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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.

MT. w. w. 1lGuUcIluhS, ouC VI ohO
oldest citizens of Richmond, died yes.
terday.
The handsome new residence of Mr..
L. E. Rice, Winchester, was almost
totally destroyed by fire Saturday
morning.
Manly B. Ramos & Co., the Oldest
and best known piano and organ deal
ers in Richmond, made an assignment
Saturday.
Prof. J. II. Gilmore, for eleven years
instructor of law at-the University of
Virginia, has removed to Marion, Va,
where he intends to practice his profes-
sion.
The field on which was fought the
battle of Big Bethel has been sold to
De Walton Churchill, Of England, for
$4,000. The purcf aser will cultivate
the land.
DR.. Jesse Ewell, one of the oldest and
best known citizens of Prince William
county, died at his home, near Hickory
Grove, Monday last, in the ninety-sixth
year of his age.
AL Gray has been given the position
of clinical assistant of the University of
Virginia by DR.. Buckaster and also that
of assistant demonstration of pathology
by DR.. Johnston Davis.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
S. L.. Monroe, assisted by Revenue OH
GERS Deer and Yarbrough, seized about
Two hundred gallons of apple brandy
at the distillery of Mr.. William Corbins
in Culpeper county on Saturday. They
brought the brandy to Culpeper for safe
storage.
Mrs. Dorothy Cline, of Conover, be-
came insane Saturday week, and. going
to a deep well, tied the rope about
her neck and swung of. She was pre-
cipitated seventy-tive feet to the bottom.
Several ribs were broken, but she es-
capped instant death and it is now
thought that she will recover.
Capt. John II. Barnes died Thursday
at his home in Fairfax county. AT the
outbreak of the war he joined Mosby's
| company. and served with honor. Since
the war ne bad been elected to several
positions Of trust by the people OF Fair,
fax. He had been failing for same time
The interment was in Fairfax cemetery,
Advices from Max Meadow tell of the
horrible death of Frank Purcell, a night
engineer at the pudding works at that
place. Purcell noticed that u fellow
employe, Robert Dills, was asleep, and
as an act of kindness, went to Dills
machine and attempted to discharge
his work for him. The piece OF hot
iron which he was trying to rur
through the machine got away from
him Purcell's hand was caught by the
machine, and his body was pulled
through it and crushed to pieces before
anyone could assist him.
Mrs. Susan Deckard has confessed tc
the assassination of a husband neal
Bristol, q few nights ago, by splitting
his head open with an axe. She anc
her husband quarreled while in he'd
He threw her pillow on tho floor, and
she struck him with The axe while their
little child slept peacefully between
them. The murderess was hurried of
to the Abingdon Jail to avoid the pos:
sibility of a lynching. Mrs. Deckard
was permitted to take her infant child
to jail with her. Half a dozen minor
children are left alone at the Deckard
homestead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
, Corpse Wrapped in Flames.

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 25.-While
two children of Joseph Jasmine, of
Putnam, were acting as night watch
for their dead sister they fell asleep,
and in some manner the candles about
the body were upset. The light dra-
peries were quickly in a blaze. The
children, almost suffocated, were
awakened, and succeeded in arousing
their parents, who had been tired out
with care and watching during their
daughters illness. When they finally
succeeded in extinguishing the fire, lit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

THE U. S. Senate, which made
haste a year ago to assist the President
in his as yet unexplained effort to pro-
woke a war with Great Britain, now
asserts its intention of taking all the
time it deems necessary to consider a
treaty by which arbitration, instead of
war, may be resorted to as q
means of settling differences with
the mother country. Messrs. boar and
and Chandler and other leading re.
publican Senators, and not Senators
PETER, Allen, Tillman and Butler, are
now the wild men of the D. S. Senate.
Jingoism in the most injurious form OF
Wildness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

