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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
Burning Of n Steamer

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 14.-It is currently
reported here that the elegant steamer J. M
White, running between Vicksburg and
New Orleans, burned at an early hour this
morning near Baton Rouge, La, and that
fifty lives were lost.
MEMPHIS, Dec. IA, II IS a. m.-The loss
OF the steamer J. M. White has bsen con.
hrmed. She burned to the waters edge at
II O'Clock last night, while lying at the bank
near Bayou Sara, La. About sixty lives
were lost, consisting largely of women and
children. Nearly all the crew were saved.
Among the passengers reported lost is the
superintendent Of the Vidalia Railroad Of
Natchez, who, together with his wife and
children, persisted in the disaster. The
books Of the boat were lost. These meaore
details were received here over the wires
of the Louisville, New Orleans and Teras
Railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
The st. Louis Fire.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1.-THE work of re.
moving the debris of the Shapeigh. Cant.
we'll fire continued up to late hour last
night and the searchers for the bodies OF
two victims were rewarded by finding a
portion of that of the clerk, Arthur w. Pal.
mer, who was known to have persisted in
the t1ame7. One of the workmen turned I'm
with his pick pair of shoes, crushed out OF
shape and somewhat charred. A heavy
weight had rested upon them and through
the open cracks in the leather and where
the upper was partially torn away from the
sole, crushed and bloody flesh protruded,
half charred by the fierce heat to which it
had been subjected. The feet had evident
~ been entirely broken from the legs and
the body carried to lower level, for no
other portions of the body were found
at the time. The shoes were evident.
ly those of Palmer for they were found at
about the spot where his desk would have
fallen in the crash, and it is known that
Palmer had the same kind of shoes. No
portion of the body of Mabon, the porter.
was found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

FATAL END OF 4 FAMILY Fern Ar.
coin Fairfield and his wife quarrelca at m
house OF Mrs. Fairfeld's father, A. 4 CIsr,.
superintendent ofthe Putnam Town Farm,
Putnam, Ct, Sunday, aud Mr.. Clark son,
them to their own home. AT abopt o"a
O'Clock, during her husbands absence Nrs
Fairfield procured some morphine and 49,
physicians say, administered to bersolfi o ,"s
child enough to kill ten men. Fairfala .'
turned home about three o'clocl, md sor &c,
the child dying on q lounge, while his w;s'
was lying nearby, unconscious. By mr."
uniting efforts the woman was finally ~
stored to consciousness, but with her m;nI
evidently impaired. The physicians SAY sho
was insane when she committed the dee"
hlr. and Mrs. Fairfield arc each about tbir,r
years old. An investigation by the corons,
reveals the fact that Mrs Fairfield obtainsS
the morphine from medicine chest at tba
town farm. She said she called her iIs
girl to her side and said Take it. il will
end our trouble The child answered.
Yes, mamma" and took about half tea.
spoonful of the poison. Mrs. Fairfield tool.
a whole teaspoonful of the morphine and
the dose produced the nausea which saved
her life. She is in precarious condition
and may not recover, although the proha.
bllitles are that she will. No arrss. will he
made until she is stronger. The quarrel be-.
tween MIR. and Mrs. Fairfield was caused bv
jealousy on both sides, which had caused a
separation of the couple before.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

The CAMPBELL DIVORCE CAsE.-In the
Campbell divorce case in London yesterday
Mrs. Blood Lady Campbe!Hs mother, de-.
MED that she had pressed the marriage be.
tween Lord Campbell aud nGr daughter.
The engagement was made without her
knowledge. She declared that it was IN.
true that Lord Colin ever told her anything
about his health, except that he bad said
he had had an operation performed. She
never would have given her daughter in
marriage to q man in such loathsome con.
dition as Lord Colin was in if she had known
of it.
On cross. examination Mrs. Blood admitted
that she was anxious 10 break of the mar.
rage between defendant and her daughter,
because the Campbell family treated her
daughter so badly, and added that ut was a
wretchedly bad marriage" Witness said
she saw no reason why her daughter should
not associate with the Duke Of Murlhor.
ough, who, witness declared, was no worse
than many others who got off more lightly.
Mr.. Russell, counsel for the plaintn,
promised to conclude the cuse for Lady Co.
lin on Wednesday. The Judge said he
would sit until midnight every day rather
than permit the hearing to linger over tho
holidays. The case was then adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

