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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

THE Fredericksburg Free Lance has
been enlarged and changed from q
semi, to a tri-weekly paper. This
tangible evidence of prosperity ia not
only gratifying, but we'll merited, for
that paper is admirably conducted, both
in its editorial and news departments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29
COURT OF APPEALS.

Halsey vs.. Montiero. Further ar
gued and submitted.
Brown vs. Brown. Submitted.
Jones's administrator vs.. Jones's ad,
ministrator. Argued and continued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

Thronie Fletcher, 10 years old, SER
want in the house of Mrs. Anna Wilson,
in Washington, was fatally burned yes
terday evening while attempting to fill
a gasoline stove, her dress catching on
fire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29
Foreign News.

BOMBAY, Jan 29.-His Highness, the
Thaukur of Bhanagur, is dead. He
was SS years old and 8 knight Com.
mander of the Star of India.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29
rbe G.. Paurs Chances Improved

SANDY Hook, N. j., Jan. 29.-At
four o'clock this morning the tugs De-
gan pulling on the steamer st: la sh
which is on the beach at Long Branch
There was good tide in, but not par
ticle of swell which is very necessary &c
assist in getting her out OF the ssh NJ,
The tugs succeeded in moving the Dig
shin shout twenty feet. The stern o,
the vessel was also moved seawaro
about four degrees. This greatly I'M
proves the chances of floating the yes
sell at the high spring tide tomorrow
when a strenuous effort will be made
Should the effort to free her to-morro"
fail. she may have to lay in her sandy
berth for three weeks to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29
FIFTY-FOURTHC CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90.
SENATE.

During the morning business and
when reports of committees were call
ed for, Mr.. Morgan said that he had
reported back from the committee on
foreign relations number of petitions
on the subject of recognizing belliger-
emit rights in Cuba; also resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Call declaring that a
state of public war existed in Cuba and
that belligerent rights should be accord
ed to the Cuban government. He re-
ported back, he said, as substitute
two resolutions accompanied by writ
ten report.
Mr.. Cameron presented a minority
report closing with resolution that
1.-The President is hereby requested to
interpose his friendly Offices with the
Spanish government for the recogpi
tion of the independence of Cuba" The
report was read.
The resolution of Mr.. Call, with an
amendment, striking out the sentence
requiring the President to demand the
immediate release OF Mark Z. Rodri-
guez and Louis Somerllan and his son,
American citizens, arrested in Havana,
and simply requesting the President to
report the facts as to such arrests, was
referred back and placed on the calen-
dar.
A bill was introduced granting a
pension of 500 month to the widow
of General Thomas Ewing, who died in
New York last week.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate the House bond bill with the
finance committees free coinage sub
stitute, and Mr.. Tillman addressed the
Senate. He charged that the financial
arrangement and all the cry about
sound money were part and parcel of a
damna6le scheme of robbery; having
for its object, first. the utter destruction
OF silver as money metal; second, the
increase of the public debt by the issue
of gold bonds; and third, the surrender
to corporations of the power to issue all
paper money and to give them a mo-
nopoly of that function.
HOUSE.
A resolution called I'D in the House
to-day by Mr.. Brewster donating con-
demned cannon to a Rochester G. A.
Il. post, brought out so many amend
ments extending the like privilege to
other Grand Army posts, that the
whole subject was referred to the
naval affairs committee.
MIR. Crisp demanded the regular or.
der, and the first call of committees for
consideration of bills in the morning
hour for this session was entered upon.
The following bills were passed To
repeal the act of 1888 excluding the
public lands of Oklahoma from the
operation of the laws relating te miner
al lands; granting a years. abss ce to
homestead settlers on the Yankh res
eryation, South Dakota; autho- .zing
the execution of preliminary affidavits
IN land applications by any officer in
the district empowered to administer
ostbs.
The bill to amend the pension law
by directing the pension bureau officials
to accept as legally proved the death of
any soldier, whose disappearance from
home without notice of his Whereabouts
has extended over a period Oft wears
was debated.
On motion for the previous cues.
tion, the vote was " to 5 and the point !
81 no quorum was made. The Speaker /
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

