Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-21


Indien Territory. Ia said it w as under
stood on the night of the election day that
Howard township had gone democratic, and
that the negroes were going to raise row.
Uoon the invitation of Oliver Bentley and
Walter Wells, witness, with about doz3n
other Young mep, started about dark for
PlummersyilIe. They got within quarter
of q mile of the polling place where the
main party rested while WoodP, Bentley aud
Wells rode in town. It was found that al
was quiet aud the party turned back. VIZ
ness saw that o. P. Bentley and w. ..
Wells had ballot box. Jim Earl told
witness that George Bentley was gong
to turn States evidence. He was killed
within two weeks. He had just left witness
and had gone up the street With O.lVer
Bentley to examine new Hammerie5s pis.
toll. After examining it George turned his
back when he was ehot through the back by
Oliver Bentley, who asserted that it was an
accident. Witness described the horse that
George Bentley rode the night of the Clay
ton murder aud said that he had broken his
legs and had been killed within two weeks
after the murder. The witness said he IT,
tended to return to Merrillton when be left,
but his friends advised him not to go back.
Threats had been made against him oy u
yer Bentley and Walter Wells, and other5.
Ex-Attorney General Garland continued the
oross examination and forced the witness to
acknowledge that warrant had been issued
for his arrest on charge oflarceny, and that
he had concluded he had better not stand
trial also that he had heen accused OF stea.-
ing a $40 gold piece He had vague reco!-
lection of some colored man telling him OF
ballot box being burned up in blacksmith
shop at Plummersyiie He admitted tfat
he bad been arrested OF Pine Buff By the
United States authorities to prevent him
from berg arrested and carried to Merrill
ton. where be was to be turned over to
Sheriff Shelby. Wines said that be had
left Arkansas for Oregon TO cut loose from
Wells aud Bentley.
In five minutes speech 10 the House tc-
day Mr.. McMlliD, of Tennessee, said that
while the Mckinley tariff bill redUcsd the
tax on sugar. tobacco and few other
southern products, and would thereby re-
duce the revenue to come extent. it would
more than Offset that reduction by en- IL
creased tax of sevsnty millions of dollars on
the prime necessaries of life.
General Lee would have gone to S.effor0
Court House to-day and had made bis ar
rangemen,s accordingly, but deemed it bet
ter to remain here and vote with his party
/ against the ubiquitous tariff bill. HIS sister,
J Miss Mary, arrived here from Europe last
night. She aud her sister, Niles Mildred,
will attend the unwilling of the statue OF
their father, In Richmond, on the 90 ir-
slant.
10 the Senate day Mr.. Blair introduced
another one Of his cranky resolutions. he
did 90. he said, at the instance of the Wage
Workers Political Alliance Union, OF this
city. rs endorsement is as follows: 10
, deprive any State of one half its representa-
tives which shall deny the equal protection
Of he law to psrsops within It's jurisdiction
! on account Of sex, and for other purposes
6 Mr.. Wilson tried to get up his bill to mil
lify the recent decision of the u s. Supreme
Court, prohibiting States from preventing
the sele of liquor brought from other State 8
In original packages but Mr.. Stewart ar
tsgon Zsd him with the silver bill, and the
latter, being assisted by Mr.. Sherman, who
said that courtesy was the strongest rule Of
order, was successful and delivered himself
of long speech in favo! of unlimited silver
coinage.
The Uoiled States Brewers Association
began here to-day in annual convention.
There were present about 200 delegates
from all parts of the Uoited States. repre-
senting, approximately $l95 100000 in in
vested capital. Tbies ]. Lafens, of Chicago,
chairman Of the ASST citation, presided.
Contrary to expectation Mr.. Carlisle did
not attempt to deliver bis prepared speech
on the tariff bill In the House &c day, but
will, he says, deliver it Ia the Senate when
that bill shall coma up in that body. The
impression s that tho same power which
has forced all the republican members of
the House into the support of the bill will
be equally effective upon the republican
memoers of the Senate, and that the bill
will go through the Senate practically as 1t
shall come from the House.
The following changes in tho 4th class p)stof-
fees OF Virginia were made to-day Bear %a'low
Buchsnau county, J. W. Christian appoint ID
postmaster, vice D. Christian, resigned Central
Point, Caroline county, j w. Bell, vice " L..
Andrews, removed Duml arton, HenricO cou to,
s. F. Courtney, vice a. V, Gibb' resigned Ma
sons Store, Russell county, L j. johnson, vice
Mrs NJ. Dorton, removed; Mountain Lake, Giles
county, A. L. Archambautt, jc., vice j. B. Hsup
resigned; Old Church, Hanover county, B. ID.
Tucker, vice G. w. Wright, resigned Port Royal,
Caroline county, N. B. Edwards, vice f. P Ques
senbeIry, removed Smyrna, Bedford county. E.
w. Luck, vice e. w. BroughmanD, deceased YER
non Hill, Halifax county, j. L. Mills, vice j. G.
, Walker, removed.
It is reported that MI Wa dill Tho rep ,blcan
congressman from tho Ri hmond, Va, district, is
an ssoirant for the U. S udgcshio r the castern
district of Virginia, now 30 ably filled by Judge
&. W. Hughes, who can now retire on full pay
but the Judges friends here sly he will not re-
tire until after the next Presidential election.
Republicans from the Norfolk, Va, dstric5 here
to-day say there is strong opposition among the
republicans of that district to Mr.. BoHden's ro-
nomination for Congress, and that among his ri
walls are several popular white mon and some ne
groes.
Mount Vernon Regents.
The council OF the Mount Vernon vice