Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Right Rev. Augustine Heaiy, Catho-
lie Bishop of Maine, died suddenly at
Portland, Me-, yesterday.
Rev. DR.. Talmage, in an interview In
Berlin, said there YVES as much religious
liberty in st. Petersburg as in Wash
iDgton.
Mr.. Bryan will today begin his jour
new from his home at Lincoln, NeD., to
Indianapolis to be formally notified of
his nomination.
John NJ. Palmer, gold democratic
candidate for President in 1896, de
clares that he will support Mr.. McKin.
ley for president.
Major George A. Armes, retired, may
have to face court martial in conse-
auence OF the breach of-promise suit
against him by Miss Platt.
Luke Prior, former United States
Senator and Representative in Con-
gress, died at his home at Athens, Ala,
yesterday evening aged 81 years.
Mr.. Stevenson, candidate for vice
president, returned to his home at
Bloomington, ILL.,, on Saturday, prepar-
story to engaging 10 the campaign. A
reception was rendered him by his
neighbors.
Ex-Governor Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio,
died at Magnolia, Miss, on Saturday.
He was Governor of Ohio during 1866
67, and was secretary OF the interior
under General Grant. He was about
seventy years old.
Two men held up a Union Pacific
train in Colorado yesterday and robbed
the passengers. One passenger fred at
the robbers and was killed. The con-
ductor was forced to hold the bsg into
which the robbers dropped their loot.
On September the commission
headed by Judge Taft will become the
legislative body OF the Philippines, With
power to take and appropriate insular
moneys, to establish judicial and edu-
cationsl systems and to make and pass
all laws.
The California orange crop for the
season now closing was the largest in
the history OF the orange growing in the
State, amounting to between 16, 900 and
II, 600 carloads of about $50 boxes t.
the car. The other fruit crops are also
very large.
General Christian De Wet Is report
ed to be completely surrounded by the
British near Reitzberg. The Beers are
expected to make stand at Mscbado-
dorp. General Bsden-Powell was
wounded during recent engagement
at Rustenberg.
William Warner, the strike leader,
for unlawful assembly, was, in Cumber-
land, Md, on Saturday, sentenced to six
months in the house of correction. He
took an appeal. For crimnslly ibeliug
Hugh r. Muir, jr., he was fined sos and
costs.
A million dollars worth OF property
was destroyed by fire 10 the lumber dis
trict of Ashland, Wis, on Saturday.
The flames were checked after three
hours struggle, and before they reach
ed the valuable saw-mills and ore docks
along the water front. Dynamite was
effectively used to check the flames.
"Cap" Hatfield has been caught again .
Officers have been hunting for him for
pine months. When Hatfield thought
he was dying from wounds received in
a fight Thursday at Bsileyville, w. Va,
he confessed to his identity and that ne
mad been back two months under an as
sumed name. The physician thinks
Hatfield will recover.
Failures by branches of business
during July, given in detail today,
show a total OF 1893 commercial con-
Germs, with aggregate liabilities OF
1911, 755, and 4 banking defaults for
S2O1 900. Manufacturing failures num-
bered 1873, with liabilities of $5,177, $50,
and trading $50, with So, 1866 lisbili.
ties. The total shows heavy increase
in comparison with the corresponding
month last year.
DIR. George G. Worthington, of Bslti-
more, convicted of the mansIaughter,
by abortion, of Miss Amelia Miller, and
sentenced TO two years In the peniten-
tiary, was admitted to bail in S25 900
on Saturday and was released from
Jail, where he had been confined, pend
ing the dispersion OF an appeal in his
case to the Court Of Appeals. Three
physicians stated that he is afflicted
with contraction OF the liver and heart
disease, and that confinement in jail
tended to sggrevate his case.
An anarchist riot occurred in Chicago
yesterday afternoon, in which twenty
FIVE people we're bruised in a struggle
with forty-fve policemen, summoned to
quell the disturbance. Five persons
were arrested, among them being Lucy
Parsons, widow of Albert r. Parsons,
who was banged November IL, 1887,
for aiding and sbetting the bomb
throwing in the Hsymarket riot. She
was charged with disorderly conduct,
obstructing the street and resisting On
officer. Her bail was fixed at 81 100.
By an explosion of gas in Scranton,
Pa, on Saturday evening, theMerchsn 8
snd Mechanics Bank and the adjoining
four-story building were wrecked and
twenty-seven persons were injured by
being caught in the wrecksge or struck
by flying debris. No one was killed.
ALI the banks books and cash were
safely taken out of the vaults. ALI day
yesterday and late into the night crowds
Of excursionists from the surrounding
country visited the scene OF the explo-
sion.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANs.-A dis
patch from Norfolk says: Republican
harmony in the Second Virginia dis
trict ia by no means go fully assured.
A dual ticket may yet be put in the
field. Chairman Hsnna's interference
has not accomplished as much toward
bringing about an era of good feeling
between the Bowden and Wise factions
as was thought it would. Many OF hs
opponents In the ranks OF his own party