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esict. already has indicated that, while
reparation might he afforded the powers
for injuries sustained by their citizens
after the attack on the Taku forts, the
Chinese government viii not assume re-
sponsibility for what has happened or
what Will happen as result OF military
operations following that event or course
this notice from the tsung II yanen can
be construed as an answer to Secretary
Hays demand upon II Hung Chang that
free communication be opened with the
ministers at Peking and their govern
menis. ana in consequence the negotiations
which were about TO be instituted, had
the request been complied with. may he
regarded as indefinitely postponed. Mean
white the Chinese ministers In Europe
and Mr., Wu. in the Uplted States. are
siiil making last combined effort to
make plain 10 the imperial government
the faulty of the course now being fol-
lowed by the tsung II yamen respecting the
continued isolation OF the foreign minis
tcrss and II may be that their. representa-
tons will meet with favorable response
decisive victory achieved by the interna-
tional column.
strict Censorship Maintained.
Strict censorship, strongly reinforced by
immense difficulties In the way of speedy
communication between Tientsin and the
outer world, SIM surrounds the progress
of the international column toward PEI
king.
There is a renewal of the rumor that
something IL occurring al Shankwan, at
the eastern end OF the great wall, which
will surprise the Chinese. There Is a
fine military road from this point To Pee
king, over high and dry ground. and
although the distance is nearly twice
that from Tientsin to Peking. It's phy-
sicai advantages may make this route
practically much shorter IN point of
time. IL IS believed here that a strong
Russian column either has been or win
be landed at that point. to converge on
Pelxing simultaneously with the inierna-
tienal column. thus dividing the Chinese
opposing forces.
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Assaliant Taken Prisoner and Iodg-
ed in renttrnttary

WAfrsA WAG.l.A. Aug Emma Kid
well a is-year~nl8 Eiri WAS brataiiy as
Saitfte8 by an unknown man M z a'clock
this afternoon Ia the suburbs of Waiia
Waiia. The man threw Der upon the
ground and when she screamed he pugled
oug pocket knife and stabbed her several
times ID the region of the heart and then
ran away. The giri is iu a critical condi-
fiou. late tonight man answerus the
description 9ieen was arrested he Was
taken 10 faN and soon the news sr@eat
that fhe EfrFs assaiiaut had been cap.
turci
crowd gathered and angry muttertngs
were heard Fer the sake ~ rrocAuttor
the authorities took she prisoner t0 tho
slMte peniteutlary. where he can be quart
81 safety. The feeling Is lntense
The police are Row confident that the
man arrested Is The right man. lie gives
The nAme u EAward SNtherian4
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LONDON. Aug. t--The war office has
received a disrafch from Lord Roberts.
dated az Pretoria. Aus. T. which SAYS;
Lord Algernon Lennox has been re-
leased hy tho Beers Only two officers
are prisoners.
"commandant Olivier has managed to
escape to the hills in the vicinity OF Beth
lehem. with 800 men. He has Informed
Gen Hruce Hamilton that he does not
consider himself hound by Gen. Prinssoo's
offer to surrender. and that bis force
intends 10 continue the war, lie has
taken position between Ilarrismith and
the new market road. Lieut. Gen. Nundio
Is now following him.
''Prisoners captured ny Gen. Ian Ham
ilton say that only soft-nosed bullets arc
now served out 20 the Beers, hence tho
wounds OF our men are very serious. l
am presenting this matter and protesting
to Gen. Botha."
Hunters noer crisoaers.
LONDON, Aug 4--Isord Roberts tele-
graphs to tho war office that Gen. Hunter
reports that Nsfs men have surrendered
10 him altogether.
Gen. Hunter also secured s.oss horses
Lord Roberts adds that Gen. Ian Ham
ilion Is continuing his movement toward
Rustenbrrg and engaged the Beers IN tho
Magaiiesberg range Thursday,
Lieut.. Col, Rhodes and Mai. q. A. VIII
liama were among the fnrty-nnc Hfsti-h
wounded The noerH left two dead and
several severely wounded. Thursday night
a train was siataticd ard attacked twenty
miles south ~ Kxppns,ad -four man bc-
ing Killed an<1 saenunded.
Lord usesasx cspt~s~a.
Lord Alxernon I.onnox and forty men
were made prisoners. but were released
AZ the request OF the American cansui
general. whn was In the train. a Hoes
force attacked tscn. Knox near kroon-
s,ad August 1, but WAS routed, and LETT
five wagons and a lst OF cattle
\ a,rnntch from Pretoria. dated August
4 IA news agency here. sayss
~, il reported that Gen. Christian De-
we, II scnd from a nheli wound Tho
rcport has not been confirmed
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pa,s,c Expected Today.

