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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
From Manila.

MANILA, March The Filipinos al
San Juan Del Monte, numbering sevc.
raj thousand, were driven from then
position at $50 O'Clock this morning by
General Hale's brigade. with great loss
After the charge by Hale's bri-
gade the Filipinos left their
earthworks and ran in every direction
Their retreat was cut of in every di
rection save that to Pasig river, and a
they turned in that way they were
shelled by one Of Dewey's Gunboats
They scattered in small bodies and
were driven along the rivers bank with
great loss. The Americans had but one
man wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
TUESDAY EVENING. MAR. :, 1898.

The pRopR1EroRs of the Bennings
race track at Washington having been
acquitted of the charge of violating the
anti-gambling law by allowing book
making at their track, of course there
was nothing else to do with the book
makers there but to acquit them also,
and that was done in the criminal court
of that city yesterday. The preachers
and newspapers of Washington and
their admirers in this city deemed
book making on the race track near
Alexandria so injurious to morals that
they induced some ill-informed mem
bers of the Virginia legislature to break
up racing on that track in order to sup
press it, but that they and the courts OF
Washington dou't agree with them is
plain to be seen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

The BooKMAKERs.-Max Klein =.
New York, VINO was charged with ~;
lating the gaming laws of the Di.,.i ~,
of Columbia by setting up and kesnir.
a gaming table at the Benpino ,.,
track, was acquitted of the cbargs ~.
terday in Criminal Court No > , I I
tice Bradley presiding, as stated IN ' ~.
Gazette OF that date. This respIt g sas
reached by The jury under the Direct Z.
of the court, who, after hearing the te.,:
mony on both sides, ordered the -e ,,@.'
Of q verdict of not guilty. This oa,i. u
practically disposes of the case sgs tol
the four other bookmakers indicted ..
the same time and for the same otIsr. ~
1t will probably result also in 4.5
abandonment Of the cases oo.;...
President S. S. Rowland ana tbeotb 5s,
officers of the Washington Jocts.
Club. Klein and four other 6oot
makers were held on the charos ' a,
having conducted gaming table viii
in the purview of the anti-gaminq br
passed several years ago for the gor
! eminent of the District of Colpm5,
and the several Territories. The ".
tense was said to have been commi,.sI
on the Benning race track during inv
recent fall meet of the Washipo,a..
Jockey Club. At the time these m.-
| were indicted warrants were issued w
similar grounds for the arrest OF The nj
licers of the club. As a result of va.
terday's action of the court, racing VIII
be continued at Benning as hereto.
fore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

The EXTRADITIoN TREATY WITH
MEXIco.-The extradition treaty with
Mexico was ratified by the Senate and
the official copy returned to the State
Department. The Mexican Senate will
meet in April, and it is expected that
the treaty will be ratified by it without
delay. There is now no agreement be-
tween Mexico and the United States
for the extradition of fugitive criminals
from one country to the other, but the
treaty contains provision making its
terms retroactive, so that criminals
whose offences were committed during
the period when no treaty was 10 exist
ence will not be exempt from extradi.
ton,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Girls Rome Jumping Fatal.

READING. Pa, March With her
playmates, eight-year old Leah Helen
Whitman, daughter of Councilman
Joseph Whitman, of this city, was
jumping rope few days ago, .when
she strained herself in showing the
other girls how expert she was in do
ing pepper" On her way home she
complained of q pain in her side, as
though someone was pinching her.
The next day she came to school, but
was taken ill and was sent home. a
doctor found her in great agony. Per-
itonitis developed, which yesterday
caused her death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

KNIGHTS TENIPLAR ENTERTAINED
Knights Templar of many States es..
cred at the Arlington Hotel. Washing.
ton, last night at the reception @. c..
lumbie Commandery No. ,, Of the DE-.
trict of Columbia. Three hundred il,
knights and their ladies were pre.ec
and the scene was an interesting Ola
The parlors and the banquet bal. gm
a blaze of magnifcence. The guo. z,
cluded many Of the most Distinguish
people in official and social lie, ircui
ing representatives of the Grand Coz.
mandery of Virginia, and wien Ii;
banquet hall was thrown open s.. !.
o'clock one of the most brilliant eI.
erings ever held in Washingiol hal -
sembled. The reception lasted from
until 1880 o'clock, when u. pue.,..e
tired to the banquet room and epogA
an elaborate menu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
TURNED ON HIS ToRMENroRs.-

