Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were 200 business failures in the
United States the last week.
It is rum ored that Sweden will not be
represented automatically in Washington
this winter.
The President has been officially notified
of the rejection of the Chinese treaty by the
Chinese government.
The steam yacht GIeem, recently owned
by the late T. Harrison Garrett, left Balii-
more to-day for New York, the home of her
new owner.
a successful test OF tho use of PIN straw
bagging as d substitute Tor jute in covering
bales of cotton was made yesterday at
Charleston, S. c.
The President has withdrawn from the
Senate the nomination of John Fitzpatrick
to be United States marshal for the eastern
district of Louisiana.
The war between the United States and
the Southern Express companies has been
smicaby adjusted, and an interchange of
business has been ordered.
By an explosion in a melinite factory at
St. Oner, France, yesterday, six manniac-
turing establishments and two dwelling
houses were burned to the ground.
The President yesterday sent to the Sem
ate the nominations of John g. Parkhursr,
of Michigan, to be minister to Belgium, and
of Gen. Walter G. Newberry postmaster at
Chicago, vice Postmaster S. G. Judd, re-
signed.
Emperor William, despite The protest of
the Evangelical Council, has confirmed the
election of Prof. Harnock to the chair of
church history in the University of Berlin.
N
the extreme church party.
Paul Arnold, formerly well known 10
Washington as an examiner in the Patent
Office. committed suicide 10 Brooklyn on
Thursday afternoon By shooting himself
through the head. His body WAS found
among the flowers at the greenhouse OF n.
L. Rhodes, on Gates avenue.
| The United States Senate yesterday pass
| ed the House bill TO make the department
! of agriculture one of the executive depart
ments The bill provides that the depart
nent shall be under the supervision and
control of Secretary of Agriculture, who
shall be appointed by the President.
A shooting affair occurred near Berkeley
Springs W. Va, yesterday, in which Sam
nel Moore shot and killed James NJ. Stotler
Moore accused Dorrey Mason and Stotlev
of stealing his bark. when quarrel ensued
during which Moore fred two shots at SLOT
Ter, killing him instantly. Moore then fired
at Mason, wounding him liz his right leg.
George Simpson, co!ored, made an indie
cent assault on respectable white lady
near Echo, W. Va, on Friday of last week
He fsiled in his purpose, but was lodged in
ial at Fayetteville Thursday night mob
of eighty colored men surrounded the jail
and demanded the prisoner, but the sheriff
J bad sent him to the woods in charge OF
deputy. The prisoner was taken before the
courr yesterday morning, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
DR.. John L. Maddox, of Washington
about seventy FIVE years Of age, was founc
drowned in small stream about mile ano
half from that city yesterday morning
Dr.. Maddox was brother of Capt. Mad
dox, retired paymaater of the United
States army, and lived at bis brothers place
He was fond of taking long walks into the
surrounding country, and often spent the
night 10 the woods through his eccentric
desire to benefit his digestion He wander
ed out on one of his rambles last Friday an6
was not seen again until yesterday morning
when he was found by Officers Hess aud
Green. It is supposed that he fell into
stream which passes through the bottom o.
a ravine, and was unable to get out out