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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
The Baptist young Poop lie,

BALTIMORE, July 20.-The third day
of the convention of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union of America began with
sunrise prayer meetings in several Bap-
fist Churches at half past six this morn
ing. They wee conducted by promi-
nent out-of-town clergymen and were
well attended. When the bell sum-
moned the delegates to devotional ex-
ercises al the tent at half past nine, it
attracted only about 1000 persons.
The heat was intense. Rev. B. d.
Gray of Birmingham, Ala, conducted
the opening services The board ofelec.
tions announced the reelection of Rev.
F. L. Wilkins as general secretary, w.
81. Merritt as business manager of sne
Baptist Union, and b. w. Cuppy, OF
Chicago as editor. The convention
then took recess until 7:30 p. m. In
the afternoon there were State and
provincial rallies III the various church
headquarters. Several hundred wheel
men took part in the Baptist bicycle
run through the streets of the city in
the afternoon under the escort of Balti
moreans
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
PRINCE WILLIAM NOTES.

The bank meeting will probably go
into preliminary organization at Ma
nassas to-day. All the stock is about
subscribed.
It has been discovered that there is
almost an inexhaustible quantity of
brownstone of a very superior quality
on Judge Lipscomb's farm near Brents-
vile.
Mr.. c. A. Silling was elected town
sergeant of Manassas on Tuesday night
in the place of Mr.. Henry Rector, who
did not qualify. DR.. T. d. Wolfe was
reelected councilman.
Mr.. A. L. Davis has sold ninety acres
of land adjoining the Manassas Indus
trial School property to Mr.. Conrad
Seese for 81 500. Mr.. Davis will COM
mence the erection of dwelling On
the remaining property at an early day.
Mr.. Robert Portner has just added
fully equipped steam yacht to the at
fractions of his beautiful summer home
near Manassas. The yacht has car
rying capacity ofeight passengers and
is easily managed. There are two
beautiful lakes on his property, one Of
them three quarters of mile long; this
gives plenty of room for a boat ride
Manassas Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
Murdered and Robbed.

HAMMOND, Ind, July 2O.-r'erdinand
F. Hall, an employee of the Standard
Oil Company, while returning to Whit
ing, four miles north of here, from
visit with friends in Chicago, was
pouuced on by gang of garroters in
that town early this morning. He
made a fight for his life, but was finally
overcome by a blow with a heavy
biudgeon. The men then rlfed his
pockets, securing a valuable watch and
chain and six hundred dollars in cash.
To cover their crime the murderers
stripped the clothes off the body and
placed it across the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks where a long freight train
ground it to pieces. Two boys on their
way to work found the pieces strewed
along the track and reported to the
police. The murder is shrouded IN
mystery and it is not likely the MUIR
derers will be captured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

SWEPT BY A TIDAL WAvE.SAd.
vices from the south coast of Peru
aud the coast of Chilli, north of Valpa-
raise, have been visited by a tidal
wave, which has done great damage.
Earthquake shocks preceded the ma
rine disturbance. At Serena on May
Is, at 1870 a. M. severe earthquake,
lasting as seconds, occurred. AT 3:55
another shock followed. The shocks
were felt along the coast, and on May
81 there were several severe shocks.
After one of them the sea made an
eruption to a distance of 200 metres.
At Cobijs. on June /, the steamer Mendoza
was unable to enter, owing to the rough state
Of the sea. The pier in Minchille Bay has
been swept away. At Chsnaral, Chill, the
sea was greatly agitated and the destruction
of the telegraph cables wers threatened. The
sea rose considerably and the water rushed
$50 yards inland, inundating the telegraph
Offices At Guanillos the wharf lighter and
the sloop Tarapaca were destroyed. At To.
copila three lighters were sunk, the wharf
belonging to the Tocopills establishment de-
stroyed and the railway wharf damsged,
Callao harbor suffered from heavy high
tide, but littlo damage was done.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
TO-DAY'S TELEGRhPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News.

