Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-09
NEWs OF TEE Day.

Five steamships landed 3.4sS Immigrants
ct New York yesterday.
Rev. Louis Martin, an ex-priest, has mys-
terionalv disappeared from Montreal.
Elk Secretary Whitney and Mrs. Whit
ney will spend part OF the summer IN
London.
Senator German has been elected chair
man of the democratic caucus to succeed
Senator Beck.
New York importers are preparing to
make rousipg demonstration against the
Mckinley tariff bill.
Mrs. Grant denies that Dr.. Douglass lost
practice or that he was not we'll paid for his
services to Gen. Grant.
TRANSMISSION of blood saved New York
woman who had suffered for two months
from inhaling gas while asleep.
a heavy wndstorm has blown down i've
arches OF the squeduct and the City OF
Mexico is without drinking water.
Germany is disposed to admit the Amer!-
can hog If the United States will make
equal concessions to German imports.
It is stated that the ornaments OF France
and Russia have become 30 formidable as to
place Germany in an inferior position.
Ida Mason, in JEALOUS rage. yesterday
shot and killed Percy Rich, OF Wnterpori,
Me-, to prevent him marrying another
woman.
Five bodies of victims of the flood were
found in Johnstown yesterday. Two OF
them were mother and child clasped in each
others arms.
Henry Wsshburn, 70 years old, welded 8
| 14-ves; old bride on Saturday, at Madison,
lad, ard on Monday applied for az annui!-
mept OF the marriage.
Ella Sage, the divorced wife OF John
Sage, who is on trial at Marion, Ind, for
murder, yesterday testified thatshe muFdel-
ed her twc-year old boy to marry Sage.
Senator Wilson, of Iowa, says that the re-
cent Supreme Court decision affirming the
right to import liquor into q State invsH-
dates both prohibition laws and license sys-
| tems.
F. Gonzales, "a rancher near San Jacinto,
Cal, has been arrested on charge OF streng-
ling to death the illegitimate twin children
to which his daughter gave birth over 8
year ago.
Ills almost certain that there will be five
| formidable candidates in the field to succeed
the late James B. Beck In the United States
Senate. Mr.. Carlisle is in frankfort and it
is stated By friends that he is candidate,
though he has made no formal announce
| ment.
The cruiser Baltimore reached Baltimore
Yesterday evening. She was welcomed By
thousands OF people on the river banks,
and by all the steam whistles in the harbor.
She fired ealute aud put her search
| lights out, showing up the surroundings In
great shape. The full programme of fesiivi-
ties for the next few days has been arranged.
The United States Senate yesterday pase
ed. without amendment, House dill provid-
ing for the classification of Worsted goods as
wooleus. Mr.. German introduced bill to
amend the interstate commerce Law. La the
House the tariff bill was further Olsen sed
by Messrs. McMilin, Bsyne, Flower, Dock
cry and others. Mr.. Rowsll, chairman Of
| the committee on elections. reported bill
for an extension of the functions OF the ma
tionsl supervisors OF elections.
A dispatch from Shreveport. La, says
there ia dreadful state OF afl,irs in the
country tributary to that city. Red river i9
six feet higher than it ever was aud is still
rising at an alarming rate. Levee after
evee has given way after herculeen but
| ffuitless endeavors to save them. Thous-
ands of homes are rendered desolate and an
incaIculable amount of property has been
destroyed. This includes not only the grow
ing crops. but houses, stock and farming in
plements.
Yesterday W. J. Miller. deputy U. S.
marshal, was arrested in Lexington county,
S C, and lodged in Jail on charge of per-
jury. IL was on his affidavit that the GOV
ernor reprieved Willie Lesphart, the negro
who was lynched on Monday night at Lex
| ing,on Miller swore that Rosa Cannon
hsd asd that Lssphart did not assault her
or attempt to assault her; that her mother,
brother, and father did not believe that she
had been assaulted, and that he believed
! hat she had hesn persuaded by certain per-
sons to state that the negro had committee
| an assault 10 order to convict him.