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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
Murderous Assault by Negro

Rev. Bernard Schultz and his wife, of
New York city, were attacked at Me
gainesville, n. Y, Saturday night and
probably fatally injured by negro who
was yesterday shot and killed in Saratoga
while resisting arrest
Mr.. Schultz went to Mechanicsviile re-
Gently to take charge of the Episcopal
Church during the absence of the rector.
DR.. Newell, who is in Europe. Early
Saturday evening William Curtis, negro
whose home is in Saratoga, presented
himself at the door of the reetory and
asked for a drink of water NJ. Schultz
was in the act of turning back to get the
water, when the negro with a piece Of
lead pipe felled the clergyman with e
terrific blow on the head, following this
up with rain of blows until hs victim
lay unconscious and apparently dead.
Mrs. Schultz who was upstairs, hur-
ried down on hearing her husband fall,
and was met in the hall by the negro,
who instantly struck her down before she,
could utter an cutlery, and continued
beating her with his heavy weapon until
he had inflicted injuries from which she
can hardly recover
The clergyman and his wife were dis
covered, lying unconscious aud covered
with blood, by neighbors, and a search
was made for the negro, who had been
seen leaving the house.
Policeman James Sullivan found Cur
It's yesterday in Searings alley, negro
colony in Saratoga, and arrested him.
The negro, however, broke away and ran
and after firing one shot in the air to
halt him, Sullivan fired again, shooting
him through the head, and killing him
instantly.
The condition of Mr.. Schultz and his
wife is said to be very precarious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Reports from Portsmouth, n. H., are
to the effect that the first crisis in the
peace negotiations has been safely pass
ed. The prediction that the ENJOYS
would rot reach a common ground for
argument has failed, and the discussion
of peace conditions has begun.
NJ. Witte said that there were twelve
points to be considered, and they would
require nearly month.
NJ. Witte announced with emphasis
that the Russians had not suggested an
armistice.
The feeling has grown more hopeful.
The Russian ENJOYS are anxious TO
make public the details Of the discus
sions, but the japanese insist on secrecy.
Although the japanese plenipotenti-
aries wanted to work on Sunday, they
followed the example set by the Rus
slams and attended service at an Episco-
pal church.
The conferees failed to reach an agree
ment Saturday on the condition provid-
ing for the recognition of Japan's pre-
ponderating position in Korea
Strong outside influences are at work on
both sides, and the plan of having Russia
practically satisfy Japan's claim of reim-
bursement for the cost Of the war by
purchase of the japanese military evac-
uation of Sakhalin continues to be adj
vanced.
1t is reported that representatives of
the clearinghouse of Kuhn, Loeb q Co.
and Seigman & Co. will consult with NJ.
Witte and Baron Rosen in regard to ne
gotiatiHg a Russian loan TO pay an in
demnity or purchase the evacuation Of
Sakhalin.
1t is said that Japan's demand for
"perponderatipg influence" in Korea
formed the subject for the long discussion
on Saturday
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

