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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-22
MEETINGS..

Alexandra, Va, March 4, 1902.
VTYHERE will be q general meeting OF the
4 stock holders OF the VIRGINIA TITLE
COMPANY at the compsny's ofic,, 102
south Fairfax street, Alexandra, Va, at 3 2.
NJ, on MONDAY, April 7, 1902.
d. J. HOWELL,
Holder of more than one-tenth Of the capital
stock OF said company. maI4 wlds -
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-22
arFXANnRIA. VA

.OAPiTAL CITY TELEPHONE COM
II PANY.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
Great Distress Caused By the An-
dian EarfhQu0ke.

St Petersburg. Dec. 24.-While full details OF
the recent earthquake disaster at Andijan. Rus
sian Central Asia, not obtainable owing TO
lack of communication the brief dispatches re-
ceived here describe tHe situation as horrible
The temperature has fallen TO the freezing
point and thousands of persons are homeless
One section of the city has been completely de-
stroyed; one cotton gin and one church only are
standing. The first shock drove the inhabitants
generally indoors. otherwise the loss or lie
would have been much greater. The people OF
the stricken city accepting the situation
stoica1ly. Notwithstanding the offers of free
transportation they are remaining in the vicini-
ty Of the city. which will be rebuilt SUBJ
stantial start has been made in the collection
Of relief fund.
AndiJan is cotton centre and exports 10000
600 pounds Of cotton annually. The population,
numbering $4,000 souls. growing rapidly
The people. who mainly Sarts, were en-
gagged in cotton raising and ginning. Of twenty
gins nineteen have been destroyed The Sarts
not like Russians They are private owners
of land but live in cities and towns The houses
in Andijan are principally one story high, and
are built of unburned brick.
The War Department here says that every
thing possible is being done to relieve suffering.
Barracks. in which the population will be
housed, are being built.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
DROPS DEAD IN STREET.
Howard Ellis, Ex-Consul General and Civil
War Veteran, Suddenly Stricken.

Howard Ellis, the Editor of The Case Law
at No. 220 Broadway, an old soldier. lawyer anu
ex-consul general in Holland dropped dead
yesterday afternoon while crossing Broadway at
Chambers in company with three frlen"s.
Mr. Ellis, whose home in this city is at NO
245 West ne-hundred-and-fo ourth-st.. was Dorm
at Flkton. Nd. on July 8. 1854 He was OF an
old Southern family. being the son OF FRANCIS D
Ellis. who was prominent among the Methodists
of the State When a young man he went 10
PHILADELPHIA where he worked for some time III
2 bank He later read law under George BID
ole and was admitted to the bar at Wlikespatle'
At the outbreak of the war he, with MS tour
brothers. assisted in the organization OF the otn
Pennsylvania Cavalry. He served with this
regiment until 1868, retiring with the rank OF
captain. Coming here. he resumed the practice
Of law and in 1872 married Miss Ora ?. Bass
ford In 1873 he began the publication Of The
Nev-York Weekly Digest" and a few years
later assumed the editorship of The Law ana
EQUITY Reporter with Houghton, Miffiin &
Co, of Boston
He remained with this publication for four
teen years. resigntng during Cleveland's frst ad-
ministration 10 become consul general IN Fioi-
land Since that time he had been practising
law in this city. acting as counsel for seVeral
business concerns and doing considerable VIII
ing on legal subjects. In this line his last work
was the editing OF Inc Ease Law q PN-
ton of sixty volumes He had fully elaboEateo
the plans for this book. and so far completed MS
work that the publication will be continued IN
spite of his death.
He leaves a widow and three chlldren' a son
and two daughters. His four brothers are sun
living-Rudolph Ellis, president of the Pm De!la
Trust Company, Of Philadelphia: Dr. Charles N.
Ellis at one time president Of the american A
(2hirurgical Society; Philip H. Ellis, retired
army colonel. who was among the first offlcers
shot at San Juan, and Francis : Ellls' rail-
road man.
The funeral is expected to take place at his Old
home Elkton, Md, on Saturday
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
THE HUMBERTS RETURN
Interest .ShozUn in the Case By the
PQr2s2Q7Ls.

