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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
King Peter Sees Ghosts.

London, May 16.-While insisting
the rumors of abdication on the part of
King Peter of Servia are without foun-
dation, correspondent writing from
Belgrade tells of the condition of the
kings mind, which is giving rise 10
the gravest apprehensions as to the fu-
ture of the State. Insomnia, from which
the king suffers greatly, prevents his Sleep
ing after 2 clock a. M. and he often calls
the officer on duty to keep him company.
1t is said he has told one of these Of
fcers that in his dreams he often sees
King Milan running through the CORR
doris and halls of the palace with drawn
sword, shouting, "Where are the muir
derers of my SOM" Frequency of these
Authorizations and the resultant loss of
sleep have greatly undermined King
Peters health. Internal complications
also augment the kings trotbles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

ORDERS have been issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company for B per
cent. reduction in wages and the laying
off of a large portion of the forces in
various departments of the Altoona
shops. About 600 men will be laid off
aud 1000 will be affected by the reduc-
ton. This, it is feared, is but the be-
ginning of general reduction in wages
and men along the lines of this immense
railroad system
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Richmond Democrats.

Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Richmond, May ga fight is brew
ing here between factions over the selec-
ton Of delegates to the State convention.
All will be for Parker and for a State pri-
mary, but local politicians will make an
effort to beat the candidates put up by the
Parker club in certain wards. Another
list will be announced tonight which
will contain the names of strong
men. All the indications are that the
convention will vote to perpetuate State
nrimaries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

ALTHOUGH the State convention oil
the MARYLAND republicans last week was
ON its face. one of the most harmonious
meetings of the kind ever held in that
State and as such has been heralded in
special press dispatches, there is an omi-
nous shaking of heads that shows the
true status of that convention is under
stood by the rank and file, and has caused
such movement among democrats rs
only comes when that party feels sure
of its ground The convention was
small one. 1t was dominated by Sena-
tor McComas from the start to the finish.
He was the chairman or the convention,
he made the speeches, he drew the reso-
lutjons and he adjourned the convention
after every plan laid out by him had been
ratified. But it was a case OF too much
McComas. There was no enthusiasm
except over the fulsome eulogy pro-
nounced by the Senator on Roosevelt,
and when it was stated that the Senator
is credited with looking with longing
eyes toward the next vacancy on the
United States Supreme bench, his re-
markable and extravagant language in
depicting the virtues of the President may
better be understood. 1t is not so much
what the convention showed on its face as
what it did not show. The ominOus alb
sence of many of the most popular men,
always heretofore at the front in the
party's councils, was the remarkable
thing about it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

The CHRISTIAN party has prepared a
national platform which it will ask the
republican, the democratic and the pro-
hibition national conventions to accept.
If all three conventions decline its SER
vices, the Christian party will snap its
fingers, promulgate its platform and put
its own national ticket in the field. This
is a great year for the political sideshows
and the sideshow managers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Resorts of the South.

A beautiful specimen Of artistic printing /,
Summer in the Land Of the Sky, booklet
issued by the passenger department Of the
Southern Railway, descriptive of the famou.
resorts of the Virginias and the Carolinas and
other Southern States, reached by the South.
ern. 1t contains many half tone illustrations
showing the most noted Of North Carolina,
rates of each. Ii is a most useful guide
Copies may be had upon application at ticket
offices, or by addressing l.. 5. Brown, General
Agent, Washington, d. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Murder Charged on Tombstone.

A tombstone shipped yesterday from
New Albany, Ind, to Elizabeth, Ind,
to rest over the grave of Elmer Brown,
bore an unusual epitapb. Brown was
killed ten months ago by Walter Hall on
the Kentucky side of the Ohio river,
about ten miles below New Albany and
Hall was acquitted on the grounds of self.
defense. The inscription on the stone is
as follows:
Elmer Brown, born December u,
1878. Was murdered by Walter Hall,
July 9, 1908. vengeance is Mine,
Will Repay, Saith the Lord"
The stone was ordered by the mother
of young Brown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Maneuvers at Manassas.

