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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
TO-DAY's TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Enrelnn NEWS.

LONDON, Feb. la despatch from
Madrid says the forests OF OViedo, in
the northwestern part ofSpain, are on
fire. Villages have been destroyed, the
inhabitants fleeing for their lives, and
many herds Of cattle have persisted.
PARIS. Feb. 1l-Ap ettache of the
Chinese legation here shot his Chi
nese secretary this morning, and after
wards committed suicide.
VIENNA, Feb. lit is learned here
that England and Italy have accepted
invitations to the Cars peace confer
ence with reservations which will fur
her reduce the practical Importance OF
the disarmament proposal. 1t is pre-
dicted the conference will be a fizzle.
MADRID, Feb 11.-Premier Sagasta
after leaving the palace to-day declar,
ed that the Queen Regent would
sign the peace treaty before the
converting of the Cortes, this
being the prerogative of the
| Grown according to the constitution.
| Senior Segasta will consult the leaders of the
minority groups on the subject and hot be-
bates are expected when tie chambers meet.
Nothing has been received from Captain Cen
eral Rios, Spanish representative in the
Philippines, today. Fl Liberal says that a
! wise policy on the psrt of the Americans Is
| the thorough conquest Of the Philippines.
BERLIN, Feo. 1.-THE Reichstag to-day
discussed the matter of the commercial rela.
tions between Germany and the United
States, during which it was shown that
in 1897, as the result of the Ding
ley tariff Germany exported $4,000
! 900 less to the United States, while her i'm
portations increased $29,0O0,000. The
| United States, it was claimed drains Ger
many's gold and now that she has possession
! of Cuba the american importation CT Germs5
sugar will shrink further. Prince Herbert
Bismarck made a speech in which he said be
hoped that the friction would disappear and
that the bonds between the two countries
would become lighter for their mutual benefit
Herr Won Buelow responded Il can say"
said he that the attitude of the American
Cabinet and the German government is equal
~ satisfactory and no point of conflict or dis
agreement is likely to aris'. Nowhere have
Americas merits and progress in recent
years been better recognized than in Ger
mary" The chamber manifested its en-
dorsement of the foreign ministers speech By
frequent ouIbursts of applause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
MR.. DEARMOND FOR INCOME
TAX.

In the House OF Representatives yes
terday Mr.. DeArmond argued that if
the people we're to be made to bear ad-
ditional tax burdens an income tax
should be imposed. The time had
come, he declared, when the policy of
the government must be determined.
The people and the Congress should
not be- asked to go forward longer in
the dark. Why should not the bounds
and limits of our policy be fixed in con.
nection with the appropriation OF $780,
600, 900 in this bill? If we were to
keep the Philippine Islands we should
know it. Mr.. DeArmond declared
that all history proved when republics
turned toward imperialism it pas only
a question of time when the end came.
We were travelling a new road and all
our grand heritage was to be abandon.
ed. Much had been lost, he said,
when the treaty was ratified without
amendment, but if Congress expired
without acting and matters were al
lowed to drift on the die would be
cast. Our pride, our vanity would be
appealed to. There would be protests
against parting with the Philippines.
They were ours, it would be argued,
because we had paid for them; they
were ours, because we had shed u
blood for them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Revolutionary Symptoms

PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE anti-D rey fusites
declare that Dreyfus will never leave
the Isle du Diable ard that his cause il
utterly lost. Last night at the Nouyean
Theatre, where a napoleonic play is be.
ing presented. illusions to the Emperor
were cheered and the stage was de-.
luged with bouquets to which were Al.
tached imperialistic notices. The r..
publicans in the audience protested and
the result was a fight in which fists and
canes were freely used. The participants
finally surged outside and the 6sule
was continued in the lobby and slree.,
The general excitement is augmented
to-day by numerous Revolutionary
symptoms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
SATURDAY EVENING. FEB. IL, 1899

