Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-13
s he afghan Revolt.

Tha + :siis r;e making c2mro:c pIepLra
ioos iar vigorous ciDpliSn ng aias. l;o AT
chans. The same tac:je1 will be cmploycl Is
last fall, aud tho advance will b, made 10 ;hreo
separate columns, the cantor one ouIy aavauc
lrg rs iar rs Cabul. II tho hill men CO operate
With Geo. Roberts, or even remain neutga, o
rapid advance with small force is feasible. If,
CD tho cootrcry, tho current runners arc true,
and tho Ghilzais and others have i1iaed tho re.
volt, Gen. Roberts will ba compelled 10 hold
tho chalo OF communication in great foc) be-
tore vcnturing 10 advance. Tho GhiIzais arc
the most powerful tribe 10 Alehepistan their
territory cXteIdiCg Six hurd,ed miles 10 length
by Thirty miles in breadth. aad thsir fighting
strength is 80, coo well nrmed men.
The Press Association Announces that tcle~
grams 10 the government corfrm the arpyo.
tensions OF On orga1Hhd opposition b7 tho
population. The V;ccrty, however, is saa.
gul0e otspeedy SUCCESS. 1t il stated that Gen.
Donald Stewart vii! haYo suIramc clulma5l Of
The operations 10 Atghanis!ac.
LATER.
LONDON, Sept. 13.-Tho Timia 10 leading
editorial article says: "Notting is k1cwl un
to the present timo to confirm tic rumors of O
genera! rislog in AfghaDis:au. We arc Justified
10 believing that tic condition CT tho ccuDtry
hes become no worsn siuCe the tiIs5 outbreak"
LONDON, Sept. lS.-Tho Press Association
anDoucces that the Home Gc7crnwcat lcIc-
graDhed to the vceEoy CT India last night c2.
pressing approval and qualification st lis n!ti
tary arrangements. Tho political department
OF tho Indian oeicc mere considers it extremely
probable that Herst BadskshaW aud Bsikh
will support The revolt but has 20 definite news
On tie sabec:. The very abscrco OF ness from
those districts IS accepted as evidence tbs. tie
country beyond CabuI ia practically 10 The hands
OF the Iitratco troops which is coasderc! ~
oecdiugly probable. The government may have
to exercise military intervention 10 The eiFei.a of
Burmeh
The following is published 10 SPECIAL edition
OF the Daily Telegraph this afternoon
SIMLA, Sept. 13.-Genera! Roberts has tele-
eraphed for four addiliona! regiments. Tho
military authorities have decided to irc.eas both
tho kuram and the kh5 Der coiumos tc - 600
men each. It has been decided that thers is
DO possibility OF sudden dash ca CaubuI,
bu; 1t IS believed that thsrc VII be
ca early collision between tho Gu!
cutpost5. Tho disquiet among the border t.ibcs
is decreasing. The vGgueness Of the counu
LEGATION brought By the messenger Of the Ameer
TO Atkheyt cauS,s tesr in some quarters that
be hss already aIitnat.a himself ftam tao al.
ls,c,.
A SAD CAsE.-Oa Friday ycuag woman
came to tho Vigiria Hotel and registered fror,
Crtigspil:. Sac remained until the following
day. and thea paid her bill end left. Last
uisht about O'Clock Ovarsc,r Errlz Has il,
formed that strange woman Icy dead q: tho
house ct respectable Colorcd woman nsmed
Martha Taylor. living ca Court House Alley
l6o face Was that OF 3 ycuog girl jus. bloom.
log iGto Wom2nhc11. The features were regur
lar end pretty, with az Dir CT refinement that
seemed 10 tci that she was s:rapgcr to the
humble circumstances in the midst ct which
ner young LIE closed, aud that other bands than
those CT strangers and aliens to her rsco should
have suoothed back for tho last tine the dark
WaVy talr that clustered abou! her forehead,
and performed those SD ofii,c, that l,ytd ones
alone shout reoder.
Tho story Martha Taylor ted vas that the
girl, an entire stranger, had como to her hous,
Saturday morning. and asked that she might
stay there fer week or two. Sho seemed
vera out and laoguid, and dropped heavily ina
chair A! times she would turn and lock no
easily about her, ard not long after her arrival
retired. During the night SHE IVES taken lirk.
ant on Monday gave blth to o child The
child and mother were carefully nursed and al,
tended by physician. Toe ioteut tcuce
opened lis cycs TO the world ere i. closed The ID
forever. aud on Wednesday light the mother |
6reathed her las. During her ea:irc illness
she spoke BIZ: little AID made no disoIcsure-
only oEco 10 semi unconscious state she csled |
Father! fattel!' but beyond that said 10Th |
log, ard When asked if she wanted her friends !
sent for answered INA"
Tier o'othlCg Was uea!, buf lot foo, and The |
only article BY whieh she coald nave tecn
known TO strangers was beautiful new tesla |
I men with her naue erd the date, March |,
1914 her relatives. We learn, live near Craigs.
VlIlc, and III mercy 10 them We suppress the
pane. mere are other Games, TOO, that should
be mentioned as deeply IMPLICATED in The crime
but TO shield the Innocent Gees We forbesrN
valley E~giaian
:, Mr. James ?. RELY. CLERK Ct The County