Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-14
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Gen. Beekman Du Barry, Uoited
States army (retired), is dead.
Mr.. Joseph Yates Paige, chief clerk
,, of the Comptroller OF the Currency,
died in Washington on Saturday.
The Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Vir-
ginia Railroad has been sold to the
Norfolk and Western Company.
Adyices received from Kingston. Ja-
maics. state that the Colombian rebels
have fercely attacked Panama.
A spinning machine invented by Will
liam Fl. DfUry, of Waltham, Mass,
threatens to revolutionize the wooden
industry in England.
ST. Louis citizens have completed the
local fund of s., 100000 for the Worlds
Fair and committee goes to Washing
ton this week to push the bill.
Negotiations are reported to be un-
der way looking to the purchase OF the
Carnegie steel interests by syndicate
controlled by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Miss Lillian Burk, who eloped from
Baltimore to Newport News, Var
though still unmarried, says she will
soon be a wife, and refuses to return to
Baltimore.
The Bell Telephone Company has paid
DIR. M. l. Pufe. of Columbia College,
New York, 5000 600 and an annuity dur
ing the life OF the patents OF 81 800 for
his invention, which makes possible
telephoniDg under the ocean and over
any length of circuit on land.
Relatives and friends of John Arm
strong Chanler, former husband OF
Amelie Rives, are greatly mystified
that none of the numerous detectives
who are still hunting for him has been
able to fud clew to bis whereabouts.
Mr.. Canler escaped from Bloomingdale
Asylum, New York, on November 20
last.
II now seems evident that the gov
ernment's bill expelling the religious
orders from France will pass next week,
and crisis has been reached 10 the re-
lalions between that country and the
Vatican. It ia known that the Pspal
Nuncio has told a Cabinet Minister that
he cannot remain il the bill makes
further progress.
To meet the expenses consequent
upon the maintenance of such strong
force of men-oi-war on the Asiatic sta
ton, Secretary Long, 1t is understood,
will ask Congress this week to make
deficiency appropriation OF 81, 1000, 900
Practically this entire sum is needed to
defrsy the expenses arising out of the
China trouble and the uprising in the
Philippines.
Burglars were thwarted yesterday
morning In sd attempt to rob the Ger
man Savings Bank at Cumberland by
gallant action on the part of Officer
Goss, of the police force, who attacked
FIVE men single-handed and held his
ground while the entire party of bur-
glars blszsd away at him with shot
guns. The gang escaped into West
Virginia after an exciting chase through
the city.
Six people were crushed to death,
and IS many more seriously injured, In
q panic which followed mans cry OF
"Fireln late Saturday evening In the
west Twelfth street Turner Hall, Chi
csgo. About eight hundred people
were in the place. gathered there to
witness the performance of play en-
titled 1.-THE Greenhorn." The larger
part of the audience wss made up OF
women and children.
The President proposes making bis
physician, DR.. P. N. Rixey, Surgeon
General of the navy on the expiration
OF the term Of the present official. DR..
Rixey has the rank of medical in
spector, but he is so much junior to
great many other officers that his ap-
posntment will no doubt be vigorously
criticised by other officers Of the corps.
DIR. Rixey is brother OF Congressman
J. F. Rixey OF this district.
To the House of Representatives on
Saturday during the debate on the
river aud harbor bill, Mr.. Catchines
(Miss.) made a speech 10 defense of the
Improvement OF the lower Mississippi
river. Mr.. Cstchings retires from the
House March after ii years OF ser.
vice, during several OF which he was
chairman OF the river and harbor COM
mittee and during all of which he has
been the special champion of the i'm
provement of the navigation of the
Mississippi. His speech on Saturday
was In the nature of valedictory.
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