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FIIDAY EVENING. DEC 23, 18*8.
One even of the milder mannered
Northern republican newspapers, com?
menting on the President's suggestion
in respect of the care of Confederate
grave*, and of its legitimate conse?
quence, the proposition to pension old
and destitute ex-Confederates, says the
latter is "preposterous and worse than
impudent, and that there were certain
principles fought ior that cannot be
compromised." The treatment the
President's professed kindness for the
South receives in the North reminds
some people of the Culpeper card player
who having announced, when ahead,
that it was a cash game, at the close
thereof, when he was a loser, and his |
attention was called to that announce?
ment, said it was an "imprudent re- J
mark." _ _
According to Seuator Hoar, the
Northern people have just If arned the
true value of those of the South, "their
courage in war, their attachment to
hmie and Statt1, their love of rural!
life, their capacity for great atlection
and generous emotion, their aptness
for command und their constancy."
Well, better late than uev?-r. The
trouble with Mr. Hoar and many oth?
er Northern republicans is the fact that
they have heretofoie judged the whole
people of the South by the Southern
republicans they have mot, nearly all
of whom were correctly described by
Air. John S. Wise, before he became
one of them, when he said they were
apostates for the price of their apo.
ta*y. _*_
President McKinley, with his owd
hand yesterday, wrote au order to tie
quartermaster, commissary and medi
cal departments of the government, di?
recting them to send supplies at orre
to the indigent people of Cuba. And
yet some Americans are talking about
the "coming imperialism." Why, im?
perialism has already come. There are
many people with sense enongh to
reason from cause to ellect, who do cot
object to imperialism, and wotill
rither have it come before, than after
the terrors of mob rule, but they would
naturally prefer to see such benefits r .
it is capable of conferring applied to
the people of this country, than to
aliens in the new provinces.
Major Russell Harrison, sou of
the ex-President, and now on Genend
Fitzhugh Lee's stall, has got into an?
other scrape. He ordered a flag tote
raised in Cuba, though, under the agre< -
ment with the authorities there, it
should not have been raised until the
end of the year, and, of course, was 01
dered by General Lee to lower it at
once. But the strangest part of the a:
fair was that though Geueral Lee tele?
graphed to headquarters taat the flag
had been lowered, other dispatches stalt
it was flying four or five hours after the
date of that of General Lee. The Me
jor lacks the discretion of his father.
For the safety and welfare of the
country, it is hoped that the apparent
present intention of the LT. S. Senate to
ratify the Spanish treaty may be aban?
doned. The dangerous conquered
provinces have not yet been formally
annexed and may readily be gotten rid
of, but, if annexed, as they will be by
that treaty, they will be a worse bui
den to this country than the old man
of the sea was to Sinbad the sailor.
And then, too, the "criminal offense,"
as President McKinley once termed it,
of seizing and holding them, would
not be committed.
Charleston was a good place in
which to have a New Eogland banquet,
as the wine to be used at that entertain?
ment was seized, under the prohibition
law in operation there. It was ie"
leased in time for the banquet, but the
fact that it was seized proves that
Charleston, under its changed condi?
tion, has become as thoroughly New
Eoglandized a* Bostotf.
A Colored ^oluiek Killko.?Pri?
vate Turner, of the Sixth Virginia
regiment, colored, was shot and almost
instantly killed by O. A. Thrower, a
street car conductor at Macon, (Ja.,
yesterday afternoon. Turner boarde .
Thrower's car very drun-k aud used the
vilest language imaginaole in the pres?
ence of ladies. Thrower then pulled
him out of the car to the rear platform
and kept him there until a lady got oil.
While Thrower was assisting the lady
off tbe negro kicked him several times
and applied more vile epithets. A ne
?ro on a trailer car then called Turner,
but after a short talk he returned to
Thrower's car and, with a knife in his
hand, swore he would cut Thrower's
head oil and advauced on him. As he
stepped on the platform Thrower fired,
the bullet Btriking the negro in the
mouth. He died in fifteen minutes.
A crowd of negro soldiers and civilians
soon gathered and swore vengeance on
Thrower aud all street car coLductors.
One conductor was chased several
blocks by the negroes. Guards have
been placed on all cars on the line
leading to the negro camps and last
night the camp was under strong guard
do prevent an outbreak on the part of
Khe negro soldiers.
The American Tobacco Company
Las sold its plug tobacco busihess to
the. newly incoroproted Continental
T^bucco Company.
FROM WASHINGTON.
ICorrespondence of the Alexandria Gaiett*.]
Washington, Dec. 23.
A new counterfeit $1 silver certificate
has just been discovered. It is of the
series of lSUG, check letter C, plate
number 34 and boars the signature of
B. K. Bruce, register, and Bliis B. Rob?
erts, treasurer. It is a badly executed
photo engraving on heavy bond paper.
A republican Senator says the United
States will have more trouble with the
natives of Porto Rico than those of tbe
Philippines They will expect, be saye,
too much of the United States, and
that their ideas of liberty will give them
foolish ideas.
The City Council of Havana has sent
its thanks to the President for his con?
tribution in aid of the needy poor of
that city.
The application of Postmaster Crup?
per of Alexandria for permission to
bire|a wagon during the holidays to
deliver Christmas gifts that come
through the mails, has been denied, on
the ground that the expense of the
mail service in Cuba and Porto Rico is
so great that no extra money can be
spared for similar service in this coun?
try, the people of which are taxed for
the support of the whole of that ser?
vice.
