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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03
Pennsylvania Democrats.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 3-The State
dem ocratic convention was called to order
at 10 80 o'clock this morning. The repre-
sentallon in the convention consists of 461
delegates.
Willis Bland, OF Reading. was chosen tenn.
porary chairman. aud made speech pre-.
dieting victory for the ticket to be nominal
ed and saying that thsy people OF Pennsyl-
vania loved the teachings OF their OWN
prophet, Grover Cleveland.
The usual committees were appointed and
the convention at II o'clock took recess
until 1:30.
The afternoon session began at O'Clock
when Hon. George w. Skinner of Fulton
county was made permanent chairman
The platform renews pledges of devotion
TO the principles Of the party is In favor OF
limiting expenses and reducing taxation to
meet the actual necessities OF government
o! sound and stable currency based on
gold and silver, coined AID circulated In
sush proportions as will keep them on q
parity; OF reform and revision OF the tariff
Of liberal. but just pension laws, and OF oil
we'll considered legislation tending to In
crease the rewards and tighten the burdens
of labor, and arrsigns and condemns the re.
publican party of Pennsylvania for eleotipg
men to State and municipal offices. by whose
neglect of duty, completely In fraud and
plumber of the public treasury million
and a.haf dollars OF the peoples money
have been stolen and squandered.
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Military Manouvres in Europe.


LONDON, Sept 8 -Iu France, 10 Alsace.
Lorraine, and In Austria, immense bodies OF
troops were set In motion to-day, this being
the date fixed for the grauDd army manou-
Vrss of France, Germany and Austria. These
military movements are being watched with
she most feverish attention by the military
men and diplomats of Europe. Changes In
military organization, improved equipments,
smokeless POWDER and new rifles are hav-
ing their real campaign test, and much may
depend upon the result 1t Ia expected
that millions of cartridges will be fired be-
fore these manoeuvres terminate on Mon
day next. The general Idea OF the Austrian
military operations is to arrest the progress
Of an imaginary enemy advancing from the
direction of Bohemia upon Vienna.
VIENNA, Sept 3.-Empsror William OF
Germany, accompanied by Chancellor Won
Csprivi, this morning met Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria. who was accompanied by
the King of Saxony, and the entire party,
surrounded by brilliant military suites and
escorts of cavalry, proceeded to the head
quarters OF the Austrian army engag,
10 the msnouvres.
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Foreign News.

LONDON, September Sat the stock ex.
change here this morning Louisville and
Nashville shares declined per cent. and
Norfolk and Western preferred { per cent.
and ths other American railroads lag per
cent. Later the market became steadier.
PARIS, Sept. 8 M. D'Hubart, editor OF
the lie Gil Bias. and M. laurent, editor of
lie Jour, fought duel to-day near this city
M. D'Hubart Was wounded 10 the face.
CoNsTANTINoPLE,S Sept. 3-The announce
ment Ia made to-day thst the Sultan has
dismissed from Office the grand vizer and
president Of the council, Kiami Pashs. Tt
Ia thought probable that Djevad Pssba'
governor of the Island OF Crete, will be Kia-
mil Pasha's successor.
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VIRGINIA NEWs.

