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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
News of the Day.

The balance in favor Of Japan for ex-
penses for maintenance Of prisoners in
the war is $25, 900, 600.
Speaker Cannon, it is said, has de-
cided that Representative Tawney shall
succeed Representative Payne as floor
leader of the House.
1t is reported the Sultan IT Turkey
has been given until noon tomorrow to
Weld to the powers demands for reforms
in Macedonian finances
WHITE and his council are beginning
to see that the Russian government must
put the whole country under dicta-
torship or proclaim a ready-made consti'
tuition.
Andrew J. Fields, who kept tho so
called "House of Mirth" during sew
era legislative sessions at ALBANY, has
resigned as head of the supply de-
pertinent of the Mutual Insurance
Company.
Thomas BlackfOrd, who was born at
Lynchburg, Va, seventy-eight years
ago, and had been for fifty years a prom
inent business man in Parkenburg, W..
Va, died yesterday from a stroke of
paralysis.
DR.. Percy ID. Mcleod testified il a
Boston court that he operated on Susan
ma Geary, the chorus girl found dismem-
bered in dress-spit case, 10 save her
life from the result of an illegal opera
ton, and that he said nothing to the
police in order to protect the girls repu-
tatiOn.
Queen Alexandra was sixty-one years
old Yesterday, and her birthday was
celebrated with the usual heartiness
throughout the kingdom, including ar
tillery salutes, the ringing of church bells
and the display of flags, &c. Congratu-
lations from all parts poured in al Sand
rineham, where the queen entertained
all the children of the estate at lea.
personally experimenting the proceed
ings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02

poorest peasants drink wine, rather than
water. No one drinks water in that
c ,untry. except it be the bottled ard
sparkling waters. II we continue to
bury victims of pestilence in this coun-
try. it will not be long before we are as
badly of as the people of France"
II is said here that the President hiss
not yet decided to institute a proseen'
ton of the Standard Oil Company, but
is awaiting the completion Of Commits
sioner Garfeld's report on the oil indus
try.
Today is the 18th anniversary of the
wedding of President and Mrs. Roose-
welt.
The racing at Benning will close this
evening after a successful season.
Secretary A. l.. C Atkinson, of Hawaii, is
in Washington Z, confer with officials IN re-
gard to inducing immigration to his territory.
He will attend the Pacific Federation meet
ing in New York next week. and may then
20 t. Europe He believes that European
immigration should be encouraged and wall
probably make some arrangement 10 induce
European immigrants coming to this country
TO continue to Hawaii. Small farms are open
to settlement. both by purchase and by home
stead rights, in thaticountry. This land was
formerly held in large plantations. Commis-
siOner Of immigration Sargent will cooperate
with Secretary Atkinson in whatever way he
may be able,
Asbestos socks for soldiers is the latest
gith the Hungarian army. COnsul-General
Guenthcr, Of Frankfort. Germany, has re-
ported to tbs government that this asbestos
foot wear hos been adopted to prevent irrita,
ton of the feet on long marches. Ii is said
that soldiers suffer more from sensitive
ness of the skin Of the feet against leather,
than from fatigue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02

ADvICEs received by the State De-
partment at Washington indicate that a
brighter day is dawning for Russia. The
strikers and employers have reached a
compromise agreement on the question
of wages which will, it is hoped, put n
end to the threatened industrial warfare.
In addition to this progress is being made
towards the establishment of a really
constitutional government. Today the
proclamation Of the government with re-
gard to the new election laws will be
made public. These will provide for
practically universal suffrage. The
voters will vote for electors who will in
turn vote for deputies for the national
assembly, thus following much the same
method Of procedure as in the election of
United States Senators. The situation
in the country is reported to be much im-
proved as a result of the concessions
made by the government and of the bet
tered industrial conditions. 1t is to he
hoped so.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Vicar ACCUSES Bishop Potter.

