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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE FOUND DEAD

A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE FOUND DEAD.
Perry, alias Skinny Hamilton, wellknown
colored rowdy, was found dead on Sunday
morning on the track Of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in
Wilmington. A train of cars had passed
over the body, which was horribly mutt
lated. 1t having been ascertained that he
was engaged in row on Saturday night
with Elijah Benson, aroused suspicion that
Hamilton had been foully dealt with, and
his body placed on the track so as to lead
to the belief that he had met his death by
accident. Benson has been arrested, the
main evidence against him being an express
sion used by his wife when drunk, she hav-
ing said: You killed Perry Hamilton and
put him on the track, but you can't kill
me-" Until the body was found Hamilton's
presence in Wilmington was not generally
known, not even to the police. He had
been a fugitive from justice since last fall,
when he assaulted police sergeant who
tried to arrest him for voting. He was shot
by the sergeant and laid up for some weeks.
The physician in attendance informed the
police that the man could be moved with
safety on a certain night, but the night be-
fore the date fixed he fled, and was sup
posed to he in Texas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
A GIRL PURsUEs HER RUNAWAY BEAU

A GIRL PURsUEs HER RUNAWAY BEAU
One morning. about ten days ago, young
man and his sweetheart boarded Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad train at Patterson,
Augusta county, Va, bound to Luray, where
they were to be married. Soon after start
ing the young man became restless, and
told another passenger that he was not
anxious to be married, aud finally he man
aged to board another train at Marksvile,
and the divided twain were soon speeding
away in opposite directions Before reach
ing Luray the girl discovered his desertion,
and determined to follow him. She had no
money, and refused to receive help from
the passengers, who sympathized with her.
She started oil on foot. She reached Pat
terson thirty-six hours afterwards, having
walked from Luray to that point, distance
of about fifty miles, where she found her
beau at his former place of business. How
they settled their quarrel is not known, but
the next day they passed through Luray
together Oh the train for Hagerstown. She
gave him no opportunity for a second es-
cape, and having succeeded in securing him,
they returned to Patterson as man and
wife Whether the union will prove a
happy one is a doubtful matter, but there
can be no doubt that he will be Il henpecked
husband as long as she bosses the household.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27

