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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.

The AS4 LUM In FESlIGhlION
The Investigation of the charges
against the Deaf, Dumb and Blind In,
stitution, at Staunton, was resumed by
the legislative committee in Richmond
on Saturday. w. w. Brenaman, an
ex-teacher, now of Pocahontas, was
the most important witness. He was
asked about alleged immoral conduct
of teacher Bear and Miss Maggie Hog
wood, of Petersburg, and said:
81 was called one evening about
dark by Miss Kerr, or Miss Shackle-
ford, now Mrs. Childs, to look after the
girls in the back yard, as they could
not get them to come in. passed out
under long porch ola wing to search
for the girls on the lawn. 1t being
dark I couldn't see any one, so | struck
match. There were several girls in
the yard, and 1 observed Mr.. Bear and
Miss Hogwood at the upper end of a
table, which stood at the right of a
door. The position of Mr.. Bear and
Miss Hogwood aroused my suspicious
that there was something wrong. |
questioned Mr.. Bear the next morning,
but he denied that there was anything
wrong. I reported the matter, and
Mr.. Bear was exonerated at an exami-
nation, because / couldn't make a posi-
tive charge, and 1 saw nothing crimi-
nal, and on account of Mr.. Bears long
career as teacher the matter was al.
lowed to drop, and I think properly"
R. d. Haislip, of the Stanton Ne,cs,
testified that he believed there vas too
much drinking OF liquor at the institu-
ton few years ago, but thought that
evil had been corrected. He never
saw Captain Doyle take drink, but
had seen him when he was under the
influence of liquor. He thought that
there had been very little drinking
lately. He stated that he had lived in
Staunton since 1890, and had been fire.
auently thrown with the officers of the
school. He had never received the
slightest intimation of any immortality
at the institution
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
The Manitoba School Bill.

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 10.-The Mani
toba remedial bill will come up in the
House of Commons either to-day or to-
morrow. The bill proposes to restore
to the Catholics OF Manitoba their edu
cational rights by permitting them to
establish separate schools and assumes
that the provincial government will &C.
cept the law, once it is passed; hence
an alternative course is not supplied.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
a Dangerous Operation.

BLoo41NsToN, H., Feb. 10.-Dr.
John Mckenzie, of this county, was
taken to Chicago Saturday night for the
purpose of submitting to heroic opera
ton in the hope of saving his life. A
specialist is to remove his spleen. DR..
Mckenzie is q brother of the o. S.
Minister to Peru and cousin to Vice
President Stevenson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
stransled for Her Money.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-Miss May
Smith, young woman of question
able repute, was strangled to death at
an early hour this morning. The MUIR
derer called upon the girl, and at a fav-
orable opportunity garroted his victim,
stole what money she possessed and
left the room unobserved. When the
body was discovered several hours later
the marks ofthe murderer's fingers were
on the unfortunate woman's throat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

A young man in Lowell. Mass., troubled for
years with constant succession of boils on
his neck, was completely cured by taking
only three bottles of Ayers Sarsaparila- An
other result of the treatment has greatly i'm
proved digestion with increased ayoirdupois.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

MGR. SAToLLI should be the last one
10 complain of the action of the priests
ofSt. Louis in refusing to give him a
banquet, though requested to do so by
Archbishop KANE, for he has given his
countenan,e and support 70 all the dis
obedient priests in the country; and
now he, too, has learned the true old
story that chickens come home to roost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
NJ ,NDAY EVENING. FEB 10, 1886
TaE ELECTION law of Massachusetts

The ELECTION law of Massachusetts,
has been in operation for many years
and has been amended several times in
order to perfect it, and besides, there ia
au educational qualification upon SUI
age there, and yet, as previously men
toned in this column, ten per cent. OF
the ballots cast at elections there are
rejected for irregularity. The rejected
ballots at the last congressional election
ia this State constitute the chief
ground upon which the republican con-
testants for the seats in the House 10
which democrats were elected, base
their claims; but though the election
law in Virginia is 80 new that the cleo
ton referred to was the first one held
under it, and though there is no educa-
tional qualification upon suffrage here,
tle republican contestant in the 9th
district only claims that less than eight
rer cent. of the ballots cast there
were rejected, and in the 10Th
the claim is that twelve, and
in the 4tb, that thirteen per cent.
were cast out for irreg ularity. What
the republican elections committee
nav do in these cases is unknown to
most people, but if they should turn
out democrats from Virginia upon
ground that they would not consider
in a contest from Massachusetts, they
would only do what was done by the
elections committee during Mr.. Reed;
former term as Speaker.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

Geo. Roberts, q si1tesn-year-old or.
phan, who lived with his grandmother,
Mrs. Washington Roberts, in Balti.
more. was electrocuted last night BY
placing his hand on wire that had
been wrapped around two poles at a
street corner. The boy never spoke
after the fatal current went codrsins
through his body.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

In consequence of the determination
OF Emperor William to remove from
the German court all persons connect
ed with the Won Kotze scandal, Prince
Frederick of Hohenzollern and Prince
Albert of Saxe-Altenberg have retired
to their estates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
DIED..

