Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| ball championship on Saturday oy
beating Yale % to 0.
| Herr Griebeler, 3 German, has dis
covered what is considered a wonderful
process for hardening steel.
A new disease, which tie doctors
say is "Phillipiue measles" has appear
ed in different parts Of Warren comfy,
New Jersey.
The Northern Securities Company
issued circular announcing that it was
ready to pay $3.50 share for Great
Northern stock, the price paid for the
controlling interest.
Judge w. A. Rodgers, Of the Color
ado Supreme Court, yesterday COM
mitted suicide by lying down on q stick
of dynamite, calmly smoking a cigar
until be was blown up.
Three men on Saturday were placed
| 10 the pillory for an hour and logged at
the New Castle, Del, workhouse, these
being the first criminals punished under
the new Delaware law.
Relnhsrt Wise, who Saturday night
bought rattle ticket at a Chicago fair
from Mrs. Edna Meters and took q
kiss besides, was thrashed by the wild.
oW before his wife took him hand.
The Greek cabinet has resigned as a
result of the demonstration against the
proposed translation OF the gospels into
modern Greek. M. Zsimis, former
premier, has made up new cabinet.
ThePope hsI made 1t known that Of all
] the names submitted to him as suitable
| to succeed Mgr. Martinelli as papsl
envoy at Washington, he prefers Mgr.
Falconio,;; who now represents the
Holy See in Canada.
The Pan-Americsn Railway commit
| tee OF the International American Con-
| ference, of Mexico City, adopted the
report at ex-senator Henry G.. Davis
upon the suggested intercontlueBtal
railroad Of 5000 miles.
President Roosevelt did not attend
services last night at the Dutch Re-
formed Church in Washington at which
the Rev. DR.. Herman Van Broekhuizen,
of Pretoria, made an impsssioned ap-
peal for the Boer cause.
Kentucky troops accompanied the
county Judge, sheriff and his deputies
to the camp OF the striking miners, near
Nortonville yesterday and seized the
outfit. OF the 200 men who had been
In the camp only % remained, and most
OF these were taken prisoners.
Mr.. Isidor RayDer having refused to
accept fee from Rear Admiral Schley
for his services as counsel for the naval
board of inquiry, Admiral Schley has
presented Mr.. Rayner q beautiful gold
watch and Mrs. Rayoer a magnificent
/ brooch OF diamonds and pearls.
A number of Nebraska anti Bryan
democrats led by w, 8. Shoemaker, OF
Omaha, a member OF the State CON-
mittee, and backed by number OF gold
democrats, have perfected en- organiza
ton, baving for its purpose the capture
OF at least part of the Nebraska dele.
CATION for d. B. Hill.
Twenty daring men OF Capt. Edward
Lawton's company, Nineteenth infan.
try, led by Sergeant McMshon, climbed
steep precipice aud captured Fill
Pine insurgents fort on Bohol island F.,
south OF Cebu. AS the insurgents tried
to escape they were rsked by heavy
fire and suffered severely. Several can
non we're captured.
The Morgan interests are credited
with being the largest buyers Of South.
ern Railway shares. 1t is said that In
addition to an increased dividend on
the preferred stock. another favorable
development, in respect oil the COM
pany, is shortly to be announced ia the
form OF a reduction of the common
stock by one-hslf, as allowed by An act
Of the Virginia Legislature.
A celebration in Galway, Ireland, 10
honor Of the election OF Col. Arthur
Lynch, the "Doer colonel" to Parlia-
ment ended on Saturday in rioting,
In which the nationalist wrecked the
doors and windows OF the houses of
unionists. Colonel Lynch is in Paris,
and predicts that the Boer war will end
in three months by settlement secur-
ing autonomy TO the Beers.
The President and his family who
left Washington on Friday evening on
the yacht Sylpb, spent Saturday at the
club house off Quantico. They return.
ed to Washington on Saturday even
lug to put the children ashore and then
returned to Quantico, where they re-
NAMED until yesterday evening. Dur
ing the greater part OF the trip rain fell.
The two nights ashore were spent in the
clubhouse, the yacht meanwhile remain
ing at anchor. The condition of the
weather was unfavorsble for guuning
and the President did not have an op.
portunity to fire shot while on the
trip.
The official count OF the votes cast in
Baltimore and Maryland at the recent
election has been completed. 1t shows
that the democrats will have II Sena.
tors and 81 delegates in the next legis- |
lature, while the republicans will have
9 Senators aud A delegates. The total
vote of the State for the heads of the |
respective ticket is: Herring, demo-
crst, for comptroller, SO, AT; Plat, re.
publican, 96.356; Herring's plurality,
12l. Thomas 8. ParroD, republican, |
defeated j. Frank Turner, democrat,
for clerk of the Court of Appeals, by
plurality OF 1889.
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