Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-30

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Secretary of Agriculture r
dressed the Georgia legislafs
day, saying that President III
had sent him South to study
resources.
N. E. Krogsgaard, OF BrooklynE
Y, committed suicide on Sunday ats
noon in a boarding house at Clopto1
Hill, near Richmond, by shooting MIN.
self through the head.
Justice Harlan handed down the
opinion of the United States Supreme
Court yesterday in the case of ]. j.
Douglas, plaintiff, in error, vs.. the
Commonwealth of Kentuckey, holding
the franchise of the Frankfort Lottery
to be invalid.
A Washington dispatch alleges that
the President has rendered to William
R. Day. First Assistant Secretary of
State, the position of Attorney General ,
to succeed JudgeMcKenna, if the latter
accepts the Supreme Court judgeship
vacancy, to be caused by Justice Fields
re irement.
There were fresh anti German dis
turbances and serious conflicts with the
police at Prague, Austria, yesterday.
The windows of the new German
Theatre and the German Club were
smashed. Ultimately the disorders be-
came 80 serious that the military was
ordered out to disperse the rioters.
l. is said that in his message the
President will recommend that au.
thority be given the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue not more than 500
100000 of short term Treasury bonds
or certificates, in order that there may
| be no embarrassment in carrying out
the plan oftying the greenbacks to gold.
The United States Supreme Court
yesterday affirmed the decision of the
Georgia Supreme Court in the case OF
Mrs. Noble, convicted of the murder OF
her husband. She claimed due process
of law had been denied her. The re-
suit Of the decision is that the sentence
imposed by the court can now be ex
ecuted.
Belle Boyd, the famous woman spy
of the Confederacy, is under arrest at
Lexington, KY, for an alleged attempt
to jump board bill. With her hus-
baud and two daughters she went there
last week and lectured at the Opera
House to small audience. The ex'
Coufederates as yet have failed to come
to her rescue.
The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse which left New York Novem-
Der 23d, arrived at Southampton yester.
! day, her speed per hour averaging 22.35
knots, or nearly 26 miles. DeductiDg
25 minutes lost in standing by burn
ing ship, her actual passage was days
16 hours 43 minutes, though she is only
allowed record OF days II hours s
minutes by maritime experts.
At London the lord chief justice is
hearing an interesting case, which is
attracting the attention of club men
and members of the aristocracy there.
1t is the suit of a money-lender to re-
cover from an officer of the guards,
named Clay, the sum of ELL, 113, due
on two promis5ory notes cashed for
Lord William Nevill. Lord Nevill is
charged by Lieutenant Clay with OBJ.
tanning his signature to the notes by
| fraud.
A dispatch from Havana says Cap
tain General Blanco crushed in the
bud yesterday the first overt act of
hostility against the establishment of
autonomy. This hostility was on the
part of irreconciliables led by Weyler
partisans. The police raided print
ing ofice and seized large number of
printed articles. They were headed
Viva WeyioT, huu COutdlucu SloIA-
ication of Weyler and virulent abuse
of the United States and General
Blanco.
Ia Chicago yesterday in the Luetgert
trial court convened at p. m. when the
attorneys for the defense announced
that they had been unabls to reach an
agreement as to the judge to hear the
case in their consultation with States
Attorney Deneen. Attorney Harmon
entered exceptions to Judge Gary's
overruling of his motion. Attorney
Harmon then made motion fora con-
tiuuance of four weeks, stating that
both he and Attorney Reise were not
prepared to 60 on, and wished time to
read the records of the former trial.
This was overruled after some discus
cussion. Examination of talesmen was
then commenced.
THE CASE OF MR.. FOWLKES.
The special committee appointed by
the Sons of Confederate Veterans in
Richmond RI eyamine the avideuca and