Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Senate yesterday in few minutes
passed 1l6 pension bills.
The proportion of divorces to marriages in
moral in comparison.
Forty million dollars was subscribed for
the Reading loan Of S24 Csc 600 yesterday,
and the books were closed at noon..
Allen Cranberry Thurman was born in
Lynchbnrg, Va, November 18th, 1918, and
is, therefore, in the 10Th year OF her age.
The troops pursuing the baniitt in Cuba
twice came up with the fugitives in the
province of Santa Clara and killed six CT
them.
President Cleveland received the news OF
his nomination by one of the Ordinary bull
letine. Mrs Cleveland heard the news by
telephone.
Major Philip Preston Johnston, who has
Just been elected county judge of Fayette
county, KY, was born in King George coun'
~, Va, in 1910.
Dr.. leighton Coleman has been elected
bishop of the Delaware Diocese of the Epis
copal Church. 1t Is not known whether be
viii! accept.
The French government has awarded 10
Henry Lauts & Co., of Baltimore, the con-
tract for furnishing 5000 hogshead of Mary
land tobacco.
Advces from Zanzibar state that the al
ian consul at that place has hauled down the
Italian flag and suspended relations with the
Sultan an Italian man of-wer is expected to
arrive shortly.
1t is announced that the accounts of NJ.
L. Lichtenstein, lately secretary and trea.
surer of the Perpetual Building and Loan
Association of Wilmington, Del, show a
shortage OF S33 go.
The Senate yesterday passed The consular
appropriation bill, and then took up the
House bill to prevent the employment of
alien labor upon public buildings or in the
government departments.
Notice was given yesterday that the 800
employees of the Reading Iron Works would
have their wages reduced 10 per cent, to
take effect June Is. The reason given is
dull trade and want of orders.
At Leonsrdtown, Nd, yesterday, the jury
in the case of Edward Turner. charged with
attempting felonious assault on his fifteen
year.old daughter. rendered verdict of
guilty, recommending the prisoner to the
mercy of the court.
A sparrow has built nest on one of the
trucks of Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western passenger coach and makes regular
trips to Syracuse and return. The bird is
sitting on two eggs aad seems to be undis-
turbed by the noise and confusion.
At the annual meeting of the stock holders
OF the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad,
held at Baltimore yesterday, Oien Bowie
was elected president. The annual report
shows the net earnings for the past year to
have been $53S 955, al increase Of $205 ,93S
over the preceding year.
Mrs. Cleveland denies the recently pub
Iished report that she did not live harmo-
niously with her husband, and says: II can
wish the women of our country no greater
blessing than that their homes and their
lives may be as happy, and that their hus-
bands may be as kind, as attentive, consid
crate and afectionate as mine."
A consolidation of the Washington Post,
the Republican, and Epening Critic has been
effected, to result in the publication, on or
before July l, of the Post as an indspend-
ent morning journal, the Critic to appear as
su afternoon edition of the same. This new
enterprise will be under the direction and
control of syndicate which has been form
ed by William Henry Smith of the Associat-
ed Press, the present management retiring.
The League games for the baseball cham
pionship played yesterday resulted as fol-
lows Chicago 6; Philadelphia 3; New
York 8; Indianapolis 5 Pittsburg g. Bos
ton Detroit !; Washington 2. By its
victory yesterday Detroit passed Boston and
New York and took second place, Boston
going to fourth. The Washington club will
play off postponed game in New York to-
day but no other League games will BE-
nlave mill to.morrow when Dat,nit 1p;li |
play at Boston. Chicago at New York, Pitts
burg at Philadelphia and Indianapolis a.
Washington.