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FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 11, 1900.
BY00NB8 are bygones whenever pen?
sion bills or any other sort of frauds for
toe esjtecial benefit of Northern repub?
licans are to be perpetrated, and tbe
?Southern man wbo opposes them is de?
nounced by the republican members of
Congress as an unreconstructed and
malignant rebel; but bygones become
present issues to those same republi?
can Congressmen whenever a scalawag
contests tbe seat of a Southern demo?
crat, no matter how fairly and legally
the latter may have been elected, or
bow patent tbe evidence of bis election I
may be. In tbe North Carolina ca.-e
yesterday, the result of which was a_
oounced in the Gazette of tbat day, to
any unprejudiced man, the evidence
was conclusive tbat Mr. Crawford, wbo
held the certificate of election, had re?
ceived a fair majority of tbe votes cast
at tbe ?lection, and even tbe republican
governor of bis State testified to that
effect; but at their party's call bygones a
well as justice fled tbe presence of th -
republican members of tbe House of
Representativas, wbo flocked to the
support of tbe renegade, a Southern re?
publican, of most of whom Mr. John
Wise, until be became one of them,
had a correct idea.
In his sj-eech at Montgomery, Ale- j
bama, yeeterday, Mr. Bourke C-Okran, |
a New York democrat, said: "It j
would be far more defensible for thi
country to spend ten or twenty mil?
lion a year in helping to uplift the
black men of tbe South, instead of one
hundred million in putting down tbe
brown man of tbe East." Mr. Cock
ran ia a Northern man, but tbat he
knows a great deal more about the
true feeling of his country than tbe
majority of tbe people of hi_ section do,
h proved by bis referred to remark.
He also advocated tbe repeal of tbe
amendment lo tbe Constitution giviog
tbe negro tbe right to vote. Tbat
amendment is tbe prolific source of tbe
?vile tbat affl ct tbe South, and the
wisest and truest Southern friends
of the negro know that its repeal
would be beneficial to both races,
but even more so to the n?groee, than
to tbe white people upon whom th?>
depend for their meat and bread.
A Northern republican consumed
much of tbe time of tbe U. S. Senate
yesterday in reading a speech in favor
of tbe following resolution tbat be bed
previously in roduced : ''Resolved,
that tbe phenomenal business prosperi?
ty of tbe country is due to tbe enact?
ment of tbe Dingley tariff bill." Such
a thing is a fair sample of tbe proceed?
ings of the modern American Congress.
"Phenomenal prosperity !" Tbat the
?ky is blue and the land is fair here now
are indisputable, but when the average
man asks his neighbor if prosperity bas
struck him, tbe invariable answer
is no, and if any laborer starts out ta
obtain employment, anywhere, and
finds it, be deems himself a most fortu?
nate man. Most of tbe rich people are
prosperous, because money makes
money, but notbiog is more patent, not
only here but everywhere else,than tbe
fact tbat "flush times" have not come
to those wbo are not rich.
The Zion Conference of tbe nenio
Methodist Cburcb, of Washington,
has formally declared io favor
of tbe British aod agabet tbe
Boera. Well, the support of tbe
American negroes will not help tbe
Britiib, uor the lack of it hurt tbe
Boere, but tbat it will increase tbe pro
Boer feeling in thia country goes with?
out saying and is too plain to require
mention. Individually, negroes usually
have good seuee, but collectively, es?
pecially wben influenced by their false
friends from the North, tbey almost in?
variably go wrong, and bort not only
themselves, but the ctuse tbey es?
pouse. ^_
A labor part of tbe space of tbe
Washington newspapers is dally filled -
with accounts of the most outrageous
crimes perpetrated by the negroes to
whom tbe elume of that city seem a
paradise. Well, Washington, of all the
cities in the country, is the very best
one in which euch crimes should be
committed. Tbere the negroes are
taught civil and political liberty and
?re inculcated in tbe belief that idle?
ness, and tbe vices it engenders, are
necessary to establish their perfect
?quality with tbe white people among
-whom tbey live.
??? United Sutes Senate, in re?
aped of tbe naval appropriation bill
has adopted Representative Rixey's
proposed amendment, to the effect tbat
if the protected ateel plate manufac?
turera will not supply enough of tbat
material to cover the new ships of tbe
navy, except at exorbitant rates,!
the government build an armor1
plate mill ot ita own. Country con?
gressman may not know as much about
naval affairs aa their oity colleagues,
but, then, tbey are not as subject to I
the malign influences of protected man?
ufacturers as the latter are.
The President yesterday reprieved
another U. T. soldier conv'cted and
sentenced to be shot for outraging a
Filipino woman. Mr. McKinley, judg?
ing by his pardons, seems to have a
particularly kind feeling for bank de?
faultsra at borne and American soldiers
guilty of brutal assaults upon the na?
tive women of bis conquered prov?
inces. But a brown negro in tbe Phil?
ippines nas no rights, not even tbe
mot-t sacre?), tbat a brutal soldier in
the American army is bound to re?
spect. __^____
WON KrtMllN?.TOJV
(Corresponde nee of tbe Alex?ndri? G?aette.]
Washington, May 11.
At today'? meeting of the Senate
committee ou inter-oceanic canals, Ad?
miral Walk?*r and ttber members of the
Isthmian canal commis-ion were pres?
ent aod answered toe queries of the
committee as to the objections to the
present adopiion of legislation oo the
S'ibjec'. I< Il learned tbat Admiral
Walker told tbe corainitte that the
prss>ge of 'be pei.d n^ bill at ibi* time
would entail a loss of from 125,000,000
to 150.000 OOt) to the government before
any excavation could be done on tbe
Nicaragua route. As soon as the bill
was p&iiseul, committing: the United
States to tbis rou'e without any previous
option baviog been obtained on tbe
lands over which tbe canal would ran,
the price of this real estate,
be said, would increase enor?
mously. Witb proper inveetiga
?jos made while the United States
was uncommitted to any special route,
options on the land could, he thought,
be secured for not more tban #6,000,000.
