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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-02-25

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
NEWS OF TIE DAg.

Oppressive heat continues st Manila,
and the American troops are suffering
greatly.
A Spanish newspaper in Havana
states that armed Cubans are terrorizA
ing Spaniards at Mayori.
1t is reported that China has offered
to apologize TO Italy for the terms in
which The refusal 10 eose San Nun Bay
wss couched.
Gen. Maxjmo Gomez has had con-
ference with General Brooke regarding
The details of the payment OF $3,000,00O
TO the Cuban army.
Princess Kaiulani, who was heir to
the Hawaiian throne when the mon
archy was supplanted by the republic,
was dying at Honolulu when the last
steamer left that place.
Ex Governor Merriam, of Minnesota,
the director of the census, has received
great many applications for appoint
ments. Today he announced that APP
pointmenls must be preceded by an ex-
animation.
1t is reported that Major General ].
II. Wilson, Msjor General Fitzhugh
Lee and Major General Wheeler have
been offered places as brigadier generals
in the provisional regular army OF
! Go, 200. This is the highess rank they
can be offered until the 80, 900 volun.
teers are organized.
| 1t is stated in New York that through
the management of Mr.. j. Pierpont
Morgan, who has just returned from
Europe, the eight principal anthracite
coal carrying roads have agreed tc
unite their interests under one head
making the greatest combine in the
country. The companies have tota
capital of 1889 100000
Regular republicans at Dover, Dal
yesterday made proposition TO tbs
democrats to join in electing Levi G
/ BIRD United States Senator in return
for promised support of democrat two
years hence. Nine members OF the op
posing party are said to be ready Il
make good the plan of fusion and Sc
thwart the plans of Addicks.
| Not less than thirty Senators ant
Representatives were at the White
House yesterday. Everyone OF then
wanted an office for friend or con
Sstituent. The great scramble now i:
! for army commissions and some of th'
many fat places under the census bu
resu, although these latter will not bt
available for months to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

At Norfolk yesterday I. A. Page was
appointed receiver for the Reese Man
ufacturing Company, of Irvington.
The capital stock of the Newport
News Abattoir Company will be it,
creased to 81 100000. The plans include
a meat and poultry market.
Yesterday was the thirty-sayenth an
niversary of the destruction of the
United States ships Cumberland and
Congress by the Confederate ram Vir-
GINA. Today is the anniversary OF the
VirRiuia-Monitor fight in Hampton
Roads.
Mr.. Lee B. Doggett, a former we'll
known merchant of Fredericksburg,
died in Chicago on Tuesday, aged
eighty years. He was brother OF ex-
Mayor H. S. Doggett, of Fredericks-
burg, and is survived by widow and
ten children.
AS stated yesterday the admiuistra-
ton has decided to withdraw from
Cuba before the rainy season all the
volunteer regiments now on the island
Fifteen thousand regular troops will
remain. Among the troops to be with.
drawn is the Fourth Virginia regiment
Moritz Becker, the unfortunate Rus
sian whose efforts to claim a wife and
famiIy-wbom he declared to be his
own-resulted in their deportation and
his own discomfort, was arrested yes
terday in Richmond charged with OBJ
tanning naturalization papers by fraud
1t is likely that Rev. DR.. ]. B. Haw
horne, who has just resigned his pas
; torate in Nashville, will be called
to the Grove Avenue Baptist
| Church, in Richmond, from which
church Rev. DIR. J. c. Hiden's pastoratt
was summarily severed few days age
by warning factions.
It is said that Maj Peter ]. Otey viii
probably not run for the House mex
year from the Lynchburg district. Hi
health is very poor. He has made s
very efficient representative. In thu
event he shall retire, there will be M
merous candidates TO succeed him
among them State Senator VIM. 7
Barksdale, OF Halifax, who will rul
even if the major should be in the race
The section of Richmond that was in
undated on account of the big freshe
| in the James is now almost entirel.
clear of water, and only vast amour
OF slime, mud and debris remain to tel
of the work OF the flood. The Yorl
River line is again able to operate, AM
on the James River division of tn
Chesapeake & Ohio it is expected tba
the water will have left the tracks b,
tomorrow. The gas works, which wer
prevented from being operated on &C
count of the water reaching the plant
J are able to furnish light 10 the city to
night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

