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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
Elk A NDRIA. VA.
THURSDAY EvEN1Ra, FEBRUARY &c.

SENATOR BLACKBURN says he doesn't be-
llsya there is one of his democratic CO..
leagues who thinks it would be advisab
10 renominae Dir. Cleveland. No matter
what U. S.,Senators think on the suits
men lust as vice think that the thirty six
electoral votes OF New York will be re-
ou;red 10 elect the next democratic Presi'
dent. and that as the democrats OF New
York. whether right Or wrong has nothing
10 do with the case, are opposed TO Mr..
Cleveland, it would certainly be inadVisable
TO reuomina.e him, and thereby iua the im-
minent rick of the loss OF the requisite thirty
six votes referred to. Mr.. Cleveland's idess
on the tariff, pension aDd silver questions
are not new, but they are fautless, arc
there is no doubt that Mr.. Cleveland would
make ssf. aud conservative President dur
Ing second, as be did during irst term
but he has rubt el his party, that is the men
who manage it, and work for 1t, and there
must be such men to make it effective, the
wrong way, and their open opposition, or
lukewarmness, would not be offset By The
Insignificant support he would receive from
republican mugwump5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

Mr.. SPEAKER REED, after turning ont
enough democratic members of the U. ..
House of Representatives. to give him work.
log mt orlty in that body proclaimed that the
House was business" not "delibera-
tive" body, and that its "6usiness" would
be transacted eSpedtiously. For that proc
lsustion be was presented by his admirers
with a pavel, upon which vas Inscribed the
word "busness." Well, the reeult OF all this
business" is the increase In the expenditures
of nearly two hundred million doilsrs. an
enormous Increase In the pension appropEla-
tions, @ large increase in the price of the pee
essaries of life, an immense bonus 10 oliver
mine owneys end importers of silver, sn un-
precadented delay in the passage of tbe
necessary appropriation bills, and calen'
dsr filed With important bills that must die
because there is no time to consider them.
Legislative "husineas," as conducted by Mr..
Speaker Rsed Is evidently not successful.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

A MAN WITH PET WHALE-Oa small
island in tbs middle Of the South Pacific
lives panter-the only white man on the
Island, which is full OF brown skinned folks
who cuts and dies The meat of the c:coa-
nut, which be sells to trading vessels. When
any stranger stops at his Island he gives
him of the best the island affords; be viii!
get up great concerts and dances of the
islanders above III, be will take them out
to see his pet, which is, perhaps, the largest
ard Oldest auimal that was ever patsed by
man. This pet is a sperm whale nearly
seventy feet long. He came through the
narrow entrances into the little harbor,
which is walled in by coral reef, when quite
small, and remained uotil he had crowo SO
large that he could not get out If be wGDtah
to. The great creature comes up to be fed
when the planter blows bis horn, and after
bis meal OF barrel Of chopped meat or fish,
performs some wondrous and amusing
tricks, apparently knowing what Is expect
ed OF him.-SheGeld Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
A Big Fire

MINNEAPOLIS, Mtnn.. Feb. 26 "A 6ee
that started in the Clare-Speaker Paint
Works last night 81 midnight Ia still raging
and has proved to be the most disastrous
fire Minneapolis has experienced In years.
At O'Clock thls morning 1t was still burn.
ing although probably under control. but
the damage to property may be nearly ST.
600 900 most OF which ls 10 the Lumber Ex.
change, magnificent twelve story block.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

ALL GoNE-Mrs Henry Jandorf, who is only
fifteen years old. eloped from Baltimore Tuesisy
night with her fathers empoye, Isaac Silvernlsn.
The couple took with them over 500 worth Of
cash and jewery lor ging to the parents OF tho
girl. 7 he woman married Jandorf four months
ago. Jandorfi is travelling salesman and IS now
on tour through Maryland in ignorance OF his
wife's fsithlessnoss. Mo es Wesburg, the WON
ans father, found that she had drawn her money
from a savings bnk and that her lover had 60 e:.
tad money due his employer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

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FIFTY YEARS py MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WsILE TEETHISG, with PERFECT
SUCCESS. IT soOTHEs the CHILD, SoFTENs the
GUMS, ALLAYs all PAIN; CURES WIND Collie and
is the best remedy for p1ARRHGA. Gold by Drug
gists i'll every part of the world. Be sure and ask
for NJ "a. WIBsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, and take
% othar kind Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
LEMON HOT PROPS.

