Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-08
TELEGRApHIC BREVITIE2

Italy has asked the United States to
support its demands in China.
The Polish Catholic Church in south
Boston, was burned today. Loss $4,000.
Pupils in Chicago public schools are
being examined with a machine that,
it is said, will show their capacity for
work.
Steam pump manufacturers, of New
York are being solicited to join their
interests. The capital stock of the
company has been set at S25, 100000.
While suffering from temporary in
sanity ]. E. Bradbury ate nearly two
bars of cheap soap and died in horri-
BILE agony at Fall River, Mass, today
In the Baltimore conference in Balti-
more today Bishop Goodsell announced
that the charges against Rev. B. F.
Clarkson had been thoroughly investi-
gated in secret session and that the ac
cused had been e1onerated.
News has reached London, KY, that
landslide occurred on Goose creek,
Clay county, last Saturday, destroying
the little mountain home OF John Small
wood, killing three members of his
family and seriously wounded two
others.
John Gilbert, the Clay county, Kas.,
farmer who confessed to having muir.
dered his wife and four children last
week, has been placed in Jail at Tope-
ka, Kas., for safe keeping. Henow as
serts that he was hypnotized into max.
ing confession.
Letters from morbid women have
already begun to pour in upon Ro-
land B. Molineux, the alleged poi
soner of Mrs. Kate j. Adams, in
New York, the missives are of the same
order as these which were received by
Martin Thorne and other notorious
murderers. and abound il all kinds
Of sentiment.
Thomas F. Gilroy, ir., of New York,
is reported to be promoting a combina-
ton of hatters. Yesterday he conferred
with wool hat manufacturers in Read
ing, Pa, and asked for options to pur-
chase the plants outright. There are
about dozen wool hat factories
in the vicinity of Reading, valued at
more than $I,000,0O0. Leading hat
men in New York believe that the
trust will not be perfected. The wool
hat industry is declining, because of
the competition of soft fur hats. Sew
eral years ago similar movement was
unsuccessful.
fire started at So 50 Charlcstown street,
Boston. Mass this morning in Wilcy's paint
and oil establishment OH the fourth floor
While i7e trcmen were at WORK on the top
floor the roof fell in and held them prisoners
for Is minutes but they were rescued with
out injury The building was four story
granite structure occupied by many stores
and shops. 1t was completely destroyed to-
gether with contents. The total loss is
800 600.
At Huntington, W. Va, yesterday, Mrs. B
W. Burnside placed some poison i'll an egg 10
kill rats. T he cook found the egg and made
bread with it. The family ate the bread and
the cook and four members Of The family are
now in critical condition with little hope of
their recovering.
premature explosion of dynamite at Bos.
ton today injured Patsy ConnOr and Patrick
Connolly, laborcrs, so severely that neither
can recover. The men were blown 20 feet
in the air.
In the town elections in Now York yester-
day democrats made gains. They won in
Saratoga Springs for the first time in sixteen
years. They elected mayor in Ithaca
The knights of Columbus in national coun-
ell at New Haven, Conn.,, yesterday appro-
pratcd $4,000 to establish chair in the
Catholic University at Washington.
Tho United States cruiser Brooklyn on route
from Havana to Fort Monroe is overdue,
though no fears arc felt for her safety.
Rudyard Kipling is now convalcscng rap
idly and is practically out of danger.