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ALEXANDRIA, YL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30. ACCORDING TO Mr. Randall, the adminis¬ tration will support, to the extent of its I .gitimate power, the plank in the national democratic platform relating to the tariff. If that be so it is all the revenue tariff men in the country expect, but no more; for that plank declares, as plainly as words can ex¬ press, for a revenue tariff, and for only such incidental protection as such a tariff can afford. Indeed Mr. Randall, himself, much a* he fa\ored a high tariff in the last Con- g ess is on record as expressing the delib¬ erate opinion that a tariff imposed for pro¬ tection only, (as is the case with the exist¬ ing tariff on many of the necessaries of life) is unconstitutional and agaiust the spirit of froe institutions. The Constitution gives Congress the power to impose duties upon imports, but it does so upon the plainly ex¬ pressed condition that that power must be exercised only for the purpose of paying the debts and providing for the public defence; aud nowhere does it sanction a tariff that increases the protils of a few rich manufac¬ turers at the expense of all the other peo¬ ple of the country. Alt tariff* are unjust, inasmuch as they mu*t of necessity operate unequally, the burden falling upon those least able to bear it, but a revenue tariff is the nearest approach to what should be the democratic doctrine of free trade lhat is now- attainable, and the democracy of those who oppose such a tariff may well be questioned. The statement that the last act of the caucus of the republican Senators was to resolve that they would oppose the con¬ firmation of any democratic partisan who, during the Senatorial recess, might be ap¬ pointed because his predecessor was an "offensive partisan," or who had caused the removal of a republican, mav be correct, but need not give the democratic appointees any uneasiness, for the good and sutiicient reason that every republican Senator, ex¬ cept the two from Virginia, expects to have some of his personal friends either retaiued in or appointed to office by the administra¬ tion, and as reasonable creatures they could entertain no such expectation if they really intend to aulanoni/.e it in the matter of the appointment of its own friends. The course of Messrs. Garland and La¬ mar as Cabinet ministers, that is if report* from Washington be true, is inexplicable, as it is at direct variauce with what those mostlamiliar with their past history had been naturally led to expect. ludeed some of their recent acts and reported words not unnaturally revive memories of Postmaster General Key, who weut tagging about the country with the fraud Hayes apologizing for having been a Confederate, thereby im¬ pugning either his own sense or his sin¬ cerity. TRTAL OF CLUVEBIUS. In the Cluverius trial yesterday three or four witnesses were recalled and questioned upon points in their evidence. The re¬ mainder of the morning session was occu¬ pied in the examination of correspondence between Lillian Madison aud Lulu Dun- stan. At the afternoon session a paper was read in relation to that correspondence to the effect that the two had corresponded from the spring of 1S84 until December 9 of the same year. G. W. Quick, a student at Richmond Col¬ lege, testified that he aitended the Moody meetings iu January last. He saw the pris¬ oner at one of the meetings, about nine o'clock at uiglit, but did not remember the date of the meeting. At this point the defence stated that they were through with their testimony, with the exception of oue or two witnesses who were not present. The prosecution then recalled Captain Epps, and questioned him as to the accura¬ cy of some statements made by William B. Cluverius, brother of the prisouer. Captain Epps contradicted the testimony of the prisoner's brother iu a number of essential points. Calvert Harris, colored, testified to a transaction he had with the prisoner in con¬ nection with getting a watch belonging to witue-M from Herman Joel. The prisoner made him pay $2.50 for a magistrate's en¬ dorsement on the order for the watch. Sev¬ eral other wiluesses were called, but failed to answer, and the court adjourned uutil to¬ day. How they Feel..Representative Skin¬ ner, of South Carolina, says his district "embraces a great part of the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. The people there re¬ member very vividly that twenty-four years ago the republican party came into power and at once turned out every democratic in¬ cumbent of a light-house and replaced him with a republican. They are simply mysti¬ fied, therefore, that, the democratic regime being renewed, republicans should still be fonnd trimming the light house lamps. The wonttofit is that to them it appears as if Chese republicans were to keep on trimming them. It would not be disagreeable to them to be practically disabused of that idea." And so say many others. Luminous Base Balls..Charles Shelton the leading druggist of Bridgeport, Conn., baa discovered a compound which, when ap¬ plied to a base-ball, renders that object lu¬ minous. One of the draw backs of playing base-ball at night under the electric light is the inability to see the ball when thrown or ^batted into the air with the black night background of sky behind it. By saturat¬ ing it with Mr. Sbelton's compound the ball while Id motion is luminous. Atreat it does not give out any light. The illuminating ball retains its meteoric irritation for forty- five minutes. Two or three, therefore, would be required to play a game of nine innings and several could be kept ill pickle to that end. EDITOBIA.L BREVITIES. Three genuine mummies from Peru have arrived in New \ork. .The office of wood-sawyer's clerk is oc- casioually alluded to, and now a beggar has been found in New York with a valet. .It cost the Government $900,000 to r - pair the old wooden vessel Mohican-abou three time the amount a new ^ better man-of-war could have been built for. $545,208 were spent on the Omaha, a ^Sandfbrd Clinton Sisco, who is in the jail in Hackensack, N. J., under sentence to be hanged on the 5th of June for the murder of Abram Gumee, devotes most of his time to the writing of sermons. Of such, some think, is the kingdom of heaven. .Charles Crawford, the defaulting treas- urer of Oswego, N. Y.t fount) himself *000 short in his accounts. He confided his trouble to a parish priest, who advised him to speculate on margios. He took the a ^ vice,and in a few days found himself *26,000 short instead of $G00. .Victor Hugo took that step into the sba'low from which all mortality shrinks as thought it covered a misfortune. He spen t his youth amid the doubts of Voltaire, and in his old age, wheu dying, he declined the offices of the Archbishop. How far the terrible agony of bis last hours might have been mitigated if be bad been possessed of a triumphant faith will never be known. i»jf my kingdom were of this world, then would my soldiers fight," were the words of "Him who spake as never man spake." But a disciple calling himself a member of the "Salvation Army," now holding forth in Glove.rsville, N. doesn t seem to take ihe hiut. He recently cow- hided a uesv'ripaper correspondent in that city for publishing something objeetional to .L. Roseuzweig, of Cleveland, O., has received $40,000 from the Lake Shore Rail¬ road Company. The plaintiff was ejected from cue of the defeudaut's trains. It was a limited express, and the conductor refused to accept a regular ticket or money for Rosenzweig, who was a passenger from Cleveland to Erie. Mr. Rosenzweig fell on a pile of stones when he was put off the train, and paralysis was the result. He sued for $100,000. .Mary Hilliard aud others have com¬ menced an action in the Supreme Court, Kings county,N. Y.,against Frederick Smyth and Henry Alcock, trustees and executors of Thomas Gunning, decea:ed. They allege that Thomas Gunning died possessed ol property worth fully S2S.OOO, of which $10,500 was left to the plaintiff aud others, the balance to be expeuded in prayers for bis soul aud the souls of his family and all the souls that may be in purgatory. The bottle containing the remainder ol the pVisr.ned water which was primarily the cause of ex Secretary Frelinghuysen's death was sent to a chemist for analysis, and be¬ sides a large quauiity of aconite, alcohol was found iu it. The theory is that the bottle had bjen filled without washing and had been used for acouite liniment at some sta ble. Driukers of all sorts of bottled liquids run great risks Careless persons purchase the same and after drinking the contents nse the bottles for every purpose before re^ turning them, iu many instances, doubtless, making them the receptacle for bed bug poison. .William Sussack, a cabinot-raakoi, re- aiding in Brooklyn, secured a patent for a merry-go-round and for some weeks past has been ongaged iu building one at Coney Island. Sasiack's wife lias frequently tried to induce htm to forego what she termod his foolishness aud stick to his trade. About teu days ago, while Sassack was iu bed, ehe went to his box where he kept his papers, contracts, &c., and, taking out its contents, threw them into the stove and then told him what she had done. She was much mortified, however, when her hus band informed her that he had had $100 in greenbacks iu the bundle she had destroyed. That theie is much reason for the com¬ plaints agaiust the modern jury system is evinced by the following : George Steinson, principal of the public school at Outten berg, N. J., was receutly sued by John Dwyer in the Second District Court, Jersey City. Judge McDermott. rendered judg ment against Steinson. The pedagogue filed an appeal boud. A few days later he called at the court and asked to be per¬ mitted to see this bond. It was shown him, and he left ostensibly to show it to his counsel and promised to return it imme¬ diately. Wheu the clerk of the court met Steinson and inquired about the boud the pedagogue, in an insulting manner, replied, "I burned it." He was indicted and tried for larceny, aud, although the fact was ad¬ mitted that the bond had been taken, the jury, to the surprise of the court and prose¬ cutor, gave a verdict of not guilty. NEWS OF THE DAY. The May exports from Baltimore were valued at $2,403,770. The town council of Plymouth has been indicted by the grand jury for criminal neglect of their official duties in not keeping the town in good sanitary condition. Charles Denby, of Indiana, has been ap¬ pointed minister to China, aud James W. Whelpley, of New York, assistant treasurer of the Uuited States. Secretary Manning yesterday dismissed four chiefs of divisions. The Protestant Episcopal Con\eotionof Maryland closed its session yesterday. The convention refused to cbanee the rule re- quiring a two thirds separate vote by the clergy and (be laity lor the election of a bishop. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular to customs officers informing them that the appropriation for expenses in collecting customs revenue will be ex-; hausted by the end of May and no payment for services or expenditures in June can be made until an appropriation by Congress. Charles Naylor, a burly negro, was ar- ! rested in Baltimore yesterday on a warrant sworn out by Henrietta Andeison, colored,! charging him with outraging her nine-year-1 old daughter. The outrage was perpetrated a week ago, but has been kept quiet until Naylor was captured. The details are par- ticularly revolting, and the girl, who is very small for her age, is seriously ill from the injuries she sustained. FROM WASHINGTON. 18peel*] Correspondence of the Alexandria Gacette. 