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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

convention band. which is a good one,
filled a half hour with operate airs and
was received with hand-clapplng and
encores. In the intervals between the
band melodies, spectators tried TO pro-
cure CratCry by calling for popular IA
v0rites. and Bryan. o, Nebraska, seemed
10 be the leader in this competition.
At $50 the Committee on Resolutions
h,ei into the inclOSuIe. In the van
WAS the s,alwaut form Of Senator Hill.
As the delegates and crowds caught
sight of him they rose TO their feet and
wildly cheered the New York leader.
Again and again they cried his name,
but the Senator quietly took his seat
and conferred in subdued tones with
those about him as if utterly uGco-r
scious of the tumUlt.
Ten minutes later Chairman Daniel
called the convention TO order, and an
nOuuced that the Committee On Creden-
tia,s was ready to report.
When the reading clerk read the re-
port seating cOur silver district dee
glteS from Michigan, which charged
the complexion OF the delegation under
the unit rule from gold 10 silver, there
was considerable applause among the
silver men Ca the floor. Ex-CongreSs-
man John c. Crosby. Of sSachusettS,
on behalf of the minority OF the COM
mittee took the stage and earnestly pro-
tested against the decision Of the major
iJy. He spoke, he said, IN helalf OF
eighteen States. When he he 4 compile
tei u brief review of the mCits OF the
case. John H. Brennan, a Wisconsin
sold delegate. followed with another
protest. Delegate F. VI. Taylor, Of Ar
kansas. defended the course Of the ma
jori,y of the committee, and his applause
came more from the p.l than the gal
leries He declared that the seating Of
the gold delegation from Michigan was
a most outrageous wrong which the
cCnyeu ion should right.
GOVERNOR MLAURIN,
Of Mississippi. also came TO the defense
o. the committee. He made a careful
review OF he facts to show that the will
of the Democrats OF Michigan did not
prevail in the State convention. Four
hundred and tWenty-four of the 7SS de-
egateS 10 the convention, he said, were
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

Christian Schrepi, the Opera House
druggist, made The following cb:erva-
tions Of the temperature yesterday: a.
m. SO; a. m. y; u m, 73; 3 p. m, n;
p n. So Weather clangeab,e
WASHINGTON. p. G.. July S.-For West
Virginia. Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Showers Thursday morning. clearing in
the afternoon or night; brisk to hlgh
northeasterly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

PRODUCTION caught the fancy of the null
tiJude, which sent up a great shout of
laughing approval.
Name, namer' the galleries cried.
Stevenson" the young ran yelled.
His full name was
ELIOT c ..NN Y.
land SSo5 .aa 5i4S 3Ss se9ins, %sa ~So aiao
\ Jy the silver men with round
\ - four hundred federal office-hold-
eis to swing the Detroit convention for
gold. Defantly he told the convntion
that it had no right to turn out dele
gates selected by a sovereign State, that
by doing so it would establish a prece-
dent that would return to damn it, and
TO these declarations were returned
cries right you are"
The fact that the gold sentiment pre-
dominated in the audienc, or that an
American crowd is invariably with the
under dog brought Mr.. Stevenson more
applause than his predecessors, when ne
walked from the platform.
Then a blue-eyed, sandy-haired well
built young man mounted the stage.
AS he urned and faced the audience and
with a cheer the galleries recognized
>Blue-eyed Billy" Sheehan, who was
Lieutenant Governor OF New York for
four years and who is considered one OF
the past grand masters of politics. He,
too. protested against unseating the gold
delegates. His intimate knowledge Of
political problems enabled him to make
a strong argument against regularity OF
the contesting delegates.
Mr.. Sheehan declared that the purpose
OF the silver men of the convention was
10 secure a majority of the Michigan
delegation in order to vote them as
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR FREE SILVER
Won Among Scenes Never Before Enacted
in a Convention.
Excitement, ElOquence, and Great Ontpour=
ing OF the Spirit,

Was Only a Minor Matter That Awaited Decision
But the Gold and Silver Forces We're Arrayed
Against Each Other, and the Principle Was at
Stake--Aided by the Unit Rule, the Convention
Removes the Gold Plating From the Michigan
Delegation and Places Its Whole Stock of Votes
on the Silver Shelf--To-day viii Come the Bat
tie of Giants.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

While in Topeka last March, Z. T.
Barber. a prominent newspaper man
of La Cygne, Kan, was taken with chol-
era morbus very severely. The night
clerk at the hotel where he was stop
ping happened to have a bottle Of
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and Dlarr-
hoea Remedy and gave him three doses
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09
THE MEETING IN DETAIL.

