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TUESDAY EVENING. DEC 12, 1S93.
A paragraph in the gazette's
Washington correspondence of yester?
day'.- date, to the effect that the ad?
ministration hud practically abandoned
the searc h for fraudulent pensions, is re?
gretted by all true democrats who read
it, as well on the administration's ac?
count as on that of the poor people who
are taxed on their necessaries oflife lor
the money with which the fraudulent
pensions arc paid. Wherever search
has been made for them, fraudulent
pensions have been discovered, not
singly but in battalions: and why it
should be abandoned now, is not appa?
rent, as those who would vote against
the democrats for having issued the or?
der for tho search, would certainly not
he induced to vote for them simply by
the revocation of that order.
In reply to the charges of gross
plagiarism that have been proved
against General Lew Wallace in respect
of the real authorship, not of one, but
of both hisbooks,"Ben Hur" and "The
Prince of India," one of his defenders
says that many of the most read classi?
cal authors have not lost reputation by
being amenable to the.same charge, as if
that statement would acquit him. Imita?
tion is the most sincere flattery, hut
when carried to the extent of repro?
ducing the work of one man over the
name of another, it assumes the char?
acter of petty theft, for which, when de?
tected, men of nobler clay have com?
mitted suicide.
One more revision of the taritl bill
and it will be as good a protection bill
a< Mr. McKinley himself [could de?
sire. Even as ii is now, northern man?
ufacturers with their eyes open arc well
pleased with it. for the very good rea?
son that while it removes the tax from
the raw materials they have to buy. it
still protects them with a tax of about
forty per cent, on the articles they
make of those untaxed raw materials.
The people of the South are, of course,
the sufferers, for theirs is the raw ma?
terial, while most ot the manufactories
are in the North.
a northern newspaper says "the
basis of government in this country i.?
the assumption that all just govern?
ment depends upon the consent of the
governed." That idea may prevail in
the North now. but that it did not do
s"> three decades ago, is well known to
all whose memory extends that fat
back. The prevalent idea in that sec?
tion then, was that the people of the
States had nothing to do with their
own government; that was the abso?
lute province of the federal authorities
of the northern half of the country
But consistency is not a northern jewel.
All the democratic employees in
the Nonvalk Iron Works, at South
Norwalk, Connecticut, were discharged
last Saturday on account of their politi-1
cal affiliation. As an employer has the
right to do as he pleases with his own
business, no body else has a right to
complain. But for all that, when south,
eru employers discharged their negro
laborers some years ago for voting to
put the South under negro and scala?
wag rule, none howled louder against
'ho alleged "cruel injustice," than the
Norwalk, Connecticut, republicans.
THE lily white republican movement
has been revived in Alabama, in opposi?
tion to the proposed plan of the republi.
can machine there to turn the w hole
negro vote over to the Kolb or popu?
list party. But there are so few white
republicans in Alabama, or in any
other southern State, for that matter,
that what they do, without the negroes
to support them, amounts to little or
nothing: so that the movement referred
to is practically of no importance.
A BILX to admit Utah, a democratic
Territory, iuto the Union as a State,
CJuld have passed the I". S. House
of Representatives yesterday if all the
democratic members of that bod\ had
been present : but many of them were
absent, engaged with their own private
business or pleasure. No wonder there
is so much talk of turning many of
them down next November.
A Colored Democrat as Postmas?
ter.?W. H. Johnson, colored, has been
appointed postmaster at Baynesville
YVestuiorelaud county. At letter from
Baynesville states that Johnson has
been a hard working democrat for a
number of years, and is well-known in
the counties of King George, Stafford
and Caroline as the walnut log buyer.
?Fredcrickxburg Lance.
Ctrr His Ows Arm Off.?A telegram from
Amherst Friday says: A terrible accident oc?
curred at Baldock's Mill, two miles from this
place Saturday evening. As Eppa Baldock
was engaged in Gxing the machinery his arm
?was caught between the cogs aud completely
crushed to a point above the elbow. The uii
fortuuato young man was able to free himself
only by cutting oft"his shatted arm, which he
did himself with a knife. The occurrence is
doubly sad. as Mr. Baldock was already badly
crippled from a similar accident a few years
ago. He is about 23 years of age and a
worthy young man. Physicians were hastily
summoned, but at this time it is not known
what will be the result of his injuries.?Lynch
burg Ariw. I
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
Washington. Dec. 12,1S93.
