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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
Court of Appeals.

In the Virginia Court of Appeals. in SEES
sion 10 Wytheville yesterday, the following
decisions wers rendered:
Tucker Va the Commonwealth from
Craig comfy judgment reversed; opinion
oy Judge Lewis.
Hunter vs. Hume; from Alexaodria cour-
ty judgment reversed opinion bg Judge
Lacy.
Marshall, admr. vs. Cheatman from Lu
nenturg county decree reversed opinion
by Judge Fauntleroy, Judges Richardson
and Hinton dissenting.
Cunning va sae Com monwealth from
Bristol City judgment affirmed opinion by
Judge Lacy.
Thompson rs the Commonwealth from
Bristol City judgment affirmed opinion by
Judge Fauntieroy.
Peyton vs. Stuart from Augusta county (;
decree reversed; opinion by Judge Lacy
Judges Lewis and FsuntIeroy dissenting.
The following cases were removed to Rich
MOI d: Sesrles "a. Cromsr aud Bonsack Ma
chine Company Va. Woodrum and the fol.
loving continued Wocd vs.. Ewing end
Nowlin Us. Chapman.
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A Four-Cornered Duel.

The steamship South Portland arrived
at New York from Jamaica ports yest,rday.
o. the afternoon OF June IL the Portland
touched at Port Marie. Mate Lowell was
sent on shore to get the maile. Ga his way
10 the post office he came across crowd of
blacks on the village green. There mus
have been at least 500 of thsm and when
Mr.. Lowell inquired what the row wac
about, they informed him that battle was
just about to begin. Four coolies, all ns-
lives OF the towu, bad heooms involved
in controversy. aud had decided to fight to
the death.
In the centre OF ths green an enclosure
hsd been roped of, and in Tide OF 1t, as each
corner, stood one of the four contestants.
They we're stripped 20 the waist, and each
man eaasped In his right hand knife with
hiada seven inches long. For moment
the men stood glazing st each other, then
the word was given and the fight began. 1t
was case of every man for himself with g
vengeance. Mate Lowell says it yes the
nest fearful sight be ever Witnessed. La five
minutes ii was all over.
Wben The police arrived upon tha scene
three bodies hacked almost beyond recognition
lay inside thu ropc~ The fourth man was 30
or, zed by his wounds thst Def tho police could
lay hands OF MIN he drovo hi, own knife through
his heart,
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WILL OF uyN. ALBERT PIKg.-The will

WILL OF GyN. ALBERT PIKE.-The will
Of Central Albert Pike Nas filed yesterday
In Washington with the register Of wiliF.
John NJ. Brown, Frederick Weber and Ed
win 3. McGrothy are nsmed az executors.
All his personal effects are beques t5ed to
these to be disposed Ct according to mer-
orandum entrusted TO them. The fee to
to " hich be is eniited In the net proceeds
of the Chaotaw clain. the prosecution of
wh'cl was intrusted to hin 10 1854 and in
which he obtained decision in The Senate
in 1859, be leaves bis two some and daughter.
an his zeal es tate in Arkansas be leaves to
bis son, Yo,n Pike. The moneys 10 the
Treasury OF the United S.siea arising from
the sale under process OF cnutiscation OF his
property 10 Little Rock, 81 $50, be wills t,
the Uoi;ed States, ''that they may have 81
honest lille thereto aud 40 lopger hold them
ae toe proceeds IF pundering uuder the
form OF law sod the Indebtedness of the
Uoited States to me for four horses lost By
me in the military service Of the Uoited
States in Mexico"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
Reign of Terror in Hayti.

