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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
Protestant Episcopal Convention

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The House of Depu.
ties Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
resumed its deliberations at 10 o'clock this
morning. Rev. Dr.. Clark presented the
report of the committee on Memorials of
deceased members, the reading of which
was accompanied by religious exercises.
conducted by President Dix. The report
was adopted by standing vote. Four
messages from the House of Bishops relating
to amendments to the Constitution were
concurred 10. A message from the House
OF Bishops recommending that the canon
relating to lay readers be amended SO as to
make tho period of the license longer than
one year, was not concurred in by the House.
The House then went into committee of the
whole to consider the questions affecting
liturgical revision.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

c. II. Jones, the Confederate veteran who
was wounded Thursday afternoon while
firing salute ct the Soldiers Home in
Richmond in honor of President Clevel and,
is dead.
Reports say that extensive sales of iron
lands continue in Pulaski county. Sales to
the amount of 1921 900 were made in the
last two weeks, aud Northern capitalists are
endeavoring to purchase other large tracts
of both coal and iron lands.
Frank Hayes, deck hand on the steamer
II. S. Phillips, in attempting to make line
fast to cleat at q wharf in Norfolk yester-
day morning, was caught between it and
the blight of the line by his right leg, which
was cut off between the knee and the ankle
as smoothly as if done with circular saw.
A shocking accident happened on the
Western Branch. near Norfolk yesterday.
Three men were engaged in digging through
q heavy embankment on the farm of c. E.
Bidgood, when it suddenly caved in and
buried the men about ten feet under ground.
As soon as possible the hands on the farm
commenced digging the buried men out
When they were reached one of them was
found dead, and the other two barely alive,
and so FRUSTRATED that it is thought both
will die.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

SHOT BY JoURNALIsr.-Jas. II. Bum,
paper hanger, lies in the Episcopal Hos
pital, Philadelphia, suffering from a serious
bullet wound in the left groin, Inflicted by
George W. SymoDd5, newspaper man.
symonds is in custody, having been arrest
ed Immediately after the occurrence by Do.
tectives Miller and Tate, who disarmed him
after struggle. Bum is forty seven years
old. He is acquitted with Eliza Suuder-
land, seanstress, who lives in the house
with SymonGs, and is in the habit OF ca! 1! ing
on her frequently. 1t was during one Of these
visits that be was SHOT, the proyochton be-
ing, according to tho allegations Of the as.
sallant, an attempt on his wifes honor,
which statement is corroborated by Mrs. Sy-
nonds. Symonds is devoted pedestrian and
Thursday made the remarkable record of
walking to West Chester and back, dis
tanca OF h'ty-four miles, as pastime r..
turning home in the evening he felt tired
and went TO bed about o'clock. Some.
what later Bum arrived at the house on q
visit to his friend Beer was brought in
and partaken of by Bum, Mrs. Symonds
and the woman Sunderland. Bum partook
of it freely, and about Ids O'CLOCK; in the
morning he is said to have attempted an as
snult on Mrs. Symonds. She screamed.
and her little daughter awakened the
husband up stairs. He arose, and going
TO the head Of the stairs, struck q match.
and, seeing what was occurring, went
back to his room, and, procuring 4 As cali
Der revolver, shot Bum, wounding him in
the left groin. Then he rushed down stairs
with the weapon in his hand. The two
women and Bum caught him, and all three
fell to the floor, struggling to obtain posses
sion OF the weapon. The screams of the
women attracted Detectives Miller and
Tate. who obtained possession of the weap-
on after hard fight, iu which they were in
deadly peril, as all the chambers ware
loaded except the one which had been
dlscharged. Symonds was arrested, and
frankly confessed the shooting, explaining
the nrovocation, and said hs intended to
Kill Bum. Symonds is we'll known news
paper man, and served in the Confederate
army during the Civil War, retiring with
The rank Of major though he il now only
thirty eight years old. He is a good Tier.
ard was until recently connected with the
Phllidelphia Times. The series of articles
entitled "Annels of the War" which at
tracted good deal Of attention in the
weekly edition of that paper. were contrihu-
ted to it by him. Some articles on duelipr
are also from his pen. He contributed sew.
eral serials to the Philadelphia ,Saturtlau
Night, of that city, and magazines in New
York, Chicago and other cities. About a
year ago he came into prominence in cou-
sequence OF an assault made on him bv |
pollcy-Hriters whom be was concerned ia
exposing. BE married about eight years
ago, and his wife is a very attractive wo.
man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ItObEttI DE EKLEH,
President Va. State Agrc'l. Society
Willy Mrs. Cleveland dis. not 90 ia
Richmond