ALExANDRIA's friends in Washing
ton having induced some people in this
citv to believe that clear and pure
Cameron water is full of bugs, though
the impure Washington water, unhlter-
ed, is so muddy that it a hardly be
drunk, are now engaged in an attempt
to make them believe that Alexandra
is full of smallpox, and TO display yei-
low flags at houses in which there are
suspected cases of that disease and OF
chicken pox, so that strangers passing
through the city on railroad trains may
be impressed with the alleged danger OF
infection, and to have the cars and
boats leaving here for Washington, and
every house in the city Inspected"
though cases of the disease come here
from Washington and others appear IN
houses that have been inspected" a
day or two before, and also to have
special meetings of the city council
called to devise ways and means for
stamping out the plague, and that
too, though all of the alleged cases OF
smallpox here have been mild and none
has been fatsl-for the death of the
negro tramp is attributed to exposure
and not to smallpox. So susceptible
are some people here to impressions
that all houses physicians are seen to
enter are at once said to be infect
ed. All this, of course, is ipjuri'
Gus to the city. There is no plague
here, indeed the physicians say there
Is less sickness than usual; the people
are attending to their regular daily bust
ness, and, barring the cold weather and
the prevailing lack of money, are a.
cheerful and happy as they could wei
be under the heavy load of taxes they
have to bear. But, there are some wht
must talk, and for lack OF other topics
they make that of smallpox a gooC
enough Morgan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandris Gazet,e.i
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.

Correspondence OF the AleXandrlS Gaz5tle.i
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
In the Senate on Monday or Tues
day there will probably be some speech
es on the McEnery resolution. Mr..
Allen has some resolutions on the table
that be will advocate. The principal
one relates to the election of U. S.
Senators by q direct vote the people.
Mr.. Allison will try to press several
more of the appropriation bills. The
House hopes TO send over TO the Senate
by the last Of the week the last of the
annual appropriation bills. Several of
these measures are now in conference.
and, owing to differences, they will be
delayed for some days. The probable.
tiles are that the House managers will
push the appropriation bills to the ex
clusion Of everything else.
If the Nicaragua canal bill is ADOPT
ed as a "rider" this session the inits-
tive action will have to be taken i u the
Senate where the rules are not so rigid
as they are in the House. In the lat
ter body Chairman Cannon oftbe appro-
priations committee is very much OPP
posed to the scheme, and it is a we'll
known fact that Speaker Reed is exert
ing his influence against the PROPOSE
ton. He dictates absolutely the rules
committee, but even if he did hot the
reported intention of Mr.. Hepburn to
offer the canal bill as an amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation can be
ruled out on point of order. The pre-
vailing impression is that the best show
for the canal is to attach it to the river
and harbor bill in the Senate. Mean
while the Congressman interested in
the fat pickings under the latter mea-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

The hundreds of thousands CT peo-
pie in this country who are now suffer
ing from lack of food, clothing and
fuel afford q patent object lesson of the
unreliability of the statements of the
Interested trade reviews to the effect
that prosperity is prevalent through
out the metes and bounds of the
United States, as prosperity cannot
prevail in q country in which SO many
people are suffering for the necesaries
Of life
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
The Markets.
GEORGETOWN, Feb. 11.-wheat 75a7G.

HUGE WAVE DEALS DEATH Tho British
steamer Martello, which left New York on
Jauusry %, has arrived at Hull England,
after having sustained a great dos of am.
age during the trip across the Alta. ne.
Her chief officer, boatswail, qu|qr.erms.ter
and q seaman were drowned, and her COLI.
m4nder, Captain Rippeth, and the seran. o-
fcer were injured. The ship lay 30 n hur-
ricane January 80 and a huge wave teIi on
her deck, killing the chief officer AND b5st-
swain, washing he quartermaster overheard
and carrying away the "crow's nest W,a
the seaman who was on the lookout inside Of
it. Another sea hurled the second officer
against the steam winch and broke his e.
The captain was smashed against the side Of
the bridge and stunned. He wcud hive
been swept overheard had he not been rs.
cued By tho nan at the wheel. as it the
captain was confined to his cabin three days
during which time the third officer n|ayst,el
the vessel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

Nor TO CHANGE GERMAN ARMS
Gen. Won Gossler, minister of war, re-
plying in the Reiohstag Thursday to
Questions of the committee on military
estimates, denied the report that Ger
many intended to adopt a new small
bore rifle. The experiments with such
srms, he said, had not been satisfactory
enough to warrant a change. Expert
ence with small-bore rifles in the Span
ish.Americau wal had proved unfavor-
able. The wounds inflicted by them
were light and had mostly healed i n a
month.
He further said that no change was
contemplated in the style of bullet
used. Germany certainly would uot
adopt q bullet like the dum.dum. The
adoption of such a bullet would be an
ethical rather than g military question.
It. would be q matter for the conference
called by the Car to discuss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

