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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-05-15

The laying of the new bfick cross
ings approaching the post-office is
very great Improvement over
those on Queen street.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-05-15

Get one of those $50 wheels at
BARR & LANTz's for $35.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-05-15
D. r. THOMPSON e BRO,

LOUIS II. THOMPSON, NAG
ROBT S. THOMPSON, nh
HARRY S. THOMPSON, oaieSinon' anu oil o"'5
BENZ. J. THOMPSON
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-05-15

The next meeting of Winchester
resbytery will be held in Gerards-
town, on Sept. 18th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
FAUOUIER NOTES.

Mr.. Edward Green and his brother
from Gaines X Roads, bought IT'S cat
tie from Bright & Rush on Saturday
near Marshall.
1t is reported that Mr.. w. T. Ker,
rick has rented the hotel at Markham
from Mr.. James r. Green, and will
take charge of it early in the spring.
R. H. Rush, auctioneer, sold to w
H. Withers, on Monday last, the
Withers property at The Springs, con-
tanning seventeen and a quarter acres
for 81, 700.
Mr.. C. G. Rush, son of Mr.. and Mrs
R. II. Rush, of this county, died of
consumption at the residence of his
father in-law, Mr.. Peyton Oliver, at
Casanova, on Monday, January 18th,
where he had been brought few days
before. He was about thirty eight
years of age.
Mr.. G. E. Bird, near Bristersburg,
has come into piece of good fortune.
His uncle, Mr.. Lyman Kellogg, of Stat.
ford county, aged ST years, made him
sole executor of his will and principal
legatee, which it is thought will put
him in possession OF fortune ranging
from 100000 to $4,000. Mr.. Bird is
one of the best citizens in the county
and his inheritance is q subject of con
graduation By all of his friends.-Ww-
rcnton VirQifi0n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

A crisis in the debate on the Mica.
ragua canal bill was reached in the Sen
ate yesterday. Mr.. Villas made mo-
ton to recommit the bill to the COM
mitee on foreign relations, step which
Mr.. Morgan characterized as an insult
The motion was changed, so as to make
the ommital to the special commit
tee, of which Mr.. Morgan is chairman
The Senate adjourned before vote was
taken and the Villas motion to recon-
NIT is pending. The Military Academy
appropriation bill, carrying approx
mately s479, 900, was passed, after the
defeat of the amendment for participa-
ton of the West Point cadets in the in
auguration ceremony, as stated in yes
terday's GAZETTE.
The House, after a debate of four
hours, adopted the conference report
on the immigration bill by vote OF
131 to lis. The principal objection to
the bill was that if man could read
and his wife could not she would be
excluded until she learned how, and
vice versa. Strong effort was made 10
send the bill back to the conferees,
which proved futile.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
RAILROAD IN NORTHERN NECK.

Mr.. B. Harry Robinson, lawyer,
from Lancaster county, who is interest
ell in the scheme of building railroad
through the Virginia peninsula known
as the Northern Neck, was in New
York yesterday to consult with the
men VINO are raising the money for the
construction of the road. Mr.. Robin
son said the prospects for beginning
work upon construction this spring
were bright. This is the road to be
known as the Virginia, Fredericks
burg and Western, and is to extend
from the Chesapeake bay, in Lancaster
and Northumberland counties, TO
Davis, in West Virginia, and to con-
meet there with the West Virginia,
Central and Pittsburg Railroad. This
road is intended to give shipping ia
cillies to the people of the five coun-
ties constituting the Northern Neck of
Virginia, lying between the Po-
tomac and Rappahannock rivers.
They have population of about 49,.
900, and have never before had
any other means of communication ex-
cept water. The FIVE lower counties of
the Northern Neck have voted SUBJ
scription to the stock of the road OF
S145,OOO. The road will cross the At
lantic Coast Line at Fredericksburg,
and the Southern Railway little west
of that place. The people of the coun-
ties west of Fredericksburg, through
which this road would pass, have init
mated their willingness to vote sub
scription which would raise the amount
voted to S5OO,OOO The president of
the road is Senator Charles II. Gibson;
its vice president is G.. P. Giles, OF
Bridgeport, Conn.,; the secretary, Ell
ward B. Alvord, and treasurer Frank
l.. Rogers, ex-state auditor of .Connec-
ticut. Mr.. Robinson said yesterday
that there would undoubtedly be a rail-
road through the peninsula within
very few years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
strancely Aniicted FamiIy.

