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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
FIFTT-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON. January 81.

SENATE.
Mr.. Hoar presented in the Senate to.
DAY petition from sundry citizens Of
Philadelphia against the annexation OF
the Philippines. He read the entire
petition and emphasized the sentences
in which the Philadelphiaus insisted
this government should not pursue q
bloodthirsty policy in order to suhju-
gate the islands.
Mr.. Spooner gave notice that be
would speak on the expansion question
next Wednesday.
Mr.. Mason, asked unanimous con-
sent that a vote be taken next Friday
Cd his resolution declaring that the
United States have no right to govern
the Filipinos without their consent, but
Mr.. Carter objected.
The Senate passed a bill granting ex-
Senator John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois, a
pension OF 800 per month and placing
him at that rate on the retired list as q
major general of volunteers.
Senator Sullivan offered resolution
STIMULATING that the ratification of the
treaty with Spain did not in any sense
commit the United States to the colonial
policy. 1t vent over.
Nj. Money, of Mississippi, announc.
ed that he would address the Senate
next Friday on the expansion question.
Mr.. Platt, of New York, spoke on the
expansion question. He said: 1.-THE
disorder now existing in the Philip
pine Islands, to which Senators who
ere opposing the treaty may well afford
to consider how far they are contribut.
ing to the unwillipgness of the arm.
ed natives to accept American
authority, does not constitute in
my mind the slightest ground on
which to base vote against the
Paris agreement. On the contrary, it
affords new reason why our action
should be the more prompt and unani-
nous. No Senator can suppose that
there exists IAN American slateman"
who approaches the consideration Of
the Philippine problem with any other
than the most benevolent intentions"
concerning the Filipinos and their fu-
ture. There is no reason why an
American Senator should misunder.
stand the condition or misrepresept
it. He knows that there is no
American in all this broad land who
wishes any other fa:e to any single ma
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
OFFICIAL.
THE WATER. SUPPLY.

The following commu licaiion from George
L. simpson, Mayor, and the report OF Messrs.
81. L. Burke and Louis Kraft, g committee
appointed in pursuance Of resolution of the
City Council November.s22, 1898, to investi.
gate the Iumor that the water supply of Al
exsndra was contaminated, were submitted
to the City Council January "a 1899, and
ordered to be published:
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. "a, 1899.
To the Honorable, The City Council of Alex.
andria:
Gentlemen In compliance with your d.
rections contained in resolution adopted No
vemher %. 1898, | appointed TWO of our
fellow citizens to investigate matters pertain.
ing TO the condition of the water supply By
the Alexandria WAFER Company TO the people
of Alexandria Difficulties naturally present
themselves in the selection ofjust, competent,
intelligent and Independent men, men who
are expected 10 perform tasks, possibly en-
vroned with unpleasant and disagreeable du-
ties, and have been most highly favored in
securing the services of Messrs. Il. B. Burke
and L. Kraft to act upon your committee.
It is true these gentlemen declined again
and again the appointment, and that only
after being confronted with the proposition,
that no citizen having the interests OF his
community and the welfare OF his people at
heart should refuse g position OF so rnu n lCn-
Dortauce, did they consent to serve. But
having given their acceptance, they labored
assiduously, industriously and untirngly, and
to-day, as the result of their commendable
aud exhaustive Efforts. is report creditable.
instructive admirable, exhibiting in its prep
aIation labors that few would care to under.
take a1d perform, and furnishing edifying
and instructive dAts, which every citizen
should be given the opportunity TO study and
deduce from the premises his oHu conclu.
sions.
These gentlemen have not only illustrated
in their actions that the office does OCCASION
ally, at less', seek the man, but they have
also demonstrated that positions, though
thrust upon men neither lessen ambition
nor impair zeal. GTatutiously have these
gentlemen given their good Offices, for be il
remembered that your appropriation of $50
has b en- expended for the analysis exhibited
in report, and not one penny has been re-
tanned for work.
congratulate you as the representative of
Alexaudria's people. congratulate our com.
munity, ans, if you Will pardon seeming
7enity, l congratulate myself upon the ap
pointment and WORK of the gentlemen whose
report herewith submit respectfully,
GEO. L. SIMPSON, Mayor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
KEWS OF THE DAg.

