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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
NEWS.

A raid made by 500 dervishes on the
Italian station, near Massowah, was re-
pulsed.
1t is said that Mr.. Gladstone is de-
termined to stick to home rule at ali
hazards.
Bismarck went to Dresden yesterday
to attend the marriage of Count Her
bert to Countess Marguerite Hoyos. He
was most warmly welcomed. Accord
ing to a dispatch from Vienna Prince
Bismarck Is arrival at that city was made
the occasion for unbounded enthusiasm.
The King and Queen OF Italy have
started for Berlin for the purpose of
paying q visit to Emperor William.
The German government is watching
with the keenest interest the develop
ments of the approaching elections in
England. Its sympathies are altogether
with the conservatives, as it is known
that the advent of Mr.. Gladstone to
power would be directly against the in
tercsts of the triple alliance.
One day last week, in the parish
church at st. Ives, in Hants, England,
there WINS q rattle with dice for Bibles.
The vicar directed the proceedings, and
twelve children cast dice for the six
Bibles awarded. The custom dates
from 1875, and is in accordance with the
will of DR.. Wilde, who left ESQ to pro-
vide q fund for the purpose.
It is understood in German official
circles that there is a probability of the
Car inviting the Emperor of Austria to
a hunting expedition in Poland this
autumn. in which case it is thought a
personal exchange ofviews between the
monarchs will succeed in detaching the
Gar from his alliance with France and
lead to a permanent settlement of the
Balkan question. The conference was
suggested by the Emperor of Germany
at his recent conference with the Car.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

THE MANUFACTURERS of tnpiate
in Pittsburg have demanded a reduc-
ton of the wages of their employees,
The reason for reduction urged upon
The attention ofthc Amalgamated As
~socialion is Che depressed condition OF
the iron trade. Fit be true as the adj
vocates of the protective tariffs never
tire of asserting, that duties are laid for
the purpose of insuring high wages, the
tinplatc workers can point to the ex-
allied Mckinley rate on tinplate and
ask for proportionate pay. In refer
ence to this subject the Philadelphia
Record says "There is a brass mount
ed audacity in the proposition to re-
duce wages in this particular branch Of
iron manufacture which has seldom
been equaled. Can it be possible, after
all. that the rate of tariff has nothing to
do in fixing the rate of wages? Work
ingmen will do well 10 ponder upon
this question at odd moments when
they have time to think"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Yalley Erginidn, removed dur
idg the boom period from Staunton to
Clifton Forge, is advertised for sale I'M
der a trust deed.
Mr.. A. d. Henning, of Winchester,
and Miss Mary A., daughter of the late
Jacquelin Carter, of Clarke county,
were married at Berryville on Thurs
day last.
The east.bound passenger train on
the Clinch-V Valley railroad or Friday
threw William Maxwell from the track,
killing him instantly. He was a we'll
known citizen of Farmwell county and
had reached the ripe age of lightweight
years.
Professor Ruth, geologist, is in Lou
doun prospecting for mineral deposits.
He saws researches have so far been
very gratifying; that he has found gold
and silver in paying quantities within
the vicinity of Hillsboro, also traces in
about thirty localities of a very fine
quality of German silver steel.
The Natural Bridge Company is en-
gagged in opening a large cave, which is
situated not over a half mile from the
hotel. 1t is in the same geological for
nation as the famous Luray cave and
the grottoes of the Shenandoah, and
is of large dimensions, one chamber in
it being GOO feet long and 100 feet high.
The receipt of southern wheat at
Baltimore was 6S bushels which arrived
on Saturday from Lancaster county.
The grain was plump and well develop
ed, of q very bright amber and of the
Fultz variety. 1t was clean, but its
condition soft and milky. 1t brought
81 per bushel. Last year the first new
wheat, $50 bushels, was received on
June 19, also from Lancaster county,
and it brought $3.50 per bushel.
a meeting of leading republicans of
the Second district was held in Norfolk
Friday night, to discuss politics in gen.
eral and the nomination Of o candidate
for Congress in particular. The Vr-
ginian says: ''While, ostensibly, it was
a meeting for the general good of re-
.publicanism, in fact, it was al anti
Bowden gathering, assembled for the
purpose, if possible, of defeating the ex-
Congressman and nominating someone
who could secure the undivided sup
port of the republicans i'll the district.
1t is urged that Mr.. Bowden made SO
many promises while in Congress that
he was unable to keep that q very
large dissatisfied element will fight him
to the last"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

