Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

!ipe died OF epopieXy Se5teiuay'
An American war chip vii be asked Tor
to convey Capt. Ercsson's remains to Swe
den for burial.
No further action will be taken in the
case of District Attorney Watts, OF West
Virginia, until his successor is appointed.
Three barns in Howard and one in Prince
Georges county Md, and two in the viciui.
tv of Norfolk, Va, were burned yesterday.
Gen. Shermars son, Thomas Ewing Sbei-
man. who has become member OF the 30
ciety of Jesus, is 10 he ordained priest in
Philadelphia in July next.
John Madison Morton, author of BOX
and Cox ""Lend Me Five shillings," and
numerous other iarces and comedies, 10 an
invalid in an English almshouse.
Henry Bcrgh has resigned the presidency
of the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals in New York, and ]. II. Brown
has been elected to succeed him.
Prof. Chas. f. McCay died somewhat sud
denly in Baltimore yesterday. He was at
cne time president of Georgia University,
Athens, which institution he endowed.
A terrible explosion occurred in the Bry'
ually Colliery, at Wrexham, England yester-
day, resulting in the death OF twenty per
sons. Eleven dead bodies have been taken
from the pit and three miners have been re-
scuad.
4 Papal brief approving the statutes OF
The Washington University has been Issued.
In it the Pope commends the Episcopate Tor
establishing the university from which, he
says, the Papal See expects TO derive great
advantages.
The Supreme Court of West Virginia
heard argument yesterday on the petition
OF Senator 4. S. Carr TO GUST r.. Willis
wilson from the governorship. A deci-
sioE is expected this afternoon or Friday
morning.
Mr. PANEL IVES given reception yester-
day evening in ST. James Hall, London, by
| his friend5, in honor of his triumph over the
| Times in the celebrated trial. An immense
crowd Of five or six thousand assembled to
greet The Irish leader.
Mia Mary Wheeler, an elderly lady,
while crossing 81 vacant lot in northeast
| Washington last night was assaulted by O
negro, and but for The timely arrival OF aa-
ais:ance, would have fallen q victim 10 the
| force Of her brutal assailant.
( Several arrests have been made Of persons
who attempted to throw of the track the
train on which President Disz, OF Mexico,
was travelling. The ftlair is regarded as
the result OF conspiracy 20 murder Pres-
dent Dlsz or TO abduct him.
The total OF the regular annual approprie.
lions made by the Flftie!h Congress at its
last session, for the fiscal year ending June
so, 1890, is 1881 SIS ,695 The permanent
annual appropriations are sos, 69l .056
making an aggregate of $500 500, 15l.
There are probably more cases of pneu
mopia in Washington al present than at any
period before in eoveral years. Nearly, if
MOI quite oil of these cases. were contracted
by during attel ding the ceremonies at
tending the Inauguration Of President Har-
rson.
4 stage was held up Tuesday evening
about seven miles east of San Luis Obispo,
Cal, by masked hiehwayman, who order
ed the Wells Fargo & Co. box thrown out.
! The driver did rs directed and was then per-
milied to drive on The passengers were
not molested.
The first official tesi By the Pennsy lvania
Railroad Company of q new system OF heat
ing passenger cars by steam was made yes
terday evening. The trial was most satis
factory in every detail and the system will
probably lie adopted by the company for use
on lis passenger trains.
The Granite Hotel, at Wellsburg, W. Va,
was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday
evening. Several panic stricken men jump
cd frcm the third-story wiudows 10 the
pavement beow and were badly injured.
Six or seven ladies who were in the upper
stories had their hair badly scof ched. There
we're no lives Loaf Loss, sc COO
The funeral of the late Captain F. w.
Dawson, killed in Charleston, S. O., by DR..
r. B. Mellow, took place yesterday even.
ing. The funeral services we're held in the
Cathedral, Bishop Nortbrcp officiating. The
church was crowded, all The city turning
out to do honor to his memory. The fun
eral cortege WAS the largest seen in Char
| lesion 10 many years.