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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.

At Saturdays session of the Synod of
Virginia in Fredericksburg. Rev. ]. E.
Wood, synodical evangelist, made q
report on home missions, which was
adopted, showing the total number of
churches in the synod to be 442; 2S9 of
these gave to home missions S7,04l:
351 gave local home missions 1862;
29S gave invalid fund 5000. Home
mission receipts were $4,000 in excess of
last year.
Rev. J. W. McMiller presented the
report of the committee on Bible cause.
Only five of the presbyteries sent re-
ports, and 139 of the churches Of the
synod gave sl.262, an average Of three
cents per member. There are 255 col
porteurs in foreign fields.
Rev. W. S. Campbell, secretary of
the Virginia Bible society, presented
facts in reference to the work of the so.
ciety, which in the past year. has do
mated 1,610 Bibles and circulated to.
tai Of 10,42S volumes.
The committee on Union Theological
Seminary made report touching the
report of board of Union Seminary to
the synod. The report, which was
shown to be salts 'actory, was adopted.
At the conclusion of the session Rev.
B. W. Madame addressed the synod in
reference to the assembly's home and
school in Fredericksburg, and appealed
to the ministers to do all in their power
to promote its interests. Thirty-nine
children are now being educated in this
institution free of charge. The report
of com mittees on bills and overtures,
narratives and records of Maryland and
Winchester Presbyteries were adopted.
Discussion of the report of the commit
tee on records of Roanoke Presbytery
was resumed, and the report adopted,
with the exception of one section re
latiDg to the ordination of candidate
where examination did not satisfy the
presbytery, but who accepted him.
This portion of the report was post
ed to the next meeting, and Roanoke
Presbytery notified. The COMMITTEES on
revision Of manual reported in favor OF
few unimportant changes. The stand
ing committees for the ensuing year
were appointed and the synod adjourn
ed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
FROM THE KLoNDIKE.-A dispatch

FROM THE KLoNDIKE.-A dispatch
from Victoria, B. c., says: With star.
walton and plague taking five lives q
day and daily discoveries of gold only
knocking their desperation, the picture
OF Dawson City drawn by Klondikers
who reached Victoria on Sunday is
pitiable. To add to the misery at Daw.
son every day sees the terrible satire
enacted Ct two or three hundred new
arrivals. Now that they are there they
find curses welcome, and would give
anything to escaps. Pestilence, too,
prevails. No one seems to knoW what
the plague is, cut it is reducing the
population by from three to Eve day.
It is like typhoid fever, but has one I'M
usual feature, in that the body turns
black from waist to neck within twen-
ty-foar hours from the time the sufferer
is taken iii.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
Union Pacific Ratlroaa

New YogK, Oct. 25-Tbs r.:
clhc reorganization comujltes s lion Pa
the following announcement 4sS @ .12,
attorney general has notified this IN me
mittee that he proposes to asl. con-
court for az adjournment Of ,5s - Iae
closure CLOSURE sales Of the Kansas Pacific s 'o o01
Union Pacific Railway property IL d ~!
cemoer 10, so as to postpone fpsI II d. Gs'
position until after Congress shall hall b US
met. This action is no doubt tst. aA'e
iree the 1 administration from enbsrr.!sSo
ment. The reorganization commitss
mas, however, reached the copcIn r's'ss
that the interest OF the ssc Tr..l
holders, represented BY il LILY
OF the syndicate furnishipg a ,s
funds to fuance the reor,o ne
zation, demand reorganization wit iau..
any further delay. In this situation ,,1 W.
committe contemplates, so - IN o .as
prompt possession of the MON psse a:a
line, to oppose any Adjournment, al ' ,5s
sale OF the main line, and to bid i NC !.
if need be, for the full amount ot ~
governments claim, the add iopa al sue ros
involved in this being eight million doi
lars. As to the Kansas lines, the f oul'
closure of the first liens upon tbA .ns
sidized division Of the Kansas p. [ae,
Railway will be energetically prs. s,.i
and when these foreclosures Shall bsTa
been accomplished the reoreanizs 1T,s
OF the Kansas Pacific lines viii be com
pleted as claimed. Allo,tmepts n rVli,
under the plans to Kansas Pacific 5oIs
ers and amounting to about f,ssn
million dollars in new bonds snd rgsr
ty millions in preferred stock. will -
main reserved for the reoreaniz.tion ~
the Kansas line. The amount "
new first mortgage bonds to be i:spsd
for the purpose of the reorgsuizstion ~
the Union Pacific main line viii NM y.
exceed seventy million dollars and NJ
preferred stock fifty FIVE million dollars
No change in the plal OF reorpsnizs.
ton is involved in the foregoing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
THE ELECTION.

