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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Sultan OF Turkey is reported 10
nave signed an trade promising reforms
for the whole OF Turkey.
TIE report il revived in railroad
circles that Ar. Geo. 3. Roberts, the
president OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company: is about 70 resign.
"Pedlar" Palmer, 0. England, VINO
holds the title OF champion bantam
weight Of the world, last night defeated
JOAN Murphy, o. Boston. in twenty
round 90 before the National Sporting
Club in London.
Sir Julian Paunc=fore. the British
ambassador 20 the United States, viii
sail for New York on Wednesday. He
has final Instructions in regard TO the
Venezuelan boundary dispute, g salts
factory settlement OF which Is expected
within g month or TWO.
\ dispatch from London states that
lhe effect OF Lord Rosebery's speech at
Edinburgh mas been to produce re-
marEable change il popular feeling.
and gives the death blow TO the Ar
menian agitation. and that the recent
visit OF the Gar TO Paris indicated that
ali Europe Is low in common accord 10
preserve peace.
Senator Quay says The election OF
Mckinley and Hobart Is an Accom-
plished and assured fac,. They will re-
ceive go electoral votes. Bryan will
receive 10, and there are six States
having g. electoral votes which are
doubtful. but the probabilities al point
10 the fact that these 81 votes will 20
into the republican column"
Al the final meeting IN New York on
Sunday OF the international Missionary
Alliance Convention more than three
thousand persons were present and
1922 COO were given or pledged TO the
cause. Watches aud jewelry were piled
on the Music Hall platform By men aud
women, who drew the rings from their
fingers, took the watches from their
pockets. unclszped the pins in their
clothing and pushed their way to the
front in order 10 contribute the fund.
This amount il the largest that has
ever been raised by the alliance.
Wn. J Bryan went from 81. Paul to
her sister city yesterday evening, aud
MINNEAPOLIS received him with enthusl-
am. He spoke TO four big meetings
last night in three places: Exposition
Hall, Bridge Square. on the banks OF
me Mississippi river, just outside the
nall: Lyceum Theatre. to an audience
Of women, and Yale Place, public
-quare in the city. Mr. Bryan having
expressed a preference 10 make the
journey between the twin cities by
trolley, rather than in hiS private car, q
special car. deliberately decorated. was
engaged. Mr.. Bryan declines 10 com
ment for publication on Archbishop
Ireland's letter, holding that be cannot
make an exception to his almost invs-
riable rule not 70 enter into contro-
vefzy with any person on political sub
iactS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Tnat LIZ rs these millions and viii
spend them 20 gain his ends there i 70
doub.. Mr. McNllin 0: Tennessee. in
2 dispatch 70 the New Yo7k J51raai OF
today, 5pea& TIE truth when he 5ars
D;diu= Jgliauus did 10. pay a. much
ior the Roman Empire when he bought
i. z; auction OF the Pcetorisn Guard
g. Marx Hama is ready 70 pay. and
ms me money. 10. the Presidency for
Mckinley. 81 that bulldozing. bribery
and corruption can do 70 thwar. the
viii 0: me people and defeat justice
viii Dc done.
NJ. L. G. Johnston, OF Culpeper
county, Virginia. who has acquired
considerable l3cal reputation Is po-
ii,iczl prophet, says Mr. RiIey's ma
jority il hi= di=tric. viii be :o-ty-two
hundred.
Mr. Lindsay Gordon, who canvas5ed
Loudoun county, Virginia. for Nj.
RiIey, in consequence OF the injury The
later received oy 81 accidental fall,
completed that WORK last Saturday.
He says TIE democrats OF the coun-
- we're never il better condition than
they are DOW, and thar tie gold boilers
viii cu, 3gu-e there. IN the whole
Hamilton p.rtl -. te Gays, he doesn :
think there Is one OF them.
Among the visitors mere today on
private business Is Congressman Elicit
Of Richmond Mr. Elicit says Ms
State viii give Bryan good majority
and that Lamb, the democratic cand.
date FOR Congress il MS district, will
% elected. Mr. Elicit Is not for free
silver e. Il 70 l. 90. ne says there are
other things 10 fsht for in this cam
paign besides currency, and that ne i
going On the stump FOR the national
democratic candidate and Tor the dem
oc-af:c candidate il MS own district.
Mr. McCaull, the republican candi-
date FOR Congress in the Alexandra
district. will noE canvass Loudoun
county and be assisted " MIR. 3. H.
Warner, banker OF this city.
Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase By ricn butcher OF this city
OF large lot a. Rosslyn, IL Alexandra
county, belonging 70 Messrs. Harlow
and Agnew OF Alexandra, for slaughter
house purposes on large scale
/. having been reported that ten
thousand dollars mad been LEFT At the
Ovens House here 70 BE- bet upon Nc
Kinley's election. democrats went there
last night 20 cover g.. but found that il
azd been witnd a"n. Mr. Jones. +
bookmaker OF thi- city, says the odds il
favor OF Mckinley are gradually getting
even, and hat from present appearance:
they will soon De in favor Of Bryan.
An old soldier named Simon O'Kaue
hanged himself near Woodside, Nd
early this morning. he was a member
Of the l7,h Wisconsin Volunteers. and
was ffty-fve years Old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Mr.. PROCTOR, civil service commits.
sioner, having at last determined that
ne must not be left out of the elect of the
mugwumps, cuckoos and boilers, has
joined the Cleveland procession and de-
clared in opposition to the democratic,
and in favor of the republican ticket.
There are recording angels on earth as
in heaven, and though they are fallen,
what they write will be used as con-
elusive evidence in future years against
those who deserted their party in it's
hour of extremity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

