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TUESDAY EVENINQ. MAY 17, MO
LOCAL MATTERST"
Sun and Tide Table.
8an rtsM tomorrow at 4.44 and sets at 7.C7.
High water at 3.40 4 12 p.m.
Weather Probabilitiea.
For this fection partly clondy tonightand
AVelnesoay; light tomoderatesoutherly winds.
PBKPARING FOR LONG JOURNEY
Five thooaand miles in to lutomobile,
over all sons of couotry roadB?-lush ia
the trip Mss U aocbe Siusrt Rco.r, of
Rocbester, N. Y., will uider;akein her
Model 38 Overlaod, alooe, except lor
a woman compsoioD. Miss DOOtt will
leave Oolomtus Circle, New York, for
San Franci'co
Femioioe pilcti of lutomobilfu bave
woo recogoitiuo for bill climbs success
lu ly a'.tempted, and for dear records io
varirut road t u s; but it remaice for
iMs young lady lo attempt tbe seemlng
ly impossible.
Witb a degree of ooncbalance ooe
migbt azpacl !? ? seasoned driver, MIsb
Sj t bas ro-.de compltts preparations
for this, har firat trip of aoy leogtb.
Every cooceivable r mtrgeucy has been
prepared for. Bpsre tires, exlra spark
p u,a, complete repair kit, campiog oot
-'.--evc-rytbiug that bamao ingicuity
can suggest is included. Miss Scott,
hersilf, carriea a Hivsge Antomr.tic to
inttmidate any wandering Willies tbat
may beset hrr pstb.
Miss Beott wil! follow the rrgolar
tourist r<u t via Albaoy to Bufialo, then
by way of Chicago lo Omaha From
there she will follow the Platte valley
tiih? Ju'esbarg poiot and then over*
Nnd thr;ju.;h Ohetenne, Ogden, Rfno,
Sacramento, and Osklsnd to _an Fian
CiMJl.
Bbe *i 1 depend entirely opon her
owo rps;urcp* lor rep srements, rrpairs
aod mppltsi Mjers Br?thi-r? are the
agents 'or th? Oferlami la Alexaodria.
Fl REM EH'S t> >N VENTION.
At i iflfeiing of Ihegenersl commit?
tee deld laat night in the rooms of tbe
Oham'ier of Oommerce, frppropriatione
were made fot theempiovmt^t of a lead
iog brod /or tbe parade to be beld io tbis
cltyAogu't 26tiof over 2,000 firemea
trom all seit'oos of Virjjioia, Wiat Vir
a/inU aud Mtrylaori, attending tbe Fire
men's Oonvention Angast 24, 25 aod 26
Reporta fmm varluus commltteea were
received aod it waa decided tbst work
shall bu at once begoa solut'og contri
bu i )o? for the purpoae of rntertalnmeot
aod the gentlemoj haviog the matter in
cbarge will exert ever? tfloittomake
tbis occBBion a mpr_.irabie one, as a
lilting mark ol oppreciaiion of the uv
tlriug servues (ii rur voi'i netr Bremeo,
and it is earoe?tiy hoped that Alcxau
dria's pe'plt will lend evrry assistance
ti tne movement. The diflerent oom
paoies wlll be met by ibe receptloo oom
rnittee hcsdtd bt a baod opoo their ar
vlval aod escorted to the qu.rtera asalgo
ed tbem aod will be served wlib a sub
atatuial loncb at the oonclosion ot tbe
parade, aod on the thlrd dsy soccessful
con'estants in the reel racea w'll ba
awarded haodaome priz *. Tbe Cbsra
ber of Oommerce has kindly oflered the
uae of their ror.ao aa beatJqoar'er* aad
ehe t luinesH intereets of tbe city are manl
ipstDig eotbUBlam In the coming ocle
bratioo. The roate of the parade bas
nrt be*n selectfd and other pntloosof
an elaborate prograrume bave not as yet
been determiocd upon,
EPISOOPAL OOUNOIL.
The Episcopal Oooncil of the Diooeee
of Virginia *n!l open at St. John'e
Ohurch ia Rlcbmood on Wedneiday.
Rishop Glbaon wlll presideand tbe conn
cil wlil be io sesslon for thtee daya.
The members aud delegates from tbis
city and the 8emm?.ry bave been ae
aigned as follows: RBt, Angus Orawford
witb Jsmes Oaskie; Rev. Edgar Oar
peoier with Mrs. Joho ?tewart; Rev.
Itnryman Green with Mrs. D. B. Ten
nsot; Rev. Pac* Keooedy with L. M
William*; Rev R. W. Micoo witb Mrs.
L. R. I>aabiei;; Kev. R K. Masale with
Be?. J. J. Gravatt; Rev. W. J. Morlon
?ltb Misa Mary A. Futjn; R?v. P P.
Pbillipa witi Rev. J. J. Gravalt; Rev.
