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MONDAY EVENING. SEPT. 19 1898.
A dispatch in a Northern republican
newspaper about the recent refusal of
a Texas regime at to accept pay from a
negro paymaster, says: "It appears
that after the incident occurred, it was
reported to General Fitzhugh Lee, in
command of the 7th army corps, which
takes in this regiment. General Lee
appears to have desired to avoid fric
lion on the color question, by avoiding
<i direct issue."' That President McKin?
ley had no euch desire, was proved by
his order that the regiment referred to
should either take its pay from a negro,
or do without it. But with ?11 the
white paymasters subject to his order,
wny the President should have gone
out of his way to send a negro to pay
Southern soldiers, is any thiug else
than plain.
The death of Miss Winnie Davis
will be mourned by every heart whose
sympathies were with the cause of her
father, and the remembrance that Mr.
Cleveland refused to t^ke his wife to
Richmond with him, lest she should
appear on the same floor with "the
daughter of the Confederacy," does not
lead to endear him to any Southern
people, except that unenviable class,
the gushers. Her troubles, like those
of her father, are now ended, and she
will soon bo with "the laries of the
fruitful ground."
Rev. Edwakd Everett Hale says,
of the late Spanish war, "in one hun?
dred days God set forward the civiliza?
tion of the world one hundred years."
If this be so, the Boston preacher re?
ferred to must be one of the babes
who.s3 eyes can see wisdom, though all
the other people of the world are stoiu
bliod. That the iuteres:? of those hav?
ing lot acd part in" army and navy con?
tracts have been "set forward" by the
war, is now plain to be seen, but that
civilization has been, is by no means
apparent._
Paymaster generalStanton, who
.-aid the Texas soldiers should re?
ceive their pay from a uegro or not st
all, also said there is no color line ic
too array. Mr. Stanton is too reckless
in his assertions. If there be no color
line in the army, why, after thirty-three
years of freedom, is it, that not one necro
graduate of West Point holds a com?
mission ia the regular army? The color
Uae was drawn by nature and natrr b
cannot be overridden by men's law-.
Some of the so-called "independent"
newspapers seem to be veiy much con
ceroed about the iact that two repub?
lican candidates for Congress are run?
ning in some of the districts of this
State. Their concern is entirely need?
less. In the districts referred to, hp
the democratic candidates are sure of
election, it makes no difference to the
republicans whether, in them, there be
oae or twenty republican caudidates.
XiATE intelligence from France i.
to the eDect that the people of thut
country now realize the fact that the
form of government has little to do
with its excellence, and that all (he
branches of theirs have become so pros i
tituted that they are looking backwards [
to the old days of royalty, and are con?
templating a reversion to the ills th(y
have had, rather than forwards to the
comiog ones they know not of.
A white regiment from Ohio, that
has l?een brigaded with two negro regi?
ments, one from Virginia and the o:hir
from North Carolina, at Camp Holland,
in Tennessee, doa't like the propinquity
of its black comrades, aud is seeking to
get farther away from them. The old
irrepressible conflict must continue,
and manifests iise'.f wherever the two
races meet as equals.
There are a great many other peo?
ple besides the Spaniards who believe
in the policy of manana, for tho reason
that fate i** inexorable, and that by de?
laying until to-morrow what some de?
sire should be done to-day, may avoid
the necessity of doing it at all. There
have been wiser men than the author
Poor Richard.
What the Great Powers Own.?
The United States of America ranks
fifth among the world's great powers in
point of territory.
With Hawaii added, the territory of
the United States embraces ;;,t;i'i?;;'.i>
square miles.
Of the four powers which rank ahead
oi the United States Grent Britain
comes first, with 11,371,391 square:
miles, Russia next with 3,660,394 equare I
miles, China next with 4.21S.401 Equare
miles and France next with 1 S21 419
square miles.
Immediately after the United States I
comes Brazil with 3,209, S72 square
miles, Argentina with 1,77$,li>5 square i
miles, Turkey 1,576.700 square miles
.and Germany 1,228,200 squure miles.
Even with Porto Rico and the Philip- ;
pines included the territory of the'
United States will fall short of that of'
France ano consequently the annexa- '
tion of the islands will not allect tin
order in which the i'Jnited Statescome.
in the list of the great powers. In j
conjunction, the great powers which I
we have named own three-fourths of
the territory of the globe.?[Atlanta
Constitution.
FK?M WASHINGTON.
[Oorrespondenco of tho Alexandria Gacotto.]
Washington, Sept. 19.
The following regiraeuts have been
ordered to Manila : ?lst Iowa, :20to
Kansas, 1st Tennessee, 1st Washing?
ton and a detachment of the 2nd Ore
gan volunteer infantry. They are now
at San Francisco.
Tho following changes in the fourth
class postotliees of Virginia were made
to-day: Blackwalnut, Halifax county,
Albert B. Bay appointed postmaster,
vice Ohas. M. Jordan, resigned; Samp
sou's Wharf, Northumberland county,
Mrs. V. C. Sampson, vice M. C. Samp
sou, dead.
Lieut. Col. Maus, aide to General
Miles, will start south to-night to iu
apect the seven "immune" regiments
stationed at Jacksonville, HuotBVille,
Lexington und Galveston, preparatory ]
to their being sent to Cuba and Porto
K.co for temporary girrisou duty.
