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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. r. G. Smither, one of the Oldest
of Richmond's citizens, died yesterday
He was born in Essex county.
Mrs. C. w. Hammerly died at bel
residence at Woodgrove, Loudour
county, last Friday of pneumonia, in
about the cd year of her age.
James H. Barton, capitalist and
builder of Barton Heights, popular
suburb of Richmond, filed deed o.
assignment yesterday for $4,000.
Eugene M. Delarue, one of Ashland's
most prominent merchants. died there
Yesterday from abscess of the liver
after an illness of nearly nine weeks.
TIE State democratic committee viii
meet to night at the Exchange Hotel,
Richmond, to select the time and place
for holding the State convention, at
which will be elected delegates to the
national convention. to be held ID
Chicago on the 7th of July.
The residence of Mr.. NJ. A. Thompson,
ia Spottsylvania county, was destroy
ed by fire on Tuesday; no insurance.
The dwelling at Cherry Hill. near Fred
erickrburg, owned by Joseph Tattner,
of Delaware, and occupied by P. S. LS :
man, was also burned on Tuesday.
Prof. Robert L. Garner, of Roanoke,
who went last summer on second trip
to the iungles of Africa for the African
Research Society, of Chicago, arrived
in New York on Monday. He went
for the purpose of learning more about
the language of the monkeys. Prof.
Garner considers that his mission in
perfecting himselfin the monkey tongue
has been largely accomplished.
The distillers and mooushiners III
Rappahannock county are suffering a
bit. Out of forty-eight distilleries, forty
or more have been detected with
crooked brandy" by government rev
enue officers. The Commonwealth S
attorney H. G. Moffett, has been to
Washington in their behalf; however,
things look rather dark for the law
breakers.
The special committee On inyestiga-
ton of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind In
stitute at Staunton, met in Richmond
yesterday evening and made arrange
ments for the continuance of their
work. The work has been delayed by
the absence of a number of its members
who were engaged on subcommittee
in visiting the various institution of the
State, and by the necessity of allowing
Secretary Owens to transcribe the evil
dence lately taken at Staunton. Messrs.
Stubs and Hathaway, who were alb
sent on such trips, have returned and
everything is now ready to press the
work of the investigation to its close.
The citizens of Taylortown: Loudoun
county, have petitioned the Legislature
to enact a law prohibiting the making
of more than ten gallons of cider by any
one family, and Furnishing with fine or
Imprisonment any one who shall sell
the same. The apple crop of Loudoun
was unusually large last year, and as
the apple market was dull the farmers
converted most of their apples into
cider. In consequence of imbibing too
freely of this beverage after it became
s'hard." great deal of drunkenness
prevailed in some sections. especially
among the young men. It is supposed
that that fact inspired the action of the
TaylortoWn people,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

The London Chronicle announces she
actual situation between Great Britain
and the United States in connection
with the Venezuelan boundary difficult
ty thus: Great Rritain is resolved to
arbitrate the Venezuelan boundary dis
mute directly with the United States.
frhe method to be adopted and the de-
tails of the settlement are alone under
consideration. The government ID be-
Jug urged by persons of influence to
conclude the settlement as speedily as
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
ChiIdren,s Homo Burned

DELAWARE, Ohio, Feb. 2O.-The Del.
aware County Children's Home, just
north OF this city, burned to the ground
at midnight. Forty-four inmates, rang
ing in age from Is to 2 years, were all
taken out with difficulty, clad only in
their night-clothing. The mercury was
below zero, and they suffered terribly
before covering could be procured. a
street car was sent for, and the suffer-
ing children were taken to the mayors
Office. The property loss Is $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

IT Is to be hoped. for the good
of the unfortunate inmates Of
,ae States asylums, that the North
cru idea of supplying those asy,
lams with female physicians may
IT be adopted by the Virginia legis'a.
,are. But as that body seems never to
hsve known, or to have forgotten, all
old time Virginia ways, ways that pre-
vnled when Virginia was the most
IGNORED State in the Union, it is by no
ueans improbable that it may be, for
New England isms are now as preva'
le It in Richmond as on their native
heath.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

