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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
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Correspondence OF the Alexandra GSzette.
WASHINGTON. Dec. %.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, the chairman
of the ways and means COMMITTEES OF
the House, is not disturbed by the as,
sertions of certain of his republican
friends that the bond bill will be de.
feated to-day. Mr.. Dingley places the
maximum strength of the dissatisfied
republicans at not to exceed As votes
A number of democrats, he says, are
absent, and be does not think that the
total opposition will exceed 125. As
the attendance among the republicans
to-day will be large, this opposition,
he thinks, can be met and successfully
overcome, with handsome margin to
spare.
There is no expectation on the part
of leading republicans in the House
that President Cleveland will approve
the tariff bill should it reach him. On
the contrary there is every indication
that he would veto it.
There is Northumberland rumor
in circulation a. the Capitol to-day that
the Treasury Department is now pre-.
pairing contract, presumably with the
Morgan-Drexel syndicate, for the sale
of thirty year four per cent. gold bond
II is believed that the contract will be
signed within the next few DAYS. Ii
this report be true, it presupposes q
knowledge on the part of the admins.
tration that the bond bill now under
consideration in the House will fail in
,he Senate. The administration is re-
ported to be strongly inimical to the
pending measure and it is stated on
high authority to-day that an intima-
tion to that effect has been sent from
the executive mansion to all the sound
money democrats both in the House and
Senate. Mr.. Dingley, referring to-day
to the criticism upon the bond bill that
it did not provide especially for gold
bond, said: ''We could not by any pos,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The District of Columbia commits
sioners have issued an order prohibiting
the blowing of horns upon the streets.
The twin sister of the new battleship
Kearsarge has been named by Secre-
tary Herbert after the State of Ker-
lucky.
Baltimore and Ohio stock yesterday
broke to 81 in Baltimore and 33 in New
York, which ia the lowest point for
forty-seven years.
1t is said that the President has In
vited Richard 81. Alvey, of Maryland,
the present Chief Justice of the Court
of Appeals of the District of Columbia,
to serve as q member of the VeneZue-
l IN Commission.
Rev. DR.. Henry Y. Satterlee, rector
of the Calvary Episcopal Church, OF
New York city, yesterday telegraphed
his acceptance of the newly created
bishopric of Washington, to which he
was elected recently.
Leslie Coombs, jr., of Lexington, the
largest tobacco grower in Kentucky,
made an assignment for the benefit OF
creditors yesterday. The liabilities are
about 100000. Daniel Swigert and
Robert Swigert, of Lexington, also as
signed.
The banana crop of Jamaica is re-
ported to have been nearly destroyed
by hurricane which recently swept
over the island. Many plantations
were swept clean, while others have
only about 10 per cent. of the usual
crop for shipment.
The anti-English demonstration at
Caracas on Thursday is declared to
have been the grandest outburst in the
annals of Venezuela. There was pa
rade of $4,000 men to witness the Amer
lean colony deposit wreath on the
statue of the liberator Bolivar.
Preparations for defense continue at
Havana and provisions are being hur-
ried into the city. 1t is thought that il
he insurgents should appear before the
city there would be an uprising of their
sympaih izers in Havana, and that even
the civil guard could not be depended
upon.
Representative Bartlett, of Massa.
chusetts, introduced in the House yes.
terday joint resolution, authorizing
the President to arrange a conference
between the United States and nations
possessing territory on the American
continent for the settlement of bound
AIRY disputes.
The tariff and bond measures now
before Congress are being criticised by
Secretary Carlisle. He Gays the tariff
bill falls short of the situation. He de.
clares that the cancellation and retire.
ment of legal tender notes is the only
thing which will effect permanent
cure to the nations finances.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the
Berlin Tageblat says that the United
States government has been sounding
Russia regarding the dispute with Eng
land, and is said to have received the
most favorable reply. 1t is declared
that the Russian government shares
President Cleveland's views in the
Venezuelan question, and is prepared
to support them, at any rate, diplo.
matically. The dispatch adds that il
is not impossible that the United States
has received the support of Russia in
the present financial troubles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