DYING IN WANT. w. Atkinson. in
1868, was identified with many theatrical
ventures, managing among others Alice
Oates when she was at the acme of her pro.
fessional career. Dir. Atkinson was last
week handed letter conveying the intelH.
gence that Tracy Titus, one of the fair but
tickle stars husbands: was in want at Chi.
cago, while she was fatally i'll at Cincinnati
"This letter." remarked Mr.. Atkinson, re
calls an episode in my experience with Titus
and his i'll advised wife. We were in BaIti.
more many years ago doing an immense
business and Titus invited me to o popular
resort to have a cigar. I was astounded to
observe that he would smoke nothing but
cigars that cost a dollar EACH The boy that
tended the cigar stand said at the time that
It was shame for man to thus waste his
money and that he would some day need
the dollars he was thus throwing away.
The boys prediction has been realized in
this unfortunate ending of two lives that
were never really happy. Titus had no
conception of business aud Alice Oates in
variably followed tho worst advice. Now
after handling enough money to make rr
tunes for half a dozen thrifty, sensible pee
pie, both are on the verge of paupers
graves"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
democratic congressman and tho
Administration.

10 the editor Of The 1lerandria Gazette.
In your issue of the 10th inst, apnear5 mr.
extract from recent Washington correspond
ence of the New York World which invites
examination. The writer say S in substance
that Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, is the on.
~ democrat in the present Congress who
has told the President that the recent cleo.
ton losses are directly due to the policy o,
the administration, bnt that everv one Of
them thinks 80 and says so privately: and
that not few 60 so far as to denounce Mr.
Cleveland in the hotel Hobbies. He renre.
SCENTS this dissatisfaction as universal amono
the representatives of the party in Congress-
but charges that, with one exception thew
are such set of potroons as to turn pale,
at the idea of declaring the fact publicly, or
OF boarding the lion in his den BY going.
IKE the heroic Eustis, and telling the Presi.
dent oft to his facs.
NOW, Mr. Editor, I am doubtless too
much OF a mugwump to pass muster as a
good democrat" with you, or with some of
your readers; but, be that as it may, can.
not, without protest, allow such an asper.
sion as this on the party to pass unchal.
lengea. Is it possible that all but one of
Inc democratic Senators and Representa-.
ives can be false aud hypocritical enough
10 denounce their chief behind his back aud
applaud him to his face? trow not.
But, concedlng for the sake of argument
that the New York Ho,4d correspondent 10
right, what is the reason of this want of
manhood on The part of the peoples repre-
sentatives in Washington? It must ne ha.
cause their eagerness to command SO LARGE
a share as possible of the Offices makes them
afraid to risk the displeasure of him who !.
the fountain of place and honor. and willing
to sacrifice independence and principle 10
secure it. Can any stronger argument
against the odicus spoils system. and anv
better for evidence of its widely debasirs
intiusnce, be adduced than this
La one particular the World corresnond.
ent is right. Mr.. Cleveland ''has too much
power" Every President has. Every
President: as things now are, has more
power than any other ruler in Christendom
except the Emperor of Russia, and more
than Is consistent with the we'll being ard
the real liberties OF the people. This is one
OF the best reasons for extension of the "a.
form in the civil service The power of orr
Presidents would thereby be materially cur.
tailed. T, NJ D
Fairfax county, Va, Dec. 10, 1886.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

