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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


story that he is to marry Miss Madeline
Pollard.
The international conference of the
Epworth League, held at Cleveland, o.,
closed last night.
While riding horse back at Bement,
III, last night, Orville Faux and horse
were both instantly killed by lightning.
Governor Markham, of California,
says he will not appoint Senator Stan
ford's successor until the latter part OF
the week.
DR.. Samuel Hart, professort of Trini-
ty College, Hartford, Conn.,, who was
last week elected bishop of the Eplsco-
pal diocese of Vermont, has declined
the honor.
Danny and Myrtle Mccarthy, aged
respectively IS and 10 years, were
burned to death in Buffalo, NY, last
night in a fire which resulted from the
explosion of lamp.
In consequence of the Objectionable
insurance laws passed by the last Ten
nessee Legislature, nearly every insur-
ance company in the State will at once
suspend operations until the laws are
repealed.
An attempt was made to wreck q
train on the Great Western Railway.
between Kenyon and Dodge Centre,
Iowa, yesterday morning. Ashort dis
lance from the trestle the engine struck
a pile of ties or the track and was de-
rallied, but the crowded cars did not
leave the track.
The general term of the Superior
Court of New York has handed down
a decision on the appeal in the case OF
Miss Esther Jacobs VS.. Henry B. Sire,
setting aside the decision Of the verdict
of the lower courts and orders q new
trial. Miss Jacobs received n verdict
for $25,O 900 in her breach Of promise
suit against Mr.. Sire. She sued for
$4,000.
At a meeting of Presbyterians held in
New York TO protest against the action
of the General Assembly of the church
on the suspension of DR.. Briggs it was
resolved TO take immediate steps to cir
culate u protest against the General
Assembly's action on the Briggs matter,
the protest to be signed by Presbyte-
rians of the more advanced school all
over the country.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, her maid and
Miss Winnie Davis departed from
Cranston's, n. Y, this morning. They
90 direct to Naragansett Pier, R. l.,
where they will remain during the
season. All the guests of the hotel in
GLIDING Mrs. Grant took their leave of
Mrs. Davis last night. The parting
between Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Davis
wal very affectionate indeed.
Information has been received from
Colorado Springs that Henry Starr
and Kid Wilson, two members of the
notorious Starr gang of train and bank
robbers who have caused the death of a
dozen men and terrorized the Indian
Territory and Arkansas for months,
were arrested there this morning.
About $1,000 was recovered. There is
a reward of s., 1000 for their capture.
The report Of the physicians who eX-
amined the brain of Pietro Buccieri,
who hanged at Reading, Pa, Thursday
for the murder of Sister Hildaberta,
shows hat the brain weighed 500
ounces. The sknll was unusually thin
and many parts of the brain were
found in g disordered condition. The
report is q virtual admission that Buc-
cieri was not in his right mind, and
was suffering from q brain affection.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

:,
MIR. CRISP, Speaker of the last U. ;.
House of Representatives, and VINO
will be Speaker of the next one, says
he CLOCKS for Congress, at its coming
called session, to meet the demands OF
the country by carrying out the Chicago
platform" Every other good and true
democrat looks for the same thing,
The Chicago platform declares for the
repeal of the Mckinley tariff bill and
the Sherman silver bill, and unless the
democratic majority in Congress shall
make that declaration effective, the
democratic voters will realize the fact
that they have been grossly deceived
and will be disposed to look for other
than their present congressman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
The Golden secret of Long Life.

Keen the head cool, the feet warm and the
bowels open. Bacon's Celery Cure is a Vege-
table preparation and acts as a natural laxa-
tive. and is the greatest remedy ever discov-
cred for the Cure of Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, and all Blood, Liver, and Kidney Dis
eases. Call on E. S. Leadbeater & Sons sole
agent, and get a trial package free. Large
size Soc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
Biggest Man in New York.