The Federation of Labor, at its re-
cent general meeting in Washington,
demanded that the heads of the gov
erament departments iu that city
s should not give employees extra work,
eren with extra pay, and though such
work be desired by the employees. But
such demand was not surprising, nor,
in Wow of what the heads of the de
partments had previously done, wasi at
all strange that the request referred to
should have been complied with.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

Mr.. BUTLER of North Carolina intro
duced in the U. S. Senate yesterday d
proposition to so amend the Constiiu-
ton rs to enable Congress TO
Law tax on surplus revenue.
That proposition should be adopted at
once. In case of war with Great
Britain, it is the property of the rich
men in the North that would have to
be protected, but the poor men of the
country would compose the army that
would try TO defend 1.-THE owners
would buy substitutes If the poor bs
compelled to shed their blood for the
country, surely the rich should be made
to give little of their money for its
defense
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
The Right of Suffrage.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 2S.-Judge
Seaman, of the Federal Court, yester-
day upheld the jurisdiction claimed by
the State court in the celebrated
Soldiers Home case. The decision
insures the right of suffrage to the g.,
500 inmates of the Home 1t has been
contended that they had no right to
vote for State and county officers. Had
a contrary decision been rendered this
county would have been turned from a
republican to democratic stronghold.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
Murder and snicide

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 2s.--Charles H
Thompson, principal of the colored
schools of East st. Louis, shot and
killed his wife last night and then
placing the pistol to his own forehead,
blew out his brains. Thompson, who
has been living apart from his wife, for
the past six weeks, called at her home
last evening. Mrs. Thompson, it is
asserted, said she would have nothing
to do with him. This caused the
tragedy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

CLOTHING, blankets, carpets, and all
other articles made of wool. can be
bought at cheap rates now; but if the
tariff bill just passed by the U. 8.
House of Representatives becomes a
law, the price of such articles will rise
again, and they, and all other neces-
saries of the poor, be heavily taxed, in
order to profit the rich protected man
nfacturers OF the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
Restraining the Trust.

New YORK, Dec. 2S.-United States
District Attorney Wallace Macfarlane,
acting under instructions from Attor-
ney General Harmon, will institute
proceedings in the United States Cir.
cult Court for the Southern district of
New York to restrain the railroad rate
trust, styling itself the "Joint Traffic
Association" from operating under an
agreement which is designed to go into
effect January 1. The association in
cludes 90 of the largest railroad corpo-
iations of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
Hanged Himself.

PoUGHKEEPs1E, N. Y, Dec. Is
Alfred N. Trip committed suicide yes.
terday by hanging himself in his barn.
Trip fell heir to fortune amounting
to $500, 600 recently by the death of his
father, and it was rumored that he had
lost heavily specializing in stocks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
Bicycle Record Lowered

Ell PAso, Tex. Dec. 2S.-F. G. Bar
nett, of Chicago, made 25 miles here
yesterday on bicycle in one hour, ten
minutes and fifty-seven seconds, lower
ing 20 worlds records on a one.third
mile track, from five miles up. A cold,
strong wind was blowing the length OF
the track.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

SO thorough is the excellence of Ayers Hair
Yigor that it can be used with benefit by any
person, no matter what may be the condition
Of the hair, and, in every case, it occasions
satisfaction and pleasure, in addition to the
be iefit which invariably comes from its use
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

DIR. George Fl. Kirwan, aged Al years.
one of the most prominent physicians
in the Wyoming Valley, died suddenly
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, this morning. He
bad been suffering with appendicitis
and an operation was performed on
him last night from which he did not
rally,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

Charles E. Hall and Miss Ida HOP
kins were instantly killed by an Erie
train, last night, while driving across
the tracks at the east Ferry street
crossing at Buffalo, N. Y. Hall
was married man. He and the Girl
had been going together for some time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

During drunken brawl last night
at their home in Philadelphia, Charles
Green beat his wife Ellen so badly
that she died soon afterward. The
couple were addicted to drink, the wo-
man having only been released from
the House of Correction on Thureday.
Green was arrested after much diff
Guilty,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

Good advice: Never leave home on
q ,urney without bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. For sale by L. Stabler &
Co. druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

AS THE republican majority in the
U. S. House of Representatives is en-
tirely subservient to the commands of
its master, Mr.. Speaker Reed, and as
neither wisdom, the good of the coun-
t Y, nor regard for public opinion affects
its subserviency, it is just as we'll that
its masters orders be obeyed immedi-
ately, as thereby time will be saved, and
thu resulting evil bs no worse. The
opposition of the democratic minority,
therefore, is not only vain, but unwise,
and should cease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
WANTS.