ORIGIN OF SUB R0sA-You know that it
means between US, or you mustn't tell.
It's origin is said to have been in this wise:
In the year B. c. AT, Pausanias, the com.
mander of the confederate fleet of the Spar
tans and Athenians, was engaged in an in
trigue with Nerxes for the snbjugation OF
Greece TO the Persian rule, and for the
hand of the monarch daug hter in marriage.
Their negotiations were carried on in a
large building attached to the temple
of Minerva, called the Brazer House. the
roof of which was a garden forming a
bower of roses, so that the plot. which
was conducted with the utmost secrecy.
was literally matured under the rose.
Pausanias, however, was betrayed by one of
his emissaries, who. by preconcerted plan
with the ephori the overseers and COUNSEL
lors of state, five in NUMBER gave them q
secret opportunity to hear from the Inns of
Pausanias himself the acknowledgements of
his treason. To escape arrest he fled to the
temple OF Minerva, and, as the sanctity oftbe
place forbade intrusion for violence or harm
of any kind, the people walled up the edifce
with stones and left him to die of starvation
His own mother laid the first stone. It af.
forwards became custom among the Atb.
enians to wear roses in their hair whenever
they wished to communicate to another a
secret they wished to be kept inviolate.
Hence, the saying sub rosa among them. and
since among Christian nations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annual meeting of the Universal
Peace Association hogan i'll Washington
yesterday.
The Methodist Protestant convention has
removed the limitation TO the time minis
ter may remain at one church.
The Penn Bank Of Pittshurg suspended
for the second time yesterday. President
Riddle is i'll from the effect Of IN overdose
OF morphia.
John Carpenter, an eX convict OF New
York, Yesterday stabbed his sislcr-ln law,
cut his wife's throat and then tried 10 end
his own life.
The General Conference Of the a. NJ. T..
Church, which has been in session in Balti-
more for several weeks past, adjourned sine
die yesterday.
At the session Of the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Saratoga yesterday, the recon-
mendation Of the committee on reduced re-
presentation was adopted. The assembly
meets next year at Cincinnati.
The John l.. Sullivan combination arrived
in New York yesterday. Sullivan says he
intends to retire from the ring after lighting
Mitchell and Prendergast. Il have had
enough Of sparring," he said, ito last me a
lie time
In San Francisco yesterday OK. Senator
Sharon testified in the suit brought against
him by Miss Hill for divorce and aimony.
He denied that he was ever married TO Miss
Hill, but said that he had paid her $500 IL
month to live with him.
A ten mile professional bicycle race he
tween Prince, Woodsidc, Higham and Nor
gam champions Of America, Ireland, Eng
land and Canada took place at Washington
Yesterday. Prince won the race by four
lengths, his time being 3246, a minute
slower than the fastest time recorded.
Capt. r. w. Anderson, the venerable pc
destrian, who started from Sumter, S. c.,
Wednesday, May Z, to walk to Boston,
reached Richmond yesterday morning.
The Captain is 90 years old, but is hale and
hearty, and has averaged twenty miles a
day since he started out Oh his tramp.
Base ball esterday.-National League
Philadelphia. i Boston, TO- Cleveland, =
Detroit, 0. Providence, 10; New York, t.
Buffalo, Chicago, 0 American Associa-
ton.-Athletic, II; Toledo, s. Baltimore.
IL; Cincinnati,3 Eastern League.-Allen-
town, 10; Virginia, 7. Wilmingtons, 4;
Trentons, 6. Domestic, 10; Harrisburg, 10.
President James d. Fish, Of the Marine
National Bank, New York, who was ar
rested Sunday night charged with misap-
propriating funds Of the bank, was yester-
day released on $780, 900 bail for trial. Fish
declares that he has letters from General
Grant stating that the government contract
transactions were all straight and the profits
genuine. General Grant has made a state
ment denying the charge.
A Norwalk paper published on Friday a
lengthy article relative to the long and
steady run on one Of the oldest banks in
that town, which was intended as a joke,
the article referring to a gravel bank in the
village. The article was headed, "A Nor
walk Bank in trouble" Scores of excited
depositors who read The article, or heard
about it, rushed to the Norwak Savings
Bank, the oldest in the vicinity, and drew
their deposits The run continued during
the day, and between $4,000 and $4,000
was taken out before the joke became gen
orally known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27

DIsINHEIITING AN HERES. -Forty
years ago Andrew Hesdra, Virginia slave,
was freed by his masters will, and leaving
Richmond, settled in New York, and with
his wife embarked in the laundry business.
From small beginning their business ex-
banded, and Hesdra is now millionaire.
Early in their married life the couple adopt
ell Il colored child named Cynthia, who
grew to womanhood under their roof and is
married to man named JetIreys. After the
wedding furnished residence was pre-
scented to her by her adopted parents free
Of charge SO long Us her department to-
wards them was satisfactory. She was nat
uraly regarded as the heiress of the now
vast estate, but by the recent action of Mr..
Hesdra she has been not only dsinherited,
but dispossessed Of the furnished house,
No 102 West 32d street, which since her
marriage Mrs. Jctlreys had made her
home. This property belonged to Mrs. Hes
dra, who at her death wlled it to her hus-
band. Mrs. Savant (her sister, and Mrs.
Jcflreys contested the will; claiming that it
was forgery Mr.. Hesdra gained the case
but he was so much displeased at the course
ofhs adopted daughter that he disinherited
her. She is now living in Brooklyn and is
said TO he penniless. Hesdra is about 10
years ofage and lives at Nyack. He is said
to be worth million and half
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27

For A long time past every body at all
familiar with the star route trials has been
convinced that the prosecution Of the
swindlers, while nominally intended to con-
vict, was really undertaken for the purpose
of acquitting them, and, incidentally, for
fleeing the Government still further in or
der to pay Mr.. Bliss, the Presidents pet,
exorbitant fees for accomplishing that oh
ject. The testimony of all the witnesses
before the Springer committee has been to
that effect, but that of Mr. ker, one of the
prosecutors in the case, yesterday, removes
all doubt that may have fingered in the
mind of the most incredulous Thomas.
Should Arthur be the nominee of the ma
tional republican convention, the report Of
the Springer committee will afford the dem
ocratic canvassers in the next campaign all
the ammunition they will require.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
A MOTHERS DREADFUL WORK.