The Committee an Credentials Occupies
the Time and Free Silver Wins All
An hour before O'Clock the hun
crt-s began strea ming in. pouring up
through the entrances along the slopes
Ike 50 many ants from sand piles. ne
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

THE REGISTER will rablish elaborate
and graphic reports OF the Democratic
National Convention at Chicago during
this week.
News agents shonld order extra copies
at once.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09
RECEIVED By TIE QUEEN.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston

Highly Honored in England--The
Queen Views Their Manoeuvres
and Complin eats Them - Am
bassador Bayard and Many Dis.
tinguished Americans Present at
Windsor Castle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09
STRICKEN WITH PANIC.

Suddenly Governor Altgeld got upon his
chair and faced the chairman. His pale
face was silhoutted against the royal
purple standard of the Illinois delegation
and his long, lean arm was extended to-
ward the chairman, appealing for recog-
milton. The silver delegates regained
their composure as they saw that strong,
masterful figure towering above the for
est of waving arms mistaken by the tu-
multi raging about him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-09

unit for silver and thus increase their
majority to the requisite two-thirds TO
nominate. You fear" said he. with a
sweep of his hand, you fear that you
may be obliged to abrogate the time
honored two-thirds rule if you do not
do this. I appeal to " many OF
whom stood side by side Sith me four
years ago TO stay your hand. This con-
yention was begun in revolution; in
Gods name do not enl it in revolu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
By O'NeaI q Lunt. Auctioners.

By ONeal q Lunt, Auctioners.
pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
Id executed by Levenia Croson on the Sth
day OF October, 1892. and recorded in deed
book No. %, page 36S, one of the land records
of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, the under
signed trustees named in said deed, by direc-
ton of the board of directors of the Mechan-
ic's Building Association No. 4, of Alexandria.
Virginia, the beneficiary under said deed of
trust, default having been made in the pro-
visions of said deed, will offer for sale at pub.
lie auction, at the front entrance of the Mar
ket Building on Royal street in said city, on
SATURDAY,
the 4th day OF January, 1896,
at II o'clock. noon, the following described
property to wit:
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND WITH
THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON in the
city of Alexandria, Virginia, bounded as fol-
lows viz: Beginning at point on the north
side of GibbOn street one hundred and five
feet five inches east of Henry street and run.
ming thence east on Gibbon street, twenty
seven feet, more or less, to the line of the lot
conveyed by Francis Quaid and wife to John
II. Croson, by deed dated the 22nd, day Of
June 1882 and recorded in deed book No. IL,
page 4S6, one of the land records of the city
of Alexandria, Virginia, and running thence
north, parallel with Henry street one hun
dred feet to an alley ten feet wide, thence
west parallel with Gibbon street the length
of the first line and thence south parallel
with Henry street, one hundred feet to the
beginning together with the use Of said alley
in common with others entitled thereto.
Terms of SsIe-Cash.
3. II. WATTLEs,
F.E. GoRgETT, Trustees.
dec20 d2w ]. NJ Hill.
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Alexanaris 6agetts.
PUBLIsHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY At
Gazette Building. $40 Il s12 Prince st.

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Contract advertisers will not be allowed to OK
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at transient rates, and under no circum-
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other than their legitimate business in the
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Marriage and death notices must be paid for
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Resolutions in memoriam, Of thanks, tributes
of respect resolutions adopted by societies
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The GAZETTE Office is connected with the
Telephone Exchange. Advertisements, or
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Entered at the Postofice Alexandria, Virgin.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
Manassas, Va, Jan. 1, 1896.

