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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-19
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
ENGAGEMENTS RETWEEN THE
BOERS AND ENGLISH.
CRy Teieyraph to virginInn- PilotN

Cry Telegraph to Virginiun- PiloD
London. July lS.-The War Office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts;
Pretoria, July 17.-Yesterday the
enemy made determined attack on
the left of Pole CareW's position and
along our lett flank. commanded by
Hutton. The posts held by the Irish
Fusiliers and Canadian Mounted In
fantry, under Lieutenant- Colonel Alder
son. were most rallantly defended. The
enemy made repeated attempts to as
suuit the positions. coming In clos
range and calling To the Fusiliers to
surrender. The enemy suffered severe
". They had IL killed and 30 wounded
anu were taken prisoners. The Brit
ISM casualties We're killed OnCludinE
The Canadian Lieutenants Borden and
Blrch). 81 wounded and u missing
IAN ltamilton's column advanced to
aterVal yesterday, unopposed and to-
day proceeded to Hamnns I<raal
Fifteen hundred Beers, with five
guns. managed To break through the
Gordon formed by Hunters ana Run
nie : divisions. between Bethlehem and
Flckshurs They We're making towards
l.indley. being closely pursued by
Paget's brigade"
In dispatch dated to-day Lord Rob-
erts pays tribute To l.ieutenants Ror
den and Birch. whom. in his dispatch
given above, he reported killed. Lord
Roberts says:
They were killed while eallantly
ientinE their men in n counter attack
on 'hc ehelnys Hank at u critical June
lure or their assault on one position.
borden was twice before brought IN
notice in dispatches for gallant and in
trepid conduct"
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have been attacked and are fleeing
panic stricken.
BRITISH ADMIRAL'S REPORT.

have been attacked and are fleeing
panic stricken.
BRITISH ADMIRAL'S REPORT.
London. July 1S.-In the House of
-Gnnamnns-1o-dnN the parliamentary
Secretary for the Foreign Office. Mt.
William st. John Broderick. read dis
patch from Admiral Seymour, dated at
Taku. July 10, giving an account of the
capture OF the native city of Tien Tsn
by the allied forces.
According to this dispatch. on the
morning OF July IA the Japanese blew
up the gate and entered the city, the
others following.
That night the Russians captured a
battery on the bank of the Liu Tai.
consisting of twelve small guns. The
other troops all engaged on the left.
About 5000 in all were engaged and
over 700 were killed and wounded. the
Japanese being the heaviest losers. The
British had 20 killed and 90 wounded.
The Chinese troops fed, in what direc-
ton is not known.
REFUGE OF FOREIGNERS.
Brussels. July 1s.-T'he Belgian Con-
sui at Hong Kong telegra phs that Lii
Hung Chang pa ssed through that city
to-day on his way to the north. Be
fore his departure the Viceroy had a
long interview with the Governor OF
Hong Kong.
The secretary OF the legation. at
Shanghai telegraphs to-day that, ac-
ccrdnS TO Chimes information. the
foreigners in Pekin have taken refuge
IN the palace of Prince Ching.
Ii HUNG CHANGES DEPARTURE
Hong Kong. July Iii Hung
Chang, disregarding all attempts of
Europeans and Chinese to persuade
him to remain. left Canton this morn
ing for Pekin. Prior to his departure
Chinese merchants and gentry OF Can
ton strongly appealed to the viceroy
not to leave. and presented q petition
setting forth that Canton, so long the
prey to the depredationS of robbers
and pirates. had become peaceful dur
ing Ii Hung Chang's viceroyalty, that
disturbances had been depressed with a
strong hand, and the people enabled to
live without being panic stricken when
dogs barked. The petitioners, this pa
per continued. learned with trembling
that their protector was proceeding
north, and they wept as at the loss of
a parent The absence of rebellion and
piracy being solely due 10 the presence
of Ii Hung Chang, the merchants were
ready to cast themselves before the
wheels OF his chariot to prevent his
departure.
COQUETTING WITH JAPAN.
London, July 1a.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Express as
serts that be has ascertained from an
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OUR NEW NAVY.
SHIP BUILDERS PETITION on
QUESTION OF BIDS.


