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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
Insane ASYLUM Statistics.

The Census Bureau has issued bulletin
containing statistics of the Insane asylums
OF the Uai ed States. After giving general
statistics showing tle number OF insane
asylums ia the whole country the bulletin
furnishes figures of the various States
1t covers four esylums In Virginia. 80 To-
Iowa; southwe Asylum at Marion, E lstern
Asylum at Williamsburg, Western Asylum
at Stsunton. and the Central Asylum at Pc
terst urg. For the Marion Asylum the hui
etin ehows that the actual number OF pa
tents there from 1887 to 1889 inclusive was
5l2. The expenditures amount to $3.50 1856
In 1889 the fems'e patients numbered 2l5
and the male 156 A. the Eastern or
Williamsburg Asylum from 1881 to
1889, i,c'usive ], 1872 pstients were trested.
During the previous decade $50 patients were
treated. Expenditures for the last ten years,
$76S, PSI; for the previous dccsde 1922, 7S6.
at the Western or Staunton hs, lum the actual
number OF pstens treated from 1881 to 1889,
inclusive, was ,604; previous decsde. 1,139 i;
ex perditures from 1881 to 1889, 1888 O99; for
previous docsde 1854, SIS. AT the Central or
Petersburg Asylum the actual number of p-tients
treated from 1881 to 1885. inclusive, was 1 666;
total expenditures, 1854 ,1o1. The Marion Asy-
lum was established in 1887; the one at Williams
burg in 1173 the one at Stanton Ia ISIS and
that at Petersburg in 1870.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
The Spanish Treaty

/. is now stated that General Foster wac
unable to oonoluds treaty batwsen Spain
aud the United States, bus that reciprocity
arrangement was effected to last untii July,
1892. TIE agreement provides for tie free
entry into the United States OF sugar. honey,
cocoa. coffee and skins from the Spanish
West Indies, tobacco and iron ore paying
the duty exaoted by The U0ited States tariff.
10 exchange SPANS colonies in Tho West
Indies are to receive American coal, Ice,
wood, boots, shoes, fresh and salt meats and
fab, either free or under email duty, while
butter and drippiogs are entirely exempt.
and the duty Oh fl ,ur is reduced from three
and s-5alf 10 one and half dollars per bar
rel, With the came reGnoion on corn. The
tariff CT dry goods and hnsbandrg ma
chiuery will afford the U uitsd S:aies no ma
terisl advantage till 1892, beosuss any priv
ileges accorded will be resped by Great
Britain. France. Germany and Belgium un-
der Favored neiiou" treaties, thus injurire
Americans future interests Competent au-
thcrisiss calculate that Cubs will suffer a
reduction in customs receipts Of $500 600
monthly uader the convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
Burned to Death.

CoUDERsPoRr, Pa, May l 1.-Yesterday a
train containing 100 men on their way to
f ght the forest fires 10 Potter couaty, waa
wrecked in the midst CT the burning woods,
and the engine and ca.s were destroyed and
80 or more OF the men were burned to death.
AUSTIN, Pa, May 11-Destruc:ige forest
Ares have ragged 10 this vioininy the past As
hours. The entire lumber region is badly
damaged. While fighting Ere Sunday night
one work train was surrounded by flames.
The engine and cars we're destroyed and 20
men narrowly escaped with their lives.
Twenty or thirty men were seriously If not
fatally burned. Superintendent Badger OF
the Snpemahoning railroad and three or
four others ara missing. Late reports. how
ever, Indicate that nearly all escaped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
The Abingdon Murder Case