1 Washington. D. Cm May 30,1886. Mr. Gray, the collector of customs at Alexandria, is in the city to-day. He says the reason he informed the Treasury De¬ partment that the inspectorship at that port could he done away with was the fact that under the new shipping law, which only went into effect this spring, the duties of that position were practically abolished. He says, however, that under that law, when¬ ever there may be need for an iuspector the collector is authorized to employ one temporarily. Mr. Gray also says that, owing to the reductions in the fees made by the law referred to. the collectorship at Alex¬ andria is only worth about three hundred dollars a year, but that as the collector is also the custodian of the public building, under another law it is discretionary with the Secretary of the Treasury to allow him a sum not exceeding four huodred dollars a year for performing the duties of the latter position, and that if his successor will take the proper steps he will accept the office with that understanding aud Will consequently be entitled to that amount. Sir. Gray also says the administration seems to be moving very slowly, for though his term expired a week ago his successor has not yet been ap pointed, and that if pleasure or business called him away he would either shut up bis office, or else, as the more respectful proceeding, turn it over to his deputy and ask for leave of absence, as his bond holds him until relieved by his successor. Congressman Mills, of Texas, who in a speech delivered ia the House of Represent¬ atives just before the adjournment of the last session of Congress, spoke of Mr. Cleve¬ land as "the republican democratic Presi¬ dent," went to the White House and Post- office Department yesterday to see about his home postoffice, but cot such short com¬ mons at both that he came away no better disposed toward the administration than when lie went. A gentleman from liberty, Bedford coun¬ ty, Virginia, here to day, says that several people in that towu are suspected of coin plicity iu the recent lynching of young Ter ry, and that he understands some in the ad¬ joining country don't attempt to conceal theirs, but that it would be daugerous for the law officers to attempt to arrest them. It. is learned at the PostoHice Department to day that C'ol. L. W. Reid is not an appli¬ cant for the postoffice at Alexandria, an was ireuerally reported both here and in Alex¬ andria, and that the only applicants for that position are Major Herbert, Air. Caton aud Mr. Van Auken, with chances consid erably in favor of the former. It said here by tbo3e who know that a gieat deal of the blame thai is cast upon the President for the distribution of the federal ptronage belongs to certain demo¬ cratic members of Congress who, while really opposed to the President's conserva live policy in that, respept, and so express themselves to their friends, go to the White House and llatter him by telling him thHt tlint policy is the wisest he can puisuo arid is giving general satisfaction, aud that he need give himself no concern about t he ad¬ verse criticism of certain newspapers, and ihat, too, though these papers are tho best and truest democratic papers in the country. Having given him all the tally he will take, they then a«k either for the retention of a republican officeholder or the appointment of an unlit or undeserving democrat, leav¬ ing the applications of the working, ellec- tive aud deserving members of their party to the fatal pigeon-hole. Col. Robert Bulling, of Petersburg, an old- limeVirginia republican,who is in the city to- lay, says that he and twenty thousand othei good and true iepublicans of his State are grossly insulted by the prevailing impression that they believe iu Mahoue's repudiation schemes and accept him as their leader, and that they will make that fact patent at the next election. He says that while the straighout republicans of Virginia have re¬ publican principles, Mahoue is a republican with democratic principles. He also says that Governor Cameron will support Ma- hone next fall, ami that he only opposes him now because Mahone is doing what he, Cameron, wants to do. It is currently reported here that the rea¬ son Mr. Lock wood, chief clerk of the Inte¬ rior Department, is retained, is because bis retention is asked by many democratic members of Congress. It is also said that Mr. Lockwood knows all about every land grabbing scheme that has passed through that department since it fell into the hands of the republicans. Mr. Stoll, an old and well-known news¬ paper man of Indiana, will, it is said to-day, be made Public Priuter, provided Mr. Rounds, who has strong democratic back¬ ing, be removed. The order of the Secretary of War to re- ase Riel's murderers and incendiaries who crossed the border and were arrested by the IT. S. troops, is tho subject of much ad¬ verse criticism here. Decoration Day was less observed here an on any previous occasion. Usually the holiday is general, aud business of all sorts entirely suspended, and there is a general exodus to soldiers' grave yards or country resorts. But it was not so to¬ day, for most of tho stores, many of the banks, and even some of the District offices were open, the streets presented their every day appearance,and but few people went to the country and fewer still to the cemeteries. Among t ho employees in the Interior Depart ment claiming to be from Virginia are fourteen from the 4th Congressional district.Mahone's: the Secretary's office, one messenger. $400; in Laud (>tlico, two clerks, $000 ench ; in the Pension Office. seven clerks, $900 to $l,800each : the Patent Office, three clerks. $600 to $1,200 ach ; in the Survey Otlice, one clerk, $900. In the 2d Congressional district (Libby's) there are thirteen. In the Land Office, one copyist, Ht$000; Pension Office, eight clerks. £000 to $1,000; Patent Office, two clerks, $1,200 to $1,400; Edu¬ cation, one clerk, $000; Geological Survey, one clerk, $1,600. Mr. Deuby, of Indiana, recently appointed minister to China, is a native of Virginia. His father was of the old business firm of Lancaster, Denby & Co., who in their day were the largest importing merchants at Richmond. It is said that two of tho Department clerks hete from Alexandria county, Virginia, Trimble aud Whalau. tho former, chairman of the Mahone cub of this city, and the latter of the Mahone com¬ mittee of his county, have not only been offensive pArtisans in the past, but were so oven iu the .lection just held in their county, but that they retain their offices all the same. The June number of Our Little Ones has been received from its publishers", the Rus¬ sell Publishing Company, Boston. Id is full of interesting and prettily illustrated stories for children. LIST OF LETTERS. The following is a list of the letters remaining in the Alexandria, Virgiuia, postofliee May 3«>. Persons calling for letters will say they are adver- tised and givo the date of the list. If not called for within thirty days, they will be sent to the dead-letter office, in Washington. Brown, Walter R Murray, Miss M Bell, Miss Mary M Maccord, E Beaty, William Miller, Mrs Elizabeth Clary, Nicolas Pralt & Co, M E Cunningham, W J Recoid, Capt J M Christopher, John Rogers, Mrs Susan Clarke, ET Roberta, Miss M L Foster, H W Scott. Mrs Minnie Grady. J H Smith, Miss Matilda Hill, Mrs Phoebe Summers, Chas P king, MrsCbarlolte Watcon, Charlie Lee, Miss Ccrrie Wood, Mrs Eliza It D. A. WnfDSOB, Postmaster. VIBGINIA NEWS. Capt. George Brown has been ordered to command the Norfolk navy-yard. The Leesburg Waahingtonian appears in a new dress and looks well. The Washing' tonian is an excellent paper. Gen. William Terry,8uperinl.endentof the penitentiary, is rapidly improving, and is now able to see his friends. He has been kept in ignorance of bis son's death. Lieut. C. T. F. Hodgkinson, formerly of the British Navy, but for six or eight years a resident of Fauquier county, died sudden¬ ly at his home about three miles from Wur- renton, last Wednesday. There was a meeting of the buaiuea* ror-n of Norfolk Thursday night, and au invita¬ tion extended ex Governor Thoma9 J. Jar- vis, of North Carolina, recently appointed minister to Brazil, to visit Norfolk as the guest of the city before departing for that country. A meeting of the subscribers and others interested iu the establishment of a new hank in Norfolk, was held yesterday, when formal application to the comptroller of the treasury for permissin to open a natioual bank in the city was approved and signed. The Norfolk National Bank was selected as the name, and committees were appointed to prepare a charter and other papers. Reports received from portions of the Val¬ ley and Southside counties indicate that the democrats, where any contest was made, have made good gains. In Rockingham county, which has been carried by the re¬ publicans and readjlisters for several years, the democrats elect two supervisors in the only townships where party lines were strictly drawn. In some of the large back counties the democrats have a!so made gains. A dispatch from Bordeutown, N. J., says the entire personaf properly of Mrs. Delia T. 8. Parnell, mother of the Irish leader, has been seized at the suit of Joshua J. Tur¬ ner and others, aud is advertised fort?ale on June 1st at Ironsides, Dear Bordeutown. There are sixty vacant clerkships in the Treasury Department which Secretary Man¬ ning has decided not to fill. The Season for July, the illustrated ladies' maga- ziue has been received from the International News Co., 31 Beekman street, New York. "Bight Peart." "I was right peart till the rheumatiz sot in/' said a 8U tiering old inan who lived near the swamp. Fact is, wherever you live you can't be "right peart" if you are a victim of this troublesome disease. Capt. C. W. Hotsenpiller, Springfield, 0., says, ,4I found great relief from inflammatory rheumatism by using Brown's Iron Bitters." Thousand of other people have fuuud aim ilar relief. OFFICIAL. BOARD OF AI.DKRMK.V. A f'H called meeting of tbo Board of Aldermen held May 29, 3885, there were present: E. E. Downturn. esq., President, and Messrs. Moore, Herbert, Strauss, Marbury and Siuoot. The Finance Committee reported an "act to ap- propiate a part of the citv revenue for the fiscal year ending May 31, J886, which was read the third time and passed by the following vote: Ayes.Messrs. Moore. Herbert, Strauss, Marbury, Siuoot and Mr. President.6. Noes.0 Au ordinance for imposing ami collecting li- CJiiSe* within the city of Alexandria for the year commencing on tbe first day of June. 1885 and ending on the 31st day of May, was pre¬ sented by the Finance Committee, read the third time and pas-ed by the following vote: Ayes. Messrs. Moore, Herbert, Strauss Alarbury, Smoot, and Mr. President.6. Noes.O. An ordinance for imposing and collecting taxes on persons, property, income, &e., within the city of Alexandria, Va , for the year beginning on the 1st day of June, 1885, and ending oi: the 31st day of May, 18H<:», was presented by tbe Finance Committee, read the third time and passed by the following vote: Ayes.Messrs. Mooro, Herbert, Stiaius, Marbury, Smoot, and Mr. President.0. Noes.0. A resolution instructing the City Surveyor to erect stones, to mark the building lines, &c., was received from the Common Council and their ac¬ tion concurred in. The Hoard then adjourned. Teste: J no. J. Jamieson*. Clerk. COMMON COUNCIL. At an adjourned meeting of the Common Council of the city of Alexandria, held on the 2!»th day of May, 1885, there were present: Jaiues S. Douglas, csi|. President, and Messrs. Aitcheson, Snowden, Lambert, Fisher, Goodrich, Corbett, Eichberg, Stridor, Nails, S»vecuoy and Peake. An act to appropriate a put of the. city revenue for the fiscal year ending May 31, 18615, was le- ceived from the Board of Aldermen, read three times, and passed by the following vote: Ayes- Messrs. Aitcheson. Lambert. Suowden, Fisher, Goodrich, Corbett, Eichber*,Stridor, Nails, Swee¬ ney, Peake and Mr. President.12. Noes.O A resolution to authorize the City Surveyor to niai k the lines of the streets by stones set in the ground at the intersection of tho centres thereof, was read aud referred to the Committee on Streets. "An ordinance for imposing and collecting li censes within the city of Alexandria, for the year commencing