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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
METHODIST CONFERENCE.

The one hundred and twelfth session
of the Baltimore Annual Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
began in Greene Memorial Church, in
Roanoke, yesterday morning. The
conference was called to order by Bish.
op R. K. Hargrove, of Nashville, Tenn,
and was opened with devotional exer-
cises conducted by him. Rev. }. H.
Armstrong wss reelected secretary,
and, when the roll was called, nearly
all of the three hundred delegates re-
sponded to their names.
The business of the session yesterday
morning was devoted largely to the
election of boards and committees, the
proceedings being interpreted withre'
marks by the bishop and other distin,
guished religious workers, and reports
from the officers and boards.
DR.. David c. Morton, of the church
extension board, reported the finance:
of the board in good condition, and
spoke of the work done among the Gu
bans in Florida and Indians of Oklaho'
ma and Indian Territory, and their
claims upon the liberality ofthe church.
He was followed by Bishop Hargrove,
who spoke eloquently on the same sub
ject, and at the conclusion OF his re-
marks 5000 were subscribed TO erect
two churches among the Indians. Key
DR.. Campbell, secretary of the BIole
Society of Virginia, also addressed Inc
conference on the subject Of his wore,
and gave many interesting facts ana
figures.
A singular feature of this years se''
sion is that there was no committee on
memoirs appointed and no memorial
service will be held, for no member o.
the conference has died within the last
year.
The preachers are already discussing
the merits of several places Tor 'n'
meeting of the conference of next year.
Staunton, Clifton Forge and this cl9
are mentioned.
To.day's session of the conference
was devoted largely to hearing repo[1's
of educational institutions and Ils
presiding elders. A photograph OF inc
old Therasher House, near this city, 81
one time the home of Bishop Asoul!,
ole of the first Methodist bishop, w" vas
pre- ented to the conference, ana tp S
Vinton Epworth League also preseo''eaa
a gavel made of wood from this nous,
President Ramill, of Wesleyan fema!s
Institute, presented report Of the "o .ts
there, and expressed the belief nat ~.
school might yet DE saved to the c ,ss
ference. The board of visitors 10 Inv ts
Valley Female Seminary showed sno.
institution to be in fourisnlng GU
dition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

CT. Powell, for several years sheriff
of Pittsylvania county, is dead.
Mr.. Miles Davis, one of the Oldest
citizens of Norfolk, died yesterday
aged IS years.
Rev. R. 8. Barrett, of Washington
has leased the rectory, at Garrisonviiie
Stafford county. as a summer home iol
himself and family.
Martha E, wife of James A Cooke
rifle, and daughter of the late Larker
M. Sanders, died at her home in Eau
quier county on the 14th instant, IN the
10Th year of her age.
Rev. E. A. Gibbs, a member of the
Virginia conference, died very sudden
" at his residence, in Smithville, Char.
lotte county, on Tuesday, the supposed
cause of his death being heart disease
1t is said that the move of the free
silver men to enforce the unit rule in
the selection of delegates to the demo
cratic national convention will be bit
terly contested by the sound money
men.
Mr.. Y. E. Shepherd, at one Time pro
lessor at the Agricultural and Mechan
ical College, at Blacksburg, died yester;,
day at his home, in Richmond. Deceased
was sixty-nine years old and gradu'
ate of the University of Virginia.
Mr.. W. D. Haines, division deputy
collector of the counties of Franklin
and Henry in the western internal rev.
enue district of Virginia, has resigned
his position. Capt. Peter Hairston, OF
Martinsville, has been appointed to the
vacancy.
at meeting last night of the Jettel-
son Davis Monument board, Gen. J: b
Gordon, of Georgia, was elected chief
marshal of the parade of Confederate
veterans on the occasion of laying the
cornerstone of the monument on July
20. Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Miss
Winnie, and Mrs. Hays, and the hus'
band of the latter, were invited to be
the guests of the association on this
occasion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
THURSDAY EVENING, MAR. &c, 1896

