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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-08
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The BUILDING on the northeast corner
OF King and Union streets, the best stand in
the city for a grocery. Possession given on
the first of May. Apply at this office,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-08
RAILROADS.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-08

CARNE's BOOKSTORE,
7O3 King Street
A FULL LINE OF FINE STATIONERY
ALWAYS ON HAND.
We sell PAUL'S INKS which are non.
spillable and non.evsporating and cost only
10 CENTS A BOTTLE.
Orders taken for Music at Washington Prices.
BOOKS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
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RAILROADS

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SOME HOP b.
Star Chamber
Session
HELD IN MARLBORO.
Clergy and Union Council
Discuss Peace Plans.

Marlboro, Dec. 15.-There was a
meeting in this city tonight which may
result in an amicable settlement of the
existing difficulty between the striking
shoe workers and the manufacturers.
Though nothing was given the press,
those who knew of the meeting are
confident that something of much i'm
port was decided upon, and the devel-
opment of the plans discussed tonight
will be watched with the deepest in
terest in this city. 1t is probable that
something definite may be given out
tomorrow.
The meeting was held in Powderly
Hall, behind closed DOORS and was be-
tween the clergy of this city and mem
bers of the joint council of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union. The object
of the meeting was to devise SOME plan
for the settlement of the existing diff
Guilty, to be submitted to the manu-
facturers in the city.
One of the clergymen submitted a
plan, which is said to have met with
inc ullctlilIIIOuo dppIOUdbluli VI tIG rep
.resentatives of the joint council who
were present. Who the clergyman was
or what the plan submitted embodied,
none of those present would divulge.
All that could be ascertained was that
the proposition made by the clergyman
seemed to be one which could not but
be seriously, if not favorably consi-
dered by the manufacturers. The fact
that members of the unions council
approved it. seemed to be a source of
extreme satisfaction to the clergymen.
Another meeting viii be held tomor-
row and the mysterious proposition
further considered, when as one of the
attendants at tonight's meeting told
The Spy representative, it was likely
that the best news in many weeks
would be given out, and the city OF
Marlboro would once more see pros
perity in the near future.
The clergymen present at tonight
meeting were Rev. T. B. Lowney, Rev
L. B. Goodrich, Rev. A. P. Sharp Rev
A. A. Blair, Rev. U. S Davis Rev. o.
Brouillette, Rev. Samuel Lord, Rev.
E. F. Hayward.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
House Military Affairs Committee Hear
More Testimony About Increase,

House Military Affairs Committee Hear
More Testimony About Increase.
Washington, Dec 15.-Gen. Luding-
ton, the quartermaster general, was the
first witness before the house military
affairs committee today. He said there
were now 1879 officers in his department.
This was not enough, and he did not
think the Hull bill would provide
enough The proposed transport SER
vice would throw a great deal of addi-
tional work upon the quartermaster's
department. He thought the bill should
be amended so as to provide that Off
GERS appointed from civil life or the
volunteer service should be examined
as to business qualifications as well as
physical fitness.
Gen. Eagon, commissary general, fol-
lowed Gen. Ludington He said that
his recommendation was for g. officers.
and he thought that number was alb
solutely necessary. The Hull bill car
ried only A. He said the first duty of
the government to the soldiers was to
see that they We're properly fed. The
subsistence department had been stead
lily cut down since the close of the civil
war until at the opening of the Spanish
war there were only p officers in his
department.
Dr. Thomas N. Jameson of Chicago
advocated having trained druggists in
the army He said most of the criti-
clSm OF the late war was due to weak
ness in the medical supply branch He
favored the grade of major for the head
of the pharmacy branch. subject to the
surgeon general of the army. although
he said Surgeon General Sternbere.
had told him he would never consent 10
/ such an arrangement
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
STREET LIGHTING.
Plans for a Combine to Control the Bus-
ness Said to Have BEEN Laid.