Paris Dec. 24.-As a result Of conferences De-
tween Premier Conbes and the Minister VI
Justice NJ. Vale. complete arrangements nave
been made for the reception of the members Vi
the Humbert family, arrested in Madrid on De-
cember 20. The precaution has been taken Ho'
TO disclose what prison the prisoners Will oc-
cupy or where they will be taken from the
train as a popular demonstration is feared
The government authorities are showing great
activity in preparing for the prosecution OF the
prisoners, thus overcoming the popular preJu-
dice that the accused enjoy the favor or those
in high authority.
M Hennion the chief of detectives, who mas
gone to Madrid. is accompanied by four civil
Guards four police inspectors and two OF the
best detectives in the service. 1t is expected
that they will occupy a special car win 'ile
prisoners, whose arrival in Paris IS aWalteo
with intense interest.
The affair continues to be the universal topic
for discussion and effects the Christmas reJolc-
ing, many of the holiday novelties deplc'ls
phases in the famous case One or these Is
miniature Humbert safe empty as that
which induced bankers and others to lend MILL
ions to the Humberts.
The nature of the legal proceedings has not
vet been definitely settled The statement in
the extradition papers that the accused are
charged with swindling and irregular bank
ruptcy proceedings gives a general idea of the
lines of the prosecution. The creditors are
chiefly interested in rescuing the remnant ol
their assets and plans are on foot for meeting
of 70 creditors with the view of arranging for
an equitable division.
The arrest of Nine. DalaZza. the friend OF
Roman d'Aurignac, at Buenos Ayres, was part
of the governments energetic plans TO appre-
hend the fugitives. She was not connected with
the affair, but it was supposed here that her
departure for Buenos Ayres indicated that Ro-
main d'Aurignac and other members Of the
Hunbert family we're In that part of the world.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
REvoLUTIoNIsTs REFUSE TERMS,
March on Caracas Planned-Castro's Sltua'
ton.

willemstad Island of CURACAO, Dec 23.-The
revoutionists, strengthened by the impossiolllty
of the governments suppressins the smuggling
Of arms and ammunition into the country, ana
by the fact that it has longer any fleet at lis
disposal have made answer to President cas-
tro's proposition that they turn their arms
against the foreigners who have attacked Fen-
ezuela by referring him TO General Matos, their
only chief capable of dealing with the matter
The rebels have regained courage The gov
ernment, which signed with them an ar1nistice
Of ten days which ends tomorrow. has $500
men at Barouisimeto and $500 near Caracas.
but all others who had enrolled themselves 10
fight against the foreigners have retired.
The revolutionists have planned march on
Caracas by three roads. The leaders Ramos
Antonio Guevara Urbanota and Penaloza, with
$500 men, will march by way Of Guatire; An
tonic Fernandez Oslo and Crespo Torres, with
$500 more have left Camanagua and General
RoIardo, with $500 troops, will go from Alta
Gracia. Ammunition is expected TO arrive every
day near Tucacus.
The situa ton forlPresident Castro Is consid-
cred to be again perilous. Attacked both by
foreigners and his own countrymen, he can with
difficulty resist the shocks, as the governments
resources have vanished. The Presidents de-
parture for La Victoria is for the purpose OF
trying to check the near advance to the capital
of the revolutionists. General Matos will leave
Curacao shortly.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
SUICIDE HAD MORMON PICTURE.
Manicurist Broke Mirror and Told Landlady
Somebody Would Die.

Yesterday Mrs. Joyce ". DALEY, a manoUrist'
living at No. SU7 West Fifty-second-st. broke
mirror.
4some one will die before night" she said 10
Mrs Marguerite Place the laudlady. Al $50 p m,
Mrs. Daley was found dying from carholic acld
poisoning her body lying on the floor Of her roofn'
close against the hall door
According 10 Miss Florence Buchleu. OF No III
West Fortv-third-st. and 4. Keefe of NO so
West One-hundred-a acknowledgements, VINO
discovered Mrs Daley dying. she had been de-
snondent when they called earlier in the afternoon
They tried TO get her TO go 10 the theatre with
them She seemed melancholy and insisted that
thev 90 without her. They remained while, and
her dependency seemed TO leave her. for before
they left she had planned with them merry
Christmas Day.
When Trey returned after the theatre they went
10 her room and knocked the hall door Sne
dc rot respond and Miss Buchlem pushed open
the door which was unlocked. Something seemed
10 keen the door closed. Mr.. Keefe tried II then'
and being unable TO get the door open more t3an a
he saw the body of Mrs. Daley lying against the
According 10 the dodgers in the house. Mrs Daley
had been separated from her husband Tor some
time Her mother 1t said, lives IN Brooklyp.
and her sister Mrs. Gibson, at No. l4s Oakland
st. Greenpoint Long Island -,
While il is not believed that she was Mormon
convert, cards bearing the name or Samuel Doxey'
a Dictllre OF a Mormon elder. and Of the Taoer-
racle at Salt Lake City, issued by the Bureau OF
pleton Building, Salt Lake City were found N the
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
SMUGGLING CASE IN PORTO RICO.
More Testimony in the Trial at San Juan,
Porto Rico

