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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
AT DAMP LEE.

A telegram from Richmond says the
orders from Washington, directing the
Third Regiment to proceed to Falls
Church, gives strength to the opinion
that it will be sent to the Philippines.
The members OF the Third Regiment
are not as pleased at the prospect as
they might be. Some OF the men, how
eyer, appear to be anxious to join the
army at Manila, but the majority pre-.
fer Cuba or Porto Rico. One officer
said he would like to go to the Philip
pines because he had much confidence
in General Wesley Merritt, who is to
be in command there.
Colonel Male has taken no action re-
earding the chaplaincy of the Third
Regiment. Since Col. Male has taken
charge of the camp the rules are very
strictly observed. There is, perhaps,
no captain in camp who has the welfare
of his men so much at heart as Capt.
Joseph E. Willard, of Company I, Third
Regiment. Although worth millions
of dollars, he does not hesitate to share
the duties of camp life with his men.
He spends his nights at his tent, while
a number of other commissioned officers
eontinne to sleep in the city. In order to
assist a sick man in his company he
even went 80 far as to sleep on the floor
and turned mis- cot over to the patient.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
HOUSE.
THE BOND BILL.

AS stated in the Gazette of that
date Mr.. Wolcott in the Senate
yesterday as substitute for the
seigniorags amendment offered by
the majority of the finance commit
tee, proposed an amendment d.
recting the Secretary of the Treasury
to coin the silver bullion in the treasury
and to issue silver certificates against it.
The amendment was agreed to-4S to
31-several republicans voting for it.
Mr.. Aldrich presented the amend
ment of the minority of the finance
committee providing for the issue OF
500 ,O0O, 600 of certificates OF indebted
ness and S3OO,OOO,OOO of bonds, to be
used exclusively for the pay,
ment of the expenses of the
war. By the vote of As to 81 the bond
amendment was Incorporated in the
bill as a substitute for the democratic
amendment to issue legal-tender notes.
The bond proposition received the
votes OF 81 republicans, democrats
and l populist. The democrats who
voted for it were Messrs. Caffrey,
Faulkner, German, Gray, Lindsay,
Mitchell and Murphy, end the popu.
list was Mr.. Kyle. No republican
voted against the issue of bonds, the
votes in opposition being cast by q
democrats, populists and 5 silver re-
publicans.
The House will probably eliminate
the amendment for coming the seigni-
orage. This will probably cause some
delay in bringing about az agreement
between the two houses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
Rumored Battle at Santiago.

CAPE EAYTIEN, Hayti, June 4.-7:45
q. ma report which cannot be veri-
fed is current here this morning to the
effect that the American fleet off Santi-
ago de Cuba destroyed the Spanish
fleet ct that place yesterday. But no
direct news from there has yet been re-
ceived.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, June 1920
q. m.-Information received here di.
rect from Santiago de Cuba confirms
The ort hat theI II NIB .rdms Mt bel an
at o'clock in the morning. There ar.
great number of insurgents in the vi
ciDity of Santiago pro baby waiting for
some decisive action upon the part of
the American feet, which will undoubt.
edly be the signal for land attack
upon the town.
MADRID, June At is officially an.
uounced here that the Spanish govern.
ment has received further dispatches
regarding the alleged victory of the
Spaniards at Santiago de Cuba but that
they will not be published until they
havelbeen communicated to the Queen
Regent. In the elnwhi'e, the report
mas circulated that the Spaniards have
captured. Humorous Americans"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
STRANGE JUNE WEDDING.

