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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23

DEATH OF CAPTAIN FRAYsER.-CApt.
Richard E. Frayser died in Richmond
at an early hour yesterday morning.
He was Gen. ]. E. B. Stuart's staff
signal officer, with rank of captain. In
May, 1864, when General Grant COM
menced his flank movement on General
Lee to reach Richmond, the captain was
captured aud held as a prisoner for
nine months. Captain Frayser was ex-
changed under the cartel arraigned be-
tween the federal and confederate
governments for the exchange of the
sick and disabled, in Charleston harbor
in December, 1864. He was with the
army on the retreat. and at the sur
render at Appomattox. Returning to
Richmond. he embarked in newspaper
work on the Wing and other papers,
aud was once superintendent of public
printing. In 1882 he established the
Richmond Mercantile and Msnufactur-
ing Journal. Captain Frayser wss also
a member of the Richmond ber. Dur
ing the presidential campaign of 1896
Captain Frsyser was an earnest sup.
porter of Bryan, and won the sobriquet
"Silver Dick" of which he was very
proud.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Rev. q. a. Zones has resigned the
psstorate OF Shiloh Baptist Church. 10
King George county.
Capt. ] w. Richardson, of North
ampton county. was thrown from mis-
carriage yesterday and instantly killed.
Rev. Norman Luck, q native of
Prince William county, has been ex-
tended unanimous call to the pastor
ate of Oakland Baptist Church. in King
George county.
1t is proposed to erect at Berryville a
monument to the memory of all SOL
diers who belonged to commands from
Clarke county or in other commands
and who lost their lives during the war
between the States.
There is reason for believing that
Mrs. Thomas P. wager, Of Rocking
ham, who went to Richmond ten days
ago for medical treatment and who
mysteriously disappeared the day OF
her arrival, was drowned in the reser-
voir lake.
Col. Napoleon B. French, for many
years a prominent citizen of Mercer
county, w. Va, died at bis home. at
Princeton, last week, aged SO years.
During the civil war he commanded
the Slxtieth Virginia Infantry in che
Confederate army.
Lower Chatham" the home OF Mr..
John A. White, on the Stafford side OF
the Rappahannock river, just opposite
Fredericksburg, has been sold to Mr..
Fleming G. Bailey, of Griffin, Ca, who,
with his family, will move there in the
spring and occupy it.
The Evening Journal property at
Newport News was sold yesterday un'
der deed of trust for $3.50, less than q
third of the indebtedness. 1t was
bought in by w, C. Stuart, represent
lug the trustees. The paper suspend
ed publication two weeks ago.
The stables of the Rockingham Ex-
change Company were burned at Hsr-
risonburg yesterday afternoon. The
loss is heavy. The stable is the tenth
one destroyed by daylight incendiaries
in two months thereabouts, without q
clew to their identity being found.
Mr.. Thomas B. Finks, of Culpeper
county, died at the home of his father,
Horace B. Finks, near Jeffersonton,
Thursday night, after short illness.
he was 46 years old. Mr.. Finks was
formerly manager of Hotel Gleason,
c Charlottesville, but more recently mar
aged the Waverly Hotel, at Culpeper.
Governor Tyler will To-Day grail
pardons to several coDvicts in the pen :
lentiary. All except one are from
southwest Virginia. One of those who
will be pardoned is Mrs, Sarah Deckert,
of Wise county, who killed her husband
10 1897. Another is Cuarles E. Cox,
of Missouri, who in 1896 killed map
named Roberts in Grayson county.
Another is Marshal Owens, of Wash
ington county, who in 1897 killed John
Dodson. The Governor will also par
don Walter Keen, sent from Buchanan
for murder in the second degree, end
John Carter, oolored butcher,
of Petersburg, who assaulted John
Tboman, of Baltimore, and was sent to
the State prison for one year.
1t is possible that the governor will al
80 pardon William Farmer, of Wise
county, who is serving an eighteen-year
term for the murder of friend over o
game of cards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23

