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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
WOODLAND FARMERS CLUE.

The May meeting of the Woodlawn
Farmers Club was held according to
adjournment, at the residence of John
l.. Monroe, President A. w. Harrison
in the chair, and large attendance OF
members and guests.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved and the president
then announced that he now has on
hand for free distribution sugar beet
seed, and some of the members availed
themselves Of the opportunity to get
seed.
Major O. f. Hine stated that seed
could also be obtained by applying 10
Mr.. Whitehead, at Richmond, on con-
dition that one quarter acre should be
raised and one hundred pounds of beets
be sent TO the State experimenting sta
ton for testing
Essays on Corn Culture" were
next called for and A. w. Harrison
stated that he had not prepared
one in detail but would give
summary of the subject in three
items, viz Fall and winter blowing,
deep and thorough blowing, and thor
ough cultivation" These points were
discussed, and generally conceded with
except as to the deep blowing.
r. S. Wright read an essay on the
subject, which drew out various crit.
cisms, and the discussion that followed
leads one to believe that but few farm
ers need imagine that they know it all,
and that there is nothing more to be
learned in the business. The other
members appointed to prepare articles
on the subject did not read them before
the hour of adjournment arrived which
usually follows promptly the notice OF
our genial host that supper is next in
order.
Next meeting on June 18th at the
residence of Mr.. Harry Pierson.
T. S. WRIGHT, Sec.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
A SEA MONSTER.

A rare sea monster was captured on
Wednesday in Northam & Evans fish
pond of the mouth of Chesconnessix
Creek. The men who caught it had Il
rough time getting the animal into
their boat, and when they reached the
wharf it took seven stout men to put it
ashore. Not knowing what the strange
creature was they brought it to Oman
cock to be shipped to fish dealer in
Baltimore, but it is probable that 1t Will
be kept at Onancock at least for some
time. On investigation the strange
animal proved to be q genuine speci-
men of the leather-back turtle of tropi.
cal seas, and is rarely found so far
north Is this latitude. 1t is monster
of its kind, being six feet five inches
long, three feet eight inches broad and
weighing six hundred and eighty five
pounds. In appearance it rather re-
sembles the walrus or sea lion more
than the ordinary sea turtle. Its shell
is black and rather soft like leather,
and seven longitudinal ridges run
down the back from head to tail. Its
feet are flat and fn-shaped, being en-
tirely without claws, and one OF its feet
seems to have been recently bitten OFT
by q shark or some other sea animal
When aroused it makes blowing noise
like that made by sea lion or mad
cow. Hundreds of people from the
town and surrounding country visited
the wharf Thursday to see the mon
ster. 1t is supposed that he came up
from the tropical regions in the Cult
stream, and having lost his reckoning
made his way between the Capes into
the Chesapeake Bay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
TELEGRAFHIC BREVITIES.

Emily Bancker, the sc:-=ss. died at
the Albany, n. Y, hos-5;A- .o-day of
peritonitis, having beer = see Mon
day.
A cable dispatch has been received;
from London stating that the steamer
Hekla which was in collision with the
Atlantic Transport Line steamer Mis-
sissippi passed the Butt of Lewis, Heb
rides Islands, to-day.
William F. Ray, head salesman and
general manager of the bicycle firm of
Cline Brothers, Baltimore, was accident
ally elrctrocuted this morning. He
caught hold of live wire while stand.
ing on cornice The shock was in
Simultaneous, his hand being burned al
most to i crisp by the power of the
charge.
A cyclonic storm swept over terri
tory abou twenty miles long and a
half mile wide in the western part of
O5wego county, N. y, yesterday.
Great damage was done by the wind,
especially in the town of Westmoreland,
where at least half dozen barns were
blown down and several houses are
moved from their foundations. In ono
barn Mrs. Charles Cook took refuge
with her son, eight years old. The
barn fell in the storm, and Mrs. Cook
was instantly killed and the boy crush
ed so badly that he cannot live.
Forty ringleaders of the San Quentin, Cal,
strike have been sentenced to solitary con-
fnement on bread and water for one month
The allowance of tobacco and possibly sugar
and syrup to the others will be cut off at least
a year saving $4,000 to the State The
money will be used to pay for ten extra
guards.
Last night II. s Towne, wife and sister
went bathing at Galveston. Texas. shortly at
;er squall. MIR and Mr.. Towne were drown
ed. while the sister narrowly escaped. They
came from Mexico and leave two children.
Edgar c. Harris The Baltimore letter car
rier who tried to commit suicide after killing
two Of his children on Wednesday morning,
died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital this
morning.
Many persons were present at the Naval
Academy, at Annapolis Md, this morning to
witness the final exercises incident to the
graduation of the class OF 81. Among those
graduated was Gilbert Chase, of Virginia.
Mayor Phclan, of San Francisco, has an
proved the order of the Board of Supervisors
prohibiting the wearing of high hats in
theatres and the order which is now a law
will be rigidly enforced.
Jane Sheridan, smallpox patient, caused a
panic and stampede among about thirty pa
tlcnts who were in the medical room at tho
Vanderbilt Clinic, New York.
NJ. V. Monarch & Co, distilery CORPORA.
ton of Greensboro, N. Y, assigned to-day; IL
abilities 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

