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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Wedding Postponed by a Fight.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-William J MIL
Ter and his housekeeper. Mrs. Albert PABLO,
were to have been married last night. but
were prevented, after an extraordinary
three cornored fight, il which the third par
ticipant was tie divorced husband OF the
woald-5s bride. Miller Is 8 paiater and re-
Gently broke leg in fall. While be was
In bed nursing the damaged limb and con.
yersine With Mrs. PABLO about the wedding
thu former husband Of the bousekeeper sud-
denly broke into the room With q yell OF
ra re PABLO rsbted Miller by the broken
lsz and i,.ked him ftom the beo, rebrosking
the heeiiug fracture. 4 heavy hammer was
on tie nor, aud Pallo soizeG it and dealt
Miller bow. Frantic with balm, Miller
attempted to defeud himeeif and the woman
i,ined In the melee. She got bod Of the
hammer and commenced Using it on PABLO.
Blows we're sbowered On his head and body,
and the blood from the wounds of the two
men covered the three and wo5 spattered
over the furniture. Almost an hour the
struggle continued until the police, who hsd
baen tod OF tne .ir, entered the room
aad found the three graphing and still
striving for The supremacy. Miller will die.
PABLO is uoder arrest, seriously Injured.
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The Central american Wars

LA LIBERTAD. NV. -. During the night
Bograu sod his forces, who we're surround
ed in ona CT lhs wards OF Tegucigalpa, with
drew from the capital. They fought
through the liosT, and exac'y whsre they
have taken up their headquarters has not
been escerteiued. They are being pursued
by soldiers sent after them by General
L1nginos Sanchez, who is now in complete
possession OF thu capital aud appears 10 be
master Of The Situation. It is understood
Saachez will az onoa declare de facto gov
eminent and send representatives to SAWS
d 1r, Costa Rlcs, N.cara2us AID possibly to
Mexico and the Uoi.el States. It's report.
ed that Gdgtenaan forces are on the way
10 aid Bogrsp, but President Ezsts, OF San
Salvador, backed by the people OF that re-
public, vii! allow no interference. The
greatest excitement prevails ir the Guste-
ma;an capital and another large war is pre-
dicted. Conservative people censure the act
Of sending troops to Honduras aud predict
A general war in Central America.
WASHINGTON, D. O, Nov. IA tele-
gram dated Guatemala City has been re-
ceiyad ct the State Department from
Mr.. Mz1er, U. s. Minister to Central Amer
ca, stating that revolution is now In pre-
grees in the capital CT Honduras. The Pres
idept Of that republic has been driven from
the city, but Is low collecting force Ct
roops and is expected, says the minister,
to make f .ht for !he recapture OF the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
NEgs ut rHs Day.

Goa. Alber! ka, who has been very III
10 Washington, ts slowly recovering.
Supporters OF Speaker Reed ars blaming
Secretary Blaine for the results OF the recent
elections
The 18Th Congress of thu Protestant Epis.
copsi Church in be Lifted States opened
in s. Stephens Church, Philadelphia, yes
ierdey.
a ferryboat capsiz5d in the river Wasg,
Austrie, yesterday, and 30 peasants we're
drowned. Il was overloaded with men,
wagons and horses
TIE remains of The late Major General
Crook were re moved yesterday from Oak
land, Md, to Washington for interment at
Arlington, this county.
The Farmers Alliance intends to orcenzs
and prepare Immediately for the Pfeslden'
tial campagu; q convention will be held at
Ocaa, Fla, Oh December
Ex-Preeidens Cleveland will start from
New York to-day for Columbus, Ohio, to
attend the Thurman birthday party cele
bratioo sud respond to the toast American
citizenship"
Il is said that Reed and other leading rae
icaIs are deter mined 10 push tho force and
reapportionm snt bills so az to avenge them
selves on the South. Harrison Is said to be
10 sympathy with the movement.
A con piracy has been unearthed on the
part of the employees Of the general passen'
ger department of the Columbus, Hooking
Valley and T3leda r ,ilroad to defraud the
&C m pany by placing bogus passes and edit
ors' books 10 circu ation.
TT G board of officers to reorganizs the sig.
nal service met at the War Department in
Washington yesterday to etfact the reorgaE-
izaton of the signal corps made necessary
by the recent 'eis alton transferring the
weather service to the Agricultural Depart
ment
10 New York the politics questions oft
day ara whether Cleveland and Hill will az
tagonize each o,her for the Presidency, aud,
If 20, whether Mr.. Cleveland can command
sufficieot strength ou'side OF New York to
off ct the influence of Gov. Hill within the
State.
The SO semi-anpual session of the Medl.
cal and Cbi5urelcal Faculty of Mary land be-
gan in Cambridge yesterday. The p.esl-
dent, d.. Ashby, read bis address, In which
he urged tbs enactment of the medical law
passed By the last legislature. but which Vas
vetoed by Gov. Jackson. This law was de-
signed to prevent qaackery and protect legal
and regular practitioners.
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The New York Stock Market.

