Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-13
The McGRAru MURDER.-On Sunday at
.,rroor O colored man named Carter Stark was

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TIE McGRAru MURDER.-On Sunday al
,.rpoop q colored maD named Carter Stark was
o,,ectaa in Washipgon charged with knowing
s,methinc about the recent murder OF NC
t:roth m the steps Of the Capitol. Upon the
or,;val Of the prisoner at the station tie com'
T,enced TO weaken, ADD evidently feeling that
10 was in rather a tight place, said that Willie
Hs was sitting on the Capitol steps the morn
;nc after the murder, reading an account q; tue
same Baltimore came along, aud SAD to Him'
"Chccse il; was in ii; | struck hist WIN
s.onn and then hit him with my bout-hiaek
LHy" Stark was locked up as a wi!ue's,
officer Lewis then laid his pl ans tor The ar
~sst ~ Baltimore, aud at i 0 clock yesterday
,norn;nr proceeded to his house Oh South Cap
raj near street southeast, add aficr consil,
srabJc rappiug and banging at the door galotd
oJmittapce. and proceeding 10 room IL the
unnar story found Baltimore 10 bed. The ON
car raouircd him to get up aud accompany h'nl
:, thc station, At the station he was very rttl'
cent and all that the officers did to get bun 10
talk was without avail. 1u i,
George Baltimore, alias Logan ke!y, the
o,rnsed murderer, is to all appearances about
nineteen years OF age, about hVe ieet i've lhchGs
n height, of dark copper color hlgu cneeE
homes fiat nose and thick lips: vince walking
.gacgers greatly; deep set eyes.
lhe characters Of both stark anu baHii'ofe
ara Of the worst order. Their associatiooa arc
u9Os other than thieves ct the meanest eharac
49, and the gang to which they belong have
tann a terror to the residents OF the southwest
,ro and southern section oil Washington. The
>,.. If Dishmuu, formerly arrested as bel0G
r,aDectrl with the murltr. has been set Tor q
baarlue 10 the Police Court TO morrow, and
yesterday Baltimores hearing Was set Tor tic
sane day.
CONFERENCE N orEs. The anniversary meet
me Of the Conference Missionary So2isty was
f,,1 a; The NJ. f. Church Sou!h, last night.
,be church was crowded almost to sutr1cAtIon
10th IN be floor and ia the galleries, the aSlcs
icing filed with beaches aud even the door
aiy, blocked up With people. The mac'lng
VA oreued with prayer by Rev. George Il.
i.r5okc, after which hymn was sung.
Addresses were then delivered by Rev. Dr..
IoIIv Of Nashville, Tenn and Rev Dr.. Dua.
40, President OF Randolph Maa1n College.
The addresses Of both Of thes, eentI"utn were
slrnc>t, cIcqncut and ortibIe appeals III be.
bali! oi the missionary cause.
Atlhc close Of Dr. Duncaus address Col
,cl,n vas taken up, which realized between
,hrce aud four hundred dollars. Alter singing
the ioxoi0gy, the congregation were dismissed
g!;h the bencdiction by Rev. Dr. Bullock OF
he Union Presbyterian Church.
Among tue prominent visitors On the 1loor
# the Conference TO day were Hon. George
Cotton, tx member Of the Maryland Lo2lsIa-
lurc, and wife, Leroy NJ. Wilson, ESD, Of Bal.
m,lc, aud Hon. Pat llamml OF West FIr
g.nil.
This .uorDiug Rev. DR.. kepler, ny request
af =, large number OF the members of the Con
f.rtncs, waited upon Bishop D. s. Doggett and
requested him to deliver before the body his
Iacturc on The Progress OF Methodsm in the
iyth Century," The Bishop has accepted the
aviation and the lecture will BE- delivered 10
tie NJ. H. Church South 20 night.
TIE MINING TRoUBLEs.-lt TAs reported
At Cumberland. yesterday, thai the miners OF
the New Hope mine would 20 to work to-day
a, fifty cents, being the rate offered By the cjhl
,lMpaues, aud it is rumorcd that tic Gu'a OF
III. Borden company will follow. Tha Clear
lid region, Which is the great comp,tllof with
.hc Cumberland region, is paying hn' i"''y
cents per ion, while the AllegaDey mixers ale
striking against fifty cents, aDd drnand ility
i've cents Previous to the war the lnlnrIS I'll
lh. Cumberland Region We're paid only twenty
e.:ht cents.
lhc News 81 yesterday says: 'ln this con
Hctti0a We may uoc a very Important runner
which has reached US, upon very good author
~. TO the effect that !ha Baltimore aid Ohio
itai.road Company and canal authorities have
uilcdIy determined that they Wall not do
s,rOk, 4 work nutll tic miners agree 10 80 to
work st reduced wages, aud that ii the prlcc
nov offered is not accepted Within 4 reasonable
line men will be brought here irolu abroad
an! put 10 work "n: opinion being gwen that
rs many ~ lO,UUD men, now idle iG other re-
:i0D>, could he put 10 work hers at i1rIy cts.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE. -~ he Wa-h
ngon Annual Methodist Episaoral Confer
ference, coI0rcd. will commence IT. todrtccGIh
session III Jackson Stree! NJ. +. Church,
Lyucuhur. Va, Thursday morning March
}ith BISHOP Edward r. Amcs, ID, Ll, D.,
., Baltimore, Md, will preside. The cnnt'.r-
ease embraces Virginia, West Virginia. Mary
iabd and the District of Columbia. The STA
iIstics show III travelling and pa local preach
rs; 2t,109 members aud 1903 prohatIoucr>,
--2J churches. value $505, $780, - parSoDarcs,
value $l7,100; collected for various PURPOSES
!@@9,g%51 % Several ministers OF The c1nici-
tHce have deceased during the last month.
Rev L. =. Bell, pastor OF Roberts Chapr',
will bot be returned, it is thought, lie having
been stationed here two years. Rev. Il. Ii.
Robinson, who has been stopping al the resi-
icrcc OF Alasnus l.. Robinson, in this city, FIR
the last two months, since the u0pcaslrtn@Ss
at Orchard Street Church. ID Baltimore, 81
ShIth lie was The late cficleut rastcr, WILL al
teol the conference, OF which he is promi-
ncut member. He will. it Is expected. liz made
arc>lug elder.
BoorBLAcK's REVENGE On Sulday eva
NJ last, while man was ~al!irg II The IJ:D-
mac Ferry Compauy's wharf Tor the next boa
lat Washington, lie concluded IL have his b9o:s
POLISHED, (bu!, as WAS afterwards sEow0, With
ia l!eu,lon OF paying for the sa'nn,) and ac-
cJrdInyly called into service une Ut the sable
l:chlOs who ply their vocation at hat polui.
The job having been finished, the mAu dclib"
'atciy walked off, and the boy, sctics he was
10 get } money, secured i haudinI Of earth,
aud watching i'ayuratl, opportunity cIm.
Intnv r.vnr,I tin lrhrt ,t his InHEunnnf