Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ex-Consul to Madagascar John l..
Waller, colored, has been placed in the
civil prison of St. Pierre at Marseilles,
France.
1t depends upon the vote of Justice
Jackson whether the income tax law
will be set aside or sustained if re-
hearing is ordered.
Creditors of the firm of E. S. Jafray
& Co., of New York, have been asked
to accept seventy-five cents on the dol
lar for their claims.
Governor Evans, of South Carolina,
is going on with the seizures of liquor
from other States in defiance of an in
junction issued by Judge Golf, of the
U. S, Circuit Court.
The following were the results of the
baseball games played yesterday: New
York IA, Boston 8; Baltimore -,
Brooklyn 6; Washington 10, Philadel-
phia S; Pittsburg 6, st. Louis O.
Marshall f. Price, charged with the
murder of Sallie Dean, made affidavit
Yesterday that he csnnot secure fair
and impartial trial in Caroline county,
Nd, and the case may be removed to
Baltimore.
Five cheap two-story stores in South
Frankfort, KY, were destroyed by hro
Yesterday George Wager, cripple,
and his two children, aged five and
eight years, respectively, it is thought
were burned to death.
Capt. Robert P. Brown, commandant
of Company c, Fifth Maryland Regi-
ment, and the senior captain of the
line in the regiment, died yesterday OF
Bright's disease at the Shepard Asylum
near Towson, where he was taken last
Sunday.
Mrs. Vallie Ryan, garment maker
who has been employed by NJ. Dryen-
forth & Co., in Washington, for over
three years, was arrested yesterday
charged with stealing upward of s., 900
worth of clothing and patterns from
the firm.
Confederate Memorial Bay was OBJ
served in several southern States yes.
terday. At Mobile forty marines from
the q. S. cruiser Montgomery un-
der Commander Davis took part in the
exercises. Rain caused postpone
ment at Atlanta.
Baron Won Saurma, the German am
bassador, presented his letters of recall
to President Cleveland. He explained
that he had been transferred to anoth-
er post (Constantinople), and the Presi-
dent expressed felicitously the regret
he felt at parting from the ambassador.
The instruction in Washington at
the Colored Girls Reform School
Thursday night was the result of an at
tempt to burn the building by two of
the inmates two nights previous. The
attempt at arson was made by two
grown colored girls who had for some
time shown disposition to disobey the
rules of the institution.
The suit of the Wells Fargo Express
Company against the Adams Express
Company for $4,000, the value OF a
package of currency stolen from the
Adams Company between Cincinnati
and Nashville, 10 1892, has been COM
promised, the Wells Fargo Company
accepting $27 900 in full and final settle
ment.
It appears that France, Russia and
Germany have not menaced Japan, but
only advised that government that
possession of the Liu Tong peninsula,
claimed by Japan, would be a con-
slant menace to permanent peace in
the East. Some of the Chinese gener.
ais want to continue the war. The
emperor and his ministers are still con-
sidering the treaty of peace.
Near Grass Creek, Ind, yesterday,
the big barn of Emanuel Rams was get
on fire by an unknown person and CON-
pletely destroyed. Seven horses we're
cremated. A granary nearby, in which
seven pounds of dynamite was stored,
also caught fire, and the explosion,
which resulted, demolished all the
buildings on the premises and danger
ously wounded Mr.. Rans and his wife.
A terrible tragedy occurred in the
jail at Sidney, o., yesterday afternoon.
Some nights ago Mrs. John Yerhite
was caught in the raiding of disre-
putable house. Her husband was away
from home at the time, and had her
held till he returned. Yesterday he
got back and went to the Jail to see her.
He was led to her cell and Immediate
ly shot her through the heart. She
died instantly, and he made good his
escape.
The Cuban insurgents in the Man.
zanillo district have adopted the tactics
followed in previous risings, and are
levying on the owners of plantations
for contributions of money and arms.
Threats are made by the insurgents
that if their demands are not complied
with the torch will be applied to the
fields of standing cane and the planta-
ton buildings. 1t is reported that two
negro bands have risen in Banes, near
Gibara, in the northern part of the
province of Santiago de Cuba. Cap
tain General Campos has reached Ha-
vana and begun preparations for an az
gressive campaign against the insur-
gents.
TWENTY-FIVE SHOTS WERE FIRED.
"A terrible duel took place at Selma,
Ala, yesterday. About three weeks
ago, "Sonk" Dudley and James Winters
had fight, in which Dudley was shot
and seriously wounded. Winters gave
himself up to the sheriff, and was to
have had his trial in Selma yesterday.
Robert Browning. a nephew of James