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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Object 10 Negro Actor.

New York, Aug. 1S.-The engage
ment of a negro for part in the coming
production of ''My Wife's Husbands"
caused a strike at the rehearsal of the
play at the Madison Square Theatre yes
terday. Moses Fairfax, a cOlored stage
driver, had been engaged to take the
part of negro stage driver to add realism,
but the southern members of the com
pany considered that this was pushing
realism bit too far. The trouble began
when Miss Grace Henderson reached her
scene with Fairfax. She threw down
her part, and told the manager that she
had never yet acted with colored per-
formers, and never would. Then Ralph
Delmore and Robert PeytOn Carter OBJ
jscted to rehearsing with Fairfax. Edwin
Milton Royle, author of the play, argued
in vain with the rebellious players. FL
nally the rehearsals were continued with
out the negro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Kaiser as Good Samaritan.

Berlin, Aug. 1.-TWO tourists, Frau
Hickman, Of Magdeburg, and Mrs.
Orth, of New York, were recently seri-
ously injured in an accident to the car
rage in which they were riding, at Stall
helm, in Norway. There was no ply
stefan at the place and the Kaiser, who
was cruising on the imperial yacht,
Hohenzollern, upon learning of the
situation, sent his own physician ashore
and ordered that both women be brought
aboard the Hohenzollern. The Hohen-
zollern then steamed for Germany and
the women were landed at Swinemunde.
Amhulances were then summoned and
the injured we're conveyed by the en-
peror's special train to Magdeburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
A Bold Intrigue

Berlin, Aug. 1S.--An attempt to I'M
dermiue Count Won Buelow from his
position of Imperial Chancellor has been
exposed. The leading spirit in the
intrigue is an ambitious Polish Jew
named Won Whiting, who is now direc-
tor of one of the largest banking
institutions in Germany. Won Wit
ting aspires to GUST Court Won Bue-
low so that he may be made Impe-
rial Chancellor. He has gained the aid
OF many influential persons and of a
number of newspapers. He personally
works a systematic political intrigue Of
extensive ramifcations touching the
Kaiser, the press, and the Reichstag.
Won Writings adherents assert that
Count Won Buelow will be oyerthrOwn
within three months. Won BuelOw,
however, is prepared to fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

PEOPLE who live in glass houses
should not throw stones. When a
colored brute is lynched in the South for
an assault upon white woman the
people Of Philadelphia cry out in rage
against such brutality, but in that city
Yesterday a colored man had narrow
escape from being lynched by an in
furiated crowd of men and boys after
he had made, it was alleged, an I'M
provoked assault upon a white man
with a blackjack. Near York, Pa,
yesterday, a crowd attempted to lynch
two colored men who had created a row
in bar room where they had been re
fused drinks, and had shot man
during the disturbance. Lynching in
the South is condoned but for one
Oifense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

REPUBLICAN newspapers in New
York have for a long time been search
ing diligently for some comparison be-
tween the present city administration
and that of Mayor Van Wyck which
will be disadvantageous to the latter.
After considerable trouble they an
nounce that there has been saving Of
million and half gallons of water a
day by the reformers since they super
seeded Tammany in the government of
the city. Query, Has the increase in
the consumption of ardent spirits and
malt liquors under the present regim e
caused a decrease in the demand for
water?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

REPAIRING LANGJEY's ARK.-Pro-
fessor Langley airship experts were en-
gagged yesterday repairing thesuperstruc-
ture of the ark which is now off Clifton
Beach. The recent storm which drove
the Buzzard from its anchorage is be-
lieved to have somewhat injured the
upper portion of the houseboat 1t is
thought the work done yesterday was part
ly in preparation also for a test of the
6O-toot flying machine. The force with
which the model aeroplane left the top
of the ark on Saturday when the initial
test occurred demonstrated to the scien-
fists the necessity for additional rigidity
in the superstructure when the trial of the
large machine takes place. A number
Of heavy timbers were put in place on
the turn table of the superstructure-
The flying machine experts were at work
yesterday repairing the model which was.
flown on Saturday. No attempt to make.
an experiment was made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

THE CHIEF of an employment agency
in Boston says the number of Irish I'M
migrants to this country is dropping Off,
and that New England residents of Irish
birth are preparing to return to Ireland.
This is not strange. Why anybody
would live in New England when he
could live anywhere else passes comPre-
hension. while the Irish, who are dear
lovers of their own Emerald Isle, would
stay at home if opportunities for making
a living there were open to them When
the new land bill becomes a law 1t Is
believed that conditions will be greatly
changed and improved in Ireland and
then the cause Of the exodus from the
old country will in great measure be
removed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
King and Kaiser Estranged.