It is stated here that Chinese resi?
dents will be no more willing to register
under the recent six-inontbs' extentiou
of the Geary act than they were under
the original terms of the law. The pro?
vision requiring them to attach photo?
graphs to the certificates which they are
to carry as evidence of their right to re?
main iii the country, is extremely ob?
jectionable to them, as is the law de?
fining "merchant" and "laborer," as the
treaties between the countries cover
that question. When the time comes
for enforcing the law a case will be
made up, involving these points and
carried to the Supreme Court. The de?
cision last May sustaining the Geary
law was rendered by a majority of the
bench?5 to 3. Justice Harlan was not
present, and Justice Blatchford has
since died. His successor has to be
confirmed by the Senate, so that a re?
versal of that opinion by a majority of
the full bench?~> to 4?is deemed pos?
sible. Commission Miller of the In?
ternal Revenue Bureau to-day sent a
circular letter of instruction to each of
the sixty-three Internal Revenue Col?
lectors of the United Ssaies, directing
them to begin at once the registration
of Chinese as provided by the act of
Congress extending for sixth months
the provisions of the Geary act as to
reeistratiou.
Representatives Tyler and O'Ferrall
had an appointment to call at the White
House this afternoou to recommend to
the President lor the Matanzas con?
sulate, Mr. Freeman of Norfolk.
Congressman Jerry Simpson says the
populists are greatly pleased with the
largo vote they received in Virginia
last month, and anticipate increased
strength there next year. He says that
while there are some complaiuts about
the counting there, he doesn't think
the result could have been different if
the populists themselves had been the
judges.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Captain Ham Shepperd of Virginia.
He says that Mr. Stubbs, who voted for
Mr. Martin for I*. S. Senator in the
Virginia legislature, was specially in?
structed by the convention that nomi?
nated him to vote for General Lee, and
that Mr. Pilcher, who voted with him,
was in the caucus which determined to
withdraw General Hunton and support
Lee, and was so much in accord with
its action that he advocated its secrecy
until the balloting commenced, when it
should be sprung upon the full caucus
with the object of producing a stampede
to Lee.
The House committee on foreign af?
fairs to-day ordered a favorable report
on the resolutions introduced by Mr.
Hilt of Illinois, calling on the Presi?
dent for the correspondence in the Ha?
waiian matter, including the instruc?
tions given Minister Willis. The origi?
nal resolutions were amended so as to
have the data called for include the
correspondence between Minister
Stevens and the (onner administration.
In the Senate to-dtty Mr. Hunton in?
troduced a bill to place Commodore U.
C. Badger on the retired list of the
navy with the rank and pay of rear
admiral.
The case of Judge Long, of the Mich?
igan Supreme Court, ttgaiust Commis?
sioner Lochren, in which is involved
the right and power of the Commission?
er to suspend pensions regularly allow?
ed, will be argued on the 23d instant
before Judge Bradley, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
Whatever the decision of the lower
court may be, the case will ultimately
find its way into the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Mr. Cab Maddux of Virginia is here,
in attendance upon the races. He is
considered here as the political prophet
of his State. He certainly did call the
turn on both the gubernatorial and sen?
atorial nominations long before they
were made, and three weeks ago an?
nounced a slate for the court of appeals
which, it is said to-day by prominent
democratic politicians from his State,
will be elected, and on which the name
of Judge Keith does uot appear. The
name of Mr. Cardwell, Speaker of the
Virginia House of Delegates, is on that
list, however, aud if he be elected, Mr.
Maddux says Mr. Ryan of Loudouu will
not be his successor, as he would have
been had he not chosen the weaker
side in the senatorial fight.
At the session of the ways and means
committee to-day the sugar schedule
was passed upon without debate.
When the agricultural schedule was
reached a motion was made to restore
the duties in the existing law. These
motions were made with especial refer?
ence to barley, hops and live animals,
but they were successively defeated by
a strict party vote.
Secretary Carlisle to-day requested
the resignation of J. W. Parsons, dis?
bursing officer of the coast and geodetic
survey.
The House committee on the judici?
ary to-day voted to report favorably
Mr. Bailey's bankruptcy bill. The
measure is brief, providing for volun?
tary bankruptcy only, and was drawn
to meet the objections raised in the
House to the Gates bill. The bill intro?
duced by Mr. W. A. Stone, of Pennsyl?
vania, to limit the fees of U. S. marshals
was taken up, discussed and made the
order of business for the next meeting.
From the mannner in which the
President spoke of Mr. Button, of
Lynchburg, who is an applicant for the
place of public printer, yesterday, to
prominent Virginians who called upon
him in that gentleman's behalf, it is
supposed bv one of them at least,
that there will probably hi a change in I
the office referred to in the early fu-!
ture.
A member of the House ways and
means committee told the Gazette's
correspondent tc-day that that com?
mittee hoped to be" able to report the
bill to the House by to-morrow or next
day.
