SATIRDAY EVENING. JUNE 23, 190)

In thk republican parade at Phila¬delphia, the other night, was a tran

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pareucy ou vhich were inscribedthe

following words: "Anti-ifcperialism ßunpatriotir." Why, oertaiuly ! It ie,oí course, »nd naturally, and legiti¬mately, uupatriotic, under » republicanform of government, to express a sen¬timent iu opposition t> imperialism !Perish the thought that it could be

otherwise ! And *o the apptaracca ofthis transparency was greeted withloud ap.ilause io tbe city of brotherlylove; and so, lorty years ago,was one bearing tbe inscriptionthat the "Constitution wae a leaguewith bell and a covenant with

death." When the man on horsebackshall ride by the hall from which theDeclaration of Independence was it-sue«!, the cromi on the sidewalks willbail him with cries of'"Long live theKm«,"or Euiperor, or, Dictator, as thecase may be.

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A. W. Harris, one of the negro al¬

ternates from Virginia to tbe recentnational republican convention, threat¬ens to make trouble for his party on ac¬count of tbe treatment be and the oth¬

er negro delegates received Ht that con¬vention. As all the real etlective

strength his party has in the South, andmuch ibat it has in the North, is de¬rived from bis race, they certainlyshould have been treated with moreconsideration than wae accorded them.But, all the same, every one of them inthe North will vote the repuolicanticket next November, and as the re-pub icans lave announced lh.it theywon't make any tight in tbe Soutn,they don't care whether those in thissection will do so or not.

The BLOODY and expensive and prolonged strike in St. Louis hns at lasicome to an end; because men whowanted the places that had been slon-doned by others, were bold enough toUke them, though at the risk of theirlives, and to hebt to retain them, so asto ob'.rtio the means by which tor rup-rjort themselves aud those depeudeutupon them for support. They candraw their week's wage?, while tbe menwho have been dynamiting, shootingand stoning them fordoing work, whichthey refused to do are idling aroundtht groggeries and impotently cursingand sbflsi·! them. Tbe strikers haveloct two months' wage» so far, but howmany more they will lose, they don'tknow. _Thk national council of the Junior

Order of United American Mechanic*5has suspended all the Virginia lodgesfor refusing ro pay the increased percapita tax. All sorts of taxes are ob¬jectionable to all sorts of people, butespecially are they ea when they arecollected lor no other apparent pur¬pose than to enable other people tolive without work. And then, too,junior, as well a-.-enuir, workmen knowthat they and their families have ur¬gent need for all the money they canget bold of now, and, therefore, bavenone to give to other people who areas well to do, and as able to workfor a living, as they are.

As thi: object of Mr. Quay, to de¬tain the convention in Philadelphia oneday longer, for the benefr of the hotelkeepers of that city, had been attained,and as all uncertainty about the nom¬ination of the ticket had been removed,he withdrew his résolution for reducingthe representation from the South infuture conventions. The Pennsylvaniaex-Senator was very successful at Phil¬adelphia. He "downed" Mr. Hanna,who voted against his admission to theSenat*, and had his own favorite nom¬inated for Vice President.

Fkar Is expressed that there willnot be enough money in the Statetreasury to give the old and disabledex-Confederate soldiers the pension«that have recently been allowed themby the county and city examiningboards. There would h« A plenty, andto spare, if it were not that so much isthrown away on negro free schoolswhich, as judged by experience, certainly are of no real advantage to thosewho attend them.

Govkbnor Roosevelt of Now Yorkis a prudent man, in one respect atleast. He, therefore, casts an anchorto windward, and will not resign hispresent office until be shall be assuredthat he has been elected to the newone for which he bas been nominated.Tbe Governor knows that there ie noth¬ing more uncertain than politics in acountry in which every man bas theright t«) vote.Miss Fanny Crandall, of Elkland,

Pa., a student at Buckuell Institute,Lewisburg, Pa., and who was injured iua runaway accident, near Miftliogburg,«lied in a hospital today in Philadel¬phia. Her father is a well knowntoy manufacturer.

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Richard Croker, the Tammanv Hall chief¬tain, aciOinpanied by his two «on«, arrivedut New Yo/k this morning from Europe, af¬ter an absence of «even months. Mr. Crokerhas returned to take command of hi« force«¦Luring the comiug election.

