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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03

THIRTEEN Philadelphia ice manufac-
turers upon whom warrants we're served
last week, charging them with conspiT-
acy to raise the price Of ice, waived a
hearing yesterday and were held in
81. 800 bail each to answer In court
The most sensational fact developed at
the hearing was that the Philadelphia
Ice Exchange for the past four years has
been arbitrarily fixing the price OF ice to
consumers in the city, and that any
member who de6ed the edict of the ex-
change would have been held account
able to a despotic committee OF arbitra-
ton. The only wonder now is that
Congress did not enact antitrust legi'la'
fion many years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
Strike OfCablemen

Philadelphia, July 3.-Demands for
increased wages aud a shorter wo'k day
being refused them, has caused csblemeD
employed by the Bell Telephone Com.
pany in this State, Delaware and New
Jersey to 90 on strike About one
hundred of the men who stopped work
in this city, demand 81. so and an eight
hour day, instead of 81 and nine hour
day as they have had hitherto.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
Fighting i'm Natal.

Durham, Natal. J1ly 3.-Following
the victory of the Natal troops at Moods
berg on Sunday, when 600 natives were
killed in an engagement with the sol
diers, three British columns trday attack
ed MesiDi's large impi, or band OF war
riors, 10 the Mabumlo district Sc
we're engagement is now in progress. All
the Kraals or native villages in the dis
trict are in flames.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
Old Landmark DESTROYED

Washington, N. J July The old
stone grst mill at New Hampton, the
Oldest mill in New Jersey, sal to be
200 years old, was destroyed by fire Last
night. The loss is estimated at $20,-
600. The mill was owned by the Joseph
Fritts estate. During the Revolutionary
war, continental soldiers frequently stop
ped in the mill over night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 8. 1906.

TOMORROW will he celebrated through
ont the broad domain of the United
States as Independence Day, the ami
versary of the signing Of the Declaration
of independence on July 4, l776. This
bold act of our foreiathers who took their
lives in their own hands by defying the
great British nation, naturally appeals
to each generation, and every Fourth OF
July should animate the souls of all pa
triots. The Declaration Of lndepend-
ence was but the initial act, throwing
down of the gauntlet before George ILL.,,
az a long and bloody war followed In
which the Continental army was often
reduced to dire extremities. Its brave
leaders and earnest soldiers, however,
with bulldog tenacity, never threw up the
sponge to the lion, but for seven long
wears persisted in battle for the right
unul DTllduuld was ~ i"Se NsNN
alize that she had brought forth hardy
offspring sufficiently able to exist apart
from her apron strings. The mother
country for a long time imagined that
her headstrOng progeny would sooner
or later realize that it bad made mis-
take and again seek shelter in the old
homestead. But such was not the case,
the infant republic steadily grew in
strength and national Importance until
it is a recognized world powers, giant
with its head pillowed in perpetual snow.
its feet in the tropics and its arms stretch
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
The Market.
Georgetown, July 3. What so SO
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
H.rr.rfrxr

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 80
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he j.
senior partner Of the firm Of F. J. Cheney
q Co., doing bu,iness in the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, aud that said
firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case OF Ca
tarrah that cannot be cured by the use OF
Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. y. 1895.
A. w. GLEASON,
(-EAL) NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hall s Catarrh Cure is tai eu internally,
and acts directly on she blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials
free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggies. Zoe.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constitution .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
Killed by His Wife.

Charleston, W. Va, July. S.-W. L.
Jarvis who lived about ave niles south
of this city became engaged in family
row last night during which Mrs. Jarvis
shot him through the heart, killing him
instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
New York stock Market

New York, July S.-Pdee movements dur
ing the first hour were irregular, but stead
Ter tone prevailed and where declines oc-
Cured they were generally attributed to
evening up Of contracts over the holiday. At
the end Of the first hour prices Of mtny stocks
in some cases fair gains over yesterdays clos
ing figures were se0ref.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03

The Navy Department is anxious to
withraw several hundred marines from
the Isthmus. One large contingent was
sent to the isthmus aboard the cruiser
Colombia to safeguard canal interests in
case of election troubles" The cleo
tons having been quiet and the need OF
the extra forces having ended, orders
will soon be issued for the return of the
marines to a colored inmate. What this
country had TO do with the Panama elec'
ITEMS ouly::the administration can tell
but Mr.. Roosevelt and his advisors are
given to "buttin-in."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03

