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WKDVE3DAY EVENING. JPNE 24, 190?. Ukovkk Ci i vi i \m., who had lor s number of yens been the only livirg ex-president of the United States, died at 8:40 ''clock this morning, at Prince? ton, N. J. The deceased had been in leeble health for some time. Mr. Cleve? land was elected president in 1884, and waa the first democratic chiel magistrate since James Buchanan, who went out ol office March 4, 1801. He iailed of re? election four years later, but was elected to a second term in 1892. Grover Cleve? land became prominent at a time when the nation had grown weary ol republi? can misrule, and he was support.d in hil race for the presidency by many former members of that piny. James G. Blaine was his antagonist, and a'though the latter used his eloquence and mig netism on toe slump, it tailed to ttam the recession ol the tide which had set against republican theeileland practice*. Blaine wai handled unmercifully in cat toou-i and editorial*, and the "tatoocd man," spotted with ctfdit mobilicr blotches, Mulligan Utters, Aa,, was per trayed everywhere. New Yoik was Ihe pivotal state, which Mr. Cleveland car? ried by several hundred only. During Mr. Cleveland's occupancy of the White House be wbs called upon to handle many perplexing issuea, including a seri? ous diplomat;c controversy with Eng? land on tbe Venezuelan question. He was joally regarded as n safe and con? servative statesman, and while his course occasionally did not meet with general approval, as time went on it wa* realized that his judgment had been sound and his mit ves pure on matt er* which the general public did not thoroughly underhand at fir t. Mr. Cleveland will go down in history as one of America's greatest men. Ile was not a pt rt/ man, however, lor had Le been roany believe thai tbe country would now be under a democratic ad? ministration. His honesty and integrity, however, wero nevi i questioned, and tbe oews of his death will be lei-meei with heartfelt regret throughout the country. Mn. Roosevelt's persistency in "butting-iu" in matte n with which he is uot concerned has brought upon himself a jest rebuke. DvapJtS his appeal in their behalf the two crew men Buspended for violating the rule against removing booka from thc Harvard r f ereoce library, will uot be permit ed to row in the Yale-Hervartl boat race. President Roosevelt made a personal ap? peal to President Eliot by telegraph as soon bs he heard of the suspension, bul be met with a positive refusal from the Harvard executive to make any change in the ruling, an the following telegrams show. President Roosevelt'* telegram read: "Is it ne.t possible, and would it nt t be more fiting and just, to substitute anotier puni*hment for Fish and Mor? gan if, as is Mated, they merely took away a honk which they werepremitled to use in the library.' It see mi lo aa, and we feel xiii-', that ilia unfair and un Decenary ti makeothirs sutler lor an offense of thia kind fur which some other punishmett might surely be found." President Elliot in his reply said "Each man dil a d-honorahlo thing, tone violated in his privat? ii ti en and in a crooked way a rule m. .le in the common interest, while the other (ravea false name and did not t ibo subsequent opper unity to give his own. The least possible punishment was put ing them on probst on, but that drops them (rom the crewa. A keen and sure sense of honor being the fiueit result of colli _ life. I think the college and graduates ihould condemn effective)* dishonorable conduct." lr ia estimated thtit it will require be? tween 135,000 and 180,000 to repair the monitor Florida, recently subjected to gunnery and torpedo t 'tts. This was a shameful wad ? rd money, as the test could have been made on a hulk worth uot over a few hundred do1Nr? From Washington. K'orrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.] Wasbingtou, June 24. Although no official announcement of the departure of Charge d'Affaires Bleeper, of Caracas, has been received at the State Department it is understood that he ha* left his putt in accordance with instructions and is now on his way to the Daited States. The latest official dispatch from Mr. Sleeper i's dst ?u Cara? cas June \9 and received today by wsy ol Willemstad. This dispatch ' refers only to tbe plague. The latest informa? tion received at tho Buteau of Naviga? tion concerning the Marie u is that she left Curacao fer Por. Gabello on June I 22. The delay in official messages may j be occasioned by the difficulty of getting J into cable communication. The preser t action on the part of tbe Stats Depait- | ment was undertaken severs) weeks ago i upon tbe arrival ot Minitt-r Russell who left Caracas sher ly alter the plague j brokeout. Whaitunhtr action is to be j taken the State Impertinent is not will-1 iug to indicate, but it is likely that Veto- j ezuela will remain diplomatically isolated , until Castro shows some inclination to j listen to the representations of the Coiled State*. Another statement is to the Gleet that the Slate Department confirmed officially today the report that the United Stitts bad withdrawn its diplomatic represen? tatives /rom Venezuela, lt is apparent, I according to this stsUment, that the maintenance of a post lo Caracas or La Guayra is msnifestly useless, inasmuch as no heed has been paid to diplomatic representations. Fer this reason Min? ister Russell baa been withdrawn and ii on an indefinitely leave of absence ss ire slso Charge Sleeper and Consul Mofl.f who was at La Guayra. No