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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31

Cumberland
Hydraulic
Cement,
The best
Garden pillow
On earth,
Single and
Double
Shovel Plows
Riding and
Walking
Cultivators,
Haying tools
of all kinds,
A full line of
Gen'l Hard
ware at prices
to suit the
times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31
SOUTHWARK.

Train AZ connects with Southern Z. r. at
Strasbur. Junction at $50 p. IN. for Harri-
snnhnrg md points on Valley Railroad.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31
PennoCk Green Houses
AND GARDEN.
The undersigned has for sale

TOMATO AND CABBAGE PLANTS. EARLY
VEGETA BLES. FLO WERS FOR BED
DING, AND CUT FLOWERS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31
JEFFERSON FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Shops.

Situated on BerryyiIle Turnpike, within the
Corporate Limits of Charlestown-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31
SoRTHWARD.

Train lO2 connects with Southern Z. R. at
tJarrisoDburv at 700 n IN. for Strasburr
Innctif,, and Harper Ferry Division
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-08-31
b. 81 O..
RAILROAD

Time Table ~
effect June 10, .ss7,
until further notice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
FILLING OF VACANCY.

The vacancy in the Office of Attorney
General, caused by the death of Maj
Scott, will be filled by election by
the Auditor of Public Accounts, Second
Auditor and Treasurer. Section 80 Of
the code provides as follows:
When a vacancy occurs in the office
of Attorney General during the session
of the General Assembly, it shall be
filled by the joint vote of the two
houses. If such vacancy occurs when
the General Assembly is not in session,
the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Ac
counts and Second Auditor, or major
ity of them, shall elect an Attorney
General, and shall certify the fact to
the Governor. The person 30 elect.
ed shall hold the Office until
the end of the unexpired term, or
until thirty days after the COM
mencement of the next session OF
the General Assembly, whichever may
happen first. At such next session, an
Attorney General shall be elected by
the Joint vote of the two houses for
such part of the term as has not ex-
pired.
Messrs. Hartman, Marye and Ryland
of course have not and will not for sew
eral days consider the matter of filling
the vacancy.
Next week the democratic conven-
ton at Roanoke will nominate candi-
date for Attorney General. 1t is quite
safe to say that one of two things will
be done. The nominee of the Roanoke
convention will be appointed to serve
out Major Scott's unexpired term or
Mr.. R. Carter Scott will be chosen to
ill the vacancy. More than likely the
nominee of the Roanoke convention
will prefer not to enter upon the dis
charge of the duties of the Office at once
and in that event young Mr.. Scott will
be selected to serve until January
Richmond State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
Her Assailant Arrested.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug IL. Liebke,
the young society man OF st. Louis, who
created such sensation here last night
by attempting to assault Miss Amelia
Bayliss, of st. Louis, but formerly Of
this city, while they were riding in a
hack, was arrested in his room at the
Gait House this morning at an early
hour and was presented in court on q
charge of OBTAINING woman against
her will. The case was continued un-
til Monday, Liebke being held under
s. 600 bonds, which has not been given.
Liebke is we'll known young society
man of st. Louis. Miss Bayliss is re-
lated to the best people in society and
has been belle in st. Louis during her
family's brief residence there. A num-
Der of Louisville society swells attempt
cd to capture Liebke last night to mete
out summary Justice, but he couldn't
be found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07

WAS STARVING WHEN FOUND
Adolph Sachs, young German, who
says his home is at Claremont, in Sur.
ry county, was taken to the richmond
almshouse Thursday night in one
of the wagons Of The Richmond
brewery. The driver said the
man had been lying in field near the
brewery for two days. He was found to
have malsrial fever, and to be suffering
much from exposure and hunger.
Sachs speaks very little English, and
that is scarcely Ineligible. Sachs says
he is 80 years old, and has been in this
country for eleven years. He resided
in Brooklyn for seven years. He went
to Claremont about three months ago,
and his wife and four children still live
in that town. He is blacksmith by
trade. For six weeks he has been out
OF work, and has not been at home for
four weeks. During that time he bad
only been able to send his wife one
dollar. Sachs says he was in search of
work. He had scarcely anything to
eat for eight days, and he became ex-
hausted on the road to Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
SATURDAY EVENING. AUG 7. 1897

