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A New York state doctor, aged one
hundred and nine, volunteered his ser
vices to the President recently, and ex-
pressed a desire to enter the army as a
surgeon. Even at his advanced Years
he can read without glasses and walk
ten to fifteen miles day.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
additional Locals.

WESTERN Notwithstanding TO reports
received 10y railway companies and business
men, the largest wheat crop in the history of
the United States will be harvested within q
fortnight. The winter wheat yield, which
aggregates from 3,5,0000O0 to 4O0,0O0,0OO
bushels, will be increased to the extent of
nearly 350000,000 bushels, from the spring
wheat region. The Bumper crop Of 1891 ,
will be cclipsed this year by 100 600, 900 BUSH
els, from present indications. Reports re-
ccivcd from members of the National Aeso-
cation of Merchants and Travellers, who are
assembling to attend the fall meeting afford
positive proof, it is declared, that new era
prosperity is at hand throughout the great
West. Railroad officials who haye just come
in from extended trips through the spring
wheat and corn growing states, make equally
optimistic reports.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
Foreign News.

CONsTANrINoPLE, Feb. 2S.-Serious
bread rios have taken place at CALI
poll, where a mob has attempted 10
burn the government Offices:
ATHENS, Feb. 2S.-One of the men
who attempted the life of the King OF
Greece on Saturday has been arrested.
His name is Karditzs, and he is q
minor employee in the mayors Office
here. He refuses to give the name OF
bis accomplice. Kerdilza did not ex-
press any regret, and declared that if
the gun had not trembled in the hands
of his accomplice the King would have
been killed.
PARIS, FEB. 2S -The Echo de Paris
to-day expresses the hope that a
European statesman will be found to
intervene with the view ofthe mainten-
ance OF peace between the United States
aud Spain" Continuing, the paper
says it regards the dissolution of the
Spanish Cortes as an encouraging symp-
tom.
MADRID, Feb. 2S.-The commissariai
officer, Pacheos, vino recently called at
the residence Of General Stewart L..
Woodward, the Uoited States minister
to Spain, but was not received, and who
was sent afterwards to a military asy-
ium, the authorities declaring that he
was 'patriolicalIy mad" committed
suicide yesterday by shooting himself
with a revolver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
The COurt of Inquiry.

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 2S-The United
States court Of inquiry into the loss o.
he battleship Maine in the harbor Of
Havana on February - began its SEES
sions here this morning. Those Off
cels and civilians here who believed
the reports from Havana saying that
the court had already decided that the
loss of the Maine was due to treachery
have apparently changed their minds.
Brought face to face with the court
men realize for the first time how un-
likely it will be for the court to allow
any inkling Of its conclusions 10 be
known out of due season. 1t was not
known whether any of the enlisted
men saved from the Inflated vessel
would be called, but all preparations
we're made so that the court should
not be delayed in its work.
The court opened shortly after 10
o'clock. Lieut.. Blandin was the first
witness called. Testimony will be
taken according to its relative import
ance and not according to the rank of
the witness,
All the Names dead that remain
unburied will be laid to rest in Key
West. Orders to this effect we're re.
ceived from the Navy Department yes
terday and the coast survey boat Bache
will bring here any bodies found. Fifty
collins have been ordered from Key
West undertakes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

