Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-19
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.


CITY COUNCIL CASDIDATEs.-No additional
candidates for any of the municipal offices have
appeared. 1t is probable that all the time I'M
til the 25th of April will be occupied with the
canvass for the democratic primaries, and that
after that date some Independent nominations
will be made and vigorous local movements go
on until the May election. The new names to
be submitted to the primaries for the city
council are Noble Lindsay for alderman from
the first ward Theo. Ballenger, X. H. Simpson,
Henry Wilett and l.. Marbury for councilmen
from the second ward; J. T. Burke, French
Smoot, S. II. Lunt, VIM. Rogers and ]. T.
Harrison councilmen from the third ward, and
j. S. b. Thompson, Geo. r. Hi, J. A. Mar
shall, Jas. McEuen and Harry Smoot council
men from the fourth ward. Nearly all the
present members of council are candidates for
reelection.
CLOSE OF PREsBYTERY.-The presbytery of
the Chesapeake, which has been in session here
at the First Presbyterian church since Tuesday
last has closed its session, but will meet again
at the Central Presbyterian church of Wash
ington on the 14th of May next, and on that oc-
casion X. w. Carter will be examined for Ii
cense to preach the Gospel. Rev. DIR. A. W.
Pitzer, of Washington, has been added to the
presbyterial committee on education.
NoTEs.-Messrs. Keith Worton and l.. Mar
bury are spoken of as candidates to succeed
Judge Stuart on the bench of the corporation
court First the governor of the state and
afterward the legislature will fill the vacancy.
Good Friday services took place to-day at
the Catholic, Protestant, Episcopal and Luth-
eran churches, at all of which large congrega-
tions attended.-The death Of Judge Stuart
makes vacancy in the school board from the
third ward to be filled by the city council in
joint acknowledgements services are now
being held nightly at the Old Friends meeting
house on Wolfe and St. Asaph streets and the
attentive congregations are much disturbed by
a few rude boys.--The city school board has
passed appropriate resolutions regretting the
death of Judge stuart, who for many years
has been its president.
The Montana stock growers convention has
reelected Russell Harrison secretary. The
stock commissioners also reelected him secre-
tary and treasurer.
The trial of three election judges implicated
in the trouble that terminated in the murder
of John Clayton was commenced at Little Rock,
Ark, yesterday in the United States court.
Reports from Nanticoke, Pa, say there are
twenty-five cases OF smallpox in the borough
The disease appears to be spreading in all di-
rections.
A Norfolk dispatch says that vessel went
ashore Wednesday night near life-saving sta
ton No. Il, but as all on board were drowned
before any assistance could reach them, and
the vessel went to pieces, it has been impossi-
BILE to ascertain her name.
The 81 500 diamond belt for which Kilrain
and Sullivan will fight in July was deposited
| yesterday by Mrs. Kilrain with the Mercantile
keeping.
| Abram W. Marshall, prominent citizen Of
| Lunenburg county, Va, committed suicide
Wednesday in the presence of his family BY
discharging the contents Of Q shotgun into his
head. Financial trouble prompted the act,
/ The hearing on the petition Of the Bell tele-
phone company for an increase of SlOQ 900
in its capital stock was begun at the Boston
state house yesterday.
| Henry s. Mould, the husband of Miss Marion
Manola, of the McCaull opera COMPANY, haS
no charges to make against his wife in c6nnec-
| ton with her suit for divorce. He SAYS the
main question involved il the custody Of their
| child.
Mayor Jackson has closed all the pool-rooms.
rambling houses and number Of unliceuse6
] saloons Ct Gloucestef, n. ].