ROYALTY IN IRoNs.-An English So
ciety paper tells the following little
anecdote about the Princess of Wales,
1t appears that her kind heart interests
itself not only in hospital life, but also
in the welfare OF prisoners. One day
she visited Norwood Scrubs Prison
aud went into every nook and Granny,
including the laundries and the kitch.
ems, even tasting the soup and bread.
When she was shown some handouts
she langhingly iDsisted on having them
clasped on to her own wrists. THERE"
she said. 81 suppose am the first Prin.
cess who has ever been in ironsm Pres.
emily she held out her wrists to be re.
Iieved of her gives. But, alas, the gov
ernor of the prison, unused to perform.
ing such task, was utterly unable to
move the locks, and there stood the
Princess haDdcuffed and helpless, like
any poor jailbird
The governor appealed to warder
to come to the rescurc. The man look
ed confused and hesitated before sub.
hitting his rough hands to the touch of
royalty, but tho Princess, seeing his
confusion, laughed and said kindly:
"Oh, don't be afraid I am only the
same as other ladies'" And the man
did as he was hidden.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
EIOPERS CAUGHT.

An elopement was nipped in the bud
in the Pennsylvania station in Jersey
City yesterday by the father of the
girl. Miss Sarah Ford, fifteen years
old, of Brooklyn, and James Roser,
twenty one years old, who lives in the
same locality, are the young people
caught. Roser had been paying atten-
ton to Miss Ford for long time, and
the girl told her father, Peter Ford
that she intended to marry Roser. Mr..
Ford opposed the match, on account Of
age, and forbade her to see Roser, but
they met clandestinely. The young
woman Tuesday night wrote a
note telling her father of her
intention to elope, and stating
that when she left home Wednesday
morning she would join her sweetheart
and that they intended to take Penn
sylvapia train from Jersey City. The
annex boats from Brooklyn run at
somewhat long intervals. When the
boat from Brooklyn arrived at the Jer-
sey City station, at half past eight
o'clock. Mr.. Ford was waiting. He OF
dered Policeman Boyle to arrest Roser
on charge of abduction. The police
man took Roser and the girl to the
Gregory street station. Mr.. Ford ex.
planned the circumstances, and when
he girl said she would be sixteen years
old in September the captain told her
she must return home with her
father. She declared that she would
not go 'ome. Policeman Boyle
was ordered to escort the girl and
her father to the ferry, and Roser was
instructed TO take different route
to Brooklyn. In few minutes all re
turned to the station. Mr.. Ford eX-
planned that his daughter said she
would not stay home, and would mar
ry Roser at the first opportunity. He
said be had decided to permit the mar
riage. After he made this announce
ment the girl said she would go home.
Roser accompanied the Fords, and they
departed for Brooklyn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign Ncrrs.