COMPULSORY vaccination is recon-
mended by some very worthy people
as a preventive of smallpox. That
vaccination is not a specific proven
tive of the disease referred so, goes
without saying, but, ven if it were,
there is nothing in the Constitution or
laws that compels a man to submit to
the injection of dried puss into his own
veins or those of his child, and there
fore any other man who might attempt
to force him to do so, would subject him.
self to the danger of personal violence
if not to worse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

Two BIG SrEAMERs.-The contract
for the two twelve-thousand-ton Pacific
Mail steamships, each costing S2,OOO,-
900, has been finally awarded. it is
stated, to the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Drydock Company. While it is
now definitely known that the work
has been given the s%hipyard, no official
statement to that effect car be obtained
as the high officials are bound in conf.
dence. These two ships for the Pacific
Mail will be the largest ever built at an
American yard, their dimensions being
even greater than those of the crack
American liners st. Louis and st. Paul,
which are products of Cramps yard, at
Philadelphia. They will be duplicates
in every particular. Their length will
be $50 feet, and their beam Sc feet. The
dimensions of the St. Louis are: Length
$3.50 feet; beam, 63 feet; depth, 26 s.
The tonnage will be about 400 greater
than the ST.. Louis. The ships will be
fitted out in luxuriant style, and the
passenger Accommodations will be un-
suppressed. The contracts now in hand
at the shlpyard are valued at SIS, $780,
600, and the tonnoge of vessels con-
tracted for is 102 ,035. This is by far
the largest amount of work ever con-
tracted for at one time at any American
ward.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

The poor. half-armed Filipinos
have again been moved down" ny
the efficiently equipped American
army; this time at Caloocan, and with
not even q pretense that they provoked
the attack. But, according to the idea
that apparently prevails in the United
States now. this knowing down" OF
simple minded people for eDdeavoriDg
to obtain control of their own country,
is all right, as government the Phil
ippines does not depend upon the COL
sent of the governed, no matter how
different it was in this country a cen
fury and g quarter ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
To CHANGE THE EoUsE.-The House

To CHANGE THE HoUsE.-The House Of
Representatives. it is stated it is to BE- rom.l.
eIed practically on tho plans so ,ong advoca.
cd by Speaker Reed. A resolution his been
introduced and referred TO The committae 90
ventilation and acoustics, directing the srhi
tect OF the Capitol to mike toe required
changes The resolution will be cousl red
in the House next week and il is expected
will be adopted. Tho plans for the rcw
chamber have been drawn mp by Reprscn2
tive Heatwole, chairman of the comm zoe.
They will secure two objects first. the a-,-er
ventilation OF the chamber, AID, sccoH!. the
REDUCTION of its size by about one.ha ta
making it possible for members to be re.riy
heard all over it. The new pl n WI make
The House much like the FL glish Ii.useot
Commons, as far as its ground pan is c5n'
cerned. Its reform has been advocated tr
years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Cold Weather.

The PLAINS, Va, Feb 1l.-Weather
Unprecedented. Thermome.er or the.
9th, 10Th and 1lth below zero respec.
lively is, Is and 81 degrees, and pros
poets of the world freezing up Instead
OF burning up.
WHITE Posi-, Clarke Co., Feb. H.
THERMOMETERS this morning 81 80
o'clock indicated. y degrees below
zero. How is that for low?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Grabbed Money in the Bank

