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New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

THE CZARINA'S APPROACIING CONFINEMENT.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 4-rhc accouchmcnt Of the
Czarina is expected shortly.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

TIE SKATING MATCHES At AMSTERDAM.
Amsterdam, jan I'm the skating match today
the mile race wa won by Pandcr in one minute six
seconds The two mile won by Norscug
the Norwegian, in siN minutes twenty seconds Inc
distance in the previous race won by Pandcr only
half trtiIa
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
A1..rnA11Ax rrnrrAr1nN coNrErrN.

Melbourne, Jan. 1.-Thc Federation Conference
Will open here February ,. Delegates viii be present
from all the Australian colonies, Now Zealand and the
FIJI Islands.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
nELGIrM srOrpING TmE EXpORT OF COAL.

EELiIl VI SIoflIN'' lhh INi i'i'I VI ''-'''
Bru,,cls Jan. 4.-Thc Government has stopped the
expectation of coal from Belgium owing 10 the
scarcity Of that commodity caused by the miners
strike This order j., criticised premature. The
Government is buying coal in England for the use OF
the state railroads.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
DYING WJTH 4 SONG on ms LIPS.

Boston, Dec. (special).-A peculiarly pathetic
incident marked the closing Of the life Of Alonzo H.
stoddaId the well known baritone As he lay dclrous
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

FATAL DUEL BETWEEN EDITORS IL HUNGARY
Vienna Jan. AT Ncusaz, in Hungary, two editor
Of local newspapers fought duel. Editor Tonic.
Of the Zastara,7 killed Editor DlmtrcVlcs, OF the
- lranlln
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
ENGLISH FEELING TOWARD PORTUGAL IN
AFRICA

King HUMBERrs NEw-YEAR's sPEECH-THE
INFLUENzA-THE o'sHBA CAsE-BRoADLEf
PAcHA-MR. sTEAD's DEPARTURE FROM
THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE
A NEW MAGAZINE
IBY CABLE TO THE JRIBUNEI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The new pes! master at Stauntcn has made
clean sweep of the office
A commission of nnacy Ia Richmond en-
Saturday decided that Major B. Taylor Nc
Cue is not crszy man.
The Blacksburg Agricultural and Mcchar-
| ica College has suspended Oh account OF the
prevalence OF typhoid fever.
Capt @. Fl. Moore sold lost week hia
farm in Orange. joining Montpelier, to Mr.
Herman Fenner, Of Portage, Wis, for
IS 500.
The nsseased value of property in Virginia
Il 1880 WAS 1903 .997 6l3 and in 1883 it VAS
S344 1863 473, being an increase Of $40 III $50
| in eight years.
The Secretary of the Treasury hes az
pointed Jno. Biidy. P. p Flnpgsn aid
Joseph Porter storekeepers and guagers for
the six district of Virginia.
Near Petersburg on Saturday Margaret
Hates locked her child in her house and
went of to factory TO carry one OF thu
hands there his dinner. Daring her at
sence the child was burnt to desth While
playing in the fire.
The commissioners appointed in Fradet-
icksburg o canvass the freehold vote for
and against the bridge, which was voted on
last Tuesday, report majority OF % for the
bridge. The popular vote was 81 mej ority
also for the bridge.
Ia Norfolk on Saturday, the negro Henry
GUSTS, who was second time convicted Of
the murder of Mr.. T. l. Waller, the SegePs
Point etorekeeper, wes sentenced to be
hanged on November 90. and the negro
Booten Moore, who murdered Elisha Hail
on an excursion train, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for eighteen years.
Raw. A D. Pollock, D. D., died in War
repton, Oh Saturday evening, aged 81. The
deceased vas prominent Presbyterian
clergyman, native of Pennsylvania and
first cousin to Gov. Pollock, of that State.
He came to Virginia sixty years ago and
married a daughter of Charles Lee He
held pastoretes at Cu!peper, Richmond,
Wilmington, Delaware, and Warren'on. ard
was the author of "1he E,oGe."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
ATerrihle Runaway Accident