The Southern Railway has about com-
pleted arrangements for the maneuyers
which will take place at Manassas from
September 5 to September 10. Col. l..
S. Brown, general agent of the Southern,
and Col. Edward Barr, with one or two
other army officers, went over the field
Thursday and mapped out a general
transportation plan. The ground 90
tanned by the government includes that
On which both the battles of Bull Run
we're fought, and it is said to be the in
tention Of Major General Corbin, com
mander of the Department of the East,
under whose command the maneuyers
will be held, to dup licate as far as pos
sible the fights of the civil war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Baptists Denounce Coyernment.

Lynn, Mass, May l6.--At the clos
ing meeting Of the Colonial Baptist con
vention held here yesterday, resolutions
we're adopted which contain strong
denunciation of the administration Of
the United States government. The
resolutions say: 1--WE should put on
sackcloth and ashes for the sins Of the
nation in its increasing disregard of the
principles of the declaration of indepcn-
dence and the laws of God" What is
called "the conspiracy against the
United States of Colombia in order to
control the Panama canap' is denounced
and it is characterized as "high handed
and dastardly act. The talk of an
nexation of the West Indies and the
Panama canal strip is declared to be
menace to the republic. Referring to
the situation in the South, the resolu-
tons say "lNhile the North may be
civilized the South is barbarous. To-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

A BIG STEER brought in with a herd
of Nebraska cattle to the Pittsburg stock
yards was killed Saturday. In its stomach
was found copy of Mr.. Bryan's Com
moner, undigested This incident Is no
reflection on Mr.. Bryan's illusions, but
suggests the lack of nutrition from edl-
torials generally. The genus HOMO to a
great extent, care but little for the
opinions of editors. Many prefer good
snake story to the expressions of most
newspaper writers, and the steer which
carried the fruits of Mr.. Bryan's quill
around in its stomach would have ex-
changed it for bite of meadow grass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
MONDAY EVENING. MAY 10, 1904.
SOME courageous Russians have sue

SOME courageous Russians have sue
ceeded in torpedoing and crippling
Japanese cruiser near Dalny, but the
most serious war news today is the start
ling am, ,nlcement that Chinese rising
against the Russians has actually begun
in Manchnria. This naturally causes
the pravest alarm. Chinese have at
tackled General Karkevitch's outposts on
the Feng Wang Cheng road, southern
Manchuria. At Trapadzlatsi, l6O miles
northwest of Mukden, the Celestials
are preparing to rise against the Rus
slams aud against the Christians gen.
erally. Wars and rumors of wars are
growing every day, and there is no tell
ing what may be precipitated before the
wear 1904 has run its course. The
general uprising among the Chinese is I"
contingency not only dreaded by Rus
STA. but by every other country. Apart
from this ominous picture, the Tibet
ans are preaching a holy war and
Austria is increasing her armament as
rapidly as possible, while the Emperor
William was praying for peace at St.
Johann, Saarbrucken, Prussia yester.
day. Religious fanatism seems destined
to play a conspicuous part in the tur-
mois which seem imminent. Buddha
arises on one cloud bank and Mahomet
on another. The yellow peril is one OF
the menaces of the latter day Moslem-
ism may prove to be another.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
ernor

THE City Democratic Committee at
their meeting on Saturday night took
the only ground possible for them to
take as the representatives of the demo-
cratic party in refusing to allow the
meOf any republican to be placed upon
the ticket TO be voted in the democratic
primary today. In politics, party lines
must be drawn, even between close per-
sonal friends, and why any other idea
should ever have been entertained is
more than passing strange.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Worlds Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
May-NOVembeP. 1904

On account Of the above occasion, effective
April %, 1904, the Southern Railway will
place on sale, daily, tickets at extreme
y low rates from Alexandria, Va, to St.
Louis Mo-, and return, via Charlottesville, C..
* o. Railway, Louisville and Southern Rail-
way. The round trip rate from Alexandria
for season ticket is S3l.20; for sixty-day
limit ticket $26, and for ffteen-day limit
ticket $3.50. For full information as to
schedules. sleeping car accommodations. H.
Illustrated literature. &c, address any agent or
w. G. LEHRw, Ticket Agent,
Alexandria. Va.
l.. 5. Brown, General Agent,
S. II. HARDwICK, q. p. A.,
Washington, ID. C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

stead of considering the negro question
it is for the country to decide whether
the white man shall obey the law and
constitution The freedom and indie
pendence of the Filipino is asked of
Congress, and an appropriation OF $780,
600, 600 a year for education in the
South.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
Quick Arrest.

