Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-02
HKWs OF THE Day.

Mr.. Hannibal Hamlin is the only ex vice
President now living.
The Baltimore Germ ard Flour Exchange
will suspend business July and 4.
The total amount "a d fo- pensions far the
fiscal wear ending yesterday was STA. 424,.
110.37.
Secretary Tracy has decidsd that all em-
plcyes 10 the navy yards shall be snr]sct TO
OWL service rulea.
Mr.. B'alne's condition Ia reported wore
He Ia said to be suffering from nervous pres
traitor, tu! 1t still at work.
Right Rev. Ethebert Talbot, Protestant
Episcopal Missionary Bishop OF Idaho and
Wyoming, has been elected bishop Of
Georgia.
The Director of thu Mint has resumed the
purchase OF silver. The amount oifered Tor
sale was l O35, 900 ounces, OF which 61O,Olo
ounces were purchased.
Prof. Labaron Ruasel Briggs has assumed
tina duties of dean OF Harvard College, sue
oeedIng Clement Lawrence Smith. resigned
Prof. Smith he's been dean since 1882.
The Iowa republican State convention at
Csdar Rapids yesterday nominated Hirem
C. Wheeler for Governor and reatfismed lie
o ark In favor OF prohibition. high tarih, e..
All recruiting for the Portuguese army and
navy has been suspended for the present,
owing to economic reasons. In addition
8 900 soldiers have received their discharges
from the army.
statement, purporting to be from e1-
Treasurer Bardsley, was suppressed In Phils-
deIphia yesterday, because 1t contained ire
eponsive charges. involving reputable c!ti-
cans OF Philadelphia.
Governor Hill ia said to be aiming to di'
vide the New York convention between
Flower and Chaplin for Governor In the
hope of securing the nomination of his owp
candidate, Judge A. B. Parker.
Various schemes have been thought OF by
the officials of the Treasury Department for
using the subsidiary coin Ia payment OF pen
sions, but there is law which declares that
said coin cannot be considered legal tender
In sums exceeding So
At the trial in New York yesterday OF
B Ali fer murder, Drs. Henry Formal,
Austin Flint aud Cyrus E]son swore that
murdered Carrie Browns blood, wi n intes-
final aimi sture. was upon The hands, shirt
and stockings of Bsn.
At an auction eale of DR.. r. tll-'s coilec-
ton of American ausographa, IN London
Yesterday, folio containing full set OF tho
signatures of the eigpers OF the Declaration
of independence, of which only % sets are
known to exist, brought 81, 25O.
Daniel Burch, colored man employed by
Johnson McLendon, Of Button, Ca, Of
tempted to assault bis employers daughter
on Sunday night. When arrested be con-
fessed and was subsequently taken ircna the
Sheriff by mob, hung up by the heels and
$50 bullets fired into bis body.
The fire which started on Mount Tamala-
pais. CAL, Monday, he's greatly increased
| The flames bsve spread from Williams's
Gulch. at the foot Of the mountain, to A. II
Kent'e estate. and destroyed the oatbuid-
ipps. II the fire IL not check ed there 1t will
nprsad 60 Ross Valley and destroy macy OF
the handsome residences there.
Idaho Territory, having complied with all
the re uuire ments for entering into the s'e-
terhood of States, will, after Jn'y 1891. be
the forty-fourtb State OF the American
Uoion. This will neoeasitete change In
tae flag Of the United States to CONFORM to
the existing condition ofsf1sirs on that date,
and an order has heen iesued by the general
of the army 10 accordance with thu status Of
the Gaze.
The parachute jumper Bruce, 1T Colqast.
MINI, yesterday assembled ntne huudted
feet, bnt was unable to let go on account OF
thu fog. The balloon dropped to within for
ty feet Of ;hs earth and rolled across the
town, drsgeiog Bruce With 1t. He was
dashed q. aiost the roof of the Swede church.
when he lost his no d and rolled of the roof
to the ground, receiving bnt slight Injuries.
The balloon Was found across the river.
South Chill on SATURDAY. eeetsd Vicura TO
sncoeed Fslp ,ods IS President. The in
sureeot Fl et is mcying upon Cnquimbo,
whore Ba maceda has Z 600 men. There are
rum ,rs OF heavy fighting between Ruasco
and Coqulubo. The elei ton OF Vicuns,
Bamacsda's candidate, eas foreRone Coz
cuson and between DOW and July % b Bal
maceda will remain in office and will hest
tate st nothing to stamp out the revolution.
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