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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
III Hunp

Shanghai Aug. Tt il learned tbn I
Hung Chang, through his differences VII
Ii Ping Heng, has definitely broken With IA
Msnchu dynasty and is now plotting VII
Chi Chen Lofeng Lu, the Chinese Minister'S
London, and WI Ting Fang, the CbID~
Minister at Washington, and other moder d
to overthrow the Manchus and establish ta'
self as Emperor and founder Of a new Csra'
dynasty.
His efforts, II is said, are now dire&
toward securing the aid or benevolent d.
trality Of the Powers In his schems, .
promising reform, and friendship for iOtt
Bers.
1t is believed the Manchus will lan
Pekin upon the advance of the allies, VIA
Ii. aided by the Chinese party aud "
southern viceroys, will consent to "
powers establishing him on the throne.
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

Osborne. Isle of Wight, August T.
Queen Victoria has approved Lord
Salisbury's draft OF her speech pr0rogu-
ing parliament. The propagation Will
take place shortly.
Rome, August Tt Ia stated that
ever since the former attempt to assas-
sinate King Humbert in 1897, be wore
a shirt of mail, which, however, he re-
moved at Mona, feeling absolutely safe
there.
Cowes, August The race for the
O ,een's cup the feature Of regatta week
here, was won today by Satanits, on
time allowance. Emperor Williams
Yacht Meteor, which won the trophy
last wear. fioished first, b4ating the
Satanits in actual sailing by two min-
utes and a half. This is the only race
in which the Meteor will participate,
the yacht having been withdrawn from
the other events because OF the recent
death of the Duke of SAKE. COhurg-Go-
tina.
Paris, August 7.-Salson. the anarch-
ist, who attempted to assassinate the
Shah, was confronted today with one
Valletes, supposed to be an accomplish.
The two men rushed into each Others
arms but denied that they were accom-
plices.
Alden, August IAN explosion &C.
Cured today in the boiler room OF the
German warship Buzzsrd killing three
men and iDjuring three.
Shanghai, August 7.-Dr. Stoughton
OF the United States gunbeat Castine
was drowned here today.
London, Aug 7s-Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, the chancellor of the exchequer,
said 10 the House of Commons today
that an American house had offered
to take half of the new British war
loan, which fact assured the loans sue
cess. Sir Michael said also that he was
advised that the reserve In the Bank of
Eogand was the lowest 10 years; that
he movement of gold from the United
States would afford relief If one half OF
be loan was taken 10 New York.
Paris, Aug. THE cab strike stua'
ton here has, If anything, grown worse.
Troops continue to guard The cab depots
and the striking cabmen use great vio-
ence towards comrades who want to
work. Cabs are overturned and broken
but the company owning them still re.
fuses 10 lower the price to 16 francs.
Chsrlottenburg, Aug. Herr Lieb.
NIGHT, the well known soc slist DEM
ocrat and member of the Reichstag,
| died here TODAY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Fired in Self Defense

New York, Aug. John Trspp sri
John Corrie, longsboremsn, were sto,
and seriously wounded this morning b
their foreman, DomiDick Bsce, in Jersy
City. A gang OF men, under Bace, gat
we're ct work on the pier. began QlN
rel, among themselves. Bsce tried d
stop the row when the men turned %
him. In self defense he drew a reyo.
yer and fired the shots that struck t,:
two men. l. is claimed that many d
the men under Brace, especially thOs
OF Italian birth, are anarchists. Tbg
are said to have been troublesome silc
the assassination. of King Humbeu d
Italy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
TUESDAY EVENING. AUG. 7, 1900.

TOMORROW the committee appointed
nv the national democratic convention
to notify Mr.. Bryan formally OF his
nomination for President, will perform
that duty, and Mr.. Bryan will formally
accept the nomination and state the
grounds on which he expects the great
majority OF the unbought people OF the
country to support him; among them'
opposition to high tariff, trusts, im-
perialism, and wars, especially such as
are entirely unnecessary, unjust and
cruel, and against the exemption OF the
surplus incomes of the rich from taxa
ton, and the putting of the whole cost
of the national government upon the
poor. To disinterested and unpre]u-
diced people, it seems that such grounds
would be sufficient; but against them Is
the powerful influence of the immense
sum OF money Mr.. Hanna has exacteo
from those who profit by the tsrin'
trusts, army and navy contracts and
concessions in the newly conquered
provinces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
The War in Africa.

