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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
THEIR FIRST BALL.
Successful Social Event at B'nai Birth
Hall of the San Francisco Mill
tarY Band.

The San Francisco Military Band held
its first ball at B'nai rith Hall last even
ing. The auditorium was tastefully
decorated with pink and Nile green bunt-
ing and the National colors. The music
for dancing was furnished by the hosts of
the evening, and to its merry strains
dancing was continued until we'll INTO the
morning.
The committees having the affair in
charge were composed as follows:
Arrangements-Hugo Lund, P. 81. Scow,
August Lii and H. D. Anderson; fioor-George
hatcher, Lenard Plantz and Bob Thompson; /;
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

was purchased last Thanksgiving over the
Sunset limited by q man named Sullivan.
The agent even noticed his sickly appear
ance. Sullivan had closed up his affairs
here before he left He is single man
and has two sisters and father living in
Syracuse.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
FIRE ON O'FARRELL STREET.
Three Buildings Damaged to the Ex-
tent of $1,000.

Three Buildings Damaged to the Ex-
tent of $1,000.
The alarm from box 178 ate: :15 last even
ing was for fire which destroyed $500
worth of property on O'Farrell street.
The fire started at 1913. in wood and
coal yard in the rear of two.story frame
building, owned and occupied by w. NJ.
Haynes. The rear portion of the building
was gutted, damaging it to the extent of
$1,000 The flames communicated to the
buildings on either side, at 1911 an d 1915,
doing $500 worth of damage to the former
and $500 worth to the latter. The prop
erty at 1911 was owned and occupied by
George McHenry as stable for the San
Carlos dairy. That at 1915 was owned and
occupied by Lang Bros. also as a stable
The cause of the fire is unknown, but is
supposed to have been due to spontaneous
combustion of the coal where it originated.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

PATENT back, fiat opening ledgers, journals,
account books made by the Mysell-Rollins
Company, % Clay street, are all right.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

NOVEL TIES IN C0L0RED DRESS FABRICS,
NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS FABRICS,
NOVELTIES IN C0L0RED DRESS SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN BLACK DRESS SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN Linen HAkDKERCHIEFS,
NOVELTIES IN SILK HANDKE RCHlEFS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' NECKWEAR,
N0vELTIE IN Feather SCARFS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' HOSIERY,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' GLOVES,
N0vELTI in LADIES' UMBRELLAS,
NOVELTIES IN GENTS NECKWEAR,
NOVELTIES IN GENTS GLOVES,
NOVELTIES In GENTS HOSIERY,
NOVEL TIES IN LADIES' SKIRTS,
NOVEL TIES IN LADIES' WAISTS,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' APRONS.
The attention of our customers is re-
spectfulIy directed to above goods.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

WAVE crest ware, onyx tables, piano and
banquet lamps, etchings, engravings, photo
graphs and medallion pictures in Florentine
frames make Christmas presents that any one
will be glad to receive. Our holiday exhibit is
now complete. Open evenings. sanborn, Vail
& Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
Nicholas. the Murderer, Hanged

RICHMOND, Va, July 25.-Philip
Norman Nicholas was hanged in the
yard of the county Jail at 1906 this
morning for one OF the most brutal
crimes which ever took place in this
section. There was no unusual scene
at the execution and he made no
confession. On December 8, 1892,
Nicholas persuaded James Mills,
his landlord, and Judaon Wilkin.
son to go with him to rob bee.
tree in Chesterfield county, and they
crossed the river in Nicholas's boat.
Mills and Wilkinson never returned
and several days later their bodies
were found locked in each others en-
brace in the bottom of the river.
Nicholas told story Of the accidental
capsizing of the boat in mid stream,
and the drowning of his companions,
but the evidence at the trial showed
that Nicholas and Mrs. Mills had been
intimate for about year, and on one
or two occasions Mills ahd Nicholas had
quarreled. The theory of the prosecu-
ton was that Nicholas was to take the
two men in the boat and sink it. Will
kinson was good swimmer like him.
self, and the two would swim to shore
Mills could not swim, and, of course,
would be drowned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
Cardinal Gibbons.