TURNED ON HIS ToRMENToRs.-
Driven to desperation by being tor
mented and assaulted by several boys
in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon,
u year.old Benjamin Silverman turned
on mis- prosecutors and, drawing pen
knife, stabbed one of them, year-old
Max Mansfield, in the face. Silverman
was returning home from school, when
he was accosted by q gang of boys, who
proceeded to tease and tantalize him,
and finally one of the gang struck him.
He Immediately pulled small pen
knife from his pocket and struck out.
At the hospital it was found that
young Mansfeld's wounds were not Sc
rious, although ugly scars will be the
result,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
HIGH WATER AT RICHMOND.

A dispatch from Richmond dated last
night says: The flood in the james
river lacks only two inches OF being as
high mere as it was in the great freshet
of 1885. The water is nearly to the
caves of the Old Dominion, Clyde Line
and Vlrgiuia Navigation Companies
freiehr rar houses. The Chesapeake
aud O 40 Railroad gave them warning
OF the COMM flood early Sunday morn
ING. and tue f5aght was al moved TO
higher grounds. In the lower part of
the city many cellars are flooded, and
on Lester street the people have taken
refuge in the second stories, and the
only communication is by boat.
Street car service to Fulton was
abandoned last night, and small boats
have been doing a good business carry
ing passengers to and from that suburb
to the street cars.
All freight traffic on the James river
division of the Chesapeake Il Ohio was
abandoned at . O'Clock Sunday morning.
The passenger trains continued to run
until it became absolutely impossible to
get through the water. The last attempt
was made near Winginga. The water
then had reached a considerable depth
at that point, but q desperate attempt
Was made to get the train through.
The engine passed all right, but the
train became stalled, and the water
put out the fire in the engine. Anoth-
er engine was hastily provided, attach
ed to the stalled train by a cable, and
it was drawn out of the flood. All day
Yesterday and last night the water con-
tinued to rise rapidly, until at 6 o'clock
this morning it reached, ut Columbia,
the height attained during the cele-
hrated flood of 1889, which was thirty
TWO and half feet. The water stood
at this height for two hours and half
and then Logan to fall slowly. The
worst was passed.
The news OF the great freshet came
early to the Chesapeake and Ohio Off
Gals in Richmond by means of tele-
graphic dispatches from their agents
between Richmond and Columbia
These messages show that agents stuck
to their posts until driven out by the
water. One from Columbia said ~
am now standing on a chair sending
this message, and will have to leave. y
Others down the line were of SINH
lar import, and soon nearly all the Of
| fees were deserted.
From Richmond to Gladstone today
| not wheel has been turning on the
James river division OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio, but it is expected that traf
! fic will be resumed tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

PASSENGERS MAY SToP THE TRAINS.
Experimental trials have been made on
the Northeastern Railway of England
with an appliance to enable passengers
10 apply the continuous brake to a
train in case of emergency. The ap
paratua is worked by lever in each
compartment. This, when pushed up,
releases the air in the Westinghouse
brake pipe, and thus brings the brake
into action, at the same time causing whistle
under the carriage to blow until the guard.
by means of key, restores the handle of the
lever to its normal position. The guard Is in
this way able To locate the compartment. A
special train, fitted with the apparatus, Was
run from York to Scarborough and back, and
the result Was very successful. The train,
which was travelling at speeds varying from 30
to so miles an hour, was stopped II times
within distance varying from 200 to 100
yards. This device is suggested as a means
of protection to the patrons OF the road, and
il is hoped by some such arrangement to OBJ
viate the possibility Of the awful murders,
assaults aud such crimes that tho English
railroad system is responsible for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Throat Closed With a Pin.

