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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11

down from the single gold standard,
and that the next republican national
convention will declare for bimetalIism.
but Increase the ratio.
Among the visitors here today is Mr..
Button, secretary of the Virginia State
democratic committee. He says the
talk about the self-called convention in
his State TO devise ways ana means by
which u. s. Senator in that State
shall be elected otherwise than by the
manner prescribed by the Constitution,
not being an antiMartin movement,
is absurd. and induces those to whom is
is addressed to imagine that the takers
take them for simpletons. The move.
ment referred to, he says, however,
doesn't amount to any thing, and that
he hears little or nothing of it in Vir-
GINA, and that this city and Richmond
seem to be the only places in which it
. is ever mentioned.
The Secretary of State this afternoon re.
| ceived a conf ienial communication from the
German Ambassador informing him that the
German Government has agreed to the ap.
pointment of a Samoan Commissioner
Col. U. l.. Boyce of Clarke county Virgin
| ia has become the owner of smoke consum-
| ing invention for which he holds the patent
| right in all the Southern States ana in Mary
/ land and Delaware He will give an cxhibi.
| tian OF its work and effectiveness at the Cap
| itol here tomorrow.
, Senator Daniel of Virginia is still he e,
+, hut will leave for his home this evening He
! is utterly opposed 10 any more changes in the
Constitution thinks il the best safeguard the
states now have and says that as Senator
| Martin has been tried anu iound not wanting
aud as he people from all parts OF the State
/ with whom he talks and who write to him
| on the subject, seem to want him reelected
( he will DO ali he can to favor them
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11

TWENTY TWO TO ONE.-A blue book
giving the evidence obtained by the
Indian currency inquiry committee
was published in London yesterday
1t includes letter from the United
States Secretary of State, Colonel John
Hay, to Lord Alderman, director of
the Bank of England, dated Novem.
Der 25 last, saying:
"The Washington cabinet does NOT
consider it expedient for the United
States to reopen the bmetallic Ques.
ton at present, in view of the charsc.
ter of the British ministry's reply to the
bimetallic commission in 1897"
Colonel Hay added that the cabine,
was open to consider the question OF ,
ratio.
Lord Alderman suggested before the
committee that negotiations be entered
into upon the part of Great Britain
with the United States with the view
to come to arrangements for the r..
opening of the Indian minis at the
ratio of % to l, because he thought
there was possibility III the future "oi
the American government taking the
bit in its teeth and re-enacting the OLD
ratio"
Lord Alderman quoted Colonel
Hays letter in support of his view that
the American government was disposed
10 adopt the ratio OF % 10 l,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

More room is needed in Fredericks-
burg National Cemetery to bury SOL
diers who fell in Cuba.
The president of the c. and O. Rail
road has notified the interstate COM
MERGE commission that dflerential rates
on grain will no longer be allowed.
Rev. Dr. J. c. Hiden has accepted
the call to the new Baptist Church re-
Gently organized in Richmond, known
as Monroe Baptist Church.
Mrs. 5. Luckett, who had been living
in the family OF Mr.. L. A. Larkin, near
Manassas, for twenty-five years, died
on Sunday of pneumonia.
John Webb, ooored brakeman on
the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
was crushed to death yesterday morn
ing while coupling cars in the yards in
Lynchburg.
At Bristol yesterday special grand
Jury indicted George E. Davis, Judge
William F. Rhea's private secretary,
for shooting with intent to kill Gen.
James A. Walker on the night of March
II. The jury also found true bill
against Gen. Walker for the same Of.
tense committed at the same time
against W. S. Hamilton.
The home of Hon. E E. Meredith at
Manassas was broken into on Sunday
night and bis silver plate valued at
about $3.50 was stolen. There is no clue
to the burglar. The stolen property
was kept in one of the drawers OF the
sideboard in the diniDg-room, and the
empty drawer was found yesterday
morning short distance in the rear OF
the house.
Il meeting OF young men of Peters.
burg, principally members OF the late
company G., Third Virginia regiment,
was held last night at the court house
for the purpose of recognizing the
company. The company was reorgan'
lied with forty-fve members, and the
former officers were reelected a. fol-
lowe Capt. j. A. Nichols, First Lieut..
w. A. Bond, and Second Lieut.. H. Y.
Parham.
DR.. William Laferty of the Cozet
| neighborhood, was found SUNDAY morn
ing on the side of the Chesapeake and
O0io Railroad, near Meschum river,
with his leg crushed, having been run
| over by freight train. 1t was evident
that he had made efforts to stop the
flow of his own blood by using his
own handkerchief for bandage. He
was taken to Cozet and died a few
hours afterwards. One leg had been
cut off by passenger train and he had
suffered other Injuries. How long he
had been in that condition is not known,
but PROBABLY most Of the pight. How
he came to be at Crozet depot Is mat
ter of conjecture. He was the son OF
Rev. DR.. J. ]. Laferty, editor Of the
Richmond Christian Advocate, and was
about 80 years old.
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Revival OfCnr.liSul

