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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-21

SCANDAL IN RICHMOND Richmond
is apparently on the brink OF a big
municipal scandal, and the cityis excited
over it. The charge of bribery in the
street committee is to undergo judicial
instead of executive investigation.
Judge Witt, of the Hastings Court,
ON Saturday summoned a special grand
iury for the purpose. Commonwealth 5
Attorney d. c. Richardson is deter
mined to probe it to the bottom, and Is
actively formulating his plan of proce-
dure. Uneasiness has developed IN
several quarters, and it is believed that
several of the city fathers will be i'm
plicated. Captain Gasser, who for
many wears has done large part of the
citv's paving, stated to the city engineer,
Colonel Cutshaw, that he had given
money to Mr.. John NJ. King to secure
city contracts; that he had also given
money to other members Of the street
committee, and that he knew other con-
tractors who had done the same thing,
and intimated that instead of being
bribery that it was 10 meet a species o.
blackmail placed upon them. Mr.
King denied the charge, and Captain
Gasser and two other contractors wher
called before the committee declined
either to deny or affirm the charges.
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HENRY w. WILDT.

We have for sale limited amount OF
OMAHA WATER COMPANY PRIOR LIEN
MORTGAGE PER CENT. GOLD BONDS.
We can highly recommend these bonds as an
investment, being first lien upon a property
having outstanding behind these bonds
SS.577, 600. Consolidated Gold Bonds paying
per cent interest. =
$4,000. First Preferred Stock paying D
per cent. dividend.
Al OOO. 900. Second Preferred Stock paying
. per cent. dividend.
BURKE & HERBERT,
lv161v Bankers and Brokers.
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DEATH OF JOHN W. MCKAY.

DEATH OF JOHN w. MCKAY.
Mr.. John w. Mackay, the we'll
known American capitalist and presi-
dent of the Commercial Gable Com
pany, died Yesterday evening in London.
He had not been well for some days,
but his death was quite unexpected.
He had been suffering from the effects
of L0ndon's excessive heat.
The deceased was born in Dublin,
Ireland. November %, 1891. He
came to America when a small boy, and
for number of years was employed III
the office of William II. Webb, the
famous ship builder, of New York.
Mr.. Mackay was in Louisville, where
he had made the nucleus Of his fortune,
at the outbreak Of the gold fever in
California. When the emigration
toward the Pacific coast began he
was one Of sthe first to be-
come interested, and made up a party
of about twenty-five ambitious and
energetic young men like himself to
migrate to the gold fields. With
in ten years he had made and
lost a small fortune, and then in 1860
he left California for Nevada, where for
a time he met with moderate success.
In 1872 the bonanza mines were discoy-
cred. and Mr.. Mackay's fortune began
to accumulate. These mines are a
ledge of rocks~in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, under what is now Virginia
City. Their deposits of silver and gold
have proven so vast that the discovery
was considered the most remarkable III
the history of mining, Mr. Mackay
owned two-fifths of these mines, double
the share of any of those associated with
him. In 1873 the great silver vein was
opened, and from one mine alone Sl5O,
600, 900 in silver and gold were taken
Mr.. Mackay was a Roman Catholic,
and was very generous to the church out
of his vast wealth. He was also liberal
donatOr to other charities, and was the
founder of an orphan asylum in Nevada
CITY. Mr.. Mackay was a man highly
respected for his business abilities, his
remarkable energy, and his strict integ-
rity. In person he was an active, wlry
figure. erect and alert, retcent in man
ner but courteous and digniiied, and
very much liked by these who knew him
best. Mr.. Mackay's fortune ten years
AGO was estimated at $40, O0O, 600. What
il is now it is doubtful if he himself
knew
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FOROVER Sixty YEARS

AK OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup mas iI oeeh
",9 nothers for their children while teething,
,1;tb nerfect success. 1t soothes the child,
soflens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for Diarrh@a. Is
,Ieassnt 10 the taste. Sold by druggists in
eyerv part of the world. Twenty-Five cents
hottie. Its value is incaculable.. BE sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
and take no other kind.
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SDAY EVENING. JULY 21. 1902.
DRUGGISTS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS
lO5 and iO7 south Fairfax street,

