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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. John S. Trower, q we'll known
contractor and builder, and member
of the Common Council from Clay
Ward, Richmond, died on Sunday.
Mir. ]. w. Rudd, we'll known young
railroad man, of Manchester, met a
frightfrll death at Rocky Mount Satur-
day night by being crushed between
two cars.
Mr.. Male shipped twenty-five head
of cattle from Leesburg, on Saturday, to
be sold in New York to-day. MIR.
Fairfax shipped twenty head yesterday
to be sold Thursday. Both lots were in
tip-top condition.
Rev. w. A. McKeefrey, of Fred
ericksburg, has been transferred to
Winchester, to assume charge of the
Catholic church at that place. He will
be succeeded at Fredericksburg by Rev.
w. B. Hanley, Of Winchester.
Mr.. Thomas Seldom, formerly of
Richmond, died at Birmingham, Ala,
on Sunday. He was son of Hon.
James A. Seldom, Secretary of War in
Mr.. Davis's cabinet. Mr.. Seldom, at
the time of his death, was President of
the Sloss Steel and Iron Works.
On Sunday the horse attached to a
buggy, in which were Misses Aldo
Primmer and Agnes Gayle, SHE'D and
ran away, near New Hope church, in
Stafford county. The buggy was over
turned, and both ladies were thrown
out. Miss Primmer had her right
thigh broken near the joint, and was
badly bruised about the face.
The democrats of Nansemond county
Yesterday declared against free silver.
James City, Matthews, Caroline, Hen
ry, King and Queen, Louisa, Northamp-
ton, Northumberland, Botetourt, Scott,
and Campbell counties declared for free
silver. Free silver resolutions were
adopted in Wythe county. The State
convention meets in Stanton, June 4.
At Charlottesville yesterday, Rev.
William Nelson, colored, tried for the
murder of Thomas W. Thompson, was
convicted of murder in the first degree.
The prisoner received the verdict with
apparent calmness, but his aged mother
broke down, throwing herselfac her
sons knees and shrieking and moaning.
Taylor Harmon, already convicted of
the same charge, was sentenced to be
hung June 81.
DR.. William F. Drewry, first assistant
physician at the State Central Hospital,
speaking of the increase of crime in
Virginia, says: "There are in the pen
itentiary 1,616 prisoners, l,2S9 negroes
and 1921 whites. The ratio of white
criminals to the entire white population
is to 8, 400, that of the negro l to 400.
In 1880 there were in the State prison
317 white and $50 negro convicts.
Crime as well as insanity in the negro
has in recent years increased far out of
proportion to the increase in the gen.
eral population. And all this in the
face of the fact that educational facili-
ties fo- the freed race are being con-
stantly enlarged and improved"
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The Mcthodists.

CLEVELAND, O., May 12.-Bishop
Fowler, of Topeka, Kas., presided at
the session Of the Methodist general
conference this morning. An effort has
been made to smother the amusement
question, but it will not down, and dur
ing the morning memorial bearing on
the question was referred.
A resolution asking for the appoint
of constitutional commission to revise
the constitution OF the church was in
troduced. 1t provides for a commission
to meet at Chicago, which is to formu-
late constitution which will meet the
worldwide scope of the church. Re-
ferred to the committee on constitution.
Francis J. Cheney, of central New
York, introduced a resolution reciting
that the conference has every confidence
in the Christian Endeavor Society.
An attempt was made to refer the
resolution to the committee on Ep-
worth League but it was defeated.
DR.. Quale moved that the resolution
be laid on the table, and the motion
was adopted amid applause.
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THE RAPTISTS.
morning.

The Southern Baptist convention,
which has been in session at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, since Friday last, sd'
journed to-day. 1t was announced
that the gymnasium atthe Theological
Seminary, at Louisville, to which Mr..
Joshua lowering, of Baltimore, con-
tributed $4,000, would bear the name
of that gentleman.
The order ofthe day yesterday was
the presentation of the claims OF the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, at Louisville. 1t was brought
ought that this seminary enrolls The
year 81 students, and is the largest
purely theological school in the
world; that its endowment fund M
creased $4,000 last year and is steadily
rising to the amount deemed necessary
and that its buildings, library and
other equipments will already compare r.,
favorably with any similar school IL
the country.
DR.. Diaz, "the apostle of Cuba,
gave q thrilling account OF his %oTHr
his arrest and imprisonment and Ms
Punishment from his home.
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cupied with efforts to suppress the in.
surrection and is determined not -
Weld 10 the insurgents.
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIPS

Fires immense in extent are ragiro
in the woods in all parts of CleaririI
county, Pa, threatening total destruc.
ton to the entire timber interests.
Fire at Seaford, Del; last evening ID.
stroyed the fruit packing house Of
Greenabaum & Co., and oyster packing
plant and the implement warehouse 81
Hargrove and Coolidge. The total los:
is estimated at $4,000.
1t is alleged that Postmaster Hesinc
of Chicago, yesterday stated in effect
that president Cleveland had recentIr
informed him in unequivocal language
that, under no circumstances, would he
again be in the field"
The woman who committed suicide
Friday at the Colonnade Hotel, New
York, was identified this morning as
Mrs. Julia A. Biller, 81 years of aye. of
Newark, n. ]. The Identification wa,
made by Mr.. Charles H. Biler the
woman's husband. About six weeks
ago Mrs. Biller suddenly disappeared
and her husband had been making in.
auiries in different cities for her since
that time.
1t is now almost certainty that the sink.
ing street railway employees at Milwaukee
will lose the strike. Cars were running las,
night on the main lines and with the cxcep.
ton Of a few harmless assaults, all Is quiet.
John l. Wallace, farmer of Trigg county,.
Ky, and his three sons, aged 20 and I;
years, were killed by lightning yesterday.
Their bodies were found under tree By Ms.
Wallace who went to hunt for them.
A heavy rain fell for five hours last night
effectually quenching the forest fires which
had been burning for the past week at 8 nun.
Der of points and which caused great tctlc.
ton near HoughtOn Mich.
Miss frankie Brewer, daughter of Justice
Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court
died at San Antonio, Tex, last night OF con.
sumption. The body will be taken to Wash.
ington for burial.
President Timblin of the Chicago Tyro,
graphical Union, last night ordered the
printers in the Tribune office To quit work,
but they decided not 10 obey the order
In six months from this date the STANDARD
Oil Company will close its immense plsn; in
Cleveland and remove one Of the cty's laFg.
est industries to New York.
Ex.President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison
arrived Mt Utica, N. Y, to-day and took :
train for their summer home in the AdIon'
dacks.
A dispatch from Concord, N. G., says that q
fouy.pound chunk of gold WAS found at the
Reed mine, Cabarras county, last week.
"Allison will not withdraw from the pres.
dental race" said ex-senator Harlan at Glove.
land last night.
Col. L. ]. Crawford began the argument IN
Scott Jackson's defense at Newport KY, tbs
morning.
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Murder Trial.

BALTIMORE, Md, May 12.-Jerome
Council was placed on trial in the
criminal court to-day charged with the
murder of Frederick Lang and his wife
in November last. The case promises
to be one of the most interesting tried
here for many years. The prisoner is
lad only is years of age and was
raised by the murdered people FROM a
very early period of infancy. A very
great affection existed between the
boy and his mother and father by
adoption until the youngster recently
became profligate and was turned
adrift. He continued to visit the
house, however. Captain Lang and
and his wife were found dead in their
beds last election day, November 5.
Suspicion was early directed to Jerome
Council and within q few hours he
was arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

ARCHBISHOP IRELAND, of st. Paul,
who has done his church in this coun-
try more harm by his republican and
sectional partisanism than all its
enemies have been able to do, made a
speech to the Loyal Legion in st. Louis,
last night, against arbitration as a
means of settling differences, and said
"war is the great instigator of patroit-
ism, and that if We come to stage
where everything in dispute is to be
peaceably settled, we will lose interest
in the affairs of our country in its re-
lations with other governments" And
yet the founder of the religion the
Archbishop processes to have at heart,
taught peace with, and good will to-
ward all men.
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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY -, 1896.