LEBANON, Pa, March Mrs.
Thomas Hackmen, of this city, died
yesterday from a peculiar cause.
Twenty-Five years ago, when she re-
sided at MELVILLE, Pa, she swallowed 3
large pin. 1t lodged in her throat and
defed all efforts at extraction. 1t was
necessary to give her food through p
tube, her throat closing result of
Inflammation. Recently she became
seriously i'll, and suffered terribly until
.ha died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

THE DEMOCRATS in Congress who
voted with their republican colleagues
to allow members of that body who
had accepted commissions in the .. S,
army to retain their seats, evidently
agree with Mr.. Tim Campbell of New
York. an ex-member, who, in talking
with an acquaintance about an uncon-
stitutionnI bill, closed the subject by ex-
claiming, what is the Constitution
among friends ?" That he expressed
the now prevalent and accepted ,opin-
ion of the supreme law of tbs land goes
without saying.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

SAY DISEASE Is SPREAD BY BREAD.
Consideration for the public health and
desire to improve the conditions I'M
der which they work have prompted
the members of the International Jour-
neymen Bakers Union OF New York to
prepare bill which has been intro.
duced in the Assembly. The bill pro-
hibits the employment in a bakeshop
of any person afflicted with tuberculo-
sis, scrofula Or any communicable skin
disease, and forbids the exposure OF
bread or cake for sale in any place
where it is exposed to contamination
by dust of the street or where it is in
close proximity to any animal or vege-
table matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

LONDON, March In the House OF
Commons yesterday Mr.. Brodrick, par.
liamentary foreign secretary, replying
TO question whether the Porte had or
dered the provincial governors to close
some OF the orphanages support
ed by British and American funds
for the benefit of the Armen-
ians, said that Sir Nicholas O'Conor,
British ambassador at Constantine
pie, had reported that the orphan
ages at Palla and Chinkuela had been
closed, and the occupants of the Or
phansges at Diarbekir had been lodged
in private houses at the expense of the
missionary funds. He was not certain
whether or not the orphaDage at Zsitun
was still open. The British Ambassador,
he said, mad earnestly endeavored to
dissuade the Porte from persisting in
these arbitrary and upjustifable pro-
peediups
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

ACCORDING TO Mr.. Cannon, chair
man of the House appropriations COM
mittee. the cost of the late Spanish So
called war has been $4S2, 562, OSS, nearly
half q billion. That is q pretty large
sum to pay for Improbable real estate
but, judging from what is now going on
in the conquered provinces Of Hawaii,
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippine
Islands, it is q mere bagatelle to what
the retention OF those provinces and the
enforcement of law and order therein
will be. Expansion comes high but as
long as the people OF this country shall
patiently bear the requisite burden OF
taxation, nobody has right to com
plain,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

AN AGED HUSBANDS GRIEF.-De-
spondent because his wife died about
three weeks ago, 77year-old John s.
Meyers, OF Philadelphia, committed
suicide by aspyxiation at his home yes
terday afternoon. Meyers, who was a
life long resident OF Southwark, and
for many years the owner of a fleet of
oyster boats. retired from business sew.
eral years ago to live in ease with his
wife and family. During the late biz
zard Mrs. Meyers was taken sick, and
after lingering for couple Of days sue
cumbed to the grip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

LONDON, March IA dispatch from
Paris says that two months ago Presi-
dent Faure received q French mission
airy named VienOt, who had come to
France from Oceanica to spend vaca.
ton. In the course of their converse
ton NJ. Faure said he believed that
Dreyfus was innocent, but it would be
hard to release him now, as it would
cause the ruin Of so many important
man
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Successor to Lord Herschcu.

LONDON, March Sir Edward Fry
formerly lord justice of appeals, is sug.
gested as the successor of Lord Her
scbell at the head of the British-Ca-
madam joint commission. The ap-
pointment of Lord Brampton (Sr
Henry Hawkins is considered unlike
ly. He is great criminal lawyer, but
other qualities are required.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

PATSY WARD, AGED l0l-Pa
Ward, beyond doubt the oide-. .--s-
in the Valley of Virginia. possibly
the State, having been bern E.oa4l
%, 1892, on a farm two mics ess D
Luray, celebrated her l07,a 5raiF
on the 25th of last month, Of her rlas
near Oak Hill, Page county sae.ai
with one Of her daughter, Ns vs..
liam Wood, who is sevebty.seFco y.ss
of age, and whose husband, l5a-
dead, was soldier in the war o. NJ
The old woman is bent with yen
though her mind is exceedingly ca1
she says she remembers when Tie n.l
street of Luray, e very old tow VS.
nothing but mere pig path I@
pie for many miles gather to hear -'
old womsn's history OF the yA5s
which is very interesting
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
The Markers

