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FRIDAY EVENING. NOV. 11, !?/8.
A convention of the sugar men of
Louisiana, irrespective of political
affiliation, was held yesterday and de
clared against the new policy of the an?
nexation of foreign territory, not for the
pood reason that it is essentially wrong,
hut for the selfish one that their own
local interests would be injured by
forcing their products to compete on
equal terms with those of the territory
that has been, and that is proposed to
be, annexed. But the Northern manu?
facturers are iu favor of annexation,
because by it their products will be ad?
mitted into the annexed territory free
of duty, and the sale thereof be thereby
increased. Under old time democratic
administrations the government was
for, of, and by the people. Now, under
a republican administration, it seems to
be conducted solely in tho interest of a
few rich people in the North. But as
the voters of that section so will it, so
must it be; that is as long as suffrage
shall be unrestricted, and men have the
right to buy and sell votes.
IF the leaders of the populist and
oiK-Ar narties have their ews nr??n. the
result of Tuesday's election must show
them the utter futility of maintaining
those organizations any lorjger, and, a?
they profess to have the interest of the
people at heart, they had bettar disband
them and unite with the democratic
party, which always has been and still
i.- the people's party, which favors s
white man's government, and is op?
posed to trusts, to high taxes on the
necessaries of life, to the contraction of
the currency, to the civil service reform
humbug, and to the exemption of the
surplus incomes of the rich from taxa?
tion. The democrats also believe in the
Constitution of the country and the wis?
dom of the men who framed it, and in
the good advice contained iu Washing
ion's farewell address. Aud, what's
more, that psrtv would have won, not
only the last Presidential election, but
the congressional election three day?
ego, had it not been for the prostituting
erfect of the malign inliuence of money.
When* the United States shall be in
undisputed possession of Cuba, Porto
Kico, the Sindwich and the Philippine
Islands, and the privilege of suffrage
be thrui*t upon the half civilized ne?
groes, Indians, aud Malays thereo',
wili the white Americans in thote
islands be willing to entrust their per?
sons and property to the control of such
people, or will they do as those oi
North Carolina have just done?arm
themselves and exercise the supreme
right of self-preservation, irrespective
of statutory law .; If after thirty ouY!
years of freedom and free schools, the
negroes of North Caroliua have relapsed
so far into their natural condition of oar
barism that the laws have to be ignor?
ed in order to render life and propers
safe there, what can be expected of tht
oven less civilized people of the newly
conquered province.- y_
The Middlesex shoe factory at Marl?
boro,Mass.,has resumed operations after
a strike that commenced last Augus',
but it has done so on the terms the;;
existing, and besides, with the distinct
understanding that it3 relations with
its employees hereafter will be with
them individually, and that it will al?
low no interference by labor unions
and will have nothing to do with them
The wages lost by tbe strikers wiit
never be recovered, aud their last state
ii worse than their first. Their "vaca?
tion" as they call it, has not been ;
profitable one. But fools always suffer
for their folly; even sad personal expe?
rience seems to bo incapable of teach?
ing them what is good for their own
.interests.
The Fourth Virginia regiment wheu
recently mustered out of service at
Jacksonville was paid off by a negro
paymaster. The administration says
its late so-called war with Spain has
perfectly restored the amicable rela?
tions that should subsist between the
people of all sections of the country,
and yet it does all it can do to revive
aud perpetuate race animosities, whicb,
if left alone, would die out. Negroes
are like children and should be treated
as such, and when they are, th?y are
happy and contented. Mr. McKinley
and other Northern republicans may
possibly learn this, but not uutil too
late.
Recent proceeding? in North Car?
olina and Illinois should prove apt ob?
ject lessons, to designing and selfish
white men in all p >rfs of the country,
of the impolicy, to speak of it euphe?
mistically, of inciting poor, ignorant
and stupid negroes to oppose the
natural feeling of the white people
among whom they live or may be tem?
porarily cast._
Secretary Alger, in speaking of
the North Carolina affair, says "it is a
disgrace to the State and to the coun?
try." That's what his friend General
Butler said of the 3rd Virginia regiment.
The Secretary evidontly doesn't know
what millions of Americans say about
him.
FliOM WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of tho Alexandria Gasette.]
Washington, Nov. 11.
People who travel on the Potomac say
that river from here down past Broad
Creek smells worse than it ever did be?
fore, owing to the garbage aod night
soil of this city that is transported
upon it and deposited upon the Mary?
land shore, and that the belief is prev?
alent that the night soil never comes to
the shore, except when carried there
by the wind and tide, as it is dumped
i?to the channel before it reaches there.
A Maryland democrat here to-day
sajs the democratic defeat in his State
wus caused by the lack of. interest tak?
en by the old time working democrats,
who are disgusted with the surrender
of their party to the bolters and desert?
ers and so called Cleveland democrats.