San Juan, Porto Rico, DEC. 24.-The examina-
ton of witnesses before United States Comrls-
sioner Anderson in the cases against Lieutenant
Commander George w. Mentz, U. S. N, and
James Brennan. an employe of the Country
Club who, with others, are charged with
smuggling wines and liquors from st. Thomas
on the United States steamer Cncas and the
lighthouse tender Laurel, continued to-day.
A case OF whiskey addressed TO Captain An
drew Dunlap, cornmandant OF the naval station
here which bore marks showing that 1t had
come from ST. Thomas. was introduced as cyl
dence. Witnesses testified to having brought
about twenty cases OF liquor from St Thomas
on board the Uncas on October % for Captain
Dunlap Lieutenant Commando Mentz. Civil
Engineer Charles ". Parks. Robert Giles.
government road contractor and manager OF the
Automobile Transportation Company, and Mr..
Lowndes There are two men named Lowndes
here One is Charles II. T Lowndes. a surgeon
attached 10 the naval station and the other is
Edward r. Lowndes. captain in the marine
corps. II was not made clear at the hearing
which Mr.. Lowndes meant. messenger
testified 10 having taken out a number of boxes
from Lieutenant Commander Mentz's store
room and TO delivering them TO the driver of an
army wagon.
Certain officers testified that It was customary
to send orders for liquors 10 St Thomas by
messenger or by mail, 10 be delivered 70 govern
ment boats
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
MORE sMUGGLED TOBACCO FOUND.
In AL $1,000 Worth Has Been Taken from
the st. George.

Between 500 and 900 pounds Of sumatra wrapper
tobacco was yesterday found on board the 81
George OF the Phoenix Line. by the customs on
GERS. who on Tuesday night con1scated Ia"
pounds The additional tobacco found in the
coal in the bunker in which the nrst seizure was
made.
The hrernen and coal passers OF the ship had 70
shovel out the coal under the eyes Of the officers
II was intended that the customs officers woulu
hire men and send the coal 10 the dock. olt the
steamship company agreed to shovel out the coal
with its own men the dock, and thus save
time and not delay the sailing OF the ship rms
makes almost $500 worth OF the tobacco found %
the ship. 5 the leaf is worth about 81 q poLno
when the duty is imposed All OF the stun St9ISn
was tied in two-pound bunchsS and wrappeG, - -
brown paper. and then the bundles were packed u
seamens clothing bags. -.
No arrests have been made as yet, and taeie
NAV not be- for while IL Is known that i've OF slS
OF the frenen and sailors were IN the plot 20 ~
the tobacco through there is not evidence en91sli
to convict The effort had been expected and ne
ship had been constantly watched from the I tnis
of her arrival With only two nights ren1alnls5s
before the ship was tc sail the snuggierS mdu0 t
an effort 10 Send the stuff ashore on Tuesday nlss
but were discovered. but they saw the rev.
almost quickly and while ths toosSs Ssp
was located the men dispersed so rapidly tIal
they could not be Identified
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
FOR PHILIPPINES COAST TRADE.

The three nasted schooner Minerva II. launched
four weeks ago at the yards Of the Cobb-Butler
Company. Rockland. Me-. entered the Townsend
Downey yards at Shooters Island yesterday to
have her bottom coppered. prior 70 sailing for the
Philippine Islands to engage in the coastwise trade
She flies the United States flag and her haing
port is Manila She Is said to be the first vessel
built for the coastwise trade in the Philippine IsI-
ands 10 which a United States registry has been
given. Considerable correspondence with the Off
cials at Washington was necessary before il was
granted The vessel. which has tonnage OF 495,
will visit the minor ports OF the Philippine Islands
TO pick up hemp and take it to Manila for export
She will take a cargo OF case oil TO Manila when
she sails from New-Yorf..
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
CROWN PRINCEsSs FLIGHT.
Divorce Regarded probable-Family
Squabbles.

