Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-03
TELEGRAPHlC BRETT s.

Inoma7 r. Conway spoke at larpe
meeting of democratic business re" :,
Carnegie Hall, New York, last nipb. 80
Dockyard officials at Hsliisy have
received strict orders forbiddlpp them
to give out the slightest infoTmsrIo-
regarding what is being done or bos
been done in preparing for possible no..
tilities.
The first break in the ranks Of tho
window glass WORKER association ~.
Cured at Pittsburg lss: night, when in
open defiance OF the explici. order. NJ
President Burns, number Of the blow.
ers and gatherers started to vors or
several OF the plants OF the American
Glass Company.
Edwin Gould's Contine1tal u.,o,
Factory, 10 Passaic, n. j.. IS ii 40
down to-day and about 400 day hard.
are temporarily out of employment an
account of strike in the packing de-
partmeDt, the employees refusing 10
work at reduced wages. O1ly Hu9.
garian women are employed ia .r-d..
partmeDt and there are 10 of them
A financial deal which caused sr.s,
deal OF surprise was consumua-sd in
Chicago thls morning when the Us.oo
National Bank assumed all sscosars
end obligations of the B.rk ofCem-
merce, which yesterday vo.ei o. ~
into liquidation and transfer ~
business to the Union N4uoaai B.5s
before banking hours this morning.
A telegram from Walker Siiou. saws
tina. an Indian who wss subDoens7d "a
witness in the murder cas- $ refused
to obey the summons, and The Indian,
are holding council to dscil4 whether
they shall resist the officers Jules he
surreuders, the Leecn LAX troubles
will be repeated. The I1dMn WHO
caused the former troubles are still q,
large.
Four large buildings, comprising bali
OF the plant of the National Starch
Manufacturing COMPANY in Glen Cove,
L. l., were destroyed by fre this morn
ing. The works will have TO suspend
operations until the burned portions sre
rebuilt. 10 the meantime the entire
force ofoperatives, nearly 800 men aud
women, are thrown out OF employment.
The loss is estimated at 800 900.
John Meadows shot and killed John
and Clayton Mathews, brothers, at ne
Hill, in Livipgton, Ky, last night.
Meadows was school teacher The
Mathews brothers had bad regulations.
They followed Meadows from the school
house to Fagan's store, where Meadows
secured the shotgun with which he sbo.
them. Meadows surrendered and j:
now in Jail. Pagan, the siorekeepsr,
who was the most prominent wituess
to the tragedy, was found dead this
morning in his store. indications aFe
that he was murdered.
Charles F. Beasley, cab driver va, ani.
bagged and robbed In west 40.A stree. New
York, early this morning orc o. BIS aa4i.'
snts. Edward Wise was arrested wai-e ''l-
ming from the scene OF the crime Ee. eE
vas taken to hospital where he died .eN
hours later.
A police officer yesterdsy wen; 20 tie af'
racks at Stanton, Va, and attempted 20 SIC
rested man for disorderly con1uct dc "i'
met with positive refusal IT III the quart
who claimed that a soldier was untermIii.i
authority and not subject 10 ci7i! sf'cs'
The passenger steamer Pacific Owned "
the Great Northern Transit Company s-l
valued at 500, 900, burned al the wh4I! 81
Collingwood Ont, this morning be i'"'
road freightsheds filled With goods were $50
destroyed. The Joss is heavy.
Hon Joseph W. Bailey. of Texas sst nigh;
addressed large meeting az Huntington w.
Va. He devoted most Of his tine 70 w.
nunciston Of the conduct Of the war re
was viJu 2erstive and sensations! AID pT9l''"
ed democratic landslide.
Charles B. Brooke, member Of 'aa se.'L.
West Virginia regiment committed sli-.-e-'
Cumberland. Nd yesterday los iaEils '.-'I.
num- Fesr OF being arrested So uSei ..a
to his regiment and c9urtnIsr.a.ed is -'1-
as the cause for the set
C 81. Summers, chief e.ectricaa Of ~,
Western Union Telegraph Company! 80
walking on the street IN San Frinaso
night was seized with 81 attscS Oh A7i''''''
ble aud died few minutes later
Joseph Herbert once drummer 23' 10
Napoleon's army. died at his home IN 0l'.'-.
yesterday, aged 101 years After the ' s..,
VI Waterloo he sailed for Quebec M ''''
,ame to TIE United States.
The steamer Panama which which va.
ported in dispatch from New lof6 70 w.
been wrecked off Cape Msy:i e.ieL'l a. -.
vans harbor this morning and .e'. '0' ~
Vest.