NOT ONLY are republicans threaten,
ing TO resist the decision Of the people
at the next election, if it be against
them, but even the boilers
Presidential candidate il disgust
ed with the popular will, and,
in a speech at Detroit yesterday, he
declared that for himself he would
prefer to live under righteous mon
archy than 10 submit to such principles
az those declared by the Chicago con-
vention.n Well, there are many other
people in this country who are sick and
tired OF republican institutions, but
their objection to them arises not so
much from any fault they find with
them, as from the fact that the pluto
Gratis are using them az means Of fur
thering their own selfish ends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

u GREAT BRITAIN. & monarchical
couutry, the Office holders can take any
pa-. in politics they Ike. either tor OF
asains: the ADMINISTRATION: but il this
land O.: lioerty, while the oiice hold
ere can be a. active Is they please IN
opposition . the democratic ticket, i
thsy say a word il favor OF that ticket,
:ney are in constant danger Of removal.
Soue Q: the later have already re-
c.ived their dizchayge, and others are
in daily expectation Of receiving their.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

GOVERNOR O'FERRALL says he be-
lieves twenty thousand Virginia dem
ocrats will desert Bryan. The Govern
or has had an exaggerated idea of the
strength OF boilers ever since he bolted
the regular Confederate army to get
into Imbodin's irregular force, and
subsequently boted the regular
democratic congressional ticket in his
own district. He doesn't understand
Virginia democrats. They do not pull
down their houses because there may
be one or two bricks in them that don't
exactly suit their fancy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

NJ. LAUTzgs4cE, chairman OF the
republican county committee Of New
YORK. didn't state the question correct
" waeu h asked republican meeting
il hi cay Is: Saturday night whether,
in cz.e Of Bryan'a elec.ion, they would
sn5mi, 70 tne southern gang h
=hoqld asve pu. ni= question &c follows;
in czse enough votes be bought Win
TIE .aillionz Of the rich 20 elect 1cRir-
ley. TIE bone and zinew Of the wno!s
couuc.y. t1e aen who earn their bread
by ire swea. Of their taces and TIE con-
s:ant use o.. teir brainz, viii submit to
TIE purchased dscizion in favor Of 9
few pl1:ocratz, VINO have anA=sad their
wsal.a By means Of special legislation,
and who r=fu5e 20 i. i BE- taxed 70 pay
tnsir share Ct the governmeHiz e1-
penses: That me question, aud the
solution 0: i: vii worry the plutocfa'=
m Ir.-Iz
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

LIEUTENANT Cs4=. T. O'FgzRALL.
Q; Ire c. :. a. and Lieutenant
Colonel Chs. T. O'Ferrall, Of In
boden's command. an irregular force.
uow Governor Of Virginia, =ayz ''he
could not De Z republican because ne
regards the principles oftne republican
party e. inimical 70 the Interest," Of thi=
couutrY, and os=ids5. the record OF the
Southern wrongs inflicted by tha. party
IL 100 deeply written in his memory TO
BE- erased" Having said tbiz, ne de
clares, il effect. that ne will do al be
can 70 put the republican party il
power 'iuimicsl az it is 10 the inter
ests Of the country''-by supporting
Palmer, in order 70 take votes away
from the only man who can defeat
Mckinley. There are rare men &c
well a. rare birde.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

