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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
Lynching Denied.

sgArrLR, Washn.. June lS.-It is
probable that the story Of the lyuchinc
of four Italians on the lire G: the Monte
Cristo R. R. B unfoundcd, as the fol.
lowing dispatch from Getchell, thcnear.
est telegraph station, would indicate
"Sub-contractor Paine has just arrived
having left Smith Bros. camp yesterday
morning. He says there had been no.
disturbances OF any kind when he len y
RoxH, June ls.-The TriJanD, com.
menting to-day upon the story from
Seattle, Washn., that four Italian mil.
road laborers were lynchel in that
State fer killing their foreman, urges
the government 70 make the closest in.
quiry into the matter and lit is proved
10 be another wanton attack on Italians
to make the strongest protest to the
government of the United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
Tuy Con1sG TRrsx.-Tbc conf,

TH2 CohIsG TRuEx.-The coming trunk,
it now appears, Ia to be of paper. To a cur
sory observer. i. would seem that tho day =
rapidly fastening when everything We USE.
occupy or possess will be OF papers few
things excepted. which will mostly he usdc
Of aluminium. But IN regard To the trunk,
the announcement il definitely mp!c
that it will be-is now. in fact-manu-
featured OF paper pulp which has been power
fully compressed, the process being s%utstant.
tally that by which paper clrwhees are pro
duced. The new trunk is exceedingly tnush
so tough. it il alleged. that the strongest
and most desperate baggage porter or truck
mnn will expcnd his malevolcnce upGn it IN
vain; and the owner will contemplate his
futile efforts with cheerful serenity, dashed
with a vindictivc joy. az OF one who aiter
long waiting is given the desire OF his -oll
upon his enemy. Tint Is the sort OF trunk
which n ripe and perfect civilization demands;
and II they will put Handles on it into which
the human hand. not hardened by long usage,
c,n DO inserted for the purpose OF carrying It
upstairs without being cramped and pinchei
TO the last limit OF endurance, the bencfactor-
OF the race may well move up q little 10 make
room for 20 worthy and distinguished az 80
eesdon 70 their number.-Aohnaieai Socs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

THE FAIRFAX Doctors STRIKE
The Fairfax County Medical Society
held a special meeting at Falls Church
Tuesday last. The adverse decision OF
the court in q lawsuit against the Board
of Supervisors was the cause ofthis spe-
cial meeting. The members present
seemed quite emphatic in their opinions
regarding the decision. The cause of
the lawsuit seemed to be that the Board
of Supervisors adopted q schedule of
fees for attendance by the physicians on
paupers, fixing the price ats1.5O, where
as the Medical Society of the county
some eight years ago fixed their fees ut
50 per visit and in their accounts for at
tendance on the paupers charged the
regular rates, which the Board ofSuper-
visors refused to pay, and the suit was
instituted. The court sustained the
board ruling that the Board of Super
visors had as much right to decide what
it would pay as the physicians had to
decide what they would charge. The
result of the special meeting was the
unanimous adoption of the following :
Rcsolred. That no member of the
Fairfax County Medical Society will at
tend outside paupers, unless at the
written request of the Board of Super
visors and the agreement to pay the
standard fees of the society.
1t was the desire of the meeting that
the case be appealed, but the amount
was too small to admit of it under the
law. It was determined, however, to
~reaueat the State Medical Society to ask
of the Legislature a law fixing a uni
form rate throughout the State for at
tendance on paupers,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

No NATTER who may be nominated
at Chicago, he cannot be q worse, and
must be a better, President than 3lr.
Harrison. who sent enough Office hold
ers and negroes 10 Minneapolis to Sc
cure his denomination; who approved
allthcappropriation and usurpations of
the Reed billion dollar Congress; who.
according 10 Fred. Douglass, is the real
father Of the Force bill who is a firm
supporter ola tariff that imposes bur
dens upon the poor for the benefit of
the rich; who gayea [. :. judgeship to
a maj as pay for keeping out of the
penitentiary a criminal who had been
instrumental in procuring his election,
and who made this country appear ri
d%iculous in the eyes Of other nations by
the bullying course he pursued toward
Chill, after he had been Informed that
her apology was on its way to Wash
ingon. ifnot already there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

