Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Dick Thayer, well-know circus
man, died at his home, in Chicago, on
Tuesday.
Frederick Barker, convicted of the
murder of Alice Watson, was, in Wash
ington yesterday, resentenced to be
hung January 20, 1888.
Governor Brown, of Maryland. yes
terday appointed ox-Judge Pere L.
Wickes to succeed Judge Duffy on the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore.
The executive committee of Tamma-
ny Hall met in New York last night
and took decisive action toward sup
porting the nomination of Mr.. Clcve-
land.
An unknown sloop. supposed to con-
tain lot of contraband Chinese, was
capsized yesterday not a great distance
from Victoria, 3. c., and it is Supposed
that all Oh board were drowned.
In the Parliamentary elections in
Great Britain the LIBERALS continue to
make gains. Mr. Henry NJ. Stanley
was defeated ~ a liberal in North Lam
beth, Londcn, by amajority of 100
The United States Express Company
has recovered 81, 1S3 of the $4,000
stolen by Edwin ]. Ryan, Washing
ton employe, three weeks ago and
placed in safe depository i'll Pittsburs
by Ryan.
The Inman Line steamer City Of Chi
cago, stranded on the Irish coast, near
the Old Head of Kinsale, has been
further injured by pounding on the
rock, and it is feared the vessel will be-
come a total wreck.
An unsuccessful attempt of the Car
negie Steel Company was made yester
day to start their mills ut Homestead,
Pa The strikers refused to allow any
one to enter the mills, even the depu-
ties being refused admittance.
The Hamburger Nachrichtcn, speak
ing for Bismarck, declares that the
Prince has no fear of the threatened jul
dicial proceedings. and that when he
takes his seat in the Reichstag his criti
cisms will take still wider range.
A general engagement took place
near Caracas, Venezuela, Gu July be-
tween the revolutionists and the gov
ernment troops. Both sides fought gal
lantly and the losses sustained were
heavy. There was no decisive result.
General Andrew G.. Chapman, ex-
member of Congress from the Fifth
Maryland district and eX-internal rev.
enue collector, was stricken with pa
ralysis at his home near Port Tobacco,
on Friday night last, and is now lying
in an extremely critical condition.
The Senate yesterday insisted on its
amendment to theDistrict appropriation
bill appropriatings 500, 600 for the enter
tainmcnt of the Grand Army of the Be
public next September. The House
eight-hour bill was referred to the com
mittee on labor. 4 number ofpriyate
pension bills were passed.
Charles Emory Smith, U. S. Minister
to Russia yesterday rendered his resig-
nation to the President and it was ac-
copied. The President also accepted
the resignation of Harold NJ. Scwall,
consul general at Samoa. The Prcsi
dent yesterday approved the act appro-
priating $4,000 towards the erection of
a statue of Gen. w. 7. Sherman in the
city of Washington, and also the agri-
cultural appropriation bill.
While out berrying on ridge of
rocks in the mountains near Wilkes
barre, Pa, on Monday, Mrs. Joseph Pa
linski, Mill creek saloon mans wife,
was attacked by huge rattlesnake.
With her tin bucket she fought the SER
pcnt for awhile, but the bucket handle
broke and the snake bit her several
times. She was found unconscious in
the evening, her body having swollen
to double size. She died when taken
home.
H. NJ. Corner chairman of the board
of receivers of the Georgia Central, is
sued a statement in New York yester
day showing the condition of the road.
The members Of the Georgia Central
railroad syndicate have appointed an
advisory committee, and it is said that
a reorganization of the property will
soon be proposed. A meeting of the
committee of fifteen representing Rich
mond Terminal security holders will be
held in New York to-day.
A conference of the friends of the
free coinage bill was held in the Capitol
at Washington yesterday evening to
consider the question of whether it
would be necessary to amend the bill
before passing it, so as to provide for
the redemption of the silver certificates
outstanding, under the act Of 1890, and
to preserve their legal tender character
1t was finally decided that if the bill
was to be passed at all it must be put
through without amendment. 1t was
the opinion of the majority Of those
present that the bill in its present form
does not demonetize the outstanding
certificates.
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