SOME SOUTHERN men, and some
newspapers printed in the South, are
begging Congress to tax the people OF
this section for the expense of buying
the battleGeids south of the Potomac
and Transforming them into national
parks, for the delectation of Northern
tourists. Such requests from the North,
in view of what has occurred, would
not be strange, but that they should
come from the South, seems unac-
couutabe to these Southern men
who have Inherited the feelings of their
fathers. Most men like to obliterate
the memory of their defeat; but that
I'll do not is made plain by the fact re-
rred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

THE MAUPIN BILL-A dispatch from
Richmond says Senator Little, of Fred
ericksburg, the author OF the propose
substitute for the Maupin bill in The
Senate, is still out of the city, and the
exact provisions of the bill cannot be
learned, although it is understood that
while it will supposedly squelch the
Alexander Island track, it will allow
pool selling at agricultural fair grounds
and, therefore, is opposed to the mora
sentiment of the State.
The race track bills will come before
the Senate committee on courts of jus
tice again today. The matter would
have been settled Tuesday night except
for Mr.. Little's absence.
Several Senators have declared open
IL that the Msupin bill will not pass
the Senate if they can prevent it by
their votes and influence, and the
friends of the bill are apprehensive that
their influence will be strong enough
to kill the measure.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Norfolk Virginian says: A gentle
man from Virginia, who has been al
most constantly in Richmond since the
Legislature met, was in Washington on
Tuesday. He stated positively that the
Maupin race track bill would pass the
Senate, This statement, however, is at
variance with the general belief here,
for the last reports were that by add
ing amendments in the Senate to the
House bill, sending it back to the House
committee, then House disagreement
to the Senate amendment and request
for conference committee would now
keep the bill in chancery until the ex
piration of the Senate. This would
naturally seem to presage fight be-
tween the Governor and the Senate, for
it is we'll known that Gov. O'Ferrall
has determined not to sign any meas
ure less drastic than the Maupin bill
and further than that, should the legis-
latiye term expire without the passage
of such measure, he would call
them in extra session Immediately
after the final adjournment. The cost
to the State of an extra session would
be considerable, as under the law each
member would be paid for go days,
even though it required only 5 or 10
days to pass the bill, yet the Governor
will do it, for whatever else may be
said of Col. O'Ferrall he is man of
plenty of nerve. The vote in the SEN
ate upon the Maupin bill will make
many story for future recital, for it
will be pregnant with interest from
more standpoints than simply that of
representation of public sentiment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

BLOWN Ur BY DYNAMITE.-An ex.
plosion of dynamite has occurred at
Viedendorn, Transvaal, and the poor
quarter of the town has been blown to
pieces. Hundreds of houses are in
iuins. and the havoc wrought is fear.
1ul. A number of persons have been
killed. and the populace has turned out
an masse and is working to rescue
those who may be buried in the ruins
The windows of every house in Johan,
nesburg were broken by the force of the
eynIoSion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.-The fol
lowing preamble and resolution in ref
erence to the proposed memorial
bridge has been passed by the Legisla-
ture:
Whereas the United States own over
eleven hundred acres of land in Alex
nndria county. upon which it pays no
taxes, known as the Arlington estate,
on part of which is situated the Ma
tional Cemetery and Fort Myer, leav-
ing about eight hundred acres of unim-
proved lands, making dreary waste
on the front and face of the county,
thereby impeding the progress and
prosperity of the same;
And whereas the people of said
county believe that said large tract O.
land in its present dilspidated condi.
ton is detrimental to the advancement
OF the county's interest, and that if a
bridge were constructed from the seat
of the national government to this es-
tate, it would cause the beautifyiug
and putting to some useful purpose this
unused portion of said land, now, there
fore, be 1t
Resolved by the Senate (the House
of Delegates concurring), That the SEN
ators and Representatives from this
State in the Congress of the United
States are hereby urged to exert every
effort to secure the passage of bill for
the construction of a bridge from
Washington city in the District of Co
lumbis, across the Potomac river to
Arlington Reservation in Alexandria
county, Virginia, aud to urge the i'm
provement and the putting to some
useful purpose the unused portion of
said estate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