To IL" editor Of The Aierandria Ga.ette:
ln your Washington letter yesterday, as
vel as edtorily, you assert that Mrs. Cieve-
land and the ladies who were to have &C.
conpanied her to Richmond with the Presi.
dent, declined going because the daughter
OF ex-Fresdent Davis was to assist in the
proposed reception at the Governors man
Sod. This statement illustrates the enter.
prise of the GAZETTE in getting Washington
news, since it is in this instance ahead of
Inc Baltimore San and Of two of the LEADING
New York dailies, in all Of which I have
looked in vain for this item.
Mrs. Cleveland Wednesday morning was
going with her husband; in the evening pa
pers of that day the presence Of Miss Davis
at Gov. Lees was spoken Of; that night the
President telegraphed to Richmond that his
vile would not accompany him-ergo, Miss
Davis was at the bottom of it. This is a
slender basis for tho harsh criticism made
by the GAZETTE OF u high official whose
wife, Tor some reason unknown to the public
changes her mind about going on
. party of pleasure.
There Is not the smallest proof that tho
determination that no ladies should accom-.
nany the Presidential party to Richmond
Thursday was due to the cause YOU ASSIGN
Ard the Inference that it was so seems to ma
ar fetched, and unworthy moments se.
'ious consideration. T, nj p
FdiJdr county, Ja., Oct. %, 1886
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

OIL TO SUCCEED CoAL.-There i . 49,,
ability that before a very long perisI ': -,
may come into general Use as fuel o, =, '"
motives and steamers. Some years spo Nv,
did not sesm likely, but the marys,or. =;
crease recently reported fron many ,o,,,.
the globo in the production orpciros,r
sets all former calculations Wi,h;u up
past ten years the yield from ,hr vam '.e
the neighborbooa of the Caspian So, b 's, III
creased over $4,000 per cent, = s,snsr nv" sa III
in the production of over 500 rer cnn. gan
annum. The Baku wells in Rrs<ia . yer
yield over 100000 tons year, aud ono o." r w. w
that has been bored in that vicinity !. o' we"
BILE of dschareing 5000 tons day nn1 >" n'Ii
DO so when the proper machinery il r ""'
vided. The main objection heryloforaI ' :"
the use of petroleum as fuel for s,aan,, W
and locomotives has been the cost, bnt if,r
oil springs up as freely as water ,nn r aug
must decrease. Il is thought The lay !. ' -,
far distant when oilers will take ,hS l ""'
OF coal passers Or many railroad AID .t",m o'
ship lines. '''u'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
Es,e Presidential visit 10 Richmond
The PLAINS, Va, Oct. 23, 1856.

~.
10 The editor Of the alexandria Gazette:
Dear Sir--l have seen in your paper, as
we'll rs many others, severe criticisms in
regard to the visit of the President of the
United States to our State Fai. at Rich.
mond, and the failure of Mrs. Cleveland to
come. AS president OF the Stats Agricultu-
raj Society wish TO say that the President
and Mrs. Cleveland were invited to be cur
guests. Owing 10 my necessary absence
from the city Of Richmond Gov. Lee, at my
request, conducted the correspondence with
The President after his acceptance Of the in
Walton. l sent delegation to Washington
TO escort the Presidential party to Rich.
mondi also, delegation on the part
OF the City Council and the State
Agricultural Society TO meet them at
Milford, that on the arrival in Rich.
mond l, with Gov. Lee, also the guest of the
socle'y, met them ut the depot, and escort
Ell them to the fair grounds, ard that Vas
not ah:ent from his side two minutes during
his stay in Richmond, aud that have never
seen such hearty welcome extended to
any man in my life. I heard probably 900
persons express their regrets that Mrs.
Cleveland did not come, and the response
from the President was that Mrs. CIeve
land wished TO come, bat that the STAY was
very siort, and to come and return the
same day would be very tiresome to ladies,
but thai she would come at some future
time and make the acquaintance of Virgin
ms ladies' when she would have more time
to 30 il; that he bad to return at an early
hour tonight"
The insinuatons from the press thu:
the contemplated reception at the Cover.
nor's house. to be assisted bV Mrs. Gov. Lee
and Mss Jimmie Daris, was the cause of the
ladies declining to come. I am sure is doing
great injustice to the President and Mrs
Cleveland as we'll as to Mrs Gov. Lee and
Miss Winnie Davis for, as President of the
society, positively assert that no such pro.
sramme was made by the society or any
any one else, aud therefore could not have
been the cause OF her failure to come. r
wish to add that there was no political sig
nlhcance in the visit Of the President ex.
cept the recognition by him of the interes.
OF oil per cent. OF the population Of the
United States by which the other 40 per
cent. obtain their living
ROBERT BEVERLEY.
President Va State Agrc'l. Society
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
Horrible Murder

