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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

T. II. Fallin Is erecting large wharf
at Coan, on which he will build tomato
oannery.
Governor O'Ferrall will deliver the
address of welcome to the Confederate
veterans at the coming reunion in Rich
mord.
Samuel Holloway was robbed and
murdered near Suffolk Sunday night,
aud his body placed on the railroad
track to conceal the crime.
The Stanton Times publishes con-
fession which proves that man named
Hemphill Trayer, who was hanged in
that city in 1858, was an innocent man
Contests for seats in the national
convention have been filed with Chair
man Carter, of the national republican
committee, from the second and third
districts in Virginia.
Some of the features of the approach
ing Confederate reunion in Richmond
will be the reception to be given at the
Confederate museum in honor of Mrs
Jefferson Davis and her two daughters,
Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hayes.
It Is stated upon the highest authori-
ty, as coming directly from MIR. Cleve-
land, that in the event of Capt. w. h.
FoWle's nomination for Internal Reve-
nue. Collector being rejected by the
Senate that he would reappoint him as
soon as Congress adjourns.
The Richmond Board of Aldermen
last night concurred in the Council res
olution granting the Chesapeake and
Ohio Company permission to erect its
new depot there. This structure and
the overhead tracks, which the COM
pany proposes to erect, are to cost 81
100000. The work is to be completed
in four years.
King William yesterday elected free
silver delegates. The election of ten
men more in Chesterfield will complete
the districts representation. The
democrats of Patrick held large
meeting yesterday and declared for
free silver, Daniel and Swanson. Surry
elected five sound money and two
silver delegates. Bland and Cumber-
land counties also elected free silver
delegates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
,embers of both boards had for years

members of both boards had for years
decided to appropriate sum sufficient
to build new house for the company.
He gave history of the movement,
and said some citizens wanted the en-
CINE in the Second ward; others in the
Third. He had himself desired to keep
it in the Second ward, but of late, hay-
ing given the matter more thought, he
believed the time had come when an
engine house should be in the Third
ward. The city was growing rapidly
in that quarter, and many of the build
ings were of wood. He thought the
engine should be placed in a position
to reach houses which should take fire
in the Third and Fourth wards as
speedily as possible.
Mr.. Snowden asked ifsuitable ground
adjoining the present house could not
he purchased. He had understood that
ground for the stable could beprocured
in that neighbornood.
Mr.. Strider said the committee had
exhausted every means at their COM
mand in attempting to do so. The
proposition to buy the Brown property
on Cameron street was impracticable.
Mr.. Burke was of the opinion that The
engine house should be contiguous to
the warehouses, factories, mills, lumber
yards, &c.
Mr.. Cation still thought Council should
look to the growing part Of the city.
Mr.. Snowden said personally he
would prefer seeing the engine remain
in the Second ward, but the Hydraulion.
being volunteer company, their
wishes on the subject should be needed.
He would vote for the proposition, but
it would be with reluctance.
After some further debate the report
of the committee, which recommended
the appropriation of 81 $50 for the pur-
chase of the lot, was adopted unani-
mously.
There being no further business on
tho clerks desk, the chair requested
Mr.. Mushbach to inform the Board of
Aldermen that the Common Council
was through with its business and
was ready to adjourn. He reported
that the Aldermen had nothing further
to communicate, and the board, about
nine o'clock, adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
The Work of an Insane Man.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 27.-Ira
Sanborne early this morning beat his
daughter-in-law, Bella Sanborne, into
insensibility as she lay in bed at her
home on 50th street. with six-months-
old child by her side and then set fire
to the room. The mother and child
were rescued with difficulty. In ad-
dition to being burned, Mrs. Sanborne's
skull was fractured in two places. The
infant was so badly burned that it died
this morning. The mother, it is feared,
will also die. Sanborne, who was in,
sane when he committed the deed, at
tempted to kill himself before he was
arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