SuoT AND KILLED.-A. ]. Layton
shot and killed William Skinner near
Coketon, Tucker county, w. Va We'd
nosday evening. Layton had been
drinking, and hearing that Skinner had
gone to w. Dice's boarding house to
meet his wife, went to that place, walk
ed up behind Skinner, rested his hand
on his shoulder aud pressed his re-.
volver to his head, firing six times.
Four balls entered the brain, one pass
ing through the heed. Skinner lived
about ton minutes. Layton escaped in
the woods. He and his wife had parted
several times on account of her alleged
intimacy with Skinner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

TINS government profohbes TO bo net
ing in good faith toward Spain in her
attempt to suppress tho negro and seal
nwng inHurreclion in Cubn, and TO be
doing Ill il can TO prcvont lllibustera in
this country from fitting out cxpedi-
lions hero TO supply tho insurgonl
bands with mon, arms and munitions.
But such expeditions not only loavo It's
ports successfully, but frequently in
tho Bnmo we'll known vessel, which,
though oftor seized, In always released
and tho mon aboard OF hor turpcd
iooso on IL small nominal bail. Save
only aud except for the holp they have
received from this country, tho nsur-
gents. who have made IL dosolntion and
waste of Cuba, would have boon sup
pressed two years ngo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
Espoused Her Husbands Cause

TACOMA, Wash, June News has
been received here via Hong Kong that
the beautiful widow of DR.. Rial is now
commanding company OF Philippine
Island rebels armed with rifles. When
her husband was captured and shot
Mrs. Rial determined to devote her
life to the cause he had espoused and
soon afterwards took the field.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

GEsEnAL KuGoLge. Ike General
Cooper aud rsmberton, who died be
fore him, held high position in the u
r. army, but, also like them, having
married Virginia woman, resigned
that position at the commencement Of
the war between The Statea, and fought
all through it alongelde OF hia wife =
kith and kin. Her people we're hir,
aud they will evnr hold him in kind re-
membranes and esteem him aa ono o
their own. Those. and the other
Northern men who acted with them In
accordance with tho teaching they had
received at Wcat Point, and fought for
tho principca Of the Constitution,
rncrted and received tho admiration OF
the people OF the South, and thoir
children and grandchildren arc bound
10 thom with hooks OF Htoel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

