Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.

observed throughout the country yes
terday.
Fire in Petrolia, Pa, early yesterday
morning destroyed property valued at
100000.
Secretary Carlisle has gone to Chi
cago, for which city Secretary Herbert
has also started.
An explosion of gas in the Thornhill
colliery, Yorkshire, Eng, yesterday
imprisoned $50 men in a burning mine,
and it is believed most of them were
killed.
The Fairchild investigation commits
sion has informed Secretary Carlisle that
the New York customs officers have
thrown obstacles in the way of the in
vestigation.
Fire caused an explosion in the gun
| cotton factory at the government sta
ton in Newport, r. l., on Monday by
which three men were killed and sew
eral injured.
The Polish party has demanded in re-
turn for its support of the German
army bill certain concessions in regard
to national schools, and the Emperor
has acquiesced.
Edward Mccarthy, aged t%wenty-one,
a bartender, jumped from the Brooklyn
| bridge at $50 o'clock on Monday night
and sustained injuries which will prob
ably result in death.
Mrs. Cleveland sent word from Gray
Gables yesterday that she had heard
from the President and that he is il
good health. He is fishing between
New London and Buzzards bay.
A. J. Warner, president of the Amer,
lean Bimetallic League, issued q call in
Washington yesterday for a national
convention of the league, to be held in
Chicago beginning August l next.
The boiler of a steamboat on the
Volga river, in Russia. exploded yes
terday, killing twenty-six persons. The
explosion tore the upper part of the
steamer to pieces and the burning Goals
that were blown from the furnace sci
fire to the wreck.
Guerdon Conkling's large barn and
horse hospital on the Grasslands Stock
Farm, near Dunham's Basin, n. y.
was burned yesterday. There were
thirty-eight valuable horses, brood
mares and colts in the buildings, and
only eighteen of them were saved.
The Baltimore clearinghouse asso'
citation has adopted precautionary
measures, under which checks, drafts,
notes, discounted bills and other items
not payable in the city, shall be re.
ceived and forwarded by the banks o.
the clearinghouse at depositor's risk
only.
Vice President Stevenson presided
at the Fourth of July celebration at the
Chicago Fair yesterday. The orator OF
the day was General Hampton L. Car.
son, of Philadelphia. AT noon Mrs.
| Stafford raised the Paul Jones flag, and
Mayor Harrison impelled the audience
to swear allegiance to their country by
the sword of Jackson.
Tammany celebrated the Fourth OF
July in its accustomed manner by a big
meeting in the wigwam. Letters from
President Cleveland, Vice President
Stevenson and Senator Hill were read,
and speeches were made by Speaker
Crisp, Congressman Mcmillan and John
R. Fellows, and others. Mayor ilroy,
the grand sachem of the order, pre-,
sided, and opened the proceedings by q
few words of welcome.
The students in the Latin quarter OF
Paris appealed to the Chamber of Dep,
uties on Monday to censure the govern
ment for permitting the police from i'll
treating and insulting the students.
NJ. Loze, the project of police, resigned,
but the deputies voted confidence in the
government to punish the guilty Off,
GERS. Later in the day the students
stoned the police, and in the fight that
followed q number were hurt. The
French students yesterday continued
their riotous demonstrations, in which
they were joined by crowds of roughs.
The mob was finally charged by a COM
pany of cavalry, and many of the riot
ers were trampled and hurt. Traffic was
stopped on many streets.
DELEGATES ELECTED.-Prince Will
liam on Monday elected delegates to
the State convention as follows: c. E.
Nicol, J. B. T. Thornton, ]. f. Herrell,
G. E. Brawner, Thomas II. Lion, l.. A.
| Larkin, G.. II. Atkinson, George w.