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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-03
NEWS OF THE DAY

A Spanish cruiser, which seized vessel
in British waters, at Gibraltar, has been
captured by a British steam launch together
with her prize.
Phil. Valentine, John Tinsley, George
Cooper and George Jennings, colored, were
yesterday indicted by the grand jury of he
Hastings Court of lynchburg for unlawful
voting at the late election.
Gov Hamilton, of Illinois, has rendered
decision in the Lemar-Brand case, award
ing, as was to be expected. the certificate of
election to Leman, the republican candidate
for State Senator in the Sixth district.
The French Cabinet was defeated twice
yesterday III the Chamber Of Deputies, and
q meeting will he held to-day to determine
upon some action. N. Brisson, president
of the Chamber, is already spoken Of as NJ.
Ferry's successor.
In the House Of Representatives yester-
day Mr.. G. d. Wise asked unanimous con
sent to offer resolution for an invesligI-
ton Of the conduct of the United States
MAJ shall for the eastern district of Virginia
during the recent election, but objection
being nude it went over.
Burglars visited the residence of Charles
Rutherford, near Petrolia, Pa, yesterday
morning, poisoned the watch dog, chloro-
formed Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford, stole $3.50
and cut Off Mrs. Rutheriord's uxuriant
hair The thieves overlooked $500 which
was in bureau drawer. There is no clue
to the burglars.
Representative Gibson, Of West Virginia,
| is CT lifted with the remark that the people
| of his State do not want ex-senator h. q.
| Davis to go in the Cabinet, and that il there
is any prospect Of Gov. Cleveland rendering
Mr.. Davis. such position. ne would go tu
Albany and tell him 1nat Mr.. Davis was not
the choice of West Virginia.
The aluminium cap which is to crown the
capstone of the Washington national monu
mtnt will be put into position this week.
The lightning conductor will rise from this
| cap and will be connected by fine metallic
cords with the iron rods that support the
| elevator. These terminate in the moist
earth Of the we'll under the monument.
There is considerable talk in different
parts of South Carolina about threat tened
exodus of colored people to Arkansas. In.
duced by the glowing descriptions of rail.
| road emigration agents, and alarmed by
the misrepresentation of their political adj
vsers, several hundred of these deluded
people have already gone, and it is said
that others are making their preparations u
leave the State. 1t is not expected how
ever, that the emigration will Ire large
enough to be felt seriously.
The Naciondl is the title OF paper re.
Gently started in San Jose, Costa Rico. l.
is intensely hostile to the clerical party, aud
| app'auds all measures adopted by the gov
eminent to prevent the return Of the Jesuis
and to prevent their obtaining control
among their people. Bishop Tbiel, to whom
the government only gave forty hours to
leave the country, leaves to-day by the Az
apulco for New York. There is intense
feeling among the masses against the mem
bers Of the Society of Jesus, and the polit
cal leaders are exiting all who join them in
their political movements.
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The LOSSES IN THE STATE AUDITORS
OFF1CE.-The Richmond State of. yesterday

| HE LOSSES IN THE STATE AUDITOR
OFFICE.-The Richmond State of. yesterday
says:
auditor Mayre does not expect to suffer
| any loss, as the clerks are new settling up
with him. He was not in office last year,
and the clerks have until the 18th of Deem
Der to present their accounts. Nothing has
developed to show that any irregularities
have occurred during the administration CT
the present Auditor. II cannot however,
be definitely a:certained whether any have
occurred until later on"
At the regular session of the General
| Assembly bill became law, providing
| for the keeping of additional accounts in the
| Treasures Office, which, tits claimed, if car
ried out, will prevent any recurrence ofthe
| misapplication Of money, and will at the end
of each year bring to light any failure to
credit the Commonwealth by funds paid, or
which should have been paid, into the treas
| ury.
| Mr.. Smith was arrested last night on two
warrants charging him with felonionsly EN-
| bezzling funds of the Commonwealth in his
clerical capacity. In one of the warrants
Mr. Smith is accused Of embezzling 81, $50
and in the other $62 He was found at his
residence and carried to the middle district
.tation, where, in view of his ill-health, be
was given the apartments of the police cap
tain for the night. The grand jury Of the
Hastings Court is expected to resume the
iuvestit at on of the case tomorrow. The
comm tee charged with the same duty
by the Legislature will commence their
work in few daya. Mr.. Smith has secured
he able. counsel in the state to represent
him.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Pc
tersburg Jnder appeal says: "Col. Morton
Marye, State Auditor, has been carefully at
work in his Office, trying to ascertain
whether any irregularities have taken place
during his administration. He to day COM
pleted this task and was pleased to find
that 80 far as pecunisry matters are con-
cerned, everything has been correct, since
he has been Auditor. Mr.. Smith has great
deal of work to do-more than any one
man, even with his capacity and fitness for
the position, could possibly properly attend
to. This is one reason for discrepancies
and neglect, and this fact is shown in the
investigation made by Col. Marye. A good
deal of work has accumulated in the Office,
since Col. Marye has been Auditor, but no
money is missing"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-03

