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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

allowed to borrow four and a half million
dollars from the government.
A cablegram has been received IN tins
CITY announcing, from authoritative
sources, that Mrs. Maybrick has not
been released. She has been placed in
a house of detention, whose location is
kept a secret that she may there
accustom herself to the prospects Of her
coming release. She is to be released,
on full pardon, the cablegram says, be.
tween July 18th and July Goth, of this
yeaI. She is reporter to be in good
health.
Representative and Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, of New York, have leased for the re-
mainder Of the season the house at IA Jackson
Place to be vacated today by Mr.. Root, the
notwithstanding Of War.
Senator Martin is confident of the passage
at this session of Congress Of the bill for a
memorial bridge across the Potomac. The
bill has already passed the Senate.
A bill has been prepared by the War d.
pertinent for submission to Congress provid'
ing for a distinguished service list to which
officers of the army may be promoted after ex'
| animation of their records. The list includes
five colonies, six lieutenant-celonels, eighteen
majors. ten captains and five first lieutenants,
A board of FIVE general officers is to pass upon
applicants for promotion under this bill.7
Justice Brown, who for a time was threat
ened with total blindness but who has almost
entirely recovered his sight, was present in
the Supreme Court today for the first time In
six weeks. wearing smoked glasses. Justice
White, who hurt himself in a fall. was The
| only absentee. His condition is not serious
The court adjourned today to meet again or
Tuesday, February %.
Secretary Courtelyou announced the ap
| pointment Of DR.. George W. Leadley, of New
York, to act as appointment clerk of the DE
partment Of Commerce and Labor, by transfer
| from the civil service commission.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
F~ifty-Eighth Congress.
Washington, D. c., Feb. l.
SENATE.

Mr.. Dietrich, who has been absent
since December, and who during that
time defeated a bribery indictment, made
his appearance in the Senate today.
At the conclusion of the routine bust
ness Mr.. Dietrich arose to a question Of
personal privilege. He announced that
he had been charged with bribery in
connection with the appointment of a
postmaster at Hastings, Neb., and dis
missed without the case coming to trial.
Before taking further part in the delIb-
e%ratioDs of the Senate, he said, he owed ii
to the Senate, the State and himself to
demand a thorough investigation. DE
declared that if he was guilty of the charge
he would deserve to be driven from the
Senate and punished to the fullest extent
of the law. He submitted a resolution
instructing the President pro tenn. TO
appoint a committee of five Senators to
investigate and report all the circum-
stances and facts in connection with
the appointment of Jacob Fisher as post
master at Hastings, Neb., and particular
ly the Senator's connection Herewith.
The resolution provided that the COM
mittee be fully invested with judicial
powers and be given authority to call
for persons and papers and to summon
witnesses.
The chair announced that inasmuch
as it carried an appropriation he would
have to refer it to the committee on con-
tingent expenses.
Mr.. Hoar suggested that by elimi-
mating that provision the resolution
calling for an investigation could be
agreed to and expenses of such investi-
CATION be arranged for later.
Mr.. Dietrich accepted the amendment
and the resolution was then agreed to.
Mr.. Morgan addressed the Senate on
the Panama canal treaty.
HOUSE.
The House today passed without OPP
position the bill ratifying an agreement
with the Sioux Indians to open up theil
lands in the Rosebud, S. d., reservation
The bill was before the House OF
Saturday but failed to pass owing to Mr.
Baker (dem. n. W who, failing in al
effort to amend it, made a point of NJ
quorum, which was sustained by the
Speaker.
Today, by agreement, was given ovel
to the discussion of bills relating to the
District Of Columbia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

AssTATEDin the Gazette's Washington
correspondence On Saturday Senator For
aker has introduced an apparently harm
less bill to better protect foreign com
merce. As framed there is no question
but that it repeats the SHERMAN antitrust
act. draws the teeth from the interstate
commerce law and cripples all anti-mo-
nopoly legislation passed atthe last ses-
sion of Congress. Senator Foraker is
now recognized as one of President Roose-
velts closest friends and the stock OF
Senator Foraker is considerably above
par at the White House. During the
past week there were many great tinan-
ciers in Washington, several Of
whom had conferences with the Presi-
dent and many Senators were seen by
these men, who largely control none
tary affairs. Immediately following these
various conferences comes Senators For
aker's bill, calculated to make conditions
more favorable to monopolies and cOmbi-
nations, and this suggests the idea Of an
agreement whereby the Wall street in
terests will swing into line for Roosevelt
aud make their usual heavy contributions
TO the republican campaign fund.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
News of the Day.

