Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-09
NEWS OFF THE Day.

The State began its evidence III the
Smooth murder trial in Charlestown, W.
Va, yesterday.
The Supreme Council OF the Royal
Arcanum has voted to meet in Mime
apolis in June, 1898.
A number ofMoravian Seminary girls
will not be allowed to graduate because
they hirted with Lehigh University
boys.
Democrats are hopeful that the bill
for the admission of New Mexico and
Arizona, which has passed the House,
will also pass the Senate.
Most of the witnesses for the defense
in the Schneider trial indicted by the
grand jury of Washington for perjury
have been released on bail.
The democrats of the House are rush
ing business, and the general def
cheney bill is the only one of the large
appropriation bills not acted on. 1t Is
said the House will be ready to adjourn
by July LIST.
The new Oriental Bank of London,
with branches in New York, San Fran
cisco, Paris and anumber of other cities
in different parts of the world, has
closed its doors. The liabilities will
amount to several millions of pounds
sterling.
The body Of boy four years old, who
had been murdered. was yesterday
found tied to the rails in front of a
house in Goulston street, 4 low quarter
of Wh~itechapel, London. The boys
throat was CT and there were numer-
Gus gashes on the body.
The House of Representatives yester-
day, after a brief debate, passed the ag-
r%icultural appropriation bill. A motion
was adopted setting apart to-day for
the consideration of bills reported from
the judiciary committee. The bill TO
open the Colville reservation was
agreed to.
a rumor was in circulation in Wash
ington last night that Mr.. Blaine had
inditcd Il letter to his friends in Mime
apolis declaring that he will not be a
candidate and that his name must not
be presented to the convention. The
rumor was denied by Mr.. Emmons
Blaine in Minneapolis.
The water on the river guage at New
Orleans yesterday afternoon reached a
height of seventeen feet and seven
tenths. This is q tenth higher than be-
fore this season and four-tenths above
the flood of 1890. At Alexandria, La,
the river reached thirty-seven feet,
seven and a-half tenths, the highest on
record nj that point.
The report from Paris that SANTANA
Bay, Santo Domingo, has been coded to
the United States is officially denied at
the State Department. An officer OF
that department said yesterday after
noon that no such cession has been
made to or is sought by this govern
ment. and hat United States Minister
Durham has not taken up a permanent
residence in Santo Domingo and is
probably IN his way to Hayti, being ac-
credited to both countries.
A conflagration at P%otchinkie, in the
government of Nijniinovgorod, and 100
miles southeast of the town of the
name, has destroyed 80 houses. The
population ofthe town is only about
1000, and the destruction OF SO many
dwellings has caused much misery.
Many OF the occupants of the houses
lost everything they possessed, and are
dependent upon charity for their food.
The floods in the valley Of the Dan
ube are increasing alarmingly. The
inhabitants of Vienna have been Off
cially notified that there is danger of
an inundation. Measures have been
taken to dam the Danube canal. Steam
ship service between Prcssburg and
Passau has beea suspended. Serious
overfiows are reported in the Inn val
ley. The lakes of Salzkammergut and
Iscl have overlooked their banks, and
railway communication is interrupted.