Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-06
VIRGINIA..

ALEXANDRIA (Va J, November 5th.-Col-
onel Gordon, Chairman of the State Dem
ocratic Central Committee, estimates their
majority at over 25 000, with fair pros
pect of its being largely increased. The
| Legislature is over two-thirds Democratic.
WASHINGTON, November 5th.-General
| Malone to-day sent the following telegram
| to the Washington Post: Rev II. w.
| Dickersou, a colored minister, who lately
has been denied the right to preach at the
| colored lunatic asylum because he chooses
| to be Republican and support the Repub-
| lican ticket went this morning to his poll
| ing place at o'clock to vote, and while
| three Democrats and one Republican were
ballot in until 1910, it taking Just five
hours and ten minutes to get his ballot into
the hands of the judges.
This is the same precinct (the Sixth
Ward) in Petersburg in which at the late
Presidential election, by purposely dila-
tory process of election by the judges-and
they are the same now-two hundred and
odd votes were shut out. This fraud upon
the voters in that precinct is still going on,
there being over 200 voters now g o'clock
at the polls, many of whom have been
there since 7 o'clock.
NORFOLK (Va), November 5th.-The
| election in this district passed off quietly
except in the district in Norfolk county.
| In one precinct the Judges asked the au-
| thorities for protection, and the disturbance
was quieted without further trouble. At
Glebis precinct, in the same county, the
| negroes attempted to break into the polling
| place, when pistol was fired and trouble
seemed imminent. The election officers
| kept cool, and the authorities soon had the
mob under control. The shot fired struck
a colored man in the crowd, but it is not
believed to be fatal.
RICHMOND IVA }, November r5th.-Massey,
the Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, was severely
beaten here by Democratic lawyer, for
interfering with the election in attempting
to iDcite negroes to protest against the man.
ner in which he thought they were being
shut out from the polls.
PETERSBURG, November 5th-This city,
the home of Malone gives Mckinney 446
majority. Malone is probably defeated by
| decisive majority.
ALEXANDRIA (Va), November 5th.-Re-
| turns to the State Central Committee indi-
cate an overwhelming Democratic victory.
| Senator Barbour claims McKinney's cleo
ton by % 600 majority. The returns show
Malone was scratched to great extent by
| the coloIed voters.
PETERSBURG (Va) }. November 5th.-Dur-
! ing the celebration of the Democratic VIC
tory in this city one of a party of young
men who were firing off rockets in front of
General Mahone's residence was struck in
the breast by bullet fred from the Gen.
| erals yard. The young mans name is
| Hobart Harrison. 1t is charged by some
that the shot was fired by Malone.
PETERSBURG (Va.l. November 5th.-Gen-
eral Malone was arrested tonight, charged
with shooting Herbert Harrison, who with
number of companions was sending off
fireworks in front of Mahone's residence.
Malone is now at the station-house and
Mayor Collier is investigating the case.
General Malone denies having fred the
shot, or that anyone on his premises fred
it. Harrison is not seriously wounded.
| ALEXANDRIA (Va) November 5th.-At
| 1:30 A. NJ the State Democratic Committee
| estimate McKinney's majority at 10000
They claim the Legislature by large ma
jority.
NEW YORK, November 5th. = General
Malone claims Virginia is Republican by
5000 majority.