Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
NEWS Of TIE DAY.

John Browns daughter is living in
destitute circumstances in California
town.
During recent experiment trees
were cut from a forest and converted
into newspapers in two hours and
half.
Fifty persons were injured yesterday
evening by the overturning of car on
the Frederick and Middletown Electric
Railway, as it ran down Catoctin Noun
tain.
a secret conference of leading popu-
lists OF Colorado, was held at Denver,
on Saturday. The sentiment was near
" unanimous against fusion with the
democrats upon the plan outlined by
the latter ct the Pueblo convention.
The populists prefer al independent
ticket. This course pleases the silver
republicans, vino hope thereby to win
tae State on straight-party ticket. 1t
DOW seems that four State tickets are
Inevitable.
The big morocco firm OF F. Blumen-
thai & Co, of Wilmington, Del, tried
the experiment Of paying their shop
employees 10 silver on Friday last. The
result OF the experiment was that the
employees made vigorous kick against
the silver money, and fled protest in
which they asked the firm to pay them
in notes or gold. In this protest they
declared that they did not want their
wages in silver, as the labor OF carrying
it was worth additional compensation.
]. Weston Daggett, the aeroDaus. met
with an accident at Astoria, Oregon.
Saturday evening which will in all
probability bring his parachute jump
ing to close. His balloon had ascend
ed about 1000 feet when the parachute
was disconnected. Some OF the ropes
broke and the aeronaut came down
with succession of rocket-like flights,
striking on hill south of the residence
portion of the town. His collar bone
| was broken, one OF his legs is thought
to have been driven Ip into the hip, and
internal injuries are feared.
The discovery of satellite crossing
the disc Of the sun was made last Sun
day by Louis Gathmann, a Chicago as
tronomer, in Washington. This is said
to be the first instance in which such a
body has been known to cross the sun.
According to Mr.. Gainmann the satel-
lire took eight seconds in its passage.
It's distance from the earth is unknown,
but probably about 1000 miles and not
over 5000 miles at the outside, the
body doubtless being about forty or
forty-ive feet in diameter. 1t is the
theory Of the observer that it liz one OF
several scores of satellites that are re
volving about the earth, though it Is
said nothing definite has heretofore
been observed TO support this theory.
Mrs. H. n. Stephenson, Of Boston,
accompanied by her son, Walter, were
J saloon passengers who embarked Oh
board the Standardization Line
steamer Spaarndam, at Boulogne-Sur
Mer, France, on August 13, for New
York. On August 30, at $40 p. m,
Mrs. Stephenson ordered the steward
to serve her dinner on the hurricane
deck, stating at the same time that che
was somewhat ILL., When the steward
20 the deck be was just in time to OBJ
serve Mrs. Stephenson jump from the
rail overheard into the sea. An alarm
was instantly given and the steamer
was stopped and backed A boat was
quickly launched, but nothing was
seen of the unfortunate woman. She
was about ~ years OF age. Mrs
Stephenson's husband resides in Bos-
ton.