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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
PROM FA1RFAx COUNTY.
BUSH HILL STATION. Aug. 81.

Miss Lizzie Barron, who has been ON q visit
of several weeks to her sister, Mrs. Jennie
Moore, at Aldie, Loudoun county, is expected
home in 9 few days, aud her many friends
will extend to her q cordial greeting
Mr.. It. Mason Hirst and wife, near Franco
mis- station, started this morning on q visit to
the homo of Mrs. Birst, Mr.. rs aged mother,
near Orlean, Fauquier county, and expect to
return the middle of the coming week.
The young ladies and gentlemen of the
Franconia neigbborhood will. We learn, have
another one OF those straw rides the coming
month, which was SO much enjoyed by them
ON a previous occasion.
This afternoon a special car containing
some of the officials of the w. s. 3. Z. passed
this plsce on a tour Of inspect.o on, going as far
as Occoquan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
EcL1psEs OF 1ss5.-Eclipses for the ye

EcL1psEs OF 1s95.-Eclipses for the year
1895, the last Of which, visible in the United
States, comes next Tuesday night. shows
some rather curious condolences. There are
five eclipses in all. Of these three are eclipses
of. the sun, all partial and all invisible in the
United States, while the other two are of the
moon, both total eclipses, and both visible in
this country. The total eclipse of the moon
next Tuesday night will be an interesting one
TO those who can keep awake until the
strangest of natures phenomena take, place.
It will be eleven o'clock before pale Luna be-
gins to hide her face, and six minutes after
midnight before her face is totally obscured.
she will then travel in the darkness of the
esrth's shadow for one hour and forty-one
minutes, and then begin to show her face
again. She will cave the shadow entirely
at 2:54 o'clock in the morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

KILLED HER AssAILAYr.-About 2 o'clock
yesterday morning s meat pedlar, named
Kempthorne, forced an entrance into the bed
room of Mrs. Hattie Kellar, in North Serbia.
a suburb six miles east of Of Oswego, N, Y,
and assaulted her, despite vigorous resistance.
Kepthorne was intoxicated; and while he lay
IN q drunken stupor, Mrs. Kellar seized 3 gun
and put q bullet in his side, killing him in
stantiy.. Mrs. Kellar alarmed the %neighbors,
who sent for the Oswego police and the coro-
per. She was brought to Oswego and lodged
in the county jail. Mrs. Kellar is a wi low,
forty five years Old. Kepthorne was thirty
five. Mrs. Kellar has one son, aged seyen-
feeu, VINO was in the house at The time of the
+ agedy, but he did not hear the shooting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

GOVERNOR O'FERRALL says: II am
opposed to the free coinage of silver in
the United States, except through an
international agreement with the great
commercial countries of the world"
But as there is no conceivable POSSIBLE
ity of any such international agreement
as that he refers to, he may Us well,
without the circumlocution of three
or four columns of newspaper type,
have declared himself in favor of the
gold standard of value.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
Fatal

FosToR1A, Ohio, Aug. 2S.-Elmer
Schlinck, aged II years, and Jacob Alt
weiss, aged IA, were playing in a cider
mill, at Bascom, yesterday afternoon
when the boys took hold of q belt run
ming over a pulley, and, becoming
entangled, were hurled round and
round. When the machinery was
stopped Schlinck was dead and one
hand hung to the pulley, having been
torn from his body. Altweiss is fatally
injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

WE ARE told that the young Duke
of Marlborough, now in the coun-
try, is one Of the "rising statesmen
of E~ngland.n That he is one of the
rising men of England is true where
ever he goes up in an elevator, but
{ re proofs of his craftsmanship are
s IDLY lacking. There was long, long ago,
one Marlborough who was a great gen.
eral, but the modern Marlborough are
chiefly distinguished by their money
and some other things than statesman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

e~roundless abuse may have prevented
some ignorant and foolish people from
buying lots there, as it has done in two
or three instances, no intelligent man
pays any attention TO it, except, posi-
lly. 10 wonder .what is back of it."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
The War in Ecuador Ended.

