Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-27
NEWS OF THE DAY
Governor General Wood arrived at
Havana yesterday from Washington.

Governor General Wood arrived at
Havana yesterday from Washington.
Au official British report states that
the South African concentration camps
10 August contained 1S7 6l9 persons.
Preparations have been made for the
lnvestiture of the Duke Of York with
the title of Prince of Wales upon bis re-.
turn from his peregriDatioDs through
the British colonies.
Judge William A. Fisher, prominent
member OF the bar OF Baltimore and
former member of the Supreme Bench
OF Maryland, died at bis country home,
at Ruxton yesterday.
Franklin Murphy was yesterday
nominated for governor New Jersey by
the repub lean State convention at
Trenton, which pledged loyal support
to President Roosevelt.
Mount Vesuvius is 10 eruption again
Tbs volcano has shown it's terrors
several times in the last few years and
10 May, 1900, there was an eruption
which was violent for some days.
MIR. Cortelyou, secretary to the Presi
dent, left Washington last night for
Canton. He will remain there for sew
ersl days, aud will consult Mrs. Nc
Kinley regarding number Of business
matters.
The weather bureau repor that
tropical disturbance of moderate In.
teDsity Is central this morning near the
southwestern Florida coast, and lie
evidently moving northward or north
eastward.
Mr.. John George Nicolsy. who wss
private secretary to President Lincoln,
and known as the author of several
works Oh the life of Lincoln aud other
contributions to the various magazines,
died yesterday afternoon at his home
10 Washington.
Six men were killed and six or seven
were more or less severely burned or
bruised by the explosion of big oil
tank at the Front street plant OF the
Essex and Hudson Gas Company. on
bank OF the Passaic river In Newark,
N. j.. yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Bryan in his Commoner urges
President Roosevelt not TO seek re.
nomination, az his fondest aspirations
have been realized. Mr.. Bryan says
that Mr.. Roosevelt being under no OBJ
legations to the party bosses can be
perfectly free. II be intends to appear
before the next republican convention
as a candidate he must be prepared to
fight the bosses OF his party or surren-
der to them.
In the Schley case yesterday the
cross-examination shows that Captain
Wise was senior captain of the scout
ships. aud, though he believed the
Spanish ships to be in Santiago, he did
not notify Schley of that fact, although
there were frequent communications by
signal between the Yale and Brooklyn.
An effort to prove Schley guilty of
falsehood failed. Lieutenant Woods
testimony was 10 Schley's favor.
Panama is disturbed over the reports
that an expedition, under General Do
mingo Disz, has effected q landing
about 80 miles south of Panama. Fur
Their details OF the engagement between
the Colombians aud Venezuelsns ct
Corozona September IA state that 300
Venezuelans and cannon were captur.
ed, and 600 killed, wounded or missing
1t Is reported that brother of Presi-
dent Castro was wounded. The Vene-
zuelan authorities will send 5000 meO
to guard the frontier on the Guayra
pepinsular.
The Baltimore democrats yesterday nomi-
mated George Warfeld for sheriff.