Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Members OF Congress, generally
speaking, are opposed to an extra ses-
sion.
William C. Murphy, the last mem
Der OF Gen. Sam Houston'5 army, died
in Philadelphia yesterday, aged eighty
FIVE.
Col. George w. Alexander died at
his residence, in Laurel, Md, on We'd
nesday, of paralysis. He was q gallant
Confederate soldier.
The body of Fred Douglass will be
buried in Mount Hope cemetery,
Rochester, New York, early next week !,
probably on Tuesday.
The receipts of the treasury yester-
day were S9S6,716, and the expendi-
lures were 1851 1916. The deficit so far
in February is $5,27S,34S.
The lawson flag bill, which forbids
the display of foreign flags on public
buildings, has passed both houses OF
the New York Legislature.
Jacob Henderson, a young colored
man of Ellicott City, Md, has confess
ed to the numbering of Mr.. Daniel F.
Shes there on Tuesday night.
The Kolbites in Alabama again
threaten to establish dual govern
ment, and Governor Oates declares
that if they are seeking trouble they
can get it.
Morris Hopkins, the convicted MUIR
derer of Henry S. Parsons, was yester-
day sentenced to death by Judge Wick
ham, OF the Henrico County Court.
The execution was set for April 8.
Tie report of the receivers of the
Whisky Trust to Judge Grosscup, Of
the United States Court, Chicago,
shows that the concern has assets OF
So, 17S, 900 above all Indebtedness.
The North Carolina House of Dele
gates yesterday adjourned out of re-
spect to the memory of Frederick
Douglass. The same body voted down
a motion on the 10Th of January (Gen
R. E. Lees birthday to adjourn.
Fire in the silk factory of Hubbell &
Gator, New York, yesterday evening,
caused losses to various tenants amount
ing to $125, 900. A wild scramble for
safety took place among fifty girls and
100 men employed in the silk factory.
The motion to adjonrn the House OF
Commons in London to consider the
duty on cotton in India was defeated
yesterday evening by vote of 304 to
100. This was the question by which
it was thought the Rosebery govern
ment would be defeated.
Fire broke out in Arbuckle Brothers
big coffee mills, Brooklyn, yesterday
and it was not until 1880 in the even
ing that the fremen succeeded in get
ting the fire under control. A number
of men and girls employed in the mills
had narrow escapes. Halfa dozen sus-
tanned burns and injuries from jump
ing, but there was no loss of life.
At Minneapolis, Mimi. yesterday,
Harry Hayward, charged with the muir.
der Of Miss Catherine Cling, testified in
ais own defense. He took his place in
the witness chair with a determined
air. He denied that he killed Miss
Cling and said the lady YVES his sweet
heart. The testimony of his brother
and Claus A. Blixt he coutradicted
He told the court that he gambled and
that he played for Miss Cling with her
money.
President and Mrs. Cleveland held
the closing reception of the season at
the White House last night 10 honor OF
the general public The occasion was
taken advantage of by visiting delega-
tons in Washington to attend in large
numbers, adding greatly to the crush
within the mansion, while without the
crowd extended in double line far
down the avenue and round the corner
to Seventeenth street, patiently wait
ing for hours like sheep in pen, their
turn to be presented to the President
and his lady. Fortunately for them,
the night was lovely, mild and clear, in
contrast to the severity of the earlier
portion of the mouth.