Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-19
would lie. Senator Irby, of South
Carolina, is not in the city, he having
taken his departure for South Carolina
carly this week.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Senator VOORHEES, is alarmed at the
feeling in Indiana over the amended
Wilson bill. He fears the State will go
republican.
Mark rwain's firm, Charles L. Web
ster & Co., made an assignment IN New
York yesterday. II was unable to meet
maturing obligations.
Mr.. Springer, chairman Of the com
mittee on banking. says it is. probable
his committee will soon report bill for
the conditional repeal of the tax on
State banks.
Bishop Donohue was rendered re-
ception at Carroll Institute, Washing
ton, yesterday, and was presented with
AN illuminated missal by former asso-
ciates of the bar Of the District.
The judiciary committee ofthe House
has presented report to the effect that
it is the imperative duty of the sergeant
alarms to execute the old law for the
deduction of the pay of absentees.
1t is reported that Governor Carr, of
North Carolina. has decided to tender
Ex-Governor Jarvis the appointment to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Vance, but his acceptance is
doubtful.
The till to be reported TO the Senate
for the admission of Titan as State
will contain provision which will have
the effect of preventing the election of
United States Senators prior 10 the eX-
piration of the present Congress.
Ia consequence of the great gathering
of royal families at Coburg to attend
the Hesse- Coburg wedding, the police
have taken unusual precautions to pre-
vent any anarchist demonstration.
Coburg is in gala attire in preparation
for the wedding.
At meeting of the House coinage
committee yesterday Mr.. Meyer, Of
Louisiana, stated that his bill for coin
ing the seigniorage and for low interest
bonds had the approval of Secretary
Carlisle, and in the judgment Of the
Secretary would be signed by the Pres
ident ii passed by Congress.
y Fargo, y. D., special says a tenn
porary Injunction has been issued by
Judge Sanborn in the United States
Court, returnable April %, restraining
the strikers from interfering with the
movement of trains. An attempt will
be made to run train from Fargo TO
Grand Forks under the protection of a
posse of United States marshals.
A Baltimore fruit company discharg-
I'd Tuesday from the steamer Honolulu
1850 punches OF bananas in nine hours.
This was the quickest work ever per-
formed there in the fruit trade, and is
said to have no parallel elsewhere.
Yesterday the steamship America ar
rived to the same company with 1911
punches of bananas and $4,000 cocoa
nuts.
Miss Belle Bopd, who was confined
in the Old Capitol prison as Confed-
cate spy during the war, when she was
4 girl but sixteen years old, has been
visiting Baltimore. Belle Boyd, or
Mrs. Hardinge, her name now, is now
II notwithstanding woman. She was
born in Martinsburg. Her father early
enlisted in the Second Virginia Regi-
ment.
Charges of conspiracy, it is reported,
are to be made in Rome by Mgr. Sa-
tolli against Archbishop Corrigan,
growing out of the McGlynn trouble.
The substance of the charge is conspir-
ing to destroy the influence of Mgr
Satolli. Mgr. Satolli has for some time
past been working quietly, but steadi-
y, to obtain the evidence against the
head of the diocese.