Madrid, April lit is stated that
Don Carlos is planning to begin the iu-
surrecton al points now least suspect
ed and such reports have caused the
government uneasiness. The most
startling developments in the Carlist
scare is the fact that the members
of Premier Silvela's official family are
not above suspicion of implication in
the pretender's plot. General Polavi-
Ella, minister of war, is known to have
strong Carllst sympathies, Senior Nor
cedal is Carist, and Senior Duran,
minister of justice, if not Carlist, is n
sepsratist, which party is equally Il
menace. This movement is conferred
at Barcelona and the secession of the
province of Catalonia is contemplated.
Premier Silvela, however, processes
that the government has no reason for
alarm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
The New Ministers.

Madrid, April 11.-There is much
speculation here as TO who will be the
new American minister at Madrid. 1t
is stated that if the American govern
meDt sends back General Woodford
Spain may return Polo y Bernabe to
Washington. General Woodtood is
personally popular in Madrid but it is
felt that he did not sufficiently impress
the Spanish government last spring
with the seriousness of the United
Stares' demands until it was too late for
Spein to make concessions. New men
would be preferred for both places, es.
pecially as it would allow the appoint
ment of new Spanish minister in sym
pathy with the present conservative
government.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
NEWS OF The DAY.

Owing to the increase OF brigandage.
people IN part of Santiago province are
forsaking the country districts for the
cities.
Mr.. Godfrey Bland, first secretary of
the British embassy, died last night of
heart disease at his sidence in Wash
ingtOn.
Mrs. Annie E. George, on trial for the
murder OF George d. Saxton in Canton,
Ohio, almost tainted in court yesterday,
and gave other signs of breaking down
under the strain.
John Berry, the negro held for the
murder OF Miss Amanda Clark, at her
! home, near Bowie, Md, March 10. will
be placed on trial at Upper Marlboro
| tomorrow.
The April report OF the statistician OF
the Department of Agriculture will
show the average condition of winter
! wheat on April l to have been II
against S6.7 on April l, 1898; Sl.4 on
April l, 1897, and teu-year average
of S4.4.
NJ. Lorillier, who was private secre-
tary TO the late Lieut.. Col. Henry,
who committed suicide at Mont Va.
lerien Fortress last August, after con-
Tossing to having forged letter largely
Instrumental liz delaying Dreyfus's re-
vision, killed himself, in Paris, yester-
day evening.
The Italian government, according to
special dispatch from Rome, has de-
clined to give Colombia any further
time in which TO pay the Cerruti in.
! demnity, under Mr.. Cleveland's award,
and has ordered the Atlantic squadron
to proceed Immediately to Cartagena
''to bring the Colombians to their
senses"
The list of speakers for the Chicago
platform dinner at the Grand Central
Palace, New York, April Ia, includes
William J. Bryan, supreme court JUS
| tice William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn;
Jerome O'Neill. the labor man; George
Fred Williams, OF Massachusetts; Chas
A. Towne and John F. Crosby.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York
| was W. GuESb VI uOEOI ~ luo AppO'
mattox Day banquet of the Hamilton
Club, ia Chicago, last night, where he
spoke on "The Strenuous Life The
banquet was given to celebrate the sur
render of Lee and the overthrow of the
Southern Confederacy.
Germany's ambassador in Washing
ton yesterday entered formal pro
test against the action of Great
Britain and the United States in install
ing Malietoa Tamu as king OF Samoa.
Germany, according to the Berlin
correspondent OF the Standard, will not
appoint the German member of the Sa-
moan Commission until her protest has
been answered by Great Britain and
the United States.
Frank Croker, son of the Tammany
leader, was the star witness before the
Mazet investigating committing, in
New York, yesterday. He told the
investigators that, as secretary OF the
Roebllng Company, he received sal
airy Of TWO thousand dollars year, al
though be knew nothing about the
business. but was learning. He also
received gratis six thousand dollars
worth OF stock OF the United Company
Richard Croker will also be called upon
to testify.
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Testimony in the Drcyfus Case

