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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too. by lady in this
country. Disease fastenedlits clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and deah seem
ed imminent. For three months she
coughed incessantly, and COLD not
sleep. She finally discovered way to
recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle
ot DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption and was so much rel evtd on
taking first dose that she slept all night;
and with two bottles, has been absolute.
ly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther
Lulz" Thus writes W. G. Hamnick &
Co., of Shelby, N. G Trial hotties free
at E. S. Leadheater & Sons Drug Store.
Regular SIZE SOC and 81 90 Every bot
tie guaranteed.
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NINE BODIES IN THE ASHES.


Mail advices from Hardeeville, S. c..
sly: About miles from this village
on the Oestreicher farm, on Tue sday
night, May %, occurred a terrible
tragedy. a two story frame building
90 the farm was occupied by jacob
Solomons, his wife, aud seven children:
the Oldest aged sixteen years, and the
Youngest an infant of one year. Ga
Wednesday some one passing saw that
the house was gone, and on approach
ing to investigate, found that every ves-
tige of it was burned, and the bodies of
the nine occupants, or rather the char
red trunks OF nine human bodies, were
lying in the ashes.
The coroner's inquest, held on the
25th instant, disclosed these facts: That
the the house was occupied by Solo.
mons and his family, and was shat.
tered in the lower story by the
last autumnal storms, which also
carried away the chimneys; that Solo
mons had resorted to the make SHIFT
of building two fires, one to cook on
and the other for warmth, inside the
lower stories of the house, OH two Cir.
cular mill SAWS, raised from the board
floor on small pieces of iron. The
smoke, sparks and flames escaped from
the fire as best they could. Evidently,
after the family had retired upstairs,
the blow that came up at y o'clock
that night famed the flames, which
communicated to the partition of the
stairway and set the house a6re.
Acquiring shrieks were heard by a
neighbor mile distant, aud must have
come from these unfortunate creatures,
W ZEN they were precipitated into the
,olocaust that was yawniug below
5hem. jacob, the father; Amy, the
wife and mother; Rollins, Hattie,
Charlie, Nora, Isaac, Willie and
Mamie were all burned.
The verdict OF the coroner's jury wa-
that they came to their deaths through
the culpa5ie negligence OF Jacob Solo
mons in neglecung TO build chimney
for his ;amiy's use.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29

REAL BEAUTY SLEEP.-Womon now
DAYS lie Oh beds that are 80 soft, sur
round themselves with so many cush-
ions and pile so much covering ov,T
them," eaid an eminent physician, that
the body gains no ventilation what
ever. High pillows throw the health
iul breathing, while all sorts of posi-
ions are taken with regard only 10
yetiinl comfortable.
ga hard bed is che best thing in the
world for making the flesh firm. /
have known patients TO apparently re-
duce their weight 20 or 80 pounds after
sleeping so for several months, but IN
being weighed they would find that no
flesh had been ost it had simply hard
eued and lost its habbiness.
sleeping on the back is not healthful.
II results in q gravitation OF blood 10
the brain. Persons who dream much
and have nightmare usually sleep IN
this position. 1t also has tendency to
throw the palate back, causing mouth
breathing, which in its turn is fre-
ouent cause of throat trouble, as the
air reaches the lungs without being
purified and moistened by passing
through the nose:
Lying on the left side, with the arm
thrown behind, is the best position for
both giving a fine figure and promot
inc health. ALI animals sleep upon the
chest as nearly as possible, with the
back up, and they know pretty well the
hest method in these matters. IL Will
he found that in lying on the left side,
with the left arm thrown behind one,
brings the body nearly over the chest.
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A NNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK.
II HOLDERS OF THE WASHINGTON
REAL ESTATE COMPANY-Notice is here
by given that the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Washington Real Estate
Company will be held in the principal office
of the company, No. 212 King street. Alex.
andria, Virginia, the FIRST MONDAY IN
JUNE (5th), 1899, at 11:30 O'Clock a M,
for the election of officers for the ensuing
year and transaction of such other business
as may constitutionally come before said
meeting. Books for the transfer OF stock
will be closed Oh Saturday, May 27, to Mon
day, June 5. both dates inclusive By order
OF the Board of Directors.
CF. BAMSDELL Secretary.
Washington, D. C Msy 8, 1899. my11 2w
A GENERAL meeting of the stockholders e
N OF the GEORGIA MANGANESE AMI
IRON COMPANY will be held at the Gazette
Building 80 Prince street. Alexandria, Va
MONDAY. June ~, at - o'clock m.
M C. BUTLEB, E. F. RIGGS.
T.B. FERGUSON C. 8. CARTER.
RALPH WALSH. my1O I'd
NOTICE "A special meeting of the stock.
~ holders Of the GREAT FALLS POWER
COMPANY will be held at the Braddock
House, Alexandria, Alexandria county. Vir.
ginia, on WEDNESDAY, the thrty.first day
of May, 1899, at twelve o'clock noon, for the
following purposes:
To elect officers of said corporation.
=. To transact any other business that may
legally come before said meeting.
PAUL BUTLER,
ADELBERT AMES,
o. D. BARRETT, Directors.
J'.HN B. COTTON,
FRANK L. WASHBURN,
Dated April 2S. 1899. ap29 Sod
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29
His Life Was Saved.