H. A. Wallis wilh J. M. Ball; Jndge J.
?_. M. Norion with A. H Saods; Mr.
W. A. Hmoot at (be Jeflereon; Mr.
Otoailea Kmg at HotM 0tt*ffMt
THE COMET.
According to ihe publiabed acbedule,
at 10:80 looiorrow night the earth wlll
plaoge ioto the comet'* tail, a 6lmy,
cyanogenic roass 5 000,000 miles io
OUmiter. Tho paitclea of'which tho
tail n rnide ua are eiectrlfied, and the
chaocei urt thera will be BtreakB of brll
laocc in Ihe aky moch like the display
that we kn-iw asnonbern lighu. When
the comet pass?a across fb? fac) of tbe
aun thr tail will streich aw?y straight al
m for 20,00i?,0U0 mileB. Rigbt after
?oosit on Balnrdav and Sunday eveniogs
tbe comet wlll appear just a little south
of wbere Mesun hss gooe down. lt
wiii be brigbtest oo tbose eveoiogs, and
then each night it will grow dimraer and
diinmer. Abrut the 10th of Jaoe it
(vili bave psased Ioto spacp.
THETRIALOFDAVIS.
A onmbtr of witoessf-i were iotro*
duced yesterday io Washinptm loto tbe
ca?e agaiost John 0. Davis, lawyer,
cbarged with the embrr.element of fnnds
placed la bis banda by cliems for io
vi Btmcct A t tho ( p oing oi the moro?
iog bpssi.iu At oroey Henry E Dsvis
tead to tbe jury tbe depositioo ol Dr.
W. H. O >bb, jr., of O >!dsboro, N. 0.,
wbo expressed tbe oplnlon ibat in 1892
Davis wss ol uosttad mind. Dr.
Julim A. FeieOB. of Benntttiville, N.
C , uatiti d tbar, In bis opinlon, Davis
svas a paranoiac, aod waa snch at the
Cime othis d< t ctioo io the aaylum in
Nortb Carolin*. Dr. Fslsoa said he
believed a rtrurrroce ol the malsdy sc*
c.uited for Dsvis's defalcatlons. Wil?
liam L. Taylor aod bis wife, Aooie F.,
tsstified they bad giveo Davis f 10,000
ti iovest, and t was never reorned.
Xestimony in retutta! w.ll be coot noed
Mm moroiog.
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Ajoe caodtdat* was tor.m.ed at tbe
?neetio_ ot Alexaodria Lodge of Elka
last nlgbu
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G aoce ovei tbe tist of liijjh G.-ade
rjboca soid exc usiveiy by us : J. A f.
Ooasios, Quen Quall-y, Rd Oroes,
Lloder Soo. Oo., N. Hp-s & Bro. (The
H*ss). Taylor - Oo. (Taylor Made),
Broctoo Oc. Operatlve Oo., Walk Over,
R'gal, Excelsior Shoe Co. aod maoy
otbera. J. A. MarabaM \ Br,\ 422
a_iog street,
MT. VERNON P.F.GES1S.
At jeaerday's me^tlnj ofthe Baard
of Begerta oi Mt Verooo now in ses
alon tbere varions commlttees msde a
tour ol inspection. The commitiee on
furnitore went tbroogh all the rooms io
tbe mansioo, while the commi t es on
gn unda, t jmb, farm aod relica pursned
tbelr reapectlve tiske. Tbetosrd.lt Is
expected, will end iti session by Fridsy.
Tbe board eccept'd t glft made lo tbe
association of acopy of Edward Everett'e
"Monct Vernon Papere."
The atate board of visltors ti Mooot
Vernon accompanled by Gov. Mano and
othera make ite aonaal pilgrimage to the
t.mb of George Washlogtoo today. Toe
governor and the members of tbe bo?rd
arrived her* aboot ooon and were met by
Mr. A. D. Bockett, of tbls city aod
members of the board. They boarded
the palace car "Mooot Vernoo," of the
WasblngtJO, Alexaodria & Mmot Ver
ood eiectric line, lor Monnt Vernon and
will return late io the afternoon. At
Moont Verooo the goveroor aod tbe
members of tbe board were aerved with
luoch by the Mooot Verooo Ladiea' As
Bociatioo,
In tbe party were Governor aod Mrs.
Maon, Mr. Roswell Page, Mr. aod Mrs.
F W. Scott, Msj. B. A. Mclotyre, Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Brockett, Mr. B. P.
Owen, secretary to the governor, and
Mia. Owen, Mre. J. Taylor Ellyaon,
Miss Maria Selden, Mrs. A. L. Barber,
of Wsshlogton, aod Mrs. Thomas, of
New York.
8hort speechea were made this even?
ing by G.vernor Mano aod otbers.
Jk 0. U. A. M.