ROME, July 25.-The Osservatore Ro-
maao, prints letter written by Cardi-
nal Gibbons. of Baltimore, to Cardinal
Rampolla, Papal Secretary of State, in
which the writer expresses his annoy
ance and indignation at seeing certain
American journals print false and mis-
leading accounts of his interview with
the Pope. These reports, he says, rep
resent him as desiring to influence the
Vatican against Archbishop Irelend's
school system, whereas, the cardinal
declares, he has never conversed with
His Holiness on thatsubject. Cardinal
Gibbons informs Cardinal Rampolla
that he is especially angered at the
false statement contained in the re-
ports he complained of that he has
been and is opposed to the Apostolic
delegate in the United States, the truth
being that he has been faithful friend
and an ardent defender of Mgr. Satolli
since that prelate's arrival in the United
States
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
Secretary Carlisle is very much pro-

Secretary Carlisle is very much pro-
yoked at the appearance Of what pur.
| ports to be an interview with him, in
which he is reported to have talked
freely on political matters and de-
clared among other things that Presl-
dent Cleveland would not be "a willing
candidate for third term and that he
(the secretary ibid not want the nomina-
ton. Secretary Carlisle declines to dis
cuss the accuracy of the statements made
therein, but it is learned that on Sunday
last Mr.. w. F. Ryan, the Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the Second Dis
trict of Virginia, called on MIR. Carlisle
at his residence here and the two held
long talk on general and political
subjects. He called, it is stated, pre-.
sumably in his official capacity and
what was said by Secretary Carlisle
to him was said in confidence between
officials of the same political party and
administration. "Things are coming to
pretty pass" said an official to-day,
close to Secretary Carlisle, "when the
Secretary cannot talk to one of mis- own
trusted subordinates without having it
appear in the newspapers in garbled
FORM"
Asa result of the investigation into the
conduct of postal carriers, instituted by the
Postofice Department, Postmaster Willett to-
day ordered the suspension of eighteen letter
carriers. Five men are suspended on serious
charges for ten days, during which time they
must be able to refute the charges or stand
dismissed from the service. The other thir-
teen will be suspended from five to thirty
days. Two men are laid off with a reprimand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
The Boy NIurderers.

LONDON, July 25.-Robert and Ma
thaniel Coombes, aged respectively Is
and IL years, who murdered their
mother about three weeks ago by stab
bling her while she was asleep, and
lived ten days in the house with her
decomposing body, were arraigned in
the police court this morning. The po-
lice authorities announced that they
would not charge the younger brother
with participation in the crime, but
would call him as witness. Nathaniel
was then placed in the witness box and
told of his brother having bought the
dagger with which the killing was
done. He did not see his mother kill
ed, but heard her groan and went into
the room and looked at her while she
was dying. His brother admitted to
him that it was he who had killed her.
The magistrate committed the elder
brother, Robert, and the half witted
man Fox, who was arrested with the
boys, for trial on the charge of murder,
and held Nathaniel as witness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
Foreign News.

