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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
A BAD STATE OF AFFArD,

~
The grand jury at Prince Co...
county Nd. which met at Upper MAJ ~
boro. Nd. yesterday morning. dia
return an indictment on the cbsro.a ~
criminal assault upon Lpcy f 81 Of
brought against Sheriff Edward A S Saft'
William Shea, William Boteler T Tues
Fox and William Smith, but il j. LOO. tOld
ipated that the hearing by the i9r T1 w,n
be concluded and that some sc;,o ~! WI liI
be taken regarding the cases tod VIII
At the conclusion OF Judge Me-,
charge to the jury, and before tbei he's
tlrement, States Attorney Levin 81, .
ed that 1t was painful duty for b;r 1,a =.
apprise the court of Statement ~, ~ 70
TO him by Frank Hart, father ~ t" s
alleged victim OF the assault. tbs, , 'us
members of the grand jury had ' wv
preached Hart to pursaude him too' OPP
promise the case. Judge Merricg' 'u
piled that he had already been d. Il,
and that action would be taken ~ 's ecu
matter at the proper moment. St.,a,'
Attorney Levin later stated tho, ,S
jurors who are said to have mads ,b 'uo
advances to Har were Plpcknev SIS ,-,Ss
and somerfeld Hall. Mr.. SctSos 'y was
formerly sheriff OF Prince Georges co %o'
| ty. N'u1'
Iu bis charge to the jury Judoe Ma.
rick said in Part: ~ bad hoped 70 \.
| able to congratulate you on the di,'
mutton OF crime 10 this county wSas
you should come before me tiis ton
Unfortunately, there are a. oraa, -
number OF persons confined 10 tbe ia1
as ever before and | am deprived NJ
that privilege. The condition of ans
in the county Ia such a. to Cause mo-
great deal of regret. The county no.
been subjected to a great deal of c,i,;
csm for permitting crime TO flourish
Within her confines"
"Some of the cases that come bsh,.
you are pitiful in the extreme. Tbsv
put the good name of Prince Georos,
county and her citizens 10 the mire II
is q condition that | have not known IN
tbs county for forty years. No Case.
of murder and arson are TO be bropobl
before you, but with that exception the
list OF crimes is pretty well filed"
Judge Merrick also referred in his
charge to prizefghtiDg in the COUNTY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
THE STRIKE SITUATION.

Instead OF the anticipated break in
the coal miners strike on account OF
the notice OF increase posted at the
mines OF the Reading Company, more
miners remained away and several more
collieries were closed dowo. This was
due to the work OF the labor leaders,
who persuaded the men to hold out for
further concessions.
The operators of the Wyoming, Lack
awanns and Lehigh Valley regions held
a meeting and decided to offer a 10 DER
cent. increase and q reduction in the
cost OF powder from 1915 to 81 so a
keg. The miners declared that they
would not accept the offer.
The seven hundred workers of the
Reading Iron Company, at Blooms.
burg, Pa, have decided to accept a cut
OF % per cent.
The wages of the puddlers of the
Reading Iron Company, in Reading.
have been reduced from a to So.
The mineworkers' leaders are now
trying to extend the strike to the Pan.
Their Creek Valley.
Five mines at Oak Hill, near Well
ston, o., were tied up for the union
scale of so cents ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIES.

