Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-26
NEWS OF THE DAT.

|, has been decided to fortify Homo
lulu and make it one Of the strongest
military ports in the Pacific.
The Earl of Mimic, liberal, has beer
appointed Governor-General of Canada
in succession to Lord Aberdeen.
Evan McColl, Scottish poet, who
had resided in Canada for the past fifty
years, died yesterday at Kingston, aget
ninety years.
Yvette Becker, a young woman o.
Harlem, N. Y, has suffered from bic
coughs for five days aud the doctors
are unable to relieve her.
Gen. Shafter cables that merchants
in Santiago refuse to accept American
silver dollars ut their face value, bu
insist upon discount of so cents, as in
the case OF Mexican dollars.
E. F. Pope, of Illinois, saved himself
from death in an Alaskan canyon by
making ladder out of his suspenders
and some twigs and climbing with it Up
the side of a cliff 1900 feet high.
The steamer Charles Nelson arrived
at Seattle, Wash, yesterday from St
Michaels with 173 passengers from
/ Dawson and gold dust estimated all the
way from 1000, 900 to 81, 100000.
The Navy Department has determir-
ed to dock and repair the ships Of
SIMPSONS squadron. The first to he
brought home will be the Texas, which
will be overhauled at the New York
navy yard.
The Treasury Department yesterday
began the delivery of bonds 10 SUBJ
scribers TO the war loan of 5000, 600, 900.
Bonds have been allotted to 800, 600 sub
scribers and those who bid for $500 or
less will be the first to receive bonds.
Brig .-Gen. G. M. Randall, who has
been stationed at Fort St. Michael,
Alaska, arrived in Washington Sunday
and was at the War Department yes
terday. He but recently learned that
this government is at war with Spain.
The town of Pugwasb, N. S., which
has 1900 inhabitants and which is q
deal shipping port of considerable i'm
portance on the Straits of Northumber-
land, was wiped out by fire yesterday
200 dwellings, FIVE churches, twenty
stores, three hotels, and several mills
being destroyed.
The jury in the case of u S. Senator
Kenney at Wilmington, Del. after be-
ing out since Friday, could not agrt Q
and were discharged last night ty
Judge Bradford. The charge against
Senator Kenney was that OF aiding VIM.
N. Boggs to misapply the funds OF the
First National Bank of Dover.
Right Rsv. Thomas McGovern, Cath
olic Bishop of the Harrisburg, Pa, do
cese, died yesterday evening at the
episcopal residence in that city, after a
lingering illness from a complication of
diseases. He was born in Ireland &C
years ago and had been bishop of Har-
risburg for few months more than ten
years.
The point taken by Capt. Eulate that
his word of parole should be taken as
well as Cervera's, has been decided in his
favor. The matter was forwarded to
Washington and Sunday Capt. Eulate,
having adjusted his affairs, went out to
church with his fellow officers. He was
out yesterday in the city of Annapolis
again. He is so much improved in
health that his appearance is altogether
different.
Andrew Fie eiman, owner of the New
York Baseball Club, refused to allow
the game to proceed at the Polo
grounds in that city yesterday unless
player was elected, with the
result that Umpire Lynch gave the
game to Baltimore by a score 8 to O..
"Ducky" HoIu 9 replying to one of the
spectators in the grand stand said he
was glad he was not working for a
"Sheenev." The remark incensed
Freedman, who demanded that Holmes
be put out of the game. Umpire Lynch
refused and Freedman would not allow
his team 10 continue the game.