Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-05


Washington, has been made secretary of the
legation at Vienna.
Four Sunday school excursionisls were
drowned ct Pittsburg yesterday by the up
setting of an old barge.
Michael Davitt asserts that the idea OF
separation would die out in Ireland we're
Parnell's measure to 60 through.
Arthur M. Forester is the man referred to
by Michael Davitt in his testimony in the
Parnell investigation who wanted 10 murder
q man.
Congressman Cox, of New York. made a
fine speech at the opening of the Constltu-
tional Convention at Huron, DAKOTA yes-
terday.
John n. Magiunis, son.in-law of tie late
w. Nj. Tweed, was struck by lightning IN
his bath house at New Orleans yesterday
and killed.
Damage to property amounting to 81 Ooo,,,
600 mas been done by the OVERLOOKING oil
Trinity and Brazos rivers in Texas. There
has been some loss of life.
Proctor Knott won the race at Chicago
Yesterday for the Sheridan stakes, and de-
feated Spokane, leading from start to tiaish
and winning as he pleased.
General Boulanger attended agarden par
ty given by the Prince of Wales at Mar!oo'
rough House yesterday. at which queen
Victoria and the Shah were present.
1t is reported that conflict took place
Yesterday in Bay st. George between New
foundland and French fishermen. Two of
the combatants are said to have been killed.
Dennis Donavan accidentally shot his
brother Thomas, at their home in Pni!adel-
uhia last night. Dennis was 30 overcome
with remorse that he cut his throat with q
rsZor.
Yesterday was great day for baseball.
All the clubs in the League and American
Association played two games, and all split
even excepting the Washiugtons, who Lost
both.
Engineer Walsh end FiremanFerrell were
killed in an accident to the yestibule train
ou the Chesapeake and Ohio road, neAr
Ola, W. Va, yesterday. The accident was
caused By washout.
The numerous icebergs seen lately by in
coming steamships would indicate, MIR.
Dowd, of the New York photographic office
says, that great change in the ice fields
around the North Pole is occurring this sea-
SOD.
The Pope has sent a copy of his lately
pronounced allocution to all powers. accom-.
panied by note asking whether they will
interest themselves in his condition or not.
No decision will be taken until the result Of
this new note is seen.
Georgia's new million dollar capitol at
Atlanta was formally presented by the cap
itol commission to the State at noon yester.
day. Captain E. P. Howell spoke for the
commission, and Gov. Gordon received it
on behalf of the State.
In North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon.
tana and Washington Territories ccnstitu-
tional conventions were held yesterday,
which took the first step in the COM
petion of the movement by which they are
to become States in the Union.
The Fourth of July was generally OBJ
served throughout the country yesterday.
at the celebration at Woodstock, Conn.,,
addresses were made by the President,
Senator Hawley. Senator Hiscock. Con-
gresham Reed, of Maine; Associate Justice
Miller and others.
Major G. a. Armes, who is 10 Washing
ton, has received the nas1al sent him by his
P,ttsburg admirers. Ii Is plain gold shell
and bar, the latter bearing the words. Pre-
sented to Msj. George A. Armes," and
the former "By 100 subscribers In approval
of his pulling Gov. Beavers nose."
At Oklahoma City yesterday evening
the grand stand at the race track collapsed,
ioiuring more than 100 persons, many fatal
ly. Doe thousand people crowded into TIE
stand when the horses cane 10 the post,
and then without aug warning the structure
went down, bnrying more than 500 in the
ruins.
The big brewery ofFalk, Jung & Borchert,
Just beyond Milwaukee, was totally destroy
ed by fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is
81 900 900 and there Ia an insurance of but
$3.50 600. 10 the storage house were 80 900
barrels of beer, but little of which was saved.
When the big watts burst the beer ran out of
FIVE doors in stream seven inches deep.
In Raleigh, N c., on Wednesday In the
investigation of the charges against DIR. Eu-
gene Grissom, superintendent of the State
Insane Asylum, Mrs. Parkinson, wife OF one
of the attendants, gave damaging evidence
against the superintendent respecting the
charges of immortality against him. Miss
Edwards, an ex-attendant at the asylum,
gave similar evidence.
HedJe Hse6aln Ghooly Kahn, Inc ferslan
minister to the United States, will shortly
leave this country for Europe. la eniuter.
view yesterday be told q reporter that ne
would not come back, and that he bad been
driven out of the country by the unkind
and ungenerous things which had been writ
ten about him and his sovereign in the
American newspapers.
An explosion Of fire damp occurred in a
coal pit at ST. Etienne near Paris on We'd
nesday. Three hundred miners we're en-.
tombed. A number of bodies have been
taken out of the pit. Sixty horses in the
mine were burned to death. Fourteen mi
ners were rescued yesterday with great diff
fculty. They were nearly dead. The
number of the dead ia estimated at 1855.
The Norfolk and Western Wreck.
The loss of life by the wrecking of a pas
sepger train on the Norfolk and Western
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