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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
A FAMILY MURDERED

Mrs. Jane Tettaton, q widow, and
four small children, were Tuesday
night murdered in their home near
Maiden, seventeen miles south OF Dex-
ter, Mo. To hide the deed the DWELL
ing was set on Gre, and the bodies were
partly burned. The supposed murder
er, j. ID. TettatoD, stepson of the muir
dered woman, is now under arrest. All
the circumstances point 70 his guilt.
About 9 O'Clock neighbors were at
tracted to the spot by the burning
house. WheG they arrived the dwell
ing WAS nearly consumed and the odor
OF burning Aesh was almost sitting.
Securing iron rakes the neighbors
dragged the embers aud finally drew
forth the partially incinerated bodies of
five persons, two being burned beyond
recognition. The body OF Mrs. Tetta-
ton was found raar The doorway with
over hail OF her head missing. The
remains Of the children were recovered
from different portions of the dwelling,
one just beyond the doorway having a
bullet hole in tho mead
Tettatou Was found in the ward
with thirteen knife wounds on
mis- head and face. The wounds
are tritling. Those who discovered
him say that he slammed unscon
seriousness. He has told many conflict
ing stories, but adheres to the statement
that two unknown men COMMITTED the
murder and inflicted TIE wounds on him
in an endeaVoc to number him among
the Victims. lie claims to have gone to
the home OF his stepmother to pay her
$3.50 in settlement to her claim for some
land belonging to the estate. IN his
pocket was found blood stained re
ceipt from Mrs, Te.taton for this
amount, but dated month ago. Last
night pistol and knife were found
near the scene of the crime which have
been identified as the properly of Tetta-
ton. The feeling is very high and
ynching is probable.
Maiden is in southeast Missouri, near
Cairo, III, a telephone message late
last night says that strong guard has
been placed over Tettaton to protect
him. Washington Tettaton, the hus-
band and father, died few years ago
leaving large estate. His son, J. II.
Tettaton. was made administrator. The
murdered woman, the second wife,
came in Tor large snare of the fortune
LII feeling was engendered between her
and young Tettaton in settling the es-
tate and lawsuits followed. This is adj
vanced as the motive for the crime.
The murdered children, two girls and
two hcys, ranged in age from six to
twelve years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
TELEGRApHIC BREVITIES.

In the cathedral at Philadelphia,
Archbishop Ryan today conferred up
on the Rev. DIR. Loughlin, chancellor OF
the diocese, the title of monsignor, and
at the same time invested him with the
purple robes of the highest class of do
nestle prelates.
The directors of the Old Dominion
Steamship Line, at meeting in New
York today, elected w. l.. Guillaudeu,
president of the line, to succeed the
late Captain II. A. Bourne. Mr.. Gull
laudeu has been vice president of the
line for several years.
The Chicago Tribune says: The War
Department expects Chicago to supply
5000 recruits before January l, 1900,
for service in Cuba and Manila About
30 men day are examined at the re-
cruitng stations and additional stations
are to be opened soon.
While o sale Of farming implements
was lin progress in large warehouse
at Goldsborough, Pa, today the floor
gave way pricipitating 100 men to the
ground. Many were taken from the
wreck with broken legs and arms and
it is reported that several will die from
their injuries.
Alarming reports OF bandit atrocities
in the surrounding country have been
received al Havana today. Advices
from Guanajay province of Pinar Del
Rio, say that three travellers have been
robbed and killed by bandits near there.
Around Colma and San Nicholas in
Havana province, the brigands are in
creasing their depredstions on property
and road travel by the natives has been
abandoned.
Elk United States District Attorney
Il. p. lngham and ex. United States As
sistant District Attorney Harvey X.
hewitt were this morning arraigned in
Philadelphia for preliminary hearing
before United States Commissioner
Edmunds, charged with conspiracy in
connection with gigantic counterfeit
ing scheme. Ingham and hewitt stood
charged today with having conspired
to induce government officer to act in
violation OF his sworn duty. The latter
faced the additional charge of attempt
ing to bride the same officer.
Sheridan Shook, well known in the politi-
cal and theatrical world, died today at Bed
Hook, N. 7. For many years he WAS the
proprietor of the Union Square Theatre, and
of tie Morton House. Mr.. Shook was II
years old. He was the former husband of
MIS-. A. II. Palmer.
Lieut.. Col Cotton, named as colonel OF the
9Th Nebraska regiment, now at Manila to
succeed Col. Stotsenberg, killed; has cabled
Gov. Poynter that he is in charge of che Gus
toms aud cannot accept the appointment.
Mrs. William Rockefeller has just received
at her country residence lockwood Hall, two
hundred MalmaisoA carnations and one hun
dred of the gold nugget variety. The flow
ers came from Paris and cost SD 900.
Conrad Schaefer and Ben Love, farm bands
employed near Ofallon, ILL.,, fought with plch-
forks yesterday evening and Schaefer was
killed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
Murder and Suicide.