London, Aug. Lord Roberts re-
ports that the town of Harrismitb, 10
the extreme eastern Orange Colony,
surrendered to General Macdonald on
August 4. The railroad from Bloem-
fontein to Ladysmith is open. Hitch.
ener, who is now south of the Vaal,
trying to surround De Wet, has been
pined by Brsbant's cavalry. General
Carrington started to relieve the Ca
nadsns at Elaands river and General
Ian Hamilton reported that he heard
heavy firing 10 that direction. which
has since become more distant. Rob-
erts thinks this indicates that the Ca
usdians have been relieved and are re.
treating toward Zserust.
Brussels, Aug. with reference
to the rumor that the Beers were on
be eve of surrendering, Herr Fischer,
one of the Boer ENJOYS, said today that
the war had now only reached half its
duration and England was already
tired of it. President Kruger and a
majority OF the Beers, he said, were
prepared 70 resist indefinitely.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Russian Atrocities.

San Francisco, August THE most
remarkable story that has thus far come
out OF China is that told by Mrs. E. B
Drew, who, with her three daughters,
was passenger on the transport Lo-
gan, which has arrived here from Taku.
Mrs. Drew is the wife OF the Chinese
customs officer at TientsiD.
ut is o shameful tale TO nerrate,'
she said. "We escaped from a slaugh-
Ter by the boxers only to witness bar
barous conduct by Russian troops.
"a timid, frightened Chinese mother
would be hidden 10 corner of her lit
lie home. She would have babe in
her arms. A Russian marine or troop
er would burst open the door.
"Having robbed the house of jewelry
or other valuables, he would then mur-
der the frightened woman hiding in the
corner.
"A thrust of the bsyonet would end
her miserable existence. Her babe
would then be tossed from bayonet 10
bayonet until it was dead.
"Chinese women we're mistreated and
murdered in house after house. II
seemed as though nothing could stay
the mad frenzy OF thess Russians. Wo-
men and children from various villages
we're now and then driven into theYel-
low or Peiho rivers.
THE Russians stool on the banks until
ev T, man, woman or child d either been
snot and killed or drowned. 1t was geneI-
ally accepted as true at Tientsin that the
Chinese commander of the Tsku forts was
murdered by Russians.
'As the story goes, when the Chinese mi
mander stopped forth with his sword extend.
ed to surrender, he was merciessly shot
down in bis tracks The members OF his staff
we're also shot down by the Bussians.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Bryan and Roosevelt

Chicago, Aug. 7.-Roosevelt viii
probably meet William J. BRYAN I,
what will be virtually joint debstsn
Chicago on Labor Day, September /
The labor organizations have inyitJ
him to attend their picnic here on tt,
day, and 1t is understood he villa
cept. Bryan has already accepted h,
labor unions request that he speak 4
tleir annual gathering. Whilethe Die
mic is understood to be strictly ro,.
partisan, in its character, there I:rs
doubt but the labor people expeci 10
hear the political sues of he d.y
discussed by the leaders whom ttsy
have requested to address them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Kruger to Surrender

London, Aug. IA Pretoria disn.,..
says that it Is positively stated w..
President Kruger is willing to snr, ,s'
der as coon ss he feels satisfsctorIe' !.
sured OF his ultimate destination b.
ident Kruger was lest reported At r.,
berton, not far from the Porluous.,.
border ia the Transvaal. '
Mr.. Wyndham, the parlismep,,,
war secretary, created .s,
sation 10 the House of Commons toi.,
by announcing that he expected Il,
war in South Africa would be owe, ~ 1,
three weeks.
A Reuter- dispatch from Pre,o,,
states that President Kruger is spyion,
to surrender proving that sstisfscto,,
provision for his personal future +
made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
COrean Prince a High Roller

San Francisco, Aug. 7.--Prince Eui
Wha, second son OF the Coresn King, ar
rived here on Saturday in charge OF
second Secretary Sin Ia Moo of the
Corean legation at Washington, and
the Secretary said the Prince was going
10 school in Virginia. The Prince,
however, thinks San Francisco Is good
enough place for him and it's Tender
loin better SCHOOL than any 10 Vr.
giDis. He dresses we'll and, having
plenty OF money, he has set hot pace
since he struck towD. The Secretary
ysinly tried to curb his propensities for
RICH rolling, and yesterday the matter
reached climax when the Prince de-
clsred his independence and refused to
90 to the Virginia school. He said he
proposed to stay here until he grew
tired OF the town and its pretty women.
The Secretary will leave for Wash
ington today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

