Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-12
NEWS OF The DaI.
QaeeG Victoria's fayorite lady 10 waltz
the Marchioness of Ely, is dead.

the Marchioness OF Ely, is dead.
Its said that Germany and England will
end the African trouble by dividing terri
tory.
The marriage of young Mr.. Navarro tc
Mary Anderson s now definitely fixed fer
the 18th of this month.
The New York and Long Island Railroad
have applied for the right Of way fer a tux
mel under East river
The House Committee on Education has
decided to report at an early date the Blair
Educational bill to the House.
The assignment of Hon. r. Q Mills to the
committee on rules makes hip the 6eno-
cratic leader in the House of Representa-
tives.
President Iuman says the same persons
VINO are interested in the Richmond Term.-
nal will be interested III the b. " D. after
the deal.
Nellie Dougherty, aged eleven, of Haze
ton, Pa, was yesterday held over Ire by
her brother, aged ten, who became angry
with her, and was burned to death.
The silver bill reported to the Senate has
been amended so as to render 1t more obnox.
| ious to the silver men than tue pending
Senate bill or the original House measure.
Two horse traders, whose names arc I'M
known, abducted the pretty daughters of
miner named A. J. Aker, of Leavenworth,
Kan, Monday. The girls, the elder twer-
" years Of age, and the younger, sixteen,
we're taken away in q covered wagon.
An examination of the 750 foot level Of
tho Nelson shaft at ShamokiD, Pa which
hes been on fire, reveals the fact that the
damage will be much less than anticipated
Twelve mules were found alive, having been
wit hout food and water twenty six days.
Colonel Cotton, commander of Canadian
Battery "a +" caused quite ripple OF ex-
element Yesterday by refusing 10 allow
British band to enter the American Gamer
st. Lawrence, until she had hauled down
the Stars and Stripes, which she sefused to do.
Is the Inman line steamer City of New
York was turning into her slip at New YORK
lsst night her bow crashed into the pier and
tore away some twenty feet of the iron Gov
erng. There was almost panic among the
several hundred people who had assembled
on the pier but no one was hurt.
The majority of the House Committee or
Elections yesterday Informally agreed TO re-
port in favor Of seating both Catchlogs and
General Hooker, tho democratic members
10 colored Jim Hill. Another appeal to
Qnay in Hills case may rot hr In yaip, no"
ever.
Edward F. Costello, Of Palmer, Mass a
brak emnn employed on the New Londor
Northern Railroad, stood over bis nineteen
months old baby SOD, rs ii slept yesterday,
and shot bullet through tbs baby's heart.
He then fired three shots at his wife but
n
cause.
By an explosion Of natural gaa in the ce,
lar of dwelling house on Pike street, Ale
gheny City. Pa, al noon yesterday, Mts
X DID. aged 20 years, and her daughter liz
zie, 16, were fatally burned. The COS was
leaking and the explosion was caused by
the women going into the cellar with Eight
ed lamp.
10 the UOited States Senate yesterday
Mr.. Vests bill to prevent monopoly in the
transportation of cattle to foreign countries
was adopted The Sundry Civil! Appropris
ton bill was presented to the House. The
bill recommends total appropriation OF
twenty seven millions which ia over two
million more than the Iasl bill.
1t ia current gossip In Baltimore that Mr..
John X Cowen the counsel for the Bslt-
more and Ohio, and until now the leader
of the independent democracy in Maryland,
had buried the Ratchet, and was now net
only in accord with the regular wing OF the
party. but had actually been mentioned in
connection with the craftsmanship OF the
democratic State central committee.
On Tuesday Two Mexican cowboys living
near Moore Station, Texas, had singular
and fatal duol. Their names were Jose
Carrasco and Manual BaSco. They met in
the road, qparreled about a COW. and en-
deavored to lasso each other. Carrasco
larinted his opponent by the neck dragged
him from his aa0dIe, and set of ut fall
saeed. Basco was dragged nearly mile.
His neck was broken.