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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
IS was required, and Mr.. Hsntznon

IS was required, and Mr.. HantZmon
had mad 69.7 per cent.
The Mayor suggested In letter that
as the jsnitor of the City Building could
wind the town clock, that work should
be imposed on him and portion OF the
salary of the regulator of the town
clock be given him. The letter was re-
ferred.
A petition Of the chief engineer OF the
IRE department for an allowance of $3.50
per annum for the maintenance of his
horse was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
Mr.. Burke introduced, by request OF
Mr.. a. w. Armstrong. an ordinance de-
claring that the failure of the W., A. &
Mt. V. Ry. to run cars on any portion
of their tracks in this city should not
forfeit their right thereto. The matter
was referred.
Mr.. Burke also presented an ordi-
nance providing that the police force
be reduced to fifteen members and that
no additional policeman be elected un'
I'll by death, discharge, &C., the force be
reduced to that number, the bill not Ia
60 into effect until the number falls be-
low fifteen. The matter was referred
1t was decided that the Police Com
missioners be notified ofthis action.
Mr.. Lawler introduced q resolu'
ton continuing the law taxing the
electric railroad company 20 per cent
on the amount received by that com
pany for motive power furnished foI
electric fans, &c.
Mr.. Paff said that the tax was on our
| citizens.
Mr.. Trimyer said that the city taxed
the electric company 20 per cent. and
the company had added Is per cent. to
the rental of the citizens.
The extension OF the ordinance waf
agreed to.
Mr.. Evans said he had teen Informed
that the government building 10 this
city was using incandescent lights, get
ting their current from the electric rail-
way, contrary to law. He suggested
that the electric railway comply Will
the law Ia all respects and his sugsef
ton was referred to the committee Oh
hit.
Mr.. Evans moved that Mr.. G. +
Neale be allowed the floor to state
grievance relative to the curb'contrac
for the King street work.
Mr.. Harrison thought that the sun
iect concerned the contractor only.
Mr.. Burke understood that Nj
Neale's trouble was about the "hn
point" finish OF the curb. He kne'
nothing about it.
| Mr.. Neale explained that ne ha
been asked to bid on specifications ths
required zine point" and yet quar-
curb" had been accepted. He wsnte
Ijustice only.
The city engineer explained that To
curb was required TO come up to
specimen, and It did so.
| Mr.. Neale said there was not an
had never been any fine point curb
Alexandria.
The chair-"And nobody In Alexsr
dria knows what fine point curb i
Where ignorance is bliss it is folly
be wise."
No action was taken.
A resolution that when the superb
tendent of gas Is chosen he shall nc
take office until the 1st of July mel
was adopted.
JOINT SESSION.
A joint meeting then convened an
Mr.. Harry Hantzmon was chosen ~
perintendent Of Gas.
The joint convention then adjourne'
and the board adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

THE Supreme Court has sustained
President Mckinley and revers Chief
Justice Marshall. It has reasserted
the right OF taxation without represen'
tation that the colonies fought to over
turn. As suggested by the Philadelphia
Record, 1t would have been better to
abandon our islands than our Constitu-
ton, though Il was not necessary to
abandon either the one or the other.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
@MAv,-
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BromO-Q uinine Tablets
the remedy that cures q cold I'm one day

Biliousnees is q condition character
lad by a disturbance of the digestive
organs. The stomach is debilitated,
the liver torpid, the bowels constipated.
There is a losthing OF food, pains Ia
the bowels. dizziness, coated tongue
and vomiting, first of the uudigested or
partly digested food and then Of bile.
Chsmberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets allay the disturbances of the
stomach and create healthy appetite.
They also tone up the liver to q
healthy action and regulate the bowels.
Try them and you are certain to be
much pleased with the results. For
sale by Richard Gibson, druggist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
King Edward and "The Irish People y