On Sunday, February 9th, 1896, Mrs
JANE THONAS, widow of Benjamin Thorn;
as. Friends are invited to the funeral ser
vices st her late residence, No. go south
Fairfax street. on Tuesday, February 18th,
at o'clock. Interment private. Please
omit flowers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
supplement.

A BILL is now before the legislature
to make glove contests penitentiary
offense. If there were such law in
England, the present Speaker of the
House of. Commons would be the son Of
felon, for his father was prize
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

THE fact that sixteen republican
Senators have agreed not to vote for
the protective tariff bill, unless it be
supplemented with one for the free
coinage of silver, ought to be sufficient,
of itself alone, to make the democratic
Senators vote solidly against any such
.,unD1amant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the CAIRO
4 APARTMENT HOUSE COMPANY will
be held at the Office of the company. Ne. 212
King street, Alexandra, Va, MONDAY, Feb
ruary Oath, 1896, to elect Board of Direc.
tors for the ensuing year.
TF. SCHNEIDER,
feb1O 2w President.
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The steamship st. Paul has gone 10
the Newport News dry dock for ezami.
nation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10

The Palisades of the Hudson river
SIRE to be preserved,
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code, and empower the superlnten-
dents of State hospitals to rent quarters
when necessary to relieve their institu-
lions when congested; to amend an act
in reference to steam whistles OH loco.
motive engines before reaching high
way crossings, and to incorporate the
Falls Church, Fairfax and Manassas
Railway Company.
The House passed Senate bills to
ratify, confirm and approve charters in
cooperating joint stock companies
granted by the circuit or corporation
courts of this State or by the judge of
any such court in vacation, and to pro-
hibit any fire insurance company incor-
porated or licensed in this State from
issuing policy or policies of insurance
on any single risk for more than 10 per
cent. of its capital stock and assets; or,
if a mutual company, for more than 5
per cent. of its cash assets and provid-
ing the penalty for SO doing.
Messrs. Parker, Charles, Smith, Eos.
ter and Beverly Harrison rose to ques-
tons of personal privilege and explain
ed their votes against placing the Sto-
vail free silver resolution on the calen.
dar Friday. None of the gentlemen
knew the contents of the resolution at
the time as the Speaker ruled that it
could not be read unless the rules were
suspended aud it placed on the calen-
dar. Under the circumstances they
voted 10 the negative. Each gentle
man said he was most heartily in favor
of the free coinage of silver. Mr.. Lee,
who was not recorded as voting at all,
said he is in favor of free coinage of sill
YER at q ratio of Is TO 1 without refer
ence to any international agreement.
Speaker Ryan stated to the House that
in refusing to allow the resolution to be
read he was simply carrying out the
rules of the body.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
M. E. Quarterly Conference.