For coughs and colds. take Lemon hot Drops.
For sore throat and Bronchitis, tske Lemon Hot
Drops.
For pneumonis aud Lsryngitis, take Lemon Hot
Drops.
For consumption and Catarrh. take Lemon Hot
Drops.
F or Hemor,hagc and all throat and lung d.
sesses, take Lomon Hot Dr pa
An elegant and reliable preparation.
25 cents, at druggists. Prepared only by DR.. q.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 26
SENATE.

The House amendment to the direct tax
bill was presented and was laid on the table
for the present.
Among the bills favorably reported were
the follow.ng Senate bill authorizing
b.evets for gallant services In Indian cam.
/ paignp. House bill to pension the wido"
of Admiral Porter.
The legislative, executive and judicial sp-
propri alton bill was reported by Mr.. ALI
son, who gave notice he will ask the Senate
to consider It as soon as the suudry civil
bill shall have been disposed OF.
The surdry civil bill was then taken up
and it's consideration resumed under the FIVE
minute rule.
Mr.. Hale said the only way that the ap-
preparation bills could be passed and an
extra session avoided would be by constant
day and night and Sunday sessions. O:her-
wise, as certain as the tides. sunrise and
sunset, the fourth of March would come and
fad appropriation bills not passed.
The House met at ten o'clock this morn
Ing, there being less than Is msmber5 In al
tendance.
A bill was passed for the retirement of
Lieut.. Col. J. Madison Cults with the rank
of Captain.
The House then proceeded In committee
of the whole to general debate on the ship
ping bill.
Mr.. Mills. of Texas, opposed the bill and
ridicu!ed the reciprocity policy of the pres
ent administration 5If the. Uaited States
wanted reciprocity why nos.regotate with
England, France and Germany. Eogland
has pulled down the bars and welcomed
every barrel OF po.k orsbushel Of wheat that
was sent her. Size was willing to take more
cotton, more wheat, more pork, more agrl-
cultural products if the United States would
take down lts bars and extiuquish the FIRE
which 1t ha gnited onlthe ocean Ia order
to prevent commerce. Now the republicans
wanted foreign trade; few months ago
they put up the 6ars against that trade.
Then they said that they did not want to
have anything to do with foreign paupers;
now they wanted to trade with them and,
in order to do this, they wanted further to
tax the people In order to send ships to
foreign ports, to show the American flag
and 10 return in ballast. The advocates Of
the bill wanted ships. Why not build them !?
They bad the protective policy, which it
was calmsd brought down the cost of pro.
duction. 1t was csimed that the Mckinley
bill had cheapened tho cost of necessities.
Il had cheapened one thing. Il had cheap
ened the wages OF American labor In all
parts OF the country democratic applause)
II gentlemen did not like cheapness why In
sist on cheapening the wages Of the working
man? 10 concluding his remarks Mr.. Mills
laid down the doctrine of the democratic
party, quoting from the utterances Of
Thomas ] ffsrson. He .ffl;med and re.af
Grmed that the will of the majority when
expressed was the will of God. But that
will must be reasonable, it must ba rIghtfn'.
1t must, by 6qnai lava. protect the rights of
the minority. That was what the demo-
Gratis we're contending for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
TELEGRAPBIC BREyITIEs.