Paris, April 1.-THE Figaro today
prints some of the testimony in the
Dreyfus case before the court of cassa-
iion General De Gallifat quoted Brit
ish military attache as saying: I'VE al
taches are always able to get anything
we want from Esterhazy for cash. ;
General Laroche's testimony which Is
printed tends to exculpate Dreyfus.
The Matin today claims to have re-
ceived Information that the telegram
concerning Dreyfus alleged to have
been sent by the former Italian military
attache at Paris to his government, was
written by EsterhaZy and Du Patty de
Clam anc used against Dreyfus at his
trial. The original version. 1t was found
later, was entirely different in its i'm
port.
The Eclaire today publishes evidence
to show that x-Major Esterhazy wrote
the bordereau, the document on which
the conviction of Captain Dreyfus was
chiefly based.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
Nancy CuiIford Sentenced.

Bridgeport. Conn, April 1.-The
trial OF Dir. Nancy Guilford for the MUIR
of Emma Gill came TO an abrupt end
this morning. when DR.. Banks an
nounced that Juror Gregory would be
unable to be present in court for sever
al weeks. Judge Wheeler decided that
it would be impracticable to adjourn
the trial for month and he forthwith
discharged the jury and adjourned court.
The trial may go over to the next term.
At 2:20 this afternoon DR.. Nancy
Guilford pleaded guilty to manslaugh-
ter. State Attorney Fesseuden accept
ed the plea rather than have q new
trial and the Judge approved of it. Mrs.
Gulford was sentenced to ten years i'm
prisGDment and fined one dollar.
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NJ. ?. CONFERENCE

At yesterdays session 10 Crisfeld of
the Maryland annual conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church, several
matters of Importance were acted upon,
the principal one of which was the
! suggestion that a twentieth century
thank offering OF 100000 be raised by
! the church in this country, and that
; 800, 600 be raised within the bounds of
the Maryland conference, this sum to
be applied to the purchasing Of pub
fishing house in Baltimore.
Several features of the day bordered
on the sensational, especially the ad-
dress of Rev. +. Z. Benson, who spoke
on the report of the committee on
Christian Endeavor, and the remarks
of Rev j. b. Jones or the Strengthening
of churches. The report OF the COM
mittee Oh Christian Endeavor showed
that there are now l,167 senior and
junior societies, with a membership OF
6,274. There was decrease of37 societies
during the year and in membership
6l7. There are twenty-seven charges
without any societies. The recon-
mendstions provided for the holding of
an annual convention, that the We'd
nesday night of the next session of con-
ference be set aside for rally, that
committee be appointed to arrange q
course Of reading. and that local socie-
ties work for an increasing interest in
UNCONVENTIONAL literature. Mr.. Ben
son said: 1--WE have reached a stage in
this work when this conference must
take some action. Within the past two
years our membership in the society as
decreased 1000. There is a growing in
efficiency among the societies.
IF we cannot continue the annual
convention and make the scalety de-
nominational movement, as we'll as in.
er-denominational as at the State
convention. then She purpose of this so.
ciety has been served"
Ga the Strengthening of churches.
Rev. Dir. Jones, OF Philadelphia, intro
ducod resolution providing that any
minister allowing an organized church
TO be closed Up should be tried at the |
bar OF tue conference. Explaining this
resolution, Mr.. Jones said: "Sociolo- |
gsts tell us that the human race is d. |
vided into four classes, and, as preach
ers are human beings, they may be in.
cluded in these classes, namel y-wag-
tails, cuckoos, suck egg dogs, and a
few respectable specimens of the genus
homo" At this iuncture DR.. Tsgg OBJ
lected tc the use of such undignified
anj Objectionable language. After de-
bate the resolution was lost.
The conference steward made g re.
port Of collections during the year,
showing the total amount of money
raised for all purposes to have been
s1S7, 259.54
The foreign mission steward reported
receipts S6,56l, I'D increase of 1888.
Mr. James r. Cation, of Alexandria,
was appointed as the additional mem
Der of the special committee on North
Carolina avenue church, Washington.
At session held last night strong
against the seating of Con-
gresham Brigham H. Roberts, of
Utah, were passed. The resolutions
polygamy, and call upon
Congress to put ::ns seal of the nations
condemn aIion upon it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
Suicide.

