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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13
Tho Brake. Failed to work.

LONDON. Aug. 18.-An accident that
eaused much excitement occurred at the
sS Pancreas station in this city. The
Scotch express train, instead of slowing
Up, dashed ahead and opcrshot the buffer
siops at the end Of the rails. The forward
" ijlortion of the train, including Pullman
- was wrecked, and nineteen passen-
HOY We're injured. The engine driver and
H. yEi.er had marvellous escape from death.
=on .cedent was due to the unexplained
H,oit 70 Of the brakes to work.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13

ALTOONA. Pa Aug. l8.-John Schmidt
hamer, II years old, saturday afternoon
fatally shot Charles Ewing IN the right
side of the chest. Schmidlha wa
playing with The revolver when the aooi-
dent happened.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13

LONDON, Aug. 13.-The Daily News says
1t is reported that Teresita Cauzio, Carl
baldis daughter, is writing life of her
father. The work, 1t is said, will give the
most intimate details Of the career of the
Italian patriot.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13
A Hundred Killea in a week.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 13,-official 6g-
ures show that from Aug. to Saturday,
inclusive, there were 1853 new cases of
cholera reported. In the same time there
occurred 1ol deaths from the disease.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13

BELGRADE, Au Z. ia band OF brigands
openly attacked the village of Pakeravitz
a few days ago, killed many of the inhabi-
tants and pilla aged and set fire to the
houses. They bound the women and girls
and carried them off to the mountains
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13

LONDON. Aug. 1s.-Charles Hill, the
seaman who fell from aloft Saturday
while the Prince of Wales was going on
board the American cruiser Chicago, has
died from the effects OF his injuries.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13

Fair; warmer; easterly winds, becoming
autherly,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
The Goodman Trial.

Further testimony was given yester-
terday in the case of Capt. T. A. Good
man, on trial at Coyington for killing
Col. H. c. Parsons.
When the court met Judge Moore an
nounced that he would admit Staples
evidence and Goodman's letters to
Staples as showing the motive Staples
was put on the stand, and the same
questions asked as Thursday, when OBJ
lection was made by the defense. He
testified that his wife complained often
that Goodman made improper adj
vances. She always complained after
being on Goodman's train. He thought
of going to law but was afraid. He
wrote to Goodman twice, and received
a reply each time. He told his wife to
write to Goodman, and she got
Kate Phelps to write for her. Good
man gave witness his wife's letter, in
which she told Goodman she could not
leave her children and go with him.
His wife couldn't write.
The Philips woman" turns out to be
Mrs. Phelps, a sister of Staples. On
cross-examination, Mr.. Parrish read
Goodman's letters to Staples. The letters
deny all charges except that Goodman
did say something to Mrs. Staples about
going fishing, thinking she was a
single woman. The stories of the
Phelps woman" were denounced as q
= lie." and he threatened to Put
them in Jail if they didn't stop talking.
Goodman offered to meet Staples and
his wife and disprove all the charges.
Staples never told Goodman his wife
had complained.
The witness wouldn't deny that
Goodman had requested him not to al
low his wife to ride on Goodman's
train. The witness was much ratified
on cross-examination, and his memory
was bad. The morning session conclu-
ded with Staples's testimony.
Mrs. Parsons is not there, and her
daughters will not go on the stand
Miss Dodge, friend of the family, will
testify; also brother Of the deceased.
Gen. Lee and Senator Martin are sum-
moned for the defense. They will tes-
tify in certain contingencies.
The defense will introduce evidence
to show that Goodman never made any
improper advance to Mrs. Staples, but
that the whole thing was concocted bv
the Phelps woman because Kate was
mad with Goodman for not letting her
ride without ticket, and that Good
man requested Staples not to let his
wife ride on his train.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREvlTIES.
Foreign News.