Rucker, the negro collector of in?
ternal revenue for the Atlanta district,
having been induced to think that the
alleged prevailing era of good feeling
would be a good time for obtaining an
order for the improvement of the build
iug in which his office is located, has
come here for that purpose, but as yet
has not been notified that his mission
will be successful.
It is said at the Postoffice Depart?
ment that there will be no change in
the postinastership at Front Royal,
Va., for the reason that the present
postmaster is a gold democrat who
now acts with the republicans, is en?
dorsed by UK; county republican com?
mittee, and is supported by the North?
ern Methodist Church. The executive
cumuiiitee of the Virginia republicans
have recommended Mr. Pritchard, a
republican, for the place, but have j
anandone 1 all hop* that their recom
mendation wili be effective.
The Treasury and all the other fed
eral departments here will close at]
noon to morrow and remain closed till
Tuesday ruoruiui: next. A similar New
Year's holiday will be given.
The Alg< r investigation commission,
doI being us keen set upon a trip to
Cuba and Porto Rico at the govern
nieni's expense as Senator Proctor was
has detei mined to make their re?
port without goitig there.
So remarkably desirous is the admin?
istration of facilitating the construction
of the Nicaragua canal that it is already
ne^othUiGu with Great Britain for the
abro?ation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
which provitio-j that the Uoited States
shall not have exclusive jurisdiction
over such a canal.
It is said at the Department of Jus
tice that only fifteen bankrupt notices,
so far, have neen filed in the U S. court
for the eastern district of Virginia, and
none in the Alexandria sub district,
composed of the counties of Alexandria,
Fairfax and Londoun and the city of
Alexandria, ami that probabiy no ref?
eree will be appointed for that eub
(ii? ns none would probably accept
if, oo account of its unprofitableness.
The statues of Hamilton, Jefferson,
j Lincoln and others in Statuary Hall at
j the Capitol, called by th?> guides "na?
tional st?tues," were moved .from that
I hall to-day to the rotunda, in order to
make room for other statues in that hall.
Secretary Hay resumed his duties at
the State Department to-day.
In the Congressional Directory, pro?
posed, of course, by a republican, the
right o! Messrs. Young and Epes to
their seats in the present Congress is
recognized, though they were deprived
of them b}r the republican majority of
the House, by the statement that they
were "re-elected."
The uegroes here now include Sena?
tor Hoar in their denunciations, be?
cause hej says the nation will have to
i look to the conservatism and wisdom
of the South in the perils that are be*
fore it. His praise of the South is any?
thing else than agreeable to them.
Congressman of Hay of Virginia has com?
pleted his report on tho minority army bill
and lilod it with tbe clerk of the Houso to?
day. The majority hill, tbo Hull bill, will bo
passed by the republican majority.
Mrs. Botkin on thkStand.?In the
Botkin poisoning trial in San Francisco
I yesterday Mrs. Botkin went on the
stand and told her Btory. Her
account of her acquaintance with John
P. Dunning varied but little from his.
She said that he had visited her fre?
quently, and that after she had moved
from various places to Geary street,
where her son Beverly was with her,
she had enjoyed what she called "a lit?
tle suciil life." Dunniug, she said, was
her canst-int attendant and accepted
her hospitality. She said that in June
and until July 3, 1S9S, she was in Hum?
boldt county. This was when the first
annoymous letter was sent from San
Francisco. She denied having talked
with Mrs. Rouf, of Stockton, of a doc?
tor there about poisons, and she Raid
that ou July 31, when the candy was
bought of Haas, she did not go out of
her bouse, having been treated by Dr.
Terril! on that day. She said ?he nevt r
hi! been in Haas's store in her life.
Mrs. B>:kin denied that she purchased
a handkerchief and used it to throw
s ispicion o i Mrs. Seely, who, she said,
was her enemy.
Children Attacked by a Dog.-In
the absence of Mrs. Mary Peterson from
home in Paterson, N. J.. her three
children, nine, seven and five years old
respectively, were attacked by a pet
doc on Wednesday and severelybitten.
Escep' ft r the arrival of a policsmar,
who was attracted by the children's
screams, tbey probably would have
men dangerously hurt. With his club
he broke in the door as the dog was
about to again attack the children. The
animal turned upon the policeman but
he felled it with a blow from his
club.
A policeman cauterized the wounds
of the children. Mrs. Peterson was
nearly prostrated when she learned
what had happened.
An Experiment with Cattle.?
At the Kansas experiment station a
test was made of the comparative value
of soaked and dry corn. Five steers
were fed corn soaked uotil it began to
soften and five were fed dry corn. The
feeding was from November 7th to
April 6th. In that time the lot fed
soaked corn ate 2S2 bushels and gained
1632 pounds, while the lot that was fed
dry corn ate 290 bushels, making a
gain of only 140S pounds. The steers
that were fed soaked corn were so
much b-tter fitted for the market that
the five heurl brought $25.50 more than
the others,
NEWS OF THE MY.
Lord Ivsagh has given ?1,250,000 to
the Jenner loatitute, of Londor. in aid
of scientific research.
Troops in the Philippines and Wer-t |
Indies will be among the 50,000 volun?
teers to be mustered out.
The French chamber of deputies
yesterday unanimously voted a cred.t
of ?13.200,000 to complete the new ar?
tillery lor the army.
