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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

LONDON, April S.-The Foreign
Office authorities deny the truth OF the
report that the Venezuela dispute Is on
the eve of settlement. The position,
they say, is virtually unchanged though
the negotiations now in progress grad
ually tend toward settlement.
MADRID, April S.-The proposal to
ask the Cortes for credit of $4,000, 600
pesetas for the purpose of constructing
warships was not adopted by that body,
the council deciding instead to submit
to the new Cortez a completeproject for
increasing the strength of the navy.
Tie government has forbidden the
meeting of students which it was pro-
posed to hold in this city to-day for the
purpose of protesting against the &C.
ton of the q. S. House of Representa-.
tives in regard to Cuba. The national
party is now proposing to organize en-
anti American demonstration. The mu-
nicipal council OF Barcelona has de-
cided to raise and arm battalion OF
volunteers.
Dispatches from Havana tell of more lnsur-
gent defeats and routs. A political prlsont
in Pima del Rio City was executed to-day and
Rcci will be shot to, morrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Big Fire.

SAVANNAH, Ga, April Sat ar
early hour this morning fire broke out
on the second floor of the Savannah
Grocery Company's five story building
The firemen thought they had the fire
extinguished without much loss, ex
cept by smoke and water, but at three
o'clock the smouldering flames burst
out again and the building and stock
were entirely destroyed. The adjoin
ing building was badly damaged. Loss
on Savannah Grocery Company's stock
and building is put at $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rev. Father McKeefry, OF Freder'
icksburp. is visiting relatives IN this
city.
Mr.. Franklin Portlock, father OF
Judge VIM. N. Portlock, died in Nor
folk county yesterday.
]. P. Pettyjohn & Son, of Lynch,
burg, have been awarded the CONTRACT
for the erection of an Office building foi
the Norfolk and Western Railroad al
Roanoke, to cost $125, 600.
The retail merchants excursion te
Richmond yesterday proved very sue u1s
cessful. There were more than 2,eO,
arrivals. Had the railroad facilities
admitted the number would have beer
much larger.
Roland Scott, the mail carrier be-
tween Shackelfords and Gloucester
Court House, was yesterday arrested oy
Assistant q. S. Marshal Peasants,
charged with robbing the mails. he
had a hearing before o. S. Commission
er Henry Flegenheimer and was semi
on to the grand jury.
The now famous and much compll'
Gated Lunenberg murder case is threat
ened with further complications on &C
count of the extreme illness of old MIR
Pollard, the husband of the murdered
woman. He rode forty miles on horse
back to the new trial at Farmville in
the rain insuficiently clad, and, as a
consequence, is i'll and having hemor
rhages. Only one of the prisoners has
been tried, and his death may change
the complexion of the remaining cases
greatly.
Governor O'Ferrall was witness be.
fore q. S. commissioner in Richmond
yesterday against Edward Gold, Of
Norfolk, charged with sending obscene
letters through the mail to Mrs. OFFER
rail-. The man at first wrote to Gov
ernor O'Ferrall, making charges of i'm;
moral practices against professional
men occupying Offices in the same
building. The governor took no note
of the letter, and Gold wrote to Mrs
O'Ferrall detailing the same charges
The letter fell into the Governors
hand, and the man was identified and
arrested. He was sent on to the grand
jury of the US Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

MURDER IN WAsHINGToN.-Mest!
Hall, q colored shoemaker, was nul'
dered last night in his house, No ="
Ninth street northwest, WashlDe'SUIp'
The deed was committed within naas
square of the Eighth precinct sIaau.
house, and at the time the old man , ss
struggling with his assailant SIX pon'sf
men stood within hearing distance ,r ~
the house. A single outcry wcuid Da a,t
brought them to the spot at once ~.
no sound was made, and the crime W.,
lot discovered until nearly two lou ns
later. The murderer is still al I Ij:l
and left no clue as to his IDENTITY D =:
was a hunchback and when iounu 4 4
head was crushed and his ear spI' = "a:
by a razor. Everything around ;, W.
spattered with blood, and the infl bor.
Of the room was in great disorder ,a ao5s
i g that the murdered man naa . llp
a desperate effort to defend l'D, and
Hall WI about forty years Of age ,,,s ses
was the treasurer of a church o %ebJ
leads 10 the belief that the p'0''e
motive of the crime was robbery
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
CONGRESSIONAL.

