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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
BREvITIEs.

The special train conveying the body
of Joseph Jefferson arrived at Jackson
vile. Fla, this morning on the early
mail.
The United States Supreme Court is
to consider a case involving the question
whether lynching is not a violation Of
the Constitution.
Edward Floyd, the colored murderer
of George Uhring, was hanged at Green's
burg, Pa, this morning in the presence
of about 200 spectators.
Former Assemblyman Howell @. StulI,
one of the best known business men If
Trenton, n. j., committed suicide by
shooting himself this morning, in the
rear of his home. Worry over i'll health,
and because Of a strike Of plumbers em-
ployed by his firm, was the cause of the
deed,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Virginia News.


Rev. j. Halpenny, of Prince William
has accepted a call to Garrisonyille,
Stafford county.
Rev John McNabb, of Fairfax county,
has been called TO the Protestant Episco-
pal churches in Westmoreland county.
Mrs. Mary S. Cochran, wife of Fred
A.. Cochran, of Frederick county, died
yesterday, aged about 60 years. Mrs.
Cochran was formerly Miss Wright
Rev. Roberts. COPELAND, of Baltimore
who recently accepted a call toSt. PauPs
Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond
has asked the vestry to allow him to
withdraw his acceptance. The vestry
has not yet acted.
The twenty-sevenlh annual reunion of
the Scottish Rite Masons of Virginia
will be held in Richmond May 1925,
inclusive. This State is a part Of the
Southern jurisdiction, whose See is at
Charleston, s. C..
At an early hour this morning fire
destroyed a barn and contents and 40
head of stock in Lo1doun county, on the
farm of Judge j. d. Yeomans, of Iowa,
until recently a member ofthe Interstate
Commerce Commission. The loss is es-
timated at $25, 900.
President Z. A. Alderman, of the
University of Virginia, has received
another contribution toward the Jefier-
son memorial endowment fund in the
shape Of a check for 81, 900 from Morris
K. Jessup. of New York. The total do
nations received thus far amount to
1914, 600.
The handsome estate 'Bellevoir," in
Spotsylyania county, which has been in
one family for over n hundred years,
has been sold by Mr.. Thos. p. VERIFY to
Mr.. Arthur r. Sole, of Chicago, III.
This is a farm that any man might feel
proud to own. II contains 4S0 acres, OF
which about 800 acres is productive soil.
There Is a large brick mansion in a
beautiful grove, from which the view is
extended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Nan Patterson.

New York, April 25.-The case OF
Nan Patterson, now on trial for the
murder of Caesar Young, was continued
in court today. necessarily the
prosecutor YIELDS each link, which means
so much TO the young actress. The calm
and mistaken mien of other days seems
to be disappearing under the blows of
prosecutor, whose persistence has bafled
the defendants counsel. Much of the
long cross examination is eliminated ia
this trial, and it is thought the case may
be concluded within a couple of weeks.
Walter Norris, desk sergeant at the
Leonard street station, where Nan was
taken after her arrest, was on the stand
when the court opened this morning.
He identified the revolver, and the
number of shells it contained. He said
that il the chambers there were three
ball cartridges, one discharged shell, and
one empty chamber. de was excused
and Capt. Dennis Sweeney, ofthe Leon
ard street station, was called.
Several other witnesses were summon
ed but no sensational testimony was
given.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Monument 90 Gambetta.