Texarksna, Ark, April 27-Word
has Just been received from Boggy, n
small village in this county, telling of a
murder there of the sixteen.ye
daughter of farmer named Archer by
a Mexican named Arnold, who was
employed as 3 laborer about the place.
He made frequent attempts to induce
the Archer girl to marry him but met
with refusal, and last Sunday he shot
her dead. Then he turned the gun on
himself and inflicted wound from
which he died the following day. It
was all the ofIicors could do to keep
the people from hanging the murderer
while he was dying from his self in-
ficted wounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
The Race Troubles in Gcorg ia.

Atlanta, Ga, April 27.-College
Park, the seat of the Southern Female
College and the Southern Military
Academy, has teen threatened with de-
struction by negroes, and the citizens
of the place are arming themselves and
making other preparations for aD at
tack. Two hundred negroes held q
meeting Wednesday night near the
town and defed the whites.
A mob of citizens from Palmetto are
in pursuit of negro named Seweil,
who was enormously reported lynched
by some papers, and another whose
name is not known, who are alleged to
have been implicated in the Crawford
murder. It is rumored they will meet
the fate OF Sam Hose, when captured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

AFTER all the totally unnecessary
injury this country has inflicted upon
Spain and the indignity to which it
has subjected her, even refusing to al
low her to redeem her soldiers that
were captured by the Filipinos, it is
stated that one of its generals has had
the shameless efIrontery to request the
officer in command of the Spanish
forces still in the Philippines to hold
his troops there until the American re-
infol 'cements now on their way to those
islands shall arrive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
Case Givcnto the jury.

Canton, O., April 27-The George
case went to the jury at 11:55 a. m.
Pomerene completed his argument at
I'LL o'clock. Judge Taylor then be-
gan his charge to the jury. The court
said Mrs. George could net be convict
ed SO long as d reasonable doubt re-
NAMED in the minds OF any Of inc
jurors. II the jury found only h strong
probability Of guilt the only safe course
would be to acquit. The judge defined
direct and circum5tantial evidence. IN
the latter it was necessary that every
material circumstances should be proved
by the state. The court explained the
various degrees of murder. He said
she could be found guilty of first or
second degree murder, manslaughter,
assault and battery, assault, or the
verdict might be not guilty. The Jury
retired 9t ll55.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
Shroudcd in Mystery.

Middlesborough, Ky, April 27-The
dead body of Mrs. Virginia Brooks. a
wealthy young widow of Rose Hill,
Lee county, Va, was found yesterday
at Wheeler, few miles from home,
with bullet in her head. There were
evidences that her murderer had at
tempted to burn her body in hopes of
concealing the crime. Several hun
dred yards from Mrs. Brooks was found
the dead body of man named Harbor.
There were evidences that he, too, had
been murdered. The affair is shrouded
in mystery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
rhere.

So GENERAL Wheeler's craving de-
sire to fight for the slavery of the ne
groes in the Philippine Islands will not
be gratifed, after all. he has been Or
dered to the command of the depart
ment of Texas, and will remain in this
country and in the very State in
which resides Mr.. Bailey, the author Of
the resolution reafirming the provision
of the Constitution to the effect that q
man cannot hold commission in the
U. S. army and be member of Con
gress at the same time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

FACTORY AND TOBACCO BURNED
Fire at Martinsville, Va, yesterday de-
,stroyed the leaf tobacco factory owned
by John +. and F. 4. Brown and OPP
Grated by Spencer Brothers. Factory
and fixtures were worth about 81 900
and were insured for $1,000. Spencer
Brothers used the factory for storage of
aeaf tobacco and had in it about 500, 900
pounds, valued at $4,000 to $4,000.
There insurance was only $4,000. Two
small tenement houses near the factory
were also burned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

