Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Representative Thos. B. Reed spoke
10 a meeting of republicans in Cooper
Union, New York, on Saturday night.
Through negligence of the trainmen
Two excursion trains collided near New
York yesterday and fifteen persons
were ipjured-some seriously.
Paris employees again report that a
conference of representatives OF the Eu'
ropean powers will be held at Pekin to
appoint board of arbitrator to settle
ie Corean war.
Four persons, residents Of Staten Is
land, were capsized in boat off Coney
Island yesterday. Three of them were
probably drowned, and one was res
cued in thrilling manner.
In Honolulu delegates to the conven-
ton which is to choose senators and
representatives adopted resolutions that
no one who was not openly in favor OF
annexation should be elected.
Two little daughters of John n.
Scatcherd, and his sister-in-law, Miss
Emily B. S. Wood, were killed yester-
day evening at Buffalo, N. Y. Their
buggy was struck by fast freight
train.
The hurricane that passed over the
island of San Domingo on the night of
September 81 did great damage to
property. particularly on the sugar es-
tates. Many lives were lost through
disasters to coasting vessels.
The Gould Memorial Church, in Rox-
bury, n. Y, erected by the daughters
and sons of Jay Gould, was formally
presented by them to the pastor and
his congregation Saturday, aud was
dedicated with interesting ceremonies.
Miss Rosa Hazelip, daughter of Rev.
u. T. Hazelip, of Bowling Green, KY,
has sued Rev. w. H. Spybey, of Belle
vue, KY, for S., 900 for breach of prom
Use. Rev. Spybey was recently pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church at Bowling Green.
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
were visited by the advance guard of
winter yesterday in the shape of q
snow-storm of considerable force and
depth. A heavy wind and snow storm
passed over the Alleghenies. The
snowfall on the mountain tops was sew
eral inches deep. Buildings were I'M
rooted and trees blown down at Belle
fonte, Pa.
Ambassador Bayard came to Wash
ington yesterday from New York and
spent the day quietly at the residence
of Mrs. Clymer, Mrs. Bayard's
mother. Mr.. Bayard said that he
could not talk politics, as he had not
been here long enough to get an insight
into the situation. He intimated that
he might make few speeches in Della
ware before his return.
Sarah Trainor, a comely young wo.
man, twenty-three years old, worried
with the belief that her neighbors were
talking about her unpleasantly, be-
came so excited at the thought that
she flung herself headloDg from the
rnurth story window OF the fiat, in New
York, in which she lived, at an early
hour yesterday morning and died two
hours later in Bellevue Hospital.
Col. w. G. P. Breckenridge has been
suspended from communion by Mount
Horeb Church in Fayette county, KY.
On Sunday of last week at the Mount
Horeb Church the pastor read publicly
the action of the church concerning
Col. Breckenridge, who had made to
them q confession of his guilt and ask
ed the prayers and love of his brethren
in leading a christian life. The unani-
nous decision of the officers was that,
while accepting his repentance as sim
cere and heartfelt, the great publicity
of the sin demanded some public action,
so be was suspended from the sacra-
ments until Feb. /. 1895.