NEW YORK, Aug. ga cable dis
patch from Gusyaquil, Ecuador, says
that the war In Ecuador is virtually
ended. Quito has pronounced in favor
of General Floy Alfaro. The forces of
the conservative government fed in
fearful disorder at the approach of the
patriots. The first act of these, on
their assumption of the government,
was to liberate all political prisoners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
to the r. lection of State Senator

ton to the ~ election of State Senator
Mushbach in his district.
No developments have yet been made
in the Holt will case. 1t Is generally
g pposed, however, that the paper sent
anonymously to the recorder OF wills
here, purporting to be that of the man
who will 90 down to history as largely
instrumental in the murder of Mrs.
Surratt is spurious, as it is in the inter-
est of living people, and as if it be gen
uine the man who sent it would have
no reason to conceal his name.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
The Templars.

BosToN, Aug. 28.-At 10 O'Clock to-
days session of the twenty-sixth trien-
NAL conclave of the Grand Encamp.
ment of the Knights Templnr of the
United States was opened in Masonic
Hall. The opening session was devoted
to routine business. Most Eminent Sir
Hugh McCurdy, the Grand Master, pre-
sided and delivered his triennial ad-
dress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
Fatal Afrray Between Hotel Men.

PITTsBURa, Aug. 2S.-Betwecn 9 and
10 o'clock this morning Alex Hutchin-
son shot James Getty, jr., in the latter's
wholesale liquor house. Getty died
shortly after. He was the proprietor
of the First Avenue Hotel. Hutchin-
son is the proprietor of the Hotel Will
ley. The trouble originally started
over a liquor license. After the. shoot
ing Hutchinson gave himself into Gus
tOdv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

The village of Huatingo, Mex, was
visited by a waterspout Monday. caus-
ing great loss of life and property.
Many Of the houses were washed away
and eight persons were drowned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28

BAsKBALL.-Tbs baseball games of yester.
day resulted as follows: Baltimore 10, Gin
cinnati o; Boston ID, Pittsburx 8; Louis
Vile, 8; New York Z; Brooklyn, 10, st. Louis
5; Cleveland, 2, Philadelphia, 6; Chicago, 5.
Washington, a; Washington 6. Chicago, 6.
The following is the standing of the clubs:
The morning call., 1895-02-19
FAVORS URGENT ACTION.
A. RUFF THINKS ALL SHOULD
UNITE IN THE MOVEMENT.

A. Ruef, who is a member of the execu-
tive committee, said:
l admire what THE CALL with its life and
energy under its new and active proprietor
ship, has done in the matter. 1 am, of course,
strongly in favor OF going ahead in the matter.
1t is our right TO demand recognition from the
East. All the States of the far West should
Join with US in asking that the convention be
held here. All people, irrespective of party,
should join in the movement. The West has
never got anything of the sort, and the people
OF the East know little OF US and do not appre-
-ciate us. 1t is the duty of any great party and
its leaders to know and recognize all sections
of the country.
The holding of such convention here would
tend greatly TO do away with local feelings and
jealousies and unite the East and the West
more closely. There has been lately consider
able strain between the two sections over some
of the national questions. The people of the
East think of California as out of the world
and with little in common with them. The
coming here of the leading men of great
political party would do much TO dissipate
these ideas and show the East how close we are
to them and how much their interests are
bound up with ours Upon these grounds q
demand should be made that the convention
be held here as our right. All the other sec
tions OF the country have had national conven-
tons except that west of the Missouri The old
arguments in favor of other locations as more
central cannot now have as much weight since
San Francisco, with the overland railroad facil-
tiles, has been brought so much nearer the
East.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
SE4TTLES FIRE CHIEF GONE.
1t Is Thought That He Fled to Acoid,
Trial for Fraud.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1S.-A. B. Hunt,
Chief of the Fire Department, has mys-
teriously disappeared and no trace of
him can be found. He got oral leave of
absence last Friday from Mayor Phelps
and Commissioner Masel to go to Tacoma
and attend his trial in the United
States court on the charge of obtaining
naturalization papers by fraud, and he was
seen few minutes after s O'Clock that
evening, when he left R. A Rose, western
agent of the Gamewel Fire-alarm Com
pany, in front of the Rainier-Grand Hotel.
His trial was continued by stipulation,
and he knew this in advance, so that fur
nishes no reason for him to abscond, and
no evidence can be found that he even
left the city.
The Fire Commissioners to-day declared
his Office vacant on account of his absence
without leave, and appointed Alexander
Allen Jr. Chief and Assistant Chief Sulli-
van acting Chief, pending Aliens con-
firmation. Hunts enemies say he has fled
to avoid trial
The morning call., 1895-02-19