further de velopmeLt are anticipated in the near future. Though no newe has been re? ceived it tbe Ventzoelan legation in this city, owing to the difficulties iu the way of cable communications, it ia not theiigtt likely tbet the Venezuelan charge will be withdrawn and no inti? mation to thia end will de made by the State Department. Promptly upon receiving tbe newa ol fermer President Cleveland's death to? day, and before any official action had been taken by executive order, Alga on nearly all departmental buildings were lowered to half man. The first Usg to pay tribute to tbe dead president was that on the State, War and Navy build? ing, which was lowered within an hour following Mr Cleveland's death. At noon today tbe White House was the only principal public building over which no flag was drooped, but no Mag ever flies over tbe Whits House when the president is away. In acct rdance with tbe custon in the death ol an ex president it is expected that an order will be issued from Oyster Bay reciiirg Mr. Cleveland's death and directing that digs shall be hoi* t--dat half man over all government buildings (or a period of three days, and lhat proper tribe ? be paid by the army and navy. Ia the case of the death of tormer president! all officers of the army, navy and marine corps wore a band of mourning on the sleeve ot the uniform fi r a period ol thirty days, Gani wera fired every hall hours from sunrise to sunset on the day of the funeral at all nival stations, od all flag ships and on all independent sa? luting vessels of the American navy throughout the world. At tbe same time twenty one minute guns were fired by every army poet under the American flag. Deep regret over tbe death ol former President Cleveland was express ed today by officials of tie War and Navy Deps.'.menta and by high officer! of the army and navy who served fri eight years under Mr. Cleveland si commander-in-chief. In the evem that Mr, Br?" ;<i elected, it ii said here thatUovrmortsv ..ot Virginia w ill b a member of the ci blast, News ol' the Day. Yale University tod.y conloi red tbi degree of L L, D. upon Mr. J. Pierpon Morgan, Scorching heat sod humidity brough t'eith and sunVrmg in Chicago yester day, fourteen fatal estes having beet reported. There were a score or mon I r mirations. President and Mrs. Roosevelt am 1 heir children lelt Oyster Bay today or the yacht Mayflower for New London Conn., where they will witness the Yale Hi i /sn! boat races tomorrow. Alter an illness of several weeki Charles B. Jefferson, the fermer the atrical manager and eldest sou of tbe late Joseph Jefferson, died last night in m. Luke's Hospital, New Yrrk, from i complication of tt omach troubles. One of ihe strange freaks of nature the double-headed calf raised by James Burk holder, a larmer, near New ville, Pa. Toe calf not only has twr heads, .but baa four eyes, three mouthe and four nos'rils. This calf eats, heart? ily and, beiug ne: fly three mouth* old it is thought lhat it sill live aud develor fully. There was a sensational break in the price ot cotton lor July deliveries on the New York cotton exchange yesterday. July ami other old crop positions havr been ruling relatively firm on report* that a strong New Orleans bull clique had a virtual corner in lhat position. After opening at $10 80 yesterday morn? ing, July aold off to $9.C3, or $6.40 per bale below the high level of last Friday. Following prolooged nrgotislions st Tokio and Peking on the commercial development ol Manchuria, the Japa? nese government yesterday instructed its charge d'affaires at Peking to notify China that Japan would throw no ob? stacle in the way of the- development ai Chinese t mt try in Manchuria. On tbe cou' r ry, Japan will oller no objec * rms to the construction of tbe llain mit tun-Fukumen Railroad giving ita connect .on at some point south of Man? churia. In a t-Utemenl issued by Mr Bryan Ism night he vigorously rrraigned the republican party lox its stand at Chicago, taking up Issues in det di and replying to the alt seka on the democratic record made in the platform. He declsrea that it ia sufficient pr Kif that tbe conteat be? tween the reformer and the tundpalter ii the republican piny is over, with the standpatter In tbe saddle. The plat? form is a silent repudiation of nearly every promise of reform that the presi? dent and his followers have given to th* country. After a campaign lasting severe I monti*, the cloie of which was muled by a bitter Igit, the so-called Locke anti-race betting bill was passed by the Louisiana St tte Senate yestsrdsy alter noon. The vole wai 21 to 19. The bili passed the House several weeks ago aud now only requires tbe signature ol the government to become law. There appears no doubt that Gov. Banders will sign the bill immediately. It r quired twenty-one votes to get the bill through the Senate, and the last twenty-four hours before its passage were msrked by a desperate, and finally successful effort to muster the necessary strength. Virginia News. A movement is to be staitsd ia south? west Virginia to hsve the people vote on the question ol prohibition in the State. An Adams Express car, with its en? tire content*, attiched to an early train on the Washington Southern Railroad, wa* de*tr iyed by fire yesterday at Brooke, near Frel'ricksburg. Frank Brown, of Frederickburg, died suddenly yesterday st the borne of his son-in-law, J. H. Reavers, aged seventy one years. He was a nit ve of Inly and came to this country in 1860. Having successfully completed a prac? tice march of 161 miles