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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Correspondence of tho Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND. Va, Feb. +, 1891.

Correspondence vi Iho AicAaiii' N'A''0'''''
RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 4, 1894.
DR.. ]. B. Wood, president of the
Richmond Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, feels very much
relieved that he has gotten his bill, en-
larging the powers of the society,
through the Legislature, and ne is
deeply grateful to Delegate Nicol and
Senator Little for the splendid manner
in which they stood by him in the
fight. Captain A. b. Guigon, counsel
for the society, has been complimented
upon the bill which he drew up and
which was passed with but few amend
rents. DR.. Wood has done great
and noble work in this city, and he not
only gives his time, but contributes
most literally of his means to the ad-
vancement of the society, and he is
honored by every right-thinking per-
son in Richmond and feared by every
one who has it in his heart to in any
wav mistreat a dumb creature.
DR.. Woods society now numbers
about 400, and is daily increasing. The
doctor has always taken a lively inter.
est in politics. was for number of
wears chairman of the city central COM
mittee, and he could easily convert his
organization into political club. Thus
it will be seen that he eXerts big in.
huence in this community, and the
man who wants an Office and gets DR..
Wood on his side is pretty sure of cleo
ton. The doctor is in the work purely
for love of the defenseless animals,
and reaps mol reward, whatever,
for his untiring labors, except
the satisfaction of knowing that he has
done his duty and a good work, He is
in independent circumstances and has,
during the past, bourne almost the entire
expense of the society. The member
ship is increasing so fast that it will be
self-sustaining shortly.
Delegate Nicol and Senator Little
were yesterday presented with beau
tiful bouquet Of roses by the society as
slight token of appreciation for the
able manner in which they assisted
them in getting their bill through.
Since the decision of the Court of APP
peals in reference tip the present road
laws, (the case of Profit against Ander-
son sheriff of Louisa county, published
in full in Fridays GAZETTE the subject
has been the source of much discussion
in legislative circles and elsewhere. In
the House on Saturday Mr.. Richard
son, of Louisa, offered the following,
which was referred
Resolved, by the House (the Senate
concurrine) that committee, consist
ing of three on the part of the House
aud two on the part of the Senate, be
and they are hereby appointed to in
quire into the general subject of public
roads and TO report what legislation
should be adopted in order to secure
good roads in the Commonwealth. The
committee is authorized to make all
proper Investigation and send for per-
sons and papers. The said committee
may sit during the recess of the General
Assembly, but the members shall re-
ceive no compensation for their services
except their actual personal expenses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05


THIS CITY is democratic, and Alex
andria democrats are rs intensely dem
ocratic as those of any other part of the
State, and nobody pretends that they
are more regardful of the means ty
which to attain success than are the
members of their party in any other
city, or in any county ofVirginia. But
if any qualified voter here, white or
black, has ever been refusedthe privilege
ofcasting his vote, or been cheated out OF
it by having it counted unfairly-ln
other words, been denied q free vote
and a fair count, he has yet to be heard
from. What is true of one part of Vir-
ginia is very apt to betrue of the whole
State. Then why, in the name OF COM
mon sense, should the existing election
law be changed? So wise man as the
late Senator Barbour said, shortly be-
fore his death, that he saw no necessity
for change, and that it is always best
80 let we'll enough alone. The legisla-
ture has acted wisely in following his
wise advice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
FEBRUARY WEATHER.-Hicks's fore

FEBRUARY WEATHER.-Hicks's fore.
cast for February is as follows: Febru-
airy opens fair and cold generally, except
in extreme west, where reactionary
warmth, with storm indications, will
be returning. These conditions will
pass across the country eastward by
the 4th, with cold in the rear of warm,
stormy area. New moon on 4th will
hasten period It'll to 10th. Mars and
Mercury also combine to prolong and
aggravate disturbances. Look for winter
thunder and rain south, with snow and
sleet north. About the 18th and l4th,
falling barometer, rising Thermometer
and secondary storms will be in transit
from west to east, with cold wave
following. The 18th to 22nd will bring
renewed storms. Understand the laws
of their starting and progress; be not
misled by unfair or uniformed critics.
Storms ending in cold will reach you
during the period. Reactionary
changes and storms of thunder, rain
and snow center about the oath or 25th.
Cold will follow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
The Small Vote in the 9TH District.

