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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr.. Eeazey's resignation as Postmaster OF
Baltimore having been accepted, Mr. Frank
Brown has been appointed in his place.
Seven million pounds of West India sugar,
the largest single entry ever made at the
New York custom. house, were received by
Havemeyer Il Elders yesterday.
A strike for eight hours work day will
probably be inaugurated i'll Washington on
Monday by the workmen in all branches Of
the building trade. Several meetings of
employers and employees have been held
during the past week. and both sides are
determined to push the fight.
About 800 men-machinists, carpenters,
engineers lsborers, and mechanics ofvarious
kinds-emp loyed in the shops of Allison's
car works, Philadelphia, were paid oil yes
terday with the notice that their services
were no longer required. The men had
been granted an advance Of from 6 to 16 per
cent, but they declined the offer, demand
ing from so to 100 per cent. advance, The
works employ nearly 700 men, and of this
number 90 per cent. are out of work as re-
suit OF the difficulty. The works were run
ming full time, and in some cases over time,
and were very busy. The payroll amount
ed 10 900 month.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

THE CHURCH AND THE KNIGHTS or LA
BoR.-The Catholic Church has been look
ing for some time with distru<t upon the
organization Of the Knights OF Labor. To
most Catholics, therefore, no surprise was
given by the mandate Of Archbishop Tas.
cheau, of Montreal, forbidding Catholics to
join the order. In his mandate the Arch
bishop quotes the Congregation of the Holy
Office at Rome, which puts the Knights Of
Labor among the secret societies that are
prohibited bg the Holy See" This step
will naturally cause much discussion among
the Knights Of Labor, in whose organza-
ton are many Catholics. mil. Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
Bank Robbed.

CHICAGO. May IA special from Lima,
Ohio, says; The private bank Of o. s.
Laughan at Button, O. near this place, was
burg arzed yesterday morning. The safe
was blown open with dynamite aud
between $1,000 and $1,000 belonging to the
bank, several thousand in securities, 5000 in
cash and 800 in postage stamps aad postal
cards deposited by the postmaster, and $500,
the property of private box Owners, were
taken. There is no clew so far. a reward
of $500 is offered for the arrest and convic-
ton of the thieves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

Island yards, where they induced all Inc
men employed in the freight houses there to
abandon their positions. The new recruits
Joined the column, which next visited Inc
louisville, New Albany and Chicago Rail
way, where they were also successful IN
their efforts with the freight handlers. The
procession, which now numbers some two
thousand, is circulating around TO the dit
ferent railways. There is much enthusiasm
and cheering in their ranks, but so far there
crowd of some 800 or 400 men are marching
in The neishborhood of the Mccormick
works in the Southwestern outskirts of the
city, with red flag at the head oftheir col
umn The works are all idle to-day, the
men having ask ed for and been given hol-
iday. About ten of the men employed in
the Michigan Central yards refused to join
the strike, and about this time police pro-
lection was sought by officials of the road.
Lieut.. Lsughlin and q squad Of police soon
appeared and succeeded in clearing the de-
pot without using violence, although the
men grumbled at being forced back, claim
ing that their intentions were peaceabe.
CHICAGO, May LIN addition to the
hundreds of freight handlers who have quit,
the workers in several lumber yards and
mills and packing houses have vacated
their places, thus swelling tho army of
strikers to several thousand The detectives
and police force are exercising all the vigi-
lance possible, and as yet no disorders have
occurred.
CHICAGO, May IA local paper this
morning prints an interview with Chicago
anarchist, in which the man states that
Herr Most is expected to arrive here this
morning. He said Most left New York to
get out Of the way of the law, because he
did not want to 20 to the penitentiary for
nothing" He said Most was coming to
assist in tho eieht-hour movement, but
would probably not make any speeches.
"The. time for talk" he remarked, 'has
passed This is time for action" About
5000 men in the various brewelies, it is be-
ieved, will strike during the day, which
will make in all about 10000 men idle in
the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