One week from tomorrow will be
election day. AS far as Virginia is con-
cerped, the contest is settled inadvance
Major Hoge Tyler will be elected Gov
ernor and the democrats will have q
very large majority in the General AS
sembly.
There has been little interest in the
contest on account of the one.sided
fight.
The vote promises TO be small. Accord.
ing to political calculetors, Tyler will
receive probably JOG. 900 votes; McCaull
about $4,000; Rev. L. A. Cutler, the
prohibitionist, 5000 and Mr.. ]. j.
Ouantz. the socialist.labor nominee,
perhaps $500. Captain Edmund R.
Cooke, the populist nominee for lieu
tenant governor, may poll as many as
10000 votes.
If this estimate proves correct the to.
tel vote will be only 157 500, providing
Of course, that the 10000 persons who
shall vote for Cooke cast their ballots
for candidates for first place on the
ticket.
It is a difficult matter to ascertain
lust now how many candidates there
are in the field in opposition to the
democratic nominees for theLegislature.
An estimate, which is probably very
nearly correct, is that less than one.
third of the democratic candidates have
opposition. ~.
:.;n. - r., acme instances there
are republicans, populists ana ue-.s
Gratis running az Independents. 1t looks
at this time very much as if the anti.
democratic representation in the Cen
eral Assembly would oe smaller than
it was at the last session.
The republicans are very much split
I'D into factions and the populists are
somewhat disorganized. AS far as is
known the prohibitionists have made
no legislative nominations and the So
cialist-labor party has candidates in the
field for only governor and lieutenant
governor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

COLONEL CoNGER, a member Of the
staff of the republican Governor G!
Ohio and an ex-member of the republi.
can national executive committee, says
Mr.. Hanna had the high duty on tin
imposed, and that the tin manufacturers,
who profit at the rate of fifteen million
year by that tariff, sre supplying him
with money with which to buy his seat
in the U. S. Senate. Well, if a man
can buy the Presidency, for friend,
why should he not be allowed to buy a
Senatorship for himself?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
yellow Fever.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.-Five new
cases and one death had been re.
ported to the board of health at 10
o'clock this morning. Otherwise there
is little change in the fever situation
and no present promise of frost or a
drop in the temperature.
The board Of health at one clock to-.
day announced eighteen cases and four
deaths up to that hour in New Orleans.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 25.-Up to
noon there were no new cases since
last report; there have been two deaths
since midnight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

AT A meeting OF the Secular
League" in Washington yesterday, Prof
Coleman delivered an address, in which
he said "HJesus was O revolutionist. u
And yet the bible says Jesus taught
servants to obey their masters, free
people to submit to the powers that be,
and the residents of Jerusalem to rem.
der unto Caesar the things that were
Caesars. But people now, as always,
will not only say, but do. ANYTHING.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

AMONG the questions that applicants
Cor teachers certificates in South Caro-
lima are asked is the following ;
"What was the real cause of the
rebellion in 1851" There was no
rebellion" in 1861. There was q
brave. gallant, self-sacri6cing and he
roic defense of the rights of the South
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States; but even the necessity
for that, with all its disastrous effects,
might have been avoided, had it not
been for the State that now speaks OF
the war between the States as a "re-
bellionD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

Miss CIsNERos.-Miss Cisneros, the
Cuban girl who escaped from a house of
correction in HaYana, and Earl Decker
were rendered a reception Saturday
night by the Washington friends of Mr..
Decker. Convention Hall, whers it
took place, was crowded. Corporal
Tanner, ex-commissioner of pensions,
presided and presented Miss Cisneros
and Mr.. Decker, who were greeted With
cheers. Speeches were made by Cor.
poral Tanner, ex-senator Call, Mr.. A.
A. Lipscomb and others. Theirs was
much disorder at the meeting, caused
in the main, by the boisterous behavior
of number of college men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
MONDAY EVENING, OCT. IS, 1897.
Mr.. CLEVELAND, in his late speech