Indiana women have begun The fight
for equal suffrage in the State Legisls-
ture.
1t has been agreed that the Santiago
customs receipts shall be applied to
local uses
At least 500 natives of the South Sea
Islands are reported to have been kill
ed by recent hurricanes.
The civil governorahip of Jamaica is
to be abolished and the control of the
island is to be vested in general.
Daniel Beard, supervisor of buildings
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
did yesterday of grip AT the age 81
years.
Cubans ere disappointed that the
United States will advance no more
than s., 1000, 900 with which to pay Go.
mez's soldiers.
Sir Mathew White Ridley, in a
speech at Blackpooi, Eng, said the
United States was soon to become g
factor in European politics.
a court martial in Madrid is consid-
ering the cases of Generals Jaudenes
aud Toral and other officers who fig
ured in Spanish reverses in the recent
war.
The whole first class of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis
will graduate on Saturday, and all OF
them, 80 in number, have beeen order
| ed to sbips for sea service.
Twenty thousand persons are fed
daily in Cuba at the expense OF the
United States. The machinery of the
military administration is working to-
ward the relief of fifteen or twenty
thousand more.
In the executive session of the Sen
ate yesterday Senators German, Hoar
and Vest criticised the President for
his failure TO send to the Senate i'm
portant information which had beer
requested concerning the peace treaty.
The Wheeling, W. Va, city election
yesterday resulted in remarkable re-
versal OF the voting of two years ago,
and the victors are as much surprised
as the varquished. Sweeney demo
crat), fer mayor, is elected by nearly a
thousand. a democratic gain Of 800
Clemens (republican), for chief OF po-
lice, has about 200 majority.
Reports to the surgeon-general show
distressing condition as to smallpox.
It is prevalent il various places in Ala
bama, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska end Iowa.
Reports received by the surgeon gen.
erai Of the marine hospital service in
dictate the prevalence of grip from the
extreme Atlantic coast of the United
States in the cas-; to the Gulf of Mexico
in the south and the Pacific in the
west. 10 some places, just as in Wash
instop, it has been epidemic.
Senator Butler, of South Caroline,
after making an unusual speech in the
Senate yesterday Withdrew his amend
ment to the pension bill providing for
pensions to ex Confederate soldiers.
He said, however, that he favors pen
sions and declared they should be given
to ex-Confederates. He asserted that
the South simply defended its rights.
Senator Bate said Confederate veterans
are not "knuckling and kneeling for
pensions" and that the South has been
able thus far to care for its sold eFs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
DIED.

On Wednesday, January %, 1899, at
1909 o'clock p. M, CLARA, beloved daugh-
ter of Balious and LuveDia Mcdonald, aged
10 yesrs.
Our daughter is sleeping, 50 free from all
Oh, wake her not, sweet spirit, to suffer
again;
She slum6ers so soundly, oh, let her sleep on,
Her sickness is ended and troubles sll gone
Oh, think how she suffered and moaned vi h
pain;
In the long night hours Isoothed her in vain,
Till God in his mercy sent down from above.
An angel that Whispered message of love.
By HER PARENTS.
Funeral from her parents residence, zoos
Duke street, Sunday, January 20, at = p. N.
Friends OF the family are respectfully in.
vi.ed to attend.
On Fri3ay, January 81, 1899, at o'clock
q. M, W E. ATWELL, in the S1th year OF
bis age The funeral will take place from
the n. z. Church South sunday evening at 4
o'clock. Friends and acqusintsnces CT the
family ere invited to attend Washington
papers please copy.
In Baltimore, on Wednesday, January 25,
1899. at 5:45 a. N, no DEBT HUNCEB,
jr., son of TIE late Robert Hunter, of this
city. Funeral services from the residence Of
his sister. Mrs. a. 3. Cooke, No. 120 north
St. Assph street, Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock Relstives and friends are respect
fully invited 20 attend. InteTmeDt private
[Lynchburg papers please copy.
On Thursday evening, January 90, at $50
o'clock. SOPHIE Jacket, daughter of
John E. Tsckett. Funeral from St. Paul's
Church at eleven o'clock Saturday morning,
January %. Interment at Fredericksburg,
Virginia.
On Wednesday, January 25, at 900 a. r.,
RUTH SHERWOOD. beloved wife of Law
renee " Woody and daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph T. Sherwood, aged % years.
Funeral from her late residence, 5 3 Queen
street, Saturday afternoon at3 o'clock. Rela-
tives and friends of the family are invited to
attend Richmond and Washington papers
please copy,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