To DEMONSTRATE the ~insincerity of
the republicans when they, for special
objects and on special occasions, pro-
fcss to desire the establishment of
the amicable feelings that should sub
sist between people Of the different sec
tons of common country, and to "let
bygones be bygoncs," it is only neces-
sary to refer to the fact that for long
years their trusted leaders in Congress
have persistently and successfully op-
posed the passage Of the Sibley bill, a
bill, not to pay a claim, but merely to
allow It's validity to be determined by
a court, and that, anorthern republican
court, for no other reason than the other
fact, that the dead and buried claimant
took the part OF the South during the
wal between the States, and that the
leaders referred to do so for the ayowed
reason that their opposition to the bill
is popular in the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

A MURDERER SELLS HIS HEAD
Gus Williams, colorcd, who is to be
hanged in Savannah July22 for murder,
has concluded an unusual financial
transaction. lie has sold his head for
So, to be delivered after his death. He
will make q will %bcqucathing his head
to the purchaser for the cash in ad-
vance, which he desires to use between
now and the time he will be hanged.
Williams carefully considered the offer
for some time, but finally came to the
conclusion that SIS is better TO him dur
ing his life than his head will be after
his death. The money will buy him
whatever extras he needs and help
brighten his short time on earth. The
purchaser will use the head for phre-
biological purposes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

GOLD MINING IN STAFFORD COUNTY.
We learn that there is quite a pros
pect being made for gold on the Horse
Pen Run property, about one mile from
town, in Stafford county. This prop
erty referred to is owned by o Dir.
Smith, q wealthy gentleman of Phlla-
delphia, who came into possession Of 1t
many years before the war in rather a
singular way. There was a young
Englishman who was making an exami-
nation of our mineral belt, and who,
after his examination, ran short of
money In Philadelphia. Mr.. Smith be-
friended the young man, who was q
perfect stranger to him. The young
fellow. grateful for the kindness shown,
told Mr.. Smith of this particular prop
erty and its apparent value. Smith
was impressed with the story and
bought the property. The owner did
nothing with it until about a year ago
when he began work in a desultory kind
of way, in which there was no profit.
The young Englishman, when Mr..
Smith bought the property, made a map
of it, marking the probable dip and
bearing of the veins, &c. Mr.. Smith
never Jaw his purchase from the time
he bought it until about eighteen
months ago, when he came down here
and went over it. He is over 90 years
old ut this time, but active enough to
give personal supervision to his large
business interests. The work being
done at Horse-Pen Run mine at this
time is looked after by Mr.. Turner, who
is Mr.. Smiths confidential manager,
and the prospect is being made in ac-
cordance with the map prepared so
many years ago by the young English
man. I'VE hear that Mr.. Turner is very
hopeful, all indications going TO show
that there is gold in large quantities on
this property.-Fredeicksburg Star.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
E.mmons Blaine Dead.

CHICAGO, June 1s.-Emmons Blaine,
son of e1+Secretary OF State James G..
Blaine, died this morning. He had
been ill several days. His death was
brought about by blood poisoning,
originating in a disorder OF the bowels.
He was IS years old.
Death came so quickly that there
was no time to summon Mr.. James G..
Blaine and Mrs. Blaine, who ore at
Bar Harbor, Ne.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

AS Mr.. THOMAS was a southern man,
with feelings in accord with those of
the people of his section, the natural
opinion OF every southern man on the
subject of the recent decision of the
Virginia Court of Appeals, bywhich his
estate has been given TO his child by a
negro woman, is that it was wrong, and
that if the deceased did intend, though
there is no good evidence to that
effect, to disinherit his kith and kin and
leave his fortune to an Legitimate
agro child, he was not of sound mind,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

THE DEMOCRATIC majority of the Z.
S. House of Representatives, to its
credit be it spoken, made large rcduc-
tons in the estimates for the fortifica-
tons bill made by the War Department.
Notifications, like bridges, are only as
strong as their weakest point, and to
fortify the entire coast and boundary
lines of the United States would
require all the money on the sur
face, and in the lowest bowels of the
earth. Then, too, no matter how fool
ish some nations may be, none of them
is clean daft enough to attempt to invade
this country, for though n landing
might be effected almost any where,
the army making it would hardly have
time to dry its clothes before it would
be swept into the sea,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
Serious Accident.