CowEs, August 1.-THE Prince
of Wales visited the Z. s. warshin Chl
cago this morning. The yards were
named and the customary salute was
fred as he appeared.
WARSAW, Aug. 1.-THE coal mines
near Dombrowa, Poland, are burning
AMI several hundred miners are en-
tombed in them. All are reported to
be beyond hope of rescue.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Central News
correspondent in Shanghai says that to-
day the Japanese made second at
tempt to disperse the Chinese fleet at
Wei-Hai-Wei on the Chinese coast, and
to thus gain access to the port. After
an obstinate fight they were compelled
to retire. Last night japanese fleet
attacked Port Arthur, the station OF
China's Pei Wang squadron. The Jap
anese bombarded the town heavily, but
were unable to gain any advantage.
Eventually they were forced 10 ara"
off. At the hour when the Central
News correspondent sent his dispatch
stubborn fight between japanese war
ships and part of the Pei Wang squad
ron was reported to be in progress.
Twenty-one large men-of-war and many
smaller craft were engaged. The Japan
csc are reported to have lost heavily.
There is no news to indicate which
fleet has the advantage. Great Britain
has notified the combatants officially
that warfare within the limits OF the
water approaches to Shanghai was pre-
Guided by Japan's promise not to attack
the port and China's reciprocal promise
not TO obstruct the waterways leading
to it.
LoSDos, Aug 1.-THE Queen has SUN
moned Lord Salisbury 10 the Osborne House
T. dine with Emperor William this evening.
The Prince of Wales will entertain George
Gould at dinner this evening
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mai. c. r. Gwatemey died suddenly
Yesterday at his residence, "Gwath-
mey," in Hanover county.
Senator Eppa Hunton and wife are
at Cape May, where Mrs. Hunton will
remain until September, the Senator
spending as much time there as his
Senatorial duties will permit.
At Roanoke last night Judge Horsley
decided the contested election case in
favor Of J. w. Hartwell for Common
wealth's attorney and ]. S. Prattle for
commissioner of revenue. These are
republicans, and received g majority at
the MAY elections, but democrats claim
ed fraud.
The Bridg4water Milling Company,
one of the largest Touring mills at
Fredericksburg, made an assignment
yesterday Of $2S,0 900 of its first mort
gage bonds, secured by deed of trust on
all of its property, with the Holland
Trust Company Of New York as trus-
tee, to secure Charles E. Hunter and
other creditors.
The report of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue for the fiscal year
ending June Both, shows that total col
lections from all sources for the year
were S147, 16S, 442 Al, decrease of 3d.
Sc, 54726 from the year ending June
30th, 1893. The per centage of cost of
collecting this was go. The collec-
tons made by the Sixth Virginia Dis
trict were $685., SS059. The decrease in
spirits was s., 400, 7l417; tobacco 3d.
271 ,Sl3.12; fermented liquors 81, 1884,
4S9 10.
The livery stable, Hotel Stanley,
Bedler, Foote & Co.'S hardware store,
Shryock d Burbaker's grocery store,
Harry Painters feed store, S. 4. Kites
warehouse, ]. Martin Burbaker's ware
house and several buildings at Stanley,
Page county, were destroyed by fire
Yesterday evening. Two horses and
several vehicles which were in the liv-
cry stable were burned. Much dam
age was done to property which was
removed. Loss about $4,000; insur-
ance light.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

DURING Mr.. Cleveland's first admin
istration democratic Office holders were
not even allowed to belong TO demo
cratic clubs, were not allowed to be
delegates to political conventions, were
removed for making political speeches
at their own homes after Office hours,
and, if they were editors, had TO aban
don their newspapers; indeed they were
prohibited from taking any lot or part
in politics. Now, it is entirely different,
and, in Maryland, no less than seven
members OF the State democratic com
mite hold federal Offices. The change,
OF course, is noticeable, but it excites no
special wonder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

In PENNSYLVANIA last Thursday a
girl, fourteen years old, whipped pis-
FOL out of her pocket and shot and kill
ed another one, aged sixteen, during a
quarrel about swing. The fact that
female children go about armed with
deadly weapons in Pennsylvania should
tend to moderate the denunciation
which the republican press OF that
State pours upon the people of the
South for their alleged low stage of civ
ilization and their blood-thirstiness. But
the press referred TO can see mote in
the eye of the South, but not the beam
in that of the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
White Canned n Woman.

