Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-14
NEWS OF THE DAY

! the State tax on commercial travellers.
Col. Ruth Goshen, the best known of al!
the show giants, died in New Jersey on
! Tuesday.
A funeral was stopped in Brooklyn yes.
terday by a boycott on some carriages in
the cortege.
Several meetings have been held at Min
neapolis, Mimi, recently by body of per.
sons who believe that Christ is on earth.
Germany it Is said will not act prompt
this administration to put it in operation.
Consul-General Raine writes from Berlin
| that great interest is taken there in propos.
ed changes Of the American immigration
| laws.
Kokomo Division, No 9, Knights of tn
las, OF Indianapolis hiss been. suspended by
Supreme Chancellor Of the World William
| Ward for characterization.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, who was sec
rotary of the Interior under Arthur's admin
stratio0, is reported TO be Gen. Harrison 3
choice for The same position.
1t is said that ex Senator Camden expects
to be elected u. S. Senator from West Viz
gnia, 10 succeed Kenna, before the end of
next week, when the session of the legsla-
ture ends.
Prof S. T. Emmons, whose troubles with
! Mra. Weitha A Emmons ere The occasion
Of legal proceedings in Washington few
years age, has obtained license to marry
Miss Sophie Dallas Markoe.
The correspondence relative to the seizure
Of the American ship Brdgewater, owned
in New York, by the authorities of Canada,
has been laid before the Senate in pursuance
Of resolution adopted January %.
The Queen Regent of Spain yesterday re-
ceiVed MIR. Perry Belmont, the new Ameri-
can minister, who presented his credentials
Her Majesty cordially welcomed Mr.. Bel
ment, who made an appropriate reply.
A short tine ago near Monroe, Ca, Henry
Wcmac died of hydrophoba, caused by a
CATS bite. Ooe week from the time he was
bitten his wife also was bitten by another
Cat, and she too died from the effects OF the
| bite.
Over fifteen million feet of hemlock lum
Der were sold at auction at WiIliamsport,
Pa, yesterday, it being the largest auction
sale Of lumber ever made there. The prices
obtained were an advance on those of last
year.
a resolution was offered in the West Vir
ginia Senate yesterday bringing up the Vir
GINA State debt question, but it was tabled
by vote of IA to 6 This settles the matter
90 far rs the present Legislature is con
| earned
The farmers in the northern part of Car
roll county, Maryland, and the northwest
ern part Of York county, Pennsylvania,
continue in state of terror over the mys
FERROUS hurnings of barns occurring in that
section.
The Italian government gave the use OF
| the Colosseum at Rome to the American
base ball players for q game to day, but it
the galleries prec!udes the des Of playing
in the arena.
Later advices as to the details of the re
cent earthquakes in Costa R;ca, Central
America, are to the effect that 81 100000
damage was done in San Jose, the capital
that families were buried, that the hills have
changed places and that the earth is like
rough sea.
The English Governor Of Hong Kong has
been pe,itioned by the Chinese of Hoag
Kong to request the British Government to
address the American Government, with
view to withdrawal of the exclusion bills.
The petition contends that the action OF the
United States and Australia is contrary to
international treaties. and, that if persisted
in, it will result in the commercial ruin of
Hong Kong
Hon. Norman j. Colmsn was yesterday
confirmed by the Senate as secretary OF the
newiy-created Department of Agriculture.
The House, after long debate, decided the
Smalls. Elliott contest from the seventh dis
trict of South Carolina, in favor of Elliott,
democrat, the sitting member. The report
of Representative Oates on the bill to amend
the naturalization laws makes number of
suggestions to correct suffrage, land entry
and other abuses.