Plans for Combine to Control the Bus il
ness Said to Have BEEN Laid.
Philadelphia, Dec. 15.-The Evening
Telegraph publishes. story to the ef-
feet that preliminary plans were laid
in this city, today, for the formation
of a powerful combine to control the
street lighting business now in the
hands of private companies all over the
United States, east of the Mississippi
river"
The story continues: The deal will
affect seven companies now controlled
by the Pennsylvania Globe & Gas
Light Company, the controlling stock
of which is owned by the United Gas
Improvement interests and the Kitson
Incandescent Light & Gas Company of
this city. The deal provides for a capt.
talization of $12 900, 600 and it is pro-
posed that it shall go into effect Jan.
!, 1899. The companies involved are the
following: Companies controlled by
the Pennsylvania Globe & Gas Light
Company-the Welsbach Street Light
ing Company, OF Chicago the New
York and New Jersey Globe & Gas
Light Company, OF New York; the
Chicago Globe & Gas Light Company,
of Chicago; the Canton Globe & Gas
Company, of Canton, O.; the Pennsyl-
vania Globe & Gas Light Company and
two other companies not yet named,
and also the Kitson Incandescent Gas
Light Company.
The deal will carry with it four
large factories owned by the Kitson,
the Pennsylvania Globe and the Chi
cago Globe, and will cover the opera
ton of 10000 lights in different cities,
which will be shortly increased by a
contract for $4,000 lights which the Kit
son is about to close. The Welsbach
company has the exclusive right to fur
nish street lighting with Welsbach
lights, and now operates its system in
so cities. The Pennsylvania Globe is
now operating all over Pennsylvania,
New Jersey Delaware, Maryland and
other states The New York company
has 5000 lamps in operation in New
York city, and the other companies
operate plants in the cities where they
are located. The Kitson company
operates Is sub-organizations in various
parts of the south.
1t is stated that George w. Elkins
viii be the president; Edward c. Lee.
treasurer of the United Gas Improve
ment Company, and Thomas Dolan.
samuel II. Bodine, P. A. 3. Widener,
George w. Ellfins, George d. Widener,
Arthur Kttson and Michael Ehret Jr..
are named as probable directors. II is
said the capital stock Of ST.. 900 600 will
be divided into $4,000 900 preferred, non
cumulative stock and $4,000, 900 common.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
MENACE OF MoRMoNlsM.
Protests Made Against Mr.. Roberts OF
Utah Taking His Seat in the House.


Washington, Dec. 15.-At the closing
days session of the Christian citizen
ship convention, Gen. John Eaton MIC
tured the menace of Mormonism which
he said is religio- political in its organ
izauon, and it is presided over by so 600
officers, with thsir operations secret.
who have 100000 followers scattered
over the states. He charged Congress
man-elect Roberts of Utah with being
an avowed polygamist, elected over the
heads of two Mormons who were NOT
believers in polygany, and asserted
that Mr.. Roberts had never been re-
stored to citizenship, and therefore was
ineligible to Congress.
DR.. Lewis of Plainfeld, N. j.. repre-
senting the Preachers Union of that
city, said he had been delegated to Join
in the protest against the seating of
Mr. Roberts, and at the proper time
would take proper steps.
Chaplain Wills of PHILADELPHIA an
nounced he would like to report back
to the Quaker city Presbyterian minis
ters the exact sense of the convention
on the question of the United States
holding all its new possessions and new
colonial policy.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood of this city,
IofIner woman S Suffrage candidate for
president of the United States. spoke on
this subject, declaring that the acquis-
ition Of the Philippines was a down
right steal from SPAIN
Rev. DR. Fiske of this city differed
and asserted the nation was being guild
ed by a divine providence and had
duty to civilization to perform A vote
on this point was deferred, and Anth-
ony Comstock of New York spoke of
the need of better legal quarantine
against the transmission of evils.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
NATIONAL EXPANSION.
Federation of Labor Delegates Have a
Warm Discussion Over the Policy


Kansas City, Mo-, Dec 15.-National
expansion, whether or not it shall be
Endorsed by the American Federation
of Labor, was the subject of discus
sion at the convention today. The
question was debated with considerable
show of heat, champions for and
against that principle speaking with
great ardor on the theme.
The question came up on the intro
duction of a resolution denouncing the
expansion, introduced by the resolutions
committee, and following the sugges-
ton for its expression in President
Gompers' annual address
Samuel S. Donnelly Of New York
talked for expansion. Delegate Lloyd
Of Boston followed in strong speech
against expansion.
He said that he had never been in
favor of an alliance with Great Britain
or any other government and he was
not in favor of it now. Such alliance of
governments would be a sad blow to
organized labor of the United States
An alliance of the workers of the
world was what was wanted; not an
alliance of the governments of the
WI H. SOlllliulIlSs MT. I4lONQ Qe-
cIared he would have the Federation
Of Labor serve notice upon every
politician in the country, that any man
voting for expansion would place him
self in deadly enmity to organized la
Dor and that organized labor would
work for his defeat at the polls The
Federation Of Labor, he went on,
should not be drawn away into politi-
cal questions, they should attend to
their own business.
Delegate John Kirby likewise spoke
against expansion. The annexation of
such countries as the Philippines
would drag labor to the level of the
| countries annexed.
Max Hayes of Cleveland declared the
wage workers of the United States
could not afford to trifle with the ques-
ton Of expansion. The Federation of
Labor should wash its hands of the
whole question, and not be drawn into
a problem which politicians would and
are using for their own best interests.
President Gompers made remarks
that embodied the same ideas against
expansion that he set forth in his an
nual address.
George A. Mcneil of Massachusetts,
said: IF the trade unionists had sent
up a concerted protest against expan-
sion at its very inception it would have
been defeated"
When a vote was finally taken, the
resolution was adopted with three or
four dissenting votes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SIX KILLED.
Cattle Cause a Wreck in
Florida.

Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. ia pas
senger train on the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad was wrecked today
near Madison. by a collision with cat
tie on the track, although the engineer
made every effort to stop the train. SiH
persons We're killed, as follows:
E. H. Chandler, engineer.
James Evans, colored, fireman.
John T. Sullivan Of st. Augustine, at
tached to the army.
Rev, S. II. Coleman, a colored preach
err of Jacksonville.
James A. Rhoades, colored, of Pen
Saoola.
Alfred Austin, colored, Of Chiares.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
STARTS FoR INDIA.

London. Dec. 15.-Lord Curzon of
Kedleston, the new viceroy of India
started this morning for Marseilles
overland to join Lady Curzon on board
the Arabia there. A party, including
his father, Alfred Nathaniel Holden
Curzon, Baron Scanondale; Lord
George Hamilton, the secretary of state
for India, the Duke of Westminster,
the United States charge d'affairs; Mr..
Henry White and AIRS, White babe him
farewell at the railroad station.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
A GRAIN BLOCKADE.
Eighty Large Steamers Frozen in at Buff
faIo, New York.

Buffalo, N Y, Dec. 15.-The grain
blockade at this port continues, and is
unprecedented. At noon today fully
so large steamers were in the river
waiting to be unloaded or frozen in.
They carry about 100000 bushels of
grain, while in the different elevators
seven million bushels are at present
stored. This total of $4,000 900 bushels
of grain afloat and temporarily in
store is a record breaker of the first di-
mension. Ice is forming too rapidly
to permit any of the boats attempting
another trip up the lakes, consequently
this great fleet of grain carriers will
be forced to winter in this port. The
railroads are greatly hampered in their
efforts to get the grain to the seaboard
by the continued snow blockades.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL SUIT.

Lowell Dec. 15.-William T. True, the
superintendent of public buildings, who
was suspended from ofnce by the mayor.
and Edward D. Murphy, an alleged ac-
cessory. are now defendants in a Grim
inal suit brought by the commonwealth
on a charge of obtaining money from the
city under false pretenceS. Murphy an
peared in court this afternoon, pleaded
not guilty. and was held for trial True
was still too III to appear.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
LAFAYETTE STATUE.
Place Chosen for its Erection is in Louvre
Garden, Paris.

Paris, Dec. 15.-Yesterday the Off
cials of the Paris exposition of 1900,
who We're accompanied by NJ Jules
Cambon, French ambassador to the
United States, and Prof. Benjamin
Woodward, United States assistant
commissioner general to the exposition,
selected the site for the proposed La
fayette statue. The place chosen is a
square in the Louvre garden just be-
hind Gambetta's monument This
square was destined by the third en-
pire as a site for a monument to Ma
poleon 1. Hereafter it will be called
Lafayette square, and the monument
will be built to harmonic with the
surroundings.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SENATOR QUAY ILL.

Philadelphia, Dec, 15.-United States
Senator Quay is suffering from an
acute attack of Indigestion, but his at
tack is not considered serious. His fam
ily has not been telegraphed for, and
his physician says there is no cause for
al
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
THE NEW ENGLAND.
Possible Name of Steamer in Distress in
English Channel.

London, Dec. 15.-Owing to the heavy
fog which hangs over the channel, re
further information has yet been OBJ
tanned regarding the steamer which
according to a dispatch from Skibber-
cen, last evening, was throwing distress
signals off Baltimore. If the report,
which is not confirmed, is well found
ed, the vessel may possibly be the Do
minion line steamer New England,
Capt. MacAuley, which left Boston.
Dec. 8, for Liverpool
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
ANOTHER BIG TRUST.
American Tin Plate Co. Organized With
Authorized Capital of Fifty Millions.

