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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
DEATH OF Mr.. EAsrER.-Mr. Hamil-

DEATH OF Mr.. EAsrER.-Mr. Hamil-
ton Easter. founder and head of the
firm of Hamilton Easter & Sons, one of
the largest, oldest and most widely
known houses in Baltimore importing
and dealing in dry goods and notions,
died at $50 o'clock last night at his
home, "Springfield," near Baltimore.
Death was caused by complication of
diseases incident to old age. Mr.. East
or had been confined to his house for
thirty-one weeks, and his death was
not unexpected. He was eighty-four
years of age and leaves a widow and
eleven children. Mr.. Hamilton Easter
was born in the north of Ireland, md
came to Baltimore when sixteen years
of age, at once going into dry goods
house as clerk. He amassed quite a
fnrtrDe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

WITH sHAD just out of the nets and
still alive selling at twenty-five cents a
pair, as they do on the streets here now,
no body with well conditioned palate
cares fig whether the price of beef be
high or low. And then, too, at this
season, when the animal man is throw
ing Off the waste tissue of last winter, q
fish diet is wholesome.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

If VOTERS incapable, either by ignor-
ance or physical disability, of prepar-
ing their ballots, refuse to ask the as
sistance of the law officer stationed at
the polls and paid for the express pur-
pose of assisting them, they and they
alone will be to blame; the law is all
,,;rbf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
EAsTER OFFERINGS.
Mrs. C. E. BRADLEY.

Mrs. {. E. BRADLEY,
at her Popular Shopping Place, Ala King
THURSDAY, show the finest trimmed and
untrimmed B0NNETS and HATS in the city.
KID GLOVES to match all shades of Hats
and Bonnet, Easter Baby Hats and Bonnets.
Easter Baby Dresses and Coats. Prices are
extremely reasonable even on the most elabor.
ate of them, Intrust her with your order and
no pains will be spared to please you in every
respect. You are advised to come early. All
will receive the best of attention.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

During the heavy storm last night at
Alliance, O., millions of angle worms
fell, making the pavemeats so slippery
that it was nearly impossible to walk
on them. The storm caused land
slide 200 feet long in the Garfield cut
on the Fort Wayne railroad, seven
miles east of there, burying one of the
tracks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

In canvass of the republican and
democratic national committeeman,
William Mckinley, jr., and Adlai E.
Stevenson led in the race for the re-
spe ctive presidential nominations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

DOUBLE SUICIDAL three o'clock
yesterday evening the dead bodies of q
man and woman were found lying side
by side on Jacob Dufy's farm, few
miles west of st. Louis, Mo. Their
threats were cut and their faces stained
with blood. By the side of the man
was a revolver. At his feet was box
labeled "rat poison.n The woman's hat
was crushed and broken, and lay on the
ground. Pinned to ribbon was this
note;
April 8.
We have decided to die together, and
if one or the other should happen to
recover, the other shall not be held re-
sponsible for the deed. We both are
going to take poison, and / will do the
shooting. We are not doing this on
account of any love affair, but simply
because we do not want to live any
longer. This is all We have to say, and
hope there will be no trouble. We re-
main, as ever, yours truly,
Mr.. LOUIS FRANK.
1874 Cherokee street.
Miss KATE KoLB.
Frank was carpenter and Miss
Kolb was a country girl. They had
been engaged for over a year. Ex-
animation revealed that each had been
shot just above the heart. There were
traces of poison on the lips of both.
They had taken no chance ofsurviviug.
After swallowing the poison they had
gashed their Threats with the sharp
edge of q clasp knife. The man finish
ed the girls life by firing bullet into
her breast, He ended his own life in
the same manner. Kate Kolb lived at
1887 Cherokee street. She and Frank
had left home together last Wednes-
day. The girl left note saying they
were going to kill themselves, and as
cribing love as the canse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
Alexandria Market. April 1s.

