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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
Taking Incersolrs Advice.

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-Willie d. Day
the champion runner of the world, com.
mitted suicide early this morning by
hanging himself from a tree near the
clubhouse of the New Jersey Athletic
Club at Bergen Point. He had been
accused of Withholding SIP belonging
to laundry.
TOLEDO, O., Aug. 24-Mathias Hart
man, 95-year-old pioneer of this city,
committed suicide last night by hang
ing himself with his suspenders while
locked up in cell in the police sta
ton. Hartman was arrested for shoot
ing at his wife, whom he married q
year ago, ard with whom he has fire.
quently quarreled about money.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.-Henry S.
Pearson, formerly manager of the Piano
Manufacturing Co. of this city, and part
proprietor of the Terrall Hardware Co.,
at Ryan, l. T., committed suicide last
night by shooting. He left several
letters stating there was nothing in life
for him. He had been short in his &C
counts with the piano company, but to
what extent is not known.
PERRY, o. T., Aug. 24.-John R
RAthborn, lieutenant of company OF
United States soldiers located near
this city, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with pistol. No cause is
assigned for the shooting. He was
conversing with party Of soldiers,
and, without warning, pulled gun
and shot himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
said, if Congress fails to legislate as
they wish, Will turn Congress out and
organize 8 provisional government.

said, if Congress fails to legislate as
they wish, Will turn Congress out and
organize provisional government.
News reached Baton Rouge, La, yes
Yesterday of distressing accident near
that place, which resulted in the death
of three estimable young ladies, Miss
Mary Lee Read, Miss Belle Chambers
and Miss Eleanor Garland. The young
ladies were bathing in the Amite river,
when one of their number got beyond
their depth. She screamed and the
other two went to her assistance, and
all three were drowned.
The body of an unknown woman was
found on the lake shore of Minnesota
Point. Dulth, Wednesday. 1t was partial
" buried. A fractured skull, marks OF
violence on the hands and neck indi-
cate murder. The body was that of q
woman about thirty-two years old, Of
light complexion and apparently Of
GOOD station. Her dress and under
clothing were new, of good quality and
unmarked. Death was caused by the
wound on the skull.
At meeting in Washington last
night of the committee having in charge
the reception and entertainment of the
delegates to the southern development
convention to meet at Wizards Hall
Thursday and Friday next, Manager
Colquit read letters from prominent
business and railroad men of the South
accepting invitations to be present
Among the acceptances was one from
ex-Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, Of Virginia. The
finance committee made gratifying re-
port.
General Antonio Ezeta and his fel
low refugees are prisoners at last in Sar
Francisco by authority of the United
States District Court. The warrants O.
arrest were served yesterday afternoon
Early in the morning the local officer;
received notification that the differ
ences between the Navy Depart
ment and the Department of Jus
tice had been compromised, at least i;
a measure, and that the naval author
tiles of Mare Island would permit The
United States marshal TO serve the war
rants
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Strike in Massachusetts.

New BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 24.-The
fifth day of New Bedford's great indus
trial battle opened with much less of
change in the condition and outlook
than many had hoped. The rumors
that the Bennett and Columbian milis
are to open their gates on Monday, to
allow such of their employees as desire
to return to their work at the reduc-
ton, are confirmed. There are many
who find encouragement in the belief
that spirit of hot-blooded contention
is slowly giving way to recognition on
all sides that the crisis is one which de-
mands earnest and temperate consider
alton. The results of the conference of
last evening were, no doubt. far short
Of the expectations of the more san
guine, but it certainly accomplished
something in the direction OF conclli-
alton, and may set in motion train of
circumstances which will lead up to a
settlement of the difficulty in which
the rights of the parties at issue will be
recognized and conserved.
SUNcooK, n. H., Aug. 24.-The
strike at the mills here has spread
somewhat, and it is expected will fur
Their extend. A labor agitator from
Fall River arrived here yesterday and
it is stated that he was the cause of
nearly 100 spinners of the China mill
coming out at l o'clock. The spinners
in the Webster also struck, as did three
fourths of the weavers in the Webster
and about one half of those in the Penn
broke. A large number Of others did
not go into the strike. There has been
no disturbance as yet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

THE RICHMOND Dispatch says the
Presidents letter to Mr.. Wilson was
written privately" and, 1.-THE fact is
that Mr.. Cleveland's words were in
tended for Mr.. Wilson's own eye" Has
the Dispatch been asleep? Every body
whose eyes are open knows that the
letter referred to was written weeks be-
fore it was read in Congress. that the
ACCESSIBILITY of making it public was q
matter of consultation at the White
House, and that Mr.. Wilson is the last
man in Congress who would give pub
lieity TO private letter without the
consent of the writer.
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Death OF a Minister.

