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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-07

WARkENTON-Trains Nos. 9, 10, II, IS and
6 connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIvIS1ON-Leave Rocky Noun.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays $40 a. m.
| arrive franklin Junction 6:30 g. No.: leave Rocky
Mount Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays $3.50
a m. arrive Franklin Junction 11:30 q. m.
Leave Franklin Junction Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays 1890 p M: arrive Rocky
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 1925 p. NJ;
arrive Rocky Mount 1920 p. M.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 800 q. m
and AS p. m; arrive at Bound Hill 11:3O a.
Ii. and 7:20 p. m.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 500 g. m.
and BIO p. M, arriving at Alexandria at 1923
a. m. and 535 p m.
Leave Washington at 6:25 p. m. and arrive at
Leesburg at $40 p. m. Leave Leesburg at 6:25
g. No., and arrive at Washington at 1909 a. m.
The 800 q. m. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge, Berry,
vile and Winchester, and at Leesburg with stages
for Alde and Middleburg.
The 900 g. IA train and 4:45 p M. train sro m
Alexandria connect at Vienna with stages for
Fairfax Court House.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. 8 and 10 Pullman Buffet Sleeu.
ers between New York and Atlanta and At
lanta and New Orleans, and Atlanta and Mempbi g
via Bennington.
On trains Nos IL and - Pullman Buffet YES
thule Sleepers between Washington and New
Orleans; New York, and Washington to Knox
vile via Salisbury and AshevilIe, and through
cosches between New York and Atlanta.
Through tickets sale at tho principal stations
to sill points. For rates or information apply to
any agent OF the Company or to
Us B THOMPSON, supt., Ale1a, Va.
@. NJ. BORUM, D. P. A., Lynchburg, Va.
W. b. GREEN, Gen. Mgr, Wash D. G.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, @. P. A., WASH, DC.
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr, Richmond, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-07
ALEXANDRIA BRANCH
OF THE
Southern Building and Loan Association
OF KNOXVILLE, TENN.
Q D rrlnMpcnM Prnsident

j. s. B. TH0MPSOE President
DIRECTORS.
Earrie S1noot, John F. Tsckett,
Laurence atabler, Milton 3. Perry,
George H. Hinken.
z. F. Knox, Sec & Treas. ]. z. H. Norton, Atty
This branch 10 strictly under local management.
The money paid in by local members is guaran-
teed to DO loaned in alexandria. The shares Of
stock represent $780, par 7aluc, ard the cost is 81
per share for tho first month, and 80 cents per
share monthly thereafter. Dividends are declar.
cd quarterly, and the stock will pay out in six
years at ire rate of dividends now being made.
This association also issues paid.up stock at Sol
por share A cash dividend of six per cont. per
annum, payable semi annually, will ne paid At
the end of six or seven years the stock will have
mstured, AID the member then draws 500 from
the association for each $50 he has invested, be-
sides the annual six por cent. Tho company will
cash such stock at any time with per cont. int.
crest thereon.
For stock, or information as to this association
apply to +. F. Knox 216 south Fairfax street
feb20 If
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-07
DRY GOODS.
IMMENSE REDUCTIONS

In the price OF New Style Spring Dress Goods.
Homespun new style Dress Goods Ill pure WOOL
wide double width, worth sec, reduced to 39c;
Black Surah Silks, extra wide. 45c; Henrietts
English Cashmeres, new spring shsdes, wide
double width 25c; Lonsdale Cambria finest quail
ity yard WIDE 1oc; Fruit Of the loom Bleachec
Cotton, yard wide, 8lac; sheetpg Cotton, real
good Quality 20c; China Silks SO. 40 snd soc;
our $1.25 Black French Silk is superior quality
and extra wide width Colorod Silk Ve!vets o9,
81 and 81 Ladies' Cloth Dress Goods, yard and
half wide all pure wool, SOC; Balbriggan English
Stockings, double heels, double toes. three pairs
for soc; India Linen auction bargains 8, 10 and
121a: Black Silk Mohsir Brilliantines, wide
double fold, 25, 81 and Bic; beautiful Plsd Dress
Goods, immense assortment; Plaid Muslin, auc-
ton bargains 5, s and 1Oc
VALUABLE PRESENTS FOB CASH GUS
TONERS.
A cash purchase amounting to SO entities you
to ono of the following valuable presents: A pair
extra large size Damask Towels, worth Toe; q
dozen pure Linen Fringed Napkins. Toe; q pair
of Silk Embroidered Bridal Corsets Zoe; Honey
comb White Bed Quilt 75c; a Turkey Bed Table
Cloth (2lb yards longl worth 75c; Tbreo pairs
Balbriggan English Stockings, 75e.
A cash purchase amounting to $40 or more en-
titles YOU to aree.size handsome Bridal Quilt,
worth 81 so; pair of elegant Bridal Corsets,
worth 81 so; two pairs of extra large-sizs DAM
ask Towels worth 81 so; one dozen pure Linen
Damask Napkins, worth 81 so, and many other
valuable presents for our cash customers.
Do not neglect to bring this advertisement with
Won when you come, and we will show you our
cash bargains as you read them of. No credit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-07

