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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
heath of Geo Bancroft

George Bancroft, the venerable historian,
dIea at his home 10 Washington On Saturday
evening. Hs had been sick only two Days
and was on the streets but three days PIE
ylously. Mr.. Bancroft wac bora in Worcee-
ter, Mass, on October 3, 1890 He vas aP-
pointed Secretary OF the Navy oy Preeident
polk While Secretary Of tbs Navy Va
oancy occurred In the position OF Secretary
NJ War and Mr.. Bancroft flied that position
for month, during which time he ordered
the invasion OF Texas, which resulted in It's
addition to the national domain. He vs-
minister to Great Britain trom 1916 lie 1919,
and in 1867 was appointed minister &c Pro-
ala. It was Mr.. Bancroft WHO Rsinad from
Biemarck snd also from Easlerd, the COR
cession of the right of immigrants to swesr
allegiance to the Uuited S!stee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
Some Western Expressions.

Ser Mcdonnell is getting bimse
talked shout on the republican side be-
cause OF his wild aud HoolIy" western e1
pressions TO associates. Senatorial! dignity
was given severe shock by bin ie
DAYS ago, when he approachod V'ce-Presi
dent Morton, who wss sitting In tue CLOAK
room, and eaid:
"Mr V,ce-Prcsdenf, shske; Jour ruling s
few minutes ago was dead gene"
Shortly after~srd the Ids5o seaatar
startled the venerable Senator EVafts ~
Shaping him on tbs back vigorously I'D
exolsimipg: cd man, that was II dandy
speech you made for the b!lI. and we VII
stand by you until-ireezes over"
Several Senators who were laughing or'r
these little incidents of tho Few aanstor'
career sgreed that it was p-oharlS fjrtU-
nate for the time -houortd Senatorial dignit5
that Senator McConoel's term expires c.
the fourth of March nex'.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
T, A N DRIA. VA
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10.

MR. HoAR, who introduced the Force bli
!, Ibe U. s. Senate, and Mr.. Aldrich, who
has announced his intention of introducing
in The same body tomorrow the gag rule, oy
which alone that bill can be passed. may
not be familiar with the history Of their own
States. Bat other people know that while
Virginia pleaded for the suppression o. the
slave trade Massachusetts and Rhode l'ano
pleaded for it's continuance, and that whi'e
Virginia voted for the suppression OF trst
trade at the adoption Of the Constitution
Massachusetts voted against it, snd that at
tie lstter's urgent solicitation the suppression
ofthct trade was put eff for twenty years, in
Order that the money invested by her peo'
Ma ia it might not be sacrificed. Otbei
naonle e!so know that OF the many
negro glayes once owned in Massachusetts
there ia 2 o record of one having ever been
liberated by bis master, though the Wills OF
,neny OF Vueiria's most distinguished ana
i, aDential citiz rs show that they not only
Get theirs free, but provided for their suc-
s,ouect support Yet the two Senators re-
fersed 10 would put baycnet behind every
bslIoc ia Virginia end IN the entire South, 10
order, as tbey s0s, that every negro N aS
cote Lus REILLY to make them vote the re-
publican ticket. and to create such coDoi
ton OF fairs in this section of the country
that ncr:hern men, who are pow investing
thair money here, may keep 1t at home, to
sustain the declining manufacturing indus
tries OF TIE North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
CONGRESS,

The United sta-es Senate wes in continu-
GUS session over the elections bill from 10 .
N. Friday unii! p. m Saturday. Then an
adjournment was had until this morning
Mr.. Aldrich gave notice that tc-norrcw
he would ask the Senate to proceed to the
consideration OF the resolution to change the
rules of the Senate.
Ia the House Mr.. Chandler. charmsn Of
the select commute on the Worlds Fair,
made report recommending reptrencb.
meut in'the expenditures of The Worlds
Fair commission. tee officials, etc. The com.
mittee also suhmitied joint resolution ap.
p.upra:ing $500 GOO for the governments
share OF the experss of the exhibition for
the next fiscal year, and specifies The man
ner In which this monsy is to Do expended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
Cold Weather in Europe.

