Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

gether at POtsdam Palace, germany,
yesterday.
President Mckinley and the mem.
Ders of the Cabinet left Chicago last
night for Evansville, Ind., on their
western trip.
A report has reached Mombsss,
Zanzibar. that DR.. Kolb, the we'll
known German traveller, has bfe n killed
ns ar Lake Rudolph by rhinoceros.
A twenty-round contest takes place
at Baltimore tonight before the Eureka
Athletic Club between Martin Judge,
of Philadelphia. and Joe Gaus, of Baltl-
more.
The democrats yesterday carried In
dianapolis for their ticket, reelecting
Mayor Taggart and other candidates
Oh the ticket by msjorities estimated
from 600 to 1000.
Archbishop Kesne, formerly rector
of the Catnolc University, Washington,
has returned f,om Rome. La an inter-
View with newspaper representative
the Archbishop said he was convinced
of the guilt of Dreyfus.
The town of Kremie, Pa, is aroused
over succession of robberies which
have occurred there recently. Monday
night thieves entered the home of
Rueben Hecker, and after chloroforming
Hecker and his vile, ransacked the
house, obtaining 500.
Bettins Girard was found wan
dering in west Thirtieth street. near
Broadway, New York, intoxicated Mon
day night. She appeared before
Magistrate Meade in the Jefferson
Market Court yesterday and was fined
$40 and sent to Blackwell's Island in
default.
A fire at Hakodate, on the 18th, re-
suited in the destruction of nearly
8, 900 houses. As it is town of 80 900
inhabitants, this means the w;ping out
of about oDe.fourth of them. Within e
little more than month three great
fires in Yokohama, Toyama and Hako
date have destroyed upwards OF 1000
houses.
General Schwan's column entered
San Francisco de Malabon without op-
position yesterday. The Filipinos, es-
timated to be 5 1000 in number, had fed,
it is not known where. The last two
days have witnessed considerable out.
post firing by email bands OF insurgents
on the northern lines. The uprising in
Manila will result in extra vigilance on
!, the part of the United States troops.
Rig forest fires are raging near
San Jose, Gala. Houses, vineyards,
and vast amount of timber have been
consumed and the fire it still raging.
The loss 80 far is $500, 900. Myers
large wine factory caught fire Monday.
1t was saved by attaching suction
pipe to one of the wine tanks. After
40, 900 gallons of wine had been poured
on the flames, they were extinguished.
The negotiations between the envoy
of President Andrade, of Venezuela,
aud General Castro, the revolutionary
leader, for settlement of the differ.
ences that led to the instruction have
failed and hostilities have been
resumed. General Mendoza, the
commander of the government forces,
| has been ordered to assume the often
sive. The critical condition of affairs
is almost uncomfortable,
Following the personal statement Of
Rev. DR.. Benjamin F. De Costa, of New
| York, to the effect that he had resigned
from the ministry in the Protestant
Episcopal Church and that he had noti-
| fed Bishop Potter. by letter, of his in
tention, came, in the course of yester-
day afternoon, the announcement that
the head of the diocese had taken rec.
ognition DR.. De Costa's communica.
ton by promptly deposing him from
the ministry.
In Chicago yesterday the horses at
ached to the Presidents carriage be-
came unmanageable and tried to run
off, which caused some excitement.
Last night children were stepped on
and women reeled back into the crowd
exhausted as the result of q panic on
State street during the Industrial pa
rade. A float, representing man re-.
clining on a mountain of collars aud
cuffs, caught fire, and the frightened
borses tried to rush upon the sidewalk.
Another float collided with the one on
fire, and in twinkling both were blaz
log fiercely. People were in panic.
A desperate street duel occurred in
front of Newspaper Row in New York
Yesterday, in which Dominick @.
O'Malley, proprietor of the Evening
Item, and g. Harrison Parker State
tax collector, chairman of the demo-
cratic State campaign committee and
editor.in-chief of the Delta, the anti
lottery organ, were seriously, if not
fatally wounded. A newsboy was also
shot during the row. The trouble it is
said originated over q cartoon in the
Item last Sunday, representing Colonel
Parker az little dog being led
by string by Governor Foster and
labeled "Me Too" The encounter
occurred at 2:30 o'clock on Camp street
in front of Newspaper Row, and while
the street, the busiest of the city, was
thronged with people.
The annual meeting of the arch.
bishops of the Catholic Church in the
Uoited States will be held today at the
Catholic University in Washington.
There are fourteen provinces in this
country, but two of the archbishoprics
are now vacant-Oregon and Santa Fe.
Tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock
Cardinal Gibbons will oficiate at the
dedication of Holy Cross College, an
affiliated institution of the Catholic
University, and which is the seminary
of the congregation of the Holy Cross.
at the request of the board of directors
IL MaHn;nxpa.