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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
Indians OH the War Path.

SHAWNEE, O. T., Jan. 12.-Trains
have brought to this city every woman
and child from Earlaboro, some 20o
people, near the border of the Seminole
nation. The burning at the stake o.
the two Seminole half breeds has so en-
ragged the Indians that they are riding
over the country killing the stock. a
party of about 200 savages, rode into
neighborhood Is miles southeast OF
E4rlsboro and began shooting through
doors and windows OF q house. Every
person in the house is reported to be
killed. The people who came IN on
the train say that about 10 o'clock yes,
tefdsya pitched battle occurred at MAUD
and that three families were killed and
that there is a general uprising. NO
names of the killed could be learned,
and the stories of the people who are
leaving are probably exaggerated. !,
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. ia special
from Muskogee, 1. T., says: Official
circles here are all astir over the news
OF the uprising and Marshal Bennett,
who was to leave for Washington, has
postponed the trip and LETT to-day WIN
his deputy for the scene Of the trouble.
A troop of cavalry is now on the way
to the Seminole nation and will arrive
there some time to-day. Marshal Ben
nett is we'll liked by the Seminoles and
it is hoped he will be able to induce
them 10 lay down their arms and re-
turn in peace to their homes. !nfor-
nation received here from Oklahoma
City is to the effect that 100 armed
citizens have started from that place to
ilead off the Seminoles end prevent
repetition Of the Maud massacre.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 12.-At
noon to. day the Associated Press cor
respondent at South McAles:er, l. T.,
sends the following The whole story
of tho Indian uprising is a fake. To-
day as far as can be learned everything
quiet at Earlboro and Melauska, the
center of the alleged uprising.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
OFFICIAL.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