Philadelphia, April lin FL Of
dependency, caused by business diff
culties, Frederick Narr, widely
known banker and broker, of this city,
killed himself by shooting at his home
at 5 o'clock this morning For some
time MIR. Narr had not been il good
health, as the result of brooding over
business worries, although he is not
known to have given any intimation
that he contemplated suicide. 1t was
learned that Mr.. Narr's financial en-
barrassments were of about two years
standing. Previous to that time he
was in fiourishing circumstances. He
was at one time head of the banking
firm of Narr & Gerlach. Later he
formed the banking firm of Narr &
Friend. He was member of the Phil
adelphia and New York stock ex-
changes. He served in the civil war in
a Missouri regiment.
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Quiet in Pana.

Pana, H., April 11.-All is quiet
here today. The stores have been re-
opened, but little business is being
transacted. Small knots of men are
standing on the street corners discuss
Jug yesterdays tragedy, but no further
trouble is anticipated while the sci.
diers are here Many negroes are or
the streets. Carrie Felix, the HARRISON
Hotel waitress who was shns vhiIe
standing IL 5he kitchen of the hotel
will probably lie. Adjutant General
Reece and Col. Colver visited the Fiat.
ham and Springside mines this morn.
ing, but found everything quiet. No
action relative to the riot was taken.
Coroner Bradley said this morning that
he had word to the effect that more
dead bodies would be found on the out.
skirts of the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL II. 1871
BOOKER WASHINGTON, one of th'

BOOKER WASHINGTON, one OF the
most intelligent negroes in the whole
country, asks the following question Of
his race:
as there any reason why the negroes
in the South should continue to oppo =
fbe southern white msn and his poll
tirs9 l. This not tire source Of nearly AL
our troubles Uncouscjously We seem
80 have gotten the idea into orr blood
and bones that We are only acting IN a
manly way when we oppose Southern
white men with our votes.
This is the same question that many
white men have asked for the lest
41irty.odd years, but have received no
satisfactory enswer. Admiral Dewey
states that bis chief officer says TO be
anythine else than democrat il the
Sontb is to re nothing, II that be So
wbv should the negroes Of his section
rely for help upou nothing rather
than upon something? bu' uo'e''
standing is not impaired 10 negroes o.
their free schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
The Havana Railroad Trouble.

Havana, april 1.-THE striking en-
ployes OF the United Railroads in Ha-
vana have cut U. S. military telegraph
wires along the railroads and refuse to
allow signal service men to repair.
them. The passenger and freight traf-
tic on the railroads is completely block
ed though the strikers will move L. 5.
mail and American troops. As the
strikers have made threats of violence
against the company Governor Gen.
eral Brooke has ordered b detachment
of troops to guard railroad property.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11

The character of the natives OF Cuoa
and of the Philippine Islands, like that
of all other people, is natural and
therefore Interchangeable; but, according
to the expansionists, it is as variable a.
April weather. 1t is observed, how
ever. that the alleged variable
ness referred to is fuorescent,
not actual, but depends upon
the light in which the expansion
lists look at it. Genera! Gomez was e
noble patriot, then a villain Of the
deepest dye, and now that he ma
agreed to sell out for three million, he
is all right again. AguiDaldo, too
when a Spanish rebel, was brave and
heroic man, struggling for the freedom
and independence OF his country, bui
now he is blood-thirsty and cowardly
hound. And yet the character of both
is just the same as it always was and
will be until they die.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11
TIE MAY CONFERENCE The Rich

