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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
Kaiser Wilhelm's Centenary.

BERLIN, March 23.-The streets
were filled at an early hour this morn
ing with people anxious to witness the
great procession which was the princi-
pal feature of the days programme Of
the celebration of the centenary OF
Emperor William l. The route of the
procession, which started at 1880, was
through the Inter Den Linden to the
Kaiser Wilhelm l monument, which
was unveiled yesterday, where the
Emperor, with the Empress and other
exalted personsges, awaited its arrival.
AS the procession filed past the royal
party the vast crowds. which had as
sembled to witness the review, kept up
an incessant round of cheers.
BERLIN, Mar. 2S-It is estimated
that upwards of twenty thousand per-
sons marched in the procession, which
was Of the most gorgeous descrip-
ton. Many of the historic costumes
worn by the paraders were of costly
material and ornamentatiOn and of ar
tistic design.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
STATE EXPENSES.

The records of the Auditor of Public
Accounts go to show that in many in.
stances certain counties are the beDe-
ficiaries of the State at the expense of
others, while neither their population
nor the assessed value of their taxable
property entities them to the large
subsidies paid them under the prevail
ing laws.
The following tables show a state.
ment of the criminal charges of the
various counties and cities in this dis
trict as paid by the State for the fiscal
year beginning October 1895, and end
ing September 30, 1896. The second
column of figures of this table gives the
amounts paid by the State during the
same period through the medium of the
Superintendent of Public instruction to
the different counties and cities for
school purposes The last column
gives the amount of tax assessed on
real estate, capitation tax, and tax on
personal property and income during
the fiscal year of 1896 in the counties
and cities, but it is well.known fact
that the entire amount of the assessed
taxes has by no means been paid into
the State Treasury, a certain portion Of
the property in the various sections of
the State becoming delinquent every
wear.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
MRS. JARLEY's WAX WoRKs.-One

MRS. JARLEY's WAX WoRKs.-One
of the most interesting events of Lent
will be performance of Mrs. Jarley's
Wax Works, which will be given Sat
urday, March 81, at s o'clock, in the
concert hall of the Academy of Music,
for the benefit of the Episcopal Church
at Upperville, Va, which is near the
summer homes OF number of Balti-
moreans. Besides the wax works there
will be negro songs and sketches by
Mr.. John Nicholas, OF New York. Those
who will appear in the wax works
are Misses Louise Harrison, Rebecca
Morrison, Sydney Morrison, May Good
by, Valerie Slingluff, Elizabeth Hop.
kins, Bessie Cottman, Bessie Herbert,
Isabel Lennon, Messrs. Thomas Jam
ney. Raj Parr, Alexander Herbert, Jas.
Wagner, Boiling Harrison, William
Morton and Philip Harrison.
The patronesses are Mrs. Douglas
Gordon, Mrs. c. Morton Stewart, Mrs.
Curzou Hoffman, Mrs. George Blackis-
tone, Mrs. Sinclair Beall, Mrs. Eugene
Van Ness, Mrs. Harold Randolph, Mrs.
Clinton Paine, Mrs. Lewis Hopkins,
Mrs. j. Quitman Lowell, Mrs. Richard
Morton jr., Mrs. E. N. Morrison, Mrs.
Southgate Lennon and Mrs. William
A. Boykin. Rehearsals will take place
during the next CONGRATULATIONS
Ne,pS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