Admiral Schley wa3 yesterday pre?
sented u sword in Philadelphia from
funds contributed by the people of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela?
ware.
John W. Bookwalter, of Ohio, who
has returned to London from a tour of
Russia, predicts an alliance of Great
Britain, Russia and China, for the parti?
tion of Asia.
William Waldorf Astor yesterday
sold a building aud lot in New York, to
Cbas. Broadway Routs, who owrs the
adjoining building and who pays for
the property something under ?200,000
Mr. Rouss will add it to his present es?
tablishment.
Jacob Algire and his wife, an aged
couple, who lived at Uppeco, Baltimore
county, died this week within about
forty-eight hours of each other. The
former was eighty-one years of age and
his wife was one year his junior. They
had been married for over haif a cen?
tury, and were very devoted to each
other. The four children of the couple
are all married and they live alone.
The seventy-ninth annual banquet of
the New England Society of Charles
! ton, S. C, was held last night. The
! leading speakers of the evening were
Senator George F. Hoar, who respond?
ed to the toast "Forefathers' Day;"
Senator John L. McLaurin, of South
Carolina, who responded to "Our
Country," and Hon. Joseph B. Cum
mings, of Georgia, who responded to
"The Mayflower." The constables had
searchtd the hotels and seized the
wines and other liquors as contraband,
but finally, through the iniluenoe of
Senator McLaurin with Governor
Ellerbe, the wines were released and
the banqueters enjoyed them. Alf the
sp< akera at the bauquet took occasion
I to declare against the theory of nation?
al expansion.
FROM HAVANA.
Major Russell Harrison, the provost
marshal, who, on Tuesday, raided the
Stars and Stripes over the Fort Atares,
at Havana, without orders, and in con?
travention of the promise of the United
States evacuation commissioners that
no American flag should be raised in
Havana or its euburbs until January 1,
was yesterday formally reprimanded
by Major General Lee, and instructed
to lower the flag. Lieutenant Lee re?
ported a few hours later at headquar?
ters that, the flag had been lowered.
Nevertheless at 4:30 p. m. it was still
flying on a tall stuff over the famous
fort, plainly visible from the harbor
and city.
Gen." Lee, having received a cable
dispatch from General Alger saying
that the Secretary of War understood
there were thousands of persons starv?
ing in Havana, and directing him to
feed them "without delay," immediate?
ly ordered Lieut. Col. Wood to die
tribute rations, and to make systematic
efforts to feed the helpless, carefully
avoiding waste. There are hundreds
in Havana, who, though not actually
starviug, are in a deplorable state of
weakness and disease, the effects of the
reconcentration policy. They need hos?
pital treatment, which is not always
available. Much of the wretchedness
is due to the neglected condition of tbe
tenements. Every day or so the re?
lief distributors come upon dead
bodies, terribly emaciated. Two have
been found in the suburb of Cerro.
It is difficult to distinguish between the
professional vagrant and the really de
servine cases, but the committees with
local knowledge are able to render ex
cellent service.
The United States transport Minne
waska, which left Savannah for Cuba
on December 19, with the Forty-ninth
Iowa regiment has, arrived at Havana.
' Yesterday the Spanish transports
Ciudad de Cadiz and Neu3tria sailed for
Spain, the former with 1.2S6 men and
officers, bound for Saotander, and the
latter with 1,033 men, for Cadiz.
The last formal joint meeting of the
United States and Spanish evacuation
commissioners was held to day. If, af?
ter that, any new questions arise, they
will be settled by individual interviews
or correspondence.
The United States commission will
adopt a written resolution of thanks for
tbe courtesies extended by the Spanish
authorities at Havana and elsewhere
in Cuba under trying conditions, and
bear testimony "to the excellent disci?
pline and soldierlike conduct of the of?
ficers and men of the Spanish army."
El Vedado, the suburb of Havana
where is situated the Hotel Trotcba,
which ha9 been the headquarters of the
United States military commission,
will be evacuated to-day, when the
seacoast forts will be occupied by the
United Slates troops. Guanabacoa, will
be formally occupied on Monday next.
The American Commissioners sent a
note to Captain-General Castellanos
yesterday afternoon asking what places
in the island of Cuba would be occu?
pied by Spanish troops after January 1,
and under what command they ex
pocted to remain. Tbe matter ts an
important one, as about 50,000 Spanish
troops will be unable to leave before
January 1, the date set for the evacua?
tion.
These men will certainly be in Ha?
vana after the Americans arrive, wait?
ing for transports to take them to
Spain. It is understood that on Jan?
uary 1 Gen. Castellanos, after surren?
dering the government to Gen. Brooke,
or to tbe superior military officer at
Havana, will move east to Matanzts,
whence he will proceed later to Cien
fuegos, there to remain until the last of
the Spanish troops leave the island.
A Slasher Arrested.?Locked up
in a cell in the Tenderloin police sta?
tion in west Thirtieth street, New
York, last night, was a young man j
whose arreBt will cause many women
in that city to rejoice. The police be?
lieve they have at last caught at least
one of the miscreants who have been
despoiling women's skirts and wraps
on the streets by slashing and cutting
them with sharp knives or razors. The
young man under arrest is a German
and 19 years old. His name is Her?
man Max Krebs, and be says he lives
in a lodging house on the southeast
corner of Houston street and the Bow?
ery. Mrs. Catherine Nelson detected
him in a Broadway store and discover?
ed the cutting of her skirt in time to
cause bis arrest. Angry women de?
nounced him and his arrest caused
much excitement in the store.
