mineral water. Hot and cold
nicely furnished; service good: rates rea-
sonable; Write for booklet: special rates
10 families; Address Variety Springs. Va,
ii: G. EICHELBERGER. Prop,
jel-2Hm =
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

Tom Read is teaching Mark Hanna
what an immorals thing it is to buy
the delegates of man who is n good
hater and has knack for doing sar-
casms.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

The campaign poet should not be
punished for his campaign poetry-he
is doing the best he can.-St. Louis
Republic.
Which is, by far, the cruelest thing
that has been said of him.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
EIGHT PAGES.
TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1900
SURELY NOT IN EARNEST.

The harbor of Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Berkeley has ever been the pride
of the people of this port Not only
Is this SO regarding it's beauty, but
more particularly on account of it's
great advantages, both in winter and
summer. from Il commercial stand
point. When the harbor OF New York
and Brooklyn is sealed with ice ships
never once cease coming to this port.
Nature, then, has given us much, while
the United States Government has
done its part. If one should attempt
to stop up the harbor in any way, even
temporarily. the Indignation that would
follow can easily be pictured and
Imagined. The good people of the three
cities would rise up in arms at such an
intrusion and at such n stroke at the
very life of the commercial Importance
Of the three cities.
1t is without difficulty, then, that one
stands dumbfounded at the proposition
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company to build it's Lambert's Point
: Piers further into the river. Had the
proposition not been made to the Har-
Dor Commissioners in due form, it Is
with difficulty that one could consider
1t otherwise than practical joke in
tended to create Il stir in the three
cities. We hesitate to view it from this
point, since great corporation, de-
pending upon the good will of the city
for valuable and lucrative exclusive
privileges, would hardly joke at the
cost Of its popularity.
One is somewhat at Il loss to under
stand the application under all the cir
cumstances. That the Norfolk and
Western seriously believes that the
Board of Harbor Commissioners, and
THE people of Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Berkley, would entertain for Il mo-
ment q proposition to narrow the chan
mel Of the river borders so near upon
the ridiculous as to suggest trining,
and to create suspicion in the minds
OF the sensible people that the Norfolk
and Western has a poor estimate of
the practical sense OF the Board of
AHarbor Commissioners and the people
Aof this triune port.
~ i%Iany peculiar, but not damaging,
propositions are exposed and shown up,
kput seldom Is common sense outraged,
sand the sanity of the people brought
Binto question, as is done by this propo-
bsition.
The partial removal of the structure
now erected is in order, and should
I promptly be considered. The present
spier creates congestion by throwing
4 eli sailing and steam craft into the
main channel, besides causing to fill up
that portion Of the river between the
pier and Fort Norfolk. Water traf-
fic of the Port to-day is ten times what
1T was years ego. and thousands OF
dollars are being spent to increase it.
How can IL be increased If the harbor
and channel is to be stopped up at the
point where ingress and egress is had.
--- ------------
Undoubtedly German Americans are
opposed to mlitarism. All the same, it
will be just plain Americans who will
settle this question of Empire or Re
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Norfolk Academy
APrivate School for Boys
FOUNDED IN
1S04-----1S.S

Constant review work characterizcs
the entire course. For two years
after taking up the subjects OF Algc-
bra and Geometry. weekly reviews
are given III Arithmetic. Throughput
the entire course weekly exercises
In English composition are insisted
upon and especial attention is paid
70 LABORArORY work i'm Chemis-
try in the and VI Forms.
One college president in Virginia
has stated that the best prepared
students that enter his college come
from the Norfolk Academy.
Catalogues at all the leading book
stores. For personal interview the Prin-
cipal viii be found in the school building
on Bank street until August LIST and after
September eth, from 10 a. III. to 1880 p.
nj. daily.
JOHN F. BLACKWELL, A. H.,
je26 su. tn. tin. I'm PRINCIPAL.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

