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saturday evening oct. 7, 185*3.
Even the worst and most general
financial depressions are only tempora?
ry. There i.s always a reaction that is
more permanent. The existing low tide
j a business and the consequent deprecia?
ted price of property must soou be fol?
lowed by a revival of activity in all the
lines of trade, and an advance in real
estate will be tbe necessary result. Of
all the cities in the country none affords
a better opportunity for profiting by
the confidently expected coming of bet?
ter times than Alexandria. The capi?
ta] o: the nation must rapidly increase
in size and population.and tbe overflow
of the latter must come here, as a great
deal of it has already done. The re?
cent large special edition of tbe Ga?
zette, which has been circulated in all
parts of the. country, opened t he eyes
of strangers to the unexcelled, if equal?
ed, advantages possessed by Alexandria
for profitable investments, either for
speculative or business purposes, and
its attractions as a place of residence
cannot be over estimated. Numei ous in?
quiries from strangers concerning the
city have been the legitimate result.
Tteal estate here is now at low wale;1
mark,and wise investers will not allow
tbe favorable opportunity to escape.
Mr. O'eeeeaxl says "it was bis in?
tention at the time be was nominated
for Cioveruor to resign, so that his seat
in Congress could be filled at the regu?
lar election :u November, but condi?
tions have .-ince changed, and comjdi
Cations have arisen which have caused
him to halt iu the fulfillment of that
intention." ft would have been much
better for Mr. OTerrall if be had not
halted in the execution of bis wise in-j
tantion. The wiser democrats of the
State did not favor Air. OTerralfs
nomination, and unfortunately for bis
par.y.as well as for himsetf,his refusal to
resign bis seat in the U. S. House of
Representatives, so that it might be
filled at the general election next
mouth, and thus save the State the ex?
pense of a special election, has not in?
duced them to change their minds.
Man IS born to trouble as the sparks
fly upward, and this is as true of asso?
ciations of men as it is of individuals.
The late trouble in the Alexandria
v lub, therefore, is not at all strange.
Bui no trouble was ever more expedi
tiously, practically and satisfactorily
settled to all the parties concerned.
The cause of it was a common one?a
difference between the wets and the
drys, and tbe former, though in the mi?
nority, having offered to purchase the
entire outfit, their offer was accepted on
tbe instant .and the whole atlair was clos?
ed, and all in one evening. The mem?
bers of both sides are w ise men in their
generation, and the example they have
set is one that other associations simi?
larly troubled, if wise, will follow.
There is no sense in ignoring not
on'y pateut.but glaring facts, and when
such reputable democrats as Captain
Garuett in Culpeper county, and Gen.
Imboden in Wasbingtoo,are running for
the legislature against the regular
democratic nominees, and when Mr.
Cock leaves bis old party to head tbe
ponu'ists.and Geoeral Iiossergoe3 to bis
support, and when the democratic can?
vassers say it is almost impossible for
them to evoke any enthusiasm in their
audiences, the assertion that the demo?
cratic State ticket will be elected by
the largest majority such a ticket ever
received, seems to conservative people
to be little short of silliness.
The New York democracy, in State
convention assembled,has endorsed the
national democratic plaJ form,which de?
clared for the repeal of the federal elec?
tion laws and for that of the silver and
McKinley acts. Tbe democrats cfXew
York are like their leader, Senator Hill,
who '"is a democrat."
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
Washington. D. C, Oct. 7.
Congressman Jerry Simpson, w ho has
been canvassing in Virginia, has re?
turned. He says that so far as he has
seen, there is not the slightest enthu?
siasm among the democrats ihere,but the
populists manifest the greatest atnouut
of it wherever he has addressed them.
He- says his party is handicapped in
Virginia by lack of organization but
that arrangements have been made bv
which their tickets will be distributed
at every polling place in the State on
election day. He also says they lack
money, and that he and Mr. Pence
have bad to pay their own expenses.
Congressman Oates of Alabama, tbe
greatest anti-populist fighter in his
State, when asked to-day if he would
speak in Leesburg, Virginia, next Mon?
day, replied that he so intends, as he
wants to tell the people there some
hard and plain common sense.
Representative Meredith and Mr.
Krafft of Alexandria, hunted up Mr.
Quincy, ex-Assistant Secretary of State,
before he left yesterday, and succeeded
in obtaining an interview with him
relative to Mr. KraflVs application for
a German consulship. Mr. Quincy was
extremely courteous and went over the
case with them at length, and stated
that tbe press of business attending his
official connection with the State De?
partment and the pressure for appoint?
ments to more important consular posi- i
tions had prevented action inMr.Krafll's I
c<\se, which he viewed with favor. He
EaiJ he would recornmend a favorable
consideration of the matter to h? suc
cesor in office.
Basil Lockwood, the negro who
msed a ladder to the window of Ford's
Theatre by which some of the em?
ployees reached the ground after the
fall*of that building, was appointed mes?
senger in the War Department to-day.