\ i^GINiA NEfe
The Richmond Dispatch says Rev.
Dr. Moses D. H?ge was reported decid?
edly worse last night. His strength is
failing rapidly, and it is not thought he
cau live many days.
A meeting will be held January 5 by
the trustees of Washington and Lee
University, at Lexington, to formulate
plans connected with the erection of
the Tucker Memorial Hall.
During the present year the register
of the land office in Richmond bus is?
sued grants for '2,300 acres of land
This wild land ig neurly all in the coun?
ties of the southwestern part of Vir?
ginia.
Orders have been issued by the Secre?
tary of War appointing Sergeant Lewis
W. Brander, of the Fourth Virginia
regiment, bow on duty at the head
quarters of General Fitzhugh Lee, a
firet lieutenant of the Tnird U. S. regi?
ment of immunes.
While arguing a case in the United
States Court, in Norfolk, yesterday,
Gen. Edgar Allan, district attorney lor
the Eastern district of Virginia, was
taken suddenly ill, and a physician
was called in. His condition is not
considered serious.
The will of Henry Walke, of Nor?
folk, who was found dead recently in
Brooklyn, was admitted to probate io
Norfolk yesterday. Richard Walke, a
brother, qualified in $100,000 as execu?
tor. The State tax paid indicates the
net value of the estate to exceed $80,000.
Mr. Charles P. Rady died at his
home, in Richmond, yesterday, aged
sixty-nine years. Ho was for fifteen
years clerk of the school board of that
city, and was a widely known citizon.
He was a prominent Mason and identi?
fied with the OJd Fellows and othi r
organizations.
The dock trial of the battleship Keai
69rge, finished at Newport New* yes?
terday at the works of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com?
pany, was a success in every particular.
The engines ran very smoothly and tbe
boilers supplied steam in an excellent
manner, the steam-generating machine
rv being especially good.
The depositors of the defunct Bank
of Lexiug'ou will soon receive a 5 pi r
cent, dividend from Col. Robert Cat
lett, who has been appointed assign* e
and trustee of the bank to succeed the
late Col. James K. Edmondson. Tbe
depositors will probably receiveanotht r
5 per cent, dividend before the wind?
ing up of the affairs of thedefunct bank,
thus causing a loss of 20 per cent, to
tbe depositors.
Deputy Collector M. Bolls Lewis, t-f
Harrisonhun:, with a posse of three
men, raided an illicit whisky distillery
in Page county yesterday, destroying a
still and u number of tubs. No whisk]
was found at the distillery, but it wes
in operation. As soon as the posse
came in sight of the distillery two men
left thafjbuildicg and made their escapo,
The distillery was situated about three
miles east of Marksville postoffice.
The factory of P. H. Mayo & Bro ,
incorporated, of Richmond, has been
purchased by the Continental Tobacco
Company, which is seeking to contn l
the plug tobacco output of the country.
Tbe deal was consummated in New
York. The factory was started in 1830
by Robert A. Mayo. It has been in t ?
same family for three iteneratious. .Ii
was Robert A Mayo, who originated
thf celebrated navy tobacco, for years
used in the United States navy. The
Continental Company now controls
seven factories.
The Paris exposition committee of
the Richmond Tobacco Exchanee yes
terday issued a manifesto declining to
indorse the appointment of Francis
Hirsch, of New York, as the represent?
ative of this trade at theParis exposition
The opposition of the Richmond trade
to Mr. Hirsch is based entirely upon
the fact that he is only identified with
the cigar business and does not repre?
sent the leafand other branches of the
business of this country. The Rich?
mond tobacco trade expects to have a
good exhibit of dark tobacco at the
Paris exposition, and will no doubt
make a good showing there.
"HIGH CHURCH" FUNERAL SER?
VICE.
Bishop Potter was present yesterday
morning at the elaborate and solemn
"high church'' services which marked
tbe funeral of Rev. Thomas McKee
Brown, rector of the Protestant Episco?
pal Church of St. Mary, ihe Virgin, in
New York.
The Bishop's opposition to the ex?
treme ritualism of the "'high church"
ceremony is well known, aDd in conse?
quence, when alter the service proper
was over and preparations were made
to sprinkle the bier with holy water
and incense it, the head of the diocese
suddenly descended from his seat and
departed from the church, much com?
ment was caused.
Following an acolyte bearing the
cross and a eurpliced boy choir, two
hundred priests filed into the chancel
of the church to perform the solemn
and impressive office of the dead for
Father Brown, at half-past 11 o'clock.
They were headed by Brother Gilbert,
of the Order of Nazareth, in his brown
habit, covered by a cape. Bishop Pot?
ter came last.
The sacrifice of the mass, the incens?
ing of the altar and the sprinkling of
the bier with holy water were unfa?
miliar rites to many of the clergymen
and laymen who were in the congrega?
tion. Bishop Potter followed the ser?
vice carefully. He made the response !
with the rest of the clergy, and pro?
nounced the absolution and the bene?
diction io the order of the mass. He
kept his eyes downcast at the incens
ing of tho altar and for the most part
during the mass.
Surrounded by the throngs of sur
pliced priests the bishop sat on the
throne in the chancel. He faced the
church filled with visiting clergy and
the members of the dead rector's con?
gregation. The aisles and vestibule
were crowded with standing people.