RACE RIOT APPREHENDED.-A5 q
sequel to the killing of Phil Williams, q
negro burglar, in Rockets, near New
port News, early yesterday morning,
there was a race riot in that locality
later in the day which resulted in the
shooting of two more negroes, one of
them seriously. Everybody in Rock
etts last night was excited. The police
are keeping close watch and specials
have been sworn in. But for the
prompt response of the police yesterday
there would have been more bloodshed,
as an angry mob of ], 1000 groes made
persistent efforts to get hold OF the man
who did the shooting. There have
been a number of burglaiies in Rock
etts recently and some of the merchants
obtained police authority for their own
protection. Every night this week
some of them have been robbed, and at
one place the thefts had been repeated
night after night. Thursday night
three men armed with guns sat up in
store to keep watch, and about l o'clock
yesterday morning they spied a negro
making his way through window.
When the man got inside they fred
eleven shots, two taking effect and caus-
ing death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
No Right to Ucliness.

The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one Sho would be attrac,
tive must keep her health. If she is
weak, sickly and all run down she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her i'm.
pure blood will cause pimples, blotches,
skin eruptious and a wretched com
plexion. Electric Bitters ia the best
medicine 10 the world to regulate stom-
acb, liver and kidneys and purify the
blood. 1t gives strong nerves, bright
eyes, smooth, velyety skin, rich COM
plexion. It will make good looking,
charming woman of run down invs-
lid. Only so cents at E. S. Leadheater
& Sons, Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
The Jubilee Year.

Rome, Dec. 23.-All Rome is prepar-
ing for the Impressive ceremony to-
morrow when the Pope lnaugnrates
the holy year Of jubilee by opening the
Porto Santa of st. Peters which has
been sealed up since the last jubilee year
in 1926. The basilica will be filed to
OVERLOOKING and among the copgrega-
ton which will assist at the solemn
event will be large number OF Italian
and foreign notsbles as we'll as ther rep
resentatiyes and diplomatic corps OF
the various powers. These will occu-
by special tributes on either side OF the
pontificsl throne. The scene will be
one OF the most impressive of the ceE-
fury and the event will have an added
Significance in being the last great ce :
emonial in Pope Leo's life.
DR.. Lapponi is e1postulating with his
holiness against the danger OF his e4-
posing himself to performing the cere.
mony tomorrow. The Pope. however,
is determined and told his physician te :
day II will personally open the jubi-
lee if l die afterwards. Icannot fore
| 90 the consolation CT opening the treas :
| ure 8 OF grace TO the faithful during N!
| pvntifcate. The Pope today is fairly
we'll. His physician has insisted Oh
his remaioiug very quiet.
The opening OF the Porata Santo OF
81. Peters means that the holy year has
| commenced and that the indulgeDces
granted 10 the visitors az the basilca
are available. The Pope will open the
door in person, proceeding TO it alon.
from his sedan chair. He will then as
cend a throne p: epared in front of the
! walled door. Descending from this the
| Pope will walk TO the door and strike
it three times With gold hammer i'll
| The name OF the Father, Son and the
Holy Spirit.
He will then return to the throne
| and the door will be demolished. The
Pope will then intone the re Deum anG
| all the bells of Rome will announce the
opening of the jubilee. The Pope will
hen enter the Dasillca and proceeding
20 the sacrament altar and the higt
,lter will kneel during the singing OF
vespers by the choir. Woetber th,
Pope will remain longer iu church will
depend largely on his health and tht
mandate of his physician.
The papal court, the notability ard
foreign representatives will witness tb'
ceremony of opening the door from spe-
cial seats in the portico. They will pre-
| ceds the pontiff into the church in or.
der to avoid confusion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
The Disaster at Amalfi.

Rome, Dec. 23.-The work of rescu-
ing the injured and searching for the
dead 10 the avalanche disaster which
overlook Amal6, yesterday afternoon,
continued all last night. So far, two
bodies have been recovered and ten
persons, seriously injured, extricated
from the debris. II is believed the
number of fatalities will be great. The
avalanche came without a moments
warning. In short time the entire
population of tie town gathered hor-
ror-stricken on the heights to view the
results of the disaster. From fear of
more landslides, however, nothing was
done for several hours to relieve the
unfortunates buried in the ruins.
1t is now stated that comparatively
few were killed in the avalanche disas-
ter at Amali yesterday as the falling
boulders warned most of those threat
ened by the falling rock in lime to
make their escape. Two English
women, stopping at the tourist hotel,
were killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
Astor Gets His Revenge.