Bordeaux, April 25.-The monument
to Leon Gambetta made by Dalou was
inaugurated today, with great pomp and
ceremony. President Loubet was the
chief figure in the ceremony and had
charge of the exercises. Great crowds
attended the Inauguration, and the affair
was turned into a great patriotic demon
stratiOn. President Loubet was the
recipient of a tremendous ovation. He
arrived yesterday coming by boat. I'm
meDse crowds were assembled at the
landing and cheered wildly. The NUM-
cipal, military, naval authorities all
greeted him. The city had been decor
ated with thousands Ct flags and the
executive was cheered every foot Of the
way as he passed through the city. A
similar demonstration in his honor was
given today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, ID. c., April 25.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, d. O., April %.
Minister Barrett at Panama has sent a
report to the State Department for which
he asks wide publicity to the effect that
nearly every steamer arriving at the
lsthmus of Panama brings a number of
persons looking for work without any
special qualifications, without money to
take them back and utterly incapable of
employment as laborers on the canal.
He says for such persons there is abso-
lutely no use on the isthmus where there
are many now stranded. He asks that
the department should make it known
that there is no work on the isthmus for
white laborers unless they are first en-
ployed by the Canal Commission.
Acting Secretary of State Adee today
received a ~cablegram from Secretary Hay
st Bad Nauheim announcing his safe
arrival there and indicating a continued
improvement in health. Mr.. Adee on
hrmed the statement that Secretary
Hays heart is affected, but he says that
there is no organic trouble but merely a
symptomstic affection resulting from the
s~scresary's attack Of grip. If he con.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

st. Petersburg April 25.-Your cor
pendent has been informed on good
authority that an amnesty to ali politi-
cal and religious prisoners will be pro-
claimed shortly. The government has
decided to proceed by peaceful methods
in the future rather than by an exhibition
of force. Threats to close the Putilof
works, unless the trouble there should
cease, have induced the workmen to re-
sume. There is a promise Of quietude
here for some time to come. A strike
now seems improbable. The numerous
arrests which have been made have
paralyzed the %terrorists and leaders are
lacking to direct the agitation.
London, April pa dispatch 10 the
Exchange Telegraph Co., from st. Peters
burg, says that General Kuropatkin has
resigned the command of the second ar.
my in MaDchuria to which he was as
signed at his own request, after be was
succeeded as commander.in-chie of the
combined armies by General Linevitch.
General Kaulbars succeeds Kuropatkin.
The dispatch adds that three of the chief
revolutionary leaders in Russia have
been arrested.
Odessa, April 25.-The entire mail
and passenger service on the Black sea,
AzOff sea and Mediterranean lines has
been paralyzed by a general strike of the
engineers, stOkers, and sailors Of the
Russian steam navigation company. Sol
diers have been sent aboard each vessel,
to prevent the strikers from committing
excuses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Fatal Fall.

Florence, April 25. Alice, the four
teen-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Boardman, of New York, who
have been stopping at the Hotel de la
Vile, was killed this morning, by fall
ing through a skylight on the fourth
floor OF the hotel into court yard below.
The girl was sitting IN the windowsill
in their room reading when she noticed
that her pet dog had stayed out on to the
skylight. The girl ventured out onte the
skylight after the dog, when the glass
broke. She was picked up in a dying
condition, and hurried to a hospital,
whei e she died 10 a few moments. Albert
B. Boardman is a we'll known lawyer
with offices at 35 Wall street, New York.
With his wife and family, he has been
abroad for some time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Dinner Set.

Philadelphia, April 25.-Charles NJ.
schwab has placed an order for a mag
nifcent carved silver gilt dinner service
at a cost of $3.50, 900. This splendid
collection of silver, it is said, will be the
finest ever made for a private dining
room. 1t is being manufactured by a
firm at Providence, r. l., which makes
a Especially OF elaborate silvcrware. With
tho gold effect the set will make a most
striking appearance. Antique lines will
be followed in the manufacture, aud
elaborate hand work will be a notable
factor in the cost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
The Horses

New York, April 25.-The Metropoli-
tan Jockey Club will open its gates to-
day at the Jamaica track for its seven
day spring meeting. The feature of the
card is the Excelsior handicap, at a mile
and a sixteenth, worth about So, 900.
Twelve of the best horses in training
will face the starter for the prize. The
race is an open one. but it is probable
that Sydney FACETS Carter handicap
winner, Orm0ndes Right, will be the
iavorite at 8 to /. The other entries are I:
Rapid Water, Witfhl, st. Valentine,
Little EN-, Sinister, Crown Prince,
Orthodox, Red Knight, Sidney G. Love,
Santa Catalina, and Sir BrilIar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

