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MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 10, 18U8.
Theke seems to be a "pretty" ficht
on hand between, the executive com?
mittee of the State republican commit?
tee of Virginia and the election com?
mittee of the naftonal republican con?
gressional campaign committee. The
former are standing out for home rule,
and Mr. Hauna did write a letter to
Judge Waddill stating that he was with
them. The latter say it is their prov?
ince to determine who shall be the reg?
ular republican congressional candi?
dates in Virginia, and that Mr. Hant.a
stands with them. That the former
are right cannot be reasonably dis?
puted, and as they can not be removed
from the federal offices they hold with
out raising an unpleasant clamor, it
isn't likely they will submit to tho dic?
tation of the latter.
Democrats have been severely pun?
ished, under the civil service law, for
collecting political assessments from
federal office holdera. But that wss
in the past, not now. At this very time
there is an agent of the republican com?
mittee of Ohio in Washington, engaged
iu collecting political assessments from
the federal officers from that State to
be used for election purposes there
next month. The civil service law
affords a ready excuse to democratic
Congressmen for avoiding the impor?
tunities of their constituents, but, for ail
that, if they ever regain control of Con
gres3 one of the first things they ought
to do would be to repeal the absurd, dis?
graceful, and transparent fraud re
ferred to._
Ex-Secretary Herbert, of Ala?
bama, made a speech in Washington
la3t Saturday night in which he said the
people of the country "made no mis?
take when they elected Mr. McKinley
to be their President." It was perfect?
ly natural for Mr. Herbert to say so.
as, though a professed member of the
democratic party, he did all he could to
defeat the election of Mr. Bryan, the
Presidential candidate of that party.
Colonel Frank Youog, of the federal
army, who was wounded at Ball's Bluff,
didn't make a mistake when he said
that for whitewashing the present ad?
ministration, commend him to the ex
Confederates who have received ftd
eral favors._
It NOW appears that only nineteen
Indians were really engaged in the
recent battle with the American army
on the Le6ch Lake reservat ior>.
though in that battle the casualties
to the soldiers were almost as
numerous as those in some of the
engagements the army had with Span?
iards in Cuba. It is only natural to
suppose that if nineteen hundred, in?
stead of nineteen Indians, had been en?
gaged, there would have been anointr
Custer affair, and weeping and wailing
been heard throughout the land.
Though this government has been
sending additional troops to the Philip?
pine Islands ever since the surrender of
Manila without objection from Spain,
the sendiug of a few soldiers by the
Spanish government to suppress mur?
der and outrage in another part of
those islands?is asserted by the vehe?
ment jingoes to be an infraction of the
agreement of the protocol, for which
additional indemnity should be de?
manded. But to a jingo all colors are
red. _
That the money of the tax payers
of Pennsylvania is used by the repub-1
licans of that State for their own spe?
cial purposes, is proved by the fact that
amongst the evidence produced in the
case of Senator Quay, now under indict?
ment for felony, is a letter written by
their treasurer of that State to the cush
ier of a Philadelphia bank, to the effect
that he would deposit $000,000 of the
State's funds with him if he would lend
$100,000 of that sum to Mr. Quay's son.
Pleading with the Cuban insur?
gents to stop their murders, outrages
and burnings, at the rate of $500 a
month to individual pleaders, is cer?
tainly an expensive, but, there is good
reason to fear, an ineffective business
It is the dollar the Cuban insurgent re?
ceives in his own hand, not that iu
somebody else's hand, that keeps him
quiet. Indeed, the fact that while
other people get dollars, he doesn't,
makes him the more unruly.
It is bad enough for the drowsy ear
of night to bo vexed with mirth, but far
more irritating to have it disturbed al?
most incessantly from eve till dewy
morn by the rumblings and puffings
and whistles of railroad trains,that drive
sleep from the eyes of many people
whose lot has been cast in this city.
Cars must be moved, but those here j
could be moved at night with less noise |
if an effort to do so were made.
Capt. Alexander H. McCormick, who
will become commandant of the Wash?
ington navy yard on October 17, was
appointed to the navy from Texas in j
1S59. He has been executive officer of j
the Norfolk navy yard since October, ;
1S94. He will relieve Bear Admiral C. !
S. Norton, who has been commandant j
ol the Washington navy yard since I
May, 1896.
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of tho Alexandria Gasette.]
Washington, Oct. 10.
The following appointments by the
President were annouuced today:
Myron D. Taylor, of Minnesota, to be
register of the Land Office at St. Cloud,
Minn. : Lemuel C. Burns, h Ohickasaw.
and Napoleon B. Aiusworch, a Cboc
taw, to bo trustees of the coal aDd as?
phalt mines in the Indian Territory for
the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations.
General Corbiu stated this morDing
that the voluuteer regiments which are
to come home from Porto Kico and to
be relieved by others which have just
sailed from the United States have not
yet been designated.
Captain J. H. Culver, of the volun?
teer cavalry forces at Camp Thomas,
testified before the War Department
1 investigating commission this morning.