MINERAL WooL.-"Mineral WOOL" origi
nally discovered at Sterling, n. Y, is now
being manufactured in considerable quanti-
ties for commercial purposes at Stanhope, in
Sussex county, NJ. This is produced from
what is known Sc "slsg;;" formerly consider.
ed as worthless, until by accident, resulting
from the discharge of water from hose
pipe, as it was being drawn in a molten
state from the furnace, it was found that
the hard substance of the ''slag"
WAS readily disintegrated from the
mass and whipped into a feathery substance
that arose into the air as rapidly as it was
being eliminated from one Of the hardest
and most brittle substances known in chem
istry by the simple action of the vapor con.
tanned in the water. The philosophy of this
is, that any two substances, of an opposite
nature, by combining together, unite to pro-
duce an entirely new product from the de.
composing parts. How this is accomplished
is one of the great mysteries of nature as
yet unaccounted for. Yet the result is not
more remarkable than the product of Gel
luloid so largely used in jswelry, from a
union Of gun cotton and camphor, and of q
hundred other forms as yet not fully suscep.
tible of explanation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-Trus.
tees Springfield Division Sons of Temper
ance vs. Mayo and others. Argued by
Chas. L. Page, esq for plaintiff in error,
and submitted.
Weaver VS.. Bliyen. Argued by James
A. Kerr for plaintiff in error, and Floyd
Hughes for defendant in error, and sub
mitted.
Bocock's exor. VS.. Allegheny Coal and
Iron Company. Dismissed for failure to
print.
Fire Association Of Philadelphia vs. Hay
wood. Submitted.
Thompson's admir- vs.. Chapman. Sent to
foot of docket.
Camp VS.. Norheet's adr. Passed.
Taliaferro va. Day. Argued by Jas. ".
Morton, esq, and Maj. ]. H. Darlington for
appellees, and submitted.
Virginia Midland Railroad Co. vs. Bos.
Wells admir-. Submitted.
Nichols admir- vs. Washington, Ohio and
Western Railroad Co. and Baker vs. Naglee
and others. Sent to foot of docket.
Austin vs.. Judge of the County Court Of
Alexandria county. Rule to show cause
why writ of prohibition shall not issue, de-
MED.
Cornwall vs. the Commonwealth. Mo-
tion to advance cause denied.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

1t was stated that an Indictment against
Anarchist Herr John Most had been found
by the grand jury for uttering all inilam-
matory speech ut n recent meeting in Ger.
mania Hall, aud that his arrest would occur
Immediately. The publication Of this state
ment caused considerable comment about
the District Attorneys Office, and will be
made the subject of judicial investigation,
and Recorder Smyth will call it to the at
tention of the grand jury. Whether the
story has foundation in fact could not be
a5certained, but the premature disclosure Of
alleged proceedings in the grand jury room
will be thoroughly inquired into. Most
has not been arrestci-New York Nrws.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
Asked the Protection of the Law.

CONCORD, N. H. May lie. S. Harris,
proprietor Of the wooden mills in Penacook,
has made oath that he believes his property
is threatened by mob violence, and has no
titled The seectmcn of Boscawen. that he
shall hold the town responsible for its pro-
teclion. Special policemen have been ap-
pointed, who will be on duty day and night
until tho danger has passed and the select
men have notified the officers Of the Knights
Of Labor who ordered the strike in these
mills, that they will be held answerable in
the courts for any damage done in the town.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
VIRGINIA NEWS,


