Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-12
EEWs OF TIE DAY.

large reductions in forces q. Mount Glare dur
icg the past week.
The Dem ccratic club of New York fo.-
mslly opened it's new club house on Satur-
day night with g reception to MI. CleVe-
land.
Senator Sherman has reported the Mica
raeua canal bill, proposing to give govern
ment guarantee for an issue Of 500 GEO 600
10 bonGe.
The supervising inspecto.-general ofs.eam
vessels has Issued q circular allowing oint
license for the pilot aud engineer of open
steam launches.
Ia battle between French troops and
the natives in Senegal. 10 West Africa re-
Gently, four hundred natives sad ffSS-oue
soldiers we're killed.
Already seven hundred tickets OF ten dol
lars have been sold for the Dempsey-Fitzim
mords fight, which tax place In New Or
leans or Wednesday next, and an exciting
mill is expected.
The British steamship Thanenore OF the
Johnstone line, which sailed from Balti-
more on November 26.h for Londou, with
cargo of cattle, which was reported lost, has
been lowed into Bahia, B7ezil having been
disabled by cyclone.
An engine attached to four Car train on
the 3.d ave-, New York, elevatorroad cid not
obey danger sigma! yesterday and csused
a collision with a sWitch engine. The latter
was thrown to the street and smashed, but
fortunately no lives we're lost.
General Grubb, Minister to Spain. has
purchased that part of the battlefield OF
Fredericksburg, which was occupied bg
the Tweniy-thrd New Jersey Volunteers
while under his command. He will erect q
monument there, and next fall will have an
unVeiliug end reunion.
Ga Saturday while Captain George. chief
of tribe Of Iodan5 near Vancouver, B. O..
was returning home in canoe with another
Indian end squaw the two men qusrreled.
One of the men cut the bottom out of the
canoe with an axe. and all three drowned.
The Indians we're intoxicated.
10 collision between the steamer B1itsn-
MIA sud the steamer Bear in the Firth OF
Forth, Scotland yesterday, the Bear was
sunk, and IL Wen persisted. The Britannia
which was taken in tow By another stesmer
subse qaentlY went down. but all her crew,
excepting the chief engineer. escaped.
Oae Of the American Express Company's
through cars VII tuo N1iCIikhb NcbiiHi btH.i
70sd was robbed Friday night between Chi
asgo and Detroit. Every box was broken
oneu aud ransscked. The agents have no
dec who did it. The value Of the goods
taken will not be kuown Until the books sre
coDsulted.
The fence acrcss Linden street, at the
pn:the.n entrance of LIE Droit PARK, Wasa-
iugloa, was torn down on Saturday. The
District commissioners directed the police
cot to permit the re-erection OF tho fence.
Subsequently, en- attempt Was made To re-
erecs the fence, but the police carried u.
the order of the commissioners.
OF the gaag of sate.blowers caught In the
sc By the police in Chicago FidaY night
fcur Of them were secured. The t!tb man
msfs dash for liberty and got away In
spits of the pistols Of the poIioe. A fne sit
Of tools was captured. One OF the cap
tured men is an o'd-time professions! jlut
opt CT jail from bis last sentence.
General Miles reports that aeyeral thou
sand hostile Indians ere On their way from
the Bad Lsnds 10 tho agency at Pine Ridge,
Trouble is reported among ths lndiaas 81
Tnrte Moucsain, Grand Forks, II. D. {
Catholic priest &C Aiinp!e, Washington, has
warned the ssttlers that the Oaono2an
Indians are threatening to 90 on the var
path.
Representative Atkinson sas introduced
la the Hauae bill to pay John "a. Lang
ston So. 305 II TO reimburse him for Tex
penses necessarily incurred" IN making the
contest for the seat he COZ holds in Con-
gress. Thera is no Danger that this bill will
pass. Congress allows only two thousand
dollars now 80 contestants, and Langaton
got that smount, in addition to nearly TWO
years ealary for services that be Lad not
performed.
Emperor William, referring TO the encoa.-
egement given by Bismarck to toe German
conservative opp 1sition, is credited With raw
ipg said to high diguitaties OF the court cou-
corning the Prince: l is dssiratie thah ne
be made TO uud sistaud that bi5 time for poll
tics has passed. BE ought not 70 attempt to
play sny role, esps cially that OF opposition.
Everybody knowing him Intimately can see
that he DOES Lot comprehend the needs OF
our time"
Mr.. Psrnell msde his promised speech o.
Limerick last night, announcing that an
agreement had been reached with MIR.
C'Brien by which he would retire fem tina
leadership, hut further negotiations are
necessary. P4rneli STACKED Gladstone and
the L ,bsrals In his speech. He held tint
Mr.. Gladstone caused the present trouble
h2 issuing mandatory letter demand
I that the Irish members Gepoae thsr
leader.
Baron BJokovi' ca, Q Russian nihiliat, who
vas convicted OF I'D attempt TO kill the Gar,
being driven TO despair By poverty, saot
himsclf in Kansas City, Mo-, 90 Saturday.
Dolly dry crust CT beck bread or the viz
dow sill and bare epriug mattress on tbs
floor showed tc what dire straits he was
driven sghen he sent q bali through bis
brain from revolver bought with the pro-
ceeds of ibe sale Of his stove in tis little
garrett room. a trunk fuil of books ard Pc
Ders revealed his identity.
4 di:patch from Washington to the Philadelphia
Re ord says
"Washburn, of Miunfsota, who voted with the
silver Senators to take up tho financial bill be-
capse of hia onoosit on 10 tho Force bill SAYS that