A FERRYBoAT CAPsIzED.-The most
terrible accident in the history of Cairo,
Ills, happened yesterday when the
ferryboat Katherine capsizeds and IL
persons were drowned,
The boat left her landing at so'clock
and was near the Illinois shore, about
q mile below Cairo, when the storm
struck her. She turned completely
over and remained in that position for
some time, while her cabin and chin.
news were carried away, nothing re-
maing but her hull and engines.
Assistance was soon at hand and the
survivors were carried to Cairo, while
work to find the missing was COM
menced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1856.
THAT THE democrats will lead for

THAT THE democrats will lead for
lorn hope lin the coming Presidential
campaign is conceded by all the inteill-
gent voters of the country, no matter
what their political affiliations may be.
But if they be wise and bold enough
they may even yet win, though their
chance for doing so certainly now
seems to be almost desperate. The
requisite wisdom and holiness referred
to would be exhibited by declaring for
q constitutional amendment providing
for an income tax, by which the rich
would be compelled to pay their just
share of the expenses of the govern
ment-incurred chiefly for the protec-
ton of their property, and for the re-.
neal of the civil service law, SO that
political. like all other laborers, may
be paid for their work, and be melted
and stimulated by the natural hope OF
reward. The rich, the mugwumps,
and the cuckoos will vote against them,
no matter what they may do, so that
all efforts to obtain their support may
as well be abandoned, while the decla-
rations alluded to would draw to their
standards more voters than any other
means that could be adopted, except
that of money-which they do not pos
sess. Desperate diseases require he
roic treatment, and political parties,
like armies, must use every device at
their command to attain their grand
and only object-the defeat of the en-
envy. Victory won, the ways by
which it was gained may be easily
Strengthened.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

The RECENT action of Congress in
reference to the Ford's Theatre di.as-
ter, affords an apt illustration of the
manner in which the money eXacted
from the poor people of this country by
taxes on their necessaries of life il
squandered by men who are sent to
Washington by their votes. A report
of the Secretary of War shows that Of
the beneficiaries of the bill for the relief
of the sufferers by the disaster referred
to, many are utterly unworthy, not
having fallen with the building. or at it,
and having been injured not at all, O
so slightly that they reported for work
the next day, and never complained OF
having been hurt until they heard that a
large congressional appropriation would
be made for their benefit. Members OF
Congress lose sight of the fact that
while they get money easily, the people
who elect them have to work hard for
theirs, and that the latter don't like to
nave the public treasury, which they
are forced to keep filled, looted in order
that others may live luxurious lives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate yesterday a final con-
ference report on the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial bill was presented
and was agreed to. Partial conference
report on the sundry civil bill was
agreed to, the remaining items, includ-
ing public buildings, being sent back to
conference.
The House, by a vote of 165 to SO,
passed the bill for the repeal of section
sixty-one of the present tariff law pro.
viding for a rebate on alcohol used in
the arts or medicinal compounds. An
amendment was attached to the bill
providing for a joint commission, to
consist of three members from each
house, to examine and report on all
questions relating to free alcohol in the
next session. The Senate amendments
to the general deficiency bill, except.
ing the French Spoliation claims and
the claims under the Bowman act,
were disagreed to, and the bill sent to
conference.
Another partial report on the Indian
appropriation bill, which left only the
question of sectarian schools and the
old settlers claims still in dispute, was
adopted.
Mr.. Daniels, from elections commit
tee No. l, presented the report in the
case of Aldrich vs, Underwood, from
the Sixth Alabama district. The re-
port favors the seating of the con.
testant.
Mr.. Jenkins, from the same commit
tee, called up the case of johnson vs..
Stokes, from the Seventh North Caro-
lima district. The majority report con-
firms Mr.. Stokes's title to the seat, but
the case was not disposed of yesterday,
as q minority of three, who favor the
seating of Mr.. johnson, desire to be
heard to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
Pre4t Awake.