The Adams Express Compai3Es
issued handy and strong-bo'lGE ;.s:
which contains list Of their oi, III.
the United States, Canada ana ;H n
This publication will be t0uhgS IN
very useful to business men anu ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

The February number of the ST. Nicholas
w,oo-;ne has been received from its publish
ers the Century Company, New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

The January number Of I'LL fo
Washington monthly magazine. cs'.
poultry, pigeons, birds, etc, coniaa'
and we'll written article on EzhI0llS,
Chickens, by CORTLAND q. Smith, Us
city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29

counted 1877 members in their seals.
mot quorum" he announced.
Whereupon the House adjourned IN
til tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-29
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A panic was created in the peniten-
tiary at Buffalo, n. y, this morning by
one of the prisoners setting fire to the
bed clothing in his room. The cry OF
fire startled the prisoners, who rushed
madly about and general confusion
reigned throughout the institution.
The fire was extinguished with little
difficulty by one of the keepers.
Deputy United States Marshals Fran
els X. Macdonald and James FL. Ruhl
arrived at New Bedford, Mass, yester.
day evening from Boston with q
warrant for the arrest of twenty-five Of
the Cuban flibusters who had escaped
from the steamer j. w. Hawkins
Their errand was unsuccessful, how
ever. as the filibustors had received
funds from New York and left the city.
Miss Katie Staggers, well-known young
lady of Blauvelt, N. Y, wa' burned to death
yesterday while on her way TO skating
pond. She was cross ng field and went
| through fire among leaves which had been
started by some boys. Her clothing caught
fire and she was burned fatally before the
flames were extinguished.
At Altoona, Pa. last night two men enter.
ed the home of John Bookhammer, bound
and gagged Mrs. Book hammer and then ran
| icked the house. but only secured So for
their trouble Mrs. Bookhammer was discov-
cred by her son on his return home. She was
| unconscious but was revived.
Barton Peek, of Peoria, ILL.,, has reached
Kansas City and reports that he was robbed
on lonely road six miles east of Lamar, Mo-,
70 troa pubnra ha n.
ed three days and nights without food or
| water before being rescued by hunter.
DR.. Nuesser, professor of medicine in the
Vienna University, showed this afternoon by
means of photographs taken by Roentgen s
newly discovered system the presence and po-
stion of calcareous deposits in the bladder,
liver and kidneys of subject.
It IS stated on excellent authority that ex-
Congressman VIM. NJ. Springer, Judge of the
Indian Territory Court, is an applicant for
the position of general solicitor of the Baltl-
more and Ohio railroad.
Fire at 1890 o'clock this morning destroy
ed nine tenement houses in Brooklyn, SUI.
burb Of Jacksonville Fla. The tenants lost
most of their effects.
An explosion occurred in the Twin shaft at
Scranton, Pa, to-day. Two men were burn
ed, perhaps fatally.
CoNGREss.-fr the Senate yesterday
Mr.. VOORHEES, spoke in advocacy of the
remonetization of silver, and sharply
arlaigned those responsible for the
elimination from the coinage. MIR.
GRAY urged the advantage of gold
standard. Mr.. Clark spoke in favor
of silver coinage.
In the House, contrary to general eS-
pectation, the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill precipitated no dis
cussion whatever and the bill was
passed in Jess than an hour. The ap-
preparations carried by the bill are
about 100000 in excess of those ap-
propriated for the current fiscal year.
Mr.. Mahon, from the war claims con-
mittee, submitted bill appropriating
$685., 459 for the payment of certain
claims for stores and supplies furnished
the Union army during the late war,
by loyal citizens of the North and
South, and reported on by the court of
claims.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
CONSUELO CRITICISED.
American Duchess Puts on Too Much
Airs and Je1oiry.