Never before In the history Of Wall street
has there been such collapse in values as
was recorded In many securities yesterday
The paoic which resulted is ascFibsd uni
YER ally to the scarcity OF money. In the
Stock Exchange no money was offered, but
borrowers apxioua!y bid for funds, and the
rate was held as high as per cent. premium
and legal interest right up to the close. This
is equal to $50 per cent. per anoum, but
even at this rate money could not be obtain
ed. AS stated In the GAZETTE two or three
failures occurred-one Decker, Howell u
Co., for S10 OCO 000-and sales of stock were
made "uuder the rule" Over 700 700
shares of listed and unlisted stock were sold.
The sales of railroad bonds aggregated over
So 900 00O. Secretary Wlndom said that re-
Cent heavy disbursements by tho govern
onant had reduced he avail able surplus to
50 600 600, and be doubts whether his could
ne still fur'her reduced. Since July 49, &c
SAVE. sl63 900. 600 hss been put in circulation.
The cepar,m.n mt stsuds ready to redeem A.
per cent bonds to the extent OF its resources.
he believed tie most of the trouble in Vel
street is over
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Denied His Mother.

a youngstown, o. special says the recent
death 10 Canada OF Mrs. Sterling, mother OF
Charles NJ. Sterling, who was executed there
for the murder of Lizzie Grombaoher, has
unveiled the facts concerning an incident
that occurred shortly before his execution.
His mother went there from Maxwell. Can
ada, aud, though he had left home when but
lad, with maternal intuition che recoe
nizsd hiD. When brought to his cell,
Sterling, without The qaiver Of muscle,
g Id:
You are mistaken, madam, I am not our
son."
She implored him to recoguizs her, but he
refused, aDd she returned home half-cou-
vi, cd that she was mistaken.
To his counsel Sterling said:
'she is my moth.r, but l could not break her
heart by telling her tnsg her son would he hung.
Keep it secret until she dies
Der death the past week caused his sttlroey,
W. S. Andersen, to break the seal of silence Nom
day.
1T was the most dramatic scene ever witness
ed" said Mr Anderson. II have seen all the ira
gedsns of the past gu .iter OF century, but none
that compared TO the scene on that occasion-the
mother, every line in her face showing the most
iuttn:e suffering, and her heart nearly broken,
while tie son, knowing that the truth would kill
her stoo like statue, his face showing the PAL
lor of death, assuring her that she was mistaken.
UGH Intensity of action WIS never pioducsd on
any st Sc. IL could not b."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
yIRaIEIk NEWs.

The Virginia Conference NJ. E. Church
South met in Lynchburg to-day.
Eight atea mships, vita E carnCity Of So
0O0 bales, are loading cotton at Norfolk.
Sslam, Roanoke county, has been selected
as the location for the Virginia Baptis5
O!phanage.
Tne eleventh annual Convention Of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
opened in Richmond yesterday.
Mrs Eliza Tucker, widow OF the llte DR..
Alfred Tucker, OF Berryvil o, died il that
place on Friday. Mrs. Tucker was Miss
Taylor, OF Clarke county.
The board of trustees OF the Shenandoah
Baptist Association, coz prisiog all the coun-
ties in the lower valley lie Virginia snd West
Virginia, have decided to locate their new
collegiate academy iu Winchester.
Virginia has jumped from the saventeetb
to the sixth place among the iron producing
States of the union in the last ten years and
there is no section of the country that Is
advancing more rapidly in the develop
ment of its natural resources than Virginia.
The oldest sportsrnen say that there is
more game tbis season 10 Frederick end aG-
Joining counties thaa for ten years past.
The fields and meadows are literally crowd
ed with rabbits and partridges, while not a
few wild turkeys and peasants are to he
found.
Robert Starke, OF Weat Point, committed
suicide day or two sincs. Mr. Stsrke fret
attempted to purchase arsenic at enc Of the
drug stores, but was given harmless pre-
paration Finding that it did not have the
desired effect, be procured double barrel
ed shotgun and blew off nearly the entire
one side of bis head.
The Baptist General Association OF Viz
gina opsned it's sxty-seventh annual SEES
sion at the Leigh Street Baptist Church in
Richmond last night. The attendance was
very large. The annual sermon was
prsscbed by Rev DR.. T. G. Jones Of Norfolk.
Hon. J. Taylor E lson, one OF the pre-
prietors OF the Religious Herald aud the
chairman of he Virginia democratic State
committee, was 81 .cted president on the
third ballot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Foreign News.