London, Dec. 23.-The Pail Mall
Gazette, w. w. Aslor's paper, is the
only Eoglisa newspaper which does
not mention the death of the Duke OF
Westminster. This omission excites
widespread comment because OF the re-
lations between Aston and the duke
with reference to the purchase of Give
den, one OF Weslminster's estates on
the Thames, by MIR. Aston few years
ago. 1t seems that ClivedeD, which the
Duke sold for S5,0O0,000, was sold
as it stood, including the Sutherland
family relics. This caused row
between the Sutherland and West
ministers and to pacify the Sutber-
land family, the Duke of Westminster
requested Mr.. Astor as personal favor
to return some of the relics, including
the visitors book, which is full of dis
tinguished names. Astor refused to
grant the request and the duke then
told him what he thought OF him 10
language of extraordinary vigor. AZ
forwards the duke sought to boycou
Aston socially. Today, by ignoring the
dukes death. Mr.. Astor gets his re-
yenRe,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
DEATH OF DIR. JOHN BAKER.


DR.. John A. P. Baker, the principal
in one of Virginia's most sensational
murder trials, died at Abingdon Thurs
day evening OF softeniDg of the brain.
DR.. Baker was man of wealth, culture
and high standing, and. up to the time
that the crime of which he was accused
became known, was .leader in all re
iigious work, building chapel which
was called by his name. DR.. Baker
met at picnic the young and pretty
wife of Wyndham r. Gllmer, farmer,
and there sprung up between the two
an intimacy that grew more and more
pronounced. Baker became Gilmer'e
family physician and was almost con-
stantly with the woman, ueglecting his
own wife. This state of things con-
timed for some time, and then DR..
Bakers wife died suddenly. Her burial
was hasty, but no suspicion was
aroused. Tnat came later when o NUN
Der of letters from Mre. Gilmer to
Baker were found, showing that the
two had agreed on plan by which she
was to kill her husband and he his
wife, after which they would be mar
ried. The body OF Mrs. Baker was
disinterred aud an examination showed
traces CT arsenic in her stomach. Baker
was tried, the trial lasting three weeks,
Mrs. Gllmer, from the stand, telling
the whole story. Baker was condemn
to die, but the case was appealed to the
Circuit Court, and he was given new
trial on technicality, He was acquit-
ted. Stunned by all, with every door
shut against him, be lived alone, his
mind almost gone, uotil Geath came to
his relief.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
From South Africa.

Capetown, Dec. 1S.-General Gatacre
remains at Sterkstrom behind entrencb-
ments. He has been REINFORCED by one
regiment and is waiting for others.
Durham, Dec. pa dispatch from
Camp Chieveley definitely shows that
the Beers took away all the guns aban-
doned by Butler at the river bank in
the Tugels engagement. Late on the
afternoon of the Is b while the British
gunners we're lying in cover, party OF
Beers crossed the river and surrounded
the guns which had been dragged into
a hollow for safety. The Boer force
which largely outnumbered the British
told the latter that they must surrend-
or or be shot down. Nevertheless
number of the British escaped. The
Beers recrossed the river with their
prisoners and the guns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
Mine EXplosi on.

Brownsville, Pa, Dec. PA mine
explosion occurred at BrasnelI, foul
miles from Brownsville, Ps.. at
o'clock this morning. Forty eight mer
we're tomoed ard the tipple wrecked
Eleven men have been taken out
one of them, Albert Meese, is dead
Thirty five more men are still in the
wreck. A big force of rescuers ia al
work.
There is little hope for the 40 or sc
men in the mine. a thousand people
.re about the mouth of the mioe await
ing anxiously any news that may come
from below, and wives, fathers, moth
ers and children weeping for loved ones
make many pathetic scenes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
TERRIBLE DISASTERS.