Mr.. ToURGEE, who made short and
Improbable trip to the South as car
pet Dagger, soon after the war between
the States, nurses his wrath against the
white people Of this section, and never
fails to avail himself of an opportunity
to promote enmity against them in the
North and to incite their former slaves
to acts of hostility toward them in the
South. He made speech to a negro
audience in Washington last night, in
which he said cit might be good policy
to preach that the past of the slaves
should be forgotten and forgiven, but
that people who would forget their
wrongs were surely going to be forgot
ten by God. 1t was impossible to for
get such wrongs as they were afflicted
WITH And yet few disinterested and
unprecedented men, familiar with the
condition of the negroes in this country
previous to the abolition of slavery,
will DENY that their latter state is worse
than their first.
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Delaware Republicans.


DOVER, Del, May 12.-The republic
can State convention met here to-day
to nominate delegates to the national
convention and adopt resolutions BOOM
lug high protective tariff. =.
The outlook is chaotic. The higgins
men appear to be undecided whether
to bolt the convention or not. A
caucus of the Wilmington delegates
decided on ex-senator Higgins for
national delegate. The second district
caucus which includes rural New
Castle county, decided on John Pilling
for delegate. 1t is believed that the
convention under the lead of Addicks
will apply the unit rule and name the
entire six delegates.
The convention was called to order
at II o'clock. The Addicks men an
nounced that they were anxious to
avoid turmoil.
A large majority of the delegates
wore Mckinley badges. DR.. Caleb
Layton, an Addicks man, was made
temporary chairman. DR.. Layton with
out making a speech called for the
regular business.
Col. Henry A. Dupont's name was
called as a delegate, but there was no
response. Mr.. Dupont is the claimant
for the seat in the U. S. Senate.
After the roll call DR.. G. w. Mar
shall, one of the Addicks leaders, moved
that q committee on credentials be
appointed by the chair.
This caused much excitement and
bitter speeches were made by both fac
tons in which various charges and
counter charges were made. Finally
the motion of DR.. Marshall that the
chairman appoint the committee was
carried, showing that the Addrick s
men were in majority. This was the
first test and showed that Addicks had
81 votes in the convention and the
opposition 81.
The committee on credentials con.
sisting lof Addicks men was appointed.
The convention decided that all resolu-
tons be referred to the committee and
not read in the convention, despite the
protests of Higgins leaders. During
the debate Delegate Hastings offered a
resolution favoring VIM. Mckinley for
President. a tremendous uproar fol-
lowed; the Addicks delegates protest.
ed. The chairman declared that Dele
gate Hastings was out of order and in
the midst of the confusion the conven-
ton adjourned until $50 o'clock.
Higgins men will probably bolt the
convention this afternoon.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
[ CorrSspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette

WASHINGTON, May -.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce to-day, by vote
off to 4, ordered favorsbly reported
the Nicaragua canal bill, with amend
ments.
Mr.. Morrill,, chairman of the commit
tee on finance, this morning appointed
the following subcommittee to investi-
gate the bond sales Messrs. Harris,
(dem., chairman, Vest and Walthall,
(dems.), Jones of Nevada (pop.), and
Platt {rep). The majority of the COM
mittee is democratic and four-fifths of
it free silver. a favorable report was
ordered on the filled cheese bill.
The following changes were made in
the fourth class postoffices of Virginia
to-day: r. B. Hodsden was appointed
postmaster at Benns Church, Isle of
Wight county, vice VIM. W. Hodsden,
dead; Longview, Isle of Wight county,
Clinton G. Brock, vice Fannie A. Brock,
resigned; Ordway, Carroll coun9y,
Samuel S. Turner, vice Geo. w. San
defer, resigned; Higgins, Grayson
county, James w. Stamey, vice Azel
Williams, resigned.
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Slave Marriages Declared Illegal.

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, May 1.-THE
Supreme Court of Illinois in an opinion
filed yesterday in the case of Maria
Butler ct al versus John H. Butler ct
al, holds that slave marriages, one or
both of the Two contracting parties be-
ing slaves are, of no binding force and
maybe repudiated by either party. In
1871, Butler, a slave, married free
negro woman, in Maryland, according
to the laws of that State. In 1854
Butler, having previously acquired his
freedom, married free negro woman
in the State of Ohio, according to the
marriage law CT that State. The heirs
of both marriages claimed the right of
inheritance, but the Supreme Court
held that the slave marriage is of no ef-
feet and that the heirs by the second
marriage were the true legal heirs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

