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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-16
Snooks in Maine.

Either tie Naine woods ars full OF Epooks
tais winter or Il is high time for come OF the
lumhafmsn 80 change their drink. More
aa cne camps crew has been frightened
half to death BY tho eppar on OF white
huck ou toe toto road at midnight. while
o;hers hsve seen @ White-robed figure perch
&C { n The shoulders of en- enofmcu, moose.
Just before the camp DOOR. The men en-
pioysd By F. G. Robinson. In the depth of
the Arooetook forest, declare that genuine
ghcs. dressed IN pearl gray, wapGers
ahrouah hat region. Some say that IL is
tie epis Of hunter who was killed By q
companion many yesrs ago, while otte:s
helieve thu It is tae gh0st Of q woodsmsD
who was crushed TO death By falling pine
and Whoso grave may bs seen On the bank
OF tao Arocs:ock. Bstween the pearl gray
ghost, the Indian devils. aud the whisky
smulged over from New Brunswick there
ara lively times 10 the Aroos!ook campe.
E lot Clark, OF Prospect, Witnessed sight
cue Dgtt lat we'k which csu 81 lis cheek
TO pale and bi, hair to rise. He was cutting
cordwocd on the steep banks OF Half Moon
It eam, small tributary OF t1e lower Pc
nobsccs, aud he work ed In close proximity
10 the village buryiug ground. The wealth
es Was very cold en- S-tmday when Ozark
reached searspors With load OF wood, ard
&c thought tlst It would be good scheme 10
tuy sallcn ofrum for use In case OF sudden
attack OF tae grip. On the wey home he
sampled the rum. 1t was very good. for
ssarsport rum, and he took e few more
D!pg. 1t was past O'Clock in the evening
Thea he reached the scene of bis ohopping,
tbe neon had not risen and the woods we're
whit and ghostlg In their mantle OF snow.
Ee Us7 about to turn off ioto the road that
leads t, his home when he heard 5curry-
log noise on the snowy hilltop Of the ceme-
tsry. Looking up he heheld long, black
form dart cut from among the t'ees
and siae st terf fl, speed down the
steep Incline Into Half Moan stream. The
first otj:ot was followed eoon by several
others, ell idipg at exprets speed where
I. Wculd be death for any human being
20 so. CLARK gapsd in terror at the spec
tacle and then started for home, where he
related horrible tale Of the dead rising
from their graves and starting on tobog-
gan slide in their ccfiins down the steep
bluff into Ealf Nocn etreara. He described
lha ecene 20 graphically that his son, Ernest,
;otk his Eifs end started out to see what
hsd stirred up the CT metesy. When he re-
turned two hours later be brought the pelts
Of four big otteie, the lareett more than six
feet in length, ard remarked that the tobog'
gau aidiug of the dead villagers was spir.
iusI mlrsge prcdaosd BY his fathers visit
to Searsport.
The apocls CT the West Branch are quite
active and clipper this season, particularly
the ere with the bloody axe ard the one
thst drives On impossible load oflogs behind
siz white ho1ees. Thera are lumbermsn
wbc have always been afraid to cross Moose
tesd Lake ct night. and since the recent ss.
talities there the passage OF the great Ice
road Is more than ever grewsome journey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-16
UCTJay SALE

4 UCTIoN SALE.
Twill clf tog ale at No. 3C6 King strcet w.
II. Berklty's old etand) on SATURDAY, the 20sh
ot Februsry, 1892, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ. the
HOUSEHOLDS and KITCHEN FURNITURE Of
the la;e Miss Lydia Mark, consisting in part Of
r. atSer Bscs. MAJ be-top Tables. Mattresses
IN X and sbuck), Marb'e-top Sideboard, Refrige-
latrrJ, Antique Candle Stand, Itlsld Maghogsuy
Ta'lsl (yery old, Candelsbroms, &c.
r. F. Knox Auctionecr.
The su;lon room will b ccm.ortaby heated.
fcL9 Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-16
ALEXANDRIA VA TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l6 1892
FOE SALE AID GaN,r
CoR SALE.


