Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The miners in the Elkhorn region
who went out Saturday returned to
work yesterday.
Speaker Reed yesterday announced
the membership of the committee on
enrolled bills, making but few changes.
The Count of Turin has challenged
Prince Henry of Orleans to duel, for
alleged remarks made about Italian
officers.
In New York the applications for re-
duced rates from the South will be con-
sidered by the Southern Traffic Associa-
ton to-day.
Representative Stone, of Pennsyl.
vania, has reintroduccd in the House
the immigration bill passed by the last
Congress and vetoed by President Cleve-
land.
In the race against time at Crosse
Pointe track, in Detroit, yesterday,
John R. Gentry made the mile in 2:O4t
and Robert ]. in 2:053. Gentry holds
the worlds record al 2:002.
Abraham Eisenstadt, aged fourteen
years, was killed late yesterday after
noon by taking hold of broken cleo
trio light wire, the end of which wss
lying in the bed Of street in Palti-
more.
That destructive little insect, the cur.
culia has partially ruired the peach
crop of the Eastern onore counties Of
Maryland. The June drop" this sea-
son was also tbc, heaviest in the history
of peach gror.sing on the peninsula.
The D. ercantile Trust Company OF
Baltlrl Lore yesterday filed an answer In
the United States Circuit Court pro-
}. testing against the petition OF the b.
and o. receivers to be given authority
to spend So 345, $50 in purchasing addi-
tional rolling stock.
The seal question was discussed in
the British House of Commons yester-
day. Mr.. Curzon, of the Foreign Office,
announced that the gcvernL-ent had
declined the request of the United
States for conference, until the ex'
perts shall have completed their work.
President Mckinley yesterday re-
ceived telegram signed by half q
dozen citizens of Pittsburg, asking him
10 interfere in the strike of the Goa
miners, with a view to submitting
the whole question to arbitration fol
settlement. The President has made
no reply and will not do 30.
The Bradburys reached New York
yesterday. Mr.. Bradbury stated that
the reconciliation between himself ant
his wife was perfect and added that il
was his belief that II. Russell Ware
had exerted an undue influence oyel
his wife, and that she would nevel
have done what she did had it not beer
for his spell over her. 81 am positive
of this" he said. He further expressed
the opinion that the whole matter
would soon be forgotten, and said tina
Mrs. Bradbury was sincerely sorry to-
her act and attributed it to the power
full and dangerous control Ward hat
acquired over her.
Between two freight cars of Penn
sylvania railroad train bound for Har
risburg, and going at full speed, Their
occurred a desperate fight about
o'clock Sunday morning in which thre
men were pitted against one. Ia tn
struggle the one man, fighting for hi
life, kicked one Of his assailsnts off 81
train, and the latter died of broke,
back some hours later at the Presbyte
rian Hospital. The others, take abacl
at their companions disappearance
held off for moment, and the trail
fortunately striking an up. grade tn
man assaulted jumped off an d escape
with comparatively few brui ses.