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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

MR. CARNEGIE. whose profits OF ono oou-
d.ed and fifty million year on his ifon
works in Pennsylvania will be greatly H.
creased by the new tariff bill, isso delighted
thereat that he feels generously toward all
the world, and manifests his generosity in this
couotry by applying at the pension offlce In
Wasting ,on for pension to woman IN
Scotland, whose husband came over here
i,ioed tbs federal army. and was killed 10
the war between the States. MIR. Carnegie
is the man whose woEkmen struck not long
sxo for higher wages than 90 cents Day
and who expsnds his money, made in thi'
country, on palaces in Scotland, on tally nc
excursions through England, and on libraries
for English towns.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. d. O., Oct. 8 1880.
The rooms of the republican congressional
campaign committee in this city are crowded
with clerks and laboters engaged In sending
of campaign documents. while on the pave
Inent In front are deposited every morning
large boxes of such documents, fresh from
the printing offices. Everything is lively
and pushing there. and wears an appearance
of hope and cheerfUlness. At the rooms of the
democratic congressional campaign commit
tee. ON the contrary, are to be found, in the
language of disgusted democrat. only
"Tom Towles and Niger" Mr.. Towles
being asked about this to-dsy. said there
was more truth than poetry about it, but
that, all the same. the democratic committee
is doing a good deal of work. aud that he
wouldn't be there if it were not.
The official recognition afforded the Comte
de Paris. first By the collector OF customs at
New York, and later by members of the
Presidents cabinet at Washington, one OF
whom sent him to Mt. Vernon on U. S.
vessel, has produced such futter In diplo-
matic circles, ss the Count is the enemy of
the French government, with which this
government Is at peace. that the Secretary
ri State has sent an official dispatch to the
French foreign office, to the effect that the
reception OF the Count hero was altogether
informal, and that the U. 8. government had
nothing to do with 1t. How he could have
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

Now JOHN KNOWS BETTgR.-John Will
liams, colored, OF Poplar Noun, Greenville
county, Va, was taugh. o lesson yesterday
4fternoon which he will long remember.
While waking along Lomoar street, near
Market Space, he was approached by az
other cooreG mar who asked him If he was
going to RichmouG. John said yes, and the
negro said die.c. The pair passed along to-
ward Light rect, chatting pleasantly. The
stranger suddenly remembered that his sis
ter was i'll, and be wanted to inquire about
her. He went Inside one of the houses,
leaving John on tho Steps. Returning, he
a,ked John to cash $40 check for him,
John replied that he only had 50. The
stranger said Sbat would do until the cnecR
could ba casbed. He took the money AND
sent inside, snd John, after waiting three
hours, learn ed from en- officer that he wac
dupad He furnished the police with de-
,crip.ion of tbs man, Baltimore american.
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A Bold HiehWavman.

ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. ga single high
wayman held up County Clerk Nstterville
and Covin Allen. candidate for Auditor, q
half milo east OF The city a. o'clock Tues
Day evening. getting about $40 ADD Allen's
watch. A nalf hour Ia or the same robber
met farmer who was returning from An.
derson with his wife, and at the muzzle OF
revolver mads him givs up 81 80. all the
money he bad. A 9 O'Clock the fellow
boarded street car in the suburbs, knocked
the driver eff the platform. kicked him into
inseusbility az! took IS ron him. At 10
o'clock tia rob3ar caught Walter Simms az
he was entering his bouss near the centre Of
the iowa, thrust pistol into his face and
compelled Simms to giSe up Sll. The fel.
low got away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09
Religious Meetings.

ct the second days sitting of :he Mary
land Lutheran Synod in Washington yester-
day the report of the treasurer was reat.
The question wee raised whether students
should be encouraged to be supported by the
synod Committees we're appointed by
President Studehaker an address was de-
livered By Rev. a. II. Weber on CHURCH ex-
tension resolutions wore adopted request
ing the Worlds Fair Commissioners to close
the gates on Sunday, and the revision otthe
provisional casechism was discussed. at The
night se7sion Rev. VIM. P. Evans, of st.
Paul's Lutheran Church, Baltimore, deliver
CD an address oo foreign missions.
AT yesterdap's session of the Catholic
Young Mems Uoon in Washington num-
bar of interesting addresses we're made, and
oablegram from the Pope was read i'm
parting his benediction. Father Livelle
was re- elected president OF the union.
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Murdered.