CENTREvILLE, Md, Jan. 2S.-The
death Tuesday night of T. Chew Paca,
great grandson of Governor William
Paca, signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, recalls strange story OF
tragedies and Affections in one of the
most distinguished families in Mary
land. Charles Paca's father, William
Paca, was very wealthy, the owner of
beautiful Wye Island, in Queen Anne
county. One of Williams brothers
died suddenly, and another committed
suicide. In 1864 the whole State was
shocked by q tragedy on Wye Island.
In dispute over some property OF
which Colonel Paca was trustee, his
two idiot sons, 7. Chew and William,
shot cousin and another young man
dead. The boys and their father were
arrested, the latter charged with
prompting his sons to do the killing.
at the trial, which was removed to Tai
bot county, the boys and their father
were acquitted. Soon after Colonel
Paca died, his eldest son, John P. Paca,
committed suicide on his fathers grave
in sight OF his young wife. William,
one of the men engaged in the killing,
while attempting to drown dog in
Wye river, fell in himself and was
drowned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Destructive Fires.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 2S.-The
malt warehouse of Herman Cooper
and Company was destroyed by fire
which started at two o'clock this morn
ing. The flames spread to adjoining
buildings, which were more or less dam
AGED. The total loss is estimated at
100000.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 2S.-The
wholesale grocery house of Leavitt,
Mcconnell and Company was entirely
destroyed by fire at seven o'clock this
morning. The fire was caused by a
heater 10 the basement. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 2S.--Fire last
night destroy ed almost the entire bust
ness portion of the town of Centerburg,
so miles north of Columbus,
PAY CITY, Mich, Jan. 2S.-The Van EN-
ster block frame building, two stories high
was quilted by fire early this morning. Thee.
bearing, who occupied room on the second
floor. WAS smothered Florentine Van En-
ster druggist, was terribly burned about
the head and will die. Mrs. Van Emster and
four young daughters, and her mother and
sis. were rescued by passersby.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Arrest of a Triple Murderer.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 2S.-Arthur
Palmer, who murdered his mother. sis
ter and brother at their bone in
Mamoroneck, Westchester county, n.
Y, on the 18th instant, was captured
at the Planters Hotel here yesterday
afternoon. When first arrested he de-
MED his identity, but last night he &C.
knowledged that his name was Palmer
and that he was the man wanted.
Palmer is a handsome, well-dressed man
about 10 years old, and has been at the
hotel week registered as Paul Jones.
He declared that he had left home on
Sunday, the day preceding the triple
murder. Without baggage he walked
to Larchmont, two miles from his
home, where he boarded the last Car Of
an express train as it left the station
for the West. Later he made ram
bling statement of the crime and tried
to make it appear that he was guided
in mis- actions by divine inspiration.
Palmer claims that he learned short
time ago that his mother, his brother
and sister were trying to kill him and
get possession of his property, which
he claims is worth about So 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Tho Girl Used a Cowhidc.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Ida Albrecht,
eighteen years old, OF Hoboken, EN-.
ployed as waitress in a restaurant in
west Houston street, cowhided Charles
Reinhardt, a whisky compounder, on
Duane street early last night. The
girl said Reinhsrdt had promised to
marry her. Yesterday she discovered
that he was married, and frantic with
rage she purchased the whip and wait
ed on Duane street near his place OF
business. When he came out on his
way home she attacked him. Reinhardt
ran and the woman followed him, lash
ing him at every step, and even when
accosted by policeman she continued
the attack and kept it up in the station
house. The parties will be arraigned
in the Police Court to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
A VISIT FROM MRS. IRw1N.-Amon.

