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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-25

New York, Jan. e+-Dispacches were
received ~ the office Of the Panar1a
Railway company IL this city today
stating thaS the strike among the labor
ers a. Colon IS broken -.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract ana
Land Company. H NJ Dubois. Abstract
| or, Court House. Phone 1881
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NIIIIons Giyeu Auay

Attest:-H- 7. KRAMDR. CITY -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-25

An ordnance providing toE the issuance e
Al internal Improvement bead 20 :. >
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ORDNANCE W IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
Wave OF Suicide.

New York, Aug. 10.-Love, grief,
anger, despair, and poverty inspired a
wave of suicide in this city today. De
spondent because of the death of her
mother, Ella Dorsey drank carbolc
acid and died in agony few momen g
later. Mary Pape took carbolic acid
because of sickness and overwork. She
is dying. Katie Schum. aged II, quar-
relied with her sweetheart and then
swallowed poison. She is dead. Be-
cause he had no money with which 10
pay for nights lodging, A. E. Morgan
shot himself in the head. He died at
the hospital. Chided by her mother
for coming home late last night, Lucy
MCGEE, aged Is, swallowed naptha. She
may recover. Henrietta Book, aged IS,
said she would rather die than miss going
to picnic. Her mother said she could
not so, so the girl took paris green. She
will ecover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

There was about two months normal rain.
fall With four hours in New York this morn.
ing. The storm broke about Blk o'clock with
thunder and lightning and the rain continued
without interruption for more than two
hours In that time 1:02 inches had beer re-
corded. After brief lull, however, the pre-.
cipitston began anew and SO Of an inch was
sdded.
Carl Bscchus. who was serving five
months term in the Grafton, W. Va, Jail for
involuntary manslaughter in the killing Of
alvin Thomas. escaped last night by digging
under his cell. He had served two months Of
his time He is being pursued by blood
hounds.
Army surgeons in the Philippines have
discovered and reported to the Surgeon Gen.
eral serious condition of stfairs relating to
the fresh meat furnished TO the troops An
examination showed that diseased cattle were
being slaughtered.
Street railway detectives arrested Charles
Bond, aged IS. in Cleveland. O., yesterday
afternoon, charging him with dynsmiting
Zig Consolidated CATS The movement against
the boycott was reported rs progressing rap
idly.
The village of Inwood, Ont, on the st.
Clair branch Of tho Michigan Cent,al Rail-
way, was practically wiped out by fire YES
terday. No loss OF life is repoi ted The
population of the town is about 800.
Miss Alice Eagle. of New York. who is
boarding at Mount Vernon, N. Y. was fright.
fully burned this morning by the explosion
of sn oil lamp. Her arms were incinerated
She IS not expected to live
The shoe manufacturers who have been in
session in Philadelphia last evening unani-
mously decided to form permanent national
organization, snd after electng officers adj
journed.
Six policemen were seriously injured and
TWO others bruised early this morning in
collision bstwsen 8 Tomkins avenue trolley
car and police pstrol wagon in Brooklyn.
Five negro children werc burned to death
last night on Mckeown's plsatstion, near
Jackson, Ls Their parents locked them up
and went TO church.
There were ne new cases Of yellow fever
and no deaths reported st the Soldiers Home
at Hampton today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
COUNTY MEETING.

A meeting of the democrats of Alex
andria county was held last night at
Balston. James E. Clements called
the meeting to order and was elected
permanent chairman, and Curtis b
Graham vas elected secretary. About
100 were present, including number
from ROsslyn.
After some formslties Mr.. ]. K. Ca.
ton was introduced ald made a strong
speech, setting forth his interest In the
prosperity and welfare of the county,
and pledging, if elected to the legisla.
ture, he would do all in his power 10
promote the welfare of the county. He
said he would acknowledge that he
was the attorney for railroad corpo-
ration, but if elected he would wear
the yoke of no person or corporation,
but would act and legislate to the best
interest OF his people. MIR. Cation then
attacked the action of Mr.. Hume IN
favoring the chartering of the town Of
Rosslyn by the last legislature, and
said that the charter asked for at that
time and supported by Mr.. Hume was
vicious and unconstitutional. 10 refer
erence to the charter Mr.. Cation held
1st. The charter denied the people
right to vote for town officials for four
years.
God. 1t cut off large portion of AL
exandra couoty aud exempted it from
county levies.
3rd. 1t prohibited the courts OF Alex
andria county from indicting any one for
misdemeanors committed in the town.
4th. 1t prohibited the officers OF AL
exsndria county from serving any pro-
cess, and from arrestlng any person for
any crime committed in said town.
Mr.. Hume admitted he was present
at the meeting which got up the chart
a.; heard its provisions read and APP
proved aud advocated its passage.
When asked if he would again favor
such charter he declined to answer.
Mr.. Hume spoke of the efforts he had
made to secure the erection OF the
Memorial bridge; Of the efforts in secur-
ing permanent good roads; of the efforts
he had made in obtaining the right OF
way through the valley of Pimmet Run
Tor the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Mr.. Hume also spoke very pointedly
about Mr.. Caton's connection with the
government of Rosslyn.
MI. Augustus Davis, of Ballston, a
candidate for the legislature, in speech
withdrew from the contest in favor OF
Mr.. Hume. Mr.. Davis said he sup
ported Mr.. Hume exacting but one
promise and that was that he should
use his best efforts to separate the city
from the county and secure delegate
for the county in the legislature.
Mr.. J. t. Haney also spoke 10 favor
OF Mr. Hume.
On motion of Mr.. Graham resolutions
we're adopted indorsne MIR. Hume.
Messra. Cation and Mr.. Hume will to-
night speak in Carne schoolhouse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
Allcred Murdercr ARRESTED.