Washington and Southwestern vestibuled Linn
tod operated daily between Washington and At.
lsnta Leave Washington, No. 81, $40 p. M;
arriving DanviIle 1856 .. m arrive Atlantis 20
s. m. Returning, leave Atlsnta, No. 3S, 1925
a. M; panvillo lao p. M; arrive Lynchburg
1886 NJ; Charlottesville $40 q. N; Washington
S:38 q. M. This train is composed entirely Of
Pullman csr on which an extra fare is charged.
not exceeding So over and above regular Pullman
charges to any poirt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-07
FINANCIAL.
ENDOWM IN r
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
SHARES, PAR VALUE, 500.
Subscription Fec, 81 per ahsre.
FINANCIAL.

Shares to mature in about six years, making
231h per cent interest per annum upon the amount
invested.
This association has sold nearly one thousand
shares il this city, and all the money paid in has
been loaned here 1t is branch of the Life In
suraace Company of Virginia, which wa' charter
cd By the state in 1871, and now has assets
a. ountilg t, nesrly one-bsf million dollars
which guarantees the payment of All its obliga:.
tions 1t is home company, well managed and
Pc fectlv rolsb:s.
For stock " information apply to
F 4 Co7RET~f,
sp3O Corner King md F=irfax streets
The advocate., 1891-12-16

and prerogative of the state to provide
means of intercommunication between one
part of its territory and another"
If, as appears, such Is the duty Of the
state (nation) why should not the state
resume the discharge of this duty when
the corporate agents to which it has
delegated power for the purpose of op-
pressing and plundering public which
it is the duty Of the government to
protectP
The abilities of the man who cannot
become a multi-millionare with the free
use, for twenty FIVE years, of s93,OO0,OOO
of government funds, must be of a very
low order, and it is no wonder, that after
having for SO many years had the use of
such a sum without payment OF interest,
Mr.. Dillon and his associates are very
wealthy, and, like others who are retain
ing what does not belong them, think it
an impertinence when the owner inquiries
what use they are making of property to
which they have no right. Had the
nation built the Union Pacific there
would have been no "Credit-M Mobilier"
and its unssvory scandal, and 1t is safe
to say that the road would not now be
made to represent an expenditure Of
100000 per mile, and that Mr.. Dillon
and some others would not have so much
money as to warrant them in putting on
such insufferable airs. When 1t Is re-
membered what use Oakes Ames and the
Union Pacific crew made of issues OF
stock, it is not at all surprising that the
president of the Union Pacific should
think it an impertinence for citizen to
question the amount of capitalization or
the use to which a part of such issues
have been put, some of which are within
the knowledge of the writer, so far as re-
lates to issues of that part of the Union
Pacific lying in Kansas and built by
Samuel Hallett, who told the writer that
be gave a member of the federal cabinet
several thousand shares of the capital
stock of the "Union Pacific Railway,
Eastern Division" now the Kansas
Division of the Union Pacifc-to secure
the acceptance of sections of the road
which were not built in accordance with
the requirements of the of Congress,
which provided that given amount Of
government bonds per mile should be
delivered to the railway company when
certain officials should accept the road;
and it was quarrel with the chief engl-
neer Of the road In relation to letter
written by such engineer to President
Lincoln, informing him of the defective
construction of this road, that caused
Samuel Hallett to be shot down in the
streets of Wyandotte, Kansas, by engineer
Tslcott 1t is within the knowledge OF
the writer that the member of the cabinet
to whom Mr.. Hallett said he gave several
thousand shares of stock, held an amount
of Union Pacific shares years afterwards,
and that many years after he left the
cabinet ne contiued to draw large salary
from the Union Pacific Company. Mr..
Hallett also told the writer what were the
applied TO congressman to in
duce them to change the government lien
from a first to a second mortgage of the
Pacific Railway lines, and what was his
contribution In dollars to the fund used
The advocate., 1891-12-16

