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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
TG-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 15.-The Mar
quis Maffai di Boglio, the italian am
bassador to Russia, is dead.
CONsTANTINoPLE, May15.-The sum
of 16, 600, 900 pounds (Turkish) is men.
toned here as the amount of the in
demnity which Turky will demand
from Greece.
PARIS, May ia man named Bel
lac, an employe of the fair, confessed
yesterday evening to have accidentally
caused the conflagration at the Charity
Bazaar on May 4. Bellac explained
that, finding the cinematographe lamp
burning badly, he tried to fill it with
ether. In order to be able TO see the
better he struck q match, when the
vapors ignited and instantly spread to
the hangings around the apparatus.
There are indications of the possibili-
ty of serious trouble between France
and Morocco, owing to the incursion of
Moorish tribesmen into Algerian terri
tory
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 15.-Particu-
lars of the disaster which befell a mill
tary railway train on Thursday be-
tween Rockenhof and Eliva show it to
have been due to the cars crossing an
| embankment which had been under
mined by the recent floods. The train
which was conveying the Krasnojarsk
infantry was derailed. In the panic
which followed many of the soldiers
jumped into the water and were drown
ed. Ninety-tbree injured men were
conveyed to the hospitals, twenty.four
bodies have already been recovered
and the remains of sixty additional
victims are beneath the debris.
CONsTANT1NoPLE, May 15.-By COM
mand of the Sultan eleven wounded
Turkish soldiers were placed In the
court of Mosque yesterday while his
majesty passed, upon the occasion Of
the Selamlik.
ROME, May 15.-The fftieth ami
versary of the death of Daniel O'Con
nell was observed to-day by a requiem
mass celebrated at the Irish College.
Bishop Keane, formerly rector of the
Catholic University at Washington, de-
livered an grafton.
MADRID, May 13.-The Herhaldo, re-
ferring to the possible action of the
United States for the relief of Ameri.
cans in Cuba, says: ''The Spanish gov
eminent will have universal opinion on
its side if it acts with energy in repell-
ing American interference in orr af-
fairs, but this opinion will be hostile
unless the government ceases making
concessions" The Correspondence an
nouuces that the reported increase in
the strength of the Spanish navy was
decided upon in view of the possibility
of international conflicts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
dwelling the Washington Statue:

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 15.-The
memory of George Washington was
honored in this city to-day in monu-
mental bronze. at sunrise this morn
ing the boom of cannon from the bat
teries of the United States troops in
Fairmount Park, aroused the city to
the greatest day in its history. 1t was
not long after that steady streams of
people began to flow along every by
way leading to the park, where the
monument stands. The day broke uu-
der clear skies and a cool breeze famed
the flags and decorations which floated
from hundreds of buildings. The cere-
monies proper began at noon, when the
parade moved from Broad and Spruce
streets, under command of Major Gen
eral Suowden. The route was to the
park, where it passed in review before
President Mckinley. The actual un-
yelling ceremony was impressiyely
simple. Bishop Whitaker opened with
prayer, and Major Wayne and William
w. Porter followed with appropriate
addresses. Then came the unwilling
by President Mckinley and the result
ant clamor, augmented by the national
salute of twenty-one guns by the ar
tillery and by the foreign and Ameri-
can wal vessels in the Delaware. This
concluded, the President spoke briefly.
Tonight the wheelmen's parade, with
nearly 10000 in line, will be the princi-
pal feature. Nominations from the
monument, the city hall and other
points will add to the brilliancy OF the
juhilee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

An avalanche of sand and gravel at
a cut being made by the Newcastle
Traction Company, south of Newcastle,
Pa, buried five men. Two were killed
instantly and three others seriously in
jured.
w. J.. Dunn, q we'll known Pittsburg,
Pa, contractor, convicted of forging
estimates on assignments of city con-
tract to the mount of nearly $4,000.
was sentenced to-day to six months
imprisonment in the county Jail.
Judge Gibbons rendered a decision in
Chicago to-day declaring the American
Tobacco Co. an illegal corporation and
prohibiting its agents from carrying on
its business within the confines of Hi
nois. The defendants filed demurrers
general and special, but each was ver
ruled in the exhaustive opinion handed
down today.
Tho dead cody of N. 3. Clark, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, member of the Michigan Bank
and Lumber Co., was found on one of the
residence streets along the lake shore at Mil
waukee, Wis this morning. There were two
bullet wounds, and a revolver was found at
his side. Diamonds and jewelry were found
on his person but no money. The location of
the wounds makes it rather doubtful wheth-
it is q case Of suicide. When Clark left his
hotel last night he said he was going for 2
walk. He was so years old. 1t is believed
that Clark was the victim of thugs. The Ma
sons will probe the mystery to the bottom.
Mr. Clarke was known in Milwaukee as the
Bark King"
Officer P. G Minor, of the Richmond police
force, was shot about 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing by q nesro at the corner of Eighteenth
and Main streets, and probably fatally in
iurcd. The negro who did the shooting cs-
capped but another negro named Nathan Pow.
oil. twenty two years of age, who claims to be
from Lynchburg and who was a party TO the
shooting, was arrested and odgcd in the First
station. The prisoner stated that tho shot
was fired by a negro man known as the "Kid"
who is from Petersburg.
An agreement having boon reached among
the owners Of the principal mines in the
down town Leadville, Col, district, to resume
pumping, which WAS stopped last winter
while the strike was on, the work of unwater-
ing will be begun next week The arrange
ment for pumping which will 60 into effect
Monday will result in Tie employment of
from 1000 to 1900 men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

