Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-22
NEWS OF THE DAY


died at Teddington, England, on Satur-
day.
i Mexican troops, commanded by
General Torres, defeated the Yaqui
Indians at Macsyata on Saturday, kill
ing 200 and taking 500 prisoners.
| After an illness of only three days
Rev. J. Henry Sharpe, one of the most
prominent ministers in the Presbyterian
denomination, died yesterday at his
home, in PHILADELPHIA.
George Silbee and Edward Meeks,
half-brothers, who were convicted of
murder few days ago, were lynched
by mob in the county jailyard at Fort
Scott, Kan, Saturday night.
Gambling American men and women
are now more numerous at Monte Car
10 than ever before, and since the open.
ing OF this season II suicides have taken
place, one of them business man of
Dallas, Tex.
Great Britain is preparing to place at
it's big naval station in the Bermudas
one OF the largest floating drydocks yet
! constructed and far greater in capacity
than that which is now at that point
and said to be the longest yet built.
Lost in the dense fog that for the
previous three days had hung over the
entire north Atlantic coast, the British
steamer Sutton struck on Fenwick's Isl
and, DEL, shoals, Saturday morning.
and became a total wreck. Her crew
was saved.
An earthquake Friday night and
Saturday morning did much damage to
| property and some lives were lost in
| cities of Mexico. At Tenimsts seven
people were killed outright and sixty
who were injured are being cared for by
local surgeons.
Prior to the battle of Colenso the
Irish brigade serving with the Boers
sent letter to the Dublin troops, say
ing they were glad that they were to
have al opportunity to wipe them from
the face of the earth. The Dublins an
swered: 1--WE will walk through your
brigade as the devil walked through
Athloue."
The annual report of the civil service
commission, a vOluminous document
was given to the press yesterday. /
dwells at length upon the need OF ex-
tending the classified lists into new de-
partments and is specially anxious tina,
the employees for our new possessions
should be under civil service rules.
Advices from the Island of Negros
show that the uprising 10 December,
Instead of being an unimportant revolt
of the native police, was an attempt to
overthrow American authority, started
by the chief officials of the autonomous
government. Eleven of the officials,
including the president, were imprison.
ed on the charge OF treason.
Two daughters of Rev. G. N. Day,
fifteen and eighteen years old respeC-
lively, were drowned iu Shaffer's Fork,
Cheat river, seven miles above Parsons,
w. Va, on Friday evening. They were
crossing the river or horseback when |
The animal fell, throwing them into the |
stream. TIE father saw the accident,
but his skif sank before reaching his
children.
$40 q iOouit vi q idully ICW Ill NEW l
York yesterday between the Collettis |
and the Spinellas three of the CIllettis |
were killed and two of the Spinellas |
were arrested, the third being fugitive.
A trivial dispute over locked door be. |
tween tenants and housekeeper started |
the row, which en1ed 10 one of the
worst Sunday brswls the East Side has
seen for some time. A boy of II pre-
cipitatej the shooting.
Leaving game of cards at Danbury.
Conn.,, Sunday evening, 10 drain glass
of poison, Mrs. George o. Hill returned
to her place among the players aud
carelessly finished the game while she
was dying. As the last card of the
game was played the woman slipped
from her chair almost lifeless, the first
intimation the other players had of the
tragedy. She died five minutes after
ward, cOnfessiDg to those about her that
she had taken poison to end her lite.
She was too weak to explain the reason
for her act.
The President, it is said is
showing signs OF annoyance st
the symptoms of opposition 10
the reciprocity treaties now pend
ing between the United States and
France, the Argentine Republic, and al
30 Great Britain on behalf of her West
Indian colonies. The possibility of fai
lrv, however remote, of policy au.
.horized by republican Congress and
made possible only through legislative
enactment upon which these treaties
are based, is not looked upon with :
squsnimity by Mr.. Mckinley, and dur
ng the past week he has not been back {
ward 10 calling Senator's and members 3