There is strong undertone, but no chang.
In prices for leading articles of trade to-day
Flour is very firm. Wheat is active here and
steady. Bye and Oats sell readily There is
a constant demand for all kinds of country
produce, Groceries, meats and provisions
stocks of Millfeed and Hay are running
down. Rye and Oats Straw are higher
Wneat Straw is very dull.
BALTIMORE, April 13.-Flour fairly active.
Wheat dull; No 2 red spot and April SO bid
May 60Aa61; July 59ss steamer No 9
red 5S1a bid; southern wheat by sample Ola
03; do on grade 691a,62lb. Corn easy
mixed spot and April 49aaa499s; May 1915
s492 steamer mixed 481ba48as southern
white corn 49A. s5Oh; do yellow 49Aa51
Oats steady No 2 white Western 81 Il asked
No 2 m xed do 34a341a. Bye dull No 2
58a59. Hay firm; demand fair; good to
choice timothy $13 90 to $13 SO. Provisions
finn. Coffee and sugar unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
list oPUncIaimed I,ettera

The following is list of the letters re.
naming in the Alexandria, Va, postofics
April 13.
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.
Alexander, Mrs L Mason, D
Booth, Charley Robinson, Miss Aline
Colman, Mrs Martha Sperling, 2, VIII
Digs, Andrew Thompson, Edgar
Hicks, Edward Taylor Frank q
Harland,s JIG Thompson, John L
-, Mrs 81 woodward, Mrs Gusse
Kelly, John Young, B D
Leeky,jr, Robt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
Easter Neck FiXingS.

Chiffon Jabots, pink, blue, and cream trim
mel in point applique lace, soc.
Liberty Silk Fronts, trimmed with vene-
tisn point lace, $500.
(1st floor. annex.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
GIRLS EASTER CLOTHING.

Girls Refers, navy blue and cardinal cloth.
SLIPS.
Girls Refers, all-wool flannel So.
Ghls' Refers, all-wool fancy mixed ehey-
lot and covert cloth, 1915.
Girls Jackets, fine allwool Scotch cheyiot.
$500.
Girls Separate Skirts, all-wool flannel.
SIPS.
Girls Suits, Atwood flannel, S225.
Girls Suits, Atwood cloth. Norfolk or blaz-
or jacket, $5.
Girls Suits, all.wOOl mixed novelty cloth,
5000.
Third floor, 49,. 10th ST. building
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
Children's Easter Clothing in Infants
ParlOr.

Pique Coats, elegantly trimmed or plain
SIS to $l2.
Refers in every new STYLE S1.75 to $3.50.
LIrse Shirred Hats, SOC to $3.50.
Hats for Boys 81 and Sits.
Null Caps in a hundred styles, 25c to So 80
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13

%GOODs DELIVERED IN ALEx-
ANDRLA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
A Horrible CRIME IN FLORIDA.
Ihree Men overPOwer and Emascu-
late a Railroad Hand.

River Junction. Fla. July I3.-one Of the
most horrible and repugnant crimes ever
committed in Florida occurred near Mt.
Pleasant, nine miles east of here. on the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
yesterday.
A young man named Myers, whose IA
tner is section foreman in South Caro-
lima, came TO this country about one week
ago looking for employment Arch Nc
Donald, section master of the Plant
system, advised him to seek Will Shaw.
Florida Central and Peninsular track
foreman who has charge Of the Mt.
Pleasant section, which he did at once.
ShaW' who was in need of a
man, put Myers to work tightening
bolts. Yesterday morning, while at this
work, at an Isolated spot, three white
men. under the influence Of whisky, came
along and one of them caught Myers
around the shoulder. remarking that they
would have some fun. The three threw
him to the ground very roughly, regard
less Of his prayers and entreaties and
Ell asculated him and left him lying under
the glare of burning sun unconscious,
where he was found a few hours later by
Shaw, who Immediately carried him TO
Quincy for medical attention. Myers re-
covered sufficiently to-day to say that he
did not know the names of the three men
who made this fiendish assault upon him,
but would recognize their faces if he saw
them again. Up TO this hour no arrests
have been made. The physicians say that
Myers will die.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14

