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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News,

LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch from
Paris says that Prince Emmanuel OF
Orleans was arrested in Bordeaux to-
day while on his way to visit Emperor
Franz Joseph of Austria.
PARIS, Aug. 17.-Premier Dupuy is
in Vernel-les- Bains not far from the
Spanish border. accompanied by three
detectives. Rumors of a plot against
his life had been circulated but the
anarchists had been warned Of their
danger the night before the police ex-
pected to arrest them and fed to Spain
where every effort is being made to
capture them.
RYDE, Aug. 1.-THE Vigilant did
not sail in to-day's race. AS she had
damaged the head of her mainsail in
yesterdays contest, it was deemed adj
visable to devote the day to mending it
and otherwise preparing the sloop for
her match race tomorrow, Is miles to
windward and back. Nothing will be
left undone to put her in condition for
tomorrow. The starters in this morn
iag's race were the Britannia, Satanita,
Corsair, Carina and Namara. The Bri-
tannia was the first in, finishing 3 min
utes and 80 seconds ahead of the Sat
anita, but the race was won by the
Carina on time allowance.
LONDON, Aug. ia Shanghai cor
respondent says that, by special decree,
the japanese imperial government has
authorized loan of 100000. The
japanese government has promised the
Admiral of the British Asiatic squadron
to give forty-eight hours notice in case
the japanese feet lombard Wei-Hsi-
Wei, or Chez Foo. The eight vessels
hat passed Chez Foo westward bound
IN August II. were the Chinese feet
which was fleeing from the japanese
cruisers. The fleet went to Lui kung
lao, northwest OF Chee Foo, where 1t
has been left undsturbed by the Jap
anese.
The finding OF court official investiga-
ton at Shanghai of the sinking of the
Kow Shing, is that the steamer Kow
Shing was sunk on July % By Japan
csc naval vessel and that Captain Gals
worthy and the other officers Of the
Kow Shing showed great GOODNESS
and judgment under the trying
conditions of the conflict. The court
added that the Kow Shing's English
crew used all means in their power to
avert the catastrophe and deserved high
praise for their efforts. Torpedoes will
De laid at the entrance of Toxic ard
Nagasaki harbors early in next week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

THE STATE democratic convention ci
Indiana endorsed the President AMI
denounced "alltarifprotection of what
ever kind as fraud and robbery of the
American people for the benefit of the
few" And yet Mr.. Cleveland recon-
mended the passage of 8 bill that put a
protective duty of forty per cent, so
its author said, upon the products OF
New England manufacturers, and,
over his own signature, said he was not
opposed to protective duty on sugar.
The makers of party platforms must
act upon the idea that the vast MAORI
ty of the voters of their party are ut
terly stupid and irgnorant, and, judging
from election returns, they are not far
out OF the way.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

As MR. CLEVELAND lost none OF his
private rights by being President, there
is nothing TO restrain his movements,
within the limits Of this country, or TO
Compel him to tell the public, when he
leaves the White House, where. when
or how he is going. But, for ell that
his sudden and secret departures nat
ur. ! y engender surmises, particular
ly that of yesterday, while the
whole business OF the country is
in suspense, awaiting his action on
the tariff bill, and that some OF
these surmises are not complimentary
is by no means wonderful, for most
people are disposed to put an evil con-
s.ruction upon every action that can be
so construed The reputation OF a
President should be ike that Of C'esar's
1r;fa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

THE COMMISSIONERS appointed by the
President to investigate the cause Of the
difference between some strikers and
their employer in Chicago, are pro-
crossing with their vain and needless
work, at an expense of hundred or
two dollars day, aud, so far, have only
heard reiterated what they had read in
the newspapers month ago, which is,
as Mr.. Howard, vice president of the
A. R. e., stated on the witness stand,
that the strikers wanted "to cut off
Mr.. Pullman's revenue Why, of
course they did, and they have never
denied it, and why an expensive COM
mission should have been appointed to
hear that statement over again, is what
only the sophisticated can tell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

