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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.

The street car strike which was order
ed June IL by Division No. 152 of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street Car
Employees, of Richmond, was declared
off at the associations meeting yesterday
morning. The strike was a complete
defeat for the street car men, and was a
hopeless move from the first, having been
made against the desire Of large min
ority and in the face of public opinion.
The strike has been over for weeks, and
the patronage of the cars last Sunday
was the largest since last summer. The
only effect of the official action is to give
about 400 men who are still out the
privilege of applying for positions and
allow those unions which, out of SYM
pathy, placed fine on their members
who rode on the street cars to remove
this restriction. About 200 of the old
employees had already returned to work.
Many m IRE wereapplicants, without any
vacancies to fill. In the meantime the
Passenger and Power Company has Sc.
cured an efficient force, uniformed the
men and conducted its line TO the salts
faction of the public. 1t is practically
admitted by the men that yesterdays
action ends the union in Richmond,
though the members express the hope of
being able to keep the charter. The
motion to declare the strike off was I'M
expected at yesterdays meeting but
when the vote was taken it was unani-
nous. The strike cost the Passenger
and Power Company 1925, 900, the prin-
cipal cost being during the first month
800, 000-mainly for the hire OF
strike-breakers and guards. The cost
to the State was $50, 900, and the loss to
the city in business was very large.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
BRIGHTEN WOMAN TO DEATH.

Frightened by three sailors from the
yacht Lotawana, who attempted to enter
her mothers summer cottage, near Port
Washington, l.. l., Sunday night, Miss
Alice Parker, a beautiful young woman
of Greenpoint, died within an hour. The
sailors -crept up to the piazza Of the cot
tage in the dark and only abandoned
their attempt to enter ut the point Of a
rife. Before their presence was dis
covered one of them had boldly walked
on the piazza. A few feet away stood
Miss Parker. Her mother ran out, arm
ed with a rifle, and aiming it at the in.
truder who confronted her daughter she
ordered him to leave at once if he valued
his life. The two other sailors stood 10
feet away in the shrubbery, but in the
bright light from the open front door Of
the cottage they could be plainly seen.
When they saw the gun aimed in theirdi-
rection they made off in hurry to their
boat, which was moored on thesoundshore,
less than 100 feet away, from the Parker
home The victim of their escapade
still stood in the doorway, pale, silent
aud motionless Then, without a word,
she turned, re-entered the cottage, walk
ed past several of her friends as if in a
trance and went up stairs TO her room.
Mrs. Parker and another daughter, Mrs
Jacob Weiss, followed her within few
and found her kneeling at the
side of her bed, as if in prayer They
spoke to her, but got no answer. They
picked her up and laid her on the bed
Thinking she had merely swooned, they
applied the ordinary remedies, but there
was no evidence of returning conscious
ness. Then a physician was hurnedly
from Port Washington II
was about O'Clock in the morning
when he had reached the cottage, which !
is on O'Gorman's Islandhnd about three
fourths of a mile from the mainland.
After a hasty examination the physician
said that Miss Parker was beyond help. |
She had died a half-hour before his ar
rival. When the circumstances were re-
ated to him he said the fright to which |
he young woman had been subjected |
had undoubtedly been the cause OF her
leath.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Ohio Genaforahin

Columbus, o. Aug. 24.-With an ap-
parent decided lead in the fight to con-
troll the district meetings this afternoon,
and the democratic state convention to-
morrow, Tom L. johnson has been
greatly weakened by the turns that have
been taken in the past forty-eight hours
in the senatorship matter The with
drawal of Bookwalter, his first candidate
for senator, who quit in favor of the can
didacy of John L. Zimmerman, Johnson's
opponent for the nomination of Govern
or, had disconcerting effect and now
the picking Of new candidate for Sena-
tor, John II. Clarke, of Cleveland, has
caused a split in Johnson's own ranks.
But with all these unfavorable signs, i'm
partial judges still believe johnson has
the bulge on the situation. This is en-
phasized by the statement of Zimmerman
and his managers. They declare that
they have enough delegates to win but
always swing in something about johnson
playing unfair in unseatiDg delegates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

