Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Morton G. Stout, merchant tailor at
Baltimore, who has also branch estab-
lishments in Washington and at Nor
folk, assigned yesterday.
Administration officials hope large
percentage of the new bonds will be
sold to private citizens, and will do all
in their power to bring this about.
A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, says
that Campos has been reinforced and
will attempt to pen the rebel leader
Gomez in the west and defeat him.
General NJ. D. Leggett, who was a
member of General Grants staff, died
of apoplexy at Cleveland, Ohio, yester-
day, at the age of seventy-four years.
The Catholic University at Washing
ton is making great preparations for
the reception to be given this afternoon
to Cardinal Satolli. This is expected
to be the largest reception ever held at
the university.
The District of Columbia Court of
Appeals yesterday overruled the order
of Judge Bradley, who released Captain
Armes on writ of habeas corpus, and
remanded Armes to the custody of the
military authorities.
1t was reported in London that
the British government was hurrying
troops from India to Cape Town. The
Governor Of Natal states that 40 OF DIR.
Jameson's followers were killed, and
thirty-seven wounded in the raid.
1t is learned from the Consul Gen.
eral of Russia that he has made an
elaborate report to his government
upon the proposition to establish a IL
nancial agency in the city of New
York, but nothing more may be said
or done in reference to the matter until
it has been received and considered by
| Mr.. White, the minister of finance ct
st. Petersburg.
The military authorities in Madrid
severely criticise Captain General de
Campos for his conduct of the cam
paign in Cuba, and Madrid newspa-
Der Yesterday announced that he had
resigned. The insurgents having cut
the lines of communication leading out
of Havana in every direction, but little
information of their movements could
be learned. They burned the light
house at Cabanos, seaport on the
northern coast.
A fire last night destroyed several
stables and most of the out houses and
sheds in the rear of the residences 45S
P street backward to 429 P street north
west Washington. There were some
exciting scenes incident to the escape
of people from the neighboring houses
who supposed they would be burned
out. Eight structures were destroyed.
A horse with burning halter and name
dashed through several streets until it
fell fatally burned. A bystander finish
ed the animal with bullet from pis-
tol.
Patrick Calvin, supposed to be par
TALLY insane, began to shoot his
neighbors in Indianapolis, yesterday.
His first bullet fatally injured Samuel
Paul. He then began to shoot in the
Murphy family homestead. Before he
cou,,-i be disarmed he had shot Mrs.
w. B. Murphy, perhaps fatally. MIR.
Murphy then went to the defense OF
his wife, and shot Calvin dead on the
spot. The families had quarreled a
year ago, and the sudden renewal OF
the quarrel is supposed to have driven
Calvin into a frenzy which ended in
his death.
Gen. William Poke Lasselle died
late Yesterday in Washington at the
home of his sister of injuries received
Tuesday, one week ago, when be fell
and struck his head against q brick
wall. He was fifty-nine years of age
and was the youngest brigadier in the
union army during the war. Gen. Las
selle had been a well-known resident
of Washington since the war. At one
time he was successful and prominent
criminal lawyer. His habits, however,
interferred with his practice, and kept
him from work. During recent years
the police had almost continually to
| look after him.
The war between the National
Brewing Company, of Washington,
and the members of Gambrinus
Assembly, No. 1349, K. of L.,
is still on. Other organizations are
about to order sympathetic strike.
Last evening the managers of the com
| bine" breweries were notified that if
the diferencies existing between the
boss brewers and their employees were
not settled at an early hour to-day the
union engineers at work at the brew
cries in question would be called out.
Just at this time the fight has taken the
shape of what kind of beer people will
drink, union or nOn-union.