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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

tial election be thrown into the House, the
democrats Of that body will attempt to pass
the bill admitting Washington Territory,
which went democratic at the last election
by large majority.
Whether the democrats will have four or two
representatives in the next House from Califor-
mia is still matter of doubt at the rooms of both
the congressional campaign committees in this
city.
The President is expected to return this even
from his visit to Boston
Senator Blair, accompanied by Col. Canady,
Sergeant alarms of The Senate, left here to-day
for Raleigh, n. c., where he is to make speech
at the colored State fair now in progress there.
The Sioux Indian Rain in-the- Face, the man
who has the reputation of having killed General
Custar, has applied for admission into the Indian
school at Hampton Virginia He is now about
forty years Of age, but says he is not too old to
learn, and that he wants to know what white mon
know ard 10 abandon savage life
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
Lord Mayor's Day.

LONDON, Nov. 9.-When the Lord May
or's procession passed Trafalgar square to-
day it met with no demonstration on the
part Of the crowds except some unorganzed
cheering and hooting, the latter being es.
pec'ally directed at the Lord Mayor. After
the show had gone by, the mob at once
surged over into the square and soon form
ed dense throag about the Nelson monu.
ment. A number of men mounted the
pedestal at different points. Some of
these waved red flags. The square
soon became a scene of excitement.
Recognized socialist leaders managed here
and there to gather around them groups of
men ready and willing to listen to speeches,
and although most of the harangues were
inaudible at any distance from the orators,
yet expressions and phrases were often
caught by the mob and used as topics of
heated debate among the auditors them
selves. In this way the vast crowd was
soon divided up into mum berless excited
groups, each stirred up by its own spokes-
men and all independently noisy and es.
cited. The police did not attempt to inter.
FIRE with the rush of the mob Into the
square, but formed a strong Gordon around
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
The Case Of Briggs versus the Conn
InOnNye8lth.

The case of Briggs vs. the Commonwealth,
from Culpeper, was argued in the Court of
Appeals ct Richmond, yesterday by MIR.
John W. Davis, of Charlottesville, for the
petitioner, and Attorney General Ayers for
the Com There were eight
assignments Of error.
First. Briggs was indicted for the murder
of B. NJ. Nells, duly-qualiied constable Of
Culpeper county, on the 25th of September,
1885, tried ut the November term of the
County Court, and convicted of murdar in
the second degree, with punishment of
eighteen years in the penitentiary. On ap-
peal to the Circuit Court for Culpepsr this
Judgment was reversed and the prisoner ar.
the County Court. On his arraignment he
offered plea of autrcfois acquit of murder in
the first degree, claiming that he had been
acquitted of that grade of offence. Demur.
rer to this plea was sustained. Hence, on
appeal, the question is whether the prisoner
was not "tEice put in jeopardy for the same
offence" contrary to the constitutional in
hibition.
The second assignment of error is that in
fleeing from the homicide looker.on named
Ross exclaimed to another running ahead of
him, supposed 10 be VIM. Briggs, the prison
er, will, you've killed him." The introduc.
tion of this testimony was objected to as
hearsay evidence, and its admission was ex-
copied to.
Third. Prisoner undertook to prove the
infamous character of the only witness to
identity, and such facts as would tend to
prove that the witness probably committed
the homicide. This evidence was ruled out,
to which ruling prisoner excepted.
Fourth. Instruction as to weight of char.
acter in doubtful Cases was rejected by lower
court, to which ruling prisoner excepted.
Fifth. The Commonwealth attorney un-
dertook TO, and did, add to verdict of Jury
with the jurys consentl, which was except.
ed to.
Sixth. Prsoner-on the evidence should
have been discharged on the ground of rea-
sonablo doubt
Seventh. If by the evidence the prisoner
was guilty of the homicide, was he not JUS
titiable i'll resisting an unlawful arrest-the
deceased, an officer having no warrant, and
the prisoner not being guilty of an actual
breach of the peace in the presence of the
officer.
Eighth. Nails, the deceased, having no
warrant, the arrest was illegal; and, being
illegal, the conviction could not be of q
higher degree OF homicide than manslaugh-
ter; the prisoner having been convicted on
the second trial Of murder in the second
degree and sentenced ss before to eighteen
years in the penitentiary.
The case is now ia the hands of tho court,
! AID will be decided hereafter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
POLITICAL.