The Presidential family moved from
the White House to-day to "Woodley,"
Mr. Cleveland's suburban residence.
Mrs. Cleveland and her babies aud Mrs.
Perrine, her mother,, will remain at
"Woodley," for several weeks in order
that Mrs. Cleveland may fully regain
her strength for the winter season's so?
cial duties. The President will pass
his nights in the country and drive to
the White House in the mornings.
An evidence of the faith some people
here have in the early future growth of
Alexandria is afforded by the fact that
certain people who either have money
or can get it, are now considering plans
for the construction of two double-end
steam ferry boats, with triple expan?
sion engines, with a carrying ca?
pacity of twenty carriages and sis hun?
dred "passeugers, at a cost of $85,000
each, lor a new ferry Hue between this
c ty aud Alexandria, to make half
hourly trip3, and to run until 12 o'clock
a' night, and through the ice, no matter
h >w thick. Among those interested in
the project are some of the stockhold?
ers in the Norfolk line.
I Fifty-tWJ fourt!i-class postmasters
were appointed to-day, of whom 22 will
till the places of removed republicans.
There were no changes in Virginia.
The tenth week of the extraordinary
session ofCongress and the seventh week
of the Senate debate on the silver-pur?
chase repeal bill will commence on
Monday, leaving it still as uucertaiu
as ever when the bill will come to a
decisive vote. One phase of the situa?
tion in the Senate is thus described by
one of its members : "There are eight
republican Senators?Messrs. Teller,
Wolcolt, Jones, of Nevada, Michel I,
Dubois, Pcttigrew ami Power?who are
for silver, opposed not only to the re?
peal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman law, but to any compromise
which would not provide for silver at
least as liberally as that law. There
are four republicans opposed to rc-]?-:d
unless some compromise measure is
substituted for the Sherman law that
will recognize silver as a money metal
?Cameron, Manderson, Perkins, and
Uausbrougb. In addition to these the
four populists, of course, are opposed to
t'.'f repeal of the Sherman law?Peller,
Stewart, Allen ami Kyle, Irby being
accounted a democrat. These are an?
tagonists of the administration from
outside the democratic ranks. The
democratic Seuators nre divided, the
majority being opposed to uncondition?
al repeal. Therefore, if Pie.-ident
Cleveland's position regarding the Sher?
man law is to be sustained, it must be
by tlw votes of the 25 republican Sena?
tors understood to be committed to re?
peal. Now they are confronted by
this question. Shall they wait for tin
democratic majority to agree upon a
compromise, or .-ball they suggest one,
or shall they stand squarely for uncon?
ditional repeal ? Between these lines
of policy the republicans are halting,
but i; is believed the majority are in
favor of allowing the responsibility of
meeting the .?ituation, to rest ou the
shoulders of the democratic majority.
The impression to-day is thut if the dem?
ocrats can hold a quorum, the uncondi?
tional repeal bill will be passed, for the
reasons that it is the ardent wish of
the President that it shall be, and that
his term of office will not evpire for
three years and a half.
Senator Harris this morning intro?
duced a resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee of live
Scuatois to investigate theFord Theatre
disaster and report whether the gov?
ernment should compensate the sutler
ers by that disaster lor the injuries sus?
tained by them. Under the resolution,
if it be decided that they should be con>
peusated, the comm:ttee is directed to
investigate each individual case, and
r-port the amount of compensation
that should be allowed to each person.
The Secretary of the Navy received
a cable dispatch from Captain Picking,
the commauder of the United States
cruiser Charleston, at Rio. this morning,
as follows: "Admiral Mello having
been informed that the government
would dismount guns in the city, said
he would net again fire upon the
place." This undoubtedly means that
the threatened renewal of the bom?
bardment of Kio Janeiro has been
abandoned, and it is supposed that the
truce between Mello and Peixotto was
arranged by the commanders of the
foreign vessels stationed in the harbor.
The District of Columbia Commis?
sioners have not yet made their report
to the Senate District of Columbia
committee on the bill to allow the Alex?
andria and Mount Vernon Electric
Railroad Company to build a bridge
across the Potomac at Arlington, but if
they had, no action would have been
taken upon it, as the railroad's attor?
ney, Col. Anderson, has requested that
the hill shall not be considered until
his return from Chicago, next month.
Secretary Herbert denied to-day a
sensatioual report that the Navy De?
partment was investigating the origin
of charges made that the new cruiser
New York was of faulty construction
and built of poor material. He had
uever heard such an investigation even
suggested; it certainly had not been in?
augurated and there was no truth iu
the charges if any such had been made.
The New York was one of the best
built ships in the Navy.
Mr. Bankhead, chairman of the
House of Representatives committee, to
whom the selection of a site for the
proposed new government printing
office has been referred, says the com?
mittee has inspected the several sites
that have been offered, and will meet
oa Tuesday next to determine which
one shall be selected. He says that so
f.ir there has been no expression of the
committee or any member of it to indi?
cate whnt lot will be chosen. The Ma
hone-Windsor lot is one of those that
have been offered. It is three or four
blocks north of the present government
printing office.