A terrible disaster took place yester=
day afternoon at Amal6, the popular
tourist resort on the Gulf of Salerno,
Italy, About 3 o'clock an enormous
rock, upon which stood the Capuccini
Hotel. slid bodily into the sea with 3
deafening roar and without moments
warning, carrying with it the hotel, the
old Capuchin Monastery below, the
Hotel Santa Calerina, and several
villas. Many people were buried in
the debris, which crushed four vessels
to the bottom of the sea, destroying
their crews. The mass of earth which
slipped was about $4,000 cubic yards.
The population is in state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and begun res
cue work.
It is believed that the loss of life is
heavy, including number OF monks
ard the occupants of the hotel. Amal6
is small, but lively, town of 1000 in
hsbitaats, situated at the entrance of a
deep ravine, surrounded by imposing
mountains and rocks of the most pic
turesque forms. The Capuchin Mon
astery was founded in 1912 by Cardinal
Pietro Capuano, for the Clstercians,
but came into possession of the Capu-
chins in 1888. The building, which
stood in the hollow OF the great rock
that rose abruptly from the sea to
height of 230 feet, contained fine clois-
ters,
A dispatch from Brussels says up.
ward of forty school children we're
drowned yesterday in al ice accident at
Frelinghem, near the French frontier,
The children of the district had been
given a holiday with permission to play
on the frozen river Lys When rh-
merriment was at full height the ice
broke suddenly and the children disap.
peared. A few were rescued, half dead,
but the majority were drowned. Thir-
ty-six bodies have teen recovered, but
others are still missing. The catastro-
phe spread CONSERVATION through the
town, where nearly every family suffer-
ed loss.
Eight girls were burned to death aud
as many more fatally injured 10 fire
at St. Francis psrochial school, Quincy,
ILL.,, yesterday afternoon. -Four sisters,
Father Andrew, pastor of ST.. Francis
Church, music teacher and the janitor
were severely burned while trying to
rescue the children. The girls were re-
hearsing Christmas entertainment on
the stage of the school auditorium.
The dress of one of the girls caught fire
on gas jet. The flames spread to the
others aud the stage was soon mass oil
blazing dresses and shrieking, terror
stricken children. So rapidly did the
flames spread that less than half of the
children escaped injury. The flames
were quickly extingnished 80 far as the
danger 10 the building was concerned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
Burglars at Work.

Altoona, Pa. Dec. 23.-A gang of
burglars who have been operating in
this section of the State, last night en-
tered the railroad depot and postofice
at Hastings, and secured about $40,
when they we're scared away. At
Barnesboro the postoftice was entered
and S400 stolen The Catholic Church
end convent at LUretto were entered
and a gold watch and money stolen.
The convent at Cresson was also en-
tered but the robbers, three in number,
were discovered aud beat retreat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
TO-DAY'S TELEGRApHIC NEWS.
Died Toasting a Mothers Love.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Mi>s Mabel Pow
ell, % wears old, who lived with her
mother at 42O7 Drexel Boulevard, and
whose charms and talents had won 10
her the friendship of many members OF
the best Juseholds on the South Sld',
died suddenly from morphine poison
ing in the resort at AL Clark street at
2 o'clock yesterday morning. The drug
was taken with suicidal intent. II
did not take effect for some time and
in that interval the girl had devoted
herself to revelry, waiting for death,
but making no sign to her friends with
whom she had been passing the hours
in dancing and singing. Her last words
were toast, spoken in voice broken
with sobs which in an Instant followed
gay laughter. The toast was tribute
to the constancy of mothers love.
Five minutes later the girl was dead.
Miss Powell had been TO the Clark
street place once before. She went
there Thursday night with Mrs. c. h.
Wells, widow of 81 years, who ha'
been studying music 10 Chicago and
staying at tho Great Northern Hotel.
Mrs. Wells lives at hotel in Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati, and has relatives o.
prominence. Miss Powell had been ed
ucated in eastern schools and is said TO
have been unusually accomplished.
The news OF her death brought tie
keenest sorrow to her mother, who was
informed of the tragedy soon after it oe-
Cured, and it caused great surprise
among her acquaintances.
Mrs. Wells maintains that Misc
Powell did did not take any drug
while with her, and expresses the
opinion that death resulted from ma
ural causes. at the inquest verdict
of suicide by morphine poisoning Was
returned, According to Mrs. Wells
the girl took some powder while drink
ing with two men at the Auditorium
Annex. Mrs. Well said:
II told her not to do go, but she
laughed and coming over 10 me, whis
pered Its all right, took pbeuacetin.
II was oply bluff for the boys.'"
The women got into cab and visited
a number of dives, finally ending 10
revel at the resort where Miss Powell
died. One of the men who were with
he women at the Auditorium is a SOB
OF one OF the best-knoWn men in Chi
cago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
SATURDAY EVENING. DEC. %. 1899