Tbe coffio, with its immense canopy
and pall, was before tbe altar.
Bishop Potter remained on his throne
until after the benediction. With
bowed head he then suddenly descend?
ed from his place of honor and left the
church. After bis hasty exit Father
Larrabee was obliged to conduct the
service. He sprinkled tho holy water
over the bier, and then the incense was
used.
DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP 13
pleasant to take: it tastes good; child?
ren like it; no-trouble to administer it
and it alwav- cures. Buy tho genuine,
Dr. John W. Bull's Cough Syrup.
Wben you havo eaten too much, or when
you sutler from any form of Dyspepsia or In?
digestion, remember that Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat. It enree tbe
worst forma of Dyspepsia. Edgar War-field,
j r., comer Kling and Pitt stroete.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign New?.
Brussels, Dec. 23.?King [Leopold
of Belgium is ill nod in consequence
the new year ceremonies havo beeu
abandoned.
London, Dec. 23.?A disastrous fire
started in the Palace Theatre at Ply?
mouth to-day. The military were call?
ed out to i ssist in preventing the spread
of the flames, and to preserve order.
London, Dec. 23.?There is good au?
thority for tbe statement that the
French foreign offica disapproves the
action ol tbe French consul at Shanghai
in his annexation of the Ningpo bury?
ing ground and temple, though the ac?
tion has not been disavowed as yet.
Capetown, Dec. 23.?A new row is
brewing for President Kruger, becaut-e
of the alleged outrages on British resi?
dents in the Transvaal.
Rome, Dec. 23.?A postal card cam?
paign on behalf of political prisoners is
soon to be inaugurated here'. Forty
thousand postal cards will be mailed
simultaneously to the King petitioning
for the release of the prisoners.
Rome, Dec. 23.?The Pope to-day re?
ceived tbe Cardinals, who waited upon
him to offer their customary Christmas
congratulations. The-pontiff addressed
the Cardinals and, in the course of his
remarks, referred to the international
anti-anarchist conference just conclud?
ed here. It would be impossible to
combat anarchism, he said, while tbe
rights of tho church were not respected.
He then proceeded to make an attack
upon the ecclesiastical laws of the
Italian government.
Constantinople, Dec. 23.?Ghani
Bey, the Sultau's aide de camp, has
been murdered.
BKBIiIN, Doe 23 ?Tho K?lnische Zeitung
makes the semi-otlicial [announcement that
the German government will not object in
tho slightest to a publication of tho contents
of tho secret dossier in the Dreyfus case. It
has been long rumoiod lhat tho dossier con?
tains letters from hinperor William to a
French traitor.
Paris. Doc. 23.?Tho holders of the Span
ish bonus are growihg anxious. It is rumor
. d they have urgod s^agssta to sell Oeuta. the
Spanish seapoit in Morocco, as a means of se?
curing cash to guarantee tho bonds. Tho ru
port of a proposed transfer of Oeuta gains
color from tho recent conference hold by
Spanish otiicials with tbe British ambassador
at Madrid. If Spain can raise a good sum
outside this, together with the Aiuoricau in?
demnity, will cnablo her to weather the tinan
cial storm.
The Carlists.
London, Dae. 23.?From a carlist
agent iu this city is learned many de?
rails of tho preparations for a rising in
Spain. The Carlist war chest consist*
of twenty million pesetas, hall'of which
has already been distributed in small
amounts throughout the peninsula
Ten million pesetas are held beyond
the frontier as a reserve fund. Tbe
able bodied men have been organized
into small companies and uuder the
direction of experienced officers meet
in obscure places to plot and to drill.
This army is now lUO.OOJ strong.
Eich village conceals a squadron or a
company, each town a battery or a bat
taliou. Arms are hidden iu various
ways all over the land. No one seems
lo find them now but at tbe word "E
Rey" their owners will bring them for?
ward. Beyond tbe border waits Don
Carlos, first for a crisis in Madrid,
which he expects during the debate on
the peace treaty in the Cortes; second,
for something which will keep tbr
powers occupied elsewhere as be wishts
no Franco-German interference.
A dispatch from Madrid say that the
Carlist agitation in the Basque pro?
vinces is daily becoming more active
Upwards of 100,000 rifles landed at
French ports have been smuggled ov< r
the Spanish frontier with cargoes of
coal.
The Grip.
New York, Dec. 23.?With clear
and cooler weather to-day, comes the
announcement by the health officers
that the grit) is now iu check. The
epidemic is running itself out, and new
cases are becoming fewer in number.
The disease has played havoc in the
public schools. Forty-five thousand
children out of 225,000 in the schools ol
Manhattan are unable lo attend. In
Brooklyn the same conditions prevail.
Fire companies- and the ranks of the
police show depletion because of the
disease. Ten deaths, due to the grip,
occurred yesterday.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 23 ?Charles
Hardwick, 4S years old, a grip patient,
committed suicide to day by shooting
himself. The disea e is spreading and
even now travails to such an ex?
tent that it interferes with business, es?
pecially in the big department stores.
Hartford, Conn., Dec. 23?One
death from grip is reported here to?
day. The disease is as prevalent as at
any previous epidemic, but the cases
are milder.
Navigation Resumed.
New York, Dec. 23.?The thick veil
of fog that hung over the city for three
days,lifted this morning. The great lleet
of ships, held in the bay and outside the
bar, began to move. Railroad traffic
which has been hampered by the ex?
traordinary fog is again moving on
schedule time.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.?The fjg
that has bung over this city for three
days lifced last night. Twenty-seven
steamers and thirty-six sailing vessels
at once proceeded up the river, break?
ing the record of arrivals in this port
for any 24 hours.