At a regular meeting Of the Board al Al.
dermen of Alexandria Va, held Janusry
IL, 1898, there were present
VIM. ID. Marbury, esq, President. and
Messrs. Havener, Dobie, Ballenger, H!uk,p
Curtin and Sweeney.
A resolution sppropriatipg $50 for tho
placing of crossing at tho intersection NJ
Oronoco and Royal streets was received lr,,,
the Common Council and passed by the M.
lowing vote:
Ayes, Messrs. Havener, Dobe. BalIcuger
Hinken, Curtin, Sweeney and H.. Presiieo,
7. Noes, none
An appropriation of $40 TO purchase sig
Kuhn Formsldehyde Generators 10 he used
in such cases as may be directed by tho
Eealth Officer was received from the Com.
mon Council aud passed by the following
vote:
Ayes, Messrs. Havener, Dobie Bal!eascr
Hinken, Curtin, Sweeney and Alr Presi!eu,
7. Noes, none.
The following were received from the Con
mon Council snd their acton concurel ~
A petition of Thomas Beach asking Cunae.
for permission to replace the root OF his .e.'.
dence with shingles; an ordinance 10 amend
aud le.enact section 43 OF an ctiinsuce on
titled IAN ordinance for imposing and col. A.
ing licenses within the city Of Alexandra
also petition OF Charles Goodrich p,ay.s,
for release of payment of tax bills for The
years 1876, 1877 and ! : q; also petition
of ]. c Athey praying for a reduction Of s..
sossments for The past two years aes.,.
property No. 524 Queen street also gltso.
luton appropriating $500 to purchase oyster
shells also petition of j. D. Il. luut. y
Ruben & Son and B. Wheatlcy pray ing .og IL.
Endorsements of $50 each, vi oyclcls,so
made by the city for tapping the AiIg siI,e
sewer !; also resolution authorizing tie Miyu
and Auditor to borrow the gum Of --
thousand dollars from time TO time 70 pay tie
expenses of the general fund 10 the clo,eo
the fiscal year; also the opinion OF Corpora.
ton Attorney Boothe relating to the S},t
section Of the city charter also the pel...
Of J. II. Fisher, manager OF the Western u
ion Telegraph Company, relative TO Tie Pike
ing of poles on King street also q nil.
luton appropiiating 5000 to pnrcA,a
cast ion pipes; also q communicslG
from Robert Elliott also all act poy!.
ing for improvements on north Washing
ton street; also q resolution directing la
Committee on Light 10 inquire Into Dc
advisability..of the purchase by the ely o.
an incsnde:cent electric light plant i;o4
resolution appropriating the sum Of S5oJNr
repaving ee street between Duke and Pas.s
streets also communication from the ANA.
tor calling attention to the appropriation .gl
fire plugs, public property and repayiug Tte;;
being exhausted, and communication 'l
E. s Leadbeater calling Councils a.teana
to the need OF third fire engine.
The board then adjourned.
W. Ii. MARBURY Pnaiet
Teste: 3. Z. KNIGHT, Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
The louisiana Convention.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. ia general
election was held throughout Louisiana
yesterday on the question of holding a
Constitutional Convention. At the
same time that the voters voted for or
against convention they chose dele
gates, so that in case the convention
was approved it could meet at once
without the necessity of new election.
The convention has carried the State
by majority of 35 coo and the demo-
cratic ticket at large is elected by 49,.
900. The indications are hat the con-
vention wi consist of 10 democrats,
10 popuists, independents, 5 sugar
republicans, who will vote with the
democrats for an educational qualif-
cation TO disfranchise the negro, and 8
regular republicans. There will be no
negro in the convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Martha A. Wade, aged seventy.
six years, died in Richmond yesterday.
She was devous Baptist, and native
OF Nelson county.
Mr.. David J. Castleman, the only
surviving brother OF MIR. Robert H
Castlemsn, of Clarke county, died at
his home in Greensboro, Ala, on the
Srd inst, aged 60 years.
Frank II. Crostick, clerk in Man.
chester, yawned yesterday morning
aud dislocated his jaws. His mouth re-
maiued set and stretched wide open
until Il surgeon came and reset the
bones.
Mrs. Christina Gentry, the mother OF
James G. Gentry, who two years ago
shot aud killed Madge York in Phila-
delphia, and is now serving lfe term
for his crime, died in Richmond ye?ter
day. Mrs. Gentry was sixty years old.
Mrs. Jane Walker died at her home
in Fredericksburg yesterday, aged
seventy-one years. She is survived by
six grown children, one of whom is ex-
Grand Chief Patriarch Geo. A. Walker,
of the Grand Encampment, l. o. o. F.,
of Virginia.
George w. Ward, ir., the young Vir-
ginian who was recently arrested in
New York on the charge of forging
checks on John Wanamaker and other
business men in that city, was di5charg-
ed on account of the failure Of the COM
plainants to appear.
A dispatch from Richmond says the
outlook is favorable for the passage OF
the bill by the legislature creating a
bureau of labor and industrial statistics.
After two hours hearing yesterday
the finance committee referred the
measure to a sub committee, to be
made more explicit in certain particu'
lars.
Bills have been introduced in the leg
islature which have for their object The
remedying of the trouble that was
brought to light by the decision of Holl-
man vs. Holman, decided by the Court
of Appeals about twelve months ago.
1t was held in that case that II judg-
AcuI COulCSSOO - " SiOShJ ioCh3 ~
priority over deed of trust recorded
earlier in the morning of the same day,
because the judgment took affect from
the first minute of the day, while the
deed of trust was effective only from
the minute it was admitted to record.
The case of J. l.. Langley, who cut
and painfully wounded DR.. Asa Wall on
December 9th last, was called before
Squire Larus at the Henrico county
courthouse on Monday. Capt. George
D. Wise appeared as counsel for Lang.
ley. 1t was stated that DR.. Wall had
entirely recovered from his wounds
and THAT the men had become friends.
Squire Larus agreed to bail Langleyin
the sum of $500 to appear before the
next grand jury. On Christmas eve
the two men, who are inmates of the
Soldiers Home, took on too much holi:
day refreshments and got into aquarrel
with the result above mentioned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
From Richmond.

RICHMOND, Jan. 12.-When the bill
amending the charter of the prison
association Of Virginia came up in the
House q mild sensation was created by
some of the members of the committee,
who visited the reformatory yesterday,
attacking the management of the insti-
tuition. They charged that the boys
confined there said they were cruelty
treated. There will no doubt be an in-
vsstigation.
A bill to amend the constitution go
as to abolish the May elections has
been offered in the Senate.
The committee on the part OF To o
Senate to settle the boundary line be-
tween Virginia, the District of Colum,,
bia and Maryland is composed ct
Messrs. Mason, Mushbach, Boykin
and Jackson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. II.
SENATE.