AMBASSADOR BAYARD manifested bis
disgust at popular institutions when he
was member Of Mr.. Cleveland's frat
administration. 1t is not at all Won
derful therefore that he should object
to the action Of the overwhelming ma
jority of the Chicago convention, com
posed as it was of the fairly and regu-
iarly elected representatives OF the
democratic party in all the States Of
the Union, aud should declare in favor
of ticket nominated by few self-ap-
pointed delegates to a plutocratic Assem-
blage at indianapolis, and that, too,
though he knows that every vote that
ticket may receive will count in favor
of the republican candidate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Two YEAS ago nobody opposed
Colonel ". c. ?. Breckenridge more
than the republicans O: nis district. To
them, then, ne vas :he worst OF men, in
every relation OF lie. Those same re-
poblican= haye now united win the
gold boilers Of their district, who sly
the resumption OF silver coinage would
be both dishonest and immoral, and
nominated hin for Congress. But the
oojsc. OF toe republicans Is success:
the means by which it tnay De obtained
are g nothing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
Proposal OF Fu-ion in North {

Proposal OF Fusion in North Carolina
RALEIGH. y. c.. Oct. 13.-The demo
cratic central committee wss in session
mere until alter O'Clock this morning.
|. reviewed the situation and decided
that the republicans would certainly
elect their State ticket unless fusion OF
democrats and populists wss affected
The committee therefore proposed 10
the populists fusion on both the State
and Congressional tickets. The pro
position was sent to the popuiis, State
chairman this morning. /; i that
Watson. democrat. shall be the Joint
candidate FOR governors Guthrie. popu-
list, for lieutenant governor, with pledge
that the democrats shall support him
:or the United States Senate; Cyrus
Thompson. populist. ior secretary OF
State: W. H. Worth, populist, for treas
urer: and ". 4 Montgomery, populist,
for Supreme Court Justice. The propo-
Sition as 10 congressman is that the
populists shall take the first, third,
fourth and seventh districts. The popu-
list State chairman has summoned his
entire State committee By telegraph TO
meet here Wednesday.
As soon as Populist State Chairman
Aver read the democratic committees
proposition for complete fusion with the
democrats, ne said You can say from
ne that this proposition Will not be &C.
cepted."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

CHARGES AGAINST A CLERdYhAG.-The
courthouse at Marlboro, Nd, was crowded
Yesterday &c hcer the case of the State vs. B.
F Crsbbs. This is criminal prosecution for
libel in which Mr.. Crabs accused ReY. MIR.
Howard F. Downes formerly of Laurel, with
familiarity with Mr.. Crabbs wife. Mrs.
CrabDs has loft her home and her whei eabouts
is not known. A large crowd of witnesses
are being exa mined, and the affidavit OF Mrs.
who cleaned the church. said she
had seen the minister and Mrs. Crabbs locked
in the church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
RrcKLEN.s 40 sALvI

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Ghilblains, Corns and all Skin krup-
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ray required. Iii guaranteed to eve
perfect satisfaction or money reiunfed.
Price % cents per box. For sale W
Ernest l.. Allen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
The Castles Released on Bail.

LONDON. Oct. l3.-Mr. and Mrs
Walter u. Castle. OF san Francisco,
who were arrested on October OIL .
charge OF stealing number Of valuable
!ur=. were again arr4igued to-day ard
r-manded Tor week Tne great Narl-
borough stree; courtroom was crowde!
with spectators. most OF tasm wei.
known 10 fashionable circles NJ
Castle was greatly agi;ste9. AID : 80
walked into tne court vas l?poT.eG d
her husband, who kept rs arm syoac1
her. Hon. J. K. Roosevelt, sec:5,zry
OF the Cnited States embassy. aid III
HUDSON were present e. representatives
o: the embassy 70 safeguard The :n:e-s=:s
Q; the prisoners M!. Avery, repre-
=enting the public prosecutor. said -
case was an oFdina-v affair Q: =aop.i+.-
Ing. l. was Difficult. % b5;=v5
that the male prisoner could 5aye
been unaware c: wts- a::;e.e=
MS wife had il FER possession
NJ. Avery admitted. however. ;na: !
was possible t1at the busbSnd lad beer
unconscious o: what was going OF.
1T. NIzI!t- - St-Gr"-, C-----C! -. SO
prisoners, d1eit upon the integrity.
high position and afiuence Of the prs
ouers. but Ms. Castle. ae said. was
lsboring under the effects c: disease
which was likely 10 lead 70 :empora-
~ overthrow 0: her mind. aud 70 this
ihe doctors would testify when called
upon. The physician CT Holloway ja.l
stated to the court .hat,he detention q
Mrs Castle il jail had been and would
continue TO De h:gnly Injurious 70 Ter
health. a. she was OF q highly nervous
temperament ard disposition. Tue
prisoners were then admitted TO hail 10
the sum OF 100000 for their appear
ance in court next Tuesday. The bal
was furnished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
he meeting then adjourned.
Deception Easily Practiccd