Senator Charles J. Faulkner, of West
Virginia, has been appointed a member
of the Canadian commission to succeed j
Senator Gray, of Delaware, who re- 1
signed to accept a place on the Paris
peace commission.
The 9:h Pennsylvania regiment of
volunteers passed through tbe city this
morning eu route to their homes at
Wilkesbarre from Lexington, Ky.
The following appointments were an?
nounced to-day: George H. Pickerel],
ol Ohio, to be consul at St. Michael's,
Azore Islaud?: Fred Page Pustio, of
Oregon, to be commissiouer for the dis?
trict of Alaska, and Thomas Ling to be
interpreter to the consulate at Fu Obau,
China.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, who, with
Mrs. Yost, spent tue summer at Capon
Springs, W. Va., has returned to Wash?
ington, but is still iu bad heaith.
Tbe pressure to have volunteer regi?
ments mustered out continues. The
President and the high oilicials of the
War Department are besieged daily by
men of influence, aud appeals also come
by mail and telegraph.
Most of tbe smaller auxiliary boats
that were equipped for service in the
war with Spain?such vessels as the
Yankee, Dixie, Yosemite, Sireu, etc.,?
are being put out of commission, aud
their commanders, engineers Bud otheis
are being assigned to duty at the vari
U3 navy yards, at lighthouse stations
und in ttie hydrographic otlice here.
General Stephen M. Weld, of Balti?
more, w ho was ollered a position on the
?var investigation commission, has de?
cided not to accept the appoiutment.
Oapt. Pat McCaull, the republican
candidate lor Governor of Virginia last
fall. who has been appointed a captain
quartermaster in the army, has been
assigned to duty at Dunn Loring, near
the deserted Camp Alger.
Congressman Rizey of the Alexan?
dria district was here this morning,
but left for Fairfax Court House, this
beinn court day there.
It has been determined by the ad?
ministration that in all the country's
uewly conquered Catholic provinces
the appropriations that have heretofore
been made for religious purposes will
be stopped at once, and that hereafter
all money for such purposes will have
to be provided by the members of the
Catholic church.
The fact that the members of Ihe
peace commission, which is to spend :he
fall and possibly the winter in Paris,
took their wives and children, if not
their cousins und aunts with them, at tl e
cost of the government, which will pay
the entire bill lor all of them from tte
timetbfy 1 e.t here until they shall re?
turn, and then give to each commis?
sioner the snug sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, is the subject of much
alverse comment here to-day. But
war is an expensive luxury.
But few Virginia republicans are
here to day, most of those frequently
seen here having gone to Lynchburg
where tho recenliy elected Stale com?
mittee of their part}' will meet to-night,
to elect their executive committee.
Who will be elected a member of the
latter committee in place of Judge
Waddill, who has resigned, is not
known, but it is said here to be certain
that Congressman Walker of the 9th
district, a member of the present ex?
ecutive committee, will be removed, and
Judge Stroiher of that district, who
oppo.-es his re election toCoDgress, will
be put iu his place.
It is reported here to-day that Repre?
sentative Hitt. of Illinois, chairman of
the House loreign affairs committee,
will be appointed ambassador to Lon?
don, vice Mr. Hay, who has been ap?
pointed Secretary of State.
The marine hospital service is fearful !
of the spread of yellow fever in New |
Orleans. It hopes for an early frost.
Empress Laid at Best.?The funer?
al of the Kmpre.-s of Austria occurred
in Vienna yesterday with imposing
ceremonies. Emperor William came
from Germany to attend it and the
King of Saxony and many other royal?
ties were present. Emperor Fraucis
Joseph, Prince Hohenlohe, the German
imperial chancellor, and Baron Von
Buelow, the German minister for lor
ciun affairs, received Emperor William
at the railroad statiou. The Emperor
shook handsand they ki sed each other's
cheeks three times. They then pro?
ceeded lo the church, where Emperor
William, in behalf of himself and the
Empress of Germany, deposited on too
c n-ket. a lloral wreath, which he had
brought from Germany. The cortege
which followed the body to the mauso?
leum was immense, and genuine sorrow
was manifested by all. During the la t
prayer ar. the mausoleum the coffin was
lifted from the catafalque and the
clergy, bearing torches, walked before
i:. Emperor Francis Joseph, attend?
ed by the highest otlicers of state, bear
ing wands, followed. This procession
Biowly passed from the sight of the
congrekaiion down a stone stairway to
the vaults, ifter the benediction had
been pronounced in tbe vaults the
mourners reascetlded aud the high
chamb rlaiu handed the key of the
vaull to the Capuchin, who is tho
guardian of the imperial mausoleum.
Baseball.?Tha following is tho result
of iho National League game playod jestei
daj : New York 7, Brooklyu 3. Those of
Saturday resulted as follows: Baltimore 9,
Cleveland 1: Louisville 4. Bostou '2 ; Cinci-i
nati 10, Philadelphia !>: Brooklyn S, Pitte
s ; New York 8, Pt. Louis 2; Chicago
:?, Washington 0. The following is tho stand?
ing of tho clubs:
Won. Lost. Por Genf;.