Ac.other old timer, living in Prince
G -orge's county, ofthat State, says he
is not at all surprised at the result, as
he sees white men aud negroes idling
and drinking and playing cards together
there.
Many democrats here are not at all
t-.rieved at the failure of their party to
??et control of the House, for the reason
Mat had it done so there would have
been iorty Northern gold democratic
members, most, if not all, of whom,
would have voted with the republi
I cans, aud thus have split the party wide
open.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has commenced the work of paving the
road from the south end of the Long
Bridge to the brick yards.
Capt. Pat McCaull, quartermaster in
the U. S. Volunteer army, has been
a.-signed to duty at the Navy Yard in
Philadelphia.
Letters received here to-day from
New York say the democratic defeat
in that State last Friday is attributed
chiefly to the failure ol the party to
come * out fairly aud squarely for the
Chicago platform. Some from Mary
land say the defeat in that State was
due to "the iact that while the demo?
cratic and republican candidates were
alike gohiites, the latter spent money,
bat the former refused to do so, and
venire 8f!*mingly satisfied so long as a
golil man would be elected.
The Canadian commission met again
this morning and continued their de?
liberations relating to Canada, Alaska,
Newfoundland, etc. The discussions
are private. It is stated, however, that
a spirit of harmoDy has thus far domi?
nated the meetings.
It was said at the Capitol to day that
the Supreme Court would take a recess
for two weeks from next Monday. The
temporary quarters of the court are not
satisfactory. The work of repairing
the damage caused by the recent ex?
plosion is progressing rapidly and will be
completed by the last of December.
The investigation shows that the ex?
plosion was due to the leakage of gas,
and the Capitol officials will insist that
the entire building be provided with
electric light.
Tne report that Speaker Reed is to
have opposition is not credited here.
The aspirants are said to be Messrs.
Payne, of New York, and Grosvenor,
of Ohio, the latter an annexationist,
bur neither of them can heat Mr. Reed.
An unusually large uumber of contests
?vil I be made mostly irom the southern
and western States.
At republican congressional head?
quarters this eveniDg its is stated that
? othing additional relative to the con
ertssioDal election had been received.
A republican majority of 13 is now as?
sured.
The New York Board of Under
writera this morning telegraphed the
Secretary of the Navy as follows: "Our
?uent at Nassau cables that the Maria
Teresa is ashore on Cat Island." It is
not stated at the Navy Department
what will be done with the officers who
ahuidoned her.
Two hundred and twenty-nine thousand
two hundred and ninety-nine immigrants en
tered the United States during the last fiscal
year; 135.775 male3 and 93.5*24 females,
fhev brought with them $3 052.077.
The Cabinet discussed Cuba i affairs to-day
ind a so the ruce troubles in North Carolina.
Nothing official on the situation has yet been
received from Governor Eussell. The rnat
< r was referred to Attorney General Griggs,
who was not presnet at to day's meeting.
The attorney general wM give advice as to
?h? authority and duty of the goverment.
Virginia republicans here tO'day say that
Congressmen Walker and Tharp of their
State will conteBt tho election of their sue
ces-ful democratic opponents, the former
itating that he would have been elected by
seven hundred majority if ha had not been
cheated. Whether Dr. Wise, the other re?
publican Congressman from that Slate, and
Messr3. Parr and Hubard, who were republi?
can Congressional candidates, will alsa make
contests is not yo: known hero.
Mr. Hono?, tho well known livery stable
man of this city, formerly of Fredericksburg,
was thrown from a horse he was riding yes?
terday evening and bidly injured.
Thj wid >w of tho late Charliss P. McCabe,
once postmasttr at Liesbuig, died hero quite
suddenly this morning at the residonco of her
daughter.
Captain Bentley Mott. U.S. .A., is here on
his way from Manila to Cuba.
A largo number of horses with records have
arrived at B?nning?, for tho racing season
that will commence tboro tvmarrow.
Clarence B. James Acquitted.?
Clarence B. James, who was charged
with adultery, was acquitted in Wash?
ington yesterday. The circumstances
attending the offense charged as shown
by the government are that on April 12
last the defendant James married Mary
Elizabeth Francis Ryan, in Washington,
ami on September 12 he married Mar?
sha Howell, of Falls Church, at Ma
nassa?, tho ceremony being performed
by C. W. Troymau. It was shown in
evidence that he only had an acquain?
tance of a few weeks with his wives be?
fore marrying them.
The marriages were admitted by the
defense, and James's attorney, intended
making a plea of insanity, but it was
developed during the testimony of Mrs.
James No. 2 (Martha Howell) that no
act of consummation of her marriage
wa3 done in the District, so the charge
of adultery fell through, and Judge
Bingham, instructed the jury to return
a verdict of not guilty. A great deal of
sympathy was expressed for Miss How?
ell. She is a very handsome girl, 19
years old,with large luminous,dark eyes
which filled with tears as she told her
story on the witness stand. She lived
with her uncle and aunt at Falls
Church, but, she said, they now re?
fuse to let her return to their home.