AT the fourth Quarterly Conference
OF Asbury NJ. E. Church on Monday
evening the time was occupied mainly
with the usual routine disciplinary
questions. The annual committees
who were expected to hand in written
reports on the several subjects of as
slgnment, were in the main derelict in
their duties, as per the requirements
OF the discipline. It was found how
ever that the work had gone along verv
tremendously.
At the close of the regular business a
member arose and stated that if in
harmony with the appointing powers,
1t would be desirable to have Rev. A.
Stengle returned as the pastor of the
Church for the fifth year. Presiding
Elder Smith put it in the form of a
motion and it received the unanimous
vote of the Conference. Mr.. Stengle
arose in acknowledgment of the con-
tidence thus repOsed in him, and said
(referrlng to himself and wife) that it
would give them pleasure to return if
so assigned by the Conference.
Another member arose after this and
said that this was the last Quarterly
Conference that Rev. A. Smith would
sit as Presiding Elder, and as his in
cumbency as far as this charge was
concerned had been uniformly pleas
ant, without even a ripple, he thought
it due that the Conference should give
some expression of regard and good
will to him. To put the expression in
proper form a committee was appointed
who formulated the following pream-
able and resolutions:
WHEREAS, The term of the Rev.
Alfred Smith, d. D., as PRESIDING
Elder of the Easton District of the
Wilmington Annual Conference will
by limitation expire with this confer
ence year; and
WHEREAS, His constant attention to
duty, his manifest devotion to the
cause of Christ, his unswerving LOYALTY
TO conviction, and his courteous and
dlgnltied administration have COM
manded our respect and admiration;
and
WHEREAS, This will be his last pre-
siding over this Quarterly Conference
IN his present official capacity and as
the relations between him and this |
body have ever been of the most pleas
ant character; Therefore be it
ResotVed, by this Quarterly Con-
ference of the Asbury M. L. Church, |
Smyrna, Dell
1st, That we hereby express our ap-
probation of his character and of his
service and extend to him our hearty
thanks for his uniform courtesy to us,
both as an official body and as individ-
uals.
End, That this action be recorded in
our minutes and that a copy of this
paper be presented to Brother Smith
and also a copy furnished the Smyrna
TIMES for publication.
J. w. DENNEY,
VIM. III. BAGGs, Committee /
RoBT. ID. HoFFEoKER.
Smyrna, Del, Dec. 2S, 1896.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
KENTON.
bogus Photographers Work-Watch Night Ser.
viess-hocs and Personal

DOsus photographers Work-Watch Night Ser.
Wess-Locsl and Personal
Special Correspondence TO the Times
MENTION, Dec. 29.-About a month
ago man pretending to be represent.
ing Wilmington art school, was ran
vasslng through this section fol nbo-
tographs to take crayons from. His
game was to get photograph and D,
cents, paying the balance when tlo
crayon was delivered, which he said
would be about two weeks, but tbav
have not heard anything from him
since. One of our citizens wbile in
Wilmington the other day went TO
look for the place but it was not at the
number given. He was told bv a post
man that there had been hundreds Of
letters addressed to that number
Several persons in and around town
gave him photos to have crayons taken
from.
Mr.. 7. E. Bailey had his sale yester-
day, selling his stock and farming
implements. He has rented his farm
to James Pratt for the ensuing year.
The EpwOrth League will hold
meeting Friday night to elect officers
for the ensuing year.
1t is announced that there will be a
watch meeting held here New Years
eve and that it will be the commenc-
ing of revival services.
f. NJ. Noble, of Denton, principal Of
KentOn public school, and Miss Ella
Pardee, of Lebanon, teacher of the
primary school, returned home yester
day morning to open their school
after spending Christmas at their re-
spectlve homes, only giving two davs'
vacation during the holidays.
Personalities Bessie Johns spent
Xmas in Wilmington. W. B. Gregg.
of Wilmington, spent Xmas in town
with his mother. Mrs. c. S. Short
spent Xmas with friends in Whining
ton.-Dr. L. n. Slaughter, of VIII
mingtOn, and his sister of Philadel
phia, spent Xmas at home with their
parents. - Miss Maggie Hutchison
spent Xmas in town with her grand
MOTHER. Z. Blades and J. T. Bur
rows were out of town Sunday.-E. B.
Slaughter is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Jos. Elliott, Seaford, Del. p Mrs.
Elizabeth Page, of East Newmarket.
Nd, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas. of
near EastOn, are visiting the formers
sister. Mrs. W. E. Blades. jay Davis.
Of Townsend, spent Sunday and Mon
day with his aunt, Mrs. D. O. Downs.
Il. W. Knots, a merchant of Ruths-
burg, Md, paid flying visit yester-
day to his many friends in town.
Miss Florence Cullen, of Wilmington,
spent Xmas in town. Miss Eta Bal
ley is visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30

THERE are likely to be stirring
times the coming week in Dover.
The judges had what appeared to
be plain case before them in
the Mandamus for counting and
tabulating the election returns in
Kent county. but in pandering to
politics rather than plain con-
struction of law, our public mat
ters have been brought down to
the verge of revolution. The
Republicans have submitted in
all difficulties until they are made
to feel that it is contention
rather than law, that they are
expected to give way to. The
Court of Error and Appeals met
Monday in Dover, but adjourned
until tomorrow. Nothing but
partisanship is expected of them
in rendering law, especially
Grubb, whose record is well
known. The delays of the Court
may result in two sessions of the
Legislature when it meets Tues
day, Jan. 9Th.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
A correspondent of the Ledger