John Fitzpatrick of We Chester, Pa, hitched
up his horfe yesterday afternoon to drive out 10
Oakland Cemetery to visit the grave of his little
daughter who died few w ,cks ago. He had at
tached the horse to an open tHo-seated surrey
Two little nieces visiting him were lifted into
the vchicle, then his daue tier Clara, aged g. aud
his son Willie, ased s. MIR Fitzpatrick turned TO
speak to his wife, who stood in the doorway of
their home smiling at the happy group. Just then
Willie struck the horse lightly with the whip.
Immediately the spirited animal started off on a
run. Mr.. Fitzpatrick caught ono of the rear
wheels, and did his ulm st TO stop the horse. He
was dragged for 200 yaris when he dropped ex-
hsustei III the road. ] he hose, frightened by
the cams of the chldien, dashed along the road
to sharp turn. By the roadside stood q pile of
sharp stoi IS, and as the runaway horse turned,
the wagon caree ed, and sill four children were
dashed headlong upon the rocks. Willie wss
picked up dead his head being crashed to jelly.
Clara's skull was fractured and her "a % bruised
and cut SO that it was almott unrecognizabe.
The other little ones were unconscious, AID
though seriously injured not, it is thought,
dangerously hurt. The grief of tho parents is
ptiabe TO behold, especially having in 50 short
time buried Que O: their little ones. The mothor
is in a STATE of frenzy, and the opistes admins
tered by the physicsn have little or no effect upon
her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Farmer Murdered

WINNEMAo. IND, May 5-Ja1es Nc
Mannis, better known as Uncle Jimmy
Boyle" wealthy farmer, was fund mu!-
dered Sunday. Not long ago John Low, a
German tenant, living on one OF Uncle jim
my's farms, had some little trouble with him
as q result of which he determined to put
an end to Uncle Jimmy's life. Ha sought
out Michael Conner. who has inside bis
home with Uncle Jimmy since he was four
years old and who ia youth IL years oil,
and after some comforting persuaded him to
kill his benefaclor. Saturday IS the old
man was coming to this city he vas am
pushed by Connor and his head shot nearly
off. Word was sent that Uncle Jimmy Lad
dropped dead. but the coroner's inyesigs-
ton developed the above facts. Low ard
Conner were arrested and the formsr has
confessed. McMGnns, came to this count
ry from Ireland many years sgc, having
with him woman supposed to be his wife.
His real wife, however, subsequently sought
him out and deposed the first woman, who
quit McMannis's house without protest
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Judge Underwood, at Auburn on SATURDAY.
next. The writ was granted by Judpa
Corlett.
The Strikers.

CHICAGO, May 5.-The striking Garner.
ters read In the papers that the arbitration
committees had come 20 an agreement and
that work was to be resumed to day. With.
out waiting for orders, many of them wen.
to work this morning. When this fact was
reported at headquarters runners were sent
out to pull them off.
Secretary Howard. Ct the Carpenter.
Council, says the men will not be allowed to
resume work till every point Of dfereD
between the men and the bosses hes been
settled. The coopers at the Stock Yard.
who had resolved to 60 on strike this morr.
Ing evidently thought better OF It as they
went to work as usual.
Six hundred coal miners struck to-day at Bel.
air and Cambridge, Ohio, against the use OF the
screen.
Many Of the factory strikers in Chicago have
given in to the terms of the Bosses which are ten
hours work per day.
The Milwaukee carpenters will delay striking
week longer. They demand $3.50 FOR an eight
hour day.
The New York carpenters SIS body did not
have to strike to-day to enforce their demands
for eight hours Jas days work, as two hundred
bosses have granted their demands and only
33 have refused.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Telegraphic Breyities.

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, Of England is i'll.
The labor agitation at Roubisux aud Tnrcoing,
France. is sbating,
Gen. Haalot, chief Of tho general staff Of the
French army, has resigned, but desires TO seclre
an active command.
Last night while six men were out fishing in
San Francisco bay the boat caPsizsd and three Of
them were drowned.
Cardinal Gibbons has gone to Now York to
open this evening the fair for the benefit Of tho
Home for Immigrant Girls.
The trial of Carrie vsndogrift, at Mount Holly,
N. j was concluded to day, and tho argument
will be heard on Wednesday.
Bishop I. w. Joyce, at the meeting of Mctho.
dist Episcopal ministers in Baltimore to-day, Dc
livered an address on church extension.
The famous City Club of Buffalo, N. Y, which
Mr.. Cleveland and other prominent men of thst
city organized twelve years ago. has disbandcd.
The cotton waste mill owned by Crew.on & Co,
near the Boston and Albany Railroad tracks, near
Westfeld, Mass, was burned this morning. Loss
$33 900.
The iss1 in Georgia. it is said is will yon
if elected promise to vote for bill amending the
State constitution as to give the taxes paid By
the whites to the VIII tos to educate their children
aud let the negroes rely upon their own money to
send their Offspring to SCHOOL,
Tho vast pine forests in the west angle of what
was the Bed Lake, Mimi, reservation a1e in flames
Millions of feet Of pine have been destroyed and
unless the heavy snow and rain storms yesterday
checked the flames the loss will be enormous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Sena tor Beck's Death.

