FRIDAY EVENING. APBIL 30. 1S97.

Ex-Ambassador Bayard is quotedassaying, "Mr. Cleveland is the logicalleader of the democracy and before the

present administration is concluded I

believe that almost tho unanimousvoice of the people will call upon himattain to take the reins of government.I should rejoice to see him once more

in the Presidential chair." The course

pursued by the bolters induces manyunprejudiced people to believe that

they haven't common sense, and if Mr.

Bayard be quoted correctly, that he

hasn't any sense at all, is so plain as to

go without saying. An old negro

preacher belonging to the family in

.which the writer of this paragraph was

raised, used to say to bim, while hold¬ing the testament upside down, "WhenJim can read the end will come." Itwill certainly be time for the end to

come if Mr. Cleveland be ever againelected to the Presidency. Why, if an

election w^jre held tomorrow, tewouldn't receive as many votes as were

cast for his decoy ticket last fall.

A BOLTERS' organ says the "republi¬cans have betrayed their trust andshamefully broken faith with the democrats whose votes alone gave them

power." But nothing could be more

erroneous. The republicans have be¬trayed no trust and have broken no

faith with the bolters. On the contra¬

ry, the latter knew just as well whenthey voted for Mr. McKinley as theydo now, that is, if they be not the veri¬est simpletons, that the legitimate andnecessary consequence of his electionwould be the enaction of a higher tariflbill. Their pretended surprise and in¬dignation at the a33ured passage of theDingley bill is, therefore, only anotherone of their vain and transparent at¬

tempts to deceive iil-informed and un¬

suspecting people.Thk New York; Herald says "that

things cannot go on as they are, is the

popular conviction, as to the presentc mdition of this country." Why, of

c »urse they can't, and they won't.And as there is no hope of their im¬

provement under republican rule, theymust of course grow worse. But of allthe newspapers in the country, there isnot one that strove harder than theHerald to elect Mr. McKinley Presi¬dent, and thereby continue the fight forfree silver four years longer, with allits attendant uncertainty, so injuriousto business, and to restrict the sale ofail the people have to sell and increasethe price of all they have to buy.

If Governor O'Fkrrall had beenas well informed of the condition of af¬fairs at Fairfax Courthouse as the Gov¬ernor of the State ehould have been, hewould have known that no combina¬tion existed there for the obstruction ofthe execution of the laws, but that thewhole people of that community, with¬out any combination, had determinedthat the laws should be executed, andthat, too, in tho course of ordinary pro¬ceeding. The Governor is too old for

improvement, but still, as there is noend to saving grace, it would do him no

jharm to pray for understanding.The negroes in this country, like

those in Africa, can't live quietly to¬

gether, but must be quarreling amongthemselves. The full bloods and mu-

lattoes of Washington have now drawnthe color line between each other in re¬

spect of the free school patronagethere, the former asserting that theSatter, though no whit more compt-

tent, and though greatly inferior in

number, have succeeded in getting pos¬session of neatly all the lucrative partof that patronage, and demandiugtheir full share of the free school plun¬der.

So far as can be learned about theDingley bill, as revised by the republi¬can members of the finance committeeof the U. S. Senate, it will double thetax on beer and tobacco. Why, cer¬

tainly ! Both of those articles are con¬

sumed by the poor; indeed, to some ex-

lent, they havo become necessaries cfthe poor, and so solicitous are the re¬

publicans for the good of the poor that

.they tax them heavily not only for2heir bats, clothes and shoes, but even

Jor their mugs of beer and pipefuls andjplugs of tobacco.

Postmaster General Gary, for¬merly of Connecticut, but now of Mary¬land, has, it is printed, announced thathe intends to appoint a negro as post¬master at Augusta, Georgia. As thenegro vote never has, and never will,carry Georgia, why Augusta shouldhave a negro postmaster, rather thanany city of its size in any NorthernState that is carried by that vote, can¬

not be told, unless it be for the deliber¬ate purpose of promoting and excitingtil feeling between the races in the!..SouIh. _

Under Mr. Cleveland's adminis¬tration no ex Confederate democrat,folding a minor place in any of the de¬partments, could be promoted, and inthe Treasury none was appointed. Un¬der Mr. McKinley's, all the ex-

I

Union soldiers who were removed for jcause, for they never would have beenwithout, by Mr. Cleveland, are beiDgreinstated as rapidly as possible. Wiseadministrations entrust the execution oftheir principles and polices to friendsrather than to enemies.

The sympathy manifested in theNorth for the Greeks may possiblyhave been evoked by the similarity ofthe rout of the army of the latter at La¬rissa to that of the Northern army atBull Run. The people of the Northhave been "there," and know how it is

themselves. The misery of an army'srout is appalling, and those who can

put themselves in the place of the rout¬ed Greeks may well feel sympathy forthem.

_

Though the so-called ChristianGreeks in Crete have treated the Moslern Greeks in that island with thecruelty of savages, the Turks in Greecohave treated their vanquished foeswith the utmost kiDdness and consideration, and so far from pushing theirvictory, are desirous of terminatinghostilities as soon as possible and on

the easiest terms to their enemies.

FROM WASHINGTON.[Correspondence of tho Aloxandria Gazette.]

Washington, April 30.The President has decided not to in¬

terfere in the case of Joseph Dunlop,proprietor of the Chicago Dispatch, whowas sentenced to two years' imprison¬ment for sending obscene matterthrough the mails. A strong eüort wasmade to secure his pardon on the«round that his life would be placed injeopardy by his imprisonment, but thePresident decided that Dunlop must?erve out his term.

