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TKDK8I.AY EVENING, JUNE 14 1900.
Thk i.atk annual -ddW-l beiore the
Literary Society of Roanoke College,
?t Sal em, was delivered by ex-U. H
Minister to Spain, General Stewart L?.
Woodford, of New York, a pronounced
republican. It has not yet been forgot?
ten that Mr. Wood ford volunteered bit
services h.~ prosecutor of the white Mis
siseippians who were charged with
?hooting a ?calawag postmaster during
reooDrtruction timen there, and is the
man to whom the late Sex^etary
Thompson uf the Navy otfered to give
a pair of, not hie own. but gov?
eminent, piatole, with which to defend
himself on hie trip Booth, though be
was just as ?-.afe during tbat trip at? he
would have been in his own State
When w.is a Virginia ex-t'onfederate
invited- to deliver an address at the
commencement of a Northern college ?
But the home of the gushers is io the
South?except when it is proposed to
take money out of the federal treasury
to tie expended in tbe North. That
bygones should ne bygones is all right,
when tbey are reciprocal, but all wrong,
wbeo tbey are one?ided.
Notwithstanding thk testimony
pf such witnesses as Admiral Dewey,
Oeneral Otis and hundreds of others
'equally-a- reliable, to the etlect that
the people of the Philippine Inlands
are bitter, .aod Infinitely more fit for
self government than those of any of
the islands this government has seized
and holds, and though tbey have per?
sisted, against heavy odds, for two
years in a brave s'ruggle for
tbeir own and their country's liber?
ty, the policy ol the present administra?
' tion o? a powerful so-called free and
equal republic, ? as expressed by all
its touters, to "crush" them, and that,
! too, in the name of civilization and hu?
manit? ! But the administration is im?
pervious to ridicule. ' ?
N Now'that the members of the re?
publican national committee have t<t
last come to realize the truth, not of
what Mr. John Wise sard abouLBouth
. eru .republicans, for they have always
done that, but that Southern republi?
can? can help them no* longer, tbey
treat tbem accordingly, aod yestejday
resolved to exclude all their contesting
delegates from Alabama to tbeir na?
tional convention, _nd are now consid?
ering the advisability of making that ex?
clusion apply to those from all the other
Southern States, on the ground thai
the contestants have only their own in?
dividual, aud not their party's, interests
at heart.
(?(ivkbnor Mount, of Indiana, a
rank republican and ?couter and flout
er of Slave's rights, a?d a professed up
porter of the "national Constitution,"
says he will not honor the requirition
of the Governor oi Kentucky for the
return to that Btate Qt a man under in?
dictment there for munger, aud who is
a fugitive (rom ?iihtice. And yet tie
"nation's Constitution" expressly pro*
? vides that full faith and credit shall be
given in all the States to the judicial
proceedings of any one Btate. But the
?Constitutiu!; is only binding upon a re?
publican officia! when it agrees with
his own and his party'? whiuae.
It Now turns out that the republican
majority in Congress which just before
adjourning parsed a resolution giving
the employees of that body a month's
extra pay, did so for the express pur?
pose of getting half of the provided
nom, 880,000, into the republican con?
gressional fund, by assessing those em'
ployees fifty per cent, of that amount.
Though the work of the employees ie
light, the taxpayers did' not object to
giving them tbe extra pay, but the
democrats among them do object most
:?pt4iphaticaUy to being taxed for the de
v liberate purpose of putting money into
tbe republican election fund.
?-:?:?rr~-t
Thk color line has been broken up
the national federation of women's
clubs, as it ha? every other organize.
?l?a into which it has been obtruded.
It broke up the Union, it
broke up the repu?>iican party,
and uow, as above stated, U
nas.broketi up the federation of.worn
"on's clubs. Before the republican par.
ly was organized, there was no need for
any such line; but, of necessity, there
now Is, and its consequences have b???
ir.jurious, and are becoming disastrous
Tbe immediate eliects of war are terri?
ble; tint ?U future elects arc even worse.
? FROM *A>UlN(*TUiS.
^rrtwporidear* oi the Alexandria <la_eUe.]
Washington, June 11.
Rear Admiral Kern pi} notified the
Navy Department today t&at progress
.;.- lining made on the march to Pekin
y I the relief troop? of the difieren t na?
tions and that the viceroy of Tien Thin
has consented for the troop? to come
?here. Tne Admiral's dispatch follows :
"Tongku, Jane 13,1900.
?'Siicretary of the Navy, Washington :
"Twenty-five hundred men are on the
road to Pekin for the relief of lega?
tions; one hundred are Americans; Eng
lieh and Russians in large majority. All
nations here are represented. The vice?
roy of Tien Tsin gave permission to
go there. The railroad is being repair
ed as the forcee advanoe. Tbe Russian?
are now ?sending soldiers from Port Ar?
thur witb artillery."
Much anxiety ie felt at tbe State
Department on account of the fact j
that Minister Conger has not been
heard from today. The Solace, with 5
officers and 100 marinee,left Manila this
morning for Taku.
? Quite a num.* er of ex-Confederates left
tiere this morning for Martineburg, now
West Virainia, where there was a Con?
federati; memorial celebration today.
