Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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| T. is said that Mississippi's Capitol
| bl lding is in an unsafe condition and
is likely to fall at any moment.
Messrs. Golf and Breckenridge, OF
Kentucky, the Americans held in Qua
temala in connection with the BROOKS
murder, have been released.
AT FoIt Wayne, Ind, yesterday
Robert ]. was sent to beat the worlds
record. but conditions were unfavor-
9 IL. He went the mile in 2:05f.
The New Jersey democratic State
convention, IS anticipated, yesterday
chose as the nominee for governor the
Chancellor of the State, Alexander T..
McGiil.
Lord Dunraven's decision to keep
the Valkyrie on this side gives great
81 isfaclion to yachtsman, who predict
some exciting races between her and
the Defender next year.
The Champions and Clevelands will
play for the Temple Cup, the first
games to be played in Cleveland Oc-
Jober 2, 8 and 5. The next three
games will be played in Baltimore Oc-
tober Z, s and 8.
| Governor Culberson has just called
special session of the Texas Legi5.
lature to take action on prize fighting.
This is in pursuance of his determine
lion toprevent the Corbett .Fitzsimmons
contest if he can.
At the Episcopal convention of the
New York diocese yesterday general
delegates were elected and total alb
slinence resolution was voted down.
A proposition was made to change the
name to Holy Catholic Church.
The Presidents order pres crihiug
the examination Of consuls who re-
ceive q compensation of more than
81 900 and less than $1,000 will apply
10 1876 offices, Of which IT'S are salaried
and 81 feed Offices. Above the limit
OF the order are SO offices, and below it
are II Offices.
Frederick CAN'T, of Upper Marlboro,
Md, sixty-fve years old, q wood-cut-
ter. was fund dead Wednesday near a
tree which he had felled, with his
-kull c,n,hed A coroner's jury decid-
ed that death was caused by the fall
of the tree, a limb of which struck
CAN'T on the bead.
Rev. DIR. Talmage, of Brooklyn, has
accepted the call to be co-pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church of Washing
tou. DR.. Talmage is to be co-psstor OF
the church, Of equal authority with
Or. Sutherland and probably will
preach one-half of the sermons. begin
ming Sunday evening, October 9th.
Serious forest fires are raging along
the line of the Crank Trunk Railroad,
near Orthaboska, Quebec, and many
antilles have been burned out. There
have been no fatalities, however. The
whole population engaged 10 prayer,
tapcrs were burned at the affairs in the
p rish church and the priests joined in
the supplications to heaven.
A dispatch from Evansville, Ind,
says the Supreme Lodge K. of P, has
obtained temporary injunction re-
straining Henry Rosenthal and George
Sidensticker, Supreme Commander OF
Improved Order of Knights of Pythias,
Keller Printing and Adams EXPIRES,
Company ct al from publishing or dis
tributing copies of the ritual of the
plaintiff.
The Iowa republican State campaign
was opened at Msrshalltown yesterday.
United States Senator Allison deliver
ed the leading address, q review of
finance, tariff, and other leading issues.
He declar; d that if returning prosper
ity CONTINUES existing duties on flour
ishing industries will not be changed.
He slid the hands OF the next Con-
gress are tied.
Si1ty-fve pounds of giant powder
explofel yesterday afternoon in the
Belgian mine in Adelaide Park, five
miles from Leadville, Col, killing six
miners and fatally injuring two. Ten
miners were at work in the drifts al
the time and it is believed that o miner
carrying powder from one drift to
another let it fall and the explosion
caused a cave-in. The six were in
stantly killed.
Spruce ", owned by Mr.. Arthur
Brand, of England, was the victor in
the third race between half-rater yachts
at Oyster Bay, N. Y, yesterday. After
sailing one round of six miles Mr.. Field
of the American boat Ethelwynn de-
cided that he would not continue the
journey because the wind was so strong
and the sea so choppy that the condi-
tions were not those in which half
rater should sail.
Reports received from Kent, Mont.
calm and Muskegon counties, Mich,
tell of destructive wind and electric
storms there Wednesday night. Wind
blew down the Good Templars' Hall,
three miles from Lake View, entirely
demolishing it. The new Moffett school
was moved entirely from It's foundation
and carried several feet away and
would have probably been wrecked
had it not Lit large pine stump.
Other buildings were more or less dam
aged. Electric storms in other portions
of Michigan did much damage We'd
nesday.
DIsoRDERLY CONDUCT ON A TRAIN.
On Wednesday Mr.. John G.. Greer, spe-
cial agent of the Southern Railroad
Company, who has been investigating
the trouble which occurred on the late
train Monday night, caused by the dis
orderly conduct of several colored men
returning from the emancipation cele-