Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

lis exrec:ed that three hundred
ernyloyes Of the census Office vii! oe
discharged prior 70 July l.
Pilots arriving il Philadelphia re-
ported seeing number CT huge water
spoCts on the Delaware Bay.
In the House OF Representatives yes
terday, q bill was past 70 incorporate
the Supreme Lodge OF the Knights Of
Pythias.
There was no further interference
with working miners Of the Consolica-
ton Company a! Fro5tburg. Nd. yes
terday, ami It is thought the strikers
are weakening.
The continued bad weather makes
the Coxey camp near Bladensburg. Nd.
very dismal and uncomfortable abid-
ing place fort Commonwealers. The
men are despondent and have been
hungry at times.
Premier Roseberry'= opponents did
not succeed in overthrowing the govern
ment Yesterday. 4 test vote on a
motion that the budget committee be
empowered 20 divide the budget bill
into :wo parts, resulted in majority
for the government Of forty.
The House committee on public
buildings have decided 70 erect the new
Chicago building on the site OF the pre-
sent postoihce. The lake front site was
abandoned, and it IS proposed that the
new building shall cover the entire
square, and be ten stories high.
Representative Breckenridge. Of ken
lucky. will leave Washington to-day
FOR another round OF speeches in his
district. Yesterday he spent good
deal Of time in court working on the
bill Of exceptions in the appeal from
the decision in the Pollard suit.
The House committee on foreign
affairs have decided 10 report bill, in
troduced by Representative Clarke. OF
Alabama. directing the Secretary of
State 10 disburse the money received as
interest and premiums on the bonds in
which the Virginia indemnity was in
vested 10 the heirs and legal reprcsen-
,atives of the benefciaries.
In the divorce division Of the High
Court OF Justice in London Yesterday
Mr. Dunhill and Baroness Frerichs were
found guilty Of adultery The court
also found that Mrs. Dunhill, the pc
,itioner. who asked for legal separa-
ration from her husband, had not con-
nived in the intimacy, as was claimed
by the defendants. The court granted
the separation petitioned for by Mrs.
DuDhill.
The case OF Frank c. Baker, of
Keedysyille, charged with criminal
knowledge of his cousin, Miss Bessie
Baker. who is under the statute limit.
was tried in the circuit court in Hagers-
town, Md. yesterday. Baker was &C
Quilted When the charge was first
made against Baker there were open
threats to lynch him, and several arm
ed mobs surrounded his house, but the
authorities prevented violence.
La Sale, H., was last night in the
hands of mob Of striking miners. All
day long they had their own way, and
when Sheriff Taylor and his handful OF
deputies sought to put restraining
hand upon their actions, they turned
upon him and gave battle. Not one Of
the deputies escaped injury, and the
sheriff and four deputies were danger
ously, if not fatally, injured. La |
night, when another force Of deputies
arrested three OF the ringleaders the
Jail was threatened by the infuriated
horde and the release Of the men ac-
complished.
The dinner to the officers of the
United States cruiser Chicago was Civ
en- at St. James Hall, London, last
night. The hall was profusely draped
with the colors of the United States
and Great Britain. Sir George Hamil-
ton, the chairman, proposed the toast
10 the United States which was respond
ed to by Ambassador Bayard. The
toast to the United States navy was
proposed BY Admiral Hornby, Of the
British navy, and Rear Admiral Erben,
of the Chicago, responded to it in the
most successful speech Of the evening.
Speeches were also made by Gen. LORD
Roberts, Capt. Mahan, Of the Chicago,
and others. EX-Secretary Of the Navy
Whitney was among those present.