Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The pilots of the st. Lawrence river
between Montreal and Quebec have
gone on strike. The trouble was caused
by pilots seeking Incorporation.
The Japanese man-of-war Hiyie is on
her way to San Francisco, where she
will receive orders from the Japanese
government and it is anticipated that
she may be ordered to Hawaii.
Mrs. Clarence Mccarthy and her
niece, Miss Mary Fife, were drowned
in Little Indian creek, near George
town, Ind, yesterday, while attempt.
ing to ford the stream in carriage.
At the republican county convention
at Cleveland, Ohio, today, a resolution
was adopted endorsing MIR. Hanna for
reelection to the U. S. Senate, and
then the convention elected Is dele
gates to the State convention.
The U. S. weather bureau announced
at 2 p. m. to-day that all conditions are
favorable for destructive storm in the
region of which Chicago is the center
The storm will be sufficiently severe
from present indications for tremendous
casualties and great loss of life and
property.
The Philadelphia Telegraph to day
says successful test ofinventor Keely's
new etheric engine as made vest erday
at the laboratory of Mr.. Keely in that
city. All those present were surprised
ct the force produced by Mr.. Keely's
new motor, but they declined to express
any opinion as to its value.
Ex-Mayor Frank A. Mcgowan, of
Trenton, n. j., has fled an answer i'll
court Of chancery to the petition fled
by the original Mrs. Mcgowan, asking
for the annulment of the divorce obtain
ed by the e1-mayor from her in Okla
homs, and also asking for alimopy.
Mcgowan denies most all the state
meuts in his wife's petition for divorce,
The story given out last night by
Morrisville, N. j., constable to the effect
that tbebody ola woman ha 4 been found
in the canal opposite that place, as yet
lacks confirmation and there seems 10
be general impression that the story
is fake. 1t was positively learned TO-
day that the body alleged to have been
found is not that of Mrs. Reardon, as
the latter is in Trenton, alive and we'll
In the democratic convention at
Cleveland, Ohio, to-day to elect dele.
gates to the State convention the fight
was upon the question as to whether
that county should put candidate for
Governor in the field. Judge Conway
W. Noble had made a campaign for the
solid support of Cuyahoga county but
he failed in the convention to obtain it.
The delegates are practically unpledged.
The convention endorsed the Chicago
platform throughout.
Judge Addison Brown In the United
States district court in New York to-
day is hearing testimony in the libel
filed against the ship T. F. Cakes,
which has been renamed the New
York. The libellants are the
former members of the crew
and they sue for 500, 80.
They allege that when some of
the crew were stricken with scurvy
hey were not supplied with proper
'ood and medicine by the captain, E.W.
Reed. The testimony does not differ
rom that recently given on the crimi-
1al trial of Captain Reed who was ac-
quilted. The case will occupy several
lays.
A bronze bust of Beethoven was unveiled
n Lincoln Park, Chicago, today in the pres.
,Ece of large gathering of admirers of the
amous composer. The exercises consisted of
selections from Beethoven's works by the
German Mannerchor Of sixty voices and short
speeches by Prof. Carl Wolfsohn. the donor
If the monument, snd others. Tho sculptor
IS Gelert.
Mayor P. J. Gleason pleaded not guilty in
the county court room at Long Island City to-
day to the Indictment charging him with as
,aultng John P Madden. The Mayor was
held in $500 bail and the case set for Monday
week.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, will not PEE
side at the Queens Jubilee celebration at the
Auditorium next Thursday evening As pres
sure of official duties will prevent his at
tendance.
The country home of Mr.. George F. En-
moDs, nesT Bowie, Nd, with its contents was
destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss
s20, 900.