Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The President has approved the original
| package bill.
Seven bodies haze been cremated at the
Luudon Park, Baltimore, crematory during
| the past year.
The impression prevails that some modfi-
| cation of the tin-plate schedule will be made
| 10 the Senate.
State Senator Brown, of New York, says
he will Introduce bill repeating the electric
execution law.
Thirty Eight cases OF typhoid fever at
Ashevile. n. g.. have been traced to well
near the old depot.
Republican members of Congress are said
| to be lukeRsrm in their attitude towards
the administra lion's anti lottery fight.
Raw. Walter R. D sic, formerly pastor of
the Sixth Baptist Church, of Atlanta. was
Wednesday convicted of bigsmy at Dallas.
Ga, where he had been on trial for several
days.
The entire family OF Thomas H. Coakley,
| living in South Baltimore, was chloroformed
| by burglars at an early hour yesterday
morning. The robbers at their leisure then
went through the house and got away with
their booty.
General Alger, commander in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, has dissp-
proved the sentence OF the court-martial IN
the case of Commander Gray, who was de-
posed for the part he took 10 the funeral
obsequies of Hon. j. f1erson Davis.
Local Inspectors OF Steamboats, Cooper
| and SavilIe of Baltimore yesterday forward
! ed to the supervising inspector general their
opinions in the Lause- Virginia collision
which occurred July rs Ia the Patapsco
river, near Fort Carroll. Inspector Cooper
states that the Louise could have avoided the
collision and Inspector Savlle blames the
officers of both vessels.
Mary MetzloiG, sixteen years old, daugb-
! ter OF James Mslz1orf. OF Baltimore, was
arrested yesterday. and ia locked up at the
| Southern Police Station on the charge OF
poisoning her stepmother, Mrs. Kate Metz
| dorff, her brother James aud Miss Louisa
Broadwater, a boarder In the house. Miss
Broad water Is dead. James is likely to die,
but Mrs. Metzdorf will recover. Arsenic
was placed In the coffee which all three
drank.
The employees of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad struck last ev-
ening, the railroad officials, as stated in the
| GAZETTE. having declined 10 treat with the
representatives of the Knights OF Labor con-
corning the discharge of employees. Passen-
ger traffic was stopped. The Knights of
Labor iesued proclamation declaring that
the railroad company has begun an effort to
crush labor organizations among railroad
men.
In the U. 6. Senate yesterday the confer
ence report on the snndry civil bill was
agreed to, but further conference was or
dered on the irrigation items. The tariff
bill was discussed, but no vote taken on any
items. The resolution offered in the House
looking to- limiting debate to two hours on
the Senate amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation bill, was not acted mas no quo
rum voted, and the House took recess uE-
til evening.
William Ro:s. an employs of the United
States Electric Light Company In Washing
ton, while changing oarbons 10 one OF the
CITY electric lights last hight received shock
Of Q 600 volts. He was almtss instantly
rendered insepsible. but coon recovered, a.
though the flash on the right hand, where
the current entered, and on bis left arm
where it passed of, was badly burned. He
said that for four or five seconds before he
became insensible he suffered great pain.