After the trial both the women to whom
James was married met in the mar
sbal's office, snd Mrs. James No. 1 re?
marked to Mrs. James No. 2 that "he
needn't think that I want him."
President Maso and his cabinet have
resigned and theCuban provisional gov?
ernment is now in tho hands of a com?
mittee of five of the insurgent assembly
at Santa Cruz.
The Emperor aud Empress of Ger?
many visited the Temple of Baal in
Syria,- yesterday, and the Emperor
erected a memorial tablet.
BLOODSHED IN" NORTH CARO-1
LINA.
The storm that has been threatening |
Wilmington, N. C, broke in fury yes- j
terday. Wbite mea asserted their su- !
premacy firmly. The city rang with j
rifle shots, but last night all was quiet, j
The work seems to be done. At least j
eight negroes were killed and scores of j
them were wounded. No white man
was killed, but three were wounded.
At night the city was in the bands of a
new municipal government and law
and order are being established. The
republican board of aldermen resigned
one by one in the afternoon. As each
aldermen vacated, the remaining mem?
bers of the board elected a successor,
named by the citizens' committee of
twenty-five, until the entire board was
changed legally. The republican mem?
bers resigned in response to public
sentiment. The new board is com?
posed of conservative democrats. The '
republican mayor, Dr. S. P. Wright. |
and his chief of police, J. R Milton,
then resigned, and the new board of j
aldermen elected their successors, ac-1
cording to law. Ex-Congreesmau A.
M. Waddell, chairman of the citizens'
committee of twenty-five, was eleded
mayor, and E. G. Parmelee, chief of
police The first act of the new gov?
ernment wes to swear in 250 special
policemen, chosen from the ranks of
reputable white men. They are vested
with all the authority of the law, and
took charge of the city. The citizens
will remain on guard, however,
to prevent possible attempts at incen?
diarism. The new government will
devote its attention to preventing
recklessness among the whites as well
as keeping down lawlessness among
the negroes. Further trouble of a gene?
ral or serious nature is not expected.
The beginning of the rioting: the de?
struction of the Record office and the
flight of Manley, the negro editor, was
described in the Gazette's telegraphic
columns yesterday. Many colored peo?
ple subsequently assured the whites
that they were in no wise responsible
for Manley's acts and pretended to re
pudiate the utterauces of his paper.
The Bcenes attending the proceedings
yesterday were thrilling, and the de?
termination of the whites to assert their
supremacy had a salutary effect, the
larger number of negroes becoming
panic-stricken,and most of them making
themselves scarce. Martial law was
declared and Lieut.-Col. Walker Tay?
lor, commanding the State military,
took charge of the city. The Colt
rapid-fire gun which had been bought
by white citizens for use in an emer?
gency was mouuted on a wagon and,
with a mounted escort, moved to dif?
ferent parts of the city. White men
guarded every block and corner, held
up every negro on the 6treets and
searched him for arms. As night fell
the city was completely patrolled and
guarded. Few negroes were on the
streets and they were not allowed to
congregate. Quiet prevailed. Citizens
and soldiers were patrolling every block
as a precaution against negro incendia?
rism. Many of the ringleaders among
the negroes are under arrest aud in jail.
Mutterings of lynching were heard, but
Mayor Waddell says he will protect
every prisoner with every soldier at
bis command. He himself headed a
guard armed with rifles which is guard?
ing the prisoners.
The firing on the negroes and tho
bloodshed which followed are scenes
never to be forgotten by those who wit?
nessed the conflict. In oue instance a
negro fired at a white man and ran.
He was pursued, captured and complet
ly riddled with bullets. Later four
riotous blacks were captured. Upon
reaching the lockup one of the prison?
ers broke and ran. He was pursued a
short distance when he was shot dead.
At night no negroes would be seea
upon the streets. Armed men were at
every corner, with instructions to arrest
any one who fired a gua. A negro was
challenged by a guard late at nicht, but
he refused to halt, and was shot as he
advanced. Leading negroes are now
in jail. One boasted that he would
wash his bands in white men's blood
before daybreak. He came near beini;
killed instantly.
The conditions are still strained.
Some say the show of force alone pre?
vents an uprising among the negroes.
It is known that the negroes are well
armed, and they have boasted that they
would have satisfaction out of the
whites. Negro women have been heard
to say that they would use the torch
and poison. The negro men have been
drilling nightly, and arms were found
in the office of the Record when it was
demolished.
