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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

"A fire about 7 O'clock SA ur-
IT, Nv syening partially destroyed, The
uS' works Of the Alexandria Fertilizer
''' rnemical Company, situated on the
Su n.- front inthe northeastern part OF the
~, 6rne damage, it is estimated, 10
e .9 '.r,ent Of about $4,000. The fire
osr,ment promptly responded to the
u Tne fire vas found to be con-
s1.5 ~ the engine room which is
.s,s..s.ory frame affair, IN the north
.D', part of the building, and is sep
...s6 som the acid works by man.
'' a,5 hr,ck fire wall, which averages
L. teen inches 10 thickness. 1t was
''iQsH bat saved the building from
..';.s destruction. Tue firemen work
81 neroicaIv to save the building, and
{. Is.. mat an hour had he flames I'm.
~, c,ouol. Eve powerful streams
Waved mon the flames. There were
-. rom the Columbia, one from the
ucdraulion aud t so from the apparatus
n5r.db. the company. The Hydraul-
o,r.ire experienced some little diff
co.y in getting stream OF water upon
49, danes If first took water from
,,. ,.~4r. hut af erward went to a plug.
willis Pei, an employee and Geo
Ser were burned by acid, though
~. .-riously. The fire started in the
o,r.l. a-teru corner OF the engine-room.
4. ..on As was discovered, the few
~. ri p-,.ent ran a line of no from the
r. msny'- apparatus upon the flames
h, Inc hose bu,s, and the alarm whis-
n. es- -ourded while locomotives IN
M Washington and OHIO yard
rlsw for aid. l. was during the
..,erysl. before the depar ment's ar
rc.I that flames made Roadway.
None seems TO know the real origin
o,re fire, though it is said to have
o.I2.aa,ei ia the cupola, which Is Sit
rtsi 10 tie cas-, end of the engine
,o.m. II the eugintrOOm Is the en-
o.. sud hoi ers and other valuable !
machinery. Directly sCu'h of the en-
e e. room is the factory proper,
hsma oue-s,0ry structure, about 250 !
f.. il length by 70 feet wide, and % !
te nigh, covered by wooden roof,
ac-a with felt. 10 this apartment |
g.re a large number OF valuable tanks |
Of sc,d, and a large quantity OF lead used |
IN the manufacture Of scds and ferti-
Izr. These remain intact. The en-
tire plant is worth atout $4,000. The !
] .- Is fully covered by Insurance. This !
company is known as the Alexandria |
F-rIlzer aud Chemical Company and |
!. owurd aid controlled by the Amer
ca Fertilizer and Chemical Company, |
o. NV York. which is in the trust. |!
M John p Robinson is president and
NJ. George ). French secretary, b t. |
drlsciry. Messrs. SmOO', french & |
C,ousuv were the original owners of |
tav plant and Mr.. Andrew Nlsbet is |
llp foreman. The damaged building !
vii be repaired imme 1iately. The |
building is on the river front, and is in |
close proximity to the city gas works |
and the Standard o Compsny's plant.
Had a high wind been blowing at tine |
uue .be nj; would have been dsas-
ifJg' The fire attracted great throDg |
O'peop e. AID, as il was visible from all !
the bills north Of Alexandra, many
b10dreds OF ladies' who were OUT e. JOY
log The evening air witnessed the fire
from the DeighbOring hills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20
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All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to
cure Z w. GRovEs's signature on each
hox OEc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

q, ne soothing and healing properties
Ma. lamoerlain's Cough Remedy, it's
bs vu'snI taste aud prompt and perma-
tn u' cures, have made it q fsvorile with
vi druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20
srtvanAris 4azstts.
uovDAY EVENING. AUG. 20, 1900.
LOCAL MATTERS.

