Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-31
NEWS OLE THE DAY.

lives were lOSI.
It's believed that one of the results
of the present financial depression will
be to attract more northern and east
ern capital to the South.
Information has been received at St.
Johns, n. F., from Labrador of serious
trouble in Lieut.. Peary's expedition: 1t
is said it is so great that the trip is like
ly to prove failure.
Nathan Toomer, colored, of Georgia,
has sued the Pullman Palace Car Gem
pany for S1C0,C0) for alleged delay OF a
sleeping car, which, it is Claimed,
caused the death of his wife.
It is stated that the position on the
United States Supreme Court bench
left vacant by The death of Justice
Samuel Blatchford will be offered to
Judge John s. Lambert, OF tredonla,
\. Y.
Russia intends 10 add on August 1
fly per cent. to the present maximum
tariff on German imports. This will
be Russia's reply to Germany's in
crease of fifty per cent. on her tariff on
Russian imports.
Mrs. Charles Dodge few days since
saved Mr.. George Vanderbilt from
drowning at Bar Harbor where they
we've both iii the swimming pool, and
narrowly escaped drowning herself, she
being rescued by two boys.
The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions sent q request to Secretary OF
State Gresham, requesting that the
government take action in reference to
the assault on Miss Anna Melton, u
missionary in Asiatic, Turkey.
James T. kilbreth, the new collector
of the port of New York, declares that
he will apply civil service principles to
the Office, but declines to say whether
he will favor war on Tammany.
Many of the saving banks of New
York and Brooklyn on Saturday decid-
ed to enforce the rule requiring thirty
or sixty days notice OF the withdrawal
of deposits. Withdrawals were large,
but no runs or panics followed the an
nouncement.
Alexander Brown was hanged at
Bastrop, Tex, Friday, for wife-murder.
He made full confession on the gal
lows. Wednesday night he cut his
throat, severing the wind-pipe, which
prolonged his life after the drop air
getting into the lungs.
Miss Nellie Riorden, of Chicago, was
impaled by a pointed wooden lever
which dropped from its place on the
Harrison street bridge in Chicago Sat
urday and struck the horse car in
which she was riding. The wood pass
ed through her body. She died in a
hospital.
A gigantic swindle, involving 10 New
England banks and banking institutions
besides some in New York, which were
victimized for total of Sl,500,000, has
lust been revealed. The sharpers were
employees Of the Northern Pacific Grain
Elevator Company, of Minnesota, who
issued duplicates of elevator certificates
deposited in the banks as collateral.
About 100000 had been secured in
New England and the rest from New
York banks.
The Right Rev. ]. ]. Kain has visited
Mgr. Sharretti, Auditor of the Apos-
tolic Delegation, and received from
him the papal bulls by which he was
transferred from the See of Wheeling
to the Coadjutorship of st. Louis, with
the title of Archbishop of Oxyrinchus,
an ancient metropolitan See of Egypt.
He left Washington for Norfolk Satur-
day night, whence he will go to Allan
tic City, leaving in September next for
his new field of duty.
Father Barabasz. pastor of the Holy
Rosary church, POLISH Baltimore, was
very roughly handled by some of his
parishioners on Saturday. His robes
were torn from his body and he was
severely beaten Had it not been for
the intertervention of the police Father
Barabasz might have been killed. Two
previous attempts have been made to
dispose of the priest. The trouble at
Holy Rosary church commenced some
months ago by q division of the congre-
CATION over the appointment of Father
Barabasz to the pastorate.
Emperor William, prior to his de-
parture from Kiel, is reported to have
made another startling statement. a
discussion was going on between high
officials and the Emperor as to the pos
sible outcome of the French dispute
with Siam, when his majesty remarked
that England was not strong enough to
assert herself against any European
power or against the United States. He
further declared that if ever she was
brought into conflict with any of these
nations the belief in her formidable
strength and her reputation as "Queen
of the Seas" would burst like soap
bubble.