CHICAGO, H., June lS.-By the fall
ing of a porch in the real Of IA State
street last evening four women were
injured. three of them so seriously that
they may die. Two men were fighting
in the yard in the real of the above
number, and the women, who all live
in the building, went on the porch to
witness the fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

QUEER MODE ~ BUEIAL.-According to
the Philadelphia Press the Mohammednns al-
ways. whether in their own country or in one
OF adoption, bury without coffin or clsket of
any kind. During the time OF the old Roman
empire the dead bodies of all except suicides
were burned. The Greeks sometimes buried
their dead in the ground, but moro generally
crematcd them in imitation Of the Romans
In India, up till within the last few years the
wife, either according to her wishes or other
wise, was cremated on the same funeral pyre
that converted her dead husbands remains in
TO ashes. When n child dies in Greenland the
natives bury a live dog with il, the dog to be
used by the child as q guide to the other
world. When questioned in regard TO his
peculiar superstition they will only answer:
"a dog can find its way anywhere" Tho
natives Of Austrnlia tie the hands Of their
dead together and pull out their nails. This
Is for fear that the corpse may scratch lbs way
out Of the grave and become q vampire The
primitive Russians place a certificate OF char-
acter in the dead persons hands, which Is to
be given to St. Peter at the gates Of Heaven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
From Chicago.

CHICAGO. June 1S.-A conference OF
the Cleveland managers which met last
night did not adjourn until the early
hours of this morning. The gathering
was called to order for the purpose OF
looking over the entire Cleveland line
Of battle and Of determining any week
points if they existed. 1t was no ordi-
nary gathering OF Cleveland enthu-
%siasts; on the contrary, every MAJ who
came represented q section of the coun-
try from which C%leveland's strength is
to be drawn, and each man was a
leader of national prominence. What
was done in the hours Of earnest con-
ference is best told in the emphatic
statement OF ex-Secretary Whitney:
"Mr. Cleveland" he said, will be
nominated on the first ballot. His
strength in every section Of the coun-
try was examined with minute detail.
I have thought from the first" added
Dir. Whitney, that Cleveland had a ma
jority and would he nominated. but it
was not until I heard these reports to-
night from conservative and thorough
ly posted leaders from all over the
country, that I became absolutely con
fident that Mr.. Cleveland would be
nominated on the first ballot. We have
no figures to offer for publication as
yet. In q word, however, they show
hat there will be only one ballot, and
hat will nominate Cleveland"
The Alabama, Florida and Georgia
delegates arrived here to-day. They
but little, many Of them saying
they had not made up their minds. 1t
was stated by an Alabama delegate
that Cleveland had II certain of tho
delegation. The Florida people were,
according to their story, divided.
The friends Of ex-Governo Campbell,
of Ohio, are somewhat alarmed over
the proposition to make him perma-
.ent chairman OF the convention. Bear
ing in mind the recent experience Of
the republican delegation from Ohio at
Minneapolis, they are fearful that his
.ory may repeat itself.
Daniel w. Voorhees, announces that
Ex-Governor Isaac P. Gray is a candi-
late for the presidential nomination.
Indiana will present Gov. Grny's
he said, "and 1 believe will
rote solidly for him on tho first ballot.
They tell us that neither Mr. Cleveland
lor Mr.. Hill con carry New York; that
state is democratic and as Gray Is not
Identified with either faction I see no
eason why he should not get the full
strength Of the party"
CHICAGO, June lS.-Thc indications
re that Hill will go into the conyen-
ion with from 26O to $50 ballots and as
3oics and Gray will probably each re-
GIVE tho solid support OF their re-
States, with a possibility OF
having the 20 votes Of Ken
lucky on the first ballot, Cleveland may
all somewhat short Of the requisite
wo-thirds on the first ballot.
1t is felt that the Watterson, German
nd Brice forces practically hold the
to the situation. All three of the
Gentlemen are maintaining a discreet
but they are in constant con-
ultation with all the prominent DEM
cratic leaders as they arrive and the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

