Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS UF IHE UA1.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment cello
brated its twenty-ffth anniversary by a
parade and banquet in Baltimore yes
terday.
The Richmond Terminal reorsaniza-
ton committee in New York, will ask
the advice of counsel before taking any
further steps.
The residence of Henry Sullivan, at
RAYMOND City, w. Va, was burned
Yesterday and his youngest child per-
ished in the flames.
Mr.. Harrisons friends claim that he
will have 416 votes at the national re-
publican convention and that he Will be
re-nominated for President before New
York is called.
BY the explosion of battery OF four
boilers in the Midland Salt and Lumber
Company's mill, at Midland, near Sag
nav. Mich, yesterday, three employees
were killed and the building wrecked.
The Senate in executive session yes
tcrday confirmed the nomination of /.
Jefferson Coolidge, Massachusetts, mill
lister to France. and Capt. Richard w.
Meade, United States navy, commo-
dore
Judge Toney decided that the Frank
fort. KY. lottery has a right to run, no
matter if the State constitution did pro-
hibit it. The Henry College lottery
grant was, however, declared eX-
hauSted.
While attending a garden party in
Washington yesterday evening Mr.
Blaine made mistep and fell, measur-
ing his full length on the ground, and
rolling over several times. He was not
much hurt
Some of the republican Senators are
talking about holding up in the Senate
the river and harbor bill recently pass
ed BY the House to force the demo
Gratis in the House to make still larger
appropriations.
Kate Myrcs and Laura Everham
two girls OF Burlington, n. j., ycstcr-
day attempted suicide, owing to de-
spondcncy over domestic troubles
They ate cakes on which they had
spread rat poison.
The House in committee Of the whole
on the sundry civil bill increased the
appropriation for the life-saving ser
vice $4,000. a motion to strike out
the clause for maintaining the zoologi
cal park was rejected.
The L. S. Senate yesterday evening
took up the naval appropriation bill
and made good progress on it. Al
amendment was adopted appropriatins
$50, 900 toward the expenses of the III
ternational naval rendezvous and re
view in connection with the World:
Columbian Exposition.
The British government has declined
to give its assent to the convention be
tween the United States and New
loundland, holding that the negotia
tons between the United States and
Newfoundland must proceed with those
between the United States and Canada
A magnificent gold tea service, pre-
scntcd by the Car and Czarina of Rus
sia to Capt. John Findlay, of the
steamer Missouri in recognition of the
services of the steamship in carrying
food to starving Russians free ofcharge
was received in Baltimore last night
and will be put on exhibition to-day.
An abstract of the will Of the late
William Aston, prepared by the coun-
sci for the executors, shows that Mr..
Astor left all but about $1,000, 900 of his
estate to his only son. John jacob As
tor. The estate is valued at from $50,
600. 900 TO S50O00,000. Mrs. Drayton
receives nothing, but her children get
$2l2, 500 each.
As stated in the GAZETTE, the new
steel bridge across the Mississippi river
at Memphis was opened yesterday.
The length of the bridge and the APP
proaches is three miles. The length of
the bridge proper is three-quarters of a
mile. Nine thousand tons of steel has
been used in its construction and it has
cost about $3,000,000. The eastern end
of the bridge rests on the bluff upon
which De Soto, the discovcrcr of the
Mississippi river, first stood and looked
down upon the river.