Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Dan Lamont offers the city OF New York
$50, 900 for the privilege of cAbl 9 road
through Broadway.
Postmaster General Wauamaker proposes
to reduce the rate of postage on merchan-
disc to half cent an ounce.
Lord Salisbury has dispensed with the
guard ofdetectives that have watched over
mis- eafety for the past three years.
The reported sssacre of DE-. Peters and
his party of natives in East Africa is con.
frmed by dispatches from Zanzibar.
Miss Myra A. Murdoch, typewriter. at
tempted to commit suicide in Washington
last night by taking dose Of lsudsnum.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroads earn
ings in October are reported to be the
largest for any month in the history of the
road.
Latest reports indicate that the entire
Ohio republican ticket, excepting the Gov
ernor, was elected by various small mel Or
tiles.
Late yesterday afternoon President Har-
rison issued the proclamation declaring the
Territory Of Washington to be State in
the Union.
Samuel Lobbey, a VIGOROUSLY clever thief,
who in various disgaises has robbed a num-
Der of persons in western cities, has been
arrested in New York.
Miss Elizabeth Lancaster Drexel, one of
the three daughters of Francis A. Drexel, is
to be married to Walter George Smith, 8. n
of the late Gen. Thos. Kilby Smith.
Mr.. Robt. Bonner has bought the now
famous trotter Sunol. He says he paid the
=; I'm
declines to tell the exact amount at present.
Gen. Ramon Corina, Governor of Jslisco,
Mexico, was shot four times by lunatc on
Saturday in Guadaliiara, and died Of his
wounds yesterday His widow is an Ameii
can lady,.
Rev. G. K. Henderson, pastor Of the Bap-
tist church at Cedartown, Ga, accidental
ly shot Mr.. Gabe Jones yesterday, killing
him instantly. The two men were out bird
hunting in an open field.
The California Athletic Club has offered a
ten thousand dollar purse for fight be
tween Dominick McCaffrey and John l..
Sullivan, and there Is strong probability
that the offer will be accepted.
The ex Empress Eugene is said to be
more than usually iDfitm this season and
spends great portion of her time in silence
and meditation, whether in her own house
or visiting at the house of some friends
A London dispatch says the marriage OF
Right Honorable Lord Edmond Fl maurice,
brother of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Vice
row of India, to Miss Caroline Fitzgerald. OF
New York, will take place on November 23
The delegates to the international Ameri-
can congress practically closed their excnI-
nil lphi
Yesterday. The foreiga delegates expressed
themselves decidedly In favor of closer trade
relations with the United States.
An explosion of daah powder occurred at
the chemical manufacturing establishment
of Wiley & Wallace, Philadelphia, shortly
before o'clock yesterday evening by which
three men were instantly killed, one fatally
injured, and another seriously Injured.
James and Charles Haywood and Julian
Carter were fishing yesterday at Cohaba
beiow Selma, Ala. They attended to their
trout lines and began to ascend the river
bank, when it caved in on them and all were
taken out dead.
Gen. Boulanger has issued from the Isle CT
Jersey fresh manifesto to the people of
France. 10 it he declares that revision has
only been postponed. and that the revision
lists were never more certain of ultimate VIC
tory. The national party, he says. will
work with unremittiDg diligence.
Both branches of the Baltimore city coun-
Gil organized yesterday, the first branch
electing Thomas w. Morse, president. Hen
ry Seim was chosen president ofthe second
branch. Several incumbent officers of both
branches were re elected. The council, in
Joint convention, confirmed the appoint
ments Of Mayor Latrobe rejected by The old
council.
A dispatch from tho City of Mexico says
the proposed movement In Guatemala is
only one step in plan which has for its ob
ipct the union of all the Central American
States with the Republic of Mexico. The
ambition of Gen. Diaz. it is said, is to be-
come president or dictator Of all hat lies
between the Rio Grands and the Isthmus
of Panama.