Utica. N. Y, Aug. 10-Ihe man
whose body was found in box car at
North Tonawanda yesterday was Thorn
rs r. Davis, of Rome, N. Y. He had
been murdered and the alleged slayer,
Edward Plunkett, was arrested last
night. Plunkett was away from home
early in the week, returning Tuesday
night. When arrested he said to the
officer: ''If I had known you were
after me, you would never mad caught
me; I would have got the drop on you.
Pluckett had in his possession 30 cali
bre revolver, one chamber of which was
empty, three contained exploded shells,
and the fifth an unused cartridge. There
we're three bullet holes in Davis's head
when the body was found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
T0TE AND VIRGINIA DVEStl,Le
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Charles P. James, Associate Justice
ofihe Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, retired, died yesterday near
Leesburg, aged upwards OF eighty years.
A boiler exploded in the cannery OF
Bailey & English, in Westmoreland
county, yesterday killing Lawson
| Bailey and severely wounding Lee
English and Ross Sanford. Others
were painfully injured.
Mr.. George Edward Jacobs, popu-
lar young merchant Of Fredericksburg,
and Miss Louls Jane Hewitt, daught'r
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Hewitt, of Fall
| mouth, were married last night at s
O'Clock in the Baptist Church at the
| latter place.
In Danville yesterday DR.. ] @. Ander-
son, charged with seduction and at
temped murder, was admitted to bail for
disappearance at September court in the
sum of $12, 500-S2, 500 on the indict-
| ment for seduction, and $4,000 on the
indictment for attempting murder.
Anderson gave the bonds promptly,
and with his wife and sister left for his
home.
There is no change in the encourage
ing situation at the Soldiers Home,
at Hampton. 1t is by no means I'M
probable that the quarantine restrict
ions against Hampton and Norfolk will
be removed tomorrow if the former
place receives a clean bill of health
from DR.. White and manifests its ability
to maintain strict quarantine against
the Home and Phoebus.
Mrs. Lucy Pickens, widow of Fran
els w. Pickens, Senator from South
Carolina, eX minister to st. Petersburg,
and South Cardinals war governor,
died at Edgefield, S. c., on Tuesday,
aged 65 years. Mrs. Pickens was born
near Petersburg, and was Miss Lucy
Holcombe. With the passing away OF
Mrs. Pickens, the South loses one OF its
most striking ante-bellum characters.
Il. S. Chalkley, sporting man OF
Richmond, and Pat Griffin, proprietor
of bar room, were arrested yesterday
on q warrant charging them with being
about to engage in a duel. The two
men had fight in Grifiin's place more
than week ago, in which Griffin was
quite badly used up. The two were
preparing, so the police were informed.
to 60 into the country yesterday after
noon and fight it out, hence the arrest.
Second Auditor Ryland has just in
vested $33 800 in bonds of the State OF
Virginia for the literary fund. The
money in this fund is derived from all
State court fines, escheats, and forfeit
ures. The fund now amounts to 81 ,656,
627, rs The principal cannot be touch
ed. but must be Invested in State
bonds. The interest, however, is now
almost enough to pay the salaries Of
of the superintendent over the State
aud the expenses of the State Superin-
lendant's Office, including the $1,000
annually allowed for normal schools
The expenses of the State are about
S53 900, and only about $4,000 had to
be paid from taxes on account OF
schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
From Manila.

Manila, Aug. 10.-It is reported That
the German dispatch boat Alava has
sailed to take possession of the Caroline
Islands
The gunboats Concord, Callao and
Yorktown have bombarded Pampsngo,
partly destroying the place.
There was no fighting north Of San
Fernando up to noon today. The troops
under General Macarthur are resting
at Calulut. General Wheaton is re-
connoitering.
Several of gunboats shelled San Fer
nando De La Union this morning and
caused extensive damage. The insur-
gents responded with musketry and
two cannons but were finally driven of.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
COUNTY FREE SCHOOLS.

