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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28
The Situation in South Africa.

London. Oct. 2S.-The Chronicle to.
day prints Capetown dispatch telling
OF rumors that there is dissension at
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. and
that movement is on foot to depose
President Steyn in favor of Frazer.
Capetown, Oct. 2S-AfIikanders are
endeavoring TO persuade Sir Alfred
Miner, the British high commissioner,
to issue proclamation restraining the
Basuto tribesmen from attacking the
Beers.
Further advices from Ladysmitb,
Natal, state that during General Yule's
retreat from Glencoe, the Beers ahelled
vacated position where the Britishers
mad left their waterproofs behind, rig.
ged up rudely to resemble men. The
Beers then wariy charged the water
proofs to find their bird had flown two
hours previously. 1t is reported that
Kim berley is suffering from a severe
plague of locusts. The British and the
Beers are but four miles apart.
Pretoria, Oct 2S.-President Kruger
states that several cases of dumdum
bullets were found at Dundee after the
British evacuation. The young Beers
were anxious to use them but were re-
strained from doing so.
Lornezo Marquee, Oct. rs dis
patch from johannesburg says that
English nurses have been evicted from
the hospital there, the Beers insisting
that English women were unfit to nurse
! Dutchmen.
Capetown, Oct. 2S.-The Beers are
reported to have evacuated Klipdam
uorth of Kimberley and have appar,
emily gone to reinforce the forces at
lacking Msfeking.
Ladysmith. Natal, Oct. 2S "A strong
force of artillery, mounted infantry and
cavalry were sent out by Gen White
today to meet the advancing Beers or
the He)pmskaar road. They soon came
in touch with the enemy and an artille.
ry duel began. The fighting is going
on three miles beyond Mcdderspruit
Details are lacking. Refugees arriving
here from the north state that the BoerS
upon occupying Dundee shot down
twenty members OF the town guard in
| cold blood.
London, Oct. 2S.-A battleis believe d
j to be impending near Ladysmith
Skirmishipg is going on between the
Beers and the British patrols north
and west of the town. A belated dis.
patch from Ladysmith says the Beers
al Dundee shot down civilians without
provocation.
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PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

In Huntington, W. Va, yesterday,
in the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
the synodical report on Sunday-schools
was read. II shows that there are 495
schools in the boundary, with an en-.
rollment of almost 5000 teachers and
81, 900 scholars. OF this number 500
nave heen received into the church and
SIG 200 contributed for various pur-
poses.
The report OF education for the Cos.
pei ministry was presented. 1t shows
that 80 young men were aided in their
efforts to equip themselves for their
llfe's work in the past year. The
synod has given almost $4,000 to this
cause
S. w. Summerville, Of the Assembly
Home and School at Fredericksburg,
Va, presented that cause to the synod,
showing the great importance of the
work done.
By unanimous vote the synod
then agreed to meet next year In the
First Presbyterian Church, Newport
News, Va. The overture from the
Norfolk Presbytery asking the synod
to establish an orphuna9e for Presby-
terian children within the bounds of the
synod was referred to committee
which will report ct the next meeting.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
synod held memorial services 10 men,
Dry of deceased ministers. The exer.
cises consisted of devotional services
and reading of memorials. The me.
mortal of Rev DIR. Moses D. Hoge was
read by Governor Tyler, of Virginia.
Rev. ]. P. Smith read the memorial of
Rev. DR., G. D. Armstrong. Other me.
MORALS presented were those of Rev.
w. S. Lacy, D. d., late of Norfolk;
Rev. W. q. Murkland, d. D., late of
Baltimore, and Rev. w. H. Matthews,
late of Chatham.
Rev. DIR. R ?. Kerr. of Richmond,
was elected a member of the board of
trustees of Uniop Theological Semi.
nary, vice Rev. W. S. Lacy, deceased.
Rev. DR.. w. w. Moore, moderator,
preached the closing sermon of the
synod yesterday evening.
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a granddaughter of Chief Spotted Tai
and grandniece of Chief Red Cloud.
From Manila.

