Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-12-14
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

IL i5 SAD tnaJ the IL 1hl terms dBreeu
upon by the powers as to China will
not include the death penalty for Boxer
| leaders.
Jim Jefiries says be will give Fltz-
simmons one more chance to regain tho
championship and will meet him in Gin
cinnsli 10 February.
Mrs. Fannie Lawrence Ricketts,,
widow of Gen. James B. Ricketts,, and
one time social leader, died yes
terday in Washington.
By the will OF the late Mrs. Mary l..
| Mclean, which has been filed for pre-"
bate 10 Washington, Mrs. Dewey re-
ctives legacy OF 100000.
Three suits for the appointment oil
receivers for various local lodges oil the
| Improved Order B'nai Britt were i'll
uted In Baltimore yesterday.
A mail aud express Car on the Cotton
| Belt Railroad was robbed near Texar-
kama yester ay aud John n. Dennis,
| the postal clerk, nearly killed. TIE
| robbers wrecked the express car, blew
open the safe, secured large sum oil
money and escaped.
The closing of the Paris Exposition
has thrown into the streets thousands
who we're dependent upon it for liv'
lpg, and the outlying quarters OF Paris
are infested by fooIpads and hoodlums
who terror'zs the residents. The papers
are flied with accounts OF their nightly
exploits.
One OF the biggest transactions in
Pennsylvania coal lands ever made was
that completed in New York yesterday,
when all the holdings of the Pennsyl
Vania Coal Company passed INTO the
hands OF syndicate headed by J. Pier
pont Morgan, the amount involved be-
ing s., 1000 90
A Poushketpsie undertaken has
donated his hearse or the proceeds
tberefrom to a fair which ia now in
progress. He says that it has prscti-
C lily been unused for three years. The
community Is unusually healthy and he
sees no prospect OF a change. hence he
has no further use for the vehicle.
The daughters OF Mr.. Li7neD, who
ia a patient at the Catholic Iu6rmary at
Hot Springs, Ark, died last week and
the news was kept from the mother
When friends were about TO tell her
tuey were amazed to hear the mother
say that both her daughtere were dead.
She told of dream 10 which she saw
both daughters lying dead.
10 the Reichstag, at BerliD, yester
day, Dr.. StOecker, former Court Chap
lain, remarked that he had received
private letters asserting that the reason
the Empress Dowsger hates Emperor
KwaDesu is that the latter has actually
become q CnristiaD, having been con-
verted by British aud American mis-
sioDary books that came under bis eyes.
Cornelius l.. Alvbrd, ir., the default
ing note teller OF the First National
Bank, who was indicted by the UOited
States grand jury, on Tuesday last,
was arraigned before Judge Thomas in
the criminal branch of the United
States circuit court, 10 New York, this
morning, and pleaded not guilty. His
rial was set for December q.
Remarkable discoveries 10 telegrapnlc
communication have been made by
Prof, W. G. A. Hammel, Of the Mary
land State Normal School, who will
apply for patent rights. He claims that
be has found method of transmitting
messages through space, differing
essentially from wireless telegraphy,
and requiring no special sending sp-
paratus.
Twelve thousand people saw Terry
McGoverD, of Brooklyn, knock out
Joe Cans, of Baltimore, IN the second
of six-rouDd go before the Tattersall
Athletic Club, 10 Chicago, last night,
and went away wondering II Cans had
any intention OF putting up a winning
fight. He did not strike n blow, and
se med scared to death. The audience.
was disguised, and yelled fake in the
first round. If there was any fake it
was not on Terry'5 part, as he went in
viciously aud punched Joe good and
hard in the brief time the sight lasted