Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ex-senator Ingalls, entered the Sen.
ate yesterday, evidently expecting to
create a stir, but he met with a chilling
reception.
Gen. Horace Porter, the new United
States ambassador to France, present
ed his credentials to President Faure
yesterday.
The President yesterday rendered 10
Whitelaw Reid the place of special am
bassador to represent the United States
at the Queens Jubilee.
In Washington yesterday Mr.. Charles
j. Wade entered suit for $4,000 dam
ages against DR.. Alfred Y. Parsons for
alleged careless treatment.
A movement which is expected TO
develop into q more or less general cur
tsilment OF production among New En-.
gland cotton mills is to be started next
month.
Commander Booth.Tucker, of the
Salvation Army, was yesterday convict
ed of maintaining a disorderly house at
the New York barracks, where all
night prayer meetings were held.
Lieut.. Pcary has been detached from
duty at the New York navy yaad and
gronted five years leave of absence.
This action has been taken by Secretary
Long to enable the officer to prosecute
his Arctic explorations.
The first Mormon conference ever
held in Pennsylvania, and perhaps the
nest important held this year east of
Salt Lake City, will be held Sunday and
and Monday next near Quincy, four
teen miles from Chambersburg.
Oscar Reickert, of Washington, Gre
ated considerable excitement in the
neighborhood of his home yesterday
evening by walking out on the street
with nothing but an American flag of
scanty proportions draped about his
figure.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies, at
Madrid, yesterday adopted the various
extraordinary financial measures pro-
posed to meet the war expenses. 1t
was officially announced in Havana
yesterday that Gen. Castillo, the in.
surgent leader, has been seriously
wounded.
John McKibbon, a printer of Wash
ington, attempted to drown himself and
his troubles last night in the James
Creek canal in that city. Three times
he jumped into the polluted stream,
but succeeded in swimming out each
time. Once he tried to hold on to the
eel grass on the bottom, but without
success.
The first vote on the tariff bill was
taken in the Senate yesterday, and the
increased duty on boracic acid, recon-
mended by the finance committee, was
adopted by a vote of "a to 20, two
democrats voting with the republicans.
During the three and three.quarter
hours the Senate was in session, it dis
posed of two printed pages of the bill,
passing over three proposed amend
ments for the time being and agreeing
to three others.
Fully 6000 persons attended the Palace
Athletic Club in New York last night
to see the fight between the middle
weight boxers, Charles (Kid) Mccoy,
who recently returned from South
Africa, and Dick O'Brien, of Boston.
They met two years ago and fought 25
rounds to a draw in Boston. Last
night they met at catch weights for 25
rounds. O'Brien had the advantage in
weight. Mccoy was the favorite in
the betting, as much As 100 to 10 being
laid on him, and ton of money went
on him at odds of 2 and 3 to 1. Mccoy
won in the tenth round.
An exciting scene took place at the
ministry of marine at Athens yesterday.
Signor Di Felice, the Italian socialist
leader, rudely accosted and insulted NJ.
Ralli, the Greek premier. The latter
Immediately summoned the police and
had Di Felice put on board the Italian
ironclad S~srdegna, lying off the Pirae-
US, with a request that he be not allow
ed to again set foot on Greek soil.
When Signor Di Felice was being con-
Quoted to the Piraeus to be placed on
board tbs Italian warship a number of
the G~aribaldians attempted to rescue
him and a free fight ensued, in which q
soldier and q civilian were severely
wounded. A soon as he was on board
the ironclad Di Felice was liberated at
the request of the Italian minister, the
Duke of Avsrna, on his solemn prom
Use to quit Greece without provoking
further Incidents.