his State will make free silver the chief
issue of their coming campaign and that
they cannot afford to push it aside and
substitute for it the tariff, which, as the
late General Hancock said, is a local
question. Mr.. Andrew Lipscomb,
democratic elector for the 9Th Virginia
district at the last election, talking on
the same subject to-day, said the
goldites only had one district in the
last State convention and wouldn't
have that much in the next one, and
that the talk about the democrats of the
State being divided, and of the risk
they would run by re-endorsing the
Chicago platform, was simply breath,
and nothing more, and is only INDUCED
in by people who know nothing at all
about the true feeling of Virginia
democrats.
The Virginia democratic association
of this city, representing fifteen hun
dred voters, at their regular monthly
meeting last night, passed resolutions
r%e-endorsing the Chicago ticket and
platform, and advising their fellow
democrats in Virginia to instruct their
delegates to the State convention to
vote for the nomination of NO man who
is not in favor of endorsing the action
of the last national democratic con-
vention.
All the people in Virginia who feel
like subscribing to the relief ofthe Gu
ban insurgents, rather than to that of
the poor people in their own State, can
send their subscriptions to Mr.. Frank
Hume, of Alexandria county, who has
been designated by the Cuban sympa-
thizers here as their collector for Vir-
ginia.
Among the Virginia republicans here
to-day is ex-Congressman Ben Hooper,
of Prince Edward county. He says he
has not applied for any Office, but that
if the President be at all troubled about
finding some body to whom to give an
easy one, he will not be the man to re-
fuse it, provided the salary be salts
factory.
All Of the r~evolvers in the hands of
the army have been called in to be re.
placed by a latter model in which the
addition of a safety lock prevents the
hammer from being cooked except
when the cylinder is firmly closed and
locked.
The Virginia Office seekers are still
numerous here, though few ofthem pro-
fess to be at all charmed with their pros
poets. Some of them say that now
that Congressman Walker and the
diamond four" have come to
terms, there will be another conference
here on Monday next, at which some
thing definite may be developed. They
are 10th to abandon all hope, and say
that at the end of the fiscal year, June
30th, the President may be able to see
his way clear to so alter the civil ser
vice rules as to give them a chance to
get an Office without having to stand q
| competitive examination.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

NORFOLK ELECTION JUDGEs.-Judge
Prentis, of the Norfolk Circuit Court OF
Norfolk county, yesterday heard argu-
ment In the application for an i%njunc-
ton to restrain the judges of election in
the county from officiating at the spring
election, they not having been appoint
ed by the electoral board this year.
The applicants for the injunction held
that the judges were not legally quail
fed to conduct the election, but in his
decision. the judge holds that it is the
duty Of the old officials to act at the
elections this month, and severely cen
sures the electoral board, saying that
its n%on-action is calculated to throw
the county into anarchy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

NEITHER THE Virginia judge al
luded to in the GAZETTE's Washing
ton correspondence of yesterdays date,
nor anybody else, understands how, un-
der the late instructions ofthe Attorney
General and the Secretary of the Com
monwealth, the ballots to be cast at the
coming election can be secret, as the
constitution of the State provides they
shall be. According to the instruc-
tions referred to, there will be two
books at every polling precinct, in one
of which shall be kept the names OF
those who only vote for candidates,
and 10 the other, the names of those who
vote only upon the question OF calling
n constitutional convention. But, &C
cording to the same instructions, the
candidates and the convention ques-
ton shall be voted upon or the same
ballot. Now, how it can be determined
upon which of the two books a voters
name shall be written, except by open
ing and reading his ballot, is a puzzle
which few can solve, with the possible
exception of those who prepared the
instructions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
The Situation in the East.

