Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-22
NEWS OF THE DAY


Panama, reports that rebels still menace
the railroad.
Five men were killed and six injured
| In q collision on the Chicago and Alton
railroad near Prentice, ILL.,, yesterday.
According to a Chicago statisticiap,
potatoes, beans and cabbage soon msy
advance to prices beyond the reach OF
the poor.
President Shelter, OF the Amalga.
mated Association, says he 10 ready TO
negotiate with the Steel Trust IL hon
orsble terms are offered.
Tinplste production has increased
very largely at Cumberland Nd, and
the iron and steel mills are doubling
their productive capacity.
Jack" Winters. who stole $4,000
in gold bullion from the Selby Smelling
Company, OF California, has been SEN
fenced to Is years. imprisonment.
Ia a fight Tuesday between union
miners and deputy sherifs at st.
Charles, KY, several hundred shots
we're exchanged and number OF per-
sons were wounded.
A severe gale swept over Barbados
and other West India islands Tuesday.
A number of small craft were wrecked.
The storm was most severely felt at st.
Vincent, where all the vessels and
istties were destroyed.
A Colombian warship, La Popa, has
been lost in the harbor OF Savanilla.
Troops and passengers who were on
her are missing. The bottom dropped
out OF the vessel and she sank suddenly.
The accident was caused by the vessel
striking a sunken rock.
By the collapse of burring oil tank
Yesterday at the Atlantic Refining Com
pauy's plant, at Point Breeze, near
| Philadelphia, where a fire has been
raging since Monday afternoon, about
| 100 persons, fremen. employees OF the
company, and spectators were more or
less severely injured.
The democrats Of Iowa at Des Moipes
Yesterday reaffirmed the national plat
form adopted July 5, 1900, at Kansas
City, with the addition OF plank on the
State Issues, demanding reform 10 taxa
ton laws, the repeal OF the mulct liquor
, law, and the enactment OF local option
license law and several other matters.
Henry Burger, eighty years old. was
instantly killed about 4 o'clock Tues
day morning at the home OF his son-in-
law, Chss. Birkenstock, Baltimore, by
filling down the back stairway ana
breaking his neck. The noise OF the fall
awakened the family and Mr.. Birken-
stock found Mr.. Burger at the bottom
OF the stairway dead.
George B. Harrington committed sui
eide 10 Oxford, N. j., yesterday by
hanging himself in the beliry OF the
Metho dist Church at which he bad been
preacher. Mr.. Harrington was 20 years
of age, and two weeks ago was married
to the organist OF the church. 90 far ss
can be learned bis married life was
happy. No cause Is known for his act.
At Middlebourne, w. Vs., yesterday,
Judge Willis, when the jury had been
secured to try Clifton Seckman for the
murder of Calvin Jordan, announced
that none of the evidence should be
published in the newspapers, and
warned the newspaper men that to pub
lsh any part OF II would be directly
against his orders and contempt OF
court.
Tomorrow will be Virginia Day at
the Pan.AmerIcsn Exposition at Buff
falo. The following programme will be
rendered at the Temple OF Music: Music
by Carlisle Indian Band; address OF
welcome by Hon. VIM. |. Buchanan;
response with address, ]. Hoge Tyler,
Governor OF VirgiDis; music by band;
address, Industrial Resources Of Vir-
ginia, Prof. Geo. w. Miles, Radford;
music by band. The Governor and his
staff will be escorted by the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues.
William Miller shot and killed
Emeline Raglan, her daughter, Lulu
Raglan, and mortslly wounded her con,
Anthony Raglan, on the Fleming plan
tstion, five miles from the town OF New
ton, Ca, Tuesday night. All the par
ties are negroes. Miller called at the
house where the Rsgsns lived and tried
to get the daughter to elope with him.
She refused and in rage he used his
Winchester riff, to wipe out the entire
family. Miller, who is q desperate
character, is still at large.
The body OF a negro woman named
Seaborne has been found in her trunk
OF Asheville, N. @, the head cut off and
the body doubled over. John Miller,
negro, is charged with the murder
and the crime was no doubt committed
last Saturday night. Sunday Miller
was very nervous and said the woman
had left town and had asked him to
send her her trunk. He arranged to
ship 1t and then left. A woman saw
blood on the trunk. This led to its
opening aud the discovery Of the crime.
Miller has many negro enemies who
want to lynch him.
At Big Springs, Calhoun county, w.
", Tuesday night at o'clock, while the
last grist OF the day was being ground
in George Richsrds's big new mill.
there was an explosion that rent the
huge burr stones into dozens OF pieces
and threw them In all directions.
Pieces weighing 100 pounds or more
were thrown 100 yards. The mill was
completely wrecked, and tree along.
side was Knocked down by q chunk oil
one OF the burrs. George Richards, the
miller, was struck 10 the chest by a
piece OF stone aud instantly killed.
Jacob knight, a farmer, who was
waiting for some meal, was struck 10
the head. He lived only twenty min.
ut4s. Several others were more or less
injured.
Maggie MARBLE, pretty girl Of IL,
and George Angus, were found to-
gether 10 a buggy at Bridgeport, w.
Va, by the police yesterday morning
and were taken into custody. Argue,
who is 80 years old, was barely &C.
quainted with the girl. He went to st. |