Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The cold weather continues undated
Throughout England, the thermometer
showing e beIow zero yesterday in
London.
The North Carolina Senate has pass.
ed bill to employ State convicts on
public roads and another to prevent
prize fighting.
An explosion took place yesterday
on the drainage channel at Qualey
Bros camp near Joliet, Ills, and three
men were killed and one fatally injured.
Three American travellers, who in-
tended to explore the ruins of Aztec
cities in Mexico, were recently attack
ed and robbed by Guatelnalan refugees
on the frontier.
The monster petition to Congress
against the liquor traffic is expected to
arrive in Washington this week. The
signatures were collected by the Wom
ans Christian Temperance Union.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed and
com missioned Mr.. E. c. Johnson, OF
Port Townsend. Washington, formerly
chief of the sugar bounty division, as
chief of the income tax division, Treas
ury Department.
Mrs. Davis, teacher of a district
school, three miles from the village of
Lyons, n. Y, was found dead in a
snow bank near the school house yes
terday, having been lost in the blizzard
last Thursday and frozen to death.
Kate, the deserted wife of William
Prendergast, gave birth to child in o
police station stable in New York Sun
day night after being refused admis
SION to two hospitals. The child died
shortly after birth and the mother is in
critical condition.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Berlin Tageblatt sends remarka
Die dispatch TO the effect that both the
Empress and Dowager Empress are er-
ciente. The Empress, who was the
Princess Alix of Hssse, was married to
Nicholas II on November % last.
John Redmond, the Paruellite leader
in the House of Commons, yesterday
submitted an araendmentto the Queens
speech asking that Parliament be dis
solved and the question of home rule
| be submitted to the country. The
amendment was rejected by vote of
$50 to 236.
One Of the Elbe victims has been
identified as defaulter, who had fled
from Budapest His sister was with
him, with 10000 gulden sewed in her
dress. Anna Blocker, the young German
woman who saved herself in the Elbe
disaster, has received q command from
Queen Victoria to visit Osborne House,
the royal residence, on the Isle of
Wight, the royal yacht having been
placed at her disposal for the purpose.
At the trial of Harry Hayward in
Minneapolis yesterday his brother,
Adry Hayward, gave evidence of q
very damaging nature against him.
Adry stated that Harry had threatened
to kill him if he revealed his intentions
to put Miss Cling out of the way. His
mother, with tears in her eyes, at the
conclusion of the testimony, threw her.
self upon Adry's bosom and reproach-
ed him for having testified against his
brother, but his reply was II had to do
my duty"
Nine lives were saved by the steam
er Francisco, which arrived in New
York yesterday afternoon from Hull,
when she rescued the crew Of the Bath
schooner George A. McFadden, which
she found on Sunday waterlogged and
unmanageable. The George A. Nc
Fadden was four masted schooner OF
1,017 tons burden. She was command
ed by Captain G. F. Wallace, who had
a crew of eight men. The delayed
steamer La Gascogne also passed the
McFadden.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote were the entertainers in So
ciety in Washington yesterday evening,
and, in consequence, the embassy WIS
the gathering place of society, which
never fails to respond unanimously to
Invitations from Great Britain's most
popular representative. The reception,
at which the guests were mainly the
official element of society, followed
large dinner party, at which thirty-six
guests were entertained, among them
being Miss Mildred Lee.
The District of Columbia commission
els received yesterday the reply of the
Secretary OF the Navy to the request
for the loan of the steamer Triton to
be used in clearing ice from Washing
ton harbor and cutting passage down
the river The Secretary states that if
the commissioners will have an iron
Prov affixed to the Triton, the vessel
will be used to break ice in the harbor
whenever not employed on her sched-
ule trips TO Indian Head. Mr.. Her
bert states that she will break ice and
clear channel up the Potomac on her
regular trips. The Navy Department
will furnish the fuel for her engines
and provisions for her crew.
CONGRESS.
The financial question again came