P.ostou. St 44 .650'
>'.Hltinioro. 80 46 .635
Cincinnati. HO ?l .Uli
1 Dveland. 7-4 53 .5S3
Chicago. 72 59 .550
Now York. 69 60 .535
Philadelphia. 02 61 .504
Pittsburg. (J5 65 .500
Louisville. 57 72 .442
Brooklyn. 47 73 '.;}<):>
Washington. 42 87 .326
8t Louis. 34 95 ,264
To day's Schedule:?Clevelaad at Balti?
more: Louisvillo at Boston; Cincinnati at
Philadelphia; Chicago at Washington; St.
L iui? st New York ; Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
NEWS OF THE DAY. j
A case of yellow fever is reported at
New Orleans.
All but eight of the Spanish prisoners
captured at Santiago have been shipped
from Sautiago to Spain.
The Sultan has yielded to the de
maud of the British admiral at Caudia,
Crete, for disarmament of the Turks i:i
that city.
Star Pointer on Saturday evening, in
a tiial heat to beat his record of 1:59},
paced a mile, on the Belmout Philadel?
phia tract, in 1:51t-;.
An army of between 50.000 and 75,
000 men will be sent to Cuba, and tbe
first American troops may be sent as
early as October 15.
Count Ferdinand Walsin E-derhezy,
who is said to be in London, h quoted
as stating that about (500 documents in
the Dreyfus case were lorged.
In memoiy of his wife, Empress Eliz .
beth, whose funeral took plac'o iu Vien
na Saturday, Emperor Francis Joseph
has founded the order ol St. Elizabeth.
A state of gloomy apprehension pre?
vails among the peopled' Naples re?
garding tho eruption ol Vesuvius,
which is hourly becoming more active
and menacing.
Baltimore and Ohio first preferred
stockholders have takeu legal steps in
the United States Court to prevent a
foreclosure sale of the property under
' the scheme of tbe reorganization.
At the democratic primaries in the
eighth Alabama congressional district
on Saturday Muj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
was unanimously renominated to
serve his ninth term iu Congress.
The Philippine National Assembly
has unanimously resolved to reject any
proposal of a joint Spanish-American
protectorate over the Philippine) Isl?
ands, or anything of a Spanish nature.
General Blanco is reported to have
cabled a strongsuggesiion to the gov?
ernment in Madrid that ho be empow?
ered to ellect the release of all persons
confined in Cuban prisons for political
ollenses.
The Spanish supreme council of war
has suspended Admiral Montijo, whose
squadron was destroyed by Admiral
Dewey, in Manila B-.y, aud bas sum?
mon* d him to come to Madrid as soon
as possible.
Nearly out-sixth of General Law ton's
force at Santiago, Cuba, is sick, but tin
number of deaths reported is not great.
Mnjor-General Brooke reports four
deaths yesterday among tbe American
i orce iu Porto Rico.
It is believed that Germany will try
to acquire an island in the Philippines
in which there are coal deposits. An
examination of the island-* has been
made by the G rmau naval commander
aud an engineer under instructions
from Berlin.
The large livery stable and carriage
shed in tbe rear of the Corcoran Hotel
at Rockville, Md., owned by Mrs. Wiii
j iam Carr, was completely demolished
by fire yesterday evening. Loss
000. This is the third stable Mrs. Can
has loss by fire in^the last fifteen years,
all of which have been situated upon
the same site.
A special dispatch from Madrid says
the Spanish peace commissioners were
appointed Saturday. They are Senor
Montero Rios, president of the Senate,
who is president of the commission; Gen
Cerero and Senors Abarzuza, Villar
rutia and Garnica. The Spanish com?
mission, the dispatch adds, will start
for Paris on Sepiember 25.
After nearly a year of searchiug in
the cellars and garrets of an old rec?
tory, a hoard of gold and securities, ag?
gregating in value many thousand dol?
lars, left by Father Aloinger, the de?
ceased pastor of the Church of Our
Lady of Victory, in Mount Veruon, N.
Y., was discovered yesterday by agents
of County Treasurer Carpenter.
In ail probability the three battle
ships for which contracts were awardtd
last week wili be protected by the new
Krupp armor. This armor wa3 tested
at the naval proving station at Indian
Head, and its superiority in toughness
and armor-resisting qualities to the
plates treated with the Harvey process
was satisfactorily demonstrated.
The Second Texas regiment was paid
off on Saturday at Jacksonville, Fla ,
by M?j. Lynch, the negro paymaster.
This is the regiment that refused to re?
ceive the pay from Lynch ou account
of his color. The regiment took a vote
cn Saturday and decided to receive its
pay, this action doubtless being due to
the fact that the regiment is to leave
on Tuesday for home.
Nearly one million dollars in gold
coin was paid out of the sub-Treasury
at Philadelphia on Saturday, on the
largest check ever presented there for
sight payment. The check was drawn
to the order of the International Navi?
gation Company by the Treasurer of
the United States for the amount of
$1,475,000 and was given in payment of
the rental for toe four oceau steamers
of the American line chartered by the
government at the beginning of the
Spanish war.
