Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The French painter Duez is dead.


John Hogan. detective. committed
suicide in Households, N. Y, yesterday.
A mysterious woman placed $500 on
the altar of the Calhoun Street Church
of the Disciples, Baltimore, as an Easter
Offering yesterday.
The United States and British officials
at Constantinople have renewed their
protests to the Sultan against the ex.
pulsion from Bitlis of the Armenian
missionary, Rev. G. F. Knapp.
The New York Methodist conference,
which had declared itself against the ap-
pointment of colored bishop, has
adopted resolution commencing the
colored races and disappearing OF q
color line.
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore; Car.
dinal Logue, of Ireland, and Cardinal
Vaughan, of England, have issued q
stirring appeal in behalf of the estab-
lishment of an international tribunal Of
arbitration.
The Cataract General Electric Com.
| pany has been offered 100000 by
| New York banking house. representing
foreign syndicate, for the privilege OF
running canal boats on the Erie canal
by electric traction.
United States Consul Muth, at Mag
deburg, the center of the German beet
sugar industry, says that the Reichstag
will pass sugar bill which will cheap.
en- sugar in the United States, but will
/ kill the beet sugar industry in Nebraska
and California.
Rudolph Mueller, Louisville, KY,
grocer, fired both barrels of shotgun
into his wife's face yesterday afternoon,
horribly mutilating the woman, who
will die. Mrs. Mueller had filed suit
| for divorce, accusing her husband OF
extreme cruelty. Three small children
witnessed the murder.
Jno. Selman, the victor of not less than
twenty fatal shooting ARRAYS in Texas,
the eXtermipator of "bad men," and
the slayer of the notorious John Yves.
ley Hardin, is lying with bullet-hole
through his body, inflicted by q. S.
Deputy Marshal Geo. Scarborough dur.
ing an alteration at Ell Paso yesterday
evening.
Passengers arriving from Cuba re.
port that the Spanish General Inclan's
forces were entirely surrounded by the
insurgents, and a hand-to-hand conflict
ensued. The fight occurred in Vuelta
Abajo district. Nothing official has
been published, but one hundred
wounded at this engagement were
| L.o,,cb+ ;,to Hau,oa Er;dou NIGHT ALI
the wounds were machete cuts.
A little daughter of Philip Lynch, Of
] Philadelphia, came very near being
born in burning home early Saturday
morning. While her father was absent
after doctor, the house caught fire
Mrs. Lynch lay helpless, with flames
bursting from the register and ward.
robe. But Lynch, the doctor and others
put in a timely appearance, and Mrs
Lynch was carried to q neighbours
where the little girl was born, while the
flames were extinguished.
| Arthur Bradley and Richard Ingram,
two factory hands employed in Haver.
hill, Mass, engaged in prize fight
Saturday night, and, as result, the
latter died at midnight. The fight was
to be a friendly one to decide which
was the better man. The knockout
blow was landed on the vein under the
right jaw after thirty minutes fighting
All efforts to restore Ingram to con
seriousness failed, and he was carried to
his brothers. house. where he died at
midnight. The victor and spectators
have been arrested.
| Peter Esters, aged 81 years, employ
ed at Fresh Ponds, N. j., while driving
from Now Brunswick to that place Sat
urday night, was burned to death in 8
peculiar manner. He became sleepy
during the trip, and put lighted ciga,
in his vest pocket. Some matches
were ignited, and Esters woke up tc
find his clothing in a mass of flames
His horse ran away, and, like living
torch, the old man was swept down the
road. Some residents who saw the
frightful spectacle managed to stop the
runaway and extinguished the flames
Esters, however, died a few moments
later.
Colonel W. G. P. Breckenridge has
been quietly practlcing law at LeXing'
ton, KY, ever since the suit for dam
ages of Madeline Pollard, two years
ago, which caused him to be succeeded
in Congress by Colonel w. G. Owens
Although Miss Pollard got q judgment
for S15, 900, she has never been able to
| get execution or to recover anything
Now, that Colonel Breckenridge is can
wasting the district again to run fol
Congress this year, the old movement
of the ladies in the district is being re.
organized, and Colonel Breckenridge
will have the women against him, as
he had two years ago. Then the race
for the nomination between Breckin-
ridge and Owens was close. Now the
friends of Col. Breckenridge express the
fullest confidence in his success.
FOR CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Gen. Peyton Wise, chairman Of the
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