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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
WANT TO WORK FOR UNCLE SAM
candidates for Civil Service Examined
The Red Tape Rules.


A civil service examination was held IN
the night school room last Saturday. NAV
=. oy George w Ledley, OF washIn1ton
City, and IL. ID. Temple and W. ! AZ
eieiian. OF the local board. Twentv-fve
ap hcants presented themselves for most
tiohs as indian teachers. Indian nhysi
clan and railway mail service. clerks and
copylsts for the department at Washing
ton City. The majority OF these were for
indian teachers and railway mail service
After the examination the applications
were rotated, stamped. sealed and for
warded 10 the United States civil service
commission at Washington CITY for
marking their regular standing. The per-
centages OF their individual standing will
be heard from In from six TO eight weeks
After that the successful candidates VIII
nave 20 wait until clerks or teachers are
required by the different departments IN
der which they took their examination
There Ia TO be an examination for
clerks and letter carriers for the Seattle
postofilcc June ]. I'm the same building
before the local board. Those who have
already secured blanks for this examina-
ton and have not yet handed them 10
the board are requested to do so on or
before May H. All after fhat viii be re-
fused for that examination
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HIS SIGHT WAS DESTROYED.
A Retired Soldier Who Wants to En-.
ter the National Home.

The attention OF the county commission
ss has been called TO the case OF William
Kenna, an old soldier in the county hos
piai' VINO k in danger of losing his sight.
he served IN Company g. Second United
States infantry. and was discharged at
Angel Island IN September. iS85. for an
accident to his eyes. incurred by a burn
Of salt pork water at Fort Spokane while
deAiIed as company cook. Capt. Charles
Keller was his company commander.
Dr. whiting. managing physician of
the poor farm. Il OF opinion that the eli
mats will never agree with the afflicted
nan, and he wishes 10 go to the Soldiers
Hcne a, Washington City. He has there
fore asked the, county commissioners TO
write to the adiutant general OF the
rnited States army, asking for ,ranspor-
ntion.
Kenna IL entitled 10 a pension OF sls G.
nnth, bat some time ago lost his certi-
Bate. and has not yet applied for a new
sne Chairman Fred Gasch has prepared
. letter setting out the above facts. and
the case viii he placed before the adju-
tant general as soon as possible.
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,.amship~ Coming and Going.

x-....~4av was steamship dsy at che
p,,,ar Coast steamship Company oocN
~. r-..srlIla arrived in the morning
-, So Francisco with an unusually
eesv~ cargo OF general freight ana a
isrgs number OF passenger the " siiA
wa0. wen; out IN the morning. ana N
,f,e = afternoon the Topeka iest TOT A'AsA-'
Tho waNs walla's nrss class passenger
ilst was made NJ 81 the fo'soNl1--
N%Y.A,a Miss Maud West, Mrs
II Fsaksr AMI two children. Mr.. james
c,.~nes ara wife. Mrs Roberts. Mrs. :
7. Crawford. Mrs. VI. Thomas. Mss HoT~
- NrS. Clrary, II. L.arSiD, II , ait-
~, frank Hanford. W T. hoot Aha
,-,sa Ms. willard. Mrs. H3neS, r Lives
-, ,.-ff.. ana chiia Mrs. Leo. Mrs. Ly-
meter sfrs. jenkins ana Miss .. Nc
Tarsu. Mrs. y. a CoXAead am Niiii4.
Mrs.. \. Maydcahauer. g + Neal w
passets. {. A DauSkin. Mrs J. la aSAin
E3s.te Dauskfn. r -. ttrosszl3sl. : Z.
F. I. n GATES. " H. Howard C..
C,rsstsn. William Zearfng and wife. airs
= ps1sn ". II. II. Stewart l. Epper-
1s,s y y. Williams Ms. r. Hooper ans
fntis. Mrs. /. r. Andrews. Mrs bingham
7rhs T7rnatula haa aboard the following
passengers for Seattle.
Log Conan and Mrs Conan. Ms
NseIgfIls. James Carlisle c. l. Collins
.xS;fa ara I've children. Ms l. 1FopD 4
A Jaekraau Mrs, n W Moore, ATS
paind. Mss Ssb&ela, sarah Atlfite- fsFTF
ss.rsn y L. NauAer = r PArkenson
-. sa-k.nsen. Eaish Parkinson. FL
- 7 wilkinson NAnnte SteWarz. Edna
S-.ars 7. J. Pelaer. \. Mca. Bt3ae4A
Ns~~ REYNOLDS. AIRS Murray Mrs &
81 Mss A. e. Brown. Miss .. MeINo1-
80 q BROWN and wife. Miss n p
walsa. Ms oSborns. J. ". oailteT- Nrz~
Z, ysrnxorsh. r. }. Lain. z Flass>aer.
q p. pomer0v. Euxene -Satfer Ana vile.
4 n. MeA&an. : r. Huber. vile G22
eaua. Cscl King al4 E4lsa Gales.
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Another Mp. Official Goes.

