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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
A Gloomy Outlook.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1O.-Every-
where the river is rising and thou
sands of men are at work strengthen
ing the barriers. Any tiny rivulet
trickling through the broad embank-
ments is cause for signal of alarm.
Each effort has met with success, but
the water is growing greater in volume
and mightier i'll force, the alarms COM
ing with more frequency, and it is
doubtful if the system Can prevail
against the long continued strain which
has just begun anew. The flood is
already greater than ever known be-
fore, but each days record will be
broken by the next day for AZ least a
week to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

A PASTOR EXoNERATED.-A COM
mittee from Fulton Baptist Church, in
Richmond, consisting of Rev. ]. R. Har-
risen, the pastor, and FIVE deacons, have
just concluded an investigation into the
sensational reports put in circulation
about Rev. P. E. Throckmorton when
he resigned the pastorate of Pioneer
Church, just below the city. 1t was
charged that Rev. Mr.. Throckmorton
had been too intimate with one or more
ladies of his flock, while he declared
that he resigned because the church
could not pay him. In their report, the
committee say: "We unhesitatlng,y
state that not the slightest reilaoie
proof of his guilt has been founo;
Therefore, we declare him innocent ana
desire to say that he still has our conn
dence, Christian fellowship and sup
port"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

INSANE FROM a PRACTICAL JOKE
Mr.. GUSTS Chamberlayne, worthy
young man, of Barton Heights, Rich
mond, has become insane as the result
OF a stupid practical joke by some Of
his acquaintance. A commission Of
lunacy yesterday adjudged Mr.. Cham
berlayne of unsound mind and sent to
Williamsburg Insane Hospital. For
some time past the young man had
been employed to guard some peniten-
tiary convicts working at the Confed-
crate Soldiers Home. Somebody told
him that he had better be very careful
and not let any prisoners escape, for il
he did Major Lynn, superintendent Of
the penitentiary, would put him in a
dark cell on bread and water for q
week and then turn him over to Col.
Bigger, commandant of the Soldiers
Home. 1t was then insinuated to him
that Colonel Bigger would have him
blown from the mouth of cannon at
ter giving him taste of the merry cat
o'-nine.tails, and the poor man brooded
over all these things until his mind was
unbalanced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
The President at Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 1O.-Presi-
dent Mckinley and party came ashore
this morning from the Dolphin and
were officially received at the Naval
Academy. The party landed about 10
o'clock and the presidential salute was
fired, after which the cadets were pa
raded as artillery and reviewed by the
President. After a short visit to the
residence of Superintendent Cooper
the party returned to the Dolphin,
which sailed at noon. 1t is said that
Mrs. Mckinley is indisposed to-day.
The President will return to Wash
ington tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
NARROW ESCAPE FROM Deaf.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Mr.. E. J. Underwood, q patent attorney
of Washington, came near losing his
life Thursday night. He went fishing
Thursday in the neighborhood of Little
Falls. Returning home he rowed into
Little river where it bends back of Ara
lostan Island. In attempting TO row
through he found the narrow channel
blocked by log, which he tried to
chop in two with Ratchet. Failing in
this he endeavored to row out by the
way he came, but could not do this on
account Of the falling tide. He then
attempted to crawl over the log and
drag his boat over it, but without sue
cess. Finally he tried to walk to shore,
but stuck in the mud. He called for
help until he lost consciousness. About
Z o'clock r. W. Henderson, of George
town, discovered him in the marsh,
summoned assistance and Mr.. Under
wood was dragged out and taken to the
Emergency Hospital, where prompt
treatment saved his life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
Serious Landslide.

EAST LIVERPOOL, o., April 1O-An
entire hill is moving at Three Points,
near here. and the street railway sys-
tenn is blocked. Two big dwellings
near Wellsville are doomed and the
Pennsylvania tracks were moved by
the pressure of the hill. The face of
Welsville road hill is slipping from
summit to base, including small for
est and tons of rock. Tho road has
dropped from sight in two places. The
expected avalanche will hurry the
Pennsylvania tracks and will endanger
the big sewer pipe works.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

ANOTHER GULF CYCLoNE.-Tele,
grams from Ozark, Ala, and Valdosta
Ga, and the ill-fated town of Airing.
ton, Ga, show that that section was
visited yesterday by another Gulf cy-
clone. ascending the Apalachicola val
ley and sweeping northward with ter.
rife force, to the confluence of the
Chattahoochee and the Flint rivers,
where trees were uprooted and houses
blown to pieces. Several lives were
lost, among them being Mrs. Powers,
who was caught beneath the falling
timbers of her home and crushed. Her
husband was unable to save her and
was himself badly hurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
TURNER AND McELHoNE Plea