KILLING POWER OF THE RIFLZ.-A Ger
man army officer struggling with & prisoner
catches up n militay rifle and shoots his Op-
poncnt through the head. After passing
through w thicknesscs of the skull the bull
let pcnctrtes the partition of o railway car
carriage and imbeds itself i'll the flesh Of n
passenger. But this is nothing. A laborer
near the English practice camp of Aldershot
was recently struck at q distance of 1850
wards. or one and a-half miles. The bullet,
after passing completely through the upper
part Of the thigh, buried itself in the ground.
Theoretically it was evident that the pene-
trative energy of these new bullets ought to-
be capable of passing through several men in
succession, and experiments with the cadaver
as a target shows this conclusion sound.
Now argues the New York Sun, as the ira
iectory of these projectiles il a very
low one, the space within which men
will be subjected to such dangers in the
field has been greatly extended. 1t is thought
that fire may BIO opened from a distance of
22OO wards. 1t is found Oh trial that good
marksmen can make 80 per cent. of hits
AGAINST targets of suitable Dimensions at
1880 yards. With smokeless powder and
the consequent facility Of distinguishing clear
ly at long distances the aim may become more
accurate than has heretofore been known.
These considerations have led TO n call OF an
International conference of military medical
men. with a view to adapting hospital service
10 the new exigencies of the field.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, June 20.

Correspondence VI IN
WASHINGTON, June 20.
Secretary Tracy has returned from
New York, where he went to make
overtures from the Harrison admins
tration to ex-senator Platt. The two
had q long conference, which, it Is re-
ported, was satisfactory to all concerned.
1t is said that the wishes of the Presl-
dent will control in the election OF a
chairman OF the national republican
convention. which meets here next
Monday, though the friends OF Air.
Blaine are in the majority on the com
mittee. 1t is understood that the three
men who are being considered by Pres
ident Harrison for this place are Com,
missioner of the Land Office Carter, OF
Montana Lewis T. Kitchener, OF lndl-
ma and Chris Magee, ofPennsylvania.
It is said that Mr.. John DeHaven,
who was recently discharged from his
position as assistant by Captain J: v:
Davis. superintendent of the Soldiers
cemetery at Alexandria, has preferred
charges against Capt. Davis OF neglect
of duty, SC, but it is not believed here
that the charges will be sustained.
The Senate judiciary committee, to
which the anti-options bill was referred
last Thursday, held its first session for
weeks to-day, and after considering the
measure for two hours adjourned until
next Thursday. when its consideration
will be again resumed and pushed to
completion. 1t is expected now that
the bill will be certainly reported next
week.
The republican notification COM
mittee informed President Harrison OF
his nomination at the White House TO-
day at IL o'clock. Gov. Mckinley is
the chairman of the committee. which
is composed of representatives from
each State. Edgar Allen is the member
from Virginia. Gov. Mckinley made
the notification speech, which was re-
sponded 10 by the President.
The conferees on the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill are not making
any progress toward an agreement.
II is reported that Mr.. Chauncey 81: De
pew went to his home in Now York from wash
ington last night to consult with the Wander
bits before lie tells President Harrison wheth-
cr he will be Secretary of State or not. His
acceptance of the place is supposed to be con-
tinscnt upon his being able to arrange with
the Vanderbilts to resume the presidency OF
the New York Central railroad in the event
of his retirement from the Cabinet, either at
the end Of this administration, should Mr..
Harrison fail of reelection, or ut the end OF
the second term should the President succeed
IN thc fall elections. No one, not even MIR.
Depcw himself, can tell what the decision Will
be. The prevalent belief is that Mr.. Dope"
will accept.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