The democratic majority in the West Vir-
glnia Legislature will be IS.
Mr.. Hopkins, the Congressman elect from
the Lynchburg district, says he will not vote
for MIR. Carlisle for Speaker Of the next
House.
Mr.. Calvin Wells, wealthy Pittsburp
iron manufacturer, and owner of the Pbila.
delphia Press, is understood to bo an aspi-
rant Tor the United States Senatorship.
The Raleigh. n. c., Obserrer figures out
That the State Senate will be composed of
~ democrats and 81 republicans, and the
house Of G5 democrats and So republicans
vi the democrats, however, eight Represent
atlves aud three Senators were elected as
Independents over the regular nominees of
the party. The Observer is assured, how.
ever, that these independents will 90 into
The democratic caucus and act with that
party. 1t is estimated that the democratic
majority On the judicial ticket is about
10000. ..
The Washington correspondent of the
baltimore Sun says in his yesterdays letter:
"A prominent Virginian, who is a staunch
sdmlrer OF Congressman John S. Barbour.
says the result of the recent election in that
state has broken up the slate which was
hiied out Ia the interest Of sending Govern.
or Lee TO the Senate rs the successor of Sen.
ator hldd!eberger. The friends of Mr.. Bar.
oour will insist that he shall resume the
management OF the democratic organization
IN Virginia, and will pledge themselves to
secure his election to the Senate.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Execution.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9.-The Times Dem
ocrat publishes an account BY eve witness
of the execution on October IS, of General
+. Delgado, Lieutenant Colonel Indslecio
Garcia Commander Miguel Cortez and Lieut..
enant Gabriel Loyano, who were shot at
Comayagua, for leading an expedition
against Honduras. The four officers above
named were lodged in small prison at
Comaya2ua when the news of their sentence
reached them. General Dslgado's wife was
there to plead with wife's tears and a
woman's devotion for her husbands life.
On the morning of their execution the men
were taken to point near the Church of
Comsyagua, four collins were placed near
the wall, and the four condemned men we're
led to them. They accepted their positions
as:easily and gracefully as if they were in
boxes at the Opera, and not a face was
blanched, not nerve quivered. General
Delgado asked and received permission to
order the guard to fire, which he did, first
requesting them not to shoot him in the
face, but in the breast. There was no
rattle, no scattering reports but a
sharp stunning report. The four men
for half a second remained in an up.
right position, as if still unhit, and then
rolled over limp and bloody, dead. The
soldiers had complied with Gen. Delgado's
request, for three balls had penetrated his
breast.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
Queer Will

CHICAGO, Nov. GA specis, a.;
from Joliet, III, says: F. Z;rk,a s'S'ea
nent and wealthy marble contr.o,1 p''ul'
tombstone maker, died very srJ,am, "Sd
tesday. A queer document was fonrs US,
his death purporiiag 70 ho his will I ""ef
rected that he should have no far,,,I Ut I,
no burial ceremonies; that nohos, :. ", val
be apprisea OF bis death; that rr,, "'I u,
daughter and wife should f.lIow NJ, Ills
to the grave; that mona but thev sb,n,, 're
permitted to.see mis- corpse; ths, ,na o'
sons of the sexton Of the cemetery sbor,, ,"'
hls.pal!-bearers, and that no annoupco,,., "
before or after his burial, should h, u,,, w.
the newspapers. III
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ROW WASHINGTON.