at for maintaining order In the yangtse
valley.
Battle Expected Today.
Nothing direct from the ailics onerat-
ing beyond Tientsin is 20 hand, but a
news agency dispatch from Shanghai to-
day says "a battle is expected sunday
with Gen, Mas 1000 Chinese AT Yang
tsu. The Russian ana French sonting-
ents. according to this dispatch. are
guarding the communications OF tho
Americans, British and Japanese. who
form the advancing column.
A dispatch dated mt Ticnisin. Friday.
July "a. says another dispatch from the
British minister ri Peking. Sir Claude
Macdonald. has been received duplicat-
ing. IN part, the one sent by a different
route. but adding the Information that
the British, American. Russian and Ger
man legations. July 2i had provisions
barely sufficient FOR fourteen days and
that ammunition was short.
Refuses 20 Leave Pektne.
The ministers had again rejected the
proposal ~ the Chinese government that
they leave Peking under escort Of Chi
nesr troops Another courier from tho
Japanese legation brings dispatch. Hat
ed July %. saying that but 1--WE days
provisions were left and Twenty-Five
rounds for each man. The British con-
sui, Mr.. Frazer, and the foreign eom-
mnnity are leaving chnngking. province
Of Szechuen In consequence OF an Official
warning from Shanghai
There N no trouble in chungklng now
or IN any part ~ Szcchnen. but disturb
anccs are expected when the allies reach
Picking.
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bAIENTSN Chefoo Aug SIT is reported the
Chinese broken the canal bank flooding country
between Tientsin Pekng Thirty
eight miles north of Tientsn and battle is imminent
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MAT.DJk. % the InRadine. Switzerland.
Aaa A-=G T.. Way and his Aen. ar4
fhiftren others accompanied hy Mg 1i8
ls Fxss an KnRisahEnu- cSirnsNa tbs Ciras
aaiFnys0 aisnDGf q guide gsafsf3aF Wien
near fhs summit NF Way ntigred 9n i
Ffcre ana fe'i Ugfr a rrecipice The r1Hs
attaching hius 20 lis Apn hfeka, and the
two were Elilsd Mir. DE Ia Hue returned
with great difficulty. TIE bottles were
recovered The Ways stopped At tbs Ho-
"a SAl0Sa-
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WASHINGTON. Aug G-Col William
Al Muse, u the marine corps az the Mare
island nRvy yard Is 90. ana has fssnn or
aered 70 Washing on. n o.. for exam
nation fer retirement Eils retirement
wil promote GO tbs next higher grade
Lieut. Col r II. Harrington. Mai r O
bergman Cant II G. Haines First
lieut.. A. E. Jones ant Second Lieut.. ysa-
dali EaalA
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Ii HUNG CHANGES SUICIDE REPORTED.

SHANGHAI Aug s. 525 ma report had been circulated
that Lii Hung Chang had committed suicide
foreign official his residence
refused.
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CANAL BANK REPORTED BROKEN.
AND WHOLE COUNTRY FLOODED.
Measure Taken by Chinese to Stop the Advance From
TientSin to Peking.

Thirty Thousand Boxers Eight Miles North of ents and Battle
With Foreigners Now Imminent til Hung Chang
Said to Have Killed Himself.
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PARIS EXPERIENCES
BOTH GRIEF AND JOY.
A Week of Exciting Events
Causes Varying Emotions.
HUMBERT AND THE SHAH.
Mourning for the One Causes
Neglect for the Other.
HuMBERT AND THE SHAH.

Grief for the Assassination of ItnIy's
ON the Persian Monarch's Life
and Rejoicing Over Military vic-
tories In Africa, Together with
the Current Run of Events, Have
Touched Many Chords of Human
Passion-HoIders of Exposition
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Refuses to Be Bound by Gen.
Prinsloo's Surrender.
USING SOFT-NOSE BULLETS
Gen. Hunter Reports S.S48
Beers have Oapitulated,

Lord Algernon Lennox and Forty
Men Were Made Prisoners In tho
Magniiesburx Range ON Thurs
day, hut Released at the Request
of American Consul-Report OF
GEN. Dewet'a Death Il unccuarm-
ea-News From south Africa
Comes slowly, hut Indicates an
Early Termination of the War.
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BARRIERS ERECTED
BY CHINESE TROOPS.
Foreign Forces to Encounter Bsrri-
cadcs ON Land. distractions in
River and Mines ON Rniiroad,