SOFIA, July 20.-Prince Ferdinand,
who is at Carlsbad, has wired his court
marshal that, not wishing to expose his
faithful servants to insult, he finds him
self compelled to forbid the Bulgarian
civil and military officials taking part
in or being present at the funeral of M.
Stambulof. 1t is stated that the mo-
tive for Prince Ferdinand's telegram
was the fear that the family of the MUIR
dered ex-premier had refused to re-
ceive the wreaths which were sent to
their house in the name of the Prince.
LONDON, July 20.-The Irish ques-
ton is likely to be acutely to the fore
if events verify current reports. 1t is
stated that secret drilling has been
widely revived in Ireland by old NAL
contents. A number of well-known
members of the Irish communities in
London, Glasgow and Liverpool have
left within the month for Ireland, max
ing no secret that something was brew
ing in which they meant to share. The
triumph of the Unionists and prospec-
tive coercion may precipitate outbreaks
in Ireland.
A report has been circulated TO the
effect that the Duke aud Duchess of
York's baby, Prince Edward, is deaf
and dumb 1t is impossible to ascertain
what amount of truth there is in the
report. The baby is a little over a
year old and is stout and well formed.
LONDON, July 20.-The returns of
the elections show the results up to five
O'Clock as follows: Conservatives, 2S9 !;
unionists, So; liberals, 50; Mccarthy
ties, 4S; Parnellites 6.
LONDON, July 2n-The National
Breeders P, oduce stakes of 5000 sover-
eigns at Sando~n So-~ay, Was wen by
Mr.. Botterill's Ellsworth. Mr.. Douglass
Baird's Santa Maura was second and
Sir J. Blundell Naples Barn Dance
third.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 2O.-The rebe,
leader Alfonso Go let WIS killed and the in.
surgent chief Miqlel Gongora, was mortally
wounded in the battle which was fought n
few days ago near Veguita, town situated
between ManZln milo and BayAmo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

!A.D0UBT having been expressed as to
the truth of the report that three hun.
bred miners at Spring Valley, Illinois,
had volunteered to become serfs for life
if guaranteed shelter, food and clothing
for themselves and families, inquiry
concerning it was made of the mayor of
that place, and his response was that
over half the miners there would will
ingly accept such terms. And yet the
owners OF negroes in the South were
denounced by the Northern abolition
lists as the most inhumsn of monsters,
though they provided for their slaves
from the cradle to the grave, even if
their last sickness were prolonged for
years, and though William Penn died
q slave owner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
v1Re1N1A's BLACK TR1LBY.-A black

VIRG1NIA's BLACK TRILBY.-A black
Trilby from Loudoun county, whose
other name was Fitzhugh, was married
in Washington yesterday. Her father,
an old Virginia darkey, who wore
linen buster and high hat, was indig-
nant because the license clerk express
ed doubt as to his daughters first name
being Trilby. The father had never
heard of Du Maurier or his famous
heroine, and insisted that his daughters
name was Trilby and always had been.
The bridegroom was little, but his name
was Henry-Henry Redman. He was in tine
uniform Of the Liucoln Cornet Band, and the
couple were married in the marriage license
clerks Office by an ancient coIored divine,
also from old Virginia. Miss Trilby was not
in her bare feet. She Wore shoes and stock
ings. This fact vas revealed when she raised
her white satin gown from the dusty floor and
stepped high" to the platform. She also
wore white cotton gloves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

SENATOR QUAY says be thinks the
democrats will "renominate President
Cleveland, and that the third term cry
will not hurt him." Mr. Quay does not
express his thoughts without due de-
liberation. The democratic, like the
republican party, is now in the control
of millionaires, and the latter dictate
the nominations of both. That they
did SO in '92 WAS made plain by the fact
that though they subscribed. to both the
Cleveland and Harrison funds, before
the nominations were made, they closed
their pocket books Immediately there
after, saying they would be safe with
either nominee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

DANCED IN BLooMRRs.-The new
woman has scored another triumph.
The "bloomer" ball, given by the
wheelmen in the Jackson park pavil-
ion, Chicago, was big hit. The girl
in bloomers calmly forgot the mandate
of the society that boomers and BIZ
cycles are twins, aud marched into the
ballroom and danced the hours away
without even o thought of the poor
forsaken "bike." Two hundred car
risges, cabs and traps jammed the
driveway, while the people on foot
crowded deep around the open side of
the big building.
When the band played the first waltz
there was moment of hesitation. A
score of women had promised to whirl
merrily away when the waltz began,
but all made excuses. 1t was the cru
cial test of boomers for the ballroom.
Then Miss Minnie Burlett and II. Mont
gomery Fuller glided out under the full
glare of the calcium lights amid defend
ing applause, and the bloomer-girl had
won. Soon forty couples were on the
floor. There were no wall flowers. If
the men would not dance with them
they could dance nicely by themselves,
and few knew the difference.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
FAIRFAX LAND sALEs.-The follow