on foot, visiting some of the most historic battlefields in Virginia, the Richmond Howitzer* re? turned to their home last night. At noon yesterday in the Presbyterian Church it Buckingham Courthouse, the marriage of Miss Fannie Stuart Hall to Rev. Charles Mtrtin Barrett was soham la d by Rev. Dr. J. Gray McAllister, president of Hampden-Sidney College. Yest rday evening in the First Baptist Church, Richmond, Mia* Evelyn Gray Bell, daugbW ot Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bel), of Wilmington, Fluvanna county, was married to James Hoge Tyler, jr., eon ol ft rmer (Jovernor J. Hoge Tyler, of Radford. The homes io Albemirlo county if John and James Mowbeiry, I rothery were visited simultweouily Monday night by the ttroke, a piir of bouncing twins being presented to John, while tl ree healthy youngsters were bestowed upon .Times. At tbe r qunt of the newly elected bosrd of | o'.Ice commissioner! of Lynch? burg, Chief ol Polee J. D. Pendleton tendered his resignation, to tike effect July 1. Hehas been twenty-eight years on tbe force, and chief for nearly eight years. Membe rs of tbe bot rd decline to give any reaaon for their action. Sherill Thomas W. Edwtris bas re? turned to Leeeburg from Carroll, Ohio, where he bad been aummoned by Ihe au? thorities to take charge of a coir red man, who had been identified by Mr. Jones, of Marshall, Fauquier county, as Han? son Thompson, the man who morden d Sergt. Seat mn Middleburg,that county, nearly nine year* ago. The man wis mt Thompson. C. Aylett Ashby, of counsel for former Judge Blackstone, announces that no turner effort will oe made to reinstate him in the position on the bench of the Eleventh judicial circuit, now held ty Judge Clarence W. Robinson. A letter received from Judge Cardwell, of the Court of Appeals, stating that the court decided the ca*e upon its merit* is r> sponiible fer tbe decision of Blackstone's am rue)a. Judge Blackstone was re? moved by the legislature for immoral conduct. He appealed to tbe Court of Appeals fer aarit of mandamus rein? fecting bim, and tbe writ was denied. CANNOT EXACT PENALTY. The type yesterd*y made us say that tbe Oorporaton Commission had decided to grant the application of the R , F. A P. R. R. to be illowed to impose pen? ally on passengers who board trains without tickets. It should bavo read had declined to grant the application. The .Toorna! of Richmond ssys in refer? ence to i Oe mat .er : The C. rpi ration Commi'sion decided agaimt tbe Richmond, Fredericksburg anti Potomsc and the Washington and Soiitottn Uuiways at 2 o'clock yester? day afternoon in the mitt ar of the peti? tion ol the road*asking tint the railways oe allowed 11 ponai'/! passengers who failed t i Beean ticket! before boarding trains. At oriify General Anderson nrj ably explained lo ihe commission that it wm simply the purpose of (he ni!road* tr, defy the tso-cent rate law and have a straight three-cent rate between Alexan? dria and Richmond. President William H. White, of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pott - m<c, explained to the commission ton wjJi the present system in vogue the railroads hat a great deal ol money ty having passengers "heat" their way. It was impoisible, he declared, f >r a conduct! r to go through the train in time to collect faivs from all pas aenge rs between the she rt stations. He tiered r? asked that they be allowed to iinpose some sort ol penalty upon th passengers who failed to purchase tickets at it (tiona where there we ie ticket offices After hearing engumeu s of Attor? neys While, Hill C?r;er and Attorney General Anderson, Judge Prentis, after timv liing with Mes?r*. Will ri and Rhoa, s.iid that the commission could not grant the petit on asked. Sometime ago tho commission, in an en >rt to protect railroads from abase upon the part of passengers, decided thu where passengers did not have tick? ets they should be charged t >n cent* additional fare*, for which thy were to be given a coupon re .definable In cash at any ticket office of the company, .fudge I'rei.t a declared that the Richmond. Freder cksburg and Potomac Railway had not tried ibis system and naturally could not say whether or not it waa a good one>. Still Fighting lo Persia. Vienna, June 24.? St eet fight mg am) pillage which continued throughout lan night are racing agaiu io the atreets of Teheran today. A number have been killed aud scores have been injured in the resumption of the outrage. Yesterday's c-timMsa which placed the list of dead at HOI) are believed to be too low. Todiiy fignies estimate the number killed at close on to a thousand exclusive of 100 Cnssacks who fell during the mad assault of the populace on the ihsh's strrmghol I. Due fourth of Teheran has been levelled as the result of the shelling hy tbe shah's ar illery, and virtually the entire city hss been sscked. The infuriated troopers aod ihe o.OOO Cossacks in the shah's service hive plundered virtually every private re? sident in the city. In retaliation the populace have lotted and sacked all the public buildings in which they have been able to force an entrance. Berlin, June 24 ?Outrages 11 women to children, almott inconceivable to Eir |iean mind, remited from yeater dty'a butchery in Teheran, according to private dispatches received t wlay from German manufacturers' agents in tbe Persian capital. According lo these dispatches the first volleys from the shah's artillery were followed by fiendish charge into the mob by tbe Cossacks, swining heavy sabres with ter? rible effect. Men, women and children