1 He also told tbe commute tbat action
on tbe bill now was playing directly
into tbe bands of the Cragin-Eyre syn?
dicate, whicn would complete its pay?
ment for its concession from tbe Nicara
gu-tn government. It would cost tbe
government, in his opinion, several
million dollars to buy this concession,
which at present was purely specula?
tive, and which the government would
have to purchase before beginning
work. It is un<l-r food that tbe argu?
ments of Admiral Walker and bis col?
leagues were strong enough to canse
the republican members of tbe commit?
tee to decide agaiot-t reporting tbe bill
at this seesion,
Representative Bromwell, of Ohio,
introduced a bill tbis afternoon provid?
ing that when tbe amount of alleged
defalcations in tbe Cuban postal reve?
nues sball have been ascertained, tbis
amount shall be refunded to tbe Cuban
treasury out of the general treasury of j
the United ratete-. "I do this," be
-_id, ' tbat the confidence of the Cuban?*
in tbe irtegrity of the Uuited States
{ovemmeot may not ne shaken."
Col. George H. Burton, inspector get- -
-?ral for tbe D.-parirnent of Havana,
arrived in Washington this morning to
report to the Secretary of War oo the
alleged shortage of tbe postal funde o.
Havana. Ha find a brief talk witb tbe
secretary but did not preeent bis report,
wbicb is not yet com leted. The full
report will prooatily be presented later
in tbe day or tomorrow. Col. Button
declined t J discuss tbe matter on the
??round that i( would not be proper for
an iospeitir to do so Wnen asked
whether otheis than C. F. W. Neely
were under suspicion he said, "I would
rather not talk about tbat phase of the
subject."
Two minority reports by tbe demo?
crats of tbe House committee on mer?
chant marine and fisheries on tbe ship
subsidy bill were presented today.
One negatives tne euppcei ion toati oli
tics enters the tu'j^ct matter of tbe bill
?nd partially endorses tbe majority re?
tort, approves the proposed plan of gov?
ernmental aid, and insists that ourship
iiing laws should apply to Hawaii and
Puerto Rioc. Tbe report wants an act
making it imperative for shipowners to
h-ave a certain per cent of Americans in
heir employment. The power to d -
? rmlue when an unlawful combination
of shipowners exists it want?) invested
in tbe courts instead of in tbe Secretary
of tne Treasury. The ot Der opposes tbe
?cenerei principal of the bill, aod partic?
ularly governmental aid,and points out
tbe inconsistencies aod inaccuracies ol
tbe bill.
Representative Jones of Virginia eF
? ?(irtt-d Messrs. Crismond, Griffith et?.
Miers ? ed Oen. Ruggles of Fred
-rieksburg to tbe White House
: nia morning to see tbe Presi?
dent about bit proposed visit to
htir town on tbe 25:h instant at tbe
meeting of tbe army of th? Potomac
tbere. Mr. McKinley told them tbat
be would not only go b t would
take bis Cibinet aud tbe Marine band
with bim, and would leave here at half?
past bine o'clock on the morning of the
'lay named, and hoped to be back by
-undown of the same day.
In tbe House today Mr. Rizey of
Virginia introduced tbe following bills:
G? pay Tandy Duval of Fauquier coun?
ty $3,421.50 for s ores and supplies
'.aken by tbe Union army during the
var between the Ststes; to pay $800
for tbe use and tiual destruction of
?jar Bapti-t Cburcb at Bristersburg,
r'duquier county, by Union troops dur?
ing ine war between the States.
The requisition papers for Neely, the
Cubao embezzler, are now oo tbe way
o New York.
Tbe President baa decided tbat be
???nnot b* at Qettysbury either on tbe
23rd, or 25tb, when tbe memor al exer?
cises take place on tbat historio battle?
field.
Tbe supervising architect of tbe
reasury has recommended an exten?
sion of tbe (appropriation of $10,500 for
tie improvement of the publi? building
at Norfolk, Va.
A delegation from Richmond was at
(be Capitol 'bis morning to make ar?
rangements for tbe visit the House
liver and harbor committee will make
to that city on the 18th in>-t.
Tbe postmaster at Williameburg,
Virginia, died laat nigbt, and already
Congressman Wise of that district is
ooaieged by applicants for tbe place.
A delegation of Alexandrians, com?
posed of Mayor Simpson, Aldermen
Sweeney aod Clark aod Councilmen
Burke, Appich and Lawler, escorted by
Representative Rixey, were at the of.
fice of the District Ccmmissioners bere
today.to see about the disposition of the
garbage of this city Tbe only commis?
sioner they saw vas Mr. McFarland,
who told tbem the commission is now*
considering the establishment of a cre?
matory in which to consume all tbe ref?
use matter of tbe oity, and be hoped
that plan would be adopted. Some of
tbe delegations previously saw Repre?
sentative Swanson and Senator Daniel,
who promised to help them in any way
they could. Senator Martin is absent,
in attendance upon bis wile's sick
mother, so tbat he could not be seen.
The House committee oo tbejudicary
today received the brief of tbe attorney
/cr the Qaynors and Capt. Carter, in op?
position to the bill which simplifies ex?
tradition proceedings. It quotes many
precedents in sopport ol bis argument.