st. Louis was the scene Sunday morning
just before daylight, of IA most horrible trag-
edy. Alexander Edmunds is railroad en-.
gineer, employed in the Missouri Pacific
Railroad machine shops. He had family
consisting of his wife, Augusta, handsome
woman, thirty years Of age, and four chill
dren, il boy aged nine years and three little
girls, aged, respectively, four months, three
years aud five years. They have hitherto
lived happily together, and, according to
the husbands story, have never had during
the ten years of their married life any quar-
rel of IL serious character. 1t would appear
however, that the woman Was certainly in
sane Sunday night, when she converted
their home into "a slaughter house. The
husband aud children agree in saying that
the family spent a remarkably pleasant
evening together on Saturday evening, all
remaining up until quite late. The chill
dren, in telling OF the affair, repeatedly
mentioned that their mamma was so full of
fun and played with them until bedtime,
and didn't make them SO to bed early. The
father, mother and two children, Cora, aged
three years, and Augusta aged four months,
slept in one bed.
About 4 o'clock in the morning, the hus:
band says, he was awakened by a loud
scream from the elder girl, Emma, aged five
years, sleeping in an adjoining room. As
he woke up he was apparently dazed, but it
was dark in the room and he could not see
what had happened. He got out Of bed and
buried into the other room. He remem-
bered now that when he got out of bed his
wife was getting in on the other side, but
he took no notice of it at the time. He met
Emma, the child. She was holding her
hand to her throat and trying to say some
thing, but could only calculate Mamma"
He made light and in an instant dis
covered that the childs throat had been
cut At the same time he heard noise
behind him, and, turning, saw his wife saw
ing away at her own throat with razor.
He jumped to the bed, grasped her hand
and a terrible struggle ensued, during which
the woman fought like wild animal to
retain the weapon. While struggling to
disarm her the father made the horrible
discovery that the bed was dripping with
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
VIRGINIA NEWS

Abner Carter a soldier OF the war of 1872
died at his home in Warren county, Il few
days ago, aged 81 years.
The Richmond Knights Tempar returned
from Washington Saturday, much pleased
with the hospitable reception rendered them
by their brethren.
In the House of Representatives yester'
day Mr.. Bedford, Of Colorado, introduced a
bill appropriating 100000 for Confederate
soldiers home at Fredericksburg
James Leitcb, in attempting TO hoard a
train for Harrisonburg at Staunton yester-
day fell, the passenger coach wheels crush
ing his left arm from elbow to hand.
The Fredericksburg Standard says: 1T
is reported that the prospect for fruit is the
best we have had for several years in the
past. especially apples, peaches, and cher
ries."
An officer Of Wheeling, W. Va, arrived
at Harrisonburg, yesterday, with Harvey
Minnick, of Rockingham county, charged
with burglarizing the jewelry store OF
Nathan Tusing at Timberville last Febru-
airy. A number Of the stolen watches were
found in his possession. Justice keezell
committed Minnich tor the action of the
grand jury.
The annual report of the National Mill
ers' Association issued yesterday at Roches-
ter, N. Y, shows the prospect of the wheat
crop to be generally good. In Virginia the
average crop for five years has been $780,
600 bushels The present condition is good.
During the present month it has improved,
and there is but one county in which the
outlook is not good.
A two horse team in charge of Mr.. Hern-
dom, and owned by Mr.. Hereford, of Cor
louisville, became frightened at some object
at the warehouse of the Baltimore and Ohio
depot at Hancock, Nd, yesterday. The
horses, with a wagon load of lightning rods,
plunged into the Potomac river and were
drowned in twenty feet of water. The
wagon was gotten out half a mile from the
place Of accident.
Paper is now successfully manufactured
in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia and West Virginia. All sorts are
made, from news and writing paper to
book, MANILA, wrapping, board, roofing,
blotting, tissue and chemical fibre. In Vir-
ginia there are four mills, three at Rich
mond and one at Winchester, making twelve
tons of tissue, book, news, blotting and
papers, and boards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette |

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 81 1884.
1t is reported here day on what is I'M
derstood to be the most reliable authority,
that the national republican committee has
been polled, and that a majority of five OF
its members are in favor of admitting the
straightout delegation from Virginia to the
national convention, and Of excluding the
Malone delegation. The most effective
reason in obtaining this result is said to be
the conceded fact that Virginia will go
democratic no matter who the nominee of
the convention may be, and that it would
be silly to weaken the party III the North
any more by persisting in supporting repu'
diation and system In the South thattends
to crush out reputable repubcanism in
States, which, but for Mahoneism would poll
a large republican vote. Should this he SO
it will have depressing etleCLat once upon
the Arthurites, for the committee has the
right ofissuing the tickets Of admission, and
twenty -four additional Blaiue delegates on
the floor, with twenty-fOur Arthur delegates
outside, will boom the former considerably
Virginia republicans who will he at Chicago
and take prominent part III shaping the
work Of the convention, say that Mahone's
day is over, that that convention will give
him the grace stroke, and that when his
Senatorial term shall have expired he will
return to dishonored private life His
Arthur alliance has lost him the support of
all the prominent republicans upon whom
he could formerly reply-Grant, Conkling,
Platte, Logan and last, but not least, the
very man through whom that alliance was
first formed, Don Cameron, all of whom are
now opposed to Arthur, whom he continues
to support. All the Texas delegation to
the national republican convention, except
Mr.. Flanagan, who is already in Chicago,
and it may readily be surmised knows what
he is there for, are in this city, and as they
are uncommitted they are the recipients of
much courtesy, if not other things, from the
friends of the prominent candidates for the
nomination.
Of late it has been observed that consid-
cradle cordially has developed between the
friends of Messrs. Blaine and Logan, and
the talk is that if the support of the latter
be all that will be required to give the for
mer the nomination it will not be lacking.
The House to- day, after passing bill ap-
propriating 100000 to the sufferers by the
Mississippi food, resumed the consideration
of the Wallace Mckinley contested case
from Ohio, Mr.. Hurd, democrat, also from
Ohio, being among those who spoken favor
of the sitting member, a republican, though
a majority of the elections committee had
reported in favor of the contestant, dem
ocrat. Mr.. Follett, democrat from the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27

THE STRAwBERRY-PRoLoN ITs SEASON
Now is the time to attend to this matter for those
who have the lay of the land suitable. Plant the
very earliest, such as Crystal City, on the south
side of a hill, and the latest on the north.
By this plan one can make at least ten DAYS more
of the fruiting season, and when we get plants
enough of tho two new ones, Jewels and Craw :
ford's Corneia we can make it ten days more
1t will be luxury to any one who is fond Of
this fruit, and few there be who are not. Of
course, the sexual characters must be borne in
mind-Glendale and Jersey Queen are good late
ones.
Strawberries like the Wilson can remain stand
ing three four years, if kept clean. If kept
clean Of weeds the first year it is not a dificuIt
job to cultivate Strawberries. If the runners arc
cut the first year they may be allowed to RIM
after that as long as the bed remains productive
Deep mellow soil, If not too dry, is the proper
place in which to plant the strawberry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