Col. L. L. Langdon, retired, formerly
of the Fourth Uuited States artillery,
makes a statement in which he clearly
proves that had politics been cast aside
in the selection of officers for certain
posts of responsibility in the army dur?
ing the war, all of the sufferings to
which the American soldiers were sub?
jected might have been avoided. The
greed for militaty patronage, he says,
was responsible lor killing a bill in
Congress which wouid have prevented
the suffering and misery in tho Ameri?
can army.
The supposed victim of the Bridge
port, Conn., murder, Miss Marian Grace
Perkins, arrived at her borne in Middle
boro', Mass., Saturday afternoon in per
feet health to the great joy of the fam?
ily and the unbounded astonishment of
the entire community. Her father wts
not in town, for at the time of his
daughter's arrival he was on his way
back from Bridgeport with the grew
some remains which he had identified
as those of Grace, and for which the
funeral arrangements, including tbe
digging of the grave, had already been
completed, and the family minister had
been asked to conduct the services. The (
Bridgeport, Conn., murder is as yet
unsolved.
The Famous Fat Woman Dead?
Nahala MulHns, the famous fat woman
and moonshiner of Hancock county,
Tennessee,died last week. Mrs. Mullins'
weighed is 550 pounds and lived on the
top of a mountain where she con
ducted a ''still" in defiance of the law.
The officers were unable to apprehend
her on account of her size, there being
no way to get her down the mountain.
Mrs. Mullins was one of the tribe of
Elungons whose origin has buen a my?
stery to the ethnological students for
many years.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Second Virginia regiment will
I roach Richmond to morrow evening
j from Jacksonville, Fla., to be mustered
j out of sei vice.
Miss Bettio Gertrude Weaver, only
daughter of Mr. L. A. Weaver, ot
Fredericksburg, died on Saturday after
a lingering illness, in her fifteenth year.
The republican loaders in Virginia
seem dispose d lo confine their efforts
to the ninth and tenth congre.-.siouttl
districts, allowing theelectious in othei
districls to go by default.
Robert Trainham while drunk shot
and fatally injured his wife and at?
tempted to kill his mother-in-law near
Crowe, Nottaway county, on Saturday.
He had not been living with his wife of
late.
Judge Waddill has asked for the re?
signation of H. S. Ackiss, clerk of h:s
court at Norfolk, iu order that 1)9 may
appoint George E. Bowden. The
clerk refuses to resign and will force
the judge, to remove him.
Mr. Philip Bruce, who recently re?
signed I he position of secretary to the
Virginia Historical Society, has been
employed by a northern publication
house to write a history for the schools
in this section of the country.
Joseph Baumhack, constable of Broad
Run district, houdoun county, commit
ted BUicide :U his residence, near Days
villo, Friday night by shooting himself
through the head with a revolver. The
causes which led to tho deed are not
known.
The remains of Mrs. James B. Botts,
of Roaooke, who died suddenly at her
home in I hat city Friday, were broueht
to Fredericksburg for interment. The
deceased was a daughter of Rev. W. H.
Meade, of Roanoke. She leaves two
children.
Deputy High Constable William War?
ren, of Portsmouth, in a suicidal at
tempt, shot himself through the temple
last night with a pistol. He became
unconscious immediately, and is now
dying. No cause is assigned for the
shooting.
The large barn on the farm of James
Adams, a well known resident of Fred?
erick county, situated near Cross Junc?
tion, was totally destroyed by fire Fri
day night, together with its contents.
The loss is estimated at $1,500, on
which there is $750 insurance. The
fire was undoubtedly of incendiary ori?
gin.
There is a hitch in the movement to
make Mr. E Igar Allan district attor?
ney. He will cerlainly get the place,
but not yet. The appeals to the Presi?
dent to appoint Mr. Allan at once have
been unavailing. District Attorney
White seems to have a strong pull with
the administration, and thechauces are
he will hold ou for some time.
The police of Richmond have insti?
tuted a crusade against the "wheels of
fortuue," or slot machines in operation
iu Richmond, aud there is a great Hur?
ry among tho proprietors of these d?
vices for gathering iu the nickel.-.
E irly Saturday morning the proprie
tors of two saloons in which wheel
were run were arrested, but in the Po?
lice Court their cases were continued.
Until that day these wheels were to
be found in every saloon in the city,
and in a great many of the dnu stores
and confectioneries, but it was hard to
Sod ono Saturday, they having been
put out of sight by the proprietors,
who were badly rattled by the ou
s!aught of the police.
DEATH OF MISS WINNIE DAVIS
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jef
fjrsm Davis, and so widely known
ami beloved iu the southern States of
tie United States bp tho "daughter of
tho Confederacy," died at noon yester?
day, at i he Rockineham Hotel. Narra
gansett Pier. R. I. She had been ili
for several weeks and a fortnight ago
her ailment was diagnosed as mularinl
gastritis. Mrs. Davis had watched un?
remittingly at her daughter's bedside,
but the physician in attendance reports
that she is holding up with great calm?
ness nnd no fears are at present enter?
tained that she will succumb to tbe
strain.
Miss Varni* Ann Davis, generally
known as Miss "Winnie" Davis, the
second daughter of Jefferson D.ivis, e.\
President of the Southern Confederacy,
was born in Richmoud, Va., June :27.