Berlin Dec. 24-"The Lokal Anzeiger" to-day
King George OF saxony sent several OF the high
est police officials 10 Geneva 10 observe and re-
port on the actions OF the fugitive Crown Prin-
way of Vienna. The others will remain at
Geneva
a divorce of the crown prince and crown prin-
cess is regarded impossible during the life
time Of King George. who entertains stringent
ant clergy however. hope that Berlin and
Vienna will bring pressure to bear for divorce
THE crown prince beat the crown princess"
according to an editorial statement in THE Vos-
sische Zeitung,' one of the most careful news
papers published in Berlin. which adds:
Their disagreements reached this crisis in
June, after Professor Giron became the chill
dren's tutor. The princess at that time consid-
cred seeking a divorce. and visited her best
friend. the Princess Therese of Bavaria, who
dissuaded her, The princess however. after
returning TO Dresden, did not resume marital re-
lations
The sympathy of the people OF Dresden seems
to be wholly with the princess who is of a
cheerful. pleasure seeking disposition. The
crown prince loved to torment her. Among the
writer's forbidden her were Tolstoy, Zola and
Nietzsche. One day the crown prince saw her
reading one of Nietzsche's works and he jerked
the book out OF her hands and tore IT to pieces
Professor Andre Gron is described as an
idealist of the extreme type 1t is related that
his family once considered the question OF con-
fining him in an asylum because he refused a
legacy on grounds of delicacy of feeling.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
BANK OF MOUNT VERNON SOLD.

The Bank OF Mount Vernon has been sold TO a
number of business men of that place, among
whom are A A Lisrnan. DR.. Archibald NJ. Camp
bell John T Wintjen and Mark c. Stiles. who' II
Is said, have controlling interest in the new pur-
chase 1t is alleged that the price paid Tor the
stock was s705 share.
The new purchasers will meet next week and
elect board OF directors, and they viii then apply
TO the State for a charter to operate as trust
company Additions will be made TO the present
hank building and there will be a number OF safe
deposit vaults. The business men OF Mount vernon
OF the banks there for the purpose Of organizing
a trust company and the purchase Of the Bank OF
Mount Vernon is the outcome
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
DaVIES WATTS ON COURT
But Building Loan Company Make,
q Statement.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsuxE.I !

Albany. Dec 24.-Attorney General Davies and
George T. Skinner. Deputy Superintendent Of
the Banking Department. both. said to-day that
they were not at liberty yet, in consequence Of
court orders. TO give any particulars of the docu-
ment fled by Superintendent Kilburn, of the
Banking Department, with the Attorney Cen
eral in relation to the New-York Building Loan
Banking Company. OF New-York- "An that
will say about this affair." said the Attorney
General. lis that when the head of State de-
partment asks my aid and submits certain doc
uments to- me take them under careful con-
sideration. do not say that 1 shall act on
Superintendent Kilburn's statement
"It has been said that you might be appointed
receiver of any corporation that went into the
hands of a receiver now?'
II cannot be appointed receiver" said Mr..
Davies. las 1 would be party to such proceed
ings. As for Superintendent Kilburn. in my
opinion, If he should ask for the appointment Of
q receiver for any concern it would be IN the
interests Of the State"
Mr. KLburn Is at his home in Malone to-day
He will be here Friday. The report Of the
company TO Superintendent Kfburn on January
l, last, is as follows;
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25

Plattsburg, n. Y, Dec 24.-The work Of changing
the Chateaugay Railroad tracks from narrow
gauge to standard gauge from Garyville TO Lyon
Station, a distance Of twenty-five miles, will be
begun on December Is 1t is expected that the
work can be dor.e In twenty-four hours so that
there will be no interruption of traffic. All the
available section the Saratoga and Cham
plain division of the Delaware and Hudson Rail-
road and those the Chateaugay Railroad with
about six hundred Italian laborers win be distrib-
uted along the route.
For the remainder OF this winter standard gauge
trains viii be operated between here and LYON
Mountain, distance OF th!rtv-four miles while
rom lyon Mountain to Saranac Lake. a distance
OF thlrty-nine miles, narrow gauge trains will b.
run. In the spring the upper half will be made
standard gauge. N
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
PRINCESS WANTS A DIVORCE.

Vienna. Dec. 24.-The Crown Princess of Sax
ony. through M. Lachenal, former President
of Switzerland. has informed the .Neues Wiener
Tagblatt' that she intends to take immediate
steps to procure divorce. She will not return
to Salisbury for fear of being placed in an
asylum. In two letters to her intimate friend
Princess Therese of Bavaria the Crown Princess
complains bitterly Of her treatment at the Saxon
Court, where she always subjected to the
strictest supervision. She says the official state
ments in her incorrect as Is also public
gossip
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
LOAN MAY BE FOR IRON ORE PURCHASE

Detroit Dec. 24.-A dispatch TO The Free Press
from Sault Ste Marie. Mich says that CnaSe :.
Osborn. State Railroad Commissioner, who. H0-
many years ago. reporter on MlNauAso Ml
newspaper and later owner OF The News 2. t4.s
place and his associates have received an oneI %
s. 900 900 for their iron properties In the SUI
bury district. north of the Canadian Soo IN CI-
tario Diamond drill operations have been u t Pre-
resS for several months, and II Is oelieved IIa'
large deposit OF ore has been encountered .hs
The offer TO purchase is said 20 come LTon, Ia, an
Clergue interests. and Is one reason Tor me Ss+sd
OF So 100000 made yesterday by the Consonua''
Lake Superior Company.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
PRINCESS GOING TO MENTONE.