THE BALKIN WAR, Notwithstanding
predictions to the contrary, is evidently
growing in seriousness, and should Tur-
kew prove herself unequal to the task of
bringing order out of the chaos which is
becoming more pronounced daily, the
powers will sooner or later attempt to do
so, and the outcome is sure to bring
about grave complications. The insur-
gents, from all indications, seem deter
mined to continue the struggle until other
nations are drawn into the vortex. The
cruelties practiced by both insurgent and
Turkish troops are disgrace to human
ity. and show neither class has adj
vanced materially in civilization since
the days of the crusaders. The dis
patches are to the effect that Turkish
troops have massacred all the women and
children in twenty-five villages and
burned their houses while the excesses
of the insurgents are equally horrible
War produces terrible condition of af-
fairs at any time, but when BellOna gets
on the rampage in countries bordering
on barbarism and civilization, as in the
case where the operations are now in
progress, the outcome is naturally to be
dreaded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Suicide OF Ex-Omcer.

New York, Aug. 25.-Frederick d.
Pressler, until seven months ago a cap
tain in the United States army, and sta
toned at Seattle in the paymaster's de-
partment, shot and killed himself today
in Carroll Park, Brooklyn. He had
been missing from his home for four
weeks, and his heart broken wife has
searched every section of the city for him.
He was fifty years old, graduate of
West Point, and had spent all his
life in the army until seven months
ago, when he resigned to become
general contract maker for Macy 4
Company. A. this time, he was in debt
and friend suggested that he recoup
at the races. He won at first, but later
lost and then he began to drink. His
unsteady habits resulted in his discharge
from his new employment. Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Secretary of War
Elihu Root and other prominent men
who were rated at his close personal
friends, are said to have advanced him
various sums of money, but he needed
more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Predicts Folke's Future Success.

st. Louis, Aug. 25.-The Star says
that Commonwealth Attorney Joseph
Folke will be elected Governor of Mis-
souri, and President of the United States
in 1908. The horoscope of the eminent
attorney has been read by Julius Ereck-
son, the st. Louisian who foretold Nc
KinIey's career with remarkable accur-
acy. Curious to see what fate the stars
and planets held in store for Mr. Folke,
astrologer Erickson obtained the hour of
his birth and prepared the horoscope,
which is remarkable that it makes great
predictions of the future success of Folke
and tells some things in his past life
with an accuracy that is almost amazing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
iainly if they made them, those who a'e
them could not tell.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS are
bringing back to this country thousands
of bales of American-cotton which were
shipped abroad, but have been returned
because the prices were so much higher
in this continent than in the older
hemisphere. Meanwhile, some thou
sands of wage earners in mills in this
country have been thrown out OF work
recently because the cotton corner has
raised prices of the material here to
such figures that the manufacturers see
no reasonable margin of profits.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

SCENES in Chicago restaurants yester-
day, when walking delegates attempted
to call out the employees, may set IN
example for other cities to follow.
Hence when a customer seats himself at
a table, instead of having his spirit
soothed by soft and low music, as is the
case at present, he may Witness general
fight while discussing his chop; or, if he
feels so disposed, he can take hand in
the fracas. In Chicago yesterday the
employers paid no attention to the orders
of the walking delegates and finally threw
them into the streets. women vieing
with men in ejecting the disturbers of
their peace In some instances custom
ers, with halfmasticated food in their
mouths. arose from tables and became
the walters allies. Truly we live in
strange age
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.