CHICAGO, Oct. pa special 10 the Time,
from Leavenworth, Kan, says: "a horrible
murder was committed here last night 81.
los Laferty quarreled with his wife, ard af.
ter knocking her down and beating her un
I'll she was unconscious poured half gallon
OF coal Gil over her clothing, set it on fire
and then left her in that awful condition.
Richard Williams saw the blaze through the
window and ran to her rescue, but when
the flames were extinguished every thread
OF clothing was burned from her body, while
tbs unfortunate woman was burned to
crisp from head to foot. The infamous hus.
band cannot be found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

The Rev. 4. L. Hillman. of Atlanta, owns
farm 10 Talaferro county. Georgia, on
which is a big alum rock. He decided to
dig we'll beside the rock in hopes of get.
ting an alum spring. A shaft twelve feet
deep was sunk, and then niche was cut in
the rock that water might collect there.
The hole or well, or shaft has now deve!cped
remarkable curative powers. 1t has cured
several persons who suffered from rheuma.
tism, and all they did was to 20 down in the
hole. Mr.. Hilman thinks it is fun of
electricity, others think the alum does thu
business. Alum is so strong in .he shaft
that it is tasted with every breath inhaled
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

TIE MORNING republican organ Of Wash
inston, is pretty fair representative of the
feelings Of Northern republicans. 1t says:
'Thero are many things worse than wal, bad
as that dread resort ia. War is better than
perpetual submission to fraudulent govern
ment, either in, Europe or on this CONT
nent" Many people, and good people at
that, will endorse this sentiment. But the
remarkable thing about it ia that the idea
of uLtering il never entered the mind of q
single republican, 50 far as heard of, during
the entire fraudulent term of Hayes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ENGLAND'S Policy IN ECypr -rL.p.

ENGLAND's Policy IN EGyrr.-Th.p,.;.
Journal dcs Debats censures The British Co..
their financial policy in Egypt, when i,
says, has been contrivei with v.u. -
avert European Intervention IN the Ga,rc.,
of the country. England vii. ac,er $40
coed, the paper maintains, in witbdrar;rc
Egyptian affairs from the Jus: con,rcl =,
those interested, aid adds "Enclari ~
mains in Egyp5 as iong a. she possiLIy
can, hoping that tho trouble in Eurn,s
which she seeks to provoke, will allow b,-
to establish herself permanently in tnc conn.
Try. England imagines that France viii "a.
sign herself to az act of appropriation ZEN.
dering England mistress OF the route +, ,bs
French colonies and sovereign Of The Mr6;,
ter!anean. Great people Sometimes cherish
great Illusions"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

GEN. MILES has issued an order to the
troops Of his command, lauGing them for
their action in the late Apache campaign,
and cong.atulatipg them upon the success
full CLOSE Of that campaign. And yet every
bods in Arizona and New Mexico knows
that Gen. Miles and his troops had no more
to dowith etiecting the surrender ofHeronimo
and that that surrender was not compulso-
ry, and would never have been made unless
Heronimo had got tired, ard longed to re-.
join his wives and papocses who had pre-
yiorsly been sent to Florida
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

THE knights of labor declare that colored
apprentices shall be admitted into shops
and factories or the same terms "a white
boys And yet at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Powderly's own Stale, negro boy is
excluded from the preparatory school of
Dickerson college there, on account of his
color If color he sufficient reason for ex
Guiding a negro boy from white college in
the North, it would seem that it would be
eq1aIly sufficient to exclude a negro boy
from white chop or factory 10 the South, as
white blood is the same whether i. supplies
b-awn or brain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
Negro Desperado Killed