James W. Jackaon Coancll, No. 65,
snd Belle Haveo Council, No. 61,
Juoicr Order United Americao Me
chanics, of thia city, bave eompleted all
arraogemeota for the eotertalomeot ol
the execntive board at the Youog Peo
ple's Baildiog toolght A Isrge attend
ance is exprcted from Washington aad
aher oat*of-towo polnts ss will as tbe
l.cs.1 membersbip. The aflair is io the
liands of a j ilnt commiitee of which Mr.
R. F. Padgett ia cbairmao, aod Mr. H.
A. Forrest, secrttiry. Tbe visltorB
will be weloomed by Mr. W. K. Gflffitb
on bebalf of the two local coooclls.
Amnog the ont of-t^wn speakera will be:
S'.ate cooncilor, J. W. Oamper, of Boa
ooke; junlor paat e'ate ciuicilor, L. R
Mmitb ol Bichmond; atstj council sec?
retary! Thomas B Ivey, of P.W'turg;
state council treasnrer, Q W. Kinaey,
ol Bichmond; Btate cooocil secretary, F.
N. Webber, sr, ol the Diatrlot of Oc
lumbla, and others.
S'ate vice ccuocilor, Dr. Wm. Evans,
of Norfolk, is unable to be present, but
bas expreased his regrete thrcugh the
state coanoiior.
At the reqaest of the state councllor
the observance cf "Mother's Day" has
been defmed ontil tbia occbbIod, wben
it will be obaerved by each member
wearing a white flower il his motber Is
liviog aod two if she is dead.
Befresbments and cigars will beaerved
at tbe cloae of tbe meeting, the lower
floor of tbe baildiog being reeervfd for
thia purpose.
W'I0TURE~OF THE~ COMET."
John Green, colored, proprletor of a
eookshop on tbe strand, brtwecn King
and Prince streets, bas a plats wbioh be
Is exhibltiog aa a ruriosity to oostomers
and pataersby. Green saya before tbe
comet became visible to the naked ey*
the plate had been placed upon a stove
in bia eookshop, and the next moroiog
a plctu'o of tbe oekatisl vlsitor waa
f. uod imbedded in it. The fiaure on
the plate is suggestive of a starfisb. If,
asGreen suppoaes, tbe picture repreaents
tbe comet, the wanderer Ib iqaipped
witb five tsils, which f<ct will a ld to
'.be aoxiety aiready i aperieooed by many
people now that the world ia oo the eve
of beiog broBhed by the ylsitor to oor
boIo systema
TO RUN THROUGH TO ALEXAN?
DRIA,
Frelght traina 271 and 274, which have
beeo ruoning bftweeo Harrisooborg aad
Strasburg, begen ronoiog tbroogh to
Alexaodria 8atorday nigbt. Tbe psr
?engfr coschea will be put ofl at Liodrn.
lli'ltr the new arraogemeot It is expec
td that tbe frelght coogeatloo, wbicb baa
exlsted oo tbe braocb, can be relieved
wltboDt the neoessity nf roittiog on the
through frelghts agaln.?f Harrlsonburg
Tlmea.
BU8PEOT RELEA3ED.
Lleot. Edward T. Ooostien, of tbe
naval iolelligence boreiu In Wasbing
t'in. yesterday afternoon examined the
eflecta of Oharles von Weisenberg, at
police beadqaarters in thia city, and the
forelgner was released from oustody.
VVeisenberg was arreated aa a auaplcioos
cbaracter by Spec'al Ageot Oander, of
the Smtbero Rallway, in tbe frelgbt
vardB near (hia city, on Hinday nigbt.
It aae suipecled tbat be was a German
spy.
ANNUAL U)N _?-.-'.
Tbe annual r'ual contest betweeo tb?
Fairfax and Blackfud literary socitt tt
of tbe Eplscopal Higb Bcbool waa beld
at tbe Bcbool laat night and was well at?
tended. Tbe cootest was woo by tbe
Fa'rfax 8 ciely, it beiog so close, bov.
ever, that tbe julges had muoh difficuhy
io reachiog a declaioo. The oamea ol
the cooteittots were pabllshed yeaterday.
"Rpsolvcd, Thst senttora of tbe
Uolted States shoold be elcct:d by p j
oar vote," was the subject of tbe di
bate. The Falr'ax Kociety took tbe
negatlve alde of ibe ar^umeot.
TOT4.L EOLIPSE OF THE MOON.
Oo May 28 aod 24 the clt'xs-e of
bis sectioo will witnesa a total eclipse
of the rooon, begioolrg abcuf 10-30
p. m. acd ending abur. 2:15 a. m
Luoar eclipiea aie nct as lotereat ig
aod iostractive ss solar erlips s, lut
there aro ce'tain fac's aid a'.atlatlca
cooceroiog luoar rc' j.j'b that sre well
worth poblishlog sod rcmemberiog.
BA3EBALL..
