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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
KiIIed by lightning.

DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 17.-During q
thunder storm about noon to-day light
ming struck the United Presbyterian
Church, in process of erection 81
Grand River and Alexandrinia avenues,
killing one of the workmen and inJur-
ing half dozen others more or less
seriously.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
List of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of the letters re-.
naming in the Alexandria, Va, postoffice
August IL.
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.
Arundel, Robt Harris, Mrs ] F
Armour & Co, Hodge, Miss Hannah
Baumgsrten, Aug Johnson, ] B
Bailey, F M Lee. Miss Cora
Buchanan, D Lee, hiss Jeanette
Gown, Mrs Ollie Lowery, MP
Craig, W H3 Miner, bliss Annie
Fairfax, John McCuiag, James D
Fisher, Albert Humphrey, E
Harrison, Frank Teacher,
Hancock, Miss Marion Washington, Geo
Weldon, Miss Alice
&C. CARLIN. P. N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
Prefers the Domes tic Hearth.

BURzARD's BAY, Aug. lit is not
likely that President Cleveland will
accept the invitation sent him by
Mayor Curtis, of Boston, to attend the
Knights Templar celebration, and be
the guest of the city. The president
has made it rule not to accept any in
vitations which would take him away
from Gray Gables while here on veca-
ton. Should he accept one of the
MANY invitations sent him he would
find it a difficult matter to know juSt
where to draw the line.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
Plot Frustrated.

PORTSMOUTH, o., Aug. IA plot to
murder prisoner in the county Jail
was discovered by the sheriff yesterday
Oscar Hickey had made himself obnoS.
ious to his companions by reporting
small misdemeanors, and they arranged
to hang him in his cell Saturday night
intendin to make out q case ofsuicide.
They could easily have done this. as
the cell, are OF en- most of the time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

The President having appointed q
q. S. district attorney in Tennessee, on
the accommodation of Representative
Patterson, OF that State, gold man
aud cuckoo, against the wishes OF
the two democratic Senator'S of that
State, one of the latter, Mr.. Harris, has
informed him to the effect that it is for
him to nominate, but for the Senate to
confirm, and that the democratic Sen,
ators will be very likely to attend to
the matter next winter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

st the cost of FIVE dollars volume
are sold to junk dealers there at half q
cent pound, and are dear at that, for
no body will read them. But the
work goes on all the same, and the peo-
pie are taxed to pay the expense. The
tax payers of this country are the best
natured people in the world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
NEW BOATS FOE NoRrOIK-The Boston

NEW BOATS FOE NoKFoLK.-Ihe Bost0n
Tcwboat Company, operating large fleet of
coal bargcs between Philsdeiphia and New
England ports, has announced its intention of
of dropping out of the Philadelphia trade, and
hereafter will send all their craft to Norfolk
and Newport News The failure of the State
government to make an appropriation to aid
in Che work of deepening the ship canal be.
tween Philadelphia and the sea is said to be
responsible for the movement. OF late several
of the large barges have grounded while 60
ing over Cherry Island fats, and remained
fast fer several days before floating. The de.
been very great and the company has decided
that 1t viii be its best interests to sacrifice
this trade and accept freights from Newport
News and Norfolk ut equal, fnot lower, rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
Manitoba Catholics Look to Us.

QUEBEC, Aug. ia novel expe-
dent is proposed to the Roman Catholic
minority of Manitoba as the means OF
obtaining what they regard as their
rights in the matter of their schools. IL
is nothing less than an appeal to the
American instead of the French gov
ernment, whose intervention was sug-
pested at first by few friends and
supporters of the Manitoba Catholics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

The body of an unknown man was
found lying on bench in Forest Park,
st. Louis, early this morning. Life
had been extinct for several hours. 1t
is believed to be case of suicide by
poison. The man was about 40 years of
age, five feet six inches tall, with BLACK
HAIR and eyes, and was fairly we'll
dressed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

WASHINGTON and Lee University
having filed vacant chair in its fac
ulty with one of its own distinguished
and competent graduates, the Virginia
Military Institute, in the same town.
should not fail to follow so wise an ex-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
E,IIed by an Explosion.