New York, Dec. Rev. DR. r. c..
Filingham, the Vicar OF liexton, an-
nouucfd last night at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel that he will bold public meet
ing at that hostelry tomorrow night AT
8 o'clock to explain the new religious
movement. In the afternoon he will
preach before the Brooklyn Philosophi-
cal Society, in its quarters, south Sth
street, Williamsburg.
DIR. Filingham closed bis interview
with the press representatives by telling
them that he would take action against
Bishop Potter before the ecclesiastical
court, charging him with receiving
monies under false pretense. Explain
ing this action, the Vicar said
have not given up my fight against
rtuallsm in our church, nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that am now promulg eating
a new religious movement to do away
with dogma and rlualism. want TO
see rtualism driven from the sanctuaries
of our church and will always work to
that end. Now, it should be known that
every bishop in the Protestant Episcopal
church, as his conservation, takes an
oath to preserve the church along the
lines it was founded.
1t was founded as a protest against
this very thing | am fighting, high
churches, rituaIsm, cOnfessionals, and
the like. Bishop Potter, I maintain,
has violated this pledge, and by receiv-
ing monies to keep such churches as st.
Mary the Virgin, st. Ignatius, and
others, receives such money under a
false pretense. Hence my proposed
action"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Board of Fish cries.

The State Board of Fisheries met in
Richmond yesterday. DR.. J. W. Bow
doin presided with the following gentle
men in attendance: George B. Keezell,
Henry NJ. Tyler and Secretary +. Miller.
The board is engaged in preparing lis
annual report to the Governor of the
operations for the past year.
The figures this year will show tina.
the oyster industry has paid The State
between $50, 200 and $75, 200, while
the expenses have been about the same
as last year. The net revenue to The
State will reach $50, 900. These figures
are, of course, not the actual figures OF
the report, which will not be made
public until the Governor has received it
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Football.

London, Dec. 2.-One of the most i'm
portant football games of the season will
be played this afternoon at the Crystal
Palace The contest will be betS cen the
New Zealand team and the All England
team. There is enormous interest 10
today's game and crowds OF people are
coming from all parts of England to wit
ness it. Seats are selling at $25 above
the usual price. 1t is expected that at
least $4,000 persons will surround the
gridiron.
London, Dec. 2.-The attempt
of the All English football team
to check the onward march of the
New Zealand champions failed ut
terly as the visitors outplayed the home
players, at every stage, winning the game
easily BY The score of fifteen to no, hing
Princeton, n. j., Dec. 1.-The
great hold which football, has upon the
sport loving people of the United States
was well illustrated today with the as
sembling of thou lands of persons to wit
ness the annual game between the army
and navy terms. In Princeton every
thing else had been forgotten. For the
last twenty -four hours people have been
pouring into the city by the hundreds to
witness the spectacle and today special
trains from New York, Philadelphia,
Washington and other cities added thou
sands to the crowds. Nearly 80, 600
tickets had been disposed of in advance
of the game and many people who had
come late were disappointed in not being
able to secure seats. A great part of the
interest in he game centred in the fact
that President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Sec
rotary of War Taft, and other officials
from Washington were to attend. In
terest in the game center6d 10 the fact
that the teams OF the two institutions are
more nearly matched this year than they
have been in years. The navy has not
defeated the army since 1900, and the
cadets feei confident Of being able to
again prove their superiority. President
Roosevelfs special train bringing the
President and his party, was due TO ar
rive at one o'clock. In addition to the
secret service men policemen from all
parts of New Jersey were pressed into
service to act as guard for the President.
The chief executive was under close
guard all the time The President will
be driven directly to the ground from the
train under escort.
A drzzling rain began to fall shortly be
fore one o'clock The army had the best OF
the game at the start.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Mysterious Triple Tragedy.

Sarsuac Lake N. Y, Dec. "A
tragedy was brought to light this morn
ing through the finding of the bodies of
three persons in the kitchen of the house
owned by Mrs. John Mccartney, 10 Hsr-
rietstown, few miles from Ssranac
Inn. They we're Henry McCafrey,
George Carpenter, and Miss Cspitola
Gilmer. IL seems they were all keeping
house while Mrs McCafrey was away.
Henry McCafrey was a young man of
Is years, and the son of Mrs. John Nc
Caffrey, and George Carpenter was work
ing there. They all met death by shoot
ing. 1t is not definitely known how the
shooting occurred, but it is thought
through some quarrel, as a gun was
found on The floor. Coroner Oliver will
make an official investigation this after
noon
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
TOday's Telegraphic News
Attempted Assassination?