| H.. E.l
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8, 1886.
Among the arrivals here to-day is that of
Mr.. Dudley, commissioner of pensions
and now " banker in this city. He is Just
from his home in Indiana, where he. went to
work and vote at the recent election. He
acknowledges that the Legislature of that
State is democratic on the face of the re-
turns, but says there were frauds in the
count and that he is sure Mr.. Harrison, re-
publican, will be his own successor in the
U. S. Senate.
General Sheridan and Senator Dom Came.
ron left here yesterday on horseback for
Strasburg, Virginia. The General wants to
look ct section of Virginia which, accord.
ing to his own words, he made so desolate
during the civil war that "a crow in flying
over it would have to carry its own rations"
Representative Bynum, Of Indiana who
was reelected by large majority on a low
tariff platform, and who made the tariff the
chief Issue Of his campaign. is looming up
as the leading democrat Of his State, and
will probably strive for the Senatorsbip
if the republicans will allow the democrats
to hold their majority in the legislature.
A gentleman here to-day who saw Mr..
Henry Watterson, who has just returned
from Europe, in New York last night, says
that that gentleman is of the opinion, and
will maintain it in his newspaper, the Louis.
Vile C0urier.Journal, that to save itself
from destruction the democratic party will
be forced to meet the tariff issue honestly.
and to substitute for the humbug of civil
service reform the actually of clean and
efficient administration of the government
upn1 popular democratic principles.
, The Servia, in which Representative Jno.
S. Barbour sailed from Europe, arrived at
New York yesterday. A dispatch received
here to-day FROM that city, says Mr.. Bar.
bour will probably reach here on the ex
press train which will arrive at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The Virginia dem
ocratic association of this city want him to
postpone his arrival until eight o'clock at
night, so that they can give him grand re-
ception, and escort him from the depot to
his home.
Representative James, of New York, was
at the Capitol to-day. He says some of the
political changes in his State at the last
election are owing to the knights of labor,
and that the members of the legislature in
some of the districts, his own among the
number, were elected without any body ex-
cept the knights knowing until the election
was over that they were even candidates.
Senator Vest, who was also at the Capitol,
to-day took somewhat similar view of the
case.
Representative Kleiner, Of Indiana, who
was at the Capitol to-day, speaking ocular
~, said the democratic defeat in Virginia
was caused by the Virginia democratic asso-
citation Of this city, which, having no other
documents. distributed in that State 10000
copies of President CIeveland's inaugural
address, which some congressman bad Civ.
en- them.
Az the last session Of Congress the Senate
passed bills admitting Dakota and Washing
ton Territories as States into the Union. 1t
is intinated to-day that 10 view of the
possible trouble should the next Fresiden-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

capture their dogs. when one of the two,
with double barrelled sho, ov "0msa
Niles and then Hill. The latter iA $40:
armed soldier. The rutEians were in one
gon well loaded with camp onts,. Va
murderer appeared to be S5 years MA he
bis compauion so, and are said f. h. WV and
from Hancock, Maine. Niles wa. urn, "S.ied
Hill leaves wife and children nm led
are IN pursuit with man who ~ oI'eefs
can identify the criminals. The eyci,a sS he
is intense. ''''eMent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

THE PRESIDENT, evidently, has no love
for the newspapers. He told a gentleman
before he was inaugurated tn at he never
read them. Soon after he assumed the du-
ties Of his Office he made such gratuitous
and sweeping denunciaton of them as to
bring upon his head their unanimous con.
domination, and to induce one of them,
printed in Virginia. to call him the Buffalo
tough" 10 his speech at the Harvard
alumni dinner, at Boston, last night, he
went for" them again, but applied his de-
nuncia'ion chiefly TO those that" desecrate the
sacred relations Of private life" In this last
attack upon them he was RICH for the prac-
tice some newspapers have adopted of pry.
ing into aad making public mems private
affairs is positively revolving, and merits
the seyerest censure OF all right thinking
people. Tt is the Prcsidcn.': public, not his
private, acts that afford justifable ground
for public criticism; and in the former his
Creates enemy cen find, without any trou.
BILE, all the material he may want, without
invading the sanctity of the latter
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Quiet liz shican,

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.--About 3OOow.n
ported for work at the Union s,ocLr..s
this morning. Everything is quiet ard w.
disturbance of any kind hes beer rsro,,s ~
today. The soldiers started on ,ha;r .o ,',.u
at o'clock aud patrolcd the entire ,;;.,,;S,
Most of the men who came to the ror,'
were brought in by train. There wsra 40
assaults on any Of them as far as known "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
Wines Sold