On th? oorth Alfred street grooods
Thorsday tbe Oardloal Athletic Clob
will meet for the first time tbia sessoo,
ibe Balley's Oros. R sds nioe. Tbis
tesm bas b-en goiog at a fast clip thia
season and ihtt will make the Uardi
oal ball toasers play some ball to wio
thia gerr.e.._
FUNERAL,
Tbe ineral of tbe Ists Miss Vivlenee
Beooett, daoght*r of Ospt. Cbarlea I'. ??.
net a former residtnt of this city, wbo
died Ssturday io Newport News, took
plaoe tbia afternoon from the rcsideoce
of Mr. Wrigbt, 114 oorth Payne strret.
Rev, EJgar Osrpeoter, rector of Grace
Ohorch, cooducteJ tbe servicis, aod the
iotarmeot waa io St, Paol'a ceaaetery.
GJ FROM HOME IO GKT NEWS.
The lolbwiog dispatch, dated Alex
aodtU, Va , will diubtless be ln p?pers
from ocean t> ocean durlng the next
twenty-fonr bf ura. lf tbere is aoy such
exc tcmeot it> this city as Ib deacrlbed
iu tbe dispatcbea, it haa excaped (he
notictof obeirvlog people lo this c'ty :
Alexaodria, Va., May 17-For tbe
fir, time alnce Appoonattox, ihe oigroes
of Alexandria and oearby Virgloia are
movlng faster tban a walk, and all be?
cauae of the comtt The dread news that
the heaverly vleltor Ib "done goln" ti
smash rigbt Into dls yrre world, and
tmt np, has apread and what spproachee
a reign ot terrerobtaios. As Wednesday
nigbt grows nearer tbe onrest aod ap
preheorho grows sironger, and such an
epldemlcof "jolnlng ths charch" bas
never beeo known. Maoy of tbe "bffo
tbe wah" darkles are corvlnced that tbe
eod of the wodd ia at bsod, from the
tslta they h*v l beard, and preparatlooa
toi Bcoree ot "watch meptiogs" have
been made. 8iogs of praias aod prayer
wlll reeiu.d t.rugbiu the time the
flamiog comet Is lo sigbt timorrow
oigbt. Meantlme tbcse who employ oe
groee, ia Ibe nelghborbood bt.va des
ralred of bavlng any work dooe ootil
the comet Ib well oo IU way to itaer
spberea ____________
PER80NAL.
Mr. Geo. D. Joboat,n, formerly of
tbia city, bot now ofNev York, is beM
on a vlalt to his relatlvrs and Irleodi
He Is itipplog with hia couslo, Mr.
Jamea E. Johnstm.
MlSBOatherioe MtOarty, oi Strasbnrg,
is the gueat of ber aoot, Mrs. Wslter 8.
Nlcbllo oo aouth Pi't street.
Miss Naooie Nortoo baa returoid
from a vlalt to Mrt. Stribilog Marahall,
lo Portamontb.
Miaa Sally Slusrt, of Alexaodria, ar
rivis in Richmond tomorrow to be tbe
guest of Misaes Alice aod Lonlsa Lelgb,
of west Main sireet. Mias Stnart will
addresa all brancbeB of tbe Woman's
Anxiliary to ,'tbe Eplscopsl Board of
MissiooB in this city tomorrow (Toes
daj) at 5 o'clock p. ro. lo Grace Oburch
lettire nom. Alao the jaolor brancbeB
are cordially Invited to be present ?
[Ricbmood J urnal, the 16tb.
Amoog tbose who attended the clca
(og exerclses ol the Uoiveralty Oollege
of Medicine io Ricbmood, waa Dt. Hogh
MiGulre, of tbis city.
Dr. R. M. Slaagbter, of Semlnary
Hill, wbo was recently operated upon
for appendlcitla, has reoovered and Is
able to be ont agaln.
LOOAL BREVITIE3.
Froat waa noticed again tbis morn'
ing In this oity and vicinity.
The bargeSevero, which has been load
ed with railroad tles for New York, will
leave In a few days.
Tbe schooner Willie Olsreoce, loaded
witb lumber by W. A. 8mor t & Oo.,
has sailed for Leooardtown, Md ,
A meetiog of the rfficers and teschers
of Ohrisl Oburch 8uodav school wlll be
held at the Parieh Hall t mlght.
Mr. Lolber Oarter haa aold for W. H
Peck home 406 oortb Payoe street .0
Mra Mamie Uammeraley.
Oivil eervice examlnatioos wili be
held in tbia city on June 15, for geolc
glst in the geologicil eorvey and for tio
aer in tha Iadiao service.
Tbe annual fl iwer mlssloo of the Alll
sfin Womao's Ooristlan Temperance
Uolon waa beld today at the (Jhlld
rn's on Home, Duke atreet.
The reg'stratlon books ot the fcur
wards of tbis city were opeoed todsy, at
thf? asuai plscea, B.t lew osmes were
al eI t > the lls a.
A csrrier pigeon was caoght in tbe
yard of Wash N. Jacksoo on opper
Kiog street this aiorning. Tbe blrd bsd
u sM bis leg a bind marked 8, A.