Mr.. CLEVELAND, in his late speecn
at Princeton College, said: "While
party organization, which should be the
servant of intelligence and patriotism,
nroclaims itself mems master and at
lamps to bind them hand and foot' Inc
time has come when the intelligence
aDd education of our land should near
a call to duty" Mr.. Cleveland is not
now a candidate for the Presidency
When he was, and Mr.. Howell OF At
laata a man ofintelligence and educa'
ton. heard the "call to duty" MI
Cleveland wrote him letter, telling
him not to hear that call, and that the
only way by which democrats cou'o
possibly achieve and retain success wa:
bv submitting to the arbitrament OF 1t;
national convention. Such q sudoer
"f ,p," and its circumstances Will Of
likely 10 excite adverse comment when
attention is called to them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

JUDGING from what some Southern
men and newspapers say, there must
be quite number of people in the
South who favor the Cuban insurgents.
Such people should show their faith by
their works, and go TO Cuba and fight
in the Cuban cause. But as most OF
the fighting officers 10 the Cuban army
are negroes, the Southern hlihusters,
if they should do so, would have to
fight under their orders, which would
raise their gorge, and so they would
involve this country in war with
Spain in order that they could enlist for
service in that war under white U. 5.
officers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
What it Means.

When we advertise that we will guar.
antee DIR. Kings New Discovery, Elec-
trio Ritters, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, or
Br. Kings. New Life Pills, it means
that we are authorized by the proprie-
tors to sell these remedies on positive
guarantee, that if purchaser is not salts.
fed with results, We will refund the
purchase price, These medicines have
beea sold on this guarantee for many
years and there could be no more con.
elusive evidence of their great merit
Ask about them and give them trial.
Sold at E. L. Aliens Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
Cowhided the Cashier.


SLOAN, Ark, Oct. 25.-&lrs. Berls
min Sspp, the young wife Of a sn9e
maker, has created sensation here oy
severely thrashing r. S. Morris, cashier
of the Bank of Sloan, with cowllde
The shoeshop adjoining the bank w;
the scene OF the episode. Morris hsl
been invited there by the woma' ;
husband, supposedly on business sla
had scarcely entered when Mrs 7'PP
darted at him, repeatedly wrapping
rawhide whip around the casllsi !
neck and shoulders. Morris Il ma'Iisa
and wealthy. Mrs. Sapp claimed 'n''
Morris insulted her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
TO-DAY'S TELEGRApHIC NEWS
The Storm on the Coast.

CAPE MAY, n. j., Oct. 25.-The
northeast storm developed last night
into the worst storm which has struck
Cape May in nineteen years. The
tides cover over a third of the town
and surround the Stockton Hotel and
all the section northeast of it. The
wind reached q velocity of forty.6ye
miles an hour. An unknown two mast.
ed schooner is at the mercy Of the eie.
ments two miles off shore. 1t is said
that one vessel went down of shore
about $50 this morning, though this
statement cannot be verified. South
Cape May is also badly flooded, many
cottage porches and fences being wash.
ed away.
DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del. Oct.
25.-The northeast gale is still blowing
40 miles an hour with no signs OF
abating. The schooner b. W. LAVE,
which went ashore yesterday, is still
pounding on the beach. The schooners
Lizzie Falkanburg, Sarah ]. Vaughan
and Anna L. Ponder, the latter With
wood from Virginia, for New York,
came ashore last night. No word has
been received from down the coast on
account of interruption to the life saw
ing service wires.
The schooner Elizabeth Lee, coal
laden, Philadelphia for Gloucester.
Mass, grounded on the point of Cape
Henlopen at noon. The crew was
taken off by tug. The sea is break.
ing over her and she will probably be q
total loss.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Tne Long Isl.
and coast for distance of six miles be
tween Far Rocksway and Rockaway
Beach was more or less damaged by
the tide to day, which was the highest
in some years. The Edgemore Hotel
property was damaged to the extent OF
$25, 900. At Rocksway Beach the
waves washed over the great iron pier
The spiles beneath number of pavil-
ions were carried away and there is
danger of the structures being washed
into the ocean.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. 25.-The
sea here last night and to-day has been
the heaviest in years. No wrecks or
injury to vessels has yet resulted of
this coast, but considerable damage in
local way has been done.
WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 25.-The
storm is raging fercely at Bowers
Beach. William Spencer and his wife
are in the secodd story of their cottage
which is surrounded by water, and help
cannot reach them. Many animal;
have been drowned. Several boats
have been washed ashore, and one yes
sci lies in the main street of the town
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The tropical
storm continues central near the Vir
GINA coast where the barometer ba:
fallen rapidly during the night. This
storm is apparently moving slowly tc
the north and is attended by winds Of
hurricane velocity on the Virginia
Delaware and North Carolina coast
1t will probably continue its movement
to the northward, causing dangerous
northeasterly gales on the New Eng
land and New Jersey coast tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
The n. Y. Central r abroad Disaster


