Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
"To show tie very age and body Of the Times.

As the result of addresses before large
meeting of ladies and gentlemen in St. Louis,
Mo-, Monday night, by Mrs. E. e. Gillespie,
of Philadelphia, president OF the women cen
tcnnial executive committee, and Mrs. DR..
Dickinson, of the Missouri committee, an exc
cutvc committee oil one hundred and twenty
| five Of the most prominent ladies Of St. Louis,
headed by the wife of General w. L. Sherman,
was appointed TO take active steps in that city
and State in behalf of the Philadelphia eXposl-
| ton.
The case of the mutineers of the schooner
Juf1erson Borden was before the Bow-street
Police Court, London, yesterday. One Of the
wounded scameD testified to i'll treatment OF
the crew by the captain of the vessel that they
were often made to work thirty-six to forty six
hours, with bad aud insufficient feod. The wit.
ness was unable to conclude his evidence, on
account of illHcss, and the examination Of the
case was postponed for two weeks.
A Mauch Chunk telegram says that Lent
Bowman & 20. coIlieres at Mahanay City re-
sumed operations on Monday The workneu
went iu at 20 per cent. reduction on the basis
of 1874 for one month, after which new and
permanent arrangement will probably be made.
for work above the necessary force needed,
speaks favoraby and hopefully for an early re-
sumption 10 the entire anthracite region.
Rev John McCloskcy, President Of Mount
St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg states that
the commencement exercises will take place
this year, June 90, instead Of Juue 81 as here
tofore. This change is made 10 meet the con-
veuience of Cardinal McCloskey, who has
promised to be present, together with the Papal
Eovoys and large number of the alumni Of
Mount St. Mary's.
A well-kuown thief calling himself Phy,
has been arrested in Philadelphia for robbiug
the Miners and Mechanics Bank of $1,000,
and the messenger of the Manufacturers Ma
checks spme time ago. He is also charged with
robbing the county treasurer at Reading, Pa,
last fall
Thomas w. Piper, the murderer of the lit
tie girl Mabel Young, was arraigoed yesterday
10 Boston. The proofs Of his guilt are accu-
mulating, he having been recognized by one
witoess as the man whom he saw clambering
from the beltry window to the ground. The
prisoner confessed that he was not 10 his right
mind on Sunday, but maintained his innocence
The Postofice Department has asked the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to furnish ia
cilities for the dispatch of au extra mail from
New York to Philadelphia Baltimore aod
Washington, leaving Washington not later
than a. IN. The reply of the Company is to
the effect that such traiu will be put oO if the
Government will pay for it.
a large meeting of the Black Hills expedi-
tionists was held in Philadelphia last night, at
which the leaders of the proposed Philadel-
phia, New York and Boston expeditions took
active part. 4 resolution was adopted asking
the government to take speedy action on the
acquisition Of the Black Hills.
Recent estimates of lie defalcation Of Abra-
ham Jackson, the missing BostoD lawyer, swell
the amount to over s7OO,OO0 1t is stated that
Jackson is in Vermont, but its more generally
believed that he has carefully provided against
arrest, and is on his way to Europe. No steps
have yet been taken to secure him.
The London Daily News special dispatch
from Vienna says person has been arrested in
that city, who was bearer of an anonymous let
ter containing an offer to assasslnate Bismarck
for million horins. The writer of the letter
has not been discovered.
Mayor Vansant, of Baltimore, yesterday
vetoed the ordinance appropriatiug $4,000 to
the Fifth Regiment for the expenses at the
Bunker Hill Centennial. A majority of the
First Branch Of the Council endorsed the May
or action
The Seventeenth Annual Convention Of the
New York State Association for the protection
OF fish and game will be held at WATERFOWL,
New York, on the 3lst instant.
Mrs. BrlukIey, who was shot 10 Philadelphia
on Monday night by Chas. Barth, who subse-
quently shot aud killed himself, died last night
FROM the effects Of her injuries
The Upper House of the Prussian Diet has
passed the bills for the suppression of converts
and relative to the administration Of the church
property.
The Government of Germany fearing dis
turbauce has forbidden professions IN honor of
the Popc's Jubilee.