Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-05
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

An Irish girl just arrived at Castle Gar
den IL one of family of q, of whom father,
mother, brothers and sisters are ell living
The Carousel, at Ocean Beach, N Y,
was destroyed by fire last night. The Ocean
Beach House also caught fire and was part
ly burned.
The Lntherans of Maryland, Virginia.
West Virginia and Pennsylvania had re
union at Pen Mar yesterday. Twelve thous.
and people were present.
The millionaire packers, Armour and
Swift, yesterday ignored the subpoena to ap
pear before the Senatorial Committee inves-
tigating the dressed beef tradein Chicago.
Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt
Tuesday night to rob the residence of Vice
President Morton. at Rondout, N. Y. They
were frightened away by the burglar alarm.
The largest bar of gold ever cast in the
world was turned out at the United States
Assay Office, at Helena. Mon, yesterday.
1t weighed 500 pounds, and is worth little
over 100000.
The division superintendent of the Rail.
way Mail Service are united in the opinion
that the system of appointing railway mail
clerks under the civil service regulations
| will in the end have to be abolished II the
present state of efficiency is to be maintain
ed.
The victory the New York club gained
over Pittsburg and Boston's defeat by In
dianapolis brings New York to within two
points of Boston. Chicago strengthened its
position in third place by defeating Phila
delpbia. Cleveland also gained over Pitts
burg by defeating Washington.
Edward A. Bgler OF Clearfeld county,
was nominated by the Pennsylvania demo-
cratic convention at Harrisburg for State
treasurer The platform adopted endorses
Cleveland's tariff ideas, denounces trusts,
expresses sympathy for the flood sufferers
and favors the Australian ballot system.
From report received yesterday by the
Naval Bureau of Steam Engineering it ap.
pears that the new cruiser Charleston, built
| by the q Dion Iron Works of Sap F fanclsco for
the Government failed to come up to the
contract requirements. Secretary Tracy
has decided 10 accept the gunboat Petrol.
At the session of the Dundee Trades Uu
ion Congress yesterday the census report on
the eight hour movement was presented,
showing 1929 for and 60 $50 against.
Several delegates denounced the socialists
as enemies to labor representation and ad-
vised trade-unionists to follow their old
leaders.
The Paris Temps says that NJ. Constants,
minister Of the interior, has requested the
prefects of the different departments to re
ceive no notice of caDdidalure from Gen.
Boulanger, M. Rochefort or Count Dillon on
the ground that they are interdicted and
cannot comply with the conditions of
the multiple oandidature law.
William Kemble Lente prominent rail
J way and real estate man, committed suicide
at Seville Fla, yesterday. He began his
work of self destruction by slashing his fore
arm with sharp razor, and then took
large dose of morphine and ended bV dis.
charging a revolver into his brain. He died
almost instantly. Lente was about thirty
years old.
II generally believed in Washington that
u the days of Corporal Tanners official life
are numbered. IL has been suggested that
as the law renders an importer ineligible to
the position of Secretary of the Treasury.
because of his interest in opposing custom
house collections, 80 ought it to render the
representative pension petitioners ineligible
for the place of pension-giyer.
Mrs Swinion and her SOD. Joseph Mann,
were brought up in the Tombs Court at New
York yesterday and were remanded to be
tried as participants in the Hamilton con.
spiracy. They have confessed that with the
woman who claims to be Hamilton's wife
| they entered into plot to palm of child.
on Robert Ray Hamilton as his OVID. The
penalty for such conspiracy is ten years in
| the State prison.