One of the strangest June weddings
on record took place in the Moore Chap.
ell of the New York Electrical Show on
Wednesday. The contracting parties
were Miss Jennie S. Gilmour, OF Brook
Ign, and Charles Sanford Merton, OF
New York, and the affair is thus de.
scribed by the New York World:
Electricity did all it could for the
wedding. The bride and the bride
groom, their attendants and parents
came to the wedding in electric car
riages.
The chapel, the tiniest in which q
marriage has ever been performed, was
decorated with palms and vines. The
guests were seated in the dark at first.
At the appointed hour R. Mcfarland
Moore, inventor of the artificial day
light, turned on the lights in the arched
roof.
The white-robed assistant of the Rev.
George c. Houghton, of THE Little
Church Around the Corner" who per-
formed the ceremony, waited for the
bridal pair as they came down the aisle,
while Mr.. Weiiz, OF the Estes Com.
pany, played Mendelssohn's Wedding
March, on an organ run by electricity.
The ceremony was weirdly effective:
The lights in the rear of the chapel
were turned out. The white light OF
the forward tubes shone steadily while
the words of the solemn service were
said accompanied by the murmuring of
dynamos and electrical machinery like
the wailiog of strong winds.
AS the minister concluded all the
lights were turned on and the chapel
was flooded with artificial daylight.
Before the ceremony the pnblic was
admitted to the rear of the chapel, and
at its conclusion the bride and party
remained seated in the chapel, while
many of the crowd pressed forward
with congratulations.
The bridal party returned to the
brides mothers homo, in Brooklyn, in
the electric carriages, where recep-
ton and wedding feast were given.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
THE BOUNDARY LINE.

Deputy Collector A. Lincoln Dryden,
who is chairman of the Maryland com
mission to confer with similar COM
mission representing the State of Vir-
ginia, has proposed to Senator Mush-
bach, chairman of the Virginia commits
sion, that they meet at the latter's home
in Alexandria, or in Washington, at an
early date to arrange for joint meetings
of the two bodies to determine the State
boundary line in the Potomac.
The Baltimore American in referring
to the matter says:
"Virginians are anxious to secure q
settlement of the controversy of the
boundary line, which the Marylanders
claim is the low-wster mark on the Vir
GINA side of the Potomac, and which, it
is said, the Virginiaus as rule concede.
This line is specified iu the compact
made between the two States in 1854 at
Mount Vernon, the home of Washing
ton. Thomas Jefferson was the
Virginia representative, additional
to General Washington. Maryland
was represented by Samuel Chase
and Thamas Stone. 1t is believed that
General Washington agreed to the com
pact in order that company in which
ne was financially inter ested might en-
joy the shad and herring fisheries ofthe
whole river, which under the compact
is open to residents of both states for
fishing purposes. While the Virginians
can enjoy the oystering privilege of the
river. if oystering is fishing, which is
not conceded, they cannot plant
oysters on the bottoms, since they do
not own them. They want Maryland
to concede them the right to plant
oysters within a specified distance of
their own shores. They are also anx-
ious that the head points should be set
tled-whether the low water mark ap.
plies as boundary in the indentations
on the Potomac shore as we'll as On
straight lines of the shore. 1t is stated
that the Marylanders are disposed to
comply with some of the Virginians' re-
quests, upon the understanding that
they will reciprocate in concessions on
the eastern side ofthe Chesapeakewhere
the line is very irregular and very indef-
nite-so much SO, in fact, that resi-
dents of both States are frequently at
loss to determine exactly whether they
are in Mary land or Virginia, and as the
oyster laws of the two States confiic,
much confusion and rioting, and even
bloody conflicts, have ensued. Col.
Thomas s. Hodson, commissioner for
Maryland, in company with Virginia
commissioner, and United States en-
gineers detailed for the purpose, mark
ed the line as determined by the Black
Jenkins decision. As they lacked the
necessary funds, however, the buoys
and "land sights" were not erected at
the time. 1t was expected that the
Maryland and Virginia legislature at
their last session would appropriate the
money necessary for the work. but they
failed to do so, the bill in the Maryland
House failing on the last mig bit of the
session, after having previously passed
the Senate. Colonel Hodson was not
only not reimbursed for his work in the
survey, but the survey came to naught
since the lines have been marked"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04

MONUMENT TO TURNER AsHBY.-On
Monday next 8 monument to Gen.
Turner Ashby will be unveiled on the
spot where he was killed, about mile
ard a-half south of Harrisonburg. The
money for the purchase of the monu.
ment and the tomb on which it stands,
was raised through the efforts of the
Turner Ashby Memorial Association.
Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, of New
York, in letter to the treasurer OF the
association says: "Yours of the 17lh
inst. just received and in reply will say
] heartily approve of the object of your
association. No knightlisr soldier ever
drew sword in any war, ancient or
modefn, than the Southland's Turner
Ashby, and there are 70 honors too
great for commemorative his heroic
virtues. Had he lived in the days Of
Roman and Greoian glory, no greater
ls,onument than his would have graced
the capital of either nation. consider
it q privilege to aid you in your noble
work and my contribution is one hun
dred dollars"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
The Sunken Merrinac.

