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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
Foreign News.

LONDON, Aug, g. The House OF
Commons met to-day at 10 o'clock and
passed to the third reading the appro.
priation bill, which was then forwarded
to the House Of Lords, where it passed
all stages. Both houses then suspend
ed business until 2:30 p. m. when the
Queens speech proroguing parliament
was read. Parliament was prorogueo
until October %. The proceedings
terminated at 3:l2 p. m.
PARIS, Aug. 6.-The Gaulois says that
q pigeon bearing instructions regarding
Prof. Andree's balloon expedition across
the North Pole, has been captured
at Gradisca, near Goritz, twenty-five
miles from Trieste, in Austria Hungary
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6.-The visit
to this city of the Emperor and EN-
press of Germany will be the occasion
for q round of festivities. The En-
peror and Empress are expected to ar
rive in Cronstadt roads, on board the
Hoheuzollern, tomorrow. They will
be met by the Car and Czarina on the
imperial yacht.
Count Muravieff, Russian minister
for foreign affairs, gave lunch to-day
in honor of Prince Hohenlohe, German
imperial chancellor, who has arrived
here to meet the Emperor and En-.
press of Germany.
BOMBAY, Aug. 6.-There were 107l
deaths here during the past week, OF
which 900 were deaths from cholera
and IS were deaths from the plague.
This total death rate is double the nor
m oil rate
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A Pugnacious Parson.

WASHINGTON, Ind, Aug. 6.-Rev.
John Walstein, who has been holding
revival services at Concord Christian
Church, near here, received word that
be would be egged if he preached
again. he went prepared, and when
he opened service laid pistol on each
side of his Bible, announcing that he
would defend himself if necessary. 1t
was not long before disturbance was
raised ct one of the windows. In an in
slant the minister commenced firing to-
ward the window. He scattered the
roughs, but one bullet passed through
the abdomen of three.year-old girl
who was sleeping on one of the seats.
The little girl is dying. In the excite
ment Walstein escaped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr.. Murray Vandiver has been ap.
pointed chairman of the democratic
State central committee Of Maryland.
The Cretars have notified the foreign
admirals that they accept autonomy
and desire that the Turkish troops
should be Withdrawn from the island.
Old Strathmore, the famous stallion,
died at Lexington, KY, on Wednesday
from the excessive heat. His get have
won near $500, 900 since he has been in
stud.
John Jacob Astor has donated $751;
900 to purchase Elmwood. the home of
John Russell Lowell, at Cambridge,
Mass, and it will be turned into a
memorial park.
Trustees of the Brooklyn bridge yes.
terday voted favorably upon a years
contract with the street surface rail-
ways of Brooklyn permitting them to
run their cars across the bridge to New
York.
At Newport, R. l., yesterday, Royal
Phelps Carroll's yacht Nsvahoe won
the Goelet cup for sloops by defeating
Percy Chubb's Vigilant in one of the
most interesting races ever sailed. The
Vigilant was very poorly sailed.
The third sr nd jury has been sum.
moned at Parsons, W. Va, in the East
ham case and it is expected that they
will begin their investigation to-day.
Owing to number living far back in
the country they could not get together
yesterday.
Thomas Martin, colored man, was
arrested at the Treasury Department in
Washington yesterday on the charge Of
abstractipg silver from the vaults. The
counting and weighing of the silver in
the vaults incident to the transfer OIL
the government funds to the new treas
urer, was in progress. Martin has been
suspected for some time.
Five lives are known to have beer
lost, and about dozeE Gremen were
Injured at fire which followed an ex
plosion in the Northwestern Elevator
in Chicago yesterday evening. The
elevator was large structure and die
not contain great deal.of grain. The
explosion shook the entire northwest
ern part of the city and part of the
north division. The theory advanced
is that it was spontaneous combustion
of grain dust, which is extremely dan
gerous. Immediately after the explo
sion flames burst from the ruins, ant
what was left of the building was prac
tically destroyed. A freight house o
the Northwestern Railroad Company
caught fire, and, with forty or more
cars, was destroyed. The elevator wa
owned by the railroad company, and il
complete loss. 1t is thought the los
is nearly $3.50, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
The Strike Situation.

