Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-21
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

ish Epirus, mostly inhabited by Christ
ians, have been destroyed by an earth
quake, and it is feared that many per-
sons have persisted.
By request of Bishop Paret mis-.
sion which was being conducted at
Mt. Calvary Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore, by two English
clergymen was closed.
Governor Tunnel signed Gen. R. R.
Kenney's credentials as Senator-elect
from Delaware, but declined to sign
those of ]. Edward Addicks. The rump
Legislature at Dover adjourned sine
die.
Captain General Weyler is reported
at San Jose de Lajas, in the province
of Havana. Several insurgent camps
are said to have been broken up and
many insurgents are reported to have
surrendered.
The West Virginia Senate concurred
! yesterday in the House joint resolution
against any further negotiations with
the bondholders of the Virginia debt.
DR.. Dotson. democrat, was the only
Senator w: rrHinst the resolution.
At Shreveport, La, yesterday even
ing Congressman Benton McMillin, of
Tennessee, and Miss Lucille Foster,
daughter of Capt. James M. Foster, a
prominent planter and politician, were
married at the First Presbyterian
| Church.
The betrothal of the Infanta Maria of
Spain, sister of King Alfonso, and the
Count of Turin, brother of the Duke of
Aosta, is reported in dispatch from
Rome. The Infanta Maria de las Mer-
cedes, Princess of the Asturias, ID six
teen years old, and her future husband
is ten years her senior.
Mrs. Eliza Spicer, who lived at the
New River mines at Caperton, w. Va.
while attempting to start iro yester.
day mistook powder can for an Oil
can and an explosion followed. Her
clothing caught fire and she received
burns, from the effect of which she
died that evening.
Ex-Congressman William A. Harris
was chosen U. S. Senator, to succeed
William A. PETER, by the populist eau
Gus of the Kansas legislature last night
on the eleventh ballot. PETER was
practically out of the race long before
the final ballot. W. A. Harris, at one
time was Congressman-at-large from
Kansas, and at present he is State
Senator. He is an Confederate sol.
der, and "silk stocking" farmer.
Miss Helen Musgrave, pretty
young woman of Cameron township
Pa, is dead, as q result of blood pois.
oning, brought about by moistening an
envelope with her tongue in sealing a
letter intended to end lovers quar-
rel. While sealing it, she cut an ar
terry in her tongue. But little atten-
ton was paid to the cut, and it appar-
emily healed up. Last Friday, how
ever, it began to swell, and became
rapidly worse until her death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Duerr, helpless par.
alytic, was burned to death at hel
home, in Philadelphia, early Tuesday
evening. Nobody knows exactly how
the accident occurred, but it is proba
BILE that Mrs. Duerr had been seizec
with paralytic stroke and fell over
/
striker twice within the past Blk
| months, and from the first attack of the
disease she lost the use of her voice
aud could walk about only with great
difficulty.
| Hon. W. ]. Bryan, who arrived o.
Houston, Tex, Tuesday evening, wa;
driven to the residence of Congress
man J. G. Hutcheson yesterday morn
ing, where several hundred ladies re-
ceived him, and then to the residence
of Mrs. Betty Bryan who, although {
namesake, is no relation to the Nebras
kan, where another reception wa:
held. Last night he addressed foul
thousand people and was given cor
dial welcome. The silver fight will be
continued, he said, until the finances
are ruled by Americans and not by for
eign powers.
The President yesterday signed bill
providing that all vessels of above fif
teen tons burden carrying freight Oh
passenger for hire, propelled by gas
fluid, naphths, or electric motors, shall
be made subject to all federal laws re
lating to the inspection of bulls anc
boilers, and requiring engineers and
pilots, and providing that all such yes
sets shall be made to conform to al
federal laws relating to the regulations
of steam vessels passing each other
and to such further regulations regard
ing fog signals, lights, steering and
sailing rules as the Board OF Supervis'
ing Inspectors of Steam Vessels shall
deem necessary.