FAIRFAX LAND SALEs.-The follow.
ing tracts of land were sold in Fairfax
on Monday:
Ten acres in the suit of Hunt and
others VS.; Frank Wooster, jr., to Peter
Magner for $15.75 per acre; and IA
acres, 2 roods and 81 poles Gin same
suit to o. w. HUNT for 81 per acre.
r. W. Moore and J. H. Powell COM
missioners of sale.
About 60 acres near Sideburn station
in the suit of Pritchett's admir- vs..
Skinner ct al, to B. F. Thompson for
$13 per acre. ]. n. Love commission
or of sale.
About 100 acres near Annandale. in
snit of Wash. B. Williams ct al vs.. W.
w. Bassett's heirs, &c., to Isaac Lyons
of Washington, for IS, 200. D. M. Chi
chester and ]. M. Love commissioners
of ssle.-Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 20, 1896.

OF ALL the people pleased at the ef-
forts the new democratic sheriff OF
Alexandria county is making to i'm
prove the manners and morals of the
Westinghouse who come to that
county to carry on their deviltry, none
are more so than the proprietors of the
race tracks there, for they are we'll
aware of the patent fact that lawless
ness in the neighborhood of race
courses initiates against the attractive
ness thereof and diminishes the attend
auce there at, and that consequently 1t
necessarily reduces their receipts,
and the pocket nerve is just as sensa-
tive in q race track proprietor as in
any other man. If the behavior of
all the men at the race tracks we're like
that of the gentlemen OF the Queens
drawing room, and the reputation of all
the women there like that of Caesars
wife, the proprietors of those tracks
would be delighted, because such con-
dition would treble their gate receipts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Episcopal Chapel at Barbours-
vile, in Orange county, has been COM
pleted, and will be dedicated by Bishop
Whittle on the 30th of this month.
T. Mr.. Samuel E. Luttrell, prominent
merchant and oyster dealer Of Hope
side, Northumberland county. died of
heart disease on Tuesday morning last.
Mr.. VIM. ]. King, of the firm of VIM.
J. King & Co., died at his home in
Fredericksburg yesterday after an i'll
ness of several months. He leaves q
widow and several children.
About three weeks ago Mason Rains
and James Riley of Stafford county had
difficulty which resulted in Rains
stabbing Riley. The latter fingered
until the 18th, when death came to his
relief.
VIM. M. Blackley, ex-secretary of
the Virginia State League of baseball
clubs, is in Jail in Norfolk on serious
charge, having been arrested on war
rents sworn out by two merchants
charging him with obtaining money un-
der false pretenses.
Mrs. Ella Farmer, wife OF John u.
Farmer, agent of the Southern Railway
at Motley's, shot herself yesterday. A
Smith & Wesson pistol was used and the
ball pierced the right temple. The
woman died in 20 minutes after the fatal
shot was fired. 1t was case of deliber.
ate suicide. The cause was ill-health
and domestic troubles. Mrs. Farmer
was twenty-five years of age, and had
been married but two years. She leaves
young baby. Her mother died few
days ago.
A deputy sheriff yesterday took to
the penitentiary three Augusta county
murderers-Jesse a. Walker, white, to
serve five years for killing Ben Goods
by; Benjamin L. Hight, twelve years
for killing Henry Weeks, and Thomas
Adams, given eight years for killing his
sweetheart, Lena billiard. Walker is
nearly seventy-fve years old and has
had three trials, at each of which his
term was reduced. Hight has also had
retrial, by which his term was re-
duced from eighteen to twelve years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

A MARYLAND jury has just acquitted
an American woman accused Of muir
dering her sick husband by poison. At
the same time New York jury sen,
fenced to death an Italian woman &C.
cused of killing, with dagger, in the
heat of passion. the father of her child,
for consemptuously spurning her plead
lugs to make her an honest woman.
But as there are men and men, so there
are juries and juriss. There are she,
as we'll as he devils, and the law should
be no respecter of persons, but if any
thing could mitigate the sentence of the
Mosaic law, it would be the frenzied
condition of the latter offender when
she committed her crime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
THE MAssEY-pILor TRIAL.

