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Klttitt&na ?azettr. FRIDAY EVENINQ, MAY 13, 1M0 LOCAI, MATTERS. Sun and Tide Table. '??n rta*a tomorrow at 4.48 and eeta at 7 04, Hi(?h watar at 12.07 p. m. Weather Probabilitiea. For thia aaction fair, continuedcool tonigbt; iight froat in low plac*?; 1 gbt northwc-st to north wiada. MUBDEB, BOBBEBY AND AB80N 8U3PEOTED. Three negroee are beiog hantec* by the Marrlaod pollce in connection witb the de?'h by flre Satorday oight of Mr. and Mrr. Jobn T. Miller at tbeir atore at Accokeek, Prioce Georgea touity, Md One of them ta taid to have B-en tbe $2,000 carried by the old atorekeeper wbo did not trnat baoka, and a rtaident of Accokeek a?w cbaoge made in tbe atora and the mooey exhibited. The negroea came in a sloop from Alexandria. They made frequeot tripa to Accokeek for lomber They h(: two boora after the flre witb only a foorth of tbe lomber tbey u'uaily carried. Tbe pollce bave a deecription oi the d*rk*ye. Mucb atresa ia laid on the fact thtt a negro aaw the roll of mooey the atore? keeper alwaya carried He bonght Bometbing and waa giveo chaoge after paating over a one-iollar biil. After tbat notbiog waa aeen of him, and it waa tbouitht be retarned to bii boat, which wa* aboot a mlle and a balf from Miller'a Btore. A fartber aearch of the ralna of the Miller homereeulted In findiog Mr. Md ler'a eye-glaasee and a piece of cloth en twined aronod them. Thia aeema to io dicate tbat wheo the old ra?n wasoaurht io tbe on be waa dreaaed. Near hia wife'a body were also found several cor aet staya. Thia, the police aay, indieatea abe waa alao drcaaed wheo cau^ht In the flre, or was uurdered. Mra. Bobert W. Miller, the altttr-in* law, wbo livea near by, aaid both of tbe old peraona went to bed abont 9.80 o'clock and ahe ia unable to iuder aiood why tbe clotbiog of both Mr. aod Mra. Miller could be fcuod near the bodiea. The general impreaaion ia tbat aome one got in the atore from tbe rear door aod hid uitil aUer Mra. Miller stait'd t> bed. Tbe police aay it ia poaaible tbat b( th were attacked, ooe at the etairway aod the othir at tbe end of the coooter. Followiog tbia, the police aay, tie murderera muat have aatnrat d the place witb oll and tben aet flre to it, ocaping, af'er robbiog the old mao, from tbe front door, wbich waa fouad opeo at the t m tb? fire waa rag* iog. Ooe of the moat iaexpllcable tbioga hefore tbe ptlice ia boa? the alippera of Mre. Miiler ctuld have g t in tbe patb leadiog to Bobert W. Miller'a home It waa aaid Mra, Miller never wore the alippera from the houae. Tbe ahoea indlcate tvynod all doubt that they bad been woro tutdoora. Mr. Bnbitt W Miller, brotber of the dead man, waa io tbia city today. GIRLS* FRIENDLY. An iotereated aod appreoiatiye au dience greeted Mrs. Henrielta Irriog Btltoo laat eyeolog, wben ?he gave, In ihe Pariah Hall, one of her inlmltable addteaaea before the Ohriat Ohurcb E;?adi o? the Girla' Friendly SocWty aod Ita goeata. Mta. B -ton gaye a brlel aketch of tbia aockty from ita orgaoizi tioo io Euglaod io 1875, and told of He growth Io the Uoited Btatea alnce 1879, to ita preaent memberahip of 30,000. Hhe explainfd what tbe aoclety atanda /or and appealed to the girla to llve %up, ?t bome aod abroad, to tbeir jdedgea. After the addreaa daluty relreahmenta were aerved by the ladiea io charge, Mr* Bu t io, a great oiece of Waahiog too Irviog, ia ? maat gifted writer aod apeaker. rJbe haa devottf her iife to tbia great work amoog girla and ia, at preaect, preaideot of the Waabiogtoo Dieceaao G.rla' Frleodly Society, aod vice prealdent in charge of Virglnia, Weat Virgiula, Maryiand, the Oarolinaa and otber eoulhern a'atea, THEELEOTION