The wife OF Mr.. T. P. Campbell, president
OF the Richmond common council, died yes.
terday evening from consumption.
At Richmond yesterday the case OF ". s..
Dsshiell for forging the name of ]. L. Lud-
wig was sent to the Hastings Court.
IL Is stated that the rumors concerning a
consolidation between the Chesapeake and
Ooio and Mississippi Railroads are inbound
ed.
While the son of DR.. Trumbo, Of Linden,
was out fishing last Tuesday. hook caught
In his eye bali and hia sight was ut one time
deppaired, OF but he Is now better.
The bear which escaped from q man who
bad it, in Strasburg, is etil wandering
around In the neighborhood OF Oslsnn. l.
is about the size OF a sheep.
The immense engines for the bstplo-ship
Texas, which are being constructed at che
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works,
ere now being set up to undergo 6 trial test.
The Gales OF leaf tobacco In the DanylJle
market Tor the past eleven months amount
to IS, zoo, 600 pounds, aH increase over the
Gales for The same period last year of IA, :
5000 pounds.
Mr.. @. G. Massey, of White Post, has been
appointed and duly qualified to fl the office
of county superintendent o! public schools
Of Clarke county, made vacant by the resig-
nation of w. F. Meade, esq.
The Fauquer democratic committee have
recommended Saturday, September 10Th, for
the date OF tbs joint convention of Feuqnier
and Loudoun, but 1t cannot be definitely
determined Cpon until Loudoun i5 heard
from.
The Episcopal church in Aide will be con-
secrated on the Sth OF the present month.
Bishops White. Randolph and Dudley will
be- present. each assisting In the services,
thus making the occasion one of much id
terest.
Thos S. Chamblin, near White Post,
Clarke county, has purchased 253 acres of
the farm of the late DR.. 0. B. Funston, near
the double toll-gate on the Front Roysl and
Winchester turnpike, paying forty-seven
dollars and seventeen cents per acre.
Two other monuments are to be erected
at Lexington, one to Gen. Francis Il. Smith,
the father and for half a century the super
intendent of the Virginia Military Institute,
and the other, suitable memorial of the
gallant cadet poys who fell at the battle of
New Market in 1861.
On an old tombstone in the cemetery Of
Quantco church. Dettinaen parish. Prince
William county, Va, is the following
Here lies VIM. Dunlop, merchant, con OF
Alexander Dunlop, Greek professor in the
University of Glasgow. who died December
21st, 1889, aged So years"
There are fifty delegates in attendance on
the Grand Lodge OF Virginia Independent
Order of Good Templars In Norfolk, which at
the session on Tuesday sustained the action
Of the extra session of the Grand Lodge in
severing connection with the Worthy Grand
Lodge, and changed the name from Inde-
pendent Order of Good Templars to Good
Templsrs of America.
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TELEGaApEIG BREYITIEs.

a very sharp frosl this morning injored
vegetation in the vicinity OF Boone, Iowa.
The assignment of toe central market
company doing business at Chicago has
boen announced with liabilities OF 100000.
handsome monument to mark The posi-
ton held by the Illinois soldiers on the bat
tie feid OF Gettysburg was dedicated to-day.
The Fourth Net:onsl Bank 0; New York
hss decided to emulate tina example set by
European bankers last fall and lend money
without interest to importers Of gold while
the gold is in transit.
The rumor that there would De al sppi-
cation made to-day for the appointment OF a
receiver for the Union Pacific made quite q
stir on Wall street, New York this m orniDg
1t was promptly denied by Sidney Dillon.
a lady In st. Catharlnes, Ont., whose rel
atives reside In England near those OF the
man Birohall, who was executed In Wood
stock last fall, has received letter stating
that BIrohall's wife was quietly married at
place called Red Bank there, Within six
On Tuesday Constable Snyder, while serving q
warrant OH man for robbing melon patch in
Crawford county Ind, was fired upon by the
thiefs companions and fatally shot. They thon
turned upon the constablo's brother, whose pro-
porty they had stolen, and shot him through the
lung, inf citing fatal wound
DR.. G. L. SLEIGH, ofBerin, while experimenting
with view of determining how weak solution
of cocaine would prove effcacous as local an
esthetic in minor surgical operations, stumbled
upon the fact that simple water injected undor
the skin with syringe renders the flesh at that
point ins enslbie to pain.
At Frszior, Ind. Ter, on Tuesday, on the Red
river Poland, Kiows chief, WAS shot and in
stantly killed by Bob Booheir, COW boy. Tho
trouble csme up ovor somo cattle. Trouble is
feared and troops have been sent for.
A fire at The Dsllas, Org, yesterday nearly laid
tho town in ruins. The burned district covers
about eeventeen blocks, and tho total loss is esri-
mated at $4,000
The schooner Pannonio with - persons aboard,
has cen wrecked on the reefs to the northwest
Of tho Hawaiian Islands, and all on board were
lost The crew numbered sevon men, nearly all
Americans.
At the National Columbian Commission meet.
ing in Chicsgo to-day the nomination of L. W.
Robinson, an engineer In the U. s. Navy, to be
chief of the department of machinery WAS con-
frmed.
The Erie Beach Hotol, on the Canadian side of
tho river from Buffalo, " Y. burnod to-day
together with the cottage adjoining belonging to
JOS Ellis
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Military Uses of BICYCLES.