The Massey-Pilot libel suit began
yesterday morning with continuation
of the argument of counsel on the pro-
position of Capt. Wise to put on the
stand witnesses from Albemarle to i'm
peach Mr.. Massey IS witness. MIR.
Thorn made the point that the defense
having already attacked MIR. Massey
on this score they cannot at this
stage of the case again attack his
credibility, and thus divide their (the
defendant's) evidence; that the plaintiff
has olce met with rebuttal evidence,
this matter of impeachment, and that
if the defense is allowed to again at
tempt to impeach Mr.. Massey, the
plaintiff would have the right to again
introduce rebuttal evidence on the
point at issue, which would necessitate
an adjournment of the case to get the
plaintiff 3 witnesses.
The court took the position that
when the matter of Mr.. Massey's truth
and honesty was gore into at a pre-
vious stage of the proceedings it was
Improperly done, and the plaintiff g
counsel could then have objected; that
the proper time to 60 into it is after the
witness is put on the stand, and the
witnesses the deferse now want to put
on can, therefore, now be heard.
Captain Wise then asked Mr.. Byrd
for his version of the statement made
by Governor O'Ferrall on the stand
that he told him (O'FerralD that Mr..
Massey was bribed in 1890. Mr.. Byrd
testified that he was very intimate with
Governor O'Ferrall, and was at the
time talking to him as friend and not
as Governor; that he BYRD did not tell
him abruptly that Mr.. Massey had been
bribed, but told him of certain matters
in connection with the book contracts,
and suggested to him that owing to the
suspicious circumstances of 1890 the
doors of the board of education should
be thrown open in 1894.
w. F. Woods, of Albemarle county,
testified that he had known Mr.. Massey
for thirty-fiye or forty years; that in
witnesses section of the county Mr..
Massey's reputation for truth is bad,
and witness would not believe him on
oath. He said Mr.. Massey's reputation
has been bad since before the war.
Witness voted for Mr.. Massey for Lieu
tenant-Governor, not thinking the po-
sition of Lieutenant. Governor amount
ed to much. The people of Albemarle
supported Mr.. Massey for public posi-
ton. Witness said that about 1867
witnesses father, in matter of dispute
between them, pronounced Mr.. Massey
an Infamous liar; that the trouble be-
tween them was that Mr.. Massey
brought false charge against witnesses
father.
Mr.. Garland, nv. Stevens, DR.. ]. B.
Taylor and Rev. Roy Temple, of Abe
marie, all testified that Mr.. Massey's
reputation is bad. Captain Wise then
tried for second time to get in the
Leech, Delea aud Lowell evidence as to
Womack, but the court again ruled it
out, and court adjourned for the day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

THE RICHMOND Gas Work SCANDAL
The re is rumor afoat that the late
W. G. Adams, superintendent of the
city gas works. did not die of spoplexy,
but that ne committed suicide. The
developments at the gas works have
strengthened the suicide theory.
The city council last night adopted
the resolutions contained in the report
of the committee on light, charged
to investigate the affairs of the gas
works, providing that an expert ac-
countant be appointed to examine from
time TO time the books of the various
departments; that Bookkeeper Mere
dith, of the gas works, be discharged
aud TIE committee on light be empower
ed Ito appoint his successor, and that the
city attorney be requested to take axe
proper steps to recover the s2o,VU0
which the city lost while MI: W. U.
Adams was superintendent OF the gas
works.
Resolutions providing that both the
bookkeeper and foreman be discharged
caused considerable discussion, but it
was finally decided to retain MIR.
Walsh. the foreman, and let the new
superintendent decide as TO his qualifi-
cations for the position. No charge of
dishonesty is made against the book
keeper, but he is declared incompetent
to perform the duties required of him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

PILES OF ashes are even less d.shg-
uring and Objectionable to sight than
the ash barrels and boxes that now
mar the appearance of almost every
street in the city, and that seem to be
permanent in many of them. In other
cities no such eye-sores are permitted,
and they should not be here. Let the
receptacles for ashes and other house
dirt be kept on the premises, and out
of public sight, until called for and re-
moved by the street carts. Egg shells,
coffee grounds and soap suds in the
cutters, are bad enough in all con-
science, but as many houses are un-
severed, that nuisance must be sub
mitted to, but that of the ash barrel
and boxes can be abated Without the
slightest difficulty, and should be at
once. With it and that of the paper
litter removed, the streets of the city
would present greatly improved np-
pearance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

without regaining conscience. Harper
had been engaged in running mer-
ry-go-round in company with Daniel
Turpen, but had withdrawn on account
of trouble with Turpen. The police
found Turpen in bed at the Plaza Hotel
this morning and placed him under ar
rest. He admitted quarreling with
Harper and striking him on the head,
but broke down and cried when told of
the fatal result of the blow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

