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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
TO-DAY'S TELEGRApHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 23.-King leopold
of Belgium is i'll and in consequence
the new year ceremonies have been
abandoned.
LONDON, Dec. ga disastrous fire
started in the Palace Theatre at Ply
mouth to-day. The military were call
ed out 70 sssstin preventing tho spread
of the flames, and to preserve order.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-There is good au-
thority for the statement that the
French foreign Office disapproves the
action OF the French consul at Shanghai
in his annexation of the Ningpo bury
ing ground and temple, though the &C.
ton has not been di5avowed as YET.
CAPETowN, Dec ga new row is
brewing for President Kruger, because
of the alleged outrages on British resi-
dents in the Transvaal.
ROME, Dec. ga postal card CAM
paign on behalf of political prisoners is
soon to be inaugurated here. Forty
thousand postal cards will be mailed
simultaneously to the King petitioning
for the release of the prisoners.
ROME, Dec. 23.-The Pope to-day re-
ceived the Cardinals, who waited upon
him to offer their customary Christmas
congratulations. The pontiff addressed
the Cardinals and, in the course of his
remarks, referred to the international
anti-anarchisJ conference just conclud-
ed here. 1t would be impossible to
combat ararchism, he said, while the
rights OF the church were not respected
He then proceeded to make an attack
upon the ecclesiastical laws of the
Italian government.
CoNsrA NTINoPLE, Dec. 23.-Ghani
Bey. the Sultan's aide de camp, has
been murdered.
BERLIN, Dec 23-The Kolnische Zeitune
makes the semi.o official announcement thai
| the German government will not object IL
the slightest to q publication CT the contcnt'
of the secret dossier in the Dreyfus case. II
has been long rumoled that the dossier con-
tains letters from Emperor William to /
French traitor.
PARIS, Dec. 23.--The holders of the Span
ish bonds are growing anxious. 1t is rumor
d they have urged Ssgssta to sell Ceuta, the
| Spanish seaport In Morocco, as means of sc
curing cash 10 guarantee the bonds. The re
| port of q proposed transfer of Ccuta gain!
color from the recent conference held by
Spanish officials with the British ambassado
at Madrid. If Spain can raise good sun
outside this, together with the American in
demnity, will enable her to weather the inan
| cial storm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

A CoLoRED SOLDIER KILLED.-Pri-
vate Turner, Of the Sixth Virginia
regiment, colored, was shot and almost
instantly killed by 0. A. Thrower, a
street car conductor at Macon, Ga,
yesterday afternoon. Turner boarded
Thrower's Car very drupk and used the
vilest language imaginable in the pres
ence of ladies. Thrower then pullsd
him out of the car to the rear platform
and kept him there until lady got of.
While Thrower was assisting the lady
of the negro kicked him several times
and applied more vile epithets. a ne
gro on trailer car then called Turner,
but after short talk he returned to
Thrower's Car and, with knife in his
hand, swore he would cut Thrower's
head of and advanced on him. As he
stepped on the platform Thrower fired.
the bullet striking the negro in the
mouth. He died in fifteen minutes.
A crowd of negro soldiers and civilians
soon gathered and swore vengeance on
Thrower and all street Car conductors.
One conductor was chased several
blocks by the negroes. Guards have
been placed on all cars on the line
leading to the negro camps and last
might the camp was under strong guard
30 prevent an outbreak on the part OF
Ghe negro soldiers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
In MEMORY OF NINE. RomERo.-A dis.

In MEMORY OF NINE. RoMERo.-A dis.
patch from Washington says: Prominent
Washington ladies have undertaken to
raise funds with which to furnish room
in the Garfield Memorial Hospital of
this city and endow it to the memory of
the late Nine. Lucretia Allen de
Romero, the wife of the Mexican Mini
ster to the United States. Nine. Romero
was we'll known for her charities during
her long residence in Washington, and
her friends have undertaken this work
out of respect to her memory. 1t is
proposed to raise 81, 900 for this purpose,
most OF which has already been sub
scribed. Another project has been start
ed to erect q memorial hall in Alexan-
dria, Va, to the memory of Nine.
Romero. The hall is to be known as
the Lucretia Allen de Romero Memorial
Hall, and is TO be used exclusively for
cutting, fitting and other purposes Of
the sewing department for girls of the
John Hay Normal and Industrial
School. Nine. Romero was much in.
terested 10 the work Of the school
and contributed largely toward its sup
port and maintenance. The hall is to
cost 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Friday EVENING. DEC %, 1898.

