rt****** ?-.???/? \Trrivnr, nx.-NO.42. XlBXANDRIA, VA. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23, 1909, PRICE 2 CEN TS DRY (J00D9. Our Twenty ninth Business Birthday Anniversary. Th's is onr Anniversary Week, the cf lebrstian of which began M inday and wi>l continue nil the week. It is a subs'ni tia] celebration, ns well ai a sentiment'1 one. Every section of the store hss been f>r weeks |irefuriog fe r ihe event, and every dar there will be special rpporiunities to secari new, fresh, desirable merchandise at under* value prices. Men's Clothing Dept. Men's Hand-ta'lored Fancy VeaU. of fine foreign and domestic worsteds, fien nele, and novelty cr ten 'abrics, made iojtbe new five-button single-breasted model. All are fitteJ over t,e hips and ure the equal in style, tit, and finish of the best. 8Ss? 34 to 12. AsxivKi:c a yard. Value, tot. Second llxir?F rt. NOTE -Mail orders will be filled for tbe Auniversary Specials as lon:; as tbe goods hold out. While ipantiuea are gMierons in all department, would ad? vise your t r 1-rinfr at once to avoid pos? sible delays and disappointments, Washington, D. C. 10th,llth,F.&a.Sts.,N.W. A Reliable Remedy FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quick ly absorbed. Ci?ea Relief at Once. I sc KitllOS, heals and plot feta the diseased iu.-m I' itarrh and drives avayaCold in trie Head tiulckly. ll the Benseaol Taste and smell Full sir.. . at Druggists or hy mnil. Liquid i Halm i\>r uso in atomizers 7.r> 1*1 v Brothers, 56 Warna Street, New York. INDIGESTION? DYSPEPSIA? lin first minute after a brr starla is tli ? i?o*t critical lime, sui the "Columbi*" Ex Har beiaf always mali for u?e. rusk rs too Bsas'trol the aituation. E. 8. LEAD BEATER A SONS. Fanr-y Kew Orleans MOLVSSE-1, 60c. cloie* Neat Orleana MOLA8S8's*, f>Oc. al _ J <*. MlI.P.! 'vap-uatt-l IVtrhes and Apricots for tale at 12c per p^und hv _.L**1, Ml ll,QRK. eUN BLAS COCO AN UTS for sale at 5c mo ai J. C. MILBURN*. PUBLT8HKD DAILY AICD TBI-WXEXLT AT GAZETTE BUILDING. 810 A 313 PRINCE 8TBEET. Tibmb: Daily?l rear, $6:00 0 month a $2:50: 3 months, $1:26; 1 month, 43 cents; 1 week. 10 cents. Trl-weekly?1 year, $3.00; 6 months, $1.60 S months, 76 cents: 1 month, 25 cents. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to ex? ceed their space unless tbe excess ls paid for at tranaieDt rates, and nuder no circom stances will they be allowed to advertise other than their legitimate business in the space contracted for. Resolutions in memoriam, of thanks, tributes of respect, reaolutions adopted by societies er persons, unless of public concern, will nly be printed in the paper aa advertise? ments. , Marriage and death notices most be paid for in advance. [Entered at the Postoffice of Alsxandrla, Vb ninia, as second-class matter.1 THE CARMAOK TRIAL. Court adjourned at Nashville, Tenn., yesterday in the midst of tbe crott-ex aminstion of John D. Sa rp, codefend ant with Gol. Duncan Cooper aud Robin Cooper, now on trial for tbe slaving of formsr United 8'atss Sjnator Edward W. Car mack. Robin Cooper, undera bitter cross ex? amination of nearly four boor-, beld bis own. He was always cool, careful, ai h an indication to be fsir. The ooly other witness of the day aaa Saarp, who told bis story under direct examination. Then he was turned over to Attorney General Guner, whose cross-exam'ca? tion is of the rapiedlire variety. John Sharp is a man of high temper and Gar ner soon bal him beside himself. He