Charged. With Stealing Books.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 23.?In
tbe city court this morning the cuse of
Rev. James Miller was contiuued until
next Tuesday. Miller was graduated
from the Yale Divinty School, three,
years ago. He has remained here
since then as supply preacher. Last
night he wa3 arrested charged with
book stealing, f ive thousand volume*
were found in his room. Local book
dealers have identified them as stolen
property._
Oyster Kamine Threatened.
Baltimore, Dec. 23?There is a
great scarcity of oysters here owing to
the dense fog that has prevailed for the
past two or three days. Unless the
expected steamers and sailing boats ar?
rive with their cargoes of bivalves to?
day prices will be very high. There is
very little stock on band and the prices
commanded yesterday were so high
that all of the big steam packers were
obliged to close down.
Insurgents Suffer Heavy Loss.
Madrid, Dec. 23?Advices from
Iloilo says that heavy firing from tbe
Spanish trenches has extended over
a period of three days. Masses c f
rebels attacked tbe entrenchments
nightly with knives and swords tnd
were swept down by the Spanish ariil
lery and rifles with incalculable lo?--.
Only six Spaniards were killed and 17
wounded,
Suicide in a Hotel.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 23.?A guest of'
the Hotel Gladstone, a mau about 50
years old, who arrived last night regis?
tering os F. Cotton, Baltimore, Md.,
subsequently changing this to Curtis
Nelson, shot himself through the head
this morning and will probably die.
When discovered, in his room, he held
a revolver in each hand.
Tho Markets.
Chicago, Dec. 23.?The market closed as
follows: Wheat?May 68^(18 Corn
May 37a36%. Oata-May 27}fea27. Pork
?May $0 95a9 ?2,
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
A dispatch from Havana says that
Mnjor General Merritt was offered the
post of Governor General of Cuba, but
declined to accept.
Mr. and Mrs. Magowan, charged
with stealing Edith Beryl Barnes,
daughter of Mrs. Magowan, were dis?
charged by Judge Disaette in Cleve?
land, 0., this morning.
A cail has been extended by the
Second Presbyterian Church of Colum?
bus, Ohio, to Rev. Geo. M. Luccock, at
present pastor of the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church, of Washington,
D. C.
In Frankfort, Ky., to day Attorney
General Taylor filed 20 big suits againat
street car, electric light and water com?
panies for taxes. Ho asks $50 per day
penalty allowed under tbe law which
will amount to nearly a million.
Percy Malcolm Jeflray, son of the
New York dry goods priuce, died sud?
denly last night. He was center rush
of the Harvard University football
team and his death was the direct re?
sult of injuries received in the Yale
Harvard game.
The safe of M. Crawford of Lavonio,
Ga., was blown open by burglars last
night anil between one and two thou?
sand dollars in money and a check on
tbe hank of Lavouia ior $1,500 was
taken. The report of tbe dynamite
whs heard by many who thought it was
:ome one shooting Christmas guns.
At Omaha, Neb., to day, W. F. Eech
el, auditor ot the Pacific Express Com
pany, was acquitted of tbe charge of
emb-z/ling $200,000 of the company's
fuGds. It was alleged in defense that
while that amount of money may have
i been paid out improperly through
. Bechel, it was used bs a corruption
fund to prevent hostile legislation.
Farmer Secretary of tbe U. S. Treas?
ury John G. Carlisle appeared in Jef
ft-rson Market police court, New York,
this morning as complainant against
Richard F. Leak, who he alleges is re?
taining a fur cape valued at $300, the
property of Mrs. Carlisle, which was
left in LQak!s cab last Thursday even?
ing. Magistrate Crane held Leak in
$1,000 bail for examination.
Mrs. Louisa Roelofs, the wife of R E.
R telofs, a wealthy cattleman of Cripple
i'rc< k, Col., was arrested last night at
the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, on the
charge of passing a worthless draft. On
the information of her arrest, sev
I erai other complaints of tbe same
j nature were entered by other firms.
Her examination was postponed until
next Tuesday and she was remanded
to jail as it was impossible to get bail
for her. Mrs. Roelofs separated from
her husband and went on the stage.
She has always lead a luxurious and
varied life.
.An export bandar made a rich haul at El
wood, Ind , thid mornii'g, securing entrance
to tho room occupied by the Uui'cd States
Express Company and the Clawson News
Agtncy. Tho combination 3afe was blown
0])2n and everything of importance carried
away. The express company refuses to give
its los?, lut it is supposed to be about $40,
COO. Other snnller individual losse3 are
reported.
At Albany, X. Y., to-day Justice Chester
denied an application inado by P. C Dugan,
the attornoy for Mrs. Margaret Cody, await
ing a second triat for attempting to blarknonil
George J. Gould and Helen M. Gould, that
she bo released on her own reeognizanco until
tho time for her trial. Her bail was ti.ved at
$1,000 and sli3 was sent back to jail.
The Wi'son litio steamer Idaho, from Hull,
Eng., arrived at Brooklyn shortly aitor 10
o'clock this morning, with two great holes
stove in the starboard side of her bow, and
with one man decapitated and another seri?
ously injured on boird. Tho damage was
caused by a collision with the steamer Flower
City otl'Liborty Island.