on the 1st day of .lime, 1885, and ending on the 31st. day of May. 1SS(»," was re¬ ceived from the Hoard of Aldermen, read three times and passed by the following vote: Ayes. Metsis. Aitcheson, Lambert, Suowdeu, Fisher. Goodrich, Corbett, Eichberif, St rider, Nails. Swee ney, Peake and Mr. President.12. Noes.0. "An ordinance for imposing and eolle ting taxes on persons, property, income, &c., witliin the city of Alexandria, Va., for the year commencing on 1st June, 1885, and ending on the 31 st May, was received ffom the Board of Aldermen, and parsed by tho following vote : Ayes.M<ssr.j. Aitcheson, Lambert, Snowdcn, Fisher, Goodrich, Corbett, Eichberg, Stridor, Nails, Sweeney, Peake and Mr. President.12. Noes.0. The Board then adjourned. Teste : J am km R. Caton, Clerk. monetary AND COMMERCIAL. Alexandria Maiiket, Miiy 30..The re- c.iipts of Flour are comparatively small, ami tlio markets generally are quiet auil easy, transac¬ tions beiug confined to joh lots. Wheat is steady at the recent decline. The best grades aro in de¬ mand for milling purposes hut lots below prime and choice are dull and hard to move. We quote fair to good Fultz at 92 to 95; choico 96 to 97 ; mixed 95 to 98 and longberry at 100 to 105; very common of either grade from 75 to 85 as to couditiou. Corn without change ; white sold to¬ day at 01 yellow 58. Bye is active. Oats steady. Produce is without material change ia prices. Baltimore,May .'JO.. Cotton quiet and uorni- nal. Flour easy and quiet. Wheat..Southern lower and dull; Western qu'et and easy; .South¬ ern red 95a9H; do a .iber lO3al06; No 2 Western winler red spot and June93l£a94; July 97*97^ ; August 99^199% ; September lOl^alO'J. Corn.Southern easy; Western dull and easy ; Southern white 63at>4; do yellow 52^a53; West- em mixed June 51^{tt51%; July 52*52^. Oats higher; feontbern 3y»42; Western white 40a42: do mixed 38a39; Penua 30a42. Kye easier »t 80j82. Pr.)v sions dull and nominal. Whiskey steady at $1 20a 1 21. Other articles unchanged. MARINE HEWS. TOBTOF A L.-:XA N liMA, MAY 30. 1895. tfun rim* 4 41 Sac s -ts 7 15 akkivbo Schr G C A Travers, Norfolk, lumber to J H D Smoot. PASSED UP. Schr Jas Phelps, Suffolk, for Washington. Window and door screens, aii sizes. for sale at B. W. NALLS, my25 ('or. King and^Washington streets. Latest styles in neckwear, at my23 CHAPMAN'S, 92 King sL Y ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. The Cluverius Trial. Richmond, VTa., May 30..Counsel of both sides iu the Cluverius murder trial this morning spent more than one hour iu con¬ ferring over tbe letters found in Lillian Madison's trunk, which have not already been disposed of. An agreement was reach¬ ed that instead of putting tbe letters in evi¬ dence it should be put on tbe record that the deceased and Emmett Will¬ iams, of Bath county, wrote to each other letters of a loving character he tw«en December 1st, 1S84, and March 5, 1SS5; that there was no engagement of mar¬ riage between them nor any intention of such au engagement; that Williams, who is but 1!) years of age, thought the correspon¬ dence was all in fun, and believed that Miss Madison meant it in the same way, and that he was led to believe so from what she had said. The prosecution then introduced testi¬ mony in rebuttal of that offered by the de¬ fense, principally iu relation to the mous¬ tache alleged to have been worn by the man neeu with a woman on the street car and near the reservoir on the night of March 13. A uuiubcr of witnesses for the defense had sworu that tliey never knew Cluverius to wear a mus¬ tache. Eight or ten witnesses, including Owen Winston, clerk of tho King William County couit. W. Tiller, a justice of the peace, and other equally reliable persons testified positively that Cluverius had worn a slight mustache before March. The Troubles With the Indians.Horrible Bar¬ barities. Tucson, Arz., May 30..A Silver City dispatch says: The bodies of Col. Phillips and his family, who were murdered by Apaches, have heeu brought in, all of them in a horribly mutilated condition. A daughter had been hung alive by a meat hook stuck in the back of her head, and Mrs. Phillips had bad her eyes gouged out and her breasts cut off, and was otherwise brutally mangled. The citizens of this place are frantic that such outrages should be perpetrated without check. Galveston, Tex., May 80..A special to the News from El Paso says: The residents of Socorro, N. M.f are becoming greatly alarmed for their outlying mining and ranching districts. Money is being raised to equip a company of cowboys to pursue (Jerouimo. A traiu left here last night for La9 Crucea, N. M., where it will pick up Major Fountaiu and ninety men who will go at once to the relief of Lake Valley, which is threatened by Apaches. Denver, Col., May 30..A special from Silver City to the Newts says: The Indians are rapidly leaving this section, all in a southerly direction,and are probably beading for the Black Range. No new killings have been reported. Seventeen companies of troops are in the Held, but as yet not one Indian has been taken in by them. The Brazos Biver. Galveston, Tex., May 30..A dispatch to the .Vewe from Waco says: The Brazos river, at nine o'clock last night, bad fallen seven feet from the highest point. At least 150 dwellings and business houses were sub¬ merged. Every available workman has been engaged in clearing the buildings and streets. The estimated damage to city property (not including railroad property) will reach $100,000. Three quarters of this damage was sustained in East Waco. Sev onteen bridges in McLellan county are known to have been washed away. No further loss of life has been reported. Re¬ ports from the country districts indicate that the total loss ou grain crops will not exceed 25 per cent, in this section. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Denver, Col., May 30..A dispatch tolhe Neire from Gunnison,dated yesterday,says: Lust evening as an east-bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad reached a point a few hundred yards from the depot, those in the vicinity saw a flash and hoard a loud report from the direction of the train. Upon examination it was found that an explosive of some kind had been placed under the track and had knocked out pieces of the rails several inches long and shattered one of the driving wheels of the locomotive. The torpedo was evidently intended for an incoming pas¬ senger train from Denver which happened to be an hour late. There is no clue to the perpetrators. Wife Murderer Hanged. Galveston, Texas, May 30..Arcb' e Gib«>n, colored, was banged at Ric^ mon(j yesterday in the presence of 3,0^'j pe0p]e mostly negroes, tor the murd;er of hig wjfe' Clara Gibson, last SeptP^^ Io a fit 0'f jealousy he attacked uerj wh||e picking cot¬ ton, with a knifp^ almost severing her head trom her bo'^.y. He acknowledged the crime, and professed to be going straight to glory. His fcoffin was brought into the cell at his request. He brushed it out with his hand¬ kerchief, and remarked it would be a nice place to rest in. Horrible Tragedy. Port Deposit, Md., May 30..A horrible tragedy occurred at Woodlawn, Cecil coun¬ ty, this morning. Charles P. Barnes shot aud killed his brother-in-law, Thomas E. Barnes, and his twelve-year-old son. Ar¬ thur Barnes, another son, is reported as se¬ riously wounded. The murderer is en¬ trenched in his bouse and is defying the au- thorities with a breech loader and plenty of ammunition. The sheriff here is preparing a posse to secure him. Statue of Victor Hugo. Paris, May 30..A committee of authors and journalists has been appointed, and un¬ der their auspices, a subscription iist has been opened to secure in marble or bronze a proper representation of the late Victor Hugo. The funeral of Victor Hugo, it is expected, will cost the State and municipality at least twenty thousand francs. President Cleveland in New York. New York, May 30..President Cleve- land breakfasted at Secretary Whitney \j house this morning. Shortly afterwards General McMahon arrived with t\v«»j,,.. The General and the Preeideut entend carriage and Secretaries Endieott and U'!llt- ney the other and drove to the \Vin.|<or Hotel. There they were met l«y the recep tion committee of the G. A. R. and escorted to the grand stand where the President to review the parade. While at tin- ilur,.| no cards were sent in to the President. The latter, it is believed, will leave town on >i... day afternoon. The Late Rev. Dr. Stanton. London, May 30.. Rev. l>r. Stum. h j p clergyman who died on board ihe N and who was buried at sea, was 7."» ye:..,,, age. The officers of the ship repot i his death was the result of natniul d.i.u There was nothing surprising in tin- at sea, although he died only the day i ..t the ship reached port. The standing . .ifi. given the captain are that he shall i>mt persons who die at sen unlc.-s the r. of the deceased instruct olherwi>N. The Northwestern Corn Crop Chicago, May 30..Nearly seven columns of brief dispatches to the Times this iik n. ing, from various points in the Stat. - n>m prising the corn belt, show a largely in creased average throughout the nnri Invent, and a fair condition of the plant notuitli [standing the lateness of the season, in parts of Kansas the tields have been plant. >1 three times. The Archbishopric of Dubliu Dublin, May 30..The Free,nan's J>,u, .r asserts that the Rev. Dr. Walsh, of M«v nooth College, will shortly be appoint, .i Archbishop of Dubliu by the Pope. The Pope, it says further, has declared ihat he has not seen Mr. Erriugtou, the semi i.tli. ial representative of England for a year, ai d may possibly never seo him again. Minister Found Guilty St. Paul, Minn., May 30.-The council convened by the First Baptist Church, one of the largest and most important place. .i worship in the city, to investigate chains of untruthfulness and unchastity ajMin-t the late pastor, ltev. P. R. Kidell, hav,. fouud him guilty, anil recommended that he be deposed from the ministrv. Death of Samuel N. Pusey. Wilmington, Del., May .'50..Samuel \, Pusey died at his home here shortly before midnight of a suddeu attack of paralysi- of the heart. He was in his 71st year. lie was one of the founders of the Harlan A Holliugsworth shipyards, which were start¬ ed by himself, Samuel Harlan and Mablua Betts in 1836. Forcible Decoration Milkord, Mass., May 30..Constables to¬ day refused Post 22, G. A. It., entrance to the Catholic cerneteiy in accordance with Father Cuddih^'s orders. The members of the Post, however, climbed over the fence ami decorated the graves, after which they retired. The decoratious were subsequent ly destroyed. General Grant. Nkw \ ork, May 30..Gen. Grant sl«j>i well last night, and euough longer than usual to average his sleep for two days pa-t. Dr. Douglas stayed all night, and said this morning that the pains in the General s ear bail passed away tiud he was feeling better this morning. Earthquake Shock at Gibraltar. London, May 30..Dispatches from Gib¬ raltar state that an earthquake shock wa- felt at that point yesterday. In order to enriYr> the hlooil, hnil t liu-s i in part fresh vigor t»» ail enfeebled sy>.teiii, btimulatc (lagging <ii gestion with tin- na¬ tional invigurant. llos tetter's Stonndi Mil tors, which, l»y iufim- ing energy into t h«> p. operations of tin- Ftom- Hrh. promotes, nay in Euros thorough dige lion and assimilation, ami consequent nutri¬ tion. A gain to i»i>|ie- tite, vij;or and rit-ii. ih invariably f.u,id t.» follow a course of tin,' deservedly, popular tonic which !h moreo'- reliab'o preventive of malarial fev0- ' sale by all DrntTKi^s and IValers L'er tTHllv. AM USEMEjr pv~ ARMOPY HALL ¦uncement Extraordinary. FOURE1' enjngs AND.SATURDAY MATINEE OK COMIC OPERA BY 1HK NEW YORK STANDARD OPERA CO. COM M ENCINO WEDNF,S DA Y K VENIN<i JUNE 3. OLLIVETTE WEDNESDAV EVE. MASCOT THURSDAY EVK. chimes of normasdy. Friday kvk. 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ALEXANDRIA, YLSATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30.