contradicted himself on many minrr details, but never on the more impor? tant particulars. (lace he got on dangerous ground. On direct examination S-iarp swore that be saw tbe killing and that "Car-Back fell after Robin Cooper had fired (bree times." Gae of tbe bullet wounds, a necessarily fatal one, pierced the rena tor's neck within one-sixteenth of aa inch of the spinal cord and came out un? der the tongue. As Sharp swore tba) OsrrcHck was facing young Cooper, a:n - ing a revolver at him, this wound would be imposable to recoicile with tbe state? ment. Go cross-exsmination Siarp -aid, however, tbat Osrcnack turned hia head jast as tbe second shot was fired He did not explain bow the senator could turo bis head far econgh to per? mit the ball to enter the medium line of the neck on a s'raipht line. KS0APE3 KRGM 8LEEPIN< - GUARDS. Af er having been safely conveyed 3,OOO miles from Oregon, where he was captured, to face a charge of murder in Scott county, Dave Meade escaped from two guards at Appalachia, at an early hour yesterday morning. After reaching Appalachia, which was almost their destination, the party went to a hotel to rest and wait for a train to G*te City, where Meade wat to be placed in jail. The prisoner was bound by bandco.fi-, fas'ened to the arm of one of the officers, and bis feet manacled. The officers then went to sleep. Meade took tbe keys from the pocket of a guard, unlock? ed tbe iaodcull*, and freed his feet. He then lobbed both guards of their pistols, all of their money and watches, and fled. He bas not so far been beard (rom. M ade is charged with having mur? dered three members of a family in Baot! county, and had been at large for some years. He was apprehend.d at gnat expense after a big reward bad been offered. Governor Swanson, o' Virginia, made a requisition on the governor of Oregon, and procured bi* extradition. GUIS CHILDREN'S THROATS. Hans R. Hanson, a farmer living near Sturo, Wis., cut the throats of his four children, a boy and three girls, whose ages rarge from 5 to 1 6 years,yes? terday with a butcher knife. After killing bis children, Hanson went to the barn and stabbed several horses, cows, calves and pigs and killed a cat. He then poured paris green in the hogs trough Then, having poured kerosene about the house and barn aud set fire to the building', Haoson drew a sharp knife across his own throat, The con? flagration brought neighbors to tbe scene, They found Hanson hanging out of a window through tbe glass of which he had fallen after cutting his throat. He was palled out of the burn? ing building, but he died in a few min? utes without saying a word. Hanson afended church Sundar with bis foor children and nothing was noticed in his actions. He was an inmate of au asy? lum about 12 years ag?, but was rd a?ed af .er a shci t t n.e. Hanson eas a wid? ower._ GUARDED BY MARINES. Gnarled by a detschmentment of Coiled States marines with fixed bayo? nets, Eastman Spears, colored, wbo killed Ernest Merlins, a yenng white boy, yesterday afternoon, was removed early last night from Pensacola to tbe navy yard, Mertins, who was 1 "> years old, waa struck on the temple with a rick and killed. Some white and negro boys were fighting near Palafux wharf, and Spear.