Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-23

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This section fair weather, stat onary tenn
,,re followed Tuesday night hy slightly
lpeoisr general westerly winds.
PEABODY NORMAL INSTITUTION Sat
...d.v most Of the members OF the Institute
.oor The $50 boat for Washington and pro.
o.sded 10 the National Museum, where an
Tonr VA spent in hurried gance at its
,.as.nres. The relics proved most attract
;rs to tn gentlemen, but the ladies gener-
.Ilv expressed preference for the section
afgems. They then went to the Depart.
-.snt of Agriculture and examined Its mu-
ann and green houses. and then to the
Rnresu Of Engraving and Printing Ia GO
~, m the cvcIOroma most OF them went oy
CAV of the Washington monument. Al the
cycIorsma building, the Battle OF Shiloh
Vas explained in lecture, and after close
examination Of that excellent paintlng' the
,,s.ty went to the Treasury, where the Gu.
pa L'os;,ias of that building were shown them.
D. bs nsst one they had all gathered in
~, ~ east room, when President Cleve
ia0d ente,ed By the west door and Super
;stsndent Csrne, havii 6 bsen introduced
- him introduced, il turn, the conductor
"a mambers of the destitute. As the ladies'
I'D g.rtlemen retired he took occasion to
,sant the Pfe.idtnt for the courtesy ola
snac;aI reception. The bitter asked the or
.ot and mode of operation Of the destitute,
lotich SIM, Csrpe briefly explained, stating
that it vas one q seven no" 10 Session Vi
~ three were for colored teachers;
,nbara,,non the President enquired Is TO the
.nn,ass of the education of the coored peo
rIs in which he EXPIRE sed much interest.
Tsyt the party visited the State, War
ond N,vv D 4pa,tments, where they saw
many interesting ohjecs among them
ibs oripinal d c'arstion of Independence
Tofortunatelv. the art gallery Is closed 20
tba vs;tors rode to thu Capitol, where they
arrived lust as the House adjourned, but
1onnd The senate in session. The day con
clnded with tho music back OF the WHITE
House and the party fatigued, but dehgnt-
cd returned n the 1l5 boat. Yesterday
the strangers attended the varlonS cnurcnes'
each as many as his or her time would allow
and today the usual lectures by Profs. Nc
Clearg ard Hall, Supt. Carne and Mics
Grammar. were delivered to full house.
Atlhe conclusion of the morning session,
Prof McCleary announced that the Super
intendenl of the Potomac Ferry Co. had
kindly rendered to the teachers compli
mentary excursion to Colonial Beach on
Monday next, which, on motion of Supt.
Carne, was accepted with thanks.
TIE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. In
medatev after the recent disaster on the
Midland Railway. the editor Of the Railroad
Gazette teegraphed Mr.. William Ii. Thron-
tor, professor civil engine eriDg at the Un-
igersty of Virginia, asking him to repair at
once to the scene of the wreck and make an
Impartial report Prof. Thronton's article
appeared in the Gazette of the 20 instant.
10 speaking of the timbers in those por-
lions of the trestle left standing he says:
IN some of th@e the sappy part of the
leps was rotten near the foot. But
there was considerable portion Of
sound heart even in these, and could find
no bent section Of the trestle) which seemed
in apostively dangerous condition Prof.
Thornton thinks there was derailment,
and that this was the immediate cause of
accident % this point be saye:
Marks on the cross ties near the north
en- seem to Indicate that one car truck left
the rails about six feet north Of the north
eud of the bridge, and was drawn humping
over the floor beams, every one Of which,
up to the point of the break, shows the
marks made MS ths wheel hauges The
left.band wbees ran about six inches to the
right of The lei, hand rail, while the right
hand wheels ran between the right band
rail and the guard. This car was probably
the smoker, as Is indicated in several ways
that need no. be psrticularizs6 here"
Further on be says The detailed car
was almost certainly the part Of the train
under which the break occurred, the impul
siVe action more than doubling the strain
due TO the train"
The smoker, express car and baggage
car went down first. The passenger coach
fell over on them, and the first Of the sleep
erS was pulled over and stood on end, lean
iag against the end of the trestle work.
The tender aud locomotive were pulled
back aud fell over on top of the wreck"
This fully substantiates the theory ad-
vanced .. fist by thu officers of the road iD
explanation of the accident, and referred to
oy he GAZETTE in its account Of the disaster
and shows that the feeling that has been
aroused against the company by the acci-
dent is without just cause.
CORPORATION CoURT-Judge Charlie: e.
Stuart presiding Christina B,hraus quail
lhed O. exscutrix Of Jacob Bohraus de.
ceased, and as trustee OF her infant chill
dreu. Nj. Bohraus bequeathed one-third of
Els estate to his wife, aud the residue to her
10 trust for his three children. The estate
Is valued at about Sl2 900.
Francis P. Smoot vs.. J. W. Baggett
judgment for plaintiff
Sydna B Powell qualified as administra'
tFiX of John Powell, deceased.
a. +. Cox resigned his position of Justice
ct the Peace for the % Ward, and Jos. s.
Beach was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The estate of Henry Harris was commit
ted TO the City Sergeant for administration.
b. Wheatley vs. Henry Parker; case re-
tered TO Commissioner Norton for report.
len bills of exceptions in the case Of Billy
Williams, recently convicted of tho murder
OF officer Arnold and sentenced to FIVE years
In the penitentiary, were signed by the
Court and execution OF the sentence sus-
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