Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-12-21
TELEGRApHtC BREVITIES.

John ]. Valentine, president OF the
Well Fargo & Company's Express, died
at his home in Oakland Gala, this
morning.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York today from SouthamtoD
were John Phillip Sousa and his famous
band of 81 people.
Mary Gadies. aged 8 years, was
burned to death at Passaic, N. j., this
morning. While the child was playing
lear the stove her dress became ignited
from a stick which her brother had
lighted.
A saloon ia Piltston, Pa, was shat
tered by q discharge of dynamite at 90
early hour tnis morning. Nobody wss
Injured. A drunken man who was re-
fused drink las. night threatened to
get even with the bar tendes.
Frank Ward, known as dublin
Ed,r the last Of gang Of alleged bank
burglars and safe breakers for whom
the police of the country have been
90 the lookout for over year, has
been arrested in New York aud sent to
Cobbleskill, n. Y.
Wayne Damos, gu eight zen year old
boy, shot TO death three negroes al
Dewey, W. Vs., shortly after dark last
night and then walked deliberately
down the street as though nothing un'
usual happened. The shooting &C.
Cured in q saloon.
Because be fell 10 love aud wanted to
have his sweetheart for a wife Miss
Nj ,gQien Cole, OF Augusta, Me-, has Cast
of the petticoats he had worn for
fifteen years while be mssquersded as D
woman, put on mans apparel and made
known mis- full name which is Sylvester
Cole.
Mrs. Patrick Cimpbell and her COM
psny of Eoglisb players arrived at New
York from England today. During her
western tour Mrs. Campbell will re-
ceive the largest sun ever paid for D
siugle matinee performance 10 the West.
She has agreed to go to Milwaukee for
a single afternoon for 5000.
II was stated at the Office of Gov.
Crane in Boston, this morning, that the
Governor had called at Washington
upon the invitation OF President Roose-
and that the Treasury portfolio had
been offered to him. The official inter-
viewed refused, however, to state when
the change would take effect. IL was
stated the Governor has the matter in
nand aod was giving it careful consid-
| Grafton.
Henry Krsus, young man living a.
Cleveland, o., told the police this morn
| ing that he had killed his mother. A
| policeman was sent to the house ano
found the aged woman dead In bed, her
face covered with blood. Krsus said
that during the night be had dream
that some animal had attacked him.
Be tried to break its jaw aud then
found out that IL was his mother whom
be bad attacked. There seems to be no
doubt as to the trathiulnese OF the story
told by Kraus. While suffering from
nightmare he tore his mothers jaws
apart and beat her to death.
A sensation has been created in Philadsl-
phia by the disappearance of l.. ID. x. Nyce,
WHO hWO ycoto obJ AOPiO9OHhON WV -AeHe
yunk district in the Pennsylvania legislature.
Il became known today that, prior 70 his sup
posed disappearance week ago, Nyee was
| quietly bo nd over for trisl upon charge OF
| forging mortgage for $500. This charge
/ he is said to have admitted and further TO
have confessed that no was nearly ; 5000
short in bis accounts. His previous reputA-
| ton has been excellent.
The shswmut, the largest freight steamer
In the United tstes, was launched at Spar
rows Point, Baltimore, this afternoon. Tho
vessel belongs 10 KiddeT, Peabody & Co, OF
Boston, Is sos feet long, 90 feet beam, and
40 feet deep.
All December weather records were brok'n
today at Macon. Ga. when the thermometer
registered IL above zsIo ct o'clock. De-
mulgee river Is frozsn over in many places.
There is much suffering among the poor.
The condition OF General sewel is said TO
be practically the same tcdfy that Is has been
for several days past.