If you have piles, cure them. No use up-
dergoing horrible operations that simply re-
move the rtsnls of the disease without dis
turbing the disease itself Place your conf
dence in DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. it has
never failed to cure others; it will not fail to
cure you. Edgar Wsrfield. ir., corner King
ond Dit straats
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Decoration Day Excursion.

On May 30 the Southern Railway will
operate special excarsion from Washington
to Luray, Va, and return via Msna3as, River
ton and N & w Railway Leav1 Washing
ton $50 a. N and arrive at Luray 12:3O p.
IN returning, leave Lurav 5:15 p. m. and
arrive in Washington at $3.50 p. m. Fare,
round trip including admission to caverns,
So so.
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AIs*snaria 55azstte.
PuBLIsHED DAILY AND rR1-wEEELY AT
Gazette Building. s10 a. s12 Prince :,
TERMS

n VIAnsIOhl AuVortlsomenis murG be pAd {ol
il sdvanco.
ontrsct advertisers viii moi be allowed to ex.
ceed their SPACE unless the excess ia paid for
st transient rates, and uuder no circum.
'tanceo will they be allowed 10 advertise
other thSn their legitimate business in the
space contracted for
Marriage aud death notices must bs psid for
in advance.
RESOLUTIONS in menorian. OF thankA tributes
OF respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless OF public concern, will
only be printed in this paper as sdyar .iss.
ments.
tho GAZETTE Office is connected with tbs
Telephone Exchanges. Advertisements, Or
ders for tho paper, news or any information
OF business can bo cent by telephone
Entered ST the Postof6co Alexandria. Virgin.
ia as second class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29

ARN0LD's BROMO-CELERY. Try this
lnryslod remedy for Headaches, Neu uralgia'
SlssolasuussI 10 canta
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29

IN GRAN UMUI IT Ms I IHE
blankets. woolers furs and everything liable
to bc attacked by the WHY moth were
l.i1 away in cedar chests, the best prevent
we then known at this season of the year,
when the crafty insect is looking Tor good
soft spot to lay its eggs. Not every one has q
cedar chest. but 1O.cent cedar bricks, con-
venient substitutes. are much more agreeable
to use ,han camphor balls We keep nearly
everything else in the way of insect destroy
ers and preventives.
F S. LEADBEATER & SONS,
Established 1892 Fairfax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29

