Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

According TO the lstszt adyioe= the
war in the Philippines Il practically q.
"a end.
The freshmen race a. Poughkeepzie,
y. Y, yesterday was won oy 1aie,
Harvard being second, and Cornell
third.
James T. Kilbreth, collector OF the
port Of New York, died last night 81
his summer home, st Southampton, l..
l., Of pneumonia.
Gen. Monteagude, one OF the Cuban
ineuraent leaders, has banged Is span
i.h prisoners in retaliation for What ne
,ernsd s.aoish outragss.
NJ Ada Stewart committed Euicide
ia the Office OF E. L. Moore, in SIS
tersvllle, W Va, yesterday because the
layer would not marry her.
Mr. Uriah A. Pollock. aretired furni-
ture dealer, committed suicide By jump
lug from a third-story window at Ms
resideoce in Baltimore yesterday.
The wholesale drug establishment OF
shakm,n & Loewy, in Baltimore, was
damaged by fire yesterday 70 the ex-
tent OF 5000. Two fremen were
shocked by live wires.
The missing British training brig SEA
Lark. which rs supposed TO have been
lost on her way TO take part 10 the
naval review at Spithead, i: safe. The
brig was delayed by bad weather.
Mrs. Westcott, wife Of Senator West
cott, was pitched overheard from
Yacht by sudden lurch OF the vessel
10 Chester river, Maryland, yesterday,
and mad a narrow escape from drown
ing.
A dispatch from Hot Springs says
There are no grounds for the report
that Edward S. Stokes is in ssrious
condition. Mr.. Stokes takes daily ez-
ercige On horseback, and after short
stay there expects to 90 abroad.
Mrs. A. A. Springs was Awakened by
a noise in her room in Lexington, y.
c., at 800 o'clock yesterday morning
and perceived an intruder. She scream-
ed and caught hold OF her husband to
awaken him. The burglar then fired,
and the ball struck Mrs. Springs over
the right eye, killing her inatantly.
Mrs. Sarah Thomas was killed yester-
day at Boonaboro, Md, by falling into
twenty-foot we'll. Having raised up
the trap, it is thought she was seizsd
with an attack of vertigo. She scream
ed az che fell, and her head struck the
stone lining of the well as she WAS 60
ing down. Charles Morgan was lower
ed into the well, but Mira. Thomas was
already corpse.
The months-old con Of Frank
and Annie Stern. of Fountain Dale,
Frederick county, Md, was accidental
ly killed by his little sister, Lottie, yes
terday. In the absence Of their pa
rents from the house, she got hold Of
her fathers revolver, and in a playful
manner discharged the weapon. The
ball entered the right eye OF the baby,
coming out the back of his head, and
killing him instantly.
Howard O. Moore was arrested in
Wilmington. Del, yesterday. 1t is al
legged that within the last week he
made fiendish assaults upon his two
daughters. Moore acknowledged the
deed, but said he was drunk. He bears
an unsavory reputation. If convicted
of the crime, he will bang, according to
the law Of Delaware. The affair caus.
cd great excitement, and crowds were
anxious to lynch him after he had been
taken in custody
The Dietz building, a seven-story
structure at Laight and Greenwich
streets. New York, was Quilted by fire
yesterday afternoon, entailing loss Of
$50, 900 on the building and 800, 900 on
the contents. Primary school No L is
just back OF the burned building. Two
hundred and fifty little scholars were
in the school when the fire broke out.
The scholars were marched into the
maiD room, where the principal kept
them quiet for time by telling them
| stories.
Within twonty-seven minutes after Vir-
ginia Provcncher. OF Lowell, Mas met Otto
Nil, Of Brooklyn Rov. J. q. Ditmars married
them. The lady was caught in the rain and
sought shelter IN barber shop, where she
mot her fate