Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Lucien Bonaparte WISE is dead.

Lucien Bonaparte Wyse is dead.
Brazil is negotiating commercial
treaty with the United States OF Amer
lea.
Major VIM. S. Bailey, ON e1-Confed-
crate soldier, died at the City Hospital,
Baltimore, yesterday.
The mobilization of the Spanish re-
serves for service in Cuba continues, al
though many of the men object.
Max L Gutman, of Rochester, N. Y /,
made an unsuccessful attempt to kill
himself and his three daughters yes
terday.
People arriving in New York from
Havana say the rebellion in Cuba is far
more serious than the Spanish authori-
lies admit.
Sarah Slurdevant, colored, was kill
ed by falling from the second story
window of the Children's Hospital,
Washington, yesterday.
Campbell Hall, a ten-year-old color
ed boy, it is charged, has been starved
and beaten to death by his stepbrother
and his family in Washington.
The storms in Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
yesterday were very severe and much
damage was done by lightning.
A sharp earthquake shock was e1-
perienced at the City of Mexico yester-
day morning and q second shock of con-
siderable severity two hours later.
Senior Nicola Pierola has been elect
ed President of Peru, Senior Billing
hurst first vice president and Senior
Augusta Seminario second vice presi-
dent.
VIM. Gordon, colored, attempted to
cut his wife's throat with razor in
Washington last night His wife had
left him and taken up her abode with
her mother.
The report of the German admiralty
upon the Elbe disaster blames the mate
of the Crathie for the accident, rs he
had left his post few minutes before
the collision.
Robert Brook and Lewis Payne,
partners in a threshing machine in
Scott county, KY, quarreled Yesterday
over division of wheat. Brook shot
and killed Payne.
Judge Brentano, of Chicago, has de-
cided in favor OF q German Lodge OF
Knights of Pythias, which refused to
adopt the English ritual as prescribed
by the supreme body.
Chicago Cinnamon who believe that
no one dissected can possibly go to
heaven, have petitioned the authori-
ties to stop the practice of holding au-
topsies on the body of celestials.
Mrs. Barbara Buschman, of Balti-
more, while holding her baby in her
arms yesterday, fell over tub of water
in a spasm, from which she died, and
the baby was drowned in the tub.
John II. Smith, well-to-do farmer
of Anderson county, Tenn, was shot
aud killed Saturday evening by James
Werrick, a young farmer. The fam
lilies have had feud for several years.
Mr.. Joshua lowering, the nominee OF
the prohibition party for Governor OF
Maryland, has sent letter of accept
ance TO the chairman of the committee
appointed to notify him of his nomina-
ton.
William Harris, colored, who at
tempted to assault Mrs. ]. F. Monroe,
white woman, aged sixty years, in
Colquitt county, Ga, last Friday, was
captured and shot to death by mob.
He confessed.
A colored brass band caused runa-
way and fight at funeral in Wash
ington yesterday. During the fight
the hearse containing the corpse was
stopped in order that all forming the
the cortege could witness the row.
A general riot occurred at the Third
Baptist Church, colored, corner OF
Fifth and P streets, Washington, about
IL O'Clock last night, at which no one
was badly hurt, although number
were roughly handled. A drunken
policeman is said to have caused most
of the trouble.
Samuel n. Gresham, a nephew Of
the late Secretary of State and q promi-
nent business man of Norfolk, and Miss
Sarah Kobbe, daughter of Captain
William Kobbe, of the Third q. S.
artillery, eloped from the Hygeia
Hotel at Old Point Sunday and were
married in Washington yesterday.
The foreign community of Tien-Tsin
has held public meeting and demand
ed that the British and American gov
ernments shall send an ultimatum to
China threatening reprisals and declar-
ing that it is useless to follow the usual
course of diplomacy in dealing with
the Chinese. The Detroit has reached
Foo Chow.
John Wanamaker has increase his
life insurance to the remarkable aggre-
gate of So, 100000. He is certainly the
most heavily insured man in America
and possibly in the world. ] B. Stevens,
of Philadelphia, has polices on his life
for $3.50, 600, and Hamilton Disston for
$500, 900. Chauncey M. Depew is said
to be insured for $500, geo.
Tomorrow is set for the holding of
the silver conference in Washington.
1t is stated that the proposed meeting
promises to be SHINY attended. 1t is
furthur stated that western democrats,
who should be most interested in the
silver question because of the interest
of their constituents in silver mines,
will be slimly represented, if represent
ed at all, in the conference.
4 cyclone struck Chambersburg,
Nd, Sunday afternoon and did con-.
siderable damage near the town. Along
Black Greek everything in its way was
swept along by the cyclone. On the