towering boards of supervisors to shorten
the open season for fish and game and to
make game laws of their own not incon-
sistent with the State laws caused protest
from Thomas of Nevada City. The latter
urged that the millionaires and their gun
clubs had been shutting in shooting
grounds and attempting through legisla-
tive enactments to retain for Themselves
and their heirs forever privileges that by
right belonged to the people at large. He
was opposed to such an aristocratic ar
rangement and he wanted the bill passed.
Cutter did not press his request to have
the bill Withdrawn, and it was read Sec
ond time.
Among the bills introduced this after
noon was one by Dixon of San Francisco
limiting the amount of any individual s
deposit in savings bank to $4,000.
Waymire of Alameda introduced sub
stitute union high school bill, which in
Cludes most of the desirable features OF
other bills already presented.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
MINERS REGAIN
THEIR STRENGTH.
The INJUNCTION BILL READ THE
SECOND TIME AND PASSED
ON FILE.
BULLA OBJECTS VEHEMENTLY
IT WILL BE TAKEN UP FOR PAS.
SAGE IN THE REGULAR COURSE
OF BUSINESS.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.-Once more the
hydraulic miners are on top. The abb
sentees OF Saturday were most OF them
present and the bill to prevent an iniunc-
ton standing through the mere force of a
complaint, which was killed the day before,
was resuscitated, though Bulla of Los
Angeles objected vehemently. Being read
a second time it was passed ahead on the
HE and will come up for its passage in due
course.
All concerned are beginning to realize
the necessity of strict business methods.
Bulla warned the House before the second
reading of bills was 5aken up that he in
tended to call for the rule limiting speeches
to ten minutes. He gave this notice SO
that no member who should find his flow
OF eloquence brought to an untimely end
would feel personally aggrieved.
What is looked upon as piece of excel
lently planned politics came to light this
morning when Freeman's bill abolishing
the Office of Attorney for the State Board
OF Health was reached. The bill had been
recommended for passage by the Retrench-
ment Committee and was looked upon
with favor as a means to lessen expendi-
lures. On its second reading this morning
Bulla of Los Angeles detected flaw in the
enacting clause.
Had this not been noticed the bill would
have been passed. After its passage the
bill would have been adjudged unconstitu-
tional.
The Committee on Retrenchment, which
visited the school at lone, reported that the
main building, which cost $780, 00 was I'M
duly ornamented and that building more
commodious and better adapted to the pur-
poses for which it is to be used could have
been built for $50, 600 or $50, 900. The admin
istration building they criticized as being
very poorly arranged
The excellence of the care and training
given the boys was fayorably commented
on. The committee were not surprised I'M
der the circumstances that boys were COM
ing into the school at the rate of twenty a
month and parents were writing letters to
the superintendent asking how they could
gain admittance to the school for their
children. They recommended as a check to
the sending of boys there ind iscrimlnately
that the county from which the boys are
committed be forced to pay the larger por-
ton of the cost of their maintenance and
the parents be made responsible to the
county.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
THE FORBESTOWN
ROBBER CAPTURED.
IT WAS MARTIN MEYERS, AN OLD
EX-CONVICT, WHO ADMITS
HIS GUILT.
THE PROPERTY RECOVERED.
WELLs-FARGo'S MESSENGER HACK
EFT MADE THE ARREST AT
PALERMO.