Boston, Mass, Feb. 11.-Twothieyes
held up q man and sosrched $3.50 rom
him in the Shoe & Leather BsuE.at the
corner of Milk and Federal streets
yesterday evening. The robbers led
down the stairs of the bank, aad ,ae
man who al robbed followed .ae
one who had the money and got 80
close to him that he dropped the bills.
He escaped while the owner was pick.
ing up the money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
ANDREE,S FATE

a. dispatch is published in the paper
in London, dated Krasnoyarsk, capital
of the government of Yeniseisk, Siberia.
to the effect that & mine-owner ct Mon
astyrshin has received information that
the Tunguses tribe, inhabiting the Tai
muir peninsula, told the chief of police
Of the district that they found, on jan
uary 1, between Komo and the Pit
river, in the government of Yeniseisk.
g "kind of cabin made of cloth and
cordage, apparently belonging to q bal
loon. Nearby were found the bodies Ct
three men, the head of one being crush
ed in. A number of instruments were
scattered around. The chief of police
has gone to investigate. It is believed
that the bodies are those of Andree and
his two companies. The description OF
the cabin leads to the belief hat it was
the car attached to Andree's balloon.
DR.. S. A. Andree started in his bal.
loon from Danes Island, Spitz5ergen.
on July II, 1897. His two companions
were DR.. E. K. Holm, an eminent M
teorlogist, of Sweden, ard Nils Strin.
burg, a scientific man of Stockholm.
His purpose was to drift across tire
North Pole. Wien last seer the h1l
hon was going in a nerthea5telly dir -
ion, which might nav saken iGto az
point 10 the extreme north Of Siberia,
where it is said to have been found. L
is interesting to note that on Septem-
Der II, 1857, dispatches were received
to the effect that the balloon had been
seen 10 the same region where it is no8
reported TO nave been discovered. The
present report may be either the sequel
TO that of September, 1897, Or a repeti-
ton of it il another form.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Charged with murder and arson

GREENWICH, Conn, Feb. ll.-J.7 a
Ambrose, colored, aged 63, is locked u1
here charged with numbering bis vie .
whose charred body was fouad
evening in the ruins of their shuuty rs
Sound Beech. Ambrose and his vile
quarrelled yesterday. 1t is believed
the man murdered his wife and then
set fire to the house TO conceal bis
crime
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
killed His Companion in 4rns

HAVANA, Feb. II Stephen Crory. Il POI.
vate in the Second Heavy ARTILLERY, killed
Richard Orphin, a member OF the bi. r,
Thursday night at the camp at Castillo. pra,
cipe. The men became involved in a@tispuic
and Crotty, in a fit Ct uncontrollablo rage.
choked Orphin's life out. Crotty is OYER.
come with Iemorse. He will be triei by
court martial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Killed to Prevent Disclosurcs

PARIS, Feb. ia riotous attack Yves
made upon The Chr stan broshers'
school at Lille last evening il co1s..
queuce of the murder of q youth who
was a student at the institution. The
murderer of the boy is believed TO he p
monk, who is alleged to have mi.
treated his victim and killed him 10
prevent disclosures. The mob aj.o
smashed the windows Of the couyenr al
the Sacred Heart. Fifteen Of Tie riot.
ers have been arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
FUNERAL.

A dispatch from Havana says: Twen-
ty- four thousand persons have visited
the city hall to pay their last token OF
respect to General Garcia, whose body
was brought here Thursday from tho
United States on the gnnboat Nashville.
Three hund:ei wreaths have been sent
to be deposited upon and around the
casket containing the remains of the
Cuban hero. Governor General Brooke
has informed Mayor Lacoste that be
will preside at the funeral. General
Brooke has ordered that all the public
offices be closed at 200 as a mark Of
respect to the deceased.
The action of Bishop Santander in
demanding 500 for religious services
V q General Garcia's body and $50 for
the right to enter it in the cemetery,
has caused much i'll feeling against the
Bishop. Ii transpires that he has for
hidden any priests to take part in the
ceremonies or to pray for the repose of
the soul of the dead soldier. Bishop
Santander says that General Garcia
was a rebel and q bandit and an out
law against Spain and God. He has
forbidden the ringing OF church bells
at the funeral to-day.
The municipal authorities intend to
demand of the government that the
cemetery, which is now managed by
the Bishop, be turned over to the
mayor as the property of the people.
General Ludlow. Military Governor Of Ha-
vans, and his staff, Colonel Black, and q num-
Der of Other American officers, viewed the
body yesterday. The Secretary Of Agricul-
ture has issued the following decree:
with the permission OF General Brooke,
which WAS gladly given, and believing that
the people Of Cuba will approve my action, /
appoint Sonora Lucia Yniguez Garcia, mother
OF General Calixio Garcia, third clerk in the
Department of Industry, with s salary of
$1,000 per annum AS sho is very old and
sick, my brother, who Is chief of the depart
ment, will do her work for her without any
compensation for himself"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
500 REWARD S10O