Washington, d. c., July 1S.-Repre-
sentativcs OF the small ship building
plants arc bringing pressure to bear
upon the Navy Department to secure
the simultaneous advertisement Of all
OF the fourteen naval vessels author
lied 10 be built in the past two naval
appropriation acts. They have repre-
scented that such procedure would
tend to ensure Il more satisfactory dis
tribution of the naval work among the
ship builders by preventing the big
concerns from crowding out the smaller
ones. ana the government would save
at least Il million and a half dollars.
me department has fixed upon No
Vember 10 next as the date for opening
Dlds Tor the construction of the five
battleships. and the plans for the other
ships can he made ready. according TO
the smaller builders. by that time If
IL Is decided TO undertake to do 1t.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-19
Members Listen to Several vaIu.
able and Interesting Papers.
"ToRRENS" SYSTEM REpoRT
Captain Charles II. Blacksord Reads a No,
table Paper on "thc Trials and Trial os
Jefferson Davis"-Paper by X. t. Irvine,
Entitled; The Lawyer of the Future =
Ten rhousandCopios of Mr.. Blackford's
Paper Ordered Printed : oniccrs end
Delegates ofAmerIcan Bar Assooiat tom,

At 1910 yesterday morning the sligo
hat was sounded for the second days
meeting of the association. At IO:hd
the president, Mr.. VIM. A. Anderson.
called the meeting TO order, and called
attention to the report OF the commits,
tee 10 Investigate the "Torrens Syss
TEN; captain Charles NJ. Blackboard.
Of Lynchburg. was then introduced.
lie delivered an address which held ths
attention OF every one from the begin.
h'ug until the last word was read. His
subject, The Trials and Trial OF Jer-
terson Davis" will be recognized at
once as subject which appeals 70
every southern heart, and especially
10 Nirsinians He introduced his adj
dress by calling attention to the dutv
or those living to-day to preserve his
torlSai material and place it in an
available state so that those who come
a!ter can take a philosophic view of
II and become historians. All should
assist in gathe1ng sue4 material, and
Win this in misd. he said, he prepared
] tt.tnn
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MISSIONARIES SAFE.

The Presbytcrians here are much en-
couraged by Il message which has been
received from China stating that there
Is reason to believe that all the Presby-
terrain missionaries are safe either in
Shanghai or Japan.
DR.. George Worth. Of the Southern
Presbyterian Mission in China. who is
wcliknown all through virginia. has
cabled that he and his party are safe
in Japan.
Letters We're received from Southern
China to-day by the Baptist Foreign
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Big Shipment of Gold.
By Telegraph to virginian-p

New York, July iS.-Lazard Freres
will ship one million dollars in gold
bars. and Heidclbach. Ickelheimer 4
Company 100000 by to-morrow's
steamer to Europe. Goldman, Sachs &
Company will also ship $500 900 In gold
by to-morrow's French steamer. This
makes the total thus far engaged ST.
600 900.
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PARDONS RECOMMENDED.


great empire are safe.
PARDONS RECOMMENDED.
Governor Tyler has been asked to
pardon j. II. HaZelwood. convicted OF
grand larceny, and sentenced TO the
penitentiary from Wise county.
The Board of Directors of the Pcni-
Tertiary, AT their meeting yesterday,
recommended that the following pris-
onerS be granted conditional pardons:
Fred. Gillian. sentenced to one year,
from Campbell. in January. 1900, for
grand larceny; Spencer Foster. SEN
fenced to seventeen years in Deem
her, 1892. for murder in the second de-
gree; w. 5. Harris, sentenced TO five
years. from Nelson county, for horse
stealing, in March, 1885: James Moore,
OF Norfolk county, sentenced in May.
1880. to eighteen years for murder in
the second degree: Saphronia Walker.
sentenced from Nansemond to nine
years for housebreaking in November.
1895; Thomas Robinson. sentenced from
Hanover to five years for burglary in
September, 1872; and William Bland.
sentenced in March, 1896 from Rich
nond city. To serve five years Tor ma
liciouS assault.
1t is not known when the Governor
will act on these recommendations as
he is now at Radford on his vacation.
ENCOURAGING PROSPECT.
Colonel X. u. Urquhart. of Saltvlle.
is registered at New Ford's. He Is con
nected with the salt works located near
that place and is here on business re-
lating thereto.
Colonel Urduhart is over seven feet
tall and weighs $40 pounds. He is like
nearly ali large men. a jolly good fell
low, and chattcd pleasantly last night
concerning politics in his section.
He said that Bryan was strong In the
Southwest this year, and that Con-
gresham Rhca. who would be rcnom-
mated by reclamation to-day. would
be returned TO Congress by a safe ma
jority.
THE HEAT.
The people here are suffering fear
fully from the heat. the Thermometer
standing AT 100 degrees 1t o'clock this
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UNCLE SAM AND
WAR IN CHINA
No More Troops Will Be With
drawn From the Philippines.
OFFICIAL REPORTS RECEIVED