CUMBERLAND, Ont., OCT. 9-Mary and
Eliza McGonige, aged IA and u years re-
spectlvely, living one and bslf miles from
here, started for hons after school on Taes
day evening. They were lest seen alive
half mile from home, but were belng follow
ed by man named Narcisss LorocGue.
Ths bodies of the glEls were found last nigbt
by au exploring party of villagers. Both
had been assaulted and murdered. LIZ
roca he is under arrest on suspicion Of being
the murderer
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LEX A N DIR "A.
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ..
SENATOR EoAR, being interviewed on The

SENATOR HoAR, being interviewed on the
subject of the recent official edict OF the
Mormon Church, prohibiting the practice OF
rolygamy, said : "But we will not admit
Utah to Statehood until We are pretty sure
that they mean what they say" Why OF
course not. Every body knows that. l.!
u al, which has long had more population
than is requisite for Statehood, were repnotl'
csn, it would have been admitted as State
years ago, if all. instead OF few. of Its men
were polygamists. but as msj ,rity OF them
ere democrats, it has been, and, as Dir. boar
seys, will be, kept Gu. OF the Union until the
democratic majority there shall be "beaten
down" The ridiculous part OF the matter
is. that there are more polygamists in Mr.
Hoar's State than in Utah, the difference
heing that in the former the men take their
wives tandem, while those in the latter take
.heirs abreast.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

A shipment of second crop of green peas
was made from Norfolk yesterday.
Dr.. Moses D. Hoge was thrown from bis
horse in Redmond yesterday, but was not
seriously hurt.
Henry Newton, wel-known ciiizan Of
Petersburg, was killed near Beifisid. in
GreenviIe county, yesterday. by heavg
piece of lumbar falling On him. Hs leaves
o widow with children.
The old Revolutionary land mark in Cal
pepper, the former residence of Colonel John
Jameson. of Revolutionary fame, and Ter
many yesrs IN litigation. was sole yesterday
to r. B. Macoy fer $4,000. Il ha9 long been
unoccupied.
A small white boy, whose nsne could
not be escertained, YVES murdered near
Wayeriy, on the Norfolk and Western
railroad, on Tuesday, and then thrown into
9 mail pit When found bis head and face
we're wrapped In MS coat, and beside him
lay his school books and bucket containing
his snack.
J. N. Martin, arrested at Roanoke thirty
days ago on the charge ofswindliug Lawyers
by making them attorneys for collecting
association which never had an existence.
was convicted yesterday of larceny and
sentenced to ninety days in jail. He will
be ariaisned on other warrants when re-
leased.
Pursuant to The call Of The LangHton Re-
publican Cluh, of the District of Columbia
conference composed of representatives
from the eleven counties In the Fourth Con-
sressiona district and the city of Peters.
burp, was held in Petersburg yesterday,
| when resolutions were adopted declaring
] Lapgston to be the nominee Tor Congress.
i The democrats of Fauquier county will
me ct at the various precincts on Saturday
| next al p. NJ. and appoint delegates aud
alternates to j )int convention OF the cour-
| ties OF Loudcuu and Fauguier to nominate .
Senator for the district in place OF the Hon.
Henry Heaton, deceased There Will he
ones1ed In Middleburg on Saturday, Oct. Is.
L. is learned from member of the Ma
hone republican congressional COMMITTEES,
| which met at Petersburg On Taesdny night
and adjourned to the 17ih i1s.ant, that the
probabilities. are that the committee will
not recommend the nomination of can
didate. bat will leave the fi9ld open to j..
F. Eopa. the democratic nominee, AID
LangstoD.
]. w. Southwald, the republican sheriff
Of Henrico county, who was expected u
run as an independent candidate for Con-
gress 10 the Richmond district, declines to
| enter the race. Ee says the State and dis
] trict republican committees are opposed to
his candidacy. II is not likely that Hon.
George d. Wise, the democratic candidate,
will have eny organized opposition.
H. B. Oliver. rews agent between Roar
oke and Lypchburg, entered train for the
latter city yesterday, and demanded that
j.. R. Banton, who MAS en- route TO the
Lynchburg fair. share his seat With him.
Bianton refused, whereupon O.iver said
he was 30 gentleman. aud received heavy
GLOW ever tins eye with brees knuckles. He
quickly drew pistol and shot BiantoD. the
ball entering LIST over the left hip and lode-
i og ia the buck. Il was ex racted. Oliver
Is in jail, and Bansom under guard
at hotel.
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The Killing of Rnbe Burrows.