LONDON, July 25.-Right Rev. An
thony Wilson Thorold, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Winchester, died
this morning. He was 20 years of age.
MADRID, July 25.-Two companies
of infantry were sent to Alcoy this
morning to quell the riots which have
grown out of the strike of the weavers.
LONDON, July 25.-The bankruptcy
court has granted receiving order
against the property of Oscar Wilde at
the instance of the Marquis of Queens.
berry to enforce the payment of the
latter's claim of EST, for law costs in
Cured in the libel of Wilde vs.. Queens
berry, in which the former was ordered
by the court to pay the latter's costs.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 25.-Gen.
eral Martinez Campos is expected to
arrive here to-day and great prepare
lions are making to give him an en-
thusiastic reception. It is reported at
Sagua Ia Grande that the notorious
bandit Barnardino Jiminez was killed
by the civil guards near the estate Of
Cieba yesterday. Jiminez was the
leader of a band of insurgents that was
as willing to prey upon the Cubans as
to oppose the Spanish.
SHANGHAI, July 25.-The provisions of
the new Franco Chinese treaty regulate the
commercial relations between the southern
Chinese provinces and the adjoining French
territory, grant new trade ports and reduc-
ton of duties and give to French engineers
the first rights to exploit mines.
LONDON, July 25.-The total returns up to
4 p. M show the election Of 326 conserve
tives, SIS unionists, los liberals, 50 nation
alists and 10 psrnellites. To-dsy's results
present no especial features
OTTAWA, Ont, July 26.-At last nights
sitting of the cabinet there was considered the
draft of reply to Manitoba on the school
question prepared by Sir Charles HILBERT
Upper. 1t is understood the document has
been approved and will be forwarded to Win
nipeg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
Heavy Rains in Texas.

Ell PAso, Tex, July 25.-This Sec
ton was visited by a heavy rain storm
yesterday afternoon. The rain fell in
torrents, and several railroad bridges
in this county were washed away. The
Southern Pacific train for New Orleans
and the Texas Pacific train for st.
Lous, which left here in the afternoon,
returned to the city late last night
as the mountain waters had swept away
three miles of track and a bridge two
miles east of Finlay on the joint
track of the two roads. 1t is reported
that there is a big rise in the Rio
Grande above Ell Paso and force OF
men are strengthening points in the old
levee part of the city. The flood wa
tiers from the mountains washed down
q number of Mexican adobe houses in
the valley below Ell Paso.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
An Indian Attack Feared.

PocATELLo, Idaho, July 25.-Excite-
ment in the Jackson Hole country is at
fever heat. The Indians are thorough
ly aroused and are determined to seek
vengeance for the death of the Indians
killed two weeks ago by deputy con-
stables. They look upon the killing of
their warriors as nothing short of muir
der and are now undoubtedly prepar-
ing to avenge their deaths. There are
no large camps of Indians at present in
jackson Hole, but from $50 to 300 are
camped IS miles south. There are In
dams, however, probably to the number
of 600, scattered all through the coun-
try and it is not safe for white men to
90 out alone. All the woman are al
most distracted with fear, as there are
not more than 200 settlers in the Jack.
son Hole valley. The settlers are not
in any immediate danger, but if the
troops are not sent at once they proba-
bly, will be.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
The Liquor Question in Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan, July 25.-The rebel.
lious attitude assumed by the city au-
thorities of Wichita in resisting the at
tempt of Governor Morrill, to enforce
the prohibitory law has in no way les
sened the determination of the Gov.
ernor to insist upon the suppression OF
the liquor traffic in that city. The at
torney general will appoint an assistant
who will be entrusted with the work OF
closing and keeping closed the saloons
of the city, probably to-day. While
saloons are now all close, "blind tigers'
are doing thriving business in Wichi-
ia. The Governor has not appointed
a new police board. but will use all Of
the machinery in his power to secure a
rigid enforcement of the law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1896.
AccoRp1Ne TO an official decision the

ACCORDING TO an official decision, the
war between the States closed twenty
nine years ago. The present condition
of the mining district in West Virginia
suggests the idea that that is about long
enough for the outrage committed upon
Virginia, by robbing her Of the territory
out of which that State was created, to
continue. The Constitution, which
provides that it is the supreme law of
the land, also provides that no new
State shall be formed within the juris-
diction of any other State; and yet one
third of the territory within the juris-
diction of Virginia was Topped off dur
ing the war and made into new State.
Laws are silent while war is in progress,
but not after the conclusion thereof. But
none of the wrongs done to the Consti-
tuition during the war between the
States has been righted, except those in
which the North has been joint par
ticipator in the accruing benefits, as,
for instance, in the return of the di
rect land tax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
FAunIuER NOTES,