"THERE ARE many things from which
7 might have derived good, by wnlcn
have not proited, dare say" salo
Scfooge's nephew, christmas among
tbe rest But am sure have ALWAYS
,nonsbt of Christmas time, when 1t mas
come around, apart from the yenera-
tom due to its sacred name and origin:
if anything belonging to it can be apart
from that. as a good time; a kind, fot-
giving. charitable, pleasant time; tne
ONLY time 1 know OF, in the long caien-
dar of the year, when men and women
seem by one consent to open tneir
shut no hearts freely, and to think OF
people below them as:f they really were
fellow passengers TO the grave, and not
another race of creatures bound on
other Journeys. And therefore, uncle,
though it has never put scrap OF goic
or silver in my pocket, believe 1t mas
done me good, and apill do me gooo;
and 1 say. God bless it,"
Nobody could say any truer or better
thing about Christmas, or do 60 more
appropriately or feelingly, if ne were
to devote whole day to an effort to DO
so. and. if for nothing else, Dickeos's
Christmas Carol will never be forgotten
as long as the art of printing be pre-
served and people can reed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
,. THE WAR IN AFRICA.

The Beers have at last surrounded
Gen. Lord Paul Methuen's army OF
about 10000 men at Modder river, Cape
Colony.
1t thus seems likely that there may
be another Ladysmith for the British to
deal with. This has been feared in
London.
A dispatch from General Methuen's
camp dated yesterday states that the
Boer trenches now connect the two
horns of the Modder, The British camp
lies midway between the horns, The
Beers have been firing shells into Me-
thusn's army several days.
Kimberley, ii is believed at Cape
town, is still supplied with food and
water. But the besiegiDg Beers, it is
said, are having difficulty in obtaining
food and this may force them to al :
sumo an aggressive policy and assault
the town,
The latest news from General Bull
ler's headquarters states that he has
shifted his main position south to the
town Of Cneveley, six miles from the
Boer camp at Colenso, Na:al, and had
sent part OF his troops to Frere, still
farther south. The censored dispatch
states that the sending of troops to
Frere was owing to scarcity of water"
at Cheveley and it adds that 1.-THE
Beers, too, had placed guns with the
object of harrassing General Buffers
mep." This shows unexpected ag-
gressiveness on the part of the Beers.
Interesting details of the Boer victory
at Colenso on Friday of last week are
just coming to light, The Boers, il is
now known, made dam in the Tugela
river, which raised the water so that
General Buffers attempted crossing
was rendered much more difficult.
The rush of men to volunteer con.
tinues in London. The offer of an Irish
contigent of lis hunting men has been
accepted.
Emperor William is strongly exert
ing his influence to change German
public opinion in favor of England.
French public opinion continues
strongly in sympathy with the Beers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
They Got the Water.

Capetown. Dec. pa message from
Modder River Camp says that party
of Beers out looking for missing wag-
ons last week came up on some British
troops whom they asked for water. The
latter promised it them if they would
say GOD save the Queen" The Beers
formed q group and shouted: "God
save the Queen, but damn Rhodes."
They got the wafer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-23
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