Vandals stripped Mr.. Bryan's car nu-
ring last night, while it was standing in
the yard at Minneapolis.
A plumbers gasoline furnace explod.
ed in the residence of Charles B. Batch.
ford, property CLERK in Brooklyn to-
day, and az result three persons we're
fatally injured ana one seriously.
1t was announced at democratic State
headquarters In New York today that
the canvass Of the State is nearly com
| pleted. The committee it is claimed
mas received the names of over $4,000
republicans who will vote for Bryan.
Fire destroyed the Shamokin Milling
COmpsny's four buildings and their con
tents at ShsmOkip, Ps., early this morn
log: loss $50, 900. uninsured. The fire
was Of inceUdiary origin. The build
ings wereowned by Andrew Robert
son, coal operator.
1t was decided by Mayor Mcclure, OF
syracuse, chairman of the democratic
State executive committee, today to &C.
cept the offer of the Hon. Samuel Jones,
the Golden Rule" Mayor of Toledo,
to speak with William J. Bryan, on his
four days trip in New York.
At o'clock this morning Ferdinand
Brohst, q glass worker, killed his wife
and then blew of mis- own head with a
shot gun at Carnegie, Pa. Their child
lying asleep beside the mother was un-
injured. Two other children rushed
from an adjoining room 10 time to see
their father fall to the floor after firing
the second shot. The death of both
vas instantaneous. Brobst had been
mentally i'll for some time, having but
recently been discharged from st. Fran
els Hospital rs cured.
Rev. Lawrence P. Mccarthy, one of the
best known Catholic priests In Boston, and
pastor Of the Holy Redeemer Church. was
shot in the back today by John Gleason, one
of his pensioners. The affair is involved in
mystery, as the two men were sloue in the
pastors study at the time. Gleason was or.
rested
James Potter q colored porter, was shot
and killed in New York this morning by a
white man known only by the name Of Alsey.
crowd OF negroes had attacked Alsey as the
result of row. He shot at the crowd and
hit Potter, an innocent bystsnder. Alsey
escaped.
The independent window glass msnufsc-
turers are forming a combine with q capital of
$10,000O00. Nearly every important plant
in the country is included Ia the prop osed
organization.
The American Bankers Association met in
annual convention in Richmond, Va, today.
Eleven hundred members have indicated
purpose of attending.
Robert Treat Paine, jr., was nominated for
Governor by reclamation by the democrats in
State convention in Boston today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
VIRGINIA NEWS

Charles T. Goolrick and Miss Kate
Downs, both OF Fredericksburg, left
there Yesterday on 90 excursion train
for Washington, where they were
married.
Jncob w. Richards died on Sunday
at his home near Gore, Frederick
county, after q brief Illness. He was
seventy.nine years OF age, and leaves
widow and three daughters.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rots Douglas died
yesterday morning at her home near
the University of Virginia, Chsrlottes-
vile, aged eighty years. She was the
widow Of Archibald Douglas.
Edward Embrey, OF Fauquier county,
was killed on Saturday. He was haul
ing logs, when the horse got into
swarm of yellow jackets and ran away.
Embrey was caught underneath she
log and crushed to death. He leaves a
wife and seven children.
A wholesale jail delivery occurred In
Goochlsnd county Saturday night,
when all the inmates of the county
prison escaped. There we're FIVE or six
men 10 the jail, in charge OF negro
jsiler named Scott. An axe WAS found
with which the jail door had been
broken open. This is the second jail
delivery in that county within few
years.
The funeral OF Miss Martha Davis
Dsb1ey took place from the residence
of her mother, Mrs. Jane B. Dabney, at
the University of Virginia, yesterday.
Miss Dsbney died in Richmond Friday,
after a lingering illness. She was
twenty years old, and daughter OF
the late DIR. William G. Dabney, pro-
fessor in the medical department of the
university.
The dead body OF man, apparently
about 60 years old, WAS found in Car
sons stables at Front Royal yesterday.
II was later sscertainef that the man
was Robert Barron, OF Washington, d.
g. He had driven to Front Royal on
sunday 10 buggy, and said that be
was a grocer in the capital city, but at
present was detective. His death is
thought to have been due to natural
causes.
Intelligence has been received at
Richmond from Philadelphia to the ei-
feet that William Kuhn, who has been
imprisoned there for some months for
murderous assault upon his wife, has
been set free. The case was not made
out. Mrs. Kuhn died 10 Richmond re-
Gently from the effects OF injuries re.
ceivei when, 10 a scuflle with her hus-
band, che was thrown out OF win
dow.
The Lynchburg council appropriated
a sum to have the city and surburbs
thoroughly cauvassed for special cen
SUE. TIE work has jus. been completed,
and The results show a slight decrease
in the city proper, but an increase in
surban population. By the census OF
1860 the city's population was IS 700;
by the present special census, 10, 639, a
loss of 20. The surban population is
5.729.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
Mysterious Suicide.

New York, Oct. 2.-Another mystery
came to light today with the finding Of
the body OF Robert McCurdy Lord, a
wealthy retired banker, in the bath
room OF a cottage in Mount Vernon.
He committed suicide by taking gas.
Mr.. Lord was only SO years old. He re-
turned with his wife from trip around
the world last week. Ga Saturday be
left his wife and children at Bayonne,
n. j., where he had a handsome resi-
tence, went to Mount Vernon, and
rented a vacant house. He then wrote
his brother, Henry 7. Lord, that his
body could be found 10 the house. Mr..
Lord reached Mount Vernon shortly
after midnight last night and found MS
brother az described. He can give 70
reason for the suicide except i'll health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
TRIRUTE OF RESPECT.