PANIC IN A CHURCH.-A mad dog
got into the Church of the Transfi gure.
ton, at Williamsburg, N. Y, Sunday,
and made things lively for few miu-
utes. To whom the dog belonged and
where BE came from are a mystery. II
was large black dog, cross between
a mongrel and setter, aud was first
observed in Marcy avenue, near GNin.
nett street, where 1t terroriz I'd many
children. Some negroes stoned the
animal and 1t ran away.
The dog next turned up in the
church, OF which Rev. Father Mcclure
is the rector. A ten o'clock mass was
nearly over when the dog appeared.
Father Mcclure bad stepped into the
vestry, and an assistant priest was end
log the service when the dog sneaked
into the church in the st. Joseph's altar
side. The benediction had just bsen
given, when the dog ran around to the
centre aisle and went up toward the
altar. barking and swapping.
The congregation became intensely
excited, and many persons leaped over
pews 10 their anxiety to get into the
side sisles. Women screamed, and adj
ded to the confusion, and for several
minutes psndemonium prevailed. A
hslf-dozen men, who had made their
way up to the altar rail aud passed
along to the main aisle, managed to
get a grip on the animal. and, after
much difficulty, got it to the front en-
trance to the church, where the other
men kicked the dog into the street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
THE CHINESE TROUBLES.

IL is believed in Washington that
General Coafee and a body of Ameri-
can troops took part in the fight at
Peilsang, though this is not positively
known. The Ninth and Fourteenth
Infantry, Captain Reilly's battery Of
The Fifth artillery and body of ma
rines uuder Maj )r Waller are supposed
to have been at the front. Otner Amer.
lCan troo are landing at Iaku.
A Shanghai dispatch to the London
Daily Mail says: "rhe Pekin relief
column is reported to have suffered u
cIeck. The Chinese are said to have
adopted Tugela tactics and after sew
eral hours Of fighting to have re-
treated.
The main advance OF the allied ar-
mics began las. Saturday. This is at
last definitely known, as w. X Carries,
British consul at Tientsin, has cabled
it to London in an official dispatch.
Previous to Saturday only scouting
parties had advanced.
Dr.. r. E DIffenderfer, who has arr
rived at San Francisco on the trans
port Logan with large number of ref
ugees from China, was 10 Tlentsn dur
ing the bonn bardment of that city by
Chinese in July. He says the bomb
ardmeDt was probably caused by an at
tack on a body of Chinese imperial
troops ordered by a midshipman in
charge OF small party of foreign ma
rines.
The Chinese have evidently begun a
determined campaign to drive the Rus
slams out OF MaDchuria. About 5000
persons, including railway officials and
their families, have taken refuge al
Khabarovsk and will be embarked on
steamers. Tue driving out of the &c
refugees will seriously interfere with
the construction OF the Siberian rail-
road, which the Car hoped to have
finished for military purposes in the
autumn.
The situation at Chung King became
so serious that the EOglish consul has
If, aud the French aud Japanese con-
suls are following suit
The War department was Informed
by General Macarthur that he had
shipped additional heavy artillery to
General Cnafee.
There has been cessation of diplo-
matte communications between the
United States and the Chinese govern
ments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
IN MEMORIAL.

JOHN EVANS, esq, the su9eo ,'.s
notice, was DO d in NewtoWn. a Ny ~
shire Great Britain, MAY 10 - - ,,,,r
age of eight years be came TO 'I re. y
with his parents, locating first s. W. l,.,s &
and later at Syracuse, NY. Al sd ei s,',, .
gave CIV idence Of high literary SUI. SUI u
after graduating at the PCugDA0 bo,s -
School was admitted to the on ". ~ n raa
York and Washington. lie sooa .li.n III
entered upon q career OF loelus,''G p n
intimst.l = connected with hoI,'' .r1 sH
Chss A. Dsra, Geo. c. Ben,ett "a Va y
influential men OF that Pefod' ~ BIZ
was held in the highest es'e' - ,f pai?1t
tegrity, learning and singene', bina. I.
Tbrousbout his life he deVoIe' D }
the study Of literature and tne = prh
critical analyst and . clc'e $40
reasoner his conversation "s' 'a,racs ~
all his friends. Rejecting 'ng Sios ~ ,
the conventional, no had 81 aO,,o.irps Z"
the Justice and mercy OF the eve, mod e.
A man of the brosdest snl SS,,bs 2
yi.ws and education, and OF the c'.ri.s
anement he died Ms he hsd n.y. ,aFen4
and q philosopher. bearing .no a r.e
his last illness with u1eAamr "a o. -
and for,itude. lie hsd the infin tsi
and the heart of 8 child; be lei ~. - ,oyssD
man eloouept of that charity VIZ bro -
ali things He is survived BY WI T. y
Shss p Evans OF Washington =.
Edward J. Evans OF AIehsDO
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Dire FOrebOding.