His troop was a part of the Nebraska
N itional Guard. Captain Culver, who
i? a veteran of the civil war, said that
Camp Thomas was well supplied.
Thi re was no lack of food or stores,
the water supply was good and abun?
dant both for men and horses, there
<vas very little sickuess in his command
and only two deaths. None of his men
complained of the foou or hospital ac?
commodations.
Captain Howell, of the commission,
thought a treat deal of time was being
wasted in going over testimouy practi?
cal} the same as that giveu by other
witnesses. Geueral Dodge said that
charges had been made that this regi?
ment bad been grossly neglected. The
examination therefore was coutinued.
Major Hysell, of Ohio, division eur
geon at Catnp Thomas, was next ex?
amined. He said he declined to let
his men in the hospitals or in his camp
i S3 tue water from the pipe line. It
was bad water. He therefore had wa?
fer hauled from a mineral spring in
Georgia, four and a halt miles distant.
That is whv he had so little sickuess.
i'De drairage from the camps went into
Ohickatnauga creek, and the latter
llowed into the river. That polluted
the water. Dr. Marlin made a report
to this effect in June. It is probable
that the commission will summon Dr.
Martin.
The United S-.ates Supreme Court
convened at noon to-day for the regu?
lar October term, Supreme Justice
Fuller presiding, and all the other
members of the bench being present,
j Justice Fuller announced that it was
customary at the opening session to
transact no business beyond makiugan
official call upou the President. The
Chief Executive being absent from
home, however, the business of the
court proceeded. A number of attor?
ney, about a dozen in all, aud from all
p:trt:> of the country were permitted to
practice on motiou of prominent mem?
bers of the bar present. Among the
candidates was "Private'- Dalzell, of
Ohio.
H. W. Berthrong, of Boston, has been
appointed to take charge of the cus?
toms service at Man/.aniilo when that
port shall be occupied by the Ameri?
ca s.
The order of the President providing
for the free admission into Cuba of
oxeu, cattle and ogricultural imple?
ments will take eflect immediately at
Santiago and in a few days at Manzao
tilo. Spanish troops are now leaving
the latter city.
General Dodge to-day when asked
about the published report that Secre?
tary Aleer's reply to the questions asked
by the War Department investigating
commission was not satisfactory to the
commission as it does not meet the
poi'its at issue, said that the reply had
been returned to the Secretary who
wished to make some alterations in it
und that it had not yet even been ex?
amined by the commission.
1 he Episcopalians at their convention
tc-duy, bJore takiog up the regular
order of burioess, received a memorial
lrom the churches of Hawaii praying for
a resolution looking to the amalgation
. f the Angelican Church in the Island
with the Protestant Episcopal Church
of America. The memorial was re?
ferred to the proper committee. The
deputy from Japan presented a
resolution for the creation of
the missionary district in Tokio
itito the Kyoto mission district.
A resolution was offered to thank the
President aud Mrs. McKinley for cour
lesies extended to the delegates. The
regular order was then taken up, viz:
T;.e amendments to the constitution re
ia'.iug to the revision of the standing
committees of diocases, to the formation
of new dioceses, etc. Tne body ad?
journed at the close of the morning ses
j sion to have a proup picture ?aken in
front of the church.
Colonel R. W. Burke, of Staunton,
Virginia, who has beeu here some days,
will return to his home to-morrow.
Toe Colonel was sergeant-atarms of
the Virginia House ot Delegates dur?
ing the war between the States, but is
hale and hearty yet. He says the re
>u\t of the Congressional election in
his, the 10:h district, this fall, will de?
pend upon the ability of the respective
pirties to get out their vote. The Colo?
nel is an ami silver man, but says the
conditions in tho South are such that
all the white men there should be dem?
ocrats.
Congressman Jones of the first Vir?
ginia district, was here on Saturday,
j He was at democratic headquarters,
where he heard that in his Stute every
prospect was pleasing. In his own dis?
trict, the republican candidate, Bris
tow, has us yet made no speeches,
though he, Jones, when at his own
home Saturday, offered a discussion
with him on his own terms. Mr. Jones
spoke at Bowling Green to-day and will
speak at Freiericksburg to morrow. He
thinks it probable tbat Virginia will
have a solid democratic delegation in
the next House.
The national commission aupointed
by Coogress and the President to in?
vestigate the labor and agricultural
I problems in relation to capital will
i meet here next Monday.
Lieutenant E. D. Bostick and Sur?
geon A. G. Cabell have been placed on
the retired list of the uavy on account
ol physical disabilities incident to the
severe service, on three-quarters pay.
Congressman Kixey ol the Alexan?
dria district passed tnrough here this
morning for Leesburg, Virginia, where
court was held to-day. He says he has
heard of no organized opposition to his
election so far, and doesn't think there
will be any. There was some talk at
one time of a negro named EobinEon
running against him, but Mr. Rixey
has seen by the Gazette that he has j
withdrawn.