The vestry Of St. Psul's Chnnh mel y
Wednesday night, 26lh aud ps'''d Toe ''.
lowing resolutions: NJ.
Resolved, That the Yestry Of H. ia-
Church have learned with feelings o. ,lr s'n'
and deep regret OF the dCcesse OF 'LD, 49,.
| HENRY MARBURY, which occurred u w..
| city on Wednesday, the 19,h Day oil ''P'''-
Der, 1900, In the S4.h wear Of hls age i.,
Resolved, That the VestFy moaTn' 'le -.
| of our deceased associate and ire9l' "u'
many years aided us by his VIE 'ouI'.. b..
advice; q sincere Christian AID deyolel a.
interest OF his church, be eEemP,illeu ~ ,o,o
conduct the faith that he proiessel loi ~ y,
a period As man he enjoyed lDo .,,, n
aud esteem of all who knew nm ~ w. ,r1
he was popular and had the colllcn'' ,o,o
respect OF this community where DC va
and raised. .oyo,.d
In his domestic relations he VS. 80, e'S@
husband, kind, afectionaie ana ln-'s
father -..,-o ier5
Resolved, That with loving hearts We y. 'v'r
or TO his bereaved family our slu''.' I'D
patty and coincidence they so ID 'sn .rl
Msy God bless them aud preserve ,". ."'o he
enable them TO bear the heavy sAl ~ ',,,,
has laid upon them and may ln' .2b. Tod.
Blessed are the dead which dIG 10 w. ,tey
from henceforth yea saith the sIii'' 10 -a,k.t 20
may rest from their lsbors and the' "0''
oliow them" .h. .nresd
Resolved, Thst these proceedings De ~ 'p' be
upon our re cords, and COPY be 'en' W
family of our deceased friend. u.daDr
&c. BILBURN' Begi'''''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
Foreign News.

DURHAM, Natal, Oct. 2.-The Boert
captured convoy and several OF the
British escort yesterday between DE
Jaars aud Broad river. The entraninR
of volunteers for the front has been
stopped.
Munich, Oct. 2.--Prince Albert, OF
Belgium, heir pr 4sumptive to the throne
of the country, was married today TO
the Duchess Elizabeth, OF Bavaria.
Rome, Oct. 2.-During Sundays fes-
tivities at st. PETERS, burglars entered q
deserted part oftbe Vatican, broke into
a strong box and stole several hundred
thousand francs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| the federal party in Porto Rico has
allied itself with the democrats in the
United States.
Prince Iksuthor, son of the King OF
Cambodis, who disappeared from the
Paris Exposition, has turned up again
10 Brussels.
Senator Hanna says he does not pro-
pose to make any more speeches dur
lng the campaign, excep occasionally
TO the laborers of Chicago.
General Baden-Powell has arrived at
Pretoria to take command of the police
in the Transvaal and Orange river COL
ony, where it is proposed to maintain q
force of II 900 men, all under General
Baden Powell.
Notices were posted last night in the
various departments Of the Logan Iron
and Steel works, at Burnham, Pa, OF q
reduction of 25 per cent. iu wages.
There is great dissatisfaction among the
3 600 employees and a strike is threat.
| ened.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Chapman and
their daughter, Mrs. Lena Baker, were
severely injured by negro who enter
ed their home, in Baltimore, yesterday
evening. to steal, and who slsshed them
with razor when they tried to prevent
his escape.
Secretary Long has issued advertise
ments for proposals for the construction
OF the projected armored cruisers, and
has announced that bids will be opened
on December Z. Six armored cruisers
are to be constructed, three OF which
will be sheathed aud coppered.
Representatives of some 400 stove
making concerns scattered throughout
the country are to meet in Chicago on
October Is to take definite action on
the formation OF the National Stove
Manufacturing Company, which will be
capitalized at about 10000, 600, aside
from possible large issue of bonds.
The threatened race riot at George
town, 8. g., was sverted by Governor
Sweeney, who ordered the dispeDsary
and beer privilege closed. The negroes
outnumbered the whites about seven to |
one In Georgetown, which is coast
city. The cause of The trouble was the
arrest OF negro for killing white man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Situation in { hina.