Boston Aug. IA secret meeting oi@
ilisn Clayton Jewett anti lynchipg "a.
was held last night in st. Psus C1aIe
The President, Rev. Benjsmin ". fm'
stated that suitable resolutions were p'st
and sent to the colored people Of New Oraa
but would not be made public. Fsrfl' o
that If the present csndition OF thing =,
tinued, especially In New Orleans Il E''.
be impossible for the conservative pep E y
hold back those who wanted to rsen' y =
trestment Of the colored people tier; - .
might be that some day the people o. y
north would wake up and find the negioc
tho south had cut the wires to the souIa =
had destroyed the railroads. WIZ W
vastly superior numbeIical strength De-
they could overpower the whites there
control things before the whites coaId ~
q move. The neg roes Of the south u" +
said. becoinings desperate, and no one ~
answer for what they would do
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

TORE OFF RIVALS DRESS. People
who passed the house OF Detective John
Feger, in the Fifth ward,in Reading, Pa,
Saturday, saw a large American q *
floating from a staff which was fastened
from a second story window. Mrs
Feger came out and viewed the nation
al colors with satisfaction. She was
asked the purpose OF the demonstration
when she repliel
"DiGn't the Americans put out flags
when they whipped the Spainards2'
Asked for an explanation, she said that
the flag was put out in honor OF her own
victory the night before.
This referred to an unmerciful beat.
ing Mrs. Feger administered to Ger
tain Miss Hart, whom she accu ses OF
being the destroyer OF her family hap
piness.
Mrs. Feger is woman OF great
strength. She laid 10 wait for Miss
Hart, disguised as beggar. She was
sttired in an old dress and wore green
gogg es.
As Miss Hsrl approached she ap-
pealed for aims and then set upon
and beat her with hickory stick, and
tore her clothes from her back until she
was nude to below the waist. Neigh
bors took her in and gave her dress in
which to go home. After celebrating
her victory for several hours Mrs. Fee
ger took in the flag. Miss Hart is q
mass Of welts and bruises.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Bryan and Steyepson

Buds, Ills, Aug. IA crova
neighbors and friends went to tbs%u o.
in Lincoln to see the democ ,st !" o uspol
dates and party of for the IndisnsoSaalll
notification meeting. At OmaSpOs
large crowd was waiting at the st",,. a
and the candidate was given , r'at0r
rousing reception. Heidi not mSH
speech, however. 'Ass
Chicago, Aug. 7.-William 7 D..
and party arrived from Lincoln sSe!'s,a
before ten o'clock this morning '"V Tl7
train was met at the depot by 3 ot aos
crowd of local democrats who cbss. ,'si
the democratic nominee for ssvai
minutes as he appeared on the ' nlOi
form. After shaking hands viii, P'''
number of friends, Colonel Brvsn
escorted to the Sherman House bv "a a
reception committee. "'
0Adlai E. Stevenson with bis wits
children arrived 10 Chicago las, ni IVA
from Bloomington. Mr.. Steyensons s'
10 the best OF health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A census OF the school children In
Virginia shows decrease in the attend
ance by colored children.
John w. Shepherd, one OF the oldest
business men OF HsrrisoDburg, died
Sunday night, after days illness.
The GilIigan case was called at Isle
of Wight Courthouse yesterday on mo-
ton for q new trial and continued one
day on defendants motion.
Mr.. Thomas II. Bledsoe, twenty
eight years old, son OF Mr.. Moses L.
Bledsoe, died at his fathers home, in
Orange county, on Saturday night, oil
typhoid fever.
Miss Anna Gallagher, aged about
fifty years, died yesterday Al Charles
towp, W. Va. at the home OF her bro
tber, w. B. Gallagher, editor OF the Vlr'
ginia Free Press.
Chairman EIyson Of the State dem
ocratic committee will announce his
new executive committee next week,
and this body will meet with the Safe
committee on the l5,h.
Gov. Tyler mas committed the death
sentence OF Frank Benjamin to impris-
onment Tor life. BeDj amin is the negro
boy who attempted criminal assault
upon Miss Kahn, a trained nurse, ID
Hampton, some months ago.
A spark from a threshing machine set
fire to the barn of j. III. Pickeral. near
Vaucluse, Frederick county, saturday.
S sven hundred bushels OF grain, ten
tous of hay, and other contents OF the
barn were burned. The loss is 81 200;
fully insured.
Col. William X. Aylett, who was
stricken with paralysis a week ago,
died last night at his home in King
William county. He was a Virginian
and sixty-seven years old and was an
officer in Pickett's division, and was
widely koown as lawyer and stump
speaker.
On Saturday w. S. KERN, of Relief,
Frederick county, hung his vest contain
ing $205.06 on fence while he burned
some brush of his land. He started
fire aud went a short distance aws'.
When he returned the fire had burned
~ his vest and al the money except
the cents.
Mrs. Lulu Hall Kuhn, who was
thrown out of the window OF her room
in Philadelphia on the night OF April
"a by her husband, in a jealous rage,
died in Richmond last night. She had
been at the Retreat for he Sick since
being taken from Philadelphia month
ago. She was the daughter of Mrs. :.
:. Hall, OF Richm md, and was twenty
four years old.
Mrs. Mary f. Smith, about $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning, pulled a
strip of weather boarding oil her dwell
ing, in Richmond, and putting the con-
tents of coal oil Can between the plas-
tering aud the weather boarding, drop
ped match in the opening, and in d
few minutes the home was too far gone
or the fire company to save. Mrs.
smith is morphine eater, and is thoght
TO be demented. Her present husband
10 her third. O1ce before she was charg-
ed with having tried to burn down b
house. She Is under arrest and in Jail,
and gives no reason for burning the
house. The house belonged TO Mr.. Geo.
Il. Ruth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