ANOTHER day of acrObatics in May
wheat closed on the Chicago Board oil
Trade yesterday evening with the price
7 cents below the dollar mark. Trading
was no less Sensational than that OF Sat
urday. when there was a break of liz
cents. With May wheat at SO, as 1t
closed yesterday, there is a falling of OF
nearly 80 cents from the point at which
the Gates party was supposed, some
week ago, to be in full control OF the
deal. Valiant efforts we're made to stay
up the sinking market, but they could
not overcome the weight of the millions
of bushels poured in from every side.
P. A. Valentine, of Armour & Co., was
seemingly giving the market heroic sup
port. The best efforts, however, availed
little in the way of a rally. But the
gambling in grain goes on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Killed by nj. Prohibitionist

At mass meeting at Hampstead, Tex
as, last night, called to petition the
governor to send rangers to enforce the
local option law, j. n. Brown, a lead
ing lawyer and stanch anti prohibition
ist, began shooting. Many other per-
sons followed suit, and three men we're
killed, one man was fatally injured and
two Others were severely wounded. The
dead are j. n. Brown, Congressman
John NJ. Pinckney and Tom Pinckney,
brother of the Congressman. John
Mills, a leading prohibitionist, it is
feared, cannot survive. "Doc." Temp
kins, private secretary to Congressman
Pinckney, and Rolling Brown, son of j..
n. Brown, are severely wounded. There
were many armed men in the streets
last night, but it is not believed there
will be any more trouble. The governor
will send rangers. A special train was
run from Houston With surgeons TO at
tend the wounded. There has been
bitter feeling in Hempstead for several
years over the prohibition question, aud
al the recent election the "antis'' failed
to gain the victory they had expected.
The whole county has been diyidedin
factions as a result. Recently Tucker
Pinckney, a brother Of John NJ. Pinck-
ney, was shot to death by negroes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
The Milwaukee Bank Failure.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 25.-Despite
the assurances of business men and all
~fnanciers that all depositors in the First
National Bank will be paid dollar for
dollar, an immense crowd of people be-
gan to gather in front of the bank early
this morning. At $3.50 y long line Of
people, men and women, had formed,
kept in order by a heavy body of police.
On their faces was written anxiety and
their movements betokened those of
panic stricken. All wanted their
money. The directors held a meeting
and issued a statement declaring they
can meet every demand with ease. No
other bank in town is affected. Bige-
low is in good spirits today, he says.
By 1915 the crush Ofpeople had reached
an aggregate Of 5000. There was no
disorder among them aside from the
customary pushing and showing of large
bodies of people. The First National
and Trust Company banks opened at
9 a. M, and began paying of every de-
mand. Thomas w. Spence, a we'll
known real estate man, was made way
for in the crowd by ten policemen to de
posit a sum said to be fifty thousand
dollars. He was given a mild cheer,
butthe line continued to gather waiting
for the doors af the First National to
open. President Frank G.. Bigel0w, of
that institution admits a deficit Of
81, 450, 900. He was arrested yesterday
afternoon on a federal warrant, and sub
subsequently released on bail fixed at
$25, 900.
This community is aghast at the ex-
posture that came. Henry G.. Coll, an
assistant cashier, one of Bigelow's accom-
plices, cannot be found by U. S. mar
shals, who have a warrant for him.
Coll is believed to have fled the city.
Up to IL o'clock, $3.50, 900 had been
withdrawn. and 5000, coo deposited in
the First National Bank. The clearing
house association held a meeting and
agreed to furnish support. The crowds
had dwindled some in size. Whils the
air OF conservative rellef Is apparent, yet
the under current of apprehension is
quite strong. AT the other banks there
is no very great evidence Of a serious run.
The Trust Company, which is controlled
practically by the same directors as the
First National, is getting the brunt Of
the onslaught, but is meeting all corners.
Toward noon the crowd began to thin
ont and it was felt that the worst Of the
run was over. The enforcement of the
notice rule did not cause any trouble, tie
people taking the announcement calmly
and dispensing quietly. The run or the
bank itself is now a minimum
Chicago, April %. -Repor from Mil
waukee that Assistant Cashier Coll of the
First National Bank, has been arrested
in Chicago, fail of substantiatiOn so far.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Hughes, Bridge in the World.