Among thtia was Senator Daniel of
Virici nia, whu-te etili proad of his ser?
vice in the Confederate army, and will
continue tc oe until he dies. A promi?
nent democrat of a Htate farther South
than VirRtaift, talking about old timis
today, said ho believed the memory of
the Confederacy was more cherished
by Virginians ilian by any other peo?
nie of the South, and, he added, "de
t-riorated as many of tbem bave be?
come, I think tney are better and more
genteel than those of any other State
i? tbe Union."
Some of the numerous bettors at the
many bucket shop-*, pool rooms, or
sock brokers' olii ces, as they are
termed here, were caught by the fall
in the price of wheat, but not many, as
most of tbem regarded the recent rise
M only a speculating movement, and
placed no confidence in it.
It k believed here that the attend?
ance at neither one of the national po?
litical conventions will be large, aa the
Presidential candidates of botb have
been practically selected, and ae
few of either party take any in?
n-rent in tbe nomination of tbe Vice
Presidential candidates. The reported
ran io hotel rates at Philadelphia and
Kansas City helped to deter a great
many people from going to either
(?lace, and though tbose reports are now
proved to hav? been unfounded, they
have had tbeir etiectard that,too,though
prosperity is "all pervading." Rieb
people can ?third to attend national po?
litical conventions and make European
trips, but the average American citizen
id too poor to indulge in sucb extrava?
gances, and must be content to stay at
home and continue to hur-tle for bread
aod meat for himself and his family.
Bids for the construction of five new
battle sbips and and three armored
cruisers will be advertised for witbin
the next week or ten days. There was
no need for them, nor for half tbe ship?
the government already bae, until the
I 'cited Stati s expanded so as to take
in large and populous Islande in both
tbe Atlaotic and Pacific oceans, thou?
sand?* of miles across tbe sen?*.
A prominent Virginia democrat here
today said tbe only contests for demi -
cratic congressional nominatone in his
-?tate were in the 2nd and 10th dirti letj,
and tbat in tbe former be supposed Mr.
Young, wbo ? h ou? h fairly elected was
iimed out of bis seat, would be re
nominated, and m the Utter that Judge
(?uarles would succeed him-telf. As to
the coo-tnuttonal convention, be said
-?jin.? few newspapers were trying to
make it a live question now, but that
???-t of the wl-i. and con ervative dem?
ocrats of the State thought the less said
of it now, the better for the democratic
party.
Tbe commercial cable company re?
ports to the State Department that tbe
telegraph hues all around Pekin have
been cut and the ('hi?ese cap?tol is Me
tirely cut oL from connection with tbe
rest of the world.
John P. Coffin, of Lake Butler, Fla.,
vice president of tbe industrial com?
mi?;ion, which met at Chattanooga,
Teno., was before tbe commission here
today. He said moat strikes were due
to the exertions of the walking dele?
gate. U? characterized him as a man
usually who desires to earn a living
from the muscles of others, a born and
cultivated agitator, who, though him?
self prospering largely Irom others, can?
not bear to see peace prevailing for fear
that the sinecure he enjoys will belost."
He ?ondemned the methods of strikes, the
boycott, the blat-kliet, picketing or petroling
a? lieing un-American. They invaded private
tight-;. He condemned the sympathetic
etrtke, contending it did great harm to labor,
He thought mon ehoald be paid in cash for
their labor, and w?a against sto? e ordere. Ira
luiirrntioii bad a tendency to place upon a
lower piane the statua of all labor. Colored
labor, in his opinion, was a national question
and colored men were flt only for the lowest
grade of woik owing to a lack of education
The following change? in the fourth ola*??
po-doffices of Virginia were made today ;
McDowell, Highland county, John M. Hook
Mppotnted postmaster, vice W. A. Hick lin,
dead ; Wardsfork, Charlotte county, John B.
Dnnnavant. vice J I), Hhelton, removed.
THE 8POTSYLVANIA TRAGEDY.
After much persuasion on tbe part o*
her husband and father, Mre. Alexan?
der Lively yesterday evening made a
statement regarding the suicide Satui
urday night, near Mud Tavern, in Spot
sylvauia county, of Limerick Oayle, in
whose arme ehe herself was found in an
unconscious condition. As given out,
it is, in substance, ae follows: She had
gone to the stable to look after ber
horse and harnea*, ?a the ex?
acted to return to ber own borne early
tbe next day. As she started put ?
of the stable Gayle came up. He had a
dipper in his band, which wae half full
of water. She ?eked him what he was
going todo. He replied: "To?lie, and
you will die with me, for if I can't have
you no ? ne else sha.ll," He then took
from bis pockets the four bottles of
laudanum he had nhortly before pur
chased. Two ol them he poured into
tbe water, and by holding her around
the neck succeeded in making her swal?
low a good portion of it. He (ben p*
leased ht r and drank the contenta of
one of the other bottles and started to
drink the .????????ml, when he again seized
her. She tried to get away but tbey both
fell on a pile of hay. She immediately
began vomiting ami ?soon became uncon
scioue. Gayle, she said, ueyer spoke
after tney fell and she was unable be?
fore she lost consciousness to free her?
self irom him. As to their relations, ehe
said that beiore her marriage she thought
a great deal of Oayle, but never enough
to kill herself for him. She denied pos?
itively that anything wrong ever exist
ed between them, and aleo that sbe
would ever have taken the poison
had he not forced it down her throat.
Her recovery is assured, and on to-mor?
row she will be taken to her hueband'a
home.
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Court of Appeals nt Wythe
ville, yesterday Kelly vs. Lehigh com?
pany, submitted. Blankenship vs.