A receiving order in bankruptcy has
been granted in London against the
widow OF Charles Stewart Parnell.
The recent snow storm storm extend
ed as far az Florida, and in many places
in North Carolina the snow was Is
inches deep.
The post of commander-in.chief of the
British army, now held by Lord Roberts
will be abolished and other radical reform;
in army administration introduced.
The ports of Santo Domingo have beer
taken by General Morales forces. and il
was reported that General Jiminez wa:
without ammunition and losing ground.
A democratic Senator states that
some of the republican Senators now
supporting the administrations canal
policy in public c%riticise it adversely in
private.
Five men were killed by an explosion
of powder in a steel cage in which they
were being hoisted in the Maple Hill
colliery at Mahanoy City, Pa, on Satur-
day night.
Charles H. Schultz, formerly rector OF
the st. Stephens Episcopal Parish in
Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday publicly
renounced allegiance to the Episcopal
faith and was baptized and received into
the Catholic Church.
Capt. d. G. Sharks. governor of the
Province of Cavite, in the Philippines,
in his annual report says that disputes
between the new Independent Catholic
Church and the old-church faction is
causing considerable trouble.
The Lloyd L. Jackson Company,
dealers, in dry goods, in Baltimore, will
go into liquidation. The company will
pay all debts and give the preferred
stockholders from so to go cents on the
dollar. The company owes 81, 500, 900.
Thirty dead bodies of men who have
persisted on the Nevada desert from
thirst and hunger have been found by a
party of surveyors, who are in advance
of the new San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad. The victims
met death within the last few weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
Escape of Convicts.

New Orleans, Feb. six desperate
white prisoners made good their escape
from the Orleans Parish prison Sunday
by one of the most daring schemes on
record. The men effected their escape
by tunneling an IS inch brick wall,
crawling through a pipe and then
climbing over a twenty foot wall, lifting
themselves up by means ola strong gar
den rake. 1t all happened while the
guards and other prisoners were at Sun
day morning prayers. The men finally
escaped over the roof of an adjoining
building, and fed lone by onein a crowd
ed street. They were gone several hours
before the delivery was discovered. Two
of them were recaptured last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
MONDAY EVENING. FEB. /. 1904.