One person was killed and seven were
injured in q railroad accident in Russia yes
terday.
Gewitsch & Sons, an old leather firm OF
Vienna, have failed for 100000 ilorlns.
Five other leather firms have suspended III
consequence of this failure.
Another dynamite scare yesterday in Lon.
don led to the arrest of two Frenchmen,
under the explosives act, who had just come
over from Calais. They were subsequently
released.
There are very grave rumors in Havana
regarding the nature of King Alphonsos
sickness. Well-informed persons pretend
to know that he is afflicted with all incura-
BILE disease.
Earona, the second in command in Agu.
eros party of Cuban flihusters, who was
officially reported to have been caught
and shot with two more of the band, man
aged TO escape, carrying his shackles with
him.
Guzman BIanco, late president of Eene.
zuea, recently issued decree ordering that
the bodies of all victims of yellow fever shall
be cremated in the future, and directing the
establishment of crematories in all the vel
low fever districts.
Mile. Colomber, the author of "Sarat
Barnum," the burlesque on Sarah Bern
hardt, has been condemned in Paris to fine
and imprisonment, as have been also the
author and publisher Of Marie Pigeon
Mere" an attack on Colombier.
The floods in the southeastern province
of Spain, near Murcia and Alicante, arr
growing alarmingly; whole towns have beer
cut oil, and the crops over large extent o
country have been completely destroyed
Many families have been rendered home
less. Gendarmes and sailors are conveyin!
provisions to the destitute, and making
every effort TO rescue such of the inhabi
tants as are in danger. The inundalioI
exceeds that of 1879.
The Nile is rising. Berber and khar
toum are both reported safe. The friendl.
tribes in the Soudan are clamorous for arm
with which they may wreak vengeance OF
Osman Dgna. Earl Granville has yielde,
to the demand Of France, SO it is reported
in the matter of the Egyptian conference b.
fixing three years as the limit of Britis
occupation in Egypt, and consentipg to o.
International Board of Authority. The Pal
Mil Gazcttc says the English will neve
give their consent to the arrangement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27

IT Is learned from Washington that that
portion of the Hewitt bill which relates TO
the administration Of the tariff, having re-
ceived the appreciation of the republican
and protective Secretary Of the Treasury,
will probably be reported BY the Ways and
Means Committee, and may possibly pass
the House, but that owing 10 the forty odd
anomalies, protective democrats, in that
body, all thesections ofthe bill providing fer
even the slightest reduction in the tariff
will be stricken out The democratic ma
iority in the House, obtained by the popular
demand for low prices for the necessaries OF
life, and yet part of that majority uniting
with the republicans to prevent compli-
ance with that demand, by maintaining the
existing tariff, which alone keeps up the
present high price OF nearly every. com
modify in this country except labor: The
forty odd members alluded to may be
democrats, but if so political nomenclature
has no significance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

LONDON, May 27.-Italy supports France
in her demand for the international control
of Egypt. The other powers have not yet
stated what position they will take. The
Egyptian Conference will open with power
to decide all questions in regard to the con-
troll of Egypt, a reform Of the present adj
ministration, and the term of the English
occupation. One section of the liberal press
is strongly opposed to the Governments
concession to the French demand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY %

Mr.. FISH says be received two letters
from General Grant assuring him that the
Government contracts" were all right and
straight, and that the profits were genuine.
He also says that General Grant was part
ner in the firm of Grant & Ward. y prom
inent lawyer employed in the case says that
letters will show that General Grant dellb'
erately attempted to mislead Mr.. FISH IN
regard to the contracts" referred to. Since
the first election after the war there have
been four Presidents, all republicans, the
names of three of whom have been smirch-
ed bv pecuniary Scandals while that OF the
fourth has become historic only by its con-
nactiou with the monumental fraud of the
century OF all the Presidents before the
war not one was ever accused OF personal
dishonesty. Wouldn't it be better TO re-
turn 10 the old custom of having Presidents
with untarnished names? Aud as none OF
the republicans who have been Presidents
since the war, and none Of those who are
snoken of as possible Presidents in the il-
ture have met or can meet the requirement
of such a custom, isn't it more likely that
on. who can meet it can be found in the
democratic party, from which 40 dishonest
President was ever chosen:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
ROYAL MARRIAGE.

HANAU. May 27.-The marriage of the
Princess Elizabeth, Of Hesse, to Prince
Leopold, hereditary prince to the throne,
took place yesterday. Prince William, OF
Prussia, the Czarina of Russia, Crown Prince
Frederick William, the Queen of Denmark,
the Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cam.
bridge and Grand Duke Louis, of Hesse,
were present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Col. Fret, Swiss Minister at Washington,
has resigned.
The strike OF the Chicago carpenters has
been brought to close, their demands hay
ing been acceeded to.
BY the explosion of a boiler in straw
board mill at Waterford, N. Y, last night
four men were killed.
Accounts from the Red river are still of a
very discouraging nature, the country for
nearly one hundred miles being under
water.
Fish now denies that he intended to i'm
ply that General Grant had any guilty
knowledge ofthe frauds in government con-
tracts.