Some republican congressman, when
excited, occasionally acknowledge what
is known to every body else as we'll as
themselves. Mr.. Steele, of Indiana, is
one of them. When one of his pension
bills was objected to last week on his
own side OF the House, he said 'fully
90 per cent. of the pension bills were for
PERSONS no more entitled to special
legislation than were thousands OF
Others for whom it was not asked" 1t
is a crying shame that many industrious
people are suffering from cold and
hunger, while others, well-to.do, are
drawing fraudulent pensions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
There is practically no Improvement

There is practically no Improvement
in the condition of Senator George of
Mississippi, who is lying seriously i'll at
the Garfield Memorial Hospital. He
was better yesterday and rested we'll
last night, but there was no change for
the better noticed to-day.
That part of the shipping laws of tie
United States which authorizes the arrest Of
sailors who refuse to observe the terms of
their contracts to serve on board vessels, was
to-day declared by the Supreme Court to be
constitutional and within the jurisdiction Of
State courts 10 enforce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
Settled Out of Court.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 25.-Four suits for
damages aggregating S%3,310,000 against D..
II. Hostetter, the bitters manufacturer Of
Pittsburg Pa, has leen settled ont OF court
All the suits grew out of what is known as
the Baltimore project, which contemplated a
through railroad line from the coal fields of
Pennsylvania to tidewater at Baltimore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, January %.

In his opening prayer this morning
the chaplain referred to the illness CT
the senior Senators-Voorhees and
George-and to the tribute to be paid
to-day to ex-Speaker Crisp, of Georgia.
Cardinal Gibbons, wearing the red
skull-cap of his office, occupied, fora
few minutes, a seat in the diplomatic
gallery, and ex-senator Henderson, of
Nebraska, a seat in the reserved GAL
lery.
a communication was laid before the
Senate from the attorney general, in
response to a resolution OF saturday last
in relation to the foreclosure proceed
ings in the case of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company.
Mr. Burrows presented petitions on
the subject of the Senatorial election
in Delaware and Mr.. Chandler gave
notice that it was his purpose to suggest
to the Senate whether some method
cannot be established to prevent the
wholesale larceny ofsenatorships in va
rious States"
Mr.. Faulkner called Mr.. Chandeliers
attention to the fact that the Senator
from Delaware (Mr. Gray was not pre-
sent; and Mr.. Chandler said that it
would give him pleasure to repeat his
statement il that Senator's presence;
TO which remark Mr.. Faulkner replied
that the Senator from New Hampshire
would have full opportunity to make
his statement before long.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered a resolution for
a special committee of FIVE Senators to
inquire to the issue of land patents to
the Pacific railroads, and to the Califor
n a and Oregon railroads and to the
diversion from the reports of gross
EARNINGS, of the sums paid to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Chandler introduced a bill, which
was referred to the judiciary committee,
providing that no persons shall be tried
in courts of the United States for acts
in aid of the republic of Cuba.
The military academy appropriation
bill was taken up, the pending question
being on the participation of the West
Point cadets in the approaching inau-
gural ceremonies.
After remarks by Mr.. Thurston in
support of the amendment the bill was
laid aside to give Mr.. Turpie the oppor-
tunity to address the Senate in regard
to Cuban matters.
The hour of p m. having now ar
rived the N%icarauguan canal bill was
laid before the Senate but at the re
quest of Mr.. Morgan was postponed
until Tomorrow.
Then Mr.. Turpie began the
second part Of his speech on the rela-
tons of the President to Congress in
regard to the recognition of the Cuban
republic.
AT 8 o'clock (after receiving the Presi-
dents message giving the list of per-
sons claiming to be American citizens
arrested in Cuba) the Senate suspended
business to listen to ~eulogies on the late
Speaker Crisp and Immediately after
wards adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Danforth gave notice that on
Wednesday next, after the reading CT
the journal, he would call up the con-
ference report on the immigration bill.
After the disposition of several pri-
vate bills business relating to the Dis
| - n OzJ,-.l LIZ .roo t1roa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

a NAN is now, and for some time has
been, confined in Jail in New York, not
charged with any crime, but simply be-
cause he has no money with which to
pay a debt. New York gave g large re-
publican majority last fall. In Vir-
sinia, which at the anne election went
democratic, q man canaot be imprison-
ed for debt. But the South is only
half, while the North is wholly, civil.
ized-that is, according to the prevalent
idea in the latter section.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

