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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Pope has settled upon the list of
cardinals to be created at the next con-
sistory. The name of Archbishop Ire
land is not included.
A commission which recently went to
Athens with a letter to the King of
Greece, from the Sultan, has returned
with the Kings reply which is to the
effect that should war break out between
Turkey and Bulgaria, or Russia, Greece
will remain neutral.
Sir Thomas Lipton's latest cup chal-
lenger Shamrock III, left Glasgow for
southern waters today in tow of the
steam yacht Erin. Sir Thomas Upton
says that this will be his last attempt to
lift the cup and then added, smilingly,
that another attempt would be rnneces-
sary.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain To-
day fatty denied the report that the
British government was about to sub
nit "a proposition for home rule for
Ireland, to the people of Great Britain.
In reply to a query on the matter, in
the House of Commons, the Colonial
Secretary declared The statement is
absolutely untrue"
Great anxiety is felt in Marseilles
in the absence of news of the steamer
Bambara, which left there last Satur-
day for Senegal, with cargo of 800, 900
pounds of gunpowder and two cases of
dynamite. The Bambara should have
passed Gibraltar on Tuesday. A violent
submarine explosion reported at that
time leads to the fear that the vessel has
been blown to pieces. The Bambara
carried 95 officers and men, and six
passengers.
The last of seven new steamships or
dered for the Hamburg-American line
two years ago, was launched today from
the builders yards at Flensburg. The
neutrality-suspicious. line now has 279
steamships aAoat, and, it is said, in
tends to cease building new vessels for q
year or two. Other German steamship
lines have also suspended the construc-
ton of more vessels and severe crisis
in the ship-building industry in Ger
many is inevitable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
SANCTUARY BATTLE.

A dispatch from Constantinople an
nounces that the Ilgarian bands and
Turkish troops in the Okhrida district
have fought a battle, and that 1000
men were killed or wounded.
The railroad bridge over the Angista
river, near Drama, was blown up by
Bulgarians during the night of April /.
All the telegraph wires in the vicinity
have been cut Drama is about thirty
miles from Sores, Macedonia.
Official adyices from Monastir say the
Bulgarian inhabitants of thirty villages
in the Okhrida district, numbering
5000 men and supported by the bishop
and a number of revolutionary bands,
have risen against the Turks. They
s GROUNDED a small detachment of Turk
ish troops in the mountains northward
of Okhrida, but the troops succeeded in
cutting their way out after sustaining
considerable loss.
Another dynamite outrage at the town
of Mustapha Pacha has led to the dis
covery that the revolutionary committee
is supposed to be responsible for the at
tempt to wreck the Oriental express
early in the morning of March 81, when
the bridge of the Turkish Oriental Rail
road between Adrianople and Mustapha
Pacha was blown up by an Internal ma
chine.
Although affairs at Mitrovitza and
Prishtina are reported to be calmer, the
rising of the Albanians in those dis
tricts creates intense concern at the
palace, among the ministers and at the
embassies. It is felt that a continuation
of the troubles in the vicinity of Now
Bazaar is liable to lead at any moment to
an extension of Austrian occupation
over the entire Sandak district and as
far as ,,Mitrovitza, although it is believed
that nothing short ofabsolute necessity
will induce Austria to take advantage OF
this right, which is reserved to her by
the treaty of Berlin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Benjamin Newton, of King
George county, was yesterday shot in the
head while handling pistol which was
accidentally discharged.
Mrs. Mary R. Coakley, of King
George, aged seventy-three, died Thurs
day night. She is survived by nine
children, all of whom have families,
and reside in that county.
Mrs. Emily Henry, wife of ]. G.
Henry, a well-known citizen of Win
chester, died Thursday night of pneu-
monia aged GO years. She was a Miss
Green, of Rappahannock county.
After three days stay in Lynn
Haven Bay, the yacht Mayfower, with
Mrs. Roosevelt and children aboard,
will sail today for Washington, it hav-
ing been decided to abandon the Port
Royal trip.
Governor Montague was in Washing
ton Yesterday to look after a claim of
the State for money loan the government
during the war of 1912, and also to see
about getting improved arms, ETC., for
the State militia.
When the new armored cruiser West
Virginia is launched at the Newport
News shipyard on April Is, it is ex-
pected that fully 10000 people will
witness the event. Newport News is
preparing to entertain 10, 600 visitors on
that day.
Miss nary Hale, of Loretto, Essex
county, and Mr.. Merriweather Smith,
of Washington, were quietly married at
Fairfield, the home of the bride, on
Thursday The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. w. G. Latane, assisted
by Rev. Mr.. Burts.
Captain J. f. Willard returned to
Richmond yesterday from New York,
where he went with Mrs. Willard and
daughter, the latter having been taken to
New York for medical treatment. An
operation was performed on Thursday
which afforded relief and was successful
in every way.
A military company was organized at
Front Royal Thursday night with the
requisite number of fifty-one enlisted
men and three officers. These officers
we're elected, as follows Captain, DIR.
S. IRolfe Millar; first lieutenant, G.
Obed Leach; second lieutenant, Bed
ford NJ. Downing.
i. Rector, young man who worked
at Catletts Fauquier county, while on
his way tc visit his parents was on
Saturday caught on a bridge of the
Southern Railway by train and in
stantly killed. A youth who was with
him escaped injury by lying down close
between the rails.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
The President in wisconsin.