Ely, submitted. Kelly vs. Hamiden,
partly argued.
Mr. Richard Croker bas postponed
his departure from England to this
country, for an indefinite period. It Is
said tbat his decision also means that
he will not attend tbe democratic na?
tional convention in Kensas City.
a?
Tomorrow will be ? greet dey io the
history of Rochester, N. Y., when more
than 200,000 people will witness the pa?
rade in honor of Major General Otte.
NEWS OF THE DAY
The German Bundesrath has ap?
proved the navy bill which passed tbe
Reichstag on Tuesday.
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg
(Nicholas Frederick Peter) died yester?
day at hie summer residence at Kastede
He was born in 1827.
The President has appointed Ex-Rer?
reeentaiive W. D. Bynom, of Indiana,
a member of the commission to codify
the criminal laws of the United States,
vice D. B. Culberson, deceased.
The Post, ol Havana, alleges that
two men implicated in the postal scan?
dal secured the signature of Inspector
Maynard to important documents while
be lay on his deathbed.
It is stated tbat the republican coc
greeeional campaign committee has been
endeavoring to collect, as a campaign
contribution, a part of tbe extra month's
salary voted to the employees of Con?
gress just before adjournment.
It is reported tbat Col. GeorgeTrue*
dell will retire from the presidency of
tbe Washington Traction and Electric
Company, being succeeded by Mr. F. C.
Stephens. It is the intention of the
stockholders to materially limit tbe
transfer system now in vogue.
Gov. Mount, of Indiana, last night
Issued a statement declining to honor a
requisition from Gov. Beckham, of Ken?
tucky, for the return to tbat State of
W. B. Taylor, who is under indictment
for complicity in an alleged plot which
resulted in the assassination of Gov.
(?oebel,
ri Po li ce Judge McAuley, of Kansas
City, Mo., who several days ego attract?
ed attention by declaring himself in
favor of a law compelling women to
wear short shirts on the street, today
added to his laurels by lining Oeore-e S.
McLaughlin a real estate man, ?-'??) for
"mashing."
Tbe Ohio democratic State conven?
tion concluded its labors yesterday by
declaring for Bryan by- nominating a
Btate ticket and by sel? cling delegates
to tbe national convention. Mr. John
R. McLean's slate was fearfully smashed
and three of tbe four delegates-at-large
to the national convention are among
the pronounced anti-McLean men.
In an interview in Philadelphia, yes?
terday, t hair nun Hanna, of the reputi
lican national committee, clearly indi?
cated tbat Senator Allison bad the best
chance for the vice presidential nomi?
nation, if he would accept it. Tbe
national republican committee decided
not to place any of the contesting dele?
gates of either faction from Alabama on
the temporary rolls of the convention
except those (rom the Ninth district.
Lord Roberts' line of communications
bas been practically restored by a com?
plete victory gained by '?ener?is Meth?
uen and Kitebener over General De
Wet. Lord Roberts has fought a bat?
tle with General Botha, at tbe end of
which, though the British gained con?
siderable ground, tbe Boers were not
beaten. General Buller's column, after
defeating the Boers thoroughly,resumed
its march on Volksruet on Tuesday and
early today reached the border without
encountering an? opposition. The Bon
rear guard was retreating rapidly in a
northern direction.
VIRGINIA NEWS
It is thought Senator Daniel will bea
member of the Virginia Constitutional
Convention.
Tbe Loudoun National Bank will
pay '? per cent interest on all time
deposits after July let, 1900.
The annual exhibition of tbe l '?pel
ville Cjlt and Horse Club opened yes?
terday and will close tomorrow.
The new town council on Friday night
last elected Mr. B. T. Underwood town
sergeant for Leesburg for the ensuing
twelve months.
Mr. Thomas Harry died last night at
his home near Leeland, Stalloni county,
aged eighty-one years. He was a gal?
lant Confederate officer.
Tbe grand encampment of ?> Id Fel?
lows of Virginia, which met in annual
session at Newport News, selecttd
Staunton as the meeting place for June,
1801.
Mr, George Sbackelford, of Orange
county, is a candidate for State senator
to succeed Senator John L. Jtllries,
wbo is after (he attorney generalsuip
of the State.
Mrs. Susan Pendleton, of Wat, Cul
peper county, mother of Mr. H. C. Pen?
dleton, and the oldest inhabitant of the
cou.nty, died at her son's home a few
days ago, aged ninety-six years.
At Manassas yesterday the jury in
the case of Alexander Lambert,
charged with the murder of bis wife,
returned a verdict of murder in tbe
second degree with eighteen yeard iu
the penitentiary.
At Bristol yesterday, Elihu Ski en
a labor agent of tbe Virginia and South'
western Railway, shot and instantly
killed James Barnes, a man with fami?
ly. Bkeen had long suspected Barnes
of being unduly intimate with Mrs.
Skeen and hau resolyed to end Barnes's
life. The shooting oecured la a grove
near the Bkeen home, and In the pre?
enee of Mrs. Bkeen and two of her chil
dren. Bkeen escaped to Tennessee.
Mrs. Basil B. Gordon, died early yes?
terday morning at her late home iu
Baltimore. About a month ago a por?
tion of the home of Mrs. Gordon was
burned, and she never fully recovered
from the excitement and shock of the
occurrence. Death was doe to this and
to old age, she being in her eighty-sev?
enth year. Mrs. Gordon was a ?Mi.