Fire last night 10 the li,gs lumber yard OF
Allen & Co., at Scottsvllle, KY. destroyed
% OO0O feet of lumber, valued st $25 COOS
few dry houses.
The ice in The Sauseer riysr. Ol.., hss
broken up and carried aSaY the iron bridge
at Walkerton. The freshe5 carried away
Dodge's mill dam at Milford, Ont, and
caused other damage in that neghborhood
Mrs. General John a. Logan has taken
hand in the Illinois senatorial fight and hs'
t,legraphed Senator Crawford that it is
better to be defeated By an orgau'zed hcn-
orable opposition than to be demoraiz ID
aod disorganz d by an ignobie surrender Of
principle"
TIE specis! House committee at Olympia.
Wash, appointed to Investigate the charge
of bribery of representative Me!cslf ny
R preventative Clarke, during the lats Sen
atorial campaign. have made report co.,
suriDg Metcalf and recommending that the
House deaI with him ss seems just. Isfncs
hat Clarke offared the bribe and requests
the grand jury to indIcs him.
TIE two Ice gorges In the Mohawk river
above Schenectady, N. Y, broke early this
morning, hut reformed about a mile below
the city, flooding the lower portion of the
town. The pumping station Of thu water
works is completely submerged and nearly
:. l. of the manufacturing concerns have had
to close up A number of horses aud other
animals persisted In the food The damage
VIII amount to thousands of dollars. The
water at noon was receding.
Tho session ofthe New Hampshire House lasted
till 1886 o'clock this morriug. The republicans
succ 'eded in passing both the bills to reorsanize
the councillor districts and the senatorial reis-
tricting bill.
The citizens of Nartinsburg, W Va, are much
excited about the removal of the Martinsburg d.
| vision of the B. & 0. R. E. to Cumberland and
have protested sgainst tho removal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

How to make money In Wall Stree. s
what trouble the average New Yorker We
were trouble however With ca:arrh un' |
Old sau!'s Catarrh Gore cured us. Solo fur
Is cts
Nothing stupejyinZ or dargeroup, 10 Isud
anum or opium, enters into the comp0e' on
Of that famed remedy, d. Bu..'s BABY
Syrup. Price IS cts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
Tribute of Regret.

At meeting of Potomac Tent, No 80, ]. 0 of
E., the following PREAMBLE aid resolutions ''e.e
adj pied:
Whereas we learn with deep sorroS OF the
burning OF High Chief Ruler Deyoes hous' this
d,y. thereby throwing his family out of hom' sad
shortening his pleasant visit N this sec in
therefore be it
Resolved That Potomac Tent, No. 50. ]. o Of
R., extend to high Chief Rulor d yoe cur ym-
patty on scccunt Of his loss
Alexandra, Va, Feb 25, 1891.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

The SUPREME COURT BILL The c,nferrees on
the bill for the relief of the United States IN
preGe Court held meeting yesterday an az
to an agreement. The House conferees yie.',
and adopted the measure as framed by ths Senate
The salient features Of the bill agreed upoi sre
provisions for the appointment in each Circuit OF
An additional United States Circnit .Tud 20. snd
for the organization in each circuit of CIcnit
Court Of Appesls. t, have final jurisdiction on
many classes of cases on which appeals are ow
allowed to the United States Supreme Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
LEMON ELIXIR.

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KSszeys and Blood.
Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir is pleasant lemon
drink that positively cures all Piliousness, Const
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26

All our city fathers ssy "use Salvation Oh
the greatest cure en- ea'th for pain" 1t costs
only rs cents.
Sncs Mrs. Brown has taken to using D f.
Bnl's Cough Syrup she has seved an ird :
peode mt fortune in doctors bi's. You can
do the same
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
Outrage

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.-Tae YES. sid
OF the city is highly excited owe, az outtsl4
committed Last night By q negro upon be
eight-yeai- Did daughter of c. a uiaS.
who resides In that section.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
MARRIED.

On February 25lh. st the res deuce Of the
brides parents, BIZ Rev. W. j. Young, JOHN H.
JoH NsON, of Fairfax county, and RUTH E.
MIN, daughter Of John Martin, of this city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
Lack Of Interest Thpottled
Efforts to Raise the Nee
essary Fund.
Interest Of the Street Car
Company in Storage Bat
terry Experiments.
To-Day Half-Hour Mails Be-
tween the Cities Go
Into Effect.
Stray Items Of News From
the Dry Pasture Of
Sunday.