London, Dec. 2.-The reports of a
plot against the life of the Car, par.
ticuIarly the rumor that the Russian en-
peror was shot at by Grand Duke and
was wounded in the right hand, are re
garded skeptically in London, an the
general belief is that there is no truth in
the report. The London Times today
does not print the story and special dis
patches from we'll informed correspon-
dents in St. Petersburg make no mention
OF the alleged plot. The story is be-
lieved to have had its origin in the
mutiny of the guards at Tsarskoe-Seloe,
who are loyal to the Car but are angry
because they are not permitted to march
against the reyolutiOnisis in st. Peters
burg.
Berlin, Dec. 2.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent OF the Vossische Zetung,
which yesterday published the rumor
that the Car had been shot at and
wounded in the right hand, today reas'
serls the report and declares that the
perpetrator of the outrage was the
Cars cousin, Demetrius Constantine
witch.
London, Dec. "A telegram received
in London today from Paris confirms the
st. Petersburg correspondent of the Pub
fishers Press, yesterday, regarding the
immence of financial crash iu Russia.
Considerable alarm over the situation is
felt in France, where the Russian bond
are mostly held.
London, Dec. Russian bonds fell
on the London stock exchange today tC
SO for the tours This is the loves
price for these bonds on record.
Vienna, Dec. "A dispatch from
Lemberg states that the three revolu
tionary parties have agreed to warning
which is now being circulated forbid
ding all Polish residents to pay thei
taxes, the penalty to be death. Hundreds
of schools throughout Poland have beer
destroyed by incendiary fires. Russian
teachers have been driven out of The
country and Russian books and pictures
of the Gar have been covered with filtt
and burned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Palma Re- elected

The political agitation which began
six months ago in Havana with the nat
iOnal convention of the liberal party and
which has dwindled since the with
drawal of Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, the
presidential candidate named by that
convention, ended yesterday in an cleo
tien that was so quiet and uninteFesting
"a to cause scarcely a ripple of excite
ment The vote cast was very light,
this being due to the lack of interest in
the wholly one sided election and the
heavy rains of Thursday nigh; and yes
terday. The Withdraw al OF the liberals
from ali nominations as protest against
alleged injustices by the government
and the people in conducting the pri-
maries left clear field for the mOderates
and every moderate nominee was elect
ed, from President Palma TO the pro-
vincisl councillors. The only liberals
who will have seats 10 the new congress,
which opens in April, will be the hold
overs, and consequently only third OF
the Seua,e and fifth Of the House will
be composed of members OF that party.
The Cuban Minister at Washington
last night received a cablegram from
Secretary OFarrill, saying that the only
"distarbers of the peace" at Alquizar
surrendered Thursday, that perfect tran
quillity reigns 10 all the island, and
that the elections were being held
throughout the republic with the ut
most order"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Saved by Feathers.

LOral, Wis, Dec. 2--To the fact
that the entire family of William DagOn
were sleeping on feather beds Thursday
night is attributed their escape from in
staut death from lightning, which struck
their home during severe storm. The
bolt passed through the bedrooms where
the father and mother and three children
were sleeping in two iron beds. The
lightning tore the springs from the beds,
bent and twisted the framework and
threw the occupants to the floor, some
what dazed, but not seriously injured.
All of the furniture in the room was re-
duced to wreckage and the flooring 10
the room below was torn to spliDters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Mitchell Frustrated