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 4, 1871.
To the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette.
IL your issue Of the I'd instant you
attribute the falling off in the demo
cratic vote at the recent election for
Congress in the 18th district to 'lack of
democratic enthusiasm" The election
was no test of that, because the small
vote cast was due 10 the fact that only
four days elapsed between nomination
and election, the difficulty in so short a
time of taking steps to get the vote out,
the ignorance on the part of many
voters of the day fixed for the election,
and of the fact that republican candi-
date was in the field, and all this ag-
gravated by the icy condition of the
roads on election day that made it diff
licult for voters travel.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

Objectionable words relative 10 H..
control of the democrats by ,b.
master, the President; and all ~
peace and harmony in the House aooi.
But the incident had consumed an -
Mr.. Morse's time and Mr.. johnson
fused to yield further and proceed. !
with his speech.
Mr.. Johnson said the resolutions wa..
an exquisite piece of satire, cqualtoanr
thing Junins Swift had ever written
and, for singing sarcasm, We're mol sur.
passed by any document extant. uple..
possibly by President Dole's reply "a
The insolent demand of the Americsr
minister for the capitulation of the nro
visional government. He did not know
whether the person who drafted tbe,e
resolutions was free siveritc WAITING
to get even with the President for NJ.
interference in the Legislation of tfr
special session, or an applicant for Ia
tronage who felt that he had not r..
ceived his share of the loavcs and lsbe.
and who was thirsting for revenge. bDr
whoever he was, he was born dipIo.
mat, a person who knew how 10 Use tie
English language and who had made
the most Of his opportunity.
Mr.. Patterson said under the trca,y
of reciprocity with this governmental
which Hawaiian sugar was exempted
from the duty imposed on other i'm
ported sugar, the production of ,Isa.
in the islands jumped up to 2lS,oOom5
pounds, and tens ofthousands ofChiae.c
japanese and South Sea Islanders Ind
been imported to Hawaii. The result
of this treaty was to take $5,o1oo
annually out of the pockets Of the
American people without putting
single dollar into the treasury.
Mr.. Boutelle in defending the action
of the minister said that his creates
crime was that he had always at heart
the interest Of the American govern.
ment and the American people. Nv
one could ever bring that charge
oUoinct tho President
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 8, 1894.

Mr.. REED, who counted out fairly
elected white members of Congress
from the South, in order TO give their
seats TO negroes who were not elected
either fairly or unfairly, is vociferously
applauded by the representatives, OF the
northern republicans in the Us. House
of Representatives when he says the
southern members of that body, ARE ac-
tuated by the same spirit that inspired
them in 1861 :" leading republican
newspapers in the North say the South
is only kept quiet now by the 'remem-
brance of the thrashing she got thirty
wears ago and the Commander IN
Chief of the Ct. A. Il. says "palsied tie
the brain, heart and hand" of the man
who signed the order for the return OF
the Confederate flags to those who sur
rendered them. But, all the same, the
citv of Atlanta has invited the q. A. II.
TO hold its next annual encampment
there, and promises them a warm wei
come and unbounded hospitality II the
invitation be accepted 1t would be
unnatural if the sincerity of this invita-
ton were not doubted. Injuries may
be forgiven, but they cannot be forgot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

JUSTICE BREWER ofthc Us. Supreme
Court is a wise man in his day and
generation, and showed that he isjust as
well by his recent designation of the
late Mr.. Hayes as the husband of Mrs
Haves,7 as he did by calling attention
TO such utterances of the cranks as fol
lows:
Making the State dramshop keep
er secures temperance financial prob
lens are solved by causing blood to
flow bridle-rein deep pardon of an
archist murderers is means ofjustice;
a long-continued strike fills the mouths
of the laborer's wife and children with
bread dividing the school money be-
tween denominational bodies accom-
pishes the grand democracy OF the
public schools taking in Indians land
helps to civilizc them putting tag ON
u Chinaman protects the American la
borer from one with whom he is unable
or unwilling to compete, and Is means
of grace tending to the conversion oil
the "Heathen Chinee."
As long as Justice Brewer shall re-
main on the Supreme Bench the people
of the country will be assured that
there is at least one man of common
sense on that Bench.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
WILL PAY CONGRESS TO ADJOURN

