Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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President and Mrs. Cleveland LETT
Buzzard's Bay for Washington yestef-
day.
Cardinal Gibbons, attended by sew
eral clergymen, will leave Baltimore
for Chicago on Friday.
At Fleetwood Park, n. V, yesterday,
Directum eclipsed all records for stall
lions in the free for all, making a heat
in 209l.
Baron Won Saurwa Jeltsh, the first
ambassador Germany has sent 10 the
United States, was presented to secre-
tary Gresham yesterday.
The American Bar Association met
in Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday: Hon.
John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia,
the president, made his annual address.
The Treasury figures to be issued to-
day at the close of the month Will snow
that the receipts from all sources Will
not meet the expenditures by eleven
and one-half million dollars.
The Old Guard armory, at Fifth
avenue and Fourteenth street, New
York, was partially destroyed by fire
last night. The loss is large, including
uniforms, battle flags, relics and paint
ings.
The commissioner of patents has re-
fused to grant the South Carolina au-
thorities a trademark applied for in
the name of the State, consisting OF the
word Palmetto" to be printed on its
liquor labels.
At the Pennsylvania republican State
convention, held at Harrisburg yester-
dav, Judge D. n. Fell, of Philadelphia,
was nominated for supreme justice, and
Samuel NJ. Jackson, of Armstrong, for
State treasurer.
In New York yesterday J. B. Atkins
was appointed receiver of the Nicara-
qua Canal Construction Company.
This move stops all work. The engi-
neers in that city and in Nicaragua
will be discharged.
In the Protestant Episcopal Conven-
ton of the Vermont diocese yesterday
Rev. Arthur Cranshay Alliston Hall,
D. D., of Oxford, England, was elected
to succeed the late Right Rev. VIM.
Henry Augustus Bissell, as Bishop OF
the diocese.
A boat committee, composed of rep
resentatives from each of the three
Washington boat clubs-the Columbia
Athletic, the Potomac and Analostan
boat clubs-has perfected arrange
ments for holding a regatta on the Po-
tomac river on September 9th.
\ woodward, an oil well and fifteen
residences were destroyed by fire yes
terday at Marseilles, France. Two
hundred persons were made homeless.
The loss 100000 francs. A great fire
is raging in the vicinity Of Bordeaux.
The fire now covers tract extending
from Pessac to st. Jean d'Illac.
The relic of st. Resale, consisting oil
several pieces of bone enclosed in sill.
yer ostensorium, obtained from Cardinal
Alesia, the Archbishop of Palermo, and
the authenticity Of which has been ex-
amined by Bishop Mcdowell, was
placed on exhibition in the Roman
Catholic Church Of St. Michael the
Archangel. in New York on Tuesday.
The Tamoose, which is generally
known as the queen Of racing steam
yachts, aud was the fastest boat ahoat,
until Mr.. Norman l.. Munroe's Fe-
seen was launched, has been sold at
Newport to Mr.. Davis of Brooklyn.
The price paid was $4,000, which i
considered very small, but Mr.. Heals
was willing to sell out cheap because
he couldn't get the Vamoose safely
from there to San Francisco bay.
Capt. ]. c. Mitchell, of the U. S. rev.
enue steamer Crawford, is to be court
martaled. 1t is said Capt. Mitchell
has been number of times under the
influence of liquor, and that some
nights ago be came to his vessel, after
spending the greater part of the night
ashore, bringing with him two octoroon
girls of not at all doubtful reputation,
whom he installed in his cabin in spite
of the remonstrances of the officer OF
, the deck.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Sher-
man made speech over two hours in
length on the silver question. He fav-
ored repeating the purchasing clause of
the so-called Sherman law, and admit
ted the law was a makeshift TO prevent
the enactment of measure for the free
coinage of silver. In the House the
proposed code of rules was debated pro
and con, both under the hour-rule and
the five-mlnute rule. Little attention
was paid to the speeches. Without
disposing of the rules the House ad-
journed.
1t is now stated that Congress will
not take a recess until the regular De-
cember session after disposing of the
silver bill. That question was settled
Yesterday by Secretary Carlisle, who
visited the Capitol and Intercepted
several Senators and members of the
House, and after a free exchange of
views he arrived at the conclusion that
it would not be advisable to permit
Congress to adjourn. An earnest Of
fort will now be made by the ways and
means committee to report tariff bill
by December l.
Fauquier Notes.
The building that was erected at
Markham few years back 10 accom-
modate Kingsley Bros creamery has
| hoar +rrpad into a steam priSt mill