LYNcHBuRG, Va, NOV. "a srsc;.,
from Roanoke to the Daily .ldraace ssvs
Judge J. A. 7. Lee, President of the Ro,r
oke Zinc and Silver Mining company sold
the mines near this city last nigh, to y
Bartlett, of London, England, for six hmm.
drcd thousand dollars cash.
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Killed by Unknown p,r,;os

MAcHIAs, Maine, Nov. 9.-Lyman A. Hill,
Of East Machias, and Charles Niles, of Yves.
ey, were shot dead yesterday afternoon
near the Fletcher Brook House, Hemenway
sownseip, on the Machias river, by parties
unknown. Poachers had been logging deer,
and deputies Hill and Niles were about to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

The nineteenth century has provided the
greatest Roman of them all, Salvation Oil.
1t kilIspain. ''
;. AaNusEMENTs.-Theatre goers are yerv
maple 10 contract severe cough or cold. A
safe and reliable cure is DR.. Bulrs Conob
Syrup. PRICE % cts. ooosn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

COURT OF APPEALS Briggs
against the Commonwealth. Argued by
Attorney General Ayers for Common wealth,
and by John W. Davis, esq.,, for plaintiff in
error, and submitted.
Harrison vs.. Commonwealth. Argued by
William M. Flanagan, esq, for plaintiff in
error, and continued until to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

Miss Mary Jessie Shackelford, of Caroline
county, was so shockingly burned last Fri
day night that she died in great agony
Monday morning about three o'clock. Miss
Shackelford was carrying coal oil lamp
which exploded, and scattered its burning
contents all over her clothing,
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before the company-we do think is hardly
calculated to greatly strengthen the admi.
ration for either Mr.. G. or his policy, among
people who never yet, thank God have
utterly lost all sense of dignity and self.re.
spect. COUNTRYMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
ALEX CAMBRIA
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9.

ATTHE recent elections in Virginia the
republicans carried the State by large ma
jority, and will probably do so next fall uu-
less the democrats have wisdom and cour-
age enough to stand by the fundamental
principles of their party-a tariff only for
revenue, and the honest payment Of public
debts. If they shall boldly declare for o re-
duction of the tariff on the necessaries of
life, so that the cost of living may be re-.
duced, and for the permanent settlement of
the State debt upon the moderate terms
proposed by the creditors-gi7ing the latter
only what is left of the revenues at the pres.
ent rate Of taxation, after ell the expendi-
lures have been provided for, they will
probably succeed in overcoming the recent
adverse majority. But they will never do
so by persisting in their present differences
on the tariff question and in their vain, sill
ly aud expensive attempts to set at defiance
the mandates of the U. S. Supreme court on
the debt question. Let the old and trusted
leaders of the party come out of their long
retirement, and raise the banner of low tariff
on the necessaries of life,an the acceptance
Of the easy terms proposed by the creditors,
and it will soon be apparent that they are
heading O popular cause. But even should
they fail, would it not be better to go down
in good cause, one approved by their own
consciences, than to await passiVely the ap-
proach OF the inevitable deluge that is rap
idly advancing to overwhelm their party,
in consequence of the present halting, d.
vided, and suicidal policy it is pursuing in
respect of the questions to which reference
is made?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09
Encounter With BuraIarS

DECATUR, ILL.,, Nov. 9.-Tbree police
officers bad desperate encounter with two
professional burglars in the business part of
the city last night. Two residences had
been robbed within o".nights, and the
policemen were in search of the thieves.
They came across two fellows with a heavy
satchel in their possession. They were told
to 60 along to Jail, when both pulled their
revolvers and commenced firing at the
officers. The fire was returned and IS or
IA shots were exchanged without damage on
ether.side. Robert Jones, one the burg.
lars, was captured after desperate strug.
gle, but the other man, who is believed to
have been wounded, made good his escape.
The satchel contained a complete outfit of
burglars tools. The men are believed to be
escaped convicts wanted in the East.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-09

Keep DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup at home.
physicians prescribe it. Thousand; take it.
Price IS cents.
Mr.: Henry Mylauder, we'll known tailor
OF Baltimore, ~sites:-"I DO rot hesitate to
pronounce Salvation OIL mos: eScelen,
liniment."
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DIED.