WEIGH, OF the Johns Hopkins Uuirer.itv If
Baltimore, man Of international re17ts,;c,
in the medical profession ana an emu.
medical writer. While his repor. is ro- -
possession of your mmittee, YET in
just received from hun ne s,ys tbs 1870
drinking water does lot come uo 10 .5s
proper hygienic requirements and thar -e
viii! transmit the full result OF mis- ersmir.-
ton on wednesday, January 25th. Is soc-
as this is received your committee vi. .e15
it to you, accompanied 6y Supplement-
report.
According to the best authorities, the ies,5
rate by typhoid fever in any city Is a cer-.ir
indication of the quality of its water son. ~
because it Is generally recognized !a., h..
in large majority of cases the germ o, -.
paoid fever enters the Human system win
drinking wafer, and, in this respect rl,-
committee resr Is to state thst our e-r
makes bad showing indeed acc idirr =,
the report of our City Auditor, the NUM- n
deaths in Alexandria caused By typho!1 te7.,
ia as follows:
Year. White Colored. Total. Test5 Par.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
The B. & 0. 2. r. to be Sold.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-Judges Morris
aud Golf, of the United States Circuit
Court. to-day issued decree, ordering
the sale of the Baltimore & On!o Rail
road. The sale is to be at public auc-
ton and will take place within sixty
days at Camden station. this city. Ne
bid less than 100000 will be con
sidered. Suit was recently brought by
the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Com
pany of Baltimore, trustee OF the con
solidated mortgage, because of the rail
roads default ofinterest, and the courts
decree is the result Of the suit. Its ru-
mored that James Hill, president Of
The NorthW, Stern Railroad, will make
a determined effort 10 secure the prop
artV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

SENATOR BUTLER of North Carolina
was unquestionably wrong when he
united with the republicans in his
State; but every man looks cut for him
self. and there was no other conceiv-
able way by which he could have been
elected to the Z. S. Senate. But he
was evidently right wheu,in his speech
yesterday, he said the Confederate
were not traitors or rebels, did not want
war, and only took up arms to repel
invasion and in defense of their copsti'
tutional rights and of their States and
fresides.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
Fonnd Dead in 4 Trunk.

PENN yam, n. Y, jan. 27.-The
dead body of Miss H. NJ. T. Ayers, 6
woman prominent in social and bust
ness circles here, was found in trunk
at her home OIL Liberty street, last
night. Miss Ayers had taken her meal.
at a hotel for years, but yesterday no
ore saw her come out Of her home
The police investigated and found the
dead body in the attic. She was 10
night attire, in STOPPING positior.
Under her face was found an eight
ounce bottle filed with chloroform.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

NORTHERN REPUBLICAN congress
men have grown tired of contested
election cases from the South, and that
Northern republicans, out as well as N
Copgress,are becoming tired OF those #
the South is proved by the attempt
they are now making to restrict their
representation in national republican
conventions, so that they may not be
bought in the future,as they have been
in the past, to devide upon the nomi'
nees of those conventions. They
evidently have realized the truth Of
Mr.. John Wise's famous remark about
Southern republicans.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
The Kaiser,s Birthday.