Senator Daniel in talking to a friend
this evening about the probable attion
of the national democratic convention,
said he felt certain it would be conser
vative and, it endorsed, be eminently
conducive to the best interests of ail
the p-ople of the country.
Representative? Kixey, Otey aid Jone? of
Virginia were at the White House this morn?
ing and recommended Mr. John Ooode of
their ; tate a? a ?nitable man to fill the place on
the commiseeion to codify the criminal law of
the United State?, made vacant by the recent
death of Jodge (Jalberson of Texan. The
President tu'd hem he would give their re?
commendation proper consideration, and ?aid
he knew Mr. Goode, having served In the
House with him. He added that although
tbe place did not, a? is ?upnosei, bdoog to s
democrat, he intended to give it to one.
Republican rommitteeman Bowden of Vir?
ginia when herd yesterday had conference?
with Senator Hanna and other manager? of
hi? party
A ?on of the late Mr. Richard Farr of Fair?
fax county. Virginia, ia an applicant for a
fede-r?l position, aud called on Congressman
Wi*e of bis State yesterday to aaslet bim. He
informed the ? on g rei ?man tbat he was en?
dorsed by the chairman of bia State com?
mittee Then Mr. Wie* ?aid. "I knew and
respected your father, but I can do nothing
for yop with that endors? ment "
Dr. We leeev Beld Davi?, s noted Metho?
dist Episcopal minister, is again in trouble
He was arrested today for pasting a check for
$15 on May 5th last od a local florist Just
about a ye?r ago Dr Davi? was arrested here
on a similar chsrge, he having, it was al'eged
passed a wort blese check on railroad ticte-1
agents in this city ani In Baltimore. A num?
ber of prominent men, including senator?,
representatives and government official? ic
teieeted themselves in his behalf and the eve
was nolle proceed after ?he checks were made;
good.
It is thought here that the bone factory be?
tween this city and Alexandria will be de?
clared a nui 'mire and be abated by tbe Die
ttlct authorities. In tbat ease it i? reported
the Jewell soap factory, on the Eastern
Branch, recently de-troyed by Are, will be
ic established at the Rsub place, near the
mouth of Four-mile ran, on the Virgiuia ?id;
of the river.
NEWS OF THE DAY
The district attorney in Pennsylvania
has abandoned tbe indictments in th*
case g against Senator Q-iay and bis son.
Tbe Filipino insurgents bave suderei!
a heavy loss at Taboko, province of
Albany, Luzon. Tbeir leader, a native
priest, was wounded.
Marshal Martinez de Campos ha?
summed up tbe situation in Spain by
declaring that "the ministry muet gov?
ern or resiflrn." Demonstrations agtinst
the taxation schemes are general
throughout Spain.
Frofessor Dietzel, a German politicial
economist, predicts the "downfall o* tb?
United States" as a result "of tbe enor?
mous increase of American manufactur?
ed exports, a factor tteadily undermin?
ing protectionism."
Officer?) of tbe American Steel atd
Wire Company have authorized tbe an
nouocement that John Lambert has re
signed tbe presidency and John W
Gate tbe chairmanship of tae board oi
directors of tbe company.
The problem of admittng women tu
tbe general conference was iaken up by
the Methodist Epi-oopal Convention at
Cnicago, yesterday, aod plunged tbe
conference into a lively dtscussion
Action was deferred until today.
Mrs. H. H. DitJenbaugb, a telegraph
operator on tbe Coesapeake and Oaio
road, near Charleston, W. Va., wa
crlroioally ?B-aulted by a negro on Wed?
nesday night. Tbe brute broke into
tbe ?station while toe woman was alone.
Rev. Dr. Francis Marchetti, tbe new
auditor ot tbe papal legation, arrived in
Washington yesterday frita Rome.
Dr. Marchetti, wbo succeeds Monsignor
Djnatus Sbarelli, will bave charge ol
tbe legation during the absence of
Archbishop Martinelli and lev. Dr
Rooker in tbe West.
Iu Baltimore yet-terday Jas. Brown,
84 years old, and Mrs. Marietta Brown,
wbo bad been divorced some years ago,
were remarried. The groom was on
wbat may prove his deathbed when
the ceremony was performed, and the
wedding took place at tie borne of the
? room's daughter. Several ye rs""ago
thev became estranged, and finally, in
1888, a divorce was obtained in Taxas.
Through a confession made to fie
authorities in Havana tbe alleged
postal frauds promise to be speedily
oleare! up, but it is stated that tin
more arrests will bet made et presemi
Tbudecit-ion was reached after a con?
ference between General Wood and Di?
rector of Posts Ratbbone. Tr.e con?
fession was made upon the promise
that the man so doing be accepted as
State's evidence. Attorneys for Chan.
F. W. Neely, tbe postal disbursing of?
ficer of Cuba, wbo is charged with the
embezzlement of Cuban postal funds,
are in Washington trying to prevent
hie extradition to Cubi for trial.
Tbe sessions of tbe fourth annual
convention of the Washington Diocese
of tbe Protestant Episcopal Cburcb
closed at St. John's Cburc ? yesterday.
The followi'ig bave been chosen as the
standing committee of the diocese :
Rev. T. J. Packard, Ruv. John H. El
liott. Rev. Alfred Harding, Rev. R. H.
McKim, clerical members; Mr. J.
Holdsworth Gordon, Mr. Charles H.
Stanley aod Mr. S.W. Tullocb,lay mem?
bers. Bishop Satterlee in bis annual
address mere by reviewed tae cburcb
work during fie past year. Various
changes in tbe church canons were
submitted, referred, reported favorably
and adopted,
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
Lord Roberts and tbe advance di?
visions of bis army have croese-d the
Ziod river, in the Orange Free State,
where the Boers had been expected to
make decided opposition. The eros
ing wase effected yesterday, the Boere
being outnumbered and outflanked.