American Dachess Puts Too Much
Airs and Je.oiry.
The duchess of Marlborough, former
" Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. daughtef
of w. K. Vanderbilt, appears 10 be in
danger of grounding on a social reef,
and this, too, just after her radiant en-
trance into English society. Upon her
first appearance as guest OF the Church
ills and Spencers she created a NEST pro-
found impression, and British upper
tendon congratulated itself upon re-
ceiving such an acquisition as the
charming and beautiful American Ouch
ess. Now Modern Society, one of the
leading and most authentic of English
society journals, has this 10 say of her:
Instead OF modelling her bearing and
manner after the stately reserve and
unaffected simplicity OF the English
lady, the duchess has been INDUCING in
airs aud eXtrsvagant assumptions Of
dignity which have occasioned much re-
greet and no little amusement among the
friends OF the Marlborough family.
On tWo or three occasions. too, she has
been more like q walking jewelers.
shop than human being. and displars
OF that sort cannot be other than repre
henssbie and in bad taste. IN time
Consuelo VIII do better, no doubt, bu,
meanwhile she has much TO learn and
great deal TO unlearn."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
SAVED TWO LIVES I'm ONE DAY.
Heroic Conduct OF an Idaho Man Durlag
Recent Frcshet.

Heroic Conduct or an Idaho Ean During
Recent Frcshet.
ferdinand Trentman performed two
acts of heroism at HALEY, Idaho, the
other morning. One was the saving OF
a human life and the other placing his
own life in jeopardy, says the Port
land Oregonian- The warm weather.
having caused a very peroeptibie rise
TO the water in the river, it became
necessary to remove the brush that had
accumulated OF the edge Of the dam at
the foot of Bullion street. James Rig
gen and Perd Trentman, a young black
smith, were carried out to the dam in
q chair, secured to ropes drawn down by
pulieys. Having an AK apiece, they soon
cut the brush a1aift>
Riggen then caught hold of the life
rope and was drawn to the shore,
Trentman did not, however, even try
TO catch the rope. Taking hold Of ths
axes, he fioated on the brush to the
bridge, about 100 feet away. As he
neared il he yelled to those on the bridge
to get out of the way. He then threw
the axes on the bridge and jumped on
the bridge himself as he got in reach.
The brush must have been moving at
the rate of u or Is miles an hour. IL
he had failed TO jump just when he did
he would have been 4 dead man.
The Same morning Joseph Yetzer,
Trentman and Others tried TO dislodge
a huge tree which had lodged against
the central pier of the main bridge al
Bullion street. Yetzer, who was stand
ing on the bridge, attempted to lasso
the trunk. but lost his balance and was
pulled into the river, but reappeared on
the lower side in n second or two.
Trentman instantly jumped into the
raging torrent, swan TO his drowning
partner and succeeded in pushing him
ashore about 200 feet below
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
OYSTER FAMINE PREDICTED.

A Dealer Says tho Beds Are Sure to Bs
Exhausted.
oysters viii be a very rare delicacy
in few years." said an oyster man Of
New York to Washington Star report
er. For many years the beds wers
preserved to a large extent by having
an oyster season and keeping alive tho
popular idea that oysters were not good
except from September.toA April. This
gave four months during which the
oysters were left alone and allowed Il
increase. AS a matter OF fzct, I think
they are a little better during those
four months than at any other time.
This was first discovered by tie seaside
hotel men, and oysters were served dur.
ing the summer months. The guests
demanded bivaives when they re-
turned to their homes, and now in all
eastern cities the signs Of fresh
Oysters are as numerous in July
and August as in January and Febru-
airy. The new demand is being sup
piled, and at no time are the beds left
undisturbed. 1t Is now only q question
of few years before the oysters are
gone, and all because thesummer resort
hotel men disabused the minds Of thu
people as to their not being good to
eat from April to September"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
IT IS TRUE.
A Horse's Head Ia as Long ~ . Eleul
Barrel

A Horses Head Ia as Long ~ . Flour
Barrel
1t Is probable that at first thought
most persons would be inclined to doubt
the accuracy of the old saying that a
horses head is as long as a -four bar
rel. Flour barrels vary somewhat in
length. Some are made stouser and
shorter, some slender and a little high
er. An average -four barrel Is about %
inches In height.
A man to whom the old saying was
familiar made up his mind the other
day, says the New York Sun. TO rec for
himselfijust how near right il was and
he measured the headsiof three horses.
One of these h0rses was said to have
rather large head for its size; itwssn't
a very big horse. This horses head, az,
elusive of the ears, measured % inches
in length. The heads efths two other
horses, which were horses ef fair aver
age size, with average heads, measured,
one, az inches, the other 2Th inches.
So that this investigator discovered that
the old saying was substantially true. .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
CONNECTIONS.