It is reported that General Dodge
consulted with friends as to the advis?
ability of his tendering his resignation
as chairman of the army investigating
commission, in view of the fact that it
has been developed tbat he was one of
the engineers of the famous Credit
Mobilier scheme and is the man who
awarded the Sherman monument abor?
tion to its contractor, but that he
! will await Mr. McKinley'n return before j
I doiog so. It id also rumored that the ]
I whitewash repurt of the committee will i
be made public a short time before the |
I election.
Pardous have been granted by the ,
j President in thine cases: Lon Gardner, |
Texas, in the Ohio penitentiary, tor j
manslaughter, pardoned because he, is :
in the lust stages of consumption: Ells- I
worth Wells, 10 years old, Oklahoma,!
at Fort Leavenworth for man- <
slaughter, pardoned on the ground
that the boy acted in self-defense;
John Dunaway, Oklahoma, iu tho
Ohio penitentiary for conspiracy,
]i irdoned because he has consumption;
W. H. Barnes, Arkansas, in the Ohio
penitentiary for stealing a mail pouch,
pardoned because he is dying; Joseph
Pusey, California, in the Saota Barba- j
ra jail for postoffice robbery, because of j
his youth and to give him a chance to
reform. He is said to be an opium
fiend.
All the republican candidates for Congress i
have been hero rocontly to try to get cam?
paign money, oven those in tho districts in
which no republican over was elected, and
whore no republican would havo a chance of
election, but nouo of them got a dollar or
oven a promise of ono.
! A resident of tho old Camp Alger neighbor- j
hood hero to-day Buys that whole county hxs
been infected by the soldiers that Were .-! i
tained there with typhoid fi.vor, and that tho
sinks have not been covered with a sufficiency
, of oarth. j
1 Thero is no doubt of tho fact, whothor j
there be ground for their fear or not, that the
ronublicans arc alarmed at the danger of los?
ing control of tho next U S. House of Rep?
resentatives, and they are using thoir must
Btrenuoua exertions to secure a majority there,
> :il will bo gratified if it bo only ono.
NEWS: OF THE DAY.
The eflort to raise the Spanish cruiser
Vizcaya has been abandoned.
Joseph Simon, of Portland, Ore., was
ou Saturday elected U. S. Senator by
tbe Oregon legislature.
George Starr a prominent Knight
Templar of Baltimore, died suddenly on
a train to Pittsburg, on Saturday even?
ing.
A Constantinopls dispatch states that
the Sultan hopes Bun?a will decline to
join the other powers in forcing the
evacuation of Crete.
The first 3uow of the season fell in
Hagerstown, Md., Friday midnight.
For a couple of minutes the air was
tilled with snowtlakes.
It is officially announced in London
that Great Britain has demanded the
immediate recall of Major Marchand
from Fashoda and that France has re?
fused.
President and Mrs. McKinley arrived
at Canton from Washington yesterday,
tor the funeral of Mrs. McKinley's
brother, George I). Saxton, who was
shot- and killed Friday night by a
woman.
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs, whose
criticisms of the Bible led to his sep
eration from the Presbyterian Church,
preached his first sermon in Brooklyn
yesterday as a minister of the Prot?
estant Episcopal Church.
The war investigating commission
has decided to start on the night of tbe
ltith on its rouudsof the various camps.
They will go to Camp Meade or to
Jacksonville firsb. All the camps will
be visited in succession.
Without the intervention of frost, the
spread of yellow fever over the entire
State of Mississippi is a certainty.
Each night's report indicates how sure?
ly and rapidly the disease is getting the
whole State into its clutches.
The special train which will carry
the President and his party to the
Omaha Exposition left Washington this
morning. President and Mrs. McKinley
are expected to join the party at Canton,
Ohio, but Mrs. McKinley will probably
go no farther than Cnicago.
The President has issued an order
amending the Cuban tariff so bs to ad?
mit into all ports in the possession of
the United States, duty free, oxen for
draught purposes, bovine animals for
breeding and for immediate food sup?
plies, and plows and other agricultural
implements, not machinery.
The great triennial conclave of the
Knights Templar of America began in
Pittsburg, Pa., yesterday and will con?
tinue until Thursday. Nearly 10,000
uniformed Sir Knights have arrived to
participate and as many more are ex?
pected. The Californians number 500.
They left San Francisco last Monday
morning and have made the long pil?
grimage overland iu special vestibuled
Pullman palace cars. They were the
first to leave their homes and the first
to be welcomed at Piltsburg.
The American Tobacco Company, of
New York, has purchased the immense
tobacco works and warehouses owned
by the Driimmond Tobacco Company,
at St. Louis. The plant is one of the!
largest of its kind in the world. The j
cash price paid was ?3,457,000,. The j
American Tobacco Company immedi-i
atoly took possession of its new proper- J
ty and this morning the employes were
working under a new manacement.
Mr. Drummond remains manager at
a salary and later will become an ofii
cer and member of the board of direc?
tors.
Justice Van Wyck, the democratic j
nominee for Governor of New York, j
was given a rousing reception at the j
Manhattan Club on Saturday night.