TIE special grand jury which was empau'
eled at Abingdon last Thursday to inyesti
gate the charges on which DR.. Baker wss
held In Jail, completed their investigation
or Saturday, resulting In en- indictment
against DR.. j A. P. Baker for numbering bis
wife. Susan Baker by poison. Also an in,
dictment sganst Baker for attempting to
poison w. r. G!mer with arsenic. stryoh-
nine, ptuesic acid, and other poisors to the
jerors unknown aud q third Indictment
against Baker for administering pnlsons
known as arsenic and sirychnine to W. Z
GiImer with intent to kill.
Ga account of other business before the
ccuot furGher action was not taken uotil 4
O'Clock in the evening. when DR.. Baker wss
brought into court, arrsigned upon all the
Indie ments. and pleaded mot guilty" Mr..
John A. Buchanan, of counsel for the de-
PENDANT, demurred TO all the indictments.
The Court overruled the demurrers.
The attorney for the Commonwealth
stated that be was not ready for trisl at this
term of the court, and asked to have the
cases continued to the next term. Bail was
asked for DR.. Baker and Judge Ward took
the matter under advisement.
Ga Friday tho grand jury brought In it's
indictment against MrF. Wyndhem Gimet
for administering poison to her husband
with intent to kill bins, aod abe vas admit.
ted to bail in the sum of $40 goo, her hu5
hand and brother being her boudsmen.
Her trial is also continued to the next term
OF the County Court While tho clerk was
reading the ipdicI ment Dr.. Baker listened
attentivey and showed no sigus OF nervous
ness, and the audience wss relieved when
Dr.. Baker said ina clear, firm, and distinct
voice mot guilty"
The recent report regarding the feeling
against DR.. Biker there is untrue, and the
people who know him best and che relations
which existed between him and his wife say
that they cannot believe that he ia capable
of committing SO heinous crime. The state
ments which have been 80 freely circulated
concerning the possession of his letters TO
Mrs. Gilmer are all faise, the Common
wealth having failed to produce single
written line from him before the grand
jury. "a the people get closer TO the facts
tie case grows more mysterious, snd those
who were the first to believe the charge ara
at loss to understand the coDlict of state
ments in the effslr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

The THIRTEEN (LUB.-Famous as New York
i, for it's lsrgs and unique Dinners on the 18th o.
this month ths Thirteen Club proposes to enter
tain the fair sex at dinner, tho like Of which
has never been given. A glarcs q. the decors'
tions OF shsrry'a big dining-rooms, in which the
dinner is to be given, might drive superstitious
mau crazy. This feature OF the dinner is in the
bands OF famous decorator and no has arranged
TO provide haunted houses, new moons, sKniiP,
collins, black cloth, SIh9uet!es Of cats and otner
attractions of the Type that superstltious folks
most sbominate. At each lady's plato there wiz
be miniature glass coffn and che who has cour-
age enCugh to lit tht lid will find bottle u per-
fume with akull for stopper. There Will be
in all probability thirteen tables thirteen at each
table, the dinner will be hold on tho 18TH OF the
mouth and will be given at $40 O'CLOCK. Inc
cnn,oa, wiII he thirteen 10 number; thirteen
varieties of wine Will be served and the number
Of tossts will be thirteen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The next annual meeting CT the Black
Horse Camp of Confederate Veterans will be
held In WaTrentol on June 81.
DR.. E. A. Creigbil, of Lyuohburg, hss
been chosen director OF the Virginia wealth
er bureau by the State beard OF agriculture
Nicholas Flood, who shot and killed Chas.
Rosa In gambling ARRAY In Roanoke on
the % ultmo, bad q preliminary e1am-
nation on Saturday, and WIS acquitted Cd
the plea of selfdefence. Several Witnesses
testified that Ross fred the first two shots.
In leaving Norfolk Oh Saturday night the
Baltimore Bay Line steamer Georgia was In
collision with the ocean tug Luckenbsch,
and had q hole knocked IN hs- hull and her
guards broken to the waters edge She
proceeded to Baltimore and arrived there
en- tine yesterday.
The erit FOX divorce Instituted against bic
wife in Rich ond soma time ago by Rev.
Oliver ]. Sohoolcrsfs, of London, has
mstured and will soon como up for fi0al dis
positiop. The defendant hsa never appear
ed by counsel or otherwise 10 answer 20 tt e
notice Of publication served by the plaintiff
Saturday. the 16 b inst, has been selected
by the regents AZ the day on which the
board Of visitors from Virginia will be FORM
ally received at Mt. Vernon. Tails board
consiate of w. W. Henry, L. @ Washington
ard J. Ball Bigger, sud Senators TAYLOR
Berry aud B. Walton Moore. Gov. McK,n-
nay slso expects to be present..
Ia Richmond on Saturday suii WA enter
ed against Jau,ea III. Mason, T. F. B4gard.
Geo. E Coa, and George G Williams, indi-
vldusll1. as parties trading under the style
Of the Public D-bt Adjustment Compsn; {;
F. P. Oloost, William l. Bull, john Gill,
Grover Cleveland AID l. ]. PhAIps, OF The
Oensrsi Trnrt Company, and B-own Ship
!ey s. CO. The init was b,oueht h7 Willie
B. Smith lawyer, 70 recover s. 900 alleged
TO be ine bin for services rendered in OH
oectlon 9Th the Virginia debt statement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
Bio Suit.