Il Is always well 10 have box Of salye in
the house. sunburn. cuts, bruises. Pills IN
boils yield 70 DeWilts Witch Hazel save.
Sold by W. r. Creighton & Co, 40i King
street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15

Richard Whiteing's volume on present social
conditions. entitled Ring In ths New" which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15
GEORGE GISSING.
"reminiscences by an old Pupil
GIim pses of a Strange Personality.

The late George Gissing was an interesting
man as we'll as a novelist OF real power What
nc seemed 10 an English boy whose tutor he
was and whose dear friend he promptly became.
is set forth by Mr. Austin Harrison in The
Nineteenth Century" Al first sight he appeared
TO his two pupils as one OF tho geutlest looking
beings they had ever seen. He talked 20 US Of
the Greeks and Romans with boisterous enthu-
siasm; gave US quaint Latin Examinations 10 our
names and We struck by his gentleness and the
singular pathos OF his countenance. retorted
with. 'Gisslnus creature'-and as such he was
known 10 US 20 the very end"
Thick brown hair clustered round a brow Of
MS cheeks lacked color he looked healthy. strong
ard Vigorous. Hs facial expression was eNtraor-
never seen so sad ana pathetic face In rsPq3S,e
dreaITcss sorrow and sffiiction of mute sabniss-
n,ss aud despair. Yet 1t was noble face. deni-
would nash and Light up, and the eyes would beam
IN radiant Transport, hhd the nlsdnthrope would
hump tie table and positively shout with buoyant
hesrt-spontaneous. boisterous. sincere laughter
Gissing the sad man. had the zesI % life. and with
a lessons that father, AZ work IN the adjoining
all laugh the louder and merrier.
mr.. Harrison says that Gissing's life was an
Infinitely pathetic and lonely one but that much
that is told Of his struggles is misleading In his
unhappy young manhood he came 10 this coun-
Try, taught the classics for a space and dabbled
IA print
But his heroe spirit could ma rest; he broke
away from tie restraint Of cities rOVed penuilegs
through tho States racked and distraught. and al
last stood before the ma jesty 81 Niagara hestat-
Ing he often related 10 rs. between life and
death. He returned and went 70 Germany lie
taught and studied In the quiet atmosphere OF
German university town he found guidance and
inspiration.
Returning 20 England he wrote his first book
"A crude ore. but In some ways the most pow
erful Eo evsr wrote" II was called Workers
la the Dawn" and was partly autobiographical.
Very few people have ever seen this book
Gissing. II 80 happened. had inherited the sum
81 400 and with this he published h.s
arst novel But Ia those days there were 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15

thought Goethe uninspired. The Muse never seIzed
and shook him till divinenesses dropped of his per
without his knowing how whence. divinenesses
like those you sometimes find in the pages OF lesser
men, lesser all-rOund men. stamped with the IN
mlEtakaole stamp OF heavenly birth Goethe knew
very well. very exactly, where each Of his sea-
fences had come from But don't see that his
poetry - either OF the three things You say Tn
afraid Il Is not tho last two for the world would
grow very interesting ~ thinking and writing
ne did were SO obvious that All did Il. AS %
It's belns coarse I'm incurably Incapable OF seeing
cOarseness IN things. To me
All Is clean for and
Every thing Is natural and everything Is clean. eX
cept for the person who Is afraid II isn't Perhaps
dear Roger. you won't as Papa says. quite appre-
hend my meaning: II you cannot please console
yourself with the reflection that probably haven't
got
Don't take NV Goethe,.ove from me. know
simply masses OF him. and can't let him 80 My
mind Is decSsd out with him as garden II deeked
with howers- Now. isn't that prettyF or Is u
only silly?
Richard Whiteing's volume on present social
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15
1erocy yNesOs and Criticism.