Tho use OF bicycles in the military service OF
European nations seems likely TO DO permanent
feature. In Switzerland legislation Is proposed
for organizing divisions of bicy clsts in the stand
ing army and militia. To each staff is to bo 81.
lotted certain number of wheelmen, the general
staff having one officer and fifteen privates Ger.
many has made number Of experiments with
bicyclists in delivering dispatches and scouting
in sham battles. Bicycle schools attached to
most Of the gsrrisons in Belgium, and the value
Of the wheel is fully appreciated by the military
authorities of other European countries. IE tho
United States military use OF The bicycle is con-
fued 30 far to the militia service. At the recent
encampmont of tho Connecticut National Guards
the drill of bicycle corps WAS interesting ad
dtion to the ordinary msncuvers. Armed with
Colts repeating carhine and with Q revolver, q
man mounted on 3 bicycle, according to report
to the War Department. by Lieut.. W. II. Bowen.
can travel in many rlaces whore it would be i'm
possible to take horse and can be at tho alag"
in sending me sssges In LieutenAnt Bowen's
opinion the bicycle service will be Advisable IS
patrol snd advance guards aud no
suggests to the War Department the feasibility OF
extended experiments IN that line.
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Sl9g'gs zzR
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
From Chill.

VALPARAISO, Chii, Sept 2-One of Bal
maosas's mos: ardent supporters. Deputy
Vsrdugs, was captured to day at Tslcs,
while he was making his way out OF the
country. with the purpose, 1t Is supposed, Of
joining hls hssing chief, either at Buenof
Ayres or in Europe. He was taken to San
tisgo and turned over to the authorities
He carried with him 1900 900 10 GILLIAN
bank notes and $500 900 10 drafts on Lon
don. This, OF course, Wac promptly confisca-
ted by the representatives of the Junta.
There is little doubt but that Bslmaceda is
making his way over the Andes, through
the South Pass. 1t would be impossible to
stop him now. No further news has been
received here from the mob-strlcken town OF
OoroEel. The provincial government has
taken steps which will result In the restora-
ton OF order there In short time. 1t ls ell
together probable that 1t may require nome
fighting to get the rebsllous soldiers and
miners under Infection, and 1t is safe to say
that the rlngeadsrs will be shot as soon as
they are captured.
SANTIAGO, Sept. General Bsquedsno
today Issued proclamation turning over
the government to the Junts de Goblerno,
and requesting Inlendentes and officials OF
all grsdesto obey the orders OF that body IN.
til an election can bs held, new President
elected and constitutional government
formed. The Junta has already appointed
the principal officials for Valparaiso, Santi-
ago and the other leading cities of the repub-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03
An Escape from Siberia.

The narrowing Inscriptions OF the sac iate
of the prisoner In Siberia given by Mr.. Ken
pan, are amply confirmed, SAYS the Berlin
correspondent OF the London NcUs, by Bus
sian named Jacob Koton, who has escaped
from Siberia and is now 10 Breslau. The
substance oil his story Is az follows: He was
theson of well-to-do miller in Russian Po-
land. In the year 1858 Koton, thee nineteen
years ofsge, took part in the Polish insur-
reotion, and In a skirmish near his native
place he received severe gunshot wound In
the left ioot and was taken prisoner by the
Russians. He was thereupon transported
20 Wilma and condemned by General Mura-
vief to exile for life In Siberia. At Tarbo-
gotal, to which the exile was taken, he was
obliged to get his living by hunting. He
soon became homesick 10 this fearful wild.
erDess, the climate of which was killing him,
and defying all dangers he made an attempt
to escape, but was seized at Tomsk and gen.
fenced to three months arrest in fortress.
A second attempt brought him to Moscow,
third to Grodno.
Six months snd finally years imprigop-
msnt In fortress were his punishmeDts, and
each time he was transported back TO Tarbo-
gotai. koton now-at least FOR q time
gave up al lurther attempts TO escape, acd
worked hard TO save sum of money 10 Or
der then to try his luck again, In the spring
ofthe year 1885 the exile had saved about 1000
roubles. the fruit OF twenty five years. work
as hunter, and now he again thought OF es-
Gaping. On dark night he left Tarbogotai,
went from one culuss to the other, far from
high roads. After dangerous and fearful!
journey OF several months, which cost him
yearly tbs whole of his fortune, and after
crossing the Ural and gaining Ekaterinenburg
and st. Petersburg, he at last reached Stockholm
via. Eelsngfors. But, fir ding no assistance any
whore. be went to Copenhagen, Lubbock, Ham
burg, Berlin, and from there to Psris Here his
money ran short, and the French government
sent him scross the Belgian frontier to Holland
He could not remain there either but was escort
ed to the German frontier after marches of many
long weeks. Then, travelling via. Cologne, Mn-
mich and Vienna, he at last reached Breslau.
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The Roads.