Berlin, Aug. 1S.-With reference
to the denial that has been made that
King Edward would visit the Kaiser
some time during the latter part of this
year, it is learned from good authority
that matters are strained between
King Edward and Emperor William as
well as between England and Germany.
When the Marquis Of Lansdowne, the
British minister for foreign affairs, back
ed out of participation in the construction
of the Bagdad Railway, which was to
have been undertaken under German
initiative, the Kaiser took the matter as
a personal affront He wrote strong
letter to King Edward, who replied in a
tone of an uncle Gliding very young
and giddy nephew. Since that time no
communication has passed between the
two rulers. England's warm advances
to France and Italy have emphasized the
Anglo German estr9ngement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
A COMIC paper this week has a SUI

A COMIC paper this week has a sug-
gestive cartoon entitled Dumping the
Jonah" 1t represents ship with the
name Labor" upon it; the sailors are
working men; storm is raging and
they are in the act of casting overheard
a squirming individual who is labeled
walking delegate" It has always
been the opinion of observing people
that such characters should have been
dumped long ago, and the industrious
and right-thinking workingman is slowly
awakening to this fact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Save the Children.

Ninety-nine of every one hundred diseases thai
children have are due todisoriers Of the stom-
ach, and these disorders are all caused by in
digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is Just as
good for children as tits for adults. Children
thrive on it, II keeps their little stomachs
sweet and encourages their growth and devel-
ment. Mrs. Henry Carter, 705 Central street,
Nashville, Tenn, says: "My little boy is now
three years old, and has been suffering from
indigestion ever since he was born. / have
had the best doctors in Nashville, but failed 10
do him any good. After using one bottle Of
Kodol he is well baby. | recommend it to.
all sufferers" Koiol digeSts what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet
Leadbeater d Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
MARYLAND Republican Row.

Cumberland, Maryland, Aug. 1S.-
The fight in the republican con-
vention here on Tuesday, between
the McComas and anti-McCOmas
people continues. The latter today APP
piled for an injunction TO prevent the
conventions chairman, DIR. Twigg, who
is identified with the McComas faction,
from signing certificates of nomination
Captain Roman, a nephew of Governor
Lowndes, went with the deputy sheriff
to serve the papers. Twigg tried to
eyade the officers and locked himself in
his Office The door was finally opened
by force. In the meantime Twigg' :
wife shouted murder and telephOned for
the police, claiming the deputy sheriff
struck her. The chief trouble is caused
over the nomination for States Attorney.
Both factions claim their man is fairly
nominated. 1t is alleged that the Wa
bash and Baltimore & Ohio railroads are
both in the fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Vested With Supreme Power

st. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-A uksse
which has just been issued by the Car
provides that the Amur district, in ST.
IBERIA, and the Kwang-Tung territory, in
China, be formed under a special vice
royalty, the yiceroy to have supren e
civil authority. Admiral Alexie6, wi 0
has been appointed the first viccroy,
will have supreme power over the Rus
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
A Sensational Case.

