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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19
The Dock Laborers of Antwerp.

Until late years 1t has not been thought
possible to form unions among those
performing the lowest class of ROACH
labor. Yet for 450 years there have ex-
listed in the old city of Antwerp coop
erative unions of the dock laborers.
The seagoing trade of Antwerp gives
employment to large numbers of these.
1t was to secure the labor to themselves
and perpetuate it among their descend
ants, preventing the introduction of ont
siders who would underbid them, that
the unions were in the first place formed.
The men who formed them insisted
that each member should do his work
skillfully, 80 as not cause loss to freight
owners and shippers. The unions guar
anteed the best service at moderate
prices.
This being the case, inducements for
bringing in outside labor were remov-
ed. The dock unions finally made them
selves wholly independent by forming
into nations, SO called, each of which
handled a special line Of freight. All
the laborers on the wharves were in
cluded in one or another Of these. II
men were needed to unload vessel, the
leaders of the unions hired them to the
owner of the cargo at given price to
do the work. There was always profit
in the wages over and above mere liv-
ing for the laborer. This profit went
into the common fund, and at the end
Of stated time was divided among all
the laborers So it remains to this day.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

A melancholy interest attaches to the
case of DR.. Charles Graham, bacteriolo-
gist of the Startling Medical college,
Columbus, o. DR.. Graham is wasting
away with consumption caught from
cultivating and handling the microbes
of the disease while he was studying it.
He has fallen a victim to his zeal for
science. After all the inoculations and
experiments that have been made with
the tuberculosis bacillus it looks as
though some way ought to have been
found to stop It's fatal ravages.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

In the present war Japan has shown
that she possesses three great generals
Marshal Yamagata, who gained the
victory at Yalu; Marshal Oyama, who
took Port Arthur, and Admiral Ito, who
directed the operations of the navy.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

Like New York and Chicago, Berlin
Is having an annexation time. When
her additions are made, she will have a
population of about 1000, 0O0 She
will then be the fourth city in size in
the world. London will be first, great
er New York second and Paris third
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

A convention Of scientific French gen.
tlemen want to know how 1t is that a
cat always falls on its feet 1t does not
matter much how this happens. The
main thing is for man to initiate the
cat and always fall on his feet in this
world.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

A newspaper letter gives symposium
of views from distinguished individuals
OH the ideal husband and wife. The
ideal husband or wife is the one that
each woman or man is already married
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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

The churches in the great cities seem
disposed to sink theological differences
and unite to reform American munich
pal government They could not be in
better business
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

Both Japan and China are suspicious
of the intentions of the European ma
tions, and therefore alike prefer the
good offices of the United States in con-
ducting peace negotiations.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-19

The American national dish: Fried
pork.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
From japan and China.

New YORK, Mar. 3O.-A cable dis
patch from Shanghai says that LiHung
Chang is progressing favorably. The
treatment of the wound has been anti
septic and has proved quite efectual.
The viceroy objects to having the
wound opened for the purpose of ex-
tracing the bullet. The empress's
nurses are in attendance on the patient
and perform the necessary bandaging.
The wound is situated about one-third
of an inch below the middle edge of the
left opthalmic cavity.
LONDON, Mar. 30.-A dispatch from
Shimonoseki says that the prospects
for peace are very favorable. A con-
ference has been held between the
japanese plenipotentiaries and Lii
Hung Changes s~on-in-law. the latter
acting on behalf of the Chinese envoy.
A dispatch from Hong Kong says the
Japanese are bombarding the city of
Tai Wan-F Foo, the capital of Formosa.
A dispatch from Toxic says that ia
pan voluntarily grants an armistice
pending the disability of Lii Hung
Chang and during the conference of
the peace commissioners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Fight With Train Robbers.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Mar. 30.-The
northbound Oregon express which left
there at 11.o'clock last night, was held
up near Wheatland, 80 miles north OF
here, by two masked men at n o'clock
this morning. Sheriff Bonart, of Thea.
ma county, who was on the train, and
one of the robbers were killed.
The robbers had IvSaed the first car
and were just entering the second
when Sheriff Boggart, who had been
down the road on some business, was
coming in the other end of the car.
He fired Immediately on taking in the
situation, hitting one the robbers. As
the robber fell he shot twice, both shots
taking effect in the freman's back and
leg, and as Boggart turned partly
around to get a shot at the other rob-
Der he received his death wound. Be-
fore he had time to fire a third time
the second robber turned and ran out
of the car.
The first intimation that the engineer
had of the presence of the robbers was
when Que ofthem climbed over from the
blind baggage car and commanded,
with a pistol, that the train be stop
ped. The robbers ordered the express
car to be opened. This was done, but
as the robbers could find nothing Of
value there they started through the
train compelling the fireman to collect
the passengers's valuables. This was
going on when the Sheriff entered the
car and the fight began.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
Homogeneous Legislators.