The little shelter or sentry-box erected In
front of tho White House during the last adj
minstrat IL, which has figured in the news
papers and in pictorial cartoons as Fort
Thurber," was removed to-day. Tho box
was used to shelter policemen on duty in tho
White House grounds in bad weather /. is
explained that the box was considered I'M
slightly.
/ In the Supreme Court to-day Chief Justice
Fuller announced that the argument on the
habeas corpus branch of the case of Elverton
r. Chapman, the recalcitrant sugar trust wit
ness before the Senate investigating commit
too, must proceed tomorrow. The motion
for writ of certiorari to bring up the whole
record of the case il the District courts he
announced would stand over until the present
proceedings were disposed of.
The resignation of Clinton Kurdish as
director of tho bureau of American Republics,
will be considered by the executive commit
tee of the International Union tomorrow
afternoon at the State Department The
members of the committee are Secretary Sher-
man, chairman; and the ministers Uf Brazil,
Mexico, Venezuela, aud Argentina The
resignation will undoubtedly be accepted and
steps will Immediately follow to fill the va.
cancy, which will be through competitive
examination by a board consisting of three
members of the committee and two persons
appointed by the Secretary of State. The
proposed appointment of Joseph G. Smith, of
Ohio, to the place. has been formally with
drawn as impossible under the organic law of
the bureau
President Mckinley is showing tho effect
of the pressur rpol him for office. He gives
to each visitor courteous hearing, but the
t,x on his vitality is very severe. Tho office
seekers are at the White House when the
doors are opensd in the morning and they re-
main in evidence until the President is com.
pelled through sheer fatigue to seek the Sc
cluson of his private apartments. The warm
weather of tho past few days has added TO
his discomfort and it has been suggested that
he spend an occasional day in rest at tho sea
shore or in the country near the city. His
friends believe that if no does not take brief
outing he will break down from overwork
They maintain that he has been under n tor.
rifle strain since his nomination last June and
that it is not in human natale to continue it
indefinitoly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Southern Cyclone.

EUFAULA, Ala, March 23.-This
city is central in section which was
swept by tornado yesterday in which
death and disaster has played dread
full part. For several days there has
been summer mildness all through
southwest Georgia southeast Alabama,
the country tributary to the Chattahoo-
chez river. Yesterday morning lead
en- skies and increasing wind pressure
preceded storm which came sweeping
along with terrific and wrecking force.
Shutters and roofs gave way and Tor
two hours there was terror and desola'
ton, when the tornado passed of to
the northwest, coursing along the Chat
tahoocee valley. The reports soon
coming in told of the terrible devasta-
ton. The town of Blakely, in Georgia,
was nearly lifted out of existence and
people seeking refuge indoors we're as
badly knocked around by creaking and
falling timber5 as were those on the
outside, who were unable to dodge
fence rails and other flying missiles.
From Henry county, Alabama, around
Abbyville, there come stories of death
and wreck. a family of five persons is
reported killed near Geneva. A second
disaster, that of floods, is now upon the
country. The rivers and creeks are
swelling with the rainfall, which almost
resembled a cloudburst in its copious-
ness. On both sides of the ChattahOo-
chez south of here the fields are over
flowed, destroying all the winters work
of preparation, carrying away cabins
and stock. Late last night news came
in of the drowning of family of eight
persons on the Alabama side of the
river in Henry county. Richard Man.
son, with his wife and six children,
lived in la cabin on the river bank at
the crossing of the Central Railroad
from Columbia. The waters rushed in
and before they could extricate them
selves all were lost.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 23.-There are
no later developments than those al
ready published concerning the Airing
ton cyclone. The list of deaths as re-
ported is not being increased by later
reports. In several localities in south
west Georgia the wires are down and it
is impossible to get anything as yet,
though it is believed that there are no
deaths other than those reported from
rlinoton
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