A VISIT FROM MRS. IRwIN.-Among
those who called at Governor Lowndes
Office yesterday was Mrs. Emma Irwin,
recently acquitted on the charge of be-
ing an accessory to the murder of her
husband, James Irwin, who was killed
by George Matthews at Aliens Fresh,
Charles county, last August. Mrs.
Irwin was informed that the Governor
was in Annapolis and would not return
to Baltimore for several days, and she
departed, refusing to make known the
object of her mission. Many letters
have been received by Gov. Lowndes
requesting that the sentence of Mat
thews, who is tc hanged March II, be
committed to Imprisonment for life
The reasons for making the requests, as
stated in the majority of these letters,
are that Matthews surrendered himself
voluntarily after his ESCAPE from Jail at
La Plata, from which he was absent
nearly month, and that he refused to
testify against Mrs. Irwin. To all the
letters the invariable response has been
that all of the facts in Matthews case
were carefully considered before the
date for his execution was set.-Balti.
more Sun,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 2S.-Major Nc
Kinley greeted Lyman j.. Gage very
cordially when he arrived this after
noon, and they withdrew at once for 6
private conference. Maj. Mckinley had
not seen him for some years, till to-day
When Mr.. Gage leaves Canton he will
have received and accepted the tender
of the Treasury portfolio. The Presi-
dent-elect said this morning in speaking
of the Cabinet that though all of the
positions had not been filed, that the
end was in sight. 1t is understood upon
excellent authority that no one has yet
been offered the portfolio of Agricul-
fire
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

EARLY last spring Mrs. J. B. Arm
strong, of Arcadia, in southern Rhode
Island, found nest of thirteen black
duck eggs in stretch of wild marsh
land, near her home. In a speculative
humor she carried the eggs home and
placed them under her hen. expecting
that one or perhaps two of them would
be Matched. The old hen, however,
wrought better than her mistress had
expected. and in due time waddled
fondly off her nest with eleven fluffy
little wild black ducklings. With the
capable assistance of the misguided
fowl, Mrs. Armstrong raised all but
one OF the troop, and she has the hand
soonest family of domesticated black
ducks probably in the Union. Many
people, neighbors and others, have Wis
tied her home just to take look at her
singular brood. The ducklings are
perfectly tame, follow her about the
premises, and take food from her hand.
~ Y. Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The grand jury drawn yesterday for the
purpose Of investigating tho cases of General
Roloil, Secretary of War of the Cuban pro-
visonal government, and DR.. Joseph J. Luis,
who are charged with sanding from Baltimore
a filibustering expedition, will report next
Friday.
A telegram from Port Eads says that tho
steamer Albert Dumcrs ran down and sunk
tho steam yacht Arco. Two reporters who
were on the Argo, Blessing and Hester, arc
missing.
Mrs, Mary E. Flood, widow of the famous
bonanza king and millionaire, James
q. Flood, died at her residence in San Fran
cisco last night after an illness of only two
DAYS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Will Restrict Their Privileges

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S.-The law
lessness that has existed among the
Chinese here for several years, culmi-
mating in the murder of Little Pete"
has put Chief Crowley on his mettle
and he has decided to abolish the Gus.
toms of their country, which they have
been permitted to indulge in unmo-
Tested. One of the privileges granted
the Chinese has been the indiscrimi-
nate use of fire crackers during their
new years festivities. This year that
privilege has heen withdrawn nnd the
violators will be severely punished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
THURSDAY EVENING. JAN. % 1897
If THE gold tol ers were actuated

If THE gold tol ers were actuated
solely by conscientious motives when
they deserted their party last fall an
by that desertion turned the country
over to the republicans, why should
they be on the defensive, and why
should they be ashamed of their action
and still be essaying the vain attempt
of explaining it satisfactorily? Those
who stood by their party in its hour Of
need, on the contrary, are proud Of
what they did, and though defeated by
the action CT the deserters on the eve
OF the contest, hold their heads up like
men. and, like the ex-Confederates, are
so convinced that they were right, that
uuder similar conditions they would dc
so again to morrow if they had an op'
portunity. even if they knew the same
fate awaited them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

CAUGHT UNDER =. TREE.-John
Green, the 15.year-old son of Elias
Green, of Stratton, Dickinson county.
and another boy went out hunting
few nights ago, and after tramping
over the woods until they grew tired
built fire by dead tree and lay.
down and slept by it. After they had
been sleeping for some time young.
Green's companion was awakened by
fire falling into his face from the tree,
and saw that the tree was falling. He
ran out from under it himself, but
could not awaken young Green in time
for him to escape the falling tree, and
Green was injured by it so badly that
he soon died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Did YOu Eyer