PARIS, March 9.-Tho Papal Nuncio
here, Mrg. Ciari, died today as the re-
suit OF stoke of apoplexy yesterday.
He was close friend of the Pope.
PARIS, March 9-It is stated that the
dynamite cartridges found near an ar
senal at Toulon, are harmless which
would indicate that the afflir was only
practical joke.
LONDON, March. 9-EDglaud is con-
fronted with grave deficit in the bud
get. This exceeds $25,000,000 and is
accounted for by SIS, 100000 Increase III
the naval expenditure and other in
creases. More taxation is imperative.
LONDON, March 9.-The Queen who
was to have started for the south OF
France today has postponed her jour
ney until Saturday owing to the rough
sea on the channel.
VANCOUVER, March 9.-Arrivals
from China say Russia is pouring thous-
ands of soldiers into Port Arthur and
Talien Wan, under the pretense the
the garrison at those places are toe
small. In the last two months the in
habitants of no less than thirteen dit
ferent townships have risen against the
Russians.
LONDON, March 9.-Mr. Broderick
replying to questions in the House OF
Commons, today, said that England had
expressed sympathy with Italy's de
mand for the lease of San Nun bay, bui
that the government had not supported
| Belgium's demands for a concession
in Hankow. Mr.. Brodericl said that
no modification was necessary OF
The statement that Great Brit.
ain would support China against
the aggressions of any foreign power
but it is not anticipated that troubl
would result from the new Chang
Railroad dispute. With reference to
the affairs at Muscat, the foreign secre,
tary SAID that Great Britain would
raise no objection to France fortifying .
station at Muscat and raising flag, but
there could be no cession OF territory.
VANCOUVER, b. c., March 9.-Chi-
nese advices say the Emperor's health
is growing worse and that he appears t.
be kept alive only at the will of The
Empress Dowager, who may decide tt
have him killed any time Ii Huns
Cnaug's recall from the Yellow rivel
has caused much comment, many be
lieving that the Empress Dowager fear:
coup d'etat. The Chinese govern
ment has acceded TO all the demands
made by the United States for com
pensation for the murder by rebels o
nm American missionary named Nc
Neartny.
LONDON, March 9-The japanese
cruiser Kasati, which has just beer
built al Newcastle, has received orders
to start for the Est.
THE HAGUE, March 9--The date toI
the opening OF the Cars peace confer
ence which will be held here, has beef
set for May is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

CHICAGO, March 8 - Investigation
into the methods of preserving beef for
the army YVES begun here todny by The
War Department board of inquiry.
1--WE shall question all the big pack
ers who can throw any light on the sub
iect," said Lieut.. Col. Davis, before the
session opened, "and We shall also quiz
the local army officers. We shall yi-i,
the stockyards either just before or JUS
after questioning the owners of the
plants and shall see for ourselves what
is done there"
Subpoenas have been issued for the
large owners of packing establishments.
After the owners are examined the
employees will be called upon to testify
Assistant Chemist Bigelow, OF the
department of agriculture will make
an examination of the specimens of beef
here and of the mode of preparing the
the refrigerated beef and will report to
the agricultural department at Wash
ington and through that department 10
the committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

BLOWN TO PIEcEs.-At Willis, railroad
station about forty miles north of Radford
Va, there occurred on Tuesday an accident
in which one man was instantly killed, foul
fatally hurt and too painfully injured. The
accident was the result of the careless hand
ling of dynamite.
Forem IN james Pottit was literally torn to
pieces. his head being found some distance
from the explosion, while portions OF his body
have not yet been found Tho bodies of all
four were horribly mutilated and their clothes
set on fire.
One of the two less injured started to sum-
mon help for his unfortunate comrades. He
succeeded. but was almost overcome by his
intense suffering and the bitter cold. a spe.
ca train from Bluefield w. Va, took the
unfortunates to their homes at Oakvale.
John LyncoD, Noah Conner, James Hunt
and Wesley Blankonship were the men ia.
tally hurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

ARREsTED.-Mary Templeton Kelley,
an elderly woman, stylishly dressed,
was arrested in Washington yesterday
on warrant charging her with being
"vagrant, without visible means Of
support, an idle and suspicious person.
The woman has halfiuterest in the
firm of Mary T. Kelley & Co., which
has for some months been conducting q
room.reuting business in an Office build
log at ITO F.street, and was arrested
in her Office. Attorney A. A Birney
vas summoned to her defense, and $40
collateral was accepted for her appear
snce ia the police CourS today. 1t is
alleged that men who accepted Mrs.
Kelley'- Invitations to card parties lest
money. She knows many prominent
men. The case was today continued
uaHl aext Wednesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

LONDON, March 9.-All the powers
are concentrating their naval forces in
the far East. England has three battle
ships, twelve cruisers, four torpedo
oo&t destroyers and fourteen sloops and
gunboats. Russia has two battleships,
ak cruisers and six gunboats. France
mas nine cruisers ia Asiatic waters,
Germany eight ard Italv four.
GIBRALTAR, March 9.-The British
cruisers Aurora and Orlando are GOAL
rug more under orders to proceed to
china. 1t is understood that all avail
able British war vessels will be hurried
to the far East.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
Attemntcd Poisoning.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, March 9.-The po-
lice are investigating a mysterious at
tempt TO poison n young domestic
named Lillian Mcpherson, employed
by family residing on Fifth avenue,
Oakland. Tuesday evening q small
box containing choice oranges was left
at the house by the driver of q local
express company addressed to her.
One was cut spen and the peculiar COL
or caused suspicion. a physician ex-
amined the fruit and discovered the
presence of poisonous drug in each
orange in sufficient quantity to cause
death. The box and contents were
turned over to the city detectives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