Many gold democrats were present and J
a letter from ex-President Cleveland, !
regretting inability to participate ''in an j
event which must result in gratifying
encouragement to those who carry our |
party banner in the State, and at the j
same time must strengthen the cause of
true democracy.'' A letter from David j
B. Hill regretting inability to be present, j
and predicting success for Van Wyck,
was then read, as well as letters from
former Governor Koswell P. Flower,
Daniel S. Lamont, Wm. F. Sheehau, j
and others.
Baseball.?Tho following is the rosult j
of tho National League games played yestor- ]
day: Cincinnati 12, Cleveland 5 ;Cincinnati
(i, Cleveland U ; Chkago 5, 8t, Louis -l: Chi?
cago 3, St. Louis O; Louisville 2, Pittsburg 2.
Those of Saturday resulted as follows: Bal?
timore at Now York, postponed, wot grounds:
Boston at Brooklyn, postponed, wet grounds; !
Philadelphia 0, Washington O ; St. Louis 4,
Cleveland 3 ; Cleveland 4, St. Louis 3 ; Louis- I
ville S. Pittsburg 1. Tho following is tho j
standing of tho clubs:
Won. Lost. Per Cent.
Boston. 99 45 .G3S
Baltimore. 93 50 .6 >0
Cincinnati. 91 ~t 58 .611
Chicago. 84 t>5 .564
Cleveland. 79 64 .552
Philadelphia. 74 68 .521
Now York. 73 71 .507
Pittsburg. 70 74 .486
Louisville. 06 7!* .455
Brooklyn. 51 87 .370
Washington. 50 97 .340
8tLouis. 39 111 .260
To-day's Schedule:?New York at Balti?
more ; Boston at Washington ; Philadelphia at
Brooklyn; Clovoland at Pittsburg; Cincin
1 nati at Louisville; Chicago at 8t. Louis.
VTBGTNIA NEWS
The convention of the Grand Division
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
will be held in Petersburg next Wed?
nesday and Thursday.
Bishop Van d? Vyver, of Richmond,
has appoioted Father Masaey pastor of
the Catholic church at Charlottesville.
Father Massey took charge yesterday.
Thomas W. Lacy, charged with rob
hing postoflice boxes in Richmond was
found guilty on Saturduy. Sentence
was not passed as a motion to set asi'e
the verdict was muda and will be
argued Wednesday.
Rev. George T. Wilmer, a widely
known aud aged minister of the Epis?
copal Church, died on Friday evening
at Chatham, aged about seventy eight
years. He wa.s a brother of Bishop
Wilmer, of Alabama.
Now that General Leo has been re?
tained as one of the volunteer major
generals in the army his friends do not
seem to lie nearly .-o certain of his en?
tering the senatorial contest as they
were a few weeks ago.
Governor Tyler has finally refused
to reopen tho case of young Joseph
Cannon, of Norfolk, convicted of con?
spiracy to ruin the character of his wife.
After being convicted Cannon forfeited
bis bail, and is now a fugitive from jus?
tice. He is said to be iu Canada.
A charter has beon applied for in
U chmond for the compauy which Mr.
William 11 Trigg is organizing to build
the torpedo-boats and destroyers for
which ho has been awarded the con?
tract by the government. Mr. Trigg is
president. All of the $300,000 of stock
to bo issued has been subscribed for.
D. W. Jennings, engineer of the
steam powerhouse at the Confederate
Soldier.-1 Home, at Richmond, was
standing yesterday nfiornoon looking
at the glass steam gunge on the boiler,
when the glass tube exploded. One
eye was so badly cut that the sight wfs
destroyed, and the orb was removed by
a surgeou.
The Sons of Veterans throughout the
South have entered heartily into the
movement to erect a monument to Miss
Winnie Davis. The Commander-iu
cnief. Robert A Smythe, has appointed
Mr. Edwin P. Cox. of Richmond, gene?
ral treasurer, ami L. I). Teakle, of
Georgia, general secretary. Mr. W. E.
Jacob, of Richmond, has been appoint?
ed division commander for Virginia.
The division commanders aro authori?
zed to appoint sub committees for each
State.
Fire totally destroyed the handsome
new residence of Mr. J. Brad. Beverly,
ion Stewart street, Winchester, at an
1 early hour yesterday morning. When
the tire was discovered, at 1:15 o'clock,
it had gained such headway tbat the
ellorts of the firemen were unavailing
in saving the property. The fire was
of incendiary origin. The building was
in course of const ruction and was near?
ly completed. It was being erected for
Mr. Beverley by Grier A: Co., contract?
ors, who are tho losers, as the building
had not been turned over to the owner.
The loss is $6,000, with $3.000 insur?
ance. There is no clue to the incen?
diaries.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Various petitions and resolutions
were included in the preliminary rou?
tine business which came up before the
House of Deputies of the Episcopal
Church in Washington on Saturday.
Delegate Stoutzenburg, of Iodiann, of?
fered a resoiu:ion restoring the oflics of
Evangelist to the Episcopal Church.
The bishops resolved to consider in
addition to tne election of missionary
bishops, next week, the rjuestion of the
election of a missionary bishop to the
vacant jurisdiction of Asheville, N. C.
