Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr.. George Vanderbilt has given
100000 for hospital at Asheville,
N. c.
The President has decided to take
two months vacation, beginning about
August l, but he has not decided where
he will go for recreation.
Robert Fitzsimmons and John L..
Sullivan are arranging tour of the
large eastern cities, in which they will
appear in friendly sparring contests.
Fourteen people are now known to
have been killed in the cyclones and
cloudburst in the Duluth section of
Minnesota on Tuesday and yesterday.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Spree, which was due to arrive at
Cherbourg last Sunday from New Y ork /,
was spoken Sunday with her main
shaft broken.
Joseph Edward Dantan, the we'll
known French painter, was killed yes
terday BY being thrown from his car
riage at Honfeur, France. His wife
had both legs broken.
Yesterday was an of-day for all the
baseball clubs in the major league. 1t
was spent in travel. 30 that the series
in the west of the eastern clubs might
commence to day without hitch.
The Iowa boiling gold democrats yes
terday nominated full State ticket
and expressed admiration for Cleve-
land. John Cliggitt, the nominee for
governor, has been district judge.
DR.. William II. Diffenderfer, one of
the oldest physicians in Baltimore, was
thrown from his carriage yesterday
morning by collision with car of the
Consolidated Railway, and received in
juries from which he died an hour and
half later.
Elk Gov. Campbell, OF Ohio, who was
in New York yesterday, predicted that
the democrats will carry his State next
November by the election of governor
and 8 majority of the Legislature. This
would mean the election of demo.
crat to succeed Senator Hanna.
Yesterday the Porte dispatched cir
cular to it's representatives abroad con.
tanning skillful defense of the Turk.
ish case and declining to consider any
frontier line in Thessaly north Of the
River Penelos, which it regards as the
natural boundary. 1t appears that the
Sultan has convinced himself that the
powers will not resort to coercion, and
has decided to test the alleged concert
of Europe to the utmost.
Representative Kitchin yesterday in
troduced in the House q resolution for
constitutional amendment similar to
that proposed by Mr.. Linton, of Michi-
gan, in the last Congress, prohibiting
the passage of any law by Congress or
any State respecting the establishment
of any religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof or of aiding by appro.
priation any church, religious society
institution or undertaking which is
wholly or in part under sectarian con.
troll.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio
says unless the striking coal miners Of
the various States who went out in
obedience to the orders of the execu-
tive board of the United Mine Worker;
of America, are soon reinforced by their
fellow.laborers in the State of West
Virginia the strike will be failure
President Ratchford himself admits
they cannot hope for success unless the
strike becomes general. The miners in
the Belleville, Ill, district, have re-
fused to strike.
The President has intimated to sew
eral Senators and Representatives thai
soon after Congress adjourns he will
issue an order modifying the civil ser
vice rules. MIR. Mckinley takes the
ground that it was never intended that
the law should be extended as contem.
plated by the order of Mr.. Cleveland Of
May 6, 1896. 1t is the intention of the
President to remove from the effect o.
this blanket order all heads of divis
ions. chief clerks, private secretaries,
confidential clerks, deputy collectors in
the internal revenue and customs divis
ion, employees IN the Bureau Of Engra
wing and Printing, and the Government
Printing Office.