BRIDGES OF EUROPE.-The Fordon
bridge over the Vistula river in Ger
many, probably ranks sixth among the
European bridges, so far as length is
concerned, the -, 632-foot bridge over
the Danube at Czernavoda coming first,
followed by the 10 400 foot bridge over
the Tay, the 7,S55-foo Forth bridge,
the WAL bridge in Holland with q
length of 4,S23 feet, the 4,71S-foot
bridge over the Volya at Syrsan, Rus
STA, and the Fordon bridge, which is
4 ,347 feet long. The last has five river
spans of 32S feet and 10 of 203 feet five
inches each. The river piers are found
ed on concrete inclosed in piling and
protected by riprap the foreshore piers
aud one abutment are founded on ma
sonry wells 29i feet outside diameter
sunk to from 80 to 33 feet below the
surface of the ground. The main grid
ers over the river openings have para.
bolic upper and horizontal lower
chords. The width between the main
Orders in clear is 80 feet 5 inches, Of
which q feet :! inches is given up to q
roadway and l3 feet inches to rail
way, the remaining inches being oc-
cupied by dividing lattice s feet 5
inches high. On each side of the main
girders there is footway 1 feet II
inches wide. On one side of the river
both above and below the bridge, there
are sheefs for removing aud replacing
the masts of passing vessels, and there
is also towing apparatus for boats
passing under the structure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

VIRGINIA CONGRESSIONAL NoMINA-
T1oNs.-The democratic convention for
the Tenth district, which met at Buch-
anan yesterday, unanimously nominal
ed Hon. Harry St. George Tucker for
Congress. Resolutions indorsing his
course and President Cleveland and
the democratic House of Representa-,
tives were adopted.
The republican congressional conven-
ton for the Sixth Virginia district met
in Lynchburg yesterday, and on the
thirty fifth ballot nominated Col. J.
Hampton Hoge, of Roanoke, for Con
gress. "Brac" Stovall, of Halifax, and
c. A. Heermans, of Montgomery coun-
ty, were his opponents.
The republican congressional conven-
ton for the Seventh district, met
at Luray yesterday and nominated R.
]. Walker, of Shenandoah county, on
the first ballot.
At meeting of the district demo
cratic committee for the Ninth con-
gressional district, at Big Stone Gap,
yesterday, it was decided that the con-
veation of the democratic party, held
at Bristol August S, be reassembled
August 90 at the same place, to be duly
composed OF the delegates appointed to
the convention OF Aug s, for the pur-
pose of completing the work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

As THE new tariff bill cannot be op.
erative until it shall be signed by the
President, the distillers, believing that
he will sign it, are making hay while
the sun shines, and are availing them
selves to the fullest extent of the OPP
portunity he is affording them by his
delay in signing it, of taking
every barrel of whisky out OF bond,
thereby saving twenty cents in the tax
on every gallon of it. The sugar re-
fners have already secured their for
tunes by laying in more than years
supply of raw sugar, now free, but
which will be taxed for their benefit
under the new bill The sugar and
whisky men. at least, should be grateful
20 Mr.. Cleveland.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Mrs. Robert Payne died at her home
in Falmouth yesterday.

Mrs. Robert Payne died at her home
in Falmouth yesterday.
Miss Jane Embrey, of Culpeper coun-
tv, died Sunday after short illness.
d.. w. c. Dabney, of the University
of Virginia Medical College, is crilical-
~ i'll.
A colored girl in Norfolk, thirteen
years of age, contesses having robbed
twenty residences.
Mrs. Ella Shackeford, wife of Mr.. j.
G. Shackelford, of Culpeper county,
died on the 2nd inst.
Miss Lilly Ward, of Winchester. will
leave next Saturday for Han Chow,
China, where she will do missionary
work.
At Covington yesterday argument
was begun in the case of Captain t. A.
Goodman, on trial for killing Col. II. c.
Parsons.
The marriage of Mr.. Louis J. Barr
and Miss Julia Spur, of Winchester,
was solemnized in the Market Street
Methodist Episcopal Church there yes
terday.
Major ]. W. Lion, who was paralyzed
some years ago and from which he new
er entirely recovered, was found dead
in bed at Manassas on Wednesday
morning by his wife.
The Potomac Association of the Bap-
fist Church commenced a three days
meeting at Orlean, in Fauquier county,
yesterday Some of the most eminent
divines of that denomination in Nir-
ginia will be present.
Lawson Jefferson, of Port Conway
while fishing for sturgeon on Monday
night, caught a shovel nose shark
measuring eight feet in length. This
is the first shark ever known TO have
been captured at that point.
Gen. G.. w. c. Lee, who has been
confined 70 his home for weeks with q
severe indisposition, has SO far improv-
ed as to be able to leave for a short
vacation in the mountains, prior to the
opening OF the next session of Wash
ington and Lee University, of which ne
is the honored president.
Governor O'Ferrall has refused TO
commute the sentence in the case OF
William G.. Taylor, who is TO be hang
ed at Pulaski Courthouse to-day. Tay-
Tor, who is a white man, killed his wife
under very distressing circumstances.
The only defense was insanity and his
sanity at the time the crime was COM
mitted was fully established.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