ORIGIN OF PAINTING TIE Town RED
chow is politics in Harrisburg?" asked
Billy Welsh, the minstrel manager, of a
Telegraph reporter.
"Red hot" answered the reporter; both
parties have painted the town red"
Mr.. Welsh remarked THAT'S an odd
ezpression-painting the town red. DO
you know where it originated? Well, III
tell you. On my last tcur through the
country with Callendrr's Minstrels--a year
ago .or more-I had as advance agent a
man named Campbell Campbell was Il
genius at advertising and never permitted Il
rival to get ahead of him. One day in But-
falu said Campbell I hear that Barlow
and Wilson are covering my bills with their
paper want that stopped L told him
Tia. he would strike them at Adrian, Mich.
igau, and when next saw him he had huge
bundles OF bills ready for shipment to All.
rau. ALI were printed in bright red.
What are you going to do?' l asked. 1 am
going up to Adrian to paste these bills over
Barlow aud Wilson's and on every dead
wall in that place. | am going to paint The
town red, and he left. When we got to
Adrian it looked as il it was an fire, so thor.
oughly had Campbell done his work. That
expression, painting the town red was so
comic that the colored Ministries caught on
to il, and whenever there was any excite
meut or any body got particularly loud, they
always said somebody was painting the
town red Ofcourse it spread and is row in
use by every body.-Ha,risbrg Telegraph.
Frank Campbell is the stage name OF
Mr.. Charles FudeIy, a native Of this city,
and son of the late james Fadeley, for a
number Of years Superintendent of Police
here. He has been in the minstrel business
for the past twenty years, and is doubtless
the Campbell" mentioned above.
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Oraugemen vs.. Redemptionists.

ST. JOINS, n. F., December 3.-The at
lacks of Orangemen upon the Redemption
ist Fathers continued three days, Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday last. They were
brutality driven out of Conception Bay amid
hootirgs, stone petiug and violent execra
tons. Great Indignation exists among the
Roman Catholics The protection of the
Z. s. Government for it's citizens has been
inyok eh
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ALEXANDRIA, VA
WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 8.

Or ALL the recommendations in the fres
ident's message none is more comu'enuuo'e
than the one in which he advises the pun'Sh
ment of foreigners who make this country
the scene of their preparations for the com
mission of crimes against the government VI
their own countries. This country IS an
.svlum for the oppressed people OF all other
countries. but it is a travesty not only o.
hospitality, but Of common sense 10 sup
nose that because it is, the enemies OF the
govern ments of all other countries shall De
afforded safe harbor here in which TO pre-,
mare their criminal designs upon those gov
ernments. The fact that they are so en-
gagged should be sufficient to warrant 'he'r
arrest and to subject them to punishment
If they must prosecute their vengeance
upon their own countries let them seek
another quarter from which to doit-not the
land that affords them welcome home ana
allows them the same privileges 1t does us
own native born citizens.
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Challanpa Qaclinad

PARIS, December 3.-The Morning News
reports that Count Herbert Bismarck re.
Gently challenged Herr Eugene Rishter on
the ground that the latter had insulted the
chancellor in a speech in the Reichstag.
Herr Richter refused to accept the chal-
lenge He declared that he would not fight
Il duel with Prince Bismarck, even concern
ing matter which occurred in Parliament,
aud if not with him, then much less with
his son
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Attamnt TO Burn q Hall.