As stated in The GAZETTE. Rube Burro rs was
shot and killed in the Linden, Ala jail early yes
terday morning by the Sheriff and guards. Tues
day right Burrows wss paced inside the SHEER IL 8
office in the Gl under the guard of McDufee, ono
of his csptore, and negro named Carter The
other castor was at the iole with the money
fund on Burrows. The outlaws hands and ct
were Vi d. Early yesterday morning he COM
planned of hunger. McDutlee answered that he
had nothing to cat. pair of saddebsgs, taken
from the prisoner were lying in the corner OF the
room. ~ have some crackers in my saddlebaes,
II Won will hand them to me" sAid the outlaw.
McDufroe did so without opening them. Burrowe,
instead of the crackers, drow forth pair OF pis-
tolls and covering McDulfee and the negro, order
ed them t, unite him, which they did, and keep.
ing them in front OF him, he walked out the front
door He then asked for his money, snd started
to 1hs hotel to recover it of Carter, who had it.
The men opened fire and Burrows was killed,
while Carter received an ugly wound in the breast.
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Lingo held fer Murder.

CAMDEN, n. j., Oct 8 Coroner Stanton
and nry at 10 o'clock this morning began
the Inquest into the murder OF Mrs. Annie
Miller. The first witre.s was John Miller,
the husband of thu murdered woman, who
told how she had left home the Thursday
morning previous to the finding of her body
10 60 to Moorestown to make call, and OF
the search which resulted in the finding OF
the mutiatsd body. Miller swOre that
Frank Lingo, the negro now in custody,
MIXED the COVE for him that morning and
promised to came back, but did not do so.
&c also promised to return on Friday, but
failed TO turn up James Browo, a colored
farmland, aud John X. DeHad~ay told Of
dnding of the body in the woods. Couuty
physician lizard described tie terrible
Wounds received by Mrs. Miller.
The post morton examination had shown
that the unfortunate woman had been out
ragged and that her throat had been cut.
The Da Hallway children testified to
hayius seen Mrs. Miller enter the wood in
goiog towards her homo. Tnfy also saw
colored mau enter the woods, and identified
Lingo as the mar.
David Wilder, al insurance agent, also
identified Lingo as the man no had seen in
he woods The afternoon of the murder.
The jury rendered verdict declaring that
"Mrg hliler's death was wlful murder and we
no Francis Lingo responsible for the crime"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

LIVING WITH HER NINTH EUsBAND-Mt
Smart, lsdG residing ia Grayson county,
near Tenn Bean, Tex, is living with her
ninth husband. She vas in Dan.son recent
ly, and from appearance no one would sup
pose she bad any romance connected with
her life. she is 81 years of age, rather large
and is remarkably we'll preserved In her
younger days she was noted for her beauty.
Four OF her husbands were killed in the Con
iederate army. The lady went to Texas
from Tenpessee overland. At Te1arkana
she stopped season, and married man
who was convicted and sentenced to fifteen
Gears in the Little Rock penitentiary. From
Texa,kaua she removed to Comanche oouI-
", where she married twice more, both hus-
bands dying. leaving Comanche she went
to Sabine county, where she married lum-
bsrman, who was cut into Fragments in
raw mill. She is now living with her ninth
husband, and has eleven of her own ch''d-
ren.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Railroad Accident

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Oct. ga bad
freight wreck occurred early this morDiog
at Paul Brook, on the New York division
Of the Reading R. r.. eleven and hall
miles from this city. a freight train NOV
ing west parted ct the top OF heavy grade
and fifteen cara backed dow and crashed
into another freight train that was follow
ing. a brakeman on the parted train was
killed and the engineer, fireman and one
brakeman on the second train were ipjared-
The wreck took FIRE and thirty cars with
their contents were consumed. All trafii,
was blocked for several hours.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

VlvIswCrIoN "A dispatch from London
to the New York Herald says: The OPP
ponents Of vivisscion, the Daily News'
correspondent. in Vienna telegrsphs, will be
disguised to near of an experiment which
took pace in hospital ihera yesterday;
A little dag WAS mads iosenslhle, fastened
10 board, and when bis bert had been
lad bare an instrument called an episcope
was applied, which threw maenihed
picture of the dogs heart on the wall OF
pogte, revealing TO the eyes OF all present
syere movement Of the heart. The expert
ment lasted half en- hour and, according 10
the professor, was successful demopstrs-
ton of the movsmeots or the living heart.
and is therefore of the greatest value TO
students of medicine"
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TELEGRAPEIC BREVITIES.