"The Pines," the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Inman II. Payne, is again the
centre of a happy reunion of children
and grandchildren from the north,
south, east and west.
Father Semmes, of Mississippi, a
brother of Mrs. Virginia Payne, of this
place, was taken with commissions
Wednesday morning and died in the
afternoon at his sisters house.
Mr.. B. F. Cockrille raised on his farm
on the Spring road 1902 bushels OF
winter oats on 81 acres of land. This
is over fifty-seven bushels to the acre.
At the prices of winter oats last year
this would have paid $3.50 an acre for
the land.
Mr.. Matthews, the evangelist from
England, together with Rev. E. S.
Kinks, has commenced a series OF
services at Grace chapel, in the neigh
borhood of Haymarket. Prince William
county. The pulpit of Rev. E. S. Kinks,
Upperville, was ably filed by Rev. Mr..
Pendleton morning and evening, Sun
day 21st inst.
The people of the Landmark vicinity
will add one hundred dollars to the re-
ward OF $50 offered by the Board of
Supervisors for the apprehension of the
man who attempted an assault on the
person of Rebecca Mock, a white girl
about 16 years of age. She was going
from Mr.. Humphrey Lynn's to Mrs.
Adams, near this place, when perfect
ly nude negro man sprang upon her.
He was seen at the time by Mrs. Adams
and three citizens OF the neighborhood
we're passing her house at the time.
Mrs. Adams was badly frightened and
spoke so incoherently that when she
was at last understood the negro had
been frightened off by the screams of
the girl and Mrs. Adams and made his
escape.
A few of the veterans of the Sixth
Virginia Cavalry had a pleasant re.
union last week at the home of Capt.
Bowles Armistead, at Upperville, one
of their number, to consider the subject
of general reunion and encampment
of as many of the survivors as possible
Supposed to be several hundred at a
convenient and readily accessible point.
There were present Major Grimsley,
Captain Duncan, Captain Armistead,
Jos. A. Gibson, G. B. Gibson, Frank
Carter, Mcclure, Moore, and probably
some others, from the counties of Gull
pepper, Clarke, Fauquier and Loudoun.
There was some discussion as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of Front Royal, and also
of Fauquier Springs as place of meet
ing, but the decision was in favor of
the Springs as the most desirable
locality where the plan is to have an
encampment in the near future to con-
tinue for one or more weeks, which
will doubtless be a delightful occasion
to every attending veteran.-Warrenton
Virginian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Murderer Holmes.

CHICAGO, July 25.-The Chicago de-
tectives who are working on the
Holmes case realize that their only
chance of convicting him of the MUIR
der of Mrs. Conner is to obtain some
collateral evidence in the shape of ties.
timony which nay be wrung from
some of the persons who were asso-
ciated with him at the time the crime
was committed. To this end they are
making every endeavor in their power
to induce these persons to tell all they
know and feel reasonably certain that
if they succeed in doing this they can
forge q chain strong enough to hang
their quarry. The theory was advanced
this morning that Holmes had added
another victim to his list in the person
of eleven year old Cora Quinlan,
daughter of the janitor, but this is not
thought to be tenable. Mrs. Doyle,
who, with Mrs. Quinlan, had been sub
jected to close questioning, stated to
reporter that a young lady named
Cigrand who lived with Holmes
just before the Williams girl and
who came to Chicago from In
diana, had mysteriously disappeared.
This morning the diggers at the Castle,
at Sixty third and Wallace streets, con-
tinued their work with renewed vigor.
Holmes's admission that he buried two
bodies in the basement which he says
were those of a woman and child taken
from medical college to fool the in
surance agents, leads them to believe
that they will shortly disinter the other
body. The reward of the searchers
was shoulder bone, which the detect
ives believe is part of an adults body.
The next discovery WAS socket bone.
A. L. Jones, the man who purchased
the drug store from Holmes, is positive
that Holmes is guilty of the crime at
tributed to him and insists that he also
ended the life of Kate Durky, young
woman who was for a time his slave.
The girl had her life insured and helped
Holmes in many of his shady under
takings. Holmes was digging in the
cellar day and night and Jones sup
posed that he was burying the bodies
of those he had slaughtered"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25

