Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-31

Burke for extraditicn.
The President and Cardinal Gibbons dined
together yesterday at the residence of Hon.
Henry G. Davis, near Deer Park.
Representative Mckinley, Of Ohio, is
quoted as saying that heis very confident OF
being chosen Speaker of the next House.
1t is said that the coal barons will order
an advance of from ten to fifteen cents a ton
on all eiz.s at their meeting on Aug. IL
1t is thought at the State Department
that the seal of the Presidents letter to
Lord Mayor Sexton may have been broken
accidentally
Mr.. John ireland, of the Star Hotel, va;
robbed OF watch and deeds to S43 COO Of
property in the Chambers Street Hospital,
New York, recently.
1t is said that the Canadian government
will demand that the seal fishing schooner
Black Diamond, which was recently seizsd
in Behring Sea by the u. S. steamer Rush,
be released.
Otto Hab rkow, of Wood Ridge, n. j {,
gave his father-n-!aw, August Hecht,
house when he married Mics Hecht. Now
he wants to return his wife and get the
house back.
The Uuited States steamer Thetis res.
cued eight survivors out of crew OF SO of
the bark Little Ohio, of New Bedford, Mass
which was wrecked at Point Hope. Arctic
ocean, October 8.
In the British House of Commons yester
day the royal grants bill passed its first read
log without division. The result of the
voting on the bill was greeted with cheers
by its supporters.
Actiog Secretary Batcheler has Issued an
order suspending payment on oil bills
against the treasury department. for tele
graphing during the current fiscal year Till
rates are determined upon.
Gov. Beaver, of Pennsy lvania, has decided
TO honor thu reQuisition of the Governor o.
South Carolina for Rev. Z. F. Flemon, the
coloIed Pittsbnrg preacher, who 10 wanted
on charge of murder committed 10 1851.
Charles Hinkel, Washington architect,
has prepared plan for the erection In Now
York of an exposition tower 500 feet high,
or 500 feet higher than the Z Geltower, and
993 feet higher than the Washington mon
ument.
No appointment will be made to the Con
sui G neralahip at Apia, 10 Samoa, until
after the Samoan treaty has been acted on
by the Senate The place has been vacaIt
since the. recall Of Harold NJ. SeWall last
summer.
Prince Albert Victor will start in Septem-
her for India, whore he will remain SIX
months. He goes 10 order to study the
people, the CUSTOMS and the prospects oil
that great country, which he expects 10
rule one of these day.
The Birmingham R e % are now in Lamar
county, Ale, 10 assist the local authorities
10 the arrest of Rube Burrows the Arkansas
train robber, Rube ia located and the sol
diers are on the march. He Ia said to be
defended by armed friends.
At conference of republican leaders 10
New York. yesterday, about The federal Oh,
fees. ex Senator Thomas G. Plat was told
that the rank and file of the republican par
~ are up In arms against everything going
into the "brcwnstone hopper"
Eighteen of the ringleaders in the mob
which battered in the Lafayette parish, La,
iail three weeks ago and took therefrom
Felix Kew, charged with murder, and lynch
ed him, were arrested yesterday by Sheriff
Broussard, assisted by three companies OF
State militia.
Charles digger, who is to be hung to day
at Louisville, KY, for killing two police
men last August, attempted to commit sui
eide In his cell yesterday morning. He tied
wet handkerchief over his mouth and
wrapped his head in the bed clothes. When
found he was unconscious but was eoon re-
vived
The New York Chamber OF Commerce
committee of 65 on the proposed worlds
fair met Yesterday, and was marked by
proposition OF Mr.. Clarence w. Bowen to
oust Mayor Grant and the politicians from
control of the proposed big show, but it was
tabled. MIR. Cleveland promised bic active
CO operation.
The boiler in the mill of Andrew q John
Flanagan, at Manayunk, Pa, exploded yes
terdsy, killing two boys. The accident oc
Cured at the noon hour, otherwise it would
probably have been attended with greater
loss of life. The boiler was of tho double
deck pattern, and the upper half was thrown
$50 yards across the street.
The drop of / per pound on sugars by the
New York trust managers is explained as
concession justified by the condition OF the
market for raw The reduction cuts oil the
profit of good many Dealers although the
large jobbers still have something left. The
heavy storage of refned sugar is mystery
to ali outside of the combination.
n.,>,rc,nD Tho prohlam