The conference between the secreta?
ry of the Virginia democratic St??- com?
mittee and the Virginia congressional
delegationyc-terday eveningdid not ma?
terialize, as the arrival of the secretary
at the place of meeting was delayed.
He subsequently met three or four of
the members of the delegation and re?
quested them to induce certain good
stumpers among their congressional
associates to go to Virginia next Mon?
day and make speeches at the different
court houses. They complied with his
request, but met with little encourage?
ment, as every member is expected here
at noon on Tuesday, when the vote on
the bill to repeal the federal election
laws will be taken.
Archer Brooks was appointed post?
master at Williamsburgh, Va., to-day.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Mr. Benedict, not having hi en
Dominated fo~ Secretary of State, tu
New York, will, it is dow said, be ap
j pointed Public Printer by Mr. Cleve
j land.
The return of several of the relief
; parties from the storm-stricken districts
, of Louisiana fully confirms the news of
j Wednesday as to the list of those
! drowned or killed. A correct list
! swells the total number to 2.541. This
' will be increased some 200 or 300 when
news from the Louisiana coast is all in.
A letter dated September 29 from
Rio -ays that, by order of the govern?
ment, an aitempt was made under cov?
er of the British flag to blow up an in?
surgent man-of-war. The plot was dis?
covered in time and was frustrated by
the Britisli scpuadron. A telegram from
Kio says that during the last bombard?
ment a shell struck the London and
Brazilian Bank. The British minister
advised the bank otiicials and other
business men to close their doors.
During the argument in the Rev. W.
II. H. Powers divorce case at Towson,
Md., yesterday, Mr. Robert Roddy,
counsel for Mrs. Powers, called Mr.
Wm. S. Keech, counsel for Mr. Pow?
ers, a liar. Mr. Keech's son made a
dash for Roddy, and for a time there
was a lively scene. During the argu?
ment Mr. Roddy made this statement:
"The vestry of Trinity Church have
taken the position of rendering moral
and financial support to a man who is
capable of casting aspersions upon the
character of a defenceless woman, and
who can then come into this court and
plead his poverty to avoid giving her
the means wherewith to defend her?
self." _ _
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Mr. Luther Luckett, son of J. C.
Luckett, died at Hamilton on Thursday
of consumi tion. aged 4<J years.
Mrs. Maty E. Blincoe died recently
at the home of her son-in-law, Wm.
Ankers, in I.oudoun county, aged 74
years.
Mr. Tin -. Martin's friends claim that
he will obtain the support of a majority
of the I> gislature over ail competitors
for the U.S. Senatorsbip.
Rev. Dr. P. A. Peterson, a prominent
member of the Virginia conference.
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
died in Richmond yesterday.
Dr. George B. Stevens, of Albemarle
county, died yesterday at Iiis home,
near Ivy Depot. He once represented
Albemarle county in the House of Del?
egates.
Jas. K. Maddux has bought the Bud
i decke farm tin Bethel road, near War
' teuton, for $3,100 and will convert it
into a stock farm on which "hunters"
w ill be a specialty.
Mr. Henry Fairfax, of Loudottn, will
have at the Frederick, Mil., fair a
splendid lot of English coach horses,
which w ill form a unique feature of the
live stock exhibit.
The house of.T. W. Fry, near Lovetts
ville, Loudottn county, was burned last
j Suuday together with most of its con?
tents. The fire was discovered while
the family were at dinner.
Mr. Walter .1. Anderson, of Caroline
county, who was arrested a few days
ago, charged with misappropriating
State funds, and released on bail, has
tendered his resignation as commission?
er of revenue for that county.
Three and a half days of the Circuit
Court at Orange Courthouse this week
were taken up by the, hearing of the
case of Ma jor and wife against the C.
A O. Railway Co. for ?5,000 damages.
Tbe result of the trial was a verdict for
defendants.
Rev. C. W. Trawick, of New Or
leaus, has accepted the position as an
associate in church and college work
with Rev. A. P. Saunders, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Freder
I icksburg, and president of the Freder
icksburg Collegiate Institute.
The Mary Washington monument
has arrived at Fredericksburg, and the
work of removing it fvom the depot to
the site in the northwestern part of the
city has been in progress for several
days. The time for the unveiling has
not yet been named. An interesting
programme will be arranged for tbe oc?
casion.
Noel C. Dyer, a clerk in the offices of
the Norfolk and Western railroad, at
Roanoke, was fatally stabbed in the
neck yesterday by David H. Mitchell
during a quarrel. Dyer went into
Mitchell's grocery store to settle an ac?
count of $14.03. He accused the latter
of slanderiug him. A quarrel resulted,
the lie was passed and the stabbing
followed. Mitchell gave himself up
and is in jail. Dyer was at one time in
the real estate business in Roanoke.
He leaves a wife and child. Mitchell is
a young man.