PorrsyIL1E, Pa, Aug. 17.-Patrick
Howe, aged 81 years, of Girardville,
was killed at the Hammond colliery
early this morning by an explosion of
GAS. He went into worked-out
breast with naked lamp. The gas
ianited and q terrific explosion follow
ed. Considerable damage was done to
the colliery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

Miss Caroline Allen, of Springfield, Tenn,
became heart sick because her lover ceased
his attentions. On Wednesday she saturated
her clothing with coal oil, applied match and
burned to death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

The Baltimore San, as the New York
World and other so called democratic
newspapers of New York did last fall
in their State, IS now doing all it can to
defeat the regularly and fairly nominat-
ed democratic ticket in Maryland; but,
judging from present indications, its ef-
forts will be in vain. A republican
victory in Maryland in '95 means re-
publican victory there in '96, and re-
publican rule certainly has not bene-
flied Maryland 30 much that she should
desire resubmission to the same yoke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

RAsEBALL-The baseball games of yester.
day resulted Is follows: Baltimore -, Wash
ington 8; Philadelphia 8, Boston 6; New
York 6, Brooklyn a Brooklyn 10. New
5, Cincinnati 2; st. Louis s, Louisville 8.
The following is the standing Of the clnbs:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17
The Pope Praying Tor spain's

The Pope Prny1hS LOT SDHIH
MADRID, Aug. 1.-THE Archbishop
of Damascus in his address yesterday
at Kittoria to the Spanish troops, WHO
are about to depart to REINFORCE the
army in Cuba, declared that the Pope,
like new Moses, has raised MS nands
toward heaven and was praying that
the angel of victory might accompany
the SDanish army.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

The hacienda of Joseph Ragui, near
Ures, Mex, was attacked BY twenty
FIVE Yaqui Indians yesterday. They
killed three, cowboys employed IN the
Mace and burned number of buildings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

Tons OF matter printed at the gov
eminent printing Office in Washington
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-17

EyANCY RoYAL APRIcoTs for sale 8:
IL 1870 By G. MLBURN.
CHREDED and BoNELEss COD FISH
- fcr sale By J.o. GLBUN'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03

A, Interesting question involving the psycholo-
~ If "A town clock Is reported from Kalamazoo,
Mich. can a town clock be depended on to say
what II means? And more important still. can IL
he trusted 10 mean 10 say the truth, or must we
,c,or. us public remarks and search out its hid
dcu motives and It's springs. not to mention
weights. OF action? Has town clock dual nat
urc and have we among us town CLOCKS WHICH are
decay dents and Jekyll-iI ydes?
The focusing OF the white light OF publicity on
,he heretofore unsupported town clock was
,ouoht about Indirectly by that more modern
mechanical contrivance. the bicycle. AT kalama-
On, there lives a man bearing the somewhat re-
markable name OF Snort-"Jim' Snort. Mr.. Snort,
q further appears is an extremely expert plcycle
rider He loves TO mount his bicycle on all tours
and 50 to Say. bunt his head into distance a
"century' for Jim Snort Is merely an appetizer;
and when he takes the handle-bar In his teeth
and rests his hands on the hubs OF the forward
wheel II Is said that no man In Kalamazoo can
keep within hailing distance OF him.
A may be suspected. this rapid and flexible
Snort Is much given TO riding for wager. either
with other coiled-up gentlemen or against the old
adversary. Time Indeed Mr. Snort may be de-
scribed ar rich with the spells Of Time, since he
has raced against him so often and usually come
ont ahead. Time may be still a-hying. but he
lacks pneumatic tires and other modern improve
ments I'm a contest with Jim" Snort. OF kalama-
zoo But whether this was exemplified In the
last race with him is not yet decided; which Is
where the extraordinary double-dealing or the
Kalamazoo town clock comes In.
The other day. then. Mr.. Snort made wager
that he could start at o'clock a. m, ride 20 some
more or less distant point Detroit. perhaps. or
Chlcago-we know noD, and get back before l
n m by the town clock. Promptly at he start
cd and shot off up the street in a position which
reminded the spectators Of an old-fashoned
doughnut An Interested group OF friends and
other townspeope sat on the courthouse steps.
saw him off and awaited his return. The hours
passed and the long hand Of the town clock began
TO creep up toward the zenith OF the dial for the
hour OF l. The crowd peered up the street for the
ton OF the head OF Snort. The hand moved on.
But one minute remained. Suddenly there
was a shout Out o. cloud OF dust there
protruded a head. On 1t came like a can
nonbaiI But. when still twenty feet from
the courthouse steps. the memorable town CLOCK
struck a single. hollow boom. "Lost!' shouted
the crowd. Foul" roared Jim" Snort. as no
shot across the line. stopped and pointed to the
long hand OF the treacherous clock, still lacking
q line of resting upon the twelve-mark. The
crowd saw IT, and instantly took sides ON the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03
WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1880.
TWELVE PAGES.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-Ex Chancellor Bismarck is reported
to be painfully but dangerously i'll with neu-
ralgia - BY the appointment or the hish'
Hon. A. Akc:s-D Douglas First Commissioner OF
Works and Walter H. Long President OF the
Board of Agriculture the British Cabinet now mas
nineteen members. the largest number II ever
contained: Lord Rosebery badly scored the Gov
eminent in a speech at the Eighty Club 50
Dr. Won Pleuer has resigned from the Austrian
Parliament. - Posters. asking Bulgaria TO
ioin in revolution against the Turks, have made
their appearance in Eastern Roumelia but are
promptly torn down by the authorities.
Domestic-Professor Harrington. Chief OF the
Weather Bureau. removed by President
Cleveland. - The New-York Cotton states
Exposition Commissioners met In Albany and
elected officers. - The Governor appointed a
commission to consider changes in the methods
of legislative procedure. - Oliver Curtis Per
~. the train-robber, was transferred from the
Matteawan Asylum for Insane Criminals to the
Auburn State Prison. - The State School
Teachers Association denounced the new law re-
garding the teaching of physiology and hygiene
in the public schools. - The voorhees, Investi
eating Committee adjourned until September.
CITY and Suburban.-E. b. Harper died -
Judge Patterson gave decision upholdng the re-
apportionment by the Board of Aldermen -
Judge Dykman decided that the Westchester An
nexation act was constitutional. 80 Yale sent
reply accepting the Oxford Cambridge challenge
on certain conditions. - Increased bids were
made for the Kingsbrdge NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fran
chise. - Provision made by the Board Of
Estimate for meeting the deficiency in the Street
Cleaning Department - Winners at Sleeps
head Bay: Emotional Daily America. Axiom,
Hazeton Ramapo Lustre. - The stock mar
ket was irregular.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Fair; sta
tionary temperature. Temperature yesterday:
Lowest 65 degrees; highest. so degrees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03