PRETTIEST LOTS IN ALEXANDRIA
for tho money and promise hard;o returns in
few months. Leox SC them ard buy tefore
spring Plices will bo advanced aiior b arch 1st.
columbus street, just r.h OF Pendiston, llt
1888, price $3.50.
son, 1880, $3.50.
West side Columbus, between Madison and
Montgomery, adjoining now houses, 1880 $3.50.
Madison street, 90 feet west OF Colun. b1s, 16x
100, 1926 and $500
Will te pleased to serve Alexandriaus in my
lire. Correspondence invited.
GEO. Y. WORTHIEGTON,
feb3 eo2w] 1885 F 81. n. W., Washington, D c.
EoR RENT.-The TWo.sToRY BRICK REsI.
Il DENCE, No. Sl6 Prince street; 7 rooms and
bath; Latrobe stoves electric bells; range in
kitchen, and all modern improvements. Posses
sion from after Feb 18th. APPLY to W. F. VIM
CENT. isn19tf
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certify that Ja,nns x. Ca on. special commits
sioner as Above named, las 'x,cuted b)nd, with
approved so u ity, II the PENALTY Of 5000 as re-
quired by q cree
feb12 Is JOHN g. REACH Olerk
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AND COAL YARD
w AND FINE DWELLING

VKIOOD AND COAL YARD
w AND FINE DWELLING
FOR SALE.
offer at private sals the Wood and Coal Yard
and Outfit of the firm Of Geo. s. smith & eon on
Fairfax street, between Queen and Princess
streets, Alexan 1ris, Va The o1tft consists OF
one shute wagon, two shuts carts, two wood carts,
five horses. engine and boiler, one wo,dcutier,
one get Of Fairbanks sea es aad all other nccts-
sary appliances.
first class opportunity for person to engage in q
profitable enterprise.
Also the residence, 222 north s.. Asaph stree.
Tho house and side lot has front ,go en- ST AsaI
street of fifty feet nine inches, and hss double
psror, dining room, kitchen, Eve BID rocms and
conservatory, water, gas and latrcbs soves ard is
in first class condition.
nov27 If VIM q. SMITH, City sergt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
THE STREET RAILwAY.

The agreement which the special COM
mittee of the court of common council
urges the city to enter into with the
Horse Railroad Co, does not meet with
the approval of the general public. The
company agrees to carry pupils of the
High school for three cents, at certain
hours, but beyond this no concession to
speak of is made.
The day has gone by when communi-
ties fail to recognize the value of the
franchise granted to transportation COM
panies. There are cities which own and
operate street cars and gas and electric
light plants. There are cities like Gin
cinnati which have been bonded to
build a great railroad like the Cincinnati
shore line and then have leased it to
great financial profit. These things have
all passed the experimental stage, they
are demonstrated successes and no false
cry of socialism" will effect future de.
partures in this direction.
For the exclusive right to use the
streets of Providence and surrounding
Union Railroad Co is to pay three per
cent of its gross receipts for the first
five years and not more than five per
cent for each succeeding period of five
years. The city of Providence has the
right to order the removal of the poles
and wires of the trolley system that is
to be introduced by giving one years
notice, provided another system of equal
practical and commercial value has been
invented and perfected.
The position of:the DEMOCRAT on this
matter must not be misunderstood. We
are not opposed to the use Of cleo.
tricity as a motive power, but
would suggest in addition to the condi.
tions laid down by the special commit
tee that the fare be three cents during
the morning, noon and evening hours
when people are going to and from
work, and that the trolley system will
give way to the improvements of the
| future.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

"A. S. Hepburn, the new Comptroller Of
the Currency, was yesterday sworn into
office and at once entered upon the dis
charge of his duties.
Joseph Oberle, AZ, of Brooklyn, COM
mitted suicide yesterday in hallway
on Tenth Avenue, by shooting himself in
the head with 81 calibre revolver.
Emperor William handled his yacht,
the Meteor, in person yesterday in the
race for the Queens cup at Cowes, but
was defeated, nevertheless. The Corsair
won the cup.
Arthur A. Zimmerman, the champion
wheelman, who last week returned from
Europe, where he smashed records and
won three championships, was rendered a
grand banquet and reception last night by
the Asbury Park, N. j., wheelmen
The campaign in Maine will be opened
by the Republicans on the 18th inst. and
Chairman Manley is busy arranging for
the meetings to be held in every section
and corner in the State. Elk Secretary
Blaine will take the stump and appear ali
along the line.
William NJ. Linfeld, who died in Tol.
brook, Mass, yesterday, was an extern
sive traveller, having done Europe or
foot, and contributed the results of his
travels to many newspapers and maya
zines under the nom de plume of "Knap
sack"
While taking a nap beneath a freiDh
car which contained his household good.
yesterday afternoon at Lancaster juno
ton, Pa, on the Reading & Columbis
Railroad, George Donnelly, aged so wa
fatally hurt. A shifter was attached t.
the car, and Donnelly was dragged some
distance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
Amerio an Products for Norway.