The following is the most obnoxious
extract from EJitor A L. Manly's edi
torial in the Diily R.-cord, the colored
newspaper of Wilmington, which was
in large pirt the causi of scenes en?
acted there yes.erday :
"We suggest that the whites
guard their women more closely,
thus giving no opportunity for the
human fiend, be he white or
black. You leave your goods out of
doors and then complaiu because they
are taken away. Poor white men are
careless in the matter of protecting
their women, especially on farms. They
are careless of their conduct toward
them, and our experience among poor
white people in the country teaches us
that the women of that race are not
anymore particular in the matter of
clandestine meetings with colored men
than the white men are with colored
women. Meetings of thi? kind go on
for some time until the woman's in?
fatuation or the man's boldness bring
attention to them and the man is
lynched for rape. Every negro lynch?
ed is called a 'big, burly black brute,'
when, in fact, many of those who have
thus been dealt with had white meu for
their fathers and were not only not
black and burly, but were sufficiently
attractive for wbite girls of culture and
refinement to fall in love with them, as
is well known to all."
Patrols are out at Wilson, At the
first sign of trouble from the negroes
they wili sound the signal to assemble
the whites.
COURT OF APPEALS.
These cases were in the Court of Rich?
mond yesterday: Day vs. National Mu?
tual Building and Loan Association, >
argued by R. E. 8cott for appellant and j
L^H. Coke for appellee and submitted:
Rogers ve. Pattie, trustee, argued by
Judge William G. Robertson for appel?
lant and continued until to day.
The next cases to be called are Roan
oke 8treet Railway Company vs. Hicks
and Wilson vs. Dawson, Nos. 5 and G
on privileged docket.
A marriage license was issued in Washing?
ton yesterday to John W. Bell and Bessie V.
Bias, of Bosslyn. _
De. Bull's Cough Syrup always
cures coughs and colds. It is poor
economy to neglect a cold when a bot?
tle of this reliable remedy will relieve
and cure it once. Price only 25c.
NTEWs OF THE \)\\.
Lieutenant-Commander Harris, who
was ia charge of the TereBa when she
was abandoned at sea, may be court
martialed.
The administration has decided to
reimburse Spain only $1,000,000 for the
debt contracted for improvements in
the Philippines.
The board of ordnance and fortifica?
tions will expend $25,000 in experi?
menting with flying machines, with a
view to their development for use in
war.
The doubt as to the result in Nebraska
has been settled by an announcement
that the republicans won the legisla?
ture and the fusionists the governor?
ship and State offices.
A dispatch from Honolulu says ty?
phoid fever is epidemic in Camps Otis
aDd McKinley. There are two hundred
soldiers in the hospital and fifty are ty?
phoid victims. The soldiers are dyiog
at the rate of one in two days.
Among the Congressmen elected in
Greater New York Tuesday was Jeffer?
son M. Levy, Tammany's nominee in
the Thirteenth district. Mr. Levy is
the'owner of Moaticello, Thomas Jef?
ferson's old home, near Charlottes
vilie.
Mr. Eabcock'.s figures show the elec?
tion of 185 straight republicans, 163
democrats, 6 populists and 1 silver re?
publican. These figures do not include
two doubtful districts, the Second Cali
fornia and Twelfth Texas, conceded to
the democrats.
Senator Quay in Philadelphia yester?
day afternoon issued a statement an?
nouncing his candidaoy for re election
to the United States Senate, and subse?
quently left for Washington, whence
no will proceed to his Florida home at
St. Lucie for ten days' sojourn. His
enemies calculate on being able to de?
feat him by coalition with the demo?
crats. The Senator does not think such
a coalition possible. He offers $10,000
reward for evidence of bribery.
The principal of a colored school in
New York says that a serious mistake
is made in arranging the studies for
colored pupils the same as for while
children. He says educatiqn for which
they are not adap'ed is given colored
children. Industrial training is need?
ed. Instead they are taught thingp
they do not comprehend. The pres?
ent system, he says, has a tendency to
qualify them for clerical positions
which are hard for them to secure.
The Great Northern through train
which passes through Fergus Falls,
Minn., at 7:30 p. in. was held up and
robbed about five miles west of there
last night. There were eight robbers
in the gang, all weil armed. Two were
concealed in the blind baggage car
Tht-y climbed over the tender and com
palled the engineer to stop at a lonely
spot, They theu looted the local safe,
but couldn't reach the interior of the
through safe. A posses has captured
lour of the robbers.
The most interesting event in the po?
litical world yesterday was the semi
official announcement of the adminis?
tration's determination to discipline
Thomas Brackoct Reed. Formal no?
tice, it can be stated on high authority,
ia to be served ou Mr. Keed by Senator
Haana, acting ns the President's ropre
seutative, that he must support the ad?
ministration policy this wiuter or bh
prepared to vacate the Speaker's chair
when the next House ia organized, i!
is said that Senator Hanna is against
him and that the administration wants
a man who is in harmony with the par?
ty. The man from Maine is unpopu
lar. He is hostile to the President and
dislikes hiii policy.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Rev. G.O. Mead, rector of St. Luke's,
Grace and St. Stephen's churches in
Fauquier county, has resigned.