According to q letter received In New
York from Port GU Prince yesterday Presi
dent Hippolyte has 20 more idea of law and
order than the poor wre.ches he is shooting
down In the streets OF that city.
Ee attempted On May 20 to violate the
International laS-which makes foreign
consulate an esyum Of refage-by trying to
take four political prisoners from the Mexi-
can consulate In the Haytian capital. When
the entire Diplomatic Corps 10 Port gu
Prince called on the President on May 80 co
protest against this violation Hippolyte at
tempted 20 play high handed game OF
bluff, end he might have succeeded had not
the German consul threatened to report the
matter TO bis government. Minister Fred
Douglass, 1t Is said In the letter, stood trem-
bling with fear and heard the black ruler in
suit the fag of every civil zed nation almost,
including his own, and he did not dare cfsr
q protest, because he thought that Hippolyte
had gone out to give an order to hsve the
consuls shot,
Terror regns supreme at Port gu Pfnca
Hippoiyte, in bis palace, alternstively raves
like maniac and weeps like child. he
continues to kill his supposed enemies, but
lQby ACCuuuthlo luSLcE buhu H0 Jul MIL
them. The real instigators and leaders OF
the movement against him have escaped HE
vengeance. Referring sgsin to Douglass.
the writer says he.evidentIy regards the Hay
tlan government With much more venera-
ton than bis own. He has opeoly said, 1t
ls stated, that he will not prosecute any
clsim-and the claims from this country az
gregate more than $500 600 unless he con
siders the claim jast one, no matter what
the United States wants done. Douglass Is
said TO have represented himself as the head
OF the negro vote in the UGited States, and
be is credited with the assertion that The
Uoittd States would not dare take any
action Tor that reason.
To Douglass and john Bassett, formerly
Consul In NeR York under the late Pfesi-
dent Saiomon, is also sscribed the failure OF
the United States to obtain the Mois 81
Nicholas. D Nuglsss. it Is said, opposed The
claim OF the Uaited Safes. He is ssid TO
be thoroughly convinced OF he fiaal euprem
scy of the blacks over the whites. A.!
though more than 200 people have bean shot
down in Heyti in cold blood Douglass has
made no report 10 this government, aud hes
not even protested against the carnage, it is
said The writer vigorously adds that ss
the U1ited States claims moral jurisdic.
lion over Hsyti it Is about time minister OF
some decision was sent there TO replace
Douglass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

Dispatches from many points Ia Arkansas
say that Jefferson Davis memorial meeti,o,
| have been held at which committees wsro
appointed and authorz ID to collect .ubsc,i,
lions for the jefferson Davis monume,,
GoodIy sums were collected at the p,celi,o.
Ths bark Exile. of 81. Johns, n 3. with
her masts carried away and decks cear
swept. was sighted Oh the 10 i last, BY he
steamship Sophie, which arrived at Mao
York to-day. After the creates. dificr.ty
owing to the high sea, the Septic succeeded
In rescuipg the whole crew.
The warm weather of the past few d,,s
has caused an unusual amount Of $ low 70
melt iu tb > m mountain the result OF which
that tt e st. Vrain River, in Colorado ia
Overlooking Its banks and 10 many pisces
inundatlng the valleys, weakening b,i,ecs
and doing thousands OF dollar, worth .,
damage to the growing crops. Tho waters
are still rising and further damage is fea.e1
A dispatch from Arkansas City, Kansas
Gays: II lie stated here on good authority
that thoroughly organic and pledged
body OF boomers aud home seekers s,t,
shortly enter the Cherokee Strip, cut altba
fences and burn the grssa, thrs forcing lbs
castlemen oil the land. CAttemeu who s,e
on the strip with authority OF law bsve
been warned by Secretary Il ,ss, ofthe Cher.
okee nation that all cattle found ;ressps. sing
would be seized.
Mr.. Henry shirk Dr.. = prominent ctil,p oe
Baltimore died last night of congestion Of tho
brain superinduccd by old age Mr.. shirk va,
nearly 81 years old. Upon the founding Of tho
Women's Col oge several years ago Mr. sh, gave
it the groun,, valued st $40, 0Oo on which Ron.
nett memorial hall now stands Ee afterwsr5s
presented six TO .ses to the college.
Miss Belle Moore, living near Upton, Texas hiss
been found murdered near her home The 6crd
who committed the murder had attempted 70 &C
! ssult her and choked her to death. The whole
neighborhood is securing the cauatry and the
murderer is found he will he lynched
During the performance at III, sid sbo. with
circus in Chicago yesterday, 8. fourteen f,t ny.
thon q! tackled Miss Uno, the snake charmor ana
seriously injured her. Tho jaws of the rorn.o
had to be pried open b,fore her arm could be r.
! leased.
1t is reported that the National Cordaga Com.
pany of New York has purchased for So 600 600
all the cordage works in Canada, including
| that Of Thomas Conner s. Sons o: st Johns, N. Il.
which are ssid to be tho largest in the Dominion.
Henry c. Tanning, the engineer, who W IS iauud
guilty of the murder of his mistress, Emily Tsy-
lor, By cutting or throat or April 8, WAS to-day
sentenced in New York to DO olocsrocuted during
the week Of July ".
The heaviest rsinf II experienced within 2s
ye'rs in northern Nebraska, fell yesterday-Ovcr
five and half inches coming down within three
hours.
Utica, little cement and brick manufacturing
town in Illinois, was devastated by cloud burst
yesterday.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHING Ton, D. O., Jube 10. 1881.

