Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

georgia plurallty for Cleveland
about $4,000.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, is to live
in New York.
The control of the Wyoming legisla
ture is still claimed by both democrats
and republicans.
Capt. R. F. Kolb has published al
open letter asking for a legislative in
vestigation of the recent Alabama gu
bernatorial election.
Senator Carlisle is regarded in New
York as the man most likely to be
named for Secretary of State in Presl-
dent Cleveland's cabinet.
The indications are that the coming
Inauguration of Mr. Cleveland will
bring the largest crowd to Washington
the city has ever witnessed.
The democrats have plan to put a
rider on one of the appropriation bills
repeating the law for the appointment
of supervisors and deputy marshals.
1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland has ex-
pressed himself as opposed to an ex-
ira session and will endeavor to appoint
tariff commission to get the views OF
business men to present to Congress a
year hence.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has placed an order for sixty
new locomotives with the Baldwin Io-
comotives Works, at Philadelphia.
This represents an outlay of nearly
threc-ularters of million dollars.
After a session lasting through q
week. during which appropriations
amounting to 81 $1,000 were made fo1
missions the general missionary com,
mittee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church adjourned last night at Baltl-
more to meet in 1898 in Minneapolis
The impression seems to be abroad
from Maine to California, that all dem,
ocrats are to be seated at the govern
ment table before the 4th of March
next, and during the four years OF Mr.
Cleveland's administration. such al
early rush for Office has probably never
been known in this country.
Under the recent decision of the Su,
preme Court, the new board of free
holders of Camden, n. j., appointed by
the Legislature, took charge Of the city
and county affairs. This takes the
control of local offices from the hands
of the republicans, who have held il
for many years.
There will be interesting develop.
mentS at the annual meeting of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road to-day at Knoxville, Tenn. 1.-THE
programme prepared by Mr.. w. 2
Clyde is carried out a board ofdirector:
containing a majority of the present
Richmond Terminal directors will bt
elected
The announcement is made in Wash.
ington, on the alleged authority of Rep
resentatives Bynum of Indiana, and
Heard of Missouri, that if Speaker
Crisp is reelected he will depose Judge
Holman from the craftsmanship Of
the committee on appropriations, and
probably Mr.. Springer from the COM
mite on ways and means.
While carrying papers in Raleigh
\. c., yesterday, John Haynes, aged
u years, grandson of Chang Booker
one of the famous Siamese twins. was
instantly killed on the street by
a guy wire of the electric street rail
way, which had broken and one end Of
which was lying on the sidewalk. The
boy attempted to throw it aside. He
was found little later lying dead in q
pool Of water.
In New York to-day the annual CON
clave of the arch-bishops of the United
States began at Archbishop Corrigan's
residence. This is an event to which
the Catholic clergy and laity have been
looking forward for some time. In
connection with the consideration Of
the parochial school question Arch
bishop Ireland, the author of the Fair
bault system, and Archbishop CORR
gan, the advocate of parochial schools
pure and simple, will be arrayed il
friendly debate, aud the outcome Of
the conclave, particularly on this
much discussed question, will be await
ed with much concern by Catholics
all over the country. Thirteen arch
bishops or their representatives con-
stitute the conclave, and Cardinal Glib
bons presides.
The Alabama Legislature met al
Montgomery yesterday. In the Sen
ate caucus the question came up as to
who were entitled to sit in the caucus
A heated debate followed. The origi-
nal resolution offered by Mr.. Miller
entitled all to seats who voted for Mr.
Cleveland, whether elected on Jones OF
Kolb tickets in August. This was hotly
opposed by the Jones faction, one Of
whom finally proposed to amend by
adding the words, 'and all who will
forever pledge their fealty to democra-
cy regardless Of condition or circum-
stances" Whercupon, without wait
ing to see whether or not the amend
ment was adopted, the kolbites indig-
nantly walked out Of the caucus. In
the house caucus resolution was Of
fered practically excluding the
Kolbites from the caucus, which called
forth a heated discussion. Several
amendments were offered modifying
the original resolution, and after the
first had been tabled, twenty-six kol-
bites left the caucus.
PRINCE NICHoLAs's BAD SOMA
dispatch from Vienna says that the