constantly kept up to the mark by crossing with
wild wolves" He also alleges that the dogs
found with the INDIANS Of the northwest were
tanned coyotes; while those Of India, as repre-
scented by the Oriental par.ahs. ARE descended
from captive East Indian wolves" When doc
tors disagree. who shall decide?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15

poet Is the land itself, all its greatness and It's
sweetness. all that incOmmunicabe heritage for
which men live and die. AS ] close the book love
and reverence possess me. Whether does my full
heart turn 20 the great Enchanter 20 the Island
upon which he has laid his spell? I know not
cannot think OF them apart In the love and rever-
awakened by that voice OF voices, Shakespea
and England but one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15
FOREIGN BOOKS.
IS ALL-oUr-oF-PRINr BOOKS" WRITE NE

was published in London last spring. Win Do
brought out IN an American edition this month
BY the Century Company.
Among the new titles to be added to Thomas
Y. CrOwen & Co.'S Thin PaDer Classics this
fall will be BOsweIrs Johnson" Carlylsu
French Revolution ana don QuixotA-
Burns. Keats. Scott and Shelley VIII also an
pear IN eomrlete ecitianA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15

The lectures which Professor Barrett Wendell.
Of Harvard University. delivered last winter at
the sorbonne in Paris. and later In more de-
veIoped form al the Lowell Institute viii be
brought out in book form this month by the
Scribners The volume will be entitled Liberty.
Union and Democracy: The National Ideals OF
America" and is described as an attempt 20 ex-
plain-to foreigners as well as 10 ourselves
what America has striyen 10 be- as distinguished
from what America has actually accomplished
The new story by the author OF Elizabeth
and Her German Garden" which has Just been
begun in "Cornhill." shows in its opening pages
the qualities OF humor and womanly sweetness
and sbrewdness 10 which she has accustomed
her renders II bears the rather cumbrous title
Of ..F-raulein Schmidt and Mr.. An5truther." but
il is written with a fascinating lightness Of
touch The heroine is a charming girl. half
English half German. and her love story IS
told in her letters 10 fine young Englishman.
her fathers pupil, 10 whom she has become en-
gagged on the eve OF his departure from Jena
Rose Marie Schmidt is quite delightful as
any OF "Elzabeth's' previous herolnes- She Is
sentimental. OF course, but II is plain from this
first instaIment of her letters that We are not
TO listen to the mere purrnss of lovers through
out the course OF this romance Here Is a sPeci-
men OF the young lady's style, which shows
that she is to prove the owner Of mind as
well OF heert:
Ry the way poor Goethe. What an unforeseen
result Of year In the city ~ MUSES. halr an hoGT
journey from the Him Athens itself, that you
should pronounce his poetry coarse. obvious am
commentaries What would Papa say n ne Knew
Probably the young Anstruther is not the in1elIi-
gent young man he took him for. But then Fspa
Is soaked In Goethe. and the longer re sosks the
more ne adores him. In this faith. In this Goetne-
worship. have been brought up and cannot: 70
afraid get rid OF Il all az once II is even possible
that i never shall, In spite Of London and YOU
viii You love me lass II DONE: Always have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-15
BOOKS IND AUTHORS.
Current Tall about Things Pres
ent and to Come.

The novel which heads the fail list OF Hough-
ton. Mlfiin & Co. is Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's
latest story. THE Man in the Case" which is
said 10 be "a tale Of mystery with strong hu-
man interest" AS in almost all this authors
stories. however. there is a strong canine inter-
est as well. a fine collie with the pOrtentous
name Of Martin Luther. PLAYING important
part i'm the elucidation of thu plot
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
THE PROFESSORS PERIL