Eliza B. Bkipwitb, of Virginia, She
was married over sixty years ago to Mr.
Basil B. Gordon, at the old family home,
near Frederioksburg.
GILLIGAN?s TRIAL.
The first witness in the Giiligan trial
at Isle of Wight Courthouse yesterday
testified only as to the number of let
ters taken from Giiligan by Mr. Weed,
wbo counted tbem and gave them to
Constable Frank O'Berry. The testi?
mony disclosed au apparent effort on
the part of the defense to prove tbat
some of the letters are missing, and
that they bore in an important degree
on tbe case. The defense will seek to
prove tuet instead of all lover-like re
lati?os having been broken ori with
Giiligan twelve months previous to the
shooting, tbat they were still sweet
hearts the night of the sbootine, tbat
Miss Turner was in the stable lot with
Giiligan, and that they wer? surpris d
by tbe girl's father, and tbat both the
girl and ber mother knew* of the shoot?
ing some hours before tbe alarm was
given.
Mrs. Sue Batten, Giiligan's sister,
older than himself, was the chief wit?
ness, and, according to her testimony,
Giiligan was pursued by the girl. She
testified that she told Mrs. Turner
of the letters that Giiligan had received
from Mies Isabel, and of Mrs. Turner's
offer to buy them from her. Bbe
also stated that Mr. C. Beverley Tur?
ner had told her that be would kill
Giiligan if be caught him around his
boose. Further, she said tbat while
ber brother, the prisoner, was working
?it her home, which is half a mile from
tbe Turner's, Miss Isabel used to come
over and call him out of the field. "I
was a poor widow woman with six
fatherless children," she sr'.d, "and she
led bim astray by coming over aod
calling him from his work." Bbe said
Miss Turner woul.t drive up and wave
her tandkercbiel to Nick, and be
wculd go and get in ber baggy and
drive nil with her right often. She told
Miss Isabel's father about this. Mr.
Turner came over and asked why she
(Mrs. Batten) and her brother, Nick,
did not get along better. She said she
told him that ner daughter was tbe
cause of it; that Mise Label came there
after Nick and tbat both she and her
mother wrote bim not?e, and that one
night Mise Turner drove over to her
honre and called Nick out and drove
him a way in the huggy. She tcld Mr.
Turner about this.
Continuing she said :
"Ou Marco 20, is:?l?, Mr. Turner, her
father, overtook me on the road and
said: "Sue, come in the buggy with
me.' I went. He sait! he hated to tell
me, but, gritti g bis teeth and shaking
his head, said he would blow Nick's
brains out. I was very sad st hearing
him say that, with only my sister and
six fatherless children. While I was
sick I heard rumors."
The witness was asked ii Miss Tur
ner tried to bribe her to get the letters.
Counsel objected, and the court sus?
tained the objection, and tbe question
was not answered.
Mrs. Bitten went into details upon
being croos-examioed. Bbe said that
Mrs. Turner had ollered bet #2.50 to
get the letters for her, but that she told
her she did not "like to meddle in
Nick's and Isabel's afiairs." "Giiligan
tended crops on mv farm in 1898," said
the wit-ess, "and Isabel used to come
there to get vegetables. She came to
see Nick sometimes as olten as twice a
day, snd during the year I suppose she
came a hundred times. I bave known
Nick to leave my horses in the field
and go oil with Isabel, never stopping
to put his coat on. Sbe did her share
leading Nick astray, and Nick spent
nearly all the time driving with her
when she was at home and writing let?
ters to her when she was at school.
Her visits to my brother annoyed me a
great deal.
Other witnesses testified as to tbe
events on the night of the killing. As?
sistant l'ostinaste r Goodeon says that
he saw Isabel and Giiligan together on
Fergusson's wbarf late that evening.
Chester Hundley, a half ?irother of Gil
ligan, swore that tbe latter came home
at S.1J0 o'clock on the night of the kill?
ing. Both hie shoes, he said, had
round toes. It bad been testified that
the tracks near the body were made by
bo*h round and sharp toed shoes. He
said Giiligan seemed much bothered.
Mrs. Cnester Hundley, tbe next wit?
ness, raid Giiligan was much perturbed;
that he stamped bis foot and said:
'Look what a woman will do for h
man."
J. W. Dashield testified that, ae a
member of tbe coroner's jury, be heard
Isabel say she wae nervous, and that
wbeu ehe heard the gun she could
almost have located tbe place where
her father was afterward found dead in
the snow.
This afternoon Gilligan will go on
tbe stand and tell bis own story.
The trial will not close liefere Satur?
day, and may poeeibly extend into next
week,
MR. BRYANIN CHICAGO.
Hon. William J. Bryan was in Chi?
cago yesterday and was the center of a
great deal of political discussion, all ol
it bearing on what may lie done at the
democratic national convention in
Kansas City, July 1.
Mr. Bryan talked politics with Sena?
tor Jones, chairman of the democratic
national committee; F. C. Johnson,
head rf the executive committee; Coas.
A. Walsb, secretary of the oillotjil
committee, and D. J. Chapman,
national committeeman of Michigan.
The platform to be adopted at Kan?
sas City and also the Vice Presidential
question were considered at length.
