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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Letter from White Sulphur Springs.

lCorrcspundenco OF the Alexandria GAZETTE
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. July II Since
my first letter, have had time TO lock
about me little and have found the SUI,
rouudiugs even finer than had thought.
Back of the cottages on the hill in front Of
the Grand Central. is q mountain, around
which runs shady path through the
woods, overhanging precipice, one part of
which is the sLovers leap," found at all the
mountain resorts | have ever visited. Stroll
| ing along it today with Col. Strauss and
Alderman Lindsay, of your city, the colonel
| began to read the 6iatribe OF Col. Shepard,
of the Mail aud Express from your issue Of
last evening. He Read about dozen lines,
with the nteljeotion of some very emphatic
exclamations, when he put up the paper
and positively refused to read another line.
We insisted upon his being seated and lis
tening TO he entire article, which we read
aloud, and it &C affected him that it required
the reading of Esq letter on the building
of the G. ant monument to res tore bis CON-
posure He proposed showing the article
to Gen. Rosser and @e anticipated some fun,
but when wa returned to the hotel the gen.
eral was gone.
There are two large churches within the
grounds, an Episccpti anu metnoulSt.
Rev. S. S. Phillips, Of Berryville, is to offi-
ciate in the former tomorrow morning and
afternoon.
In the village, half mile east, there is a
fine school building which looks like "a
church aud 10 which the Baptist occasional
ly hold meetings. and next to it is very
poor looking Catholic chapel, in which there
Is servics once month. There are several
hotels in the village and people of moderate
means and no taste for fashion find very
comfortable homes there. Quite number
of colored people, too, have settled around
the station. and they, also, have neat
church. fad that in my former desorir-
ton, like the managers who produced the
play of Hamlet with the character of Ham
let omitted, had forgotten the spring.
It stands under dome at some little dis
lance from the hotel and is large and 60
deep that it's water seems green. Drinking
too deeply of it at first produces very dig
apreebIe facts and some have been made
quite sick by it. The best way is to begin
with verv moderate draugh.s and increase
them as 10 can be borne. Warm sulphur
water aaths are taken daily By very many
and ale said to be very refreshing.
FIDELIS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Foreign News.

MADRID July 1.-THE reporta that chol-
era prevails in the city Of Valencia are alb.
soutely falss. There is not single case OF
the disease in that city
DUBLIN, July 1.-THE Freeman's Journal
says that O'Donovon Rossa's period of out
Iawry will expire next winter and he will
visit Cork in January.
ROME, July 1.-THE Opinione says that
Eaggnd has assn led Its!y that she does not
intend to abandon her rights in Tnnis.
PARIS, July 1.-THE 10lst anniversary Of
the fall Of the Bastie is being celebrated
With great enthusiasm hero to-day. The city
has festive appearance and the streets are
throaged with holiday makers. Oae fea-
ture of the celebration was the march past
the statue OF Strashurg. M. Mercy, a
BonlangisI member ofthe Chamber, attempt
cd to make a speech ct the statue but was
taken into custody.
LONDON, July If Mr.. Gladstone ia Ill.
LONDON, July 14.-Intelligenoe has been
received here that an engagement has taken
place between the forces led by Senoussi,
the Tunisian Holy Man, and the Mahdists,
and that the followers of the Mahdi were de-
teated. It is reported that Ell Senoussi has
captured E Oteld, the capital of Khordofan.
LONDON, July IA The universal peace
congress was opened here to-day by MIR.
David Dudley Field, OF New York. 10 bis
address MIR. Field diIsted upon the benefits
to be derived from arbitration and from a
simultaneous graduated disarmament by the
various powers.
BOMBAY. July Ii -Forty-four deaths from
cholera have occurred among the members q
battalion OF Ghoo-kas stationed at Dharm
saa, in the PnDjab.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mejor boswell, OF Richmoud, is expected
to die at any moment.
Dr.. Fayette W. Johnson disd at Fredei-
icEsburg on Saturday.
Miss Mary Buchanan, of Falmouth, died
at her home in Stafford Saturday morning,
aged seventy years.
The Mahoneites we're successful in Staun-
ton republican primaries for the county con-
vsntion on Saturday.
The oyster committee of the Virginia Leg
isature held q session in Norfolk Saturday
and adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman.
Bennett Barham, who, on the 1G Of April
shot aud killed his father-ir-iaw, Walter
Ball during fight in the public road, near
New Kent Court House, was acquitted on
Saturday of the charge OF murder.
Rev. J. ]. McGurk. Catholic priest OF the
Church OF the Holy Gross, Lynchburg, was
arraigned in tho police court Saturday on a
charge of disturbing the pence by shooting
an air gun on the streets, and was iiued and
bound oyer to keep the peaca.
Between twelve o'clock midnight Satui-
day night and seven yesterday morning the
lawless eemen. of Danviile held high carni-
vel. Three big rows took place among the
coloyed people ia SO many portions OF the
city, end firearms were peotifully used. a
number OF uegroes were shot, some OF them
seriously.
Mary Henderson, respected colo.ed
woman in Spottsyvania county, while out
picking berries on Friday, suddenly disccV-
cred o huge snake at her feet, which so
frightened her that she becsme unconscious
and fell To the gsouod. She was taken to
the house. when medical aid was summoned,
but it was of no avail. She died that night.
Rufus Bennett, white man, forty-six
years of age was arrested in DaCvile yes
terday, for assault upon his daughter, sged
eighteen. To silence her cries for help he
drew knife and cut her across the throat
The wound. while serious, is not believed
to be dangerous. The general opinion is
that the unnatural parent should be lyDched.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

