Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Inc fnueu6ipulo 1lmcc WINS puhone
ed yesterday by Mr.. Adolph 9. Ochs,
owner OF the New York Times and the
Chattanooga Times.
Harry East, aged IA years, OF Bslti'
more, was fatally burned yesterday In
fire which destroyed the fireworks fac
tory of Mr.. Eugene dec. Bond, on the
Philadelphia road.
Jerry Killison, whose mother says
bis father was Jesse James, the former
outlaw, has been arrested on q charge
Of numbering girl In Pocahontas
county, w. Va, two years ago.
The Census Bureaus revision of the
figures for st. Mary's, Charles and
Anne Arundel counties, Maryland,
makes net reduction OF 1870 names.
This will reduce the number of dele
gates In the legislature by three.
A "still" containing nearly five hun
bred barrels of crude oil, In the Stand
ard Oil Company's Works at Canton,
Baltimore, exploded yesterday doing
considerable damage and causing con-
sternation throughout the community.
President Mckinley and party spent
several hours yesterday morning visit
ing the big gold mine located at Con-
gress, Ariz. A drive from Phoenix gave
the President an opportunity to zee the
ruins OF the ancient Aztec irrigation
system.
China will request the powers to OBJ
tain for her loan sufficient to pay the
indemnity as soon as the amount
thereof Is made known. She will also
ask for an extra 10000. 900 tsels, to be
provided annually according to the
proposition Of the foreign ministers.
In London Sir Reginald Beauchamp
was awarded divorce from bis wife,
Violet, daughter OF the fifth Earl Of
Rodeu y yesterday, and $50, 900 damages.
The correspondent was Hugh Watt, q
former member OF Parliament, who is
we'll known 10 financial circles.
DIR. Joseph Eisep, the California
scientist whose discovery OF the cancer
germ was q notable event In the medi.
cal history of last year, has been at.
tackled by cancer. He has submitted
to an operation at st. Luke's Hospital,
in San Francisco. and the surgeons say
he is rapidly recovering.
The board OF education OF the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South met in
Nashville, Tenn,, yesterday, Bishop
Galloway presiding. DR.. ]. d. Ham.
mond, recording secretary, reported
that the 81 SOC, 900 ordered by the gene
raj conference ss a thank offering for
the twentieth century has been raised.
A fight between giants Of the fuan.
cial world for the control Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad ended in New
York yesterday with what Is declared
to be the defeat OF James J. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern Railroad.
and his friends, and the requirement Of
control by the Hartman syndicate,
from which the Hill interests vsinly
strove the other day to wrest the Union
Pacific.
Two men boldly entered the Mary.
land Fire Insurance Company's building
Ia Baltimore, last night and, forcing an
entry into the Offices OF the Equitable
Building and Loan Association, ran.
sacked the rooms and evidently en-.
deavored to open the safe, which con-
tanned $4,000 worth OF bond, and
several hundred dollars In currency.
Jsnitor Louis F. Zipner had desperate
struggle with one of the burglars. who
turned out to be William Mccain, alias
"Blinkey" McCann, q noted offender
against the law.
A dispatch from Omahs, Nebr.. says:
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and his family, in.
Guiding bis sou, Lieut.. George F. Lee,
left Omaha yesterday to return to their
old Virginia home, where they have
resided but little since Gen. Lee fifteen
years ago became governor Of Virginia
and moved to Richmsnd. Lieut.. Lee
was mustered out of the service yester-
day, he having been an officer of the
Thirty-ninth Infantry, which ceased to
exist yesterday at San Francisco.
Since bis father came to Omaha he has
beenl on detached service at head
quarters.