Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-07


Yate yarda 10 that country.
Mics Winnie Davis, '.he daughter of the
Confederacy,n ia said to be engaged to MIR.
Alfred Wilkinson of Syracuse, New YORK.
In the Senate on Saturday Mr.. Blair gave
notice of his intention to introduce bill
prohibiting the sale of liquor lie the District
of Columbia.
The proposed bridge across the Hudson
between New York and Hoboken will be
a stupendous work of engineering, and will
cost about 100000.
The House of Representatives has passed
several bills tending to promote the ehcien-
CIV of the army, smong them bill increas-
Jog the number of artillery regiments from
5 to Z.
The three valuable paintings in the Maria
Della Pace Church in Rome were burned
Saturday by the upsetting of lamp. Raph.
aei's fresco, The Sibyls, narrowly escaped
destruction.
Seventy negroes from Halifax county, n.
c.. arrived at Pittsburg, Pa. last week to
work in the coal Mines The miners say
there will be trouble if the new men WORK
for less than the scale rate.
Showers of unprecedented violence fell in
the neighborhood OF Ithaca Friday night and
caused the bursting of dam containing
90, OO0.O 900 gallons OF water. Several bridges
were swept away, but no lives were lost.
Owing to the premature explosion OF
fog signal the dome of the famous Bellrock
Lighthouse of the east coast OF Scotland,
was shattered Saturday night and the light
was extinguished for the first time in ~
years.
A fire on Saturday night in the four.story
building, in Philadelphia, occupied by f.
Middleton & Co., dealers in teas, cotlees and
soices, caused loss of over $40 900. -Four
firemen we're overcome with the fumes OF
burning pepper, and had to be taken from
the building.
While Mack Steele, aged about 10. and
Sammie, 7-year old con Of 4. A. DornoD,
of New Alexandria, Pa, were hauling rub.
bish on Saturday, their horse backed the
wagon in which they were seated over q
precpice so feet high, and they were hurled
to the bottom. Young Dornon was killed
and Steele internally injured.
The Archer investigation committee in
Maryland, has traced securities valued at
S35 500 upon which loans were secured for
So, S73 co. It is now agreed that Treasurer
Archer's defalcation will run up to 5000 000.
Gov. Jackson says be has not offered the
State treesuryship to Hon. Barnes Compton
and Mr.. Compton says he doesn't want the
place.
Conductor Gardner ]. Tuckey, in charge
of en- east-bound freight train on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad.
was attacked yesterday afternoon by six
tramps, who attempted to enter the abooee
when the train was sidetracked at Lima.
Ohio. Afer desperated struggle one OF
the tramps shot the conductor inhictipg a
mortal wound.
Miss Matte Wiman, daughter of Efastus
Wiman, had narrow escape from being
burned to death at her home ut Tantalion,
ST. George S. 1 on Thursday evening.
While striking match, the lace on the
drepery of her dress caught fire from fly
ing spark, and before the flames were ex.
tinguished, Miss Wiman's throat and wrist
were seriously burned.
Some eolored Knights Templar whilst
parading in Pittsburg Saturday night joatled
white woman, and white man expostu-
lated with the marchers. Several colored
men took up the quarrel, and one OF them,
named Lghtner, fired three times into the
crowd with a pistol, killing john O'Hara
and seriously wounding Martin Fahey, each
about seventeen years old, and both limo
cent byetauders.
Nineteen colored persons, the survivors
OF large party Of refugees, who attempted
to escape from the overflow down Bayou
Falaya On raft, have arrived at VIcksburg.
They report that twelve women and child
rem were drowned when the current lashed
their crazy vessel against tree. and that
they escaped with extreme difficulty. BY
the breaking of the levee ut Catfish Point,
on the Mississippi, near Greenville, Miss,
on Saturday that town was inundated. lt
ia again reported that the levees have been
cut by negroes along the river.
The supplementary election in Newport,
R. l., on Saturday for the First ard Fourth
representatives. resulted in the election OF
two democrats. This brings the Legsla
lure to stand forty seven republicans and
forty-four democrats There are seventeen
members yet to be elected and the demo.
Gratis must secure II to win. Their chances
for successfully reaching this end are consid.
cred very hopeful The present General
Assembly shows that thirteen ofthe seals TO
b filed are now held by democrats.
The dynamite works OF Arthur @. Ditmar,
located at Baychester, n. Y were blown
into fragments Saturday afternoon. Two
laborers, who were 10 the works at the time.
we're literally reduced to atoms, come few
small bits of fash and shrecs of clothing
found scattered around within hundred
wards of the scene being all that remained
to identify the unfortunate victims. For
miles in every direction the ground trem-
bled as with an earthquake. the pastering
fell from ceilings and window panes were
shattered. The depot at Baycbester a
quarter of mile away, was badly damaged.
The windows were all demolished, and the
glass in front OF the postotfice boxes in the
ticket office was smashed and scattered in
all directions.
Confederate decoration day attracted
thousands of visitors to the New o leans
cemeteries yesterday. The Ladies' Con-
federste Monumental Association, the Con-
federate veteran organizations, Sons OF Vet
Grams and the ci,Zsns' soldery, In uniform.