A. B. Colo, a retirod merchant of San Diogc,
Cal., has been placed under arrest on a charge
of arson, Sunday last Colo's house was burn?
ed and the charred remains of bis wife were
found in the ruins. Tho ollicera suspoct that
Colo killed his wifo and rited the house to
conceal tho crime,
Whilo Eob:-rt Harrington was taking the
part of Santa Claus in a show window at
Cleveland, 0., last night Iiis cotton trimmings
caught tiro from a g*s jot, and he was badly
burned. Ho was rolled iu tho mud in tho
street until the lUmes were extinguished.
Tho houso of Mrs. M. Brown at Casaville,
N. Y., was entered by two thieves at 2:30
o'clock this mo.ning, and while John Moono:,
1 farm hand, was investigating, ho was fatal?
ly shot in tho abdomen. Tho murderers os
caped.
Andrew Hawkins, a man of considerable
wealth, was found guilty at Stockvillo, Nob.,
last night of assassinating Thomas Jansen,
and sentonced to the penitentiary for life.
The motive for ibo crimo was robbery.
Tho cruiser New York, with Admiral Samp
fon on board, arrive 1 in New York harbor
from Huvaua to day.
In Memory of Mme.Romero.?A dis?
patch from Washington says: Prominent
Washington ladies have undertaken to
raise funds with which to furnish a room
in the Garfield Memorial Hospital of
thi3 city and endow it to the memory of
the late Mme. Luoretia Ailen de
Romero, the wife of the Mexican Mini?
ster to the United States. Mme. Romero
was well known for tier charities during
her long residence in Washington, and
her friends have undertaken this work
out of respect to her memory. It is
[iroposed to raise$1,000 for this purpose,
most of which has already been sub?
scribed. Auother project has been start?
ed to erect a memorial hall in Alexan?
dria, Va., to the memory of Mme.
Romero. The hall is to be known as
the Lucretia Allen de Romero Memorial
Hall, and is to be used exclusively for
cutting, fitting and other purposes of
the sewing department for girls of the
John Hay Normal and Industrial
School. Mme. Romero was much in
terested in the work of the school
and contributed largely toward its sup?
port and maintenance. The hall is to
cost $100,000.
The President's Presents.?Christ?
mas presents for President and Mrs.
McKinley are coming to the White
House daily. Express wagons and
postmen have been busy all this week
delivering boxes, packages, etc., con?
taining fruits, flowers, and jewelry, j
More oranges are received than any- j
thing else. They come from California,
New Mexico, Arizona and Florida, and
occasionally from some South American
countrv. Cake bakers are also particu?
larly iVee with their products.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
New Yohk. Doc. 23.-a.ftor tho 01
tho stock market developed more activity
After ihe initial dealings the marka ,
ed increased strength with continued far?
volume of transactions. Government
were strong.
WHOLESALE PBICES LN ALEXANDRIA
Flour Extra. 2 75 * . , ,
Family. 3 50 a 375
Fancy brands. 4 00 a ,
Wheat, longberry,. 0 69 a 0 70
Mixed. 0 68 ? 0 70
Fultr.. Olis a 070
Damp and tough. 0 50 a
Corn, white . 0 38 a
Yellow. 0 37 a
Corn Meal. 0 40 a
Bye. 0 40 h 043
Oats, mixed. 0 30 ? 0 31
White. 0 3:; a
Buttor, Virginia, packed. 0 10 ?
Choice Virginia. 0 15 (..
Common to middling... 0 9 K
Eggs. 0 2-2 a 0 25
Eeef, hind quarters. o 10 oji
Fore quarters. 0 4 i, rj g
Livo ChickoiiS (hens). 0 8 B
Spring do. 0 8 ?? 010
Turkcy3, live. 0 :i h
Dressed. Oil a
Hogs, small. O 4'?> h
largo._. 0 3^a 0 4'
Potatoes. Va.,bu8h., large 0 60 ? 075
Onions, per bushel. 0 90 &
Apples, bbl. 2 75 1 3 25
Dried Poaches, peeled.... 0 7
Unpeelod. 0 3 ? n 4 *
Dried Cherries. 0 7 <
Dried Apples. 0 ii^ , ij 3
Racon. country hams. 0 m'? .
Best sugar-cured hams. 0 8\ ?
Butckors'hams. 0 8*^ s 11 9
Breakfast Bacon. 0
Sugar-curod shouldors. 0 5,
Bulk shoulders. 0 5 >.
Dry 8alt sides. 0 r\ . n 6
Fat backs. 0 -~>'^ .
Bellies. 0 6s
8moked shoulders. t) 5% ?
Smoked aides. 0 0'^ a
Lard. 0 6*4 n
Smoked Beof. 014
Sugars?Brown. 4 4 1 -.
Off A. 0 4', , | 20
Conf. standard A. 423
Granulated. ... 5 35 5 4]
Coffees?Bio. 0 *
LaGanyra. 014 . 010
Java. 0 10 :i L'ij
Molasses B. 8. ? ' :> . i> J4
CE. 017 h 0 22
New Orloans. 0 20 3
Porto Klco... Ol1* .