The readers of this paper will be pleased =.
learn that there is at least one drcadeu Ill
ease that scicnce has been able to euro = %.
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to the medical fraternity. Cita-rh o-'.. -,
constitutional disease, requires a c.A'.I
tional treatment. Halls Cetarrh tu.e ]
en- internally, acting directly upon the uS
and mucous surfaces OF the system me-
destroying the foundation Of the disaass m
giving the patient strength by 0tl.l's Fin,
the constitution and assisting nature ii rg.
its work The pr3prietors have So +..
faith in its curative powers that t-e5 I'll:
One Hundred Dollars for any case tlS- D. d"
to cure. Send for list of testimonis.7'
Address, -. n
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo -"
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

MR.. JOHN MORLEY, in his recent
speech to the Scotch liberals, said "mili.
tarism means the p~rofusion of the tax
payers money every where except in
the tax payers own home" This
shows that Mr.. Morley knows what he
is talking about.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

A BACCHANALIAN FUNERAL.-A curious
burial ceremony, says a Paris telegram IN the
London Mail, was witnessed at lie Mas the
other day. in old disciple of Ba.chus died
and left orders that On the way To the cele-
terry the coffin should be taken out at DIS 70
vorite tavern and placed on i chair, AMI tl.
glasses of brandy should oe placed on Jhe coz
fin All the company were then to dHnSio
his health. This programme was carried oi'
and the cortt go resumed its way
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Quay's Fight.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE 22d
ballot for U. S. Senator to day resulted:
Quay II, jerks 4; Dalzel l; no cleo
ton.
1t is believed that Senator Quay next week
will either make his final play for recollection
or will withdraw from the contest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

DEADLY DUEL WITH KNIVES dsp'l1-
from Nippon, w. Va, says: William Dana'o'
Jefferson, and George Ashby, Of Care 90.
into an alteration over an old grul' e s,g
both drew knives. Ashbyinficted twod e4-'-
gaping wounds on Dunn, one just 9e '"
left lung and another on the hip. DtaA-a
and was pursued by Ashby. He to.S iel.-j
in a neighboring house and escaped 3L. '''
soon afterwards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11
Whale FREEZING TO DEATH.-A

WHALE FREEZING TO DEATH.-A
telegram received at the weather blu.
e at Portsmouth says that a whale
measuring So feet in length is ashore 2
miles south of Currituck Inlet, n. G.
The whale was not dead when washed
ashore, but was apparently freezing to
death. The weather thereabouts is
said to be the coolest in o quarter of q
century. So long as a whale stays uu-
der water it is subjected to cold that is
never more severe than 80 degrees
above zero, and the animal enjoys it.
But when he runs ashore and is ex-
posed to the atmosphere, which may
be much colder than 80 degrees above
zero, the animal, being warm blooded,
is naturally liable to freeze TO death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

Mr.. 8. A. Fackler, Editor OF the Nie 3IO5!a
(Fla.) Hustler, with his wife ana vi MA.
suffered terribly from La GIippe w. 'ba.
ute Cough Cure was the only Ie----:
helped them. It acted quickly Il.JGrLs
of others use this remedy as a s.! e '- yef.
Grippe, and its exhausting after ell cf-s
er fails. Edgar Warfeld, jrp co'-''
and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-11

The CoLD.-The extreme cold wealth
er throughout the West and North and
the South has paralyzed many indus
tries, stopped navigation on the rivers,
compelled the closing of schools in
some of the cities, as we'll as the coun-
try districts, delayed railroad traffic,
and caused death Bnd suffering among
the poorer classes of people.
The temperature was at many points lower
yesterday than on Thursday, ranging az low
as twenty to fifty degrees below zero in some
OF tho western States. In Chicago the wealth.
er moderated slightly during the day, al
though, in the early morning, the mercury
registered eighteen degrees below zero.
In New York, Chicago aud other cities
hundreds of people were severely trostbitten,
and a number Of deaths from exposure were
reported.
At 0 points in Texas the snow is FIVE
and ak feet deep on the level, and the loss of
cattle is
In this city the lowest point touched by the
mercury was ten degrees below zero, while
last night it dropped to twelve below.