AmertC an Products Tor Norway
Gustave A. Spauberg, of Christiania,
Norway, recently visited Chicago for
the purpose of arranging for direct
shipments of American products to
Norway. Mr.. Spauberg, though Nor
wegian, was for many years a resident
Of this country. He speaks English flu
emily and was for four years in the &C
counting department Of the Santa Fe
road. A few years ago, visiting his ma
tive land on a vacation, he saw this OPP
portunity to act in the interest of Nor
wegian importers and to assist them in
escaping from the tribute which they
have been paying to Great Britain on
imports from this country. Nearly all
the exports of the United States to
Sweden and Norway have been shipped
via the port of Hull, England, and in
English boats. Up to a few years ago
all American products used in Sweden
and Norway were purchased from Eng
lish agents. Within the last two OF
three years q number of Norwegian inn
porters have been buying direct from
this and other American cities to some
extent, but the business is not so ex-
tensive as the trade would seem to war
rant and the English middle-man is still
able to levy his toll Mr.. Spauberg is
confident that in time a direct line OF
steamships between Norway and the
United States will be established He
is armed with letters from Christiania
importers and from the American con.
sui at that place, Gerhard Gade. He
has already made contracts for large
shipments of flour direct from Topeka
Kan, to Christiania.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03

in a report upon the effect of the
present tariff law upon agriculture, con-
tirmed the statement made in the
senate last week by Senator Vest, that
the value of farm lands and farm
products have been steadily deterio-
rating under the several protective tariff
laws in force since the war. The report
says that under the low tariff of 1916 agri-
culture enjoyed its greatest prosperity,
and that the more restrictive and pro-
hibitive the trade with other countries
has been the worse has agriculture
Jared,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

HEADQUARTERS CONNECTICUT
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE,
77S Chapel st, Room G, Garfield Bulldog.
P. o. Box 495.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The democratic electors, and such
the principles of the democratic party as
set forth in the platforms of said party,
are hereby notified to choose delegates
to attend the democratic state conven-
ton to be held at Allyn hall, Hartford,
on Tuesday, September IS, at II o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for state officers, and six
presidential electors of whom will
be electors-at-large-and the trans
properly be brought before the con-
vention.
RULES FOR THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
First-Au caucuses in the several
towns for the appointment of delegates
to the state convention, shall be held at
least seven days before the meeting of
said convention.
Second-It shall be the duty of the
chairman of each town to send copy
of the credentials of the delegates to
said convention from his town, properly
attested by the chairman and secretary
of the caucus to the secretary of the
| democratic state committee, at least i've
| (5) days prior to the convention.
Third-The convention shall be called
to order by the chairman of the state
committee at II o'clock a. m. and the
temporary officers of the convention
shall be designated by the state COM
mittee.
| Fourth-The state committee shall be
in session the night previous to the con-
vention, and should there be contesting
delegations at said convention none OF
the parties interested shall be heard by
| the committee or admitted to seats in
the convention until they have first
agreed to abide by the decision of the
committee, and in no case shall dele
gates be permitted to take seats in the
convention in excess of the number tc
| which each town is entitled.
Fifth-The basis of representation
adopted by the committee is as follows:
1. Each town shall retain as a town
the number of delegates it Is now en-
titled to.
II. Each town, in which the whole
vote cast at the last presidential election
exceeds 1000, shall be entitled to ONT
additional delegate for each additions
1000 votes cast and also each Fraction
thereof exceeding one-half.
Under the above rules 10 towns have
increased representation s.and are in
structed to send the following number
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
FERDINAND WARD TO MARRY.
The Ex-COnVict Engaged to q PrStt!
Young Woman in Connecticut.

The Ex-COnvict Engaged to Pretty
Young Woman in Connecticut.
MIDDLETowN, Conn, Aug. 3.-Ferdi-
nand Ward, once Napoleon Of Wall street,
who recently babe adieu to Sing Sing, is
engaged to be married. Ward has stump
tuous quarters at the Champion Hotel in
East Haddam, of which he was once the
owner He spends but little time there
now, however, as he daily drives over
here to spend the time with his be-
trothed.
The young lady who is Wards fiancee
is % and very pretty. She is the daugh-
ter of prominent citizen who is very
we'll to do. Ward met the young lady
only short time ago, but it was case
of love at first sight. The wedding is
down for the early fall days. The en-
gagement has created much gossip in
social circles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
Genius and Success.