No i9i. Kansas m2il-Has reclining
chair cars (sea1s free and Pullman
drawing room sleeper 10 Wichita and
Burton, Kan Connects at Wichita
Kan. with \. T. * :. +. for points n
Cherokee strip and Oklahoma Con-
meets al Burton. Kan, with - T. *
: r. for points IN Kansas
No. Zoe St Louis msil-HaS reclining
chair cars (seats fres) 10 St Louis aud
Pullman dra~inS-room sleeper 10 No
nett. Connects ~ Pierce City. No. With
M. eo5 for points II Indian Territory via
Neosho. at Monet with No. ;. the Tex
a. limited CVeStibu,edl which has r.
Ginning chair cars seats freel. Pullman
a-fT,g room sieepers 20 Galveston via
Paris aad Dallas. has dining car Tall
b,7a 70 Dallas. connects az Monet with
No . which connects at Union Station.
St Louis. with al lines for the east.
north and southeast
No. Ia5. Colorado and California i'm
:tea-Ras reclining chair cans seats
free) 10 Burton and Anthony. kan.
Pullman buffet drawing room siespers
- Barton. Kan. Through Pullman
sleepers Burton, Kan. % Pueblo. Dsa-
yer. II Pass. Lon Angeles. San Diego and
San Francisco. Connects at Burton.
Kan. with a T. & s. r for points II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
a Novel Eng ne Iarhe.

Cornell university is to have a new
engine lathe for its department Of me.
chanics that is in one respect at least
the most remarkable tool of the kind
everexhibited in New York. says the New
York Sun 1t is aiclssl-plate through
out, including even the screw that
causes the cutting tool to travel 10
and fro. and all the nuts. bolts and heads,
name plates, and wrenches are heavil =
plated with gold. Further than this,
the little shelves beneath, on which the
kid-glove workmen will place their
gold-plated wrenches and nickel-plated
cutting tools, are all covered with silA
plush
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
WICHITA WHOLESALE
AND MANUFACTURIN HOUSES
h Represent Thooug The
Buyers ea should CORES Names d given.

Colorado. wyoming, Utah. Nevada, Ida
no, Montana. Oregon. Washington, New
and Old Mexico, Arizona and Califor-
MIA.
No. JOS. St. Louis linited-Has re-
Ginning chair cars (seats free) and Pull
man buffet drawing room sieepers to ST.
Louis. Reclining chair cars (seats free)
and Pullman Palace Sleeper Monet 10
Dallas, Tex, via Paris. Connects at
Monet with No. for points in Arkansas
and Texas. Connects at Monet with
No 6 which connects at st. Louis Union
Station with all lines for the east. north
and southeast.
Through tickets on sale to all points
For further information cali on or
address W. W. TAGG.
City Ticket Agent
Or. W. TORREY, Depot Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04

A sea lion story comes from San Diego.
Cal, that is substantiated by the skin
of the lion, now at the home of the cap
tor. An angler on the government jetty
Jet the harbor mouth baited his hook
with smelt. The hook was swallowed
by a small leopard shark. A large seq
lion happened by and was attracted by
the furious antics of the captive shark
as the fish endeavored to break the lire,
The lion padded up and swallowed the
shark and hook. The barb of the stout
hook became firmly implanted in the
vitals of the lion. Then there was fun
for the angler. The line was tied to the
jetty. Several men aided the angler In
playing the lion. For more than an
hour there was furious fight. The lion
rescrted to all the cunning known to bis
kind to get away. 1t was useless. His
strength was exhausted. The beast was
drawn to the shore and dispatched with
a club.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
Ehe aaia paily gaole: riday oruing spterber A. 1886
from her husband, who writes in part

