Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

III new OK Guy laSb uRut ny Guo up
ponents of Tammany.
The Baltimore and Cleveland base
ball clubs met in Baltimore yesterday
for the fourth game of the Temple Cup
series. The Baltimores won by score
of to 0.
President and Mrs. Cleveland and
their daughters will leave Gray Gables
for Washington the coming Saturday
or the Monday following and are ex-
pected to go Immediately to Woodley.
Town elections were held in Connec-
ticut yesterday. A heavy vote was
cast and the republicans were left in
possession of majority of districts.
License was in greater favor.
William Wettmore Story, the distin-
guished American sculptor, died sud-
denly at the country house of his
daughter, the Marquise of Peruzzi, at
Yallambrosa, yesterday. he was born
at Salem, Mass, February IL, 1919.
Charles N. Smith was yesterday SEN
fenced to hang in Decatur, Ill, No
vember %. There was dramatic scene
in court. When sentence was pro.
nounced the mother of the child MUIR
dered by Smith cried out: Il am 30
glad"
Last night rain began falling for the
first time in forty-fve days at Raleigh,
n. G. The drought has been severe
in the State, but has injured only late
crops. Cape Fear river, at Fayette-
vile, which is usually navigable for
steamers, is only few inches deep.
Six men were seriously injured by
the explosion of boiler in the Wharton
Iron Ore Company's mine in Hibernia,
n. j., at 2 o'clock this morning. Tho
town was shaken as if by an earth
quake, aud scarcely window in any
of the frame houses remains unbfoken.
Three dynamite cartridges were found
yesterday morning on the front steps of
Justice Henry Beadle's house in Chesh-
ire, Conn, a partially ignited fuse in
dicated that the cartridges had been set
to explode, but had failed. Justice
Beadle had been particularly severe OIL
local criminals and liquor dealers.
Mrs. John Knox Marshall. wife of
prominent manufacturer of Boston,
jumped from window of Mrs. Croas-
dale's clearinghouse at Delaware
Water Gap. Pa, yesterday, receiving
injuries which will prove probably ia
tai. She has been i'll of nervous
trouble.
Greiner's Hotel, at Atlantic City, was
practically destroyed last night by g
fire of supposed incendiary origin. The
residence of Y. c. Bruckman, adjoining.
was also Quilted. The contents of the
hotel were to have been sold to-day to
satisfy a claim for rent held by Bruck-
man.
At the opening of the socialist con-
! gress in Breslau yesterday Herr Lieb-
knecht. in his inaugural speech, referring
to the Emperor's sharp utterances about
the socialists, said that they could now
defeat in spite of bayonets. He urged
that socialists take up the challenge
made by the highest authority in the
land.
Six men held up the north-bouud
train on the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco road at midnight last night near
CASTOR, I. T, small station. After all
their trouble, risk aud planning they
secured bat S. cents. They were 30
disguised that they threw the money
on the floor, cursed the express messen-
ger and left.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday after
| noon terrific explosion Of gas occurred
! in the Dorranee mine, operated by the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which Is
situated in the northwestern part Of
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Fortunately but nine
men were down il the mine, and only
one is known to be fatally hurt, though
the others were badly injured.
Edward c.. Yeatman, an amateur
bicyelist Of note, was fatally ahot last
evening while out hunting about 16
miles from Charleston, ". Va. He had
climbed on a rock and attempted TO
pull bis shot gun after him, when it
was discharged. The load shattered
his hand and lodged in his left breast
He died two hours later. His parents
live at Washington.
The nominations OF AIr. John z.
Hurst for governor OF Maryland, Mr..
Henry Williams for mayor of Bslti-
more and the associates Of thoss gentle
men on the democratic ticket were rat
lied last night at mass-meesing held
in Baltimore. Speeches were made By
Mr.. Hurst, Senator's Gray. Of Delaware;
Faulkner, Of West Virginia; e1 Con-
gresham Hemphill, Of South Carolina,
and others.
Five armed and masked road agents
held up 81 electric Car in thu outskirts
Of Chicago between 6 and 9 O'Clock lat
night and went through the passengers
in regular train-,obDer fashion. One
passenger was shos end the robberz
escaped without leaving clue Of any
kind e to their identity. There were
eighteen in tie car and al save tEo
women were searched The thieves
secured q number OF watches and q
considerable amount OF money.
Ii s.. Joseph, No, yesterday three
Indictments were returned By the
grand jury against Douiuick Wagner,
The prisst. They arg for assault, So
duetiou and abduetioa, but Il L p.ob-
able that they vii be cole prussed e
fhe pgiast, having married Atss Ste:del
Saturday light. she cannot De compel
I'D 70 appear azsinss him L Is said
.ae grand jury L considering cazsges
Of enbszlemsut preferred 81 nsnbers
Of the conzTszatioo, .he allegation BE-
ing made that &c Z shor. g., go.
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