LONDON. Aug. 5, $50 n. m.-i4aat
nights dispatches add nothing 10 ths
general Information as 10 the progress
~ events In China. Although the agents
9t the cable company at Tiontsin on July
- asserted that the censorship OF press
dispatches had been abolished II Is rvi-
dent that the correspondents are not al
lowed 70 cable any account OF the ad-
vance IN me direction Of Peklng.
Chinese Erect Barriers.
According 10 dispatch fron Shanghai.
dated August 2. tho principa. opposition
viii be met twenty miles west of Tien-
tSin. " here it is stated the Chinese have
erected extensive barriers and sbstrue-
tiens have been placed iu the river
. Mines are said 70 have been located I'm
der the railway. and the ii6e IL appar-
entity left intact shsna. the aamiHistFa-
tor ot selcEraphs and railways ebjesiesi
70 Tire measures taken for The defense
% the foreign settlements. the enroll
nleBt Cf volunteers and the presence -
rumcrous WaFshigss. and asked the for
oiEa ronsuiiz 20 suspend these measures
The British conHai replied bv pointing
out that the measures were onlY intend
ea TO strengthen the hands o. the lawful
Chinese authorities.
Repat.sd by Russians.
A sfisastch from 81 pefershurg dated
AUGUST 4 savs that Gen MascDvaky re-
ports from CHINA That Eart @f tsfA
Crions forces attacked and drove back
the Chinese regiments on JAY - cap
turing one gun and uaraber % faEs
aag killing the Chinese commander and
ea g1gen The Russian iosH was sSEan
killed aua twsntv wouade3
Reports fraa Berlin fay that Prince
Henry in behalf II Eugarur Mlaianl,
rrade the parting address 6.9AnE cord
hy 10 the fourth East Asiah regimsni,
which ssHaa from Hreueraaven rs ihe
directlpn q Cnina today
For Defense Of shanghai.
Admiral Seymour teieErapasd 70 the as-
ruiralty today that he had SEN the Vice
roy OF Nauklng August :. that fhe vice
roy was very friendly and seemed anxl-
cus .n malntaiu peaca = iae xangtae vaJ-
}ey ard h&4 agreed to the landing % a
gaxco ~ 5000 British troops fog ihe ae-
feusc 81 Shanghai.
The viceroy returned the admiSaFs visit
the next day and renewed his assurances
of friendship. An ag1eeIGeEt Wa arrived
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e at for maintaining order in the yangtse
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css ,,sss ysnf essisr faf sANfrtE sHIRr rssss a
SSssssIkr tiNtH MkfRAs. FLANNEL. JAG.
vAsDA iiNrN e rhais.sscr wa eisass wc
~ hssaM 0N lsaA tRpiEs WAISTS roo
nsxss tss4 shittax 8 ALWAYS tAe LATEST ana
The reformer., 1900-01-27
OUR NEW VENTURE.

1t is our purpose in the near
future, under our newly acquired
charter, to start a general gro
Gerry and mercantile business. BY
this venture we hope to open up
a new avenue of trade, especially
to our friends in the country dis
tricts; a medium through which
they will find ready and pro-
6table sale for their produce.
We have long contemplated
this move and not that we feel
this to be the most opportune
time for it we have ventured to
begin the work at once.
All we ask is a hearty cooper
alton on the part of our friends
in the country as we'll as the city
and if we can succeed in getting
this we will surely meet with sue
AaasS.
The reformer., 1900-01-27

Iation is that occasionally
though rarely, some dirty, i'll
hammered Negro insists upon
seating himself beside some white
lady. For this misbehavior on
the part of some brutal colored
man an indignity is to be put
upon a whole race, for to say
that neatly dressed and well be-
haved Negroes must be penned
off to themselves and not allow
ed to come into car into which
any white person, no matter
how dirty or i'll behaved he may
be, can ride is not just and is
meant to be mortifying to an en-
tire race, the members of which
are as a general rule polite and
well-behaved.
This Legislation proposes that
the State shall put upon a large
class of it's citizens an indlgn1ty
which must be mortifying to al
it's self-respecting members.
Whenever any passenger
whether white or cOlored, mis-
behaves it is the duty of the con
ductor and his assistants to pu
such person off the cars, or to pu
| him under arrest until he can b.
turned over to the officers of tn
law at the next station.
Here we have been riding ii
railroad trains with colored pei
sons ever since the close Of tn
civil war and to raise this fus
about it now seems not onl
ridiculous, but hypocritical, /
view of the fact that the Colore
people who travel on our cal
+ now are every bit as well-beha'
ed as they ever were.
The reformer., 1900-01-27
s-~
VOTES.