62306
Tbe city fioaoce comroittse at their
mretlog last oight att led tbe accooots
of tbe llceose collectors lor tbe past
year. The amouot collected for licenses
exceeded that al many previoua years.
MessrB. Kolght aod Rodgers have re?
ceived tbe cootract for theimprovementa
ti be made by tbe Messra. Scbolers to
t*ie booses oo tbe ocrth alde of Kieg
atreet, juat west of Pitt, alao to tbe Old
Domioloo Boat Olab's bruie.
A meeting of the Yoang Meo'e 8n
dality Lyceom wlll be held tmight t >
devise weys aod meaos of pUcing the
orgaoizatioo upon tbe plaoe iotended
by Its fc under, the late Rev. Dennls
O'Kaoe.
Tbere wsr ao alarm of fire shortly after
3 o'clock tbis alterooon, caosed by a
blazs io a shed in the rear of Mr. Jamea
Magner's saloon on Royal alret, be*
t-een King andOameron. The fire was
aubdned by extingniehers, and the dam?
age waa sl'ghr.
We have received an invltttion from
the employees of the S uthern Railway
Chmpaay to be present at the unveiliog
of tbe nonnmeat to Barooel Speocer,
first presideot of tbe compaoy, at the
Termioal S ation, at Atianta, Georgla,
Satarday ait-rnoon, May tweoty-Brtt.
Mr. 0. W. Oonnelly ia chairman of tbe
geoeral committee of aflaira.
Geo E. Price A Co will have on asls io
ihe market fo- the balsii<?e at ihis week
eturgeon. sea biias, aalt water Uilors, t.-out
and ahad.
Dnftey's Pure Malt Whlafcy for roedlc
inal purposes, $1.00 a quart, at .-pinis, cornsr
PiiDce and Koyal streets.
Fresh Country IJut'er juat received.
?8c lb. Beat Elgin Creamery BotUr 34c lb,
Fresh Eggs 25c doz , Fancy J-p,n Rif*.
whole grain. 5c Is., 3 lhs. Kvaroratel
Peaches 25c, 3 lbs Lsrge Prunes 25c, 3 Csu*
Fish Roe 25c, 7 lhs. Laondry Starch f6c, 7
Cakes Star Soap 25c, 3 Cans Pink Alsaks
Salmon 25c, 4 Cans Beat Touiatrea 25c, 4 Cans
Sogar Corn 26c, Oieen Monntain Potatoea 55c
buahel. 3 Cana Early Jnne Peaa 25c, h lb?.
Par* Backwheat 25c. Wm. P. Wooi.lb A
Som, Royal and Wolfe streeta?tjaeen and
Henry atreeta.
POLIOEOOURT
[Josiice H. B, Oaton prealdiog]
Tbe followiog caaes were dlsposed of
this morning:
Aliee Tbomas, colored, cbarged wl'b
disorderly condoct aod fightiog, waa dlt
misted.
Oatbarioe Logan, colored, cbarged
witb asssultiog Allce Toomas, colored,
was fioed $b.
Albert Jobnson, colored, charged
wlth disorderly condoct, wss dismissed.
Edward Lacae, colored, charged with
the larceoy of a dress and a pair of
ahoea from Lloda Stswart, had hia ease
contioned.
A reaident of sooth Royal street,
cbarged witb cesliog filth into a sever
trap was dismissed wlto. ao admool
tloo.
The body of Dr. Oliver P. R-x, of
Pbiladelpbia, was brougbt to New York
today oo the Bteamer Krooprit z-islo
Oecilie. Dr. Rex died et aea May 12 of
Brlght's disease.
Washington - - D. C
/1% **m j? ^w 18 vtfnmes of short sfories
%K*?J? VrvF a year's sabscriptioo to
WILL BUY ! Pearson's Majazine.
-Th.t's 4?4 renfs a vol.me for ihe Books slone- with the Msgiiine FREE. The
Booke sre n.eely rlotb b?un*. have more Misn 305 p4.es ea-h snd ar. printed from
new type. The binding is :e lnxe srt cloth It is a very nnosoal oflenng aod the
timeislimited.-rhird Floor-Book Department.
SILVERPOLISHi
Now is the time for houseclear ing. which of
course includes thesi'verware. We have an ex-l
ceptionally good Silver Polish made expecially forl
us. It sells for 25c a bottle We will sell it forj
15c A BOTTLE [
or give one bottle FREE with every purchase or4
repair work to the amount of one dollar or over. |
This offer will be good for 30 davs from today orj
until the present supply is exhausted.
H. W. WILDT & 50N, Jewelers
106 NORTH ROYAL STREET BELL PHONE 345*
FOR RENT.?HOr-?K No. 1001 Osaaa ou
strett, ft'x rooms snd bsth; all moilern
impro^ementfi. Apply to
_?y . __ jl. RVHE?: & BOM.