PARIS. jan. 19.-Dlriug Saturday end
yesterday the most intense COLD of the vim
ter was experisrc'd throughout France.
Yesterday an aged mea was found freq % to
death ia his lodgings 10 this city. TIE
thermometer yesterday touched nine de-
grees. The Ice on The river Same is now
sixteen inhcas thick. As night approaches
crowds ea,hsy on the ice, huge hcnfcss sic
lighted and Numbers Of ynung na.n and
wonen ia in daBces toI .hs accompaniment
of musical instruments.
BERLIN Jin. 10 Several steamers 10 the
river Eibs hsve loat their propai!sTs by
dAshiDg against Ice A'w'. a numbs. CT
vaase!s have parted their aDchor chains
aad are drifting helplessly ia the stream.
Reports from ail parts show that tbs Their
mometer touched many degrees below zsro.
fahrenheit The 'ca is eighteen inches thick,
AdVlces from Naples report many deaths
throughout Italy from the cold. The roof
of school Tor boys at Sac Dsmitro gave
veq esosasn its ba,dea of snow sne ice,
AID e.e who's mess went crashing into iha
chooi roon telo:s. Twenty of tie pupils
we're IA Or lisa seriously Injured. TIE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
esles throughout Europe are the aevsrest 10
thirty years.
Foreign News.

OTTAWA, Dat, Jan. 19.-Ths Free freSS
saws 1t is admitted that what the oniteo
States has offered the Dominion, ID COLI
nlete and unrestricted reciprocity on the
basis proposed in the Hit resolution now
before Congress. A prominent official states
that the offer made by the United States
had been submitted to the Imperial govern
10 snt, as "a matter of courtesy, but that IL
was accompanied by memorandum setting
forth that it was unacceptable to the D1m!n-
ion government.
BERLIN, Jan. 19-Euperor William yes-
.erday invested Chancellor Won CapriVi,
Count Won Hszbeldt and others with the
d ,coraticn of the order ofthe Black Eagle.
LONDON, Jan. 49, Owiog to the reports
of .routl. Ia ths Argentine Republic the Sc
curities of that country have to-day fallen
IL per cent. on the stock exchange here.
Tnefe>are rumors that some Influential firms
have become involved through the drop In
nr;ces
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
A BLUE CROSS ON HIS FOREHEAD

A BLUE CRcss ON HIS FOREHEAD
Charles Bass, Of saoul!own, suburb at
Pi.tsburg, Ps.. is The vic!isa of a peculiar
species of persecu lou. 4 few months ego
he was separated from his wife. Af ~
that number OF Gnony nous letteo5
warning bm of impending evil found Their
way into hi rcom. Ga December II last
he received lcng letter telling him be
you'd bs sorry ii be dii not leave in a few
days. Last Sunday night wssk be heeFd
some noise. TUat wa he last Ia Femem
bers until the morning. when hs vas smcs.
struck dumb 10 SEE a bus cross imprinted
on his face. He had 5esn choroformed b
his unknown enemies. ard the large cross
pricked with Ind!an lux. Friday night he
touad in his room = letter advising him to
leave home within twenty-!0rr hours or h.
would be killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

MAsQUERADING JEsN1Es REcoED.-It has jast
developed .hst the pretty e;ghteen-J e.r-old girl
calling herself Jennie who has been masquefai-
ing in mens clothes for several weeks to obtain
eraploy ment in Paris, Ky, is Fannie Barnett, OF
MagsviIle. che roomod with a blacksmith at w.
W. Il. Dawson's residence f,r three woeko before
her sex was discovered. Fannie ha; caused one
u sa to kill himself, and By false swearing tae
Pugh brothers to be seat TO the renite0tis-y. She
was also the cause of Il woman IN child being &C.
cidentaliy killed. while they we're resurning from
& visit TO the Pugh brothers. She is nov in Gin
cinnsti, scd it is not known how many others
she has started on the road to ruin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

TIE ENEM1Es Of free insSitutioDs-and
there are more OF thern in this country thsn
mass people suppose, and tbs number is
rsaid!y Increasing, are gloatpg ever the
present cgtsssional proceedings, as iodic.
s!ive Of an esrIy change 10 the form of goV-
ernuent Senator Stewart, republican as
ia is, Gays The passage of the Force bill will
te the desih-kreel of freedom, aud he only
vices the fear OF many end The hope OF not
6 few. The republican party brought on
the war between the States, taxes the many
for The RENE fl Of o few, end hos established
the practice of stealing ard buying the
Presidency II allowed to proceed much
farther, it Will ipcite anarchy first, to be fol
lowed, aooner or later, by the man on horse
back, whose approach will be welcomed as
the lesser evil. But, to ofset o.! this, it ssi
Tie reg7oes, who didn't belong to it. free.
and conferred them the privilege OF suffrage!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