They 'lad a froot of 20 miles, but Lord
Roberti overlapped each end of it and
tbe retreat of the burghers followed.
The British are thus well on the roud
to Kroonstad, where the Boers have
been constructing fortifications de?
scribed as almost impregnable. If Lord
Roberts continues bh rapid progress he
may be at Kroonstad by tbe end of tbe
week.
A eouros of trouble to tbe British is
reported to be dev loping in the east?
ern part of tbe Free State, l? is said
that President Steyn bas collected 10,
000 men in the Ficksburg-Senekal dis?
trict where he will make ?stend against
tbe forces of Generals Bundle and Bra?
bant. He may also delay a junction cf
General Boiler's army with tbat of
Lord Roberts. It is believed that an
important move by General Buller is
now in progress.
I had stomach trouble for twenty years
and gave up hope of being cored till j began
to ese Kodol bvspa^M? Onr?. It ha? done
me so mnch good I call it the eavior of my
aft JLnte,tW? B? W,,klr WD. Albany, ??"?
It digest? what joe eat? '
flHGlNlA NBW&
A thrt ugh train-service was inaugu?
rated by the Seaboard Air Line Rail?
way between Petersburg and Durban.,
N. OL* yesterday.
Mr. Henry Lee Valentine will be
king of tbe Richmond carnival. The
ballot closed last nigbt. Sam Stero,
tbe Jeffeieoo ward pawnbroker, wbo
wanted '.o be king, was not in the race
at the finish.
Dr. Hunter McGuire. of Richmond,
is now able to walk about at bis subur?
ban home. It was stated at the residence
Let night tbat he bad epem a very
comfortable day, and tbat be was get?
ting along quite nicely.
Tbe chair of Greek and German at
Randolph-Macon College, recently oc?
cupied by Prof. Ricbard M. Smith, wbo
wer.it to Alabama, has been declared
vacant, aud will be filled at the meet?
ing of tbe true ees in June.
Mrs. D. B. Tennant, of Richmond,bos
leased for tie summer "Cliltoo," the
pretty cnuntry place belonging to Mr.
?. ? Wnite and situated about oue
mile south of L?esburg. She will take
??.--?'-? on within the next few daya.
Mr. B. C. Qrymes, of King George,
bas purchased from the Messrs. Ash
Lou, of "Waterloo," tbeir large fljc_ of
sbeep and lambs, wbicb added to bit
large flock on hi- "Berry Plain" farm,
makes bim the largest sheep ow.u-r in
tbatcounty.
Tnere are reasons for be-lieving tbat
many democrats will disregard tie
action of the Norfolk met tin < and vote
against the calling of a constitutional
convention. It is a well-known fact
that most of tne office-holders are op?
posed to the couvt-i tion aud tbe corpor?
ation.-, as a rule, are fighting it.
There is s.-.id to be a small lobby in
Washitg'on in behalf of tbe purchase
of the Temple farm aod tbe Moore
bouse at Yurktowo by tbe governine ?*.
This is a bad time, however, to advo?
cate such a project, as every available
appropriation bill is already loaded
down with amendments, half of which
will never pass.
Revenue Officers Eddlos and Simms
and special Officer Coarles H. Dear
raided an illicit brandy still near Mad?
ison Run, Orange county, oo Wednes?
day. Tne still was upon tbe premises
of Mr. T. ? Berry and in full operation
when the officers arrived. They con?
fiscated the plant and a quantity of low
wines and pumice.
The opening gestion cf the Tri-State
Dental Association, comprising tbe
-taten of Virginia, Maryland and tbe
Disti i; t of Columbia, was beld in Rich?
mond yesterday. The chairman, Dr.
D. N. Rust, ol Alexandria, called tbe
meeting to order, Tbe address of wel?
come was delivered by Dr. J. Allison
Hodges, aud was responded to by Dr.
E. E. Cruzen, president of tbe Mary
lend State Dental Association. The
day was spent in lectures and clinics.
One hundred delega es are in attend?
ance.
A dispatch from Richmond says: Miss
Lulie Harrison, who lives at tbe old
aod hi-tone Lower Brandon, on the
James river, has just discovered a se
cret repository io tbe wing of tbat old
mansion. This lady unknowingly
touched a secret panel in the wall sud
to her amazement a dark closet was re?
vealed. Hast ly summoning mem err
of the family to her aid, the young lady
discovered a human skull. Tbis panel
opened into a secret passage, which
were common in the old colonial man
sions of lower J mes river. It is sup?
posed this skull is tbat of some person
who perished in tbis passageway a cen?
tury or more ago.
THE RACE PROBLEM.
The race conference at Montgomery,
Ala., yesterday discuseed the negro in
relation to religion and the lynching
evil.
Bishop I*, iiii-k. of Baltimore, declared
that from 5 to 8 negroes in the North,
under northern conditions, committed
crimes to one in tbe South.
Prof. W. F. Willcox, statistician in
the Census Bureau, declared tbat the
ultimate extermination of tbe black
race was inevitable. "There will be a
rapid decrease of the birth rate and a
slow increase of the deatb rate until the
negro race will sand as the American
Indian stands today," said Profefsor
Willcox.
Mr. Alex. 0 Kin/, of Atlanta, spoke
on "The Punishment of Crimes Again-1
Women. Existing Legal Remedies and
Their Sufficiency."