1S64. She was affectionately titled in
i he south ''thedaughter of the Confede?
racy." She was a lady of rare inlelii
gence. and was educated in Germany
and Paris. Miss Davis recently gave
evidence of literary talent of a high or?
der and contributed to a number of
ueriodicals.
Upon receipt of tho news in this city
the following dispatch of condolence
was sent by Commander Warfield of
Lee Camp:
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Tho Buckingham, Nar
ragfui'ott Pior, B.
Dear Madam?Accent tho heartfelt sym?
pathy of B. E. Camp, C. V., Alexandria, Va,
in your bereavement.
El<? IB WTABFIELD, Commander.
Death of Capt. Capron.?Captain
Allyn Capron, First Artillery, died at
his home, near Fort Meyer, yesterday.
Captaiu Capron was one of the best
known officers in the regular army.
Wheu General Shafier's corps went to
Santiago Captain Capron accompanied
it and his battery did fiue work in the
battle of Santiago. During the first
day's fight before the city Captain Ca
pron's son. Captain Allyn K. Capror,
of the Rougb Riders, was killed. The
death of his son preyed upon the fa?
ther's mind, and he retnmed to his
post at Fort Meyer, only to be stricken
down with typhoid f*ver. Captain
Capron was horn in Florida and entered
'the military academy as a cadet in 1SG3.
DcWitt's Witch Hazol Salve has the largest
Sile of any salve in tho world. This fact and
its inorit has led dishonest people to attempt
to counterfeit it. Lookout for the man who
attempts to deceive you when you call lor
DeWitt's Witch Hazol Salve, tho groat pile
??uro. G. O. Leunon.
DIED.
Departed this lifo September l!':h. 1S!?S,
Mrs ALICE M ?BAH *M. wife of Edgar B.
Graham, deceased, aged 39 years.
Oh. Mothe-. thy gentle voi-o is hushed,
Thy warm true hern I is still,
Ar d on thy pale and peaceful face
Is resting death's cold chill.
Thy hands are clasped upon thy breast,
We have kissed thy lovely brow,
Aud in our aching bear's wo know
We have no mother now.
By Her Children.
Fiineiul Tuesday evening, September '20.
at 3 o'clock from "the M. K. Church South.
Friends and relatives are invited to atteud.
Sunday evening, September is. S^MOJEL
F.. JACKSON, son of Samuel E. and Annie
Jackson, aged three years and one month.
Funeral from his parents' residence, No. 314
north Koyal street, to morrow (Tuesday)
evening at three o'clock. Friords of tho
family are invited i) attend.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign NewH.
Madrid, Sept. PL?The Spanish
government in attempting to secure a
loan through the Rothschilds, giving as
fecurity the revenues of the Almaden
quicksilver mines, in New Castle. If
the Rothschilds refuse to make over
tares toward floating the loan another
English house will be asked to do so.
According to semi-oilicial newspapers
'he payment, of the coupons of the Cu?
ban debt is assured.
Paris, Sept, ID?It is reported that
Mi'jor Marchand has been ordered to
retire from Fashoda, leaving that place
in possession of the Anglo-Egyptian
forces. Le Matin discredits the report,
declaring that there is no reason why
such a course should be taken.
Berlin, Sept. PJ.?The National
Ziitung asserts upon the highest au?
thority that the personal estate of
Prince Bismarck does not represent as
much ns $625,000.
Candid, Sept. ID.?A proclamation
has been issued by Ed heim Pasha by
order of the Sultan commanding the
Mussulmans to deliver up their arms to
he commission appointed for the pur?
pose of receiving them, and the Mus
sultrans are complying with the order.
London, Sept. 1!).?John Jago,
formerly first otlicer of tho steamer
Britannic, and John Kynaston, formerly
third oflicer of the same vessel, pleaded
guilty to day of the charge of robbing
the mails. Jago was sentenced to eight
years imprisonment and Kynaston to
one year.
CANDIA Crete, Sept. 10? The dis?
armament of the Mussulmans has not
yet begun. Djevad Pasha, the Turkish
military commander in Crete, has de?
manded that the arms be surrendered
on. board a Turkish vessel, but British
Admiral Noel insists upon strict ad?
herence to his orders that the arms be
delivered over to him.
Riot at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 19.?There
was a riot at tbe American Wird and
Steel Company this morning, caused
by a conflict between Poles who were
brought on by the wire trust ofliciaIs
und the strikers. Twenty non-union
men were taken from Newburg to go
to work in the wire department of the
mill. They were all Poles. A com?
mittee of the strikers rode with
them on a car. The party was
met by a crowd of strikers whc
lined up across the street and tried to
persuade the Newburg men not to go
?o work. It is alleged that one man
threw red peper in a striker's eyes,
Blugged another with his dinner bucket
and kicked a third man in the groin.
Another non-union man, it is alleged,
pulled a slung shot ami knockt d down
three strikers. The strikers closed in
and fora minute there was a mass of
struggling ni-m. Blows were freely ex
chaneed. The police were called and
two arrests were made.
Bad Condition of Camps.
