Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The British Foreign Office finds
,Russia's reply to the Anglo.Germsn
agreement unsatisfactory.
Hon. William ]. Bryan concluded his
tour OF New York State yesterday and
Is speaking in Ohio today.
Later reports from the Venezuela
earthquake say the town OF Guarenss
was destroyed with 25 persons.
The international commission, when
is inquiring into the massacre OF IoI.
eiguers in China, has ordered the srres'
of three Chinese officials.
At Annapolis yesterday nsvaI
academy fencing team defeated
French fencing team from the french
Atlantic squadron bouts to 2.
Carl Schurz, in a letter to Charles
Francis Adams, OF Boston. advises anti
imperialists to vote for Bryan, as well
as for democratic congressman.
Both national com miltees Iagree that
the result of the election next Tuesday
will be decided 10 Illinois. The repuo'
licans claim the State by 10000; the
democrats by less than 10000.
Gen. Daniel NJ. Frost. who fought in
the Mexican war and commanded a
brigade 10 the COME derste army during
the civil war, died at bis home In St.
Louis yesterday, aged ~ years.
Major Heory James Hearsey, editor
of the New Orleans Daily States and
one OF The best known newspaper Writ
ers In the South, died yesterday. de
was go years old and was born in Louis
lana.
Gross carelessness upon the part OF
some employees led to terrific explo'
sion of gas in No. shaft of the King
ston Coal Company, at Edwardsylile,
Pa, yesterday afternoon, which cost
three men their lives and fatally burn
ed FIVE others.
Emperor William and Count Won
Buelow alone negotiated the agreement
with England as to China. Prince
Hohenlohe resigned because he was mol
consulted. His advocacy OF closer re-
lations with France and Russia were
not agr, cable to the Emperor.
Former champion John L. Sullivan
is 10 bed at the Polytechnic Hospital
east Thirty-fourth street, New YORK
and the chances are that be will not be
seen on the streets again for month
On Thursday he underwent a success
ful operation for congepitsl hernia.
The city of Pao Ting Flu has been di'
vided into districts under the superln
tendence OF the various Mathematics
represented in the occupying force
Looting is strictly forbidden in the
British quarter, but the French, Ger
mans and Italians have sacked their re
spective districts.
Judge Evans, of the United States
Court. Of Kentucky, has decided to su
thorize the appointment of marshals il
that State on election day. The actor
/ is not warranted by law, but is based
on q statute long since repealed. The
democrats claim that there is plan OIL
foot to steal the electoral vote of tha
State for Mckinley.
% to midnight but the fragments o.
three bodies had been recovered from
the ruins of the Tarrant drug house il
New York, which was destroyed by 6
terrific explosion on Monday. The list
OF the missing, which numbered forty
three Monday night, have been Gu
down to twenty.eight, number o
those having Deen put down as los
turning up during the day.
J. G. Johnson, OF Kansas, chairman
of the democratic national executive
committee, says: "The republicans are
umberiDg on volcano, and they dc
not know it. The eruption will take
place next Tuesday, and the party vii
be lucky to escape determination. We
will carry New York by so, 600 majority
Indiana by $4,000 and Ohio by 10000
Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
are as safe for Bryan as Texas or South
Carolina.
Four Italian miners yesterday at
tempted 10 rob Pay Clerk William Hos
Ter, OF the Southwest Connellsvillt
Coke Company, while making his trlI
between Mt. Pleasant and Advert o
Pa, with the payroll OF the Alvertor
and Tarr Works, amounting to 81 =
900. AS the result Mr.. Hosler is dead
his companion, Harry Burgess, messen
ger of the company, is wounded; two
OF the Italians are dead; third fatally
wounded, and the fourth in Jail.