ACCORDING TO Mr. Randall, the adminis¬

tration will support, to the extent of its

I .gitimate power, the plank in the national

democratic platform relating to the tariff.

If that be so it is all the revenue tariff men

in the country expect, but no more; for that

plank declares, as plainly as words can ex¬

press, for a revenue tariff, and for only such

incidental protection as such a tariff can

afford. Indeed Mr. Randall, himself, much

a* he fa\ored a high tariff in the last Con-

g ess is on record as expressing the delib¬

erate opinion that a tariff imposed for pro¬

tection only, (as is the case with the exist¬

ing tariff on many of the necessaries of life)is unconstitutional and agaiust the spirit of

froe institutions. The Constitution givesCongress the power to impose duties upon

imports, but it does so upon the plainly ex¬

pressed condition that that power must be

exercised only for the purpose of paying thedebts and providing for the public defence;aud nowhere does it sanction a tariff that

increases the protils of a few rich manufac¬

turers at the expense of all the other peo¬

ple of the country. Alt tariff* are unjust,inasmuch as they mu*t of necessity operateunequally, the burden falling upon those

least able to bear it, but a revenue tariff is

the nearest approach to what should be the

democratic doctrine of free trade lhat is now-

attainable, and the democracy of those who

oppose such a tariff may well be questioned.The statement that the last act of the

caucus of the republican Senators was to

resolve that they would oppose the con¬

firmation of any democratic partisan who,during the Senatorial recess, might be ap¬

pointed because his predecessor was an

"offensive partisan," or who had caused the

removal of a republican, mav be correct,but need not give the democratic appointeesany uneasiness, for the good and sutiicientreason that every republican Senator, ex¬

cept the two from Virginia, expects to have

some of his personal friends either retaiuedin or appointed to office by the administra¬

tion, and as reasonable creatures they couldentertain no such expectation if they reallyintend to aulanoni/.e it in the matter of the

appointment of its own friends.