Baxtor Holts, colored, was yester?
day acquitted in the County Court at
Lexington of the charge of criminal as?
sault on Mrs. Y. A. East, of Raphine,
in Rockbridge county, some time in
June last, the woman failing to give
date. The trial was held behind clos?
ed doors, and no one permitted to en?
ter except those interested. Mrs. East
is a white woman of some thirty-five
years, has two or three pretty, inter?
esting children, and is a widow of a
few years. Her husband was a highly
respectable farmer. She comes from a
good family, and was carefully raised,
and is of a sound mind.
Demented.?Physicians in Washing?
ton yesterday made an examination
into the mental condition of the Rev
John T. James, the whisky smasher, at
the request of Sanitary Officer Frank".
The physicians agreed that his cont i
tion was such that he should be con?
fined in an asylum for fear of doiDg
himself or others serious bodily injury.
Rev. Chanier and other friends, who
sympathise with Mrs. James, interested
themselves yesterday, ard agreed after
the examination to see that he was re?
turned f ? h's former home in Loudoun
county. He has never been violent at
home, and his wife thinks she can keep
him under restraint. He will be re?
leased from the Washington workhouse
and given over to her care to-day.
A Splendid Edition.?The Alex?
andria Gazette, one of the oldest
and best papers in Virginia, issued a
superb number on Saturday, Sept. 16th,
of 22 pages, giving "a picture of Alex?
andria and a review of her business in?
terest*." Each page is embellished
with illustrations of prominent business
houses and residences, as well as por?
traits of the officials and leading busi?
ness men of that prosperous city. 'The
Gazette is to be congratulated upon
its long and useful career, and deserves
the hearty support of those who appre?
ciate public spirit and enterprise. Lon^
live the Gazette.? Valley Virginian, " ?
j FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
washington. Oct. 7, 1S93.
senate.
j Mr. Wolcott (rep. Col.) offered th'n
i following resolution, which went over
! till Monday :
Resolved, That the Senate commit
| tee on finance he instructed to report
a bill for the coinage of gold and silver
in accordance with the policy set forth
in the bill reported by the* committee
August 2Sth, 1893, being House of Rep
Ben tali ves bill No. l.fJL'nis refers to ttie
declaratory section of the Voorhets
bill in respect to the parity of the gold
and silver dollars.)
Mr. Harris (dem. Tenn.) offered a res?
olution for tho appointmeut of :\ select
committee of five Senators to investi?
gate the Ford's Theatre disaster.
Referred.
The silver purchase repeal bill was
theu taken up, and Mr. Vooihees,
chairman of the finance committee,
said:
"I desire this morning to state, in
the hearing of the Senate and of the
country, that on Wednesday next, af?
ter the meeting of the Senate, I shall
ask it to continue in session until a
vote is taken on the pending measure ;
and I shall ask aud expect Senators to
maintain a quorum fur the transaction
oi business until the end is reached of
this protracted struggle. I might say
more, but more is not necessary. I
give tbis notice in order that Senators
may govern themselves accordingly in
the performance of the duty which
they owe to the public."
Mr. Roach, democrat, of North Da?
kota, addressed the Senate in favor of
tho repeal of the Sherman act. but ex
pressed a desire that there should be
some legislation in connection with it
that would recognize silver as legal
tender money. The people whom be
represented were, he said, deeply in?
terested in the question and it was his
duty to give voice to their sentiments.
No one objected to the repeal of the
Sherman act: but the real contention in
the Senate was between immediate re?
peal, with subsequent possible legisla?
tion affecting silver, on the one side,
and actual legislation, previous to and
iu connection with repeal, on the other
side. With the latter class he Lad the
honor to coincide. He asked for some
legislation in connection with repeal
that would recognize the use of silver
as legal tender money, and its continu?
ed coinage.
Mr. Roach was followed by Mr. Al?
len, populist, of Nebraska. A sugges?
tion to procure a senatorial audience
for him was made by Mr. Stewart, re?
publican, of Nevada; but Mr. Allen
said he did not want Senators to hear
him.
"All right," said Mr. Stewart, "but
if they were here they would learn
something."
'?They will learn something whether
they are here or not," Mr. Allen re?
marked; and then he went on with his
speech against the repeal bill.
house.
Ten democrats and twelve republi?
cans were in the chamber when the
House met to-day.
Mr. Hicks, republican, of Pennsyl?
vania, denied the statement attributed
to him yesterday in the press that he
had declared that the Senate was the
laughing stock of the country, and that
the Tucker bill was intended to humil?
iate the President.
The federal election bill was then
taken up.
Mr. Everett, democrat, of Massachu?
setts, did not deny the constitutional
power of Congress to pass the laws,
but he did not believe that it had the
moral right to do so. The same cor
ruptiou at elections had gone on under
these laws as had gone on before the
time of their passage. The laws were
impotent and inefficient, and they
should be removed from the statute
books. Granting that Congress had
the right and power to pass these laws,
granting the efficiency of them, he
would still repeal them, because he
was a union man; because Massachu?
setts was a union state; and he wanted
every vestige of these laws swept away
(applause). He wanted to wipe from J
the statute books the last relic of sec?
tional spirit. He would remove every
law that grew out of the war.