Walter K. Martin. one Of the leading to-
bacconists of Richmon died yesterday Of
consumption. He was the senior member
of the firm of Walter X. Martin < Co.
The Attorney General has given an opn-
ion that the contract entered into by Gov.
Cameron and Davis & Co., manufacturers OF
shoes in the penitentiary. to run lor tour
years from 1856, is valid.
A meeting of business men of Lynchburg
was held last night at which resolutions
! were passed calling upon everybody to es-
chew coupons a1d to adopt Gov. Lees sus-
gestion to pay taxes in money.
Row. George w. Anderson, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, died in Win.
chester Yesterday morning, in the 18th year
of his age. lie was we'll known throughout
the bounds of the Baltimore Conference.
A meeting Of the directors of the associ.
alton formed for tho purpose OF raising
funds to erect monument to Gen. ]. Il. Il.
Stuart was held in Richmond to-day. 1t is
believed that funds will be raised 1T an early
day TO carry out this project.
Mr.. D. S. Fornev has leased his interest
in Rich H property in Wythe county, 10
the Crozer Iron and Steel Company. of Ro
anoke. The ores will BIO mined upon roy
atty of Is cents ton and the company con-
tract to take not less than 100 tons per day.
The company advanced to MIR. Forney
SIC, 900 on their contract.
The trustees of the franklin Savings
Bank of Norfolk, which failed with the Ex-
change National Bank last April have an.
pounced that on and after the 1st Of May all
additional dividend OF 20 per cont. will be
maid the creditors of that institution on &C
counts made up to the % of April. This,
with the dividends previously paid, aggre-
gates 70 per cent. of the indebtedness Oft the
bank.
A public meeting was held in Lynchburg
last night at which resolutions were passed
calling on the Judge of the Corporation
Court TO issue licenses to sell liquor to no
dealer who does not give every possible as
surance of y purpose to observe faithfully
the Law prohibiting sales to minors and sell.
ing on Sundays. A number OF liquor deal
ers participated in the meeting and voted
for the resolutions.
The symptoms of the situation in St Louis
point to failure of the strike. There are
evidences that the leaders of the movement
seek only way of getting out of the dill
Guilty into which they have brought their
comrades. 1t is understood that the inflow
of money to support the strikers grows
scantier and scantier. aad that the hopes OF
victory dwindle in the same proportion and
it is expected that the strike will be order
ed off in q few days.
A novel spectacle was witnessed in the
county court Of Accomac on Thursday
when a poor woman named Margaret Thorne
was arraigned for selling liquor unlawlully
She was found guilty, fined 800 and costs,
and sentenced to three months in the coun-
ty Jail. In passing sentence on her Judge
Garrison ex pressed his regret at having to
inflct the penalty of the law on woman
i and poor woman at that, whom poverty
probably induced to commit the crime
while others escaped who, according to fair
ly reliable authority, were violating the law
| every day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

THE VARIETY of General Malone is ~ in
finite as was that Of Cleopatra, though by
no means so attractive. He is the father OIL
reputation in Virginia, and save only and
except for him and hi" malign inluence"that
misbegotten monster would not have lived
to the shame and disgrace Of the State. But
Notwithstanding this, the General is now
surprised that those who have learned re-
pudiation from him should want to repudi.
ate coupons, and should object to receiving
them in payment of taxes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

COMETS, CoNJUNCTIoNs, AND HUMAN
STUPIDITY Eclipses, comets, and conjunc-
tons Of the superior planets play great
part in state astrology. Some well-authcn-
ticated cases of success in this department
are on record. One astroioger, by name
Landino, according 10 Eillarl, drew the
horoscope of religion, and predicted Fl om a
conjunction OF Jupiter and Saturn that on
the 2Jth Of November us II great reforma-
ton Of tho Christian religion would take
place. and it is singular that Luther WAS
born in the very month Of November of
1883 or 1lSl some doubt existing as to the
year. Tycho Brahe predicted from the
comet of 1917 that in the north OF Finland
there would be born Il prince. who should
lay waste Germany and vanish in 1862.
Now, Gus,nyus Adulphus, it is we'll known,
was born in Finland, oyerran Germany,
and died in 1862 1t is also very singular
that during the very worst period Of The
late troubles in Ireland Saturn should have
been passing through Taurus n sign which.
aStrologers say, rules lreland-and prior To
the passing Of the lard act Jupiter and
Venus should have been III conjunctioE
with Saturn in the same sign. Also, just
before the assassination OF President Gar
field, two comets-frst seen III the United
States-appeared in right ascension, CORE
spending TO Gemin--a sign, again, said by
astrologers 10 rule the United States. Now
it is an old astrological doctrine that Il comet
visible to the naked eye appearing in the
ruling sign of a country portends tho VIC
lent death of the chief ruler. There is II"
doubt that it is because Of chance cOinci-
dences OF this sort that astroloSy maintained
its place for slch long period of timo, and
that even at the present day many other
wise well-educatea people are led to think
"there is something in it, Flam-teed, the
the astronomer royal Of that day, it ia said,
astrologically elected the favorable time
for the foundation Of Greenwich Obse rva-
tory.-.AH the Year ROuRh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

