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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
gIRGIylk news.

General Seth n. Barton is critically
ill at his home in Fredericksburg.
A gale raged along the Virginia
coast yesterday evening. the VINO
sweepine along at the rate OF about 40
mileE an hour.
Rev. c. D. Hyde, D. D, pastor of the
Third Presbyterian Church, Richmond.
mas accepted the call OF the First Pres
byteriaa Church, in Fort Worth, Tex.
Mr.. R. P. Castlemap, OF Clarke eoun-
ty, died Sunday morning at the west
ern State Hospital, at Stauntop, where
he had been confined for the past two
month";.
E. Gray Waters died at his home in
Washington last niS ut of cancer OF the
stomach. lIr. Waters was born 10
Middleourg, Loudoup county, Va, and
vas in the fcriv-ointh year of his age.
The eighteen mouths old daughter OF
Mr.. Chss. Tinsley, CT Henrico county,
near Greenwood Church, fell into tub
OF water in the yard Saturday ADD was
drowned. The child vas dead when
discovered
John L. White, aged eighty. the
father of Judge c. Ii. White, of War
rentop, died at White Hall, BucklrG
ham county. Saturday evening. Most
of his life was speDtin operating large
-four mill near WarFenton.
The Virginia. Carolina Chemical Com
pany will build Rag factory in Rich
l.
mated. about 100000 baga each year
in putting out It's product, and this lac
tory, it is expected, will furnish fair
percentage OF this Total.
The marriage of Miss MaFringham
Talaferro, OF Gloucester county, to Mr..
Harry Osborne Sanders, Of Albany, =.
Y, was solemuized yesterday at Dun
ham Massie, the brides nome. The
d1ing was quiet, owing to recent
sfilictioD in the family. The bride is
the daughter OF the late Major General
Booth Tslieferro.
At meeting IN Richmond last night
of the Colonial Danes resolution was
adopted appointing committee to
wait upon the President and request
him to name the next battleship built
by the government Virginia. The
Merrimac, the Confederate ironclad,
was named Virginia, and the bat-leship
which the society asks the President to
uame is expected to perpetuate this
name.
Since the resignation of Rev. B. W.
Mebsne last summer, the Presbyterian
Church in Fredericksburg has had no
pastor, but from Sunday 10 Sunday the
pulpit has been fl ed by visiting preach
ers. Rev. A. Il. Kippan, OF Richmond,
has accepted the position as supply.
|, and will arrive tnis week and take
charge. For the past six months Mr..
Kippau has been supplying the Third
Presbyterian Chnrch, in Richmond, IN
the absence OF the pastor, Rev. h. d.
HYDE.
The section OF the shaft of the Con-
federate ronclad Merrimac has been
put in place for presentation 10 the
Confederate Museum in Richmond
Monday, November g. The shef. IS
exceedingly heavy, aud is mounted on
the grounds of the museum 10 hori
zontal position. The Frankiin-Buchan.
an Camp Of Baltimore has taken great
Interest in the shaft, contributing the
brass tablet thereon rs memorial to
Admiral Buchanan. Ga the occasion
Of it's presentation delegation from
| the CAMPS will attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
Collisions on the Hudson,

New York, Oct. 31.-A collision be-
tween the ferry boat Chicago, OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad line, and the
steamer City OF Augusta, of the Savan.
nah line, occurred at 1913 O'Clock this
morning. The Chicago mad left her pier
10 jersey City few minutes before and
was nearing the New York side, when
me big costing steamer doomed up
0ear By. Captain Durham, CT the Chi.
cago, sounded his whistle twice, indi-
eating that he would 60 ahead across
the steamers bow. II islciaimed that
he steamer made no reply and few
seconds later she crashed into the ferry
boat amidships, tearing big hole in
the side. The ferryboat careened under
The force of the blow and at once be.
gan to sink. There were about 100
passengers on the ferryboat including
several women and rush for life
oreservers ensued. As soon as it was
seen the boat must 60 down number
Of men jumped overheard and swan to
he shore. After night Of diligent
search the police announced that they
believed only two lives were lost as the
result of the collision. There were
seven teams 'abaord and ali were lost
One was an Adams Express wagon in
which there was IS 900 in silver. An
other was q. S. mail wagon contain
ing mail from Philadelphia and Wash
ngton. The Chicago connected with
Pniladelphi. train and carried num-
81 passengers who had come from those
places.
During the morning the police re-
ceived reports OF three more missing
uen who are supposed to have been on
The ferrytoat when she sank.
New York, Oct. 31.-The ferryboats
Easton and Mauch Chunk, of the Jer-
sey Central Line collided in midstresm
this morning. Both beats were consid-
er .oly damaged but were able to make
lneir way TO their piers. The people
we're panic stricken for time, but soon
Gained down. The strong tide, it il
said, is responsible for the collision.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
NEE> OF TEE DE-.