other. Brewer had Travelled with several
circuses, and was quick at repartee. lie
began chatting me during the performance.
had broken string on my instrument.
THE points of the chatting led into a
clown joke that we were both familiar
with. This convulsed the audience. The
next night 1t was repeated. and Pelham
recited a short humorous poem, and thus
was gagging introduced into a minstrel
first part.
Business increased at the circus. George
Woodbridge, a man-about-tow got our
little party to try their fortune in hall
further up the Bowery. Woodbridge, be-
fore the opening, had to pawn all his per-
sonal valuables even TO his cuff buttons,
to raise money for the necessary expenses.
A small bill announced the appearance
of the Virginia Minstrels The night came,
and so did the crowd.
For weeks the crowd came until our
little band fiourished with success. Load
ed with money, we concluded England was
the place to go. We went to England, and
our appearance in that country was fail
ure. The people there would not stand
It, because they expected to see genuine
negroes. Upon our return to America sew
eral more pretentious minstrel bands had
sprung into existence. Our little quartette
disbanded, each joining one or the other
various minstrel troops And thus min
strelsy was inaugurated"
In 1853 Dan Emmett wrote the song Of
Dixie" 1t sprang into popularity at once
and before Bryants Minstrels had sung
the song a week all New York was whist
ling It. The whole country took 1t up, and
to-day 1t is better known than the national
anthem. The melody and words appealed
strongly to the people OF the slave states
At the beginning of the civil war 1t be-
came the popular song of the south. EN-
mett's musical and literary achievements
are many. He is prouder of "Dixie" than
all Of his other achievements combined,
and never tires of telling the circumstances
that led to its composition.
Dixie" is the song Of songs in the south
to-day. No gathering where there is music
is ever held without Dixie is heard. 1t
was the song of the southern soldiery dur
ing the war, and from the beginning Of
the war, and from the war 1t was sung in
the camps of the boys in blue. The words
have no political significance. sn
Later in the war the song had become
so strongly identified with the confederates
that the federal troops finally tabooed 1t.
Gen. ]. b. Gordon, lectured here in Mount
Vernon last winter. He called upon EN-
NETT at his humble home, took him to the
hotel and spent an entire afternoon with
him.
Emmett has comfortable income from
the sale of Dixie" He charges IS for an
exact copy of the famous song. He still
retains the original manuscript and no
money could buy it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14

A straight flush in the great American
game of draw poker Is such a rarity that
the person holding 1t is regarded as one of
the most fortunate and blessed of mortals,
says the Summit On. ~ Record. Devotees
Of that game viii pursue the following
story with incredulity. but it's absolute au-
thenticity can be verified by at least ten
thoroughly reliable witnesses: A party of
four players entered place not a thousand
miles from Summit one night this week.
and prepared TO enjoy few hours of re-
creation at their favorite game. Another
game in progress at the time was full
so the four players were obliged to start
at an adjoining table.
A Jack pot" came around, each Of the
four players filled in. and the game pro-
ceeded. The cards, regulation pack, fifty
two cards. were cut by the player to the
right of the dealer. and dealt out in the
regular manner. The first player 10 the
left OF the dealer opened the Jack pot"
and each succeeding player in turn raised.
The limit was 10 cents and the players were
usually light bettors, so that the raising
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
A Georgia Romance.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Atlanta, Ca, June H.-The marriage
of stonmore Brooks Townes. prominent
young lawyer, and Miss Fannie Rosa At
kinson is the elimination of a romance.
Miss Atkinson was decided to Mr.. TONNES
when she was / year old and he was 2.
Their parents were close friends, and the
mother Of the little girl so loved the lit
tie boy that she made a formal gift in
writing of her child 10 him. The families
separated shortly after this. II was not
until Townes was 20 that he saw the
charming Miss Atkinson. Knowing moth
ing of the peculiar gift Of eighteen years
before, he fell in love with the young wo-
man. He was then student at Column
bia College. After graduation he came to
Atlanta. She In the meantime had come
here to teach school. When he heard of
the deed OF gift he declared that he was
going to hold her to It, and the mother
who had written it was present at the
wedding which came as a peculiar full
nlment of her peculiar prediction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
WAITS FROM THE WIRES.
Some of the Days Events Set Forth
I'm Short Stories.