BERLIN, Nov. 12.-Tns Emperor opened
the DeJ OF Prussia to day. 10 the speech
hi. Msj ssty sad that Ia view Of the friencly
relations OF Prussia with sill foreign s:aies,
tha country could ok forward with cor
fieroe 10 The further preservation of peace.
The speech al 20 announced that bills would
De in reduced for reform in taxation. 1t
2 90 a(i med thai the finances OF tie king
DON are in G satisfactory condition,
LONDON, Nav. 12.-Negoiiations for q
settlement Of the Newfoundland fisheries
question arc progressing on basis that
F,aace ehsll surrender to Great Britain
the French shore Of newfoundland, and
hall be compensated therefore by the ces
son Of one Of the British West African
colonies, possibly Gambia. Ia addition,
Newfouud!apd viii reDoupce the bait act.
BERLIN. Nov. 13.-Prof Koch will found hos
i:al fer Tho treatment Of c:numptives by his
method The binding will contain 100 beds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

MURDER OF A PHYsIcTAN.-Dr. Boswell
Gorham, prominent physician and faTrn-
er, residing six milea from Lexington, KY
was shot and HI led BY e negro yesterday
morning at Elk o'clock. No cause is as
signed for the murder, and, so faz Is known,
there ere no ege-wiGnesses. d.. 4orham
aud the negro, whose name was Duncan,
went to the barn at daylight TO feed the
horses. At six o'clock the family heard
shot in the barn. but thought nothing OF 1t:
The negro was seen 10 leave the barn, and
in about three quarters of an hour, ss DE-.
Gorhsm did not come to breakfast, little
son was sent after him, and found him ly-
ipg dead In the bedroom shot through the
heart. Excitement In the county is intense.
and armed men are securing the couoty in
search of the negro DR.. Gorham was fifty
wears old, possessed of a large fortune, and
caves family.
Another account says white emp!oye
named Cfeekbaum and the negro had sore
words in the presence of the Doctor, who
told the negro 10 step quarreliing and 90 to
work. Duncan resented the interference:
DR.. Gorham walked across the EARN and
picked npa tobacco stick, but before ne
had med. any demonstration with it the
pegro pulled 8 pistol and fired. The ball
bit DR.. Gorbam aud killed him lbs antly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Killed ON o Paca Track

A sensational tragedy occurred SeasasJsy
Gu the race track at Columbus, Ga. Imtae-
diatsly after The close of the rscos he oso|d
we're startled by The report OF pistol and
the sight of man running, lursued ty
three men, who were itipg at him lie
tried TO get his pistol from his pocket as he
ran, and, as soon as he secured tbs weapon
he stopped and returned the hre: some
tbiresn shot5 in all were fired. Police weTe
quickly on the ground end arrested the
three msn. who were D.ck aud Robert How
ard, brothers, and their brother in Law,
James Bickerstsf. who composed the at
lacking party, aad T. G. Daw on brother
iu-'aw of tbs Howa,ds. There were four
balls in Dawson, two OF when Inflicted fatal
wounds. The cause of the shooting bad Its
origin in family trouble, Dawson having
married and deserted q Miss Howard, sister
to two men remed. The prisoners claim
that they were justified. and AK suspension
of pub ic opinion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Railrnad Ticket Decision

ST PAUL, Nov. 12.-Judge Vsndetburg
Of the Suprem, Court rendered decision
Yesterday which settles the question of the
validity of a railroad ticket purchased OF q
ticket broker or scalpe-, and the liability Of
a railroad company to accept such ticket
when otf,red by sn innocent purchaser.
Tae court holds that round trip ticket
used By purchaser in going to the station
named, aod then sold and transferred with
no restrictions appearing, ia valid 10 the
hands of the holder and entities him to re-
turn passage subject 10 the prescribed imi-
tstions az to time etc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
T,ExA NDRIA. V A.
WEDNESDAY EvENIge, NOVEMBER -.
TWENTY THOUSAND dollars were invested

