Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-03

the SUNNI er iD this city, which he Gags is as
healthy as any other place Ia the country,
says hs has 90 doubt that his reelection; VII
be declared valid, as the o. s. Senate, III the
Montana case, alter discussing tie question
Involved exhaustiveiy, decided thst ma-
jorisy Of whole Legislature, not 81 tach
separate branch thereof could elect pen
ator.
Mr.. Dtaney, VINO contracted TO collect the
garbage of this city for SIS OJ0 yess mas
IhroYp 10 bis contract, and aoandSneu
the work. His sureties have been lnformea
that unless the work be resumed oy moor
to.morrow, the city authorities VIII nno
man to do il. Forty thousand dollars were
appropriated by Congress for the WORK, ana
Drsney ssvs it cannot be done efficiently Ios
less than that sum.
Hundreds OF people have visited the 7th
street wharf here to-day to view the scsne
of the steamboat fire this morning. The
fire broke out 10 the boler-room of the Cor
ooran, while she WAS moored to the wharf,
shout ak O'Clock, and in few minutes the
whole boat was enveloped in flames. Her
officers and crew, who were aboard. st onoe
cast loose her lines aud jumped ashore, but
instead of floating away she drifted up to-
wards the stern of the Lsary, lying at an
adjacent wharf, and set shat boat
alice also, but the latter's crew
were at work with their hose at the time
washing her, and were thus enabled to keep
down the DANES until the tug D. NJ. Keys
attached o line to theCorcoran and towed her
to the opposite flats, where she vas entirely
consumed The Wakefield and Manchester
were lying in their adjoining docks, but the
former was not hurt, and the latter only had
the fringe around her awning burned. a
small negro bootblack, named Robinson, was
on the Corcoran when she WAS csst loose,
and following the foolish advice OF sons
body on the whsrf who told him to ump
overheard, before row boat that was COM
Ing to his reiefcould reach him, was drowned
His body was subsequently recovered. Tbs
Oorcoran was insured. for S35, 600. and the
Leary also, but the damsge to the latter
will not amount to $1,000. The Norfolk
boat did not arrive until the fire was over.
Had the wind been blowing from the west
the COZ hsgration would have been extensive
A well-informed and observant cor
respondent of western republican news
papers who has just returned from visit to
Ohio and Indiana, says the prevailing In
preston on the subject among the leading
republicans In both those States Ia that Pres-
ideDt Harrison Will De renomlnsGeO, nob De-
cause he is popular With his party, but be-
cause OF Mr.. Blaine's bad health.
The Attorney General has received telegram
from the u g. Marshal of the southern district f
Alabama saying that mob OF fifty persons had
driven q number OF families out of their homes in
Ccoctaw county, Ala. Most OF them fled into
Mississippi and left their homos, crops and cattle
unguarded. The Attorney General replied that
the facts stated Gid not constitute case calling
for Federal interference. He suggested however,
that the matter be reported to the State author
tiles for such action as they deem necessary.
The President is not expected to return 70 tho
White House until the Goth inst and hr. Blaine s
return Ia indefinite.
tits said at tho bureaa Of printing and eDsrav-
ing that tho recent trouble between the knights
OF labor and that bureau has been Settled but
only because the knights abandoned their ground,
and agreed to work in accordance with tho old
rules OF tho bureau.
All tho information received from Chill to-day
at the departments was comprised in the follow
ing cablegrsm received from Admiral Brown,
dated Valparaiso September Sd: Business fully re-
sumed. Everything quiet. Congressional COM
mittee, including two cabinet ministers, arrived
from lquiquo Chill, yesterday, and go to santi-
ago."
The following changes In the 4th class postof-
fees Of Virginia were made to-day Locust Lane,
Scott county, ]. F. horn appointed postmaster
vice H. Collins, resigned; Vigor, Louisa county,
NJ E. Turner, vice W. 8. Nuckalls, deceased