Jacksonville, Fia., Sept. 19.?Ac?
cording to reports from Pablo Beach,
tbe reaiments are growing indifferent
t) camp oonditions. Tbe camps of the
Second Virginia, Second New Jersey
and Third Nebraska, are iu a frightful
condition. It is said the men feel in?
different to camp conditions now, be?
cause they are going home so soon. In
Bryan's camp huge pits full of garbage
are swarming with insects and no dis?
infectants are used. Col. Bryan does
not wish to resign for obvious politi?
ck reasons, but, it is said, a bad camp
would be a strong card for Nebraska
friends who want to get the regiment
home and tho Colonel out of the ser?
vice.
Street l>n<-l Between Women.
Boston. Sept. Ii?. -Two women had
a light with knives at the corner ol
Washington street and Adams Place
yesterday, jealousy being the cause.
The combatants were Miss Maggie 1).:
herty and Miss Nellie Hinrahan. As
the result, Miss Hinrahan has two deep
slashes across her face, and she was al?
so stabbed in the back seriously. Tho
Huberty woman received several bad
cuts from her opponent. The women
had been to a Saturday night dance,
where the trouble began.
Sequel to Exchange of Mementos.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. lit.?Cor?
poral Alfred Brown, Company F, 2nd
Illinois reciment, will be married to
day iu Birmingham, Ala., whither he
h .s gone on a ten days' furlough.
When tho regiment was en route here
and while his train was waiting at
Birmingham, a young woman ex?
changed a pink ribbon for one of Cor?
poral Brown's brass buttons through a
car window. The wedding is the se?
quel.
Gas Explosion.
PlTTSBV/KG, Sept. 19.?An explosion
of gas this morning at the Corrugated
Irou Works of the Iron City Manufac?
turing Co., totally destroying tbe build?
ing, aud three employes were painfully
burned. One will not recover. There
was a leak on the natural gas pipes and
a workmau was sent to make repairs.
He lighted a lamp and the explosion
followed. Loss estimated at .f'l?.O?o to
$20,000.
From Porto Rico.
Ponce, P. R. Sept. IS.?Tc-day de?
tachments of American troops are pro?
ceeding to garrison the places not held
by the Spaniards. This afternoon 100
Spanish prisoners were turned over by
the Americans to the Spahish comman
der at Aibonilo. The yellow fever
scare has subsided aud there are no
more suspects.
The Striking: Miners.
FrrrsBUHG, Pa., Sept 19.?Tbe strikers in
the third pool had their usual march to-day,
tho band from tho Black Diamond Works
leading the column. National organizer Fred
Pelcher will go to Monongahola city to-night,
and it is expected that tho campers will be
largely reinforced as men from pits in other
pools will join. Tho strikers are confident ol
sue ess. The men who were sehe :tiled to ar
rive at Monongahela to take the places of the
strikers.did not put in an appearance. Twenty
seven men wire counted going into tho pi: of
J ncs <K Co and it is supposed that they con?
stituted the eutiro force at work today.
Cost of the Peace Commission.?
It. is estimated that it will cost the peo?
ple of the United States $257,250 to havc
peace formerly declared with Spain
thai is so far as the work of tbe peace
commi-sion is concerned. The com?
mission is expected to be at work ninety
days. The items of expense are as fol?
lows: Commissioner Day's fee, $25,000;
Commissioner Reid;s fee, $20,000; Sec?
retary Moore's fee, $20,000; Salaries
of other commissioners and attaches,
yiO.OOO; Transportation. 35 persoosj
$25,000; E Jtertainmeut in Paris, $20,
000; Allowances for persona! expenses,
$92,250. _ _
Important tests of armor jlates will be
made at the proving grounds at Ioditn Head
on Ihursday.
The Dreyfus Case.
I paris, Sept. 19 - It is expected that
j tbe commission to examine tbe matter
i of revision of the Dreyfus case which
begins its sittings on Sept. 21, will
continue its session for ten days.
It is rumored that tbe steamer La
Cecile bae started for Devil's Island
with a view to the return of Dreyfus to
France.
London, Sept. 19.?A dispatch from
Berlin states that a member of the se?
cret intelligence department of the
German war office asserts that neither
he nor any of his colleagues ever di
r ctly or indirectly communicated with
Dreyfus or even heard of his name un?
til his trial by court martial. The
general belief of the Berlin military au?
thorities is that Dreyfus succumbed to
an anti-Semitic conspiracy pure and
simple. _
Disease anil Death in The Klondike.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 19.?
Each day of never ceasing sun?
light at Diiwoon makes the sani?
tary condition of tbe miners
.vorse. The typhoid fever epidemic is
increasing. Hundreds are reported to
to be sick all over the camp. The hos?
pitals aro full and the nurses sta'.iooed
at Fort Selkirk have been sent for to
give assistance. The cause of the
trouble is the absolute lack of drainage.
The number of deaths per day cannot
be accurately learned as there are no
burial regulations.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, Sept 19?Flour dull and
unchanged Wheat dull: spot 70a70'rt;
month i>f):,4H70. Corn steady; spot and
month ?o'-.iH^o1?.
New York Sept 19.?Wheat Dec 62%;
Msy G l "4*64% Corn?Doc 39%*29%.
tiEOBGETOWN, Sent. 19.?Wheat ?."?s(J7.