THE proud eminence matinee idol occupied with distinction
enjoyed with evident by Professor Henry Morse
Stephens University of California shewdly threatened
The womens clubs moving him in force They will be
repealed only by unmasking battery Of bouquets
appears that Professor Stephens with valor than dis
creton has undertaken the dangerous work of writing history OF
his times Unerred by the fate Of Froude and Forster he will
be the official historian of the San Francisco fire and earthquake Al
the ladies have begun him of being unfair the fair
Stephens operating the meght and the womens clubs
by doubts and fears that the historian prudced in favor of
the unfair has egated them the dark be-
has ebowed them off the stage altogether.
Doubtless the Esquire Professor if tackled with the ball in his
will shelter himself with polite magnoquent phrases be-
te truth of history The familiar
ppingly like Falsta honor What is this truth of history
Who hath it? Him who died O Wednesday, Thursday
Will your hat straight darn the hole your stocking?
One remember the remark of the Professor
Stephens-"and for history, know that be lies
We to offer plea in favor of gratitude Professor
Stephens CARLOAD of bouquets the womens clubs and the
debt about due Cast your bouquets upon the and they
will when they handy Otherwise will be for
like Thaceray suburban lady who ened unhappy and
Shakespearean
sharper than thnkes tooth it to have serpent child Which,
being freely translated to the language vulgar generation
"tweny-three for YOU
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Personal Mention

H. r. jackson and Mrs. Jackson are
at the Jefferson.
Mrs. ]. G. Kirchen is a guest at the
Hotel Dorchester.
Marcus .ounker and Mrs. Younker of
Des Moines are at the Majestic.
Captain A. G. Fisher, U. s. A.. and
Mrs. Fisher are at the Majestic.
George P. Gates and Mrs. Gates of
Kansas City are at the st. Francis.
]. A. Mcmillan and J. NJ. Healy of
Goldfield are at the st. Francis Hotel
C. V. Inderrieden. prominent fruit
packer of Chicago. is at the st. Francis.
Mrs H. r. Warner. wife of the man
ager of the Hotel del Monte. is at the
St. Francis.
Mrs. d. B. Within and Mrs. G. M.
Martin are at the Majestic Annex from
Los Angeles.
Charles r. Drake and Mrs. Drake.
together with the Misses Elizabeth,
Pinita and Marguerite Drake, are at
the Jefferson from Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
In the Joke World

Wigg-The last saw of Youngpop
he was talking you to death about his
baby. How did you get rid of him?
Wagg-Oh, some fellow came along
who had just bought an automobile, so
| introduced them and made my es-
notwithstanding Record.
How did that confirmed bachelor
come to marry?"
"Oh, he crossed the path of widow
and she liked his appearance."-Hous-
ton Post.
How do you get those clinging
waysg' asked the country cousin.
Hanging from streetcar straps" an
swered the city girL-Washington
Herald.
Mr.. kidder--That cat you insisted
upon having about the house is around
your canary bird now.
Mrs. Kidder-She is? oh, drive her
away.
Mr. Kidder-Too late. say shes
already around your canary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Growth of Belgium's
Fishing Industry

"HE fishing industry In Belgium
has become quite important in the
last few years. Formerly the peo-
pie of the interior rarely had an
opportunity to taste fresh sea fish,
Now, with the telephone and tele-
graphic communication and the rapid
means of transmission in cars specially
arranged for the purpose by the state
railways, fish is not only distributed
throughout Belgium, but is sent into
Germany, Holland. France and interior
countries There are at present $50
fishing boats at Ostend, 1872 at La
Panne, 81 at Heyst and 40 at Blanken-
berghe. The 1905 yield amounted TO
nearly s1,500,000. Oyster raising at
Ostend is rapidly developing. and the
Ostend oyster can now be procured in
most all of the large European centers.
Mussels. Holsters, shrirnps and prawns
are sold in great quantities yearly
while the trade in shellfish Is greatly
increasing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
:. The Smart Set :.