Muscatine, Iowa, Aug. 1S.-Bert Sheppard,
son Of W. n. Sheppard, of Oskaloosa, Iowa,
one of the wealthiest coal operators IN central
Muscatine on a charge Of the murder of
Arthur Meade, of West Liberty, Iowa. on the
night of May IA last. Three months ago
Meade and six companions were enjoying a
midnight lunch in West Liberty restaurant.
Suddenly an order "Hands up" was heard.
Meade started toward the author Of the order,
thinking it was a joke. Without further
warning the woUld-be robber thrust the gun
against the young mans breast and fired.
Meade died Instantly. Sheppard corresponds
perfectly with the description of the man who
bred the shot, but the prisoner protests his
innocence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

THE MINNEAPoLIs TRIBUNE joins
many other republican papers east and
west in warning the "stand patterS OIL
the danger of their course. 1t says the
tariff question is in allegiance, land moth
ing is likely to revive it but stubborn
deafness of republican management to
the desire of the northwest for progress
sive modification of the tariff to meet
changing conditions" 1t reminds Its
party leaders that similar deafness to de-
mands for tariff revision els exactly
what caused the northwest to make
Cleveland President" The republican
managers are not sitting the Iowa idea;
they are only sitting its expressions IN
party platforms. The idea is there, and
it is growing. 1t will make trouble tor
the republican leaders, who are both
deaf and blind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

ROANOKE has stepped out of the ''cow
town" class and last night the council OF
that city, by vote of to s, passed an
ordinance prohibiting the running at
large of cattle on the streets of that city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

The BALKAN war cloud is spreading,
Notwithstanding the feigned uncOncern
of the continental nations of Europe.
The insurgents are augmenting Their
numbers every day and are becoming
holder and more precipitate. 1t has fol
many years been the belief that the next
storm cloud in Europe would rise in the
Balkans. II is no longer confined to the
size of mans hand, but is overshadow.
ing the sky.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

FoRT AREISrgAD.-Tber is strong posi-
billy that Fort Armisead, at Hawkins Point,
on Chesapeake Bay, will be abandoned, the
equipment of massive guns, valued in excess
Of 81, 100000, transfer red to Fort Smallwood,
a subpost Of Fort Howard six miles below the
present site of Fort Armistead, and large
number Of artillerymen will be sent down the
bay to remain permanently when the change
Is made. In addition to all this trouble, the
whole mining system of the harbor will have
to be changed. This action, which has about
been decided upon by the War department is
the result ola claim Of some 5000 lodged
against the government by the Dawson Chem
ical Company, whose ulphuric acid plant adj
joins Fort ArInistead at hawkins Point, be-
cause of the damage done the plant through
vibration caused by the discharge Of the 3
>" = ere at target
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Alfonso in mn Health.

Madrid, Aug. 1S.-There is a per-
sistent renewal of the rumor that the
condition of the health of King Alfonso
is grave. According to the reports the
physicians who are attending the King
have ordered him to stop bathing and
horse back riding. King Alfonso is now
at San Sebastian. 1t is stated that the
prohibition of the physicians is due to
the rapid progress that consumption has
mode,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Boy Cured OF Collie After Physicians
Treatment-Had Failed.

Ny boy when four years old was taken
with collie and cramps in his stomach.
| sent for the doctor and he injected
morphine, but the child ken. getting
worse. / then gave him haif a teaspoon
full of Chamberlaiu's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, aud in half an hour
he was sleeping and soon recovered
r: l., wilkins, Shell Lake, Wis. Mr..
wilkins is book-keeper for the Shell
Lake Lumber Company. For sale by
Richard Gibson, druggist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
Victims Of X-Rays.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1S.-Newly dis
covered danger turks in the Roentgen
rays, so great as 10 make doubtful the
efficacy of the great discovery in the
practice of medicine and surgery. Evil
effects which science is hardly able to
cope with are now known to follow any
protracted use of the rays. The danger
was first suspected by Thomas A. Edi-
son, but it has had its greatest yertifca-
ton in this city. Victims of The X-ray
burns are now under treatment in the
Jefferson Hospital and new methods of
curing or revivifying the flesh are being
sought for, and an entirely new character
of human ailment has thrust itself upon
medical science for correction. 1t has
been found that long exposure to the
Roentgen light has an effect upon the
flesh which can best be described as
deadening. The results are not imme-
diately apparent, but slowly the part ex,
posed change. The skin falls away and
the flesh is deprived of that curative
power upon which surgeons rely in heal
ing wounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

