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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
The Chinese Concessions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. is, 1893
TO The Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
VIII you please publish my reply to
an article in your issue of the 10th inst
touching the Chinese Minister at Wash
ington, as the writer has seen fit to con-
meet my name with the minister's.
The only difficulty the Chinese gov
eminent has ''in getting anyone to
come to Washington to act as minister
is that there is no vacancy, the present
incumbent having discharged his duties
so faithfully and intelligently that his
ministerial term of Office has been ex-
tended for another period of three
years, as mark ofapproval.
Tsui Kwo Yin, the present minister,
though of the greatest reputation for
learning in his own country, has not
acquired sufficient knowledge of the
English language to protect himself
against his interpreters, one, Ho Shen
Chez, known as the Oriental Munchau-
sen. He only lives because lying is
not punished capitally in China.
As to the several transactions that it
is charged the minisser mas been en-
gagged in, including Count Mitkiewicz's
visionary scheme for commercial con-
cessions by the Chinese Empire" Ineed
only say that if they were all as sub
stantial as the Mitkiewicz commercial
concessions, the Prime Minister was
guilty of a gross wrong in ''reprimand-
ing him. This / would not believe
if it were denied by his interpreter, Ho.
1t is matter OF profound amaze
ment to me that an enterprise that
contemplates the development of
the material resources of the great
est nation on earth as to num-
her of industrious citizens, should be
discouraged. With great respect.
EUGENE DE MITKIEwICz.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
Fa,,nuier Notes.

Mr.. w. A. Redd and Miss Lula Cal
vim, daughter Of Mr.. Henry Calvin, Of
Bristersburg, were married on the 18th
Mr.. Geo. T. Smith and Miss Matte
Harrison, both of Fauquier county
were married at Long Branch Church
on the 18th.
Col Grenyille Gaines, who has been
spoken Of as candidate for the State
Senate at the election next November.
will, we are informed, not allow his
name to be used.
Mrs. T. C. Pitcher, of Midland, alone,
can claim to be the fortunate one, who
all the way through the protracted cold
weather has preserved the tropical tenn
perature in her green house, where
lowers are blooming in perpetual
spring.
1t is rumored that Hon. ]. S. Mason,
who has so efficiently represented the
counties of Fauquier and Loudoun for
the past four years in the Legislature OF
Virginia, does not desire to return. And
we hear upon good authority that Eppa
Hunton. jr., will permit his name to be
used as a candidate.
On Saturday evening, January 18th,
Matilda, daughter of Staunton Cole
man. colored, while under temporary
arrangement of mind, wandered from
her home, which is on the Alexandria
pike adjoining the farm of Mr.. r. S.
Williams, about y miles from Warren
ton, and has not since been heard from.
-Warrenton Tirginian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

"FREAKs" WHO MARRY OrPosITEs.
The marriage OF K. r. Motif, the
tattooed man. and Miss Leo Herman
DEE, the bearded woman, led old John
Geary, the sword swallower, who is
the stepather of the bride, 10 dis
course at length to Il Philadelphia
Times reporter upon the marriage OF
freaks They usually marry oppo-
sites, he said. He only knew one fat
man to marry fat woman. Hannah
Battersby weighs 600 pounds, and is
gaining constantly in flesh, but her
husband turns the scale at sixty.
They have mighty handsome daugh-
ter who isn't a freak" Fat Lottie
Grant is married to lean ventrilo-
quist. Colonel Goshen, the giant, got
stuck on little Daisy Henry, who isn't
much higher than his knee. Fanny
Burdette, one of the smallest women
in the country, is the wife of big Bill
Bristol, "a side show blower. Osmund,
the hairy man, married the three
handed LADY, She died, and he liked
the family so we'll that he married her
mother who is snake charmer. Lur-
line, the water-queen, amt exactly a
freak, but she's in the business. Her
right name is Sallie Swift, and she
first came out as club swinger. She
married nobleman in London, and
lives in bang-up style. Mr.. Geary said
one would be astonished to know how
many women fall in love with freaks"
The ugly Chinese dwarf with Barnum
last summer was on the fiirt all the
time, and is engaged to fine looking
white woman. Half a dozen of those
Cape Town negroes that were exhibit
ed as Zulus are married to English
women. Barnum's India rubber man.
the guy that can pull his skin around,
and let it snap back like gum, has
wife and eight children in Germany.
Mr.. Geary added Talking about fun
ny things, there's the freak, the double
headed notwithstanding, l mean.
Well I'll bet that more than dozen
men have offered to marry her. |
guess the most of EN- were after her
money but she knows it and won't
take 'em. Why, one cranky Dutchman
followed the double-headed girl from
Berlin to ST. Petersburg and sent her
an offer of marriage every day.
guess that fellow dropped about So, 900
travelling around after that double
headed gal"
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Foreign News.