The Cabinet met today. There were three
absentees, Secretaries Herl>ert and Smith and
Postmaster General Bissel!. The Hawaiian
matter and the tariff n,uestion were brought
under discussion but without definite results
as far as car. be ascertained. Further news
from Hawaita and the presence of a full Cabi?
net wil probably be awaited before the Presi?
dent s message is sent in in response to Sena?
tor Hoar? resolution. Besides, it is stated
that there :s some additional information
being asked for by the Senate in a resolution
>t 11 under discussion and that compliance
with both matters might well K- made at the
same time
Senator Gordon is to lecture here under the
combined auspices of the Blue and the Gray
but there must be no Confederate flags.
Sir John Thompson, premier, of Can?
ada, said yesterday that the government
had completed arrangements for a fast
Atlautic service to compete with New
York. _ _
A bill for the consolidation of Xew
York and Brooklyn will be presented
to the next Legislature of that State.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ex-Governor Jackson, of West Vir?
ginia, died suddenly at his home, near
Parkersburg, yesterday.
The date on which the new tariff bill
will go into effect has been changed
from March 1 next to June 1.
It is said to be settled that the ways
and means committee, will, in the in?
ternal revenue bill, impose a tax on
incomes.
Emperor William declares that un?
less vigorous measures are adopted the
murderous attempts of anarchists will
become epidemic.
The next public buildings to be erect?
ed in Washington will be an annex to
the National Museum, on the Smith?
sonian Institution grounds, and a
building for the Supreme Court.
representative W. Bourke Cockran,
while riding out horseback in Washing?
ton yesterday, was thrown to the
ground by the animal stumbling, and
received an ugly cut over the right eye.
Fatal tax riots occcurred in Sicily
yesterday. In Partenico the mob was
led by women, and it was necessary to
call out the troops, who tired upon the
rioters. Eight persons were killed and
several wounded.
The democratic members of the
House banking and currency commit?
tee, after further considering the pro?
posed repeal of the State bank tax and
hearing at length from Speaker Crisp
on the subject, determined to push the
matter to the point of action.
Representative Wheeler, of Alabama,
has secured the signatures of a suffi?
cient number of democratic members of
the House of Representatives to a pe?
tition for a caucus on the tariff bill to
make the issuance of a call necessary
by Chairman Holtnau, of the caucus
committee, if the paper is presented
him.
In the trial of Daniel Coughlin, in
Chicago yesterday, for the murder of
Dr. P. H. Crouin, the bloody relics of
the famous tragedy were exhibited in
court. The body was found in a subur?
ban catch-basin, May 22,18S1).
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist.
Episcopal and Methodist Protestant
ministers, of Baltimore, yesterday took
action at their meetings against the ap?
propriation of public money to Catholic
parochial and other sectarian schools.
Those War "Mementoes."
The following correspondence ex?
plains itself:
Danville, 111., Nov. 20, 1893.
Dr. Packard, Alexandria 1 hcnloaical
Seminary :
Dear Sir : We have in our family a
relic from the late war which undoubt?
edly would be prized highly by yourself
or some one else connected with the
Episcopal Church. It is a book pub?
lished in 1793, entitled "The form and
manner of making, ordaining and con?
secrating bishops, priests and deacons
according to the order of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
of America."
Originally the property of Richard
Chanuing Moore, and containing his
autograph. A letter pasted on inside of
front cover, from a child of Mr. Moore,
presenting this book to Bishop Johns.
This letter is addressed to Right Rev.
John Johns.'' Between the leaves is a
very fine steel engraving of Right Rev.
John Johns, D. D., also some of Bishop
Johns' manuscripts. This book was
taken as a memento in November, 1SG2,
while Bishop Johns house was being
occupied by officers of the federal
army. My mother has preserved this
book through all these years, with great
care, and now feels that on parting
with it, she should he remunerated to
some extent. Would you wish to pos?
sess this book ? Awaiting a reply at
your earliest convenience, I am
Yours truly,
Henry B. Cowap,
410 West Harrison street,
Danville, Illinois.
The above letter was handed by Dr.
Fackard to Dr. Kensey Johns, of this
city, a son of the Bishop, who replied
as follows :
Alexandria, Ya.. Nov. 28,1S93. .
Henry Ii. Cmvap, esq., Danville, III.
Dear Sir: Your communication
dated November 20, IS!'.;, was placed
in my hands by my father's old friend,
the Rev. Dr. Packard, for such reply as
might be fit. I find it difficult to reply
to your very unique proposal to return,
with the expectation of "a remunera?
tion," property, which you state, was
"taken as a memento" from my father's
library in the year 1S62.
The position, sir, in which you place
yourself is most extraordinary and pe?
culiar. Your proposal to restoresprop
erty to its rightful owners for "a re?
muneration'" is repugnant, and I can?
not entertain it, and can only say in
reply that, however much the mem?
bers of my father's family might prize
"the relic" which you so minutely de?
scribe in your letter, it is not our cus?
tom to purchase by "a remuneration"
what rightfully belongs to us. Should
you, however, think proper to restore
the property, I will pay the express
company freight charges* on the pack?
age sent to my address, No. (504 Cam?
eron street, Alexandria, Va.