Originally North Caroiinu was di?
vided into two dioceses, but tho build
; iug of Biltmore at Asheville by Mr.
I Vanderbilt, who is an Episcopalion,
j led to the immediate prospective up
i growth of population iu that section
which could not be successfully cared
for by the original diocese, therefore
the missionary jurisdiction of Asheville
was established several years ago but
no bishop has ever been consecrated.
As a matter of fact the expected giowth
did not materialize and there has never
been felt the need of a bishop there
The whole question will be gone over
by the bishops and the vacancy may be
liiled although there is considerable be?
lief in the House that tho best thing
to do would be to abolish the jurisdic?
tion aud divide the State as before.
Then the house resumed considera?
tion of the amendments to the constitu?
tion, the pending proposition being the
incorporation into the constitution of
the canonical provision requiring the
sanction of the standing committees of
all the dioceses to the election of bishop.
Rav. Dr. Taylor, of Indiana, moved to
strike it out. Dr. Taylor's motion was
lost by an overwhelming vote.
An amendment ofiered by Dr. Jewell,
of Milwaukee, was adopted, changing
the phraseology of the section under
consideration by mnking the provision
for the consent of the standing commit?
tees of the dioceses to the ordination
and consecration of bishops precede the
provision requiring such consent of the
bishop?, which makes the language cou
form to the canonical law.
A number of other amendments were
proposed, but all were rejected aud
then article two of the constitution, re?
ported by the committee, with the
amendment by Dr. Jewel!, was carried
by an almost unanimous vote. This arti?
cle relates entirely to the selection, or?
dination and jurisdiction of bishops.
Article three of the new constitution
iviifl adopted almost unanimously. It
eliminates the provision in the ex?
isting constitution which prohibits bish?
ops lor churches in foreign lands from
having a seat in the House of Bishops
and making them ineligible to a dioce?
san office In the United States.
For the purpose of keeping fully
alive the missionary interest it was de?
termined by the bishops, the deputies
concurring, that the country be divided
into four districts or divisions in each of
which there shall be held a missionary
ciuocil every year in which the general
triennial convention does not meet in?
stead of one general missionary council
in those years. Its personnel is to be
made up of the bishops in the district
and three clergymen and ihree members
of the laity from each diocese.
Mr. J. K. Ochiai, a native of Japan,
was ordained deacon at the morning
service of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
in Washington yesterday. Bishop Mc?
Laren, of Chicago, officiated and de?
livered the sermon. Mr. Ochiai was
presented by the Rev. W. J. Gold, D.D.,
dean of the Western Theological Semi- j
nary, in Chicago, where Mr. Ochiai has \
been studving. Dr. McKim, the Bishop
of Tokio, assisted in the services. Mr.
Ochiai will take a post-graduate course
at the Theological Seminary in New
York and will then go to Japan.
TRAGEDY AT FALLS CHURCH.
Tom Williams, a number of the col?
ored battalion of the Ninth Ohio vol
unteers, was shot ami killed at Falls
Cburch yesterday afternooD. while at?
tempting to resist arrest, by William
E. Parker, a prominent young farmer
of the village and oneof tho town coun
cilmen. Williams, wh< se home was at
Falls Church, enlisted in the Ninth
Ohio while that regiment was stationed
at Camp Alger. He had been iu the
hospital at Philadelphia and had lately
been gran'ed a thirty days: furlough.
On several occasions while the worse
fur licpuor ho had created a disturbance
in the town and as a consequence a
warrant was sworn out for his arrest
same days ago. The town Sergeant,
A. R. Jacobs, discovered an interesting
crap game iu progress yesterday after?
noon at West Falls Church, in too pine
grove near the depot. He saw that
Williams was one of the players. He
then organized a posse, consisting of
i imself, bis son, Howard Jacobs, and
W. E. Parker, a resident of West Falls
Church, who, as a town councilman,
was interested in having the ordinances
of the town observed. A raid was
made on the crap party, but tbe partici?
pants made a run for it, with the
posse in pursuit. Williams was pursue 1
across the fields for half a mile
to the rear of the residence of Mr. D O.
Duncan. Here he turned and, accord?
ing to tbe statement given by
witnesses, drew a pistol and fired three
times at Parker, who was iu advance of
the others. Parker claims that he then
tired in self-defense, using a pistol that
had previoualy been handed to him by
voung Jacobs. Williams was shot full
in the breast, from which fact it is in?
ferred that he could not at tbe time he
was shot have been running away. Hie
body was taken to West Falls Church
in order that an inquest might be held,
but the colored population of that
neighborhood gathered iu such large
numbers that it was decided to hold
tbe inquest at the town hall in Fall?
Church. In the meantime Parker was
spirited away by friends, as there were
grave apprehensions for his safety, the
cdored people of the village boldly
inreatening vengeance if they could lay
their hands upon him. Two pistol ball
wounds were found on the deceased,
and as Parker fired but one shot, it is
presumed that Williams must have
accidentally shot himself. An inquest ?
will be heid to-day.