PERRIN Jan. 19.-Since the out
break of cholera in the Neitleben i'in-
attic ASYLUM twenty-eight persons have
been stricken with the disease. Ihif-
teen of those attacked have died.
LONDON Jan.l9.-The Ilkeston Lace
Factory, in Derbyshire, was damaged
BIZ fire to-day to the extent of 1000.
PARIS. Jan. 19.-The socialists con
tipue to make the Panama scandal a
basis for revolutionary agitation. Cill-
zen Guesde says that the developments
are advancing the hour of socialist
triumph. SIT has long been known,
he says, ''that opportunist circles were
tainted and falling to pieces through
decomposition. Small agriculturlsts,
their eyes opened to the dishonesty OF
their deputies, will recognize that it is
only our party that can promise some
thing unappreciable, while asking
nothing in return. In one sense the
occasion has come with inconvenient
suddenness, as events find US in rather
an unprepared condition. The social
ist ranks are not fully equipped for
the coming election. Despite all dis
advantages we shall return forty to
sixty members from the rural districts
and retain our hold on the towns, and
we can attain victory within four years
along the whole line. Once attaining
power we shall lay our hands on the
great railway companies, the great in
dustries and the warehouses. Salaries
of workingmen will Immediately be
raised and hours of labor lessened.
We will deal similarly with great
landed properties, and will seize all
of them. The farmers will work on
account of the State, and the rent OF
farms will be diminished by one half.
The endeavers made in certain quar-
tiers to mix up anti-Semitism with rev.
olution are not approved of by the
bulk of the revolutionary party. One
of them said yesterday: I'VE don't
want to be bothered with the Jews.
What matters it to us whether you
are Catholic or Protestant. Jew or gem
tile, or nothing at ali? We have only
enc enemy-Capital." The committee
of organization will shortly conyoke
meeting of all the delegates of the cor
porations, for the purpose of electing
another committee whose task it will
be to get up a movement LESS pacific"
than the last. What that may mean
is kept secret.
PARIS, Jan. 19.-It is semi-oflicially
announced that Great Britain has ex-
changed explanations with France on
the subject of the action taken by
Great Britain in requiring the Khedive
to dismiss his ministray. France ac-
cepts the appointment of Riaz Pasha
as a compromise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

Two CHILDREN STARvED.-Word
just received by the authorities at Hunt
ington, Pa, from Hanes Valley, re-
mote, unproductive region in the lower
end OF the county. reveals terrible
condition of restitution in the family of
Benjamin Lear, in which two deaths
have actually occurred from starvation.
Two months ago Lear, who is an indo-
lent, improvident fellow, abandoned his
family, consisting Of a wife and two
children, the older of whom was but ID
months old. His wife, young woman
of weak intellect, was unable to pro-
vide for the children. nor did she bring
their starving condition to the atten-
ton of the proper authorities. A month
ago the older child died of starvation,
and in its dreadful sufferings for food it
had often bitten deeply into the flesh on
its hands and arms. Last week the
baby of six months also died of want
and starvation, and when q neighbor,
who called, examined its body, it was
found that the babe, in its desperation
for nourishment, had sucked the flesh
from the fingers on both hands until the
bones were exposed. Kindly disposed
nighbors are now attending to the wants
Of the abandoned wife.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
AlExAN DRLA, Va
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 10, 1898.