Aoarchisti Want Peaceful Propaganda
Halle, Qermaoy, May 17.?Tbe horab
is oo looger the wf apon of the or'hodox
aoarcbist. A' ihe Ioternit onal Ana
chist Oongrrss here today at which 67
delr-ga'ea, representiogs'xt'eo coootries,
iocladhg Amer'cs, were present, a reso?
lution wsa enttudas'icslly adopted "ab
jariDg violent terrorism."
The coogress decided tbat its prin
olplrs cculd be best sobseiv.d by peace
fal methods end tbat tbe ansrchisiic
propaganda shoold be spread throogb
edocstioo and not asssssinatlon.
There were few disseniiig rpinions
snd the resolution referred ti was adopt?
ed by a practically uianimm. vote.
The drlegstes from I.uss'a, where tr
lorism is mostin evi leuce, d clarel ihej
?>u!d do all in their power to brintr
Ruuiaa anarchists aod nihllists to the
oew view-point.
TbH ooly slrenuoas ol j ction to the
resolution csnae from a wuinsn delegste,
known as the "re.d priucese," but ofcoe
real name was not d vulged. 8Lk atged
a oontinnstinn of terrorist r>atragee.
Suicide of a Caabler
Lsealurg, Va., May 17.?With his
baby soo standing by watcbiog bim, K
B Roaa, aged 35, caahlr-r of tbe Fsrro
r-ra* and Mercbauts' Bsiiklog sod Trust
Oompaoy here, carefu'ly arranired a
sbotguo this morolng, presaed the trigger
wlth his foot and killed hinmlf. The
load of shot enterei his beait aod tore
away tbe left Blde i f hts body. 8o far
as is known tbedrad man was in n ?
financisl difficnllies. Members of his
family it rlbnm his suicide to remorse
followlng hrav/ drin^log. Mr. R?s
was for bi versl years conoected wiih the
American Nstiooal B<ok, of Wasbinir*
too. A wife aod tbree cbildreo MtYtTs
bim. m
Gomper's Prophecy.
New York. Msy 17.?"Ten yea s
ago ttirauel Gimpers declared that in
a decade organized labor wcnld control
the conotry's commerce and iodastries.
Todsy bis type of vades uiionism
stands coodemned. GimperV jirophecy
wbb the cfl-spriog of his wiari, as it
waa when be predicted aod wnrked for
the electlon of Bryan in 1908. Hia
maio issoe io that csmpaigo w, s anti
iojarjction and Ihe people gare hlm a
doae ol injanclion that certainly oagbt
to|kill orcu-ehlm asa factor lo p.lttics."
Bhowing p'ainly by his tUitode that
the caropalgo of the Natlooal Aisocis
tlon ol Maoofacturti.' against the
American Federation of Labor Ib not
to be compromlasd, John Kirby, i's
president, in the above statemeot ln
tiday's sesslon of the orgsn /.st on's
conventlon ssaailed tbe federation's
head.
Test Runa
Rockiaod, Maioe, May 17.--Before a
namber oi MY*I rfficers from Wa'hing
too aod the B tt n, New Y irk aod
Potsmru h nsv/ yards the te-ts stand
ard zilioo'oos of tne ba t eship Michi
gao and the torpedo b-a: des'nyere R?-id
aod Finaer ,beg8n here todsy ever tbe
oavsl coorse. Represeotatives ot msny
ot the large ahipboildiog cooc-ros of
conotry are also obseiv.ng Ibe tes'e.
M. E- Church Confereoce
Ashville, H. C, Mav 17.-When tbe
gentral conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, opened today,
it waa annonnced that the count of the
bsllots caat jost before adjournment laat
ni?;ht Bhowed the election of Rev. Dr.
W. Lanibnth, of Tenneasec, snl Rev, R.
G. Waterhonae and Rev. Ii. V. Monson,
of Vi'ginia, a* Bishops. Another balljt
to 611 the remaining two vacanciea was
imraediately begun.
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Work on tbe Caoal
New York, May 17 ?loaietir g tbat all
rfcords are beicg brok*n io the Oanal
cooalracticu work, Cdooel Qeorge W.
Giethals, chiig eogioeer of the P.camn
Oanal, srr v d bere today. From 11?
UaosiZ>ne. Tbere were adcz?o Ameri
caos io tho Oosta Rica tartbqiake zice
t ut all escaped oobarmed.
New York Stock Market.
New York, May 17?Fraetiocal loaaea were
suatained in nearly everfthin? iraded in at
the opening of the stock market today bot
refore many minutes psaved a briak npward
move-ient wm in projrress.
After the fi-at few minotea the market Le
came heavy acaio and lealizing aalts cana*d
a decline of about a point ali through the li?-t
After r<acting a |ptint tbe market became
firmer. recov?-rina some part ofthe loa* made
1 in the first haif ot the forenoon.