A Wires THRILLING SToRY.-Mrs.
Henry Gentry, wife of wellknown
farmer, living on the Tennessee river,
seven miles below Chattanooga, disap-
peared in very mysterious manner
last week. Yesterday she reappeared,
a ghost of her former self, and tells a
startling tale Tom Massingale, a
young mountaineer, deeply infatuated
with her, at the point of a pistol forced
her to accompany him to cave in
Sinala Mountain, where he kept her
until she escaped and came to Chatta-
nooga. Massingale has fled to the wilds
of Sinala Mountain, and is beyond hope
OF capture,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

The State convention of the Ohio
populists have declared in favor of q
fusion with the labor party of that
State, and have reafirmed their own
platform and endorsed that Of the lat
t.r, supplemented with planks for in
creased pensions to ex-Union soldiers
and the Coxey good roads proposition.
TIE democratic party is bad enough
but no intelligent man, at all interested
in the country's welfare, can hope for
better things from the populists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
A Brutal Robbery.

RACINE, Wis, Aug 1.-Two mask
ed men called at the farmhouse of an
aged couple at Bristol last night and
demanded money. They burned the
woman's feet but she would not divulge
the hiding place. Finally By holding
two guns to the head of old man and
threatening him with instant death the
robbers secured $500 and made their
escape. The woman sin precarious
condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

IL THE members of the democratic
convention that met here yesterday
fairly represented the democrats of
their respective counties, nobody, here
after, can say, with truth, that the de,
mocracy of the Sth Virginia Congress
sional district is not Cleveland democ-
racy, up and down and all the way
round for it declared, as stated in the
GAZETTE of that date, IAN abiding faith
in the wisdom, courage and patriotism
of Grover Cleveland" and commended
CHS administration to the people of the
district"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

TRANSIT BY COMPRESSED AIR.-In q
paper recently read before the French
Society of Civil Engineers, NJ. Chatard
presented data concerning the CON-
pressed air street car traction system
now being installed by the Compagnie
Generate des Omnibus de Paris on
three of its most important lines; name
ly that running from the Louvre to St.
Cloud, distance of about 81 miles; that
from the Louvre to Sevres and Versail-
les, about y miles long, and that from
Vincennes to St. Augustin, about 6
miles long. In the case Of the first two
lines trains of three cars each will be
hauled by compressed air locomotives,
while in the other motor cars will be
used to which, when the volume Of
traffic requires it, trailer can be add
ed. For the first mentioned lines there
will be one main power station supply
ing compressed air to two locomotive
charging stations through 2l-inch pipe
line The charging stations are about
l! and 2! miles distant, respectively,
from the power station. The latter is
equipped with seven air compressors
and battery of eight boilers, besides
an air accumulation outfit. The system
to be be followed is that of Mekarski,
which has been in successful operation
on the Nantes line for the past 10 years.
The Vincennes-St. Augustin line will
have two power stations at different
points along its length, one containing
three compressors and the other tour.
All three lines are expected to be in
operation before the end of August
Railroad Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

PRINCE WILLIAM NOTES.-THE build
ing near Haymarket on the Carolina
road and Warrenton pike which was
being put in order by G. w. Smith for
bar-room, was burned on Monday
night, and is supposed to have been set
on fire.
The Haymarket Agricultural Club
gave dinner to the wives and daught-
ers and sweethearts of the members of
the club, Wednesday, on the farm Of
+. Peters. Tournament, bag race, po-
tatoe race, and dancing were the fea-
lures of the day, supplemented with
abundance Of refreshments of all kinds
A grand time was enjoyed as is usual
with all such affairs under the manage
ment of Mr.. Peters.-Harrenton FIR
0inian
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
Opening and Closing of the Mails

