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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-10
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

Knights Templar, Old Dominion Command
ery meets every third Friday Of each month
at Masonic Temple.
ROYAL Arch Chapter: Mount Vernon Royal
Arch Chapter meets every first Friday OF each
month at Masonic Temple.
Washington Lodge OF Ma
sons meets on tho second and fourth Thurs-
days of each month.
Andrew Jackson Lodge Of Masons meet, or
the first and third Thursdays OF each month
Potomac Lodge of Odd Follows No. 81,
meets in their hall, on north Columbus street
every Friday night
Sarepta Lodge /. o. o. F., No. 46, meets In
their hall. on King street, every Tue-d1y
night.
Marley Encsmpment, No. 6, meets every
econd and fourth Monday at Odd FeloHs'
HALL, north Columbus street.
Mechanics Lodge Knights Of Pythia5, No.
3, meets every Thursday night In PythiaD
Hall north Pitt street.
Oriental Lodge Knights of Pythiss meeta
every Friday night on north Pitt street.
Alexandria Lodge <. of P, No: rs, meets
Wednesday nights at Saropta Hall, King
street.
Golden Light Lodge Of Good Tcmplsrs
ynoets in their hall, on south Fairfax street,
every Tuesday evening.
Tslismsn Lodge Good Templsrs meets every
Monday night in Pythisn Hall, north Piu
street.
Refuge Council, Sons Of Jonsdsb, No. u,
meets every Monday night at SsreptS Hall.
Juvenile Templars meets every Saturday
afternoon at Good Templsrs' Hall south Fair
fax street.
Champion Castle, No. 5, Knights Of Golden
Eagle meets every Wednesday night at Sa-
repta Hall, King street.
Al
IN Potomac Hall room, north Columbus street,
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Haven Lodge Knights OF Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday in Potomac
Lodge room, north Columbus street.
Robert Andrews Division Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers meets first and third
Sunday in Potomac Lodge room.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, No. 1, Imeets
every Thursday night in Sarepta Hall.
Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society meets
svery Sunday night in St Mary's Hall, corner
Royal and Wolfe streets.
Young Mer's Sodality Lyceum meets every
Tuesday night in their hall on Duke street.
O'Kane Council, No. 434, Catholic Benevo-
emit Legion meets on the LIST and 3rd Monday
IN each month OF st. Mary's Hall.
LAFAYETTE Lodge, No. II, Independent Or.
der Mechanics meets Wednesday night at
Pythian Hall, north Pitt street.
Alexandria Council, No. SO, Jr. 0. o. A. N.
meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows' Hall, on
north Columbus street.
Belle Haven Council, No. 81, Jr. o. O. A.
NJ, meets in Saropta Hall every Monday
night.
James W. Jackson Council, No. 90, Jr. O..
U. A. NJ, meets every Wednesday night In
Sarepta Hail.
Rathbone Division, Uniform Rank Z. Of P,
meets every other Wednesday at Pythlan
Castle Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meet every Mon.
day night at their Armory, south Royal street
Confederate Veterans meet first Monday
night in each month at Columbia Engine
House.
Sons Of Confederate Veterans meet frs,
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court, No. 7713, A. o. F
of A. meet every End and 4th Tuesday at
sarepts Hall, King street.
1. o. B. B. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meeta first Sunday Of
very quarter.
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Not few who read what MIR. Rob
ert Rowls, of Hollands, Va, has to say
below, will remember their own ex-
perience under like circumstances :
iLast winter l had la grippe which
left me in low state of health.
tried numerous remedies, none of
which did me any good, until I was in
duced to try bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it
80 far relieved me that / was enabled to
attend to my work, and the second
bottle effected a cure" For sale at 25
and so cents per bottle by L. Stabler &
Co., druggists.
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VXTANTED-AN AGENT in every sectien
w to canvass; 81 to So a day made. sells
at sight; also MAN to sell staple goods to
dealers, best line $75 month. Salary or
large commission made, experience unneces-
sary. CLIFTON SOAP & MANUFACTURE.
ING CO., Cincinnati, o. oct26 1aw1y
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WANTS.

