Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-26
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

A heavy snow st,rm and intensely
cold weather prevailed yesterday in
Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.
Many person were killed and large
number of Buildings destroyed by an
earthquake January II, near Kuchan,
Persia.
Secretary Gresham has received q
report from Minister Willis, dated
Honolulu, January IL, giving his ac-
count of The Hawaiian revolt.
The Governor of West Virginia sign
ed the bill passed by the legislature
yesterday creating the new county of
Mingo, which, it is said, will be solidly
republican.
1t is announced that Lord William
Beresford is to be married to the Ouch
ess of Marlborough, formerly Mrs.
Louis Hammersley, of New York, dur
ing the coming spring.
A violent quarrel in the Belgium
Chamber of Deputies yesterday be-
tween the Catholic and socialist parties
ended in the suspension of the sitting
aud the resignation of the. President of
the Chamber.
Gertie Platt, who tips the beam at
496 pounds, and John William Coffey,
widely known as the "Skeleton Dude, u
who weighs just sc pounds, were mar
ried at Doris Museum, in New YORK,
on Wednesday.
A telegram was received at the City
of Mexico from Secretary Gresham yes
terday, saying, if the trouble could not
be settled between the two countries,
he thought it might DE adjusted by some
foreign country. The Mexican cabinet
will delay the sending of its ultimatum
to Guatemala for several days.
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon
the main building of Henning's brew.
cry, in Mendoza, Ills, was wrecked by
boiler explosion, the conclusion being
so great that every building in the city
was badly shaken. The building de-
stroyed was five stories in height, and
filed with machinery. The force OF
the explosion completely demolished
it, killing seven men and badly ipjur-
ing six others.
T. d. Smith, aged twenty-seven, a
motorman and brakeman who claims
his home is in Philadelphia, walked up
behind Mrs. Margaret futile, aged
| ffty-two, shortly after o'clock last
night on Seventh avenue, New York,
and cut her throat three times. The
woman was removed to hospital in q
precarious condition. The avenue was
| crowded at the time and many saw the
deed done. After cutting the woman's
throat Smith gave himself up, admit
ting that he had cut woman's throat.
The large Withdrawals of gold from
the Treasury Department have again
aroused the treasury officials to the
necessity of maintaining the proper
gold balance, which now amounts to
| $50, 1S2, S5S. While the bill passed yes
terday will aid the treasury in the fu-
ture, it can do nothing for its immediate
relief. The talk of bill to provide for
the issuance Of short-time, low-interest.
bearing bonds has therefore been re-
newed with increased force. 1t is
rumored that the President will prob
ably send message to Congress next
| WEEK uiSnS iuln oui".S eAN'ioo AOA 'AAN
relief of tine treasury.
The head of Horatio Stetson. an en-
gineer in Stetson & Posts mill, Seattle,
Wash, was cut in tive Thursday BY a
rip saw. The saw went down into the
brain fully three inches, the point OF
exit on either side of the head being on
a level with the top of the ears. Stet-
son crawled out from under the table
where the accident occurred and was
grabbed by his brother, who clapped
the two pieces of his head together.
The brother says that blood and brains
were coming from his head, which
looked as if it were falling apart. AT
last accounts there was no inhamma-
ton in the wound nor no indications OF
fever setting it.