Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-30
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Most of the delegates to the Three Ameri-
cas- Convention have arrived in Washing
ton.
The General Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church will meet in New York
Wednesday.
The crew of the Spanish vessel captured
by Rifians off the coast of Morocco have
been released.
Gems. G.. Sturgis. retired. United States
army. died at st. Paul, Minn,, Saturday,
aged 81 years.
Colored republican speakers are being
sent to western States on account of negro
immigration from the South.
It is said that as soon as Mre. James G.
Blaine, jr., RECEIVERS from her present illness
proceedings will be begun against her bus.
band for divorce.
Lewis l.. F. Seal, of Camden. son of a
prominent broker, has been held in 5000 on
charge of robbing his betrothod Of $3.50
and diamond ring.
John Brennan, an inmate of the county
poorhouse at Shamokin, Pa, has fallen heir
to s., 900. 900 left him by his sister, Mrs. Jno
Carson, of California.
Two great Eoglish syndicates, with an
aggregate capital of $50 OO0, 900. have about
completed the investment of this large
sum in American breweres and grain ELF
vators.
Stephen Chamberlain, OF Owego. who
mysteriously disappeared and the insurance
on whose life was peid to his wife, has been
discovered In Baltimore, where he was liv-
mo undar the name of COmStOck,
The troops and armed citizens who went
from Birmingham, Ala, to Pratt's mines to
quell the reported uprising among the ne
proes returned home disguised yesterday.
They found no signs of disturbance.
1t now appears that Samuel Garner, col
orsd, who was lynced in Bue6eld, W. Va
recently, was innocent of the crime OF which
be wac charged, and the authorities are
hunting down the men who killed him.
Fire at Butte City, Mont. yesterday, de-
stroyed an entire block In the business por.
ton Of the city. A strong wind prevailed,
and for time 1t was feared q disastrous
con fiagration could not be prevented. The
loss is about 81 100000.
Archbishop satoli, rector of the Ecclesias
| tical Academy, whose early departure for
| the United States to attend the celebration
of the Centenary of the Catholic hierarchy
| in America has been announced. will also
represent the Pope at the opening of the
new Catholic University in Washington.
Eugene L. Harrick. stylish and middle
aged produce dealer of New York, was ar
rested on Saturday for pinchiDg the arms OF
ladies shopping In dry goods stores in Brook
lyn. His only excuse for his strange beha.
vior when arrested was that his wife did
not object to his pinching the arms of ladies.
E.G Bartlett, better known 10 pioneer
DAYS as"Wild Curley," who died at kearney,
| Nebraska, Friday last, In 1S4S walked
from Wisconsin to Omaha and joined Ere
mont's expedition across the continent.
| Later be Joined the regular army and be
came famous scout, and was one of the
survivors OF the Mountain Meadow massa
| Gre.
The coroner's investigation at Chicago in
to the Washington Heights Railway disaster
day or two ago, by which six suburban
passengers on the Rock Island Road were
killed and dozen persons scalded and man
gled, returned q verdict holding Engineer
| Seth Twombley and Fireman Henry Lee
! loche responsible for the wreck and commit
ting them to Jail. Twombley was arrested
last night.
10 Baltimore yesterday John Frese, q
young man, formerly cigar maker, but
lately a car conductor, shot and fatally
wounded Miss George Virginia Stone. q
young girl who had discarded him. The
young lady was walking with young man
when Friese shot her. Freze walked into
the station house this morning and gave
himself up. He said that he intended shoot.
ing Robert Moore, the companion of The
girl, but that his aim was poor and the girl
received the shots instead. Miss Stone ia
dangerously i'll to day.
The last elk oil the League baseball sea-
SON opens to-day, New York playing at
Pittsbufg, Philadelphia at Indianapolis,
Washington at Chicago and Boston at CieVe'
land. The New Yorks have the lead by but
single game; and while the Bostons are
playing probably better fielding game than
the New Yorks, the latter have been batting
with greater freedom than their famous III
vaIs The weather, after all, may play an
| important part in the programme; in fact,
the race may be decided by rain. The
League championship season closes October
5 and the American Association ten days
| later.
ANoTHER DIsGRACED ENGLISH PEER