Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-14
NEWS OF THE DAY,

NEWS DF HE LAY
Rev. William Vincent Meredith, of ST.
Alphonsus Church, New Orleans, died last
night, aged So He was native of Virginia.
Governor Cameron has approved the
Maryland and Virginia concurrent act to
regulate oyster fisheries in the Potomac
river.
The French forces in Tonquin captured
Bach Mini On Wednesday, defeating the CHI
nese and capturing battery of krupp guns
and large quantity of stores.
Yellow fever is raging at Tehnponepec
City, Mexico John Meyers, an American
railroad contractor, died of the disease yes.
terday. Many people are leaving the city.
Prince Bismarck appeared in the Reich
stag yesterday and made Il speech in
justification of his course in refusing to trans
NIT the Lasker resolutions to the Reichs'ag.
Mr.. and Mrs James G.. Blaine of Maine,
were given q reception and dinner by ex-
Senator and Mrs. II. g. Davis, of West Fir-
gina, at the Mount Vernon Hotel, Balti-
more, last evening.
Rev. John S. Martin, of Winchester,
preached the centenary sermon before the
annual conference of the NJ. E. Church
South yesterday, and theanniversary of the
Church Extension Society was celebrated
last night.
The Earl Of Huntingdon and his son,
Lord Hastings arrived in New York yes
.erdav, from Florida. The former repre-
senis the Florida Land Mortgage Company
of London, which is interested in over ,00o,-
900 acres of land in Florida.
General Graham met the Arabs under
OSman Digna at the Tanlai wells yesterday
morning, and alter q stubborn fight, drove
them from their positions The British loss
is 10 killed and more than 100 wounded,
while that Of the Arabs is estimated at
2,400
| At the annual commencement of the Wo-
mems Medical College of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia yesterday degrees were con-
ferred upon twenty-siS graduates, including
one each from Burmah, Engand and Canada
ous each from Utah. North Carolina, Vir-
gnia and Maryland.
| A meeting of the Atlantic States Nail AS.
ISOLATION was held at Richmond, yesterday
Reports show that the stocks of nails are
| Fixed at $1,000 per key, the base thus con-
forming to the price recently established by
the Western Nail Association.
The congregational council investigating
the relations of Dir. Newman and his church
in New York, adopted report yesterday
declaring that DR.. Newman is still a NIetho
dist pastor and amenable to a local NJ. E
church, and that he is simply acting pastor,
whose term can be ended at any time the
church desires TO end it.
Mr.. Michael Shank, a large farmer, living
four miles s )uh of HarliSonhurg, purchased
au anthracite coal burning stove for use IN
his bed ROOM and not knowing how to regu
late it, turned off the upper draft and allow
ed the lower one open. His wife died from
the effects of the poisonous gas yesterday
aud Mr.. Shank and three children, it is
thought, will no; recover.
In the NJ P. conference at Pocomoke
Nd, DR.. J. Thomas Murray was elected pres
ident for the second year. The first Wed
nesday in April was fixed as the time for the
next conference, After debate the genera
conference was clothed with conventions
powers. This will so change the law that
each conferenc will have power to decide
whether the pastoral terms shall be limited
In the Baltimore Conference of the NJ. f
Church South in session in Baltimore on The
Cal to pass upoE the characters ofthe effective
elders the Bishop will announce, when the
name Of Rev. J. A. REGISTER, pastor Of Cen
tra VI. F.. Church South, Baltimore, i.
reached, that he has withdrawn his connect
ion with the conference. 1t is understood
that Mr.. REGISTER does not like the timer
ant system Of the Methodist Church, and
purposes connecting himself with the Pro.
testant Episcopal Church. He is son q
the late Samuel Register. who was very
prominent member of the NJ. E. Church
South.
At yesterdays session Of the Washington
Methodist Conference (colored) at Lynch
burg, reports from the presiding elders were
heard, showing a large increase in the
church membership. and an improved fnan,
cial condition of the church. The election
ofdelegates to theg"neral conference, which
meets in Baltimore, will take place to-day
The devotional exercises at the opening of
yesterdays session were conducted by Rev.
Perry G. Walker, Of Alexandria. A resou-
ton wasadopted debarring any minister who
had received $40O or over salary during the
past year from receiving any additional
sums from the conference stewards Prof
T. B. Snowden, B. d., will deliver special
sermon before the conference to morrow
morning on education The anniversary OF
the Freedmen's Aid Society takes place
tonight.