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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
T"ELEGRAPIIIC BRryITrr,

Mr.. Fred Eckstein met his d..s
Cincinnati yesterday afternoon 5y .s u
ing down an elevator shaft q d., az
offs stories.
The Columbia Rolling NH
Columbia. Pa, will shut down ,o.,,. y
row for an indefinite period. , l.,
200 men are thrown out of work.
The Buckeye cart work: h..
brought from Columbus. O.. to Chow %s'
ton, w. Va, were destroyed by a.
yesterday. Loss on building ,nl
and finished work about $N.Gn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. John f. Lewis, jr., son of Hon.
John +. Lewis, of Rockingham, was Sc
verely injured Tuesday by a kick from
a horse.
Mr.. Aliston W. Atwood and Miss
Nellie. daughter Of Councilman John
T. Knight, of Fredericksburg were
married on Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening, at the resi-
dence of the brides father, i'll Loudour
county, Mr.. Norman Reid, of Wash.
ington Grove, Montgomery county
Md. was married to Miss Leila Walt.
mon.
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ICoVWyIclrFD.
The Danger ofour Wafer supply lie
coming Contaminated.

A,'FAN N'A'sAlAH
The Danger OF Wafer supply lie.
coming Contaminated.
The stream that has it, scurcc near
the building of the Episcopal High
School, and receives the sewerage Of
that institution, runs Tor a short Dis.
lance near the Leesburg pike, through
a neishborhood thickly built @nlte
coming more so each year with ,har.
ties occupied by negroes. who large!
obtain their livelihood by washing ti
the students of the Two institutions q
learning close by. This stream, a0l
receiving the drainage from aTolId
these shanties, and in fact. al the drain
age of the thickly settled country iyl;
between the watersheds formed y
Shutters Hill and Seminary Jill, riz
under the Little River pike. and info
the race of the Alexandra Water Con-
pany a short distance TO the west oiii'
telegraph road, not more than a guar
ter ola mile from the pumps thatiA'o'
the water into the reservoir.
1t IS the general impression here
that the healthfulneSs Of our city s
largely due to the purity Of olr waid
supply, and surely everything that s
possible should be done to keep II luFe
In this instance it could be accoml.s'
ed by the water company carrying ms
uninviting looking stream ellai
under or over the race, rs the writer q
informed was formerly the =
Some years ago in the cities q
Lowell and Lawrence, Mass, there W.
an epidemic Of typhoid fever. durir,
which three were upwards of Il hundu
These cities obtain their %!
ply of water from the Mcrrimac liyd
quite a large stream, and upon invest
cation it was found hat prcvious /
the outbreak OF the disease in the rs
cities there had been several eases
the fever among the operatives Of a lc
tory village, the sewerage Of whicl
cmptied into u small stream, whia
flowed into the Merrimac river serera
miles above Lowell and Lawrence, an
that the spread Of the disease was du
to the drinking water having hei
poisoned by the germs of the fever.
Communities with a due regard @
health and life should guard agains
such possibilities, as one case Of disease
in the locality drained by this stream
might cause many in town. i
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Foreign Ncws.

MADRID. June 17.-During o bull
fight at Linarcs yesterday the spccta-
tors demanded that more horses be put
in the ring. The Mayor refused and
the crowd pcltcd him and the bull
fighter with bottles sticks and dirt and
invaded the ring, when the bull, with
lowered head charged directly into the
middle of the mob. Men were caught
upon his horns and tossed in every di-
r~ection, and the whole crowd sought
safety in flight, but the bull again and
again charged the mob, tossing and
dangerously injuring some Of them.
One man was killed. The Mayor,
frightened at the hornet nest he had
raised, fled from the bull ring, while
the rioters, with shouts and yells, start
cd after him, but the Mayor managed
to reach the prefecture. The mob
broke down the doors as the Mayer
made a dash through the rear. An ex-
citing chase followed, but the Mayor
reached the barracks in safety, and the
crowd withdrew from the vicinity.
BERLIN, June IA dispatch re-
ceived here to-day from Zanzibar shows
the rumors TO the effect that Emin
Pasha was dead as untrue. The dis
patch says that Emin has arrived at
Bukoba at which place his companion,
DIR. Stuhlman, arrived with the greater
part of the Emin expedition some time
ago.
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From Venezuela.