PECULIARiTIEs OF HENRY CLAY.-In his
day, it was the habit of the polite world Of
the Capital, dressed in their gayest, to re-
pair to The Senate Chamber to listen to bin
whenever he spoke. He was everybody
pet. No man has ever had such adulation
since. No man has ever got habltually
such splendid and brilliant audi apces as he.
Those were days of grand debate, when the
press had not gained so much prestise-be-
fore oratory had given way in Congress to
tho reporters. There were no holes in the
sky then, and you conld not prick an ora
tor, like bubble, with witty sarcasm.
Clay never disappointed--he would not
have dared. But be dared things. no other
man then or now would dare. At the end
of q brilliant passage he would pause DELHI
erately, and walk six Steps across the aisle
to Robert J. Walkers snuff box, and taking
pinch gracefully between his finger aud
thumb, return TO his desk and put it with
such incllable distinction to his notrils, that
the whole audience was ready to burst into
applause. With any other man this would
have been ridiculous. Clay made it sublime.
1t was the great king going to bed in the
presence of admiring courtiers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

kNowNoTnINGISM was killed when II
reached Virginia. prohibition has met
similar fate, and in the few places in the
State in which the boycott has appeared ii
has reflected so little credit either upon
those who ordered it or those who have
obeyed their orders, that both are heartily
sick aud ashamed of it. People in Virginia
are opposed to all sorts of isms, and TO any
man or set of men who may attempt to re-
strict their personal liberty. The boycott
may thrive among people used to masters,
but it finds an uncongenial cline in land
of fraedom
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

The Century Magazine, for May, has been
received from its publishers, the Century
Company" New York. It's contents are:
Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ameri.
can Country Dwellings; The Minister'S
Charge; The Flour Mills of Minneapolis; To
the Memory of H. H.; Iduna: A Betrothal;
Control; A California Gift to Science; To
Will H. Low; Perturbed Spirits; Reunion;
Fancy Pigeons; Evolution and the Faith;
Notes of Professional Exile; Two Views
of It; The Helmet of Mambrino; From the
Peninsula of Antietam; Mcclellan at the
Head of the Grand Army; The Battle of
South Mountain; Memoranda of the Civil
War; Topics of the Time; Open Letters, and
Brio Brac.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

THE FACT that memorials have been pre-
sented in Congress for vote of thanks to
Mr.. Gladstone Tor the new bills he has In
PRODUCED in the British Parliament, shows
not only that many of the voters OF this
country. but that some ofthe men they send
to Congress, are as utterly ignorant of the
principles and policy of the government
under which they live. as they are of those
of countries of which they have never heard
How well-informed foreigners, when they
read such memorials, must wonder at the
ignorance of people among whom Wash
ingtor's farewell address is read once year
and who are eternally hearing about the
Monroe doctrinei
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
ADVICE To MOTHERS.

MRS MISSIONS SOOTHING SYErr, for chill
drcn tecthing, is the prescription of ore ri tho
hest female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years with
never. failing success by millions Of mothers for
its yauc is incaIGuahlc. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dyscntcry AMI disrrho'a, gripping
in the bowels, and windcolic. BY giving health
to the child it resrs the mother. Price 25 cents H
bottle. Inv5-1yIM.W&S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

DISASTROUS FIRE IN BALTIMoRE.-The
most disastrous fire that has taken place in
baltimore for many years broke out shortly
alter o'clock last night in five story
warehouse West Baltimore street, occupied
by ). W. Floss & Co., wholesale dealers in
notions and white goods. The flames
spread rapidly, and the entire fire depart.
ment was called out, but brisk wind car.
ried the ire to the adjoining buildings, and
they were badly damaged. The total loss
cannot be less than 5000, 900, and the insur-
anco is mostly in ont-of-toWn companies.
The origin of the fire is unk nown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

GENERAL MAHoNE's platform in his last
State campaign provided for local option
but sudden change has come DER the spir'
1t of his Dreams and he now says 1.-The
evil which the prohibitionists would cure, in
my judgment, is not to be removed or ar
rested by an attempt at compulsory legisla-
ton" The General can see the way the
land lies as we'll as any other politician in Vir-
ginia. On the question referred to he is not
only right now, but he is with the majority.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
AT,EX ANDRIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY /.