THIRD VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
Of the 1,272 enlisted men in the
Third Virginia regiment, about 1,1S0
are now quartered in the old Exchauge
Hotel, Richmond. J i n ?. i,' F, from
Alexandria, arrived Saturday evening
with about .so men.
The oO-day furluugh of the men did
not expire until midnight, consequent?
ly the men were not. under military
discipline until that time. They roam?
ed the streets during the day, free of
all restraint, but there was practically
do disorder.
There was no regular guard Satur?
day night, though each company fur?
nished ten men for this duty, which
w as purely voluntary. Capt. Freeman,
of Company H, was officer of the day
and First Lieutenant Moncure officer
of tbe guard.
Reveille was sounded at "crack o'
day" yesterday morning, when roll was
called and guard established. The dis?
cipline, of which officers and men are
justly proud, will be strictly enforced
throughout the time the regiment is in
Richmond.
The work of mustering out the regi?
ment began to-day, and not far from
two weeks will be required to com?
plete it. The physical examination
of the men will probably be conducted
by a regular army surgeon, assisted by
the surgeons of the regiment. Major
Smith, the regimental surgeon, and
Captain Anderson and Captain Camm
arrived Saturday night.
Tbe presentation of tbe flag, which
will be given to tho if^imeut by Gov.
Tyler in the name of the people of Vir?
ginia, will occur probably ou Tuesday
or Wednesday, though the time has
not been fixed. The day will be se?
lected by Colonel Nalle and Major
Price.
The poll of the regiment on the ques?
tion of remaining in the service was be?
gun today. Iu tbe Fairfax ccmpany
but ono man voted to remain. The
officers will get but little support from
the men.
THE TENTH CAVALRY.
Iu its account of the ariival in
Washington on Saturday of the Tenth
U. S. cavalry, colored, one of the pi?
pers of that city says: When Com?
pany E disembarked a touching scene
w as enacted. The captain of this com?
pany is Charles G. Ayeis, whose gallant
service won for him two recommenda?
tions for promotion and the medal of
honor. His popularity is attested by
every man iu that company, who
would willingly die for him. After the
men had lined up, the wife of the gal?
lant captain came up to greet her hus?
band. The boys understood, and a
corporal modestly asked a lieutenant
to express to Capt. Ayres the wish of
the boys that they be permitted to
shake the hand of ids fair wife. The
captain whispered the request to his
wife, and the latter blushed as she
gave her consent. Then down the line
she went with her husband, grasping
tlie big, strong hand of each man who
had followed her husband in tbe thrill?
ing charges before Santiago. The re?
ception of the Tenth cavalry will long
be remembered in army circles. It
was due to Mrs. Ayres that the recep
t on Ixcame a fact, and to her un?
tiring efforts, aided by a number of
loyal women and i:euerous citizens,
that it became a greut success. Mrs.
Ayres was aided by the Misses Ida and
Lily Neumeyer, who did each noble
work iu feeding the volunteers who
passed through the city. There was a
colored contingent that lent valuable
aid. Charles Douglass, brother of the
1 tte Frederick Douglass, was untiring
I in his efforts to make the affair a suc?
cess. Later the regiment was reviewed
by tbe President. With the Presi?
dent were Secretaries Aiger and Bliss
and officials of the War Department,
j Oa the portico were Mrs. Avers, wife of
; Capt. Ayers of Troop E: Bishops Ar
j nett and Turner and Rev. Mr. Moore.
; Bishop Turner was the first colored
man appointed as a chaplain in the
army.
Orders have been received at tbe
Norfolk navy yard to push the work of
repair on a number of war vessels now
I cut of commission.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup kok your
cough, or cold on chest or lungs. It is
truly a wonderful medicine. No other
remedy has made so many remarkable
cures. Price 20 cents.
I TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.
London, Oct. 10.--A dispatch from
j Madrid says that all of the Spanish
I troops will be withdrawn from Porto
I Rico next week and the evacuation of
I Cuba will be completed in November.
Twenty one vessels have been charter?
ed for service as transports. The troops
will be disbanded after their arrival
home.
London. Oct. 10.?The man Wood?
ward who was arrested las', week on
fciispicion of having desecrated the
grave of William Penn, at Jordans,
Buckinghamshire, has been liberated
upon a medical certificate showing
that he is irresponsible for bis actions.
ROME, Oct. 10.?The Rome press as?
serts that hi consequence of the Pope's
.-peech to the French pilgrims, Satur?
day morning, there has been a marked
coolness between the Vatican and Ger?
many, diplomatic communication hav?
ing been almost wholly suspended. A
party of English pilgrims have arrrived
here to pay their respects to the Pope.
London, Oct. 10.?Dr. Nancy Guil
ford, the midwife, of Rridgeport, Conn.,
was again remanded for a week at the
Bow Street Police Court to-day.
M \ DBID, Oct. 10.?It 19 said that tho evac?
uation of Porto Him will he completed next
week and that tho evacuation of Cuba wtil be
accomplished by tho ond of November.
Tho Trouble With The Indians.