Lake Pepln, and more than half the number
on board were lost The steamer, which
was on the homsward trip about S O'Clock,
was crowded to it's fullest capacity, about
$50 men, women and children being on
board and about so people on barge which
was attached to the side. When opposite
Lake City the boat began to feel the effects
of the storm. Nearing Central Point the
steamer momentsriy ran on to bar, and
the barge wal cut loose and the steamer
again set adrift. A number of those Oh the
barge swan ashore. TIE barge subsequent.
IL drltted ashore aud all 90 board were req
cued. The wavea began to wash into the
steamer aud the lower decks, while hail
stones ss large as hens eggs came down on
the heads of the helpless axcursionsts. Sud
denly huge wave struck the craft on the
side, and those on the barge were horrihed
TO see the steam 81 capsize and its cargo OF
$50 people preoiptated into the lake. The
steamer turned bottom upwards and only
about % people wers observed to climb up
on the up-surned bottom, when, with no
word OF warning, the boat again turned over
on its side, and again all Of the IS remaining
souls were hurled into the water. Of these
several were drowned before they could re
gain their hold. In few moments dozen
or more rowboats were manned and put out
from the shore aud the 20 or more remain
ing people clinging to the boat were res.
cued Seventy four bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreck.
In Lake City the damage to property by
the cyclone is great, although no fatalities
have been reported. The streets OF the city
are filed with fallen trees and parts OF build
+! ines that had been carried away. The ham,
let of Little Canada was destroyed, the he
tel at Lake Kohlman and several cottages
g. Lake Gervais were demolished, and IA 10
| 20 lives lest at the three places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Mr.. Barbours Votes on the Silver Bill.


This charge sgainst Mr.. Barbour of dodg-
Ing the silver bill, is neither fair nor just to
one of the Senators from Virginia. Now,
what is the feet about Mr.. Berbou-'s cor
necion with the silver bill in the Senate ?
The Congressional Record of June the 18Th
speaks as follows On the vote on the first
amendment ofthe Senate finance committee,
which proposed TO strike out the gords
"shall be legal tender in payment of ell
debts, public and private" and this was the
frst vote on the bill in the Senate. Mr..
Barbour'5 name is the third on the lls5 vot-
ing against striking out that clause.
The next vote taken in favor OF striking
out the discretionary clause empowering the
Secretary of the Treasury to exchange notes
for silver bullion. Mr.. Barbour was one of
fifty-seven who voted to strike that proVis-
ion from the bill.
On the other votes, Senator Daniel, when
Mr.. Barbour's name was eel!ed. go the Re
cord ia made to speak, said ~ beg leave TO
state that my colleague Mr.. Barbont) ia alb
sent, and is paired with the Senator from
Come ctcut Mr.. PATTI.
Again the Record makes Mr. Platt say,
II am paired with the Senator from Viz
ginia (Mr. Barbour) who has been obliged
to leave the chamber on account of Illness"
-MandssaS Gazette
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14


