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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

John R. McFetridge, head of a promi-
nent printing and publishing firm in
Philadelphia, is dead.
The wedding Of Miss Nellie Baer,
youngest daughter of George IF. Baer,
president of the Reading Railroad, and
Heber L. Smith, of York, Pa, will take
place at Reading, Pa, this evening.
There are no new developments in the
Philadelphia textile strike. 1t is thought
that Mayor Weaver may be asked TO act
as arbitrator and some are entertaining
hopes that the strike is nearing peace
able settlement.
Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage of Luther Day, son of Justice
Day, and Miss Ida Barber, niece of
Mrs. Mckinley. The wedding will take
place June Oath, at the BRIDES home
in Canton Ohio.
The dead body of Mrs. Angelina De
RogOtis, mother of Rev. P. Russomando,
an Italian priest, was found on the
Lackawanna Railroad tracks out one
mile east of Lounsberry, n. Y, this
morning. Russomando and ihis mother
boarded train at Dover, n. j., last
night. 1t looks as if Mrs. De ROgotis
may have been murdered.
Because of the dense smoke from the
forest fires there was a serious wreck in
the yards of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad, at Fishkill Land
ing, n. Y, this morning. Two freight
trains were entering the yards. One
stood on a trestle when another train
crashed into it. Two cars Of the NOV
ing train telescoped the engine of the
standing train, and these cars together
with the engine had to be thrown into
the river in order to clear the track
No one was hurt.
The democrats are confident of success at
the city election, which is in progress in
Wilmington, Del, today, and claim that
Charles ID. Bird, their candidate for mayor,
will have plurality of at least 1900. The
democrats, in addition TO the mayor, expect to
elect eight out Of twelve couneilmen and the
president Of the council.
Dan Kinds, colored, aged IS, was caught
and rope thrown around his neck at Madison,
Ind, Yesterday afternoon by some young men
for an attempted assault on white girl
named Humphreys. The sheriff secured the
the prisoner and held him for q grand jury
investigation.
The wedding of Miss Cora Lyman Oliver,
daughter Of General and Mrs. Robert Shaw
Oliver, and Joseph Choate, jr., son of Ambas-
sador Joseph ChOate, took place in st. Peters
Church, Albany, N. Y, at noon today.
The intention to measure the cup yacht
Reliance today at Erie Basin, New York, has
been abandoned until later, when all three
ninety fOoters will be measured at the same
time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
Serious Shooting in King George.

During an alteration yesterday be-
tween son of DR.. V. 0. Caruthers and
a son of Judge G. H. Ashton, Of the
lower part of King George county,
young Ashton was seriously shot by
young Caruthers. The bullet entered
Ashton's left breast, in the neighbOr-
hood of the heart, and it has not been
removed as yet. DIR. Minor, of COmorn;
DR.. Ninde, of Colonial Beach, and Dr.
Caruthers are in attendance upon the
wounded man. All the parties to the
unfortunate affair are among the most
prominent people of King George, and
the difficulty is deeply regretted by all.
Young Ashton's condition is said to be
very critical. The particulars leading
up to the shooting by young Caruthers
cannot be ascertained as the friends of
the parties are quite reticent as yet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Floods.