NIANTED-AN AGENT in every section
w to canvass; 81 to SIS day made. sells
at sight; also MAN to sell staple goods to
dealers, best line $50 month. Salary or
large commission made, experience unneces-
sary. CLIFTON SOAP & MANUFACTURE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

DHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock.
Il holders of the OLD d ,MINION PIX
PETUAL BUILDING FUND AS$, IA
TON, LIST and 2nd series, will be held at
C,ncordia Hall on TUESDAY, January 7th,
1896, at 7:30 p. m.
LIE U6LER,
dec2S I'd Se;.slary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

TIE ALARM produced by the Presi-
dents recent declaration of war" i
likely to cause large increase in both
the navy and army of the country.
The cost thereof will bs immense, and,
in addition to the largo expenditures
on account of proposed Qualifications,
will, with the annual one hundred aid
fifty million dollars required for pen
sions, more than equal the enormous
expense OF the European governments
that are on war footing. The worst
of it is, that all this money will have to
be raised by taxes on the necessaries Of
life and have to be paid by poor people
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
B. & o. AND THE SOUTHERN.

B. & o. AND THE SOUTHERN.
The talk of consolidation of the B
& D. and Southern railways con.
tinued to attract attention yesterday,
Some believed the deal would be car.
ried through. More believed that q
harmonious arrangement, but not an
actual consolidation, would in due time
be effected.
To give some idea of what in actual
railload miles would be accomplished
by union of the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Southern Railway, a statement
of mileage is interesting. The mileage
of the Baltimore and Ohio system prop
er is as follows: Main stem and
branches, 7S4 3S miles; Philadelphia
Division, 129; Pittsburg Division, 391;
Trans Ohio Division, 755.75. This,
with short line from Crawford, N. j.,
to the Arthur Kill bridge, makes the
SYSTEMS total mileage 2,065.43. But
this does not include other systems
owned by the Baltimore and Ohio, not
ably the gre.t Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, the main line of which
a'one is SIT miles in length, and the
Springfield Division of which is 22S
miles in LEI 9Th; nor does it take in
leased lines.
The total mileage of the Southern
Railway is 4, 1884. By divisions, it is
as follows: First division-West Point
to Neapolis, Alexandria to Danyille,
Goldsboro to Greensboro, and other
branches, S1S.1 miles. Second division
-Danville to Atlanta, Greensboro to
Wilkesboro, and other branches, 1922.
Third Observation-Disclosures to Augusta,
Columbia to Greenville, Salisbury to
Asheyille, Asheville to Murphy, and
other branches, 1888. Fourth division
Bristol to Chattanooga, and other
branches, Alb. Fifth division-Atlan-
ia to Brunswick, Atlanta to Cleveland.
Austill to Birmingham, Atlanta and
other branches, 1908. Sixth division
Birmingham to Greenville, Atlanta
Junction to Meridian, and other
branches, 5000. Seventh division
Kentucky lines, 130.1.-Baltimore
american.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

A NEW LINE OF SWEET. ORB & CO.'S
~ CELEBRATED OVERALLS just re-
ceiged ut a, G. SLAYMAKERH,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
List of UncIaimed Letters,

The following is a list of the letters re-
naming in the Alexandria, Va, postofict
December %.
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.
Blackwell, Richard Kern Miss Manic
Brown, Mrs Charles Lewis, Mrs Al
Clark, Mrs AnnaP Lennon, I'd
De Vonde, Chester Lell, Nine Laura
Fire & Marine Insur Co Lee, Mrs Milfred G
Freeman. DR. L Mason, & F
Fowle, Mrs Barbara Roberts, John w
blackburn, ] q Robinson, w
Hamilton. Mrs Ellen Smith, Willie A
Holmes Genetta Spiker, Stewart
Jerome, Joseph Stevins, Miss Emma
Jones, Miss Mary Trammel, RI
Jones, Mrs Sophia Walker, Charles
n n TAPTIN n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

