Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Every Quitting Ill COulsc VI eGectlOIl
in New York is at 4 standstill by reason
OF amultiplicity of strikes. Eighteen
thousand men are now idle.
The report of the House comrnittee
to im1 estigate the Homestead troubles
Will divide the responsibility for the
loss of life on July 6 between both sides.
An agent WHO went to Baltimore to
secure workmen for the Carnegie Mills,
shipped one hundred and thirty-five to
Homestead last night by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad
DIR. W. 4. Strother, one OF the best
known and most highly esteemed citi-
zcns of Lynchburg and leading bust
ness man, died of apoplcxy last night,
after a few hours illness.
The Sarts III town in Asiatic Rus
sia, believing they were being poisoned,
attacked the governor and killed him.
\ desperate fight with the troops fol-
lowed, many being killed on both sides.
In accordance with Il resolution pass
ed at Il recent meeting Of the Rich
mond Terminal advisory committee,
default was made in New York on the
interest on the six per cent. bonds,
which was due yesterday.
Richard Ten Brock, the famous
Kentucky horseman, who was the first
American to win victories on the En-
glish turf. died yesterday at his home
in San Matco, Cal, which he had chris
tened THE Hermitage.
Theo. Pcnnypacker, Kent county,
Md, fisherman, engaged in killing fish
with dynamite, was yesterday blown TO
atoms in the upper waters of the Chesa-
pcake bay by the explosion Of bomb
he was in the act of throwing.
The public debt statement for July
shows q net decrease in the debt Of
81, l91.Sl5 and an increase of 1857 ,909
in the surplus cash of the treasua:y.
The government bought $50, 900 ounces
OF silver, the first Of the August quota,
at 1913 and S5.74 cents per ounce.
Robert Barnes, superintendent of the
Hot Springs Ark police force remark
ed to his wife yesterday morning as he
arrived home " have taken seventy
five grains of morphine. That settles
it for me- You need not send for a
DOCTOR" He died in few minutes.
Almost all that occupied the atten-
ton of the Senate yesterday were
speeches on the tariff question by Mr.
Hawley and Mr.. Hiscock, advocating
and defending The policy of protection
and statement by Mr.. Vest respecting
the pRofits of the Arlington wool mills
In the matter of deaths, July has
broken all records in the history OF
Washington Never, even during the
ravages of epidemics, has the rate been
so high. The report of the Health De-
partment will show that during the
month OF July there were about SAC
deaths.
With revolver in one hand and a
broom in the other, the wife of Captain
Lowell, of the lumber barge Pottsford,
held an Infatuated mob of a thousand
strikers at bay at Tonawanda, n. Y,
yesterday. She finally dictated h I
own terms and agreed to let one man
search the barge for non-union steve
dores.
1t is definitely asserted that Canada
will not take any action i'll the canal
tolls dispute until the United States
government is heard from. If Presi-
dent Harrison issues a proclamation
bringing the retaliatory bill into effect,
the Dominion Cabinet will meet and
send Il protest to Great Britain against
the violation by the United States gov
eminent of the Washington treaty. In
any event Canada will not adopt q
policy OF reprisals.
\ new precedent in bigamy cases has
been laid down by Justice Moses, OF
Deposit, n. Y. William A. Brown was
charged with abduction and bigamy
The accused admitted having another
legal wife and child, but said he had
not lived with them for some time, that
he had good grounds for divorce, and
intended to make application for one.
Justice Moses kindly adjourned the eX-
Brown TO get Il divorce.
At noon Yesterday Emperor William
and his flotilla were received in the har-
Dor ofCowes with all the honors due his
rank. At Osborne House the Emperor
was warmly greeted by his grand
mother, Queen Victoria, with whom he
will spend two days The yacht racing
began to-day. The race for the
Queens cup has the smallest number
of any of the races to be sailed, only
seven yachts being entered, and Of this
number, only two, the Meteor, En-
pcror Williams yacht and the Corsair,
are bona iide racers.