Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

New York, says the democrats of the West
regard Mr.. Clsvelaud as the leader of the
party.
The widow Of ]. A. Little, who lost his
life at Johustown, has brought suit against
the South Fork Fishing Club for fifty thous
and dollars.
Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson
beats the record. He has removed 5000
than did Mr. Villas
Elk United States Senator Dorsey has set
tied with Moses Levy q Co. of London. so
that all fear of arrest by the sheriff 10 New
York, has now disappeared.
England has commenced the construction
Of fifty two war-ships in the past year
| twenty in government yards and thifty.tWo
under contract 10 private yards.
The value CT imports of merchandise dur.
ing the fiscal year amounted to S745 ,5l2. 4I6
and Of imports to S742 40l 799 an excess of
imports over exports of g 725 6H.
Two young men yesterday discovered the
body of man wbicn was washed ashore on
Fire Island II is believed the remains are
those of Hogan, the missing aeronaut
Rev. DR.. Joseph France, we'll known
Methodist c!erg, man of the Baltimore con-
ference, died Saturday night at the residence
Of his son, Rev. Ii. S. France, at Hagers
town, Md.
The saloon keepers of Cincinnati under
took to keep open their places yesterday in
detarce of the law against selling liquor on
Sunday and about $50 were arrested. Two
or three riots occurred.
The ciVil-servce commission has decided
that printers and substitutes in the railway
mail service and employees In the supervis.
ing architects Office need not be sui jected
to competitive examination.
The steamer Rochester ran down small
boat in Baltimore harbor yesterday, and
Miss Mary Widner, aged II years, Miss
Mary Kob, aged % years, and John BetZ.
aged Al years, were drowned.
During storm in Chicago, Satui day
night, an Unfinished building was blown
down upon frame cottage, completely de-
mclishing it aud killing eight persons and
woupding four others very BADLY.
The handsome Young Meus Christian
Association building in New York was bad
ly damaged By fire last night. The loss is
estimated at $50 900. 1t is thought that
cigarette was the cause OF the fire.
News comes from Calhoun county. W.
| Va, from several sources that there was
terribly destructive storm on the head wa
ters Of the Little Kanawha Friday night,
carrying of houses. barns and crops, and
drowning several people.
The Portuguese who fred shot at Dom
Pedro on the night of July 16. while the lat
Ter was leaving the theatre In Rio Janeiro,
is name Adrian Vale. He declares that he
was instigated TO make the attempt upon
the Emperor's life by n republican sssocia,
tion.
The count OF the cash and securitiea in the
Uuited States Treasury incident TO the trans
fer of the Office from Mr.. Hyatt to Mr.. Hus-
ton, the incumbent, was completed on Sat-
urday The amount reported on hand ag
gregated over 500 600, 900 in gold, silver and
paper.
The Vatican and the QIirinal are doubly
guarded owing to tho receipt of information
OF plot TO blow up both with dynamite.
1t is rumored that the departure of the Pope
will be forcbly resisted, and that Govern.
ment secret police watch the exits OF the
Vatican.
The steamer William Viii ldin. of the
Ericsson Line, ran into and sunk the coal
laden three. ms sted schooner Rifles. Darby,
Captain Thomas Naylcr, of Philadelphia, in
the Delaware river off Liston Point, yester
day. No lives were lost, and the steamer
was not badly damaged.
The new Clyde-built steamer Thetis.
which left the Philippine Islands April 26
with $3.50 900 worth of sugar, and which
had almost been given up as lost, arrived at
New York yesterday She was forced to
put into Rio Jaueiro for repairs to her main
shafr, and was delayed several weeks.
Advices from southern Hungary report a
disastrous tornado there, involving serious
loss of life and property. Twenty-one mills
we're swept eway on the Danube, and sever.
al houses aud churches vera destroyed.
ferry boat at Pesth crowded with people,
including circus company, wss struck by
the tornado and swept away. Hundreds OF
persons were drowned.
DR.. Norvin Green, president of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, has pub
| lshed letter to Postmaster General Wana.
MAKER denying Mr.. Wanamakef's state.
ment that 1.-THE Western Union has been
making rates to various large corporations
that are in some instances as low as the
| figures now proposed for the government
SERVICE" one mill per word.
The residents of Swoyer's Hill,a few miles
above Wilkesbarre, Pa we're greatly alarm
ed Saturday morning by the settling of
large area over the workings of Enterprise
Colliery. A considerable number of dwell
lngs are located on the disturbed tract. but
so far only three dwellings, are injured. The
cause of the settling Of surface is supposed
to be the removal of too large proportion
of coal.
John F. Seaman, friend of The late DR..
p. H. Cropin. of Chicago, is quoted as saying
that he believes Clap.na. Gael men are gath
ering at Winnipeg, Manitoba, prepared to
assassinate Martin Burke in the event of bis
extradition in order to prevent his return TO
Chicago, in the belief that he would make
confession of the plot to murder DIR
Cronin If he should fall into the hands of the
Chicago authorities.
As stated in the GAZETTE, Col. A E
Jones, leading citizsn of Cincinnati,
was found dead on Saturday. having been