Mr. Ring ta d it was in those commu?
nities wbere tbe dominance of tbe wLite
. .? e; was the least secure, aod the men
ice of tbe black criminal tbe greatest,
bat lynch law is most likely to prevail.
He called attention to tbe fact tbat with
the passage of time since tbe abolition of
slavery the crime seems to grow in im?
portance. He also noted tbe apparent?
ly inherent prejudice exieitiog between
the lower class of white people aud tbe
oegro, who, in being educated and ry
imitation, wa- menacing the social
status of this class of white people. He
said tbat tbis prejudice is resented by
tie negro, nod produces strong racial
animosity. He gave two reasons why
extra-jud rial means are resorted to,
namely : Tbe delay of legal punish?
ment and tbe protection ol the victim
of tbe assault from tbe ordeal of the
witness chair. Mr. King closed with a
plea for the domination of law.
He whs followed by Hon. Cliiton R
Breckinridge, of Arkansas, wbo dia
cussed tbe advisability of lynching.
Hon. Bourke Cockran, cf New York,
boldly advocated the repeal of tbe fif?
teenth amendment to tbe federal con?
stitution. He argued that it was a bad
limb on tbe tree; tbat it bad been
nullified by tbe rttates and had been
lyncbed, so to speak, by tbe people of
the Soutb. He declared that the rec?
onciliation of tao theoretical status ol
tb? negro under tbe constitution should
be reconciliation witb bis actual status
in tbe public opinion of tbe country.
He maintained tbat this repeal was best
fir tbe negro as well as for the white
man, since both races bad to live to?
gether, to prosper together, or go down
together. Every source of irritation
between tbe two should be removed,
and the fifteenth amendment was the
greatest.
Mr. Cockran asserted that tbe path
of tbe negro to political and social
right? lay through the development of
the unit, the individual, and tbat tbe
only means was by industrial education.
He lauded tbe generosity of the South
fur speeding in thirty-five years after
its devastation and out of its poverty
over one hundred millions of dollars
for oegro educa ion, and pointed out
that it was the duty of tbe federal
government to aesist in preparing it?
wards for the duties of citizenship.
He said it would be far more defensi?
ble for tbe country to spend ten or
twenty millions a year in helping to
unliit the black men of tbe Soutb, in?
stead of one hundred millions in put?
ting down tbe brown men of tbe East.
T?-DAI'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Forelen Newa.
St Peterebure, May 11.?A Urge
number of the volunteers in tbe Rus
pian service bave leit for Delagoa Bay
witb the purpose of enlisting in tbe Boer
army.
Capetown, May 11 ? The South ?f?
ricas Review prints a demand tor the
arrest of a prcminent member of Ibe
Cape Parliament, asserting tbat be of?
fered to bribe a man to shoot Sir Al?
fred Milner, tbe Governor of Cape Col?
ony.
Vienna, Mav 11.?It is announced
that Emperor Franz Josef will visit the
l'ari- Exposition during the summer.
Paris, May ll.?A wave of excite?
ment swept the boulevards tbis After?
noon as the result of a rumor that Presi?
dent Liubet bad been assassinated
while visiting tbe exposition Tbe ru?
mor proved to he without foundation.
Madrid, May 11.?Reports of disorder
over the taxation trouble come from
various province*. At Valencia, tbere
has been some rioting and the mob has
erected barricades in tbe streets to p -
pel tbe police. At Seville, crowds pa?
aded the streets shouting denunciations
of the tax scheme and stoning tbe police
wbo attempted to interfere.
St. Petersburg, May 11.?Siberiao
exile is to be abolis led by order of the
Czar. A bill for tbe abolition of de?
portation to Siberia was introduced
into the Council yeeterday and w?s
passed unanimously. Tbe worst side
of deportation lo Siberia, arbitrary
exile without aoy judicial inquiry, is to
be abolished altogether and the trans?
portation of criminals in mass will
cease, while the construction of centrai
prisons for their temporary reception
will be hurried forward. Tbere ar
about 300 000 exiles in Siberia, half of
whom were sent tbere without trial.
Rome, May 11.?The contributions o!
"Peters Pence" brought by pilgrims to
tbe Vatican this spring have reach h
total of 1,500 000 francs.
B-eslau, Germany, May 11.?The
town of Bartis-Chin, in Posen, was
totally dee-troyed by fire today.
St. Louie Street Car Fight.
St. Louie, May 11.?Governor Steph?
ens and the other Sta'e officials re?
turned to Jefferson City last night,
after a fruitless effort to adjust the dif?
ferences between ibe street car com?
panies and their employes. Thetroubl
is now no nearer a settlement than II
was before. The conference called by
tbe governor failed because the railroad
officials refused to recognize tbe union
io the negotiations. 'Ibe suburbs,
linecontinue. torun iterare without mo
?e-tation. President Wbilaker says _b<
other lines will be opened as soon ?*?
adequate protection is afforded. Flora
Siegfried, aged 10, was probably fatalh
injured near her home yeeterday after?
noon by being struck in tbe bead with
a brick which bad been thrown at ?.
suburban car.
Death of a Leper.
Philadelphia, May ll.?A heap of
bones iu tbe corner of a rude wouder
hut within tbe ioclosure of tbe Cbeetet
County Almsbouse is all tbat remait.e
of John A-dersoo, tbe leper, who for the
past ten years has been an inmate of the
but. He died some time during Tues?
day nigbt, alene and on bare boards.
He was one of the few cases of genuine
leprosy found in this country He was
placed in the but a decade ago and since
tbat time his only visitors hkve beei
scientific men wbo bave watched the
progress of the disease. A littleiw-i__U
was made io tbe door to the hut ami
through this bis food was given himd.s\
a'ter day by a keeper wbo was on the
watcb all the time lest tbe leper eecapi-.