There is a considerable compensation
for the loss of the old-time self-conse-
Grafton to the highest dreams. We no
longer see the poet, hirsute and seedy,
seeking some one to borrow a dollar of;
he rides in his carriage and subscribes
literally to charities; for if he cannot
sell his poetry at a round price he turns
his genius to mining, railroad building,
banking, or mixing patent medicines.
He is too proud and independent, in a
way, to have the world call him a poor
man. The novelist, says an editorial in
the Chautauquan, is cut from the same
cloth as the poet; he and the dramatist
work side by side and they sit side by
side in splendid boxes at the theater
and the opera. If romance will not pay
they turn to realism; if realism begins
to drag in the market they seize upon
naturalism; genius must succeed. We
call this compensation; but after all,
while it gives a well-dressed, well-fed,
prosperous look to the world of art and
relieves us of set Of miserable crust
mumbling, garret-haunting geniuses, it
brings the hopeless decadence of all
that is lasting and truly valuable in lit
erature. 1t gives us what is written for
gain instead of what is written to re-
lieve the stress of genius filed with the
burning spirit of creative thought and
moved by the energy of lofty ambition,
which would scorn tho temptation of
money
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
A POLITICAL ABDUCTION.

Kansas County Commissioners Stolen
by the Peoples Party.
ANTHONY, Kan, Aug. 3.-This neigh
borhood has been excited over the abduc-
ton of Anon Farmer, an Alliance mem
Der of the Board of County Commission
ers, and the attempted abduction of Alex
Terrill, a Republican member of the
Board. Four or five masked men called
Mr.. Farmer out of bed yesterday mornin :
and took him into a carriage This was
the last seen of him.
The Commissioners were to have met
to make levy for the payment of the
Judgment on the old Harper county
bonds ordered by the Supreme Court. Ths
leaders of the Peoples party are in favor
of ignoring the order
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
The Charges Against Somerby.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3,-Important
developments are looked for in the Iron
Hall charges against Supreme Justice
Somerby tonight. Mr.. Somerby, whose
home is in this city, is in Indianapolis
and this afternoon he will be given an op-
portunity to explain away the charges to
the Executive Committee of the Order.
The Executive Committee, which con
sists of the supreme officers in different
parts of the country meets once year,
and was to have met next month, but
owing to the charges against Supreme JUS
tice Somerby and the application for a
receiver it was decided to secretly call the
committee together to-day in Indianapo-
lie
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03

QUITE "a tempest in a teapot" has
been raised by the charge of drunken
ness on the floor of the house, made by
Representative Watson, of Georgia, in
a somewhat remarkable book he has
written and published. A special COM
mittee is now engaged, by direction of
the house, in investigating the charge,
and the scandal mongers are taking
special delight in smirching the names
of members of the house.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
rHE INQUEST coNIlNuEp.
Witnesses in the Pinkerton Kllling Inves
tigation Are More Wary.


tisntion Are More Wary.
PrTrsBuRe, Aug. 3.-The inquest as to
the killing of the Pinkerton detectives and
steel worker at the Homestead riot on
July 6 was continued at the Office of Cor
oner Mcdowell yesterday afternoon, and
after score of witnesses had been exam
ined another adjournment was ordered
until this afternoon. Since the arrest of
Capt Coon and c. w. Mansfield, who
testified to seeing the workmen shoot at
the Finkertons in their barges, the wit
nesses subpenaed have grown wary, and
while all admit seeing or hearing shooting
none will swear who are the guilty par
ties.
A number of Homestead physicians and
the undertaken who had charge of the
remains of Morris and Silas Vain were
called but told nothing of Importance.
Elmer E. Beale was the last witness and,
although guarded in what he said, gave
some Important testimony.
He stated that he was aroused on the
morning of July by the blowing of
whistle, and heard shooting. Afterwards
he went to the river bank with about 500
others and heard more firing. Some one
commanded the men to stop shooting and
it ceased for while. Shortly afterwards
he said, about 20 armed men In blue coats
came out of one of the barges and stood
ut the bow One advanced to the gang
plank and called out that they would
land in Is minutes. Somebody on the
bank cursed the blue-coat and told them
not to come ashore.
Theu the leader Of the men on the boat
shot at the crowd, and the firing was re-
| turned by the mill men. Beale further
| stated that at a. M. the Pinkertons be-
| gan picNing off people who stood on the
bank and he became frightened and ran
away. 1t is not likely that any Important
testimony will be brought out to day.
Coroner Mcdowell states that he will
have something to say to the jury, and it
is expected the charge will be a scathing
| one.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
10000 Deaths from Cholera.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3.-A Russian
newspaper correspondent who has just re-
turned from the Russian Caucasus saTs
that the deaths from cholera in that 70
gion in the last 30 days number $4,000
In the villages the people are unable to
bury their dead, and the bodies lie in the
houses for days, polluting the air and
spreading the disease. Whole families
die without care of any kind, and thu
first knowledge of their illness is often
communicated to their neighbors by the
odors from the decomposed corpses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
Stabbed to Death.