a verdict of not guilty was brought
in at Jacksonville, Fla, to-day in the
case OF Edward Pitzer, charged with
the murder of Miss Marie Louise Gate.
The jury was ont twenty hours. The
case has been on trial in the circuit
court for ten days and attracted con-
siderable general interest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Dr.. L. 2. Montague. OF Norfolk, il
dead.
1t il stated that large cotton factory
il TO be erected al Newport News.
2. 2. Wglthall, a JOB printer Of Rich
mond, made al assignment yesterday
for 5000.
Lieutenant Governor Kent il serious
" Ill with eryEipelas. At MS home near
Wytheville.
Mr.. John H. Warwick, formerly OF
Albemarle, died in Nashville, Tenn,
yesterday.
Col. T. Il. Rosser, former resident
of Petersburg, died az Dallaston, Ala,
on Monday.
Fatal fever preyaih among cattle in
Henrico county. 1t Is almost epidemic,
and has been responsible for number
Of deaths.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination OF Washington 3. Grove, Ct
Virginia, TO De an assistant surgeon in
the navy.
A telegram from Saltville denies the
report that the salt wells there have
gone dry, and another from Pearisburg,
Giles county, Gays that Mountain Lake
il still intact.
James q. Rucker, who has been con-
nected with tobacco warehouses in
Lynchbnrg for many years, wsa killed
Oh the Norfolk and Western Railroad
tracks yesterday while attempting 10
climb between two cars.
Hoo William ]. Bryan has been in
vted to deliver an address in Rich:
mond on the 18th Of June. On the 18th
ne speaks at Norfolk and on the 10Th
he delivers On address before the atu
dents OF the University Of Virginia.
Christopher Hagan, man forty years
old, was found dead in his room on Bel
vdere street, Richmond, yesterday
evening He told his aigter On Wed
nesday ne would die in twenty-four
hours. This causes his family to think
he committed suicide. Coroner Taylor
made an inYestigation, and says it
might have been suicide or death from
natural GAUGES. He did not deem an
inquest necessary.
K. Lee Hoffman, who few days ago
went to Newport News from Roanoke
to establish drug store, WAS carly yea.
terday morning found dead in the rear
part OF the establishment he had fitted
up and which his dodgers" had an.
nounced would be open on June J..
When found it was evident that the de-
ceased had been dead for several houra,
if not days. Near him was halffilled
bottle Of chloroform.
Col. William Lamb, of Norfolk, chair
man of the republican party in Virginia,
|. appeared before the republican member
OF the fnaDce committee in Washing
ton yesterday to point out TO the COM
mittee the serious injury which the pro-
posed Senate rates on dressed ataves
would work to that industry in Vir-
GINA. Colonel Lamb will also make q
strong effort to secure reduction of the
coal schedule az it now stands in the
Senate bill. 1t has apparently escaped
he attention Of the Maryland and West
Virginia coal operators that an addi-
ton has been made to the paragraph
of the Dingley bill, which reimpoaes the
old Mckinley rates on coal, shale ana
culm. Senators Elkins and Wellington
will oppose the provision Of the tariff
bill which reduces the rate on Canadian
coal to 60 cents ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

Gold to the amount of 81 SOC, 900 was
deposited in the vaults of the New
York clearing house yesterday. The
total amount of gold now held by the
associated banks is $54 80 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

THE BIMErALLIsrs in England, like
those in France, have met and declared
that the election of Mr.. Mckinley was
highly conducive to the SUCCESS oftheir
cause. But there were twenty-three
hundred men i'll Virginia, previously
members OF the democratic party, who,
East November, abandoned that party
during its strait. for the assigned rea-
son that Mr. Mckinley abhorred silver,
but loved gold currency. They were
either gulls or worse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

Tux poor people of this country pny
tho cost OF the government by taxes
eXaoted of them by the customs oflioes
OF course mono of the benefits Of the
government falls to them; but NJ they
willod it so by their votes last Novem-
Der, they, OF all others, have the least
cause to complain, though it is just ~
true that their orders for self.kicking
machines should be large enough TO
start all the factories for the manufnc-
ture of such machines into immediate
operation and to their fullest capacity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04

Mrs. Strohsur, of Buffalo, was yesterday
killed by constable who wanted to seize her
sewing machine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-04
THE CRIME.


The crime for which Lewis was exc
cuted is still fresh in the minds of the
public. On the night OF the 18th Of
April, Mrs. Ida Reidell, an aged Ger
man lady, living alone in house on
Rose Hill farm, in Mt. Vernon district,
near this city, was aroused from her
slumbers, about midnight, by a knocking
on the door of her dwelling. She open
ed her window and saw colored man
standing below, and understood him to
ask for her son. She indicated to him,
as best she could, that her son lived in
the other house, short distance away.
She then lowered the window, but in a
short while the knocking was repeated.
She again raised her window and told
the man that her son did not live there.
A little later she heard the man trying
70 force an entrance into the house
through window. She supposed it
was Lewis's intention to rob the house,
and she lowered herself from window
70 the ground by q sheet. Lewis wit
messed the act and overlook the old
woman, after which he accomplished
his purpose. Mrs. Reidell knew the
negro and fully identified him at the
trial
The morning times., 1897-02-13
PART IL.