At the Methodist Church in Freder.
icksburg yesterday a resolution was
passed opposing the proposed transfer
from the Baltimore to the Virginia con
ference.
Mr.. Richard Il. Gaines, Of Richmond,
has just be appointed the Virginia del
egate to the pure food and dairy con-
gress of the United States, to be held
in Washington, D. c., March %.
1t is stated in New York papers that
the famous Natural Bridge of Virginia
has been purchased by Mr.. II. ]. Caruth,
of Boston, Mass, VINO will Immediately
enter into possession of the property
and make his home in Virginia for a
part of the year,
The Stamford Dye Works at Lynch.
burg were destroyed by fire at one
o'clock yesterday morning, with the
exception of box sheds. Loss, $780,
900. The property was owned by the
Stamford Manufacturing Company, Of
Stamford, Conn.
Early Saturday night two masked
bandits rode into Bayard, Neb., held
up President A. Q. Taylor, of the State
Bank of Baysrd, forced him to open the
safe OF the institution, which they ROB-
bed, and then they escaped. Several
posses are in pursuit.
A destructive fire broke out at Mt.
Jackson Saturday morning about four
o'clock, and before it was controlled
destroyed the meat store of D. R. Hos
field, the dwelling OF D. w. Proctor, in
which was the general store of c. L..
Proctor and the law Office of Robert j.
Walker. The origin is unknown, but
it is thought was due to a lamp explo-
sion. Loss, $4,000.
Mrs. Nadia Swinnerche, a wealthy
lady from San Francisco, created q SEN
sation at the Academy of Music in
Richmond on Saturday night by taking
her mulatto maid in a private box with
her. An usher was sent in by the
manager and the maid was required to
go TO the part of the house set apart
for colored people. She first drove to
the Jefferson for the brother OF her mis-
tress, who went down and sat with his
sister.
Judge Robert W. Hughes. of the
United States Court. was in Richmond
on Saturday and bad a long talk with
Judge Edmund Waddill, who is to sue
coed him. 1t is understood that n
reason why the former retires is that
President Mckinley has promised the
office to Judge Waddill. One point
upon which the outgoing Judge spoke to
his successor was that of retaining the
present clerks and messengers of the dis
tric5 courts at Richmond, Norfolk, and
Alexandria. The understanding was
reached, and there will be no changes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
EI.Onl Havana.

HAVANA, Feb. 2S.-The day promises
well for ii divers who are at work Sc
curing bodies from the wreck of the
batlleship Maine and making salvage
there. Including the Spanish divers
there are probably eight men below the
WAFER simultaneously. Great prep
arations are on foot among the
Spaniards here to give a hearty well
come to the cruiser Fizcaya, which is
expected to arrive at this port to day.
General Weyler's street is arched with
bunting and the Casino is gay with
color. 1t is believed that the election
of the autonomist delegates, set for
March 30, will be postponed until April
%, to correspond with the election for
deputies to the Cortes in Spain.
Another tug belonging to the Merritt
& Chapman Derrick y Wrecking Com
pany, with powerful apparatus is ex-
pected from the north at any time.
Senator Proctor has made no special
programme for to-day. He will prob
ably make some visits and do some
sightseeing which he seems to enjoy
greatly:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
MONDAY EVENING. FEB. IS, 1858.

