Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Senator Aldrich says the reciprocity idea
is growing.
Congress is expected by some to adjourn
about the 25 h instant
Speaker Reed ia said to be growing ur-
easy over his prospect for reelection TO Coz
gress.
Advices from Buenos Ayres represent the
national bank was plundered OF about S30.-
600 600.
Steenstrand, the noted Liverpool cotton
broker, has failed. His losses during July
and August are estimated at 5000 GOO.
Il is rumcred that John W. Rcss will be
appointed District commissioner In place OF
Mr.. Hine. He is now postmaster Of Wash.
lngton.
Senator Allison, in statement to the
Senate yesterday contended that there 10
no danger of deficit in the government
revenues.
Burrundia's followers In Guatemala City
threaten Minister Miz1er with assassination,
holding him accountable for the death OF
Busrundia.
The ant!-lottery bill passed by the House
was Yesterday reported to the Senate, with
out amendments, by Senator Sawyer, from
the pos.ofice committee.
Philip Purcell, OF Orange, N. j., was
drowned at Coney Island Monday night
while bis Ave little children sat 90 the pier
waiting for him to come cut Of the water
A desperate fight with knives between q
South Carolina straghtout and TillmaD-
ite, In Orangeburg county, yesterday, re.
suited 10 one Of the combatents beiDg killed
and the other badly cut.
Ballard BronstoD, who was divorced from
his wife q year ago, and remarked her on
Monday, was shot and killed at Richmond,
Ky., by Gilbert Maupin, her brother-in-law
six hours after the remarriage.
The Great Council Fire of the Great
| Council of the United States of the In
proved Order of Red Men will be kindled in
Euoampment Hall Hunting Ground OF Bos-
tnr, Mass, 9th Sun, rising of the Oh Sun
Corn Moon, Grand Discovery. 1893, common
era, September 9. 9 a. NJ, 1890.
Lord Sackvile, as Lord OF the manor Of
| Suatford- op-Ayon, in which Ia situated the
town in England where Shakespeare was
born, has presented to the town authorities
a claim for rent for the ground on which IL
located the fountain and clock tower do
mated by George W. Childs. of Philadelphia
Mrs. Christian Spiegel, a married woman
living in South Baltimore. has made at
tempts on her life on ten different occasions
She lives with her husband. has five child
req, and has apparently no cause for wish
ing to die She has been ailng recently
and her husband thinks her mind is 3 tfscted
As stated in yesterdays GAZETTE during
The investigation yesterday of the New York
Central Railroad strike. Mr.. WeGb, third
vice-president OF the company. testified tha
the men were not discharged because they
we're knights of labor. Several discharged
men testified that they were neVe: drunk oil
ipsubordinate.
The much dreaded grippe" which caused
such widespread suffering last winter ap'
pears 10 have made a fresh start, and On
other visit during the fall and wiuter is no!
Improbable. The disease is reported to have
oxen out in .seVera! Pennsylvania cities,
and hupdreds of people are suffering from
IT.. The symptoms arc much more severe
than last season.
\ Frank Young, aged twenty-.hrse YEAR,,
was caught IN Bethany Church, Phila-
delphis, Monday night by members
of Jobn Wanamaker's Bible class. He
had crawled in through window, and had
sill the slverwbre packed up for re-
moyal He tried to explain that hs was
drunk and did not know what he was de-
ing, but was held In 81 900 bail for attempt
ed felony