MADRID, June 1.-The version of the
sinking of the Merrimac which has
reached the minister of marine here,
from Santiago, is as follows: ga Spanish
vessel in front Of Santiago has sunk an
auxiliary cruiser. All the members of
the crew of the latter have been i'm
prisoned. The rest of the enemy's
squadron Immediately retired"
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, June 4 -
Further news received here from San
tiago de Cuba confirms the reports that
the ombardment Of that place began
at 8 O'Clock yesterday morning. After
the action the Spaniards blew up with
dynamite the suDken American collier
Merrimsc and have since been at work
clearing the channel SO as to permit
Admiral Cervera's fleet to put out to
sea should the Cadiz squadron, under
Admiral Camars, arrive in Cuban
waters to relieve the blockaded ships.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Up TO $50
o'clock no news had been received
at the Navy Department concern.
ing sinking of the Merrimac. She
was an old useless vessel and
department thinks she was sent in
to block the channel and thus bottle
up Cervera. From the fact that the
crew was only s men instead of 40 con-
firms this. The Department does not
believe fight has occurred.
KINGSTON, Js., June Rear Ad-
miral Sampson during Friday morning
decided to close the narrow har-
Dor entrance of Santiago de Cuba by
sinking the collier Merrimac, loaded
with coal. in the channel. He called
for volunteers to go to almost certain
death and 4 900 men offered themselves.
Lieut.. Hobson and men were chosen
and at three q. m. Friday morning, the
Merrimao, under her owa steam, enter
ed the channel under terrific Spanish
fire. The vessel was riddled with pro-
jectiles but she anchored and
swung around. Lieutenant Hobson
then set of an internal torpedo
with an electric attachment. There was
an explosion, the Merrimac sank, the
channel was closed and, apparently,
Admiral Cervers will be unable to es-
cape.
Hobson and the crew of the Merri-
mac we're saved in the following man
nel: Unable, after the sinking of their
vessel, to make their way backIthrough
the storm Of 81 OF and she'll, they rowed
into the harbor to the Spanish flagship
and were taken ON board unframed.
The Spanish admiral, under
flag of truce, on Friday sent
word to the American admiral that he
offered to exchange the prisoners, add
it g that in the meanwhile Hobson and
his party would be treated with the
greatest kindness. The Spsniards pay
tribute to the sudacity of the Americans
in SO cleverly attempting to block the
channel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Brooklyn elevated railroad trains ran
over the Brooklyn bridge for the first
time yesterday.
Argentine is said to have declined
Chili's offer of full and complete arbi-
tration of the boundary dispute.
Twenty Russian soldiers were yester-
day killed and eighteen wounded by a
sudden attack of natives On fort in
Turkistan.
The Lacy bill providing that volun-
teers in the field can vote at congress
sional elections was favorably reported
to the House yesterday.
The President still urges prompt &C.
ton by Congress in the matter of Ha-
waiian annexation. He says he has
received assurances of majority for
annexation in the Senate.
Joe Anderson, the elephant keeper
with Wallace Bros. circus, was killed
at Racine, Wis, yesterday, by one of
the elephants that became angry. The
animal broke away and chased the
whole police force and an excited
crowd of citizens.
At an Anglo American banquet in
London, yesterday evening, which was
attended by many prominent men, the
guests wore the union jack and the
stars and stripes blended, which was
called "the flag of the future" Many
references to the proposed alliance be.
tween Great Britain and America were
made.
Yesterday was a great day for pen
sions in the House. Forty.nine private
pension bills that had been favorably
considered by the Friday night session
of last week were passed and lad not
some of the members grown weary OF
the continual, incessant and monotc-
nous grind and moved to adjourn, the
number might have reached 449.
Col. Henry T. Douglas, of Baltimore,
an ex. Confederate, WAS yesterday NOM
mated by President Mckinley to be
brigadier-genersl. Colonel Douglas
was born in Virginia in 1888, and was
educated in Williamsburg. Gen. h.
Kyd Douglas, CT H Agerstown, Md, has
declined the appointment of assistant
acknowledgement of the army, with the
rank of major.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Lightning Thursday night set on fire
the barn of Mr.. Robert S. Knight, near
the Brock road, in Spotsylvania coun-
ty, and it was destroyed with contents.
Loss $500.
The plant of the Norwich Lock Com
pany, at Roanoke, which originally cost
$125 900, was sold yesterday at public
auction and was purchased by 5. Ham
ilton Graves for Sc, 700.
Littleton NJ. Sturgiss, the lawyer
who is wanted in Newport News on
the charge of fleeing probably score
or two of charitablyinclined benefac-
tors, was arrested at Broad street
station, Philadelphia, yesterday.
The grave of President Jefferson
Davis was yesterday decorated by Mrs.
E. G. Pendleton. The mound in Holly
wood, Richmond, which marks the last
resting place of the President of the
Confederacy, was literally strewn with
flowers. One of these designs was q
Confederate flag, and was q beautiful
piece of work. Mrs. Pendleton is the
vice-regent of the Mississippi room Of
the Confederate Museum, and was some
days ago assigned the task of decorat-
ing President Davis's grave.
A letter from Richmond says: Cit.
zens whose property has become delin-
quent are making vigorous kick
against paying the fee of S. to the clerk
of the hastings court. The act of the
legislature provides that where notice
to buy delinquent property is filed with
the clerk the owner shall pay this fee
in addition to the taxes and COSTS. A
test case is going to be made up here.
1t is claimed that the act requiring the
fee to be paid is unconstitutional.
Clerk Christian refuses to accept the
taxes without the S. fee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
War Bulletins.