A fast eastbound passenger train on
the Nickel Plate road collided with a
west-bound freight early yesterday at
Hishman, Ohio, near Vermilion, result
ing in the death of twelve persons, while
at least twenty-five others were injured,
eight of whom will probably die. The
wreck, according to the officials of the
company, was caused by a misunder-
standing of orders or neglect to obey
them on the part of the crew of the
freight train.
Aside from the engineer, the men
killed on the passenger train were all
riding in the smoking car at the head OF
the train, and were mostly foreign labor
ers in the employ of the Standard Oil
Company. Engineer Poole, Of The pas
senger train, was killed at his post, His
fireman, Haefner, saved himself by jump
ing. The engineer and fireman Of the
freight train saved themselves by jump
ing.
The high speed of the passenger train
threw its locomotive and first three
coaches over on the engine OF the freight
train, telescOping the smoker and the car
following. The forward cars OF the
freight train were spIintered to frag-
ments.
OF the passengers in the smoker, none
escaped injury. The heavy timbers OF
the wrecked cars pinned down many and
prevented them from getting out until
assistance arrived.
When the trains came together almost
everybody in the smoker was doing.
The sudden jar hurled them out of their
seats into the aisle and threw several
persons to the roof and sides of the car,
which seemed all once 20 collapse. The
passengers in the second car escaped
more easily. The two rear cars were
sIeepers, and they withstOod the ahOck
without suffering serious harm. No
passengers in the sleepers were injured.
President Can;f, of the Nickel Plate
states that from the information in the
hands of the officials, the freight train
had orders TO go on the side track at
Kishman and there await the passage of
the passenger train. Why this was not
done in time TO permit the passenger
train to go by, or hagman sent out, has
not yet been learned.
1t is said that the watch of the engi-
neer of the freight train was slow, and
that the engineer believed he had eight
minutes to get his train on the siding be-
fore the passenger train was due The
freight train had Stacked speed and was
about to back in on he siding from the
main track when the passenger train
came tearing along at the rate Of forty
five miles an hour and dashed into il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
YELLOW Fever.

New Orleans, Aug. 1.-The yellow
fever situation this morning is as fol-
Iowa: Forty-eight per cent. OF 466 cases
have been discharged as cured. Thirty
five per cent. of S43 cases are still under
treatment. Altogether, up to last night,
933 cases had been reported.
Three new cases have been reported
from Patterson, La, and one new case
in Terribone parish. Near Houma, on
the Ardoyne plantation, another new
case has been reported with fever, being
the second one to date. Doctors say the
only reason negroes do not catch the
fever is because their skins are so thick,
they are not easily inOculated by mos
quitOes.
One householder yesterday, who re-
fused to allow the health officers to en-
ter his premises and fumigate to kill
mosquitoes, was arrested by the police.
He offered fight with an axe, was hit
over the head with a club, and put in
Jail. AL! property holders who do not
screen their cisterns after three days no
tice will be arrested and fined.
Doctors say that one cannot take two
kinds of fever at the same time Those
who have malarial fever are held to be
immune from yellow fever, while the
temperature remains up.
The New Orleans parish medical sec
retary's refused to appoint committee
to examine and report on the expert
ments DIR. Reginald B. Leach, of St
Paul, will make this week to prove that
arsenious acid is preventative of yellow
fever. 1t is believed that Dr. Leach,
being homeopathic, has had something
to do with this refusal even if in an in
voluntary manner. The experiments
will nevertheless be made. There are
four volunteers, including one woman.
upon whom DR.. Leach will experiment
besides himself.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. l4.-No cases
of yellow fever were reported in Misss-
sippi today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
VIOLENT STORMS.

Widespread damage was caused by a
thunderstorm of unusual violence, accom-
panied by high wind and a deluge of
rain that burst over New York and vicini-
ty yesterday.
A boathouse at the foot of west 152d
street, in which a large number Of per-
sons had taken shelter, was struck by
lightning and Miss jeanette Free, aged
twenty years, was instantly killed. A
dozen other persons were rendered I'M
conscious, but quickly revived, sustain
ing no injuries.
A Webster avenue trolley car, carry
ing nearly hundred passengers, was
struck, the lightning running down the
trolley pole and grounding through the
tracks. Although the car and its occu-
pants were unscathed, the defamation
that accompanied the shock precipitated
a panic among the passengers, who
struggled frantically to escape. Four
teen persons, almost all women, were
injured, nine of them so seriously that
they had to be removed TO hospital.
After the bolt struck, the car continued
running at high speed and most of those
hurt received their injuries by jumping
or being pushed from the platforms.
in the harbor the storm was cyclonic
in its fury, and many small boats were
capsized.
Five hundred immigrants were in
danger for an hour when two barges on
which they were brought away from the
dock at Ellis Island, New York, were blown
down the bay, pitching and rolling in the
heavy sea. Three tugs grappied the
birges and succeeded in holding them
until the storm subdued.
At Fort George the machinery OF the
big Ferris wheel stopped just as the
storm broke and nearly hundred panic
stricken men, women, and children were
suspended aloft for fully an hour, ex-
posed to the full fury of the wind and
rain.
One death and three cases of prostra-
ton resulted from the heat, which was
intense before the storm broke.
Paterson, n. j., Little Falls, Clifton,
and other neighboring places which are
supplied by the public service corpora
tons local lighting plant were in
darkness last night. The big switch
board which controls the twenty-five
lighting circuits centering at the power
house was burned out during a severe
thunderstorm yesterday evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
Virginia News.

