Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIgS

Duke Croxon, the first to be trel e.
the nine men who followed Mr.. ard
Mrs. Gleason out of Newport, Kv
and taking the woman from her hus.
band at the point of a revolver, brutaIIv
outraged her. was to day found guilty
and bis punishment fixed by the iury
at 90 years ia the penitenliary. The
trial was held at Newport, Ky. Undrr
Kentucky law the penalty could have
been death.
An accident resulting in one death
and the fatal injury of two persons. oc.
Cured late yesterday afternoon near
Burnt Hills, Saratoga county, n. Y
A travelling doctor named ". S. Hu.
mission, while mixing on a stove con.
coction of alcohol, turpentine and
rosiD, in the kitchen of man named
John Brown, allowed the mixture to
become overheated and terrific es.
plosion followed. In the room. beside
Humiston, were Brown, his wife and
four children. q four-year old child
was burned to death and Mrs. Brown
and seven-year.old daughter received
injuries from which they cannot recoy.
or. Humiston was arrested.
Wn Moody shot and killed him elf wbi's
lying in bed in his room at his boarding hou.s
in Augusta. Ga, this morning Moody VIC,
one of the best known men in town. Abont
two months ago Moo1y married Miss Maggie
Puryear, popular and beautiful yourg wo.
man of that city. Yesterday the two Guar.
relied and the wife went to Ter parents house
to spend the night. When Moody awoke this
morning he ended his existence.
In frei bit wreck to day twenty miles
south Of Huntington. W. Va, on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, Ben. E. Myers. engi.
neer, of Kenova, was covered by debris. which
caught fire. He was so badly burned that he
will die. Three others were injured, but not
fatally.
John Burgess youth OF 49, last night shot
and killed George Hart al Meridiau, Mich.
Hart, who was gagged narry BnrSess's sis.
ter, disguised himself as 8 cowboy and triti
to frishten Burgess. who became angry AMI
killed the supposed tramp
A decision has been handed down By the
United States Court of Appeals at st louis
to the effect that white person adopted into
one Of the civilized tribes of Indians canno,
be restored to American citizenship by the
United States Court.
Vice President G. A. Hobart will be given
reception by the East Orange, N. ]. repub.
lican club this evening About seven hun.
dred invitations have been issued. 1t ex.
pected that Mr.. Hobart will make brief
speech.
II is officially reported that in recent
fight in the province of Pinar del Rio Cuba.
the insurgents were defeated by the Span.
iards, who captured q quantity of arms and
am munition and destroyed the insurgents
camp.
The directors of the Rochester, n. II Saw
ings Bank have voted to place that ins,iu.
ton in liquidation. Tho officials say that the
hanks business has been gradually falling or
until tie deposits amount to less than $780,
600.
While trying to save the life of her six.
year old son Henry to-day, Mrs. Arthur For.
tin was struck by a train pesr the village OF
ST. Jean Bap.iste. a mile from Valley Falls,
3 I Both mother and son were killed.
THE HISTORY INVESTIGATION.
The sensation promised for last
nights session of the investigating com.
mttee of the Sons of Veterans in Rich.
mond did not develop. Mr.. Herbert
Cecil Duce, the reporter, who, it was
expected, would give important evi.
dence, was put on the stand, but bis
testimony was postponed until to-day
Mr.. G. B. West, another reporter, who
contradicts Mr.. Duce's evidence in es
sential features, is in New York. His
counsel, Hon. George D. Wise, asked
that MIR. Duce's evidence be deferred
until to-day in order to allow Mr.. West
to hear it, which was done.
The evidence submitted was nearly
all with regard to the defeat by tie
Sons of Veterans on September 80 last
of resolutions which reflected upon
John E. Massey, superintendent of pub.
lie instruction.
Mr.. F. W. Manhood, the author Of
these resolutions, came from South
Carolina to testify. He stated that
Commander Minetree Fowlkes had
been in favor of the Massey resolutions,
but on the night of the meeting on
which the resolutions were def.ated
Mr.. Fowlkes spoke against them. Mr.
Fowlkes explained that he was Undue.
ed to change his attitude by converse.
ton with friends for whose judgment
he entertained high opinion.
One of these friends was Mr.. n. NJ.
Tyler, brother of Governor. elect J.
Hoge Tyler. He went on the stand
and identified letter be had written
to Mr.. Fowlkes expressing the opinion
that it was impolitic to push the Mas
sey resolution in the camp.
After the committee adjourned Mr..
E. G. Fowlkes, who is member elect
of the House of Delegates and who
represented his brother as counsel
asked those present to remain in order
that he might review the course OF
Committeeman Robert Lecky, ir., end
John A. Lamb. He insisted that
Messrs. Lamb and Lecky were preiu'
diced against his brother and therefore
not qualified to sit in the case Dir.
Fowlkes denounced Lecky as a repuo'
ican who had voted for Mckinley last
year. In a burst of passion he said
Mr.. Lamb had recently appealed to him
% vote for Mr.. Lambs uncle, General
J. G. Hill, for railroad commissioner
This request, Mr.. Fowlkes said, he re-
used.
Neither Mr.. Lamb nor Mr.. Lecky
we're present when these remarks were
made. The committee will meet again
20 night, when Mr. Duce will testify.
Major ]. P. Fitzgerald. has declined
o serve on the committee appointed
o investigate the history committee oil
no oron6 oonn ~ tho ('on fadpra,e