Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
Jones has ordered the discontinuance
ofthe cAncelling machines in the va
rious Offices.
President Spencer, of the Southern
Railway, has bought the securities in
volving the control of the Cincinnati
Southern aud the Alabama Great
Southern.
Washington military circles were
stirred up last evening by the promul-
CATION of an order from National Guard
headquarters disbanding the National
Fencibles.
Washington Towles, who ssys he
was formerly q slave of Mr.. Jefferson
Davis, is in the Howard county, Md,
jail for cutting the head f another col,
or d man with an axe.
Because Mollie Biers would not mar
ry him Luke Hoyer yesterday blew up
her house in Lemont, ILL.,, with dyna-
mite, fatally wounding her, her moth
er and her aunt.
Three children of Archdelus Cook, at
Sergeant, KY, ate mulberries yester-
day and were poisoned, supposedly by
spider eggs. They all died and were
buried in one grave.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis was elected an
honorary member Of the Confederate
Veterans Association of Savannah, Ga,
last night. She will be presented with
the gold badge of the association.
A SHINY. attended democratic con-
vention in Denver, Col, yesterday,
adopted resolutions declaring for free
silver, aud dissenting from the finan-
cial policy of the Cleveland admins.
tration.
Lightning yesterday struck build
in Hamuedd, Sweden, in which ten
parsons had taken shelter. Seven Of
tlem were killed outright, and the 9TH
err three were hurt so seriously that
they will die.
Russia still believes she will obtain
the $4,000, 900 loan from China. She
has agreed to grant certain modihca-
tons of a nature to soothe the suscep-
tibilities and self esteem of the Chi
nese in the form of convention.
Dynamite was put on Baltimore
a1d Ohio track near Monocacy river
Monday night with view, it is sup
posed, OF blowing up the Chicago ex-
press, which is known as the "money
train" The attempt failed but the
train was badly damaged.
Prof. Mark w. Harrington, chief OF
the weather bureau, has been relieved
from duty, owing 70 disagreement
with Secretary Morton. James f. Cook
chief clerk of the Weather Bureau, is
acting head of the bureau until sue
cessor to Prof. Harrington is appointed.
The statement was made yesterday
by Vice President Hugh Craig, of the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce,
that British capitalists will build the
Pacific cable. The proposed route is
from Auckland, New Zealand, to Van
couver, 64S4 miles, almost three times
as long as the shortest transatlantic
cable. The estimated cost is 81 ,5S5, 900
Miss Fannie Johnson, of New York
tried kidnapping Monday afternoon.
and held Cyrus Wheelock, a leading
real estate dealer of Buffalo, captive
for half an hour. This was long
enough to upset the Wheelock house
hold and 10 develop the story of how
Wheelock had maintained two estab'
lishments for four years, one in that
city and one in New York.
Lord Salisbury's new cabinet held its
first meeting yesterday The Duke OF
Norfolk, unionist, has been appointed
acknowledgement in succession to the
Right Hon. Arnold Morley, and Mr..
Gerald William Balfour, brother OF
the Right Hon. A. ]. Balfour and a
member Of Parliament for Central
Leeds, has been appointed chief secre-
tary for Ireland. Parliament will be
prorogued Saturday.
w. II. Denton, of Markham, I. T.,
has leased the Petaca grant for ten
years and will Immediately ship his
81 900 head of cattle to Las Vegas, ard
from there he will drive them to the
grant. He will take twenty families
with him, aside from his cowboys.
There are $4,000 acres in the Petaca
g ant. The property is owned by ex.
Congressman Farwell, of Iowa.
Trouble has broken out between the
Catholic University authorities and the
carpenters employed on the Mcmahon
Hall of philosophy in Washington and,
in consequence, all the union men en-
ployed have been called off the work.
The trouble arose. over the fact that Su-
perintendent Brady, who is in charge
of the work, has been paying only $3.50
a day, while the men claim that the re-
gular union rate is $3.50 day.
The Southern Pacific overland train,
north bound, was stopped Monday
night at 10:15 o'clock by three high
waymen at the north end of a canyon
just south of Riddles Station, Oregon,
and thoroughly robbed. Sticks of dy-
Mantle were placed on the rails which
disabled the engine by blowing the
flanges off the pony truck and brought
the train to a stop. The express and
mail cars were rifed and the passen
gers were searched.
A WEDDING IN FAUoUIER.-Cool
Spring Church, Delaplsne, was the
scene of lovely wedding on the 26th
ult., the contracting parties being
E 18th May, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Shacklett, and Jackson
Ashby Lehew, of Charlottesville. The