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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20, 1898.

The New York Sun attempts TO
ridicule the members of the Texas reg
iment who objected to receiving what
was due them BY the govern
ment from negro paymaster,
and saws sensitive Caucasian con-
sciences should be content with taking
a lofty moral ground as to financial
complexion, and should not expect to
have scruples and pay too. The Sun
should know that the influence of early
association is hard to withstand, and
that it manifests itself whenever the re-
straints of self,possession are loosened'
If the Sun were as familiar with South
ern people as it should be, it would be
more tolerant of them, and have more
regard for their feelings, and agree
with them that, with plenty OF white
pavmasters at his disposal, wiser
President than Mr.. Mckinley would
not have ordered Southern white SOL
diers 20 receive their pay from one who
is negro. Wise employers never go
out of their way to irritate their en-
ployees, and soldiers are the worst sort
of employees to provoke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The Due d'Orleans has issued a man
ifesto denouncing the Dreyfusites.

The Due d'Orleans has issued q man.
ifesto denouncing the Dreyfusites.
The Queen Regent of Spain has
promised to send delegate to the Cars
proposed peace conference.
George Fred Williams announced in
Boston last night that he would head
the democratic ticket this fall.
The Emperor of China has published
a series of edicts designed to extend
western civilization in his empire.
The Paris papers report that Ester
hazy has returned to Paris and is vac.
illating between suicide and confession.
Mr.. Charles G. Kerr, ex States At
torney of Maryland, died at his home
in Baltimore yesterday aged 60 years.
Fire of incendiary origin last night de-
stroyed the window glass works at
Woodbury., N. J., owned by Col. G. G.
| Green. Loss $30,000
A telegram from Lilooet, B. c.,
states that 500 ounces of gold amalgam,
worth $4,000, have been stolen from
the Golden Cache mine.
Kid Mccoy refuses to hold any fur
[ Their conference with Corbett and his
] manager relative to the change of date
| and place of his meeting with Corbett.
1t is almost settled that Gen. Shafter
will return to San Francisco and resume
command of the Department of Cali
fornis. Such is his desire, and no
I doubt it will be complied with.
/ There were 123 deaths during the
voyage among the 1000 Spanish sol
diers who have just arrived in Spain
on board the Spanish transport San
lguacio de Loyola from Santiago de
Cuba.
William Davis, colored, seven years
old, was found on the street in Wash
ington on Sunday suffering from diph.
liberia. He said he mad been driven
| from home when the nature of the dis
ease was discovered, and that he had
been refused treatment at two hospitals.
The Royal Order of Scotland held its
2lst annual convention at the Scottish
Rite Cathedral in Cincinnati yesterday.
Over one hundred members were pres
ent. This lodge is the only one in the
United States and is under the iuris-
diction of the Provincial Grand Lodge
at Edinburgh, Scotland, and one Of the
I oldest orders 10 existence.
Miss Grace Thomas Davis, daughter
of ex-senator Henry G. Davis, and Mr.
Arthur Lee, of Richmond, were mar
ried in the Davis Memorial Church, al
, Elkins, W. Va, yesterday, by Rev. DR..
Moses D. Hoge, of Richmond. After q
wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
left for Chicago in private car. The
bridal tour, which lasts until January,
includes visit to Japan, Hongkong
and Manila. The presents represent
many thousand dollars in value.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
THE WAY TO GET OUT.
The following statement is given ou

