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


Tense of the confessional.
Jack Dempsey, to the surprise of his
friends, refused to make terms with La
Blanche. the marine, for prize fight.
The House of Representatives on satur.
day passed the Senate bill providing for an
Assistant Secretary of War at salary of
81 500.
A hill has been introduced in the Wso.
ming Legislature imposing an annual tax of
So so on every unmarried man over 80 years
of age.
Charles E. Kincaid, who shot e1-Con
gresham Taulbee in Washington last Fri
day, has been released OF bail. Taulbee is
improving.
man in Chicago whose wife made him
custard pie of stale eggs Is suing for dl.
vorce. Here is another subject for the
ducking stoo.
Vics President Morton arrived at Charles.
tor, South Carolina, Sunday and was most
people of the city.
The mother of soldier who during the
war died soon after eating pie, which he
bought while in camp in Kentucky. has been
awarded q pension.
The number of lives lost by the disaster
to the steamer Q1etta, which was wrecked
while on a voyage from Australia to London,
is now said to be 124 of the $50 on board.
"Miss Kittie," the former fancee OF Crow
| ley, the Central Park. New York, chimpan.
zee, died in her cage in the old arsenal build
ing Central Park, Saturday OF consumption.
Elk Governor James Edward English
died in New Haven, Connecticut, yes.
terday. Mr.. Eoglish leaves fortune es-
timated at between 2OO0,0O0 and S3.0O0,-
900.
Rev. Andruchowicz, substitute pastor of
the Greek Catholic church at Shenandoah,
has been arrested. together with six of his
parishoners, on charge OF conspiracy to
murder.
Two desperate little rufians poured kero-
sene oil on a 12-year old lad, in New York
on Saturday night and then get fire to him
How be escaped being burned to crisp ia a
marvel.
Postmaster General Wsnamaker and four
other large furniture dealers of Philadelphia
have been sued for $50 600 by Charles Vein
mann en- the ground that they couapired to
ipjure his business.
a Counties" advertises that she ia vii.
ling to present Americana at court and to
society during the London season, in con-
sideration of the sum OF FIVE thousand dol.
lara, paid 10 advance.
Rabbi Gotthel. from the pulpit of the
| Temple Emanu-E. New York, yesterday
{, declared that the Hebrews did not reject
Jesn3, because, as race, they had no chs nee
to psss 90 the question.
l.LL
noon shows that the decrease of the public
debt during the month of February, amount
Ell to $3.50 4S6 &c Total cash in the
Treasury 1922 673. $3.50.
Theodore Grebe attempted suicide in the
shoe store OF Francis Miller, on Seventh
street, Washington, on Saturday afternoon,
as be was sboutto be arrested on charge
of forgery. lie drew revolver from his
pocket aud fred bullet into his abdomen.
A man supposed to be Rev. Father Peter
Herbert FaroH, of Baltimore, died in the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, yester-
day afternoon, under circumstances which
lead the hospital authorities to believe that
he had been severely beaten BY some IN
known parties.
a tremendous sensation has been created
In the western part of West Virginia by the
arrest of two women, the wives of well-to-
do farmers, for professional highway robbie
~. Some of their adventures we're az bold
90 any of Jack Shepherds or that ever
| figured in a romance
A new blow at the bucket shops" OF Chi
cago was struck Saturday by the Board OF
Trade of that city, which, at meeting OF
the directors, decided to abolish the gather
ing and dissemination Of quotations. The de.
struction of the elaborate system iu vogue
is to occur March 81.
Frank E. MCGOWAN, who some years ago
went to South America for Mr.. Edison 10
search of fibre for incandescent electric
lamps, has been missing since Jan. 10, ard
his friends, who waited long In hopes of his
return, have asked the assistance OF the pc
lice to trace him if possible.
The sheriff Of Chshalis, Washington, ar
rived in that town Saturday with the man
arrested ct Toledo supposed to be Silcott
He gives the name of E. E. Thsyer, aud is
apparently attempting to conceal his identi
ty. He claims to have been resident Of
Washington, D. G., and to have known Sill
colt.
The second ballots in the German cleo.
tions conf.m the defeat of the Government
gained his control over the Emperor. He
is already actively planning and negotiating
the reconstruction OF government majority
by the manipulation of parties. There is
already said to be the revival of active rela.
tious with the Vatican. In an important
dispatch Prince Bismarck requests the Pope's
opinions and his recommendations as to the
details of the restitution to the Catholic
olerov of the sums seuaestrated during the
Culturkampf.
While telegraph operator at Meridian,
Kan, was receiving message informing
him of bank robbery at Valley Falls be
was surprised to see man answering the
description OF the burglar enter the office.
The stranger asked to be directed to hotel.
where he took room, requesting that be DE
called in time for the Atchison train. The
police were informed of his presence and 3
message was sent to his room that it was
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