Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
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The steamship Tonawanda, which has arrived
at Philadelphia from Savannah, report that at
:. IS a. 10. 90 the 10th instant, twenty miles
northeast of Hatteras, during thick weather,
| she collided with the schooner h. I. BlalsdeI,
| from Philadelphia, with coal aud locomotives
for Havana. The schooner sunk almost lmne'
| diately; the mate and a seaman, named u. Far
son, we're drowned. The captain and remainder
| Of the crew were saved by the steamer boats
and brought to Philadelphia.
Intelligence from the sceue OF the disaster to
the steamship Schiller yesterday state that the
wreck was visited and mapy bodies recovered.
| Among the bodies identified is that of Mrs.
u .ch, wife Of Consul Zach. Some OF the bodies
will be embalmed aud others buried with prop
er religious rites. 10 accordance with direction
and requests from friends IN New York.
The ninety first annual convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of the diocese OF
PENNSYLVANIA commenced its session at Pllladei-
phia yesterday. The only important feature OF
the day was the reception OF Bishop Jaggar,
who made a farewell address. He leaves to-day
for the Southern Ohio diocese.
To the trial of the ex- Priest Gerdemann, in
Philadelphia, yesterday, the cross examination
of the accountant was continued and further
errors developed to the amount OF S., 457, swell
ing the Indebtedness OF the church to Gerde-
mann to SIS. 952 SO. The REORGANIZATION was
then commenced.
Berlin newspapers sta tie that the principal
conspirator 10 a plot to assasslnate Bismarck
Falk and the Emperor William has been ar
rested abroad. Ooc journal states that he is a
relative of Archbishop L"dochowskl, and
another that he is related to Monssigneur Dun,
uiu, Ledochowski's predecessor.
The number OF lives lost by the wreck OF the
steamship Cadiz, from Lisbon for London, is
increased to sixty instead of sixteen, as ut hrst
reported. The disaster was very much like
that of the Schiller. The vessel was driven hard
on to a rock, and the inevitable result OF reck-
~lessDesS followed
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have held fifty
one revival meetings in Agricultural Hall, Lon
don. Their last one there took place yesterday
and it was decidedly the largest OF the series.
Special railway trains were run for the accom-
mediation of persons who desired to attend.
The prosecution in the Tiltoon-B eecher case
brought Tilton back to the stand yesterday and
kept him there all day in giving rebuttal testi-
mopy. He Conlradicted Bessie Turner on
many points of her testimony. Frank MoultoD
is to be placed on the stand again.
Judge Hall, Of the U. S. District Court for
Delaware, died on Monday night. He was re
markable for bis great ~age-ouly FIVE years less
than a century-and for a continuous service
OF nearly fifty years upon the bench.
The Graogers of New jersey are going into
business on their own account. At Medford
they have purchased a building which they are
fitting up for q store, blacksmith shop, wheel
wright shop, bank, etc.
The ~trotti1g race at San Francisco yesterday
best three iu FIVE, mile heats, for a purse of
$50, 900, between Defiance and Edsiutoo, was
won by the latter. Tune, 2 244, 2264, 229,
2.26, 226.
The great Cincinnati Musical Festival CON-
menced last evening 10 that city. Uadoubted-
ly it is the grapdest affair of the kind ever
held in this country.
Judge James Paul. of the Supreme Court Of
the State of West Virginia, died at his resi-
deoce, near Willsburg, in that State, yesterday
afternoon.