BARCELONA, Ven, June IA general en-.
gagcmcnt was fought near Guacipati on Tues
day between the government troops and the
gevolutionists. The loss was heavy on both
sides, but there was no decisive result. The
fighting was resumed the next morning and,
although the soldiers Of Palacio made a gal
liant stand, they were eventually defeated
with great slaughter. They left a great nun,
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T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON. D. c., June IL,
HOUSE.


HOUSE.
The attendance in the House this
morning was larger than might have
been expected, and there was an I'M
usually large number of democrats
present.
The area in front of the Speakers
desk was filled with members asking
recognition for the passage of private
measures and a half dozen were fortu-
nate enough to get their bills through.
Mi. Blanchard, of Louisiana, submit
ted the conference report on the river
and harbor bill. The report is a disa-
greeting one-the first point being the
| Senate amendment for the building ola
boat railway around the Dalles in the
| Columbia river, and the second being
| the Senate amendment for a canal con-
Meeting Lake Washington with Puget
Sound. The House conferees state it is
| possible to reach an agreement on all
the other amendments in dispute. But
it was developed that the report was
not accompanied by the bill and by the
~engrossed copy of the Senate amend
ments-both these papers being still in
the possession of the Senate.
The Speaker ruled that no report
could be made from the conference
committee until the papers were in the
possession of the House.
Mr.. Watson, of Georgia,-Rcgular
order.
Mr. Blanchard-I desire to make a
statement.
Mr.. Watson-Regular order.
Mr, Blanchard-The papers will be
here in a few minutes.
Tho Speakcr-But they are not here
now. QLaughter.)
The Speaker stated the regular or
der TO be the sibley claim bill and
against this Mr.. Shivcly, Of Indiana,
raised the question Of consideration.
While the House was dividing the
river and harbor bill was received from
the Senate
Tho House decided S6-85 to con-
slider the Siblcy bill. But its consider
alton was interrupted by Mr. Blanch-
ard, who again submitted the confer
cnce report on the river and harbor
bill.
Mr.. Blanchard offered n resolution
declaring that the House insist on its
disagreement to the two Senate amend
ments before noted, and agre to the fur
Their conference asked by the Senate.
Mr.. Hermann, of Oregon, moved as
q substitute hat the House rcccdc
from its disagreement to the two
amendments.
Mr.. Hermann's substitute was reject
ed and Mr.. Blnnchnrd's resolution WAS
agreed to. The bill was again sent to
conference.
The Sibley bill was then taken up
and Mr.. Grout, of Vermont, moved to
lay it on the table.
The motion was agreed to, yeas Sc !;
nays 50; and Mr.. O'Ferrnll, of Virginia,
(who had voted in the affirmative with
this object in view moved q rcconsid-
Grafton.
Mr.. Atkinson, of Pennsylvania,
moved to table that motion, pending
which Mr.. Meredith, ofVirginia, moved
Il recess until 4 o'clock.
No quorum voting, the House, in or
der to escape the sitting atmosphere Of
the chamber, took II recess until S
o'clock, the evening session TO be for
the consideration Of private pension
bills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
Suicide.

BosTos, June 17.-Early Thursday
morning Mrs. Edwina Bullock, a wild
ow, of Wellesley, saturated her clothes
with kerosene, went ont on the lawn
in the rear of the house and set her
dress on fire. When her neighbors
reached the house her charred and dis
figured body was found on the grass.
The cause Of her act is not known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
BETTE LEWIS WINS HER Casa

