Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-28
NEWS OF TEE paI.

a Chinese girl naR Useh o'SSoNSiNN "'-''
in slavery in New York.
Bishop james O'Connor, OF the Catholic
Diocese of Omaha, is dead
The river Nile is lower than for years,
and the crops will likely be failure.
The Alaatians continue their celebrations
in honor of the visit of President Carnot.
The Senate finance committee will begin
the consideration of the tariff bill tcmot-
row.
The President leaves Washington this
evening to take part in the Garfield rnonu-
ment celebration ct Cleveland, Ohio.
James Quick, miner, was suddenly kill
ed near Duluth. Mimi, yesterday, aud hia
wife, on hearing the news, became hopeless
il insane.
Ex-Sergeant ct Arms Slcott, of the House
OF Representatives, has been traced to the
Seguenay region, Canada, but has not been
captured.
Col. Elliott F. Shepard's New York Mail
and Express claims to have frightened the
Richmond people into putting up The Stars
ard Stripes.
The Peace Uoior, in session in Washing
ton, yesterday adopted resolutions faVofing
the abolition of West Point and other mill
tary schools.
Emperor William has had conference With
the British ambassador On the subject OF the
boundaries of the EogiHh and German pot
sessions in Africa.
The Anderson Prison stockads was yes
| e.day purchased by the Georgia Encamp-
nent, G. A. R., of Americas, Co., sctiGg for
the natl onal body.
The rubber goods manufacturers have do
cided to advance the price of betting, pack
ing, hose and rubber goods generally ten to
twenty-five per cent.
Rhode Is!aud yesterday, with the meeting
Of the General Assembly, passed into the
hands of democrats, both in the executive
and legislative brancncs Of government.
In the Houae of Representatives yesterday
the conference report OIL the customs Dill yes
agreed to. The remainder of the session
vas spent on the river and hsroOr appro-
priation bill.
President Harrison has transmitted tc
Cor gress letter from the Secretary of State
upon the recommendation If the Par-Amer
lean Congress that an international Ameri'
can Bank be established.
Ia the U. s. Senate yesterday, thu VLct
President announced the appointment o.
Mr. B ackburn as member of thu commite:
on appropriations, and of Mr. Carlisle Sc 8
| member of the committees OH finance, terri
tories and woman suffrage.
The sale agents OF the six great cos,-pro
ducng companies met 10 New York yester-
day and decided to advance the prices o.
stove and chestnut 25 cent per ton, and egg
Is cents. It Wss also decided to restriit !he
production fer the month OF June to 2. $50.
GOO tone.
In testing DR.. G. s. Justin's dynamite car
| fridge in Madison county, n Y, yesterday
the big gun exploded into thousand pieces
Nobody was hurt but there were narrow es-
capes. II Is said that The dynamite did not
explode the gun, but the charge of powder.
The cannon used weighed 90 500 pouhde The
| bore wac II feet long and inches in diane
ter.
Two boilers at Edgerton colliery. Carbon
dale, Pa. blew up yesterday, fatally iDjur-
ing William Jones, the fireman. ana wreck
| ing several thousand dollars worth of prop.
erty. Only two months ago two boilers
belonging to the same company exploded.
killing four employees. In yesterdays eZ-
plosion the fireman was hurled through the
air sixty feet, striking tree when he fell.
He was terribly scalded and bruised. Sew
eral Others had O narrow escape.
Superintendent of Census Porter has in
structed census supervisors to enter 10 a
column headed REFUSED to answer" Dames
of persons who may refuse to answer the
| questions in the schedule about mental and
physical disability. and those relating to
farms, mortgages, sc. No further steps will
be necessary on the part of the supervisor
or enumarator, aod al! lcRel proceedings will
be Instituted by the Washington Office,
through the Department Of Justice.