Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Harry Hooper. a farmer, of Queen
Anne's country, Md, was killed by
bull yesterday.
Two additional cases of yellow fever
were reported yesterday at McHenry,
Miss, both in the same house with the
first seven cases.
Burglars, footpads, pickpockets, and
sneak-thieves have been very dillgenI
and successful in the pursuit OF their
respective professions in Washington
for several months past.
Emperor William, in q speech, while
reviewing the imperial guards at fotS-
dam is quoted as saying that the Ger
man army had been the chief mainstay
of his throne and country.
The conferees on the sundry civil
appropriation bill have agreed to a pro-
vision for American representation at
the Paris exposition. The appropria-
ton is not to exceed 100000.
1t is stated that another million has
been lost to Joseph Letter by the
shrinking OF cash wheat this week, and
that be is likely to lose much more by
European reflections of wheat bought on
option.
Another child of Henry Robinson, CT
Williamsport, Md, is dead, being the
fourth child to die of diphtheria inside
of seven days. Four of his children are
still i'll with the disease, and one is not
expected to live.
Charles O. Kaiser, jr, who is under
sentence of death for the murder of his
wife, testified in the trial at Norris
town, Pa, of James A. Clemmer for
completely and asserted that Clemmer
had planned the murder and executed
it.
The Yousouf- Lewis wrestling match,
at Chicago last night, was witnessed by
10000 people. 1t was for purse Of
&, 800 and the championship of the
world. Yousouff won the match, clear
ly surprising the stranger" at his own
game.
Fifty-two candidates for cadetship to
, West Point, who passed their examina'
tons last March, reported to Adjutant
Hazard yesterday and were admitted
as cadets to the Military Academy.
Among them were Harry L. Hodges
-, and John c. Pegram from Virginia.
1t is now said that the Nebraska
regiment organized by Col. William
Jennings Bryan will be ordered to join
Gen. Fitzhugh Lees command and ac-
company the Porto Rican invasion.
Col. Bryan and his staff arrived at Fort
Omaha yesterday to aid in the mobili'
cation of the Third Regiment, better
known as the silver battalion.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Times says: 'Spain's refusal
to exchange Lieut.. Hobson and his COM
panions of the Merrimac is easily ex-
planned and justified. Without any ia
Iention of acting as spies they must
have seen many things in or around
Santiago about which the American
naval and military authorities would
gladly have information"
The advocates of the resolution to
annex Hawaii expect to secure vote
in three weeks. AS shown by yester-
days vote, the popllists and silver re-
publicans are divided. Senators Can
non and Teller are for annexation and
Senators Mantle and Pettigrew against
it. Among the populists Senators
Stewart, Kyle, Heitfeldt and Turn
er favor annexation and Senators But.
Ter and Allen oppose it.
1t is said in Washington that each
day brings new intelligence ofe crystal
lizing purpose on the part of the Euro
pean powers to prevent, if possible,
! American possession of the Philippines.
The State Department, tits understood,
is in possession of more definite inior.
nation concerning the policy of the
various powers, all more or less an
tagonistic to the thought of the Ameri-
can flag flying over the Philippines.
1t is said that when Major
Miles leaves Washington for Florida
| to assume charge Of the preparations for
the invasion of Porto Rico, he will be
succeeded in Washington as principal
military adviser to the government by
| Major-G General John r. Brooke. With
the departure of General Miles for
i Porto Rico end General Merritt for the
Philippines, Gen. Brooke will be the
senior army officer in the United States.
Secretary Long yesterday supplied
| names for thirty-ive warships for
which provision Was made in the last
naval appropriation bill. The battle
ships were christened Maine, Missouri
and Ohio. One of the torpedo boats
will bear the name OF Ensign Bagley,
who was Killed at Cardenas, and was
the first American naval officer to lose
his life in the war with Spain. The
new monitora will be named Arkansas,
Florida, Connecticut and Wyoming.
DON CARLOS AND HIS SCHEMES.
The Madrid Impartial publishes an
interview with Don Carlos, the pre-
tender to the Spanish throne, who is
now in Brussels. He says: when l
left Venice, in April, had resolved to
order my partisans to rise in arms
against the people who are prostituting
Spain by series Of unimaginable hu-
Mutations, but learning that war with