Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-22
NEWS OF TEE DAT.


An explosion In the Standard Cartridge
Factory at Blue Island, Iuinois, yesterday
killed three msn and seriously Injured tDlr-
teen.
Clauses In the meat inspection bill which
has iust passed Congress give the President
full power TO prohibit ell imports from sny
country discriminating against American
pork.
In the U, 8 Senate yesterday the tariff DC
hate was continued, Mr.. Faulkner, OF Wese
Virginia, making lengthy speech agsinsS
the bill. The House was engaged on Inc
eigh.-hour and lard bile.
AT White Stone, L. l., yesterday. three
Young men and three girls from New 1ofK
started on the bay 10 row boat. Through
management the boat was upset, ana nVe
of the party were drowned.
The Lebanon Valley, Pa, was again visit
ed by q cyclone yesterday evening, the sec-
cnd Within As hours. Unlike that OF Iues-
day evening, there was no loss OF lie, out
the damage to property was very neaVy'
During storm in Philadelphia yesterday
the wall OF car stable was blown doWn
ard four persons were crushed to death.
Nlns others we're injured, and 1t is feared
that other persons may be found buried be-
meath the rulne.
Annie SHAKEN, the girl who was nearly
murdered by Peter McCrary.' her jealous
lover, at Louisville, KY, four weeks ego, ran
off from home and married McCrary last
night. McCrary will escape punishment,
as the girl cannot testify against him.
The announcement that 5000 bushels of
American wheat at Liverpool had been Or
dered to be reshipped to Baltimore, created
considerable stir among grain men yester.
day. Believers in the present values OF
wheat said the transaction looked like bear
move to weaken prices.
A coroner's inquest into the death OF Pat
rick Harris, the we'll known theatrical man
ager, whose sudden death at Bayshore, L..
I was announced yesterday, revealed the
fact that the Sudden death" was the result
of q deliberate and carefully planned sui
eide, Harris having shot himself.
Hon. Isaac P. Christianoy, e1-supreme
Justice of Michigan, ex-senator, and ex-
minister to Peru under President Hayes, is
Diving al his home In Lansing, Mich. He lie
seyenty-three years old, and several years
ago married In Washington Miss Lugenbeel,
| formerly of this city, who, few years sub
sequent, committed suicide.
The home Of Alfred Wilkinson, j., fancee
of Miss Winnie Davis, at James Hill, near
Syracuse, N. Y was destroyed by fire yes
terday, occasioned by the explosion of ben-
zine used by lsborers 10 cleaning WOOD. work.
Two laborers were fesriully injured by the
explosion. Msrg vSiuabb;e paintings nnd
much OF the furniture was saved, but the
house Is aruin. The loss is $50, 600.
The President is reported to have said
that in his judgment the claim of the United
States to the seals in Behrng sea was per-
feet one, and that he would insist upon the
fullest rights of the government being main
tanned as a matter OF national honor. Con-
WINGED of the justice ofthe Behring sea claim,
be advocates vigorous policy. BE is tired
OF negotiations and Is opposed to arbitrating
the question of the governments right to
project fur seals.
Dosing the raiu-storm last night an cleo
trc light wire became crossed with tele-
graph wire and completely wrecked the
Stock Exchange telegraph machines in
Lewis johnson & Coz bank in Washington.
besides starting small fire In the bank,
| which occssioned damage to the extent OF
500. At the same time it destroyed tele-
graph Instrument In the main office of the
Western Union Company, With which the
telegraph wire was connected.