Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

many ratification meeting IN New 1orA
10 morrow evening.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayre= states
that United States Minister Buchanan
has signed new treaty OF e1tradition
with Argentina.
The final test ofthe airship Albatross
was made Saturday afternoon in Chi.
cago, by William Paul, the inventor,
and proved failure.
1t is said that Mr.. Thomas c. Platt
will succeed Senator D. B. Hill in the
[. S. Senate should the republicans
carry the New York Legislature this
year.
Mrs. David Goodman, OF Baltimore
renounced Christianity, accepted her
husbands faith and was remarked to
him yesterday according TO Hebrew
forms.
George H. Aorrisons shortage as
Treasurer OF Rensselaer, county. \. Y,
i is nearly 100000, and the county il
left entirely miaout funds. He had
been in office but two years.
Lieut.. Robert E. Peary and MS party
returned to North Sydney, c. B., on
Saturday, having failed to bring the
forty-ton meteorlte discovered by Lieu
tenant Peary at Cape York on a pre-
vious trip.
Mr.. Bourke Cochran, OF New York,
and Mr.. John K Cowen, member OF
Congress from Maryland, both gold
standard advocates, spoke to a large
audience Saturday night at Music Hall,
Baltimore.
Generals Palmer and Buckner adj
dressed largely attended mass-meet-
ing in the Philadelphia Academy of
Music Saturday night. They came
down to Washington yesterday and
spent part OF The day there.
The BIZ wooden elephant at Coney
Island was destroyed in less than an
hour last night by fire which also
wiped out fourteen other buildings and
part Of the Sea Beach Palace building.
The roller coast slide was also burned.
Fire destroyed the main buildings OF
Mount Holyoke College, at South Had
ley. Mass, last night, involving a loss
Of 500 600. All the dormitories were
burned, renderinn homeless for the
time being over t!.iec hundred young
women.
Lord Salisbury io at Balmoral Castle,
where the Gar Of Russia is also the
guest OF Queen Victoria. 1t is believed
in London that the English premier
will endeavor to have an understand
ing with the Russian Emperor about
Turkey.
The annual retreat at the Catholic
J University, in Washington, was com.
pleted Saturday night, and yesterday
morning Bishop Keane celebrated high
mass in the chapel, assisted by Bishop
Curtis, of Wilmington, who conducted
the retreat.
The Corbett. Sharkey fight is virtual
ly of. so far as San Francisco is con-
cerned A telegram has been received
from Corbett stating that unless either
the National or Eureka Club puts up
$4,000 by tonight L: G fight is oil. Cor
belts says he cannoi afford to lose any
more time.
The financial statement Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, filed by Re-
ceivers John K. Cowen and Oscar g..
Murray, in the United States Circuit
Court, az part Of its answer to the de-
mand of Johns Hopkins University and
other holders OF preferred stock for the
payment Of the usual preferred stock
dividend, shows total deficit in the
financial operations Of the company for
the six mouths ended June 30, 1896, Of
S1,36S, 43S IS.
The great miners strike which has
kept Leadvlle in turmoil for nearly
two months and which resulted in the
killing OF five men last Monday morn
ing and the subsequent placing of the
city under martial law, is ended. A
meeting Of the strikers was held Satur-
day night under the supervision of mi
litia, and after stormy session it was
finally decided that the men return to
work at the old schedule prices, pro-
viding the mine owners would agree to
give them their places.
The steamship Waesland, which ar
rived at Philadelphia yesterday,
brought back six Of the colored colon
lists who went out to Liberia early in
the spring on board the famous steam
ship Laurada. They tell of horrible
tales of su1crings from disease and des.
titution by the unfortunate people who
gave up their homes in this country TO
Journey to that distant republic to &C.
cept what appeared to be liberal offers
there. Forty members of the Laurada's
expedition, consisting Of 3l5 people,
are already dead, while the entire
number taken out previously on the
Danish steamship Horsa have been car
ried off by what is known as John Bull
fever. The men say that those who
went on the Laurada are now penniless
and almost naked. They have not
sufficient money TO come back, and GER
tain death awaits them.
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.
TO