Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Dan Donovan, who was Knocked out
by Joe Duniec in a fight at Syracuse on
Tuesday night, died from the effects OF
his injuries yesterday.
The Postmaster General has appoint
ed w. c. Hickman to be an assistant
superintendent of railway and mail
service, vice W. S. McGinniss, resigned.
1t is now considered doubtful
whether the Senate will release the
text of The Russian treaty, so as to per
init the public to know its exact pur-
port.
Mrs. Key Mitchell, daughter OF DR.;
Alexander IL. Tyson, of Baltimore, ana
Mr.. Robert Lee Keeling. son oil me
Rev. r. J. Keeling, of Virginia, were
married last evening iii Baltimore
In the argument before the Behrlng
SEA arbitration court Yesterday: Sir,
Phelps characterized as unjust ana Eu-
1uiliating to the United States the Ell
fort of Great Britain to introduce It's
supplementary report.
A violent wind storm passed over
Fostoria. o., yesterday, tearing down
the walls of cold storage warehouse.
The falling walls struck building:
occupied as a potato flour factory ana
levelled it to the ground.
AT Louisville, KY, yesterday evening
warehouse of the Allen Bradley DIS
tilling Company, containing Il: oo bar
reIs of whiskey, caught fire ana was TO-
tollv DESTROYED. with its contents. The
loss is estimated at $3.50, 600.
Henry Delany, OF Union county, Ky,
was forced by the parents of Ab6le
Oliver 10 marry her yesterday. As the
party were returning from the maGis,,
tratc's, friends of Delany surrounded
the carriage and shot and fatally
wounded the girl and her father.
A jury in the I. s: court at New
York Yesterday awarded Mack w
Caldwell, negro woman. of Brooklyn,
$500 damages against the East Tenncs.
see. Virginia and Georgia r. r. CO., be
cause a conductor forced her to ride IN
the car provided for negroes, While SHE
had purchased a tirst-class ticket.
The decision in the Smith-Townscnd
Oklahoma land case by the Supreme
! Court Monday confirms the titles o.
over s.. 900. 0G0 worth OF real estate tC
honest settlers in that territory instead
of to the deputy marshals and other
government and railway employees who
rushed into that country ahead OF the
opening hour.
| LVn III Kitchen. proprietor OF The
CITY Hotel, in the village of Rogers
CITY. Mich, committed suicide, yestcr'
day by taking s. large dose OF carboliC
acid. He was nominee OH the repuhII'
can ticket for supervisor, but was de
featcd. This, added to domestic
trouble. made him respondent and he
took his own life.
The conference of the latter day
saints at Salt Lake convened at :
o'clock Tuesday. Lorenzo Dow, PresI
dent OF the Twelve Apostles of the
Church of Jesus Christ of latter day
saints. said that Christ would not come
until the saints were prepared TO re
ceivc him properly and that it might bt
10 or Il or 20 years.
AT an Easter celebration i'll Granger
Tex, frud OF thirty years standing
was wiped out by shooting between
Jim Beard and jim Curtis Both mci
were killed, and during the shooting
Dore Mixers, Bohemian girl. was ser
io,,sly wounded. Beard fell first Will
fomr bullets in his body. After he fel
he fired twice with effect and Curtis tci
across Boards body.
The Slater fund in Georgia, which
amounts TO Sl.0n0.G00. the interest o
which is devoted 20 the education o
the negro. has nearly all been expended
in teaching the negroes Latin anc
Greek. The trustees of the fund have
now decided to locate an industrial.
school near Atlanta, at which the ne
groes will be fitted by systematic train
ing for industrial vocatlons.
Henry Martin, a stepson of Senator
Vance, shot himself through the side
with Il pistol Yesterday at the res
iicnce Of Mrs. Bcrrctt. in Washing
ton. It is said that young Martin
attempted to kill himself because
of his rejection by a young lady
to whom he had proposed. His wound
is a serious one, but will hardly prove
fatal. Martin is the young man who
made himself notorious about yeal
ago by breaking into the White House
The shooting occurred during a lunch,
con and caused much excitement. An
attempt was make to keep the affair
quiet.
Tctc-a-Tctc with Il Coon.
A dispatch from Shamokin. Pa, says