Anderson was a sailor early in life. He
was 50 years old.
Filipino? Kepuleed.
Manila, May 11.?Repot ts of sar
_uinary encounters between inaurgeou,
and American garrisons in southern
and northern Luzon continue to arrive.
Tbe town of Trorin, near Bulan, in
Albay province, was burned and looted
by tbe rebels on April 26. A number
of friendly natives were murdered.
The rebels were finally driven off by
tbeAmericane,leaving thirty-seven dead
on tbe field. At San Jacinto, tear the
Gulf of Lin;ayen, on May 7, a force ol
500 insurgents attacked twenty-five
scouts o? the 48th iufantry, but the
rebels were driven eff leaving ten
killed. Tbe Americans bad two killed
Suicide by Poison.
New York, May 11.?Mrs. Annie
(?rullar t, a widow, 34 years of age, ami
ber daughter, Annie, seven years old,
were found dead in bed tbis morning ai
their borne, on Fifteenth street. Tbeir
faces were black, tbeir eyes yellow and
their features distorted as though death
had come in great agony. It Is believed
the mother gave the gir) a fatal dose
and then swallowed one herself. Di
spondency was probably tbe cause ot
Mrs. Grubert's action. Tbe woman
had also tried lo kill her four-year-old
daughter, but io her frenzy bad oot
given ber a sufficiently large dose.
?
Stolen Diamonds Recovered.
Chicago, May 11.?Diamonds worth
$10,000, which are said to bear a strik?
ing resemblance to tbe gems stolen from
Orrin W. Potter's residence last moni h
were seized by tbe police at Lexington,
Ky , yeeterday. A young couple wbo
registered at the Phoenix Hotel in that
city Wednesday afternoon as T. F. Wil
ieri and wife, t??n Francisco, wbo were
endeavoring to dispose of the diamoods
for $6 000 were taken in charge by tbe
officers. An investigation will be made
at ot:c ? in an effort to identify the jewels
ae the gems stolen in Chicago.
Crown Prince In Haste to Marry.
Tokio, May 11.?The wedding of tbe
Crown Prince Yosbi Hito Horunomiya
to Princess Sad? was celebrated jester
day id great splendor, the ini itary and
oaval forces participating in the display
and firing saintes after the ceremony.
Tbe Prince married before ascending
tbe throne, contrary to the unwritten
law of ibe Empire, but be is an inde?
pendent young man, and unlikely to be
greatly hampered by custom. He is an
adopted son of tbe Mikado and third
cousin of his biide of today.
Married to Gain Her Freedom.
San Francisco, May II.?Dorothy
Studebaker, wbo tiday was married
? o the young Pennsylvania millionaire,
Scott McKeown, makes the unique an?
nouncement tbat she married Mc?
Keown to gain her freedom in order
tbat she might become a comic opera
star. Mrs. McKeown says ber parents
have fought her ambition to shine be?
hind tbe footlights. Her husband is
aleo opposed to tbe step she proposes
but she expects to win bim over.
The Marker?.
Chicago, May 11.?The market do*ed ??
follow?: Wheat -M?y 65%; Jaly t36 _a?5V
65%.
Georgetown, May 11.?Wheat u_?7_.
The Situation In E outh AxVtoav
London, May 11.?Gen. Roberts'*
rapid progret-8 toward Pretoria creates
the belief tbat be has dispelled opposi
? lion in the Free State and tbat there
will be l.ttle reel fighting until tbe
British set foot on Transvaal territory.
Tne British army is not far from Kroon
siadt now. According to Roberte'? lat?
est dispatch tbe cavalry bave occupied
Wntersburg. From Veoteraburg to
KrooBstadt, some 25 miles, a wagon
road parallels tbe railway line.
Gen. Roberts reports from Rietepruit
yesterday as follows: "We bave driven
the enemy from point to point and are
now eight miles north of the Zaod river.
Tbe cavalry aud mounted infantry are
at Veotereburgb. Tucker is at Dee!?
fonteine. Hamilton's force was wih
Broadwood's cavalry making for the
crossroad* near Ventersburg."
Toaba N'cbu, May 10 ?The Boers in
tbe La'!) brand district are ???? < g
southerly from Mequatling's Nek. One
commando wan checked by a stror-s
reconnoiie&ance. Geo. Brabant is 20
miles north of east of Eden, where tbe
Boers are said to be in strength. Lot -
don dispatches have reported President
St-yn as commanding tbe Boers in per
son a1. E ljn.
Capt. Grenfeli followed a party of
Boers and, catching up with tbem.
fighting eneue-d. Grenfeli was obliged
to retire to a kopje, wbicb be'is now
holding. He bad few casualties.
The Heavy Weight Championship.
New York, May 11.?Jas. J. Jeffrie-?,
the champion heavy weight pugli.-tuf
the world, and James J. Corbet, t' e
former champion, will meet io the ring
of tbe Seaside Abiette Cub tonight iu
a battle of 25 rounds for the champion?
ship aod a purse of $25,000. Charley
White will act as tbe referee. Betting
on tbe result t'iis morning is 2 to 1 on
Jeffries end even money that Corbett
lasts ten rounds. Interest in tbe fight
seems to be mostly local. Few of tbe
usual out of towo delegates have ar?
rived yet, tiough tbe club managers ex?
pect many today. Around sporting
quarters this morn rg the impresi?n wns
tbat tbe contest would last less than ten
r unda and (hat Jeffries would be win?
ner, though few bets were placed. Tbe
referee ail call tbe men together about
ten o'clock and then the battle will be?
gin. ?
FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Washington, May 11.
T?????.
Wben tbe Sentiti convened today
Governor Roosevelt, of New York, wbo
was in the chamber, was the centre of
interest. He was greeted by all the
republican and many of tbe democratic
members.
Mr. Bacon offered a resolution that a
commi't-e be appointed to investigate
44 to what moneys bave been received
and expended in Cub? by United States
jlBcials, from the time tbe island was
occupied by tbe United States to May
30, 1900. Tbe investigation to be made
<ts to money collected from internal
revenue, ? ostotfice aud all ether sources
?y both civil aod military officials. At
Mr. Bacon's request the resolution was
laid over until tomorrow.
At tbe close of routine business tbe
naval appropriation bill was taken ut)
and Mr. Lodge addressed tbe Senate iu
favor of the committee amendment,
providing tbat tbe government pur
al?ese the best armor tbat can be pro?
cured and pay |545 per ton for the
quantity needed for three big battle?
ships oeariig completion. Mr. Lodge
almi'ted that the gcvernment in some
instances had paid too high a price to
tbe monopolies that furnished armor
plate and one bad furnished bad armor.
Tout was criminal, but tbe government
could not help itself. To refuse to pay
tbe price stipulated would delay tbe
building o: ships. He declared that
more ships should be built to secure
the safety of the United States. He
did not think tbere was any danger on
account of tbe new possessions. Tbe
danser was along our coasts, and tbey
oust be defended. There was also tbe
need of a big navy to protect our in?
terests in South America. Tbe proposed
Isthmian canal bad also to be defended.
Mr. Lodge stated in most emphatic
anguage tbat the United States would
lever permit any European power to
?anchase from Denmark her pos?ee>
sions in the West Indies. Tbe nation
chat should buy those islands would be
.he enemy of tbe United State?. He
likewise remiuded Senators tbat tbe
Monroe doctrine must be maintained at
ill hazards aud no matter what the
cost. He intimated without calling the
antan that Germany was building ships
very rapilly. Mr. Lodge said if Mr.
Tillman thought there was no danger of
an infringement of ? be Monroe doctrine
in tbe South American republics, be
? tiered from him. Mr. Lodge, how
ever, did oot think there was anything
tn tbe Dinish-Ametican islands scare.
Mr. Bacon thought tbat tbe tendency
of tbe times made tbe establishment of
* strong navy imperative, and be be?
lieved tbat tbe establishing ot an armor
plate by tbe government was tbe first
-itep toward a navy superior to any in
tbe world.
Mr. Bacon said that he would cit) the
statements of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. Hale) tbat tbe armor plate com?
panies bid fleeced tbe government and
'be statements of the Senator from
Mas'acbusetts (Mr. Lxige) tbat the
Carnegie Company had cheated the
?overnment by furnishing defective
irmor.
Mr. Peorose announced tbat be would
at the earliest opportunity take tbe Sen?
ator from Georgia (Mr. Bacon) to task
for his rash charges in regard to "honest
ar<J honorable men," Mr. Bacon eaid
that he made the charges on authority
of Senators Hale and Lodge.
Mr. Hale said that be would stand
bv bis statemont that the armor com?
p ?nies "put tbe knife into tbe govern?
ment" and Mr. Lodge eaid tbat tbe
Carnegie Company did knowingly sell
to tbe government armor that was de?
fective.
Mr. Daniel spoke in favor of an in?
crease of tbe navy and thou.bt that
the best meine to tbe end desired was
the establishment of an armor plate
manufactory by the government. He
-ni ; it was a well known fact tbat tbe
armor plate truei has the Coked States
ny tbe throat with one band and bas
the other deep into tbe national pocket.
Mr. Pc-nrose offered an amendment
removing tbe reetiictinns oo tbe price
to be paid for armor, and authorizing
tbe purchase of the best armor at tbe
lowest price.
Mr. Penroee then addressed tbe
Senate in defense of the Carnegie and
Bethlehem companies.
H0?8K.
A bill allowing commutation of ra?
lions In tbe army was passed.
Tbe considerati jo of private pension
bills was then proceeded with, ?
MUKu INTO YOUR SHOES
Allea'? Foot-Ease, ? powder. Itcure?p?ir.
fol. ?marting, ?wollen feet ?nd ic_iow;_.
nails, and instant y take? the ?tin?: out ef
corna and banio??. It'? tbe greatest comfort
discovery of tbe age. Allea'? -oouEasen,,,,
tight or new ?_?_ feel essy. It is ? cert ?
care for ewestin?, rtlloa? ?nd hot tired, ?cl.
ing feet Try it today. Sold by ?? druga-i-?.
aad ?he? ?tore?. By mail for 25c in sum ?
Trial p-ckage FBEB. Addi eu Allen 8. O it
?ted, L? Boy, ?. Y.
lELEfcKAPHlC BUHT.]!
At the sight of ber eoo fighting w;;n
another man over a quei-tion of rent, at
Chicago, yesterday, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fieber dropped deed. Tbe woman b?d
been troubled witb heart dieeaee for
some time.
The appalling number of reten -
picious fires in the? hmlnaj cectonof
Philadelphia re.su]-?el t >Uy in the (ie?
posing of Jam?? P. VooOmftmo, 1rs
marshal, and tbe lauuouficernent o( ; h
successor, Capi. Pe er Miller, chief 0f
tbe dt teet i ve bureau. A general
sbake-up is expected.