ORov1LLE, Feb. 1S.-The stage robber
who stopped the Forbestown stage on
Saturday last week was captured this
morning at Palermo by George Hackett, a
Wells, Fargo G. Co. messenger.
The man is an old convict, and after the
robbery he went to his cabin near Robin
vile, and remained there over night. He
shot and killed a squirrel for his supper,
and the remains of the animal and skin
were found in the cabin.
He then nailed up the door and windows
and taking his blankets crawled out
through a small hole and made off before
the officers had thought to watch his cabin.
He came down to Palermo and got on
the Knights Landing train which passes
through Palermo at Ais o'clock in the
morning. He entered the car and took a
seat near Mr.. Hackett, who spotted the
robber and a moment later arrested him.
He was taken to Marysville this morning,
but will be brought back here tonight.
MARYsvILLE, Feb. 18.-George Hackett,
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s special messenger,
arrested Martin Meyers, alias Tom Con-
nors, alias Durant, on the Knights Land
ing train at Palermo at o'clock this
morning, on suspicion of being the lone
highwaymen who held up the Forbestown
stage near Oroville Saturday morning,
when he took $3.50 from the passengers,
$40 from the express box, several gold
specimens and gold watch and chain.
Meyers got on the train and purchased a
ticket Tor Davisville with So bill.
Hackett, who was looking for him, ar
rested him. He was brought to Marysville
and locked up in the city jail. He said
that he had grown desperate in his cabin,
eighteen miles from Oroville, and planned
the robbery.
1t is understood he confessed the crime
to Hackett, J. l.. Tucker and Marshal
Maben. He had S25 when arrested He
carried his pistol in flour bag, but
Hackett got the drop on him. He was
taken to Oroyille this afternoon.
Itwas thought Meyers. alias Durant, was
a partner of Tommy Brown, the famous
stage robber who stood up the stage from
Roseburg to Redding in 1877, but the Off
GERS do not think SO. He is 65 years of age
and has been prospecting near Forbestown
for four months.
Messenger Hackett and Special Agent
J. L. Tucker said Meyers had confessed to
them of having robbed the stage. They
found the money, watch chain and other
property concealed at the bottom of ten
pound sack of flour rolled up in his blank
cts, and are satisfied that his name is Mar
tin Meyers. They think he has been i'm
plicated in many other robberies. Some
clever detective work was done by Tucker
and Hackett.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
AMONG THE COMMITTEES.
Educators appeal for the building of al
affiliated College.

Educators Appeal for the Building of an
affiliated College.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1S.-A large deputa-
ton of San Franciscans waited on a Joint
meeting of the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the Senate and Assembly to-
night to ask for the building for the affili-
ated colleges Among those present were:
Arthur Rodgers, Judge Slack, Timothy Guy
Phelps and other regents of the State Uni
versity, DR.. R. Beverly Cole of Toland's,
Professor Searby of the College of Phar-
macy, President Martin Kellogg of Berke-
ley, Professors Edwards, Jones and Soule,
DR.. McLane and others.
They reiterated the arguments to show
the necessity OF the building as matter of
economy and had in their audience many
members of the Legislature not connected
with the two committees. The matter
was taken under consideration.
| Some of the attorneys for various As.
semblymen whose seats are contested ap.
peared before the Committee on Ways and
| Means to ask that their clients bills be
paid. No action was taken, but the
general feeling of the committee is adverse
to the paying of the claims.
| The Election Laws Committee appointed
subcommittee of three to draw up 8
primary election law based upon Martir
Kelly's plan. The men chosen for tn,
work are Spencer, Hatfield and Wade.
The Committee on Municipal CORPORA
tons tonight recommended for passag,
Earl's bill making the office of Cit,
Attorney elective instead of appointive
and Bachman's bill limiting the time fo
which contracts for lighting city couls
be made to two years.
| Dwyer of San Francisco got two of hi
The morning call., 1895-02-19
Bills CONSIDERED.
Humbotdts Ertra Judge Measure Passe,
bu the House.