WILL PAY CONGRESS TO ADJOURN
A novel petition for biennial sessions of
Congress will be presented to Congress
by citizens of Westerville, Ohio, this
week. Westerville has 1000 residents,
noted for their erudition. They assert
that the continued sitting of Congress
is menace to property, and pledge
themselves to pay into the national
Treasury $50 each to help tide over the
present financial distress, provided Con-
gress will adjourn at once and not re-
convene for two years. Another stipu-
lation is that tjnkering with the tariff
shall cease at once,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

A disastrous fro started this morning al
Savannah Ga, in the guano warehouse OF
Wilcox. Gibbs 4 Co., worth $10o,oGo. and
from there spread TO the Savannah Grocery
Ccmpany's six-story brick building, which
&yas totally consumed The store of the Sd
,annah Grocery Company was worth $3.50,
00O The fire next extended to NJ FcrSt's
wholesale grocery, which IS now burning
The stock is worth $150,000. VIM. Tilton
s as RIM over by tie hook and ladder truck
s md dangerously hurt The fire is now nn-
Dr. control The fire proves to be the largest
since the great contlagration of April, 1889.
The loss this morning is estimated 1T nearly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
A MAN died in Jail in Newark, n.

A MAN died in Jail in Newark, n.
last week, who was imprisoned there
for inability to pay the back taxes he
owed the city The idea OF imprison-
ing any body in the South, black OF
white, for any debt, public or private
has long been obsolete. There are
many reasons why it should not be, but
it is: and the fact that it is not so in
the North, is only referred to in order
TO show the unsubstantial grounds
upon which rest northern charges that
the laws of the South are harsh and
cruel, and indicative of a low grade O.
civilization.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annual register of the War De-
partmcnt gives the aggregate strength
of the militia of the country as liz, 496.
A dispatch from Berlin states that
the Kaiser has expressed his intention
to visit the United States whenever a
possible opportunity for doing so pre-
hts iteslf.
Mr.. Wise, from the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, sub
mitt, d to the House with the recon-
mendation that it pass, the bill extend
ing the benefits of the naval hospitals
to keepers and crews of life-saving
stations.
At an entertainment at the home of
George B. Swift, near GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, on Saturday, Swift and his
grown son, JOS r. Swift, had an alter
cation over some trivial matter, when
the latter drew knife and stabbed his
father fatally just below the heart.
The village of Des Plains, sixteen
miles from Chicago on the Northwestern
and Wisconsin Central roads, was al
most destroyed by fire yesterday.
Nearly every business house in the
town was reduced to ashes, and more
than half of the residences were destroy
ed by the conilagration.
It's now probable that the suit of Miss
Madeline V. Pollard against Represen-
tative Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, insti-
tuted in August last, in which the
plaintiff sues for $4,000 damages, be-
cause OF alleged seduction and breach
of promise, will come up for trial in
Washington within the next few weeks.
Mrs. Thomas Smales, who practiced
medicine in London, England, died Sat
urday in Orange, N. J. She was Miss
Frances Dayton, of Virginia, and in
her youth was shot by a rejected lover
She studied medicine and went to
Europe, but never recovered from the
wound, which finally caused her death.
A severe storm swept over nor'H...n
Alabama and Mississippi on Saturday
night. The Congregational Church at
Gate City, Ala, was blown down dur
ing o meeting of the Christian EndeaY-
or Society. Thirty persons were hurt,
three seriously. At North Birming-
ham dozen houses were blown down.
At Eas5 Lake road three depots were
blown down. At McAnncrncy, Miss,
the railroad depot was lifted up bodily
and thrown from its pillars, wrecking
the building.
An English tugboat has been seized
in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, on which
a quantity ofdynamite for the insurgents
was found. A battle was fought at
Curitiba recently, in which both sides
lost heavily. A battle is expected to
occur at Santos soon. The Brazilian
insurgents have captured the govern
ment transport Itaipu She was forced
by the insurgent warship Republica
to haul down her flag. The report that
the town of Nictheroy has been captur=
ed by the insurgents is false.
The entire day in the House on Sat
urday was given to debate ON the
Hawaiian resolution of the Foreign
Affairs Committee 1t was decided to
take vote on the Hawaiian reso-
luton and the substitute offered
by Mr.. Hit, republican, at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and that
the House meet at eleven to-day
and tomorrow, Majority and minority
reports were submitted by the House
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures on the Bland Coinage bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