PITTsBURG. Pa, Aug. 6.-Prices for
coal have moved up 10 cents ton since
yesterday, the assigned reason being
that the prospects are that the area OF
the strike will expand and embrace the
northern and central Pennsylvania dis,
tricts. Coal is being boarded for posi-.
BILE future demands, when prices will
be still higher.
MoNoNGAHELA, Pa, Aug. 6.-Be-
tween 800 and 400 striking miners
marched on the Bunola mine this morn
ing, headed by the G. A. R. band Of
this place. The body was composed OF
miners from Cstsburg, Black Diamond
Wooster and other points in this vicini-
ty. The Bunola miners were brought
out and the strikers established camp
to see that work is not resumed. The
strikers are quiet and orderly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

A TRAIN WREcKER ARREsTED.-Af.
ter chase of two years the strong arm
of the law has st last within Its grasp a
train wrecker, whose crime cost the
life of several people, and his own will
probably be claimed as the penalty.
The criminal is William Haywood,
alice George Wooten, a negro. He
was taken into custody in Portsmouth
Yesterday morning. The crime for
which he was arrested was the wreck
ing of train on the Wilmington and
Weldon, of the Atlantic Coast Line.
near Goldsboro, N. c., the train hav.
ing been thrown off trestle and sew.
eral people killed. An investigation
fixed the crime on Haywood, John
Rudolph and Charles Manuel, all col.
ored. Haywood was arrested. but
made his escape from two officers.
Manuel was sentenced to the peniten.
4iary for FIVE years and Rudolph Is in
;ail In Goldsboro awaiting trial. hay
wood, who was the principal, has been
identified and committed to jail to
await the arrival of North Carolina off,
GERS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Had a Dozen Wives.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 6.-Two women,
living within a few blocks of each other,
told yesterday of the married lie OF
David E. Bates, alias Charles Gates,
and wondered how the stock yard
clerk, who is under arrest on the charge
of bigamy, could openly marry twice
and maintain two households in the
same neighborhood for months without
being discovered. Ooe of the women,
formerly Miss Julia Mccarthy, married
Bates under his real name three years
ago according to the ritual of the Ro-
man Catholic Church and has beautl-
full little daughter. The other woman,
Miss Nettie Swain, is handsome girl
of 10. Che was married to Bates last
February according to the service OF
the Baptist Church, her wedding, by
strange chance. taking place within 20
feet of the former wife, who could hear
the merrymaking of the wedding
guests. The two women, Mrs. Bates
and Mrs. Gates, knew each other and
were friends, but they did not know
that they had the same husband.
So far as known Bates has married
FIVE and divorced two women. Bates
is thirty years of age, slender and not
attractive. His father is Rev. G. F.
Bates, of Sault Ste. Marie. In the pos
session of the second wife are ten or
dozen photographs of young women
who were described to be former wives.
Not only does the second wife accuse
Bates OF being married at least twelve
times, but she also intimates that he
NAV prove to be another II. 81. Holmes.
Bates married Miss Mccarthy June 4,
1894. She says he was good husband.
He married Nettie Swain February 20,
1897, and she says he was good bus
band. She said to-day: "He not only
had wife living in the same neighbor'
hood with me, but he took advantage
OF my absence in Canada during June
to 60 to Kalamazoo and get divorce
from yet another wife. l have learned
that he secured second divorce in
Kalamazoo June %, making at least
four wives that he had.
"Here are photographs of dozen
women, which be said we're of lis cou-
sins. I now believe them to be photo
| graphs Vi LIS pEoFlouo WiNCo, ouu ou
| certain that he must have married at
least dozen women. II have found
out that he took 15-year.old girl from
Wisconsin to Texas, and that she has
,, never been heard from since. / am
thankful that be was found out go soon,
for who knows but he might have MUIR
dered me2" Mrs. Gates, as she calls
herself, said that Charley" was al
ways kind to her, but she bad her sus-
picions aroused, because he spent hard
IL 10 minutes day at home. Bis moth.
! er-in-law asked him to bring his WASH
| ing home, but Charley" considerably
sid she had enough work to do.
Bates is under arrest and has nothing
to say.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 6.-Another war
rant charging polygamy has been
served on David E. Bates in a cell at
the police station. The police sag
Bates married at least seven women. all
of whom are living. This makes the
lean and sallow-faced little bookkeeper
a polygamist extraordinary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
FAUoUIER NOTES.