A WOMAN OF CRIME -Pinkertou's detec-
tive agents in Boston yesterday arrested
Ida Montague, notorious criminal. Ga
July 10, 1855. st her home in Wolfstown.
Province of Quebec. she persuaded her
brother. Rimi. who was her parsmour aud
father of her child, to murder her husband.
The unfortunate man WAS shot in the back,
his throat cnt, and. living, forced between
two beds, and the house set on fire. He
managed to crawl out aud expose the crime.
Since then the police had been looking for
her, and 6nalIg the case was placed in The
hands of the Pinkerton people. She was
traced to disreputsble house at Newton
Junction and foally captured yesterday
morning. She vas turned over TO officers
10 be sent back 10 Cana "a. Her brother is
in jail In Quebsc awaiting trial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Death of General Fremont

General John c. Fremont died al his res :
dence In New York at four o'clock yesterday
evening of peritonits His death was sud
den aud unexpected.
John Charles Fremont was born 10 Savar
nah, Ga January 81. 1918 His father, who
was Frenchman, settled in Norfolk, Va.
married Anne Beverly Whiting, Virgins
lady, and supported himself by teaching his
native language. After his death, wbca
took place in 1918, his widow removed With
her three infant children to Charleston, :. C.
Subs. quently John 9. Fremont wa appoin
ed to lieuteuancy 10 the United States
corps of engineers. He penetrated tire
Rocky Mountains at two points, aud won
the tils OF "the pathfinder" He also Dc
fined much of the geography between the
Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast, Nrd
ore conspicuous part in the cor quest q
upper California. He represented Chliloruia
in the United States Senate fro m 1919 to lS5l
The q at candidate of the republican party
he wac defeated for President in 1896 b.
James Buchanan. General Fremont served
ss a major. general in tho Union army du
ing the late civil war, and at The present.
session OF Congress was placed ~ the r,
tired list, with the rank OF mr. >t-sepetai.
The fuaeral will take p acs at 10 O'Clock on
Wednesday morning next tro,n the Protest
ant Episcopal church, Of st. 1gUstius. 1t il
to be as qniet and unosentatious Is possible
and there will be no military display. The
interment will be in TT nifty cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

Mr.. THURMAN AND THE FORCE BIZ L. p
Of the federal election bill now beiore the
Senate Mr.. Thurman says The republican
party leaders are surely made desperate.
They are ready to dash to any extreme
to perpe;uats their power. TIER motto is
break down this solid South, and, mark you
they are going to carry out this principle To
lis uttermost letter, but it is fetal error
Their party does not need the solid South,
or any part of it. 1t is The solid South that
has made the solid NORTH. When the solid
South ia broken there will no longer be n
solid North. The race Issue has bean the
party's sole one since the war. By II 4untng
the bloody shirt and pointing to sOlld
South they have kept a5 many northern
States in the republican line rs they csn
ever hope to gain in the South by such an
outrageous and Infamous measure ss The
Lodge BILL"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Telegraphic Brevities.

TIE President has approved The dplo-
matte and consular and the agricultural ap-
preparation bills.
The fishing schooner William RIcs from
Gloucester, Mass. is missing and 1t Ia feared
her crew of l6 men have been drowned.
The thermometer broke the local record
at Kansas City for the season yesterday By
registering los degrees.
The town of Sherman, N. Y, was partial.
Is destroyed By fire this morning. The loss
ia estimated at $4,000.
a party of IS vera cut in sail boat at
Gainesville, Fla, yesterday, and when 2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
mile from shore the boat capsizsd and three
of the psrty we're drowned,

