Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITJFS

The Pennsylvania supreme corrt ..
day confirmed the finding Of the NJ ~
gomery county court condempina -
death Charles o. Kaiaer for the mnsas 10
OF bis wife at Norristown Octobsr 'I y.
1896. 'O'ei =,
The beginning of the fourth week =.
the cotton operatives strike af NJ
Bedford, Mass, showed NOTHING bp NV 'h.
same apparent determination on bo ,Is
sides to stick to their respective n 0o.H
tions until the other yields. F''''
]. Harry Halsey, senior member .,
the firm of J. II. Halsey aud SmitS
leather merchants, of which mt .'u
States Senator James Smith is LEU leu
junior partner, died at his boma We 10
Newark, n. j., to- day. He was
eighty-fours years of age.
Fire at an early hour this moro;a
destroyed all the business house ~
the west side of Exeter, Neb., with III, ga
exception of a brick bank end ono
frame structure. Fourteen busine
houses were entirely consumed sra
very little OF the contents of the hn;IS
ings were saved. Loss S32 COO
The midwinter sales of trot,;,
horses began at Lexington. XIV ~
day. Jay Bird, 20 years old Sire " "
Allerton (2:09D, was sold to "
Bacon, of Paris, KY, for 81 600 W.
liam l, sire of Axtell (2:l2l Wa
brought over 100000 as 3 year.oi1
was sold to r. G. Estell, of Lexira.or
for 1925. He is II years old. Fric,s
averaged about $500.
A small army of UNEMPLOYED men o..
cupied the streets leading to the STATE
house, at Boston, all night last night in
order that they might be on land when
the doors opened this morning, readyto
register for civil service examination
in the mechanical department. Psir,.
ers: masons, iron workers, plumbersard
tinsmiths were the tradesmen wanted
Many oftbe men had been withou, vo,k
for months and the 500 names which
were all that could be taken. were Som
recorded. More than 1000 were tuli.
ed awey.
Isaac Newman has been appointed
deputy collector of internal revenue hv
Collector Ferdinand Edmau OF tins
third collection district OF New York
The appointment was made for tnepur.
poses of testing the federal civil service
regulations as applied to positions Of
this kind. 1t has been held that NJ
deputy in the internal revenue ant
customs service could be appointed
outside of the eligible list of The civil
service. The places have been tied up
on this account, and the waiting ones
have grown impatient 1t was decided
to bring the matter to an issue.
J. Il Polk, aged Go years, and postmas,or
at Goodwin Station, 15 miles north ofAaanla
Ga, on the Southern Railway. was murdered
at his home Saturday night by unknown
parties, and his store robbed. His dead holy
wss not discovered until early this moruing
he had $500 on his person which was let
undsturbed.
Standard Oil sold on the curb ia Neg York
to-day at 426 on the strength Of story thai
it was proposed to exchange present cerrt
Gates for shares in new company on the Ia
sis of to 1. The story was denied.
The fire which threatened last night TO d.
stroy the business portion of Albny, Lad
was subdued after hours of hard lighting
Adolph Sutro, ex.Mayor of San Francisco.
and builder of the famous Sutro tunnel, has
been adjudged mentally incompetent.
President Dole and party arrived at Bnh'o
this morning and were rendered reception
Liter they left for Niagara.
Judge NJ. G. Troup, one OF the best known
lawyers in Kansas, dropped dead at his lone
in Winfield yesterday.
1t has cost the government S25,0CO to dis-
cover shortage of $3.50 in the silver vault
No. l in Washington.