Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

York.
Four deaths from pneumonia con-
tracted at the Inauguration have al
ready been recorded in the Tammany
delegation.
The testimony in the Panama trials
yesterday elected the fact that less
than half the money subscribed had
been expended in actual operations on
tho canal.
Counsel of Howard ]. Schneider,
sentenced to be hanged in Washington
for the murder of his wife, have APP
piled to the supreme bench for writ OF
habeas corpus.
Mr.. Darius II. Insraham, democrat,
declines to accept the Office of mayor OF
Portland, Me, having doubt as TO
whether the majority in his favor shown
by the returns was genuine.
a delegation of Irish merchants,
bankers and shipowners, none Of whom
were from Ulster, waited on Lord Sails
bury yesterday to assure him that there
was strong opposition to home rule
from other portions of ireland.
Mrs. J. d. Kisler started the kitchen
fire mt her home i'll Omaha yesterday
by the aid of kerosene, which exploded,
severely, perhaps fatally, burning her
self, her husband and three children,
besides destroying the house and all its
contents.
c. +. Hemingway, brother of Wm. i.
Hemingway, former State Treasurer OF
Mississippi, made statement yester-
day that the $3l5,612 which his brother
is charged with stealing three years ago
was taken by men who repaired the
safe in the treasurer's office. The ex-
treasurer is in the penitentiary.
1t is said in Washington that Secre-
tary Lamont is devoting almost his en-
tire time to assisting President Cleve-
land in tho. latter's selection of candi-
dates tor Office. 1t is safe to say that
no 6''':e of any consequence is being
given out without first consulting Mr..
Lamont's opinion regarding the merits
Of the various candidates.
At Birmingham, Ala, yesterday,
John McLanahan, drunken negro,
shot and killed :. NJ. Hllard, the fore
man, because IliIlard discharged him.
When his arrest was attempted, Nc
Lanahan shot at his pursuers and fled.
He was met by W. A. Wilburn, an en-
ginecr, who demanded his surrender.
Both opened fire, and McLanahan was
riddled with bullets.
1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland is will
lag and even anxious to appoint Sena-
tor Gray, Of Delaware, to be a member
OF the new Court of Appeals of the Dis
tlict of Columbia in order to make Il
place for Mr.. Bayard in the Senate.
But Mr.. Gray is no more DESTROYS to be
a Judge than he was to be Il member OF
the Cabinet, and he will not give his
consent to the proposed change. The
Senatorship just suits him.
Port Deposit is in state of alarm
again. The water has backed up in the
Susuuehanna river and the streets are
submerged. The river gradually rose
all day yesterday and the water in tho
evening was six feet deep on the street
at the upper end Of the town and about
the same depth on the railroad. AT
midnight the water was rising rapidly,
nearly all the upper part of the town
being under water and houses flooded.
Water was in the basement of the town
hall and over the foundation of the
Jacob Tome Institute.
1t is said in Washington that the rea-
son the President withdrew the Ha-
waiian treaty from the Senate was to
have the agreement revised so as to
make it more agreeable TO the people
of the United States and the provisional
government of Hawaii. Ex-senator
ingalls,, of Kansas, says that he is glad
to see President Cleveland exercise
some sense in regard to the Hawaiian
affair by withdrawing the treaty, and
hopes the President will keep it in his
trousers pocket. The Hawaiian treaty,
the ex-senator says, was great blun-
der. The Hawaiian commissioners
had an interview with Secretary Ores
ham yesterday.
CONGRESSMAN MEREDITH.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Richmond Times
says Congressman Meredith, of the Eighth
district, is bnilding for himself pillar of
popularity, whose base is his courteous and
untiring devotion to the cause of Virginians
who may apply to him for aid. Mr.. Mere
dith lives at the National Hotel. and will very
likely remain there for some time yet, as his
district touches the boundaries of the Dis
trict of Columbia His constituents find it
very easy to run into Washington. and they
do so in droves Their first aim is to see Mr..
Meredith, and he Is always ready and willing