SCRANTON, Aug. 3.-Anthony Kelly and
Thomas Welsh, attacked Arthur Long, a
teamaster while he was returning to his
home in Pine Brook during the night and
stabbed him in the back. killing him
almost instantly. The attack was brought
about by fight Long recently had with
Kelly's brother, i'll which the latter was
badly used. The Gssailants have been
imprisoned
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03

The recent census bulletin giving the
population of the United States by sex,
color and nativity in 1890 contains data
of much interest to the student of So
cial science. OF the total population
So, 872, 7oS were native born and $685.
800 Of foreign birth. Classified in ac-
cordance with color, the white inhabit-
ants of the country numbered 81, 9ss, 800
and the colored 1888, 800. In the col
ored element Of our population are in
Guided Chinese, Japanese and civilized
Indians, as well as persons of African
descent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03

AN eastern inventor proposes to save
beaches from being washed away by
the waves by spraying oil on the surf
as it rushes on the sand. His plan is to
place cannon along the beaches and to
fire seward cannisters of oil SO con-
structed that they will begin to leak as
soon as they strike the water. By this
means the water will be covered with a
thin film of oil for a long distance from
the shore, which will prevent the
formation of large waves
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03

New YORK daily recently sent re-
porter to Boston to ''cover" an important
baseball game. Instead of sending his
notes by telegraph, as usual, the reporter
had telephone arranged ON the ball
grounds, and was connected by a long
distance circuit with the office in New
York. All he had to do was to describe
the game as it proceeded, his dictation
being handed to the compositors as fast
as it was received. Three minutes
after the game was over full account
Of it was in type, and in an hour an
extra" was selling on the streets in
New York containing a vivid descrip-
ton of the Boston game. In the long
distance telephone system the news
papers certainly have a powerful ally
in their struggle to get the --latest"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
COL. sTREATOR ARRESTED.
He Waived q Preliminary Hearing ant
Gave Bail.

He Waived q Preliminary Hearing and
Gave Bail.
P1TTsBURG, Aug. 3.-Lieutenant. Colonel
Streator was arrested yesterday on war
rants sworn out by ex-Private Iams, the
man who was hung up by the thumbs and
had his head partly shaved at Homestead.
He was taken before a justice at Wash,
ington, Pa, waving a preliminary hear,
ing and bail being fixed at $500, it was
promptly given.
Col. Hawkins and Surgeon Grim ore
both in camp and consequently exempt
from arrest, but State Senator Robbins
appeared in their behalf and stated they
would surrender at the first opportunity
James Gaffney appeared and offered bal
for both. The bond is $500 in each case
and tn ere are two cases against each de
fendant.
The trials will occur in September.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
A Strike Ended.

DANBURY, Conn, Aug 3.-The confer
ence between Manager Jones, of the New
York Betting and Packing Company, AMI
committee representing the 400 work
men who struck at the company's New
town factory has ended in the obnoxious
check system being modified. The men
will return to work. Concessions were
made on both sides.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
The New York Building Strike.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The building
strikers were reinforced yesterday by sew
eral thousand men, who obeyed the Or
ders of the Board of Walking Delegates
and quit work. Fully 80 buildings In
course of construction have been deserted.
The Board of Walking Delegates has de-
clared that it will strike every building
in the city if necessary in order that the
Iron League may be forced to the wall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-03
Destructive Freixh. Wreck.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Aug. 8.-Ther.
was a serious wreck on the New England
road, at u siding near Union City, at a
m. A freight train was leaving the sidn:,
for Waterbury, when another fret, lit
train going in the same direction ON tke
main track, ran into it. Sixteen cars
were piled up in a heap. No one was in
jured Seven cars were totally wrecked