Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-25
NEWS OF THE Day.
A crisis ia announced in the Brazilian cat

A crisis ia announced in the Brazilian cat
met.
Dissensiors in the French ministry, 1t is
feared. will cause collapse of that cabinet.
Fire in the Office of DIR. Kean, under
Kunn's Hotel, Chicago, yesterday, caused
panic among the guests.
Returns from presbyteries all over the
country show that 80 far ITO have voted for
revision, and IS against.
Prince Napoleon has written to President
Cernot attacking him for visiting the house
in Corsica where Napoleon was born.
The republican Senators at Albany, n.
Y. have backed down from their position
and passed the ballot reform bill recon-
mended by Gov. Hill.
A purchase of two million pounds OF rut-
Der was announced in New York yesterday.
and an advance In raw and manufactured
rubber is expected to follow that deal.
The colossal statue of Washington to be
erected in Farmourt park, Philadelphia,
BY the Society of the Cincinnati, at cost
of $500, 900, is being removed to its site.
The Presbytery of Baltimore yesterday
adopted the report of its committee recon
mending changes in the confession OF 1aitn
and elected commissioners to the denerhi
Assembly.
A number Of steamboat men appeared
before the Senate committee on commerce
Yesterday in behalf of the bill repeating the
act requiring steamers to carry lie lines
and rockets.
Five sisters named Domovercf, tho
Youngest nineteen years old, committed SUI
eide at Moscow yesterday. II is believed
that fear of arrest as Nihilists led to the
commission of the deed.
Colonel Charles Marshall, of Baltimore,
General Lees chief of staff, has acce pied an
invitation to attend banquet, to be given
on Monday night ia Brooklyn in honor OF
General Grants birthday.
Senator Hoar's federal elections bill is re-
gsrded as scheme to capture the South
for the republican party. Senator Pugh
gave notice that 1t would be fought to the
last extremity by the minority.
William Writ Robinson died OF pneumo
MIA at his residence in Baltimore yesterday
afternoon in his forty ninth year. He was
a son of the late DR.. A. @. Robinson and O
grandson of William Writ, for whom he was
named.
Wall street started boom yesterday on
the news of the action of the republican eau
Gus at Washington upon the silver measure
An advance as great as the speculation IL
securities ten years ago is predicted if the
silver measures pass.
Lady Cook and Mrs Martin, or, as they
are better known here Tennie G. Csflln and
Victoria Woodruff, arrived at New York
to-day on the steamer Trave. from London
Their husbands are with them, and they
will make tour of the country for pleasure
and business. 1t is their first visit since
they left Wall street.
Reports from Logan county. W. Va, ere
to the effect that Frank Phillips, the des-
perado who figured extensively in the Hat
field Mccoy vendetta, was not killed, as re-
ported by some correspondents for certain
northern papers. Governor Fleming has
not issued acquisitions for Phillips or any Of
his party, but has thus far refused to be Q
party to any dealing of 8 retslia.ory nature
which is sought after by certain reward
gamers.
The bondsmen OF Stevenson Archer have
decided to resist any suit which may be
brought against them by the State of Mary
land for the payment of funds distracted by
Archer as State treasurer. The Anne Arun
del county grand jury is occupied 10 taking
testimony relative to the charge of malfeas-
snce In Office preferred against Archer. d
formal demand was made on Archer for the
return of the missing bonds, to which he re-
piled II cannot comply with the demand
made" The transfer of State securities was
made to Treasurer Brown.