Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-07
NEWS OF TIE DaT.

It Is now thought that the ant!-se;ryman6.
er bill will not pass the House
IT ia stated that Baron Francis de FaVa,
the Italian Minister at Washington, haa
been recalled.
The leading cigarette manufacturers have
combined to reduce the enormous cost OF
advertising and will do away with cigarette
pictures.
Tue President has nominated Frank
Partridge, of Vermont, examiner of claims
at the State Department, vice Walker Blaine
deceased.
The Mexican government has asked the
United States to send troops to San Diego
to prevent any possible invasion Of Lower
| California.
Mrs. Chas r. Richards, aged 40 years. in
a moment of mss n frenzy, jumped from the
fourth story of hospital in Severn, N. Y,
yesterday and was instantly killed.
A mad COW in the streets Of West Balti-
more created great deal Of excitement.
and tossed little girls woman and China
map, none of whom, however, were seriously
hurt.
Four hundred houses were destroyed by
| fire in the town of Doksyce, nesr Warsaw,
Poland, yesterday. Ten persons were burn
ed to death. The damage to property is
| immense.
Pelio, The Iodian who was convicted OF
murdering'a hall breed woman on the Una
,lla eservation, was banged at Portland,
| Oregon. Yesterday. He broke down on the
scaffold and begged that some Of his friends
I'm the crowd would shoot him, as he was
afraid to hang.
During the debate in the Senate yesiei-
day MIR. Plumb, republican, of ksnsa7 de-
clared that the Mckinley tariff bill would
prevent the United States from having any
foreign commerce." AID that "it would raise
the price of nearly everything nsed by the
masses of the people"
The train on the Louisville aud Nashville
road which left Louisville at noon yesterday
wss wrecked at Eaglsh Station. The rsi's
spread or a curve throwing the rear sleep
ing car of snd hurting it down thirty foot
embankment. 1t was wrecked and nine OF
the passengers were injured, some fatally ii
is thought. Among the worst hurt were
two ladies.
While litemen were engaged yesterday II
extinguishing fire in a small frame build
ing of the Penn Globe and Gaslight Com
pany, in Philade phia, the flames reached
the storage basin in which were twelve bar
GELS of gasoline. A terrific explosion follow
sd, and eleven OF the fremen were caugh
in ehower of burning oil and were badl.
burned.
Mr. Roswell P. Flower yesterday awaited
himself of the 'leave to print" granted II
connection with the discussion of the silve
bill by yesterday introducing into the House
record an able argument in favcr of con
stitutiona amendment for the election by
the people of officials who are COW appoint
ed. His plan, essentially, is to have post
masters elected by the people instead of az
pointed by the President.
The northwestern passenger train from
Ffeeport jumped the track two mics west
of Rockford, H., yesterday on account of 4
broken wheel. A gang of section men were
working about two hundred fact from the
point where the engine left the rails, and
before they could get away the train had
run them down and toppled over on them.
The entire train was wrecked, and the er-
gineer and four OF the section men were
killed outright and several others were in
jured.