Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlIlES.


early this morning and the house ""r
totally destroyed. No onS knows NV
the fire started. She live alone ~.
John L. Battersby, knY own throu.s 7he
out the country for manyA wears a. s;aence
living skeleton" died at the resss est O,
Of his DAUGHTER in Almena, NoF<zSzs
county Kan. on February s, OF gan
crane of the lower limbs, aged 6S year.
Mr. Battersby was born In England.
Major McKinley's sole callers when he
stenned out of the breakfast room. at Canton,
Ohio. this morning, were DR.. and Mrs. Leon
ard Webb, of New York. Mrs. Webb was a
Vanderbilt. DIR. Webb talked for more than
an hour with the president-elect and left ut
noon on special train for Cleveland. Dr.
Webb has been mentioned IN connection with
the cabinet, but there has been little public
discussion of his name.
The anxiety regarding the whereabouts Of
the steamship St Paul is now alayed, as the
steamer has arrived at Southampton, Eng,
having been delayed by the fog.
Paul Wagner and his wife Frcdcricla were
found dead in bed yesterday at their residence
in Milwaukee, Wis. They were asphyXiatcd
by coal gas
An attempt was made ut Evansville, Ind
Yesterday afternoon to clear the river of ice
by the use OF dynamite, but it was unsuccess'
full.
W. L. Frost has been appointed receiver
for the Commercial Savings Bank q small in
stitution at Leads, suburb of Sioux City, la.
j. A. Gothens & Co., general store, al As
bury Park, N. j., was burned last night, TO.
gether with its contents. Loss, S2O,O 600
1t is asserted that the Rev. DR.. Holmes, OF
the Baptist church of Terre Haute, Ind Will
be appointed minister to Denmark.
Both petitions for rehearing of the Jackson
and WaIling cases were overruled by the + IL
lucky Court of Appeals to-day.
The entire business block of the town OF
Mars, Pa, was burned this morning; loss UP.
wards of $4,000.
The State Trust ard Savings Bank of West
Superior, Wis, suspended Today; liabilities,
$4,000.
John Haucks's malt house. at Cincinnati,
was burned last night. Loss 100000.
new volcano has broken forth ncsr Coat
epec, Mexico, and much damage is threatened.
QUARREL BETWEEN STUDENTS.
A cutting ARRAY between two medi.
cal students took place yesterday af-
ternoon at q boarding house at 2o5
vest Franklin street, in which E. /.
Gaines, of Hagerstown, student at
the University of Maryland, was slight
~ cut in The left side with penkniie
by e. Fl. Piece, of Virginia, student
at the Baltimore Medical College
The cutting was the result of Mr..
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marks which he had made about Mr..
Pierce. Mr.. Pierce said last night
that he heard that Mr.. Gaines made
certain remarks about him, and that
yesterday afternoon, when be met Mr..
Gaines at 205 west Franklin street, he
demanded that Mr.. Gaines retract
them.
"This Gaines refused to do" contin-
ued Mr.. Pierce, land after he refused
to fight denounced him in strong Ian
guage, which he refused to resent.
Then picked up knife from his table
and slashed at him."
Mr.. Gaines, who is prominent in ath-
letics at the university, said last night
that he received only slight scratch
on the left side. He said that the re-
marks he made about Mr.. Pierce were
true. The trouble, he said, was about
the Alpha Tau Omega Greek Letter
Fraternity, to which both Mr.. Pierce
and he belonged when they were stu
dents at the University of Virginia.
Dir. Gaines said that Mr.. Pierce was
formerly member of the fraternity,
but was not so any longer He pre-
tended to be a member still, and be-
cause Mr.. Gaines said that he was not,
and gave reasons for his assertions, Mr..
Pierce attacked him.-BaH. Sun.