THE DELAY in the Governors prose
cution of the st. Asaph race horse peo'
pie for book-making is noticeable, Ii
not remarkable. The Senate passed
the Maupin bill and its ancillary acts,
under the fear..that if not passed, the
Governor would convene the legisla-
ture in extra session, so keen set was
he upon breaking up horse racing and
all its Accomplishments. The race
track people made public announce
ment that in order to test the validity
of those acts they would resume opera
tons, but close again if the case were
decided against them. They have now
been going on for several weeks, in the
daily hope that their case would be
settled. so that they might know
whether to close up, or make necessary
arrangements for the permanent re-
sumption of operations. They don't
deny that they are breaking the laws
passed by the legislature and signed by
the Governor, but they have been in
formed by their counsel that those laws
are not valid, and all they and other
people, among them those who favor, as
we'll as those who oppose those laws,
desire to know is, whether they are
valid or not, and it goes without saying
that that reasonable desire should be
rratified.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

HIGH MASONIC CHANGEs.-Rev. DR..
Hartley Carmichael, of Richmond,
sovereign grand master of the sovereign
college of Allied Masonic degrees for
the United States, has appointed Josiah
IT. Drummond, past grand master of
Maine. to the Office of grand chancellor
of the sovereign college, vice w. o.
English, deceased. Mr.. Drummond
has f;lled the office of grand almoner
for some years. It is understood that
Col. Hall, of the United States army.
who now holds the Office of grand
deacon, will be advanced to the Office
of grand almoner, and that q we'll
known Richmond Mason will be invest
ed as grand deacon. The office OF
maeister non regens will remain va
cant. it is said, until next fall, when it
will be rendered to a distinguished Rich
mond Mason.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL,

In the Senate yesterday most of the
day was spent on the legislative appro'
priation bill, which is not yet COM
pleted. The paragraphs substituting
Salaries for fees for U. S. district attor-
news and marshals were agreed to at.
ter lengthy discussion.
The House took up the naval apppro.
priation bill and made rapid progress
with it. When the adjournment was
reached all the paragraphs had been
passed save those relating to the in
crease of the navy. The bill carries
SSl GIL ,094, or 50, 46S, 4SS more than the
current law, and authorizes four new
battleships and fifteen torpedo.boats,
the cost of which complete will be al.
most S35, 100000. Not SINCE ameud.
ment was adopted.
The conferees on the Cuban resolu-
tions have not yet come to an agree
ment, but it is probable that the House
will accept those adopted by the SEN
ate
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

"THE CREDIT MEMS ASSOCIATION"
This is the title ofan organization form
ed in New Orleans few weeks ago,
and which already has a membership
of sixty wholesale firms, with the pros
pect of large additions to the list. The
Picayune says the merchants of that city
who give credit have suffered 80 much
from delinquent debtors, especially in
the country, that some organization that will
protect them has become an absolute neces-
sity. One Of the aims of the association is to
secure new law in the matter of collections
that will free the houses now giving credit
from the delays to which they are now subject
ed. The law is 30 uufavorsble to creditors
that it takes months, and often longer, to col
lect small claim and the unfortunate plain
tiff is not only subjected to delay, but to
heavy expense to get what belongs to him.
1t is proposed to appeal to the next Legisla-
ture and to submit to it bill similar to the
acts in force in other States, and which have
been found satisfactory there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

The FALLS CHURCH RAILROAD
President Hine of the Falls Church
and Potomac Electric Railway Com.
pany yesterday submitted to the House
District committee reply to the objec-
tions urged by the commissioners
against the proposed bill authorizing
that company to extend its lines into
Washington. The commissioners OBJ
iect to the plan of ferrying the cars
across the Potomac river at George
town by steam transfer, and insist that
the road shall bridge the Potomac at
the Three Sisters. above Georgetown,
and enter at the Union railway station,
in west Washington. Major HiDe
states that this plan would prohibit the
road from entering Washington. In
the first place it would land passengers
in Georgetown instead of in the heart
OF the city, and compel them to pay
another fare to get to Washington over
the cable railroad. That alone would
be an insuperable objection. Further.
more, the company would be compelled
to build $500, 900 bridge, as the water
is seventy feet deep, and cantilever
bridge would be required and would
take the road mile and half out OF
its line. Major Hine says that the
ferry plan is entirely practical, that it
has been pronounced so by expert n.y.
draulic engineers, and that the stock
holders are so well convinced of its
practicability that they are willing to
invest their money in it. The commit
tee decided to take the bill up next
wednesday and to permit full discus
sion of the matter, inviting the com.
missioners to be present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
The Pearl Bryan Iurderers.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 26.-It III
rumored that the trial of Jackson for
the murder of Pearl Bryan was set
first for the reason that it is believed
that Walling will turn States evidence.
The authorities in Newport have evil
dence that will be sprung in the trials
that is stronger than merely circum-
stantial evidence In view of that fact
it will not be surprising if Walling
should weaken and by advice Of coun-
sci become States witness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