Manila, Oct. 2S.-It is said here that
q clash between Aguinaldo and friends
of the late General Luna is imminent.
The latter, it is averred, are willing to
submit to American rule, provided the
friars are permanently expelled from
the islands. Their property they would
have confscated and distributed by the
Americans among the Filipinos, who
lay down arms.
Manila, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Lawton, the
wife of the General, has undertaken
with the wives of American army off
GERS, to give charity ball here. The
proceeds are to be used to alleviate the
condition of wounded and sick Ameri
can and Filipino soldiers. Mrs. Lawtor
has been elected President OF Wo
mans Hospital Aid Society, composed
mainly of officers wives.
Hong Kong, Oct. 20.-Copies Of Filipino
newspaper -eived here say that Aguinaldo'
government is soon to be recognized BY Ger
many
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
A body of British soldiers, comman

a BODY OF Brltlen soldlers, command
ed by Majors Scott-Turner and Murray
made q sortie at Kimberley, Cape Colo
ny, aud, it is said, Inflicted severe loss
on the Beers. The concluding part o.
the fight took place 10 sight of Kimber
icy and was witnessed by several thou.
sand spectators. The British lost 4
killed and IL wounded.
Colonel Plumer'5 men, in northern
Rhodesia, have had several additional
skirmishes with the Beers.
Ia their retreat from Dundee, Natal,
General Yule's men bore great hard
snip. many of them being in the saddle
continuously for 36 hours. Reinforce
ments for General White at Ladysmith
are still being hurried forward
A committee of the Netherlands Par
liament's Second Chamber yesterday
voted to urge the government to offer
mediation between Britain and the
Transvaal. The Belgian press is almost
unanimously against Britain's course,
but the government at Brussels remains
officially friendly. 1t is stated in Paris
that France aud Russia have no desire
or intention TO Intervene.
10 a Parliamentary bye-election in
the Bow aad Brombley Division of Tow
er Hamlets, London, where the war
was the issue, the government was sus-
tanned by sweeping victory.
The war appropriation bill was final
ly passed by Parliament, which was
yesterday prorogued until January 10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28

THAT it is the iDjurer, and not toe
Injured, who bears malice, is in accord
ance with human nature, for the tor
mer always imagines that his victim
either knows or suspects him and
therefore naturally hates him, and 1t ls
lust as true that hate beGets hate "a
that love beeets love. Mr.. John Wise
having done his best to ipiure and de-
feat the present generation of his na-
tive State, still nurses his wrath against
them, aud has recently written a book
in which he tries to deprive them OF
the respect they have for their fathers,
who held slaves, and who, as the patri-
archs and the apostles did, taught serv-
ants to obey their masters, and VINO
thought that slavery was conducive to
she health, longevity, prosperity and hap
piness of the negroes. But it will take
more than the words Of Mr.. Wise to
make Virginian cease to respect the
memory of his father because he was
slave owner and bore the white mans
burden, and did not cast it of, as the
people of the North did.
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NEWS Of TIE DAY.

The Colombian revolution is said to
be confined to the departments of Boil
yer aud Ssntander.
Robert Fitzsimmons reached Chicago
yesterday for his fight with Geotfry
Thorne at Tattersall's tonight.
The court of inquiry held in Quebec
in the Scotsman disaster holds Captain
Skrimshire Responsible, and has sus-
pended him for hiDe months.
The foreign diplomates at Caracas,
Venezuela, have decided not 10 reorgan.
ize the Castro government until orders
have been received from their govern.
ments.
Army chaplaips assigned 10 duty in
the Philippines are bringing pres
sure to bear on the War Department
with he view of having their orders
revoked.
Before the West Eud Athletic Club,
! of St. Louis, last night, the middle
weight boxer, "Kid" Mccoy, de. cate d
Billy" Stiff, OF Chicago, in thirteen
rounds.
Capt. Ernest Andree, Of Sweien, in q
letter to E B. Baldwin, Uni.ed States
| weather observer ct MoiiIe, Ala, says
that he is confident his brother, the
polar seronsu', will'c;uTn.
Rear Admiral SchIey, who has been
assigned 10 the command of the South
Atlantic station, has asked that five
more ships be added 10 his squadron,
| including the battleship Texas.
The cabin meeting yesterday last
ed much longer than usual and vas de.
voted to discussion of military and
naval plans for the Philippines and the
treaty with the Sultan of Sulu.
| Rev DR.. Donald c. Mcleod of Mead
vile, Pa, has been called to the pastor.
ate of the First Presbyterian Church
Washington as successor to Rev. DR.. L
Dewitt Talmage, who resigned.
NJ. Ruperto Santiago, rich
Bisayan, who had taken the OATH
of allegiance to the United State;
has been arrested, charged with organ
izing a revoluntsry junta. Other Bisay
ans at Iloilo are being watched.
| 1t now appears that General Riui
Rivera was dismissed from the office o
civil governor Of the province of Ra
vana through Senior Capote, secretary
OF State in the advisory cabinet of Gov
error General Brooke, who says he wa;
an obstructionist.
Carl Schurz, of New York, ha
written letter to prominent German
citizens OF Cincinnati, in which be say
that imperialism will be the chief issu
of the next campaign. He says it i
more important TO defeat imperialism
than free coinage of silver
General Otis has refused to receiv
Filipino commissioners to discuss peac
conditions and the release of Spanisl
sick prisoners, stating that the Amerl
cans would gladly receive all Spanish
prisoners, no negotiations being neces
sary. General Lawton's forces continue
their advance north Of San Isdro.
William F. Ellis, who is said to be
we'll known young society man o
Washington and Baltimore, was com
United to the Tombs without bail IL
the Centre Street Court in New Yorl
yesterday, charged with completely il
q big triple forgery which cost the Firs
National Bank OF Washington, Pa, tn
sum of S45 900.
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SOUTH AFRICA.