The value of "the great care'' with
which you have preserved "the relic,"
or your price tor "parting with it," is
beyond my ability to estimate.
May I be permitted to add, in con?
clusion, that, after perusing your re?
markable letter, I am more than ever
impressed with the force of the quota?
tion, "Your ways are not quite our
ways." I am, sir, your obedient ser?
vant, Kensey Johns,
No. 604 Cameron street,
Alexandria, Ya.
[Comment is unnecessary. It is
needless to add that the memento has
not been returned.]
Railroad Accident.?On Saturday
morning when a freight train that pass?
ed through here before day going south
was near Hamilton's crossing on the
R. F. & P. R. R.. the draw-head of one
of the cars felt out and the caboose
coming in contact with it jumped the
track and ran a considerable distance,
smashing it up consideably and throw?
ing Capt. Taylor, the conductor, and
Thad Boiling, a colored brakemen, out.
Capt. Taylor received a severe cut be?
low the knee, had his hip and elbow
slightly hurt and one toe mashed. Boil?
ing's left knee was fractured. Willie
Jones, flagman, was also slightly injur?
ed. Dr. A. C. Doggett, of this city,
was summoned and rendered the nec?
essary medical attention? Fredei-icks
burg Star.
Edward A. Williams, who undertook
to walk from New York to New Or?
leans in 73 days, without spending a
cent en route, arrived at his destina?
tion yesterday, five days ahead of time.
LEGISLATIVE.
In the Senate yesterday a bill was in?
troduced to amend the law in regard- to
pay of judges of elections. It provides
that clerks and judges shall receive for
their services $1 each, and judges car?
rying poll-books to the court house
shall receive in addition mileage at 4
cents per mile.
A joint resolution was reported from
the House providing that the 19th day
of December be fixed as the day on
which the Senate and House shall pro?
ceed to the election of Senators in Con?
gress. Referred to the committee for
courts of justice.
In the House Mr. McRae oll'ered a
resolution providing for a joint session
on Tuesday, December 19, to elect Sen?
ators in Congress and naming the
rules of the government of the joint
session, which was agreed to.
The following bills were passed :
House bill to authorize the supervis?
ors of Warren county to borrow S7,<hx?
to be used in the construction of bridges
across the Shenandoah river at River
ton.
Senate bill to authorize the managers
of the Female Orphan Asylum at Fred
ericksburg to transfer property of that
corporation to the Assembly Home and
School at Fredericksburg.
Senate bill to incorporate the Assem?
bly Home and School at Fredericks
burg.
The following bills were introduced :
Mr. Nicol: To authorize the Board
of Supervisors of Prince William coun?
ty to issue bonds of said county for a
sum not exceeding $2,000.
Mr. Nicol: To allow the late treas
urer of Prince William county to col?
lect by levy certain tax bills not re?
turned delinquent.
Mr. Logan : To amend section 40]G
of the code relating to trial of crimi?
nal offences. This bill is in ellect the
same as the one presented in the Sen?
ate by Mr. Hay, and looks to the more
speedy trial of felony cases.
Mr. Cooke : To authorize railroad
companies terminating on navigable
waters to guarantee bonds of compa?
nies building or owning steamboats or
vessels used or to be used in connection
with the business of the railroad, and
to confirm all such guarantees hereto?
fore made.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Nicol
to provide for the organization of State
hanks of circulation, based upon Vir?
ginia State bonds as. a security for the
circulation. The act is to take ellect
when the United States statute impos?
ing a tax of 10 per ceni. on the circula?
tion of State banks is repealed. The
bill, which is a very long one, provides
in detail how banks shall be organized
and operated. In town and villages
the capital stock is to be not less than
$10,000, and in cities not less than $50,
000. Al least 50 per cent, of the capi?
tal stock shall ho paid in before the
hanks shall be authorized to commence
business. The measure contains ?">"
sections.. It provides that these banks
shall at all times be prepared to pay
out 5 per cent, of their deposits in fed
oral money, in either treasury notes or
coin. This is regarded as one of its
strongest features. This will, it is said,
enable depositors to use checks on
said banks iu any part of this country
or Europe witho'it question. It will,
Mr. Nicol says, make the issue of such
banks practically as stable as United
States State depositories. The bill pro?
vides for periodical reports of the pro
poscd hanks to the State treasurer and
an investigation into their affairs con?
ducted by the Attorney-General. The
bill is based as near as possible upon
the statute authorizing the establish,
men t of national banks. The act pro?
vides in detail for the organization of
the banks, their conduct, method of
dissolution and winding up of any of
the affairs of the bank in case of insol?
vency. The provisions are as carefully
guarded as possible, and the currency
issued under it, it is believed, will af?
ford a valuable supplement to the cur?
rency as it now exists. The object of
the law is also to afford a ready market
for and to enhance the value of Virgin?
ia State bonds and to cause the interest
to bo paid to the people within the
State who may hold the bonds under
the operation of the said bill, instead of
going, as the interest does now, to par?
ties outside the Commonwealth.