The course of Messrs. Garland and La¬mar as Cabinet ministers, that is if report*from Washington be true, is inexplicable,as it is at direct variauce with what thosemostlamiliar with their past history had beennaturally led to expect. ludeed some oftheir recent acts and reported words not

unnaturally revive memories of PostmasterGeneral Key, who weut tagging about thecountry with the fraud Hayes apologizingfor having been a Confederate, thereby im¬pugning either his own sense or his sin¬cerity.

TRTAL OF CLUVEBIUS.In the Cluverius trial yesterday three or

four witnesses were recalled and questionedupon points in their evidence. The re¬

mainder of the morning session was occu¬

pied in the examination of correspondencebetween Lillian Madison aud Lulu Dun-stan. At the afternoon session a paper wasread in relation to that correspondence tothe effect that the two had correspondedfrom the spring of 1S84 until December 9 ofthe same year.G. W. Quick, a student at Richmond Col¬

lege, testified that he aitended the Moodymeetings iu January last. He saw the pris¬oner at one of the meetings, about nineo'clock at uiglit, but did not remember thedate of the meeting.At this point the defence stated that they

were through with their testimony, withthe exception of oue or two witnesses whowere not present.The prosecution then recalled Captain

Epps, and questioned him as to the accura¬

cy of some statements made by William B.Cluverius, brother of the prisouer. CaptainEpps contradicted the testimony of theprisoner's brother iu a number of essentialpoints.

Calvert Harris, colored, testified to atransaction he had with the prisoner in con¬nection with getting a watch belonging towitue-M from Herman Joel. The prisonermade him pay $2.50 for a magistrate's en¬dorsement on the order for the watch. Sev¬eral other wiluesses were called, but failedto answer, and the court adjourned uutil to¬day.How they Feel..Representative Skin¬

ner, of South Carolina, says his district"embraces a great part of the Atlantic coastof North Carolina. The people there re¬

member very vividly that twenty-four yearsago the republican party came into powerand at once turned out every democratic in¬cumbent of a light-house and replaced himwith a republican. They are simply mysti¬fied, therefore, that, the democratic regimebeing renewed, republicans should still befonnd trimming the light house lamps. Thewonttofit is that to them it appears as ifChese republicans were to keep on trimmingthem. It would not be disagreeable tothem to be practically disabused of thatidea." And so say many others.

Luminous Base Balls..Charles Sheltonthe leading druggist of Bridgeport, Conn.,baa discovered a compound which, when ap¬plied to a base-ball, renders that object lu¬minous. One of the draw backs of playingbase-ball at night under the electric light isthe inability to see the ball when thrown or^batted into the air with the black nightbackground of sky behind it. By saturat¬ing it with Mr. Sbelton's compound the ballwhile Id motion is luminous. Atreat it doesnot give out any light. The illuminatingball retains its meteoric irritation for forty-five minutes. Two or three, therefore,would be required to play a game of nineinnings and several could be kept ill pickleto that end.

EDITOBIA.L BREVITIES.Three genuine mummies from Peru

have arrived in New \ork..The office of wood-sawyer's clerk is oc-

casioually alluded to, and now a beggar has

been found in New York with a valet..It cost the Government $900,000 to r -

pair the old wooden vessel Mohican-abouthree time the amount a new ^ better

man-of-war could have been built for.

$545,208 were spent on the Omaha, a

^Sandfbrd Clinton Sisco, who is in the jailin Hackensack, N. J., under sentence to be

hanged on the 5th of June for the murder of

Abram Gumee, devotes most of his time to

the writing of sermons. Of such, some

think, is the kingdom of heaven..Charles Crawford, the defaulting treas-

urer of Oswego, N. Y.t fount) himself *000short in his accounts. He confided his

trouble to a parish priest, who advised himto speculate on margios. He took the a

^vice,and in a few days found himself *26,000short instead of $G00..Victor Hugo took that step into the

sba'low from which all mortality shrinks as

thought it covered a misfortune. He spen t

his youth amid the doubts of Voltaire, andin his old age, wheu dying, he declined the

offices of the Archbishop. How far the

terrible agony of bis last hours might have

been mitigated if be bad been possessed of

a triumphant faith will never be known.i»jf my kingdom were of this world,

then would my soldiers fight," were thewords of "Him who spake as never man

spake." But a disciple calling himself a

member of the "Salvation Army," now

holding forth in Glove.rsville, N. doesn t

seem to take ihe hiut. He recently cow-

hided a uesv'ripaper correspondent in that

city for publishing something objeetional to

.L. Roseuzweig, of Cleveland, O., has

received $40,000 from the Lake Shore Rail¬road Company. The plaintiff was ejectedfrom cue of the defeudaut's trains. It was

a limited express, and the conductor refusedto accept a regular ticket or money forRosenzweig, who was a passenger fromCleveland to Erie. Mr. Rosenzweig fell on

a pile of stones when he was put off thetrain, and paralysis was the result. Hesued for $100,000..Mary Hilliard aud others have com¬

menced an action in the Supreme Court,Kings county,N. Y.,against Frederick Smythand Henry Alcock, trustees and executors ofThomas Gunning, decea:ed. They allegethat Thomas Gunning died possessed ol

property worth fully S2S.OOO, of which$10,500 was left to the plaintiff aud others,the balance to be expeuded in prayers forbis soul aud the souls of his family and allthe souls that may be in purgatory.

The bottle containing the remainder olthe pVisr.ned water which was primarily thecause of ex Secretary Frelinghuysen's deathwas sent to a chemist for analysis, and be¬sides a large quauiity of aconite, alcohol was

found iu it. The theory is that the bottlehad bjen filled without washing and hadbeen used for acouite liniment at some sta

ble. Driukers of all sorts of bottled liquidsrun great risks Careless persons purchasethe same and after drinking the contentsnse the bottles for every purpose before re^

turning them, iu many instances, doubtless,making them the receptacle for bed bugpoison..William Sussack, a cabinot-raakoi, re-

aiding in Brooklyn, secured a patent for a

merry-go-round and for some weeks pasthas been ongaged iu building one at ConeyIsland. Sasiack's wife lias frequently triedto induce htm to forego what she termodhis foolishness aud stick to his trade.About teu days ago, while Sassack was iubed, ehe went to his box where he kept hispapers, contracts, &c., and, taking out itscontents, threw them into the stove andthen told him what she had done. She was

much mortified, however, when her husband informed her that he had had $100 in

greenbacks iu the bundle she had destroyed.That theie is much reason for the com¬

plaints agaiust the modern jury system isevinced by the following : George Steinson,principal of the public school at Outtenberg, N. J., was receutly sued by JohnDwyer in the Second District Court, JerseyCity. Judge McDermott. rendered judgment against Steinson. The pedagoguefiled an appeal boud. A few days later hecalled at the court and asked to be per¬mitted to see this bond. It was shown him,and he left ostensibly to show it to hiscounsel and promised to return it imme¬diately. Wheu the clerk of the court metSteinson and inquired about the boud thepedagogue, in an insulting manner, replied,"I burned it." He was indicted and triedfor larceny, aud, although the fact was ad¬mitted that the bond had been taken, thejury, to the surprise of the court and prose¬cutor, gave a verdict of not guilty.

NEWS OF THE DAY.The May exports from Baltimore were

valued at $2,403,770.The town council of Plymouth has been

indicted by the grand jury for criminalneglect of their official duties in not keepingthe town in good sanitary condition.