On the queotion of a platform, tbe
trend of discussion forecasted to some
extent tbe differences of opinion
which may arise at Kansas City, even
among loyal Bryan men. The ques?
tion ie whether the money plank and
other troublesome legacies from 1S96
shall be handled by reaffirmation of tbe
Chicago platform in a lump, or
whether some planks of the 18!'S plat?
form, especially those on money, shell
be rewritten.
Mr. Bryan, it Is stated by men close
to him, favors rewriting much of the
1S9?> platform this year. Senator Jones,
according to credible advices, advocates
reaffirmation of tbe Chicago platform
as a wboie and then a ?juick transition
to the newer issues of imperialism and
trusts.
"I say, as I have before many times,"
Mr. Bryan replied, when asked what
be thought of the platform aod issues
this year, "that 1 think tbe three big
questione before us are money, trusts
and imperialism. Tbe money ?piestion,
of course, includes the question of silver
aud of paper money; the question of
imperialism includes militarism and
the policy of which our national ad?
ministration's work in the Philippines
and ito attitude on the Boer queetion
are ?amples.
"I believe the principi? a adopted in
the platform of 1KLW? were adopted as a
part of the party creed, never to be de?
parted Irom. I do not think those
should be or can be departed from this
year. Tbat platform, however, must
be added to as new issues arise. Ae I
do not expect to he a delegate to tbe
national convention, I cannot presume
to discuss tbe form in which these prin?
ciples shall be stated in the platform o
be adopted there.
"1 cannot undertake to nay what will
be the paramount issue. No man can.
One thinks one queetion is tbe biggest
and another man thinks another is.
"Whit do I think should be done In
the Philippine?'.' I think this country
shonld tell those people that we are
there only for tbe purpose of establish?
ing a stable government and that when
we have done so we should turn the Is?
land over to the people and protect
them against foreign aggression, as we
have protected the South American re?
publics.
"The conditions ahead and tbe plan
of campaign? Why, conditions are
much ?uiore favorable to us than tbey
were at this time in loi'tj. The repub?
lican party ie on the defensive. It will
talk prosperity, ot course, but we'll be
willing to take tbe votes of all the peo?
ple wbo have not had their share of
prosperity and leave to the republicans
the votec of the people wbo have had
their share.
"I should say our plan of campaign
will be to carry every State in the
Union. Cannot, carry all of tbem f I
would not speak so harshly of the peo?
ple of any State as to say tbat I thought
the people there intended to support
tbe republican party."
Senator Jones will meet next Friday
the subcommittee on arrangements for
the convention at Kansas City, when
tbe sf lection of a temporary chairmau
of the convention will be made.
Mr. Bryan is now practically nomi
nated by the democratic party for
President of the United States. The
number of delegates to tbe national
convention is 1130. Tbe number of
votes necessary to nominate for Presi?
dent is C20. The number of delegates
already pledged to vote for Bryan is
G.50, which Insures his renomination.
In reply to a telegram congratulating
bim, Mr. Bryan said: "Tbe indorse?
ment is not a personal compliment but
a commendation of the principles I
have advocated."
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIf NEWS
Hi?? Chinese Situation.
Tien Tsin, June 11 ?The foreign
force which started for Pekin is re?
maining at Lang Fang, about 35 miles
liom here, for tne present. Tbe force
cannot reach Pekin before Sunday.
The railroad repairing is being done by
the English and American marines.
Only 200 yards of road can be recon?
structed each day owing to the heavy
damage done by the boxers. Lang
Fang is about half way been Tien Tsin
and Pekin. Russia bas ordered two
companies of artillery bere. It te
stated here tbat Russia and France
haie agreed to a joint policy in dealing
with the Chinese situation.
Yokohama, June 11 ?Japan has de
ceided to send a regiment of mixed
troops to China.
London, June 14.?There is not much
apprehension over the outcome of the
battle which may occur at tbe gates of
Pekio. The chief anxiety is that fight?
ing with tbe marines outside the city
may be the siitnai for an assault on tbe
legations and mission refuges within
the city.
Kwang Tung, Southern China, June
II.?Anti-Coristian riots have occurred
in Yun-Nan-Fu aod the French mis?
sions there have been destroyed. The
missionaries, however, escaped to Ton
King.
Tien Tain, June 18.?Dispatches from
Minister Conger have reached hereby
carrier. He orders tbat 2,000 United
States troops be held ready to go tip to
Pekin at a moment's notice. Two
thousand Russian cavalry, infantry and
artillery have landed at Takuand 1,500
are ready to start for Pekin.
New York, Jane 14.?Communication
with Pekin has been interrupted. The
commercial cable company announces
today tbat the telegraph linee between
Pekin and Kalgan, 100 milee northwest
of there, have been totally destroyed.
Telegrams for Pekin can only be ac?
cepted at senders' risk.
Tien Tsin June 14.?The railway
communication between here and Lang
Fang, where tbe foreign relief force ie
stationed, has been cut three miles be?
yond Yang Tsun, two stations from here.
Two bridges were destroyed. Tbe Box?
ers, it is learned,will make a determined
attempt tonight to burn the station at
Tien Tsin.
London June 14.?A dispa'ch from
Hong Kong says that four companies
of tbe Hong Kong regiment, with 3 bat?
teries of artillery, will eta t for TienTsin
tonight.
Tbe Fusiliers are expected to sail on
the crusier Terrible on June 18.