J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena Ala, was twice
in the hospital from a severe case of piles
causing "a tuners. After doctors and all
remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Save
quickly arrested further inflammation and
cured him. 1t conquers aches and kills pain.
25c at Z. S. Leadbeater 4 Sons, druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
TOday's Telegraphic News

Gov. Montague t, Visit Mt. Vernon.
Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette
Richmond, May l6.-Governot Mon-
tague will make an official visitation to
Mt. Vernon tomorrow, and, with the
board of visitors, will pass through Alex
ondria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
The Infant Needs

a perfectly pure, sterile, stable, easily absorb
able and assimilable food. These are com.
bination of requirements which are found in
Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk.
These properties are so perfectly represented
in no other form ofartifcal infant feeding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
STEAMERS.
Weems Steamboat Co.

The Steamers POTOMAC and CALVERT.
Will Leave Alexandria
EVERY SUNDAY, TUESDAY and THURS
DAY AT 4:30 p. NJ.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE USUAL
RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited and handled with care.
Through rates and bills Of lading issued.
Single fare 10 Baltimore, 81 round trip, s.
Staterooms, one way, ST. Meals, Soc
WIN. VI. REARDON, Agent,
jel Strand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

MORNING RAY CANNED CORN for
sale at II cents can by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
WASHINGTON FERRY CO.

Schedule in Effect March 10. 1904.
The Washington Steamboat Company 0in-
ited) on and after March 10, 1904. will operate
the steamer GEORGE WASHINGTON be-
tween Washington and Alexandria on the
following schedule:
LEAVE ALExASDRIA.--6 40, 500, As
ana IL 80 a. M; l 30, 3 10, 4 80 and 6 30
p. m.
LEAVE WESTINGHOUSE 90. ? 20, 900
p. m.
-, %s-Same schedule on Sunday, leaving
washington on first trip at 8 a. m. and Alex
andria at 9 As a. m.
JOHN b. PADGETT,
au1 If General Manager.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16
The Market

Georgetown, May 16.-Wheat s5aSl.@.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-16

their representative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

There Is young out In MY town. re-
marked an Indiana polls isweller recently In New
York to see the races and putting up at ths Bar
tholdi who has enough sand In him 10 plaster
house. and he happens to be my partner We're IN
business Dick and 1.-The sort where experiences
and knowledge are put IN at the same value as the
other fellows money Well. Dick" furnishes the ex-
perience and knowledge. and for the money he .
more than welcome to every cent have. II for
nothing else than pleasure OF being with him.
So far as an outsider could Judge he simply hangs
about the place Just kick the Office boy occasion
ally. as an evidence OF authority. then places his
feet upon my desk and smokes my best cigars. But
It's all right The only time get weary Of Dick Is
when find him whiting on piece OF wood or
trying to draw pictures the back OF a blotter.
Then know something il going TO fall
Z" Well out with it-something 70 keep our profits
up to the safety mark hope said l. catching
sight OF him whiting stick. No he calmly
replied. it's not any great project I In mind.
was Just thinking about a little sale I made one
day last week. and how I've been kept busy ever
since When the kid and were out fishing a few
days ago he gathered a large quantity Of these
little white pebbles. some strcaxed with red-you
here TO see after things. and the Kid forrot his
pebbles. 80 the next morning put them in A bag
and placed them the desk under my nose so that
I'd remember 10 take them home that night We'll
about u o'clock hashy looking chap came IN and
nos nndins anytAtns 20 s1ts hfn-ns<hin9 sosns1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