Speaker Card well is hard at work on
the House committees, and will proba?
bly be ready to announce them this
evening.
Congressional.
In the Senate yesterday the House
joint resolution authorizing the Secre?
tary of War to permit the use of the
monument lot and other reservations
in Washington city by the Kuights of
Pythias at their conclave and encamp?
ment in August, 1894, was laid before
the Senate and passed.
Mr. Hill referred to the notice which
he had given last week, that he would
move to take up the bill to repeal the
federal election laws, and said that as
Mr. Hoar complained that the bill had
been reported from the judiciary com?
mittee without consideration on the
part of the republican members of the
committee, he would consent to have
the bill now referred, as Mr. Hoar sug?
gested, to the committee on privileges
and elections. The bill was so refer?
red. The House bill covering the
same ground was allowed to remain on
the calendar, in order to give Mr. Cul
lom an opportunity to address the Sen?
ate on that subject to-day.
In the House Mr. Docken*, chairman
of the joint committee to investigate
government departments, introduced a
hill abolishing the postal note and pro?
viding a new schedule of fees for money
orders.
Consideration of a bill regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors in the Dis?
trict of Columbia was presented by Mr.
Bickler, who led the opposition to a
motion that the House go into a com?
mittee of the whole to consider the
measure.
In Memoria m.
"O! Grave, where is thy victory ? O! Death,
where is thy sting?" to such a soul as that
which winged its flight from earth on Sunday
.December 3, and left the relatives and friends
of Mrs. Mamie E. Goebei. sorrowing behind.
The deceased, well know as Mamie I'urke, of
the class of '!K), of Holy Cross Academy, was
in the twenty-third yearof herageand a bride
of less than four months, having been marritd
only in August to Walter S. Goeliel, of this
city. The funeral took place from St. Aloy?
sius' Church. Washington, Wednesday morn?
ing, when High lixpticm Mass was cele?
brated by the Kev. FatherO Counell. Though
to the yorrag husband, faithful brother, and
other loving ones it seemed that
"Death lies on her, like an uutimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field,"
Father O'Connell's consoling words must
have shown them that death is never nutimely
to one who, like her, is always prepared to
meet her Maker. The Sisters of the Holy
Cross were among the many who accompanied
the remains to their last resting place in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. I
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
(Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.;
Richmond, Ya.. Dec. 11, 1S93.
If any man doubts for a moment the
popularity of Fitz Dee he should come
to Richmond and gossip a short while
around the clubs aud in the hotel lob?
bies and he will be thoroughly con?
vinced of the fact that he is in error.
While the excitement and bad feeling
of the first few days have disappeared
there is apparent still a great deal of
dissatisfaction and (he ruptures made
last Thursday night will be a very long
time healing up. It is thought by some
that the legislature will probably make
an investigation, but as yet nothing
has been decided upon. General Lee
does not desire such, but leaves the
matter entirely with his friends. Iu
conversation with your correspondent
General Lee declined to express him?
self in regard to the matter, but says
when he laid down his arms at Appo
mattox he became enough of a philoso?
pher to take things as he found them.
He says he takes this matter just as he
took the situation at Appomattox.
The friends of Governor-elect O'Fer
rall are very anxious that the inaugu?
ration should he a grand atlair in full
keeping with the occasion. Mayor
Ellyson is chairman and Capt. Cun?
ningham Hall secretary of the commit?
tee of arrangements, and they are ar?
ranging for a grand demonstration.
There will be a parade participated in
by the military of the State and many
civic organizations. It is thought Col.
O'Ferrall will make a speech and it is
probably that several distinguished
visitors will make short addresses. It
is thought that Yiee-President Steven?
son will be here.
It was at first thought that a big en?
tertainment would be held at night but
this idea has been abandoned.
It is however very probable that Col.
O'Ferrall will hold a public reception
iu the (Governor's mansion that night.