Mr.. Chandler, of the committee on
naval affairs, introduced in the Senate
to-day resolution for which he asked
immediate consideration, asking the
Secretary of the Navy to furnish the
Senate list of the active officers OF the
navy in each corps, together with
those who are at sea and those who are
on shore duty and those who are on
waiting orders.
Mr. Allen said that he would be glad
to have included in the information
asked for the number OF retired officers
of the navy. at is well known" said
he, chat vast army of naval officers
has been retired 10 make room for
younger men who have been graduated
from the naval academy or are about
to be graduated. Many of these retired
officers arc anxious to resume active
service and l would like to know
whether the committee purposes to do
anything in that regard"
Mr.. Chandler objected to lacking
anything else to his resolution and il
was adopted as presented.
The Senate then went into executive
session on the Hawaiian treaty.
Senator Allen follow ed Senator Da.
Wis in opposition to the treaty and then
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The civil service debate having been
concluded yesterday interest in the
House proceedings was visbly de.
creased to-day. The galleries were a.
most deserted ard the attendance on
the floor was very light. Mr. Cannon,
chairman OF the appropriation commit.
tee, called up the urgent deficiency bill.
The bill was considered in tae House
as in committee of the whole.
Mr.. Bell sal ! the bill required the de-
position of gold at the assay offices to
pay the cost of transportation hereafter.
He argued against this proposed
change 10 the policy of the government.
He argued that if the government de-
clined to Fay the cost of transportation
the klondike gold would 60 to foreign
minis.
MIR. Shafroth said hat not content
with the gold standard this was an at
tempt to discourage the production of
gold and still further appreciate its
power aud value.
Mr.. McRse argued that the gold dis.
coveries in the Yukon furnished the
best reason why the existing law should
not be discontinued. The government
should offer every inducement to miners
to bring their gold TO its minis.
Mr. Sayers supported the proposed
change 10 the government policy. There
was no more reason, he said, why the
government should give bounty to
the gold miners than to the cotton or
wheat growers.
After some further remarks by
Messrs. Simpson and Underwood |
against the proviso Mr.. Balls motion
to strike out the proyiso was defeated |
80 to 50 -on rising vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

A CORRESPONDENT of New York
newspaper writes to know where the
Union would be to day hit hadn't been
Tor New England ?" Why it would be
infinitely better and stronger than
itis now, because there would have been
no war between the States, and because
both the negroes and the white people
of the country would have been better
of and more contented, and because the
hordes of foreigners that were attracted
here by that war and those they have
snduced to come here since, would have
remained in their own countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
Foreign NeWs.

BERLIN, Jan. 12.-At to.dsy's ses-
sion of the lower house of the Prussian
Diet Herr Koeller Yves reelected pres
ident by acclamation, He declined
the honor, however, and Herr Won
Kroecher was then elected president of
the House.
The HAGUE, Jan. IA dispatch
from Batavia announces that the cap
ital OF Amboyna, one of the Moluccas
islands, has been completely demolish-
ed by an earthquake. Fifty persons
were killed and 200 were injured.
MADRID, Jan. 12-Gen Gonzalez Munoz,
the new captain general Of Porto Bico, died
immediately after his arrival there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
Death Dealing Tornado.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 12.-At 1l:l5
last night a tornado struck Fort Smith
in the middle of Garrison avenue, de.
stroyed all that part of the town to the
west limit of the city, then passed on
towards Little Rock, wrecking houses
and farm buildings. Fires broke out in
all directions and up to q. N. eighteen
dead bodies had been recovered. 1t is
understood that several were killed at
Alma and between Fort Smith and
Alma. The tornado came from the
north and passed through Fort Smith
between Tenth and Thirteenth street,
molishing everything in its path.
From the wreck of large boarding
house in the path of the storm fifteen
bodies have been taken out.
VAN buren,, Ark, Jan. 12-Scores
of dead and wounded are being dragged
from the ruins of wrecked buildings at
Fort Smith and throngs Of people are
searching for the dead. It is thought
many more bodies will he found and
the list of dead may reach so or more.
Several brick buildings were crushed
like eggshells and IS the second storits
we're used for living purposes it is
thought that there will be found the
greatest number of dead. To the hor-
rors of crashing buildings the roar of
the storm and the cries of the wound
ed, fire broke out in number of places
and the department was for long time
unable to cope with the new danger
and it is known that one or more bodies
were cremated. The high school
building just finished at cost of $780,
600 was leveled to the ground, besides
two fine churches. The scene beggars
description and it will require hours of
daylight to reveal the worst features of
the storms fury. After leaving Fort
Smith the storm travelled to southeast
and while reports are meagre from the
country, several fires have been seen
blrning along in Its wake and the town
of Alma, nine miles to the southeast,
reports several houses blown down and
it is thought many have been killed
there. The damage will reach 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