The following statement is given out
at the War Department.;
The War Department is just at pre-.
sent undergoing an experience which
illustrates the alacrity with which the
average American citizen hastens to
senator or representative in Congress
for aid in emergencies.
The cessassion of bostilitiesand the i'm.
probability OF their renewal, with the
dulness of camp life, has appaI emily
created feeling of restlessness among
the men of the volunteer army, who, IN
the majority of cases, have given up
positions Of larger compensation, and
many ofthem are imploring their politi-
cal representatives to obtain their dis
charges, and the latter, in turn, are
flooding the War Department with re-
quests for prompt and immediate
action.
To such an abuse of privilege has It
grown that the War Department has
been obliged to call attention to that
paragraph of the army regulations
which requires that all communications
from subordinates to superiors must
pass through military channels, and to
decline, as rule, to entertain applica-
lions for discharges ofenlisted men, un-
tess they come to it in proper manner
A soldier who is DESTROYS OF securing his
discharge, and has good and sufficient reasons
upon which to base his application, will save
himself great amount of time and trouble If
he will set forth the reasons for his discharge
in letter addressed to the adiutant general
of the army and hand it to the captain of his
company, who in turn is required to forward
it to the colonel of the regiment and the lat.
Ter to pass it along through brigade, division
and corps headquarters, with their recon-
mendation. Uniess this is done, the depart.
ment will send the paper back to the COM
pany commander for his recommendation
and that takes time which may be saved by
following the proper rule.
The department has also promulgated an
other ruling in this connection which is to
The effect that public policy will not permit at
this time the consideration of applications fol
discharges of men serving in the Philippine
Islands, Honolulu, Cuba or Porto Rico. The
reasons for this are obvious. Aside from the
question of transportation involved, the ne
cessity of supplying the places of men who
are to be discharged with others from the
State, it is TO be remembered that the war is
not over, and that much depends upon the
results and deliberations of the Peace Com
| missoncrs who have sailed for Paris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Clicked to Death and Robbed.

New YORK, Sept. 2O-Andrew Cas-
sague, an Italian, was choked to death
by unknown men last night in his bed
room. His wife narrowly escaped the
same fate. The Cassagues lived in
williamsburg in an ordinary tenement
in which are eight other families. Mrs.
Cassague says she and her husband re-
tired at o'clock. Csssague took five
hundred dollars, his entire savings,
from his clothes and put the money
under his pillow. Not long after mid
midnight Mrs. Cassague awakened
to find man by her bed. She
would have screamed, but quick
hand closed on her throat and began to
strangle her. With wriggling and fight
ing she broke from the death grip and
rushed screaming to the wall and door
or which she beat for help. She says
that as she left the bed she saw two
other men run from the room, the would
be murderer fled after them. At this
juncture the neighbors responding to
her cries, rushed in. BY the bed was
found the body of Cassaque. His face
was horribly contorted and on his
throat were livid marks. He had been
strar gled. The roll of money was gone.
The police were notified and have al
ready made two arrests.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
From Porto Rico.

San JUAN, P. r., Sept. l9.-The EN-.
barkation OF the Spanish troops for
Spain begins tomorrow (Tuesday),
when 200 sick soldiers and 200 engi-
neers will board the steamer which is
expected to arrive from Havana en-
route for Spain. The palace officials
also report that two or three transports
have sailed from Spain for San Juan.
The evacuation of Lares, Aguadlila and
San Sebastian occurred this morning at
o'clock, our troops taking posse ssion
and raising the American flag and the
Spaniards retiring to Arecibo. We'd
nesday morning the Spanish will evacu-
ate Viequez Island, on the southeast
coast and the garrison will remain tenn
porarily at Humacao. One company
of our troops is already at ViequeZ
Island and another at Humacao.
The com missioners have agreed that
it would be we'll to allow the soldiers on
both sides to fraternize and have also
agreed that soldiers in pursuit of band
is may enter the opposing lines. This
action wipes out the neutral zone which
nas been safeguard against the bad
element and is taken with a view OF
conserving good government in the
island in which both sides are interest.
ed and as the result of depredations
which have occurred between GALES
and Utuado.
The United States troops are now in
possession OF the island except that part
northeast of line from Arecibo through
Aibonito and Cayey to Humacao. These
places would be evacuated Immediately
but for the fact that there is no room
for any more soldiers. Every available
sleeping place is now occupied.
Sickness continues among our troops,
but it is not increasing, and there are
no malignant diseases. General Brooke
has ordered that every tent in the isl
and must have board floor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Row in CanD.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. 20.-Pay-
day in the 1st Alabama regiment, en-
camped at East Lake, was the occasion
of several bloody ARRAYS yesterday.
Private Slaton was fatally shot by
private McClung and the latter is in
Jail. Ia an encounter between the pro-
vost guard in the city and number of
drunken soldiers, three soldiers were
badly bayonetted and one may die.
Privates Lawson and Rhodes fought in
comp and Rhodes was struck on the
head with big sea shell and danger
ouslV wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

