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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, April l
SENATE.

A bill was introduced by Mr.. Butler
in the Senate to-day and referred to
the finance committee, providing that
payment ofnotes, bills, checks etc., shall
be in legal tender money, irrespective
of any stipulation in the contract. He
explained that his object was to stop
gold mortgages and gold notes. 1t did
not affect existing contracts.
A. committee Of conference was Of
dered on the legislative appropriation
bill, and Senators Cullom, Teller, and
Call were appointed conferees on the
part of the Senate.
A resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Call, for an inquiry by the commit
tee on public lands ss to the patenting
of uDsurveyed lands in Florida, was
agreed to.
Mr.. Call introduced joint resolution
reciting "the continual violations Of
the usages and rules of war in Cuba;
the inhuman and brutal outrages on
men, women and children" and direct
ing that an adequate naval force OF the
United States shall be Immediately sent
to Cuba, as shall be sufficient 10 protect
by force Gf necessary citizens OF the
United States in Cuba from wrong and
from the violation Of treaty obligations;
also requesting the President TO COM
.municate this resolution to the govern
ment of Spain, and to inform that gov
eminent that the United States VIII
forcibly intervene to protect the rights
of American citizens, and in the IN
terest of civilization if there shall be
recurrence of murder and outrage, or
OF the shooting or putting to death o.
prisoners of war. The resolution was
laid on the table. =,
The Senate then resumed the coDsa'
GRAFTON of the Delaware election case
and Mr.. George continued his speech,
begun yesterday, against the right o.
Mr.. Dupont to the vacant seat,
HOUSE.
The House agreed to Senate amend
ments to the House bill providing loi
the construction of a lighthouse ana 10Y
signal at the mouth of Morris riVe''
n. ].
Bills were passed as follows: TO co.,
struct a lighthouse on Manitooa j.
land, Lake Michigan; constituting o'aH
ford, Conn, sub port of entry. ..o
At 1875 p. m. the House went INV
committee of the whole on the suno'!
civil appropriation bill. .;.,.
The committee of approprIa!l'noii
omitted from the bill the amount .S ~
$35, 900, carried for many years ior , In'
support of Howard University lcol0,
ed), in the District of Columbia, Du' y.
motion of Mr.. Evans the item was i
serted without discussion or dissent
An amendment was offered BY M. W..
Savers and agreed to appropriate
$50, 900 for the purchase Of the house.: sics
Tenth street, in this city, 10 Wit i.
President lincoln died. he urgeu
as one of the most meritorious pFVp ,on.
tions that ever was called TO the a'''1
ton of the House.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

HAVING JUST fortunately escaped
from one foolish and entirely unneces-
sary imbroglio with France, about a
negro convict in that country, the ad-
ministration is now risking another one
by gratuitous interference with the Pc
culiar affairs of France in the island OF
Madagascar, on the far off east African
coast. Every days experience proves
that this government has fully as much
az it can we'll do to mind its own busi-
ness, and would get along much better
if it would let that of other govern
ments' alone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

The banking house of August Bel
mont & Co.. New York, is said to have
been the victim of the biggest swind-
ling operation that hes been worked in
Wall street in the last ten years. The
date was March 12, and the amount
was $4,000 in cash. Detectives have
been after the swindler, but at last &C.
counts no trace of him at all had been
found. The swindling was done by
stranger who represented himself to be
a Cuban and by means of forged sight
draft and forged letters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Two workmen at Roach's ship yard
at Chester, Pa, were crushed to death
this morning under heavy boiler
which was being unloaded from canal
boat.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker and her brother
Ballington Booth, did not meet in New
York yesterday, because Mrs. Tucker
would not accede to the conditions i'm
posed by her brother.
The Genessee river is still rising. AT
12o'clock to- ayIExchange street, Roch-
ester, N. Y, was under water, and all
factories on Graves street were closed.
kilograms from up the river say the
river is still rising there.
Governor Morton has signed Mr..
O'Grady's bill authorizing the commits
sion to the Atlanta Exposition to sell
to the Piedmont Driving Club the New
York State buildings and furniture and
report their action to the governor.
At the New York conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church which be-
gan to-day, Rev. Samuel i. Beiler, D..
D., vice chancellor of the American
University, made brief address de-
scribing the efforts that had been made
to build the new university for which
ground was broken on March 9th in
Washington.
Driven to despair because he had been un-
able to provide for his family George A.
Bergman, of Jamesburg, N. j, shot his wife
while she was busy in her kitchen yesterday
and then discharged the pistol into his own
breast. Both still live, but there is little hope
for the wife.
Frederick A. Humphrey, the oldest mem.
Der of the Masonic Order in the United States,
died at his home at Shopiere, Wis, yesterday,
aged 95 years. He was born in Troy, N. Y,
in ] S01, and had been Free Mason for IA
years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