London, June 14 ?A distoatch from
Shanghai says that 80,000 Chinese
troops are drawn up outside the gates
of Pekin to oppose tbe relief force, and
guns are trained on the American,
British and Japanese legations.
The Situation in South Africa.
London, June 14.?Lord Roberts in a
lengthy dispatch to the War Office,an?
nounces that Genera) Botha and his men
whom he bad met in battle, 15 miles
east of Pretoria, had retired to tbe east?
ward after another day's hard fighting.
Roberts also announces that his easy
occupation of Pretoria was made ina?
sible by Buller's movements at Laings
Nek.
London, June 14?A dispatch from
Natal says tbat tbe British authorities
have presented the mayor of Ladysmith
with a bill of several thousand pounds
for food furnished tbe inhabitants of
the town during the siege. The mayor
made himself responsible for the bill
not believihg it would ever be pre?
sented.
Tho St. Louis Street Car Strike.
St. Louis, June 14.?The polies ? uard
was taken oil nearly all tho cats today
and the officers began again to walk
tbeir beats after an absence of five
weeks. Chief Campbell rays he be?
lieves the backbone of the strike is
broken. There were three disturb?
ances in tbe past twenty four hours
Tbe first was the attempted blotting
up of a car io north St. Louis by dyna?
mite. The motorman and conductor
were slightly injured. The second was
tbe explosion of dynamite under a
cable train at midnight. Two trainmen
and two passengers were jolted and the
cars were considerably damaged. The
third attempt was an effort made to
kill tbe two postal clerks and the mo?
torman and conductors of a United
States mail car shortly before mIdoisbl
It was the first direct assault made
against a mail car since the granting of
the federal injunction. A volley of
bullets was poured Into the car, but no
one was hurt, A riot call was turned
in, but no arrests were effected.
True to Her Promise.
Bowling Green, O., June 14.?Harry
Harris, an inmate of the jail, will be
married next Sunday to Miss Florence
Robinson, to whom be was engaged be?
fore be was caught burglar/in. a house.
As soon as he was locked up he wrote
to the girl releasing her from ber
promise to wed bim. She replied she
would not release bim and that she was
coming to marry him. A woman In?
mate of tbe jail will be bridesmaid.
After tbe ceremony Harris will be
taken back to lis cell to await trial.
How to Cure a Sprain.
Last fall I sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doc?
tor I called on said at first it was a
slight strain and would soon be well,
but it grew worse, and tbe doc'or then
said I had rheumatsm It continued
to grow worse and I could hardly get
around to work. 1 went to a drug
??tore ?ne) tbe druggist recommended
me to try Co am ber Tain's Pain Balm. I
tried it and one-half of a 60-cent bottle
cured me entirely. I now recommend
it to all my friends.?F. A. Baboock,
Erie, Pa. It is for sale by ?11 druggists,
Republican Committee.
Philadelphia, June 14.?The nation?
al republican committee reeumed the
hearing of conteste thie morning. Tbe
first contest called was tbe Fourth con?
gressional district of Georgia, where
two sets of delegates were selected by
rival convent ons, both claiming to be
regular. Tbe contestants from the
joutbern States were worr?d by the
a.'tion by tbe committee in reference
to Alabama, where both sides were
thrown out, end some feared a similar
result in other southern delegation?.
The natiooal r remittee, after hearing
the Georgia contest, decided in favor ol
J. H. Deveraux and J. K. Love, and
against Postmaster J. F. Doyle and W.
R. Lowe.
The contest in the District of Colum?
bia between W. Calviu Chase and Jobn
H. Jones and Rev. George E. Lee anil
Dr. Reyburn wae next called by the
committee. The committee after a few
minut?e' consultation, decided that
VV. Calvin Chase and John K. Jones
shoultl receive tbe credentials and Dr.
ii?yburn and R?v.* Dr. Lee will not
repreeent tbe D etricf.
The Louisana contests, where there
are six -ets of delegates, from as many
districts, were next called,
? The Evening Bulletin this afternoon
say-. "It is still Blies or Allison in the
hotels this morning with the impression
strong that the former is in tbe lead, in
spite of Senator Henna's etlorts for tbe
Iowa Senator. If Bliss ie not nominate?',
it will not be because of any inattention
on the part of the leaders who are close-1
to the Administration. Dolliver is the
thorn in the side of Chairman Hanns,
President McKinley and their fol?
lowers.''
New York, June 14.?Senator Wm. P.
Allison, of Io-va, was at the Albemarle
Hotel last night. He had a long con?
ference with Senator Platt, of New
York, and Cornelius N. Bliss. The
conference, it was learned today, was
as 10 the advisability of having Bliss
nominated for tbe Vice Presidency next
week. Buss, it is said, again positively
refused to allow his name to be used
Many New York politicians believe
that despite their declinations, either
Bliss or Allison will be tbe nominee.
Foreicn Newa.
Ascot, June ?.?The Gold Cup.
valued at 1,000 sovereigns, with 8,000
sovereigns in specie added, was won to?
day by Mrs. Langtry'e Merman, ridden
by Tod Sloan.
Berlio,Jone 14th.?Emperor William,
it is learned, intends to complete tbe
augmentation of bis navy much earli-r
tban the time fixed by the naval b II,
which has just been approved by tbe
Diet. A confidential communication
to this etlect will be ransmitted to tbe
Reichst?!*; next winter.