Pallip FIahertv, aged IL years, commi
ted suicide this morniEg by hanging in q
stable 10 Phiadeldbip, where bis father was
employed.
The new cruiser Newark left her dock at
Cramps shipys,d. Philadelphia. this m)E
log and started down the Delaware river on
her initial trial trip.
The four story -four mill Of Aldusa Gre1
In Druuon Township, near Lancaster, Pa.
was completely destroyed by fire last night.
Loss on hull ling and contents $4,000; ii
sured.
At Tecumseb, Als.. yeste day, mar
named d andy killed his wife and brutaliy
beat his daughters, one Of whom will die. l.
is said Dandy bad been intimate with o
Iewd woman and when his wife and daugh
ters found this out they hunted the woman
aud beat he- This aroused Dands's anger
He has escaped.
Mary Rauzahn, daughter of Mrs. Me.tmann,
for whose murder Chss. A. Benson WAS arrested at
Camden, NJ last wook, has comics iod that she aad
Benson planned the murder of Mrs. Mcttman so
thai they could possess themselves of Mrs. Mott
mans money.
At his homo near Worthen, Ga, lat night ]. T.
Tanton, prominent citizoD, WAS ss5assinat' rs
he was reading papar, by an unknown man
His vito heard the rack of The riffs, ihon crash
o glass and saw her husbsu l fall dead.
Henry Purcell, who wss arrested on Suspicion
of stea ing $4,000 from the safe in the ycadomc
Hotel, in New York, n few weeks ago. was dis
charged from custody to day. the evidence being
sufficient to hold him.
The miners OF the Monongahela, Pa district
will demand an increase OF hLf a cent per bushc
this month If the operators refu;c the demand
strike will onsue which will aiiecs six thousand
minors.
Tom Joyner, Dung mn living nc1r Wsynes'
boro, Ga, was killed. yesterday by Honor Gibson.
The men were fighting when J yncr WIS shot.
a fire in the Pittsburg ca iemy Of Music build
ing at six o'clock this morning damaged tho
structure 10 the extent Of about $4,000.
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done 90. in view of the fac.s OF the case, Ia
sntorlsing to people who don't know as
much about him as Mr.. Perry Belmont does.
The detection Of the plot to colombo close
northern States with negroes from North
Carolina has oct deferred the parties en-
gagged in It from prosecuting 1t stil! further,
a. Lindsey, tbs agent of the republican pa
tional ommittse in the matter, who is now
here, has cent circulars to his State, North
Carolina, advertising good and permanent
homes in the North fer 5000 negroes Tom
thai State.
Ex.Cougres:m man Goodp, OF Virginia. who
represented tina Norfolk district 10 Congress,
save D.. Lawson is tbs very bsst man the
democrats IF that distr ct could have select
"a as their congressional candidate that he
Ia we'll known and highly respected through
out the district. and pos asses every requi-
site attribute for successful candidate and
40 efficient Congressman, aod that his cleo
ton will reflect credit upon the district.
Being asked if Nc Mu7daugh, the candidate
OF the anti-B3wden wing of the republican
party, would slick" Mr.. Goode replied
! that he supposed 80, as MIR. Murtaugh saio
when be accepted the nomination thet ne
meant to fgh: the Bowden ring until sunset
of election Gay, and he has always Deen re-
puted man of his word.
Commissioner Raum is paying the repuo-
licans for allowing him &c retain his office,
instead Of Gischsrg;ng him and having him
indicted for official abribery.and corruption,
by helping them to retain their maj ority IN
Congress, and this he ia doing to the foil ex-
tent Of his power. The granting OF pen
sions hes therefore been Stacked up in decld-
ed congressional districts, while in these
that are close they are being Issued as rap
idly and in as large numbers 80 possible.
All branches of the government are now be-
ing worked $50 as to secure republican
majority in the next Congress.
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MONETARY AND COMABRClAL

NEW YORK. October 9.-The opening of the
stock market tn morning was made on lnrge
business, but with considerable regularity IN
prices as compact with those vi list evening,
though declines were the moro numerous. Sub,
,ouently tho whole lat moved slowly upward,
bnt with the improvement severe drive was
again male at the list, aud before the end OF the
hour everything was below tho opening prices
again. Slight recoveries were made in some cases,
but at Ii o'clock tho market was very active and
still feverish and unsettled at the lowest prices
reached.
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COMMUNICATED.