TURNER AND MCELHoNE PLEAD
NOT GUILTY.-Lewis Mex. Turner and
Philip McElhone were arraigned in
Washington yesterday to plead to the
indictments charging them with alb
stracting certain valuable papers and
books from the Congressional Library
where they were employed. They en-
tered plea of not guilty with the
privilege of subsequently moving to
quash the Indictment or demur. 1t is
expected that the case will be called
for trial at an early date.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

THE RACE tracks in Alexandria coun'
ty, which, according to one of the Wash
ington newspapers, predisposed and
excited the young men of that city to
gambling, have long since been closed,
but so strong is the natural vice of gam
bling in Washington that the attention
of the judge of the criminal court there
has been called to it, with an official
request that means may be resorted to
by which it may be restricted. The
federal capital is the proper place for
the gambling crusade of the Wash
ington newspapers, not the comparative.
ly moral communities on this side of
the river
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

MARRIAGE TO PREVENT ELoPEsrENr.
May Sckman, the 13-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Rosa Stoakes, OF Berkeley
near Norfolk, was married Thursday
night to a young steamboat fireman
named John Wood, % years of age, at
the residence of Mrs. Knight, No. As
Virginia street, Berkeley. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. R. NJ.
Chandler, of Chestnut n. E. Church.
The marriage was the result of very
short courtship. Mrs. Stoakes con
sented to her young daughters mar
rage to prevent her from clipping 1t is
said that the couple will go to Philadel-
phia to reside.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

If WHAT the republicans and boilers
say about the result of the recent cleo
tions in the North and West be true,
which is to the effect that it shows that
the communists, criminals and anarch-
lists have large maiorities in the cities
in which those elections were held, the
country must be in a bad way, as the
result referred to is clearly Indicative
of that of elections in all the other
cities when they shall take place,
and the lot of country the majority
of whose people is composed of such
elements must be particularly un-
happy one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

YES, THERE is a new South. That
there is, is proved by the fact that the
promoters of the movement for the es-
tablisment of home for the INDECENT
widows and daughters of Confederate
soldiers in Richmond, have sent lei,
ter to Mrs. Cleveland, begging her for
contribution. When the people of the
old South hear of this they blush for
shame and feel like retiring to the pri-
vacy of their homes, and remaining
there. To ask contributions from
Southern sympathisers is all right, but
from Northern people, must be Oh
jectionable even to the proposed bene-
fciaries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
M. P. CONFERENCE.

The Maryland Methodist Protestant
Conference, in session in Baltimore,
yesterday disposed of the question Of
admitting women to general conference
by voting in favor of their admission as
lay delegates, but adversely to their be.
ing ordained and being admitted as
ministerial representatives.
The question as adopted is understood
to read: General Conference shall
consist of an equal number of ministers
and lay representatives, either men or
women" This leaves it open to the
construction, as pointed out by some Of
the members, that ministers or lay rep
resentatives may be either men or
women.
The proposition must be acted upon
by all the annual conferences. II two.
thirds of these bodies vote in favor OF it
the amendment becomes operative up
on notice being given by the president
of General Conference through the
church papers.
Report of the treasurer, T. A. Muir
ray, showed receipts of income from in.
vestments, S9,917; from church collec-
tons, 1865; total, 1882. Last October
S1,704 was distributed by the conference
steward to claimants on the fund, and
50, 467 is on hand for distribution at the
present session.
The following officers and managers
were re elected Vice Presidents, J. T.
Lassell and w. ]. Neepier; correspond
ing secretary, A. w. Mather; recording
secretary, G. @. Bacchus; treasurer, T.
A. Murray; managers, E. J. Drinkhouse,
F. T. Tagg, ]. T. Murray, John G..
Clarke, G. A. Benjamin, J. M. Sheridan,
J. W. Herring, T. A. Murray; collector
of dues, w. R. McKnett.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
Beware Of Ointmcnts for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains DO
mercury, and is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
formally, and made in Toledo Ohio, by F. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials Free
Sold by all druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

JUDGING FROM the advance in the
price of gold, the promised prospect y
has arrived, but, unfortunately for the
poor people of the country, not to
them, but to the few who have money
locked up in bank vaults, and those
who hold shares in trusts and COM
bines, who now, like the sharp ed
Governor of Virginia did four months
ago. see the advancing dawn Of the
prosperity referred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

THE NEW YORK Commercial Adver-
tiser, republican newspaper, comedies
that the recent democratic victory IN
Chicago was Bryan victory, and says
it shows that the second city OF the
United States is for free silver. Why,
of course it is, and, what's more, its
own, the first city, is so too, and would
prove itself to be so if an election were
held there tomorrow, provided the
methods of Mr.. Hanna were not resort
ed to. Bryan's stands may fall, but his
cause is rising day by day, and will con-
tinue to do so until somebody else be-
sides Governor O'Ferrall can see the
dawn of the promised prosperity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
The Floods.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 10.-Dis
patches from Greenville say There
can be no exaggeration of the flood
situation in the Yazoo Mississippi delta
The crisis is yet to come and the vast
extent OF human suffering and destruc.
ton of property cannot be conceived
The gravest fears are entertained. The
loss to cotton alone by the flood will
reach $50,000,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
Hostilities Commenced.