JOHN RECH's CONFESSIONAL Mays
Landing, n. J., the coroner's jury yes
terday evening rendered verdict find
ing John Rech responsible for the
death of his wife Elizabeth. This was
the direct result of the production by
Prosecuting Attorney Perry OF the letter
written by Rech in Germantown to his
attorney, Carroll r. Williams. After 8
number of witnesses had been examin-
ed the letter was offered and translated.
The inside bore no date, but the en-
velope was stamped Philadelphia,
March 2Sth, Station v, and had been
delivered March 10Th. The contents
read as follows:
"Mr. williamson Sunday morning
I heard something ip the lower part of
my house, ana there was Bessie ready
to go away. That made me so mad
that straDgled her, and after that I
did not know what I should do, and
then I buried her in the field. The
little one is in 514 CallowhilI street in
board. am miserable. His board is
paid for two weeks. You attend to
him."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

EoR sALE.-.ACCoTINK MILL LII a ac,s,
q FARM.-Farm contains about ~ Sor:.
of level, we'll improved land. COO yili h,;
and outbuildings, orchards, etc. W., rossr.
good run of custom, and good "s.e- f ar Gtr
will sell mill separately or exchange g. 80 ,,fss
property. For further particulars anu y
apply to or address = r,7urs
Accotfnk,, Fairfax county y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

A dispstna from Rome says that Rev. T.
Trescy, Of Sioux Gty, aad not Rev. DR.. Tier
nay ss er 10 S given out yesterday will
Heunessy of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Z
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01
ADJUSTMENTS
ADJUSTMENTS.
New OPERA HOUSE,
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9Th,
A
WOMAN
OF
WAR.

By Gen. Felix Agnus and N. Louisa Malloy
The Greatest Cast and Best Staged Wa,
- Drama Ever Produced.
ADMISSION Is so and rs CENTS
Reserved seats on sale at Warfeld's Drug
Store. ap1 st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

The Bermuda arrived at Puerto Cor
tez, Honduras on the 18th ult. With a
cargo of atnmunitioh, which has been
seized by the port az .horities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

The schooner Isabella, belonging to
Robert Murphy. of Mt. Holly, West
moreland county. and loaded with rail
road ties for the owner and bound for
Baltimore, sprank aleak and ssak near
Mundy's Point, in the Potomac river,
Sunday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01
COURT OF APPEALS.

Nicholson vs.. Gloucester Charity School and
and others. Argued and submitted.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company vs..
Ampey, Argued and continued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01
EDUCATIONAL. .----
SUMNER Law LEcrrRBs.
uNIYERsITY OF VIRGINIA.

Regular course, July 1 to SePteemaIDgz' and
1896. Practical course on Code OF 30 IT,. md
subsequent statutes for Virginia st1ae"11 SOC.
practitioners, July 10 to August To-
Catalogue sent on application t. = ,oyog
= w. N. LILLE OR Z. T. MI-''o
ap1 colin
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-01

Thomas Q. Barbour, secretary and treas.
urer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company, died at Indianapolis last night from
a stroke Of paralysis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24

Viva. OF sea lettuce, as IL Is common;
called. is a marine plant that spring.
up on stones and other thiEgs On ths
bottom. sometimes in the form Of s
ribbon, perhaps two or three inches
in breadth and two or three feet o
more IN length. sometimes spreading
out like 8 great fsa-shaPed leaf. Ses
lettuce is used IN ordinary. or cirvulss
ing. aquarium tanks for its decorative
tfects- Il IS OF q beautiful green IL
color. and il SostS or the water o
hangs IN II IN picturesque folds. szs
!, makes also an agreeable retreat 70.
fish. II is Used IN seif-sustazniug ia-kS
which ar. those 5sTi1g 10 circulation
out in which serstioa Is prod1eed -
the Introduction OF plant Hfe. for The
same purposes as IA the circuIs firs
tanks. and also as az aid 20 seratsoz.--
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"a. ygSs ne CEicr.t Ez12- gith seow -
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24
law Is mandatory and saws:

law Is mandatory and says:
said section, it will be noticed, also
provides that before the letting of this
contract, the board of directors shall
advertise for proposals for the same
for not less than sixty days preceding
the date set for letting Of said contract.
The law then provides that the success
full bidder that is 70 say, the one who
has made the highest and best BID, shall
enter into an agreement with the board
of directors TO take the surplus output
Of coal at a certain price per bushel,
which agreement may contain such 9TH
er provisions as the board deem neceS-
sary and proper. 1t also provides that
the successful bidder shall enter into a
bond for So, 900 for the faithful per
Torrance of his contract.
Taking the different provisions of
this section together, ii can receive no
other construction than that it is the alb
solute duty of the board of directors to
advertise for bids, 10 receive the bids
and open the same, and to award the
contract to the highest responsible bid
der upon such conditions as the board of
directors may deem necessary and
proper The board has no discretion in
regard to the matter"
Thus, the directors have no alterna-
tive but 20 accept the bids offered at the
legally advertised time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24
LITTLE BOLTS THE TICKET
Abilene's Young Statesman Leaves the Gold
Fellows for the silver.