Key West, Fla, July l3.-The cruiser
with the Nicaragua canal commission on
board has not arrived yet.
Raleigh, n. c., July 1S.-This state has
turned over the quarantine station at
Southport to the United States and Dr.
]. NJ. Eager of the marine hospital service
has arrived and took charge to-day.
Indianapolis, Ind, July 13.-An elevator
situated on the Indianapolis, Decatur and
Western railway, at the suburb of Haugh-
willie, was burned last night, involving a
loss of about 100000. The insurance is
light.
Paris, July 13-The Politique ColoniaIe
announces that the French and Brazilian
governments have decided that the disput-
ed territory on the frontier of French
Guiana shall be placed under dual con-
troll.
New York, July 13.-The steamer Knick-
erbocker while passing TO sea on her way
to New Orleans this afternoon off Bay
Ridge, struck an obstruction and lost one
or two blades of her propeller. She will re-
pair tomorrow.
London, July 1s-The Prince of Wales
this morning inspected the ships of the
Italian squadron now visiting England,
and later in the day received the admirals
and captains of the foreign vessels on
board the royal yacht Osborne.
Chicago, July 13-Receivers are in pos
session of the property of the Campbell
Commission Company. Judge Phillips in
the federal court at Kansas City appointed
receivers yesterday on petition of the com
pany. The liabilities are estimated $S5O, 900.
1t is expected that the assets will equal or
exceed that amount.
New York, July 13-The American line
steamer st. Louis arrived at Fire Island
this morning at 2:O5 o'clock, passing the
Sandy Hook light ship at 3:31 a. m, and
making the run from Southampton in 6
days, IS hours, and AZ minutes. All the
passengers say the st. Louis runs smoothly
and without apparent effort.
Washington, July 13-The Secretary of
the Interior to-day detailed William J.
MCGEE chief of the division of railroads,
George McCorkle, chief of the division of
prescriptions, and E. NJ. Rucker, Jr, as
sistant attorney, all of the interior de-
partment, to appraise certain lands in
Alabama and Mississippi no longer need
ed for naval purposes.
London, July 13.-Col. Saunderson, men,
Der of Parliament for North Armagh, and
the leader of the conservative Irish con-
tingent in the House of Commons, de-
livered a speech at Loughall, last even
ing in which he said that the government
would shortly abolish the political lord
Workmanship of Ireland and establish in
its stead royal residence in Ireland.
London, July 15-The Barring liquidation
has been so successful that 1t has en-
bled the partners in the firm to retain
their properties.
Lord Barings state at Revelstoke and
Memblaird have been withdrawn from
sale, and so also has been the estate of
H. B. Midway, one of the partners at
ohor1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
COATING COTTON WITH SILK.
A Process Similar 10 silver Plating
Tried Successfully ON Textile Fab
From the New york Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
A great deal Of tableware is made of
an alloy containing copper. zinc and nick
ell, plated with silver. Similarly, II has
now been found practicable TO give a silk
coating TO cotton and linen fabrics, thus
imparting to the goods a beautiful lustre
and soft feeling not found in the I'M
treated material. The silk used for this
purpose is waste that could not be de-
voted to any other service.
A French publication. the 'Moniteur de
la Teinture," recently described the APP
paratus and processes required for this
work. The solid framework Of all vegeta-
BILE fibre is composed mainly OF a chemical
compound. called cellulose. Any cellu-
lose tissue may be treated successfully by
this system. The yarn or woven goods is
first run through a bath OF strong sui
phuric acid or caustic potash. II there
be any animal fibre intermixed with the
cellulose. the acid bath is preferable. BY
COMPRISING the material with rollers the
air Is forced out Of the pores, and the
liquid is more readily absorbed. Then,
after going through a washing machine,
the cloth is dried under tension TO keep
II from creasing. The tissue has now not
only been freed from certain impurities
ana become winter, but It's nature has been
slightly modified. Another bath is pre-
pared In which silk waste has been dis
solved. The liquid used for this purpose
is solution of very pure hydrated oxide
of copper or nickel in ammonia although
here again an acid may be used instead
of an alxali. Special provision is made.
through water Jackets, for keeping ali
these liquids cool. The temperature must
be maintained at or below As degrees
Fahrenheit. At length the goods to be
coated are run through the silk solution,
and squeezed as before to exclude air
and absorb the liquid The silk thus pen
etrates all through the cellulose In the
next drying the cloth loses the ammonia,
which is carefully recovered in the form Of
vapor, condensed and used again. The
material is therefore soaked in a weak So
luton of an acid having a special affinity
for that metal, and forming Herewith a
salt which easily dissolves. After fresh
washing. then, the cellulose is left with a
coating of silk and nothing more II this
first coat is not as thick as is desired. a
second and third may be applied, and then
the silk-tissues are mechanically finished
by beetling. calendering, brushing polish
ing and pressing. II any dye is to be i'm
parted to the goods, 1t is used just before
they are immersed in the silk solution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14

