Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

twenty miles east of Knoxville, yester-
day damaged thousands Of acres of
crops.
Five colored men were yesterday, in
Washington, sentenced 10 the peniten-
tiary for twenty five We rs each Tor as
sault upon a colored girl.
Helen Witten, of paintsville, KY,
yesterday chloroformed her parents
and other members OF the family, and
then eloped with Henry NJ. Wilcox.
The testimony before the Lexow
committee in New York Yesterday
showed that Chinese gamblers paid
money 10 the New York police for pro-
lection.
Congress has been asked to incor-
porate the National Rapid Transit
Company, which proposes to build an
electric road between New York and
Washington.
a feloneous assault was committed
by negro man upon the person OF
Mrs Welsh. wife of a farmerne Cum
berland, Md, on Tuesday. She was
alone at her home.
As result Of the American Railway
Unions boycott to assist the strikers of
the Pullman Qll) car shops eleven
roads entering Chicago have been tied
up or badly cripped.
The employees of the Chicago Great
Western Railroad went out last night,
making a total of eleven Chicago roads
now tied up or crippled by the a. Il. L..
boycott of Pullman cars.
The London Standard says that the
Sultan Of Turkey is sending ut his own
expense, missionaries to spread Islam
ism in Africa, with view of checking
the advance OF Christian powers.
High-ranking officers of the navy
have entered into a scheme whereby
three of them will be retired this sum-
mer with the rank of admiral, which
they would not have attained other
wise.
The Portuguese government has
manifested its willingness to allow
United States Minister Caruth to act
for Brazilian subjects during the sus-
pension of diplomatic intercourse be-
tween Portugal and Brazil.
Peter Jackson will leave San Frau
cisco Sunday for England, where he
hopes to meet Corbett and have final
understanding as to time and place for
meeting that is to decide the heavy
weight championship of the world.
The three populist Senators-Peher,
Allen and Kyle-and Senator Irby
democrat of South Carolina) had a con-
ference yesterday, and virtually agreed
to oppose the sugar schedule of the
Senate tariff bill and to direct their es-
pecial energies toward defeating the
difierential rate of one-eighth of a cent
per pound on refined sugar.
Two daughters of Edwin Blodgett, a
farmer living near Bear Lake, \. Y,
were out in the field yesterday, when a
storm came up. They fled for shelter
to large tree standing nearby, accom-
panied by farm hand. Lightning
struck the tree; both girls were in
stantly killed, and the man was badly,
though not fatally, shocked.
Many strikers at Homecoming, Md,
h I'VE determined to resume work, and
i is thought the suspension will end
with this week A midnight attack
with stones was made on camp Frank
Brown at Frostburg yesterday, and the
soldiers replied with their rifles, but no
one was hurt. 1t is thought work will
be generally resumed on Monday. Gov
Brown went to Frostburg last night
and held conference with Col. Wilmer
re gal ding the situation. If the strike
is not soon broken, it is thought i'm
pc ted labor will be introduced in the
co Il region. There are said TO be in
dirations that the coal miners in the
lover part Of the Georges Creek re-
zion will speedily resume work.