1t has been officially announced that
General Manage: II. II. Browning, of the
Northern Pacific Express Company, has
sent in his resignation. 20 take effect
June !. and il is rumored that he will
have no SUCCESSOR Assistant General
Manager Thral doing the work formerly
devolving Gp"1 him. just what Mr.
Thralls title Till be has not yet been an
nounced. bat IL is said that II will not be
general manager 1t is understood
that Mr.. Browning has secured "A desira-
bile position with an Eastern company.
Mr. Browning has been with the North
ern Pacific Express Company for fifteen
years. and for the past six years has been
general manager Of the company. lie
was formerly agent for the Adams Ex-
press Company at Omaha. The Eastern
papers consider the abolition of his Office
another evidence OF the policy OF re-
trenchment adopted by the Northern Pa
ciGc receivers.
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RaiIroad and Industrial Notes

Joseph McCabe. Superintendent OF the
Pacific and Cascade division OF the
Northern Pacific railroad. was In the city
yesterday.
Walter Cakes superintendent Of the
Puget Sound and Alaska division of the
Northern Pacific. was in the city yester-
day.
The Great Northern railroad on May
opened a new station named Monroe forty
miles east of Seattle The station Is To-
Gated there for the benefit of the single
men and hop growers in that valley.
The first train from 81. Paul on the
Great Northern under the new schedule
arrived Tn Seattle yesterday at 2:15 2. m,
I'm eight and one-half hours less time
than under the Old schedule. The train
left ST. Paul last Sunday evening al 7.ia.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
Legal. MOTTO rs.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RE-
eeived by the board OF regents Of the tfni-
vorsi'y Of Washington a tho Peoples
p 4' n. on Sa The ea i5ih Ga 5s' o. 3n May
ise5 for the furnishing OF ali
labor and for the furnishing and putting
IN place or ali material required FOR the
construction and eompisis0n Of one power
house. one Observatory building. one wa
constracted upon section ls, township :,
north. range east. in the city of Seattle.
wash, according 20 and In accordance
with plans and spezo ifc tons thsrnfor now
on als IN tho Office OF Charles W Ssnn-
ders. archhscf. room Ga Bailey building.
Seattle. wash, 70 which plans . nd spceI-
hcations reference IS hereby made.
Bids are invited upon said three struc-
lures separately, ard upon any two or all
thereof together In the same bid. each
Si1der being entitled 10 blf IN any or all
OF the above ways. and the board 81 re-
gents reserves the right 20 let the said
three structures either ali together or
serarg tely or any two together. and also
resrrvaa the right 10 lei any ono or more
81 said structures ard 20 reject all bids
for the remaining struc,uTe or struet-
TIE sah board 81 regents will also re-
celye al the same time and placs and un-
der the same conli,lo ABOVE re.srrsi
ali labor. material and plant REQ arsi Tor
the construction and completion o. all
necessary machinery f~gtlsrss pipe inns,
wei ard apnurTerancea TO the same for
a cpuplete heating AMI water plant upon
said section IS. according 10 ard IN A.
c9rAnree with plans and apeciTc TORS
therefor now on Gle IN fhe Hat1 1ftcg %
Eald Charles W. Saunders. architect. 20
which plans and specifications references
81 Aeretfy made
The board reserves tire right 70 reject
AIRY and az fads hereunder,
Hiding here0TiGHr iE limited ~ law 10
cssgysrg % snH state Of WassYiug ton
Each tfa mus 70 accox1 panied BY bond
10 sh@ STATE OF Washington n a suFn not
less thar one-q yaFtsr OF tha amount of
sh@ IA secured by two o~ more s8retSsE.
fIr6snr themselves In sums when shall
ararras4e al least twice the face OF the
lsSr4. and each qualifying IN at leass
49,. the sum IN which Be ooigatgs him
aeF IN sha bond. said bond % bs eondt-
tened hs required by the provisions ~
the act % the legislature or the state of
Haghinrfen. entitled. An act pTov1ding
Tor me location, rprEfr sa~ffon ard main
senaDee ~ the University Of " Washington.
As4 making ar appropriation therefor.
aud fexIarsn~ an emergency approved
Marcn a. I*sa. which act Ia Hereby re-
board o, Regents o, the University of
~ JAMES n. HAYDEN.
President
Ana bz EDMOND o. lBANY.
Secretary.
Dated ~ Seattle. giaz county, state o.
Washing on. AAy I, lsSs-
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SMITHS COVE TIDE LANDS.
Letting OF Contract Postponed on Ac-
count of Objections.