RAILROAD FIGHT AHEAD.-There is
a prospect of q lively railroad fight in
the General Assembly. A charter has
been prepared for road to run from
Richmond to Manassas via Hanover
Junction to connect at Manassas with a
line for which the Baltimore and Ohio
has obtained charter The latter Is
to cross the Potomac just above George
town. 1t is understood that the appll-
cation for the charter for the Richmond
and Manassas road will be antagonized
by the Richmond and Danyille, and
also by the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac company. There is a
provision in the charter that the new
line shall not parallel the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac, or come
to Richmond so long as the State con-
tinues to hold an interest in the latter
road, but it has been intimated that one
phase of the fight may be q revival OF
the effort to get the State to dispose OF
that interest. 1t is also iutimated that
if, as has been rumored, the Baltimore
aud Ohio is aiming to get to deep wa
ter at Newport News the Chesapeake
and Ohio will also fight the bill. The
matter has been kept very quiet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Execution of Valiant.

PARIS, Feb. 5.-Auguste Valiant
the anarchist, who threw bomb in the
Chamber of Deputies on December 9,
was guillotined at 40 o'clock this
morning at the De La Roquette prison.
Many of the crowd that had gathered
to witness the execution, finding that
the guards, numbering 1900, ranged
around the prison, prevented them
from seeing anything of the guillotinr,
left the vicinity. NJ. Deibler, the ex-
ecutioner, appeared and tested the ma
chine of death. After examining the
machine the knife was inserted. This
knife was foot wide, and had a diago-
nal edge, one end being foot longer
than the other. The courage of the
condemned man was remarkable. AS
he left the prison his form was upright,
though his legs were shacllled. AS he
appeared outside the prison everybody
barred their heads ard the troops pre-
sented arms. The chaplain, whose
ministrations he had refused, stood
outside the prison in order to be near
should the prisoner change his mind.
His services, however, were not called
for. When about so yards outside the
prison Valiant sprang forward and
shouted death to the bourgeois;
long live anarchyw 1t has been Gus
tomary for the executioner's assistants
to push the condemned criminal against
the plank to which the body is fasten
ed, but as Valiant reached it be sprang
forward and placed himself against it.
The plank dropped, Vallant's neck
slipped under the glistening knife and
the moment he was in position Diebcr
touched the spring. There was flash
as the heavy blade descended and the
spectators saw a head and a bleeding
stump of a neck drop into the basket
placed behind the gnillotine. The
head turned around as it was severed
form the body and dropped into the
basket face up. A second later the
plank twisted to the left and the trunk
was thrown into large basket placed
alongside of the guillotine to receive it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

The great mass of mankind expect 10
succeed in life by luck. They do not
look deep enough to perceive that they
cannot prosper without work or work
without strength, which is born of coed
health. They quietly stand by and
permit cough to waste their energies
and sap their constitution when they
can cure it at once with DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Beware.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

Elgins Best is the best Butter made
Price 50 cents per pound.
New Buckwheat and Pure Ioli
Sausage Meat. Try them.
Sweet Florida Oranges.
Extra Fine Malaga Grapes, largt
clusters.
Cape Cod Cranbcrries.
One barrel New York Cider.
One barrel Pittsburg kraut.
Cucumber Pickles; also Sweet PickIr
Fine Home.canned Peaches, on.Ya
few left. B. II. jenkins
je2 Cor. Duke and Fairfax streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

Nothing could be more positive and
to the point than the testimony of Mrs.
VIM. +. Wilmington, of Waterbury,
Nd, who writes as follows: Il have
found Salvation Oil a most useful rem
edy for neuralaia it is unequaled, for
sprains unexcelled. cheerfully rec
ommend it as valuable household ar
+iola -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
The North Carolina Border Fight.