VANDALs IN A GRAvEYARD.-Nau-
dals Monday night entered the historic
Rlyeryiew Cemetery, at Williamsport,
Nd, and with sledge and crowbar
threw down and broke ninety.four
monuments and tombstones, entailiug
a damage estimated as high IS S25' 900.
There were probably half dozen pei.
sous who did the deed. Every part OF
the cemetery was visited and the tall
est monuments were the special marks
OF tia vandals. Efforts were made to
overthrow tho Mcpherson monument,
the largest in tbs cemetery, out they
failed. The Free Masons @re taking an
active part with the authorities in Ell
deavoring to ferret out the perpetrators.
In the cemetery lie the remains OF some
of Marylaud's most distinguished fami-
lies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
EsTERHAzY ACQUITTED

Count Esterhazy, who was charged
with having been implicated in the De.
trsyal of French military secrets and Of
having written letters rejecting uDon
the French army, was acquitted al
Paris yesterday by the unanimous vote
of the members of the court. The var.
dict is almost universally approved.
Some excitement has been caused M.
the arrest of Nine. Joufroy de Abbar.
and man named Vaulzerre her Al.
legged accomplice, on the charge of Of.
tempting to blackmail military officer
The woman was by mistake supposed
to be the mysterious yelled lady who
is said to have furnished Count Ester.
hazy with Information showing the
guilt of Capt. Dreyfus. The woman
under arrest is the divorced wife OF >
Marquis, and is reported to have been
the mistress of the late King Alfonso Of
Spain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell will re-
move his laboratory from Cape Breton
Island to Georgetown and will spend
most of his time in Washington in the
future.
The President has finally arranged
for the transfer of Mr.. Charles Page
Bryan to Brazil, sending Minister Con.
ger, of Iowa, who is now at Rio de
Janeiro, to China in his place.
Eleven thousand exiled Nicaraguan
revolutionists are reported to be con-
centrated on the border in Costa RIGA
ready to make an incursion into Mica
ragua to attempt the expulsion of
President Zelaya.
Governor Lowndes sent message to
the Maryland General Assembly yes
terday in which he recommends the
strictest economy; the execution of all
criminals of the State under death SER
tencs at the Maryland penitentiary or
the Baltimore city Jail; law to exclude
outlaw" race tracks from the State,
and more stringent laws to prohibit and
punish prize fighting, dog fighting anc
similar sports.
There is an uprising in the Seminole
nation, and 100 armed indians are re.
ported to have killed twenty-five resi-
dents of Pottawattomie county, that
territory. The Indians are seeking to
{ avenge the recent burning at the stake
of Lincoln McGeisy and Palmer Samp-
son, Seminoles, who were accused OF
murdeling and feloniously assaulting
Mrs. Leard, OF Maud postoilice. A
/ special trainload of armed white men
has gone to Earlboro, ten miles from
Maud. Excitement is higher than
ever before known in the Indian Terri
tory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

a BILL to create bureau of labor is
under consideration in the legislature
and will probably be passed. Its only
benefciaries will be the men who will
draw the salaries attached to it. Nir-
ginia laborers will derive no more bene-
fit from it than Virginia farmers co
from the State agricultural and railroad
boards. But it will increase the ex
penditures, though it vas TO decrease
them that the members of the legisls-
Sure were elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

THE st. James Club of Montreal has
emphasized the fact that because the
President Of the United States appoint
ed, as consul at that city, and the Us.
Senate confirmed, man who had been
sentenced to the penitentiary, was DO
sufficient reason for it to include that
Inan in its membership. No wonder
foreign nations make sport of this
country's diplomatic and consular SER
yica
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