count Of Objections.
I'm connection with me application Of
Frank Shay and W. F. Hays for a con-
tract for tho excavation Of waterways
and the filling in Of tide fats from Smith =
cove 10 Pike street. the time required hy
law for the publication OF notice of con-
tract expired last Tuesday and the matter
came up before the commissioner Of pub
lie lands on that day NJ Olympia for final
hearing. There were no objections fled "a
the granting OF the epplicat ton for con-
tract except a pro forma object ton fled
by the Great Northern Railroad Com
pany. whose attorney al the time stated
that this objection might he Withdrawn.
but tina. the local officers here might have
to confer with other officials OF the road
before doing so For this purpose the
commissioner postponed the final hearing
until May -. 10 take the matter up az an
cartier da II mutually ssrced on between
the applicants and the railroad company.
No work can be commenced unta the
formal letting Of the contract already APP
piled for. hut those Interested say the
work viii he begun as soon as that Is az
conpi,shed II = understood thar this
contract "a for the benefit Of che Wash
fngton Dredging and Improvement Com
rany. tho company recently organized
here.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
New suit Filed.

N the superior court new suits have
heea fled as follows:
Hans +. Hansen vs.. Frederick Nielsen
q zl-Promissory notes and mortgage,
taa
Charles J noi9 Mercantile Company
- r. + Brook Merchandise. s4os.
Nary Eta Settle vs.. W. T. Chalk Ct al.
-Promissory note and mortgae. 81. 1914
:. Htrsch & CO. VS.. r. f.. Brook-Mer-
eAand.se. 1857.
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NJ Up. GULF or CALIFORNIA
& :. co.
:. s. NONTSERRAT.
Trehearn e. son, London, Cardin
& Antwerp.

The riate was found by a seafaring man
on the southeast end Of Eialin island.
Clarence straits. February y the hndef
AZ he time being on hts way TO the rock
crsas AZ he paddled his canoe along
essr The beach Ne noticed something gilt
.artnS in the sand on shore. and landing
discovered the medicine chest. lie "
ssrsxeA the plate from SIS fastenings.
anf gave II % Capt. Wallace.
ire Mate Is now IN the possession ct
g ! Powers. of this city 20 whom u was
presented ~ Capt wallace ana VINO mas
asdat II 10 ais cabinet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09