~ T-VV 0VPTE'F o. NY WI HOH-'
Trenton, Dec. 15.-Articles of incor-
poration of the American Tin Plate
Company were filed with the secretary
of state today, The company has an
authorized capital of $50 O00, OOO
The company is empowered to manu-
facture and deal in tin, black plate steel
sheets and kindred products Also to
own and operate mines. The capital
stock is divided into S20.O00, 900 pre-
ferred and S30,000,000 common. The
preferred stock is to pay per cent Gu
mulative dividends. 1t is provided in
the articles that the property Of the
company can only be mortgaged by the
consent Of the holders of a majority Of
the preferred stocks.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SENATOR HoAR.
He Introduces Large Number of Petit
tons Against the Expansion Policy

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Haw-
ley today introduced a bill to amend
the law relating TO military trials in
accordance with the recommendations
Of the judge advocate generals de-
partment. Senator Hoar introduced a
bill rendering the thanks of Congress
to Miss Clara Barton and the Red
Cross Society for services rendered the
United States soldiers during the late
war. Senator Hoar also presented a
large number of petitions against the
expansion policy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
COL. WOODWARD.
He Sends in His Resignation and It Is
Promptly Accepted.

Boston, Dec. 15.-Col. Charles f.
Woodward of the Sixth regiment vol
unteer militia, presented his formal
resignation from that position to the
COMMUNICATIVE chief, Gov. Wolcott. this
forenoon. The governor promptly sig
nified his acceptance of the resigna-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
FOR ROGERS HAnL.

Lowell, Dec 15.-The viii of the late
Miss Elizabeth Rogers, filed today, leaves
all her property, valued at 100000. to
Rogers Hall corporation for the benefit OF
Rogers Hall school for girls.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
RALEIGH SAILS FROM MANILA

Washington, Dec. 15.--Admiral Dewey
cabled the navy department today that
the Raleigh sailed from Manila for
New York by the way of the Suez can
al
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
FOUND GUILTY.
The Juy's Finding in Case of D. w. Get
cheIl, Indicted for MansIaughter

The Jury's Finding in Case of D. w. Get
cheII, Indicted for mansIaughter.
Dedham. Dec. 15.-Daniel w. Getchell,
an engineer on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, who was
indicted for manslaughter, for causing
the death of Franklin M. Waters. in a
rear end collision at Sharon, last Au-
gust, was this evening found guilty Of
manslaughter by jury in the district
court. The case will go to the su-
preme court on exceptions. Getchell
will come up for sentence later.
The accident which eliminated in
Getchell's conviction, occurred at the
Sharon station on the evening of Aug
ust 81, 1898, when the New Bedford
train, of which Getchell was engineer
ran into a Providence train, which was
standing in the station. Several per-
sons We're killed, besides Mr. Waters
but it was for causing the latters
death that the indictment was found
against Getchell. The government
claimed that Getchell WillfulIy ignored
the properly-set danger signals. and
ran into the train, which he knew to
be standing at Sharon or due to be
there. The defense did not deny that
the danger signals were set, bui claimed
that the air brakes refused to work
and that Getchell. vino was not respon-
sible for the faulty condition of the
brakes, did everything in his power
to stop his train when he saw the red
light of the train ahead Of him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
WEATHER REPORT

washington. Dee 15.-Forecast for Fri
dav: New England and eastern New
York: Fair; warmer light variable
Winds becoming southerly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
WORDS ENDORSED.
Ills utterance Regarding Nations Care
of Confederate Graves Commended.

Atlanta, Dec. 15.-The president today
received a number of dispatches from
prominent men in all parts of the coun-
try commencing in hearty terms his
utteranees of yesterday, to the effect
that the time had come for the nation
to share the care Of the graves of the
confederate soldiers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SPEAKS AGAIN.
Colonel eryan Says All the Volunteers
Should be Mustered Out.

Washington, Dec: 15.-Col. w. j.
Bryan today said: The volunteers
should be mustered out at the earliest
possible moment. TO hold them in the
service for garrison duty would be
gross Injustice"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
PART OF MANS FOOT.

This Grewsome Find Was in Rubber Boot
Which Came Ashore, Perhaps From the
Portland.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
SAILED SO PROMPTLY
Captain sigsbee Had no Time to Catch
the Texas Before She Started.

Washington, Dec 15.-Captain sigs-
bee of the Texas has been ordered to
Havana by rail and steamer, to take
command of his ship there. Captain
Sigsbee was at Albany when the Texas
was ordered to Havana. and the orders
to sail were obeyed so promptly that he
had no time to reach his ship.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
MCKINLEY
AT ATLANTA.
Brilliant Reception to the
Chief Executive.

Peace Jubilee Brought to a Notable Close
Grand Parade and Banquet Features
of the Day---President Makes Two
Significant Addresses--Longs
Happy Effort Referenceto
Second Massachusetts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
The Great Press Almanac.

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Discovered by a Woman.

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