The PREVAILING impression in re-
snect of the new civil service order ls
entirely erroneous. There is nothing IN
the civil service law, and consequently In
the rules for the execution OF that law,
that prevents the removal OF any one
in the employment of the government
The objection the republicans have to
the new order referred to, and for the
Issuance of which they threaten to re-
tsliate at the next election, is that when
any one of the employees is removed
his place must be filed. under the or
der, not by man selected by the re-
moving officer, but by one appointed by
the civil service commission and taken
from those who have stood competitive
examinations, and whose name is on
the list of eligibles. All the employees
can be removed at the whim of the ap
pointing officer, but the latter can not
appoint their successors-that authori-
tv must be exercised by the civil service
commission, and in any change that
may be made, the former runs the risk
of swapping the devil for a witch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
Human Body DESTROYED.

CHICAGO, Aug. THE experiment
of destroying human body by the use
of crude potash was successfully carried
out to day. The body was destroyed
with the exception of few small splin-
ters of bone in two hours. OF the fleshy
substance only small quantity of fluid
about the consistency of molasses re.
NAMED. The trial was made under
the officers of the prosecution in the
case of Adolph Luetgert, the rich sau-
sage manufacturer, who is charged with
numbering his wife and disposing of her
body in the watts at his factory. The
theory of the prosecution was that
Luetgert placed the body of his wife in
a solution of crude potash and
cold water, raised the solution
to a boiling point and destroyed
all traces Of his alleged crime. A few small
bones were said TO have been found in vat
in the factory. The State has wound a COM
pete web of circumstantsl evidence about
the sausage maker but the fact that q body
could be thus destroyed has been disputed
rc-days test settles that point beyond Il
douht
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
To Prevent the Duel.

PARIS. Aug. Lieut.. Boppa, the
only surviving officer of the fourteenth
battalion of the unfortunate Italian ex.
petition against Abyssinia, has chal
lenged Prince Henry of Orleans in con
sequence of the latter's structures upon
the conduct of the Italian soldiers in
Africa. This is the third challenge re-
ceived by the prince for the same cause
1t is further stated that King Hum.
bert, of Italy, has entrusted his eldest
nephew, Prince Emanuele Hitherto
Duke of Aosta and husband of the
Princess Helena, of Orleans, daughter
of the late Count of Paris, with mis-.
sion to the Orleans family, the object
being to prevent the duel between
Prince Henry of Orleans and General
Abortion,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
POPULIsTs' LAST OFFER.

General James G. Field, chairman OF
of the recent populist convention, and
chairman of the committee of that party
to confer with the democratic state con-
vention at Roanoke August 18th, writes
a letter which will be accepted as an
authoritative statement of the populist
attitude in this state should the demo.
Gratis decline to accept Captain Cooke,
the populist nominee for lieutenant
governor. General Field says the spe.
cial committee referred to will meet
and determine the position and action
of the peoples party as party in the
ensuing canvas. The party says he,
is anxions to hold in solid column the
bimetallist vote given to Mr.. Bryan last
fall, so that it may be thrown, with its
sccumulations, to the free coinage can
didate for the presidency in 1900. "The
democratic party, the American silver
party and the peoples party will each
preserve its independent organization.
If either party assumes to dominate the
others, failure aud disaster-not tri-
umph and victory-will be the result.
The democratic committee last fall de-
MED the peoples party representation
on the electoral ticket, and yet the
party maintained it's Loyalty to prinoi-
pie and voted for Mr.. Bryan.
"If the democratic convention now
rejects the offer of my party no further
effort will be made on our part for or.
eanized cooperation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07

CONGRESSMAN OTEY, OF Virginia, &C.
cording to q Washington newspaper,
saws the capitstion tax on negroes IN
Virginia, ''cau be collected when they
come to register" Mr.. Otey is law
yer, and is too familiar with the law OF
his own State to have said any such
thing. There is no restriction, except
for convicted crime, upon the priv
lege of voting in Virginia, either for ne
groes or white people, and though cap
itation tax is laid, the only way by
which even the small portion OF it paid
by negroes can be collected, Is the law
which compels such of them as send
their children to the public schools, to
show receipt for its payment before
they can be admitted. Though just
across the river from Virginia, in the
affairs of which State they are constant
ly interfering, the Washington newspa-
pers are as ignorant of those affairs as
if they were printed in New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
No Bicycle Tax.

