Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-03-17
EEWs OF THE DAY.

Cattle exports from Baltimore this week
will be 2.4SS head.
New York has received the money due
her under the direct tax act.
The cold weather, it is said. has saved the
New Jersey and Delaware fruit crop.
Irish priests at meeting yeatrday pre-
dcted Psrnells political death In ak
months.
Joseph Macheca. one OF the Isalians kill
ed in New Orleans, was lerge steamship
owner. and his estate is estimated at =. OOO-
600.
Paul Deronlede. the Boulagist leader, says
that he and his friends have sworn that II
Emperor William visited Paris, he would
never leave the city alive.
Sir William Gordon Cumming has denied
on oath 10 London the charges made against
him 10 the bacarat case, and an ample apo!-
ogy will be made him in court.
TWENTY-FIVE of the crew of the steamer
R1xburgh Csstle which collided with the
ship British Peer off the Scllly Islard5. we're
drowned by the sinking of the vessel.
| The possible sale of the Western Mary
land to the West Virginia Central aud Pitts'
burg Railway Company is still under Dis
custom by railroad men and fnanclers
A comparison of records shows that Pres
ident Harris ID has made far greater num-
Der of removals in presidential postmssters
ip two years than Mr.. Cleveland did during
the frat twenty eight mouths Of his admic-
istrston.
Mable Waters and Birdie LoDgfellow, two
dissolute women. becsme.engeged in quar-
rel with man in saloon In Washington
Yesterday, during which the man, whose
name tie women refuse to make known,
shot them botb but not seriously.
A mob Yesterday went to the house oil
Mrs. Wigginton, at Mount Sterling, KY,
whose husband and sons are charged with
poisoning Mr.. Ferguson aud MIR. Watts, and
hanged her, and are now searching for Mr..
Wiegintor, who has fad. Two OF the Wig
eineton boys are 10 all, which is strongly
guarded.
The wind was blowing a gale from the
soulhwes. yesterday and tremendous seas
we're breaking over the q. s. torpedo beat
Triana. ashore at Gay Head. Mass. Ualesi
the wind abales the vessel cannot hold to-
pether long. The Galena and Nina lie 10 q
dangerous position and both vessels appear
to be doomed Tue Gsens was almost hid
| en- from elSnC oy lub immeueo n"fOo VIM
we're making a clean breach over her.
Mrs. Clara Purnell. who was found dead
in her cottsge at Atlantic CITY on Sunday
was the widow of Mississippi lawyer and
owned property In that State. A woman
named Martha Glass ewore that she YVES the
mother of the child found by the dead body
that it was illegiimate. and its father
prominent politician of Philadelphia. Mrs
Puruell had signed q will leaving all of her
possessions, valued at $50 900, to the child.
Il ia said that the Spanish Cabinets pro-
ject of reciprocity with the United States
contem plates admitting into the Spanish An
titles Uailed States Industrial and agricul'
tural products at lower rates than those Of
any other nation In exchanges for the admit
lance into the United States free OF duty
sugar and molasses from the Antilles. A
lowered tariff on tobaccos imported from the
same islands into the United States Ia s'sc
asked for in return for the privilege Spain
proposes to grant.