Chicago, Sept 1!).?Dec Wheat ; Dec
Con: 29?fr;Dec Pork $8 29.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Seven buildings in Elmwood, lout
miles from Syracuse, N. Y., were burn?
ed to the ground to day and two men
were burued to death. Loss $20,000.
Dr. Cbauncey M. D*pew, who is a
delegate to tbe New York republican
State convention, is to make the speech
nominating Col. Theodore Roosevelt foi
governor.
The convention of brew masters, su?
perintendents of breweries and practi?
cal brewers opened at CUveland, 0.,
this moruiDg in Germania Hall. The
object of the organization is social and
also to exchange idea-son the subject ol
the manufacture of beer.
Traffic wa? brought to a standstill
anil several hundred persons wvre
V rown into a panic just before eleven
o'clock last night by a burning trolley
car on the Brooklyn Bridge. Fortu?
nately no one was hurt, but the specta?
cle of a car with iUmes shooting around
it lljirg over the bridge was one not tc
be forgotten soon.
Two new and possible clues to a solution ol
the Bridgeport, Conn , mystery have hcen
unearthed to day, and at least two more par?
tial identifications of tbe body found a wo k
ago were made last night. Tho body itsell
which wai toturned from Middleboro will
probably be buried to day. Direct identifica?
tion of tho body will therefore he abandoned,
for by this time it is unrec gui/. iblo. a clue
which is now considered important was given
to tho police a week ago. a physician visit?
ed police headquarters and gave tho police a
photograph of a young girl who had visited
him. He refusod tho easo and the girl said
that she was going out of town. Tho physi?
cian helieved tbe description of the girl fouud
in Bridgeport tallied with his would-bs pa?
tient.
1 he breaking of a guy rope on a derrick at
tho grounds of the Franciscan convent at
l\.ek-kill. X. Y., this morning caused the
derrick to fall, killimr Patrick Morau and in?
juring two other men. Moran's sou hapeued
11 bo driving past tho Bpot when the derrick
fell and saw his father killed.
William Franklin, colored, was shot and
instantly killed yesterday near Louiiville,
Ky . by Policeman Erasme. Tho policeman
bad arrested another colored man for shoot?
ing crips, when Franklin drew a knife and
threatened to kill tho olli or if ho did not let
tho colored man go.
When ]>r N. C. Wallace, of the First Kor
tmky regiment, returned to Louisville Sat?
urday night from Purto Kieo, ho was served
with notice that his wifo had filed a suit for
divorce, charging abandonment.
Near Augusta, Ok., ou Saturday James II.
Heenan shot and perhaps fatally injured Bev.
it Broados, a Methodist preacher, while the
la'tor was attempting to elopo with Heenan s
17 year-old daughter.
The tirst formal exercises in connection
with the session of tho Sovereign Grand
Lor*g>, I. 0 0. F.. were held this foronoon in
the i'oung Men's Christian Association Hall
iu Boston.
At Eteubenville. Ohio, yesterday Bichard
Eveiett, an ox-convict, shot and fatally
wounded Charles Walker, a bar tender, br
canse be refuted him a drink. Everott es?
caped.
Surgeon Coneral Fterrhorg, accompanied
Ky General Quartermaster Ludiugtou arrived
at Cincinnati Sunday to join Secretary of War
Algol to-day.
Violations ok Pharmacy Law.?
The Board of Pharmacy, of which Mr. E.
R Beckvvith,of this city, is secretary,are
now displaying especial activity in pro
secu in.; violators of the State pharm
acutical law, as tha number of viola?
tions brought to tbe attention of the
board within tbe past month cr so have
been unusually large. Mr. Beckwitb
was recently summond to Staunton to
givo evidence iu one of these cases, in
which the court convicted tho parly ac?
cused. The purpose of the law is to pre?
vent unlicensed and incompetent per?
sons from compounding medicines, and
so is now regarded as it was at the time
of its enactment necessary to properly
safe-guard the lives of the people. The
members of the board are a unit in ex?
pressing the opinion that it is but sim?
ple ju- tice to druggists who have secured
certificates, that no one should be
thrown into competition with them,
who has not complied with the law.
and for this reason as well as a due re?
gard for the public safety they intend
to see to it that it is vigorously and im?
partially inforced.?[Petersburg Prog?
ress.
Hull to be Reversed.?A lettei
from Washington say.-: Acting-Chair?
man Hull, of the republican congrtss
ional campaign committee, seeon to
have put bis foot in it, when he recog?
nized tbe Wise-Carney committee in the
i2ad Virginia di-tricr, os against the Bur
rough--Bowden, which has the sanction
ind hacking of the machine State ex?
ecutive committee. The Bowdeuites
havo appealed to the supreme dictator.
Mark Hanna, and there can hardly be
a doubt that the ae ion of Hull will be
reversed, and the nomination of Holland
is tbe republican candidate in the Nor
filk district recogu z d as regular.
The split in the parly is now so wide
and the feeling sotirhr that W. A.
Young, the democratic candidate, wiil
have a walkover.
You invite disappointment when you ex
peri merit. DeWitl's Little Early I>i;e:-s are
I>:ohsi nt, easy, thorough little pill-. They
euro ionstip'ticn and sick headache justaa
sure as you take Uiem. C. Q. Leunon.
