Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There was cloudburst on the New
and Gauley rivers yesterday, and an
overflow of the Kanawha at Charles
ton, w. Va, is expected.
Arlington, N. j., society is much dis
turbed over the fact that an undrared
woman danced at 'stag" banqu,t
given at the exclusive Arlington Club.
Thomas Seery, star boarder, Sun
day fractured the skull of Mrs. Buck
ley, the mistress of a Brooklyn board
ing house, because the biscuits and
hash did not please him.
U. Grant Corkran, who is charged by
Marshall E. Price with the murder of
Sallie Dean in Caroline county, Md,
has sued out writ of habeas corpus
before Judge Phelps returnable to-mor-
row.
In the U. S. Supreme Court yester-
day evening Justices Field and Harlan
rendered dissenting opinions in the in
come tax case. Justice White deliver
ed an opinion favorable to sustaining
the law.
John Stephens, farmer residing in
Marion township, Noble county, Ohio,
yesterday murdered his son by striking
him on the head with a club. The son
refused to give his father two dollars
upon demand, and this led to the crime
The details for the launch of the
American Line steamer st. Paul at
Philadelphia have been completed.
The great ship will, it is expected, slide
into the water of the Delaware river at
about 2:3O o'clock tomorrow evening.
AS the outcome of his encounter on
Saturday with Representative Jones.
Gov. Clarke yesterday went before a
magistrate, in Little Rock, Ark, plead
ed guilty to carrying concealed weap-
ons, and paid the conventional fine of
$50.
A mysterious person, whose object is
robbery, has been cutting the dresses of
the women who attend the evening SER
vices at St. Peter and st. PauPs
Chapel, in New York. Women are
excited by the work of the mysterious
person and the police cannot find him.
Forty japanese transports are an
chored Off the Pescadore Islands. 1t is
rumored that an attack on Canton is
contemplated. Peace negotiations are
proceeding favorably, and great pre-
cautions are being taken by the Japan
csc to protect the persons Of the
Chinese commissioners.
The House of Commons, by unani-
nous vote, adopted all address to the
Queen yesterday praying that a
signal mark of royal favor be conferred
upon the Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel,
the retiring Speaker, who delivered his
farewell address yesterday.
A special dispatch from New What
com, Wash, says news of terrible
explosion in the Blue Canon coal mine
reached there last night. There were
twenty-three men in the mine at the
time of the explosion. Two men have
been rescued alive and it is supposed
that the rest of the miners have met
death.
Further startling revelations in con-
nection with the Wilde case are limited
at in London. 1t is said that Alfred
Taylor has determined to drag down
with him all he can if he is prosecuted,
and that this will involve one of the
most prominent men in England, whose
name has been frequently mentioned in
connection with this scandal.
William Hall, alias Charles Wells,
was sentenced by Judge Burke at Tow
son, Nd, yesterday to ten years in the
penitentiary for robbing Mr.. Asbury
Watts, of Pikesville, five years for as
saulting Mr.. Watts and ten years for
shooting Patrolman Terrence Doyle
near Gainesville. George Campbell,
alias Charles Johnson, was sentenced
to ten years for robbing and five years
for assaulting Mr.. Watts. Both pris-
oners pleaded guilty.
The contingent of thirty-four rebel
prisoners shipped to Hilo on the 22d
per steamer Khan, was attended by q
large crowd of natives at the wharf at
Honolulu. On the evening of the 26tb
an annexation mass meeting of natives
was held, called by the Hawaiian An
nexation League. The meeting lacked
support from Influential quarters. The
counselors of the ex Queen have advis-
ed the Hawaiian natives to favor an
nexation as the only remaining weapon
to overthrow the present government.