Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Shad are being caught at Bettertcn
Kent county. Md.

Shad are De!ng cauSnC at betteftCD,
Kent county, Md
Seer tary Carlisle has issued instruc-
tions bearing upon the collection of the
Income tax.
William B. Tilgbman & Co, grain
and produce commission merchants
OF B fillmore, made an assignment yes
terday.
Germany, France and Austro. Hunga
ry are likely to adopt retalatory meas
ures against the United States on &C
count of the sug duties.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kell Bradford, widow
of Augustus w. Bradford, war governor
OF Mary land, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas McElderry, in
Baltimore yesterday, aged seventy
seven years.
It is conceded in Washington that
the Treasury is in perilous position.
Secretary Carlisle refuses to talk on the
subject of the bond syndicate's action,
but the dissolution is viewed by others
with many forebodings.
The coroner's jury at New Orleans
have decided that Andy Bowen, the
prize fighter, met his death by concus-
sion of the brain, produced by striking
the unpadded floor of the ring. Lavigne
has been discharged from custody.
1t is reported that Senator Hill will
not be candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination in 1896, but
that he will insist that every pledge OF
the democratic platform of 1892 be
strictly and faithfully carried out.
The commissioners of Brooks county,
Georgia, have issued statement saying
all the trouble there was caused by
about twenty-five white men, only
about four of whom lived in the coun ty
The statement says there has been no
race riot.
The storm yesterday caused such
high tides at Atlantic City that the en-
tire meadows were covered with water.
A funeral party in a closed carriage
trying to cross to the mainland were
caught in the rising waters, and had to
be rescued by the life-saving crew.
The Spanish government is repre-
sented as willing to give Cuba the au-
thority to arrange its tariff schedules
with the United States at its own dis
erection. The State Department at
Washington, however, is said to be pre-
pairing to put retaliatory policy into
operation.
Mr.. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of
State, has been requested by the Chi.
nese government to go to Japan and
meet plenipotentiaries of the former
government to aid them in their nego-
tiations for peace. He has accepted
the invitation ard expects to leave
Washington within in day or two,
for Yokohama.
Lewis S. Streep, an operator in green
goods, testified before the Lexow COM
mittee in New York yesterday that he
paid Anthony Comstock, agent of the
Society for the Prevention of Vice,
81 900 as bribe to have an indictment
against him dismissed. Inspector Will
liams concluded his testimony. Mr.
Comstock denies the statement.
Encouraged by the results of the re-
cent election and by the abandonment
OF the force b Il policy, the republican
leaders, it is stated, will put forth ef-
forts in the presidential election of 1896
to secure the electoral votes of the
southern States. 1t is said they con-
template the nomination of candi-
date for vice-President residing in that
section or in border State.
A dispatch from Shanghai says that
the J panese, after four hours fighting
on December %, with force of six
thousand Tonehaks, repressed the re:
bellion at Lai Ju, in the Province of
Haido, where the rebels had deposed
the governor and installed one of their
plumber in his place. The japanese
have also dispersed the Tonghaks, who
defeated the Corean garrison at Chul-
lado.
The family of Jacob Lefever, con-
sisting of father. mother and four child
ran, residing near Stony Brook, Pa,
had narrow escape from being burned
up in their home yesterday morning.
A loaded revolver was in the house.
When the flames had gained considera-
BILE Roadway, the heat caused the re-
volver to discharge The noise awak-
eaed the entire family, who found their
home enveloped in flames. The fire
was SO fierce that they had barely time
to escape.
Col. Breckenridge spoke at the Pike
Opera House in Cincinnati last night
on Eras of American Development and
Their Great Men. The receipts were
attached by a local notary public
to secure a $500 fee for taking depo-
sition for Desha Breckenridge in his
fathers case When the constables
served the writ Desha Breckenridge got
obstreperous and he was struck on the
jaw by one of them. For a time the
scene looked squally, but outsiders sep
arated the men.