For the past six weeks one OF
the daily papers of Richmond
has been daily engaged in max
ing scurrillous attacks upon the
Negro.
Atone time this paper offend
ed the Jews of Richmond ana
they of right withdrew their
patronage from the paper.
The management at once be-
gun to cater to the Negro, till
now more than 5000 copies OF
it are left at colored homes daily.
Now that the paper delights III
attacking the Negro, should we
do less than the Jew? We must
have the manhood to retallate.
Do not let sugar-soated arti-
cles on the "genteel Negro" lind
a lodgment in our stomachs,
they are from the same dlspen'
sary where nauseating mixtures
are compounded.
The reformer., 1900-01-27
Edwards &Chambers
FaRorsl Directors and EmbaImeFS.

We have been practicing under
taking and embalmihg for about
ten years. Having graduated in
embalming from five Western
schools and have been able to prove
our work to the public successfully.
We carry in stock a design of every
casket In the world. The Alumi-
mum, the imported mahogany cas-
ket of San Domingo, black broad
cloth, the coach casket is our latest
design of which we handle a great
number. We have funeral chapel
at each Office, fitted out in modern
style both at Philadelphia and Ches-
ter. Private carriages always on
hand for weddings, ETC..
Offices 473 S. 18th street, Phila-
delphia, Pa; Phone: 1905 West
Third Street, Chester, Pa; Phone
800.
The reformer., 1900-01-27
THE ATRoNs OF THK REFORM
ER

We take this means to thank
our many friends and patrons
scattered all over the country
for the great interest they have
shown in aiding us in the in
crease Of our circulation.
While, as the organ of the Bro
therhood, we have used our
every effort for the building up
and spread of the Order, yet we
have not been unmindful of the
races best interests and have
pursued a policy that would at
tract friends and bring the races
more closely together and to
convince all, that as we all have
one common heritage it is to the
best good that we dwell together
in peace and unity.
From letters which we have re-
ceived from prominent men in
different parts of the country;
from the favorable press notices
which our contemporaries have
given US, and from our increased
circulation, we feel proud to say
that we are not a failure in ou1
mission.
Our increased circulation is
due much to the activity of oul
agents.a more energetic and hon
est set can nowhere be fouu1
and if they are as successful this
year as in past years, our sub
scription list .crease BY
The reformer., 1900-01-27

The refusal of the State au-
thorities to allow the colored
troops to re-organize is a matter
of deep regret and should be con-
demned.
Our soldier boys one year ago
to-day returned from the war,
and though occasion called not
for their seeing active service,
yet they sacrificed much when
they volunteered their services to
theircountry.and was an hoDor to
their State. Many OF the boys
impaired their health for lHe'
two of them well known in Rich
mond having answered the "ast
roll call" within one year a. q
consequence of disease contract
ed while in the army.
Refusal to allow the men to he
soldiers again is Virginia's re
ward to them for their patiot
ism.
The reformer., 1900-01-27

The Reformer shall always
condemn professional cake-walks
as not in keeping with decency
and morality.
We are sorry to know that
our exceptions to them givesome
of our friends pain; but We have
decried them in the name of an
outraged public sentiment and
in behalf Of the refinement and
progress of the great majority OF
the race.
The reformer., 1900-01-27
l.F.&p.. Rlshnaad, Fredericksburg and
-------- Potomac.
scHHDuER IN RrFEcr NAY. a, 1899.
I..xe Rynd-Streef Station.