ATHENS, April 10.-Dispatches from
Larissa give details of the invasion Of
Macedonia by force of irregular
Greek troops. Three thousand, it is
announced. crossed the frontier or
Wednesday. The Greek force is com.
manded by ex officers of the regular
army of Greece and include the band
of Italian volunteers. The so.called
insurgents are all well armed and
equipped. The Greeks crossed the
frontier in the night time and surprised
and burned four Turkish outposts sta
tions. The Turkish troops are ad.
vancing and the villagers of Isipilo say
they have heard the firing of big guns
and suppose that an engagement has
taken place.
LONDON, April 10.-A telegram from
Athens is as follows: "The day after
the arrival of the band of invaders
near the monastery of Memora, arms
and uniforms were served out, and q
commissariat corps was formed. Mules
arrived for the transport service, and
the standard was blessed by the monks.
LII pears al luscTIpllou III 0reek, JIG
equivalent of which is In hoe signo
vinces.' This news has added greatly
to the excitement"
LONDON, April 1O.-A dispatch from
Elassona says that Turkish council
of war was in session last night and it
was considered probable that the
Turks would Immediately take the Of
fensive
ELAssoNA, April 1O.-Edhem Pasha,
the commander chief of the Turkish
army, has received orders from Con.
stantinople to cross the frontier Of
Greece with bis forces should it be
proved that Greek regular troops are
among the invaders.
The Turkish troops continue adj
vancing against the invaders, who will
shortly find themselves between three
fires.
A special from Vienna says that the
mowers have now agreed to blockade
the port of Athens, and that they are
now sending reinforcements for that
DurpOSe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

THE RICH contractors who built the
new q. S. ship Iowa have received q
BONUS of two hundred thousand dollars
for the extra speed she exhibited on
her trial trip. That she will never
again make such speed goes without
saying. But still, some means must be
provided for expeEding the large sums
.exaoted of the people by taxes on their
necessaries of life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
COURT OF APPEALS.

Rosenbaum against Seldom. Argued
and submitted.
Tyree against Lake. Passed.
Richmond and West Point Land and
Improvement Company against town
of West Point. Argued and continued
until Monday next.
The next case to be called is Bell
Com. VS.. Wood, No. 8 on privileged
docket.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

IT Is now printed in the newspapers
that the labor unions of the country are
being organized on military lines, Tor
the reason, as stated, that the attain
ment of their ends can be facilitated by
that means. This is wrong, but, under
existing conditions, it is not unnatural.
When all the federal legislation is in
favor of the few gold owners, bond
holders, trusts and combines, it is not
at all wonderful that the many suf-
ferers, the poor people, who are plumber
ed, should in their anger resort to IL
legal attempts to relieve themselves of
unjust burdens Those who sow the
wind, must reap the whirlwind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
RucKLIN,s ARNIcA sALYE.

THE BEST SALvE in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Uhilblains, Germs and all Skin Erup.
ions, and positively cures Piles, or nc
)ay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
Ernest L. Allen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

Groves Tastelcss Chill Tonic is perfect
Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood Purifier Re-
moves Biliousncss without purging. As pleas
ant as Lemon Syrup. II is as large as any
dollar tonic and rctails for SO cents. To get
the GENUINE ask for GROVES.
For sale by c. G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
LocKHARr. Texas, Oct, is. 1889

Paris Medicine Co. Paris. Tenn:
Dear sirs :-Shipus AS soon as possible = gross
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic My customers
want GROVES Tasteless Chill tonic and will
not have any other. In our experience of
over 20 years in the drug business we have
never sold any medicine which gave such
satisfaction. Yours, respectfully,
j. S. BROWNE & Co.
For sale nv G. G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
TRANSFORMATION of BICYCLES Free

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounces that bicycles will be checked and
carried in the baggage cars when accompanied
or the same train by tie owners, free OF cost,
provided the passenger has no baggage other
wise the bicycle will be charged for at regu-
lar rates
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
Yellow eyes,
Suicide.

RICHMOND, Va, April 1o-Dr. ]. L.
Robinson, q prominent physician of
Woodstock, shot and killed himself at
Fincastle this morning where he was
visiting relations. No cause is known
for the act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10
DIED.