NIAGARA's GREAT Ice BRIDGE.-The
"dry" condition of Niagara Falls, on
Tuesday was such that, under the guild
auce of John Barlow, the Cave of the
Winds guide, party of thirty men
made an exploration of the Cave of the
Winds, the like of which was never
made before. The cave could be reach
ed only on the remarkable ice forma-
ton, the bridges and stairways hereto
fore in use having been crushed to
pieces.
The cave presented remarkable ap.
pearance. In some places the ice form
ed on the rocks lowered sixty to eighty
feet above the heads of the spectators.
Instead of the immense volume of water
ordinarily coming over there was scarce.
ly more than mist.
From this spot, which is within the
circle of the Horseshoe Falls, the party
walked on the ice bridge directly be-
fore the American Falls and within full
sweep of it, following almost the line of
the course taken by the Maid of the
Mist steamer in the navigation season.
This is the first time the bridge has
been known to extend so far east, and
no one has been known to have trav-
eled over the route taken Tuesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The republican members u tHe
Senate and House will hold Joint
caucus tonight on the tariff bill.
Spanish troops have defeated detact-
ments of insurgents under Generals
Gomez and Maceo within a few mile;
of Havana.
Hayward and Hutchinson, of Wash
ington, Yesterday made an assignment.
The assets are listed at S24 ,329; the liza
bilities at $4,000.
The Mississippi Legislature yester.
day adopted resolutions favoring free
coinage and opposing a presidential
nominee whose views are not the same.
All the powers, it is announced in
Cous!antinople, have recognized Prince
Ferdinand as ruler over Bulgaria, IN
accordance with the request of the Sui
tan.
The Swanpauoa Hotel, large four
story frame and brick structure, at
Asheville, N. c., caught fire yesterday,
and was damaged to the extent OF
$4,000
A company of Alsatians belonging to
the German infantry deserted and
marched across the frontier into
France. They were disarmed, but al
lowed their freedom.
Headquarters have been opened IN
New Orleans by the managers of the
presidential campaign of William G.
Whitney for the States of Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama.
Philadelphia and New York parties
were here to-day for the purpose OF
witnessing the tests which were being
given the new cars of the electric rail-
way.
A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela,
says it is reported there that Great
Britain will accept the decision of ths
United States commission as to the
boundary line between Venezuela and
British Guiana.
The pardon of ex-Consul John l..
Waller, was sent to President Faure, OF
France, for his signature. Waller was
convicted and imprisoned on the Island
of Madagascar for illegally communl-
eating with the Hovas.
The Maryland House Of Representa-.
,ives yesterday practically killed
civil service reform in Maryland by
passing the Bruce bill, with clause
attached, referring the whole matter TO
vote of the people at the election IN
November.
Adelaide Thompson entered suit in
Washington yesterday for divorce from
Malcolm Thompson, truck farmer
whom she married at Fairfax Court
house in June, 1870, but who, as she
alleges, deserted her in Washington III
March, 1894. She alleges several in,
stances of cruelty, says her husband
owns property, and she, therefore,
claims alimony as we'll as divorce.
A double murder has occurred al
Harlan Courthouse, KY, in which Mil,
ford and Felix Fee were instantly killed
and John Fee dangerously injured.
The SO Fee brothers were drunk, and
became involved in fight. Before
John Fee could separate them they
fired simultaneously, and both fell
lead. John Fee may die from the IN
juries he received, as two bullets hit
him.
In the Senate yesterday the diple
matte and consular appropriation bill
was passed. About sixty private pen
sion bills were passed. The House pass
ed the army appropriation bill carrying
500 ,275, 9O2. The conference report on
the urgent deficiency bill was adopted,
and the bill to extend for five years the
time in which the government can
bring suits to annul patents to public
lands under railroad and wagon road
grants was passed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
PERRINE's COMET

PERRINE's CoMEr-Perrine' comet u'
brightest of the comets seen la-t
been hidden for some time in the q.
sun, but is now sgain visible in l.-
Just before sunrise. IL IS AN ea,y
the great telescope Of the Leander ST..
observatory. at The University AZ
with which IL was observed Tu
Ing By Professor Stone, of that
IL IL, however, now much fiiater 'lta
last obs rived; in fact, is only atou. aH. [
Ms bright rs when discovered, aud
growing fainter. slight tail 10 t.-r
mere yestige Of the beautiful q '-4-7'
tn It accompanied il when frs; seen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
In PURSUIT OF THE ELopERs.-Cap