mile from shore the boat capsizsd and three
of the party we're drowned.
The threatened lockout of clothing cutters
of New York, has fzz'ed out. The men went
to their respective shops this morning, signed
paper stating that they belonged to no
union, and then went to work as usual.
A cons,ab els posse near Harrod, Perry
county, KY, In search for desperadoes.
have had conflict with the band in the
mountains. The constable aud one OF BIZ.
assistants were killed and two Others wsr.
wounded.
The general Offices OF the NJrtheyn Pacific
Express Co., at Chicago we're entered by
masked robbers Saturday night. After cav
ering two clerks who were in charge, With
revolvers, tie robbers secured small
amount If money and made good thei. e .
cape.
Oae hundred and fifty man, women and
children at church picnic at Scion, eg
miles north CT Iowa City, were prosratei
yesterday with serious symptoms Of poison.
Ing. Tue use of the water from well loDg
abandoned is given as the cause Of the sicl
ness.
Yesterday an eas,-b passenger train
on the James river division of the Chess
peake aud OHIO R. R ran into freight
train at Gladstone, 12O miles ives. Of R.ct-
mond. The engine was slightly damaged.
A passenger 6remsn-W. B. Holt, Of Rich
mond, and negro tramp were killed, aud
four trainmen Injured.
Ten lives were lost to day by collision o,
trains on the Monon road at Smithvillc, Ind
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

THE DKBr sErTLEYENT.-Amn g tho
passengers who arrived In New York Sa-
turday evening was ex-Presid ant w. h.
Bull, of the Stock Exchange, who has been
10 London since May "a arranging The negc-
tistions of the American committee with the
foreign holders of the Virginia bonds. No
further details are yet ready un il tae boud'
have been pooled under the terms Of The
adjustment scheme. The plan of settlement
will then be laid before the advisory com.
mittee, of which Mr. Cleveland is the head,
and when they pass on it it will be pro
scented to the Virginia Legislature Tor con
firmation. 1t Is said the London bondhcld-
srs have bsen thoroughly won over to the
proposition by MIR. Bulls Efforts, and have
entire confidence iu the speedy and p!aci-
cal solution of the difficulties that have 70
long surrounded the settlement OF the debi.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

The PRICE of silver bullion bias already
advanced from 80 to 1074 an ounce urder
the il Huence of the silver bill. among those
who favored which were many Virginia
farmers 1t is observed. however, tina There
has not been any advance in the price OF
wheat, corn, tobacco, cotton, butter, or any
OF the other products of the farmers referred
to. Why poor Virginia farmers should de-
sirs to tax themselves in order to increase
che profits of the rich owners of western ell
ver miues is what they know better than
ANYBODY else.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

AT THE recent meeting Of the national
education convention in st. Paul, the cleo
ton of DR.. Garrett, southern man, for
president for the ensuing year, provoked
much ill feeling on the part of the northern
delegates and the spectators, and was re-
ceived with hisses. And yet there are ILL
informed and preiudiced people who say
that sectional feeling lie peculiarly vivid" in
the South.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

CONGRESS The United States Senate On
Saturday Ia,sed MIR. Frys's two subsidy
bills by a party vote, with the exception
that Mr.. Payne, democrat, voted In me Dc
affirmative with the republicans. The tam
bill was taken up by the Senate and has thus
become unfoished business. The House
adopted the conference report on The silver
bill by vote of yeas 122, nays 90 The bill
will be cent the President to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

THE CENsUs.-The Census Office elecir;-
cal tabulators only counted out about | 800
600 names day last week, instead Of tbs
100000 day they are expected 10 turn
out presently. Consequently Census Super
intendent Porter tells republican leader
he cannot get the trough count Oh wnca
q reapportionment could be based before
August Is A reapportonment bill based
on these returns ia talked Of but not yet de-
termined on by the republican managers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
A Virginia Appointment

Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gazettc.l
WAsa1NGroN, Jnly 1.-THE President
sent to the Senate this evening the nomina-
ton OF Samuel Kimberly, of Norfolk. Va,
to be Secretary of Legation in Central
American States and Consul General at
Guatemala.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

The q. s. SENATE On Saturday last voted
to subsidies American ship owners; but the
tariff bill, now before that body, imposes a
sax of eight cents pound upon the tobacco
cfVirginia owners. Why the latter should be
taxed to increase the profits OF the former is
yhat none but an American ship owner can
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
tell, and he can't do SO satisfactorily to auy
hody except himself.

