Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-27
NEWS OF THE DAl.
The New York legislature adjourned

The New York legislature adjourned
to-day.
A bill for the disestabli 5hment of the
church in Wales was intro luced in the
House of Commons yesterday.
Mr.. Claparede, the retiring Swiss
minister, yesterday presented to the
President his letters of recall. The
usual expressions of regret were ex-
changed
Andrew Jacoby, aged thirty five
years, fell in lime kiln yesterday near
Hanover, Pa, and was slowly roasted
to death before the eyes of his fellow
workmen.
Governor Brown, of Maryland,
yesterday appointed Mr. John Quinn to
be sheriff of Baltimore. MIR. Quinn will
share the salary with the widow of the
late Sheriff Maloney.
The meeting called for yesterday at
knapps Meadow, Pa, for the purpose
of inducing the Maryland miners to
join the general strike of the soft-coal
miners was failure.
r. E. Marlboro, colored, editor Of the
Southern appeal, of Atlanta, committed
suicide in Washington yesterday even
ing in the park surrounding Providence
Hospital, by shooting himself.
H. w. Ogden, democrat, was elected
to Congress from the Shreveport, La,
district on Wednesday to fill the unex-
pired term of Hon. NJ. G. Blanchard,
appointed Senator. Mr.. Ogden's ma
jority is about 5000.
Mr.. Abram Corrant died yesterday
at Jacksonville, Fla, at the age CT
ninety-four. He was veteran of the
Mexican and Indian wars. Mr.. Cor
rant had been married twice and was
the father of forty children.
Dispatches from London state that
the movement for a British protectorate
over the Samoan Islands indicates that
Great Britain believes she will be sup
ported in the matter by Germany, and
that the United States government
sanctions the movement.
The Railway and Canals sub-com-
committee of the House has agreed to
report favorably Representative kefer's
bill, appropriating $4,000 for preim-
inarI survey to ascertain the practica-
bility of the construction of canal be
tween Lake Superior and the Missis-
sippi river.
In Washington yesterday James \.
Taliaferro, well-known real estate
broker, was arrested in the Office OF
Thomas G.. Hensey on charge of for
gerry, in endeavoring to pass note for
81 900, drawn on the Lincoln National
Bank. signed by Sydney L. Wales,
aud indorsed by +. E. Jackson, ex-
Governor of Mary land.
The House Yesterday passed the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation
bill. No amendments of importance
were adopted. AS passed the bill car
ries $1,5l3,73S, q decrease of SIG, zoe
compared with the appropriations for
the current year. To-day is private
bill day. and tomorrow the army ap-
preparation will be taken up.
1t is reported that party of bandits
supposed to be the Dalton gang en-
countered body OF vigilantes near Goa
Creek, |. T., yesterday and had terri
BILE fight, in which three bandits were
wounded, one MORALLY. Three of the
vigilantes, William Ross, John Hail
and James Hammond, were killed and
others wounded, but not fatally.
In the British House of Commons yes
terday Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary
secretary for the Foreign Office, stated
that sealers would be warned that the
regulations of the Behring Sea award
would be enforced, and with this OBJ
iect in view, two warships had been de
spatched to notify the sealers. Any
British or American vessel commands
violating the law was liable to De ar
rested and sent before British court
for trial.