Specia Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Jube 10. 1891
Among the visitors here to-day was Rev.
William Muniord, formerly Lieutenaut.
Colonel of the 18th Virginia Regiment, O. S.
A. Barring his white hair, the Colonel
looks IS we'll aud as young as he did twenty.
nine years ago at the old camp ground at
Centrevlle. He is now the loved rector of
the Episcopal Church at Salisbury, Mo-,
and has six children, among them two boys
who he Is training for the ministry. He
ssked after many OF the surviving members
of the l7eh, and was glad 10 hear that they
are doing we'll.
A dispatch received here to-day saye that
@ postmaster In Colorado, one of MIR. Wana-
makers appointeee. is in Jail there for ab
stracting the contents of letters and for
turning the pcstofice into GROCERY.
General Malone, who mas been here for
the last Gay or two, presents as pictures Que
so appearance &c he used to do when be n cd
the late Mr.. RiddeberSer represented Vir-
9inis 10 the q. s. Senate. He wears light
straw bat with peaked crown, ri I'll I'd shirt
bosom and cute, trousers plsitsc around
the waist sad small at the ankle
aud low qnarteved shoes With ribbon tics
Thus spparsled, and with long ciosr in
his mouth, .as he STAG on the corner of this
street near Cham berlsin's, he Is the cvnnsnre
OF al passing es es. BE says the farmers
si!anoe will not out much OF 6sure IN
Virginia politics, but that he will assist aEv
party that will down the democrats.
The Treasury Department has completed
the list of those who are to serve IS its spe-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

POISONED BY FRUIT-A mysterious poiy
onlug Gaze 10 kichmond. In which the vic
tins are two white ladies, colored woman
aod the laster's three children, bas jest been
placed In the hands of The police. The
names of the persons poisoned are Mrs. as.
Redd, Mrs James Waddeg and toe colo.ed
woman alluded 10 and her chi d'en. T6ey
partook Of crys,alz d fruit sent through the
mails to one of the persons named by some
che unknown All Of The victims were very
III last night. but the attending phgsicinn
thinks they will recover. The package of
poisoneA fruif wes delivered at the house of
Mrs. Rsid. POP east Clay street, 81 lnsii
carrier yesterday morning and bore the
Richmond pos.msrk. By whom the fruit
was eent or the provocation Of the sender
for desiring 10 compass the death CT The lady
are points not yet developed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
Drunken Indians.

PAUL's VALLEY, Ind. Ter. June 19.-The sixty
Chickssaw militia who left here Wednesday in
charge OF Gov. Byrd and o. 8. Agent Bennett, to
meet the o. 8. troops west of here and 81 ,ct ak
thousand q. s. citizens who are living in the
country without permits all got drunk 25 miles
west OF this place. An eye witness says they have
barrel in ths commissary wagon and gallon
jug on each saddle. Some OF them went into q
farmers yard shot down horse and killed &c ose
They halted white ia: NOR, abused and threat.
ensd to shco. him because he was white. TIL s
much whisky mixed with sixty Indians WHO are
clothed with authority is liable to cause the
loss of several lives ss when they are drunk their
only desire is to shoot and kill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

cial representatives in Europe In counectlon
with the admission OF foreign exhibits for tho
Chicago fair. Or it is the name OF nobody
from the South.
The following changes we're made IN the
4.h class postoffces of Virginia to-day
Angola, Cumberland county, M. s. Halle
grove appcioted postmaster, vice M. ..
Perkins, ms,riad; Port Royal, Caroline
county, E. F. Qusseoberry, vice N. B. Ed
wards. resigned; Pfidemors. Lee county,
p. shelburn, vice W. a. Hawks, resigned !;
Roberts, F.snkl!n county, T. ]. Firth, vice
NJ. F. Hurt. resigned.
By the official Treasury statement Issued
this afternoon it is seen that the government
has no longer any need for strong box, and
that at noon TO-DAY there was deficit 10
the Treasury OF 1887, 10S But the actual
deficit is great deal more, amounting 70
msny millions, end II a demand for payments
now due were made, the great United States
government would have to borrow tue
money to meet il. And yet when the DEM
ocrats turned the Treasury over to their re-
pub icsn successors 1t contained surplus
OF q hundred millions. And then. too,
prominent republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives have published statements
within the last few months to the
etf6cE tDaG tuero Couid 10 nv w
ficit The Expenditures this month have
bsen eight millions In excess OF the receipts,
and, 1t Ia said, will be more next month, not
withstsndlng the optimistic statements to
the contrary. IL is reported to-day that the
real object OF Secretary Fosters visit to Ohio
is to get Senator Sherman's advice In respect
OF means by which to raise the wind"
A gentleman from Fredericksburg. here
to-dsy, spys that oy the compromise OF the
Smith Lee will case. the property, which 10
valued ct about ten thousand dollars, aod
which Is located In Duluth. is divided quail
IL between the plaintiffs and defendants,
Capt. Oar. Lee being allowed five per cent:
as administrator. and the costs of plaintiffs
counsel, ABOUT seven hundred and fifty dol
lsre. haDg also allowed.
Tie fact that the President has appointed Sem
s;or Ousy's msn Brcoks, Internal Revenue Col
lector in Pennsylvania is looked upon here az
conclusive evidence of the truth of the abatement
published week or sgo, to the e1act that the
Senator has agreed to support Mr.. Harrison Tor
renomirstion IN case hia favorite, Mr.. Blaine,
shsii not recover The President is now trying
to acste all mis- il lential opponents in his own
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a Heavy Liability.

PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-The jury In
the suit OF Meyer and Dickinson against the
government to recover excess of duties
levied on material used as hat trlmm 20
this morning returned verdict OF S632 40
for the plaintiffs. The government will ap-
peal the verdict to the supreme court. By
the verdict Of the jury 10 this case The gov
eminent Ia made liable for from twenty to
thirty millions OF dollars that 1t has collected
10 duties from importers Of millinery ma.
teria!s in various parts of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
Foreign NeWs.

LONDON, Juoe l0.-The position of the
Prince Of Wales is becoming more compro.
missed by the complications growing ont OF
the famous Trsnby Croft card party. The
young German Emperor having taken the
liberty Of leoturing his uncle on his conduct
10 that affair, the breach between the two
has been reopened, and may lead to the
postponement, If not abandonment OF the
Emperor's visit to Eoglsnd.
CALCUTTA, June 19-sixty earthquake shocks
were oxperinced throughout the province of Ben
gal yesterday and many buildings were destroyed.
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aS2Sg5
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Sullivan and Slavin.

sullivan anu Sl2Vlu
NEW YORK, June 19.-The following teie'
gram from Sullivan WAS shown to SlaVin
this morning:
SAN JOSE, Gala, June Is.
To James Wakely, New York:
Make match for me to meet Slavin for
ten rounds, winner to take all the purse,
and an outside bet OF $40 900 side.
(Sigued.) JOHN l.. SULLIVAN.
When Savin had read it be said: "A'l
right, I'll fight him. When does he want
to fght?"
On his return from Australia, be was in
formed
"Well, I'm ready to make match" re-
piled Slaviu, and added that he was ready
to post q forfeit of $500 or 81 900 at once. II
the fight comes off the stakes will be the
heaviest that have ever been put up In
pugilistic encounter.
BALTIMORE. June 9-SulliVan's chal.
lenge to slavin rejoices the substantial sport.
Ing fraternity hereaboute. "Charey" Miller
says: ut would never do to let that fellow
90 back to Australia without licking
$50 say We all OF u.s." chorus the boye.
New ORLEANS, June 19-The Olympic Club
of this city hiss te'egrsphed ofsr of a purae OF
500, 600 for fight in the Olmypic Club Areua
between Sullivan and lawn to take plsco Feb. y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIEs.

Daring row last night am ong q number
OF drunken sailors os board the steam barge
Jane Cook, at Am aersoutg, On, the cap
tain and another man was fatally shot ard
four others seriously wounded.
The large amount OF gold taken for ex
p,-s vas RIA moving cause OF the weakness
10 the New Y ak BOX e ,.aos 70 & = and
no recovery of note took place and be most
extreme dullness followed. me N .'kst at
noon been steady at toe low,4. |. 1858.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
Storms.

PITTsBURG, June 10 Six dwellings were
washed away ard number OF persons in
jured by q ,od at Leesburg, Armstrong
county, last evening. The Fl ,od was caused
by cloudturst. AZ far as known, no lives
gere Loaf.
BANGOR. Me-, June ia tornado swept
over Aroostook county yesterday afternoon
Oae house and eight barns were demolished
aud miles OF fences destroyed.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, June 19.-The bridges
OF the Lake Erie & Western road between
Ccandal and Farmdale were destroyed
Wednesday night by cloudburst which
Fl ,oded Farm Creek valley. Five other
bridges were crippled and several trains had
narrow escapes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

THE FACT that John Most, q fcreie n 9r,
has Just been imprisoned In New York for
sedtious speech, will revive the memory Of
snother fact now almost forgotten, that
James Calender, ALEC foreigner, received
the same punishment for like offense in
Virginia century ago. The result of the
latter case was the repeal Of tie alien and
sediticn lave. But times and msn have
cbsnged since then.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19
DRY GOODS.
Woodward & LothrOD.
10th, 18th, and F Streets, NV.
REMNANT DA Y SAFE
Today, Friday, Tune 10.