William Henry Webb. famous ship
builder, died yesterday at bis home IN
New York. He wa= eighty four years
cid.
Secretary Long will not Grant the
request OF Rear Admiral Schiey for
more ships for the South Atlantic
squadron.
Public Prosecutor Wilson H. jenkins,
of Camden county, n j., fell dead It
Aqueduct race track yesterday. he
Was watching the lest race when be Tell.
At the session Of the International
Cou mercal Congress in Philadelphia
Yesterday an italian delegate attacked
the D;ngley tariff saying it was in
furious to all the European couu'r'es
Captain Leary, the Governor OF
Guam, mas banisn-d the i:isrs from the
island because ihsy aere opposed TO re-
forms which be desired 70 Introduce.
Archbishop Chspelle says the expulsion
OF the friars is an outrage.
Sixty men OF the Gloucester, Mass,
fishing feet were lost during the year
lust ended. smaller number than
usual. They left fifteen widows and
twenty-six children. Fifteen vessels,
valued at $40 $50, were lost.
George Bartle, the oliest clerk of the
State Department, "keeper of the great
seaI,n who was appointed by Secretary
Buchanan in 1915 and was close
friend of Daniel Webster, died at his
residence ia Washington on Sunday
night.
Although the last of the twelve addi-
tional volunteer regiments authorized
by Congress has been fully recruited,
the work of securing additional troops
for service in the Philippines will not
stop. 1t has been decided by the Sec
relary of War to eulist at least 900
more men for service under General
Otis.
Jerry Johnson, slias John Hale, col
ored, was sentenced to so years in the
penitentiary in Washington yesterday
afternoon by Justice Clabaugh for Grim
inally assauling Mrs. Ada Hardy.
Mrs. Hardy lived in email house
some distance beyond Georgetown and,
in the absence of her husband. was as
saulted by Johnson, who eluded cap.
ture for several months.
The Spanish commissioners returned
to the American lines OF Manila and
reported that the Spanish prisoners are
ill.treated by the Insurgents and
the American prisoners are well
treated General DIS reported a
! collision between detachment
OF Bells regiments and insurgents
in West Guaygus, in which the Fill
pinos were driven from the trenches.
After seven and one-hhlf months in
the Philippines the Americans possess
about III square miles in the island OF
Luzon, which comprises $1,000 square
miles. This is brought out in letter
to the Chicago Tribune from its CORES
poodent, Richard n Little, who then
goes Oh to show that Eoglshmen and
Germans are goiog into Mindano, the
| next largest ialaDd to Luzon, and tax
ing all tue desirable u neral deposits
No Americans have dared venture
there yet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

SENATOR DANIEL, who declined TO
go to Kentucky 10 spa K for the regu-
lar democratic ticket there, now says
if that State shsl go republican, a new
knight may raise his visor at the mex
national democratic corv alton. /" Un-
gu stioDahly there are scme democrats
who don't admire either the Chicsg'
ticket or platform, but where there i-
one who does no., there are thousand
who do, and if the convention should
fail to endorse both, the democrat
themselves would beat the ticket with.
out help from the republicans
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

HALIowE'EN- The night of October
81 { ouiehD the eve or vigil ofAli Saints
CIR All Ha'low's day, November is
variously termed Hallowe'en Hallow
even, Nutcrack night and snapapple
lignt. This night of all lights in the
year is the one when the supernatural
rife, and spells. miscbief.making
elves and unseen agencies run
riot While Saint Valentines day
also given over to love and
lovers, yet Halloween is re
aarde1 the best night of all the year
;or divinstion. To discover just what
sort of husband or wife one is 10 be
hlest with enters into almost all the
youthful Halloween practices The
night is a survival of curious mixture
If classic mythology. Drudic beliefs and
CHRISTIAN superstition. The universal
Use ofapples and nuts on this night I'M
oubtedly decends from the Romans
feast toPomona, the goddess offrUi.s and
leeds, on Novemb Der /, when they open.
d the stores they had laid up in the
.ummer for the winters use. One of
ne quarternary periods, when the
Druios lighted their fires TO BaaI occur
ced in November, so a survival of these
Ares, which ere lighted on All Hallow
wen, was kept up until cutie recently
in Great Britain; Wales, particularly,
clingine very tenaciously TO this old
Druid custom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
ADMIRAL DEWEY TO MsRgY-.