Dublin, May 29.-It Is learned that
King Edward Is very indignant over
the recent suppression OF William
O'Brien's paper, the Irish People. The
King says he Is content to leave him
self In the hands OF the public and has
given explicit orders to prevent the
further suppression of publications 10
the paper of May 8, the King was al
luded to as IAN old and bald headed
roue, lover OF every woman Of fl ne iea-
lures who has appeared 10 Eogllsh 30.
ciety for forty years including titled
DANES. as well as YET untitled actresses,
the Eoglish gentleman perjurer OF an
historic divorce case; the centre of the
most diseraceful scandals of the most
contemplate type"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

THE Iowa gubernatorial campaign has
so far developed as to disclose the fact
that Mr.. Conger. minister to China,
musters no strength whatever. His ad-
herents, mostly members Of the G. A.
r., have been unable to help him. The
brief boom Is q parallel to Dewey's sup
port for the presidency.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTING oUAP.
~ TERMAsTEB, 419 north Washinetou

street, Alexandra, virginia, May %, 1901
Sealed proposals, In triplioate, fox construc-
ton and completion Of one single set Of nom
,fommissioned-oftieers quarters, one Quarter.
masters stable; one Coal Shed; one Oil
house at Fort washington, Maryland, will
be received ct this Office until ~ o'clock.
noon, June 1S, 1901. Envelopes containing
proposals should be marked Proposals for
Public Buildings, Fort Warrington, Mary
land" Bidders must specify a separate
amount for the construction, plumbing, elec-
trio wiring OF each building, as specified. II
awarded separately, Is we'll as q total amount
for all work covered by the proposal. In
formation regarding plans aud specifications
may be obtained at the Office Of the Depot
Qusrtermaster, Baltimore, Philadelphia, also
at this Once ABE. =. BlCKHAM, Captain
and Quartermsster, u. 8. Army.
my29 3t&je1,15.17
d. ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

"Our little girl was unconscious from stran.
gulstion during sudden attack OF Group. 1
quickly secured bottle Of One Minute Cough
Cure, giving her three doses. The Group was
mastered and our little darling speedily re-
covered.D So writes A. L. 6paford, Chester,
Mich.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

Mr.. Horatio 8. Ridout lost his life
trying to rescue an infirm relative from
their burning dwelling In Anne Arun-
del county, Nd, yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
COMMON COUNCIL.

At a regular meeting Of the Common Coun.
ell of the city Of Alexsndris, Va, held
May %, 1901, there were present:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

Mr.. W. ]. Baxter, Of North Brook. N. @.
says he suffered with piles for fifteen years.
he tried many remedies with no results until
be used )eWitts Witch Hazel Salve and that
quickly cured him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

New York. May 29.--The stock market
opened strong and developed more activity
than In the last few days. The railway list
ia general recorded substantial Improvement,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

Skin affections will readily disappear By
using DeWitt's Witch Hazel salye. look out
for counterfeits. II you get DeWitps you
will get good results 1t is the quick and pos.
tive cure for piles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29
DR.. BuII's Cough Syrup w

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup viii cure
: Cough or Cold ct once. Conquers Group,
Whooping Cough and Measle Cough withou,
fall. Best for Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Grippe,
Pneumonia, Consumption and Lung Afec.
tions. Gives quick, sure results. Price Zoe.
Bold By Richard Gibson and all druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

The Markets.
Georgetown, May 2s.-Wheat 6ss77.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-29

g APONA reduced to &c . cake, at
~ ]. q. MILBURN'H,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

The camera is set up on its tripod, the
film boxes attached, the lens focused
and the operator begins to turn the
crank. Three minutes, five minutes
the shutter snaps and every move
ment of the exciting scene is faithfully
recorded. The film, which may be from
100 to 300 feet in length, is then carried
to the biograph factory, where it is de-
veloped in its entirety on reels that
carry it through developing solutions,
dried by power fans and ''positive''
is printed from it by electric light.
The process takes from two to four
hours.
That night the catastrophe of the aft.
ternoon, says a writer in Everybody's
Magazine, projected on a screen, seems
almost as real to the theater-goer as
the actual occurrence was to those who
witnessed it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
ITEMS.