CHICAGO, Aug. Judge Tuley to-
day decided the new city ordinance
establishing vehicle tax to be void.
The ordinance permitted the city to
collect 81 year license from each b-
cycle owner and for other vehicles pro-
portionately. The ordinance was
passed for the ostensible purpose OF
raising q permanent street repairing
fund. The new law aroused much op
position, especially among wheelmen.
An I'M junction suit was brought against
tanned in Judge Tuley's decision.
The court held that the city had no
right to license bicycles, but only an
occupation and could not impose a
license upon specific property when not
used in business or in IN occupation.
Counsel for the city took an appeal and
the case will be heard in higher courts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
Murdered by Burglars.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Aug. Hen
~ J. Reed, a money lender, and his SIS,
ter, Blanche M. Reed, were found dead
in their home here to-day. They had,
apparently, been murdered by burglars,
The house had evidently been entered
during the night, and the burglars dis.
covered by Miss Reed, who was killed
before she could make disturbance,
and then the brother was beaten to
death because he refused to disclose
the hiding place of his money. The
house had been ransacked from top to
bottom. Everything was in confusion.
The body of Miss Reed, battered and
almost unacceptable, lay across the
threshold of her bedroom, while in his
room on the bed, concealed by the GOV.
ering, lay the body of Henry Reed, gag
ged and also covered with blood.
The bodies were in such state that
it was almost impossible to determine
how death had been inflicted. In the
mans head was q wound which looked
as if it had been made by bullet, but
from other marks it was apparent that
a heavy implement of some sort had
been used to beat the head almost to q
pulp. A piece of quilt had been forced
into the mans mouth as gag and be
had apparently been slain In bed. The
women's body was in much the same
condition. She may have been shot,
but that can be determined only by the
medical examiners.
AS the body ley partly in and partly
out of the room, it appears as if she had
stepped out of bed on hearing Q noise
below stairs and was either killed or
rendered unconscious by blow before
she could investigate further. The
police are inclined to believe that the
motive of the crime was robbery but ii
is thought by many that the mutilated
condition of The bodies indicate desire
for revenge on the part of the murder.
els. Mr.. Reed was we'll known in this
vicinity and was highly respected. He
was about IS years of age. His sister
WAS so.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
TELEGRAPHIC BRPTITIg2