BERLIN, Jan. 27.-To-day is En-.
peror Williams fortieth birthday. Gov.
eminent buildings and many houses are
decorated with bunting and flags ana
preparations have been made for 81
illumination tonight. The Kalser's
brother-in-law, Prince Adolf, of Schsum-
burg.Lippe, is the guest of honor a
the palace. 1t is rumored that Prince
Adolf will be selected to succeed Prince
Hohenlobe as chancellor when the lat
ter retires.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
GENERAL GOMEZ wants forty million

GENERAL GOMEZ wants forty million
for his negro and scalwag marauders,
but the administration only wants to
give them three million. But why
even the latter sum should be given TO
them no reasonable man can tell. The
people of this country went to the ex-
pense of hundreds OF millions of dollars
and of thousands of American lives,
nominally at least, to assist them 10 oo
tanning their independence, and having
obtained that "boon" for them how the
patriots can ask their "beuefactors'
for money, is past finding out, to al
except those who know them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

The Merrimac, for which the gov
eminent paid three times her value,
and which was sunk to obstruct tie
harbor of Santiago, which sue didn't DO,
is to be raised, but the Maine, whose
sinking was availed OF by the jipgoes as
the means OF bringing on the Spanish
war, will not be raised, because TO do so
would show how she was sunk, and
that might put some people in very
uncomfortable position.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
The Markets.

CHICAGO Jan. 27.-The market closed q.
follows: Wheat-Msy 1895 Corn-July
=: May 1856. Oats-July =; May 2Sasa
2Sa.. Pork-May $40 62aS10 50. Lard
May So 92a5 81.
BALTIMORE, Jan 27.-Flour frmer
western super 81 4oa2 10 Wheat unset
tied and higher spot and month S0l2aS0a;
Feb S04aS07s. Corn easier; spot and month
403.a40Ts. Oats firm; No , white 35a
3512; No mixed 321aa33.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

THERE Is a wise Judge in Kansas
CITY. He decided yesterday that if
stock exchanges were not illegal,
neither were bucket shops. Nobody,
except legislators, national, as well
as State, has ever been able to see
the difference in point of morals be-
tween betting and specializing or 6e-
tween risking money in bucket stop
and in a mere pretentious exchange.
But now, as ever, circumstances alter
casaa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
ear. White colored. Total. reata Rate.


This table shows that We have an sya-...
of fourteen deaths in Alexandra fron ~.
phoid fever annually, and as the dean re
among typhoid fever patients S shou I2fe-
cent, this means that, on an average IA
have about 116 cases of that disease "a .ov4
every year.
Our city having population of ab.a. Isl.
900, these figures show conc usiyely. la.-. o7
a basis of 100000 population, cur avr5s
death rate By typhoid fever Il within .r...
ton of 81 per 100000 population. Ir Tie
year of 1897 it was 10 and his fs.c
letter by DR.. Osler. of Baltimore in po..a.-
sion Of your committee, he consider. -l
shocking. The average death rate II
phoid fever in Washington, D c. Is -pr.-
100000 inhabitants, and Suyeru..- or
Mcfarland of the District Wate ID e-.
ment, in an interview recently plb.i.tei..a
the Post says that such condition f.
shame that Washington, III this respec. his
one of the worst records OF airy city ~ tie
cou try, and that this condition coud r.-.r
be remedied by proper fltrs;-on O. IL a-
Ter, and, al N eting of the Boa-d OF -..e
he'd in Washington IeceDty D. Jo.l.og
Chairman CT the Committee OIL Public II .e.
strongly advocated proper sand f.tr.acl.
Mr.. John w. Hill, member OF the Anl.-.r.g
Wafer Works Association, 3 1ecosn .z.l 40.
thorit, on water supplies, in hi book
publication o: water, published the tJ..oa.rz
tvDhoid fever death rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
Shot by q Burglar.

New YORK, Jan. 27.-Eariy this
morning Policeman Newton, a veteran
OF the force, was SHOT down aud mort
ally wounded by third rate Italian
burglar named Louis Champ, who wa
surprised while trying to break iuto a
cheap saloon on Baxter street, neat
Park Row. He fed and Newton tried
10 intercept him. Then the fatal shot
was fired. Champ fell over his victim
aud was easily captured by pursuing
officers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

THAT THE scarcity of money in gen.
eral circulation prevails even in the
city of New York, though the vaults Of
the banks there are crowded with it, is
made plain by the fact that at an art
sale there yesterday, articles really vsl-
liable were sold for comparatively moth
ing. The expansionists say every thing
is prosperous and money plentiful, but
the people have SO little OF it that they
are holding on to what they nave, in
order to pay taxes and buy necessaries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