ADMIRAL DEWEY TO MARRY -ad.
miral Dewey announced to some Of hi:
more intimate friends il Washington
last night the fact Of his engagement to
Mrs. W. B. Hazen, OF Washington.
Mrs. Hazan is the widow o; General
Hazen, formerly chief sigma. officer Of
the army, who died abou. ten years
ago, and is sister of John K Mclean.
democratic candidate for governor Of
Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no children.
aud since her husbands death has made
her home with her mother. Sue i 8
woman Of large means and abou, torty
years Of age. The date for the weddirg
las not been fixed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

NEARLY ALL conscientious and cred
liable his oriars ascribe as the chief
cause Of the decline and fall of the
Roman empire. its expansion" policy,
i $ SEEING and holding FIR off foreign
terrtoli ss across the seas, sud keeping
tho people thereof in subj ection by
Roman legions But that was not as
progressive an age as this one. and it
won't lake as long for the same cause
t. produce the same effect now as it did
then.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

A VERY wise man, 9ho died
in the early part OF this century, said t
nation Cannot remsin free wheTe ,he
rogue that is in rags is kept in count
enauce by TIE rogue that is 10 T. fl :,
wbere, from high to low, there is Moth
Ing radical but corruption and nothing
contemplate ou, poverty: where both
patriot and place man, pe.ceivng lat
money can do everything, are prepared
ID do everything for money, ard where
religion is with the rich & matte OF il.
difference with the we'll to do, Of &C
qaiesceDce, aud with the poor, OF fanati-
cisn. and where the ruler= ask no, whsf
ommends man, bu VINO ? Iftai-
b. true, and al other wise men knoe
tlat i j., ard must be the naked scc
r 3ck-r bred truth, then lid ed is Til
equity in rad va, for that I at
condition has been reached in il. j.
pl.ent 70 oil its reasonable people
whose hearing or eyes GIT is perfect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
From Manila.

Manila, Oct. Slowing to the
difficulties OF transportation, the Ameri-
can troops at Santa Rosa are short Of
food. A foraging party went through
the houses Of the town today and seized
all the rice they could find They also
corslled number of goats all of which
were turned over to the commissary.
The gunboat Laguns De Bay is
aground near Santa Rosa. She will
probably not be hoated till the river
rises.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

COLONEL JOE W. WHITE Thirty years
sgo yesterday afternoon at four &C ock, in
the city of Washington, Col. Joe W. White
led to the altar as his blushiug BRIDE Miss
julia W. Stuart Side by side. hand in hand
III y have trod lifes pathway together these
thirty years. sharing each others sorrows and
lining in each others joys For the past
eli teen years Col. White has been in the
employ of the Georgia rAiro'd coming up
from the rear ranks until today he stands out
among it's foremost officials oil White has
given faithful service, always upholding his
superior officers and working for the interest
OF the Georgia railroad at all times. His
name along this popular line has become al.
mot as we'll known as the railroad itself, aod
he numbers his friends by the thousands.
There are few such accommodating and re-.
liable railroad men as Col Joe White, and his
many friends will join in tho wish lhs. he
and his charming bride of thirty years NAV
celebrate their golden wedding, and hand in
baud pass down life's sunny slopes to the
haven OF rest at the foot of the hill.-[Au.
grst4, Ga, Chronicle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
The yice.President's Condition.