not n grumbler nor a pessimist. but an intelli-
gent. experienced, broadminded man. He de-
c,ared he had so little confidence in his own fipe
shin that he would not like to go into battle with
her She had strong armOr. and powerful guns,
and every mechanical device engineering skill
could furnish. But these would not avail. Her
guns would not keep off the silent. swift ana
half.inyisible torpedo-boats Her armor would
afford no protection against the touch OF tor-
nedo In his Judgment the first real engagement
between modern navies will show that torpedo
boats will have the proudest fleets at their mercy
and will cause revolution in naval architecture
The hundreds Of millions Of dollars spent upon
these fleets have been spent without the Slight
est assurance Of effectiveness. The great arlna'
ments are untried experiments against whose
success there are arguments and indications OF
alarming strength.
True. as Mr.. Ford says, this commander may
have overstated the case. His view may De al
together wrong. The correctness or the error OF
II has never been demonstrated by actual expert
ence In only two wars have modern ironclads
been tested. and in them imperfccily. one was
at Alexandria, where the strongest ships In the
British Navy fought against some anuq1ated
and dilapIdated sand forts. The other was the
struggle between China and Japan. where the
unreasonable superiority Of the men In the
Japanese fleet made the contest absurdly I'M
equal Yet even in these wars the vulnerabllity
Of armored batile-shps was strongly Indicated.
The feeble fire from the Egyptian forts dld scri-
OILS damage TO some OF the British ships. "A
great Chinese batte-ship. which had wlthstood
all the pounding Japanese guns could gVe was
Al Il. % Ii u
pedo. 1t was the swift. handy cruisers ana the
torpalo boats. rather than the pondcrous battle
ships. and the torpedo-tubes and torpedoes,
rather than the biz guns and shells, that made
the Japanese Navy SO effective.
No doubt these huge floating forlresseS' Win
oO.inch armor and 13-inch guns. are desirable,
even essential in a well-orlered navy. But The
nation that puts its sole or even l's chiei reli-
once upon them will make a terrible mistake
Our own Navy, 10 be fully suited to our own
mcmillan needs should doubtless contain some
such vessels. It Is far more important that II
should contain large number Of swift ana we'll
armed cruisers and multitude OF iorpedo-boats'
and that there should be constantly on hand an
annie supply of torpelocs for the tubes with
which every vessel should be- equipped. IheS"
latter requirements can be- complied with NOR"
readily more rapidly and more cheaply lhan IN"
first-named For that very reason they should
receive not the latest, but the earliest attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03
THE LESSON or KEEL.

