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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10
Helped the Boycott.

i helped all con!d toward tho Nny.
cott. It's nS"icsS Ia Say lis 10 prcy.n,
The coolies colnlnG. ! know .ncrchnnt.
Who have boon detained in thrsh
! hlrhy sheds. Unable To eat tho rotten
tond and black rice. and VINO have been
DrOkca down in health for months nj.
! tcrward%. Evccywhor" i1rancsr arn
working more chcapy Than Chinese,
ana have IN bn treated moro likn hit.
| man beings. There were gomc th;r.
" Chinese returned from The Dor;c
1 hope 10 return 20 China in abnu, :.
year, hut never 10 sec San Francisco
| again. WAS AT Il meeting in one OF
die MISSIONS there at which a dear
old mani think he was l:!glish -
SAIL The only way 10 mako tho Amer.
leans feel is through their pockct.
boycott nj! yon can. Ii is not only
coolies who come and have To he
treated as II they were beasts. hun
Chinese la'iics are subjected To shame.
| tnl treatment IN tho quarantine stu.
lion--at least | have heard their hus.
bands tell what wi.s done. Tho chi.
1'ASc ought 60 have III same right in
iani as any one. and ! do hopo the,
VIII not back ont in regard to this hoy.
colt. nope yon will excuse the lib.
ertv take In writing. am moi con.
ii'cted with any mission ana teach h..
;:usc love 10 do my littlo To advance
China and love tho Chinese people.
| Yours sincerely,
| 'Ti!lSS----- -"
~. 81 have seen nothing In any
oi The papers ahont the examination
81 tho eyes"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10
SEARCH FOR PIRATE
GOLD WAS A FAILURE
Expedition to Southern
Seas Terminates in
q Law suit.
HOARD Still. MISSING

Agent Who Sailed Vessel in South
After Treasure Sues for Fees and
Expenses and Relates story Of
Unusual Voyaae-Wants the Fse
That Was Promised.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10

sultor--I.er-have come, slr-to ask
a question.
Insurance Director-I forget.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10

ncsc, | have had my whole being 30
aroused ana Indignant a. The way they
arc treated al san Francisco and Hong
Kong by Americans. | Thought | would
Hrito ana tcii you 6o:nc thinrS paihap1
y"u did not know before.
''ln the first place. this examinations
oi the eyes il Il regular farce. II L;
all 10 eNtort money. | was 10 bring a
Chinese lady, the wife OF q dentist. 10
san Francisco. waited for three vos-
V"ig. could net 80 on bccaus.. II her
'y"a. ana she has moi ,.onr get IL
cause am known Ia the consul in
lIul'konE having often taken Chinese
There. and because am British.
had my eyes examined on Tho Doric
before ! sailed. The Doctor novrr
washed his hand9 nor tho glass cyl.
'nd"r Hith which h. turned my eye.
Iids over. ana he had examined ninety
Chimes ana Japanese. ;>o~. he did
this right aiong. Tho consequence
Mas thar many developed the disease
b"Iorr wc reached san Francisco
One bright little hos of twelve who
wai COMING, alone had no disna5" Til
sc were two days ont from Honolulu.
went 10 sec the father several times.
found the chil. was detained In tho
h''ny sheds II the wharf. His ccrt;i-
icaI': was all right. His father offered
% get the best eye doctor IN san Fran.
';iato. but was not allowed. / saw the
p0er man Tho day before ire pnric
sailed anh he I.Gs a!mos, frantic. Tho
moor liri!c iid w3s sent back alone 10
China and his ialhor was allowed 10
SEQ him for hall an hour.
~ luOei an vtr,n corn, ho,,, 80 -
"Sit the return fares with the steam.
ship company. so il pays them e eon2
'h"m back. was asked Ia 90 20 The
thinosc bur"an ani toll what sax
don" ana what was done II .ny.r.t.
ana Mr.. M"chair told me hc Was vcry
sorry shout The littlc hoy. and | ,is.
tihcily to!d him tho doctor encS about
Spr"aHin" h" disease. II make, NIX
BLOOD boil In SOC Ia" way the Chimes.
are tr"a'"' ana talked Of in san Fran.
Il "a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10

The Enclosure is a copy without sig
nature OF letter from an English
woman, teacher in China. Ii is ad.
dressed to MIR. WI from Toronto, and
says:
Dear Sir: have been engaged
for good many years teaching Eng
lish to Chinese, the last six years in
Yumatl opposite Hong Kong. / left
for visit to my home on the 1ith
OF May, and as all the years, now about
eighteen. | have heen among the Chi.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10

up. 81 have seen nothing In any
Of The papers ahont the examination
81 tho eyes"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
TOday's Telegraphic News
Peace Conference.