Paterson, \. j, Oct. 31.-Garrets A.
Hobart, Vice. President o.. the United
States, still lies at deaths door this
morning. Mr.. Hobart suffered bad
relapse at one o'clock this morning but
at daybreak ne rallied little. His
family are gathered at the bedside and
are prepared for the end. At $50
o'clock Vice-President Hobart was rest
ing easy. His pulse was strong and his
general condition as good as it was this
time yesterday.
Vic. President Hobart's condition al
ore O'Clock remains about the same and
ne is very comfortable. There is still
no change for the worse and none is an
tcipated this afternoon or evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

MARRIAGE LAW DESouscgD-.
feature OF Rev. DR.. HATCHER se.roo,
at Grace Street Baptist Chu,c5 Rio,
mond, Sunday night, on the "Nsrris,.
of Rebeccan was hia criticism NJ 49,
laws under which minors are perrn;,,si
to marry without parental aut5ori,r
He spoke with special reference =,
Of the marriage laws OF the Dis.,jc, r;
Columbia, whereby immature yor,s
we're enabled to 90 to the capital 81 :
of the nation, could procure !lcepss:
and be married by ministers OF fbs
gospel. DR.. Hatcher deplo.si Tia
ridlcule to when the marriage e.tsrs
was subjected By this almost disregard
OF the sanctity OF its ceremonies. and 10
this growing disposition he attributed
the constantly increasing number a
divorces in the courts. Divorces yers
the logical sequence where marriage.
were regarded so lightly. The speaker
elcqueDtly urged upon Congress the
necessity OF either repeating or amend.
ing the laws of the District relative to
the subject, and closed with beautiful
tribute to woman and for more sacred
regard for the question OF marriage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
Foreign News.

Ca.acss. Venezuela, Oct. 3l.-General Her.
nan ez. who Was released from prison by Gen.
Castro when the latter entered Caracas and
who Immediately left town 10 arrange re-
volt against his lbera.or, HIS just issued a
manifesto to the nationals TO join him in
revolt, but his message is disrsgardel. Mos.
OF the nationalists are loyal to Castro. A
counter manifesto has been issued denouncipg
Hernandez
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

The TRUST companies end other pre-
tected manufacturers OF Ohio, at Mr..
Hanna's command and iii their own
interest. have Instructed all their en-
ployees to vote the republican ticket
t1ere next Tuesday, aud threatened
them with the loss Of their jobs unles S
they do SO. II is feared that the a.
tempted bulidoz ug will be effective.
But if it shall be, what becomes of the
republican cry for free vote to the ne.
groes Of the South?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
Hotel Destroyed and Loss of Life.

Montreal, Oct. 3l.-Fire broke out in
ne Webster House about 5:15 q. %:
when everyone in the house was asleep,
and the building was completely Quilted.
Three chsrred bodies nave already
b9en taken from the ruins, two OF which
nave been identified as those OF women
employed in the hotel. Toe 6remen
believe there are other bodies in the
ruins and vigorous search is now in
progress. The number of casualties
seems likely TO increase as the day goes
Oh. Oae man is reported dead at the
hospital and another man is reported
dying. Several people were injured by
jumping from windows. The fire is
supposed to have started from an over
heated furnace. The servants connect
ed with the hotel were 1uartered above
the kitchen and it is among them that
the ma jority OF fatalities occurred. Not
many of those said to be missing are
thought to be dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
did so at the request of the people
thereof, not at their own sweet will.

IT Is announced that the United
States and Great Britain have agreed
to maintain free trade with China. Buff
free trade would be good for the people
OF Chios, why wouldc't it be equally as
good for :hose OF this couotry? This Is
a question ,ba. Mr.. Hama can tell
batter tnau anybody else.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

PROFESSIONALLY the British don't
think they have much to brag of in
the late battles of their troops with the
Beers. when they take great store O.
comfort from the statement that the
former, after marching up the hill,
marched down again with ''steadiness
and deliberation" Steadipe>s ard de-
liberation are Infinitely more effective
in advances than in retreats, and
though the Beers be not as well drille d
as the English troops, they have more
to fight for than the latter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

Robert B. Jennings, secretary and general
manager of the Broadway Cab'e Company,
St. Louis, was held up yesterday afternoon
on g street car nea, the corner of Washington
avenue and Broadway, in that city, and rob.
bed of 5000 in cash. and about 81, 500 in
negotiable paper. The thieves escaped. Mr.
Jennings IVES coming from tho Boatmau's
Bank, where he had drawn the money to pay
Off his men. When boarding car to 20 to
the company's Office three men pushed him
into q corner and took tie money. The police
rcport OF the robte-y states that the men got
away with 81 DAB in cash and $4S. 750 in
checks
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