Leave Byrd-Street Station
SSs A. NJ, Daily, for Washington and points
North. Stops only at Milford and
Fredericksburg. Pullman Sleep
eTs to New YORK
szcA.N n, sunday only, for Washington and
points North. Stops at Elba, Glen
Allen, Ashland, Taylorsville, Dos
we'll, Ruther Glen, Penola. Milford,
Woodslanes, Guinea, Summit, FIRE.
dericksburg, Brooke and Wide
water. Pullman car.
s,.S A NJ Daily, ex. sunday Tor Washington
and points North. stops at Elba,
Ashland, Tavlorsville, boswell,
Ruther Glen, Penola, Milford
wood slane, Guinea, Summit
Fredericksburg, BROOKE, and
whitewater. Pullman car.
nm NJ Daily, except Sunday, for Washing
ton and points North Stops at 81
ba Glen Allen, Ashland boswell
Milford Fredericksburg. Parior
car: alsoconnects with Congress
sic lal Limited at Washington.
20 p. NJ. Daily, for Washington and points
North. Stops at Elba, Ashland,
boswell Milford, Fredericksburg,
Brooke, and whitewater and other
stations Sundays: Sleeper Rlch-
washington to Philadelphia.
ARRIVE BYRD STREET STATION.
s.1o A. NJ. Daily, stops at Whitewater, Brooke,
Fredericksburg, Milford, boswell,
Ashland, and Elba, and other sta
tions 5, ldays. Sleeper New York
to Richmond
3dO7 p. NJ. Daily, except SUNDAY. olopS ~
Fredericksburg, Milford, boswell,
Ashland, Glen Allen and Elba.
Parlor car from Washington.
5uo p. NJ, Daily stops only at Fredericks-
burg boswell, Ashland, and Elba,
Pullman cars from New York.
$40 p. NJ. Daily Stops at Whitewater, Brooke,
fredericksburg Summit Guinea
Woodslane Milford, Penola, Ruth
er Glen, boswell, Taylorville, Ash
land Glen Allen, and Elba. Sleep
ing car.
ACCOMMODATIONS
DAILY except Tnday.l
7:ls A.. M. Leaves Elba for Quantico
400 r. M Leaves Byrd s rect station for
For fredericksburg
6:sa M LoaVee Elba for Ashland.
6:2a p, N. Leaves Elba Ior Ashland.
SAC p NJ Arrives Elba from Ashland.
S.s5 p. M. Arrives Byrd st. from Eredricks-
burg.
SOS p n Arrives from Ashland.
$50 A. NJ, Arrives Byrd rect Station
ASHLAND TRAINS.
(Dsily, excent Sunday.)
6z7 A. M, Leaves Elba
6:2o p. NJ, Leaves Elba-
go A. NJ, Arrives Klba.
6eo P. NJ, Arrives Elba.
W. P. TAYLOR. Trathc MansSeT
K T. d. MYERS. President
The reformer., 1900-01-27
woULD-BE LEADERS.

AS a rule every community Is
afflicted with one or more seihsn'
men who presume to
themselves to stand head and
shoulder above the average man.
These self-styied leaders are the
great disturbing element IN
church and State and by the
qualification of their own selhsh
aqgrandizement would spill
church or society asunder.
These men possess not one ele-
ment of leadership and whatever
of good they really do, is for sell
and the filling of their own cot
fers. Force of character. true
courage, unsel6shness and pa
tience, those elements that char
acterize true leadership, ar
wanting in them. We must learI
to shun these men as dangerou
elements in the great body poll
tic. as men who are unworthy O
lour support and confidence, nj
matter where We find them
whether in the pulpit or pew, il
the professors chair, or the ed
torial sanctum, in the learne
professions or in politics; it mat
ters not where they be they mus
Ibe spurned.
The reformer., 1900-01-27
REFoRMER OPERA HOUSE AT
LYNCHBURG.

The Opera department Of True
Reformer's Hall of Lynchburg,
Virginia is first class in all of its
apartments, and very favorably To-
Gated in a city that always gives
liberal patronage to first class
operas and theatrical amusements.
Travelling operate troupes, public
exhibitors and lecturers. who desire
a first class hall, in a first class
neighborhood, will do we'll to cor
respond with the manager before
applying elsewhere. Street cars
from the door to all parts of the city.
First class entertainment rooms
also at reasonable rates.-Address.
VS.. WoopsoN,
Chief and Manager.
No oo6 Fifth Avenue,
Lynchburg Virginia,
The reformer., 1900-01-27
CONSERVATIVE VERSUS RADI-
CALISM.

While we shall never stoop to
kiss the hand that would smlte
us, vet we do not believe we can
accomplish as much by extreme
radicalism as by conservatism.
There is trite but true saying
when one gets his head into the
lions mouth, he must get it out
az best he can" This i-sSa fact t
not to be denied, and the man in
such a predicament who would
get himself out unhurt would be
more than foolish to attempt 1t
by beating the lion with his
fists.
Our position as regards any
hostile or discriminating laws
which the present Legislature
may see fit to enact is pretty
much the same as the man whose
head is in the lions mouth.
Abuse of the patrons OF these
measures but serve to enrage
them and make them more per-
sistent in their efforts, while on
the other hand if we reason with
them and point out to them the
injustice of their measures it will
have & more benehcient result.
This is our view of the matter,
this is our position and by it we
intend to stand until convinced
by better argument than the
hot heads who would advise u:
kick right and left and indulge IL
vituperation and abuse.
We were, when some who have
tried to Grip us up the back" II
disguise, were not. We were no
the product Of a great confusion
and turmoil, when scheming met
allowed "vaulting ambition tC
overleap ITSELF and in failure t(
carry out their selfish aims, trieC
to pull down the third part o
the kingdom. No, we are tn
child of calm and sober consider
<ation, conservatism, co-opera
ton, combination and concen
tration and working along thes
lines we hope to keep time to tn
progress of the century.