SOUTH NoRwALK, Conn, Aug. "a
Rev. S. B. s. Bissell died in this city
yesterday afternoon aged 50. Mr. Bis.
sell was the eldest son of the late Judge
and Governor Bissell and was born in
Westport. He graduated with high
honors from Yale in the class of 1880
studied law for a short time in his
fathers Office, but abandoned it to en-.
ter Princeton University school, from
which he was graduated, and then went
to Virginia, where his first congrega-
ton was composed largely of slaves.
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Preparations for the Pythians.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Washington
expects to entertain a hundred thousand
visitors next week during the encamp-
ment of the Knights of Pythias. AL
ready people from other places are be-
ginning to arrive. Cut rates on excur-
sion tickets to enable the knights and
their friends to attend the great cele-
bration went into effect Wednesday and
it is reported that thousands have taken
advantage of the opportunity to visit
Washington. Everything points to o
successful encampment. Citizens have
contributed literally and hotels and
boarding houses have cooperated with
the committees of arrangement in max
ing reasonable rates. Nearly every
business house along the line of march
has been decorated and the city pre-
sents gala appearance, strongly
reminiscent of Inauguration time. On
the grounds of the Washington monu,
ment l, ZOO tents have been erected and
in these the members Of the uniformed
commands will sleep and eat.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

a camp of Confederate veterans has
been organized at Williamsburg.
The Loudoun county fair at Leesbure
closed yesterday. 1t was financial
success.
An unknown colored woman was I'm
over by train near Manassas Wednes
day and killed.
The new Catholic church at Coving.
ton was dedicated Sunday last by Bish'
op Van de Yyver.
The delegates from Clarke county to
the democratic congressional conven'
ton at Lu:ay favor the denomination
of the present representative, Mr.. S
S. Turner.
Hon. c. A. Swanson, the present
democratic Congressman from the 18th
Virginia district, was renominated al
Stuart, Patrick county, yesterday by
reclamation.
The coal trade at Newport New:
still continues to increase at very
rapid rate, and it is thought that the
amount handled this month will eX
coed any month since the Chesapeake
and Ohio built its piers there.
Charles Fletcher, a sixteen-year-olt
negro boy, and Henry Carpenter, aget
twenty, also colored, had difficulty
Sunday at Iron Gate, which illuminated
last night in Fletcher stealing up be
hind Carpenter and striking him OF
the back of the head with q club, FROM
the effects of which he died one hou
later. Fletcher was arrested and lodg
ed in Jail.
The State conventions of the prohibi
ZIONIST and the populist parties met q
Lynchburg yesterday. The question
of possible union Of the two partie
for the coming campaign was settled il
the negative The platform proposed
by the prohibilionists was rejected b.
the populists, and counter proposition
from the populists was rejected by tn
prohibitionists. The prohibitionists re
solved to nominate candidates for Con
gress in all the districts. 1t is under
stood that the populists will do like
wise, though no formal resolution II
that effect was passed. Rev. San
Small, prohibitionist, addressed hi!
meeting in the afternoon, and Senate
PETER talked to another big one q
night. ]. Haskins Hobson was re
elected chairman of the populist Stat
central committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
FOREIGN NEWS,

A dispatch from Shanghai says that
tue Japanese minister to Corea has been
killed by his own countrymen.
A mob of Cossacks in Russian vii
lage, recently attacked the cattle in
spectors, and company Of C valry
charged the rioters, wounding number
of them.
At the Velodrome Buffalo, Paris, yes
terday the quarter-mile bicycle race for
professional riders was won by the
American, Banker. Wheeler, also an
American, finished second. There were
Is competitors.
Baron Mundy, we'll known as the
founder OF the Salvage Society, has
committed suicide in Vienna by shoot
ing himself with a revolver. His body
was found under the Danube bridge.
He was undoubtedly insane.
The yacht Saxon has arrived at Peter
head, and reports that she landed
Professor Aubrey Bottye, the ornitholo-
gist, at Kolquev Island, a hundred miles
from the Russian coast, but was obliged
to abandon him OH account of the heavy
ice.
A nocturnal search by the police OF
Italy ofanarchist clubs and residences in
several small towns near Ravenna,
Italy, resulted in the seizure of large
quantities of arms, ammunition, flags
and papers. Several anarchists were
arrested.
The Journal DIES Debats asserts that
King Humbert, of Italy, will create the
viceroyalty of Sicily and will make the
Prince of Naples viceroy. 1t says the
news of the Kings intention is favora-
bly, received in Italy as happy solu-
ton of the problem of Sicilisn disafiec-
ton.
In connection with the coal strike,
serious rioting has occurred near Glas-
cow, and several pits have been wreck
ed by disorderly mobs. Donaldson,
the leader of the striking miners, and
five other persons, who have been
prominent during the strike, have been
arrested.
1t is stated in London that the French
government will not permit Sir Charles
Dixie to make the tour of Frances
eastern frontier fortresses, which he
was said to have planned for the parlia-
mentary recess. The French press pro-
tests against allowing foreigners to pry
into French arsenals and forts.
Advices received at Colon from Blue
fields, Mosquito territory, say that the
Nicaraguans continue their barharities
toward foreigners. 1t is reported that
imprisonments and murders are so
frequent that the inhabitants are flee
ing in all directions. More troops are
arriving at Blue6elds for Greytown.
The Pope's Remuneration of Zola's
"Lourdes" in his letter to Monsignor
Ricard has stirred Catholic circles 10
France deeply. 1t is supposed to indi
cate that the Pope makes belief in
Lourdes miracles dogma. Previously
there had been no clear declaration On
this subject. lola is reveling in the
advertising which the papal letter has
given him, and is giving interviews to
reporters concerning his next book.
The title, he says, will be Rome"
He will make long visit in Rome be-
fore undertaking the work, and will
seek an audience with the Pope. He
says he was quite sincere in writing his
novel on Lourdes. and recorded only
what he believed to be the truth.
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EoreipnNews