IN PURSUIT OF THE ELoPERs.-Capt.
Dugro, formerly an officer in the Con-
federate army. and once resident of
Virginia, but now of Evansville. Ind,
is searching for his seventeen.year- old
daughter, who ran away last Thursday
to get married to Fitzhugh Lee Carter,
who is said to be relative ofGen. Fitz.
hugh Lee, and is q lumber dealer in
Cincinnati. Some months ago Carter
met Miss Dugro at White Sulphur
Springs. Capt. Dugro did not approve
of the intimacy and last Thursday took
his daughter to Chicago, where Mr..
Carter arrived soon afterward The
couple decided to get married, and Miss
Dugro, after leaving note explaining
what she had done, disappeared. Capt.
Dugro discovered they had bought a
ticket for New York, and followed on
the next train but arrived an hour after
they had left. He was furious when he
discovered he had just missed them and
vowed he would settle with the young
man when he found him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Our people are growing more IT, T.
more in the habit of looking 10 -. 4
Stabler & Co., druggists, for the l i.ae
and best of everything in the o ,,ss
line. They sell Chamberlain md I'D
Remedy, famous for its cures oi ,,s,
colds, Group and whooping cYU r.fs
When in need of such a medicine. Il Ia
this remedy a trial and you WIZ
more than pleased with the resul.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

PANIC AT A BALL.-At mask ball
given by the Artists Club of San
Tarem, Portugal, Tuesday night, fire
broke out shortly before midnight, and
spread with great rapidity. A terrible
panic followed the first alarm, and all
present rushed for the exits, which
were soon jammed with terrified PEG
pie. Despairipg of escaping by any
other means, women and children then
jumped from the windows, seriously
lniuring themselves. Friends of the
jewellers rushed into the burning build
ing later to aid 10 the work of rescue,
and many of them were caught by the
flames before they could make their
way out again. Thus fur, thirty-four
bodies have been recovered. King
Charles aud Queen Amslie will go to
San Tarem to assist the families of the
victims of the fire during the Artists
Club ball. The number of bodies re-
covered up to this time from the ruins
is forty. All of the bodies of the vic
TINS thus far recovered at San Tsram,
except one, are those of women and
.irls.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
The BangaIore Gets OFF.

FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Feb. 90
The British ship Bangalore, from Java
sugar laden, which went ashore on the
Horse Shoe yesterday while in tow, in
consequence of the breaking of the
hawser, was successfully hauled off this
morning and towed into Hampton
Roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Miss Dona NJ. Payne had to elose y.
school at Hume, Fauquier county y. y,
two weeks on account of measIts. -Ssa %,
ly all the children in that place n''g
had the disease; some families haye ~. ~
nine children down with it al enc '.lI''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

A bomb was exploded at about nine
O'Clock last night in the garden of the
royal palace in Madrid. A search was
at once Instituted by the palace guard,
and while this was being carried on
three other bombs we're exploded at
different points in the garden. No one
was injured by the explosions, which
are believed to have been the work of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Miss Laura Alice Haynie was 5lFaea
to death Tuesday ct her home u
Spottsylvania county. She was s'ale
ing near the fire when her CLOTHES y
nited. She rushed out OF the aeu .j
and was so badly burned before ~
reached her that she soon died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
10 the editor of the Alexandria Gazette.

o the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
The accounts in this mornings Wash
ington papers of the proceedings in the
Congress of the Daughters reminds me
of the account which Juvenal gives of
the worship of the Bona Dea," or the
"Good Goddess" by the ladies os Rome
in the first century of the Christian era.
After describing the ceremonies and
the secrecy with which they are con-
Quoted, he says:
Illuc, sibi conscius unde fugit mus,
Intulerit; ubi velsri pictura jubetur,
Qumcunq; alterius fe1us imitata fguram est.
And which Clifford translates as fol.
lows:
Where the he mouse in reverence lies con
cealed,
And every picturs of male is yelled.
QUITS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
From Richmond.