BETTE LEWIS WINS HER CAsE.-As
anticipated, the Bette Lewis-Thomns
case was decided in the Court of Ap-
pcals at Wytheville yesterday in her
favor. and makes Bette Thomas the
richest colorcd woman in the South.
She was the natural daughter of a
wealthy Richmond merchant, who died
two years ago. Her counsel were Ed
gar Allen, ex-Congrcssmnn Waddill,
ex-Judge f. C. Burks, Mcssrs. F. w.
and George l.. Christian and w. w.
Gordon. Each of these received ten
thousand dollars, except Allen, whose
fee is fifty thousand dollars, he taking
the case and securing associate counsel.
Bette Thomas will therefore receive
over ninety thousand Of the two hun
drcd and twenty-five thousand dollar
estate. Bettic's father, W. Thomas,
who was a white man, died in 1889 at
the home of this daughter and left no
Will. Relatives Of the deceased, as well
as Bette, engaged some OF the ablcst
legal talent in the State, and sought to
obtain possession Of the property. The
Chanccfy court decided III laNor OF
Bette. and the Court of Appeals af-
firms that decision. The evidence
showed that Thomas had had nothing
to do with his white relatives for years;
that he had been living at the home of
his colored daughter, whom he had al
ways acknowledged, and that it was
his intention to amply provide for her
at his death. The decision gives the
heirs-at-law real estate and cash in
bank amounting to almost thirty-five
thousand dollars, leaving to Bette
Lewis in mortgages, bonds and nego-
table papers an estate with accrued in
tcrest amounting to 100000. The ex-
pcnses, receivers fees, etc, will reduce the
portion of the estnte awarded to Bette Lewis
to $1S0,0o0. The opinion was delivered by
Judge Fauntleroy and was fully concurrcd in
by three other judges. Judge Lacy dissented.
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Declared Constitutional.

LANSING, Mich, juno 1.-THE SUI
preme Court to-day rendered decision
sustaining the constitutionality of the
Miner election law, which was passed
by the last legislature. The court de-
clares that the right of the legislature
to determine the mode Of choosing cleo
tors has been firmly established in prac-
tice since the adoption OF the constitu-
ton and does not seem to admit ofcon-
troversy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

Workncn were engaged yesterday in max
ing the State Trcasurer's Office in Richmond
absolutely fire proof, and when hisshall have
been done the Olcott committee will put into
it four burglar-and-tire proof safes TO be used
rs repositories of the STATE securities held BY
the committee. Funding into the new bonds
cannot mncn until the Olcott committee
have shown in hand $23, 100000 of the old
securities. All these old securities will be
taken to Richmond. counted, verified. and
sealed in the presence of State officials and
then be DEF o tied in the safes by the olcott
people who will keep the keys. This arrange
meat will save time and expense. 1t is
thought the Olcott people will have S25,UO,-
600 Of the old bonds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

IL 1854 Mr.. Cleveland carried New
York by loo majority, obtained by
the fortuitous means Of the three rs.
In 1855, when he had the support Of all
The Office holders and all the mug
wumps in that state. and when the
whole power of The federal government
was cxcrted in his behalf, he lost that
State by nearly fifteen thousand major
ity. No body says he has said or done
anything since then to make himself
more popular; but it is patent that the
opposition to him there now is a great
deal stronger than it was then. 1t
seems, therefore, to be as plain that he
can not carry that State, without the
vote of which no democratic Presiden-
tial nominee can be elected, as that two
and two make four. But some people
are so biased that they really believe
two and two make five.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

THERE WERE many p~redisposing
causes of Mr. Blaine's resignation OF
his place as Secretary of state, but
the exciting one is now said to have
been the fact thatSpccial Envoy Foster
told the members of the Canadian COM
mission, i'll Mr.. Blaine's presence, that
the President would hardly approve a
position that Mr.. Blaine had taken. In
view, however, of the other fact, that
Mr.. Blaine had been led TO believe that
he would be nominated for President
on the first ballot at Minneapolis, it is
only reasonable to suppose that a much
slightcr cause would have been sufli-
cient to effect his resignation than the
one referred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
FOREIGN NEHS

The Cologne Gqzctte sax. ,b,.
condition of the mad King 0rt ,,' az u f-s
varia, is now merely ycsctatiyc y. n, ~.
he is unable to distinguish pcr.6, '9 u
his familiar encourage. and thu, Ii, u
tendants have the greatest dilicrI,,I ~
getting him to take food. '-
A hurricane which passed mo, ..
northern part Of Spain Wednesl,r G ny
damage. At Badalona. sixmilcs nav, wy
east ofBarcelona, two actorics in wi;5
a large number of hand, were worm.
collapsed. Eight people were kir-5
and many were badly injured.
France will improve tie milir,-
roads in Savoy leading to Swis, f;,i
lands, whence they will he conrirs
by Switzerland 10 the Italian fror. +.
This arrangement will facilitate II.
transportation Of the troops orthc IN.
countries in cast Of an Italian invasion
A fatal accident occurred ycste,j,,
at MaSueOurg. \ number OF soldier
belonging TO the garrison there Wen
unloading u wagon containing ammuBi
ton, when a shell exploded, kiln
four of the men. Their bodies NE,
fearfully manglei, and their heal
arms and legs were blown Oh.
The blockade of Matte Crosse. Brl.
which State recently attempted t
break off its relations with the .clcn
government and establish its indcpu
dencc, has been raised. 1t i official
announced that peace has hccn con
pletcly restored in Matte Crosse. III
revolutionary battalions cntrcnchcd
Corumba were attacked and dcGratC
by the civil population. thirty bcl
killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
NEWS OLE THE DAY.