LONDON, Aug. 24.-Adyices from
Shanghai are to the effect that seri.
Gus battle is expected to soon occur
between the Chinese and japanese
forces.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-Ernest Haas
berger, the Dundee jute merchant who
was arrested about month ago on
charges OF having forged bills for ESQ.,.
600 on Scotch banks and for s20,O on
continental banks, was arraigned for
trial to-day. When called upon to
plead, the prisoner admitted that he
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

TIE CENSUS REPORTS show that the
ratio of criminals to population in this
country is five times greater now than
it was forty years ago. In the South it
is even greater. And yet in the inter
val referred to free schools in
creased and multiplied to an extent
never reached in any other country on
the face of the earth. No stronger
proof could be adduced OF the fact,
long known by oil well-informed mer,
that free schools are not conducive to
good morals; that they are not condu-
Give to good understanding is proved
by the character Of the men those VINO
have attended them elect to Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

McKEEsPoRT, Pa, Aug. 24.-An
alarming confegration visited Dravos
burg, suburb of this city, about one
o'clock this morning. Six buildings
and large frame stable were burned
10 ashes. There was no means of cop
ing with the fire, and the flames had
all their own way with the houses
which stood together. The total dam
age is estimated close on $4,000. No
one was injured. The saloon of Fred
Winklevoss, at Curry's Hollow, about
one mile distant, was also burned this
morning. Suspicious are aroused that
incendiaries are at work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

MR.. HERMAN BRAUN, Of Milwaukee,
has published book proving that the
hanging of Captain Henry Wirz, the
commandant of the Confederate prison
at Audersonville, by the federal authori-
ties. was an Infamous and outrageous
murder. This is raking over old straw,
but it is nevertheless true. Captain
Wirz was in no way responsible for the
deaths at Andersonville. The respon-
sibility for those deaths rested upon the
man who afterwards served two terms,
and came near serving third one, as
President of the United States, who
refused to let the prisoners be e1-
changed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

The MORE new business enterprises
springing up in and about Alexandria,
the more remarkable becomes the pro-
lonsed lack of frstclass hotel, on a
central part of King street, to accom-
modate visitors. Such lack is not
only apparent to the people Of this
city, but, unfortunately, more SO to
those who come here seeking invest
ments. Such hotel, properly con.
Quoted. would pay from the start.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
To Develop Southern Resources.

WASHINGTON, Aug. PA practical
attempt to develop the resources of the
South will be initiated in Washington
on Thursday, Aug. so. Its basis is a
convention of southern business men
which will begin on that day and which
Is supplemental to the meeting of Gov
errors OF southern States in Richmond
last year. Several of the executives
who attended that meeting will be
present at the convention, and scores
of the most prominent men
will lend their cooperation to
make the affair success. The
programme will include addresses
on the necessity for a public building
in Washington for a permanent exhibit
o. the resources of all the States a con-
sideration Of the timber resources of the
South; the mineral aud agricultural re-
sources of the South: transportation
facilities: immigration, trade and manu-
features and good roads. Senator Pat
rick Walsh, Gov. Elias Carr, of North
Carolina, Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Clements, and other promi-
nent southerners will deliver addresses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