GARRISON, N. Y, Oct. 25.-The work
of searching for bodies, which had been
temporarily suspended at o'clock this
morning after the parior car, Glen
Alpine, had been hoisted, was resumed
at day break. As the wreckage was
pulled from the bottom of the river and
placed on the shore it added to the
picturesque though distressing sight.
If there are any more bodies in the
wreck or in the river they are believed
to be in the day coach, which lies 10
water up to its roof. Passengers who
escaped from this car and the crew
have said that at least twelve persons
persisted in the day coach. Col. Cole,
president of the State railroad commits
sion, said to-day, in reference to the
cause of the disaster, that while the bank
may have given way, it was equally
possible that driving rod of the en-.
CINE had broken and, knocking it off
the track, had occasioned the fatality.
Roadmaster Otis thinks the sinking
of the road bed was due primarily to
some almost unaccountable action Of
the water on the embankment. The
sand and gravel had been washed out,
leaving a crust under the track which
collapsed under the weight of the
train. He could not understand why
the retaining wall of solid masonry
gave way as it did.
The engine was located by diver
this afternoon, but no bodies were dis.
covered. The engineer was about 80
feet from the shore, in about 60 feet of
water, aud firmly imbedded in the mud.
The cab was completely wrecked, and
the tender had become separated from
the engine,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
asnl,y,iated in a Well.

WICHITA, Kansas, Oct. p F 1. o.
Moon, aged so years, aud Mrs D. VEN 81 u
were found dead at the bottom o. !.
thirty foot we'll on Moon : farm le1 i
Derby, having been sspa!Ala.sII.
Moon had been overcome while WOE WOE,
ing and the woman, alarmed at De ~.
returning, went to the vel late a. o's-'
TO investigate and fell n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

&c. Berry, one Of the best snooa .. The 5,4.
of Spencer, Mo, testi:ies thst be el's' few
self of the worst kind Of pile. D! l -, He
boxes of DeWitts Witch HsLsi Sa. ,, .L;rly
had been troubled with piles ioF o'g Ind; ,5 q
years and had used mary d.feTel' 10 ~ ore
so.calIed cures; bat DeWitis va ~. ~ lbs
that did-,he work and he "" EN- b.u.
statement if any oao wishes 70 VIE 49,
Charles G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

THIS GOVERNMENT went to consider
able expense to entertain the delegates
from South America to the congress
that was held in this country to faclli'
tate aud extend commercial relations
between the United States and the dill
ferent countries of that continent, but
with Stiffness that borders upon idiocy'
the republican Congress has not only
continued, but 90 Increased restriction
upon all foreign trade, that OF all the
GAS steamships that entered the port Of
Buenos Ayres during the first eight
months of the:present year, only one
flew the American flag. Hides anc
wool are the chief exports of Argentina
but by the existing tariff an almost pro
hibitory duty is imposed uopn botf
those articles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

SPANS NOTE in reply to that of the
American minister at Madrid ends IS
follows: 'SpAin will not admit the
right of any foreign power to interfere
in snv OF her affairs" That she is right
in this, has the saction of the history OF
all self.respecting governments, OF an
cient or modern times, and that the
members OF her cabinet knew what
they were doing when they formulated
that note, is proved by the fact that
three of them, in talking about it yes
terday. said without the help of the
United States, the insurgents Wouio
long ago have been suppressed. We
do not want war, but every European
nation will approve OF our defense OF
our international rights"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

TREspEALEAu, Wis, Oct. :2l5.-I'o .. =.
between DR.. Edison Bhodes am BIS teo1-, nj.
to the division of the products OF ;5e a' Nth.
minated in pitched battle nesT 'ag ,'0 AZ.
western stock yards 10 ;h; eli, 9'e' .NY . az
session of several carloads OF sioeh F.' 80,
shot guns and clubs being used 10 ss' f.s,slv
sion Of the cattle. DR.. Rhodes Va. ~, 1,,l,
wounded and several Of the A:iaik'As i''''
were badly cut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