New YORK. Dec. 29-Prices at the Stock
Exchange were weak and lower in the first
hour of business, the attive issues scoring
losses of 14a1 per cent. Baltimore and Ohio
and Western Union were exceptions to the
general weakness and the former rose to 81
and the latter 1Ss to ssh. The improve
ment in these stocks was due to Vice Prosi-
dent Kings statement regarding the firmness
of the BE o. Subsequently, however, the
selling of the stock was renewed and de.
cline to 32lb took place. This is the lowest
point yet touched. Toward IL o'clock, un-
der covering of short contracts, a Fl rm tone
characterized the trading and rise of 4,a15s
per cent. followed. Money on call is per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 4laa5ta per
cent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE REDUCED FROM

~ DoSlhAl 11NIN hlNE hEDOOCD
JANUARY j, 1896.
Daily Edition, So per annum; six months,
$3.50; one month, 43 cents; one week 10
cents.
Tri-weekly Edition (for the cOuntry)-ss
per annum six months, $3.50; one month,
25 cents.
The GAZETTE publishes all the latest cur
rent news of the day in condensed form and
makes q specially of events of interest to Al
exsndria and this section of the State; also
the latest and most reliable market reports.
A'dcess
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

Alexandria Market. December %,
There is little or nothing doing in the grain
market to-day and prices are unchanged.
Similar reports come from other cities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-Wheat-May 57q,s
67Ns Corn-Dec 251a; Jan 259s; May
27Ss. Oats-May 1Sa,a1S7s Pork-Jan
So 45; May So SIG. Lard-Jan So 25:
May So 471a. Ribs-Jan 81 20a4 22lb;
May 81 As. Wheat opened firm, but rather
dull. Corn opened quiet and unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

A TlFUL line of UMBRELLAS for
"A Ladies and Gentlemen. just received all
prices. at A. e. SLAYMAKEpiS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

T,EN BARRELS of New York Aana Picked
Il BEANS.
VIM. P. WooLLs & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

NEW PRESERVES AND JELLIEs re
~ ceived to-day by
&c MILRURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

HAMS-Shafer's Mild Hams and Cox's
LA Winter Cured Hams, small sizes, for sale
by J. c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-28

OAR LOAD TABLE BELLE FLOUR in
" barrels and sacks, for sale low.
VIM. P. WOOLILS & SON.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-28
Pane. Cables Under Water.

re" :.:ai>T purposes '':'a: i,axt +,
wire. is an excellent insulation. ana 1t
mas OF late come extensively into use
Ill telephone and other cables. But it
is not generally known that such an in
s':nh'iGE has been tried under water.
ihi" is. howevre. TIE fact ana one
Sa"h cable is NOW doing excellent work
i. NC bottom of the Hudson river, at
NJ" Nor:. right in the track of all the
domestic s2a-Dnllnd traffic. OF course,
tac cable is lead-coverel and otherwise
protected. but it depends for it's insula-
ton, electrically. on thin spirals of
paper around each stranded interior
wire" The laying of s,lct, a cable in
:';i4h II place might. Il few years ago,
nave 0ecn considered little short Of
s'iai.'!al, but experience has demon
s'."t4d the -'''rfect practicability Of the
$'.,"ine. In considering the laying Of
:'ii'-:: cables in such situa tons the fact
Is important that a 100-pair, paper-in-
sllnt"a. lead-cOvered cable can be
bought for % cents Il foot, while the
rui5er-insiliated cable would probably
cost not less than So per foot; while,
figured on the basis Of equal electrical
effectiveness. the price would be fifty
OF Il hllnured to one in favor of the pa
per cabie-other considerations left out.
1t will thus be seen that even il 1t be
admitted that the paper cable is risky
under wntrr. It's cheapness is such that
n"' c1n nif1!d apparently to throw it
away when il has developed serious
I. -'st' aH! ~ J.. :. n4S ..ie.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-28