ONE EVEN of the milder hammered
Northern republican newspapers COM
menting on the Presidents suggestion
in respect of the care OF Confederate
graves, and of its legitimate conse-
quence, the proposition to pension old
and destitute ex-Confederates, says the
latter is "preposterous and worse than
impudent, and that there were certain
principles fought for that cannot be
compromised" The treatment the
Presidents protested kindness for the
South receives in the North reminds
some people OF the Culpeper card player
who having announced, when ahead,
that it was q cash game, at the close
thereof, when he was loser, and his
attention was called to that announce
ment, said it was an 'imprudent re-
mark.n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Navigation Resumed.

New YORK, Dec. 23.-The thick vel
of fog that hung over the city for three
days, lifted this morning. The great fleet
of ships, held in the bay and outside the
bar, began to move. Railroad traffic
which has been hampered by the ex.
traordinary fog is again moving on
schedule time.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-The fog
that has hung over this city for three
days lifted last night. Twenty-seven
steamers and thirty-six sailing vessels
at once proceeded up the river, break
ing the record of arrivals in this port
for any "a hours.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Charged With Stealing Books.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Dec. 23.-1n
the city court this morning the case of
Rev. James Miller was continued until
next Tuesday. Miller was graduated
from the Ysle Divinity School, three
years ago. He has remained here
since then as supply preacher. Last
night he was arrested charged with
book stealing. Five thousand volumes
were found in his room. Local book
dealers have identified them as stolen
nrnrprtV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

For THE safety and welfare of the
country, it is hoped that the apparent
present intention of the U. S. Senate to
ratify the Spanish treaty may be aban-
doned. The dangerous conquered
provinces have not yet been formally
annexed and may readily be gotten rid
of, but, if annexed, as they will be by
that treaty, they will be worse bul-
den to this country than the old man
of the sea was to Sinbad the sailor.
And then, too, the criminal offense, :"
as President Mckinley once termed it,
of seizing and holding them, would
not be committed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, with his own
hand yesterday, wrote an order to the
quartermaster, commissary and medi
cal departments of the government, d.
recting them to send supplies at once
to the INDECENT people of Cuba. Aud
yet some Americans are talking about
the coming Imperialism" Why, i'm
perialism has already come. There are
many people with sense enough 10
reason from cause to effect, who do not
object to imperialism, and would
rather have it come before. than after
the terrors of mob rule, but they would
naturally prefer to see such benefits as
it is capable of comforting applied to
the people OF this country, than to
aliens in the new provinces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

MAJOR RUSSELL HARRISON, son OF
the ex-President, and now on General
Fitzhugh Lees staff, has got into ar
other scrape. He ordered flag to Re
raised in Cuba, though, under the agree
ment with the authorities there, it
should not have been raised until the
end of the year, and, of course, was OIL
dered by General Lee to lower it ct
once. But the atrangest part of the al
fair was that though General Lee tele-
graphed to headquarters taat the flag
had been lowered, other dispatches state
it was flying four or five hours after the
date of that of General Lee. The Me-
jor lacks the discretion of his father.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

AN EXPERIMENT WITH CATTLE
At the Kansas experiment station a
test was made of the comparative value
of soaked and dry corn. Five steers
were fed corn soaked until it began to
soften and five were fed dry corn. The
feeding was from November 9TH to
April 9Th. In that time the lot fed
soak ed corn ate 2S2 bushels and gained
1852 pounds, while the lot that was fed
Dry corn ate 800 bushels, making a
gain of only 140S pounds. The steers
that were fed soaked corn were so
much better fitted for the market that
the FIVE head brought S25. 80 more than
tie Others,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

