Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sunday in the Baltimore jail running
foot races.
Citizens of Randallstown, Nd, say
that q burglar dressed in woman's
clothes has been operating in their
neighborhood.
The Park Theatre, formerly the
Metropolitan, the oldest theatre in
Indianapolis, was completely Destroy
ed by fire last night.
A wild man of the woods was found
leading q hermit life recently in Fred
erick county, Nd, and committed to
Montevue Hospital for treatment.
A caucus of House democrats has
been called for March Is for the purpose
of choosing honorary candidates for
Speaker and other officers OF the House.
An attempt Was made to rob the
| house of Henry w. Bottomer in Balti-
more on Saturday night by chloroform-
ing Mrs. Bottomer's mother-in-law,
Mrs. Annie Eschbach.
President Ipgalls, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, is pleased with the
evidence of business enterprise at New
port News. He says another elevator,
to cost S250,000 will be erected there.
The directors of the Madison Square
Garden company, of New York, have
decided to sell the garden property,
which has not paid expenses for years.
The building and ground cost $1,000,
900.
Levi johnson. a wealthy GILMAN of
Cairo, w. Va, ifty-fve years old,
found guilty on Thursday of criminally
assaulting his twenty-five year. old mar
ried daughter, was on Saturday SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
Funeral ceremonies took place on
Saturday at G~uadalsjara, Mexico, over
the remains of a man who claimed, and
backed up his claims with almost in
dispntable proof, to have been born in
Spain enc hundred and fifty-lcur years
ago.
Emperor Williams declaration that
socialism, which he described as "that
pest which infects our whole nation"
must be uprooted, has caused q sensa-
ton throughout Germany, and elected
defiant utterances from the socialist
press.
James B. Gentry, who killed Actress
Madge Yorke, in Philadelphia, about
two years ago, will be hanged April
%. The condemned murderer heard
the reading of his death warrant on
Saturday in his cell in Moyamen-
sing prison.
1t is reported in Vatican circles at
Rome that Archbishop Ireland is using
J his influence with President Mckinley
to induce him to appoint ambassadors
to Italy and France who will be more
favorable to Romanism than those who
have hitherto held those posts.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says
that a band of fanatics, led by Consel-
heiro, have killed Col. Moreira Cesar,
three officers and 200 soldiers in Bahia.
There is much excitement in Rio de
Jeneiro, where the ~populace has pill
LACED and burned the offices of the
monarchial papers. Libertadc and Ga
zeta DatGrdc.
The answer of Greece to the identi.
cal notes of the powers was discussed
at a meeting of the cabinet at Athens
Yesterday and approved by the King.
1t is reported that the reply is a refusal
to withdraw the Greek fleet and troops
from Crete on the ground that their re.
call would be a signal for pillege, in
cendiarism and murder.
President Mckinley and family yes
terday attended heMetropolitan church
in Washington. So did about 5000 pri
yate citizens, who wished to catch q
glimpse of him. The street in front Of
the church was packed with people two
hours before the regular time for ser
vice. Bishop Newman preached and
the President occupied General Grants
old pew.
Governor Bloxham, of Florida, has
appointed Col. John A. Henderson Z.
S. Senator to succeed Wilkinson Call.
II. w. Corbett was appointed by Gov.
Lord as Senator from Oregon, to sue
coed John II. Mitchell. Leading Sena-
tors indicate that the men appointed in
Kentucky and Florida to be United
States Senators will not be seated, as it
is well known that any decided opposi-
ton would prevent a vote.
One of Secretary Herbert's last acts
was to accept the resignation Of Pay
master William B. Bromley, cabled
from Moutevideo, and his name has
been taken from the naval list. The
resignation was due to Browley's en-
tanglements with the wife of a brother
officer on the Yantic. For over q week
BROMLEY has been hiding from an irate
husband, and his whereabouts are IN
known, though he is believed to be en-
route to the Cape of Good Hope.
Major Nathaniel R. Chambliss, of
Selma, Ala, aged sixty-two years, died
suddenly yesterday in the Baltimore
Cathedral shortly before the II o'clock
mass. Heart disease was the cause.
Major Chambliss had gone to the
Cathedral, accompanied by his wife and
son, to hear Cardinal Gibbons preach.
Mr.. Chambliss was born in Greenville
codnty, Va, and graduated at West
Point in 1851. He served in the Con-
federate army.
President Mckinley, with his secre-
tary, took q long walk through the
streets of Washington just before dusk
Saturday evening, and was cheered
several times along the way. 1t was
all uncommon sight to see the President
walking along in this democratic fash
ion, for Mr.. Cleveland seldom, if ever,
walked through the streets, and not
o;noa Grants tina had WashinptnnianS