FROM WASHINGTON.Correspondence of the Alexandria Gamette.]

Washington, June 23.The Navy Department this morning

received th^ loi lowing dispatch fromAdmiral Kempil which waa given outlor publicat on in the following form:'.Acting Secretary Hackett hae thiamorning recived a dispatch from Ad¬miral K»-mll, dated Chefoo, June 23,to toe rfleot tnat our marinea underMitj t Waller, together with 400 Rus¬sian*, have ? ad an engagement withtlit« Chiueee army near Tien Tsin.Th. ? could not break tnrough the Cni-MM line. ? force numbering 2,000,the admiral reports, in uow ready tomake another attempt. The dispatchapparently shows Uiat tbe oppoeiogfoicd must be either iu overwhelmingnumbers or mat it is a well organizedbody. Either points to tbe presence of[muerta troops. The question of theeifety of the foreigners in Tien Tt-inami Pekin is considered almost second¬ary to that of war, for the formal open¬ing of i.o-tilitifs would a rneau a etrug-gle which might prove of endless com¬plications and give tbe jingoes all tbelighting they de.sire. Said a high of-ticial of tbe State Depattment thismorning: "It is a must singular oir-cuin-tauce that out of 40 or 50 dis·pitches received Irotn Coioa we havenot been alii- to learn whether it is of(''una, or a rabble of bigots, that weDave to fight."Several communications were re¬

ceived yesterday by the Secretary ofState, to the etlect that viceroys whohave their seats of government atNanking and Wu Chang, and whoi/overo the five great provinces in theVangtse Kiaug region, have assured¡iris government that they are de-ermine«! and perfectly able to preserveorder in their jurisdictions and protectne lives and property of foreigner?.In reply to this they have been assuredby tbe State Department tbat, so longas they are able to maintain order andprotect life aud property in the pro¬vinces under their control, the govern¬ment of tbe Uuited States «rill send noroops into tbat region, and will use itau fiuence with the other powers in the.Mine direction.A communication was received from

Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy of Canton,a no gave hi·« personal assurance tbattue tiring upon tbe foreign fleets atTaku was not authorized by the Chinesegovernment. He desires tbe authorityof the powers to proceed to Pekin forthe purpose of putting an end to thedisturbances there, a purpose in whichhis great influence both with tbe courtand with tbe people gives a certainpromise of success. Tbe United States,and it is believed the other powers,have assented to this proposition of LiHung CbaDg, and ho is supposed tohave started for Pekin.A dispatch from Rear Admiral

? nipt!, evidently sent before the onereporting a fight with tbe Coinés«army near Tien Tsin, was made publicat uoou. limer date of June S3 he re-piitB to a query from the Navy Depart¬ment, tnat tne foreign forces in Pekinare made up of 30Auftiiaua, 75 French,50 Germans, 79 British, 40 Italians, 23Jipjnese, 75 Russians ami 58 Araeri-¦ . He Hiiyn further: "No news of

the whereabouts of tbe Pekin relief ex-n- lit loa reported by cablegram June12. Japane.se expect several thousand11 oops. Now due. No news fromTien Tsin or Pekin since last report."The Treasury Department has uot

yet received an official report of tbeBritish steamer Alpha's alleged viola¬tion of the custom laws at Cape Nome.Tne Alpha is reported to have landedpus eugcrs at Nome on May 25contraryto G s. statues and left the port beforel he government officials had time to stopher. Assistant Secretary Spauldingstated this morning that le has ordereda report made on the case and if theAlpha did violate any of our coast regu¬lations she will be seized when she nextappear· iu American waters.Tue President held a long consulta

lion with Lieut. Gen. Miles this after·i.o"? over the Chinese trouble. This>s tbe tiret time the commandinggeneral of the army has been summon¬ed to tbe White House since his eleva¬tion to '.he lieutenaut-generalcy and itis looked upou as significant of tbe ex¬tremo gravity of tbe situation. Gen.MU- is. it is understood, furnished hel're-ident wi h details of the troopstli 't can be most advantageously sparedtrain their present commands and themost readily sent to tbe scene of ho--Lililí s.From Leesburg it is learned that at

the telephone meetir g therein the earlypart of the week there were not a suf¬ficient number present to decide uponanything definitely about establishinga line from there to this city, with abranch to Alexandria, but there hasbeen money enough raised for tbe pur¬pose and that if the separate lines tbatire proposed to be consolidated don'tagree, an entire new line will beerected.The brokers and their customers

here were "all of a flutter" today, as-tucks "went all to smash," whilewheat went "sky high," that for Au¬gust reaching HU\.The President is peeking up today,

to go to the palace be bas purchased inCanton, Ohio, and in which he willsoeud a large part of tbe summer, tak¬ing hi-i clerks with him, and transactinghis business there, in fact making (ai¬tón the summer capital of tbe country.