Elijah Boulde Glenn, the Oldest
dent of Newark, n. j., is to dsy c ,s
brating his 1881 birthday. 's'F
What wheelmen unhesitatinol,.
nounce TO be the most successful pc
meet ever held in this country o,. .acs
this afternoon at Willow Grove PHI
delphia. -l'
Three men. who, on TUESDAY ni,s.
last, attempted to rob the Fslp, usai
(Mass } bank are in custody. The
supposed to be the same gang who q. aI'
bed the Whitesinville bank Of SIO 40,
in April last. WV
Rev. Frank N. Bristol, pastor Of =.
First NJ. E. Church at Evanston ~ S1'
has accepted call from the lletr,on W..
tan M. E. Church, at Washington y.
will probably take charge of thu Ns, ns
politan early next summer. ~
Harry Silberberg, alias John u
Drayton, of Little Rock, Ark. who w. w.
just been released from German ~ MI ~
on through the efforts of the Amer 'a.
consul at Freiberg and escorted IN, ,- =.
Germany, is said to have a bad remr nm y
ton. he having, it is alleged, been e ON,
ty of a number of questionable acts "
The big ocean race for the Can,
dore's Cup, between representsljys. y.
the New York Yacht Club fleet "
started from Cottage City, Mass. n.
morning. The course is to Bar Han ,ss
q distance of 1876 miles. Among II,
yachts participating were Virss'
Navahoe, Emerald, Colonia, Gey,n
and Amorita. 80
Memphis and Charleston passenger r.,
No. 5, which left Chattanooga last pigS'
S:16, was wrecked about $50 nesr S,rsr,o'
Ala. by misplaced switch. The msjl -,
baggage cars We're overturned aud han,
damaged and mt h l.. gage and msil m,,'.
was lost. The baggagemaster aud NJ,
clerk were badly injured. The rsilro,t -
pie think the switch was probably mi.p,.,
by miscreants with the intention Of cspsi5,,
| wreck.
Alfred Packer, convicted of Allins s,.
companions who were lost in the mcpIu,.
with him in 1873 and eating their te:h n,
sentenced in Denver, Col to the pen 70, 4,
years has applied for pardon He csr,
that four of his companions were killed b
the fifth who had become crszy and that /.
shot the mailman dead as the latter VS.; ma.
ing at him with Ratchet
Mrs Warren Winding WAS shot and XIX
by her husband at Springvile. n. Y. h
night in her home while talking TO y!sa
Winding shot and wounded Miss Ware d.
visitor Husband and wife had no; been 1:
good terms.
Moses E. Banks, flour merchant liyiuss
farm rear Corning ~ y. was called :no
his house last nignt by three men aud io.lr
murdered. A bullet hole was found b.
temple and one IN his heart
The tobacco warehouse ami she'd. tsn
structure of 120 by 100 feet heiougirs
Cyrus Stricken as Creswell, was dcslmyctg
fire last night together with 100 cases OF
bacco. Loss $4,000.
The "Plunger," a submarine torpelot rs
designed for the United States navy VASE
cessfully launched at Baltimore to-day
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
LYNcHBURe's CITY ArroRNEYsHIp.

LYNCBBURG's CITY ATToRNEYsEIP.
The irregularity in the Lynchburg city
council in the vote on city attorney,
the two candidates for which were
Randolph Harrison and N. G. Man
son. jr., came up again yesterday after
noon at the regular meeting of the
council. The report of the special
committee on investigation, consisting
of Messrs. E. G. Hammer. J. J. Ryan
and James l. Lee, was submitted, in
dicating that Mr.. ]. D. Sullivan, from
the First ward, member of the coun
Gil for years, had. after the election of
city attorney, stated to Mr.. Manson
that ne had voted for him, when in
fact he had voted for Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Sullivan declared to the president
of the council that he would make his
defence at the next regular council
meeting, and this, for the time being,
ended the incident.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07

