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


the ladies Of the cabinet, last night,
prior to leaving for Gray Gables.
A tornado yesterday wrecked the
Grand Army Hall and blew two
churches oil their foundations at Gallo
way, Neb.
The Ohio State republican committee
met at Columbus yesterday. The sill
yer question is giving the members
some trouble.
Fire yesterday destroyed the resi-
dence of John Long. at Duke Centre,
Pa, and burned two of his children to
death. The others narrowly escaped.
An examination of site of the great
landslide near Quebec shows that there
is danger of another fall of earth i'm
periling the liyess Ct hundreds of per-
sons.
Delegate Roche yesterday introduced
an amendment in the New York Con-
stitutional Convention to suppress the
American Protective Association as un-
lawful.
Lieutenant Memorial, of the navy,
told the House commerce committee
yesterday that the Nicaragua canal can
be completed at an estimated cost of
$60,0O0,000.
Rev. Robert ]. Rankin, pastor of La
fAyette Square Presbyterian Church,
Boston, died yesterday from the result
of appendicitis, for which surgical op-
Grafton was performed on him on Mon
day.
1t is stated that the administration
has concluded not to issue any more
bonds to recoup the gold reserve, even
if this reserve should fall many million
dollars below its present ligure-Sl4,-
600, 600.
Bishop Paret yesterday evening laid
the cornerstone of st. Thomas Protest
ant Episcopal Church, al the corner OF
Madison and 18th streets, Washington.
This church, when completed, will be e
beautiful structure.
In the House yesterday Representa-
tive Houk, of Tennessee, introduced &
bill to reimburse federal soldiers or
their heirs for the average annual diff
ference between geld ana The value oi
paper currency in which they were
paid.
The United States Marine Hospital
Service has re ceived reassuring reports
from its officials in Europe in regard to
the general cholera situation so far as
concerns those parts of the continent
toward which the tide of American
travel tends.
At Oakland, Md. yesterday Sheriff
Wegman entered the jail for the pur-
pose of repairing Il cot in one OF the
cells. Whilst he was engaged At work,
Albert Ohover, young man who was
confined awaiting trial on the charge OF
atrocious assault, closed the door on
the sheriff and locked him in and es-
capped.
AT conference of the National Re
form Union in London yesterday Mr..
Laboul chere's motion was adopted that
tne government should introduce bill
ia Parliament providing that when the
House of Lords reject measure passed
bv the House of Commons, the latter
shall send such bill in its original
form for the royal assent.
A United States war vessel will be
dispatched to Samoa within q few
weeks. Recent dispatches from the
islands indicate that the situation is
very critical, with an armed force OF
natives numerically stronger than the
Kings army drawn up in battle array,
and threatening to overturn the gov
eminent.
a resident of Washington who has
Just returned from the Seventh Ken
lucky district, says that there will be
plenty of shooting before the Breckin-
ridge campaign is over, and that it is
going to commence pretty soon. Brock
inridge has taken the scriptural ground.
He says, He that is without sin among
you, let him cast the first stone," and
calmly notifies those who are opposing
him that their private lives and records
are likely to be held up to public scru-
tiny and criticism as his own is, if they
persist in declaring that he is not fit to
represent them in Congress.