The SEABOARD LINE. The lOng-eN-
pected announcement that the Seaboard
Air Line had passed at last practically
into new hands was made in New York
yesterday by Ladenburg. Thalmann &
Company, who issued a statement, show
ing that interests representing the Rock
Island and st. Louis and San Francisco
bad secured representation in the Sea-
board directorate and board Of voting
trustees. This means a close alliance Of
the two systems and the Rock Island inter-
ests will have thus realized their express
ed ambition to extend their vast system
to the Atlantic Seaboard, The combined
system now has 30, 600 miles of road.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
RAIsEs CHIcKENs In CITY.-Samuel


RAISES CHICKENS IN CITY.-Samuel
Ogborn, colored man from Virginia,
went north recently and had stocked
a chicken farm right in the heart of
New York city. Policeman Joseph Con
kiln, of the sanitary squad, visited the
farm and arrested the owner. who was
much surprised. Policeman Conklin
first became aware of the farm by hear
ing two roOsters Growing as he passed.
He vas passing along Seventh avenue
near Fiftieth street at the time. He went
to 744 Seventh avenue, where he found
II chickens scratching around as if per-
lectly at home. The policeman took Og-
born before Magistrate Mayo, in the
West Side Police Court, and charged him
with violating section rs of the Sanitary
Code.
"You can't establish chicken farm
in the heart Of New York city. You
have no permit to do so" said the mag
istrate.
"Why, Judge? l kept my chickens in
Mecklenburg, Va, where come from,
said the negro.
"But it is against the law here" said
the court. '1f you got a permit from
the Health Board then you could do so. -
81 did not know that Tam not guilty
Of violating the law" said the man.
Policeman Conkln, who put an end
to the poultry business, then told how he
discovered the farm. Magistrate Mayo
held Ogborn in 800 bail for trial in
Special Sessions. A Royal Guest, a coal
dealer, Of l42 West Seventeen street, for
whom Ogborn is employed as driver,
gave bail for him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
On the Eve of the Battle.

San Francisco, Aug. 19.-Corbett and
Jeffries practically are loafng today and
aside from doing ,tunts that tend to d.
vert the mind and keep the muscles from
stiffening, they are paying little heed to
general condition. That each is salts
fed he will enter the ring Friday night
fit to battle for kings ransom, is very
|evident The champion, while not hold
ing Cofbett too cheaply, cannot figure
on being loser. He dismisses the talk
of his alleged poor condition and insists
that he will make good for his many
friends and hackers. In Corbett's camp,
at Alameda, the air is Fedolent Of conf
dence. The ex-champion dePorts him
self more like a small boy preparing for
his first fishing trip than boxer shap-
ing himself for a desperate contest. That
Corbett has sacrificed speed for strength,
there is no doubt, but he feels sufi-
GENTLY compensated by the increased
strength his new training methods have
brought him. The sale Of seats is enor-
nous. A house worth $55, coo or $780,
900 is looked for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

sian far eastern army and navy and in
conducting diplomatic relations with
neighboring states on matters connected
with his territory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

THE PASSING OF NEwPoRT.-Many
Newport, r. l., estates are for sale. Two
are publicly advertised in the local
paper Rumor has it that The fine es-
tate of Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, of
BENJAMIN Thaw, who objected to the
marriage OF his sister 20 the Earl OF
Yarmouth, and of Mrs. Herman Gel
richs are in the market. Publicly adj
yertised are the Bell and Malone es-
tates. The late owner of the Bell es-
tate, DR.. Christopher Bell, of New York,
who died abroad, was one of the bene-
factors of Bloomingdale Asylum, and
he was one of the leading physicians OF
America. The Bell estate is taxed on a
valuation of 1902, 900. Malbone is
owned by Henry Bedlow Louis Morris,
son of the late Commander Morris, of
the navy, aud Alice Mayer, whose
brother-in-law, John Mayer, son-in-law
of Mrs. Theodore .Hayemeyer, is one of
the directors of the sugar trust. This
estate is taxed for $50, 500. Crossways,
owned by Mrs. Marion Graves Fish,
wife of Sluyvesant Fish, president of the
Illinois Central Railroad, is taxed for
$Sl, 900. Crossways sfor sale. Rough
Point, owned by Frederick w. Wander
bit, is also in the market, and is taxed
for 1888, 200. The estate of Mrs. Theresa
Oelrichs, wife of Herman Oelrichs, is
taxed on a valuation of 1921, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