ATHENS, May ia dispatch from
Arta says that the Turkish garrison at
Prevesa, which has been besieged by
the Greek land and sea forces almost
from the outbreak of the war, has sent
a message to the Greek commander
saying that the Turkish force is ready
to capitulate.
DoMoKos, May ia detachment
of Turkish cavalry appeared here at
daybreak this morning, but retired on
seeing the Greek advance posts. The
Turks have burned all the villages
around Pharsalos.
PARIS, May 15-It is stated that the
delay of the Sultan of Turkey in ar
ranging for 8 cessation of hostilities is
due to the direct advice of Emperor
William of Germany, not to Grant an
armistice until the Greeks have again
retreated.
ATHENS. May 15.-Tho Greeks have been
bombarding Nikopolis since early this morn
inc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

SOME foreigners were living in the
Valley of Virginia when General Sher-
idan devastated that region and boast
ed that q CROW in flying over it would
have to carry its own rations, but no
foreign government ever conceived the
wild idea of sending supplies to them
or of going to war on their account.
Some silly people in this country, how
ever, propose to send both supplies
and war ships to the so.called Ameri-
leans now living in the Island of Cuba,
and who refuse to come to the United
States, though the way be open for
them to do so.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

GOVERNOR O'FERRALL says: 1.-THE
common ground upon which the
democrats can stand and present a solid
front against republicanism is funda-
mental democratic principles, including
opposition to protection and the foster
ing of monopolies and trusts, and that
in the coming gubernatorisl campaign
in this State all democrats can come
together on a platform of State issues,
leaving to the future all dividing fed
eral issues" AS the Governor last year
bolted the democratic ticket, which in
cluded opposition to protection and the
fostering of monopolies and trusts, and
helped to elect the ticket that opposed
fundamental democratic principles and
supported monopolies and trusts, the
sudden change in his opinion on the
subjects referred to is a little strange TO
some people. There are no dividing is
sues in the democratic party, and as to
leaving the chief issue of last years
campaign in Virginia to the future,
when the democrats of the State have
an opportunity to emphasize their con
viction in respect of that issue, is some
thing the possibility of which their
minds have never conceived.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY Is, 1897.

A WASHINGTON newspaper says tnat
in the recent appointment of a judge
for the judicial district of this State
composed of Fairfax and Alexandria
counties, 1.-THE issue was squarely
drawn, and in selecting Judge Love,
Governor O'Ferrall indicated beyond
question that so far as lies in his power
he will support the efforts of the dwell
lers in the county to surround them
selves with q decent atmosphere"
This must, of course, mean that If the
Governor had appointed M OF his stah,
Colonel Barley, to the judgeship, he
would have indicated his support Of the
efforts of the jewellers in Alexandria
county to surround themselves with an
indecent atmosphere, which is trans
parently absurd to every body at all &C.
quainted with either theGovernor or the
Colonel, or the people of Alexandria
county. When a newspaper printed
Just across the river is as utterly igno-
rant of affairs on this side as the one
referred to is, it isn't at all wonderful
that other newspapers printed across
the Potomac are not better informed
about Alexandria city, as we'll as
county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

If THERE be any bona fde citizens of
the United States now in Cuba who
don't like the way things are carried on
there, and who really believe they are
in danger of starving by reason of the
devastation of that island caused by the
insurgents there, why, in the name of
common sense, don't they come home.
If they are non-combatants neither the
Spaniards nor the insurgent want them,
and there is no hinderance whatever to
their return.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

EX.POsTMAsTER GENERAL WILSON
is the most conspicuous and voluminous
opponent of the new and outrageous
tariff bill But Mr.. Wilson, as ON intel
ligent man, must have known when he
deserted his party last fall, just as well
as he does now, that the necessary re-
suit of the defeat of his party, and the
election to the Presidency of the high
priest of protection, would be the pas
sage of just such q bill as that referred
to. The opposition OF the boilers to
anything the republicans may do, only
makes their condition the more unenvi-
able.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

A BOILERS dispatch from Richmond
says the democratic party In Virginia
is in "a dangerous condition and that q
single move may consolidate or divide
it permanently" There could not
have been a more incorrect statement.
The democratic party in Virginia was
never in a safer condition than it is
now, and its determination to en-
phasize its support of the Chicago plat
form and ticket, at its coming State con-
vention, will make its position impreg-
pable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
AGAINST A RAILRoAD.-At Sails.

AGAINST A RAILRoAD.-At Sails.
bury, North Carolina, yesterday,
the case Of James against the West
ern North Carolina Railroad for
killing the plaintiffs husband. was
concluded. The jury found the South
ern Railway Company was negligent
and assessed damages at $4,000. Upon
the issue of law the judge held that
the Western road was not liable. Both
parties appealed. The case involved
the legality of the sale of the Western
road under the decree of the federal
court and five days were consumed in
the trial. The question involved ia
whether a foreign corporation can pur-
chase and hold the franchise OF q do
nestle railway company under the au-
thority given in the code.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

NEW YORK, May 15.-Thomas F:
Bayard, ex.Ambassador Of the United
States to Great Britain arrived to-day
on the steamship st. Paul from South
ampton. He has with him the docu-
ment known as the log of the May
flower, which was recently entrusted to
his keeping by the Archbishop of Can
terbury for transmission to the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
A NUN IN COURT.