YIHTERDAY. Tbe demncr&tlc primary electloo for membera of the 0 .mmoi Oooncll yeater? day ofteroooo resalted in ihe electloo of tbe follcwioc: Becood ward, Loula Brill aod J. Y. Williaim; Thlrd, A. D. Brcckett and J. F. Bmli; Fowltl 0. B. Swao aod Tbomaa Ohauorey. Meaara Wiiliama, Brockett, 8?ao and Ohaoncey will be new membera. Mr. Wiiliama will take the place of Mr. Henry B sder, Mr. Brockett that of Mr. W. H. H ilrouth and io tbe Fonrtb jAtw*. Baraa aud Obaoocey tboae ol Meaart L B Uhler and Frank T. Eyaoe, tbe lat er not haviDg been a candidata for K-eleolion. Tbe followlngwaatbeyote: Secondand Lonla Brill, 220; J. Y. Wiiliama, 204; Heory Baalrr, ll<i. Third, A. D. Brockett, 184; J Fred Birell, 128. William H. Hellmntb, 105. Foorth, Oharlea B. rfwao, 189; Tbomaa Ohauocey 177; L E. Uiher, 69, Tbere waa oo conteat in tbe Flrat ward and there waa oooppoaitioo for the poaitlona of Aldermao. Mr U'jlor ia at preaeot the thairman of tbe committee oo ligbt He haa B?r?ed in Oouocil over twenty ytara ba? iog at one t me beeu rbairmao of the fioaoce committee. Mr. B<ad?r tba preaect chtitmao ot tbe ommuteeon fioance baa arryed in Oooncil over t?n yeara, and Mr. Hellmuth abont eight yetra Theae gentlem d baye deyoted mnch of tbeir tlme and labor to tbe city'a iit-rett MA80MO. A large nomber of membera of the Maaier Maaona' Aaaociation of tbe Graod Jurladiction of the Diitrict of Oo nubla, with Mr. Henry T. Woodard, head of tbe orgaolzatlon, paid a frater nal vleit Io Alexandria-Waahingtcn Lodge, of tbia city, laat nlght and wlt neaaed toe eooferriog of the Ma*t?r Ma boo'b degree. A oumber of Maaora from other joriadictiooa were alao piea? ett At the coocloaion of the meetiog the viaitora weie eerved witb refreah menta aod a very pieaaiot eveoiog waa epeot by all present. MEDICAL SOOIETY. The eenoiaui uil meetlng of the Medi cal 8>cietv of Noribtrn Virglola and the Diatrict of Oolombia, will be held ia Mioaaias oext Wedoeaday, May 18. It ia expec'.ed that fi.ty physiclana will at teod. Electlon of officera and tbe dia caaaloo of medical toplca will be tbe priocipal bnaioeaa. FIGBTING A OHANGE OF DI8 1BIOT LiNES Bepreaeiitat *e Obarlea 0. Oarlln, of Alexandria, V'., will be renomioated witb ut oppoeltion, and renommation in tbat dlatrtct meaoe rc-slectloo. Oarlin ia a yonng man who hia bewed bia own way to tbe froot. He waa not born witb a ailver apooo in hia month, and he had an ophill road to hoe when he waa a boy, and while it ia no ancommon thing to find ecores of men in the weet who have climbed from the farmto tbe fornm it ia ritaer usnioel to fiod Io the inib men who bave acbieved aa great ancceaa aa baa Mr. Oarlin with aa fewadvantvgea aa be baa bad. Two yeara ago, when Oarlin had aerved only one year, he had a rather faard flgbt for renomination, but he won agaioat eome of the atroogeat repreeenUtivea of the beat lamillee of the district. He baa acoompliabed much for bia conatitoency. He has the re apect of the repoblicana aa well aa the democrata in the Honae, and will coc t one to make ao exceileot repreaenta tive. Aa moch aa tbia mlght be aaid of ecorea of other representativee oo eitber aide of the Home wboae aervicea]for their distrlcta are appreciated by their con autaeocles But there ia more than local interett atttcbed to Mr. Oarlin'e congreaalonal aervice. Tbe priocipal portion of hia diairict ia embraced witb In that aectlon of Virglnia which waa formerly a portion ol tbe Diatrlct of Oo? lombia. Pieaident Tait thloka tbat tbe receeaion of the Virginia portloo of the District back to tbe commonwealth of Virginia waa a miatake, and the preai? deot baa attacked the conatiiutionality of that act of Oongreai. Daring the laat year