Mr. Grosvernor, republican, from
Ohio, said that Massachusetts would
not permit her distinguished son to say
that that great State was in favor of the
repeal of the 13th, 14th and 15th
amendmen?\o the constitution. And
that was the position taken by the gen?
tleman from Massachusetts. He ridi?
culed the Chicago platform, and
thought that it should be referred to a j
master in chancery to find out wuat in
the name of God it did mean anyhow.
He went on to ridicule the democratic
party for its demoralized condition.
There was, he said, revolution iu one
wing of the Capitol and demoralization
in the other.
Mr. Hepburn, republican, of Iowa,
defended the election laws, which he !
contended gave every voter in the
country the right to vote as be pleased.
The pending bill was but the prelude
of an attempt to overturn the whole
fabric of the government.
The Lucania Beats the Record.?
The Cunard steamship Lucania arrived
off the Sandy Hook lightship at 10:05
last night. This beats the record for
transatlantic vovages held by the In
man steamer Paris, by 50 minutes, the
Lucaoia's time being 5 day, 13 hours
and 25 minutes. The Cunard Company
sent the Lucania to the dock just be?
fore sailing and had her propellers
altered, so as to give them a pitch more
conducive to speed. On the ruu the
Luncania averaged nearly twent3'-one
miles an hour. The distance is 2,787
miles. The best previous record was
held by the Paris, which made the pas-1
sage in 5 days 14 hours and 24 minutes.'
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Vigilant Wins the Ilacc.
New York, Oct. 7.?To-day was the
date fixed for the second of the series
of five races for the America cup, but
t!ie committee decided that Thursday's
race should be resailed to-day. There
fore the course to-day will be the .-am ?
as that sailed Thursday ; that is, fifteen
miles to leeward and return. This,
with the wind holding from the same
direction, will made the distance to be
covered about forty miles, the extra
ten miles being added through the
yachts being compelled to beat to wiud
ward. Thursday's lluke does not ap?
pear to have dampened the enthusi?
asm of those interested in the races.
As nearly as large a fleet of ocean
steamers, steamboats, tugs and yachts
as was out Thursday followed the
racers to-day. The outlook is very
good for a race to-day, as it will be
beautilul overhead, with a smooth sea.
The wind has settled in the northwest
and is freshening,with a velocity now of
17 mile The course will be east by
south.
Both yachts started at about 11:25,
the Valkyrie crossing the starting line
about one length ahead. The Vigi
laut turned the stake boat at 1:50 and
the Valkyrie nine minutes later.
The Vigilant crossed the finish line
at 3:31 followed by the Valkyrie at 3:3S,
the American yacht beating her rival
bv seven minutes.
The Revolt in Brazil.
Buenos Ayres, Oct. 7.?A report is
current in Rio Jaueiro that the diplo?
matic body has warned President Pei
xoto that if his force bo not (vultdrawn
from the Capital by Sunday next the
foreign powers will recognize the in?
surgents as belligerents.
montevideo, Oct. 7.?Information
reached here last night that Admiral
Mello, commanding the insurgent
squadron in the bay of Rio Janeiro, has
ordered Peixoto to abaudon the city
within 48 hours or the fleet will re?
sume h.- bombardment of the city.
IVixoto, however, refuses to yield.
The diplomatic corps in Rio has noti?
fied Admiral Mcllo that he must ab?
stain from throwing shot into the unde?
fended parts of the town, otherwise the
foreign ships in the harbor will be or?
dered to prevent the bombardment.
Foreign News.
London, Oct. 7.?A dispatch from
Calcutta states that there lias been a
serious disturbance in Cabu!. Malik
Jan Khan, assistant commander-in
chief of the army, abused a Sepoy be?
longing to one of the regiments, where?
upon the Sepoy's company fired a vol?
ley, Killing Malik. The mutineers
were caught on the same day and eleven
of tItem were blown from the cannon's
mouth.
madrid, Oct. 7.?The Moors have
reappeared before Melilla and have cut
entrenchments some distance from the
fort. They have a strong position aud
the Spaniards will hardly be able to
storm it before receiving large rein?
forcements. The total Moorish force is
at least 14,000.
Berlin, Oct. 7.?General Kirchbach,
a Prussian army officer tried this morn
ill* to kill Dr. Haricb, sub-editor of the
Tayeblatt, who some time since pub?
lished an item to the efiTect that the
General's daughter had eloped w ith a
family servant.
Both sides in the Senate are prepar?
ing for a decisive battle on the uncon?
ditional repeal bill, which is expected
to take place on next Wednesday. The
advocates are talking of continuous
st-ssions with a hope of forcing a vote
the latter part of next week.
At the New York democratic State
convention yesterday Mr. Bourke Coch
ran's name was left ofl'the State com?
mittee.
Mr. James II. Burgess, a well-known
citizen of Winchester, died Thursday,
aged eighty-five-years.