A correspondent of the Ledger
says:
Democrats and Union Repub-
licans have been busy preparing
for the storm that is sure to
come when the Legislature
meets. There have been confer
ences between leading Demo-
Gratis. The plans of j. Edward
Addicks and his ientenants are
becoming more plain, and the
Democrats realize that they have
whole lot of trouble ahead.
The frank announcement made
by Addicks that he would be
Senator surprised many people,
for they have felt sure that if
the Union Republican delegation
from Kent county was seated the
Addicks men would call off the
Sussex county contest.
The announcement has made
the Democrats more stubborn
than ever, and they declare that
Addicks will not gain an inch of
the General Assembly. They
will fight him at every turn.
The caucuses will be held on
Monday night. Dover on that
night and the day following will
be filled with people, and some
men of both parties fear there
may be trouble, for both sides
will endeavOr to get possession
of the State House and control it.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30

NJ. NELIDOFF, Russian ambas-
sadOr to Turkey, acting as
spokesman for the concert of
European nations, has notified
the Sultan that the agreement of
the Powers upon the question of
the enforcement of reforms in
Turkey is perfect, and that they
demand that there shall be no
delay on the part Of the Porte in
giving assent 20 the proposals
for such reforms submitted by
the representatives of the Pow
ers.
The ambassadors will hold a
conference, the purpose of which
is understood to be the discus
sion of the question of resorting
to coercive measures to compel
the Sultan to put the proposed
reforms into operation should
such action become necessary to
their enforcement.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
A MADRID correspondent

A MADRID correspondent
writes:
"Since my interview with
Prime Minister ConOvas | have
become convinced that nothing
but the weakness of Spain pre-
vents her from answering the
action of the United States Sen
ate Committee by a direct threat
of war. The whole kingdom is
In an uproar. 1t is the rage of a
proud but helpless people.
"The newspapers are passion
ately calling on Senor' COnOvas
to appeal to Europe and defy the
the Americans. Sagasta's lieu
tenants are arousing the public
mind to the necessity of imme-
diately granting local self-gov-
ernment to Cuba in order to
avoid war with the United
States. Every hour the excite
ment increases. All seem to
feel that the existence of the
present Spanish dynasty is in
volved in supreme peril"
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
DEATHS.

Mrs. Mary E. Rutledge died sudden
lly at her home yesterday of appoplexv
in her 66th year. She was in her usual
health at 1915 O'Clock when she had
an apparant slight str pike of appoplexv:
shortly after she BECAME unconcio1s
and died about O'Clock. Besides her
daughter, Miss Hest4r Rutledge, well
known from her long standing with
the post-ofiice (the two constituting
the family she leaves four sons who
have for a number Of years resided
elsewhere. The remains will be inter
red Thursday at o'clock, at Odd Eel
lows cemetery.
William Truax, until recently resi-
dent of this vicinity, died in Chester,
Pa, and was buried at Bethel church,
near Cheswold, yesterday. He was in
his nth year.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30

FROM time immemorial the lit
tie island of Juan Fernandez
where the shipwrecked sailor,
Alexander Selkirk, spent many
years of solitary life, has been
identified with the island of Rob
lnson CrusOe, that hero of fiction
whose story was suggested to
the genial DefOe by the adven-
lures of the lonely prisoner on
the seagirt rock Of the South
Pacific Ocean. The rumor of
the destruction If T. Fernan-
dez by a vOlan. ....u. there
fore, will seem to every boy, old
or young, in the civilized world
to be personal loss.
If Juan Fernandez have, in
deed, been swept away the bulk
of uncritical humanity will per-
sist in feeling that Crusoe's ISL
and has vanished from the world
of reality. It's mirage, however,
as preserved in the romance of
Defoe, is secure from the shocks
of earthquakes, and will endure
to the end of time.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30