from her husband, who writes IN part
as follows:
II met Gen. Maxine Gomez near Hol-
guin, and after spending two days with
him we parted on the 18th. The gener-
al had with him $500 fresh recruits
from Camaguey, nearly one-thirl OF
whom were unarmed. All we need is
arms.
1--WE have recently driven the Spanish
garrisons from Sac Arriba, San Pedro
de Cacocun, La Cuba and Purnio and
burned San Andreas. Still, the news.
papers say nothing about it.
you are now acquainted with our
brave Maoeo's death. We keep as sad
memento the bullet that caused his
death and which was extracted from
his brain by our army surgeon. Porfrio
ValieRte,"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
PARTY RATES TO CANTON
Railroad Straw Which Shows Which Way
the Political Wind BLOWS.

Chicago, Sept. 3.---The railroad lines
represented in the Central Passenger
committee have taken preliminary steps
toward the making Of general re-
duced rate for parties going from their
territory 10 Canton, Ohio, to visit the
Republican presidential nominee. Pro-
vided the assent of the Joint Traffic
association is secured. a rate of about
one-fifth Of the regular tariff viii be
granted to parties of orty or more de-
string to make the pilgrimage 10 Cam
ton. For instance, where the One-way
fare to Canton is about SIC, the round
trip party rate wiz be about Sc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
FILLS NAIL SACKS
ENTHUSIASM FOR M'KINLBY KEEPS
THE POSTWAR BUSY.

Not in Packets and Bundles Any More
But Whole MaiI5ags at Time and
Lots of Them Come, Fairly Bursting
with messages of CongratuIation to the
Major Upon his Letter of Acceptance,
and This Not to Mention the Untold
Thousands of TeIegrams-What Kind of
Talk Vermont and Maine Leaders Make
Canton, O., Sept. 3.--Ever since Ma
1or Mckinley returned to Canton from
Columbus, he has received at his nome
an immense volume Of mail and teIe-
graph matter. But the condition this
week SURPRISES that Of any time since
the campaign opened. Heavy as was
the food of kilograms and letters On
his nomination, it does not approach
that Which has followed his letter Of
aoceptanoe. The mail can no longer
be handled in the ordinary manner of
neatly tied packs, but is now deliver
Ell in sacks, and the number Of tele-
grams, were they counted, would be
surprising in the highest degree.
Such time as can be spared from call
ers and visiting delegations is being
devoted by the Major to personal atten-
ton to these messages. He signed
as high as 1880 letters of acknowledge
ment In one evening and still those re-
quiring attention continue to accumu-
late In the kilograms on the result
in Vermont, the Republican victory
seems to Ia accepted as a true index
Of the reSul; in November.
Senator Redfield Proctor wires: "Ver-
mont ratifies the nomination Of our can
dida:e. Campaign too short to make it
unanimous but was rapidly travelling |
that way"
John Mccullough, bennington: "Ver- |
mont was not satisfied to scotch the |
snake, but has killed it outright. The |
November landslide IS already here. |
The Republican majority It's far the |
biggest in it's history, either during |
the war OF since Indications are that |
it viii surely amount to $4,000 and prob |
ably moe. L is the precursor Of the |
NOV enter Landslide"
Governor VI ocdbury Of Vermont wiz |
cd from It:1 Hrgton: ''The free men os |
Vermont send greetings &c 5000 ma
1ority &c ycU. the eXp1n enc cf protec-
ton, prosperity and sound money. YER
mont has set the pace. Let the coll
umn be kept well closed up
J. II. Manley wired from Augusta,
Maine: Vermont has covered herself
with glory. Maine does not propose
TO be outdOne by Vermont"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04

Elegant free reclining chair cars on all
Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City
without change. also sleepeIs en- all
trains to Fert Worth. Houston San An
baggage checked TO all points north.
south. east and west. Steamship tickets
sold to all European DeiHts at lowest
rates. Passenger statieA corner Doug
JOHN SEBASTIAN. HAL S. RAY,
@. p. & T. A, Chicago. d. p. a.
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