T. Richie Green died at Warrenton
yesterday. He was a soldier in the
noted Black Horse Cavalry during the
civil war.
Miss Sarah Jane Carson, daughter o(
Rev. Thomas E. Carson, and Mr. Hugh
C. Penh were married at the residence
of the bride's father in Roauoke yester?
day.
The Petersburg street electric rail?
way, with equipments, was sold yester?
day under a decree of the Hustings
Court. S. Kaufman, trustee, became
purchaser, aud the price paid was
$5,500.
George Fugitt, son of a former well
knowQ resident of Winchester, was ar?
rested yesterday and lodged in jail
there on a charge of felony, in breaking
open and robbing a trunk in the house
of his father-in-law, John W. Dailey.
The Baptist General Association of
Virginia will convene in Lynchburg
to-night in the First Baptist, Church
and will remain in session until Tues?
day. The introductory sermon will be
preached hy Rev. M. E. Broaddus, D.
D. , of Bristol.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage of Miss Lucy Scott Shipp,
daughter of General Scott Ship, super
intendect of the, Virginia Military Insti?
tute, to Mr. Benjamin Huger, on the
17th instant at S o'clock, in Grace Mem?
orial church, at Lexington.
A. MacKay, of Scotland, and John
Crossiey and James Duud. of London,
will, it is said, invest their capital in
the Newport News Shipbuilding Com?
pany for the armor-plate and ordnance
extensions The new cnruyany will
have a capital of about $15,000,000, and
will build above the shipyard.
The jury in the case of Arthur Lov
itt, colored, who was tried in Princess
Aune Couoty Court yesterday for the
murder of Special Constable Beasley,
returned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree, and Judge White
has sentenced the prisoner to be hang?
ed on Friday, December Iti. Lovitt
has twice escaped lynching.
Dr. Johu Robinson Fairdte, who had
been twice Grand Master of Masons of
Virginia and was one of the oldest citi?
zens of Virpiuia, died at the Masonic
Home in Richmond yesterday evening
in his ninetieth year. He had long
been in ill-health. Dr. Purdie was
born in Smithfield, Lie of Wight coun?
ty, in July, 1809.
Dr. R. A. Wise, one of the republi?
can candidates for Congress from the
Norfolk district, defeated by W. A.
Young last Tuesday, has given notice
that he will contest the election. Wise
contested YouDg's election two years
ago, and succeeded in ousting him. Ac?
cording to the returns Tuesday, Young
received a plurality by 4,000 over Wise,
and Wise received a plurality Of 2,000
over Holland, republican.
Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup for
stubborn colds. This wonderful reme?
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in a remarkable short time. Try it
and be convinced. Price 25 cte,
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS j
Affairs in North Carolina.
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 11.?Two
more negroes bavo btea added to the
death roll of the race war now being
waged in this city. Both were shot
while attempting to pass the guard es?
tablished throughout the city by the
whites late last night. A large body of
whites went to the house of a white
republican justice of the peace, who
has a uegro wife, broke in the door,
forcibly ejected him from the house aud
destroyed all of the furniture. At pres?
ent quiet prevails throughout the city.
Every street in the city is being patrol?
led by armed white men, the jail is be?
ing heavily guarded to prevent the ne?
gro leaders incarcerated there from
being lynched and the tramp of the, sol?
diers and the glitter of bayonets is
everywhere. The seven negroes who
were placed iu jail last night
were escorted to the Atlantic Coast
Lino depot this morning and warnen
never to tread on North Carolina
soil again; if they did they were told
they would forfeit their lives. The
seven negroes banished from the State
were thorouiihly scared. In fear at.d
trembling they stayed in jail all last
night, expecting every minute to be
lynched. Their march to the depot
will be a memorable one. The e-:cort
was composed of a division of naval
reserves from Kingston and a military
company from Maxton. The compa?
nies formed ia the front and rear of the
negroes and marched through the
principal streets of the city in the busi
iies-i section. Along the entire route
crowds of people gathered and cheered
ustily. The negroes crouched close to
toe soldiers for protection. At the depot
all bought tickets to Richmond, Va.,
and were heartily glad when the train
departed. Responsibility for the riot
and bloodshed in this city yesterday it
placed npon tho shoulders of a negro
lawyer, W. Scott. The negroes ap?
pointed him to carry in person a letter
to the whites acquiescing to their de?
mands for removal of the negro uewi
paper, but Scott mailed it. Late last
?i?ht he was captured and made to
lt-nve the city uever to return again un
der the penalty of death. The mail,
scene of yesterday's tragedy iB to-day
as peucetul as a puritan village. Tue
negroes are keeping to their houses,
reveral of the negroes wounded yester?
day died this morning. All barrooms,
iu the city have re opened.
Foreign Newa.
