Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-11-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lieut.. Gilmore and his men have
again been heard from. They are alive
and well.
A9uinaldo is reported to have pass
ed through Namacpacar while General
Young was waiting for him at San
Fabian.
Il is stated that General Wood will
be appointed surgeon-general of the
army when General S~ternberg retires
next June.
Rev. Dr.. NJ. B. Wharton, cc-pastor of
Brantly Baptist Church, Baltimore,
has rendered his resignation of his
charge there, to take effect January l..
He will 60 to Asheville to live with his
daughter.
The coal companies of Philadelphia
today announced that, owing to the
short supply of anthracite pea coal, it
is necessary to make an advance Of
from twenty-five to fifty cents per ton,
to take effect on December l.
The University of Pennsylvania, has
| been enriched by a gift of $3.50, 600. The
name of the donor is withheld for the
! present but the laboratory Of physics,
| which will be erected with the money,
| will bear the name in its title.
I The national committee of the silver
republicans, in session in Chicago, yes
terday adopted a resolution for co-ope-
l ration with the democrats and popr-
| lists. They will endorse the democratic
l. "a. ndi2ot a m a ci1uor nlatfnrm
The twelfth and last juror in the case
al Roland B. MoliueuX, On trial in New
York on the charge of causing the death
| of Mrs. Katherine ]. Adams, was sc
cured at 5 o'clock yesterday evening
and court took q recess until Monday.
The new revolutionary uprising in
Venezuela against President pro TEN.
| Castro is reported to be- growing in
strength. Senior Andrade, the Vene-
zuelan minister to the United S safes,
has cabled to Caracas from Paris his
resignation. 1t was accepted.
General Joseph Wheeler, 10 a letter
to the editor of a paper in Florence,
Alb, writes: Twill you please state 10
your paner that letters addressed to
me at Washington about matters OF
| Congressional business will De attenC-
ed to- as I expect to be there very
= soop."
Republican leaders are concerned
about the Roberts case, and do not wish
TO take aay party action against the
Mormon representative from Utah.
! Representative Bailey is one of the
| democratic members who claim that
the House has no right to refuse Mr..
Roberts q seat, or to eXpel him.
It is estimated that since January /,
1899, up to the present date, no less
than 2,500,0 600 tourists have visited
Switzerland, and that they have each
left in the country an average of S15.44,
or a total of $3S, 900 900. Iuasmuch as
the population of Switzerland is only
1888, 900, it is not difficult to appreci-
ate the significance OF these figures.
The Right Hon, Daniel Talon, Lord
Mayor of Dublin, arrived in Washing
ton yesterday, Last night, by appoint
ment, the Mayor and his secretary, &C.
companied by Mr.. Dominick Murphy,
and Commissioner Powderly. OF the
immigration bureau, visited the White
House and spent a half hour in CONVEX
sation with the President. The Lord
Mayor will leave the United States for
home or Saturday.
The %eastbound Buffalo express on
the Delaware, Lackawanua and West
ern Railroad, while standing outside
the station at the Van Wrinkle street
crossing at Paterson, n. j., last night,
was run into by a swiftly moving &C.
commodation traiu running from Phil
ipsbure, N. j., to Jersey City. At least
six people were killed, and there are
now twenty injured at the hospital in
Paterson, of whom some will probably
die.