The postoffice appropriation bill
which has engrossed the attention Of
the United States Senate for almost 8
week, was passed by that body
lust previous to adjournment yes.
terday. The entire day, with the
exception of few minutes at the be-
ginning of the session, was devoted to
debate and voting upon the amend;
ments proposed to the bill, the Wolcott
amendment for the consolidation oil
smaller offices with larger ones receiv-
ing the greater share of attention. The
discussion on this proposition again
took the form of that debate upon the
merits of civil service reform, and was
participated in by Messrs. Villas, VOL
colt, Allen, Hill, Hoar, German, Stewart
and others. There were some rather
spirited dialogues between Messrs.
Villas and Allen, and between Messrs.
Wolcott and Hill. Mr.. Wolcott criti-
cised Secretary Smith for his participa-
ton in the Georgia campaign, and was
replied to by Mr.. Hill. The amend
ment was defeated by a decisive vote,
receiving only seven votes in its sup
port. Mr.. Villas moved to strike out
the appropriation of s196,614 made by
the House for special facilities on trunk
lines from Boston via New York and
Washington to Atlanta and New Or
leans. Defeated-13 to 49, The con-
ference report on the agricultural bill
was then agreed to. Senator Hoar,
from the judiciary committee, favor.
ably reported the House bill reducing
the cases in which the death penalty may
be inflicted in the United States courts.
Mr.. Hoar sought to have time set for
the consideration of the report, but fail
ed to secure unanimous consent.
The House spent the day debating q
bill to fix the standard of weights and
measures by the adoption of the metric
system after July 1, 1895, and propo-
sition that the government share with
the District of Columbia the expense OF
creating and maintaining a public Ii
brary in the city of Washington. The
latter was defeated-113 to 127. On a
rising vote the metric system bill was
defeated-65 to S0-but Mr.. Stone,
chairman of the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, who warmly
supported it, secured the yeas and nays,
and, pending the roll call, the House
adjourned.
a resolution was introduced in the
House calling upon the Secretary OF
State for information in regard to Mrs.
Maybrick, now imprisoned in England
on a charge of poisoning her husband.
The conferees of the two houses of
Congress reached an agreement on the
agricultural appropriation bill, and the
report was presented to the Senate.
The bill, as agreed upon, appropriates
Sc, SO2 1872, or about 81, 900 less than last
sessions bill carries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

A ScHooLHoUsE BLOWN UP.-The
little township of Curtin, about twelve
miles from Bellefonte, Pa, is excited
over the burning and blowing up by
dynamite of the district schoolhouse.
Bad feeling was aroused about two
years ago over the selection of a site for
the schoolhouse, and the court had to
decide the matter. One faction was
still dissatisfied and before dawn yes
terday about twenty men and boys set
the building on fire. The other faction
was soon on the scene and tried to
ouench the flames. The incendiaries,
however, were hiding in the woods,
and while some of their enemies were
in the burning building they threw
dynamite on the roof. The build
iog was completely demolished and
those inside narrowly escaped with
their lives. The factions then engaged
in a pitched battle in the darkness, and
some of the participants were badly cut
by the woodsmen's axes. More trou-
b is feared and District Attorney
singer left for the scene of the trouble,
determined to arrest the belligerents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
reached Port in a Blaze.

SAN FRANCISCO, April S.-With
smoke pouring out of her matches and
detonations from exploding gas in her
hold occurring at regular intervals, the
British ship Brabloch was rushed into
port yesterday afternoon by the tug
Vigilant. The Brabloch is from New
castle, N. S. W., loaded with Cardiff
colliery coal. She is the third vessel
that has come to grief owing to the
same kind of cargo. The damage to
the vessel will be heavy, the decks be-
ing almost entirely destroyed. The
cargo will be complete loss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Anti-Treatinc Law Passed.