two feet apart furnishes the grasp needed by the
athletic sp.der to suspend his weight aOft.
Hardy less interesting than tbs big spider
the ten frogs figuring in the show. When the cur
tain IS up and the performance on, they are ten
OF the most sedate frogs 70 be encountered any
where ia New-York City. When the curtain IS
down. however they are Just mischievous boys,
glad Of a chance to frOlic after sitting frOglike
inside big pauier mache cases. made In the shape
Of and painted 20 initiate frogs body. They wear
tght-htting jerseys colored like frogs legs. and
their hands and feet big webbed frog feet.
No sslf-rGspectng frog would act these frogs
the huge spider vanshes with the fan OF the drop
curtain. and they like nothing better than bout
with him. Il rs a funny spectacle which Is pre-
sentec when three four of the frogs, with their
eyes. run about standing erect and pummelling the
spider with their webbed front feet In ex-
tremely unfroglike manner. The spider. his head
covering thrown back, his artificial legs hp-nOp
up and down in a laughahle manner. Is sight to
throw any well ordered spider community into
hystertcs Should naturalist come along just at
the moment one frog is hanging around the
SPIDERS neck. another tangled up In his artificial
legs and sti another beabOring the hustle part OF
his anatomy. he might well he pardoued for think
ing himself the victim Of some terrible nightmare.
Occasionally the big bear butts in. and then the
whole order Of natural history is indeed upset.
The limit Is reached when the bear the spider
treats" and the frogs are Obliged to devise ways
and means OF getting chocolate drops safely
through their yawning frog maws into their own
personal mouths
But though Il may have some pleas SAINT features
the task OF those actors taking animal or insect
IT'S cinch," admits the spider. as he sheds
his belegged and padded suit.
The song and dance for mine" chimes IN a pre-
cocious youth as he wriggles clear OF one Of the
While the comment OF children in the audience Is:
MY. but wasn't IL finer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

one agreed that the work should be started at
once. and engineers staked out Croton Lake
and laid the course OF the aqueduct from the
dam to the Harlem. They then built a dam
across the Croton River and made a basin cap
able of holding Ave hundred millions Of gallons
covering four hundred acres OF land. An aaue-
duct was constructed down 10 the Harlem
River, carrying the healing streams by tunnels
through rocks and hills and upon entertainments
across valleys and intervening streams. and
across the Harlem was thrown the present High
Bridge. This bridge struck the island at
the present Observation-Disclosures -fourth-st
Later small reservoir was built here for
Harlem houses. The water was brought to the
open afr for the first time after it's Journey OF
forty miles In reservoir placed at what was
supposed would be Sixth-aye. and Efehty-sixth-
ST. but which location was taken in by Central
Park, where II may be seen"
On June ~ 1917. the work was practically
completed from the Croton to the distributing
reservoir at Fifth-ave. and Forty-seeond- ST
except that, High Bridge not being finished the
water was carried for the time being by syphon
pipes under the Harlem River. Celebrations by
the people were now the order OF the day on
June % water was for the first time let into the
canal. or conduit. and a little boat OF special
design. called the croton- Maid. holding four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

time be brought into service. In 1884 surveys
were ordered OF this region and estimates made
Of the cost to the city of supplying il with
water from this point. Among the commission
ers was alderman from the Second Ward
named Samuel Stevens. who, after the report
OF the commission made public perse-
vered intelligently for the fulhlment Of his
idea 10 bring good water in abundance into
every home Some of the other commissioners
favored the Bronx scheme before spoken Of
At last a board OF engineers reported In favor
OF an aqueduct fifteen miles long 10 take Croton
water near the mouth Of the river and deliver
thirty millions gallons daily at a distributing
reservoir on Murray Hill It a much holder
plan than the one proposed in 179S but the prin-
ciple was the samoan aqueduct to the Harlem
River; across this by a lofty bridge; then to
the distributing reservoir. As the cost of such
a system would run into the millions, the legis-
lature ordered vote Of the people In 1885 to
decide whether the work should be done. A
large majority favored the scheme, but a few
murmured at the cost. At the end OF the year
however. the great IRE occurred and was an
object lesson to the grurohers of the imperfect
condition af their so-cailed water system. Every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
TREATMENT OF FRENCH JUVENILE OFFENDERS
WORST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDED-PRISov
OCCUPATION And DIET.