NXTANTED AT ONCE FOB THE IN
w TERNATIONAL FRATERNAL AL
LANCE OF Baltimore, an energetic Supsrin-
tendent land convasser) for this city and vi
cinity. Our system being "the" best on earth,
insuring as it does the old and young at ages
from 1 to 70-policies costing from 25 cents
to $25 per month-adyantages over all other
policies. including aick benefits, endowments,
pension benefits, annuities and others, at the
same time giving the policies cash
VALUE" at the end of from 1 to years.
Apply at once for further particulars to F. d.
PLUEMACHER,s State Superintendent Room
10, Times Building Richmond, Virginia.
dec31 At
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"Old, yet ever new, and simple and beauti-
full as ever" sings the poet in words which
might well apply to Ayers Sarsaparilla-the
most efficient and scientific blood-puritier ever
offered to suffering humanity. Nothing but
superior merit keeps it SO long at the front.
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Clerical Orders on the Pennsylvania
Railroad

Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounces that clerical orders for 1896, will be
issued to ordained ministers of the Gospel on
the same conditions as prevail at present
Clergymen should mako application to the
nearest ticket Office so that the orders may be
ssued before the close of the present year.
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TELEpHoNE EXCHANGE.

HELLO
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STEAMERS.
WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COM.
wv PANY (LIMITED.l
FERRY SCHEDULE

On and after October LIST, 1895, and IN.
til further notice the following ferry schsd.
ule will be- in force.
Leave Alexandria, foot Of King street,
at 6 90, 7 80, 8 80, 9 80. 10 80 and II 80
a. NJ, 10 80, 1 80, 2 80, 8 80, 4 &c. s 80,
and 80 D. m.
Leave Washington, foot Of Seventh strcet,
at 6 80, 7 30, 8 80, 8 80, 10 80 and II 80
q. m, II go 1 80, 2 80, 8 80, 30, 80
and . 80 p. m.
NIB. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
8 80 q. m.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS STEAM.
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington Mon.
DAYS at 7 90 a. M, and Alexandria at 20
g. M, for landings as far as Nomini and on
Wednesdays and Saturdays st same hours for
St. Clements Bay and Leonardtown.
G. W.RIDLEY, General Manager.
JOHN B. PADGETT, Agent.
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DRUGGISTS.
los and 1O7 south Fairfax street.

los and 1O7 south Fairfax street
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi-
cines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Spices, t'rug-
gists' Fancy Goods and Specialties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virginia Tor
J. G. Ayers Medicines and John Lucss & Co.'s
Tinted Gloss and Prepared Pats, &c.
Manufacturers of Standard Pharmaceutical
Preparations.
We have made large additions to our stock
and arc buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals, &C., direct from tho manufacturers.
We are therefore enabled to supply the trade
with all goods usually carried by well-ap-
pointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE al
prices as low as those given by the best housea
in larger cities. All goods forwarded By first
freight or express after receipt of order.
Promptness is our specially. Wo guarantee
unordenca iDyitpd.
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ADVERTISING DIRECTORY,

The following houses, whose advertisement
appear in the GAZETTE. will be found reliable
snd are commended to the attention of pur.
chasers:
AGRICULTURAL.
Herbert Bryant, foot of Duke street.
BOOK AND STATIONERY.
Robt. W. --ach, Alt and 419 King street
BRICKS.
Alexsndris Brick Works, Hunting creek
COAL AND WOOD.
]. R. Zimmerman, foot of Queen street
w. A. Smoot & Co., Shoots wharf.
CAKES AND CONNECTIONS.
George E. Hill & Co., 216-222 north Lee
street.
Ell. Miller & Son, 317 King street.
FINANCIAL.
First National Bank, S. w. cor. Lee and
Prince strsets.
Citizens National Bank, N. w. cor. Leo and
Prince streets.
Burke & Herbert, cor. King and Fairfax
streets. -
E. s. Leadbeater & Sons, 105-1O7 south
Fairfax street.
Warfeld s. Hall, corner Fairfax and Prince
streets.
W. F. Creighton & Co., corner King and
Royal streets.
L. Stabler & Co., N. W. corner Of King and
Washington streets.
DRY GOODS.
Woodward & Lothrop, 10th, 18th, an6
streets, Washington.
J. E. Tackett, corner King and Pitt streets.
Isasc Eichberg cnrner King aud Royal
streets.
D. Bendheim, 316 King street.
A. C. Slaymaker, 429 King street.
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTs.
J.&H Aitcheson, 116 King street.
w. s. Moore, south Union street.
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
VIM. P. Woolls & Son, corner Royal and
Wolfe stieets.
W. A. johnson s. Co., corner Cameron and
Royal streets.
Henry F. Robertson, cor. King and Wash.
ington streets.
J. c. Milburn, north Royal street.
Charles King, 217-223 north Lee street.
g. VIM. Ramsey, cor. of King and st. AssPh
streets.
B. H. Jenkins, corner Fairfax and Duke
streets.
HARDWARE.
James F. Csrlin, Sons & Co.
INSURANCE.
Laurence Stsbler, 701 King street.
LUMBER.
Josiah q. D. Smoot & Son, 81 north Unios
street.
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UTAsHINGToN, ALEXANDRIA AND
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The record-union., 1896-07-23
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.
Only Temporary Organization Ef-
feCted by the POpulistS.