It is intimated at the White Housei hat Rev. Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins, of At-lauta, Ga., has been selected as minim¬ier to Greece. He has been an appli¬cant for the position. He recently re¬

signed the pastorate of the First Meth¬odist Episcopal Church at Atlanta, one

of the largest churches iu the south.He was a democrat until last autumnwhen he joined the republican party.The Supreme Court adjourued to-day

until May 10, when it will assemble todeliver opinions, but not to hear argu¬ments. The application for a writ oferror in the case of .John Gibson vs. theState of Mississippi was denied to-day.Gioson is under sentence of death.Fourth class postmasters appointed

iu Virginia to-day were, ChincoteugueIsland, J. W. Field; Montreal, M. I.Wood.A well-informed democratic politi¬

cian from Ohio here to day says be iscertain, not only from what he person¬ally sees and hears, but from what conservative people from all parts of bisState write to him, that Mr. Hann»,who holds his appointment as SenatorIrom tho Governor of his State, will nutbe elected by the legislature thereof,and that such Senatorial reputation ashe may desire will have to be achievedbefore the next session of that body.Tho bolters who hold oflice here have

become Mr. Cleveland's < most prouounced enemies since his late speechin New York. They had strong hopesof retaining their positions until thaip»ech was made, but it has given theadministration the opportunity it wasseeking for of turning out, neck andhsels, the last one of them.

It is reported to-day that Mr. Loomisof O iio will be appointed minister toVenezuela, Mr. Hall of West Viruinia,minister to Nicaragua, and Mr. Youngof Pennsylvania, minister to Spain, andthat Mr. Scott of West Virginia willaccept the internal revenue commissionership that has been offered him.

It has been ascertained that a prettystiff tax has been laid upon salt by theDingley bill, though as much of thatarticle has to be used by a poor as by arich man, and though there are a thou¬sand poor men to one rich one.The Mr. A. Gordon Jones who has

been appointed assistant superintendentof the sixth division of the SouthernRailway, is a son of Capt. John A.Jones, for a long time a conductor on

the Virginia Midland Railroad, and wasraised in Alexandria.The Virginia negroes here are very

much disgusted at the way in whichthey have been treated by their friendp,the republicans. They say that were itnot for them, the republican party intheir State would be too insignificantto talk about, but that nothing butpromises have been given to them andhat now they don't expect any thing.vill be. They say a conference oftheir leading men will he held in Rich¬mond next month to determine whathey shall do, and that unless theirrace shall receive more considerationfrom the beneficiaries of their votes,they will know what to do at futureelections.

It is said that a resolution will be in¬troduced at the next meeting of theVirginia Democratic Association of thiscity to the ellect that at every couutyand city democratic convention in t heirState, held to select delegates to theState convention, such delegates be in¬structed to vote for the nomination ofno man about whose active and earnestsupport of the Chicago platform andticket there may be the slightest doubt,

r A Virginia republican now here Bayshat Colonel Pat McCaull, the late re¬

publican candidate for Congress in theAlexandria district and who was oneof tho several unsuccessful applicantsfor the internal revenue collectorshipof the upper district of Virginia, is nowseeking a consulship in some Englishspeaking country.Judge Paul of the TJ. S. court for the

western district of Virginia, was heroto day and had a talk with GeneralWalker, one of the two republican con¬gressmen from his State.Congressman Jerry Simpson says that

hereafter a quorum of the House willhave to be present before there shall bean adjournment; also that if the repub¬lican majority of the House shouldwant to change the form of governmentand have a Ctvsar instead of a Presi¬dent, they would find authority for it inthe Constitution.The President will attend the exer¬

cises in connection with the dedicationof the Washington monument at Phila¬delphia on May 15th.The latest news received by the

Spanish minister is that the largestgroup of insurgents in the provincescovered by the order for the reformlaw in Cuba was one of about 200 un¬der Quintan Banderas and another ofabout SO under Gomez. The last dis¬patch adds that 32 insurgent prisonershave surrendered, this being the lastof numerous surrenders of late.The TJ. S. Supreme Court to-day de¬

cided that the duty on goods importedupder one tarili bill remains until

changed by the passage and signatureof another tariff bill.A prominent and influential democrat¬

ic politician from Maryland here to-daysays most of the democrats there wholeft their party on the silver questionhavo come back to it, and that the oth¬er bolters will never come back, as

they had left it years ago, and werenow pretty well settled in the republi¬can fold. The democrats, he said,would surely regain possession of theState and of Baltimore city at the nextelection, as they are now practicallyreunited, as the republicans ol the Stateand the negroes are mad at the way thepatronage has be<m distributed; thatMayor Hooker of Baltimore has gotthose iu his city lighting each otherand as the threatened injury to thelarge canning industry by the Dingleybill, which abolishes the rebate on theexports of goods packed in tin cans,and the other injuries that commercialcity would receive from that bill havedisgusted the people there with repub¬licanism.There has been no communication

from the British government to the authorities bore concerning Hawaii, andt he report < mi nating in Japan that GreatBritain hud expressed disapproval ofHawaiian an:: xalion to the UnitedStates is denied by officials.The War Department has received a

telegram announcing the death atPlattsburg, X. Y., barracks of Col.Horace Je-wett 21st Infantry, stationedat that post, at an early hour thismorning.

NEWS Ur^HEDÄY.The President and Mrs. McKinley

returned to Washington last night fromNew York.There is talk of electing ex-President

Beujamin Harrison moderator of thePresbyterian General Assembly, to beheld soon at Winona, Ind.Under tho plan of reorganization of

the Senate committees silver republi¬cans will hold the balance of power infourteen and populists in eleven.