Catd from Mr. Douglas.
To ''it F..'. o." >.\e . U' :a ulri* Gazette:
Sir?I notice in your issue of the 4th inst,
the statement that 'the county delegates to
the convention are reported to favor Mr.
Thompson." This is a mistake, as three of |
the five delegates arc avowed Douilas men.
one Thompson man and one uncertain.
Respectfully yours.
Will. W. Douglas.
Ballston, Alexandria county, Va.
October G, 1S93.
[A county delegate was to-day asked about
the al?ovc and replied that he did not know
that even one of the delegates was for Mr.
Douglas.]_
List of Unclaimed Leiters.
The following is a list of the letters re?
maining in the Alexandria, Va.. pos-toffice
Oetol>er 7.
Persons calling for letters will please say
they are ad vei twed.
Advertised letters not called fur within two
weeks will be sent to the dead letter office.
Asbton. Lee Gray, Connie
Bencier, Be trie Laup, Bev W If
Brown. Bird Lehmann, David
Clark. Mr- Lose, Miss Mai jr
Coleman, EDM Mills, B I'
Crawford, Mrs C Miller, W H
Cu minings, Miss Helen PloIlL Jessie
Ccrmptun, EH Porter. William
EPic.t John Proctor. Andrew
ESemming^fi B L Robinson. Miss May
Fralick. ^hn W Tancil. Miss Helen
GarbeevG B Taylor, Mrs Mary
Gibson, James Whi^e. Jas C
PARK AGNEW. P. M.
ONE KEG SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA
BRANDY for medical use, just received
by H.C.WALLACE
_900 Kipg street
HAVE YOU seen those BIN TRAYS with
photographs of President and Mrs.
Cleveland in the center that we are offering?
_E. J. MILLER & 80S.
MAXIMUM. Minimum. Clinical. Standard,
Dairy and Brewers' Thermometers,
Hydrometers, Aneroids. Baiomcters. <fcc.. for
sale by E. S. LEADBE\TER & SONS.
ARM WAGONS, a car load of FABM
WAGONS in store and forste '<*y
HERBERT BRYANT.
No. 117 King Street.
F
~F YOU want to have your WATCH repair
. ed properlv, go to
H. W. WILDT,
106 north Royal street
G
OOD FAMIL-V FLOUR, 2>:2c per pound
at J. C. MILBURN.
I TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
j The Massachusetts State republican
! con\eutiou at Boston nominated Fred?
erick Greenhalge for Governor aud
Roger Wolcott for Lieutenaut-Gov
ernor.
Three train rubbers aud one member of a )
I.idi.iit posse were killed on Thursday in a
pitched battle which took p,ace in a blinding
sunw stomi near Two Medicine creek, Mon?
tana, on the cast slope of the Eocky Moun?
tains, not far from Kalispcil.
Prince Bismarck left Kissingen for Fried?
richsruh to-day. He looked weak and wor?
ried, moved with difficulty and responded
orly fi eoly to the enthusiasm of the crowds.
More cases of yellow fever continue tobe
reported at Brunswick, Ca.
Congressman Meredith in De?
mand.?In an interview with a news?
paper reporter the attendant at the bu?
reau of information in the Pennsylva
nia railroad depot iu Washington says :
"Virginians give us more trouble
than all the rest of our customers.*'
He was interrupted just here by the
advent of another inquisitor who ask?
ed "What time does Mr. Meredith's
train get in?" After tho information
had been given aud he had left, the re?
porter asked, "What did he mean by
that?" "Why, he was one of those
same Virginians I was alluding to," re?
plied the attendant. "I am accustom?
ed to those queries now. Of course
you have heard of Congressman Mere?
dith, of Virginia. Well, he has the
(mis)fortune to represent a section im?
mediately adjacent to Washington, and
his constituents actually worry him so
that he has no peace" from the time
that he lands iu Washington until he
leaves. He lives at his home in Vir?
ginia, and during the sessions of Con?
gress comes to Washington every
morning. He is invariably met at the
train by au army of office seekers from
his district, who gather around him the
i moment he arrives, and worry him to
! death. He has lately adopted a ruse
whereby he avoids them. He has ob?
tained permission from the master of
traius for 'his' train to slow up just out?
side of the depot and he debarks there
and makes a short cut for the Capitol
through the Botanical Gardens. Sev?
eral of his torturers have gotten on to
this ruse and they make complaint to
me, appearing to thiuk that I am re?
sponsible."
Gone Wrong.?Fleming H. Loving,
paying teller of the First National
Bank, of Roanoke, is short in his ac?
counts $2,055.75, and he has disappear?
ed. Loving is a young mau not over
thirty and is married and highly con?
nected. He has been in the sei vice of
the First National Bank for several
years, and as paying teller for two
years. Ho has been regarded by as an
exceptionally efficient officer, but it is
known that he has been leading a fast
life for a year or more. His peculations
were committed during the last three
months and were discovered wheu the
examinat ion for tbequarterly statement
Was made yesterday. The greatest
part of h'S thefts were accomplished by
false certification as to the amot'nts he
h id placed in packages. Loving has
not been at his post of duty t-ince Wed
nc day and his whereabouts are un?
known. The officers of the bank made
a statement yesterday evening in which
they say that the bank will not lose a
dollar and that Loving has sufficient
property to reimburse his bondsmen.