ELoPERs-A dispatch from Woodstock
Va, says: Behind the words, MI and Mrs.
Cawood Henry, town." on the register of one
OF the local hotels is romantic story. Mr..
Henry ard his bride, who was Miss Annie
Lichliter. attended services on Sunday night
at the Methodist Church. After the services
without saying anything TO relatives OF
friends they drove to Riverton, an all.nigh!
drive. and took the morning train for Hagers.
town, where they were married. Then they
came back to Woodstock. The bridegroom,
a few days before the elopement, journeyed
to Foweli's Fort, distance Of twelve miles
to obtain the consent of his sweethesrts faith.
er to the marriage. 1t WAS refused. and Mr..
Henry returned to Woodstock, where Miss
Lichliter was visiting, and persuaded her to
elope with him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
Mr.. RoUss AND HIS EMPLOYEES

Mr.. RoUss AND HIS EMPLOYEES
John Conlin, who has been employed
for twelve years as one of Mr.. Charles
Broadway Rouss's shipping clerks in
New York, has fled, and the blind mill
lionaire is doing his utmost to secure
his punishment. Conlin is charged
with stealing $50, and Mr.. Rouss will
spend many times that sum to prose-
cute him. a private detective was
hired to follow Conlin to Boston and
brink him back to New York.
While reposing the utmost confidence
in his army of employees, Mr.. Rouss's
rule is to deal severely with those who
betray him, in order to teach his other
employees a lesson. Mr.. Rouss said yes
terday: 81 pay these boys their salaries
to look after my interests, and when
one of them proves himself an migrate
I 90 to all the expense necessary to
chase him down, and thus teach les
son. Considering the large number of
people 1 employ, the few who betray
me hardly count. But whenever am
the victim of any little crookedness OF
this kind, somehow or other the news.
papers are bound to find it out and
make it public. On the whole, in pro-
portion to the number of persons en-
ployed, the employees of old Broadway
Rouss are as honest as any IN the
world. Good day."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
From Havana.

HAVANA, March 9-La Lucha last
night published sensational articll
condemning the United States for keep
ing the troops here during the rainy
season and, as evidence, pointed to
the great increase of sickness among
the soldiers.
The Tenth Infantry is moving its
camp from Havana to Bara Blanca
across the bay, and the entire quarter
masters department will be moved O
of the city as soon as Office accommo
dations can be secured.
The fever scare is spreading and
already general exodus has begun
and many government employees and
visitors are leaving for the United
States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
dashed BY WHITECAPS.

Fifty masked men rode into Missouri
City Tuesday evening and proceeded
to administer justice without judge or
Jury. They marched to the Jail, broke
down the doors and seized Ode Sum-
mers, confined for misdemeanor, and
compelled him to accompany them to
the pubic school grounds. He was
forced to remove all of his clothing
savs pair of cotton drawers. They
than tied him to a cottonwood tree and
one of their number proceeded to ad.
minister forty lashes with knotted
rope, while the leader counted them
off.
Leaving Summers bound, the white
caps proceeded to the homes of five
other men-Joe Asbury, Dennis Steph-
ems, Jesse Yates, Ben Munkers and
Riley Yates-and called them out Of
their houses. As each appeared he
was bound until the five were corral
led, when they we're taken half mile
from the town, stripped and severely
beaten, after which they were released,
with orders to leave town within three
days. Asbury was told that they would
hang him if he did not get out at once.
The regulators then marched to the
home OF Terry CLANCY and ordered him
to produce his nephew, James Jackson,
whom they charged with having insult.
cd lady. CLANCY refused and was
roughly handled. His son attempted
to protect Jackson, for whom the mob
was searching, but was compelled to
strip and stand out in the snow while
the regulators continued their search.
Jackson was finally found on the
smokehouse, and was then given TWEEN
ty-fve lsshes. Having thus regulated
things to their liking, the whitecaps
rode out of town.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
The Chinese Situation.