were de cap.tiled by the troopers as (hey fled before the charge, and the dead and dying were ridden down and trampled upon without the slightest regnd. The sight of blood seemed to madden the half barharic soldiers, aod according to one German ager t, who waa an eye wit? ness to the slaughter, the gutters of tbe streets immediately surrounding the capital actually ran with blood. Al) tbe r ri rate despatches are of the mo! alarming nature and exp. ess tbe fetr thu the trouble in Per-ia bas only begun and that the carnege of yee t 'rday ia only a sam pie of what may be expected. London, June 24 ?An official tele? gram received today by the Persian legation here nt tte. that the shah has p aced the city of Teheran under mili? tary law and is in cemmand ol the aim ation. In the message assurance is given that all foreign interests are h. ing amply protected and that flo loreign legation or any citizen of any foreign country ia iu the least danger O her reports atate that tbe aim rion io the provinces outlying Teheran ta ex? ceeding critical aod that further serioui trouble is momentarily expected. City Council. The C ty Council at its meeting Ian night transacted a Urge volume of mis cellaneoua bosineas. BOARD OP ALDERMEN. In the Board of Aldermen Mr. Hal lengrr int od ti ced an act repealing sd act forbidding the sale of t ibicco, cigars and others merchandise io Alexandria on Sundaya At his request the set was referred tn> the committee on general laws Mr. Summers introduced a resolution appropriating $1,800 f< r Ihe improvemet t of Alfred street Irom Prince lo Wilkes, which was refei.-red to the commit ee on streets. Mr. Msrbury presented a petition of John Aitcheson for permission lo rf shingle the roof of bis residence on Lee si rest, between Dake and Wolfe, and the ri quest was granted. Mr. Brill asked whit action had been t eken by the committee on general laws on a resolution requesting tbe Mayor to confer with the officials of the electric railway concerning toe ichedule of the city cai now running be tween Spria2 Pirk and the feiry wharf. Mr. Field, from the committee on geneial laws, stated that Superintendent Cliff bad visited bim and stat-il that a schedule Iud been prepared by which the ctr would be run between the t vu points every twenty minutia. Mr. Field said ihe Mayor was out of Ihe cit/, and Mr. Cliff was unable to confer With him. As soon as be could do so au agreement would be reached wheo fie car would be run between Spring Park and ihe foot of King street up tn eleven o'clock et night, meeting all excursion itaaaaora. Mr. Brill stated that the presort sched? ule we- u licet t du and bois kept busy answering telephone calls Irom people who desire t ? know if the car is at ihe ferry wharf. Mr. Summers introduced a resolution appnq listing $ I.r?0 for the purcluse ot a ht nc for the u?e of the Chief Engi? nes r of the Fire Depaitment. It was referred to (he finance committee. A repe rt of the commit econ etreels recommending an appropriation ol $400 for tho improvemei.t of Gronoco street, between Pia and St. Ass ph, wan received from Ihe Common Council, that boar! having recommitted the paper. Mr. BaiLnger, who iorodueod thc resolution providing tor (he improve? ment, moved a nor. joncunnce and asked tor a committee of conl-renoe. His motion waa adop'ed and Mr. H.: lenger and Mr. Hill were appointed. The committee refited and alt r having been out some time returned to the chamber when Mr. Balleuger s'ated that ihe commitiee had agreed to disigree. He moved the.) tbe Alii linen appropriate $400 for tbe work. Mr. Ballenger said the Com? mon Count il should make the appri priation or refuse to do so and net be carrying on child's play by recommitting tbe rennin i m. Mr. Hill agreed with Mr. Ballenger and seconded Iii motion, width was adopted by a unanimous vote. The action of the Alderman was writ i'll upou ihe coiiimi.iVs repe it and the paper sent lo the Common Council. Th t bosrd soon re urned it, having re? fused 11 recede from its original Betfoa. Mr. Ballenger said Hie mt tubers ol the lowei board t-iioultl be men aod <Io one thing or the niher. The excuse they had given for ionising to make the sppiopriatlon wss the fact that the new bind ifsue rendered it necessiry to hold up certsiu appropriations. He wanted the Aldermen lo go on record in regard ti the improvement ofOronoco street. The Aldermen subsequently laid the re pert on the t?ble. The sction of the Common C.omni on the other papers sent in from the lower board was concurred in. common rjoraoix. With the thermnmtt r almost reach? ing the ll>0 mark ami thc temperature ss warm as it possibly could be, twelve members of Ihe board appealed in their seals laet night to look after the city's ioteresls. The first business waa a repot' of the committee on meets in regard to tbe improvement of Columbus street from King to Cameron. Mr. Leadbeatea said it was the origi? nal intention to extend the improve? ment to i (leen but he thought it unwise at this time ti ask for more than $.1,700 for one sq ubi e. The ordinance was placed on its sec? ond reading and went over under the rules, An ordinance requiring the Washing? ton, Alexandria ft Mt. Vernon Railway to tike up the old rails on Columbus street anti sui -tilute improved ones was passed unanimously. A repe.ri of the commit ee on str.iets asking for $400 to improve Gronoco street from Pitt l iM. Asaph came up. Mr. Leadbeater slated lhat tbe street wss in a bat) c<md t on and inasmuch bi the committee had scaled down (he ap? propriation ho