After her fathers death. the world seemed
empty to Katherine. There had been a
dim belief in her heart that the colonel
knew the whereabouts of her lover, and
that after the three years probation had
been fulfilled, he would tell her. His
Solemn assurance of ignorance left her with
out hope And yet, as the end of the ap-
pointed time drew near, she began to ex-
pect Roberts return. All her soul was
ever at the window, and her ears ached
for the footsteps on the tagged walk,
that she knew so well. Every morning
he rose with fresh expectation; every
night she went to her room despairing.
At length the three years had quite gone
by; there was no response to her hearts s
eager hope, and, heavy with sorrowfuI dis
appointment, she gave up her dream. A
dreary winter followed; but during its con-
ventional seclusion she fought. through the
mystery OF suffering, TO that peace which
ts the conservation of life.
So with the spring there was return Of
hope, and she resolved To seek !s;m. who
The morning times., 1897-02-13
READY FOR THE DELEGATES
The Congress of Mothers Commit
tee Finish Their Lab0rs.
Mrs. Cleveland VIII Receive the
Visitors at the White House.
Details Completed.

The various committees of the National
Congress of Mothers held their regular
weekly meeting yesterday morning in the
art gallery OF Mrs. Hearst's home. 1t was
the last gathering before the convention
and there was a full attendance of mem
bcrs, despite the storm.
Mrs. y. A. Birney, chairman of the com
mttee of arrangements, reported that
young lady ushers would be appointed TO
receive the delegates at the depots, and
that all details were being perfected for
the reception and comfort of the coming
guests. AS there is no luncheon room IN
the immediate neighborhUod of the Airing
ton the ladies' of the Church Of the Advent
will open one on Vermont avenue anu II
street, where refreshments Will be sold ut
reasonable rates.
The officers and heads Of the committees
viii be photographed in a group today and
copies will be placed on sale. Cn Wednes-
day MIS- Cleveland will hold a reception
at the White House for the delegates and
officers of the Congress, to which adniS-
sion Will be by card.
The only persons to be allowed on the
Platform during the convention Will be the
officers and chairmen of the committees,
and the speakers for that session only.
The paper used in the making OF the
,-.Genir programs for the convention would
a.aKe a column 4Ox28 inches and five feet
lIne inches high. The stitching required
thirty-two balls of silk
The morning times., 1897-02-13

been shipwrecked by their affections,
soon learned that in Katherine Dents
sympathy there was not only comfort
but help.
1t was q loving kindness that needed
no advertising: one sad woman told an
other 1t was also one that provided
Katherine with never ceaSing and CON
stantly varying employment. She alone
was her clients confidant, and she alone
attended to their necessities. These were
as variable as her clients Sometimes
pitiful letters took her on long journeys
of help or investigation; and her house
hold grew accustomed to her going away
at any moment, and ceased to wonder at
the strange, unhappy creatures who found
their way into Miss Katherine's secret
kindness. Also, out of this labor OF love
there grew up an immense correspondence
which she only could attend to-familiar
letters, referring to past troubles or
prospective happiness. In a year her DAYS
were so full that she had no time for re-
grets. And it was all for the sake of
Robert Kensalll To the memory of their
tender, unhappy affection she gave her
life freely, in a sweet SAVIOR Of sacrificial
remembrance.
One day, six years after her parting
with her lover, she received a letter
from girl in Scotland, who was in a
sore necessity. 1t came in the hot days of
July, when the thought OF the great North
Sea and its salt, sharp breezes was
delight. Katherine answered the letter
in person, and the answer took her to a
little village on the coast of Fife On the
night Of her arrival she was sitting in the
cleaning, on the top of cliff overhang-
ing the ocean. The highway was little
behind her. She heard the clatter of a
galloping horse, and turned her head to
look at the rider. 1t was Robert Kensall
She was sure of it, though he rode swiftly,
and the gray light made all outlines in
distinct. She leaped to her feet, calling:
Robert! Robert! Robert!' But the wind
blew the words backwards, and he heard
them not. There was a little lad playing
not far away, and she went to him, and
asked f he knew 1.-THE gentleman who had
just passed.
Il do,' was the answer. at would be
the doctor himself"
cdr: Kensall?'
'.Ay, just him"
''Where does he liveo'
''Inthe bi bigtow n near by us-Anstruther p"
HAS he lived there a long timer
I'm thinking sac. I ken him a my
life"
'.Thank YOU" and she dropped a silver
coin into the laddie's hand.
Late as it was, She went 10 AnstrutheT,
wrote a letter, and sent it by a messenger
to DR.. Kensall. The boy on his return
said: 1.-THE doctor would be from home
until after midnight She waste 90
happy to be disappointed. "In the morn
The morning times., 1897-02-13
Real Estate Transfers.