A dispatch from Paris says The
announcement is made on high diplo-
matte authority that the principal con.
tinentsl powers have minated that in
case the war in South Africa results ia.
vorably to Great Britain they will con-
slider that they have the right to a
voice in the ensuing peace settlement,
inasmuch as they have important COM
mercial and financial interests in the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State,
in which many subjects of each power
reside. There exists perfect accord
among the principal continental powers
including Germany, on this point, and
the purpose exists TO demand compen-
sations in case Great Britain should eX-
tend her dominion in South Africa. As
result of conferences between Foreign
Minister Delcasse and the representa-
twas of Russia, Spain and the United
States, it has been practically decided
that France, Russia and Spain shall re-
quest President Mckinley to tender his
good offices in mediation between Great
Britain and the South African republics.
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1,ELE6RApHIG BREYITltS.

John c. Ropes, scholar, historian and
lawyer, died at bis home in Boston this
morning. He had been suffering from
the effects of paraly'ic stroke. He
was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in
1886, while his parents were visiting
there.
Early this morning three brskemen
were standing between cars to uncouple
them at Jersey City when the engineer
on the locomotive in front misresd 81
signal and backed down on them. The
victims, who were fatally injured, pre-
sented horrible sight when dragged
from under the cars.
General Manager S. B. Cooke, of the
democratic ways and means committee,
is to assume formal charge of the party's
press bureau in Chicago on Monday, for
the dissemination of articles bearing
upon pending issues that aye to be pre-.
pared by the most prominent men in
the party. His staff of writers will in
clu3e ". ]. Bryan, Senator Jones. ex-
Governor Stone, of Missouri; George F.
Williams, of Massachusetts, and Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina.
A dispatch from New York says that Miss
Della Fox, the we'll known american actress
was still alive this morning and bad slightly
improved during the night. She is suffering
from blood poisonr Z, and is delirious. Her
physicians. after consultation last night pro.
uounced her case hopless Her condition
took q turn this noon which her physician
fears is for the worst. He said he had given
UP hoTes that the little actrtsss life could be
saved, although she might live & day or two
longer She is so weak she cannot speak.
The Erie mail train on the Northern Gen.
trail railroad. which was due at Harrisburg,
Pa, at 80 O'Clock this morning, was wreck.
ed at Sunbury, by running into q misplaced
switch. and dasEing into a string of loaded
cars The engineer and fireman jumped
from the engine just as the collision occurred.
The fireman escaped injury, but the engineer
was severely hurt about the head.
Governor Lowndes. of Maryland, has sign.
cd the desth warrant of Samuel Johnson,
cor victed of committing crimins assault
upon Annie Kerfoot, of Washington county
and sentenced to death. December s is fixed
as the cay of execution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28
ADuLrERArED FooD.-At the recent

ADULTERATED FooD.-At the recent
meeting in Richmond Of the State Medi.
csl Association DR.. ]. M. Whitfield, OF
Richmond, who is sn analytical chemist,
spoke on food authorizations. He read
circulars sent out by food adulterators,
especially of coffee. Some of it is used
10 Richmond, he said, and asserted that
there are great many boarding houses
10 Richmond where chicory and coffee
are mixed under pretense of improving
the flavor of the coffee. Pyrites is man
ufactured in Virginia, said DR.. Whit
field, and it is used for no other pur-
pose in the world than as an adulterant.
1t goes into flour, candy and in great
many other things. Sugar is adultera-
ted with sand and rice. A great deal
of the sugar or the market is made out
of cotton rags aud chips. Aniline is
often used in candy. "Vanilla" ex-
tract, the speaker continued, is made
in factories where there has never been
a vanilla bean. Lard is adulterated by
whitewash. The less is said about the
butter the better. Mustards are sold
which have no mustard in them. Log
wood, cochineai and sugar are used in
a great many wines. Baking powd ers
have very fair proportion of alum,
some are all of alum. No action was
taken on DR.. Whitield's paper.
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Rattlesnakes on Guard.