THE BILL to allow the Alexandria
and Mt. Vernon Railroad to enter
Washington via a bridge to be con-
structed at its own expense at Airing.
ton, has 70 lobby in its interest at the
Capitol as the Norfolk and Western
bill had. nor has the road that wants
the bill passed any money to pay lobby
lists as the y. & W. had; but. for all
that, if the Virginia members of the
lower branch of Congress support the
former bill with as much unanimity
and energy as they did the latter, they
will be able to push it through, notwith-
standing the late day at which it was
introduced, and will thereby contribute
as much to the advantage of city IN
their own State, as they recently did
to that of Georgetown. in the District
ofColumbia. They based their support
of the \. & w. bill upon the ground
that all roads that want TO enter WASH
inpton at their own expense should be
allowed to do so in their own way. If
that ground hold good, they should
certainly be as earnest in their support
Of the Alexandria and Mt. Vernon bill
as they were in that ofthe Norfolk and
Western. VIII they be?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

APoET LAUREATE SNUBBED.-When
Thomas Buchanan Read was in Lon
don, during the first year of the civil
war, he was invited one evening to
meet Mr.. Tennyson. As soon as they
were introduced, the Englishman be
gan to speak of the war, saying: II
had much sympathy with your coun-
try, Mr.. Read, but l have withdrawn
my sympathy now. 1 feel bound to
tell you that your country is going to
perdition, and l don't mind it either.
England, Mr.. Read, is not with the
North in this barbarous struggle"
Read, nettled by such rudeness, deter
mined to be rude in turn, and respond
ed thus: you need not disturb your
self, Mr.. Tennyson, about my country.
1t can get on perfectly well without
English aid or sympathy. We intend
to do own fighting. You're giving your
self unnecessary uneasiness. To be
plain, Mr.. Tennyson, we Americans of
the North don't care d about you
Englishmen, and the sooner you learn
it the more trouble will be saved
"My rudeness," remarked Read, "seem-
ed to please Tennvson. He was very
kind and polite after my explosion,
treating me the remainder Of the even
ing with distinguished consideration. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The annual banquet of the Conteder-
ate socie es will be held in Baltimore

The annual banquet Of the Conteder-
ate sociel es will be held in Baltimore
this evening.
Mr.. Cleveland will attend the funeral
of ey-President Rutherford B. Hayes,
at Fremont, Ohio, on Friday.
Naval Cadet Leland F. James,
charged with hazing at the Annapolis
Naval Academy. has been acquitted.
United States Senator Davis, of Mn
nesota, was reelected after a close
fight yesterday, receiving bare major
ity.
The sundry civil appropriation bill, as
reported to the House from the COM
mittee on appropriations, aggregates
$50 SIS, S34.
Bishop Paret, of Maryland. says steps
will soon be taken to push the project
of building Protestant Episcopal
Cathedral in Washington.
The streams which supply Hagers
town with water are frozen up and the
supply in the reservoir is getting low.
The large mains are reported to be
freezing.
The intense cold is causing great snf-
fering throughout Europe. In the Bal
kans the wolves have abandoned the
forests and are seeking prey in the vii
lagos. A young girl was devoared by
the beasts at Belgrade.
NJ. Stephene, clerk, in Paris, yes
terdav testified before the Panama
Commission that Baron de Reinach had
left him a list Of the persons compro-
missed in the distribution of Panama
money. which contained the names of
Clemenceau, Grevy and others.
Mrs. Samuel X. Lansrell and her
three children were buried in Denton.
Nd, Yesterday, in one grave. About
a week ago the mother and her little
ones were taken with the measles.
The children died on Monday in rapid
succession, and yesterday morning
Mrs. Langrell passed away.
Senator and Mrs. Voorhees, gave q
tea iii Washington Yesterday evening in
honor of Cardinal Gibbons. Miss Voor-
hees Joined the Roman Catholic Church
a wear ago. Yesterday at noon, in st.
Matthew's Church, she received the
sacrament of confirmation. Cardinal
Gibbons otiiciated. No one but Sena-
tor Voorhees, and few intimate friend:
were present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
TIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. W. C. Boswell and Miss Alberta
Filzhugh were married IN Culpeper OH
Tuesday.
Mr.. James CHM died at his home
near Boyce, Clarke county, on the ilth'
aged 70 years.
Presley Pomeroy, aged 90 years, died
at his home in Harmony Hollow, War
rem county. on Monday He was doubt
less the oldest man in the county.
Mrs. Mary E. Grim, mother of Geo
w. and Rely Grim, of Winchester, a1eo
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Emma Nails, in Culpeper, on the 10Th,
aged 10 years.
Ice on the Shenandoah river, near
Front Royal, is said to be IS inches
thick, and it is feared when it breaks up
will carry with it the piers OF the IRON
bridges now being built.
The only case heard before the Court
of Appeals at Richmond yesterday was
that of Board of Supervisors of Cumoer-
land county vs.. Randolph, which was
further argued and submitted.
Mr.. A. A. Mckay, prominent cltl-
zen of Warren county and former own
er of the celebrated Belmont vineyards,
near Front Royal, died at his home IN
Cedarville district Monday night.
Miss Edith Norris, eldest daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Norris, was
married in Washington yesterday at
her home to Rev. Parker P. Phillips,
rector of Grace Episcopal church.
The farmers of the Valley fear the
severe Goodwill do the wheat much dam
age. rs there is not sufficient snow (only
one to two inches, and in many places
none) on the ground to protect it. 1t
is hard, too, on the many cattle and
sheep fed in that section. The hands
and ears of the men engaged in provld-
ing proveDder altier severely.
Thomas G.. jackson, one of the best
known members of the Richmond bar,
committed suicide yesterday evening
by shooting himself in the brain. DE
was alone in his room when the deedwass
committed. Recently he has suffered
from a wound received in the war, his
pain at times being severe. The act
was probably due to this cause. Mr.:
Jackson was fifty seven years old, and
had an extensive practice.
The old Hewlett house, located on
the south bank of the James river, OPP
posite Dutch Gap, and famous in war
annals. was burned recently. There
was Confederate battery of artillery
stationed at this house during the war,
and while Gen. Butler was cutting his
canal through Dutch Gap his troops
were constantly fired upon from this
point. 1t was occupied by family
from Michigan, who lost all their per
sonal effects by the fire. The loss was
very slight and 10 insurance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
Political.

