Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-02
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md interesting little fve-year-old son
o .:ir. JAS K. eaton, died last night.
The German Cooperative Building
Association No. . recently granted q
loans $1,000 at premium OF 10 per CT.
The White House, the former home
OF the late Gen. w FL F. Lee, in New
Kent county, was burned on Monday.
II is said in Washington that District
Attorney Coles fight against the policy
people tnere is extending to this county
and city.
Mr.. David Lannon, of the George
/ town College football team, had his
face very badly cut Saturday while
playing football.
The steamer Wakefield, which was
damaged by the explosion Of her steam
chimney on Sunday last, will be sent 10
Baltimore for repairs.
BY the purging Of the registration
books the names of SO colered men
W IRE stricken from the lists in the r lird
ward and 81 in the Fourth.
a colored man, an employee Of Il e
electric railway, while coupling cars on
the Mt. Vernon branch last night, was
caught between two cars anC:s slight
ly hurt.
Large numbers of strong, well-made
baskets of various kinds were sent TO
this city to-day from the basket factory
ut New Alexandria, consigned to the
Alexandria merchants.
The ladies of st. Johns Chapel, West
End, will give an oyster supper to-
night, tomorrow night and Friday
night for the benefit of that chapel
The supper will be held at Meem Hall,
adjoining the chapel.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington yesterday to Aldridge A.
Elliott and Martha Y. Beahn, both Of
Manassas, and to William H. Webb, Of
Culpeper Court House, and Lucinda A.
Mann, Of Gettysburg, Pa.
Mrs. Alice Goggin, wife of Mr. e. P.
Goggin, and daughter of ex-senator K.
e. Wilhers, died AT Bedford City on
Monday after Il short illness, aged II
years. Mrs. Goggin was lady of no.
bic character and had many friends in
this city.
The colorcd band that came here
from Florida yesterday gave a concert
last night at the colored odd Fellows
Hall. Speeches were made and one
member OF the band told his hearers
that the white people OF the South were
the true friends Of the colored people,
the republican papers of the North TO
the contrary Notwithstanding.
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a DIVORCE SUIT GRANrED.-The in
teresting little romance below has been
sent out by cable from London:
"a divorce ease having romantic fca-
lures were decided in the divorce court
here recently. O. J. Schoolcralt pc
tilioned for Il divorce on the ground of
his wifc's misconduct in Chicago with
William Ruhlnor, otherwise known as
Wild West Bill Schoolcrait was born
in America, but came to London in
1880. He studied at Cambridge, and
became a clergyman of the Church Of
England.
''In 1851 he met on the Strand the
woman he subsequently married. She
told Sch0olcratt Il pitiiul story, and he
became interested in her and tried to
reclaim her. He married her and then
sent her TO boarding school, as he
was going TO Heidelberg to study. In
1884 his wife left him, saying she was
going to Berlin. She came back, but
in 1855 she disappeared and he has not
since met her. She was traced, how
ever to Chicago, where she was found
living as the wife of Wild West Bill
The wife made no defense, and the
court granted the divorce
The gentleman in question is we'll
known among Richmond people, hay
ing been former resident of this place.
Mr.. Schoolcraft began divorce proceed
ines in Richmond a yearago last March.
Upon advice. however, he took the case
to the courts il London.
Col. 10 Lane Stern, who is Mr..
Schoolcratt's attorney on this side the
ocean, was interviewed yesterday, and
he stated that in May he went to Chi
cago and secured evidence that left no
question as TO the witc's misconduct.
She had lived for some time in that
city with one VIM. Ruhmor, with whom
she came to America from across the
waters Col Stern has his doubts as to
the story that Mr.. Schoolcraft made the
woman's acquaintance on the Strand in
London.
The unflithful wife, who is English
by birth, is spoken of as being excep-
tionally handsome. 1t is also said that
her education has been thorough and
her manners are extremely captivating.
She is sparkling in conversation, but
had the misfortune to be of q very i'm
pulsive nature, which latter, perhaps,
was strong factor in the woman's
downfall. At the present time she is in
Europe and is believed to be living
with Ruhmor.- Richmond Times.
STRIKE AT TnEVIRGINIA HoTEL.-On
Sunday morning there was an unusual
ly large number of guests at the Vir-
ginia Hotel. At breakfast, for imper
tinencc to guest, one of the dining
servants was promptly discharged,
when six of the servants filed out to the
desk of Mr.. Carroll and demanded their
pay, giving rs n reason that if one was
discharged all would go. Mr.. Carroll
politely informed them that he was not
settling accounts on the Sabbath, but
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