In these days ofsocie;iae, when We have The
Sons of Union Veterans" "Sona OF Ccnfed-
crate Veterans" &C., &C., wouldn't it be in
order to call meeting Of the sons, grand
sons, couslne sisters and cunts Of the time
honored aud valiant 175 Virginia militia !?
We could all be members OF SUCH an organ-
izatiou, and what glorious recollections
could be brought to mind of by-gone days
when our prog EDITORS, armed with broom
sticks or corn-stalke, marched vaiantiy to
the ''isIdn Che olu muster ground and
spent the day 10 military evoluiions" ano
the mastication OF bologna SAUSAGE and
horse-cekes: ALEXANDRIA.
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Assassin CApruRkD.-As stated in yes

ASSASSIN CAPrURED.-As stated in yes.
te-day's GAz iTrE J. c. Forsythe was ae-
sassinated at Normsndale, Ca, on Tuesdsy
night. while sitting in his parlor. Blood
hounds were at ouce placed on the mufds :
ec'4 track, and he was caught yesterday in
bis house, tsn miles from where the deed
vas committe;. He showed fight and the
crowd fired, killing him instantly. his
name was Powell. BE admitted the killing
snd would not gay any thing far:har. Theve
ia theory that he was paid TO kill Mr.
ForsSthe
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WHEN, DURING the cold weather of the
approaching winter, poor woman shall be
compelled to buy carpet or blanket or
wooden clothing for the comfort of her sick
child, and has to pay double the legitimate
price thereof, che will, of course, in her pray
era, remember the republican party, and its
tariff bill, By which che is forced to pay
that price, In order that the profits of
few WOODEN manufacturers in the North may
be increased.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

J1LTED ON THE EVE OF WEDDING-For weeks
past Dayton street, Cincinnati, society has been
discussing the coming nuptials of George Brady,
q youpg ,ciety leader snd Miss Alice Wheat
stone. daughter of tho former we'll known cashier
of the post office. For best man Brady selected
his intimate friend and neigbbor, Tom Msckey'
The vonng man accepted the honor, and he too
was soon busted with getting the conventional
dress suit for the occasion. Thursday the friends
of the parties were astounded by reading notice
in the taily press announcing the marriage OF
Mackey and Miss Wheatstone in Covlngton, Ny
Brady is nearly pros rsiei over the affair. ina
bride gives no reason for her change of heart, and
the gossips can assign none.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-09

THE BAD taste exhibited by Richmond
in the distinguished reception afforded 3
foreigner who joined her enemies during the
war, is only exceeded by that ofthe national
government whose officers, both at New
York and Washington, did especa! honor
10, end whose vessels at both places were
put at the disposal of, man who he's been
exiled, as an enemy, from his own country,
with the government of which this country
Is at peace.
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Attempt to Assassinate Mr. Breckenridge
An attempt was made on Monday night
last to assassnate Major Clifton r. Brock
inridge, democratic nominee of the Second
Congressional district, while be was speaking
at Centre Ridge, Ark. This plaza 10 about
tx enty miles north Of MorriltoD, the near
eel railroad station, aud is the botbed OF
republicauisn and the rendezvous of q
great many of Powell Cayton's Third Ar
kansas militia, who piifered the state,
killed innocent men and robbed and beat
pure and helpless women during Clayton :
reign of reconstruction.
The place Is a cluster OF country hou;ea
with blacksmith saop, two stores, pub
lie bouse, q church and school-house.
M Or Breckenridge spoke in the church TO
an audience composed largely OF republl-
cans. at the rear of the rostrum on which
Major Breckenridge was standing ia win
dow, near which the would-be murderer
vas seen passing to and fro by the Mel u
himself. About the middle of his speech
gun was fred about 500 yards away, ard
in few minutes afterwards the snap oil
cap was heard and the flash at the window
was seen by all present. This created con-
siderable excitement, and several rushed
out but an escape was effected By the
wouId-be assassin in the dark.
After the speaking had closd sjof
reckinridge started for his boarding place,
accompanied by Mr.. Norman. While on
heir way another attempt was made upon
the Majors life, when snme one slipped up
behind and dealt MIR. Norman terrible
and stunning blow with slungshot. This
blow, it is believed, was intended for MIR.
Breckenridge.