BlDDLEFoKD, Me-, December 3.-While
the Salvation Army were holding meet
ing in large hall in Saco last night the
building was discovered to be on fire, and
a serious disaster was only avoided by the
prompt manner in which the audience
which packed the hall was dismissed before
the danger became apparent The fire is
charged as the work of an incendiary, and
there is great indignation.
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COMMUNICATED

fully sympathize with ~ in the article
in Yesterdays GAZETTE. Yes, indeed, for
years-for more than four long years.
have never heard a sound from my many
1st, 2i, 81. and down to my Add cousins
but now l have up to this date received
three (many more no doubt to Gomez let
tiers, and how kindly and lovingly and cous-
inly expressed, inviting themselves to my
humble home on or about the 4th of March
next In my fancy l can see the assembled
cousins, country consins, sitting and stand
ing around, all smiles and shirt collars
Nothing remains for me to do but to pull
the string of the latch in, which shall be
done. MATRoN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-03

GENERAL MALONE, by the mouth of his
smanuenss, says that federal authority can
enforce the constitutional requirement re.
specting free vote and fair count in the
State of Virginia, but can not enforce that
other equally as binding constitutional pro.
vision, prohibiting States from passing laws
inpairing the obligation Of contracts. For
tunately, however, for the people Of Vir-
ginia, what the General now says of no con-
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 5, 1884.
SENATE

SENATE.
The chair laid before the Senate report
of the commission appointed to select site
for the pedestal of the Garfield statue. The
report states that the commission has SO.
lected as such site, the circle at the foot
of Capitol Hill at the intersection of First
street and Maryland avenue, s. W., WASH.
ington. TIE report was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
After the passage of n resolution calling
for an investigation into leases made by
Indian tribes of lands in the Indian terri
tory, and several members had been re.
lieved from service on committee, the Sen
ate proceeded to the consideration of bills
on the calendar.
a message being received from the Presi.
dent, the Senate, at 1856, went into execu
tive session, and when, at 40 p. M, the
donrs were reopened, adjourned.
HOUSE.
After the introduction and reference of q
number of bills of no general importance, at
1890 the House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the bill making temporary pro-
vision for the naval service.
No amendments were offered to the bill
and no discussion was had upon it, Mr.
Randall merely making brief statement to
show that the total appropriation for the
support of the navy and for the current iis-
cal year was 1886, 16G, reduction oil
S25S, 26S from the appropriation for the pre-
vous year.
The committee rose, the bill was passed
and the House resumed the consideration
of The interstate commerce bill.
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No GIFTS TAKEN-Mr. Douthat, shoe.
maker Of WythevilIe, Va, recently wrote
to President elect Cleveland asking him to
send his measure for pair of boots to wear
on the occasion of his inauguration. The
President responded in very polite letter,
thanking Mr.. Douthat for his Kindness, and
iDcosing him a twenty. dollar bill with his
measure. The money was returned by the
patriotic shoemaker, but the President in
sisted on his receiving it, telling him that
he would appreciate the boots just as much,
and that he preferred paying for them and
added that be would certainly wear the
boots on the day Of Inauguration.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazet
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 3. 1873

Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazettei
WASHINGTON. D. g.. Dec. 3. 1884
Senator Riddleberger, of Va, made his
first appearance in the Senate to-day. He
never was stout, but he looks now thinner
and more hollow checked than he did last
session. As there is q hitch in the matter
of the free bridge across The Potomac at
Georgetown, the only affair that engaged
his attention last session, he has something
TO go upon again this winter, and will there
fore probably try TO effect the passage of the
bill providing for the construction of the
bridge referred to at the Three Sisters,
which, if passed, will efectually destroy the
Alexandria canal and the coal trade of
Alexandria. But as the people of Alex
andria are opposed to Mr.. Riddleberger and
his party, he gives them shot whenever he
can, and that, too, though he halls from
Virginia.
The reason that induced the President to
recommend a pension for General Grant
was the fact that the entire fortune of the
General was involved in wreck BY the fail
ure Of Grant q Ward, and that he is now
almost penniless, as the Grant fund of O
Quarter of q million Was invested in Wa
bash bonds, which are now almost worth
less. General Logan, it is understood. will
introduce bill in the Senate at an early
day putting the General on the pension list
with the full pay OF u General. Such bill,
instead of one putting him on the retired
list, will be introduced, because if bill of
the latter character were presented an al
tempt would be made By the democrats to
amend it by including in it the name OF
General Fitz John Porter.
One of The recommendations made by the
Secretary of the Treasury in his late report
most likely to be adopted speedily is that
advising the suspension of the coinage OF
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INsTITUTE.-The
Board of Public Works have, pursuant to a
recent act of Assembly vacating the Offices
of the present Board of Directors of the
Virginia Military Institute, elected the fol-
lowing new board: Dangerfeld Lewis, of
Clarke county; Col. A. S. Buiord, Of Rich
mond city; John H. Sherrard, jr., of Bath !;
ex.Judge s. NJ. Whittle, of Henry county !;
Stephen d. Letcher, of Rockbridge Gen.
T. + Muufordi, OF Lynchburg Col. Francis
Ward, of Washington county; and W. R.
Robertson, of Craig. The new board is re-
quired to meet at an early day, aud is EN-.
powered to make such changes in the con-
duct of the Institute as may appear TO them
to be most desirable for its prosperity.
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Nominations.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 3.-Among the
nominations the President sent to the Senate
Culiccb, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the
Treasury; Frank Hatton, of Iowa, to be
Postmaster General; Gen. Schuyler Crosby,
Of New York, to be First Assistant Post
mast er. General; James Harlan, Of Iowa,
10 be presiding Judge of the Court of Com
missiouers Of Alabama Claims.
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Meeting Of the Masonic Grand Lodge Of Virginia.
The grand lodge of Virginia meets in this

The grand lodge of Virginia meets in this
city next Monday. The session will con-
tinue for three days and grand officers will
he elected. Much business of interest to
The craft will be transacted. Over three
hundred delegates are expected TO be in at
tendance, representing nearly $50 lodges.
The first lodge in order Remuneration is
Norfolk lodge, No. /, chartered October %,
1890, and the last Bremond Lodge, No. 241,
chartered December, 1888, which meets at
Newport News. Warwick county. Norfolk
Lodge, though No. l, is not the oldest Vir-
ginia lodge, Blandford Lodge, of Petersburg
haviug been chartered in September, 1857.
Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4. in which
George Washington was passed and raised
and over which he presided, was chartered
January 80, 1857, and st. Tammany's which
meets in Hampton in the same year. Bote
tourt Lodge. No. 7. which meets at Gou-
cester courthouse, was chartered in Novem.
Der, 1878.
Richmond Lodge, No. 10, ofthis city, was
chartered in October, 1887. Richmond Rau-
dolph Lodge, No. 10, was chartered in the
same year. The Marquis De Lafayette went
from labor to refreshment in its hall 10 1924.
Manchester Lodge, No IA, was chartered in
1885 There are other even older lodges
than those Uamed. The present officers of
the Virginia Grand Lodge are Right Wor-
shipful Francis Henry Hill, Grand Master,
and Right Worshipful William Francis
Drinkard, Deputy Grand Master.
The present and succeeding week will be
a busy one with the Masons.-Richmond
State.
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After a Frightful Fall.