AS announced In the telegraphic columns
of the GAZETTE on Saturday Senator Beck,
of Kentucky, dropped dead at the Baltimore
and Potomac railway station in Washington
that evening at few minutes after four
He spent Friday In New York and had
inst arrived on the four o'clock train from
that city with his daughter, Mrs. Goodloe.
They alighted from the train and while
passing into the station be fell, just as ne YVES
shaking hands with Maj. Nicholson, and
Immediately expired. The news OF MS
death was telephoned to the Senate ano
upon its announcement the Senate at once
adjourned Senator Beck bad been to New
York, where he had heen consulting pnysl-
clans il regard to his health. He said to
his secretary, En- Rogers Clay, few nc
ments before he dropped dead that he felt
we'll and that his New York doctor told him
there was nothing seriously the matter with
him. Hardly had he uttered the lsst word
before he dropped dead. Mrs. Goodloe,
called for assistance and the Senator was
laid upon stretcher. Senators Ransom,
Paddock, Walthall and Butler arrived at
the eceue in a few minutes and accom-
panied the remains to the residence OF Con-
gresham Breckenridge.
Senator James B. Beck was born
10 Scotland February 10, 1922. He
received an academic education in bis
native laud and, coming to this count
ry as youth graduated in lay st Transyl-
yania University, Lexington, Ky in 1916
He practlced law in Kentucky for many
wears and held no Office, although he took
an active part in politics until be was elect
ed to Congr SO ia 1869 He remained q
member of III, House OF Representatives
tjr eight years, when he was elected
to the Senate. He took bis seat
in tho Senate March 5, 1877, and be
was twice reelected. Ia February, 1S4S,
at louisville, KY, he married Miss Jane w.
A. Thornton, of Loudoun county, Va. Two
children survive him. His wife died about
three years ego. She is buried 10 the GEM
etary at Lexington, apd the Senator's re-
| mains will be buried By her side.
The funeral services will take place in the
Senate Chamber tomorrow. 1t Is said
that about month ago Dr.. Wales, Senator
| Back's physician, almost peremptorlly ad'
vised his patient to resign his seat in the
Senate. The Senator refused to do this
He had little fear of death, aud thought his
physical troubles would not be more serious
in The future than they already had been.
His statement to his secretary when he met
him ct the depot but few minutes before
his dropped dead, that the New York doctor
bad told him ne was all right and had moth
ing TO fear if ne did not exert himself too
much, showed how little apprehension he
! felt in regard to his health.
The election of Senator Beck's successor
will be made by the Legislature. The prot
able candidates are Congressman Carlisle
ex-Gov Proctor Knott, State Senator VIII
liam Llnsay and probably Congressman Nc
Creary md Lieut.. Gov. Bryan. 1t is COM
mon belief that Mr.. Carlisle will be chosen.
The election will take place Tuesday, May
| 20th
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
FATAL CASE OF WrTcucRAFr-some attention

FATAL CASE OF WiTcHcRAFT.-some attention
has been reused in the community of Colon by the
alleged occurrence of remarkable and fatal case
OF West Indian 'obeah" or witchcraf'. 1t is said
two black women had fixed their affections on
one gay Lo.hario Of sable hue, who on his part
seems TO have played fast and loose with both.
Tnis conduct was naturally highly offensive to
the one wto controlled his domestic felicity. snd
she eventually concluded 10 consu the Obeah OF
the West Indian colony at Christ pie Colon.
This worthy, for fee, provided his client with
some mysterious prepare Ion wherewith she was
to snoint or battle her hands, and then slap her
rival on both checks. The programme WAS carried
out fully. The prisoners victim, up to then, WAS
as hale and fine q specimen OF negro femninity
as may bs found on thu Isthmua. She sickened
both sides of her face began to rot away and on
the eighth day she died 10 frightfnl g1ny, and
presenting q horrible spectacle. Such are the
facts in the case. The doctor" it is stated. en-
deavored to arrest his disbolicsl work with alleged
antidotes, but 'aied. 1t is asserted that the dis
ease has been diagnosed as CHARLTON species Of
rot to which cit G a-e sui j.ct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05

UNLRss TREASURY statements be utterly
unreliable, the bills the republicans In the
present Congress have passed, and intend
to pass, will pecessitate an increase, rather
than decrease in the enormous taxes a.
ready imposed upon the necessaries of life
and raw material. The pension bills alrea.
dy passed will necessitate 40 annual expen-
diture of over one hundred and fifty million
dollars, and there are more to come. No
wonder there will be no money fox Mount
Vernon Avenue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Leeshurg Turnnike.