urged ita passsge. Mr. Chli i saitl he could not see tho w'sdom of spending so much money on tata square, as it aiirted on a din road and ended on the same. He could not vt.tsfor a $400approprii.tion; he thought the gutt-rs, the main trouble, could be repaired lor a much lest sum. Mr. Leadbeater said the pnperty owneis were complaining and want sj the etreet graveled and graded. Mr. Uhler said the condition of Ihe itreet wm no doubt bsd, but he could bring (o mind squires in much worse shape. Tbe Chair was under tie impression that the matter was ti rest until the ordinances bearing upon si rest improve mem bad been presented for considera? tion. Mr. Harrison slated that tbe people living on a squire ou north Patrick s reet were willing to do mere than their par. towards improving (hat equate and until some improvement was made there he felt like voting against every proposition on this line submitted. The suggestion of ihe Chair that the matter lay over for the present wss adopted. The matter was subsequently tiken up and recommiit?d to the etreet committae. Ad ordinance for tie improvement ff Payne etreet from Cameron (o Oieen waa read twice and went over under the rules. A report of tbe comm fee on street* tn extend a sewer 11 the proper.y of Messrs. Garret and Monroe on Oronoco etreet it a cost of $200 w?a pasted. Tbe committee on light reported on the gu bili of $146.30 doe by Ihe Aler andria Lght Infantry and recommend d thit it be charged to profit and loss ou j the books of the clerk ol gss, I Mr. Utile r stet >d that the Light In? fantry waa a defunct organ z*ti rn and ss long aa tbe bill was chuged against them it would stand ss a claim and wat collectible. The Chair inquired if the charging ol this bill to profit and loss would vitiate (he claim sod Mr. Uhler said it would not. Tho comm t ee on light reporting on a pel t on fruin the Alexandra Realty Company for the ext lesion ot thc c ty gis mains into Rosemont, a new soburo, recommended lhat the realty company psy for the extension ot the maius with the undentinlii g thit theed/ would purchase the pipe hue as roon ss the net revenues from tost suburb riach $180 per annum, Thia report wai adopted. The committee slso presented the re? port of J. B. Waller clerk ol gsa for (bc year which was received and sd' pied. Ihe report showed receipts of $42,71.'! 49 and expenditures of $30,139.99. The sun of $12,000 wss turned over to the gen eral lund, aod a balance of $523 oO il on band. The rcpt md W. E Latham, super? intendent of the city gas warks, it tx! that, although the gross profits ou gai sold consumers had decreased $4,647,71, yet the net earnings nu gas sold con? sumers decreased $42 62, and the t ul expenditures for improvements at the works amounted to $416 22. Mr. Burke from the committee on finance reid the annual report of thc auditor aod took occasion to commeul on the amount of money spent in street improvements which sum, he said, amounted tu $41,mi". He said this yeai a less sum would be expended on seen improvements. The report showed re? ceipts fi r the fiscal y^ar of $140,020 04 expenditure, $140(7ol.41. An announcement from the Board ol Aldermen that they bad disagreed to the Gronoco street improvement prope - tun in refelling the matter to the committ -c on streets, aud asking tor a commiitse ol conference came iu and the (nair ap poiuted Messrs, Burke aud Evausasthe council conferees. Several pet (ions arti r que* ts (all o which will be found in Hie official pro? ceedings aril which occasioned lit le dc bale) were pris>uted and appropriately referred. Tbe petition from tbe Columbi* St 'am Fi io Company asking perm niloc 11 lake the old Columbia engine on t trip with the company to Harrisonburg came up. The Chair referred the matt -r to the committee on public property. Mr. Bi'tell ?; iled that the member ol t io company wauled to know ip time in "'.In lo give them an opportunity t place it in ajotdilj m. The Chair stated lhat there might be some opposition to the ergine being taken away, fr once a terribie coorie gration had occurred wheu but ono en? gine was io tbe city. All such matter* should he considered by the comm.me. He said there was ample t me between t ie next meet ng and tbr> middle of Au? gust for the company t > moke their ar itiigeinents aod thal Council woulfJ meet again in two weeks when a repor would be sui.mi ? -d. Mr. Leadbeater thought like Mr, Birrell that the meter nigh' .. ? eoe siderrd iSBBBedlalsly aid ibuught it ar advantage to the old engine by having it r paired, ami he was glad to see tho lire mon t iking such interest in il. Thc Chair still thought Ihe nnt'.ei should go to a committee and that it could rest for tao weeks and it was sc decided. The committee on conference on the Oronoco street improvements returned 11 the chamber and reported that they cou'd not egree. The bid nf Mr. At thur Bryant ft r the leasing of the property sdjaceLt to the old canal was accepted ami tbe mattel sss referred t > tho committees on public property and tioance for the preparation of the in resiny trdinauce, A re., iliition for an appropriation ol $160 lo purchase a horse for Ihe chiel engineer of the tire depar:ment waa re? ferred to the finance committee. A roioli t on appropriating $ I, -o tn i improve Alfred *:reet from Prince to Wilkes was r.feired to the committee on s'reeta. Tbe matt t of appropriating $400 for theimproveme' tof Oronocos rjet which had j a?sed the Board of Aldermen came in and a nv.con tonon-coocur io the action was lost. The matter was (hen referred to