LION IN A DRY GOODS SToRE.-The
Callahan pet lion, Claude, has again
created commotion in Bridgeport,
Conn. This time it was in one of the dry
goods stores of the D. M. Reed Com
pany. The attack upon the burglar
and subsequently q painter made the
lion famous. The dry goods people
offered Mrs. Callahan $400 for Claude,
but she would not sell him. Instead she
has leased the lion.
He is chained in the kid glove and
lace department and women toy with
his name and kiss him fondly. Claude
has been very quiet. He has watched
the crowd and submitted to the oscu-
latory ordeal gracefully. Thursday
morning he suddenly jumped up, tug
ged at his chain and reared. He did
his best to attack a man who looked
rather commonplace among all the wo-
men shoppers. Claude made such
struggle to get at this man that the
floor walker, who Is always suspicious
of everything and everybody, jumped
at the idea that this man was the
burglar which Claude had once en-
countered and had taste of.
The floor walker thought lions had
memories. This proved to be true.
The man was asked to give an account
of himself, otherwise ne would be ar
rested. He turned out to be Lewis. the
painter, who had run away from Claude
when the lion attacked him in the Cal
lahan residence, where Lewis was at
tempting to do some painting.
Lewis was taken away from the lions
vision, but Claude continued to roar for
some time in memory of the meal he
had lost for the second time. Next
week the lion is to be exhibited in one
of the large dry goods stores in New
Haven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
Mysterious Death.

CLEVELAND, O., July 2O.-A special
from Piqua, o., says: VIM. Harper,
manager of the Park Hotel, was muir
dered early this morning. About Z
O'Clock he started for the depot to take
train for Lima. A few moments later
he was found unconscious On the
street, suffering from an injury on
the head. he died in four hours
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

Ex-Speaker Crisp is in Washington,
en- route to Europe. His recent atti-
tude upon the currency question gives
rise to a reply that he is prepared to
abandon his free-silver ideas and to ad.
vocate the sound currency principles,
which are said to be gaining ground in
Georgia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

As NO granddaughter of Francis
Scott Key, the author of the Star Span
gled Banner, ever held a government
position, the fund now being collected
for the benft of that imaginary lady
Iaay as well be returned to the contrib
utors, as she could hardly have been
removed from an Office she never filled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

BAPTIST Young PEoPLE.-The fol-
lowing is summary of the principal
things done yesterday at the conyen-
ton of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America in Baltimore:
The board of.msnagers at a confer
encs at the Hotel Aitamont decided
that the convention of 1896 will be
held at Milwaukee, and that of 1897 at
Brooklyn.
Officers were elected for next year. !.
Representatives of ali the State and
prov ncial unions fired off minute
gun, "-ooe minute speeches descrip-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

There was Cabinet meeting in
Washington yesterday, at which Span
ish matters are believed to have been
considered. The Cabinet determined,
it is reported, that the neutrality law
should be still more rigidly enforced in
Shis country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
List of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of the letters 70
naming in the Alexandria, Va, postofies
July 90.
Persons calling for letters will please say
they are advertised.
Advertised letters not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead letter Office.
Chanley, ) 7 Kern. VIM 81
Doherty, John Langhorno, L w
Dutzehln, NJ Marshall, L
Emmells, Mrs Mary Mcoermap. Mrs
Girard L Rose,J
Gulick, DR. ES Shelley, Milton
Harrington, DB Swami, Rosina 81 2
Harley, Mary Thompson, Hiss L v
MISCELLANEOUS.
Messrs Baumback, Morris & Co,
Msssrs Wheat & Harris Co,
Messrs Rogers & Williams.
&C. cARLIN. Pm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20

THE gowks attribute the alleged i'm
proyement in the condition of the peo-
pie of the country TO what they call
the Wilson tariff bill, but what is real
]y the German bill. And yet the
President denounced that bill and re-
fused to sign it, thought it was voted
for by every democratic Senator except