THIS country is being rapidly de.
nuded of its timber, but, for all that,
the American members OF the Canadian
commission will not permit reciprocity
with Canada, SO as to increase the ex-
ports of this country, by refusing TO sd
nit free Canadian lumber.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

Why SAMPSON WAS CEosBN.-Iu
reference to the Senate resolution call
ing for the papers in the case of the
nominations of Admirals Sampson and
Schley, it was said yesterday that every
one knows who was close to the Navy
Department during the early days pre-
ceding the war the reasons that led to
the selection of Admiral Sampson over
all other officers. II is claimed by the Of
fcials now that the sound judgment
shown then was later emphasized by
the perfect control which Sampson ex
ercised over the entire fleet. Colonel
Roosevelt. then Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, was largely instrumental in
having Sampson selected, although
Secretary Long had been urged by the
board OF bureau chiefs and the war
board that Sampson was the man for
the place. Neither the name of Schley
nor of any other commodore or rear-ad-
miral was considered. At that time it
was believed war was inevitable and a
thoroughly equipped officer was re-
qu;red at the head of the home feet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 27.-The
ninth joint senatorial ballot to-day re
suited as follows: Quay, rs; jerks, 30;
Dalzell, Is, and scattering %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27
gIHGINih NEWS.

The Newport News and Old Point
Railway and Electric Company has te.
gun Injunction proceedings against the
city of Newport News to prevent inter
ference with certain franchises.
A colored man yesterday began draw
ing water on the farm of Columbus
Bartlett, near Suffolk, and ended by ex
tracing the body of a dead infant,
which had been there for an indefinite
period. The child had been murdered.
The City Council of Fredericksburg
has ordered an election for Tuesday,
February IS, for taking the sense of the
qualified voters as to whether the coun-
Gil shall erect and the city own 81 cleo
trio light plant for lighting the city.
The people are greatly interested in the
subject.
In Norfolk yesterday cotton reached
6 cents for midding grades. This is au
Increase Of more than % per cent. over
the lowest price recorded in the United
States. Much OF the staple is held in
that city, and the advance consequent
IL has resulted 10 magnificent profits to
local dealers.
A committee of the Battlefelds Park
Association of Fredericksburg yester-
day called upon Secretary Alger in re-
gard to the bills pending in Congress
relating to the establishment OF the
park at that place, and requested de-
tail of army officers to visit and inspect
the fields. The secretary expressed
himself as inclined to grant the request
a desperate attempt at train-wreck-
ing was made Wednesday night about
a mile moth of Luray. Two heavy
steel rails were laid across the track, the
ends being held down by railroad ties
and other weights. The passenger train
passing there at o'clock last night had
not gotten under regular speed, and the
night being clear the obstruction was
seen in time to SOP the train.
The Common Council OF Richmond last
night adopted resolution providing for com.
pulsory vaccination and appropriated money
for smallpox hospital.
The report that Ex-Governor Holiday is
ill in Winchester is denied
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP
has saved the life OF many child.
This wonderful remedy alwsys cures
Group, whoopng cough and measles
cough. 1t has never failed. Price 25c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

Don't get scared when your hetH -,1
you. Most likely you suffer iroE M n.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure d!ses:s WI. -i,sr
II will cure every form OF dysiep=!s
Warfeld, j., corner King ana Si'. s'-'''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-27

Mr.. E. 4. Fackler, Editor of the Mcanopy,
(Fla.) Hustler, with his wife and children
suffered terribly from La Grippe. One Min
ute Cough Cure WAS the only remedy that
helped them. Il acted quickly. Thousands
of others use this remedy as specific for La
Grippe, and its exhausting after effects. NeE-
or fails. Edgar Warfeld, ir., corner King
and Pitt streets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

WE SELL real estate. That's ALL Tut
tie Bros. 149 Main: red ball signs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

Warren Foster will give a lecture at the
A .. U. w. hall, in the Gladstone build
ing, Sunday evening, on the Universal
brotherhood. His text will be Our
Father"