Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

MT. JODQ tTlII. OF DdllllnOTe, hts Dteli
appointed receiver of the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railroad in North
Carolina.
The Postmaster General ordered can
celed the mail subsidy contract with
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
which expired Saturday.
Brazil is pleased at President Clevc-
lands refusal to interfere on behalf Of
the insurgent refugees on the Portu-
guees men of-war at Montevideo.
Samuel Herbert Dyott, formerly
manager of a shoe house in Washing
ton, was arrested in Chicago on Satur-
day on a charge Of embemement and
bigamy.
1t is expected the trial of the breach
of promise suit of Madeline V. Pollard
inridge, Of Kentucky, will continue two
weeks longer.
a bomb was exploded yesterday in
the window OF a house in Ledorat,
France, in which wedding feast was
in progress, damaging the building. but
doing no injury to the inmates.
A warrant was issued on Saturday by
the Speaker of the House for the arrest
Of Mr. Breckenridge among other con-
gressmen, but Marshal Wilson refused
to permit it to be served on him in
court.
At Alexandria, Ind, Saturday night a
natural gas explosion wrecked barber
shop, in which seven men were seated.
The debris took fire at once, and was
totally destroyed. Four men were burn
ed TO death.
Nicholas Nagle confessed TO the pc
lice in Amsterdam, n. Y, on Saturday
that in August, 1888, he killed his child
in Brooklyn, and later in the same
month strangeled his wife to death in
Perth Amboy, n. j.
Maj Frank Bell, a pension examiner
of 20 years service, and who was known
to ali older residents of Washington,
committed suicide, at his lodging house
in that city yesterday afternoon, by
shooting himself in the head with pis-
tol.
Albert Durambus left his home in
Simpson, Texas, on Saturday to work
for a neighbour Subsequently, his
house was found in ashes, and the re-
mains of his wife and two children,
with their threats cut, were found in the
ruins.
The funeral ceremonies over Kossuth
the Hungarian patriot, which began
yesterday were on scale Of magnlii-
cence never equaled before in Buda-
Pesth. The city was crowded with
people. There were 20 cars filled with
flowers in the procession to the Gene
terry. At least 10000 persons viewed
the coffin on Saturday.
A bill has been prepared for intro
duction to Parliament giving TO any
person elevated to the peerage the OPP
ton of retaining seat in the Commons
if member of that body or offering
himselfas a candidate. 1t is said this
would deprive the Lords of its brightest
members. Liberal members Of the
aristocracy favor the bill.
The eighty-frst anniversary OF the
birth of Bismarck was celebrated in all
parts of Germany Yesterday. The En-
peror sent his congratulations and an
address signed by 100000 women, and
accompanied by 400 bottles of wine, was
presented to the old Prince. the address
bearing the inscription, ITO the Foun-
der of German Unity" Thousands of
people called at Friedrichsruhe to pay
their respects.
Representative McLaurin, of South
Carolina, is the promoter of move
ment to form a new party in the South
and West. which will be friendly to
silver. He says he has talked with a
number of members from those sections,
and he thinks the movement will be
very popular. He believes that the
veto Of the Bland seigniorage bill af
fords an excellent opportunity to make
such an organization effective.
In the House OF Representative on
Saturday, on motion of Mr.. Everett
bill to amend the act prescribing
punishment for the crime Of barratry by
changing the penalty from death to inn
prisonment for life was passed. Mr..
Catchings reported the river and har
Dor appropriation bill. Mr. Cofieen,
democrat, OF wyoming, Introduced q
bill for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver dollars of 4l2l grains.
Ernest Small, youth, has been ar
rested on the charge of waylaying and
assaulting Miss Emma Hutchinson near
Surrattsville, Md, last week. Small is
a neighbor of Miss Hutchinson and
when he was first arrested she said he |
was not the man. When he was ar
rested the second time the young wo-
man weakened and admitted that Small |
was the man. Miss Hutchinson re-
fused to make any explanation further
than to say that she did not want her
father to commit murder, as he has
sworn to shoot her assailant should he
be caught.
The Ne,vs printing Office, Funk &
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