Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Spanish minister has approved a
number of reforms for Cuba, including
Cuban parliament, but the governor
general is;to have the right to veto leg
islation.
Mrs. Josephine Hecker and her
daughter have given 100000 for the
decoration of the Church of the Paulist
Fathers in New York. John La Fargo
has been intrusted with the task.
The Russian, Japanese and American
delegates to the international seal con-
ference have agreed upon plan for the
protection of seals, which provides fer
the Limitation or entire suspension of
pelagic sealing.
The New York Herald says there
were signs of disintegration in the re-
publican machine In the. uptown bet
ting resorts the odds on Van Wyck's
election were to 8, with little aDti.
Tammany money in sight.
Prince Howard, a colored preacher
from Virginia, who was arrested on q
charge of bigamy, prayed so long and
l1ujly at police headquarters in New
York yesterday that he was sent to a
hospital to beIexamined as to his sanity.
The President has pardoned Louis
Redwine, now in the Columbus, o.,
penitentiary. and convicted in Alabama
six years ago for completely in
the loss of funds in the failure of q
national bank. His term would expire
November 4.h.
The silver vaults of the United States
treasury have been robbed and it is
believed that Thomas Martin, colored
employee, has taken fully $1,000. As
8 rule only few dollars have been TAX
en- from bag and lead had been substi-
tuted to make up the weight.
During the heavy gale early Monday
morning the two.masted schooner Cor
al, Captain John Montgomery, hailing
from Urbana, Va, was wrecked in the
Choptank river. The crew of three
men and the captain had narrow ee.
cape, as the yawl, in which they at
tempted to reach shore, sunk, and they
were compelled to swim to land.
A wolf was killed on one of the
principal residence streets of Little
Rock, Ark, yesterday just as it was
about to attack party of children who
were playing on Arch street. The
animal, emboldened by hunger, had
come out of the swamps south of that
city. Thomas Johnson, colored, saw it
about to attack the children and killed
it with a gup.
The Atlanta Constitution of Wednes'
day says: "Atlanta is said to he the
headquarters for the Honduras Nation
al Lottery Company. Yellow fever
and legal complications together forced
the company to leave its headquarters
at Bay ST.. Louis, Miss, and it is said
that the company is now carrying on its
business from Atlanta, Staunton, Va,
and Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Lille D. Gregory, niece by mar
rage of the late Allen Gregory, the
Chicago millionaire cattle dealer, ap.
peared in the Probate Court in Chicago
yesterday and declared that she per-
formed the marriage ceremony between
her dead uncle and Miss Martha ely
burn in 1892. The latter had been an
inmate of Mr.. Gregory's house some
years before the marriage.
Secretary Sherman has published bis
political views ia the shape of a letter
addressed to the editor of the Cincinnati
Volksblatt. He urges the support OF
the republican ticket in Ohio, and will
90 to Mansfield to cast his vote. He
gives review of the history of the
tariff legislation and the advantages of
protection, points out the fallacies of
the free silver doctrine and endorses
Governor Bushnell and Senator Hanna.
Thomas Baker occupied the same cot
at the Emergency Hospital, in Wash
ington, that his wife died upon about
eight weeks ago after she had jumped
from a third story window at Gatto's
Hotel for the purpose of ending her
life. Baker also tried to commit
suicide last night, but mis- attempt will
not be as successful as was that of Mrs.
Baker. She died after lingering about
twenty -four hours, but he will recover.
He took laudanum, was discovered a
short time afterwards and hurried to
the Emergency Hospital.
There is to be no contest of the Pull
man WILL so both sons ofthe dead palace
car magnate declared yesterday. Said
George N. Pullman "The idea Of
wishing to contest my fathers will has
never entered my head, nor my broth.
er's head, either. No steps have been
taken, and none will be taken, to break
the will. My relations with the Pull
man Palace Car Company and with
my family are most cordial. am in
the company in the capacity of an ss'
sistant district superintendent, and ex-
pect to remain with the company"
Last night large number of minis.
ters and laymen gathered in the MT.
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Baltimore, to extend well
come to the board of bishops, which is
now holding its semi annual meeting in
that city. In an address Bishop Nc.
Cabe said 81 hope that by the close of
the nineteenth century all the branches
of Methodism in this ceuatry will be
united. l have not consulted my col
leagues on this point, and, when they
elected me as one of their body, they
took me for better or worse; but l want
to say right here that am in favor OF
the union of Methodists."
WEYLER LEAVES CUBA TODAY
General Weyler left Havana to-day on
the Montserrat. He was accompanied