there has been a great deal of talk of congreaalonal action lookiog to the reatoration of tbe original limiti of the L'iatrict of Oolnmbla, aod Mr. Oarlin baa been the leadiog oppooent of thia move ment. Hia people natutally prefer tbe fraocblee aacit zaoaof the Old Dominion to the advantages wbich they are prom ised if they will ooly cooaeot t > come back aod give tbe real eatate epetulalora who have about exhmited their efforta in Waeblogtm a cbanoe t) extend their apbere of loflaeoce tojthe fertlle fieldi acroaa the Potomac. Tbna far Mr. Oar? lin haa been ancceaafnl in hia eflorta to prevent action by Oongreu and It woald appear from preaent indicationa tbat he will cootlooe to be lucceatfnl durlng the remainder of tbe preaent term.? [ Troy, N. Y., Tlmee, May 7. MT. VERNON REGENIB. A huge wreath of magoollaa from a tree planted by George Waahlngtoo waa ahipped yeaterday t; Bucklogbam Palace aa a tribnto ti tbe l?te Klog Edward, by the rrgenla of Moaot Verooo, wbo are io aoooal aecaloo. The wreatb ia compoaed of magnoliaa, leayea from the Prlnce of WaltB oak, in froot of Waah ington'a tomb, bd(1 ivy from the timb. It waa ah'pped aboard a faat trana At iantlc ateamer, in order t) reach Ea laod io time for tbe obatqtlea. Reao lutiooi of aympatoy aod coodoleoce were cabled Qaeen Altxaodra by tbe board. Tbe loacriptioo oo tbe wrea'h ia a* followa: 'To Her Graciuua Majaaty Queeo Alexandra, from tbe Moaot Verooo Ladlei' Aaaoelation; Thia wreath of Eogliah oak leavea from the tree or dered plaated by Eiog Edward VII, wheo Prince of Walea, at the tomb of Waahington, and of magcolia leayea plaoted by Waahingtoo, ia preaented in evidence of the bnnor aod aflect 01 Io whioh the late Ktog Edward waa held by tbe M< tnt Veroon Ladita* Aa aoc'at oo." LINE 80RVEYED Tbe aorveylng corpa of the Rlcbmood and Obeaapsake Biy Rallroad hai fiolah ed eorvetlog a roote direot from Fred erlokaborg to Waahington. Tbia ronte ia one and a half miiea ahoiter than tbe R , F. and P. R. R. line bttween Frederioka lur?; aod Wiabiogtoo, and bttween Waabingloo aod Ricbmood, eight milrs ahorter. The cropa will it ooce btgin fur.eyiogaaotber rtute from Frederirfcs turg to Waabiogtoo by way of Maoaaiaa aod will auryey annther line from Occoqaao byMouot Verooo to Alexao dria, thence to Waabiogtoo. VIRGINIA OOMPANY LOWESr. Tbe Newport Newa Sbfpbolldiog aod Drydook Oompaoy waa tbe ioweat bid dtr io ihe conteat for the conatrnotion of tbe ateamer Nortbland for the Waab? iogtoo and NorfolkSttamboat Oompaoy. The oiiwr biddera were the Marylaod S;eel Oompany, the Htrlan & H olliogi worth Oompaoy, of Wilmlngtoo, Del., aod the New York BhlpbaUdiog Oom? paoy, of Oamdeo, N. J. At a meetit g of the boar J of directora of tbe c-mpaoy to be h-ld tomorrow, the cootract prob ably will ba awarded. OPEBA HOUSE. Thtee aeparate ac p, aod a like oum ber of reela of oew motion pic urea are belng given at the Opera Hcuie and tbe quility of the abow ia nct ?flec? d by tbe qoantlty, evcrrthiog belog c>ao cut and good wholeaome comedy. The daily vauJevtlle matincea at rer'uced pricea are proving popolar witb tbe ahcpping pnblic and are growiog in att-ndance. FBATEBNAL VISIT. Star-apangled B*ooer O.uocil of Waabiogton laat oigbt paid a fraterna] viait to Alexandria Oonncll, Jonlor Or der of Americana 8even candsdatci were inlliated doriog the eveolog and oneformer roernber waareioatated. Tbera were foorteen applicationa for member ahip. Mr. Wytbe Wbite, rt Alexaodria Oonncll, aod aeveral raembera of Star apaogled O.nncil mids apeecbea duriog tbe eveolng. OABDINaLS vs. MiADDOOK A. 0. On tbe old fair gronnda tomorrow afternoon a1 4:80 o'clock tbe Oardloal Athlotic Olub will lioe up agaioat tbe Braddock Athlttic Olnb of Waahlngt >n. Tbia will be tbe firat t me tbeae two teama bave met and a good faat g?me ia looked for, CH-ttlER. A cbarter haa been srranted to the Airy View Apattment Houae Company (Inc)., Al-xandria, S. W. Woodwarri, president; J. H. Nohn, vice-preaident; B. W. Parker, aecretary?all of Waehington, D. C. Capltal: Maximnm, $100,000; min imum, fio.ooo. Objecta: Real eatate and apartment house bnainea6. 