P. Blair Pie, of Newark, have been
guests of R. D. Hofecker, Jr., this
week.
j. Edward Beck, of Elkton, has been
the guest of W. M. Busted: Edward
Porter, of New Castle, is also visiting
Smyrna friends.
Mrs. Samuel J. Reynolds will give
a tea tomorrow evening from to 10
O'Clock, assisted by Misses Lizzie Rev
nolds and Ella Smithers.
Mrs. Frank E. Postles entertained
the whist club last evening-a special
entertainment. The whist club is a
new organization, and will meet on
alternate nights with the Tuesday
club.
Mrs. l.. o. Waller, Miss Edith Col
Inns, Ethel Cooper, and Alice Spruance
have issued cards for tea to be held
at Mrs. Waller's residence on Friday
afternoon from to 5, and for an cat
Home" in the evening from toll.
John Spruance, of Philadelphia, was
the guest of his aunt, Mrs. John NJ.
VOshell, on Christmas.
Misses Mary and Emily Spruance
are spending their Christmas with their
uncle, Rev. John A. Roche, in New
York.
Miss Blanch Grow, of Wilmington,
is being entertained by Miss Beulah
Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Fleming and
daughter Miss Elma, of Washington,
d. c., are guests of their son w. A.
Fleming.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Stewart and son
Harvey B. Stewart joined family re-
union in Chestertown, Md, Christmas
day.
John L. Chatham, of Thurlow, Pa, is
making his grandmother a visit.
Mrs. Michael Riley and sister, Miss
Mary Hartnett, are spending the holi-
days in Philadelphia.
A double wedding has been feature
OF the holidays suspected but not pos
itively known. The date of the mar
riage was really the 18th, when Miss
Florence Palmer of this town, and Mr..
Samuel NaylOr of New Castle. and
Miss Elsie Palmer, and Mr.. William
Wilt, both of this town went to Cam
den, n. j., and were united in marriage.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
THE B. NJ. S. K. RECEPTION.
Seventh Annual Reception held at the
home of Miss BauIah Jefferson.

1t was typical "Blue Monday on
which the B. M. S. X. celebrated their
seventh annual reception and the even
ing of that day, was none the less bril-
liantthan the large gathering which was
received at the home of Miss Beulah
Jefferson on Main Street. The at
tendance of these annual receptions
had assumed such large proportions
that this year, it was found necessary
to cut the list and some seventv-five
names were stricken off, otherwise but
few houses in town would be able to
accommodate the guests, so popular
had the B. NJ. S. K. receptions gotten
to be-
The home of Miss Jefferson was
neatly decorated with ivy, holly and
mistletoe displayed in rich profusion
everywhere and intermingled with the
mystic blue, the clubs colors, even to
the twining and INTERVIEWING of these
decorations up the banister to the
second story.
The guests were received in the par
lor by Miss Florence L. Hall, Presi-
dent; Mrs. L. O. Waller, Vice Presi
dent; Miss F. Estelle Waters, Secre
tary, and Miss Beulah Jefferson.
hostess Each guest upon entering
was escorted and introduced to the
Receiving Committee by Miss Edith
Collins and Miss Beth Denney.
After this they were taken in charge
by the entertaining committee. Mrs.
W. R. Megear, Miss Bertha Hoffecker.
Miss Alice Spruance. Music was fur
nished by Mrs Marion Coverdale and
her sweet piano selections enlivened
the occasion. There was that usual
friendly good will and pleasure greet
ing between the mystic B. M. S. X.
circle and guests, noticeable fact be-
ing the total absence of undue for
mality. 1t was an occasion in which
old and young mingled together and
with brilliant costumes and bright
faces it could not be otherwise than
charming.
Before leaving, the guests were in
vited to the dinning room by the com
mittee in charge: Mrs. w. A. Flem-
ing, Miss Ella Smithers, Miss Eliza
beth Hall and Miss Margaret FAIRIES.
The collation. was served under the
direction of caterer Geo. M. Stevenson
through colOred walters. In the din
ming room, as well as the parlor and
setting room, the same beautiful deco
ratiOns were displayed for which credit
is due to the Decorating Committee:
Mrs L. o. Waller, Miss Bertha Hof
fecker, Miss Florence Hall, Miss F.
Estelle Waters and Miss Beulah JEFF
ferson.
Among those present from a dist
ance were: Miss Elma Fleming, Balti-
more; Miss Caroline Hoffecker, Miss
Blanch Grow, Mr.. W. F. Metten, Will
mington; Mrs. Daniel C. Spruance,
Miss Estelle Boyd, Miss Hilda Wells,
Philadelphia; Miss Harriette Towns
end, Kemblesville; Miss Harriette
Layton, Bridgeville; Miss Elizabeth
Parker, MiddletOwn; Miss Winnie
GOff, Linwood, Pa, Miss Bertha Hand,
Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Armstrong
Colvert, Attica, Ind; Mr.. and Mrs.
Aubrey Vandever, Clayton; Mr.. |
George L. Townsend, Jr., Odessa;
Mr.. Edward Beck, Elkton, Nd. Mr..
John Chatham, Thurlow, Pa.
Besides the above guests there were
a large number from Smyrna.