New YORK, Jan. 25.-Without any in
crease in the volume of business to speak of,
prices at the Stock Exchange showed a ten
dency to advance this morning. The i'm
provement, except in a few instances, was un-
important say 44aa4 per cent. Speculation
at eleven o'clock was firm in tone with prices
at or near the best of the morning.
BALTIMORE. Jan. %. Virginia IS, new
73.734 d.. century 62a624.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
The Strike Probably Ended.

LEADvILLE, Col Jan. 25.-At a c,nfer
ence of miners last night the union members
resolved to cut loose from the d~ictation of tine
leaders and seek work in the mines. While
this does not definitely settle the strike 1t Is
hoped that it may soon reach that end.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

SHE LIVED ON OCEAN LINERs.-Mrs.
Elijah Carson, who had crossed the
ocean $50 times and had never missed
q trip on the Lucania since that vessel
was launched, died on Friday at Ana
mosa, Iowa, aged n. For thirty years
she had been travelling continuously
across the Atlantic, until she had be-
come intimately acquainted with all
the prominent people who are in the
habit of visiting Europe. She was the
wife Of Elijah Carson, of Belfast. and
the sister of VIM. B. Newell, a million.
aire. of Nashville, Tenn. The latter
died in 1866, leaving her half a million,
which gave her ample mean to follow
her fancy for ocean sailing. She had q
special affection for Captain Mckay
and the officers of the Lucania, and is
said to have left them substantial lega-
cies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.-Flour dnll. Wheat
dull spot 911a bid May S7aS74 Southern
wheat By sample 91a93; do on grade S6a
81. Corn ste 'dy spot and Jan 2~5l3a253s;
Feb 25aia257s; Mar 264s26la April pa
27A; steamer mixed 23las23%s southern
white corn 22a27 do yellow 2~llaq26i1
Oats quiet: No = white 24a24i8 No ,
mixed do 21a22. Rye steady No 2 nearby
steady. Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-Whoat-May SOL
July 7G1s; Sept 741a. Corn-May 81:
July 25ls; Sept 261s. Oats-Jan 15a. May
177ss1S; July 1Slaa1S9s. Pork-May
IS O5 Lard-May 81 o7la. Ribs-May
$4 1915; July 81 17h Wheat opened =
little tirmcr than it closed on Saturday. Liy-
erpool cables quoted I'D advance, which help
cd prices here. Corn opened steady.
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-Flour quiet and
steady. Wheat-No 2 red dull and 44aas:
lower ona local s~calping and switching trade;
steady May So 15-l6aS6 ZIG. Rye quiet.
Corn-No 2 dull and steady; No . 2S1aa
2913. Oats-No 2 dull and easier State aud
Western 20a29; May 2444 asked. Pork
quiet and steady Lard quiet and nominal.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, Jar 23.-Cat-
tle.-There was the usual sma | Saturday sup
ply of cattle and the market was largely
nominal. The few cattle offered were read
lily disposed of at prices unchanged from Fri.
day. HOes.-In hogs there was a good de-
mand and prices ruled strong TO 2lac higher.
Common to prime sold at $~f.20a3.521p, with
transactions largely at S3.35a3.45, range of
prices being quite narrow. ~shecp.-The sup.
ply of sheep was small and easily disposed of
at firm prices sales were on a basis of 81. 25a
2.60 for inferior sheep up to So 70a3.75 for
heavy export sheep. Western sheep sold at
S3.25a3 rs and extra good heavy natives
brought $3.S0a4. lambs were in demand ~
So 50s5, with sales largely at $4.25a4 10,
and yearlings sell at SO 65a4 25.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, Jan. %.
Beef Cattle were in poor demand and
weak. The quotations were IS follows: Ex-
ira 4aa5c, good 41ha43sc, medium 41aa
ACC. common 4a4lsc per ID. Sheep were
active and firm. The quotations were as fol-
lows: Extra 414a4la good 3sl ,4c, me-
dunn 3iAa314c, common 2a4a3c per ID.
Lambs 4s5l2c per Id. Hogs were active and
steady at 5i4a5asc per ID for best Westerns
and 5a54c per Id for common. Fat cows
sold at 2aa3Ac per lb. Thin Cows were
unchanged at $SsS15 per head. Veal calves
were active at 4laa6a4c per ID. Mich COWS
were slow at $25a$45 per head. Dressed
beeves sold at 5iaaSc per Id.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