TWENTY THOUSAND dollars were invested
vas, erday and more than that to-day In email
town lois mile from the city. How mucn
more would have been so invested II the
streets of the city bad teen better paVeo
/: Alexandria is going TO keep up with Tue
procession her cobbe-stone paVements must
bs oyerlaid with smoother material. heai
essste in and around Washington is go nigh
now that people who want to own homes
within few minutes ride of that city natu-
Yaly come here to seek them, but the sight
of he cobb e-stone pavements at once damp
ans their appetite for Alexandris property.
Water, gas ard electric lights. and railroads
ana steamboats,, all combined, can not pre-
vail against cobb e-stones. Alexandra PCS
seeses ell tie requisite conditions for pros
porous and popuous city except one-"ei'
u wed streeta; bat lacking that one, she is
sadly hsmpered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

THE DEMOCRATIC committee CT the city o.
Philadelphia has formally resolved to have
no further political utilization With the mem
bers of the party who worked against the
regularly nominated democratic ticket ct
the recent election in that city They say
tsat the ouly way to preserve the party is to
stand legally by its fairly and regularly
nominated candidates. There certainly is
neither use nor sense in going to the tfou-
bic and expense CT making party nomirs-
tons If the nominees are not to be supported
By the mernbars of the party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

Nh. THURsToy, president Of the na tiona
republican league clubs, says he thinks
"there will BE- revival Of stal@artism In
the republican party, such as to make 1892
thu coming Presidential election year, E
great republican year." How there could
b. reriraI of stalwariism in the republican
party, when that party for two years has
been led by such pronounced and ultra re-
publican stalwarts as Messrs. Harrison,
Noble, Proctor, Baum, Reed, Lodge, Clark
son, Dudley. Rowell and Langston. Is HARD
t, tell, Taking Of reviving stalWart-
iam in The republican party is about as rec
sorabie SO it would be to talk about reviv.
ing rro,eo.icn in Mr.. Mckinley. Bet MIR
Thurslou must not be held responsible for
what he Gays, foy he speaks of the late rat
ting republican defeat as $50 called" de-
feat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

& DISPATCH from Aberdeen, 10 the new
Sste of Washington, says that all thu few
Chinese in that town were ordered to leave
there last Saturday and that the order was
obsyed at once No body denies that Chi
ne9e are more orderly. quiet, industrious
th:iitg and intelligent than negroes. But il
the negroes in any southern town we're o.
Gered to leave. the entire North, frcm Paii-
ade'phia 70 Seattle, would have reserbsi-
ate3 with cries at the inhuwan outrage. As
thu Chinese are the sufferers in the case re-
ferrad TO, and as it &C utred in the free
North, it passes by iiks summer cloud,
With creating sny special mention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Political

PIERRE, T., Nov. 12.-Ffom list OF
TIA members elect of The South Dakota Leg
isature i. appears that the republicans are
tie with the democrats. independents and
fusloDis.s on joint ballot. This leopard z's
the return of Moody rep, to the U. s. SEN
ale aid vii probably be the means OF elect
ing democrat aod independent. Barll 'tt
Teipp aad P T. Mcclure are spoken of IS
the democratic candidates.
CB1cAGo, Nov - Tie democrats In the
Rock Island, III, legislative district claim
that W. G. Collins. rep, who received ma
jority Of the votes, is Ineligible. not having
besa resident CT this State for the statu.
tory time. II this claim should prove cor
rect It would give the democrats msjority
on a ballot for U. S. Senator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

MORE DEAD HORSE SAUSAGE The firm
of MUSCLE & Bagnes, dealers In old horses.
doing business at No. 81 Straight street,
Psttisop, N J., took possession of dead
horse in that city yesterday, carried it to
static, removed the entrais end hat I'D
the carcaes to Louis Summers bone yard
and slaughter house at Dundee, Bergen
county.
When asked what they intended doing
With the dead animal, one of the men en-
rl)ved by the itm said that in less than ten
hours the flesh of the dead horse would be
undergoing process in sausage factory on
Staten Island. 49,,
How do you send the animals there p
was asked.
.After removing the hide aud entrails We
cut them up into quarters and haul them to
summe g. place, where the qnarters are cut
into smaller pieces, sailed ard packed iato
barrels aud then shipped to Staten Island"
do YOU eel d many there 2"
YES. we gobbl. 90 seven at Pteakness
the past two dsys."-N. Y Herald
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
COMMON COUNCIL.