It has been learned from the best
authority that a current resolution will
be introduced in the House to-morrow,
providing for a committe, to be com?
posed of three members from the House
and two from the Senate, whose duly
it shall be to make a thorough investi?
gation iuto the rumors afloat that
money was used by railroad corpora?
tions and others in securing the nomi?
nation of Mr. Martin for United States
Senator. The member of the House
who will oiler this resolution took no
part in the contest between Lee and
Martin, and is not a champion of either,
but thinks that the honor of the Legis?
lature and of the democratic party de?
mands that the rumors should he inves?
tigated. This, he thinks, is the only
way to set the matter at rest. It was
said to-day that the sober second
thought of the Lee people might result
iu a change of their purpose to issue an
address explaining some of the methods
used to secure the nomination of Mr.
Martin. While the friends of the
General are still convinced that their
man was slain by persons whom they
had good reasons to count as support?
ers of Lee, they are not disposed to
parade their indignation. As one
gentleman expresses it. they will bide
their time, for the day of reckoning will
surely come. The candidates for Sena?
tor will be voted for one week from to?
morrow. The populists are talking of
making a nomination but they are not
decided as to whom they will offer the
the ompty honor.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The small-pox at Shenaudoah, Page
countv, is now thoroughlv under con?
trol.
The only case heard before the Court
of Appeals yesterday was that of Heck
ert aud others against Hile's adminis?
trator, which was argued and contin?
ued.
Col. Lewis S. Baldwin, of Wilkes
harre, Pa., and MissSallie Dejarnette
daughter of the late Daniel C. Dejar
uette, were married at Spiiug (Jrove,
Caroline county, on the Gth.
Judge Drury Hinton, of the Court of
Appeals, was taken suddenly and ser?
iously ill at his home iu Petersburg
Sunday night and it was some time be?
fore he regaiued consciousness.
The residence, with entire contents,
and several outbuildings of Asbtiry C.
Bear, a farmer, two miles north of
Elkton, were burned last night. Loss
$o,0C9 no insurance. The family es?
caped in their night clothes.
Dr. T. .1. Fentress, a prominent citi?
zen of Princess Anne county and for
several years iu the Legislature, died
yesterday, after a brief illness. He
was sixty-three years of age and un?
married.
The Presbyterian church has pur?
chased of Gen. Thos. L. Rosser a lot at
the corner of Market and Second streets
east, Charlottesville, and will build a
new church on it, the present structure
being inadequate for the congregation.
Very little is being said in Richmond
about the candidates for the bench of
the Court of Appeals. There is no evi?
dence that in the nomination of Sena?
tor and State officers, there was any
trading of votes, involving the judicia?
ry. This may have been done, but if
it was the fact has been kept a secret
by those who were parties to the deal
or deals.
Representative Wise, yesterday, in?
troduced in the House a bill to execute
the finding of the Court of Claims in
the matter of William B. Isaacs & Co.
The amount of the finding is $16,987,
this sum belonging to the back of Vir?
ginia in gold coin when taken by the
United States at the close of the* late
war. The bill was referred to the judi?
ciary committee.
A member of the legislature who was
exceedingly prominent in the canvass
that resulted in the nomination of Mr.
Martin said yesterday that all the talk
about questionable methods having
been used by the supporters of Mr.
Martin was entirely without founda?
tion. They had, he said, the most
compact organization that ever existed
in Virginia, and the Lee people were
poorly organized. However, if an in?
vestigation was asked, he for one would
be only too glad to grant it.
The allegations of frauds in the No?
vember election will result in a pro?
position to legalize primaries. Mr. C.
E. Nico!, of Prince William, is about to
prepare a bill to cover this ground,
which he proposes to introduce in
the House shortly. It will be so framed
as to insure the more thorough protec?
tion in these party contests and to
punish severely those who engage in
ballot-box sttliung or other schemes al?
leged to be practiced in the general
election in this State. If such a vigor?
ous law is enacted, it will go far, Mr.
Nicol believes, in securing perfect fair?
ness in the general election, which
some people now complain is lacking.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News.
Edinburg, Dec. 12.?Alfred Johnson
Miinson was to-day called upon to
plead to the indictment charging him
with causing the death at Ardlamout
on August 10 last of Lieutenant Hain
hrough. The case is popularly known
a; the "Ardlamont mystery" and has
excited keen interest in all parts of the
United Kingdom, owing to the promi?
nence of the prisoner and his alleged
victim. Munson pleaded not guilty.
His alleged accomplice, Edward Swee?
ney, has not yet been found by the po?
lice.
Paris, Dec. 12.?The search of the
police will probably result in the expul?
sion from France of thirty foreigners
who are believed to be relatives of an?
archists. Marchal, the husband of the
mistress of Vaillaut, the bomb thrower,
has vanished. The police have dis?
covered that the woman was fully
aware of Vaillant's plan, and she has
been arrested. Gue/ede, a socialist of
the Chamber, has received a letter in
which the writer says that he has con?
demned M. Guezede to death. The
letter continues: "I will kill you like a
dog at the exact moment that suits me.
Remember that you are number one on
the condemned list."