The MAY CONFERENCE The Rich
mond correspondent of the Petersburg
Index says: Some of Mr.. Martins
friends who are very earnest advocates
of a change in the method of electing
United States Senators have changed
their purpose and will not attend the
May convention. Upon rejecting they
do not think it would be the proper
thing for them to do as no Martin man
was invited into the conferences that
were held prior to the call being issued
and no avowed Martin supporter was
asked to sign the call. They argue that
if the promoters of the convention are
really trying to secure measures and
not to bring out new candidate they
shonld not have completely ignored the
friends OF the Senator. Convinced now
that the movement is designed 10 stir
up opposition to Mr.. Martin his friends
will keep out Of it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11

No CRIME TO TAKE DECoY MONEY
Justice Bradley, in the criminal court,
in Washington yesterday, held that
money sent in the mails to a depart
ment of the United States government
for the purpose of detecting thief can
not be used, under the statute
as the basis for an indictment,
that the ownership of the money stolen
must be an actual ownership and not q
qualified ownership, such as is afforded
by the sending OF money merely for the
purposes of decoy. This ruling par
ticularly affects postal inspectors.
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a ScriOuS ,IOkC.

Racine, w. Va, April 11.-At Orange
last Saturday births took place in two
families living in the same house. In
one case twins arrived and single in
the other. The trio OF new born baby
boys, dressed alike, were placed in one
bed 10 cause the father of the twins to
believe that his wife had given birth to
tripets. The joke worked nicely, but
when the time came to separate the in
fants and restore them 10 their respec-
tive mothers the identity could not be
solved by the woman in attendance.
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Panic in Il Private School.

New York, April 11.-An alarm CT
fire in a private school for young
women caused a panic early this morn
ing. The school is near the site of the
Winsor Hotel and the memory of the
recent holocaust was still fresh in the
minds of the pupils, who fled from
their rooms precipitately without wait
ing for clothing. When the fremen ar
rived they found picturesque group
Of girls on the front stoop, clad in COW
-rlets, table cloths and almost any.
thing but outdoor wearing apparel.
Little damage was done by the blaze.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-11

SOME OF our readers who have in
vestments il the aqueous stocks of the
day know that the heavily capitalized
companies OF Alsop & Sons and GUM
ness & Co. were the gilt edge secur-
tiles of the London market in 1896. In
the month of February last the first
named company sold down 20 points
and Guinness & Co. dropped 30 This
is the advance move in over capital
izized stocks which, when the cloud
finally bursts, will catch macy without
a financial umbrella, or the proverhisl
hollow tree in which the lucky woman
managed to get her head out of The
hail storm.
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KILLED HIS WIFE.

Frank Galloway entered the depart
meat store of Siegel, Hilman & Co., St
Louis, at O'Clock yesterday evening
and said he wanted to see some caps
Stepping into the elevator, he assembled
to the fifth floor, where ne met his wife,
saleswoman. He attempted to start
a conversation with her, but she was
evidently apprehensive and turned 10
leave him. Before she could do SO ne
grabbed her by the shoulder with his
left hand, took out his revolver, and
commenced firing. The first shot
bought mis- victim to the floor. He fired
four more bullets into the PROSTATE
form and then handed the pistol to a
Aoorwalker. Mrs. Callaway's death
was instantaneous. As he surrendered
his revolver the murderer said:
"This woman is my wife. she re-
Gently left my house and has done such
things as to bring me into disrepute.
I could stand it no longer. The deed
is done. am ready TO be hung for it"
The shooting caused panic in the
big store. Two policemen hurried to
the scene and placed the murderer un.
der arrest. When asked why he had
killed his wife Galloway said:
II am as low as man can get ana
she is the cause of it. | don't care
what they do to me. They can hang
me as high as they please and as soon
as they please. have been drinking
He then charged Fred Duck,
mounted policeman, with having
wrecked his home, saying he was re-
sponsible for the tragedy. Mr.. Gala
way, the victim, was about twenty five
wears old and good looking. She had
recently instituted suit for divorce.