At regular meeting OF tho Common Council
OF the city of Alexandria, Va, held on the 1lth
day of November, 1890, there were present Johu
T. Sweeney, esq President, and Messrs. w &.
Moore. Snowden, c. n. Moore, Kraft Bsllepger
Davis Harrison, Harry smoot and McCnen.
A communication from Z. L. Carne, Pre.i len:
OF the EydrSul:on Engine Company, endorsing
George Z. Hill for Fire Warden was received.
A lmmunIcat on from T. ] Faunon in refer
ence to the extension of Henry street, was refer
red 10 the ommittee Strests
The board then adjourned
Teste: JNo. 7. JOHNSON. Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
The London Market

LONDON, Nov. Pa the Stock Ex-
change at this houv (12:3O p. n pricaa for
o,nso.s for both money aud the account, as
compared with yesterdays closing prices,
show an advance.
At l2:45 the stock market was quieter.
American securities had fallen siacs the
opening, but other securities were 6rmer.
$50 D. m.-Tne stock N mke is stil weak
err. 1t is ramorsd that 6uspcisl house is
in trouble,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

Mr.. RoUK, one Of the three southern re-
publican members Of the next Congress
aud be reelected by onethird his former
moi ,rity, says the cause ofthe recent sweep
ing democratic victory was republican dis
satisfaction at the distribution Of the federal
offices. Mr.. Houk Ia like the man who
could see fy on barn door, but not the
door
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MONETARY AND COMMGECIAL
NEW YORK., Nov. 12.-The stock market again

NEW YORK. Nov. 12.-The stock market again
op,ned with tremendous busines', but prices
were as a rule from 1 to per cent. higher than
the closing dgnrts of last evening, fiacting the
genera! impression tn at the worst hsi passed Ihe
buying WAS very urgent, and the fl st te 1delcy
the prices WAS to advance, resulting il lu ther
gains of from y to per cent. The scrcrlI list
however, soon yielded to the pressure to sell ard
the il tluence of further sales. The dOsngsr9
movement became more pronounced toward he
close of the hour. The fluctuations among the
speci,lties and low-pricod st cks were extremely
weak and irregular, while the entire market ~ss
feveri.h in the extreme throughout the hour. The
market at IL O'Clock was vc-y active and lrm 10
strong. but generally at something undor s.
prices, though better than those of laat night.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 12-virginiA console -
1O.AOs =. do :3s G6 tbaC6X.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

Buy DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup l. coras
without fail. To be bad OF al dealers f., %
cans.
''aeaven's last best gii,-ry ever neei d.
iisdt,' is not my brown.stoDe house. nor my
csrriaae and pair, nor my hJe Ecw yach',
nor my pretties. girl, nor my hope OF . seat
In Congress, not these, but nag wonderful
cure for pain, Salvation On.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

MR. MCKINLEY even now says. ''republi-
caos, especially farmers, believe in the
American system of protection" Why,
osrtaialy. The result OF tho late election
8 iows that too plainly for any further doubt
o, the suhjac
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Court of Appeals Yesterday

Eardy, Trustee, Us. Wiley aud ais, trus-
tees. Argue aud submit ted.
Richnond ard Danville Railroad Compa-
nv W. L. Prad's adminis,ratrix. Passed.
Wilk,uson Us. Merrill. Passed until No.
4S is escnrd.
Hail VS. Palmer. ssed
Baker, rs. Baker and sIs. Arguet and
Fineg Is Brent. Argus1 an submit ed.
Motley s. Co.. IS. FRANK aid ais. a :
gaed for appelisi ts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
Dr.. Bulls Baby Syrup is recommended

Dr.. Bulls Baby Syrup ia recommended by
ell dealers as being a purely vegetable, re-
liable and safe preparation foz babies. ffice
only % cents -,
Don't expect to get rich too easy;;" aod
don'6 expect to cure cs.srrn or irhoepzs IA
nall a day; but use d SeuPs Cstarrn ChFe
and note the Improvement that Viii at once
low,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12

Mr.. GLADSTONE says: II believe Bsitieh
interest in the Mckinley tariff is secondary,
except for lho monetary disturbances" Mr..
Gladstone is right The people of this
country, not those Of Eugl and, are the suf-
fsrers by the bill referred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-12
OFFICIAL.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

Last light (Nov nile. 11th) was the regular
meeting night of tho Beard of Aldermen
Vim 81. Marbury, esq.,, President, en- AessTs.
Hinken and Mckenzie were present but 10 quo
rum appearing, it wss determined to MEET &C
cording TO the rules On the fol owing night
Teste: NJ. P. VINCENT, Clerk.