Not a few who read what Mr.. Rob-
ert ROWS, OF Hollands, Va, has to say
below, will remember their own ex-
perience under like circumstances
hLast winter I had la grippe which
left me in a low state of health. I
tried numerous remedies, none of
which did me any good, until 1 was in
duced to try bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it
so far relieved me that was enabled to
attend to my work, and the second
bottle effected cure" For sale at 25
and so cents per bottle BY L. stabler &
Co., druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
OFFICIAL.
CORPORATION LICENSES.

Persons who are doing business in the city
and who have not paid their licenses are
hereby notified that no further time can be
allowed them. Those now in arrears are per-
SONS who have taken out pro rata licenses
to conduct business during the latter part Of
the fiscal year. They are mostly small
amounts, some Of them balances on accounts,
and must be paid j. otherwise the delin-
quents will be summoned and made to pay
the penalties prescribed for doing business
without Incense. 1 can bo found at the
Mayors Office every morning at half past eight
O'Clock and every evening from half-past six
until eight o'clock.
LII. THOMPSON, Nayor.
dec261w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
REAL ESTATE. &c.
M. B. HARLOW & CO.,
Real Estate Loan & Insurance Brokers,
NO. 10Y S. ROYAL STREET.
REAL ESTATE, &c.
HOMES FOR SALE.

q substantially built building at Del Ray !;
six rooms good locality Price $3.50. Rents
for SIG per month.
Two very fine Two-story Brick Houses on
Columbus street, near northeast corner Of
Oronoco street, with all modern improve
ments; water, gas, bath, ETC., will be sold at q
low figure.
Two.story Brick House, 111S King street !;
water. gas, ETC.; good condition. Price
50, 600 each.
Nos. 30S and 80 south St. Assph street !;
eight rooms each; lot 14x90; bath, gas, etc.
Price $4,000
A fine Ten-room Brick House, 1O11 Cam
eron street lot 2Sx140. Price 81 800.
A Six.room House, almost new. with water :;
lot $3.50; corner Columbus and Madison
streets very nice home, and can be bought
at low figure
Northeast corner Henry and Oronoco
streets; Niue-room House; lot 43 feet inches
by 12O feet. Price 81, 1,500.
House, four rooms lot 17x100 to ten
feet alley; 4C3 north Henry street; very
cheap. Price S675.
FARMS.
Will exchange for House with nine or ten
rooms, or two small houses in good location
in Alexandria, Farm Of 47asi acres in Fair.
fax county, Frame House of rine rooms, and
barn and stable, good orchard, and all neces-
sary buildings.
We have for sale Farm of Fl acres in
Fairfax county, adjoining Edge Hill, and
near New Alexandria Price 500 per acre.
A Farm of nine acres, one mile from Clifton
station, new House of nine rooms; stable,
barn, good spring and good orchard. Prico
81. 1.26O-a bargain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02

THERE will be meeting OF the stock
Il holders of THE NATIONAL BASE
BALL CLUB, of Washington, D. c., JAN
UARY 18th, 1895, at the Office of the COR
poration in Alexandria, Va, to transact such
business as may come before it.
J. Earl. WAGNER,
dec14 law ID Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
IN meeting Of the stockholders of the PEG.
PIES GAS SAVING COMPANY of America
will be held at the office of the comp aay, at
ZIG King street, Alexandria, State OF Vir-
ginia, on the 14TH DAY OF JANUARY,
1896, at one o'clock p. M, for the purpose of
electing Directors Of the company for The en-
suing year. aud for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before
the said meeting Polls will remain open for
one hour.
Dated, Alexandria, Virginia, December a.
1895.
NJ. J. ATMICK, President and Director.
WALTER c. FOSTER, Sect'y and Director.
LUCIEN KNAPP, Director.
SAMUEL w. CURRIDEN, Director.
HENRY E. ELLIOTT. Director.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
AUCTION SALES.
By O'Neal & Lunt, Auctfoneers.