COLUMBUS. o., April S.-By a vote
of 3S to the House yesterday passed
the anti.treating law. The law reads
that whoever offers to treat another
person to an intoxicating drink, or who
ever gives, or offers to give, to another
an intoxicating drink in any place
where intoxicating liquor is sold, shall
be fined not less than one dollar nor
more than three dollars and the cost OF
prosecution. For subsequent otienses
the fine shall be from three dollars to
twenty dollars and the costs of prosecu.
ton. One-half of the fine goes to the
infOrmer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

STONE V1ADUCT FOR B. & O. R. R.
Senator Mcmillan has prepared a bill
which he will introduce in the Senate
requiring the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road to change the system of tracks in
Washington and to abolish grade cross
ing. The bill will, it is understood, re-
quire the railroad to enter Washington
on single stone viaduct, elevated suf-
fciently above the street to give the
street traffic free access beneath. 1t is
understood also that the bill is the re-
suit of an agreement between the men,
bers of the Senate District committee
and the receivers of the Baltimore and
Ohio road. The District of Columbia
commissioners are preparing a report
upon the bill providing for depres-
sion of the tracks of the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

THE DENNING TRAcK.-For q little
more than two hours yesterday after
noon the Senate District of Columbia
committee heard arguments for and
against the racing bill introduced by
Senator Cameron, and under which the
Benning course is to be opened within
a few days. At the conclusion of che
argument Mr.. Auerbach, of New York,
made the significant statement that
racing would begin at that track within
the next two or three weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Crafts, one of those who
spoke against the measure, said that in
addition to speaking for himself, he in
a manner represented the sentiments
of Gov. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, with
whom he had talked yesterday, and
who was fearful that if the pending bill
passed it would contain some of the
evils which the Maupin bill was in
tended to drive from Virginia. He
read from local papers to show how
betting was conducted under the New
York law, and asserted that racing was
dangerous to public morals under any
aud all conditions. Gov. O'Ferrall had
stated to him that the law under which
the Alexander Island track had operr
ated was originally introduced for the
regulation of racing at county fairs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Carried Away the Bridge.

TOLEDO, o., April Sat an early
hour this morning a pon1erous steam
excavator, pushed along by light en-
CINE, jumped the track while crossing
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
bridge, over the Maumee river, and
tearing through the iron work of the
structure, carried the whole of an eighty
foot span into the river With it. The
engine remained on the track. A
switchman, riding on the excavator,
was carried down by it and drowned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Charged with Murder.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kans., April S.
Charles Lamborn, his sister Annie and
Thomas Davenport, Miss Lamborn's
lover, were put in Jail here last night
on the charge of numbering John T.
Lamborn, father of the Lamborns, at
Fall Leaf, February 10. The murder
ed man left q fortune of $50, 900.
Davenport was arrested charged with
the crime several weeks ago but was
subsequently released.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

MARRIED THE GIRL.-Criminal pro-
ceedings in the Hass. Norton case were
brought to sudden close in Washing
ton Yesterday afternoon in manner
as effective as it was romantic. There
was a wedding in the law Office of
Campbell Darlington, near the police
court building, and the contracting par
ties were Benjamin Haas, formerly a
conductor on the Brightwood Electric
Railway, and Alice Virginia Norton,
of Takoma Park. The bride is but
fifteen years of age, ana the skirt of
her wedding gown barely reached to
her shoe tops. Haas had been arrested
for leading the girl astray.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Will ouarantinc the Steamer