SPANS ROYAL CLEMENCY.-Noth-
ing more brilliantly imposing at any OF
the courts Of Europe was ever witness.
ed than the imposing celebration in
honor of the Saints day of the King,
which was solemnized throughout the
Kingdom of Spain on Saturday. In
Madrid the festivities 4gere invested
with extraordinary splendor, and the
commemoration of the event in the
churches was marked by religious
ceremonials of 8 deeply imposing char
acter.
Popular interest in the anniversary
entered in the royal proclamation, un-
der which it has been announced that
reforms in Cuba were outlined that
might result in the cessation of hostili-
ties in that island, and as a happy au-
curry of what may be expected in that
connection comes the announcement
that royal clemency has been exercised
in favor of some of the prisoners of war
in Cuba, and that thirteen persons have
actually been pardoned by the Crown.
The city was in gala attire, all the
buildings being deliberately decorated.
Public functions were held IN every
hand, the occasion being observed as a
national holiday.
A dispatch from Havana says Sat
urday being the name day of King AL
fonso it was tolerated here in the usual
manner by services in the Cathedral in
honor of the Kings patron saint and by
social functions. In accordance with
the royal decree from Madrid a number
of prisoners were given their liberty.
1t was thought that several of the
Americans now confined in Cuban
prisons would be released in honor of
the day, bpt the expectation was dis
appointed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
ELY BROTHERS.
SO Warren Street, Now York CITY

VV HdIIcH "IIecU, NUW IUTk CIIy.
1t is the medicine above all others for ca
tarrh, and is worth its weight in gold. 1 can
use Ely's Cream Balm with safety and it does
all that is claimed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hart.
ford, Conn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
Cottnn Seed Mixed b

The market opens dull and fea'ureless, the
offerings OF grain being very light. There
are no changes in quotations. The cold
weather has stitfened prices Of Country Pro-
duce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25
Thousands are Trying it.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a
generous sample will be mailed of the most
popular Cstarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's
Cream Balm) sufficient to demonstrate its
great merit. Full size soc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

The eight thousand families in Chi.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-25

Mr.. Danforth gave notice that on
Wednesday next, after the reading CT
the journal, he would call up the con-
ference report on the immigration bill.
After the disposition of several pri-
vate bills business relating to the Dis
trict of Columbia was taken up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30

400 acres near Parrot. 2j0 undey
pIow. A good place cheap.
2.-240 acres one mile from BrOnwood.
Every foot can be cultivated.
$1,000 acres near Dover. 900 under
plow we'll improved. A fine tarm
cheap.
100 acres miles north of Sasser
Magnificent improvements.
5.--150 acres 3 miles from PARROT. Mag
nifcent improvements. A desirabla
home cheap.
GA desirable home in Dawson. 8 room
house, acres of land,
7.-140 acres miles north of Dawson
3-horse farm. Well improved.
S.-A fine so acre farm, well improved
six miles above Dawson.
"a four room house and lot in D@
son. Cheap and easy payments.
10.-Three brick store houses in Dsw
son. A bargain.
Several nice city lots.
STEVENS & YEOMANS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30
NEWS AND VIEWS.

