Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS UE lie q y.
The Vice President and Mrs. Morton were
Yesterday the guests of the city OF Jackson
Vile, Fla.
Charles Williams and his twelve.year-old
son, of Kansas City,Iwere found murdered 10
their bed yesterday.
The Washington Presbytery yesterday
voted down Judge Brakes resolution oppos-
ing changes in the Confession of Faith.
Hennie Garry, the old coIored woman
who was eaten by rats, in Washington, died
at the hospital there yesterday morning.
The republican members of the Ways and
Means Committee are said to be expert
encing great difficulty in framing tariff
bill.
One of the Mississippi river levees broke at
Arkansas City yesterday, flooding the len
sas basin of Louisiana, consisting of four or
FIVE parishes.
New York has society for the proven
ton of cruelty to American heresses: Rich
American girls are to be no longer the for'
eigner's prey.
The democrats elected their candidate for
Mayor in Bddeford, Me-, yesterday, while
in Augusta and Bangor the republicans
were successful.
Elk Congressman Taulbse, of Kentucky,
who was shot in the Capitol, in Washing
ton, short time ago by ex-Judge klncaid,
died this morning.
Jas. Kelly, who was taken to the Albany
penitentiary by Mr.. Cleveland when he was
sheriff OF Buffalo, n. Y, was released from
prison few days ago.
In the Charleston, W. Vs., municipal
| election yesterday the democrats elected Gil
the councilmen by handsome maj >ritieF.
This is looked upon as big victory.
Frank Mingus, OF Lagrange, Ind. yester
dav murdered his mother iniaw for refus.
Ing him permission to see his child, which
had been placed in the care CT lis divorced
wife.
| The second branch of the Baltimore city
council decided last night not to have any
thing to do with the gas monopoly Dill no"
before the Senate. Several councilmen de
nounce the bill freely.
The Central Pennsylvania Conference OF
the Evangelical Church at Troy, N. Y, yes
terday adopted resolutions OF sympathy with
Bishop Dubs and condemnatory Of the action
of Bishops Esner and Bowman.
AID abundant supply of ice has been SO
cured in the extreme northwestern part OF
North Carolina, where many new ice houses
have been built. The temperature in Wat
auga and Ashe counties was as low as seven
degrees
Elk Senator Bruce, colored, the new re
corder Of deeds in the District OF Columbia,
has begun the removal of faithful and expe-
rienced subordinates in his Office in order to
make places for the dependents of republic
can Senators and OF General Malone.
WIKI, Niche MAroan rptI1rnp
home from church at Kansas City Sunday
night with her nine year old daughter, she
stumbled and fell at the bottom OF the stairs
over the PROSTATE form of her husband, who
had fallen down the stairs and broke his
neck and crushed his skull. Mrs. Morgan
tainted at the horrible discovery, and has
not entirely recovered from the prostration.
Fire in a New York tenement house last
night caused panic, and many persons
made narrow escapes. The tenants were
forced to take to the fire escapes, not stop
ping to put on rag of clothing, and were
rescued With much difficulty. One man
threw his baby from the second floor into
the arms Of fireman. who caught it anc he
then lowered his wife and three children to
the street with rope.
In the explosion in the Morse colliery in
Wales as noticed in the GAZETTE yesterday
800 miUers were entombed. Many were
rescued from the workings nearest the main
shaft. Most OF those taken out are unhurt,
but several have received fatal injuries
Heavy falls of rock prevented the explorers
| from reaching the more remote workings
The latest estimate makes the number OF
dead 100. The work Of recovering bodies ia
going on slowly.