Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-20
EKWs OF TEE Day.

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Ii has been agreed to raise the rank OF The
American minister to Mexico to first cass.
The Senate will have night sessions until
Congress adjourns, and Il is said tho House
will do likewise.
At Lexington, KY, yesterday. Antleo,
sou Of Great Electioneer, was sold 70 s. q.
Brown, OF Kalamazoo, for sol, 600.
The Bishop of Dromore has sent letter
to the clergy of his diocese warning the
faithful not to attend Psrnell meetiogs.
An official report has been made on the
recent boy and dog bene-grafting case in
New York favorable to the experiment.
During fire In A. " Sands hardware
store at Watseka. ILL.,, yesterday, kes OF
powder exploded, severely irjuring several
men,
Anderson Resell, colored. yesterday hrC-
tally murdered Mrs James Bare. at Rasodia,
Ind. she having ineide knowledge OF q for
gerry which the murderer had committed.
Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, met Presi-
dent Harrison by appointment 10 New YORK
Yesterday. and the President discussed the
question OF the eecretaryship OF the treasury
with him.
1t is again reported that ex-President
Cleveland will not be candidate for the
nomination in '92 {; that his mind is fully
made up on this point, and that consequent
ly he stands In the way of nobody who
wants the honor.
It is said that the late Secretary Window
left an estate valued at only s6.O00-S5. DOC
of which was an insurance policy On his life
1t was thought abont two years ago that he
was worth some $250,000 Where the money
went is mystery.
A man name Coleman Gray held up s
street-car full of passengers in Newark,
N. j.. yesterday afternoon, shot the oonduc-
tor in the side for ordering him not TO smoke,
and then forced every passenger at the muz-
g OF his revolver to leash up.'
Work vas resumed yesterday on the tenn
porary buildings for the Worlds Fair In
jackson Park, Chicago, the labor difficulties
having been adjusted. Il ia stated that the
like front will be abandoned and that the
whole show will be held in Jackson Park.
The U. 6. Senate. yesterday passed sub
stiute for House bill to defne the lnrlsdic
ton of the Police Court OF the District oil
Columbia and passed the Indian depreda
lions bill. to which number of amendments
were added bill was introduced giving
u pension of 81 500 year to tbs widow o!
Admiral Porter.
Herr Luerssen, The ecu or who modelled
the bnst of President Garfield, died sudden
ly In Berlin yesterday from apoplexy In bis
! studio. When the news OF the death Of
Luetssen was communicated to bis wife che
Was so overcome with grief that she was
seized with convusi ,ns and shortly after
wards died 10 fl, in spite of the Efforts
made to save her life.
At revival meeting at the III. e Church
at Vienna, Ohio, last night, John Smith
wealthy farmer arose end said; IF l owe
ANYBODY any money I waut him to step up
and | will pay him tenfoid." When he ecu.
GUIDED Eve young fellows marched up to
him and asked him if be did not remember
them working for him six months previous
and refusing to pay them. Smith reached
into bis pocket paid them, not tenfold, bu;
the amounts they claimed were due them.
The Ohio river Ia falling, and the worst c
the food al Wheeling and other points is
over. Two thousand FIVE hundred houses
10 Wheeling were Fl ooded. II Ia reported
that the whole town of Riverside, suburb
Of Parkersburg, was entirely swept away by
the f nod YESTERDAY. 1. contained about
1000 inhebitaus. No loss CT life i5reported
Some OF the people living along the Oslo
river whose houses we're flooded saot at pass
Ing stes mboa,s for causing the waller 10 fur
tier damage their property.
The Farmers Mutual Bsnei. Association
members of the Illinois Legislature yester
day decided to support J. A. s;reeter for
Uoited States Senator after catechlsing him
and eliciting replies that be would support
the farmers demands, vote with the repub-
licans on other questions, favor free coinage
and federal election bill less radical than
the Lodge measure. In the bsllotiDg eight
republicans held cut for ex-Gov. Richard ).
Oylesby, republican, and Streeter only re-
ceived 95. eight less than necessary to elect
him. The democrats cast their 101 votes
solidy for Con. John NJ. Palmer.