Rev. Herbert NJ. Hope has announced
himself a candidate for the House OF
Delegates.
According to bulletine Of the Cen
sus Bureau the commercial value OF the
railroad property in Virginia is 2ll,-
315, 900.
Rowland II. Latham, ofOnancock, has
been elected instructor in physics at the
University of Virginia, to succeed DIR.
William j. Humphreys, resigned.
Mrs. Anna Bull Reveley died at her
home, Rebel Hall, in Orange, Saturday,
after an illness of several months, aged
sixty-One years. She leaves two daugh-
tiers, two sisters, and one brother.
Rev. Edward H. Ingle, rector OF
Christ Episcopal Church at Wildwood,
Clarke county, has accepted a call to an
English church in southern France, and
will leave in October for that country.
Henry Thompson, colored, whose
mother was one of the 999 servants freed
by liking" Carter, died at his home
near Front Royal Saturday, aged 100
years. He was born in Tidewater Vir-
ginia.
John H. Dulin, a well-known attor-
ney of Woodstock, died Saturday night
at the residence of his father, George c.
Dulin, near Leesburg, after short i'll
ness from typhoid lever, aged about 80
years.
1t is said that the rural mail boxes
furnished by Lynchburg firm do not
come up to the samples, and the manu-
facturers have been notified by the gov
eminent to at once replace the defective
boxes and cease selling boxes OF that
pattern.
A wind and rain storm 0fgreat violence
swept over the Norfolk section yesterday
and trees and street cars were struck by
lightning, but nobody was hurt. Sew
eral small vessels came to GRIFFIN Hamp-
ton Roads. The rainfall was phenom-
enally heavy.
The adventures Of Nora Carter, OF
Staunton, and Pierre Taulelle, of Wash
ington, are fastening rapidly to happy
termination. After a heated argument
with her guardian, at police headquar-
tiers in Washington, yesterday, he With
drew his objection to the match and the
young people will be married tomorrow
in st. Patrick's Church.
John w. Richards, the alleged muir
derer of Maurice Francis, OF Roanoke,
who was killed from ambush while en-
route to visit his fancee at Simpson, was
removed from the Christiansburg Jail to
Floyd, Saturday night, where he will be
held pending the preliminary hearing.
There was 10 demonstration there and
no talk of violence.
It is said in Washington that there is
tut little doubt that the resignation OF
Judge Lewis, as United States District
Attorney, will be accepted by the Presi-
dent. 1t is likely, however, that bis as
sistant, Robert II. Tally, will succeed
him, and that it will be with the under
standing that Judge Lewis is to be reap
pointed when he becomes an available
man for the position again.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
The Taggart Divorce Case.

Wooster, Ohio, Aug. 14.-When the
Taggart trial was recommended Monday
morning, Captain Taggart was on the
stand. At once the grilliDg that started
at the beginning Of the cross examina.
ton Saturday began. Every artifce to
confuse and anger the witness was en-
ployed by Mrs. Taggarts attorneys.
The drinking habit in the Taggart house
hold, at Fort Leavenworth, was the sub
ject of first questions. At adjournment
the,questions had led up 20 the night Of
June 80, at Fort Leayenworth, when
Taggart is accused Of assaulting his wife
on her return from friends after mid
night. They accuse him of tearing the
clothes from his wifes body. and bruis-
ing her face.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
Young Woman Drowned.