Mr. Loving is well-known in this city.
MONETARY ANlTcOMMERCIAL.
New York, Oct. 7.?The stock market
was eii.'emely dull this morning. But few
of the speculative shares were bought moder?
ately in anticipation of a favorab'e baok re
turn. The yacht race is the topic of discus
I sion to the exclusion of almost pveiything
else aud the traders evinced but little interest
in business. At 11 a. m. speculation was
stiady iu tone.
Baltimore. Oct. 7.?Virginia consols? :
do 10-40s-;do 3s 64a65.
Alexandria Market. October 7.
The market to-day was dull ami heavy
with li.u'ht tiausactious. The few sales made
were at yesterday's quotations. Wheat Ola
00, and Corn 52a53.
Baltimore. Oct. 7.?Flour quiet and un
r-haiiged. Wheat i|iiict; No 2 red spot
60%; Oct aJVO&Jfc; Dec 7<'7?i71; May
7o1-.ja7'4,>) ; steamer No 2 red ti?'.jaO? '.j:
milling wheat by sample OSnOS^j. Corn
weak ; mixed spot 47a 17'-i; Oct 46*^a467/g;
year lO'^ asked ; white coru by sample 53a
55; yellow do 52a53. Oats steady: No "J
white Western 30'?>aH7 : No 2 mixed do 34
a35. Bye quiet; No 2 52*53. Hay active;
?rood to choice timothy $14 50 to $16 00.
Provisions steady.
Chicago. Oct. 7.?Wheat Ort 641&a64%;
Dec 67 '?.a07-\, ; Mav 75'j. Corn?Nov3!>'C ;
Dec '.i'Jhx ; May 42'?. asked. Oafs?Oct 27%
asked; Dec 2S'4; May ?l1... Pork ?Oec
$16 95 ; Jan $14 52. Lard?< let ?0 70; Jan
$8 42. Short Ribs?Oct S8 65 ; Jan $7 75.
9 CASES LADIES' WINTER VESTS, cx
? tra heavy, better than ever sold before
at the price 25c, at
CHAPMAN'S. 424 King street.
"VTEW STOCK OF OLD WINES?Ma
Li deria, Sherry and Port on draught and
bv the bottle, for sale by
_ H. C. WALLACE.
FINE IMPORTED BAY BUM, in 1 pint
and in half-pint bottles, or in any quanti?
ty as wanted. For sale by
_E. S. LEADBEATEB A SONS.
FINE quality DBESS GINGHAMS, beauti
ful patterns, reduced from 12h,c to He
per yard, fast colors, at
_AMOSB. SLAYMAKER'S.
ALARGE ASSORTMENT OF GING
HAMS, apron and dress styles, for 5c
per yard, just received by
_AMOS B. SLAYMAKER.
WE HAVE just opened a fine assortment
of BLANKETS, double, from 75c a
p iir to S5.50 at
_AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'S.
ZEPHYR DRESS GINGHAMS usual price
12fyfi, now selling at Sc per yard, beau?
tiful styles, at
_A MOS B. SLAYMAKER'S.
TJMJNT A ALLEN
Agents for the celebrated
ASHLEY BROMIDE OF ABjgNK WATER
2^ DOZEN MENS* UNLAUNDERED
O SHIRTS, linen bosom, double back,
?etied seams at 39c, at
_CHAPMAN'S. 424 King street.
ODDS and ENDS in CHILDREN'S*' UN
DERWARE for the fall and winter at
about half pi ice, at
_CHAPMAN'S, 424 King street
AFINE LOT OF COFFEE guaranteed
strictly pure, Old Java, Rio, Laguayra,
iust received by
_*_H.C.WALLACE.
f^f \ CASES EOTAL RED TOMATOES,
OU ISOJ packing, "^'^j^^Jj^
URE PICKLING VINEGAR and FRESH
SPICES for sale by J. C. M1LBURN.
ms:niei \ \i,.
CLOSE CALL!
I had a terrible pain
at my heart which,
fluttered Jaeossat,:.
ly. Had no appetite
and COUld nrt sleep.
Had to sit up in bed
to breathe. There
was a feeling of op?
pression about t v
heartland I coold not
, sw eep a room with
nut resting. Had
ig| i> boon treated by nhy
sleians and tiu.-n
medicines without effect until I used
tV.Miles' New Heart Cure, which completely
cured me."- Mr-. 11. F.. Starr, Pottsvllle, Pa.
New Heart Cure is sold by all druein.st-i on
:x positive 'guarantee, or sent by Dr. MID -,
: IctHcalCo.; Elkhart, Ind.. *1 a bottle. 6 for &
c tn tains no opiates. Dr. Miles' Pills, 50 d<w13t
i". cento. Tree book at drugglata or by mall.