\ Good Health
d
\ la'nlleMed in pera^na who cnuple
, a caieful, whol-**'mediet with the
ierale bm of an invigorating,
henlthful In-verat;e like
Hofbrau
Tho rwaUf ?ii"l nature manifeat in
tho-e who lad ilge in an occasional
L'l ins ol BtsTbrai beer ia proverbial.
They are go-wl nstnred becaose they
have gsiued atrength and health and
VlfOf fr.un Ita
I'rv our lieer. It is the suine of
healthful liquid r?frfshment.
ROBERT
BRE^ J
r\'i>\
Phone No 1*0.
PORTNER
G CO,
Va
I.OOX?S>OH HKM.
LAFOF, airr, -?? I fairal I..-1 ROOMSfw
ii.'. ? I'.iMi ho-trrl. Oas l>'ic'< from
(roll n (Vaahiattoa atreet Addreas
"X i . ' Chs PobI naii Nall-, eil].
nui \ i
IH) LLY MADISOV"
ia th* daiutic' in > i\l I kilfer,
Ynu cannoi eaMatsai ita great
beauty till you bave seen it. Single
rerving tieces $1.50 np.
TEA 8POONS,
J dozen $6.C0 up
K. C. ACTOW * SONS,
,!<>wel?rs and Silversmitbs.
MA-ONK'. _ cslied rommunication of
ALE.WNDRIA-WASHINGTON
LODGE, No. ?, A.. F. A A. M., will be held
at the Teraple Tl'ESDAY, EVENING.
May 17. *t 7.30 o'clock, ror work. By order
ofthe Wor-liipful Mssier.
2t _ A Q. I'MLER. Secretary.
THERK wil! I>" ? call-d convocalion ot
M I'. VERNON BOY AL ARCH CHAI'
TER, No. H, held in the tsbernacle, TUE*5
DAY EVENING, May 17, 1910, at 7:?0
o'clock. By order rf H.s M. E. High Pnest,
A. G. UtJLER.ge"rttary.
msy I ii 2t _
CIGAR SALKSMAN WANTED.?Experi
er.re uni;?fe?ary. Hell our hrands to the
retail trwle Big pay. Write for fiill psr
tirolars at once. GLOBE CIGAR CO.,
Cleveland.Ohio. _fabl9tjel6
YEARS AGO~
we -tertad ont to rlo H?ttl? with Iife.
We di.in't exp?rt t> "Win-in*s-walk."
We knew that we hsd to meet iti com
petitinc, that tbere were "foemen
wnrthy of our ste.l," that Hn best
thir.gs were reserved for thow who
mild win: thst failures in esrly Iife
w ul.l taaeb et to urin socress Her oa.
Vte h've nift ihese conditiODS like men
not sim'ng tor-rush snyone. but siniply
BS liold ou' own. We hsve been suc
;il snd if yon think we hsve in
? A FI1.EO/ MONEY then yoo
bave im' pare ivedtbe purDo** tt thm
arg-ment. Our l??'st *a*ces. is CAM
. ivil'.Y LUNCH ?nd you sre
all invit-d logive u?acsll.
Open all night. 90S King street.
UG3 for setting.-Bnrt Rocks, Black
Mioorcss, ? hiti Wyondottes, $1.00 ler
15. Preminm stoek. Dk C. E. OU1CALT,
1*72 sonth Wsshington ftreel._
Wall Paper & Paper hanging
Have tour psperhaniiing dooe by sober
n en thst know wh-t they are doing. No
draakseinployed by
H. L MARDER5
;th Fairfax 8trtet.
Next die shop._my!7 3t
J. sod T. O u.in's Fine Lastral Oolt
and Black Bussia Lnsltania Pumpa acd
OxIordB. Weldt and Toro'a price $5.00;
oar price $4 00. J. A. Mersbill ABro.,
.22 King street.
DR f GOODS
Woodward & Lothrop
New York?Washington?Paris
Women's Coat Suits at the End-of
Season Prices.
Io golng over oar stock of Women's Spriog Ooat Su'ta we find tbere are aev?
eral linea ol wblch we have too maoy garmeota. Oa oar tbird ti >or is a large and
very attractive collection of New Spriog Ooat Soita, ia tbls season's lateat aad moat
cfleetive styles, st eod-of-seasoo prices.
lf yoa appreciate qoality and etyle ia a ta'lored soit?st a very low price?yoa
caooot aflord to miss takiog advaotage n< this excep ional 11! -riog. Every gar
meot ia of tbe best cuitom talloriog, linked witb the bigbeat-grade mstsrials aod
trimmlngs.
Suits at $1375 each.
VALUE3 UP 10 $29.50. Ao attractive collection of Ooat Soit*, made o.
plain and dlsgonai serges, lo tbe mcst at ractive desigos of tbe sessoo, and in tba
wanted colora o( navy bloe, reaeda, twiiUrle, gray, tao, aod black. Incloded are
regolsr aod between s'aea.