It is common talk in Chicago societycircles that Marshall Field is engagedto the widow of the late GeneralPhilip H. Sheridan and that the wed¬ding will take place iu the near Inture.John L. Lane, wife and child, were

found dead at Bonny Eagle, live milesfrom Bar Mills, Me., this morning. Allhad been shot. Letters found on Lanereveal that a double murder and sui¬cide was committed.The Washington navy yard was vis

ited by lire yesterday afternoon, thesecond time within a week. At thefirst, storehouse No. 2 was destroyed,and yesterday the building at the lowerend of the main avenue, known as theriugint; loft and seamen's quarters, sue-cumbed to the dames. The loss is$2,000.There is now every probability that

the Mississippi river will cut throughCowpen Point levee by way of LakeConcordia. Should this occur it willcreate a cut oil, leaving Natchez, Miss.,an inland towu, as Vicksburg was leltin 1S70. Thousands of dollars havebeen spent to prevent this cut off, butapparently in vain, as th6 river showsa (lisposition to return "to its old bed of250 or 300 years ago.The Dingley tariff bill has been prac

tically reconstructed. When reportedby the sut-:omitled of the Finance Com¬mittee to the full committee it will con¬tain very nearly 1,000 amendments. Ithas been more thoroughly changed, infact, than was the McKinley bill whenit got through the Senate, and thutmeasure, it will be remembered, wasamended something like S00 times. Itis stated authoritively that the averagerate of duty will be lower than the r.*teof the Dingley bill.

Just before a distinguished party in¬cluding a number of Senators was tosit down to an elaborate diener at Pitts-burg yesterday, an attempt was madeto get a photograph by flash light,when the bunting and decorations weres<;t on fire and liremen had to be sum¬moned. The decoration of much of thefurniture was ruined, but the banquet¬ers reassembled after the fire hadbeen subdued and speut a pleasantevening. There were 321 diners seatedat the tables, with U. 8. Trent as toast-master. The toasts and speakers wereas follows : Senator William E. Mason,"Grant and His Party;" Represensta-tive William Alden Smith, "Grant'sForeign Policy;" Senator G. L. Wel¬lington, ''Republican Party in theSouth," and Maj., B. F. Warner."Partisanship."

THE GREEK WAR.The King of Greece, recognizing the

danger of waiting longer for a quorumof the Bottle to vote a resolution ofwant of confidence in the Delyannisministry, yesterday asked the latter toresign, und M. Rilli, the leader of theopposition, was entrusted with the taskof forming a cabinet.

In Thessaly the Greek army atPhar-salia is strengthening its positionagainst the approach of the Turks. Afight with the enemy is said to have oc¬curred yesterday at Aiviale. Tho re¬

ported battle at Velestiho turns out tohave been merely a series of skirmishes.Yolo is almost deserted in view of tboapproach of the enemy. Meanwhile,the Greek population is returning toLarissa on assurances Irom EdbemPasha that they have nothing to fear.

It is reported that the powers will op¬pose, by force if necessary, the blockadeor bombardment of Salonica, in view ofthe damage that would be done toforeign commerce. It is probable thatthe new Greek ministry will treat forpeace, in the hope of preserving theterritorial integrity of Greece.

All tho talk now is of the interven¬tion of the powers. Even Germanywishes to save Greece from the conse¬

quences of defeat, and it is stated inBerlin official circles that the powerswill interveno of their own initiative ifGreece does not invite them.

Aecordiug to a dispatch from Constantinople the Sultan will accept thefollowing conditions as the basis ofpaace: The withdrawal of the Greektroops from Crete, and the reestahlish-ment of the frontier of 1.831, Greece tobe excluded from all of the advantagesof capitulations, and to pay indemnity.BASEBALL..The National League baseball

games played yesterday resulted as follows:Baltimore O. Now York 3 ; Philadelphia 12,Brooklyn 11; Washington 5, Boston 3;Loni3vi!lo 5, Chicago 4 ; Pittsburg 8 Cin¬cinnati 7. St. Louis 6, Cleveland 6. Thofollowing is tho standing of tho clubs:

Won. Lost. Por Cent.Baltimore. 0 1 .Sr>7Philadelphia. 0 1 .857Cincinnati. 0 1 .857Louisville.. 4 1 .800Pittsburg. 3 2 .GOOBrooklyn. 3 4 .420.St. Iritis. 2 3 .400New York. 2 4 .333Washington. 2 4 .333Chicago. 2 5 .286Boston. 1 G .143Clcvoland. 0 5 .000

VIRGINIA NEWS.Tho dentists of Maryland, Virginia

and District of Columbia will meet inthe Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort,May 6, 7 and 8.Mr. P. L. Fox, of Loudoun county,

and Miss Annie A. Baker, daughter ofMr. Joseph Baker, of Stailord, weremarried in Fredericksburg Wednesdaynight, Rev. J. P. Stumph officiating.Moses Dennis, the negro who took

Mrs. George R. Henderson's watchfrom her on the 20th iust., while threat¬ening to kill her with a knife, was triedfor highway robbery at Roanoke* yes¬terday. He was found guilty aud wassentenced to eighteen years in the peni¬tentiary.Mis3 Lena Houghton, of Stafford

county, whose attempted elopementwas stopped by her rtrrest at the station,escaped from her puronts at Fredericks-burg on Wednesday night and yester¬day morning boarded the train atBrook Station, with her lover, and hothleft for Washington.