Madrid, Nov. 11.?The transport
-hip Gaillard with repatriated soldiers
on board has arrived at Barcelona.
There were 23 deaths during the voy?
age and 100 of the sick are in a serious
condition.
Madrid, No. 11?At the cabinet
council held yesterday over which the
queen regent presided, a letter from
Senor Montero Rios, president of the
Spanish peace commission, wa? read
reiterating his previous statements that
Americu declines to assume the Cuban
debt and demands possession of the
Philippines. The Heraldo declares
tnat the government is bound to main?
tain the sovereignty of Spain over the
Philippines. ,
Paris, Nov. 11.?It is reported in dip?
lomatic circles that M. Jules Cambou,
French Ambassador to the Uuited
States, will shortly he transferred from
Washington.
London, Nov. 11.?A news agency
dispatch from Lyons, France, says that
an anarchist has been arrested there
for trying to kill three policemen who
were engaged in tearing down anarch?
ist placards. He confessed that he was
an anarchist, and gave his name as
Charles Pelloyre, a Frenchman. He
had in hi3 possession three revolver.-;
and 100 cartridges.
Home, Nov. 1 L?Tho King and Queen re?
turned to I omo to day from Venice. As they
alighted at tho statiou a coachman was soeu
following them and acting suspiciously, where?
upon ho was arrested.
Livkkpool, Nov. 11.?Tod Slome, tho
American jockey, rode the winner of the
Liverpool Autumn Cup lo-d.iy. Tho race
was won by Lord Derby's Alt Mark, three
years old.
Disastrous Railroad Accident.
WlLKES HARRE, Pa., Nov. 11.?A
disastrous wreck occurred on tho mair.
line of the Lehigh Valley railroad bj
tween Newport and Fairview about
3 o'clock this morning, by which five
trainmen were killed and four others
were injured. A runaway train caused
the disaster. One of the trains could not
be controlled on account of slippery
rails and instead of taking a switch, in
order to allow another to pass, it tore
on down the road and while travelling
at a terrific speed, one mile below the
switch, it came into collision with th<
other train. Both trains were being
drawn by two engines, three of which
toppled over a steep bank and were ir?
reparably wrecked. The trainmen
were crushed and scalded to death,
some of them being so badly mutilated
that it was difficult to recognize them.
The passengers on both trains were
badly shaken up and a few bruised, but
tho best reports here are that no pas?
sengers were so badly injured as to be
uuable to proceed on their journey.
Justified the Father's Act.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 11.?J. W.
Newton, bged 25, was shot and killed
testerday by his father-in iaw, Sargen!
Perkins, a wealthy farmer living near
here. Newton wos forced to marry the
eldest daughter of Perkins some lime
ago by the girl's enroged father. A
few days ago his younger daughter
confessed that Newton was also the
author of her ruin. Perkins secured a
shot gun and blew Newton's head near
ly off. Perkins was arrested but was
promptly released on bail. Newton
had publicly boasted of his deed, say
he was "getting even" for being forced
to marry his wife.
A Negro Fiend Hanged.
Towson, Md., Nov. 11.?Wesley
Boyer, colored, was hanged at Towson
jail at 11:18 this morning,' He was
convicted of assault upon Mrs. Iantbe
Stevenson, at Cockeysville, on July 8
and although he persisted in declaring
his innocence to the last, the evidence
and his past life were too much against
him. He had been convicted several
times previously of assaults upon
women as well as robbery, but none so
bad as the one for which he pai l tbi.
death penalty.
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DIED.
In Brooklyn, November 10, 1898, WIL?
LIAM WOOLLS, in tho 33d year of his age.
Funeral from the residence of his son (No.
402 Wolfe street), thence to St. Mary's
Church?where a solemn massof requiem will
be said?on Saturday, November 12, at 10
o'clock.
New York Politics.
New Ycrk, Njv. 11.?Announce?
ment was made to day that a call will
be issued in u few days for the forma?
tion of a committee of 100 prominent
democrats of this city and State for the
purpose of investigating and discuesing
the present condition of the party in
the Siate aud this city and to report a
plan of future action.
It is said that the Manhattan Club
democrats and in fact, nearly all the
members of the party who opposed
Bryanism and free silver in 1896, be?
lieve that Richard Croker is responsi?
ble for the defeat of the democratic
State ticket.
It came out to-day that the defeat ol
Van Wyck upset a carefully laid pier
of the sound money democrats ol thit
city to eliminate the free silver issue
from the next natioual platform, of the
party._
The French Press on the Situation.
Paris, Nov. 11.?The Paris news?
papers appeal to the government tc
strengthen France's armaments with?
out delay. There is a general incli
nation on the part of the press to ascribe
a sinister purpose to Lord Salisbury's
remarks iu regard to Egypt. The Mat
in says that England's preparations in
dioate that she iotends to take an ac
five part in tho hunt for which th<
United States has just sounded the cry
She wants a lion's shore of the Spanist
possessions and perhaps the wholi
of the Portuguese.
