Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Inc Dill 1Or Cne TeluuuluS 10 w est
Virginia of the direct tax will be taken
up in the House next week.
Reports from the six principal west
ern winter wheat growing States are
Very encouraging, and the outlook is
for yield above the average.
NJ. Auguste Laurent Burdeau has de-
clined the task of forming French
cabinet President Casimir-Perier has
asked NJ. Dupuy to reconsider his de-
cision to resign.
At Belfast, Ireland, recently Daniel
Sheehan, cook, confessed while dying
that he and his brother, who is now in
prison, attempted to blow up the
Houses of Parliament in 1855.
Mary A. Gallagher, the sixteen-year-
old daughter of Mr.. VIM. H. Gallagher,
of Baltimore, was drowned yesterday
evening in Spring Gardens while try
ing to save her sister, Florence Gallag-
her, aged twelve years.
The town Of Sulphur Springs, thirty
two miles east of Greenville, Tex, has
been in high statement Of excitement
over the murder OF Mrs. Al. Waltz and
the mortal shooting of her husband
by John Williams, negro. He was
lynchcd.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Dixon
gave notice of an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill which
provides for the employment of crews
1T the life saving stations from August
/ to May 81 and increases the appro-
priatiou for this service from 81 ,0S9, 600
to 81 5000.
In Washington yesterday the grand
Jury returned indictments against Ell
verton r. Chapman and John w. Ma
carMey, two of the recalcitrant wit
nesses who refused to answer the ques-
tons of the committee of the Senate
appointed to investigate alleged brib-
cry in connection with the sugar sched-
ule.
NJ. H. Buckley, president; Frederick
Bait, superintendent, and James Il.
Anderson, of the Penn Steel Casting
and Machine Company, were arrested
by Deputy U. S. Marshal Myers in
Philadelphia yesterday, charged with
conspiracy in perpetrating frauds upon
the U. 5. government i'll furnishing
steel gun castings.
In the Georges Creek mining region
the strike is at an end The miners at
the lower end of the valley resumed
work Yesterday and the unemployed
miners generally applied for work.
Some we've rejected. Superintendent
Randolph said he had no orders to re-
sumo work in Ocean mine upon which
one thousand people arc dependent for
n living.
The President sent to the Senate yes
tcrday report of Secretary Gresham
stating that no representations have
been made to the Department of State
touching any proposed action looking
TO the exclusion ofagricultural products
of the United States by way of retalia-
ton for the proposed imposition by
the United States of duty upon
sugar.
Fire broke out in Woodruh's stores,
Brooklyn, near the water front, yester'
day afternoon. The fire was apparent
ly extinguished, but last night it broke
out again. a wall fell, burying three
iremen, two Of whom were killed. The
burned buildings were valued at $50,
600, while the value of their contents
was 81 100000 making total loss of
81 ,075 1000.
With the exception of a short time,
the day in the House Yesterday was
consumed by a flibuster over the con-
tested election case Of Watson against
Black, of the Tenth Georgia district
The filibuster was led by Representa-
tive Pence (pop.), who contested every
inch of ground, even after the aid Of
the committee on rules had been in
voked. The tangle was finally straight
ened out, and the resolution of the COM
mittee on elections declaring Mr.. Black
elected was agreed to, only the popu-
lists dissenting.