Yost's Weekly plant, at Staunton,has again changed hands. It was soldMarch G for SS60, but the sale was notconfirmed. Yesterday the plant wassold to the Old Virginia PublishingCompany for $1 025. It is understoodthat a new republican paper will bestarted at some point yet to be deter¬mined upon.The Bedford Democrat yesterday

contained an article which called Edi¬tor H. Black, of the Bulletin, a cardplaying blackguard. Editor M. T. Har¬rison, of the Democrat, was accosted byEditor Black on the street, and an old-fashioned fist fight followed. Blackcaught Harrison's head under his armaud diligently pounded his features.Black is a small man and Harrisonabout medium size. Both men werearrested and fined.The trial of Wesley Mayo, colored,

who is charged with attempting to com¬mit a felonious assault on Mrs. Lowry,began yesterday in the ManchesteiHustings Court. The evidence wasconcluded at night aud tho court ad¬journed pending a consideration of in¬structions to the jury. The prisoner isdefended by ex-Congressman GeorgeD. Wise. Mrs. Lowry went on thestand and explained how the allegedattempt at assault was made. Thecourtroom was crowded at both sessions jTELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.M. C. Bristol, superintendent of con¬

struction of tho western division of tin-Western Union Telegraph Co., died atChicago this morning.The national congress of the Sons of

the American Revolution opened inCleveland, Ohio, to-day. Among thosepresent was Capt. Charles U. Williams,td Virginia.

Forest fires have been raging forseveral days in Buckingham county.Va. Timber on thousands of acres ofland and much valuable gold miningmachinery and mills have been de¬stroyed.The total shipments of gold to Eu¬

rope for the week ending May 1st is$6,227,000. This includes the ship¬ments announced for to morrow andmakes the total shipments from April 27to May 4, $7,227,00(1.A sale of Standard Oil stock was made

on the curb in New York to-day at M00,which price is tho highest ever paid fort he shares of the company and repre¬sents a rise of something like .!»> pointswithin the last few months.In the height of the gale on Lake

Michigan last night, a capsized schoon¬er was sighted several miles out in thehike oil Port Washington, Wis. Tugswere unable to venture out and it isfeared that the vessel has gone downwith all on board.The coal miners employed at several

of the mines on the Wheeling divisionof tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, metat Finleyville, Pa., yesterday and decid¬ed to demand an advance from 54 to00 cents per ton, to take effect to mor¬row. Over 1,000 men are employed atthese mines.The manufacturers have notified the

window glass workers association thatthey will refuse to deal with a commit-lee from tho association, which will askfor an advance in wagers for the blow¬ers and gatherers President Burns, ofthe workers association says if themanufacturers refuse to treat with thecommittee, a general strike will be de¬clared.A box containing tho bodies of two

infants was found to-day in a deserted.-tone epiarry near Bellevue, Pa. Thebox was securely fastened and a mem¬

bership card of the Canton, O., branchof the Young Men's Christian Associa¬tion was tacked on the lid. The babieshad evidently been dead several daysand lime had been placed over theirremains to hasten decomposition.David H. Hays, for IS years cashier

of the St. Louis postoffice, was arrestedto-day, charged with the embezzlementof $15,000. The accused waived exam

ination and was held in the federalgrand jury in the sum of $3,000. Theshortage was made good by C. M.Hays, general manager of the GrandTrunk Railroad, who went there sev¬eral days ago on receiving word of hisbrother's trouble.Frank Schmidt, the St. Louis brewer, who

disappeared in Chicago last Friday whilo on

way to Cincinnati, has been heard from atRhinolandcr, Wis Ho is boliovod to bo in¬saneA five per cent, advance in tho price of

window glass, including all sections of thecountry, has been mado, and wiil go into ef¬fect to-morrow.

Quoen Victoria reached Portsmouth to-dayfrom Cherbourg on her return from tho Southof Franco.

FIGHTING IN CUBA.A column of Spanish troops com¬

manded by Colonel Estruch, which hasbeen operating against the insurgentsin the vicinity of Mulata, Cuajabon anilCharos. Province of Pinar del Rio, hascaptured five insurgent camps. Theenemy left twenty-five men killed andretired with many wounded. Thetroops had a lieutenant and seven sol¬diers wounded.During a number of skirmishes which

have taken place in the last three daysthe insurgents according to the officialreports, lo3» 116 killed and 11 wounded,and the troops coptured 10 prisoners.The Spanish columns during theseskirmishes had S men killed and 7Swounded.The government has authorized Se-

nor Porura, the civil governor, to re¬

turn to Madrid on May 10. He will berelieved by the Marquis Balmerola.

Dkaths in Fairfax..Mr. Milton Han¬na, a well known citizen of Horndon, died on

Saturday night of cancer of the stomach, aged52 years.Mr. Ernost Makley, son of Mr. A. Maklcy,

of Clifton, died on Sunday at tho home of hi:ifather, after an illness of about two weeks,aged about IS years..iHorald.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWSThe War in the East.

