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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Herbert B. Bates yesterday morning
murdered Miss Rena III. Gentry in her
fathers parlor in Richmond, and then
sent a ball crashing through his own
brain. Both were young and widely
known. The affair was the result OF
insane iealously. Miss Gentry vas ~
wears of age and one of the prettiest girls
on Church Hill, in Richmond, She
was music teacher and had exhibited
decided dramatic talent in amateur
theatricals, in which she had frequently
appeared lately. Young Bates was
known as a model young man. lie was
a member of Union Station Methodist
Church and an officer in the Sunday
school. He was a clerk in the First
National Bank, and his accounts to the
last touch Of his pen were models Of
neatness and correctness. He neither
drank nor used tobacco and was held ID
high esteem. He was the son OF AS
s;stsns City Engineer Frank I. Bate:
and had wide connection. he hao
known the girl he murdered ever since
they were children and for years he hac
been her devoted admirer. de ap
peared with her in public places con
stantly, and they were supposed to hsv'
been engaged. 1t is said, however, tina
while he was madly infatuated with thu
girl, she was only fond Of him as {
friend. He accompanied her to churcl
Sunday night, and it is believed that h,
asked her to marry him and that she re
fused. He called at her home at 1884
o'clock yesterday morning and she me
him at the door. This early call ant
circumstantial evidence indicate that h
went there with the fixed purpose o
killing her and himself. A few miuteI
after they entered the parlor double shot
were heard. A new revolver which b.
had recently purchased was the weapon
used. A ball which entered above tn
corner of the ear and just in the mass o
hair had gone through her brain. Still
ness followed the first shot. There wa
second shot and fall. When person
entered the girl was dead. She knocke'
over a rocking chair in her fall and tn
back of it covered her face. Bates ma
have placed it there beforehe sent bul
let into his own brain through his tenn
ple. The room was full Of smoke an
the youth and maiden lay dead fe'
feet apart. The parents of Miss Gentr,
were nearly crazed over the death Q
their favorite daughter, and one of thos
who first tried to comfort them was
brother of the man who killed her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

IT IS more amusing than Instructive
saws the Philadelphia Record, to learn
that "no protest is heard in Michigan
AGAINST Mr.. Roosevelts policy. One
wear AGO there vas considerable feeling
among tn beet sugar manufacturers and
raisers against the President on account
Of his demand for reciprocity with Cuba
and lower tariff on Cuban sugar. This
feeling has been greatly allayee." VI
course. considering the promptness with
which the President turned the Cuban
treaty over to the beet sugar men they
ought not to have any hard feelings
against him. Mr. Roosevelt Is making
no enemies if he can help it. 1t is only
necessary to show him that his conylc'
tons will encounter opposition and he
will drop them and procure different
set at once. There never was a candl-
date more anxious to please.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
MAD MULLAH's WAR MATERIAL.

MAD MULLAH's WAR MATERfAL.-
The principal sources for the supply of
rifles and ammunition to the Mad Null
labs forces in Somaliland have been
traced through a complete Identification
of trademarks through agents at Harar,
and Jibutil, Abyssinia, to a London firm.
Since the beginning of the operations in
Somaliland an aggregate of 5000, 900
rounds of Lee Metford rife ammunition
and correspondingly large numbers of
Lee-Metford and Gras rifles have been
shipped by this London firm to Jibutil
and Harrar by way Of Manchester and
Marseilles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
Populism Like Corpse with wbiskers

Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 1.-Eugene
V. Debs who has closed his Chautauqua
engagement, spent yesterday at home
with Mother Jones as hisguest. In re-
gard to the conference at Denver, to
revive the populist party, Debs said:
''The committee on the exhumation OF
issues and galvanization of corpses re-
ported both in a state of satisfactory
preservation. There is no inspiration in
a cadaver. Populism is an echo Of the
past, with gray whiskers on it. The
Denver funeral procession and its popu-
list pallbearers present sorry picture
in contrast with the advancing enthusiasts
tic, confident and cheering revolutionary
posts of international socialism"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
tDeny story OF Purposed Strike.