GRANVILLE. w. Va, Aug. ia
night or two ago, at lonely place near
Minor, forty masked men raided the
cabin of a woman of doubtful reputa-
ton named sis King and dragged
The terrified woman from her bed in
her night clothes. The raiders strap
ped her, and while one man held her
hands the other thirty-nine took turns
at giving her two blows each with
hickory switches over her bare back.
After she had been given seventy-eight
cuts she was left senseless on the
ground. The whipping was participant
ID in by number of business men who
taad well in their respective com
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
AWarning TO Inccndiaries.

HUMBOLDT. Tenn, Aug. II. a negro
was found hanging to tree about four
miles northwest of this place Thursday.
90 his breast was found tackled a card.
saying: "This is warning to burners.
Five more are to follow" There have
been many incendiaiy fires about here
of late. Stock have been shot and
fences and stacks burned. One or more
suspected persons have left for the
North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
Anticipated the Lvnching.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. n.-Will
Nershbrcd, a negro, who was charged
with criminal assault upon the eight
year old daughter RS. a. Crook, near
Candaville, was yesterday morning,
while in charge of deputy sheriff,
met by the father of the outraged child.
who opened with shot gun, empty
ing both barrels into the negro and
placing him beyond the necessity of a
lynching for which preparations were
being made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
NEHItJS Al.

y. Z Neurological Society. Meeting Apr.
18th. 1893:
"A case was presentrd Of l5ooaot5f atayia
which had been treated with b yISo-ierIilic ~.
iections OF CEREBRINE. SIX years 2go
the patient man aged forty, h2d begui. u
sntfer with double vision. This after seger-
al months Of treatment, had disappeare'i. ais.!
for time he had been quite well. The :y1.-
cal symptoms OF locomotor aJaxia then an
on complete loss OF knee jerks sharp pains
IN the legs atayia gait Well marked ir.ai.-
itv 10 stand with the eyes closed difficult
in evacuating the bladder and bowels s-I
ua! power lost: sense OF construction
around the waist. Treatment wzs tessn
about ten weeks ago. and consisted o.; 2 il 8
hypodermic injection Of CEREBRINE Han
mondl FIVE drops, combined with & Ike
amount Of water improvement very MARI.
ed sexual functions perfectly r.-tor-. e5a.-
plete control over bladder and bowels AID
sharp pains had disappeared general hath
improved able 10 Iun mp and dowa ,..-.
and could stand steady with his eyes ca,e,l.
No other treatment employed. Imp-oyet.,..
gradual and steady.
EPILEPSY.
Dose. Five Drops Price . drachms = ~.
Where local druggists are not suppl!ei y,lta
the Hammond Animal Extracts they III t,.
mailed. together with al existing li,eez..-.
on the subject on receipt OF price By
THE COLUMBIA CHEMICAL CO..
Washington. D. C.
For sale by E. s. LEADBEATER & Sons
and l. STABLER & co, Alexandra
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

THE DEMOCRATIC platform OF the
Ninth Virginia Congressional district
endorsed the administration, and, at the
same time, it also endorsed all the
measures which the administration
"deprecates, the income tax, free sill
yer, and the removal of the State bank
tax, for instance. Political platforms
are worse than ''glittering catchwords
they are transparent and grotesque
humbugs, and those who make them
must either be dolts themselves, or
else. which IS the more probable, they
presume upon the dense ignorance o.
the people. That they are justified ID
this presumption is patent to all intelli-
gent observers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

An attempt was made to wreck =
Baltimore and Ohio train near Belle.
vile, Ohio, last night. -Four men were
seen placing pieces ofheary timber upon
the rails. At the approach OF g farmer
they fed.
The outer doors fthe vault in the
bank at West Winfield near Utica, \
Y, were blown open al O'Clock thi-
morning with dynamite a second car-
ridge with a fuse was placed in TIL,
last door when the villagers. who L.
seen light in the bank, scared the
burglars away.
Nicholas Fredricksen, an American.
lied Russian who was imprisoned by
the Russian government, arrived a,
New York this morning from Russia.
He was moving for interference on lh~
part OF this government on his behalf
when an opportunity Of escape pr
sented itself, OF which he quickly avail
ed himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