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The same un-
certainty and confusion prevailed about
the hour of meeting of the Populist Con-
vention as about the various other mat
ters connected with it. Ten o'clock, IL
o'clock and noon had been publicly
given out as the hour, with more or
less apparent authority. AT the earli-
est OF these points of time there were not
fifty delegates in the convention hall,
and only a few solitary figures were to
be seen scattered here and there
throughout the galleries An hour later
there had been accessions that about
doubled the number of people on the
floor and in the galleries The hall was
practically in the same condition as to
arrangements and decorations that it
was when the Republican Convention
assembled in it five weeks ago, except
that the pictures of Washington. Grant
Sherman and others had been taken
away, and that the place provided for
the Chairman and other officials and
celebrities on the stage was absolutely
unprovided with tables, chairs or any
other part of the necessary outfit. The
reason for this nakedness in the most
important and conspicuous place in the
hall was past finding out.
At 11:30 o'clock the first motion was
made in the line of providing accommo-
da ations for the Chairman and officers
by placing in one corner of the stand a
table bearing a large glass pitcher of
ice water and couple of glasses. There,
however, it stopped. Soon after this
some worllmen hung over the railing of
one of the galleries fair sized picture of
braham Lincoln. draped in the Ameri-
can flag, and the sight of it drew out the
first manifestation of applause or inter
est that the convention had yet given
out.
At II O'Clock there was still no sign of
an organization of the convention. The
portion of the hall reserved for dele
gates was then about two-thirds filed
and there were not hundred spectators
IN the galleries. Probably one-third of
the delegates were in their shirt sleeves
and many women (not delegates) were
seaeed among them.
CON sENTION CALLED TO ORDER
At 12:15 the members of the Populist
National Committee took seats on the
platform, and with them were Senators
Butler of North Carolina, Ignatius Don
nelly of Minnesota, Cyclone Davis of
Texas. Senator Allen of Nebraska and
Governor Stone of Missouri.
At 1913 o'clock the convention was
called to order by Mr. Taubeneck.
Chairman of the National Committee.
who announced that the proceedings
would be opened by prayer by Rev. r.
w NJ Smith of the Third Baptist
Church of st. Louis.
At the conclusion of the prayer. Gov
ernor Stone of Missouri was introduced
by Chairman Taubeneck, and delivered
an address of welcome.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota
responded to Governor Stones address
of welcome.
The Chairman asked such members of
the Executive Committee as We're in the
body of the hall to step up to the plat
The record-union., 1896-07-23
No Opposition to Senator Butler as
Chairman.
Southern Delegations Freely Express
Their Intention to Bolt in Case the
Convention IndOrses Bryan and
SewaII for President and Vice
President, at Least as to the
Latter.