The Montana republican State con-
vention met yesterday. The A. P. A.
element was defested. Resolutions
were adopted commencing in unquali.
fed terms the action of Senators Teller,
Dubois, Cannon, Mantle and Carter on
the silver question and declaring for
tile free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at ratio
of l6 to /. An effort was made to in
struct the delegates to walk out of the
st. Louis convention in case free silver
was not recognized, but the effort fail
ed. McKinley's name was very coldly
received, and the delegates will go to
st. Louis nninstructed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

THE silver craze seems to have run
away with the democratic party; but
the republican party is evidently as
bad of, being possessed of the high tar
iff craze, which is speeding 1t towards
sure destruction. 1t not only wants
the high duty of the Mckinley bill on
raw material restored, though its re-
moval, by lowering the cost of manu-
features, has greatly increased the ex-
port thereof, but now demands that in
addition to that high duty, FIVE
or ten per cent. moro, be imposed
on foreign products imported in foreign
ships, though, owing to the navigation
laws and the high tariff, this country
has no ships of its own engaged in for
eign trade. If it be true that the gods
first make mad those whom they in
tend to destroy, the condition of both
the old political parties in the United
States is sad, but not pitiable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

THE Queen Regent of Spain, in her
speech at the opening of the Spanish
Cortes yesterday, said the Cuban in
surrectionists would long since have
been suppressed ''if it had not been for
the chimerical hope spread among
them that great nation would
take in hand their illegitimate and
powerless cause, with manifest viola
ton of the public rights" What she
said is known to be true not only by all
the intelligent people of Cuba, but by
every well informed man in every other
part of the world, and such knowledge
is by no means conducive to the good
reputation of the United States in for
eign countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

A NOTICEABLE, if not remarkable,
thing about all, or nearly all, the new
q. S. naval vessels, is the fact that
though on their trial trips they exceed
the contract speed so much as to re-
ceiye hundreds of thousands of dollars
premium, they never again equal that
rate of speed. But there are as peculiar
things on the sea as on the land, and
money is the most pleasant of all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

AND NOW Mr.. Benedict, superintend-
emit of the government printing Office,
and one of the Presidents pets, even
though Mr.. Cleveland is the high priest
of civil service REFORM" steps to the
front and boldly charges the civil SER
vice commissioners with conspiracy.
In the nature of things, republican
government must be corrupt, land that
the civil service law is conducive to
that condition is patent to all observant
people, familiar with human nature.
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Gen. Meyler,s Successor.

MADRID, May Fit is reported
that the ministry are in communication
with Marshal Blanco y Arenas, Gov
ernor of the Philippine Islands, to the
end that if Captain General Weyler re-
signs Blanco will succeed him. A dis
patch from Havana denies the report
that General Weyler has resigned or
will resign.
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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May -.
SENATE.

The House "flled.cheese" bill was
reported back from the finance COM
mittee.
A resolution instructing the commit
tee on finance to inquire whether
American labor and industries are suf-
fering from, or threatened with, in
furious competition through importa.
ton of oriental products was offered
by Mr.. Aldrich and went over on OBJ.
lection by Mr.. Allen.
A resolution to accept the invitation
of the Tennessee Centennial EXPOSE
ton was agreed to.
The river and harbor bill was taken
up and Mr.. Frye continued his argyll
ment in support of the amendment IA
voring Santa Monica as the location
for harbor in Southern, California.
HOUSE.
MIR. Perkins, chairman of the COM
mittee on printing, called attention to
what he considered to be a gross VIC
lation of the privileges to printing"
on the part of Mr.. Wheeler.
"Last Friday" he said, "the House
was considering a resolution reported
from the committee on accounts and
Mr.. Aldrich, in charge of it, yielded FIVE
minutes to the gentleman from Ala
bama. On that occasion he trembled
for his country, and his vibrations ex-
tended over four pages of the Record
for that day." Uaughter).
Mr.. Wheeler criticised the action of
Mr.. Perkins as school.boy perform
ance, and felicitated himself that he
had never, in his career in Congress,
referred to a fellow-member by name
unless it was to compliment him.
He said that once when the present
Speaker (Mr. Reed was making q
speech on the silver question he
(Wheeler) had interjected a remark
which the gentleman from Maine (Mr.
Reed) cut out of his revised report of
the speech for the Record. With that
example before him, he claimed that he
was justified in following it as he had
done.
Mr.. Perkin responded to this that
the contention was wholly unfounded
The gentleman had frequently been a
violator of the privileges of leave to
print. He moved that the superfuous
matter be stricken from the permanent
record.
Mr.. Crisp suggested that the motion
be referred to the committee on rules.
To this Mr.. Paine objected. The
House should determine the matter and
determine it now. The gentleman had
been an old offender, previously plead
ing ignorance as an excuse. Now, he
did not even ask to be excused.
On Mr.. Crisp's motion to commit the
motion to the committee on rules, the
House divided-ayes, 60; noes, 122.
Mr.. Crisp demanded the yeas and
nays and they were ordered.
The result was ayes rs, nays 144.
The motion to expunge was thereupon
adopted.
The House then took up a contested
election case on which there was long
debate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