7othe Editor ofihe Alexandria Gazette:
/ sm glad so see that you are calling at
tention to the necessity of good roads In our
State. The best way to induce people to
settle among US liz to have good roads aud
such that are In good condition ell the year.
The great fault is with the laws.
In our county (Fairfsx) We are compelled
to work two days each year or pay fine OF
75cts per day. Now everyone knows that
but little work can be done In that short
time and what Ia done is only half done at
that. have worked all day long on the
road shoveling sand out OF ditch into the
road and few days later rain has washed 1t
ell back again.
The overseers visit till late In the fall and
call out the force and work few hundred
yarda and this is all that Ia done till the
next year, and while TIE present lava are
In force 1t ,s sill that will DO done. Now why
can't we have such s. !sw as / am told they
have In Msrylan3p Lat tbs road taxes go
to the gosds, aud see that they do. Put the
work ont at CONTRACT TO TIE lowest reopen.
sible bidder. pay him the tax money and es
much more as is necessary TO give him one
or two men as help, and let him keep the
roads in order and be Responsible, by his
bond for doing go. The authorities don't
ssem to care II We have bridges or not.
They are put at unlmportant places, where
but few peoDla pace and at tbs most impor-
tant places thsy say they are not needed.
Spoh is the case at Cameron run crossing or
the Telegraph road. This road has more
travel over 1t than any lasding to your city
and r7e poor country devils cen get that far
af.sr heavy storm and there we have to
stop, In sight OF the city. or 90 around sew
eral miles over a horr6 road to the bridge
ovar Huntlog Greek. Keep up your good
work, Mr.. Editor. and perhaps in the dim
distant future we may see good ads and
bridges aIao In this section. FAIRFAX.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03

THE COMMISSIONERS of the proposed Chi
cago fair. having already squandered the
peoples money appropriated for that fair,
yesterday determined to ask Congress for
an additional sum of from five to seven mil
lion dollars. AZ the security funds In the
national treasury have now to be used In
payment OF the current expenses OF the
government, 1t is hardly possible that a
democratic Congress will grant any such re-
quest In cid OF local affair. which the most
influential and reliable newspaper in Obi
osgo says, Is being conducted In the Interest
of sectional partisan organization.
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FROM WASHINGTON,

Especial Correspondence Of The Alexandria Gdsette.
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Sept. 8. 1891
John NJ. Aylor was to-day appointed U.
g. gauger at Dul;nsville, Virginia.
1t is reported at the Health Office of this
city to-day that Mr.. NJ. V. Mason of Prince
William county, Virginia. will be appointed
to place in that Office, and that DR.. Boy OF
fredericksburg, Virginia, one of the physi-
CLANS to the poor, will be removed The
Doctor, however, has strong political
backing, and his friends say still has
chance of being retained.
Senator Call Of Florida, who Is spending
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Skeletons Found.

CATHAeE, Ills. Sept. 3.-The Sweeny
burial grounds near here were yesterday
opened. Most OF the stones on being re-
moved crumbled away. Under them was
found ON immense quantity Of bones and
many ekuls. The bones indicate that the
men must have been from 6 to feet tall.
Several skeletons. perfect in form, lay hud-
dlfd together as II they had fallen In battle.
Il is believed that fully 500 corpees were
buried there. There are several mounds In
the vicinity hat have not yet been opened,
but they give evidence Of containing az
many skeletons as the fret one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03

JUDGE HoUK, of Kansas, yesterday In
formed a lawyer who had argued motion
in favor of setting aside the legal foreclosure
of mortgage, that he had no case, and that
II be had accepted fee from his client he
ought to be prosecuted for obtaining money
under false pretenses. II all such dema-
gogues were similarly treated the people
would get along much better. Borrowers
are MS much benefited as lenders OF money,
but il borrowed money can not be recover
ed, no more will ba lent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03

MRS. HARRIsoN's relatives. according to
Secretary Fosters ideas, are better than the
other people OF the COUNTRY. Agovernment
vessel was sent to meet them on sheir return
from Europe, and to take them and their
baggage from the ocean steamer and convey
them to New York. where the baggage WAS
exempt from inspection. Mrs. Astor's
baggage, few weeks before, suas inspected,
and some OF her gowns seiEsd and cold by
order OF the same Mr.. Foster. At home
Mr.. Foster is known as calico Charley"
and that name suits him to t.
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THURSDAY EyEN1ae, SEPTEMBER 8.