CHICAGO. Mar. 1.-The market closed as
follows: Wheat-July 7la7o7s May 72l5a
ia Corn-July =: May 35l2a353. Oats
July =; May 21a277-. Pork-Msy 50 80
40 30. Lard-May So 40
BALTIMORE, Mar Flour dull and I'M
changed. Wheat frmer; No = red spot and
the month 76a76I April 7Giaa763I. Corn
firm; mixed spot and the month 3SI,a3SIb,
Oats steady; No 2 white 36l2 asked No 2
mixed 33loa34.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

A BIG gLAc6 REAR,-A dispatch from
Williamsport, Nd, says: large black bear
hiss been terrorizing that section of country
between Sandy Hook and Weverton ada.
cont 10 the Potomac river for two weeks
mast The animal has carried off pigs and
ootber domestic animals belonging TO farmers,
1ybo have hunted bruln in vain with guns to
LIN him. Thursday night while returning
home Joseph Elgin encountered the bear on
tbe road and ran back to WevertOn to give
the alarm. A large party armed with guns
and pistols started out to hunt for the bear,
fut failed to ind H.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Ouay'S Fight.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March THE
Senatorial caucus today was largely at.
tended. Eight pairs were announced.
but Quay lacked Is votes of election.
Many charges were predicted, but bal
loting was without special incident.
1t is reported that Senator Quay will
withdraw and that Col. G. F. HUFF, will
be chosen as his successor in the Senate
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

JUDGING from what was done yes
terday at the meeting Of the republican
congressional committee on the cur
rency, the republicans in the
next Congress will do in the matter
of the currency question just exactly
what those in the late one did-noth-
ing, and that. too, though Mr.. McKin-
ley was elected President upon the
promise that he would see to it that the
present and long prevailing condition
of the currency should be improved.
So long as stocks and bonds are nigh,
republican congressman, who are in
terested in them, are satisfied with the
present condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

COLD Comfort At THE YTtW.---
cost of heating plant for the Ys,l'--
Rome, capable of heating q tml''l.' q
rooms, has been lately figured on by
tive bidders, the lowest estimtebsm- p
600. The Pope, it is rcpor ed de.'.s'
iucnre the expense. although the creates y.
ficulty is experienced IL keeping c'.- D..
own private apartments warm eno'-- ."
comfort in the winter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

SOUTHERN WoMEN PRoTEsT.-The
local chapter Of the Daughters cf the
Confaderacy at Savannah, Ca, which
is the original chapter of the organiza-
ton, Yesterday adopted resolutions
strongly protesting against President
McKinley's suggestion respecting the
Federal care of Confederate graves.
The resolution says:
with full appreciation of the iir-
pulse expressed in that sentiment, we
shrink instinctively with hushed and
holy sorrow from yielding the slightest
assent. The graves of the Confederate
dead are our pilgrim shrines. From
their hallowed hearts eternally ascend
mute protests against sll assaults upon
constitutional liberty. The record these
incompatible heroes made furnish the
brightest pages in American annals,
wrought out by men of Hottest mold.
Only reve1ent hands should lay me-
MORALS over their consecrated dust.
To the women of the eouth this sacred
trust must be reserved through all gen.
erations."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Flood at Richmond,

RICHMOND, Mar. THE flood in
the James river is within two inches of
being as high as during tn e great fresh
ct of 1889.
In the lower part of the city the cellars and
first floors OF many houses are flooded, and
the occupants have taken to the second stories
for refuge In the flooded district the only
communication is by boat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

Az Little Falls, N. Y, yesterday the REM
lngton Arms Company of lion, N. Y, com.
,nenced work on a contract for $1,000 rifles
and carbine.s and 10000 bsyonets for the
Argentine Rep ublic. The firm employs about
1 200 skilled NE, .hsnics and the plsnt is run
twelve hours and a.:half per day with the
regular shotgun and bic cle work. The Rem.
ington firm now enjoys TIL greatest period OF
prosperity in its history.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
ANOTHER JAUNr CALLED oFr.-The