10y " Nchl " du4ts AuSttOACD3os
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
D Corporation Court Of the city of AleIan.
dris, Virginia, in the chancery cause of Msr.
tina Preston, by her next friend, &c. VS.. the Ger
man Cooperative Building Association. No.
S, of Alexandra, Virginia, and Others, enter
ed on the 9th day Of October, 1895, the un-
dereigned commissioners named in said de-
cree, will offer for sale at public auction, on
TUESDAY,
the 21st day of January, 1896.
at II o'clock noon in front of the Royal
street entrance to the Market Building, in
the city of Alexandria, Virginis, the follow
ing described property, to wit:
A TENEMENT AND LOT OF GROUND
in the said city of Alexandria, on the south
side of Duke street, between Columbus and
Alfred streets, in front on Duke street, eight
cen feet one inch u.s. w more or less, and
extending southwardly in depth eighty y-eiEht
feet 1857, more or less, to an alley, with use
of alley.
Terms ofSale: One-thiri of the purchase
money in cash, and the residue in three equal
payments at six, twelve and eighteen months,
evidenced by the notes of the purchaser, bear-
ing six per cent. interest from the day Of sale
and the title to the property to be retained
until the whole of the purchase money is paid.
ALBERT STUART. !
LEONARD MARBURY, Comm's.
WILLIAM E. FENDALL,
/, John S. Beach. Clerk of the Corporation
Court of the city OF Alexandris, Virginia, do
herby certify that Albert Stuart, one of the
above named commissioners, has entered into
bond with approved surety, in the penalty Of
one thousand dollars, as required by the de-
cree entered in the above entitled cause, for
the faithful discharge of his duties as said COM
missioner.
Teste: JOHN g. BEACH,
Clerk of the Corporation Court of the city Of
Alexandria. dec20 dtd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02
By r. T. Knox, Auctioneer.

By Z. T. Knox, Auctioneer
TyRUsTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE PROP
Il ERTY IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY,
VIRGINIA.
BY virtue of authority vested in us by decd
of trust, dated March tenth (1O), 1894, and
recorded in liber "P" No 4, folio $50, one of
the land records of Alexandra county, in
the State Of Virginia, and by request Of the
party thereby secured we will cell at public
auction, in front of tho premises, on
SATURDAY,
the 18th day of January, 1896,
at 3 o'clock p. M, tho following described
real estate in the county aforesaid; viz:
ALL OF THAT PROPERTY known as and
called NORTH ALEXANDRIA, being the
land purchased by William a. Dempsey from
James Peverill, eastward from st. Asaph
Station Junction, except lots 15, is. II, 25,
81, 40, AZ, 4S and 49, as described Ill SUBJ
division made by Thomas N. Carter, County
surveyor, and duly recorded among said
records.
Terms: One.third cash, and the balance
in six (6), twelve 12) and eighteen (1S)
months. The deferred payments to be Sc.
cured by deed of trust on the property. A
deposit of $500 will be required at tho time
Of sale.
JAMES G. sPRIGG, r.,,.o,.
3. z. BEALL, iiu''''o'
dec19 2aw4w
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02

NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the INDEPEND-
ENT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY of Fairfax couuty, Va, will be held at
their Office at Alexandria. Va. on MONDAY.
January 18th, 1896, at 10 o'clock a. m. By
order, &. 81. HAVENER,
Secretary Ind, Nut. Fire Ins. Co. of Fa rfsI
county Va dec30 d
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-02

Y1HE ANNUAL meeting of MECHANICS
L BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS, NOS. !, 9,
3, and of Alexandria, Va, will be held at
212 King street. on THURSDAY, January
2, 1896, at 7:30 o'clock p. m.
LEONARD MARBURY,
dec30 I'd Secretary.
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dac2S I'd

TIME ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock
Il holders ofTHE CAPITAL TRUST COM.
PANY will be held at the Hotel Fleischmann,
Alexandra, Va, on WEDNESDAY, January
8, 1896 Polls open at 2 p. m. and close at
3 p. NJ. Books for the transfer of stock will
close January Bird, and remain closed until
January Sth, inclusive. at this meeting the
following recommendations of the Board of
Directors adopted at its last regular meeting
will be presented for ratification:
Resolved, That we amend Article II, Sec
ton /, as follows to read: "The Board of
Directors shall consist of twelve directors !;
that we amend our charter from an author.
lied capital of 81 100000 to 100000 paid
in capital.
HENRY K. SIMPSON,
dec27 JAMS Secretary.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
INNOVATION IN KANSAS.
Receiver for the santa he Under the Alien
Land Law.