Baltimore, Sept 1.-The story of a
probable great strike on the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad due to grievances OF the
employees, sent out from this city, appears
to be a fake. Baltimore & Ohio officials
declare that there is no prospect of strike
and the relations between the company
and the men were never better. G. A.
Cross, for the conductors, states that they
have no grievances that could possible
cause strike and that the question OF a
strike had never been discussed or
thought of. Twice each year the differ
ent unions send delegates to ameeting to
discuss grievances of the men. This year
all of the different unions of conductors,
trainmen, engineers and fremen decid-
ed to meet together. With this exception
the delegates are doing now just what
they have been doing for years, and pro-
nounce the story to have absolutely no
foundation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
Rnsh fn OiI FieId.

Huntington, w. Va, Sept. The
discovery of FIVE hundred barrel well
10 this county has aroused rush of oil
men from all parts Of this State and
Pennsylvania to the scene. The
hotels in the little town cannot begin to
accommodate the visitors. Sunday night
twenty or more oil men slept III a livery
stable while on Monday night, the
number exceeded so. Every train
brings a new delegation and leases in
that section are being taken at fabulous
prices,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
The genuine vs.. Counterfeitq

The genuine is always better than coun--
terfeit. but the truth Of this statement is
never more forcibly realized or more thor
oughly appreciated than when you compare
the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
with the many counterfeits and worthless sub
stitutes that are on the market. W. 5. Led
better, Of Shreveport, La, says: After
using numerous other remedies without bene-
fit, one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
cured me- For blind, bleeding itching and
protruding piles no remedy Is equal TO De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salye. Sold by all
druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
CHEAP COALIN SIGHT.

Owing to an overproduction of TO-,
900. 900 tons of anthracite the prospects
are that the price of coal will remain at
the present price of S. ton retail this
winter. Some dealers are even of the
opinion that it will go lower and predict
So a ton price if the winter is at al;
mild. Last winter it was SO and up
ward for a time. The pea and buck
wheat sizes of anthracite are drug on
the market and the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre. Philadelphia and Reading, and
Pennsylyanis Coal Companies have shut
down their washeries in order to restrict
the output of steam sizes of anthracite.
The price of pea aud buckwheat sizes
remains at SO and $3.50 ton respec-
lively, but most oft is being stored, as
no demand exists for it. Mill owners
whom the high prices of anthracite force
ed last spring and winter to resort to
soft coal az steam-maker have fQdnd
that they can secure better results with
the bituminous variety, and have there
fore abandoned the use Of anthracite.
The strike of the textile workers in
Philadelphia contributed not little to
the falling off in the demand for the
small sizes of anthracite and to the
consequent oyerstocking of the washeries.
As far as the demand for domestic
sizes of anthracite IL concerned it is still
strong, although the scare over possible
high prices has passed, and with it the
advance buying for winter consumption.
The railroad price o. egg, stove and
chestnut has now reached the high-water
mark of So ton wholesale at tidewater,
but mild weather would probably cause
it to be Quito $3.50 The only alternative
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. /, 1908.