TIE L. s. House of Representatives
yesterday, as stated in the GAZETTE of
that day, disagreed with the conference
report on the river and harbor bill, and
sent it back to the Senate. II is hoped
the Senate may insist upon its action,
and that the disagreement between the
two houses may be permanent, so that
a bill which practically provides for an
expenditure of at least fifty million dol
lars, most of which will be just so much
thrown away, may be defeated, espcci-
ally as there is a large deficit in the
Treasury, and as the people arc already
compelled to pay double price for their
n~ecessaries of life by the heavy tax inn
posed upon them by the taritfbill. But,
unfortunately, there is little ground for
this hope, for the pork" has been
placed where it will do the most good.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
and therefore incapable Of making a
proper disposition of his property.
As THERE is no politics in the uncon-

As THERE is no politics in the uncon-
stitutional anti-option bill, 10 prevent
farmers from raising needed money by
selling their crops before harvest. it is
hardly likely that its passage will be
effected at this session of Congress, as
though it did pass the demagogic House,
it has been referred in the Senate TO
the Judiciary committee of thai body,
at east some Of the members OF which
are well versed in constitutional law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

LAwLEssNEss n INSTANTANEOUS
er violent outbreak is reported from
fancy county, Kan, Thursday. Dis
patches from Torscy say that John Net
Teton and Richard Meyer, young men,
fought a duel to death with knives near
the town of Protein, in the northern
part of the county. The duel was the
result of the murder ofSheritf Williams
several months ago, Meyer saying pub
liclv that all connected with the mob
n that occasion ought to be lynched.
Nettleton's people were connected with
the affair and Meyer was promptly
challenged. The young mcn fought
with butcher knives, both dying in
half an hour from loss of blood. Each
had at least thirty cuts. George L..
TAYLOR and DE-. McConkey. lawyers.
Martin Weatherman. Lawson Cupp,
and Isaac Stugstill, have been taken
to Kansas City from fancy county,
heavily ironed, and have been placed
in Jail there to await trial in Octo-
Der for participating in the murder of
Deputy Sheriff Williams and the lynch
ing of wife murderer Bright at For
sythe on March u. Ike and Frank
Lewis, cx-Sherif Madison Day, Link
Weatherman, l.. V. Baker, and Joe
Kinyoun have been put in the Christian
county Jail. The majority of the men
of the county are hiding in the woods
and mountains and the situation is
darker than ever. The present trials
are not likely to result i'll any good.
Indeed, the sentiment among the peo-
pie is that there will be more killing.
No man who knows anything about the
recent murder and lynching is willing
to testify in the case because he knows
that he will be Il marked Many
families are quietly leaving for new
homes and farms car be bought for less
than government land. Women and
children are working in the fields where
work is being done, but scores Of farms
arc abandoned. Every man is fully
armed. and no one who is called upon
by a stranger after nightfall dares to
leave his house for fear Of being shot to
death. In fact, a veritable reign OF
terror exists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

PAPER-C0vHRED BULLErz.-Inco consequence
of the eno1ncs initial velocity OF the bullet in
the new Mannlicher rifle, and the resulting
friction and wear on the barrel, it has become
necessary 10 devise some method preventing
both of these evils. The manager OF the gov
ernment laboratory at Thun. Switzerland, has
consequently devised ~ method Of inclcsing
the lcadon bullet in Il thin metallic covering,
while over this he places a wrapper of special
ly prepared oleaginous paper, which reduces
the wear of the rifle barrel to a minimum.
without interfering with the course of the
brllet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
NEWS OF The DAY.