In the Z. S. Senate yesterday the con-
ference committee on the harbor and
river bill reported their inability to
agree.
The President has sent q message to
the Senate explaining why the pay
ment to the Choctaws and Chickasaws
had been withheld.
An infant child was left on Rev DR..
w. I. Murkland's doorstep, in Balti-
more, recently, in q basket. 1t is now
in the child's nursery and hospital.
Rev. Father Mollinger, of Allegheny,
Pa, who will be buried on Saturday.
left about 81, 1000, but it is yet un-
known what his will provides.
]. B. Maddox, q well-known and
highly respected farmer of Charles
county, Md, died at his home, near
Bee Alton, on Wednesday morning,
aged Sugars.
Benjamin Herber, aged 80, a farmer
Of Lenhartsvillc, Pa, committed suicide
Wednesday night by hanging himself
in his>barn. The previous owner of
the farm hanged himself in the same
spot.
The returns, which are practically
complete, in the election held in the
Ninth Texas Congressional district
mills old district, show that Anthony
(democrat) has a majority cf3,5ll over
Barber third party.)
A fearful wind and rainstorm swept
over Scranton, Pa, YESTERDAY evening.
1t is believed that fully a score of
houses were struck by lightning. Six
people were killed. The loss to prop
erty will be very great.
Mrs. Jas. W. Paul. jr., eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. A. j. DreXel, of Philadel-
phia, who has been travelling with her
father in Europe. died of typhoid fever
Yesterday at Carlsbad. She had been
i'll ever since her arrival at that re-
sort.
At Charlestown, w. Va, yesterday,
the motion entered by counsel for a
new trial for Harry F. Smootz, convict
cd of the murder Of Miss Susie c. Fer
rcll, was heard by Judge Faulkner i II
the Circuit Court. The judge then sem
fenced the prisoner TO be hanged on
Friday, October Z next, between the
hours of 10 and ., in the jail-yard al
CharlestoWn.
During a thunder storm that passed
over Chicago yesterday evening light
ming struck the Grant monument in
Lincoln Park, in the corridors of which
nearly fifty people had sought shelter.
Three were killed and two seriously
injured. All of the others with the OK
ception of three were thrown violently
to the stone floor Of the monument, ard
some received sever shocks. The
monument was but slightly damaged.
Representative Holman, of Indiana,
and Mrs. Holman celebrated in an in
formal way in Washington yesterday
evening the iifticth anniversary of theii
marriage. There was largo number
of %callcfs, who warmly congratulated
the couple on their golden wedding.
The members of the House of Repro
scntatives sent "a large silver punch
bowl suitably Inscribed, and the widow
OF Hon. S. SOCK q gold-headed cane.
There was also a large number Of con-
gratulatory letters received.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

A BRIDGE OF LAvA.-The volcanic
energy of Mount Vesuvius shows no
signs of abatement. 4 most magnifi-
cent sight is presented in the Atrio del
Cavallo, the valley between the two
SUBMITS, M%ontezomma and Vcsuvius
proper. Here the lava elected has
formed an immense bridge across the
valley, and it is constantly gaining
fresh accretions. The lava glows with
a white heat, and at night the bridge
is beautiful. Hundreds ofpersons from
Naples daily ascend the mountain, by
means of the railway, to look at this
freak of the lava. A new eruptive
mouth has opened on Mount Somma.
The center of the principal crater
shows increased activity, and huge
masses of lava are frequently elected.
~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

As THE delegates TO the Minneapolis
convention are gradually finding their
way back, ard telling what took place
in that city ofthc West, the fact is be-
coming more and more apparent that
while there was little preordination and
predestination there, the amount of of
fetal influence and of Wall street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