Intelligence from various parts of tbecountry here today is to the effect tbatthe feeling of most conservative demo¬crats everywhere is tending towardsSenator Gorman for the Vice Presi¬dential nomination on tbe democraticticket. Between him and GovernorRoosevelt, it is said, tbe sober-sidedmen of all parties would prefer tbeformer as the presiding officer of theSenate, and it is said that Mr. Bryanha- great faith in tbe discernment andjudgment of the Maryland ex-Senator.Che chief trouble in eight is tbe objec¬tion Mr. Gorman will bave to accept.tig tbe nomination; bat those whoknow him say he will do anything tohelp bis party.Most everybody here, republicans aswell as democrats, say they don't re¬member a Presidential ticket to have

fallen so flat as tbe one just nominatedat Philadelphia. If it bad oreated anyenthusiasm, they say, arrangem-ut,would already be in progress lor agrand ratification m eting here, andin nearly all tbe other cities of the coun¬try; but now, tbe nomination has beenmade, the delegates have gone homeand that is all, simply that and nothingmore.A cablegram received at tho War Depart¬

ment t h - afternoon fron General MacArthnrat Manila announce* tbat a detachment oflour officers >tnd 100 man of the 40th Volun¬teer Intent ?y uuderCapt. Miller wer* ambneh-0.1 on the Dagayau river Jane 13, Fifty menmm sent to re-enforce'tbem bot wore forcedbark. American lorn: killed, 7; wounded, 11,mining, 1. But the war is over.Alexandri» ha« not yet quarantined thia

I city on account of smallpox, bat tbat di iremo

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l« prevalent here, no 1the Grand Lodge.A special per capita tax of 16 c· tt-.

to be collected for one year, wan deci«ed on for the support of the Nation·Orphans'Home at Tiffin, Ohio, wbl<Is inenmbered with a debt 0Í 175,0011The minimum age limit to nienit^r-was red need from 18 to 10 yearn mltbe number of delegates to the Natio.al ('ou noi I from 119 to 98. Penncvlv>nia bad her representation inóresefrom 11 to 17 delegates because of th·increase in membership.Following tbe announcement of the

suspension of four State councils conntbe practical admission of represent st iies of the Virginia Council, which '-among those suspended, tbat slept) wi ·'shortly be taken looking to organi/·«' «of a rival National Council on an led·pendent basis.Instbuction High in Oüba..Tb«

portal frauds in Cuba have rath« rswamped the scandal existing iu " 'university at Havana, whicb han ·«tbe milking ground for pome of IIbest known men when in Cub», alas under professors receive·! t-year each. There were 72 ol Mprofessors and 24 assistants, so»*them having no classes at all «:others only one or two etudeil·.Many of tbe professons il re ?government salaries. When thi.- ¦»*called to General Wood's atlentior biimmediately inaugurated retorewhich resulted In cutting down illist to 40, including assistant«, ahiebis enough, considering tbat thenonly 450 studente. For instine»««ruction in Greek was divide·!parts.history, grammar aud lit"It is now combined under one \>of Greek.

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learn tbat there ia at lean» ecudr. -tbat science ha* been able to core I*«tage* and that i* GaUrr.i Hall- IV*«*Care i« tbe only positive care no« *'tbe medir »I fraternity. Catarrh oatitotional diseña·, require« a conn r·'treatment- Hall's Catarrh Cure is t-?'ten.aily, acting directly apon tbo bmacoa* «nrfaces of tbe system, tístrojing the foundation of tbe din»·

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giving tbe patient strength by bethe constitution and assist)n* nator«·la »oik. The proprietors have so rui '¦In iu eurative powers, that thc.v 11Hundred Dollar« for any case ta at it *»'care. Bend for* li»t of testimonial·.AddreM F. J. CHENEY A CO.. ToHold by