Washington, d. c., June 26.-The
following statement was given at the
White House this afternoon: "The
President has received from both the
Russian and japanese governments the
statement that the plenipotentiaries of
the two countries will meet in the United
States during the first ten days of August,
and the President has expressed to both
governments the wish that the meeting
should take place ifpOssible on the first of
August, and if not on that day then the
earliest thereafter"
The intimation comes from high Of
fetal source today that not only has the
President been advised that an armistice
at present between Japan aud Russia is
impossible of accomplishment but that
the japanese government may carry on
her military operations in Manchuria
until the signature of the peace plenipO
tentiaries are affixed to the peace treaty
and the terms of the settlement of the
war made final.
The reason assigned is not that Japan
mistrusts Russia's motives in entering
into the present negotiations along the
line of the Presidents suggestion, but
that the japanese government cannot in
in justice to herself permit her present
advantages to be last.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Secretary Hay,s Condition

Newbury, n. II June %. Secretary
OfState Hay is reported this morning to be
more comfortable. His condition yes
terday was such that it was deemed adj
yisable to summon additional me,lical
aid, and special train arrived here at
1:SO this morning, bringing another ply
stefan from Boston 1t is said by those
10 attendance on Mr.. Hav that he is suf-
fering much in the same manner as be-
fore he took his trip abroad. Secretary
Hay is suffering from suraemic condition,
the third serious attack of the kind he
has had in the past four years. He has
suffered number of slight attacks, but
many of them he has been able to re-
lieye without the aid of a physician.
When he was stricken Sunday evening
he tried to relieve himself with the same
remedies he had used before, but without
success.
DR.. Cain, of Newport, said today that
the members of Mr.. Hays family were
greatly alarmed over Mr.. Hays CON
dition last night, and there was some
thought of the wisdom of performing an
operation. However, when the Boston
arrived and when consultation
was held, this was believed not to be
necessary.
While Secretary Hay is suffering
severity his condition at present is not
dangerous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Miss Rogers,s Disappearanoe.

Saranac Lake, n. Y, June &c.
Careful search has failed to reveal the
whereabouts of Miss Mary Rogers,
daughter of Alexander Rogers, of Lees
burg, Va, and niece of the late Gov
ernor Oden Bowie, of Maryland, who
disappeared from the Andrew Baker
cottage Yesterday morning in such a
manner as to arouse the authorities to
make an investigation. Bloodhounds
from the DannemOre prison will be set
on the trail today. The wire window
screen of Miss Rogers room had been
cut and there were evidences of a strug.
gle in her room. Miss Rogers came
here in company with Miss Janney, a
trained nurse, and WillOughby n.
Smith, a Baltimore lawyer. Miss
Rogers, who is thirty years old, has
been sufferer from tuberculosis for three
years. 1t appears that Miss Rogers had
been left large fortune, part of which
she lost in speculations placed in the
hands of DR.. WOodend of New York,
who failed in spectacular manner
year ago. Since then her illness has
been aggravated and she became very
respondent. Her counsel says he fears
she has committed suicide.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Better Treatment for Chinese