NEW YORK, May 27.-Moritz Front,
tho cataleptic at Beth Israel Hospital,
has awakened at last from his long
sleep. The spell was broken yesterday
afternoon after the sleeper had been
in an unconscious state for thirty days.
He tried to speak but his voice failed
him. 1t is expected he will get up and
walk in few days. Food is still ad-
ministered to him by injections and by
ansema. Although somewhat emaciat-
ed Fronts bodily conditions are normal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
Reports from the Storm.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 27.-The
reports from the storm stricken country
in this and Jasper counties indicate
that the havoc is even worse than was
at first supposed. The list OF dead is
now over a score, and it is probable
there will be five or elk more deaths,
as there are number of victims in q
critical condition. Fully two score OF
homes have been wiped out OF existence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
Incursions by Indians.

OMAHA, Neb.. May 27.-Cree Indians,
natives of British Columbia, have
crossed the border into Montana and
North Dakota on their hunting trips
and are running off cattle and destroy
ing farm houses. No cases of bloodshed
have occurred, bat troops are ordered
to prepare for active service and will be
used to force the maurading redskins
to leave the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

MR.. DUBOIS, of Idaho, is O republi-
can, but he made speech in the U. S.
Senate yesterday, in which he denouDc-
ed the republican tariff bill, as reported
by the republican ways and means COM
mittee of the republican House of Rep
resentatives, as an UNJUST, unfair and
sectional measure" Senator Teller, Of
Colorado, another republican, said the
republican force bill, passed by repub
lican House, was "the most Infamous
bill that ever reached the doors of the
Senate" When republican measures
are thus denounced by prominent
members of the republican party, that
they are any thing else than commend
able is at least not an unfair presump-
ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
The Scandinavian Church Murders

The Scandinavian Church Murders.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 27.-The de-
velopments in the Scandinavian church muir
ders were meagre yesterday. Circumstances
confirm the theory that Hermann murdered
Miss Samuelson and shipped the remains in
large wooden box which he had made about
the time she disappeared. In regard to Miss
Clausen, the officers declare there is no long
er shadow of doubt that Hermann is her
murderer. Governor Wells yesterday offered
a reward of $500 for the capture of the
preacher and private subscriptions increase
the amount to 81. 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

THOUGH THE President was an
avowed champion of tariff only for
revenue, he sent straddle tariff plank
to the national democratic convention
at st. Louis. It Is hardly probable, how
ever. that he will advise q straddle on
the currency question at Chicago. Such
n straddle will be left to the national
republican convention, the platform
of which will be all things to all men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27
Foreign News.

BERLIN, May PA son was born to Count
William Bismarck, youngest son of Prince
Bismarck, and his wife, yesterday Prince
Bismarck has four granddaughter, but the
child born yesterday is his first grandson,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

In the democratic free silver conference
held at Indianapolis, Ind, yesterday Judge
McNutt declared that 80 PER cent of the
democracy of Indians were for free silver.
State Chairman Holt who is for the gold
standard, was asked to resign.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

THE DEMOCRATS of this city will have
little family contest tomorrow for ihe
offices of Sergeant and Commonwealth
Attorney. Such contests should al
ways make more democrats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

BAsEsALL.-Tbe games played by the
National League baseball clubs yesterday
resulted as follows, Baltimore 13. st. Louis
3 New York s, Cleveland 4; Philadelphia s,
Chicago L Brooklyn 4, Louisville 8 Cincin-
natl IS, Washington 5 !; Boston-P ittsburg rain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

THE "silver craze" really seems to
have affected not only all the sections Of
the country but all the parties
thereof. Even the prohibition par
ty. which was started as q
one idea party, and has remained
so until the present, is now split wide
open by that craze, half of its members
being gold, and the other half, silver
men, and the two halves so opposed to
each other that they have lost sight OF
the object for which both were created.
And still midsummer has not yet come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

64oy, Bradley has be n indicted by the
grand Jury of London, KY. for failing to file
n description of his lands in that county I'M
der the recent Ssx law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-27