1t is a lamentable fact that the effort
Of Minneapolitans to secure the ma
tional Republican convention has died
of cholera infantum. At any rate it
seems to be dead. William Henry
Eustis is in the East and is re-
puted to be endeavoring to draw
the convention TO the Flour City.
r. q. Evans, the national COM
mitteeman, is also said to be using his
influence to secure the coveted honor
for Minneapolis. But these gentlemen
have not received the support from the
city that they have deserved. William
Henry EustiS, especially, is responsible
for what has been done in this direction.
He it was who suggested the effort for
it, and who worked up enough enthusi-
asm to secure the appointment of a
couple of committees to look after the
work. All his work seems to have been
in vain. The finance committee can't
get any money.
When the committee appointed to Sc
cure subscriptions to $4,000 guaranty
fund first announced that they were
ready to receive assurances OF aid, the
days Sl5, 900 had been subscribed with
out the least bit of solicitation. But
that. it seems, was the limit. Lit
tie progress has been made since then.
After all. ex-GOv. Pillsbury was right.
He told the joint committee at the first
meeting that the effort was useless.
Business men. he said. would not sub
scribe. His words have been proven
true. The truth of it is, they won't
subscribe.
To be sure, the business men have
been worked little hard. They have
been called upOn-more than once-to
guarantee the stability of the exposi
ton. Most of them are down OH the
business mems union S1,0OO,OO0 guar
anty fund. They decline to come for
ward any more, especially where there
is a possibility Of failure. Despite the
assurances recently given that Mime
apolis has as good a chance for the con-
vention as any other city, they decline
to bind themselves to go down into
their pockets,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
CHILDREN IN THE STREET.

The sweetest sounds in the city wide
Are those when the children shout and call
In the hollow streets at eventide.
When the mellow western shadows fall;
They run and they jump,
They tumble and bump,
In the sounding streets in the evening time.
Many time have tripped over Tot
And broken my shinS over Jacks and Jims;
But went on my way and needed it not,
For the laugh of a child is the sweetest of
hymns,
They scream and they shout,
And they scamper about
In the joyous streets in the evening time.
But GROWERS that growI and bachelors old,
Cry out at the game. and object TO the din:
They snsTl and complain, they croak and
they seOld.
At the child who plays in the street-it's a
sin.
Let them tumble and leap,
Like wee. wee sheep,
In the sounding streets of the evening time.
Toronto World.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
TODAY 1T WILL BEGIN.
Hereafter Street Cars Will Garry
Mails to st. Paul.

To-day the interuTban mail system
by way of electric cars will be in opera
ton. The first car with mail car attach
ment will leave Washington and First
avenues south at S O'Clock. Beginning
tomorrow morning and continuing
every day thereafter. the first mail car
will leave at 7:30. Mail cars Will leave
every half hour up to 80 in the after
noon. That will be as late as mail
matter can be despatched with certainty
of delivery. Postmaster Hale gives this
explanation of how the new system
will work:
"a messenger will be stationed at
First avenue and Washington, who will
unlock the boxes on the arrival of the
car, take from it the mail, sending it
immediately to the postoff1ce for de-
livery. He will then, after the mail car
has gone around the loop. place within
the box all mail for st. Paul. In the
same manner it is intended that citizens
shall deposit their mail for St. Paul,
both in the city and at any point along
the line. Herein is one of the adyan-
tages gained over the old method. the
necessary time required to pOstmark
and distribute at the mailing pOstottce
is saved Add to that the time hereto
fore required under the old method to
haul the mail to and from the depot
and you have the let saving Of time by
the new scheme.
''If the mail deposited in these NOV
ing boxes happens to reach the st. Paul
pOstoffice Just IN time to be taken out
by a carrier the delivery may be made
within one hour and a half after its de-
parture from Minneapolis, but if it
should chance to arrive after the carrier
had departed the letter may lie in the
St. Paul Office from one to three hours,
or possibly until the next day, accord
ing to the frequency Of the trips made
by that carrier"
In the downtown, or business dis
tricts, where there are several deliver
les day, there is a reasonable certainty
that letter will be delivered within
from two to five hours of the time at
which it was deposited in the postoffice
or mail box. To insure prompt delivery
the same day a special delivery stamp
is necessary now as much as ever. The
mail cars will be distinguished by carry
ing limited States flag.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
ALLEGED OROOKEDNEss.
A Scheme Said to Have Been
Worked in the eighth Ward.