MOBILE, Ala, June Five trans
ports carrying the Twentieth Infantry,
Third Infantry. and four troops of the
Second Cavalry steamed down Mobile
bay at $50 o'clock this morning en-
route, presumably. to Tampa, but really
under sealed orders.
LONDON, June Among the various
causes ascribed to the frmness of Span
ish As is that they are supported by an
important combination of strong 6nan-
cial houses in England and France.
KEY WEST, Fla, June 4.-Vessels
which arrived here to-day from the
Havana ardenas blockade report that
there has been no excitement along the
line for the last ten days, but they say
the Spaniards are beginning new forth
iications q: various points.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The War
Department to-day chartered the Gate
City and the City of Macon for trans-
port purposes for the Cuban army OF
invasion.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-The No
voc Vremya says that the sympathy of
the most of Europe is undoubtedly with
Spain in the present conflict with the
United States but there is no denying
of the fact that h.r position is almost
hopeless. Continuing, the Novoe
Vremya says: CATER all, Cuba is not
worth Srain's exhausting her resources
to retain it"
TAMPA, Fla, June 4-Msjor General ]. ].
Coppnger has arrived in Tampa, accompanied
by Brigadier General Simon Snyder. Gen.
eral Coppnger reported to General Miles to-.
day. Brigadier General Carpenter has re-
ported to General Shsfter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
WAR NOTES.

A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
states that it is reported there from an
apparently trustworthy source that @
Spanish fleet from Cadiz was due to ar
rive at Santiago and reinforce Admiral
Cervera yesterday. A Gibraltar dis
patch says it is announced there that
the Cadiz squadron has sailed. A dis
patch from Cadiz states that the fleet
has not sailed.
Additional regiments were assigned
yesterday for duty at Manila. These
will bring General Merritt's total force
mp to about p 900 men.
A dispatch from Washington says
Chat 10000 troops under General Shat
ter will be used in the land expedition
against Santiago. Four thousand are
already embarked at Tampa. After
Santiago has fallen it is the purpose to
re.embark two-thirds of the force for
Porto Rico.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
SUNK AT SANTIAGO.