At half-past Z oil Saturday morning,
according to a telegram received by the
British South Africa Company OF Lon
don, one of the greatest engineering
feats of modern times was accom-
plished.
The telegram read Victoria Falls
bridge met exactly even today"
This bridge-the highest in the world
towers 420 feet above the water In
the vast gorge into which the Zambesi
river plunges, and is another link in the
railway chain between the Cape and
Cairo.
Two years ago the contract for the
work was awarded to the Cleveland
Bridge and Engineering Company, Of
Darlington, in the face ofkeen American
and German competition.
The engineers, Sir Douglas Fox and
partners, have had innumerable difficult
ties to contend against.
There was no possibility of any sup
ports from ben cath, and accordingly the
structure had to be thrown across the
gorge by a span of 600 feet.
No staging of any description was
possible, and the entire work was carried
out by. les of any aerial electric
cable way, $40 feet long, stretched
from steel supports on either side of the
river.
A trolley was suspended from this and,
with its q operator, could carry 800
tons of materials across the falls in the
course of a day.
The building of this wonderful bridge
was 9 terribly tedious, and, at the same
time, extremely dangerous work.
1t is 220 yards from the "DOiliug pot"
of the tremendous falls, which are three
t lines bigger and higher than Niagara.
During eight months in the year the
men worked with the spray showering
over them. If a man fell into the seeth-
ing, rushing water below he was doomed
and accordingly beneath the bridge
builders a travelling cradle and net were
erected for safety's sake.
The task was begun on both sides of
the river on the cantilever method. The
most perfect calculations and measure
ments we're required, for, had the two
sections failed to meet exactly, even by
as much as an inch breadth, the bridge
would have been unsafe and useless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

Make the breath as sweet as a rose by cur
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Babcock. Amherst. Mimi, says: 81 have
taken a great many remedies for indigestion,
but have found nothing equal TO KOdOl by.
spepsia Cure" Kodol digests what you eat,
cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Belching, Heartburn and all Stomach Trou.
bles. Great care is used in the preparation Of
Kodol-the greatest digestant that has ever
been discovered. Sold by w. F. Creighton
& Son, 924 Queen street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Best Cough Medicine for Children.

When you buy a cough medicine for
small children you want n in which
you a place implicit confidence. You
want n that not only relieves but cures.
You want n that is unquestionably
harmless. You want one that is pleas.
ant to take. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy meets all Of these conditions.
There Is nothing so good for the coughs
and colds incident to childhood. 1t is
also a certain preventive and oure for
Group, and there is no danger whatever
from %whooping cough when it is given.
1t has been used in many epidemics of
that disease with perfect success. For
sale by Gibson Il Timberman and W.
f. Creighton & c..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL rs, 1906.
from Hampstead, Texas,

A DISPATCH from Hampstead, iekaS'
tells OF the killing of three men IN that
mace last night during promlscuons
shooting. the result of bitter blood en-
pendered by a local option issue. Among
the victims was Hon. John d.. Pinck-
nev. The latter will be remembered by
all who attended the annual reunion OF
r. f. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans
of this city on the 10Th of last January
The deceased responded to the toast,
'cThe Confederate Soldier" and made
a lasting impression upon his hearers.
He was an impressive speaker, In which
veins Of pathOs and humor were clearly
defined. A f~ne-looking gentleman, Of
the Southern mould, whose locks were
verging into the almond tree hue, he
was suggestive of pictures OF Marx
Twain as he enters the serc and yellow
leaf. At the close Of the festivities incl
dent 10 the banquet Mr.. P%inckney re-
csiyed an ovation, nearly all present
shaking his hand. His untimely end
will be sincerely regretted by all who
made his acquaintance on that occasion.
The issue which brought on the triple
tragedy is n which has more or less
disturbed certain portions of the world
from the days OF the sons OF Rechab,
and notwithstanding the incessant cru
SADIE against King Alcohol the manuiac-
ture of spurious and malt liquors shows
no d%iminutiOn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