tho committee on street*. The Chair slated that ho had been told by a physicUn (hal incei alu houses in the city which had been placarded no contiguous d seases existed ind otleoed a resdutlon d'rectiog the com? mittee on general lass 11 investigate the mat'er. Mr. Birrell urged the commi t >e on general Ians to look carefully into the malt jr and the res jin t on was adopt id. Permission was grauiei the First Na i ;onal Bank i i const t act eighteen-inch brick walls, laid with cement, insteed of twenty-two inch walls, as required hy? the building laws, in their banking building, sr.on to be erected. The Chair reminded Ihe body that as this was only a one ste ry building the walls would be pi r'ectly safe. When the ordinate to repeal the law prohibiting the sile of t ibacco, &c, on Sundays came in hean the Aldir.nen. Mr. Leadbeater asked if there was mt a Stats law ou Ihe subject. He was an? swered iu the affirms ^. ve and tbe action of oe Alde-nnen lu referring tbe matter to ? commi't e was concurred in, No other business appearing the board adjourned. Scalded to Death. Buffalo, N. Y., June *i -Albert Havi', aged F0 years, j* dud st the Sui {In-line Asylum here from the effects of a beth in scalding water idminiM >red by another inmate of th*t insttutioa. Ia his rjpotl Medical Examiner Danser a ys another cm/ patient ushered tbe old man up to a new attendant .od told h'm the old msn needed a bath. The gt endaoi took it for granted that all was right and told tbe pi.tent to go ahead. The crazy fellow gleeful y led the old man to bath room and sprayed him with scalding hot water. Tbs Market. Georgetown'!) C.. Jone 24.? Wheat 86-dO. DeWiu'i little Early Riser*, tbe famous little liver pill*. Sold by W. F. Creighton ? DIED. On Tuesday, Jane 23, at her redden.-, 10051 < fi boon street, Mrs. MARY V. TRAV r KS, aired 53 jeir*. Funeral from St. Hare's Church on Friday morning at 9 o'clock. On June "3, 19Cw, at bis re<idencs, No. 119 ?o nh Boy.l sire, t, HOWARD G. THOKN TOK, aged 64 year*. Interment at Hal mar kat tomorrow (Thursday) at ll o'clock a, rn, Official. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Ataregulsr meeting of the Boird of Al rici Mien of tin-city of Alexandria, Va., held Jv** BJ, 1908, then- were present: J, EL N. Curtiu, esq., President, ami . Hill, Prill, Marbury, Ballanger, Field ami Summers Mr. Summers ottered S resolution appro prlaiisg $1,800 for the iiiiprov.ni.-nt ts .Vi? nni -i -trett, from Prince ti^Vilkea, which was rt ferres te the Committee on Dtustl. Mr. Ballenger introduced an art to repeal an act entiihd an act prohibiting th* aafe of ln!iari-o, cigars ami other articlea of me n han dial fruin Vi o'clock ou Saturday nigh* of Hash and ev. rv ai -ck until 12 o'clock of t-ich nKcaediag Boodsy Bight, walsh was referred to the Committee OB General Laws. Mr. Marlmry pre sated a petition of John Aitcheson for permission is r.-diiugle his resi? de. e.\ 311 south Lee street, which waa gr.iuted. Mr. Summers introduced a resolnticn sp propristing $160 for the purchase ol'a home Cur the use ul the Pillif BBglnBBI of the Fire Departtm nt. The resolution waa refereed to the Finance ('otiiiiiitler. A report of the Committee ou Streets re? commending an appropriation of $400 for the Imnrovsmaat ct*Waessa airest, between Pitt Mii.l St. Asaph, was received from the Cora mon Council, that I...ard having recount tted tiie reaolation to the e'ommit e.- on Street*. Mr. BaUeeger moved that the Aldermen BOB osaenr in this ai timi and a conference eoaasiittM be appointed. His motio'i pre? vailed and Mtvrs. Ballenger and Hill were appointed. The committee subsequently re porttd that they had met a committee of tbs Cotuiuoii Council, hut that no agreement had bet I ll ii'lled. Mr. Ballenger moved Hint $400 bc appro pi ini. I for the wot k. II is minion waa adt.pl ed and the n-port al the Committee on Streets returned to las Oobbbmm CowaeU. That board refuse i Id recede fruin ita pit viotw action vasa thc Aldermen laid thc paper on the table. Au ordinance requiring the Wash bast ss, Alexandria aud Mount Vernon Railway Cou pany to lay groove rail* aud pave willi vilri Bed brick on Columbus street, fi om King to Cameron, between rails and two feet on each side, was receive 1 fiotu the Common Council, read three times ami pained liv thc fnl'owing vol*: Ayes, Messrs. Hill, Brill, Mar'mrv, Ballencer, Field, Slimmers and Mr. Presi ! dent?7. Nncs, BOBS 'I he to Ihe following were received from the Com? mon Council and their action concurred in by unanimous votes: Bf Bel I of the Committee on Street* recom iiiemlii :? an appropriation of$ID0fBf the eon ?traeUoa ofa sewer in the al'ey in the -quare bounded by Washington, Columbus, Oronoeo mid Pend let in streets, to lc available when four permits to tap the same have been paid for. Resolution in reference to placarding houses in which contagious disease* are supposed to . \ isl. Pi t'tion of A Deane for the lease of certain property belonging to the city. Petition of thc Columbia Fire Company for permission to take the nhl Columbia eugine tu llarriro'iburg, Va., in August next. Petition of the Bell ince Fire Company for aa appropriation of$iio to aid in defraying the expenses of Uti visit of the company to Harrisonburg, Vu., in August next. Petition of sundry citizens for a sewer on Fa>ctte street, north and south of King airest, Petition of sundry resident*, for the paving ni I'uM-tte street, between King and Oaatsroa. Petition Of tB. K.l.. Hale Company for per niisiion te pin. S sanitary trash boxen iu the streets of tbs etty. Pei ii ion of VT. R. P. Taylor for au en? trance am! exit ti house 711 Prime street through the alley itiuuiug on Washington stre.