Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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William Schriver, one of the catchers
of the Chicago baseball club, on SatuT-
day caught ball tossed to him from
one of the windows in the top OF the
Washington monument.
Ex-Vice President Morton returned
from Europe yesterday, and expressed
partial willingness to become candl-
date for governor of New York.
Seventy thousand people attended
meeting, in Hyde Park, London, yeste'.
day at which resolutions were adopted
demanding the abolition of the House
of Lords.
Counsel for DR.. Leon in Washington,
convicted of manslaughter, claim that
they have discovered new evidence,
upon which they have made a motion
for new trial.
DR.. OFT, married man of Washing
ton, Mo-, on Saturday shot Miss Lizzie
Craig, a girl with whom ne was infatuat-
ed, but who refused to elope with him,
and then committed suicide.
1t is understood Secretary Carlisle
has practically decided thst wool and
all other articles now in bond can be
withdrawn at the new rates or free OF
duty if on the free list of the new tariff
bill.
An electric car returning from Eagle
Rock. at the top of Orange mountain,
n. j.; got beyond control ofthe motor
man YESTERDAY and overturned after
striking a curve. A number OF persons
were hurt.
The handsome residence of Col. John
A. Robinson was burned early yester-
day morning, with all its contents, at
Patterson's Creek, near Martinsburg,
w. Va. He and his family narrowly
escaped horrible death.
John Cooper, aged SO years, his wife
Ann, aged so, and Mrs. Emma Mat,
thews, Mrs. Cooper's mother, OF
Thompsonville, Conn.,, were instantly
killed by being struck by New York
and New England train at Saltwater
bridge, South Worcester, Mass, yester-
day.
Chas. l.. Glascock, of North Carolina,
a former employee in the r. & D. r. X.
Offices in Washington, has filed a suit
in that city for divorce from his wife
and the correspondent named is U. 5.
Senator from the West, whose name Is
one of the most prominent in connec-
ton with the silver question.
Senator Germans physicians have
advised him to leave for Europe at the
earliest possible day, not only for the
benefit of the sea voyage, but for the
purpose of taking treatment at one OF
the German spas. His health is declar.
ed to be in a very precarious state.
Senator German was in New York yes
terday. He is going to Saratoga.
Alonzo Kendall, the Kalamazoo
aeronaut, made an ascension at School
craft Mich, yesterday, but during the
decent, and when about one hundred
feet from earth, lost his hold from
the trapeze bar and dropped head first
to the ground, striking fence. His
neck was broken, and when picked
up there was not whole bore in his
body.
Abe BuZzard, the Welsh mountain
robber, pleaded guilty to twenty-three
of the Lightweight indictments against
him in Lancaster, Pa, court on Satur-
day and was sentenced to eleven years
in State prison. The other members Of
his gang made no defense, AND were all
sentenced to terms in the penitentiary.
varying from six months to twenty one
months.
Nine persons, composing the family
of q wealthy farmer named Bibrovics,
were murdered in their home in the
village of Coschewin, Austria, Friday
night by robbers. After numbering the
inmates and securing their valuables,
the thieves applied the torch to the
building, which was totally destroyed.
The murderers escaped, and no clue has
been found to their identity.
At Atlantic City, N. j., yesterday
evening a single flash of lightning,
coming from an almost cloudless sky,
killed William Carr, aged twenty, of
that city, who was bathing near the
foot of Georgia avenue, and so shocked
Mrs. Rachel Faigner and several others,
who were bathing with him, that their
condition is extremely critical. The
same fash rang the fire alarm, split q
telegraph pole and tied up traffic on the
electric railroad.
The anti-toxine treatment, which is
alleged to be positive cure for dlph-
liberia, will be introduced into New
York by the board of health. The
treatment was discovered by Professor
Koch and worked out in the institute
for infectious diseases at Berlin. In
order to study its workings Prof. Her
man O. Briggs, of the health depart
ment, recently paid a visit to Berlin
and he reports that in 250 cases the
anti-toxine treatment produced the fol
lowing results under Professor Koch's
prescriptions Where the treatment
was applied within the first twenty
four hours all cases were cured.
A letter from Washington says: There
is q very general regret expressed at the b
defeat of Representative Constantine e:
Kilgore, popularity known as Buck"
Kilgore, for denomination in the
Third Texas district. With few ex-
ceptions Kilgore has been one of the
most conspicuous members of the House
since the opening of the Fiftieth Con-
gress. His defeat is said to be due
| largely to his friendship for the Presi-
dent and his action in support OF the
policies which Mr.. Cleveland believed
to be best for the democratic party. He
voted for free wool, of which his dis
trict is large producer, and for the