Dresden, Dec 24.-It is reported here that the
Crown Princess of Saxony left for her husband
written confession of her relations with NJ
Giron. together with a declaration of her un-
alterable intention of never returning to the
Saxon court. The court has official infornla-
tion to the present location of the princess
but 1t is known here that she is going to Men
tone. France The court is at present concerned
with considerations to the best course to
pursue In the matter. It is believed that the
Pope will be appealed TO to grant an absolute
dfuorc
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
WILL FINISH TUNNEL IN A YEAR.

President E r c. Young OF the North Jersey
Street Railway Company. director IN lhe New
york AMI Jersey Tunnel Company said yesterday
that the trolley tunnel between MorJon-st ana
Fifteenth-st Jersey City. would be finished IN time
for trolley cars TO run between the two clties oy
next Christmas. He said:
Work is going ahead rapidly. Near the ->e
yo-, shore roc1- Eys been encountered but it will
not cause much delay 1t is being blasted wlohe VII ~
couDleted the south one. before next CHRISTMAS.
and the north bore will be ready soon after next
Christmas
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
RED SHIPS SAIL ON SCHEDULE.

The Red D Line is sending forward its steamers
on its schedule on the assumption that the block
ade of Venezuelan ports will have been raised by
the time they reach the Caribbean Sea. The steam
er Maracaibo. which sailed last Saturday Is wen
her way. Should she be unable to enter the
Venezuelan ports to which she is bound she VIII
leave her cargo in the warehouses OF the company
Curacao. The same will be done with the cargo
Of the Philadelphia, which will sail on Saturday; II
the blockade is not raised before she reaches her
destination. The freight will be forwarded from
Curacao it is feasible TO do so.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
THE RoTHscHIlDs AND INTERsoRoueH

There was well defined rurnor about the city
yesterday that the Rothschilds had invested So co.,
900 in the In.erboroush Rapid Transit Company
which controls the Rapid Transit Railroad and the
Manhattan Railway Color was lent to it by the
fact that August Belmont. the president has rep
resented the Rothschiids in this country in the
past II is also pointed our that the recent pres
ence OF delegation Of Englishnlen in this country
for the purpose Of studying American Industrial
corporations and methods NAV have led the de-
ere OF the part Of foreign capital seek invest
r1ents here. The report was generally accepted as
true, but lacked official confirmation. nevertheless
No information obtainable at Mr. Be3monts
nffce
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
ALDERMAN METzeER IN COLLISION.

Alderman Charles Metzger injured yester-
day in a collision between a Sixth-ave. car and a
delivery wagon. He thrown to the street and
sustained abrasions of the jaw and forehead He
had some furniture delivered at his home No. 353
West Forty-seventh-st.. and when the wagon start
ed away he climbed on the wagon seat, intending
TO take a short ride across town. The driver,
William Eckert. of No. 235 West Sixty-seventh-st.,
also hurled to the street An ambulance sur
geon from Flower Hospital dressed the injuries
of the men. Eckert being badly bruised and in
jured internally. and taken to the hospital Alder
man Metzger went home.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
THE POPE IN GOOD HEALTH.

Rome. Dec. 24-There is absolutely no founs,-
ton for the report that the Pope is Ill. Tba
Pontif Is in good health and excellent spirits
He did not retire until 10 o'clock last nigb+
rose at this morning and celebrated mass :,
his private chapel
His holiness celebrated mass in his priva+.
chapel tonight. after which he wished ali psr-
SONS merry Christmas. and said Iaughinggv
do look as If had been i'll yesterday" Tbs
Pontif delivered the benediction personally.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
NEW LINE OF MAHOGANY STEAMERS.

Louisville Dec. pa line Of steamers for the
Central American and African mahogany ade is to
be established by the c. C. Mengel tr., & Bros
Company of this city The vessels will ply between
New-Orleans the mahogany ports. A deal will
be closed soon for twin screw steamer TO cost
about S50000 and others have been offered to the
company which is considering the advisability of
purcha sing several. I ne company intends to own
It's own steamers and transport its logs.
The Mengel concern has large contracts for logs
and extensive timber leases in British Honduras
and Guatemala. 1t also buys a considerable per-
centage of the mahogany logs at Lagos. West
Africa.