" sAo PSo1nA bOpSAbNAOAb "AASA - NAA
questionably, political adjunct Of th'
administration; yet but few useless mel
are employed, while It's conduct Of th'
mail service is model Of efficiency
after which the corporate managed rail-
ways might well pattern. Moreover, i
the railways are put under non-partisar
control, this objection will lose nearly Il
not quite all its force.
A third objection is that the service
would be less efficient and cost more than
with continued corporate ownership.
This appears to be bare assertions, az
from the very nature Of the case there
can be no data outside that furnished by
the government-owned railways of the
British colonies, and such data negatives
these assertions; and the apvocates Of
national owershlp are justified In assert
ing that such owership would materially
Lessen the cost, as an expert can readily
point out many ways In which the enor-
NOUS costs of corporate management
would be lessened. With those familiar
with present methods, and not interested
in their perpetustIOn, this objection has
no force whatever.
The fourth objection is that with con-
slant political pressure unnecessary
lines would be built for political ends.
This is also bare assertion, although 1t
ls not impossible that such results would
follow; yet such has not been the case in
the British colonies where the govern
ments have had control of construction.
On the other hand, 1t Is notorious that
under corporal ownership, and solely to
reap the profits to be made out Of con-
structlon, the United States have been
burthened with useless parallel roads,
and such corporations as the Santa Fe
have paralleled their own lines for such
profits. 1t is quite safe to say that when
the nation owns the railways there will
will be no nickel-platlng, nor will such
an unnecessary expenditure be made as
was involved in the construction Of the
"Weat Shore; nor will the feat Of Gould
and the Santa Fe be repeated of each
building two hundred and forty miles,
side by side, for construction profits,
much Of which ls located In the arid
portion of Kansas where there Ia never
likely to be traffic for even one railway.
Much Of the republic is covered with
closely parallel lines which would never
would have been built under national
ownership, and this process will continue
a. long as the manipulators can make
vast sums out Of construction.
A fifth objection is that with the
amount Of red tape that will be in use, It
will be impossible to secure the building
Of needed lines.
While such objection lS consistent with
the fourth 1t may have some force; but
as the greater part of the country is
already provided with all the railways
that will be needed for q generation, It
Is not very serious objection even IL it is
a. difficult as asserted to procure the
building Of new lines. 1t is not proba-
BILE, however, that the government would
refuse to build any line that would clear
ly subserve public convenience, the con-
duct Of the postal service negativing such
a annnOsltlon; and for nArtY pnrpOaea
The advocate., 1891-12-16