CONCORD, n. H., March 3O.-A fea-
ture of the closing session of the State
Senate yesterday was the appearance
of Daniel c. Remick, the temperance
agitator and leader of the House. In
a spirit of jest he was accorded the
privilege of the floor and asked to give
his opinion of the Senate, which had
killed a number of measures strength
enipg the liquor laws which Remick
had fought through the House. He
accepted, and made the declaration
that he had the documentary evidence
that two-thirds of the body were base
liars, and accused them of q lack of ap-
probation of their duties as public Off
cials. The Senators were very indig-
nant at the attack upon them, and yes
terdav killed a House bill repeating all
standing appropriations. When this
action was announced in the House a
resolution was unanimously adopted,
setting forth that the New Hamp-
shire House of Lords, known as the
Senate, has demonstrated by its action
at this session that it has outlived its
usefulness and ought to be abolished
by a constitutional amendment"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
John A. Brown, aged thirty-one
years, a Philadelphia salesman, yester-
day afternoon shot his young wife
throug the throat at the residence Of
her father, and then sent three bullets
through his own head, killing himself
almost instantly. Mrs. Browns wound
is serious, but it is not thought that it
will be necessarily fatal. Four years
ago, when she was Miss Bertha Libert,
and only twenty-one years of age, she
married the man who attempted to
kill her, despite the opposition of her
family. Mrs. Browns father is a re-
tired manufacturer and wealthy, and
Brown was never in a position to sup
port the girl he made his wife in the
manner in which she was used to living.
On the very day Of their marriage he
beat and abused her. In the past four
years Brown went from bad to
worse and abused his wife fire.
quently and took to drinking. Mrs.
Brown left her husband several times,
but as q child was born to the couple
about two years ago that formed a
bond of union between them. Some
months ago Mrs. Brown left her hus-
band, with the avowed intention Of
never returning to him unless he made
q decided reformation and taking her
child went to live with her father.
Rrown's abuse did not end with his
wife, for Mr.. Liebert asserted that two
years ago his son-in-law attempted to
shoot him and he only saved his life by
wrestling a revolver from him. Brown
went to Philadelphia yesterday morn
ing from Asbury Park. He called at
Mr.. Liebert's, asked to see his wife,
and his request was granted. He ask
ed his wife to return to live with him,
and she answered that she would never
return to him unless he ceased drink
ing and could make a living for her
and her child. Upon this, Brown
drew a revolver and fired at her, the
bullet striking her in the neck. Brown
fired again, but missed, and his wife in
a frenzy of terror and desperation
threw herself upon him and bore him
to the floor. She wrested the revolver
from his hand and springing up ran from
the room. Brown followed her and
caught her in the hallway. He grasp
ed her by the hair and pulling her
backwards took the revolver from her.
Mrs. Brown then ran through the
hall and out of the side door. As she
ran Brown fred once more at her but
missed. When his wife disappeared
through the door Brown turned the
revolver upon himself and sent three
bullets through his head, dying almost
instantly,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
A R COUNTY NOTES.