St Louis, June 6.-The food, al
though probably feet below the stage
which its crest will bring, has wrought
disaster and suffering in St. Louis and
the cities and towns and farming dis
tricts directly across the river. Thou
sands of people are homeless: The
Weather Bureau predicts S7.2 feet and
possibly 80 feet by next Tuesday. Thirty
seven feet makes certain an appalling
inundation of East st. Louis, Madison
Granite City and Venice, III. 1t will
bring heavy property losses to st. LOUIS
along the downtown wharf and in the
north and south ends. At ten o'clock
this morning the local river gauge show
S5 feet, a rise of IL feet in twenty-tour
hours. Railroad yards north of the
Eads bridge are submerged and about
800 families in that locality are home
less.
Kansas City, Mo-, June 6.-The Mis-
souri, stood at S8.5 feet this morning, a
fall of 81 in "a hours. The danger
line is q feet.
Spartanburg, S. c., June Ga ter
rife food caused by a storm reaching
the proportions of a cloudburst, last
night, has practically destroyed the
milling district at Pacolet, and Clifton.
The property loss at this hour cannot be
estimated. With the loss of life if any
has not been ascertained. At Paceolet
the following damage is reported Mill
No. l, has been washed away Mill No.
is totally destroyed; the dams of the
three mills are gone; the warehouse OF
Mill No. |, has been washed away with
total stock of goods and cotton. The
hotel, Presbyterian Church, livery stable
and nearly every building in town has
been wiped from the map. At Clifton,
Mill No. has been destroyed and Mill
No. 2, is now moving before the lood.
The property loss is placed at million
and a half dollars at Pacolet.
Augusta. Ga, June Ga report has reached
here from Pacolet, Spartanburg Co, s. G., that
mil No. of the Pacolet Co. has been COM
pletely washed away by cloud burst. AS
result the PacOlet river has oyerfiowed us
banks and mill No 2, of the company is in
great danger. Many miles Of lowiand are
flooded and much damage will result.
Later reports say 80 persons were drowned
in the floods at Spartanburg and that vicin-
ity. Clifton Mills No. 4, was washed away
in addition to the two Pacelot mills. Most of
the loss of life was in the Clifton mills. All
Of the rivers in the western part Of South
Carolina are Oil Il rampage. Railroad bridges
have been washed away and there has been
other serious damage. There are sixty feet OF
water in Pacelot river. The property loss, it
is estimated, will run close on to a million
dollars. Two thousand bales Of manufacture
ed goods were destroyed in the mills.
Greenville, S. c., June Ga terrific wind
and rain storm visited this section of South
Carolina last night and reports are rapidly
coming in which show the destruction to have
been complete The Southern trains are all
tied up, as many bridges are down. The
river here is the highest in fourteen years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 8, 1903.

LEADERS of the two principal pollucal
narties in this country are experiencing
anprebension at the steady growth OF
socialism, and it is the conviction OF
many observing people that the time is
not far distant when chronic issues may,
for a time, at least, be thrown into a
common heap and the efforts of the con-
seryatiye elements of both organizations
united to stem the rising tide of system
of false political economy which has
proven disastrous to every nation which
it has attempted to rule. In the larger
cities meetings of those believing in
socialistic theories are held nightly and
an active propaganda is being conducted
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. The proceedings of such
gatherings are not printed for divers
reasons, the emissaries of the system be-
lieving they can accomplish much better
results by personal appeals than in using
newspapers in which their dreams could
be controverted. The observant of both
parties are watching the movement,
many with apparent anxiety, and
occasionally some editorial writer who
boors the low thunder before the cloud
is visible calls attention to its approach.
There are thousands in both the great
political organizations who during the
past six or seven years have been
circling around this coiled charmer.
They have in certain instances organized
nondescript or side-shOw parties and
have at times become the tails OF the
kites of one or the other of the greater
parties. That they will amalgamate
and form the kite at some time is prob
able. Are they to gather under the
socialistic banner? This is the query
which is causing many uneasiness. The
times seem to be ripening for such a
elimination, and the steady inflow OF
foreigners who have learned to despise
all forms of government will aid no
little in forming a powerful organization
which if it cannot muster a majority
would be in a position to say which
partly should rule.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Norfolk is shipping to the western
cities 1000 barrels of cabbages day.
Miss Irene Harper died in Washing
ton yesterday. Her remains will be In
TERED at Leesburg on Monday.
1t is reported that an aunt of Capt.
John G. Pollock and NJ. b. Pollock, OF
King George county, and Atchison Pol
lock, of Washington, had lately died IN
Scotland and left each of the parties
named sl5, 900.
Mr.. Aubrey f. Strobe, an attorney OF
Lynchburg, and Miss Rebecca ID. Brown,
daughter of Judge J. Thompson Brown.
of Nelson, were married Thursday night
in Boise City, Idaho, where Miss Brown
has been teaching.
George NJ. Smiley, of Wildwood, trad
ing under the firm name Of Smiley
Brothers, and doing general merchan-
disc business, made an assignment
yesterday. His assets amount to 81, 100,
with liabilities of 50, 700.
Thomas T. Mitchell, former lawyer
and twice member of the North Caro-
lima legislature, was found dead yester-
day on the brink of ShOckOe creek,
near Broad and Sixteenth streets Rich
mond. Coroner Taylor viewed the body
and stated that Mr. Mitchell died from
some disease of the brain.
While assisting in decorating the
graves of Confederate soldiers in Stone
wall Cemetery at Winchester yesterday,
Mrs. Young Pike, of Washington, a
daughter-in- law of the late Gen. Albert
Pike, of Arkansas, accidentally dis
covered the grave of her brother, G. @.
Loard, the location of which had been
unknown to the family for over Al years.
A special election was held at Culpeper
yesterday to permit the corporation to
borrow $40, 900 for the purpose of build
ing and erecting an electric light plant
for the town. 1t resulted in defeat for
the project by a majority of seven. The
people want electric lights, but it ap-
pears that some of the property owners
did not wish the town to further obligate
itself, as it is already carrying the
obligation for the construction of the
excellent waterworks system and the
sewerage system now under construction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
AGAIN THE NOMINEE.