Paris, June II.?Cnarron, the French?
man, won tbe automobile race from
Paris to Lyone. Hie time whs 9 hours
and 33 minutes. Winten, the Ameri?
can contestant, owing to an acculent.
finished last. The ?iistar.ee was 348
miles.
Berlin, June 14?Butcher riots oc
cured in Finckeowald near Stettin yes
terday, as t he outcome of a feud bet ween
tbo butchers and the local soldiers. One
butcher, named Dallmrn, died last
night from injuries received.
Hailstorms bere destroyed almost all
the crope in west Hanover and east
Westphalia.
8imla, June 14.?Over G.000,000 per?
sons are now receiving relief.
London, June 14.?A dispatch from
Simla, India, says that there are still
more than six million famine sufferers
receiving government relief.
The relief camps io Bombay have
been ewelled by tbe return of 200,000
persons, wbo lied from them because of
the cholera scare.
Hawarden, June ?.?Mrs. Gladstone,
widow of William E, Gladetone. died
here today. Tbe end came peacefully
and hae been expected hourly for sev?
eral days. Mrs Gladetone was the
daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart,
and was married to Mr. Gladetone in
1889.
London June 11.?In the House of
Commons today Mr. Broderick, the par?
liamentary Foreign S-cretary, replying
to a question, said that complete accord
prevailed among the powers regarding
China. Arrangements, he said, had
been made to increase the British fore?
on the Yangtee river.
Virginia Postolli????-..
WaBhington, D. C. June 14.?The an
nual readjustment of postmaster's sala
riee hss just been completed. In Vir?
ginia Bedford City has been advanced
trom 3rd to 2nd class witb increase of
$200. Fortress Monroe relegated from
2nd to Srd class with a decrease in salai y
of $200. The salary at Phoebus has
been decreased f 100.
Salaries of poetmasters have been incroasod
in a number of instances, among theni the
following : AshUnd. ri' ?Ot ? to $1700; BU?*ka
burg, $1200 ti? $1300; Freder?kelnrg,
?MOO to $23<Xh Hot Springs ?jiltiOO u,
$1700; Afarntssas fllOO to $1*200; Norfolk.
$3300 to $3400; Koanoke. $2**>00 to $'29<Mi.
(lordonavil'.e, $1100 to $1300. Ilarrisonhurg,
$1800 to$li'(Kl: Lu ray. $1400 to $15iM);
Manchester ?2*100 to $i>400; New*?ort
Newe. $'?700 to $2S00; Orange, $1200 to
$1300;('h?rtettesville, 8800 to 12000.
A?i.*iili*iit to a Steamer.
New York, June 14.?Tbe big Wait?
Star liner Teutonic, which arrived here
thie morning, met with an ?occident at
midnight Monday, which delayed the
steamer 24 hours. Her machinery par?
tially broke down so tbat only one
screw could be used until Tuesday
night. Tue break caused no apppre
hension among the passengers, as they
were assured that there wae no danger
J. P. Moruan, the million ire banker,
accompanied by his daughter, was
among the passengers on tbe Teutonic.
.Sl'M'Itewartl, "SIOO.
The readere of thie paper will be pleased to
learn that there ie at least one dreaded diaeaae
that science hae been able to cure in all it?
stages and that is Catarrh Hall's Catarrh
Care ie the only positivo cure now known to
tin? mi iti? si fraternity Catarrh being a con?
stitutional d?aoste, UMiuires >i constitution? 1
treatment? Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken la?
ten.ally, acting dirontly upon the blood am! ?
ma?ons surface? of the system, thereby ?Ie
-troviug the foundation of the disease, and
giving tbe patiurt ?trength by bailding up
the constitution and assisting nature in doii ?*
it? work. The | ropriotois have so Meflh faun
in ite earative powere, that they offer ??.??
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
core. Send for list of testimoniala.
Addreea F. J. CHENEY.? CO., Toledo, O.
!?'< Id by dt uggiate, 75c.
H.il'e Family Fills are the beet.
Beet for the Bowel?.
No matter what ails yon. beadaohe toa
canter, joo will never cet well until yoor
bowels are ( ut right CAeCABETS help na?
ture, cure yun witbou-fa gripe or pain, pro
due?? easy, natural mo .?'m?ats, cost you iur>t
10 cents to start getting your health back.
CAM'AKETS Candy Cathartic, the genaine,
put up in metal boxes. Every tablet has C.
C. C stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
To Cure I'oimtipalIon Forever.
Take Cusca rets Canuv Cathartic. 10c or 29a
jl&&&Aa^to?3t^rtni?}giwre*tupdm
? lui-? ?1 His Privilege.
'? J M afeli?, an a
pri - . ?-*....< i-commnnicatnl.
spoke in me American Met'.??) t R. .
copal Church here last ni__.,
'he Catholic Church. Miraglia .
rayed in Catholic Episcopal ro?-.
-is attack on the Roman I ,tho (
Church he called the members of tre
Vatican thieves and brigand* worthv
of the gallows. The ??Joritj of tbe
Protestant congregation inter,
the ex-prie?t with angry ;
?gainst his abuse of the privilege of th?
pulpit and the poHot were fina I].
to prevent an open riot.
I>??ui?i shout NesjroGhoHa
Pittrburg, Pa., June 14.? U ;?.
ter Jones, a colored man, \s>,.
tried yesterday for ent?rine t
of o-car Gil?.-, fon-rnai. hi the !