Charles Denby, of Indiana, has been ap¬pointed minister to China, aud James W.Whelpley, of New York, assistant treasurerof the Uuited States. Secretary Manningyesterday dismissed four chiefs of divisions.The Protestant Episcopal Con\eotionof

Maryland closed its session yesterday. Theconvention refused to cbanee the rule re-quiring a two thirds separate vote by theclergy and (be laity lor the election of a

bishop.The Secretary of the Treasury has issued

a circular to customs officers informingthem that the appropriation for expensesin collecting customs revenue will be ex-;hausted by the end of May and no paymentfor services or expenditures in June can bemade until an appropriation by Congress.Charles Naylor, a burly negro, was ar- !

rested in Baltimore yesterday on a warrantsworn out by Henrietta Andeison, colored,!charging him with outraging her nine-year-1old daughter. The outrage was perpetrateda week ago, but has been kept quiet untilNaylor was captured. The details are par-ticularly revolting, and the girl, who isvery small for her age, is seriously ill fromthe injuries she sustained.

FROM WASHINGTON.18peel*] Correspondence of the Alexandria Gacette. 1

Washington. D. Cm May 30,1886.Mr. Gray, the collector of customs at

Alexandria, is in the city to-day. He saysthe reason he informed the Treasury De¬partment that the inspectorship at that portcould he done away with was the fact thatunder the new shipping law, which onlywent into effect this spring, the duties ofthat position were practically abolished. Hesays, however, that under that law, when¬ever there may be need for an iuspectorthe collector is authorized to employ one

temporarily. Mr. Gray also says that, owingto the reductions in the fees made by thelaw referred to. the collectorship at Alex¬andria is only worth about three hundreddollars a year, but that as the collector isalso the custodian of the public building,under another law it is discretionary withthe Secretary of the Treasury to allow hima sum not exceeding four huodred dollars a

year for performing the duties of the latterposition, and that if his successor will takethe proper steps he will accept the office withthat understanding aud Will consequentlybe entitled to that amount. Sir. Gray also

says the administration seems to be movingvery slowly, for though his term expired a

week ago his successor has not yet been appointed, and that if pleasure or businesscalled him away he would either shut upbis office, or else, as the more respectfulproceeding, turn it over to his deputy andask for leave of absence, as his bond holdshim until relieved by his successor.

Congressman Mills, of Texas, who in a

speech delivered ia the House of Represent¬atives just before the adjournment of thelast session of Congress, spoke of Mr. Cleve¬land as "the republican democratic Presi¬dent," went to the White House and Post-office Department yesterday to see abouthis home postoffice, but cot such short com¬

mons at both that he came away no betterdisposed toward the administration thanwhen lie went.A gentleman from liberty, Bedford coun¬

ty, Virginia, here to day, says that severalpeople in that towu are suspected of coin

plicity iu the recent lynching of young Terry, and that he understands some in the ad¬

joining country don't attempt to concealtheirs, but that it would be daugerous forthe law officers to attempt to arrest them.

It. is learned at the PostoHice Departmentto day that C'ol. L. W. Reid is not an appli¬cant for the postoffice at Alexandria, an was

ireuerally reported both here and in Alex¬andria, and that the only applicants forthat position are Major Herbert, Air. Catonaud Mr. Van Auken, with chances considerably in favor of the former.

It said here by tbo3e who know that a

gieat deal of the blame thai is cast uponthe President for the distribution of thefederal ptronage belongs to certain demo¬cratic members of Congress who, whilereally opposed to the President's conservalive policy in that, respept, and so expressthemselves to their friends, go to the WhiteHouse and llatter him by telling him thHttlint policy is the wisest he can puisuo aridis giving general satisfaction, aud that heneed give himself no concern about t he ad¬verse criticism of certain newspapers, andihat, too, though these papers are tho bestand truest democratic papers in the country.Having given him all the tally he will take,they then a«k either for the retention of a

republican officeholder or the appointmentof an unlit or undeserving democrat, leav¬ing the applications of the working, ellec-tive aud deserving members of their partyto the fatal pigeon-hole.

Col. Robert Bulling, of Petersburg, an old-limeVirginia republican,who is in the city to-

lay, says that he and twenty thousand otheigood and true iepublicans of his State are

grossly insulted by the prevailing impressionthat they believe iu Mahoue's repudiationschemes and accept him as their leader, andthat they will make that fact patent at thenext election. He says that while thestraighout republicans of Virginia have re¬

publican principles, Mahoue is a republicanwith democratic principles. He also saysthat Governor Cameron will support Ma-hone next fall, ami that he only opposeshim now because Mahone is doing what he,Cameron, wants to do.

It is currently reported here that the rea¬

son Mr. Lock wood, chief clerk of the Inte¬rior Department, is retained, is because bisretention is asked by many democraticmembers of Congress. It is also said thatMr. Lockwood knows all about every landgrabbing scheme that has passed throughthat department since it fell into the handsof the republicans.Mr. Stoll, an old and well-known news¬

paper man of Indiana, will, it is said to-day,be made Public Priuter, provided Mr.Rounds, who has strong democratic back¬ing, be removed.The order of the Secretary of War to re-

ase Riel's murderers and incendiaries whocrossed the border and were arrested bythe IT. S. troops, is tho subject of much ad¬verse criticism here.Decoration Day was less observed herean on any previous occasion. Usually

the holiday is general, aud business of allsorts entirely suspended, and there is a

general exodus to soldiers' grave yards or

country resorts. But it was not so to¬day, for most of tho stores, many of thebanks, and even some of the District officeswere open, the streets presented their everyday appearance,and but few people went tothe country and fewer still to the cemeteries.Among t ho employees in the Interior Depart

ment claiming to be from Virginia are fourteenfrom the 4th Congressional district.Mahone's:

the Secretary's office, one messenger. $400; inLaud (>tlico, two clerks, $000 ench ; in the

Pension Office. seven clerks, $900 to $l,800each :the Patent Office, three clerks. $600 to $1,200

ach ; in the Survey Otlice, one clerk, $900. Inthe 2d Congressional district (Libby's) there arethirteen. In the Land Office, one copyist, Ht$000;Pension Office, eight clerks. £000 to $1,000;Patent Office, two clerks, $1,200 to $1,400; Edu¬cation, one clerk, $000; Geological Survey, oneclerk, $1,600.Mr. Deuby, of Indiana, recently appointed

minister to China, is a native of Virginia. Hisfather was of the old business firm of Lancaster,Denby & Co., who in their day were the largestimporting merchants at Richmond.

It is said that two of tho Department clerkshete from Alexandria county, Virginia, Trimbleaud Whalau. tho former, chairman of the Mahonecub of this city, and the latter of the Mahone com¬mittee of his county, have not only been offensivepArtisans in the past, but were so oven iu the.lection just held in their county, but that theyretain their offices all the same.

The June number of Our Little Ones hasbeen received from its publishers", the Rus¬sell Publishing Company, Boston. Id isfull of interesting and prettily illustratedstories for children.

LIST OF LETTERS.The following is a list of the letters remaining in

the Alexandria, Virgiuia, postofliee May 3«>.Persons calling for letters will say they are adver-

tised and givo the date of the list.If not called for within thirty days, they will besent to the dead-letter office, in Washington.

Brown, Walter R Murray, Miss MBell, Miss Mary M Maccord, EBeaty, William Miller, Mrs ElizabethClary, Nicolas Pralt & Co, M ECunningham, W J Recoid, Capt J MChristopher, John Rogers, Mrs SusanClarke, ET Roberta, Miss M LFoster, H W Scott. Mrs MinnieGrady. J H Smith, Miss MatildaHill, Mrs Phoebe Summers, Chas Pking, MrsCbarlolte Watcon, CharlieLee, Miss Ccrrie Wood, Mrs Eliza

ItD. A. WnfDSOB, Postmaster.

VIBGINIA NEWS.Capt. George Brown has been ordered to

command the Norfolk navy-yard.The Leesburg Waahingtonian appears in a

new dress and looks well. The Washing'tonian is an excellent paper.Gen. William Terry,8uperinl.endentof the

penitentiary, is rapidly improving, and isnow able to see his friends. He has beenkept in ignorance of bis son's death.

Lieut. C. T. F. Hodgkinson, formerly ofthe British Navy, but for six or eight yearsa resident of Fauquier county, died sudden¬ly at his home about three miles from Wur-renton, last Wednesday.There was a meeting of the buaiuea* ror-n

of Norfolk Thursday night, and au invita¬tion extended ex Governor Thoma9 J. Jar-vis, of North Carolina, recently appointedminister to Brazil, to visit Norfolk as theguest of the city before departing for thatcountry.A meeting of the subscribers and others

interested iu the establishment of a new

hank in Norfolk, was held yesterday, whenformal application to the comptroller of thetreasury for permissin to open a natioualbank in the city was approved and signed.The Norfolk National Bank was selected as

the name, and committees were appointedto prepare a charter and other papers.Reports received from portions ofthe Val¬

ley and Southside counties indicate that thedemocrats, where any contest was made,have made good gains. In Rockinghamcounty, which has been carried by the re¬

publicans and readjlisters for several years,the democrats elect two supervisors in theonly townships where party lines were

strictly drawn. In some of the large backcounties the democrats have a!so madegains.A dispatch from Bordeutown, N. J., says

the entire personaf properly of Mrs. DeliaT. 8. Parnell, mother of the Irish leader,has been seized at the suit of Joshua J. Tur¬ner and others, aud is advertised fort?ale on

June 1st at Ironsides, Dear Bordeutown.