The North Carolina Border Fight.
HoT SPRINGS. N. c., Feb. 5. Add
tional particulars of the fight on the
State line between North Carolina and
Tennessee have been received. One o!
tie men engaged in the affair, Philip
Rice, was brought into Marshall yester-
day He says the men engaged in the
fight were all from North Carolina, and
that they became involved in quarrel
which resulted in Alfred Rice, brother
of Philip, being shot dead. Clarence
Ray and Wm. Morton are not expected
to live; Philip Rice was shot through
the leg. Dan Morton and Haigh Nor
ton, participants in the afiray, have
been Jailed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

Ii is asserted in Belgrade that Alex
ander proposes to abdicate the throne
of Serva in favor of his father, ex-King
Milan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

For TIE relief and cure of cold in II
head there is more potency in EIys Crcai
Balm than in anything else it is po,sibl,
prescribe. This preparation has Tor years Pee.
been making a brilliant success rs q renas
Tor cold in The head, clltrrh and hay i,,a
Used in the initial stages Of the compton,
Cream Balm prevents amy scrioas deyca.
ment Of the symptoms. while almost nu
less cases are on record of radical cu- u
chronic cartarrh ana hay fever after .il olHt
treatments have proved of no avail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN IRON BITTE2S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05
DIED.

On Monday. February 9th, at the resi-
dence of Mr. Thomas Moss, Miss ELIZA
BETH ii. THOMSON, aged IS years. In
i..rment at The Plains EaualSer county Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her Cas;ora,
When she was Child, sine cried for Casioria
When she became Miss she chung 10 Cls;orA.
When she had Children, sho gave them CaStont
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

ON LADIES FACES. MOLES. WAKr, 4
destroyed forever by the "Electrir NJ iie
IL years experience; no pain sti.
taught reasonably.
Dir. and MRs ROGAN.
Face Specialists. Gl9 F street. n. V W.
lngton, ID. c. No matter how bad yog,-
may be- whether you have a dozen bar
thousand, you can be cured. Eadi,> @
neglect it any longer, bnt go to Dr. Ra.4a
once and be forever rid of thisaunoyi ing
iah. Hours, 9 to .; Sundays 10 loi j.
greatest privacy is observed
PS. DR. Rogan is the only phy-ir4l
the East making speciality of the E.e'F
Needle alone. and unless you have ~
hairs destroyed now, you will find o g.
grow older they will get coarscr, dsror
more numerous. Avoid beginners adgrf.-.
powders, liquids. pomice stone, * i:
at once, rs only limited uUmar
treated daily.-.'Hari-timc" prizes f..
il twc. ie.7 ~
E,oR EXCHANGE.
] have some desirable
IMPROVED PROPERTY II WA,iii'
TON
to exchange for Alexandria improved % r.
improved property.
some desirable REAL ESTATE "
ton to exchange for GOOD FARM la'
address r. F. BARRETT
Real Esiat.. Biose.
112 \. Fairfax street, AexaudFi"
feb5 I'm
GONFEDERATE VETERANS
~ lar monthly meeting of L. T. i-.' nv
Confederate Veterans. will be hid o.
DAY EVENING, February 3i
o'clock EDGAR WAKE '5.'...
ct
IINOX's SPARKLING GtiAl.AN
IN shreds and granulated for 81, ,;.pS
TXTRA CHOICE CALIFoRNl4 II ..5.s[
IL for sale by j ii '..'
Collected FRENCH CAPERS. Eur,
- Clam Bouilon, and Choice i'i
gus in stock aud for sale by
900 k'ns ',.'.s
DULL BRAND EDoM GU.
I'D at II. e. ~. - -, -
ZEPHYR DRESS GINGIiANS l t.sa
II 12lsc, now selling Al 9eit'
tiful styles, at c,.,y,f ,EEg'
NOTHING more suitabIe l25 ! ,i..s
~ than GOOD UMBRELLA
at lowest prices at e.i-tR tEs
A UToGRAPn ALBUMS. E ys,yy4EEgs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

KNoX,s SPARKLING GELAIlAA
IN shreds and granuhted for I'm
! NiLit j.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

|ONFEDERATE VETERANS
" lar monthly meeting of L. T. ~ ny,
Confederate Veterans, will be hr.i ".
DAY EVENING, February ~ ri,
o'clock EDGAR WAGFiElp
o. o. AlHu-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-05

ON LADIES' FACES. MOLES, WARTS
destroyed forever by the "Electrir Ne i'
10 years experience; 10 pain s'gie
tnupht reasonably