ACCORDING to Senator Hoar, the
Northern people have just learned the
true value of those of the South, their
courage in war, their attachment TO
h1me and State, their love Of rural
life, their capacity for great affection
and generous emotion, their aptness
for command and their coDstaucy."
Well, better late than never. The
trouble with Mr.. Hoar and many 9th
er Northern republicans is the fact that
they have heretofore judged the whole
people of the South by the Southern
republicans they have met, nearly eli
of whom were correctly described by
Mr.. John S. Wise, before he became
one of them, when he said they were
apostates for the price of their apps
tasy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
OYSTER Famine Threatened.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-There is q
great scarcity of oysters here owing to
the dense fog that has prevailed for the
past two or three days. Unless the
expected steamers and sailing boats ar
rive with their cargoes of bivalves to-
day prices will be very high. There is
very little stock Oh hand and the prices
commanded yesterday were so high
that all of the big steam packers were
obliged to close down.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

CHARLESTON WAS good place in
which to have New Eogland banquet,
as the wine to be used at that entertain.
ment was seized, under the prohibition
law in operation there. 1t was 1e-
leased in time for the banquet, but the
fact that it was seized proves that
Charleston, under It's changed condi-
ton, has become as thoroughly New
Englandized as Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Insurgents suff Heavy Loss.

MADRID, Dec. 23.-Advices from
Iloilo says that heavy firing from the
Spanish trenches has extended over
q period OF three days. Masses Ct
rebels attacked the entertainments
nightly with knives and swords and
were swept down by the Spanish arlil-
lery and rifles with incalculable loss.
Only six Spaniards were killed and II
wounded,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

MRS. BoTKIN ON THE STAND.-In the
Botkin poisoning trial in San Francisco
yesterday Mrs. Botkin went on the
stand and told her story. Her
account of her acquaintance with John
P. Cunning varied but little from his.
She said that he had visited her fire.
quently, and that after she had moved
from various places to Geary street,
where her son Beverly was with her,
she had enjoyed what she called "a lit
tie social life" Dunning, she said, was
her capstant attendant and accepted
her hospitality. She said that in June
and until July 3, 1898, she was in Hum.
boldt county. This was when the first
anonymous letter was sent from San
Francisco. She denied having talked
with Mrs. Rouf, of Stockton, of a doc
tor there about poisons, and she said
that on July 81, when the candy was
bought of Haas, she did not 90 out of
hsr house, having been treated by DR..
Terrill on that day. She said she never
had been in Haas's store in her life.
Mrs Botkin denied that she purchased
a handkerchief and used it to throw
S lspicion o. Mrs. Seely, who, she said,
was her enemy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Suicide in a Hotel.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. ga guest of
the Hotel Gladstone, man about so
years old, who arrived last night regis
tering as F. Cotton, Baltimore, Nd,
subsequently changing this to Curtis
Nelson, shot himself through the head
this morning and will probably die.
When discovered, in his room, he held
o revolver in each hand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

CHILDREN ATTACKED BY A DOG. In
the absence of Mrs. Mary Peterson from
home in Paterson, N. j.. her three
children, nine, seven and five years old
respectively, were attacked by a pet
dog on Wednesday and severely bitten.
Except for the arrival of q policeman,
who was attracted by the chidren's
screams, they probably would have
been dangerously hurt. With his club
he broke in the door as the dog was
about to again attack the children. The
animal turned upon the policeman but
he felled it with blow from his
club.
4 policeman cauterized the Wounds
of the children. Mrs. Peterson was
nearly Frustrated when she learned
what had happened.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
The PRESIDENTS PRESENTS. Christ

The PRESIDENTS PRESENTS Christ
mas presents for President and Mrs.
Mckinley are coming to the White
House daily. Express wagons aud
postmen have been busy all this week
delivering boxes. packages, ETC., COZ
tanning fruits, flowers, and iewelry.
More oranges are received than any
thing else. They come from California,
New Mexico, Arizona and Florida, and
occasionally from some South American
country. Cake bakers are also particu-
.arly free with their products.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