Athens, April 30..General Maorisand three Colonels of the Greek armyof Pharsalos have resigned and startedfor Athens.On the arrival of the Turkish troops

at Larissa they fonnd all the guns ofthe fortress intact and captured im¬mense quantitites of amuoition of allkinds. The abandonment of sncb astrong position is incomprehensible.The news of the occupation of Volo bythe Turkish forces is momentarily ex¬pected.Constantixople, April 30..The

Turkish government announces thatinstead of being repulsed at Velestinothe imperial troops continue their vic¬torious march forward. The reportthat 03man Pashs is on his way to Ja-nina, Espirus, with 30,000 additionalTurkish troops is confirmed.London, April 30..A dispatch from

Constantinople says that the Turkishcavalry occupied Volo yesterday even¬ing. The dispatch adds that a ten daysdelay has been granted to the Greekswho are desirous of leaving Constanti¬nople.Athens, April 30..The Cabinet has

been finally and definitely formed.Paris, April 30..A dispatch from

Rome says that Admiial Canevro, thc-Italian commander in Cretan waters,has been ordered to consider Col. Vas-sos, who commands the Greek army ofoccupation in Crete, as a belligerentand to no longer oppose Greek attackson the Turkish troops there.Constantinople, April 30..A dis¬

patch from the Turkish military com¬mander at Janina announces that Mus-tapha Pasha's brigade yesterday occu¬pied the heights commanding Nichesteand Kervauserai, beyoud Pentepigadia,and that the Greek troops in that vici¬nity thereupon retired.The Vali of Salonica telegraphs that

a band of Greeks has been routed bythe Turkish troops near l'ravishte. Tenof the Greeks were captured.Athens, April 30..The action be¬

tween the Turks and Greeks which be¬gan yesterday at Velestino, about tenmiles west of Volo, was continued to¬day. General Smolenski's brigade hasrepulsed repeated charges of theTurkish cavalry.Rom e, Anril 30..Dispatches received

here from Volo say that a terrible panicprevails at Volo and that if the placefalls into the hands of the Turks thesituation of the Greek army will bedesperate.

Thi' Waters Subsiding.El.Reno, Ok., Apl. 30.The Hood of

the north Canadian river is falling al¬most as rapidly BS it rose and the farm¬ers are returuing to their homes. Allbridges have been swept away, how¬ever, and the highways are practicallyimpassable. There has been no railroad traffic in or out of this city sine*the flood.Guthrie, Okla., April 30..The Cot-

tonwood and Cimarron rivers are notyet within their banks and searchingparties have gone out in boats andrafts to coast both banks forsixty milesfrom Guthrie to search for the deadknown to have been carried downstream. Thieves and pillagers lootedthe wreckage last night. Guards were

placed everywhere possible and therewere threats of lynching. No additionalbodies have been recovered since lastevening in the vicinity of Guthrie.Farmers along the banks recovered a

large amount of live stock and furnitureand are gradually bringing order out ofchaos.

St. Louis, Mo., Apl. 30..Tho rivergauge registered 20 0 feet to day, justone-tenth below the danger line, a riseof 1.2 feet during the twenty-four hours.Points above on both the Mississippiand Missouri rivers, show a decline.

St. Louis, Mo., April 30..The rivercontinues to rise and this afternoon wasat 32 2 feet. One half foot more of arise will cause the water to How overthe top of the levees.

Foreign News.London, April 30..The parliament

committee which has been inquiringinto the Transvaal raid resumed itssessions to-day. The secretary of statefor the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain,made a statement, under oath, thatneither he nor his collegues in the co¬lonial office had, until the day beforethe raid, the slightest suspicions ofanything in the nature of an armed in¬vasion of the Transvaal.London, April 30..The foreign of¬

fice has mailed the reply of the Mar¬quis of Salisbury to the request fromWashington for a reinquiry into theBehring sea fisheries dispute. It is re¬

ported that British premiers reply i3 inthe negative, on the ground of expense.Washington asked for a prompt reply,which was hurriedly drawn up and dis¬patched this week.

3Iarines Quell a Riot.

Tacoma, Wash., April 30..Chineseadvices from Shanghai state that on

April 5th one thousand striking cooiiesprecipitated a riot and started in to burnthe city. The authorities signaledseveral warships in the harbor to sendtheir marinesashore. Very promptlyparties were landed from the U. S.warship Moncacy and two British war¬

ships. Guards were posted at the con¬sulates and the marines and volunteersformed in line and diretl»d a volley atthe shins of the advancing Coolies,causing them to flee, leaving severalwounded in the streets. The riotersthen began stoning a company of Ger¬man troops, when reinforcements werebrought up and a charge made, result¬ing in the rioters taking refuge in isolat¬ed house, where the leaders were ar¬

rested. The fire companies were keptbusy all night extinguishing fires setby the rioters.

The Tennessee Centennial.Nashvillk, Tenn., April 30..Four

thousand two hundred men are atwork to-day putting on the finishingtouche3 on the Teunes^ee CentennialExposition which will be opened forthe reception of visitors to-morrow.The city is gaily decorated and everyincoming train adds to the throng ofvisitors. The inaugural attendance isvariously estimated at from 35,000 to50,000. Work on exhibits will be con¬tinued in all of the buildings underelectric lights tonight. The cere¬monies at the opening to morrow willbe very simple. A civic parade willoccupy the early morning hours in thecity. At noon President McKinley,seated in the White House, will touchthe button which will set the machin¬ery of the exposition in motion.

Hi-jher W.iter Predicted.New Orleans, La., April 30..The

river is 19:4, but the hiebest water isstill far off and it is predicted that fromi!0 to 21 leet will be reached. Therehave been several breaks al>ove andbelow the city, but all were closed withwonderful rapidity. The planters are

more than awake and work is going onin every direction. The situation onBayou La Fourche has once more be-come serious.

Diaz Gets a Fine Horse.City of Mexico, April 30..About

a year ago Senator Don Cameron wasin Mexico City and was hospitably re¬ceived by President Diaz. This morn¬

ing President Diaz received a magnifi¬cent horse, valued at $15,000, fromSenator Cameron, as a present and tes¬timonial of his esteem. President Diazwas highly gratified. The freightcharge on the horse were ifGOO in gold.