The New York Herald yesterday
published a likeness of John a. Seaton,
colored, formerly of this city, and says:
"Here is a good picture of the big
gest man in New York, John A. Sea-
ton, the colored Waterman of the Equi-
table Building. Mr.. Seaton is six feet
seven and one-half inches high, and
weighs 2S7 pounds, but is so we'll pro-
portioned that he doesn't appear to be
abnormally stout. He is simply big all
over.
| had a chat with him the other day,
on which occasion he said:
"tDo 1 care if people stare at me ?
Well, to tell the truth, | have gotten
used to it. I am q descendant OF peo-
pie who enjoyed the distinction of be-
ing slaves on George Washington,s es-
tate at Mount Vernon. AT one time
l was member of the capitol police
force, Washington. Later, | had an
office under the government. 1t was
part of my duty, from time to time, to
accompany congressional junkets on
funeral tours. l was present at the OBJ
sequies of some of our leaders in days
gone by. A gentleman once made me
an offer to 60 with him to England to
act as his valet, but l preferred to stay
in the United States.
"tI remember on one occasion | took a
trip in a sleeping car and got caught in
the folding beds and nearly lost my
life. I have have never tried that sort
of way of sleeping since.
81 am married and have a family of
boys and girls. The children are above
the medium height, all of them, al
though none are as tall as am: My
brother, now dead, was taller than |
am. We were both in the same trade
and attracted much attention.
"'I cannot sleep in an ordinary bed.
Yes, there are some disadvantages in
being so tall. You see, l have extra
sized beds, extra sized chairs and extra
sized furniture in my home. | sit in a
rocking chair of extra size and smoke
an extra sized pipe. l do not eat more
than an ordinary man. l have no fav-
orite dishes. How do l account for my
size? Oh, it's nature, aided by the open
air and a decent, healthy life. 1 grew
that way"
"sMr. Seaton is a modest, intelligent
and useful aid in the big building he
does so much to adorn. The ladies ap-
pear to be delighted with his heroic
proportions and many are the admiring
glances they cast at him."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

Mr.. James Wooden and wife, of Rich
mond, and Mrs. Mary Smith, of Balti.
more, are in the city, having been called
here by the sudden illness Of Mrs. Jane
Loving, who was paralyzed last Thurs
day night, and who continues extreme
" i'll.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

New YORK. July 3.-The stock market
has been extremely dull since IL o'clock,
While prices have been irregular, the ten.
depcy in the main has been upward. The re-
covery from the lowest has been equal to la
/ per cent. At noon the market was steady
in tone. Money on call was stringent at 15a
25. Prime mercantile paper Gas per cent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
MONDAY EVENING July 8 1873.

ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY OF the Dec
laration of independence has come,
and the American nation has had an
other year added to its life. From thir-
teen sparsely settled States along the
Atlantic coast, the country has grown
so large that it now contains forty-four
States and five Territories, and from
Canada TO Mexico embraces all the land
on the American continent between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The ma
terial progress of the nation has been
unexampled in the history of the world,
and seems almost miraculous. The IN
crease of its population and wealth has
surprised the other nations of the earth.
The rapidly of its rise has been une-
oualed. But, as every thing in 1t goes
with a rush, many fear that its fall,
when that shall commence, will pro-
gress at the same rate. Among the
many reasons assigned for the Declara-
ton was the statement that England
shad cut ofrtrade with otherpart OF the
world, and imposed taxes on us with
out our consent That statement APP
pears grotesquely absurd now, in the
face ofthe fact that though in 1890 and
again in 1892 a large majority of the
people of the country declared for the
repeal of the Mckinley bill, which I'M
poses a tax on the n%ecessaries Of lie.
and by forcing the payment of foreign
orders with scarce gold instead OF with
foreign products, has cut off trade with
other parts of the world, that bill still
stands upon the statute books But
consistency is necessarily Incompatible
with American character.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

GREAT FEAT AT NIAGARA.-Cliilord
NJ. Calverley, the champion high wire
walker of the world, Saturday crossed
the gorge of the Niagara on his wire,
stretched between the cantilever and
railway suspension bridges. He cross
ed the same wire last year. The i'm
portance of the exhibit is shown in the
remarkable feats performed by the
handsome young Canadian.
His wheelbarrow act caused the I'M
mense throng of people who lined the
bridges and the banks of the river to
catch their breath with establishment
and fear. He wheeled the barrow out
and lit n fire in a stove which was on
the barrow. Then he toasted some
bread, took a bite and sent the remain
ing pieces sailing down into the swift
drumming water two hundred feet be-
low. He took a chair out on his back,
unstrapped it, placed it on the wire,
sat down and pulled out a newspaper
and a cigarette. He lighted the latter
and read the newspaper, with his bal
ance pole on his knees. His feats
eoualed those of the celebrated Blon-
din, fthey did not excel them. Cal
veriey is q Toronto boy and was a root
err by trade. He was accustomed to
amuse his companions by hanging by
his toes on the cornices Of the highest
buildings in Toronto. That is how ne
came to acquire a taste for high wire
walkings
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