PoToNAC ASSOCIATION. AT 10
O'Clock yesterday morning the Potomac
Association convened in the Baptist
Church in Leesburg in its 4Sth session,
Moderator c. E. Nicol presiding. This
association comprises about So churches,
with % ministers and a membership of
over 5, $40.
Among the ministers attending are ::
Revs. Frank P. Berkeley, Middleburg;.
A. w. Graves, Falls Church John W..
Kincheloe, Crewe; DIR. !. b. Lake,
Upperyille, DIR. F. r. Boston, Warren
ton, and Delegates Joseph A. Jeffries,
Warrenton; John w, Kincheloe,
Long Branch Mr.. and Mrs. Olney,
Washington, d. c., and Mr.. Embry, Of
Fauquier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

JOSEPH Letter, JR., IN COKE BUsI-
NEss.-In an interview in Pittsburg,
Pa. yesterday Joseph Letter, jr., ofChi-
cago, stated that he had embarked in an
enterprise which, if successful, will take
from Pittsburg its supremacy as the chief
centre af the coke industry Of the world
and transfer that centre to Chicago.
The experiment" he said, "has been
carried on in Chicago, but our coal fields
are in the southern part of the State,
about 65 miles from st. Louis. We
have vein of coal 7 feet inches thick,
and have visions of cokefeids that will
put the Pittsburg district in the shade.
Illinois coal Is well adapted for coke
making, and the industry will, | think,
become one of the principal ones in that
State"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
CEASE UNDER PEACE BoND.-L.

CEASE UNDER PEACE BOND. Il.
Siebert Cease, who was shot some weeks
ago while smashing furniture in his
home in Richmond, it is alleged, after
having driven his wife and guests into
the street, was put under bond in the
Police Court in that city yesterday to
keep the peace. His wife was the COM
plainant. A Henrico constable went to
the city Jail, where Cease was taken, and
served a warrant on him, charging him
with assaulting his wife. Should he
succeed in getting bOndsman, Cease
will have to be turned over to the Hen
rico authorities to answer the charge.
Harry Snyder, brothef-in-law of Cease,
is under indictment for shooting him,
but the mystery of the tragedy has not
been cleared up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

Chief Justice Charles B. i.oree, Of
Delaware. will deliver aG address in
Chautauqua tomorrow on the lynching of
the negro White and will explain why
speedy trial was not grsntedby Delaware
courts. This will be the first public ex-
preston on the subject by the Chief
Justice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

HANGED HERSELF. Mrs. Daisy
Brown Armentrout, wife Of Rev. d. NJ.
Armentrout, WHO'S the pastor of a Presby
terrain church in Kentucky committed
suicide on Sunday. She was on visit
to her mother in Prince Edward county,
and had her three small children with
her. Some time during Sunday night
she went to barn, and, adjusting rope
to tobacco beam, placed The other end
about her neck and jumped frsm an ele-
waited position. She left no word or
message assigning reason for her act.
She had been there for ten days, during
which time she was in apparent good
health and spirits. She was thirty
eight years of age, and before her mar
riage was considered one of the most ac-
complished and beautiful girls in that
section of Virginia. Her said ending is
attributed to mental arrangement. Her
husband arrived at Farmyille, Va,
yesterday from his Kentucky home, but
the burial had taken place Tuesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
I.oved Inrked AhIoom

Williamsport, Pa, August l3.-Maude
Smith. ~ wears old, and Samuel Coulter, 10
years old, took a horse and buggy from John
Fonton, az Leroy, and ran away. They were
overhauled at Big Flats, n. Y, after drive
of sixty miles. When the boy saw the pur,,
suers he leaped from the buggy. and escaped
into the woods. The girl says they made no
effort to get married, bat that was their IN
tentOn.