Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tie subcommittee of the House
naval committee will recommend the
construction of three battleships.
Mayor Strong, ofNew York, hasask-
ed Superintendent Byrnes TO remain at
tie head of the police department.
John S. Park, the proprietor of Il e
famous Park Springs, in Caswell coun-
ty, n. c., died of pneumonia yesterday.
A proposal has been submitted to the
Council of the Russian Empire to es-
sablish Russian legation to the Vati-
can.
One hundred and fifty men and boys
were rescued from the flooded colliery
at Audley, North Staffordshire, Eng
lind, yesterday, and about twenty
miners were drowned.
The President yesterday sent to Con-
gress the correspondence bearing upon
the case of the japanese delivered by
the U. S. consul in China to the Chinese
authorities, and beheaded.
III, Cologne Gazette announces that
Prince Bismarck, if he is we'll enough,
will visit Emperor William on the an
niversary of the latter's birth, January
81, when he will be 36 years old.
There is no change in the status of
currency legislation and the Senate and
House seem further apart respecting
the character of possible legislation
than do the silver and sound money
men.
While the Duke OF Argyll was ad-
dressing q political meeting in Glasgow
Yesterday evening he was overcome by
faintness, reeled and fell insenslbie into
the arms of Lord Kelvin, one of the
bystanders.
Lawyer Elliott, one of the counsel of
the Baltimore municipal investigating
committee, charged, while examining
City Commissioner Smyrk, that there
was a discrepancy OF nearly $4,000 in
the figures given as the cost OF paving
Gay street.
The railroad suspension bridge at
Niagara Falls, which is one of the old.
est railroad bridges in the country, and
probably the first large suspension
bridge ever built, will soon be taken
down and replaced by an arched can't
lever bridge.
Secretary Herbert has reversed the
decision of the academic board OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, which
placed Cadet Dennet, Of Maine, under
arrest on the charge of copying from
another cadet in recent examination.
and ordered his release.
B. H. Burman, Mormon leader, has
organized a church of his faith at Grape
vile, W. Va, with twenty-four MEM
bers. He is conducting meetings
regularly, and is adding new converts
every week. This enterprise is causing
much excitement there.
Marion Butler was last night nomi-
mated for U. S. Senator, long term, by
the populist members of the North
Carolina Legislature. The Michigan
Legislature reelected United States
Senator Mcmillan, and elected Julius
c. Burrows for the short term.
A strong wind yesterday blew over
the false work of new bridge being
erected over the Monongahela river at
Homestead aud number of workmen
were dashed to the ground, distance
of thirty feet. One man was killed,
one fatally injured, another seriously
hurt aud several badly bruised.
Mr.. Nathan Morgan, of Baltimore,
was drowned last night in lake Roland,
while skating with his sweetheart,
Miss Alice Hush, and with her brother,
Mr.. Harry ]. Hush. The sister and
brother had a narrow escape from
drowning, but were rescued. The
accident was caused by the ice break
ing near the Northern Central Railway
bridge.
The House judiciary committee yes
terday decided to report a resolution
for the impeachment of Judge Kicks,
of Cleveland. The vote was-for Z :;
against, 6. On Friday Mr.. Bailey will
present majority report to the COM
mittee, and Mr.. Broderick a minority
report. The supporters of Judge Kicks
entertain hopes that the decision will
be reversed. Four members were alb
sent yesterday, and at fridays meeting
there will be an attempt made to adopt
the minority report.
Mrs. Frederick Groppe died from a
fractured skull at her home in Balti-.
more yesterday, while her daughter,
Miss Mary Groppe, was being married
TO Mr.. John NJ. Schellenberger at st.
Paul's Catholic Church. She fell down
stairway as she was going to her bed
room Monday night. Mrs. Groppe was
picked up unconscious and remained in
that condition until she died. The pre-
parations that had been made for the
reception were abandoned and the
invitations to it were withdrawn.
CoNGREss.-The Senate gave yester-
day to further speeches. in which the