Mr.. Dockery-I should have accept
ed that statement from the official
record, but courtesy forbids me to do so,
when the gentleman from Minnesota
stands here and tells the House it IS not
correct. (Applause.)
Mr.. Tawney-I was referring to my
own district; 1 did not speak for the
entire State. Derisive laughter by
democrats.
Mr.. Dockery said in conclusion that
the policy of the republican party had
cost the workingman his wages, had
surrendered to Great Britain the su-
premacy of the seas, and had impover-
ished the farmers of the land. Loud
applause.
Mr.. Newlands then took the floor
and illustrated his remarks by map
showing the distribution of the various
forms of money among the nations of
the world. This showed, he said, that
the United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany and Russia held
three-quarters of all the gold in exist
ence. He believed the domestic COM
MERGE of the United States alone was
equal to that of the world. "And that
demonstrates, he said, 'the power Of
the United States alone pitted against
the whole world to restore silver to its
use as primary money"
Mr.. Lacey, who spoke next in favor
of the bill, was asked by Mr.. Handy if
he thought the gold democrats helped
the republicans gain their victory Of
last fall.
Mr.. Lacey thought they did.
Mr.. Handy-Well, don't you think
its a pretty hard return to make for
their aid to force upon them such a
tariff bill as this? Democratic ap-
plause.)
MIR. Lacey-Oh, we'll, Mr.. Chairman,
the gold democrats are not nearly so
much opposed to protective tariff law
as they were in 1892.
To the inquiry of another member,
Mr.. Lacey said he believed that more
democrats came to the republican party
last year upon the tariff question than
upon the money question, although
they we're not always frank enough
to own it.
Mr.. McLaurin, a member of the CON-
mittee on ways and means, made q
strong plea for protection to the cotton
planter of the South. This fact must
be admitted, he said, that for the next
four years at least the doctrine of pro-
lection would control our revenue
system, and he proposed, therefore,
that this protection should be recipro-
cal between all sections of the coun-
try. If there was to be protection in
New England he demanded similar
ght for the raw products of the South.
If cotton cloth was to be protected he
wanted also protection for the cotton
out of which the cloth was manufac-
tured. Was it wise, he asked, was it
F., just to the Southern people not to
demand fair play for that sec.
| ton ?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Application has been made to Secre-
tary Alger for 1000 tents in which 10
house flood refugees at Memphis.
Tie U. S. Supreme Court yesterday
decided that the antitrust law of 1890
was applicable to railroads, and that
the traffic agreement of the Trans
Missouri Freight Association was il
legal.
One hundred sailors belonging to the
U. S. cruiser San Francisco, flag
ship of the American squadron in En-
pean waters, attended the Pope's
mass in Rome yesterday and received
his blessing.
The United States government will
enter no protest at present, at least,
against the conditions imposed upon
the merchantmen of neutral nations un-
der the orders for the blockading OF
Crete by the six European powers.
Miss De Lord, the clever young wo-
man swindler who has been dipping
prominent thirty-third degree Masons
in Washington for several weeks past,
is believed to have completed her OPP
erations there and quit town for new
fields.
In the House of Representatives last
night Mr.. Bailey, OF Texas, presented
the minority report on the tariff bill.
The report was signed by all the demo
cratic members of the ways and means
committee, and gives the grounds OF
their opposition to the bill.
The President again yesterday IN
formed his callers it was useless to
press on him and that he could not af.
ford to anticipate vacancies in Office by
designating persons for positions until
they could exist. He was glad, he
stated, to see his callers and to listen
to the pleas presented, but they would
have little effect until the proper time
came and nominations were in order.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

GIRL CLAIMS A VISIT TO HEAVEN
A dispatch from Indiana Pa, says
White township, this county, has a
mild sensation in the line of so.called
trance visits to heaven. Tillie, the
II year-old daughter of D. 7. Faith,
who has been i'll for several weeks, has
been astonishing friends and neighbors
by marvellous descriptions of heaven
and persons who died before she was
born. She says che has been in a num-
Der Of frances, and in each her spirit
has visited the heavenly region.
She described accurately the way her
mother. who died eight years ago, was
dressed when buried, although the child
did not ses her dead parent before
burial. Tillie says she saw her mother
during one of the frances. She also de-
scribed brother who died before she
was born, and the description was so ac-
curate that the bewildered father was
frightened.
Hundreds of neighbors have visited
the Faith home and Intercepted the
child, and to all their questions she has
given remarkably accurate replies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
TUESDAY EVENING. MAR %, 1897.