At regular meeting of the Board Of
School Trustees of Arlington District,
of Alexandria county, held at Columbia
school house August Sin, present. A. P.
Douglas, Harvey Bailey and William
Ball, being all the members of the said
board, upon motion the following
teachers were elected for the ensuing
sch >les ic year:
For Columbia school, Prof. Henry S.
Petty, (who agrees that his daughter
shall assist him, teaching music and the
junior branches),
For Balston school, Prof A. Peyton
Works senior department, and Miss
Hannah Moore, primary department.
For Glencarlyn school, Miss Bette
W. hewitt.
For Kemper colored school at Camp
Convalescent Mr.. Isaiah Hatton.
For Rcsslyn colored school Miss Ella
NJ Boston.
The time for opening and closing the
schools was postponed until the meet
ing of the county school board.
Miss M. Grace Douglas having de-
cined to become candidate for the
assistant leadership of the Ballston
.chooi, which position she mas filled
with great satisfaction for the past five
years, the Board of Trustees in conjunc-
lion with the superintendent of schools
of the county adopted resolutions set
ting forth the high regard aud appre-
cslion in which she is held as teacher
and rendering her their kindest thanks
for the prompt and punctual manner in
which she had always performed her
duties.
a further resolution was adopted
setting forth that in electing Prof A.
Peyton Works principal of the Ballston
school, no reflection was intended to be
cast upon the work of Miss Hannah
MORE, the retiring principal, as the
board bears none but the kindlest feel.
ings and highest appreciation of her
ability as teacher, but the change is
made simply to meet the demand of the
people OF this growing town that male
teacher be appointed principal, and
Miss Moore is elected assistant teacher
without reduction of salary.
The board also decided that no in
crease in the teachers salaries be made
until the new school houses now under
consideration for construction have been
completed.
Extensive improvements have been
ordered in some instances and all neces-
sary repairs were directed to be made
Architect Eugene Bradbury, CT Ar
lington, has beer engaged to draw plans
and specifications for the new school
house to be erected on Columbia pike
near Arlington.
Owing to delay in securing material,
it is said the new structure will not be
completed until spring, when, it is un.
derstood, sufficient funds will be availa.
BILE for the construction of substantial
school building at Glencarlyn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News.

Paris, Aug. 10.-It is reported that
the condition of ex-L'eutenant Colonel
Du Patty de Clam, who took to his
bed Immediately after his release from
prison, is critical. :,
Madrid, Aug. 10-General Toral,
who was recently acquitted OF the
charge of surrendering Santiago before
he had exhausted his resources, has
been released from confinement. A
further investigation is expected con-
corning the responsibility of General
& anco and his superiors at Madrid IN
the Santiago surrender.
Berlin, Aug. 10.-Emperor William
saws he does not intend to visit the
Paris Exposition. He says that his
statement that he desired 10 60 was
meant jocularly.
Victoria, B. O., Aug. 10-Pekin ad-
vices, under date OF July "a, say reports
have been in circulation at The Chimes
capital to the effect that an offensive
and defensive alliance has been signed
between China and Japan.
City of Mexico, Aug. 10.-The State
troops have had another encounter
with the Yaquis near Medano, defeat
ing them with loss of several killed.
The troops did not lose q man but
Lieutenant Gales died from sunstroke
during the forced march made to over
take the Indians.
London, Aug. 10.-The government
has made requistion for the third class
quarters of the Union Liner Goth Castle
and the liner Arundel Castle in order
to hurry troops to South Africa. The
st. James Gazette says that the Adj
miraty has notified all shipping COM
panes under charter for transport pur-
poses to hold their vessels in readiness
for the immediate dispatch to troops.
The steamer Duners is ordered to be
ready to take q detachment of horse
artillery to South Africa on Sunday.
Paris, Aug. 10.-Five thousand Paris
gas workers have gone out on strike.
The lamp lighters are in sympathy
with the strikers and have decided not
to put out the street lights as a means
of forcing the gas companies to meet
The strikers demands.
Paris, Aug. 10-A duel took place
early this morning at q little town on
the Belgian frontier between a reporter
of the Paris Gil Bias and the son OF
banker named Bernstein. The weap-
ons were swords. The reporter was in
jured in the arm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
THURSDAY EVENING. AUG. 10. 1899
To ATTEnfpr to prevent either strikes

To ATTEMPT to prevent either strikes
or trusts in free and equal country,
where every man, black or white, ignor'
and vicious or intelligent and well dis
posed, industrious or lazy, and with
large interests, or none at all to protect,
is too absurd to require mention, for in
such country every one has the right
TO do what he pleases with what be-
longs to him, whether it be money,
property, or muscle. Nor in such coun-
try can Mrs. Victoria Woodhulrs idea,
in respect of morality, that woman
has the right to do what she pleased
with her own person, be refuted on
constitutional grounds. When the
Puritans and Calvinisis came to this
country for religious, and other foreign
ers, for political, liberty, they brought
with them seed destined, in the nature
of things, to destroy the government
they created.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
now.