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The course of
the Peoples party meeting, as fore
shadowed by the first days proceed
ings, will not be very smooth. The con-
vention progressed no further to-day
than a temporary organization, the
youthful Senator from North Carolina,
Marion Butler, being made Temporary
Chairman. Threats uttered the night be-
fore and repeated with emphasis in the
early morning by the middle of the
road" men, that they would force a test
vote by antagonizing the selection of
Mr.. Butler by the National Committee
with the nomination of Judge G. d.
Jones of Missouri-a straight out anti
Bryan man-all evaporated into thin air
before the convention met Senator
Butler's speech was for harmony, but
Enthusiastically indicated a leaning to-
ward a separate Populist ticket and a
separate platform.
Before the Temporary Chairman had
entered upon his opening speech certain
of the Southern delegations freely stated
their intention to bolt if the Chicago
nominees were indorsed. They privately
spoke of the absolute necessity of main
tanning the Peoples party organization
lnld1l III CIitlI respective otdlCS, 81 do "
control the State officers. One of the
most outspoken of these Southern recall
citrants said he dared not go home to
his State if he carried with him an in
dorsement of a Democratic ticket by a
POpulist convention. He frankly ad-
mitted that if he and those who were
acting with him could not prevent the
Endorsement of Bryan, their irrevocable
purpose was to kill off Sewall to give
place to a Southern Populist, and thus
to so Sonfuse the electoral votes for
Nice-Pfesdent as to throw the election
into the United States Senate, where
they would have matters their own way.
With all these difficulties ahead, the
Peoples party moved very slowly. The
Committee on Credentials, apparently
for the purpose of gaining time, pro-
tracted its deliberations over the utterly
unimportant contested cases, none of
which could affect results.
At 2:1o D. m. the convention took a
recess until p. m, and when 1T then
re assembled some one had failed to
make the necessary arrangements for
turning on the electric lights. Under
such circumstances the transaction of
business was impossible, and nothing
further was done.
At S:o3 the convention adjourned un-
ii, 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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two. applause and laughter) Now
this convention had met to save that
issue, or to allow it to go down in de-
feat ca voice, Save it, save it, save
iti'O
He had faith that this convention
would not turn itself into Democratic
annex Qoud cheers) or into Republican
annex (mOre cheers), but would find a
way between them that was true and
right. What, Senator Butler asked
should this convention do? And he was
answered by one of the California dele
gates, Dagget. Nominate a straight
Populist candidate on a Populst plat
form without reference to what the
Democratic convention has DONE
(Cheers)
'While this party lives" Senator But
Ter exclaimed "and God grant that it
shall never die. because it will be ever
needed so long as human liberty is
threatened; 1T must be true to the
mission which it was born to accom-
plish. (Cheers.) If this convention cam
rot follow it's own teachings it is un-
worthy to indorse and approve what is
right and to condemn what is wrong.
No other source is true Populism If
you WaVer in your principles Ga dele
gate, I'VE will not do it,'O then you be-
come no better than the old parties
which you were raised up to destroy.
| believe that this convention will do
the wise thing. | believe that it is going
to stand together. 1t is not going to
split. (Cheers) If we stand together
and go away from here a united band
of brothers we will see next November
that the minions of organized capital
and of sold monometallism are stricken
down in this country. We will show
you, too, that this young giant of a
Peoples party will come out of the
campaign stronger than we go into it."
(Cheers)
Senator Butler spoke for nearly an
hour closing his speech at = p. m. He
was complimented upon it by Ignatius
Dcnneily and other persons on the
stand
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
When Senator Butler resumed his
seat the Chairman directed the Secre-
tary to call the roll of States to name
the Committee on Credentials. This was
done. The Committee on Credentials
follows: Alabama, r. T. Goodwin; Ar
The record-union., 1896-07-23
The Opening Session Of the Convention a
Very Harmonious One.
Newlands Temporary and st. John
Permanent Chairman.
A Committee Appointed to Confer
With the Populists-NO Doubt En-
tertained That the Silver Delegates
Will Indorse the Nominees of the
Chicago Convention.

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The National
Silver people meeting in the Music Hail
of the Exposition building had a smooth
path to travel to-day 1t met, listened
to an able address by Representative
Newlands of Nevada, it's temporary
Chairman, and a still more taking
speech by William p. st. John, the eX-
national banker of New York, when
finally captured the convention. 1t ap-
pointed a committee to confer with the
convention of the Peoples party, anu
started on the preparation of platform
and of the inevitable address to the
American people. Thirty-two states
were represented on the floor of the
convention by about go delegates No
scrt of doubt is entertained that the
National Silver Convention will indorse
the nomination of Bryan and SeWali
after waiting a decent time to obtain
report from their Committee on Con-
ference with the Populists-
The record-union., 1896-07-23

form. Among those who advanced was
Mrs Mary Ellen Lease, who was warm
ly cheered.
Chairman Taubeneck introduced as
Temporary Chairman Senator Butler of
North Carolina. who was received with
three cheers which he characterized as
"a cyclone of patriotism"
Two political parties, he said, had
held national conventions this year, had
adopted platforms and had put forward
their leaders, and now another great po-
litical party, young but a growing
giant in strength, had assembled to
speak to the American people at this
critical and important hour. (Cheers.)
The Populists We're here because there
was need of them to be here. The par
ties that had charge of the Government
since the war had succeeded in bringing
the nation to the verge of bankruptcy
and ruin, and had necessitated the ex-
istence of the Populist organization. The
two parties had WED with each other in
"straddling." but now ''straddling" was
q thing of the past
He went on to speak of the transpor
tation question as standing side by side
with the money question, and he de-
clared that both these great questions
would have to be solved before the cOun-
try got back to prosperity. The Peo
pies party had come into existence to
perform great mission. There was a
necessity for its coming, and it was go
ing to stay as long as there was any ne
cessity for it. (Cheers) If the Peoples
party were to go out of existence to-
morrow the next Democratic National
Convention would present a platform on
which Bryan would not stand. (Cheers)
The Peoples party had raised an issue
so universal, SO great, so important,
that it had split both the old parties in
The record-union., 1896-07-23
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
The Colorado Contest Settled in Favor
of the Regulars.