AS ANTICIPATED at the time the new
ironclad battle ships Of the American
navy were ordered, serious doubts are
now entertained of their availability
when necessary, and among those VINO
entertain such doubts are two such
practical men in their profession as
Admiral Ammen and Chief Engineer
Melville. The case of the English ship
Victoria. shows how well these doubts
are founded. So millions have been
spent not only upon ships of whose
effectiveness reliance cannot be placed,
but even if otherwise, without the
slightest necessity, for so isolated are
the United States that no other nation
is going to wan with them ; but II there
should be need of such ships, OF when
there is now not the remotest posslolii-
ty, dozens of them would not be able 10
protect the country's commerce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

William B. Leonard, a venerable
merchant and public spirited citizen
of Brooklyn, and father of Bishop
Leonard of Ohio, died at his country
residence in 0wego, n. T., yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
OFFICIAL.
AN ORDINANCE granting the use of certain
streets to the Richmond and Danvillc Rail

An ORDINANCE granting the use of certain
streets to the Richmond and Danvillc Rail
road Company.
Section /. Be it ordained by the City Coun-
ell of Alexandria, Virginia. That the Rich
mond and Danvillc Railroad Company be, and
are hereby authorized to introduce, construct,
Law down and maintain a side track railroad,
by a line connecting with its present track on
Union street at Wilkes street and running
south on Union street to and crossing the end
of Jefferson street; thence through the square
near the southeastern intersection Of Jeticr-
son and Union streets (the said company hav-
ing first obtained the right of way through
the said s%quare) and crossing Green street,
near the northeastern intersection of Lee and
Green streets, and thence south through Lee
street, crossing Church street to a point at or
near the corporation line, crossing the square
at the southwest intersection Of Church and
Lee streets, (the said company having first
obtained the right of way through said square,
Section =. BE it further ordained that
permission is granted the said company to use
locomotive steam engines and propel its cars
through the said streets and squares, under
such restrictions as are provided by the ordi-
nances OF the city.
Section 3. Be 1t further ordained that the
said company shall keep in proper condition
the roadway alongside its railroad on Lee
street, between Green and Church streets, for
travel thereon, at its own cost and expense.
/. Section 4. Be it further ordained that the
grading Of said streets, to lay said railroad
shall be lone by and at the expense Of the
said company and under the supervision OF
the City Surveyor and Superintendent Of
Police.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be in force
from its passage.
Passed Common Council June 81, 1893.
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
Passed Board of Aldermen June 27, 1893.
W. II. MARBURY, President.
Approved June 30, 1893.
HENRY STRAUSS, Mayor.
Teste. ISo. r. JOHNSON. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

FILLED WITH SNAKEs.-George Stew
ems, a colored man, about thirty-five
years old, called at the White House
in Washington on Saturday night and
insisted on seeing the President. He
was informed that the President was
out of the city. This he would not be-
lieve, and made an effort to pass the
officer. He then said that he was en-
ployed at the White House by Presi-
dent Grant. During his stay at the
White House his leg and breast became
filled with snakes. President Grant
sent him South to have them removed
and the southern people sent him to
Spain. The Spanish failed to remove
the reptiles, and President Grant order
ed him to come to Washington and
have President Cleveland cast out the
plague. The officers, after hearing his
story, tried to get him to leave. He
REUSED to 60 and became so boisterous
that it was found necessary to put him
under arrest and lock him up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

HoRsEwHIPPED.-A rather sensa-
tional domestic drama was enacted in
Smithsonian Park, in Washington on
Saturday, when an enraged wife horse
whipped a young lady of slender figure
and comely features. The young lady
was Miss Nellie Martin. and she stated
that she had met the man, whose name
she declined to give, at the Italian So
ciety picnic in Washington Park sever
al evenings ago. She did not know
that he was married and so did not re-
iect lis proffered company. The first
intimation she had that he was a bene-
dict was when his wife slipped up be-
hind them and began lashing her with
a cowhide. When the horsewhipping
began the husband disappeared from
the scene as rapidly as possible. Miss
Martin threatenes to have both parties
arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
The Iictnria Disaster.