Apropos of the investgttons now under way
by tho heirs OF the Edwards estate in New York
city, which, il successful, will pece in their
hsn1s property valu ID st two hundrei million
dollars or moro, the Frederick, NJ d., Neus says:
Mrs Dr. Lloyd T. Msogill, Of Frederick is
ono of these beirs, she being dsushter of the
We, cradle pr. Z. II. Edwards, Of LeesburP, va j,
who is direct descendant OF the early Edwards
who accumulated the property Low in litigation
hesc descendants are le4iiimately the heirs IF
the famous Edwards estate, which lays claim to
the title o. sixty acres in Now York city, en-.
bracing section lying on Broadway aud Wsll
street, and including the land on which stands
the Trinity Church property. The estate also
claims title to all the land on which stands the
city If Troy, N. Y. This value of the real estate
in New York city alone has baen roughly esti.
mated at ever 5000, ,000 ssying nothing
about the value of the land on which Troy stands.
The history OF this vast Edwards estate runs back
to colonial days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed pe'
croes 10 positions 10 the postal, customs
spd naval service in Virginia, and IN other
soutce-n States, sod has made them post
mss.ers at snch large cities as Vicksbnrs,
Mississippi, and customs collectors at such
important portses Galveston, Texss. Pref
dent Lincoln ssid while they 1.-THE white
and black races) do remain together, there
must be tee position Of superior and inferior;
ard !, se much az aoy other man, am in
fevo, Of having the superior position assigr-
cd to the while race" Ard Mr.. Lipcoln'a
hat wss ss much too large fos President
Barismin harrison as vas that Of President
Willisu Henry Harrison.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
would be sustained By the entire com.

they would be sustained By the entire COM
munity.
Judge Charles Latham, formally Of LJnoh :
burg bat more recently of West Va. pass
ed through here last week on his way to
New York, where he is now employed In
prec,icing Law and negotiating Gales of West
V!r2iols isnds.
The air OF secrecy that eurrounda the
eta case Il just as pronounced as ever at
the Navy Department to-day and 1t is EVIL
dsrt that the officials have no desire to take
the public into their confidence. The cor
victior, however, is general that the v: s.
s. Charleston has bsen sent out from san
Francisco With secret orders to overtake and
capture the Collian steamer. just how Ter
these orders extend. or how much authority
they vest In Capt. Remey Ia still unknown,
and none of tho officials here will venture
to give any Information on the subject. H.
Gesd, the fact of the orders having beer sent
Ia not acknowledged officially but 1t is con-
firned by various stray bits OF knowledge
that have coma forth from various sources.
The order, it is said, was long one and
was wired west 10 the cipher of the Bureau
OF Navigation. It took two officers i've
hours to TRANSLATE tho order into toe cipher.
l. is said that there is Information In the
lief thst the Itsta will be next heard of as
touching at Mexican port, and 1t is prnbs-
BILE that the Charleston will make her first
stop abcus midway down the west coast OF
Mexico, not 10 the hope Of finding her quar-
~ there, but of picking up hints as to her
whereabouts Neither Secretary Tracy nor
Assistant Secretary Solely were ct the De-
psrtment to day.
Fred T. Miller OF this city, who will be tried at
special term of the q. s. district court to be
held in Alexandria tomorrow for dealing in
green good" is the owner of the horse Syracuse
that won race hero last Saturday.
President Harrison will arrive here next Fri
day on his return from his swing around the cir
Gle Private INTEL igence from some of those who
are with him received here Is 10 the effect that he
is not now as glad he was not born in the South
as he used to be.
Il IS currently reported that the President hiss
been in oFmed that the internal revenue service
in eono OF tho southern States, ono OF them
North Carolina, is not "loysl' to him, or, in the
language of the report, is 'rotteu," and that it
will be thoroughly oyerhauled, so that there msy
be 70 trouble about having Hair son delegations
from those States in tho next national repub icsn
convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
TIE State Debt