.,.o. tomorrow at 5:26 m. and
u wv nm High water at 4:26 a. IN.
"a SOS p. M.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

The Best Prescription for Chills
md Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELFss
HILL Tonic Ii is simply iron and quinne
q tasteess foIm. No cpre-no pay Soc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

You will meyer End any other pills so
prompt spd so pleasant as DeWltt's Little
Early Risera
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

Decentralization eight months
ago man processing to be lawyer
came here with his family from Ten
nessee and engaged board with family
on Prince street While here one of
his children was taken sick and consid-
cradle sympathy was expressed for the
little one by large number OF aC-
quaints0ces the family had made while
here. The church bells remained ST.
lent during the illness of the child and
straw was strewp on the street in front
Of the house in which it lay. The H.
tie one finally entered upon its conva!
escence and the doctor, apothecaries,
BARRIERS, boarding house keeper and
others began to present their bills. One
ny one YVES STAYED of under different
Oretexes, until the keeper Of the board
lng-house seized a trunk, supposed to
contain a quantity of siverware. tn e
family in the meantime decamped and
when the trunk was opened 1t was
found to contain one ragged quilt
1nly this and nothing more
BURGLARS ENTERED A BREWING Dr.
POT.-Sometime last night the depot of
TIE Portner Brewing Company, 10 Pc
ersburg, was broken into, an entrance
being gained through window on the
south side Of the building, but nothing
Of value was carried of. Friday morn
ing when Mr.. Wm. Koenig, the mana
ger OF the company, went down to
MS office he found the nine drawers of
lis two desks and their contents scat
;ered about promiscuously on the floor.
The BURGLARS, who we're evidently after
money, left the chisel with which they
mad opened the drawers 10 tine Office. AZ
ter getting into the Office it is supposed
that they extinguished an electric light
which is always left burning at night
and then pulled down the window
shade. They went through the pockets
of two or three coats belonging to Mr..
Koenig which had been left in the Of
ice but fount nothing they wanted
Petersburg Index Appeal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

The quicker you stop cough or cold the
les danger there will be of fatal lung trouble.
One Minute Cough Cure is the only harmless
+, msdy that gives immediate results. You
will like it,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20

ru,rggR PROBABILITIES For this SCI =
v A.ihrasteniue weather snd probably show
iop, Knit i,bt sui Tuesday; light TO fresh NORTH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20
To Cure Constipation Forever.

Take CascaretS Candy Cathartic lOc or 25c
Il C. c. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-20
How Are Your Kidneysp

BE free Sparagus Pills cnre all kidney Ills. sam
Auu sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

open the safe for change and then rob
him. Backing away as far as the parti-
ton would permit, and holding his re-
volver ready to fire, the agent was about
to take desperate measure when his as
sistant recognized the supposed robber
and raped on the key: Los Angeles
lawyer; O. X; not half as tough as he
looks" Mutual explanations followed.
When Robert Toombs, of Georgia. was
a young man in his twenties, he raised a
volunteer company and joined Gen. Scott,
who was then conducting a campaign
against the Indians in Florida. Scott
knew the character of his red enemies,
and was in no hurry to attack them in
the positions which they had chosen
His delay did not suit the Georgia cap
tain, who one night paid visit to the
generals tent, where he found Scott in
pleasant conversation with dozen
officers of high rank. When asked what
he desired, Toombs said In stern tone,
II desire to know sir, whether the army
will march against the enemy within
the next few days" 81 am not ready vet
to answer that question: replied the gen
eral with smile. Then. SIR continued
the youthful captain. Il will notify you
that unless the army marches tomorrow
propose to go forward With my COM
panY into the very heart of the Indian
territory? When this astounding decIa-
ration was made the officers expected the
general to administer whitening rebuke:
but as Scott admired the youthful cap
tain's bravery and was willing to over
look his breach of military discipline, he
contented himself with answering in A
quiet, soothing tone: Very well. cap
tain-very well, captain; use your own
pressure, by all means. Take your conn
Pahy tomorrow and march into the In.
dian country We may follow YOU a few
weeks later But dent wait fer us. Take
your company and go ahead. Goodnight
captain Toonlbs. of course. dfd NOT
march ma his company against t,e enemy
ehe next day, but remained at shfs11snosf
and was an exemplary officer during ths
remainder of the war. 't''s ''ie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
FIVE DOLLARS A BOX.