Recaptured.READING, Pa., April 30..Harry

Weise, who broke out of his cellwas captured at Red Run, Lancastercounty, last night and broughtback to Reading to day. Telegramswere sent to the authorities atWoodstock, Va., notifying them thattheir prisoner had been recaptured andwas awaiting their arrival here. He iswanted at Woodstock for burglary.Jerome A. Bacon, of the Bacon Paper

Company, of Boston, has assigned.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.Nhw York, April 30..The stock matket

opened with mixed gains and losses, thochanges oither way boing small. The generallist displayed a docided tendency toward alower plane, with tho trend acrolorated bytho announcement of the engagement of$3,250,000 gold for shipment to-morrow.

WHOLESALE PRICES IN ALEXANDRIAFlour Extra. 3 50 a 4 00Family. 4 50 a 4 75Fancy brands. 5 15 a 5 40

Whoat, lougborry. OHO a 0 85Fultz. 0 SO a 0 84Mixod. 0 SO a 0 84Fair. 0 70 a 0 75Damp and toujjh. 0 00 a 0 05

Corn, white . O «2 a 0 34Yellow . 0 3-2 a 0 34

CornMoal. 0 34 a 0 30Ryo. . O 30 a 0 32Oats, mixod (now). 0 23 a 0 24Damp. 0 18 a 0 20Whito. 0 22 a 0 23

Rutter, Virginia, parked. 0 13 a 0 15Choico Virginia. 018 a 0 20Common to middling... 0 !> a 0 9

Eggs. 0 9 a 010Roof, hind quarters. 0 5 a 0 6Fore quarters. 0 3 a 0 4

Live Chickens (hons). 0 7 a 0 8Springdo.0 18 a 0 20Turkeys. 0 12 a 0 13Veal Caivoa. 0 41fc a 0 5H2Limns, spring. 0 31«, a 0 4Hogs, small. 0 i1*, a 0 5H2largo.... 0 3Ü 0 4%

Potatoes. Va., bush., largo 0 25 a 0 30Sweet Potatoes bbl. 100 a 160Apples, bbl. 2 00 a 3 00Onions, per bushel. 1 25 a 1 50Dried Peaches, pooled.... 0 5 a 0 0Unpooled. 0 3 a 0 4

Dried Chorrios. 0 8 a 0 10^Dried Apples. 0 2 a 0 3H2Racon. country hams. Oil a Oil

Rest sugar-cured hams. 0 10H2 a OilButchors' hams. 0 lO^fe a OilBroakfast Bacon. 0 t;:!.j a 0 7Sugar-cured shoulders. 0 C>H2 a 0 6;,4Bulk Bhouldors. 0 S^a 0 5H2Dry Salt sides. 0 6'yB 0 r>h2Fat backs. 0 4.H, a 0 5»4Bollios. 0 6% a 0 GSmokod shoulders. 0 5:l4 a 0 GSmoked sidos. 0 (j1^ a 0 GH2Lard. 0 5 a 0 5';,Smokod Boof. Oll^a 0 12*fcSugars.Brown. 3 30 a 1 '.'.!>Off A. 4 42 a 4 50C/onf. standardA. 4 48 a 4 50Granulated.... 4 OU a 4 G5

Coffees.Rio. 0 12!».a 0 17LaGauyra. ü lb a 0 20Java. 0 20 a 0 28

Molasses B.S. 0 9 a C 14C B. 0 17 a 0 22Now Orloans. 0 20 a 0 45Porto Rico. 0 18 » 0 28

Sugar Syrups. Oil p. 0 22Herring, Eastern por bbl 4 00 a 5 50Potomac No.1. 2 25 a 2 50Potomac faniiiy roo. 3 50 a 4 Ot t

Do. half barrol. 1 75 a 2 00Potomac Shad. 7 00 a 8 00ftfackorol, small, per bbl.. 11 00 a 14 (X)No 3 medium.14 00 a 18 00No. 3 largo fat.10 00 a 20 00No.2.14 00 a 18 (X)

Plaster, ground, poi t i _ 4 00 a 4 50Ground in bags. 4 50 a 5 00Lump. 3 00 a 3 25

Clover Sood. 5 25 a 5 50Timothy. 1 50 a 1 75

Old process Linsoed Meal 31 00 a 32 00Salt.G. A. 0 45 a 0 50Fine. 0 80 a 1 25Turk's Island. 0 70 a 0 95

Wool.long, unwashed... 0 13 a 014Washod. 017 a 0 20Morino, unwashed. 0 9a 0 10^Do. washod. 0 18 a 0 20

Sumac . 0 05 a 0 70'aHay. 10 00 a 12 00Cut do. 15 50 a 1G 00

Wheat Bran por ton. 12 00 a 13 00Brown Middlings.13(H) a 15 00Whito Middlings. 14 00 a 15 00Cottonsoed Moal.21 00 a 22 50Hulls. 6 50 a 7 00Cotton Seed Mixed Food. 12 00 a 13 00

Tho market closed as it opened- quiet withlittle doing and quotations romain unchanged.Country Produce is also quiet without changeand rocoipts arc light.New York, April 30..Flour.State and

Western quiot but steady ; city mills patents$5.05a5.25; do clears $485*4.95. RyeFlour quiot. Whoat opened steadier in thoface of lower cables on foreign buying; latereased off under reports of bettor weatherwest, lower .cables and general realizing July75"!ja7G%. Ryo steady; No 2 35%a3ü.Corn opened oasior under favorable weatherreports and following wheat; later rallied;May 29%i29J4 Oats moderately active andsteadv; July 22a4; track whito 25a30'y.Beof steady; fancy $9 OOa.10 00. Porksteady. Lard stoady; primo Western steam$1 40 nominal.