Walkkk, Minn. Oct. 10. ?Every
white man capable of carrying arms is
on the street awaiting au attack by
hostile Indians. General Bacon fears a
demonstration against the city. All the
white women aud children have been
brought into towu. Indians who re
fused to attend yesterday's council said
they could not talk peace when there
will be no peace. If trouble occurs to?
day General B-tcon has fully made up
his miud to go after the Indiana and
give them no quarter. Col. Sheehan
says the Indians' movements indicate
their preparation for a general war.
"If all reports are correct, he said
"there will be 1,000 redskins on the
war-path by Thuisday."
doluth, Minn. Oct. 10.?A battalion
of the Fourteenth Volunteers, 840
stroug, left for the Leech Lake country
i last night to prevent the escape of the
Indians uorthward.
j Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 10.?No'.h
'? ing has been heard from Walker since 2
' a. m. General Bacon evidently thinks
the situation serious as he wired last
night to know how many more men
could be had from Fort Snelling. Two
companies of 50 men each, picked from
the 1-P.h Volunteers, left this morning
for Bt jimni, and Farris.
St. Paul, Minn. Oct. 10.?A special
from Farris says: A report has been
received here of the killing of a white
man near Bear Inland yesterday.
Armed citizens are guarding the c'uy,
as a hand of 150 Indians were encamped
two miles north of the town last night.
Settlers are seeking shelter in towns
along the railroad. Indians tried to
purchase ammunition atGraceland yes
lerday.
Walkkk, Oct. It).?The gathering of
Chippewas about Leech Lake has
caused a veritable panic. It is now
it-ported that the Indians havesignitied
their attention of cleaning every white
man oil the te-ervation, not even spar?
ing those at the agency.
WALKEK,Minn. Oct. 10.?At to-day's
conference Chief Flatmouth will ask
that the troops be taken away from the
agency and that in the interval of their
teiisal, ho will join the rebellious Bear
I-landers. Flatmouth has forty bucks.
A stampede is reported at Bermedji.
The Saxtoit Murder.
Canton, O., Oct. 10.?Mrs. Anna
A. George, who is in jail charged with
the murder of George B. Saxton,
brother-in-law of President McKinley,
refuses to speak regarding the crime.
The mystery abrmt the murder of Sax
ton deepens. The theory that a man
dressed as a woman fire d the fatal shot
has grown stronger, while no evidence
has been added to the circumstances
which indicate that Mrs. George killed
him. Sunday evening the chief of po?
lice received through the mails a car
postal card dated and postmarked
Springfield, Ohio, which contained the
following: "I killed George Saxton.
I am glad of it. Catch mo if you can."
Mrs. George was arraigned this morn?
ing before Justice Keigneron the charge
of killing George Saxton. She plead
"Not guilty," very firmly, but in a sub?
dued tone. The hearing will take place
to morrow. President and Mrs. Mc?
Kinley remained at the Barber resi?
dence all the forenoon, except when
the President was out for a short stroll.
They will be at the house until the
time for the funeral of George D. Sax?
ton this afternoon. Mrs. McKinley
bears well the great strain.
Tb.- Anglo-French Difficulty.
London, Oct. 10.?Lord Salisbury's
firm attitude iu regard to Fashoda is
the subject of a general spirit of exulta?
tion among the newspapers and politi?
cal leaders here. As the matter now
stands, Frauce has either got to fight
or get out. The general belief here is
that the French will adopt the last
named alternative and retire gracefully.
A concession in some other portion of
Africa will probably be the way paved
for the French to get out of tne awk?
ward dilemma in which Major Mar
chand has placed them.
Paris, Oct. 10.?Le Matin, which is,
supposed to be directly inspired, says:
"It is improbable that we shall risk
war for the sake of nominal possession
of territories which Egypt has never
been able to ratain. Prudence should
tell us not to load ourselves with too
much territory. We should be colo?
nial, but in moderation."
Death From Hydrophobia.
Akron, 0.,Oct. 10?Clara Ernstrom.
aged 13, di?d Saturday night in terrible
agony, the doctors pronouncing her
malady hydrophobia. On August 23d,
the girl was attacked by a cat which
bit her on the leg. It was learned la?
ter that the cat had been bitten by a j
dog, which was supposed to have been j
mad. Lsst Thursday evening the first I
pymptoms of the malady appeared. |
r-pastn followed spasm and it became j
necessary to strap the child to her bed. j
A few moments before death she was
conscious of her surroundings.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures
a cough or cold in short order. One i
bottle of this wonderful remedy will ef- !
feet a cure. It is absolutely the best j
cough syrup made. Price 25 cents.
DLED.
Ou October 10th. of typhoid fever,
at Alexandria, Va., VAN DYKE JOHNS,
youngest son of Laura Stuart and Dr. Keusey
Johns, aged 30 years. Funersi servi es at
West River, Maryland, his birthplace, Wed?
nesday afternoon, October J2tb. [Baltimore
Sun and Richmond papers plea*e copy,
Tragedy in a Ccineti i
CARL?, Ills., Oct. 10 -Josenhrv
corau and Ltla Shade, his
company with several you
took a walk yesterday to
t(ii,
While there young Corcor?
fill v hunrihna c fm-nl../,. ......
fully handling a revolver, ?,.
accidentally discharged,
striking Miss Shade. -
the moment was speechless
coran, supposing he had
placed the revolver to hi
shot himself, dying insta
Shade received only a Qes
Knights Templar.