"
1O5 and lO7 south Fairfax street.
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi-
cines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stutis, Spices, Drug
gists Fancy Goods and Specialties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virginia for
j. c. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas &
Co. Tinted Gloss and Prepared Paints, &c.
Manufacturers of Standard Pharmaceutical
preparations.
We have made large additions to our stock
and are buying leading Proprietary, Articles,
Chemicals, &c, direct from the nRnufactur-
ers. We are therefore enabled to supply the
trade With all goods usually carried by we'll
appointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE at
prices as low as those given by the best houses
in larger cities. All goods forwarded by first
freight or express after receipt of order.
Promptness is our speciality. We guarantee
the purity of all drugs furnished. Cores
pondence invited.
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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTIfUT TE'
State Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Ar pt .cucprpc V.
Az BLAcKsBURG. IA.

A Southern Institute of Technology. Thirty
instructors. Thoroughly equipped shops,
laboratories and infrmary. Farm Of four
hundred acres Steam heating and electric
lights in dormitories. Degree courses in Agri-
culture, Horticulture, Civil, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
and General Science. Shorter courses IN
Practical Agriculture and Practical Me
chanics Total cost of session Of nine months,
including tuition and other fees, board, wash
ing, textbooks, medical attendance, &c,
about S2lO Cost TO State students about $3.50.
Next session begins SEPTEMBER %, 1902.
For catalogue and other information apply TO
J. NJ. MCBRIDE, Phi. d., LII. d., President
iv11 poIm
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d. Ter az was racking with pain nom the
l,lck of my head down to my heels. Had hemor-
rhage for weeks at a time, and was unable to sit
up for ten minutes at a time. You answered my
letter advised me to use your valuable medicines,
viz. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets, also
gave advice about injections, baths aud diet 10
my surprise, in four mQpths from the time pc
pan your treatment IFwas a we'll woman and
have not had the backache since. and now put
In sixteen hours day at hard work.
Weak and sick women are invited 10
consult DR.. Pierce by letter free. Ad-
dress DIR. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 pages, is given away. Send 2I one
cent stamps, the expense of mailing only,
for the book in paper covers, or 81 stamps
for the volume bound in cloth. Address
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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THE SAME OLD STORY.

J. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happened in
almost every neighborhood in the United
States and has been told and re-told by
thousands Of others. He says: "Last
summer had an attack of dysentery and
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain 5
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which used according to directions and
with entirely satisfactory results. The
trouble was controlled much quicker
than former attacks when ] used other
remedies" Mr.. Kelly is well known
citizen of Henderson, n. G. For sale
by Richard Gibson, druggist.
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MOTHER ALWAYS KELPs 1T HANDY

MOTHER ALWAYS KEEPS 1T HANDY.
ssMy mother suffered long time from DIS
tressing pains and general i'll health due prl-
narily to indigestion" says l.. W. Spalding,
Verona, Mo- 1.-TWO years ago ] got her to try
Kodol. She grew better at once and now at
the age of seyenty-six, eats anything she
wants, remarking that she fears no bad effects
as she has her bottle Of Kodol handy Don't
waste time doctering symptoms. 90 after ihe
cause If vour stomach is sound your health
will be good. Kodol rests the stomach and
strengthens the body by digesting your food.
1t is natures own tonic. For sale by j.. ).
Leadbeater & Sons.
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GAZETTE BUILDING, 80 & $40 PRINCE
STREET.
TERMS: DAILY year, $500; months,
$3.50; 3 months, $l:25; month, SO:43;
Tri,weekiy-l year, $500; 6 months, Sl:JO !;
2 months, S675; / month, S0:25. 80.
All transient advertisements must be PAID Tor
in advance.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed toe
ceed their space unless the excess is pad Tor
AT transient rates, and under no circum-
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate BUSINESS IN the
space contracted for.
Marriage and death notices must be PAID ior
in advance.
Resolutions in memoriam, of thanks, tributes
of respect, resolutions adopted by socieue,
or persons, unless of public concern, VIII
only be printed in the paper as advertise
mcnts.
The Gazette Office is connected with the Teie-
phone Exchanges. Advertisements, orders
for the paper, news Of any information or
business can be sent by telephone.
rEntered at the POStofice of Alexandra, Nlr-
ginia, as second-class matter]
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MILITARY INSTITUTE,
Lexington, Va.