THE CLUvERIUs CAsE.-Pendiug the trial
of Thos. j. Cluverius, colored waiter al
the hotel testified that be saw an old man
with Lillian Madison and Cluverius in the
hotel parlor on the afternoon of the night
she was murdered. The old man could not
be found, although detectives vigorously
searched for him. Since Cluverius was res.
pited by the Governor to the 14th of Janu.
airy next the man has been found by Capt.
Chas. Epp2, Of the Richmond police. He
admits that he met Miss Madison on the
street near the American Hotel on the day
in question that she asked him to show
her to the ladies' parlor of the hotel; that
he did so, and knew nothing more about the
case.
Despite the reticence Of Capt. Epps, it
has been ascertained from another source
that the mans name is William Childs, and
that he is carpenter employed at the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad shops. He
is not under arrest He only knew Miss
Madison from description he had read in
the newspapers, which fully agreed with
that Of the lady he had escorted to the
American Hotel on the evening of March
IS. He did not see the dead girl. He did
not appear az d witness at the trial because
he was afraid it would have given him
much trouble. He is not an old man, being
only forty five. He has made no state
,ment to any one but Capt. Epps and the
Commemorative attorney, and they are en-
tirely reticent.
Inc most important thing connected with
the discovery OF the witness in the Cuverius
case, SO often referred to as 'the old man y
is that it dispels che of the many mysteries
connected with this remarkable tragedy.
The Old man turns OUT to be a compsrative
ly young one. His felow.workmen saw
that he hears an excellent character Childs
says he did not see Cluvcrius or any one
else in the parlor of the American Hotel
when he escorted Miss Madison there.
Cluverius showed no apparent change
yesterday. He INDUCED 10 his usual habit
of reading the papers and the Bible. Some
people in Richmond believe he has made a
confession to Rev. Dr. Hatcher.
The scaffold on which the condemned
man is to be executed has been erected in
the yard of the Henrico county Jail in Rich.
mond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

FAILED TO AGREE.-The cases Of the
Commonwealth VS.. Mary Dabney Waller
and Jennie Boggs, charged with grand lar.
ceny, were tried in the County Court OF
Spotsylvania last week. Judge Moncure
of Caroline, presiding. Mr. Waller. ellie
witness in the case, had to be
brought to court, 10 testify, by an
attachment. These girls are the ones
charged some time ago with an ATTEMPT
to murder Dir. Waller and his sister.
The jury stood 7 for acquittal . for a term
OF Is days in the county Jail and for sead-
ing the prisoners to the penitentiary for the
shortest time allowed by law. The cases
are set for re-hearing at the next term of
the court. The girls were re.indcted for
housebreaklug and assault and battery with
intent to kill.
The Fredericksburg Free Lance saws
I'VE understand expenses amounting to
nearly $500 have been entailed upon the
county already, and that they will probably
run up into the thousands unless the CASES
are speedily concluded and that some tax
payers of Spotsylvania are considerably
wrought up because of the expense attend
ing case in which the aggrieve,l party feels
and takes SO little interest. The girls we're
remanded to Jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

ALL IS NOT we'll with the knights Of Ia
Dor. a crowded meeting of tho order in
Brooklyn was held night before last, and q
demand made for relief from the obnoxious
rule of the New York district, with threat
of withdrawal from the order unless that
demand be granted. Michael Heafy, one OF
the speakers, said
This immense meeting of the intelligent
work pnen Of Brooklyn proves that the men
Of this city are the equals Of those in No. 40.
A few men run not only No. 40, but also the
General Executive Board, and, for that mat.
ter, Terence V. Powderly himself We are
as much justified in our resistance to his
tyranny and that of his assa GATES as q Ger.
tain unfortunate country beyond the ocean
is justified III its resistance TO landlordlsm
Let it go forth to Terence V. Powderly that
the chartered documents issued by the Gen.
cral Executive Board ere ofl!tle use There
are plenty of printing presses in the land.
The example get to night by the meeting
will, ii is probable, be inflated by other dis
t:icts."
Assessments upon hard working privates
10 pay large salaries to idle officers are not
conducive TO the we'll being of The order
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
Increased Pensions

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Senator H..
SUI nans .o.uay introduced hill 10 increase lbs
pension of all persons on thu neps;o. 'ue
now receiving s24 per month, or who WV" S
hereafter be pensioned for disability eor;n
lent TO loss Of hand or foot to ssn w. va
month, and also to increase 10 ssr per
month, the pension for disability that ;, PVT
pacitates the pensioner for the nsrro.u '"'a'
of any manual labor, but is not such 90 =.
require regular aid and attendance W
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
Recoinage Of the Trade Dollar