THE ACCIDENT PROVED FATAL.-lt
was stated in the GAZETTE last week
that Mrs. Georgia McVeigh Johnson
had been knocked down and fatally III
jured by a cable car in San francisco
The details of the accident were -
limited as to the extent OF the injuries
that her relatives were at frs. encoul,
aged to hope that there would be III
serious results. Later inioTma'I0l
brought the details of the accident;
Mrs Johnson was horribly maDSleu
about the face, hands and wrists i ge
sides having her right leg broken on n
was great sufferer for six days WIG"
death came to her relief. ~,
Mrs. Johnson was daughter OF lne
late Townsend McVeigh, OF l'oIuo VI
county, and wife of Colonel v ~. w.
Johnson, who is connected WIN wv
United States Pension Depaf-lnieani
with headquarters at San tFancls.V,
where they have resided fox iAe pa, ,rs
three years. She was q niece o. 'i IN
late W. N. and J. H. McVeigh' .5 10
statue Mrs. Johnson was above ~. 80.
average of her sex, but remarkably, .' o.
tive 10 her movements. Her sirlA Nv,
coupled with her Pleas' w.
manner and vivacity, would aitIaV' o o.
tention in any assemblage. 2ae , %I.
an interesting writer, and lreguen .;:
to the columns oil A!fs'''
and other papers. ,,.-,iris
Her body will be brought to 'lfs ,arr
and Inferred in the old family ceine'e'
near Middleburg.
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From Cuba.

HAVANA, May 12.-General Weyler
authorizes the statement that the pro-
ceedings of the court martial in the
case of Milton and others captured on
the filibuster Competitor, were forward
ed to Madrid for the action of the gov
eminent by the mail steamer leaving
Havana May 10. General Weyler also
states that rumors that he or any of his
generals have threatened to resign if
the sentence of the court martial in this
case should be modified, are utterly un-
trHe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12
Preferred Death TO Arrest.

s1McoE, Ont, May 12.-Constables
Tinsdale and Coates went to the board.
ing house of Ernest Gibbons last night to
arrest him on charge of forgery. Glib.
bons had armed himself with a revol-
yer and when the constables appeared
fired two shots at Tinsdale, but neither
made serious wound. Gibbons then
rushed out into the street and putting
the revolver to his own head blew his
brains ont.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

CARROTS concerning the old cotton fac
tory in this city. He had received the
stereotyped answer from them-$75, 600
for the building and contents if any one
desired to purchase it, or 81 500 per an
mum to those desiring to rent it.
After an interchange of opinion on
some other subjects the league adj
iourned,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

While workmen were replacing an
oil tank in the rear of the Imbecile
Asylum, Columbus, O., which had been
displaced by a falling tree. at l o'clock
this morning, an explosion occurred in
which six men were burned, two per-
haps fatally. The oil ignited from Ian
terms carried by the men,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-12

Mr.. D. P. Davis, prominent l!'T =.
man and merchant Of Goshen, D. no. no.
this to say on the subject OF rhsu and.
tism 81 take pleasure in recomm .5sr.
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm io[ In .ss.
matism, as know from persona t ned
rience that it will do all that Is cla'D nv
for it. A year ago this sPrinss a -.
brother was laid up in bed win MIN n.
matory rheumatism and suffered en-. =,
tensely. The first application o. Gna and
berlain's Palm Balm eased the 'ann,ed
the use of one bottle complete! GU, 70
him." For sale by L. StableF y W.
druggists.