ltAllBlols va.
64Sl year. State Military, Scientific and
Technical school. Thorough Courses in gen
eral and applied Chemistry, Electricity and
Engineering. Confers degree Of graduate in
Academic Conrse, also degrees Of Bachelor OF
Science in Technical Courses All expenses,
including clothing and incidentals, provided
at rate Of 1866 per annum, as an average ior
the four years. exclusive Of outfit: For in
formation address GEN. SCOTT SHIP,
S,,nerintendent. jyS 1aw6w
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COLLEGE WILLIAM AND MARY,
NVrsrr3AfcprrpC VA

Two hundred and tenth session begins De-
tober 9. 1902. Full collegiate course leading
to degrees of b. a. and NJ. A. Full Manual
Course, Board, Fuel, Lights and Washing
$40 per month. No Tuition Fees charged
normal students. Send for catalogue:
LYON G. TYLER, President,
;v14 1aw2m m NJ. A. Ii. d.
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WAKEFIELD 4 HALL,
DRUGGISTS,
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX SITS.

Prescriptions n speciality,
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag
nolia Hedyosimia, Gernium and Florida
Water Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment of Patent
Medicines Coxes Gelatine, Corn Starch
Sea Moss Farine, Spices of all kinds, and a
select stock of aH articles sold by druggists
at prices so low as the same quality can be OBJ
tanned elsewhere.
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GREENBRIER

WHITE SULPHUR SPhINUoi
WEST VIRGINIA,
THE "OLD WHITE" SULPHUR. Open
lime 18th. Famous for its sulphur baths
Modern improvements, with private baths.
Orchestra Of - pieces. Terms, SO to so per
week. so to 500 per month. Write for Illus
trated booklet. Address
HARRINGTON MILLS, manager,
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-21

Can't you eat =?
Others can.
--latest improvements in
Teeth.
Our patent suction
Never falls down.
Call and have a
SSs> set with the above
k1s{ D.. improvements. Old
~ - S..s loose and iil.htting
ksys p1 plates corrected in
Sa x u GkH.% fit, durability and
comfort perfectly true to nature.
DIR. w. F. HUTCHINSON, Dentist.
Corner Prince and Washington Streets,
Office Formerly Occupied by DIR. fawcet.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
MARRIAGES

Licensed in Washington TO marry:
William b. wager and Mary +. Curtiss,
both OF Culpeper.
Miss Belle Vernon Lynn and Mr..
Leonard Il. Marston were married In
Loudoun county Monday.
Miss Edmonia Lee Hughes and Mr.
John b Adams, of Gordonsville. were
married Tuesday by Rev. ". Upper
Wing6eld.
Miss S. Edna Bib and Frank X. Gaii
were married in Richmond Monday. The
bride il a daughter OF the late Robert 7.
and Mrs. Elizabeth j. Bib, formerly OF
Louisa county.
The marriage OF Mr. John Lee White
more, of Loudoun, now in business in
Washington, to Mrs. Henrietta b. Gait,
Of that city, took place on Saturday at
the home OF the bride.
Barton B. Fitchett and Miss Sallie c.
Dunton, Frank s. Harnsby and Miss Ma
ME c. Young, Isaac 7. Dix and Miss Eva
Mason, Mr.. George lsham and Miss Eva
Moore, all OF Northampton county, were
married recently.
Licensed in Baltimore to marry:
Howard ID. Bradford and Alice Crow,
both OF Essex county. Gus Ashburn and
Pauline Brown, both OF Lancaster
county. Garland Boughan and Estelle
Elliott. both OF Essex county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
High Water az Richmond.

The lower part of the city was inun-
dated Tuesday night owing TO food in
James river \ part sf Mayo's bridge
across the James river was submerged.
The loss to the city will be considerable
The merchants and others in the sub
merged district were forced to remove
their goods TO higher points On Main
street the water was several feet deep.
The connection between the street car
lines had to be made in boats provided
for the purpose The Southern Railway
was submerged at points south Of Rich
mond, trains coming in Tuesday had 10
run through Is inches OF water on the
tracks. One OF the results Of the food
was the partial destruction of the mills
belonging to Warner Moore The fire
was caused by water getting into the
immense quantity of unslaked lime in the
warehouse which started fire. The
loss is $4,000 Insured.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
WESTDl0RELHND.
The Late James O stir The Funeral. Pail
Bearers, Etc. Personals, Etc
Correspondents Of rm FnrE LANCE