GEN. MAHoNE's organ, now printed 10
Washington, and which he and his aole
hoaied colleague recommend to the support
Of the ex. Confederates in Virginia, says:
ave fully sympathize with the indlg ma
ton meeting in Albany, and hope that Inc Inc
example may be promptly followed all over 3in,
the land, so that, once and forever, the .,m nd
its of treason may be definitely, sharply anu
satisfactorily drawn, for the beneht Oh 'r"'''
ors as we'll as loyal SUBJECTS
But this is not at all surprising IN vie"
Of the fact that each of the Senators referred
10 when occasion offered, attempted to
make "treason odious," and, as Senator Ed
munds expressed it, "to show which s'oe
was right" by defeating, by his own vote a
proposition to repeal the statute prohibiting
ex-Confederates from holding commissions
in the army thereby proclaiming them.
salves double traitors, first to the Unlon, ana
then to the Confederacy, in whose service
they were engaged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

TIE REPUBLICAN President Arthur ap.
pointed as consul to San Domingo colored
man named Astwood, for two reasons his
color and his service to the republican par
ty. The democratic President Cleveland
has reappointed him, though it was proved
that he was partisan" of the most "offen.
sive" kind. But these are the good old
democratic times, for the return of which
the democrats strove so long and SO labori-
ouslY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

THE MONUMENT to the late Senator Hill
of Georgia was dedicated at Atlanta TO-
dav. The occasion was observed as gen.
eral holiday. The postmaster asked leave
to close his Office, but his request was refused
by Mr.. Villas. And, yet, the Postmaster
General is not only member of the demo
cratic, the national party, but is an officer OF
the restored Union, and the man whose
memory his subordinate wanted to honor,
though Southerner, was United States
Senator under that restored Union. But II
seems, strange as it may be, that nationality
is as sectional under the present democratic
as it was under the late republican, admlni5-
tration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
"REMINISCENCES CT MATT CARPENTER.

"REMINISCENCES CT MATT CARPENTER
During the settlement of the question who
should be president pro tempore of the Sen
ate, there had been good deal of gossip
among the Senators about the desirability OF
this place. There is a great difference OF
opinion among Senators as to its advan-
tages. The only marked advantage is its
extra pay and extra staff of assistants. The
confinement and inactivity connected with
the place are Objectionable to the more &C
tive of the Senators. Yet Matt Carpenter,
the brilliant Senator from Wisconsin, who
was one of the best de5aters ever in the
Senate, served in this place two or three
years. Although Carpenter was one of the
most brilliant speakers in the Senate and
enjoyed 10 great degree the pleasures Of a
lively debate, he yet was an eager sspirant
for this place. Few Of his friends under.
stood at the time just the reason for
this. A veteran Senator explained to
me yesterday how Carpenter came to
wish to have this place aud to vol
UNFAIRLY withdraw from the floor.
Said he: "You will remember that New
York paper which was opposed to Mr.. Car
penter printed scandal about the Senator,
saying that he bad been turned out of an
hotel at Long Branch on account of certain
company that he had brought there with
him. never asked him whether this story
YVES true or not It was copied everywhere,
and it hurt Carpenter very much. The lat
ter went around among his old republican
associates in the Senate and told tht m what
hard time he was having with the news.
papers, and unless the Senate could put its
seal of disapproval upon this scandal by
electipg him to its chief Office he would be
obliged to resign his seat in thesenate. Every.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

one liked Carpenter and the Senators
were only too glad to do their best to sus'
tain BIN. That is the reason of his election
and tho true cause for his desire TO escape
from the prominence OF the debates of that
time where he would have been made a
tarret for constant criticism.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01

A BoYcoTTER epjamin F.
Glidden, walking delegate of the Knights
of Labor, was arrested Wednesday, in New
Haven. Conn, for intimidalirg Adoiph Men
del and Isidore freedman, who are about to
start in business, from advertising a the
Journal and Courier, morning paper,
vi ich is boycotted by the knights.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
Marriage.

PROVIDENCE, May DIR VIM A. Hammond, of
New York formerly surgeon general of the
II. s. Army, was married at 12 o'clock, to-day to
Miss Esther Dyer Chaplin, at the residence of Mrs.
Frances J. VintOn, grand mother of the bride.