THE Corn CRop.-The condition CT
the corn crop as given in the August
report of the statistican of the Depart
ment of Agriculture plainly shows that
the sensational statements which
brought about the recent furry in the
Chicago markets were warranted by
the facts. The acreage of 1894 is con-
sidered greater than that of last year,
and until the first of July the prospect
was good for an unexampled yield.
Since then, however. owing to the
prevalence of abnormal heat and long
continued drought, the average for the
entire corn producing area has dropped
from 80 to 69.l, 8 decline of fully %
per cent. The decline in the condition
of wheat, oats, barley, and other farm
products is less marked than that of
corn, but on the whole is considerable,
and nearly everything shows falling
off as compared with crop conditions
for August, 1898. Cotton is the one
notable exception, showing as it does
substantial gain over the same date
last year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
The owens Breckinridge Contest.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Aug. IA poll
of Woodward, an adjoining county to
Fayette, Colonel Breckinridge's home
county, shows that Owens will carry
the county by about 300 votes. With
Fayette. Woodward and Bourbon
against him, Breckenridge is certain OF
defeat. Colonel Breckenridge arrived
here last night, and will speak in
Bourbon county and in this city to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

IT HAS long been known that q
wound Of the brain is not necessarily
lutal, because men have lived after iron
crow bars have been driven through
their heads. But until Thursday last
it was generally supposed that imme-
date death was the result of wound
of the heart. On that day. however,
that is, if a press dispatch from Tulsa,
/. r., be true, man, through whose
heart two bullets had been shot, lived
long enough to cock and level his Win
chester and shoot and kill his adver-
sAry
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
Alexandria Market, August II.

There is yer, little change in the wAoles
markets to-day. The governments crop ~
port was Shout as expected and in l4-..
IN assure discounted by the grain trade
Flour is quiet bur firm. Wheat Is steady So,
choice samples are in better demand sac
5Oa34, latter for prime longberry Com 81
Csc in bulk. Rye i0a43c. Oa.s 3-aio :.
carload lots. Eggs 14a15. gs2g.er z5s:3322
Receipts of all kinds of produce are small az,
full figures are readily obtained. Provision
are more active Hay and Straw are easy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
MONETARY AND C0lINEP. rIAI

new YORK. Aug. Howe prices vera
the rule at the opening Of re stock f..
change to day. the crop re port io5 Az ).
showing the condition Of Corn To be only - !
per cent. having had 81 unfavorab!e eic-.
The inability of the tariff confcrrees &; 4--a,
appears to have ia|re effect on the railway
list than in the Industrial group Al -,e4
o'clock the market was irregular.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST IL, 1884.

The INTRUSION OF women into the
walks of lie heretofore pursued only
BY mems characteristic ofthis so-ca!ied
progressive" age But there Is sucn
tbiag as progressing backwards. II
women must engage in the mental
for stronger reason they should DO so
in the manual, work of men, and when
those here are seer blowing the heles
and carrying hods, as they are IN Ger
many, the idea may possibly strike
some of the woman's Fighters that the
advance has been in the direction re-
ferred TO, and that the lot OF women
would be better under the old system
when men worked, and they looked
after things at home. Hnstlers have no
respect for competitors, aud alrea7y
there is conspicuous dinunition, es-
pecially in the North, in the respect
and Difference once paid by the men OF
this country to the women thereof.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11
ENcouNTER.-A personal encounter

ENcouNTER.-A personal encounter
,curred at the depot in this place on
Tuesday morning between two real es-
tate agents and a hotel proprietor. Tie
participants were separated before they
succeeded in hurting one another. The
incident was witnessed by q large
crowd and created considerable excite
ment. 1t is said it was the result of
animosities engendered by one of the
real estate agents endeavoring to show
that the hotel man had violated the re-
Gently enacted ordinance which pro-
vides for the closing of the saloons ut a
stated hour.-ManasSas Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

A freight train ran into the rear of
another on the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois road near Woodland, Ind, last
night. Two men were killed and one
was badly injured. All three were
tramps stealing ride.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