To DAY. THE anniversary of General Lees
birthday, is legal holiday in Virginia and
IN several other southern States, and was
celebrated more or lees generally 10 all of
them. General LIE ref .ctsd honor not
only upon the South, but upon the whole
country, and whether sill OF them scknowl-
edge it here or not, every American abroad
Is proud TO call himself his ocuntryman.
TIE day should be observed more and more
until 1t be set apart In every city and hamlet
,fthe South as a general annual holiday.
The memory of no man is entitled to more
rssnect
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
Warm weather IN the Northwest

WASHINGTON d. c., January 1.-THE
signsl Office furnishes the following:
Unusually warm weather prevails this
ii, o-ning over The DAkotas, Montans'
Western Minnosots, and northwestern Ne
brasks, where The temperature ranges from
90 to SO degrees above the mean. Ga Sun
d .y the Temperatures at some OF the
: ations in that region ware higher than
eyar haforo recorded a. this season. This
condition OF extreme warmth will not ex-
terd oyer any Other sections.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

THE reduction in the price of outline,
caused by the removal Of The duty on that
article, has been SO great that the American
manufacturers are attempting TO form trust
with their foreign competitors, so as to raise
SIC price and increase their profits Though
ihev solo qu.nine before the removal OF the
tariff at three aud four dollars al ounce.
they now acknowledge that they can make
1t for thirty cents. This shows the exten.
to which the people are piilsged by the re-
publicsn party, 10 order TO return, With lu-
te.ess, The "fas they f-isd out" of the north
era protected manufacturers, with which
Col. Dudley secured the election of Pres!-
deaf Harrison. By buying voters In blocks Of
fra
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
ftAsHINeroN. D. c.. JAM 10, 1890.

Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasette
MAsRImGroN. D. c.. Jan. 10, 1885,
Senator Hoar said to-day that the Senate
would adjourn at six o'clock this evening
until tomorrow, that then Senator Alori h
would call up the gag RUE, upon which q
tiebaie of two dtys would be allowed, that
some time on Thursday the vote Cd that rule
would be taken, and thst he was confident
OF its adoption. The worst part of this is
,hat Senate, Paddock, heretofore supposed
to be opposed TO :he Force bill, Gays be will
vote for the RUE, by which alone that bill
can be passed.
Mr.. Dorsey, chairman of the House COM
mitlee 90 coinage, to which tbs Senate sill yer
bill has been referred, says be has sounded
every republican member OF that committee.
aud taa' all of them, as be is, are opposed
TO free silver. bat will agree to bill provid-
log for limiting The colnsgs To the silver
Droduc. 0i this country.
Tho U. S. Supreme Court today decided
shat tho act OF the legislature of Virginia
imposing tax on Chicago beef is unuonsti-
sutional, and therefore null and void.
District Attorney Craig of Virginia, who
Ia here trying to have Mr.. Mclaughlin az
pointed postmaster st Lynchburg, says the
President i5 favorable TO Mclaughlin, but
that Postmaster General Wauamaker is op-
posed TO b IN, beosuie he is the Lynchuurg
sgent for Poytner's Alexandra brewery.
Congressman Breckinridge, who was book
ed FOR speech today at the Lee anuyerss-
~ celshrst!oa at Petersburg, was compelled
TO break his engagement.
Senator Blsir was in his seat when the
Senate mat CHS morning ana the greetings
that were extended 80 him Sy his republican
colieseues were more tbsp ordinarily hsa:iy.
Fsr tbe reason sha5 his re,u71 30 the CITY
frou New HaDpsbl.a Was necessary to
make mp the long expected republican
quorum. TIE republicans now have As Sen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

BOTH TIED OF LIFE.-Mrs. An0ie G.
Scott en- Saturday evsnirg committed sui
eide al her husbands store, on Hanover
street, Baltimore. She appeared there with
two Fevoivers and the framed copy of their
marriags certificate In her possession.
Learning that MIR. Scott we absent the
woman put bullet In her brain. dying in-
stautIy. TIE couple had been married only
gear, bud Lived uGhappiy, owing to the
dlssipa,ed habits Of Mrs. Seote. Mr.. Scott
had recently threatened to eave Mrs. Scott,
aud 1t is believed thas it was her intention
to shoot her husband sud then herself. Ce.-
ria Siebsss, twegty--even yea,= ~ sge, 81
.empts6 suicide 10 BalsimcTe 90 SATURDAY,
Shs WAS despopGent ard fred huhss into
hsr lefa side, near the beslt. sue is in 2
critical condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
yIgGtg!a NEWS