The subscriptions TO the subsidy came
in more freely yesterday and In larger
amounts. reducing the deficiency 20 less
than 5000. a sum which one more aay
should make up Without difficulty. Among
the subscriptions OF large amounts will
be noted one OF 100 by Judge II. c..
Bond. and one OF $3.50 worth OF land in
the city by George Kinnear. who had al
ready been a generous contributor There
were quite a number Of additional sub
scrptions by those who had already sub
scribed. an indication that they are rot
disposed 10 stint their aid towards the
carrying out Of the great public improve
ment which viii do more than any other
single enterprise 10 bring about return
Of business activity
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
>ew Lake shore schedule

The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern rail-
way yesterday Issued a new schedule
which was put into effect at 1901 this
morning The train from Sumas. con-
Meeting with rhe Canadian Pacific rail
way. will now arrive ten minutes earlier,
namely. SIS. instead of 5:S5. as heretofore
There are other minor changes of from
one 10 two minutes at other points. ar
ranged merely for the convenience of the
operating department. but which do not
affect the terminals.
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Court. and Public Offices.

Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
Tor OTIS Johnson and Fannie Dye. both
% oTs'n Lake. George Schaefer and En-
ia Peterson both Of Seattle,
:. Henry Denning yesterday applied for
ssnisSion to the bar. Judge Langley ap-
painisi as an examining committee
eaarles Z. Shepard. Charles T.. Patter-
~ and Ira Bronson.
The cases % Francis Mason and J. w
haSen VS. l.. Cummings et al were yes
0'SA} dismissed In the superior court for
saat Of prosecution.
pAuiion Is being circulated among
s.of' eNs thar she county commissioners
49, another telephone az the court
eAse. '''S
"a me case 81 MaThilde T. RGthweller
Annie r Chalk e. al an answer was
hsd Yesterday that the plainun for a
- seie consideration agreed 10 korAear
paeetlng the note Cor A year after ma
pred mas IVA se'
Nas confirming sale were filed In the
49, court yesterday IN the following
a.. :, FRANK Paul vs.. ]. TX. Ely e. al
-. = ana L. block l. Washington Cen
=, Improvement, C0mpany's First addl-
n. - heht. S3lN7o: Henry Richard Tay-
80 tharles H. Mason - al. lot :.
) X {. Graves addition. $3.50: +.
N's2er vs.. J. r Brewer ct al. lot \
Walla Walla. Ss..e =.
80 y. II. Nichols. who was convicted
r. "'sea - Tor crimlnally liheHng Or
:, Yesterday Gled hts appeal bond IA
49, ttpfrior court. The amount is sss0.
Keith '"'' 'i'n anu -
fAe eAv-.
s9As -A'N commissioners yesterday
e. shs~er 70 the complaint Of
sses Soao e., al. In reference 70 3
SA,,- . @SroSS a road near Kent. They
es,.-, Sast any injury has been caused 10
esn - and. and ask that the sc-
ssss~ .aAs ". Wright and Thomas J.
~. - charged sith carrying firearms.
fess,x 's>''ea Before Judge Humes YES
=. 80 so given ua'u saturday - plead.
- We're sat for next Monday
ga. .sseasory ana aprraisegaca. % the
IA. william Hedges shows au eS~
sS5aed 81 s. 81 IS. ~ With xfSs - 5
=. and s. ~ realty. The figures
A.. es'Ate ~ John -. Calhoun Hedges
a.. .soAai property. SaIS. real estate.
total. S. ssq Is
Ao.s. = Sivycr. administrator Dc
hss...S ~ TIE estate OF Edward IAv-
So shannon. was Yesterday in-
hsi,.~ y judge Lang IS 30 sell the foi-
- property. Lumber a. Western
sss., - - Feet notes. S5gs: Seattle Ma
D ans stock. ffty-two shares: ccun-
49,. slFl& The administrator aiso
~ - Tor "a sale of reAI estate upon
rg~sta That the total liabilities are
asr~a-., ~alie gre fntal amount 81 the
sssr~, ssSzte is $S9asS leaving, a tie-
K G. ese :. PsrSonai estate 20 pay debts
IS !. tAe iaebloa Will be heard
SEE fav administrator vas In
- % pay Au allowance of $40 a
esi. tSsd Chamhcriaiu's' Cough Rem
sasF iasaliy and found il 10 be first
hi, take pleasure in r,eccmmeni-
Ie, ny EieIdS J. V. kuSTER, West
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Eoreclosure OF MortgageS.