Explosion.
Hanover, Nov.ll.?Charles Stearn'i
groceiy store was wrecked by anexplo
sion this morning,supposed to have beer
ciufed by gasoline. Fire followed anc
made tho ruin complete. Three met
were killed and ten others injured, od<
probably fatally. The property loa
will be about $10,000.
Hie Markets.
New Yokk. Nov. 11.?Wheat?Dm opene(
64ty>; closed 64~0; May opened 65%, close
o"?1^ Coin?Due opened 31%, closed 31%
fnay 33%; closed 33J4. Oats?Dec openec
23% : closed 23%. Port?Dec openet
$7 ?2 : closed $7 82.
Georgetown', Nov. 11.?Wheat 64a70.
CHICAGO, N'ov. 11.?The markot closed a
follows: Wheat? Dec 65^; May 65^
''ore?Dec 31"di32: May 33%. Oats?De
; May 24V-'4:,4.
Baltimore, Nov 11.?Flour dnll anc
r unchanged. Wheat steady : spot and montl
7<n juTOty ; Dec 711fca71%. Corn steady
(spot and month 36%a37. Oats firm ; No 1
white 30^831; No 2 mixed 2SJya29.
GENERAL MILES'S REPORT.
The report of General Miles to the
Secretary of War shows that the gen?
eral desired to accompany the Shafter
expedition to Santiago, but that hi:
wishes were ignored by the department.
He goes exhaustively into the subject,
explaining the conditions prevailing in
tins country on the outbreak of hostili?
ties and the circumstances under which
the large volunteer army was mobilized.
He -peaks highly of the creditable
work of tho Cubans; emphasizes the
fact says he was in command at Santi?
ago, and that his recommendations re?
garding the conduct of the war were
not adopted. He make3 an earnest ap
poal for the enlargement of the army
and lor an auxiliery force in Porto Rico,
Cuba and the Philippines.
The Lutherans.?The regular semi?
annual meeting of the Baltimore Dis?
trict Conference of the Missouri Synod,
Lutheran Church, opened on Wednes?
day morning at Emmanuel Church
Baltimore. Yesterday Rev. C. C. Mor
nart, of Washington, .-end an interest
ifg paper on "Higher Criticism." The
paper was discussed at length.
The paper on "Life Insurance" wat
?ii-cussed to determine whether "the
principle involved in life insurance if
?.ntagonistic to Biblicul teaching and
theological conceptions, and, therefore,
whether it was advisable to be a mem
ber of a life insurance company." It
was decided that life insurance was di
rectly antagonistic to Biblical theology,
Aud the theses antagonizing life ineur
auce which were recently adopted bv
the Central Illinois District were read.
The Sentence of Luchini.?As
stated in the Gazette yesterday, Luigi
Luchini, the Italian anarchist whe
killed the Empress of Austria, was that
day sentenced at Geneva to life im?
prisonment, the maximun sentence un?
der Swiss law.
Uuon hearing his sentence, Luchini
shouted: "Long live anarchy, death tc
the aristocracy!"
Duiiug tho first six months of his im
prisonment, Luchini will be kept in sol?
itary continment in a subterranean
dungeon, which is almost completely
shut oil from all light. He will be al?
lowed to emerge for one hour twice a
monih. After six months, he will be
treated as an ordiuary prisoner, with
the exception that he will be dealt
with more severely for breaches of the
prison rules.
Shot by Her Son.?Mrs. Aona Os
wdI ', of Ballston, was taken to the
Emergency Hospital in Washington
yesterday afternoon, suffering from a
wound in her right breast, caused by the
accidental discharge of a 22 caliber gun
in the hands of her eleven-year-old son.
Tho rifle had been hanging on the wall
for some time and was not t-upposed to
be loaded. Wednesday the boy took
it dowp and commenced to play with it
when it was discharged with the above
result. Mrs. Oswald's condition, al?
though not serious, requires considera?
ble atteDtiou. The X ray discovered
the leaden bulleL lodged in the muscles
of her shoulder, and it was allowed to
remain there. She returned to her
home last night, and after a rest of a
few days will sgain appear at the hos
pital to have the bullet removed.
The special grand jury of tho Eliza?
beth City Coun'y Court, which has been
investigating the recent riot at Phoebus,
and the burning of the Rialto, yester
dov icquitted P. F. Eagan, proprietor
of "the theatre, of the charge of killing
John Gorham, returned four true bills
against soldiers charged with arson,
and acquitted four others of the same
charge. The four against whom true
bills were returned will be placed on
trial at this term of the court.
Gen. Filzhugh Lee and Governor
Tyler and party left Richmond last
night for cfavannah. In the party, be?
sides General Lee and Governor Tyler,
*re Mrs. Tyler and daughters and Gen.