LilIieB. Glassock daughter, of the late
Capt. Alfred Glascock, diedin Washing
ton Sunday.
DR.. Jackson B. Wood, wealthy and
retired druggist of Richmond diedSunday
night, aged sc years.
J. A. Shields, "a years old, cashier Of
the First National Bank of Roanoke, died
yesterday at Christiansburg of Brights
disease.
Mr.. Absalom G. Willis, one of the
most prominent.men in Culpeper county,
died at Sherwood, his home, in the lower
end of that county, Saturday night.
G.. Z. Ward, white man, was in the
Richmond Police Court yesterday morn
ing on a serious charge which concerns
his thrteen-yeais-old stepdaughter, who
has disappeared. The case was continued
until today.
Mrs. William Dey, OF Brambleton,
Norfolk, daughter Of Olin Simpson, a
prominent Norfolk county trucker, took
by mistake for salts yesterday dose OF
strychnine, which she had just mixed
for the purpose of killing rats. She was
seized with commissions and died within
an hour.
Several hundred negroes assembled in
Richmond yesterday for two days
convention to discuss the steps already
taken and yet to be taken to test the
clause of the new State constitution dis
franchising the negroes. 1t is said that
there is now on deposit in Richmond
banks $40, goo that have been raised in
Virginia and contributed by other parts
Of the country for use in the legal fight
against the constitution. The negroes
have retained Messrs. John S. Wise, of
New York, and John G. Carlisle to rep
resent them when the test case finally
reaches the United States Supreme Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
OHIO POLITICS.

The contest between Mayor Tom l..
johnson, of Cleveland, and John T..
Zimmerman, of Springfield, Ohio, for
the democratic gubernatorial nomination
before the State convention to be held
at Columbus Wednesday is as much dis
puted as ever. Zimmerman, with many
followers, was at Cleveland yesterday in
charge of his canvass. While johnson
did not arrive until today with a special
trainload of friends from Cleveland, his
managers have been very active. The
city is filled with Johnson portraits and
banners Following the withdrawal Of
Bookwalter as the johnson candidate for
senator, the Zimmerman men Inaugural
ted a raid on the johnson ranks, claim
ing that the instructions for johnson for
governor applied only TO the balloting
on Wednesday and not to the selection
today of members of the committees on
credentials, resolutions, etc. The john
son men met this charge by sayingit WIS a
confession of weakness and insisted that
the instructions applied to the selection
of members of the new State central
committee and the entire organization OF
the committee.
1t is still conceded that the one secur-
ing a majority of the committee on
credentials today will on the following
day be nominated for governor, as l4j
seats out of the $50 are contested, and
neither can win without having all Of
his delegates seated. The Zimmerman
men are also making desperate efforts to
make break in the johnson ranks be-
cause of the Endorsement of johnson
II. Clarke, of Cleveland, for Senator, in
place of Bookwalter, and in this matter
they have caused the johnson managers
some trouble. One of the written state
ments given out from the Zimmerman
headquarters charges that johnson first
failed to get Melville Il. ingalls,, Of
Cincinnati, to go on his slate for Sen
atOr, then Mayor Sam Jones, of Toledo,
and last Bookwalter. Then after stat
ing that Clarke voted against Bryan in
1896, and for him under protest in
1900, the statement asks, Who will be !
next?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
The Holocaust az Budapesth.

Budapesth, Aug. 25.-It is now es-
timated that between 40 and 80 persons,
including Madame Goldberger, lost
their lives in the holocaust at the
Goldberger company's warehouse last
night. Thirty Others we're terribly in.
jured, while trying to escape. The fire
was one of the worst that has visited
Budapesth in its history. The building
was occupied by a number of families
and most of these, in addition to two
hundred workmen, were 10 the building
when the fire broke out. The ware
house burned quickly and fiercely
Many who escaped discovered that loved
ones and friends were left Behind, and
the police had great difficultyTn restrain
ing the half crazed ones from rushing
back into the building where they were
sure of the fate of those who persisted
The financial loss has not yet been COM
puted, but it is estimated at close to
81, 900, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

THERAcE between Reliance and Sham
rock III. was today in the main repe-
tition of Saturdays scenes. The Re-
lance for the third time demonstrated
her superiority over the challenger.
While Sir Thomas Upton, true sports
man as he is, entertains hopes that his
yacht will yet lead, most of his friends
are disposed to regard all future attempts
upon the part of Shamrock Ill to beat
Reliance as useless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