is the offer of q reward for any case OF ca
.arrh not cured" by certain cures" Moth
ing is said regarding the number OF bottles
required. and therein lies the deception.
Elys Cream Balm is az elegant preparation,
agreeable to use, and immediate IN lts bene-
6cial results. 1t cures catarrh. You can
rely upon the fact that il contains no iner'
curry nor other injurious drug. oO cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN.-Receiyc
John Gill. of the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valley Railroad, Mr.. E. ]. D.
Cross. of the counsel for the Baltimore
reorganization committee, and Messrs.
VIM. H. Blackford and John A. Temp.
kins, members of that committee, went
to Wilmington, \. c., yesterday. They
will attend court proceedings to-day.
when a petition for the sale of the
property will be heard. This is to be
made in pursuance of the plan Of reor-
ganization.-baIt0.S Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
J. c. NISDE, President.
H. T. GARRETT, Secretary.

;EN1SDE'5 STORE, Va, Oct. 10, 1896.
At meeting Of the Bryan, Sewall
and Rixey Club, held at this place to
night, the following resolution was Of
tered and unanimously adopted
Whereas it has come 70 the knowledge
Of this club that lion. Chas. T. O'Fer-
rail- has bolted thu Chicago ticket auo
is doing all in hi power to defeat vii,
liam J. Bryan, and whereas Mr. O'Fer-
rail- was elected TO his present position
by the democratic party Of Virginia,
Be it therefore resolved, That he has
most shamefully betrayed the party
that elected him, aud that common de-
cency demands that he resign at once.
]. c. NINDE, President.
II. T. GARRETT, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Il NJ. BRT4S De elected President,
me people Q: tie country may rest az
sursd tnat should II become necessary
10 is=pe any nore government boad=.
or any purpo=e, reitner NJ. Morgan
nor Mr. Belmont. Dor any other agent
Of foreign syndicases vii be called 10
tn= White House E: night il order TO
get nis views as 70 me placing Of such
bonds. I; tbe United States cannot
manage their OWL financial affairs
without the assistance OF foreign zyndi-
Gates tbey nad better shu. up shop.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

FREE SILVER CLUB.-The democrats
0: Ninde's store, King George county
have formed very hourishing Bryan,
SewalI and Ri1ey Free Silver Club
We have now on the roll forty-three
members aud expect to have many
more 70 join at our next meeting. The
following officers were elected ]. C..
Tinde, president; T. E. Coskley, first
vice president: L. ". Jet, second vice
president: Il. T. 6 rnett, secretary.
Al our last meeting the following
resolution was J. sented and unani-
mouEly adopted
That the than OF this club are here
by rendered to the Hon. ]. E. Mason
and Judge c. H. Ashton for their most
eloquent. forcible and logical speeches
delivered to us at our last meeting.
The democrats Of this section are
thoroughly in earnest, and Shiloh pre-
cinct viii give an unprecedented ma
jority for Bryan, Sewall. Rixey and
free silver on the 3rd day Of November,
1896.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

BRIDE KILLS HER HUsBAND.-A spec
ial from Clyde, Ca, says: A homicide
took place three miles from this town
Sunday. Three months ago a young
white man b. the name of Lommie
Long married Miss Roxie Tillman, from
Chatham county He brought his wife
to live at his fathers, near this place.
1t seems the honeymoon was short, for
Sunday afternoon about 80 o'clock she
killed him, splitting his head open with
an AK. The coroner has been sent for
to investigate the case. She made a
confession, and said that she killed her
husband in self-defense. There were
no eyewitnesses to the murder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

