Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In JubRo HtHEy llllUu tl!u VI S1c
trit's al Saratoga yesterday evening.
General Otis has cabled from Manila
confirming the reports of treaty with
the Sulu Sultan.
Five Miners were killed by an OK
plosion OF dynamite yesterday evening
at the Margaret Mining Comrauy's mill
near Carterville, Mo.
The establishment of a blockade OF
the ports of the Philippine Islands, and
especially those of Luzon, is receiving
attention at the War Department.
1t is authoritatively stated that En-
peror William has refused to accept the
cabinets resignation. Later, however,
q partial reorganization OF the ministry
will be made.
Thirty cases of acute malaria and
several cases of yphoid fever develop
en- at Ponce, Porto Rico, yesterday, As
result OF the recent flood carrying
filth into that city.
A great railway accident occurred al
Santiago, Chill, yesterday. An entire
passenger train fell into the river Ma
pocha, which runs through the city, and
many lives were lost.
A number of Jiminez's letters, which
have been captured, show that he was
endeavoring to arrange an expedition.
The revolution in Santo is said to
Domingobe is preading.
The Germans will aid Kruger in bis
coming conflict with Great Britain
Two hundred of them met yesterday
at johannesburg and expressed will
ingness to volunteer for war.
A 5 year-old.son of Wesley Ketcham
of Wayne county, w. Va, was killed
yesterday by stone thrown into an
apple tree by Walter Rouk, a school
boy. The child's skull was crushed.
A dispatch from Rome reports the
throwing of dynamite bomb into the
villa OF the Archbishop of Gal!ipoli
province of Lecce, seriously damaging
the walls of the building. The motive
for the outrage is believed to have been
political.
Orlando H. Mcknight, fifty year;
old, formerly clerk at the Belvedert
Hotel, Washington, was arrested If
Philadelphia yesterday on a charge O
the embezzlement of $62 from A. NJ
Hoadly, proprietor of that hotel, or
August 16
The Canads's cup goes to Chicago
The third race for the trophy between
the yachts Beaver, of Canada, anc
Genesee, of Chicago, sailed on Lake
Ontario yesterday, was won by the
Genesee beating her rival 10 minute;
and AZ seconds.
The will of the Earl OF STAFFORD. who
married Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, o
New York, AID who was instantly
killed May 16 last at Potter's Bar
England, by az express train, direct.
that he BIZ buried in the grave of hii
first wife. He bequeaths to his widow
$1,000 (about $4,000.
J. B. O'Brien, editor of democratic
newspaper. shot and killed DR.. J. B
Harris, chairman of the McLenpar
county populist executive committee
at Brucevlle, Tex. Wednesday night
The men quarrelled over articles print
ed in O'Brien's paper. O'Brien ha;
been placed in Jail in Waco.
The dry house OF Samuel Debble'.
powder mill, near Shepton, Pa, wa,
completely wrecked by an explosion
yesterday, and William T. Betzenberg
er, of Wainutport, Pa, one of the pro
prietors, and Harry Jones, q powder
maker, were literally blown to atoms
There were several tons of powder in
the building.
Julius Alexander, colored, was hang
ed at Charlotte, N. c., yesterday morn
ing for assaulting a white woman last
February. He showed no signs Of
nervousness, confessed the crime, and
said the penalty was just. A coored
preacher, in talk on the scaffold, seid
AleXander's crime was one sin which
we are glad to see the law carried out. u
A dispatch from Springfield, H., says
Governor Tanner is a very sick maD,
and his illness is said to be more serious
than his family or physician will admit
Many persons who have seen the Gov
ernor since his return from the West
say he is afflicted with some conslitu-
tional ailment which will, without
doubt, prevent him from taking part in
the coming campaign.
In speech to farmers institute at
Lancaster, S. c., yesterday, Senator
Tillman said he had been recently
asked in North Carolina what be
thought was the solution of the race
problem, and he had replied "the shot
gun" He had not changed his opinion
At Greenwood last week the Senate Y
condemned whitecappers who drove
peaceable negroes from the fields.
At yesterdays session OF the Union
Veterans Union National Eucampment
at Des Moines, Iowa, Washington, D.
O., was chosen for the National En-.
campment of 1900. At the afternoon
session resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing Governor Shaw for appoint
ing ]. Rush Lincoln, an ex-Confede-
rate, as brigadier.general of Iowa
troops when they were called into ser
at the opening of the Spanish war.
K. Trenkaus, German baker, aged
forty years, and his wife were shot last
night at New Milford, Conn, by Tren-
kaus's brother, the wife dying instantly
Trenksus received one bullet in the
breast and two in the arm, and his
death is momentarily expected. The
murderer fled, but was pursued, and as
be was about to be captured, fired a
bullet into bis right temple and died
instantly. The shooting took place in
Trenkauss bakery.
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