YESTERDAY ended three months Oh
,he coolest summer weather within the
memory of most people now living. The
wear 1916 was the phenomenally cooi
s,mmor Of the nineteenth century. III
thai wear snow fell every month in the
year except one, and there was frost ~
eye,v month of the twelve. Wheat did
not ripen and people thought the emu o.
,,o world was coming. Beginning with
Inne This wear when warm weather might
reasonably have been expected, the warm
estaay was the last of the month, and the
mereur, reached only "a in the hottest
mart Of the day. There were ~ rainy
davs and 10 more which were Cloudy
and the rainfall was nearly double tne
ovorooe The coolest day was the first
or The month. when the mercury went
down to 50. July was not so bad, Du'
the mean average temperature was ex-
exactly the normal, and this notwlth-
sto,dino that on several days the
mercury went up to 90. There were
II rainy days in the month"; ana
that were cloudy. But it is IN TINT
month that came to an end last nigh
chat there was the most surprising
weather. The mercury ranged from 81 Il
Of in q few days last week, and the meal
,enperature of the month was only ~
or four degrees below the normal whe'
# comes to rain, August carries tne D@n
ner with q rainy days to its credit an
10 cloudy ones. The rainfall, measures
IN TO 8 o'clock yesterday morning. wa
557 inches, while the normal Is OIL
435. Three days out of every four Gay
this summer have been unpleasant D
rooson Of rain or cold. August achieve
the distinction of recording a temPer'
ture of $50, the lowest ever recoros
duripg the month. The average Ten
perature for August is 10, but u
fgures this year will be go, and lik
June, August had II days of rainfall
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

States in the war OF 1917 Inc o'u
vessel has been purchased by a shipping
firm in Boston and will be converted
into q coal-carrying barge. "Io what
base uses we may return
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

ASSAULTED BY NEGROES. - Rather
than see one of their number arrested, ne
groes of Willow Tree alley, Washington,
attacked Policeman J. H. Fletcher, a
Kentuckian, and chased those who tried
to come to his rescue out of the alley.
Samuel Springman, an expressman, also
was a victim of their fury. Fully 100
negroes participated in the trouble, most
of the leaders being women, FIVE of whom
are under arrest. Rocks, stones and
clubs were used, and it seems wonder
that Fletcher escaped with his life. lie
was bruised about the body, when he
succeeded in getting back to the Fourth
Precinct Police Station to seek help. The
trouble began when Policeman Fletcher
hunted for a person who maltreated a
white man. The victim and officer went
into the alley together. Fletcher entered
house and negroes collected quickly
and attacked the white man, who was be-
ing mauled when the policeman returned
TO the street. The mob then turned its at
tention to Fletcher. He was stoned and
dubbed and his chilly" stolen during
the melee and used in beating him. At
this juncture Samuel Springman went to
help the officer. Fletcher was unable to
get at his own revolver, and Springman
pulled it out of his pocket and pointed it
toward the crowd For second he held
the negroes at bay. But he was soon
surrounded and the revolver taken from
him by negro. About this time Spring
man disappeared. The policeman also
managed to get out of the alley. The
women who were arrested gave their
names as Lizzie and Alice Blackburn,
Annie Allen, Annie Franklin and Mary
Herbert. Later William Smith and VIII
liam Cameron also were arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

AZ ,prtc1.F in another column con
taips A forecast to the effect that We are
to have cheap coal this fall and winter,
In fact it is believed that anthracite coal
will sell as low as five dollars per ton'
las, winter it sold as high as ten dollars
hereabouts and still higher in other
nlaces A number of people, pron'-
inc by their experience OF last winter
laid in their coal during the summer
months. They we're in position TO 40
so. Many, however, were not ana were Z
compelled to trust to Providence ana
wait until fuel is needed. In the mean
time mountains of coal have accumuiat-
cd which the owners will desire to dis
nose Of; hence those who could mol
stock their bins during the summer
months will profit by an overstocKeo
market and obtain their coal at lower
figure than those who purchased months
AGO and chuckled with satisfaction oveI
their less fortunate neighbors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

THE old British receiving ship Ur-
gent, which has been used at Jamaica
for number of years by the English
navy, has arrived in Norfolk harbor in
tow from Bermuda. The Urgent was
at one time one of the best ships of the
British navy and was one Of these used
by King George Agsiast Che United
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
THE BALKAN WAR.

