Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Nelson Wheatcrof, the actor, died at
his home in New York yesterday OF
pneumonia.
Representative Presbyterians from
all parts of the United States met in
New York yesterday and organized a
church service society.
The supreme court of California filed
decision yesterday denying new
trial TO Theodore Durant, murderer of
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams.
The Kent county, Md, officers failed
to identify the colored man arrested in
Hartford as Schogeld, charged with as
saulting white woman, and he was
released.
The International Monetary Confer
ence bill is now law, President Cleve-
land signing it yesterday evening. The
President has also signed the bill to
allow the bottling of spirits in bond.
John Corwine, the absconding pay
master of the United States Navy, who
was stationed at Newport, R. L., was
arrested in Chicago yesterday afternoon.
The police recovered s., $50 in his pos
session.
The term of District Attorney Mar
bury of Maryland expires to-day. He
will likely be reappointed by Chief JUS
tice Fuller to continue in Office until
his successor is appointed by President
Mckinley.
Many diplomatic officers have already
sent in their designations so as to relieve
the incoming President from any en-
barrassment. Some few consul generals,
including General Lee, have submitted
their designations.
James Morgan was drowned at
Leonardtown on Wednesday in St.
Clements bay while crossing from
Stones wharf. 1t is thought he became
entangled in his sheet rope, tripped
and fell overheard.
John Bauernschmidt, jr., one of the
best known brewers in Baltimore, died
yesterday at his home in that city
from a complication of diseases. He
was fifty-nine years of age and was
born in Bavaria.
Memorial services in commemora-
ton of the death of Rev. DIR. James t.
Leftwich, which occurred Thursday of
last week at Atlanta, Ga, were held
last night by the congregation Of the
First Presbyterian Church, in Balti-
more.
The dinner given last evening by
Mrs. Logan, at Calumet Place, eclipsed
any affair of the kind which has taken
place in Washington this season. All
of the new Cabinet members and their
wives, who were in the city, were
among the guests.
The power house at Thirteenth and
Mount Vernon streets, Philadelphia,
from which the Union Traction Com.
pany operated halfdozen of its lines
OF trolley cars, was destroyed by fire
yesterday evening. The loss is about
100000, principally on the valuable
machinery in the building.
A dispatch from Havana says that
positive orders have been issued to the
civil and military authorities through
out Cuba to try with all possible haste,
and in the most satisfactory manner
available, all American citizens who
are now in jail, and to expel those
found guilty from the island.
Captain Thomas @. Munce, chief of
the stamp division OF the Postoflice
Department, was suspended from office
indefinitely yesterday by Postmaster
General Wilson on the charge of taking
stamps from the department without
authority, and other employees are un-
der suspicion. He is accused of taking
stamps from the Office, which subse-
quently, through members of his family.
found their way to various stamp
dealers.
George Huber, aged twenty-four
years, accidentally shot and killed his
mother, Mrs. Catherine Huber, yester.
day afternoon in their home in Balti.
more. While graphically describing
how he warded of the attack of a high
wayman he accidentally discharged his
revolver, and his mother fell dead at
his feet with bullet in her brain. The
unhappy son tried to beat out his
brains. He was arrested and locked
up at the police station to await the re.
suit of the coroner's inquest.
Mr.. Jno. Sherman has retired from the
Senate. Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon received
his resignation to take effect March 5.
Marcus A. Hanna, the man who made
William McKinley's ascendancy to the
Presidency possible, has reached one Of
the mile stones of his ambition. He
was on yesterday appointed by Gov.
Bushnell to take the seat occupied by
Senator Sherman until the meeting of
the next legislature, which will be JAN
uary, 1898. Sherman becomes premier
Of the new Cabinet, making twice he
has held post as Cabinet minister,
having been Secretary Of the Treasury
under Rutherford B. Hayes. Sherman
has been in the Senate since the last |
.wo years of the war.
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