BISMARCK, n. D., Jan. 19.-The leg
islature met yesterday in joint session
and balloted three times for Senator
without choice and without material
change from Tuesday.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 19-The demo
cratic members of the Legislature held
caucus last night to nominate 4 sue
cessor to Senator Sawyer, but were I'M
able to agree upon candidate. Two
ballots were taken and the caucus adj
iourned until this afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

troduced an amendment TO the District
appropriation bill, making an approrria-
ton OF $50 400 for collecting the garbage
OF this city six times q week, from the
1st of May to the 1st of October.
EX-CongreSsmaD and present door
keeper of the House Turner, known as
the 'Iceman''. because previous 10 be
ing a congressman he drove an ice cart
in New York, while riding in wagon
here this morning was badly hurt. The
wagon was struck by cable car and
Mr.. Turner thrown out and run over.
Senator Sherman who introduced the reso-
luton to adjourn in the Senate Yesterday IN
respect to the memory ofthe late Mr.. Hayes.
opposed similar resolution intr,dnced IN
that body when eI-President Fillmore died
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

EPISCOPAL CHURCH STATISTICS
The census bureau yesterday issued a
bulletin giving statistics of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in the United
States. The bulletin shows that the
church has organizations in every State
and Territory, being strongest in New
York (where nearly one-fourth of its
COMMITMENTS are found), Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey and Massachusetts,.
The largest diocese is that of New York,
embracing the counties of Duchess,
New York, Orange, Putnam, Rich
mond, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and
Westchester. The total of commune
cants is 532,054, who constitute 5,019
organizations, which have an equal
number of church edifces. The aggre-
gate value of these edifices, including
the ground on which they stand and
their furniture, is $S1, 066, 81. The ed
ifces have accommodations for l 1885,, 1852
worshippers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
MIR SatolIi.s Mission.

ROME, Jan. 19.-The decree appoint
ing Monsignor satolli papal delegate in
the United States is officially stated to
be purely ecclesiastical in its character
and is not intended to have any civil
bearing whatever. The Vatican re-
cognizes that nuncio would not be re-
ceived by the American republic and
no attempt is contemplated to obtain
such official recognition. Mgr. Satolli
will conGne himself wholly to affairs of
the Catholic Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
Loudoun Notes.