Shanghai, Oct. 2.-AccordIng to adj
vices from Tientsin, Ii Hung Chang
will not proceed to Pekin but will open
negotiations with the Russian minister,
M. De Giers as soon as the latter arrives
at Tlentsin.
Paris, Oct. 2.-It is officially stated
that the governments at London, Paris,
Berlin, and st. Petersburg are fully in
accord on the question OF Chinese
settlement along the line proposed by
NJ. Delcasse. The proposal favCrs ne
gotiations with the Chinese being open
ed Immediately though admitting the
necessity of satisfaction for the anti
foreign outbreak and advocates the per-
manent prohibition of arms and ammu-
milton into CHINA.
Berlin, October 2.-Emperor Viii
liam has replied to the note of the
Chinese emperor which expressed pro-
found regret for the murder OF the Ger
man minister in Pekln and subsequent
lawlessness of certain Chinese officials.
The text OF the Kasier's reply will
shortly be made public.
Berlin, Oct. 2.-The message of the
Chinese Emperor TO Emperor William,
and also the latter's reply thereto have
been published. Emperor William in
mis- reply says: II do not make you
personally responsible for the crimes
committed, but the advisers OF your
| majesty aud the throne functionaries
upon whose shoulders the blood guilt
mega ie lvino muat aXniata their in
famies. If your majesty will bring
them to deserved punishment, Ishall es.
innate this as expiation satisfying all
nations. l long for peace which will
make good all wrongs and which will
secure the life and property of foreign
era in China especially safeguarding
their religion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
The Strike.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 2.-The brighl
hopes OF a speedy adjustment OF the
miners strike are generally melting
away. The local operators and the
miners are again settling back into their
old mood of playing game OF wait
The miners say they will starve rather
han accept settlement on the basis
offered by the operators. This morn.
Jog one of the men when asked VIVA;
The demands OF the miners were, pro-
iuced card on which was written the
following: l "a better enforcement OF
the existing mice laws. 2 To obtain the
value OF labor actually performed. To
obtain the right to purchase our imple-
ments of labor at fair market value
and escape from the compulsory rule
which forces US to pay the operators
more than twice what the same mate
rails can be purchased for at retail in the
open market. 4 To allow o resdjust
ment of the wage scale that will con-
form to the normal conditions OF sn.
thrscte trade and establish, as nearly
AZ practicable, for each class of work in
and around the mines" "You will see.
he continued, that the 10 per cent offer
entirely ignores these points which are
very important to the miners"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
THE CHINESE TROUBLES

Minister Conger, as stated yesterday
notified the State Department tha, Gen.
eral Yung Lu, who is as Objectionable
to this government and the other TOW.
ers IS Prince Tusn, has been appointed
on the peace commission. il not SC.
cepted, he and Tusn may start another
rebellion in the interior of China.
While German government officials
deny the reports that France, Germany
and Russia have an urder- sndng re.
garding the retention of troops 10 Pekiu.
there are indications thht the relations
between Germany and Russia concert.
log China are very close.
The French government will ask the
Chamber of Deputies to vote 3D. extra
credit of 80, 600 600 francs, making 70
100000 francs 10 all, for operations 10
China
A British gunbost shelled the village
OF Lux Lao in retaliation for the IT,.
habitsDts firing on a British tesmer.
From st. Petersburg comes the denial
OF the reports ofthe annexation OF Man.
churia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

GREAT SHOOTING GROUNDs.-Mr.
and Mrs. Bradley Martin are entertain
ing succession of visitors at Bslmaca-
an House, Inverness-sbire, England,
which has $4,000 acres of heavily stock.
ed deer forest and grouse moors, be.
sides 1900 acres of excellent low
ground shooting. Mr.. Bradley Martin
also hires Lady Seafeld's Locbletter
shootings. which comprise 5000 res OF
moor and 1000 acres OF low ground, in
Guiding 1000 acres OF woods.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

SENAToRLoDGE, of Massachusetts, who
thinks every negro in the South should
vote, though those 10 his own State
can't do 80 unless they can read, and
those in Pennsylvania, unless they pay
a poll tax. says death and destruction
will be the fate of the country if it fall
into the control of those who 'sre toe
ignorant and too depraved to know
what they are doing" By the latter
he means the "scoundrels at home and
the towards abroad" He imagines he
10 still writing History"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

THE FIRST caller President McKin-
ley received yesterday was the new
president OF the Carnegie steel and iron
works. AS this company can afford to
sell its products abroad at cheaper
rates than those at which English
manufacturers can sell theirs, and
therefore, to its legitimate profits adds
that OF the high tariff, it is only natural
that 1t should work and pay literally
for the reelection of the man who
maintains that tariff.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
Colonizers from the TransvaaI.