The STRIKE of street car employees in
Richmond has been called off at last
IT has had long and dreary course,
during which time the employees have
lost thousands Of dollars in wages, the
companies as many thousands more and
the State subjected to a heavy expense
in sending, maintaining and paying sol
diers to patrol the streets of Virginia's
chief city, The expense will, Of course,
come out of the tax payers The loss
to Richmond merchants is very great.
Apart from the above much bitterness
has been engendered, and the bad blood
manifested during the past few months
will be in evidence for long time to
come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Save the Children

Ninety-nine Of every one hundred diseases that
children have are due todiSorders Of the stom
ach, and these disorders are all caused by in.
digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is Just as
good for children as lis for adults. Children
thrive on, it. 1t keeps their little stomachs
sweet and encourages their growth and deyel-
mens. MIS-; Henry Carter, 7o5 Central street.
three years old, and has been suffering from
indigestion ever since he was born. / have
had the best doctors in Nashville, but failed to
90 him any good. After using one bottle of
kodol he is well baby. | recommend il 10
all sufferers" Kodol digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet Sold by E. s.
Leadbeater 4 Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

SOLDIERS DRIVE OFF NEGRoEs.-After
the First Regiment of State guards, which
has been in camp near Biltmore, n. G., for
several days, was reviewed by Gov. Aycock
and his staff ON the village green, some SOL
diers declared that no negroes should be al
lowed to remain in the vicinity. The reso-
luton was formed in spirit Of fun very
largely, but after several negroes, old and
young, had been tossed up in blankets there
came very near being trouble. Several ne
groes were chased off the yards Of the Southern
Railway, until one man, a brakeman, drew
revolver and threatened 10 shoot the soldiers.
He was arrested, but a representative of the
railroad company took hand in the matter
and secured the negro's release on bail. Ii
was stated last night that one old and infirm
negro was handled roughly by some of the
soldiers, while they threatened to throw an
other into the Swannanoa river. This negro
escaped by saying that he was employed on
the Vanderbilt estate and could not leave.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
street car and FreIght Train Collide.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Six persons were
injured in the collision of an electric car
and freight train at Kedzie avenue
and the tracks of the railway at ten
o'clock last evening. The motorman
stuck to his post, and, when the crash
came, was thrown over the front end of
the car, sustaining internal injuries
The shock of the impact threw the car
from the track and nearly all of the pas
sengers were thrown to the street. No
one was fatally injured, but number of
passengers received painful wounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
THE LAWYERS.

The banquet last night marked the
close of the three days session of the
Virginia Bar Association at Hot Springs.
The affair was one of the most brilliant
the Springs has ever known. The toast
list was unusually short, and the re-
sponses above the average in point of
eloquence. Several of the speeches were
models in diction and delivery, notably
that Of Don p Halsey, of Lynchburg,
and Rabbi E. N. Calisch, of Richmond.
The members of the American Bar
Association, which convened at Hot
Springs Wednesday, are arriving in
large numbers. The members of the
Virginia Association could not engage
their rooms for longer than until to-
day, owing to this fact, so many will
leave then. Governor and Mrs. Monta-
que, Senator and Mrs. Martin, Repre-
sentatives Flood and Jones, and Lieut..
Gov. Willard will remain until the end
of the week. A committee of twenty
five from the Virginia Association was
appointed to be present at a reception
which will be given the members of the
national by the State association
this afternoon. A. G. Braxton, of
Stanton, will make the address of well
come.
There was little business transacted at
the only session held yesterday. 1t was
few minutes past II o'clock when Presi-
dent Graham called the convention to
order. The hall was crowded with ladies
and gentlemen, all eager to hear Hon.
John Goodies paper on the electoral
commission. His speech was one of tho
most forcible and interesting ever heard
on that matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
ENGLISH Races.