and lively chipping in before the draw
created considerable surprise. When the
dealer prepared to serve the cards for the
draw, each Of the players stood pat"
and the betting again started
When each OF the players had Clipped in
$40 IT was decided to stop the betting, as
that amount had never before been wager
ed on a game I'm the place, and none Of the
players could afford to risk a greater
amount. When the hands were shown some
of the players almost succumbed to heart
disease for there lay four straight Pushes,
one OF each suit, and all running from four
20 eight. The pot was divided, and the
cards were carefully put away in a case to
be preserved as a reminder of the greatest
poker hands ever held in this section. and
probably in the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
WORK ON DYKES WATERWAYS
.APALACHICOLA BAY CHANNEL FILL
ING UP AGAIN.

The Passage Over the Bar Now Near
Iy n Foot shaIIower Than n Year
Ago Owing TO the Failure to De
Any Work on IL During the Past
Hear-COnsiderabIe Good Work Ac-
cOmPlished Along the Flint River.
Washington, July 13.-Maj. Mahans re-
port to the chief of engineers on the
rivers and harbors Of the Eastern Gulf
states reached the chief of army engi-
neers to-day
Apalachicola bay. on which little or no
work was done during the year. shows by
examination that the channel through the
bar at the mouth Of the river has filled
nearly foot. the depth Of water for more
than half the channel being now less than
I'VE feet. The straight channel across the
bulkhead bar. completed in 1892, has not
shoaled appreciably.
The snag boat Flint went the whole
length Of the upper Flint river and clear
ed out all the accessible logs, stumps and
oVer-hanging trees. making II fairly open
for navigation. Similar work was done
by the same boat on Flint river, Georgia,
below Albany, to which point a navigable
NAoiiiSA was maintained throughout Inc
year.
On the Chattahoochee river $12,sO4 was
expended from the mouth to Columbus,
Ga.
At Pensacola not much work has been
accomplished on account of the exhaustion
OF the appropriation, with the result that
slight shoaling has been noticed on both
bars. The depth and width of the inner
bar channel not only prevented many
first class vessels from coming to the port
but prevented many that did come from
clearing with full cargoes.
On the Alabama river over $40 900 was ex-
pended during the year. The small appro-
priations heretofore do not permit of a
full utilization of the plant. The COM
merce of the stream is large, and as soon
as the projected depth. of six feet is Sc
cured, it will become much larger. 1t has
averaged about $5,OOO,OOO annually for the
past six years.
On the Coosa river So, 255 was spent last
year, above Wetumpka, and SO, l7S below
that point. In urging more liberal appro-
priations for the work. it is estimated
that at the present rate of progress, due
to congressional parsimony, from 125 to
100 years will be required to complete
the Coosa river project. OF the eight
locks required in the upper section, the
fourth is now under construction, three
being in use. and in the lower section
twenty-three locks. with their accessory
dams are projected. one of which is
nearly finished.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
DEATH of A wELL-KNOwN CITIZEN
other Matters of Interest at Amer
icuE.

Americas. Ca, July 13.-Col. 5. X. Tay-
lor, one of the Oldest and most prominent
citizens of this city. died this morning
after a brief illness of less than two days.
He was taken violently i'll Thursday night
from eating cantaloupe for supper. lie
was about rs years old.
John d. Williams, the young man who
killed the old negro, Jack Amas last Feb
ruary while driving his cow along the pub
lie road, and who has been at large sine
the murder, came in Thursday morning
and gave himself UP to answer the in
dctment for murder. A verdict Of no.
guilty was returned late yesterday at-
ternoon. The result of the trial is being
generally discussed.
Joe Brown, one of the young men who
were parties to the romantic double we'd
ding which occurred last Sunday, was
stricken two days ago with a violent at
tack of congestion of the brain and now
lies in a very precarious condition at his
boarding house on Lamar street. He has
partly recovered consciousness and some
hopes are now entertained of his recovery.