And now Hon. Lemucl Eli Quigg has
been completely quigged out OF New
York politics. Poetic justice has been
swift in his case.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
Maly Remedies Had Failed
Or. FiTeQ Succeeded.

for long time. and HIVE TR iii5
MANY REMEDIES AND HAVE BEEN
TREATED BY GOOD PHYSICIANS
STOMACH TROUBLE. which CAUSED
ME TO LOOSE FLESH. to be DESPON-
DENT; TO have NERVOUS HEADACHES
and ro GlDPlNE eS MhiTh T9pd G9%Te me
HEART AND FREQUENT MUCUS DIS
CHARGES FROM MY BOWELS. The
belching sour stomach and heartburn
MORE THAN \ FEN MOuTHFUI.s
BEFORE THE lIEARTBURN WOULD
BEGIN. | caught cold from the least cx-
posture. SO that HAD y COLD NEARLY
ALL THE TIME
My nose was so tender above the bridge
that using handkerchief was painful
MY SLEEP WAS RESTLESS and broken
by BAD DREAMS.and WHEN 1 WOULD
LIE DOWN TIE DROPPING OF NIU-
ME AWAKE AN HOUR OR MORE. The
ringing in my cars was very annoying
An unusually severe attack OF the bowel
trouble drove me to consult Dr. Fircy.
OF NOSE. THROAT. STOMACH AND
BOWELS. I BEGAN TO IMPROVE AT
ONCE UNDER HIS TREATMENT. TIE
MUCUS DISCHARGES CEASED. THE
GOOD. SLEEP SOUND AND REFRESH-
ING. NO HEADACHES. NO DROPPING
IN THE THR9AT, no COLDS, ALL
BOWELS ALL RIGHT. NO BUZZINCi IN
TIE EARS. IN FACT. l FEEL LIKE
ANOTHER MAN. HAVE GAINED Ii
POUNDS IN WEIGHT and 1 urge any
one suffering from Catarrh to try DR..
CHAS. N. FOREMAN.
21S Windsor Ave. Norfolk.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

May be Secretary Hays cession OF
Alaskan territory to Great Britain is
merely another case of mans willing
ness to be generous-wlth what don't
belong TO himI
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

Undoubtedly German Americans are
opposed to militarsm. All the same, it
will be just plain Americans who will
settle this question of Empire or Re
public.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
Are the Three Principal Pro-
ducts of the Mckinley
Administration.
WAR IN CHINA HIS HOPE.
Noise of Hnrrah Party Would Distract
Thought and Arouse Spurious
Patriotism.
BY WILLIS j. ABBOT.

Are the American people weary of
war? Have they had enough vet of
the extra penny on the telegram and
dhe express receipt, the two cents on
the bank check, the multitudinous
exactions-falling not at all on the
corporations, lightly on the very
rich. and most GENEROUSLY on the peo-
pie OF slender means-which 90 to
make up the war tax?
Are they sick of the daily bulletins
OF the dead and crazed sacrificed in
Luzon to keep down an Instruction
officially reported as suppressed a
year ago? Do they count the cost
OF the Philippine experiment and con-
slider what 500. 900 900 a wear
could do here at home. expended in
irrigation To make the western das-
erts blossom like the rose. emploved
co establish government teleo,ranhs
a parcels post, a great national uni
versity, ship canal from the lakes
TO the sea, a government railroad
which would act as a check TO the
extortions OF the privately owned mo-
nopolies?
If the people have become TINS
weary, II they are thus questioned.
they are ready TO consider the yelled
menace IN this utterance by Colonel
Dick, Hanna's campaign manager,
and one OF the men who is urowiny
Tleh from the pickin@s of the Mckin-
Fey administration
The status in China is very threat
en'ng' aud events there may change
che whole political situation here
suppose no one denies that this rov-
eminent ought to protect Americans
II China. and if in doing 50 We shopld
9e brought into war with China ar
'any other power there would be- hnr
one party in this country a. lonp ,s
Tie trouble lasted, and that would H..
the administration party
There stands out the wish thar i
father to the thought. With whar
<eai Will Hanna and Dick aud Brorh-
@Ar Ahner ood Neeley and the rest of
si.e ruItores that fatren on the fruits
OF Mehinlerisln rush 10 the de-
'fSe OF Americans in China ii by -
dong they viii hold the profitable
OF government tor years -
come.
Prot Americans in China az
soorse, and Americans evervwb.rl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09