Mr. HENRY CABOT LODGE has reacheo
Tho deI;be,ate conclusion and prints it IN
the ouftent number of the Century Na9a2'"e'
,ho, in mint of intellectual ability the Nortn
far exceeds the South, and that slavery Is
tba csuse thereof, az it is incompatible with
bivb degree of civilization, and limits the
rsoee of mental activity. MIR. Lodge ar
rived at this sspent conclusion by counting
the names and pictures contained In north
ern biographical cyclopedia, edited oy
northern man, thousands OF which were
never heard of outside of their own town-
ships Why one county alone in Virginia
has produced more really distinguished men
than the whole State OF Massachusetts,,
among them General Washington, Light
Horse Harry Lee, Richard Henry Lee,
the mover OF the Declaration OF
Independence; Francis Lightfoot, Lee,
a signer OF that declaration; Charles Lee
U. s. Attorney General Arthur Lee, one OF
the ne2otiators of the French treaty in the
Revolutionary War; Presidents Monroe and
Madison, and the most distinguished man
of the war between the States, Robert Ed
ward Lee, ali of whom were born and rear-
ed. under what Mr.. Lodge oalls the hide
GUS, degrading, snd dwaring system OF
slavery, and sll of whom were slave owners
as were all the signers of the Declaration OF
Independence except those from Masss-
ohusetts and one or two other States.
The Intellectual ability of these men Is rec
ognizsd throughout the civilized world, and
their names will be preserved as along as
history shall be printed. Mr.. Lodge COM
petes with his more famous political ally,
Mr.. Johnny" Davenport, for the author
ship of the Force bill. He Ia unquestlonably
scholastic, but his Intellect is weak.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03

THE NEGRO city councilman elected by
the republicans OF Baltimore has raised
great fuss In that city by appointing negro
boy to scholarship In the Maryland Insti.
sute of Art and Design. The boy will hard
Iy be allowed to attend the school, but if he
shall be, his life will be any thing else than
agreeable. But his appointment has made
the man who appointed him notorious, and
that Ia glory enough for the latter. No, not
q quarter OF century Of freedom and free
schools and suffrage has impaired un-
derstanding to the negro, nor would II ex-
tended to infnity. The Ethioplan's nature
ia as unchspgeabe 90 his skin.
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THE Methodisss of Kansas, Mr.. Peffer's
own State, many OF whom supported his
election to the U. s. Senate, yesterday, In
conference assembled, denounced him for
asserting that the Farmers Alliance, an
oath-bound political organization, has super.
ceded the churches. Some of the Alliance
people are very proper men, but 1t Is pat
snt fact that they have been exceedingly
unfortunate in the selection Of some of their
leaders
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Cooked to Death

PETERBOROUGH Ont, sept-A shocking af-
fair has just come to light here. two-year cid
child belonging to couple living in this place Was
taken with fit, and the old fashioned remedy of
hot water WAS tried The water not being sufi-
GENTLY warm, pan containing the child was put
on hot stove and either through carelessness or
ignorance, the child WAS slowly cooked. The
child was finally snstched from the stove by q
neighbor but it was then beyond all hope of re-
covery.
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ROYALTIES for CHICAGO

LONDON, Sept. 8 The Chronicle says
the Prince OF Wales has all but decided 10
20 to Chicago, and ia likely to be accom-.
panied by Emperor William of Germany. at
the time Of the worlds fair; also thst tha
model Of Nelson's flagship, the Victory, will
be sent to the fair.
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ed and made remarks. Finally when ons
the crowd named Bohsriihak approached
Guenther, the latser drew mis- revolver and
shot the other In the thigh. Frank Smith
ran to his comrades assistance when Gusp.
Their fred twice one bullet taking fatal effect
In his abdomen,
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FATHER AND soS TO MARRY SISTERS

FATHER AND soN TO MARRY sIsrERs.-A
double engagement, strange because Of the rela-
tionship of the contracting parties, and nota bly,
because Of the wealth and social position of sill
concerned, is announced from Bar aalbor, He
ratio N Slater, the many times millionaire. of
" ebster, Mass is soon to marry Miss Mabel Hunt.
the younger daughter of the late William Morris
Hunt, the artist, and niece Of &. Il. Hunt, the
New York architect. Mr Slater is credited with
sixty-fve years. while his promised bride is bare
IL III her twenties II is sso announced that at
the same time Mr.. Skaters son, Samuel, will wed
Miss Mabel's elder sis er Enid. There will be q
complicated relationship in the Slater family.