Mr. Isaac Vandevanter, residing on
the suburbs of Leesburg, died yester-
day.
Mrs. Martha Brown, the aged part,
ner of Mr.. VIM. II. Brown, died at her
home near Hughesville last Monday at
an advanced age.
Mr.. Jas. D. Baker has declined re-
election as president of the Peoples
National Bank of Leesburg.
On Wednesday night of last week Q
couple of dogs got into the sheep fold
of Mr.. L. NJ. Shumate, and out of a
flock of twenty-four left only one sound
sheep. Twelve were killed outright
and eleven others more or less injured,
so that at least four or five will certain
Nv die.-MirTOr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

THE CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-Presdent Hyde, of Bowdoin,
in his talk to the college students on
Sunday, spoke of the rapid increase in
the Catholic population of this country,
and predicted that the time is not far
distant when they will outnumber the
Protestants.
In this connection he denounced the
position taken bysome over-zealous Pro-
testants who seek to drive the Catholics
from their religious creed. He believed
nothing was gained by such course,
and argued that it is the duty of good
citizens to welcome new corners.
'sThe right things and best things, u
he said, twill be the ones that will be
handed down the ages. 1t will be-
come a question of the survival of the
fttest.''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

THE DEMOCRATS in Congress are not
consistent. They have just defeated a
proposition to increase the annual APP
preparation for the militia of the several
States, upon the ground that that force
depending upon the national govern
ment for its maintenance would become
national, and not a State force. Good
enough, and democratic, and in accord
ance with States rights. But why then
should the same men support the inter-
state commerce law, the anticipation,
and many other laws that are not only
injurious to the people of the States,
but that are utterly contrary to the prln-
ciples of ,and entirely subver-
siye of those of States rights.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19
From China.

VANCOUVER, Jan. 19.-Late advices
from China state that mob of shoe
makers marched to the japanese House
of Representatives to protest against
teaching the army to make its own
shoes. Not having given notice OF
their demonstration the leaders were
arrested and fined. Another anti
foreigner riot has occurred in Ichang.
A mob attacked the customs house but
was repulsed. The residence of Mr..
Cockburn, Presbyterian missionary,
was threatened, but his appearance
with revolver in his hand made the
rowdies desist.
A man was executed on December
% at Canton by the slicing process. for
patricide The prisoner was bound to
cross and then sliced to death. The
screams of the victim were SO heart
rending that many spectators were
obliged to retire.
Another fire is reported in theatre
in Sang Kiang during performance.
The exact number killed is unknown
but the disaster was of appalling d.
mansions and there were not enough
collins to bury the dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

How PREJUDICE is nursed, and now
it distorts the minds even ofpeopie who
assume to be intelligent, IS illustrated
by the fact that some of the northern
republican newspapers, replying to the
severe remarks in a few southern papers
on the late General Butler, compare
them with what they term the '-tolera-
ton with which The northern press
dealt with Jefferson Davis al the time
of his demise Why, some of the re-
publican press and some republican
congressman were infinitely more abus-
i've of President Davis when he died
than any southern democrat ever could
have been of General Butler. Blu, ieav-
ing that point entirely out of view, as
well compare Satyr to Hyper n as b.
+. Batter to Jefferson Davis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

TODAY was the anniversary of the
birthday of Gen. Lee, the most distin-
quished man born in this century, and
whose name will, and rightly, live long
er in the worlds history than that of
anv of his contemporaries, and be more
toaored by all men of all nations who
are wise and just enough to spurn the
material and debasing idea that success
Is the measure Of merit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

FORMERLY none except distinguished
men were elected to the U. s. Senate
men with whose histories the people,
from one extremity of the country to
the other, were familiar. But times have
changed and there are now many Sen
ators who were never heard of outside
their own States, and not often in
them, until they were elected to the
Senate. 1t might be that return to
the old custom would prevent the pas
sage of any more Objectionable bills,
and secure the repeal of those now on
the statute book.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-19

THE cHILDRES's health must not be neg
lccted Cold in the head causes catarrh.
Eiy's Cream Balm cures at once. 1t is per-
fectly safe and is easily applied into the nos
trils. The worst cases yielding to it. Price
soc.
ONE of my children had a very bad dis
charge from her nose Two physicians pre-
seribed. but without benefit We tried Ely's
Cream Balm, and much to our surprise, there
was marked Improvement We continued
using the Balm and in short time the dis
charge was cured.-o. A. Cary, Corning, n. Y.
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