1t is very probable that Mr.. Depcw
will be offered the portfolio OF Secretary
of State and that he will accept.
twenty-five persons were poisonedin
Somerville, y. j.. yesterday, by eating
corned beef in a bad condition.
The great Ulster convention yester-
day passed a-series OF PROSECUTIONS hos tile
10 the establishment of a parliament in
Dublin.
Major f. D. T. Wicks, a Mill onaire.
aged sixty-three years, fell dead from
heart disease. in the presence of his
young wife, in a Chicago hotel yester-
day.
Vincent Briscoe was sentenced in
Baltimore yesterday to five years in the
penitcntiary forlarceny. When sentence
was pronounced Briscoe made q dash
for liberty, but Yves captured and over
powered.
According TO q careful calculation.
the total loss sustained in Matanzas,
Cuba, by the recent disastrous foods Is
$4,000, of which amount $4,000 is
estimated as the loss on the vast guam
tity o sugar which was destroyed.
The majority report of the House
civil service committee condemns Post
master General WanaInaker Tor not dis
missing the employees i'll the Baltimore
postofIice, whose dismissal was recon-
mended by Civil Service Commissioner
Roosevelt.
Mrs. Robert c. Winthrop died Thurs
day night at her home in Brookline,
Mass. She was considerably the junior
OF her husband. OF whom she was the
second wife. She was the widow OF
Dir. John +. Thayer, awell-hown Bos-
ton merchant. when she married Mr..
Winthrop.
Joe Wallace, the murderer of Henry
Cole, a peddler, was hung near Jasper,
Marion county, Tenn, yesterday. The
execution was witnessed by 10000 peo-
pie. Wallace had touched no food for
three days and was very weak. The
gallows was erected fifteen miles from
the Jail and in a valley, surrounded by
high hills on which the spectators
stood.
Politics is getting hot in England.
Mr.. Balfour stirred up the House of
Commons yesterday by announcing
that Parliament could not be dissolved
before the last of June. Mr.. Gladstone's
attitude towards the eight-hour qucs-
ton, church discstablishmcnt and
woman suffrage menace the liberal
chances of success. John Dillon has
started on q campaign tour OF England.
Robert /. Levy,a young business man
of Baltimore, was found dying in a pool
ofblood Yesterday morning in the kitch-
Ell of his home. A few moments after
the discovery Mr.. Levy expired Mr..
Levy committed suicide by stabhing
himself in the breast with q long, keen
bladed knife, which wa found after
ward in o hox in the kitchen. He had
been suffering from melanchoiia four
months, and his family had kept s. close
watch upon him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

AHANGMAN's SToRY.-In the book
which Mr.. Berry, the famous execution
or of England, describes his expert
ences, he says it has long been his habit
to asked from q condemned man or
woman a private confession for the re-
lief of the e1ecutioner's own feelings in
order that he might feel sure that he
was not hanging an innocent person.
The confidence reposed in him at such
moments, he says, he has never di-
vulged, but he is at liberty to say that
of all the people he has executed, only
two or three have died without fully
and freely confessipg their guilt to him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

greatest uncertainty is felt as to the 40.
ton Of the Maryland, Ohio and Ken.
lucky delegation.
charies 8 Fairchild. chairman Of the yew
York contesting delegation. has written >.
Calvin 5. Bdoe. chairman oftht national COM
mittee, demanding seats :or tie delegates ~.
pointed by the syracuzs convention and =.
the siterTatzs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18

GLASS TYpE.-The French newspapers are
just now testing a novel sort Of type, some
made Of malleable glass by a new process.
The new types preserve their cleanliness al
most indefinitely. They arc said to wear bet
ter than those made of metal, and can be cast
with a sharpness OF line that will print more
distinctly than is possible with the old style
type. Ia Patrie is now printed entirely on
glass type.-Eg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-18
THE DUKE or YoRK.-The Hous

THE DUKE OF YoRK.-The House
of Lords yesterday presented q specta-
Gle of courtly splendor, the occasion be-
ing the introduction of the Duke of
York az q member of the House Of
Peers. There vas an unusual gather
ing of peers to witness the ceremony,
and the galleries and the seats behind
the throne were occupied by p%ecrcsses.
Admiral Sir James Robert Drummond,
Gentleman Usher Of the Black Rod;
Sir Albert w. Wood, Garter Principal
King of Arms. and the Right Hon.
Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Great Chamberlain Of England, led the
procession to the House. The Duke Of
York was accompanied by his father,
the Prince of Wales, and his uncle, the
Duke of Connaught. The Prince of
Wales andthe Duke of Connaught, his
introducers, wore full peers robes of
scarlet and ermine. The procession
passed from the bar to the woolsack,
where the Duke of York presented to
the clerk of the House his patent as
Duke of York. Taking the patent, the
clerk proceeded with the Duke Of York
and his introducers to the table, where
the patent was read and the oath as
a peer of the realm administered. The
Duke OF York signed the roll, after
which the procession was reformed and
passed toward the throne. Arrived at
the throne, the Prince of Wales ascend
ed the steps, and took his place to the
left of the. throne, while the Duke Of
York seated himself in n chair below
the steps. The throne was uncovered,
and the members of the royal party
arose and exchanged salutes. The
Lord Chancellor then withdrew and the
ceremony was ended.