London, Aug. IA dispatch to the
Central News from Paris says that Helen
Dunlap Hunt, of Philadelphia, an art
ist, was drowned near Morlais today,
while engaged in painting. The young
woman had climbed upon some rocks
aud was so busily engaged in painting
that she did not notice the tide rising
until she was cut off from the land. She
jumped into the water, intending ID
swim to the shore. In making the leap,
however, she sprained her foot and was
so greatly handicapped that she was I'M
able to swim and was drowned.
This is the second accident occur within
week, where Americans in France have lost
their lives, through being caught by the tide.
On Friday Alan White. IS years old. was
caught while walking along the beach, at
Palus, department Of Cote, d Nord. He at
tempted to climb up the cliffs to escape and,
when near the summit, fell, dying instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14

ACCORDING to Senator Lodge, who
has Just returned from Europe, the
United States is about to enter into a
tripel alliance. England and France
have recently buried past animOsities
and an understanding having been
reached, the Senator now infers that the
the United States is to enter the compact.
The fact that Mr.. Lodge is a member of
the committee on foreign relations gives
weight to his observations. People who
still cherish the traditions upon which
this country was founded have ever
flinched when alliances were suggested,
believing that George Washington was
right when he warned our forefathers TO
beware of such movements. But the
present commercial craze is calculated to
sweep away any American safeguard in
order to add to the millions of the trusts.
Some suppose that the proposed alliance
is menace to Germany which is aspir-
ing for commercial and naval suprema-
cy; others to curb japan in her dreams
of Asiatic supremacy, while some think
the object is to thwart China in her at
tempts to boycott other nations. Proba-
bly, the understanding between the three
powers is for all the purposes named.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14

APPARENTLY the government man
agement of the Panama Railroad is alto
gether bad. There is neither suitability
OF equipment and terminal facilities;
adequate labor supply, nor expeditions
use of the men and means at hand.
There is very serious consequent COM
plant upon the part of shippers of
freight not intended for government use.
Possibly this condition of things may
serve as an argument for the quicker
building Of the canal and establishment
of uninterrupted water transportation,
but it offers no encouragement for the
friends of governmental control. In this
connection the Philadelphia Record
says: There is no business quite 50
badly conducted as the public business.
We are governed too much.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14

PLANS for dealing with the private
car lines and destroying the monopoly
they now enjoy have been formed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and, it
is said, will beexecuted in the near future.
The price of nearly every article of food
h as been raised by the exactiODs of this
system. The private car system is one
of the most burdensome forms of OPP
preston to which the railroads are a
party. Virtually all the facilities Of
fered by the railroads for the shipment
of perishable freight are controlled by
these private car companies. In this
monopoly, which includes nearly every
refrigerator car in the country, the meat
PACKING houses are the principals. They
build refrigerator cars in great numbers
and enter into exclusive contracts with
the railroads for the hauling of them.
Then, when the shipper Of perishable
freight-meat, fruit, vegetables and the
Hke-wishes transportation facilities he
is forced to deal with the private car
companies, since the railroads them
selves offer no facilities. The shipper
must pay the railroad regular freight
charges and, in addition, he pays to the
private car company charter charges for
The cars he uses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
Situation i'm Riga.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-THE situa-
ton at Riga, where great strike has
been in progress and where numerous
scenes of disorder have been witnessed,
is growing worse. Fifteen thousand
workmen are out on strike, and as sgi-
tators are constantly at work trying to
arouse the people, great concern is felt
by the authorities and the better class of
citizens who are fearful of rio,ing. The
strikers have become so bold that agita
tors make speeches on the streets calling
on the people to join the strike move
ment and urging the soldiers to revolt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
EXnelIing ReYolnfiOnists.

Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. l4.-Ow-
ing to strong representations which have
been made to the authorities by the
Russian and Turkish governments, the
Swiss police have begun an active cam
paigu against the revolutionary leaders,
who for years have made their head
quarters in Switzerland, and have di-
rected the insurreclionary movements
throughout eastern Europe from this
country. The known revolutionary
leaders are being arrested as fast as they
can be found, and will be expelled from
Switzerland. As the result of the I'M
usual activity of the police these insur-
rectionists have either fled from the
country or are in hiding until the storm
shall have blown over. 1t has just de-
veloped that a fight between the police
and certain anarchists occurred week
ago yesterday, as the result of an at
tempt to take certain much wanted rev.
olutiOnary leaders into custody.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
TiDiest Twins Born.

Berwick, Pa, Aug. l4.-Remarkabe
twins, born in Columbia county, first
saw the light of day in hevillage of
Espy last week. The parents are Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Swigart. The babies
are boys, and are The smallest twins ever
born in Pennsylvania. The larger of
the two weighs four pounds ex actly, and
his head could be easily placed in q tea
cup. The smaller weighs just thirtyltwO
ounces. It's head is about the size of an
ordinary apple, its fingers like match
sticks and its eyes like small beads.
The babies are apparently healthy. The
parents have four other children, who
are not by any means understood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
THE yellow feyer situation is wOrse

The yellow fever situation is worse in
New Orleans now than at any previous
time since the disease broke out. Not
only is the number of new cases reported
by the Marine Hospital Service growing
daily, but large number OF cases have
been held back for further investigation,
before any official report is made on them.
The cases are scattered from one end of
the city to the other, and the situation
may be said to be critical. The Marine
Hospital Corps have as yet failed to
prove they are able to handle the con.
ditions which they have to meet, and
the fever is likely to remain until the
frost comes. On every hand opinion is
expressed that the disease was allowed
to gain too great a foothold in the city
before any strenuous effort was made TO
check it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
TOday's Telegraphic News
Sensation Exnected

Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette.l
Richmond, Va, Aug. IA big
sensation is expected this afternoon in
connection with the local election frauds.
A citizen offers to make affidavit that he
heard a Grand i1ror who signed the
majority report, say that he had no OBJ
lection 10 the publication of the minority
report if held up until after the State
urinary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
Deserter Among the Killed

Cleveland, O., August l4.-When the
Bellevue doctors and the Lorraine police
men pulled the body of Joseph Alexan-
der from a huge pile of debris caused by
the collision of fast eastbound passen-
ger train and a westbound freight train
at Kishman, 0, in which a number Of
people were killed and injured yesterday,
two blood stained letters aud little
photograph button dropped out of his in
side coat pocket. On the button was
picture of a man and a little child.
When the letters were turned over TO
Coroner French, he opened one of
them to discover if possible the address
of Alexander's relatives. The letters
revealed the fact that Alexander was a
deserter from the United States navy and
the United States authorities had been
on his trail for long time. The letter
was from the young mans sister.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14

THE OPPRESSIVE weather for the past
week eliminated in severe electric storms
at many places on the Atlantic seaboard
yesterday. In some places people were
killed by bolts and in others more or
less damage followed storms. There
were cooling northwest winds and re-
freshing rains in Alexandra late yester-
day, minus the electrical disturbances
which are the usual Accomplishments OF
summer rains.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14

all their attention on the subject of To-
ternal reforms. The tone Of the press
continues to be bellicose, but lessening
Importance is being attached to the news
paper utterances, as they are considered
to be largely in the nature of a "bluff."
The correspondent Of the Publishers
Press is informed upon the highest au-
thority that the Gar is working strenu-
ously to bring about peace. Ithas been
suggested here that the final end of the
negotiations may be that Russia will give
way to Japan On the question of an in
demnity on conditions that the Japanese
will return Saghalin to Russia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-14
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