Our sales people in their respec' i've departments
are instructed to overhaul the stock aud tske
therefrcm anything thst may DO soied or unused
from handling or displaying; wh,tevcr short
lengths" broken siz S. odd and small" lots
they may fnd-Glass Ware Brc.s-brac, &c that
has become scratched Clipped, in fact, al NOR
chsndise that cannot be terncl strictly perfect.
Such goods are not offered until Friday, when
they are sold SIS remnants at from one-ihId to
one hall their original price DON'T ask only at
the departments specified here, but at any count
or You may feel SO inclined, as VIC can't publish
them all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

WHEAT GROWING FROM A PoY's HEAD-on
May is, little Thomaa Stretch, tho con OF miller
Reeve Stretch, ofLowsr Allowsy Creek township
Pa, was quite seriously injured By being caught
in belt st the mill, and would have b,en killed
but for the prom etne=s of his father in stopping
the machinery. Ho HIS now almost recovered
.rom tho fees Of the accident, but a few days
ago s dark spot was Go.icei ovo- his eye IL was
carefully opened with lancet and was found to be
grain OF whest which h d sprouted. The grain
was probably forced under the skin wheu his head
struck biz while he vas being whirlcd around
the shaft
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

STRIPS WERE taken, publicly or privately,
in sill parte olt1e South yesterday, to add to
the fund now being roised for the erection Of
plain but m magnificent monument to Jeher-
son Davis, she only Pteaident OF the Confe1-
crate States. The cite of he monument has
not yet been selected. That it ehould be 10
Richmond, the capital Of the short lived 10
lion of which he was the honoreG Chief,
seems the more appropriate. Alexandra's
contribution will be forwarded at the proper
limo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

That TIRE late Gen. Albert Pike, Though
If porthern 5lrth, had more true southern
feeling than those native, gushing fonthero-
era who thark tbe northern people for whip
ming them, srd Providence for permitting
them 70 do SO, be took paine to shov, b.
providing in bic viii TINT the moneys in the
Treasury OF the Uoited States arising from
ehs ss!e under process of oou6scation Of biz
property In Little Book be given to tbs
Unisod States. that they may have ~ hon.
est lille thereto, and no longer hold them a.
she proceeds OF plnndering under tho form OF
Iowji
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a MuLs,s Mortal CoMBAr-A mule be-

4 MuLg's MORTAL CoMBAT.-A mule be-
longing TO George Bsscb, farmer of Ssba
waiog. Mich, wss so vicious that he had
never been shod standing Young black
smith Fred He5 man broke the spell while
three men held the hast Wednesday. Then
the mule broke away, rushed up behind Hoyman,
who wss c,oling off at = window, struck him GU
the head with one of his fore hoofs, bit his nose
and ha I his cheek Of AMI was shot by one OF the
bscssmths Heyman may die of hood poison
ing, even it he shall survive tho conclusion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

-Four Wives AND TEN HoRsEs David
W. Basaett, young carpenter, son OF rich
pareuts In Huntington Centre, Coun., has
left the State with a borrowed horse ibis
tenth similar oifsnse) and left behind his
fourth wife, with whom, like the other three,
he had eloped. -Four days after one OF them
gave birth 10 q child he locked both In q
room and ran away with another woman.
The mother aud child lay unattended three
days and a,moet starved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

AS HUMAN nature is the same In Con-
gressmsn as 10 any other sort of man, and
as there now are sixty odd committees of
the q. s. House of Representatives. the
Speskership of that body may probably 60
to the man who makes the most promises
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

The letsst reason assigned by the protec-
iionists for raising the price OF tin plate. and
also Of galvanized iron made here, by the
high tariff on tin, Is that the tariff referred
to will induce Americans to make tin plate,
80 the'. "in case Of war with England this
country could do without its supply of
Welsh tin" Why, certainly. when the
skies fall Yell catch larks"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-19

E. L Jordon. natural gas inspector for
Indiana, has Just returned to Portland from
FinaEsg, o, sri reports heavy i,s' Of
both pressure and Tolune Of gas 10 oil wells
there. Ia predicts that ia two years there
will be no gas IL Findiey for manufacturing
and also spesks discoursglpgig oi tia pros
poet Of Ina Ecd:sna Sd.