Actions to foreclose mortgages were
brought In the superior court yesterday
ss follows: Mary Eta Settle VS.. w. r.
Chalk and Lee Wheeler. lot 2. block 5.
heirs OF Sarah A. Bells First addition.
nsss Hans T.. Hansen vs.. Frederick
yklseon and Ernest Marks. west twenty
ares lot l. section ). township % north,
nrge east xsT36D
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
Clerk Gortion.s Bond

Judge Osborn Judge Humes ard Judge
langley met according TO the law passed
~ the last legislature and fixed the bond
Of County Clerk Gordon at $4,000 on
Tuesday night. This is the same as the
bSaa heretofore given. but the bond has
been until now voluntary. Under the la "
Ar Gordon must furnish the bond with
10 thirty days. or forfeit his Office.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
rho city and the street railways.

LACKING a quorum. the joint railroad
committees Of the city council failed 20
meet Yesterday afternoon 70 act on the
,,..4,san - the street railway companies
- a cancellation OF their old franchises
ana A renewal on the plan OF the one Is
s,,Ts TO the Grant street line. by which
a nereentaKe Of tae gross receipis SHAH
- rniA In 70 the Cisy treasury Charms q
Sweeney Fixed o'clock tomorrow after
noon for these two committees 70 meet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09

3. ,he sign % god health and an alert
"a strange thai il should almost a.
vavs aepend on the state % digestion. eat
=. as A Ripaas Tahuie taken after
n,eals gives TIE ns;ie artificial help NOS;
rrown people need
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
The Nohican Testing Coal.

The United States ship Mohican IS sun
engaged in testing Goals on the Sound
and has so far made tests OF six kinds.
The government requires thirty tons 10 lie
delivered alongside the vessel free OF all
expense 10 the United States.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09

x-,~a..,tva sunday. May ssh, the east
- overland EXPRESS viii leave seattle
:. as. r. IA. and wss,-ecuns train viii
I've A. Seattle AZ SIS ?. IA You car
80 ssFrrer in Seattle and Breakfast II
s-~ss.,s follsu!ng morning.
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- saa.-One Hairs arsproof safe; :
,,.,,sx h,frxlar-proaE safe. Webs bur
ss1sr-proof safe. ssssons-aand. cheap
s,r.a,,ira Jewelry Co. rs Hesler avanos-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09

r,,- sale-T>we fae s''ip's ohros'o',siers
heap. Empire JewelFy Co 40 Ass'eE
aHsE.n.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09

TIE unequase-i demand for Pains's
Cese-y Compound among tie people
~ this city - erf one index OF the
great good X Is doing. Their ara
mary 81 Seattle whom Il has cured
a. serious Illness patrefs Celery
COMPOUND makes people well w-o
suffer from weak nerves or impure
blood
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CLOSE TO THE FINISH.
Deficit i'm the Canal Subsidy
Now Below $1,000.
ANOTHER DAY COMPLETES 1T.
Several Big Donations and Many Addi-
tionai Ones Almost Make Up the
Desired Grand Total

Subscriptions 10 the subsidy OF $1,000 Of
the Seattle and Lake Washington Water
{ssx,-
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BALLARD WARRANTS AT PAR.

month to Anna c. Shannon. mother OF de-
ceased
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A Startling
Admission.
In New York City. for five con-
secutive years, the proportion
of Deaths from Consumption
has been three i'm every
Twenty Persons.