MILL HANDS LOCKED OUT.-The
great textile strike at Fall River, Mass,
developed yesterday into lockout, and
$4,000 mill operatives in that city will
be idle. Notices were posted in the
mills that every mill operated by mem
bers of the Manufacturers Association
will shut down indefinitely. These
mills include every establishment en-
gagged in the manufacture of print cloth,
and the shutdown throws 22,645 men
and women out of employment. There
are at present about $500 who have
voluntarily quit work, which swells the
total to about 25 900 idle operatives.
The decision to close was reached by
the manufacturers Wednesday, and is
the result of an agreement to close the
mills at any time that three-fourths of
the looms were silent for any cause.
This was true Wednesday, and yester-
days notice resulted.
The shutdown will leave total Of
1926 employees at work in the Barnaby
Manufacturing Company, Fall River
Iron Works, Conanticut and Seaconnet
mills. These establishments are en-
gagged in the manufacture Of goods that
do not come under the manufacturers
agreement.
1t is announced that the fremont
and Suffolk mills, at Lowell, will open
in all departments next Monday morn
Ing and give employment to $500 per-
sons. They have been closed since
July 3.
Four hundred weavers in the China
mills, at Suncook, n. H, did not go to
work yesterday because ola reduction in
wages equal to the cut down in the
Fall River mills. Notices of reduc-
ton have been posted in the Webster
and Pembroke mills also. The weav-
ers, who are nearly all French, are not
members of union, but will probably
organize now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

AN OLD VIRGINIAN DEAD.-Henry
T. Shearer, a well-known and highly
esteemed citizen of Wildwood, Va, died
Wednesday at the ripe age of IS years.
He was born in New Market, Va,
where be continued to live until the
wear 1854, when he went to Wildwood,
where he has lived ever since, following
his occupation, that of tailor, up Until
about ten years ago, when he retired
from active business on account of age
and i'll health. He was an active and
consistent member of the NJ. E. Church
South during the last forty years of his
life. In politics he was an old line
democrat, and when younger was an
active worker in his party. He mar
ried Miss Roeditler, of Shenandoah
county, an aunt of Mr.. James Roediffer,
the present postmaster at Woodstock
Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

THE opponents of the income tax
provision of the German tariff bill, the
best provision of that bill, need not lay
the catering JUNCTION to their souls
that that tax will not be collected be-
cause Congress has not made an ap-
preparation to pay the collectors. The
treasury officials can always find
,neans to collect small tax, let alone
one that will bring in its millions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
ImDortant Facts.

If you have dull and heavy pains across
the forehead and about the eyes; if the ros-
trils are frequently stopped up and followed
by disagreeable discharge; if soreness in
the nose and bleeding from the nostrils is of
ten experienced; if your are very sensitive
to cold in the head accompanied with head
ache, then you may be sure you have catsrrh
and should Immediately resort to Elys
Cream Balm for cure. Ike remedy will give
instant relief
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

At Hagerstown, Md. last night Geo.
W. Reeder, miller, was caught by his
arm as he was attempting to adjust q
pulley and was drawn up between the
revolving pulleys and crushed and
stripped of arms and legs, by the ma
chinery. Reeder's body was mangled
almost beyond semblance to human
form.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24
ALeap from a Tower.

AS has been stated, Col. J. NJ. Win
stead, president of the Piedmont and
Peoples Bank, of Greensboro, \. c.,
committed suicide in Richmond yester-
day morning in sight of hundreds Of
people end in deliberate way. He
was . nice-looking old gentleman of
about seventy. He went to the balcony
of the City Hall, threw away his hat
and cane, took of his shoes and threw
them before him, and jumped to the
street below. He fell with terrific
force through the air, head downward,
until he lad reached to about the sec
ond story, when his body doubled up
like ball, and the next moment was
quivering on the sharp points OF the
iron rails which guard the area. The
head and body hung downward inside
the iron fence and over the mouth Of
the area 1t was suspended from one
of the sharp spears which had caught
the left leg just at the hip joint as the
body fell, face downward, and the
force of the fall had torn it entirely out
of its socket. This hung over the rail
ing next the sidewalk. In remov-
ing the remains from the fence,
the limb was separated from the
trunk. He fell hundred and seventy
feet. He had asked the way to the
high tower, and was calm in his &C.
meanor. looking like a clergyman.
Letters found in his pocket indicated
his identity. He registered at the
hotel Wednesday night. There is no
clue to the cause of his deed. He had
dollar aud twenty-five cents in his
pocket. One unmailed letter to his
brother said, "Mv land company bust
ness is worrying me no little, but we
are likely to get it in better shape"
Col. Winstead was native of Pearson
county, n. c.. and was about seventy
years of age. Under the Grant adj
ministration his brother, Col. c. S.
Winstead, was collector of internal
revenue for Greensboro district, and
deceased was his deputy. He after
wards engaged in the banking business,
and became president Of the Piedmont
and the Peoples bank, of Greensboro,
which position be held at the time of
his death. People who knew him re-
presented him as q man of stainless
character. He leaves widow. His
brother, Col. Charles S. Winstead, Of
Roxboro, is very wealthy man, and is
rated from $3.50, 900 to $4,000
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-24

At 1870 o'clock this noon an ezplo.
sion Of gas took place in the workings
of the Philadelphia and Reading Ccal
and Iron Cos. colliery at Gilberton,
Pa, and twelve men were buried in the
mine