wher. as. II u harry. b., hi deed of tr1si
oat+d Nov J, i>sss. and recorded IN the re-
cnrtisr'- ONCE slttin and tor Bates county
Mirson4i IN book No tST- page ~ con Sey ri
TO The un IL r-IsneS trustee the folio vi r Z
describe real ert-ts wing and being situate
=" th- cunt 81 Bates and state OF Missouri
to- Wit:
All lots twenty (3ul and twenty-one (sD.
IN eertton sin ID. the srzt faIf OF IaI
-eFef q. in The uor'hw-st quarter of section
i've e. in tow Iship Ihirty-uine tSsj Of rar e
thirtV-tw0 GA. es+ntsiLirE huadret aud
twenrv tour - sores or l. 81: except
he railroad right ot way through eaII land
Also the @S-t half 81 th- nor vest quarter of
section twenty -tft+ q n township ShfTtN
Eight ISL Vf rarx~ twenty- ire t2gl snd
eleven a srTes q tha east cad Of To- north
hsif 81 the n r neast 4usrt-r of tnr southwest
ship th'rfy-tfxnt So, # range --S-nfv-utu-
t2Sl and Is four Il ten lta. eleven ] aai
I welEe III, I" the n"r invest quarter Of sec
: OF Jw-uty = IT, { Nu-hip thru
ing IN al t~o Aundr-i aat seventy
four I2Iij acres. more or lass
which conveyance vac made in trust ["
secure the pHt In-nt OF uae Cer-ain note ruiit
iesrri bee Ia estfd Ted ot Irust: sui whereas
fefaui' hrs been male ia the payment 80 /!
the -emi annual iuIFre-t laid note: At (
n bereas acs y t1n9 30 th- terms znd cont /
ions IN -st'i note and Iced Of tra-l. ST q +
'efaulE r Raeref tae Rnol- lib. ttu- an uay- !
able nj one s.-d the sauGr l. at Gue ant /
nnpsia. NJ" ther fore a. &c request of TIE /
condition. OF -al't de-i ~ trust [ viii ~ pt,e-i
a seii III ahaS- i-ecrt b--i 4retni-@s s. pu7Iic /
'enuu@ TOE htEresi bifder ioT each. site
as. srOnt dutr ui thr courl houle IN 1hr eIIN
ouri On
Fra, August u. lara,
'etween the hours of nine o clock Ia the fore
,o'n and fve o'riock in tue terno"1 o. thai
ntere-J ant sOst. J d. ALLEN.
- u Trustee
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
INTERNATIONAL COLUMN
TO REACH PEKIN AUG. II.
While Begging for Peace China Made
War OH the Foreign EDyoys and
Commended its Soldiers
For the Massacre of
Christians.

/ Shanghai, Wednesday, Aug 1-Th.
allies advanced toward Pekin to-day
1t Is estimated that the expedition
numbers 81. 900 men of all arms with
40 guns. 1t i hoped to reach Pekin
Aug II
1t j. said that he columns covered
about Is miles on the first day's
march.
Ii Hung Chang has asked the Unit
Ell Sta tes Consul General Mr.. Good
now, whether ii he were placed in
communication with the ministers ut
Pekin. the commanders would sus-
pend the advance. Mr.. Goodnow.
the report adds, replied that he would
ask Washington authorities.
The dupIicity ofthe Chinese govern
ment il now made clear.
Tie latest news from Pekin demon
strates that the government. if it did
not directly order he attacks on the
legations. commended. in imperial
edlcts, the troops that for a month
have been Smelling he ENJOYS and at
to massacre their women
and children.
The Chinese government cen no
longer evade its responsibility.
1t has committed the most afro
elons act OF war known to modern
times.
1t is reported that missionaries
nave been massacred in the Shan-Si |
province.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09