The funeral of Mrs LUCY E. CORsE will
take place from No. S1S King street on
Sunday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. Friends OF the
family are invited. Interment private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-10

Wheat took another drop iu Balti-
more yesterday, closing at ~ cents, its
lowest figure since last September.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22
DanperLurl,s in tho Piano.

\ somewhat heroic French scientist
has boldly declared that a large num-
Der of nervous maladies from which
girls at the present. day suffer are to
he attributed to playing the piano.
Statistics show. according to this au-
thority. that of 1000 girls who study
the instrument before the age of IL
no fewer than COO suffer from this class
of disorders. while of these who do
not begin till later there are only some
200 per 1000, and only 100 per 1000
among those who have never learned
to play the piano. The violin is also
proved to be equally injurious. The
remedy suggested is that children
should not be permitted to study either
instrument before the age of l6 at
least. or. in case of delicate constitu-
tons. not till still later age.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22

here, and. on the day your option closes.
they will give me a check for the
amount"
Serves me right" said Kenyon. Il
have been cheated and duped- l had
grave suspicious of it all along. but
did not act upon them. have been too
timorous and cowardly. This man
Longworth has made pretense of help
ing me to form a company. Everything
he has done has been to delay me. He
came out here apparently in the interest
OF the company l was forming, and now
he has got the option for himself"
Yes, he has" said Won Brent. Il
may say am very sorry indeed for the
turn affairs have taken. OF course, as
L have told you, had no idea how the
land lay. You see you had placed no
deposit with me, and had to look after
my own interests. However. the option
is open for a few days more. and will
not turn the mine over to them till the
last minute of the time has expired
Isn't there any chance of your getting
the money before then?"
Not the slightest"
well, you see, in that case cannot
help myself. l am bound by legal
document to turn the mine over to them
on receipt of the c 10000 the moment
your option is ended. Everything is
done legally, and l am perfectly help
less in the matter"
"Yes, l see that" said John. Good
by" He went to the telegraph office
and sent cablegram.
Wentworth received the dispatch in
London the next morning. 1t read:
I'VE are cheated. Longworth has the
option on the mine in his own name"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22

that they forget their health. The health
cannot be trifed with. The body resents
neglect. Little disorders become big ones
if they are allowed to run on. The man
whose digestion is poor, pretty soon tlnds
that he is losing flesh. He doesn' twe1gh as
much as he did. He doesn't realize that he
is losing vitality; that he is losing strength;
that he is losing capacity for work; and that
even his brain must of necessity become
weaker, if it is not nourished. Loss of flesh
means that the whole body is going to wreck.
1t is fatally easy to run downhill. A man
keeps going faster and faster as he goes
down When health begins to leak out, 1t
leaks very fast. The time to stop It IS night
away The way to stop II IS by taking DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It IS
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est medical institutions in the world, The
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troubles that lead to consumption, chief
among these are emaciation and general,
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nerves, stimulates digestion, brings back
healthy appetite, healthy sleep, and a
healthy, natural action of all the organs of
the body. Druggists sell it
Everyman, woman and child in the United
States ought to have access to copy of DR..
Pierce's great work, the Peoples Common
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sists of 1908 pages, and is a complete med
ical library in one volume. Every one may
have copy, paper-covered, absolutely free,
if he will send 81 one-cent stamps, to pay for
the cost of mailing only, to the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
NY. If handsome, durable, French cloth
binding is desired. send ten cents additional
lthirty-o ue cents in all.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22

Witches Were Bound to II to Exercise
tho Spirit
In a small chapel stands strangely
wrought marble column inclosed in an
iron cage, says Marion Crawford in the
Century. The Romans now call it the
Colonna Santa 1.-THE holy p;llar) and it
is said to I've the one against which
Christ leaned when teaching in the
temple ut Jerusalem. A great modern
authority believes il te be of Roman
workmanship and of the third century,
but those who have lived in the east
will see much that is oriental in the
fantastic, ornamented carving. Itmat-
tiers little. In actual fact, whatever be
its origin, this is the column known
in the middle ages as the Colonna degli
Spiritati, or column of those possessed
by evil spirits, and it was customary
to bind to it such unlucky individuals
as fell under suspicion of possession,
in order to exercise the spirit with
prayers and holy water. Aretino has
made a witty scene about this in the
"Cortigiana," where one of the vatican
servants cheats a poor fisherman and
then hands him over to the sacr:stan
of St.Peter's to be cured CT an imaginary
possession by tremendous CXorcism.
Such proceedings must have been com
mon enough in those days when witch
craft and demonolOgy were elements
" it'll which rulers and lawg:vers had to
count at every turn