SOME OF the boilers, while denounc-
ing the recent lyuching of the negro
postmaster at Lake City, South Care
lima, concede the acknowledged fact that
it is harder to change manners and GUS
toms than laws, and therefore criticise
the President for appointing negro
postmasters in the South, and not IN
the North, where they ought not to be
so Objectionable. But as they deserted
their own party in order to elect the
President who made the appointment,
of all men in the world they should
keep their mouths shut about every oc-
i~ectionable thing he does. No matter
how much they may feel like kicking
themselves for helping Mr.. Hanna to
elect the President, for their OWL sake,
they should say nothing about itin pub
lie, but rather do as the barber did, who
dug q hole in the ground aud whisper
ed in it that he had discovered that
Midas had asses ears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rev. Sam Jones has withdrawn from
the race for governor of Georgia.
The Chinese government has agreed
to open Yuen.Chau, on Lake Tang
Ting-Tu, as a treaty port, but declines
to entertain any proposal tending to
the abolition of the Likin dues.
A lioness escaped from her cage and
took possession of a baggage car on a
Baltimore and OHIO Railroad train on
Saturday on the way from Chicago to
Pittsburg, and terrified the baggage
master.
The large frame buildings of R.
Thompson and Joseph Edwards, op-
posite the Voshell House, Chestertown,
Md, were destroyed by fire early yes
terdaY morning. Other buildings were
damaged. The loss is estimated at SlS.-
900 or $4,000.
The German Government has in-
struc'ed the provincial presidents to
| secure expert options as to whether the
| American petroleum sold in Germany
| is OF insufficient Illuminating powe or and
| unduly explosive, with the view OF pro-
| hibiting it's sale.
A bus filed with pleasure-seeker8
| was struck by q Grand Trunk Passen-
| ger train at the Western avenue cross
| ing south OF Blue Island, in the south
| western part of Chicago, at 9 o'clock
Saturday night. Five of the number
| were killed and two others injured,
one fatally.
A solemn tie deum was celebrated in
the cathedral at Athens, Saturday to
| give thanks for the escape yesterday
of King Georse and his youngest
! daughter, Princess Marie, from the
hands of the would-be assassin who at
tempted to shoot them while they
! were returning from q drive to Phale-
| roum. The police are securing the
| country for the two men who attempt
ed to kill his majesty, but thus far they
have been unsuccessful.
The British steamer Flowergate ar
| rived at Boston yesterday with the
captain and survivors of the British
| steamer Legislator, Captain Tenant,
bound from Liverpool for Colon, which
was burned at sea OF February l6 The
| fire broke out so suddenly that eleven
| men forward we're cut off from the rest
] of the ship, and in saving them a boat
, was capsized, and five men, including
the second and third officers, the chief
| steward and the chief cook, were
drowned.
William NJ. Singerly, editor and pub
=, Usher OF the Philadelphia Record, and
president of the suspended Chestnut
Street Bank and the Chestnut Street
Fund Company, died at his home in
Philadelphia yesterday, eyed &C years.
The cause announced by the attending
physician, DR.. Bernardy, was heart dis
ease. Since the crash Of the two fnan-
! cial institutions of which he was the
head, Mr.. Singerly had been under a
severe strain of anxiety which told
heavily upon his vitality.
While fremen were at work on a
fire in Hall Bros chemical laboratory
at Kalamazoo, Mich, Saturday night,
a terrific explosion took place blowing
up the entire side Of the building. Fire
man on the ladder were blown in every
direction by the fearful conclusion.
Ten were killed and others were
wounded. The flames shot high into
the air, and it looked for a moment as
if there would be an awful confiagrs-
ton. The crowd was dazed by the ex-
plosion. Horses were thrown down,
and windows in the vicinity shattered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
q STATE HOSPITALS.

In the House of Delegates on Satur-
day during the discussion on the ar-
preparation bill, when the Western
Hospital was reached Mr.. Walker Of
fered an amendment to increase the ap-
preparation from 100000 to $4,000.
Mr. Withrow opposed this, and
Mr.. Pitcher offered an amendment fix
log the salaries of the officers of the in
stitulion. The delegate from Fauquier
thought by adopting this the appro.
priation could be reduced to SS0,000;
that the institution, as kept at present,
was the finest 'hotel" in the State,
and the Jefferson wasn't in it," He
desired to get in there as oon as posi-
BILE. Mr.. Pitcher offered an amendment
reducing the appropriation to $4,000.
Mr.. Walker then withdrew his amend
ment, and said he hoped the body
would let the amount stand as il was in
the bill. Mr.. Pitchers amendment
was adopted. He then offered one regu-
lating the salaries Of the officers of the
State hospitals. Mr.. Powell thought
that the adoption of such an amend
ment would be an injustice to the en-
p~loyees of these institutions, as they
were being given no opportunity to be
heard.
Mr.. Witbrow said the officers of these
institutions had been lobbying around
among the members OF the Legislature,
and he would "bet their expenses
would come out of the appropriation"
Mr.. Pitchers amendment was adopt
ed. 1t provides that the superinten-
dents and other officers and employees
of the respective hospitals shall each
annually receive a salary to be paid out
of the amounts appropriated to the in
situations, respectively, as follows ST.
perintendent of the Western, S2,250;
superintendent Of the Central, S2,250;
superintendent of the Eastern, $1,000,
superintendent Of the Southwestern,
1880, and where they occupy build
ings on the grounds or belonging to the
respective Institutions, they shall pay
therefor such rental as may be fixed
By the board CT the respective institu-
tions. That the first and second as
sistant physicians shall each receive a
salary not exceeding $1,000 per aunum;
the third assistant physician shall re-
ceive a salary not exceeding
1900. per annum; the stewards
Of the Western and Central asy-
lums shall have each a sum not
exceeding s 1000, and the stewards Of
the Eastern and Southwestern asylums
shall each receive a salary not exceed
ing $500; the clerks shall receive a
salary not exceeding 5000 per n
Said clerks shall perfJrm the duties Of
secretary to the boards OF the Tespec-
tive institutions. The engineer snail
receive a salary not exceeding 500 per
annpm.
The officers named in this subsection
shall, in addition to the salaries men
toned, receive their board aud lodging
at the respective hospitals, but they
shall not receive any additional per
q%uisites Or emolumenta. That no per-
SOP, while an officer under appointment
of the board or any of the State hospitals
for the insane, shall hold any State,
county or municipal office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28

