Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A bed OF genuine bspnhit haS JUL
found near Texarksns. Tex.
Edward Moran. the marine painter,
died Yesterday at bis apartments In
New York.
The report circulated 10 the United
staie s that Gen. Gables has surrendered
in Manila is unfounded.
A Chinese imperial edict announces
that owing to the hot weather, the re-
| turn of the court to Pekin has been
| postponed until September.
lis reported from Rome that Cardi-
nal Gibbons had urged the extension
TO Cuba and the Philippines Of the jn-
r;sdiction of the apostolic delegation at
Washington.
A squall yesterday upset sailboat
containing three men and three girls In
the Delaware river. The men were
saved, but the girls sank before help
could reach them.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical Com,
pany has succeeded, afser several
months negotiations, in purchasing the
entire property OF the Atlantic Cotton
Oil Company, OF Sumter, 3. u, LOT
s30O,O00 cash.
| John Medley, prosperous young
farmer living near North Vernon, Ind,
ON Saturday shot himself on the door
step of his swsethesrt's home be-
cause she refused to marry bin az
early as he wished.
| Mai. W. Il. DAILY, surgeon-general on
the staff of Lieutenant General Miles
in Porto Rico, committed suicide at bis
home, at Pittsburg, yesterday, by
shooting himself 10 the temple. de
suffered with insomnia.
Near London, Ont, on Saturday
night, while crszed by love for his
Young wife, whom 1t Is said he had
driven from bis home 10 Chicago, Rob-
ert Fulford, prosperous Chicago con-
tractor, killed his mother-in.law. Mrs
Jennie McC ord, and then blew out bis
brains.
| A dispatch from Manila says: I'm Q
recent battle with the insurgents al
| Lipa Lieut.. Anton Springer, OF the
Twenty infantry, was killed and
Capt. W. Fl. Wilhelm. Of the same
regimen; Lieut.. Walter Il. Lee Tool
Lieut.. Fliz. Lee as reported), OF the
engineer corps, and five enlisted men
we're wounded. Lieut.. G. h. Ramsay
was also wounded.
Herbert Bonslett, aged about q
wears and married, last night lureo
Teresa Darowski, aged about 20 years
into a saloon In Detroit and after Of
feriug her a driak which the police be-
lieve was poisoned, but which she re-
fused, shot her several times 10 the
neck. The girl is 10 a hospital and
ymsy recover. After shooting the cir
Bonslett swallowed the poison and died
shortly afterward.
The cornerstone of the Church OF the
Sacred Heart, at Fourteenth street and
Whitney avenue, Washington, was laid
| by Cardinal Marlinelli yesterday after
noon in the presence of 5000 people
Assisting the Cardinal were the leading
Catholic priests of that city. Mgr
Conaty, rector OF the Catholic Univer'
sity, preached the sermon and Father
ii. d. Whitney, rector of Georgetown
University, was the assistant to the
Cardinal
While freight-train on the Lacka.
wanna road was taking water at Vestal
IN. Y, at 9:45 Saturday night, it was
run into from bshind by double.
header wildcat freight. In the second
car from the caboose of the stationary
train was large quantity of dynamite
which was exploded by the impact
Five men we're killed, and three Others
badly injured. Barns aud farmhouse'
in the vicinity of the station were un'
rooted or totally wrecked. The tele
graph wires were blown down and thu
track for q considerable dlstanc e Wal
demolished.
The most disastrous storm that hal
ever visited Oklahoma prevailed Fri
day night. A tornado struck Billings
Eddy, and Tonkaws, and its influence
covered stretch Of fifty miles wide
and thirty-six miles long, destroying
towns, farm houses, and crops. The
financial loss will exceed 800, 900, snd
a number of persons were killed al
Billings, Eddy, and Blackwell. Resi-
dents of Tonksws, where the greatest
damage is reported, escaped injury By
taking refuge in caves. There was
cloudburst at Kingfsher City and grow
ing crops were laid waste.