Mr.. GLEAvEs, and not Judge Stro-
Their, has been elected member of the
republican State executive committee,
in place of Congressman Walker, who
couldn't get along with the other mem
bers of that committee. That the lat.
ter will not strain their hearts strings
to secure his reelection goes without
saying, The Virginia republicans
know that they have little or no
chance of success this fall, and, follow.
ing the example of their late leader,
General Malone, they will save their
ammunition for use at more favorable
opportunity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

MOST of the Northern so.called gold
democrats" have now discarded the
transparent disguise they put on two
years ago, and say they intend to vote
the straight republican ticket hereat-
ter. Well, they will be more respected
for doing SO than those of the South
who keep up their shallow pre:ense OF
democracy, and who are perfectly will
ing to be subjected to high tariffs and
negro officials, and to have Southern
soldiers receive the pay due them by
the government from the hands of ne
gro paymasters, provided silver shall not
be made as good as gold coinage, and
that their surplus incomes be not sub
ject to taxation, as the poor mans nee
essaries are.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Millions Given AWAY

1t is gratifying to the public 10 Sa ~,
of one concern in the land VINO ar ~, "
afraid to be generous to the neeG ,y., o..
suffering. The proprietors OF l'f' ~.
New Discovery for Conslml ..' ~.
Coughs aud Colds, have gwen s. vi.
over ten million trial bottles o. s ~.
great medicine; and have the sa'. '..,i
ton of knowing it has aosoln'e'y I-,
thousands OF hopeless case - 80.
Bronchitis, Hoarseness and a.. aI.51 are
of the Throat, Chest and Lq'-, In
surely cured by it. Call Oh i - j. ''..
or E. S. Leadbeater x ool-. '' p b.
and get free trial bottle. M r1.,s
size so cents and 81. h'eF! 's
guaranteed, or price REFUNDED
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

The HAGUE, Sept. 2O.-Queen Will
helmina opened the session OF the
States General to-day in person.
BUDA PEsTH, Sept. 20.-The govern
or OF this district has resolved TO e1pel
all anarchists who are not citizens of
Hungary.
PARIS, Sept. 2O.-Le Steele urges the
prosecution OF Lieut.. Col. Du Patty de
Clam, General Come and other Off
GERS implicated in the illegalities of the
Dreyfus courtmartial and La Libre
Parole advocates an anti-Semite cru.
sade. NM. Clemenceau and Jaures in
their respective papers argue that if a
new trial is granted to Dreyfus it must
not be a secret one. La Soleil de-
mands that Dreyfus be brought back to
France forthwith.
General Zurlinden had been restored
to the position of military governor OF
Paris which he gave up to accept the
war portfolio short lime ago and has
also been appointed a member OF the
supreme council of war.
The Paris press generally holds the
opinion that the settlement of the ques-
tlon of the occupation of Fashoda ought
to be brought about through diplomacy
and not by force of arms. L'Eclair
says it is in position to fully confirm
the falsity of the report that Major
Marchand has been recalled.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-A dispatch from
Brussels to local news agency says
that King Leopold has addressed an
autograph letter to the Car urging the
designation of Brussels as the meeting
place of the peace commission.
MADRID, Sept. 20.-Six Italians were
arrested in Barcelona yesterday on sus-
picion of having been connected with
the assassination of the Empress of
Austria at Geneva.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