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The Senate com.
n'''ee on hnance this morning ordered a
favorable report on the bill for the redemn.
lion ana recoinage of the trade dollar; with
amendments providing that the amount to
De redeemed shall not exceed $500 600
monthly, aud that 1t shall BE- counted as a
the mint. 'o'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

MATTHEWS, the colored New Yorker who
holds the position of recorder Of deeds of
Washington, receives, it is said, about thre e
thousand dollars o month from the fees of
his Office. This sum is derived from the
people of Washington. The people of the
whole country have been taxed to pay the
heavy expense incurred by Senatorial in
vestigation Of the charges of offensive par
tisanism, brought against him by people Of
his own color
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

COURT OF APPEALS Observation-Disclosures
and others against Patton's administrator.
Argued by Col. w. w. Gordon for appel.
lants and Col. John H. Guy for appe!Iees,
and submitted.
Clark, by, ETC., against the city of Rich.
mond: Argued by B. T. Crump, esq, for
plaintiff in error.
Smith vs. Tate. From the Circuit Court
OF Smyth county. Affirmed Opinion lie.
llvored on Thursday last by Judge Richard.
son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

SENATOR SHERMAN, like many Others,
now thinks the solid South may bp broken
Mt The next Presidential election, and re.
publican President elected in 1855 His ef
forts 10 obtain the nomination of the next
national republican convention are there
fore the more engroS-ng, and TO secure that
objgc. all his available mcans are devoted.
1t is in Furthermore Of that object that lie
has. in advance Of all his competitors, de-
clareti for the abolition Of the internal rev.
enue tax OH tobacco and Tine tasitl duty on
sugar, hoping thereby to gain votes in the
doubtful Southern States Of Virginia and
North Carolina, a"d, in tbs North, by pro-
longing the necessity FOX tbs continuance Of
the existing protective tariff Mr.. sherman
Is Gen. Mahone's Gavcritc; but he will be
infinitely easier 10 beat than Mr Blaine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
ALEX ANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IA.

OF THE men who struck at the Chicago
stock yards short time ago, three thousand
have failed to obtain employment, their
places having been filled by other men, and,
it is said there, will have to leave that city
aud go elsewhere for work. And yet,
though the men wanted to 90 back to work
the order to do so was not written, because
to have issued it would, it was thought by
the man entrusted with that authority, have
injured his chances Of election, he, OF that
time, being candidate for office. Three
thousand men, most of them with families
deprived Of the means of subsistence at the
commencement of long and cold winter
for no ether reason than the fact that the
one man to whose ill used authority they
had willingly subjected themselves, with 8
degree Of hcartlessness uneqlaledi in modern
times, refused TO let them go to work lest
his election might thereby be endangered
Their condition truly is pitable but in a
free country, and in q land OF free school:
and cheap newspapers, who can be blamed
f1s that condition except themselves?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

IT Is real pleasure to good and true
democrat to have an occasion to say some
thing favorable to the first democratic ad.
ministra.ion tho country has had for q
quarter of a century. The only occasion of
that sort Mr.. Bayard has afforded is his re.
commentator for an increase in the salary
Of Consul General Porche at Mexico, the
United States officer who had enough re-
spect for his country to report the conduct
of another United States official who had
brought disgrace upon it by his unseemly
conduct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

THE LAW has again stepped in and turned
out another republican rascal whom the
democratic administration had retained for
two gears, and whom it desired to retain
longer. Southall, an offensive republican
partisan, postal clerk in Virginia, ap.
pointed SO long ago as the time of Grants
administration, has recently been arrested
for robbing the mail. The law does what a
democratic administration refuses to do.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

DIED WHILE DANCING WITH HIS BRIDE.
Charles Brown and Miss Cora Sibley were
married at Manistee, Mich, Saturday even
ing. After the ceremony social dance was
enjoyed. About two hours after the cere-
mony the bridal couple were dancing to-
gether, when the groom fell dead from heart
disease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
Sentenced.