AS heretofore stated 1t ia probable that
conference will be held this week in New
York heween the 0 colt debt committee and
reprs ,pts.ives ofthe State, as preliminary
step to thu Virginia debt commissions con-
sideriDg The question Of entertaining prop
osison from the bondholders. Ii Is under
stood that COMMITTED Of Ave agreed upon at
toe conference held 10 the Governors office
| 10 Richmond just efter the Olcott lester
| vas received will proceed to New York
for the purpose Of talking over che
matter with The O.cott committee
Fonr of .he members OF the committee are
] Tayior Ellvscn. r. Fl. Card4eli, W. D
| Dabuey and Themes Martin.
Tais cjromittee will impress upon the o.
colt committee that it would be useless to
| hope for any settlement which materially
differed FROM the Ridd!ebsreer bill.
The 1eply OF the Oicott committee to the
Governors letter answering the committee
re0uast for en- interview reached Ricbm ond
on SATURDAY, night.
Toe commlttes sag they leave IL to Gov.
Nc Kinney 10 cake public the correspond
enCe concerning ;he proposed settlement.
They feel that when the public does see the
details CT their propositions there will be
pohiog but spprotsrlon for ths manner in
which they have brought the debt question
to it's present stage. A gentleman who hiss
been ons of the most active promoters Of the
settemont ead yesterday that in the course
of long experience 10 large financial trans
actions be did not remember any scheme Of
reorgau u ,tlcn or refuuding where the com
mjttee had been 80 successful in its dealings
with the bondho,d,rs. The debt commit
tee now bad deposited SIS per cent. of the
| total debt, and this in spite Of The fact that
ive-sixths OF it was owned abroad. They
we're prepared &c go TO the State OF Virginia
aud sag Here are your bonds-the cause
OF 80 much trouble, litigation and expense
what fair cffer will you make for them?"
And tho bargain thus made would be bind
ing ou the creditors. The State never be-
fore bad such an oHsr, and he bad not the
eligh est doubt that when the committee
met the official representatives OF the State
they would have no trouble in determining
what terms OF settlement were most fsvora.
bic to the creditors and practicable and hon.
orable to the State.
The New York Times of Saturday said ::
"At it's meeting on Friday the o cott con-
mittee drew up letter to Governor McKin-
ney. stating that 1t YVES ready 10 deliver Sc
per cent. OF the defsuIted securities in the
hands of creditors of the Stale, and asking
him to arrange for Meeting between the
committee and The State Commission. Thls
letter was sent to Richmond and 1t is hoped
that arrangements for an early meeting will
be made. just what terms it will be- at
tempted to make between the S Fate and its
creditors has not been stated. The general
plain to which the Englisbmen have agreed
Ia the same one which was described come
months ago, ard, Of course, involves tie if-
sue OF new bonds to keep up the outsiand-
Ing issne."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
Mr. Rlaine's Illness.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE condition OF
Secretary Blaine, who ia now III at the house
OF his son in.Iaw, Mr.. Damrosch, is greatly
improved. DR.. Dennis said that there was
nothing alarming about M. Baine's condi-
ton, aud he advised rest and quiet. The
only medicine wbloh he prescribed was for
indigestion. Mr.. Blaine Is resting quietly
and there is no danger whatever, and in
fact be is almost well.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

INA LIoNsss's FIERCE CLUTCH Patrick
Miller employed by Rsrmsn Reich. the en.
imal importer, whose stables are at Ho-
boken, Ia in e hospital with ffigh:fuiiy
Iscersted arm Among The fifty animnis
there is yonug lioness. According to the
story OF the employees. Miller was feeding
the usually tame Iionesa on Toeaday. While
the scimal wss eating he put his hand
through the bars ard touched bar on the
peck. She turnad aud struck his shoulder
with her paw and tore his arm clear down
to the points Of his fingers. He almost
tainted from the pain when the animal
struck him again, and her claws aeld him
ca In gise The other employees beat her
eff. and Miller dropped to the ,or simoe.
unconscious The bone OF MiIer's arm is
broken. and the hospital authorities say 1t
will probably be necessary to onPnta.o The
arm
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Foreign News.

LONDON, May 11.-Yesterday afternoon
Mr. Gladstone was se'z,d with succession
o,sdlyerlng fits. The family physician wes
sent for and declares that Mr.. Gladstone
must not leave his room !or several days
A terrible explosion occurred to day In
the hold OF the British steamer TancsrVille,
in the dry dock at Newport. Eight men
were killed and twenty-five were Injured.
The steamer was badly damaged by the ex
ploslon.
BRUssRLs. May 1.-The strike in the
Charleroi district ia spreading. The found
rymen struck to day, and thirty-four thous'
and men are now on strike.
LONDON, May. 11.-The epidemic Of Influenza
is Tow ravaging this city, and all businesses are
affected. In tho House Of Commons alone there
are forty -one members record as suffering from
Influenza.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

IT Is reported that Senator Stanford mas
sapt 10 Franco for q skilled wine maker TO
come TO this oountrS AMI! zee il good cham
pagns cannot be made 10 California. II
this report be true the Senator referred to
has broken the laws of his own country, for
thoee laws prohibit the Importation ofski!led
laborers, though thousands of uuskilled for
eiga abo.ecs are coming into this country
every week. But the modern laws OF the
Uaite6 States were not enacted by Soons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Ga=ette.]