4 mysterious crime was comm
in the graveyard OF =. Paul'- Ca
at Broadway and yesey stree- 81
York, on Thursday night vas
violation of an ancient and
contemporary records 20, q namet
tomb. The grave robbers also bros
into DR.. DIx's private Office 81 Tie re-
OF the churchyard, aHd after ransace
his desk overturned itupon The i'1''.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Rosa Tucker, aged Il year, Of Bow.
ensville, Nd, was brnJeIy a..acsea
Saturday evening, short di7lscs9
from her home, by q negro man. ne
screams of the young cir. trghteued
the negro and caused him to lice Tor
his life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

LEAPED ISTo N1AGARA.-An un.
known man jumped into the water at
Prospect Point, Niagara Falls. yester-
day afternoon, and was Immediately
swept over the American Falls. The
act was deliberate suicide. The man,
before leaping over the parapet, coolly
took off his hat and put into it his mon
ey, amounting to forty cents, and laid
it on the stone wall. The only wit
neases were two hackmen. They de-
scribe the stranger az short man, about
thirty five years old, weighing perhaps
135 pounds, and wearing a cinnamon
colored overcoat. The body has not
been recovered.
1t is believed that the suicide is A. j.
Bsrto, Of Oil City, Pa. Unrequited
love for a Niagara girl was the cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
AzczBIsHoP ICELAND, !. viii b -

AEcagEEo2 Iceland, !. vii % y
collected. il the msn WHO vas 20 enano!-
81 OF public schools tbsc re -=Eea
the support OF the pzrocaiai schools q
his own church il their b=half. That
ne was 50 did not endear hin 70 re
true frieDd= Of bi= church in a1y pax
ion osthe Union. The fac. tna! e"
years ago il Washington he spoke II
favor ofthe social equality Q: ne white
ana black racsz, Certainly docs not
,erd 10 make Ms eaorts in behalf 0. the
ELECTION OF Mckinley g. al effective in
-. -o1.o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
Bryan Gaining.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 13.-The Ma
tional Committee Of Commercial Tray
elers' Auxiliary to the democratic ma
tional committee in circular letter to
the public yesterday review their work
up to the present time The number
of free silver commercial travellers clubs
have nearly doubled since September
/, the gain being principally in the CEN
trail West. Weekly reports from club
organizers show large increase in &C
cessons of country merchants and
members of firms in the cities. Upon
the outlook in the doubtful States the
circular says: "Illinois, Indiana and
Kentucky are safe for Bryan by strong
msiorilies, and Ohio will 90 demo
cratic by small majority. Michigan.
though still somewhat doubtful, is more
favorable to day for Bryan than for
Mckinley"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13

Cape Charles Light Ship Recovered.
FoRT Monroe, Va, Oct. 1S.-The
United States cruiser Columbia arrived
here at two a. N. with the Cape Charles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
LEApED ISro N1AGARA.-An un

H. T. GARRETT, Secretary.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-12
lie Was Horn In lninol. and Devoted
Himself Co law.

William Jennings Bryan who is the
nominee Of the Democratic party for
president II the United States, was born
In Salem, Illinois. March 10, 1890 His
father was a prominent lawyer and a
circuit court judge. Young Bryan grad.
ua;cd at the Illinois college and at the
Union Law college; then he married
Miss Mary + Baird and put out his
shingle as an attorney. His total in.
come for the first six month was eos
after that he had fne practice. His
wife has also been admitted to the bar,
and she Is In more senses than wives
usually are, helpmoet 10 her husband.
They have a delightful little home and
several bright children.
Mr. Bryan Is a smooth faced, clean
cut, handsome man, a fine speaker and
q ready dcbater He is AN ardent tariff
roformer. Since his retirement from
congress he has been Sctive upon oc'
casions in spreading the free silver prop.
aganda all over the great west and
down into New Mexico. He never fail'
20 secure converts. He began his con.
grcssional career by carrying an over
whelmingly Republican district by COO
majority. Although his views ON q
nance are at variance with those ol
some Of the great Democratic state
men, recent developments have showr
that he Is In advance rather than In th'
r,.ar az Democratic nrorross
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-12

WATERLOO Ia. July ll.-when the
news Of Lyan's nomination reached
Waterloo Bees did not seem In the least
surprised and he was asked;
what d. you think Of the nomina.
tion Of Bryany
II think l. is the very strongest thai
has been made for the doubtful states. IS
DO Won think Mr. Bryan will carry
IowaT'
Il believe he will make the race in
Iowa close and probably carry the
state