Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-17


ger for his .unfsitering interest and patri.
Otto devotion" ~ Secretary of wae.
Secretary Alecr and General shafter WIS.,
tied Camp Meade. at Niddlssown. Pa, anc
had two extended conferences whiis there
New evidence against Mrs. Cordeiia Bot,
kin, who ss accused OF murder. has been dis
covered 10y Chief OF Police Lees. OF Sar
Francisco.
The question rs TO whether the battieship
Illinois shall be chrissened with water OF
champagne has been referred 10 Governor
Tanner
The National Encsmpment OF the Crane
Army OF the Republic elected Col James A.
Sexton. Of Chicago, commander-in-chief
an decided TO hold the next encampmeni
in Philadelphia.
Clerks. which has been In session at Detroit.
elected officers and decided to meet mex
yesr at Memphis. Tenn.
Suspicious cases OF fever reported In New
Orleans are declared by health on GERS not
10 be yellow jack.
Benjamin Rand, aged sixteen years. o.
Newark. y. j., was locked up at Jersey City
on the charge OF killing Frank ". Wood, Of
Baltimore
The middle-of-the-rcsd popullst national
convention at Cincinnati nominated whar-
ton Barker. OF Pennsylvania. for President.
and 1gnatius Donnelly. OF Minnesota, for
Vice-President
Yellow fever is spreading slowly ia parts
OF Louisiana and Mississippi. Quarantine
lines are being extended.
Democrats. populis;s aud silver repuoil-
cans Of lows held joint conventions and
nominated fusion ticket.
Charles Harris was shot and killed IN n
49, 49, - - H..
republicans for the control OF the State con
vention ball at Colorado Springs
Home rule for the police department
was defeated IL q special election In Kansas
CITY
At a meeting o; the corporation % Brown
University. Providence. L. l.. the resigns-
ton OF President L. Benjamin Aodrews was
accepted. DR.. benjamin Clark was chosen
TO succeed him.
Republicans won the state election 10
Asine. though by reduced maiorities, Gov
ernor Powers majority for reelection being
about Is 600.
The discovery IA a room occupied by Mrs.
Botkin In San Francisco OF q seal thought
to have belonged 10 the box OF poisoned
candy sent 70 Dover. Del. has strengthened
the evidence connecting her with the murder
OF Mrs. Dunnlng and Mrs. Deane.
Judge Thomas VI. Cooley. widely known
ss iurist and constitutional lawyer, died
At bis home. Ia Ann Hsrbor. Mich. aged "A
years. He has been falling mentally and
physically for several years.
Seventy-fve per cent OF the makers OF
silverware in this country are said to have
been asked to sell out 20 combine.
Benjamin Jones. aged sixty-eight years.
was lynchsd by a mob at Liberty. No. for
outraging al elevsn-year-oid girl.
Admiral Cervera and his officers and men
started for Spain from Portsmouth. y. H.,
on the steamer City Of Rome.
The correspondent OF the Times at Can
dia, Island OF Crete, who has just landed
after Eve days IN the roadsteAd. says:
About six hundred men. women and chill
dred were either burned alive or massacred
In the outbreak last week. Turkish troops
are now patroling and blocking up the
streets. The MussulmAns are ransacking
the ruins OF the burned quarter OF the town,
where the devastation i complete. Blood
ID visible everywhere.
The Peruvian legation az Washington has
received a cabiegram from Lima stating
tha. there Is no revolution Ia the country
In some places bands OF marRuders havs
appeared. who were dispersed on the ap
rroach Of the government troops sent q
pursue them. Peru. says the message. Is IL
the state OF com pleto quiet which it has en-
joyed for some years.
The contract for supplying the Navy De
4 partment with smokeiess powder has beer
awarded 10 the California Powder Compan,
and the Dupont Powder Company, each L
supply halt a million pounds. The contrac
4 price Is 50 cents per pouud. the governmen
/ 10 furnish alcohol necessary for the pro
B duction OF the powder.