Since the town of Rockland Mass,
voted license last spring the order on
the electric cars to ether towns in
the evening has been so bad that la
dies are urged not to patronize them.
Temperance Cause.
The following custom has sprung
up in many of the villages of Aus
tria, where numerous temperance So
'cieties have been formed: The peas
ants bury small cask of brandy, and
raise mound with a cross on it hay
ing this inscriptions: ITO remind us
for all time that we have promised to
drink no more brandy"
The Christian Builders union has
been organized in Chicago. Appli-
'cants for membership are required to
be conscientious Christians who are
members of sorle evangelical church.
The constitution prohibits saloon
work of all xmas; members renting
or causing their property to be rent
ed for saloon purposes will be ex-
PEELED, and if a member shall become
drunk he shall be expelled and can
not, join again.-National Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
AFTER THE BOYS.
Methods That Are Employed by
Wicked Men to Recruit Army
of Drunkards.

During Maj. Hilton's meetings in Gin
cinnati he related story of a boy in
Chicago, nine years of age, who came
to school drunk, and being taken in the
arms of an officer, his head pillowed
on his breast, he coaXed the little one
to tell him where he got the vile stuff.
After thinking moment he got up
and felt in his pocket, which was filled
with old nails, bits of string, a top,
etc, but he could not see the thing
he wanted; he looked on the floor, and
there he saw he had dropped bright
picture card, on the edge of which
were small squares and some of these
were punched. what is this?" the
officer asked. my beer card; each boy
gets a card and each hole is a drink.
and the boy that gets the most holes
in a month gets a prize" There are
three prizes, pistol, story of three
devils and a whisky cocktail.
One of the Cincinnati teachers felt
impressed to relate the story to class
of 55 boys. The eager eyes. the dis
tressed looks will not be forgotten.
Then they opened their hearts to her
now men in Cincinnati play pool" and
the winner receives brass checks for
drinks, and gives them to the boys at
the baseball ground on Sunday. Can
l get some of them?" said She "Yes'm."
'Well, bring me some" During the
rest of the week in the press of school
duties the matter was forgotten by the
busy teacher. but not by the boys.
When school was called on Monday
morning, the first question was: evil
you take the checks now, Miss R?" and
Immediately four brass checks were
handed to her, each bearing the name
of the saioonkeeper and five cents.
This is the way the men push the sa-
loon business. A man who is mean
enough to sell rum is, as rule, mean
enough to do almost anything.-W. L.
Hastings, in National Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
CLAIMS SHE IS 100.
Interesting Old Squaw of the Turtle
Clan Mt the Pan-American
Exposition,

| Nancy johnson, a member of the
| Turtle clan, Seneca nation of Indians,
has lived in three centuries, and
| daily at the Pan-American EXPOSE
| ton her blood relatives and fellow
pagan Worshipers beseech the Great
| Spirit by dances that her life NAV
be prolonged for many moons to
come. 1t is claimed that she is now
100 years old, and the fact that in
spite of her age she is able to be at
the exposition is a source of great
| joy to the many Indians who are
with the Six Nations exhibit at the
fair says a recent report.
1t was only after months of nego-
, tiation that Capt. Lawton, who has
charge of this exhibit, was able to
induce Mrs. johnson to go to the
fair.
She insisted that her original cabin
should be brought to the exposition,
and this was done. None but her
blood relatives were permitted to
take it apart and they marked every
log and strip of wood and put it up
again so it stands just as it was built
about 100 years ago.
Mrs. Johnson's home is on the
Tonawanda reservation, near Akron,
about 81 miles from Buffalo. There
she lives in a little hut by herself
and attends to all her wants. or did
until last spring. Up to that time
she had enjoyed the best of health
and 4 wonderfully clear memory,
considering her years. But as soon
as the snow left the ground she be-
gan to decline, and now she is feeble
and somewhat childish, but still is
able to recall incidents that are
brought to her attention.
When Capt. Lawton began his ne
gotiationS with her last fall he went
to her house one cold day late in
October and found her coming down
the road with a half bushel of pota-
toes on her back. She had carried
them from the field half mile away,
but did not seem weary. While the
visitor talked to her she prepared
her evening meal in the open as she
had done all her life.
In recent years it has been almost
impossible to get any information
from the old woman, because she is
exceedingly reticent in conversation
about herself Capt. Lawton, how
ever, has been able to get statements
from her regarding the sacking of
Buffalo in the war of 1923, when
Rails regulars and savages laid Buff
falo and Black Rock in ashes and
put to death most of the inhabitants
who had not fled.
She has outlived six husbands. and
her descendants are so numerous
that it is difficult to learn the exact
number.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
INSURANCE FOR TEETOTALERS
One of the Great Companies of COun-
try Puts the NOnuser OF Alcoholic
Drinks in Privileged Class.