L
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 27.-Ihe sey-
enth national convention Of the prom
bltion party was called to order III 'ns
city this morning in the Exposition lalI'
The convention presented the ra'neL
unusual appearance of having nearly ~
many seats on the platform as ID 'l9
body of the hall. There was quIIe. a
large attendance, abundantly sIen!.'
cant of the growth of the party since To
inception in 1869. .r
Right at the opening Of the ioTlIa
proceedings, when Mr. DicSie' Tue
chairman of the national COMMUTE ..e
presented the name of Mr.. i. a, 7,s'
vens, as temporary Chairman, the re-
bellion of the free silver minority oToS'
out. Mr.. Chauncey W. Dunn, Of Oa i,,.
fornia, offered as substitute mnoIGi
report, substituting the name Oh y,
ward J. Wheeler as the Temporal ~:
chairman in place Of Mr.. stevens. w.
Dickie ruled the motion out Of olae,'
and ordered Mr.. Dunn to take he 'ta,,
Mr.. Dunn refused to do 50 Tor SUM
time, and scene of uproar ea,ueu' ~.
Finally Mr.. Wheeler withdrew u,
name and temporary chairman ate'e-r
was permitted to deliver MS opeH'D7
address.
DR.. J. B. Cranfll, of Texas, was e..
ected chairman of committee on pa'
form, which is victory for the naFLoG
gusge element of the party, Wn'vn '.or
In the majority. Mrs. Helen n. Cow wv.
has been elected chairman Of the co con-
mittee on permanent organI1alloDa'
George G. Christian, of Arkansas i Pac
sided over caucus of 800 narro",Eu ,fa
ers, which was held after recess o. ~. ~,
convention. Chairman DicSie' o. . .se
old national committee, begged Ins
women present not to press their des t
for the insertion in the platform T o.
woman's suffrage plank. Inc and
York State delegates decided to . s,"Lr
for narrow guage," which means p-'
hibition" simply.
About midnight last night the Io,
wegian bark Beodrene was VICE.
half mile from the fog whistle gu a ="
Paul Island, in the gulf OF 81. i'as ~,
renee. A thick mist and hea'y ~
prevailed at the time The captain,
mates, and two seamen were lost fh ho
men were saved. The crew heaTa t s?o
fog alarm an hour before thelF SN'F
struck,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28

A device has been found for render
ing the shadowgraphs Immediately Wis
ible. A. A. Campbell Swinton writes
as follows to the British Medical Jour-
nal concerning his own method. which
he entities "Cryptoscopy"
Il have succeeded, by means of the
Rontgen rays, in actually seeing the
coins inside leather purse, the metal
instruments inside closed wood and
leather case, coin through piece of
wood half an inch in thickness, and
also through sheet of aluminium. Pho
Biography was not employed, but the
shadows of the enclosed objects were
made directly visible to the eye by
means of a fluorescent screen.
The apparatus consisted of tube
of opaque pasteboard with a simple
aperture at one end, to which the eye
was applied. The other end was pro-
vided with an Opaque diaphragm Of
double black paper upon which, on the
inner side, was laid a piece of blotdng-
paper upon the inner impregnated
screen. The platinocyanide iuoresced
brightly under the stimulus of the rays
on those portions of the blotting-paper
where no shadow was cast, and conse-
quently the form of the metallic OBJ
jects was made clearly visible. Nom
objects were also clearly seen,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
PETER CoRNEY, MARINER.