MI. Chauncey NJ. Depew lefs Wash
inston yesterday and is nov in New
York. II is now said he neither came
to accept the State Department port
f,lio nor did the President offer it to
him.
Saturday afternoon three children,
two sons and a daughter, o John Hart
man, who lives near Sardis, Ohio, went
out to pick berries. 4 storm came up
and they sought shelter under tree. a
bolt of lightning struck the tree and
the three children were killed.
John Anderson, a Swedish leper, con-
fined in the almshouse, at Lima, Pa, es-
capped from that institution Saturday
night and went to Chester where he
visited the City Hotel, drank several
rounds with the habitucs of the house,
and then created a Juror by disclosing
his identity.
The new levee on the bayou protect
ing Bayou Sara, La, gave way at eight
o'clock yesterday morning, and by noon
the town was totally submerged to Il
depth ranging from four to eleven feet.
The loss of property both public and
personal, amounts to thousands of dol
lars. No lives were lost.
Mrs. Arthur Beverly, wife of one of
| Waltham's, Mass, most prominent citi-
zens, was found burned almost to a
cinder on Saturday. She had saturated
her garments with kerosene, crawled
into a furnace and set fire to herself.
| She was insane at the time in conse-
quence of a relapse of the grip, which
she had been seriously i'll with last
| winter.
Charles Abraham, a French Canadian,
was arrested at North Adams, Mass,
on Saturday for attempting to burn his
wife to death. At o'clock that morning
he came to his wife's bedside, poured
kerosene oil over her night-dress struck
a match and lighted the garment. The
woman is terribly burned. She says
her husband has frequently threatened
to kill her. The cause of the act is said
to be jealousy.
The House appropriations committee
on Saturday completed the last of the
appropriation bills-thc general def
ciency-and reported it to the House.
The whole amount appropriated by the
bill is $ ,S70,535, of which amount
1910, 900 is for the Census Bureau dur
ing the next fiscal year. One item in it
provides for the payment of $~6,933.92
to the widow of Gen. w. II. F. Lee, of
Virginia, being tho amount he would
have drawn had he served the term for
which he was elected.
Edward w. Gould, a wcll-known
New York stockbroker, was instantly
killed by being thrown from the roof of
the Deadwood coach as it was rafting
round the the track of the Staten Island
Athletic Club grounds at Livingston,
S. l. pursued by young men dressed as
Indians Saturday afternoon, in the
course of q performance called an Anna
teur Wild West Show, given by members
of the club. Mr.. Gould was riding on the
coach as the cold settlcr.n The horses
were alarmed at the pistol shots and
bolted, overturning and smashing the
coach to pieces. The other occupants
escaped unhurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

THERE SEEMS to be a fatality about
the State Department which has follow
cd the last three secretaries with cruel
pertinacity. Within two years ex-Sec-
rotary Blaine has lost his two most
promising sons and a favorite daughter.
The disappointments of life are hard to
bear, and the depressing effects ofsuch
blasted hopes as Mr.. Blaine has expert
cnced are calculated 10 produce serious
consequences. But, to add to the cha
grin he has suffered for years by
having been persistcntly r%epudiated by
his party, the angel of death has visit
ed his household with persistent regu-
larity. And now an old man. with the
goal he has labored to reach for years
as far from his grasp as ever, choked
with sorrow and bent by the infirmities
of age, the ex-Sccretary prescntsa pic
turc which ciicits the sincere sympathy
of oI1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

TIE SITUATION at Chicago is confus-
ing. But one thing seems certain,
Cleveland has a majority of the votes.
All admit that this does not give him
the nomination, however, and if the
democratic precedents are followed, a
dark horse may win. His friends say
they will stand by him until the end,
because he is the choice of the majority
of the party. This was done at Char
lesion in 1860. and later in Baltimore.
Stephen a. Douglass was the choice Of
the majority of the democratic party in
81 truer sense than Cleveland is now.
With the admission of the contesting
delegations he was the choice of the
representatives of two-thirds of the par
ty, but those who favored a different
candidate bolted, and two tickets were
placed in the field.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

