Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-16
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The Princeton and Yale football
teams met this evening on Yale deld
at New Haven, Conn, end 10 New
York the Columbia and Cornell foot
Gall teams met.
Preparations are 10 progress today
for the opening of the National Horse
show, next Monday Of Madison sausre
Garden, 10 New York. Il will prob
ably be the most successful show In tho
history of the association. Over II, 900
horses will be exhibited.
The second test OF the monster 16-inch
Gsthmann gun was mao at SaDdy Hook,
N. j., today and resulted In 9 signal failure,
| ss did Yesterdays trial. The 800 pound
aerial torpedo bit the face Of tho tar.s iorm-
cd of Krupp amor plate, liz inches thi,k,
q little to the LETT and desoDAtsi upon 1t with
an estimated force Of 100000 toos to e.ch
square foot Of surface. The efficiency Of the
srmor and the failure Of the experiment upon
IL wss proved. Instead Of being denoltshed
tho plate was Simply forced back about three
and . half feet.
A disastross Ere occurred In one OF the
argest apartment houses in New Haven,
Conn, occup pied sxclunvey BY Yale students,
today. TteIs we're few students in the
building At the time, most Of them having
gone to lunch or the football game. IL Is rs.
tirstcd ths. tho contents OF the bulldogs
will DO almost total loss. The building was
valued At S75, 600.
II now sppssrs that the amosnt OF money
lost through the dishonesty Of two Il the
employees Of the Williamsburg, ". Saw
Ings Bank will reach the sum Of $1,000
Of the 10000 depOsitoIs in tho bank only
4 twelve drew out money this morning. The
bank will loss nothing, rs both Llllinbofer
and Corbstt we're under heavy bonds.
The Commercial Cable Company announces
today its cable steamer Farsday sailed today
from Waterville, Ireland, aging csils TO
Fsysl, azores, for the company. Tina will
complete see fourth line OF this company
bstween the United states and England.
Windy Barn" the summer bone Of Charles
+. Barney, president Of the KniekeT booker
Trust. Company, at oaihsmptoBi l.. l., was
destroyed By fire late last night. Tho f.mly
am seTvszts barely escaped with their lives.
Loss 81 10000.
Bob FitEinnons, In replying TO thu staie.
ment that JeTrss would like 80 1gat him,
says: II an done with the ring now and
iorsyer, aud no inducements o6srtd by Je,-
fries or anyone else cssld make me step Into
the ring again.
Ths ksrrinsc county house Of correstion
snd almshouse at North Boseawen, \. H.,
was destroyed By incendiary 1rs early this
morning. The lao inmates we're gotten oat
safely.
"NsKinley, Pc" 10 the name Of tho nine
tssnth possosiss established BY the DEPART
nent 10 honsr OF the memory of the late
President Mckinley is in Montgomery
county.
No new information regarding the case Of
Miss Stone, the American missionary held by
brigands in the Balkan Mountains, has been
received by the state department
The public feeling Vas so intense at Corn.
ing, N. Y, over tue wax 1gure exhibition OF
Cxogo, that the chief OF police ordered 1t
out OF the city 81 noon.
Fire did 100000 damage In the mill Of
the Prcscolt Ensmelne Works in Psssaic,
n. J.. this morning The fire was saasst By
spontaneous sombustlsn.
grea. fire 10 raging ct Newton, Kansas.
The entire city 10 threatened With csItrsc-
ton. Other cities have bean ssksi TO sena
assistance.