The Price Cut No Figure with Him.
l want to say for the benefit of some
poor dyspeptfe that Stuart's DyspeDsia
Tablets will give comfort and a orr,
every time. Five dollars a box would
not stop my purchasing them sbould
ever suffer again as l did for a waals
before using them
The one 5O-cent box I bought at my
druggists did the work and my dlgestio,
is all right again.
Many of my neighbors have also tried
these tablets and found them to be lust
as represented, and Mr. Films also wants
me to use his name in endorsing Stuarf's
Dyspepsia Tablets Signed
A. ELLMS and
Cfi<Ao. +. BuZAELL, Asst. Postmaster.
South Sudbury, Mass.
MIS- jas. Barton, of Toronto, Canada.
WrlteS' For eighteen months [ suffered
from what | supposed was bladder ana
Kidney trouble, and took medicine rom
three different doctors, without any sign
or cure. felt so i'll at last l was hardly.
able to do my work
1 thought l would try a box of Stuart's
dyspepsia Tablets and see If they woufd
m axe me feel better, never really think
Ing had dyspepsia. but after only three
or TOUR tablets had been taken all the
acid trouble disappeared and then 7 die
d.
the doctors had been treating me for
kidneS and bladder trouble and one OF
them treated me for rheumatism.
nay digestion Is fine, my complexion
clear, and l am able to do my work and
low spirits are unknown to me.
am so thankful for finding 4 cure
SO good and so pleasant to take as
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets I am sur
prised at the change they have made in
ME.
All druggists sell and recommend
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they
contain only the simple natural dfgcs-
t1vcs, and taken after meals prevent acid
fly and cause prompt digestion and as
Sanitation Of food
Physicians everywhere endorse them
because they are as safe for the child
as for the adult; they are Invaluable
for sour stomach. nervous dyspepsia.
heartburn, gas on stomach and bowels.
and every form of stomach derangement
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
ODD THINGS N NONE LIE
GAMBLING AND CLASSIC MUSIC
TWO OF IT'S CHIEF
FEATURES
THE SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION
Gold Dust Not Used i'm BETTING
A-ajesty of the Law
ON TOttering
Throne.

NOME, Alaska, Sept 4-This town is
hardly recognizable as the place Of a
month and half ago. On Front and Sec
ond streets some scores of three-story
buildings have sprung up that dwarf
into insignificance the stately story-and-
a-haIf business blocks that overshadow-
ed everything else a short time ago.
Some of the buildings are painted. New
streets have been laid out and cd
streets haev become more thfckly popu-
lated. The dust of June and July which
stirred philosophical citizens to sub
scribe for sprinkling cart has turned
to profound and hopeless mud. The in
habitants are houndering about their
daily business in rivers of earth and wa
ter where streets once were. ard impru-
dent householders are now lacking I'M
their houses where foundation have been
destroyed by partial riffs in the eternal
Ice which underlies the tundra The rainy
season has begun. Nome ought to be in
dicated by a splotch of mud on the map.
Nome must for long time stand
unique as a mining camp The veterans
| of many mining camps in Alaska and
elsewhere the world over frequently say,
This amt no mining camp" Which
means that it violates all the traditional
notions regarding settlement where men
| who are seeking precious metals or ores
| are cengregated
MANY WOMEN IN NOME
The camp is at once further removed
! from civilization and more highly civil
! lied. To begin with, the ratio of women
to men is something like one to fifteen.
/ and that is remarkable for a rapio,, MN
miles away from large towns or settled
communities.
| Many of these women are of the kind
| that exert refining and not degrading in
huences. A composite picture of the
male population is not portrait of a typ
| zeal miner Of the old days of California
and Leadviile, nor even Of the Klond1ker
| OF 1897 and 1898. Nome is a community
| where many men wear boiled shirts and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