'Thpy come high." "The beat are the chrapeat." Oar people waot them and a-) we aay to the ladiea you can aee J. A T. Oonaln'a ExcloaiyeStylea at 422 Klog itraat, J. A. MarahalJ & Bro. BOY KILLED. Jteie Sprooae, twelve yeara old, waa laken to the Alexandria Haepitai lata yea'.erday evening, aofiering from a fraclorsd aku I. Hia Icjirica were aua tained aa a rrtu't of belnp atrnck wlih a baaeball bat by Freddie L. Thompaoo, aged 10 yeara Dr. Gorman operated oo the lad bct hia Icjary (roved fatal, he havlog died laa: nlght. Tbe r< miina were rerooved Io W. Demaloe & Soo'a ocdertaking eatabliahment where M irqneet will be beld by Dr. Moore, tbe corooer, at 4 o'clock thia after 00OP. The folloaing will compce tbe jary: F. W. Latham, Obarlea P. Waller, jr., B. 0. .Salllvan, L Liatherland, George W. Bontz and Fred K-u?. Tbe clrcomataocee in coonection witb tbe fa al aflray are aald to he aa follow*: The two brje were ou Waablngtm atreet ixlenr'ed a ihoit d hatawaa toia alde of the overb-a I bridae of ihe W*-bing t?n-9onthern Kallway, worre, ac ordlog to Thompsoo'B vmi< n of tie ? fl'ir, Spooae took poa?eaaioD of a elove be longirgto the firat oamed. Thompaoo attempted to get poaaeaalon of tbe glove when Bponae ihrew a baaiball bat >t hlm, atrlklng hira on tbe lega. Thomp son allegea tbat 8pcu?e then e'.rujk bim oo tbe breaaf, wheo he pickid op the tbe bat aod atrnck bim on tbe hea'. Thompson waa arreated thia mor.ilng by I. W. Borrell, Town Maraha! o< Potomac. Tbe deal h,y ia tha oldeat of eighi childieo. H - fatber iadead aod he wa? beirg reared by relatio a wbo live near the acene of tbe tragedy. PER80NAL. Mr. Oharlet 0. Brill, brother ol Meeere. Looia aod Jaccb Brill, of tbia city, ia aerloualy ill at hia home io Waab? iogtoo. Mra. Oart'r Heoretty ia ylaittog her mother, Mn. Rebecca O.orad, and aiiter, Mra. OlareooeOIIpp, at Bloomery, oear Oharlestowo, W. Va. Ool. Robert E. Lae, jr., of Ra*eoa wortb, will be tbe orator at Rbepherda towo on Memorlal Day tkere, Jooe 4. Dr. and Mra. E. A. Gormao have re toroed from Rlcbmood. Miee Laora Preatoo, of thia city, ia ylBitlng Mra. Odeo, In Warrentoo. Tbe Fauqoier Democrat aaya: Mr. and Mra. E. 8. Hiaka left for Btltinore oo Wedoeaday olght. Mra. Hinka haa been ill for aooae weeka and it waa fouod neceeaary to tike her to a hoapital Io Baltlmore. Amoog the gradoatea io pbarmacy of the Uoiyeraity Ooliege of Medicitie at Rlcbmood thia year waa Mr. W. L Grimea, of Alexandna, Rey. 0. D. Bulla,. formerly of thia city, ia n.endiog tbe G-?oera! Methodiat Ooofereoce io Aeheville, N. 0. LOOAL BBEVITIE3. The Uoited 8tatta traaaport Dixle paaaed dowo tbe rlrer thia moroing. A marriage liceoie waa is*H?d in Waabiogtoo yeaterday to Ribert Sbackel ford aod Edoa Sbelton, bo'h of Stafford ooaoty. The aleimer Ooh-mbia, of tbe old Waabiogtoo aod A'exaodri* ferry lioe, waa deatrojcd by fire aeyeo yeata ago today. Tbe achoooer Wiliiam R. Haatoo left Bootbbay, Me., a few da.e ago with a cargo of ice for tbe Mntual lce Oori pany of tbia city. Tbe Alexaodriaoa who were arreated Wedoeaday oigbt for gilllog wlthio tbe watera of tbe Diatrlttof Oolumbia, were 6oed $10 eacb io Waabiogtoo yett iday. The fuasral of the lafe Miaa Laura Thorpe t >ok place tbia afteroooo from the reaideacs, 529 ?oo h Alfred atreet. 