Both in official and revolutionary cir
Giles in Sofia the opinion is freely held
that war between Bulgaria and Turkey
is imminent, and can be syerted by
nothing short of miracle. 1t is not
expected that either government Will
formally declare hostilities, but that the
prevailing conditions will force on a war.
There is DO question that large numbers
of insurgents have recently passed the
frontier An extensive outbreak in the
northern Macedonia is possible any day;
1t is now said that the Sultan, influenced
by counsels of Germany, now favors
a war with Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian agent at Uskub reports
that the detachments of Turkish troops
sent to garrison the small towns in that
vilayet have spread destruction along
their route; the villagers have been
robbed and beaten, the women violated,
and the Christian population subjected
to every conceivable outrage, while the
local authorities appear to be helpless to
stop the atrocities.
At the village of Drachevo, six mile:
from Uskub, the soldiers attacked al
the peasants without the gendarmes in
terfering in behalf Of the latter. The
Bulgarian agent specifies similar excuses
in many other villages, and the posi-
ton of the Bulgarian residents is re
ported to be terrible, as the crueltie'
committed by the Turkish authorities
exceeded all limits.
Nine hundred refugees from Malkotir
novo and surrounding villages have ar
rived at Urumku, Bulgaria. The refu
gees say the Turkish garrison fired upoT
the Bulgarian part of Malkotirnov'
with the object of creating an impression
that revolution was in progress.
The project, August q, summoned
the Bulgarian notables of MalkotirnovC
and endeavored to force them to sign
statement that the insurgents were thu
aggressors. The notables refused to d.
so, and the first man who refused wa
hanged the following day.
The Turks have occupied Kilssura
Albania, without resistance. A numbe
of Bulgarian villages in its vicinity
were burned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

REPRESENTATIVE OvERsTREET, OF
Indiana, a member of the House bank
ing committee, has declared in an inter
view that currency legislation is not
necessary to the continuance OF pros
perity. He says the recent furry in
Wall street has not disturbed the West
as much as the falling of an autumn leaf,
and that industrial conditions are IN
every way admirable. The fact that
there will be no important financial
legislation during the next session Of
Congress grows more patent every day
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

"Pittsburg Phil' is said to have won
$50, 600 on Florham Queen yesterday.
Her price was as high as 9 to l. 1t is
said that the bookmakers paid out more
than 800, 900 on Florham Queens VIC
tory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

THE AUTUMN parade of the garrisons
of Berlin and Potsdam, usually
splendid military spectacle, planned for
yesterday, did not take place. Emperor
William, owing to the fact that it began
to rain, ordered the 10000 troops who
were already in the field to return to
their barracks. A wetting would have
cost each of the officers IS to $50 in
damage done TO the gold trimmings of
their uniforms. This looks as though
the German military discipline is not
quite so rigid as it is supposed to be.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

No RACE.-Again yesterday, as antic-
ipated in the Gazette, the cup defender
Reliance failed to register her third vic
tory over Lipton's challenger because
the wind died to nothing and the time
limit of FIVE and half hours expired be-
fore she could reach the finish line.
Her margin was approximately the same
as ON Thursday last. She was less than
half mile from the finish when the gun
sounded. The Shamrock I'LL was
fully two and half miles astern. Rell-
ance's failure to score the race was the
more exasperating because her ultimate
triumph is now conceded, even by SIR
Thomas himself, to be simply formality.
The superiority of the Herreshoh boat
in any kind of weather is acknowledged
by the yachting critics of both sides Of
the Atlantic, and yesterday tuke only
prolongs the agony of the contest that
has already been decided.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

BEER AND CANcER.-In England
deaths from cancer have risen from 67.6
per 100, 900 living in 1890 to S2.S in
1900. In 1900 nearly l in every 20
deaths was caused by cancer, and rather
more than l in every IL deaths over 80
years of age. An increase of more than
80 per cent. during 10 years is recorded
in Prussia, Holland and Norway. DR..
Alfred Wolf, writing in the Nineteenth
Century for June on the increase of can
GER, proceeds to draw important inferen;
ces from further figures Of cancer NOR
tally in different parts of France, Ger
many and Austria. '1n all three coun-
tries, as in England" DR.. Wolf says,
'there are distinct areas of high cancer
mortality, suggesting specific cause
endemic in certain localities. The num-
Der of cancer cases in given streets, or
what are known as cancer houses, and
the exceptionally high death rate from
cancer among domestic servants and
nurses, are among the proofs of the con-
taguous character of cancer" The
writer expects that the heterogeneous to
which cancer is due will before long be
discovered. "It is fairly certain" he
says" that prolonged exposure to the
contagion is required for the production
of the disease. All districts of high can
Ger mortality are districts in which bee
or cider is largely consumed" is the OBJ
servation of DR.. Wolf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