London, Aug. PA. Rowson's
Rather Warm with Danny Maher up,
won the race for the Bragato Park Plate
of 5, 100 sovereigns, here today. This
was Makers first race since his automo-
bile accident some weeks ago. The
Prince of Wales plate of 10000 sove-
reigns, was won by SirJ. Miller Cinque-
foil, with Maher up. w. @. Whitney's
Hands Down, ridden by Skeets Martin,
finished third.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

ACCORDING To the Journalist, all the
newspapers Of Holland haye now agreed
to suspend publication on Sunday even
ing and Monday morning so that there
may be no Sunday work upon news
papers. If the American publishers
would follow the example of their Hol
land brothers no one would be Injured
and many benefited. 1t is doubtful if
such newspapers do any good, while it
is feared they do much harm, for now
they are chiefly made up of sensational
matters. The people were certainly as
well informed before the era of Sunday
newspapers as they are now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Boy Cured OF Collie After Physicians
Treatment Had Failed.

Ny boy when four years old was taken
with collie and cramps in his stomach.
1 sent for the doctor and he injected
morphine, but the child kept getting
worse. | then gave him half teaspoon.
full of ChamberIaiu's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and in half an hour
he was sleeping and soon recovered.
F. 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, 1903-08-25
Freight Wreck.

Cumberland, Nd, Aug. pa
freight wreck occurred on the Baltimore
4 Ohio at Cherry Run, east of
here today. Three freight cars
were backed off a, coal tipple,
dropping forty feet and catching the
engine of a westbound freight train
underneath. All tracks are blocked, and
fireman is buried under the wreck.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

RADIUM TO CURE BLINDNESS. -Thos.
A. Edison did not give any great encour-
agement yesterday in New York to the
theory that the blind may be made to see
through the medium of radium, the new
metal. Mr. Edison thought that the
rays cast out by radium might make an
impression upon the optic nerve, pro-
vided that the nerve had not been de-
stroyed, but he thought that the use of
radium in pathology was attended with
even greater risk than that accompany
ing the use of the Roentgen rays. Mr..
Edison went on to tell why he did not
think that radium would accomplish
what was hoped for it in the cure of
blindness. "The optic nerve is unlike
other nerves. Once destroyed nothing
can restore its power. A patient may
be totally blind, although the optic
nerve is not destroyed. This may be
the case with the little blind girl. Her
treatment with radium is valuable as an
experiment, but until the experiment is
proved absolutely successful il will pos
sess little value TO the scientific world.
Radium is said to be a more powerful
stimulant than the x-ray. II so, its use
would be extremely dangerous. Whether
this danger can be minimized is a mat
ter of the greatest importance. Tillie
SpitznadePs case will be watched by
scientists with the greatest of interest,
but until practical results have been OBJ
tanned judgment must necessarily be
The little blind girl is be-
ing kept quiet, so that excitement may
not retard progress if she has been bene-
fitted. DIR. Jenkins will watch her con-
dition, and if she continues to improve
a second operation may be abandoned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

The German Emperor has ordered a
kitchen to be fitted up in the palace at
Potsdam, in which his daughter, Prin.
cess Louise, will be taught to cook by
the chef of the imperial kitchen. my
daughter must be a model German
housewife, a womanly woman of the
good old-fashioned sort" the Emperor
is reported to have said. The Emperor
has set an example worthy of imitation,
for many of the women Of the present
day hardly know the difference between
q flap jack and corn dodger, and GER
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Taft for cine War Omce.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. 25.-Secre-
tary of War Elihu Root is 10 leave bis
Office in January and Judge William H.
Taft, Governor General Of the Philip
pines, is to be his successor. This an
houncement was officially made at Saga
more Hill TODAY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25
Naval SQUADRON Sighed.

Portland, Me-, Aug. Eight war
ships of the naval squadron headed for
this port were sighted from the obserya-
tory off Segun this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

Eyerybody's Magazine for September has
been received from rs publishers, and it is
gotten up in an attractive style. It's cover,
devoted TO golf, is very artistic, while its
reading matter is fully up to the standard,
among lts articles, 1.-THE United States Of
Europe, Please, " and "The King Of Me-
n =. Il, Gay" are especially worthy Of men
IlOn. ms number reflects much credit on its
management
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-25

Burdock Blood Bitters gives a man a clear
head, an active brain, a strong, vigorous body
makes him fit for the battle Ct life.