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
YOUR troubles? If not, get a bottle
now and get relief. This medicine has
been found to be peculiarly adapted to
the relief and cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting wonderful direct in
fluence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Loss of Ap-
petite, Constipation, Headache, Faint
ing Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless,
Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the
medicine you need. Health and
strength are guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and $l.00 at E. L. Aliens
Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Augustus Warner, the hermit of West
Pond, N. Y, though reputed to be rich,
is dying amid squalor, and asks that he
may die as he lived, alone.
Hon. William J. Bryan made
speech to the Texas Legislature yes
terday, in which he denounced 1.-THE
corporations that are doing the country
HARM"
The regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution have appointed Prof. G. d.
Walcott acting assistant secretary.
Prof. Walcott declined permanent
appointment.
Lieutenant Won Brusewitz, of the
German army. has been sentenced to
imprisonment for three years and
twenty days for killing workman,
who accidentally brushed against his
chair in restaurant.
1t is stated that the republican ma
tional committee has decided to aban-
don its proposed educational campaign
that was to extend over the next four
years. Chairman Hanna is in favor of
this course. Secretary Osborne denies
the statement.
It is III I'D the Lowery Man
sion, on ,.....J avenue, Washing
ton, has been leased for three months
by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and it is said
he will bring on big retinue of SER
wants, a dozen carriages and twenty
horses, and will do big lot of enter
tanning
1t is reported that Melville W. Full
Ter, chief justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court, and David ]. Brewer, associate
justice, have been nominated as COM
missioners to serve on the arbitration
tribunal appointed to determine the
boundary line between Venezuela ard
British Guiana.
Snow fell yesterday to depth of
from two to six inches throughout Vir-
ginia. Snow also fell in Texos, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Alabama and large
part of Georgia. In many localities it
was accompanied by sleet. The aver
age temperature in the southern States,
except Florida, was below the freezing
point.
At South Norwalk, Conn.,, yesterday
five men who were working on the
roadbed of the New York, New Haven
aud Hartford railroad were killed by d
train. Ia trying ia avoid an approach
ing express they stepped directly in
front OF local freight train that was
running in the same direction as the
express.
Judge Cox 10 Washington yesterday
granted divorce to Sallie A. Harris
from Charles H. Harris, son of Senator
Harris, of Tennessee, and the court
granted the custody of the child, SOD
to his mother, and also ordered the de-
PENDANT to pay Mrs. Harris alimoGy in
the sum of $75 per month. Desertior
is said to be the charge.
Abraham l. Elkus appeared in the
Court of General Sessions in New York
yesterday with power of attorney
for Herbert B. Seeley, Theodore D.
Rich and James H. Phipps, who were
indicted by the grand jury Tuesday
on a charge of conspiring to procure
indecent exposure on the part of Lit
tie Egypt" and Minnie Renwood, who
figured at the recent dinner at Sher
ry's. He pleaded not guilty. He
took the privilege of Withdrawing the
plea and furnished bail of $500 for each
of the defendants.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

DUN's is one of the most optimisti-
cal of all the trade publications in
this country, but even it has to con-
cede the we'll known fact that prices
are still falling and that there is great
caution in making loans, and that the
earnings of railroads for this month
have been less than those January
OF last year. There is no sense in at
tempting to conceal what is apparent
to everybody, and, what is matter of
serious consideration, is the fear that
the worst is not vet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Vegetarians say
Merchant Killed by Burglars.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 2S.-At
an early hour this morning Virgil NJ.
Moore, well-to-do groceryman OF this
CITY. was called to his store by the ring
ing of a burglar alarm. He surprised
four white men in the act of pillaging
the place, but when ordered to throw
up their hands they opened fire on him
at close range, inhicting wounds from
which he died later. One Of the rob-
bers was wounded and left a trail of
blood through the snow to the bank of
the Tennessee river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
DESERTED HER GYPSY .LovER.-A