STRANGE MASONIC LoDGE.-The
sixteenth session of the masonic Grand
Lodge of Arizona was unique IN tna
history of latter day Masonry. It's mys,
,ic rites and ceremonies were performed
in a temple of great b auty and magnl-
fcient dimensions, in the BUILDING OF
which the sound of hammer ana troW-
al was never heard. Two hundred
feet below the surface of the eartn, at
the end Of a half mile of winnings
through narrow tunnels into the very
heart of a great limestone and por,,
nhvry mountain, was the wonder1ol
tamnle-a cavern of large dimensions
and exouisitely adorl cd by stalactlles
hevord The power of n au to initiate.
Two wears ago some dust-6egrlmed
miners in the upper levels OF the cop
ner Queen mine, at Bisbee, Arizona,
'1riftine their way in the dark depth OF
the earth, came suddenly, upon tnls
cavern. In the light OF their talio"
dips it seemed like vision into eartn 5
ioferno. There were the many hundred
csrbonized lime drippings of centuries,
T;thin a limitless rift that was saad-
owv and weird. The cave has since
@ beep seen by people from many parts
of the world, and is SAID 10
he one of the most beautiful
U hterranean caverns yet discover
81 For the Masons the winding pas
ssnos we're brilliantly illuminated by
eIectricity. and within the main cham
o.. ;tself which seats a thousand per:
sors @ there were innumerable lamps and
oU en electric &c" and other Symbols
TLeslie's Weekly.
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What you want is not temporary Ey,W;,t's Ig,tos
frcm pile but cure to stay cuivu; S ,bev srsv
Witch Hazel saiye cures p.'o., co1nsr ~n King and
cured. Edgar Warheld, JI' coFneR n'As --'N
Pitt stre ,ts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-29

DeWitts Little Eary Bisers scts as fault
less pin should, cleansing and reviving the
system instead OF weakening it. They are
mild and sure small and pleasant TO tske'
and entirely free from Objectionable drugs
They assist rather than compel. Edgar war
field r corner King and Pitt streets.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

Klondike country. The Kotzebue district,
which was heralded last year as the
greatest in Alaska, has been drained of
its miners. They trailed into Nome all
last summer penniless and almost starv-
ing, would get a rocker on credit and go
up the beach,, and in a week or so you d
see these same men in town with hun
dreds of dollars in dust, and most of them
with only one desire-that of spending 1t
for a good time, which there takes the
form of drinking or gambling.
. Nome City is a fair type Of any mush-
room mining town. It has grown entirely
since last spring, and all the men who
are working in the gulches 1 have men
toned and many of those on the beach
claims, live in It, 1t is about an hour S
walk from the city,to the gulches. When
I left there the city had 90 two-story
buildings and 200 or 800 single-story cab
ins, besides a large tent population. 1t
has a number of hotels and lodging
houses, as well as restaurants. Saloons
and gambling houses are numerous, and
the latter are run wide open, and every
game of chance known can be played
there. But 1t is not a lawless community
by any means, and life and property are
as safe there as in Chicago. The town
grew so rapidly that Aug. "a it incorpo-
rated as city, and an election was held
]. D. Cashel was elected mayor; Alonzo
commissioner for the district, was elected
city judge, and four aldermen and a chief
Of police were also chosen.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

was fractured. The newspapers said that
the bones were set but that was not
true. 1t was impossible to push them into
line because of the tremendous muscular
contraction. A horse power at his feet
and another at his head would scarcely
have been strong enough to overcome it.
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL.
''At last the surgeons decided that they
must cut away the posterior parts of the
two vertebrae which were pressing
against the cord, but here 81 new difficulty
arose
''The surgeons knew that the slightest
motion by the patient while under the
knife might result in a cut to the sheath
of the cord and instant death. So the
administration of ether seemed necessary;
but ether calls for some vigor In the
breathing apparatus, and my sons condi-
ton in this regard was so feeble that
ether was likely to kill him. So the doc
tors waited, hoping for something to turn
up, until my son insisted upon the sur
geons proceeding with the operation with
out ether
80 the surgeons yielded, and on Sept
19 DR.. Able performed the operation
There were present Drs. Robert F. Weir
and Arthur L. Fisk, surgeons, and Drs
Pierce Bailey and Edward D. Fisher,
neurologists. Dr.. Thomas L. Bennett was
my son was placed face down upon
the table and prepared to receive the
knife, knowing that the slightest move
or mistake meant death. Cocaine was ap-
piled to the skin so as to deaden the first
shock Of pain, but that was ALL Ether
was held In reserve.
''It was 4 p. m. when DR.. Able made
the first incision. The operation took
nearly an hour. The back portions of the
two vertebrae were removed, laying the
sheath Of the cord bare and relieving the
pressure. Then the incisions were closed.
The parts of the bone removed will be
replaced with kind of gristle which will
grow there, protecting the cord. My son
bore the pain without a tremor, holding
his head motionless.
For days after the operation my son
felt nothing, but at last nervous sensa-
tons began to be felt and to increase In
force. His breathing improved and his
digestion became stronger.
Then he began to take more solid food,
and after time he was placed in a re-
Ginning chair and wheeled about the hos
p1tal The angle at which he lay was
gradually increased, until today he Is Sit
ting bolt upright.
He takes exercise by being wheeled
about twice day, talks to the patients
In the wards AID is in good spirits. He
eats three good meals a day and dieests
them with ease. The hand and arm which
he used with greatest difficulty are gain
Ing power
''Dr. Able does not say positively that
the muscular power Will be restored. but
all the indications are that it will be OS
course, 1t may be months before he will
be able to leave the hospital"
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