Sugar Syrups. >s 1 i>
Herring, Eastern per bbl 0 < s j 70
Potomac No. 1. 3 00 a 3 50
Potomac iamiiy roe. 3 50 g
Do. half barrel. .175
Potomac Shad. 7 00 a
Mackerel, small, per bbl.. 15 (Mi
No 3 medium.22 Oil h j
No. 2. 24 00 a 2
Plaster, ground, pet ton.. 4 50
Ground in bags. 5 00 a 5 50
Lump. 3 50
Clovor Seed. 3 75 t 25
Timothy. 1 40 a j 511
Old process Linseed Meal 3] 00 ..
Salt?G. A.. 0 60 a 0 6
Fine. 0 90 a 1 00
Turk's Island. 100 n 1( 0
Wool?long, unwashed... 0 19
Washed. 0 24 .?. I 21
Meriuo, unwashed. 0 12 a 0 I
Do. washed. 0 20 a 0 2:
Cottonseed Meal.2100 i 22
Hulls. 0 50 11 7i
Cotton Seed Mixed Feed. 12 00 a 1
Sumac. 0 70 h o 75
Hay. 10 00 H 13 1 0
Cut do. 14 00 h 1CO0
Wheat Bran per ton. 14 5< I
Brown Middlings.13 00
White Middlings.14 oo
Alexandria Market. Dec 23.
Tho market closes quiet witli no chat.
the quotations for Hour and grain. (
Produce is about lirm at quotations.
Sugar and Coffee Mask et. Dec 22.
Kefined Sugars?Cut loaf 5.70c pei
Standard powdered 5.33c per Ib., Culies
5.33c per lb; Standard granulated 5.20c
par lb; lino granulated 6.20c pel
tal A 5.20c per lb; Confectioners' A ~<1 -
pel lb; Columbia A 4 63c per li.;
A 4 H3c per lb ; Yellows 3.85a4 I5i
Tho refined sugar market is unsett eil
Coffee.?Tho market for spol G
quiet, with quotations on the
por lb for No. 7 Bio. Mild Cotie<
steidy at tho following quotations:
Salic por lb, Maracaiho 10al5c ; Javfl
26c per lb, fancy do. 29a30c, Mocha 19^?
21c per lb. Futures closed steady.
Baltimore Cattle Market. D<
Beef Cattle.?There is a mark. I
mcnt in tho avcrago quality of tho oil
over those of last week, though some iw
sales of extra Ohio and Kentucky (
beeves were sold at outside figu
Beef Cattle this week ranged bp follows
Best. 84 ?
Generally rated first quality... 4 00
Medium or good fair quality... 3 10 a
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen
and Cows. 2 00
Of tho Cattlo received 12iO came
Virginia.
Sheep and Lambs.?The market hf
I exceedingly dull all tho week, as usu . ?
season of tho year?tho Christmas
aud values aro without quotable cba
rates given on Monday being record
Quotations: Sheep soil at. 3a4c, ai
oxtra at 4^c por lb Lambs 4*fea5
and a f jw extra at o^c.
Swino?There is no change in ibi
tions of hogs since Monday, and sa
made vory slowly at tho goucral figui
ing then; viz: Far Western bogs T ? ? '*
380 per 100 lbs gros3; those froi
points, including light pigs under 10
$3.60*3.65 per 100 lbs.
Fresh Cows ?The offering is light,
pic for tho limited demand prevailing. .' ? ?
tations: $20a5O per head, few sellh
higher figure.
Calves.?As with all other fferii
is exceedingly dull, tho receipts boing
hut sutlicient fcr tho domaii'l.
Oc per lb.
Chicago Cattle Habest. Di
Cattle.?Common and medium e.
tlo moved ofl'slowly, but the general
tions were a trifle higiier, with a good
for the bettor grades: common beel
sold at $3.90*4 25, while good to fa
brought $4.75a5.50; stockers and
sold at $:*a4.40; calves range! at t
Hogs.?Trade in higs wai active _at ?:??.'?
prices; sales ringed at $3.l5a3.25 for
common droves up to $3.40a3.47Vj
to prime heavy, tho greater pari go
$3 30*3.40 and prime light at S3 37
brought $290*3 20. Sheep. -Trade
and lambs w*s only fairly good: lam
steady at $3.75*6.30 for inferior to
Hocks, with sales largely at $5*5.25
lings sold at $415a4 60 aud -
4 20, Western sheep fobbing $3.51111
New Yobk Cattle Mark.::
Beeves?little trading; cables qaote
tie slow and dopr.ssei. Calvea
steady and all sold ; veals $1k8 25 : barnj
calves $3.25 per 100 lbs. Sheep ai
?sheep cot wanted ; lambs steady so
stock lirm ; common to good sheep $
per 100 lbs; Iambs, common to prim
?5.75 pei 100 lb3; Canada lambs :
culls $3.00. Hogs?market slow ?3 6<
psr 100 ib.?; pigs $3 40i3 60 per ton
HOLIDAY MIXED,
An assortment of SMALL FINE
CAKES in ?i attractive Bhoulden
box, illustrated in holly. E\mt:
fits the season. On sale at the stoi
?price 25c each. Eeautiful pria.;::.
HILL JBAKEB V (>'. B. <
JUST received a nnmber of ti e BSOW
BOOKS as advertised in The vVa-'i
Post; six for 10 cents; call early supply
ited; Chnatmis treo holders, fences, ry
cbiap at E. E. KNIGHT, ?21 King ft
* do! !
!.AL1TY TELL8.?A~7arr7 -
stock of Nut?, Candies, F,gs, I >n
Grapes. &c, for sale by
J. C. MJLBLiiN.