Spring Valley, H., Dec. 1.-The at
tack of nervous prostration from which
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers of America, is suffering,
may cause him to decline reelection
next April. This is the statement OF
close friends here. To all callers at the
Mitchell home, the statement is made
that the sick man cannot be seen. Mrs.
Mitchell says her husband absolutely re-
quires a few days rest and quiet, and
should have long rest. She says that
with home care and nursing, he will
soon quickly recover The nervous dis
order has been brought on by over work
day and night, for many months is the
anthracite coal districts and elsewhere,
Mrs. Mitchell and the family physician
claim.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
turkish Proposals Unsatisfactory

London, Dec. "A dispatch from
Paris states that it is reported 10 French
governmental circles that the powers,
after examining the latest Turkish pro-
posaIs, have decided that they are un-
satisfactory and therefore the inter
national feet will not be ordered home.
Il is stated that unless the Sultan COM
pIetely backs down before Monday the
islands of LamnOs and ImbrOs will be
seized.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Russian Events.

The strike of po-tal employees has COM
pletely tied up means of communication
in Russia.
Count Witte yesterday refused to see
delegation of postal employees from
Moscow
The fact that Emperor Nicholas has
called Count Pahlen intoa Cabinet coun
Gil has led to a rumor that the Emperor
has LOST faith in Witte.
Father Gapon has fed to Finland.
Because of the disturbed conditions
many foreign manufactures are prePar-
ing to leave LODI, Russian Poland.
Two regiments of Dragons in Russian
Poland are said to have mutinied.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
VIII AnneaI TO Arohhishon.

Omaha, Neb Dec. Friends of Miss
Mae Hamilton, who suffered excommun-
icatiou from the Catholic Church rather
than decline to act as bridesmaid for her
friend, Miss Marguerite Pritchett, at her
marriage to Congressman Kennedy. who
was divorced, declare they will not tOl-
crate what they declare is persecution on
the part of the Bishop. An appeal to
the Archbishop is to be taken. While
the accommodation applies only to
those Catholics who actually attended
the ceremony, it has been stated by the
Bishop that those who were present at
the reception which followed committed
sin knowingly. This list includes Miss
Mae Hamilton's sister, Miss Stella, Mrs.
Edward Cudahy and Miss Mary Me-
Shane, a niece of Count John A. Creigh-
ton, who received his title from the Pope
10 recognition of his many benefactiOns
to the church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Nine Persons Burned to Death.

A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, says
that nine persons, whose names are not
yet known, occupying ''pull' boat on
Middle river, which runs between the
Tensas and Alabama rivers, burned to
death yesterday in fire which destroy
ed the boat. Sidney Wheat, the negro
steward, was the only survivor of ten
men who lived on the craft. According
to Wheafs story, the nine men we're
dumped into q roaring furnace while
some of them we're asleep. They we're
roasted alive. The boat was used by
men who were engaged in getting logs
out of narrow places for rafting pur-
poses. The FIRE had evidently been
burning some time when Wheat was
awakened. He says he rushed in and
yelled to the others to get out as fast as
they could, as the boat was burning.
He does not know whether any of the
men heard him. He leaped from the
vessel into the river, and moment later
the vessel collapsed, precipitating the
other men into the blazing hull.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Marine Disaster.

London, Dec. "A number Of lives
are believed to have been lost as the
result of a collision between steamers
off Dungeness, at 2:9O O'Clock this
morning The British steamer Philippe
vile, while bound from the Congo river
for Antwerp, collded with an unknown
steamer aud the latter went to the bot
tom in few minutes Only seven per-
sons were rescued by the Phillippeville.
A dense fog prevailed at the time and it
is possible that all or some OF the miss
ing are in boats or clinging to wreckage
waiting to be picked up.
London, Dec. 1.-The unknown
steamer sunk by the PhilipPeville was
the Harlow, from London. -Four of her
crews are missing, one is known to be
dead, while nine were rescued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
CHARGED with Abduction.