THE FREDERICKSBURG PARK.-At q
meeting of the National Battlefield
park committee, in Fredericksburg,
yesterday, it was determined to hold a
general public meeting in the court
house Thursday, April 16, to further
the movement. A subcommittee,
composed of Mayor A. P. Rowe, Hon.
b. F. Crismond, Judge James B. Sener
and Major T. E. Morris, was appointed
to invite speakers, and Councilmen
George w. Wroten and M. G. Willis
we're named as q committee on ar
rangements. The subcommittee re-
solved to invite following speakers ::
Coy. C. T. O'Ferrall, Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and Gen. J. B. Gordon, of the Con-
federates; Gen. N. NJ. Curtis, of New
York; Senator ]. B. Hawley. of Con-
necticut; Senator John M. Palmer, of
Illinois, and Hon. Elijah A. Morse, Of
Massachusetts. Music will be provid-
ed; ladies will be present, and it is
contemplated to make the event big
success.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

THOUGH BOTH Colonel Lamb and
General Allen, the leaders of the two
factions into which the republicans OF
Virginia ara divided, assert that
their chief object is the attainment OF
party unity and harmony, the former
issues circulars accusing the General of
attempting to incite and foment section
al and race animosity, which the latter
not only denies, but boldly charges the
former with the grossest and meanest
sort of mendacity. Such q course is
conducive to any thing else rather than
harmony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

SINCE SENATOR DAVIS, of Minnesota,
has had the Presidential props under
him swept away by the Mckinley
flood, it has become observable that he
is by no means as vehement lingo as
he was before that food, aud is not as
anxious to 60 to war before breakfast
now, as he was then. Nothing SO alters
cases as circumstances.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

Robert B. Cuttings, confidential clerk and
manager for the firm of J. W. Boteler & Son,
china merchants, at $50 Pennsylvania ave.
nue., was found dead yesterday evening about
5 o'clock in an open field near the village of
Trinidad, in northeast Washington, q mile be-
yond the city line His throat was cut and
all indications point to auicide. Dependency
over his business affairs and his wifs's illness
ara ascribed Is the cause Of the deed,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

As THE manufacturers of this coun-
try are protected by high tariff, few
fair minded, men complain ofthe recent
Congressional appropriation for sup
plying the gardeners, truckers and
farmers with seed for their crops. But
still the common sense people of the
country, who are neither farmers,
truckers nor gardeners, can't, for the
life of them, tell why, in nominally
free and equal country, where, pro-
fessedly at least, like opportunities are
afforded to all, and special favors grant
ed to none, they should be taxed to
buy seed for other men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

Simon S. Hartman, Of TnnnellgsD.
West Va, has been subject to al. a',d
of collie about once 8 year, and VIZ 's.r
have to call a doctor aud then su .ans
for about twelve hours as much IS sV, ~.
do when they die. He was taken en-, ls
Gently just the same as at other Ii%r'
and concluded to try Cham0e[ls adr,
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea kem S 4
He says 81 took one dose OF 1t gho !.
gave me relief in five minutes. I I"ns
more than any thing else has ever Co., Co.,
for me-" For sale by L. StaoieF +" W.
druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

BARRING the effect of money, If that
can be barred, it looks now unwise and
injurious as it certainly appears as II
the national democratic convention
will declare for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio OF 16 to l.
Intelligence from all sections of the
country is to this effect. The free
silver craze seems to have affected a
large majority ofthe voters, irrespective
of their political utilization. They talk,
and will act, under the influence of the
idea that while tree silver coinage may
possibly improve their condition, it GER
tainly cannot make it worse than it Is,
and the democratic politicians deem it
wiser to go with the tide, rather than
attempt to oppose it, which they now
believe would be an impossible task.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
Rre SHIPMENT OF RAILROAD TIES