Maj peytor n Page died very sudden
" on Saturday morning a. his home il
Gloucester county, eyed 50 years.
man eiyiog his name as Henry Brock,
hailine from Baltimore, who went to Fred
ericksourg Thursday, ostensibly to purchase
real estate, ges found dead il his bed there
yesterday morniug.
Ia Eoachbure Saturday evening Archie
Mathews, co!ored, while drunk, resisted ar
rest AID Knocked down Sergt. Seny, o; the
po'ica force rs then attempted 80 esoape,
hat Seay, ,esaicicg his feet, FREQ !hreo shote
Si;, pistol ec6 killed Matthew'S, The cor
oner's Inquest rendered vsrdict CT jas..f
sb bcmiciGe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

CaEMATED IN RIs BED. An old ADD help
lea, Confederate soldier nsmod John Wood
son was burned to death at Cosinstcn. Ca,
on Saturday. he cccu pied On upper roora
Ia John Davs's honse, which was totally
destroyed by f5e before help could reach
the old veteran, aud he wes ilteraiy Gre
mated In Bis he'd. M!s. Davis rushed inc
the filming building and, catching her IL
g IN husband IN her arme, rhrew him ont q
the window. saving HE life. and t3ea she
barely escsp ped with her cwu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

If you want to have your baby beatty
and beautiful, four things are necess,y ;
fresh sir, good food, bright sunshine y,
DR.. Bnli's Baby Syrup.
With the greatest cot filence we car say,
there is TO batter remedy for catsrrh, thsn
o d ssu.'s Oster;h Cure Price Only % cehts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

sress case, but people who know will not say. It
i. rnmorod that he will be arrested in Albany On
3 new charge.
telegram has boon received at Berlin from
Zanzibar to the effect that Baron Wissmaun has
suddenly developed sigrs of insanity. He hss
teen recalled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19
The Gazette
From the Northern Mock News

From the Northern Mock News
That able, staunch aud venerable Journal,
the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, has just en.zr.
ed upon lis 80 I'D year. te;ng the old st
newspaper pubiished IN Virginia ard among
the oldest in the Unted States. lie proc
porous career and locg life are dreo We
doub. not. 10 greet MEASURE as tie pfesent
editors suggest, 10 "ihe courage snG honesty
with which 1t expresses it's beiiefn Il is a.
ways bold sDd fearless in givicg uttersncs
TO its We've and opinions upon guesticrs If
public interest, and strives. az every journal
should do, to enll2hten the public mird sod
direct and mould public sentiment rather
than follow In the wake Of o, hers.
From the Cha ham r.buae
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. one OF nur
hiah!y-esteemed exchanges, hes entered
upon its ninety second year. We wish the
Child" much succ.s, and continued p.os-
perity end usefulness as 1t grows Or.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

pRJME CREAM cH sEeE just recs.yed by
q sp2s J. {. NILaJ2N,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05
A SECURING MILL NEEDED.

Our wool-growers are discussing the
advisability of establishing securing
mill at this point, Not long since Mr..
Shearer had the matter under consider
alton ard made estimates on the cost of
putting in plant at his place on the
Deschutes. Valuable as such an enter
prise would be at that point it would be
still more valuable if located here. 1t is
well-known that more wool is handled at
The Dalles from actual wool-growers than
at any other point in the United States
Some classes of wool shrink as high as
so per cent. The average we believe is
somewhere about 60 per cent. at least
To large shippers the cost of freight to
Boston on so much waste matter is very
considerable. The freight on wool last
year from this point to Boston was two
and quarter cents per pound. To a
man who has fifty or a hundred thousand
pounds of wool the saving of sixty per
cent of his freight bill is an important
item. To our large buyers and shippers
1t is still more important. The cost of a
securing plant is of trifiing Importance
when compared with the saving to be
affected and there is no doubt in the
world that such a plant would be a
profitable paying investment.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05
OLD TINE TACTICS.