LONDON, March 9.-The gravity Of
the situation in the far east is indicated
by the intention of n Pritchard Morgan
liberal, to move the adjournment OF the
House of Commons III order to call a.
tentior to the crisis in China. The gen
eral impression here is that the Chimes
question is rapidly coming to head.
All the powers are rushing additional
warships to the scene, apparently to
have them on hand when the inevitable
carving takes place. Some newspapers
here fear that the long pending AGglo-
Russian conflict will be precipitated by
the attempt OF Russia to have China re-
pudiate the New Chwang railroad con
5ract, but in diplomatic circles it is sur
missed Russia's move is intended IS al
entering wedge for the partition Of
Chine. With the contract request re
fused, Russia will demand territorii !
compensation and this will open th,
way for general scramble for slices OF
the Chinese empire. Lord Salisbury
course, thus far, meets with popula'
approval and it may be expected thai
all parties will unite 10 holding UP hi
hands in Whatever policy events may
dictate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
THURSDAY EVENING. MAR 9 1899

ACCORDING TO people who have long
resided in Spain, Spaniards are as kind
", we'll behaved, and contented a
race as any that now exists, though
an impression prevails among the ILL.,
informed in this country that they are
cruel and blood-thirsty. The Mexicans,
who are their kin, and therefore know
them better, have invited their antor-
sunate cousins in Cuba and Porto Rico
to come into their country and make
their homes there, and their kind invi-
tation will probably be accepted, and
thereby another effective obstacle be
put in the way of the ful6llment OF Mr.
Rhodes prophecy respecting the ab
sorption of the whole western hemis
phere by the United States, as it would
be against human nature if the Cuban
Spaniards and their children should fol
to nurse their wrath against this coun-
try and keep it warm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

For WINNIE DAvIs's GRAVE The
design for the statue TO be erected over
The grave in Hollywood OF Miss Winnie
Davis, the Daughter of the Confeder-
acy," has been chosen and approved by
Mrs. Davis The matter was finally
ieclded 10 Richmond last night at a
meeting O Richmond chapter, Daueh-
,ers of the Confederacy The design,
which is by Zolvey, OF New York, is
the figure OF sitting angel. 1t is to be
of Italian marble and will be
erected by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy. Mrs. Davis writes; when
| found it possible for this statue to be
erected over Winnie;s grave l had a
feeling nearer akin to happiness than l
had ever known since her DEATH"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09
Result of a Foolhardy Act.

New YORK, March 9.-Prof Donald
sou, the diver, was seriously injured
asst night at the Sportsman's Show, in
Madison Square Garden, by diving
from dizzy height into a shallow
tank. He made a miscalculation III
his plunge and struck the bottom of the
tank with terrific force, fracturiug his
skull. The tank was 81 feet deep and
was considered by Donaldson ample for
his diving. The plunge was made
from height OF So feet. While very
seriously Injured physicians say he lie
in no immediate danger of death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-09

SUNDAY. SCHOOL WORKERS. The
ninth annual convention of The Virginia
State Sunday. school Association. rep
resenting all Protestant denomina-
tions. convened last night at the Grace
street Baptist Church, Richmond, and
will remain in session two days.
Welcoming addresses were delivered
bv W. A. Barr, rector of Monumental
Church, on the part of Richmond, and
bv DR.. W. E. Hatcher, on behalf of the
churches of that city. Ia response Mr..
c. E. Vawter, president of the associa-
ton and superintendent of the Miller
Manual School, of Albemarle, made a
few remarks, accepting the hospitality
and referring to his former acceptance
of such kindnesses, especially when he
was in the trenches around Richmond
during the war.
a practical talk in regard 10 the bet
ter organization of the State association
bv Prof. H. NJ. Hamill, of Illinois, who
is field worker for the international
school association, included much
valuable advice.
There are now at the convention
about fifty delegates and more are ex'
pected.