The official reports of Admiral Mark
ham and Captain Bourke upon the Vic
toria disaster have been received by
the British admiralty. The reports
confirm the view put forth by tho sur
vivors of the Victoria that the collision
with the Camperdown was due to an
error of Judgment of Vice-Admiral Sir
George Tryon in trying a certain ma
neuver in a space to small for 1t: lie
persisted in his fatal order after 1t had
been called into question, and after the
collision made other errors, it is said,
which increased the loss of life. His
going down with his ship r%esolutely,
without effort to save himself, has been
supposed 10 have been due to a percep-
ton of the serious and irreparable ma
ture of the calamity he brought on his
ship and many of his crew.
Admiral Markham says: Having
the fullest confidence in the great abil-
ity of the commander to maneuver the
squadron without even risk ofcollision,
| ordered the signal hoisted as an indi-
cation that l understood" Admiral
Markham concludes his report with a
tribute to Admiral Tryon. A foot note
was added stating that 'the maneuver-
ing consisted of the two lines turning
in toward each other, exactly reversing
their course, in parallel lines. Owing
to lack of room the figure that resulted
was like an inverted letter W." Ad-
miral Markham says the Victoria de-
clined assistance after she was sinking.
Captain Bourke says Admiral Tryon
was advised not to attempt the ma
neuver in so small a space. Surviving
officers of the Victoria say that the
Campcrdown could not have perform
ed the evolution ordered by Vice Adj
miral Tryon without a collision.
The admiralty has decided to con-
vene Immediately a court martial in the
matter of the loss ofthe Victoria. The
court will be held at Malta.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03
DIED

At11:4O a. M, July 3rd, WALTER Nell
SON. infant son of P. NJ. and Bette Brad
shaw. aged 8 months and 3 weeks Funeral
from parents residence, No. 512 King street,
Tuesday at 3 p. N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

err yeth a more healthy tone, but there are
no decided changes or advances in many val
ues. Flour is without change aud quiet.
Wheat stead:cr at Il slight advance in prices;
sales 90 to 90 fer fair to prime samples, dam
AGED and common IS to 63 as to condition.
Corn is easy at the decline recently noted AT
80 to 81. latter for car load lots Of white.
Rye is scarce and wanted at 56 to 80. Oats
36 10 ~. Butter, Eggs, other produce, Yegc-
tables, provisions of all kinds, Mlllfccd, Hay
and Straw are inclined to lower figures.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