Mr.. q. F. Payne, son Of Gen. W. q. Payne
who has been living for years in kansas City.
Mo is in Wsrrenton, where he is most heart.
lily welcomed By the friends and companions
of other days.
The friends of h. DeButts Norris, esq, had
occasion lately to rejoice A short time after
be had recovered from serious illness he
had all the members of his family, inclusive
of the domestics called to his presence
and declared his sbsolute trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Son of God and his sa.
yiour. Afterwards in company with those
who were Chri. and few invited
friends, among whom were his lifelong
friends, Mrs. Wyeth and sister, of Philadel.
phia, Rev. J. J. Norwood, of the Episcopal
Church, administered the holy communion to
all esent.-[Warrenton Yirginian,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
RICHMOND AND THE G. A. R.

A dispatch from Richmond says a
strong organization of business men
has been effected there to secure the
next Grand Army encampment at Rich
mond, and Notwithstanding that Lee
Camp, the leading Confederate organ.
ization there, declined to endorse the
movement, the committees appointed
are going ahead with vim. Now comes
a letter, however, from source that
precludes any hearty consumation Of
the plan. Capt. John Cussons, grand
commander of the Virginia Confederate
Veterans, in communication opposing
the move, says:
We should sedulously avoid an act or
utterance which might possibly engen-
der friction between the departing and
the oncomiDg generations of our people.
Old Confederates dwell naturally in
the past, nursing the memory of the
great days which are gone-days rich
in promise and in achieved renown-
days dark with the gloom of defeat,
filled with abiding sorrow, yet never
until now threatened with the tint of
shame.
Meantime, our young men lift their
eager gaze to the future, and are impa-
tent OF all that may seem to check or
hinder their career. Isympathize with
them. I wish them Godspeed. But is
this meeting OF the Grand Army of the
Republic thing to be desired by the
people of your city? Would your Con-
federate Camps be likely to forget their
many repulses and cordially fraternize
with these visitors? Would they en-
terrain them with that free and ELUSIVE
hospitality which has 30 long marked
their treatment of the stranger within
their gates? And failing this, even in
slight degree, would not the day Of
healing be pushed further back? AS a
separate proposition, perhaps, nothing
would be more instructive or more sal
utary than close intermingling of our
Southern youth with the men of the
Grand Army. For the illusion which
northern literature has been fostering
among our young people would be rath-
er rudely dissipated when mixed as
sortment of these gentlemen should be.
gin to regale you with their camp songs
on Marching Through Georgia" and
the "Sour Apple Tree" and "Sheridan's
Ride in the Valley" And to be less
than prepared for this would impose
restraint upon your guests which would
rob their reunion of one OF it's striking
characteristics.
In this connection it may be said that
it there is more hopeless man than
be who can neither forgive nor forget,
it is the chronic reconciler, who i'm.
proves every opportunity to haul out
his faded olive branch and wave it in
the eyes of the people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

The PRESENT Congress is said to con-
tain more young blood" than any OF
its predecessors. The proceedings of
its recent session will deprive many of
the comparatively few people of this
country who have any interest in the
welfare thereof, Of any regret for its
demise, but will induce them to hope
that there may be more old blood in its
successor. Years bring wisdom to men
naturally intelligent, and of all things,
save honesty, the Congress of the
United States stands most in need of
wise members.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
A Tragedy.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug 6.-H.
A. Daily, well-to.do Jenison man.
shot his wife last midnight. This morn.
ing he took poison and died while in
charge of the officers. The woman
may possibly recover. Last April,
Daley sent letter to Mayor Swift of
Chicago, saying he wanted woman of
mature years as q wife. The Mayor
gave the missive to the newspapers as
a literary curiosity. The result was
Daley received nearly. 500 answers
from women who wanted home. Out
of the lot Daily selected Mrs.
Hattie Newton, q Chicago widow.
Three months ago they were married.
Daley was 70 years old, and his bride
10. Their life was unhappy. Daley
became very jealous when his wife re-
turned to Chicago for long visit.
They quarreled bitterly and finally
separated. Daley gave his wife three
days to return to her allegiance as his
wife. The time was up last midnight,
but she refused to resume wifely rela-
tions. He fought his way into her bed
chamber and pressing his army mus
ket against her heart, fred. The
woman seized the muzzle and pushed it
aside, but the charge penetrated her
side. She staggered from the house
in her night gown and fell bleed
ing on the doorstep of Luman LEMONS
house, where she was found. Daley
was arrested, aud as there is no Jail in
Jenison he remained in custody of Of
6cers until morning, when he was 10 be
taken to Grand Haven. Before taking
the train he was allowed to enter 80.
loon and drink several large glasses Of
beer. At the bar he fell backward in
spasms. He had managed to slip
strychnine into the beer, unperceived,
and was dead in a few minutes.
Daley left a. note indicating that he
had contemplated suicide by drowning.
A postscript, which is added, says;
"Too many railroad men on my plate
for my good health" Daley had
fine farm and considerable money and
drew $50 month pension for the loss
OF hand in the war. He was widow
or prior to his recent marriage. Moth.
ing is known of Mrs. Dailey's past ex-
cept that she has son in Montreal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