CoMMANDER LEARY, the governor of
Guam, has ordered all the Catholic
friars but one out of that island. That's
j LIST the way the old Roman proconsuls
uss'i to DO, and what has been, will be
again. But when they iaterf.r<d with
the religions of their provinces, they
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
A. W. GLEASON
Notaw PuhN
Sold by druggists. Prize 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Dr. b. h. Haden, Summit. Ala .ays. 4
think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is q splendid
medicine. l prescribe i, and ms confidence
in il grows with continued use Il dge:;s
what you eat and quickly cures dyspepss snd
Indigestion. Edgar Varied, IL. corner h!hs
and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

Dr. w. Wixon, Italy Hill. N. Y, says. 81
heartily recommend One Minute Cough cure.
In gave my wife immediate relief in sufocat.
ing asthma" Pleasant to take. Never fails
to quickly cure coughs, colds, throst aud lung
troubles. Edgar War6eld, jr., corner King and
Pitt streeta
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
THE WAR IN AFRICA.

Latest advices from the London War
Office last night were that big battle
at Ladysmi;h, Natal, was 10 progress.
No decisive result appears to have
been reached so far. The Beers, in
large NUN bers, began the attack on the
town win artillery at $40 q. IN. The
British artillery replied. Later the ar
tillery fire OF the Beers stopped, ana
they advanced on the British left
flank. The battle spread to the right
flank also
General White, the British command.
er al LadyEmith, sent out g force uu-
der General French to attack position
on which The Beers bad mounted guns.
This appears to have brought on the
general engagement, the Beers, sup
posedly under the personal commanc
of General JouberI, attacking with
vlgor and in force. In an official dis
patch to London General White says be
pushed his opponents back several
miles, but did not succeed 10 reaching
their iutrsnchments. After the general
action had been in progress some hours
the British troopa withdrew, aud the
Beers, General White says, did not
narass them during the retirement
The exac; significance of this movement
is not stated.
General White tried on Sunday night
TO prevent an attack on his lett flank
by sending out mountain battery, the
ROYAL Irish FusiIiers and the Glouces-
Ger regiment. rhe battery mules, he
says, "stampeded with some of the
gus, which, however, l hope TO re-
cover" These guns, perhaps, were
captured by the Boers. The Dublin
and Gloucester troops had not returned
at latest advices, and they may also
have met reverse, but this is not pos
itively known. The British secured
the help OF six quick firing paval guns
brought from Durham to Ladysmith,
and these did effective work against
the Beers. Up to 4:50 p. III. General
White estimated his losses at between
so and 100 men. He thinks that those
of the Beers were much greater.
Both General White and General
Jouber, are playing skillful games of
strategy. Whites object, It is believed,
is to force the Beers to fight him Cd
around of bis own choosioe, while
Joub bert seeks to get in the rear and cus
off the British line OF Communication
with Durbaa.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler, who has
been appointed TO the command of all
the British troops in South Africa, has
arrived at Capetown from England.
A dispatch from Pretoria states that
the Beers near Mafeking have repulsed
a bayonel attack made by the garrison
of that town.
Advlces from the western border in.
dictate thst the British are sill holding
NJ 4feking and kimberley, although
skirmisbes are frequent 10 the vicinity
of both places
The friendly message of Emperor
William to the British regiment Of
which be is honorary colonel and which
il about to sail Tor South Africa is taken
in Berlin as proof of GermaDy's official
neutrality.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

Big Four freight crashed through
bridge at Guilford, Ind. this morning. Fiji
teen cars loaded with lumber are in the
creek. The bridge is a complete wreck One
man was fatally injured and another was
killed. This is the fourth train that has
gone through this bridge, total of eighteen
people being killed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
The Markets.

New York, Oct. 31.-The market closes
a. follows: Wheat-Dec =; May 704s701Ls
Corn-Dec =; May 31asa31A. OaIs-Det
-; May =. Pork-Dec =.
Georgetown, Oct. 31.-Wheat 65a70.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

Old fashions in dress mag be revived,
but no old.fashioned medicine can re.
ulace Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all
DRUGGISTS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 81 lss

SAILED. IN
Schr Delight, Leouardtown' !unO''
K Field & Co. ~, ,,,.,ter by
Fl K Field & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-31

Geo. holland, Rockland, o., says. My wife
bad piles forty years DeWitt's Witch Hsz,l
Sslve cured her. 1t is the best saive in
America" 1t heals everything and cures all
skin diseases. Edgar Warfeld, jr.. corner
King and Pitt streetx-