Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-08
NEWS OF THE Day.
A mob yesterday looted the Office

entail seer, has failed to reclaim tor
Charles Broadway Rouss his lost eye
sight.
The choir of the Peoples Church, in
New York. yesterday refused to sing
because Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr., had
advocated the election of Seth Low for
mayor.
The steamer Idaho, of the Western
Transit L he, ioundered in eight faith
oms of water at 4:30 Saturday morn.
my eff Long Point, on Lake En-
Nineteen members of the crew of 81
we're lost.
The Spanish Cabinet has approved
ne scheme of political amnesty for
Cuba and the Philippines The auto
nomist leaders in Cuba have accepted
the appointments of provisional COVER.
norships rendered them by Marshal
Blanco.
The Baltimore republicans and mug
wumps. who are opposed to Mr.. Cor
man, believe that he will be the next
candidate for governor for their State
next year and subsequently, the demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
Col. Charles J. Bonaparte, republican,
wishes to succeed Senator German.
The mystery surrounding the murder
of the four Nulty children at Rswdop,
Ont. on Thursday last has been solved
by the confession Of Thomas Nulty, the
elder brother, that he killed his three
sisters and young brother. Tom Nulty
was arrested on Saturday at the in
stance of Detective McCaskill, of Mon
treal, who had suspected him from the
first.
Edward Mackin died on Saturday of
peritonitis, due to an extraordinary &C.
cident which occurred at four o'clock
the previous Saturday morning. at a
bail in Webster Hall, in New York.
He slipped while Waiting and fell, and
his partner, young woman weighing
about one hundred aud seventy pounds,
falling upon his stomach, injured him
internally.
The ship John Mcleod, from Iloilo,
Philippine Islands, via Delaware Break.
water, for Halifax, with load of sugar,
became total loss at the mouth of Hal
flax harbor yesterday morning.
TIE fog was very dense and the wind
high, and, without moments warn
ing, Captain Stuart found his ship
pounding on the sharp edge of Black
Rock, Sambro Ledge.
A daring case of attempted highway
robbery occurred in the northwest Sec
ton of Washington Saturday afternoon
A colored footpad followed Mrs. w. 81.
Doolittle to her home, and at the
threshold of her residence made vi
cious attack upon her in an effort to Sc.
cure her purse, but her pluck thwarted
the negro, and he was obliged to make
hasty fight in order to escape.
A remarkable case will have the at
tention of the grand jury in Blue Earth
county, MIMI. on the 105h inst. II is
that of Cyrus B.iMiller, an escaped con-
vict from the Nebraska penitentiary at
Lincoln, who, to prevent recapture, ex.
cavated a room under q schoolbouse in
Blue Earth county, and for two years
resided there without detection. The
police learned of the underground re.
treat by accidend.
Following close upon the heels of the
bill to abolish football playing in Georgia
comes a bill to legalize prizs fighting.
The tragic ending of the last football
game played there has aroused the leg
lators, and there is little doubt that q
Law will be enacted prohibiting similar
contests in the future. The friends of
the manly art will now endeavor to
secure for pugilism the position in the
affections of the people which football
has occupied.
Rev. George A. Reader, student in
the Boston University Theological
School, has been requested to withdraw
from that institution by the faculty for
performing the marriage of A. S. An
drossy and Miss Charlotte Wlberg,
which took place in lions cage at the
Boston Zoo last Thursday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Androssy received no compepsa
liou for their sensational marriage in
the lions den aside from their wedding
costumes, the ring, a present and the
expenses all paid.
An Atlantic and Pacific passenger
train from the west was held up by
four men near Grants Station, N. NJ,
at 1880 o'clock Saturday night. After
blowing open the express company's
safe, the robbers wrecked the train,
which caught fire, the express, baggage
and smoking cars being totally destroy
ed. 1t is not yet known whether they
were successful in obtaining booty, but
it is thought that large amount of
money was carried by the train. None
of the passengers was hurt.
The Hotel San Marco, one of the
finest and most commodious hotel
properties in St. Augustine, Fla, was
burned to the ground early yesterday
morning, entailing a loss of about
S250,000. The incendiaries, after firing
the building, cut the fire bell rope;
they also cut holes in the suction pipes
and the fire engines work was delayed.
Fearing further incendiarism, those in
charge of the Hotel Ponce de Leon or.
dered steam up constantly, in order to
furnish water pressure ut a moments
notice. The citizens of the city have
offered $500 reward for the capture of
the incendisries.
Sixty women are going to hunt for
gold 10 the KIondike. The steamer on
which they will go, the City of Colum-
bia, will leave New York city for the
gold region via Cape Horn on Decem-
Der 1. The boat was visited yesterday
by over 5000 people, half of whom
were women and children. Three
hundred men and women are already