Mr.. CLARKsoN, who thought his ser
vices in the last campaign entitled him
to a Cabinet position, who never for
gave Mr.. Harrison fer not giving one to
him, and who resigned his place as de
capitator of 18th class postmasters in
disgust, like many other better men,
has brought grief upon himself, and, for
four years, if not forever, can hang his
harp upon the wall, and bid good bye
to ell his vainly imagined greatness.
His retirement into the obscurity from
which he should have never emerged
should be provocative of any other
emotion except that of regret.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

WREsrLEp WITH a BULL.-Mr. John P.
Mason, OF Darlington. near L%ynchburg, had
an experience yesterday morning that he will
not likely forget. About 9 o'clock, while he
was driving along the Lexington road inst
back of Ford's farm, he was startled by a
piercing cry of distress, which sounded to him
like the voice of d woman. On looking across
the field o terrifying sight met his eyes
About a hundred and fifty yards from him q
big brindle bull had a colored woman BY the
name of Susn Hawkins down and was goring
her. Though he realized he had a big task
on his hands, Mr.. Mason rushed to the rescue.
He caught the bull by the horns and by o
powerful effort he tripped the animal and
turned his feet into the air. Thu bull fell to
the ground upon his neck, breaking it. The
animal died instantly. The woman was pros
trated by the shock she had received, but be-
yond the damage to her clothes, which had
been torn off of her, she was uninjurcd. Mr..
Mason was none tho worse after the fight. He
is powerfully built man, who weighs about
23O pounds.
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of the alleged Cara in the same coun-
try. But, if it be true, the people Of 4
country the government of which boil
ed the flesh from the bones Of an insane
assassin, and pickledhi i brain and heart,
could have nothing to say against such
barbarity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

der of dead and wounded behind No..
rebels, encouraged by their w,.rf,. u
are now marching upon The ci,y n,
which they are sanguine Of reea,.,.
the government. i'e
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

GOOD SAMARITANs.-The Grand
Lodge of Good Samaritans and Daugh-
ters of Samara, of Virginia, colored,
which has been in session at the Oak
street A. II. f. Zion church, in Peters
burg, for the past week, yesterday
elected the following grand officers
Worthy grand chief, Robert Keiser,
Of Charlottesville deputy grand chief,
J. B. Taylor, of Richmond vice grand
chief. Robert II. Haincs, Of Petersburg;
grand secretary, 1. Z. Reid, of Berkley;
grand treasurer. DR.. H. l.. Harris, OF
Richmond; grand lecturer, d. F. Bates,
of Petersburg grand probate, Rev. r.
l.. RufIin, Of Warrenton (; grand con-
ductor, T. A. Jackson, Of Lynchburg (;
grand inside sentinel, R. F. Coghill, OF
Manchester grand outside sentinel, r.
r. Smith, of Norfolk.
The committee in charge of the in
surance department reported that they
had paid out to beneficiaries $4,000.
This order owns real estate in Virginia
to the value of $37 600, and its member
ship numbers over 10000 in the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

THE MEMORY of Sir Walter SCOTS
story Of Rebecca at the stake, in "Ivan-
hoe" is recalled by the report from
Mexico that Q beautiful young girl has
been tried there and sentenced to death
for w%itchcraft. Nisprobablc, however,
that the report referred to is as unsrt-
stantial as that of the alleged exploits
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

In the national competitive drill yesterday
at Omaha, Neb., the Chicago Zouavcs put up
one the finest drills of the series. The National
Fenciblcs, OF Washington, gave a magnificent
exhibition of company drill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17

COURT OF APPEALS AT WYTHEyILLE
Moore VS. Rolin, from Circuit Court
of Richmond. Judgment reversed,
opinion by Judge Lewis.
Bailey VS. Chancellor's administrator,
from the city of Fredericksburg. Judg-
ment affirmed, opinion by Judge Lacy.
Foster VS. city of Manchester. Judg-
mcnt affirmed, opinion by Judge Lacy.
Porter ct al. vs. Porter ct al, from
Fauquier county. Decree affirmed
opinion by Judge Fauntleroy.
Rixcy Trustees VS. Pearre Bros. Co,
from Fauquier county. Decree re-
versed in part and affirmed in part,
opinion by Judge Lewis.
Peasants and others VS. Ford's ad-
ministrator and others, from Circuit
Court of Lynchburg city. Decree af-
firmed, opinion by Judge Lacy.
Thomas's Administrator VS. Lewis, from
Chancery Court of Richmond. Decree
affirmed, opinion by Judge Fauntleroy
Judge Lacy dissenting.