DESERTED HER GYPSY LovER.-A
dispatch fromVienna says thata violent
quarrel has occurred at Milan between
the Princess Chimay, formerly Miss
Clara Ward, of Detroit, Mich, and
Jauos Rigo, the Hungarian gypsy mu-
stefan, for whom the princess recently
left her husband. The screams of the
princess and the violent language of
Rigo created great excitement and
alarm among the guests of the hotel
where the couple were staying, and
complaint was made to the landlord.
The affair ended by the departure OF
the princess. who started unattended
by the gypsy for Monte Carlo. Before
leaving the princess paid her own share
of the bill due at the hotel, but refused
to pay that incurred by Rigo, who is,
consequently. in an awkward position,
being in need of money to settle his &C.
counts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

VIRGINIA SLATE-Messrs. John r..
Williams & Co.. of Richmond, has just
shipped to Liverpool, England, another
large shipment of Buckingham Vir.
ginia slate via the steamship Shenan-
doah, which left Newport News last
week with 100 tons. 1t also contained
samples taken from the old Richmond
Theatre after thirty four years. eX~
posture, and samples from the old gov
ernment granite sheds, with twenty-one'
years exposure. These samples were
none the worse for wear and had re-
tanned their color. The Buckingham
Virginia slate compares favorably with
best Welsh slate, and commands better
prices in England than the slate from
other sections, it being free from lime
and having unfadiug color.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

UNCERTAINTY is the most depressing
of all the conditions that affect business.
The democrats, duringthe whole of The
late campaign, asserted that test OF
free silver must be made, if not then,
four years hence. Wise men then said,
if it had to be made, better sooner than
latter, so that the uncertainty might be
removed. The test was put of, and
Senator Sherman now says the fight OF
for free silver will go on for four
years longer. But the people must go
their own gait, and those whom the
gods would destroy, they first make
mad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
Sues the Absent Bridegroom

TAMAoUA, Pa, Jan. 2S.-Miss Lillian
Bookhammer, of Philadelphia, was to
have been married yesterday to Owen
Williams at Summit Hill. The groom
failed to msterialize and the wedding
was postponed. To-day Miss Book,
hammer sued for breach of promise. II
now transpires that Willams's relatives
were opposed to the match. Miss
Bookhammer is the young woman for
whom Milton Kettra committed suicide
two months ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The body of Sir
Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the Fit.
man system of shorthand, who died last
week, was cremated at Woking oday.
A man named Jones has been ar
rested upon a warrant charging him
with the crime of forgery alleged to
have been committed in New York IN
1894, whereby he is said to have OBJ
tanned the sum of 100000.
LONDON, jan. 29.-Edward ]. Ivory, the
alleged Irish American dynamite conspirator,
and John Mcintyre, formerly assistant
district attorney Of New York, who came to
London to assist in his defense, together with
the American witnesses Wynne, Bourke and
Smith, embarked at Queenstown to-day on
board the steamer Majestic Gu route for New
York
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
HERETOFORE WHENEVER the State c

HERETOFORE WHENEVER the State OF
Massachusetts has been represented
at public function, the whole of the
Governors council has appeared with
him, but now that one of the member
of that council is a negro, an effort is
being made to prevent him from accom-
psnying the Governor on his proposed
official trip to the Tennessee exposi-
ton. But blood is thicker than water
as we'll in Massachusetts as in Virginia,
and man cannot join together what ma
ture has put asuAder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 2S-Oscar
Helsund, physician, who some time
ago was known here as massage
operator, disappeared suddenly recent
lv. Word has since been received by
the Swedish consul that through the
death of an uncle who resided in Stock
holm, Sweden, Helsund has fallen heir
to 81 100000. Helsund was yesterday
discovered in an insane asylum in this
city. His demented conditions the re-
suit of the privatons he has undergone,
and it is believed he will recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-28
A Case of Unrequitcd Love

HARTFORD CITY, Ind Jan. 2S.-At
Dundee, near here, Joseph Boxell,
twenty-five years old, las. evening shot
Miss Ora Brotherton, sixteen years old,
in the temple, then fired a bullet into
his own head, killing himself instantly.
The bullet fired at Miss Brotherton
passed clear through her head. She is
still living, but will die. 1t was case
of unrequited love.