There VIII BE no Extra Session of Congress
to Consider the Situation, Declares IA
Cabinet Officer -Kcassuring Cnbiegram
From Admiral Kcmcy--omcial List of
Casualties - Boxers and Chinese Arc
at Pokin Safe When Last Heard From.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-19

Mission Board stating that all the
missionaries In that section OF the
great empire are safe.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-19
THE HEAT.

The people here are suffering fear
fully from the heat, the thermometer
standing at 100 degrees at o'clock this
afternoon.
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saying that the Governor of Shan
Tung wires that his courier left Pekin
on July o. The legations were still
holding out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-24

it Il silver dollar. There is. i'm the
world already enough silver to make
4, 1000. 000, 900 of our dollars. The Bank
of France alone has enough for 250,-
600. 900; Germany enough for 100000
900, and the silver mines of various
countries are already producing 49,
900, 900 ounces year which would add
over zoe, ZOO, 900 dollars to the mass, TO
say nothing of the increase Of their
output which would follow the offer
to coin the metal without limit into
dollars as available for the payment
OF debts as gold dollars are.
That the effect of the coinage of
this immense amount of silver dollars
would be to reduce their value to that
of the metal in them. that is to say,
to Al per cent. of the value Of the
present dollar, is evident. Whenever
silver bullion was made coinable into
dollars at the pleasure Of any holder.
it would be as valuable uncoined as
coined. Silver bars would pass from
hand to hand at their coming value,
as gold bars do now. For the same
reason, coined dollars would bel worth
only as much as the silver in them
was worth, since they could be made
out of bars to any amount at plea
sure.
The silver dollars being thus of less
value than the gold dollars, it would
take more of them to buy the same
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self.
The unlimited coinage of the silver
dollars would. therefore, benefit no
one but those who happened to own
money when it begun. and even these.
as soon as their debts were paid,
would be in the same condition as the
rest OF the community. Creditors
and Wage-earners would, on the other
hand, be robbed of millions and never
get them back. While the change,
too, from gold to silver was going on
business would be in confusion, there
would be no end of quarrels between
debtors and creditors, and we might
even have financial panic. worse
than any which the country has here
tofOre experienced.
THOMAS HITCHCOCK,
Matthew Marshall"
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Notice for publication.

Land Office at Duluth. Mimi, July14 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Register and Receiver at Duluth
Mimi. on August 30th. 1909. viz:
G. August Anderson. Homestead entry
No. 11076 for the Lots 3 and 4. section > town
ship SO north, range 10 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
tion of said land. viz:
Nels A. Holmer. Chas. w. Oakman and
Andrew Dahl of Virginia Mimi, and William
Peterson of Sparta, Minnesota.
7-2O 1924 VIM E, CULKIN Register
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Sound Money==Sound Business.