No need to fear sudden attacks OF cholera
infantum, dysentery, diarrhoea, summer ., com
plant Of any sort if you have pr. Fowler s.:
Extract Of Wild Strawberry in the medicine
chest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

The September Mcclure has been re-
ceiyed from the Mcclure Co., New
York. and is full of interesting matter
from cover to cover. Itsinitial article, ga
New Industrial Conspiracy, shows
how labor and capital hunt together in
Chicago. In "The Conquest OF EiVe
great Ills" is described the great work OF
the Pasteur Institutes throughout the
world. Clara Morris, in her inimita6le
way. tells what she knows of Alessandro
Salyipi. Five clever and, illustrated
stories by good writers with Henry
Harlands' serial, make the fiction de-
partment most attractive
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

The Metropolitan for September has
been received from its publishers in New
York and is one of the most individual
and beautiful Of the Autumn Magazines.
In its leading article-"The Sporting
Spa, the story of Saratoga is charm
ingly told, and illustrated from photo
graphs. Thi. number is exceptional lily
strongin fction-ten complete stories By
writers of strength and originality, anc
serials by Howells and Hewlett. A dis
tinctiye feature of this magazine is the
portfolio of portraits of beautiful women
published in each number, sixteen page
being devoted to these portraits in Thu
issue
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01

would be the shutting down Of the
mines. contingency not seriously con
sidered by any of the wholesalers. The
problem which the operators are nos
trying to solve is how to decrease the
output of small sizes and at the same
time not reduce the production Of the
domestic sizes. When it is considered
that the small sizes are the natural by
product of the large sizes it will be seen
how difficult this problem is. AT the
present rate of mining, which is 5000
900 a month, there are being produced
simultaneously $50, 900 tons OF steam
sizes. The demand is only about 100, :
900 tons month. In the opinion OF
dealers it is only question of time when
all the washeries will be shut down,
leaving only the breakers in operation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-01
The Market.

Georgetown, Sept. l.-Whest Toaso.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-13
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at : g.
90 and 10 20 a. M, and ] Is, 2 40 3 40, 5 %
and 10 40 p. M. Open at S 90 a. m, II 10 M
and 80 p. m. On Sundays Northern mails
close at 9 30 a. M, l 80 p. m. and 20 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close at
30 and 10 40 a. M, and so and 10 As p. m.
Open at 90 a. m. and 80 and 4 30 p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
10 30 a. m, and 800, $50 and 10 45 p. m.
Open at S a. m. and and p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 20 a. m.
and 3 As p. m. Open at Il 90 m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close at
30 a. m. and p. m. Open at 90 a. M. and
500 q. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 45 p.
m. and 10 40 p. m. open at 500 a. m. and
4 30 p. m.
Washington mails close at 73O, $50 and
II 10 q. M, and Is, 240, 6 40, s % and 10 20
p. m. Open at s 90 a. m, u % m. and 100 p.
m. and 4 30 p. m.
Office Hodrs-Open at 500 a. m. Close at
500 p. m.
I Sunday Hours--Oren at 900 a. m. Close
at 1000 a. NJ.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on in
side routes-6 80 and 10 90 a. m. and 90 and
3 80 D. M Full r0ute-6 80 a. m. and 80 D.
m. Sunday collection 500 p. N. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 a.. m. and close
1000 a. m.
Deliveries made 800 a. M, p. m. and 4 I5
p. m.
All mail should be in the Office ten minutes
before our indicated time for closing.