Lee's two daughters. Col. Cowardin
and other members of the Governor's
stall were also in the party.
Gen6r8l Bianco has placed four armed
soldiers at every street corner in Ha?
vana for fear of an invasion of the city
by Masso Parro's CubaD-Spanish troops,
who are clamorous for back pay.
I TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
I A dispatch from Patie . ,
I has been decided to brii^ n
'to that city. ? ?'
Wreckers who have arrived at v
sau, N. P., have brought with ?
stores from the stranded vessel <
Island, which establishes "bevonri!
doubt that she is the Maria Teresa *
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Miller, aged r.
spectively 82 and 78 year.; wer- h
in their bed and robbed' W?d0(S!
night, at Millersburg, 0., by lV;..
who entered the house throu
dow. The robbeta tortured toe coS
for some time, but obtains oi:
Richard Croker will leave
in a day or two for Call
called uuoa Dr. Chauneev M
yesterday to make arranV
the trip. How long he will b
on the Pacific coast y D0t
be will certainly return by
intends to goto England Y
Tho ?. 8. cruiser Newark. I
of Rear Admiral Scb<.
York this morning fron I
Bico The Admiral said he would
Washington this afternoon to pi
report o? the work of the evacuai
sion. He B*id atlairs in Porto I
progressicg nicely.
Mrs.Merrie L. bbott, of West
Wis, was elected to the
attorney Tuesday. She drew im
to her meetings. 8he ran on t
ticket and is a ;ree silverito.
Mrs. Abbott is ineligible and t
bo asked to decide tho quesl
The watchman in the fre -
Pennsylvania railroad at V-??.
discovered last night in a bos c i the , ?
body of a young man, aged hbutit jt K
believed the young mm was
by tramps.
Osborn W. Diognin. the Iowa
on tho Merrimac witii Hoi
will arrive at Stuart, Iowa. F.. .iV fhe
girls of the town have orgun:/. ; ?
the depot and one and all will k;-- .
Fire which started in the town hill atCov
ington, La. destroyed three blecksol
ings; loss $100,000.
GRANDCOUMAX!
The Grand Commander,, K
Templar of Virginia, met in ti
sonic Temple, in Richmond yesi
This is the annual meetiug of the leg?
islature hedy of the order, and
ways looked forward to with
ordinary plt-asure by it^ men
This was particularly the case
year, as the reports on the octi
the grand encampment, the su
legislative body ol the United Sie
were te:;eived and acted upon, im?
ports frum the officers detailed to
spect the commatd^ries of tbi
lion were also made, and, tak<
aether, it was possibly <>!:>
most interesting meetiogs thai I
der has ever held in Virginia. The
Commandery also acted favorably u;i
the invitation of the Grand Lodge,
Ancient, Free aud Accepted Mason ! )
act a3 its escort on .'he occasion of the
celebration of the 100:h anniversary oi
Washington's death, at Moun
non, December, 14, 179'J, and i
pected that this will be one oft he great
Masonic events of the century.
Grand Encampment, at its recenl
ing in Pittsburg, accepte
invitation of the Grand Lodgi
present on the occasion referred to, ai
they, with the comniaade, i: i
original thirteen States, wii!
guests of the Grand Commanderv
Virginia. The following officers
elected, and Col. Wood Ad, wl
sick at home, was notified oi bis
tion as eminent commander:
Right Eminent Sir P. T. W
Hampton, grand comtnani
EtninentSir B. F. Buchanan,
deputy grand commandet: i
J. E. Alexander, Alexandria,
generalissimo; Eminent Sir 1. :
Richmond, grand captain gi
nent Sir John E Townt-.-, P
grand senior warden: Km;;:.
Le Sueur. Bristol, grand juoi
Eminent Sir George W. 1' ?
mond, grand treasure;: Right
Sir James B. Blanks, Pete
grand recorder: Rev. Emir; ;
McFaden, Manchester, grai
Eminent Sir James W. Porj
grand standard bearer; Eminent Sir
Thomas E. Schwar!/.
bearer; Eminent Sir F. V,'. Cu
ham, Richmood, grand war
nent Sir W. C. Wilkinson. Ri
grand captain of the guard.
Fairfax Notes?Mr. R
lando Adams died at his I
Andrew Chapel, on Saturday
was 75 years old on October 13
Misses Edna and Julia A
daughters of Mr. J. E. Al
Alexandria, were guests thi
Mrs. C. K. Millican.
The home of Mr. and 5
Quick was the scene of a :
sion on Thursdav last, when
dren, grandchildren and gre
children of this aged coup
to celebrate their golden w<
Falls Churcb.
Noimin L. Kirby died of t :
Tuesday, at tho residence of hi
F. A. Kerby, noar Falls Chun
years. Mr. Kerby Ins now C ui
with tho same disease, three of
older than tho deceased.? [He
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