Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-02
NEWS OF TIE DaY.

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The city of Philadelphia VIII tax every
omnibus using its streets regu;ariy TO carry
passengers 500,
Msdaue Zoe Mafquet was found insansi-
bic in French railway carriage yesterday.
She hed been hypnotizsd and robCsd.
Fred Douglass, the negro mipis'er to
Hayti, who has been in Washington all the
summer, will leave for his post of duty on
Thursday.
Shakespeare Reeves, s. mu!atto, vas yes
terdey sentenced TO be hanged in Whining
ton, Dsl., for felonious'y assaulting yourg
white girl.
The entire breeding aud racing stud Of the
late August Belmont, it was officially stated
to-day, wouli be cold 10 comply with the
will Of the banker.
| So little confidence have The republicans
of Senator Inesl's success in Kantas that
some of his associates are bidding for the
desk be now occupies.
Secretary Tracy geve dinner yesterday
evening OF the Arlington Hotel ia Washing
ton to the Admiral and senior officers Ct
the Brazilian squadron.
The wife of Major Gregg, an ins!fucio. in
ths Sandhurst Royal Military College, in
Berkshire, England, while insane yesterday
murdered her mother and committed SUI
eide
Floods in Tier-Tso ., China, have render
Cd destitute vast portion Of the popuIace,
who have become desperate in oonstq uence
of the lack of food, ard threaten to masaa-
ere aud pIunder European residents.
The public debt statement issuad gester-
day afternoon shows tba. the public debt,
less The cash in the Treasury, increased
| sc, 1870 Sl9 81 during the month of Novem Der
! Total cash in the Treasury s675. $50, lS6 81.
The large manufacturing establishment Ct
be q. Campbell Manufacturing Company,
(cotton yarls) Manayunk Pa, was damaged
] BIZ fre Yesterday afternoon 10 the extent of
100000 One fireman was killed and three
oihsrs were irjared by falling walls
The body of Mrs Johanna Mullen, widow
ola well-known Trenton, n. j., politician,
and. Tho U ysteriou ly disappeared November
| Is was fouud yesterday in the canal about
two miles below tbas city. The police be-
| lieVe that The Wcman WIGS foully dealt With.
The large three-story brick building on
| Ee Stern avenue, Baltimore, owned by Luxe
aaift feed desler. and occupied jointly bg
/ himself and the Steinbsch Carriage ard Toy
! Manufacturing Company, was partially de-
! etroyed by FIRE last Eight, causing less OF
| about SO 0OO.
| General Miles fears an outhresk OF The
Sioux, end the Secretary OF the Interior has
} directed that the Sioux be supplied with at-
diiiopsl rations The Ioterlor Department
has directed Boff4lo Bill not to arrest Sitting
Bal as trouble might eDsue. Secretary
Proctor has determined upon general con-
centration Of troops to suppress the Indien
disorder,
Commissioners appointed to determine The
ituasion Of bridge over the hndacn river
f on N5w Jersey to New York have COM
p'eted their report. The structure will Goa
abou. S50,0O0,000. The union station will
cover the blocks between Tbirty-seyenth
and Tbirty-nin streets and extend from
Eighth avenue to Broadway. The bficee
is to be completed in three years from next
March.
After en- exciting session of six OF eight
houre. the Irish Nationalist meeting to con-
s:der the advisability of custiug Parneli
from the leadership adj2uroed yesterday
until to-day. Parreil made an iDpa5s!oned
spesch. in which he defended his cause,
| bitterly attacked his opponents, srd ~
farred to G adstone az garruous cid MAJ
Tae motion to retire Parnell from the let d
ershp wss made by John Barry, OF South
| Wexford.
The weather crop bulletin states hat
the month of November has been warmer
than usual, except In Northerp NsW York
and Southern Nsw Mexico where about
the utrmal temperature he's prevented.
Unusually high temperature has prevailed
tn roughout the Southern Safes. There
YVES less rain than usus1 during the month
generally throughout 81 districts east ct
the Mis,is ippi, ia S5etaa North OF the
Missouri river, and in the West Gull
States.
Ga Sunday night soutbessterly hurri-
cane, accompanied by rain fqaalIs. swept
over the Island of Barmuda. Houses weie
nnroofed and blown dowr, telegraph wires
broken, and great amount OF damage vas
caused. The early potato crop is totsl'y
ruined, end the tomato aud onion crop Sc
riousls damaged. Many ofthei Island stesm-
boats were disabled. Trinity Church, In
Hamilton, vas badly damaged. 81. Georges
coal bu'ks were wrecked aud the wharVse
damaged. This isscorsidsred tie severeslB
storm since 1880. The estimated damage
ia 100000.
Ellis Miller, who shot and killed his sis
.er-in.law, Mrs. Emms Johnson, last Jenu-
airy, was hanged 10 the OHIO penittntiary
last night. Miller had been accustomed TO
beat bis wife. aud whitecaps appeared st
his house ono evening, took him cut, and
gave him severe f)gsiug. Miller swore
vengeance against bis wife, AMI Mrs.. John
son, whom be blamed ss bsipg implicated
In the dose of whitocapisn, and soon sfte'-
ward caused separation between himself
aud wife by running her from the bcuae ut
the muzzle Of shotgun. Afterwards he
| shot bis sister-in-isw.
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