Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Senator Blackburn says if

Senator Blackburn says if the demo-
Gratis nominate German and boles they
will sweep the country.
Gov. Flower, of New York, says he
does not desire the nomination for the
Presidency and proposes to let politics
alone.
w. II. Vanderbilt, the eldest son of
Comielicus Vanderbilt, died of typhoid
fever, nj his home, i'll New York city,
yesterday.
Methodist ministers in New York in
tier Monday meeting condemned the
exposure in the Church OF st. Jean
BArlls;c of he relic OF ST. Ann.
Fire Yesterday, supposed 10 be of in
ccrdi:ly origin, destroyed four blocks
Of wooden buildings i'll the center Of
Chcha!is. Wash. The loss is $4,000.
DR.. ". s. Rainsford, Of ST. Georges
Church. New York, advocates the cs-
adjustment of we'll conducted saloons,
where beer ana light wines shall DC sold,
Is conducive of temperance.
1t was Madame Raymond who killed
Madame Delaparte, whom she loi ndin
room with her husband in Paris Il few
DAYS since, the particulars OF which
were published yesterday.
Longstreet won the St. James Hotel
stakes al Grayesend yesterday, defeat
ING Judge Morrow and Racc!md. The
ether winners were Leonawcll, Belle
vue, Merrimcnt, Temple and Now or
Never.
The letters left by murderer Deem
ing are vague and disconnected, but in
the one to the clergyman who attended
him the murderer stated he was dy-
ing a fully penitent sinner and Il
Christian.
The Australian ballot system was
tried at Martinsburg, W. Va, yesterday
for the first time in the municipal cleo
ton and gave satisfaction. Everything
passed Off quietly, resulting in the cleo
ton of DR.. james w. McShery, demo-
GRAFT, for mayor and three democratic
councilmen out Of live.
Ii Baltimore yesterday United States
Judge Morris reserved his decision in
the case brought by the Interstate Tel
eeraph Company of Michigan, for the
appointment OF a receiver for the 3. &
O. Telegraph Company and to make
the b. & O. Railroad Company liable
for the debts of the B. & o. Telegraph
Company.
The German Lutherans Of Illinois, at
their Synod, in session at Galcna, yes
terday passed Il resolution advising all
Lutherans to support the democratic
ticket. This means that about $4,000
Lutherans will vote the democratic
ticket, all of whom have always voted
the republican ticket, and dooms the
republican State ticket to defeat.
Two huge petitions were wheeled in
TO the House of Commons yesterday al
tcrnoon. They bore the signatures OF
13S. 395 members of the Protestant Al
lance and 101 ,406 members ofthe Loyal
Protestant League and others, praying
for the appointment of q commission to
inquire into the condition Of the con-
vents and monasteries in the United
Kingdom.
Messrs. Quay, Cameron and all the
othec nti-Harrisonians are sure as
ever, they say, that Mr.. Blaine will be
nominated. They are only planning
the final details of the plan which is to
nominate him. Anti-administration re-
puhlcans in Washington insist that
Blaine will be nominated at Minncapo-
is unless he declares he will not accept
the leadership Of his party.
At Charlestown, w. Va, yesterday,
Judge Faulkner overrulcd the motion
for removal to another county OF the
case of Harry Smooth, charged with the
murder of Miss Susie Terrell. Defense
then moved for q continuance, on the
ground of absence of material witnesses.
This was also denied, and the case post
poned till later in the term. Mr.. Mar
Shall Mccormick, of Bcrryville, is one
: of the counsel for the prisoner.
Col. Charles Marshall, of Baltimore,
has been invited by U. S. Grant Post to
deliver the Grafton at General Grants
tomb on Decoration day. COL Marshall
has accepted and says Il am very
glad to be able TO assist in honorng the
memory OF Gen. Grant because coll
slider his services to the country, both
North and South, in the terms made at
the surrender of AppomattoX are
wo. ny of honor.
In the U. S. Senate yesterday a bill
to give bodies of those who die in
prisons of the District TO the medical
colleges was passed. A number ofbills
were taken from the calendar aud pass
cd. The bill to provide for the punish
mcnt of violators Of treaty rights was
discussed by Senators Dolph, Palmer,
Villas, Morgan, Davis and Harris. In
the House the river and harbor appro-
priation bill, with Senate amendments,
was referred to the committee on rivers
and harbors. In the evening the floor
was accorded to the District of Column
bia and a number of bills of local char
acter generally were passed.
ALLIANCE acknowledgements
Jerry Simpson, addressed farmers al
lance meeting in Warrenton yester-