The most important lesson OF the great gather
ing of the fleets al Kiel at least 80 far as this
country is concerned was SO. forth In the letter
from The Trlbuncs staff correspondent. pub
lshcd yesterday. There was assembled In the
southwest corner Of the Baltic the most forlni-
dable array Of warships the world has ever seen.
There were vast floating fortresses, like the
Royal Sovereign, the Empress Of India, the UIn-
berto and the Sardegna. There were swift
cruisers, like the Columbia and the New-York.
There were gunboats torpcdo-boats and numcr-
Gus other crafts Of various sorts. II was a
spectacle TO thrill the heart Of every behOlder,
but especially TO move and to instruct those d.
rectly interested in naval construction and the
development and maintenance Of sea power. 1t
did So Not even the presence Of william III
altogether blinded all eyes to that unmatched
display Of ships But what comments did 1t
evoke, and what convictions did 1t cause?
Varied ones, no doubt; and not least among them
such as were quoted by Mr.. Ford in bis letter
The commander OF one Of the best ships in the
whole feet spoke very frankly to him. He was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03
oue.tion: Ia It a given hour by clock when 1t

oue.tion. Ia II q given hour by CLOCK when II
strikes or wher It points?
The discussion has been going on ever since, ana
,s not vet settled SHORTS friends. Of course. set
lin the claim that not till clock points to the
hour ia the hour come. The other SIDE partisans
Of the man who bet with Snort. ask pertinently II
n clock doesn't know what 1t is talking about.
WHY should clock be to the trouble Of striking
II people going to pay no attention TO II! AS
we'll say they In starting a race. ignore the voice
of the man who shouts "Go" and get on when
his jaw Is to close. The others reply tha'
the striking Of a clock Is mere accident, that we
have to depend on It's pointing between hours anu
therefore ought to do the same at the nourS' anu
they continue II the controversy Is going 10 DE
enriched with anaogies among human kind' oo-
serve how much safer 1t Is In the case OF men,
Der Of the Legislature. for instance, to get at MS
true thoughts and beliefs by watching his actions
than by listening to his speeches The others an
swer that precisely the best time to read legis-
lator Alright IL when he makes strike but this Is
generally considered poor joke, and unworthy
situation so serious.
As a possible way out Of the difficulty an appeal
was had to a local jeweller but the local ]e"elier
after taking the speaking-tube nozzle on. ol HIS
eve and observing that he had several good GUS
toners in each party remarked sagaclousiy, III FL
feet that 1t all depended on the personal equa-
fion OF the clock under cOnSlueTdtlOn, SOhc'h"b
Of which he had no knowledge since the town
clock had been put up by a man from Detroit
since deceased. He closed with the somewhat IT.
relevant suggestion that the nsidious tiinepece
he thrown into the ash-heap and a trust"or'hy
article be erected in its place by himself lie then
nut the napkin-ring back in his eye and returned
10 reeling the spring out Of waterbury "a'c"'
The company filed out. and Snort ana the man
who had bet with him went home. Their paru-
aans however retired to Woodcocks grocery
store. and continued to wrange over the question
ri the poor town clock struck g. when they, 100
retired though. as one adherent OF the rapid
Snort remarked, 1T might be 3 or 1t might De
that that burned clock was striking through us
hat again.
As for the rights OF the controversy we shai
not venture to express an opinion. though We
hope to see the matter settled and precedent
established In the mean time The Tribune clock
will continue to point out the correct time WIFI
out fear or favor that even ne that runs 10 get
out Of the way OF the cabe-cars may reau' pu'
without making any foolish oral remarks ABOUT II
and mourning the risk Of being misunderstood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03

thorough instructions before ne 10 allowed 70 op-
crate a car. This point is one on winch Inc IT'D
une has insisted repeatedly. and we are gao 70
40. Mr.. Rossiter laying special emphasis on It.
More careful and more trustworthy men are need
cd on the front platforms The lack OF them has
largely been the cause Of the trolley troubles
which have assumed 80 aggravated form at the
other end Of the Bridge 1t is encouraging to see
so,nd common-sense injected into the manage
ment Of the Brooklyn Heights Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03
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be 10 copy OF the bally Suu4sy
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Amusemenfs.


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AMERICAN ROOF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03

The former police justices VINO are raiF'hs
such a row over their exit from once are IKE
the negro who was In court yesterday chaiseu
with intoxlcaton and who gave TINS account Vi
himself: MY wife was agltatng me to 20 nome
",nd was kind Of demurrn on the sidewalk
He paid 81 for demurrin' fate whch mas not
yet overtaken the justices whom the peopie
agitated to get out.