starched collars One change of such
apparel 1t is true, involves laundry bill
of $125, but the town Is full of men who
try to be g. little better than the rest of
the community by a, show of once-white
linen. Nearly ALL even the women, wear
rubber boots, or heavy, high-laced leather
shoes, or native nlukIoks. There are
hundreds of men who once loafed around
the water fronts of large Pacific coast
| cities, and will be there again in q few
weeks or months, who look the same
yesterday, today and forever. They
never work. but some of them steal
OF course, there Is In the population a
large element of the grizzled, husky gold
miner-men who have been in many min
ing camps in many countries, who have
Joined the most famous stampedes in
recent history and look just the same
whether they have struck 1t rich or are
looking for a grubstake. The best types
of this general class are not seen on the
streets of the town every day, for they
are restless in their energy and do not
hang around the camp week In and week
out, waiting for something's to turn up,
as hundreds of men are doing IN Nome
/ today. They are in the settlement for a
day to buy provisions to carry out to the
creek mines, to fit out for a new stam-
pede or prospecting trip, to push few
dollars over a roulette table or to get
the latest news from Topkuk, from
the BIuestone or the Casadepogra or
from the outside.
VAUDEVILLE NOT POPULAR.
One meets in the streets of Nome
women refined and well dressed. In he
saloons one meets women extensively
dressed, but not refined The vaudeville
artists from two bankrupt theaters Gre
still in town. A third theater continues
to give performances, but to poor patron
age. No one seems able to explain why
| a. vaudeville company, even of the second
class, should not succeed In Nome. where
amusements are few and where, If times
are comparatively unprosperous, there
are men who are free spenders of money.
The cause may, after all, be hard times,
for it is undeniable that the camp IS not
yet rich and that the mining region Of
Western Alaska has yet to make good
The saloonkeepers are, with few excep-
tons, complaining of poor business, and
several of them have become involved in
legal proceedings brought by impatient
creditors. Four or five of the drinking
PAGES are handsomely appointed so far
as the bar Is concerned. They make no
visible recognition of the fact that Nome
is a mining camp and not a big city In
the center of civilization, except by the
presence Of gold scales and gambling de-
vices. The bartenders are models of the
tailor's and haberdasher's art, and some
| Of the best mixers OF drinks in America
are to be found here. Bartenders early
| in the season earned SIS a day and living
/ expenses. Now their wages are $40 a day
with board and lodging Walters in the
/ saloons earn uniformly $50 week One
| of these is negro, who feels his I'm
| portance as of a former coal passer on
the battleship Oregon at the battle of
/ Santiago.
You can hear in Nome on any evening
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
uage. They Just try to show how much


they know
The sentimental side of human nature
is given full play as witness the four
titles following one upon another on q
frequenter's list. What Answer, Do
ra Darling, Faithful Lover, For
Love and Life.
1t is Gibsons way of labelling many of
his pictures Find the wife of the man
telling thefunny story, The man pay
ing for the wine" so say to you find
the one who will tell what was the con-
dition the night before of the man who
inquired for Kplings 1.-The Shadow,
when he wished The Light that Failed.
Saltwater Cd runs deep they say, and
not even wise Boston,s predigiously de-
veloped infant ever surpassed the maid OF
S. who joyfully exclaimed on receiving
her book on botany, now l can read all
about analytics," and the little man who
inquired for Knocked on the VfzoT,
while causing poor old Leasing another
agony, simply showed that the Hub had
enlarged itself until it included the woolly
West
Nor, think that only infants are given
to such Indulgence. surely you will in
clude in the same class; the woman who
desired to learn all about the Christian
era before the time of Christ.
Fearing misunderstanding in this mat
ter, 1 ask of you to remember that while
we have enjoyed these little weaknesses
of our brother man, that we are not
earnest library worker who has not deep
ly taken to heart those beautiful lines of
Pope:
Teach me to feel another's woe:
To hide the faults I see;
That mercy 1 to others show,
That mercy show to me-
But nevertheless we do heartily echo,
ga little nonsense now and then, is rel
ished by the wisest men"
The inyeterate reader of religious liter
ature who suddenly came to know that
he was of the earth earthly. decided u
acquaint himself with that fowl who
knoweth much of the dust of the earth.
He was told that books on poultry
couldn't be gotten SO we'll as a magazine
called Poultry Monthly A few days af-
ter he requested the last copy of Chick
ems Journal.
A high school boy who was just re-
ceiving initiation into the mysteries of
the Delphie oracle and such like, inquii ed
of the reference assistant for theo-
logical dictionary. She replied in aD-
proved Yankee fashion by asking if he
wished a dictionary of the Bible. 'Yes'm
something that I can find out about Troy
and the fellows that carried away the
girl
The association OF many girls in one
poor mans mind prompted him to ask
for that new book on polygamy. The
Mormon Prophet was suggested as ma
terial on the then pending Roberts case.
All this was refused, when suddenly the
light came. Oh. it was ''David's Harem. u
1t must have been some devotee OF
Maeter1inck who wished ''Intombed with
the Infinite and being overheard by a
wag, who wanted to know if the Dam
nation of Wer and Tear was imported
from that unholy spot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