The City of Frankfort which, report has
it, the Union Pacific bought the other
day and tied up, in order to prevent her
making connections with our new steam
er on the lower river, was patched up
out of the g Traveller " one of the oldest
boats on the Lower Columbia which was
sold some time ago for $4,000. Pacq net &
Smith built a new hull for her at a cost
of $2225 and the old machinery was re-
paired and placed in it. The whole out
fit cost less than $1,000 and if the owners
have succeeded in cinching the Union
Pacific into paying good round sum for
her we shall be SO far gratified. The
story of the City of Frankfort reminds us
of another, well known in these parts to
all the older settlers. The little Gold
Dust about ten years ago was bitter
thorn in the side of the old O. r. & N
Co. The utmost value one could place
on the boat was not to exceed $4,000.
Yet it is stated on perfectly reliable au-
thority that the owner, Captain Spencer
year after she was withdrawn from
competition, was still drawing the snug
sum of $500 a month from the company
for his service in putting her out of the
way. About the same time another little
boat called the Elvina was on the middle
river. She was worth, not to exceed
$500, yet to get rid of her the company
agreed to pay her owners for tying her
up for one year, the sum of 500 month
and at the end of the year another con-
tract was made, on condition that she
should be taken below the Cascades, by
which the owners received the sum of
$500 or $3.50 month for twelve months.
We mention these facts that the people
who are not already familiar with them
may know y hat friendship we may nat
urally expect from the Union Pacific
when our new boat is put upon the river.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05
4 DEADLOCK.

The situation of the wool market at
this place is somewhat peculiar. The
buyers and sellers have locked horns
and neither are disposed to yield. The
wool-men think that outside quotations
warrant better prices than the the buy
ers are disposed to offer, and the former
are free in expressing the opinion that
the latter have conspired to ''bear'' the
market. Whether this is SO or not we
have no means of knowing, but we do
know that several of the largest wool
growers, at present in the city, express
themselves freely when they say that
if the dead-lack is not broken within the
next two or three days, they will return
to their homes and wait for events.
Wool-men, as rule, are not particularly
crowded for money as they can borrow
all they need for their present necessities
on their stored clips. If the buyers are,
as alleged, playing a fine game we hope
the wool-growers will stand by then
colors to the last moment, and we know
some of them will.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05

of immense developments Portland
might have every pound of her freight if
we had an open river. The Columbia
river is the natural outlet for Klickitat
county and an open river would practi-
cally control its trade, but if Portland
sits supinely and allows that fine terri
tory to make other connections she will
soon discover that she has lost her trade
forever. The cities on the Sound are
looking out for the trade of Klickitat
county and past experience shows they
are willing to make sacrifices to get it.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05

Two German Words That Mean Much.
German BARRIERS in New York have a
curious system of signs and mysterious
words by which they indicate to each
other the tendency of customers to give
large tips, small tips or none at all. If
a new barber in large shop gets gen
erous customer in his chair, fellow
workman who has shaved the generous
customer before mutters in his ear,
''Brunz" is, ''He tips 'sBrunz''
is distinctively German product, and
till recently was never heard outside of
continental barber shops. Its greatest
merit is that it means nothing to per
sons who are not BARRIERS, for it has no
Endorsement from the German diction-
aries, and does not even enjoy the ques-
tionable authority of student slang.
German BARRIERS in New York desig-
nate man who gives no gratuities as a
''muff. ," Like ''brunz,'' ssmuff, is no
word at all, and was invented by willy
continental BARRIERS for the needs of the
shop only. The amount of the tip to be
expected is revealed by the old journey
men to the new ones by various contor-
tions of the fingers and by low German
monosyllables of no apparent relevancy.
Montreal Star.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05
stones Are Composed of shell..


The tripoh, used for polishing cur ta-
bleware, is composed entirely of the 81
licious shells of infusoria The earthly
paint with which our houses are colored
is nothing but the remains of different
species of these animals. Even the hard
est rocks-the fints-show, when exam
ined under the microscope, that they,
too. are composed of ths skeletons of in
fusoria. once examined thin section
of a flint formerly used by the great
hunter, Daniel Boone. This flint was
composed of the shells of infusoria The
gun, an old fiintlock rifle, from which
this flint was taken, is still preserved at
Frankfort, KY.
Even many of the precious stones, such
as the carnelian, owe their beautiful
colors to the presence of fossil infusoria.
Macon Telegraph
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05

The stockholders of the Eastern Ore
gon Cooperative Association closed their
labors by re-electing the old board of di-
rectOrs.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05

Blaine, they say, has ''lost his mind -
Convey our compliments to the states
man that finds it. The mental endow-
ment is rich one.-Astorian
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-05
PORTLAND TO THE RESCUE.

The Goldendale Sentinel intimates
that Klickitat county is making arrange
ments to ship her wheat sup the river
to some outlet to the sea-" This means,
most likely, shipping by the Northern
Pacific to.the Sound. Klickitat county
is great agricultural county and capable