Mrs. Thomas 3. Bishop and her
youngest son. Frank Bishop. nave de-
cided to leave on January ) for Egypt.
where they will spend a number of
months During their absence abroad
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bishop and their
Thomas B. Bishops home. having rent
ed their own attractive fiat on Cough
street for the winter.
Miss Ruth Gedney. who has returned
recently from a delightful summer
spent at the Bremerton< navy yard.
Washington, leaves this week for
Santa Rosa. where she will spend a
week or ten days as the guest of
friends.
The officers of the u S s Boston
were the hosts yesterday afternoon at
o'clock of a delightful reception given
aboard ship at which a number of our
best known society people were pres
emit.
Lieutenant Horsfall of the Artillery
Corps, who has arrived recently at
the Presidio. has already been the OBJ
ject of much social attention since his
arrival Mrs. Eleanor Martin and Mrs
Downey Harvey have both entertained
this popular young officer. and as he is
very partial to society San Franciscans
will doubtless see much of him this
winter.
Miss Elsie Tallant. who has been on
the sick list for the last month or six
weeks. owing to a nervous breakdown,
is fecuperating at San Rafael, where
she is visiting her aunt, Mrs. George
HeIlmann. Miss Ta1lant has been much
r1iaead SocialIv at the affairs that have
so far been given, but expects to re-
turn to town very soon
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Porter Bishop
are receiving the congratulations Of
their many friends. over the birth of
a small son, which was born on Tues
day at noon at their home on Wash
ington street. Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop
have recently moved into the fat they
are now occupying and where they in
tend making their home for the win
ter at least
Miss Carrie Mills left on Tuesday
afternoon for Boston, where she will
attend a fashionable finishing school
for another year Miss Mills was to
have been one of the seasons buds.
but owing to the changed conditions
of social life in San Francisco decided
to attend school for another year be-
fore coming out"
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Sperry. who
moved down to Burlingame shortly
after the fire, where they took q cot
tage for the summer, are now comfort
ably settled in their new home on
the corner of Lombard and Larkin
streets Miss Elsie Sperry spent the
summer IN New York and never
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

Cabbages bring now from so cents 20
$50 per dozen heads. while last wear
at this time they sold at from 40 10 30
cents per dozen. Lentils have increased
in price IN the sum OF 7 ; francs (Z.9o)
per 100 pounds: split peas 81 per 100
Kilograms f220 pounds)- Potatoes are
nearly double the price OF last year.
The slight scarcity in apples has been
compensated by import from Italy
While farmers have been compelled
to kill their stock TO prevent the ami
mails from dying of thirst. meat has
advanced in common with other articles
Of daily consumption to nearly double
the prices of a year ago. The drought
Is responsible for an increase Of 81 per
100 Kilograms GEO pouuds) of sugar, as
it has caused a shortage in the beet
crop. The dry spell has induced the
people OF the country IN the neighbor-
hood of rivers to drain them OF Ash
and as consequence the price OF fresh
fish has augmented in a degree that has
placed them beyond the reach Of the
majority of the people. Preserved hSh
have increased in price from = TO
cents per pound The low condition OF
the navigable streams has made ~ i'm
possible to receive coal by water, and
that necessary commodity has aug
mented in price from TO 10 cents per
100 Kilograms Everything considered.
the outlook for the winter is very dis
coura cling. especially for the poor. who
have not steady work upon which they
can depend Bread will be dear. and as
there is a protective tariff Of francs
per 100 Kilograms GEO pounds) on -four
it is not probable that imports from
other countries will materially relieve
the prevailing want.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Poor of England and France
Face Serious Conditions

work of which the silk manufacturers
of Lyon depend for their supply Of silk
to be woven into tissues, one-third or
them are closed. A trustworthy aU-
thority informs me that II ons-third OF
throwing mills are not actually closed
at least one-third of the throwing
capacity of the mills is suspended
Some OF them are running on half
time. some on quarter time. ard so on.
The effect OF this is not we. felt IN
the silk mills in Lyon. but II the
drought continues and many more
throwing mills are closed the result
will be the shutting down OF all the
Silk-weaving establishments OF Lyon
for want OF material TO work on
The prices of farm products have
advanced materially within the last
two weeks A large dealer in wine
tells me that the price of Bcauloiais
wine has doubled within the last
three weeks. and no one can tell
where il will stop. The following table.
which I have compiled from trust
worthy sources. gives the advance IN
price in a number OF articles OF dailv
consumption. The price Is per kilo-
grams. or 22O pounds:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

These are London prices for the hest
quality. but corresponding increases
will be made in various grades The
failure of the potato crop in the west
ern districts of Ireland will undoubt-
eddy affect the price of thlt article
of food in all parts of the kinydoIn. The
failure is due to the rainy summer.
the season having been unusually wet
in the district. Bread is about the
only staple article of food that does not
promise to be dearer the coming win
ter in England.
In France the effects of the three
months drought is showing itself in
many ways not anticipated Consul
Covert of Lyon says:
'Of the numerous mills for doubling
silk. called throwing mills, upon the