Chicago man, who has just returned
from Alaska, and who was at Cape Nome
all OF this summer. "The history of the
Cape Nome district only dates back to
1885," the speaker continued. "end the
Iirst working of 1t was in the past sum-
mer. For the season of four months its
production of gold was between S., 900, 600
and $6,OO0,01O, ard this Is n conservative
estimate. On cne steamer alone, the
Bertha, which arrived at Sar Francisco,
Oct 30, there was $3,000.C coo in gold, AMI on
the Roanoke, " hich arrived at Seattle
Nov 2, there was $1500,000. This gold all
came from the Cape Nome district, and
is all we know of definitely, but in a5-
dItion to this there was a large amount
brought out by individuals who kept their
good fortune secret, and, therefore, be-
lieve an estimate of $6,000,0p0 to be a con-
servative one.
MANY people have only an Indifferent
acquaintance with the topography OF
Alaska, and no knowledge whatever of
it's enormous extent Frequently since /
have been back have been asked Ques-
tions by people who assumed that Cape
Nome and the Xlondike were within easy
walking distance of one another AS a
matter of fact Cape Nome is about as
far from the I<lcn6ike as Chicago is from
San Francisco. Cape Mono IS little
over 1900 miles west and south Of the
Klondike. Here, all within the present
year. a city with a fully organized mu-
nicipal government ard population of
from: $500 TO 5,000 souls has sprung up.
1t was at first called Anvil City, but this
name was subsequently changed TO Nome,
and the CITY is now so known.
FIRST FINDS MADE
"Prior to July, 1885, there were no white
residents in the Cape Nome district, a
few Eskimos being the sole inhabitants.
The nearest settlement of whites was at
Council City, 100 miles away, or, to give
it the name it is best known by, Golofnin
Bay This was q mining town and a
rendezvous for prospectors. Among those
prospectors there was H. L. Blake, who
early In 1898 heard from some Eskimos
that there was gold at Cape Nome.
Blake organized a party consisting of
himself, F. Porter and the Rev. o. Hult-
berg. Hultberg, by the way, is a Swede
and a missionary sent by the Lutheran
church to Alaska to work among the ma
tives. Blake's party sailed up the coast
from Golofnin Bay to Cape Nome and
began to prospect. They found the coun-
try was rich in mineral, but the idea Of
trying the beach never entered their
heads Neither did they stake out any
claims, but returned to Golofnln Bay
early in September with an agreement
among the party to say nothing of the
richness Of the new field, and to go up
in the spring, stake their claims and be-
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

Thousands have tried from time imme.
mortal to discover some efficacious rem
edy for wrinkles and other fmpsrfecttons
Of the complexion, but none had yet sue
ceeded until the Misses Bell, the now
famous Complexion Specialists, Of IS Fifth
Avenue. New York City, offered the pub
lie their wonderful Complexion Tonic.
The reason SO many failed to make this
discovery before. is plain. because they
have not followed the right principle.
Balms. Creams, Lotions, ETC., never have
tonic effect upon the skin, hence the
failures.
The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic
has q most exhiiarating effect upon the
cuticle. absorbing and carrying off all I'M
Euritles which she blood by its natural ac-
ton Is constantly forcing to the surface
OF the skin. 1t Is to the skin what vital
iEing tonic is to the blood and nerves. a
kind Of new life that Immediately exhIl-
arates and strengthens wherever applied
It's tonic effect is felt almost Immediately.
and It speedily banishes forever from the
skin, freckles, pirnples. biackheads, moth
patches. wrinkles, liver spots, roughness
otliness, eruptions, and discolorations Of
any kind.
In order that all may be beneAtes nv
their Great Discovery, the Misses Rel yviii
during the present month. give to ali
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