The JINGo organs are now Boosting
that the Dauntless has returned from
her thirteenth successful flibusteripg ex-
pedition to Cuba. And this too in the
face of the averments that the whole
customs, revenue and naval service has
been engaged at great expense in ef-
forts to prevent the sailing of such eX-
petitions. With such naval ineficiency
as is thus manifested, the sinking Of
war ships in their own docks, their dis
ability after short voyages, their
groundings in American harbors, and
their explosions at foreign ports are not
at all surprising. But, stranger still,
the jingoes express wonder at the fact
that the Spaniards our not grateful to
this country for the treatment it &C
cords them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
THE MAINE DISASTER.

The lighthouse tender Maugroye,
bearing the members ofthe Maine court
of inquiry, arrived at Key West from
Havana at 7 o'clock yesterday morning.
The court resumed its sessions ia the
Federal Building this morning, and will
probably return to Havana gu Wednes-
day.
The most important witness to be eZ-
amined is Lieut.. BlandiD, the officer of
the deck when the Maine explosion oc.
Cured. The testimony of the other
survivors will take only a short time.
The members of the court had a con-
ference with Admiral Sicard on board
the cruiser New York. Admiral Sicard,
10 speaking of rumors that the fleet at
Key West was about to leave for Cuba,
said be knew nothing about it going
there, but the ships had steamed up and
could go anywhere if ordered.
A member of the cabinet, in speak
ing in Washington yesterday of the at
dtude Of the President on the question
of q war with Spain, said president
Mckinley is giving thoughtful and ear
nest consideration to every phase ofthe
Cuban situation as it appears, but he
will not be jingoed into war or act in
anticipation of events which may never
occur. He fully realizes what var
means and will not 60 to this last dire
full extremity without the approval Of
his conscience and a firm conviction
that such a course would be right in the
sight of God and of men. But when
ever the honor and integrity of the Ia
ton or its people become involved, the
President may be depended upon to do
his whole duty and do it promptly"
During the afternoon Secretary Long
received a call from Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, who assured him that an
examination of the map said to show
mines in Havana harbor disclosed that
DO such mines were on the map.
Senior Du Bose, the Spanish charge
d'affaires, yesterday received a cable.
gram from the Minister of State at
Madrid saving that the new minister to
the Uoited States, Senior Polo Y Barn
abe, will sail to day from Gibraltar. He
will probably begin at once negotiations
for a commercial treaty.
President Mckinley attended ser.
vices at the Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church, in Washington, yes.
terday. Rev. DR.. Johnston, the pastor,
preached a sermon in which he said
that, ever if he Maize was blown up
by treachery, reperation could be had
without going to war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28

THE ACCIDENT to the Maine would
probably have occurred if she had been
lying in the harbor of any American,
rather than a Cuban port, but, for all
shat, the administration, by acceding
to the demands of the jingoes that she
be sent to Havana, where there was no
conceivable use for her presence, but,
on the contrary, every eason why she
should have gone anywhere else, may,
without the slightest strainipg, be
blamed for the loss of more lives on
that vessel than would have been lost
If she had been at a home port.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28

Mr.. LEWIS, of the State of Washing
ton, has informed the country, from his
seat on the floor of Congress, that he
utterly disapproves the action of Min.
lister Woodford in returning the courte-
sizes he has received from the Spanish
authorities in Madrid, by giving them a
BANQUET. But as he attempted to OBJ
4ruGs a RESOLUTION in respect of that sub,
ject upon an appropriation hill, he was
wiped out by Mr.. Speaker Reed as .
man wipes out adish-wiping and turn
ing it upside down.