BELFAST, Dec. 14.-Judge Lawson =,
sentenced four of the men arrested f,r ,n,
Ing houses along lie Shank Hill road ,,,.;.
the riots last June, TO four months ;nu.:
onment each. The prisoners had all uIno,
ed guilty. "'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
FAUQUIER county, Dec. l3, 1856,

10 the editor of the Alexandria Gazclte:
Dear Sir.-To take away from human
being his life because around him you can
web chain Of circumstances that names
him gully" OF murder is very dangerous
experiment, to speak mildly of it. 1t is SO
easy matter to fling around an innocent
man network Of circumstances that are
convincing almost beyond doubt, and vet
when the facts are disclosed the circum.
stances are explained away Suppose the
case of two men between whom there is
hnown to exist deadly feud; they never
meet save to quarrel on certain night. af
ter one OF these meetings, one of them is
iouily murdered upon public highway
The other passing along alone after the
Dutchery finds bis enemy in dying condi-
ton. His humanity is appealed to, and he
stops to lend to the unconscious man what
com tort be can in his last moments In so
doing he gets blood stains upon his clothing,
In his hurry and excitement he drops from
his pocket letters with his own address up-
on them. The body of the dead man is
shortly afterwards discovered. The letters
point towards his enemy as tho guilty one,
he IS tracked from the scene of the tragedy
10 DIS own nome, where his clothes beSmear-
ed with blood are found. Now let the be.
reaved relatives of the dead man back these
circumstances with their wealth, and in the
hands OF lawyer skilled in his profession
and i'll oratory the accused will find it diff.
cult To escape conviction and punishment.
l feel no special sympathy for Cluverius,
out 1t $50 he devoutIy hoped that the jury
aad judges are correct in their verdict
against him, Circumstantia evidence alone
with no direct testimony iu support of it, is
too deceptive to be declared sufficient to
launch human soul into eternity. Better
yes! very much better, that ninty- nine guilty
men go unpunished than that one limo.
cent man suffer that terrible punishment
death. The law does not require that Gu.
verus should prove himself innocent The
presumption of law is that every man is in.
nocent until his guilt is established beyond
a reasonable doubt. 1t appears well estab.
lished that Cluverius is not an innocent
man, that he is guilty of foul acts and prac.
tlces for which public opinion and public
decency Justly cry out against him, but has
1t been established beyond a reasonable
doubt" that he did murder Lillian Madison?
if so hanging is too good for such wretch,
but if not, all his other wrongs should not
rob him Of his life. Voy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

The remedy for all pain, Salvation Oil.
25 cts.
1t would make stone image turn green
with envy to observe the expression of
profound disgust that settles down on the
face of the doctor when he hears his patients
praising DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

THERE CAN he no doubt about the exist
ence Of an utter and entiec di. cordance be-
tween the expressions on the subject of po-
lygamy, contained in the last message of
the reform President, and the fact that a
member Of that noted rcformer's cabinet is
correspondent in divorce suit. It's equal
ly strange that under the policy of the re-
form democratic administration, the hold
republican negro ravishers and white rob-
bers have upon lucrative federal positions is
so strong that outraged Law seems to lie the
only power that can "iutn the Iascals out. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14
TuE CzAR,s REpoRTEp CoNcEss1oAs

THE CARS REPORTED CONCESSIONS The
Berlin TdgJlat says:
The Gar recently found on his writing table a
letter announcing that the nhilists would wait
no longer to deliver the people from bondage. lie
,hereupon summoned the members of his council
and ordered them to prepare constitution suita-
BILE to the couGition of the empire. At the same
time he informed his ministers that he was de-
termined to have an annual parliament at Mos
COW"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

Gen. B. F. Butler has written letter ex.
pressing regret that professional engage.
rnents prevent him from taking an active
part in the canvass of Mr. O'Neil, the nom
lnee of the labor party for mayor Of Boston.
Nobody ever accused Ben of being a fool.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-14

Last week Sheriff Feddsrman If Baltimore
was presented by the grand jury for hav;rg at.
tempted to bride John E. Burgess. colored, to
vote the democratic ticket at the last charter
election, Burgess was the witness against him,
and yesterday, after full invcs: igation, the &C.
cused was sent IS Jail to answer the charge of per-
Jury