ai.a a. well Run "A nresidant Who
haa r,.ba5 -. inro . lone costly snd
blood, y.,rin 4ba Ph;Iinninaa with
n1- h.. consent and scarcely with
tn. Ln,wI-ds,a Of congress cannot IT,.
trusted 10 rnpe with rhis Chinese sit
milton alone. when his own close adj
v.-er- admit that his personal politi-
c.,f Interests would b4 greatly adj
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
SETTLEMENT DOCKET
Of Probate Court, Commencing
Monday, Aug. Is, 1900.

FIRST DAY. MONDAY. AUGUST Is. 1900.
William Ludwick, G " Ludwick, adm
d Wright. L right, admr.
Richard sheppard. Anna sheppard u 4 c
5 A BeaII, " Jamison a mr..
Angie NJ smith ct al, Annette smith
G&C.
Augetine Gutridge, % Brown, admr
Rachel Roe. Brown, Gd'n
John Evans, louisiana Evans TX.
Cornelius Cannon, d Brown, admr
Lethis Begun. ct al, " Tygard, q sc.
Fred Medley, jenkins u &C.
Bonnie ' oeger, ct al. J. II. MaIIan.
SECOND DAY. Tt EsDAY. AUGUST II.
Anna b Cowgirl. James Drysdale, admir-.
Denton Mitchell. Geo r Logan. u &C
william Thomas, Cyrus Requa Ex
PreceIla NuIIis, Z Nullis, Ex
Lucuis Babcock, yno u Moore, G. &C
sarah Baum. Herman Loeb, q &C
Aaron smith ct al, D Brown, curator.
Albert DUFFY, Geo Alsbaeh. curator.
Christ Schmidt, Christ SInidt q &C
Della kisner. X MiIl-r, u & c
John L utile, L Allison, q &C
William WorreIl, FL al, J Williams, cura-
tor.
THIRD DAY. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST l..
Carl Henry, Tide Henry, 9 & C
BERTHE . Gentry Sarah Gentry. curator.
Alice Weller. ct al, { a Emerson, curator.
James A Nesbif, FIoriIa Z Sesbit sdrnx.
John Green, Jacob Green. Ex.
Ernest Rhodes. etzi, susan " Rhodes q &C
French Nj. Frederick, Mary Frederick, II & c.
Willie Talbot. y Br vi. admir-
Frederick " Borcherding Frank @chuster- |
executor.
Nathan d Walden, "a Walden. adfar.
JEANETTE AIIea. - II Alien, admr
I. d. Sanderson, sarah a ssndersou, Ex.
FOURTH DAY. THURSDAY. AUGUST Is. |
Mary Z BoxI~y, c and Fred \ BoxI~v. 1
admrs
Charles Porter, josephine Porter, TX.
Daniel Barber. W Tygsrd. I'd n
Albert Newton. Margaret Z Newton. sdrnx
Daniel shook. u y Brown sdmr
Martin -Baf,r. ID y Brown adrnr
john 4 En=Iey, *. - EnsIey. q L E.
Jetdiah H. Fr 81, James II REybour1 a5rur /
} Rsqua- Il D Requa. atTnr
EFIcElIor fucfzs. Margaret Fuchs. adTftx
n Lee, jacob HlFuI. 2dnr
James 4 AcElroy. - a, John II NcEIroy.
, & {.
STATE or MISSOURI
County Of Bates
I hereby certify he above and foregoing 70
% 4 true and correct cosy Of tte settlement
ockeE for tt + I'D q the PROBATE CERT. con-
neBcIng or the lSgh day 81 August, 1870
witness ny hand add seal This the ,
T-xAL-J 18Th day Of J Ely. 800
) SMITH Judge Of PrObzss
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
BY Electric Oscillation the terms are
Said to be Killed.

