Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Z. S. Senate yesterday adjourned
till Monday and the House till to-mor-
row.
Tie United States Circuit Court of
Appeals has affirmed the decision pro-
teciing the Edison incandescent lamps
from infringement.
In New York yesterday the jury re-
turned Il verdict for Colonel Shepard in
the sut for damages instituted against
him by his former employe, Mr.. Gray.
On high AUTHORITY it is reported that
Mr. Cleveland will not call an extra
session of Congress, and will discountc
nance the effort TO defeat Speaker
Crisp's reelection.
Several witnesses testified in New
ark. n. j.. yesterday that Vicar Gene
raj O'Connor was too BIASED to be a
fair Judge at the trial of Rev. Patrick
Corrigan. The referees agreed to dis
agree.
The French Chamber of Deputies
yesterday refused 10 invest the Panama
Canal investigating committee with Ju-
dicial powers supporting the govern.
ment's stand in the matter by vote OF
i2i to 122. NJ. Bristoo will probably
resign the presidency Of the commits
sion.
Annie Myers. notorious woman
burglar Of Woodbury., n. j., sentenced
to five years imprisonment in the
county jail. yesterday set fire to the mat
tress in cell The flames were discover
ed in time TO prcvcu, the destruction OF
the building. The woman was nor
ribly burned.
While John Carrie was preparing
blast at Shamoilin Pa, yesterday, he
found the dynamite frozen and took 1t
to Il fire to thawt. Immediately there
was an explosion, Carrie was iound
three hundred yards from the spot
where the explosion occurred, in ter
ribly mangled condition.
Harry Stumbaugh, while intoxicated
Yesterday, fired Il shotgun into crowd
OF children returning from church at
JACKSONVILLE, Ohio. Two small girls,
daughters OF Isaac Koon and Alexander
SIcComb. were struck in the shoulder
and back Of the head. The wounds are
fatal. Stumbaugh was arrested.
Moorish pirates captured the Spanish
schooner Icod and carried her crew
into the mountains near Cape JUDY.
The pirates demand $l5, 900 for the sur
render of the men, and threaten that If
any attempt I've made to release the
prisoners by force they will kill them.
1t is thought the government will pay
the ransom money.
Representative Antony, of Texas,
Yesterday introduced in the House a
bill repeating the net Of June u, 1890,
granting pensions to soldiers and sailors,
and to widows, minor children and de-
pendent parents of soldiers and sailors.
The bill also provides that all pensions
granted under the act shall be discon-
tinued Representative Herbert intro
duced resolution providing for the APP
pointmcnt of members and Senators
elect to the Fifty-third Congress TO in
yestigate and report on the entire sub
jet of the personnel Of the navy.
Judge Bailey, of Denver, yesterday
nearu argument III III iPpiICdtioH iol d
writ of habeas corpus, TO release
Alfred Parker, convict in the
Clnyon City penitentiary, now
serving term of forty years
for murder. Parker, it may be
remembered, is the cannibal who was
convicted eight years ago Of the MUIR
der OF five of his neutrality-suspicious.
with whom he went on an expedition
into the San Juan country, in January,
1874. He was sentenced to five terms
of eight years each, and the present APP
p'ication for his release is based on the
ground that the court had not the right
to impose cumulative sentences.