IN DEBATE between General Wea-
yer and Governor Shaw at Des Moines
last Tuesday. on the unnecessary and
unjust war against the Philippine Re-
public, the latter, great supporter OF
She Mckinley administration, said he
favored the war, and declared that he
WAS for broader policy and for the
advancement of higher and nobler
civilization" What is surprising to
some people, is that intelligent men
should listen patiently to such ridicu
lous effrontery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

DURING another skirmish with the
Filipinos near Manila last Tuesday, the
American loss, by the censored press, is
stated as forty. What it actually was
will probably never be known. If the
poor fellows who were killed had been
Mohammedans and therefore believed
they were going to paradise, to be
greeted by houries there, they would
have had some reason for throwing
away their lives, but as they were not,
and as neither patriotism, nor reason
able hope of glory, OF preferment, nor
of profit could have induced them to do
80, what their inspiring motive was, is
hard to tell. But, no matter what it
was, it makes no difference to them
now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

A MONTH ago call was made for
fifteen thousand men to reinforce the
army of General Otis, at Manila. Up
to date only few more than nine thou
sand have been raised, and so great is
the difficulty of getting others, that
some of those who couldn't pass the re-
CURED physical inpection have been
offered re-examination. But this is
only what might have naturally been ex-
pected. No soldier enlists solely for
his small monthly pay, and there is
nothing else to induce privates to risk
their health and lives in war agaips'
the Filipinos. Where patriotism is in
volved, as was the case in the war be-
tween the States, the whole people OF
the South rose as one man and fought
to the death 10 defense of their cOun-
try's cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

THE Washington newspapers have
reached the conclusion, since the recent
lynching affair here, that Southern
white men will not allow the laws de
lays to stand between them and the
protection oftheir women and girls, and
have some extenuating reasons for their
disregard of lawn the case Of the crime
for which lynching is the customary
punishment in the South. If they had
devoted some of their space heretofore
to denouncing the perpetrators of that
crime, instead of the men who punish
i, there would probably have been
less of it in their own city and neigh
borhood, and consequently less lynch
ing. But better late than never.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

IT Is now acknowledged by almost
every body in and around the Soldiers
Home at Hampton, and at Phoebus,
that no case of genuine yellow fever
has occurred in that neigh5orhood this
season, and that the great injury to ali
the business interests of that entire re.
giou, caused by the report that the dis
ease referred to had appeared there,
was the result Of ignorance; and ignor-
ance in such case vas criminal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
The Dreyfus Trial.

Rennes, Aug. 10.-The Dreyfus coul
martial, resuming its secret session this
morning, finished with the examina-
ton of ex Minister of War Chanoine,
and commenced an examination of M.
Paleologue, of the foreign Office. Drey-
fus crossed from the prison TO the trial
unaccompanied. AT the noon recess
ne was guarded by double file of in.
fantry and cavalry standing on either
side of him hack to back. The next
public session of the court will take
place on Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10

DANvILLE's FINANCES The expert
accountant, Fl. B. Bourdar, who has
been employed to investigate all Dan.
vile city Offices, reported to the Coun-
Gil last night that Danville's system OF
keeping public accounts generally is
provincial in the extreme. The offices
of the mayor, the chief Of police, the city
sergeant and the tax collector are Sc
verely criticised, and shortages are re-
ported in the three last named. The
chief of police has failed to make full
returns of fines and COSTS collected.
The city sergeant's system of assessing
Jail fees against the city is in some re-
speets illegal, and the expert finds the
tax collector short about seventeen
Thousand dollars. In the case Of the
first. named officers, their discrepancies
are small, and are due to following
precedent rather than law. The Coun-
Gil last night adopted the recommends.
tons of the expert to change the whole
system of bookkeeping. and voted an
appropriation to employ the expert to
extend his investigations Of the Offices
of collector, chief of police and city SER
gesnt back over period OF eighteen,
fifteen and ten years, respectively.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
The Hurricane in the West Indies.

st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
Aug. 10-Advices received here are
that the island OF Montserratt, British
West Indies, was swept by the big hur-
ricane last Monday. Whole villages
were wiped out and 100 persons are re-
ported killed and many injured. Great
distress prevails in the island. Dis
patches from Ponce, Porto Rico, report
that the hurricane struck there early
Tuesday morning, and lasted seven
hours. In Ponce alone the damage
will amount to half mil ion dollars.
Reports from the interior are meagre,
but it is believed that more than 200
lives were lost as q result of the storm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
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