THE proposed English-Americau al
lance is likely to die a-borning, not
withstanding the advocacy of the gush-
ers-sincere as those on this side of the
sea may be. This country's new policy
of interfering with the affairs OF foreign
nations and its attempts to eucroacb
upon English trade are not conducive to
cordially between the two nations; still
less are dispatches from this country to
ireland, expressing the hope that "fuli
freedom" msy speedily follow the par
tial home rule recently established
there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

The New Jersey negro Methodist
conference, through its bishop, has
threatened a race war in this country
if the lynching of members of its race
for the crime they have developed
since their emancipation, shall continue.
Many people think such war inevita-
BILE, sooner or later, and, if that be so, as
''humsnitsrisnism" is popular in this
country, the sooner that war shall begin,
the better, as, in the resulting exterIni.
nation, the necessary slaughter will not
be so immense as it must be, if the ne
groes be allowed to increase and multi
ply much longer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

THE Samoans, or rather the majority
of them, still refuse to submit to the
king the English anu American consuls
at Apis have put over chem, dressed as
ne is in cooked hat and breech
cloth, and continue to resist S:a au-
thority by force of arms, accompanied
as such resistance is with great loss OF
life. Foreign alliances have proved
anything else than satisfactory to this
country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
HOW'S THIS 2

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Halls Catarrh Cure is tlkcn internally.
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
CAPTAIN COGHLAN

Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, of .be
cruiser Raleigh, is to be not only OIL
cially reprimanded for his rem Arks on
German meddling at Manila and re-.
citing the poem "Hoch deg Kaiser. at
the Union League club dinner to Tie
Raleigh's officers in New York on last
Friday night but when the Grant mon.
ument ceremonies at Philadelphia are
over 90 will be relieved from the com.
aiand OF his vessel,
The lGtter of reprimand, signed by
the Secretary of the Navy, was mailed
yesterday afternoon.to Captain Cogh-
Ian, at Philadelphia, and the inter-
national aspect OF the case was AMIGA
bly, adjusted during a brief interview
at the White House between President
Mckinley and the German Ambassador.
This official statement concerning The
disciplinary feature of the incident
was given out by the Navy Depart
ment yesterday afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

For SOME days past, OWL " 'n' ~
crease in the demand for fresh BIZ. LILY
in this city and Washington, they have
been given away here or carried back
down the river and dumped overheard.
Next winter salt herring will sell for
four dollars barrel. and roe herring at
q higher price, and the city will buy
them for the poor's house and for dis
tribution to the out door poor.
Wouldn't it be economy if the overseer
of the poor were authorized to buy
fresh herring at the low price they are
now bringing, and pack them in hogs
heads for next winters use a?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

Frank Leslie's Monthly foF May has
been received from Its publishers in
New York. Its contents are: Memorial
Day; The United States Army, And It's
Commanders; The Minuet; Dewey At
Manila; The Surrender OF Manila; A
Defiance; CorDey Clery's Balance, A
Rhapsody; Are The Filipinos Civilized 7
Be Thou Content; The Beggar's Angel;
In Loves Sweet Spell; Women As
Dramatists; On the Potomac; FitZhugh
Lee, and Marginalia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
CAPTAIN Coghlan.