Paris February %
Early one morning last week YOUNG coup's
were surprised by policeman OUTSIDE the mar
,a, known as the Ave Maria. in the ST. GeTvais
onartar of Paris in the act of abstracting two
bottles Of liqueur from tradesmans cart
which had been left for the moment unprotect-
ed Carried forthwith before the police magls-
trate the couple proved to be mere ehlidEen'
how of thirteen years and the girl one year
Younger The latter, handsome little brunette
stated with much pride that her companion was
rar .fot,rth hance" and in the boys pocket
tbere was found letter addressed to the girl
by q former lover, now in prison, in wnich ne
charged her bitterly with her infdelity. and re-
minded her of the happy days they had passed
together pflferfne little here and a little there,
and iuploring her to wait till he was free again.
that they might renew the good old times
This story, together with others of a similar
nature published in the police gazette or Paris
induced a philanthropic Young American woman
to find out how France dealt with the problem
of the child criminal. Paris contains larger
percentage OF such children tnah any O'hei
Continental capital
France has prisons for juvenile offenders Of
both sexes and while the maximum sentence for
a minor of less than fifteen years Is one month.
over that age the magistrate may impose
period Of six months. and both sentences VIII oe
carried out in the prison called La Petite Ro-
quette" This prison system is accompanied
since the Act Of 1875. with solitary confinement
"a most cruel and perniciOus method for youth
full offenders. Thus from the moment that boy
is detected in crime petty larceny. vagabondage,
disorderIy conduct or whatever the offence may
be. he is placed in the worst possible environ
ment The hours passed at the depot into which
dav and night the offscouring OF Paris is con-
stantly pouring-the irreclaimably vicious men
and women whose whole lives are an endless
chain of shorter or longer periods passed alter
nately I'm and out OF prison-the drive In the
prisen cart which has been wittily named IN
Paris the "panier salade" (the salad baskeD,
and the final arrival within the walls Of La
Petite Roquette bring him into enforced contact
with more hardened. because more experienced.
sinners than himself
Nothing could be more repellent than the po-
sitton of the Paris prison for Juvenile offend
ers II stands exactly opposite the Grande
Roouette. in which criminals under sentence Of
death await their last hour. and where until
receqtIy, the guillotine stood. ever ready for
the next victim The curious construction Of
Petite Roauette. with detached cells IN circles
like a spiders web. Is due 70 the requirements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
THE wREckING TRAIN

rrpon the great railroad systems thu w.
train is as carefully arranged as the appAa,sv
a FIRE company's house. ready TO 80 INTO A-~ ~r.s,,
soon "a thu message Is licked upon the 49, h.
in the dIspatcher's Office. Coupled tose.n.,
ears stand upon a convenient switch eAS~S s - an
always connected to the main line NO Oe" -, ,rx
are allowed to be placed upon this s~isc" s..,ss,
time. Some companies reserve one OF tAs .-slu
locomotives purposely to haul the wreeAhs a.,
and keep tbs engine In the roundhOuse W. =. a.
continually in the nrsbox. prepared to Steam EUR
a u,oment's notics The train - made up 80 Sr
sometimes i've cars the rear one oeuls $50, reserved
the officers aud wrecxers. with a p0I,o. ,-s taken
along The officials have sitting r oO,it an tneir
table and bencSs where they can SS.s as,'s quar-
wav 10 the scene OF tie accident Inc S,,rk for
tars ara farr1l she'd zTftO few stools ana they
NAV have a chance TO take a nap on tns ~rs ard
next car IN front Is called the oios a.. as Il 10
contsins a small sized lumber yaro. n.sS 10 Do
with pieces Of timber ranging from sSars pins
hammered under the wheels or tacks. - 20
posts OF various lengths, used tor Proppn9s hand
since the invention OF the wreckfng srzn1 .- days
tackle - not employed as much a. n sizes the
but hundreds OF feec OF rope ranging -hsz thick
thickness OF ones finssr to cables we ssIisyrs
are carried IN coils. with hinge vocaS ,i = nundrsd
tons On the next car are Two OF --.rIacs any
EXTRA trucks with wheels attached 20 - art Or
that might have been broken. for the - ,rrridsni
gearing Of rolling stuck suffers NOR y a. wrenchsd
eornpletelv from tire itself. the VIZ 40 that
or the axles damaged iE some otner M3scornorvs
n - At only for scrap iron Next 20 tne arm
Is the crane ear. on which swings go. rons az
tirne and swing Il through the air. dons NJ 9azns
az a hundred pairs OF hands-.--tFearso 49,