Berlin, Dec. 12.?At a meeting o'
anarchists held in this city the act of
Auguste Vaillant in thowing a bomb in
the French Chamber of Deputies was
reprobated as likely to cause agitation,
not terror. Resolutions were adopted
protesting against the adoption of in?
ternational measures against anarchists,
which, the resolutions declared, an?
archists did not fear and would know
how to bailie.
Brussels, Dec. 12.?The Chamber of
Deputies has by a unanimous vote
adopted a resolution expressing sym?
pathy at the French Chamber. Several
speakers denounced the crime in the
most severe terms.
London, Dec. 12.?A dispatch from
Rio Janeiro stales that Admiral Da
(lama, whose defection from the gov?
ernment forces has already been an?
nounced, has formally notified the sev?
eral foreign legations in Rio Janeiro
that he has assumed command of the
insurgents squadron now before that
city.
London, Dec. 12.?Tue St. James Ga?
zette says to-day that the cabinet, yield?
ing to public opinion, has decided to
strengthen the navy. It is believed
that about eight million pounds will be
expended in the construction of new
ships. The government's programme,
it is said, includes the building of six or
seven battle ships, some of which will
be of the largest type, probably of an
improved Royal Sovereign pattern.
.St. Pktebsbubo, Dec. 12.?A thaw basset
in here and with it there is a recurrence
of cholera. Yesterday there were 3S cases
and 1;"> deaths reported.
Bt'ekos Aybes, Dec. 12.?It is reported
here that Admiral Mello, commander of the
insurgent Brazilian fleet, has seized the
French merchant steamer Parahyba, a vessel
of 1,986 tons.
Front Honolulu.
Yokohama, Dec. 12?The British
steamer China, from San Francisco No?
vember 21, arrived here yesterday.
The steamer reports that when she left
the Hawaiian capital the provisional
government was still in power. Ac?
cording to the advices brought by the
China the provisional government de?
clared it would resist the restoration of
Queen Lilioukalani.
Vancouver, B. C. Dec. 12 ?The
steamer Arawa, which left Honolulu
December 4th, arrived here to-day.
Up to that date the Queen had not
been restored and there had been no
I trouble in Honolulu. At the unani?
mous and urgent demand of the Ameri?
can citizens, the provisional govern?
ment has decided to resist to the ut?
most extremity any attempt to over?
throw them by the U"nited States force
without authority from Congress.
Leading citizens will generally be fore?
most in the defence.
A Romantic Marriage.
New York, Dec. 12.?A marriage
took place at Prohibition Park, Staten
Island, shortly before midnight on Sat?
urday. The bridegroom was Hans
Panzer, assistant editor of "The Liter?
ary Digest,'' and the bridegroom Miss
Laura Moran, of Virginia, a daughter
of the venerable Archdeacon Moran,
pastor of the St. George Parish, at St.
Denis, Md. Mr. Panzer a few weeks
ago published a matrimonial notice in a
paper of this city, through which means
he became acquainted with Miss Moran.
Miss Moran is a handsome woman,
about twenty-eight years old, well edu?
cated and accomplished, who has for
several yeare been a teacher in art and
languages in the' Wytheville Young
Ladies' Seminary, in Virginia.
A Texas Tragedy.
Brenham, Tex., Dec. 12.?Saturday
Mose Miller, of Austin county, beat his
wife in a shocking manner. Mrs. Miller
informed her father and brother of her
husband's brutality and both started to
the house. Miller met them at the
door, and, as the brothtr started in, he
emptied one barrel of a shotgun into
him, killing him instantly. The father
then started to run in and was riddled
with buckkshot. Miller surrendered
and is now in jail,
Opposition to Mr. Breekiiiridtfe.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12.?Indica?
tions are that Hon. W. C. P. Breckin
ridge will have a hard fight to succeed
himself as a member of Congress from
the seventh Kentucky district. At
least two opposing candidates are al?
ready announced and one more Ls ex?
pected. Perhaps the most formidable
of these is Hon. V7. C. Owens, who was
temporary chairman of the last demo?
cratic national committee.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
8 EN* ATE.
After the routine business Mr. Cul
lom indicated* desire to address the
Senate on the bill to repeal the federal
elections law, but as the Hawaiian reso?
lution, offered yesterday by Mr. Hoar,
aud a resolution ollered yesterday by
Mr. Petfer had precedence in the morn?
ing hour, unanimous consent was given
that those resolutions should remain
on the table and should be presented
at a late hour to-day or to-morrow.
Mr. Cullom thereupon addressed tin
Senate.