There are sixty vacant clerkships in theTreasury Department which Secretary Man¬ning has decided not to fill.

The Season for July, the illustrated ladies' maga-ziue has been received from the InternationalNews Co., 31 Beekman street, New York.

"Bight Peart.""I was right peart till the rheumatiz sot

in/' said a 8U tiering old inan who livednear the swamp. Fact is, wherever youlive you can't be "right peart" if you are avictim of this troublesome disease. Capt.C. W. Hotsenpiller, Springfield, 0., says,,4I found great relief from inflammatoryrheumatism by using Brown's Iron Bitters."Thousand of other people have fuuud aimilar relief.

OFFICIAL.

BOARD OF AI.DKRMK.V.A f'H called meeting of tbo Board of Aldermen

held May 29, 3885, there were present:E. E. Downturn. esq., President, and Messrs.Moore, Herbert, Strauss, Marbury and Siuoot.The Finance Committee reported an "act to ap-

propiate a part of the citv revenue for the fiscalyear ending May 31, J886, which was read thethird time and passed by the following vote:Ayes.Messrs. Moore. Herbert, Strauss, Marbury,Siuoot and Mr. President.6. Noes.0Au ordinance for imposing ami collecting li-

CJiiSe* within the city of Alexandria for the yearcommencing on tbe first day of June. 1885 andending on the 31st day of May, was pre¬sented by the Finance Committee, read the thirdtime and pas-ed by the following vote: Ayes.Messrs. Moore, Herbert, Strauss Alarbury, Smoot,and Mr. President.6. Noes.O.An ordinance for imposing and collecting taxes

on persons, property, income, &e., within the cityof Alexandria, Va , for the year beginning on the1st day of June, 1885, and ending oi: the 31stday of May, 18H<:», was presented by tbe FinanceCommittee, read the third time and passed by thefollowing vote: Ayes.Messrs. Mooro, Herbert,Stiaius, Marbury, Smoot, and Mr. President.0.Noes.0.A resolution instructing the City Surveyor to

erect stones, to mark the building lines, &c., wasreceived from the Common Council and their ac¬tion concurred in.The Hoard then adjourned.Teste: J no. J. Jamieson*. Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL.At an adjourned meeting ofthe Common Council

of the city of Alexandria, held on the 2!»th day ofMay, 1885, there were present: Jaiues S.Douglas, csi|. President, and Messrs. Aitcheson,Snowden, Lambert, Fisher, Goodrich, Corbett,Eichberg, Stridor, Nails, S»vecuoy and Peake.An act to appropriate a put of the. city revenue

for the fiscal year ending May 31, 18615, was le-ceived from the Board of Aldermen, read threetimes, and passed by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. Aitcheson. Lambert. Suowden, Fisher,Goodrich, Corbett, Eichber*,Stridor, Nails, Swee¬ney, Peake and Mr. President.12. Noes.OA resolution to authorize the City Surveyor to

niai k the lines of the streets by stones set in theground at the intersection of tho centres thereof,was read aud referred to the Committee on

Streets."An ordinance for imposing and collecting li

censes within the city of Alexandria, for the yearcommencing on the 1st day of .lime, 1885, andending on the 31st. day of May. 1SS(»," was re¬

ceived from the Hoard of Aldermen, read threetimes and passed by the following vote: Ayes.Metsis. Aitcheson, Lambert, Suowdeu, Fisher.Goodrich, Corbett, Eichberif, Strider, Nails. Sweeney, Peake and Mr. President.12. Noes.0."An ordinance for imposing and eolle ting taxes

on persons, property, income, &c., witliin the cityof Alexandria, Va., for the year commencing on1st June, 1885, and ending on the 31 st May,

was received ffom the Board of Aldermen,and parsed by tho following vote : Ayes.M<ssr.j.Aitcheson, Lambert, Snowdcn, Fisher, Goodrich,Corbett, Eichberg, Stridor, Nails, Sweeney, Peakeand Mr. President.12. Noes.0.The Board then adjourned.Teste : Jam km R. Caton, Clerk.

monetary AND COMMERCIAL.

Alexandria Maiiket, Miiy 30..The re-

c.iipts of Flour are comparatively small, ami tliomarkets generally are quiet auil easy, transac¬tions beiug confined to joh lots. Wheat is steadyat the recent decline. The best grades aro in de¬mand for milling purposes hut lots below primeand choice are dull and hard to move. We quotefair to good Fultz at 92 to 95; choico 96 to 97 ;mixed 95 to 98 and longberry at 100 to 105;very common of either grade from 75 to 85 as tocouditiou. Corn without change ; white sold to¬

day at 01 yellow 58. Bye is active. Oatssteady. Produce is without material change iaprices.Baltimore,May .'JO.. Cotton quiet and uorni-

nal. Flour easy and quiet. Wheat..Southernlower and dull; Western qu'et and easy; .South¬ern red 95a9H; do a .iber lO3al06; No 2 Westernwinler red spot and June93l£a94; July 97*97^ ;August 99^199% ; September lOl^alO'J.Corn.Southern easy; Western dull and easy ;Southern white 63at>4; do yellow 52^a53; West-em mixed June 51^{tt51%; July 52*52^. Oatshigher; feontbern 3y»42; Western white 40a42:do mixed 38a39; Penua 30a42. Kye easier »t80j82. Pr.)v sions dull and nominal. Whiskeysteady at $1 20a 1 21. Other articles unchanged.

MARINE HEWS.TOBTOF A L.-:XA N liMA, MAY 30. 1895.tfun rim* 4 41 Sac s -ts 7 15

akkivboSchr G C A Travers, Norfolk, lumber to J H D

Smoot.PASSED UP.

Schr Jas Phelps, Suffolk, for Washington.

Window and door screens, aii sizes.for sale at B. W. NALLS,

my25 ('or. King and^Washington streets.

Latest styles in neckwear, atmy23 CHAPMAN'S, 92 King sL

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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.

The Cluverius Trial.Richmond, VTa., May 30..Counsel of both

sides iu the Cluverius murder trial thismorning spent more than one hour iu con¬

ferring over tbe letters found in LillianMadison's trunk, which have not alreadybeen disposed of. An agreement was reach¬ed that instead of putting tbe letters in evi¬dence it should be put on tbe recordthat the deceased and Emmett Will¬iams, of Bath county, wrote to eachother letters of a loving character hetw«en December 1st, 1S84, and March 5,1SS5; that there was no engagement of mar¬riage between them nor any intention ofsuch au engagement; that Williams, who isbut 1!) years of age, thought the correspon¬dence was all in fun, and believed that MissMadison meant it in the same way, and thathe was led to believe so from what she hadsaid.The prosecution then introduced testi¬

mony in rebuttal of that offered by the de¬fense, principally iu relation to the mous¬

tache alleged to have been worn by the manneeu with a woman on the street car andnear the reservoir on the night of March 13.A uuiubcr of witnesses for the defense had sworu

that tliey never knew Cluverius to wear a mus¬tache. Eight or ten witnesses, including OwenWinston, clerk of tho King William Countycouit. W. Tiller, a justice of the peace, and other

equally reliable persons testified positively thatCluverius had worn a slight mustache beforeMarch.The Troubles With the Indians.Horrible Bar¬

barities.Tucson, Arz., May 30..A Silver City

dispatch says: The bodies of Col. Phillipsand his family, who were murdered byApaches, have heeu brought in, all ofthem in a horribly mutilated condition. Adaughter had been hung alive by a meathook stuck in the back of her head, andMrs. Phillips had bad her eyes gouged outand her breasts cut off, and was otherwisebrutally mangled. The citizens of this placeare frantic that such outrages should beperpetrated without check.Galveston, Tex., May 80..A special to

the News from El Paso says: The residentsof Socorro, N. M.f are becoming greatlyalarmed for their outlying mining andranching districts. Money is being raisedto equip a company of cowboys to pursue(Jerouimo. A traiu left here last night forLa9 Crucea, N. M., where it will pick upMajor Fountaiu and ninety men who willgo at once to the relief of Lake Valley,which is threatened by Apaches.Denver, Col., May 30..A special from

Silver City to the Newts says: The Indiansare rapidly leaving this section, all in a

southerly direction,and are probably beadingfor the Black Range. No new killings havebeen reported. Seventeen companies oftroops are in the Held, but as yet not oneIndian has been taken in by them.