CARLISLE DOES NOT WANT IT.-A
representative of the Richmond State
had an interview with Secretary Car
Isle on Tuesday. The interviewer said
to Mr.. Carlisle that many democrats
regard him IS the only legitimate sue
cessor of Mr.. Cleveland.
SWELL" responded the secretary,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
presidency is the greatest honor that
can be bestowed I do not want the of
fee. 1 have seen too much of the
hard work attaching to it. The re-
sponsibility is not only tremendous,
but the work multiplies and becomes
more exactiDg every year. A man
must have an iron constitution to stand
it. am sincere when I say 1 do not
want the nomination. I will certainly
do nothing toward getting the nomina-
ton"
Mr.. Carlisle then went on to say that
not since the government was founded
has any administration had such trying
times in war as this administration has
had to contend with. "How about the
third term talk Many people are ex-
pressing desire to see Mr.. Cleveland
nominated again in 1896" the CORES
pendent said. "As close as I am to the
President" said Mr.. Carlisle, she has
never referred to that subject in my
presence. know no more about it than
you do. But as Mr.. Cleveland did not
seek the nomination in 1892, it seems
needless to say that he will not be a
willing candidate in 1896. / know he
did not want to run the last time.n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
THE MAssEY.PILor TRIAL.

Judge Heath closed his argument for
the defense in the Massey case in
Norfolk, yesterday. Counsel commended
that the jury should not believe the
testimony of the witnesses for the plain
tiff on various points. Judge Heath
took up the matter of those held to be
liable by the plaintiff, and argued that
there was no participation whatever on
the part of these directors. The secret
iron draw and Ash Lawn transactions
were reviewed, and counsel went over
in detail the testimony of several wit
nesses, and closed with strong appeal
to the jury to consider the evidence in
the case fairly and without prejudice,
and not to allow the official positions of
some of the witnesses to bias their
minds in weighing the testimony of
those witnesses. Judge Heath's speech
showed a careful study of the case, and
was an exceedingly able argument.
Judge John Nicely, in addressing the
court and jury, stated that by authority
of the counsel of the defense, Captain
John s. Wise, he had the right to say
that CHM & Co. were responsible for
this suit and that the captain was the
legal adviser and philosopher; that
CHM & Co. had caused this suit to be
brought, although Judge Heath hid
stated that this plaintiff was responsi-
BILE for it. Mr.. Massey has been as
sailed in that which every man holds
the dearest, and after ali these things
that have been said it is found they
have been said for money paid down,
and are being argued for money to be
paid down. When CHM & Co. have
convinced the jury that it is dangerous
to deal with such men as composed the
American Book Company, then will
men feel that they are taking their
character in their hands when they do
so.
"Much has been said," he continued,
"about the New York Worlds article
concerning MIR. Massey, and when we
find out all about that article we see
that it comes from the penny fife of
Delea, paid agent of Lowell, the book
man. 1t has been proved that Mr..
Massey had prior to 1890 much more
than $1,000. Mr.. and Mrs. Massey
both invested in land booms, and all
the apparent expenditures for that
purpose were not his, but part were
hers. All this. complaint about the
board Of education has come from an
interested source. Who has heard any
complaint from the patrons of the
schools?"
Judge Nicely stated that the book
contracts had been shown to be the re-
verse of Ubiquitous, that Governor
O'Ferrall had Endorsed them as good
contracts and that Attorney. General
Scott had done the same thing. Mr..
Nicely here referred to the testimony of
the members of the board of education
to the integrity of Mr.. Massey as to
the book adoptions.
Mr.. Nicely arose to most eloquent
height in abiding to the willingness of
the other side that Mr.. Massey and his
family might be entirely crushed in
order that CHM & Co. may wipe out of
their path all book competitors. Judge
Nicely made a powerful speech lasting
several hours.