MISS WINNIE DAYIS'S REMAINS
The funeral OF Miss Winnie Davis
the daughter of the late Jefferson Davis
whose death occurred at the Rocking
ham Hotel at Narragansett Pier, R. l..
on Sunday, will take place in Richmond,
on Friday There will be no formal
services at Narragansett, but the re-
mains will be placed in the parlor Of
the hotel on Wednesday, where from :
to p. %. the friends may take final
leave. Mrs. Davis is nearly heart
broken. The death of her daughter,
although expected for days, was great
shock to her.
The remains of Miss Winnie Davis
will be buried 10 the plot in Hollywood,
Richmond, set apart for the resting
place of the Davis family by the city Of
Richmond, and where the Confederate
presidents remains were deposited with
ceremony when received there from
New Orleans. All the deceased child
rem aud one grandchild were, about the
same time, reinterred at this spot, some
OF the remains having been moved
from Memphis there. Indeed, when
the plot was laid off. and the bodies
now there buried, the plan provided
for the graves of Mrs. Davis and her
surviving children.
So far as selected the honorary pail
bearers are Major-General Joseph
Wheeler, Burton H. Harrison, Clarence
Cary, A. a. Maginnis, Gen. Archer An
derson, VIM. o. Shelton and J. Taylor
Ellyson. Tho funeral party will leave
Narragansett Pier Thursday morning
in a special car attached to the colonial
express, arriving at Richmond early
Friday morning.
Gen. John B. Gordon, commander.
in.chief of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, yesterday issued the following
order:
ITO the United Confederate Veterans:
"The commanding general, with q
sorrow which no words can express,
announces the death OF Miss Winnie
Davis, the idolized Daughter of the
COuf6QcrHCY. uo DOuuuleSS 0Etuu-
siasm which was evoked by her every
appearance at our reunions indicated
the depth of affection and the unfeign-
ed admiration which all CoDiederates
felt for her.
st is not too much to say that the
oyations with which she was every
where greeted by the ex-soldiers of the
Southern armies were such as have
rarely been accorded any woman.
Their grief at her untimely death will
be as profound and poignant as their
love for her while living was universal
and sincere, and their most affectionate
sympathies are with the grief-stricken
mother.
1.-THE commanding general directs
that the department and division COM
manders select delegations and escorts
of honor, as they may deem proper, to
represent the United Confederate Vet
Grams, and to accompany the remains
to their final resting place"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

The ENGLISH people do not allow
their government to pluck them as
easily as those of this country do. They
have Remembered Gordon" and con-
quered the whole of the Soudan, and
possessed themselves of wide right OF
wav from one end of Africa to the other,
at cost of only thirteen million dol
lars. FIVE million of which were expend-
ed in the construction of FIVE hundred
miles of railroad through the desert.
How many millions it has cost this gov
ernment to remember the Maine" and
conquer some islands across the sea has
not yet been told, but the estimates
run into the hundreds. But with al
their free schools and cheap newspa
pers, the Americans are the most easily
robbed of all people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
The Bridgenort NIr.l..,.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Sept. 20 Thor.
oughly at sea regarding ANY 80.
luton of the Yellow Mil pond my.-
terry, Supt. Birmingham, Capt. Arnold
and Detective Cronan Indirectly aam,,
that they have not secured a singled.
mite clue to which to base g proml.ir,
investigation. A dispatch from ill.,
New Haven police say they are work.
ing on possible clue 10 a..
identity of the dead woman. They ar.
trying to identify her as Mary CmI.
ford. or Craddock, who was employed
as waitress in New Haven. She bs,
disappeared, and as the appearance or
her body tailed somewhat with The de.
scription Of the body found in Yellow
Mill pond it is feared that the New
Haven girl met with foul play. A.,as
morgue the head, preserved in alcohol
is kent for Identification. The BODY
was buried last night in Potter. aGi
and considerable indignation is .rrag
Bridgeport to-day over the sean, cere.
mony which attended the disposal O.
the body. No clergyman was pre.ea.
at the burial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Odd Fellows.

Boston. Mass, Sept. 20.-The Soy.
ereign Grand Lodge l. O. 0. F. held if,
aacond session this morning, and elected
officers Hon. Alfred S. PinkCrioa, Q.
Worcester, was unanimous y eltc'ei
Grand Sire on single ballot !. C.
Cable, of Covington, O, was elected
Deputy Grand Sire; J. Frank Grant O.
Baltimore, was elected Grand Secretary
and NJ. Richard Muckle, OF PhiI4ie..
phia, Grand Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Inspecting the Cam

LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. %. Sec,.
tary Alger end Surgeon General S, SCI
berg arrived last night. This ,oo. ~
ing they reviewed the Taird i.
vision. After the review Secra,a ~.
Alger inspected the camp Tbs
afternoon he will inspect tbe III ~
vision hospital. Surgeon Genera s,er.
berg thinks the sanitary condition ..
the camp is excellent. Typhoii cs.e e.
are increasing at the rate OF fifteen res
day. There are now one hundred a[5
seventy-three cases in the fyn6oi5
wards. After the review Secre,s,,
Alger made speech to the Volunteers
in which he urged them to be firm IN
doing their duty and to take brrer
care of themselves. He promised 10 d.
everything for them that be could do
He was followed by Genera Br5ckiD
ridge who made short speech in Vbic5
he said this country bad never hsda
Secretary of War more tender ae4r..d
than General Alger, and thai .e vs.
doing all within the power OF The gov.
eminent for the betterment Of the ,ic.
and we'll soldiers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
Died in a Fit ofLaughir.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 20.-Ni..au
Dauphine while attending the s.
Charles Theatre last night rot into a
violent fit of laughing over the pero'-
nance. The laughter passed into cor
vulsions and an ambulance was sun
moned, but Dauphine died in he .oy'
OF the theatre before it arrived TIE
doctor gave certificate of death i'on
heart disease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

POISONED CoFFEE.--In some unknown
manner George w. Everhsrt and his two
little children, aged six and four years re-
spectively, were poisoned Sunday afternoon
at their residence, two miles northeast of
Boyce, in Clarke county. The condition of
the three WAS alarming, but the doctors have
succeeded in saving the two children, while
the father is in precarious condition and is
not likely TO recover. The poison was placed
in cotfeepot by some unknown person, and
the case is surrounded in mystery. An ex-
animation of the coffee pot revealed the pres
ence of large quantities of Rough on Rats,
while the empty box was found near by. The
poison WAS placed in the cofeepot while the
family were visiting in the neighborhood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
CIVIL SERVICE RULEs.-A Washing

CIVIL SERVICE RULEs.-A Washing
ton dispatch says: President Mckinley
has again taken up the question of re-
taxing the civil service rules so as to
open more places for political appoint
ments. The places which will DE re.
moved from the protection of the civil
service law are the private secretaries
and chief clerks and confidential clerks
at heads of departments and assistant
heads of departments and all persons
classified as fremen, watchmen and Ia
borers.
The most important exemption will
be in the internal revenue service
throughout the country, where all dep.
uty collectors of internal revenue and
ali storekeepers and gaugers who re.
ceive less than So per day are to be
taken from the classified service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20

WILL FILED FOR PRoBATE.-The
will of Lorenzo D. Matteson dated May
:, 1897, was filed in Washington yester-
day. To his nephew, W. Il. Matteson,
he bequeaths his house and lot, at No.
40 north Royal street in this city, and
some of his personal property. Out of
the residue of his estate he leaves 500
each to George Hall, Minnie Hall, and
L. F. Matteson and wife, all of Provi.
dence, r. l.. and VIM. t. Lawton, of
Washington. W. II. Matteson is ap-
pointed executor and is to have any
portion Of the estate remaining after
the payment OF debts and legacies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-20
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.

The republican State committee held
meeting at Lynchburg last night, for
the purpose of organizing. Nearly
every member was present, and the
colored people were conspicuous by
their absence, only four of them being
in attendance. Harmony prevailed
throughout the proceedings, as the
"Antis" did not materializs.
After calling the meeting to order,
Chairman Park Agnew stated that he
had issued the call in pursuance fan
understanding arrived at by Mr.. Mark
Hanna, w. F. Wickham and himself.
The report OF the credential committee.
unanimously recommending that the
committeeman in sympathy with the
State organization be seated, was unani.
mously adopted. Contestants appear
ed in only two districts, the third and
fourth. G. NJ. Tucker, of Carroll was
chairman, and John A. Noon, ofStaun-
ton, was secretary Of the credential
committee, which consisted of one
committeeman from each district.
Three old members of the State ex
ecutive committee were reelected by
acclamation-James D. Brady, of Rich
mond; Stith Boiling, of Petersburg, and
S. Brown Allen, of Staunton. J. L.
Gleaves. of Wytheville, was elected in
the place of Gen. James A. Walker. A
resolution was adopted, which, after &
preamble setting forth the rumor that
General Walker did not have the united
support of the republican organization,
declared it the sense Of the committee
that be and all other republican candi-
dates for Congress should receive the
active efforts of every member of the
party, and that the entire organization
should be pledged to aid in their cleo
ton by every honorable means.
Mr.. Park Agnew remains chairman
of the State committee and as such
chairman Of the executive committee
until the next State convention, which
alone can act in the matter of his cleo
ton. 1t is confidently predicted that
he will succeed himself.