II THE numerous congressman and
other people who have been making
so much fuss over the arrest and i'm
prisonment of American newspaper
correspondents in Cuba, would only
read book called BORDER and Bas-
telle," published in 1868 by the author
of "Sword and Gown" they might, for
their own sake, conceive the idea that
it would be we'll for them to "hold
their horses" for that book gives the
personal experience of an English cor
respondent of an English newspaper,
who was shot and captured by federal
soldiers on the upper Potomac while
irving to enter the Confederate lines.
and coutined by the federal govern
ment for months without trial in the
Old Capitol prison at Washington, in
which he was subjected to all the spite,
avarice and cruelty of the ever infamous
Baker and Wood. If a certain sort of
people knew more, they would talk
and write less.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

IF THE federal government can give
vegetable and flower seed to Congress
men for distribution among their
friends and acquaintance, why
shouldn't it give them other things just
as, if not more, useful ? The idea upon
which this government was created
was that the people should support it,
not it, the people; but that idea seems
to have been entirely reversed. If this
be government of equality, why
should man who works in garden be
in receipt of any more of it's favors than
one who works in shop? why should
the sugar planter be protected while
the corn planter is not2 and why
should the poor consumer be taxed to
increase the profits of the rich manufac-
turer? Paternal government cannot, in
the nature of things, be an impartial
government, and therefore is incompat-
ible with free and equal institutions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
Sullivan VS.. Fitzsimmons.

CHICAGO, March 23.-James Colville,
who was Corbett's timekeeper in the
recent contest at Carson, is one of a
syndicate who are willing to back John
l.. Sullivan against Fitzsimmons in a
battle for the championship. "a few of
Sullivan's blows" he said last night,
would stop Fitzsimmons. Sullivan
has already begun 10 get himself in
shape and before six months roll by the
big fellow will be in trim to enter into
active training. We mean business and
have already posted forfeit"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
THE TRAIL OF DEATH.

A cyclone swept down upon the
town of Arlington, Ga, yesterday and
accomplished work of horror that
has never been parslleled in that vi
cinity. The bodies of eight children
have been taken from the ruins of the
Arlington Academy and about dozen
others will die.
Thirty-fve children and two teachers
went down in the wreck of the build
ing, and the work of removing the dead
and injured is not yet completed. The
scene is heartrending.
The Arlington Academy, fine struc
ture. was directly in the path OF the
storm. 1t was demolished, and the
work of death was done even before the
danger was realized.
The two teachers, Profs. Covington
and Walker, were removed from the
ruins seriously hurt.
People have not recovered from the
horror of the disaster. Nearly every
home in the community has been blight
ed by the storms cruel work. Men and
women stand about wringing their
hands and weeping for their children.
The storm also wrecked the residence
of W. D. Cowdrey, and the new resi-
dence of DR.. W. E. Saunders. No one
was hurt at these places.
The academy had been built two
years, and was handsome two-story
structure. =.
About $50 o'clock there was lull
in the high winds which had prevailed,
giving some promise of clear day.
Prof. Covington, going to look around,
beheld a dark cloud, we'll fringed with
electricity, moving rapidly in the d.
rection of the school. His trained eye
told him at once there was danger.
Hurrying the children into the build
ing for safety, the roaring of the COM
ing cyclone was upon them before they
had time to think.
The storm increased in strength and
velocity and the building began to
shake and careen as if rocked in the
arms of q mighty force. The building
was wrenched into fragments so that
the pieces fell inward, and among the
first struck were Claude Roberts and
Alice Putnam, who were knocked into
the insensibility of death at the first
blow.
Blakely was also struck by severe
storm yesterday morning, that did
enormous damage and cost several
lives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
Bank Troubles.

PARIS, Tex, March 23.-The Farm
ers and Merchants Bank, of this city,
suspended this morning. The failure was
caused by the suspension yesterday OF
Martin, Wise and Fitzhugh, cotton
buyers. The capital stock was $780,
900; surplus, s55. 900; deposits $3.50, 600;
loans and discounts, 100000.
A big run is in progress at the City
National Bank. The line of waiting
depositors extends in the street. Excite
ment runs high.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
THE CURFEw BELL RINGs.-In Yves

THE CURFEw BELL RINGs.-In West
Union, Hinton and BuckhAnnon, the
county seats of Doddridge, Summers
and Upshur counties, West Virginia,
respectively, cnrfew rung out from the
courthouses last night, the councils of
those places having passed the ordi-
nance last week in response to an up
rising OF public sentiment over the State
for such law. The bells ring at nine
from April LIST to October LIST, and eight
the balance of the year, and the ordi-
nance applies to youth under sixteen
years of age, penalty for breaking of
which will be a fine of $50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
Railroad Wreck.