Mary A. Darnall ct vir James E. to
John c. Darnall, part original lot Is.
square 964, No. 234 11th st. ne. sub
ieCt to trust, $40.
George W. Emerson to George G.. Kip
stein, lot 81 in Hunting's sub, square
SOS, subject to trust $500, $40.
Marianne \. b. Kennedy TO Emmons 8.
Smith, part original lot .. square 432,
S27, 800.
Henry c. Mackall and Albert c. Muir
daugh, trustees. To Marion Taylor, lots
K and L in Wroe's sub, square 4. 1926.
william w. MILAN and William II. Ship
ley, trustees. TO Horace W. Lybrand, orig
ina! lots 0 and l 1, square 1916. 81 $50. 40.
John Sherman, trustee. ct uX to Sarah
Thorn, north 1 4 feet OF lot Al and
south six feet of lot 43 in Jones sub,
square 1T, subject to trust for $4,000
SO.
John J. SanbOrn to Abraham d. Hazen,
lot in McWilliams' sub, square $50. SO.
The Land Title and Trust Co., trustee,
to Thomas Gaffney, lot 594. Anacostia
81, 800.
The morning times., 1897-02-13
PHILIP BARRY'S CASE.
Policeman Mason Charged With
Prejudice Against Hun.

Philip Barry, who keeps saloon at No
10l1 G street southeast, was before the
excise board yesterday as fully described
in yesterdays Evening Times, to ans wer to
charges based upon a report Of the police
to the effect that he had viola ted the law
against late closing, had sold beer to minors,
and had used an alley entrance, con-
trary to the regulations. Barry had been
in police court, it is alleged, upon each
Of the alleged offenses, and had been each
time exonerdtcd, and the effort OF his at
torney, Mr. Joseph Shlllington, at the hear
ing today, was to show that officer 6. w
NJ aSon, who was responsible for the
accusations had been actuatedin his course
by prejudice.
Attorney James Pugh, prosecutor in the
police court was brought into the case rs
a witness today, and testified that in his
judgment, Mason had been unusually zeal
ousin the pros ecution Of the cases, and that
on one occasion he had filed an informa-
ton which ne must have known had moth
ing in it. Mr.. Pugh said he did not think
the officer would falsify anything to
make Il case, but he had taken more in
terest than Is exhibited by other policemen.
Officer Mason admitted that he had taken
enough interest in the case Of going into
Maryland to hunt up the record Of an
alleged minor, whose age was in doubt,
and said he spent $6. so on the trip. He
would have expended $50 had it been
necessary.
TWO boys were put on the stand, alleged
mirrors, named WrntZee and Lang, from
whom Mr. Shillington drew the state
ment that the officer had been in the habit
of frequcnting Barry's saloon, and they had
known of his having eaten there, and had
procured drinks This the officer denied
Mrs. Campbell, Colored, the mother Of an
alleged minor in the case, testified that
Officer Mason had once come TO her and
asked her to give certain testimony in the
police court against Barry. She indignantly Y
stated that she had refused 20 comply, and
that Mr.. Mason told her she shouldn'
lose anything by giving the testimony She
gave the age of her son, great strapping
fellow, with a budding mustache, as
twenty-on one years last August