Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A messenger of Queen Victoria start
ed from London to Constantinople last
night with important dispatches.
Frau Katharine Klafsky-Lohse, the
prima donna, well-known to the United
States died in Hamburg yesterday,
The Jesuit fathers of St. Aloysius
parish, Washington, will give farewell
reception to Cardinal Satolli on Sunday,
October 1.
Miss Belle S. Helmuth lost pass
book containing $1,000, which she had
Just drawn from the bank in New York
on Monday.
James Forsythe, of Passaic, n. j., on
Wednesday evening attempted to kill
his daughter while insane, and died a
day later in an insane asylum.
The Washington branch of the ma
tional democratic headquarters in
Washington will be closed within few
days and the work done in Chicago.
1t is understood that Mr.. Enoch Pratt,
founder of the Baltimore libraries, had
set apart large portion of his estate
to endow another institution in Balti-
more.
Archbishop Martinelli, the newly
appointed papal delegate to the United
States, will sail from Queenstown for
New York Oh the steamer Campania
next Sunday.
Chicago police authorities believe
that Joseph Bestman, in whose trunk a
large quantity of dynamite was found,
wanted to Guido the horrors of the riot
in Haymarket square.
It has been practically decided.:--to
have the Corbett-Sharkey contest I'M
der the auspices of the National Club
in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day.
The club will deposit $4,000.
Frederick Fleming, who, DR.. O. h.
Holder says, is leper, slept for two
night in the lodging house of Bellevue
Hospital, New York, and may be sent
to the leper colony on North Brother
Island.
David Cohen was held for examina-
ton in Essex Market Police Court,
New York, on Monday, on the charge
that he robbed his affianced, Dora Por-
teger, of 80, 100 worth of jewelry on the
day set for their marriage.
Extensive preparations are Being
made for the Resembling of the silver
republican State convention at Boise.
Idaho, next Saturday. 1t is stated
upon good authority that the friends of
Senator Dubois will insist upon his ac-
ceptance of the nomination for Gov
ernor.
Philip Victrie, an insane man, be-
came unmanageable at the Emergency
Hospital in Washington last night, and
wounded DR.. West in the hand with
knife before he was subdued. He had
previously made his escape, and had
fought his keepers as well rs the police
with a knife.
The Car and Czarina reached Bal
moral Castle last night and were hear
tily cheered. The Queen and Princess
Beatrice received them at the door OF
the castle, and the warmest greetings
were exchanged. Before the Russian
party disappeared within doors the
torch bearers marched past them IN
single file. The precautions to protect
their msjesties were unprecedented, tits
believed, in naval annals.
In dispatch from Havana it is stated
that the rebels under Castillo and Del
egado were defeated in serious en-
gagement, near the capital, in Havana
province. Both rebel leaders are re-
ported to have been wounded. a dis
patch from Vera Cruz, Mexico, states
that correspondent in Cuba has sent
word that Antonio Maceo's negro rebel
bands are committing atrocities and eff
fecting the most dire destruction in the
western section Of the island.