Bay, in which the whole story of the dis
eovery and richness Of the Cape Nome
district was revealed. The Rev. Mr. An
derson knew a good thing as we'll as the
next man, and didn't let any grass grow
under his feet. He received Hultberg's
letter, and by Sept. 25 had organized q
party and started by boat for Cape
Nome. In the party, besides the Rev Mr..
Anderson, were DR.. Kettelson, in charge
of the governments reindeer department
at Golofnin Bay, and Gabriel Price, the
son-in-law of c. d. Eane a California
mining millionaire. This party, on ar
rival at Cape Nome, by using the inside
information furnished them by Hultberg,
was able to at on6s proceed to the richest
sections of the district and stake out
claims They were even able to do lit
tie washing before they returned, and
actually took out 81, 500 in dust on Anvil
creek before they went back to winter at
Golofnin Bay. They had to leave their
boat at Cape Nome, and walked back on
the Ice, the final freeze, having set in be-
fore they started back,
STAMPEDE BEGAN.
Having located alp the claims they
wanted, the members of the Anderson
party had no object I'm keeping secret
the facts about the new FL Dorado, and so
enhancing were theft tales that a verita-
BILE stampede at once set in. and in two
days Council City was almost depopu-
lated. The sight of the $1,S00 in gold
drove men almost frantic in their anxiety
to be first on the ground. The weather
was bitterly cold, but that made no Diff
ference Those who had the means got
dog sledges; those who didn't started to
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10

tainments He has made study of his
sons case. His story is as follows:
ION Sunday, the 7th day Of August, my
son was spending the day at Oyster Bay.
He was an athlete, and was swimming
with James Durand. of Glen Cove, off
the Casino steps. The water was four
feet deep, I think. The lowest step was
smooth and Shiny. Walter prepared to
dive, and then, just as he was raising
himself, his feet slipped in the slime.
He went down head first and sideways,
with arms outspread. He struck hard
against the sandy bottom with his shoul-
der, and his neck was twisted by the
blow.
HE was not stunned. Instantly he
realized his position. His brain was
working perfectly, but his body was inert
He tried to move hands and feet, to rise
to the surface, as a swimmer should, but
ali in vain. He felt himself suffocating.
yet unable to move a muscle. He thought
to himself; My neck is broken. can't
move. Perhaps they'll think 1 am sham
ming. If they do--if they don't get me
out-I shall be dead in two minutes
But he was calm. The thought of death
did not seem dreadful. Walter had faced
death too often to feel it now.
He lay helpless under water for what
seemed a long time, but help must have
come almost instantly, for he was con-
scious when they took him out, and the
first thing he said when his breath came
back was;
Boys, be easy with me; my neck's
broken
They took him to the Octagon house,
and the next day, after his neck had been
- encased in plaster, he was removed to
my house in Glen Cove.
DR.. Robert Abbe saw him, and on the
third day he was taken to Roosevelt hos
pital. His mind was clear. He felt bright
er mentally than before the accident
He could see well and talk well, but he
was breathing in short breaths and his
body was paralyZed.
DELICATE CABLE.
THE spinal cord is composed of a mass
of nerve fIbers so delicate as almost to
resemble jelly. Through certain Of these
fbers the sensations of touch, of cold
and heat. and so forth, are flashed to the
Drain; and all the impulses which direct
our movements are sent through certain
of these fbers to the muscles
The spinal cord may be compared to a
cable which contains an infinite number
OF telephone wires. 1t is so delicate thar
the slightest laceration will interrupt
communications and cause death. To
prevent this it is surrounded by a sheath
I call it a water cushion
When my sons neck was wrenched in
the way 1 have described, two of these
bones, the fifth aud sixth vertebrae Of
the neck were pushed out Of line. That
had the effect of cutting off communica-
tion with the rest of the body in all but
a few nerve fibers.
All sensations were cut off. My son
could feel nothing below the neck; COM
municatton between the brain and one of
the muscles controlling the lungs was
Kept up, and so the sufferer could breathe
with the upper part of the lungs, taking
short breaths The nerves of one of the
arms were sti]l working a little, and he
could move that arm slightly.
AT Roosevelt hospital my son improv-
ed. He was cheerful despite his aff1iction
The nurses read to him and ne understood
clearly. but his body remained motion