By direction of President Roosevelt,
action has been taken by the admins
tration which not only will facilitate the
landing in this country of Chinese Of the
exempt classes, but will also eliminate
from the Immigration Bureau such adj
minstrative features as have been the
subject of criticism by Chinese. 1t is
the declared intention OF the President
to see that Chinese merchants, travellers,
students, and others of the exempt
classes shall have the same courtesy
shown them by officers of the Immigra-
ton Bureau as is accorded to citizens of
the most favored nation.
Representations have been made to the
President that in view of alleged harsh
treatment accorded to many Chinese
seeking landing in the United States,
the commercial guilds of China have de-
termined to instituted boycott on Ameri-
can manufactures. These representa-
tons, backed by the authority of the
American Asiatic Society and CONNER
cial bodies throughout the country, in
duced the President to make an investi-
CATION of the situation.
As a result of the inquiry, orders have
been issued to the diplomatic and con-
sular representatives of the United States
in China by the President himself that
they must look closely to the perform
ance of their duties under the exclusion
law, and see TO it that members Of the
exempt classes coming TO this country
are provided with proper certificates.
These cert ficates will be accepted at any
port of the United States, and will guar
antee the bearer against any harsh or
discourteous treatment.
In addition 10 the Presidents orders,
Secretary Metcalf has issued instructions
to the immigration officers which, it is
said, will remedy the difficulty hereto
fore complained of by the Chinese gov
eminent and individuals. 1t is hoped
that the prompt action taken by this
government to NEE. the objections made
by the Chinese will eliminate the posi-
bility of serious trade difficulties between
China and the manufacturers of this
country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26

BANK DIRECTORS must attend to their
duties. This is the purpose Of notice
recently given by Comptroller oflhe Cur
reucy RidgeIy by which all the directors
of national bank must sign responses
to letters from the comptroller concern
ing laxites or errors. In support OF
Comptroller R;dgely's action it is
pointed out that in nearly every instance
of a national bank failure It reveals the
fact that the directors we're negligent.
The cure for this, according to Mr..
Ridgely, is in forcing the directors to do
their duty. Heretofore the department
has received in responses from banks let
tiers signed by the president or cashier.
Mr. Ridgely has inserted a notice on all
department letter paper that the reply
must be signed by all the directors. 1t
is hoped that Mr.. Ridgely's sensible
plan may prove eficatious; at any rate
directors should direct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
The Chinese Roycott

San Francisco, June 26.-Accordiug
to reliable information Chinese mer-
chants of this city, are taking steps to
aid the exclusion of American goods
from China. They hope such a policy
will cause the Chinese exclusion act to
lose friends in this country. Six LEGAL
Chinese firms are said to have held a
meeting and endorsed a movement to
boycott American goods until the exclu-
sion act is modified or repealed. 1t is
further claimed that a representative
will be sent to China to aid.in conduct
ing the boycott.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
House Wrecked by lightning


Mrs. Lee Jennings and her two chill
dren at Amherst, Va, had narrow es-
cape from death Thursday night. The
house in which she and her two children
were alone was struck by lightning. and
both ends of the house were torn to
pieces. Yet the room in the center of
the house in which she way staying was
not injured, and the mother and child
rem were not even badly shocked. The.
house is on an isolated spot on Baptist
Hill. Mrs. Jennings and her two chill
dren were alone about | | O'Clock at night
when the lightning struck the house. 1t
seems to have struck the center of the.
house and followed the two tin valleys
In the roof TO both ends. The rooms on
each end of the house were torn to pieces.
Large pieces of the framing in the walls
OF the building were knocked out. The
house can be entered from a number of
places through holes knocked in it by the
lightning. A large part of the plastering
in these rooms was knocked off, Many
of the dishes in the dining room were
broken. The damage to the houses will
amount to several hundred dollars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
From Washington.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, ID. c., June 20.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington, ID. c., June g.
President Roosevelt will leave the
White House today for the remainder of
the simmer. He goes to Cambridge,
Massachusetts,, to attend the Harvard
commencement exercises, and deliver
an address, thence to Oyster Bay, l. l.,
which will become the temporary seat
OF government. He starts at $50 this
afternoon accompanied by Secretary
Loeb, stenOgrapheE Latta and the usual
guard of secret service men. According
TO present plans, the President and his
family will remain in their home at
Sycamore Hill, just outside ofOyster Bay,
until the latter part of September, with
the possible exception of short visit to
Washington at the time Of the assembling
of the Russo-Japanese peace commission.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Theodore, IT,, lett
this morning, the other younger children
having preceded them last week. Miss
Alice will remain at the White House
until Saturday when she will start for
the Philippines with the Taft party. One
OF the first official duties to he performed
by the President at Oyster Bay will be
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Reports Denied.