The Brazos Biver.Galveston, Tex., May 30..A dispatch to

the .Vewe from Waco says: The Brazos river,at nine o'clock last night, bad fallen seven

feet from the highest point. At least 150dwellings and business houses were sub¬merged. Every available workman hasbeen engaged in clearing the buildings andstreets. The estimated damage to cityproperty (not including railroad property)will reach $100,000. Three quarters of thisdamage was sustained in East Waco. Sevonteen bridges in McLellan county are

known to have been washed away. Nofurther loss of life has been reported. Re¬ports from the country districts indicate thatthe total loss ou grain crops will not exceed25 per cent, in this section.

Attempt to Wreck a Train.Denver, Col., May 30..A dispatch tolhe

Neire from Gunnison,dated yesterday,says:Lust evening as an east-bound freight trainon the Denver and Rio Grande railroadreached a point a few hundred yards fromthe depot, those in the vicinity saw a flashand hoard a loud report from the directionof the train. Upon examination it was

found that an explosive of some kind hadbeen placed under the track and hadknocked out pieces of the rails severalinches long and shattered one of the drivingwheels of the locomotive. The torpedowas evidently intended for an incoming pas¬senger train from Denver which happenedto be an hour late. There is no clue to theperpetrators.

Wife Murderer Hanged.Galveston, Texas, May 30..Arcb' e

Gib«>n, colored, was banged at Ric^ mon(jyesterday in the presence of 3,0^'j pe0p]emostly negroes, tor the murd;er of hig wjfe'Clara Gibson, last SeptP^^ Io a fit 0'fjealousy he attacked uerj wh||e picking cot¬ton, with a knifp^ almost severing her headtrom her bo'^.y. He acknowledged the crime,and professed to be going straight to glory.His fcoffin was brought into the cell at hisrequest. He brushed it out with his hand¬kerchief, and remarked it would be a niceplace to rest in.

Horrible Tragedy.Port Deposit, Md., May 30..A horrible

tragedy occurred at Woodlawn, Cecil coun¬ty, this morning. Charles P. Barnes shotaud killed his brother-in-law, Thomas E.Barnes, and his twelve-year-old son. Ar¬thur Barnes, another son, is reported as se¬

riously wounded. The murderer is en¬trenched in his bouse and is defying the au-thorities with a breech loader and plenty ofammunition. The sheriff here is preparinga posse to secure him.

Statue of Victor Hugo.Paris, May 30..A committee of authors

and journalists has been appointed, and un¬der their auspices, a subscription iist hasbeen opened to secure in marble or bronze aproper representation of the late VictorHugo.The funeral of Victor Hugo, it is expected,

will cost the State and municipality at leasttwenty thousand francs.

President Cleveland in New York.New York, May 30..President Cleve-

land breakfasted at Secretary Whitney \jhouse this morning. Shortly afterwardsGeneral McMahon arrived with t\v«»j,,..The General and the Preeideut entendcarriage and Secretaries Endieott and U'!llt-ney the other and drove to the \Vin.|<orHotel. There they were met l«y the reception committee of the G. A. R. and escortedto the grand stand where the Presidentto review the parade. While at tin- ilur,.|no cards were sent in to the President. Thelatter, it is believed, will leave town on >i...day afternoon.

The Late Rev. Dr. Stanton.London, May 30.. Rev. l>r. Stum. h j p

clergyman who died on board ihe Nand who was buried at sea, was 7."» ye:..,,,age. The officers of the ship repot i

his death was the result of natniul d.i.uThere was nothing surprising in tin-at sea, although he died only the day i ..t

the ship reached port. The standing . .ifi.

given the captain are that he shall i>mtpersons who die at sen unlc.-s the r.

of the deceased instruct olherwi>N.The Northwestern Corn Crop

Chicago, May 30..Nearly seven columnsof brief dispatches to the Times this iik n.

ing, from various points in the Stat. - n>m

prising the corn belt, show a largely increased average throughout the nnri Invent,and a fair condition of the plant notuitli[standing the lateness of the season, inparts of Kansas the tields have been plant. >1three times.

The Archbishopric of DubliuDublin, May 30..The Free,nan's J>,u, .r

asserts that the Rev. Dr. Walsh, of M«vnooth College, will shortly be appoint, .iArchbishop of Dubliu by the Pope. ThePope, it says further, has declared ihat hehas not seen Mr. Erriugtou, the semi i.tli. ialrepresentative of England for a year, ai dmay possibly never seo him again.

Minister Found GuiltySt. Paul, Minn., May 30.-The council

convened by the First Baptist Church, one

of the largest and most important place. .i

worship in the city, to investigate chainsof untruthfulness and unchastity ajMin-tthe late pastor, ltev. P. R. Kidell, hav,.fouud him guilty, anil recommended thathe be deposed from the ministrv.

Death of Samuel N. Pusey.Wilmington, Del., May .'50..Samuel \,

Pusey died at his home here shortly beforemidnight of a suddeu attack of paralysi- ofthe heart. He was in his 71st year. liewas one of the founders of the Harlan A

Holliugsworth shipyards, which were start¬ed by himself, Samuel Harlan and MabluaBetts in 1836.

Forcible DecorationMilkord, Mass., May 30..Constables to¬

day refused Post 22, G. A. It., entrance tothe Catholic cerneteiy in accordance withFather Cuddih^'s orders. The members ofthe Post, however, climbed over the fenceami decorated the graves, after which theyretired. The decoratious were subsequently destroyed.

General Grant.Nkw \ ork, May 30..Gen. Grant sl«j>i

well last night, and euough longer thanusual to average his sleep for two days pa-t.Dr. Douglas stayed all night, and said thismorning that the pains in the General s ear

bail passed away tiud he was feeling betterthis morning.

Earthquake Shock at Gibraltar.London, May 30..Dispatches from Gib¬

raltar state that an earthquake shock wa-

felt at that point yesterday.In order to enriYr>

the hlooil, hnil t liu-si in part fresh vigor t»»ail enfeebled sy>.teiii,btimulatc (lagging <iigestion with tin- na¬tional invigurant. llostetter's Stonndi Miltors, which, l»y iufim-ing energy into t h«>

p. operations of tin- Ftom-Hrh. promotes, nay inEuros thorough digelion and assimilation,ami consequent nutri¬tion. A gain to i»i>|ie-tite, vij;or and rit-ii. ih

invariably f.u,id t.»follow a course of tin,'

deservedly, popular tonic which !h moreo'-reliab'o preventive of malarial fev0-

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sale by all DrntTKi^s and IValers L'er tTHllv.

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COMIC OPERABY 1HK

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JUNE 3.OLLIVETTE WEDNESDAV EVE.MASCOT THURSDAY EVK.chimes of normasdy. Friday kvk.PIiVA FORE 8ATURDA Y M ATIMXOLIVETTE SATURDAY EVKPopular Prices.10,20 and 30 cent*..5£&-New Costumes and Beautiful Music.

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OARVIN WHEELS WITH STEEL TlkK-kJ also plain Sarvin Wheels of fsiortf-d - -

For sale chesp. J. T. CREIGHTON A SiiN.Cor. King and Roval

rpHE CHAMPION SAFETY WINDOW SA.-If-L LOCKS AND FASTENERS COM MINED i'-iB&le hy M.W.N ALLS,my 2.3 Conn-r Kinjr and Wa-<hiii^ton

TPHEBEaT AND PUREST SUMMER WINK.-L Heineken's Virginia Clarets, always superiorto imported. Soil bymy27 GEfL McBURNEY k SON

MEN'S FINE PLAIT BOSOM SHIRTS. Si/es14 to 3 7. Now in great demand in New

York and other large cities._my26-0t C. M ADAMS.89 King-t.

GORCH PATENT ICECREAM FREEZERS OKas-sorted sizes. For sale at 88 King, corner

of Royal street byniy27 J. T. CREIOHTON & SON.

FLAX TWINES of assorted numbers, (.'otlonTwine, Wool Twine and Rope for wells *nd

>ther purposes. For sale at 88 King, comer ofRoyal. fmy27[ J. T. CREIGHTON it SON.

ADIES' NARROW HEMS ITCHED HAND-kerchiefs.one-quarter inch wide. Price Lie

my26-6t C. M. ADAMS, 89 King st.L