In the course of his speech Mr. Cul?
lom indulged in a denunciation of elec?
toral crimes in Xew York, referring es?
pecially to the action of Judge M,;.
nard. On this point he was taken up
by Mr. Hill, who declared emphatical?
ly that the action referred to had not
affected the Senatorsbip from the State
of Xew York. There was a long and
somewhat exciting dialogue between
the two Senators on that aud other
points.
When Mr. Cullom concluded his
speech, Mr. Stewart took the floor.
The Hoar resolution was then, at the
suggestion of Mr. Mauderson, laid over
till to-morrow?Mr. Hoar having mean?
while intimated his readiness to let the
resolution be referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
HOUSE.
The aunual report of the coast and
goedetic survey with other executive
documents were laid before the House.
Mr. Geary reported that the confer?
ence committee on the Xew York and
Xew Jersey bridge hill had failed to
a*rec and asked a further insistence.
Mr. Bailey reported from the judi?
ciary committee a bill providing for a
uniform system of voluntary bank?
ruptcy.
Mr. Meyers called up the resolution
providing for a joint commission to in?
vestigate the rank, pay and other mat?
ters relating to the personnel of the
navy. This resolution has on several
previous occasions proved a bone of
contention and its reading brought
Messrs Kilgore, Savers ami others, who
have achieved more or less reputation
as objectors, to their feet. The tirsi
step in a good natured QUibuster was
an inquiry concerning the parliament?
ary status of the resolution, which was
decided to be on the union calendar.
A motien to go into committee of
the whole was defeated by a viva v< ce
vote, but carried on a division when
Mr. Kilgore raised the point of no
quorum, and tellers were appointed.
The object was to kill time until tin
morning hour expires.
The resolution was agreed to ami the
House went into committee of the
whole. A general discussion followed,
Mr. Everett, ohm, Mass.) occupying
his live minutes in a lapidly deliver* d
and rather vehement speech against the
resolution, to which Mr. Cummiugs
(dem., X. Y.) replied.
A motioti to favorably report the hill
to the House evoked a demand for a di?
vision, from Mr. Kilgore, and ln| mem?
bers were counted. The vote was
again ordered by tellers but before its
completion the morning hour expired.
The House in committee of the whole)
took up the bill to enable the people oi
Utah to form a constitution and State
government and to be admitted into
the Un-on on an equal footiug with the
original States.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Capt. J. F. Terry, Chief of Police of
Roanoke, Ya., who has been under
suspension since the riot of September
20th, was removed to-day by Mayor
Trout for conduct unbecoming an offi?
cer in failure to protect the negro Smith
who was lynched in the riot in that
city.
Sunday night while E. H. and Joseph
Lyde and Dr. Mclver were driving in
a carriage near Selma, Ala., they were
fired upon by three unknown white
men. Mr. Ely Lyde received injuries
which resulted in death a few hour
later. Joseph Lyde was mortally and
Dr. Mclver slightly injured.
Thirty thousand visitors at the Exposition
at AuxUita, tia., to-day gave a rousing ova?
tion to Vice President Stevenson, Secretaries
Herbert of the Navy, Smith of the Interior
and Congressmen Spring r and Spcrry. Pri i
ident Walsh, of the Exposition, introduced
Vice President Stevenson, who delived an ad?
dress.
Fred Miller, the pedestrian, and his dog,
who started to walk from Baldwin's: bob I,
San Francisco, to New York, :j,2x> mil'
June 20, arrived in Now York to-day. He
states that he met with no trouble ex opt
want of food wheu he crossed a
New Mexico.
A steamer with a number of insane patiei i
on board which were being transferred from
t'ie State asylum at Stockton to Ukiah, 1 ?
sunk last night, but the passcDgors WtTiil!
saved.
DIKD.
On Monday night. December 11th, 1893.
MARY BOSS THOMPSON, beloved wife
Julian Thompson, at her late residence, corner
Princess and Alfred streets. Funeral from
the First Baptist Church, at 2 o'clock, Thurs?
day, December 14th. [Washington papers
please copy.
FOK DYSPEPSIA,
Indisestlon, and Stomach dkordr-r?. take
BROWN'S II?? BITTKRS.
All dealers keep it, SI per bottle. Genuine hae
trade-mark and crossed red lines oa wrapper.
ONE BARBEL OF PURE COUNTRY I ?
DER for tale by
_ If. C. WALLA' IE
PRIME PORTO RICO MOLASSES and
Vanilla Drip Syrup just received bv
__j. c. MiLnn:N.
PURE LARD and SUGAR CUBED
SHOULDERS for sale at reduced priced
_J.C MILBUB.V_.
HALF-WOOL Kerseys for 20c. and All
Wool fiue utlality Cassimeres for 50c, ?t
_SLAYMAKER'S.
MASSAN UTA WATER at LI"NT a
LEN'S. A fresh supply received TO*
DAY frvm the Spring3, 30 cents per ga?"U

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