ANOTHER JAUNT CALLED OFF.-The
members of the House committee on
naval affairs, who had obtained the use
of the United States dispatch vessel
Dolphin, Commander Lyon, for an in
spection trip to places in Gu.
ba and Porto Rico, have de-
cided to forego the jaunt. The reason
for this action has not been dis
closed, but it is understood to be due to
the fact that the accommodations of the
Dolphin were not ample enough for the
party. Some of the members of the
committee intended to take their
wives, but there was not room
enough for them. AS these members
did not care to make the trip without
their wives, it was arranged that the
excursion should be called off.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

THE Cuban Assembly puts the
strength of the Cuban army at thirty
Eve thousand; General Gomez puts it
at twenty-five thousand. Americans
who were in Cuba during the Spanish
so.called war say the Cuban army wss
agmyth, and that the only armed Gu
bans they saw were some negro and
scalawag brigands, who would not
fight the Spaniards, but pillaged the
Americans whenever they had an OPP
portunity. And yet that army, which
if it exist at all, mas been recruited
since the close of the so-called war re-
ferred to, will be paid by taxes imposed
upon the people of this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

NOTHING could more plainly show
the fraudulent character of the pension
system, as now conducted, than the fact
that hundreds of men vino were draw
ing pensions upon their oaths that they
were physically incapacitated, enlisted
in the late Spanish so-called war,
though, in order to do so, they had to
swear that they were physically sound
in every respect. Under the law, they
forfeited their pensions when they ioak
the latter oath. They are now apply :
ing for the restoration thereof aud
though they will doubtless succeed,
how they can possibly do so is mex
plicable to anybody bat . pension eN-
aminer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

@EvEN WITH all the nearly two bill
lion dollars provided for by the late
Congress, Mr.. Dockory, of the House
appropriations committee, predicts de-
.icit of no less than one hundred mil
lion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

For froGt bites, burns, indoien. -'''5 D.
zema. skin disease. and especially
Wits Witch Hazel Salye stand l's- o.. d,
Look out for dishonest people VINO u! i-..s.
tate and counterfeit it. Its thef '-
ment of good article. Worth IS, g,a
not initiated. Get DeWitts VIC ,.... a.
salve. Edgar Warfeld, jr., corner 49,
Pitt streeta
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
Senator Jones Better.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, who suffered a re-
lapse yesterday, spent a comfortable
night, and his condition to-day is en-
couraging. 1t is said that the Senator
is in DO immediate danger.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
DIED.

On Tuesday, March !. at 9 o'clock a. M, Mr..
ABRAM HEWES SMYTH. Funeral from
his late residence, 500 south St. Asaph street,
Thursday at 3 o'clock. Friends are invited
to attend. Interment private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP
is sure to cure incipient consumption
This remarkable remedy will stop tho
wasting away of the patient, and in 8
short time effect a cure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

"Give me liver regulator and can reeu.
late the world, :" said genius. The druggist
handed Lin "a bottle of DeWitt's Littly Early
Risers The famous little pills. Edgar War.
Aeld, jr., corner King and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07

New YORK, March 7.-Rudyard Kip
ling passed comfortable night, and
his condition seemed much improved
to-day. He has not been told of the
death Of his daughter Josephine. Elsie
Is past the danger point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-07
SECRET SESSION. - The Baltimore

SECRET SESSION. - The Baltimore
Conference, in secret session in Balti-
more, yesterday admitted on trial the
following yourg ministers: Messrs.
Vernon \. Ridgely, Fletcher G. Wat
son, George F. Stiles, Norman h. Smith,
and Arthur f. Slagle.
1t has been q record breaking conter.
ence for private sessions and the mys-
terry has added much to the importance
of cases which have probably not been
important. At previous conferences it
has not been usual to hold secret ses-
sioDs.
1t is said four cases have received the
attention of members of the conference.
Two were serious charges against the
character of ministers, one old and the
other young. One was case in which
minister was acquitted on letter
from Judge McComas, stating that he
had not been named in certain divorce papers
rs correspondent.
The fourth was that of young minister
who is said to have been engaged to three
young ladies, but who married a fourth and
went of on Il wedding trip with $3.50 which
had been given him from the conference
claimauts' fund to pay poor widow.