An Abyssin1nn Tribe Knows Nothing
of @ ;1nS-Prim1tive Andaman-
ties.
u the eating of flesh food be in
stanced as a distinction that separates
man from anthropoids, it can be urged
Oh the other side that the latter feed
on insects and when in captivity by
no ans despises flesh food. The
first man, too, was probably a ''vege-
tartan" but necessity and the absence
of sufficient vegetable food for his
augmenting species may have driven
him to a flesh diet.
The cooking or roasting of meat
must be regarded as an acquisition Of
later epoch, because in the earliest
stages of mans development there was
undoubtedly very long fireless period
even in the present day. such as the
Dokos, in Abyssinia, observes the
Fortnightly Review. The Australians,
too, knew nothing of boiling and roast
ing food until the advent of the Euro
peans For the rest, all the savages
know how to handle fire by the we'll
known method of friction Of two
sticks OF, what is sin pier, they take
! a torch along with them on their wan
behring's that never goes out. The An
damanites preserve their fire by con-
Stunning the interiors of hollow trees.
Since the Andamanites have come In
contact with Europeans they have
superseded this method of preserving
fire by the use of matches. which are
very favorite objects with them They
eat their food either raw or roasted.
less frequently boiled, as they have no
cooking utensils. Moreover, according
to the latest accounts from Otto LIZ
| ders of these savages, great mortality
prevails among them, and they with
| draw themselves into the woods more
| and more at the approach Of Europe
ans. They go completely or almost
completely naked, live in holes in the
| earth or under overhangins roc.-s. or
build themselves a sort Of rough hut
with branches and leaves. Their
| weapons are spears. bows. and az
rows tipped with iron. which they seize
| as booty from the wrecks OF stranded
ships. Their hatchets and axes. form
erly made of stone. are now made of
iron, and are bound to the handle wit!
| thongs. They only count up to tl,rc"
and have no conception of God Or i'm
mortality; they believe in a good and
bad spirit only hide their dead in tho
ground or throw them into the sea or
lay them on wooden scarfo,Gs Aa->ra
| to the tune Of q sounGii,g bora. hay
very keen sense of vision t.i;1l t'ni"
ar"oWs they shoot fish tllnt no I..'".,
| pc&n can Scc-are of = t;arnn, sl,e,,
| c:aHs disposition. an!i according 10
LADDERS. they pro!,al:!' Constitute tho
Transition Of primitive natinDs OF IL
dams to Australians. y remnant OF IN
extinct people. They are OF neai.a*t
Kin 10 :io .ieg"itol Of III" Philippines
| Their body height is IS to 10 inches.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-28

U. s. Land Office
Grand Forks. N. OAK, February 10, 1895
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court for Cavalier county,
n OAK, at Langdon. N. OAK. on April 5, 1895.
viz: FRANK FOSTER
for the nei4 sec35 town 1853 II. range COW
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land viz:
Witzel, John Fischer, all Of Langdon. Cavalier
county, North Dakota.
2S-32 JAS v. BROOKE. Register
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-28
III. s. Land Office.

W. .. Lana OIuCe,
Grand Forks N. OAK, Jan. 80, 1895.
Complaint hayinr been entered at this Office
by George Meredith against W lillian E.Tcwnsend
for failure tn comply with law as to Timber
culture entry No. COLL, dated Oct. "A. 1887, upon
the sH mex and Lots nnd2 section g. township
162n. range CIV, in Cavalier county. with a
view to the cancellation of said entry; contest
ant alleging that the said William NJ Town
mas tailed plant Or SOW or OF to be
tree-seeds or cuttings since making said entry
That during the years 1893 and 1894 no portion
OF said land was cultivated according 10 law
That he has entirely failed to keep in growing
condition any part OF said land 10 trees and
that at the present lime there no tree treeseeds
or cuttings planted, sown or growing
thereon. the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this Office on the 10Th
day Of March, 1895, at 0 o'clock, a. M. to
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment Testimony will be taken
before H. E. Dorval. Judge of Cavalier county,
N. OAK, at Langdon N, Dak.. on the 18th day
of March, 1895. at II O'Clock.
$3.50 J. V. BROOKE, Register
j. E. TRUAx, Attorney