200 per mile, would not, as now, be
capitalized at S53O94 per mile; nor
would the President of the Union Pacific
(as does Sidney Dillon, in the North
Amertcdn ReUieW for April,) say that
"a citizen simply as citizen, commits
an impertinence when he questions the
right of corporation to capitalize it's
properties in any sum whatever" as then
there would be no Sidney billions who
would be presidents ofcorporations, pre-
tending to own railways built wholly
from government moneys and lands, and
who have never invested dollar In the
construction Of a property which they
have now capitalized at the modest sum
OF 100000 per mile After such an
achievement, in making much out Of
nothing, it Is NO wonder that Mr.. Dillon
Is a multi-milli onnare aud thinks 1t an
impertinence when citizen asks how he
has discharged his trust in relation to a
railway built wholly with public funds,
no part of which Mr.. Dillon and his asso-
clstes seem in haste to pay back; their
indebtedness to the government, with
many years of unpaid interest, amount
ing to more than $50,0O0,OOO, which is
more than the cash cost of the railway
upon which these men have been 80
sharp as to induce the government, after
furnishing all the money expended in its
construction, t. accept second mortgage,
and now ask the same accommodating
government to reduce the rate Of inter
they make no pretence OF
paying to a nominal figure, and to wait
another hundred years for both principal
and interest. To make sure that the
governments second mortgage shall be
no more valuable than second mortgages
usually are, and to make 1t more comfort
able for the manipulators, Messrs. Gould
and Dillon now propose tc put blanket
first mortgage of $25O,OOO,OOO on this
built wholly from funds de-
rived from the sale Of government lands
and bonds, and to pay the interest on
which bonds the people are yearly taxed,
although Mr.. Dillon and his associates
contracted to pay such interest. In his
conception of the relations of railway
corporations to the public, Mr.. Dillon is
clearly not In accord with the higher
tribunals which hold, in substance, that
railways are public rather than private
property, and that the shareholders are
entitled to but a reasonable compensation
for tho capital actually erpsnded in con
struction and limited control of the
property; and in this connection it may
be well to quote briefly from decisions OF
the UDited States Supreme Court, which,
In the case of Wabash VS.. Illinois, uses
this language;
"The highways in state are the highways
OF state. The highways are not not of pri
vate but of public institution and regula-
ton. In modern times, it is true, govern
ment is in the habit, in some countries, of
letting out the construction of important
highways, requiring large expenditure of
capital, to agents, generally corporate
bodies created for the purpose, and giving
them the right of taxing those who travel
or transport goods thereon as a means Of
obtaining compensation for their outlay;
but a experimenting power over the high
wava and kha char0aa imnosed upon the
The advocate., 1891-12-16
SAQULD THE NATION OWN THE RAIL
WAYS"
BY o. WOOD DAVIS.
FART I. OBJECTIONS 10 NATIONAL Own
ERsHrP C0NsIDEREI


MsprOdnced from The Arena OF July and August
1891, bY special arrangement With The Arena
Publishing Company, Boston, Machusetfs.
When the paper published In the Feb
ruhry Arena, entitled "The Farmer, the
Investor, and Railway" was written, the
writer was not ready to accept national
ownership as q solution Of the railway
problem; but the occurrences attending
the furrles OF last autumn In the money
markets, when half dozen men, in order
10 obtain control Of certain railways,
entered into q conspiracy that came near
wTecking the entire industrial and COM
mercial interests Of the country, having
shed lurid light upon the enormous and
baleful power which the corporate con-
troll of the railways places in the hands
of what Theodore Roosevelt sptly termed
"the dangerous wealthy classes" has had
the effect Of converting to the advocacy
oF national ownership not only the writer
but vast numbers Of conservative people
of the central, western, add southern
states to whom the question now assumes
this form: (which is to be preferred: a
master Ia the shape of policical party
that it is possible TO dislodge by the use
Of the ballot, or one in the shape Of ten
on twenty Goulds, Vsnderbllts, Hunting
tons, Rockefellers, Ssges, billions and
Brlces who never die and whom 1t will
he impossible to dislodge by the use Of
the ballotY The particular Gould Van
derbilt may die, as did that Vanderbilt
10 whom was ascribed the aphorism "The
public be damned" but the spirit and
power OF the GouldS and Vanderbilts
never dies.
OBJECTIONS TO NATIONAL OWNERSHIP.
The objections to national owenrshlp
are many; that most frequently advanced
and having the most force being the pos
slbillty that, by reason Of Its control Of a
vastly increased number Of civil servants,
the party In possession Of the federal ad-
ministratlon at the time such ownership
was assumed would be able to perpetu-
ate Its power indefinitely. As there are
more than 100000 people employed by
the railways, this objection would be
well taken; and indicates serious and far
reaching results unless some way can be
devised to neutrallze the political power
of such a vast addition to the official
army.
In the military service we have body
of men that exerts little or no political
power, as the moment a citizen enters
she army he divests himself Of political
functions; and it is not hazardous to say
that 100000 capable and efficient men
can be found who, for the sake Of employ
ment, to be continued so long as they are
capable and well-behsved, will forego
the right to take part In political affairs.
If q sufficient number Of such men can
befound, this objection would, by proper
leglsIatlon, be dlvested Of all its force.
AIT all events no trouble from such
source has been experienced since Aus
Gzalia railways were placed under control
Of non-partlsan commissions, such
commission, having had charge Of the
Victorian railways since February, 1884,
pr little more than one term, they
being appointed for seven years instead
~ for life, as stated by Mr.. w. M. Ac-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-10-24
A WAR TOUGH.
Remlniscence of War Times, as Told
by Col "BilIy" Wilson.