SPRINGFIELD, o, March ga.-Twen
ty-two cars of Big Four freight No. Il
are piled in mass on the Ohio South
ern tracks, which pass the Big -Four
near Buffalo crossing. The wreck was
caused by the breaking of a coupling
at one o'clock this morning. The trair
came together again and the wreck
followed. Four tramps have been
found badly injured and four others
are supposed to be buried in the wreck.
The injured were taken to the hospital
here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

SECRETARY SHERMAN is reported as
having recently said "If Spain would
give me quit-claim deed to the island
of Cuba, I would cot have it." If this
report be true, it will go far to disprove
the rumor about the failure of Mr..
Sherman's mental faculties. This
country has more territory now than it
can we'll take care of. Cuba would be
the cause of as much annoyance to it
as Hawaii would be, and though the
possession of both would be a constant
source OF danger, that of neither could
do it any good.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

LABRADOR herring is many a poor
mans breakfast. Under the present
tariff bill the duty on such fish is one
dollar barrel, which is high enough
IN all conscience. The proposed tariff
bill increases that duty to two dollars q
barrel. But that increase is of no con-
sequence to rich people. for they don't
sat Labrador herring at breakfast or at
any other meal. This is only fair
sample of the gross injustice of the
Dingley bill, which should be entitled
"a bill to rob the poor for the benefit of
the rich.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
Object to prizc-flrht Pictures

CHICAGO, March 23.-President
Frances Willard, OF the w. G. 7. u,
yesterday forwarded to President Nc.
Kinley petition asking him to prevent
the kaleidoscope exhibition of the Cor.
-Fitzsimmons fight in the District
of Columbia. Letters in the same
strain have also been forwarded to the
governors of the States and territories.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

A WEEK or 80 ago the GAZETTE
made few remarks on the conspicu-
GUS failure of the national government
to do any thing toward perpetuatipg
the memory of one of the most distin-
guished men this country has produced,
the late Commodore Maury, of Viz
ginia. Yesterday Senator Chandler
introduced bill in Congress appropri-
ating twenty thousand dollars for the
erection of statue of Matthew Fon-
tame Maury in one of the public
squares of Washington. Better late
than never.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

In his late speech, Mr.. Bailey called
attention to one instance of the vaga-
ries of modern American politics,
which is particularly noticeable, namely
the fact that though the chief issue ofthe
campaign of 1892 was the tariff, the
extra session of Congress then called
was for the purpose Of legislating upon
the currency question, and that though
the chief issue of the campaign of 1896
was the currency, the extra session
now being held was called to legislate
on the tariff. 1t is feared, that so
far as the general interests of the coun-
try are concerned, the benefits of the
present, will be as inappreciable az
those of the former extra session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

IT SEEMS to be by no means i'm
probable, Judging from the way
some of the democratic mem
bers of Congress are now talking, that
the tariff bill will have more
trouble in going through the Senate
than has been anticipated, and that the
democratic minority in that body,
notwithstanding Mr.. Bailey's init
nation to the contrary, will re-
sort to every means in their pow
or to obstruct its passage at every avail
able point. The bill is gross outrage
on the poor people of the country, and
should be defeated if possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
RUcKLIN,s ARNIcA sALvE.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
Jay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Ernest ], Allen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
COURT OF APPEALS.

Wildberger and others VS.. Cheek
exors. Argued and submitted
Browning vs.. Cheeks exors. Argued
and submitted.
The next cases to be called will be
Casey Us. Cheeks exors. and Terry
against city Of Richmond, Nos. 70 and
II on argument docket.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23

JUDGING from the large number of
young men who after receiving cadet
ship appointments at West Point
and Annapolis, fail to pass the
examinations required for admis-
sion into those academies, the ad-
disability of the establishment OF the