La Crosse, Wis, April 4.-President
Roosevelt may do little hunting on his
present trip after all. He may find the
snow so deep in tho Yellowstone Park
that the wild animals he hopes to inter
view peacefully may not be abroad and
he may decide to make a quick run
south through the park and raid on the
game in the Jackson Hole country. The
Presidents special reached La Crosse at
$3.50 this morning. The run from Mil
waukee was without incident. The
President is in good shape in spite of
the terrific day previous. He made ten
speeches yesterday, took two carriage
rides, participated in three receptions,
and was made a member of the Mil
waukee Press Club. Before the banquet
in the evening, he said if the local COM
mittees have no more mercy on him in
the future he will become physical
wreck before he is out two weeks. ''No
man on earth could stand this very
long" he said. '1'll have to throw
myself on the committed mercy through
tho press" The President was greatly
touched by the action of Mayor Rose,
of Milwaukee, who came all the way
from Tucson, Ariz,, to welcome him.
The Mayor came from the bedside of a
dying son and returned with all haste by
the morning train today. The chances
are that he wont find him alive when
he reaches Arizona. Mr.. Rose is a
democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
Destructive Storms.

indianapolis, Ind, April "A storm
of cyclonic proportions, one of the worst
in years, moved a swath through this
section of Indiana yesterday. At Peter
burg, the.Gum Tree school building and
a number of other structures were en-
tirely demolished Several persons were
more or less injured.
English, Ind, April A cyclone at
this place Friday afternoon swept every
thing in its path. Mrs. Jonathan
Cunningham was instantly killed and
Sheridan Cunningham, her son, is lying
at the point of death with both arms and
legs broken. Several houses were torn
to atoms, rendering many people home
less and desolate. The damage is esti-
mated at almost $4,000 Several per-
sons are missing and it is supposed that
they are buried under the debris of their
ruined homes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 4, 1908

