Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-02
NEWS OF TIE DAg.

extended to Cuba and Porto Rico.
The Spanish government has charter
ed anotber large number of steamers in
order to complete the evacuation of
Cuba by Christmas.
The managers of the Panama Canal
Company were given q hearing yester-
day by Secretary of State Hay. They
oppose government aid for the Nicara.
qua canal project.
One of the two divisions of the
Seventh Army Corps is to leave i'm
mediately for Cuba. General Lee has
received orders from the War Depart
ment to that effect.
1t is said by those in financial circles
that this generation will see full.
fedged. Millionaire. He is John D.
Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil Com
pany. His yearly income is placed at
$20,000,0 900.
John R. Rockefeller has purchased
Fifth avenue block fronts between
Niuetieth and Ninety-second streets,
New York, for 100000 and will erect
at Ninety-frst street a million dollar
mansion, with spacious grounds.
Hon. Barnes Compton, who had been
| i'll at his home in Laurel, Nd, Tor the
past two weeks, suffered stroke ofpa-
ralysis yesterday morning and died this
evening.
A man was caught in the act of set
ting fire to John Wanamsker's store IN
Philadelphia yesterday. He had start
ed fire among some wicker work and
had struck another match when taken
in custody. He gave his name as
Michael Morgan.
Wade Graut, the Psrkersburg, w.
w., negro rape fend, who had such
narrow escape from lynching at the
hands of a mob in that city Wednesday
night, was spirited out CT the town
early yesterday morning, and taken to
Wheeling for safe keeping.
A German government official con-
firms the report tnat Germany is neeo
tlating with Spain for the purchase OF
the Caroline Islands. 1t is understood
that Spain expects to get 10000 600
francs for them, which Germany COL
siders excessive.
Ira grand Jury at Gainesville, III
has indicted Gov. Tanner for derelic
ton OF duty and malieasance in Office
for the part he took 10 connection with
The recent labor riots in that State.
The grand jury found three counts.
Flfly-tour other persons were also in
dicted.
a cable message received ia Havana
Wednesday announces that the United
J States government will place prohib
tive import duty on leaf tobacco i'm
ported into the island at s. per pound,
aud of $3.50 plus % per Cent. on cigars
The export duties are to remain as
heretofore, $3.50 per hundred kilos on
leaf tobacco and $1.35 per thousand on
cigars.
There was hot time in Macon, Ga,
yesterday. The women of the city los;
local option contest after a unique
and determined campaign. It was a
lively fight by the "wets." Church
choirs entered into the contest with
great earnestness aud bands played
lively airs. a tally.ho party singing
hymns and carrying placards pleaded
for temperance, followed by colored
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Lulu, I Love My Whisky, Too" When
the vote was couuted it was found that
local option was defeated.
THE ACT SUSTAINED.
The Court OF Appeals at Richmond
yesterday handed down two opinions,
confirming the copstitutionality of
what il generally known as the "land
grabbers' act" This is an act passed
at the last session Of the General AS
semby, which permits q syndicate to
acquire lands delinquent for taxes, al
ter due notice has been given to all the
parties, either directly or indirectly,
interested in such property.
The first case PASSED upon came
from Hanover county, where the clerk
of the court refused to accept the de.
linquent taxes unless accompanied by
IS, the forfeit provided by the act in
question. The taxpayer applied for a
mandamus, which the County Court
refused. The contention was that a
section of this land-grabbers' act re.
pealed the act of 1890. The court
contends that this claim is fallacious.
The second contest was that the act
was not passed in the House by re-
corded vote, as required by the consti.
tuition, and i, therefore, void. TIE
court in considering this phase of the
case says that the law did not require
recorded vote, not being such as con;
templated by the constitutional provi
sion cited. The court, therefore, eff
firms the lower court and sustaius the
law. Judge Harrison wrote the opin-
ion.
The court also rendered decision in
the case of Lewis, somewhat similar,
from Culpeper. In addition to the
grounds urged in support of the appli
cation made in the Hanover case, it
was contented in behalf of Lewis that
application of Charles Baker to buy the
property in question Was insufficient,
as it did not state in whose name the
land stood when bought by the Com
monwealth, and that the application is
not valid because the price offered was
not the amount required by statute
On purely technical grounds the writ
prayed for in this case was Issued.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, Dec Flour steady and
unchanged Wheat dull spot and month
713aa7 ia.; Jan 724a72lh. Corn STEADY
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