LADIES CAN WEAR SHORS "
: Ooc sizo smaller after using /
: Ease, a powdrrto be shaken im
I Jt makes tight or new Bheea : ?
j instant relief to corns and tin
greatest comfort discovery of the i ',
j and prevents swollen feet, blisters
ai.d Eore .spots. Allen's Foot-E
1 tain euro for sweating, hot, <
fiel. At all druggists and shoe
Trial package FEEE. Address . "
sted, Le Boy, N Y.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV? >R CO!
TION.
In addition to the proc-edinc?
given in the Gazette of Saturday
was given for reports of socle
reports were presented in writing
Richmond extended an invitation t0
bold the next convention thi
matter of selecting Wincbi
mond was left with the ex i
tnittee. The night session
a sorg service led by Pei
A prayer and praise , >rv
led by Fred. Anderson, ol
Tue address of the evening
ed by Rev. T. H. Walker, ,
upon "Sabbath Desecration."
was no moruing service annotim ,
Sunday save the usual earl)
service.
The afternoon se.-sion befi
o'clock with a prayer and v
led by W. W. Douglas, of 1
Then followed a model C!
deavor prayer meeting le
Foster. Dr. James 1.
Washington and Lee Un
unable to be present, be ?
stead Prof. W. S. Currti, of thi
etitution.
Prof. Carrel simply chare
ers. He stated mat he mi
ber of the society, but that the gotietv
stood for what every Cbrisl
represent?"Christian Fa h
deavor Works/' Like ?
twius, so soou bs the ligai
both die He selecied as
"The Christ-like life." His
and helpful address will loi u
membered by all who were
enough to hear it.
Tne closing service was he!
uight in the M. E Church So itl. "
Foster led the song sen
church was crowded. Mr. Fostei
a solo "Pass It Un," which was <
ed by all. The committee on resolu?
tions read its report, which was
mously adopted, as follow -
Tne committee on reso utions
leave to submit the followi g i
Whereas, God, in bis greal
has permitted us oucv m
getber in convention we unite ini
pressing to Him our gratit
blessings He has bestow? d
the past year beseeching Him
coutiuuauce of the epiril's pn -
iug the year to come.
Resolvid, That tne thanks
convention here assemble II ?
1st. To the Christian Ende:
cieties, churches and citizens
audria lor their kind i. .
2nd. To the pastor and officers ol thi
Bl. E. Church South aud Mi
Protestant for the use ol lb<
for services.
'.-<rd. To the Christian I!
ciety of the Methodisi
Church for numerous court*
4th. To the raiiroud and st<
companies for reduced raits
portation.
5th. To Mr. Percy S.
Washington, for his admii
of the tinging ai d Messrs.
Slayman for the use of ins
tith. To the press for r.
convention proceedings.
7th. To the Local Union
Virginia for their special Iii
Sth. To the ladies ol Lin
Protestant Church fur tin
lunches served.
i'tb. To the speakers who
from a distance and assisted
the convention a success.
10.b. To all oihers w bo ?
way contributed to the -
convention.
We leallirm our adherence
principles, which under God I
the Christian Endeavor
what it is to-day?devotion
to Christ and the church.
The prayer aud praiei
ied by N. S. Greenawa.\. Mr. *?'. .H.l
Smith, of Washington, delh
dress on "Au old tini'
meetiug,'' using a model oi
at Jerusalem. A consecral
then followed, and with I
"Blest be the tie that bind
be with you till we meet
convention closed with I
Endeavor benediciion.
It is leported that the Pn
eelecied Congressman Robert
of Illinois, chairman of the
eign atlairs committee,
to Great Britain. Mr. Hill
wealthy man.
FJIEFAX NOTES
The caso of Surgeon 1' u
indicted for desecrating gi
up till the October term of '
In the County Cunt N; ; ? ?
ored, was eonvicto 1 ainJ senl
i.entia-y for tivc years fi i
Congressman Rixey and J"
the latter of Kentucky, made
cratic tpeeches hero today at the
Mr Sisson and his son, who
tilliry in this county, were
guilty of selling liquor without a
weie sentenced to serve thirty
each.
Millions Given Away.
It is gratifying to the pu
of one cone* rn in the land ?
afraiii to be generous to th
puflering. The proprietor- of I >r. h. -
New Discovery for G
Coughs aud Colds, have un ?
over ten million trial boll ?
groat medicine; and have th<
lion of knowing it ha- B
thousands of hopeless i ases
Bronchitis, Hcarsene,s and all
of the Throat, Chest an I
surely cured by it. Call on h. l -
or E. S. Leadbeater *v S ins.
and get a free trial bottle. ?*
size 50 cents and 81. 1
guaranteed, or price refund?
OneVinute Cough Cure surpi
by its quick com, and children
in large quantities without I
It has won for itself the '?
any preparation u?ed to-day
tickling in the throat or obstin
Q. Lennon.
If ANTED.
LOAD OF l\?ABO>Ai.
ply at this oili c.
A
rpHOEPa AUriZVMOTP ?
L a perfectly o I u ?-- ??
ttctar.r. For purifying the n
where of sick room" it has do ?
b7 E. s. i.fcAi;!;.-- -1 ???
?Oc for a un-trt bottle
QHOICE LO??TEBS 20c re*"