Big SHIPMENT OF RAILROAD TIES
Eleven barges are at the wharves
here loading with railroad ties. Thei,
capacity is from 1900 to 1000 each.
The shippers are Messrs. W. s. En-.
brey, John M. Griffin, J. w. Master
and John Ward. The bsrges were
lowed here by tugs Dupont and Emma,
of the American Towing Co., in charge
of pilots S. G. Baytcn and VIM. 8. Man
ming, of Tappahannock. -Frederick
burg Lance,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

A TUNNEL CAVES IN.-On Tuesday
q tunnel on the West Virginia and
Pittsburg Railroad, mile and half
southwest of Clarksburg, caved in and
the timber caught fire. The bank for a
distance of over mile fell over the
tunnel and the loss will be very heavy.
The entire traffic of the road is sus.
pended, and it will be weeks, perhaps,
before it will be resumed, except by
means of transfers. How it caught fire
is q mystery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
A Tbrilling Experience.

BAY CITY, Mich, March 26.-Twen-
ty-four fishermen who were carried out
on the ice in Saginaw Bay on Tuesday
reached shore safely yesterday after
noon eighteen miles east of this city.
The wind during the night blew ter
rible gale, and the fishermen had close
call for their lives. 1t is believed that
two or three men are still on the ice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
Steamer Yorktown ASHORE,

NORFOLK, Va, Mar. 26.-The steamer
Yorktown, of the Old Dominion Line, rsn
aground off sewelPs Point early this morning
during dense fog while on her way from
Newport News to this city. Tugs lave been
sent to Tighten her and it is thought that she
will be floated this afternoon. she is not at
all injured
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

State Senator Johnson was attacked
by two highwaymen in the Capitol at
Columbus, O., yesterday. He was
Coming from the treasurer's Office,
where he just drawn his salary. The
Senator knocked both of the men
down, bat they afterwards escaped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
COURT OF APPEALS.

Breen & Fely VS.. Perrow, No. 1,
Dismissed.
Sulphur Mines Company vs.. Thomp.
son, No. "a. Fully argued and SUBJ
mitted.
Clason VS.. Parrish, No. rs. Argued
and submitted.
Richmond Railway and Electric
Company vs. Bowles, No. 76. Argued
and continued until to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

Two car repairmen iE the Penpsyl-
yania Railroad yards. at Walls station,
Pa, were killed while at work yester-
day by a shifting engine pushing a
train of cars against the car under
which the men were at work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton Yesterday to Alfred Gurus and Kate
Greed, both of Fairfax county, and to Jona-
than Gordon Bigelow and Lulu Sidney
Knight, Of Winchester.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
COMMUNICATED

COMMUNICATED.
Should Mr.. L., the martin fanciern
on Duke street, lose any of his guests
this spring, he may be able to locate
them at the Martin House, on the Pc.
tomac, south Union street, between
Wolfe and Wilkes. The Martin House,
though built upon an old 1876 founda-
ton, is new, we'll located. has eighteen
fine large rooms and all modern i'm.
provements. MARTIN LOVERS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
DIED.

At her residence in Richmond, Va, at one
o'clock this Thursday afternoon, lisa
BELLE, wife of James Marshall Taylor. No
tice of funerai hereafter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

The International Boundary Commits.
sioncrs have reported to the Ottawa
Parliament that Mount St. Elias is in
Canadian territory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

UIANTED-AN AGENT in every - Ell eli
w to canvass; 81 to So day iDa r,o,; 10
az sight also MAN to sell stap!e Gar Of
dealers, best line SIS month. e ,a"nere:.
large commission made, experience, ..SCTCs.
sary, CLIFTON SOAP & MAN1cf;n e,s1y
ING CO., Cincinnati, o. Oct2o lew:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
WANTS.

