Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-17
He says all the country in the region round
about Phoebus has been seriously injured by
the report that yellow fever existed there.
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1t is said that Mr.. Richard Croke :
favors Bryan and Van Wyck for the
presidential ticket.
Jebu Baker, who repro santed the
Twelfth district in Congress three times
and was for eight years minister to
Venezuela, is critically i'll at Belleville,
Ind.
The West India hurricane is said to
have been destructive at the island OF
Andres, of the Bahama group; 100
bodies, it is reported, we're washed
ashore.
General Davis estimates that 1000
people were killed outright in Porto
Rich by the storm. Many more are
dying daily from injuries and on account
of privations.
The Iowa democratic State conven.
ton was controlled by the free silver
men, who nominated Bryan ticket
with F. E. White at the head Tor gov
ernor that was endorsed subsequently,
by the populist convention.
The anti. Goebel men in Kentucky
yesterday nominated John Young
Brown for governor. The platform en-
dorses the principles and platform OF
the Chicago convention of 1896 ana
Bryan for president 10 1900.
Mr.. William H. Perot has regained
possession of his abducted grandchild
Gladys from the mother, Mrs. Letitin
Perot. now in London. The habes
corpus proceedings were quashed, ar
efforts are being made to have the
claim for extradition withdrawn.
In speech delivered at the secret ses.
sion of the Cortes, General Pando con-
tended that Spain made serious blum
der in surrendering Cuba. With 200.-
900 Spanish soldiers in the island, ne
says, the war could have been pro-
longed until better peace terms were
secured.
The Havana police have seized in C
house On the Prado, 600 rifles, which, it
is suspected, belonged to partisans OF
Jiminez, who is working to secure the
presidency of Santo Domingo. He,
however, denies that the arms were in
tended for use against the Dominican
authorities, and adds that he has no in
tention to violate the neutrality laws.
Fire started in the big factory OF the
jamestown, n. Y, Cane Seat Chair
Company last night at o'clock and at
$50 o'clock twenty.seven bulldogs had
oeen destroyed, causing loss of $780,
900 They consist of the chair factory
and storage warehouses, Swanson's liv-
cry apd truck stables, the jamestown
Axe Factory, American Tool Company,
Brooklyn Grlst Mills and five dwelling
houses.
The French authorities claim to have
definite information of plot involving
| an uprising in Rennes and have adopted
extreme measures to crush the conspira.
| tors and their allies. Instructions have
| been issued to the troops to fire upon
any crowd at the first sign Of demon
stration. The scheme it is said was to
| begin with 40 uprising at Rennes and
involve the whole republic. a massa
ere is said to have been planned for S..
Bartbolomew's day.
The little bay stallion John r. Gentry
is still king OF the light harness racers.
At the Rochester, N. Y, driving park,
yesterday afternoon the three greatest
pacing stations of the American turf,
John 4. Gentry, 2:004; Joe Patchen,
2:014 aud Searchlight, 2:049, waged q
battle royal for the supremacy. The
attendance was 5000 The track WISE
very fast and the light breeze down the
home stretch did not seem to hold the
racers. Time 2:033, 2'04l After
the race was over W. H. Harri-
man, officiating, announced that he
was ready to match Ssarcblight against
Gentry for $4,000, the race to take
place any time this week.