1 be aeivloea were conducted by Rer. H. M. Oaoter. There will be a meetiog of tbe Weat mioater Ltague ot the Preabyteriao Oborch tbia eveoiog at 8 o'clock. After tbe regu'ar boaioeaa meetiog, ao inter eatiog mudcal programme will be reo dered. MUs Emma Foroahill, dtughter cf the lale Jobn Fornahlll, of thia city, died in Waabiogton laat night. Tbe rt maloa will be brooght to tbia oity for lo terment. Mr. Jobn Oogan baa b?|iin the work of erectiog a modern brick a'ore and dwelliog on theaooth aide of K'og ttree' betwten Waabiogton aod 8t. Aaaph atreeta on the aite of the old frameattuo t.re which haa atood for maoy yeara. There were no oaaea for Irial io the Polioe Ooort thia moroiog, Arihur Hicka aod Hattie Lttham, wbo had beeo arreated by Officera Bell aod Tal bctt oo cbargea of commiltiog < flenaea in Alexandria cnuoty, were toroed oyer to officera of that jorladictlon. The twelfth annnal aeaaion ofthe Bap tist General Aaaociatlon of Vtrginla ia in aeaaion at the Alfred Street Baptiat Chnrch, colored, and will conclude itade lilierationa Snnday next. There ia a large atten^ance. Rev. A. Truatt ia paa tor of the local churcb. O, yon apriug chickao, Bnt I love niy lamb, Hog' ao high I ean't eat ham, Beef and veil at your c niraaud, Po coma early to ray atand. Wilbert f!. Baggett, City MirVet, atalla 15 aod 16 Camprjn atreet en<l. Mr.'.A. J. Batcher, the City Uarket'a well knowa and genial huckater, wiihea to an n nnoe that he will eontinu* to have I'ull linea of freah vtgetablea at Ben Baggptt'a famoua old "paidioK" eund in the aaid City Market Dnttey'a Pare Malt Hbloky for medic inal pnrpoaea, $1.00 a quart, at fpiaka, corntr Ptiaoe and Koyal atreata. Preeh Country But'er Jaet recelved. 28c lo. Baat Elgin Creamery Botter 34c lb, Freah Eg*a 26c dc*, Fancy Jkpxn Rii-e. whole graiD, 6c Is., 3 lt>a. Kraporate i Pptchea 25c, 3 Iba Larga Prunea 25c, 3 Caua Fiah Roe 25c, 7 lbf. Lanadry Htarch '5c, 7 Cakea Star Soip 25c, S Cana Pink AUak* Salmon 25c. 4 Cana Beat Tomat-ea 25e, 4 Cana Sogar Corn 25c, Gieen MonnUin Potatoea ?Ac bnahel. 3 Cana Early Jnne Paaa 25c, e lbf. Pura Bnckwbeat 25c. Wjj. P, Woqux A Sox, Royal and Wolfe atraaU -vfaaau aod Hanry atraeta. PBOPEBTY SALE Oapt. B. F. Knox, for Meaara. Doog laaa Stnait aod J. K. M. Nortoo, com miaaiooera, today aold at pnblic auetion the tuilding and l<t on the uorthweat corner of Eiog and Payne itreeia to Mr. F. 8. Harper for *4,400; a!ao thp lot and boilding adjoining on the wea' 10 Mr. Harper for $1,125. EXAMINATION-. Oiyil aerviee examioationa will be heid In tbia city on Jooe 8, for a-elauu profeaaor of bacttrlology aod patbology; alao f jr ioorgaotfc chemiat, both io the Pbilipploeecryict; on Juoe 15 for aor yeyor io the aameaerTicr ;alao for phyalcal laboratory helper, boreao of atandarda, aod on July 13 aod 14th, examiner io reclasoation aetylce. JlfrffMM^&if Washington D. C. Women'sand Misses' OUTERGARMENTS The wonderful $10 opportunities here now are $10?For Rilk Coat* worth up to $?&. $10?For 8atiu Coa'a worth op to $i*. $10?For Moire Coan worth op to $25. $10?ForAutomobileCoata worth upto$?5 |lO_For Linen Coata worth %l\ $10? For Rainroat* worth np to $25. $10?For Evening Capea worth np to $25. Uf)_For Taffet* Drpaaea worth m> to $15. $10?For Foilard Dr*a ea worth np to$?5. $10? For Pongee DrpMea worth up to $25. $IO-For I.ineo Dreaaw worth up to $20 $1C?For Lingerie DreweJ worth np to $20. M m m fir |? $10 $10 For r?f H6 For For For m. (?'or tu, For PJ). 