One of the great life insurance COM
panies is about to begin an expert
rment which is already in operation in
England, and will be watched with I'M
usual interest in its results in this
country. Hereafter, all applicants for
insurance in that company who are
total abstainers" will be placed in a
class by themselves. If, as is main
tained, the death-rate. among teetotal-
.ers is less than the death rate among
the users Ofmalt and spirituous liquors,
4he expense of insurance will. of
course, be less, and the total abstainars
will receive the benefit in lower pre-
aniums or larger dividends.
The company has been Influenced to
this course largely by petition signed
by Senator Frye, of Maine; John Wan
.amaker, Edward Everett Hale and 9TH
er men of note in various fields. The
usual system, it is asserted. works an
injustice. The cost of insurance is
very carefully fixed in accordance with
the death rate per thousand, as deter
mined by years of experience and sys-
tANiAiN nv ~ lelDlNSs All lllI8
which prolongs life and lowers the
death rate also lowers the cost of in
=surance. If. then, the teetotaler lives
longer than his less careful brother.
there is less risk in insuring his life.
and he should have the benefit of his
good habits.
The results of this interesting ex-
pertinent must. of course, remain I'M
known for years. Definite proof can
come only from comparison of the
actual death rate among total abstain
.ers with the average death-rate of all
classes, and this will take time. 1t is
a significant fact, however, that in
England, where the separate classified
ton has been in use for some wears.
the death rate among total abstainers
is reported by one company to be only
one-ha!f of that among the users of
liquors, and by another company as
three-fourths. The experience of the
hrst company extends over a period of
Is years. and of the second company
over period of 25 years.-Youth's
Gompanion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
A FORTUNE IN GEMS.
Stolen In London from the Head of
the Paget Family.
Marquis of AnEIesey, EngInnd's Most
Eccentric NObIeman, Robbed Mt
HoteI-His Wedding and.
Divorce

The marquis of Anglesey (Henry
Cyril Paget), who is stopping at the
Walsingham hotel, at London, was
robbed the other night of Jewels of
the value of 100000. The marquis
was at the theater when his room was
robbed.
The marquis of Anglesey, the head
of the famous Paget family of Eng
land, is one of the wealthiest and
admittedly the most eccentric MEM
Der of the British aristocracy. He
has an income of $1O00,00O a year,
likes to dress as a woman, carries
pug dogs in his promenades on the
Paris boulevards, wears rings on
every finger and delights to appear
as skirt dancer and lightning
change artist on it's music hall stage
in European capitals.
Two years ago, says the Chicago
Tribune, the marquis of Anglesey,
then earl of UXbridge, married the
beautiful Miss Chetwynd, daughter of
Sir George Chetwynd and the mar
chioness of Hastings. She was only
II years old, of beautiful and refined
features, with violet eyes and masses
of Venetian red hair. They were
cousins, and it was declared at the
time that the marriage was arranged
in order that they might jointly in
herit property which both would have
lost if they did not marry each
other.
Eighteen months after their we'd
ding the marchioness applied to the
English courts for a divorce. The
terms of separation prove the mar
quis' eccentricity. For the first year
he allowed her $4,000 and $4,000 to
pay debts contracted while they were
living together. The second year he
was to pay her $4,000, the next, if
they were still separated, $4,000, and
so on, the allowance increasing $4,000
each year until it reached $4,000.
The young marchioness was friend
ly with Princess Frederick Hohen-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