A very interesting reprint of the
narrative of trading voyages from 1913
TO 1918 has been published by Thos. G.
Thrum. and ably edited by Prof. w.
D. Alexander. ehere is also a preface
and appendix from the same pen. The
narrative is by Mr.. Peter Corney, de-
scendants of whom are now residents
on these islands.
Besides giving very interesting ac-
count of the manners and customs of
the Hawaiians, the book throws much
light upon the doings of the Russians
here in 1915 and 1917. There is an es-
pecially interesting account of the mu-
tiny and piracy of the Argentine cruiser
Santa Rosa, and her surrender by Ka-
mehameha to Captain Bouchard of the
frigate Argentina. With the latter Mr..
Corney took service and commanded
the Santa Rosa during predatory ex
cursion along the coast of California,
during which Monterey was burned.
In Alexander's History, PIP. 1913, 164,
an account is given of the pirates, but
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
The COrOnet's Passengers.

SEATTLE, April 13.-The Am
herst astronomical expedition. fit
ted out TO take observations in
Japan of the total eclipse of the
sun in August next, arrived in Sc,
attic recently from New York.
They came in the private car of
James J. Hill, President of the
Great Northern line. The person
mel of the party is as follows
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur, Curtis
James, Prof. and Mrs. James 2.
Todd, John Pemberton. L. S. N.
Willard p. Gerrish, DR.. Wander.
pool Adriance, A. W. Francis and
Z. A. Thompson. The expedition
will sail from San Francisco and
cross the Pacific via the Hawaiian
Islands in the yacht COronet, own
ed by one of the party, Mr.. James.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
The Charleston Coming.

The United States icruiser
Charleston is having more bad
luck. After her recent breakdown
at Japan a new piston was sent
over to her by the Union Iron
Works, and it was thought
that she would soon be able to
start for this port. She was about
to sail when it was discovered that
she had smallpox on board, and
in consequence she was kept five
days in quarantine at Nagasaki.
The afflicted seaman was re-
moved to the pest house and after
that the officers of the cruiser had
her thoroughly fumigated.-S. F.
Examiner.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28

though more family, owing to their
greater transparency to the rays.
In the United States a similar set OF
experiments has been carried on, with
the result that the fiuorescent screen
responds so quickly that motion of
invisible objects can be clearly seen
on it. Prof. Edward W. Thompson of
New York says:
An experiment was performed con-
sisting of opening and closing, pair of
pincers which were absolutely invisi-
bic to the eye, but the shadow of the
moving parts was clearly visible. These
experiments would prove that with the
present condition of the X rays the
skeleton of fish could be seen to move
backward and forward in the act of
swimming, as well as the skeleton of
small objects while in motion, and per-
forming the functions of life
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
An Amdavit.

This is to certify that on May 18th /
walked to Melick's drugstore on pair
of clutches and bought bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm for inflam-
matory rheumatism, which had Grip
pied me up. After using three bottles
am completely cured. can cheerful
ly recommend it.-Charles H Wetzel,
Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed 10 before me
on August 10, 1S94.-Walter Shipman,
j. P. For sale at so cents per bottle by
all druggists and dealers. Benson,
Smith & Co., Agts. for Hawaiian ISL
ands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
Of lncaIculabIe Value in Med
cine and Surgery.
FLUCTUATIONS OF THOUGHT.
Possibilities Not Yet known-Of Great-
err Usefulness Than the Phonograph.
Universally Experimental In by Sur

Nothing more interesting has come
before the world in this last decade of
the century than Prof. Rontgen's dis
coyery of the Y rays.
The sensational phase of the discov-
cry has now passed away, and the So
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
In the Supreme Court of the
Hawaiian Islands.
March Term. 1896.

REPUBLIC OF HAwAH VS.. Ii SHAI.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28

days he went to Queensland where he
became so popular that he was elected
to Parliament He is now on his way
TO Norway to spend the remainder OF
his days with his family and friends.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28

Mr.. Archer. an old kamaaina, who
was here in the early fifties and who
is a great friend Of Judge Widemann,
arrived in the city ON the Miowera.
After leaving Honolulu in the early
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-28
Before JUDD, c. j., FREAR and
WHITING, j.

An ACT 10 prevent iootbinding spp. owed
Iuly 26, 1895, he'd 70 be uninteiligible,
Iaoperative and void.