8erg? Coat Snita wor:h np to $25. Worated Coat 8uiU worth np to Rajah CoatSuita worth upto$25. Linen Coat Suita worth np to $20. Striped Panama 8uiU worth up Englieh Rap Suita worth np to t rench Ramie Snita worth up to ?.jjaauaaw *-~fOBSj_| Citizcns' Nationa! Baok of Alexandria, Va. OFFICERS: Preaident, Vice President, EdwardL Daingerfield; Carroll Pierce, Richard M. Green, Caahier DIRECTORS: J.'C Smoot, EdwardL, Daingerfield, Jas. W. Roberts Worth Hulfiah, ? CunM Pierce M.A. Ahern, Urban S. Lambert Patrons of our Savings Department will please preseot their bank books for credit of intercst due April 1, 1910. Letters of credit drawn on Brown, 5hipley & Co , of London. FARMER3' IN8TITUTE TBAIN. Aa haa been anooanced, a Farmera' Ioatllnte ttain will be roo oo the Soolh ero Ballway oext week. It will leaye bere and reach Barke oo Mooday next >t 7:25 a. ro., aod leaye at 11:05 a.m. The tra'o will make etopa at polots on the road between Alexandria aod Dao vllle. With ils arriyal at Maoaaaaa ioterrtt will ceoter io meetioga cocdocied by tbeSiothero Radway aod the Virglnia Oepartmrnt of Agrlco^tire for the dir eueaion of nibj'c a of yiial impoitaoce to farmera. A meeting at the coort hooae in theatterooon at 2 o'clock will be ad dreaaed by Mr. G W. Koioer, commi ? alooer of agrlcol u-e, aod othera, ioelod iog repreaebtatiyea nf the laod aod in dudrlal depar'.mect Soothero Railway. A mtft'og may be beld io Eaatero Oo! lege coapel at 8 p. m. A rpeclal meetiog will be beld at Nokeeyllle next Toeaday mnroing at 9:80 o'clock, the .g.ico ttral train remainlrg tVra uot I 11:20 when it will proce?d to R-mlngtoo for a meelirg in tfe after nooo at 1:45 Meetioga at Noktatile aod Remlngtoo will he beld io paaaeo ger coachea at'ached to tie traln. Tbe addreeaee will be of practical val oe t> farmera aod farmera' familiea. Amoog theaobjcta to be dlacuiaed at dlflfreat pointa are aoil improaemeot, potatoes m a money crop, Improyed metbcda of growiog tobacco, the locreaae of the ooro yield withoot addltlooal coat and prcfi a in applegrowiog. The traln will ahn make atopa at Oal peptr, Rapidan, Orange, Barbourayillle, Oharkt eeville aod elaewbere. BE8PITE OF THE MUBDEBEBd. A? waa rttted io yeaterday'a Gazette, G)vernor Maon baa reapiied Eogeoe Dorsey, Oalvio Johnaon and Bicbard Pioee, accuied of killing Walter F. Scholtz from exetut'oo nntll Jnne 10, The oegroeB wrre to have beeo elettro cnted thia mornlng. H?ory Smitb, tbe fonit) negro Impllcated io the murder, haa beeo reapited uatll Jaoe 3. Tbe Bichmood Virgioiao aayi: "The reprivea were grar.td by the goveroor beciose be received Tfcur<d?y moroiog a volnmioona pMltioo from promioeot Al? xandriana expreaalng their bellef that thn uegroea were loooceo*. Thia belief aeemed to bs predicated oo Smlth'a abilitiea aa a prevaricator. Dor aey, Pinei aod Johnaon wer?? coovlcted oo Bmlth'a teatimooy, aod be ia aald to be a charter mambrr of the Aoaoiaa Olob. It ia believed tbat tbe caae will end by Hmlth golng to tbe elettlc cbair and the other otgroeV aeatence commoted to llfe Impriaonment, "Thonoae Noell, th; Norfolk conoty negro, uod'-r aeoteoce to be electrocatid Friday moroiog, waa alao graoted a atay ofexecotioti uatil Juoe 10 to allow the goveroor time to go over papera in (be caae. "Governor Mann will take tbe pipera In the aeveralcaeea aod read tbem cere folly t) aacertain If there ia reaaoo for clemeocy Io tbem." TBE DAVI8 OASE. Jobo 0. D-yie, of Waeblo&t)D, who ia accoaad of baving miaappropriated more than $200,000 introated to blm for Inyeaimeot, ia btiog examioed aa to bla raental eoodiiloo. A i unber of wlt neaaea teatified yeaterday. Attoroey Harry E Davla na1 a traoarript of the procwdiog ooder which, io 1 S'.'2, Dayia waacoo6oed in the asylam at Ralelgb, N. O. Dr. De Wit O Ohadwlck te<tl u<d that be belieyed Davla was pecullar aod labored ooder meotil atreai. Fred erick W, Ohilda made aimilar remarka. FAIBFAX MEDIOAL SOOIETY. The Fairfax coority Medical Society met btre oo Thuraday laat. Tblrteen membera were io attendance. Papera noioterrptiog aubjecta were read by Dra. 8. B. Mocre, of Alexandria, and O. B. Dafoor, of Waahiogtoo, D. 0. An Ic tertatiog dia:a*elon followed the reading of tbe eaaaya. Tbe meeting waa a throogbly tuxcaafolone, aod tbe aociety adpurned to meet the first Thoraday in Augurt in Alexaodria city.?