Dispatches from Cape Hayden and
other West Indian ports state that the
United States collier Merrimac entered
the channel at Santiago de Cuba yester-
day and was sunk by Spanish torpedo,
The dispatches say: "After sharp
and effective cannonade, which lasted
rom to O'Clock, the American collier
Merrimsc tried to force the entrance
to the harbor. The Spanish allowed
her to pass the first line of torpedoes,
out when she reached the second line
it is stated that torpedo was dis
charged at her. This took effect and
the ship sank almost Immediately. One
officer, one engineer and six sailors,
who were on board of her, were CAP
tured by the Spaniards.
1t is believed that Admiral Sampson
sent the Merrimac into the harbor 80
that she might sink in the channel, thus
preventing Admiral Jervera's feet en-
escaping. From il formation conveyed
to the Spanish by the eight men who
were captured, it is understood that
they volunteered for this dangerous
work and that none persisted, as those
on board the Merrimac were prepared
for the explosion.
The Merrimac was especially suited
to the purpose of blocking the channel,
IS she was $50 feet long, and of 2,193
tons net register. Such large vessel,
it is supposed, could effectively choke
up the narrow channel at Santiago.
The Merrimac was bought by the
United States government while she
was at Baltimore last April.
The American fleet at Santiago, &C
cording to reports transmitted from
Spanish sources, cannonaded the forts
and warships in Santiago harbor be.
tween and o'clock yesterday morn
ing This was probably the time when
the Merrimac ran into the harbor, as
darkness would doubtless be selected
for such an exploit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
The American Fleet onsantiaeo

OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 8, via
Kingston, Jamaica, June 4-Sixteen
warships of the United States and 1900
men ara drifting here under the shadow
of Cuba's towering mountains. No at.
tempt is made by the fl ct, to 90 int ,
the harbor. Mines are near the en-
trance and it would be suicidal for
large ships to attempt 10 enter. So,
there is nothing to do but sail up and
down past the harbor mouth, hoping
the. Spanish ships may again show
themselves. or come out Tor an open
combat. The harbor is mined, bat
teries have been planted all along it,
on either side, and the Spaniards are
well equipped with good guns and
smokeless poa der. But tie Ameri-
cans will not fail into the trap. One
ship may be sacrificed; but,if it is blown
up and sunk, it will block the harbor
snd'prevent the Spaniards from getting
out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
The Marietta in Port.

KEY WEST, June 4.-The United
States gunboat Marietta, arrived heic
at 7:30 o'clock this morning from
Francisco, Cal. which port she left on
March 16. The trip was uneventful
and there was not even case OF sick.
ness aboard. Much of the voyage was
made in company with the battle
ship Oregon. After the Marietta PAS.
ed Cape Horn che kept a sharp lookout
for the Spanish torpedo aunboat Ten
erario, which was supposed to be hunt.
iug for the Oregon. During the entire
voyage the Marietta sighted only halfa
dozen vessels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
A NEWSPAPER MAN ARRESTED :

A NEWSPAPER MAN ARRESTED -
Philip w. Avirett, formerly a we'll
known newspaper man of Cumberland,
Nd, has been arrested in Richmond on
q charge of forgery. Mr. Avirett has
been practicing law and was counsel
for the State of North Carolina in GER
tain suits against the Southern Rail-
way. He also has an office in Phila-
delphia, where he does considerable
business, o large amount of it being for
mis- father-in-law, VIM. B. Goodwin, q
banker. In his capacity as trustee for
certain bank stock Avirett is alleged to
have forged papers, giving him sole
power to dispose of the stock in his
own name to very large amount. Mr..
Avirett went to Richmond about two
weeks ago for the purpose of volun
Geering his services in the United States
army. He could not pass the physical
examination, however, and, becoming
disheartened, began drinking heavily.
he went to the Virginia Hospital,
where DR.. Hodges found that he had
acute heart trouble. He remained at
the hospital until Thursday night,
when Detectives Tomlinson ard Gibson
served papers upon him, and he was
carried from his sick bed to the second
station, where he remained until yes
day morning, when he appeared in the
police court with Messrs. Maury and
Spottswood as counsel. An effort was
shade by counsel to get Mr.. Avirett re-
leased on bail in order that he might
geturn to the hospital, but the efforts
were Of no avail and the accused was
remsnded to jail. Yesterday Detective
Hamm. OF Philadelphia, appeared at
the Jail, IN company with Detective
Gibson, and served the papers, which
had been honored by the Governor,
upon Avirett, and he was taken to
philadelphia last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-04
MIR. Rryan,s Regiment.

LINCOLN, Neb. June 4.-Adjutant
General Barry has received telegram
from Secretary Alger saying that the
Third Nebraska volunteer infantry or
gsnized by w. ]. Bryan has been ac-
copied by the government and that it
would be added to the contingent &C
ing to the Philippines. When this
news was received Mr.. Bryan held a
conference with Gov. Holcomb, the out
come of which, although it has not yet
been publicly announced. was that
Bryan was appointed colonel of the
regiment and given his commission.