Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NE - Oc LIE DAY.
Secretary Tracy will recommend that the
effective force of the navy be increased tc
! 10000 men.
The Rev. DR.. Julius E. Grammer yesterday
celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary o.
his rectorship of ST. Peters Protestant Epis
copa Church, Baltimore.
Snow fell at Lockport, N. Y. yesterday
morning to the depth Of two inches. 1t de
stroyed large amount of vegetable matter
and apples still outstanding.
John NJ. Barbour, a wealthy ex-aldermar
of New Brunswick, N. j. has eloped with
Nellie Getting, pretty widow Of Trenton
and his wife will sue for divorce.
Sir William Tindal Robertson, junior
member of Parliament for Brighton, com
mitted suicide yesterday at his Brighton
residence by cutting his throat with razor
Charles Davis, aged nineteen years, but
one of the most notorious desperadoes 10 the
Iadien Territory and the leader of band OF
cattle thieves, was shot and killed Saturday
By U. &. deputy marshal.
The reballots taken in France Yesterday
resulted in two.thirds of the 1873 constituent.
cies in which new elections we're necessary
going republican. The followers of Gen.
Boulanger are deserving him. Rochefort
was rejected by The electors of Beleville.
Dr.. W. A. Leonard. rector of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Washington, pre- ached
his farewell sermon 10 bis congregation yes
terdaV morning. prior to his leaving for
New York to day, where he goes TO be con
secrated as Bishop of the diocese of Ohio.
The latest returns from Montana indicate
that the demo crats will have majority of
seven in the legislature. Joseph K. Toole,
democratic candidate for Governor, has q
maj lrity Of about 500, and ex Gov. Thomas
q. Carter, republican, for Congress, ma
j1ri.y CT about 200.
The Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail,
D. D., LII. D., bishop of the Diocese OF Kan
sas, died at Bryn Mawr, Pa. yesterday
morning afser an illness of two weeks. He
was taken seriously i'll while ca route from
Kansas to New York to attend the General
Conference of the Epi; copal Church.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. who has
been liviog at East Griustead. near London,
met with serious accident yesterday.
While driving, Ger pony dashed up bank
and Mrs Burnett was hurled out of the cart,
fell upon her head and was picked up I'm
conscious. She is now lying ID serious
condition.
Fire broke out early yesterday morning
in h E. Lotus Two story restaurant, at Win
ons, Miss. It was only few minutes after
the alarm was sounded before the g imes had
completely enveloped the restaurant, the
upper story of which was used as sleeping
apartments. Nine men were asleep in the
upper story. Five of them escaped but four
we're burned to death.
Civil Sar1inn issiopar Ipnan cops
there has never been an appointment or
promo,ion made at the office of the commits
sion in violation or evasion of the civil SER
vice rules, as charged The set of papers
given out By Mr.. Campbell were obsolete,
containing questions which are now pub
lished to the world by the commission. MIR.
Campbell was reprimanded for his action.
A terrible hurricane has visited the island
of Sardinia. One hundred persons were
buried in the debris of buildings shattered
by the storm, and thirty persons were kill
ed. The Provr ce Of Caghari. Italy, has al
go been ravsged by terrific storm, in
which 240 houses were destroyed. Six
teen persons were killed, and hundreds
were Injured The town of CsgiIari suffer-
ed severely.
10 Washington on Saturday the coroner's
jury 10 the Adler-Ward Case returned the
following verdict THAT the said Maurice
Adler came to his death about 1920 p. N
on the 81 day Of October 1889, from inani-
ton aud exhs uslion, the result of pistol
shot ", und in the neck, /, q cited with q pis-
tol held in The hands OF Frank K Ward ou
the night OF June IS, 1885" Adier's finer
al took place yesterday evening.
At lilo o'clock yesterday morning Capt.
D p SIaltery, a wealthy st. Louis merchant,
was found unconscious. half stripped. and
Covered with blood on the sidewalk In that
city. 1t appears that while under the in
1uence of powerful drug Slattery wander
ed into the bed room of saloon keepers
wife and while there was beaten. robbed of
valuable diamonds and thrown out on the
sidewalk by the barkeeper and his friends.
Several persons have been arrested.
All Saturday night Mrs. Eva Hamilton
had to be watched by Ma.ron Paterson in
the Trenton, n. ], penitenri larry. The con-
vict did pot sleep wink until the morning
aud was constantly calling for morphine.
She kept all the other female prisoners
awake with Der cries. and once when she
became hystetical she called out, oh Ray,
fJr Gods sake get me out of here" IL has
been decided to give her no work to do, IN
less she wants it, until next Tuesday.
Ex-Congressman John NJ Glover, OF ST. Louis.
announces hiG S III as candidate for the United