Chairman j. Taylor Ellyson, of the
democratic State executive committee,
has written to Senator John w. Daniel
informing him that he is the nominee Of
the democratic party for the senatOrship
and congratulating him on achieving this
honor without any opposition. This is
in in accord with the new party law,
which authorizes the chairman to name
the nominee when he has no opposition.
This announcement by Chairman Ellyson
is really almost equivalent to an election,
as Virginia is overwhelmingly demo-
cratic. This indicates that all the con-
test for seat in the Senate from Virginia
will be concentrated on the election of a
successor to Senator Martin.
Senator John Warwick Daniel was
first elected to his present position in
1886. He has been in public life almost
ever since he returned from the civil war,
through which he served in the Army of
Northern Virginia, much of the time as
Acknowledgement on General Early's staff
Before the war he had graduated at
Lynchburg College and studied at Dr.
Gessner Harrison's school. AS soon as
he DOTTED his Confederate uniform he took
up the study of the law and was
graduated in that branch from the
University of Virginia in 1866. He has
ever since been a practicing lawyer
In 1869 he was elected to the Virginia
House of Delegates and served in that
branch until 1872. In 1875 he was
elected to the State Senate and served
in the upper house until 1881. In 1876
he was one of the Tilden presidential
electors, but in 1881 he ran for Gov
ernor of Virginia and was defeated. In
1885 he was elected to Congress and
served in the House of Representatives
until 1887, wheRhe was elected to the
Senate. He was chairman of the demo-
cratic national convention held in
Chicago in 1896, which nominated
Bryan for president Senator Daniel
was born in Lynchburg, September D,
1912, and is therefore 81 years old. This
will be the fourth term for Senator
Daniel, he having been elected first to
succeed the late Gen. William Malone.
His present term does not expire until
March 8, 1905. Senator Daniel was
twice chosen by the general assembly by
alunanimous vote, republicans and popu-
lists voting for him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
County Court.
Judge j. NJ. Love presiding. I

