Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The retirement of Secretary Smith
from the Cabinet may be expected a
any time.
Mr.. Hugh Mclaughlin, of Brooklyn
states that undoubtedly Senator Hill
will declare for Bryan and Sewall.
In an interview yesterday Mr.. Whit
ney said he thought that Mckinley
would carry New York State by 200,0 0(
majority.
At q meeting last night the demo
cratic city committee of Philadelphia
unanimously endorsed the Chicago
platform and the democratic candi
dates.
Very Rev. Dean Charles H. Gardner
died at Mayfeld, Wis, this morning
He had been very prominent candi
date for Bishop of the Episcopal Church
number of times and was widely
| known.
Logan colliery breaker, one mile
from Centralia, Pa, and owned by the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, was
destroyed by fire at 4:30 o'clock this
morning. Five hundred men and boys
are out of employment. The fire is
supposed to have been started by an
incendiary.
Mr.. Bourke Cochran has consented
to speak at the democratic honest
money meeting which will probably be
held in Grand Central Palace, New
York, on Friday night next. Perry
Belmont will preside, and among other
democrats who have consented to be
present are Ex-Governor Flower, Will
liam c. Whitney, District Attorney
Fellows and others.
The net gold reserve Of the Treasury
is losing ground and advices today in.
Dictated the loss of nearly million and
a half of dollars not heretofore reported.
Unofficial reports from San Francisco
indicated the loss of about 100000
there during the past week. This
would seem to show unusually heavy
disbursements or else tendency among
the Californians to hoard gold.
When George Miller was released
from the penitentiary on Blackwell's
Island to-day, after serving years
term for petty larceny, he was arrested
on charge of bigamy. Miss Josephine
Kraus, servant in saloon boarding
house, is one of the complainants
against Miller, who is alleged to have
married no less than fifteen women in
New York, all of whom he robbed.
Three weeks ago q young Philad ell
phian, Albert E. Foote, went to the
village of Hamilton, n. y, to spend
his vacation. Soon after his arrival
there a young woman named Miss
Martha Smith, of Norwich, Conn.,, also
came to the town, and was entertained
at the same house. Foote stole from
her room FIVE finger rings valued at
800 and $500 pair of earrings. He
went to New York, pawned the jewels
for 1913, returned to Utica, was caught
and has confessed. The pawn tickets
were found under his hat band.
Sarah Waite, the fourteen year old daughter
of Thomas Waite, of the Pittsburg Forge and
Iron Works, at Pittsburg. Pa died early this
morning after several hours of terrible suffer
ing from DurnS received l3st evening Wnllc
preparing lunch for her father. To hasten q
ire in the kitchen range she poured oil from
a can. The explosion drenched the girl with
burning Gil. She was horribly burned and
suffered excrucating agony.
The convention of the Catholic total alb
stainers union of America concluded its Ia
bors at St Louis yesterday afternoon by the |
election of officers. The next convention
will be held in Scranton, Pa, next August
F. b. Swift, OF Iowa, fell from the sixth I
story of the Richmond Hotel. Chicago, while
asleep early this morning and was killed, his
head crashing through a vault in the sidewalk
The Cunsrd line steamer Etrura, outward
bound from New York for Liverpool ran into
al sank grain elevator at lao o'clock this
afternoon Off Liberty Island.
Baron John Won Heekeren, of Nymegen,
Holland, was found dead in Merccde, Cal
lodging house last night with an empty NOR.
phine bottle beside him.
Joe McAuliife and Joe Choynski, the heavy |
weight pugilists signed articles at San Fran
cisco to-day for an eignt.round contest to take
place on the 2Sth instant.
The p,pulist convention in Galveston, Tex,
was still in session at 12:45 o'clock this morn
ing, trying to complete its State ticket.
Charles Thiede WAS hanged at Salt Lake,
Utah, yesterday, for the murder of his wife
over two years ago.