Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
(Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gsseste.]
Washington. August 4.

The State department today gave
out the text Of t1e commercial agree
ment between tnis country and Ger
many. The UuiIed States tariff on
wines. brandies aud other wine pro-
ducts is materially reduced, and also
that on paintings and ststuary, while
10 return Germany guarantees to the
products of toe United States on their
entry into Germany the tariff rates
which have been conceded by the COM
merciai treaties concluded during the
years 1S9l-1S94 between Germany Oh
the one part, aud Belgium, Italy, Aus
tria- Hungary, Roumania, Russia, Swift
zerland and Servis on the other part.
Moreover, the German government
will, as soon As this agreement shall be
put in force, anDull the regulations pro.
vding that the dried or evaporated
fruits imported from the United States
iato Germany be inspected on account
| of the San Jose scale. These fruits shall,
| during the continuance 10 force OF this
agreement, be admitted into Germany
! without other charges than the pay
ment OF the customs duties to which
thew may now or in future be subject
by law. The agreement is to continue
10 full force until three months from
the date when either party shall notify
the other of its intentions to terminate
the same.
Toe State department issued the fol-
lowing official statement this morning:
| Minister WI this morning handed 10
the Acting Secretary OF State copy OF
a tele gram from the Taotsi OF Shanghai
dated August and received by Minister
| Wa on the evening OF the 3rd. 1t con-
| firms the message of Yuan shin kai,
Governor of Shantung, to Mr.. Fowler,
consul at Chefoo, purportiog TO COM
municate the same telegram of July 81
from the Tsune-li-Yamen, but 1t con-
tains passage omitted from Governor
Yusn's message namely, the announce
rpent that as the fighting is going on 10
Tientsin it is inexpedient to send
cipher kilograms to the foreign minis
ters 10 PekfG. In this particular the
present telegram agrees with Consul
| General Goodnow's report received yes
terday that Earl Lii Hung Chang had
told the French consul at Shanghai on
the 3rd that no messages would be de-
! liyered to the ministers because the
foreigners were advancing on PekiD.
The following is the dispatch from the
Taotai to Minister Wa:
"The Tsung Ii Yamen's cablegram OF
July 30, is as follows: The foreign min-
| listers in Pekin are all safe and well, Tt
Gently vegetables fruit and provisions
have been repeatedly supplied to them
Relations most friendly. AT present
consultations are going on for the pro-
lection OF the various ministers going TO
| Tieutsin for temporary shelter, which
will soon Oe conducted satisfactorily
But ss fighting is going on in Tientsin
| it is inexpedient that cipher kilograms
should be sent. Different consuls have
been notified so that they may inform
their respec i've governments. Please
inform the foreign office Besides
wiring to other ministers l transmit the
above to you. w LIEN YUEN."
Another dispatch has been received
at the War Department from Gen.
Chaffee. II is said to contain the TO-
| formation that the Japanese troops, be-
| ing the most numerous occupy the
center of the advancing column with
the Americans and British on the right,
| the Russians on the left, and the Ger
mans GODS itutI0g the rear guard.
The President today received the fol-
| lowing answer to his message OF con-
dolence sent t. the King OF italy; II
neartiy thank your exceliency and the
great America people, who, sharing
my grief ard TIA OF my country, have
streng h-ned n old bonds of friend
ship ex stlog tween fhe TWO nations"
Minister W. let Washington this
morning for ape My. The Minister
vie ana -On are here and he will re-
nan with thea unIil Mon ay morning.
He Wa. accompsa "a by his American
hand MN. The Cniei Of Police tend +
ed him he serves OF one Of the detec-
tives, but the Minister declined. He
| expressed the opinion that to have an
| officer with hlm would make the jour
new too conspicuous He was an early
visitor at the -ise department, reach
ing there before many OF the clerks and
| officials had reported ior duty. He eaid
he was without any new information.
Gen. Macarthur today reports the
| following engagement in Luzon:
Mantle, Aug. 4.
1st Lieutenant AIstaetter, Corps of
Engineers, with an escort of u men was
attacked on August on the road be-
tween San Miguel de Msyusn and San
Isidro by an armed band of insurgents,
reported to be $50 strong. The entire
party were killed, wounded or cap,
tured. Killed Troop II, 4th Cavalry,
Richard Vichler. Wounded: Chsrles
NJ. Newman and Walter Brewer, Sc
riously il arm; Edward Long, wound
ed 10 abdomen. Lieutenant Alstaetter
and ten enlisted men we're captured.
The wounded were sent to San Isidro
with note from Lacuns Mariana an
bouncing that the prisoners would be
we'll treated.
The general advance on the allied ar
my on Pekin began yesterday. The
previous movements had been 10 the
nature OF preliminary reconnossnces
but the main column has not got into
action, and a rapid forward march to
the Chinese capital has been planned.
The news comes in the dispatch from
Major General Chafiee which was re-
ceived at the War department late yes
terday afternoon. Il was dated at
riantsin IN tho 81 of Tuly nd appouno