Money is anything which serves by
common consent. and with or without
the help of law, as a measure of the
values of commodities and means
for making exchanges OF them easy.
We measure the length of cloth by
the yard, and the weight of sugar,
flour butter, etc. by the pound. say
ing that piece Of cloth is so many
yards long, and that IL particular
quantity OF sugar butter or -four
weighs so many pounds. In like
manner, since these commodities have
different values, we express the value
OF each of them by saying tlrat cloth
is worth so many dollars and cents per
yard, and sugar, flour and butter so
many cents. or hundredth parts of Il
dollar, per pound. Dollars and cents
are the common measure of value, as
the yard and its fractions, are of
length, and pounds and ounces are OF
weight. -,
Money Il Measure of Value.
Since dollars and cents thus meas
ure the values of commodities, they
make the exchange OF them easy.
Without their help. the man who
wanted, with his wheat, his corn or
his cotton, to buy sugar, -four. butter
or any other commodity. would have
to do great deal of ciphering to find
out Just how much wheat or corn or
cotton it would take to pay for what
lie wanted.
Suppose bushel Of wheat to be
worth as much as ten pounds Of sugar
and its owner wanted only seven
pounds: he would have to measure out
seven-tenths Of bushel of wheat to
pay for the sugar Perhaps, too. the
man who had the sugar would take
corn only. Then, the man with the
wheat would have to seek for some
body who had corn and would take
wheat in exchange for it, at, say, two
bushels and ahalf of corn for one OF
wheat. When he found him, he
would have to do more ciphering to
see how much corn he must give for
his seven pounds of sugar; and the
same process would have to be repeat
ed with every purchase he made. All
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amount of amy commodity than it
would of gold dollars. For, as has
been before shown. money is a mea-
sure Of value only because it possesses
value, and the value it possesses is
the measure by which other values
are measured.
~, Wage Farmers Would Suffer.
For people who neither owed money
nor had money owing to them, the
change from the gold dollar to the
silver dollar as the measure of value
would be neither a benefit nor an in
jury. They would get more dollars
for what they sold. but give more for
what they bought. It would be like
calling Is inches yard and s ounces
a pound. A piece of cloth would be
no longer if it was called 20 yards
than if it was called 10 yards, and a
pail of butter would hold, no more
butter when the pound was ounces
than when it was 16 ounces. The real
sufferers would be creditors and earn
ers of wages and salaries.
The man who had lent out ST 900 in
gold, or taken notes to that amount
for property sold by him, would get
back 81, 900 in money which would
enable him to buy no more than he
could have bought with S470 when he
lent the ST 900 or sold the property on
credit for $1,000. In the same way
the mechanic, the laborer, the clerk
and every man, woman and child re-
ceiving pay for services would find his
or her compensation, though appar-
emily the same. really cut down by
the rise in the prices of everything
that they had to buy-food, fuel.
clothing, especially--to less than
one-half of what they had been. In
order to live as well as they did before
they would nave to insist on higher
wages. and though they would get
them in the end, they would have to
fight for them and go through all sthe
misery and turmoil of strikes.
Would Reduce Savings Bank Deposits.
The immensely of the values which
the unlimited coinage of the silver
dollar would destroy can hardly be
computed. The Government bonds
alone which would be payable in sill
yer amount to 800, 900, 900: the bonds
of railroad companies to $3,000.000,-
900; the bonds secured by mortgages
on real estate to $4,000. 900. 600; the.
notes held by banks to $4,000, 900, 900
besides book debts, and things of
that kind to an unknown extent.
Above all, the S2.500,00o,000 of de-
posits in savings banks due to 5.OO0,-
900 depositors would be reduced more
than one-half, sweeping away the
savings of years. What privations.
suffering, and general misery would
follow, any one can Judge for him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-24

For the Legislature
GEO. R. LAYBOURN.
THOMAS BURY.
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the payment of gold dollars. Even
during the suspension of coin pay
ments. from 1862 to 1879, the country
repeatedly promised to redeem the
greenbacks in gold, and everybody
who took and gave greenbacks did so
with the knowledge that they would,
as soon rs possible, as they were in
1879, be made as good as gold.
1t is true also that, us has been al
ready said, the Government sbegan in
1878 to coin silver dollars at the ratio
of Is to /, and to make them legal
tender the samea rs gold dollars, but
it coined them slowly and under "A
pledge to keep their value equal to
that of the gold dollar. Thus far the
pledge has been redeemed, because the
amount of silver dollars is compare
lively small, and they are received,
like gold dollars, in payment, of dues
to the Government, which in one
single Year more than equal them in
amount. While there are altogether
only 500, 900, 900 .of them in existence,
the Government collected from the
people last year 5000, 100000.
silver Would Flow to our Minis.
The Democratic party proposes
now to throw the coinage Of silver rat
the old ratio of 16 to open to every
body, and let everybody who chooses
bring to our mint what is now Al
cents worth of silver and get back for
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Notice for Bids