-, who was not engaged in the fight, picked up a rock and burled it at the while boys, missing them nod striking Mer? tins, wh'i was s'aiding on the wharf awaiting the return of a pa ade. Officer* captured Sprars aud took him to jail. The police dispersed a small mob at the ja 1, but after darkness fell, however, crowds began gathering again, and tbe prisoner was removed to the navy yard for safe keeping. For Tbat Terrible Itching. Eczema, tetter and salt rheum kerf their victims in perpetual torment. Thc application nf Chamberlain's Salve win instantly allay this itching, aod man) cases hsre been cared by is nse. Foi sale by W. F. Creight: n & Co., am. Rloeaid Gibton, RAILROAD RUMOR5". It it sta'ed thst since the reported acquirement of the Chesapeake and Ohio Kaile av by the Standard Oil Co., a aurvey of the route from Grange to Washington via Fredericksburg and al? to from Doawell to Washln^m via Fredericksburg will be ttut'd a few days. This may mean the building of a new road to Washington from D. s well or the aquirement of the Narrow Gi?.'ige and the building of a rr a i to Waihiogtoo with connection witi the main lina* of tbe 0. A 0 at G ml lin? ville ?[Girdonsville Gazefe; DRY GOODej. 4 DAYS A SALE Zl OF ^ House I*, Specially arranged for Inauguration Supplies. Sheets, Sheetings Blankets, Comforts Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Etc 0-'0--0 Saturday Monday Tuesday AND February 20,22,23 --24 Bl.-'cViel Sheeting, CMC o'the Vcr\ brands 10- J, :ilc v\\u-, al. 25c lt lear h eil Sheeting, stn e . j ? a ility. M, st '/'.ic. Bleachail .MiNtiiiir, asm** ?iu?lity, *? I at 2lc very he??y 10 4 Rm D sheeting el. 2-tc 45-iaeh B'eaehed Pill .w Casi og u . 12Jo I.e ldy-msde I'il ow Cas-a . It Msw Kum G,oi Blaaefce. Bbc H. Ht Mohavk B'eaehel i-'ie?t<. Ile Kxtva larfC Hnrk Towel*, I0J val *. at 12'c IfcUoek Towels fe'. 10c i'll Linen Birrie Napkin*.98 ? dozen .'"-?? R'e'.rl.el TurkUhTowtla. IV Blear-bed Turkish Tn?->la. 124; Hleiehed Table Unana. 72 inches wi ie, n.tOtotl.fl* values, for. Bl?.clit-I Table I l"?B, li inch, Ht. $'.!?< White Wot 1 B aoketa, at. $2 H White Wool Blankets, at. $-1 lal fl (10 Roil Comforts for. ll mi Bad C imtott. fir_. |l |? |1 (0 White 61.reade 'or. $1.26 White Spreads for. Nt $1.98 lace Curtains for. . Fesdv-iinde Mantle Drajerie-. 2k" Applique .Si'Srf. and Sham.. 19e 1'nirn Linen Drawn Work Center Pieces. 19c AND 316 KING STREET. BELL 'PHONE. HOME 'PHONE Id OUSE FURNISHINGS SPECIAL , a a ? IN . ? FOLDING ? | GO=CARTS | ? To close out a few patterns 4 ? of ? limited mimlicr. 4 ? 4 A FOI.D1NC, (.O-CART. WOOD A 4 BODY a ? $2 WAS $3. } A FOLDING GO-CART NICKEL 4 ty TKIMMI I) J ? $6 50 WAS $9 4 4 FOLDING GO-CART, BLACK 4 4 TRIMMED 4 4 $6WAS $8.M) i 4 FOLDING GO-CART, W|TH 4 4 HOOD 4 ? $5 75 WAS $7. ? J STU I.*<;f..\k CO-CART, *j 4 WOOD v ? $1.35 WAS $1.90. J 4 0-0-0 v J I. RUBEN & SONS, J ? 641 KING STREET ?????????????????I DRY GOODS. Extraordinary Bargains in SILK $1.72 Phalanx Black $1 IQ Taffeta . . . s 114 North Fairfax Street Lxceller.t linc of H^ Wines Liquors-Cigars IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC Select Oysters ON THE HALF SHELL Our Liquors and Cigars are thc host obtainable Hannisvillc ?' H&EH Sherwood ?? fe?