WHEN THE government has 10 pay
the bills some people think that the
equivalent given is of little consequence
A case in point; Senator Stewart, OF
Nevada has six lots in quarter OF
Washington on which it is proposed to
erect the new Hall of Records under a
late appropriation of Congress. The lots
are assessed at $40, OOO, and the thrifty
Senator values them at s75, 900. Secre-
tary of State Hay is the owner OF eight
houses in the same locality, valued at
sS2. 600 in the tax Office, but which the
Secretary holds at $l3S, 1000. Had the
lots in question been assessed at anything
like the value placed upon them by thelI
owners the latter would no doabt have
protested in accents loud and deep, and
possibly with some justification, for Ii is
known that not until the government
wants lots do their values soar with
skyrocket rapidity. Possibly Sec
rotary Shaw might find less expensive
neighborhood for the site of the new
government bHilding and possibly the
city of Washington might derive an I'M
mense revenue from taxes on real estate
if the assessments we're anything near
the value of the property rs fixed by the
owners thereof.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Harry Pulver, federal prisoner who
tried to escape from Fort Thomas, o.,
yesterday, was shot and killed.
Minister Bowen has rejected the
proposition of the allied powers that
Venezuela pay the cost of the blockade.
Two steamers arriving at New York re-
ported having passed burning steamer,
which is believed to have been the John
J. Hill, of Philadelphia.
The jury in the case of Walter Dimock,
accused of stealing $50, 900 from the
United States mint at San Francisco
yesterday, rendered verdict of guilty.
As a consequence of the renewed fight
between Arbuckle Bros. and the sugar
trust the Brooklyn firm will erect an
other sugar refinery, adjoining the one
already built on the East river front,
at New York.
United States Minister Leishman has
cabled the State Department that he has
received satisfactory assurances from the
Sultan of Turkey that Americans would
be admitted to all the privileges en-
ioyed by other nationalities.
The prices for coffee options made a
new low record in Baltimore yesterday,
when April, the spot month, was quoted
on the board Of the Coffee Exchange at
3.95@4.OO. These prices are the lowest
ever recorded by the present exchange.
The signing of the new excise bill fol-
New York, increasing the saloon tax 81
per cent, will, according to the presi-
dent of the Retail Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION, decrease the number of saloons
in Greater New York at least 40 per cent.
Premier Combes stated yesterday that
he would not accompany President
Loubet on the latter's trip to Algeria
because of the threatening violent at
titude of the congregations, which he de-
clared were openly talking of violent
resistance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
The Macedonian Situation.

London, April 1.-The cabinet met
this morning and discussed the situation
of affairs in Macedonia, where the up
risings threaten to bring on information
al complications, SIRE. J. MOnson, the
British Ambassador at Paris, left for the
French capital today, having acquainted
himself thoroughly with the position of
the home government in Macedonian
affairs. 1t is believed here that King
Edwards visit to Paris would have con-
siderable significance were it not for the
present alliances of the powers. The
natural grouping of powers, if the affairs
in Macedonia should bring on a continent
al crisis, would be England, France, and
Italy, against Russia, and Austria with
the German Kaiser in his usual role Of
bottle holder. 1t would indeed be a
triumph for British diplomacy if France
could be detached from her alliance with
Russia. This separation is expected
possible in view of the fact that the
Anglo-French interests in the Balkans
are similar. Not in many years has the
general European situation been more
uncertain and this has given rise to very
keen anxieties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
yirrinia Won the Debate.

Philadelphia, April 4.-By vote of
two to one the judges last evening
awarded to the University of Virginia
debating team the decision over the
University OF Pennsylvania in the de-
bate on the question: Resolved, That
in the settlement of disputes concerning
wages and hours Of work employers are
justified in refusing to make agreements
with labor unions of which a majority Of
their employees are members" Virginia
supported the negative, with the follow
ing speakers: Irwin w. Ayres, Winston
Parrish and James S. Barron. The
Pennsylvania debaters were; Thomas d.
Cope, Robert T. Moore, j. Amber
Williams. Richard @. Dole presided,
and the judges we're Robert G. Ogden,
of New York; Isaac Sharpless, president
of Haverford College, and George w.
Kirchwey, dean of Columbia University
Law School. J. S. Barron, of Virginia,
in his opening speech, made the hit OF
the evening, while j. A. Williams, of
Pennsylvania, drew considerable APP
plause in both his first speech and in his
rebuttal,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
GOOD ADVICE.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint. More than
seventy-fve per cent. of the people in
the United States are afflicted with these.
two diseases and their effects: such as
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, HabituaI
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart.
Heartburn, Water-brash, Gnawing and
Burning Parns at the Pitof 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 q
bottle of August Flower for % or rs
cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Try it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
A Sweet Breath

is never failing sign of healthy stomach.
When the breath is bad the stomach is out Of
order. There is no remedy in the world equal
to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for curing indiges.
ton, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Mrs. Mary s. Crick, of White Plains, KY,
writes ~ have been dyspeptic for years
tried all kinds Of remedies but continued to
grow worse. By the use Of Kodol began to
improve at once, and after taking few bot
ties am fully restored in weight, health and
strength and can eat whatever like. Kodol
digests what you eat and makes the stomach
sweet" +, s. Leadbeater x Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
Murderous Assault on switchman.