FAN FRANCISCO, April S.-The board
of health has received dispatch from
Washington stating that the steamer
Gaelic which left Yokohama the 31st of
March, for San Francisco, had reported
that while on the voyage Chinese
passenger died of the plague. The
authorities were notified to make
proper arrangements to place the
steamer in quarantine on her arrival.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky. re 10.
that he has withdrawn from the Pres.
Dental race.
An incendiary fire last night swept
four squares in the central part Of Camp.
bellsville, KY.
The Westinghouse Club house at vii.
merdig, Pa, one Of the finest in the
country, burned to-day; loss $4,000.
Five thousand union men employed
in the building trades OF Cleveland will
demand on May lst an eight-hour day
Elk Gov. Thomas NJ. Holt is living at
the point of death at his home, ut Haw
River, n. c., ard there is no hope of
his recovery.
Frank Saunders, agent of the Great
Northern Railway at Langdor, MINI
attempted suicide yesterday in conse.
quence of an examination of bis books.
showing shortage of $4,000.
Dick Douglas, an aged negro, drop.
ped dead in Dallas, Tex yesterday. He
was born in Washington, D. c., in 1909,
of parents who were servants in the
White House.
The British warship Pelican has sr.
rived at Nassau, n. p, with 800 rifles,
10000 cartridges and quantity Of
other property, all ofwhich was found
last Sunday buried beneath the sand on
the beach of Cay Sal.
A girl of thirteen and her tenyear
old brother are now locked upin Jer-
sey City to await trial for robbing
children of tender years, abductug
them, stripping them, leaving them
naked in Railways and then pawnng
their clothes to buy candy, cigarettes
aud theatre tickets.
The village of Rockford - miles
north of Grand Rapids, Mich, was al.
most totally destroyed by fire earlythis
morning. The fire originated in rubbish
in the basement of an undertaker's
store in the east end of the village and
before it was gotten under control two
entire business blocks were in ruins.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
The possibility of consolidating the
Baltimore and New York re-organiza.
ton committees of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad is being discussed in
financial circles. 1t is said that over.
lures have been made to bring the two
committees together. Should salts.
factory agreement be reached it is be-
lieved that new committee would be
formedloi members of the two now in
existence. This would probably mean
the retirement OF some members OF each
of the present committees.
Emily Binney, 10 years old, who lived
with her parents in Williamsburg. y.
Y, died early this morning under Gil.
cumstances which the police considered
suspicious, and an investigation was be-
gun, which led to the ares of Arthur
Robbins, who told the coroner that
child was born to the girl alive, ard
that he had taken it to the river, where
he tied a piece of iron to it and threw
it overheard. The young womans te'
t'syer and woman who periormedi IN
operation upon her have also been a.
rested.
To-day veterinary surgeons killed u VAN
alb Q cows afflicted with tuberculusi- at tcol,
omy, Pa. Every cow in the Sewick'y ya,g
will BIO inoculated in an efloIt to step ifeGs
ease.
Mr.. John Pope, of Richmond Vice Pres
dent of the American Tobacco Company i
growing weaker and the doctors ihinA w
cannot live through the day.
The Park Avenue Hotel at Aiken -, IT.,
was destroyed by fire this mornln- ll'
guests escaped and saved most OF Their 'A-
gage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

A RIDICULOUS illustration of the in
sincerity of the silverites was afforded
in Mississippi last week. Mississippi
is silver State and all its officials are
pronounced silverites, but when the
Vicksburg bank, from which the Gov
ernor and Treasurer draw their salaries
offered to pay the express charges al
the way to Jackson if they would take
part of the money in silver dollars,
they both declined, though mo'o, a sill
Yer, will buy as much as gold dollar,
if not so convenient to carry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
M. P. CONFERENCE.

The Maryland conference OF tne
Methodist Protestant Church, which
has been in session in Baltimore for q
week, heard appointments for the year
read by President Kinzer yesterday,
and adjourned to meet next year in
Broadway Church, Baltimore. Rev.
DIR. David Wilson, chaplain in the U.
S. army, was elected the remaining
clerical delegate to the General Confer
ence.
The faculty of instruction reported a
dismissal of the charges against Rev.
J. NJ. Yingling and presented his apollo
gy to the conference and the promise OF
his continued loyalty to the church.
Mr.. Yinging has been at Union Church,
Appomattox county, Va, during the
past year. While member of the
Baltimore preachers meeting he made
the statement that "the president of the
conference has more power than the
bishop and FIVE presiding elders of the
Baltimore Conference"
An effort was made at the night ses-
sion to have the General Conference
change the basis of representation to
one ministerial and one lay delegate tor
each 5000 or 1900 church members, in
stead of 1000 as at present. The mo-
tlon was laid on the table.
Upon the recommendation of Presi-
dent Kinzer, the third Sunday in Sep
TENDER was set aside for praying for re-
orpito RI tho ministry
The Conference expressed approval
of the proposed university at Kansas
City.
The committee on church extension
recommended an assessment of $4,lOO
for the ensuing year to aid needy
churches.
A resolution was adopted to raise the
invested money of the superannuate
fund to 100000. Mr.. ]. R. Cation, of
Alexandria, said the church members
are at present giving an average of but
eleven cents a year for this purpose.
AS the present invested fund amounts
to $50, 900, Mr.. Cation said that if every
church member in the conference juris-
diction would give one dollar within
the next two years, an average OF about
one cent week, the necessary amount
would be raised. The conference
adopted recommendation of the COM
mittee to raise subscriptions of s. or
$40 each from the church members, to
be paid next year, tn increase the fund.
Rev. John r. Nichols, who has been
an itinerant minister fifty-eight years,
and who asked to be transferred to the
list of superannuates, was granted that
relation. In addition to this the mem
bers of the conference raised purse of
5000, which was presented to him.
The following are among the appoint
ments Alexandria, F. I. Benson; Fair
fax, n. F. Wright; Potomac, J. w.
Norris; Oak Grove, w. W. White;
Georgetown, D. c., w. S. Hammond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

