Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-23
NEWS OF TIE Day.

Advice from St. Pierre, Martinique,
say the fishing there this season has
been The best 10 the history OF the
island.
A Spaniard who has returned to
Manila from the Filipino Ines says
thtt Lieutenant Gilmore is being i'll
treated by his caplofs.
George D. Gear, Cd attorney of
Honolulu, has complained to the State
Department that system of slavery ls
bsing maintained among the coolies in
Hawaii.
Richard Croker, OF New York, and
Mayor Carter Harrison, OF Chicago,
have been invited 10 be present al he
National Democratic Carnival 70 De
held at be Dallas, Texas, Exp )siiion,
October 2and 5.
Senator Forrkrr delivered an ad-
dress at Hamilton, OAio, yesterday al
the emancipation celebration. Among
the features of his address were his
declarations for expansion and an ar
eument defending trusts.
At Wichita, Kan, yesterday Jerry
Simpson was howled and Kissed down
while speaking at an old soldiers re-
union. He severely denounced the
expansion policy of the present ad'
ministration and declared that II was a
disgrace to the country.
President Mckinley is said to be
disguised at the lack of harmony 10 the
republican party IN Maryland. In az
mlnistration circles it is feared Mar
land will not be carried by the repuo-
licans in the presidential election next
year.
The difficulty between the United
Statos and China regarding the e1-
clusion of Chinese from the Philippines
will be settled amicably and to the
satisfaction of China. The door Of the
Philippines, closed by order OF General
Otis, will be opened again.
Despite the order OF Governor ROose.
welt, the committee in charge OF the
Dewey land parade declines to place
the Grand Army battalion at the head
| of the land parade in New York. The
committee took no notice OF the order,
and General Roe, says positively they
shall not be at the head of the column.
The Baltimore City Council yester-
day unanimously adopted resolution
! providing for the appointment OF q
| special committee to inquire as to what
| progress is being made In the plans the
for construction of ship canal between
! the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic
, Ocean, and to bring the matter prom
inently before the Maryland represen'
Jatives in Congress.
Another one of the old time warships
is to be relegated to the retired list,
after years of service in all part Of the
world and cruises on which many OF the
Leading officers of the navy were once
midshipmen and ensigns. The Monon-
gahela, like the Constellation, com
pleted her duty as practice ship for
the Annapolis cadets and now goes to
Newport, where she is to be stationed
for the use of apprentices who are being
made into So lors for the navy.
Julia Morrison, leading lady iE "Mr.
! Plaster of Paris" farce comedy COLE
pany, shot, and killed Frank Leiden,
stage manager and leading man OF The
company, las; night on the sage of the
City Opera House in Chattanooga,
Tenn, juat before the curtain rose for
the performance to begin. The woman
was arrested and taken to the city Jail.
The stage manager bad previously had
some trouble with the woman, whom
be charged with bad acting. Her bus
band has also been arrested, it being
suspected that he instigsted the
murder,
Hugh Thompson, a photographer OF
Eau Claire, Mich, yesterday employed
a young woman "a stranger to him) TO
assist in S gallery. A few hours later
a strange man ran in and claimed that
the woman was his wife. Thompson
plead ignorance of that fact, but the
stranger, who was greatly excited,
grabbed pair of sabres hanging on the
wall and throwing one to the photo
grapher precipitated duel. Tbomp-
son was about to come out second best
when furniture dealer under the gal
lery, who heard the scutfle, entered
just in time to save TnomDson's life,
the stranger being in the act OF run
ming him through. The stranger and
the woman soon fed from the scene.