[Herald. Aa ioatitu'e will be beld on the traia Io Alexaodria oo tbe moroiog of the 16tb. Opera House ALWAYS THE BEST AND BIGGEST SHOW fN TOWN. BIQ CITY VAUDEVILLE ACTS AT LOW PRICES. All Mov'uiK Picturpa ahown here feen for FIRyT TIME in Alpxandria. Everything new, np-to-Hate and rrfioed. Picturea rhanK ed daily. Vaudeville acta changed Monday and Thuraday. Jar?Matin?*a daily 2 to 5. fall ahow, 5c Eveninga, continuoua from T.-'O, 5c and 10c. rnyH ?it \ Portner's \ Hofbrau Loti of cold w.'er to q"pnfh tha thirat, and watir that hta r?en hoilea, ao aa U> be f ep from germa. Plenty of carhoaic acid ga?, which makea it lively. Juat a daah of alcobol to make it re freohinf?. A good percentage of raalt augar, which rendera it nutritive. A little hopa, , which adds a tonia qnality. And piedigetted in the prrceaa of maltirg; that'a HOFBRAU BEER. ROBERT PORTNER BREWING CO , Alexandria, Va. S Pbone No 49-B. BA8EBALL. The A. A, 0. will line up Satorday againat the Penslon Burean team, of the Marqnrtte Leagne, oo tbe oorth Alfred atreet groooda. Tbe Penaion team woo the pennant io thia leagne laat eeaaoo aod are aaid n be Btronger now aod are aure to make thinga lirely. The home boya haye at laat atrnck a winoiog com blnation, aa waa abowo by tbe 5 to 0 vic'ory laat Sitordayand are determined to make a good abowing. Tbeir batteri will be 8nillyao aod McBride, who are aore to make thinga foterestfng fcr tbe viaitora._ VI3ITING PGLANDEbW. Amoog the atraogers who vialted Alexandria today aod examloed the hia lorlc baildloga aod variooe polnta of Iri tereat waa Mr. J. N. Vecborek Wlrczirek, a na'ive of Poliod, but for over forty years a reaident of tbia coco try. He la now livlog In Boatoo. He carrled with blm a Bn_ ailk Unlted Sateafltg. Whlleatandlog at tbe tomb of Waabiogton he ret Mr. Martin Kloe, a cat ve of Poland, 111 now livlng in Brooklyo, a fellow-coootryman, he bad oot aeeo for fifty yeats. The two meo were boya ia the eame towo it tbe old ccontry. Engliah Miaera Periah. Wbitehaven, Eogland, May 13?The Wellington coarmine waa aealed today to amother the flamea that hiva been aweeping through ita galieriea aince yee terday'a exploaion and which, it ia now certain, have claimed the liveaof the 137 minera en'omed by the exploaion. Riacuera tried agaid today to enter the mine, but fonn 1 it like a caldron. ?y eealingthe entrance the officiala think they cwn pnt ont the fire withont flood iag the mine. DBx" G00D8. Woodward & Lothrop New York?Washingtoo?Paris SPECIAL SALE OF WH1TE PtTTICOATS Iocluded are tboae of cambrir, nainaook, !awa and crepe, varicuily trimmed with lacea, embrciderlea, ioaertiona, fdgiog, beadiog, ritilw, ribbona, &?. Soma are very elaborate aod euitable for wear with tbio, flofty dreeaea. Othera are ia Ihe plaloer eflecte aod ere aaitable for atreet wear with abhtwaiata and walkiog solta. They are hlgh-grade gooda, well made and carefully finiahed. Petticoata of Cambrir, with deep tncked lawn rnffl'j; good qnality. Each.50c Petticoata cf Cambrir; eord quelitv: acre with deep tucked lawn rufrle<, tiniehed with aeveral rowa of valenoiennea intertion aud edging; ?ome with biind or eyelet embroid ary edginv, and othera with deep, fnll-turked lawn ruitics. Each.