Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-12-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
John McAuliffe, q well.known artis'
20 years old, was accidentally killed
Yesterday by falling from q window OF
his residence 10 New York.
The battleship Kentucky has receiv'
ed orders to sail from Smyrna, Turkey,
for Manila, as it is understood the
Armenian indemnity claim will be
settled.
Cunt Pietro Ale5so, q young Italian
nobleu an, through his representatives,
in New York, asked the United States
authorities TO hunt up his wife, VINO
ran away. and his missing bonds.
Mrs. Mary L. Mclean. the mother oil
John h. Mclean, of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, and of Mrs. Dewey, dice at ner
residence 10 Washington yesterday
morning, of acute heart affection.
John Lawrence Manning Irby, ex-
Unit ID States Senator from South
Carolina. died at bis home 10 Laurens
,esterday of Brigbt's disease. He was
educated at the Universities Of Virginia
aud Princeton.
Captain Ed. Wilson Manning, enRi-
neer Oh the Confederate iroDclad Viz
ginia, when she sank the frIgates Cum
berland and Congress in Hampton
Roads 10 1862, died at Wilmington,
N G, yesteroay.
Arch bishop Ireland preached SER
mon 10 Washington yesterday, In
which he made the prediction that the
papscy would coon regain its dignity
and liberty, and that the temporal
power of the Pops would be restored.
In one of the most bitter gales that
ever swept Lake Erie the iron-ore
barge CHARLES Foster, 10 tow OF the
Iron Duke, went to the bottom at 4
o'clock yesterday morning ten miles
of Erie, and eight persons were down.
ed.
While the officials OF the Santa Fe
Railroad say the backbone OF the
telegrapher strike has been broken
large mum bers of the men are still out.
rhe company declares that none OF the
strikers will be reinstated. The Cali
fornia orange dealers and shippers are
alarmed over the situation.
The State department has received
by cable from Pekin the text of the
agreement entered into by the repre-
sentatiyes of the powers. All the
foreign ENJOYS at Pekin except the
British minister haye agreed to the
Joint o ole to China, 10 accordance with
the instructions from their governments.
Prince Ching says that Emperor
Kwang.Su will return to Pekin when
his safety aud dignity are guarded.
Eighteen persons we're injured on
Saturday in an accident on the Pbila-
delphis, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad at Grays Ferry station, West
Philadelphia. Az empty box car
Jumped the track and damaged several
of the passenger coaches on the express
train which left Washington at IL q. 10 q.
for New York. Miss Emma Dougherty.
of Chester, had both legs broken and 10
10 a critical condition, and Miss Ella
Little, also OF Chester, vas dangerously
injured.
The residence OF A. J. Thomas. near
Cluttsyil g, Ala, was wrecked Friday
night, by dynamite. The crime is
believed to have been the work of
whitecaps. Thomas, who is single
man, OF about forty, had, it is alleged.
as occupants OF his house seven women.
He had been frequeotly asked to send
the inmates of his house aWav and had
recently received warnings from 30
called whitec 'p committee. One of the
women was badly injured Ia the explo-
sion.
Great Britain is deeply interested,
and, is, 10 fact, the insligstor of the
trouble between Holland and Portugal.
The sending of large British feet to
Portuguese waters was intended as q
warning to other nations to keep hands
of Portugal. Both Spain and France
regard the British action as a menace.
a. banquet on board the British bat
tleship Majestic, at Lisbon, 10 honor of
the King and Queen and government
officials of Portugal. the alliance be
tween Great Britain and Portugal was
proclaimed. King Carlos received a
telegram from Queen Victoria recog-
nizng the cordial and friendly under
standing b tween the two nations. The
British channel squadron left Lisbon
after renewed expressions OF the ALI
anee between Great Britain and Por-
tugal.