The will of the late Samuel W. Ven
able was fled in Petersburg on Satur-
day. The estate, which is estimated at
about $500, 900, with the exception OF
several small requests, goes to his wife
and children or their heirs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

Maj. Sellman flanagan, one OF the
oldest and most widely known at.
taches of the Capitol, for many years
doorkeeper of this diplomatic gallery of
the Senate, died yesterday at his home
in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

HUMoR Is not wise quality to ex.
hibit in New York police court. A
man on trial in such court last week
for stealing an umbrella. was asked BY
the judge, what he ''got on it ?" meaning
for how much had he pawned it? The
reply was "rain.n He was sent to the
penitentiary for two and half years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

THE Richmond Times says: "If We
had less of politics and more of push
and hustle in Virginia, we would have
more of prosperity" This is Yankee
chestnut: but if it were new, and true,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
Dr. Kings New Discovery 'o' -"
an. ..fIUN.

This is the btst medicine 10 ~. n
world nis for o. all forms Of Cough 1 'lT
Colds and for Consump'.liTin core and
bottle is guaranteed. 1t VIII . 'gis for
not disappoint 1t has no ~ ~ Fever,
WhoopiDg Cough, Asthma h'' Grippe,
Pneumonis, Bronchitis 10 ,niior.
Cold 10 the Head and for Con.u - r-.ka,
It is safe for all ages, pleass1' :. - !: 81.
and 81 above all, sure cure. y !. Life
way ways well to take Dr.. King n ,'s Ein n
n:ii. - nonnen.inn with Dr. ~ asi
Nv ~; Discover s. as they regulate . E. 4.
sss2an ass p 5ssasa ss.s.oa o. s'1+1
,l'o, II O. Nj o. .el,;
nur lug o.V.e. 4.ee ".'' 80
and 81 90.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

". B. johnson, Newark, O., says, "One Min
rte Cough Cure saved my only child from dy
ing by Group" 1t, has saved thousands
others suffering from Group, pneumonia
bronchitis and other serious throat and lung
troubles. Charles G. LennQs,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25

You can't afford to risk your life BY allow
ing cold to develop into pneumonia or con-
sumption. Instan. relief and certain cure
are afforded by One Minute Cough Cure.
Charles G. Eennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-25
~ -
and 500.

There is no need Of hstie -ai.1;s .3 80
tortured by sea d head 60 80 ssiTe si7es
eruptions. DeWiti's "L'eh M NH Chaha
instant relief and cures pc i4AleH'''
G. Lemon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-16
liver is still rising.


Washington. March 15.-The following
special river bulletin was issued by the
weather bureau tonight
WASHINGTON, p. m.--The weather bu-
reaus reports from the Central valley in
dicate continued rises in the lower Mssis-
sippi river during the next ten days or
two weeks or from the water now in sight
and rainfall likely to occur within the next
few DAYS it is probable that the impending
flood will prove very destructive in Ar
kansas and Northern Louisiana. The most
destructive overflow is likely to occur be-
tween the mouth of the Arkansas and the
mouth Of the Red rivers. and the observers
of the weather, bureau in that region have
been directed to warn the public generally
of approaching danger.
The flood will probably attain its maxi
mum stage in the threatened region about
April 1. This timely notice is based on the
river conditions as compared with those
attending previous floods.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-16
Kntx ofacinlr Touring.

Austin. Texas. March IA Missouri.
Kansas and Texas special arrived here this
morning at s 30 o'clock, bringing COLGATE
Uoyt. vice president OF the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railway company, and FAM
iv of New York. and General Superlntend-
eut Maxwell of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas. aud family OF Dallas, Texas. Mr..
lloyt is on his way to Mexico to spend
the balance OF the winter. and the party
loft here for San Antonio al 1880 u. IN.
From there thoy VIII 30 10 III Paso, where
MI Maxwell viii return to the Texas
Headquarters. While In Austin the party
visited the Texas State house, and the dam
In the Colorado river. This was the first
visit OF the New Workers. to the capital Of
Texas and they seemed delighted with the
country and tho beauties OF Austin.