THAT THE trade of the South mus. be
very valuable, is proved by the increas-
ed rivalry to obtain and secure it that
now exists between the West and the
North. With their cotton and tobacco,
and their superior manufacturing facil'
tiles, the Southern people have the
winning cards in their own hands, and
if they be wise enough to play them
well, they will soon regain the prosper
ity they lost by the disastrous result OF
the war that was forced upon them.
By unity of action their merchants and
manufacturers could make such ar
rangements with those of foreign coun
tries that much the larger portion OF
such imports and exports as the new
tariff bill allows, will arrive at and
leave their ports, and their Atlantic
and Gulf cities before long rival In bus
iness, opulence and population those
of the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
The Strike Situation.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. Pending
developments late In the day the
miners in the three camps besieging
the De Armit mines are resting. At no
time during the strike has the situation
been 80 critical. II trouble comes it
will not be between strikers and the
deputies, but between strikers and the
negroes in the camp at Unity who are
employed on the railroad. The depu-
ties will be drawn in to quell the
trouble and three cornered fight is
not improbable.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. Especial to
the Dispatch from gainesville, o., says:
The militia company left here about
noon for Fairport, seven miles north.
There is rioting on the ore docks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Joe Patchen defeated Star Pointer in
the free.for.alI pace at Columbus, yes
terday, equaling the worlds record of
2:01l.
Miss Dorothy Dodworth, of New
York city, was bitten by mosquitoes on
Long Island recently and may lose a
leg, and, perhaps, her life.
George Prender, aged so years of
Washington, was arrested yesterday on
charge OF selling lottery tickets. 1t
is alleged that he disposed of 25 tickets
yesterday.
Secretary Sherman Gays that the
United States will not guarantee to
Japan the execution of the decision of
the arbitration for that government
and Hawaii.
Secretary Sherman returned to Wash
ington yesterday afternoon from rest
of two weeks at Amagansett, Long
Island. He appears refreshed and im-
proved by his respite at the ocean.
Eight tramps held up two citizens OF
New Brunswick, N. j., yesterday, with.
in block of the Court House. When
pursued, they covered their figh with
drawn revolvers, and only one of them
was captured.
The relatives ia Atlanta, Ca, of DR..
Ryder, who was recently lynched by a
mob, have received $4,000 from the
life insurance companies, and they pro-
pose to spend that amount in prosecut-
ing the lynchers.
A BURGLAR entered the house at No.
Is Lexington avenue. New York last
night, locked the landladY and cook in
room, gave boarder a beating and
then, alarmed by the cutlery, fed with
out having time to steal anything.
Director of the Mint Preston says the
present bullion value of silver is
1876 or at the ratio of So to l. He
thinks that the white metal will de-
cline to 40 cents an ounce in few
months. Some Western silver mines
may shut down.
The British cabinet yesterday inform
ed the American bimetallic commission
that it will probably reply to prosposal
of the commissioners on behalf of the
United States in October. The Ameri
can commissioners say they are not dis
couraged by the postponement.
The strikers in Pennsylvania are
planning great march through towns
in which the mines are located. Eu-
gene V. Debs addressed a meeting in
Pittsburg, yesterday in which he de.
nounced Judge Jackson, of West Vir-
ginia, for issuing the injunction against
| him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07

VERDICT OF GUILTY.-The jury in
the case OF Mrs. Minnie De Forrest,
who has been on trial 10 the police
court in Washington upon the charge
of conducting bawdy house on Penn
sylvsnia avenue under the guise of q
massage establishment, brought in q
verdict Of guilty yesterday. Julia
Young, ona of the inmates, testified
that the place had for its patrons men,
bers of Congress and at least one Cabi-
net officer together with some of the
most prominent business men in the
city. A colored woman employed in
the place gave evidence that she had
several times made up bed in the
third story which was unoccupied at
night. Mrs. De Forrest, she said,
in answer to question, bathed only
one man. The defendant herself was
then placed upon the stand. She
stated that the candidates for the bath
are supposed to lie between two sheets,
while the attendant gives the massage
treatment. "Are the persons not
nude ?" was asked.
"Well, sometimes they wear trunks"
''Do they disrobe in the presence of
the female attendants ?"
Sometimes" she replied.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07

A New ORGANIZATION -Messra. T. B.
Green, W. 8. Sewers, E. NJ. Spillmsn, jr, h.
b. Carr and Isham Keith, jr, have organized
stock company with a capital stock of
So 900 for the purpose of developing live
stock throughout the county, and obtained a
charter from Judge Nicol under the nsmo of
the "Fauquier Agricultural Fair Association"
The association has assumed the dates of the
the Wsrrenton Hunt Club meeting Au.
gust 18th and 18th, and will conduct
the races as advertised by posters. Meth
or time nor money will be spared to
make this meeting success in every psrticu
lar, and the public can safely count on get
ting the worth of their money. as horses are
coming in very fast and each race will be
we'll filled and holly contested. The officers
for the first year arc T. 3. Green, president;
E. III. spiiman, jr., vice president and W. S.
Sewers, secretary and treasurer [Warrenton
Index
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-07
Protested the Customs Duty

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-Stewart Tup
per, son of Sir Charles Upper, former
prime minister of Canada, who arrived
from Liverpool this morning, had in his
pockets lot of silverware and diamond
jewelry, Queens Jubilee medals. and
on these, under the new law, he had to
pay duty of $3.50. He made pro-
test against the e1ection, but paid.
Upper also had two large boxes con.
tanning find hardware. They were
seized, and will be held until the full
duty is paid.