Judge J. NJ. Love presiding.l
Moeler VS.. Haywood; suit on con-
tract judgment for plaintiff for $50.
Licenses to sell liquor were granted to
all those who made application except
Jerry Dugan, whose application was
filed too late, and Michael Dougherty
The court has appointed j. II Parker
as member of the registration board of
Washington district to Gll the place.
made vacant by the resignation of r.
@. l.. MOncure
Mr.. James +. Clements having ten
dered his resignation as special prose-
cutting attorney for Alexandria county.
the same was accepted by the court.
Mr.. Clements rendered his resignation
as Mr.. r. w. Johnston was ready to
take charge of the Office.
Court adjourned for the term.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Venezuelan government troops are
maneuvering to surround Gen. Manuel
A. Matos.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has offered
$25, 900 additional to complete the
Washington city public library.
Several textile mills in the Manayunk
district, Philadelphia, resumed opera
ton yesterday, the strikers having re-
turned to work.
President Roosevelt returned to Wash
ington from his trip through the far
west yesterday evening. He was escort
ed to the White House by the local
militia.
The Hamburg-Americ Line steam
ship Deutschland, after being stuck in
the mud off Sandy Hook for nearly "A
hours, was worked free at high water
late yesterday and proceeded to sea.
MILFORD Davis, who murdered Chief
of Police Page Marstiller at Elkins,
April II, 1902, was executed last night
at the penitentiary at Moundsville, W.
Va. in the presence of 81 persons.
Davis was perfectly cool professed re-
pentance and smiled on the scafold.
A party of Jews from Kishenef have
arrived at Vienna in a lamentable con-
dition. They said their only aim was to
escape from Russia with their lives, as
the Jewish prosecutions were not yet
over. They could have defended them
selves against the mob but the police
would not let them. Out of l27 persons
arrested in the act of looting and muir
dering. declared the fugitives, 119 were
ACQUITTED. and the remainder sentenced
to short terms of imprisonment.
Coming close on the heels of long re-
port from Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans. commaner-in-chief of the Asiatic
squadron, concerning the grave inter
national situation in China, the assem-
bling of his squadron in Chinese waters
is regarded in Washington as significant.
The battleships Kentucky and Oregon
and the protected cruiser New Orleans
have arrived at Chez Foo; the monitor
Monterey and the Pompey at Shanghai.
The gunboat VillebOlos has sailed from
Row KiaDg for Nan Chang.
Twenty Jews, comprising a specially
appointed commission, have been arrest
ed and imprisoned in Tripoli for refusing
to comply with the governor general :
orders to assess the Jewish community
for military exemption tax. The COM
mission alleges that the extreme poverty
of the Jews renders the payment of the
tax impossible and points out that the
Mohammedans are not forced to pay tax,
nor to perform military duty. The Jews
have suspended all business as a protest
against the governor generals action.
1t was reported in London yesterday
that the Marquis of Salisbury was Sc
riously i'll at Hatfield House, his Hert-
fordshire seat, but inquiries showed the
report was exaggerated. According to
the former Premier's private secretary
Lord Salisbury had a chill during the
night, which occasioned some alarm,
but he was better yesterday. A tele-
gram received from Hatfield yesterday
afternoon announced that Lord Salisbury
was making good progress toward recOy-
cry, and that there was no cause for
alarm regarding his health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

DOwager Queen Margherita, of Italy,
it is said, contemplates a visit to Amer.
lea in the autumn of this year.
The town of Holm, Hungary, was
totally destroyed by fire today. Seven
persons were burned to DEATH Holm
is in all probability a small post town,
as it does not appear on the map.
A massacre ofJews was barely averted
at Bialystok and Grodno, in Russian
Poland, last Sunday. The prime movers
in the attempt to assault the Jews are
reported to have been prominent citizens
and policemen.
A dispatch from London says that
Lord Salisbury, who was stricken with a
chill on Thursday night, and whose con-
dition caused considerable anxiety among
his friends, yesterday, reported to be
feeling much better this morning.
The French colonial Office today re-
ceived a dispatch from the governor of
Martinique stating that Mount Pelee is
again in eruption. Dense clouds of
smoke and ashes are pouring out of the
crater, much of the erupted matter reach
ing far out to sea.
A dispatch from Rome today announces
that the Pope's illness is inflammation
of the bowels. Dr. Lapponi, in an in
terview today, denied that the Pope is
i'll. The Pope this morning granted an
audience to the Patriarch of Jerusalem,
and to the Bishop of Noto.
A contract for the construction of one
of the giant steamships to be built on
the Clyde for the Cunard line, has been
awarded. The vessels will have length
of $50 feet, beam of IS feet, a dis
placement Of 35, 900 tons, 1000 horse
power, and a speed of 26 knots an hour.
The Vienna Frendenblatt quotes n.
Natchovitch, the special representative
sent to the Porte by the Bulgarian gov
eminent as saying that he has succeeded
in removing the tension between Turkey
and his government, and will telegraph
the Bulgarian Premier today that he
considers his mission at Constantinople
as fulfilled.
Henri Maurice Bertaux, social deputy
for Versailles, and Jean Fuyot de Vile
neuve, republican nationalist for St.
Denis, fought a duel with swords at
Neuilly, France, this morning. The
duel lasted till the sixth round when De
Villeneuye was slightly wounded in the
forearm. The duel resulted from an ex-
change of insults in the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
GOOD ADVICE.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint. More than
seventy-five per cent. of the people in
the United States are afflicted with these
two diseases and their effects such as
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart,
HEARTBURN, Water-brash, Craving and
Burning Parns at the Pit of the Stomach,
Yellow Skin, Coated Tangue and Dis
agreeable Taste in the Mouth, Coming
up of Food after Eating, Low Spirits,
etc. Go to your Druggist and get
bottle of August Flower for 25 or IS
cents. Two doses will relieve you
Try it.
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& Bro,
420 to 426 Seventh Street,
WASHINGTON, DC.
Fairfax Circuit Court.