Topeka, Kan. Nov. The bond OF
Charles +. Johnson. who has been ap-
pointed receiver of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railway property
In Kansas. has been fixed at s5oooo.
The court appointing the receiver or
ders him TO enter into an agreement
with the officials of the railroad COM
pany TO operate it's line within hve
DAYS, and II, at the expiration OF that
time, the company has failed to enter
into such an agreement the receiver Is
directed To take charge OF the rolling
stock and operate the line.
II is estimated that the company
owns SOC, 0,000. 900 worth of property In
Kansas. The suit covers the entire
main line. which owns all the real es-
| tate. II is understood that the COM
pany's first move will be to ask that
the case be transferred to the United
states court. General Solicitor A. A
Rurd. of the Santa Fe in Kansas. re-
fuses at present To talk about the case
This is the first case ever filed In
Kansas under the alien land law. and
| its result will be watched with great
| interest by the capitalists and big cor
porations. Receiver Johnson Is the Re
| publican state senator-elect OF Jener
| son and Douglass counties. and
| prominent business man OF Oskaloosa
| Judge Louis Myers. who appointed TN
| receiver, was elected Judge OF his dis
trict four years ago on Democratic
Popullst fusion ticket and was re
elected Tuesday by the political com
bination. Heretofore he has made n
decisions of a noteworthy character
For a local state judge to take sue
action is a decided innovation In Kan
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
JONES ISSUES a STATEMENT.
The Democratic Chairman Concedes the
Election of Mckinley.

Chicago Nov. THURSDAY night
Chairman Jones OF the Democratic ma
tional committee issued statement
conoeding the election of William Nc
Kinley as president of the united
States. Later in the evening Chair-
man Jones, in discussing the situa-
tion. said: What defeated us was the
action of large employers In telling
their men they need not return 10
work on Wednesday IL Mckinley was
defeated. This unquestionably lost US
thousands of votes, for men with
wives and little ones cannot help being
moved by a prospect which threate"S
TO deprive them of work ana cohse
auent means OF support.
But we have won victory Just the
same. for | do not believe that any
political party in this country VIII uare
include the word gold in its PLATFORM
in 1890. Whatever happens. however
we shall not abandon our fight FOR Sill
yer which is just one, and one that
"a hound to triumph. think IL VIII
he the aim of Republicans to deprive
ma of an issue on this question, ana
ermlv believe Mckinley will bend all
his efforts toward securing interna-
tional agreement He is friendly toward
silver There can be no doubt regard
,ng that His public record proves
that. and II he is confronted with
| free silver bill-as ! have little douo'
| he will bel believe he will sign H.
II believe, moreover, that before tn'
close of his administration he VII
| stand In about the same relauot
towards his party that President Cleve
land does toward the Democrau'
nerty Western Republicans VIII un
nuestionabiy urge silver Legislation
nnon him. which. VI course. will be DIT
,ar,v opposed by eastern Republicans
ue cannot please one without givihl
deadly offense to the other. ana
think the result will be that he WI
sIienate the Republicans OF the east
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
Pingree's Proposed reforms.

Detroit, Nov. mayor and Gov
ernor-Elect Pingree, whose plurality
has now mounted to nearly 10000.
Thursday began to announce some OF
the reforms he intends to inaugurate
when he takes hold as governor. lie
declares that the convention system oil
nominating men for office Is RESPONSE
BILE for many of the bad men who are
elected, and he intends to push meas
ure that will seek TO abolish conven-
tions, and have all candidates nomi-
mated at massmeeting. when all the
voters of party can express then
choice The mayor also declares that
he will endeavor to have all railroad
fares reduced 20 a uniform rate OF
cents mile, and to make all corpora
tions pay more taxes.