-1 Alabaatior. the v aoTona Seductions ia BAISIN8 and CUBRANTH ?Bett Seeded , Raisins, 13c. Beat Cleaned Crraeta.lOa Fear aeWy p ^ ^^ NEW RAISINS. CURRANTS aud APRI COTS just rt^ftib, JiCtMILBUEK| Th*;iW>8t: of Kvprvthlnjc Handcraft Stains. I Sherwin-Williama; For use in furnishing in? terior woodwork, fine furniture, etc 55c the pint. Taylor's Pharmacy, Both Pnonea. Night Bell. 616 King Street. RICHARD H. WATTLES MANt'FAOTI RF.K OK FERTILIZERS Office airs Storm: iifi-n7 N. Poyal St. Dealer in Hardware, Paints, Agri? cultural Implements, Vehicles. Harness, Field and Garden Seeds. WARtnorsKS, sotTH rxiox strf.ict, or MUK OF SOUTH IM RAILWAY. Also Grain, Hay. Straw and AH Kinds of Mill Feed Will al wars keep In stock the highest grad* cf these articles. dovS ly "CAPE COD CRANBEBRIE8 for n's at Oe quart br J. C. MILBURN. LORD FAIRFAX WHISKY FOR FAMILY TRADE Recommended-by Physiciansf foi its Medicinal Qualities. $1.00 Per Full Quart. f il RM A & ( 0., t PROPRIETORS J KING ST. Sold By All Fir/-t-cla?s Dealers: t*tnth 'nhona?. The Wagons We Sell Are strictlj 6rtt clast in evrry part cu lar. Experience lat taught us thai lo j .nv a fear do'ara mare tod gd we urt* nt differ rrt from other f ilk; thea when vu bf/ s wagon wbj not get the bon1 Our Wfber Furm Wapot can't be beat. They are strictly puarantfed, as is also every kind o( 'arming implements we handle. HYERS BROTHERS 115 Nnrth Pitt Street. LOWEN BACHK Store IS THE PLACE TO GET The Best Medicinal Whisky on the Market. Wakefield Kino; and Alfred ?5TRFRT'-' Is the quality sort that appeals discriminating as to the rm It's pure, sweet and appcti; It Has A I For years Midland Butter has been to Alex WE SOLICIT YOUR Edward Qui Cor St. Asaph an DRY <'O0D-'. Swan Bros., Demon? strations ALLTH1SWEEK The Titus S wing Ma? chine darning attachment will be demonstrated in our store all this week Every Home Needs Ooe More and better darning can be done with the Titus Darner in five minutes than in an hour by hand; can be used for darning stock? ings, lace curtains, table linens and underwear. This attachment can be used on any two-thread machine Come in and see ths wonderful little time saver skillfully dem? onstrated? 1LV 25C J Also see the demonstra? tion of the Surety Belt Buckle; a valuable inven? tion of great importance and convenience to every [woman. See it demon ! strated in our store all this week. Price25c-$2.50 _uoiStiQ Gordon's Mi-?"iri IJ coredL for sale by J. C. MIL B (JU S THE PURR FOOD STORR. >r 35c Pound to those who are particularly rita of the butter they buy. ing Reputation recognized as thc best that comee andria. BUTTER TRADE. inn & vSons, d Oronoco Streets ^(?UCULTURAJ^ John P. Robinson, Geo. 8. French, President. Secret.-ry. Alexandria Fertilizer aod Chemical Company. MA!nryACTUKKB8*"OF Fertilizers, Fertilizer Ma? terials & Sulphuric Acid. Ask your dealer for the Alexandria Fer? tilizer & Chemical Co.'s Products. Capacity: 50,000 tous per annum. Prinoaa S-trea-t aud Potomac Pivtr Wharf. Alexandria.Virginia. W. (i. UaKVKY, Ml., I I). C. KU'HAKbSON Pres't A Trtas. Secretary. -THK Bryant Ferti lizerCorapan y Uanntacturers of FERTILIZERS. FEP.TTLIZINa MATE* EIAtfl, PURE RAW BONE ANP FTNE GROUND NOVA SCOTIA * LAND PLAr-fTEB Office': Burke and Ilerbert'sbank l.uiUlina;, Fae'orr and Wharf: Foot of Dnxt air-**. Alexandria. Va A Slash AND CUT Clothing and Gents' Furnishings 25 Per Cent Off All Suite. Over? coats, Raincoats, Trousers and Fancy Vests. $2 Field Special Shifts Now $1.39. $150 Field Special Shirts Now $1.15. $1 Monarch Fancy Shirts Now 79c. 75c Paney Shirts now 49c Now is your chance to replen? ish your waidrobe at slight cost. I!. Lee Field, Clothier and Gents'Fomisher 612 King Street !.. MK-ELLKri AND BJTATIOJNER inst Between Onrselves, The writing paper we carry in stock is the best procurable for social correspondence, Dyson's Book Store, sos xino st. Bell Tel