Humbotdts Extra Judge Measure Passed
by the House.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.-Much eloquence
was reused when the report of the Fish
and Game Committee came up this after
noon. The section that makes it legal for
any one to shoot on fenced-in salt-marsh
lands was vigorously objected to. Dwyer
of San Francisco declared it was unconsti-
tutional, and moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, and the
chair so ruled. But on a call for recon-
sideration the matter was discussed at
length. North of Alameda claimed that
his committee had examined every provi-
sion carefully, and said the House could
not afford to waste time by referring bills
to committee after committee.
Powers of San Francisco said that the
bill was apparently made in favor of the
sportsmen of the State. They were salts
fed with every line OF it except five words.
The bill allowed those wishing to preserve
the game on their inclosed properties to
do SO except where they were salt-marsh
lands. This, he said, the Attorney Gen
eral had assured him was special legisla-
ton, and hence unconstitutional.
McKelvey of Orange urged that it was
only right to allow any one who wished to
shoot on the salt marsh preserves to do SO,
as the land had been sold by the State on
condition that it be reclaimed and the pur-
chasers had failed to carry out that agree
ment. He said the proposition was merely
a scheme of the wealthy men controlling
the salt marsh lands to keep independent
shooters off their preserves by getting the
bill showed under in committee.
Cutter of Yuba asked permission to read
an article from THE CALL. This was
granted and he read an excerpt of the
paper which stated that the members of
the sporting clubs were opposed to the bill.
Dyer told of a widow woman" whose
sole support was the rental of certain salt
marsh lands, and the bill would destroy
her sole means of support by throwing her
property open to every one. In spite of
his lady friend, the reconsideration was
taken and the bill will come up in its pres
ent form for final passage.
The bill to allow the soldier boys their
pay had a narrow escape. According to
the rules, all appropriation bills have to be
considered by the House in committee
of the whole. Wishing to rush the bill
through, it was put on its second reading
at once. A favorable vote was taken, and
the bill was about to be sent to be engrossed,
when Powers moved a reconsideration
and had the House resolve itself into a
committee of the whole to consider it.
Had this not been done the bill, when it
had been passed, would have been uncon-
stitutional
Only two bills were passed to-day. One
of these was McGowan's bill to allow Hum
boldt County another Superior Judge.
The Military Committee asked permits
sion to go to San Francisco in order to get
definite information as to the most advis-
able formation to adopt for the National
Guard. The Assembly was not willing to
pay the junketing expenses of the entire
eleven, but five will probably be sent.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
ASSEssoRS EVIDENCE.
Facts Shotoin0 the Loose Way of assessing
Telephone Property.

Fdcfs snoring the Loose Way of assessing
Telephone Property.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.-Assessors all over
the State are exhibiting great interest in
the proposed alteration of the laws relative
to the taxation of telephones. The re-
sponses to the letters sent out by Chair
man Brusie of the Ways and Means Com
mittee show that there is in some parts of
the State an almost total ignorance of the
value of the telephone company's proper
ties. In other counties much property
goes untaXed entirely.
J. F. Gibson, Assessor of Tulare County,
after stating that the telephone company
had been assessed by his predecessor at the
rate of $50 mile for its telephone line, on
which property it paid $22 68 in taxes, con-
tinued: mo boxes are assessed and no
other properties are on the rolls against
them. You may be sure they will not get
off with me this easy. / truly hope you
will find some way to get at them and
make them pay their just proportion of
taxes. l am unable to get a bit of infor-
nation from the office in regard to the
number of phones or rates charged"
No information could be given by Lewis
A. Splitter, Assessor of Santa Clara, as to
the number of boxes. He was referred by
the agents to the main office in San Fran
cisco. Instead of assessing the wire at $50
mile, as in Tulare, he assessed it at from
$S5 to $500 a mile in the country and $23 10
mile in the city. The information is
being rapidly put into shape. When the
committee is well prepared the officers of
the telephone company will be called
| upon to explain some of it.
Superintendent Glass of San Francisco is
in town with officers OF the company.
Mr.. Brusie says that Mr.. Glass has stated
his willingness, in the name of the COM
pany, to assist in drawing a bill that
would provide for an equitable solution of
the difficulty and result in the State
getting its proper share of taxes. At any
rate the investigation will result in a uni
form system of assessment and a readjust-
ing of assessed valuations.
The morning call., 1895-02-19
SENTENCED IN PORTLAND.
Tanker, the Insurance SCHNEIDER, Receive
Fire FEARS for His Crime.

BanLer, the Insurance Stcindter, Receircd
Fire Years for His Crime.
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. IS. = Richard S.
Banker, who successfully swindled the
A. 0. U. w. out of about $4,000 by feigning
death, to-day pleaded guilty to the charge
in the Criminal Court and was sentenced
to live years in the penitentiary.
Banker was fishing on raft of logs in
the Willamette River and with him was
Harry Hunter, who returned home and
reported that Banker fell into the river and
was drowned.
The Workmen's lodge he belonged to
paid the insurance to Mrs. Banker, and
shortly afterward she began making prepa.
rations to leave this city. This aroused
suspicion, and the matter was placed in the
hands OF the police, who found that Banker
was not dead. but was in Sioux City, Iowa.
He was Immediately arrested and brought
back here. Mrs. Banker and Harry
Hunter are held as accomplices.