Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-11-16
rELEHRArhlJ BREV TIES.

Ex-Governor George A. Rsmsdell, Of
New Hampshire, died this morOing Of
paralysis. Aged 66 years.
Fred Hartley. Boston wool dealer,
las assigned. He has been dealing in
wool at high prices. The failure is said
t. be a small one.
There is no im orovement this morniDg
Ia the cOnGition of Senator Davis, 81
). Paul, MINI. he W delirlous dur
ing the night and the end may come at
sny time.
Eight hundred employees Of the ILL
nois steel Co., at Milwaukee, Wis,
rave been forced 10 accept reduction
Vi per cent 10 their wages. The cut
Is caused by the fall 10 the price of iron.
The plant of the Hughe .vlle Furnl.
ture Co., at HughesvIlle, Ps., was de-
-troyed together with several smaller
buildings today. The loss is $ll0, 900.
rwo hundred people are thrown out of
work.
The army transport Logan arrived
az San Francisco last night 81 days
from Manila. IL brings 264 sick SOL
dlers, 70 discharged soldiers, 81 pri-
soners, ii disabled men aud ten insane.
There were three deaths on the voyage.
The epidemic of crime 10 Chicago,
SHOWS no Indications OF abatiug. De
spite the efforts OF the police TO sup.
press reports of crime twelve holdups
aud burglsries are added TO the news
papers roll Of thuggery" this morning.
Cadet William P. Reid, OF Arizona,
was yesterday dismissed from the
Naval Academy and the naval service
or getting information improperly and
slsehood. The dismissal grew out of
CHARGES preferred against Reid of copy
az his work on a theme from other
cadets.
Cornelius L. AlvOrd, jr the default
ing note teller of the First National
Bank, was, it is reported today, In part
responsible for the failure of Grant
Brothers, at New York. Ii is said Al
word specialized with his stealings
tnrough the frm and mat when he de-
taulted ne owed the concern a Dig sum
Rnicn with other losses drove it into
bankruptcy.
Mrs. Z zabeth Wilbur, an aged
woman living alone two miles west OF
DanKmk, n. Y, was burned to death
early tbs morning. Her house was
completely destroyed ana only few
bones of the woman were left Her son.
B.suop WILBUR, ADD his family lived not
more tnan thirty ieet away, yet be nor
any member OF bis family knew Of the |
fire.
A pair of elopers came to grief lie |
Reading, Pi.. today when Daroc |
B svaus, furniture salesman of Brook |
iyo, N. Y. located his missing wife at Il
hotel with O. L. Burke, an electrician.
rney bave been there Tor several weeks. |
Burke is said to have a family in
Canada. The couple were locked up
but 1t Is thought Bievans will take bis
srriOg wife home.
james N. Jarvie, OF Arbuckle Bros.
lotfed the congregation Of Westminis.
erian church OF Bloomfield, N. j., last
light that ne intended erecting on
adjoining the church building
! two.story stone building, harmoniziDg
O architecture with the present struc-
.ure, which he will equip with all fscilI-
Ies for church and Sunday school work.
rbe plans also include public library
,f 25 900 volumes. The cost is estimat-
It 100000.
Hong Kong papers brought by the
steamer Empress OF China to Van
,ouver, B. c., say Red Cross man, II.
J. Chuob, recently went to Luzon from
Hong Kong to investigate the charges
against the commissariat department of
he United states army. He Is quoted
Is saying that bis investigation proved
soluteIy tbat the Red Cross supplies
we're not given to the soldiers but sold
a tho aIorakaanara HA ninda nm a !