WTANTED-To rent for six o. oI mSSTTIRY
wv beginning May 1st, Cot " tleI.
HOUSE, of 8 or 10 rooms, adJacen1 t%,iiroai.
sndria, and convenient to city D! ,r,;e..
Must have plenty Of shade ana GOO ,o
Address Box 301, Alexaudris PosLon, ~; 8.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26

Bishop Newton confirmed fifteen per.
sons in.the Episcopal Church of War.
renton on Sunday last.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-06

The nest for hen that is to sit and
hatch brood Of chicks should be on
me ground wherever that is possible With
a little management on the part of the
poulterer this can usually be accom-
piished. The advantages OF the nest on
the ground are that the moisture arising
from the soil prevents the eggs from
darying up and destroying the germ Of
the young chick by excluding air The
egg shell Is porous but If there is no
moisture the warmth from the hen har-
dens the membrane inside before the
chick Is able TO break through it. In
such case the chick dies and the egg is
added. Every farmer has noticed that
mems which steal their nests in summer
usually come of with full broods, while
the mems that they take so much pains
10 prepare, generally high up i'm the hen
house. The only DISADVANTAGE of nests
on the ground for sitting hens is that
they may be disturbed by rats, skunks
or other vermin, but IL such vermin abound
II IS quite likely that they will take more
or less of the chicks, and IL is better to
nave the nest riied when il contains
only eggs than to lose all after the chicks
have Matched.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-06
Dnnping on.

A reader in Alabama tells me about his
trouble with cabbage plants in seed-bed.
The same cold-frame has been used for
growing cabbage plants for a number
of years. The great enemy to all seed
ling plants is the disease known as damp
ing off," which is caused by fungus,
and often destroys whole beds and fats
of seedlings. We have sometimes lost a
large proportion of onion seedlings from
just this cause. Prof T. b. Galloway
gives the following account of II: Its
first appearance is indicated by slight
paleness and dropping of the seedlings.
If these be carefully removed, II will be
seen that the root, either throughout
its whole length or it portions is begin
ming to shrink and decay, and that the
root hairs are destroyed. Later, If the
plant is not vigorous enough to resist
the fungus and to put forth secondary
roots, the disorganization Of the tissue
extends to the stem, resulting ultimate
ly in the topping over of the plant and
its thorough decay, although In some
instances the plant remains green for
some days after falling. This extends from
one plant to another, until only few
or none Of the seedlings in a bed may be
1pffp
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-06

a good plan not to plant the entire crop
q one time.
II the seasons prove uufavorable the
whole crop viii not be injured in the same
degree. and when the different fields OF
cotton come VI in convenient succession,
the best plan OF thorough and careful Gull
tivation Is more easily solved AS a rule
the early paintings are more favorable 10
the development of fruit than weed. The
late paintings, on the other hand. being
encouraged by the warm spring sunshine
grow on rapidly and are more easily work
ed by both hoe and pillow. Another adj
vantage of late planting is THAI the first
crop OF grass which already begins TO
show is killed. and thus one blowing less
is necessary in the cultivation OF the crop
an important item when time presses.
II is advisable to put a little fertilizer
in at the time of planting. This will give
the plants a good start. There is already
stored up in the seed nitrogen, phosphorus
acid and potash for the use of the tiny
plants in their first stages of development
but when the roots begin TO search for food
1t is well TO have that which is immediate
~ available in easy reach. For this pur-
pose. from . to 90 pounds to the acre of
some concentrated fertilizer will be found
Of great benefit Mix with "a little rich
earth or thoroughly decomposed manure,
as II should not come in direct contact
with the seeds. Cotton seed meal is not
desirable for this purpose. being injurious
If II comes in contact with the seed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-06

Farm and Fireside says: Lime is often
spoken of and employed as a fertilizer.
Undoubtedly, it has an indirect value in
providing plants with The foods they re-
ouire but, in most cases. I believe. the
beneficial effects observed from its use
are due rather to the action of the lime
in sWeetening sour soils. Many soils are
too acid for the best production of crops
and the use of air slaked lime In correcting
results II we have soils suspected of
acidity. we want to make sure, of course
that such condition exists before we APP
ply the remedy. To make a telling test
nearest drug store for a piece Of blue lit
mus paper.