Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.

CARDINAL Gibbons lelt bhitiIlore iao'
night for New Orleans.
John Walter, publisher ofthe London
Times, died on Saturday.
Mr.. Eugene Oudin, the noted singer
died in London Saturday.
Tue japanese have captured Fung-
Wang Ching, one of the strongest de.
fences of Port Arthur, and captured 6
large amount of war material.
Geo. Kirk shot Mrs. Florence Schultz
and then put bullet in his own brain
at Chicago on Saturday. The woman
may recover. Jealousy was the cause
Mrs. Langtry, Andrew Carnegie and
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage were passen'
gers on the steamship Paris which ar
rived at New York from Europe or
Saturday.
Mrs. James D. Scott, who weighs 200
pounds vanquished three burglars, al
ter a desperate fight with them in hei
room in Denver, Col, on Saturday
night. She then tainted.
Laundora Calvert, twenty years o.
age, in fit OF jealousy, shot Sadie
Lafavor, with whom he was infatuated
md fatally wounded himself at Man
nlngton, w. Va, yesterday.
In Valencia, Venezuela, rebel sympa'
thizers besieged the troops in the bar
racks but finally the troops sailed out
attacking the people. Six soldiers and
20 rebels were killed and many were
wounded or both sides.
Meagre particulars have been re.
ceived at Guthrie, Okla, of a desperate
running fight between the Cook out
laws and United States deputy marshal;
near Sasobka. Two officers and one
bandit were killed and two bandits
wounded.
At Terrell, Texas, on Saturday while
100 persons were standing on wooden
awning to see the street parade OF
circus, the awning fell. There were
fully 100 persons underneath, and the
awning struck them with terrific force
badly ipjuring so.
A dispatch from Paris says that the
change of Chancellors in Germany is
connected with the death of Alexander
Ill, the Kaiser having decided to have
premier who, like Prince Hohenlohe
is closely related to many families O.
the higher Russian aristocracy.
The Post ,ffice Department has re
ceived requests from postmasters II
large cities for extra carriers to assist
in distributing the accumulations O
campaign documents recently sent out
The department has authorized the
employment of all substitutes, ant
where absolutely necessary, extra hell
to get the mail distributed.
Half mad with jealousy and made
desperate by a twelve days search fol
his missing wife, whom he found a
last with another man-bis old rival-
Michele Caperruto yesterday shot hel
in New York. AS Caperruto pulled
the trigger for the fourth time he wa:
seized by a policeman. The woman
will probably die of her wounds. Aftel
his arrest Caperruto, who is an Italian
of intelligence, told the story of his life
and the circumstances which led up Il
the tragedy.
Coleman Greenburg, while guest a
wedding in Pacific Hall, New York
Saturday night, stripped nude in the
presence of the company, and. backec
up by several friends, fought savagely
when policemen appeared to arrest him
Women screamed and hid their faces
but before the hands could carry out
their designs dozen men spraug for
ward to grab Coleman. With bound
he eluded their grasp and darted around
the hall, lodging the hands outstretch
ed to detain him, scattering the group;
of shrieking women and tearing off the
few remaining garments as he ran, unit
entirely nude, be sprang into the mid
die of the floor and here one of his pur
suers closed with him and q savage
fight followed, and the man was finally
taken to the station house.
The Princess Alix was Amounted anc
received into the Greek church at St
Petersburg on Friday and the Car is
sued proclamation to that effect. She
ceived the title of Grand Duchess il
Russia, Blagovemaja Velikaja Knagina
The assurances given by the new Czsl
that he would endeavor to promote the
pacific development of the country ha:
caused satisfaction in German politica
circles. 1t is said in Berlin that Nicho
las II will not prosecute the Hebrews
Lutherans or followers of other creed:
in Russia. The funeral of the Car viii
take place between the 10th and 20tf
of November and the marriage of Mich
olas and the Princess Alix will take
place few days after the funeral. i
is expected that amnesty will be grant
ed to many political offenders in com
memoration of the accession of Nicho
las II.