Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-27
NEWS OF The DaY.


Senator German sass the next Pfesiden.
tial contest will result III great victory for
the democrats.
Specialists ere trying in Kent county,
Md, to discover cure for peach-yellows.
Peaches in that county arc already rpeniDg.
The casting ball aud furnace room of the
Diamond Plate Glass Company's Works, at
Elwood, Ind. the largest in the world, were
burned yesterday.
The Treasury Department is informed
that the caisson for the lighthouse at d a.
mond Shoal, eff Cape Hstteras, has been
com pleted at Norfolk.
I. is stated at the Treasury Department
that the extension OF the four nd-a-haf per
cents will have the effect of largely inoreas-
lag the circulation of national banks.
The latest information in Cabinet wey
Ia that General William ]. Sewell, of New
Jersey, will be asked to seat In the War
Office next fall, when Secretary Proctor is
expected to retire to succeed E1mund5 IN the
Senate.
Senior Padre Mont, Antonio Varae and
Josie NJ. Santa Cruz, Gillian embassaco' 8,
have left New York for Washington. to en-
deevor to get recognition from ths United
States government for the Chill ian Congress
soDal party.
John L Sullivan met Paddy Ryan 10
Rsan's saloon 10 San F.ancisco yesterday.
Ryan asked Sullivan to meet him again IN
the ring. Sullivan consented ard the men
agreed TO si1-round fight when Sullivan
returns from Australia. II Is said that Ryan
will be backed for $40, 600.
James Ferguson, the famous steeple climb
or, was killed at Albany, N. Y, Thursday
While psioting one of the towers Of the pen.
it.ntiary. He was at work forty five feet
f.om the ground, when his tackle broke ard
he WAS dashed to death. He was about
& to years old, and had national repua-
ton.
Within week the Census Office will issue
~ bulletin 10. iron ore which will be perhaps
ems Of the most remarkable as we'll a.
one Of most suggestive pub ic documents
ever issued. For the first time in the his
lotv OF the country A ALBANIA will change
places With Pennsylvania ss producing more
iron ore in 1890 han the old Keystone s ate.
Miss Mary e. Laue, OF Good Ground, L
| /, has married colared man, Garaett
Douglas, of Baltimore. He ia thirty years
| Of age, we'll educated, OF good appearance,
anc is employed on the State sprcey. Miss
I.sue ia twenty-nne, good ooking, and edu-
ca:ed enough to be school teacher in The
/ distrct where che lives. Her mother. a
vdow, is PROSTATE, by her coDdnc'. Tbe
couple will go to live 10 Troy, N. Y.
/; Both Of the Man1sttau and the Democrat.
lie clubs of Now YuEk have asked Senator
German 10 accept reception in token Of
aggregation OF hls record in The last Con
gross. He declined both, with thanks ioI
the compliment the offer implied. Ee saio
sbe Gefaat OF the force bill was due tc the
un!.ed efJrts Of oil the democrats in Con
yrese, and it wculd be an iuvidious distino'
| ton 10 single out ore ma for The honor o.
the victory.
James Marin. piste printer, emp'oyf
at photograph gallery on Psunsy 7ania
avenue, fell from q srosil platform on he
rcrf OF the building last night, Ia the eVen'
irg, ios.ead OF returning 30 his home, In Ia
kome, Md Martin went to sleen on TIE
platform. Ia his sleep be relied eli aud fei
TO tho ground, smashing bis skull and break
| ing his arm5 He wss taken to the Emer'
gsnoy Hospital. where be died fifteen min
utes after the fall.
The coroner's jury Ia Baltimore yesterdey
continued the investigation of Carrie Rich
! veins death es result Of malpEsctice. II
was proven that d.. Kirby, who is charged
with the c'ime, also want under the meme
of DR.. Thomas, with en- ofiice On north
Exeter atreet. The Try, taiing to egIee
upon verdict, were locked up last night
and we're this morning discharged. Miss
Riohwen died suddenly en- Monday from
the ELECTS Of mslprec,icP. Her physician
has been under arrest since her death.