The following business was transacted
in the Fairfax Circuit Court, Judge
Nicol, this week: Burke & Herbert VS..
A. A. Warfeld and G. L. Campbell;
Frank Libby & Co., VS.. E. L. Lewis
judgments for plaintiffs.
Commonwealth VS.. James A Nc
Cuen and F. F. Jones-case dismissed.
Capital Wall Paper Co., vs. Land and
River Improvement Co., dismissed.
]. I. Rusk VS.. ]. w. Kephart, and
w. |. Robey vs.. Southern Railway
Co. Gases continued.
At the last term of the County Court
the application of Mr.. E. B. Sisson for
the renewal of his distillery license. at
Legato, was refused, after evidence had
been heard, pro and con, in the case.
An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court.
and on Monday Judge Nicol, after hear
ing good deal of testimony, reversed
the County Court and granted the
license. Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06

THE FAIRFAX HERALD has entered
its 22d volume, and it shows every
evidence of prosperity. The Herald is
one of our most interesting weekly ex-
changes and it enjoys a large patronage.
The owner and publisher, Mr.. S. r.
Donohoe, announces that the paper will
soon be issued from a new building Of its
own which is now being erected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06

RuMoRs come from Ohio and Wash
ington to the effect that Senator Hanna
has lost his grip upon the national re-
publican party and that his star is now
on the wane. These rumors may or
may not be true, but if they are they
show that the end with Mr.. Hanna will
come only a little earlier than might
have been expected, for men, like ma
tons, have their rise and fall. Last
winter Mr.. Hanna attempts to run with
the capitalists and chase with the labor
organizations were openly talked OF and
some of the trusts declared that he was
not "safe man." Recently he opposed
the proposition tina. the Ohio State re-
publican convention should indorse MIR.
Roosevelt, but was bOwled over, and on
Wednesday he was forced to laud
the President on the floor of the Ohio
convention. All of this shows weakness
of character which politicians are quick
to discern. Up to this time Mr.. Hanna's
back bone has been his strongest point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
HURRICANE IN THE PHILIPPINES. =

IN NE
A hurricane has swept over the
Philippine Islands and great damage
has been done to shipping A United
States transport (Shamshus) is reported
to have been wrecked. This, however,
has not been confirmed. The United
States steamer Pearla de Visayas has
been totally lost off CanOtes Island.
Part of her crew were saved. The
United States steamer San Rafael and
the schooner MayAower have been
driven ashore off Ormoc, west Leyte,
and will prove total losses. All on
board these vessels were saved. The
War Department has no record of the
transport Shamshus, but there is
small vessel in service of the army in
the Philippines named the Samshui.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06
The Harlem Handicap.

Chicago, June eighteen horses
are carded to start in the $40, 900 Har-
lem handicap which will inaugurate the
racing season of the Harlem Jockey
Club this afternoon. The great Nc
Chesney will probably not go to the
post unless the track improves. The
indications are for fairly heavy track.
J. r. Keene's Port Royal may not get
here in time for the race. In the adj
vance betting McChesney still ruled
favorite. Flying Topedo was the second
choice and may be the fayorite this
afternoon. Next to Flying Torpedo,
Alan a-Dale is most fancied by horsemen.
Lucien Appleby is conceded only fair
chance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-06


POSTMASTER GENERAL PAYNE stated
to his newspaper callers on Thursday
afternoon that ex-First Assistant Post
master General Perry S. Heath is
about to take long trip to the Orient,
and that there was no use for addressing
him further concerning the postal
scandals If these scandals are really
to be Investigated and if Mr.. Heath
knows anything concerning them he
should be subpenaed at once and his
trip abroad postponed. Mr.. Payne has
apparently never realized the magnitude
of the postal scandals.