Kansas City, No, June "a Topeka
| special TO the Times says: Ed c. Lit
tie Of Abilene, who was consul at Cairo,
Egypt. under President Harrison, has
bolted the Republican party on account
of the financial plank Of the st. Louis
platform. In an interview he says:
The nomination of Major Mckinley
on a Grover Cleveland platform marks
the end OF one era and the beginning Of
another in politics. 1t is the hand or
Esau, but the voice OF Jacob Party
lines are destroyed and there will be
another alignment of political organiZa-
tons. They can call IT the Republican
party, but that does not make ii such.
You might call a catamount kanga-
roo. but she still would not carry her
young in a pouch. II the Republicans
change from protection TO free trade.
would this still be the Republican party?
The Republican national conventions OF
1883 and 1892 declared for bimetaliism
and a double standard. There could
rot be more positive abandonment OF
their former position. The gold stand
ard platform is a direct challenge 70
every seIf-respecting bimetallist and es-
pecially those in Kansas who have fel;
that the free coinage Of silver Is the
over Kansas Republicans have resolv-
ed for free coinage what VIII they
do? I haye an abiding conviction that
free coinage is by interest and tradi-
ton the proper policy for Kansas and
I propose TO vote that way II / am the
only man in the state who does DO.
I'VE had years Of the present gold
standard and wheat Is selling for %
cents today IN Abilene. While they az
legislating for the factories I'd Ike 20 /
see them put in a law or two for ih-
farmers. live n a farming cpmmuni- |
y and I believe with Prof. Laughiin, 1
the gold standard authority. that frec
coinage would give US better prices Tor 4
farm products. and that : what / wish 4
- see think with senator Teller
that a uaintsna nee OF the present nnarl-
cal system viii continue the deprecia-
ton OF agricultural products which ~
have felt for years II IS question q .
self preservation for Kansas"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24
CONGRESS OF RARE BEAUTIES
Be8uteous Sponsors of the South to Assem-
BILE at Richmond.

Richmond, Va, June 23.--Of the many
unique features of the big reunion Of
Confederate veterans, which will be-
gin here on June 80, none will attract
m ore attention than the young ladies
who are to represent the various south
ern states. There are sixteen of these
They have been selected by camps of
their respective states. and represent
Ire best social circles Of those sections
Eesides these fair sponsors Gas they
2 -e called there viii be probably about
ne hunder maids of honor Some of
1 Ne sponsors have as many as thirty of
these aides.
This galaxy of beauties will come be-
{ ne the public for the first time at the
sception rendered them by the Daugh-
ers of the Confed eracy on the evening
Of June 30. On the evening of July /
the sponsors and their maids of honor
VIII appear in a series OF tableaux,
which is TO be given at the Confederate
concert. At this latter novel enter
tainment five hundred voices viii sing
The old southern war songs. Nearly
ell OF these airs are now unfamiliar 10
the ears of this genera ton. The spon-
Sors and their pretty attendants will
next figure at the reception which is TO
be given to Miss Winnie Davis. on July
:, by the Daughters of the Confederacv.
The sponsor for Virginia is Miss Hal
lie Patton Cooke of this city. This lady
is daughter Of the late General John
K. Cooke, a gallant Confederate bri-
gadier. Miss Cooke is one of Rich
mond's fairest debutantes. She has a
very fair complexion, black hair. long.
dropping lashes and deep blue eyes.
hentuckys sponsor Is Miss Julia
hughes Spur Of Pine Grove. She IS
said to be one Of the most charming
ladies in the Blue Grass state. Miss
Spur is tail. 1.-THE and graceful. She
IS a decided brunetts and a typical Ken
tuckian> Her father is Hon. Richard
spur. who was a captain in the Eighth
Kentucky cavalry. which was attached
10 the command Of the famous Morgan.
Florida is represented by Miss Sarah
Is Raney Of Tallahassee. Her father
was formerly am ember of the supreme
court OF his state, attorney general and
nlled other places of influence and re-
Sponsibshty. Miss Raney's mother is
a daughter of the late l. Q. c. Lamar.
or the federal supreme bench.
MISS Dottie Palmer Capers is the
sponsor for South Carolina. She is the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24
WOMEN ARE IN 1T AGAIN
kansas Surragists Preparing for Anoth.
State Campaign