ACCUSED OF SEDUcTIoN.-Be Butts,
of Suffolk, Va, goes on to court, and be
is held without bail. At a preliminary
hearing yesterday afternoon he was
sent on for Indictment, charged with
seducing his former aancee, Miss Laura
Robinson. There was curious crowd
present to hear the spicy evidence.
Both sides were represented by able
counsel. 1t was alleged that Laura
under the promise of marriage, had
been seducad by her lover. Then sine
was forsaken. Since then, she has be-
come the mother OF twins. An attempt
was made to show that the girl was OF
previous unchaste character, but JUS
tice Eley didn't give it enough weight
to release Butts. General sympathy is
expressed for the young lady, who was
prominent in social circles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
Charged with Murder.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. Ga spec
ial from Huntsville, Ark, says thai
warrants have been issued for the ar.
rest of Normal Sweetin and his brother.
in.law ]. P. Sparkling, both well-known
men living near that place, on the
charge of numbering Lem Harper and
George Tucker, whose bodies were
found near Seligman, Mo-, few days
ago. There is strong evidence that
Sweetin and Sparkling killed the two
men for the purpose of robbery. Citi-
zens and officers are securing the ooun-
try for the alleged murderers and they
are both almost certain of being lynched
when captured,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

LEPRo-VULGARUs.-C Considerable ex.
element exists in Chesterfield county
below the city over the report that Mr..
F. G. D. Farmer is afflicted with leprosy.
Mr.. Farmer, who is indeed very sick
man. was in the city to-day and left at
2 o'clock over the Chesapeake and Ohio
.or the Healing Springs, where he will
spend about six weeks with the hope
that the baths there will improve his
condition.
Mr.. Farmer is under the treatment of
DR.. A. Monteiro, of this city, who is
well, known expert in diseases of this
nature. DR.. Monteiro diagnoses the
desease of Mr.. Farmer to be lepro-vul.
garis, desease very rare indeed, and
one that is often mistaken for leprosy
because its symptoms are similar. DR..
Monteiro has seen persons afflicted with
this disease while in the United States
navy. He does not pronounce it to be
as fatal mslady as genuine leprosy or
to be very contagious.
The wife of Mr.. Farmer has break
ing out of some kind on her hands, but
it is not known that she contracted it
from her husband. Richmond State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
A Venezuelan Bank.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 6.-The
government has signed contract for q
loan bank, with capital of 100000.
The owners of the steamship Veloce
provide the capital. The Venezuelan
government has had this matter under
consideration for several months. The
other parties to the contract are
French, Dutch and English capitalists,
who by it's terms are to establish q
bank, to be called the Bolivar Bank,
for the purpose of lending money to
farmers and breeders in Venezuela, and
are to have control of the salt monop-
DIV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
Frozen to Death.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. e.-News has
inst reached here of the death in last
April of Chas. Blackstone, Geo. Botcher
and J. W. Malinque, miners who went
TO Alaska in 1896 and we're frozen TO
death in trying to make their way back
70 Seattle. They were last seen alive
March q. Friends from this city who
vent to Alaska to investigate found
Blsckstone's body, but no trace OF the
other two could be found,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

NORTHERN REPUBLICANS severely
criticise the judge of court in the
State of Georgia for saying. recently,
that this is "white mans government
But Mr.. Jones, the silver republican
Senator from Nevada, one of the chief
promoters of the new pillaging tariff
bill, said the same thing on the floor OF
the Senate few years ago, and he is
receiving the unstinted praise of the
same people. Sectlonalism is great
deal more effective with Northern re-.
publicans than principle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Coz
sumption.