A NORTHERN newspaper says, "a
good democrat will always defer to the
desire of a majority of democrats"
This is rock-ribbed truth, but the pres
emit democratic administration evident
" doesn't think SO, from the course it
pursued in the New York, Maryland
and Kentucky elections, and, strange as
it may seem, the newspaper referred tc
has nothing to say against the admins,
tration
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
Fatally Injured by Burglars,

DENVER, Col, April S.-Geo. Hall,
formerly instructor in the Y. NJ. c. A.,
on entering the hall of his house at an
early hour this morning was met by
couple of burglars, who sprang at him
and beat him over the head with re-
volvers and stabbed him in the side
twice. The wounds are likely to prove
fatal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
AN ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.

Near Lweinsville, Fairfax county, al
an early hour yesterday morning, Joe
Upshur, a colored farm hand in the
employ Of Mr.. Sprankle, made an at.
tempt to commit a criminal assault
on Miss Ella Sprankle. While her
brother was at the barn attending
to farm matters Miss Sprankle, as was
her custom, was at prayer in the sitting
room, when Upshur came in unobsery-
ed, and before she was aware of his
presence had grabbed her, and, amid
her screams to her brother for help, un-
dertook to carry her to an adjoining
room. She fought frantically to re.
lease herself from his grasp, but could
not succeed in preventing him from
dragging her into the room. He, becom-
ing frightened for fear of her brother
hearing her outcries, agreed to release
her if she would promise not to say
anything about it. Only too glad to be
released, she gave the required prom.
Use, and the negro went out of the
house and went about his duties on the
farm. As soon as she could communi.
cate with her brother she gave him the
full particulars. He summoned con.
stable who at once responded and took
Upshur into custody, and after q brief
hearing before justice he was hurried
to Fairfax Jail. Miss Sprankle, at the
examination, showed evidence of the
rough treatment she had received st
the hands of the negro, and prints OF
the fellows fingers were plainly visible
upon her throat and she was otherwise
injured. Much excitement prevails,
but there are no threats of lynching
heard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

OLYMPIC CONTESTS. great crowd
was in attendance at the Olympic games 81
Athens yesterday, and the American contest
ants again covered themselves with honor
Curtis, of the Boston team, won the hurdle
race. Clark, of tho Boston team, won the
broad jump. Burke, of the Boston team, won
the third heat of the running race. Garrett,
of Princeton, won the shot putting Flack,
an Australian, won the first heat of the mile
rup. and Blake, of the Boston team, won the
second.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08

The civil service reform scheme to
destroy the country postofices, where
the country people meet to swap neigh
borhood news, has been defeated in the
Senate, as it should have been. Trusts
and combines are bad enough in pri-
yste affairs, and certainly should have
nothing to do with those Of public
character
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-08
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL s, 1876

ONE OF the most pronounced Jlnge
newspapers of the North scouts thepos
sible support Great Britain may rem
der Spain in a war with this country
aud says: every member OF the Sal
isbury Cabinet knows that English in
reference in Cuba would be passion
ately resented in the United States
a country whose friendship is worth
more to England than that of any
other in the world" The newspaper
referred to has short memory. 1t was
less than four months ago that 1t and
all the other jingoes applanded the Pres
ideut's-still OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
declaration of war" against Eng
land. aud also that England is the best
and largest market this country has Tor
the surplus products of its farmers, ana
could much better afford to lose the
trade of the United States that the lat
ter could afford to lose hers.