Rolling Mill, Mel.
W. Holmes, t? r J -exa
Mrs. Giles and a ?
say she saw a ghew. ??atead o' j
she held nightly -
itualistic visitors see ghort-, I
Attorney Haymaker objected,
the matter irrelevant unle-s ,t ,
P'ov-n there were colored
Judge Slagle-u^'aine?l him.
G led at Hi- Pom
Chicago Juno 11. ? Hen rj I "
motorman of an electric car, di
dead at bis post last nigh?,
car sjied on. At :;?:_ str?
took the signal to go ahead, and.
the circuit. The car di I sot stop a
street, where the railway 11
the conductor ran lo 'he platfoi
turned ell the power. fctorgai
dead. Heart di-ease was the ?
TELEtiRArmc BBEVITIK:
LngineerR In rts arid hrakennc
were killed last night in a bead.
collision three noibs east of (?alion 0.
While trying to re-ctic a chi!
the river near Jackson, Mien., In?
nig, liobert E. Etri n-, a youii?.?
preformer, ?a? drowned.
Three men and two ? ? . .
cues of life, committi.'il aak-di
?luriDii the p_st tW.T.ly.foar -00?
were Albert Cyriax. 81 y< *r^ old ? it
who uih?!c*l ???-; ' I * rge H.s-i?. r hai ?
self; an uuki ?.vrn man .li
snia I crc? ?v en feUtea bhaSati Mr?
l'.ia?k eaded li.r life by mil. in
? /.?in, ?2- year?? i,
bobe ?ci?!.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Seven nien m-r^ yi-rteriay > ?
hurled down ? ?"?00 feet emhankrin-i t
to instant death, and seven Umbel cars
amlan o?d cog engine were
to pit-, es as they rolle?! and tumbled
down over the ruck-covered mountain
to t e bottom ol the r:ivn???
which the TexM aod Oregon ??
traverses, near ?Villia
was the mos' frigbtf-l C-tOstroph
has occurred iu that .-ritmi ?
The railroa?l bj owned by C. A. 1 :
a lumberman, aud ir about aeven mil??
in length, extending from (?
Pa., to toe heart of toe lumler :
Th. road is t tie third steep.
sylvania, and bas a grade of 14 I
every 100 feet, and is full >.i
curves. Yesterday eve'iingthe ei .
seven cars heavy laden with t :
and eight men ?-Urted from tin
for Cammal. Most of the men M
woodsmen. In turning a sharp curve
the entire train left the rails and
over the embankment went the
men to a horrible death and lb?
complete demolition.
THE CHINESE TROUBI.l -
The rioting in Pekin is re;
t ) have reached an acute -ta_e.
bers of the various legations hav :
b -en attacked.
In regard to reporta that Ja|
about to declare war on Chius
learned at the Japanese embuaj
London, yesterday, tbat ? he a* ti t <
Jipan in the Chinese orfana i
operate loyally with ih?? Euri
power?.
The ?. S. Navy Departm
inf'-Tiiied that the gunboat Yorktowi
sailed yesterday from Shanghai for '
Foo. The Uni'.ed States consul al -
Foo informi1?! the State Departen?1!
yesterday of Boxer disturban?
that pince, but no particular-,
furnisiu-.l. (.'ne Foo is on the D<
of the Shan Tung penimula.
I)ii> You F.v kk Think <-?????
editor cab write more cheerfullv
business intererts of the town v.
columns are liberally tilled ei
advertising of the bnatoeaa hou-?
editor can advocate Ibe -
of buying from t^e hon c
unlers the home marobaol
they are latawafd in cat
the home trade bj sdv?it?^
columns of the local new-i"?:-? ?
depressing to tb?editor to II
men patronizing every advi-rn- .
that comes along, and at t
tne names of these basin
rarely, if ever, seen in the a 11
columns of the local Dewtpa
[Press and Printer.
Reports show that ever '
lives have been save?! throu?
Minuti-< ou^h Cure Mi
of icrlppt- rraaa aal ?. "I
bronchiti?) ami |>u> ?????? ? >. Il-?
veiiti ?OiiSUliiiilii.il.
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one ?Jaa ?mailer aftor ?-.
?owderto l.o sbakc.-i : .! :r>'
li mattai tight or now th?*-- feel V ? ?
iiiKtuit robef to ?nniri anil Imi
gr?-aU et comfort ?liwnvery ..f ?
ami prevents HWolli-n f> < :
?ore spot?. Allen's Foot-_aee i? ? ??
?-in?, tor sweating, hot. aabiBI
druKirist-.'and ?h?o ataW
??? KBKK by mail, ad?n
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Hagk il ?? tho short itap
from a ? oii^h or col?! to COBS?
esrly u.?? <?t One MinBtaCot |
ronsiiiiipn..n. It i?th?ionly ??
(?? Kiv?s Immediate aaaalu.
thioat ?id lane tionl.t??. ( bl ?' ?
it ami m >ll.i p oi.il'irse it
LOST.
LI si -<-'u King acn '
and Boyal, a pair of BOLD >'
>IT.i TACLJ-8, Th. limier will be
iewnr.lt.I upon leaving thiin I
n lore.
j\)R BALE AND BEM
for sali: <>R RENT.
??&1CK HOUsK, with are?
Kin* ?tieeL Uo#d bugine- p>
terms. Appply ??
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