Baltimore, Md., April 30..Flour dulland unchanged Whoat dull; spot, monthaud May 77%a78 ; July 74^ askod South¬ern whoat by sample 80a8ii. Corn firmer;¦<t>ot, month, May and June 28%tJ29; July29*4 bid; steamer mixod 2G1i1a'J01<2 I southorn white and yellow corn 31. Onta firmer;No 2 white 2Ga27; No 2 mixed 23V Ryewoak; No 2 nearby 38%a39^i; No 2Western 39tya39%. Hay strong; No 1timothy $14 OOal l 50. Sugar strong andunchanged.Chicaoo, April 30..Whoat.April and

May 72; July 71%; Sept GH\H. Corn-April and May 21 \; July 26%; Sept26. Oats.April and May 16%; July 177/,ja18; Sept lS:4»lS"d. Pork.April and May$8 50; July $8 62V Lard.April and May$4 12V, July $1 20a 1 22'..; Sept $4 30a1 32'«2. Ribs.April and Mav $ 1 G1H2 ; July$-1 70a4 72V, Sept $4 75a 1 77VRichmond Market. April 30.- The

grain market is quiet this week with lighttransactions and prices for Wheat aro a shadeweaker. We quote: Flout $3 50a5 25 forfiuo to pateut family brands; Wheat 78&S5:Corn 31a32'i.; Ryo 33*35 ; Oata 20a23VFredericksbi'RO Market, April 30..

But little has been done this week in thegrain market which is quiet and prices aro

about unchanged. We quote: Flour $3 50a540 for fmo to patent roller; Wheat 75a85 ; Corn 26*28; Rye 30a33 Gate 20a24 ;Butter 15a20 ; Eggs 7aS.

Sugar akd Coffee Market. April 29..Refined Sugars.Cut loaf5.21c per pound;Standard powdered 4.83c per lb., Cubes.1 83c per lb; granulated 4.58c per lb; linogranulated 4.58c per lb; Crystal A 4.58cper lb-Confectioners' a 4.46cpel lb; Col¬umbia A -1.34c per lb; Yellows 3.25a3.75cper lb. Prices continued steady with a

rather quiet demand.Coffee..The market for spot Rio closed

steady for the week, with qtiotatious on thebasis of 7%a8c per lb for No 7 Rio. Mild

Codecs were steady at the following quota¬tions : Santos 10al3c per lb, Maracaibo 15alO^e; Java 25a2614c per lb, fancy do.29a30c. Mocha 23a24e per lb. Futuresc osed quiet.Baltimore Cattle Market. April 29..

Beef Cattle..-There is considerable improve¬ment in tho quality of tho offerings this weekover last week, thero being a longer line oftho supciior stable-fed beeves, besides verygood cattle from Virginia and Ohio. Commoncattle wero not numerous. Values for topsand tho good butcher cattle were some 10chigher than last week Prices of Beef Cattlethis week ranged as follows:Best. $4 85 a 6 00Generally rated first quality... -1 25 a 4 60Medium or good fair quality... 3 40 a 3 75Ordinary thin Steers, Oxenand Cows. 2 00 a .'5 00Of the Cattle received 215 came from Vir¬

ginia.Sheep and Lambs..Values since Monday

are unchanged. Thoro is no improvement intho activity of tho market since then. Goodstock is in fairly good demand, but commonis exceedingly hard to sell.is not wanted atany price.and there is still too much of itcomiug in. There is an increase in the re¬

ceipts of nearly 1,200 head, aud it is chieflycomprised of tho common cattle that is unde¬sirable. Sheep sell at .'la-l'^c per lb andlambs sell at 4a5^C per lb.Hogs..The market is dull and bare'y

steady at the following quotations: Farwesterns $4 -lOa-1.50 per 100 lbs ;|and othersat $4.20*4 35 per 100 lbs gross.

Fresh Cowb..Thoro is a full run and tradeis dull at $25a45 per head.Calves.Veals are dull ami unchanged since

Monday ; viz: 4a5c per lb. There is a heavyrun. Boughs nominally at $3a5 per head.

Chicaho Cattle Market, April 29..Cattle.In cattle sales wore made at yester¬day's deeliue of 10al5c. common to primebeef cattle selling at $3.80*5 40, with thegreater part of the trading at $4.20a4 80;calvo-i sold at $5.40. Hogs..In hogs therewas cc decline, and offerings were well takenat $3 50a3 70 for heavy packing loir 9nA.$3.75a4 for fair to prime droves Piioep.-Trade is sheep was better than might havebeen expected on a rainy day prices weresteady, with sales of common to choice sheepat$3a4.90, and prime heavy native sheepwere scarce at §3*5.25; Western sheep soldat $4a4.75. I ambs sold pretty well at $3.25a3.50 for inferior to prime docks.

New York Cattle Market. April 29..Beeves.no trading; beef S-tyaO^gC per lb.Calves.market quiet with a weak tendencyveals $3a4.50 per km) lbs. Sheep andLambs.market quiet and weak, exceptfor good stock; unshorn sheep $ laf>.-'.7per 100 lbs; clipped shoep $¦'! 50a4.02^ per100 lbs; unshorn lambs $5.25a6.50 per100 lbs; clipped lambs $4.25a5.50 per 100lbs. Hogs-market weak at $4.15*4.40 per100 lbs.

