Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. o.
F., met at Dallas, Tex, to-day.
The Gar and Czarina sailed yester.
day from Copenhagen for Leith, Scot
land.
Gen. Fitzhugn Lee, U. S. consul-gen-
eral at Havana, says he is fairly treated
by General Weyler.
The natives of the island of Lumion,
one of the Philippine group, have MUIR
dered all the Spanish monks.
The Sultan of Turkey has issued q
reply to the powers, blaming the riots
in Constantinople on the Armenians.
Cardinal Gibbons preached at ST.
Dominic's Church, Washington, yes
terday morning and in the afternoon
confirmed class of 800.
AT Athens, o., last night General
Grosyenor gave out table of estimates
of the probable result of the Presiden-
tial election. He claims 27S electoral
votes as sure for Mckinley.
Thomas NJ soe. All employee of the
Clay street brlJg., over the PassaiC
river, at Newark \. j., on Saturday
night was cut in two between the
bridge draw and the approach.
During the conference between Sena
tor German and Mr.. Bryan on thc
train between Washington and Balti
more on Saturday, tho general situa
ton in the country was reviewed and
the plan of campaign was discussed.
john Boyd Tnacher, who was nomi
mated for Governor on silver platform
by the New York State democratic
convention, said yesterday that be wa:
tor the gold standard, but will vote fol-
Bryan and Sewall for the sake of "par
" regularity
Frederick w. Enrich, proprietor O
the Enrich Beef Company, was shot
and dangerously wounded by negro
desperate intent on robbery, at the
corner of Third street and Indiana
avenue, Washington, at | o'clocS
yesterday morning.
Two small children, who lived al
Holland, Ohio, were recently accused
OF finding pocketbook, but denied it
The following night mob went to theil
home, dragged the whole family from
bed, strung up the IN her to tree by
his feet and all were learfully beaten.
Acting Secretary McAdoo on Satur
day formally awarded the contracts fol
building three battleships as follows
One to the Newport News Shipbuild
ing and Dry Dock Company, one to thu
William Cramp & Sons, of Philadel
phia, and one to the Union Iron Works
| of San Francisco.
George S. Robinson, a relative by
marriage of Ex-Governor Flower, and 6
J real estate broker in New York, com
| mitted suicide on Saturday morning b,
inhaling Illuminating gas in his apart
ments in a fashionable boarding house
The dead man left two letters, one ad
| dressed to his wife, and the other tc
his father. Ia these letters he made
statements tending to show that hi
rash act was premeditated and the re
suit of dread lest he should become in
sane through worry over financial diff
fculties.
A cyclone of co! siderable strength
accompanied by fitlce electrical storms
passed over the Middle Atlantic anC
lower part of the New England State!
on Saturday evening. Near New York
city one man was killed, and arount
New York harbor yachts and small
shipping suffered TO large ex
tent, many boats being destroyed. a.
New Bedford, Mass, 500, 900 worth o
cotton was set on fire by lightning anc
heavily damaged, and one man wa
fatally injured. The storm extended
from Wilkesbarre and Altoona to the
Atlantic coast.