OK A viva voce vote two-thirds ofthe
members of the House of Representatives
voted on Saturday to appropriate sl4o'-
600 extra mileage money forthe "extra''
session hut when tellers were called for
bv Mr.. Underwood, a democratic mem
her. and the members saw that their
votes would he put on record by the men
in the press gallery, 1877 of them voted
to strike out the appropriation n non
voted to retain it in the urgent deficiency
bill. The press gallery was filled with
correspondents, and as members crowded
to the front to join the procession they
waved their hands to their newspaper
friends in a deprecatory manner, signi-
fying that there was nothing 10 do but
capitulate gracefully. As an illustration
of heroic self-denial and political fore
sight. the action of the House in refus-
ing to vote itself $145, 900 for mileage
was as inspiring as it was amusing.
While a large number of Representatives
had declared publicly and privately that
thew were entitled to it under the law,
they failed to express the courage o.
their convictions when the final test
came. The members had the grace to
refrain from voting themselves the mile
age" although it was only with bad
grace that they did so. They made 1t
plain that had they been able to grab the
money without going on record they
would have done so. Their action does
not by any means enhance the respect
in which the House of Representatives
is held. The point of order that the APP
preparation for mileage was obnoxious
TO the rules was Overruled by the pre-
siding officer, the ruling having been
prepared before the opening of the ses-
sion, and bv a viva voce vote the appro-
AA
priation was voted. But those who had
been protesting against the utterly I'M
warranted piece of graft determined that
if The members decided to loot the treas
nv for their own b.neit they must al
least have the courage N g. ON record,
AMI ''tellers" were demanded. 1t was
then that the House was stampeded like
a flock of frightened sheep, and a verl-
table avalanche of humanity rushed
down the aisles to vote against the mileage
proposition. No one could be found
who was willing to stand pat on the
policy of voting for the additional $l45,-
600, aud the count stood 167 to 0. 1t
is now proposed to have the Senate put
the paragraph in the bill and let the
House accept it on the report of the con-
terence. of the committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
r~ELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Ruined by the high prices OF cotton,
Abram Bank, a dealer on cotton goods,
committed suicide in New York this
morning by shooting himself.
The Montana Supreme Court today
rendered a decision revering Judge Clan
CIV on the injunction case of John Nc
Ginnis, against the Boston & Montana
Mining Company. The decision will
permit the reopening of the copper
mines.
MI. VIM. G. Whitney, who was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis Saturday night
at his home in New York, is still in a
serious condition this morning. He is
said to be doing as we'll as could be ex-
pected under the circumstances. Mr..
Whitney came home from Aiken, S. c.,
a few days ago, suffering intense pain.
DR.. Bull diagnosed the case as appen-
dicitis and when alarming symptoms de-
veloped it was decided to operate I'M
mediately.
1t is understood that at a meeting ofthe
directors of the United States Steel Cor
poration in New York tomorrow the
resignation from the board of John D..
Rockefeller will be submitted, and ac-
cepted. 1t is understood this step is
taken in accordance with his recently
avowed intention of lessening his a%ctiyi-
ties in various corporations management
devolving upon his son John d., jr. the
representation of his interests.
In an accident to a passenger train at Farms
hurst, near Wilmington, Del, today, Engi-
neer Cooper, of Philadelphia, was killed and
the fireman and a number of passengers were
injured. The accident was caused by the
passenger train being side-wiped by a freight.
The engine of the passenger train was turned
completely over. A number Of cars Of the
freight train caught fire.
Every union book and job cOmpositor in
Boston whose employer did not sign the new
increased wage scale, went on strike today.
The scale calls for al increase OF five cents
per thousand ems, $3.50 a week for hand COM
position and 50 a week for machine operators.
About 500 printers and 43 firms are affected.
When Harry Forbes and Abe Attell fight
their championship bout at the West End
Club, in st. Louis, tonight, twenty rounds at
100 pounds ringside, what promises to be the
most scientific battle ever pulled of in st.
Louis will be witnessed.
Three firemen are dead today, two are in a
serious condition and a dozen more are in.
jured az the result of the fire which destroyed
the warehouse of the American Manufacture
ing Company, in New York, Inst night.
Fire in Holland, Miss, Sunday, destroyed
every building in the own except two dwell
ings, and caused a loss estimated at from
$4,000 0 to 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

A semi-oficial denial has been issued
to the rumor that Admiral Alexief,
Russian viceroy of the far East, has died
of poison.
Kaiser Wilhelm will sale for Palermo
on March 6 on board the royal yacht
Hohenzollern. The emperor goes in
search ola return of his health lost during
the recent throat trouble from which he
suffered.
Jojo, the dog faced boy, exhibited in
the United States and Europe, for some
years, by the Barnum circus company, died
of pneumonia at Salonika, Macedonia,
yesterday evening. He was born at
Kostrema, Russia.
The American embassy in London
know nothing about the release Of Mrs.
Maybrick from prison. /. G. Harris, a
solicitor, who has made several efforts to
have Mrs. Maybrick released, discredit.
the reports concerning her Liberation.
The Lahore, India, correspondent of
the London Exchange Telegraph Com
pany wires that 20, 900 pounds Of gun
powder exploded at Fort Bhatinda, in
Punjaub province, today, blowing the
magazine to atoms and killing forty
persons.
The st. Petersburg Syiet quotes the
Siberian Gazette al the IvannOyzka mines
as stating than an avalanche has engulfed
workmen's dwellings near there. Twelve
persons were killed. This is the fourth
time such an accident has occurred at
that place.
In view OF the strain between the Vat
lean and France, and also to kill the
report that he is opposed to America,
Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary
of State, has suggested that America be
entrusted with the protection of the
Catholics in the far East. This prOtec-
ton has hitherto been the special province
of France.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
DELEGATED Her Shoulder.