By O'Neal, Lunt & Strauss, Auctioneers.

VALUABLE BEAL ESTATE ANDMANUFACTOBY PLANT FOB SALE.

By virtue of a decree of the CorporationCourt ot tho city of Alexandria, Virginia, en¬

tered in the chancery cause wherein tinCleveland Ship Building Company is plaintiff'and tho Haskin Wood Vulcanizing Company,of Washington, 1). C, and othors are defend¬ants, tho undcrsignd, the commissioners ofsale appointed by said court, will oiler for saleat public auction, on

MONDAY, May 31st, 1897,at about 12 o'clock noon, in front of the Mar¬ket House, on Boyal street, Alexandria, Va.NO 1 ALL THAT LOT OF 6B0UND

with tho buildings and improvements andtirtures and all appurtonauccs including thoVulcanizing tank;', boilers, receivers, comdensors, air heaters and all other machinerythereon, situate by being bounded by Unionstreet on the wost, by Wolfe street on thonorth, by Wilkea street on the tioulh and thePotomac river on tho east in the city of Al¬exandria, Virginia.Tormsof sale: Ono-fonrth of the purchase

money in cash and residue thereof in threeoquai paymonts at six, twelve and eighteenmonths from tho day of sale. The deferredpayments to bear interest from tho day ofsalo and to he endorsed by the notes of thepurchaser ami to bo secured by a deed of trustor by a retention of tho title until the samearc paid in full.NO 2. ALL THAT LOT OF GBOUND

beginning at tie intersection of tho southsido of Duko with the east side of PotomacStrand and running eastwardly with Dukostreet into tho Potomac ritor; then returningto tho point of beginning and running southwadly with the oast side of Potomac Strand145 feot7 inches, more or loss, to Green'slino; thence eastward ly parallel to Dukestreet into said river; thence north to connectwith the first line, with the use of tho Strandin common with others, with all appurten¬ances. This is tho PIONEER MILLS prop¬erty.Terms of sale: One-fourth of the purchase

money in cash, and the residue thereof in twoequal paymentH at six and twelve monthsfrom tho day of salo The deferred paymentsto bear interest and to bo endorsed by tin-notes of the purchaser, and to bo secured bya deed of trust or by retention of title untilpaid.Convovancing at purchaser's expense.

JAMES K. CATON, Commr'sJOHN M. JOHNSON, J of Sale.

I hereby certify that James R. Caton andJohn M. Johnson, Commissioners of Sale, bavoexecuted bond with approved security in thepenalty of fifteen thousand dollars as requiredby the decree for salo in tho above namedcause.

JOHNS. BEACH,Clerk of the Coiporation Court of the city of

Alexandria, Va ap30 ts

By B. F. Knox, Auctioneer.

SALE OF THE HOTEL FLEISCHMANNPBOPEBTY Nos. 309-311 CAMEBONSTBEET.

By virtue of a deed of trust executed byJohn G. Slater and wifo on the twenty-fourthday of November, A. 1). 1894, and duly re¬corded amongst the laud records of tho Cor¬poration Court of tho city of Alexandria,State of Virginia, in Liber No. 33, folio 301,and at tho requi st of the beneficiary securedthoreiu, the undersigned will sell at publicauction, on

MONDAY, May 10, 1897,at 2 o'clock p. m. on the premises, tho follow¬ing doscribod property in tho city of Alexan¬dria, Virginia, to wit; Those threo certainpieces of ground and premises situate, lyingand being in the said city of Alexandria, anddescribed as follows:.Beginning for tho first tract at a point on

tho north sideof Cameron street 82 feot .'5':;inches west of Fairfax street, and runningthonco west on Cameron street 11 feet 1 %inches to Voglegesang's line, thenco north141 feet, thence south parallel with Cameronstieot, 41 feet l'-;! inches, aud thence southin a direct lino 141 foot to beginning. Bo-ginning for the so ord tract at a point 83 feet3 inches west of Fairfax .street and 1 11 feot1 inch north] of Cameron street, thence west40 feet with lino of lotabove described, thonconorth 115 feot G inches, thenco east 40feet, thence couth 35 feet .'5 inches Pog»n-ning for the third tract on tho West side ofFairfax street 17G feet 7 inches north ofCameron stieet, thenco running west S.'l feet5 inches, thence south 2s* feet G inches,thence cast 1 foot 1 % inches, thence northlit 'eet, thenco east 70 feet 3\ inches toFairfax street, and thence north on Fairfaxstreet 9 feet 6 inches to beginning. Saidthroo tracts I cing the same property whichwas conveyod to said John G. Slater by E. 8.Dungan a d wife by deed dated April 22,1890, and recorded in Book 24, pago25GAlexandria city records at^l known as ''Ton¬tine," said property l>cing improved by a largebrick hotel building.Terms of Sale..Cash. A deposit of $200

will be required at the time of sale. All con¬

veyancing and recording at the purchaser'scost. Terms to be complied with :n ten daysfrom day of sale, otherwise tho property maybo resold at tho risk and cost of the default¬ing purchaser.

JOSIAH C. STODDABD | TrnADDISON G. Dt BOIS. )

L ^Nor'heast cornerof 12tb and G .street". N.W.,Washington, D.C_ap30td

G~100D COFFEE CHEAP.-Those whoIT wish to buy cheap Coffee will do well to

trv the mild coil'ee masted at my store, price\%. J. C. MILBUBN.

BEOMANGELAN 2 gross, BromangolaaLemon, Orange, fiaspborrry and Straw*

berry Flavors, rocoivod