Mr.. Willie Meade, of Taylor, Tex,
and Miss Lottie Meade, of The Plains,
Fauquier county, attended the Meade
Crown Wedding in Berryville on Wed,
nesday.
Miss Mildred Nelson, daughter of the
late Rev. Kinlock Nelson, of the Theo-
logical Seminary, is visiting her uncle.
DR.. j. M. G. Mcclure.
MI. Robert L. Jones, of Wildwood, son
of the late Rev. J. r. Jones, was thrown
from his horse q few days ago and had
his arm broken in several places. His
condition now is improved, and he is
considered out of danger.
The board of Supervisors of this
county, at a meeting held on Tuesday
decided to have erected upon the coun-
ty farm q new house for the accom-
mediation of the paupers of the county,
and awarded the contract for building
the same to A. j. Kimmell.
A large brick dwelling on a farm sit
uated about two miles east of Bern
Vile, owned by Mrs. E. P. G. Lewis,
of Hoboken, N. j., aud occupied by
William w. Smallwood, caught fire
yesterday evening, and, with the ex-
ception of the brick walls, was entirely
DESTROYED. Mr.. Smallwood's family
escaped from the burning building, and
he succeeded also in saving most of the
furniture which was in the house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
Card.

In regard to the whipping affair at New
Alexandria recently / will say that l did not
know what it was lone for until it was over.
and then l WIS told 1 had made the assertion
that there were no ladies in Virginia. | never
said anything in regard to the people of Viz.
ginia. l have been in Virginia for six yeas
and have always been treated well by tie
Virginia people, and ! defy any man 10 come
b4fore me and say I ever made the assertion.
l am not a yirginian by birth, but all ofmy
people are from this State. | am from Ban
dolph county. w. Va, and l am not ashamed
of my native county. As for being cbastised
By Hines it is not true. He never has nor
never will see the day he can do that. The
whipping was not done by him. OF the Ia
dies who took part in the whipping only one
was from Virginia. The Others were from
Pennsylvania. l do not think any true
daughter of the Old Dominion would do rs
they did. l will face any one in the same.
JAMES K. YVES
NEW ALEXANDRIA, March %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

THE Baltimore Sans intense and We
hement cuckooism has inspired it with
a glimmer of the true faith. 1t says:
Quicker is the bane of parliamentary
government everywhere. The execu'
tive needs to be strong to be able to
stand out against coalitions of self-seek-
ing politicians of narrow views"
In all its life the Sun never uttered
truer words. And this shows that there
is no evil that may not in some mysteri-
Gus way result in good. All the IA
tional troubles that have come upon
this country have resulted from par
liamentary government-from congress
sional action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

CASE CoNrINUED.-Israel A. Powell,
who was arrested in Washington on
Thursday evening by Policeman Jack
son, charged with having been unduly
familiar with a daughter of DR.. Tabor
Johnson, who had responded to his
calls and seated herself on a bench be-
side him in Farragut Square, was ar.
raigned before Judge Miller yesterday,
charged with assault. Powell gave
his age as sixty years, said that he was
a physician, and that he lived ct No.
Ills G street northwest. When asked
to plead, Powell said that he had in
tended to retain counsel, and did not
wish to plead until his lawyer was
present. he said that Judge Weed
was his lawyer, and a few moments
later Judge Weed appeared, and re-
uuested q trial by jury. This caused
the case to be continued until next
week. Bail was placed at $500, which
was obtained by the prisoner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITJFS

No further breaks followed TO-DAY il
the joint session of the Delaware leois'
lature to elect United States Senator
Mr.. Morgan, the Addicks man who cni
loose yesterday, did not 90 back. bnt
again voted for James Pennewill.
1t is statedin Albany, n. Y. that the
engagement between Miss Julia ljnr.
ply, the eldest daughter of the Sens.
tor, and Hugh ]. Grant. ex. Mayor Of
New York city, is an assured fact
Preparations for the wedding are now
being made.
An attempt was made at l O'Clock
this morning to wreck a Harlem passen.
ger train which left the Grand Central
depot, in New York, 1t 1l:55 O'Clock,
Between Hartsdale and Scarsdale the
engineer saw a pile of old ties on the
railroad, and althoug runningat q hipb
speed was able to stop the train in
time.
In Philadelphia shipping circles
great upessiness is felt concerning the
safety of the seven men on board the
Philadelphia schooner Frank Pratt
Lee, which was spoken two weeks ago
a short distance off the Delaware canes
with loss of main and mizzenmasts.
proceeding under a jury rig. Nothing
has been seen or heard of her since
that time.
Benjamin Kahan, the Brooklyn youth
who was found unconscious yesterday
morning in Philadelphia, as the sup
posed result of a sand bagging assault.
is in a critical condition to-day. De.
velopments this morning have led the
doctors to believe that the case IS one
of attempted suicide, instead of as.
sault, and that Kahan placed a pistol
in his mouth and fred DOWN his throat.
All the plate glass works in the coun-
try will begin tonight to shut down
for a thirty days rest in order to give
the new combine a chance to get things
in working order before it begins max
ing glass. The only factories not in
the pool are those at Irwin and Butler.
Pa. Great confidence is entertained
that business will improve and better
prices be obtained. The main office
will be in Pittsburg.
A big strike was inaugurated at the Kelly
axe works, at Alexandra, Ind, last uieut.
Over 200 men walked out and refused to
work. The strike was caused by an attemp;
to form a union by the employees, which WIS
opposed by the company. Notices Were ros,-
ed refusing to employ any union men aHi
discharging all who attended any meeting TO
organize a union.
Last night two masked men entered the
railrod depot at Arroyo Grande, Cal, and at
the point of a revolver forced the agent and
his assis ant to open the safe. They secured
1921 in cash and a gold watch.
Thomas Colinan was arrested ut his home
in Chicago yesterday just before the funeral
of his father was TO have taken place and
charged with causing the death of his parent
Rev. A. B. Earle, the well. known eyamec-
list, died at his home in Newton, Mass. thi,
morning. A large portion of DR.. Earle's work
was in the south, among the co!ored people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
MISS DELANEY IRREspoNsrpLE.-

Miss DELANEY IRREsPoNsIBLE.-
The hearing in the case of Mary Della
new, of Milwaukee, accused of setting
fire to two Catholic churches in Wash
ington was concluded in that city yes.
terday, and Judge Miller decided that
the defendant was irresponsible. Her
defense was an alibi, and the evil
dence against her was entirely circum-
stantial. A physician testified that the
woman was the victim of a fixed delu-
sion that priests were conspiring against
her. 1t was concluded to certify her to
the Secretary of the Interior for COM
mitment for treatment for insanity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
The oyford.Cambride e Boat Rae,

LONDON, Mar. 3O.-The usual i'm
mense crowds of people of all classes
and conditions thronged the banks of
the Thames this morning to witness
the Sind race between the crews of the
universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
The race was rowed over the champion
ship course from Putney to Mortlake,
44 miles. The weather was cold and
raw with squalls of drilling rain and
there was also a changeable southwest
wind, which put the water in a pretty
bad condition. The race was won by
the Oxford crew.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
April WEATHER AS PRED1orED.-]

APRIL WEATHER AS PREDIcTED.-If
the predictions of the Weather Bureau
of the United States Department of Ag-
riculture prove true, the weather dur
ing April will be cloudy. They claim
that but nine days will be perfectly
clear. The month will be somewhat
warmer than is usual in April, the
mean temperature being placed at fifty
three degrees. There will be only
about BIG inches of rain during the
month. For eleven days there will be
rain. The warmest April on record
was in 1878, when the mean tempera-
lure was fifty-eight degrees. The cold
est April was 1874, when the mean
temperature was forty-eight degrees.
The time in April to expect a killing
frost will he about the 18th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The grand jury of Petersburg has in
dicted four men for gambling.