Shreveport, La, April 4.--Yesterday
was one Of intense excitement in the
shops of the Southern Railway at this
place. Early yesterday afternoon two
guards in the employ of the company
assaulted and brutally beat a switchman
named J. T. Willard, and negro cook,
name unknown, made desperate effort
to kill him. w. f. Goodson and W. H.
Brooks were the offending guards. They
beat Willard almost into state Of insen-
sibility and the negro cook was prevent
ed with great difficulty from killing him.
The switchmen employed in the yards
at once ordered all switchmen int the
roundhouse and demanded the discharge
of the guards who had been arrested and
placed under bonds. After some par
leying Superintendent Jarratt acceeded
to the demands and the switchmen re-
turned to work. Later, however, when
Goodson was seen in the yard the men
again quit and at once called special
meeting of their association. Meanwhile
crowd Of 500 more persons had col
lected at the yards and there was in
tense excitement in the vicinity. The
freight handlers and the brakemen par
ticipated in the meeting of the switch
men. A set Of demands requiring the
permanent discharge of the men who
are guarding the non-union men at work
in the shops were formulated and pre-
sented to Superintendent Jarratt. Neither
the men nor officials of the company
would state the exact nature of the de-
mands. Jarratt promised to place them
in effect this morning at 5 o'clock.
President Knott, of the Kansas City
Southern, came here to attend the cleo
ton of directors of the Kansas City,
Shreveport and Gulf Railroad. He re
fused TO discuss the strike situation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

SELLS TIP OF HER NOSE young
woman, Of New York city, has sold for
$500 the tip of her nose and thereby
disfgured herself for life. 1t is said she
is chorus girl in a Broadway produc-
ton. DR.. f. p. Robinson removed the
tip of her nose Tuesday and transplanted
it Immediately to woman patient.
'1twas successful grating operation,
said DR.. Robinson yesterday. at will
leave scar for time, but think that
will wear away gradually DIR. Robin
sons patient, who is acountess and PROM
inent in society in New York as well
as abroad, met with an accident while
aptomobiling in New Jersey in which
part of the feshy portion of her nose
was torn away, marring her beauty.
Since inserting an advertisement a
week ago the doctor has received hun
dreds of letters. One writer said: ~
can't let you have the tip of my nose
for $500, but / will let you have it for
S., 900. / need that much to complete
my musical education.
Another woman, widow, wrote:
"You can have my whole nose for $500
if you want it."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
Superiority of United state s Gunners

Pensacola, Fla, April 4.-The SUI
periority of the gunners ofthe American
navy was emphasized here yesterday,
when the battleship Indiana target
practice in the Gulf established new
worlds record in firing the thirteen inch
pieces. The vessel entered late yester-
day afternoon and reported to Admiral
Higginson that the gunners of the
turret had scored IA hits out of l6 shots
with the thirteen inch pieces, at range
of FIVE miles, lowering the worlds record
by one shot. Admiral Higginson or
dered every ship of the North Atlantic
squadron to cheer the Indiana and her
crew as she steamed past them up the
harbor for accomplishing the marvellous
feat,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

SOME OF the newspapers this morn
lug published dispatches from Washing
ton stating that a plan is on foot to drive
Mr.. Bryan to bolt the democratic party
after the next democratic national con-
vention. and that Senator German gives
the proposition his approval. This is
too ridiculous for a moments considera-
ton. In the first place Mr.. Bryan can
not be forced to bolt the party and GER
tainly Senator German has no idea OF
making any such attempt to force him.
The Senator has spent many years in try
ing to unite and build up the democratic
party and would hardly, this late in life,
attempt to drive any man from its ranks
certainly no man with a following
such as Mr.. Bryan has.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
METHODIST pRoTEsTANTs.