Chicago, Oct. 2-Between 200 and
300 Boers-forernnners of 100000 or
more Transvsalers, who have been re-
duced to poverty by the war in South
Atrica-have decided to cast their lot
in America and will arrive In New
York soon, whence hey will proceed to
TIE fertile veldts of the Dakotas and
Montana. In those States the burchers
will establish experimental colonies
aud, if the climatic conditions prove
agreeable, they will advise others OF
their South African countrymen to
come to this country. Theodore Won
Grecht, Of Holland, is now in the north
west, in the interest OF the Trans
walters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

Mr.. BRYAN, in one of the speeches
he made yesterday, told the negroes
they might escape many Of the ills OF
which they complain, but that even
Liocoln's blood on their door posts
could not save them from the imposi-
lions of the existing tariff. Yes, even
the payment of taxes may be STAYED
off, but men have to eat, drink and be
clothed, the tariff sbides with them I'M
til the end.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

A GREwsoME FIND Two guDnen
from Baltimore explored cave on the
SDuth side of Round Top Mountain,
near Hancock, Nd, Saturday, ADD dis.
covered the skeletons of two C0nieif.
rate soldiers chsiuei together at the
ankles. A silver dollar, baf dollar
aud buttons from the Conf derate uDI-
forms were also found in the dust. The
bones were blesched aud dry. The
cave is in the PERCEPTIONS side Of The
mountain, aud can only be reached by
walking on a pole resting on lodges on
the side of the mountain. The skeit-
tons were found in the second apart
ment OF the subterranean passage
Stonewall Jackson, when he lombard
ed Hancock, was enCsmped I'd Toe
hills OF West Virginia opposite Round
Top Mountain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

So PROSPEROUS are the employees of
the Logan Iron and Steel Works and
those OF the Reading Iron Company of
Pennsylvania, that they have just had
their wages reduced to the extent Of
twenty-five per cent, and have had to
stand it, as winter is approaching and
they can get work no where else. But
what is that, SO long as their protected
employers are prosperous?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
The Hawaiian Election.

Honolulu, Sept. %, via San Francisco.
Oct. 2.-The republican territorial con-
vention to nominate a delegate to Con-
gress, meets today. Samuel Parker
will doubtless be selected. Prince
David, nephew OF King Kalskua, will
be the democratic nominee. The ma
tive independent party has nominated
complete ticket, except on this island,
and OF all the nominees only one 10
white. The democrats and republicans
may fuse for fear the natives may con.
troll tie legislature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

EX.PREsIDENT HARRISON says there
are now no unemployed men. MI. Hanna
has been holding sweet CONVERGE with
bis rich associates. II he would open
his eyes and see the people he meets on
the streets or 10 the roads, and talk to
them, or even read the unbought news
papers, he would soon learn that the
army of the unemployed is now as
large as it ever was, il not larger.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
Had to Bury His Own Children

Greenwood, H., Oct. 2.-FeariDg
iiphtheris ec.ion, Deighbors would
not 90 near the house OF farmer
named Austin, five miles from here, and
the grief-strickeu father was forced to
bury two of his children himself. A
short time ago one of his children died
Of diphtheria, and was given regular
burial. Two days later another child
fell i'll, and the neighbors, becoming
alarmed, refused to 60 near the house,
aud the members of the family were
warned not to leave their home. The
neighbors directed that Austin leave a
note at a certain spot, stating the fam
lly's want of food and other articles
which would be supplied. A few days
ago the daughter died, and the father
left a note, asking that coffin be left
At the corner of the farm to contain
the girls body. Then he went to re-
mote part Of the farm, aud, digging q
grave, conducted the interment alone.
Yesterday the third child succumbed,
and the father dug another grave and
inferred the body tearfuly and alone.
Secretary E B. Frazer, of the State
Board of Health, Investigated the con.
dition of the Austin family yesterday.
He will see that Austin receives all
needed assistance in caring for fourth
child now i'll.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
Troops for the Philippines.

San Francisco. Oct. 2.-BattalioDs OF
the oath end 25.h infantry sailed on
the transport Hancock yesterday after.
noon for Manila. The transport also
carried 81 ,253. 900 in money to pay of
the troops. The departure of these
battalions leaves the United States but
scaotily furnished with troops. No
more regular organizations will be sent
to the Philippines now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02

THE only response the administration
makes to the Just criticism it is subject
ed to on account of the many and con-
tinued reverses the u. S. army meets
with in the Philippines, 10 which it de-
clsres the war is over" is it's demand
for the construction of more new war.
ships, the contractors for which are the
most liberal contributors to the repub.
lican campaign fund.