Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-11
NEWS cP TEE Day.

Stevenson Archer will BE-. made hospital
attendant at the Maryland pen!tentierg.
The hill admitting Wyoming as State
of the Uoion has beeu siened by the Presi-
dent.
A Paris newspaper says General Boulan-
GER has asked the French government to par
don him.
Any one of the six Bti:iah vessels at Vic
torie, B. O., could annlhlate our r;Veaue
cutters in Bebrirg Sea.
Secretary Blaine has written letter ure :
ing the passage of the river end hal Dor bill
at this sesson OF Congress
Pennsylvania republican politicians in
Washington talk of putting up an lndepend-
ent candidate for Governor.
The British government has decided to drop
thu Irish land purchase bill at this session OF
Parliament, but intends to again Introduce
it at the session which will open in NoveT-
ber
s ate Senator J. Fisher Smith, of Sabine
parish, La, whose absence from the Caplto!
prevented the passage of the lottery bill
over the Governors veto, died yesterday al,
ternoon.
Jas. Cusick, who seconded John G.. Hee-
pan in his fight with Tom Savers, and NICE
Langdon, who trained John Morriseey iof
his fight with Yaokee Sullivan oleu III
New York yesterday.
A freight train on the New York, Phila
delphia and Norfolk Railroad yesterday
crossed burning bridge near Salisbury
DEL, two abutments of which fell in just
after the last Car had passed over.
Cowboys at Sydney, Neb., yesterday
| amused themselves by shooting at aud clip
pirg the telegraph wires aud iOeuletors,
| aud thereby cutting of communication be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast by the
Western Unions main route.
Mrs. Uoger, wife of ex-senator A. r. Un
ger, ri siding sixteen miles south OF Berkeley
Springs, W. Va, killed herself Wednesday
| She retired TO her room, attired herself In
n evening dress, and afer pinnirg rose
Oh her breast snot herself through the head
Captain Walter Cam pell of the ship Hooe-
ley. arrived IN New York, and tells terri
Die story Of bow he rescued the crew OF the
missing schooner Carmel.e, which WAS burr
ed at ees. The two crews nearly famished
Oh board the HoogIey By the food and water
giving out.
Mrs. Paran Stevens reported to the New
port police yesterday that pair Of diemoud
bracelets, valued at SIG 600, had dssr'
| peared from her apartments. She last sa3
the bracelets on July 3 she also Gays chat
he has lost $40 900 worth OF diamonds In
The past six months.
II was announced 10 Nsw York yes.er-
day that Richard Croker, leader Of Tamma
nv Hall, had agreed with Chairman Mus-
DIV, Of the democratic State committee, to
form union with the county democracy
with view o! capturing the next iegalr
ure for the democrats.
o. Wednesday night, near Mcfarland
W Va. Jacob TiDgle, who bsd Suspected
mis- wife of intimacy with Lam e ksrd
caught the two together in an outbuidiDg
and after shooting Eckard desd. attempted
to cremate lis wife in the building, bot
she was rescue d by domestic and tbs farm
boy.
The United States Senate yesterday
adopted the conference report on the silver
bill by vote Of 80 ayes to 90 nays. 10 the
House the conference report on tho di9lo-
matte and consular approximation bill was
| adcpted-yeas Ia nays 66 Mr.. Funston
submitted aud the House passed the confer
epce report on the agricultural appropris-
ton bill. A resolution for an adj lurument
| Vi OODII cSS VI VIC S1SV Nho ioIi oNNSSN
a fatal race riot occurred ct Starts Mils
Pond, in Fsyette county. Ca, yesterday. q
darby became engaged in e weT CT words
| with a white man which resulted in the nc
gro getting cut. From this the quarrel was
taken up by others. -Four negroes were
killed and six wounded, two Of whom are
| reported as dying Eight whites were eho',
but it is thought only one OF them fatally,
making eighteen Ia ell killed and wounded.
On the night of July 6 b several hundred
negroes made an excursion over the Blue
Stone Branch of the N. & w. R r. When
few miles from B -amwell, ". Va, Detec'-
i've Baldwin and three of his men, who were
on the cars, were attacked by about thirty
drunken negyoes, vino broke the car seats
and used the pieces as clubs. The lights
| were knocked cut, and aterrlhle cor Il CT en-
sued, during which nine negroes were dis
abled. Baldwin and his men were stabbed
end terribly dubbed A. Bramwel an a.
tempt was made by citizens, 10 arrest the
negroes, VIII ch led to a second riot, but six
negroes we're jailed. Several negroes were
braten almost to DEATH