-t. Petition of sundry citizens I' r the graveling of Washington itreet, I .tween Wilkes and Franklin. City Treasurer's itBtesseat ol receipts and expenditun-s for the tiseal year euding May ll, LOO*. Audilor's statement of iive'ipts and expend? itures for the fiscal rear sodtag May Bl, ihoh. BepSVlS of thc Clerk ol Gai and Superin? tendent of I a* for the tltcal yesr ending May IL IBM lina af T P. Ki ll n.i permit lea lo re? pail l ouse ''17 Wolfe street. Petit Um of Vost sk Morrill for permission to c.nish ii. t ls-inch walls laid iu POrtlaafl cement in the ssw Fitst National Batik I ? liding. Resort of the Conralrke on Light on a bill ol $140.90 sgaiasl the Alexandria Light I n fun tn . Bepert of the Cnn minec "n Light on a pe? tition of tbs Alexandria Realty Company for i in- extern ion of gas mains. Fid of Arthur Bryant for the lease of cer? tain property belonging to the city with the privilege of purchasing the same. The i ..ard then adjourned. J. P.. N.lTKTIN, President Teste: Luthkr H. Tho.mimjn, Clerk. COMMON ( DUN cu.. At a regulir meeting af the Common Council ol the ci,yoi" Alexandria, Va., held lune Uni, I90JB, lhere were pres.nl : Hubert Snowden, es(|., President, and Messrs. Leadbeater, Burke, Brill, Baader, Birrell, Monroe, llellmiitii, Hirrisoo, t'hler, Spinks and Evaai A report of the Clerk of (;*?., Hiiperinten dent of Oas, and Ci.y Treasurer, shoeing re ceipts and disbursements, and operations of tue i Hy gas works for the ti-ca I year ending May ;<1, 190$, m.hs received and adopted. The Auditor's annual statement showing leeeiptsand disbursements of the city gov eminent for the fiaesl year Beding May Slat. ?JOB. and the Ci;y '1 rensurn's report for fiaeaj jasr ending May 31st, 19.8, were re eel ved nod adopted. Ali onlinanc. to grath-, pave and cut I. Payee street, lui.reen Cameron and lauren street, under cert lin conditions, waa recom mended by the joint Committee on Streets and Finance and read the first and second time and laid over mirier thc rules. An ordinance te grade, pave and curb Co? lumbus street tresa Ki.igti Cameron streets, under certain ronditioaa, ? is recommend.-1 by the j int Coinui'tt e on Streets and Fi? nance ai -I read the first at d a-coad time a and laid over nuder the lilies. An ordinance requiring the \V., A. A Mt. Vernon Railway Company tr, take up its rails now laid ou Columbo* strocl, irom the north (?roiling or King s.reet north to the west cm - ng ot'Culuniluis street, at Cameron, aud pla) gr. ovid rails and to grade and pave space ht i ween Bald rails, and two feet on I eb ldc there, f willi vilritii.il brick on a six-inch concrete base, waa recom me lided by the Com. Deities ob ttreeta, read three limes and passed ?aye, ll; Bass, 0. In compliance with a n ordinance passed May l.'ili, taOS, Bsd in answer to ihe ad rei t mm. ni duly pabjiaked the following bid wu received, walch was accepted and refer red to lae joint Committee en Fiuance ami t'ubhc Property ti prepare the ne. ordinance for the lease of the property: Alexandria, Va., .lune 22, l<Wj<j, To the City Council of Alexandria, Ya: I make the folio., ng < rter for tba property ri In- and (ranchi n advertised as attached here io: 1, I will lea a the said properly rights and rnaeftJiesBBr the term af icu years at an annual reata] af twenty (ive dollar*, with the option and privilege of buying the siid property right, ami fritnehiies at any time within said Uri years for the sum of seven li mid rut and tifty dollars. ?. I will enct on said property a building .ind lunnufacturing plant to coat about Its thousand dollars, to liegin with, which J prc pose to coodnet and operate in connection with my sgricullural and feitiliier busmen*. My intention is to I sere ms the etas andes, pacity of the pl u 1 froaa time to lime. I present with ibis, my bid, a certified du k for om- huii.lrc I dollars, payable to the .. iler of tl a City Co moil of Alexandra, which Bert ti si check will 11 returned to me should my Ind be reioeaas. in cine my bid is accept el tbe said easel will bs 1,-urned lo me upon the pax mein 1 * the City Council of Alexandria of the cm ts of thia advertisement. My che. k for one hnndrel dollar* heretofore deposited by me with my original offer ia to be returned to me. Respectfully, ARTHUR H. BRYANT. Tke Co., uittee on Btrseta r> -ommended an appropriation of $200 to lay sewer in alley boucded t.. \\ a- tiiiigtoii, Columbus. Oronoco and Peudlet.ni streets to bc available wheo four taps have been paid fur and the report waa adopted? ayes, ls noe*, 0. Tbe I ouimittei od Street* r? commend.-1 an appropriation of |4<j0 to widen and complete thc gutters and to gravel tbe roadway ou Oronoco etnet, from St. Asaph to Pitt street. The matter waa recounted to the Committee Ol Street*. The Board nf Aldermen non con ssrrod and raqasated ? t ..moiittee ti Confer ence and Messrs. Kvsas and Burke were ap pointed. The committee report.d that tl ey we-e unable to agree. Th.