CONSERVATIVE AUTHORITIES estimate
that $3.50, DOC, 900 will be neededt to meet
the demands of the pension service In
the next fiscal year; and Mr.. Enloe,
who has looked into the question more
fully than most of his fellow-Congress-
men, comedies that these figures are IN
@ wise extravagant. AS the customs
receipt for the present year will not be
above s175, 900, 900, it will be seen that
it will Just about take the custom house
to run the Pension Bureau, with little,
If anything, left over for the countless
other necessities of the government.
One thing very evident from this show
ing is that coast defenses and other ex-
cuses for the maintenance of the war
tariff will no longer benecessary. Even
with taxes on a war basis, shrewd f.
n~anciering will be required to make
both ends meet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

THD WATER SUPPLY OF IND1A.-The
British authorities in India are advanc-
ing slowly but surely towards o solu-
ton of the great problem of the water
supply. Only q few days ago an &C
count was published of the opening of
the great Bombay reservoir and water
works, and now the completion of a
similar enterprise at Baroda is reported.
The reservoir there is a lake with an
area of FIVE square miles, containing
when full 1900, 0OO 1000 cubic feet of
water. The dam creating it is nearly
three miles long, was begun seven years
ago and was finished in 1890, in time to
store the monsoon water of that year.
Now the whole supply system is finish
ed and properly filtered water is deliv-
cred in abundant quantity to the entire
population. The sanitary benefits of
these engineering improvements can
scarcely be overestimated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 20. 1892.

FAs EST ET ALB HosTE DoCERl Is al
old Latin maxim, which finds its appii-
cation in all ages. II means, in PLAIN
English, 1T is right TO be taught, even
by an enemy" and we democrats have
much use for it at the present juncture.
Before the republican convention the
friends of Blaine were continually as
serting that Harrison could not carry
this State or that, could not possibly be
elected, &C., &c. Ten days have just
passed since he was nominated, and
they are trying to sing a different tune.
1--WE shall pull him through" saythey,
'but not nearly as easily as we could
have elected Blaine. He can carry
New York. He can carry Indiana,
&c. &c.-declarations absolutely con-
Trajectory to those made before the
nomination. The democratic national
convention is about TO meet, and before
the end of the week it will have made
a nomination, and then it will be the
duty Of all good democrats to support
the nominees with all their strength.
We have this advantage over the re-
publicans-thcir nomination was made
by a majority ours will require a two
thirds vote. If two-thirds of a party
declare a candidate to be its choice, 1t
will be the duty of all democrats to
make "a long pull, a strong pull, and a
pull all together" TO elect him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
A

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, June 2o.-A cloud
burst in German Valley, this county
last night caused great damage to crops
and swept away fences, bridges, barns
and outbuildings on farms. On Plum
run Robert Kalcnbach and family were
fleeing from their homo which was IN
undated. He had his six-months-old
child in his arms and fell. The child
was carried away by the current and
drowned. The barn of Geo. Thompson
in D~unstable township was struck by
lightning and burned with contents, IL
Guiding two horses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

ELECTRICITY rNTHE VATIcAN.-The
Pope has considered the use of cleo
tricity, and the installation of an cleo
trio lighting system in the Vatican is
in progress. The papal palace has for
some time had an elevator, also q COM
plete telephone System of its own, and
connected with the central station in
Rome. His holiness has apparently be-
come convinced that the world do
move,n and hence, perhaps, his less
bigoted attitude toward American pub.
Lie schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
A Fatal Stroke of Lightning.

SOMERSET, Ky, June 2O.-Ycsterday
during the severe storm that passed
over this section q store at Parmleys-
vile was struck by lightning. Two
kegs of powder exploded throwing Il
heavy iron safe through the roof and
wounding all the occupants ofthc room,
some fifty in number. Not n single
occupant of the store escaped without
severe injury. Many, it is thought,
will die from the effects of the stroke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20.
SENATE.


