Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Mrs. cleveland's mother, Mr.. Perrine

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is visitor at the White House.
In Philadelphia it is rumored that
New York capitalists are trying to buy
the city gas works for $50, 100000.
Important dispatches were received
in London last night from Toxic indi-
eating that the war between China and
Japan has practically ended.
A dispatch from Sidney, N. S. w,
says it is stated there that the real Sir
Roger Tichborne has been found in an
insane asylum at Paramatta, under the
name of William Cresswell.
Charles Hart, at Fort Wayne, Ind
yesterday, pleaded guilty to numbering
the two Goode children at Paulding,
Ohio, and was sentenced to be hanged
on the second Friday in April next.
Recent discoveries o: gold at Lead
vile, Col, are causing great excitement
among the miners there. 1t is predict
ed that next year Leadville will lead
the world in the production of gold.
A dispatch from Minister DENLY, at
Pekin, says there is no truth in the re-
port recently printed in some Amerl-
can papers that Yo-Ho-Na-La, the
Young wife of the Emperor OF China,
had committed suicide.
The council of the Russian empire
has sanctioned an increase in the cotton
import duty, probably at the instance
of the cotton growers of Turkestan,
who have complained of the competi-
ton of American grown cotton.
1t is predicted that the recent deci-
sion OF the telephone patent case in
Boston means the end of telephone
monopoly and revolution of the tele-
phone business, in which the public
will be the gamers in every way.
Rev. u. r. Sweeney, of Columbus,
Ind, yesterday submitted to the Secre-
tary of State for submission to the
Sultan of Turkey petition signed by
800 600 women for the release from life
exile of Sahay Mahdissian, an Armen-
ian.
After an all night session, the Jury in
the case of Rose Reimer and Catharine
Reimer, mother and daughter, of Dal-
ton, O., charged with arson in firing
their home, and causing the recent dis
astrous confagration at Dalton, o.,
yesterday returned verdict OF not
guilty.
The white laborers on the levee at
New Orleans have receded from their
not to load vessels en-
ploying colored 'lopgshoremen. 1t is
probable the work will be divided be-
tween white and black men. The pc,
lice were out in force to protect the col
ored men.
Senator Teller yesterday, by request,
introduced bill into the Senate TO IN
corporate the National Rapid Transit
Railroad Company. which proposes to
construct an elevated electric road be-
tween New York and Washington
C ,pable of developing a speed OF from
100 to $50 miles per hour.
In the Senate. yesterday Senator
Quay introduced bill authorizing the
Secre' ary of the Treasury to purchase
the land contained in block % of
Columbia Heights, suburb of Wash
ippton, as site for the residence of the
President of the United States. The
bill limits the price to So per foot, and
tbe total appropriation to Sl,O0O.OOO-
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, introduced similar bill in the
House.
When Mrs. Fred. Baxter, of Girard,
Pa. attains the age of twenty-one she
will receive legacy of $40, 1000, left to
her by a maiden aunt, who died in the
Province of Ontario about eighteen
months ago. If Mrs. Baxter dies be-
fore that time the property will 60 to
other heirs in Canada. This provision
of the will is supposed to be back OF
three attempts which have recently
been made to abduct Mrs. Baxter,
who is now eighteen years old.
John T. Knight, of Baltimore, but
who has for thirteen years past liv-
ed in Washington, was arraign-
ed in Washington yesterday on a
charge of bigamy, the indictment
against him alleging that he was mar
ried to Mary Jane Watkins on the 18th
of May. 1859, in Baltimore, and that on
June Goth, 1894. he married Annie
Burgess, of the District of Columbia.
while his former wife was still living,
and not legally divorced from him.
Both women mentioned in the indict-
ment were in court yesterday. After
hearing the arguments in the case, the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty OF
indicted.
Captain Harrison Dingman, presi-
dent of the Fidelity Building, Loan
and Investment Association OF Pitts
burg, gave the police, who have been
presenting him, black eye yester-
day. The grand jury of Allegheny
heard tie first of the charges
against Captain Dingman. The bill
charging him with conspiracy to de-
fraud was ignored and thrown out on
account of insufficient evidence. The
latter was not considered sufficient to
60 before jury, and the costs OF an ex-
pensive trial was saved the county. A
to-day, however, says all the
bills against the parties have not been
ignored. The grand jury did ignore
one bill out of sixteen which were
drawn. To-day the grand jury return
ed true bill against the parties, the
finding being on the charge only.
MILITARY AFFAIRs.-Col. William