Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-30

terror Noble will BOON retire from the
Cabinet and take the place Of Minister
Smith at Petersburg.
bisnco, In Sicily, rose in revolt yesterday
against a local lax, and, invading the town,
set fire to several buildings.
City Treasurer John Bardsley, in a hearing
in Philadelphia yesterday, admitted that he
took the States funds and loaned them out,
sometimes receiving 4 per cent. interest.
He vas committed to prison In default OF
bail.
Armstrong Co.'S elevator containing four
thousand bushels OF oats and corn, and a lot
OF cribs adjoining, with forty thousand
bushels OF corn were burned at Lincoln,
Ill, yesterday; loss s3S. 900. with no insur-
ance.
The Pope has personally written 8 letter
to Cardinal Gibbons regarding American
ecclesiastical affairs, especially respeciiog
the nomination Of bishops. The Pope him
seli will nominate a c;a5jutor to the Arch
bishop OF Santa Fe.
Mr.. Russell Harrison ssld yesterday 10
Chicago that his father would not bs a can
didate for reelection In 1892, but qualified
his statement by adding. unless the party
demands It," Which means that he will
not be a candidate unless he Ia nominated.
Cardinal Gibbons Is corfaed to his bed at
g.. Thomas Church, In the lower part OF
Prince Georges county, with an attack OF
malarial fever. He has been obliged to give
up his visitstiops In Southern Maryland and
has summoned Bishop Curtis to complete
bis round.
a sensation was caused In the third art
salon In Paris, which opened yesterday, by
The seizure of two pictures, one representing
Emperor William over PROSTATE France
and the other 8 desert strewn with skulls,
one of which resembied the features Of NJ.
Jules Ferry.
Il Is reported In B ,rlin that Germany and
Austria have informed SWilZsrland. Italy
Ssrvia ard Roumsnia that they must coz
alude the treaties iointly with Germany and
Austria, or else renounce the separate
treaties which they have at present with
the two countries.
Jeanne Weiss convicted OF having ct
tempted 10 slowly poison her husband at
iOten, Algiers, by administering small
amounts Of arsenic to him, was yesterday
sentenced to twenty years imprisonment st
bard labor. The woman's lover, who ins'i
gated the crime, committed euicide.
President Francis W. Kennedy, OF the
Suspended Spring Garden Bank, of Phila-
delphis, was takeo to the county prison yes
terday afternoon In default OF bail. Ball
hsd been fixed at 500. 900, MIR. Kennedy be
ing detained in custody ct q hotel over
night. Every attempt to obtslo boadsmen
was without success.
President Harrison ordered that an in
V~estigstiou be made In the conduct OF Green
B. Raum, jr, whose %delinqueDces have caused
his father, the Pension Commissioner, SO
much trouble, and the reeults have been re
ported to the President. The report lie 40
elop gated blacklist for Raum, il, as 1t in
creases the number OF his crooked transac-
tions.
o Ter vesaels may be ordered to follow
the Bear t, Beh,iog See, II 1t is found Deces-
ssry, after an agreement for q c'ose sessoD
is perfected by the action of the British Per-
lament. Acting Secretary OF State Whar-
ton Gays nothing definite bss been egreed
upon a. to the proposition submitted 10 the
British Parliament relative 10 q close seaeon
10 the Behring Sea controversy.
Lsonce Burthe, the principal wilneae
against the jnry-bribers in the case growing
out OF the Malta trials in New Orleans, was
arrested In East St. Louis, Ills, yesterday,
erd is In jail In that city. He says he was
drawn on The jury panel in the Henness5
case, but vas njacted. Before being called
for examination he was told be would get
81 600 II he found The Italians not guilty.
At Gettysburg, p. yesterday, Henry
Many assaulted his eldest daughter, Mary,
aged eighteen, threatening to kill her II che
Informed on him. She reported him, how
ever, to the authorities. and he Wss lodged
10 j4il. Many has a wife and two children
besides Mary. He talks wildly at times,
and appears at periods to be mentally weak,
while at other times he seems to possess
more than ordinary intelligence.
It is understood that DR.. J. B. Hamilton's
resignation as surgeon general marine ho5
pifal service, mentioned yesterday, is due
to the failure of Congress to make an ace'
uuate increase In the salary OF the off sc
which be has held for twelve years past. ln
1875 the salary was fixed at 81 coo, and 1t
has remained the same ever since, notWith-
standing the fact that the business, OF the
bureau has more han quadrupIed. DR..
Hamilton will remain in the service with
the grade of surgeon.
Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, In an in
terview yesterday with the editor OF the
State Alliance organ, is reported 30 saying,
amorg other things, that he strongly cp-
poHes Mr.. Cleveland becsu Use OF that gentle
mans opposition to the free coinage of sil
YER, and also because his sympathy wss
with Wall street and its money. he said
he did not see the need for q third party.
The democratic party. properly controlled,
is the party OF the people. TlllmaD's utter
ences on the subject of an anti-CieVeIaud
delegation nay safely be taken as the KEY
note Of the campaign In that State in 1892.
The Elections.
Farther returns from local elections held