Northern mails close at 80 and 9 80 n.
aad u 30, . 45 and s 45 p n. Open a'
90 a. m - 90 N. and 6 30 p. N.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville
close At . SO and II 90 a. m. and , 10 p
nj. Open at s 90 r. N. and 3 90 p. N.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 81
2 m. and S IS p N. Open at S 90 a. II. and
9 GO p. N.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
o Is g. M and 3 80 and As p IN. open
q. S 90 a. n. and - 80 p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at : 30 a n.
aud 4 30 p. m. Open at 00s. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close z!
3 40 a. m. and A 90 P. IN. Open at 9 90 an
snd . 90 p. m.
Western mails close at 0 45 s. n and
~ 30 p m. Open at 00a m. and . ~ n,
Washington mails close at 80 and 7O 8,
M and II 80, 40, 6 80 and S 40 p M;
Open at 8 90 and 10 0C a. M, - 90 m. and
3 80 and 6 SOP IN.
Office Hours-Open at s 90 a. N. Close 81
6 90 p. N.
Sunday Hours-open at 90 3. n. Close
At 9 80 a. m.
Carriers Observation-Disclosures made s;
s 30 and 1ooo a. NJ and 10 20, 3 90 Ahd
AS p. m.
Deliveries made at 8 90 a. M, - 90 n. and
500 p. m.
sunday-carriers' window open at 9 oosnd
close at 70 a. m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

A CLERGYMAN ACCUsED.-Charges
of immortality, falsehood and deceit
have been brought against Rev. DR.. a.
C. Hirst, pastor of Simpson Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, of San
Francisco, and his trial has begun be-
fore an ecclesiastical court. The
charges are preferred by Rev. S. Ro-
gers, who has been associated with
DR.. Hrst in church work. He declares
that he performed immoral acts in com
pany with Hirst, owing TO the latter's
influence over him. When he revolted
Hirst threatened to ruin him, and has
used falsehood and deceit to accomplish
his purpose. Rogers asserts that others
will corroborate him in regard to the
immoral acts of DR.. Hirst.
When these charges were read Hlrst
pleaded not guilty. Wednesday testi-
mony was being taken behind closed
doors. The case has excited much in
terest, because of the prominence Of the
accused preacher. He went there from
Cincinnati about ten years ago, and
had charge Of the Methodist College at
San Jose for several years. He now
occupies the pulpit of the largest Meth
odist church in the city. Recently he
has received calls from Chicago and
Philadelphia, and it was thought he
would accept the Chicago call, as he
had differences with his elders at San
Francisco. DR.. Hirst is very eloquent
in the pulpit, and is the most promin-
ent Methodist in California.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

ACCORDING to the census reports, six
million Of the forty-seyen million people
in this country over ten years of age
are illiterate. Judging from the men
now in both branches of Congress, an
intelligent foreigner would suppose
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

Charles Robinson, the first governor
Of Kansas, died at Lawrence this morn
ing. He was very old, and had been
out of politics for several years,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

FUNERAL DIRECToRs.-The Viagiuia
Funeral Directors Association in Rich.
mond yesterday elected the following
officers for the ensuing year c. w.
Woolwine, of Roanoke, president; L.
T. Christian, of Richmond, secretary
James Perley, Of Charlottesville, treas
urer.
The delegates to the national con-
vention which meets in st. Louis, Mo-,
on October I'd, 1894, were elected as
follows: L. T. Christian, Richmond
William NJ. Bucher, Harrisonburg, and
]. NJ. Oakley, Salem.
Three members were elected to be
recommended to the Governor from
which he is to select one to fill vacan-
cy on the embalming board. They are
B. Wheatley, Alexandria; T. A. Fox,
Danville and H. D. Oliver, Norfolk.
The reports of the several committees
were read and adopted.
The association selected Danville as
the next place to hold the convention.
In the evening the State board of en-
balming met.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
Fairfax Notes.