CHARGED with padding the payroll,
Fred II. Wilson, acting superintendent,
and seven clerks of the Indian ware
house, in New York city, were SUM
marty dismissed by Secretary Hitchcock
Friday. There we're IA persons on
the payroll, while it is charged that
four or five were all that were necessary.
OF the IA several, it is alleged, rendered
no services whatever. Wilson is said TO
have been somewhat prominent in New
York politics. His Office pays 81, 600.
This is not the first instance where an
unnecessary number of men have been
kept on government pay rolls for political
pos
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Boy Killed by Policeman

Pittsburg, Pa, April 25.-W. d. +.
Lappe, a 10 year old youth of No. 1923
StralEord avenue, East End lie, dead at
the Morgue, the result of a bullet fred
by policeman Ulam, when Lappe was
fleeing from arrest, with two other lads.
Ulam was locked up in Central station,
as we'll as Frank DAILY and j. B. Boyd,
who were with Lappe at the time Of the
shooting. The unfortunate youth had
been engaged in a quarrel with another
youngster.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Fire at Ocean View.

Ocean View, a seaside resort seven
miles from Norfolk, narrowly escaped
being wiped out by fire yesterday. Five
cottages, the bath house and terminals
of the Bay Shore Terminal Company, a
big pavilion and the scenic railway were
destroyed, entailing a loss of about
$4,000 There is no fire protection at
Ocean View, and but for a timely change
Of wind the hard-worked bucket brigade
Of volunteers could not have saved the
big hotel, the thester and the finest cot
tsges of the summer colonly. The shift
OF the wind saved also many fine club
houses toward which the flames were
working.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
HOW,S THIS 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known L. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDIN6, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh is taken internally, actiag
directly upon the blood and mucuos surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
76c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

A POWERFUL organization has been
effected within the past few weeks for
the purpose of securing from Congress
at its next session some action toward
the rehabilitation" of the American
merchant marine, and from the person
mel of those interested it is evident that
the project will have moer support next
session than ever before. The organi-
cation is called the American Maritime
League" and headquarters have been
established in New York, with former
Senator John NJ. Thurston as president.
BY the time Congress reassembles the
plan for a raid upon the treasury will be
we'll in hand and the ship owners con-
idently expect to secure large subsidies TO
be paid them by the already over taxed
people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25

RECENT ADvICEs from the East Indies
show that at least fifteen Thousand per-
sons lost their lives by the earthquake in
that country. This is the most whole
sale destruction of life by a c%onvulsion
of nature since the eruption of Mont
Pelee in Martinique. About twice that
number were eugulphed in lava in the
latter place. The East India earthquake
destroyed about as many people as there
are in Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-25
Explosion on Battleship.

"Flare-back," or explosion of gases,
on the battleship Maine recently caused
the injury of three men on that vessel,
This fact did not become known until
yesterday, when the ship came into Pen
sacola and began coaling. 1t then leaked
out that the 'nlre-back'' had occurred
while the vessel was on the target range,
badly burning three men in one of the
turrets. 1t is asserted that a catastrophe
similar to that on the Missouri a year
ago was narrowly averted. The Glare
back" which is one of the breads of the
men of the navy, occurred q few days af-
ter the Maine went on the target range
and is the second to occur since the YES
sells have been target practicing. 1t Is
explained that gases had formed in the
breech of the gun and that when another
charge was fired the "iare-back' occur
red, being caused by some particles OF
burning powder or covering not having
left the muzzle of the gun. The three
men are on the sick list, but their injuries
are not serious