loading at Buffalo, says Rollin Lynde
HART, in Atlantic. Here she lies, be-
meath the towering grain elevator,
which thrusts long pumping pipe
(called the ''leg'O down through her
hatchway. Mount the gangplank,
lodging the spinning ropes that
make your head reel; stumble about
on the dark deck; look down, down,
down, through the open hatch, and
POUNDS, what a sight! The hold
glows with electricity. 1t is misty
with blown dust. 1t roars with me-
chanical activity.
An enormous steel Shovel" big as
the inside of a house, and manipulate
ed by countless flying ropes, charges
back and forth through the whole
length of the ship, pitching the yell
low grain before it, and heaping it
up where the leg can get hold of it
to whisll it into the bin that is some
where up in the sky! Beneath, in the
hold, an army of blue-clad men, with
wooden scoops" barely dodge the
deadly shovel as they swing the grain
into its path.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

First Business Ma1f-"What did
you do while you were up in the
country with your wife?" Second
Business Man (gloomily)-"Penance."
-Sommerville journal.
Miss Gotawad-"Charley, how do
you know you love me more than
anybody else in the world?" Mr..
Saphedde-''I know it because you
have money."-Ohio State Journal.
There is a man out in the watt
ing ROOM said the great mans sec
rotary. 81 think he's a bum actor"
why do you think SOP" He says
he's anxious to get an audience."-
Philadelphia Press.
Harding tells me he is
suffering from an operation" Saw
yer-"I hadn't heard of it. Surgical,
of course?" Boynton-"No, this was
financial operation. Gibbons Dor
rowed ten dollars of him yesterday"
Boston Times.
Mrs. Mann-"What a man you are,
Joseph. You always take the girls
side every time | have any trouble
with her" Mr.. Grueby-"Well, why
shouldn't l? Doesn't she sympathize
with me when you and 1 have
words? "-Boston Transcript.
Sue-"Pauline's father is quite a
genius" Belle-"In what way?" Sue
why, he had pair of recording
scales attached to her hammock. If
they registered over 100 he knew
Jack had been sharing her seat
Philadelphia Record.
woman" said the Sentimental
Person, SIS the holiday in the life of
man." yes" remarked the Coarse
ly Sarcastic Individual, land | have
noticed that after a man takes that
kind of a holiday he has a hustle all
the rest of his life" Baltimore
American.
81 wish you and May would be-
come friends again. said the would
be peacemaker. We'll" said Fay, "if
she'll make up, I will" 81 told her
you had said that, and she said: The
idea! It's easy for her. | never saw
her when she wasn't made up.'"-
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
GETTING BIOGRAPH SCENES.
Speedy Manner in Which n Big Fire
Is Photographed for Nov
ing Pictures.

"Br-r-r-ring! Br-r-r-r-ing!" a quick
connection with the desk phone of the
city manager, and in another moment
it is known at biograph headquarters
that fierce fire and a series of eXplo.
sions have devastated a downtown
business block and that the loss of life
is estimated at 300.
The camera operator and his assist
ants receive word; there is a scamper
for fire badges, and two minutes later
the biograph outfit, which takes 1000
pictures a minute, is handed into the
emergency wagon, which has been
waiting all day for just such a call.
The city manager arrives on the
scene to arrange with fire chiefs and
police sergeants for a favorable posi-.
ton for the picture-taking apparatus
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

ago, but the splendid Romanesque
church tone of the finest in Germany
which, during a temporary occupa
ton of the monastery by the Jesuits,
had been kept jealousy shut up by the
former owners. The kaiser has erect
ed in this church, at his own expense,
a new and magnificent high altar of
marble, and he crowned his favors by
offering to ennoble the abbot by Civ
ing him the prefix Of won" This was
declined with thanks, whereupon the
abbot received from his majesty the
present of costly ring.