Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The report that Alexander Salvini,
the actor, had died near Florence re.
Gently is denied.
A company has been formed to oper-
ate tunnel railroad between the cities
of New York and Brooklyn.
Mr.. Bryan concluded his campaign
in Indiana yesterday and started for
Iowa and the northwest. He stopped
but short time in Chicago.
Edna Farson, a four.year-old child,
was knocked down accidentally in New
York Monday and bit her tongue al
most in two, dying soon afterward.
a Flushing, L. l., lawyer has raised
a commotion because he says school
text book used 10 Flushing lauds south
ern writers and snubs northern ones.
John Collins attempted suicide at a
Staten Island resort on Tuesday be-
cause ballet girl joked bin by taking
a seidlitz powder, saying she intended
killing herself.
Bishop Walker, of North Dakota,
was elected Episcopal bishop Of West
ern New Y.lA Y the council in Buff
falo on the Gin ballot at yesterday
evenings session.
TIE opinion is expressed in semi-offi-
cial circles in Par that the fetes in honor
OF the car will assuredly contribute to
cement the union of France and Russia
in durable manner.
Il was stated in London yesterday
that negotiations relating to the Vene-
zuelan boundary question will be re-
sumed on the return OF Sir Julian
Pauncefote to Washington during the
present month. An early settlement is
looked for.
TIE petition of Ferry & Co., OF De-
troit, Mich. for an injunction to prevent
Secretary Morton from entering into
contracts for the free distribution OF
seed was dismissed by Judge Cox, of
the District of Columbia Supreme
Court. yesterday, with the understand
ing that the case will go to the District
Court OF Appeals.
Several women were knocked down
and trampled upon in panic at Hop
kins's Opera House, at St. Louis, dur
irg the matinee performance yesterday
afternoon. A woman, giving her name
as Josephine Wright. of Kansas City,
tainted and was carried to an adjoining
drug store. The panic was started by
boys in the gallery yelling fire.
The Ancient aud Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston, now visiting Balti
more, did very graceful thing yester-
day morning. About twenty members
of the organization, including their
commanding officer, Col. Henry Walk
er, went 70 Loudon Park and placed q
wreath upon the monument which
: stands there in memory Of the Confed-
crate dead. The artillery company
were the city's guests on an excursion to
| Annapolis yesterday, and in the even
ing Governor Lowndes, Mayor Hooper
and others were guests of the Ancients
at brilliant banquet given in Hazazer's
Hall.
At 100 o'clock yesterday two mask
ed men walked through the front en-
trance OF the bank at Sherburn, Mimi,
to the cashiers box and withouta word
whipped out their rerolvers and level
ed them at Cas- Ter Thorburn. The
next minute the port oftwo revolvers
rang out and Thor5urn fell at his desk.
At another desk stood J. a. Oestern, a
travelling man, and as Thorburn fell to
the floor the robbers turned and shot
him dead. They leaped over the rail-
ing around the cashiers desk and secur'
ed 81 900 in cash. They then ran for
the back door of the bank, mounted
their bicycles and rode away.
1t was officially announced at
Constantinople yesterday that the
Turkish government has decided not to
admit the United States cruiser Ban
croft through the Dardanelle8, and,
therefore, that vessel will not be able to
act as guardship of the United States
legation in those waters. The porte
has also decided not to admit Greek,
Dutch and American guardships to the
Hellespont. 1t is known that Russia
objects to the admission of these vessels.
The Bancroft was ordered from Annap-
oils, Md, few weeks ago and was fit
ted out at the Brooklyn navy yard for
service abroad. The United States
government, it is added, has not as yet
made application for the admission OF
her war ships.