Correspondence of rHE FRrE LANCE
Oak Grove, Va, Dec. 30, 1901.
Christmas In this neighborhood has pass
cdQuietly and sadly mOurniul hush has
prevailed over the entire community. and
there has been no merry making anS.
where. The death one week ago al Mr.
James q. Stif at his fathers home at this
place has brought mourning To another
home, and large is the circle Of friends
who sorrow that 10 useful life should
he ended in its prime. II would be hard
to find In all this section Oi Virginia n
man who was ~ universally useful and
who WAS always engaged in doing good
To Others az WAS this young man TO
whom womans honor was dearer than
his own life His esteem for the gentler
sex wns unhOundcd, aud to him woman
was an ideal OF purity aud goodness. In
his Indignation at the liberty II man OF
the world should attempt 10 take with
an unsophsticaied school girl it IL not
strange that all the chivalry oi his nature
should be aroused and made him willing
10 head party 10 chastise one who
would cOntaminate innocent girlhOOd by
word or deed II wOmanhOOd or man
hood il above all riches il good name IL
above all titles, II character IL greater
than any cause, IL IL not the height OF
truest cndeavOr To protect the unprotect-
ed2 There are character laws that are
neglected at our peril; and every true
woman Of the land ought to rise up and
do honor To the motives that prompted
three Young men To risk and lose their
l.a 80 ~. he
munity from pernicious Influences. Mr.
Stiiis funeral took place last Tuesday
afternoon at st Peters +. T.. church at
this place and was conducted by Rev. j.
|. Pribhle. pastor Of the deceased, as
sisted by Rev WIN C. Latane, rector 81
the church. The services at the grave
were concluded by sRevs Mr.. Lumpkin,
of Montross. and T. J Wray, OF lleaths-
Vile. The pall-bcarers were DR. Richard
Washington. Willie Wilson, F.W. Payne,
Richard Payne. Clarence Minor and John
Quesenbcrry. Tenderly they laid him 20
rest in the cemetery while the choir softly
sang Jesus. Lover OF My Soul, and the
redeemed spirit washed in the blood Of
the Lamb. ia safe in its Eternal Home
The many tokens Of sympathy shown his
family, and large Attendance. attest the
high esteem i'm which he was held.
DR. Richard Washington. of Washing
ton. spent Christmas with his parents.
Dr. and Mrs Washington, Mt 'ClaymOnt.'
Mr.. Wilson Latane il spending the holl
days,with his parents at the Rectory.
Miss Elsie Washington. who hns Tor
some months past been visiting relatives
in King George, is at home for the holt
days.
Slr. Latane Sale made n short visit tn
his uncle, Rev W. e. Latane, near here.
en- route TO his home in Essex, after n
visit to friends in King George.
Mr.. Edmond Taylor. of Richmond, IL
visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs John
Taylor, at "Montrose.
Miss Augusta Writ. OF Baltimore. IL
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Bette
Writ, at Wirtland.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The store of 6. Leavel at Hilda, Essex
county, has been destroyed by fire.
s. W. Strickler has been appointed
postmaster at Opal, Fauquier county.
Henry n Hale has been appointed
postmaster at Danton, Orange county.
The gallows on which Cicero Harris
was hanged in Bristol, Va, was sold at
public auction for $l4.00.
John Mansfield, q colored fireman. was
killed in freight wreck near Remington
on the Southern r. R...Monday.
The sixth annual convention OF the
Virginia Horticultural Society will meet
in Richmond on January 18th and Sth.
Claude B. Nottingham, Of Onancock,
has put in operation n plant for the
manufacture OF Illuminating gas there.
The Court OF Appeals of Virginia will
not reconvene until Tuesday, January
Z. Law students will be examined Jan
uary 10.
The carrier pigeons at the Norfolk navy
yard were sold Monday. This il a result
Of the successful experiments with wire
less telegraphy, which ends the useful
ness OF the pigeons in the naval service
The will Of the late Judge Robert ".
Hughes was admitted 10 probate in Nor
folk Monday. He leaves all Of his prop
erty 10 his wife. And in the event OF
her death to his two sons. The estate IL
valued at $4,000.
Tuesday at Wheaton, Lancaster coun-
ty, Justice Curlett imposed fine OF
seventy.ive dollars against Thos. Hay
ME, and twenty dollars against Silas
Brook for selling whiskey in White
Chapel District. in which local option
exists
Travel has been resumed over the G
and o. Railroad between Lynchburg and
Clifton Forge The track has been clear
ed Of Rock, dirt, and debris at the scene
of the disaster OF Sunday night. Latest
reports show that only four persons
were killed. They were conductor, engi-
neer, fireman and express messenger Of
the train.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
:. 1902.
Weather forecast for Fred
e~ickS6urg and Vicinity
Cloudy aoith probably SnO'o
Thursday.

