Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-10
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Representative Springer is now considered
practically out Of danger.
Secretary Ektns declines to be the re-
publican candidate for Governor OF West
Virginia.
Representative Mills expects to resume
his duties at the Capitol SO soon az the
weather becomes settled. He has recover
ed ffom his recent illness.
Il Ia reported that Ex-Presideus Cleveland
recent y said that the plumbers committed
by the present democratic Congress have
neVe. been exceeded.
The q. 8. aensts, In executive session
yesterday, spent several hours IN the dlscns-
slon OF the eutiset OF seal fisheries In the
House Dir. Dlog!ey, Of Msine, replied 10
MIR. McMillin's speech On the free wool Dill
Tie New York Assembly C,mmit.es on
Codes has agreed TO report favorably the
bill amending the capita, punishment act OF
that State. The bill does away with the
electrical chair and substitutes hanging.
Tie bill Ia reported without amendment.
Returra from Tuesdays elections In New
Jersey chow democratic gains on both sides.
| Politicians, bcWevsr, aSait with much aux
| 10 cities of the second class, which, under
the law OF 1892, occur In April.
The boiler of the steam mill Of Col. l. y.
Stephenson, eeven miles from Raieige, n.
| G., exploded yesterday. Tne boiler WAS
hurled $50 feet ACROSS the creek John
| Stephenson, cen OF the proprietor, was kill
cd. He vas terribly mangled. Fireman
Jones was blown about twenty feet, out vas
not Totally Injured.
The House committee on Iotsrstate and
| Foreign Commerce yesterdaA made favor
able report on the bill which hes passed tie
Senate to repeal tho laws requiring life-3sv
| ing appliances to Do carried Oh steamers
plying upon the inland waters OF the United
States, ard unanimously recommended lib
passage.
Tho democratic members OF the Ohio Gen.
arsI Assembly called on Allen 9. Thurman
isst night sad paid their respects as BODY
| Tbs "uld RomsD," seated In 8 reclining
chair, received them personally. He e1.
pressed confidence In the victory OF the
democracy at the forthcoming national con-
test.
D.. Henry Martyr Scudder was yester.
| day by order of Judge Scales released from
The Chicago house Of detention and turned
| oger to the police to etand trial for the muir.
| der OF his mother-in law. This will end
| Soudder's examination In oours for Insanity,
and his eenity will figure only 10 the de-
Tense In the criminal court.
A blizzard yesterday swept down from
tbs Dakotss and dispersed the early Signs OF
sarinp In Minnesota, Iowa and Wi-oens!.
f.Tie mssuurJ iu minnesota dropped forty
degrees, the w!nd blew fifty miles aa hour,
and street Car service was abandoned. Do
the railroads the biggest snow blockade Of
the vii tar quickly followed.
officials Of the Richmond Terminal eye
tenn state that their information ie that the
temporary reoeivership of the Georgia Gen.
trail will be made permanent and that O
new receiver will then be appointed In place
of General Alexander. Il is ls also stated
that the Georais Central faat'Dg debt has
increased to SIS 600. 600 einoe the arrange.
meat WAS made with Speyer & Co., In No.
| vember.
J ,hn Marshall Rye, who shot ard killed
John J. Wheeler, sohool teacher o: Charles
county, I'D, on August 6 last, was p!aced
on trial In Baltimore yesterday. The case
created Intense excitement In Charles CONN.,
| ty al the time OF its commission ard Rye
vas taken to Baltimore to escape lynchiEg.
Aiierwerd his case was cleo removed to that
city fox trial on an aff0avit..that be could
rot receive fair trial In his own county.
Several days einoe negro brute assaulted
two white women near Hamburg, Temp. he
wss captured near Florence. Ala, last
| Thursday and taken back to Hamburg. AT.
ter being identified by his victims be was
| lynoheo. It has since developed that the
| negro IVES the most noted orlminsl In the
Sorta whose depredatlona have terrorlzad
the people OF northern Missleaippi for ayear.
Ee called himself Reuben Burros and bis
chlef delight was in Offering all manner IT
indignities to white women.
Dol. 81. CIey King, the celebrated crimi-
nal lawyer and author, who Ia In the Mem.
phis jail condemned TO death for killing
David 81. Port u, lawyer and attorney for
Mrs. Gen. Gideon Pillow, said of the men
who took from that jail yesterday morning
and lynohed the three negroes: II was
magnificent orderly mob, THAT its work vas
go quiet that bis slumbess we're not disturb
ed, though he was within fen feet Of the
crowd IS 1t rushed through the j Ill coTri-
doris. A ios Mitchell, the murderess Of
Freda Ward, was somewhat alarmed.