PlTTSBUEG, Pa., Oct. 10.?1
and Knights Templar in, ?, .
the triennial conclave wbi
opened formally with re
the public buildings to-nigl
trains are coming in from ,
tton and it is estimated that 20 )
formed Knights and LOO
itors will be here for the pa
morrow. The city is decorated
nently and the electrical disn '
night will be brilliant.
Sickness Amongst Virginia n
Richmond, Va., Oct. 10.?Te ?
from Jacksonville state tbai
in the Fourth Virgiuia re)
been frequent in tbe last
Saturday three men died a
day Private Vance K. Hatci
known young man cf this
typhoid fever. Then; are
seven men in the division I
the regiment, half of whoiu
typhoid fever.
Shooting Affray in ( ;imp
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 10 ?
suit of a qu?rrel in tbe i
Seventh Immunes yesterd
is dead and another mor a.
Corporal Edwards became ei
some trivial matter and,
pistol, began firing at Sergi
The first shot struck Green
breast and killed bim insi
other bullet struck ano:li?
the abdomen, inflicting n ;
tal wound.
Murdered and Cn iinm
Helena, Ark., Oct. 10.?1 . k Dc
barry, a prominent plai ter i
Ark., was assassinated in his
Saturday night by Cba
trusted negro employe, I
of robbery. After
money iu tbe bouse
poured coal oil over his vie
and set the house on fire,
deter was arrested.
Mrs. Lec 111.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 10.?Mrs. Fitz
hugh Lee is seriously ill at St. Lufci*
Hospital with dengue fever.
Lee left last night for J u
The Markets.
Chicago, Oct. 10.?Thema
follows: Wheat?Dec 63"'?
Corn?Doc '2'.)~n; Stay i
May 23.
Baltisioee, Oct 10.?Fl
raperfine $215a2 40. Wheat
month and Nov TOaTO^j. Co
spot and mouth :5 La34I4.
New York. Oct. 10.? Win il .
03^2 ; May 04%. Corn?Dei
Georgetown, Oct. 10.?Whi
TELEGRAPHIC BREI
Contrary to expectation,
Voorhees will not resign
ernor of New Jersey to-mi ri
The British steamer Rel
destroyed by fire tiii- :.
anchored in the Delaware ri\
mouth of the Christiana.
Joseph Razor, nged SO, ami Mrs. Mar?
tha Eddins, aged TO were
Bergin Ky., yesterday. Thej were
lovers 63 years ago and
bride passed through three
Razor bad remained a boi
of Mrs. Eddins' former b i
an uncle of Admiral Dewey.
Early this morning life
Mouomoy life saving Btatti
ham, Mass., rescued Charli
of Harwick, who they fi
frozen and adrift iu a boat
The boat had upset yesterda
mer's son was drowned. Fn
sett., of Harwick, was :
water and subsequently
into the boat lost his min i
Howard Clark, a coin
murderer and fugitive from
gether with his white mistress,
Mationey, was shot and killt
Maisden, Ind., yesterday ui
officers. The same bullet thai " ?
through the woman',- bead
fatal wound in Clark's i
was wanted for the murder
man Heffernan ut Louisville
gust
An unknown white man
negro church iu tho ueigl
hps. Miss., Saturday morning
conidtion. His case was d
low fever. Sunday morning tl
sit on fite by unknown partii
?nd the dying man was bun
Frink L. Bichmond, ? |
killed himself at Hartford, i
c-iuso of business ami di mi
He told a numbor of his fo
his intention ami four of then
saw him place a revolver to 1 -
his brains out.
As a result of the see?
the meeting of the Hrand '
rate Veterans, at ( ulneper,
l. lioya! has sent iu bis res
man of the history committee ol
Private Philip Krumi
homo from Porto Rico with thi
ment. is sick at Sheboygai
yellow fever.
Ali
Grave Desecration (
family of John T. Duke,
ate ollicer whose grave on Bui
Fairfax county, was desecrati
diers while the troopa were ? *
inarched from Camp Algei
Bis last August, have takei
ter to the War Department,
that the department take a
urcs to discover and puuish
parties. The departmei 1
great sympathy, and oflen u
grave iu good order: bul
They had been unable to di
names of tbe soldiers \vi.
the grave. The friends of Mi
are now engaged in ferrel
the facts in connection with lot
tunate aflair, in order thai
ment may be in a position
its investigation. The trial
Euncan, assistant surgeon i I
ty-secocd Kansas regimi i
court-martialed in Augusl
same offense, has been set I
day of the October term of
court of Fairfax county. '
difficulty is apprehended
the attendance of all tbe ? '??
the prosecution.
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tickling in the throat. 1
remedy allays at once i::
throat, sore throat, hoarsens
other bronchial atiections.