KANSAS CITY, Oct, ga Bonneville,
No., special says: "For some time band
OF negro desperadoes have been committing
deptedations in the Howard county river
bottoms about Booneaboro. Last night a
party of residents went TO the house of Bill
Cooper, the leader of the gang, and fred
through the windows, killing Cooper and
seriously wounding Stephen Fox. The
party then left. No arrests have been
made as Yetn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

The health OF Emperor William is i'm
proving.
The Emperor Of Austria will soon visit
the King of Italy at Florence
The government will reorganize the DO.
lice of Belfast on the Dublin model.
The French budget committee has ap-
proved credit of so, DOC, 900 francs for Ton.
quin.
The British dispatch boat Imogene has
been wrecked at Galipol; the crew were
saved.
The Austrian budget estimates the ex-
penditures at 52l 900 600 horius aud the re
ceipts at sos 100000 forms.
a Mormon conference is being held in
Berlin, presided over by Elder Wagner 4;
nifty members are in attendance.
Gen. Sir H. t. MACPHERSON, late com.
mander of the British army of occupation in
Burnah, has been buried at Raugoon.
The property Of the Inman Steamship
Company is to be sold to the international
Steam Navigation Company for Zoos, 900.
kladno, 6 town Of Bohemia, is threatened
with destruction. All of the streets are
sinking into the iron and coal pits beneath.
The Duke OF Connaught will probably be
appointed to the command of the Madras
army, in plncs Of Gen. MACPHERSON, de-
ceased.
Mr.. Phillips, O member of the corporation
OF London, believes that the socialists will
not disturb the usual show on the Lord
Mayors Day.
Fourteen persons died OF cholera in Pesth
Thursday and two in Trieste, and thirty
new cases were reported in the former city
and "a in the latter
meeting was held at Waterford, Ire
land. yesterday, TIE mayor presiding, at
which it was resolved to erect statue of
Gen. Thcs. Francis AIcagher, who was
born i'll that city.
The committee appointed by the French
Chamber OF Deputies TO consider the bill for
taxing all foreigners carrying Oil business in
France have decided 70 report favorably
| upon the measure.
national school at Canermurphy, West
Clare. Ireland, was wrecked Thursday night
by unknown parties the teacher bad ad-
United 10 the school children Of bovcotled
citizens in spite of warning notices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

Mr. BLAINE, the republican candidate
for the next, as he was for the current, Pres
iicncy, in his present campaigning tour
through Pennsylvania, is profuse in his
lau2ations Of the labor and the Irish causes.
Anl yet this identical Mr.. Blaine is the
man to whom Gould, Sage, Huntingdon,
and other monopolist miliiouaires gave
that memorable dinner Immediately pre-.
ceding the last Presidential election, and
subscribed millions to his election fund,
and is also the same individual who, some
years ago, when know nothing, defended
the action OF mob in Maine who had tar
red and featEered n man for no other rea-
sou than the facts that he was an Irishman
and Catholic priest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
&kSlSsS5s &
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Clatterbuck Acquitted,

Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria GAzEr1E.l
CULPEPER, Oct. 29.-The trial of c. T.
Clatterbuck for the murder of J. E. Green
was commenced in the county court of Gull
pepper on Tuesday. John F. Rixey appear.
ed for the Commonwealth and c. M. Louth-
am, James Barbour and D. A. Grimsley for
the prisoner. A plea of not guilty was en-
tered by the defence After i've days.
trial the jury to-day brought in verdict of
not guilty and Clatterbuck was acquitted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
DipEltheria An,onpHoos

CHICAGO, Oct. pa special dispatch
from Fowler, Ind, says: 1.-THE malignant dis.
ease which has made such devastating raw
ages among the hogs ofthis county is believed
TO be form of throat disease, resembling
dlphtheris among children Whenever the
nogs are stricken with the malady, il is GER
IAN p prove fatal. The symptoms are in
no particular like those of hog cholera.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

Mr.. BLAINE says the republican, that is
the negro, vote in the South is suppressed
by white bulldczers. And yet Mr.. Blaine
knows full we'll that at the last Presidential
election the republicans gained in the South
md lost in tho North, while,wit the demo
Gratis, the reverse was the case. But every
body st oil acquainted with Mr. Blaine's
character is aware of the fact that what be
knows has very little to do with what be
sarS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ROM WASHINGTON.



WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. %, 1886.
The refusal o: the President to take his
wife and the wives of some of his cabinet
ministers TO Richmond, where Miss Davis
would have received with them at the Gov
ernor's mansion, continues to be the chief
topic of conversation here. A highly re-
spected aud Influential gentleman from one
of the Gulf States, mere to. day, said be I'm
tlerstood that the people aU the White
House were ridicuing the natural resent.
ment engendered by the affair in tho hearts
of many of the right thinking people Of
Virginia, but tbst if they thonght that re.
sentiment was confined to Virginia they
were nightly mistaken. and would wake
up TO that fact at the next national
democratic convention. The latest of
the many different excuses offered
f,r the Presidents unfortunate mistake,
if it may be expressed in such mild terms,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ALEX ANDRI A.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER %.

Mr.. BLAINE and Mr.. Powderly agree in
their statements that negro labor in the
South is not half paid. And Yet nothing is
better known in the South than the fact
that such statement is incorrect, and that
if there ever was day when negro work.
ed Tor less than his labor was worth, that
day has long since passed, and that he
doesn't work now unless no chooses,
and unless he is satisfied with bis
wages. In sthe iron manufactures at
Chattanooga the lowest wages paid negro
laborers are ninety cents day, to few,
while by far the greater plumber receive
from one 10 three dollars a day, and some
as high as four. 1t is also known in the
South that Philadelphia newspapers say the
wages of white labor in the coal and iron
mines of Pennsylvania range az low as
ninety and even sixty cents day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

A RECENT democratic convention in Con
necticut adopted n free trade platform, and
now it is stated that twc Of the coneressicn-
al candidates iE Massachusetts ara making
their campaigns as leaders of the anti pro-
tective tariff movement in the North. The
Northern people are finding out that while
protection may rebound to the interests Of
the owners Of few mines and factories, it
initiates against the interests Of all
the other people of the country,
by doubling. the coat of the neces-
saries of lif-, and by restricting the
sale of the products Of this country to its
own markets, AMI thereby decreasing the
demand for labor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ADVICE 20 NOTIFIES

MRS. W1NsLow's SOOTHING SYsrr. iri chi.
dren teething, is the prescription of one of tho
best female nurses and Physicians in the United
States, and haa Gecn used fer forty years with
nevcr-lailing success by millions Of rio,hcrs for
their children. During the process OF ,ce;hirs
us value IS lncslcnlabla. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dyscntery and 6;arrhma crip;nr
in tic bowels, and wind-colic. by giving health
to the child Il rests tho mother Price - ccntss
bottle. .,g51,,N MS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
ElAS Conner C'nSc

Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAZETTE
F1sHERsvILLE, AUGUSTA COUNTY, Oct -
The verdict ia the Coiner case, was that
he was sane at tine of killing, but ia insane
now, and will be confined in a lunat;c asv.
lum instead Of being tried for the murder
should he ever become saEe he vii, then he
tried for the killing. TIE dispatch sent WIGS
an error in regard 10 his now being tried :or
the murder. SCeIpror
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
The VIRGINIA FIELD SPORT Assocr.r1o,

: 1 wv AcSVC1ATIUN.
-lhe spor!lag'men from all sections of Vir.
glnla met in the United States Court.
room IN Richmond yesterday, and organized
the Ilrglnla Field.Spcrt Association. John
?. wise was elected president; Barton 81,
ufundy; secretary :; john W. Pierce, treas.
nrer; Executive Board. W. Miles Cary
foik Miller, Johu l.. Grubbs, W. s. Archer
ana II. Z. seIden. The Executive Board
wiz seiect seven vice presidents from yari.
Gus sections OF the State. The association
nag membership Of over two hundred
"hlen Is expected to De increased to FIVE
nunoreu. Inc next annual meeting will
oe nsia IN KlctnoEd next year on the sec.
ond day CT the State Feir exhibition
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is pronounced by
thousands superior to All ether articles for
the cure of coughs, colds, and all pulmonary
complaints.
La no instance has Salvation Oh faied in
giving immediate relief from rheuma:i.m or
neuralgia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-23
BULGARIA. The Bulgarian Recencr h.,o

OUI0AA1a'-IH" Dulgar'Nh K9Gencg fAye
received from 800 of The deputies to the
Great Sobrauje expressions of desire 20 have
the election ola Prince to succeed Prince
Alexander concluded not ia;er than the
second sitting ot tho Sobrauje. All these
deputies declare that tho country requires
the speediest possible settlement Of lhe cues.
ton. The Regency have consented 10 car.
ry out the wishes of the 800 deputies.