London, June 26.-In the House o.
Commons today William st. John F.
Brodrick, secretary of State for India,
denied the reports that Lord Curzon has
resigned his position as viceroy of India.
Premier BalfOur made the announce
ment 20 the House that the Russian
government has expressed its disapproval
Of interference with British shipping in
the far East, by Russian cruisers, which
will make the outrages which have oc-
CURED recently impossible.
The expression from the Russian
government was brought out by the rep.
RESERVATIONS made to ST. Petersburg by
England, following the sinking of the
st. Kilda, which was sunk since the
great naval battle 10 the Sea OF Japan by
the Dnieper.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Killed His Baby Brother.

Willie Smith, the niDe-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith, who re-
side in the Brooklyn portion of Port
Jeryis, n. Y, early yesterday morning,
shot and killed his bsby brother, Harry,
Is months old, with double baueled
shotgun. Mr.. Smith and his eldest son
are employed by the Erie Railroad Com
pany and had gone TO their work when
the TRACE " occurred. The mother left
the two children playing in the parlor
and WAS combng her hair in an adjoin-
ing room when she heard the report OF a
gun. On opening the parlor door she
was Mortified to see her baby boy lying
on the floor and portion of its breast
torn away and dead. Willie, with the.
gun in his hands, stood aghast and
speeches. at the result OF bis act. The
neighbOrs came pouring in the house and
the frightened lad ran like deer to the
mountains nearby. He was found and
brought back, but could give no in
telligent account Of the shooting. The
gun belonged to the eldest brother and
stood in corner OF the room, supposed
ly not loaded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Cuban DiarrhOea.

u. 5. soldiers who served in Cuba
during the Spanish war know what this
disease is, aud that ordinary remedies
have little more effect than so much
water. Cuban diarrhoea is almost as
severe and dangerous as a mild attack OF
cholera. There is one remedy, however,
that can always be depended upon as
will be seen by the following GER
thcate from Mrs. Minnie Jacobs
OF Houston, Texas: al hereby certify
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Dlarrhoea Remedy cured my husband OF
severe attack of Cuban diarrhoea,
which he brought home from Cuba. We
bad several doctors out they did him no
good. One bottle of this remedy cured
aim, as our neighbors will testify. |
tnan God for so valuable a medicine. "
For sale by 'iibson & Timberman and
W. F. Creighton & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Bulldog Kills Baby.

Chicago, June 26.-GOlden-haired
Yvonne Davis, a baby OF Is months,
playfully tossed a rubber ball to her
fathers pet bulldog yesterday and then
toddled across the pavement, laughing
merrily. As she stopped to recover the
ball, the dog leaped upon her and fast
ened its teeth in her face, gnawing her
savagely and shaking her frail body as
if she were a kitten. A neighbor rush
ed to the rescue, beat the dog over the
head with an iron bar and fred eight
bullets into its body; but stiIlit retained
its grip on the child. After the dog
was dead, it was found necessary to pry
its jaws apart in order to release The
girl. The baby died within ten minutes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 20. 1906
Ir IS SAID that the sharp difference Of

Ir rs SAID that the sharp difference of
opinion between the President and Sec
retary Metcalf, which has been devel-
oped by the Chinese question, may force
Mr.. Metcall out of the Cabinet. Mr..
Metcalf X from California, where the
sentiment against the Chinese is the
strongest. If Mr.. Metcalf were caught
between the sentiment of the demagOgues
of his owI State, who insist on the ex-
clusion of all Chinese, and policy OF
the President providing for the admis-
sion of the better class of Chinese, he
probably would resign rather than to
chance his political future in California
by carrying out policy which he says
would be obnoxious to the State. This
being the state of the case Mr.. Metcalf
should not stand upon the order of his
retirement from the Cabinet but retire at
once-or be put out. The bigoted
ideas of such men in over executing
harsh law should not be allowed to jeOp-
ardize the lucrative trade this country
has with China. No wonder it is said
that the question of Chinese exclusion
and the threatened boycott of American
,,oodo bv China il the occasion of some
anxiety to the administration. 1t is
well appreciated that the spread of the
sentiment in China that the United
States ia unjust to Cinnamon Of the bet
Ter class might undo the work of Secre-
tary Hay in cultivating the friendship OF
the Celestial Empire by standing fast
for Chinas administrative entity and in
sisting on the open door policy in the
Orient.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Destructive Fires.