A SLAsHER ARREsTED.-Locked up
in a cell in the Tenderloin police sta
ton in west Thirtieth street, New
York, last night, was q young man
whose arrest will cause many. women
in that city to rejoice. The police be.
lieve they have ct last caught at least
one of the miscreants who have been
despoiling women's skirts and wraps
on the streets by slsshing and cutting
them with sharp knives or razors. The
young man under arrest is German
and 19 years old. His name is Her.
man Max Krebs, and he says he lives
in a lodging house on the southeast
corner of Houston street and the Bow
cry. Mrs. Catherine Nelson detected
him in Broadway store and discover.
ed the cutting of her skirt in time to
cause his arrest. Angry women de-
nounced him and his arrest caused
much excitement in the store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

New YORK. Dec. 23.-After the ono,;ra
the stock market developed more actiyit,.s
After he initial dealings the market dis,isyy'
ed increased strength with continued Iar:.
volume of transactions. Government bon5e
were strong.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP IS
pleasant to take; it tastes good; child
rem like it; no.trouble to administer it
and it always cures. Buy the genuine,
DR.. John W. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

When you have eaten too much or when
YOU suffer from any form OF Dyspepsia or in.
digestion, remember that Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat. 1t cnres the
worst forms of Dyspepsia Edgar Warieldr
jr., corner King and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
The Markets.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The market closed as
follows: Wheat-May 694a69 Corn
May 37a362i. Oats-May 271sa27. Pork
May 50 95a9 90.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23

The American Tobacco Company
has sold its plug tobacco business 10
the newly incorporated Continental
Tobacco Company.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-23
Alexandria Marker. Dec oa.

The market closes quiet with no change in
the quotations for -four and grain Country
Produce is about firm at quotations.
Griggs courier., 1898-09-01

over a week ago.
The editor of the Fessenden News
vociferates as follows: The attention
of Fessenden's policeman, the sheriff
and the law abiding citizens of Fessen-
den and especially those who have
wives, sisters and children who look
to them for protection of their honor,
dignity, morals and good name, is
called to the fact that the practice OF
beastly drunkenness, loud, boistrous
and vulgar language, open and shame
full insult directed towards ladies and
girls and last but not least-the i'm.
proper exposure of person, is alto
gether too common in Fessenden. 1t
is not only burning, loathing shame
to Fessenden and every resident with
in its limits, but is an appalling dis
grace, that the women and children In
their own homes on the streets or
shopping having no protection from
this odious smirch of humanity, and
by the gods it must stop in this vici MI
ty IL we have to scrap it out alone.
The law abiding people of Fessen-
den ought to back up the News in its
stand for Law and order.
TO Cure q Cold III Que D..
lake Warmers White Wine OF -,
Syrup, She best cough remedy =:
earth. IS and so cts. All druggi-.
! For sale by Il. b. Bateman Il Go.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23

bors and pains were taken that
they would be in possession OF all
the needed information. One
fact we learned was that in cities
where there was a good water
plant and system Of sewerage the
death rate was far less than where
there was no water works, and in
discussing the ACCESSIBILITY OF a
plant this should not be lost sight
of. There may be some people
so moss-backed, so hide-bound as
to oppose this modern necessity
and we may need all the facts at
tainable.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23

For some time we had looked
upon the district now in ashe!
with dread. We felt confident
that the time would come wher
a fire would break out among
these wooden buildings and carry
destruction with it. The result o
Saturday mornings fire was bac
enough but it might have beer
worse. Now since the fire ha:
come and there has been clean
ing out Of combustible materia
there should be but one voice ir
the Council-no more frame build
ings within the business part o
the city. 1t has been aPpropri
ately said, sit takes a fire for
cleaning up. ..
The lots where these buildings
stood are valuable and can be or
namented and made remunerative
with modern brick and stone
buildings. The Odd Fellows will
rebuild; Lindsay cannot, and we
think would not do otherwise.
The lots down Wilson Avenue
could be made very valuable by
widening the street through to the
line Of the c. & o. Already some
of the lot owners along the avenue
have shown themselves enterpris.
ing by offering to give the right o.
way. We trust the question will
be agitated until every one o.
them will anxiously give and the
city will then make the desired
street. The present council is
possessed with pride and we dc
not think they would consider fol
moment an application for per
NIT either to repair or rebuild
wooden structures on Wilson Ave
nue. or the repairing of those ole
brick buildings on East Main street.
IIfthe present owners can't put ur
brick or stone building it would
be better both for them and the
city that they sell to some one
who can. &C.,. a'.a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23
APPOINTED.
Neal TrimbIe Mckee, oldest Son
Of Judge b. c. Mckee, will
Go to IA M. College.

