Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The National Insurance Association
will meet in Washington in October.
A great fire in the suburbs of Ham
burg, Germany, has caused loss of
several million marks.
The Sultan of Turkey is reported to
have sanctioned the scheme the Pow
ers for the settlement of the Cretan
troubles.
The Bank of England has begun to
feel the gold Withdrawals, and has re-
duced the price of eagles and raised the
price Of bar gold.
Contractor Winfree, convicted of vio-
lating the eight hour law in Washing
ton, was fined 800 by the police court.
An appeal will be taken.
The Rome newspapers demand that
the government insist upon reparaton
from Brazil for the outrages upon Ital-
ian subjects at San Paulo.
The crisis in Zanzibar is regarded as
ended. The new Sultan, Hamoud Bin
| Mohammed Bin Said, is expected to
follow the peaceful lines of his prede-
| cessor.
William Robins shot and fatally
wounded his nineteen-year.old daugh-
ter, near Tascott, W. Va, yesterday.
She had been intimate with q young
man in tire neighborhood. When Rob-
ms discovered the case he shot her.
The Armenians who seized the Otto
man bank in Constantinople intended
to hold it in the hope that the Powers
would intervene in the settlement of
| the Armenian question. They sur
rendered on condition that they be al
lowed safe conduct out of the country.
Several of the banks clerks were killed
in trying to escape from the building.
George NJ. Hunter, guest of the Co.
lumbia Hotel, Altoona, Pa, was found
lying on the brick pavement in front Of
the hotel early yesterday morning
with his skull crushed and his neck
broken. The body lay directly under
the window of his room, which was on
the third floor of the hotel. Considera-
BILE mystery surrounds the death. The
J coroner's jury agreed that Hunter came
to his death by falling from the hotel
window while walking in his sleep.
George Van Horn, of Scranton, Pa,
last night cut his wife's throat, infict-
ing wound from which she will die.
Van Horn and his wife were separated,
and under the name of Mrs. Westcott
she conducted boarding house in AL
toona. Van Horn was seen about the
place frequently of late and appeared
to be watching for an opportunity to
enter the house. He accused her of IN.
faithfulness and had her arrested.
Then he threatened her and her alleged
paramount. Last night he gained en-
trance to the house and came upon the
woman so suddenly she had no chance
to escape. He grabbed her by the head
and, pushing her backward, quickly
flashed large pocket knife across her
throat. The wife fell senseless, and
before the inmates of the house were
aware of the tragedy Van Horn had
escaped.
An alarming epidemic of typhoid
fever has broken out in the vicinity of
Morgantown, w. Va. At Rivesville
and New England Mines there are near
ly one hundred cases reported. Thurs
day Amos Cunningham, we'll known
resident of Rvesville, and two daugh-
tiers were buried and several other
members of his family are very i'll.
George Ridgeway and wife have both
died within week. All operations in
the mines and in other lines of business
have been suspended, and aid is being
solicited to take care of the sick. Local
physicians are going day and night,
and physicians from Morgantown
and Fairmont make daily visits. The
State Board of Health has received in
formation that the disease is prevalent
in Lewis and Randolph counties, and is
spreading every day. The epidemic is
attributed to the stagnation of drinking
water in wells and springs, caused by
the high waters of few weeks ago.