The grand jury of Petersburg has in
dicted four men for gambling.
The funeral of George Bahen, who
died from injuries received in a foot
ball game in Washington, took place
in Richmond to-day.
The old McNeal place on Kettle Run.
near Brentsville, was sold during the
week to Valentine Schafer, OF Penn.
sylyania, for 5000.
1t has been definitely determined to
hold the Virginia Summer School oil
Methods for 1895 at Bedford City
The session will begin Monday, June
oath, and run four weeks.
Judge Paul has fixed the second trial
of r. II. Pannill for a special trial
which begins at Lynchburg on April
%. Pannill has not yet been able to
give the necessary bail, $4,000.
Rev. J. E. Brown, of the Shiloh Bap-
tist church, colored, Fredericksburg,
will baptize on Sunday one hundred
and forty-two persons, who have re.
Gently united with that church.
The Great Council of Virginia, 1. 0,
R. M, will meet in Newport News on
May s. 1t will be in session three
days. ComaDche Tribe, of that city,
will tender the great chiefs a ban.
quet on the night of May s. Capt. q.
w. Adams has been elected to rep,
resent Comanche Tribe at the great
council.
Capt. Leroy Leach died at his home,
near Front Royal, Tuesday afternoon,
the 26th inst, of heart disease. He was
more than three score and ten and has
ended his days without a spot OF
blemish on his good name. For several
successive terms he was the sheriff OIL
Warren county and had been a sub
scriber to the GAZETTE for many years.
Rev. Frank Watson, a Baptist minis.
ter of York county, vas found yester-
day morning BY the roadside, near
Newport News, in a helpless condition
While returning home from Newport
News his horse took fright and became
unmanageble. The vehicle was over
turned and he was thrown to the
ground. He was taken to Newport
| News.
All the buildings on the farm belong
ing to William Taylor, father of Major
Taylor, situated about fourteen miles
from Richmond, on the Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad,
were burned Friday night. The build,
ings destroyed were seven in number,
including the residence, which was a
very fine structure, containing about
ten rooms.
Mr.. Walter Curtis, a young
farmer of King George county,
was adjudged a lunatic last week
and was committed to the care
of an elder brother, who is to be
responsible for the young mans be-
havior until he can be sent to an asy-
lum. This is the third time that young
Curtis has lost his mind, and he has al.
ready been 10 an asylum twice. He is
unmarried, and lives alone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

IT Is now announced that Rev. Mr..
Milburn, the chaplain of the q. S. Sen
ate, with some of his family, will make
a long and extensive, and necessarily
an expensive, foreign tour, visiting
nearly all the countries of Europe, and
possibly some others. And yet this is
the same preacher who, when his poor
m~oneyless and homeless son wrote to
him from a far off city, begging to be al
lowed a shelter and food at his home,
denied him that, only natural, favor,
for the assigned reason that he could
not afford to do so, and thereby. and not
u~nnaturally, in his then condition, in
ducing him to commit suicide. But
IS there are men and men, so there
must be preachers and preachers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

REV. DR.. PARKHURsT, OF New YORK,
the moral busybody who led the crn-
SADIE against Tammany that resulted in
the election of Mr.. Strong, the republi-
can MAYOR of that city, now, doubtless,
experiences q realizing sense of the
fact that no more faith can be put in
mayors than in princes, and agrees
with most other mortals that ingrati-
tude is the worst of crimes, for the
very man, to elect whom he debased
himself to the condition of o detective
informer, now says that men who are
c~onsecrated to God should avoid parti-
san politics as the devil does holy wa
ter, and that it is impossible for munic-
ipal boards to work harmoneously il
one of the members thereof bea clergy
man or even q religious enthusiast.
Partisan politics is g dirty business, and
those who work in dirt a not keep
clean.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30

SENATOR FRYE says: "J1st as
soon as we get the chance we will re-
wise the tariff, and on the old lines,
too. The tariff will be framed on the
lines of the Mckinley bill, the best tar
if measure ever enacted. Mckinley
did not make that bill. Reed, of
Maine, had more to do with it than
Mckinley, for as Speaker of the House
he secured its passage" There is no
doubt of the fact that if the republicans
regain control of the government, a
plundering and p~illaging tariff will
again be putin operation, for the especial
benefit of Northern manufacturers, at
the expense of all the other people of
the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-30
Foreign News.

NICE, March 3O.-Owing to bad
weather the course of twelve miles
over which the small raters were to
sail, was reduced to four miles. The
competitors in this race were the
Dousck and Dslanagb, each of which
was awarded a prize of twenty-five
pounds, offered by Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett.
The tonnage of the Ailsa had not yet
been decided, but the decision, when it
is made, will not affect the result of
yesterdays race giving her the first
prize.