Judge Dobler, sitting as of the City
Court, Baltimore, bad a peculiar case
before him yesterday, which, however,
was of short duration.
Mr.. Frank ]. Ball, who lives in Wash.
ington, has o sister, Miss Mary Ball,
who is a Sister in the Convent of the
House of the Good Shepherd, at Mount
and Hollins streets, where che is known
as Sister Magdalepa of st. Martin.
Mr.. Ball took q motion that his Sis
ter was kept in the convent against her
will, from the fact, as he stated, that in
his visits to the convent he was never
allowed to see her alone, another Sister
being always present in the room dur
ing their interviews. Therefore through
R. Brent Walling, as his counsel, he in
stituted habeas corpus proceedings, d.
rected to the Mother Provincial of St.
Martin, at the convent, for the produc
ton of his sister in court. Miss Ball
entered the convent when twenty-one
years of age, and has been there about
ten or eleven years. She stated upon
the stand yesterday that she was not
deprived Of her liberty, as recited in
the petition, but was there of her own
will and accord, and desired to remain
there. The Mother Superior also stated
that Sister Magdslena could leave the
convent if DESTROYS Of 30 doing, and, at
once, from the courtroom, also that she
was free to leave at certain periods, by
the rules of the order. AS the sister de-
sired to remain in the convent, and was
Of full age, Judge Dobler promptly dis.
missed the petition. Mr.. Michael A..
Mullin appeared for the convent. The
Ball family are all of the Catholic faith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
Warning Piutes.

CAL1ENrE, CAL, May 15.-News has
reached here that the Piute Indians are
at war with one another in the foothills
of Piute Mountain. One Indian is re-
ported killed and it is not known how
many more are dead. The Piutes are
divided into two factions and it is fear
ed that the weaker of the tribes will be
annihilated before a force of militia can
be sent to subdue the angry passion of
the braves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
There is more Catarrh in this section Of tho

There is more Catarrh in this section OF tho
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it q local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be p
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F.. J. Cheney g. Co,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
BUCKLIN,s ARNIcA sALvE.

THE BEST SALvE In the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
Jay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
Ernest l.. Allen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

The State Board of Dental Exami-
ners completed their labors in Rich
mond yesterday when the practical ex-
animation of the sixteen young dentists
who are applicants for diplomas, came
to a close. The result of the
examination, however, will not be made
known until some time next week.
The board refused to accept the
resignation of DR.. J. Hall Moore, presi-
dent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is q perfect
Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood Purifier. Re-
moves Biliousness without p%urging. Aspleas-
ant as Lemon Syrup. 1t is as largo as any
dollar tonic and retails for so cents. To get
the GENUINE ask for GROVES.
For sale by CHARLES G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

ANOTHER naval vessel made q trial
trip yesterday and, as has been the case
with many of the others, gained for it's
builders a large sum-s60, 0O0-ior extra
speed. That it will never achieve the
same speed again is well.known, but,
nevertheless, the money will be paid,
and to raise it the people will be taxed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
Tho President Hears from Cuba.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 15.--The
President received from Secretary Sher-
man at Washington this morning eb-
stracts of kilograms and letters from
Cuba. These relate largely to the SUBJ
iect, of the distress and restitution now
existing on the island. It is believed
that q message giving the views Of the
President on the situation in Cuba will
be sent to Congress early next week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, May 15.-Thc initial prices
on the Stock Exchange were mostly a shade
below Yesterdays close. The market de-
velopod al unsettled tone soon after the OPEN
ing with fluctuations narrow either way ex-
ceptiL "A few instances. The main tendency
OF values was towards a higher range.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15
LocKnARr. Texas. Oct, is. 1889.

Paris Medicine Co. Paris, Tenn:
Dear sirs Ship US ss 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
universal satisfaction. Yours, respectfully,
Us. BROWNE & Co.
For sale By CHARLES G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

A REPUBLICAN member of Congress
from Chicago has appointed a negro to
a cadetship at the Annapolis naval
academy. Two such have been ap-
pointed this year, and both of them
should have prayed to be saved from
their friands-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-15

NEW YORK, May 15.-Flour-State and
Western dull and lower to cell. Rye Flour
dull. Wheat-No 2 red opened firm on bet.
tor Liverpool cables but later sold off under
moro favorable news and liquidation July
7Slba793s. Rye dull No . western 37l6.
Corn-No = opened firm on higher cables and
insect damage in Missouri, but later was weak
with Wheat July 30ba311s Oats-No =
opened quiet and easy track white 2Ga311a.
Beef steady. Pork dull. Lard weak prime
Western steam 81 Is nominal.