FOE SALE by E.S. LEADBEATEB & SONS
Alexandria, Va.
CayarrH ELY'S
!Clo;m<os the Na?
sal Pa-.^aire*.
Allays I'ain ami
Inflammation.
iHcals the Sores.
Restores 1 ho
IScnses of Taste
and Smell.
HAY-FEVERtby thI cube
A particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 50 cents at druggists; ly
mail, registered. 00 cents.
ELY BROTHERS,
05 Warren street. New York.
a clp of
delicious to the taste, invigorating
and strengthening to the body,
made in one minute from
Only 30 cts. for a full pound package.
Free sample oa application tor.-;:. .'? ? on
eon cuss rnr
.1. C. MILEURX.
II. C. WALLACE.
sep22 co.?,m (!. WM. ramsay.
tl.NANClAI..
BURKE & HE R Ii E R T
BANKEPvS,
asd i)kalkes in
j INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
A Gcncial Banking business transacted.
Deposit? received subject to check at sight.
Collections made
Letters of Credit and Foreign Exchange
furni?hed._
First National Bunk,
Af.EX* SD'tiA, VA.
Corner Lee and Prince streets.
JOS. BRODEES. Resident
CHAS. E. HOOIT. Cadi*'.
Promp pnco?;ou givcii to p.!I bushie? in
uliililiu ??nllmi?;o*i urmijbwH lUo I'.i'.eO
Saur? pud Eo-o-ie. _
besom wheat i i wm. h. lambkkt
President J j Cashier.
Citizens' Nat'l. Bank.
CAPITAL $100,000.
SURPLUS $20,000
Collections made and promptly remitted.
All kiuds of investment securities a spo
cialty.
Directors?B. Wheat, E. L. Daingerfield,
P. B. Hooe, W. B. Smoot, F. L. Smith.
BOOKS ANT) STATIONKKY.
SCHOOL BOOKS & SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
The largest stock of new and second-hand
School Books ever offered at lowest prices.
We have never been undersold, for we buy iu
the lowest market for cash and give our cus?
tomers t lie benefit. All OUr books are cover?
ed with DYSON'S UNEXCELLED COVER,
which tits the book like a glove and lasts
longer than any other made. They have
stood the Ui?t for six years. School Bags are
lower than ever. All makes, from 5c to $1.
Slates covered and plain, double anil single,
fiom :>c to 30c Composition Books, a new
line, I, 3, 4. 5. 10, 15 and 25c. All we ask
is a look at one liuc, and you will lie satisfied
that the liUle stoio ca:? and does soli.goods
low. S. F. DYSON & BCO.. 508 Ein? st..
ang28_Next to the Opera House.
New School Goods.
When times are bald buy to the best ad?
vantage. ' Remember ypu willSAVE MONEY
by buying SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL
SUPPLIES of every description
At French's Book Siore,
417 & 419 Kinc St.. Alexandria, Va.
HEADQUARTERS for everything n* I
the School Room. Be sine to" examine our
line before purchasing. We have the larjo-t
variety and best values in
SCHOOL ROOKS. NEW AND SECOND
HAND.
Composition Books. Student Nute Book?.
School Straps, Slates?plain anil covered
frames. Scholars Compmioiis. ,v<- . ,vc.
SCHOOL BAGS of every description, made
in oilcloth, Duck, Leather, Cloth and Netted
Goods.
A beautiful line of Writing Tablets for pen
or pencil cheaper than ever.
Don't forget that with every book purchased
at FRENCH'S you get one ofHolden'a P. ? nl
Book Covers, by far the best cover madi
are imitated, hut never eqoaled). Jobber of
miscellaneous school books and school de*ks
and furniture. Supply the trade with every
thing in the Book and Stationery line. This
bouse is characterized by its promptness, care?
fulness and Low Price. B. W. FRENCH
FANCY JELLY, CUBED APRICOTS
Choice Sundried Peeled Peaches and
Fancy Evaporated Apples, just received by
GRAIN CRADLES. Hay Bakes and Grass
Scvthes, wiio'cs-le aDd retail at
JAS. F. C A RL1N 6c SONS',
315 Kin? street Alexandria Va. _
JUST received a large and fine assortment
of FALL DRESS GINGHAMS which wo
are selling at G\c and 8c per yard.
WE HAVE just received a pretty line of
DBESSGINGHAMS; fat styles, which
we are offering at fP^t at
1CASE BEAUTIFUL DBESS GING?
HAMS at S*i>c, in remnants 4 to 12 yds,
at S'?c, worth lli'.jc. s?t
_CHAPMAN S. 424 King street
4CASES CANTON FLANNEL 6, 8 and
10c, at
_ CHAPMAN'S. 424 King street.
/^VUTING reduced from 8c to 6^c per yard,
J. ( . MlLBl.'KN.
AMOS B SLAYMAKEB.
AMOS B. SLAYMAKEB'S.