Mr.. Ruth Stuart, Miss BERTHE Tyler
and Miss Pauline 1Iosby leave to-mor-
row for Old Point.
Mrs. Jno. c. Dice has been been elect
ed principal of the public white school
here, with Miss Mary J. Jagar as assist
ant.
The board of supervisors will hold a
two-days' session here, August oath
and 18th, TO receive bids on the new
clerks Office and to examine the de-
! linquent tax list.
The dwelling house of Mr.. J. W.
Maple, near Naples mill, was destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 4th, re-
sulting from the explosion OF kcro-
sene lamp.
Mr.. VIM. \. Berkeley. of Alexandria,
has been visiting his son, Rev F. p.
Berkeley, at Marshall, Va, and on his
return is spending few days with re-
atives here.
Mari Camp, Confederate Veterans,
will hold its semi-annual meeting here
on the 25th inst 1t is hoped arrange
ments will then be made for q grand
reunion in the fall.
The district conference of the Alex
andria district Virginia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, will be
held at Falls Church Sept. 6 to IL. The
conference will be conducted by Rev.
:. 2. Shipman, presiding elder.
County Court will meet on Monday
1t will be grand jury term, and it is
thought an indictment will be found
against DR.. Cranky Stanton Howard,
who figures so conspicuously in the
Specht divorce case, ard who is now
enjoying the cool breezes of Canada.
The family of Mr.. B. F. Johnson,
near Falls Church, has been sadly
afflicted recently. Soon after one Of
Mr.. Johnson's daughters return from
school, she had a severe attack of
typhoid fever Since then Mr.. J. has
lost two sons, and his wife and another
daughter are now i'll. One son, Arthur,
aged about IS, died last week and was
buried or Thursday. Another son,
George A., died early Tuesday morn
ing. He was thirty years old and
leaves wife and one child. Mr.. John
son, who is one of the most useful aud
highly esteemed citizens of the county,
has the heartfelt sympathy of a host of
friends IN his deep afiliction.-Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

To TAKE THEIR OCCUPATION AWAY.
Representative Bailey, of Texas, de-
sires to rid Congressman of all compile
ity in office-seeking. Yesterday he in
troduced the following BILL THAT
from and after the passage Of this act
no Senator or Representative in Con-
gress shall, directly or indirectly, So
licit or recommend the appointment OF
any person to any Office under the
United States; provided, that this act
shall not be construed to apply to the
Offices of the House of Representatives
or the Senate"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

Woman suffrage was beaten in the
New York constitutional convention
Wednesday by vote of 81 to IS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17

A death from cholera was reported
to-day in Chelsea, southwest sub
urb Of London.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
HOUSE.

The House was not in session to-day,
having adjourned yesterday until Mon
day,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-12-19
5. ruoNrAs

Doubling Thomas" term often
heard, is not fairly descriptive Of this
Apostle. L is true that he was doubtful
of the Lords resurrection, when his bro
ther Apostles told him, after Easter night,
" We have seen the Lord" But he was
us far as possible from that unhappy char
acter which we call infidel, or unbeliever.
His seems 10 have been a responding ma.
turc, easily depressed, prone to lnok on
the dark side of Thu gs. The crucilxion
aud burial of his dear Master had appear
ed to his sensitive heart an end of all
hope and to revive II, something more
than the words Of his companions was
necessary. Jesus understood and made
generous allowance for this natural weak
ness. He offered Thomas the very proof
he demanded "Reaah hither thy finger,
and behold my hands ;&and reach hither
Thy hand, and thrust it into my side and
be not faithless, out believing Then came
that glorious confession learesl, strong
est, as to Christ's Divinity, that had yet
been uttered by mortal lips, "My Lord
and my Con.
And his life. Afterwards, was one of
unsparing devotion to The Lord, for whom
he had before expressed such tender love,
when, as Jewish violence threatened the
life of Jesus, Thomas said unto his fellow
disciples, Let us also SO, that we may
die with him His missionary travels
were scarce exceeded by those of S.
Paul. Beginning al Paitbia, hetraversed
Media, Persia, Chaldea, and on, eastward,
as far us liindestan and the island of SUI
matra He long laborcd in India, cen
vcrtod great uambers of the Hindous, and
ut last suffered martyrdom at the hands
of some Brahmin priests and a band of
armed men, who fell upon him whi'c he
was engaged in prayer.