Philadelphia, April 27.-Captain Coghlan,
of the O. s. S. Raleigh. was driven from his
hotel to the wharf this morning a large
crowd which instantly recognized him, cheer.
ed and waived their hats When questioned
rs to the length OF his stay here, the captsin
said ~ don't know just how long we shall
be here, but we have orders to stay until May
l." He had nothing TO say in regard to his
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The first tri diocesan convention of
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, in the
three Virginia dioceses, is to be held in
Charlottesville, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, May 10, II and Is.
DR.. G. l.. Charters, a well-known
physician, and city coroner of Norfolk,
died yesterday. He was a son OF the late
DR.. Allen Charters, who was killed in
the capital disaster in Richmond in 1870
Mrs. Ella Mcdonald, an estimabIe
lady of Frederick county, died at her
home, at Stephens City, on Wednesday,
after short illness of cerebro spinal
meningitis, aged forty-eight years. She
is survived by her husband and two
children.
Frank Bedford WAS given ten years,
and G. S. Williams eight years in the
penltentiary, in the the Husting Court
of Richmond yesterday. These young
men held up and robbed Henry Arndt,
an aged German citizen, some months
ago on Brook avenue.
The resignation of the Rev. jas. B..
Funston, which was rendered some
weeks ago, as rector of Trinity Church,
Portsmouth, was accepted at meeting
of the vestry held Monday night, to
lake effect upon his conservation as
Bishop of Boise, Idaho.
The Baptist Church of Culpeper was
the scene yesterday morning Of beau
tiful double wedding. The contracting
parties were Misses Bertha and Sallle
Hawley, daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Hawley, of Culpeper, and Mr..
George Fravel, of Conneaut Lake, Pa:
and Mr.. Clifton Morris, popular and
prominent business man of Culpeper.
Senator Martin, Congressman Swan
SOIL, and w. F. Rhea, Congressman-elect
from the Ninth Virginia district, are III
Lynchburg consulting with each other
and leading politicians on the political
situation as it applies to Senator Mar
tin. Senator Daniel, Congressman
Otey, State Senator Barksdale, of Hall
fax, and State Senator Bland Massie,
OF Nelson county, were at the confer
ence yesterday evening.
At the Good Roads Convention
which met in Charlottesville, resolu-
lions favoring more than double the
present road labor were passed unanl-
mously, and a good roads association
was formed, with J. r. Wingfeld as
president, 7. Z. Powers as vice presi-
dent and John 5. Patton as secretary.
The executive committee OF the associ-
alton was formed OF two members from
each of the six magisterial districts.
There is no opposition in any quarter
to the Increase OF the road tax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL y, 1899

IT'S NOW seriously proposed by the
administration to send four negro regl-
ments to Manila and to reinforce them
Immediately by as many others as can
be induced to go there, to fight against
their own race-ior large proportion
of the people of the Philippine Islands
are negroes. That may not be bad
idea, but then again it may be, for
blood is thicker than water, and the
American negro may not feel as much
like moving down" his Filipino kins-
folk as his white comrades may be. And,
then, too, with millions of them re-
naming here, the deportation OF few
thousand to the Philippines would
benefit this country to no appreciable
degree.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
THO Markets.

Baltimore. April 27.-Flour firm and un.
changed. Wheat quiet and easy; spot month
and May 76Aa77. Corn steady; spot 39a
1915 month 3S7sa391s. Oats firm; No 2
white 35a35l1. No 2 mixed 32laa33.
Chicago, April 27.-The market closed as
follows: Wheat-July 713sa71A; May To.
Corn-July 341ts May 344.a347s. Oats
July =; May 24lsa24. Pork-A1ay 50 O9a
Georgetown. April 27.-Wheat 74a7G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
From the Philippines.

Manila, April 27.-The main body OF
the Filipino army, under General An
tonic Luna, was routed this morning by
General MacArthur's troops. The Kan.
sas and Montana volunteers. pursue !
the enemy, driving them to position
beyond Apalit. four miles west of the
Rio Grande river. The enemy's loss was
heavy. The American loss was one
killed and six wounded, including three
officers.
New York, April GA dispatch
from Manila says the revolt of the Fill
pinos against the authority of the
United States appears TO be on the eve
of collapse. Aguinaldo, according to a
representative of the Filipino COM
misioners here, is now comforting with
the cabinet concerning peace overtures
The next advance OF the American
trooDs will bring about absolute surren
der of rebel forces. On the other hand,
Mabini and Luna insist that the re-
sistance shall continue and attempt to
cheer their men with highly colored
tales of American disaster. Jose Mar
tinez, an escaped Spanish captain, says
that the rebel army is practically dis
banded, and that the Filipino republic
is thing Of the past.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

THE poor, silly people of Cuba have
realized their folly in not assisting the
snaniards to the full extent of their
mower in suppressing the negro and
scalawag insurgents among them' and
now saw General Brooke is 10 better
Than General Weyler. and Mckinney
than Sagasta. No sort OF government
is, or can be, satisfactory to all Its sub
5ects: that which is best administered Is
best to those who have any resi- inter
est in the welfare OF their country, and
only intelligent and discerning people
snpr,,ciate the wisdom OF bearing exist
inc evils. rather than flying to those
,they know not o..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27
LETTER FROM ADMIRAL KAITTZ