Suits at $19.75 each.
VALUE. UP TO $35.{A large collectinn of Hlgh-claM Ooat SaitB, repreeent
iog aa uoasaal valoe. They are fashioned of fine serges and men's mitiogs, in
s'.rtctly tailored ard braided eflect*; eoata are serol-fliting and lined with peau de
oygoe, and ihe skirts are In varions plalted modeli. Oolora are theae most in de*
maod?black, navy blue, tan, wlatarie, aod light aod dark gray.
Suits at $34.75 each.
VALUES UP TO $50. These represert onr best linea, aod are redoced ia
price for immedlate removal. They are very rioh and beamifol, aod fashlooed of
aoft taffeta, rajah, aod taBsah silks aod fioe voilef. Mscy are import'd models?
ooe-( fa-klod desigos?Irom liie leadiog Paris modistes. Tbe voilea have ailk
drops. A collection of very rich garments, tuitable for sll oceasions, at very at?
tractive price.
Third flaor-G tt.
'- --- ?- ? - -. -g~*~
Swan Bros
Popular
Wash Materials.
Tan Linen Crash Suiting. 27 inches wide,
yard. 20c
Tan Linen Crash Suiting, 36 inches wide,
yard. 25c, 35c, 39c
Grey Linen Crash Suitings, 27 inches wide,
yard.-- 35c
White Linen Crash Suiting, 36 inches
wide, yard.- 39c
White Linen Crash Suiting, 47 inches
wide, yard - _.--.-- 69c
Sliiiiiiiii'ill'iilldmcillllfiiiiil !?)('
Citizcns' National Bank
of Alexandria, Va.
CAPITAL $100,000. SURPLUS $125,080
OFFICERS:
President Vice President,
Edward L. Daingerfield; m _ n Carroll Pierre,
Richard M. Green, Caahier. Edward E. Payne, A??t Cashier
DIRECTORS:
JG Smoot, Edward L. Daingerfield, Jas. W. Roberts
Worth Hulfisb, _ CWOU Pierce
V1.A. Ahern, Lrban S. Lambert
RESOIJRCES. i HABIWTIES.
Loans ..... 1678,825.54
U. 8. Bonda to ae
cure circulation. 100,000.00
Bonds to aecure U.
S. Depoait . . 1,000.00
Other Bonda and
Stocks . . ? 55,17406
Banking Hotiae &
Real Eatate . . 52,856.97
Oash . . 48,308 55
Due from
Hanks and
Reserve
Agenta . 131,979 36
* _!_180,?87.91
$1,068,144.48
Capital .... $100,000.00
Surplus .... 1?0,000.00
Undivided Profits 22,754 19
Circulation . . . 96.30000
Deposits .... 748,09029
U. S. Depoait . . 1,000,00
$1.068,144 48
DRY GOODB.
65c 19 inch Fancy
Checked and Striped
TaffetaSilks
38c
Positively sll pure silk, abaolutely perfrct.
do "secooda," very soft snd nicely finished
chiftVn tafleta cbecks and stnpes in blue and
white, hhrk snd white. green aod white, and
a nurabar of oti er colors in fancy patlerns
Theae make boautiful aprina and anmmer
dreases and waiaU. and they wear nicely,
too.aVTheactuil valoe of theae silks ia tbe.
Thrcugh an extraordinary r.nrcha?e we are
able to ofler them to yon while the lot "Ift/
Jassfonhe very special price of.. aj>a_aa,
0-0-0
tansl)orj_li*Br(i
420426 Seventh Street,
WASHINGTON, D, C.
Hard Crabe, Soft Crabs, Deviled
Crabs and Crab Salad
AT JACOB BBILL'8 RE8TAI P.ANT
FOOT OF.KING 8TBEET.
Open uotil 10 p. r,
aprfta)
SPECIAL No. 9.?Ice Picks worth 16c and
20c. 10c for this week.
SPECIAL No.lO,?Dish Cover Fly Scref ns,
10c, 15c and Me. Worth 25c
SPECIAL No. 11.?Denstured Alcohol
Stoves, with t, 2 snd 3 Eoles. grestly rt
duced. Some birgsin. Th. only safe Uove
on the market.
SPECIAL Ra 12.?Some bargsins in Ice
Cream Freezere.
SPECIAL No. U.?1-Mf Kazors at 2*5e
each. Something thit is good.
SPECIAL fo 14.?Po-( Ii Rockers, were
$S.00, now $2.4^, for this week only.
R. E. KNIGHT.
6ir.Mli *>25 Kinu Street.
Just received a .hipment
of
Popular Copyright
Fiction
to be sold at the popu'ar
price of 50c each.
S. F. Dyson
508 King Street
Opera House
Shows that make
you laugh.
MovingPictaresyou've
never seen before.
700 Oaoice Ssats. 10c
300 Bilcony Seats. 6c
Matlnee da.ly. N
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