EX- CONGRESSMAN TRACEY OF New
York, like most OF the men who foll)w-
ed Mr.. Cleveland out OF the democratic
party, having injured that party. nat
urally hates it, and continues to do so.
He, therefore, has gone over to the re-
publloans, as the most effective means
of hurting the men with waom he FORM
erly trained. But, also like the others,
Mr.. Tracey is now impotent either for
harm or good. Mr.. Cleveland has sue
ceeded not only in sinking himself, but
in dragging down all those who at
tempted to sustain him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

THE WISE and moral Virginia Legis-
lature stopped betting on horse races
before the bettors' eyes, but not Oh
such as are run out OF their sight, but
a New York Judge has decided that
women as well rs men have the right to
bet on the horse races they see. 10
former times the laws of Virginia aud
the decisions of Virginia courts were
authorities all over the country; but it
is different now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07
Country

THE ANARCHISTS have found con-
genial home in this country; as might
we'll have been expected, for where
every man is free and equal and has
the right to save money or to spend it
as he may choose, riches will soon ac-
cumulate in the hands of few, and the
many who haven't any, will favor
anarchy or any other means by which
there may be new deal, so that they
NAV have another chance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

SUICIDE.--Cspt. G. Booker Jones
committed suicide yesterday morning
at 2 o'clock at his home al Hilton. near
Newport News, by shooting himself
through the brain. About Is months
ago, while getting over fence, Capt.
Jones accidentally discharged a shot
gun, which blew the lower part of his
face of He made marvellous recov.
cry, but suffered much from the injury
and was really dying when be killed
himself. He could not have lived a
week longer. Intense pain probably
drove him to commit the deed. He
was 70 years OF age, forty miner"
4 nd dnring the civil war captain Of the
Old Dominion Dragons, which went
out from Hampton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

That THERE are some men in the
North unprejudiced enough to see
things in their true light and fair
enough to tell what they see, is made
plain by the TACT thst the New YCfk
Evening Post, usually an anti-demo'
cratic newspaper, approves the restric-
ton recently imposed upon negro suf-
irage 10 North Carolina, and says that
many other Northern people also do,
and say so privately. All do, who have
any real interest in the welfare OF the
counfrv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

RELIABLE intelligence from Porto
Rico is to the effect that among the ma
tive citizens of that island friend OF
the United States is rarely to be found,
and that they compare their condition
now with what i. was under their old
and legitimate government, sadly re-
greet the change, and realize, to their
great sorrow, their mistake in not bear
ing the alleged ills of the monarchy they
had, instead of flying to the imaginary
delights of Stree and equal republi-
can government" But experience al
WAYS is a dearly bought lesson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-07

EDUCATION IN ADVERTISEMENT
Ia order to insure the reading OF his
advertisements regularly by the public
the experienced business man does not
merely announce his line of trade and
the location of his store, but tells what
he has to offer that is new. The read
or gains a practical education in social
customs, fashions, inventions, trade,
etc, from study of the advertising
columns of the newspaper. As the ad-
vertisemeGts become more specific the
number of regular readers increases.