A mason named Reighter, in Carlisle, Pa,
fell from high scatlold and injured his leg.
For long time his leg was full Of horrible
sores. The scars are still there, but the
SORES are all healed. The healing was ar-
complished in seven weeks by the use Of
Browns Iron Bitters, which, by purifying
the blood and strengthening the system,
drove out the humors which had kept up
the sores. Mr.. Reighter is well known III
Carlisle and vicinity.
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THE ROOSTER AS 4 DEMOCRATIC EMBLEM
"Why, when, and where was the rooster adopted
a % tho on, h1em of domcrrscvo

THE ROOSTER AS 4 DEMOCRATIC EMBLEM
"Why, when, and where was the rooster adopted
as the emblem of democracy?
The question quoted above and addressed To the
editor ufthe Enquirer has been asked thousand
times in the last week 1t has been suggested,
no doubt b. the great popularity of the bird since
the 4th of November. The question has been an
swered before, but for the benefit of those who do
not understand the situation it can be answered
again.
In 1910, after the Harrison campaign, there
was great doubt rs to how Indiana had cat her
vote. The situation was similar to that Of New
York in every respect. An editor named
Chapman conducted the democratic newspaper at
indianapolis, and. as is often the case in Boosting
over victory his editorial rejoicing over the re-
suit was termed "crcwing' In a day or two,
when some of the back counties were heard from,
it seemed his Growing had been premature. and
the whg organ came out giving la,c returns
showing democratic dcfeut, and in the heal line
was the expression,
"Crow, Chapman, crow
This WAS intended as taunt and must have
been felt, for few more counties yet to hear
from again turned the tables. and showed that
the democrats had wrn. 1t was then that the
rival editor hoisted at the head of his columns
magnificent rooster and printed under it the
words I'VE Crow"
1t made palpable hit, the passion for ROSTERS
spread. and from that day to this the bird I'M
mortalized by the honscr editor has been the
emblem of democratic success -CmcmHah En-.
quirer.
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Driven to Stealing.

NEW YORK, Dec 3.-Chas. B. West, who
said he was an artist from Charleston, S. c.,
was arrested to. day for stealing pair of
shoes from a store in Warren street. He
was shabbily dressed and on the way to
court he fell on the street from exhaustion
and hunger He said he had eaten nothing
for three days. His wants were attended to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-03

Mr.. BLAINE says the money spent by the
national republican committee 10 the South
was thrown away, and that the election in
New York was lost for want of money. A.
General Mahoue induced the committee to
give him $25 600, and as that sum would
have bought Mr.. Blaine more than the
number of votes by which he lost New
York, General Malone, and not Rev. Mr.
Burchard, is the logical cause of the repub
lican defeat. 1t was d bad day for the re
pubiicans when they made their nefarious
bargain with Malone.
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The Vote of Texas,

AUSTIN, Tex, December 3.-The official
vote of Texas, just completed, is as follows
Cleveland 23,2Os, Blaine 1888, Butler
1921, St. John 351l, Lockwood 2; total
Vote, 31S,395; Clevelands plurality over
Blaine, 1874 ,S55 Cleveland's majority over
all, 12S,03. AS compared with the Presi-
Dental vote OF 1889, Texas shows an in
crease Of IS. 29S votes
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The Mahdi Reuorted Dead.

LONDON, December "a dispatch from
Dongola to Reuters news agency says
"The Mudir has received news that the
Mahdi is dead and that his followers ore
dying very fast. The Camel Corps and the
Statiordshire regiment will start for Ambu-
kol next week.
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Pension for Gen. Grant.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. Ex-senator
Mitchell will tomorrow introduce a bill
granting pension of S. 900 year to Gen.
Grant for life, beginning with the date of
bis retirement from the presidency.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-03

The December or Christmas number Of Our Lit
tie Ones has been received from its publishers,
the Russell Publishing Co.. Boston. 1t maintains
its lesd among the magazines for the little folks.
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GENERAL MALONE is not satisfied with
the new election law because it removes the
election machine from the hands Of his par.
tisan judges. His nominal ground for oh.
lection, however, is that the new law pro-
vides that the judges of election shall know
how to read and write. The plain fact that
a man would be utterly incompetent to
act as Judge unless he could read and write
doesn't Seem To enter the mind of the Gen
eral though it dos that of every body else.
However, the Generals court should sus.
tain his objection, the Legislature should
reassemble at once, reorgarizc the judiciary
system of the State, aud remove the judges
There ia neither use nor sense in dallying
with Malone and his methods any longer.