Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The total wheat crop of the world
last year, based on figures mostly Off
cial, is said to have been 1853, $50, 900
bushels.
Senator Quay will press bill 10 the
Senate for the free coinage of silver in
order to delay, if possible, consideration
of the tariff bill.
At sale of southern curiosities in
New York yesterday rare Confeder-
ate postage stamp sold for $40. 1t was
a iive-cent Livingstone, lAla.) stamp, on
the original envelope.
a bill calling constitutional conven-
lion for the Hawaiian Islands in May
has been approved by the council of
the provisional government. The mem
bers will be chosen by popular vote Of
supporters of the government.
The employees of the Steinway street
railways of New York went on strike
yesterday. The men cut the trolley
wires and tore up the tracks in some
places. Assistant Superintendent Cos
grove was slightly wounded in the head
by pistol shot fired into the office.
Zella Nicolaus, who tried to get $40,-
600 from George Gould, and who after
ward rushed to Europe with al Rub.
man, and who suddenly returned and
made scene ut Fort Wayne, is now at
Wabash, Ind, deserted by Ruhman,
who has gone off with Zella's widowed
sister.
Anthony Comstock, of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice, and six of his
men made sudden descent upon the
famous brownstone clubhouse of the
Tenderloin Club, in New York, which
has as members some of the best known
citizens of New York, at o'clock yes
terday evening and stopped the revels
of its patrons.
In the House of Representatives yes
terday Mr.. Cummings introduced bill
appropriating $2,095,634 to pay to the
city of New York the moneys with in
terest advanced by the city under the
ordinance passed April %, 1861, making
an appropriation in defense of the ma
tional Union and authorizing the bor-
rowing of money for that purpose.
The postofiice at Timicula, Pa, was
broken open Wednesday night and the
safe, containing a considerable amount
of money and stamps, was taken out
through a window, loaded on wagon
and carried off Postmaster David
Brinton tracked the wagon yesterday
morning to a woods two miles distant,
where the safe was found broken open
and its contents gone.
The following extraordinary para
graph recently appeared in Japanese
paper: mariana Santa Ana, who was
born in the year Iii and is consequently
one hundred and seventeen years of
age. was dismissed from the hospital of
San Juan de Dios Wednesday. Santa
Ana also completed that day his long
term of imprisonment of ffty-eight
years, which had accumulated by SEN
fences for his three escapes from prison.
The unfortunate man requested that
he should be permitted to remain in
the place. claiming that it was impossi-
BILE for him to earn his living owing to
his very advanced age"
Governor Waite, OF Colorado, yester-
day called out State troops to assist
him in placing in Office his new ap-
pointees on the fire and police commits
sions of Denver The city officers were
prepared to resist. The police force
and fire department were arrayed
against the militia. Upon request of
the Governor, detachment of United
States troops, under command of Gen.
McCook, arrived last night, when Judge
Graham, whose order of injunction
Governor Waite disregarded, said he
would take no further action in the
matte. A committee of prominent citi-
zens tried TO induce the Governor to
submit the trouble to arbitration.