Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

murder OF President Iarnot mas oeeh
postponed TO August ,.
Storms and floods in western Iudia
have caused much damage 10 the crops.
Many lives have been lost.
Reuben KolD's followers in Alabama
have committed many outragss in the
hope Of siding their leaders election.
Gov. Tillman, OF South Carolina, yes
terdsy issued proclamation 10 open
the STATE liquor dispensAries on Augast
Is;
The evic,ed tenants bill passed its
second reading in the House OF Com
mons last evening by a vote OF 229 TO
227
The Senate committee on judiciary
Yesterday decided 10 report favorably
the House bill providing Tor the taxation
Of greenbacks.
TIE French Chamber OF Deputies. al
the request OF Premier Dupuy, rejected
all amendments 10 the governments
anti-anarchist measure.
a band OF outlaws rode into Perry,
Oklahoma, Sunday night. set fire 10
some houses and in the ensuing excite
ment released the prisoners in the jail.
Minnie Palmer, the actress, said in
her suit for divorce in London yester-
dav. that the reason she left her hus-
band was because he had threatened TO
cut her throat.
It's believed that several liquor deal
ers have submitted protests TO Arch
bishop Satolli, the papal ALLOCATE,
against his recent liquor decision in the
Diocese OF Columbus, Ohio.
At Mount Vernon, Ind yesterday
George Powell became intoxicated and
attempted TO cut his wife's throat. She
broke away. seized club and crushed
his skull The woman was arrested.
The Khediye Of Egypt, Abbas H., is
engaged TO Ermine, youngest daughter
of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, who was
murdered in 1881. Ermine is sixteen
years OF age, and Abbas is aboat twenty
years old.
The general executive board OF the
knights OF labor net in Omaha, Neb.,
YESTERDAY. General Master Workman
Sovereign says the strike is still on and
that railroad managers are whlstling to
keep up their courage.
Because one of its officers persisted
in smoking his pipe on the Sabbath day
the orthodox congregation OF the B'nal
Jacob Synagogue in Passaic, \. j., has
been disrupted; blows were exchanged
and several members arrested.
1t is stated that the labor organza-
tons contemplate the conversion of the
militia TO the interests OF organized
labor By ordering wofkingmen to en-
list in the national guard i'll the several
states throughout the country.
II is rumored that Consul Willis, OF
St. Thomas, has sent in his resignation
TO Washington. The story is that he
was disguised with the way the Incl
dent Of tearing down the United States
flag by members of the Queens Own
on the oath of May was settled.
Advces have heen received Of a
cloudburst in the mountains Of the Pri-
esta district. southwest Saltillo. Mexico.
a number OF houses OF ranchmen aud
shepherds were washed away By the
torrent OF water that rushed down the
mountain ravines and fifteen deaths o.
men by drowning have already been
reported.
In anticipation of the final enactment
of the legislative appropriation bill
which provides for considerable re-
ductiou in the force of employees in the
record and pension bureau OF the Wan
Department, about one hundred and
fifty clerks were notified yesterday OF
their dismissal, 10 take effect on the
18th instant.
A lynching took place at midday yes
terday at New Iberia, La. The vic
tim was Vance Mcclure. negro host
Ter, who on Saturday attempted to as
sault d young lady. the daughter OF his
employer. \ crowd entered The jail
building, took Vance from the steel
cage and hanged him in the hallway
from the up stairs railing.