On the occasion of the queens jubilee
last week London was full of American
funkeys and intolerable snobs all trying
to be very English you know. A man
with brains prefers being an American
in manners as well as in fact.
The hen is no small factor in the finan =
cial affairs of America. According to
the New York World the poultry bust
ness surpasses sheep raising, silver min
ing and many other industries in value.
Mckinley does not propose to be be-
hind DR.. Cleveland in the procession.
The Western Reserve University has con,
ferred the degree of doctor IF laws upon
William.
A South Carolina moonshiner asked
for clemency because he had six wives
and 80 children. lie ought to be excus-
ed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30
HAIL FRACTURES HEADS.
Stones weighed sixteen Ounces and Did
Great Damage.


TOPEKA. KAN, June 24.-The worst
hai!storm known in the history of Kan.
sas struck this city shortly after o'clock
tonight. HailstOnes weighing twelve to
sixteen ounces stripped the trees of their
foliage smashed windows on every hand :,
including the finest plate glass store
fronts, cut down telegraph and telephone
wires, riddled awnings and inflicted I'M
precedented damage throughout the city,
Several people were seriously hurt,
skulls being fractured and legs and arms
broken. Dogs were struck in the streets
and instantly killed. Horses were knock
ed to their knees. When the fury Of the
storm had passed dead birds were found
everywhere. A heavy Wind and terrific
lightning accompanied the storm.
Topeka tonight looks like city that
has withstood a siege of war guns.
There are not dozen buildings in the
town that are not almost windOwleSs, and
many roofs are caved in. The roofs of
street cars were also pierced. The dam
age wrought can better be imagined
when it is known that the hail stones
ranged in size from that of a hens egg
to an ostrich egg and that thirty min
utes after the storm one hail stone was
picked up which measured fourteen
inches in circumference.
The damage cannot be estimated, but
it will amount to thousands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30
ANGRY WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND.
Top of His Head Blown Off With a Shot

Top of His Head Blown OH w TIN a SnOt-
gun.
""ATLANTA, June 24.-Mr. Enrich Jones,
who lived about five miles from Fair
burn, Ca, was shot in the head and al
most instantly killed by his inturated
wife this afternoon. Mrs. Jones escaped
to Fairburn. where she gave herself up
to the sheriff and asked for his protec-
ton.
The sons of Mr.. Jones' by his first
wife, are thoroughly aroused over the
affair, and she claims they would have
killed her bad they been able to catch
her. Sheriff Aderhold, fearing that the
sons of the dead man would try to mob
tie woman, left on the first train with
the prisoner for Atlanta. She is now
in Fulton county.
The statement of Mr.. Jones was that
he had dispute with his wife, when she
in frenzy seized gun near by and shot
him. The entire community is terribly
excited and lynching would probably
have followed had not the sheriff spirit
ed the prisoner to this city.
Mr.. Jones is one of the most prOm-
nent men of Fayette county. He was in
! the legislature in 1884 and 1885. 1t was
during his incumbency that he met Mrs.
Ferris, widow of this city, and mar
ried her They had no children, but
there are several boys by Nj. Jones' first
! wife.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30
Why take JOhnsOn's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
ofFever in ONEDAY.
WANT COTTON RATES CUT.

The Griffin Board of Trade Makes Another
Appeal.
The Griffin board of trade and other
citizens of that community have joined
in petition to the railway commission
ers to have the rates for shipping cotton
within the state of Georgia reduced %
per cent. They claim that since the pre-
vailing rates were established the pro-
ductiop Of cotton has increased and the
price gone down, but the cost of trans
portation has not decreased. They claim
also that through the improvement in the
railroads, railroad equipment and rail
road consolidation, the expense of haul
ing has largely decreased. They ask a
rate in keeping with the times, consid-
ering the old rate out of date.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-30

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These conditions get worse and worse nv
heart through the arterial system is -, .ne
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weakest break down first. Ordinar;i11- ~,
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This, with the accompanying cough cor
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