At Pocomoke City, Nd, yesterday,
thecommittee on the presidents parson-
age reported at the session of the Maryland
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church that il had bought
new home, on Linden avenue, Baltimore.
now occupied by President Little.
Addresses were made in behalf of home
missions. II was stated that in several
counties in the western States MANY
children, young men and women had
never seen minister of the gospel, and
the members we're urged to make a
special effort to relieve this condition.
E. B. Taylor, asked the president for
his credentials, which were granted.
Mr.. Taylor has joined the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference.
The faculty of instruction has decided
70 recommend the ordination of the fol-
lowing to the office of elder: ]. l..
Nichols, T. ]. Phillips, w. N. Sherwood,
j.. p. Perry and Z. III Jones.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

''No WOMAN who wears a sea gull OF
a song bird on her hat can ever get to
heaven" was the startling announce
ment made by Professor Dallas l..
Sharp, of Boston University, in a ser
mon at Boston last Sunday week. He
told the women to get Easter bonnets
and wear them to church, fer they were
can honor to God and benediction to
the SOUL" but warned them to get the
bonnets without robbing or stealing.
Well, many of them will get Easter bon
nets all right-honestly if they can but
they will get Easter bonnets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

President ROOSEVELT, in speech
at Milwaukee, yesterday, said it was i'm
practicable to do more at present toward
restraining the trusts by legislation.
This but shows with what lightning
rapidity the President can change his
views. But few months since he posed
as a crust buster and threatened to
call Congress in extra session unless
radical antitrust legislation was enacted
by the Congress then in session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
To Get Rid of a Troublesome Corn.

First soak it in warm water to soften
it. then pare it down as closely as pos
sible without drawing the blood and
apply Chamberlain Pain Balm twice
daily, rubbing vigorously for five
minutes at each application. A corn
plaster should be worn for few days.
to protect it from the shoe. As gen.
eral liniment for sprains, bruises, lame
ness and rheumatism, Pain Balm is
unequaled. For sale by Richard Glib
son, druggist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

THE STATE legislature has finally de-
cided to take a recess from May 10Th to
November 10th, while during the inter
i'm joint committee of six mem
bers will revise and adjust the laws to
conform with the new constitution. This
action should have been taken last sum-
mer and had such been the case the tax
payers would have been saved many
thousands of dollars. But on the prin-
ciple, "better late that never" the
people should be thankful that an adj
iournment is in sight and it is hoped
that during the next six weeks the
legislature will get through all its legiti-
mate work 80 that when it reassembles
next November it will have only to pass
upon the work OF the revision committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04
The Market.
Georgetown. April 4.-Wheat 75aS0.
Monetary and Commercial,

New York. April 1.-The stock market
opened generally lower, with dealings more
than usually well distributed. The declines
were only moderate, however. The markct
was influenced somewhat by popular disap-
pointment that no foundation existed for the
rumors of a Southern Pacific settlement cir
culated yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

A suit has been filed in the Circuit
Court of Leesburg, by Lewis Stoner, a
painter, who has been living at Blue
mont, that county, to recover damages
against Ernest A. and Amelia p.
Sellhausen, of Washington, to the
amount of $4,000 for injuries alleged
to have been received while painting the
house of the defendants. : broken leg
and other injuries are complained of as
the result of a fall while painting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

SECRETARY RooT hasrenewed the cry
that 'thc tariff should revised by its
friends" Who are its friends? Mainly
the trusts. The next time the tariff
shall be revised, says the Philadelphia
Record, it should be done by the friends
of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

THE STATE legislature did two good
things yesterday agreed tOasix months
recess and refused to pass the Mann
liquor bill. Such restrictive measures
as the Mann bill should find no lOdg-
ment in Virginia. 1t would but pro-
mote "speakeasies" and thus deprive
the State of much of her revenue
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-04

IT is announced that the vessels of the
shipping trust will fly the British flag.
But it is an American subsidy that the
owners want and which they tried hard
to get from the last Congress.