New lork. Aug. ,. Electrical os
citation. AS ii new treatment of tn.
| berculOsis was demonstrated, and
the immediate benefit derived
from it by men in the last stages oil
the disease was testified to at an in
teresting clinic today in the offices Oh
Doctor Craft {. Carroll. No. 2l. East
Twenty street.
Doctor Carroll declares that by the
Application OF new principle evolved
by Nikola 'Telsa he can cure the worst
cases OF acute tuberculosis.
Doctor f. p lift, OF Newark. a spe-
cialist in lung diseases. who three
weeks ago was reported to be diving
OF consumption by his brother phy-
sicians. received his third trea tsnent
OF electrical oscillation to-day at the
clinic and then ran to catch a car for
home
The Reverend :. ". Switzer. pastor
OF the Baptist Tabernacle in Harri-
son, \. j., who had been sent TO DIR.
Carroll in the last stages ofconsump-
ton, told of his remarkable cure.
DR.. John B. Rich, president of the
American Nicroscopical Society. de-
clared that it was the most wonder
ful demonstration OF positive beneti
clal results that he had ever seen in
the treatment OF germ diseases.
NikOla Tesla worked for two wears
on the apparatus which Dir. Carroll
used to-day in his first public clinic.
BY applying the electrode of the
Tesla machine, Doctor Carroll drives
through the affected part a quantity |
OF electricity, which if applied in any |
other way. would cause instant
death. With the Tesla 'oscillator'' |
ne handles between two and three /
thousand volts OF electricity with inn /
ounity. The current kills the germs
without hArming the patient and the
Tesla system. judged by results.
seems to hs the most rational con
cure exploited in recent
years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
COL. O'DAl MAKES A STATEMENT.
Declares His Wife's Attempt at Suicide
Was the Result of Mental Abera-
ton and Extreme Nervousness.

st. Louis, No, Aug 1.-Col. JOIN
20 Day to-day made a statement o
the circumstances concerning tn,
transfer Of portion OF his propert,
to his wife, her dissatisfaction witt
which. added to other causes. wa,
alleged to haveprompted her to take
her own life, He said:
For more than a yearI have beer
IN such poor health as TO be unable
TO attend To business, being com
PEELED TO devote all my time to re-
gaining my health Last December
| was So i'll my life was despaired of,
and | made my will. bequeathing my
wife IL share of my estate. which was
satisfactory to her. A month later
| and my wife went to Florida. and
while there my wife suggested that it
would be more satisfactory to her to
have me deed her that portion of nv
estate TO which she would be entitled
on my death. After mature consid-
Grafton | did so. conveying to her
zeal estate in Green county and per
sonaI property and money, more
than equal to what would have been
her share in the event of nv death.
This WAS done merely to avoid pos
siole complications after my death.
anu not in contemplation OF any sep
aratlOn between us, as such n stem
was never discussed nor thought of
by either.
Mrs. O'Day's health has not been
very good for several years, and
when went south second time she
was unable to accompany me. She
has suffered from insomnia. and 70
Gently her nervous symptoms became
50 aggravated that she has been nm
der treatment in ST. Louis. Her AT
tempt ut -. ile was undoubtedly
the result ot mental alteration. due
70 her exceedingly nervous state.
There i o truth in the sensational
articles that have been published con-
corning our reported domestic quar-
rels, and the shooting was not caus-
FL by any quarrel between lis over
he settlement of the property"
Mrs . boy is improving rapidly. |
a"d her physician expresses strong |
hopes OF her r..covery. No one is ad !
nltted 10 So her but her companion. |
Miss Margaret Quinn. Mr.. O'Day |
'imself i Very i'll and weak and is T
lnder the constant care of a phvsi-I
ian