Mies Olga Nethersole i? not at all s<n.
i-fied with the explanation of Rev, Dr,
Easton,of Washington, io regard ta
what be meant ty tbe use of the aod
"lewd," asd will protecute. It ia _?id
Mr. E-sto ? h?s secured lawyers toil?
fend bim. Tbe case <? m t likely tj
come up before tbeO.tober term
At the evening session of the Antm:
Order of Hibernians, at Boston, >e-i .
day, Denver, Col., was chosen for the
next conventioc. Today tbe followiLg
national officers were elected: Jehu
T. Keating, of Chi.ago. prender; Ja?.
E. D.iliO, ol Syracuse, vie* prti
J. P. Bree, of New Haveo, secretary
and P. T. Morgao, of Waehingtot,
treasurer.
It U ?tated that the eomination of C. a.
1'owne for vice preaident by tbe people's pa.?,
ty at ?-ioox City, yereiday doe? not give hi.
iafaction and it u rumored that he will with
draw.
THE ALLEGED DISCOVERY.
?? the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
Tbe "Remarkable Tal." pu-.liehel
in tbe Gazette on tbe 3rd ios'ant dots
very little credit to tbe erudition of its
authority. Tbe letters ref.-rr- !
to, of wbicb a fac simile was sent from
Rome bv the correspondent of the
Lmdon Duly Express, may hive been
a very correct one of an inscription 011
a gateway in Ephesus, but tie letter?
themselves are by no means new to tbe
Christian world; for they were con?
demned as apocryphal, with tbirtv-oioe
other writings called Gospels,
Acte, Apocalphses,?fee., &?.. i > Abat is
Known as the Canon of Qelatlp?, rat<
?ioned in a council held in Rome in
495-6, as any one wbo takes te
trouble to read up oo the subjec. cf
the apocryphal writings can ?aeartaiB,
C.
The Hobstman-Van Smith Cam?
Judge Nicole decree in the nil of
Horstman vs. Van Smith was recorded
in the Circuit Court clerk's office yes?
terday. The litigation, which begun
four years ago, involved tbe owne-r?n.p
of tbe floe Rose Hill farm near Annali
dale. Mrs. Matilda Horstman claimei
tbat she was made the victim of a iwia?
die in exchanging tbe farm for - ne
I ts in Chicago which were misrei re?
sected as to location and found tole
of no value inetrad of being wortal
about 110,000, as represented,
brought suit by Moore & Keitb, ber
attorneys, to set aside tbe deed tot I -
farm, and also to set aside a deed ai* trust
for $6,000 wbicb was placed on tie
farm shortly after tbe exchange end
which a third party claimed to own.
The decree is in favor of Mrs. Horn'?
man and reim-ta tes her in tbe complete
ownership of tbe farm. It will be re?
called that about the time of tbe in?
action the newspapers stated tbat Join
T. Van Smith, wbo was one of tbe par?
ticipants, had been engaged in similor
transactions in Pitsburg and elsewhere
?[Fairfax Herald.
Db. Tabb'? Suicidk.?The body of
Dr. Sberrerd R. Tabb, United Met
marine hospital surgeon, at Savannah,
G*., wbo bai been missing sines April
30, wa? found yesterday by a ne.ro
wood-cutter in a secluded spot near
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Judging from tbe surroundings Dr.
Tabb calmly and coolly prepared to take
bis life oo tbe day of bis disappearance.
His bead rested at tbe foot of an oak
tree. Nearby lay bis hat, and in it ? -
glaseos had been carefully placed. A
large empty chloroform vial at h;
told more tbao words could expr
Dr. Tabb was a Virginian, wtio ?t? ?
to Savannah about a year ago t > eot< r
tbe marine hospital service. He l.? ?
an uococquerable desire for gemblii??,
and lost heavily recently in pubi c
gaming rooms. He couid not stand the
disgrace, and oo Monday morning d -
appeared.
Virginia Claims.-In the Set,?
on Tuesday Senator Daniel offered ? a
amendment to the eundry civil bilis, Il -
s r?ctiog the Secretary of tbe Treasury
to examine and settle account- bat*?
tbe Uoited States and the State of V
gioia, growing out ot the money ex
neoded by Virginia for milita'? ?
poses in tbe war from 1812 to MM ?
Great Britain, aod apply in i-uch ??
animation the provisions aod pril ?
of the twelfth section of tbe art 11
March 3, 1857, aod pay to the But
Virginia any sums tbat shall be kut
due at the time of payment, proi
tbat any bonds or otber evider
debt of Virginia held by tbe Uni ?
States eball be counted as assets.
During tbe trial of a case in th?
poration Courtof Petersburg yester *
personal difficulty arose between W
B. Mcllwaioe and Mr. Chas. Hull 1> ?
and the lie was paased anU bl> we a
exchanged. Judge Mullen d. s?
from the bench and demanded pea
The combatants were separated be io. e
much barm was doue by either.
Bismarck'? Iron Herec
Was the result of his splenefid it.
Indomitable aod tremendous e t.? t.;.
?re not found where Stomach. 1 il
and Bowels are cut of order. Ii j?u
want these qualities aod tbe tact*
tbey bring, Uee Dr. King's Ne-* I ?
Pills. Tbey develop every ? -
brain and body. Ooly 25 e
E. S. Lead beater A Sons' Druu ~
Don't To'??reo Spit aud ??...? ? er I i:
To quit tobacco easily and ton <
nette, full of life, nerve and ? If??, M
Bac, the wonder-worker, tbat makes
?trong. All druggist?, 50c orli. Cur
Boo-Jet ana ?ample free. AaJrtss
Bsn??? On Oblcaeo or N*? ?
LAEOE MEAT? BLACK PEIN . > J
?e per lb, ?? ??_,
W. P. WOOLL. * eoiVo.

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