RICHMOND, Feb. 2O.-The Senate
committee on courts of justice to-day
BY vote OF to reported the Maupin
anti.gambling bill which has passed the
House. This practically settles it that
the measure will become law.
MIR. Mushbach offered in the Senates
bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon
Military Institute.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is great. and
Secretary Carlisle is his prophetic the
cleveland democrats" They have
elected republican U. S. Senator in
Maryland and are now trying to do so in
Kentucky. Cleveland democracy" is an
expensive luxury to the democratic
party. Rule or ruin is their idea, and
as the former is impossible, the latter,
il is feared, is the only alternative.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Mr.. John Curle,t, president Of ll'
Central Savings Bank, of BaliIHo'a 4
died on Tuesday. He was the iaile.
Mr.. T. spicer Curlett, OF Lanc''''
county,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20
WANTS.

uIANTED-AN AGENT IN every seG II.
w to canvass; 81 to 50 day mace r.: .
at sight; also MAN to sell staple gG9rs q
dealers, best line $75 month. sa ln,.s.
large commission made, experience a lcTTs
sary. CLIFTON SOAP Is MANU- ;Aa Siy
ING CO., Cincinnati, o. oct2o i'"o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Cars belonging to the Pennsylvania
Company have, it is said, been broken
open and, robbed at Jackson City re.
Gently.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-20

Bill Nye is thought to be dying at his
home near Asheyille. N. G.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-04-10
Without a Rival.
Ii the Opinion OF MIR. l.. Van Dusen, q
Well-known Ovosso Real
Estate Man.

Mr.. l.. Van Dusen is well-known real
estate man and an old resident of Owosso
He has found out the merits of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills and tells what he thinks of them
He said to our representative:
al think that Doans Kidney Pills stand
to-day a medicine without a rival in the re-
lief and cure they give to Kidney sufferers.
Elderly people as rule are troubled more
or less with Kidney ailments and | have
been no exception to the rule. My trouble
was great and most distressing pain across
my kidneys and scantiness of urine. The
urine became very difficult to pass, SO that
at times it would almost stop entirely. This
is condition that brings with it many a
pain. | would have such distress right
through my abdomen that could sometimes
hardly stand it. | went to Johnson. d
Hendersons drug store and got a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. The results from their
use have fulfilled the claims made for them
They caused the urine to flow naturally and
removed the pain and distress from across
my back and kidneys. have known them
to do Just as good work for others My
wife suffered very much from baclSache, SO
severe at times she could hardly get around,
and felt generally miserable. Deans Kid
ney Pills gave her almost immediate relief
and she has not been troubled since. They
are unquestionably a grand kidney medi-
cine, and / have no hesitancy whatever i'm
giving them my fullest endorsement. have
recommended them to many myself and
wherever used, the report is the same"
Doans Kidney Pills are for sale Ivy all
dealers-price 80 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for
the United States. Remember the name,
Doan'c, and take no other.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-04-10
CITY ELECTION AT DIES MONIES.
Returns Show Republican Victory by
About 1000 Majority.

Returns Show Republican Victory by
About 1000 Majority.
Dies MONIES, April The city election
passed off quietly. The vote polled was
not large, considering tho length and in.
terest Of the campaign. Returns so far
show the election of John MacVicar, Re-
publican, by slight majority over c. C.
LOOMS, Democrat.
Later returns indicate that MacVicar,
Republican, was elected over LOOMS,
Democrat, by about 1000. The contest
was largely on party grounds.
The majority for the ticket ranged from
1000 TO 3, 800. The ordinary majority for
the Republican party is 800 MacVicnr is
elected mayor on a platform declaring for
the.aboltion Of private ownership of pub
lie franchises. on which the campaign was
fought.
DUBUQUE, la, April 7--lhe most ex-
citing election in the history Of this city
ended last night in the overwhelming ma
jority for T. \, Duffy for mayor. indie
pendent. The issues ere q doodle coun-
cil'' and good gov 'rnmcpt.' The Inde-
pendents also elec5 The auditor. assessor
and three OF five alderusn