At rsaVona, St. Mary's county, Md, Wednes.
as oss INC NOV; 30, STUART LoMAX, youngest child
Oh IA rev. theodore and Kate Lomax Reed He
them in his BOSOM" " anu carry
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Negro Insurrectton Apprehended.

de
GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. ga special to
the Neus from Brenham says: This place
was thrown into state of excitement last
night BY the receipt Of telegram by the
sheriff from ]. b. Roberts, chairman of The
citizens committee at Graball, asking that
hfty armed men be Immediately sent TO
Lofts store, near the village of Graball, to
qusll negro instruction which vas M omen.
tariIy apprehended. In less than an hour
tllty men were On the road. GrabalI is in
the midst of a populous negro settlement,
in the east end ofths Washington county,
aud in tho same vicinity where D. D. Boil.
ton, wealthy planter, was killed election
night by band Of negro voters, dozen of
whom are now in Jail here. It is thought
the trouble is the outgrowth of this killing.
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AVN MOWERS AT COST TO close ont ~ 90
- klne street, corner of loyal. - -
Mmytt j. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
1 ,cE fEES-Although Coffccs have advanced
- considerably, am offering them at low prices
-SseP-o C. MtLBURN.
RooCLE JERSEYS, black and colored, all Quail.
- ties, st [ocSi AMOS B. SLAYMAKER;S
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-24
OId Boy Wig Again.

Special to TIE DAILY ToNBsToNEl.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-A dis patch to the Call from Ottawa says: Professor Wiggins who claims to have foretold the Charleston earthquake, IS daily growing more positive In his prediction that much greater dis turbance also of a subterranean origin will visit the southern section of the country on September 29th. It may, he asserts, visit southern Europe as well. An earthquake wave Is to move from east to west reaching as far north as San Francisco, on the Pacific coast. On the eastern coast there will be no trouble beyond severe storms and possible hurricanes. His
 
 performance is announced for } ?. III. on tue day specified. The force he said would be far greater than that which carsed the recent disturb. nee so disastrous to Charleston and the country would alike be affected. He predicts that New Orleans, Macon and Mobile, would be ruined, that these cities are right in the path ol the subterranean and meteorological phenomena. Walter H. Smith, Presi. dent of the Astronomical Meteorolog- ical Association, for Canada, agrees with Professor Wiggins in substance He says the shock will be ushered 1T by heavy storms in the weot anc northwest, and rough weather in or the Atlantic coast. He looks to set great damage in the districts south O the thirtieth parallel of latitude whicf nearly passes through Jacksonville Florida.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-24
Alexander HIS Costly Steam
 Yacht.

The late imperial yacht Livadia, upon the magnificent equipment and gorgeous establishment of which Al exander II lavished so many millions of roubles, appears at last destined to be put 10 some practical use. The Livadia arrived here few days ago from Nicolaleft. She has already been den Lded of her former sumptu- ous appointments and decorations, but is now to undergo a further and radical "cleaning out," and will then be made available as a LrC opship. Though not officially stated, I have the best authority for saying that her chief mission will be the transport of troops from this city to Batoum. If her preliminary trips happen to be made in some of the heavy and chop py seas which are not unfI equently experienced in these waters, the Li- yadia's doubtful ses-going capacity will be somewhat severely tested, and her behavior will be watched with some interest by those naval experts and designers who approved or con- demned her structural lines before she left the slips of Elder and Pearce. The story of the damages che was supposed te have sustained from drift wreckage in the Bay of Biscay vas of course subsequently, exploded. At all | events, with moderately faii weather, the Livadia will, after being cleaned out and refitted, be capable of carry ing in single short voyage an enoT- nous numl.er of troops in case oI need, and it is with this view, be- leve, she is being put into commrS- sion without de!ay.-L0ndon Tele- graph.