Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-16
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General Brooke will be called
Washington to consult with Secrs,I0
Root concerning affairs in Cuba 'ig
Delano Wood, Is years old r,,
bathing in the river near JacksopvviIIi..s
Fla, yesterday, was bitten by I .s
and died from his injuries. ~4'A
The resolution appropristing 81,
600 for the Dewey reception his wy hoy
passed by the New York Board ~ G'ea
dermen by vote of SO to 3. u A.
Four young boys, ages ranging T..
Is to 10, were arrested in Cleyelsnd "C VI
today, in connection with the a,,an ~
to blow up two cars during tbs ~,
strike. '''e
NJ. Labor, counsel for Drevtr,
reported to be o. the r. rec"ri :
and his associate. ". u ~ bs,
cided to ask for q postponemept os gs
court-martial. VIC
Minister Powell has reported n y.
State Department that the Han, '.'
minister for foreign affairs forms,Ir' @a
pressed regret at the torcible are; 81 -
Haitian in the American Legation u
Hampton Predmore, weu.kron.
farmer, shot and killed his aged Te''.
Dor, Godfrey Transue, OF near Shaw Trs.'
Pa, yesterday, having mistake" 5'
for a grounding as he was lying on I isa
ground. '~'
There have been twenty six ca..s III.
the plague and eleven deaths at 0no.. VI
Portugal. Cases resem bling the bnb v,o
plague have been discovered in po,r
gal, and Spanish cities have esabli.ba5
quarantine.
President Mckinley made .n,s..
at the Catholic Simmer school Nv. ~
Hotel Champlria, n. y, ye,tfr5,r
He said Rebellion may delay brr +
can never defeat its blessed mission =,
liberty and humanity"
Plans are on foot for the formatio,
of a combination OF artificial lee con,
panies in the various large ciries -
compete with the American Ice TINS
which now owns, through its ysrjor.
branches, nearly all the natural ice cor.
Germs.
The steamer Albion, which arrived
at san Francisco in fifteen DAYS from
Cape Nome, reports that 100 peogle
men and women, without food or mean.
were picked I'D on Ko,Z-bue bescb h.,
the revenue cutter Bear and taken IA
st. Michaes.
Mrs. Adolph Pohlmann. yoopg
bride of two days, was accidentally Is.
phyxisted by gas in her room, in B.!.
cimore, yesterday. In turning out the
gas she brushed against trinkeis hanp.
Ing on the je., which caused the EASILY.
turned stop cock to open.
A quiet move was made between I.
and l o'clock yesterday morning a.
Hagerstown, Nd, to organize gaus
to lynch Samuel Johnson, the 1ego
who assaulted little Anna Kerlcot The
plan failed because OF a misunderstood.
ing as to q meeting place.
1t was reported that Hon Thoma: B.
Reed might remain in Congress, S..
though he has associated himself withs
law firm in New York. But dispatch
from Portland says that all efforts msis
by his friends to induce him to serve
out his term in Congress have failed
AS an anti-Semitic group was stand.
ing at the corner of the Fsuboarg
St. Denis and the Rue de Vaenceuue.,
Paris, yesterday evening, some pa:;er..
by cried: Down with the Jesli:'
whereupon they were surrounded s1d
threatened by the demonstrators. i
supposed anarchist then fired seyera.
revolver shots, wounding three men.
Senator M L. Hay ward was -trcsel
with apoplexy yesterday forenoon ct
Brownville, Neb., where he had gone
to deliver en- address at the Modem
Woodmen picnic. He was on thepo1
Of rising to make q speech at the pcac
when he fell to the platform uncOu.
scious, and remained in that condition
over two hours. The attack was Sc
rious one He was elected TO the Sen.
ate last March to succeed the popuIi.l
William V. Allen. Almost q pauIc r.
suited from the attack.
A dispatch from Preria, says The
executive council concluded session
at u: so p. M. yesterday when order;
were issued 10 the field cornet- to g'7e
out Mauser rifles in exchange for guns
Of the Martini. Henry type. a grea.
crowd of burghers gathered to receive
the arms. The possibility of war win
Great Britain is about the only 'uNsd
discussed there. 1t is generally I'LL
that the burghers should be consulted
before extreme measures are adopei.
General Walker, who is regarded Isl
bold fighter, is appointed British CON-
man6ar in South A frica