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appoint. 1t has no equal for N 5
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above all, sure cure. 1t : slt p'.
well to take DR.. Kings New Liz ~ r.,
in connection with DR.. Kings ~ ~.
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the stomach and bowels. We go,n
tee perfect satisfaction or return nv ~,
Free trial bottles at f. l.. Allen; W. W.
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A Remarkable Cure Of Chro''
DiarrhOea.

In 1862, when l served my CO p...
asa private in Company A. lom .,-.s,
sylvania Volunteers, / cop"~ n,
chronic diarrhoea. 1t has gwen n ~
great deal of trouble ever since I.a a.. 4.
tried a dozen different medlc aa", n
several prominent doctors sllno az, i
permanent relief. Not loog .. r.
friend sent me sample bottle n o,v
berlain's Collie, Cholera ana D,1 q.
Remedy, and after that OO Oos .,
took q so cent bottle ana " att
say that 1 am entirely cured nj. ri
be- thankful enough to you io' Iii .Il 3
Remedy, and recommend !. Sril. =
fering veterans. Il 10 douV S:,ain6e,,s
Yours gratefully, Henry o Sr z
Allentown, Pa. For saie . =,
Janney, Druggist, 7Ol Aing ''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

AFTER A long sickness, with many
varying changes, Major R. t. Scott,
Attorney General of Virginia, died at
bis home in Warrenton last night OF
typhoid fever. The Major was an hon
orable and high toned Virginia gentle
man. one who retained many of the
characteristics of the men who, 10 the
earlier and better dsys of the State,
were the knightliest not only OF bis
own, but of any other State in the
American Union. He had served his
State we'll and faithfully, and his death
will be regretted by all who knew him,
and by none, in both her military and
civic service, more than those of this
CITY, of which his mother was native
md where he went to school.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
Alaskan Gold.

San FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 6.-The
chief clerk Of the mint said yesterday
that the gold brought to this city from
the Alaskan mines will not exceed
100000 and all that has been taken
this year and sent to other minis of the
country will not exceed 81, 900, 900. The
gold from that part of the country is
general from 700 to 800 fine and some
of it runs to 900, the average being
worth from SIS to $17 an ounce,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

THE death OF Attorney General Scott
makes the nomination of his successor
the more uncertain, and may probably
increase the already large number OF
candidates for that position, among
whom are several who would do credit
to themselves and to the State OF
whose legal affairs they desire to take
charoa
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EDUCATIONAL
IVES lot
VIRGINIA MILITARY lhS'''
,pyNGTON. Va.

59.h year. sate Militia ,S sS Re. :
s gsis sss .5 aSssG css a5s:39s ID dr.
ing Degrees conferred ~ il POI; y,
courses, Master science, Ggi, nd S1S irc.
expenses, including clothing :. Of Of 80 ~
provided at an average Ea's New & 81"
month exclusive OF ouIH~ -.
port Sept. l.. crrrpp supeEin;el'
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06

In New York yesterday the maIti'
between Frank Brown, Wa'hIgs'
stock broker, and Madge Dean, 80 j
lress. was annulled. Miss Dean cliI1
that Brown bad q wife when she III
ried him
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
FAIRFAX NOTES.

Hictum is getting to be quite resort Z
our Alexandria friends.
Mrs. Margaret Marshall, OF Alexandra
visiting relatives near Clifton
Mr.. c. W. Howell and family, Of AleI..
dris, are summering at the Pond resiier:
now occupied by Mr.. B. F. Nails
The Moncure brothers are putting ups t.
ephone line between Fairfax sud yelal
which they hope soon to extend to Ws;.,,
ton.
The second annual convention Of the Il,
fax Sunday School Association will be bells
Vienna on Thursday next, August l2L-
Herald
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-06
Two Hundred Women nro,rn.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6.-Two br,
dred women were drowned while bs,5
ing in a women's bath house VII
was swept away by sudden RE. ~. =
water in the Dnieper river, at E,s
nantchug. Yesterday.