ST. LOUIS, July 22-The Populist
Committee on Credentials met in the
Iindell House shortly after A p. m Con-
tests were reported from the States OF
Colorado, Illinois, Missouri and Wiscon
sin. 1t was decided to take up the con-
tests in alphabetical order, and to al
low each side half an hour.
The Colorado contest was first heard.
Mr Southworth and J. c. Hackstaf.
who are contesting. first stated their
case. Mr. Southworth said that he did
not contest the regularity of the conven-
CONTINUED on Eighth PageJ
The record-union., 1896-07-23

1T is a rare species of wisdom to
carry an umbrella on cloudless day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-21
THE BIBLE AND SMUGGLING

A woman was lately detected by
custom house officials in trying to
smuggle lace between the leaves of
her Bible. She seemed to act on the
presumption that her piety would carry
her through. But, strangely enough,
the custom-house officer was kindled
by her devout spirit, and wished to
read the Bible also. We are not told
whether he turned to the story of Zac-
oheus or the story of Matthew, who
was sitting at the receipt of custom;
but he found the lace somewhere be-
tween Genesis and Revelation. This
is by no means the first time that
things have been put into the Bible
that did not belong there, with the
view of smuggling them into Chris
tianity. Thus the doctrine of the his
toric episcOpate, to which we have just
alluded, and the doctrine of close COM
munion, are not found in the Bible.
They have been read into it. 1t is so like.
wise with the doctrine of infant bap-
tism and the doctrine of the trinity
They are interpretations quite as
much as the lace which the pious wom-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-21
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA, MAY 2l 1896.

immoral and dishonest fellow. His
living is a fraud perpetrated upon
honest toilers. A good many who will
not work manage to live, and some
such continue to fare sumptuously
every day. There are rich loafers and
poor loafers, as the Mother Goose rhyme
has it:
"The beggars are coming to town.
Some in rags, and some in bags, and
some in velvet gowns
81 suspect that the beggars who wear
rags are not much worse men than
those who wear velvet. The rough
and tough young man who spends his
days in some low drinking place and
his nights at cooking mains, dog-fights,
and pugilistic exhibitions, is not more
offensive from moral and religious
standpoint than another whose bank
account is large and who gives atten-
tion to little besides yacht-racing, fox
hunting, golf, and other gentlemen's
sports. 1t will not be claimed that the
dirty fellow, reeking with the fumes of
cheap tobacco and bad whiskey on Craw-
ford street bridge, is much greater
nuisance than the son of rich family
exquisitely dressed and perfumed,
who stands about the stage entrance to
some theatre waiting for his favorite
actress, and who spends his money in a
genteel way upon nameless vices. One
of these is rich because his father
worked, and idle because he hates
work; the other is poor because he is
idle, and idle because he hates work;
and each because he is idle is a
useless burden wickedly imposed upon
honest industry.-J. H. Nutting in
Howard Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-21
THE POWER OF THE PEN.

How many are there who ever stop
to think what power the little pen
may have in shaping their future lives !?
1t may cause some to do good, and
others to do harm. A rich man may
become poor through its influence,
while a poor man may become rich.
1t causes poverty and disgrace to some,
while to others it brings happiness. 1t
rObs banks, defrauds the public, and
may cause the downfall of nations. 1t
may send an innocent man to prison,
and set the guilty free; cause war or
peace; can separate families or reunite
them; in short, is the cause of trouble
and sorrow, and also the instrument to
restore happiness.
How many are there today who, if
they had used this mighty weapon for
some good purpose, would not be
languishing behind prison bars now,
but would be enjoying all the pleas
ures of life among friends and loved
ones at home. Therefore, instead of
putting the pen to evil purposes, let
us try to put it to some good purpose
that will not only benefit ourselves,
but the world at large. G. w. w.