Eoideulics Of Cholera, yellow Fever and
other diseases of similar character, so ter
ribie in their results occasion wide spread
alarm and receive the most careful corsid
eratior, for their prevention and cure, while
so-eurr,rfiori receives scarcely a thought,
vet the number Of their victims sinks into
tusiguffcance when compared with those If
Sorsursutiou Comparatively few people
know vghat to do tor their loved ones when
they see them gradually lose strength, lose
color. manifest feeble vitality and euacia-
ton. or develop a cough, with ditaeult
breathing or hcrnoTrhagc. Cod liver osi
was for long time given IN all sgch cases.
bat the poor success attending It's use
coupled with is rAuseattng taste has led
many practitioners, as Wel a. the public at
large. 10 place their main fciiAnse n Or.
Pierrrss Golden Medical Discovery. u de-
serves early attention and viii prove effect
nal not IN everycase but II large percentage
az -asrs ard we believe that fully q per
cent. ofaii cases Of ccnsurption can, i Taken
IN the eariv stages Of the disease. be cured
with the Discovery. Dr. Pierce does not
ask rfurie 20 believe until they have ia-
vrstfgafed for themselves Apa-nphlei has
been pa hi; he'd having the nx1ses, addresses
and photographs Of a lzTEc number II those
cured Of consumption, bronchitis, lingering
coughs. asthma chronic nasal cRtArTh and
kindred fTsladics which wili bc mailed free
u those sending for II with their tsaEne and
address upou a postal caFd OF yea can have
a medical treatise, IN book form q TO
pages mailed 70 you. or receipt Of address
E-d sfx cruts n stamps Nou can then
write those cured and learn tasIr e1pcfi-
ences.
Address fov Book. wosLD's DIsPESSAkY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, E-GA.o. ~ }.
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RELIC OF THE LOST SHIP.

Plato From the Medfcinc the-t OF INC
Inflated Montserrat.
relic of the lost Montserrat was
brought 10 this city by Capt. Wallace, OF
,he CITY of Topeka. on the last trip OF
The vesse! from Alaska. II Is only
bright brass plate from the medicine
ches, of the steamship. about 3is inches
nv . and Is woried as follows:
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esi .Sed Chamhcriaiu's Cough Rem
ia,nliy and found il 10 be first
hi, take pleasure in recommend
sre, ny EieidS J. V. kuSrER, West
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-30

INVITATION TO LEE CAMP.-Col. w.
A. Smoot, Commander of R. E. Lee
Camp of Confederate Veterans of this
CITY, has received a letter from
a. G. Evans, Lieutenant Col
onel of the late Forty eighth Ten
/, essee regiment of the Army of
the Tennessee, now of Columbia, Tenn,
extending a cordial invitation to Lee
Camp and all ex-Confederate soldiers
to attend the State reunion of bivouacs
on the 18th and 18th proximo. The
Lieutenant Colonel also informs Com
mander Smoot of the burial at Folks
Church, neal Columbia, of Col. K. F:
Beckham, who was Chief OF stat
of General S. D.. Lees
corps during the war, and who
was killed November 81 or 2S,
1864. The writer says he IS inform
ed that Col. Beckham was a native OF
this city. He also asks the consent OF
any relatives of the deceased here to
remove the remains to q plot of ground
a Columbia which has been purchased
for a burying ground for Confederate
soldiers and in which a handsome
monument is to erected. Lieutenant
Colonel Beckham was a brother of
Captain Beckham and o cousin OF
Mayor J. F. and ex-Mayor ]. T. Beck
ham, of this city. Lieut.. Col. Evans
speaks in q most complimentary man
ner of the deceased, saying he was a
gallant officer during the var
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-30

A NEGRO THIEF.-Robert Taylor,
colored, was brought into the Police
Court this morning charged with steal
ing clothing from MI. Robert Bell. The
latter had been missing different arti-
cles for some time, and having had
good reasons for %suspecting Taylor, had
him and q colored woman named Selma
Curry arrested. The evidence this
morning was conclusive against Taylor
and he was sent to the chain gang for
six months, and the woman was given
a sixty days sentence to the work
house for indecent conduct in unlaw-
fully cohabitiDg with Taylor.