Columbia, S. G., Oct. 2S.-Jesse A.
Pinson is postmaster at Thicketty,
Cherokee county, S. G, where he also
conducts large country store. Pinson
has been attending United 5 ntes
Court in Greenville as witness against
a man who three months ago robbed
the post Office, and gays this is the last
robbery be will suffer from. Imme
diately after his post Office was raided
he devised means OF protection. He
advertised for large box of the ugliest
looking reptiles to be bad, and he got
them. During the day the snakes are
on exhibition in a glass.covered box.
At night Pinson tethers them
out in his store with stout Irvine,
ito catch rats" While they keep
the rats thipued out, they also
insure inhabitants taking the OPP
posite side of the road. He is never
awakened at night with request to
deliver some belated citizen bis mail or
to sell dimes worth Of cheese. When
the store is closed it remains closed un-
til daylight. Mr.. Pinson says he will
nevor be disturbed by native; and if
strangers passing through take fancy
to his place of business they are wal
come to break in, amp the county will
pay for the coffins.
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ottmar Mergenthaler Dead.

Baltimore, Oct. 2S.-Ottmar Mergen-
thaler, inventor of the linotype machine,
died at his home here at nine o'clock
this morning. He had been suffering
from pulmonary trouble for long
time, and was confined to his bed
several weeks. Mr.. Mergenthaler was
born in Wurtemberg, May 1854. He
came to this country in 1872 to escape
army CONSUMPTION. He landed in
Baltimore with $50 He went to Wash
ington and secured employment in
Hahls machine shop and while their
conceived the idea of the linotype
machine. He began work on the
machine in 1876. Before the machine
was actually completed, syndicate
bought it for $1,000 In 1881 Mr..
Mergenthaler married Hiss Emma
Lachenmayer. Five children. four OF
whom are living, we're born to them.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Fannie D. Coiner, wife OF the
late David Coiner, of Flshersville. died
at the home of her brother, Mr.. w. b.
Cline, near Culpeper, yesterday, in the
seventy. third year of her age.
Mrs. John Sweeney, wife of promi-
nent farmer living near Woodstock,
died suddenly Thursday night. She
was with party at the river fishing,
and when she returned home fell dead.
The President yesterday promised to
make short stop in Fredericksburg on
his way to Richmond next Tuesday,
and will almost certainly visit Fred
ericksburg next spring when the Army
of the Potomac meets in that city.
Mr.. Lloyd Tayloe, Of Washington,
aud Miss Fred sricka Murphy, daugh-
ter of the late Capt. John N. Murphy,
of Westmoreland county, were married
Wednesday night at Nomini Episcopal
Church, in the same county, Rev. a. 4
Walker officiating.
A petition was filled in the
clerks Office of the United States
District Court in Richmond yes
t, rday, praying that the South
ern Ferliiz.r Company, of Man
chester, be sdjuged bankrupt. Th4
petition alleges that DC October 3, 1879
the Southern Fertilizer Works con
veyed all oil its property, TO the Co.
operative Investment Company to
whom it was at that time indebted, tor
the purpose of preferrlng them over
other creditors.
The marriage of Miss Edith Allen tc
Mr.. Hugh Mccormick, of Berryyille
| has been announced to take place on
| November 2 at the beautiful old coun-
try place of the Aliens, in Clarke
county. The bride-elect is sister o.
Mrs. Henry Norris, of Berryville, and
through her mother, a member OF the
Tilghman and other we'll known Mary
land families. The groom elect is the
eldest son of Mr. Marshall Mccormick
who is spoken of as prospective gov
ernor of Virginia on the democratic
ticket.
Revenue Officers Eddins, Hans
brough and Bolyn have just returned
to Culpeper from trip through Med
son county. They seized the still Of ]
S. Vowel, of Criglersville, coDfscated
all the apple brandy he bad in hi
wareroom, and in search of the prem
ises found several packages of illici
brandy. They also entered the prem
Uses of j. B. Nicholson, near Nethers
and found there two packages of thu
queer, which were also confscated
The officers secured teams, and loading
up the still and brandy, took them t.
Culpeper for safekeeping.
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ADVERTISER
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News.