The undersigned will receive bids for the
purchase of the following described property
viz: Lots and g. Block 49, original plat of
Ely and belonging to the City of Ely. Said
bids will be received either jointly or separ-
ately and will be opened and read at a meet
ing of the city council to be held on Septem-
Der 18th. 1900. The council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
DAVID BROWN.
City Clerk
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For President
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
For Vice President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of st. Louis. IS.
CITY OF ELY.
Notice is hereby given that application has
been made In writing to the city council of
the city OF Ely and filed in the office of the
eating liquors for one year Commencing
September IL. 1900 and terminating September
IL. 1901 and to the following named person
to-wit:
HERMAN ANTONELLI,
In the lower front room of the building
situated on lot 8. block Z. original plat Of
Ely.
Said application will be heard and deter
chambers in the city hall in said city.
county and state, on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1900.
Witness my hand and the The seal of said city.
this Goth day of August, 1900.
lsealJ David Brown.
S-24 81 City Clerk.
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OUR TICKET.

: OUR TICKET.
{ For President
) WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
5 For Vice President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
CONGRESSIONAL.
! For Congressman, 9th District
s PAGE MORRIS,
LEGISLATIVE.
5 For the Legislature
! GEO. R. LAYBoURN.
5 THOMAS BURY.
5 STATE.
: For Governor
! S. r. vAv SAINT.
) For Lieutenant Governor
! LYNDON A. SMITH.
I For Attorney General
) W. b. DOUGLAS.
5 80
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s L. W. COLLINS.
ct,.o ,rreaournr-
( p,ocu
}pou coorot,rv If State
HANSON
,;,uo,a Commissioners
! IN Cu,po - wears
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Always Up
to the Times.

In getting the children ready for
school, don't overlook this store.
It costs money to tit the youngsters
out for school. but 1t won't cost so
much il you look to US to supply all
your needs in this line. Suits for the
boys, Hosiery, school shoes that are
built for wear, but will look well I'M
til worn out. Bring in your boy or
girl and let us show you how cheaply
and satisfactorily we can fit them
out
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amount of any commodity than it
would of gold dollars. For, as has
been before shown, money is a mea-
sure of value only because it possesses
value, and the value it possesses is
the measure by which other values
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-24
Unlimi. ed Coinage ofslIver,

The Denloc. tic party does not
deny that since 373, the gold dollar
has been the onl, measure of value in
use in this country, and that since
1879 all con tracts for the payment Of
dollars have been virtually made for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-24

this trouble is avoided by selling the
wheat for money and buying with
money the sugar
1t is easy to split up a dollar, and
everybody is willing to take dollars
for what he has to sell, because with
them he can buy whatever he wants
in turn, and us much or as little as he
rhnncaa
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CONGRESSIONAL
For Congressman, 9th District
PAGE MORRIS,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-07-06

President had given him coloners
commission he was selected by Gen.
Portirio Diaz as his chief of staff Pres
ldent Juarez, after the war made him
minister to the United States. and he
remained in that capacity for five
years.
From 1868 to 1872 Senior Romero was
secretary Of the MXican treasury. His
health failing in the latter year he gave
up his public life to retire into the
country and devote himself to agri-
culture. He returned to the capital in
1877 and served again as secretary Of
the treasury and later as postmaster
general. In 1882 he returned to the
friendships he had made in America,
envoy extraordinary from his govern
ment. This post he held without a
break, and even without absence. save
for a short time. until his death.
Senior Romero was a prolific writer
and published upward of fifty volumes.
\ short time before his death Senior
Romero was promoted to be ambassa-
dor and would soon have presented his
credentials as such.