A DISPATCH from Portsmouth says
the retention OF republican workers 10
raany Of the best places in the Navy
Yard there mas had . bad effect upon
the democrats Of tina. district, and that
though the Congressman from that
district has done all that was possible
to have democrats appointed in their
stead, his inability to doso will serious
", if not f4tally,injure his chance OF re-
nomination. Political workers, IN all
parties, are as clamorou5 for their pay
as any other sort Of workers, and they
boycott the party that refuses to pay
them. Sad but true; though Mr.. Bay
ard. free institutions will be ruined
when political work shall be rewarded
with Office, and that too, though Tor
what else except political work ne was
appointed minister to England ne may
but certainly 40 body else can, tell,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

The striking mine,s at Newcastle,
Colo, have notified the managers that
they are ready to go to work and will
commence Monday next.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11


THE RESCUE OF A SAND HILL
CRANE.-"The devotion of birds to
their young is one of the most beauti-
ful sights of nature" said William P.
Buxton, of Dubuque, last evening. 81
saw a striking illustration of this char
acteristie while on hunting expedi-
ton up in Minnesota last fall. One
day shot and wounded a young sand
Hill crane, which, with several others,
was resting on the prairie. At the re-
port Of my gun all the birds took flight
W tn the exception Of the wounded one
and one other, which was almost GER
tainly its parent. The injured bird
made several attempts to fly, and f.
lily succeeded in rising ten or fifteen
feet in the air, but as it could not sus.
tain itself fell again to the ground.
1t tried again, however, and the parent
bird, seeing the trouble the young was
in, placed herself underneath it. allow
ing it to rest its feet on her back, both
birds continuing all the while to flap
their wings. In this way, much to my
amazemenI, she succeeded in bearing it
otto a place OF safety Globe Democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

GOVERNOR O'FERRALL ought to have
his shows and newspaper notoriety at
his own expense, and not at that OF the
people who, short time ago, he said,
were too poor to pay their just debts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

THE PURCELLvILLE DIsAsTER.-Re-
ports from the disaster at Purcellville
which occurred on Thursday, do not
justify some OF the accounts that were
at first sent out. 1t was bad enough
but it seems light when compared with
what might have been had the accident
happened an hour earlier As it was
there were not more than 100 persons
under the tent when the storm struck
it, the meeting having been over for
about an hour and the congregation
generally had dispersed. The storm
did not last oyer five or ten minutes
and was mainly wind. The scene in
the woods during the time was wild
one, and people were so frightened IS
to be able to tell but little of what
really happened.
John Nicholas, aged about twenty
five years, of Philomont, was killed by
falling pole, as already published.
Miss Mollie Dunbar, of Upperville, was
badly hurt, but is still living. Mr..
Clarence Schooley was severely hurt,
but is considered out OF danger. Mrs.
S. D. Leslie and Mrs. Edgar Peacock
were injured, but not seriously, and a
few others received slight cuts and
bruises.
About fifteen carriages and buggies
were more or less wrecked by falling
trees, about dozen of which are pros
trate in the woods.
The same storm extended through q
considerable strip of country, and at
Mr.. III. B. Wales, four miles from
Leesburg and ten or twelve from Pur-
cellville, the wind uprooted trees, blew
a courthouse off its foundation and de-
molished one Of the chimneys to his
dwelling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

Al meeting in New York to-day of the
boards of directors Of Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, the resignation of Mr.. Reinhart, as
president and director was accepted Upon
Mr.. Remnants retirement first vice-president
Robson is directed to perform the duties Of
president until president is elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-11

On motion OF Mr.. Heard. Senate
amendments to the House bill giving
au entrance into Washington to the
Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon
r.ilroad company were concurred in.
Consideration of the conference re-
port on the sundry civil appropriation
bill was resumed on motion of Dir.
sayers. The pending question was
upon the motion of Mir. Picker that
the House recede from its disagreement
TO the amendment relating to the irri-
gat on and reclamation of arid lands,
with an amendment offered by Mr.. Nc
Rae providing for the donation to the
several States containing these lands Of
1000, 900 acres each, under certain con-
ditions.
The House plunged at once into the
consideration Of the conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which came up as unfinished business.
A discussion of the general subject Of
irrigation was precipitated upon the
Senate amendment relating to the irri
CATION and reclamation of arid lands,
which was the pending question.