The attendance of Senators on the
democratic side was very slim to-day
not exceeding a dozen in number-while
there were about twice that number on
the republican side. The chair
was occupied by Mr.. Henderson,
president pro tenn, who hest
tated and seemed puzzled and per-
picked when NIr. Mitchell (who had his
long beard shorn off and whose appear
ance was thereby much changed) rose
and addressed the chair.
"Tho Senator from --," was as
far as Mr.. Henderson could get till
prompted by one of the clerks when he
added, Oregon" The incident caused
o general litter in the chamber and
galleries.
After the usual routine morning bust
ness the calendar was taken up and
several bills upon it were disposed Of,
among them being one authorizing the
construction of q free bridge across the
Arkansas river connecting Little Rock
and Argenta, Ark, which was passed.
The House amendment to the Senate
joint resolution authorizing the Presi-
dent to proclaim o general holiday COM
memorating the 4OOth anniversary of
the discovery of America was concurred
in. 1t was to substitute the 18th for
the 18th of October,
The Senate at 1880 o'clock proceeded
to executive business.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

GREAT gAcgs.-rhe great race, the subur-
ban handicap, for one of the largest stakes OF
the year, was run Saturday evezing oEer the
sheepshead Bay track, distance one and one
quarter miles. Marcus Daily's colt, Montana,
won, with Major Domo second and Lamp
lighter third. The time was 2:O7 80. 1t
was estimated that fully 10000 people were
present. Mutuals paid $11.l0 Straight and
$1,000 for the place. Major Romo paid
S1S.45. The race was worth $25,oO, Of
which the winner got $4,000, the second
horse $1,000, and the third $1,000,
At Garfield Park the Chicago Derby, worth
$4,000. was won by 70 Tambien, in 2:4OS.
The distance was one and a.quarter miles.
The track was very muddy. Wadsworth was
second and ARA was third. Twenty-Five
thousand persons were present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

will be presented to the convention m
conference which was held lasi ni,%.
lasted until . o'clock this mornipg ,n1
it is said that at its close the mes,;a.
before 1.-THE placing in nomipoton
Mr.. Gorman-was left unsettled
The opposition to Cleveland nom;
nation finding that the "%feclcr' nnt a'.
in behalf of Mr.. German as a candid
around whom to rally strength cnonab
to beat the leader and prevent his seem.
ing two-thirds on the first ballot ~.
meeting with a reception sunicion, =
warrant the belief in the success os
movement in this direction. this mo.n
ing turned towards the idol Of f..
Iowa democrats, and Horace Boios NO.
the name most talked of. The effect h..
been to give increased prominence ;,
the Boies boom and aid and comfort -
the managers Of the interests OF tho
Governor of the Hawkeye State.
This morning it was reported that
the South Carolinians, fearful Of W.
Cleveland's strength, were willing 70
give II votes to the Boies men. r w..
also reported that Mr. Brice and Mr.
Watterson were friendly toward tho
Boies movement and were willing to
lend it what assistance they could. Tho
Virginia delegation, the Boies men
claim, are now in some doubt.
The Cleveland-Hil fight has
been very warm in Virginia and
each side claimed a majority of
the delegates from the Old Do.
minion. The Boies men say that
some of these votes may come to then.
but they do not go beyond this state.
ment, acknowledging that no decision
has yet been reached.
E~x-Secretary Whitney was at the
Palmer House this morning, serene,
composed and to all appearances in ex.
cellent spirits. He said that he firmly
believed Cleveland had $50 votes on the
first ballot, and he did not believe that
any movement could take them away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20

SHIPS OF THE FUTURE.-At a recent
meeting of the board having charge of
harbor and docks of the Mcrsey river,
important recommendations were made
by the committee entrusted with the
waterway about Liverpool. This COM
mittee after consulting various eminent
shipbuilders. recommended that the di-
mansions of the entrances and passages
of the docks should be considerably en-
larged, and that preparations be made
for vessels 700 feet in length. The dock
entrances are to be made 100 wide, the
estimate cost of the entire work being
nearly 81 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Yesterday afternoon the schooner yacht
Caprice, with a party of % people on board.
capsized in Lake st. Clair near Detroit. and
Carrie, Phebe and Lizzie Mark and Henry
Pelto were drowned. The party was return
ing from 8 picnic on one Of the islands in the
lake.
John D, Ruggles who with his younger
brother Charles, robbed the Redding, CAL
stage and killed express messenger Montsom'
cry, were captured last night after q
desperate fight in which Rugglcs was MORALLY
wounded.
Powell Sinner, a Polander, committed 70
Jail at Wilkcsbarrc, Pa, last week hanged
himself in his cell this morning.
James K. Edsall, ex-attorney general Of the
State, died at Chicago suddenly yesterday ef
heart failure.