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm, of Fergus
Falls, Mimi, fell and dislocated her
shoulder. She had a surgeon get if back
in place as soon As possible, but it was
quite sore and panied her very much.
Her son mentioned that he had seen
Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised for
sprains and soreness, and she asked him
to buy her a bottle Of it, which he did.
1t quickly relieved her and enabled her
to sleep which she had not done for sew
eral days. The son was so much pleased
with the relief it gave his mother that he
has since recommeddeditto many others.
For sale by Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
Russia's Reply,

London, Feb. 1.-The Berlin cores
pendent of the Pail Mall Gazette today
learns that the proposed draft ofthe Rus
sian reply to Japan's latest note will be
laid before the Gar by Count Lamsdorf,
the Russian minister of foreign affairs,
tomorrow. The contents of the reply
have not been communicated to any
power. The correspondent quotes an
eminent diplomatist as saying that all
the forecasts of the nature of the reply
are pure conjecture, and in view of the
state of the negotiations it is decidedly
impossible to gain an authoritative line
on the nature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

THE VIRGINIA COUNTY Court, prob
ably the oldest Judicial institution in
America, has just gone out of existence.
The ancient system of County Courts
that has existed in Virginia SINCE Col
onial days became a thing Of the past
Saturday. Under the provisions Of the
new State constitution these courts were
abolished, their existence ending with
the month OF january, and a Circuits Court
system. in which is centered the powers
of both the old County Court and the
old Circuit Court, is established. Today
the new regime began its sway. The
State is now divided into "a circuits,
and court will be held in each county in
the State every two months. The new
system my be an improvement upon
tn OH. but mtIy thuk MT. LIT u
hope FIR the hest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

that may cripple the s~hipbuilding indus
try of that city. The ~disgruntled men
claim that they will not surrender and
will endeavor to have their allied work
men Join them in a sympathetic strike.
The employers are equally as firm, and
the outcome of the struggle will, it IS
said, paralyze shipbuilding in Baltimore
for some time to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

The ''auti-M trtin" men will have to
pick their flint and try again. In oppo-
siuon to the Senator they have put up
and taken down several gentlemen, the
latest being Congressman Carter Glass,
but the latter in a recent interview de-
clared that there is absolutelyno founda-
ton for the rumor that he Intended be-
coming a candidate for the United States
Senate. The election is tx, years of,
and, as heretofore stated, in all probable
ity by that time Senator Martin will
have no opposition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
Mysterious Circumstance

One was pale and sallow and the other fresh
and rosy. Whence the diferenceY She who
is blushing with health uses DR.. Kings new
Life Pills to maintain it. By gently reusing
the lazy organs they compel good digesuon
25c, at E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
The Market.
Georgetown. Feb. Wheat 5a9O
Relief in One Minnie.

minute, because it kills the microbe which
tickles the mucus membrane, causing the
cough, and at the same time clears the
phlegn, draws out the inflammation and heals
and soothes the affected parts. One Minute
Cough Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off
pneumonia and is a harmless and neyeTfail-
ing cure in all durable cases of Coughs, Colds
and Group. One Minute Cough Cure is pleas
ant to take, harmless and good alike for young
and old. Sold by all druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

THE REPUBLICANS for some time past
have been preaching confidence" A
big company in Baltimore acting on this
advice has just gone into liquidation and
gives as the cause cover confidence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

Great political interests center in the
opening of the British Parliament, TO-
morrow. Seven distinct factions will be
represented in that body, and in a fight
over the fiscal policy, even should a
temporary coalition of all the free-trade
forces be effected, the Irish party will
have the deciding vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