Hurst Park, Eng, Oct. 2S.-At the
opening of the Hurst PARK meeting
here today the Stewards Nursery
handicap of $50 sovereigns was won
by Sloan on Sweet Balsam.
Molesey, Eng, Oct. 2S.-At TIE rae
ing here today the Autumn handicap
of 500 sovereigos, was Won by j. Refill,
Oh Lord Dllesmere's Ultimatum
Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 2S.-The
international court of arbitration has
awarded an English firm 100000
francs in suit against the government
of Columbia. for repudiatiDg railroad
construction contract. The firm claim
ed 16 600, 600 francs.
Glasgow, Oct. 2S-Lord Roseberry
has been elec:ed 10 the rectorship OF
the Glasgow University, defeating Lord
Kelvin, the distinguished scientist, by a
vote of 500 to SIS.
Southampton, Oct. 2S.-Ex.President
Harrison sailed for New York today on
the ST Paul. Other notables sailing on
the same steamer we're: Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett and Congressman
Lewis, of Seattle.
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Santa Rosa Captured.

Manila, Oct. 2S.-General Young
captured Santa Rosa today after brisk
fight with the rebels. The enemy YVES
entrenched on the northern side of the
Tnhoa.in river, just below Santa Rosa.
The Americans opened fire on them
forcing them back from their positions
and then crossed the river with great
difficulty on account of the streams
swollen condition. The insurgents
scattered before the American advance
on the town. Genera Young command
ing General Lawton's advance, left San
Isidro yesterday for Cabanatuan. His
progress has been difficult owing TO
numerous streams and marshy country.
Santa Rosa is half way between San
Isidro ard Canabatuan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28

MANY people would deem it only an
act of retributive justice if ex-Secretary
Sherman's open opposition to Mr..
Hanna should succeed. There is ne
doubt of the fact that Mr.. Hanna and
Mr.. Mckinley played q mean trick up
on old Mr.. Sherman when they induced
him to give up his seat in the q. S
Senate, in order to let MIR. Hanna have
it, and then forced him out of the Cab.
met; and if the election in Ohio shall
go against the tricksters it would really
seem case of swift retribution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28

WISE republicans in Southern States
or States some of whose people call
themselves Southern, never invite
Northern members OF their party to
take part in their political campaigns,
as they know their cause will ne harm
ed, rather than helped by such assis'
lance. But the leaders of the republi
can party in Maryland are not wise,and
therefore it is not surprising that they
have employed Mr.. Roosevelt, the re
publican Governor of New York, to
come to that State and make Northern
republican speeches in favor OF their
State ticket; and he has already and
naturally induced many of the boiling
democrats to go back to their old party
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-28
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERAcY.

The most interesting feature of the
meeting in Richmond next month Of
The Daughters of the Confederacy will
be the unwilling of memorials to Miss
Winnie Davis, her father and other
members of that family. There will be
three monuments and two memorial
tablets unveiled. The two chief me-
MORALS will be the beautiful monument
to Miss Winnie Davis, 1.-THE Daughter of
the Confederacy," designed by zolnay
and erected by the Daughters of the
Confederacy throughout the South,
aided by friends in New York. The
tablet which is to be placed in St.Pauls
Church to Miss Winnieia tribute from
friends in New York. By the side of
this tablet, on the east wall, will be
another tablet to the memory of the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson
Davis. The monuments, in addition to
that to Miss Davis, will be marble ones
to President Davis and his son, little
Jefferson Davis. jr., who was accident.
ally killed in Richmond, which will be
placed at the head of the graves in
Hollywood.
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A DISPATCH from Manila says the
Americans there are organizing regi-
meut to 60 to- the assistance of the
English, who are trying to subjugate
the Beers in South Africa This
strengthens the idea that the war in
the Philippines is kept up for political
reasons, as if there were real need for
fighting in those islands. the Americans
there would certainly have all of it
they might want, and Tor their own
country, too, without seeking danger in
fighting for other countries. But war
that costs million dollars day affords
an immense power to the administra-
tion that has the distribution of all
that money.