To stand an examination with the
average grade that Neal Trimble
Mckee did is truly encouraging.
Trimble has been Tor years student
at Prof, Goodwin's school, where he
has received a careful and thorough
training, graduating in the full
course. We shall keep our eye on
this Young man and watch him as he
delves for know ledge and rapidly as
sends the ladder of fame.
The following are his grades as re-
ported by..Miss Mary Anderson, Su-
perintendent of Schools: English
Grammar 96, (75 per cent. rtquired)
History of the United States SO, geo
per cent required); Geography 100,
(75 per cent required; Arithmetic
9Ss(75 per cent required). An aver
age OF 95, when only 67t is required
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23
FIRE BUGS.

Evidently some persons are
doing their utmost to destroy
property and probably burn up
the town. The man who would
apply the torch is so degenerate,
he would, if he thought it neces-
sary to accomplish his deeds d
crime, take life. They are muir
derers from the beginning and
need check. We do not know,
but suppose the proper officials
are taking the needed steps to sus-
pect and bring to justice these fire
demons. If they are not able to
capture them they should have the
needed assistance. Citizens, when
life and property are in danger,
would volunteer aid and would pa
troll beats until these wretches are
captured. We must rid the town
Of these fire bugs regardless Of the
cost.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23

Chickamauga, and the Second New
York infantry now at Fernandina, Fla.
The First Illinois is ordered to
Springfield, Ills. the First Maine to
Augusta, Me-, and the Second New
York to Troy, N. Y.
These regiments were mustered into
the military service of the government
at the outbreak of the war at the
places mentioned, and the return there
Is accepted as conclusive evidence that
they are to be mustered out. The
movement Of these regiments will be-
gin as soon as the necessary trans
portation can be provided.
Another regiment which has been
ordered to return to its recruiting rem
devious is the First Vermont infantry.
That regiment, now at Chickamauga,
is now under orders for Fort Ethen
Allen, VT. Similar orders will be Is
sued from day to day to the other vol
unteer regiments selected for muster
ing out
No official information on this sub
feet is obtainable at the war depart
ment In advance of the issue Of the
orders. It is said, however, that the
Third Georgia infantry, the Third Ala
bama infantry and the First Maryland
infantry are among the number al
ready selected for mastering out
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23
Women Building a Railroad. Z !


An issue OF 81, 100000 of bonds, to
run for forty years at 6 per cent. in
terest, has been decided upon for the
building of the Stockton and Tue
umne railroad, or "Woman's Road"
as it is popularity known.
Mrs. Annie Kline Rikeit is at the
head of the railroad, Associated with
her as idirectors in the company are
Mrs. Sallie M. Green, Mrs. E. T I.
Gould, Maggie Downing Biainard
and Hannah Lewellyn Lane, This
road is to be sixty miles long rum
ming from Stockton to Summerville,
in Tuolumne county, Cal, through a
rich mining region. sNineteer miles
of grading has already been COM
pleted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-08-23
Does Baby
hrive?

If your baby is delicate
and sickly and its food does
not nourish it, put fifteen
or twenty drops of SCOTS
Emulsion in its bottle three
or four times day and you
will see a marked change.
We have had abundant
proof that they will thrive
on this emulsion when other
food fails to nourish than.
1t is the same with larger
children that are delicate.
SCOTS Emulsion seems to be
the element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it il
your children do not thrive.
1t is as useful for them in
summer as in winter.
Ask yOSr dOefo, u this is not true.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York