ALEXANDRIA, VA, 6Iay 3. 1890.
At mostng of the committee having in charge
the repair of the Leesburg turnpike Col. d. a
Windsor was called to the chair aud Courtlaad ii
Snith was elected secretary and treasurer.
The collection of money for the Improvement
was 80 Gathering that the committee will COM
mcncc active operations i'll short time.
The treasurer submitted report OF tho finan-
cia status of the scheme, showing nine hundred
dollars on hand, with the agreement on the part
of Alexandria and Fairfax counties to give two
hun cred and fifty dollars zach, making fourteen
hundred dollars avsilable now for tho construc-
ton of the work. The treasurer has list for coll
lection amounting to one thousand dollars. and
thcrc is another list in tho hands of ono of the
promoters of this work which should yield three
hundred dollars; but of course, no accurate est
mate can DO made until tho returns in cash are
made but it is safe to say that the echemo will
20 through thanks to the spirit of libcrality that
this improvement has evoked from the city OF
Alexandra and the counties of Alexandria and
Fairfax.
Several places on tho projected improvement
will take largo sums of money TO place them even
in safe condition. notably Shutters Hill and the
ugly ana dangerous chasm near the blacksmith
STOP Approaching tho amount OF work to be
done and the expense attending its proper conf
nlctior the committee requests these parties who
have subscribed to send their several contributions
to the treasurer, so that the work may BIO auspl.
cionsly startcd and successfully completed.
1t was resolved that bids for labor, material,
&c should Re endorsed By the manager of the
work to the chairman OF the committee or in his
absence to any Of the committee, who will certify
the bills to the treasurer for payment.
The committee adjourned to meet on Monday
May 5th at three O'clock, if fair-if not, the first
fair day thoroaftor-at HoofTs Bun bridge.
y. A. WINDSOR, Chsirman.
F. II. JANNEY.
M. P. PAYNE.
HENRY DAINGERFIELD.
,,o,-rr, ,xn TT c,trru Soc and Treas
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
A Remarkable Wedding.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, May "a TT
msrkabe wedding took place Saturday night
near Laurel Fork, Boone county. The con-
tracing parties were James Sevall and Mrs.
Amy Terrence. The groom, who was a
widower, but had outlived his children, was
1Ol years old, and the bride. a widow, also
without encumbrance, was So. The best
man was 81 years old and the bride7maid IS.
The bride and groom are still quite eprigbtly
for their age.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05

THE FARMS in Vermont are rapidly going
to waste and are being abandoned by hu-
man kind and being reoccupisd by wild
beasts. And yet Vermont Is in New Eng
land, the manufacturing section of the cour-
try, and the protective tariff has prevailed
for the last twenty 1ne years. But for all
this, there are men In Virginia, and, strang-
est of all, farmers, who say that the pro-
teotive tariff makss home market, and
therefore enhances the value of farm pro-
ducts and OF necessity that OF the farms
also
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05

a DISPATCH from Berlin says: 1.-THE first
prominent result OF the May Day agitation
has been formidable movement among
manufacturers. merchants, mine owners ana
others employing large numbers ofhands, to
promote the formation OF German union
against strikes" This is just exactly what
all men with their eyes open have expected,
for 1t is only na;ursl that when one clsFs Of
men combine against another, the other
should retaliate in kind, and in fight Of
this sort, as Mr.. Gladstone truly says, the
capitalists always have the advantage, for
they can afford to blde their time and then
get even, while the necessities ofthe strikers
make long seige on their part impossible,
and wages once lost by them are never re-
ooyered
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05

THE REGULAR pensions appropriation bill,
which has passed the U &. House OF Repre-
sentatives, approprlates ninety-eight million
dollars, but 80 good authority as that OF Cor
poral Tanner, ex- commissioner OF pensions
is to the effect that that sum, enormous as II
ia, Is at least twenty million less than the
amount that will be required, and for the
payment of which provision will have to be
made by deficiency bill. The chief and
apparently only purposes for which the gov
eminent of this country now exists, seem to
be to tax poor people in order to raise
money with which to pay pensions, and to
adopt measures By which the republican
party may retain the national offices and the
emoluments thereof.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
Remarkable Rescue,

