Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-26
aEHs OF rEEpaT.

MEES OF TEE uaI.
A number OF lives we're Loaf and maDy
houses swept away by the foods 10 south.
ern California.
The new dry dock to be built en- Pcget
sound by the government will be by far the
largest in the United States.
The eviction OF the families CT the strik-
ing coal miners, near Durham, England,
yesterday led to riotiug, in which runber
of persons were hut.
General Da Fopseos, who YVES chosen
Provisional President OF Brszii at the time
of the overthrow of the empire, has been
formally elected President.
Chairman Rowell. of the HOUSE Commit
tee on Elections, yesterday presented re
port favoring the claims of Mr.. Hooker, the
sitting member from Mississippi.
Gov. Bu'keley, Of Connecticut. he's writ
ten letter to Gov. Hill, commenting sharp
" on HE refusal of re QUESTION papers signed
by him for Pardon, the alleged burglar.
The governor of q French colony on an
island eff the coast of Madagascar, ordered
the execution OF one hundred mon and their
wives and chldren to put down rebellion.
TIE House Of Representatives last night
passed the agricultural appropriation bil l,
but, without disposiug of the general de-
GcieDcy bill, al 1880 adjourned until tbs
morning.
Gov. Hill, of Nsw York, ia securing the
opinions Of his friends whether he should
hold on to the aovarnorship until December
next or resign and tske his seat in the
United States Senate.
The congressional committee who investi-
I'D fLo olla
the found no evidence that any combination
or individual furnished money to enable
members OF Congress to invest in silver.
The outcome of the national oouocil OF
women, which adj burned in Washington
Yesterday, will be Lhe formation OF Con-
federation of societies after the plan CT
government of the United States Congress.
Miss Bertha Phipps, the girl who was 30
cruelty assaulted in Anne Arundel county.
No. by Erness Forbes, tae negro who will
hang for his crime. was married yesterday
near her homs ia the county. to Bsf lmin
Griffith.
BS the giving wsy OF culvert at Hagers-e
town, Ind, yesterday evening. two cars o.
the Chicago limited on the Pan Randle road
jumped the track and rolled down an en-
oankmeDt. Six persons we're killed and
score of others were jared.
10 the Circuit Court at Annsptls yester-
! day Judge Miller decided that under the
oyster law of 1890 oys;ers Can bs brought
Into the State for sale from foreign waters,
| hut that the right OF the State to inspect
them continues, and that persoDs oHerioe
such oysters for sale must prove that they
came from waters outside the State.
Tue levees of the ella river at Yuma,
Arizona, have broken and thst town l.
largely under water, which is ten feet desp
10 p a,es. Many people had no time to get
cut their furniture and lost all. Over d
hundred houses we're ruined. The people
are camped on the hills, and the. United
States quartermsster buildings have been
thrown open.
o. the Is instant, battle was fought on
the Pampa at Dolores, Chill. The govern
msnt was defeated with the loss Of sbont
500 men. Ga the 16 Iqui9ue surrer dered
{ the feet. a riot the same night, caused
hY an iDcendisry mob, was quelied by. the
fl let and the foreign residents. O1e hun
dred and seventy i've of the mob were kill
ed and wounded.
At Soottda'e, Pa, yesterday large mob
of strikers swooped down on tic Fort Hill
works and put to flight the workmep. The
rioters were HuDgarisns, Savs, Germans.
and negroes. About the same time sm!-
lar Gro wd, augmented to about 500, de-
scended upon the PAUL plant with equal
Success They were In feeuzY OF excite
ment. They threw stonee, fourlshed oiubs,
and fred revolvers.
The Pope has informed the Propaganda
that he is excee dingly dispeased with the
last nominations for bishops made 10 the
United s stes and seft t, Rome for his ap-
provel. This explains The delay in making
the appointments, which. according to
pr; v.ou5 announcement. were to be made on
Thursday, February ~. The Pope is shock-
ed to learn Of the religious condit on Of la
ian immigrants arriving in America.
The funeral of "Corroty Nell" the last
Whitechspe victim, took place in London
yesterday. The remsins were followed to
the grave ny an enormous multitude OF
mcurners. The crowds made an aocry de-
monstration against the police, whom they
eeemed to regard as in some way rtspons
BILE for the crime, or at leaet for not having
captured Jack the Ripper before be had
claimed 30 many victim. Most ofthe crowd
dropped off on the way. but Struggling
procession continued for four miles, es far
| SO the Elst End Cemetery. The woman's
coffi was de uged with 1,wers. L. was
with difficulty that the police prevented a
serious demonstration CT popular anger.
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