AFTER weeks debate on q PROPOSE
lion to strike out The appropriation ior
the support ofthe civil service commits
sion, in which the humbuggery of that
commission was made so plain by re-
publicans that all who run may read,
and during which the democrats ex-
pressed their willingness to support q
motion for the repeal Of the whole civil
service law, the U. S House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday allowed the ap-
preparation 10 stand, without even
bringing the question to a vote. Every
ching relating to the law referred to is
a humbug.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

THE FACT that among the expenses
of the New York jury that tried Thorn,
the murderer, were $3.50 for wine, S2SS
for cigars, $53 for billiards, S42 for
shaving, SIS for telephone messages,
s1d 81 for shining shoes, adds another,
10 the many strong reasons for a change
in the jury system Of this country.
Judges are bad enough, but they can
be held responsible; juries. however,
Ike the civil service commissloo, are
utterly irresponsible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JAN u. 1se

As WAS expected, the commission ap.
pointed by Congress to reinspect ana
resurvey the route for the proposed IN
terocean canal through Nicaragua, Tor
the benefit of q stock corporation head
cd by ex Senator Miller, OF New ofk,
though it has just reached the scene Of
its operations, has discovered that the
appropriation, large as it was, was not
large enough, and has asked that 1t be
increased. Though business industries
are sadly depressed and the tariff l.
high, the people are to he taxed still
moro to enable New York stock com
pany to build a canal through ioi-
eign territory, over which tue unitsd
States will have no jurisdiction and
that too, though similar canal is al
ready in process OF construction through
the isthmus of Panama, and in the lace
of the patent fact that the revenue OF
this country is not sufficient TO pay It's
expenses. But the republicans are evil
IDENTITY &C ing upon the ides that alter
them will come the fire works:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

WILL INVESTIGATE THE PoToMAc.-Rep.
resen;ativo Hepburn, of Iowa. has introduced
bill in the House for "the investigation Of
the pollution of water supplies His bill
applies TO all rivers and other natural sources
of water supply whore the sanitary condition
of the people of more than one State or Terri
tory or the District Of Columbia is affected by
or threatened to be affected by such pollution.
The Supervising Surgeon General OF the Ma
rno Hospital Service is named as tho officer
to mqke the investigation. Re is farther di.
rected to report to Congress what action is
necessary to remove OF to prevent such polln-
ton The Potomac river is specifically nam
ed as the first river to be so investigated.
The bill has been referred to the committee
on interstate and foreign commerce, but TO
action has yet been taken by that committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

THE governments warning in le-
spect of counterfeit one hundred dollar
silver notes is entirely unnecessary in
this section of the country, as few pee
pile down this way have, or know how
to get, that much money. Five dollar
bills are so scarce now, that man who
manages to get one, looks upon it as a
yodsend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12
COURT OF APPEALS

The following cases were argued in
the Court OF Appeals yesterday
Brooke, Clerk. vs. Turner. Argued
and submitted.
Ware vs. Bankers Loan and Invest
ment Company. Argued and continued
until to-day.
The next cases TO be called are Smoot
ys. Peoples Perpetual Loan and Say.
ings Association, and City of Norfolk
Va Norfolk Landmark Publishing Con :
pany, and others.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

The democratic convention in Philadelphia
to-day nominated Charles z. Donnelly for
receiver of taxes. There was no discord in
The convention. The republican convention
TO nominate tax receiver split and after the
boilers had wi hdrawn w. J Roney WAS elect.
Cd The bolters nominated hewitt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

DIR. Lewis w. Pendleton, of Port
land, Me-, house physician of the Flag
Ter hotels at Palm Beach Fla, died at
the Palm Beach Inn to-day, aged 5S
wears
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-12

SINCE THE democrats have regained
control of New York, and personal
liberty has been restored there, to the
aYtent at least Of allowing man, II go
disposed. to take glass Of beer or wine
on Sunday, the police reports show that
law and order are better observed there
now than when that city was under re-
publican rule, and when drink
could only be obtained on Sunday By
bribing policeman, by sneaking
through back door, or by laying in
supply of liquor the night before
and getting drunk on Sunday, to show
contempt of the law. Men will drink, if
they want to. They should be punished
if they become Objectionable to other
people; not the man who sells liquor to
those by whom it is really needed.