Mrs. Michael Curtain PIainfeld, Ill makes the
statement that she caught cold, which settled on
her lungs; sho was treated for month by her
family physician, but grew worse. He told her
she was hopeless rctim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Der druggist sug-
gested DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton she bought bottle and to her delight found
herself benefited from the first dose. She contin-
aed its uso and after taking ten bottles. found
herself sound and well, now docs her own house
work and is as well as she ever Was Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at E. 8. Lcadbeater
& Bro s drug store wholesale agents. Large bot
ties SOC and 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05
CONGRESS,

Tho Senate on Saturday passed bill for the
relief of Donald Mckay AMI of the executors Of
Donald Mckay; also a bill approprating $500.
600 for home for inobriates in the District OF
Columbia The House passed tho diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. A joint resolution
was passed. appropriating 81 100000 for i'm
provement OF tho Mississippi river from the head
of the passes to tho mouth of the Ohio river, such
sum to DO Immediately available. Mr. McComas,
from the committee on the election OF President,
Vice President and Representatives in Congress,
reported his bill to prevent gerrymandering. The
minority OF the committee through Mr.. Tuckor,
also presented report, and Mr.. Frank, of Nilsson.
ri, presented second minority report.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-05

BISHOP IRELAND of the Catholic Church
preached sermon In Washington yester
day, In which he said that whether man
be black or white is only matter Of acci-
dent. Ualess the Bishop intended to be-
facetious and spoke after the manner of
Miss Sarah Bernhardt, who speaks of her
children as accidents be is sadly out of
accord with the generally accepted teach
ings of the Bible as we'll ss of physiology.
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@9lGg=5 $3.50
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. e., May 5.
SENATE.

SENATE.
There was an unusually large attendance
of Senators present In the chamber and OF
spectators in the galleries this morning
when the opening prayer was offered by the
Chaplain. Mr. Beck's desk and chair were
covered with black Grape, and feeling OF
solemnity seemed to pervade the chamber.
The Chaplain made feeling allusion to the
SHADOW of death" under which the Senate
met.
AS SOON as the journal OF Saturday was
read Mr.. Blackburn rose, and in voice
tremulous with suppressed emotion said ::
"Mr. President, my colleague Ia dead. 1t Is
not my purpose at this time to speak either
of him or OF the great services which he has
rendered to his country. In the freshness
of the sorrow the love which l bore him
would blind with it's tears. The drapesy OF
his desk furnishes fitting type of the sor-
row which pervades every heart In this
chamber. great Commonwealth, with
bowed head, to-day puts on the weeds OF
mourning. At an appropriate time, and in
the early future, I will ask the Senate to at
ford to his friends an opportunity to pay
their tribute to his memory. will now ask
the Senate to consider the resolutions which
send to the Clerks desk"
The resolutions were similar to those usu-
ally offered on similar occasions and pro-
yided for the appointment OF committee of
seven to take charge of the funeral, which
will take place at one o'clock tomorrow in
the Senate chamber.
The resolutions were declared adopted
unanimously, and the Senate adjourned till
IL o'clock tomorrow,
Tne following Senators we're appointed as
the committee to superintend the funeral:
Messrs. Blackburn, Harris, Vance, Kenna,
Dawes, Egsrts and Henderson.
HOUSE.
In his prayer this morning the chaplain
made touching and appropriate reference
to the death of Senator Beck.
The Senate amendments to the customs
administrative bill were non oonourred in,
and a conference ordered.
A bill was passed f,r the removal of the
e S. courthouse building at Baltimore, Md.
message having been received from the
Senate announcing the death of Senator
Beck and inviting the House to be present
at the funeral services tomorrow,
Mr.. Breckenridge of Kentucky, offered
resolution accepting the invitation and re-
questing the Speaker to appoint committee
of nine Representatives. to take action with
similar committee appointed by the Sen
ate to take charge OF the funeral arrange
msnts. The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously. II will NOT, said Mr. BreckInridge,
"detain the House except with the announce
ment of the death of my predecessor and
friend. 1t is personal sorrow much more
than public sorrow to many of Us, more
especially probably, to one who had been
his friend since was lnd ten years OF age"
Ia accordance with the terms of the resolu-
ton the Speaker appointed the com mittee.