CICERO HARRIsoN's DISAPPEAR
ANcE.-The mystery surrounding the
death of Cicero Harrison, the wealthy
carriage manufacturer ofJackson Mich
igan, who was lost overheard from the
steamship Guyandotte, of the Old Do
minion Line, on Thursday night, has
been solved as far as it ever is likely
to be. That the unfortunate man fell
overheard while suffering from seasick-
ness seems the most reasonable theory.
Alexander Jones, q colored steward
on the Guyandotte, saw Mr.. Harrison
on the upper deck at , O'Clock in the
morning. He was leaning over the rail,
which was only waist high. Jones
brought q chair and after placing it
near the cabins advised Mr.. Harrison
to leave the rail and sit down. Jones
then went below.
The report that he had with him a
satchel containing 100000 in securities
and 500 in money led at first to
thoughts of foul play. This satchel
not be found when theGuyandotte could
arrived in New York and Mrs. Oliver,
his widowed daughter, who was on the
G%uyandotte, returned to Norfolk yes
terday to look for the satchel. M. Lee
vi, a notion dealer of Petersburg, Va,
occupied the stateroom with the miss
ing man. Mrs. Oliver was with Mr..
Harrison and left New York at ,
o'clock to take the Bay Line for Nor
folk to hunt up the bagfull of missing
securities. At Norfolk the woman reg
istered at the Gladstone Hotel as Mrs.
C. Harrison, and arriving i'll New York
she informed the steamship officers that
she was Mrs, Oliver, daughter of the
missing Harrison. They found moth.
ing in his stateroom but his cane and
cuffs, and Mrs. Oliver or Mrs. Harri-
son occupied a stateroom on the saloon
deck below. The steamship people are
rather dubious about the 100000 Sc
curities story, and the detectives re-
ceive it with considerable doubt.
The woman passed on the Guyan-
dotte as daughter and in Norfolk as
wife of Mr.. Harrison, and has disap-
peared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. July /.
Beef Cattle.-Thc market was fairly active,
and with lighter receipts the market closed
firm. The quotations were us follows Ex-
ira 55sa5aic, good 5i4a5l2c, medium asa
5lsc. common ia4l,c, inferior 1 i2a4&ic, Tex
ans 3l2a4iic per lb. Sheep were in good de
mand and firm. The quotations were as fol-
lows: Extra 5l4a5lec. good 47sa5lsc, me-
dunn 11aa1aic, common 33la4L4r, culls Pa
3l2c per lb. Lambs iaSc per lb. Hogs Were
in poor demand. Thu quotations were as fol-
lows: Extra Chicagos DC, and other West
crns Saia97sc per ID. Fat cows were in
moderate demand at 2i2a3iac per ID. Thin
cows sold from so to S25 per head. Mich
Cows were inactive at ~S25aS45pcr head.
Mich calves were from D to 7"lc per ID.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. July Cat
t!c-markct was steady: top prices $i95a
$50, medium S4.5Oa4.S0 30, others $3.T5a
4.25, Texans 81 75a3.60 per 100 lbs. Hogs
market closed 10a15c lower; packers and
mixed $5.70a5.S5, prime heavy and butch
crs' weights S5.S5a6, light $6a6 10 per 100
lbs. Sheep-market steady natives S4.5Oa
$50. Westerns S~410ai.75, Texans $ia4.40
per 100 lbs. Lambs s3.50a6.5 20 per 100 lbs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-03

BALTIMORE. July Excursions quiet and
unchanged. Butter quiet; crcamery fancy
%: do fair to choice lSa2l; do imitation u.
Eggs dull at 49,. Coffee steady Rio ear
goes. fair 173:i; No. ! 16i2a1G'i. Sugar
strong grlnulatcd 511-16. Whisky firm ut
11Sa119.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06
civilized life-is plain enough;
people should pay in proportion to
their ability to pay.

civilized life-is plain enough;
people should pay in proportion to
their ability to pay.
The Gospelslaw lays the burden
of the percentage of giving on
conscience, and guages liberality,
not by what is given, but by what
is left.
The poor man with a $1,000
home and rarely more than $4,000
income, paid $40 tax and had
1890 left, pinching all round to
live at.all, and not a dollar for
increase. And nearly always this
poor man has a houseful of child
rem; generally this very rich man
very few.
Let an illustration from an
actual case end this paper. In a
Western State is a greatiand owner
his name could be given if it
served any useful end-who pays
taxes on a hundred thousand acres
of land. It is within a few miles
of 3 growing and already populous
city. He is allowed-under the
prevailing iniquities and rascal
ties-to "give this laid in" at $40
per acre; his selling price for it is
$3.50 per acre; he is actually
selling twenty acre lots at this
rate. When the buyer puts q
cabin-costing from 500 to $500
upon his little twenty-acre home
he is taxed according to the worth
of his propertyl
When the great land-?baron does
not actually name the value OF hls
land for taxation, he is practically
allowed to dictate "the figure" tc
the assessor. Why2 Because he is
rich.
This sort of. injustice makes
sswise men mad" If one of these
poor men took the big mans place
and the rich man his, clamors about
injustice would rend the skies.
st Paul teaches masters to give
to their servants that which il
s.just and eqal." Government
should not do less.
The inequality of public BURDEN
is at the bottom of the movemen
toward a s'graduated income tax
Oxford, Ga.