Kansas City, Mo, June 23.-The To-
| peka correspondent Of the Times writes
to his paper as follows: "The women
in Kansas whose mission is to labor for
the enfranchisement of their sex hope
to induce the next legislature to resub-
nit the equal suffrage question to a
vote of the people. They have inau-
gurated still-hunt campaign among
the candidates for the senate and house.
regardless of political affiliations, ex-
acting an expression OF sentiment from
each. Their scheme is TO use their in
huence TO secure the nomination and
election of candidates favorable to the
cause. The leaders think that they
dld not have a fair show in 1894. and
believes that if the next legislature
gives them another chance they Will
carry the state
Among those who have the movement
in hand are President Kate Addison of
the State Equal Suffrage associa ton.
Mrs. Laura NJ. Jones of Salina, Mrs. D.
T. Bradford of Kansas City. Kan. DR..
Eva Harding of Topeka and Miss Helen
Kimber Of Parsons. It is understood
that these ladies will shortly hold q
meeting for the purpose of fixing a
time and place for a conference of suf-
Ifage workers TO make further arrange
ments for the campaign.
1t is said that the future work in Kan
sas will be carried on by home talent.
The leaders generally admit that the
professional sisters imported from the
east in 1894 weakened the cause. The
imported stateswomen instead of an
ealing to the intelligence and better
nature of men who were not in sympa-
thy with the suffrage movement. abused
them like pickpoekets for their obdura-
cy. Conversions, therefore, were few
and far between.
The eastern talent also came high in
1894. Il took all the money the home
women could raise to pay the robust
salaries and heavy expenses of the i'm
ported speakers. This extravagance.
with the expense Of maintaining head
quarters in Topeka and the publica-
ton of the necessary campaign lftera-
ture, left them with a bankrupt treas
ury and load of debt on their hands.
They have paid their debts, however.
and have some money to start another
campaign, and they don't propose to
spend a cent of il outside of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-24
"OIRT DEFIES THE KING" THEN
SAPOl 10
IS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF.

appointed because a strike made yester-
day is not TO be credited with heavy
shipments today, it must understand
that il is its own fault in not appre-
! ciating the amount of work required
I in the process, and not from any short
coming either OF the mine or the dis
trict. The shipments are adj that could
| be expected, and in every way the camp
is making progress.
/ Another good strike has been made in
the Gold Coin at Victor, which fully
sustains all promises that have been
made for ii. The new ore was found in
a level 100 feet north of the shaft and
! is "A inches in Width, running an aver
age of eight ounces to the ton The
ore on the hanging wall averages $40
and between these two pay streakS
there are about two feet of ore that
VIII run s25. A new steam hoist has
been ordered TO give greater capacity
than the one now on the property. and
the discovery viii be followed as rap
idly as possible.
In the Republic, lying just above the
town OF Anaconda, on Raven hill, a
line body of ore has recently been OPEN
ed. and the outlook IS that another i'm
portant shipper has been added. In the
a n
showing in the drift, run 40 feet from a
65-fOot shaft, and a considerable Dor
ton of the ore runs about $500 a ton. A
shipment Of a carload from the mine a
few days ago returned $50 for first and
$40 for second grade. Another carload
has been made ready and viii be sent
out at once. The lessees have a new
stamp plant at work, and will push the
Shaft down for q depth OF 200 feet on
the north end OF the same property
Fetty 81 Co. are in similar ore, but the
grade is not so high.
Last week the Elkton company ship
ped eight cars Of ore, of which six went
TO the smeIter and two TO the syanide
mill at Florence. The first-cIass viii
run between $50 and 5000. and the mill
ing dirt wiz average about $50 a ton.
During the last week the Last Dollar
mine shipped ten cars Of high grade tn
the sneiter and 100 cars Of low grade 20
the mill. The. new working shaft is
200 feet deep. and viii be continued to a
depth Of 500 feet. Until this depth Is
reached no special effort will be made
to force the output.
The Theresa, on Bull hill. produced
nine cars OF ore last week which will
net ABOUT $40 a ton. The property is
doing better than az any time In SIS
history since the extraordinary high
grade was encountered two years ago.
ore that runs $50 per ton Is coming
from the Bartlett lease on the north
end OF the Blue Bird. The pay streak
ranges from s to u inches IN width.
Drifting has been commenced q: the I
Davis lease on the Lillian Leland al the 4
250-foot level. L is expected TO cut the I
vein. which has dipped away from the /
shaft in about Is feet OF work. A con- I
tract for extending the drift 200 feet 4
west has been iet- and is expected 70 4
find the ore cut BY the diamond drill
A new shaft house has been compiet-
ID on the Hoosier. located IN the saddle
between Tendsrfoot and Globe. The !
IS all in place and will oe
ready 10 start I'D IN few days There
: every indication OF steady shipper
n the property.