New York, Dec. 2.--Charles ]. Kings
land, a travelling musician, was arraign-
ed in the Jefferson Market court today
on a charge OF having abducted from her
home Geneyieve Horton, the sixteen
year old daughter of the postmaster OF
Sugar Run, Pa, and was held in So,
900 bail, which he was unable to give,
for appearance before the grand jury.
The girl complainant was in court and
after hearing her story, Magistrate Wahle
sent Kingsland back to prison and sent
the girl in charge of Miss McCluskey, a
probationary officer, to the Washington
Square Home, where she will remain
pending the trial, of the case. Judge
Wahle also issued an order granting the
girls father, who was 10 court, permits
sion to Sc his daughter at any time he
desired. Kingsland's case it was stated,
will be taken up by the grand jury on
Monday,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable Phy;;
sicians, as the damage they will do Is ten Ioiu
to the good you can possibly derlys ron
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufacturer
by +. j. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, ", contalns
directly uDon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. II is taken in
terpally and made in Toledo Ohio, by I. ].
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for cor shpation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Bloodhounds for Page County.

Orders will shortly be placed by the
authorities of Page county, Virginia, for
a number of well-irained bloodhounds to
be used in hunting down criminals. A
large number of the Page county
farmers, together with Deputy Sheriff
Good nave asked the county supervisors
to procure the dogs. For months past
sections of Page county have been terror
lied by criminals, who have perpetrated
numerous petty thefts and other out
RACES. rhe authorizes have been able TO
to make but few arrests.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 2. 1906.

AN ARTICLE in this column day or
two ago referred to the passing of Mr..
Thomas c. Plat as political factor in
this country and the stepping into his
shoes of Mr.. Parsons. Human beings
in all walks of life wax and wane. There
is nothing certain save death and OBJ
iIyion. The rule applies to stars OF the
first magnitude as we'll as 10 those Of
the lesser lights, and the alPhas in the
consultations fade as well as the Omegss.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ Depew is now follow
lug in the wake OF his cOnferree, MIR. Plat.
He who little while ago had thousands
forcing smiles upon their cOuntenances
at bis speeches, or who would have
deemed il an honor to have acted as his
lackey, are now gazing upon him with
suspicion. A recession has set in and
ne is no longer the honOred guest at
banouets and followed by an army OF
sycophants. His jokes have become
"chestnuts" and insipid to most of bis
former admirers and he is cartOoned
daily by the papers of New York. His
admirers are deserving him as fast as
rats from a sinking ship. Such is life.
The primary cause of this revolution
in feeling is his alleged Equitable syndi-
cate profits which are said to amount to
$500, 600. Z New York paper publishes
a speech he made in 1895 and contrasts
il with recent developments. Among
other things he said
have seen many men become wealthy
through dishonest methods, and my ex-
perience with them has taught me this;
That most men who gain wealth dishon-
eslly, if they live long enough, get poor
again. 1t is almost an inVariable rule
and it is reasonable enough, il you start
TO figure it out The main temptation
with which the ordinary business man OF
today is beset is the temptation to mis-
represent his capital or business pros
poets, and thus obtain greater credit.
Blu. don't do it. 1t does not pay. "The
old, old adage, Honesty is the best pol
lev" is the safest motto for every bust
ness man to follow. And | know what
am talking about, too. "Be good and
you'll be happy, but you wont have a
good time" may sound very small and
elicit rounds of applause, but it is fall
lacy through and through. 1t is easier,
much easier, for an honest man to be-
come wealthy than for his dishonest
brother, who may seem to prosper for a
time, but, mark my words, it is only a
Temporary success.
A Dispatch from New York says that
the Senator has smashed life long habit,
aud will give no more interviews. He
says he has learned a lesson from the
past, and will talk no more. This is a
wise course, a. it will be safer for him in
future to act on the scriptural injunction
Be swift to hear but slow to speak.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-02
Killed by a Train.

Jersey City, n. j., Dec. "A west
bound mail train on the Erie Railroad
ran into a gang of track la!orers near
the west end of Bergen tunnel about one
O'Clock this morning, killing three and
mortslly wounding four others. One of
the men was killed instantly while the
others died on the way to the hospital,
or shortly after their arrival there. The
accident was caused primarily by the de-
railing of an eastbound freight, which
necessitated the sending OF the mail
train over an other than its usual track.