- paper was return el liter hythe Berti of Aldermen,! hsJ: board having adopted the report of ;to-committee and appropriated t-K/0 fur U>? work, a mo timi to lay (he matter ou the table wa. Io*t ayes, 6; noe., 0. Upon motion the resolution and report wa* referred to the Committee on Streets. Th* joint Committ'eon Light end Fin mee recommended that tbe City < ouncil enter in to an agreement with tbe Alexandria Realty Co. to turnish ga* to Rosemont, upon the f.il lowing condition*: The Re-ilty Ce. to Hy the mains to connect with city luiins at corpora? tion lines. ^ he city to further agree to pur clune from the Realty Co. its Hue when the net revenue from said line reaches the sum of $J8U, and the report was adopt d?Ayes, 12; anea, o. . The joint Comuitte on Finan e and Light recommended tha' tlc bills now charged to Hie L gbt Infantry amounting to $146.30 be charged to profit and loss in the gea office aye*, 12; noe*, 0. Upon pet lion, permission waa granted Rogt and Morrill, architects, toeoemtiuct 18 inch walls laid iu Portland cement in lieu of 22 in. walls with lime uortar. Permission wa* .ranted T. F. Kelly to re? pair house 917 Wore street, provided there is uo objection from adjoining property owners. A petition to gravel rnadaayou Washing? ton street, between Wilkes aud Franklin street*, waa referred lo the Couuittee on Streets A petition from W. R. P. Taylor to rep* ir entrance at 711 Prince street, was referred to the Comm.ttee on Btrests. A proposition from the R. L. Hale Co. to place one hundred sanitary trash boxes at convenient places in the city wss referred to the Committee on Streets. A petition from .lames B. Hughes for grad? ing and building 40 feet vitrified brick pave? ment an I granite euri) on Fa) et te street, be? tween King and Cameron streets, was refer? red to the joiut Commitue aa Streets aud Finance. A petition for a sewer on Fayette airest, north and south of King street, was referred to the joiut Couimitt e on Streets ami Fi nance. A petition from the Reliance Steam Fin Eugine Co requesting a donation of $100 tt> help di fray their ex pensen lo the Firemen'. Convention at Harrisonburg, Vs., in August, was referred to tbe C"mmitt<e ou Finance. A petitiou from the Columbia Fir. F.ngine Co i eqnest ing permission to take th? resen a engine to Hsrtiat nhurg on the rvesaion of tb. Fireman's Convention in August, was refer iel to the joint Como it ee ou General Lana anti Public Property. A petit on from Augustus Dean ti lease certain land south of the laud already leaned io lum Ht Ma.lison a' .1 Lee stn i-N, fronting on the Potomac river, waa referred to the , nut Committee on Public Property aud Fi uani c A resolution (.tiered by Mr Suowdeu re? questing the Committee >:n (ieneral Laws to investigate the matter of p'acanling house* for contagious dist mes, waa referred to tin Coniniittic on (Jeueral Laws. The following was received frost tin- Board of Aldermen and their action co icurred in;, A resolution appropiatiog $lfu to purerj&*r a horse for the chief of the fire department. Also an act to repeal an act prohib',t';iig ll iS sal. of tobacco, cigars, etc., from 13 o'clock on Saturday night of each week until li o'clock of each succeeding 5-u.oiiey uight. Also a t. -..lotion appropriating $1,800 to grave'timi gutter Alfred street, fro ru rrir.e to Wilkes. Also a petition from John Aiteliesou to t ? shingle residence at .'III south 1 ec street. Th.- board (hun adjoume I. I HUBERT SNOWDEN. President f Tests; DABin R. FjTAJOJBl hy, Clerk. TROUBLE WITH VENEZUELA. The United Stairs legation has left tbe Venezuelan capital, and diplomatic re? lations with President Castro have been servered. The attaches awn t (be ar? rival of the U. S gunboat Mariel ta. P.r i/ 1 is now guarding the interests nf this country. A rupture with Ilnilenel ls expected as the outcome nf the Vene? zuelan question. A i ,?fusal of Castro tm arbibrate has brought about tbe present condition of a (lairs. The Venezuela at? tache is expected to leave Washington. Ar. Interview which the Caracas cor? respondent of the Paris Matin had with President Castro, of Venezuelp, in wbicJi (.astro isijunteel as saying: "I do not fear Eu ripe; all thu power* ou coalesce, but Veneznela will remain im? pregnable while I live," is attricting at? tention. The correspondent quote* Castro aa sayiog: "The Imsinses invasion of foreigners in Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador tluestsns our national exis? tence. Why disannuls) '.' My dream is to regenerate noithtro. South America and nuite it for common detente against the invasion ol the barbarians of Europe and the other America." President Cast-o seemed indifferent ra to whether diplomatic relations with France were resumed or not. Ile de? clared he had expelled M. Taiguy, the -?W| French charge d'aflairs at Caracas, in llMir,, autl the French (table Company because they hid supported the Matt ? revolution, aud he defied tbe Freschi government to deny this. Children teething often sutler from Cholera Infantuu, Diarrhea, or sous form of Bowel Complaint. Dr. Sets Ar.voin', Baisam is the best remedy. Warranted by Frank Warfield aud Henry Callan. BEAL ESTATE. Alexandria, Va., June IStlS, (908 Messrs. M. I*. Harlow & Co , General Insurance Agents. Alexandria, Va. Gentlemen : I beg; to acknow? ledge receipt of your draft for amount of insurance I carried on my stock, fixtures, etc, which were destroyed by fire on the 12th instant. In connection with this matter I wish to state that my property was originally insured with the Alexandria Home Fire Insurance Company, and the business of said company was afterwards purchased by the Westchester Fire Insurance Company of New York. This latter company was very prompt in the settlement of my claim, and the loss was fully paid, and to my entire satisfaction. Very respectfully, A. L. Jameson. M. B. Harlow & Co., Inc., Represents Thia Company III Sooth Fairfax Street ileiaidria. Vi. 16 mu* ter/One old JAVA e.'Or-'FEKjos issi red by J. C. Ulisvii. J