jecial Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasette
WASHINGTON. D. O.. May IL, 1881.
The dispatch fiom New York telling
Of the illness OF Secretary Blaine created
surprise ct the DEPARTING OF STATE. No
one there had heard auything about IL OK.
ospt bis private secretary. who seys that
thera Is nothing serious In the attack. Prl-
vats Intelligence from New York is to the
etfao5 that Mr.. alne Intended coming back
hare last F.;day is his personal presence
was necessary in cons qpence OF The Chiiian
affair, sud that he would have returned that
day had be besn abs TO dc SO. but that he
has been En- Ill mau ever since Thursday
last. His friends are very suxious about
him. His sor. Jsmes g.. left here hurriedy
th!s morning for his bedside.
Senator Barbour has returned from New
York where be- has been for tbs last three
or fou. dave on private business He beard
little or no poitics while there. bus whct be
did hear induces him to think The ! If the
dem oCre;s % wise they will select their most
available man for their next years Pfesl-
Dental nominee. as 1t is apparent that the
republicans rea ia the fact thai that fight
will be life or death one TO them, and
will resort eren 10 the most desperate efforts
TO win it.
Governor Mckinney Of Virginia passed
through here last Saturday night on his wsy
from Baltimore SO Richmond. he said the
farmers In mis- 5 ase are complaining 8 little
about the lack of rain at present, bat that
the general business outlook there was de-
cded!y favorable. Concerning politics, ne
said the democratic party in Virginia is In
excellent condition aud would elect large
me o.ity OF the next Legislature.
Miss Chapman of Fairfax county. Va,
was run down and bsdy hust in the street
here last Sai urday eveoing by beer wagon.
II is notorious fact that pedestrians here
have no rights that drivers feel at ali bound
to respect, snd that if they done keep con.
stsntly on the alert they are run over with
;mpunity. The people here are long suffer-
ing, but from the way some OF them talk to-
dsy IL would not be at all surprising If some
of the reckless drivers De brought up at an
early day BY bullets from the pistols of some
of their votims, who have come 10 the con
clusiou that patience is no longer virtue 10
such cases, especially IS the latter feel That
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
DRY GOODS.
v oodVard & LothroIy
10th, 18th, and F SITS. n. W.


Mrs Young, the representative
Of the Jaeger Sanitary Wooden Sys.
TEN, will be here this morning,
and we therefore invite our Gus
toners to our opening Of these
goods to-day and tomorrow. In
addition to Underwear and Com
bination Suits, there are Under
skirts, Hosiery, Knitted Corsets
Seamless Bandages, Knee Warm
ers, Abdominal Belts, Dress Shields,
and even Towels and Handker.
chiefs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

THE STRIKES who assaulted non-union
man st Richmond last week have been sent
on to the grand jury FOR indictment, the
committing justice saying that the peace
and ogdsr of the community must be pre-
served. Some even of these who sympa.
thized with the strikers loet ali patience
with them when they began to resort to
violence 10 attain their unattenable oil 3ct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

The LEADERS Of the republican party have
always acted. apparently, upon the idea that
after them would come the deluge. Accord
ing to those v:boae knowledge Of the subject
b.s been acquired by long experience, the
Treasury is In straitened circumstances, and
if cal were made upon 1t In the near
future Cor the payment of the sums that will
then bs due, the required response could
not be msde. But, notwithstanding this
statement, the traih of which Ia credited by
yell informed Asn Of sill parties, the lead
ers referred to content themselves with say
iog The Treasury is full of government
money, but, II otherwise, 1t would make
no difference So the ccuntry's credit is eS
ee'ient." No wise man would ever do bust
neea CO such 81 bss'5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11

THE QUESTION OF a gitl'sinsoility to throw
balls. by reason Of the anatomical ccnforma-
ton OF her shoulder joint, Is now under dis
cussion 10 some of the newspapers. There
is no doubt of the fact hat the prevalent
belief on tho eutjeot is that girls cannot
throw, but many man will swear, of his
own personal knowledge, that they can kick.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-11
Battle with Tramps.

COLUMBUS, lad, May 11.-Saturday night
the south-bcund midnight freight was
boarded by seven t.amps at franklin. a
f sht ensuei and brakeman named Wyatt
WAS Gus and slashed horribly with q knife,
aud one of trsmps was shot, the ball lodg.
ing In his neck. Both men viii probably