Worked in the eighth Ward.
The old matter of the South side
street railway has been resurrected,
and it is now alleged that there will be
sensational developments before it is
again allowed to drop. A. Papet. who
resides at the corner of Grand
avenue and Twenty-fourth street,
tells story, which, if correct,
would indicate that all matters connect
ed with the railway scheme were not
conducted in a perfectly square man
by Contractor O'Gorman under a con-
tract with the Burgess Air Line COM
pany, and it has generally been sup
posed that the subcOntractor and their
men had never been paid for the
labor performed. At the last session
of the legislature provision was
made for the payment of this supposed
Indebtedness, and the necessary amount
is now in the hands of the county COM
missioners. Mr.. Papet asserts that the
grading of Thirty-fourth street from
ColfaX to Hennepin avenues was done
by contractor named Wardhoffer. and
from Tenth avenue to Lyndale by Peter
Nelson, and that these men were paid
by one Mendenhall, partner of Ran
dOlph Burgess, who decided to them GER
tain lots in South Minneapolis.
This settlement, Mr.. Papet claims,
was made before the enabling act was
introduced, and that therefore no in
debtedness exists or did exist at the
time of the passage of the bill. Some
of the Eighth ward people assert that
the bill was instigated by the South side
railway company and that that corpora
ton will reap the benefit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

"The Octoroon" last night at the
Biiou was presented to a fair. and quite
appreciatiye audience. This old drama,
dealing in Southern life in slavery days,
told as it is. by once master dramatist,
still has the power to hold the atten-
ton and touch the hearts OF the people.
It long since WithStOOd the criticism OF
press and public and became
one of those beautiful story, pictures
that one loves to look upon,
though often seen. The dramatic Sltua-
ton could scarcely be improved upon,
and the contrast of characters, it goes
without saying, are all that the magma
ton requires. 1t still thrills US as a
happy event In our lives which has long
slumbered but suddenly awakened.
The play was eXcellently presented by
the stock company, which possesses
the two essential features success
full in the present day dra-
matte rofession-talent and beauty.
Frank Iosse as Jacob McCluskey is a
successful villain who would hoTsewhip
a "nigger" or kill an enemy without
hesitation or remorSe. George K. Ed
son is big-hearted Salem scudder, and
captivated the audience. Edwin Ferry
did fine piece of acting as Naynotee.
the Indian CHIEF. Victoria Bateman and
Minnie Radcliffe were very satisfactory
as Zoe and Dora. besides they are very
pretty young ladies.
That outdoor theatrical performances
are appreciated was evidenced by the
size of the audience at the Lake Har-
riet amphitheater last evening. People
do not like to sit IN hot, stutfy theater
when they can see a good show in the
open air. Buffalo Bill" produced at
Lake Harriet last night, is a typical
border drama. 1t may be said 10 be the
father of all border dramas, it hav-
ing been the first one to Introduce
a real border character to the
theater-going public As play it pos
sesses the true essentials of such play.
It is exciting and realistic. The char
acters are not unduly exaggerated, for
all border characters are exaggerated
types. The life of the man who comes
from civilization and dwells among saw
ages cannot help throwing into relief
his most prominent characteristics.
Buffalo Bill'' is full of these charac
tiers. The play is especially adapted to
open air representation. All the real
ism is heightened thereby. 1t is in the
hands Of a competent cast. None of
them shone with resplendant glory, per-
haps, but none OF them are particularly
faulty. They give a good even perform
sDce of the play.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
AGENT Tatoo,s Work.

The report of the s. P. c. a. for the
month of July, as prepared by Agent
Tattoo, is as follows:
Complaints investigated, 40; children
sent to the state public school, 5;
children provided with homes, 8; re-
proved and warned for wife beating, l;
Teproved and warned fot child beating,
2; reproved and warned for neglect and
improper care of horses, z; reproved
and warned for cruel treatment of
horses, 8; reproved and warned for
overlooking horses, IA; TeprOyed and
warned for cruelty beating horses, 2;
horses unfit for service shot, Il; lame
horses laid up from work. 8; CALLED
horses. 2: horses taken in charge by
agent. 2: horses sheltered from storm,
8: arrests. 2: convictions, ,. Two boys,
Abe and Pat Kirschbaum, sent to Jew
ish Orphan asylum, Cleveland. o.