A Remlniscence of War Times, as Told
by Col "Biily" Wilson.
Col. BILLY" Wilson, of Wilson's Zou-
aves, was one of the well-known char
acters of this city a quarter of century
since, and many an anecdote is told
of him to this day by those who were
active in the stirring times of the war.
Col. BILLY" was rough and-ready
| sort of man, and, withal, brave one,
and just the man to lead the regiment
that bore his name. That regiment had
good record, and though it was COM
posed in part of much of the riff-raff of
the town, and had many doubtful char
acters among its members, it could
fight"
Thereby hangs story.
Col. BILLY" Wilson was one day sit.
ting at his desll-this was in 1S6l--tak-
ing the names of recruits. A typical
tough slouched in, coming up close to
the coloners chair. His clothes were
in tatters, his hat broken and his facs
showed weeks growth of beard.
Even his walk was tough"
Does youse do recruiting?" said the
patriot.
The colonel turned in his chair slight
ly and answered in the affirmative.
''Yer does, eh! This is straight"
What Is your name and age?" asked
the recruiting officer. He received an
answer
rs your health good?"
"Well, jess as good as yours"
"You'll probably do" said the colonel
suavely Then he commented politely
upon the service, saying he thought
the new soldier would not find his duties
unpleasant, and directing him to go to
the doctor and be examined.
AS the conversation Jagged, the COLO
mel said:
Can you fight?" This reused the
tough citizen in a way he could not re-
sist. He edged up to the chair. showed
his doubled fist very close to Wilson's
nose, and shouted, with an emphasis
unprintable
II can lick you!"
Col BILLY" used to tell this story
with great gusto. The new recruit
proved one of the best soldiers in the
regiment, which, on account of its
tough personnel, was placed on a
sand island off the coast of Florida,
where, when the southerners at.
tackled it, they were driven back in fms
style.
1t was related of Col BILLY" that
when, with flying colors, the regiment
marched down Broadway en- route
south, he marched some distance in ad.
vance of his men. He was asked why,
and replied:
I'm afraid some of the rascals will
pick my pockets. IN. Y. Mail and Ex-
press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-10-24

in dispatching the panthers and cap
turing the silver gray-and doubtless
for avcnging the sneaking theft of his
dearly earned pelt.
1.-The Indian council decreed that the
only penalty which Turkey should pay
for his assassination of Whipped Dog
was to keep within certain limits,
which gave him a hunting ground Of
some miles in extent. Within these
limits he was safe. To go beyond them
was death.
"He was known, far and near,
throughout all western New York as
John Turkey, the prescribed man, who
killed the panthers. And few men
stopped for any length of time in the
little town from which Rochester
sprung without hearing John Turkeys
story. 1t was a town attraction"
FORREST CRIssEY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-10-24

pausing an instant In the run. Others
jerked up their guns and fred at ran.
dom, without even taking aim. For
the first time I saw my captain. He
was away ahead. It occurred to me we
ought to be near him, and 1 tried to
overtake him. The ground was level.
The cannons were silent. The shout
ing fell away. A good many of our
men were clambering over the earth.
works between the guns l lost the
captain, and got over the parapet. Our
men were mixed all up with confeder.
ates. One could tell them apart by the
clothing. But neither side was fight
ing. Some of the confederates were
gathering up bits of personal belong
ings. Most of our fellows were sitting
down on the ground or anything else
and painting. Pretty soon the confed-
crates brought their arms and stacked
them up without much order, and then
they gathered in rather compact
group on one side. Our fellows kept
coming over the earthworks or around
through the openings in the rear. 1
learned presently that had been one
of the first twenty union soldiers in the
fort
THAT was my first battle. The Off.
cial reports say our side lost one hun
dred and fifty men. They also say we
buried one hundred and forty confeder-
ates that night-a thing l remember
and wish I could forget. We are cred
tied with more than hundred persons
captured. The affair is spoken of as a
gallant fight, and one of the most i'm.
portant to Gen. Grant in his maneuvers
for the defeat of Bragg. Ihave been in
a good many battles since of course,
and while in many of them the dead
and wounded were in sight more thickly,
yet saw very little more of the bat
tie.
''The fact is, no man sees a battle. A
combining of reports after it is all over
gives the world the story, but the fell
lows who are deepest in are in the
poorest position to tell about it"-Chi-
cago Herald.