The STRIKE of the Baltimore ship
caIkers, which has been in evidence for
nearly a week, has assumed a new phase
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

Miss Mamie Bryan, sister of William
J. Bryan died in Lincoln, Nsb., on
Saturday before the arrival OF her
brother, who had tried hard to reach her
bedside before death interviewed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

Aaron V. Hamilton, the last survivor
of the famous expedition headed by
Fremont, the Pathfinder, died at his
daughters home, in Chain of Rocks,
Mo-, yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01

James Tilbury, the coachmm Of Mrs.
Hollis NJ. Thurstou, who has been on
trial for several days in Chicago on the
charge of attempting to blackmail his
employer, was on Saturday night acquit-
ted by the jury. Mrs. Thurston charged
that Tilbury had threatened her with a
revolver and declared that if she did not
give him S12, 500 he would kill her. The
verdict caused much surprise, as most
people thought the accused would be con-
yicted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-01
HOUSE.

The House session was short and UNI
important. The E%dmondson good roads
bill went over until Tuesday.
Mr.. Boaz introduced a bill to require
county t%reasurers, Immediately after their
settlement with the board of supervisors,
to deposit all funds in their hands in
some bank to be designated by the board.
The bill of Mr.. Powell, placing a Ii
cense tax of 5000 per year on gypsies,
was engrossed, after a brief but pleasant
colloquy over the provisions between
Messrs. Lee, of Fairfax, and Powell.
The bill of Mr.. Royal to provide suit
able and safe exits for persons attending
pIayhouses. theatres, &c, was %engrOssed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
Take Your>T Eating.

Here is an example that Is worth re-
membering and following. Horace
Fletcher writes of an experience tina,
he had while travelling on railway
with the proyerblal twenty minutes
for dinner in which to satisfy labor
ing mans appetite. There was an ex,
cellent array Of good things on the
lunch counter to eat and drink, and
from these he made>a selection rather
than attempt the regular dinner He
chose plump ham sandwiches, creamy
milk and a large piece Of pie. The
twenty minutes was ample time fol
disposing Of sandwiches and milk
while he had the pie put in paper te
give epicurean enjoyment on the train
He says:
IF had put the pie and sandwiches
and the milk into my stomach In sever
or eight minutes, which, by actual OBJ
scrvation, is the gluttonous rate Of dis
patching station meal, l would have
lost two-thirds Of nutriment, more
ludu ouc- -lldh 'oi tuSlS anu toNSa VI
twenty-four hours Of discomfort, pos
sibly inviting cold and creating an
open door for any migrating microbes
that were floating about in my atmos
phere looking for straine' tissue OF
fermenting food in which to Guild their
disease nests"
Observation proves tiat you cannot
get more nutriment into your stomach
than salvation prepares, "gulp" though
you may, but you can take in load OF
disease possibilities in trying to force
or evade proper salivation.-Cookine
r1,ib
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
wornen In Poland.

Polish women are renowned for theil
beauty, for the perfection OF theil
hands and the smallness Of their feet
Polish ladies maintain that when they
shop in Vienna and show their small
feet with the high instep to be fitted
the tradesmen exclaim, "Ah, those ars
Polish feetr'
But their pleasure in this distinction
is not so much matter of persona
vanity. as Of satisfaction in the supe
riority Of anything belonging, to theil
country. for they are fervidly patrt
Utic.
The lady of position rises between II
and 12 in the forenoon and goes to bee
at o'clock the next morning. She
drives from one visit to another, but IL
reality she Is laboring all day for pub
lie interests. Everything, the founding
of library. q hospital, q sewing
school, is made to strengthen the Pc
llsh cause. Four ladies do not meet OF
O charity committee, says Georgt
Brandes, without taking some meas
ure, under that innocent pretext. fol
the national benefit.
AS consequence Of this charm ant
spirit, the women Of Poland receive
from the men a courtesy amounting Il
homage. Men always rise in tran
car to give lady seat. At any pub
lie place chair may be ruthlessly de
mandcd Of even the most distinguished
official present, with the sufficient e1
PLANTATION, "for lady"