Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-06
TELEGRAPHLC BREVITIES.

try tell of continued hot weather.
An assignment was made to-day by
Boyd Harley and Company, carpet
dealers of Philadelphia, liabilities about
$250,O0O.
The platform as adopted by the pop
ulist State convention, at Hastings,
Neb., yesterday, endorses the action OF
the st. Louis convention.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, to-day,
Hazen S. Pingree was nominated Tor
governor on the fourth ballot by the
republican State convention.
Democratic rational committeeman
Wallace, of Tacoma, Wash, created a
sensation Yesterday by resigning and
repudiating the Chicago platform and
candidates.
The Texas populist convention at
Galveston to-day got into snarl over
an amendment to the platform limiting
the salary of any State or county officer
10 81 900 year.
Rev. J. G. Hull, prominent Metho-
dist minister, of st. Paul, Mimi, was
locked up in the police station last
evening charged with administering
poison to his wife, who is in very crit
ical condition.
At the democratic State convention,
at Jefferson City, Mo-, yesterday, Lon
V. Stevens was unanimously nominal
ed for governor. Stevens made a
speech, standing squsrely on silver
platform.
In the Missouri State democratic
convention to-day j. NJ. Seebert, the
present incumbent, was nominated for
State Auditor and Frank Pitts was
nominated for Treasurer by acclama-
ton.
The body of J. c. Tucker. of Kansas
City, was found in room in the Lin
dell Hotel at St. Louis yesterday after
noon with his throat cut from ear to
ear. He had evidently been dead sew
eral hours. The cause of the suicide is
unknown.
The comptroller of the currency is
informed of the failure of the American
National Bank of New Orleans, La, 1t
had capital of $l64, 900, and, accord
ing to the last report to the comptrol.
Ter, owed depositors $3.50, 900, and had
borrowed 100000.
Mark Hanna will leave New York
this afternoon for Philadelphia where
he will remain over night. Mr.. Hanna
was called upon to-day by Rev. Ernest
Lyon, representing the united and
consolidated colored men, for final
and formal answer to their request for
recognition in the campaign work.
They ask that colored man be appoint
ed as committeeman to act with the
national republican committee. Mr..
Hanna officially complied with their re-
quest to-day. Rev. Lyon was ap.
pointed by Mr.. Hanna as such colored
committeeman.
Senator Buffers paper in Raleigh. n. c., to-
day attacks the proposed electoral fusion with
the democrats and also attacks Chairman
Jones. 1t says Chairman Jones is strong
representative Of the worst type of Bourbon
democracy and would rather vote for Cleve.
land to day and be "thick" with Whitney, |
Hill and Bricc, than support Bryan or any |
genuine democrat.
a telegram has been received at Montreal
Cue, from Glacier, B. c.. which announces |
the first ascent of Rogers Peak, the highest |
portion of the Hermit Range selkirk noun
tains, by party of tourists headed by Prof |
C.. E. Fay, Of Boston. The attitude reached |
by Prof Fay and his companions exceeds that
Of the Swiss Peak which was scaled by Pulzen
in 1890.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed was renominated for
Congress today by the republicans Of the |
First Maine district by reclamation. Mr.. |
Reed made speech.
Forty.scven cases of heat prostration and |
one death were reported at Chicago yesterday. |
Surface thermometers at 6 p. N. recorded
1922.
Ex-Governor Anthony, of Kansas, died at
Topeka last night.