SENATORS HoAR and DAVIS of Massacbu-
sets, and Aldrieh and D.xon of Rhode Is
land, cay the force bill should be passed in
order that tia ego OF the South may have
a free vote. But in the first of these States
there il an educational qualification even
upon white suffrage and in the latter, until
the present year, no foreign born white cid
2 n cluld vote unless be owned real estate
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
Appalling Loss of Life by Tornado.

LAKE CITY, Mlun., July l4-Lsst night
inst before dark disastrous cyclone bore
down upon this community, and in few
minutes nearly 200 psople we're killed. The
steame. Ssa Wing capsiz: d in the middle OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

THE FARMERS Of this country have no
lust right to complain OF France and Ger
Macy for laying an embargo upon their
products, when .heY send to Congress men
who impose such high duties upon the prod
u,ts o. those countries as practically ex'
cluje them from the United States. Re
talation is rs natural among nations as it is
among individuals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
mo WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

OROSsE & gLACKWELL'S FINE PiChLb7
Wa "a ~ ~ ~ j c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

NUCUMBER PICKLE just received by ,-,y
~ iy14 ). u MiLoo--"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
The Blind Soldier Saw it All.

During the National Encampment in
Boston an old comrade with Silvery
lair was led into the Cyclorama of
Gettysburg by a bright-faced little
miss. The old man sat down, while
the child described to him the features
If the picture Occasionally he asked
Ter a question, and slowly shook his
head as if in doubt of the accuracy of
Ter account. She had described to
him in her own way the onruSh of
Pickett's men and the hand-to-hand
conflict ut the stone wall, where the
Maine veterans met the charge of the
Southerners when he asked: But
where's the artillery May?"
20. you mean the bic guns? They're
over there on the hill, in a row.
"All in a row." he asked.
Yes" she replied.
He shook his head. Look around" :"
said he. There must be some more
that are not in line"
Yes" she said, there are some
more down here. but they are all up
set; guess they're burst"
is that where the men are coming
over the wall?n
Yes, grandpa"
rs there grove of trees?"
Yes, it seems to be full OF men, but
the smoke is so thick you can't see
them"
20, / see them,n he cried.
The little girl replied, 20, no, grand
pa, you can't see them"
Yes, l can" cried the old soldier;
Il can see the men, the grove, and the
broken cannon lying about"
The child looked at him in innocent
surprise and said, You are joking,
grandpa"
No, my dear" replied the old man.
mo. That was the last thing | ever
saw. There was a caisson exploded
there just this side of the stone wall
and that was the last terrible picture |
ever saw. for it was then that | lost my
eyesight, and | have never got the
picture out of my mind. ."-Portiaisd
IeleOyu1l
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
How Japanese Women Smoke.

Railway cars have always been con-
sidered good places for studying the
manners and customs of natives, and
japanese cars, as may be imagined,
are no exceptions to the rule. Ii some
of the japanese cars have a separate
compartment for nOn-smokers this is a
mere concession to foreigners, for Jap
aneSe women are almost rs invariably
addicted to the use of tobacco as the
men, and one of the most novel sights
to be witnessed in these cars is that of
a woman, young or old, taking smoke.
japanese pipes, as used by both men
and women, are not as large as a
ble-about the size of a Chinese
opium pipe, and hold about as much
tobacco as makes a pinch of snuff.
The woman fills and lights her pipe,
takes three or four whifIs. and then
knocks the bowl against her wooden
shoes or clogs, so that the glowing
ashes fall in lump on the floor. She
Immediately refills the pipe, but does
not relight it with match, but tries
to pick up the lump of glowing ashes
with the bowl. which requires skill and
practice. But after few attempts she
generally succeeds, whereupon she has
three or more whitfs; and this process
is repeated several times before tho
pipe and pouch are put away to rest for
an hour. The men smoke in the same
way. but many of them have lately got
into the habit of smoking cigarettes
and cigars, mostly imitation goods done
up under foreign labels, although there
is no good reason for this, as some
very good tobacco is raised in Japan.
--I05iO Letter.