OUR consuls, il they are diligent
and worthy officials, are always on
the qui vive for an opening that may
prove OF interest to the United States.
That they are alert seems to be the
rule, rather than the exception, and
benefit 10 the people Of Virginia
may emanate from their vigilance.
The demand for apples seems
to be increasing and apple cul-
ture has of late been much
agitated. Virginia's soiland climatic
influences seem admirably suited to
the growth of the apple, and foryearS
the Albemarle Pippin has been ship
ped 10 the Royalty of England. it
being preferable TO any other variety.
Consul Hurst, at Vienna, Austria,
recently touched upon this subject.
He saws: There is an excellent pros
pect for selling American apples in
Austria. In general, yellow and light
eolored apples are considered the
choicest here, although any apples of
good size and flavor find a ready
market. There Is no use for small
apples since. even if the Austrian
apple crop proves poor, there is
always plenty of this sort harvested
in neighboring countries. The usual
wholesale price here for good apples
is 1871 for 300 pounds. There is no
duty on apples" As it is conceded
that the best apples in the world
grow in Virginia, this information
should be OF interest to the Virginia
farmer. 1t may be true that as
rule all good marketable apples
grown in the State can be sold i'll the
cities of our own country at profitable
prices; but a large percentage OF the
area in Virginia that is admir-
ably adapted to apple culture
has not yet been utilized, and it
is gratifying to know that markets
iorapples-such as can be grown here
with proft-are opening up in the
cities OF some OF the foreign countries.
The Virginia farmer should give the
subject due consideration.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
The Nell cropsey Case.

Officials fear to remove James L.
Wilcox, accused of the murder of Miss
Ella Cropsey. from Elizabeth City, n. C.,
to Norfolk, Va, either for safekeeping or
on the way to Raleigh. The route from
Elizabeth City to Raleigh by way Of
Norfolk is the most nearly direct. If
Wilcox were removed to Virginia soil,
North Carolina officials could no longer
hold him. The body of the murdered
girl was taken by her uncle, Andrew q.
Cropsey, to Brooklyn, N. T., for burial.
Mr.. Cropsey believes she was stunned by
blow, abducted and then killed later.
A whiskey bottle, like the one that was
sold to Wilcox, and which was found on
the lawn of the Cropsey home, is new
clue in the case.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-02
BOMB SHELLS IN THE AIR.

The fierce factional fight now being
waged by Senators Foraker and
Hanna for the control of the Senate
organization in Ohio is quite omi-
nous. Theifght, it is asserted, has
been contemplated by the Foraker
faction for more than year, and
they have been adroitly at work all
that time setting their triggers and
getting ready for the fray. Senator
Hanna sees the danger ahead and
recognizes that the attempt to gain
control OF the Ohio General Assem-
bly, is the initial step to dislodge him
from the Z. S. Senate twoyears hence.
Senator Foraker seems to have a
clear sail, and it is conceded that the
present Legislature will reflect him
10 the Z. S. Senate.
There is little, if any, doubt that
both OF these distinguished Senators
have their eyes on the Presidential
chair, and the fight now onevidences
the intensity OF the political rivalry
existing between them.
The contest will be watched with
interest by the Republicans, as it is
very likely to prove potent factor
in shaping the future OF the party III
the Buckeye State; and it may even
prove detriment to the National
Republican party for a new Rich
mond may appear on the field. 1t
might prove disastrous even should
Senator Hanna and President Roose-
welt get at loggerheads, but the re-
suit to the Republican party
should the great leader-Hanna-be
ousted out ofthe Senateis more than
any human mind can forecast.