New York, June 26.-Fire in the
building Nos. 247-27a l.. lalh street and
extending to Nos. 46G and 46S, Union
Square, this morning, caused damage
estimated at 500, 900 Another fire
this morning was in the building, Nos.
127-l33 west 18th street. The damage
is estimated at $50, 900
New York, June 26.-Fire this after
noon practically destroyed the six story
factory OF P. Derby and Company, at
Canal and Mulberry streets. The firms
manufactured chairs and furniture. The
loss-is $3.50, 600.
Evanston, Wyoming, June 26.-Fire
in the Union Pacific roundhouse this
morning, caused a loss of $75, 900.
Five locomotives were ruined.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
ser,ous Conditions In Poland

Five prominent citizens of LODI, Rus
STA, telegraphed yesterday morning tC
Gen. ShustOA, commanding the troop:
there, asking for protection from the
brutality of the soldiers, especially the
Cossacks, who are continuing their ruth
less slaughter. A particular instance
was cited of Cossacks killing and rob-
bling a servant of a millionaire of the
name of Rosenblatt, who was carrying
a thousand roubles 20 a bank. Gen.
Shustoff promised TO punish the cul-
prits.
The most serious phase of the fighting
between the military and strikers is at
an end but there are still isolated al
tacks in the suburbs
At Bsluty yesterday Cossacks attacked
a Jewish family of five persons who we're
driving in cab to the railway station
and shot and killed all
At Pabjanice, near LODI, workmen at
tackled two policemen, and shot and kill
ed one, wounding the other.
There is a general exodus from LODI
Twelve thousand persons have already
left.
- During the disturbances thirty-five
government liquor stores were destroyed
by the mobs, which appropriated all the
cash and stamps found on the premises.
The cash and stamps we're added to the
funds Of the socialist party.
The workmen in all the factories will
strike today.
The proclamation issued in Warsaw
Saturday by the social democratic party
of Poland and Lithuania, calling out
workmen as a protest against the LODI
massacre, says: '1n order to show SOL
idarity with our brothers at LODI we
protest against the new and incessant
crimes OF the Cars government
Warsaw must stop work. To
morrow not a single factory or work
shop shall work. All offices, banks,
shops, restaurants and coffee houses
must close. All traffic must cease. On
the red flag, the workman's
flag, must float over the streets of War
saw. Workmen, help your brothers ar
range general strike"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Duchess Rouchecafould Mother

Paris, June pa son was born this
morning to the Duchess de Ia Roucheca-
fould, who was formerly Miss Matte
Mitchell, daughter of Senator Mitchell,
of Oregon. Miss Mitchell was married
to the Duke de la Rochecafould in the
church of Saint Clotilde, Paris, on Feb.
II, 1892. Whiteaw Reid who was then
Minister to Paris, gave the bride away,
and the wedding was attended by promi.
nent members OF the French aristocracy
as well as members of the American
colony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-26
Mr.. Beach Resigns.

Washington, June 26.-U. S. District
Attorney Morgan H. Beach, OF this city,
resigned today. In his letter accepting
Mr.. Beach's resignation Attorney Gene
raj Moody said. 81 have received your
letter today rendering your resignation
as United States Attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia. am directed by the
President to accept the resignation to
take effect at the close of business August
9lst. hope you will find it convenient
to continue your services until that time.
During the incumbency of your Office a
large number of exceptionally import
ant cases have been under your care.
The President and | wish you to know
that we appreciate fully the industry,
ability and fidelity with which you have
performed your varied duties. We join
in wishing you, upon your return to
private practice, health and prosperity"
Mr.. Beach intends TO return to his pri-
vate practice.