stakes, and q crap board in q popular
saloon Is never idle.
A tall young man with red hair walked
into a well known saloon the other night
with 90 cents In his pocket. He bought
two chips worth % cents each at the
chuck-a-luck table and placed them on
the deuce spot OF this hardest OF all
games to beatA The dealer turned his
| little wire cage of dice. Three detces
came out and he paid the red haired
young man six chips. A crowd gathered
around the player, and he played the
deuce spot with his small capital perse-
Feringly and Invariably. BY the time he
had accumulated $50 chips the dealer
stopped joshing the young man. When
he had handed over a hundred more he
looked glum; if he won all the money the
young man had he would win but 50
cents. Three deuces came again. The
crowd of Spectators around the table In
creased; the young. man was paid three
| tunes on q big stack. He left it all on
the deuce. '"Fhree deuces!-' cried the
eeaIef again, and he looked very sore
The red-haireds young man had before
him nearly all the chips on. the table
white, red, pink and blue He had won
Sfoo on capital of 50 cents. A man with
a long brown beard nudged him
Cash IA, you damn fool he said.
YOUNG MAN WAS BElO Is u.
The red-haired young man shook his
head. He made three small bets and
lost each time Then he bet heavily and
In ten minutes was broke.
Three proprietors of gambling machines
have gone broke within the last few
days, and the cause is ascrihed to the
presence here of several si1arps who
match their practieed wits against the
practiced wits and the stolid confidence
of the gaming proprietors, and often win
in the contest One of these men tolch-
ed a faro dealer for $11 600 one night
and the dealer went out of business A
blackjack man had similar reversal
of fortune and gave up
Since the recent advent of the United
States court the majesty OF the law has
been recognized to some extent, but it
has sat on a tottering throne. A man
named Joe Priest started out te thrash
the United States district attorney the
other day. Priest had proposed TO be
one of two bondsrnen for a man recently
arrested and bound over for tiIal rhe
district attorney had objected, alleging
that Priests financial standing WIS
doubtful. Priest said:
.sIll show him whether I'm good for
that money or not Said l wouldn't do,
hey? FL fix him. and started for the
>,rflee.
Arrived at the office he wasted no time
in talk, but lit cut, with both fists at the
district attorneys face There are multi
tudes of men in Nome who have little re-
spect for some members of the court, md
they would have rejoiced IL the district
attorney had received a thFashing. But
Mr.. Wood is from Montana. ard he has
seen mining camps before. re is a mus
cular man. and knows how to use his
strength. In minute Priest was lying
quietly In the street outside the district
attorneys door, He was badly used ue.
and it was question whether he should
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

used them to good advantage during the
summer. Two days ago he showed to an
old acquaintance from Montana, q man
standing high in Nome, $55, 600 in gold
dust which unquestienably represented
his earnings from the work OF the
launches and from some other ventures.
Though personal encounters with fists
have been Of frequent occurrence here
this summer, the cases of shooting have
been surprisingly rare, and gun play Is
unusual. This is rather to be wondered
at in place where property rights have
been little respected. where claim jump
ing IS the rule with high and low, rich
and poor, and where the law has had ap-
parent1y little REFRESHING influence. MUIR
der has been hardly more frequent than
suicide, a new condition in mining
region.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
LI2UID AIR.
The New Wonder for the First Time
Next Tuesday Night.

The New Wonder for the First Time
Next Tuesday Night.
At the Peoples church next Tuesday
night will be exhibited for the first time
in the Northwest, a complete and author
lied exhibition of the Triper liquid air
experiments that have caused so great
a stir in the industrial and scientific
world
This lecture is under the local manage
ment of the Peope's church, and the pro-
t:eeds will be used in extending its work
among the poor and neglected of the city.
The management guarantees that the
lecture and demonstration will be in all
respects as represented. and will repeat
here the same experiments that have
produced enthusiasm and wonder in
throngs of people who have everywhere
crowded the most spacious buildings OF
the great cities.
That the common air we breathe should
be able by simple pressure TO be reduced
to fluid vastly colder than any other
substance known, and possessing remark
able motive power as well, has excited
the who're mechanical world These mat
tiers will be fully set forth by a delight
full and accomplished speaker. who will
also present thirty brilliant experiments