LETTER FROM ADMIRAL KAUTZ
A letter written by Rear Admiral
Kautz to his cousin, Mrs. Charles n
Lindley, of Cincinnati, has been made
public by the recipient. 1t is dated
March %. In the letter he says
"You will probably read 10. Of
stuff about me in various newspaper.
but can assure you am all right md
have done nothing that l or my frienos
may be ashamed of, unless it Is the
making Of a king, which [ Was Obliged
to do today. But he is very inoilrn..
i've sort OF fellow, native, nineteen
years of age. He wears a French al
miral's cooked hat, but no shoes q,
stockings or trousers; still, coDsiderfco
the torrid weather, ne looks very vii
in this climate. But hardly think h.
would look as we'll on Fourth street
Cincinnati. l am not king here bnt
just plain boss of the ranch. Tho
German consul had that position I'M N
my arrival, but since then he mas befr
very silent partner. am ycrr
much afraid he does not Ike
me-in fact, am not at all por.
ular here with the Germans. Bn r
am all right with the English, and hone
to pull through with them. nave No
doubt of being sustained by the GOV
eminent in all have done. none In
get away from herein month fromtn,,
time, but will not be in San Francisco
before the middle of May.
with love to the Kentucky colonel
and yourself. Your cousin,
"ALBERT KAUTz
''P. 81 was in error about tho
shoes and trousers Of mis- royal hiehne-.
At the last moment his advisers pre.
vailed on him to put on both, Just for
this occasion only.
Ak
The publication OF letter from Adj.
miral Kautz referring to his position 81,
Samoa caused absolute Consideration ot
the Navy and State Departments atlr,t
reading yesterday, but there was soar
exhibited disposition TO minimize the
affair because it Was clearly apparent
that the letter was nothing more than
a strictly private communication pass
between members of the same family
Nevertheless, coming rs it does clo-e
upon Capt. Coghlan's indscretion, aus
following the publication OF judge
Chambers letter to his brother critics
ing the Germans in Samoa, the opinion
was held that Admiral KautL's letter
could not have other than harmm.
effect upon the relations between the
United States and Germany.
The letter was brought to the atlea-
ton Of the President, and some sort at
O reminder may be sent to the officer TO
he more careful in his correspondence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

PRESIDENT TO address ENcWf
MENT.-Mr. w. l.. Uteley, OF Falls
Church, called at the White House yes
terday to request change in the date
on which the President is to speai, Isl
tho encampment Of the Daughter oil
The Contederacy at Falls Church. The
date of the eucampment WAS -el lm
June 7 and s, but it is now desired %
should be held June Is, II and l9, aad
that the President should speak on ore
of these days. Those in charge OF Tie
encampment. however, wish TO -riec.
the time preferred by The President
No date was fixed upon yesterday, and
when selected it will be announced
Governor Tyler yesterday received
an invitation to deliver an addre-- D.
PRODUCING President Mckinley on the
second day of the grand State encamp
ment Of the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy at Falls Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

| was reading an advertisement "
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera anu
Diarrhoea Remedy in the Worces'.e..
Enterprise recently, which leads NE W. ~
write this. can truthfully say ne' ,.
used any remedy equal to it for 9o4 ~
and diarrhoea. I have never nau ~
use more than one or two doses TO GU. GU,
the worst case with myself or children ,,l
w. A. Stroud, Pocomoke CITY w.
For sale by ]. II. Janney, Dfusg'S'
7Ol King St.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-27

SUGAR TRUST TO DyGDETIIE hAhli'
There is persistent rumor in WEI"
street that the American Sugar Refining
Company has sentItwo..agents abroard' 10
canvass the sugar refners Of Europe
and particularly of Germany, in reSar'
to q plan of Mr.. Hagemeyer 10 aI
range a territorial agreement =ucn d
the Standard Oil Company has W''n
the Noble Brothers. of Russia. The 'dea
is said to be to form an agreement "
pool profits, which can be assured u
European refined sugar is kept out o.
the American market.