$1.C0 Pttticoataof Camhric. made full and wide: Fome with deep tncked lawn ruffiea, tioiahed with blind or eyelet embroidery, in niany prctty patterna; rthers with lace inaertion and edging. Each.$1.60 Petticoata of Nainaook,Cambric, aud Lawn; French ond domeatic makef ,?ome withdainty hand embroidert; eomewith flounrea of blind or eyelet embroidery; aoroe with liuily floun eea of German velenciennea and point de Paria laeea; aome with clnny lace inaertion and edsong, and othera with brading and ri' ? bon, Each.$7 50 to $35.C0 Petticoata of Cambric, with deep tucked lawn rufttea. finiahed with embroidery edg ing in a variety of pretty patterna. Each.$1.75and $225 P( tticoats of Cambric, some with deep lawn rnffle, finiahed with valenciennca lace inaer? tion aud edc.ing;*onie with eyelet embroidery edging, and othera with rulllea of allover embroidery. Each. $1.75 Petticoata of Cambric, in a numberofat tractife atylea; aome with deep rlounce (f em brnidery, ineertion, and edgine; othera with fh.fty lace tlouncea. Some o< ihe'e are finiah? ed with wide readinK. run with wide rihbon. Each.$3.00 to $6.00 Petticoata of Wbite Crepe, finiahed with flurty tlouncea of valenciennca laco Inaertion, edging, beading, and ribbon. Each.$H,00 Third tloor-Uth at. raesr! Manhattan Shirts. We have just received another large shipment of Manhattan Neglige Shirts, in both white and neatcol ored eftects. The quality and comfort of a Manhat? tan is soon realized and appreciated by the wearer. Make selections now while the stock is complete. Each $ 1.50 and $2 APPROPRIATE OFFERINGS FOR COMMATII SUITS Imported White Dotted Swisses, elegant values, at 25c, 39c and 50c. White Mercerized Batistes, 39c values, at 29c. White Flaxons, 25c value, at 17c. 45-inch White Wash Chiffons, 25c value, at 19c. White Irish Linen Suitings, 39c value, at 25c. Special lot Embroidery Flouncings at 39c yard. D. BEIDHEIM & 8018, 316 KING STREET. DRY G00B8. Manufacturer's Over-pro duction Sale of Boys' Clothing NowinProgress Oor matu'art-rera' o?er prodnct'oo aaie of Biye' Ololhlog oow io progreae. Biye' Departmeot, thlrd fiocr. We bave nn aaie a lioe of Faocy Worated aod Ciaaimere Joveoile Raasiaa aod Blooae. alao DooblebiraiteJ Su <e, aiz>a 3 to 17, reapcctiyely i We ofler f 8 50 raloea at ? i nc half. Oholce. ?P I ? / %7 WeoOer $5.50 yaloeaat CO *7C bel'. Oboic*. ?P-*./e_l We cfler t7.00 yaloee at C2 Cfi half. Ohoic*. 4>0?OV If worth and f aloe are apprtclatsd w? ooght to be boay. 420426 Seventh Street, WASHINGTON, D. C. CIGAR SALE8MAN WANTED.-Experi eoce anneceaaary. Bell onr branda to tbe reuli trade. Big pay. Write for fnll j>*r ti^ular* at once. GLOBE CIGAR CO., Clereland, Ohio. ftblMjeL. THE REPA1RING OF WATCHES. We are equipped with the nesee aary knowledge and experieace tojmake your WATCH keep time to the aaeeod. All work truaraoieed. Ifoderato pricea. K. C. ACTON * SOSfB, .Tewelera and Sil^aramitha. SPECfAL No. 9.?Ire Picka worth 16c and 20c. 10c for thia week. SttflAL No.10.?l)i?h Cover Fly Pcrotna, H ?, 15c and 20c. Worth 2.rx; SPECIAL No. li.-Deoatnrrd Aleekal Ftoree, with I, 2 and 3 holea, itreatly re ducel. Some bsrgaiu. The oaly aafe itoye on the market. SPEt'IAL No. 12.?Some hargaina in Ice Cream Fretzere. SPECIAL No. 13.--**Mf RazoM at 26c eacb. BoniethinK th*t is good. SPECIAT. WO 14.?Pnrrh Roekera, wera $1.00. now $2.49, for thia ?eek ouly. R. E. KNIGHT. 6.1,623,625 Kine fltreet. Hard Crabs, Soft Crabs, Deviled Crab9 and Crab Saiad AT JACOB BRILL'8 BESTAUR1NT FOOT OF. KING STBEET. Opeo uot 1 10 p. r? apr7 6m ITALiTY TELLS. Priee'a Headleaa Roe Uerring, thia year'a paokin?. For aile b, J. C MILBDRN. myll ?t _ WANTED. A gool WHITE MAN forfthe stnble at Ra-en.worth. Writa to _tra,.LEE, Burke, Virginia, marll tf