Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-05
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


| In the big election in Lancashire,
England, yesterday the silver men won
Parliamentary victory.
The tombstones in the old Peregoy
burying ground, near Ridgeway Park,
Baltimore, have disappeared.
The report that Queen Victoris sent
congratulations to e1-President Cleve-
land upon the birth of son is positive
ly denied.
Mr.. James Edward Macfarland died
at his residence. in Washington, yester-
terday. Mr.. mcfarland was born at
Petersburg 60 years ago.
! Oscar Hammerstein theatrical man
ager and owner of the Olympia, the big
music hall in New York, yesterday
made an assignment; liabilities S75, 900.
| Capital has been provided in London
for cable from Bermuda to Jamaica,
30 that England will not be dependent
on American lines for communication
with the West Indies.
Intelligence has reached the Navy
Department that the Carnegie and
Bethlehem companies have purchased
the right to use the Krupp process in
manufacturing armor plate.
Special commissioners of the Agri.
cultural Department. who have been
making an investigation in Alaska re-
port that it will cost 5000 an acre to
prepare the soil for cultivation.
Presley Ennis, living near Leipsic,
DEL, gave his wife severe hofsewhip-
ping yesterday because she put his
razor away without cleaning it. She
will clean the razor properly next time.
Brother Alexiua, provincial of the
Xaverian Brothers of the Baltimore
district, has purchased for his order
sixty-fve acres of land, at Old Point
Comfort, upon which will be established
a new Xaverian college.
James Riley was convicted at Cum
berland, Md, yesterday, of al attempt
to commit abortion upon Cecilia Am
brose. After the conviction Riley
married the woman, and it is believ-
ed the court will dismiss the case.
Complete returns from the 25th dis
trict in New York city show that Mr.
Lewis Nixon was defeated for Alder
man by q son of the late Gen. Sher
man, by small majority. Mr.. Nixon
was one of the few Tammany candi
dates who were defeated in New York
city.
On account OF au unfounied rumor
that the man who last week cut with a
knife several children in the western
section of Baltimore. had entered Male
and Female Colored School No. z, in
that city, yesterday, caused panic
among children and parents and the
school had to be dismissed.
Mr.. Richard Croker was stricken
with 80 serious an attack Of illness in
his room at the Murray Hill Hotel, in
New York, last night, that he was not
allowed to see any one outside oftwo or
three intimate friends and his physi-
cians. Nothing definite could be OBJ.
tanned from either of the doctors.
Between two hundred and fifty and
three hundred deer were shot in differ
ent parts of Long Island on Wednes-
day. It is estimated that fully two
thousand hunters beat about the woods,
and that any deer are still alive to furn.
ish sport for another Wednesday is due
t, the fact that the average sportsman
Of that region doesn't invariably bit
what be shoots at.
Ripley, the county seat of Jackson
county, w. Va, had in its streets an
armed mob, which surrounded the Jail
yesterday evening bent on overcoming
the guards and lynching John Nor
gan, who was captured in the woods
aud brought to town. He killed Mrs.
Green and son and daughter Monday.
Kate Green. who escaped from him,
died to-day of exhaustion and from
wounds received at the hands of Nor
gan. Judge Blizzard made personal
appeal to the mob. The judges plead
ing prevailed and the mob dispersed
The Louisville, Ky, Courier Journal,
of which Henry Watterson is editor,
and which has led the fight against
free silver In kentucky, and has been
pronounced gold democratic organ
for three years, yesterday announced
editorailly that it has quit the fight and
will hereafter side with the democracy,
supporting it when possible, but not
opposing it at any time. The decision
is caused by the emphatic declaration
of Kentucky voters for free silver. Mr..
Watterson announces that Tuesdays
! vote was 30 decisive that he has no
Wish nor purpose to challenge it.
NORFOLK VOTE CANyAssED.-The
commissioners of election of Norfolk
county stole march on the anti fusion
party yesterday morning. The latter
we're to have been present with counsel
at the capvassing of the vote
of Norfolk county, which, it
had been announced, would take
place at noon in the Office of the
county court. At that hour William
NICK. Woodhouse and other prominent
anti -fusionists were on hand at the ap-
pointed place, Neither clerk nor com
missioners could be found, however,
for the board had met shortly after 6
o'clock, and canvassed the vote in Sc
cret. The anti.fusionists were angry
and demanded to be shown the books,
but they were under lock and key,
and could not be produced in the ab.
sence of the clerk. Mr.. Woodhouse ex-
pressed his qualification at the course
Tho commissioners hovo takan for he